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Speaker 1: player for you, Steve, Steve a blimp. We're not even

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Speaker 1: in the straded bear of normalcy here. Here we are

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Speaker 1: going up on a Tuesday one Bills Live, Chris Brown,

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Speaker 1: Steve Tsker with you as we slowly transition from week

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Speaker 1: one into week two and begin preparations for the first

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Speaker 1: Division game of the season and the Miami Dolphins on

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Speaker 1: the road. I stayed up late. I'm sorry. I stay

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Speaker 1: up late last night watching the game. I couldn't make it,

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Speaker 1: didn't get to overtime. No, I did want to see

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Speaker 1: the Eli Manning Peyton Manning thing. Watched a little of

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Speaker 1: that for those of you have a nerd. Eli and

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Speaker 1: Right wheels just in all right, So they are sitting

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Speaker 1: in the concept is great, but they're sitting in separate

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Speaker 1: don't know why they're not. Why are they not together? First,

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Speaker 1: they have guests on Ray Lewis, Russ Wilson, Ray. The

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Speaker 1: interesting students of the game. Yes, But obviously ESPN two,

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Speaker 1: the network that was airing this, couldn't afford microphones or

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Speaker 1: high school production. A few hiccups. It was a high

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Speaker 1: Really interesting stuff. But I will say this, the game's

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Speaker 1: by play. They're just kind of having a conversation while

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Speaker 1: So the one time when Eli has like thirty sex,

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Speaker 1: Lewis brings baggage to it. He's a television guy now,

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Speaker 1: He's so far, he's already beat. He's done, you're not

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Speaker 1: to three and one or better start and they may

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Speaker 1: do it again this year. They might, I mean, still

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Speaker 1: on the table. They have to run three in a

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Speaker 1: row to do that. But the only year they didn't

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Speaker 1: was twenty and eighteen when Josh had to play in

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Speaker 1: the second half of the Baltimore game in a rainstorm.

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Speaker 1: Then he came in stars and yeah, he was running

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Speaker 1: for his life and he was a rookie and it

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Speaker 1: was it was a mess. So, but it wasn't because

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Speaker 1: of the preseason. It was a mess. It was because

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Speaker 1: of the quality of the roster. It was a mess.

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Speaker 1: So so we just think it's an interesting conversation to

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Speaker 1: have with less than impressive performances in Week one around

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Speaker 1: the league. Do you think it'll change team's approach to

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Speaker 1: playing starters in preseason games after we saw a lot

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Speaker 1: of starters sit through the balance of the preseason this

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Speaker 1: past summer eight oh three, oh five fifty one eight

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Speaker 1: eight five fifty two five fifty can answer yes or

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Speaker 1: no and let us know why on that. We also

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Speaker 1: want to let you know, coming up at the top

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Speaker 1: of the second hour of the program, we hope to

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Speaker 1: have a press conference that we can carry live here.

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Speaker 1: Erie County Executive Mark poland Cars is going to address

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Speaker 1: the media at two o'clock to update COVID protocols for

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Speaker 1: fans attending games at high Mark Stadium. So we'll hope

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Speaker 1: we're able to bring that to you live here in

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Speaker 1: the second hour of the show. We'll keep you posted

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Speaker 1: on that somebody on the conversation going on in social

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Speaker 1: media while we're talking about this. It's interesting. One of

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Speaker 1: the most hard fought position battles in the preseason was

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Speaker 1: the offensive line and those guys. I think those guys

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Speaker 1: played more upfront than some of the other position groups.

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Speaker 1: To start, they had like nine thirteen guys when training

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Speaker 1: camp started. But you know, as they whittled it down,

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Speaker 1: I thought like the offensive line was getting some reps. Well,

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Speaker 1: Cody Ford was the only starter who played in the

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Speaker 1: first preseason gamp Okay in Detroit, right, and then in Chicago.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to go back and look, but I

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Speaker 1: don't think all of them played in that game either, right,

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Speaker 1: and then they all lined reason the last one, And

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Speaker 1: the reason I bring that up is because recording they

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Speaker 1: were the Steelers were the Steelers. They were good, but

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Speaker 1: they got if I remembered against Chicago because he was

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Speaker 1: trying to get back into conditioning and game shape, but

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Speaker 1: he only played like he didn't play much, didn't know,

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Speaker 1: and even the young players like Rousseau, I mean he

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Speaker 1: played like fourteen, Spencer An, Spencer Long got a ton

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Speaker 1: of snaps. Spencer Brown got a ton of and then

475
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Speaker 1: got hurt, missed the tweaks season game, got tweaked, and

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Speaker 1: then you had you know, Tommy Doyle. Yeah, yeah, who

477
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Speaker 1: was Yeah, Spencer Brown was playing right tackle. Who who's

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Speaker 1: the other tackle? It was playing Doyle? Wasn't it Bobby

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Speaker 1: Hart Who's now someplace else? Right? Yeah, So I don't know.

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Speaker 1: It's it's a real conversation. It's debate that we're gonna

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Speaker 1: we'll be back right here sitting in these seats next

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Speaker 1: up preseason thinking about the same thing. How much of

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Speaker 1: these guys gonna play and what does it mean? Last

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Speaker 1: year when they showed up and you know, laid an

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Speaker 1: egg against the Steelers. Offensively, defensively, the Bills didn't look

486
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Speaker 1: too bad. I don't know if that the Pittsburgh Steeler's

487
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Speaker 1: offense is anything but hot garbage going forward, but the

488
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Speaker 1: Bills killed him out of the gun zone. Sixteen points

489
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Speaker 1: is not enough in the NFL. The Bills will tell

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Speaker 1: you that, Yeah, they found that out the hard way

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Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen and still got ten victories. Yeah, because

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Speaker 1: their defense was lights out and Pittsburgh might find themselves

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Speaker 1: in a similar boat. We are going to take a

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Speaker 1: break here, but Tom on a sale, Richard Webster, Hang tight,

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Speaker 1: we'll get to you in the next segment. We're also

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Speaker 1: going to play use some sound from Oh I'm sorry.

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Speaker 1: We do have Eric woodnext. We got Eric Wood coming

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Speaker 1: up after we were unable to get him on to

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Speaker 1: reflect on week one yesterday, so he's going to be

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Speaker 1: joining us next. We also have some comments from Coach McDermott,

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Speaker 1: Brian Davie, Leslie Frasier coming your way later in the program,

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Speaker 1: So sit right there. We got plenty coming your way next.

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Speaker 1: Here on one Bill's Line presented by Kalida Health, It's

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right back here, I want Bills Live.

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker, please to be joined by the

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Speaker 1: radio color analyst for the Buffalo Bills former Bill Center one,

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Speaker 1: Eric Wood joining us here and trying to get some

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Speaker 1: thoughts from him on the game. We actually heard the

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Speaker 1: coordinators in the head coach kind of give their film

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Speaker 1: review after doing that on Monday. But Eric, your first

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Speaker 1: initial impressions that you took out of the game after

512
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Speaker 1: it was over. Yeah, I mean my initial reaction was

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Speaker 1: I was extremely disappointed. You know that atmosphere in there.

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Speaker 1: I know that the players, the coaches, everyone in the

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Speaker 1: organization wanted to do nothing other than deliver a win

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Speaker 1: for the fans, and they didn't get that done. So

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Speaker 1: you have this huge amount of disappointment. But then you

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Speaker 1: gotta step off the panic button and find the positives

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Speaker 1: in which I try to do. And you know, there

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Speaker 1: were some great things that came out of it. The

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Speaker 1: pass rush was improved. The run defense was excellent. I

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Speaker 1: thought they treated naj Harris like like you should treat

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Speaker 1: a rookie in his first game, and they were extremely

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Speaker 1: physical across the defensive front. Seven safeties came up at

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Speaker 1: times it made play. So I thought the run defense

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Speaker 1: was great. You know, at times there were some highlights

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Speaker 1: on offense, but anytime you have six holding calls, they're

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Speaker 1: just gonna be so tough to overcome. And when you

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Speaker 1: combine those six holding calls with the amount of pressure

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Speaker 1: that was constantly on Josh Allen with only a four

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Speaker 1: man rush, it's gonna be tough to get the offensive going,

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Speaker 1: So the sky's not falling, you know. I'm sure the

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Speaker 1: offensive line is taking a beating up there media wise.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure it's taking a beating from the coaching staff.

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Speaker 1: But that's a solid group, and in the group they

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Speaker 1: went up against, you got to give them credit to

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Speaker 1: They made a lot of plays. Melbourne Ingram one of

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Speaker 1: the most underrated defensive players in the NFL. And I've

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Speaker 1: probably he said it on this show in the past

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Speaker 1: before when they've played the Chargers, But Melvin Ingram's a

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Speaker 1: really good football player, and he showed that he's still

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Speaker 1: got a lot left in the tank on Sunday afternoon.

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Speaker 1: What can the Bill's offensive line do? I mean, what

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Speaker 1: are they tell? What the was that conversation like in

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Speaker 1: that film room after that game? Yeah, I mean it's

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Speaker 1: probably a little bit of a wake up call. It's

547
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Speaker 1: a little bit of humble pie. It's a we got

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Speaker 1: to focus back on the small things, on the details.

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Speaker 1: This is an experienced group, you know, besides Cody Forward,

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Speaker 1: a lot of these guys have been in the league

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Speaker 1: for a while, so you know it's going to be

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Speaker 1: harping on technique and getting back to basics and playing

553
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Speaker 1: physical and you'd like to think, you know, get the

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Speaker 1: run game going maybe a little bit more to take

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Speaker 1: a little pressure off of them in the obvious past situations.

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Speaker 1: But you know, when you throw the ball in first down,

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Speaker 1: you get backed up with a holding call or you're

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Speaker 1: sitting at second into it just becomes a lot tougher

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Speaker 1: to commit to a run game. And this is a

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Speaker 1: Bill's offense that's going to continue to be a passing team.

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Speaker 1: You have one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: one of the best receiving cares in the NFL, So

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Speaker 1: you know, week in and week out, you're going to

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Speaker 1: throw throw the ball a lot and you and you

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Speaker 1: can't get two down on yourself as a player. You

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Speaker 1: can't get two down on yourself as a position group

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Speaker 1: when you face one of the best units in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: and that's the Steelers defensive line or pass rushers if

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Speaker 1: you want to call Melvin Ingram and T. J. Watt.

