1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: Oh on, good time. I'll watch Jeve Lasberg into the 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: end zone. Tousdown, touchdown, touchdown, tuxdown. Clapsnown Buffalo over time. 3 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,600 Speaker 1: Welcome to December. Football that really matters. It's been decades 4 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: since the Buffalo Bills have any game like this in 5 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: Archard Park. They look like their playoff bound up against 6 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: team that looks like it's got championship stuff. It's getting 7 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: serious now and it will be the rest of the way. 8 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: So come on in. The water's fine. Here's the snap. 9 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 1: Allan looks at pressure, doesn't see this one coming. He 10 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: is dropped. There's a scramble for it. The ball came 11 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: out in the Ravens have it and he keeps it himself. 12 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: Jackson running right now, he pitches it into the end zone. 13 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: It is caught for the touchdown. It is Nick Boyle 14 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: who catches the touchdown pass from Lamar Jackson. Here's the snapped. 15 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: Lamar checkson in trouble. He is dropped. He is set 16 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,959 Speaker 1: back at the twenty five guard line. Jerry, you'se got him, 17 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: use Buffalo you Here comes some pressure. He gets rid 18 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: of it, fires down the middle. It is tip that 19 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: it is picked off, intercepted trimming Edmond's hands and then 20 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: he goes down at the Ravens forty seven yard line. 21 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 1: Houski's kick is on the way. It looks long enough 22 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: and it is good. House Kin nails a forty seven 23 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:21,759 Speaker 1: yard out of the pistol of the snap spins around 24 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:23,400 Speaker 1: the Mark checks and friends. Got a man wide open. 25 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: It's a tight end. Hayden Hurst on the run in 26 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: the Buffalo thirty, inside the twenty, inside the ten, down 27 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: the first sideline. He is in touchdown Baltimore, sixty one 28 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 1: yards snap and he's running to his right. The mar 29 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: checks and fires across the grain into the end zone. Touchdown, 30 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: touchdown Baltimore. He found Willie Snead from the twenty three 31 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: yard line. Look at it. Duson Knox makes it catch 32 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: beautiful one end to catch out in her midfield and 33 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: the Ravens finally bring him down the motion right side 34 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:49,559 Speaker 1: and they want to run it. Kevin Singleton. He finds 35 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: some room, gets a good block inside the thirty, inside 36 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: the twenty, inside the tent, and finally hacked down to 37 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: the ground at the two yard line. Takes a snap. 38 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: Fine for Beasy again he has got it. They got 39 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: a two point conversion. We got a ball game here, folks. 40 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: Game on the line here, fourth down, fourth and eight. 41 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: Bills have it at the Baltimore sixteen. And uneasy murmur 42 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: in the crowd here in new air of field, all 43 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: kinds of pressure. Now Josh guns at downfield. It isn't 44 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: complete for John Brown. So we spent so much time 45 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: this week talking about the Ravens and their offensive attack, 46 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: and it was their defense that did it for him. Today, 47 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: twenty four seventeen, the final is the clock Show zero. 48 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: Here you go, the Game rewind, presented by Toshiba, the 49 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: official copy or company of the Buffalo Bills. Good afternoon, 50 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 1: Welcome to the show. Welcome to One Bills Live. I'm 51 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: John Murphy. This is Deep Tasker. Eric Wood joins us 52 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: in studio for the first hour. Hello Eric, good have 53 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:41,519 Speaker 1: you here? Yeah, appreciate you having me John. Everything cool, 54 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 1: You're good. You're good. After that? That was a I'd 55 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: said on the air yesterday year, The game kind of 56 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: stung a little bit, and I looked, the Bill still 57 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: have a ninety five percent chance of making the postseason, 58 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 1: but still that one kind of hurt a little bit. 59 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 1: I think it did. And if the Bills were able 60 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,639 Speaker 1: to win that game yesterday and clinch the playoffs at home. 61 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: That would have been in just an awesome atmosphere yesterday 62 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: in cher Park. Unfortunately they don't come away with the win. 63 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: And what a great game though, I mean, you're talking 64 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: December football with so much on the line. The Bills 65 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: were nine and three heading into the game, the Ravens 66 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: ten and two. You know, you talk about the Sean 67 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: McDermott Brandon being the process. Well, this three year process 68 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:21,079 Speaker 1: is paying off now and the fans and everybody, all 69 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 1: Bills fans around the country are being rewarded right now 70 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:25,959 Speaker 1: with games like yesterday. Yeah, and it's not only the 71 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: Bills fans are being rewarded. Fans around the country be 72 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: seeing it. Who aren't Bills fans. I'm sure Baltimore fans 73 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 1: are learning. Wow, that's a pretty good team. They pay 74 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: played as tough and this is a team And I 75 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: told you coming in up until the last two weeks 76 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: they were scoring forty points a game and then they 77 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: scored the got twenty with the late field goal in 78 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: a rainstorm against San Francisco and then twenty four against 79 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 1: the Buffalo team in perfect well Wendy but good conditions. Yeah, 80 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: I think it's not just about Bills fans being rewarded, 81 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: the process showing itself. People around the country are saying, hey, 82 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: you know, they they're tough. They're really tough. And in 83 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: a day when the offense struggled, like we haven't seen 84 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: it struggle in what a month and a half, You 85 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: go back to what the Cleveland game? Maybe Cleveland, Yeah, 86 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: you go back to the Cleveland game. It's been that 87 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: long since we've seen this team like a stumble offensively. Yeah, 88 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 1: it's you know, you go back and pick one or 89 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: two plays out of that whole game. You think, man, 90 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 1: oh man, it would have the lid would have come off. 91 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: It would have been great, But it just didn't happen. 92 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: Eric here and I spent three hours, three and a 93 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:25,479 Speaker 1: half hours talking about it yesterday, but Eric's with us 94 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: for the first hour today. By the way, the struggles 95 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: of the Buffalo offense had a lot to do with 96 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:32,479 Speaker 1: the pressure they faced, right, And we're looking up numbers today. 97 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: The Ravens blitzed on sixty six two thirds of the 98 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: Bills pass drop packs. The Ravens sent pressure, which is 99 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: a lot, and they came in doing a forty eight 100 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: percent of the time. That even up the Annie and 101 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 1: the Bills had no answer, right, what isn't the answer 102 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: to connect on one of those deep shots? And they 103 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: I counted six a half a dozen deep shots. They 104 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: didn't connect on any of them. That solves that problem absolutely. 105 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: And when you're getting cover zero blitz, the way you 106 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 1: put an end of that and the way you get 107 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: Martindale the defensive coordinator away from doing that has hit 108 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: one of the those deep balls, or even if you 109 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: hit something short, break a tackle and make them pay 110 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: because there's nobody deep. You know, I think back they 111 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:08,839 Speaker 1: ran a cover zero blitz against an empty set and 112 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: Devin Singletary the ball went through his arms, hit him 113 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: in the stomach and fell to the ground. Well, he 114 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: was one on one against Earl Thomas with the whole 115 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: field ahead of him. So's it plays like, you know, 116 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: you think about the deep shots versus Cover zero, and 117 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 1: those were very big to miss on, but you also 118 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: think about some of the underneath stuff in that play 119 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: in particular, those could have been out the gate as well, 120 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: and those plays would have deterred them from just continuing 121 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: to tee off. And what the cover zero Blitz did 122 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: is it forced them to make very quick decisions in 123 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: the past game win routes immediately because there's always an 124 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 1: extra defender coming that you are on accounted for. It 125 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: also hurt the run game with the running backs because 126 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: it's very tough to run against those looks. And also 127 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: Josh Allen a complete non factor with his legs yesterday 128 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 1: for maybe the first time all season. Yeah, that's odd 129 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:58,159 Speaker 1: too when you think about it, right, they didn't even 130 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: ask him to run that much. I'm not I think 131 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: it's probably going in they felt like they had. It 132 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: was probably something they didn't feel would be successful, or 133 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: it was probably running into the teeth of what was 134 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: a really good defense, right into the teeth of it 135 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 1: and asking him to beat you with their strength. And 136 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: that's exactly the opposite of what you want to do. 137 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: You want to see if that defense can be with 138 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: not doing what they do or not having to defend 139 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,919 Speaker 1: what they'd already defend well. And I think the in 140 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 1: games like this and these single possession games, you can 141 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 1: always go back and the warts get covered up if 142 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 1: you hit that last pass goal for to and win 143 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:33,600 Speaker 1: the game or whatever. And the deficiency and the strengths 144 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: are overlooked, and it's just the opposite of that when 145 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: you lose a single possession game. The things you did 146 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:41,559 Speaker 1: well defensively and all that, and Devin Singletary really carried 147 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: the offense on his back yesterday. And then the wards 148 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: of you know, the drops, the untimely penalties. There was 149 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: a couple of times when Josh took bad sacks, took 150 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 1: him out of field goal range once or twice, I 151 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: think at least maybe once they got back into field 152 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: goal range and got the second field goal in the 153 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: first half, but a couple of times Josh took bad 154 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: sacks took him out of field goal range. Then, of 155 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: course at the end and to your point, Eric, they 156 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,799 Speaker 1: had in that last drive when they had a chance 157 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: to win it or get to tie the game with 158 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 1: a touchdown extra point, they had no answer for that pressure. 159 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: They couldn't get away from the pressure. They didn't have 160 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: any of anything they wanted to go to. They gave 161 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: Josh an answer, or Josh couldn't answer that pressure. And 162 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 1: that's you know, that sticks with you. All those wards 163 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: stick with you that would have been washed away had 164 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: they won possession been in our favor. Yeah, and this 165 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: is the first time this season. Josh actually, especially over 166 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: this last three game stretch, has been excellent verse pressure 167 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: completion percentage, quarterback rating extremely high. So it's likely not 168 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: something now. They knew they were going to come in 169 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: and bring pressure in this game. The Baltimore Ravens, especially 170 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 1: during their eight game winstry coming into the game, we're 171 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 1: pressuring fifty three almost fifty four percent of the time. 172 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: That is astounding how high of a percentage that is. 173 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: In the National Football League, teams just don't do that. Well, 174 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: you can do that when you have four cornerbacks that 175 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: they have back there, plus Earl Thomas who can play 176 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: man to man defense on receivers, so that gives you 177 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: a lot of freedom. But the Bills could not have 178 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: expected them to run that that much pressure. But as 179 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: I analyze the game back this morning, watching some the 180 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 1: coach's copy and whatnot, you know, you would love to say, well, 181 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 1: why didn't they get him more bunch looks where you 182 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: get more rub routes and more mesh concepts that that 183 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: kind of rub off some of that press man uh 184 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: defense away from them where they can't jam you up, 185 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: where they can't affect every pass. But what that does 186 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:34,320 Speaker 1: is when you bring in the bunch, well, now you 187 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 1: don't know who's coming, right at least when when you 188 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: spread them out, at least you have six to seven 189 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: guys at the line of scrimmage and you say, okay, 190 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 1: those guys can come, these corners cannot fire. Okay, this 191 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: safety's kind of mess with me if he comes or doesn't, Okay, 192 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 1: I can still go here. When you bunch everybody in, 193 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: and that's where you get your good rub routes and 194 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 1: those man beaters. When you bring everybody in, now you 195 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 1: have no idea who's coming. So it's a it's a 196 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: chess match within it. And um, you know there's people 197 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: that get paid a lot more than me to make 198 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: decisions like that. I would have just to me. I 199 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: think this will be valuable for the Bills to analyze this, 200 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: to find answers moving forward, because they're going to see 201 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: this again. You know, the Pittsburgh Steelers defense, they have 202 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: a great defense without bringing cover zero every single play, 203 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: They're not gonna say this week, hey, now we have 204 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: to we should run cover zero every play. But it 205 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: is a copycat league, and if you don't think on 206 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 1: Sunday night in hinnes Field. We don't see it a 207 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,679 Speaker 1: couple times, right, You're crazy, particularly when they got a 208 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 1: mink A Fitzpatrick on the other side in Pittsburgh's who's 209 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: phenomenal with that kind of and and by the two 210 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 1: things steve to your point. The Ravens secondary was so 211 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: good they were able to play zero coverage, right. I mean, 212 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 1: they've got really good coiners. Marcus Peters made a big 213 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: time play on the last throw to John Brown. But 214 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: I underestimated me personally going into the game how good 215 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 1: that group was and how much they would rely on that. Man. 216 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: It is. That's why they're a top defense. I mean, 217 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: they're really really good on all three levels, just like 218 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: the Bills defense is. It was it was a heavyweight 219 00:09:58,160 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: match on that side of the ball, which is why 220 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 1: you know, and you know almost the Bills had took 221 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 1: one spot where they got nicked on that sixty one 222 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 1: yard or in the right of the early in the 223 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: third quarter, where they went sixty one yards to the 224 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 1: tight end out of a bunch formation. Yes, and that 225 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,959 Speaker 1: was the game. That one play turned out offensively for them. 226 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: That was the whole That was the game for them. 227 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,959 Speaker 1: And otherwise than the Bills ended up all they needs 228 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: a field goal at the end, and it's a touch too, 229 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 1: and it's a win for the Bills with no time left, 230 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: and they wouldn't have been throwing the football, they would 231 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: have been running it. And then you didn't you get 232 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 1: into that situation. But that's that's how close that game was. 233 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:37,679 Speaker 1: And and you're right, those corners for Baltimore good enough. 234 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,440 Speaker 1: And I know this about from covering Baltimore over the 235 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 1: last couple of decades with John and particularly in the 236 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: John Harbaugh era. They play ultra aggressive in key moments 237 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: in the secondary. They always have. They play ultra aggressive 238 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: and ultra physical in the big moments of games and 239 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 1: in big plays, and they almost, well not almost, they do. 240 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 1: They dare the official to make a call. They literally 241 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: dare them to make a call. And more often than not, 242 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: the officials are cowards, right, they don't want to make 243 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: that call that says, oh, you know, they just won't 244 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: do it. Yeah, And it really plays into the Baltimore 245 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: Ravens hands. They play that like just like that. You 246 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: see that in all sports. You see it at the 247 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:18,679 Speaker 1: end of basketball games. They let them play more. Now, 248 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:21,680 Speaker 1: how about yesterday, how much physicality. They let the corners 249 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: get away with um down the field as opposed to 250 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: a week ago when tradebus White in the first half 251 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: gets two illegal contact penalties for really just TikTok stuff. 252 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,959 Speaker 1: And I'm watching the Bills receivers and their press man 253 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: just at eight nine yards down the field getting mugged 254 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:38,679 Speaker 1: prior to breaking on the routes, and they were just 255 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 1: letting them play yesterday. But to your point, in these 256 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 1: big games, these referee crews, they don't want the game 257 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,320 Speaker 1: to come down to them. You know, some guys there 258 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 1: there wasn't a TV Teddy Valentine in college basketball out 259 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:53,439 Speaker 1: there wanting the spotlight. And I actually do like Teddy 260 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 1: a lot as a person. People who don't like them 261 00:11:56,120 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: that much. Well as a referee, we're digressed. Well, do 262 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:04,439 Speaker 1: we do have an hour though, so regress right? Sure? Hey, 263 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:06,680 Speaker 1: Eric is with us for this first hour, John Murphy's 264 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 1: Deep Tasker and Eric Wood got a good show coming 265 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 1: up here. Chris Brown's going to join us in studio 266 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: at one o'clock, two o'clock. Sal Pameltonio from ESPN. He 267 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 1: was on the sideline yesterday for the ESPN Radio broadcast 268 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 1: and plenty of time for you to talk about that game. 269 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,960 Speaker 1: We dive right into this game. Yeah it was. It 270 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:23,839 Speaker 1: was a really good football game. Do you want to 271 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 1: talk start with the passengerferens in the third quarter? Where 272 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: we can I do this there officiating, I guess since 273 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: I want to talk about EFFICI eating just yet, but 274 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: I will. I thought Josh struggled yesterday. It kind of 275 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 1: goes into all the Blitz. Yes, it's about the blitzeam, 276 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:40,559 Speaker 1: but I thought they need better play from Josh Allen overall. 277 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: And you know, numbers against the Blitz not good. He 278 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: was eight for twenty five against the Blitz in yesterday's game, yeah, 279 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: I think, and he didn't hit you know, he was 280 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 1: one of nine I believe I saw from twenty yards 281 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: or more. You need more from your quarterback. Quin particular 282 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: early on he was like two for two for nine 283 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: or two for eleven or three for eleven whatever in 284 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: the first half het Um. They did take deep shots. 285 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 1: He couldn't hit any of them. And I think the 286 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:11,199 Speaker 1: Ravens you gotta tip your hat to their defensive staff 287 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 1: for forcing Josh not to be able to do what 288 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 1: he does about they didn't. They took his legs away 289 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:20,199 Speaker 1: from him, and they sent pressure and they kept him 290 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: in the pocket, and when he did try to escape, 291 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,320 Speaker 1: they forced him to run towards his own goal line. 292 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 1: He read to run backwards, he couldn't get out and 293 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 1: turn the corner. That's all part of a defensive plan. 294 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,960 Speaker 1: Another thing too, John Brown said in his postgame some 295 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: remarks that he noticed and it was obvious to him 296 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 1: that the Ravens were sending pressure from John Brown's side, 297 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: forcing Josh Allen when he did scramble to go away 298 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 1: from his favorite receiver, away from John Brown or his 299 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: best receiver ostensibly. So that was a physical game plan 300 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: thing as well. And you got to tip your hat 301 00:13:58,160 --> 00:13:59,959 Speaker 1: to the Ravens. They did it. They did it consistently. 302 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 1: And the problem, when you think about it is the 303 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,199 Speaker 1: Bills never got a chance to answer. They couldn't come 304 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 1: up with something that was gonna work for him. Back 305 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 1: to the original point about Josh Allen struggling yesterday, completion 306 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 1: percentage low, he's under sixty percent. The Bills are defeated 307 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: on the season, They're they're oz and four. When he 308 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: doesn't complete sixty percent of his balls, that they move 309 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 1: the ball so much better in games prior obviously when 310 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: he's completing more balls to me, they took some shots 311 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: down the field and you have to against cover zero. 312 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: Unable to connect on those. A lot of those he's 313 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 1: unable to get his feet set because of the pressure, 314 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 1: which is a combination of things. You know, a lot 315 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: in the offensive line. You know, it's easy to blame 316 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: the offensive line in a day where they're six sacks. Well, 317 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 1: the sack fumble comes on Dawson Knox's guy. Now that's 318 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 1: a matchup nightmare. When you get Matt ju'd on one 319 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: on one, you know they're leading sack guy in the season. 