1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Welcome to episode number five of One Bill's Light, the 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: grand prix of One Bills Live, where we bring you 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: fresh content, the Numbers Game, and our best interview of 4 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:19,759 Speaker 1: the week. Time to roll out at a Steve Taster 5 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: who has been all over the fields. Kind of unique. 6 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 1: He was kind of a dual role player for you 7 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: state Steve a blimp. We're not even in the stratosphere 8 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: of normalcy. Chris Brown along with Steve Tasker here on 9 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: One Bills Light, the appetizer sized version of One Bills Live. 10 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:43,879 Speaker 1: This week, we've got former San Francisco forty nine Ers 11 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: dB and three time Pro bowler and Super Bowl twenty 12 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 1: nine champion Eric Davis, who is also a current analyst 13 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: of the Niners on the Belief podcast network. But before 14 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: we get with Eric about the Bills Niners matchup, we're 15 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: gonna jump right into the numbers game as we test 16 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: Steve's figure figuring. So, Steve, we've talked a lot about 17 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,479 Speaker 1: how the scoring has been up league wide all season long. 18 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 1: First of all, what do you believe are the biggest 19 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: reasons why scoring in the league is at an all 20 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 1: time high this season? No preseason and surprisingly, I think 21 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: team's quarterback play has been the one reason there's young quarterbacks. 22 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: Usually the young quarterbacks in league don't light it up 23 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: the way Joe Burrow did when he was still healthy 24 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 1: and playing, and Justin Herbert did when he was still 25 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: healthy and playing. You've still got Kyler Murray who's still 26 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: young in his career. Josh Allen's taking a huge step forward. 27 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: You can go down the list. There's a lot of 28 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: quarterbacks that are playing extremely well. Ben Roethlisberger's back in 29 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: the sidele. You've still got Philip Rivers throwing downstairs, Tom 30 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:43,559 Speaker 1: Brady down in Indianapolis, Tom Brady, and Tampa Bay Drew Brees. 31 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: I mean, you've got a league that, more so than 32 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: maybe at any point, has got quarterbacks who have got 33 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: some a pedigree, plus the young guys who are really 34 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: playing well. That, to me, is it. I think it's 35 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: a little bit of the quarterback play, plus I think 36 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: it has been the no preseason, and I think the 37 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: league has told the officials, unless it's agreed, just keep 38 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: the flag in your pocket, and that that always plays 39 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: into the hinds of the offense. I think the lack 40 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: of holding calls has been gigantic for the offenses. It 41 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 1: keeps them on schedule in terms of down and distance, 42 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: so they're not in first and twenty second and twenty 43 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 1: you know, whatever it is. It helps them immeasurably in 44 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: terms of play calling. And then I think the no 45 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: preseason hurt defense is more than in hurt offenses and 46 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: the whole offseason in general, because when you think about it, 47 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: we think about Josh and how we went down to 48 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: South Florida worked with the entire offense. You can rep 49 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: things a lot better with route concepts and you know 50 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,359 Speaker 1: the passing game. Then you can get an eleven defenders 51 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: on the field and say hey, let's run this, because 52 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: you still need eleven other guys coming at you to 53 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: execute a defensive play call. I think it's easier to 54 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: replicate offense on air than defense on air in terms 55 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: of reps. And I think because of that, there's no 56 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: ramp up. You get to the regular season, it's like, okay, 57 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: play tackle football full speed. On defense, it's like what 58 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: what right? I think there was an adjustment period, and 59 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: I think defenses have been playing catchup ever since. And 60 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 1: I think you're starting to see two a little bit 61 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: of the evolution of players. Safety you've got players and 62 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: the passing rules where the illegal contact holding teams are 63 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,519 Speaker 1: using the picks and the rubs underneath defenseless receivers. You've 64 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: got offensive schemes around the league now that are very flexible, 65 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: and you've got enough quarterbacks that are playing them and 66 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: getting out of bad plays. It's much more prevalent now 67 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: in this day and age. You've got quarterbacks who can run, 68 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: and you're talking about maybe one or two like a 69 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: twelve play drive. You're talking about one or two plays 70 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 1: that a quarterback runs for three yards gets the first down. 71 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: We're in years past because of the physical price they 72 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: would pay, or because they just weren't it wasn't part 73 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: of the game or wasn't in their skill set. A 74 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: lot of quarterbacks didn't do it. And those two plays 75 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: on a twelve play drive or if it's even one, 76 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: it's a third down that they converged, small, but it's 77 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: a conversion condrive continues. All of that stuff adds on 78 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: to this, to this success that they're having more teams 79 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: going forward on fourth down this year too. That's right, 80 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: that's right, and the Bills are one hundred percent on 81 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: fourth down conversion. I think they've only done in a 82 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 1: handful of times. But there, I think they're four for four. 83 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: But there they haven't missed yet. More scoring obviously means 84 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 1: more players are finding their way to the end zone 85 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 1: for every single team in the league. In fact, through 86 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: week twelve, three hundred sixty two different players have combined 87 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: to score one thousand one touchdowns this season. It's the 88 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,720 Speaker 1: highest number of different players and the most touchdowns scored 89 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 1: through the first twelve weeks of a season in NFL history. 