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Speaker 1: They're technically outside linebackers, but they're pass rushing d ns

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Speaker 1: most of the time, so it's not time to panic.

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Speaker 1: But as an offensive line and as an offensive coordinator,

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Speaker 1: you face another d line with that caliber and it

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Speaker 1: might not be until the playoffs again when you face

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Speaker 1: them again. But you're gonna have to be cognizant that

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Speaker 1: maybe you can't just drop back and throw it without

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Speaker 1: enough help, without enough creativity in your dropbacks, maybe moving

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Speaker 1: the pocket, whatever it may be. So what can we

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Speaker 1: surmise going forward in terms of future opponents using what

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Speaker 1: the Steelers did defensively as a potential blueprint. Obviously you're

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Speaker 1: gonna have to have a front four that you trust

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Speaker 1: can get pressure by themselves. That's not every team in

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Speaker 1: this league, but you know, you think about Washington two

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Speaker 1: weeks down the road. They got a front four they

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Speaker 1: can do that. They're all first round draft choices. Do

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Speaker 1: they go to school on this Pittsburgh film and maybe

587
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:16,520
Speaker 1: employed a similar strategy where they're dropping severage seven into coverage,

588
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:20,200
Speaker 1: playing hard leverage on the inside receivers and limiting yards

589
00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:23,680
Speaker 1: have to catch. Yeah, and this is a copycat league.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure they're going to see that and Brian day

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Speaker 1: Ball is going to have to attack that in different ways.

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Speaker 1: And you know, Josh Allen said it himself. At times

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Speaker 1: when teams are gonna play with their safeties high and

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Speaker 1: they're gonna give you the short stuff and try and

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Speaker 1: rally the football. You might just have to take that

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00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:41,719
Speaker 1: over and over again until they give you the opportunity

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Speaker 1: to make the play down the field. It might be

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Speaker 1: a little bit more of the run game with Singletary,

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Speaker 1: whether Moss is active for this game or they keep

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Speaker 1: just Singletary and Breed up, you get the run game going.

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Speaker 1: But this is something that they're gonna have to go

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Speaker 1: against a lot of the year. And I thought this

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00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:00,360
Speaker 1: is similar to what Tennessee did to them last year.

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Speaker 1: Play kind of shell coverage, play a lot of zone then,

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Speaker 1: but don't break. And when you combine that with the penalties,

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Speaker 1: and I think that's the big kicker. And you know,

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Speaker 1: you could say that, you know, the penalties weren't the

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Speaker 1: only story in the game, but when you're considering the

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Speaker 1: fact that they're playing ben but don't break defense and

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Speaker 1: then you have those penalties, they've become even tougher to overcome.

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Speaker 1: What do you think about the Bills decisions to go forward,

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Speaker 1: when to go forward on fourth down, and when not

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Speaker 1: to go forward on fourth down the first half not

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Speaker 1: go forwards? I mean, they ended up with a ten

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Speaker 1: point lead at halftime. Hard hard to quibble with that

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Speaker 1: those decisions and how they worked out. Then later on,

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Speaker 1: of course, if the play doesn't work, you never should

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Speaker 1: have gone gone forward or whatever. But still, what do

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Speaker 1: you think about their fourth down attempts? Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 1: all four of them were not obvious. You know, all

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Speaker 1: four of them. You could argue for either side of them,

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Speaker 1: which makes it tough on a head coach. And in

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Speaker 1: the first half and your defense is playing so well,

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Speaker 1: you probably just hunt that ball away and you think, hey,

625
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Speaker 1: if we can pin them inside to ten NFL statistics

626
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Speaker 1: over time say that, the chances are we're gonna be

627
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,560
Speaker 1: the next team to score anyway. So you had that

628
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Speaker 1: great punt by Hawk in the first half down in

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Speaker 1: Steeler's territory, and that gives you confidence there. And then

630
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Speaker 1: you get the fourth and one play that in the

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Speaker 1: second half that everyone's gonna point too. And it was

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Speaker 1: interesting yesterday day ball saying that was a two thousand

633
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Speaker 1: and four play run by bled so and it worked

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Speaker 1: last time. And then I heard the opposite side of

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Speaker 1: that that the Bills had or they Bledsoe had a

636
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Speaker 1: pretty strong lead at that point of the game when

637
00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:35,960
Speaker 1: they did actually run that. So a lot of people

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00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:38,160
Speaker 1: are gonna point to that play and it's it's a

639
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,600
Speaker 1: feast or famine play. But in a game where it's

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Speaker 1: really hard to come by yards and points, Brian day

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Speaker 1: Ball might be thinking, Hey, if we can hit on

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Speaker 1: this one, maybe this is the play that gives us

643
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Speaker 1: an easy touchdown or an easy chunk. Play. Obviously didn't work,

644
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Speaker 1: and a lot of people are gonna point to it.

645
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Speaker 1: But you know, the Bills got a lot of learning

646
00:33:56,000 --> 00:34:01,080
Speaker 1: experiences in that first game, and they're learning, you know,

647
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:06,800
Speaker 1: obviously Sean mcdermot's learning through some of these fourth down situations,

648
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:10,799
Speaker 1: learning what his twenty twenty one team's going to be like.

649
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Speaker 1: The Bills got to play in front of a crowd

650
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:15,919
Speaker 1: again for the first time in a while. I think

651
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:20,400
Speaker 1: some emotion probably went into maybe some early mistakes, especially

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Speaker 1: on offense. Maybe the offensive line wasn't playing with as

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Speaker 1: much technique, Maybe some of the throws were thrown with

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Speaker 1: a little bit more umph to them, or a little

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Speaker 1: less touch and accuracy. With so many screaming fans, and

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Speaker 1: you wanted to get that crowd to erupt, yeah, I mean,

657
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Speaker 1: Josh did admit after the game that he was a

658
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Speaker 1: little overaggressive early in the game. And you know, I

659
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Speaker 1: know you and I have even talked about how he

660
00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 1: listens to Sinatra and Elvis before the game to try

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00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,360
Speaker 1: to calm himself down and peel himself off the ceiling.

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00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:52,440
Speaker 1: He's just so hyper competitive as a player. I think

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Speaker 1: it's hard for him to dial it back sometimes, and

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Speaker 1: I think he may have experienced that to some degree

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Speaker 1: on Sunday, I want to know, Eric Thill, what you

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Speaker 1: think of this. We saw not only the Bills offense,

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00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:08,319
Speaker 1: but several offenses across the league struggle. They were not

668
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Speaker 1: in sync in Week one, and that can happen for

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Speaker 1: a various number of reasons. What do you think about

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Speaker 1: the argument of a lot of the teams not playing

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Speaker 1: starters in the preseason for a good portion of it,

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Speaker 1: after all the success we saw offenses have last year

673
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Speaker 1: at this time with no preseason, I think it shifted

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Speaker 1: the thinking of some coaches across the league to say, Hey,

675
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna choose to keep my starters healthy play them

676
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Speaker 1: less in the preseason because we were fine doing that

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Speaker 1: last year. And I think for some teams, maybe Green

678
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Speaker 1: Bay most egregiously, it kind of bit them in the

679
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Speaker 1: butt a little bit and they didn't play their best

680
00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:51,319
Speaker 1: ball even and the Ravens last night, they're a different case.

681
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,879
Speaker 1: They had so many injuries. They didn't play very well

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Speaker 1: offensively last night for a number of reasons, being out

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Speaker 1: of sinc But some of these other teams chose to

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Speaker 1: sit starters in the preseason, and I think it was

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Speaker 1: reflected in their play in Week one to some degree.

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Speaker 1: I don't know how you think about what do you

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Speaker 1: think about that? Yeah, I don't think you're far off

688
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Speaker 1: on that, Chris. And when you look around the NFL,

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Speaker 1: this is the first time that they had three preseason games.

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Speaker 1: It's obviously the first time that you're coming off in

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Speaker 1: no preseason, so this is a learning experience for everybody.

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Speaker 1: And the Bills chose to play Josh Allen and you know,

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Speaker 1: they in their third preseason game and send him the

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Speaker 1: other two. Does giving him that other experience helped the Bills?

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Speaker 1: Would they've been better off? And when you have so

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Speaker 1: much contuity and so many pieces returning, you just think

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Speaker 1: that you could pick up right where you left off.

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Speaker 1: And I think you have a valid point there, Chris.

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Speaker 1: I think another thing that could potentially be hurting offenses,

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Speaker 1: especially early in this season is the fact that there's

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Speaker 1: crowd noise, and even though the Bills weren't affected by

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Speaker 1: crowd noise, it's a it's a more vibrant atmosphere. The

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Speaker 1: game is gonna be played with more emotion in front

704
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Speaker 1: of a sellout crowd on opening day where it's ripping

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00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:00,400
Speaker 1: and roaring, and the defense is playing more or emotional,

706
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,680
Speaker 1: maybe they're playing a little bit faster. And then as

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Speaker 1: offenses go on the road, you know, you think of

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Speaker 1: a Green Bay at New Orleans. You know that that's

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Speaker 1: a green Bay offense. You know a lot of those

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Speaker 1: guys last year when Aaron Rodgers making an MVP case

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Speaker 1: for herself and wins it, they're playing without crowd noise

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00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:20,839
Speaker 1: the entire year. Yeah, and it certainly was the atmosphere

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Speaker 1: that we had all hoped for in the stadium the

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Speaker 1: other day, particularly when you kick the game off and

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Speaker 1: Isaiah McKenzie goes seventy five yards the other direction to

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Speaker 1: like turn it up a notch. Pretty hard to keep

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Speaker 1: your head in an environment like that and not let

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Speaker 1: your emotions get carried away. I mean, obviously it can

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Speaker 1: be a positive in a lot of ways when it's

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Speaker 1: your home crowd and things are going like that. But

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Speaker 1: then again, when it affects your decision making, you know,

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Speaker 1: sometimes you can pump some find a way to pump

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Speaker 1: the brakes. What are your thoughts about going on the

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Speaker 1: road now for the Bills turning their sights on Miami

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00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:56,839
Speaker 1: Big Division game. You could tell after the game when

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00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,720
Speaker 1: Josh was talking to the media it looked like somebody

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Speaker 1: at his dog, you know. And I think he in

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Speaker 1: his short career, and I know you noticed his two

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Speaker 1: The guy t learns week to week. What do you

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Speaker 1: think he's going to carry from this game into next week?