320 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 1: You get Matt jued on one on one against Dawson Knox. 321 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: I mentioned during the broadcast, had the extra defender not 322 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: blitzed from his side, that's likely a Devin Singletary and 323 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: Dawson Knox two on one block where you feel really 324 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: confident about it. But because of the extra pressure, it 325 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: becomes a one on one block. So there's the sack 326 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 1: fumble and a number of the other the pressures came 327 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: by simply adding an extra guy that the Bills could 328 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 1: not account for. Now, there were some stunts in twists 329 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 1: that got the Bills offensive line, and they'll address that 330 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: on film and they'll see it. But a majority of 331 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 1: the pressures that which led to a lot of the 332 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 1: struggles from Josh Allen. Some misfires that we have not 333 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: seen him misfire maybe since the first few weeks of 334 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: the season. Honestly, balls that sailed over receivers heads, you know, 335 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: some that maybe were miscommunications. Steve is a former receiver, 336 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 1: you probably can see those a little bit better than me. 337 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 1: There was a couple of times where they were overthrows. 338 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: He was leading guys too much, but it was zone. 339 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: Is the receiver gearing down because he's sitting in the window, 340 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 1: or as Josh truly misfiring, you know, that's that's up 341 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: to you know, the coaches to know, honestly, but we've seen, 342 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: we saw misfires yesterday that we don't we haven't seen, 343 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: and I think a lot of that is from the pressure, right. 344 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 1: I think all the problems all began from there. And 345 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 1: I heard, you know, there's always people, there's everything under 346 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: the sun that people comment on about what they see 347 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: and what they think. You know, you know, Josh's jittery 348 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 1: didn't seem like he was comfortable in the pocket when 349 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: you get sacks six times, yeah, I mean, welcome to 350 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: being a human being. And he also works. He also 351 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: walked off with a pretty hard limp at one point 352 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: of the game after one of the sacks, and we 353 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: mentioned on the broadcast they taped up his ankle on 354 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: the sideline or foot or whatever it may be. But 355 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: you know, he got dinged up in that game as well. 356 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: You want to talk about, yeah, not having your feet set, 357 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: not being able to run the ball, which is a 358 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: strong suit of his game, not being able to run 359 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: in the red zone, the designed QB runs that we 360 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: see day ball like to run, those designed rollouts. We 361 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: just didn't get as much of those. And it could 362 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 1: have been because of him getting dinged up at one 363 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 1: point of the game. I don't want to speculate by 364 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 1: any means, but we did see him come off slow 365 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 1: and get it taped up. So that's you know, that's 366 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 1: what we saw from the broadcast booth, one of those 367 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: live John Murphy's steep tasker, Eric Wood is with us 368 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 1: for this first hour of the show. So kind because 369 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: the game was so close and because it was in 370 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 1: play right up until the final minute. We've talked about 371 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:07,439 Speaker 1: what did not go well, Steve, But you have to 372 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 1: acknowledge defensively, the Bills were just outstanding. Yeah, they were money. 373 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 1: They held Lamar Jackson to forty yards on the ground. 374 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 1: Team that was averaging two hundred eight yards per game 375 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:18,160 Speaker 1: on the ground came up with almost half that. I mean, 376 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: they were they were outstanding. They were money yesterday. They 377 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 1: really were. And they you know, and obviously there's you know, 378 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:27,159 Speaker 1: around social media'll see Matt Milano getting getting his ankles broken. 379 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:29,120 Speaker 1: Weren't too many, it wasn't too many of that, and 380 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,120 Speaker 1: they did. They hemmed him in, and you could tell 381 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: there was a concerted effort to keep the edges set 382 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 1: and get stay outside of him, not let him turn 383 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 1: the corner. And when he did, he was completely dangerous. 384 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: The Bills, you could tell, were I'm not gonna say 385 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: less aggressive, but much more coming in eyes wide open. 386 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 1: As a defense, the back end of the defense played 387 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: played very well, I thought, and I think you saw 388 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 1: why Lamar Jackson's the MVP. They hemmed him in, They 389 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: kind of contained him. You know, you just couldn't stop 390 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 1: the guy completely. He made a couple of sensational throws. 391 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: Mike I said that sixty one yarder that touched to 392 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:08,200 Speaker 1: the tight end right at the third quarter. That was 393 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: the difference of the game. That one play coming out 394 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 1: a halftime the nickshe turns out to be the difference, 395 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 1: and it was. You can't say enough about the defense. 396 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: They've played consistently well all year and for all the 397 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: things that you know, all the struggles of the offense, 398 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 1: and think how what they're thinking in Baltimore said, wow, 399 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:28,239 Speaker 1: those guys were you know, yeah, we missed a lot 400 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: of stuff. Yeah, it's wild how one play can create 401 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: a narrative. Because as I was catching a workout this 402 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: morning at the hotel, I have the screen on and 403 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: of the three highlights they show, one of them is 404 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 1: Lamar shaking Matt Milano out of his shoes, and that's 405 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:43,439 Speaker 1: how I described it on the broadcast. It was a 406 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,959 Speaker 1: great play by him. But that's that's one play throughout 407 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:47,919 Speaker 1: a game, and that's what they show. They showed that 408 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: in the long touchdown and they create this narrative. You know, 409 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,199 Speaker 1: the Ravens scored twenty four points, so hey, yes, this 410 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 1: Bills defense is third in the league in scoring, but 411 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 1: the Ravens still go to Buffalo in a windy day 412 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: and scored twenty four points. Okay, well those points comes 413 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:04,719 Speaker 1: on a sack fumble short field. Another seven points come 414 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 1: on a short punt and then a roughing the passer 415 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,919 Speaker 1: call that gives them fifteen yards really probably a twenty 416 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,639 Speaker 1: nine thirty yard drive. And then you get seven points 417 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: off the one truly bad play the defense had on 418 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 1: the day and the blown coverage which looked like to 419 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: be some type of miscommunication obviously between the safeties and 420 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 1: who should have been tracking Hurst across the field. So 421 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:27,440 Speaker 1: you got there your there's your twenty one points. Other 422 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 1: than that, they get a field goal drive. And it's 423 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:31,959 Speaker 1: funny how one play can create a narrative that Lamar 424 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 1: came to Orchard Park and put on a show yesterday 425 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 1: and was he productive, Yes, he was over sixty percent passing, 426 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 1: sixty four percent passing. He throws for three touchdowns, but 427 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: they held them in check. And when you come into 428 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 1: the game, the Ravens came into the game with three 429 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 1: rushers in the top five of the entire NFL, and 430 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 1: yards per carry all of those guys held. All those 431 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 1: guys with Gus Eltwards was at five yards of carry 432 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:01,160 Speaker 1: limited action, only four runs Lamar Jackson three point six 433 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,160 Speaker 1: yards per carry, mark Ingram three point three. Those guys 434 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 1: were both in the top five of the NFL. Lamar 435 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,399 Speaker 1: Jackson came into the game edging averaging seven yards of 436 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:10,640 Speaker 1: rush and you hold them under four. That is an 437 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:15,679 Speaker 1: absolutely phenomenal job by the Bills defense, playing discipline for 438 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: almost the entire game in their one big misstep obviously 439 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: on the long pass. So we got a lot to 440 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: talk about, needless to say, and we want to hear 441 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:26,120 Speaker 1: from you. The phone lines open eight oh three five 442 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 1: fifty toll free one eight eight five fifty two five 443 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,639 Speaker 1: fifty before we get to the Twitter poll, because it 444 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,919 Speaker 1: asks this question of our listeners, Steve, let me ask you, 445 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 1: what do you take from it? Look, the Bills are 446 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 1: still the fifth seed in the AFC. Their playoff chances, 447 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: according to the New York Times Playoff Machine, are still 448 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:46,360 Speaker 1: ninety five percent. They were like ninety four percent going 449 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:48,640 Speaker 1: in there, still right there in ninety five percent chance 450 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: to make the playoffs. It's kind of more of the same, 451 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 1: I guess for the Bills. Right. We saw that their 452 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 1: offense still as great room for improvement. We saw that 453 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:59,199 Speaker 1: their defense is still very good and we see that 454 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 1: they're still very much in the playoff hunt. Nine percent 455 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,119 Speaker 1: making the playoff. Yeah, they this game went like we 456 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 1: thought it would, and we knew it was gonna be 457 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: a difficult game. I don't think there was too many 458 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 1: people that were saying, yeah, there's no question we're gonna 459 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 1: we can beat them. Well, we could beat them, and 460 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 1: I think it played out a couple of plays a 461 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 1: hand less than a handful of players go the other way. 462 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: That is a two. There were two good football teams 463 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:25,239 Speaker 1: on the field. And now you've got to win one 464 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: of these next three games to get to the playoffs. 465 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: You don't, you know, and you got you got to 466 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 1: go to New England. That's a hard thing. And Pittsburgh, 467 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 1: you gotta think this defense too, and in a week 468 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 1: like this, your defense has got to show up big 469 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:41,959 Speaker 1: this week because you're going into Pittsburgh on a primetime 470 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:44,439 Speaker 1: game as a one point favorite. So you're playing the 471 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday Night football and they're an underdog. Right, 472 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 1: that is a recipe for disaster. Well I like that 473 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 1: better than Vegas saying that we're a seven point dog 474 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 1: or something in saying, hey, history is going to repeat 475 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,360 Speaker 1: itself because in the last fifteen games and I'm time 476 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,159 Speaker 1: at Hinesfield, the Steelers are twelve and three, you know, 477 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 1: and they're they're they're used to this moment. Yes, they 478 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 1: do not have Ben Roethlisberger at a quarterback. They do 479 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:10,880 Speaker 1: not have Levon Bell anymore, they do not have Antonio Brown. 480 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 1: They are without a lot of their cast of characters 481 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 1: that built that that twelve and three record in primetime. 482 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:18,880 Speaker 1: But this is a team that is used to the spotlight, 483 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: and they will be ready to roll. Hinesfield will be 484 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 1: absolutely rocking. What's the song they play? Um, beginning of 485 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 1: the third When do they do that at the beginning 486 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 1: of the fourth quarter? I believe? Um? Yeah, it's a 487 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: classic rock songs. We're gonna get roasted for not for 488 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 1: not no, Yeah, I think I think it is. I 489 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 1: don't know who sings it. I haven't been down there. 490 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: And the sticks they play a sticks to it. Yeah, 491 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:47,920 Speaker 1: it's little help from the producers. Please we'll hear it. Well, 492 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 1: find that slay it in the background on the way 493 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 1: to break Sticks Renegade. Thank you so much, Jay Harris. Um, 494 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 1: but we uh yeah, so that place will be absolutely 495 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 1: rocking down there. I'm interested to see how many Bill 496 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 1: Spans show up down there as well. Short drive from 497 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: here for Mortard Park down to Pittsburgh, I'd imagine there'll 498 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: be a lot of Bills fans attendants in Hindesfield. Now, 499 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: they won't be as quick to give up their tickets 500 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 1: like the Titans fans were early in this season. You 501 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:15,120 Speaker 1: might have to pay top dollar for this one. This 502 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 1: will be an exciting matchup with tons of playoff implications 503 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:20,959 Speaker 1: on the line for seating. You know that that you know, 504 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,720 Speaker 1: looking at it, that fifth seed um could be vital, 505 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,919 Speaker 1: you know, getting the easier of the matchups, the less um, 506 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,360 Speaker 1: the team with the less less let's less standing going 507 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 1: into the post you're talking about with the way it 508 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,680 Speaker 1: looks now, you'd be talking about either going to Kansas 509 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 1: City and playing the Chiefs in Arrowhead or going to 510 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 1: Houston and playing the Texans. Well, how about this, Tennessee. 511 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,359 Speaker 1: Two of their last three games are against Houston. They 512 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,199 Speaker 1: win both those games. Bills are back in Nashville. I 513 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,680 Speaker 1: got one of my favorite pictures of my life on 514 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 1: my phone right now, the last time the Bills were 515 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,439 Speaker 1: in Nashville, of the of the sea of Bills fans 516 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 1: in that stadium. I was showing it to people last night. 517 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 1: It was of the bridge heading out of out from 518 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:08,640 Speaker 1: Nissan Stadium, yep, over the river into a broadway, and 519 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: it is a sea of Bills. Fancy. It's absolutely phenomenal. 520 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,159 Speaker 1: The Tennessee Titans are not the same Tennessee Titans. The 521 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: Bills beat Marcus Mariote is on the bench and Tannehill 522 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: is in and they they caught something. No, but give 523 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 1: me Ryan Tannehill and in Tennessee as opposed to going 524 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 1: two arrows or two Houston against the Shawn Watson and 525 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 1: to Shaun Watson and Houston, they're playing great. Those domes 526 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,680 Speaker 1: in big time atmospheres are just so loud. Yeah, it's 527 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 1: in the I mean it's it's almost unfair how loud 528 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 1: they are. And you think of like, how how much 529 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 1: easier of the conditions it would be, UM, and with 530 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 1: three games to go, you know what's fun? It's like 531 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 1: you could say, hey, play one game at a time. 532 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: But from our perspective, how much fun is it sitting 533 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 1: here UM in December having these conversations about where the 534 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:58,639 Speaker 1: Bills are going to be going in the playoffs. Not 535 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 1: if these teams lose, maybe we can sneak in. From 536 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 1: my perspective, I'm enjoying the moment. I am totally and 537 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:06,479 Speaker 1: I'm looking for the playoffs. And one more thing on 538 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: this topic. Our Counterparts of Baltimore Radio played by Playman 539 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:11,479 Speaker 1: and Jerry Sandusky. I see him on the way out 540 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 1: of the booth and we looked at each other and 541 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 1: I said, I'll take that game again. Let's do it again. 542 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:16,879 Speaker 1: And he's like, yeah, that was a fun game, right, 543 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 1: and they could you know, I wouldn't mind meeting those 544 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 1: guys in the playoffs again, right? Who said that? The 545 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 1: Bills defenders were talking about that, right, Yeah. You get 546 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: a look at it. You can tell even with the defense, Yeah, 547 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,120 Speaker 1: you think, wait a minute, they're not They're not all 548 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:31,880 Speaker 1: of that. You know, they're this team they beat everybody. 549 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: Now they're on this now nine game winning streak. We 550 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 1: could beat these guys, you know. And you know the 551 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:38,439 Speaker 1: offense feels that way. The offense again, Wow, what are 552 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 1: we doing? You know? Um? Yeah, I totally agree with 553 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,119 Speaker 1: take that game again. And that's why it's easy to 554 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:47,399 Speaker 1: It's like some of these losses in the past, you 555 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 1: get in it's like, give me the towel, I'm throwing 556 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: it in. You know, it's like we looked horrible. This 557 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: is a game was quite the opposite of that. Like 558 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 1: you knew, we stack up against the top game teams 559 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: in the league. The Patriots beat us with a block 560 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: field goal touch down by six. The Baltimore Ravens beat 561 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: us by touchdown. That Cleveland Browns had no business beating us, 562 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 1: and they got us, you know. So it's it's one 563 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: of those most work. Yeah, let's go bring on whoever 564 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: it is going to, because this is a team that 565 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 1: feels like they can win and should win every Sunday. 566 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 1: This not every time, let me tell you not every 567 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 1: team can say that. And Sean McDermott mentioned after the 568 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:23,400 Speaker 1: game there's no moral victories at this point of their 569 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:25,880 Speaker 1: tenure in Buffalo, and you're three. There's no moral victories. 570 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 1: Let's also keep in mind this was a team that 571 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:30,479 Speaker 1: won six games last year and maybe overachieved to win 572 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 1: six games. So this is a team right now sitting 573 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 1: at nine wins with three games to go, that is 574 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 1: playing some of the best ball in the entire NFL. 575 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:42,120 Speaker 1: The defense playing at a sensational rate right now, an 576 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 1: offense that prior to last week is getting better and better. 577 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,640 Speaker 1: There's a lot of optimism here and there. Yes, there's 578 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: no moral victories, so they're not celebrating in meetings today. 579 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 1: They are upset about that loss yesterday. Bill's fans are upset. 580 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,159 Speaker 1: This is not a moral victory. But there are so 581 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,720 Speaker 1: many positives that you can take away from the game 582 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 1: yet today, all right, Bills fans, how are you feeling. 583 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:03,439 Speaker 1: We're gonna get to your phone calls and maybe your 584 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,359 Speaker 1: tweets when we come back in the next segment. Or 585 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:07,760 Speaker 1: Twitter poll, how are you feeling after the bills twenty 586 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,399 Speaker 1: four to seventeen loss of the Ravens yesterday? On Twitter? 587 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:12,919 Speaker 1: We've had seven hundred votes in so far. Fifty one 588 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,440 Speaker 1: percent of you say you're worried about the offensive struggles. 589 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,399 Speaker 1: I get it, I'm kind of there with you. Twenty 590 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 1: eight percent say you know how that game went as 591 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 1: I expected, Bills are still playoff bound, and twenty two 592 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 1: percent of you say you're encourage by a close game 593 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 1: with the NFL's best. Let's hear from your lines open 594 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,640 Speaker 1: eight three fifty, twenty three one eight eight eight five 595 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: fifty two five fifty We'll come back. Take some calls, 596 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:36,479 Speaker 1: read some tweets. John Murphy, Steve Tasker, and Eric Woods 597 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 1: with us till one o'clock today. Come on back One 598 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: Bill's Live presented by Klata Health from the Seneca Studio 599 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 1: in Orchard Park. This is Buffalo Bills Radio on the 600 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 1: Back One does Live John Murphy, Steve Tasker and Airwoods 601 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:02,879 Speaker 1: with us for the next half hours. So you're welcome 602 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 1: to join us Phoneline's open eight oh three h five 603 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 1: fifty and outside Buffalo Tollfrey call one eight eight eight 604 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,440 Speaker 1: five fifty two five fifty. How are you feeling after 605 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 1: the Bill's lost to the Ravens. Let's hear from you. 606 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,680 Speaker 1: We'll read some tweets in a minute, but let's let's 607 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:17,399 Speaker 1: say a couple of phone calls on this. Let's go 608 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 1: to rich and start with rich In Tonawanda. Hello, Rich 609 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,680 Speaker 1: Go ahead, guys. I don't want to beat up on 610 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 1: Jis Shallen because I really like the kid, but look, 611 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 1: with thirteen games into the season, he still is consistently 612 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 1: not being able to complete those long balls. Now, how 613 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,680 Speaker 1: can we look at him as a franchise quarterback if 614 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 1: he can't do that? So what I want to know 615 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 1: is what do you think, what is he or the 616 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 1: coaches doing to improve this with the guy? Oh, what 617 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 1: are they doing to improve it? They're working on it. 618 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: I mean they practice it every day they throw it, 619 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 1: and it's different than if you complete him in practice. 