90 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: So most players to score touchdowns through week twelve in 91 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: NFL history, it's three hundred and sixty two right now 92 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: for this season. That eclipses the highest previous year, which 93 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 1: was twenty thirteen. Three hundred and fifty nine two twelve, 94 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen also on the list. But Steve, do you 95 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: know how many different Bills players have scored touchdowns for 96 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: the team this season? Because it is already a team 97 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: record after twelve weeks been it's been a couple of weeks, 98 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: but I read an article they started out like a 99 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 1: house on fire, that a bunch of different guys catching him, 100 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: and I think the number then was eleven. So if 101 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: they got the record, I'm gonna think it's twelve. I'm 102 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,719 Speaker 1: gonna say I would say twelve because I'd read this 103 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago and I can't remember exactly 104 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 1: what it was, So I'm twelve is my number? You 105 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 1: are very close. The answer is thirteen different quick on 106 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:26,599 Speaker 1: the buzzer. Thirteen people have thirteen different Bills have scored 107 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: touchdowns in Let mean, think about it. Thirteen different players 108 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: in eleven games, and that's crazy. Yeah. Now, the Bill's 109 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 1: top four leaders in touchdowns scored, I'm gonna give you 110 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: them Josh Allen with seven, Gabriel Davis with four, Diggs 111 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: and Zach Moss also with four each. Steve, can you 112 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 1: name the nine other Bills players who have at least 113 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 1: one touchdown this season? And I Am going to give 114 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: you a hint. There are no defensive or special teams 115 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,840 Speaker 1: touchdowns scored yet this season. This is all offensive, all right, 116 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: here we go. I think I can check him off, 117 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:05,280 Speaker 1: as you get, I can do it. So you gotta 118 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:07,840 Speaker 1: go with the eligible receivers. That means it's got to 119 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 1: be Beasley, Yes, um Isaia McKenzie, Yes, I had that 120 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: rushing touchdown right, Okay, and then you've got uh here's 121 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: the thing. Lee Smith, Yes, Hilo, he gets the least. 122 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:24,599 Speaker 1: I didn't think you were gonna get least. Lee Smith, 123 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: Tyler Cross, Rawson Knox. That's five. I got Dawson Knox 124 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: just last week. First touchdown. That was the record getter, right, 125 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: had to be what's and how? That's five I got? 126 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: So you've got five already? So yes, four to go? 127 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: Gilliam Reggie Gilliam, Oh good, one down in Miami, one catch, 128 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: one touchdown single, Arry Singletary, Yes, so that's seven. I 129 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:52,600 Speaker 1: got two more. You got two left? Okay, you can 130 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 1: do this. I can get it. Uh, there's an obvious 131 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: one you haven't mentioned. Andre Roberts. Did you get one? 132 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: Nare Robert first? Miss um t J Yelden did not 133 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: score to Diddy did? I'll give it to you because 134 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 1: all right, last got last easy one. You're gonna kick 135 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: yourself if you don't get this. All right? Come on, 136 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: you gotta eat out of nine? Come on, sweep it man, 137 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: let me go through, all right? Oh? John Brown, John Brown, 138 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: very good? Steve got all nine? Nicely done. Um So 139 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: the Bills are also averaging Steve the third most total 140 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: yards per game in franchise history. If they can maintain 141 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: their current average of three hundred and seventy two and 142 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: a half yards per game, it will be the second 143 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: highest total yards per game total in franchise history for 144 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: a season. So, first, Steve, do you think they can 145 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: maintain that level of production here down the stretch with 146 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: five games to play, five tough games to the Steelers, Niners, Dolphins, 147 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: Patriots three seventy two point five. I mean, Bronchos, and 148 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: imna say I'm gonna say no. You're gonna say no, Okay, 149 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 1: say no. Why do you think that? You just think 150 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: the defenses are gonna because of the Steelers defense, because 151 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: of the Niners defense, even though it's never man, they 152 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: got Robert Sala, who's really doing one of their top 153 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: defense Denver, They're gonna run it up. I think I 154 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 1: think the Patriots they always you know, the game seventeen 155 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: to twenty four point game in there someplace somewhere were 156 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: these two teams. And then Dolphins. I think we own 157 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: the Dolphins, but that's only two of those five games. 158 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: Even if we ring it up against the Dolphins and 159 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: the Broncoss might not be enough to maintain the average. Yeah, 160 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: and you gotta worry a little bit about a wacky 161 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: weather game. I mean, you're going up to Denver. You 162 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: don't know what you're gonna get up there, dude. And 163 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 1: then you've got you know, the two games you've got 164 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 1: New England, Miami. Don't know what you're gonna get up 165 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: There'll be good this game against San Francisco, they'll be okay. 166 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 1: And then it's Monday night here against Pittsburgh in the Yeah. Yeah, 167 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 1: you don't know what you're gonna get, and I can compromise. 168 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: I don't think they can do it. I think that 169 00:08:58,080 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: the weather conditions, in the quality of the teams, they 170 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: finish alright. So next question in the numbers game here, Steve, 171 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:08,199 Speaker 1: can you name the years of the top three Bills 172 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: seasons in total yards per game? The top three seasons 173 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 1: that are on the list right now? Give me the 174 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:19,679 Speaker 1: years if you can. Ninety one bill that is number one, correct, 175 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: three hundred ninety point eight yards per game. So good 176 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 1: job there. Ninety two bills. No, not the bills, not 177 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 1: the eighty eight bills, ninety not ninety. I was shocked 178 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:37,839 Speaker 1: when I saw this list, I really was. I will 179 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:39,839 Speaker 1: tell you there are no more of your teams on 180 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 1: this list. So it's got to be the sixty five 181 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: sixty five Bill, not the sixty five, Yes, sixty four Bills. 182 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: Three hundred and seventy one point nine yards per game 183 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: in ninety that's the third highest. So you're you're missing 184 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: the number two yards per game record holders for the 185 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:02,079 Speaker 1: Bills in the single season eight two, eighty eighty two 186 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: Bills one, not the eighty two Bills. Not the eighty Bills. 187 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: What was that year they had? Oh, that's gotta be 188 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 1: more recent than my daughters. Gotta be like one of those. 189 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 1: Gotta be two thousand and twelve or something like that, right, 190 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 1: not two thousand and twelve. Mine the right decade. You 191 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 1: are not d O four oh three somebody. No, it 192 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:25,679 Speaker 1: is not. I'll give you another hand. It is not 193 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: this century. Oh, ninety eight or ninety nine, those guys, 194 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 1: not the ninety nine Bills. No, Robin does no. They 195 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 1: see that ninety nine team. They had the number one 196 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: defense in football that year, and they were winning games 197 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: like thirteen, ten, seventeen, sixteen. You know, they weren't blowing 198 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: people out of the water. Let's uh so, I will 199 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 1: give you a decade. Okay, it's the seventies. Really Yeah, so, oh, 200 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:00,200 Speaker 1: seventy three with Juice, not seventy three, seventy two, not 201 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 1: seventy four. It's got to be right in there, right, 202 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 1: it's right in there. Yeah, seventy one, Nope, that was 203 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 1: the one in seventy five. It is seventy five, nineteen 204 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 1: seventy five, and that was the year that Juice I wanted. 