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Speaker 1: You know, I think he's gonna go in extremely composed.

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Speaker 1: He's played well in Miami, and yes, you're gonna go

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Speaker 1: into an environment they're gonna deal with crowd noise, real

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Speaker 1: crowd noise for the first time in a while. I

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Speaker 1: know there was a good amount in the AFC Championship

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Speaker 1: game and this might not be that much more than that.

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Speaker 1: There's gonna be a ton of Bills fans down in

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Speaker 1: South Florida watching this game. In Miami's not the most

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Speaker 1: hostile environment to play in from a crowd noise experience. Now,

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Speaker 1: the heat will be there. It's it's a hot stadium.

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Speaker 1: It's obviously September, it's gonna be um. The heat will

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Speaker 1: play a factor, heat, humidity, so um. But but as

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Speaker 1: far as Josh Allen in particular, you know, he did

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Speaker 1: so much good last year that there's no reason to

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Speaker 1: say I need to do anything different. Yes, he missed

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00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:02,000
Speaker 1: the one ball to Emmanuel Sanders, and I didn't hear

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Speaker 1: and make any excuses, but I can't imagine it was

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Speaker 1: easy hitting deep balls in that stadium with the wind

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Speaker 1: whipping on Sunday as well, I'd imagine that the win

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Speaker 1: won't play as much of a factor down in Miami

751
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:18,160
Speaker 1: as well. But you know, it becomes really big when

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00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:21,719
Speaker 1: you obviously you're playing a divisional opponent here, and then

753
00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:25,480
Speaker 1: also you know, statistically, when you look throughout history, you know,

754
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Speaker 1: teams that start owing too obviously your chance to make

755
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:31,480
Speaker 1: the playoffs go further and further down. And this is

756
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:34,200
Speaker 1: a longer season than ever before. You got seventeen games.

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Speaker 1: But you know, I think I think Josh and Brian

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00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:39,799
Speaker 1: day Ball themselves are going to kind of look what

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00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,200
Speaker 1: the Bills did well last week, see if they maybe

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Speaker 1: need to protect the offensive line in any type of

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00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:47,200
Speaker 1: ways moving forward. Maybe it's less one on one matchups.

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Speaker 1: Maybe it's less five wide sets. And those five wide

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Speaker 1: sets are great because the way that day ball will

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00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:55,800
Speaker 1: generally construct them. If there's not five receivers on the field,

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00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 1: he'll generally put a tight end or a running back

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Speaker 1: on the outside. They upon doing that, you can generally

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Speaker 1: tell if it's either Mannor's own coverage based upon who's

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Speaker 1: over that guy. It allows Josh to make really quick decisions.

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Speaker 1: But if that ball doesn't come out quick and you're

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Speaker 1: in five wide sets, it's really tough on the offensive line.

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Speaker 1: The defensive line knows it's a pass, and so you

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Speaker 1: know it could there could be some different formational stuff

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Speaker 1: as well. Eric want to get into, you know, your

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Speaker 1: area of expertise here. I asked coach McDermott about it

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Speaker 1: yesterday on his conference call. We saw Butcher and Ford

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Speaker 1: platoon at right guard through the course of the first

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Speaker 1: half two series apiece, and then they were off, the

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Speaker 1: other guy was in, and then second half it was

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Speaker 1: all Cody Ford at right guard. Coach basically said, yeah,

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Speaker 1: we're just trying to find some the hot hand, which

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Speaker 1: I don't think i've ever heard associated with right guard

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Speaker 1: in my life, but okay, that's fine, and then Ryan

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Speaker 1: Dable later elaborated on it and said, coach Johnson felt

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Speaker 1: Cody was doing some good things, so he got the

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Speaker 1: second half it's said, and he said, we will kind

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Speaker 1: of look at that week to week. So where do

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Speaker 1: you think this goes? And is it important for them

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Speaker 1: to settle on one guy when it comes to right guard.

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't say necessarily, it's it's that Curson that they

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Speaker 1: settle on someone early. Obviously, you'd like for them to

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Speaker 1: settle on somebody eventually because that would mean someone separated themselves,

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Speaker 1: someone is playing a lot better. And so you would

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Speaker 1: love if that came to a fruition where there was

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Speaker 1: one guy and they said this rotation's over. And I'm

795
00:41:33,560 --> 00:41:36,359
Speaker 1: sure selfishly the Bills hope it's their former second round

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Speaker 1: draft pick who you know, they put a lot of

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00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:43,680
Speaker 1: draft capital in to take Cody forward, and so you

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Speaker 1: know that's that's a tough situation as an offensive line,

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Speaker 1: and I played next to a rotating guard situation in

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Speaker 1: John Miller and Vladimir Dukas. Ultimately, Vladi Ducas ended up

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Speaker 1: being the starter i'd say probably four ish games into

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Speaker 1: the season, McDermott made a decision, and so you know,

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Speaker 1: I think at this point, I don't think either of

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Speaker 1: them has have greatly separated from the other one. I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised if you kept this rotation going. It

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Speaker 1: gets both of them game reps in case of an injury.

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Speaker 1: Moving down the road, you have an experienced player in

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Speaker 1: there that got game reps this year. But as far

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Speaker 1: as the continuity on an offensive line goes, yes, it's

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Speaker 1: a lot easier if you're playing with the same group

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Speaker 1: the entire time. And then Steve you know this too.

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Speaker 1: It's if you're going in and out of series, you're

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Speaker 1: not playing the whole time, it could be hard to

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Speaker 1: get into a rhythm. And it's hard when let's say

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Speaker 1: Cameron Heyward setting up a pass rush move, you know,

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Speaker 1: and he's doing something then and Cody Ford got the

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Speaker 1: field and then I Bucker comes in he's expecting something similar,

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Speaker 1: and you just never quite get into that full flow

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Speaker 1: of the game. Eric has always thanks for the time.

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Speaker 1: We will catch up with you very soon, I know,

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Speaker 1: so thanks for shedding some light on the game and

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Speaker 1: what you thought. We'll catch up with you soon, man. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: my pleasure all right. That's Eric Wood joining us here,

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Speaker 1: Bill's radio color analyst on the Bills Radio Network. We

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Speaker 1: games in the same weekends, a little bit unusual. So

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Speaker 1: much overtime games last year too, if I remember there

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Speaker 1: on Opening Day, No, not no, not necessarily. Overall, there

857
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Speaker 1: was like one or two every week. There's like one

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Speaker 1: every weekend. Really, I didn't remember that I got a

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Speaker 1: check man. I was neck deep in sticking, sticking in

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Speaker 1: my head, but but I thought that was you know,

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Speaker 1: for opening weekend, that's when you get Because of the

862
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Speaker 1: way coaching staffs work in the National Football League and

863
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Speaker 1: how much they they understand about each other when they

864
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Speaker 1: start watching them on film. Opening weekend is that weekend

865
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Speaker 1: where you can get the disparaging performances, you know, where

866
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Speaker 1: your team doesn't play that good and there's plays way

867
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Speaker 1: way better. You know, they just they hit their stride

868
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Speaker 1: quicker for whatever. So you get some of these blowout games,

869
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Speaker 1: you because you in this lie, you rarely get a

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Speaker 1: thirty eight to three game, you know. And that's what

871
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Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers got lumped up by the New

872
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Speaker 1: Orleans Saints and what was essentially a neutral site game

873
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Speaker 1: because that James was played in Jacksonville. That would have

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Speaker 1: been like a COVID game last and the and all

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Speaker 1: indications where there were more Packers fans than Saints fans

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Speaker 1: at that game, which isn't surprising because well, let's be honest,

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Speaker 1: Saints fans have a little bit more to deal with

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Speaker 1: in a football game right now, being ravaged a hurricane.

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Speaker 1: They got a little too much perspective. We have to

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Speaker 1: take a break here, but we do want to remind

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Speaker 1: you we are hoping to join here when we return

882
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Speaker 1: from break. Erie County Executive Mark poland Cars, who was

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Speaker 1: set to address the media just after two o'clock to

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Speaker 1: update the COVID protocols for fans attending games at high

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Speaker 1: Mark Stadium going forward, So stay tuned for that. We

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Speaker 1: hope to bring it to an X. Here on One

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Speaker 1: Bill's Line, presented by Kalida Health, it's Buffalo Bills Radio

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker, who has been all over the fields kind

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Speaker 1: of unique. He was kind of a dual role player

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Speaker 1: for State stave a blimp. We're not even in the

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Speaker 1: stratedere of normalcy here, all right here we are our

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Speaker 1: number two on a Tuesday, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with

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Speaker 1: you Who One Bills Live is the show and we

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Speaker 1: are waiting to join a press conference being held by

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Speaker 1: Erie County Executive Mark poland Cards as he is going

896
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Speaker 1: to provide an update on COVID protocols for fans attending

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Speaker 1: games at high Mark Stadium. The next home game is

898
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Speaker 1: obviously a week from this coming Sunday, as the Bills

899
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Speaker 1: are on the road in Miami here in week two.

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Speaker 1: Week three, they host Washington and then they have another

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Speaker 1: home game the following week against Houston. And it sounds

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Speaker 1: as though the COVID protocols for fans attending games at

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Speaker 1: high Mark Stadium are going to be changing in some way,

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Speaker 1: shape or form. Up until this point, they've been going

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Speaker 1: into the stadium as they did this week, and when

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Speaker 1: they were in indoor areas concourse's, bathrooms, suites, things like that,

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Speaker 1: they had to have a mask on no matter they're

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Speaker 1: vaccination status. So that was that, and we'll see where

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Speaker 1: it goes from here. As we know, there are some

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Speaker 1: areas in this state, New York City being one of

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Speaker 1: them where if you enter an indoor venue you have

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Speaker 1: to have your vaccination card on your person. Show that

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Speaker 1: vaccination card, especially like restaurants where you'd be taking your

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Speaker 1: mask off to eat and drink. I mean, I drop

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Speaker 1: my daughter off at college couple of weekends ago and

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Speaker 1: in New York City, and there we were. We go

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Speaker 1: into the restaurant, we're looking to sit down and have

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Speaker 1: some dinner. Need your vaccination card then you can be seated,

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Speaker 1: Then you can take your mask off. So we'll have

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Speaker 1: to see where it goes here with respect to the stadium.