620 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: Doesn't mean he's going to complete him in the game. 621 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:55,239 Speaker 1: They also did one thing and he admitted to it 622 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:57,440 Speaker 1: that he didn't want to throw any more interceptions. But 623 00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 1: I'm with you, and we were just talking about it 624 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:03,440 Speaker 1: in the break. Answer for me for him might say, 625 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,840 Speaker 1: just put a little more air underneath the thing, give 626 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:09,320 Speaker 1: his receivers a chance to adjust to it rather than 627 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 1: throwing it out of the reach of the defender and 628 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 1: thereby out of the reach of the receiver. Put a 629 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: little more air under it. Give the guys a chance 630 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 1: at catching it. And you know, that's where you get 631 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,080 Speaker 1: some pete. You know, some defensive pass interference and that 632 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:25,360 Speaker 1: kind of thing where the receiver comes back and goes 633 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 1: back through the defender and you get a pass interference. 634 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 1: There's a couple of things positive that could happen out 635 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 1: of it, which is liking, which is like a reception, 636 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 1: and you might you might start completing them. But I 637 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: agree with you, they do need that. There's no question 638 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 1: he can still he can do it because we saw 639 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 1: it last year. He did it a bunch, but you 640 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 1: know it's just disappeared from the game plan this year. Yeah, 641 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 1: and that from the stat line anyway, Rich post Cowboys game, 642 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:55,080 Speaker 1: post Dolphins game prior were you're not saying this is 643 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,600 Speaker 1: our franchise quarterback. Is he going to play perfect in 644 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 1: year two of his NFL career? Absolutely not. Yesterday was 645 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 1: likely a disappointing game for him. But is much optimism 646 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,240 Speaker 1: that came out of the Cowboys game. You can't throw 647 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:09,720 Speaker 1: all of that away simply on an off day in 648 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 1: Orchard Park against the number one team in the National 649 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 1: Football League. No, you're right. In fact, after the Dolphins game, 650 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:20,920 Speaker 1: I said, I think this kid is finally an NFL quarterback, 651 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,160 Speaker 1: but this one Frau and Steve, I agree with you 652 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,520 Speaker 1: what you were saying. But don't you think after thirteen 653 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,680 Speaker 1: games that he would learn to do that? I mean, 654 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 1: what's it gonna take? Yeah, well it'll take certainly. You know, 655 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 1: nobody can drop the football. When they do throw it, 656 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 1: there is gonna be some tough catches. They're always tough catches. 657 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:41,840 Speaker 1: And I also think this rich and they just gotta 658 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 1: keep throwing it, and they've got to and he's got 659 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:46,320 Speaker 1: to throw it one of those times. He's got to 660 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,720 Speaker 1: throw it on or most of them. You start throwing 661 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: when he's not running for his life or rolling out, 662 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,360 Speaker 1: or when his feet set in the pocket where he's 663 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 1: got a chance to gauge it and a guy's got 664 00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:59,800 Speaker 1: to get open behind the defense so we can see it. 665 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:04,240 Speaker 1: An easy deep ball there don't come very often, but 666 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 1: you'd like to see him hit one of those to 667 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 1: get his at least get it to where it like. Okay, 668 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,000 Speaker 1: that's what it feels like. Yeah, you know, hey, one 669 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 1: play and maybe this could have been the past interference called. 670 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,040 Speaker 1: You guys are just talking about last play, third quarter, 671 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 1: deep pass down the field to Robert Foster and there's 672 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,320 Speaker 1: no call on this. Jimmy Smith comes over, Josh just 673 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,840 Speaker 1: heaves it downfield. No call on this like a punt. Yeah, yeah, 674 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,040 Speaker 1: I think it was a past interference, but no call 675 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 1: on the field. The officials standing there right look looking 676 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:33,640 Speaker 1: at it. And now the Bills, you know, Foster came 677 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,680 Speaker 1: up looking for the replay challenge flank. The Bills did 678 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,320 Speaker 1: not challenge. You could see Sean McDermott kind of debating 679 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:42,400 Speaker 1: with himself whether to go for it. Important to note 680 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,760 Speaker 1: that this year so far, only thirteen percent of past 681 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:49,960 Speaker 1: interference non calls have been changed on replay challenge. But 682 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,520 Speaker 1: you'd like to see him get the call right down 683 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 1: the field before you have to depend on the guys 684 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,240 Speaker 1: in New York. And I think if you looked back 685 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 1: at that thirteen percent, a number of those reversals were 686 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,200 Speaker 1: early in the season. As the season's gone on, it's 687 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,560 Speaker 1: almost become comical what they let stand when those challenges 688 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 1: come and you made a good point, that looks almost 689 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 1: like a punt, while on third and super long that 690 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,440 Speaker 1: is almost a punt. And maybe that's why on third 691 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:14,440 Speaker 1: and super long Josh Allen was willing to put more 692 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:16,600 Speaker 1: ball air under the ball and say, look, if I 693 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:19,800 Speaker 1: throw a fifty fifty ball forty five yards down the field, 694 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 1: that's a net punt if they do pick it and 695 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:24,800 Speaker 1: Robert Foster is able to make the tackle right there, 696 00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:26,560 Speaker 1: but I'm gonna give him my guy a shot. Well, 697 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:28,280 Speaker 1: because he under throws it, there ends up being a 698 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:31,040 Speaker 1: ton of contact and maybe the Bills the next time 699 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 1: do get that call, and that's where to our last 700 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 1: caller's point, Yeah, some of those deep balls. Sometimes it's 701 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,480 Speaker 1: not about always connecting on him. Sometimes it's just throwing 702 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 1: a little bit more accurate ball where you get a 703 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:45,400 Speaker 1: lot more. Pass interference In a game where you're struggling 704 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: so much on offense and you barely get over two 705 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,880 Speaker 1: hundred yards of total offense, forty five yards on a 706 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:54,520 Speaker 1: pass interference becomes an enormous play, right And Josh, whether 707 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:56,040 Speaker 1: he decided to throw it like that or not, it 708 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:57,960 Speaker 1: was he was under a huge direction. Maybe through he 709 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,600 Speaker 1: was going, he was like spun around and flung it. 710 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:02,120 Speaker 1: It was really more of a fling than it was 711 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:05,600 Speaker 1: a decision to put air on it. And for me, 712 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:07,960 Speaker 1: you're not gonna get that call one in a hundred times, 713 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 1: that pass interference call, the call on the field, the 714 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 1: call on the field, you're not gonna get that one 715 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:16,360 Speaker 1: in a hundred times. And if you're going because the 716 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 1: way through it, in the way that both guys were 717 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:20,480 Speaker 1: looking for the ball and they're just you're not gonna 718 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:22,680 Speaker 1: you're never gonna get that. And if anybody out there 719 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:26,160 Speaker 1: Bill's Fan or Baltimore, I think they're gonna reverse that. 720 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:29,120 Speaker 1: In New York. You've been living on another planet for 721 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:32,240 Speaker 1: six months. You're not gonna if you challenge that, you 722 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 1: may as well take your challenge flag, go over and 723 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,600 Speaker 1: hand it to somebody in the fans and for a souvenir, 724 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:38,960 Speaker 1: because that's what it is worth it. You're throwing it away, 725 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,120 Speaker 1: and that is a you can't. You're it's because the 726 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:45,320 Speaker 1: guy in New York is just as or more incompetent 727 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:46,920 Speaker 1: than the guy on the field who pretends not to 728 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:50,160 Speaker 1: see the pass interference. Wow, all right, that's that right 729 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,720 Speaker 1: there is That is the state of officiating the National 730 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:57,280 Speaker 1: Football League. That play is gonna stand or it's gonna 731 00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,800 Speaker 1: be upheld. Get it right on the field. Well, and 732 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:03,800 Speaker 1: as I watch that again, you know, we can talk 733 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:07,400 Speaker 1: about how Josh Allen's missed all these deep balls this season. 734 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:10,920 Speaker 1: If I'm watching that film back today, Robert Foster, get 735 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:14,040 Speaker 1: your legs up under you, go attack the football up 736 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 1: in the air, and don't kind of fade away from 737 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 1: the ball and let Jimmy Smith pull you away from 738 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:21,279 Speaker 1: the ball and bat that ball away, go up through him. 739 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:23,560 Speaker 1: And when you go up through him, maybe you do 740 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:25,880 Speaker 1: get that call now, because now it looks totally different. 741 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,359 Speaker 1: It's not him kind of shying away from the ball. Yes, 742 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:31,000 Speaker 1: they're both tracking it and looking up. And this is 743 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:35,759 Speaker 1: coming from a offensive lineman perspective. But go attack that 744 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:40,200 Speaker 1: football and then there's a different story. Absolutely, And it's 745 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:43,359 Speaker 1: a fifty fifty ball and you know, and you can 746 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,560 Speaker 1: see when he throws it, Robert Foster's got a lot 747 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:49,360 Speaker 1: of separation. And because Josh is under such dress, he 748 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:51,520 Speaker 1: can't put that ball outside the numbers where Robert can 749 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:53,719 Speaker 1: go and get it. That's because that's because it was 750 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:56,920 Speaker 1: a desperation throw and Josh threw it too high and 751 00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:59,160 Speaker 1: back over the middle. If he throws that same ball 752 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:03,000 Speaker 1: outside the numbers where he's standing when he throws it, 753 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,080 Speaker 1: if he throws it straight down the sideline, Robert Foster 754 00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:08,320 Speaker 1: can run over and grab that. That turns into a completion. 755 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:10,520 Speaker 1: So you know, Josh, you's got to throw a more 756 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 1: accurate ball or a ball out in space and let 757 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:15,880 Speaker 1: Robert go get it. And you're right when you know 758 00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:17,880 Speaker 1: the ball's gonna be behind you, you you got to gather 759 00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,600 Speaker 1: yourself and that's when your ball skills. Ball skills come 760 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:27,920 Speaker 1: into play. That's what ball skills are. That's but that's Wow, 761 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:30,759 Speaker 1: that's not even a penalty most games. It really isn't. 762 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:32,799 Speaker 1: Should have been, it really isn't. You can say that too, 763 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:36,040 Speaker 1: but it's not gonna be ever. Call here from Ken 764 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,040 Speaker 1: and Hamburg. Hello, Ken, Welcome to the show, and you're 765 00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:41,080 Speaker 1: on the air with this. Yes, I was just wondering 766 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:43,680 Speaker 1: your thoughts on mc dermot's decision to go for the 767 00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:47,719 Speaker 1: two point conversion when they were down by nine points. Yeah, 768 00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:49,399 Speaker 1: when they did. I thought about that during the game 769 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:51,680 Speaker 1: and we didn't get into it during the game yesterday, Erica. 770 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:53,759 Speaker 1: And there are two schools of thoughts. Some people, and 771 00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:56,239 Speaker 1: including I believe your former head coach Mark Levy, who 772 00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:58,879 Speaker 1: I consider pretty bright, would say, you know, take your 773 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:01,279 Speaker 1: one point and now you're down by eight, and then 774 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,960 Speaker 1: you you know, because if you if you go for 775 00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:06,239 Speaker 1: the two and don't get it, you basically have ended 776 00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:08,440 Speaker 1: the game with seven minutes to go. On the other end, 777 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:10,239 Speaker 1: people will tell you, if you go for the two 778 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:14,200 Speaker 1: and get it as the Bills did, now you you 779 00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:16,520 Speaker 1: know the game isn't playing. You only need a touchdown 780 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:19,560 Speaker 1: and if you score again, then you could essentially win 781 00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:21,400 Speaker 1: the game with the two point version if you want to. 782 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:23,640 Speaker 1: When you're when you say you're playing the best team 783 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:25,000 Speaker 1: in the NFL and you got to play from the 784 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,959 Speaker 1: two yard line. And also let's also keep in mind 785 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:31,440 Speaker 1: yesterday Super Windy and Orchard Park, Stephen house Get had 786 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:34,000 Speaker 1: an excellent game, but he also has been struggling as 787 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:35,560 Speaker 1: of late, and he missed an extra point in a 788 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:38,360 Speaker 1: dome last week. So let's not act like the extra 789 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,000 Speaker 1: point is a given anymore in the NFL. And I 790 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,839 Speaker 1: will say this, by going for two, when they did, 791 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:45,880 Speaker 1: they kept the game alive, you know what I mean? 792 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,400 Speaker 1: They in making it, they kept your game alive and 793 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:52,200 Speaker 1: actually changes options that you have, right right. And also 794 00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:54,759 Speaker 1: it's more about I think at that point, it's more 795 00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:57,400 Speaker 1: about how many possessions are left in the game. At 796 00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:01,120 Speaker 1: seven minutes, you gotta think there's maybe re possessions left 797 00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:03,399 Speaker 1: in the game. They get two of them. Yeah right, 798 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,799 Speaker 1: so uh that leaves you with one possession left. So 799 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:10,640 Speaker 1: that's you know, and there may be four possessions and 800 00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:13,040 Speaker 1: you get two and they get two. But that's what 801 00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:14,759 Speaker 1: it comes down to as well, it's time, you know, 802 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,360 Speaker 1: you got to get to within that striking distance. And 803 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:20,360 Speaker 1: I think that was I was I was totally fine 804 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:22,839 Speaker 1: with that two point conversion, and of course you know 805 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:25,799 Speaker 1: when you get it, it changes the entire narrative because 806 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:28,360 Speaker 1: you look like this analytics guy who's at the forefront 807 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:31,040 Speaker 1: of all football thought, and you've got your your you 808 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,000 Speaker 1: got your ducks in a row. You had to get that. 809 00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:36,520 Speaker 1: And if you don't get it, it's what are you doing? 810 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:38,759 Speaker 1: You your hammer head stone age guy. You don't know 811 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:41,640 Speaker 1: what to do? You know what I mean? You see 812 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:43,960 Speaker 1: both sides of the argument. I definitely do as well. 813 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,560 Speaker 1: You know my point about you could possibly go win 814 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:48,440 Speaker 1: the game if you if you go for it as 815 00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:52,200 Speaker 1: a two pointer there um, and then yes, if you 816 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:54,960 Speaker 1: if you take the points, you keep it a one 817 00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:59,040 Speaker 1: possession game. You make them drive and then maybe you 818 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,080 Speaker 1: force them into a stay, maybe you get a turn over, 819 00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:03,360 Speaker 1: whatever it may be. If you miss that, it becomes 820 00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:06,279 Speaker 1: a two possession game. Now the Baltimore Ravens are playing 821 00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:09,400 Speaker 1: a different style of offense likely so so I do 822 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:12,480 Speaker 1: see both sides. If that is, be sure, if the 823 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:14,120 Speaker 1: Bills had tied it up at the end there or 824 00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:16,520 Speaker 1: got the touchdown now down by a point, would you 825 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:18,919 Speaker 1: really go for two? I would have kicked. I would 826 00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,200 Speaker 1: have kicked the extra point for the reason that would 827 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:24,680 Speaker 1: have been fifteen consecutive points for the Buffalo Bills. You 828 00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:27,000 Speaker 1: have all the momentum on your side. Your defense is 829 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,920 Speaker 1: playing so well, you have to be extremely confident that 830 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:33,040 Speaker 1: you could get stops in overtime as well. I would 831 00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:35,040 Speaker 1: have kicked the field goal if it was a back 832 00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:38,600 Speaker 1: and forth shootout and or you know, the Bills didn't 833 00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:40,759 Speaker 1: have all that momentum, maybe you say, hey, we're a 834 00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:45,120 Speaker 1: little overmatch going into overtime. Uh, maybe we just maybe 835 00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:47,239 Speaker 1: it's a better shot for those here to take this 836 00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:49,600 Speaker 1: two point conversion attempts. Or the Bills three for three 837 00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:52,279 Speaker 1: on the season on two point your versions as well, Yeah, 838 00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:57,279 Speaker 1: that's pretty good at it. It's you know, your your quarterback, 839 00:38:57,800 --> 00:38:59,839 Speaker 1: you know, makes a big differ three for three. That's 840 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,359 Speaker 1: when you have when you have a six five, two 841 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:05,680 Speaker 1: hundred forty five pound quarterback that can run well, that 842 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:08,720 Speaker 1: that takes a defender away because he's an added element 843 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,799 Speaker 1: on every two point version because I mean, Josh Allen 844 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,520 Speaker 1: so big he can steal two yards. Um, you have 845 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:17,520 Speaker 1: you have a great running game, um top five in 846 00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,879 Speaker 1: the NFL going into yesterday, rushing attack, and then what 847 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:23,279 Speaker 1: they're able to do with Cole Beasley on these little 848 00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:27,359 Speaker 1: pick routes around. I keep saying pick routes, these rub routes, uh, 849 00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:30,280 Speaker 1: these rub routes that they're able to utilize down there. 850 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:32,840 Speaker 1: Twice this year they've gotten in the end zone, um 851 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:36,840 Speaker 1: in the tight red zone utilizing those rub routes to 852 00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:39,319 Speaker 1: Cole Beasley. I love the two point version play yesterday too, 853 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:42,080 Speaker 1: sending him across the formation and then just running the 854 00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:45,040 Speaker 1: quick arrow route out to the sideline and hit him immediately. 855 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:47,439 Speaker 1: Take all the guests work out. You get him where 856 00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:49,520 Speaker 1: he cannot get jammed at that point when he's in 857 00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:51,920 Speaker 1: motion too. Great play design. All right, we're gonna talk 858 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:53,839 Speaker 1: more about this year. Welcome to join us. Phone lines 859 00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:57,160 Speaker 1: open eight three fifty to three one eight eight eight 860 00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:59,640 Speaker 1: five fifty two five fifty. Eric Wood with us for 861 00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:02,399 Speaker 1: one segments Steve Tasker and I here till three one 862 00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:05,280 Speaker 1: does Live presented by Kalaida Health, live from the Seneca Studio, 863 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:23,520 Speaker 1: Seneca Resorts in Casino. Nothing comes close the sam out 864 00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:25,799 Speaker 1: of the gun, Alan looks left, fires left, caught by 865 00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:29,640 Speaker 1: Beasley at the one dives into the end door, touchdown, matchdown, 866 00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:36,160 Speaker 1: Buffalo call Beasley touchdown Bills. Buffalo's only touchdown yesterday came 867 00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:38,319 Speaker 1: from the Hunt real Estate Red Zone. Visit Hunt real 868 00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:40,920 Speaker 1: Estate dot com to score on all of your real 869 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,560 Speaker 1: estate needs. John Murphy, Steve Tasker Here one Bills Live. 870 00:40:43,719 --> 00:40:45,640 Speaker 1: We're here till three airwards. Got a couple of minutes 871 00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:48,560 Speaker 1: left with us. Let's discuss your thoughts and where the 872 00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:50,840 Speaker 1: Bills are at now after the loss of the Ravens. 873 00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:52,359 Speaker 1: How do you feel? Let's go to the tweet sheet 874 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:55,560 Speaker 1: brought you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the official movers of 875 00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:58,560 Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. On the tweet sheet from Bill went 876 00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:00,520 Speaker 1: as expected. I knew it would be a close game. 877 00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:03,200 Speaker 1: We all knew the Ravens defense blitzes at a high rate. 878 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,160 Speaker 1: The Bills have picked up blitz as well in the 879 00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:08,040 Speaker 1: last few games against good defenses. But the Ravens are talented. 880 00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:11,560 Speaker 1: Hoping for a better offensive output than next time against them. 881 00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:15,719 Speaker 1: Hopefully there's the next time. Eric, what do we look 882 00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:17,800 Speaker 1: to when we look for the Bills offense to improve? 883 00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:20,440 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, three games left? Is there a 884 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,920 Speaker 1: chance they can get better these last three games? Absolutely? 885 00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:26,440 Speaker 1: And like we mentioned earlier in the show that yesterday 886 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:29,520 Speaker 1: was the first time all season that the Bills have 887 00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,880 Speaker 1: faced that type of cover zero looks consistently over and 888 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,399 Speaker 1: over and over. We've seen them face a lot of 889 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:39,520 Speaker 1: press man defense because the Patriots rolled that out against 890 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:42,200 Speaker 1: them earlier in the season were successful. Other teams have 891 00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:46,040 Speaker 1: copied that model. Now, yesterday perfect storm where you have 892 00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:49,400 Speaker 1: so many good corners for the Ravens, the pressure was 893 00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:51,879 Speaker 1: getting all over Josh Allen and on a windy day, 894 00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:55,520 Speaker 1: you just we've talked about it at length today could 895 00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:58,080 Speaker 1: not connect down the field. Can they get better? Yes? 896 00:41:58,239 --> 00:42:00,560 Speaker 1: And I think the last three weeks the offense did 897 00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:03,879 Speaker 1: get better. And yes, was yesterday a poor performance? Yes? 898 00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:07,680 Speaker 1: Does that necessarily mean that they regressed back to pre 899 00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:12,759 Speaker 1: Cleveland game or pre lawsuit. No, that doesn't necessarily mean 900 00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:14,520 Speaker 1: that they had an off day. And you know what, 901 00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:16,759 Speaker 1: you hop right back, you get your confidence back, and 902 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,439 Speaker 1: you go to Pittsburgh. Now you do face a very 903 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:22,640 Speaker 1: tough defense this week. They lead the league in forcing turnovers. 