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Speaker 1: over time, All right back at it, right back at

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Speaker 1: work here in Orchard Park, right next door to the

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Speaker 1: new Area Field, John Murphy, Steve Taster here with one

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Speaker 1: Bill's Live for the next three hours. We aren't in

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Speaker 1: the Seneca Studios, in the front end of the ad

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Speaker 1: Pro Sports Training Center where the Buffalo Bills are practicing

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Speaker 1: as weeks weeak. Good afternoon, Welcome to the show. Welcome

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Speaker 1: back to the show. We had Thursday Friday off back

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Speaker 1: I don't know about you, Steve, but I feel totally

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Speaker 1: I'm you know, I haven't seen you since I went

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Speaker 1: it was a tight game, tight game, tight game. All

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Speaker 1: ended up being for the Patriots. This's the way they work,

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Speaker 1: you know. They hit on They hit on every play

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Speaker 1: and the score just ratchets apart as all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: in the national in the AFC. Now now the Chiefs,

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Speaker 1: The team's practicing on the other side of the wall

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Speaker 1: here and getting ready for the Miami Dolphins. Bills her

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Speaker 1: want to talk about Well, first let's give you the

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Speaker 1: guest lineup today. Levi Wallace, Bills corner who's had an

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Speaker 1: outstanding start this season, his second in the NFL. He's

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Speaker 1: sometime in the next forty minutes or so, he'll be

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Speaker 1: on the show with us and Gary Gramling from Sports

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Speaker 1: Illustrated has written a couple of things, including six takeaways

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Speaker 1: from the NFL Weekend, the forty nine ers take over

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Speaker 1: the NFC West. He says, rams and chiefs in crisis.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk with Gary Gramling's got some thoughts on the Bills,

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Speaker 1: and he's coming up with us in the one o'clock hour.

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Speaker 1: And it's a weird show. We are. If you watch

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Speaker 1: on MSG we will disappear at one thirty. There's a

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Speaker 1: because of the pregame for the Sabers Sabers play. He

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Speaker 1: The buy is over the Bills getting set for a

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Speaker 1: after practice to day, Levi welcome, thanks for coming in now,

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Speaker 1: I mean, what's the next step for you guys to say, Okay,

428
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Speaker 1: we are a good football team. We're we you know,

429
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Speaker 1: How does the vibe change as your team improves? Um?

430
00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,760
Speaker 1: I think specifically on defense, you know, we just have

431
00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,320
Speaker 1: to stay you know, hungry as we as we've been,

432
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Speaker 1: you know, um, and not let games you know come down,

433
00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:36,760
Speaker 1: you know, just to us, you know, try to make

434
00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:39,920
Speaker 1: try to make more takeaways, gave the offense more opportunities,

435
00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,160
Speaker 1: you know, limit even less. You know that we've been

436
00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,520
Speaker 1: doing um, you know, I think we know in our

437
00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:46,920
Speaker 1: hearts that were a pretty good defense. UM. But I

438
00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:48,639
Speaker 1: don't think we set aside with that at all, you know,

439
00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,960
Speaker 1: I think we want to be number one in every category,

440
00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:54,520
Speaker 1: you know, even being specific with Dennis, you know, just

441
00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:57,320
Speaker 1: the job that he does with giving us numbers. Um,

442
00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:59,159
Speaker 1: you know just how we can move forward from that.

443
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Speaker 1: US But ask you you mentioned when you sat down

444
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Speaker 1: here a minute ago, how the last time you were

445
00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,320
Speaker 1: with us was training camp. It seemed like a long

446
00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:07,639
Speaker 1: time ago now, yeah, and at that time you were

447
00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,600
Speaker 1: considered to be in like a three way battle for

448
00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,159
Speaker 1: for a starting spot. Right, but very early on in

449
00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,040
Speaker 1: camp you was stable us that you were the starter

450
00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,080
Speaker 1: and you haven't let let go of that. How much

451
00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:20,160
Speaker 1: has your approach changed since then since CAMPH? Like I said,

452
00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:22,480
Speaker 1: it's the same. You know, I fight for every play

453
00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:26,520
Speaker 1: you know that I get because it's not promised, you know. Um,

454
00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:29,680
Speaker 1: you know with injuries, and you know we have other

455
00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:31,879
Speaker 1: corners behind me. They do a great job as well,

456
00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,679
Speaker 1: so you know I had that mindset to go out

457
00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:36,760
Speaker 1: there and compete, you know, and with them as well,

458
00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,440
Speaker 1: they make me better as well, especially Kevin. Are you

459
00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,680
Speaker 1: UM in the do you notice do teams kind of

460
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Speaker 1: stay away from Tredavius on the other side and come

461
00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:46,960
Speaker 1: your way. Is that a pattern that you saw through

462
00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:52,040
Speaker 1: the first five games? Um? Yes and no. Um. I

463
00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:53,600
Speaker 1: mean they have to throw the ball eventually at one

464
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Speaker 1: of us. Um. You know, if I'm playing really well,

465
00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:58,240
Speaker 1: you know, then they'll start throwing at him. He's playing

466
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Speaker 1: really well, They'll start throwing at me, and we both

467
00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,520
Speaker 1: make plays. And then you have the two safeties, two

468
00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:06,040
Speaker 1: of the best safeties in the league, you know, that

469
00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,400
Speaker 1: are just tracking the ball down as much as they can.

470
00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:10,919
Speaker 1: So I think you have to really pick your poison

471
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Speaker 1: and see where you really want to throw the ball.

472
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Speaker 1: You know, I just try to lock my side down

473
00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:16,760
Speaker 1: and make him try to throw at your Davis and

474
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Speaker 1: knowing that he's gonna make plays on his side. So

475
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Speaker 1: when you start looking and open up the book on

476
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Speaker 1: the Dolphins, either today or do you wait till make

477
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Speaker 1: it a normal week and wait till Wednesday. Coaches will

478
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Speaker 1: start game. They probably have already started game planning on

479
00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:29,480
Speaker 1: these guys. But do you start getting an early look

480
00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:31,760
Speaker 1: at them already? Yeah? Yeah, with the film, you know,

481
00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:34,679
Speaker 1: just by yourself. You know, I think tomorrow's an off day. Um,

482
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Speaker 1: as usual, we're gonna treat you like a regular schedule. Um,

483
00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:40,600
Speaker 1: tomorrow's off, they just start film by myself and then

484
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Speaker 1: coming Wednesday prepared and you know, knowing what they're doing

485
00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:45,000
Speaker 1: first and second down and going from there. What do

486
00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:46,800
Speaker 1: those safeties do for you in the back end? Those

487
00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,680
Speaker 1: two I mean they run, they run the show back there.

488
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Speaker 1: You know, whatever they say goes, and I trust them.

489
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Speaker 1: You know, they have the most experience out of out

490
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Speaker 1: of all of us, but I think six years each

491
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Speaker 1: seven years. Yeah, Um, so you know, just asking them

492
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Speaker 1: whatever they say goes, and and trusting that they'll be

493
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Speaker 1: in a position that they say they will be. Um,

494
00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:09,680
Speaker 1: you know, just running the show. You know, whatever they see,

495
00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,760
Speaker 1: cut this, cut that, you know, alert this, and a

496
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Speaker 1: five percent of time they usually right. So you're going

497
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Speaker 1: into I know you don't really keep track of this,

498
00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,520
Speaker 1: but Dolphins are struggling to win games down there. They

499
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Speaker 1: lost one on a two point conversion. I guess yesterday. Um,

500
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Speaker 1: you can't. How much do you let that leak into

501
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Speaker 1: your thought process? Not at all, I would think, right,

502
00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:34,119
Speaker 1: I mean, this is an NFL you know, And I

503
00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,360
Speaker 1: remember my mom used to say it to me back

504
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Speaker 1: in the day. She wasn't talking about the NFL specifically.

505
00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,080
Speaker 1: She's talking about high school. But she was saying, any

506
00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:44,560
Speaker 1: given Sunday, you know, you can lose. Um. She was

507
00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:46,520
Speaker 1: talking about my high school team. We played on Fridays.

508
00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:49,359
Speaker 1: But you know, she was saying that, yeah, yeah, you know,

509
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Speaker 1: just being prepared, you know, never you know, the Dolphins

510
00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:53,439
Speaker 1: are still a great team. This is still the NFL.

511
00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:56,080
Speaker 1: You know, they can't come out here and put up

512
00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,399
Speaker 1: forty points. You know, they have great receivers, quarterback that's growing,

513
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,680
Speaker 1: you know. UM, and they have good guys on defense

514
00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,320
Speaker 1: as well, So leave by UM. And this has been

515
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Speaker 1: not just this year, but this past defense has been

516
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Speaker 1: excellent for almost two years now, number three in the

517
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Speaker 1: NFL and average. I think you guys give up I

518
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Speaker 1: know you give up less than two and I think

519
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,919
Speaker 1: it's like one hundred eighty seven yards passing per game. Um,

520
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,119
Speaker 1: what's left to be done in this past offense? What

521
00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,760
Speaker 1: can you do better? Do you think taking the ball away?

522
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Speaker 1: And I made a comment earlier to day everyone has

523
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Speaker 1: an interception except me, So it's got to start with me,

524
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Speaker 1: you know, and then UM, you know, just all of us,

525
00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,639
Speaker 1: you know, just having even more communication. You know, we

526
00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,600
Speaker 1: watched some film things we missed that could have give

527
00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,600
Speaker 1: us even more opportunities to make plays on the ball.

528
00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,320
Speaker 1: So I think, just developing that communication, you know, we'll

529
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Speaker 1: go along with three straight home games. You guys given

530
00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:46,879
Speaker 1: that any thought talked about it at all? No, But

531
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Speaker 1: I thought, personally, I'm excited for that, you know. I

532
00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,719
Speaker 1: think we have the best fans in the NFL. You know,

533
00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:53,960
Speaker 1: and my house is ten minutes down the road, so

534
00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:56,320
Speaker 1: I don't really like traveling too much on the planes.

535
00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:58,800
Speaker 1: So I'm excited for that to play at home. What'd

536
00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:01,280
Speaker 1: you do in the bye week? What'd you get last week? Uh?

537
00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:04,840
Speaker 1: Got my went to the dentist, went to Charlotte for

538
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,520
Speaker 1: a second so my mom um got a crown put

539
00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:09,280
Speaker 1: on my tooth, and then went down to Miami and

540
00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:13,240
Speaker 1: relaxed on there with my fiance. It was raining terribly,

541
00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:16,840
Speaker 1: but in Miami, in Miami every single day, Yeah I was.

542
00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:18,639
Speaker 1: I was upset a little bit. I went down there

543
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:20,359
Speaker 1: for the sun and it was raining. It doesn't bother

544
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:24,040
Speaker 1: me so much that I was upset. Yeah, I know that,

545
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:25,600
Speaker 1: but it was good. It was a good time to

546
00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:27,080
Speaker 1: get off my feet and relax. And you mentioned you

547
00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:29,400
Speaker 1: feel good coming back to getting back to work hunt,

548
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,440
Speaker 1: Oh for sure. I mean there's no place like Buffalo,

549
00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:33,960
Speaker 1: you know, I'm always excited to leave, and then three

550
00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:35,720
Speaker 1: days in I'm like, yeah, I want to get back,

551
00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:37,640
Speaker 1: you know, and it's just great to be back. I'm

552
00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:39,880
Speaker 1: glad that it wasn't as cold when I flew in yesterday.

553
00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:43,280
Speaker 1: So it's always it was nice people come in and

554
00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,080
Speaker 1: and normal, Like Murph and I. You get a couple

555
00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:47,080
Speaker 1: of weeks off a year, you can get your vacation

556
00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:48,720
Speaker 1: time here, but when you get a bye week in

557
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:50,879
Speaker 1: the NFL, you took like from you know, four or

558
00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:54,520
Speaker 1: five six days off, it feels like a long time.

559
00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:57,080
Speaker 1: Because of the grind and the routine of every day

560
00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:59,600
Speaker 1: life in the NFL. It felt like a long time.

561
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:01,919
Speaker 1: This boy, we didn't know for sure. And then you

562
00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:03,920
Speaker 1: know when when you just set on a structure and

563
00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,440
Speaker 1: the schedule, you know for so long, with eleven plus

564
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:09,359
Speaker 1: weeks already since camp, You're like, what do I do

565
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,840
Speaker 1: with myself? I have all this time. I'm relaxed, but

566
00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:14,159
Speaker 1: I kind of want to get back. I want to

567
00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:16,760
Speaker 1: get back to the team to do Yeah. Um, So,

568
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:18,840
Speaker 1: like I said, it was good, good, time to get

569
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,560
Speaker 1: away from football. But you know, now we're back for good,

570
00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,480
Speaker 1: and you know so I think we're gonna stay focused.

571
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Speaker 1: Back to work, back to work. Thanks for this, Thanks

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Speaker 1: for coming in. We thank you for having me. Bills Corner,

573
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Speaker 1: Stephen I coming back with more. One Bill's Line from

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Speaker 1: Seneca Studio on Orchard Park. This is Buffalo Bills Radio.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back. One goes live, John Verpee and the repentant

576
00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:56,520
Speaker 1: Steve cask I felt that man, I I was so bad.

577
00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:58,640
Speaker 1: So many thanks to Leavy Wallace for joining us. Good

578
00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,520
Speaker 1: to talk with him. He's got a great story, you know,

579
00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,000
Speaker 1: it seems and at this is the point I was

580
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:03,520
Speaker 1: trying to get through at the top of the interview.

581
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,880
Speaker 1: Were used to leave by Wallace. Now and he plays well.

582
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,560
Speaker 1: He's got like like one of the lowest quarterback ratings

583
00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:11,800
Speaker 1: against him any corner in the league. Yeah, he hadn't

584
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,640
Speaker 1: even been every year yet he played seven games last year,

585
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,520
Speaker 1: five this year, twelve games in and he's like he's

586
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:21,720
Speaker 1: we're taking for granted almost. Man, he's like a starting, yes,

587
00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:26,600
Speaker 1: top flight corner and playing good too. Good. The thing too, Now,

588
00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,639
Speaker 1: we all know that the Bills have this defense. They

589
00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:31,199
Speaker 1: like to play them, and it's multiple and they and

590
00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,760
Speaker 1: they they have a system they play guys fit in it.

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00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:37,520
Speaker 1: I think Levi Wallace and his skill set is just

592
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:39,879
Speaker 1: perfect for what they ask him to do, you know

593
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,359
Speaker 1: what I mean. I mean, they've got these guys and

594
00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:45,000
Speaker 1: they bring him in and what do I know about

595
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,240
Speaker 1: what a what a cornerback is asked to do by

596
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Speaker 1: a scheme and a defense. But he fits what they

597
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:56,120
Speaker 1: need him to do extremely well. He's really he's got

598
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,320
Speaker 1: some length to him. He was in here just minutes.

599
00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:01,000
Speaker 1: He's you know, six foot a lot taller than me,

600
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,600
Speaker 1: and he's got long arms, big long hands, he's got

601
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,800
Speaker 1: a great reach, he's you know, he's built a little

602
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:08,800
Speaker 1: bit like a miniature Tremaine Edmonds, you know, one of

603
00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:11,679
Speaker 1: those one of those big wingspan guys playing at corner.

604
00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 1: So he's got some ball skills as well. So I

605
00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:19,720
Speaker 1: think he's just found a spot that is just perfect

606
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:23,080
Speaker 1: for him, and he is thriving in this defense. And

607
00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:25,640
Speaker 1: it's really cool to see given this, like you just said,

608
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,040
Speaker 1: the story that he came from in Alabama, walk on there,

609
00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:31,200
Speaker 1: just walking on hena walk on here, you know, drafted

610
00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,240
Speaker 1: free agent and here he is started the last twelve

611
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,879
Speaker 1: games and not going anywhere. And look, we went to

612
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Speaker 1: training camp third and fourth week in July talking about

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Speaker 1: who's it gonna be. Is gonna be Philip Keines, Is

614
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Speaker 1: it gonna be Kevin Johnson former first round pick, or

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Speaker 1: are they gonna go with Levi Levi Wallace. There was

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Speaker 1: no doubt once I got on the field that Levi

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Speaker 1: Wallace was the best choice for them, and it hasn't

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Speaker 1: done anything to make that mistake. He's been outstanding. Yeah, anyway,

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Speaker 1: thanks to Levi for joining us. Good guests and we're

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Speaker 1: happy to have him here. Bill's finish, obviously with their

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Speaker 1: practice here today, kind of a light walkthrough type practice,

622
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,959
Speaker 1: a brush up, getting people back on the field. Players

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Speaker 1: off tomorrow. They'll be back on Wednesday. Eleven games remain

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Speaker 1: for the Bills. We why don't open you can you

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Speaker 1: predict the final record? What's it gonna look like at

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Speaker 1: the end of the year. It's a good time to

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Speaker 1: kind of take stock of what they've done and what's

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Speaker 1: to come. Give us a call eight three five fifty

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Speaker 1: toll free one eight eight eight five fifty two five

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Speaker 1: fifty got full nines open right now? You can send

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Speaker 1: in a tweet. We can read him on the tweet sheet,

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Speaker 1: and let's do that. The tweet sheet brought to you

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Speaker 1: by Corrigan Moving Systems, the official movers of the Buffalo Bill.