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Speaker 1: So we'll connect you with that press conference as soon

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Speaker 1: as it gets underway. Speaking of COVID protocol, Steve, there

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Speaker 1: is some developments there on the COVID front as far

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Speaker 1: as the NFL is concerned with one particular team, and

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Speaker 1: that is the New Orleans Saints. According to NFL Networks

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Speaker 1: Tom Pellicero, six coaches and a team nutritionist are now

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Speaker 1: confirmed positive COVID cases. They are all vaccinated, along with

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Speaker 1: one player who is on injured reserve. Prior to this announcement,

929
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Speaker 1: there were only nine players league wide on the reserve

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Speaker 1: COVID list entering today, and as we know, the league

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Speaker 1: as a whole is ninety three percent vaccinated, which is

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Speaker 1: significantly higher than the country at large. So some more

933
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Speaker 1: breakthrough infections, hopefully it can be limited to those six people.

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Speaker 1: With the Saints organization, they're still and it's the testing

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Speaker 1: shows up. They're getting tested once a week, right, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: But now these six people who tested positive, even though

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Speaker 1: they are fully vaccinated, because they tested positive, they now

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Speaker 1: go into the enhanced mitigation protocols That means daily testing,

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Speaker 1: mandatory masks for all players and staff and if they

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Speaker 1: get regardless of vaccination status. So it doesn't just affect

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Speaker 1: the six people who tested positive, the whole organization has

942
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Speaker 1: to go through enhance mitigation protocols. Everybody's got to wear

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Speaker 1: masks now and until they get a negative test twenty

944
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Speaker 1: four hours apart two in twenty four hours. Yeah, that's

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Speaker 1: what I'm saying. Get one and then twenty four hours

946
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Speaker 1: to get another one. They can come back once that happens,

947
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Speaker 1: they can come back into the building. Yes, if they

948
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Speaker 1: were fully vaccinated, all six or whatever it is of

949
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Speaker 1: them have to be the difference there is all six

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Speaker 1: of them tested positive. Whereas here a couple of weeks

951
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Speaker 1: ago when Beasley, Davis, Star Latoula, and Vernon Butler were

952
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Speaker 1: all considered close contacts to a staff member who tested positive.

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Speaker 1: Once they tested negative, oh no, they had the five

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Speaker 1: day reentry period because those players weren't vaccinated. But there

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Speaker 1: were other players Matt Milano, who is fully vaccinated. He

956
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Speaker 1: was deemed a close contact, but he was able to

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Speaker 1: come right back the next day, right because he's a

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Speaker 1: fully vaccinated player and he tested negative. That's one of

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Speaker 1: the things we've had. Obviously, I've had multiple conversation with

960
00:51:39,440 --> 00:51:42,960
Speaker 1: everybody around and one of the problems that the teams

961
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Speaker 1: have this year that they actually did not have last

962
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Speaker 1: year is the fact that particularly in the early going

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Speaker 1: in training camp and the fact that some people are vaccinated,

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Speaker 1: some people are not vaccinated. There seems to be a

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Speaker 1: there's obviously a double standard for vaccinated unvaccinated, and a

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Speaker 1: moving target as to what you're allowed to do and

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Speaker 1: what you're not allowed to do as a vaccinated person,

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Speaker 1: as an unvaccinated person, and as somebody who's been a

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Speaker 1: close contact, you know. So the it's it's hard to

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Speaker 1: keep track of what is allowed and what is not allowed.

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Speaker 1: I mean, there's certainly there have been some instances where well,

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Speaker 1: even us in here we've had to take a step

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Speaker 1: backwards now with a new with the county's new um

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Speaker 1: mask mandates. Well it's a New York state actually, right,

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Speaker 1: we've got all of that going on as well. So

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Speaker 1: it's the problem we have this year we didn't have

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Speaker 1: last year's that not everybody's the same all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: and we're all to have to get our minds around

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Speaker 1: what we can and can't do it. Oh my gosh,

980
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:53,719
Speaker 1: it's exhausting, so exhausting. Let's let's talk about football. I'd

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Speaker 1: love to Steve um. Let's go to the tweet sheet here,

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Speaker 1: which is brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, official

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Speaker 1: equipment moving company of the Buffalo Bills. As we were

984
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Speaker 1: asking you in our Twitter conversation today, with less than

985
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Speaker 1: impressive performances in Week one league wide, particularly on offense,

986
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Speaker 1: do you think it will change team's approach to preseason

987
00:53:15,920 --> 00:53:19,600
Speaker 1: games after a number of teams sat starters for the

988
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Speaker 1: balance of the preseason. So leading us off on the

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Speaker 1: tweet sheet. Oh, we're being told that the press conference

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Speaker 1: is starting for Erie County Executive Mark Poland cars on

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Speaker 1: the updated COVID protocols for fans going to him Mark Stadium.

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Speaker 1: Let's go there now, football team, I should say. At

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Speaker 1: him Mark Stadium, guests under the age of twelve will

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Speaker 1: be allowed, even though they cannot be vaccinated, but will

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Speaker 1: be required to wear a mask at all times inside

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Speaker 1: the stadium. The Bills in the Erie County Department of

997
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Speaker 1: Health Department Sanitarians will be enforcing the new policy starting

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Speaker 1: with the game on the twenty sixth. Then we'll go

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00:53:57,239 --> 00:53:59,920
Speaker 1: a little bit more into that detail in the menu,

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Speaker 1: starting with the game on October thirty first, and thereafter

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Speaker 1: not only here but also at Key Bank Center. The

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Speaker 1: same timelines apply for the hockey arena as they do

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Speaker 1: for the football stadium, but starting on the game on

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Speaker 1: October thirty first and thereafter, guests must be fully vaccinated

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Speaker 1: for entry. Guests are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after

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Speaker 1: the second dose in a two dose series such as

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Speaker 1: the Fiser or MODERNA vaccine, or two weeks after the

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Speaker 1: single dose of the Johnson and Johnson J and J vaccine.

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Speaker 1: There will be no test out option offered. Every individual

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Speaker 1: guest must be vaccinated at least one dose starting with

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Speaker 1: the Washington football team game the Bills are playing against

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Speaker 1: on September twenty sixth, any events that occur at the

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Speaker 1: Keybank Center between September twenty sixth and and then of course,

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Speaker 1: all events following October thirty first at both Keybank Center

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Speaker 1: and Highmark Stadium for the hockey games, the Bills games,

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Speaker 1: and any other events that may occur in that period.

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Speaker 1: Only vaccinated guests under the prescribed the above described procedures

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Speaker 1: that we just talked about will be permitted entry. There

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Speaker 1: will once again be no test out option because all

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Speaker 1: guest stage twelve and older will have received at least

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Speaker 1: one dose of the COVID nineteen vaccine starting with the

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Speaker 1: September twenty sixth game. Masks will not need to be

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Speaker 1: worn anywhere in either the stadium or the hockey arena.

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Speaker 1: Once again, because every person entering as a guest will

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Speaker 1: have received at least one dose of the COVID nineteen vaccine.

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Speaker 1: For the September twenty sixth game against Washington and the

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Speaker 1: events that follow thereafter either here are at Key Bank Center,

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Speaker 1: masks will not have to be worn upon entry, though

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Speaker 1: the county in the County Department of Health highly recommend

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Speaker 1: due to the potential for spride still among individuals who

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Speaker 1: have been vaccinated, that you do wear a mask in

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Speaker 1: an indoor setting. Do not have to, though it will

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Speaker 1: not be required. We certainly were monitoring the situations associated

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Speaker 1: with the Villa Jolt concert, the preseason game, as well

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Speaker 1: as the most recent game, and while there was the

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Speaker 1: requirement to wear masks in the indoor setting, we know

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Speaker 1: that that was not the case. Our Department of Health

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Speaker 1: sanitarians were monitoring individuals in the club seat areas, in

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Speaker 1: the indoor sections of the clubs, suites, bathrooms, and other

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Speaker 1: areas and determine that approximately forty seven percent of the

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Speaker 1: individuals that they monitored we're wearing masks. We tried it,

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Speaker 1: it didn't work, and we also have increasing numbers of

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Speaker 1: COVID in our community. Friday we announced or for Friday

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Speaker 1: we announced it it's positive for new COVID cases and

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Speaker 1: that was the highest number we've had since April. So

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Speaker 1: how do you prove that you have been vaccinated? To

1047
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Speaker 1: verify COVID nineteen vaccines, all guests twelve and older will

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Speaker 1: be required to display one of the following if they

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Speaker 1: are coming to the football stadium or the hockey arena.

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Speaker 1: A physical vaccine vaccination card. Photocopies will not be accepted.

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Speaker 1: It must be the actual card or the New York

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Speaker 1: State Excelsior pass or through clear a digital vaccine card

1053
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Speaker 1: or a governmental digital vaccine card from proof outside of

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Speaker 1: New York State. Not every state is offering these digital cards,

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Speaker 1: but some are. We will becoming acquainted with all of

1056
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Speaker 1: the vaccine passports that are available from other states. As noted,

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Speaker 1: guests cannot provide a photograph of the card. They must

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Speaker 1: have the card or one of the three other methods,

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Speaker 1: which are five. Previously, I would like to note there

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Speaker 1: may be some out there we are thinking I'm going

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Speaker 1: to fake it. I'm going to create a fake card.