904 00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:25,840 Speaker 1: They have three guys with over eight sacks on the season. 905 00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:28,120 Speaker 1: I mean, they're playing well on defense. It's not going 906 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:31,200 Speaker 1: to be easy this week. But the Dallas defense was 907 00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:34,200 Speaker 1: also ranked statistically very high. So were the Broncos. You 908 00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:36,160 Speaker 1: back to the Broncos game. We want to talk about 909 00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:39,240 Speaker 1: the offensive improving throughout the season. You face the number 910 00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:42,319 Speaker 1: four defense in the league and consistently move the ball 911 00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:44,440 Speaker 1: up and down the field, going for over four hundred 912 00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:46,800 Speaker 1: yards in the game against the Broncos. You know Broncos 913 00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:50,360 Speaker 1: teams that hammered the Texans yesterday. Let's not lose sight 914 00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:53,960 Speaker 1: of all of that just because of a poor performance yesterday. 915 00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:58,479 Speaker 1: That was more schematic, I think than anything. And I'll 916 00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:02,920 Speaker 1: give Martindale cret it. It takes guts to dial up 917 00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:06,840 Speaker 1: thirty pressures verse pass in a game. That takes guts. 918 00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:09,200 Speaker 1: Now you connect on early on one of those, we 919 00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:11,160 Speaker 1: would have saw how much guts he had to keep 920 00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:13,879 Speaker 1: firing those, but they weren't able to get him out 921 00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:16,399 Speaker 1: of it. And because of that, and later in the game, 922 00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:18,680 Speaker 1: I was begging throughout the broadcast for a screen call 923 00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:21,360 Speaker 1: to the running back. Finally we get one and it 924 00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:23,960 Speaker 1: comes back on a tikie tack hold on Quentin Spain. 925 00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:29,200 Speaker 1: All those little factors those change everything, changes everything. We're 926 00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:31,600 Speaker 1: not having this conversation if we connect on on that 927 00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:34,839 Speaker 1: final pass to John Brown in the game. In the 928 00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:38,360 Speaker 1: Bill score twenty four plus points again this week. We 929 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:40,360 Speaker 1: don't have this conversation. So let's not lose sight of 930 00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:42,520 Speaker 1: all that, right, It's not it's not just about yeah, 931 00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:45,880 Speaker 1: the Bill's offense. Not only can they get better, they 932 00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:50,520 Speaker 1: can also play better because we've seen him. So there's 933 00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:52,359 Speaker 1: more in the tank there. I think there's there's no 934 00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:54,240 Speaker 1: question you got to tip your hat to the Ravens. 935 00:43:54,239 --> 00:43:56,680 Speaker 1: They played great defense yesterday and it's hard to score 936 00:43:56,680 --> 00:44:01,359 Speaker 1: on great defenses. Ask the Ravens. So having said that, yeah, 937 00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:03,759 Speaker 1: there's no question that, you know, everything's still on the 938 00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:05,920 Speaker 1: table for the Bills, and they've got to feel you 939 00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:09,040 Speaker 1: know about you know, continuing to do what they've done 940 00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:11,880 Speaker 1: to get to this point and going another step further 941 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:14,160 Speaker 1: week to week to week. You've got to get better. 942 00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:15,920 Speaker 1: And I know that this in the attitude in the 943 00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:18,279 Speaker 1: building is just that they're gonna try and get better 944 00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:20,439 Speaker 1: this week. Take one more phone call this hour, Let's 945 00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:22,239 Speaker 1: go to Bob and cheek to waka. Hello Bob, you're 946 00:44:22,239 --> 00:44:25,439 Speaker 1: on the air. Hi, how are you doing today? Okay? 947 00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:29,239 Speaker 1: My question is why doesn't the offensive coordinator look at 948 00:44:29,239 --> 00:44:32,239 Speaker 1: films from previous weeks to see what works against these defenses. 949 00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:35,359 Speaker 1: We are so readable. We run up the middle round 950 00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:41,680 Speaker 1: the middle pass punt. Uh, we are true. Okay, here, 951 00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:44,080 Speaker 1: let me just stop, Bob, and let me stop. Why 952 00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:46,680 Speaker 1: do they watch film just go away? Well here, I 953 00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:48,640 Speaker 1: will say this, I will say this, and I and 954 00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:54,799 Speaker 1: my god, Well, Bob, Bob, stop, just stop before I leave, 955 00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:58,319 Speaker 1: let me get let me give an answer. So uh, 956 00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:02,200 Speaker 1: to your point, Bob, I think they did. And honestly, 957 00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:05,520 Speaker 1: I think they tried to copy a little bit of 958 00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:09,280 Speaker 1: what San Francisco was able to be successful against the Ravens, 959 00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:12,239 Speaker 1: and that was outside runs. So the Bills started the 960 00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:14,400 Speaker 1: game with a number of outside runs, and that's what 961 00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:16,640 Speaker 1: you're alluding to. The run run pass, run, run pass 962 00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:18,759 Speaker 1: to start the first two drives and they go back 963 00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:20,560 Speaker 1: to back three and outs. Well, I think some of 964 00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:24,600 Speaker 1: that was them trying to emulate what the San Francisco 965 00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:26,600 Speaker 1: forty nine ers were able to do against this defense 966 00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:30,960 Speaker 1: to be successful. Now, they also had not shown a 967 00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:33,759 Speaker 1: number of those covers. Zero blitz is to run that 968 00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:37,680 Speaker 1: many throughout a game. So no matter if you're watching 969 00:45:37,719 --> 00:45:40,560 Speaker 1: them week to week, you know these schemes change week 970 00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:44,000 Speaker 1: to week. They make Craig new wrinkles and yesterday, there 971 00:45:44,120 --> 00:45:46,840 Speaker 1: was There was no way prior to know that you 972 00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:49,080 Speaker 1: would face that much pressure. And the Bills did try 973 00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:52,239 Speaker 1: to copy them, and they did run the ball. Devin 974 00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:55,040 Speaker 1: Singletary did have over five yards per carry in the game. 975 00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:56,799 Speaker 1: They just weren't able to move the ball and move 976 00:45:56,880 --> 00:45:59,000 Speaker 1: the chains enough to get them the carries to get 977 00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:01,800 Speaker 1: the hundred and seventy four yards rushing that to seventy 978 00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:04,440 Speaker 1: San Francisco forty nine ers were able to get on them. Well, 979 00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:06,359 Speaker 1: you think about Sunday night football, Eric, you didn't play 980 00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:08,280 Speaker 1: in many Sunday night games, never played in a Sunday 981 00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:10,160 Speaker 1: night game. The Bills haven't had a Sunday a football 982 00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:12,759 Speaker 1: game in two thousand and seven, correct, Yeah, And I 983 00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:14,839 Speaker 1: got here in two thousand and nine. My first ever 984 00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:16,840 Speaker 1: NFL game was a Monday night football game at New 985 00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:20,800 Speaker 1: England when Leodis mcclevin fumbled to kick return and shattered 986 00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:26,040 Speaker 1: my dreams. And uh, you know, I'll never forget that, 987 00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:28,279 Speaker 1: so uh and you'll probably get a kick out of 988 00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:30,760 Speaker 1: this to Steve, just because so when you're in college, 989 00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:33,680 Speaker 1: if you lose a game, especially you know a few 990 00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:35,080 Speaker 1: years when I was at a couple of years when 991 00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:36,719 Speaker 1: I was at Louisville, we were top five, top ten 992 00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:38,600 Speaker 1: in the country. Well, if you lose a game, that 993 00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:41,360 Speaker 1: smashes your national championship hopes. And that was before the 994 00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:44,680 Speaker 1: playoffs system. So for us, especially coming from the Big East, 995 00:46:44,719 --> 00:46:48,200 Speaker 1: we needed to run the table. One loss end your season. Well. 996 00:46:48,239 --> 00:46:51,360 Speaker 1: I was so used to being that dramatic after a 997 00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:53,200 Speaker 1: game that I went in the locker room and I 998 00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:55,400 Speaker 1: was throwing my helm and I was so upset, and 999 00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:57,640 Speaker 1: Jeff han Gardner came up to me. He's like, dude, 1000 00:46:57,640 --> 00:46:59,600 Speaker 1: we got fifteen more of these. If you act like 1001 00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:02,480 Speaker 1: this for every time we lose this year, you are 1002 00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:04,440 Speaker 1: going to have a heart attack. You really like you 1003 00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:08,000 Speaker 1: calm down. I'm like it. But when you're a young cat, 1004 00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:09,839 Speaker 1: you don't get that. You don't get it that man, 1005 00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:12,640 Speaker 1: we gotta bounce back quick. You can't truly just go 1006 00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:15,680 Speaker 1: in the tank after a loss, like sometimes happens in college. 1007 00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:18,560 Speaker 1: All right, Eric, we'll see in Pittsburgh this weekend. Sounds good, 1008 00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:21,400 Speaker 1: looking forward. Appreciate it. Eric Wood joins us today and 1009 00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:23,840 Speaker 1: we'll be with him on the broadcast Sunday night, Bills 1010 00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:26,480 Speaker 1: and Steelers. Steve and I coming back, Chris Brown's going 1011 00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:29,080 Speaker 1: to join us when we return talk more about yesterday's game. 1012 00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:31,720 Speaker 1: You're welcome to join the conversation. One Goes Live presented 1013 00:47:31,719 --> 00:47:34,160 Speaker 1: by Kalada Health from the Seneca Studio in Orchard Park. 1014 00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:48,040 Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bills Radio. Healo Bills Radio Network. Story 1015 00:47:48,760 --> 00:47:50,960 Speaker 1: date update from One goes Hive. The Buffalo bill is 1016 00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:53,800 Speaker 1: back at work trying to regroup after yesterday's lost to 1017 00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:56,360 Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens, and Bills lost it by seven yesterday 1018 00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:59,479 Speaker 1: against the top team in the AFC. Buffalo is still 1019 00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:02,799 Speaker 1: with three games. The New York Times playoff probability still 1020 00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:05,960 Speaker 1: says the Bills that are nine certain to make the playoffs, 1021 00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:07,560 Speaker 1: but they gotta win. They got three games left. They 1022 00:48:07,560 --> 00:48:09,360 Speaker 1: gotta win at least one of them. The lockdown the 1023 00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:12,880 Speaker 1: playoffs about they play at Pittsburgh on Sunday night. Meantime. 1024 00:48:13,120 --> 00:48:17,080 Speaker 1: Ravens tight end Mark Andrews supposedly as a minor knee injury. 1025 00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:19,960 Speaker 1: He left early in the game yesterday after missing a 1026 00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:22,120 Speaker 1: catch in the end zone. He's been of one of 1027 00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:26,080 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson's favorite targets this season, with fifty four receptions, 1028 00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:28,200 Speaker 1: seven of them for touchdowns, but he played just nine 1029 00:48:28,239 --> 00:48:32,600 Speaker 1: snaps yesterday in the Ravens win. Here in Buffalo, Duck 1030 00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:35,360 Speaker 1: Hodges distinguished himself from the pack yet again for the 1031 00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:39,080 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers as he becomes the first undrafted rookie NFL 1032 00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:42,160 Speaker 1: quarterback to win his first three starts since nineteen eighty 1033 00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:44,640 Speaker 1: seven Ed Rubert did it with the Washington Redskins back 1034 00:48:45,239 --> 00:48:48,280 Speaker 1: then twenty three to seventeen victory for the Steelers against 1035 00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:51,840 Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals yesterday, Hodges completing sixteen of his nineteen 1036 00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:55,040 Speaker 1: attempts in that game. Monday Night Football Tonight, the Philadelphia 1037 00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:57,360 Speaker 1: Eagles five and seven at home against the New York Giants. 1038 00:48:57,560 --> 00:48:59,600 Speaker 1: Eagles have won the last five times they played. The 1039 00:48:59,680 --> 00:49:02,799 Speaker 1: Giants have lost eighth straight, their longest losing streets and 1040 00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:05,359 Speaker 1: dropping eight in a row in two thousand and four. 1041 00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:07,319 Speaker 1: Eli Manning gets to start, and he looks like he's 1042 00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:09,960 Speaker 1: going to finish up the season where the Giants moving forward. 1043 00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:13,040 Speaker 1: NFL Network says that Daniel Jones his high ankle sprain, 1044 00:49:13,480 --> 00:49:15,479 Speaker 1: is expected to keep him out two to four weeks, 1045 00:49:15,520 --> 00:49:17,600 Speaker 1: which would mean the end of the season. Manning makes 1046 00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:20,160 Speaker 1: the start tonight in Philadelphia against the Eagles and will 1047 00:49:20,200 --> 00:49:21,960 Speaker 1: play at least one more home game. It would seem 1048 00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:25,560 Speaker 1: Week fifteen against the Dolphins. Colts veteran kicker Adam Vina 1049 00:49:25,640 --> 00:49:28,680 Speaker 1: Terry is gonna undergo season ending surgery on his left knee. 1050 00:49:28,719 --> 00:49:31,040 Speaker 1: He'll go on injured reserve. It signals the end of 1051 00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:33,799 Speaker 1: his twenty fourth season in the NFL and potentially his 1052 00:49:33,880 --> 00:49:36,520 Speaker 1: career then a. Terry is forty six years old. He 1053 00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:38,920 Speaker 1: was inactive and Sundays lost to Tampa Bay. He has 1054 00:49:38,920 --> 00:49:42,760 Speaker 1: struggled throughout the season for the Indianapolis Colts and hockey 1055 00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:45,000 Speaker 1: the seat. The Sabers closed out their Western swing with 1056 00:49:45,080 --> 00:49:48,160 Speaker 1: back to back overtime games. They lost in Vancouver Saturday, 1057 00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:50,919 Speaker 1: but they won in Edmonton three two last night. That's 1058 00:49:50,920 --> 00:49:53,160 Speaker 1: the update, John Murphy, Steve Tasker coming to you from 1059 00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:56,160 Speaker 1: our Seneca studio in Archard Park, joined by our another 1060 00:49:56,280 --> 00:49:59,960 Speaker 1: special guest, Chris Brown Bills Inside or Buffalo Bills dot Com. Hello, Chris, 1061 00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:02,440 Speaker 1: how you doing doing Okay? Nice shirt? Steve like it? 1062 00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:05,799 Speaker 1: Thank you? You look good? Yes, I read your top 1063 00:50:05,840 --> 00:50:08,000 Speaker 1: three things we learned right yeah? Yeah? And uh you 1064 00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:10,440 Speaker 1: started right away with the pressure package right that Baltimore 1065 00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:12,719 Speaker 1: put together. Wasn't it your number? No? Number one? Was 1066 00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:15,160 Speaker 1: Bill's defense came to play. Okay, that was number one, 1067 00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:17,840 Speaker 1: and I thought they did. Uh, they probably deserved a 1068 00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:19,719 Speaker 1: better fate. It's probably not the first time we've said 1069 00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:23,480 Speaker 1: that a couple of times this season after games. Um, 1070 00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:27,520 Speaker 1: I think you can yeah, yeah, you got to my 1071 00:50:27,640 --> 00:50:29,960 Speaker 1: team is yeah. They I just feel like the defense 1072 00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:32,200 Speaker 1: deserved a better fate for the game they put together 1073 00:50:32,239 --> 00:50:34,799 Speaker 1: against the Baltimore offense that was running rough shot over 1074 00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:38,960 Speaker 1: everybody in the league. Granted San Francisco, I thought I'd 1075 00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:41,920 Speaker 1: put a good game plan together the week prior. Uh, 1076 00:50:42,040 --> 00:50:43,880 Speaker 1: you know, so, I'll tip my hat to them as well. 1077 00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:47,239 Speaker 1: But you look at the numbers that the Ravens were 1078 00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:49,440 Speaker 1: putting up over two hundred yards rushing a game, over 1079 00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:52,280 Speaker 1: two hundred yards passing a game, and the Bill's defense 1080 00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:53,879 Speaker 1: comes out and holds them to two hundred and fifty 1081 00:50:53,880 --> 00:50:57,839 Speaker 1: seven total yards. They did their job. They did their job. 1082 00:50:57,880 --> 00:51:00,080 Speaker 1: You gotta turn over in a big way. Yeah, And 1083 00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:04,120 Speaker 1: looking at that game in Buffalo's defensive game, who or 1084 00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:07,560 Speaker 1: what accounted for their strong play yesterday and especially the 1085 00:51:07,600 --> 00:51:10,640 Speaker 1: way they really shut down Lamar Jackson running the football. Yeah, 1086 00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:14,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say Leslie Freezer that's who I'm going to say, 1087 00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:18,239 Speaker 1: because they decided to play in a similar fashion to 1088 00:51:18,560 --> 00:51:20,920 Speaker 1: the way the New England Patriots and the Baltimore Ravens 1089 00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:23,799 Speaker 1: are playing this year, crowd the line of scrimmage. They 1090 00:51:23,840 --> 00:51:26,239 Speaker 1: brought the safeties up, I mean closer to the line 1091 00:51:26,239 --> 00:51:28,520 Speaker 1: of scrimmage, both of them that I've maybe seen all year, 1092 00:51:28,800 --> 00:51:31,600 Speaker 1: at least in terms of frequency with which Jordan Poyer 1093 00:51:31,640 --> 00:51:33,839 Speaker 1: and Micah Hyde were. I mean they were then ten 1094 00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:37,239 Speaker 1: yards of the line of scrimmage, and we haven't seen 1095 00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:41,680 Speaker 1: that too often. They usually have somebody high and obviously 1096 00:51:41,719 --> 00:51:44,240 Speaker 1: against that package. You can tend to do that because 1097 00:51:44,320 --> 00:51:47,320 Speaker 1: you know they are usually in thirteen personnel. There's nobody 1098 00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:51,120 Speaker 1: really threatening the deep middle a whole lot in those situations. 1099 00:51:51,160 --> 00:51:55,480 Speaker 1: So you know, take what they give you and set 1100 00:51:55,560 --> 00:51:57,799 Speaker 1: up your personnel accordingly. And I think they did that, 1101 00:51:57,920 --> 00:52:01,560 Speaker 1: and I think they effectively crowded the escape areas. You know, 1102 00:52:01,640 --> 00:52:04,400 Speaker 1: for Lamar Jackson, they really hemmed him in. Well, I 1103 00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:07,040 Speaker 1: thought you gotta ask Lorenzo about this on Friday when 1104 00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:11,160 Speaker 1: he's on your show. He used the term cage rushing 1105 00:52:12,120 --> 00:52:15,839 Speaker 1: to kind of cage in Lamar Jackson. So I've never 1106 00:52:15,840 --> 00:52:18,880 Speaker 1: heard that before, you know, in all the years that 1107 00:52:18,920 --> 00:52:22,200 Speaker 1: we've covered the NFL here, and it was just a 1108 00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:24,640 Speaker 1: unique phrase that I heard them use, and I'd like 1109 00:52:24,719 --> 00:52:26,600 Speaker 1: to know more about it. I'd like to know more 1110 00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:29,160 Speaker 1: about that kind of approach and stuff, because I had 1111 00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:32,359 Speaker 1: never heard that before. And uh, it was interesting because 1112 00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:34,919 Speaker 1: it was because it was successful. I mean, you saw 1113 00:52:35,760 --> 00:52:39,760 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson reversing field and going back and doubling back again, 1114 00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:42,440 Speaker 1: maybe more than we've seen him all season long. Kay, 1115 00:52:42,480 --> 00:52:44,239 Speaker 1: we're just talking in the update about the injury dude, 1116 00:52:44,239 --> 00:52:45,880 Speaker 1: the Titan d Mark Andrews. I do think that was 1117 00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:50,680 Speaker 1: a factor. Certainly played a role. Obviously, Hayden Hurst came 1118 00:52:50,760 --> 00:52:53,279 Speaker 1: up big for them on a busted coverage which kind 1119 00:52:53,280 --> 00:52:55,799 Speaker 1: of mitigated that loss. But yeah, they had to kind 1120 00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:57,960 Speaker 1: of change their personnel groupings a lot. They went almost 1121 00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:01,279 Speaker 1: exclusively twelve personnel after that. They were bringing in a 1122 00:53:01,440 --> 00:53:06,160 Speaker 1: sixth offensive lineman as a tight end, eligible, tackle, eligible, 1123 00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:09,240 Speaker 1: whatever you want to call them. And yeah, it changed 1124 00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:12,600 Speaker 1: what they were doing. I don't think it dramatically changed 1125 00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:16,359 Speaker 1: Buffalo's game plan. If anything, it probably enhanced their effort, right, 1126 00:53:16,360 --> 00:53:18,000 Speaker 1: And I think one of the things they did so 1127 00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:20,319 Speaker 1: well was you know you cage rush and we used 1128 00:53:20,360 --> 00:53:25,799 Speaker 1: to you call it, you know, herding or corrawling more 1129 00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:28,800 Speaker 1: than more than attacking and knifing in. You guys, you know, 1130 00:53:28,840 --> 00:53:31,160 Speaker 1: you get guys like Philip Rivers and Eli Manning and 1131 00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:33,160 Speaker 1: some of these even Ben Roethlisberger, some of these guys, 1132 00:53:33,160 --> 00:53:35,640 Speaker 1: it's okay, you just go right at the guy. Uh 1133 00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:37,719 Speaker 1: and this one, that's the last thing you want to 1134 00:53:37,760 --> 00:53:41,440 Speaker 1: do is that. And you want to make sure he 1135 00:53:41,640 --> 00:53:43,879 Speaker 1: feels like he can stay there. And then this thing's 1136 00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:46,920 Speaker 1: kind of crape in. There's no place to run, and 1137 00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:49,759 Speaker 1: it takes a team effort and a herding men like 1138 00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:52,520 Speaker 1: you know, you shepherd this, you know, the person. To 1139 00:53:52,600 --> 00:53:55,120 Speaker 1: Baltimore's credit, they did that to Josh yesterday. There were 1140 00:53:55,120 --> 00:53:58,560 Speaker 1: no escape lanes to be seen. And I think what 1141 00:53:58,680 --> 00:54:02,520 Speaker 1: they did septionally well yesterday was it was obvious that 1142 00:54:02,520 --> 00:54:05,080 Speaker 1: they blitzed a ton. I think it's about thirty times 1143 00:54:05,080 --> 00:54:12,040 Speaker 1: they blitzede and their average on pass plays coming into 1144 00:54:12,080 --> 00:54:13,960 Speaker 1: the game was forty eight percent, so they upped that 1145 00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:18,680 Speaker 1: by a third, which will tell you what they felt 1146 00:54:18,680 --> 00:54:22,920 Speaker 1: they had to do um And I think the best 1147 00:54:22,960 --> 00:54:27,160 Speaker 1: part of their blitz scheme was where they send the 1148 00:54:27,280 --> 00:54:30,960 Speaker 1: delayed blitzer. They would send five, and then a sixth 1149 00:54:31,040 --> 00:54:34,239 Speaker 1: would come on a delay in the exact escape in 1150 00:54:34,280 --> 00:54:37,479 Speaker 1: the only escape lane available. So as soon as Josh 1151 00:54:37,560 --> 00:54:39,879 Speaker 1: feels the pressure, he would look to the escape lane, 1152 00:54:39,920 --> 00:54:42,720 Speaker 1: and that's when the delayed blitzer was coming through every 1153 00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:46,040 Speaker 1: single time. And they did it, whether if they rushed four, 1154 00:54:46,320 --> 00:54:48,680 Speaker 1: a fifth would come on a delay, if they rushed five, 1155 00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:51,480 Speaker 1: a sixth would come on a delay. And occasionally they 1156 00:54:51,480 --> 00:54:54,160 Speaker 1: would have that sixth or seventh when they sent seven 1157 00:54:54,840 --> 00:54:57,839 Speaker 1: coming on a delay. And those delayed blitzers I think 1158 00:54:57,880 --> 00:55:00,799 Speaker 1: were the biggest cross up for Josh and some of 1159 00:55:00,840 --> 00:55:03,600 Speaker 1: his decision making yesterday. The Bill's answer, I mean, there's 1160 00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:05,759 Speaker 1: a lot obviously that they could do, but just to 1161 00:55:05,920 --> 00:55:09,560 Speaker 1: complete one of those half dozen deep shots downfield would 1162 00:55:09,600 --> 00:55:11,799 Speaker 1: maybe take the Ravens out of the full blitz mode. 1163 00:55:11,880 --> 00:55:14,200 Speaker 1: Right it was one of them, Well, you'd probably get 1164 00:55:14,239 --> 00:55:17,680 Speaker 1: at least more situational blitzes rather than a steady diet 1165 00:55:17,680 --> 00:55:19,320 Speaker 1: of it. And they might pull dialed up in a 1166 00:55:19,840 --> 00:55:22,880 Speaker 1: third and long or third and medium, but they wouldn't 1167 00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:24,680 Speaker 1: do it on first and second. They didn't hit on 1168 00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:27,920 Speaker 1: enough of those to pull balls more consistently out of 1169 00:55:27,920 --> 00:55:32,040 Speaker 1: what they were doing, and I thought coach McDermott was 1170 00:55:32,040 --> 00:55:35,839 Speaker 1: as pointed as he has ever been after a football game. 1171 00:55:35,920 --> 00:55:39,680 Speaker 1: He is a guy that makes a habit of not 1172 00:55:40,520 --> 00:55:44,799 Speaker 1: singling out specific areas of his team and where they 1173 00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:49,239 Speaker 1: came up short. He did yesterday. He said yeah, he 1174 00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:53,880 Speaker 1: said they had to be fundamentally better in throwing and catching, 1175 00:55:54,200 --> 00:55:58,160 Speaker 1: and Josh pretty fundamental. Josh missed on the first four 1176 00:55:58,520 --> 00:56:02,000 Speaker 1: when he had receivers open and running with enough separation 1177 00:56:02,080 --> 00:56:04,239 Speaker 1: to drop it in there and make a play. He 1178 00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:06,359 Speaker 1: didn't do it. Now. A couple of times he did 1179 00:56:06,440 --> 00:56:08,520 Speaker 1: get bumped in the pocket as he was throwing the ball, 1180 00:56:08,560 --> 00:56:13,200 Speaker 1: but nothing overly significant, and then after that it was 1181 00:56:13,280 --> 00:56:15,839 Speaker 1: drop city. It does come down. It does come down 1182 00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:17,600 Speaker 1: to Josh and the way he plays. A lot of 1183 00:56:17,640 --> 00:56:20,120 Speaker 1: it that this offense is centered around his abilities both 1184 00:56:20,120 --> 00:56:23,520 Speaker 1: as a runner and a thrower. And we've seen him improve, 1185 00:56:24,760 --> 00:56:28,040 Speaker 1: but we've never seen him have a game like this 1186 00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:30,440 Speaker 1: where he was under duress and getting pressure and getting 1187 00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:33,160 Speaker 1: knocked around and still be able to do it right. 