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00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,280
Speaker 1: Steve is dying to get at this tweet sheets. Yeah yeah,

635
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:37,400
Speaker 1: even from Johnny says eleven and five Wild Card AFC

636
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Speaker 1: Championship game against the New England Patriots, that means going

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00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:44,840
Speaker 1: deep into the playoffs. From Ronnie, he says the Bills

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Speaker 1: twelve and four. The Chiefs have no defense, and I

639
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Speaker 1: won't be shocked if the Bills get to the conference

640
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,640
Speaker 1: championship and face off against the Patriots for a third

641
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:54,560
Speaker 1: time this year. And everyone knows it's not an easy task.

642
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,840
Speaker 1: Beating the same team three times in a single season

643
00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:58,600
Speaker 1: is just saying, just saying what they're gonna be used

644
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:02,240
Speaker 1: twice for sure. He's given up on that last late

645
00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:06,800
Speaker 1: season matchup, Ronnie, okay, slipping the kool aid. Barring any

646
00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:10,880
Speaker 1: significant injuries too, very key personnel, I can see thirteen

647
00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 1: and three and winning the AFC East. Well, it's still

648
00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:20,560
Speaker 1: on the table. And because you know, the Bills gave

649
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:23,280
Speaker 1: the Patriots their best game of the season, the Patriots

650
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:26,960
Speaker 1: best you know, the roughest win they've had all season,

651
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:28,680
Speaker 1: no question about it. I think it's going to be

652
00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:32,480
Speaker 1: a tall mountain to climb to go into New Foxboro

653
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:35,640
Speaker 1: and beat those guys. I think they do things really

654
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,000
Speaker 1: well in that building, and they're really tough to beat.

655
00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 1: I don't know that you can think you're going to

656
00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:44,640
Speaker 1: go in there and do that, but they've been on

657
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:46,560
Speaker 1: the verge of doing it in the year's past, and

658
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:47,960
Speaker 1: you know, I think I always go back to the

659
00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,200
Speaker 1: Leotis mcclvin game where they had that team beat and

660
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:53,640
Speaker 1: let him off the hook. It has happened a number

661
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:57,719
Speaker 1: of occasions where the Patriots have been beaten and the

662
00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,320
Speaker 1: other team lets him off the hook. In fact, I'll

663
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,880
Speaker 1: go back to the AFC Championship game in Kansas City

664
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 1: this past January. The Chiefs had them beat, they intercepted

665
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,920
Speaker 1: a pass from Tom Brady. Oh No, one of their

666
00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:14,880
Speaker 1: defensive end was lined up off sides. They get to

667
00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,760
Speaker 1: play again, They take them to overtime and win. They

668
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:21,800
Speaker 1: had him beat on a fourth down conversion and the

669
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,240
Speaker 1: Chiefs led him off the hook with a silly off

670
00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:27,120
Speaker 1: side guy lining of off sides. We've seen that time

671
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,200
Speaker 1: and time again. From the New England Patriots. We saw

672
00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:31,720
Speaker 1: it out here in that game against the Patriots when

673
00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:34,120
Speaker 1: they come off the corner, leave a guy uncovered and

674
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:35,960
Speaker 1: Day to throw them the football and they get a

675
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,240
Speaker 1: block punt for a touchdown. They did it again the

676
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:40,520
Speaker 1: other night against the Giants. They got a block punt

677
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:43,160
Speaker 1: for a touchdown. They just hit on all these cylinders.

678
00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,440
Speaker 1: And if you play well against them and you don't

679
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 1: make any mistakes, you can beat them. But they don't

680
00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:50,760
Speaker 1: make mistakes, so there's not much to take advantage of.

681
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:54,840
Speaker 1: Before we talk about the Patriots, because if you talk

682
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:57,080
Speaker 1: about winning the division, that's the team you're gonna talk about,

683
00:31:57,720 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 1: we should talk a little bit about the other two

684
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 1: teams in the AFC East. The Dolphins were on the

685
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:05,920
Speaker 1: verge of winning. They had a chance to get a

686
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:09,160
Speaker 1: two point conversion and finally get their first win of

687
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:12,480
Speaker 1: the year, this one against Washington yesterday. Do you have

688
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:14,840
Speaker 1: any problem with them going for two points there into

689
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:17,880
Speaker 1: the game, going for the point right now? Sure? I mean,

690
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:19,800
Speaker 1: you know what I say once in a while, you know,

691
00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:22,240
Speaker 1: I agree with you on this, But people will tell

692
00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:24,240
Speaker 1: you this, and it's very conservative, and people don't like

693
00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:25,840
Speaker 1: to hear it. Before you win a game, you have

694
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 1: to not lose it. You have to not lose it.

695
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:30,440
Speaker 1: They could have taken the extra point and play it

696
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:34,360
Speaker 1: over time. I get it. They'd switched quarterbacks in the

697
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:40,800
Speaker 1: game already. Yep, so I get it. And you can

698
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:47,000
Speaker 1: go around and around in circles, over play selection, all

699
00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:49,960
Speaker 1: of that, but man, give your team a chance to win.

700
00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:51,680
Speaker 1: The players will always tell you to go for it.

701
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,120
Speaker 1: They always want a chance to win the game right

702
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,640
Speaker 1: then and there. And I think when you've got your

703
00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:59,600
Speaker 1: backup quarterback, you've already benched your starter, your over on

704
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,720
Speaker 1: the season. Yeah, I mean, I'd go for it. The

705
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:05,160
Speaker 1: two point conversion play was odd. I thought, right to

706
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 1: pass to Kenyan Drake, not in the end zone the zone.

707
00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:11,080
Speaker 1: Skins were all over it. Even if he caught the ball,

708
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,000
Speaker 1: he probably would have a hard time fighting his way

709
00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:15,400
Speaker 1: into the end zone for two points. That's the part

710
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:17,280
Speaker 1: that I think troubles me. All Right, you want to

711
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,120
Speaker 1: be aggressive and go for it, we'll go for it.

712
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 1: Then don't throw it to Kenyan Drake at the four

713
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,320
Speaker 1: and say, okay, you find your way into the end zone,

714
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:24,800
Speaker 1: go for it, go for the end zone, go for

715
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:26,720
Speaker 1: the two points go for the win. It was sort

716
00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:28,800
Speaker 1: of like a I think, a half baked attempt to

717
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:30,800
Speaker 1: get a two point conversion. I know they're trying to

718
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,720
Speaker 1: get blocks in front of Kenyan Drake and trying to

719
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:34,760
Speaker 1: block his way into the end zone, But wouldn't a

720
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:37,080
Speaker 1: better attempt to bend to throw it into the end

721
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:38,720
Speaker 1: zone and say go get the ball in the end zone.

722
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:41,440
Speaker 1: Let's we'll say this. And I've said I've said this

723
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:43,880
Speaker 1: a million times murph because I heard it and I

724
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:47,000
Speaker 1: said it on the show in the recent past. When

725
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:51,360
Speaker 1: you get in those spots, think players, not plays. Yeah,

726
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,720
Speaker 1: and maybe they think at that point Kenyon Drake was

727
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:55,680
Speaker 1: their guy. They were gonna get him the football somehow,

728
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 1: some way got Fits at quarterback and we all, you know,

729
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,400
Speaker 1: we're all we've all ridden the Fits magic roller coaster

730
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:03,560
Speaker 1: enough to know you're gonna, you know, get the ball

731
00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:09,560
Speaker 1: out of his hands. I get it, but you know, yeah,

732
00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,120
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know. I'm with you. That to me,

733
00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:15,120
Speaker 1: the play selection right there, throwing the ball outside the

734
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:19,319
Speaker 1: end zone on a quick hitter like right away, I

735
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,200
Speaker 1: don't know, man, That's that's risky. That is really risky.

736
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:24,400
Speaker 1: Of course, you know how to go if it. If

737
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 1: it works, he's a genius. If it doesn't, you know,

738
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:28,080
Speaker 1: I just didn't. He didn't give m a good chance

739
00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:31,880
Speaker 1: to get the two point conversion. So Rosen started yesterday

740
00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:35,399
Speaker 1: benched in place of in In, you know, replaced by

741
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:40,600
Speaker 1: of fit Hendrick. Thank you in the second half. But Rosen, Uh,

742
00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 1: we'll start again this week at Buffalo. Apparently that's what

743
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:47,920
Speaker 1: Floris the head coach of the Dolphins, says. Rosen, traded

744
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,359
Speaker 1: to the Dolphins in the off season, has not played well.

745
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:52,919
Speaker 1: Fitz was pretty good yesterday twelve of eighteen, one hundred

746
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,640
Speaker 1: thirty two yards and a couple of late scores. But um,

747
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:57,880
Speaker 1: they're gonna come back. They're gonna come right back with

748
00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:01,520
Speaker 1: Josh Rosen. I guess I'm not surpris Yes, it's indicative

749
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:03,719
Speaker 1: of I guess where they think their season's going. Why

750
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:05,319
Speaker 1: not played the young guy and see if we've got

751
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,719
Speaker 1: something there. But it's good. I think it's good for

752
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 1: the Bills. I'd rather face Josh Rosen than I would

753
00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:12,200
Speaker 1: run Fitzpatrick. If I'm the Bills, I think so too.

754
00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:14,239
Speaker 1: And I'll tell you this too that as we talk

755
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:16,799
Speaker 1: about you know the division and you know because we're

756
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:20,319
Speaker 1: on our Twitter poll and predict the final record. You

757
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:22,840
Speaker 1: look at the division, the Bills are in and yesterday

758
00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:27,120
Speaker 1: Sam Darnold's back in the lineup, and do you think

759
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,760
Speaker 1: that's what the Jets are? What you saw yesterday in Dallas?

760
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:31,799
Speaker 1: Are we talking about Jets here? Yeah? I mean, I'm

761
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:37,799
Speaker 1: kind of going from around the division. I don't know.

762
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,040
Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys are very flawed, right, three straight

763
00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 1: losses and that they're life. I look, the Jets are

764
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 1: better with Darnold, There's no question about that. And they

765
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 1: got better yesterday. And and this is what the part. Again,

766
00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:50,680
Speaker 1: I didn't watch the whole game. I listened to a

767
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:52,920
Speaker 1: lot of it and watched some of the tail end

768
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 1: of it. The Jets have a very good defense and

769
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:59,719
Speaker 1: that became a factor late in the game. Right, there's

770
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:01,480
Speaker 1: one played a couple of people who have highlighted on

771
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:04,640
Speaker 1: Twitter of Quinnon Williams their first round traffick just crashing

772
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:06,360
Speaker 1: down the line of scrimmage to make a key stop

773
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:09,680
Speaker 1: on Ezekiel Elliott. That was huge. I mean that was spectacular.

774
00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:12,759
Speaker 1: And then of course the blitz by our buddy, the safety, right,

775
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,719
Speaker 1: Jamal Adams. Jamal Adams was a great play. So the

776
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 1: Jets have this good defense which has not served them

777
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,440
Speaker 1: well during the start of the season, but now capable

778
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,720
Speaker 1: quarterbacking and the great pastor Robbie Anderson ninety two yards.

779
00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:26,040
Speaker 1: It makes a huge difference for the Jets. So Donald

780
00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:30,040
Speaker 1: Donald is more than capable, right he's been. He's been

781
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,440
Speaker 1: pretty good for them over the years. The Bills took

782
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,120
Speaker 1: care of him week one over the year and a

783
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:35,480
Speaker 1: half that he's been in there, and he makes a

784
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:37,640
Speaker 1: difference that he did yesterday. One of the and the

785
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:39,960
Speaker 1: crucial thing, and this is how you lose football games.

786
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:42,399
Speaker 1: If you're the Dallas Cowboys, they get down going in

787
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:45,440
Speaker 1: on the eight yard line on a fourth and down conversion,

788
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,440
Speaker 1: they're going for it. Jets stop them, turn around, go

789
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:50,719
Speaker 1: ninety two yards the other way in one play to

790
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:54,000
Speaker 1: Robbie Anderson. And that's how you lose a football game

791
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:58,200
Speaker 1: right there. And that is that is an inn as

792
00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:01,200
Speaker 1: a fourteen point swing, and that's too much even for

793
00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:04,839
Speaker 1: a Cowboys team that's playing well, let alone one that's

794
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:08,000
Speaker 1: playing a little bit inconsistent. So I you know, that's

795
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:12,279
Speaker 1: that sequence there, and we always say not to make

796
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 1: light of it, but or you know, that's this simple.

797
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:18,480
Speaker 1: Games are games come down like three plays. You get

798
00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 1: into a tight ball game, you come down to three

799
00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:24,480
Speaker 1: plays around the you know, over the course of four quarters,

800
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:26,360
Speaker 1: where they happen in the first quarter or the fourth quarter.

801
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:29,480
Speaker 1: Three plays of the difference, and that that sequence there

802
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:31,160
Speaker 1: for the Jets and the Cowboys was the one that

803
00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 1: was the difference. Have the Jets turned their season around? No,

804
00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:35,840
Speaker 1: I think it's too too soon to say that, but

805
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,279
Speaker 1: I do think they're not gonna stumble their way to

806
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:41,400
Speaker 1: the finish line. I think the Bills, well, the Pills

807
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 1: have a four three and a half game lead on

808
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:46,360
Speaker 1: them in the standings, right right, So shoo, that's a

809
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:48,359
Speaker 1: pretty comfortable lead at this point. A long way to go,

810
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,440
Speaker 1: a long way to go. You can't see the kind

811
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,879
Speaker 1: of stumble for the Bills yet. But again, injuries will

812
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,319
Speaker 1: be a factor, obviously, but you can't see that kind

813
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:57,680
Speaker 1: of a stumble in the making for this year's Bills team,

814
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,000
Speaker 1: not the way they play. The Jets host the Patriots

815
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:03,759
Speaker 1: to this next this coming week. So do you find

816
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:06,040
Speaker 1: it in your heart to cheer for them in that case? No,

817
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:08,239
Speaker 1: you can't do. You're not even gonna cheer for him

818
00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 1: against the Patriots. No, okay, no, all right, root for

819
00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:17,400
Speaker 1: injuries and games like that. Horrible, You're a horrible I

820
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:20,360
Speaker 1: thought I was bad. Bills wrapped up their practice about

821
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:23,160
Speaker 1: forty five minutes ago, and offense coordinator Brian Dable had

822
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:25,120
Speaker 1: a couple of brief comments of the media. He was

823
00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:28,439
Speaker 1: asked about the possible return a rookie running back Devin

824
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:31,200
Speaker 1: Singletary for this week's game against Miami. Here's what he said.

825
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:35,360
Speaker 1: He's only played a short amount of time. Um, we

826
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:37,879
Speaker 1: know he has good short space quickness. He's a guy

827
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:39,600
Speaker 1: that can hand the ball and hand it inside and

828
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:41,640
Speaker 1: run the same type of runs with Frank. He can

829
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:46,960
Speaker 1: run it outside. UM. I think anytime you you're without

830
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:48,920
Speaker 1: you know a player that you think can help your

831
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:52,399
Speaker 1: football team. Um, other guys need to step up. They did, Um,

832
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:54,560
Speaker 1: and we'll see. We'll see where he is this week.

833
00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:58,560
Speaker 1: You can't get into player of billabilities, obviously, it's what

834
00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:04,280
Speaker 1: you can tirely profit the offense. Whenever he's ready, another

835
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:08,040
Speaker 1: another good player for us. Again, we'll see, we'll see

836
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:11,440
Speaker 1: where he's at. And a guy that's played played the

837
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:14,880
Speaker 1: position for a bid in this league. Um, you know

838
00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:17,399
Speaker 1: we haven't seen him a whole bunch since he's been here,

839
00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:21,520
Speaker 1: but a great proh. We got it. When he's ready

840
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:23,359
Speaker 1: to go, he'll be ready to go. Is he ready

841
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:24,920
Speaker 1: to go? Is the question? And no one's ready to

842
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,399
Speaker 1: say that. Tyler Croft was that question. The second question,

843
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 1: first one about Devin Singletary. Look three games out, I'm

844
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:35,120
Speaker 1: I guess assuming that they were being extremely cautious and

845
00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:38,759
Speaker 1: not playing Devin Singletary last last game at Tennessee, and

846
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 1: because we were told he was close, right and now

847
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:44,160
Speaker 1: so he's got the He's missed three games plus one

848
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:47,000
Speaker 1: more week. He'll be a month removed from his hamstring injury.

849
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:49,240
Speaker 1: I guess what I'm trying to say is I expect

850
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:52,279
Speaker 1: to see Devin Singletary this week against Miami, and I

851
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:54,520
Speaker 1: do think he has a lot to offer this offense.

852
00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:56,880
Speaker 1: I look forward to that. Yeah. I think one of

853
00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:58,880
Speaker 1: the problems is when he come back from an injury

854
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,319
Speaker 1: like this, you spend so much you have to rest.