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Speaker 1: Please do not do that. Presenting a fake card is

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Speaker 1: a Class D felony, and as was announced by District

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Speaker 1: Attorney John Flynn last week, individuals who present fake cards

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Speaker 1: and situations where they are asked to prove vaccine can

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Speaker 1: be prosecuted and will be prosecuted. Our Department of Health

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Speaker 1: sanitarians will be spot checking individuals who present actual cards

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00:58:56,440 --> 00:58:59,480
Speaker 1: and then confirming thereafter if they actually in the systems

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00:59:00,120 --> 00:59:02,200
Speaker 1: if they're not in the system, that information will be

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00:59:02,200 --> 00:59:04,880
Speaker 1: provided the law enforcement. So if you're thinking you're going

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00:59:04,920 --> 00:59:07,160
Speaker 1: to get around this by presenting a fake card, please

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Speaker 1: don't try that. Please don't try that, because none of

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00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:12,680
Speaker 1: us want to see anybody be prosecuted. And there have

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00:59:12,720 --> 00:59:15,360
Speaker 1: been cases in the United States already announced of individuals

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Speaker 1: prosecuted for providing what is a fake governmental instrument, which

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Speaker 1: is the vaccine card. There will be no exceptions granted

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Speaker 1: to this policy with regards the vaccination has known that

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Speaker 1: there will be no exceptions granted to this policy as

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Speaker 1: it pertains the vaccination of guests. And that is a

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00:59:32,800 --> 00:59:36,919
Speaker 1: joint agreement between Bugoula Sports Entertainment representing the Buffalo Bills

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00:59:36,960 --> 00:59:39,280
Speaker 1: and the Buffalo Sabers in the County of Erie. We

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Speaker 1: believe that this is the best and only way to

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Speaker 1: ensure a truly safe atmosphere where COVID cannot be passed

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00:59:47,680 --> 00:59:50,840
Speaker 1: and people are put at risk. Because we know the

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00:59:50,880 --> 00:59:54,560
Speaker 1: individuals who are entering the facilities that are vaccinated, we

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00:59:54,640 --> 00:59:57,480
Speaker 1: do understand that there is always a risk that an

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Speaker 1: individual who has been vaccinated could carry the disease, but

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Speaker 1: we know from the information that we have that if

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Speaker 1: that person should be infected, the rods of sickness are

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01:00:09,520 --> 01:00:13,479
Speaker 1: very slim, the rods of serious illness are exceptionally low.

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Speaker 1: And our goal is to ensure that we have very happy,

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01:00:18,200 --> 01:00:21,400
Speaker 1: very loud fans at the stadium, but that it's a

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01:00:21,400 --> 01:00:25,439
Speaker 1: safe environment for all to assist those who may want

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01:00:25,480 --> 01:00:28,280
Speaker 1: to get a vaccine but have not received one as

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01:00:28,280 --> 01:00:31,600
Speaker 1: of yet. Erie County will of course be doing multiple

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Speaker 1: vaccination clinics as we always have been doing since the

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Speaker 1: beginning of the vaccine availability, and I want to thank

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Speaker 1: Bugalo Sports Entertainment, the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabers because

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Speaker 1: we will be doing them on site at the stadium

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Speaker 1: and the hockey Arena as well. We will be here

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Speaker 1: starting next Wednesday, September twenty second, from noon to eight

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Speaker 1: and every Wednesday through October, and we will also be

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Speaker 1: at the Key Bank Center on Monday, September twentieth from

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01:00:58,800 --> 01:01:02,320
Speaker 1: two to eight and at other days thereafter. And then,

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Speaker 1: of course, there are many other vaccine locations that Erie

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01:01:06,520 --> 01:01:11,480
Speaker 1: County offers, as well as what is offered by many

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Speaker 1: other outlets, retail outlets and others to get vaccinated in

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Speaker 1: Erie County. I specifically want to thank the Bugolas, Terry

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Speaker 1: and Kim for embracing this direction that we are going.

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Speaker 1: The discussions with regards to going to vaccinated only started

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Speaker 1: before the first regular season game, and I want to

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Speaker 1: thank round Ricuya from Bogola Sports Entertainment, as we've had

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01:01:36,640 --> 01:01:39,920
Speaker 1: multiple discussions on it, and while it may have been

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01:01:39,960 --> 01:01:45,640
Speaker 1: my preference to have instituted home game, we also understood

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01:01:46,040 --> 01:01:49,600
Speaker 1: that the logistical issues made it nearly impossible and so

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01:01:49,840 --> 01:01:52,240
Speaker 1: we decided that it would be best to announce it

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Speaker 1: today effective for the second home game that the Bills

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Speaker 1: are playing against Washington. But I want to thank the

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Speaker 1: Bugolas for embracing as I had the opportunity to spoke

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Speaker 1: to speak to both Terry and Kim during this most

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Speaker 1: recent game against the Steelers, and it's fair to say,

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Speaker 1: based on my conversations that they understand that this is needed,

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Speaker 1: they embrace it, and they want to ensure that when

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Speaker 1: people come to the games, whether it's a Bill's game

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Speaker 1: or Asson to me Sabers game, that it's a safe

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Speaker 1: environment for all. So I thank the bugle Is for

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Speaker 1: embracing this, and I thank their organization for working with

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Speaker 1: us to ensure as we go forward, we have a

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Speaker 1: safe location for all, and that there's no question that

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Speaker 1: when the fans are screaming at him Mark Stadium, these

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01:02:35,720 --> 01:02:39,880
Speaker 1: people have been vaccinated. When the fans are screaming, usually

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01:02:39,920 --> 01:02:42,280
Speaker 1: a little bit more Saday crowd at the hockey arena,

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Speaker 1: but when they're cheering on the Sabers, they're all vaccinated.

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Speaker 1: As I spoke previously when I originally announced the intention

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Speaker 1: to do a vaccine mandate, that it's always subject to change,

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01:02:54,440 --> 01:02:57,480
Speaker 1: and we pulled back on that once the numbers have

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01:02:57,600 --> 01:03:00,840
Speaker 1: basically gone to zero, but we're not at anymore. Has

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01:03:00,880 --> 01:03:03,080
Speaker 1: noted Friday had the highest number of new cases in

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01:03:03,120 --> 01:03:07,520
Speaker 1: Erie County since April. Unfortunately, our hospitalizations have been growing.

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01:03:08,320 --> 01:03:12,480
Speaker 1: We've had on increased deaths the week of August twenty

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01:03:12,480 --> 01:03:17,560
Speaker 1: seventh to September second, there were more deaths in that

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01:03:17,600 --> 01:03:20,560
Speaker 1: week one week than there was in the entire month

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01:03:20,560 --> 01:03:23,880
Speaker 1: of July, basically double the number of deaths in the

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Speaker 1: entire number month of July, and it was equal to

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01:03:26,920 --> 01:03:31,280
Speaker 1: the entire month of June. COVID nineteen has not gone away.

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01:03:31,320 --> 01:03:36,280
Speaker 1: The delta variant is very, very contagious, and if you're unvaccinated,

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01:03:36,320 --> 01:03:39,880
Speaker 1: you were at a high risk of serious illness. Individuals

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01:03:39,960 --> 01:03:42,400
Speaker 1: under the age of forty have died recently in Western

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Speaker 1: New York, not only in Erie County, but I know

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Speaker 1: in other counties as well. I know an individual under

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01:03:47,040 --> 01:03:49,400
Speaker 1: the age of thirty recently died I believe in Chautauqua

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01:03:49,440 --> 01:03:53,320
Speaker 1: County of COVID nineteen that was unvaccinated. It is important

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01:03:53,320 --> 01:03:58,080
Speaker 1: that we ensure that we have happy fans that are

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01:03:58,240 --> 01:04:00,600
Speaker 1: screaming and supporting our team. We want to do it

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01:04:00,640 --> 01:04:02,720
Speaker 1: in a safe environment, and the best way to do

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Speaker 1: that is to ensure that all our vaccinated. At this time,

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Speaker 1: I'd like to introduce Ron Riccuia from Pogola Sports Entertainment.

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Speaker 1: As I said, Ron and I have been discussing this

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01:04:10,440 --> 01:04:13,760
Speaker 1: for quite some time, and this is a mutual decision

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Speaker 1: between Erie County and Pogola Sports to ensure that we

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Speaker 1: are providing not only the most fun atmosphere you can

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Speaker 1: have with the teams, but the safeness. Thank you, County Executive. Really,

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Speaker 1: I don't have much to add. The County Executive just

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01:04:33,800 --> 01:04:39,200
Speaker 1: today a very great job of articulating how we've worked

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01:04:39,200 --> 01:04:42,640
Speaker 1: collaboratively with the County over the past several weeks months,

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Speaker 1: all throughout the pandemic. We are looking to provide the

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Speaker 1: safest environment for our fans that we possibly can. We're

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Speaker 1: thankful for this collaboration. We feel like this is the

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Speaker 1: right move going forward, and doctor Bernstein and County Executive

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Speaker 1: poland Cards have been at the forefront of that. One

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Speaker 1: small thing I want to add to the County executives comments,

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Speaker 1: the mandate at Key Bank Center will start on September

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01:05:05,720 --> 01:05:09,479
Speaker 1: twenty fifth at the Eric Church concert. With so many

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Speaker 1: moving parts and all that, that is the first event,

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Speaker 1: so I just wanted to make sure everyone was aware

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Speaker 1: of that. But you know, on behalf of the Bugoulas

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Speaker 1: and all of our organizations, we are very thankful for

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Speaker 1: the collaboration and we look forward to hosting fans here

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Speaker 1: in the most safe way possible for the foreseeable future.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you Ron. I also want to note

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Speaker 1: that our Commissioner of the Department of Homeland Security and

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Speaker 1: Emergency Services, Dan Neverts here as well Ryan Sheety from

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Speaker 1: the Department. They've been instrumental, of course, and a lot

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Speaker 1: over the last eighteen months, like the Department of Health has.

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Speaker 1: And I know Ryan, who's running our vaccine clinics, is

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Speaker 1: looking forward to setting up more vaccine clinics to ensure

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Speaker 1: that more people are vaccinated in our community, regardless of

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Speaker 1: whether they attend to an event or not. So we've

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Speaker 1: that will open it up to questions. S Andrew, No,

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Speaker 1: this was the plan. We actually had a very substantive

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Speaker 1: meeting of officials last week from Pagola Sports Entertainment, the

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Speaker 1: Battle of Bills organization, the Buffalo Sabers, including quite a

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Speaker 1: number of the individuals that you see here, and we

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Speaker 1: decided I would have I said, it would have been

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Speaker 1: my preference to have started this past week, but it

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Speaker 1: just logistically was impossible because we needed to have enough individuals.