1188 00:56:33,280 --> 00:56:36,880 Speaker 1: And you know, you look at his completion percentage yesterday, 1189 00:56:36,960 --> 00:56:40,080 Speaker 1: it was the worst single game completion percentage of the season. 1190 00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:43,400 Speaker 1: Forty three point six percent. The only other time it 1191 00:56:43,440 --> 00:56:46,280 Speaker 1: was close to that Week four against New England forty 1192 00:56:46,320 --> 00:56:49,480 Speaker 1: six percent. Those are only two games where he's under fifty. 1193 00:56:50,400 --> 00:56:54,920 Speaker 1: It was just an unfortunate performance and an inopportune time. 1194 00:56:54,960 --> 00:56:56,879 Speaker 1: I mean, every game is important. You wanted to get 1195 00:56:56,880 --> 00:57:00,560 Speaker 1: this one. I don't think people expected them necessarily to 1196 00:57:00,760 --> 00:57:03,480 Speaker 1: win this game. I think most people like me kind 1197 00:57:03,480 --> 00:57:04,799 Speaker 1: of hope that they would be in it with a 1198 00:57:04,880 --> 00:57:07,520 Speaker 1: chance to win. And they had that yesterday despite all 1199 00:57:07,520 --> 00:57:11,520 Speaker 1: the shortcomings that they had offensively and on special teams. 1200 00:57:11,520 --> 00:57:13,000 Speaker 1: Because one of the other things I mentioned in the 1201 00:57:13,000 --> 00:57:16,040 Speaker 1: top three things, field position, played a major role in 1202 00:57:16,080 --> 00:57:19,920 Speaker 1: the outcome of this game. Three of Baltimore's four scoring 1203 00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:23,280 Speaker 1: drives happened on short fields and ultimately proved to be 1204 00:57:23,320 --> 00:57:25,200 Speaker 1: the difference in the football game, at least as I saw. 1205 00:57:25,840 --> 00:57:27,320 Speaker 1: And that one big play at the end of the 1206 00:57:27,360 --> 00:57:29,280 Speaker 1: beginning of the third quarter at the tight end, and 1207 00:57:29,400 --> 00:57:31,640 Speaker 1: that was the only scoring drive on a long field. Right, 1208 00:57:31,920 --> 00:57:34,520 Speaker 1: you know, back to Josh for a second. His completion 1209 00:57:34,560 --> 00:57:37,040 Speaker 1: percentage for the year just under sixty percent, first time 1210 00:57:37,080 --> 00:57:39,800 Speaker 1: all year, Right, I believe that's the first time it's 1211 00:57:39,840 --> 00:57:41,880 Speaker 1: dipped that low, and I said at the beginning of 1212 00:57:41,880 --> 00:57:44,800 Speaker 1: the year, Murph, you know, Josh last year as a 1213 00:57:44,880 --> 00:57:47,320 Speaker 1: rookie was fifty two point four percent. I said the 1214 00:57:47,400 --> 00:57:49,240 Speaker 1: goal by the end of the season is to have 1215 00:57:49,360 --> 00:57:51,960 Speaker 1: him somewhere between fifty eight and sixty because I thought 1216 00:57:52,360 --> 00:57:55,480 Speaker 1: that making a bigger jump than that with his games 1217 00:57:56,040 --> 00:57:59,160 Speaker 1: was unrealistic. And so you know, here we are, as 1218 00:57:59,160 --> 00:58:01,520 Speaker 1: we're getting down to the latter portions of the season, 1219 00:58:01,520 --> 00:58:05,320 Speaker 1: the schedule is getting a bit stiffer, you're playing better defenses, 1220 00:58:05,720 --> 00:58:08,640 Speaker 1: and they're going to play another one this week against Pittsburgh, 1221 00:58:08,640 --> 00:58:12,320 Speaker 1: whose defense is vastly underrated in my opinion, number one 1222 00:58:12,320 --> 00:58:14,880 Speaker 1: in the league and takeaways and number one in the 1223 00:58:14,920 --> 00:58:18,600 Speaker 1: league entering last last week's you know Sunday set of 1224 00:58:18,640 --> 00:58:24,600 Speaker 1: games with highest percentage of pressure on opposing quarterbacks forty 1225 00:58:24,640 --> 00:58:28,080 Speaker 1: six percent of the time. So they're facing a defense 1226 00:58:28,120 --> 00:58:29,720 Speaker 1: that's going to give him a lot more. The same 1227 00:58:29,880 --> 00:58:31,600 Speaker 1: seems to be Taylor made for what they went through 1228 00:58:31,640 --> 00:58:34,280 Speaker 1: this last week. Well, Pittsburgh is not as good of 1229 00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:37,360 Speaker 1: defense as Baltimore's. They're good at the things they give 1230 00:58:37,360 --> 00:58:39,760 Speaker 1: the Bills problems. But just to finish up on Josh, 1231 00:58:39,800 --> 00:58:44,400 Speaker 1: I think at least as I see it, Josh is 1232 00:58:44,560 --> 00:58:48,640 Speaker 1: never going to be an Aaron Rodgers or a Drew 1233 00:58:48,680 --> 00:58:51,520 Speaker 1: Brees sixty eight to seventy percent completion guy. I just 1234 00:58:51,520 --> 00:58:54,840 Speaker 1: don't think that's who he is regular basis for. I mean, 1235 00:58:54,840 --> 00:58:56,520 Speaker 1: these guys do it for a season, right, I don't 1236 00:58:56,560 --> 00:58:59,040 Speaker 1: think he's ever going to be that. But I think 1237 00:58:59,120 --> 00:59:02,959 Speaker 1: he's going to be eventually somewhere in the sixty two 1238 00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:06,680 Speaker 1: to sixty five percent range and be a crunch time guy. 1239 00:59:07,160 --> 00:59:09,240 Speaker 1: I think he's going to be more of the gamer, 1240 00:59:09,360 --> 00:59:12,120 Speaker 1: crunch time quarterback than he is going to be the 1241 00:59:12,200 --> 00:59:14,680 Speaker 1: highly efficient quarterback. And I think that's what he is, 1242 00:59:14,920 --> 00:59:16,760 Speaker 1: and you can win with that. I don't think there's 1243 00:59:16,760 --> 00:59:19,080 Speaker 1: any question you can win with that. But I just 1244 00:59:19,640 --> 00:59:22,800 Speaker 1: I just think there are still people out there that think, 1245 00:59:22,840 --> 00:59:25,760 Speaker 1: in time he's going to get to that, and I 1246 00:59:25,800 --> 00:59:27,600 Speaker 1: don't know if he ever is, because I don't think 1247 00:59:27,600 --> 00:59:32,439 Speaker 1: that's what he is. He's an athletic, makes some plays, 1248 00:59:32,440 --> 00:59:35,560 Speaker 1: extends some plays, make the amazing play every once in 1249 00:59:35,640 --> 00:59:38,000 Speaker 1: a while because of the athleticism that he brings to 1250 00:59:38,040 --> 00:59:41,040 Speaker 1: the table. And I believe me, I'm not saying that 1251 00:59:41,080 --> 00:59:43,280 Speaker 1: he doesn't want to be great. I believe he does, 1252 00:59:43,360 --> 00:59:45,720 Speaker 1: but what his grade is is going to be very 1253 00:59:45,760 --> 00:59:48,360 Speaker 1: different from what Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees gread is 1254 00:59:48,560 --> 00:59:51,120 Speaker 1: with Chris Brown Bills inside of Buffalo Bills dot Com 1255 00:59:51,120 --> 00:59:54,160 Speaker 1: talking about yesterday's seven point loss to the Baltimore Ravens. 1256 00:59:54,320 --> 00:59:56,040 Speaker 1: Want to ask Chris the Twitter pole. We'll get to 1257 00:59:56,080 --> 00:59:57,800 Speaker 1: your calls in a minute here, but on our Twitter 1258 00:59:57,800 --> 01:00:01,960 Speaker 1: pole today, Chris, pretty basic question, tasker rule Simpler is better, 1259 01:00:02,080 --> 01:00:04,320 Speaker 1: right when it comes to Twitter poll? How are you feeling? 1260 01:00:04,320 --> 01:00:06,640 Speaker 1: Bills fans? Chris Brown? How are you feeling following the 1261 01:00:06,680 --> 01:00:09,240 Speaker 1: loss to the Ravens? On Twitter? We've got twelve hundred 1262 01:00:09,280 --> 01:00:12,800 Speaker 1: votes in and almost half forty eight percent say they're 1263 01:00:12,800 --> 01:00:16,600 Speaker 1: worried about the offensive struggles. Twenty seven percent say that 1264 01:00:16,680 --> 01:00:19,640 Speaker 1: game went as they expected it would still playoff ount 1265 01:00:19,680 --> 01:00:22,400 Speaker 1: twenty five percent they were encouraged by a close game 1266 01:00:22,440 --> 01:00:24,720 Speaker 1: against the NFL's best. How are you feeling? Christ is 1267 01:00:24,760 --> 01:00:27,480 Speaker 1: one of those categories suits. I mean, I'm probably a 1268 01:00:27,480 --> 01:00:30,920 Speaker 1: little bit with the majority there, ye not convincingly on 1269 01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:32,880 Speaker 1: number two. I mean I would have considered the third 1270 01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:36,640 Speaker 1: answer there. It's a pretty good Twitter poll, I must say, 1271 01:00:36,720 --> 01:00:38,920 Speaker 1: But I would say, is that your Stan yourself on 1272 01:00:38,960 --> 01:00:42,040 Speaker 1: the back. I would say the second one is probably 1273 01:00:42,080 --> 01:00:44,040 Speaker 1: where I'm at. And the only reason why is this, 1274 01:00:44,440 --> 01:00:47,640 Speaker 1: when the Bills have played some of the best defenses 1275 01:00:47,640 --> 01:00:51,400 Speaker 1: in football, their offense has shown that they might not 1276 01:00:51,840 --> 01:00:54,400 Speaker 1: be quite ready to measure up and do the things 1277 01:00:54,400 --> 01:00:55,920 Speaker 1: they need to do to get over the hump and 1278 01:00:55,960 --> 01:00:58,280 Speaker 1: win a football game. And those are the defenses you're 1279 01:00:58,320 --> 01:01:00,400 Speaker 1: going to see in the playoffs, right. They have shown 1280 01:01:00,400 --> 01:01:02,640 Speaker 1: the ability to rise up and against a really good 1281 01:01:02,680 --> 01:01:05,960 Speaker 1: defense and score some points, put together a drive, even 1282 01:01:06,040 --> 01:01:08,000 Speaker 1: hit him for a big play. Yeah, And so really 1283 01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:12,600 Speaker 1: struggled their worst against really good defenses. And that's everybody's 1284 01:01:12,640 --> 01:01:14,280 Speaker 1: that way in the in the playoffs. And so the 1285 01:01:14,320 --> 01:01:18,920 Speaker 1: sobering statistic to bring to the table is Josh's completion 1286 01:01:18,960 --> 01:01:23,040 Speaker 1: percentage when pressured. His completion percentage when under pressure is 1287 01:01:23,080 --> 01:01:26,960 Speaker 1: twenty seven point two percent. It's by far the lowest 1288 01:01:27,000 --> 01:01:30,800 Speaker 1: in the league. And it's not all on Josh because 1289 01:01:30,840 --> 01:01:33,120 Speaker 1: there are protection issues that are at play here also. 1290 01:01:35,320 --> 01:01:38,200 Speaker 1: But as we all know, the quarterback gets all the 1291 01:01:38,200 --> 01:01:40,440 Speaker 1: glory when you win, and he gets the majority of 1292 01:01:40,480 --> 01:01:43,000 Speaker 1: the blame when you lose. I don't know if it's 1293 01:01:43,000 --> 01:01:47,320 Speaker 1: fair to put it all on him. But when he's 1294 01:01:47,440 --> 01:01:50,240 Speaker 1: rolling out and he's retreating as he's rolling out, that's 1295 01:01:50,240 --> 01:01:52,560 Speaker 1: when things get bad. And there there were some throws 1296 01:01:52,640 --> 01:01:55,800 Speaker 1: yesterday that reminded me of some from week three, week four, 1297 01:01:56,120 --> 01:01:58,120 Speaker 1: when there were some ill advised decisions and he was 1298 01:01:58,160 --> 01:02:01,960 Speaker 1: just fortunate that they did not halting turnovers. I'm not, 1299 01:02:02,520 --> 01:02:04,960 Speaker 1: you know, it's above my pay grade to know what 1300 01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:07,680 Speaker 1: the answers are to keep him out of those situations. 1301 01:02:08,400 --> 01:02:11,120 Speaker 1: That's for the coaches to you know, log the hours 1302 01:02:11,160 --> 01:02:14,520 Speaker 1: for in coming up with solutions. There's a there's a 1303 01:02:14,560 --> 01:02:18,920 Speaker 1: small part of me that agrees with some of the 1304 01:02:18,920 --> 01:02:21,160 Speaker 1: blowback that I was getting on Twitter yesterday. And there 1305 01:02:21,200 --> 01:02:23,800 Speaker 1: was a lot, as there is when games go this way, 1306 01:02:24,320 --> 01:02:28,040 Speaker 1: fans get I rate and they just start spouting and tweeting, 1307 01:02:28,200 --> 01:02:31,640 Speaker 1: you know, uncontrollably, asking about things that you know most 1308 01:02:31,680 --> 01:02:34,280 Speaker 1: of us don't even have the answers for. Well. I mean, 1309 01:02:34,520 --> 01:02:36,720 Speaker 1: the best one I got, the best one I got 1310 01:02:36,960 --> 01:02:40,120 Speaker 1: was the people complaining about the officiating and ordering me 1311 01:02:40,160 --> 01:02:42,640 Speaker 1: in the postgame press conference to have McDermott address it. 1312 01:02:42,680 --> 01:02:45,560 Speaker 1: And I'm saying to myself, guys, we all know the 1313 01:02:45,600 --> 01:02:48,040 Speaker 1: officiating is substandard. It might be at an all time 1314 01:02:48,080 --> 01:02:50,000 Speaker 1: low in this league. Across the board. You saw what 1315 01:02:50,200 --> 01:02:52,840 Speaker 1: happened to New England yesterday. I mean New England got 1316 01:02:52,920 --> 01:02:56,200 Speaker 1: robbed of a touchdown, a turnover for a touchdown and 1317 01:02:56,320 --> 01:02:59,920 Speaker 1: lost a game by what seven points? I mean, I'm 1318 01:02:59,920 --> 01:03:05,040 Speaker 1: not feeling sorry, I'm not feeling My point is. My 1319 01:03:05,120 --> 01:03:07,680 Speaker 1: point is it's happening all over the league and and 1320 01:03:07,680 --> 01:03:11,640 Speaker 1: and sometimes horribly egregious fashion. So for me to go, 1321 01:03:11,880 --> 01:03:13,640 Speaker 1: I mean, really, I'm gonna go talk to a head 1322 01:03:13,640 --> 01:03:15,760 Speaker 1: coach who knows the officiatings Bandley. You want me to 1323 01:03:15,760 --> 01:03:17,360 Speaker 1: get him to say it so he can get fine too. 1324 01:03:17,360 --> 01:03:19,400 Speaker 1: I mean, what are we doing here? But the one 1325 01:03:19,480 --> 01:03:24,040 Speaker 1: thing that I would at least consider going into next 1326 01:03:24,040 --> 01:03:27,320 Speaker 1: week or against a better defense. When you know you're 1327 01:03:27,360 --> 01:03:33,280 Speaker 1: playing a defense like Baltimore who is physical, big and 1328 01:03:33,480 --> 01:03:37,400 Speaker 1: long at the cornerback positions, which Marlon Humphrey is, Brandon 1329 01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:41,240 Speaker 1: Carr is, Jimmy Smith is, I think you have to 1330 01:03:41,280 --> 01:03:44,800 Speaker 1: consider sacrificing a little bit of speed on the field 1331 01:03:45,440 --> 01:03:48,120 Speaker 1: for a little more size at the receiver position. And 1332 01:03:48,160 --> 01:03:50,360 Speaker 1: I'm not saying Duke Williams is your answer to everything, 1333 01:03:50,960 --> 01:03:54,240 Speaker 1: but there were there were plays yesterday that I was watching. 1334 01:03:55,360 --> 01:03:57,160 Speaker 1: The John Brown play comes to mind. At the end 1335 01:03:57,200 --> 01:04:00,720 Speaker 1: of the game. He runs a good route, the defensive 1336 01:04:00,720 --> 01:04:03,680 Speaker 1: back plays it better and makes a fantastic play at 1337 01:04:03,680 --> 01:04:05,280 Speaker 1: the end of the game to keep the team from 1338 01:04:05,320 --> 01:04:07,760 Speaker 1: tying the game up. But you watch a play like 1339 01:04:07,840 --> 01:04:10,880 Speaker 1: that and I just can't help but wonder does a 1340 01:04:10,920 --> 01:04:14,960 Speaker 1: bigger framed guy wall that guy off more effectively and 1341 01:04:15,120 --> 01:04:18,600 Speaker 1: make the catch and make that play. You openly wonder 1342 01:04:18,640 --> 01:04:21,400 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. Now, I will say this, Dawson 1343 01:04:21,480 --> 01:04:23,280 Speaker 1: Knox had a ball hit him in both hands in 1344 01:04:23,320 --> 01:04:25,800 Speaker 1: the end zone, and there's your bigger target just not 1345 01:04:25,880 --> 01:04:28,640 Speaker 1: coming up with the ball for you. So maybe that's 1346 01:04:28,840 --> 01:04:30,760 Speaker 1: their answer to that, and he didn't come up with 1347 01:04:30,800 --> 01:04:32,360 Speaker 1: the answer, So let's go to our guy who's been 1348 01:04:32,360 --> 01:04:33,960 Speaker 1: big for us in the fourth quarter. I know why 1349 01:04:33,960 --> 01:04:36,000 Speaker 1: they went to John Brown, but there's just a part 1350 01:04:36,040 --> 01:04:37,800 Speaker 1: of me that says, Okay, if you're gonna be playing 1351 01:04:37,840 --> 01:04:40,640 Speaker 1: these better defenses and the games are going to be 1352 01:04:40,680 --> 01:04:42,920 Speaker 1: tighter and the points are gonna be harder to come by, 1353 01:04:43,120 --> 01:04:45,000 Speaker 1: maybe you need a little bit better red zone threat 1354 01:04:45,000 --> 01:04:47,400 Speaker 1: who's open even when he's not call on the landing. 1355 01:04:47,440 --> 01:04:49,480 Speaker 1: Wants to talk about this, Tom and Arizona. Go ahead, Tom, 1356 01:04:49,480 --> 01:04:51,760 Speaker 1: you're on the air. Yeah, Chris just took the words 1357 01:04:51,760 --> 01:04:54,600 Speaker 1: out of my mouth. I noticed on the TV broadcast 1358 01:04:54,640 --> 01:04:57,480 Speaker 1: the crew said when they were in the last drive 1359 01:04:57,520 --> 01:04:59,960 Speaker 1: in the red zone that they could use a bigger 1360 01:05:00,080 --> 01:05:02,480 Speaker 1: receiver there, but they don't have one. And I'm thinking 1361 01:05:02,520 --> 01:05:06,120 Speaker 1: to myself, yes they do. Duke Williams, considering how well 1362 01:05:06,160 --> 01:05:08,240 Speaker 1: he did in preseason the red zone and caught that 1363 01:05:08,320 --> 01:05:13,000 Speaker 1: touchdown against Tennessee, And I'm thinking to myself, also, I 1364 01:05:13,040 --> 01:05:16,880 Speaker 1: know that Andre Roberts is a Pro Bowl player from 1365 01:05:16,880 --> 01:05:19,440 Speaker 1: the past, but I don't think he gives you that 1366 01:05:19,560 --> 01:05:22,000 Speaker 1: much since he's so similar to the other receivers. And 1367 01:05:22,080 --> 01:05:25,160 Speaker 1: he took out the ball multiple times on kickoffs, and 1368 01:05:25,200 --> 01:05:27,840 Speaker 1: I think he got past the twenty five only by 1369 01:05:27,840 --> 01:05:31,440 Speaker 1: a few yards once. So that's my comment on it's 1370 01:05:31,480 --> 01:05:33,280 Speaker 1: been out for six or eight games. Yeah, he's been 1371 01:05:33,440 --> 01:05:36,440 Speaker 1: active since the Tennessee game, I think, right, I think 1372 01:05:36,480 --> 01:05:38,320 Speaker 1: you might have played one game after that. I want 1373 01:05:38,320 --> 01:05:41,439 Speaker 1: to say Week seven. He played. Didn't do a whole 1374 01:05:41,480 --> 01:05:43,120 Speaker 1: lot in that game. I think he had one reception. 1375 01:05:43,320 --> 01:05:45,400 Speaker 1: Let me tell you what Miami wasn't. Let me tell 1376 01:05:45,400 --> 01:05:47,120 Speaker 1: you what I saw in that last play with John 1377 01:05:47,120 --> 01:05:49,640 Speaker 1: Brown running that crossing round. An elite quarterback like an 1378 01:05:49,680 --> 01:05:54,120 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers or Rothisburg or whatever, they don't try and 1379 01:05:54,160 --> 01:05:56,800 Speaker 1: gun that ball in the way he did, even though 1380 01:05:56,840 --> 01:05:58,960 Speaker 1: it's a crossing round of hardcore. What they'll do is 1381 01:05:59,000 --> 01:06:01,840 Speaker 1: put a little air under it, drop her over the top. 1382 01:06:01,920 --> 01:06:04,040 Speaker 1: When that guy tries to undercut it, it's over his 1383 01:06:04,160 --> 01:06:07,680 Speaker 1: head and the receiver doesn't continue on his stem. He 1384 01:06:07,720 --> 01:06:09,800 Speaker 1: just goes and finds it, catches a soft pass in 1385 01:06:09,840 --> 01:06:12,320 Speaker 1: the back of the end zone. That's what a quarterback 1386 01:06:12,360 --> 01:06:14,640 Speaker 1: who thinks that's going to happen because there's nobody over there. 1387 01:06:14,680 --> 01:06:16,800 Speaker 1: They got no help, there's no safety, there's no nothing. 1388 01:06:17,120 --> 01:06:19,160 Speaker 1: Just put the ball up for grabs where the receiver 1389 01:06:19,320 --> 01:06:23,200 Speaker 1: can adjust to it and the defender cannot. That's all fine. Good. 1390 01:06:23,280 --> 01:06:25,120 Speaker 1: Got to put it on Josh, that's all fine and good. 1391 01:06:25,160 --> 01:06:28,880 Speaker 1: So we just talked about how, at least in my opinion, 1392 01:06:28,920 --> 01:06:31,000 Speaker 1: I don't think Josh will ever be that kind of 1393 01:06:31,000 --> 01:06:34,440 Speaker 1: a quarter right, So knowing that, are you better off 1394 01:06:34,680 --> 01:06:38,120 Speaker 1: putting a bigger target with a bigger catch radius on 1395 01:06:38,160 --> 01:06:41,160 Speaker 1: the field who can make a play even when he's 1396 01:06:41,200 --> 01:06:44,000 Speaker 1: coming in that play, Nobody making that play. The defender's 1397 01:06:44,040 --> 01:06:46,240 Speaker 1: all over it was. He had too much, He had 1398 01:06:46,280 --> 01:06:48,880 Speaker 1: too much closure. It was too easy for him with 1399 01:06:48,920 --> 01:06:54,480 Speaker 1: this offhand Duke Williams, nobody goes back and makes something. 1400 01:06:54,600 --> 01:06:56,680 Speaker 1: He's hilding this guy a little bit with his arms, 1401 01:06:56,680 --> 01:06:58,840 Speaker 1: so he can't get it into that passing lane. So 1402 01:06:59,400 --> 01:07:02,000 Speaker 1: I'm just saying, and do you think a bigger, wider 1403 01:07:02,040 --> 01:07:05,600 Speaker 1: frame guy, No, I think that defender was all over it. Okay, 1404 01:07:05,680 --> 01:07:07,520 Speaker 1: the defender was all he was well defended. That was 1405 01:07:07,680 --> 01:07:09,360 Speaker 1: really And I'll tell you this. I said this to 1406 01:07:09,440 --> 01:07:12,120 Speaker 1: Murf too, that to Baltimore defense, and I'll say it again. 1407 01:07:12,760 --> 01:07:16,320 Speaker 1: In crunch time and on big downs, their defensive backfield 1408 01:07:16,360 --> 01:07:19,880 Speaker 1: plays better than any defensive backfield historically in the league 1409 01:07:19,880 --> 01:07:23,400 Speaker 1: because they go ultra ultra physical well and they dare 1410 01:07:23,440 --> 01:07:25,280 Speaker 1: you to throw a flag, right, and this happens. And 1411 01:07:25,400 --> 01:07:30,320 Speaker 1: unfortunately this crew, Sean Smith, Sean Smith's crew, they don't 1412 01:07:30,400 --> 01:07:33,160 Speaker 1: call a lot of penalties for pass interference. They do 1413 01:07:33,320 --> 01:07:36,400 Speaker 1: for we saw that they're they're the top four in 1414 01:07:36,440 --> 01:07:39,760 Speaker 1: the league for roughing the pastor calls, but for pass interference, 1415 01:07:39,840 --> 01:07:41,520 Speaker 1: they left the wards in the back. They let them 1416 01:07:41,560 --> 01:07:45,440 Speaker 1: play for the most part and that was advanced on Ravens. 1417 01:07:45,440 --> 01:07:46,920 Speaker 1: With that kind of a crew, they don't want to 1418 01:07:46,920 --> 01:07:49,160 Speaker 1: do their job. And when they do Ravens games, it 1419 01:07:49,280 --> 01:07:53,160 Speaker 1: sells out because it shows up because of Ravens. Dare 1420 01:07:53,200 --> 01:07:57,600 Speaker 1: Hm too, and that even exacerbates it more. They those 1421 01:07:57,640 --> 01:07:59,919 Speaker 1: guys going, they may as well fold up their tale 1422 01:08:00,040 --> 01:08:02,280 Speaker 1: and give them to the coaches. They're not gonna use them. 1423 01:08:02,320 --> 01:08:06,400 Speaker 1: But doesn't that beg? Doesn't that beg? The solution being again, 1424 01:08:06,640 --> 01:08:09,640 Speaker 1: get a more physical receiver who can be physical with them. 1425 01:08:09,720 --> 01:08:13,320 Speaker 1: I agree, and so I agree. I like Duke a lot. 1426 01:08:13,760 --> 01:08:18,800 Speaker 1: I His only drawback as that he's not fast enough 1427 01:08:19,200 --> 01:08:20,639 Speaker 1: well right, And I don't know. There may be other 1428 01:08:20,640 --> 01:08:22,479 Speaker 1: things off the fit. There may be other things and 1429 01:08:22,600 --> 01:08:24,599 Speaker 1: special teams. There may be other things too, other like 1430 01:08:24,640 --> 01:08:27,760 Speaker 1: special teams considerations. Maybe they don't like the way. They're 1431 01:08:27,760 --> 01:08:29,880 Speaker 1: not confident in his ability to get lined up right. 1432 01:08:29,960 --> 01:08:33,080 Speaker 1: I'm exaggerating like he you know, he may not be 1433 01:08:33,160 --> 01:08:35,840 Speaker 1: acclimated well enough. And they had a bit part for 1434 01:08:35,920 --> 01:08:37,920 Speaker 1: him early on, maybe to send the message to somebody 1435 01:08:37,920 --> 01:08:40,320 Speaker 1: else that you better play better, that kind of thing. 1436 01:08:40,760 --> 01:08:44,280 Speaker 1: But as far as him on the field, his only 1437 01:08:44,360 --> 01:08:47,479 Speaker 1: drawback is for me is just flat out speed, and 1438 01:08:47,520 --> 01:08:49,760 Speaker 1: it's clear that they want speed on offense. I mean 1439 01:08:50,200 --> 01:08:52,040 Speaker 1: with the guys they're putting out there every week, it's 1440 01:08:52,040 --> 01:08:54,120 Speaker 1: the three fastest guys they've got, or at least short 1441 01:08:54,120 --> 01:08:57,960 Speaker 1: area quickness guys to try to get separation sooner in 1442 01:08:58,000 --> 01:09:01,000 Speaker 1: the routes so Josh can get to answers faster. I 1443 01:09:01,040 --> 01:09:04,600 Speaker 1: totally get that. But there may need to be a 1444 01:09:04,640 --> 01:09:07,439 Speaker 1: consideration here going forward, when you're playing a physical defense 1445 01:09:07,479 --> 01:09:10,840 Speaker 1: with corners to play that way and a blitzcheme that 1446 01:09:11,280 --> 01:09:12,960 Speaker 1: you know, and the guys that may cover people up. 1447 01:09:13,560 --> 01:09:15,760 Speaker 1: I'm just saying maybe it should be a consideration. And 1448 01:09:15,840 --> 01:09:18,080 Speaker 1: I know that there may be extenuated stuff that we 1449 01:09:18,120 --> 01:09:20,280 Speaker 1: don't know about going on with Duke Williams or whatever, 1450 01:09:20,479 --> 01:09:22,560 Speaker 1: but this is the this is the perfect kind of 1451 01:09:22,640 --> 01:09:24,840 Speaker 1: week to put him in, plug him in, to say listen, 1452 01:09:24,920 --> 01:09:26,760 Speaker 1: and as a message to these other guys, say listen, 1453 01:09:26,720 --> 01:09:29,160 Speaker 1: you've got to make those tough catches. You gotta be 1454 01:09:29,280 --> 01:09:31,200 Speaker 1: stronger on the ball. Got a call here from Craig 1455 01:09:31,240 --> 01:09:32,760 Speaker 1: and TONA want to Craig, go ahead, you're on the 1456 01:09:32,800 --> 01:09:35,599 Speaker 1: air with us. Hey, I just want to say, hants 1457 01:09:35,640 --> 01:09:38,880 Speaker 1: off to that defense yesterday. I mean they've just showed 1458 01:09:38,960 --> 01:09:41,599 Speaker 1: up week after week, or they really make up for 1459 01:09:41,760 --> 01:09:44,960 Speaker 1: what we're lacking there an offense, especially yesterday, seemed like 1460 01:09:45,000 --> 01:09:47,640 Speaker 1: a lot of the offensive play calling was very predictable. 1461 01:09:49,080 --> 01:09:52,719 Speaker 1: Too many handoffs on first down, single fairy by himself 1462 01:09:52,760 --> 01:09:57,200 Speaker 1: in the backfield. The offensive line was not giving Josh 1463 01:09:57,240 --> 01:09:59,960 Speaker 1: Allen the time he needed either. They were seemed like 1464 01:10:00,040 --> 01:10:03,160 Speaker 1: they were all over him. Um, it was just it's 1465 01:10:03,240 --> 01:10:07,040 Speaker 1: just very predictable. I was predictable. I'm sorry. I didn't 1466 01:10:07,080 --> 01:10:10,240 Speaker 1: I didn't think so. I thought they not predictable every down, 1467 01:10:10,400 --> 01:10:15,200 Speaker 1: every we had the one No no, no, Craig, no no, 1468 01:10:15,280 --> 01:10:21,959 Speaker 1: I'm not predictable. Don't just don't no, no, no, don't. 1469 01:10:22,000 --> 01:10:24,760 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that is such, that is such an 1470 01:10:24,760 --> 01:10:27,040 Speaker 1: over exaggeration of what we're looking at. I think the 1471 01:10:27,040 --> 01:10:30,519 Speaker 1: bottom line was this, the line of scrimmage battle between 1472 01:10:30,560 --> 01:10:33,960 Speaker 1: Buffalo's offense in Baltimore's defense was largely won by Baltimore. 1473 01:10:34,080 --> 01:10:36,280 Speaker 1: Yea and yeah, and there were because of that too, 1474 01:10:36,320 --> 01:10:38,800 Speaker 1: And it was because of that that plays got blown up. 1475 01:10:38,840 --> 01:10:42,360 Speaker 1: It was six six offensive linemen Settle had last night, 1476 01:10:42,600 --> 01:10:45,040 Speaker 1: and they've had they've been doing that all year, just 1477 01:10:44,840 --> 01:10:48,120 Speaker 1: to just to give Wilson that extra time, Well, I 1478 01:10:48,160 --> 01:10:50,200 Speaker 1: don't think you can ignore him work for him. Wilson 1479 01:10:50,240 --> 01:10:52,840 Speaker 1: got crushed last didn't work for him either, because you know, 1480 01:10:52,880 --> 01:10:54,839 Speaker 1: the Rams won the battle of the line of scrimmage 1481 01:10:54,880 --> 01:10:56,320 Speaker 1: with their men on the D line. Yeah, I think 1482 01:10:56,320 --> 01:10:59,000 Speaker 1: it's a mistake to ignore that the Bills had gotten 1483 01:10:59,040 --> 01:11:02,799 Speaker 1: better significantly on offense with that personnel group eleven personnel. 1484 01:11:02,840 --> 01:11:05,080 Speaker 1: Do you really want to throw in an extra tight 1485 01:11:05,200 --> 01:11:07,200 Speaker 1: end now and you really want to go against what 1486 01:11:07,240 --> 01:11:09,720 Speaker 1: it got you to that point, to that nine one 1487 01:11:09,840 --> 01:11:14,800 Speaker 1: point yesterday. I don't know if you do. I think yeah, so, yeah, 1488 01:11:14,840 --> 01:11:18,120 Speaker 1: you can second it's easy to second guess. I think 1489 01:11:18,120 --> 01:11:20,640 Speaker 1: it's I think it's I think it was more it 1490 01:11:20,760 --> 01:11:23,559 Speaker 1: was more a function of losing the battle at the 1491 01:11:23,600 --> 01:11:26,960 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage than it was being predictable. Yea. And 1492 01:11:27,040 --> 01:11:29,960 Speaker 1: because of that, a lot of plays got blown up. 1493 01:11:30,000 --> 01:11:31,680 Speaker 1: They just got I mean there were something I mean, 1494 01:11:31,720 --> 01:11:34,280 Speaker 1: I just was rewatching the game this morning, and I 1495 01:11:34,320 --> 01:11:38,240 Speaker 1: mean there were certain run plays where Singletary's not the 1496 01:11:38,280 --> 01:11:41,800 Speaker 1: ball and the line of scrimmage has already been reset 1497 01:11:41,840 --> 01:11:44,560 Speaker 1: a yard and a half into the Bill's offensive backfield 1498 01:11:44,920 --> 01:11:48,040 Speaker 1: by the defensive front of Baltimore. I mean they you know, 1499 01:11:48,120 --> 01:11:50,280 Speaker 1: Murph was talking all week last week about how this 1500 01:11:50,400 --> 01:11:53,600 Speaker 1: Baltimore offense just bludgeons you into submission, you know with 1501 01:11:53,680 --> 01:11:56,280 Speaker 1: their blocking schemes, and now they has pound you pound pound. 1502 01:11:56,640 --> 01:11:59,000 Speaker 1: Baltimore defense has kind of the same approach. Yeah, they 1503 01:11:59,040 --> 01:12:02,760 Speaker 1: got two big, big defensive tackles down inside, and that's why, 1504 01:12:02,840 --> 01:12:04,680 Speaker 1: like I remember on a fourth down where they hand 1505 01:12:04,720 --> 01:12:07,320 Speaker 1: it off, they're going off the edges. They're running off 1506 01:12:07,360 --> 01:12:09,600 Speaker 1: the edges of the defense, either outside or off the 1507 01:12:09,640 --> 01:12:11,880 Speaker 1: corners of the defense because those guys are so big 1508 01:12:11,920 --> 01:12:15,400 Speaker 1: inside and basically they just fire off and get penetration 1509 01:12:15,479 --> 01:12:17,479 Speaker 1: real quick. You got to get around them. Even their 1510 01:12:17,520 --> 01:12:20,679 Speaker 1: linebackers are big. Yeah, Like, there aren't too many teams 1511 01:12:20,760 --> 01:12:22,920 Speaker 1: with a lot of linebackers that go too forty five 1512 01:12:22,960 --> 01:12:25,360 Speaker 1: to fifty. They've got three of them. Yeah, yeah, I mean, 1513 01:12:25,800 --> 01:12:29,200 Speaker 1: Matt Milano's two twenty eight. It's a different Mammons is 1514 01:12:29,320 --> 01:12:32,360 Speaker 1: two thirty three. It's a different philosophies are two forty 1515 01:12:32,439 --> 01:12:34,920 Speaker 1: two forty five. And granted it's doing part to the 1516 01:12:34,960 --> 01:12:37,280 Speaker 1: fact that they usually play a three four scheme, and 1517 01:12:37,560 --> 01:12:39,640 Speaker 1: you know, you gotta be bigger and stouter to, you know, 1518 01:12:39,840 --> 01:12:41,960 Speaker 1: do what you gotta do in that scheme. But well, 1519 01:12:41,960 --> 01:12:44,400 Speaker 1: the only reason it works is become bigger. They're tougher. 1520 01:12:45,080 --> 01:12:46,799 Speaker 1: The only reason it works is because of the quality 1521 01:12:46,800 --> 01:12:49,000 Speaker 1: of dbs they've got that can hold up to that. 1522 01:12:49,040 --> 01:12:51,920 Speaker 1: They don't need their linebackers to drop back and cover 1523 01:12:52,000 --> 01:12:56,240 Speaker 1: any ground. They get teams into these games where they've 1524 01:12:56,240 --> 01:12:58,160 Speaker 1: got to contend with the pressure that they come. So 1525 01:12:58,200 --> 01:13:00,679 Speaker 1: they've got bigger people to pass protect on there, which 1526 01:13:00,720 --> 01:13:03,200 Speaker 1: takes speed off the field, makes it even easier on 1527 01:13:03,240 --> 01:13:06,320 Speaker 1: the dbs. Now their dbs are good anyway. Yeah, but 1528 01:13:06,479 --> 01:13:09,000 Speaker 1: it's a it's a philosophy that Baltimore has put its 1529 01:13:09,080 --> 01:13:12,679 Speaker 1: arms around and they're executing it really well. And let's 1530 01:13:12,680 --> 01:13:15,720 Speaker 1: face it, unless we see them again, that's the only 1531 01:13:15,760 --> 01:13:18,400 Speaker 1: time you'll see an offense of that nature all year. 1532 01:13:18,680 --> 01:13:22,360 Speaker 1: Nobody's even trying to copy it, and so you got 1533 01:13:22,360 --> 01:13:24,200 Speaker 1: to take it as a one off and you got 1534 01:13:24,200 --> 01:13:26,640 Speaker 1: to kind of bear up to try and handle that. 1535 01:13:26,680 --> 01:13:28,920 Speaker 1: As do a lot of the same things. They don't 1536 01:13:28,960 --> 01:13:31,320 Speaker 1: have quite the same personnel, but they do a lot 1537 01:13:31,400 --> 01:13:32,920 Speaker 1: of the same things. They put a lot of people 1538 01:13:33,000 --> 01:13:35,000 Speaker 1: up at the line of scrimmage. They trust their guys 1539 01:13:35,000 --> 01:13:36,960 Speaker 1: on the back end to play man coverage and do 1540 01:13:37,000 --> 01:13:39,680 Speaker 1: it well. And they do, and they're two of the 1541 01:13:39,720 --> 01:13:42,679 Speaker 1: most successful defenses in the league this year. Sure take 1542 01:13:42,680 --> 01:13:45,000 Speaker 1: one more call while Chris is with us, Tom in Buffalo, 1543 01:13:45,040 --> 01:13:50,400 Speaker 1: go ahead, Tom, Hey, guys, Hey, I'm glad we got 1544 01:13:50,479 --> 01:13:54,519 Speaker 1: Mitch Morris and we miss Eric and Chris Brown. Don't 1545 01:13:54,560 --> 01:13:56,640 Speaker 1: give up your day job. I love you on air, 1546 01:13:57,200 --> 01:14:02,639 Speaker 1: but I love your insight, So keep it up, buddy. Okay, 1547 01:14:01,600 --> 01:14:05,600 Speaker 1: I don't know. I think so. I think so? Is 1548 01:14:05,600 --> 01:14:10,320 Speaker 1: that it? Tom? No? That No. I'm not disappointed by 1549 01:14:10,360 --> 01:14:12,280 Speaker 1: the game yesterday because I knew it was going to 1550 01:14:12,360 --> 01:14:15,760 Speaker 1: be a defensive battle and we showed up. But there 1551 01:14:15,960 --> 01:14:20,040 Speaker 1: is no moral victory. Yeah, we're not gonna win that. 1552 01:14:20,479 --> 01:14:23,880 Speaker 1: But Josh Allen, you guys already touched on it looked 1553 01:14:23,880 --> 01:14:26,280 Speaker 1: like a deer in the headlights. But I want to 1554 01:14:26,320 --> 01:14:29,920 Speaker 1: talk about that Milano play that everybody was showing on 1555 01:14:30,120 --> 01:14:34,400 Speaker 1: replay this morning, when he pulled up on Lamar Jackson 1556 01:14:34,520 --> 01:14:37,120 Speaker 1: in the backfield and could have nailed him, but he 1557 01:14:37,120 --> 01:14:39,240 Speaker 1: would have hit him low and it would have been 1558 01:14:39,280 --> 01:14:42,720 Speaker 1: a penalty. It would have been a roughing the quarterback penalty. 