855
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:03,200
Speaker 1: There's only so much you can do with a hamstring

856
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:06,600
Speaker 1: injury or leg a muscle pull and you can't you

857
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:08,560
Speaker 1: can't run, you can't stay in shape. You've got to

858
00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:12,520
Speaker 1: exercise a little bit but you can't well, you can't run,

859
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:15,640
Speaker 1: and if you're gonna get in shape, that's the way

860
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:18,440
Speaker 1: to do it. Plus you've got as you're running back,

861
00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 1: you have to run. So when you sit down for

862
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:23,680
Speaker 1: two weeks until you can get up to where you

863
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:25,840
Speaker 1: can jog a little bit, even jogging doesn't do it.

864
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:29,440
Speaker 1: So once you get one hundred percent healthy, you got

865
00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:31,319
Speaker 1: to start getting back in a condition. Now you're not

866
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:33,520
Speaker 1: gonna have to start from scratch because you're three weeks

867
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:35,520
Speaker 1: away from being in game shape or two weeks away

868
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:37,319
Speaker 1: from it, or three weeks however long it was before.

869
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:39,440
Speaker 1: He's one hundred percent. Now you got to go out

870
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:41,759
Speaker 1: and start running one hundred percent and trusting that the

871
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:44,239
Speaker 1: muscle is not going to reinjure itself, and you gotta

872
00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:47,200
Speaker 1: get back in game shape. So not only he might

873
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:49,080
Speaker 1: have been here's the thing. He might have been ready

874
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:53,000
Speaker 1: to go against the Titans, but he probably might not

875
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:55,000
Speaker 1: have been in game shape or enough to that he

876
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,120
Speaker 1: wouldn't hurt something else or injure something else. And you

877
00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:59,040
Speaker 1: see that so many times when a guy comes back

878
00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 1: and injures a different body part because they haven't done

879
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:06,440
Speaker 1: anything one hundred percent since they got injured, so I

880
00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:08,080
Speaker 1: think that's kind of where he's at. I think it's

881
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:10,960
Speaker 1: a smart way to go. Obviously, you want the guy

882
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:14,680
Speaker 1: healthy when he gets out there, and in all ways,

883
00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:17,440
Speaker 1: not just his hamstring. Take a phone call here, Burry

884
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:19,239
Speaker 1: and Buffalo on the line with the solo Berry, Welcome

885
00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 1: to the show. Hey guys, good morning. Listen, guys, if

886
00:41:24,719 --> 00:41:26,439
Speaker 1: you look at the way the other teams are playing

887
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:29,279
Speaker 1: right now, with the with the Rams in the NFC

888
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:31,759
Speaker 1: losing three in a row, Dallas losing three in a row,

889
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:36,160
Speaker 1: with the way Kansas City has shown that they're beat

890
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:40,120
Speaker 1: abole the last couple of weeks, maybe exposed a little bit,

891
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:42,680
Speaker 1: maybe with the rush up the middle and putting more

892
00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:45,400
Speaker 1: pressure on Mahomes. But I'll tell you what, guys, I

893
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:47,480
Speaker 1: don't want to get ahead of myself and too excited

894
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:51,200
Speaker 1: about this, but look at the way we're playing right now,

895
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:54,960
Speaker 1: with this defense and the offense I think starting to

896
00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:57,799
Speaker 1: come around, and like you pointed out, Murph, with with

897
00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:02,880
Speaker 1: Singletary coming back and everything, I honestly believe this team

898
00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 1: is as good as any team in football right now.

899
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,319
Speaker 1: And I really believe that. I think we're as good

900
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:14,439
Speaker 1: as the Patriots the Patriots in my opinion, the couple

901
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:18,200
Speaker 1: of games they've won the sides beating us. You know,

902
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:20,759
Speaker 1: they didn't look that great against the Giants the other night.

903
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:25,080
Speaker 1: So what I'm saying is, guys, if the office can

904
00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:28,880
Speaker 1: come around just a little bit more, just a little

905
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:32,160
Speaker 1: bit more. The way this defense is playing, they're going

906
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:35,920
Speaker 1: to be not only in every single game that they play,

907
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:39,800
Speaker 1: but I honestly believe that they actually have a chance

908
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:42,440
Speaker 1: to win the AFC East and not be a wild

909
00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:44,920
Speaker 1: card if they can go down to New England at

910
00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:49,399
Speaker 1: the end of the year and beat them. I'm just excited, guys,

911
00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:52,759
Speaker 1: because I really believe that this is a hell of

912
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:55,440
Speaker 1: a team right now that they've built. And Murph to

913
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:59,560
Speaker 1: your point about the penalties. Okay, last night, six penalties

914
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:02,480
Speaker 1: in a row in that Jets game, and it's gotten

915
00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:04,959
Speaker 1: so out of hand now in my opinion, guys, here's

916
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:07,279
Speaker 1: what needs to be done. In my opinion, there's what

917
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:11,480
Speaker 1: they call what I call gray area penalties. Okay, yes, obviously,

918
00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:13,720
Speaker 1: when it's a it's a motion penalty on an offsides

919
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:15,640
Speaker 1: and everything they have to call it. There's there's no

920
00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:18,319
Speaker 1: give or take with penalties like that. But if a guy.

921
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:21,200
Speaker 1: If a guy hooks a guy's arm and it's twenty

922
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:23,919
Speaker 1: yards away from the field and it's nowhere near the play,

923
00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:26,320
Speaker 1: and it's an iffy call and it's a fifty fifty

924
00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:29,040
Speaker 1: call in the in the referees, they're just throwing the

925
00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:31,680
Speaker 1: flag and in my opinion, they're taking over the game.

926
00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:33,560
Speaker 1: And I don't want to say they're ruining the game,

927
00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:37,359
Speaker 1: but it's too much control. I think the I think

928
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:39,640
Speaker 1: the replay rules should be taken out of it. You

929
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:41,960
Speaker 1: know that they're never going to overturn any of these

930
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:45,560
Speaker 1: interference calls. It's a joke when you when you throw

931
00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:48,239
Speaker 1: a flag on an interference call because they're just not

932
00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:51,680
Speaker 1: going to change it. So I just think that they

933
00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:55,359
Speaker 1: need to curtail the penalties a little bit and make

934
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:58,320
Speaker 1: the game a little bit more enjoyable to watch because

935
00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:00,279
Speaker 1: it just breaks up the action too much. There's a

936
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:05,120
Speaker 1: penalty every single play. I just think it ruins the

937
00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:07,879
Speaker 1: game too. Yeah, I think you have to find it's

938
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:11,279
Speaker 1: it's a fine line, let's face it, because if you're

939
00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:14,480
Speaker 1: the team that's getting beat, you want those penalties to

940
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:16,839
Speaker 1: go your way. You want those penalty those Tikie Tach

941
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:20,160
Speaker 1: penalties called for your team. Now, you know, you know,

942
00:44:20,239 --> 00:44:22,239
Speaker 1: we all go blind when it's the shoes on the

943
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:24,759
Speaker 1: other foot and you're winning in the In these off

944
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,439
Speaker 1: the ball penalties are getting called. It's a fine line

945
00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:29,359
Speaker 1: to walk. But I think it's if it's a play,

946
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:31,680
Speaker 1: and I'm kind of with Barry on this, the caller,

947
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:34,600
Speaker 1: if this is a way from if that penalty is

948
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:36,840
Speaker 1: away from the play, it's not gonna make a difference.

949
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:39,520
Speaker 1: I don't know. I have a hard time throwing the

950
00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:43,440
Speaker 1: flag on that. So, yeah, six penalties in a row

951
00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:45,480
Speaker 1: on six straight plays. You can say it's the players.

952
00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:47,040
Speaker 1: I know, the player, the rule, you gotta call the

953
00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:51,360
Speaker 1: rules and all that. But I think the replay system

954
00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:54,439
Speaker 1: has started to cloud the waters in ways I don't

955
00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:57,480
Speaker 1: think they anticipated. I don't. I think the officials are

956
00:44:57,600 --> 00:45:00,640
Speaker 1: colored by that, the ability to be made right or wrong.

957
00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:03,279
Speaker 1: I think there it affects when they want to throw

958
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:05,120
Speaker 1: the flag and when they don't, as to where they

959
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:08,239
Speaker 1: think they'll be overturned or not. So I think it's

960
00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:12,080
Speaker 1: I think it's complicated things beyond the point of being

961
00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:14,800
Speaker 1: able of us enjoyment. You know what I'm saying. I

962
00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:16,919
Speaker 1: know exactly what you're saying it was off to watch

963
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:19,360
Speaker 1: the end of the Look, the Jets game was a

964
00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:22,640
Speaker 1: pretty competitive game, we'll say anyway, And it was a

965
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:25,920
Speaker 1: two point Jets lead with the two minute warning, and

966
00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:29,400
Speaker 1: immediately after the two minute warning, six consecutive penalties and

967
00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:32,000
Speaker 1: I just looked up. It drove me crazy. I think

968
00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:35,040
Speaker 1: Brand mentioned it drove him crazy as well. Two minute warning,

969
00:45:35,120 --> 00:45:37,239
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, two point game. This should be the time.

970
00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:39,520
Speaker 1: Then you settle in and say, okay, now this is it.

971
00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:42,479
Speaker 1: This is crunch time. No a minute fifty two minute warning.

972
00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:46,400
Speaker 1: Penalty on the Jets defensive pass interference. Next play penalty

973
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:48,840
Speaker 1: on the Jets illegal contact. Next play penalty on the

974
00:45:48,920 --> 00:45:52,880
Speaker 1: Jets defensive pass interference. Next play penalty on Dallas offensive holding.

975
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:55,760
Speaker 1: Next play penalty on Dallas illegal block above the waist.

976
00:45:56,239 --> 00:45:59,200
Speaker 1: Really you need to call that there, Next play penalty

977
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:01,880
Speaker 1: on the Jets defensive pass interference. Six straight plays that

978
00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:04,319
Speaker 1: took about thirty five seconds off the clock and made

979
00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:06,560
Speaker 1: an unwatchable in a two point game in the fourth quarter.

980
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:09,280
Speaker 1: That's where the NFL. That's the sweet spot for NFL

981
00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:11,759
Speaker 1: on TV. Two minutes left, two point game, the game

982
00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:13,719
Speaker 1: hanging in the ballot in a spot where the Cowboys

983
00:46:13,719 --> 00:46:16,560
Speaker 1: on the road had come back by ten and close

984
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:21,239
Speaker 1: the gap from thirteen to three to two. Yeah, and

985
00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:23,640
Speaker 1: you know that was an exciting that had a chance

986
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:26,560
Speaker 1: to be a really exciting game. And it was Brad Rodgers,

987
00:46:26,640 --> 00:46:28,719
Speaker 1: who was our guest at training camp who did the Bills.

988
00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:31,160
Speaker 1: He called. He called nineteen penalties in the Bills game

989
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:34,120
Speaker 1: at tennis. He called in his crew called seventeen yesterday

990
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:37,080
Speaker 1: in the Jets home game against Dallas. It's just too many.

991
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:40,120
Speaker 1: And especially bang bang bang a legal block up by

992
00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:42,560
Speaker 1: the way, you really need to call that in that situation.

993
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:44,560
Speaker 1: This goes to the judgment part that you mentioned. Steve

994
00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:47,600
Speaker 1: Actress has a little judgment here. Let's think about what

995
00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:49,440
Speaker 1: we're doing and what we're doing to the game. And

996
00:46:49,560 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 1: it is a replay factor. And look, replay. They big

997
00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:56,319
Speaker 1: offseason for replay. Right, We're gonna use a replay now

998
00:46:56,360 --> 00:46:59,839
Speaker 1: to fix defense of an offensive pass interference. No, they're

999
00:46:59,880 --> 00:47:02,600
Speaker 1: not using it. They're not using it. They're not using it.

1000
00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:06,480
Speaker 1: They put that mechanism in place because coaches up to

1001
00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:09,560
Speaker 1: Sean Payton up because he got a bad call in

1002
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:11,719
Speaker 1: the NFC Championship game. All right, coach here you go.

1003
00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:13,840
Speaker 1: Here's the rule. By the way, we're not calling it

1004
00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:16,600
Speaker 1: and we're not going to reverse the replay on past interference.

1005
00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:18,480
Speaker 1: But here's the rule. You got what you wanted. I

1006
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:20,400
Speaker 1: told you this. When they made that rule up and

1007
00:47:20,440 --> 00:47:22,640
Speaker 1: the Sean and the coaches and the and Sean Payton

1008
00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:25,800
Speaker 1: got it pushed through, it said they were acting like

1009
00:47:25,880 --> 00:47:29,320
Speaker 1: the Newing The New Orleans Saints were the only team

1010
00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:32,279
Speaker 1: to ever have a bad call go against him that

1011
00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:34,400
Speaker 1: costs him a game, even even that game, even a

1012
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:37,080
Speaker 1: super Bowl or whatever you name it, a playoff game,

1013
00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:42,279
Speaker 1: a championship game. Get in line. That's been happening since

1014
00:47:42,640 --> 00:47:47,200
Speaker 1: the league was founded. That's why they put replay in

1015
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:52,960
Speaker 1: the first place. If you're the egregious missed call that

1016
00:47:53,080 --> 00:47:56,680
Speaker 1: went against you in last year's NFC Championship was just

1017
00:47:56,920 --> 00:47:59,120
Speaker 1: like every other one that we've seen over the course

1018
00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:03,200
Speaker 1: of the last hundred years. So just get in line. E.

1019
00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:07,560
Speaker 1: You didn't have to change the rule for that. Just

1020
00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:10,560
Speaker 1: do what you do better. Have the officials do better.

1021
00:48:11,160 --> 00:48:16,400
Speaker 1: That's all. Just have the guys do better. It sounds simple,

1022
00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:19,640
Speaker 1: but that's what coaches and players do. He's got to

1023
00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:21,520
Speaker 1: do what you do better. They try it all the time.

1024
00:48:22,040 --> 00:48:24,719
Speaker 1: Put the guys on full time. Make it a full

1025
00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:27,040
Speaker 1: time job for these guys. Bring more guys on board

1026
00:48:27,239 --> 00:48:31,759
Speaker 1: to make it a full time job. Compensate them, hold

1027
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:36,600
Speaker 1: them accountable, and move forward. But don't go back. You're

1028
00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:39,759
Speaker 1: not making anything better about last year's NFC championship. It's gone,

1029
00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:43,400
Speaker 1: it's done. You ain't fixed it, blew the call. You

1030
00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:47,279
Speaker 1: gotta move on. And now we're sitting here at week

1031
00:48:47,719 --> 00:48:53,279
Speaker 1: six of twenty nineteen one hundred year anniversary, and New

1032
00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:56,320
Speaker 1: York's a mess with this officiating review. It's a mess.

1033
00:48:56,840 --> 00:48:58,360
Speaker 1: You gotta move on too. We gotta move on to

1034
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:00,960
Speaker 1: our next segment. Top of the hour. Gary Grambling from

1035
00:49:01,239 --> 00:49:03,520
Speaker 1: Sports Illustrates going to join us and takes on Week

1036
00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:05,600
Speaker 1: six in the NFL. Come on back for that. One

1037
00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:08,560
Speaker 1: Bill's Live presented by Kalada Health Live from the Seneca Studio,

1038
00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:24,040
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1039
00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:28,360
Speaker 1: Sports Update. The update comes from One Bill's Drive. The

1040
00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:31,200
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills had a practice today, a brief walkthrough workout.

1041
00:49:31,239 --> 00:49:33,680
Speaker 1: Today's They returned from the bye week, players off from

1042
00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:36,719
Speaker 1: Tuesday to today, so a nice six day break for

1043
00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:39,000
Speaker 1: the Bills. For the bye. They're back at work today.

1044
00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:41,120
Speaker 1: They'll be off tomorrow and then return Wednesday. They begin

1045
00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:44,200
Speaker 1: the practice week getting ready for their next game against Miami.

1046
00:49:44,440 --> 00:49:47,239
Speaker 1: It appeared that Cody Ford and Trent Murphy both practice today.

1047
00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:52,080
Speaker 1: Both had been in concussion protocol after the win in Tennessee.