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Speaker 1: We needed to ensure that It's one thing to check

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Speaker 1: individuals at the gate for issues associated with weapons and

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Speaker 1: things like that, it's another thing to actually have individuals

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Speaker 1: there to check for cards and ID to confirm that

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01:06:45,960 --> 01:06:48,400
Speaker 1: these are the individuals were coming in. So it was

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Speaker 1: a joint decision to make this last week, but we

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Speaker 1: wanted to announce it now so that it didn't people

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Speaker 1: weren't confused with regards to the first game I have

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Speaker 1: to meet. I was very disappointed I was here, and

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Speaker 1: I want to thank first off, the attendees who wore

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Speaker 1: masks in indoor settings. As we said, our Department Health

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Speaker 1: sanitarians determined it was about forty seven percent on average

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01:07:12,360 --> 01:07:15,600
Speaker 1: as they were going around. One club's area might be

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Speaker 1: better than another, one bathroom could be better than another.

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Speaker 1: But I do want to thank everyone who wore mask

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Speaker 1: because that's what we had asked. But it's quite apparent

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Speaker 1: after that, even though we'd already made the decision, that

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Speaker 1: helped to prove that this is the right decision to

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Speaker 1: ensure the safety of all. All right, that's Erie County

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Speaker 1: Executive Mark Polling Cars addressing the media just outside high

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Speaker 1: Mark Stadium with an updated vaccination policy. So just to reiterate,

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Speaker 1: in compliance with the Erie County Department of Health directive,

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Speaker 1: the bills and high Mark Stadium going forward will have

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Speaker 1: all guests twelve and under or twelve twelve and older

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Speaker 1: will be required to provide proof of at least one

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Speaker 1: of a COVID nineteen vaccination to attend Bills games, beginning

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Speaker 1: with the Washington home game, So starting on that day,

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Speaker 1: which I think is September twenty sixth, they have to

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Speaker 1: have at least documentation of one vaccination dose. And then

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Speaker 1: come October thirty, first Halloween home game later this season,

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Speaker 1: you have to be fully vaccinated to gain entry into

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Speaker 1: the stadium to watch a football game. And basically those

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01:08:32,840 --> 01:08:35,000
Speaker 1: who are twelve and under who are ineligible to be

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Speaker 1: vaccinated at least at this time, they have to wear

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Speaker 1: a mask at all times once in the confines of

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Speaker 1: high Mark Stadium. And that's kind of how it's going

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Speaker 1: to go. So when you come to the stadium for

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Speaker 1: the Washington game, if you are holding a ticket, you

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Speaker 1: need to have a physical vaccination card on your person.

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Speaker 1: You cannot take a picture of your vaccination card on

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Speaker 1: your phone and present that that will not be accepted.

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01:09:01,760 --> 01:09:03,519
Speaker 1: You will not be given entry. You have to have

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Speaker 1: a physical vaccination card, a New York State excels or

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01:09:06,240 --> 01:09:09,479
Speaker 1: pass a clear digital vaccine card, which as I understand

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01:09:09,520 --> 01:09:12,799
Speaker 1: it is offered in other states or a governmental digital

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Speaker 1: vaccine proof from outside of New York State. Those are

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Speaker 1: the four items. We didn't need one of those four

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Speaker 1: items to gain entry for proof that you are fully vaccine.

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Speaker 1: Bummer is the kids that come to the game have

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Speaker 1: to be masked all the time everywhere that it's for

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Speaker 1: their own safety. Yeah, I get all that. That's that's

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Speaker 1: the bummer of the whole thing. But if you're you know,

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Speaker 1: and if you're vaccinated, nobody really cares. You just take

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Speaker 1: your vaccination card with you where you go. That's that's

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Speaker 1: all easy to do. But once you're inside, nobody will

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Speaker 1: be mass except for kids. And you know, obviously this

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Speaker 1: coming down, I think they took the temperature of how

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Speaker 1: it was going to go this last game opening day

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Speaker 1: as you sat heard Mark Poland cards referred to and

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Speaker 1: they got maybe just under half compliance, half of the

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Speaker 1: people who are abiding by the mask recommendation for indoor

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Speaker 1: areas here at the stadium this past Sunday, and he

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Speaker 1: said that convinced them that the decision to go with

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Speaker 1: this updated vaccination policy is the right way to go

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Speaker 1: because you just don't have enough compliance with what we

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Speaker 1: saw last Sunday. So there you go, and this is

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Speaker 1: I don't know how, I don't know interesting, it's interesting.

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Speaker 1: So basically it's another moving target for people and for

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Speaker 1: protocols and all that. But if you want to come

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Speaker 1: to a game now, you've got to be vaccinated or

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01:10:33,880 --> 01:10:35,479
Speaker 1: you've got to be under twelve years old and wear

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Speaker 1: a mask all the time. Yeah, and just so it's clear,

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01:10:39,439 --> 01:10:43,800
Speaker 1: they realize that if you're getting the Fiser or Maderna vaccine,

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Speaker 1: it's a three week process. You get your first dose,

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Speaker 1: you got to wait another few weeks, and then you

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Speaker 1: get your second dose. So if you are getting those vaccinations,

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Speaker 1: you have to at least show proof of one of

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Speaker 1: those two vaccination shots in time for the Washington foot

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Speaker 1: ball game, which is on September twenty sixth. That will

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01:11:04,040 --> 01:11:07,679
Speaker 1: still pass Muster the following week against Houston, but come

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Speaker 1: the home game in week eight on Halloween, you need

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Speaker 1: to be fully vaccinated the rest of the season and

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Speaker 1: if you are not, you cannot go to the game.

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Speaker 1: And as you heard Mark poland Cars mentioned, there are

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Speaker 1: going to be no exceptions granted to this policy. So

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Speaker 1: whether you're a religious exemption, medical exemption, whatever, the case

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Speaker 1: might be you can't come to the game if you're

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Speaker 1: not vaccinated. No, if sands or butts. There's no gray

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Speaker 1: area here. Have to be vaccinated by Halloween or you

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Speaker 1: can't come to the game. Simple as that, right. So

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Speaker 1: that's where it stands. If you need more information, I

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Speaker 1: encourage you to go to Buffalo bills dot com. There

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Speaker 1: is a full right up there on the new policy

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Speaker 1: and how to be in compliance with the Erie County

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Speaker 1: Department of Health directive. So take a look there. There

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Speaker 1: are all. There's also some other information, including some frequently

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Speaker 1: asked questions, along with links to where you can go

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Speaker 1: to get vaccinated. We did hear the Erie County Executive

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Speaker 1: mentioned that a week from Wednesday, September twenty second, from

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Speaker 1: twelve to eight pm, there will be a vaccination clinic

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Speaker 1: here at the high Mark Stadium grounds. There will also

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Speaker 1: be one Monday, September twentieth, from two to eight pm

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Speaker 1: at the Key Bank Center, So there will be opportunities

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Speaker 1: to get a vaccination dose if you are all if

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Speaker 1: you are still unvaccinated at this point, so I think

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Speaker 1: that brings everybody up to speed on where things are

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Speaker 1: at with that. So again, if you have questions or

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Speaker 1: you didn't hear everything in its entirety, you can go

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Speaker 1: to Buffalo Bills dot com and it's right there. Bills

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Speaker 1: an ounced stadium vaccination policy and compliance with the Erie

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Speaker 1: County Department of Health directive. Steve and I will take

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Speaker 1: a break here. When we come back, we'll get to

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Speaker 1: your comments on the tweet sheet about our Twitter conversation today,

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Speaker 1: and we'll get some comments from Sean McDermott, Brian Dable,

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Speaker 1: Leslie Frasier on week one and their review of the film.

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Speaker 1: We'll get to all of that when we return here

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Speaker 1: on One Bills Live presented by Kalata Health, It's Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bills Radio. Welcome back, It's one Bills Live here on

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Speaker 1: a Tuesday. Chris Brown, Steve Chasker with you. If you

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Speaker 1: missed the press conference that we carried here at live

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Speaker 1: from Erie County Executive Mark Polling Cars, you can go

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Speaker 1: to Buffalo Bills dot com to get all the necessary

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Speaker 1: information you need if you're planning to go to any

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Speaker 1: of the future home games for the Bills. There is

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Speaker 1: an update to the COVID vaccination policy for all fans

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Speaker 1: attending games going forward, so check out all the information there, Steve,

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Speaker 1: and I wanted to present to you some comments from

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Speaker 1: head coach Sean McDermott, offensive coordinator Brian Dabele, and defensive

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Speaker 1: coordinator Leslie Fraser who addressed the media Monday afternoon after

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Speaker 1: we were off the air, and I asked coach McDermott

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Speaker 1: about the platoon situation that we saw at right guard

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Speaker 1: on Sunday between Ike Butcker and Cody Ford. They basically

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Speaker 1: went two series, rotate out, two series, rotate out all

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Speaker 1: through the first half at the right guard spot. They

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Speaker 1: rotated in and out. Then in the second half it

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Speaker 1: was all Cody Ford. So here is coach McDermott and

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Speaker 1: Brian Dable on the rotation at right guard on the

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Speaker 1: offensive line and where it could go going forward. Just

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Speaker 1: going off of what Cody was doing in there, I

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Speaker 1: thought he was doing some good things, and you know,

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Speaker 1: you try and go with at times the hothand if

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Speaker 1: you will, you know, overall, I don't think we were

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Speaker 1: ever got into a real good rhythm on offense. So

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Speaker 1: hard to say a hot hand in that situation. But

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Speaker 1: answer to your question, that's that's that's the way it

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Speaker 1: was played. I think we'll take it a week by

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Speaker 1: week we saw Cody was doing a pretty good job

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Speaker 1: in there, so you know, Bobby thought that that you

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Speaker 1: would be a good, good guy to keep it there

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Speaker 1: for a while. He did a pretty good job in there.

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Speaker 1: Obviously got to do better, but we'll take it week

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Speaker 1: by week. So that's where it stands. So I would

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Speaker 1: anticipate unless they were enormously impressed with the way Cody

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Speaker 1: Ford played in the second half, you might see that

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Speaker 1: rotation again this week. And this is not a foreign concept.

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Speaker 1: Under Sean Dermott, we saw tie In Secki and Cody

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Speaker 1: Ford as a rookie platoon at right tackle, probably for

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Speaker 1: the first eight weeks of the season. And we also saw,

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Speaker 1: as Eric Wood pointed out, who appeared on the show earlier.