1559 01:14:43,080 --> 01:14:45,880 Speaker 1: And that's why I think Milano pulled up on it. 1560 01:14:46,320 --> 01:14:49,720 Speaker 1: I haven't heard you comment on that yet. Well, yeah, 1561 01:14:49,760 --> 01:14:51,200 Speaker 1: I don't think it would have been a roughing the 1562 01:14:51,240 --> 01:14:54,080 Speaker 1: passer penalty because you know he wasn't going to throw 1563 01:14:54,120 --> 01:14:57,479 Speaker 1: it on that, but uh yeah, Milano looked. Yeah. I 1564 01:14:57,520 --> 01:15:00,559 Speaker 1: was an embarrassing play for Milano because he's seen two 1565 01:15:00,640 --> 01:15:04,559 Speaker 1: or three other players this year do that same things. Yeah, 1566 01:15:04,680 --> 01:15:07,280 Speaker 1: they He's broken a lot of ankles that way. I 1567 01:15:07,320 --> 01:15:12,000 Speaker 1: think for me, Milano made a mental mistake and actually 1568 01:15:12,040 --> 01:15:14,599 Speaker 1: even trying to tackle him right there, because that's why 1569 01:15:14,760 --> 01:15:16,479 Speaker 1: that's why he fell down on his face, because he 1570 01:15:16,520 --> 01:15:19,240 Speaker 1: was trying to tackle him. You don't do that. You 1571 01:15:19,320 --> 01:15:21,519 Speaker 1: let the guy go inside. You let somebody else make 1572 01:15:21,560 --> 01:15:24,080 Speaker 1: the tackle, because you cannot let him do exactly what 1573 01:15:24,160 --> 01:15:27,680 Speaker 1: Milano let him do. Get outside. Yeah, that's what. You 1574 01:15:27,680 --> 01:15:30,679 Speaker 1: can't force him back to your help. Let somebody else 1575 01:15:30,720 --> 01:15:32,559 Speaker 1: make the tackle. Just make sure he doesn't get to 1576 01:15:32,560 --> 01:15:35,200 Speaker 1: the edge of Milano for a split second. Forgot that, 1577 01:15:35,439 --> 01:15:37,800 Speaker 1: and that's why you know, he's trying to make a 1578 01:15:37,840 --> 01:15:40,920 Speaker 1: tackle that's not his to make. And that's probably what 1579 01:15:41,280 --> 01:15:43,439 Speaker 1: cage rushing is. To get back to that. You know, 1580 01:15:43,479 --> 01:15:46,559 Speaker 1: you try to just hem him in and close the 1581 01:15:46,640 --> 01:15:49,479 Speaker 1: space down. Don't worry so much about getting him on 1582 01:15:49,520 --> 01:15:52,439 Speaker 1: the ground. Close the space down, have people rally to 1583 01:15:52,479 --> 01:15:55,760 Speaker 1: the football, and eventually you'll get him surrounded and someone 1584 01:15:55,800 --> 01:15:57,639 Speaker 1: will be able to make the tackle because he won't 1585 01:15:57,640 --> 01:15:59,880 Speaker 1: have escape routes to get a slip out of there 1586 01:16:00,000 --> 01:16:02,679 Speaker 1: and get extra yardage. Chris Brown, your day job includes 1587 01:16:02,680 --> 01:16:07,439 Speaker 1: covering covering Sean mcdermot's news conference right today, four o'clock. 1588 01:16:07,640 --> 01:16:10,040 Speaker 1: What do you think, Um, Well, he'll get asked about 1589 01:16:10,040 --> 01:16:12,320 Speaker 1: a couple of things, including a decision to go for 1590 01:16:12,439 --> 01:16:16,160 Speaker 1: two when they did seven minutes left. We talked about 1591 01:16:16,160 --> 01:16:18,599 Speaker 1: it with Eric. I think it's I see both sides. 1592 01:16:18,880 --> 01:16:20,639 Speaker 1: I understand why you would go for it there though, 1593 01:16:20,640 --> 01:16:22,920 Speaker 1: you know, and open up options for yourself with seven 1594 01:16:22,920 --> 01:16:26,040 Speaker 1: minutes left. Well right, And I think you also, I 1595 01:16:26,080 --> 01:16:28,200 Speaker 1: think what gets lost a lot of times in the 1596 01:16:28,240 --> 01:16:31,840 Speaker 1: analytics is recognition of time and score in the game 1597 01:16:31,880 --> 01:16:34,960 Speaker 1: you're actually playing at that moment. How many possessions are left? 1598 01:16:35,000 --> 01:16:37,760 Speaker 1: Well right, how many possessions are left? And with the 1599 01:16:37,800 --> 01:16:39,640 Speaker 1: struggles we've been having an offense or we gonna get 1600 01:16:39,680 --> 01:16:41,679 Speaker 1: down here again? Right? You know what I mean? Yeah, 1601 01:16:42,479 --> 01:16:45,120 Speaker 1: So I think there was a lot of that at play, 1602 01:16:45,200 --> 01:16:46,960 Speaker 1: and you know, in the end, how many times you're 1603 01:16:46,960 --> 01:16:48,679 Speaker 1: gonna get down there. Even if you do get once, 1604 01:16:48,720 --> 01:16:51,840 Speaker 1: you might need two. Yeah, So and you know, I 1605 01:16:51,920 --> 01:16:55,240 Speaker 1: know there are differing philosophies. And I gotta say the 1606 01:16:56,080 --> 01:16:59,400 Speaker 1: statistical analytics site five thirty eight dot com had a 1607 01:16:59,479 --> 01:17:02,800 Speaker 1: great up on when to go to for two for 1608 01:17:02,920 --> 01:17:05,760 Speaker 1: real and has a wonderful breakdown on I think they 1609 01:17:05,800 --> 01:17:08,599 Speaker 1: wrote it like twenty seventeen or something. You can probably 1610 01:17:08,600 --> 01:17:11,120 Speaker 1: still pull it up, and it really kind of breaks 1611 01:17:11,160 --> 01:17:14,320 Speaker 1: down what you really should be considering when you're talking 1612 01:17:14,360 --> 01:17:16,840 Speaker 1: about going for two or going for one, and it's 1613 01:17:16,880 --> 01:17:20,920 Speaker 1: more about the wind probability when you get two as 1614 01:17:20,960 --> 01:17:23,720 Speaker 1: opposed to one, and when to take the risk to 1615 01:17:23,840 --> 01:17:27,360 Speaker 1: get to if the chances of getting one versus two 1616 01:17:27,439 --> 01:17:31,880 Speaker 1: are relatively negligible, And it really breaks it down effectively, 1617 01:17:31,960 --> 01:17:34,559 Speaker 1: even for people that don't like crunching the numbers all 1618 01:17:34,600 --> 01:17:37,439 Speaker 1: that much. It's definitely worth a read and I think 1619 01:17:37,479 --> 01:17:40,000 Speaker 1: it helps paint the picture pretty effectively. I know, when 1620 01:17:40,000 --> 01:17:42,800 Speaker 1: you're down four, eight or eleven with ten minutes or 1621 01:17:42,840 --> 01:17:45,000 Speaker 1: left in the fourth quarter, it's automatic go for two, 1622 01:17:45,439 --> 01:17:47,639 Speaker 1: just because of the way the numbers work and where 1623 01:17:47,640 --> 01:17:49,479 Speaker 1: you're cutting the deficit too, if you're down on the 1624 01:17:49,520 --> 01:17:52,559 Speaker 1: score they were down nine, so it's a little bit different. 1625 01:17:52,840 --> 01:17:56,200 Speaker 1: And the wind probability I don't think was as extreme, 1626 01:17:56,640 --> 01:17:58,760 Speaker 1: but I think there was a slight improvement in the 1627 01:17:58,760 --> 01:18:01,320 Speaker 1: wind probability of about two to three percent by going 1628 01:18:01,360 --> 01:18:03,080 Speaker 1: for two and then you get getting it. Yeah, you 1629 01:18:03,200 --> 01:18:05,280 Speaker 1: go either way. What else is coming up today? What 1630 01:18:05,280 --> 01:18:06,840 Speaker 1: are you working at? What you got on the website? Yeah, 1631 01:18:06,840 --> 01:18:09,439 Speaker 1: so we'll just give a recap of what coach addresses 1632 01:18:09,479 --> 01:18:11,840 Speaker 1: this afternoon. I know he was anxious to watch the 1633 01:18:11,880 --> 01:18:14,439 Speaker 1: tape because I thought one of the things, you know, 1634 01:18:14,479 --> 01:18:16,360 Speaker 1: as we mentioned, he was pointed after the game, even 1635 01:18:16,400 --> 01:18:19,360 Speaker 1: though he usually likes to reserve judgment, but he also 1636 01:18:19,400 --> 01:18:22,760 Speaker 1: said he believes that they've just got a flat out 1637 01:18:22,800 --> 01:18:25,160 Speaker 1: get off to faster starts. It's been a problem at 1638 01:18:25,200 --> 01:18:28,120 Speaker 1: times in games. And then it kind of changes the 1639 01:18:28,160 --> 01:18:31,080 Speaker 1: complexion of the game too. And I there's a part 1640 01:18:31,080 --> 01:18:33,240 Speaker 1: of me that wonders too if there are guys on 1641 01:18:33,320 --> 01:18:36,960 Speaker 1: offense that maybe just press just a little when you 1642 01:18:37,000 --> 01:18:39,920 Speaker 1: know they're unsuccessful, maybe on their first three possessions, they're 1643 01:18:39,960 --> 01:18:42,080 Speaker 1: down on the scoreboard, you know, there's a there's a 1644 01:18:42,200 --> 01:18:44,320 Speaker 1: human nature element there where maybe you just start to 1645 01:18:44,360 --> 01:18:47,320 Speaker 1: press a little bit and now you're you know, now 1646 01:18:47,320 --> 01:18:49,439 Speaker 1: you're trying to grip the ball too tight as it's 1647 01:18:49,439 --> 01:18:51,080 Speaker 1: coming in. Let me make sure I catch this or 1648 01:18:51,120 --> 01:18:53,120 Speaker 1: you know that kind of stuff. But yeah, I'll be 1649 01:18:53,160 --> 01:18:55,800 Speaker 1: interested to hear what his thoughts are after reviewing the film, 1650 01:18:55,840 --> 01:18:58,639 Speaker 1: and then tomorrow we'll have our noteworthy numbers column. There's 1651 01:18:58,640 --> 01:19:01,960 Speaker 1: a player on offense who's currently in the top three 1652 01:19:02,320 --> 01:19:05,560 Speaker 1: in a in a pretty important offensive production character category 1653 01:19:05,640 --> 01:19:08,680 Speaker 1: that I think would interest some people. So it's it's 1654 01:19:08,720 --> 01:19:11,240 Speaker 1: doing a good job. I thought, does that teases us 1655 01:19:11,240 --> 01:19:13,720 Speaker 1: with coverage? I think you guys do it every time 1656 01:19:13,760 --> 01:19:15,920 Speaker 1: you go to break coming up, that's true, you don't 1657 01:19:15,920 --> 01:19:18,599 Speaker 1: want to miss the next segment. I'm feeling the kettle 1658 01:19:18,640 --> 01:19:22,639 Speaker 1: over here, the tenor that's gonna gonna overshadow this entire 1659 01:19:22,680 --> 01:19:24,840 Speaker 1: show for me. That my thought about this show coming 1660 01:19:24,880 --> 01:19:30,240 Speaker 1: forward throughout this week, leading leading up to the Pittsburgh game. No, no, 1661 01:19:30,360 --> 01:19:33,519 Speaker 1: all the way through this week, it's gonna be the 1662 01:19:33,520 --> 01:19:37,759 Speaker 1: theme of what I think about this game. The Bills 1663 01:19:37,760 --> 01:19:41,000 Speaker 1: can't turn it over against the team that's leading the 1664 01:19:41,040 --> 01:19:44,120 Speaker 1: league's right. You cannot turn it over against the team 1665 01:19:44,120 --> 01:19:46,040 Speaker 1: that's leading the Tea League and taken as good as 1666 01:19:46,040 --> 01:19:50,519 Speaker 1: their defense is Pittsburgh's defense, which is pretty good defense. Yeah, um, 1667 01:19:50,600 --> 01:19:52,960 Speaker 1: you cannot can't lose to a third string quarterback. Come on, 1668 01:19:53,040 --> 01:19:57,800 Speaker 1: that's right, Come on that that to beat you. I 1669 01:19:57,840 --> 01:20:00,000 Speaker 1: don't care if James Connor is coming back. That guy 1670 01:20:00,040 --> 01:20:01,880 Speaker 1: I cannot be able to beat you. And you can't 1671 01:20:01,960 --> 01:20:04,040 Speaker 1: believe he wouldn't beat you if you don't give him 1672 01:20:04,040 --> 01:20:06,360 Speaker 1: the chance on your own ten yard line with a fumble, 1673 01:20:06,640 --> 01:20:09,080 Speaker 1: if you don't turn the ball over, We'll see if 1674 01:20:09,200 --> 01:20:12,920 Speaker 1: Duck can beat you. There's a sentence you don't hear 1675 01:20:12,960 --> 01:20:16,320 Speaker 1: every day. See if Duck can beat you. Chris, Thanks 1676 01:20:16,960 --> 01:20:19,320 Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Bills Inside or Buffalo Bills dot Com. Steve 1677 01:20:19,360 --> 01:20:21,240 Speaker 1: and I coming back with more. Come on back with us. 1678 01:20:21,320 --> 01:20:23,360 Speaker 1: Let us know what you think, how you're feeling after 1679 01:20:23,360 --> 01:20:25,439 Speaker 1: the loss of the Ravens, and we're gonna hear from 1680 01:20:25,439 --> 01:20:27,160 Speaker 1: the Bills players in the locker room when we come back. 1681 01:20:27,200 --> 01:20:29,920 Speaker 1: One Bill's Live presented by Kalida Health from the Seneca 1682 01:20:29,960 --> 01:20:46,599 Speaker 1: Studio in Orchard Park. This is Buffalo Bills Radio Welcome 1683 01:20:46,640 --> 01:20:49,320 Speaker 1: Backs Live. John Murphy Steve Tasker, Hey, you know what 1684 01:20:49,400 --> 01:20:51,920 Speaker 1: we didn't talk about your weekend. You're hiking through the 1685 01:20:51,920 --> 01:20:55,000 Speaker 1: at Arondecks with your sons. What a great weekend. Huh. Yeah, 1686 01:20:55,120 --> 01:20:57,760 Speaker 1: it got a little chilly. I bet we have. We 1687 01:20:57,840 --> 01:21:01,800 Speaker 1: hiked in to the woods on Friday, camped out in 1688 01:21:02,000 --> 01:21:06,880 Speaker 1: Adirondack's right around Indian Head, which is a lookout and 1689 01:21:06,920 --> 01:21:09,680 Speaker 1: the lake is I can't remember the name of the lake, 1690 01:21:10,520 --> 01:21:15,360 Speaker 1: but it's Indian Head and also Fishhawk overlook. There's two 1691 01:21:15,360 --> 01:21:17,720 Speaker 1: of them that are very close together. We camped out 1692 01:21:17,760 --> 01:21:20,840 Speaker 1: on Friday night, hiked up to Indian Head on Saturday 1693 01:21:21,040 --> 01:21:23,519 Speaker 1: morning and spent you know, kind of the morning there. 1694 01:21:24,120 --> 01:21:26,120 Speaker 1: And this is the five. This is the five of us. 1695 01:21:26,160 --> 01:21:28,920 Speaker 1: Those are my four sons and I and you can look. 1696 01:21:28,960 --> 01:21:31,519 Speaker 1: You can see it. The vista is phenomenal. It looks 1697 01:21:31,520 --> 01:21:33,200 Speaker 1: great in the summer and obviously as you can see, 1698 01:21:33,240 --> 01:21:36,160 Speaker 1: it was tremendous in the winter. That's Indian Head there. 1699 01:21:36,200 --> 01:21:38,800 Speaker 1: The first one was Fishhawk. They kind of looked down 1700 01:21:38,800 --> 01:21:42,720 Speaker 1: the same vista, but just from different vantage points. We 1701 01:21:42,800 --> 01:21:45,640 Speaker 1: hiked both of those on Saturday and then spent the 1702 01:21:45,720 --> 01:21:47,960 Speaker 1: night Friday night, and then after Saturday spent their Saturday 1703 01:21:48,040 --> 01:21:51,559 Speaker 1: night in our camp site as pretty cold. It was 1704 01:21:51,640 --> 01:21:55,920 Speaker 1: five I think in Keene. It was minus seven in Saranac. 1705 01:21:56,320 --> 01:21:58,160 Speaker 1: And we were up you know, we were elevated. We 1706 01:21:58,200 --> 01:21:59,920 Speaker 1: were a thousand feet up too, so we probably got 1707 01:21:59,960 --> 01:22:02,960 Speaker 1: a little extra chili, but it was it was great. 1708 01:22:02,960 --> 01:22:05,000 Speaker 1: We slept out of a couple of us had bivies 1709 01:22:05,000 --> 01:22:06,960 Speaker 1: and my son, a couple of my this is a 1710 01:22:07,080 --> 01:22:11,479 Speaker 1: fishawk right here, and we I was in a hammock 1711 01:22:12,200 --> 01:22:14,599 Speaker 1: and my two other two of my other sons had 1712 01:22:14,640 --> 01:22:17,719 Speaker 1: their own hammocks and stuff and you know, zero degree 1713 01:22:17,760 --> 01:22:20,400 Speaker 1: bags and some you know, little camp fire and ten 1714 01:22:20,520 --> 01:22:23,000 Speaker 1: snow cabins. No, we had a couple of tarps that 1715 01:22:23,080 --> 01:22:25,840 Speaker 1: we had tarps, small tarps over the hammocks, which helps 1716 01:22:25,840 --> 01:22:31,320 Speaker 1: with if it does snow. But it was a fantastic trip. 1717 01:22:31,400 --> 01:22:34,160 Speaker 1: And if any of you've been winter camping, you'll know. 1718 01:22:34,240 --> 01:22:36,400 Speaker 1: But I'll tell the people who've never been winter camping 1719 01:22:36,600 --> 01:22:39,800 Speaker 1: in the Adirondacks. You have to take snowshoes. It's a law, 1720 01:22:40,640 --> 01:22:48,240 Speaker 1: and it is absolutely exhausting. I mean, it wears you out. 1721 01:22:48,520 --> 01:22:50,439 Speaker 1: It's some of the most grueling things. One of the 1722 01:22:50,479 --> 01:22:52,080 Speaker 1: most grueling things I've ever been a part of We've 1723 01:22:52,080 --> 01:22:54,720 Speaker 1: done it a couple of times. You'll never do something 1724 01:22:54,760 --> 01:22:57,439 Speaker 1: anything more grueling than walking in snowshoes with a pack 1725 01:22:57,560 --> 01:22:59,400 Speaker 1: on trying to get to a campsite and set up. 1726 01:22:59,439 --> 01:23:03,439 Speaker 1: It is unbelievably grueling. Are you feeling today? All right? Stiff? 1727 01:23:04,920 --> 01:23:06,800 Speaker 1: And you got to listen to part of the game 1728 01:23:06,840 --> 01:23:09,920 Speaker 1: and watch the rest and yeah, listen, you can't get 1729 01:23:09,920 --> 01:23:11,800 Speaker 1: cell service anywhere in the adder on deck. So we 1730 01:23:11,880 --> 01:23:14,120 Speaker 1: finally went to a place and I'll give him a plug. 1731 01:23:14,120 --> 01:23:18,679 Speaker 1: It was a great little uh black bear in Pottersville. Okay, 1732 01:23:19,320 --> 01:23:20,960 Speaker 1: great little it's our second year in a row. We've 1733 01:23:21,000 --> 01:23:24,000 Speaker 1: been to this place and watch the game. It just 1734 01:23:24,040 --> 01:23:26,120 Speaker 1: got out of the woods just in time. Caught most 1735 01:23:26,120 --> 01:23:28,840 Speaker 1: of the game and uh, it was great. It was 1736 01:23:28,880 --> 01:23:31,760 Speaker 1: a great day, great bonding with the boys right there. Yeah, 1737 01:23:31,760 --> 01:23:34,559 Speaker 1: there's nothing like it. We have blast. Yeah. Everybody takes 1738 01:23:34,560 --> 01:23:37,320 Speaker 1: in a little bit of nip and uh, a little uh, 1739 01:23:37,360 --> 01:23:39,880 Speaker 1: you know, a little brown water and you know, and 1740 01:23:40,080 --> 01:23:42,559 Speaker 1: cigars and stuff. You sit around and it gets dark 1741 01:23:42,600 --> 01:23:45,559 Speaker 1: at like five. Yeah, so we're we spent a lot 1742 01:23:45,600 --> 01:23:46,920 Speaker 1: of time. You know, you go to bed at ten, 1743 01:23:47,000 --> 01:23:48,600 Speaker 1: it's like a five hours around a camp. So you 1744 01:23:48,600 --> 01:23:50,599 Speaker 1: can talk about a lot solve a lot of world's problems. 1745 01:23:50,760 --> 01:23:52,479 Speaker 1: You know, between the four of us, did you get 1746 01:23:52,520 --> 01:23:54,519 Speaker 1: to the bills struggle against the Blitz? Was that one. 1747 01:23:55,120 --> 01:23:57,000 Speaker 1: We didn't know what was happening until it was too 1748 01:23:57,040 --> 01:23:59,040 Speaker 1: late to help, you know, So what can you do? Hey? 1749 01:23:59,080 --> 01:24:00,800 Speaker 1: What the Bills talked about that They talked about a 1750 01:24:00,880 --> 01:24:03,120 Speaker 1: variety of topics in the locker room yesterday time now 1751 01:24:03,160 --> 01:24:05,280 Speaker 1: for around the locker room brought you back connect like 1752 01:24:05,400 --> 01:24:11,040 Speaker 1: blood and organ donor network around the locker room. Quarterback 1753 01:24:11,160 --> 01:24:15,559 Speaker 1: Josh Allen on the early offensive struggles, especially the first quarter. 1754 01:24:16,120 --> 01:24:18,479 Speaker 1: I gotta find some more competitions early on. UM, think 1755 01:24:18,520 --> 01:24:21,320 Speaker 1: what they give us. I don't know, maybe thought I 1756 01:24:21,320 --> 01:24:23,160 Speaker 1: was pressing a little bit and they were. They're bringing 1757 01:24:23,720 --> 01:24:27,040 Speaker 1: UM some good pressures that you know we maybe hadn't 1758 01:24:27,040 --> 01:24:30,040 Speaker 1: seen or you know, they brought it. They played a 1759 01:24:30,040 --> 01:24:32,240 Speaker 1: good game plan and UM, they've had a great game. 1760 01:24:32,320 --> 01:24:35,040 Speaker 1: That's a great team that we just faced. UM at 1761 01:24:35,040 --> 01:24:37,439 Speaker 1: the end of the day, we didn't make make enough plays. UM, 1762 01:24:37,840 --> 01:24:39,479 Speaker 1: I said, I got to be better in that aspect. 1763 01:24:40,000 --> 01:24:42,800 Speaker 1: Head coach Sean McDermott on Josh Allen and the lack 1764 01:24:42,840 --> 01:24:45,559 Speaker 1: of execution from the offense. Yeah, I mean, and like 1765 01:24:45,560 --> 01:24:47,120 Speaker 1: I said earlier, I thought there were some plays he 1766 01:24:47,160 --> 01:24:50,599 Speaker 1: wanted to have back particular early. There some throws, um, 1767 01:24:50,760 --> 01:24:52,479 Speaker 1: and there's some there's some times we could have helped 1768 01:24:52,520 --> 01:24:56,240 Speaker 1: him out too. Um. So you know, Josh as a 1769 01:24:56,240 --> 01:24:58,320 Speaker 1: young player, or wed a couple of young players out there, 1770 01:24:58,400 --> 01:25:01,920 Speaker 1: make some mistakes, drop some balls. Josh had a couple 1771 01:25:01,920 --> 01:25:05,639 Speaker 1: of overthrows. That's all all things we have to learn 1772 01:25:05,680 --> 01:25:08,639 Speaker 1: from that. This experience will help our football team moving forward. 1773 01:25:09,280 --> 01:25:14,120 Speaker 1: Wide receiver Cole Beasley on the Bills missed opportunities. There's 1774 01:25:14,120 --> 01:25:16,559 Speaker 1: always more you can do, and there's no there's no 1775 01:25:16,640 --> 01:25:19,160 Speaker 1: point in fingers or anything. And we we blame ourself 1776 01:25:19,240 --> 01:25:22,400 Speaker 1: and point fingers at ourselves and all we can control 1777 01:25:22,479 --> 01:25:25,200 Speaker 1: is what we do individual as players. So you know, 1778 01:25:25,240 --> 01:25:26,920 Speaker 1: anytime and it lost, you always feel like you could 1779 01:25:26,920 --> 01:25:28,720 Speaker 1: do more. I know I could. I had a big 1780 01:25:28,800 --> 01:25:31,800 Speaker 1: drop and drop dropped the dime on It's a perfect pass, 1781 01:25:31,920 --> 01:25:37,479 Speaker 1: but um happens. Sometimes it just makes you hungry and 1782 01:25:38,040 --> 01:25:41,639 Speaker 1: eager to get in and get better. Quarterback Josh Ammon. 1783 01:25:41,920 --> 01:25:45,760 Speaker 1: The blitz package is shown by the Baltimore Ravens. Like 1784 01:25:45,800 --> 01:25:47,599 Speaker 1: I said, I got to do better job finding computions 1785 01:25:47,640 --> 01:25:51,280 Speaker 1: early on when they do show some of these pressures, Um, 1786 01:25:51,680 --> 01:25:53,800 Speaker 1: you know, finding the right answer and you hit hit 1787 01:25:53,840 --> 01:25:55,880 Speaker 1: one or two of those and maybe it deters them 1788 01:25:55,880 --> 01:25:58,519 Speaker 1: from bringing them again. So, um, they had some success 1789 01:25:58,560 --> 01:26:00,920 Speaker 1: with it and something that I'm gonna learn from. Um 1790 01:26:01,080 --> 01:26:03,320 Speaker 1: we'll look on taping and see what we can do 1791 01:26:03,439 --> 01:26:07,880 Speaker 1: to try to um counteract that. And um I said, 1792 01:26:08,360 --> 01:26:10,559 Speaker 1: we lost my seven points to a really good team. Um, 1793 01:26:11,160 --> 01:26:12,840 Speaker 1: you know we're not gonna let one game define us 1794 01:26:13,520 --> 01:26:16,960 Speaker 1: defensive end jury use. The Bills controlled Lamar Jackson in 1795 01:26:17,000 --> 01:26:20,519 Speaker 1: the run game. We know he's gonna dance and he's 1796 01:26:20,520 --> 01:26:22,559 Speaker 1: gonna put on the show. So, like I said, it's 1797 01:26:22,600 --> 01:26:25,519 Speaker 1: great that you know everyone took the game plan, took 1798 01:26:25,520 --> 01:26:27,959 Speaker 1: the coaching throughout the week. You know, stay real disciplined, 1799 01:26:27,960 --> 01:26:29,840 Speaker 1: stay at home, play through technique because we know he 1800 01:26:29,840 --> 01:26:32,040 Speaker 1: can go out there and be a human highlight reel 1801 01:26:32,040 --> 01:26:34,040 Speaker 1: at any point in time. So you know, we went 1802 01:26:34,080 --> 01:26:35,920 Speaker 1: out there and just did our job. Like I said, 1803 01:26:35,920 --> 01:26:38,280 Speaker 1: our coaches did a fantastic job of getting us ready 1804 01:26:38,280 --> 01:26:41,280 Speaker 1: in this sleep White backer Lorenzo Alexander, there's a gap 1805 01:26:41,320 --> 01:26:44,760 Speaker 1: between competing with really good teams and beating them. You 1806 01:26:44,800 --> 01:26:47,680 Speaker 1: look at the day, it's probably probably three players in 1807 01:26:47,720 --> 01:26:50,400 Speaker 1: the game where this game shifts big time. Obviously that 1808 01:26:50,400 --> 01:26:51,960 Speaker 1: big one we gave up. I'm pretty sure the office 1809 01:26:51,960 --> 01:26:53,479 Speaker 1: to let a couple of plays where we make some 1810 01:26:53,560 --> 01:26:55,679 Speaker 1: catches that we normally make us that we can make 1811 01:26:56,040 --> 01:26:58,120 Speaker 1: and the outcome in this game is much different. Now. 1812 01:26:58,120 --> 01:26:59,920 Speaker 1: Obviously we didn't do that, but it's not like it's 1813 01:27:00,240 --> 01:27:03,639 Speaker 1: this big reach that we're looking for, so we're right there. Um, 1814 01:27:03,680 --> 01:27:06,400 Speaker 1: I think the thing is just to learn from this. Obviously, 1815 01:27:06,479 --> 01:27:09,280 Speaker 1: being in these big type of games, the marginal error 1816 01:27:09,400 --> 01:27:11,800 Speaker 1: is a lot smaller, and so we can't, you know, 1817 01:27:12,479 --> 01:27:14,559 Speaker 1: make those mistakes that you may be able to do. 1818 01:27:14,760 --> 01:27:16,519 Speaker 1: All the team that's not as good as the ravings 1819 01:27:16,760 --> 01:27:19,840 Speaker 1: safety Micah Hide. The Bills can't let this lost linger 1820 01:27:19,880 --> 01:27:22,920 Speaker 1: and affect another big game coming next week, this week, 1821 01:27:22,920 --> 01:27:25,240 Speaker 1: the week in this league. Um, the good teams are 1822 01:27:25,280 --> 01:27:28,080 Speaker 1: able to you know, flush wins, flush flush losses and 1823 01:27:28,080 --> 01:27:29,360 Speaker 1: and move once to the next week. And you know, 1824 01:27:29,400 --> 01:27:31,880 Speaker 1: I have no, uh, all the confidence in the world 1825 01:27:31,920 --> 01:27:33,920 Speaker 1: this this this team and the leaders on this team 1826 01:27:33,920 --> 01:27:37,160 Speaker 1: and the coaches and stuff are able to to do that. 1827 01:27:37,160 --> 01:27:38,800 Speaker 1: That's what they're saying around the locker room, brought you 1828 01:27:38,840 --> 01:27:41,280 Speaker 1: by Connected like Blood and Oregon donor Network want to 1829 01:27:41,360 --> 01:27:43,400 Speaker 1: hear from you and what how you're feeling after that loss. 1830 01:27:43,439 --> 01:27:45,160 Speaker 1: We're gonna get back to the tweet sheet and we're 1831 01:27:45,200 --> 01:27:47,160 Speaker 1: gonna take a few more phone calls. You're right, don't 1832 01:27:47,160 --> 01:27:49,280 Speaker 1: be don't be afraid to call. I won't bite everybody's 1833 01:27:49,280 --> 01:27:52,479 Speaker 1: head office calls. But you know, um, I attribute it 1834 01:27:52,520 --> 01:27:55,200 Speaker 1: to your lack of sleeping. All right, That's what I'm 1835 01:27:55,200 --> 01:27:57,760 Speaker 1: thinking because when you start talking about the offense being 1836 01:27:57,760 --> 01:28:01,560 Speaker 1: predictable and this, and I don't I don't want to 1837 01:28:01,600 --> 01:28:05,439 Speaker 1: hear it because it's so you're you become predictable. I mean, 1838 01:28:05,560 --> 01:28:07,240 Speaker 1: we hear every time the Bills lose a game is 1839 01:28:07,280 --> 01:28:10,639 Speaker 1: like the offensive coordinator stinks he is too predictable. They 1840 01:28:10,640 --> 01:28:13,320 Speaker 1: don't hit the deep ball, and it's I get it, 1841 01:28:14,160 --> 01:28:17,920 Speaker 1: but that's you know, when you see you get it. 1842 01:28:18,040 --> 01:28:19,960 Speaker 1: And then but don't call up and preface your call 1843 01:28:20,000 --> 01:28:22,759 Speaker 1: by saying, you know, asking if the coaches actually watch film? 1844 01:28:23,560 --> 01:28:26,680 Speaker 1: You know, So that that one kind of got me, so, uh, 1845 01:28:26,920 --> 01:28:29,519 Speaker 1: you know, I don't don't be afraid to call us. 1846 01:28:29,520 --> 01:28:31,320 Speaker 1: You can call us. I promise we'll let you get 1847 01:28:31,320 --> 01:28:34,040 Speaker 1: your first opening statement out unless you're a total oath 1848 01:28:34,479 --> 01:28:36,240 Speaker 1: and then then we're gonna cut you. I would argue 1849 01:28:36,280 --> 01:28:39,000 Speaker 1: that there's nothing coaches here or anywhere in the NFL. 1850 01:28:39,200 --> 01:28:42,799 Speaker 1: Nothing they do more than film. That's all. That's all 1851 01:28:42,880 --> 01:28:47,200 Speaker 1: they do. That's all they do. Do they actually watch film? Yeah, 1852 01:28:47,320 --> 01:28:49,200 Speaker 1: they do. It's the thing, Yes it is. Yeah, All right, 1853 01:28:49,240 --> 01:28:51,240 Speaker 1: a break, We're coming back. One Bill Slide presented by 1854 01:28:51,280 --> 01:28:53,880 Speaker 1: a lot of hell from the Seneca Studio in Archerd Park. 1855 01:28:53,880 --> 01:29:08,400 Speaker 1: And this is Buffalo Bill's Radio. It is one of 1856 01:29:08,439 --> 01:29:10,439 Speaker 1: those live I am John Murphy. This is teap task 1857 01:29:10,479 --> 01:29:12,000 Speaker 1: over here until three. You got another hour or so 1858 01:29:12,160 --> 01:29:15,000 Speaker 1: to go. South Paltonio was on the sidelines for the 1859 01:29:15,439 --> 01:29:17,960 Speaker 1: ESPN radio call yesterday. He's going to join us next hour. 1860 01:29:18,400 --> 01:29:19,960 Speaker 1: One of the funniest things I've seen in a while, 1861 01:29:20,280 --> 01:29:24,200 Speaker 1: and obviously turdevious, one of the funniest people around this building. 1862 01:29:24,720 --> 01:29:27,360 Speaker 1: But it happened yesterday. Yesterday. It was a gusty wind 1863 01:29:27,960 --> 01:29:30,840 Speaker 1: and the wind kicked up some of the pictures on 1864 01:29:30,880 --> 01:29:32,640 Speaker 1: the sideline. You know, they have the tablets now, but 1865 01:29:32,680 --> 01:29:34,479 Speaker 1: they also do that. They used to call them polaroid 1866 01:29:34,520 --> 01:29:37,479 Speaker 1: pictures of formations right pre snap sets and that sort 1867 01:29:37,479 --> 01:29:39,320 Speaker 1: of thing. And there's a whole sheaf of them that 1868 01:29:39,360 --> 01:29:41,839 Speaker 1: blew out onto the field in the second half yesterday, 1869 01:29:42,160 --> 01:29:43,880 Speaker 1: and I noticed it from way up top in the 1870 01:29:43,920 --> 01:29:47,320 Speaker 1: broadcast booth. Turdevious White down on the field noticed, didn't tradevious, 1871 01:29:47,720 --> 01:29:50,360 Speaker 1: I think, alertly went over and picked it up and 1872 01:29:50,360 --> 01:29:52,880 Speaker 1: started looking at it, look at it almost as if 1873 01:29:52,880 --> 01:29:56,040 Speaker 1: Turdevious was just playing around right and over and laughed 1874 01:29:56,040 --> 01:29:57,800 Speaker 1: at him. I don't think there's anything there that would 1875 01:29:57,920 --> 01:30:01,720 Speaker 1: give Turdevious a clue, but he's such a fun loving guy. 1876 01:30:01,720 --> 01:30:03,000 Speaker 1: I was great. That was one of the great people. 1877 01:30:03,040 --> 01:30:07,120 Speaker 1: We're gonna be running sco over there. Absolutely typical Tradavious White, right, 1878 01:30:07,479 --> 01:30:11,559 Speaker 1: And it was as funny as in the official was 1879 01:30:11,560 --> 01:30:13,360 Speaker 1: like it runs over there and grabs like, come on, 1880 01:30:13,600 --> 01:30:15,360 Speaker 1: you know what it was. It was a picture of 1881 01:30:15,400 --> 01:30:18,760 Speaker 1: the Bills defense, Like that's exactly what it was. It 1882 01:30:18,840 --> 01:30:21,160 Speaker 1: was a polaroid and and so he's looking at like 1883 01:30:21,160 --> 01:30:24,479 Speaker 1: he's looking at a selfie almost right. So it's a 1884 01:30:24,520 --> 01:30:28,400 Speaker 1: hilarious moment and it speaks to his personalities. Totally hilarious. 1885 01:30:28,439 --> 01:30:31,320 Speaker 1: The heat of the battle right the third quarter, early 1886 01:30:31,360 --> 01:30:35,720 Speaker 1: third quarter. He's basically kind of playing a joke. It 1887 01:30:35,800 --> 01:30:38,960 Speaker 1: was really funny, really funny. It was great. That's good stuff. 1888 01:30:39,000 --> 01:30:40,240 Speaker 1: Maybe one of the few know there was a lot 1889 01:30:40,280 --> 01:30:42,000 Speaker 1: of good yesterday. We're gonna talk more about this game. 1890 01:30:42,000 --> 01:30:43,760 Speaker 1: In the third and final I thought, I'll tell you 1891 01:30:43,760 --> 01:30:45,840 Speaker 1: what you could appreciate this as a broadcaster. It was 1892 01:30:45,880 --> 01:30:49,360 Speaker 1: a great game to call, just twists and turns and 1893 01:30:49,560 --> 01:30:51,559 Speaker 1: went down to the final minute of play, and yeah, 1894 01:30:51,600 --> 01:30:54,519 Speaker 1: the Bills offense was frustrating, but the defense was great. 1895 01:30:54,720 --> 01:30:57,240 Speaker 1: I don't mind good deep. We were talking today about 1896 01:30:57,280 --> 01:31:01,800 Speaker 1: the New Orleans game against the Niners and that the 1897 01:31:01,880 --> 01:31:04,840 Speaker 1: almost a polar opposite scored fifty three points more than 1898 01:31:04,920 --> 01:31:07,280 Speaker 1: both teams in the Bills Ravens game yesterday. I kind 1899 01:31:07,280 --> 01:31:09,120 Speaker 1: of like their game yesterday. I like that good strung 1900 01:31:09,200 --> 01:31:11,360 Speaker 1: defense and the big plays and the big hits. I 1901 01:31:11,439 --> 01:31:12,960 Speaker 1: get it. It's a lot of fun when you get 1902 01:31:13,000 --> 01:31:15,800 Speaker 1: into those shootout battles too. But let me just tell 1903 01:31:15,840 --> 01:31:18,599 Speaker 1: you I was on a team that kind of did 1904 01:31:18,600 --> 01:31:22,400 Speaker 1: that once in a while. Yeah, the conversations exactly the 1905 01:31:22,520 --> 01:31:26,160 Speaker 1: same after a loss in one of those games, except 1906 01:31:26,800 --> 01:31:29,200 Speaker 1: every time you said our offense struggled and it couldn't 1907 01:31:29,200 --> 01:31:32,120 Speaker 1: pick up. Just say your defense struggled, and you know 1908 01:31:32,160 --> 01:31:34,519 Speaker 1: that's what you say. You flip it over. It's the 1909 01:31:34,560 --> 01:31:37,480 Speaker 1: reverse opposite. It's like a polaroid negative of the conversation. 