205 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 1: That was his last big season. I want to say 206 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 1: he ran. He had like eighteen hundred something yards in 207 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: total scrimmage yards or something. He was real close again, 208 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: carried the team, but that team largely underachieved. I mean 209 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: they averaged three hundred and ninety point five yards per game, 210 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,439 Speaker 1: and they were a running offense. I mean, think about 211 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: Borrow three hundred and ninety yards a game, and they 212 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 1: had a great offensive line. Then they went eight and 213 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,200 Speaker 1: six and missed the playoffs that year, eight and six. 214 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: You forget his unbelievable team. You think about those fourteen 215 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: game seasons. Three hundred ninety yards a game as a 216 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: running football team, though, Steve, that's an enormous number in 217 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: nineteen seventy five, enormous. I mean, you think about where 218 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 1: this league is gone. There's still number two on the 219 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 1: Bill's lists. They're better than any of those other nineties 220 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: years besides ninety one? What were they did? They couldn't 221 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:02,839 Speaker 1: play action or anything like you know what I mean, 222 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 1: get the ball down the I don't know, Wow, because 223 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 1: Ferguson's only a third year quarterback that year, you know 224 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 1: what I mean. So, so here's the encouraging thing. The 225 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 1: Bills have reached the Championship Game or the super Bowl 226 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: in two of those three seasons when they averaged three 227 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 1: hundred and seventy total yards per game or more. And 228 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: right now, only the nineteen ninety one Bills averaged more 229 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:28,079 Speaker 1: yards per game than this current Bills team. Enfranchise history. 230 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: So how encouraged are you? Knowing the production level and 231 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: the history of teams with comparable production level are like, 232 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 1: does it encourage you about where this team could go 233 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 1: this year? Uh? No, because it's a different league. It's not. 234 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: You can't really take history out of it. You know, 235 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 1: you gotta take history out of the right, is what 236 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 1: I'm saying, because you know, the atmosphere of the league, 237 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: Like we said, they're scoring more touchdowns anybody any other era. 238 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,559 Speaker 1: It's not just the Bills. It's kind of the atmosphere 239 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: of the league. So while, yeah, no question the Bills 240 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 1: are playing well even in this environment, but I don't 241 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 1: think it stands apart like it would if had they 242 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 1: done it in you know, in an earlier I get 243 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: what you're saying. I mean, we were just talking about 244 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: that earlier. I mean, I'm talking about seventy five, seventy 245 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 1: five Bills team that stands out. I mean, that is 246 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: that stands out. This is just you know, this is 247 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 1: right in the mix with every with everybody else in 248 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: the league. Right, that's kind of that's seventy five teams 249 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 1: kind of a picture of how tough the AFC was 250 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: back then with the Raiders and the Steelers and Dolphins. Yeah, 251 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 1: even where the Oilers good back then, I'm trying to ye, 252 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: I think they were decent. They were seventy five. They 253 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: were they were taking their tables, they were taking the steels, 254 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 1: they were taking the Steelers to the limit. Man, I 255 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: mean that was a productive Bills team and eight and six. Yeah, Yeah, 256 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 1: that's tough. All right. That's uh it for the numbers 257 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: game portion of our program. Time now for our conversation 258 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 1: with former forty nine Ers defensive back Eric Davis, who 259 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: talks about the job Kyle Shanahan and his staff have 260 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 1: done him. It'st the slew of injuries that they've had 261 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 1: in San Francisco, the impact of the move to arras 262 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: Zona for the better part of the next three weeks, 263 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: on the players, and how he expects the Niners to 264 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:10,679 Speaker 1: defend Josh Allen, former NFL corner who played for thirteen seasons. 265 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: His career lasts as long as this guy to my left. 266 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: Two Pro Bowls, three time All Pro, and won Super 267 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: Bowl thirty nine with the forty nine ers. It is 268 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 1: Eric Davis joining us on the line right now to 269 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 1: talk Bill's Niners for Monday Night Football. Mister Davis, how 270 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: are you, sir? I'm well holding on for an old man. Oh, 271 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: you know, Max still under me. All those years having 272 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 1: to chase Steve around. I didn't tear up my hamstrings 273 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 1: too much. But yeah, yeah, I'm still here. Yeah yeah, 274 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: you caught me enough times said that I remember it. 275 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: So yeah, how is how is it? I don't know, 276 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 1: you're you're on a FaceTime with us. Your outdoors? What 277 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 1: is it? What's the environment like out there? Um? You know, yeah, 278 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 1: we hear all we hear is that that everything's shut 279 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: down for the forty nine ers, what's it like for 280 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: everybody else? Um, well, you know what's I'm actually in 281 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: LA and everything's been shut down. We've never really come 282 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: out of it since since some things really went down, 283 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 1: we never really got back to full speed. So we're 284 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 1: going backwards and they're talking about possibly shutting everything down 285 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: here in Los Angeles and Los Angeles County completely. So uh, 286 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: you know, you know, you never got back into restaurants. 