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Speaker 1: I think it was the first year of coach McDermott

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Speaker 1: twenty seventeen, we saw of Lad Ducas and John Miller

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Speaker 1: platoon at left guard for the first month of the season,

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Speaker 1: so this is likely to continue. We're also Quentin Spain

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Speaker 1: saw Quentin Spain, after signing a new contract, get benched

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Speaker 1: after week two and then to get bench then released

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Speaker 1: in week five. They will not hesitate to cut bait,

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Speaker 1: so if they're not happy with how it's going. They're

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Speaker 1: gonna they're gonna work on it. They're not gonna let

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Speaker 1: status quo does not exist. Yeah. Yeah, So I would

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Speaker 1: anticipate that Platoon will continue going forward, and if one

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Speaker 1: player clearly separates themselves himself from the competition, that guy

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Speaker 1: will play more. Or if somebody down the line gets

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Speaker 1: into the conversation you know what I'm saying, that could

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Speaker 1: happen to Yeah, Tommy Doyleactive, Spencer Brown, all those guys. Um, yeah,

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Speaker 1: we'll just wait and can change as we have seen.

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Speaker 1: Brian Dable and Coach McDermott also addressed getting Josh Allen

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Speaker 1: in a rhythm, which proved hard to do in the

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Speaker 1: game against the Steelers. So Brian Dable was asked what

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Speaker 1: can be done to get him in a rhythm and

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Speaker 1: Coach McDermott was asked about, you know, kind of how

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Speaker 1: Josh was impacted by the atmosphere on Sunday here they

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Speaker 1: are on that. There's different play types, right, There's you know,

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Speaker 1: you can turn your back and play action stuff and

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Speaker 1: you got a good rush and even though your play action,

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Speaker 1: you know, they might they might get back to you

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Speaker 1: with your back turn. You can keep it all spread

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Speaker 1: out in front of you so you can see the

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Speaker 1: whole defense and try to get the ball out as

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Speaker 1: quick as you can to to playmakers. Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: there's RPOs, there's draws, there's a running game. You know,

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Speaker 1: you try to try to do whatever you can do. Um.

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Speaker 1: You know, look, he certainly had some good plays in there,

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Speaker 1: and he certainly had some plays that he wishes he

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Speaker 1: had back, just like we all do, myself included. UM.

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Speaker 1: So that's that's what we'll get to work on. Josh

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Speaker 1: is a self aware person an athlete. He's been in

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Speaker 1: the game, you know, enough years now where he can

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Speaker 1: he can self correct and that's important. UM. And uh,

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Speaker 1: you know he's humble with with you know, admitting to

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Speaker 1: some of those that he wants back and so, UM,

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Speaker 1: you know, we talk about those things as a team.

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Speaker 1: I know he's spoken with um, you know, Ken Dorsey,

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Speaker 1: his coach, and Brian Dable as well, and they've discussed

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Speaker 1: some of that and it's all about hey, how can

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Speaker 1: we be better this coming week and making sure we're

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Speaker 1: taking those steps towards that towards that direction this week

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Speaker 1: as we move forward practicing. So yeah, I mean, you know,

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Speaker 1: listen to we knew the environment was going to be

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Speaker 1: that way, and that's the way we want it. Again, again,

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Speaker 1: give credit to our fans um that said, we've got

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Speaker 1: to be able to execute at a higher level so

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Speaker 1: in certain situations. So I thought it was interesting that

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Speaker 1: coach specifically referenced the atmosphere. He clearly believes it had

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Speaker 1: an impact on the way Josh played. Yeah, I think

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Speaker 1: he alluded to that, no question. I think he I

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Speaker 1: think they hear that conversation going on, no question, and

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Speaker 1: I think he addressed it somewhat right there. That's a

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Speaker 1: hard place to play in and sometimes it's a hard

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Speaker 1: place to play, and even when it's on your side. Well,

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Speaker 1: and that's what makes it a little different, right because

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Speaker 1: over the years we've come to know the bill Stadium

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Speaker 1: as a place where it's really hard for the opponent.

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Speaker 1: But Josh is just such a juiced up, hyper competitive

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Speaker 1: player that sometimes it's hard for him to pull the

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Speaker 1: reins back and he's back on some things, especially early

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Speaker 1: in a game. And so I like what you propose, Steve.

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Speaker 1: You get him in this situation where there's a raucous

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Speaker 1: crowd here, whether it's a primetime game, big time opponent,

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Speaker 1: whatever the case might be. Just put him in a

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Speaker 1: game and say, I want you to make the sixth

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Speaker 1: easiest completions you can on the first six past plays.

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Speaker 1: We call him right, just to get him rolling, because

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Speaker 1: once he's rolling, I think all that other stuff just

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Speaker 1: goes away and he settles into the game faster, right,

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Speaker 1: and I think he starts to see things better as

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Speaker 1: well and understand things. When you get into that and

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Speaker 1: I've been there, I mean I've every player who's played

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Speaker 1: in an environment like this like I have. I've been

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Speaker 1: in that building when they're screaming at you. You get

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Speaker 1: into that thing where it's like, let's just press the

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Speaker 1: gas and go and don't worry about it. Let's go.

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Speaker 1: M you know, give me, give me more of that, right. So,

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Speaker 1: but then two, you know, you get into the thing

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Speaker 1: where your momentum carries it a little too far or whatever.

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01:20:17,760 --> 01:20:20,639
Speaker 1: You get a little too juiced up and do stupid

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Speaker 1: stuff or do different things than you practiced, and that's

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Speaker 1: when you start get into Yeah, and that applies to

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Speaker 1: everybody on the field. You know, a linebacker may overpursue

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Speaker 1: because he's so dead set on getting to the ball

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01:20:31,520 --> 01:20:35,360
Speaker 1: carry and he gets fooled on a misdirection play. You know,

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Speaker 1: you don't gather your feet under you to make a

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Speaker 1: clean fundamental tackle and you miss the tackle. You know,

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01:20:42,000 --> 01:20:43,800
Speaker 1: it could happen to anybody out there. It's just more

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01:20:43,880 --> 01:20:45,880
Speaker 1: noticeable that Josh because he's got the ball in his

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01:20:45,920 --> 01:20:48,400
Speaker 1: hands on every play, right, and you get into the thing,

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Speaker 1: and I've seen it happen before I did. I did

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Speaker 1: a game in Cincinnati, of all places, where Denver was

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Speaker 1: in Cincinnati's when Corey Dillon broke the NFL rushing record

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Speaker 1: for a single game. The Denver Bronco was coming there

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Speaker 1: juiced up because they feel like they got a handle

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Speaker 1: on what they're doing in their run game, and certainly

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Speaker 1: they do. They've got to handle on what they're doing

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Speaker 1: in the run game. Denver is so confident in what

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Speaker 1: they're doing they end up Romanowski. Those guys over pursue

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Speaker 1: the whole day and Corey Dillon puts his foot in

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Speaker 1: the ground, cuts behind him, and goes for two hundred

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Speaker 1: and thirty six yards on the day and they beat him.

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Speaker 1: What do you know. You gotta have a guy in

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Speaker 1: there say, hey, take a deep breath, bro Just do

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Speaker 1: what you do, and you know you don't have to

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Speaker 1: win the game on this one play every single time,

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Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, the guy snaps off twenty

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Speaker 1: two carries for two hundred and something yards. He's got

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Speaker 1: six huge runs. You know it just it happens to guys.

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Speaker 1: It's a real thing, particulate in a building like Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: There are few like it, few like it, very few

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Speaker 1: in the NFL, some in college. But you show up

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Speaker 1: on a day like Sunday and it's hard not to

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Speaker 1: be affected by it. Coach McDermott and Leslie Frasier were

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Speaker 1: also asked about the performance of Buffalo's defensive line, which

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Speaker 1: I think was a bright spot in Sunday's game against

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Speaker 1: the Steelers. So here is coach and coach Frasier on

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Speaker 1: that subject. I thought we did a good job of

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Speaker 1: playing a lot of bodies in there. Eric Washington did

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Speaker 1: a good job with that and rolling the bodies. I

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Speaker 1: think we were fairly well thought out in that plan,

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Speaker 1: and I thought some guys factored into the game and

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Speaker 1: showed up at Ali there being one of them. I

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Speaker 1: thought Rousseau did some good things. Jerry Hughes Mario Addison

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Speaker 1: with the sack fumble or strip sacked there. So there

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Speaker 1: was some good production from a number of guys. We

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Speaker 1: just gotta we gotta continue to grow every week with

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Speaker 1: that with that unit, because that's an important part of

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Speaker 1: our defense. And then here's coach Frasier on the exact

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Speaker 1: what's that he's Here's coach Frasier on the exact same subject.

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Speaker 1: How the defensive line fared against the Steelers. I really

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01:22:58,439 --> 01:23:03,719
Speaker 1: liked um they Jerry came out. Really our entire defensive line,

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01:23:03,720 --> 01:23:06,800
Speaker 1: they really had things under control early in the game

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Speaker 1: in particular, and the rotation. You know, we were working

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Speaker 1: different groups together, but Jerry Hughes Greg Russo are two

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Speaker 1: tackles inside. When Ed was in there, when Burning were

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Speaker 1: in there, and they did a good job. And then

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Speaker 1: when Justin along with Harrison came in, they did a

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Speaker 1: fine job for us as well. I thought our entire

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01:23:27,040 --> 01:23:29,800
Speaker 1: d line did what we were hoping would happen, and

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01:23:29,840 --> 01:23:32,639
Speaker 1: that was control a line of scrimmage. They had their

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01:23:32,640 --> 01:23:36,160
Speaker 1: longest run was that reverse. But other than that, you know,

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01:23:36,680 --> 01:23:38,920
Speaker 1: we pretty much control a line of scrimmage and we

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01:23:38,920 --> 01:23:41,360
Speaker 1: were able to get after the quarterback and make him

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01:23:41,400 --> 01:23:45,600
Speaker 1: get off this spot and but really pleased with to

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Speaker 1: wear our defensive line, you know, handled things yesterday. Two

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Speaker 1: players that have been under the microscope Steve on that

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Speaker 1: defensive line, Ed Oliver and Greg Rousseau. Coach Frasier was

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Speaker 1: asked about both those players. Will get his take on

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Speaker 1: Greg Russ first. Here's what he thought his first NFL start.