1048
00:49:52,360 --> 00:49:55,279
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary practicing with his hamstring. We'll see if he

1049
00:49:55,360 --> 00:49:58,600
Speaker 1: comes back after missing the last room. Matt Milano, linebacker

1050
00:49:58,680 --> 00:50:01,680
Speaker 1: with a hamstring very not seen at practice today in

1051
00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:04,480
Speaker 1: the early portion. The Bills will again be off tomorrow,

1052
00:50:04,600 --> 00:50:06,840
Speaker 1: then back to work on Wednesday. They got the Dolphins

1053
00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:09,880
Speaker 1: coming to town for their matchup with Miami coming up

1054
00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:13,080
Speaker 1: this Sunday one o'clock kickoff at New Airfield. Miami coach

1055
00:50:13,120 --> 00:50:15,560
Speaker 1: Brian Flora says he's gonna stay with Josh Rosen as

1056
00:50:15,560 --> 00:50:18,160
Speaker 1: his quarterback, even though he replaced Rosen in the second

1057
00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:21,880
Speaker 1: half yesterday Miami's lost to the Washington Redskin. Dryan Fitzpatrick

1058
00:50:22,120 --> 00:50:24,800
Speaker 1: led a two touchdown comeback that fell just short for

1059
00:50:24,920 --> 00:50:27,560
Speaker 1: the Dolphins in that game, and Josh Rosen scheduled to

1060
00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:30,160
Speaker 1: return as the starter for the Dolphins when they come

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00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:33,200
Speaker 1: here to Buffalo this Sunday. Some afternoon hockey and Buffalo Today,

1062
00:50:33,239 --> 00:50:35,080
Speaker 1: the Savers and the Dallas Stars go added at three

1063
00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:37,920
Speaker 1: o'clock this afternoon. Savers coming off their shootout win a

1064
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:40,880
Speaker 1: three two win against Florida on Friday night. Jack Eichel

1065
00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:44,359
Speaker 1: and Casey Middle statscoring in the shootout for both regulation goals,

1066
00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:47,560
Speaker 1: a result of the work of Zeenkis, Gerginson's, Johan Larson

1067
00:50:47,640 --> 00:50:49,920
Speaker 1: and others. Savers with the number one power play in

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00:50:49,960 --> 00:50:52,319
Speaker 1: the league going into today's game. They've converted on eight

1069
00:50:52,360 --> 00:50:55,080
Speaker 1: of their nineteen power plays so far the season forty

1070
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Speaker 1: nine percent. Three o'clock face off you'll hear it right

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Speaker 1: here on our flagship radio station, WGR Sports Radio five

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00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:03,920
Speaker 1: fifty Sabers and the Dallas Stars coming up in downtown

1073
00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:07,160
Speaker 1: Buffalo and Major League Baseball, the playoff focus is on

1074
00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:10,080
Speaker 1: the National League Division Series. Now. It is Game three

1075
00:51:10,239 --> 00:51:13,319
Speaker 1: with the Washington Nationals home against Saint Louis. That's at

1076
00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:16,640
Speaker 1: seven thirty tonight. Na's lead that series two games to none.

1077
00:51:16,719 --> 00:51:19,759
Speaker 1: This is the first game in Washington tonight, As we said,

1078
00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:23,279
Speaker 1: seven thirty to first pitch. John Murphy Steve Tasker our

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00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:25,080
Speaker 1: number two of what's gonna be just a two hour

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00:51:25,160 --> 00:51:27,600
Speaker 1: show today. If you're watching on MSG, we'll cut out

1081
00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:29,640
Speaker 1: at the bottom of this hour as they get set

1082
00:51:29,719 --> 00:51:32,120
Speaker 1: for Sabers hockey. If you're listening on the radio, we'll

1083
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:34,279
Speaker 1: cut out at two o'clock as they get set for

1084
00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:36,640
Speaker 1: Sabers hockey. Are you going to the game, mister Tasker? Again,

1085
00:51:36,680 --> 00:51:39,239
Speaker 1: I am not. I am not. After all that in

1086
00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:42,600
Speaker 1: the first hour, have you been outlawed from the may

1087
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:46,640
Speaker 1: maybe a two game suspension? Game suspension language. Yeah, we're

1088
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:48,839
Speaker 1: gonna talk about football. We're gonna talk with our next guest.

1089
00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:51,080
Speaker 1: He is senior editor at Sports Illustrated, co host of

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00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:54,640
Speaker 1: the MMQB NFL podcast, the author of the football FanBook

1091
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:56,759
Speaker 1: Gary Grambling on the line with us. Hello, Gary, John

1092
00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:58,680
Speaker 1: Murphy and Steve Tasker up here in Buffalo. Thanks for

1093
00:51:58,760 --> 00:52:01,960
Speaker 1: joining us. Problem guys, Thanks for having me. The NFL

1094
00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:04,480
Speaker 1: got by without the Buffalo Bills. I guess we're surprised

1095
00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:07,920
Speaker 1: to hear just fairly fairly. What what do you make

1096
00:52:07,960 --> 00:52:09,320
Speaker 1: of the Bills in there? Four and one? Starting the

1097
00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:11,800
Speaker 1: fact that they're the second best record in the conference

1098
00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:14,759
Speaker 1: right now, what should we take from that? I mean, look,

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00:52:14,920 --> 00:52:17,680
Speaker 1: in short, it is certainly the best team they've had

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00:52:17,719 --> 00:52:20,640
Speaker 1: in the Sean McDermott era here, which is I think

1101
00:52:20,640 --> 00:52:22,720
Speaker 1: they're so much better than they were in twenty seventeen.

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00:52:22,840 --> 00:52:25,200
Speaker 1: I think they're equipped to play from behind if they

1103
00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:27,320
Speaker 1: have to play from behind. But I mean this defense

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00:52:27,480 --> 00:52:30,360
Speaker 1: is dominant. Uh, you know, and it's not just you

1105
00:52:30,440 --> 00:52:32,880
Speaker 1: know they did you know Ed Oliver and Tren Murphy,

1106
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:35,120
Speaker 1: that's all well and good. Jordan Phillips, I mean they

1107
00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:37,080
Speaker 1: got a real fine in Jordan Phillips here in the

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00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:40,040
Speaker 1: middle of that line. Uh there their dominant you see

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00:52:40,040 --> 00:52:43,000
Speaker 1: you at Tremaine Edmonds is becoming and uh, there's no

1110
00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:46,799
Speaker 1: reason they shouldn't be talking playoffs at this point. Yeah,

1111
00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:49,680
Speaker 1: we five six into the into the season. What surprises

1112
00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:51,640
Speaker 1: you about this Bills team? We knew they would have

1113
00:52:51,680 --> 00:52:54,800
Speaker 1: a solid defense. We knew that they would be improved

1114
00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:57,000
Speaker 1: offensively with all the free agent moves on there, with

1115
00:52:57,080 --> 00:52:59,239
Speaker 1: the skill positions and the offensive line. Is there any

1116
00:52:59,280 --> 00:53:04,439
Speaker 1: surprises thus far? Not necessarily. I thought the offensive line

1117
00:53:04,560 --> 00:53:06,960
Speaker 1: might take a year to really come together. And I'm

1118
00:53:06,960 --> 00:53:09,000
Speaker 1: not saying it's a it's a dominant unit at this point,

1119
00:53:09,040 --> 00:53:11,560
Speaker 1: but it's a more than good enough unit. And really,

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Speaker 1: you know, you look around the League right now, whether

1121
00:53:13,640 --> 00:53:16,320
Speaker 1: it's the Chargers last night or what's going on in Cleveland.

1122
00:53:16,520 --> 00:53:18,840
Speaker 1: If you have good enough upfront, you can have a

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00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:21,359
Speaker 1: functional offense, which is which is what they have right now.

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00:53:21,480 --> 00:53:24,560
Speaker 1: You hope Josh Allen makes some strides any more traditional

1125
00:53:24,680 --> 00:53:27,560
Speaker 1: parts of quarterbacking, but uh, you just look around the

1126
00:53:27,640 --> 00:53:30,279
Speaker 1: AFC and it's like, even if they slip, who's gonna

1127
00:53:30,320 --> 00:53:33,839
Speaker 1: take this from them? The Bills? You know, people want

1128
00:53:33,840 --> 00:53:36,279
Speaker 1: to poke holes sometimes, and it'd be easy to poke

1129
00:53:36,320 --> 00:53:38,640
Speaker 1: holes at the Buffalo offense and their lack of production,

1130
00:53:38,719 --> 00:53:42,000
Speaker 1: right squeaking. By taking advantage of that great defense, can

1131
00:53:42,080 --> 00:53:44,719
Speaker 1: you get to the playoffs and maybe um advance in

1132
00:53:44,760 --> 00:53:47,560
Speaker 1: the playoffs averaging fifteen sixteen points per game like the

1133
00:53:47,640 --> 00:53:53,320
Speaker 1: Bills do. There's there's really no reason that they can't,

1134
00:53:53,760 --> 00:53:56,040
Speaker 1: you know. I think it's an offense that I know.

1135
00:53:56,120 --> 00:53:58,680
Speaker 1: They didn't come through against New England. Patriots have shut

1136
00:53:58,719 --> 00:54:01,120
Speaker 1: down everyone this year. They came from behind the against

1137
00:54:01,160 --> 00:54:03,280
Speaker 1: the Jets. It's a game they trailed by two possessions

1138
00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:05,799
Speaker 1: the second half. I think they're capable of putting up

1139
00:54:05,840 --> 00:54:07,319
Speaker 1: points if they have to put up points, or are

1140
00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:10,080
Speaker 1: they gonna do with Patrick Mahomes type chiefs thing. No, there,

1141
00:54:10,120 --> 00:54:12,160
Speaker 1: They're probably not gonna put forty points most weeks. But

1142
00:54:12,760 --> 00:54:15,480
Speaker 1: if this team needs to put up twenty seven thirty

1143
00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:17,759
Speaker 1: points in a week, I think they're capable of doing it.

1144
00:54:17,840 --> 00:54:21,920
Speaker 1: I'd like to see it. Yeah, welcome change, no question.

1145
00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:25,279
Speaker 1: What about their running game. They've got the oldest guy

1146
00:54:25,320 --> 00:54:26,520
Speaker 1: in the league, and then they've got one of the

1147
00:54:26,600 --> 00:54:31,200
Speaker 1: youngest in you know, a rookie in Devin Singletary. But

1148
00:54:31,320 --> 00:54:35,320
Speaker 1: Frank Gore, in Singletary's absence his last few weeks, I

1149
00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:39,000
Speaker 1: think has been really astonishing what he's been able to do. Oh,

1150
00:54:39,040 --> 00:54:41,880
Speaker 1: I mean the last five years. Everyone, Everyone's been writing

1151
00:54:41,920 --> 00:54:44,080
Speaker 1: that guy off for for quite a while. At this point, Uh,

1152
00:54:44,280 --> 00:54:48,160
Speaker 1: I love Devin Singletary. I do think he's a special

1153
00:54:48,320 --> 00:54:50,200
Speaker 1: might be overstating it, but I think he is a

1154
00:54:50,360 --> 00:54:53,560
Speaker 1: quality lead back as soon as the second half of

1155
00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:55,960
Speaker 1: the season. So it should Frank Gore show his age

1156
00:54:56,000 --> 00:54:58,080
Speaker 1: at some point they have a guy to fall back on.

1157
00:54:58,280 --> 00:55:00,799
Speaker 1: But uh, I mean, Frank gorey, he's gonna at this point,

1158
00:55:00,800 --> 00:55:03,719
Speaker 1: I guess he's just gonna play forever. Yeah. Is he

1159
00:55:03,800 --> 00:55:08,080
Speaker 1: a Hall of Famer to you? Yeah, I'm kind of

1160
00:55:08,120 --> 00:55:11,279
Speaker 1: a soft You though I guess i'd listen to someone

1161
00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:16,120
Speaker 1: arguing otherwise, that is he accumulating numbers a little more

1162
00:55:16,160 --> 00:55:18,680
Speaker 1: than anything else. You can make the argument. I think

1163
00:55:18,719 --> 00:55:20,520
Speaker 1: he's in though, especially in this day and age where

1164
00:55:20,520 --> 00:55:23,200
Speaker 1: everyone's writing off quarterbacks at age or excusing running backs

1165
00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:26,800
Speaker 1: at age thirty, I think just the longevity is something

1166
00:55:26,840 --> 00:55:30,319
Speaker 1: to be you know, it's sort of admired and held

1167
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:32,840
Speaker 1: up as something that's special in this era. Think do

1168
00:55:32,960 --> 00:55:35,439
Speaker 1: you think the Bills have enough offensive weaponry? I'm talking

1169
00:55:35,480 --> 00:55:39,319
Speaker 1: about receivers here and tight ends to be serious contenders.

1170
00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:41,400
Speaker 1: You know, it has not demonstrated that to be the

1171
00:55:41,440 --> 00:55:43,879
Speaker 1: case through five games anyway, but maybe there's more to come.

1172
00:55:43,920 --> 00:55:46,719
Speaker 1: Maybe Duke Williams as a guy. No, I mean it's

1173
00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:49,239
Speaker 1: not perfect. You got a big play threatened John Brown,

1174
00:55:49,360 --> 00:55:52,480
Speaker 1: you got Cole Beasley, You're doing the underneath stuff. Yeah,

1175
00:55:52,880 --> 00:55:54,560
Speaker 1: they need to get better. That's something to address in

1176
00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:57,879
Speaker 1: the off season, you would hope. But again, I think

1177
00:55:57,920 --> 00:56:00,840
Speaker 1: it's enough. And I think Josh Allen, for all of

1178
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:03,560
Speaker 1: his sort of roller coaster ride performances here, I think

1179
00:56:03,600 --> 00:56:05,799
Speaker 1: if you need points in the second half of the game,

1180
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:08,960
Speaker 1: Josh Allen's a guy you can you can expect them

1181
00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:11,120
Speaker 1: from He might melt down, but but at least it's

1182
00:56:11,160 --> 00:56:13,040
Speaker 1: the possibility of putting up. I'm not sure you quite

1183
00:56:13,080 --> 00:56:15,200
Speaker 1: have that with Tyrod Taylor a couple of years ago. Right, Yeah,

1184
00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:17,399
Speaker 1: what do you think about his weapons outside? With Josh

1185
00:56:17,480 --> 00:56:22,120
Speaker 1: Allen with wide receivers John John Brown, Cole Beasley, are

1186
00:56:22,160 --> 00:56:26,280
Speaker 1: they too specific? You know? Do they have too specific

1187
00:56:26,360 --> 00:56:29,759
Speaker 1: of a skill sets to be rangy enough to force

1188
00:56:29,880 --> 00:56:32,799
Speaker 1: defenses to respect him all over the field. I mean

1189
00:56:33,040 --> 00:56:36,080
Speaker 1: Brown is the right skill set for Josh Allen. I

1190
00:56:36,160 --> 00:56:38,279
Speaker 1: mean you want to get the downfield passing game going.

1191
00:56:38,760 --> 00:56:42,040
Speaker 1: John Brown's a guy that fits nicely. We'll see what

1192
00:56:42,120 --> 00:56:44,680
Speaker 1: happens with Cole Beasley going forward. I love cold Beesley.

1193
00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:47,440
Speaker 1: I love his ability to uncover underneath. That's something that

1194
00:56:47,520 --> 00:56:50,239
Speaker 1: Josh Allen going back to Wyoming, he never really had

1195
00:56:50,280 --> 00:56:53,799
Speaker 1: a guy like that. Uh, we'll see chemistry gets better

1196
00:56:53,840 --> 00:56:57,120
Speaker 1: as the year goes on. Uh, It's just sometimes it's

1197
00:56:57,239 --> 00:56:59,640
Speaker 1: nice to have a guy who gets open underneath or

1198
00:56:59,800 --> 00:57:03,120
Speaker 1: that security bank a guy that they've just lacked. It's again,

1199
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Speaker 1: it's no, it's not an ideal group. You wish it

1200
00:57:05,760 --> 00:57:07,920
Speaker 1: was a little bit better. But like I said, I

1201
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:11,480
Speaker 1: think this offense is good enough, especially with what you

1202
00:57:11,560 --> 00:57:13,920
Speaker 1: have defensively and with what you have going on in

1203
00:57:13,960 --> 00:57:16,640
Speaker 1: the AFC right now. Gary, we knew the defense was

1204
00:57:16,680 --> 00:57:18,840
Speaker 1: good enough and maybe got better. And you meant you

1205
00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:21,000
Speaker 1: touched on in a minute ago the Bills going to

1206
00:57:21,080 --> 00:57:24,440
Speaker 1: the Tennessee game looking for more pass rushmore saxon. They

1207
00:57:24,480 --> 00:57:26,520
Speaker 1: get three from a guy who comes off the bench

1208
00:57:26,600 --> 00:57:29,200
Speaker 1: to do it. It was kind of an amazing development

1209
00:57:29,240 --> 00:57:30,920
Speaker 1: in the Tennessee game a couple of Sundays ago to

1210
00:57:30,960 --> 00:57:34,640
Speaker 1: get that from Jordan Phillips. Yeah. I mean they got

1211
00:57:34,720 --> 00:57:36,520
Speaker 1: a real find in him, and he's the guy who

1212
00:57:36,600 --> 00:57:39,680
Speaker 1: flashed in Miami. And when the Dolphins cut ties with him,

1213
00:57:39,680 --> 00:57:41,720
Speaker 1: you kind of said, well, I guess it's just never

1214
00:57:41,760 --> 00:57:43,640
Speaker 1: gonna come together. I mean, if the Dolphins are giving

1215
00:57:43,720 --> 00:57:45,680
Speaker 1: up on him, what it would you really have here?