287 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: There are things that were slowly opening, you know, curbside 288 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: people could go out and eat outside. They transferred all 289 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 1: the parking lots into restaurants and again into dining. But 290 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: all of that is starting to disappear. As far as 291 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: the you know, it's the players and speed I think 292 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 1: you can talk to I told everyone as far from 293 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: a players standpoint, you just kind of just go with 294 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: the flow. It's you are accustomed to that bunker mentality, 295 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: I think, Um, and you know you just have to deal. 296 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 1: You know, injuries are always a part of it. COVID 297 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 1: is just another one of those things. The only the 298 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 1: only to have me the idea is all the risks 299 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 1: that you take as a player, all the concerns that 300 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: you have. You take those only. This is something that 301 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 1: you can take home to your family. And they didn't 302 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 1: sign up for football injury. They didn't find sign up 303 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: for the risk. So you don't want that. But beyond that, 304 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 1: and then I know that's a big heel. That's a 305 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: big hurdle for the players. I don't think it's as 306 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: big a deal as everyone's making it out to be. 307 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 1: What about having an uproot your entire daily football operation 308 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: though for the next three weeks and move it to Arizona. 309 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: Is that a different animal? Yes and no again, once 310 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: you get in I mean, I'm a player. I don't 311 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 1: have to worry. That's the great thing about being a player. 312 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: I don't have to worry about all the wood. If 313 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: I don't have to get paralyzed by the wood. If 314 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 1: you put me, you put me in the room. You say, 315 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 1: be at the meeting at this time, watch film at 316 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: this time. You're gonna have time on the practice field 317 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: at this time, walk through the certain time, practice a 318 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 1: certain time, treatments a certain time for your any any 319 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 1: type of ventury you have to deal with. I'm just 320 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 1: going to stick to the routine. Whether I'm doing that 321 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: in Santa Clara. Whether I'm doing that in Arizona, it 322 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 1: doesn't really matter if I'm on the road for road game. 323 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,400 Speaker 1: We always left on Fridays, and if you have to 324 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 1: spend time around another facilities, you just do it. And actually, 325 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: when I played for the forty nine ers, there were 326 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:18,679 Speaker 1: times during the playoffs where we would actually leave because 327 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 1: it would be in the middle of rainy season, so 328 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: to get in quality work. They would actually Eddie Dubardelo 329 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 1: would actually put us up over in Arizona and we 330 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: would practice in Arizona because it was dry. So outside 331 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:38,119 Speaker 1: of not having your family, the rest of it is 332 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: just what ball players do. Yeah, I would agree with that. 333 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: It's also something the forty nine ers have had to do, 334 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:45,639 Speaker 1: even when they were in Santa Clara. They're setting a 335 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 1: team record. They got seventy four players have been on 336 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,920 Speaker 1: their team on the field for a game this year. 337 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: Would give us an idea what that atmosphere must be like. Well, 338 00:17:57,359 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 1: you never know who's playing. It's very difficult. Part of 339 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: the reason I think the coaching staff is doing a 340 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:06,160 Speaker 1: great job this year. There has been a lot put 341 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:09,199 Speaker 1: on these guys because of the injuries. There have been 342 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,200 Speaker 1: a lot of people having to figure out who's going 343 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 1: to play. I mean, Kyl Shanahan has had weeks where 344 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:19,439 Speaker 1: he has literally gone into the work week and a 345 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 1: couple of days before the game you lose. You know, 346 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 1: both starting wide receivers are running back a tackle. You 347 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 1: can't game plan around that. When you have less than 348 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:32,880 Speaker 1: twenty four hours to bring up guys from the practice 349 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 1: squad and get them ready, it's going to limit what 350 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: you have on that call sheet. They've been finding ways 351 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: to still be competitive. There are very few times you 352 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 1: would look at this squad, even with the rash of 353 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,719 Speaker 1: vendors injuries that they have, where you would look at 354 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: them and say they weren't competitive and this is not 355 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers team. That's one thing I feel 356 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 1: good about because you know, one of the one of 357 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:58,439 Speaker 1: the better teams in the league this year is the 358 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 1: forty nine ers I are, so they're not rebuilding. They 359 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: just have to get healthy, and they may actually even 360 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 1: end up better off next year because the scheduling and 361 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: you know, their win loss record may put them in 362 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: a position because of these injuries, to draft some really 363 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,680 Speaker 1: good players moving forward to add to what's already in 364 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 1: the cover, So you know, it's been tough knowing who's 365 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:24,159 Speaker 1: going to play, when they're gonna play, and there are 366 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 1: certain elements that you have to have to be successful 367 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 1: within this defense and offense for the forty nine ers, 368 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 1: and they just don't have their frontline guys. So I'm 369 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,399 Speaker 1: not mad about what's going on. I'm not looking at 370 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,439 Speaker 1: this as a championship team. I'm not upset if they 371 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: don't make the playoffs because I know the reason why 372 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: they're there. Talking to Eric Davis from the Believing forty 373 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 1: nine Ers podcast, former dB for the Niners as well, 374 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 1: and Eric, I know that you mentioned a lot of 375 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:53,159 Speaker 1: the front line players are down, but the defense is 376 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 1: still playing pretty lights out football and last week's you 377 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:59,919 Speaker 1: Know game probably is the most recent example of the 378 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 1: at with the win that they helped stage over the Rams. 379 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,120 Speaker 1: All that being said, I you might find this hard 380 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:08,920 Speaker 1: to believe because you watch this team all the time, 381 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 1: but I still don't think Fred Warner gets the respect 382 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:18,680 Speaker 1: league wide or on a national scale that he probably deserves. 383 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: How much has he been a lynchpin for an injury 384 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:28,359 Speaker 1: riddled defense this season? Did we lose him? Did he 385 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: freeze lost? Here? I am I lost you there fourth seconds. 386 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 1: Did you get my full question about Fred Warner? How 387 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 1: much of a lynchpin has he been for this defense? Um? Well, Fred, 388 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:44,400 Speaker 1: he's that dude, He really is. He's he's a standard 389 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,639 Speaker 1: standards bearer. Um. One of the great things that happened 390 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: to him, and it happens for all young players when 391 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 1: you have, you know, a veteran guy that can come 392 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 1: in and and sort of cheat you certain things to 393 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: show you the rope, teach you what it's like to 394 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 1: be a fro as one of the most important things. 395 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 1: And that was part of the great things that I 396 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 1: was on and I'm sure Steve would say the same thing. 