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Speaker 1: Welcome back, everybody to Week seven of the Sean McDermott Show,
Speaker 1: presented by Connors and Farrish, your workers camp Attorney, Sean,
Speaker 1: thanks again as always for joining us. You're coming off
Speaker 1: two tough weeks against a couple of the best teams
Speaker 1: in the National Football League. What's your message to your
Speaker 1: team after suffering a tough couple of weeks. Yeah, they've
Speaker 1: been They've been tough weeks. Two very strong football teams,
Speaker 1: two very strong opponents, and we haven't played our best
Speaker 1: over the last two weeks. And that's probably probably our
Speaker 1: biggest focus right now. Steve is really controlling the pieces
Speaker 1: we can control and making sure that we're making the
Speaker 1: adjustments that we need to make as a football team,
Speaker 1: because certainly we want to play well now, but also
Speaker 1: as we head into the months of November and December,
Speaker 1: we want to make sure we're growing and becoming a
Speaker 1: better football team. You're a different football team than you
Speaker 1: were in Week one, But how has your team evolved?
Speaker 1: I know the Jets have changed, they've got new faces,
Speaker 1: they've released some players, but how has your team evolved
Speaker 1: since Week one? Well? I think we've gotten better in
Speaker 1: some areas, but there's other areas that we haven't gotten better,
Speaker 1: and quite honestly, in those And listen, no team is perfect.
Speaker 1: I know out there right now, there's I know there's
Speaker 1: teams with perfect records, but even those teams, like us,
Speaker 1: have things that we have to manage and get better at.
Speaker 1: That has to be our goal as a coaching staff
Speaker 1: and as a team. And that's why you coach. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's that's why they have coaches. They don't just roll
Speaker 1: the ball out there and say here you go for
Speaker 1: sixteen games. That's what we're here to do and to
Speaker 1: do at a high level for our football team. Well,
Speaker 1: in the last couple of weeks, the schedule has been
Speaker 1: moved around quite a bit. I mean, this week you
Speaker 1: seem to be somewhat back on schedule with a Sunday
Speaker 1: one o'clock game. How does getting back to a normal
Speaker 1: routine affect and help or hurt your preparation. Well, it's
Speaker 1: another short week when you look at it. The last
Speaker 1: three weeks, we've had people working on us and we're
Speaker 1: not able to work on them at the same time.
Speaker 1: And that's that's been a challenge. That said, we're ready
Speaker 1: to get back on a normal schedule, and we get
Speaker 1: through this week, we'll be back on a normal schedule
Speaker 1: for the most part, and I think our players are
Speaker 1: looking forward to it. And and and that said again,
Speaker 1: we you know, we've been now through this short week
Speaker 1: schedule one week and right back into it the next week.
Speaker 1: So there is we try to create some sort of
Speaker 1: normalcy for our players and moving forward, getting them back
Speaker 1: into that routine. Come this Sunday, we'll be a welcome edition. Okay.
Speaker 1: So I know that the Chiefs and the Titans are
Speaker 1: two completely different teams, but they were the first teams
Speaker 1: to kind of slow your offense up this year. And
Speaker 1: what did they do that kind of look similar to
Speaker 1: each other. Well, and when you look at it, I
Speaker 1: think if you look at the tape, you'll see that
Speaker 1: they did some cover two, some split safety looks, and
Speaker 1: you know when they do that, we have outlets and
Speaker 1: resources that we can use, and we didn't do enough
Speaker 1: in those in those compartments or buckets, if you will.
Speaker 1: So we've got to be able to run the ball
Speaker 1: into those looks at times and do some different things
Speaker 1: in the passing game, and is more on us than
Speaker 1: it is on them, and so we've got to continue
Speaker 1: to grow. That's a key area for our football team
Speaker 1: moving forward. Yeah, Josh, it was way off of his
Speaker 1: season average statistically in the last two weeks. He only
Speaker 1: managed one hundred and two twenty two pass one hundred
Speaker 1: and twenty two passing yards against the Chiefs after two
Speaker 1: sixty three against the Titans. You know, let's evaluate. Give
Speaker 1: me a quick synopsis of how Josh has played, and
Speaker 1: not just in these last two performances, but the direction
Speaker 1: of his season. Well through six games, I think he's
Speaker 1: done some real nice things. He's shown growth, he's shown improvement,
Speaker 1: he's shown maturity, and in these last two games, I think,
Speaker 1: you know, we've been challenged at times and he's made
Speaker 1: some good throws. We haven't come through for him. He's
Speaker 1: been affected at times, and there's some throws he wants
Speaker 1: back and some decisions he wants back. And so I'm
Speaker 1: confident that Josh Allen will continue to learn through these
Speaker 1: situations and uh and moments in his career and we'll
Speaker 1: look back one day and say, hey, you know that
Speaker 1: was That was a big time pivotal moment for him
Speaker 1: and his career. One of the positive things about this
Speaker 1: last week, you had the Chiefs within reach in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, Josh connected with Beasley to pull the game
Speaker 1: within one score. Beasley finished with four catches for forty
Speaker 1: five yards and a touchdown. Give me a quick summary
Speaker 1: of Cole Beasley's role in this passing game and how
Speaker 1: important it is. Well, it's huge to our success. Cole
Speaker 1: is an extremely instinctive player, does a lot of a
Speaker 1: lot of good things in that slot area and sometimes
Speaker 1: outside as well. And just his rapport with Josh and
Speaker 1: their communication I think is pivotal for our for our
Speaker 1: offense as we continue to move forward. Coach, I know
Speaker 1: you probably want to get more out of your running game.