1910 01:31:37,560 --> 01:31:40,400 Speaker 1: Now it's your defense struggles. Your defense can't pressure the quarterback. 1911 01:31:40,400 --> 01:31:42,080 Speaker 1: Your defense can't make plays in the back end. Your 1912 01:31:42,080 --> 01:31:44,840 Speaker 1: defense doesn't force turnovers, your defense can't stop the run. 1913 01:31:45,360 --> 01:31:47,320 Speaker 1: You gave up forty eight points in a loss. What 1914 01:31:47,360 --> 01:31:49,160 Speaker 1: are you you know you scored forty five points in 1915 01:31:49,240 --> 01:31:50,960 Speaker 1: a loss. What are you doing that? It goes on 1916 01:31:51,000 --> 01:31:53,840 Speaker 1: and on, it never quits. It's just the same conversation 1917 01:31:54,160 --> 01:31:58,080 Speaker 1: now for fans, no question, those games are a lot 1918 01:31:58,120 --> 01:32:00,599 Speaker 1: of fun. It was fun, yeah, oh yeah, these games. 1919 01:32:00,680 --> 01:32:02,880 Speaker 1: This game yesterday, I also had a lot going forward 1920 01:32:02,880 --> 01:32:05,120 Speaker 1: as well, because you feel like you've got it something 1921 01:32:05,920 --> 01:32:08,240 Speaker 1: that they can't move. You know, really, if it's a 1922 01:32:08,240 --> 01:32:10,040 Speaker 1: lot of fun, all right, we're gonna break, we're gonna 1923 01:32:10,080 --> 01:32:11,639 Speaker 1: come back, and we're gonna be joined by a sound 1924 01:32:11,680 --> 01:32:14,919 Speaker 1: palatonio ESPN. He called the game on the radio Sideline 1925 01:32:14,920 --> 01:32:17,639 Speaker 1: Reporter yesterday. Get his take on the Bills and the Ravens, 1926 01:32:17,640 --> 01:32:19,400 Speaker 1: and more of your take as well. Come on back 1927 01:32:19,439 --> 01:32:21,680 Speaker 1: One Goes Live, presented by Collada Health Live from the 1928 01:32:21,720 --> 01:32:37,040 Speaker 1: Seneca Studio Seneca Resorts in Casino. Nothing comes close. Hills 1929 01:32:37,280 --> 01:32:41,800 Speaker 1: Radio Network Sports Update got the update from One Goes Live. 1930 01:32:41,880 --> 01:32:43,840 Speaker 1: The Bills One Bills Drive the Bills. They're back here 1931 01:32:43,880 --> 01:32:45,960 Speaker 1: at work today. They're trying to turn it forward. Now 1932 01:32:46,040 --> 01:32:48,120 Speaker 1: take a look at the Pittsburgh Steelers coming up this 1933 01:32:48,160 --> 01:32:51,400 Speaker 1: Sunday night. The Bills lost to the Baltimore Ravens yesterday, 1934 01:32:51,479 --> 01:32:53,479 Speaker 1: the top team in the AFC. They lost by seven. 1935 01:32:53,560 --> 01:32:56,200 Speaker 1: Buffaloes record now nine and four. Still said to me 1936 01:32:56,240 --> 01:33:00,240 Speaker 1: about a ninety five chance chance all the playoffs bought 1937 01:33:00,240 --> 01:33:03,320 Speaker 1: for Buffalo, even after the latch yesterday and no injuries 1938 01:33:03,360 --> 01:33:06,280 Speaker 1: of consequence. It appears from yesterday's game. Had coach Sean 1939 01:33:06,360 --> 01:33:08,559 Speaker 1: McDermott meets with the media two hours from now, he 1940 01:33:08,600 --> 01:33:11,639 Speaker 1: will elaborate on that. Perhaps Ravens lost their tight end 1941 01:33:11,640 --> 01:33:13,559 Speaker 1: Mark Andrews in the first quarter of that game, but 1942 01:33:13,600 --> 01:33:17,080 Speaker 1: it's considered a minor knee injury should be okay moving forward. 1943 01:33:17,120 --> 01:33:19,800 Speaker 1: He played just nine snaps and the Ravens win before 1944 01:33:19,880 --> 01:33:22,080 Speaker 1: leaving with the knee injury. He's been one of Lamar 1945 01:33:22,160 --> 01:33:25,479 Speaker 1: Jackson's favorite targets this season, with fifty four catches, seven 1946 01:33:25,520 --> 01:33:28,280 Speaker 1: of them for touchdowns. Next up the Pittsburgh Steelers and 1947 01:33:28,320 --> 01:33:32,080 Speaker 1: Steelers wide receiver Juju Smith Schuster will reportedly return from 1948 01:33:32,080 --> 01:33:34,320 Speaker 1: his knee injury for that game against the Bills on 1949 01:33:34,320 --> 01:33:37,080 Speaker 1: Sunday night. He had seven touchdowns as a rookie after 1950 01:33:37,120 --> 01:33:40,880 Speaker 1: becoming the second second round pick in twenty seventeen. This year, 1951 01:33:40,960 --> 01:33:44,120 Speaker 1: thirty eight catches, three touchdowns, five hundred twenty four yards. 1952 01:33:44,120 --> 01:33:48,120 Speaker 1: A product of USC, Juju Smith Schuster scheduled to return 1953 01:33:48,479 --> 01:33:51,320 Speaker 1: for the Pittsburgh Steelers in their game against the Bills 1954 01:33:51,360 --> 01:33:53,640 Speaker 1: on Sunday. There's a Monday night football game tonight, the 1955 01:33:53,680 --> 01:33:56,439 Speaker 1: Giants and the Eagles coming up tonight. Eagles have won 1956 01:33:56,479 --> 01:33:58,320 Speaker 1: the last five times they have played, and the Giants 1957 01:33:58,320 --> 01:34:01,160 Speaker 1: go into this game with eight eight losses, their longest 1958 01:34:01,200 --> 01:34:03,679 Speaker 1: since dropping eight in a row in two thousand and four. 1959 01:34:03,960 --> 01:34:06,719 Speaker 1: New York schedule to put Eli Manning under center tonight. 1960 01:34:07,920 --> 01:34:11,040 Speaker 1: NFL Network reports the Daniel Jones high ankle sprain expected 1961 01:34:11,080 --> 01:34:13,040 Speaker 1: to keep him out two to four weeks, so maybe 1962 01:34:13,040 --> 01:34:14,960 Speaker 1: it's Eli Manning the rest of the way with the 1963 01:34:14,960 --> 01:34:17,120 Speaker 1: New York Giants. He'll make the start tonight against the Eagles. 1964 01:34:17,160 --> 01:34:19,240 Speaker 1: Manning will play at least one more home game Week 1965 01:34:19,320 --> 01:34:22,479 Speaker 1: fifteen against the Miami Dolphins. Colts kicker annament A Terry 1966 01:34:22,479 --> 01:34:25,439 Speaker 1: He's gonna undergo season ending knee surgery. He'll go on 1967 01:34:25,479 --> 01:34:27,519 Speaker 1: injury reserve the end of his twenty fourth season in 1968 01:34:27,560 --> 01:34:29,680 Speaker 1: the NFL, maybe the end of his career. He is 1969 01:34:29,680 --> 01:34:32,320 Speaker 1: forty six years old. He was inactive for their loss 1970 01:34:32,360 --> 01:34:35,000 Speaker 1: to Tampa and the Buffalo Sabers next home game twoes 1971 01:34:35,040 --> 01:34:36,640 Speaker 1: to night when they played the Saint Louis Blues. The 1972 01:34:36,680 --> 01:34:39,320 Speaker 1: Sabers last night won and overtime. Colin Miller gets the 1973 01:34:39,360 --> 01:34:42,200 Speaker 1: overtime winner against Edmonton last night as the Sabers wrap 1974 01:34:42,280 --> 01:34:44,960 Speaker 1: up their western road trip. And that's it. John Murphy, 1975 01:34:45,000 --> 01:34:48,080 Speaker 1: Steve Tasker Comedy here from the Seneca Studio on Archard 1976 01:34:48,120 --> 01:34:50,080 Speaker 1: Park after the Bills lost to the Baltimore Ravens. On 1977 01:34:50,080 --> 01:34:52,120 Speaker 1: the line with us now a familiar name, a good 1978 01:34:52,120 --> 01:34:54,640 Speaker 1: friend of the show, ESPN reporter. He's the host of 1979 01:34:54,760 --> 01:34:57,640 Speaker 1: NFL Matchup with our buddy, Greg Gozell. Been with the 1980 01:34:57,800 --> 01:34:59,600 Speaker 1: ESPN since nineteen ninety five, and he was on the 1981 01:34:59,600 --> 01:35:01,960 Speaker 1: sidelin and here on What Your Park yesterday calling the 1982 01:35:02,200 --> 01:35:05,439 Speaker 1: sideline radio gig on ESPN Radio South Penaltonio on the 1983 01:35:05,479 --> 01:35:07,599 Speaker 1: lanel to sal John Murphy and Steve here in Buffalo. 1984 01:35:07,680 --> 01:35:11,000 Speaker 1: Thanks coming out, Hey Murphy, Steve, how you guys doing it? 1985 01:35:11,120 --> 01:35:13,759 Speaker 1: Doing it great? Hey? Sound What were your impressions generally speaking? 1986 01:35:13,840 --> 01:35:16,000 Speaker 1: How do you think the Bills did it in limiting 1987 01:35:16,080 --> 01:35:20,160 Speaker 1: Lamar to some of his season low numbers? Maybe not 1988 01:35:20,280 --> 01:35:22,160 Speaker 1: season low, but you know, how do they keep Lamar 1989 01:35:23,000 --> 01:35:27,920 Speaker 1: contained the way they did? Lane and gap? Disciplined? M 1990 01:35:28,040 --> 01:35:30,519 Speaker 1: I thought they played a very disciplined defense. You know, 1991 01:35:30,640 --> 01:35:34,879 Speaker 1: that's that's the hallmark of Sean McDermot as a defensive 1992 01:35:34,920 --> 01:35:41,519 Speaker 1: coordinator is they played very disciplined football. And what tell 1993 01:35:41,560 --> 01:35:44,200 Speaker 1: me what you thought the Ravens did to the Bills defensively? 1994 01:35:44,200 --> 01:35:47,120 Speaker 1: I mean, it was definitely a defensive showcase for both 1995 01:35:47,120 --> 01:35:51,439 Speaker 1: teams yesterday, wasn't it? Well? Josh Allen getting hurt um, 1996 01:35:51,560 --> 01:35:55,280 Speaker 1: I think really hurt them really? Uh oh yeah, you 1997 01:35:55,320 --> 01:35:59,200 Speaker 1: know he got his ankle taped on the sideline. You know, 1998 01:35:59,240 --> 01:36:02,160 Speaker 1: they pulled aside off and pull the shoe off, and 1999 01:36:02,880 --> 01:36:05,719 Speaker 1: the trainers were looking at it and trying to stretch 2000 01:36:05,720 --> 01:36:09,320 Speaker 1: it out a little bit. But whatever, whatever, was bothering 2001 01:36:09,400 --> 01:36:12,320 Speaker 1: him because he was limping on the field limited his 2002 01:36:12,360 --> 01:36:15,479 Speaker 1: ability to evacuate the pocket. Normally he has well for 2003 01:36:15,520 --> 01:36:19,760 Speaker 1: a half dozen rushes in the game, so they didn't 2004 01:36:19,760 --> 01:36:22,160 Speaker 1: have to dedicate a hat to him as a runner. 2005 01:36:22,720 --> 01:36:26,760 Speaker 1: So that limited the Bills in their rushing attack. Despite that, 2006 01:36:26,800 --> 01:36:28,920 Speaker 1: they still did a pretty good job on their outside 2007 01:36:29,000 --> 01:36:31,400 Speaker 1: zone red run play off the playofction, which I thought 2008 01:36:31,520 --> 01:36:35,439 Speaker 1: was still very productive. But you know, Josh not being 2009 01:36:35,479 --> 01:36:38,120 Speaker 1: able to actually tuck it and run was a big difference, 2010 01:36:38,160 --> 01:36:41,000 Speaker 1: I thought, especially in the second half of the game. 2011 01:36:41,600 --> 01:36:45,880 Speaker 1: And then you know, Link Martindale just came after Josh. 2012 01:36:45,920 --> 01:36:48,559 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, once they saw that he couldn't 2013 01:36:48,600 --> 01:36:51,559 Speaker 1: move as well as he normally could, they just came 2014 01:36:51,600 --> 01:36:55,200 Speaker 1: after him. Yeah. My question is what did you think 2015 01:36:55,240 --> 01:36:57,840 Speaker 1: of Devin Singletary, which was really the only guy really 2016 01:36:57,880 --> 01:37:01,679 Speaker 1: had a substantial day yesterday? You know, five yards per carry, 2017 01:37:01,760 --> 01:37:05,559 Speaker 1: had eighty eight yards rushing, eighty nine yards rushing. What'd 2018 01:37:05,600 --> 01:37:07,639 Speaker 1: you think of Devin Singletary? Is that your first look 2019 01:37:07,640 --> 01:37:11,840 Speaker 1: at him? Oh? No, I was there obviously when the 2020 01:37:12,040 --> 01:37:16,160 Speaker 1: Eagles came into town. Um, and you know, I've watched 2021 01:37:16,160 --> 01:37:18,240 Speaker 1: a lot of film for the Matchup show, So I've 2022 01:37:18,240 --> 01:37:19,840 Speaker 1: seen a lot of them. It reminds me a lot 2023 01:37:19,880 --> 01:37:25,120 Speaker 1: of Ryan Westbrook. Actually, you know, real shift, be real quick, tough, 2024 01:37:25,479 --> 01:37:31,000 Speaker 1: real tough, hard to bring down, um breaks tackles, center 2025 01:37:31,000 --> 01:37:35,400 Speaker 1: of gravity, smart player. Um I thought I thought he 2026 01:37:35,439 --> 01:37:38,320 Speaker 1: had a good game. So, you know, the Bill's still 2027 01:37:38,320 --> 01:37:42,439 Speaker 1: even with the lost nine chance according to most you know, 2028 01:37:42,520 --> 01:37:45,160 Speaker 1: pronuncigators that they're going to make the playoffs. But with 2029 01:37:45,200 --> 01:37:47,559 Speaker 1: their offense as limited as it can be, is there 2030 01:37:47,600 --> 01:37:49,880 Speaker 1: any chance for them to advance in the playoffs win 2031 01:37:49,920 --> 01:37:52,599 Speaker 1: a game or maybe two? What do you think? Yeah, 2032 01:37:52,640 --> 01:37:55,559 Speaker 1: I think that they can advance. Um, you know, obviously 2033 01:37:55,600 --> 01:37:58,960 Speaker 1: it depends on who they they have in the wild 2034 01:37:59,000 --> 01:38:03,160 Speaker 1: card round, but they certainly can. You know, again, I 2035 01:38:03,200 --> 01:38:06,000 Speaker 1: think it goes back to they are a very good 2036 01:38:06,080 --> 01:38:09,160 Speaker 1: defensive team. They came into the game in top five 2037 01:38:09,840 --> 01:38:12,559 Speaker 1: and points allowed per game, which is tough to do. 2038 01:38:13,560 --> 01:38:17,679 Speaker 1: They have some savvy veterans and Alexander, they have some 2039 01:38:17,760 --> 01:38:23,240 Speaker 1: real active defensive linemen that are quick, and they've got 2040 01:38:23,240 --> 01:38:25,200 Speaker 1: one of the better defensive minds in the league. And 2041 01:38:25,240 --> 01:38:29,080 Speaker 1: Sean McDermott. So and so I think and Leslie Fraser obviously, 2042 01:38:29,560 --> 01:38:33,840 Speaker 1: I just think that it's a disciplined defense, and they 2043 01:38:33,880 --> 01:38:38,240 Speaker 1: showed that yesterday because Lalar Jackson went from pyrotechnic to 2044 01:38:38,360 --> 01:38:42,720 Speaker 1: pedestrian up there in Orchard Park yesterday. Well, we'll see 2045 01:38:42,720 --> 01:38:45,200 Speaker 1: if other teams are able to be as disciplined as 2046 01:38:45,200 --> 01:38:47,000 Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills aren't start to put the lid on 2047 01:38:47,040 --> 01:38:49,000 Speaker 1: that Ravens offense. I wanted to ask you about something 2048 01:38:49,000 --> 01:38:50,960 Speaker 1: that's really intriguing to me. I've always been an Eli 2049 01:38:51,040 --> 01:38:53,799 Speaker 1: Manning fan because of the way he has handled himself 2050 01:38:53,840 --> 01:38:56,559 Speaker 1: in New York, and now he's back on the field 2051 01:38:56,600 --> 01:39:01,600 Speaker 1: tonight for the Giants against Philly. Is this this is 2052 01:39:01,680 --> 01:39:04,000 Speaker 1: kind of fun to see Eli come back on the 2053 01:39:04,040 --> 01:39:07,000 Speaker 1: field after getting benched in favor of Daniel Jones. Are 2054 01:39:07,000 --> 01:39:08,519 Speaker 1: you looking forward to this as much as I am? 2055 01:39:09,840 --> 01:39:12,880 Speaker 1: I really am, because I'm a big Eli fan. Eli 2056 01:39:12,960 --> 01:39:17,040 Speaker 1: has always been very good to people like me, always available, 2057 01:39:17,200 --> 01:39:23,720 Speaker 1: always frank and honest, and never shirks his duty and 2058 01:39:23,840 --> 01:39:27,599 Speaker 1: responsibility of you know, meeting with fans and meeting with 2059 01:39:27,640 --> 01:39:30,240 Speaker 1: the media and answer answering all the questions that are 2060 01:39:30,240 --> 01:39:33,559 Speaker 1: asking him. So I've always liked the way he's handled 2061 01:39:33,600 --> 01:39:37,080 Speaker 1: himselfs and you know, UM never missed a game due 2062 01:39:37,120 --> 01:39:41,280 Speaker 1: to injury, so that that says something. And he's won 2063 01:39:41,280 --> 01:39:43,120 Speaker 1: two Super Bowls And as you know, I'm one of 2064 01:39:43,160 --> 01:39:46,639 Speaker 1: the forty six selectors for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 2065 01:39:46,680 --> 01:39:49,639 Speaker 1: In fact, we've got our modern era of ballot and 2066 01:39:49,880 --> 01:39:52,320 Speaker 1: I just checked the box name to right next to 2067 01:39:52,320 --> 01:39:58,240 Speaker 1: Steve Pastors name. That's why you're my favorite Salank. You know, 2068 01:39:58,880 --> 01:40:01,240 Speaker 1: Dick Rucci and I are pushing horror to get you 2069 01:40:01,920 --> 01:40:05,240 Speaker 1: in the final fifteen, so that you know when we 2070 01:40:05,520 --> 01:40:09,280 Speaker 1: meet on February first in Miami, that at least we 2071 01:40:09,320 --> 01:40:12,240 Speaker 1: have an honest and open, a frank discussion about Steve 2072 01:40:12,320 --> 01:40:14,840 Speaker 1: Tasker belonging to the Hall of saying the best best 2073 01:40:14,840 --> 01:40:18,439 Speaker 1: special teams player of all times. We don't give yourself 2074 01:40:18,439 --> 01:40:20,200 Speaker 1: a hernie a person to you? Can I ask? And 2075 01:40:20,320 --> 01:40:22,000 Speaker 1: Steve all to hate me for this album? I'm gonna 2076 01:40:22,000 --> 01:40:24,120 Speaker 1: ask you anyway, how did you end vic any other 2077 01:40:24,200 --> 01:40:26,880 Speaker 1: voters who support Tasker? And he's glaring at me now 2078 01:40:26,880 --> 01:40:28,800 Speaker 1: because he hates this kind of discussion. How do you 2079 01:40:28,840 --> 01:40:32,040 Speaker 1: get around the anti special team sentiment that maybe some 2080 01:40:32,160 --> 01:40:35,320 Speaker 1: voters have. What do you tell them? Well, you know, 2081 01:40:35,439 --> 01:40:38,880 Speaker 1: I think listen, this is my sixth year on the committee, 2082 01:40:39,320 --> 01:40:43,000 Speaker 1: and there's a whole lot of politics involved. There's a shock, right, 2083 01:40:43,160 --> 01:40:46,639 Speaker 1: but there is and there are blocks of voters. There's 2084 01:40:46,640 --> 01:40:50,080 Speaker 1: another shock, and there are guys who have long held 2085 01:40:50,120 --> 01:40:53,320 Speaker 1: beliefs about this, that or the other thing. You know, 2086 01:40:53,439 --> 01:40:55,200 Speaker 1: for the longest time, we couldn't get a putter and 2087 01:40:55,240 --> 01:40:57,200 Speaker 1: then we got Ray Guy in. And I believe showan 2088 01:40:57,280 --> 01:40:59,680 Speaker 1: Lan Dennis should be in the Hall of Fame. I 2089 01:40:59,720 --> 01:41:01,640 Speaker 1: think online, Dad, you look at the numbers, he was 2090 01:41:01,640 --> 01:41:04,920 Speaker 1: a better punter than Ray Guy. Um. And you know, uh, 2091 01:41:05,160 --> 01:41:09,639 Speaker 1: we got one two kickers in now Anderson and Jon 2092 01:41:09,720 --> 01:41:13,519 Speaker 1: Steer Route and you know out of Vinetari is going 2093 01:41:13,560 --> 01:41:16,360 Speaker 1: to go in for sure. UM. But it's you know, 2094 01:41:16,439 --> 01:41:20,360 Speaker 1: a core special Teams player of Steve Scaliber in my view, 2095 01:41:20,479 --> 01:41:23,640 Speaker 1: and when you look at this particular group of finalists 2096 01:41:23,840 --> 01:41:28,519 Speaker 1: CCP semifinalists, UM, I think Steve has a pretty good 2097 01:41:28,600 --> 01:41:32,360 Speaker 1: chance if if we can get him into that room 2098 01:41:32,400 --> 01:41:34,679 Speaker 1: and have a frank and open discussion. And I'm sure 2099 01:41:34,760 --> 01:41:39,479 Speaker 1: that mister Crucci and myself will we'll push once that happens, 2100 01:41:39,520 --> 01:41:42,120 Speaker 1: But you never know, because it's hard to get into 2101 01:41:42,200 --> 01:41:44,280 Speaker 1: that room. It's hard to get to be the final fifteam. 2102 01:41:44,479 --> 01:41:48,519 Speaker 1: It should be right, yes, it should be should be yep, 2103 01:41:48,680 --> 01:41:51,560 Speaker 1: it should be. Oh, you know some people like to 2104 01:41:51,640 --> 01:41:54,720 Speaker 1: make history and um, you know, maybe we'll do that 2105 01:41:54,840 --> 01:41:58,000 Speaker 1: with a special teamer. That'd be great. Yeah. Hey, su, 2106 01:41:58,120 --> 01:42:00,160 Speaker 1: thanks for this good photography. Thanks coming on with us 2107 01:42:00,160 --> 01:42:02,639 Speaker 1: here today. But all right, good, I'll see you guys 2108 01:42:02,680 --> 01:42:04,919 Speaker 1: down the road. Thanks for having me. Thank you appreciate 2109 01:42:05,040 --> 01:42:08,960 Speaker 1: South Palantonio, ESPN South Palotonio the host of NFL Matchup 2110 01:42:09,040 --> 01:42:11,639 Speaker 1: with our buddy great Coach. Sal has been with ESPN 2111 01:42:11,720 --> 01:42:14,200 Speaker 1: for twenty four years. He was on the sidelines here 2112 01:42:14,320 --> 01:42:18,400 Speaker 1: yesterday for the Bills game against the Baltimore Ravens. Now, 2113 01:42:18,479 --> 01:42:19,960 Speaker 1: you look at me. I didn't bring it up. I'm 2114 01:42:20,000 --> 01:42:22,600 Speaker 1: not just looking at I'm looking at if you're on 2115 01:42:22,640 --> 01:42:25,400 Speaker 1: one time, you're the host, I'm just at you get 2116 01:42:25,439 --> 01:42:29,080 Speaker 1: mad at Sali? Not at all. I have. I've always 2117 01:42:29,479 --> 01:42:32,880 Speaker 1: despite what he just said about me, I've always liked Sal. 2118 01:42:33,120 --> 01:42:35,519 Speaker 1: I like the way he talks. He's a I like 2119 01:42:35,640 --> 01:42:38,400 Speaker 1: his input. He's got great insights to the games. And 2120 01:42:38,479 --> 01:42:41,160 Speaker 1: you saw there he he called it. He knew what 2121 01:42:41,160 --> 01:42:42,600 Speaker 1: he was looking at there with the Bills and the 2122 01:42:42,720 --> 01:42:45,680 Speaker 1: Ravens yesterday. It's two good football teams. And uh, those 2123 01:42:45,720 --> 01:42:47,559 Speaker 1: are the fun games. I've been on a bunch of them. 2124 01:42:47,600 --> 01:42:49,559 Speaker 1: It's fun to stand on the sidelines and watch games 2125 01:42:49,640 --> 01:42:53,400 Speaker 1: like that happen. Physical game because yeah, and and the 2126 01:42:53,479 --> 01:42:56,320 Speaker 1: Bills were up to it. So it was man, it 2127 01:42:56,400 --> 01:42:57,840 Speaker 1: came out on the short end of the stick. But man, 2128 01:42:57,920 --> 01:42:59,920 Speaker 1: oh man, did they ever belong in that game? Yeah, 2129 01:43:00,600 --> 01:43:02,320 Speaker 1: he said good things about you in the Hall of Fame. 2130 01:43:02,840 --> 01:43:07,040 Speaker 1: You're thinking yourself, Well, here's what I've noticed, Murph, nobody 2131 01:43:07,080 --> 01:43:12,519 Speaker 1: says bad things to your face. Yeah, probably, you know. So, 2132 01:43:13,000 --> 01:43:14,840 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm sure that there's some guys over there 2133 01:43:14,920 --> 01:43:17,960 Speaker 1: that that are that are very much up in my 2134 01:43:19,160 --> 01:43:21,160 Speaker 1: you know, in my favor, you know, that are that 2135 01:43:21,240 --> 01:43:23,000 Speaker 1: are supportive of me. And there are guys that, like 2136 01:43:23,040 --> 01:43:24,560 Speaker 1: he said, there are guys that just said, there's just 2137 01:43:24,760 --> 01:43:28,200 Speaker 1: no way, you know. So it's up to them, it's 2138 01:43:28,240 --> 01:43:31,280 Speaker 1: not up to me, right and vote voting one right now, 2139 01:43:31,360 --> 01:43:35,680 Speaker 1: what do we say? Yeah, January second and announce. And 2140 01:43:35,800 --> 01:43:38,519 Speaker 1: and that's the step that that's never happened for me. 2141 01:43:38,680 --> 01:43:40,840 Speaker 1: And that's remember one of the finals now never been 2142 01:43:40,880 --> 01:43:42,920 Speaker 1: in the fifteen. I think they go from twenty five 2143 01:43:42,960 --> 01:43:46,519 Speaker 1: down to fifteen and then they have open verbal debates. 2144 01:43:46,520 --> 01:43:48,639 Speaker 1: They don't just like send each other letters in these 2145 01:43:48,680 --> 01:43:50,640 Speaker 1: sheets and stats. They get to actually get together in 2146 01:43:50,680 --> 01:43:53,559 Speaker 1: a room and talk about it, which is obviously a big, 2147 01:43:53,800 --> 01:43:56,320 Speaker 1: big step. Gotcha all right, we won't dwelt it, but 2148 01:43:56,360 --> 01:43:58,360 Speaker 1: I think that's a step forward. They're like, well, it's 2149 01:43:59,240 --> 01:44:01,160 Speaker 1: if this is my last year, have eligibility, so we 2150 01:44:01,520 --> 01:44:03,519 Speaker 1: can actually we can be done with it after this, 2151 01:44:04,000 --> 01:44:08,439 Speaker 1: maybe talking about yesterday's game and now Twitter question today, 2152 01:44:08,600 --> 01:44:10,880 Speaker 1: how are you feeling after the Bills lost their seven 2153 01:44:10,960 --> 01:44:13,760 Speaker 1: point loss to the Baltimore Ravens yesterday? On Twitter? We've 2154 01:44:13,800 --> 01:44:16,599 Speaker 1: got more than thirteen hundred Am I reading that right? 2155 01:44:16,880 --> 01:44:19,200 Speaker 1: Fifteen hundred votes in, more than fifteen hundred votes in, 2156 01:44:19,479 --> 01:44:22,120 Speaker 1: and almost half of you forty eight percent say your 2157 01:44:22,160 --> 01:44:24,840 Speaker 1: number one concern is you're worried about the struggles of 2158 01:44:24,880 --> 01:44:27,960 Speaker 1: the offense. I get it. Twenty seven percent say yesterday's 2159 01:44:28,000 --> 01:44:31,240 Speaker 1: game went as you expected, Bills still playoff ount and 2160 01:44:31,680 --> 01:44:34,080 Speaker 1: twenty five percent say you're encouraged by a close game 2161 01:44:34,120 --> 01:44:36,040 Speaker 1: to Bills played against one of the NFL's best, if 2162 01:44:36,080 --> 01:44:38,800 Speaker 1: not the best. Let's hear from you eight three fifty 2163 01:44:38,800 --> 01:44:41,720 Speaker 1: toll free one eight eight eight five fifty two, five 2164 01:44:41,840 --> 01:44:44,759 Speaker 1: fifty Mary on the line from Chautauqua. Hello, Mary, welcome 2165 01:44:44,800 --> 01:44:48,320 Speaker 1: to the show. Oh how are you guys? Good good, good, 2166 01:44:48,400 --> 01:44:51,880 Speaker 1: good good. I want to give the biggest compliment I 2167 01:44:52,000 --> 01:44:55,680 Speaker 1: could ever give to id Fens. They remind me of 2168 01:44:56,000 --> 01:44:59,799 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl eighty five Bills the mic single carries 2169 01:45:00,120 --> 01:45:05,439 Speaker 1: tweries from guns. McMichael from Hampton. I am so pleased 2170 01:45:05,560 --> 01:45:08,720 Speaker 1: to performance, especially these last three games. They just have 2171 01:45:08,960 --> 01:45:12,519 Speaker 1: put me in such a high mood. My question is 2172 01:45:12,760 --> 01:45:16,639 Speaker 1: on the other flip side of the coin, Josh alone, 2173 01:45:16,760 --> 01:45:19,559 Speaker 1: it's not as crazy as McMahon was. They can all 2174 01:45:19,600 --> 01:45:24,360 Speaker 1: agree to that, but any rass of glossl plays or 2175 01:45:24,720 --> 01:45:27,960 Speaker 1: maybe Tookey more chances or even high school or college 2176 01:45:28,040 --> 01:45:32,400 Speaker 1: plays ron And because maybe if the other team was 2177 01:45:32,720 --> 01:45:35,439 Speaker 1: not expecting that, then they're going to have to look 2178 01:45:35,520 --> 01:45:40,040 Speaker 1: for expecting the unexpected. Well, I mean, I think thanks 2179 01:45:40,120 --> 01:45:42,680 Speaker 1: very for calling that. I think yesterday's game was a 2180 01:45:42,840 --> 01:45:46,679 Speaker 1: physical battle most of it, and there was schematics involved, 2181 01:45:46,720 --> 01:45:50,000 Speaker 1: and you know, expected unexpected. I mean the Bills expected 2182 01:45:50,040 --> 01:45:52,040 Speaker 1: to see blitz from the Ravens. They got it and 2183 01:45:52,320 --> 01:45:54,559 Speaker 1: more than they expected. I think, right right, They blitz 2184 01:45:54,640 --> 01:45:56,320 Speaker 1: forty eight percent of the time going into the game, 2185 01:45:56,360 --> 01:45:58,920 Speaker 1: and they blitz sixty seven percent of the time on 2186 01:45:59,080 --> 01:46:03,400 Speaker 1: past dropbacks yesterday, So I think it was more of 2187 01:46:03,439 --> 01:46:06,960 Speaker 1: a physical matchups. Even the Bills held their own lost 2188 01:46:07,000 --> 01:46:10,960 Speaker 1: by seven. Yeah, I'll pump the brakes a little bit 2189 01:46:11,000 --> 01:46:13,880 Speaker 1: on the eighty five Bears comparison, but they are very, 2190 01:46:14,040 --> 01:46:16,880 Speaker 1: very productive. This is not and I've said this for 2191 01:46:16,920 --> 01:46:20,720 Speaker 1: a long time and it sounds like I'm insulting. I'm 2192 01:46:20,720 --> 01:46:23,920 Speaker 1: not trying to insult them. They're not a spectacular defense, 2193 01:46:24,040 --> 01:46:26,160 Speaker 1: like like this Pittsburgh defense you're gonna play this week. 2194 01:46:26,400 --> 01:46:30,519 Speaker 1: They're kind of spectacular because they get turnovers all the time. 2195 01:46:30,600 --> 01:46:33,439 Speaker 1: They're churning out turnovers, they're going defensive scores, they're doing 2196 01:46:33,439 --> 01:46:35,599 Speaker 1: all this crazy stuff. But you know in the regular 2197 01:46:35,680 --> 01:46:37,439 Speaker 1: down and distance where they're you know, they're not as 2198 01:46:37,479 --> 01:46:41,920 Speaker 1: good as the Bills defense. The Bills defense is, you know, 2199 01:46:42,040 --> 01:46:45,880 Speaker 1: to its credit. It's like for a defense playing against man, 2200 01:46:45,920 --> 01:46:48,679 Speaker 1: it's really frustrating. You know, you just can't get anything done. 2201 01:46:49,120 --> 01:46:52,479 Speaker 1: You know, they're not they don't have this Lawrence Taylor 2202 01:46:52,520 --> 01:46:54,479 Speaker 1: off the edge or at JJ watt up the Miller 2203 01:46:54,520 --> 01:46:57,320 Speaker 1: and Aaron Donald, or they don't have they got Tredavious White, 2204 01:46:57,400 --> 01:47:00,320 Speaker 1: and they've got Micah Hyde and Jordan Poy. Those guys 2205 01:47:00,320 --> 01:47:01,760 Speaker 1: are all good in the back, but they're not this 2206 01:47:01,960 --> 01:47:04,880 Speaker 1: defense like the Fearsome Foursome up in Minnesota back in 2207 01:47:04,880 --> 01:47:07,719 Speaker 1: the day, or the eighty five Bears or the Legion 2208 01:47:07,760 --> 01:47:12,559 Speaker 1: of Boom in Seattle. And but they're really really tough 2209 01:47:12,800 --> 01:47:15,200 Speaker 1: to move the football on and to score on. And 2210 01:47:16,120 --> 01:47:19,439 Speaker 1: it's almost he almost sit there and shrug your shoulders, like, wow, 2211 01:47:19,600 --> 01:47:22,040 Speaker 1: defense played really good. But it's hard to pick out 2212 01:47:22,120 --> 01:47:24,880 Speaker 1: one play or two plays, or that one spectacular play 2213 01:47:25,120 --> 01:47:27,720 Speaker 1: that led to the victory or defeat. You know. Yeah, Well, 2214 01:47:27,720 --> 01:47:29,160 Speaker 1: the one play that a lot of people look at 2215 01:47:29,400 --> 01:47:32,080 Speaker 1: is obviously the key touchdown, the sixty one yard pass 2216 01:47:32,120 --> 01:47:34,439 Speaker 1: at the tight end. And what made that so shocking 2217 01:47:34,560 --> 01:47:36,840 Speaker 1: is that the Bills haven't done that this year. Really, 2218 01:47:37,080 --> 01:47:39,160 Speaker 1: they were given up touchdowns, they're given up big plays, 2219 01:47:39,200 --> 01:47:42,160 Speaker 1: but especially with those two great safeties back there, to 2220 01:47:42,280 --> 01:47:45,720 Speaker 1: have would appear to be a miscommunication. Those guys don't 2221 01:47:45,760 --> 01:47:48,720 Speaker 1: do that. I was thinking about it watching that play over, 2222 01:47:49,200 --> 01:47:51,719 Speaker 1: and I do think that the threat of a Lamar 2223 01:47:51,880 --> 01:47:54,120 Speaker 1: Jackson run and he took the snap and spun around 2224 01:47:54,160 --> 01:47:57,040 Speaker 1: and I think it held Jordan Poyer looking at in 2225 01:47:57,080 --> 01:47:58,920 Speaker 1: the backfield at the line of scrimmage for a little 2226 01:47:58,920 --> 01:48:01,679 Speaker 1: bit too long, because you know, they spent all weeks 2227 01:48:01,760 --> 01:48:05,080 Speaker 1: in we gotta keep our eyes on Lamar Jackson, you know, 2228 01:48:05,200 --> 01:48:06,960 Speaker 1: I discipline to make sure he's not going to take 2229 01:48:07,000 --> 01:48:09,120 Speaker 1: off on us. Well, there's Jordan Poyer on that side 2230 01:48:09,120 --> 01:48:11,760 Speaker 1: of the defensive formation keeping an eye on him. All 2231 01:48:11,760 --> 01:48:13,400 Speaker 1: of a sudden, he spins around and fires to a 2232 01:48:13,479 --> 01:48:16,519 Speaker 1: wide open tight end down the middle. Um, I don't know. 2233 01:48:17,600 --> 01:48:20,599 Speaker 1: That hasn't happened. My point is that has not happened much, 2234 01:48:20,680 --> 01:48:22,400 Speaker 1: if at all, this season. That's why that was such 2235 01:48:22,439 --> 01:48:25,160 Speaker 1: a stunner yesterday. Yeah, it was, And that was you know, 2236 01:48:25,240 --> 01:48:27,600 Speaker 1: that's the difference in the game that one play And 2237 01:48:27,680 --> 01:48:30,080 Speaker 1: I'll tell you and a couple of callers have brought 2238 01:48:30,120 --> 01:48:35,040 Speaker 1: it up maybe or maybe it was Brownie and Eric Wood. 2239 01:48:35,920 --> 01:48:37,760 Speaker 1: When you get into games like this where you're up 2240 01:48:37,760 --> 01:48:41,719 Speaker 1: against a really good team playing really well, the margin 2241 01:48:41,800 --> 01:48:46,360 Speaker 1: of error goes on minuscule. One play, bang different. That's 2242 01:48:46,400 --> 01:48:49,000 Speaker 1: the difference. You know. We've seen it as well in 2243 01:48:49,120 --> 01:48:51,519 Speaker 1: the New England game earlier this year and the Cleveland 2244 01:48:51,600 --> 01:48:54,000 Speaker 1: game earlier this year where you're you're one or a 2245 01:48:54,040 --> 01:48:58,559 Speaker 1: half a possession behind, three points behind, and you're trying 2246 01:48:58,600 --> 01:49:01,240 Speaker 1: to and you look back and there's like six plays 2247 01:49:02,240 --> 01:49:04,519 Speaker 1: that if they were gone, you're any one of them 2248 01:49:04,640 --> 01:49:07,479 Speaker 1: go your way, you win that game, or have a 2249 01:49:07,560 --> 01:49:09,599 Speaker 1: better chance of winning that game, or hold the lead 2250 01:49:09,640 --> 01:49:12,559 Speaker 1: at a different time later in that game. So that's 2251 01:49:12,600 --> 01:49:14,960 Speaker 1: where the Bills are right now, particularly with these games 2252 01:49:15,040 --> 01:49:17,600 Speaker 1: they have remaining on their schedule. Pittsburgh this week on 2253 01:49:17,640 --> 01:49:21,439 Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football, New England in Foxborough the week after, 2254 01:49:21,600 --> 01:49:25,200 Speaker 1: and then the Jets in Buffalo. Your marginal area is 2255 01:49:25,240 --> 01:49:27,320 Speaker 1: going to be very tight in those games because the 2256 01:49:27,400 --> 01:49:29,360 Speaker 1: Jets are a much better football team right now than 2257 01:49:29,360 --> 01:49:31,080 Speaker 1: they were at the beginning of the season. And of 2258 01:49:31,200 --> 01:49:33,760 Speaker 1: course the Patriots are the Patriots, and the Steelers you're 2259 01:49:33,760 --> 01:49:37,600 Speaker 1: going into their building on Sunday Night Football. It's mistakes 2260 01:49:37,960 --> 01:49:41,479 Speaker 1: and missed plays are the difference now and when you 2261 01:49:41,720 --> 01:49:44,479 Speaker 1: when you're at that point where these games are that important, 2262 01:49:44,600 --> 01:49:48,560 Speaker 1: vitally important, in these plays and they're that close, you 2263 01:49:48,760 --> 01:49:50,640 Speaker 1: can't miss on too many of those and expect to 2264 01:49:50,680 --> 01:49:52,720 Speaker 1: win games. Say a few more phone calls here, time 2265 01:49:52,720 --> 01:49:54,720 Speaker 1: and Lackawanna, Hello Tim welcome. You're on the air of this. 2266 01:49:56,960 --> 01:50:01,840 Speaker 1: Hi guys, Hi, sorry speaker phone Hello, Yeah, go ahead, 2267 01:50:03,040 --> 01:50:05,479 Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I don't know. When Brownie was on, somebody 2268 01:50:05,520 --> 01:50:08,880 Speaker 1: called about throwing an extra tight end out there. We 2269 01:50:09,080 --> 01:50:10,720 Speaker 1: just got to the point that we don't have the 2270 01:50:10,840 --> 01:50:13,280 Speaker 1: league leader and Lee Smith running out there and get 2271 01:50:14,120 --> 01:50:17,400 Speaker 1: off side penalties and holding penalties, which to me are 2272 01:50:17,520 --> 01:50:20,280 Speaker 1: much worse than taking a sack. I'd rather see. I 2273 01:50:20,479 --> 01:50:23,080 Speaker 1: know that Josh had a bad ankle yesterday, but I'd 2274 01:50:23,160 --> 01:50:26,559 Speaker 1: rather see him trying to escape somebody than watching Lee 2275 01:50:26,640 --> 01:50:29,080 Speaker 1: Smith slam his helmet down on the sideline and we 2276 01:50:29,200 --> 01:50:34,400 Speaker 1: lose out the whole drive for another goofy holding penalty, Yeah, 2277 01:50:34,560 --> 01:50:38,599 Speaker 1: anything else? Oh, no, that you know, and they should 2278 01:50:38,680 --> 01:50:41,439 Speaker 1: dump off, you know, look for quick hits or whatever 2279 01:50:42,240 --> 01:50:45,000 Speaker 1: on the blitzing, but when they're sending seven to eight guys, 2280 01:50:46,360 --> 01:50:48,800 Speaker 1: you know. All right, Thanks for Collins. I appreciate that. 2281 01:50:48,840 --> 01:50:50,439 Speaker 1: And there's a couple of things in there for Tom 2282 01:50:50,520 --> 01:50:51,920 Speaker 1: said that made me think of some things I want 2283 01:50:51,960 --> 01:50:54,560 Speaker 1: to talk about. You're right, I think it's important and 2284 01:50:54,680 --> 01:50:57,160 Speaker 1: I'm not saying if to baby him or whatever, but 2285 01:50:57,760 --> 01:51:00,800 Speaker 1: it's always good when Josh gets a few quick completions 2286 01:51:00,880 --> 01:51:03,840 Speaker 1: get a better start than he did yesterday. I think 2287 01:51:03,880 --> 01:51:06,280 Speaker 1: that spells good things for the offense, and I think 2288 01:51:06,320 --> 01:51:09,120 Speaker 1: it changes the way the defensive views the offense and 2289 01:51:09,240 --> 01:51:12,280 Speaker 1: the defensive coordinators. And also I didn't think about this. 2290 01:51:12,320 --> 01:51:15,719 Speaker 1: I was gonna ask Hugh Murph, was Josh hurt yesterday? 