397 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: One of the elements that you have to have to 398 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 1: have a good organization is to have guys that veterans 399 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: that aren't afraid to teach the next guy how to 400 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 1: take their job. And Fred has always been a sponge 401 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,160 Speaker 1: and any old head guys that have told him anything, 402 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: he has taken in, taken it in and incorporated it 403 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 1: into his game. And the thing about it is that 404 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: he is just so incredibly gifted that he is capable 405 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: of just making great plays. And I get asked all 406 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:33,159 Speaker 1: the time, what do you expect from Fred, and I 407 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 1: just I always say, I just expect him to play 408 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 1: like Fred and come in I make all the time 409 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: is that he hunts wisely and he then I mean, 410 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,639 Speaker 1: he's out there. He knows how to look at the 411 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:47,560 Speaker 1: information in front of him and discern what needs to 412 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,639 Speaker 1: be done. He takes the right angle, he makes the 413 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:54,399 Speaker 1: right play, he puts himself into position to come up 414 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,919 Speaker 1: with something big in a timely manner. And it's just 415 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 1: been huge having him out there with all, especially with 416 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 1: all the injuries that you have. I mean, you lose 417 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,640 Speaker 1: your frontline guy in the secondary incern you lose your 418 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 1: front guy, frontline guys up front and m nick Bosa 419 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 1: before you lose that fast us. So that middle guy, 420 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,640 Speaker 1: he's been able able to be, you know, a stabilizing 421 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: force for them. And I think I heard how you 422 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:27,200 Speaker 1: started as the league. We're sleeping on him. I think 423 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:31,679 Speaker 1: those days are over. If everyone sees that Fred the 424 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,159 Speaker 1: pro bowler, he's an all pro. I don't think he 425 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: has to worry about that anymore. Yeah, and one of 426 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,680 Speaker 1: the other guys that you know that is a kind 427 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 1: of standard bearer or at least the face of the 428 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:42,880 Speaker 1: franchise was Jimmy Garoppolo and he's not there and Nick 429 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,920 Speaker 1: Mullin's taking over for him. Uh, there's a I could 430 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:47,399 Speaker 1: go down the list, but I want to just may 431 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: as well start with the quarterback since it's a position 432 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: everybody knows, is ya. How is the franchise what's the 433 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:00,040 Speaker 1: opinion of the franchise about Jimmy Garoppolo going forward? I 434 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:03,199 Speaker 1: mean it's amazing to me that, you know, he got 435 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 1: him to the super Bowl and then all of a sudden, 436 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: he plays against a team that's really good and everybody, 437 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: you know, outside of the organizations things he stinks all 438 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 1: of a sudden. What's the franchise think about him? And 439 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 1: is he and their plans and what are their plans 440 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: for him going forward? Um? Well, the plans, that's always 441 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,719 Speaker 1: the tricky one because of the way they put together 442 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,160 Speaker 1: his contract. I mean they can, they can walk away 443 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 1: from Jimmy. I think it's an excellent job of the 444 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:30,439 Speaker 1: way they did it, because they can walk away from Jimmy, 445 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 1: no harm, no file, They won't you know, no dead money. 446 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:36,679 Speaker 1: You know, it won't cost them any They don't have 447 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: to worry about draft picks or anything. If they if 448 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 1: they decide to move on, they can. So from that aspect, 449 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: what John Lynch did, I always said he gm just 450 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,159 Speaker 1: tailed off putting that deal together. Now as far as 451 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 1: Jimmy goes, yeah, a lot of people can say Jimmy 452 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:56,360 Speaker 1: can't he or he doesn't have the strong arm, he 453 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,879 Speaker 1: can't handle pressure into pocket, he can't do these things. 454 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 1: Jimmy wins. And Kyle Shanahan has this Moniker being you know, 455 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:12,400 Speaker 1: the next and this genius play caller. But without Jimmy undersenter, 456 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 1: he's lost a lot of football games here for the 457 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 1: forty nine ers, he has a losing record. Now with 458 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:22,119 Speaker 1: Jimmy under center, they win. So the organization understands the 459 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 1: importance of him being here. You get you hear all 460 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: of this talk about anyone can do it and it's 461 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 1: a systems guy. Well, he hasn't found another guy that 462 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 1: can do it here. And Jimmy is by far the 463 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 1: best quarterback on the forty nine ers team. Now, whether 464 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 1: or not they're gonna move on from him, I think, 465 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 1: just like in every position, that has a lot to 466 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 1: do with who's gonna be on the market, right, you know, 467 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 1: if you have an Aaron Rodgers on the market, I 468 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,400 Speaker 1: think you have to consider that Matt Ryan, even though 469 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:50,639 Speaker 1: that Dak Prascott, Dak Prescott. There are things that you 470 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 1: have to consider if these guys are there. But bottom line, 471 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,399 Speaker 1: Jimmy wins. He's taken him to a super Bowl. I 472 00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: think they'd have a better record right now if he 473 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 1: was center, because history says while he's there, they win 474 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: football games. Talking to Eric Davis and you know the 475 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 1: next thing I wanted to bounce off you. You know 476 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,159 Speaker 1: Mullins is in the lineup. Kittle is not going to 477 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,159 Speaker 1: be back anytime in the immediate future. I know they 478 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 1: got Debo back, but it seems as though most teams 479 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 1: are saying, all right, well, let's just stack the box 480 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 1: against this Shanahan design run game and force Mullins to 481 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: beat us with his arm. How has that gone for 482 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 1: the most part, that kind of approach defensively against this 483 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: Niners team. It makes it very difficult to call the 484 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:37,679 Speaker 1: game if you're a college Ownahand because you just touched 485 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 1: on it, I said on my podcast that it would 486 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:46,119 Speaker 1: have been impossible. It's impossible for Nick Mullins to have 487 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:47,959 Speaker 1: a good day for any of the secondaries that I've 488 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 1: played in, because I've seen enough of them, and I like, 489 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:51,679 Speaker 1: I know the guys that I played with, and we 490 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,640 Speaker 1: would have realized, Nick Mullins, they played the game within 491 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 1: an eighteen yard box. It's an eighteen yard bubble, and 492 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 1: I'm not worried about you throwing on that eighteen yard 493 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: bubble because your arm is not strong enough. This is 494 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,199 Speaker 1: not This is not a Patrick mahon's arm where I 495 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: have to worry about chasing down a ball seventy yards 496 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 1: in the air. You can't throw it that far, so 497 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,119 Speaker 1: you can't throw it over my head far enough for 498 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 1: me to not be able to catch up to it. 499 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 1: So everyone's playing everything downhill, so without the speed Rahee 500 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 1: Moster coming back changes things dramatically because he puts so 501 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 1: much pressure and the way he's stressed, the way he 502 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 1: can press and stress the edge of a defense that 503 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:32,880 Speaker 1: you have to move immediately when you're a secondary level 504 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,880 Speaker 1: defender or or you know, a linebacker, you have to 505 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,879 Speaker 1: be able to move quickly to get in position to 506 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 1: tackle him, which leaves the misdirection and the openings for 507 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 1: Nick Mullins to make plays. So him coming back should 508 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,720 Speaker 1: help Devo coming back again with the with the you 509 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: know the jet sweet runs and those type things. The 510 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 1: hands off that'll help Nick Mullins create some space with 511 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,440 Speaker 1: the misdirection. But it's gonna be difficult because you just 512 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 1: touched on it. We all know it, we all see it. 513 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 1: He doesn't have that long that's gonna push the ball 514 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 1: down the field. Everyone keeps saying, Kyle, you know, why 515 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 1: don't you call those plays? It makes no sense to 516 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:10,159 Speaker 1: call them because you don't have the quarterback that can 517 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:13,400 Speaker 1: throw them. So it's going to continue to be difficult. 518 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 1: But you we talked about this defense being able to 519 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 1: play at a high level and keep games close. That's 520 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 1: the way they're gonna play it. Now. They're gonna not 521 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,080 Speaker 1: try to have a quarterback win the game. They're gonna 522 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 1: try to let the defense do some things and keep 523 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 1: them in it and try to win them close. And 524 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 1: you bring up a good question about Kyle Shanahan, which 525 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 1: plays he calls from outside and over back here in 526 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:41,359 Speaker 1: the East Coast time zone. There's a lot of respect 527 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 1: flying around for Kyle Shanahan and what he's done for 528 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 1: that organization. You've watched him. He's gotten them to the 529 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,639 Speaker 1: super Bowl, back to the super Bowl where they were 530 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 1: so that they were so familiar with back in the 531 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:56,200 Speaker 1: nineteen eighties. What is your like when you're describing Kyle 532 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,199 Speaker 1: Shanahan as a guy who pays a lot of attention 533 00:27:58,240 --> 00:27:59,959 Speaker 1: to the San Francisco forty nine ers, and you were 534 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,639 Speaker 1: there before he got there, and you've watched his entire 535 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,920 Speaker 1: career there, what strikes you about why he is such 536 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:08,879 Speaker 1: an effective head coach? Obviously he's a play caller, but 537 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 1: there's got to be there's way more to it than that, 538 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:14,600 Speaker 1: You know what, I think he's a pro. He's a pro, 539 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 1: and by that I mean he knows what he's doing. 540 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 1: He knows how to explain it. He has a system. 541 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:25,680 Speaker 1: There are a lot of different systems that can win, 542 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:30,920 Speaker 1: but it's but it's difficult to if guys don't believe 543 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:35,520 Speaker 1: in the system. And he is. He is such a 544 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: professional and understands how to communicate and get the information 545 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 1: across through the guys in an effective manner that they 546 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 1: that it's believable. That's the number one thing. He's straight 547 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: with the guys. He lets them know what he expects 548 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 1: from them. He doesn't deviate from that. They're a certain 549 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 1: standard that he holds to himself too. He holds and 550 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 1: all of the players to his coaching staff too as well, 551 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,239 Speaker 1: and I think that's a very important part of it. 552 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 1: Another thing that he does that I have been very 553 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: impressed with and I've seen it happen this season. He'll 554 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 1: take the hit for his players there there there are 555 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 1: time he understands the importance of certain players on the team, 556 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: what they're the juice that they have with the rest 557 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: of the guys, and there are some guys that you 558 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 1: just can't undress. There are certain players. The guys in 559 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 1: the locker room know when when one of the leaders 560 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: are screwed up. But but it's something about a head 561 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: coach or coordinator, play call or not undressing these guys 562 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,560 Speaker 1: in front of the press. And he's been able to 563 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 1: do that and take the hits I think when when necessary, 564 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 1: to keep guys from having to be thrown under the bus, 565 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 1: and that carries a weight. I think that carries a 566 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 1: lot of weight in the locker room. And I think 567 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 1: moving forward, you're going to see a lot more belief 568 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:58,320 Speaker 1: in the system to where when these guys talk, you 569 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:00,360 Speaker 1: don't have to say a whole lot. That's was with 570 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 1: Bill Walsh, that was with George Seyffert. It got to 571 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 1: a point where you knew what they what they had 572 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 1: you doing would work, and you start to listen to 573 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 1: any critiques that they have in a different manner. And 574 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,960 Speaker 1: I think that's what it is, and that's why I 575 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:16,840 Speaker 1: started it off by saying, he's just a pro, and 576 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:20,560 Speaker 1: when you're dealing with other professionals, you need they need 577 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,480 Speaker 1: to know that, hey, he can make me better. I 578 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,760 Speaker 1: can get better at my craft if I listen to 579 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 1: this guy and what he's saying and what his coaching 580 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,200 Speaker 1: staff are saying, and they believe it. Last one I've 581 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 1: got for you, Eric concerns the other matchup coaching wise, 582 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 1: and that's between Bill Zoc, Brian Dabele and the DC 583 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: out there, Robert Silay. So you know, you look at 584 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: the job that the Niners DC has done this year, 585 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 1: it might be his best year yet, I mean, keeping 586 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,719 Speaker 1: that a top ten unit with all the injuries they've sustained. 