1216
00:57:45,720 --> 00:57:48,680
Speaker 1: But I mean he's been he's been outstanding, and you

1217
00:57:48,760 --> 00:57:50,400
Speaker 1: figure Ed Oliver is going to get better as a

1218
00:57:50,440 --> 00:57:53,600
Speaker 1: year goes on. They've got something up front. They have

1219
00:57:53,920 --> 00:57:56,280
Speaker 1: something very similar to what you had in the old

1220
00:57:56,520 --> 00:57:59,919
Speaker 1: Kawan short Star looked lay a days in Carolina when

1221
00:58:00,080 --> 00:58:03,160
Speaker 1: when they were really dominating with that front four. I

1222
00:58:03,240 --> 00:58:05,280
Speaker 1: think you're kind of on the verge of that with

1223
00:58:05,760 --> 00:58:08,760
Speaker 1: this Buffalo front right now. Well, in this early stage

1224
00:58:08,800 --> 00:58:10,760
Speaker 1: of the season, first third of the season or thereabouts,

1225
00:58:11,520 --> 00:58:13,520
Speaker 1: the Bills are proven themselves would be a tough team

1226
00:58:13,560 --> 00:58:17,200
Speaker 1: to beat. And before we go massively big picture, let's

1227
00:58:17,240 --> 00:58:19,440
Speaker 1: start with the AFC East. They're in there still with

1228
00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:22,040
Speaker 1: the Patriots who are undefeated, but then the Jets and

1229
00:58:22,080 --> 00:58:25,080
Speaker 1: the Dolphins. Jets looked a little bit better yesterday, the

1230
00:58:25,160 --> 00:58:29,000
Speaker 1: Dolphins still struggling to win. What about this division and

1231
00:58:29,600 --> 00:58:32,560
Speaker 1: how it has benefited the Patriots first so long and

1232
00:58:32,640 --> 00:58:34,680
Speaker 1: now it seems maybe it'll to benefit the Bills to

1233
00:58:34,760 --> 00:58:38,160
Speaker 1: some extent as well. Yeah, I was gonna say. I mean, look,

1234
00:58:38,760 --> 00:58:40,640
Speaker 1: I really thought the Jets were a playoff contend are

1235
00:58:40,680 --> 00:58:42,600
Speaker 1: coming in the year, and quite franky, I thought they

1236
00:58:43,280 --> 00:58:45,440
Speaker 1: might have been had Sam Darnold knock gone down, and

1237
00:58:45,640 --> 00:58:47,720
Speaker 1: they just didn't have the depth of quarterback as most

1238
00:58:47,760 --> 00:58:51,600
Speaker 1: teams don't. They'll be better going forward. Bills have already

1239
00:58:51,600 --> 00:58:53,720
Speaker 1: gone there and one, so they'll get them in there

1240
00:58:53,800 --> 00:58:56,919
Speaker 1: building one more time. Unless I'm forgetting something. They still

1241
00:58:56,920 --> 00:59:00,320
Speaker 1: have Miami on the schedule twice. I mean, the wins

1242
00:59:00,360 --> 00:59:01,920
Speaker 1: are there, they they should rack them up. You know,

1243
00:59:01,960 --> 00:59:06,600
Speaker 1: they're probably gonna lose at Foxborough. That's fine, but there

1244
00:59:06,640 --> 00:59:09,040
Speaker 1: are more than enough wins left on this schedule for

1245
00:59:09,120 --> 00:59:12,080
Speaker 1: this team. On the line with Garry Grambling, Sports Illustrated

1246
00:59:12,360 --> 00:59:15,480
Speaker 1: Senior editor talking about the NFL, let's talk about yesterday

1247
00:59:15,520 --> 00:59:17,920
Speaker 1: Week six, I guess the entire Week six and the

1248
00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:21,240
Speaker 1: Dolphins close call against Washington. You had a funny post

1249
00:59:21,280 --> 00:59:23,800
Speaker 1: today about breaking down Week six, and you said Brian

1250
00:59:23,880 --> 00:59:26,560
Speaker 1: Flores get a favorite of the general public by going

1251
00:59:26,600 --> 00:59:30,320
Speaker 1: for two, sparing us anymore that game. Huh, Yeah, that's

1252
00:59:30,920 --> 00:59:36,240
Speaker 1: I don't know. I really really really take offenses putting

1253
00:59:36,240 --> 00:59:39,080
Speaker 1: it too strongly because I'm just the guy who lives

1254
00:59:39,160 --> 00:59:41,800
Speaker 1: up here in Connecticut and it doesn't really matter what

1255
00:59:41,880 --> 00:59:45,000
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins do with their business. But I really

1256
00:59:45,080 --> 00:59:47,200
Speaker 1: dislike what they're doing with that team. I hate this

1257
00:59:47,320 --> 00:59:51,600
Speaker 1: whole approach. I don't think it's really something. Maybe it

1258
00:59:51,760 --> 00:59:54,160
Speaker 1: works long term, but I don't think it's necessary in

1259
00:59:54,200 --> 00:59:56,760
Speaker 1: the NFL. The way that the parody is built in

1260
00:59:57,160 --> 00:59:59,720
Speaker 1: and the way that there's really just not that much

1261
01:00:00,080 --> 01:00:03,360
Speaker 1: of Uh, there's not not much different talent wise from

1262
01:00:03,400 --> 01:00:05,920
Speaker 1: team to team. Uh. It bothers me a lot. I

1263
01:00:05,960 --> 01:00:07,960
Speaker 1: will pick on the Dolphins all year and probably all

1264
01:00:08,040 --> 01:00:10,760
Speaker 1: next year or two. Do you see where do you

1265
01:00:10,800 --> 01:00:14,880
Speaker 1: see the bottom? Oh? My goodness, I mean this kind

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Speaker 1: of has to be it. I hope this is it. Uh,

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Speaker 1: it's it's just it's such a bad product. And I

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01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:24,800
Speaker 1: hate to worry about you know, what are the Are

1269
01:00:24,800 --> 01:00:27,000
Speaker 1: they gonna sell enough tickets? Are people going to tune

1270
01:00:27,000 --> 01:00:29,120
Speaker 1: into the games? That doesn't really affect our lives, but

1271
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Speaker 1: it is. It is horrible to watch. It's a waste

1272
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Speaker 1: of a game every week. Uh. And I guess this

1273
01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:37,400
Speaker 1: one was relatively good just because the you know, the

1274
01:00:37,440 --> 01:00:40,000
Speaker 1: Redskins have issues of their own and when the Bengals

1275
01:00:40,040 --> 01:00:42,240
Speaker 1: come to town in December, maybe we'll pay attention to

1276
01:00:42,320 --> 01:00:44,880
Speaker 1: that one. But this is not an NFL team, and

1277
01:00:45,120 --> 01:00:48,000
Speaker 1: they're running them out there, and they're just building this

1278
01:00:48,120 --> 01:00:50,840
Speaker 1: roster in the most cynical way imaginable. Well, they are

1279
01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:53,280
Speaker 1: kind of living down to the expectations though at the

1280
01:00:53,320 --> 01:00:55,400
Speaker 1: beginning of the year. And when one team that had

1281
01:00:55,560 --> 01:00:58,720
Speaker 1: maybe the biggest expectations of the whole league is Cleveland Browns.

1282
01:00:59,120 --> 01:01:02,560
Speaker 1: They came up short again yesterday against the Seahawks. How

1283
01:01:02,680 --> 01:01:06,360
Speaker 1: is that going to play out. Oh, it's it's it's flawed.

1284
01:01:06,520 --> 01:01:08,680
Speaker 1: And look, they can't do anything now. The offensive line

1285
01:01:08,760 --> 01:01:10,919
Speaker 1: right now, I wish they'd put in some more quick

1286
01:01:10,960 --> 01:01:14,160
Speaker 1: strike stuff. If you know, Freddy Kitchens has his system,

1287
01:01:14,240 --> 01:01:18,000
Speaker 1: and then that's what they're playing, and it's you're seeing

1288
01:01:18,080 --> 01:01:22,360
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield regress. Yesterday was probably not rock bottom for him.

1289
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Speaker 1: I think we've seen him play play worse this year,

1290
01:01:24,320 --> 01:01:28,160
Speaker 1: but his accuracies off and just the habit he has

1291
01:01:28,200 --> 01:01:31,600
Speaker 1: this horrible habit now of just drifting straight back into

1292
01:01:31,680 --> 01:01:34,720
Speaker 1: the right because he's even if there's not pressure, he's

1293
01:01:34,760 --> 01:01:37,920
Speaker 1: feeling pressure. U. This is this is sort of a

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01:01:38,040 --> 01:01:41,240
Speaker 1: danger zone for Baker Mayfield's career at this point. He's

1295
01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:43,360
Speaker 1: got some stuff that he's got it correct, and I

1296
01:01:43,400 --> 01:01:45,760
Speaker 1: don't know if it happens this year because that line

1297
01:01:45,880 --> 01:01:48,760
Speaker 1: is just not getting any better. Hey, can I take

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Speaker 1: you back to the Dolphins just for one second, Gary,

1299
01:01:50,720 --> 01:01:53,080
Speaker 1: because I saw some quotes today from a guy who

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01:01:53,320 --> 01:01:55,800
Speaker 1: you would think would be considered at least a partial

1301
01:01:55,880 --> 01:01:58,840
Speaker 1: building block for the future. Bobby McCain, defensive back, fifth

1302
01:01:58,960 --> 01:02:01,000
Speaker 1: round pick a couple of years ago, just talking about

1303
01:02:01,040 --> 01:02:03,439
Speaker 1: how livity was about another loss and how they're playing

1304
01:02:03,520 --> 01:02:05,400
Speaker 1: and what's going on. And I think that might be

1305
01:02:05,480 --> 01:02:07,920
Speaker 1: the danger that you get into when you approach it.

1306
01:02:08,040 --> 01:02:10,760
Speaker 1: Let's face it, tanking like the Dolphins do you lose

1307
01:02:11,080 --> 01:02:13,120
Speaker 1: your young guys that you'd like to keep around and

1308
01:02:13,200 --> 01:02:16,520
Speaker 1: build on. It's it's kind of a corrosive negative influence

1309
01:02:16,600 --> 01:02:18,640
Speaker 1: on the entire team, guys that are here this year

1310
01:02:18,680 --> 01:02:20,720
Speaker 1: and guys that maybe in your plans down the road

1311
01:02:20,720 --> 01:02:24,120
Speaker 1: a little bit too. Yeah. I mean, look, the players

1312
01:02:24,160 --> 01:02:26,520
Speaker 1: play the coach's coach. They are not tanking. The front

1313
01:02:26,560 --> 01:02:30,240
Speaker 1: office is who's tanking here? Our Jenny Brentis had had

1314
01:02:30,240 --> 01:02:31,640
Speaker 1: done a great piece. You sort of talked to some

1315
01:02:31,680 --> 01:02:34,280
Speaker 1: folks around the league who kind of said, the guys

1316
01:02:34,320 --> 01:02:36,880
Speaker 1: who have to suffer through this and there's more injury

1317
01:02:36,960 --> 01:02:38,760
Speaker 1: risk when you're out there with guys who are not

1318
01:02:38,880 --> 01:02:42,320
Speaker 1: NFL caliber players. Uh, you know, it creates all sorts

1319
01:02:42,360 --> 01:02:45,200
Speaker 1: of bad habits with with your young guys. Uh, these

1320
01:02:45,280 --> 01:02:49,080
Speaker 1: guys won't be around in all likelihood to enjoy the

1321
01:02:49,400 --> 01:02:51,600
Speaker 1: sort of the The other end of this, which obviously

1322
01:02:51,640 --> 01:02:54,200
Speaker 1: the Dolphins are hoping is is a you know, championship

1323
01:02:54,240 --> 01:02:57,120
Speaker 1: caliber roster. I'm very skeptical of that, but if they

1324
01:02:57,160 --> 01:02:59,680
Speaker 1: get there, that the guys there in twenty nineteen, the

1325
01:02:59,720 --> 01:03:01,920
Speaker 1: guys here right now, most of them won't be here.

1326
01:03:02,160 --> 01:03:04,640
Speaker 1: Brian Flores said after the game yesterday he will go

1327
01:03:04,760 --> 01:03:07,200
Speaker 1: back to Josh Rosen when they come here to play

1328
01:03:07,240 --> 01:03:09,120
Speaker 1: Buffalo on Sundays. That the right move to make. What

1329
01:03:09,200 --> 01:03:12,280
Speaker 1: do you think I don't know what Josh Rosen thinks

1330
01:03:12,280 --> 01:03:14,480
Speaker 1: about that. I think he's had about enough of NFL

1331
01:03:14,600 --> 01:03:19,320
Speaker 1: football between Arizona and now Miami. But uh, I don't know.

1332
01:03:19,400 --> 01:03:21,520
Speaker 1: I mean, I know they want to put Rosen out

1333
01:03:21,520 --> 01:03:23,720
Speaker 1: there and and it's sort of that see what you got.

1334
01:03:23,840 --> 01:03:26,080
Speaker 1: And also, you know, I think in their case, maybe

1335
01:03:26,080 --> 01:03:27,840
Speaker 1: they're trying to build up some trade value for him

1336
01:03:27,840 --> 01:03:30,720
Speaker 1: because they're going to try and accrew more picks. Uh,

1337
01:03:31,320 --> 01:03:34,000
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick is the better option right now, and not a

1338
01:03:34,160 --> 01:03:37,760
Speaker 1: much better option. But again, if they haven't lost the

1339
01:03:37,800 --> 01:03:39,960
Speaker 1: locker room yet, I don't know if this is going

1340
01:03:40,040 --> 01:03:41,600
Speaker 1: to cost him in the locker room. Well before he

1341
01:03:41,680 --> 01:03:44,600
Speaker 1: was benched, Rosen had fifteen completions in the game for

1342
01:03:44,720 --> 01:03:48,280
Speaker 1: only eighty five yards. So, um, it was a rough

1343
01:03:48,360 --> 01:03:51,960
Speaker 1: outing on all you know, on all phases of that game.

1344
01:03:52,640 --> 01:03:55,200
Speaker 1: It was real. It was the NFL's answer to Rutgers

1345
01:03:55,240 --> 01:03:58,560
Speaker 1: in that one. Yeah, hey you met you touched on

1346
01:03:58,680 --> 01:04:00,280
Speaker 1: the Jets too, And I don't want to just focus

1347
01:04:00,360 --> 01:04:02,720
Speaker 1: on these these also rans in the AFC East. But

1348
01:04:02,840 --> 01:04:05,600
Speaker 1: did they regain enough of their footing to maybe make

1349
01:04:05,640 --> 01:04:07,840
Speaker 1: a late charge here? Now that they've got their quarterback back,

1350
01:04:07,880 --> 01:04:09,760
Speaker 1: do you think they'll they'll come alive? That defense is

1351
01:04:09,800 --> 01:04:12,800
Speaker 1: still pretty solid for the Jets, it is, and look,

1352
01:04:13,120 --> 01:04:15,640
Speaker 1: I think ultimately they're just in too deep a hole. Uh,

1353
01:04:16,040 --> 01:04:18,520
Speaker 1: you know, the opportunity is there, I guess because as

1354
01:04:18,560 --> 01:04:21,800
Speaker 1: we said, the AFC is just down throughout. I think

1355
01:04:21,840 --> 01:04:23,480
Speaker 1: it's a little too late for them to get going.

1356
01:04:24,040 --> 01:04:26,560
Speaker 1: I think the look, I think Adam Gas is a

1357
01:04:26,600 --> 01:04:29,600
Speaker 1: good coach. I think the Gays Darneld marriage will work

1358
01:04:29,680 --> 01:04:32,120
Speaker 1: and will be successful. And I think, you know what

1359
01:04:32,200 --> 01:04:34,960
Speaker 1: you mentioned the defense mark, they're still without C. J.

1360
01:04:35,120 --> 01:04:36,680
Speaker 1: Mosley at this point. I mean, he was supposed to

1361
01:04:36,720 --> 01:04:38,880
Speaker 1: be sort of the nerve center of this defense. He'll

1362
01:04:38,920 --> 01:04:41,600
Speaker 1: be back maybe next week, and it will sort of

1363
01:04:41,640 --> 01:04:43,440
Speaker 1: see what this Jets team was supposed to be. But

1364
01:04:43,600 --> 01:04:45,400
Speaker 1: I think you did get a taste of it, at

1365
01:04:45,440 --> 01:04:48,360
Speaker 1: least the offensive side of the ball on Sunday. Why

1366
01:04:48,440 --> 01:04:53,320
Speaker 1: has the defense struggled with for the Jets? Is it

1367
01:04:53,720 --> 01:04:57,880
Speaker 1: strictly CJ. Mosley? I think it's a lot of CJ. Mosley.