Speaker 1: You finally got Zack Moss after his toe injury, but
Speaker 1: neither him or Singletary we're able to get going on
Speaker 1: the ground against the Chiefs. What's the key to getting
Speaker 1: this running game going? Well, it's it's it's some semblance
Speaker 1: of balance between the two of the running backs upfront,
Speaker 1: creating a mentality and nasty mental of physical mentality moving
Speaker 1: people off the lant of scrimmage, and too many times
Speaker 1: over the last couple of weeks they played on our
Speaker 1: side of the scrimmage, and we need to do a
Speaker 1: better job of moving the lanta scrimmage and creating movement.
Speaker 1: Thanks coach, We'll catch up with you to get your
Speaker 1: final thoughts later in the show. Shopping Wood is presented
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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. Hi, everybody, and welcome back to the Sean
Speaker 1: McDermott Show. In his time. Now for another edition of
Speaker 1: Chopping Wood, our good friend Eric Woodea. It's been a
Speaker 1: rough past two games for the Bills against some really
Speaker 1: quality opponents, but things are looking up. They faced the
Speaker 1: Jets in Week seven. The Bills offense started the season
Speaker 1: on a real high note against the Jets. What do
Speaker 1: you look for, Brian day Bold to go back to
Speaker 1: to get the offense back on track. You know, for me,
Speaker 1: early in the season they were utilizing all of their
Speaker 1: weapons so well. These last couple of weeks, we've saw
Speaker 1: a lot of emphasis on kind of forcing the baldus
Speaker 1: to fond digs at times, and when you have a
Speaker 1: play are like digs, it's easy to do that. And
Speaker 1: also we've seen some quarterback runs, especially against the Chiefs,
Speaker 1: we got some quarterback driven runs back in the game plan.
Speaker 1: I think Josh's shoulder might have dictated some of those
Speaker 1: being out of the game plan. We saw some more
Speaker 1: of those. So getting back to those utilizing your weapons,
Speaker 1: and I think the Bills will be just fine. Yeah,
Speaker 1: let's start by taking a look at some of those
Speaker 1: design quarterback runs. Let's start with Josh's thirteen yard run
Speaker 1: against Kansas City. So on this play, generally out of
Speaker 1: the pistol formation, when the running back is behind the
Speaker 1: quarterback in the shotgun formation, you don't get a lot
Speaker 1: of designed quarterback runs out of this. I thought this
Speaker 1: was a great play designed by Brian dave Ball because
Speaker 1: the Chiefs were not thinking. It's a great lead up
Speaker 1: in the hole by Zach Moss and it's an easy
Speaker 1: first down against one of the best teams in the NFL. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they'd used Josh on some design runs in Week one
Speaker 1: against the Jets. This next week's opponent. But like this
Speaker 1: quarterback drawings second and thirteen. This here in Buffalo in
Speaker 1: week one, Von breaks one off. Yeah, this is another
Speaker 1: designed quarterback run. And again, when you can add the
Speaker 1: running back as a blocker on a play with the
Speaker 1: quarterback running the football, you simply get them outnumbered in
Speaker 1: the box. If you look here that Jets have six
Speaker 1: guys in the box. Now they actually exchange, they fire
Speaker 1: the nickel and the linebacker leaves in his place. But
Speaker 1: by using the running back as a league blocker, you're
Speaker 1: able to account for that. It's a great job by
Speaker 1: Singletary making a block here on this play, and Josh
Speaker 1: Allen makes him pay. And one of Josh's best qualities
Speaker 1: is his ability to run the football. And after the
Speaker 1: first couple of weeks of the season, we were saying, man,
Speaker 1: we want to see Josh run the football less. But
Speaker 1: as you see, if the season goes on, that's such
Speaker 1: a big asset for him. I think you need to
Speaker 1: continue to use him in the run game and utilize
Speaker 1: his strengths. And if we go back to the Kansas
Speaker 1: City game, this offense got a little bit more successful
Speaker 1: once they started going to Cole Beasley. They got him involved.
Speaker 1: Let's take a look at a twenty two yard or
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. Ole Beasley has a knack for
Speaker 1: finding soft spots in zone and he does it here perfectly,
Speaker 1: and he stays alive as Josh maneuvers the pocket. And
Speaker 1: he's a quarterback's best friend. And for a young quarterback,
Speaker 1: Josh in his thirty year in the NFL, he's still
Speaker 1: a young quarterback. He's still developing. Oftentimes, your safety blanket
Speaker 1: is your tight end. Well, for the Buffalo Bills, his
Speaker 1: safety blanket is Cole Beasley, and he needs to continue
Speaker 1: to find him. Even though you have Stefon Diggs and
Speaker 1: you have John Brown, big time threats on the outside,
Speaker 1: keep using Cole Beasley as you're safety blanket. Yeah, And
Speaker 1: they come back to him on the following play for
Speaker 1: a touchdown on a slam route. As windows in the
Speaker 1: red zone get tighter and tighter, guys like Cole Beasley
Speaker 1: that a ton of suddenness to him and have some
Speaker 1: creativity to the route running can be extremely valuable Here.