587 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:53,800 Speaker 1: I mean, he's probably on a rocket ship to a 588 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:55,800 Speaker 1: head coaching job. But a lot of people are starting 589 00:30:55,800 --> 00:31:01,000 Speaker 1: to mention Dabel's name in head coaching candidacy circles as well. Um, 590 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 1: is there anything that intrigues you about the matching of 591 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 1: wits there for this game on Monday night. Uh, well, yeah, 592 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,760 Speaker 1: I want to see Um, you know, kryptonite down to 593 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers defense. Um has been even before 594 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 1: the injuries. A running quarterback. Uh you when you have 595 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:20,840 Speaker 1: a mobile quarterback and and and I now I say that, 596 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:24,600 Speaker 1: but I spend all sorts of time constantly telling people 597 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:28,160 Speaker 1: a running quarterback is kryptonite to every defense because there's 598 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,360 Speaker 1: rare that you're going to design defenses to account for 599 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:34,280 Speaker 1: a quarterback. But you got a big athletic guy under 600 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 1: center up there, as you guys all know about. And 601 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 1: by the way, I liked him a lot. I always 602 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:42,080 Speaker 1: liked him Um, and I'm a big fan of where 603 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:46,840 Speaker 1: he can possibly turn into UM and Alan. I really 604 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,160 Speaker 1: do like it. So it's going to be intriguing to 605 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:52,160 Speaker 1: see what he does this week. You know they have 606 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:54,480 Speaker 1: you know, you look at this division with Kyler Murray 607 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,080 Speaker 1: and Russell Wilson that he's had to battle with. You know, 608 00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 1: Salou is as as a d at as the DC. 609 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:05,160 Speaker 1: He understands the stress and the pressure that that that 610 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,280 Speaker 1: the mobile quarterback can put on it. But you also 611 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:11,280 Speaker 1: have to deal with that strong arm that he has. 612 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 1: So UM, the chess match is going to be how 613 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:18,040 Speaker 1: much I would like to see how much he's going 614 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:23,000 Speaker 1: to commit to not allowing Josh Allen to be the 615 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,880 Speaker 1: guy outside of the pocket. What is he going to 616 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:29,920 Speaker 1: try and do? Um? And I would imagine he has 617 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:32,480 Speaker 1: to have something knowing that you down the road that 618 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:36,360 Speaker 1: you have to deal with Kyler Murray and Russell Wilson. Again, 619 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,280 Speaker 1: you have to already be implementing that end. But so 620 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,480 Speaker 1: that's that's that's really what I'm looking at. How you know, 621 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,360 Speaker 1: how are you going to contain him and not let 622 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,440 Speaker 1: him get outside of the tackle box to make plays 623 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:51,680 Speaker 1: against you? All right, Eric, thanks, man, appreciate it, all right, No, 624 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:54,160 Speaker 1: probably glad to join you guys. Yeah, good to see it. 625 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,160 Speaker 1: We'll catch up with you down the line. Here. That's 626 00:32:56,400 --> 00:33:00,440 Speaker 1: Eric Davis, former NFL cornerback for the Niners, three years 627 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 1: in the league and three time Pro bowler, and he's 628 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,160 Speaker 1: the host of the Believe in forty nine Ers podcast. 629 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 1: All right, always good when you can get a solid 630 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:10,800 Speaker 1: breakdown of the upcoming game. Our thanks to Eric Davis 631 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,080 Speaker 1: for that. Steve. We're going to do a little in 632 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:17,719 Speaker 1: season assessment and ask the question should we be concerned 633 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,840 Speaker 1: We talk all the time about all the scar tissue 634 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,600 Speaker 1: that Bills fans have built up over the last twenty years. 635 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 1: So I'm going to present some trends connected to the Bills, 636 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:28,680 Speaker 1: and then we're gonna ask you the question should we 637 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:32,200 Speaker 1: be concerned? Okay? So here's the first one. Starting quarterbacks 638 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 1: age twenty six or younger are one and four against 639 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,280 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers this season, starters aged twenty seven 640 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:43,520 Speaker 1: and older are five and one. It's a crazy stat 641 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:45,840 Speaker 1: It's probably an anomaly, you know when you think about 642 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:47,760 Speaker 1: it or break it down. But Josh Allen, as we know, 643 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:50,440 Speaker 1: is only twenty four years old. So applying this statistic 644 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 1: to Monday night's game between the Bills and Niners, should 645 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:55,880 Speaker 1: we be concerned? All right? Let me just do this. 646 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,440 Speaker 1: Then here's why. Here's how you do these answers. Are 647 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,840 Speaker 1: you ready? Okay? You go back and you look at 648 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,880 Speaker 1: who the San Francisco forty nine ers had to play 649 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,840 Speaker 1: and look at their quarterbacks. That way, those young quarterbacks 650 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:14,400 Speaker 1: they played against were uh, Kyler Murray lost to the Niners, 651 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:19,960 Speaker 1: Sam Darnold, Kyler Murray. No, No, Kyler Murray. One. Kyler 652 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,279 Speaker 1: Murray beat him. So he's the one. He's the one. 653 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:27,600 Speaker 1: Sam Darnold lost. Uh, Daniel Jones lost. So they beat 654 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:30,920 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson's he's over twenty seven. You know. They got 655 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:33,879 Speaker 1: beat by Russell Wilson. Yeah, they got beat by by 656 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 1: h Aaron Rodgers, and they got beat by Drew Brees. 657 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:42,319 Speaker 1: So the AFC least and the NFC least or some 658 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,600 Speaker 1: of the losers. So no, I'm not concerned, not concerned 659 00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:49,000 Speaker 1: at almost concerned. Okay, fair enough, they got they beat 660 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:52,200 Speaker 1: the Rams. I'm not terribly concerned either, but I think 661 00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:54,239 Speaker 1: it's more due to the fact that they're going to 662 00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:57,319 Speaker 1: be going against a backup quarterback. No, George Kittle. That's 663 00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:59,120 Speaker 1: what makes me feel better about this game more than 664 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 1: anything else. Joey Tommy Bosa, Nick Bosa, Nick Bosa, the 665 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:08,000 Speaker 1: Bosa brother, he's not there, yeah, or Solomon Thomas. Solomon 666 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 1: Thomas is ord for the other drush, I mean some guys. Yeah, 667 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:14,799 Speaker 1: none of them are playing, thankfully, so none of those 668 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:18,120 Speaker 1: guys are in. So I do not put any credence 669 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:20,920 Speaker 1: on that stat Between young quarterbacks old quarterbacks. It's interesting, 670 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:27,719 Speaker 1: but the old quarterbacks are Russell Wilson, Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees, Yeah, 671 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:31,640 Speaker 1: it's a it's a group of dudes. And yeah, it's 672 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:33,719 Speaker 1: a group of d and and Carson Wentz who you know, 673 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,480 Speaker 1: put it together for that one game. All right, question 674 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,080 Speaker 1: number two, and I'm gonna flip it around to defense. 675 00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:42,320 Speaker 1: The Bills have allowed more passing touchdowns in eleven games 676 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,520 Speaker 1: this season than they did in all of twenty nineteen. Right, 677 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,480 Speaker 1: we still got five games to play, So sixteen passing 678 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:52,719 Speaker 1: touchdowns allowed this year, fifteen all of last year. Applying 679 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:56,640 Speaker 1: this statistic to Buffalo's playoff hopes, should we be concerned, 680 00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,640 Speaker 1: especially knowing how many footballs are flying around these days. 681 00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:07,279 Speaker 1: I'm going to say only slightly, maybe only slightly. Right. 