1368
01:04:58,080 --> 01:05:01,520
Speaker 1: Avery Williamson is is out for the season two. Uh,

1369
01:05:03,000 --> 01:05:05,560
Speaker 1: just that I look back at that Cleveland game, the

1370
01:05:05,640 --> 01:05:07,800
Speaker 1: Money Night game that they lost, and the number of

1371
01:05:07,880 --> 01:05:10,560
Speaker 1: just miscommunications from the back end or just flat out

1372
01:05:10,760 --> 01:05:12,680
Speaker 1: I mean there are blown coverages and then there are

1373
01:05:12,760 --> 01:05:15,760
Speaker 1: coverages that have clearly been blown before the snap where

1374
01:05:15,760 --> 01:05:18,480
Speaker 1: they you know, Odell Beckham had that long touchdown run

1375
01:05:18,560 --> 01:05:20,640
Speaker 1: just no one covered them. Uh that's that's probably not

1376
01:05:20,840 --> 01:05:23,040
Speaker 1: by design. You probably do want to cover Odell Beckham

1377
01:05:23,080 --> 01:05:26,440
Speaker 1: with the least one player. Uh that's uh that. I

1378
01:05:26,560 --> 01:05:29,760
Speaker 1: think that just comes down to communication issues. I'm sure

1379
01:05:29,760 --> 01:05:31,560
Speaker 1: they got worn out as well. I mean Luke falk

1380
01:05:31,680 --> 01:05:34,000
Speaker 1: was was out there for twenty minutes with that offense

1381
01:05:34,040 --> 01:05:35,880
Speaker 1: every game and that that takes a bit of a

1382
01:05:35,960 --> 01:05:38,480
Speaker 1: toll on your defense as well. Gary. Before you let

1383
01:05:38,520 --> 01:05:41,280
Speaker 1: you go, I want to get your thoughts on what

1384
01:05:41,680 --> 01:05:44,240
Speaker 1: was my number one takeaway on the five weekend, and

1385
01:05:44,320 --> 01:05:46,880
Speaker 1: that's how how far down the hall the NFL has

1386
01:05:46,920 --> 01:05:50,280
Speaker 1: gone with it's officiating, both in terms of replay challenges

1387
01:05:50,320 --> 01:05:55,160
Speaker 1: on pass interference and just overall general effectiveness of officiating.

1388
01:05:55,200 --> 01:05:56,720
Speaker 1: They're really in a bad spot right now, and I

1389
01:05:56,760 --> 01:05:59,080
Speaker 1: think it's it's I'm not saying I didn't see any

1390
01:05:59,160 --> 01:06:01,680
Speaker 1: ratings for yesterday, but it's kind of affect the people's

1391
01:06:01,760 --> 01:06:03,640
Speaker 1: enjoyment of the game. When all you watch our flags

1392
01:06:03,640 --> 01:06:05,920
Speaker 1: being thrown, it's tough to watch. And I got a

1393
01:06:05,920 --> 01:06:08,280
Speaker 1: four year old who watches the game with the games

1394
01:06:08,280 --> 01:06:09,880
Speaker 1: with me, and all he yells out is when he

1395
01:06:09,920 --> 01:06:13,120
Speaker 1: sees the yellow flag, little little chiron come up. He

1396
01:06:13,200 --> 01:06:15,680
Speaker 1: just yells, Dad, flag flag. I was like, yeah, I

1397
01:06:15,800 --> 01:06:17,560
Speaker 1: know you can. You can stop saying it. You can

1398
01:06:17,600 --> 01:06:21,360
Speaker 1: come in with the tranto flag. But it's uh, I

1399
01:06:21,400 --> 01:06:24,640
Speaker 1: don't know. I look, it's not coming up soon. So

1400
01:06:25,000 --> 01:06:27,560
Speaker 1: I hate to even suggest it, but I wish they

1401
01:06:27,600 --> 01:06:30,480
Speaker 1: would just sort of take the coaches challenge out of it.

1402
01:06:30,560 --> 01:06:32,120
Speaker 1: The coaches should not have a role in the ficiate

1403
01:06:32,240 --> 01:06:35,040
Speaker 1: of the game. They have enough going on running their teams.

1404
01:06:35,120 --> 01:06:37,480
Speaker 1: I wish they would sort of go to a sort

1405
01:06:37,520 --> 01:06:40,520
Speaker 1: of an automatic review system, a sky ref whatever you

1406
01:06:40,600 --> 01:06:42,840
Speaker 1: want to call it, and just utilize that whether it's

1407
01:06:42,880 --> 01:06:47,040
Speaker 1: one one official or a three three official panel and

1408
01:06:47,440 --> 01:06:50,160
Speaker 1: and just just sort of embrace the technology that we

1409
01:06:50,440 --> 01:06:53,520
Speaker 1: all we all get to use at home watching on TV. Right,

1410
01:06:53,800 --> 01:06:56,000
Speaker 1: do we need replay? Are you sure we need it?

1411
01:06:56,840 --> 01:06:59,400
Speaker 1: Can you go back to the Stone ages and without replay?

1412
01:07:00,560 --> 01:07:02,680
Speaker 1: I know the only reason I say you need replay

1413
01:07:02,800 --> 01:07:05,600
Speaker 1: is because we get replay as viewers, and we're all

1414
01:07:05,640 --> 01:07:07,880
Speaker 1: gonna lose our minds when we watch these plays. I

1415
01:07:07,960 --> 01:07:10,360
Speaker 1: think you need you just need replay for the you know,

1416
01:07:10,600 --> 01:07:13,560
Speaker 1: the Saints rams type thing, the latent blown calls that

1417
01:07:13,680 --> 01:07:17,400
Speaker 1: you can immediately recognize and fix U. And look, football

1418
01:07:17,480 --> 01:07:19,760
Speaker 1: is a sport. There is a fifteen to twenty fifteen

1419
01:07:19,760 --> 01:07:22,880
Speaker 1: to forty second delay between every play. I think replay

1420
01:07:23,080 --> 01:07:25,400
Speaker 1: fits in with this one more than basketball. But uh,

1421
01:07:26,200 --> 01:07:28,080
Speaker 1: they gotta figure out the way to do it. I

1422
01:07:28,240 --> 01:07:31,760
Speaker 1: was it's been my assertion that the replay review process

1423
01:07:32,040 --> 01:07:33,600
Speaker 1: is only as good as the people at the top

1424
01:07:33,680 --> 01:07:35,800
Speaker 1: of it. Do you think they're getting mixed signals from

1425
01:07:35,840 --> 01:07:39,600
Speaker 1: New York? It's it's been weird, and this past interference

1426
01:07:39,680 --> 01:07:41,760
Speaker 1: replay it's it's going away. It's just not working. This

1427
01:07:41,880 --> 01:07:46,600
Speaker 1: year it's been incredibly inconsistent. Uh, I don't know. New

1428
01:07:46,680 --> 01:07:49,080
Speaker 1: York was supposed to be sort of the uh, what

1429
01:07:49,320 --> 01:07:52,640
Speaker 1: was gonna give it consistency? And especially with that rule,

1430
01:07:52,680 --> 01:07:54,960
Speaker 1: you just haven't seen it. I don't know that. The

1431
01:07:55,000 --> 01:07:57,680
Speaker 1: past interference stuff, I don't think there's a good way

1432
01:07:57,680 --> 01:07:59,680
Speaker 1: to do it. I don't either, Gary, Thanks for this,

1433
01:07:59,760 --> 01:08:03,120
Speaker 1: we'll talk again. We appreciate it. You got a guys anything, Gary,

1434
01:08:03,200 --> 01:08:05,840
Speaker 1: Gary Gramling, senior editor, Sports Illustrated, go host of the

1435
01:08:05,960 --> 01:08:10,160
Speaker 1: MMQB NFL podcast, the author of the Football FanBook. Is

1436
01:08:10,160 --> 01:08:12,360
Speaker 1: it really stone age to get rid of replay? Really?

1437
01:08:12,640 --> 01:08:15,040
Speaker 1: I'm just exaggerating and make it points a rhetorical tool

1438
01:08:15,800 --> 01:08:18,320
Speaker 1: just pulled out for you. Yeah, but you're right. I mean,

1439
01:08:19,200 --> 01:08:21,599
Speaker 1: I like that if they if he makes it worse,

1440
01:08:21,800 --> 01:08:24,599
Speaker 1: you get quality guys like Dean Blandino in the booth

1441
01:08:24,640 --> 01:08:27,640
Speaker 1: of every NFL stadium and let him deficiate the game.

1442
01:08:27,640 --> 01:08:29,320
Speaker 1: And then once in a while he chimes in and says, hey, no, no,

1443
01:08:29,439 --> 01:08:31,400
Speaker 1: you gotta go back this as an egregious you gotta

1444
01:08:31,400 --> 01:08:33,760
Speaker 1: go back and do this. That's fine. Then nobody has

1445
01:08:33,800 --> 01:08:36,640
Speaker 1: to review anything. He just watches the game, watches the replays,

1446
01:08:36,960 --> 01:08:41,280
Speaker 1: and chimes in when he's needed. That's it. Challenges, no reviews,

1447
01:08:41,360 --> 01:08:44,800
Speaker 1: no nothing, replay makes it worse. It doesn't answer all

1448
01:08:44,840 --> 01:08:47,599
Speaker 1: the questions. And I've said this, and it creates as

1449
01:08:47,640 --> 01:08:50,080
Speaker 1: many problems as it solves, and we're seeing it now.

1450
01:08:50,280 --> 01:08:53,080
Speaker 1: It's a rabbit hole. Yeah, it's a rabbit hole, and

1451
01:08:53,160 --> 01:08:56,080
Speaker 1: it's we have no we're lost in it. And I

1452
01:08:56,200 --> 01:08:59,040
Speaker 1: think it is undermined. I'm not gonna say the confidence,

1453
01:08:59,080 --> 01:09:02,160
Speaker 1: but it's undermine the effectiveness of current officials who know

1454
01:09:02,320 --> 01:09:04,760
Speaker 1: that they're being watched and being second guests from up above,

1455
01:09:05,320 --> 01:09:07,800
Speaker 1: and I think they're kind of um. Yeah, I don't

1456
01:09:07,800 --> 01:09:09,280
Speaker 1: know what the call here. I'm not gonna I'm gonna

1457
01:09:09,320 --> 01:09:11,479
Speaker 1: let the replay decided. It's gonna call too much, knowing

1458
01:09:11,760 --> 01:09:14,360
Speaker 1: they can't be you know, it'll stand as a good call. Hey,

1459
01:09:14,400 --> 01:09:16,760
Speaker 1: if you're watching on the MSG feed, we're going away

1460
01:09:16,800 --> 01:09:18,600
Speaker 1: Sabers hockey coming up in just about an hour, so

1461
01:09:18,800 --> 01:09:21,519
Speaker 1: stick around for that. If you're listening on our flagship

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01:09:21,560 --> 01:09:23,280
Speaker 1: in Buffalo, w g are, we got a little more

1463
01:09:23,320 --> 01:09:25,320
Speaker 1: time left in the show, so come on back for that.

1464
01:09:25,479 --> 01:09:27,120
Speaker 1: We got a lot more to talk about the bills,

1465
01:09:27,360 --> 01:09:29,240
Speaker 1: the rest of the NFL, maybe a little more Reflay

1466
01:09:29,280 --> 01:09:31,000
Speaker 1: talk as well. Steve and I coming back with more

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Speaker 1: the MSG group to Umba. Well, I don't know they're

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Speaker 1: going to s there. Over there, they probably have Fran

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Speaker 1: Healy doing interviews with Little Yankees or something. I'm talking about.

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Speaker 1: Happy to be on the radio. Wa there until two

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Speaker 1: and at the top of this hour two o'clock we

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01:10:11,520 --> 01:10:13,360
Speaker 1: will turn it over to Sabers pre game on the

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Speaker 1: radio side. And the meantime we're here in our studio.

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Speaker 1: We have stripped down Steve and I to radioware. We've

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Speaker 1: turned the lights down. Sort of a different mood I'm having,

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01:10:20,640 --> 01:10:23,160
Speaker 1: probably getting used to this, no bright lights shining on us.

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Speaker 1: Our Twitter question today not a pull but a question.

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Speaker 1: So and it's basically, where are you with the Bills

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01:10:28,200 --> 01:10:31,439
Speaker 1: right now? Right? Bills with five games in four and

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01:10:31,520 --> 01:10:34,519
Speaker 1: one record looks pretty good. Eleven games left, only two

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01:10:34,600 --> 01:10:37,599
Speaker 1: teams with winning records remaining on their schedule. That's incredible

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Speaker 1: to me. By the way. That is incredible, eleven games

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01:10:40,520 --> 01:10:43,880
Speaker 1: left only to never see that. No, that'll change, by

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01:10:43,920 --> 01:10:45,800
Speaker 1: the way, right, and a couple of three and three teams.

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Speaker 1: But it's incredible to look at those eleven games and

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01:10:48,160 --> 01:10:50,200
Speaker 1: say only two winning teams. So a week off from

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Speaker 1: Bill's Football, reflecting back, we want you to predict the

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01:10:53,120 --> 01:10:55,559
Speaker 1: final record for the team when the season's over. What's

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Speaker 1: the record going to be? Give us a call eight

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Speaker 1: three five fifty toll free one eight eight eight fifty

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Speaker 1: two five fifty. Send it a tweet. We'll read it

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Speaker 1: on the tweet sheet. We got the tweet sheet here,

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Speaker 1: brought to you by Corgan Moving Systems, the official movers

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Speaker 1: of the Buffalo Bills from Tiffany. Tiffany tweets in this.

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Speaker 1: With the defense playing at such an elite level and

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Speaker 1: if the offense can limit turnovers, they have a good

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01:11:16,080 --> 01:11:18,799
Speaker 1: chance to win seven of the next eleven. The schedule

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01:11:18,880 --> 01:11:21,160
Speaker 1: favors the Bills. They need to sweep the next three

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01:11:21,160 --> 01:11:23,040
Speaker 1: opponents at home, setting the tone for the rest of

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01:11:23,120 --> 01:11:26,160
Speaker 1: the season. Very good points. A sweep of the remaining

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01:11:26,360 --> 01:11:28,080
Speaker 1: or the next three games at home not out of

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01:11:28,080 --> 01:11:31,200
Speaker 1: the question. Steve, there's a one win team there now Washington,

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01:11:31,439 --> 01:11:33,640
Speaker 1: there's a winless team Miami, and there's a three and

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01:11:33,720 --> 01:11:37,000
Speaker 1: three Philadelphia Eagles team. Those are three winnable games at home.

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Speaker 1: I didn't watch much of the Vikings Eagles yesterday, but

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01:11:39,760 --> 01:11:42,040
Speaker 1: I watched some of the highlights, and the Eagles are

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01:11:42,120 --> 01:11:43,880
Speaker 1: kind of messy right now. They're not in a good spot.

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01:11:44,000 --> 01:11:46,120
Speaker 1: I was surprised a little bit. Vikings had been a

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01:11:46,160 --> 01:11:48,600
Speaker 1: little bit of turmoil going on with Stefan Diggs and

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01:11:48,720 --> 01:11:51,280
Speaker 1: Adam thieland and Kirk Cousins a little bit at odds,

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01:11:51,320 --> 01:11:53,120
Speaker 1: their offense wasn't clicking, and they come out and I

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01:11:53,160 --> 01:11:55,880
Speaker 1: thought the Eagles would be able to win that game.

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01:11:55,920 --> 01:11:59,120
Speaker 1: And have them not win against a team that seemed

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01:11:59,160 --> 01:12:02,280
Speaker 1: to have some turmoil going on. That's a tough That's

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01:12:02,280 --> 01:12:05,200
Speaker 1: a bad loss. To me, that's a bad loss. So

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01:12:05,320 --> 01:12:08,320
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, the Eagles changes complexions a little bit.

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01:12:08,600 --> 01:12:13,080
Speaker 1: They go from a winning team to a five hundred team. Yeah.

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01:12:13,280 --> 01:12:16,400
Speaker 1: And then and also, let's see the Eagles this next

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01:12:16,479 --> 01:12:23,439
Speaker 1: week have on their schedule the Eagles play where am

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01:12:23,439 --> 01:12:26,400
Speaker 1: I looking at? Where are the Eagles? Maybe they play

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01:12:26,439 --> 01:12:29,680
Speaker 1: at at Dallas? So three and three Eagles at three

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01:12:29,720 --> 01:12:31,920
Speaker 1: and three Cowboys this week. It'll be interesting to see

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Speaker 1: how the Eagles fair. Those are two teams that are

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01:12:34,640 --> 01:12:38,200
Speaker 1: you know, have stumbled. Eagles will be on the road

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01:12:39,040 --> 01:12:41,519
Speaker 1: this week in Dallas and then in Buffalo the next

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Speaker 1: week after that. That's interesting because that's the game of

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Speaker 1: the three with one win Washington, zero win Dolphins, and

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Speaker 1: then Philly Sandwich between. That's the game that you worry

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01:12:51,560 --> 01:12:54,559
Speaker 1: about and now all of a sudden not so much.

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01:12:55,120 --> 01:12:57,479
Speaker 1: Right Well, yeah, I mean you're worry about them all,

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01:12:57,520 --> 01:13:00,280
Speaker 1: and I'm sure by Sunday I'll start thinking I might

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01:13:00,320 --> 01:13:05,080
Speaker 1: lose to the Dolphins. The pile of angst. The Dolphins

1537
01:13:05,160 --> 01:13:08,439
Speaker 1: beat the Patriots last year in their Super Bowl championship season.