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley replaces the blitz with his route, whether it
Speaker 1: was a play design or something that he does naturally.
Speaker 1: Here because of the blitz. Either way, it's extremely well executed.
Speaker 1: Does a great job of fighting to the end zone
Speaker 1: at a time of the game where they needed the
Speaker 1: same time. He fights the end zone and scores on
Speaker 1: this play. Yeah, you go back to the Jet game.
Speaker 1: They took a shot to Cole Beasley down on first
Speaker 1: down in week one and it looked like it was
Speaker 1: going to be a big play, but it turned into
Speaker 1: a nice completion. Yeah. When the Bills get their run
Speaker 1: game going, then these plays really open up in the secondary.
Speaker 1: And this is a simple play action play. Cole Beasley's
Speaker 1: running up the seam and because of the play action,
Speaker 1: the linebackers are hesitant to give back in their zones
Speaker 1: and Cole Beasley is able to find the soft spot
Speaker 1: once again and he's wide open down the field. A
Speaker 1: little bit better ball, maybe he's still running, but you
Speaker 1: know what, it's a great job of Josh Allen delivery,
Speaker 1: understanding that the linebackers weren't back in their zones and
Speaker 1: that he was going to have an open throw there.
Speaker 1: It'll be great to see if this offense can get
Speaker 1: back on track against New York. Eric, thanks for this.
Speaker 1: We're gonna see you next week. Yeah, I'm looking forward
Speaker 1: to it. Steve Patty glab here with this week's game preview.
Speaker 1: The four and two Buffalo Bills are on the road
Speaker 1: to face the owen six New York Jets. The Bills
Speaker 1: have a chance to sweep the Jets with a win
Speaker 1: for the first time since the twenty fifteenth season. The
Speaker 1: Jets have had a rough start to the year as
Speaker 1: they're still searching for their first win. Their offense ranks thirtieth,
Speaker 1: averaging two hundred and seventy six point seven total yards
Speaker 1: per game, while they average a league low twelve and
Speaker 1: a half points per game. The Jets defense is twentieth,
Speaker 1: allowing three hundred and seventy eight point eight yards per
Speaker 1: game and twenty ninth allowing thirty point eight points per game.
Speaker 1: Quarterback Josh Allen and the Bills are looking to bounce
Speaker 1: back after two straight losses. The qb now has the
Speaker 1: franchise record for most touchdown passes through six weeks with
Speaker 1: sixteen wide receivers. Stefan Diggs has the third most receiving
Speaker 1: yards in the NFL with five hundred and fifty five.
Speaker 1: Their offense has converted fifty six point two percent of
Speaker 1: their third downs which is the best in the league,
Speaker 1: and thirty three and a half percent of their plays
Speaker 1: result in a first down, which ranks seven. The Bills
Speaker 1: defense ranks twenty third, allowing three hundred and eighty seven
Speaker 1: point five total yards a game and twenty first, allowing
Speaker 1: twenty eight points a game. The Bills leave the series
Speaker 1: against the Jets with sixty three wins and fifty six losses.
Speaker 1: Head coach Sean McDermott is four and three against the
Speaker 1: Jets as the Bills head coach. That's this week's game preview.
Speaker 1: Steve back to you. Thank you as always, Mattie coach.
Speaker 1: You were off to a hot four and no start,
Speaker 1: then dropped two games in a row. What's the key
Speaker 1: to bouncing back after a tough stretch like this? Yeah,
Speaker 1: learning from that. We have to learn from the last
Speaker 1: two weeks in particular, and then move forward as a
Speaker 1: football team. We've got to make sure that we remain
Speaker 1: confident and we continue to grow our fundamentals and techniques
Speaker 1: and take them an aggressive mindset as we move forward
Speaker 1: as a football team in offense, defense and special teams. Well,
Speaker 1: the meet of the schedule, the division schedule coming up.
Speaker 1: You beat the Jets twenty seven seventeen in Week one.
Speaker 1: But what is the biggest challenge when facing a team
Speaker 1: for the second time in the season like these division
Speaker 1: games are. Oh, it's hard to beat a team twice
Speaker 1: in one season. We're very familiar with them, they're very
Speaker 1: familiar with us, and you cannot undersk made an opponent
Speaker 1: any week in the NFL, and we've always approached every
Speaker 1: week by earning the right to win and respecting every opponent.
Speaker 1: And that's how we'll start this week, all right, coach,
Speaker 1: Thanks and good luck this weekend in New York. We'll
Speaker 1: be back next week to break down the game with
Speaker 1: the Jets in preview the Week eight matchup with the
Speaker 1: New England Patriots. Thanks for watching The Sean McDermott Show
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