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Speaker 1: You know, you consider the fact that he had taken

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Speaker 1: last year off, had not been in front of people

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Speaker 1: in that much noise in quite a while, and I

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01:24:14,600 --> 01:24:17,120
Speaker 1: thought he handled himself really, really well and made a

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01:24:17,160 --> 01:24:19,160
Speaker 1: couple of nice plays for us. There was one run

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01:24:20,320 --> 01:24:23,040
Speaker 1: that came to him where they had a block on him,

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01:24:23,520 --> 01:24:26,439
Speaker 1: and he sheds the block and makes the hole, makes

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01:24:26,439 --> 01:24:29,400
Speaker 1: the tackle in the hole, which was really good because

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01:24:29,439 --> 01:24:31,000
Speaker 1: a lot of guys would just stay on the block

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01:24:31,040 --> 01:24:33,479
Speaker 1: in that instance and someone else would have to make

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01:24:33,479 --> 01:24:35,920
Speaker 1: the play. But it just shows you his athletic ability.

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01:24:35,920 --> 01:24:38,240
Speaker 1: And there were other times. One other time, I think

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01:24:38,240 --> 01:24:41,760
Speaker 1: maybe on the interception that was called back by Tredavis,

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01:24:42,520 --> 01:24:44,200
Speaker 1: you know, Jerry gets a good rush and then here

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01:24:44,240 --> 01:24:48,599
Speaker 1: comes Greg fighting through and grabbing Rothlenberger around the leg.

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Speaker 1: So you just know that there's more things to come

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01:24:51,880 --> 01:24:55,920
Speaker 1: with him. He handled himself really well yesterday. So that's

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Speaker 1: his take on Greg Rousseau. Let's just play coach Frasier's

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01:24:59,479 --> 01:25:02,960
Speaker 1: comment on it, Oliver's play, because this is the This

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01:25:03,000 --> 01:25:06,080
Speaker 1: was a glowing remark from coach Frasier on how he

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01:25:06,120 --> 01:25:08,120
Speaker 1: thought ed played, and then Steve and I will comment

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01:25:08,960 --> 01:25:10,720
Speaker 1: it really had a good game for us. He was

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01:25:10,880 --> 01:25:14,679
Speaker 1: very active, had some tackle for losses, did a great

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01:25:14,760 --> 01:25:17,000
Speaker 1: job of turning and running on some of those wide

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01:25:17,040 --> 01:25:19,960
Speaker 1: receiver screens and making plays for us. He had a

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01:25:19,960 --> 01:25:22,320
Speaker 1: good game, and you're right, we did move them around

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01:25:22,320 --> 01:25:24,639
Speaker 1: a little bit. Sometimes he was at the noosed position,

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01:25:24,720 --> 01:25:28,160
Speaker 1: sometimes at the three technique positions, so in each one

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01:25:28,200 --> 01:25:31,160
Speaker 1: of them he still was a major factor. He was

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01:25:31,280 --> 01:25:34,519
Speaker 1: dominant in a lot of ways in the interior yesterday

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01:25:34,520 --> 01:25:38,360
Speaker 1: for sure, dominant on the interior. I liked what I

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01:25:38,439 --> 01:25:41,360
Speaker 1: saw from him, particularly in the first half. I thought

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01:25:41,400 --> 01:25:43,840
Speaker 1: he was making an impact. Like you noticed him. He

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01:25:43,920 --> 01:25:46,479
Speaker 1: was flashing, and I don't know if you could say

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01:25:46,479 --> 01:25:48,479
Speaker 1: that week in and week out about him last year.

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01:25:48,520 --> 01:25:50,880
Speaker 1: I thought he was steady last year, but he didn't

1548
01:25:50,920 --> 01:25:53,840
Speaker 1: flash and say, you know, make a dominant play, put

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01:25:53,840 --> 01:25:56,600
Speaker 1: a team in a long down and distant situation, that

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01:25:56,680 --> 01:25:58,680
Speaker 1: kind of thing. He did some of that. Yeah, he

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01:25:58,840 --> 01:26:02,240
Speaker 1: on Sunday. Yeah, a third and very short or second

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01:26:02,240 --> 01:26:04,240
Speaker 1: and very short. He came in and tackled Harris for

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01:26:04,280 --> 01:26:10,160
Speaker 1: a loss. Also got a couple of hits on Roethlisberger

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01:26:10,760 --> 01:26:15,479
Speaker 1: as he let it go. Did a nice job. He's right,

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01:26:15,560 --> 01:26:18,439
Speaker 1: I mean Leslie Frasier's right, ed. Oliver was very active.

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Speaker 1: He's the kind of player you need in They're a

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01:26:19,920 --> 01:26:23,400
Speaker 1: very strong, explosive, quick athlete that can turn and run

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01:26:23,960 --> 01:26:26,799
Speaker 1: and also shed blocks and get off and make tackles

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01:26:26,800 --> 01:26:31,120
Speaker 1: as well. All meant, I didn't watch him that closely

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01:26:31,240 --> 01:26:33,960
Speaker 1: during the game, but he did show up anyway, which

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01:26:34,000 --> 01:26:36,040
Speaker 1: says a lot about a guy playing the interior defensive

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01:26:36,080 --> 01:26:38,880
Speaker 1: And then Rousseau in his own right, I thought made

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01:26:38,920 --> 01:26:43,600
Speaker 1: some heavy plays in this game, got close on a

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01:26:43,600 --> 01:26:47,200
Speaker 1: couple of pass rushes, and I remember the exact play

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01:26:47,240 --> 01:26:50,400
Speaker 1: that coach Frasier reference. He's locked up on the tackle

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01:26:51,080 --> 01:26:53,760
Speaker 1: and he peeks over the guy's shoulder. He can see

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01:26:53,800 --> 01:26:56,320
Speaker 1: the runner coming inside to the hole, sheds the block,

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01:26:56,400 --> 01:26:59,280
Speaker 1: gets inside, wraps him up and gets him down on

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01:26:59,280 --> 01:27:02,719
Speaker 1: the ground and then help arrives. But yeah, for coach

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01:27:02,760 --> 01:27:05,840
Speaker 1: Frasier's right. A lot of those plays, the defensive end

1571
01:27:05,960 --> 01:27:10,160
Speaker 1: just locks out the tackle and somebody else has to

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01:27:10,160 --> 01:27:12,880
Speaker 1: fill the gap and make the play. He made the play, right.

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01:27:12,960 --> 01:27:18,160
Speaker 1: You kind of end up holding that your position trying

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01:27:18,200 --> 01:27:20,200
Speaker 1: to close the hole and close the gap for the

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01:27:20,280 --> 01:27:22,040
Speaker 1: running back, so we didn't have any room to run through,

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01:27:22,120 --> 01:27:24,000
Speaker 1: so it's easier for somebody else to make the play.

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01:27:24,640 --> 01:27:26,200
Speaker 1: He did it all. He threw the tackle on the

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01:27:26,200 --> 01:27:28,280
Speaker 1: outside and stepped in and pulled the guy down. It

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01:27:28,720 --> 01:27:30,240
Speaker 1: was a nice play, So you're up to date on

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01:27:30,280 --> 01:27:32,800
Speaker 1: what the coaches thought after reviewing the film. We'll take

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01:27:32,840 --> 01:27:34,720
Speaker 1: a break here, but Steve and I are wrap things

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Speaker 1: up next on One Bill's Live, presented by Collied to Health.

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Speaker 1: high school Football Coach of the Week program, awarding varsity

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01:27:58,520 --> 01:28:01,519
Speaker 1: head coaches to high not only their team's achievements on

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Speaker 1: the field, but also some of the work they're doing

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01:28:03,160 --> 01:28:06,160
Speaker 1: off the field in their communities. Section six for Week two,

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01:28:06,960 --> 01:28:09,439
Speaker 1: Randolph head coach Brent Brown got his Cardinals to two

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Speaker 1: and over the thirty six twenty six win over defending

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Speaker 1: Section six Class D champion Franklinville. Ellicottville coach Brown's been

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Speaker 1: part of the Randolph program since two thousand, helping the

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Speaker 1: team win five state championships in Section five. Brighton head

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01:28:23,640 --> 01:28:27,080
Speaker 1: coach Steve Lyon also guided his squad to a two

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Speaker 1: and oh start with a twenty one nineteen win over

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Speaker 1: University Prep. Lyon has led the program for ten seasons.

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Speaker 1: Winning a divisional title in twenty sixteen. Is second all

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Speaker 1: time in Brighton's program history and victories, and now has

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Speaker 1: a forty one and thirty seven all time record. Those

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Speaker 1: are your coaches of the Week, Steve. We probably will

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01:28:44,840 --> 01:28:49,760
Speaker 1: not revisit it until next summer, but you wonder if

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01:28:49,800 --> 01:28:53,840
Speaker 1: some of the week one toe stubbings will prompt some

1604
01:28:53,920 --> 01:28:57,320
Speaker 1: coaches dubbing like that will prompt everybody knows what that is.

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01:28:57,320 --> 01:28:59,040
Speaker 1: You've done that on your bedpost in the middle of

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01:28:59,040 --> 01:29:01,200
Speaker 1: the night, going to the bathroom or whatever. Yeah, we'll

1607
01:29:01,240 --> 01:29:03,639
Speaker 1: have that conversation. It'll be a debate and we'll probably forget,

1608
01:29:03,680 --> 01:29:06,320
Speaker 1: but you know, we did think about it last year.

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01:29:07,439 --> 01:29:11,719
Speaker 1: I have none we had the conversation because that last preseason,

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01:29:11,720 --> 01:29:14,479
Speaker 1: the Bills took such a huge step forward offensively last year,

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01:29:15,600 --> 01:29:18,120
Speaker 1: who cared about the preseason right? And now this year

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01:29:18,160 --> 01:29:19,800
Speaker 1: you start obvious, done a little bit. Don't look all

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01:29:19,800 --> 01:29:22,840
Speaker 1: that shark offensively, but the defense looked good. Sixteen points

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Speaker 1: against the Steelers. We'll see, We'll see you tomorrow at

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Speaker 1: one one Bills Live on a Wednesday