682 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:10,120 Speaker 1: The whole league is doing this, but I think the Bills. 683 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:12,359 Speaker 1: Here's what I see. The Bills defense is getting better. Now, 684 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:16,040 Speaker 1: they're getting better. Now, they're trending up. They're trending up, 685 00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:19,960 Speaker 1: and they're playing their quarterbacks that they're playing in the 686 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:24,359 Speaker 1: near future. Um, while they are, you know, it's gonna 687 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,440 Speaker 1: be a tough road to home. I mean, you know, 688 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:31,400 Speaker 1: you gotta know they're playing the kid out and Drew Locke. Well, 689 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:35,160 Speaker 1: you got Roethlisberger coming up, right, you know Roethlisberger and 690 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:39,160 Speaker 1: but Tuah, I'm sorry. Ta doesn't scare me yet, No, no, 691 00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:46,560 Speaker 1: not yet. Cam Newton scares me, and and roeth Ben 692 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:51,440 Speaker 1: Roethlisberger scares me. But this the guy mullin. Now, what 693 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,239 Speaker 1: about when you get to the playoffs? Though, when you 694 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,640 Speaker 1: get to the playoffs, it's it's a different situation. You. 695 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,080 Speaker 1: Let's think AFC here and the teams that are probably 696 00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:02,799 Speaker 1: gonna be there. You're talking Tannehill, Roethlisberger, Mahomes. I mean, 697 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:05,360 Speaker 1: you got a group of dudes that you're gonna have 698 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:09,280 Speaker 1: to go up against, um, possibly Lamar Jackson, Philip Rivers, 699 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:12,080 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers, I mean, these are the cast of characters 700 00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,600 Speaker 1: you're gonna be dealing with. So does that concern you? 701 00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:18,760 Speaker 1: Should we be concerned? I'm I'm I'm gonna say maybe, 702 00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:22,160 Speaker 1: because I'm gonna say maybe. I'm I'm gonna I'm gonna Well, 703 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,680 Speaker 1: you said maybe too pretty much said not so much. Yeah, 704 00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:27,080 Speaker 1: well that's kind of a maybe. But I think I 705 00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:30,480 Speaker 1: think I think maybe also, But I believe that the 706 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:33,279 Speaker 1: Bill's defense is trending up, and proof of that is 707 00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:36,640 Speaker 1: a better pass rush and ten intercept ten takeaways in 708 00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:40,680 Speaker 1: their last five games. To me, while they may be 709 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:42,919 Speaker 1: able by they may be giving up points, they're also 710 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,600 Speaker 1: giving extra possessions to their offense, and so that encourages 711 00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:47,360 Speaker 1: me to say, well, even if they're giving up a 712 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:49,480 Speaker 1: little bit more on the back end in terms of scoring, 713 00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:53,520 Speaker 1: if they're gonna keep giving their offense more possessions, I'm 714 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:57,120 Speaker 1: not as concerned as maybe I would be this time 715 00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:00,000 Speaker 1: last year if this was something that was happening because 716 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:03,239 Speaker 1: they could not score with any kind of consistent proficiency. 717 00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:05,480 Speaker 1: All right, now you're gonna get some good quarterbacks in 718 00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:08,879 Speaker 1: the playoffs. Yes, And playoffs are always a concern because 719 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,480 Speaker 1: the other team is there and they're playing well. So yes, 720 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:13,920 Speaker 1: you you should be concerned in every respect when you 721 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:15,640 Speaker 1: get into the playoffs because you're you're going to play 722 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:17,719 Speaker 1: against a really good football team. All right. Finally, the 723 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,640 Speaker 1: Bills have allowed both twenty points or more and four 724 00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:24,200 Speaker 1: hundred yards or more in five games this season, which 725 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:28,680 Speaker 1: is more than the last two seasons combined. Steve previously 726 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:32,600 Speaker 1: just two such games since twenty eighteen. Again, with the 727 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:37,200 Speaker 1: playoffs in mind, should we be concerned? Yeah, I mean, 728 00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:39,600 Speaker 1: with the playoffs in mind, I think, yeah, you're gonna 729 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:41,480 Speaker 1: run into some teams that can really go. Last year, 730 00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:45,000 Speaker 1: you got into a game with Deshaun Watson and you 731 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:47,719 Speaker 1: take them toe to toe and it ends up they 732 00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:49,920 Speaker 1: put together a drive and overtime to beat you with 733 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,920 Speaker 1: a you know, with two free rushers onto the quarterback 734 00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:56,960 Speaker 1: miss a sack, he shakes it off and wins the game. Yeah. 735 00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:02,080 Speaker 1: So yeah, the playoffs. There is no easy road in 736 00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:04,560 Speaker 1: the playoffs. You can say what you want. You say, matchups, yeah, okay, 737 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:07,160 Speaker 1: they're easy, but it's only easy after the fact. When 738 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:08,719 Speaker 1: you're going into that game, you know you're going to 739 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,759 Speaker 1: get a team that's going to be playing well. You 740 00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:14,120 Speaker 1: are always concerned with the playoffs, no matter what the 741 00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:16,040 Speaker 1: statistics say or all that. So I'm gonna say, yes, 742 00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:18,759 Speaker 1: you should be concerned. It's a defense that is not 743 00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:21,000 Speaker 1: the same top three defense it was a year ago. 744 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:23,920 Speaker 1: It's a different style of defense, a different type of defense, 745 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:28,480 Speaker 1: a different defense with different strengths. So, yeah, you don't 746 00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:30,200 Speaker 1: know how it's going to look when you match up. 747 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:33,040 Speaker 1: I think I think it's a flipped team this year. 748 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:36,200 Speaker 1: It's not a defense that is consistently going to hold 749 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:39,160 Speaker 1: you in games. It's an offense that can keep pace 750 00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:41,759 Speaker 1: in games. That's how this twenty twenty Bills team is 751 00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:44,200 Speaker 1: different from the twenty nineteen Bills team. So while I 752 00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,960 Speaker 1: might be concerned about the defense holding teams down in 753 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:51,680 Speaker 1: the playoffs, I'm confident that the Bills offense will be 754 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,680 Speaker 1: able to keep pace with whoever they are playing in 755 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:57,319 Speaker 1: any given week, and the defense, if they can be 756 00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:00,160 Speaker 1: what they believe their identity is, taking the ball away 757 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:03,359 Speaker 1: and giving more opportunities to the offense, I think they 758 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:05,960 Speaker 1: could overcome that. All right, that's all the time we 759 00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:08,640 Speaker 1: have for this edition of One Bill's Light our thanks 760 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:10,879 Speaker 1: to Eric Davis, and we remind you you can listen 761 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:13,640 Speaker 1: to our One Bills Live shows Monday to Friday on 762 00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:17,279 Speaker 1: all your popular podcast platforms. Easy for me to say, 763 00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:20,240 Speaker 1: but when you don't have time for two hours plus 764 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,680 Speaker 1: of One Bills Live, you can always join us here 765 00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:25,440 Speaker 1: for thirty to forty minutes on One Bill's Life. For 766 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:27,920 Speaker 1: Steve Tasker, I'm Chris Brown. We'll catch up with you 767 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:28,399 Speaker 1: next week.