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01:13:09,360 --> 01:13:11,680
Speaker 1: That miracle in Miami thing. I mean, to be that

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01:13:11,880 --> 01:13:13,479
Speaker 1: close and to have it work out for you, Hey,

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01:13:13,479 --> 01:13:16,439
Speaker 1: it happens once in a while. Um, the Dolphins, there's

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01:13:16,439 --> 01:13:18,720
Speaker 1: not They're not gonna get any give up. Those guys

1542
01:13:18,760 --> 01:13:20,760
Speaker 1: are gonna come out and play and play hard. They

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01:13:20,840 --> 01:13:23,160
Speaker 1: pushed Washington to the brink. They were one play away

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01:13:23,200 --> 01:13:25,720
Speaker 1: from winning that game on a couple of occasions. The

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01:13:25,880 --> 01:13:27,799
Speaker 1: sound I saw coming out of their locker room yesterday,

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01:13:27,840 --> 01:13:31,000
Speaker 1: they Dolphins are extremely frustrated. Now, that only amounts to

1547
01:13:31,120 --> 01:13:33,360
Speaker 1: so much if you don't have the right players. And

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01:13:33,479 --> 01:13:36,880
Speaker 1: and I'll say this too about the Dolphins Washington um game.

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01:13:36,960 --> 01:13:40,320
Speaker 1: There were wide open receivers for Washington in that game,

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01:13:40,400 --> 01:13:43,840
Speaker 1: like wide open that if you watch the Buffalo defense,

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01:13:43,880 --> 01:13:46,400
Speaker 1: you don't you don't ever see that. Well, here's it's

1552
01:13:46,400 --> 01:13:48,120
Speaker 1: hard to get used to seeing that. And the Dolphins

1553
01:13:48,160 --> 01:13:50,880
Speaker 1: just had trouble covering Washington's receivers yesterday. You think about

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01:13:50,880 --> 01:13:53,960
Speaker 1: it from Buffalo's perspective, the defense has got to show

1555
01:13:54,080 --> 01:13:56,840
Speaker 1: up every week. They've got to show up every week.

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01:13:56,960 --> 01:13:59,880
Speaker 1: You can't take a deep breath against the Dolphins offen

1557
01:14:00,160 --> 01:14:04,800
Speaker 1: the struggling to score points. You've got to completely stimy

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01:14:05,240 --> 01:14:08,800
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins. If you do that, you're gonna win

1559
01:14:08,880 --> 01:14:12,120
Speaker 1: the game. The Bill's offense is gonna make enough plays,

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01:14:13,880 --> 01:14:18,120
Speaker 1: They're gonna score enough points. But this is a Dolphin

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01:14:18,200 --> 01:14:20,519
Speaker 1: defense that can you know, you have a couple of

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01:14:20,600 --> 01:14:22,640
Speaker 1: bad plays offensively against him, you turn it over at

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01:14:22,640 --> 01:14:23,800
Speaker 1: the wrong time, and all of a sudden you're in

1564
01:14:23,880 --> 01:14:25,280
Speaker 1: a dog fight and you end up losing the game.

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01:14:25,520 --> 01:14:28,320
Speaker 1: The defense has got us completely stimy their offense, and

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01:14:28,400 --> 01:14:30,639
Speaker 1: the offense can't turn it over. I mean, that's about

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01:14:30,880 --> 01:14:33,439
Speaker 1: that's the recipe right there, right now, and that doesn't

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01:14:33,479 --> 01:14:38,280
Speaker 1: seem undoable yet. Really, your sight's coming. Focus squarely on

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01:14:38,560 --> 01:14:41,840
Speaker 1: on Josh Allen and keep it in the pocket, throwing

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01:14:41,880 --> 01:14:44,519
Speaker 1: it away, punting it away if you need to, and

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Speaker 1: let's see the next series, you know. I mean, that's

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Speaker 1: that's what you gotta get him to do. Now. This

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01:14:49,160 --> 01:14:52,640
Speaker 1: is also the Dolphins team. But Josh Allen through for

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01:14:52,760 --> 01:14:56,160
Speaker 1: three last week seventeen. Last year, through for three touchdowns,

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01:14:56,240 --> 01:14:58,240
Speaker 1: ran for two touchdowns. They hung forty two points on

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01:14:58,320 --> 01:15:03,920
Speaker 1: this team in Buffalo. Um, I'd love to see that again.

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Speaker 1: Call here from Joe in Rochester. Hello Joe, welcome to

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Speaker 1: the show. Hello, Hi Joe, And what's going on? Guys?

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Speaker 1: Not much? Go ahead, Yeah, I just wanted to make

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Speaker 1: the comment that you guys keep saying the receiving group

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01:15:21,120 --> 01:15:24,880
Speaker 1: isn't good enough, and who said that? While you're saying

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01:15:24,960 --> 01:15:27,080
Speaker 1: that we need another piece and John Brown is in

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01:15:27,160 --> 01:15:29,439
Speaker 1: a real one receiver, I think I didn't say that. No, no, no,

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01:15:29,760 --> 01:15:31,519
Speaker 1: you might hear be hearing it around, but you didn't

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01:15:31,560 --> 01:15:34,479
Speaker 1: hear that from us. Well, most it seems like most

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01:15:34,520 --> 01:15:37,200
Speaker 1: fans keep saying that there you go, Okay, okay, go ahead,

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01:15:37,360 --> 01:15:39,240
Speaker 1: because it good. This group is a good enough But

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01:15:39,320 --> 01:15:41,599
Speaker 1: I feel like, I mean, John Brown has been open

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01:15:41,640 --> 01:15:43,920
Speaker 1: a lot deep and Allen hasn't hit one deep throw.

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01:15:44,040 --> 01:15:46,840
Speaker 1: Isn't it weird that when Barkley came in the first

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01:15:46,920 --> 01:15:49,240
Speaker 1: deep throw he attempts, he hits it. I mean that

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01:15:49,360 --> 01:15:52,519
Speaker 1: means John Brown's getting open. Yeah. I think John Brown's

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01:15:52,560 --> 01:15:55,240
Speaker 1: had some decent separation. I don't know if it's consistently good,

1594
01:15:55,280 --> 01:15:57,479
Speaker 1: but I agree with you they need a deep pass

1595
01:15:57,560 --> 01:15:59,960
Speaker 1: component to their offense. I think that's pretty clear. Yeah,

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01:16:00,120 --> 01:16:03,280
Speaker 1: I'm not ready to change quarterbacks, and I'm with your suggesting. Oh,

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01:16:03,400 --> 01:16:05,840
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that. I'm not saying change quarterback. I'm

1598
01:16:05,840 --> 01:16:08,320
Speaker 1: just saying Alan he has all this talent, but he's

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01:16:08,360 --> 01:16:11,160
Speaker 1: got to get better hitting the deep throws, Like where

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01:16:11,200 --> 01:16:13,080
Speaker 1: did it go? And when he had it last year

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01:16:13,080 --> 01:16:15,400
Speaker 1: and now it's gone it seems like, Well, I agree

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01:16:15,439 --> 01:16:17,800
Speaker 1: with you. I don't think there's one reason why they're

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01:16:17,840 --> 01:16:21,439
Speaker 1: not hitting deep passes in game to game or overall

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01:16:21,520 --> 01:16:24,000
Speaker 1: for the regular season. They've been They've attempted some, they

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01:16:24,040 --> 01:16:26,320
Speaker 1: haven't hooked up on many of them. Most of their

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01:16:26,360 --> 01:16:28,639
Speaker 1: big plays in the passing game have been short passes

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01:16:28,640 --> 01:16:32,080
Speaker 1: and long runs. But I wouldn't put all those on

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01:16:32,200 --> 01:16:34,400
Speaker 1: the receivers. I wouldn't put all of them on the quarterback.

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01:16:34,640 --> 01:16:36,599
Speaker 1: I wouldn't put all of them on the offensive line

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01:16:36,640 --> 01:16:39,840
Speaker 1: and lack of protection. Uh, none of that stuff. There's

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01:16:39,880 --> 01:16:41,880
Speaker 1: different reasons for all of it. They've got to do

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01:16:41,960 --> 01:16:44,560
Speaker 1: a better job and be more consistent. I think that

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01:16:44,800 --> 01:16:46,920
Speaker 1: if you're gonna look for one thing to criticize the

1614
01:16:47,000 --> 01:16:51,760
Speaker 1: Bill's offense or on, I think it's inconsistency. I think

1615
01:16:51,800 --> 01:16:54,080
Speaker 1: that's what leads to turnovers. I think that's what leads

1616
01:16:54,080 --> 01:16:56,080
Speaker 1: to no deep balls. I think that's what leads to

1617
01:16:56,960 --> 01:17:02,120
Speaker 1: inconsistent scoring, going to score the football. I think it's inconsistent.

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01:17:02,240 --> 01:17:05,840
Speaker 1: And I think that the more consistent they get in

1619
01:17:05,960 --> 01:17:08,240
Speaker 1: their offense, the better it's going to be. But right now,

1620
01:17:08,280 --> 01:17:11,080
Speaker 1: I think they're up and down everywhere, not just at

1621
01:17:11,120 --> 01:17:14,080
Speaker 1: the wide receiver, the quarterback, offensive line running in Bill's

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01:17:14,120 --> 01:17:16,439
Speaker 1: round the field today here on Orchard Park for a

1623
01:17:16,479 --> 01:17:20,040
Speaker 1: brief kind of a walkthrough T shirts and shorts practice

1624
01:17:20,080 --> 01:17:22,439
Speaker 1: their first dame back after six days off with the buy.

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01:17:23,040 --> 01:17:25,800
Speaker 1: It did not appear that the linebacker Matt Milano was

1626
01:17:26,160 --> 01:17:29,320
Speaker 1: among those practicing today's get the hamstring from the game.

1627
01:17:29,439 --> 01:17:32,040
Speaker 1: Left the game early in Tennessee eight days ago, and

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01:17:32,200 --> 01:17:35,840
Speaker 1: after practice, defensive coordinator Leslie Frasier was asked about his

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01:17:35,920 --> 01:17:38,559
Speaker 1: plans if Matt Milano can I played this week against Miami.

1630
01:17:38,640 --> 01:17:42,240
Speaker 1: Here's what Leslie Frasier said, Well, it really becomes next

1631
01:17:42,280 --> 01:17:44,320
Speaker 1: man up. I mean, you know, we're all hoping that

1632
01:17:44,760 --> 01:17:46,479
Speaker 1: he can make it back for this next ball game.

1633
01:17:47,280 --> 01:17:50,439
Speaker 1: But it also means guys like Maurice Alexander, hopefully Corey

1634
01:17:50,479 --> 01:17:52,720
Speaker 1: Thompson will be back in the mix. Those guys will

1635
01:17:52,760 --> 01:17:55,800
Speaker 1: get a chance. Of course, it may increase Lorenzo Alexander's

1636
01:17:55,840 --> 01:17:58,559
Speaker 1: reps as well, But I mean that will be the mindset,

1637
01:17:58,680 --> 01:18:01,200
Speaker 1: next man up. And that's what they say, and that's

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01:18:01,240 --> 01:18:05,000
Speaker 1: what they mean. Two things about this so see. First

1639
01:18:05,040 --> 01:18:07,680
Speaker 1: of all, Milano's performance I think has been underrated. Do

1640
01:18:07,760 --> 01:18:09,720
Speaker 1: we do it last week? I think we had a

1641
01:18:09,800 --> 01:18:12,680
Speaker 1: Twitter poll the most valuable player on the defense so far,

1642
01:18:13,120 --> 01:18:14,880
Speaker 1: and I don't think we put Milano up as a

1643
01:18:15,120 --> 01:18:16,840
Speaker 1: Did we put him up as a He was not

1644
01:18:16,920 --> 01:18:18,920
Speaker 1: one of them, But afterwards I thought we should have

1645
01:18:19,000 --> 01:18:20,960
Speaker 1: him a lot he's been great. He's been really solid.

1646
01:18:21,000 --> 01:18:23,599
Speaker 1: They would miss him if he's not in the lineup. Secondly,

1647
01:18:24,560 --> 01:18:26,880
Speaker 1: do you worry about depth at linebacker for the Bills.

1648
01:18:26,920 --> 01:18:28,600
Speaker 1: I know we talked about it in training camp a

1649
01:18:28,640 --> 01:18:32,280
Speaker 1: little bit Maurice Alexander. Yes, Corey Thompson has been out. Yes,

1650
01:18:32,360 --> 01:18:35,200
Speaker 1: I get it. Maybe more reps for Lorenzo Alexander, but

1651
01:18:35,439 --> 01:18:38,320
Speaker 1: it's not the deepest spot on the roster, that's for sure. No,

1652
01:18:38,439 --> 01:18:40,360
Speaker 1: And I think once a little bit of it's by design.

1653
01:18:40,360 --> 01:18:42,280
Speaker 1: I think they have six guys active on any given

1654
01:18:42,320 --> 01:18:46,240
Speaker 1: Sunday and throw the back three guys. One of those

1655
01:18:46,680 --> 01:18:51,320
Speaker 1: three may get significant reps. The other two are special

1656
01:18:51,360 --> 01:18:53,880
Speaker 1: teams guys and backups, and if somebody goes down, they

1657
01:18:53,920 --> 01:18:56,680
Speaker 1: can certainly step in. But you're right, I think they

1658
01:18:56,800 --> 01:19:01,479
Speaker 1: use a linebacking corps and Sean McDermott Leslie Fraser's defensive scheme.

1659
01:19:01,520 --> 01:19:05,160
Speaker 1: I think mctormaine, Edmonds Milano. Those are three down linebackers.

1660
01:19:05,400 --> 01:19:07,880
Speaker 1: Lorenzo Alexander moves up into the line, almost puts his

1661
01:19:07,920 --> 01:19:09,280
Speaker 1: hand on the ground. Once in a while, he becomes

1662
01:19:09,280 --> 01:19:11,960
Speaker 1: a pass rusher and he you know, they bring a

1663
01:19:12,040 --> 01:19:14,240
Speaker 1: dB in for him and take out a defensive lineman.

1664
01:19:14,520 --> 01:19:17,160
Speaker 1: So Lorenzo Alexander may be on the field, but he's

1665
01:19:17,200 --> 01:19:21,479
Speaker 1: not playing linebacker anymore. So, you know, I don't think

1666
01:19:21,560 --> 01:19:24,360
Speaker 1: they use a ton of linebackers in their scheme, particularly

1667
01:19:24,360 --> 01:19:26,519
Speaker 1: when they got guys like Milano and Edmonds who can

1668
01:19:26,760 --> 01:19:28,640
Speaker 1: stay on the field for all three downs out of

1669
01:19:28,680 --> 01:19:31,680
Speaker 1: a defense defensive series. So I think it's been a

1670
01:19:31,760 --> 01:19:34,000
Speaker 1: plus for him. I don't know if they'll be able

1671
01:19:34,000 --> 01:19:37,280
Speaker 1: to continue that if Milano's not in there. Maybe, you know,

1672
01:19:37,360 --> 01:19:38,920
Speaker 1: they do have to put a guy in for first

1673
01:19:38,960 --> 01:19:41,080
Speaker 1: and second down taker or take a guy out, depending

1674
01:19:41,120 --> 01:19:42,960
Speaker 1: on the personnel the offense has got on the field

1675
01:19:42,960 --> 01:19:46,840
Speaker 1: as well. They may heart may start to platoon linebackers

1676
01:19:46,880 --> 01:19:50,280
Speaker 1: and then yeah, then you gotta your death is going

1677
01:19:50,320 --> 01:19:54,200
Speaker 1: to be tested, right interesting m also, and we talked

1678
01:19:54,240 --> 01:19:56,920
Speaker 1: a little bit about it with Gary Gramling. The huge

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Speaker 1: game that Jordan Phillips had against Tennessee. Let's see Frazier

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Speaker 1: Uh talked about that today. The Bill's defense coordina after

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01:20:03,240 --> 01:20:06,280
Speaker 1: today's practice was asked about Jordan Phillips and his performance

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01:20:06,280 --> 01:20:08,120
Speaker 1: of the first third of the season so far. Here's

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01:20:08,120 --> 01:20:11,840
Speaker 1: what Lesslie Fraser said. It's great to see Jordan come

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01:20:11,880 --> 01:20:14,479
Speaker 1: out and play like he played against Tennessee. And he's

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01:20:15,000 --> 01:20:17,560
Speaker 1: He's been pretty consistent for us throughout the season, you know,

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01:20:17,680 --> 01:20:20,479
Speaker 1: even going back to when we acquired him. When you

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01:20:20,680 --> 01:20:23,479
Speaker 1: when you use the word dynamic, I smiled him my

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01:20:23,560 --> 01:20:26,600
Speaker 1: heart because he sees himself as a dynamic player and

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01:20:26,880 --> 01:20:31,160
Speaker 1: I'm always giving him a hard time about you know

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01:20:31,320 --> 01:20:33,880
Speaker 1: that that part of things. And but it was big

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01:20:33,920 --> 01:20:35,960
Speaker 1: for us the way he played against the Titans. We're

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01:20:36,000 --> 01:20:38,760
Speaker 1: gonna need that going forward. He's one of those guys

1693
01:20:38,840 --> 01:20:41,640
Speaker 1: who has a ton of ability. If he can consistently

1694
01:20:41,680 --> 01:20:44,719
Speaker 1: give us what we saw in that ball game, it'll

1695
01:20:44,720 --> 01:20:48,280
Speaker 1: be really good for our defense. Anytime your interior lineman

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01:20:48,360 --> 01:20:51,320
Speaker 1: can dominate the way he did, it just makes the

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01:20:51,400 --> 01:20:54,360
Speaker 1: rest of the defense that much better. Good Quine, I

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01:20:54,360 --> 01:20:56,040
Speaker 1: don't know if they can count on three sacks a

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01:20:56,120 --> 01:21:00,200
Speaker 1: game from Jordan Phillips spot if you get consider and

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01:21:00,240 --> 01:21:03,519
Speaker 1: pass rush from him and at Oliver Freacher's right and

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01:21:03,720 --> 01:21:06,200
Speaker 1: go a long way towards making this really good, solid

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01:21:06,240 --> 01:21:11,040
Speaker 1: defense even better. Yeah, There's there's always been this thought

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01:21:11,120 --> 01:21:13,479
Speaker 1: and football, and it comes back all the way to

1704
01:21:13,560 --> 01:21:18,160
Speaker 1: the seventies and eighties when when pressure means everything, because

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01:21:18,439 --> 01:21:21,599
Speaker 1: back then you had guys standing back like Dan Fowls.

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01:21:21,600 --> 01:21:23,640
Speaker 1: I mean, he wasn't gonna run anywhere, you know. And

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01:21:23,800 --> 01:21:26,240
Speaker 1: guy's even current quarterbacks like that. Tom Brady's not going

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01:21:26,280 --> 01:21:28,479
Speaker 1: to run anywhere, Philip Rivers isn't gonna run anywhere. Ben

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01:21:28,560 --> 01:21:32,000
Speaker 1: Roethlisberger kind of stopped doing that. But now in the league,

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01:21:32,040 --> 01:21:34,760
Speaker 1: it's not just about the pressure will go in there.

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01:21:34,800 --> 01:21:37,519
Speaker 1: Now you got Deshaun Watson back there, or Kyler Murray

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01:21:37,600 --> 01:21:39,960
Speaker 1: or Josh Allen or some of these quarterbacks that will

1713
01:21:40,000 --> 01:21:41,720
Speaker 1: bust out and run down the field. So it's a

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01:21:41,760 --> 01:21:47,080
Speaker 1: little differently. The pressure has become more as a bonus

1715
01:21:47,640 --> 01:21:50,280
Speaker 1: because now teams are all about covering them up. They're

1716
01:21:50,400 --> 01:21:53,520
Speaker 1: throwing d dbs out there, they're getting their confusing coverages,

1717
01:21:53,520 --> 01:21:55,479
Speaker 1: they're doing that kind of thing. And I think, and

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01:21:55,640 --> 01:21:58,200
Speaker 1: we've been having this great debate this entire offseason about

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01:21:58,200 --> 01:22:01,880
Speaker 1: what's better pressure or coverage. Pressure is great when you've

1720
01:22:01,920 --> 01:22:04,920
Speaker 1: got it and the guy can't get away. It goes

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01:22:04,960 --> 01:22:06,680
Speaker 1: back to it. It's as good as it was back

1722
01:22:06,720 --> 01:22:08,600
Speaker 1: in the seventies and eighties. Man, when it works, it

1723
01:22:08,680 --> 01:22:11,600
Speaker 1: works great. But you got these athletes back there that

1724
01:22:12,360 --> 01:22:15,080
Speaker 1: sometimes you just get him out of the pocket, and

1725
01:22:15,120 --> 01:22:19,760
Speaker 1: you're worse. It works against you, So I get it.

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01:22:20,200 --> 01:22:23,000
Speaker 1: If you've got a quarterback that can't run too good, Yeah, pressures.

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01:22:23,120 --> 01:22:25,360
Speaker 1: I think what you want. You want to get it

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01:22:25,479 --> 01:22:27,599
Speaker 1: right in his lap all the time, but that doesn't

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01:22:27,600 --> 01:22:29,240
Speaker 1: always work depending on who you're playing. You know what

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01:22:29,280 --> 01:22:31,840
Speaker 1: I like about the Buffalo defense, among many other things,

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01:22:32,240 --> 01:22:36,920
Speaker 1: the understated kind of approach that Leslie Fraser has. I'm

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01:22:36,920 --> 01:22:39,759
Speaker 1: watching games yesterday, and who's the coordinator? I can't remember

1733
01:22:39,800 --> 01:22:42,840
Speaker 1: what team. Bald headed guy wearing a T shirt, big guy.

1734
01:22:43,320 --> 01:22:45,960
Speaker 1: He's just dancing around and slapping players on the back.

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01:22:46,000 --> 01:22:49,400
Speaker 1: I forgot. He's a relatively new defensive coordinator in the league.

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01:22:49,439 --> 01:22:50,840
Speaker 1: And good your guys are playing well. But I like

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01:22:50,960 --> 01:22:53,840
Speaker 1: the way Fraser. It's almost like it's expected will be

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01:22:53,920 --> 01:22:56,559
Speaker 1: this good. It's expected we'll force a lot of three

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01:22:56,600 --> 01:22:59,320
Speaker 1: and outs. It's expected that we'll get pass fresh pressure

1740
01:22:59,360 --> 01:23:00,639
Speaker 1: in good coverage. You know what I mean. I think

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01:23:00,680 --> 01:23:02,680
Speaker 1: this team responds to that, and that's a benefit of

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01:23:02,680 --> 01:23:04,200
Speaker 1: having a here for three years. By the way, he's

1743
01:23:04,240 --> 01:23:06,680
Speaker 1: not making his mark, he's not trying to put things

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01:23:06,720 --> 01:23:10,680
Speaker 1: in place here. I agree, and plus any adjustments they make.

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01:23:11,360 --> 01:23:13,200
Speaker 1: They ain't the first time they've made that. Yeah, you know,

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01:23:13,200 --> 01:23:16,040
Speaker 1: they're gonna remember this, like remember the play, you know

1747
01:23:16,160 --> 01:23:17,720
Speaker 1: last year, first half of the season when we did

1748
01:23:17,760 --> 01:23:19,840
Speaker 1: this against the Jets. Oh yeah, yeah, okay, and run

1749
01:23:19,920 --> 01:23:22,679
Speaker 1: that again and this time instead of you know, Bobby

1750
01:23:22,720 --> 01:23:25,320
Speaker 1: Anderson of the Jets, it's gonna be you know, it's

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01:23:25,360 --> 01:23:27,880
Speaker 1: gonna be the guy from the Titans. You know that

1752
01:23:28,040 --> 01:23:29,560
Speaker 1: kind of thing. So you can go back and the

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01:23:29,640 --> 01:23:31,720
Speaker 1: players on the field have a depth of knowledge about

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01:23:31,760 --> 01:23:33,720
Speaker 1: oh yeah, I remember that, and I remember I made

1755
01:23:33,760 --> 01:23:35,360
Speaker 1: this mistake. I'm not going to do that again. That

1756
01:23:35,479 --> 01:23:38,960
Speaker 1: kind of thing. It goes deep. Guys recall these plays

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01:23:39,000 --> 01:23:40,720
Speaker 1: that they made and how it went and how they

1758
01:23:40,800 --> 01:23:42,479
Speaker 1: played and what they were expected to do, and they

1759
01:23:42,560 --> 01:23:45,719
Speaker 1: remember the film study afterwards where they either got ripped

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01:23:46,360 --> 01:23:50,400
Speaker 1: or they got praised, so that you know, going forward,

1761
01:23:50,680 --> 01:23:53,880
Speaker 1: and when you get an established defensive coordinator with guys

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01:23:53,880 --> 01:23:55,519
Speaker 1: who've been in the system, that's what you get out

1763
01:23:55,560 --> 01:23:58,160
Speaker 1: of it. That's that's the hidden benefits. When you go

1764
01:23:58,280 --> 01:24:00,160
Speaker 1: back and make these adjustments that they do in game,

1765
01:24:00,200 --> 01:24:02,439
Speaker 1: they're like, oh yeah, okay, I got you. Yeah, and

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01:24:02,520 --> 01:24:05,479
Speaker 1: it's it's big. We had uh Levi Wallace on the show.

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01:24:05,479 --> 01:24:07,639
Speaker 1: With this first half hour of the show, Bill's corner

1768
01:24:07,680 --> 01:24:10,720
Speaker 1: opposite Tredavias White talked about what he's done so far

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01:24:10,840 --> 01:24:13,240
Speaker 1: this year, and Lesslie Frasier was talking about him as well,

1770
01:24:13,479 --> 01:24:16,439
Speaker 1: the Bill's defensive coordinator, on what Levi Wallace has brought

1771
01:24:16,479 --> 01:24:20,320
Speaker 1: to his defense this season. Levi has really solidified a

1772
01:24:20,439 --> 01:24:23,400
Speaker 1: position that, up until he became a start of for us,

1773
01:24:23,520 --> 01:24:25,519
Speaker 1: was really in flux. I mean it was, you know,

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01:24:25,600 --> 01:24:28,000
Speaker 1: it was every every week it seemed like we were

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01:24:28,040 --> 01:24:30,880
Speaker 1: trying someone different at the right corner spot. So, uh,

1776
01:24:31,040 --> 01:24:34,360
Speaker 1: he's solidified that spot for us, which has also helped

1777
01:24:34,400 --> 01:24:36,920
Speaker 1: our defense. He's really an unsung hero in a lot

1778
01:24:36,960 --> 01:24:39,000
Speaker 1: of ways. He gives us a chance to be more

1779
01:24:39,040 --> 01:24:42,240
Speaker 1: flexible defensively than not having to always match up to

1780
01:24:42,360 --> 01:24:45,479
Speaker 1: Davis to the best receiver. Just helps our entire defense.

1781
01:24:45,520 --> 01:24:48,160
Speaker 1: So we're really pleased with his progress and what he's

1782
01:24:48,160 --> 01:24:52,360
Speaker 1: given us on defense. Here you go, h Leslie Frasier

1783
01:24:52,680 --> 01:24:55,240
Speaker 1: on Levi Wallace. He's right. You know, there was a

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01:24:55,320 --> 01:24:58,120
Speaker 1: time last year the Bills early first half of the season,

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01:24:58,160 --> 01:25:01,360
Speaker 1: before Wallace got here, the Bills were starting guys just

1786
01:25:01,479 --> 01:25:03,840
Speaker 1: off their practice squad. Never started before early in the season,

1787
01:25:03,880 --> 01:25:06,080
Speaker 1: yet this time of the year, it was earlier. It

1788
01:25:06,200 --> 01:25:08,040
Speaker 1: was dark times last year early in the season, right

1789
01:25:08,080 --> 01:25:10,400
Speaker 1: and they were getting given up forty two, forty nine

1790
01:25:10,439 --> 01:25:13,479
Speaker 1: points a game and couldn't score. And they, you know,

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01:25:13,600 --> 01:25:16,679
Speaker 1: their offensive line couldn't open up any holes. They couldn't

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01:25:16,680 --> 01:25:19,640
Speaker 1: protect the quarterback around their fourth starting quarterback. There was

1793
01:25:19,680 --> 01:25:22,240
Speaker 1: a it was a rough season last year. Not just

1794
01:25:22,400 --> 01:25:26,439
Speaker 1: because not because they didn't have players or didn't have

1795
01:25:27,160 --> 01:25:30,840
Speaker 1: you know, talent, but man, the injuries got them at

1796
01:25:30,880 --> 01:25:33,599
Speaker 1: the wrong time for the wrong reasons, and they got

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01:25:33,680 --> 01:25:35,800
Speaker 1: caught even in the off season by it. Taking a

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01:25:35,840 --> 01:25:38,720
Speaker 1: break here one Bill's live returns were presented by Kalida Health.

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01:25:38,760 --> 01:25:41,360
Speaker 1: We're live from the Seneca Studio in Orchard Park, and

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01:25:41,439 --> 01:25:55,160
Speaker 1: this is Buffalo Bills Radio. What have we learned is

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01:25:55,200 --> 01:25:58,200
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Speaker 1: company of the Buffalo Bills. Yeah, we're wrapping early today.

1803
01:26:00,680 --> 01:26:03,400
Speaker 1: We have Levi Wallace on the show. Bill's cornerback talked

1804
01:26:03,400 --> 01:26:06,240
Speaker 1: about the vibe of this defense changes as this team

1805
01:26:06,320 --> 01:26:09,439
Speaker 1: gets better, is what lee By Wallace said. I think

1806
01:26:09,600 --> 01:26:12,160
Speaker 1: specifically on defense, you know, we just have to stay,

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01:26:12,680 --> 01:26:14,720
Speaker 1: you know, hungry as we as we've been, you know,

1808
01:26:15,600 --> 01:26:19,080
Speaker 1: and not let games you know come down, you know,

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01:26:19,240 --> 01:26:21,120
Speaker 1: just to us, you know, try to make try and

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01:26:21,200 --> 01:26:24,160
Speaker 1: make more takeaways, get the offense more opportunities, you know,

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01:26:24,280 --> 01:26:27,560
Speaker 1: limit even less you know that we've been doing. You know,

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01:26:27,600 --> 01:26:29,320
Speaker 1: I think we know in our hearts that we're pretty

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01:26:29,320 --> 01:26:32,040
Speaker 1: good defense. But I don't think we're satisfied with that

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01:26:32,080 --> 01:26:33,240
Speaker 1: at all. You know, I think we want to be

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01:26:33,400 --> 01:26:36,800
Speaker 1: number one in every category, you know, even being specific

1816
01:26:36,920 --> 01:26:39,599
Speaker 1: with Dennis, you know, just the job that he does

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01:26:39,640 --> 01:26:42,439
Speaker 1: with giving us numbers, you know, just how we can

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01:26:42,479 --> 01:26:44,800
Speaker 1: move forward from that aspect. Lee By Wallace with some

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01:26:44,920 --> 01:26:47,439
Speaker 1: goals for the Buffalo defense. Garry Grambling joined us from

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01:26:47,439 --> 01:26:49,800
Speaker 1: Sports Illustrated a moment ago, and we asked him for

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01:26:49,960 --> 01:26:53,639
Speaker 1: his takeaway of the four and one Buffalo Bills. I mean, look,

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01:26:53,760 --> 01:26:56,559
Speaker 1: in short, it is certainly the best team they've had

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01:26:56,600 --> 01:26:59,479
Speaker 1: in the Seann McDermott era here, which is I think

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01:26:59,520 --> 01:27:01,599
Speaker 1: there's so much better than they were in twenty seventeen.

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01:27:01,720 --> 01:27:04,040
Speaker 1: I think they're equipped to play from behind if they

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01:27:04,120 --> 01:27:06,200
Speaker 1: have to play from behind. But I mean this defense

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01:27:06,320 --> 01:27:09,200
Speaker 1: is dominant, uh, you know, and it's not just you

1828
01:27:09,280 --> 01:27:11,719
Speaker 1: know the did you know Ed Oliver and and Trent Murphy.

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01:27:11,760 --> 01:27:14,000
Speaker 1: That's all well and good. Jordan Phillips, I mean they

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01:27:14,040 --> 01:27:15,920
Speaker 1: got a real fine in Jordan Phillips here in the

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01:27:15,960 --> 01:27:18,960
Speaker 1: middle of that line there, they're dominant. You see what

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01:27:19,000 --> 01:27:22,400
Speaker 1: Tremaine Edmonds is he coming And there's no reason they

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01:27:22,479 --> 01:27:26,799
Speaker 1: shouldn't be talking playoffs at this point. Okay, we're talking playoffs,

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01:27:26,840 --> 01:27:29,320
Speaker 1: Steve Hey, we're breaking early today in our early Sabers

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01:27:29,400 --> 01:27:31,360
Speaker 1: Hockey coming up Sabers in Dallas. But yeah, we talked

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01:27:31,360 --> 01:27:33,800
Speaker 1: playoffs all the time here, no one, Yes, we do now, yeah,

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Speaker 1: four and one we do. Tomorrow We're on noon to three,

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Speaker 1: no h interruptions. Tomorrow Kyle Brant will join us from

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01:27:38,960 --> 01:27:40,600
Speaker 1: NFL Network. We always look forward to that. One of

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01:27:40,640 --> 01:27:42,960
Speaker 1: the highlights of the week, right yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

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01:27:43,000 --> 01:27:47,519
Speaker 1: he's bringing the energy. Kyle Brant tomorrow with us at

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Speaker 1: one o'clock. Make sure you join us in. I want

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01:27:59,200 --> 01:28:02,160
Speaker 1: for showing up and Our producer is Jay Harris. We'll

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Speaker 1: see you tomorrow at noon. One Goes Live, presented by

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