2291 01:51:15,760 --> 01:51:17,760 Speaker 1: I know he got up and they taped his ankles up, 2292 01:51:17,760 --> 01:51:20,479 Speaker 1: but I didn't notice him limping or anything on Sal 2293 01:51:20,600 --> 01:51:23,360 Speaker 1: say that. I was gonna ask you that Sal Palatonio 2294 01:51:23,479 --> 01:51:25,920 Speaker 1: just tun mentioned he thought that was a difference maker, 2295 01:51:26,040 --> 01:51:29,000 Speaker 1: kind of that that's why Josh didn't run it much. 2296 01:51:29,080 --> 01:51:31,479 Speaker 1: Maybe that's the case, and maybe that's a good question 2297 01:51:31,640 --> 01:51:36,200 Speaker 1: for Josh and or Sean McDermott. But he limped off 2298 01:51:36,240 --> 01:51:38,120 Speaker 1: the field. It look it was kind of a pronounced limp, 2299 01:51:38,200 --> 01:51:39,559 Speaker 1: and they taped it up, and then I never saw 2300 01:51:39,680 --> 01:51:41,160 Speaker 1: him limp the rest of the day unless I was 2301 01:51:41,240 --> 01:51:44,120 Speaker 1: missing something. Yeah, maybe Sal with a sideline view had 2302 01:51:44,120 --> 01:51:45,479 Speaker 1: a better look at it than Yeah, I don't know, 2303 01:51:45,760 --> 01:51:48,240 Speaker 1: but that was surprised to me, he thought, And you're right. 2304 01:51:48,280 --> 01:51:49,760 Speaker 1: He alluded to the fact that he thought, man, that 2305 01:51:49,800 --> 01:51:51,559 Speaker 1: was a difference maker, and it even changed the way 2306 01:51:51,600 --> 01:51:55,600 Speaker 1: that Baltimore Ravens called the game defensively. They thought that 2307 01:51:55,720 --> 01:51:57,640 Speaker 1: he couldn't run, so they were gonna do that. Not 2308 01:51:58,720 --> 01:52:01,760 Speaker 1: that was news to me. And if it's true, I 2309 01:52:01,880 --> 01:52:04,080 Speaker 1: get it. A lot of things fall into place when 2310 01:52:04,120 --> 01:52:06,920 Speaker 1: that's true. But I didn't see it manifest itself in 2311 01:52:06,960 --> 01:52:09,519 Speaker 1: a pronounced lamp or the fact that Josh was or 2312 01:52:09,640 --> 01:52:13,200 Speaker 1: was not running more than usual. Interesting. Yeah, I don't know. 2313 01:52:13,520 --> 01:52:16,120 Speaker 1: Let's go to Scott on the line from Florida. Hello, Scott, 2314 01:52:16,120 --> 01:52:18,960 Speaker 1: welcome to the show. You're on the air with this, Oh, 2315 01:52:19,160 --> 01:52:21,640 Speaker 1: mister tasker. I just wanted to say it gave me 2316 01:52:21,720 --> 01:52:24,960 Speaker 1: goosebumps when mister Pellantonio was talking about getting you do 2317 01:52:25,040 --> 01:52:27,960 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame because we deserve it. Well, I 2318 01:52:28,000 --> 01:52:31,000 Speaker 1: appreciate it. Thanks. I did not get goosebumps, but it 2319 01:52:31,120 --> 01:52:37,519 Speaker 1: was nice. Hey, were you arousing anyway? Go ahead, Scott? 2320 01:52:38,360 --> 01:52:43,439 Speaker 1: So awesome? Thanks? What else you got the bill? Definitely, 2321 01:52:43,520 --> 01:52:46,519 Speaker 1: I'm encouraged by them. They looked good yesterday. I was 2322 01:52:46,560 --> 01:52:49,240 Speaker 1: a standing up the whole fourth quarter against top team 2323 01:52:49,320 --> 01:52:51,720 Speaker 1: like that. I think we'll be there and doing some 2324 01:52:51,840 --> 01:52:54,120 Speaker 1: damage in the playoffs. We got a few things to fix, 2325 01:52:54,240 --> 01:52:57,559 Speaker 1: but I'm not that disappointed. It could have gone either way. 2326 01:52:57,600 --> 01:53:00,400 Speaker 1: Yesterday a moral victory. Scott was at a moral victory. 2327 01:53:01,479 --> 01:53:03,320 Speaker 1: I don't know if there was a moral victory, just 2328 01:53:03,640 --> 01:53:06,240 Speaker 1: being there in that atmosphere. You win, somebody lose something. 2329 01:53:06,280 --> 01:53:08,559 Speaker 1: We watched from the one I'm Thanksgiving in a national 2330 01:53:08,960 --> 01:53:10,960 Speaker 1: televised game. I think we come right back and do 2331 01:53:11,040 --> 01:53:15,200 Speaker 1: it again this Sunday. Yeah, maybe maybe I don't like that, 2332 01:53:15,360 --> 01:53:18,120 Speaker 1: Thank Scott, I don't. And we're gonna we gotta clip 2333 01:53:18,360 --> 01:53:20,120 Speaker 1: coming up here in the next segment from Kyle Brand 2334 01:53:20,200 --> 01:53:21,960 Speaker 1: of NFL Network, And of course he's on the show 2335 01:53:22,000 --> 01:53:24,800 Speaker 1: with us Tuesdays, and he has a message for Bills fans, 2336 01:53:24,840 --> 01:53:27,160 Speaker 1: and I think he's right on. Don't look for a 2337 01:53:27,240 --> 01:53:30,200 Speaker 1: moral victory from yesterday, Right, you need a victory. Yeah, wins, 2338 01:53:30,280 --> 01:53:32,759 Speaker 1: k you need one this Sunday. Winds matter, Yeah, wins 2339 01:53:32,800 --> 01:53:39,000 Speaker 1: matter not, But I get it. I think for everybody 2340 01:53:39,080 --> 01:53:42,120 Speaker 1: you know that a loss against a really good team, 2341 01:53:42,200 --> 01:53:44,519 Speaker 1: when you almost won or should have won, or could 2342 01:53:44,560 --> 01:53:46,360 Speaker 1: have won and played well, you measure up. If you're 2343 01:53:46,400 --> 01:53:49,000 Speaker 1: gonna use this as a yardstick, there's not much difference 2344 01:53:49,040 --> 01:53:51,960 Speaker 1: between the Ravens and the Bills, right, If that's the 2345 01:53:52,040 --> 01:53:53,920 Speaker 1: yard stick you're using, it's not much difference. So it's 2346 01:53:53,960 --> 01:53:55,920 Speaker 1: hard to stand here as a fan base or a 2347 01:53:56,000 --> 01:53:58,760 Speaker 1: coaching staff or even players and say, wow, we gotta 2348 01:53:58,800 --> 01:54:02,400 Speaker 1: fix everything. We got problems. Our receivers are dropping balls, 2349 01:54:02,479 --> 01:54:05,000 Speaker 1: or quarterback can't handle pressure. We are all over the map. 2350 01:54:05,040 --> 01:54:07,200 Speaker 1: We don't know what we're doing. Everybody's like, uh. And 2351 01:54:07,600 --> 01:54:09,720 Speaker 1: you know I've snapped off on a couple of callers today. 2352 01:54:09,760 --> 01:54:13,080 Speaker 1: Who calling a fire? This guy? Change this? The offensive 2353 01:54:13,120 --> 01:54:16,840 Speaker 1: coordinator doesn't, he's predictable, he doesn't watch film. You know 2354 01:54:16,920 --> 01:54:20,000 Speaker 1: all this stuff about it. Listen, when you measure up, 2355 01:54:20,320 --> 01:54:22,400 Speaker 1: let's see if you're gonna measure up, measure yourself. You 2356 01:54:22,479 --> 01:54:24,200 Speaker 1: got it. You had the best and I'll tell you. 2357 01:54:24,280 --> 01:54:25,880 Speaker 1: I'll just say it. They're the best team in the 2358 01:54:26,000 --> 01:54:28,800 Speaker 1: NFL right now, the best team in the NFL. And 2359 01:54:28,920 --> 01:54:31,240 Speaker 1: you had a one possession game on a game on 2360 01:54:31,320 --> 01:54:34,440 Speaker 1: a day when you didn't play your best and you 2361 01:54:34,520 --> 01:54:37,240 Speaker 1: were in it. Oh, well, you measured pretty close with 2362 01:54:37,320 --> 01:54:41,160 Speaker 1: that team. So I'm I have a hard time just 2363 01:54:41,320 --> 01:54:43,160 Speaker 1: the opposite. And we've had some games like that in 2364 01:54:43,200 --> 01:54:44,440 Speaker 1: the past, and I don't want you know, you don't 2365 01:54:44,440 --> 01:54:46,240 Speaker 1: have to go down the list very long to think 2366 01:54:46,280 --> 01:54:51,120 Speaker 1: these games where everybody was like, we are hopeless, right, 2367 01:54:51,280 --> 01:54:54,000 Speaker 1: and that was week five of the season or week 2368 01:54:54,080 --> 01:54:56,200 Speaker 1: six of the season or week seven of the season, 2369 01:54:56,240 --> 01:54:58,680 Speaker 1: and we're like, man, we're not going anywhere. But you 2370 01:54:58,760 --> 01:55:01,440 Speaker 1: know what, that's not this year. That's not this year. 2371 01:55:01,440 --> 01:55:03,720 Speaker 1: If you're gonna use that Baltimore Ravens game as a 2372 01:55:03,800 --> 01:55:07,360 Speaker 1: measuring stick against the best team in the league, you 2373 01:55:07,440 --> 01:55:09,600 Speaker 1: can't be all that upset on how they measured up. Yeah, 2374 01:55:09,680 --> 01:55:12,360 Speaker 1: you lost, and that stinks, and the players and coaches 2375 01:55:12,440 --> 01:55:14,040 Speaker 1: don't like it, and they should have won it and 2376 01:55:14,080 --> 01:55:16,720 Speaker 1: they could have won it, and they feel like they 2377 01:55:16,840 --> 01:55:19,120 Speaker 1: let one get away against a really good team, and 2378 01:55:19,280 --> 01:55:20,760 Speaker 1: you should feel that way, and all of us should 2379 01:55:20,800 --> 01:55:22,440 Speaker 1: feel that way a little bit. But man, oh man, 2380 01:55:22,480 --> 01:55:25,480 Speaker 1: it's hard to like, go, we don't have a hope, 2381 01:55:25,560 --> 01:55:27,880 Speaker 1: we don't have a chance. The season's over. We're not 2382 01:55:28,040 --> 01:55:30,040 Speaker 1: that good a team. In two weeks, we're gonna be 2383 01:55:30,080 --> 01:55:31,600 Speaker 1: out of the playoffs. There. You know what, in two 2384 01:55:31,640 --> 01:55:33,880 Speaker 1: weeks we could be a completely different football team. And 2385 01:55:33,960 --> 01:55:36,600 Speaker 1: I'll put money on this in this building, this team's 2386 01:55:36,600 --> 01:55:38,360 Speaker 1: going to be better next week than it was this week, 2387 01:55:38,600 --> 01:55:41,360 Speaker 1: because that's what they've done every single week. Of this season. 2388 01:55:41,800 --> 01:55:44,360 Speaker 1: Despite what has happened on the one loss record, they 2389 01:55:44,440 --> 01:55:47,320 Speaker 1: have done some good things. They did some good things 2390 01:55:47,400 --> 01:55:49,560 Speaker 1: this week, but they did it against a much better 2391 01:55:49,680 --> 01:55:51,920 Speaker 1: team than they faced two weeks ago or three weeks ago. 2392 01:55:52,600 --> 01:55:54,200 Speaker 1: All right, a break. When we come back, we'll hear 2393 01:55:54,240 --> 01:55:56,280 Speaker 1: from Kyle Brand and his thoughts on how Bills fans 2394 01:55:56,320 --> 01:55:58,440 Speaker 1: should react, and we'll get more of your reactions. So 2395 01:55:58,640 --> 01:56:00,520 Speaker 1: come on back with us One Bill's Live, presented by 2396 01:56:00,560 --> 01:56:03,680 Speaker 1: Callida Health Health from the Seneca Studio and Archard Park. 2397 01:56:03,720 --> 01:56:23,800 Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bill's Radio. Okay, welcome back to the show. 2398 01:56:23,960 --> 01:56:26,040 Speaker 1: Like you get nervous when I don't say anything, Well, 2399 01:56:26,040 --> 01:56:27,240 Speaker 1: I didn't know you go over there and you were. 2400 01:56:27,720 --> 01:56:31,520 Speaker 1: I'm thinking about reading something. I'm reading and thinking. That's 2401 01:56:31,560 --> 01:56:35,000 Speaker 1: not exclusive. Sometimes I do that one. Sometimes I sits 2402 01:56:35,040 --> 01:56:38,600 Speaker 1: and thinks, and sometimes I just sit. Full line's open 2403 01:56:38,640 --> 01:56:41,240 Speaker 1: and talking about your reaction to yesterday's game. And that's 2404 01:56:41,240 --> 01:56:43,600 Speaker 1: our Twitter poll. Can I say this too about reaction 2405 01:56:43,640 --> 01:56:45,800 Speaker 1: to games? Um? You know it hit me today before 2406 01:56:45,840 --> 01:56:47,120 Speaker 1: the show. I think I may set it to you 2407 01:56:47,280 --> 01:56:49,920 Speaker 1: in the office. Um, I like the fact that it 2408 01:56:50,080 --> 01:56:52,160 Speaker 1: hurts when the Bills lose. You know what I mean, 2409 01:56:52,280 --> 01:56:54,000 Speaker 1: this is only the fourth loss all year, and this 2410 01:56:54,160 --> 01:56:56,600 Speaker 1: morning I feel it and I'm like, I'm not used 2411 01:56:56,600 --> 01:56:58,560 Speaker 1: to this. You know, you're not used to this late 2412 01:56:58,600 --> 01:57:01,240 Speaker 1: in the season where losses matter, and this one matters. 2413 01:57:01,600 --> 01:57:04,200 Speaker 1: You know, there's still nine chance playoff berth, I got it, 2414 01:57:04,280 --> 01:57:07,080 Speaker 1: but this one matters. And as I reflect on it 2415 01:57:07,240 --> 01:57:09,920 Speaker 1: and hurt a little bit, just like, oh, I like 2416 01:57:10,080 --> 01:57:11,600 Speaker 1: the fact that you know you have skin in the 2417 01:57:11,680 --> 01:57:13,160 Speaker 1: game a little bit right when you work here. You 2418 01:57:13,240 --> 01:57:14,800 Speaker 1: have skin in the game on Sundays, I do when 2419 01:57:14,800 --> 01:57:16,520 Speaker 1: you call the game. I like the fact that you 2420 01:57:16,680 --> 01:57:19,040 Speaker 1: notice when they lose because that means they've been winning 2421 01:57:19,040 --> 01:57:20,360 Speaker 1: a lot, which they have. And I don't know if 2422 01:57:20,400 --> 01:57:21,760 Speaker 1: it's good or bad for the league. I don't want 2423 01:57:21,760 --> 01:57:23,800 Speaker 1: to get off topic here, but we were talking about 2424 01:57:23,800 --> 01:57:25,120 Speaker 1: it very early in the show, and it's kind of 2425 01:57:25,200 --> 01:57:27,560 Speaker 1: it crops up all the time. We get all these 2426 01:57:27,640 --> 01:57:30,600 Speaker 1: one score games. Yeah, and you get in these close, 2427 01:57:30,680 --> 01:57:32,920 Speaker 1: tight games, particularly these games and late in the season 2428 01:57:33,000 --> 01:57:35,920 Speaker 1: that are meaningful for these teams with playoffs implications and 2429 01:57:36,120 --> 01:57:40,400 Speaker 1: playoff implications and seeding implications that they're big and even 2430 01:57:40,440 --> 01:57:42,080 Speaker 1: when they're not, they're early in the season and they're 2431 01:57:42,120 --> 01:57:44,960 Speaker 1: on National TV Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football. The 2432 01:57:45,040 --> 01:57:48,520 Speaker 1: officiating at some point is always in the middle of it. Yeah, 2433 01:57:48,880 --> 01:57:51,320 Speaker 1: it's always in the middle of with a replay or whatever. 2434 01:57:51,440 --> 01:57:53,800 Speaker 1: And now for the first time, and you know, in 2435 01:57:53,960 --> 01:57:58,800 Speaker 1: my memory and I know that, you know, replay has 2436 01:57:59,080 --> 01:58:02,160 Speaker 1: you know, caused as many problems as it's solved. But 2437 01:58:02,880 --> 01:58:06,800 Speaker 1: it's my life, I know. But the thing is, now, 2438 01:58:07,520 --> 01:58:12,840 Speaker 1: for the first time. It's like it appears almost on 2439 01:58:12,960 --> 01:58:16,000 Speaker 1: every Sunday, there's a certain play out there, a certain review, 2440 01:58:16,280 --> 01:58:19,760 Speaker 1: something something going on where the league doesn't even want 2441 01:58:19,800 --> 01:58:24,240 Speaker 1: to get it right. That's what really takes the lid 2442 01:58:24,280 --> 01:58:27,200 Speaker 1: off the whole thing. You got, They've got to fundamentally 2443 01:58:27,440 --> 01:58:30,160 Speaker 1: change how they do some of the things in their 2444 01:58:30,200 --> 01:58:33,680 Speaker 1: review process. Who they've got doing it, what they're allowed review, 2445 01:58:33,800 --> 01:58:36,560 Speaker 1: what they're allowed to challenge. Why if they're going to 2446 01:58:36,640 --> 01:58:40,680 Speaker 1: allow coaches to challenge things, then fix the play, fix 2447 01:58:40,800 --> 01:58:44,720 Speaker 1: it from top to bottom. And if there could be 2448 01:58:44,760 --> 01:58:47,240 Speaker 1: a penalty away from the ball, all it opens up 2449 01:58:47,240 --> 01:58:50,400 Speaker 1: all those ramifications. I get all of that, But if 2450 01:58:50,440 --> 01:58:51,840 Speaker 1: you're going to give them the chance to fix it, 2451 01:58:52,200 --> 01:58:54,800 Speaker 1: get it right, I got a fundamental change. You want 2452 01:58:54,800 --> 01:58:56,960 Speaker 1: to hear take it out. Take it out. We don't 2453 01:58:57,000 --> 01:59:00,040 Speaker 1: need replay, officiat and get better. You certainly will it 2454 01:59:00,640 --> 01:59:03,400 Speaker 1: leading on it now. It creates as many problems as 2455 01:59:03,440 --> 01:59:05,360 Speaker 1: it solves. I've said that for years now. And this 2456 01:59:05,480 --> 01:59:08,160 Speaker 1: gets us into what happened in New England Foxborough last night. Right, 2457 01:59:08,200 --> 01:59:12,400 Speaker 1: the New England Patriots twenty one game home win streak 2458 01:59:12,480 --> 01:59:15,120 Speaker 1: broken in their twenty three sixteen loss to the Chiefs. 2459 01:59:15,160 --> 01:59:18,280 Speaker 1: A critical juncture of the game. First, it was a 2460 01:59:18,920 --> 01:59:21,560 Speaker 1: whistle blown on a fumble by chief tighten Travis Kelcey. 2461 01:59:21,600 --> 01:59:23,920 Speaker 1: Stephon Gilmore scooped it up, could have scored, but they 2462 01:59:23,960 --> 01:59:27,960 Speaker 1: blew the play dead. All Right, Bill Belichick used a 2463 01:59:28,120 --> 01:59:31,160 Speaker 1: challenge to reverse the call of no fumble, Patriots second 2464 01:59:31,160 --> 01:59:32,960 Speaker 1: and final challenge of the dame. And then six plays 2465 01:59:33,040 --> 01:59:36,480 Speaker 1: later play where it looks like the Patriots we're ready 2466 01:59:36,520 --> 01:59:39,600 Speaker 1: to tie it up. Short pass to kill Harry and 2467 01:59:39,680 --> 01:59:42,800 Speaker 1: the left flat turns, the corner goes down the sidelines 2468 01:59:43,120 --> 01:59:46,320 Speaker 1: headed to the boundary. Looked like a diving touchdown, and 2469 01:59:46,520 --> 01:59:48,800 Speaker 1: somehow the official on the field ruled that he had 2470 01:59:48,800 --> 01:59:52,960 Speaker 1: stepped out of bounds. Now, the referee, Jerome Boger said, 2471 01:59:52,960 --> 01:59:55,560 Speaker 1: the covering official on the wing was blocked out by defenders. 2472 01:59:55,600 --> 01:59:58,080 Speaker 1: That's what he said. Yesterday, the downfield official on the 2473 01:59:58,160 --> 02:00:00,520 Speaker 1: goal line said that he had up on the three 2474 02:00:00,560 --> 02:00:02,960 Speaker 1: yard land. They got together and conferred on that. The 2475 02:00:03,040 --> 02:00:05,000 Speaker 1: final ruling was that he was out of bounds at 2476 02:00:05,000 --> 02:00:08,080 Speaker 1: the three. No, not even close. I mean not even close. 2477 02:00:08,120 --> 02:00:09,880 Speaker 1: And if you're watching on the MSG feed, you see 2478 02:00:09,920 --> 02:00:11,800 Speaker 1: that it was a little close, but not close enough 2479 02:00:11,840 --> 02:00:14,760 Speaker 1: that we would any quite even in replay. I mean 2480 02:00:14,840 --> 02:00:17,280 Speaker 1: he was an inch inside. There's a big green strip 2481 02:00:17,320 --> 02:00:19,280 Speaker 1: of grass between his toe and the sideline. There's no 2482 02:00:19,480 --> 02:00:22,480 Speaker 1: doubt he was. It was a touchdown. And then you 2483 02:00:22,560 --> 02:00:24,600 Speaker 1: know you can't get it. You can't, you can't get 2484 02:00:24,640 --> 02:00:28,600 Speaker 1: it right. Yeah, they can't challenge because they're out of challenges, 2485 02:00:28,680 --> 02:00:31,760 Speaker 1: which again is a flaw in the replay, and people say, well, 2486 02:00:31,800 --> 02:00:35,240 Speaker 1: give them another challenger. Maybe plays that look like scoring 2487 02:00:35,280 --> 02:00:38,480 Speaker 1: plays should be automatically reviewed like they reviewed turnovers in 2488 02:00:38,560 --> 02:00:42,400 Speaker 1: scoring plays. Let's look, we're down the path here. It's 2489 02:00:42,440 --> 02:00:46,040 Speaker 1: not fixing stuff, it's getting worse. Pull back. No replays, 2490 02:00:46,240 --> 02:00:49,480 Speaker 1: no replay challenges, no replay, no replay involved at all 2491 02:00:49,880 --> 02:00:51,960 Speaker 1: in officiating and officiating the game. If you want to 2492 02:00:52,000 --> 02:00:53,720 Speaker 1: use it to look at the game. That's great and 2493 02:00:53,880 --> 02:00:56,400 Speaker 1: enhances people enjoyment of the game. I get that, but 2494 02:00:56,520 --> 02:00:58,960 Speaker 1: it's not fixing anything. It's making it worse. And as 2495 02:00:59,000 --> 02:01:01,320 Speaker 1: you said, once, what do you play out? The officials 2496 02:01:01,480 --> 02:01:03,880 Speaker 1: on the field will be more comfortable. You'll get making 2497 02:01:03,920 --> 02:01:05,760 Speaker 1: them tell you what, here's the thing. You'll get more 2498 02:01:05,800 --> 02:01:08,320 Speaker 1: plays like last night where they call the guy out 2499 02:01:08,360 --> 02:01:10,680 Speaker 1: of bounds when they think he's out of bounds instead 2500 02:01:10,720 --> 02:01:13,440 Speaker 1: of And this is why they screwed up triple wise 2501 02:01:13,800 --> 02:01:17,600 Speaker 1: last night. In this day and age, you call the touchdown, 2502 02:01:18,360 --> 02:01:23,760 Speaker 1: it's automatically reviewed. Yep, they screwed that up. I mean 2503 02:01:25,000 --> 02:01:29,760 Speaker 1: it's a cesspool, this officiating atmosphere we're in right now. Yeah, 2504 02:01:29,760 --> 02:01:31,760 Speaker 1: I mean it is. We get out of the space 2505 02:01:31,840 --> 02:01:35,120 Speaker 1: it here in Buffalo. We could we could not possibly 2506 02:01:35,480 --> 02:01:38,000 Speaker 1: care less if New England gets the worst of the call, 2507 02:01:38,120 --> 02:01:40,840 Speaker 1: right yeah, I mean, are you kidding me? We're saying 2508 02:01:40,920 --> 02:01:42,800 Speaker 1: welcome to the party for the last you missed for 2509 02:01:42,840 --> 02:01:44,880 Speaker 1: the last twenty years. Right you guys, you know you 2510 02:01:44,960 --> 02:01:48,800 Speaker 1: get all the calls, but you know, okay, so they 2511 02:01:48,880 --> 02:01:53,080 Speaker 1: blew a call, right Usually one hundred and well ninety 2512 02:01:53,160 --> 02:01:55,200 Speaker 1: nine point nine nine percent of the time the officials 2513 02:01:55,280 --> 02:01:57,680 Speaker 1: just called out a touchdown, and then they let it 2514 02:01:57,760 --> 02:02:03,240 Speaker 1: get reviewed and and then they say yes, okay, yes 2515 02:02:03,280 --> 02:02:05,720 Speaker 1: it call stands whatever whatever. You know, all that stuff 2516 02:02:06,120 --> 02:02:11,240 Speaker 1: last night, that's just the opposite. Yeah, awful, It's awful. 2517 02:02:11,640 --> 02:02:14,560 Speaker 1: And I've gone on and on, and there is no 2518 02:02:14,720 --> 02:02:17,080 Speaker 1: guarantee that if they go to New York and challenge that, 2519 02:02:17,720 --> 02:02:20,560 Speaker 1: that the guy in New York would even say, yeah, no, 2520 02:02:20,760 --> 02:02:23,160 Speaker 1: I'm saying I'm thinking that there was another angle and 2521 02:02:23,480 --> 02:02:25,120 Speaker 1: he was out of bounds. I mean, you don't know 2522 02:02:25,240 --> 02:02:27,480 Speaker 1: that that guy would reverse that. That's right. You really 2523 02:02:27,520 --> 02:02:29,040 Speaker 1: trust him in New York. You can't trust him in 2524 02:02:29,080 --> 02:02:32,400 Speaker 1: New York either. It's bad. Oh hey, there's nothing to 2525 02:02:32,440 --> 02:02:35,200 Speaker 1: talk about him. Our Twitter question today it's a Paul 2526 02:02:35,560 --> 02:02:37,880 Speaker 1: asking Bills fans, how are you feeling following the Bills 2527 02:02:37,920 --> 02:02:40,440 Speaker 1: loss of the Ravens. Let's take a quick look at 2528 02:02:40,480 --> 02:02:42,080 Speaker 1: the results, because I want to get to the next thing. 2529 02:02:42,200 --> 02:02:44,360 Speaker 1: Years we moved down the home stretch of the show, 2530 02:02:44,960 --> 02:02:46,800 Speaker 1: Forty eight percent of you say you're worried about the 2531 02:02:46,880 --> 02:02:51,440 Speaker 1: offensive struggles, twenty seven percent of you say this game 2532 02:02:51,520 --> 02:02:54,440 Speaker 1: went as expected, the Bills still playoff bound, and twenty 2533 02:02:54,480 --> 02:02:57,640 Speaker 1: five percent say you're encouraged by a close game with 2534 02:02:57,800 --> 02:03:00,840 Speaker 1: one of the NFL's best, that one I would not 2535 02:03:00,960 --> 02:03:03,920 Speaker 1: vote for that. I see twenty the fans have and 2536 02:03:04,200 --> 02:03:06,520 Speaker 1: here's why you shouldn't be encouraged by a loss. I 2537 02:03:06,600 --> 02:03:08,600 Speaker 1: don't think and I get it. They're a good team 2538 02:03:08,640 --> 02:03:10,800 Speaker 1: to Ravens are in. The Bills defense was great, but 2539 02:03:11,040 --> 02:03:13,320 Speaker 1: I don't want to get in the position of settling 2540 02:03:13,480 --> 02:03:17,480 Speaker 1: for losses. And our buddy Kyle Brandt, who follows the 2541 02:03:17,560 --> 02:03:19,720 Speaker 1: Bills now closely thanks to his involvement in our show, 2542 02:03:19,760 --> 02:03:22,120 Speaker 1: I would guess he went off about this and a 2543 02:03:22,200 --> 02:03:24,600 Speaker 1: message for Bills fans on his show Good Morning Football 2544 02:03:24,880 --> 02:03:27,120 Speaker 1: on NFL Network this morning. Here's what Kyle brand had 2545 02:03:27,160 --> 02:03:30,840 Speaker 1: to say. Let me speak to Buffalo for a second. 2546 02:03:30,840 --> 02:03:32,880 Speaker 1: All right, so you beat the Cowboys on Thanksgiving. It 2547 02:03:33,080 --> 02:03:35,200 Speaker 1: is Buffalo, Christmas and everything. I remember my thoughts the 2548 02:03:35,240 --> 02:03:36,960 Speaker 1: next day, We're like, Okay, just come ready to work 2549 02:03:37,000 --> 02:03:39,480 Speaker 1: next week because this really amounts to nothing. There's no 2550 02:03:39,600 --> 02:03:41,680 Speaker 1: shame in losing a Baltimore, but there is a shame, 2551 02:03:41,800 --> 02:03:44,880 Speaker 1: and I'm picking up the pathetic stench of moral victory 2552 02:03:44,960 --> 02:03:47,600 Speaker 1: coming off Buffalo. I don't want it, I tweeted, something 2553 02:03:47,680 --> 02:03:49,879 Speaker 1: yesterday about the game, and the bill stands come flying 2554 02:03:50,040 --> 02:03:52,400 Speaker 1: in with this type of stuff about what happened. Give 2555 02:03:52,440 --> 02:03:54,760 Speaker 1: it to me, Oh, Ravens had less points per game 2556 02:03:54,800 --> 02:03:57,240 Speaker 1: than the rab Jackson and Steamer. I think that's admirable 2557 02:03:57,520 --> 02:03:59,840 Speaker 1: considering who they've killed this year. Thank you Jessica for 2558 02:03:59,840 --> 02:04:02,680 Speaker 1: the contribution. Who else did we have? Bills slowed him? Now? 2559 02:04:02,760 --> 02:04:04,360 Speaker 1: So don Lamar one hundred and forty nine that you're 2560 02:04:04,400 --> 02:04:06,960 Speaker 1: quoting the stats. Guys, what team do you want to 2561 02:04:07,000 --> 02:04:08,160 Speaker 1: be this year? Do you want to be a one 2562 02:04:08,200 --> 02:04:09,800 Speaker 1: and done team in the playoffs? Because that's fine, it's 2563 02:04:09,800 --> 02:04:11,840 Speaker 1: a moral victory. I see a team that had ten 2564 02:04:11,960 --> 02:04:13,480 Speaker 1: days to get ready for this game and then scored 2565 02:04:13,560 --> 02:04:16,680 Speaker 1: one touchdown on offense. I have big expectations for Buffalo 2566 02:04:16,800 --> 02:04:18,400 Speaker 1: this year. I want to go to a title game. 2567 02:04:18,440 --> 02:04:20,080 Speaker 1: I want to at least go to a divisional round. 2568 02:04:20,200 --> 02:04:22,200 Speaker 1: So don't think for one second that that was a 2569 02:04:22,320 --> 02:04:24,840 Speaker 1: good day for Buffalo. You're at home, you lost, you 2570 02:04:24,920 --> 02:04:26,600 Speaker 1: were not involved in the game until the very end 2571 02:04:26,600 --> 02:04:28,000 Speaker 1: of it. Don't quote me stats. I don't care for 2572 02:04:28,120 --> 02:04:30,520 Speaker 1: Lamar had two yards rushing. You're lost at home. I 2573 02:04:30,600 --> 02:04:32,440 Speaker 1: have bigger things in mind for you. You should too. 2574 02:04:32,960 --> 02:04:35,440 Speaker 1: I guess a Bills fan city Kyle Brand, isn't he 2575 02:04:36,520 --> 02:04:38,920 Speaker 1: good for him? Yeah? I kind of agree with him, Steve, 2576 02:04:38,960 --> 02:04:40,840 Speaker 1: I gotta say. And you know, it was a great 2577 02:04:40,880 --> 02:04:43,040 Speaker 1: game to call yesterday. It was a fun game to watch. 2578 02:04:43,480 --> 02:04:45,880 Speaker 1: The Bills came up short and they did some great 2579 02:04:45,960 --> 02:04:49,280 Speaker 1: things defensively with Lamar Jackson. But I'm not happy about that. 2580 02:04:49,440 --> 02:04:51,360 Speaker 1: I'm really not. I'm not happy with them now. You 2581 02:04:51,440 --> 02:04:53,360 Speaker 1: can't be. And in fact, I always think of this 2582 02:04:55,720 --> 02:04:59,720 Speaker 1: your mindset. You feel like it's one of those games 2583 02:05:00,000 --> 02:05:03,200 Speaker 1: that got away. Yeah, that's a game that got away. 2584 02:05:03,480 --> 02:05:06,160 Speaker 1: You let somebody off the hook. You had him, you 2585 02:05:06,280 --> 02:05:09,440 Speaker 1: should have beaten him, and they have him because often 2586 02:05:09,520 --> 02:05:12,160 Speaker 1: struggled right from the start and they were and they 2587 02:05:12,200 --> 02:05:15,640 Speaker 1: were in it right in a game where you didn't 2588 02:05:15,720 --> 02:05:18,080 Speaker 1: play your best. Is when you really feel like you 2589 02:05:18,200 --> 02:05:20,680 Speaker 1: let him get away with one like the Cleveland game. 2590 02:05:20,720 --> 02:05:22,480 Speaker 1: I think we all felt I did. I think I 2591 02:05:22,560 --> 02:05:24,800 Speaker 1: remember feeling like that after the Cleveland games, like Man 2592 02:05:25,320 --> 02:05:27,800 Speaker 1: and the first Patriots game, you really felt like that 2593 02:05:27,960 --> 02:05:29,760 Speaker 1: that was a game like Man, oh Man, you needed it. 2594 02:05:30,160 --> 02:05:32,680 Speaker 1: Those are the ones. That's kind of the mindset I 2595 02:05:32,720 --> 02:05:37,000 Speaker 1: have about this game. Baltimore got out of here with 2596 02:05:37,160 --> 02:05:41,040 Speaker 1: a win, and man, you should have. You should have 2597 02:05:41,480 --> 02:05:43,280 Speaker 1: could have beaten him, should have, would have, could have. 2598 02:05:43,600 --> 02:05:45,880 Speaker 1: There's like six players would have made a difference in 2599 02:05:45,960 --> 02:05:48,480 Speaker 1: that game, and they were all on your side. On offense. 2600 02:05:48,560 --> 02:05:50,520 Speaker 1: He couldn't make that play, you couldn't make that catch, 2601 02:05:50,560 --> 02:05:53,640 Speaker 1: you couldn't make that first down, you couldn't complete that pass, 2602 02:05:54,320 --> 02:05:56,800 Speaker 1: and it's just that those that's the frustrating part about 2603 02:05:56,840 --> 02:05:59,440 Speaker 1: it because you feel like, man, we are good enough 2604 02:05:59,520 --> 02:06:01,600 Speaker 1: to beat these guys and we couldn't get it done today, 2605 02:06:01,640 --> 02:06:03,640 Speaker 1: and that's you got to play better than that on 2606 02:06:03,720 --> 02:06:07,080 Speaker 1: a given sunday. It can. I change topics pretty dramatically. 2607 02:06:07,160 --> 02:06:08,720 Speaker 1: Here for one more thing that's went on my mind. 2608 02:06:09,280 --> 02:06:12,320 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, I guess, and I will confess I kind 2609 02:06:12,360 --> 02:06:15,520 Speaker 1: of like beating up on Baker Mayfield. And so locker room, 2610 02:06:15,760 --> 02:06:18,680 Speaker 1: we know there's the drama with Odell Beckham junior right 2611 02:06:18,720 --> 02:06:21,080 Speaker 1: in the Cleveland Browns and maybe he won't be back 2612 02:06:21,160 --> 02:06:23,400 Speaker 1: next year and a little bit hurt. And so Baker 2613 02:06:23,440 --> 02:06:26,760 Speaker 1: Mayfield goes to the postgame podium yesterday and basically throws 2614 02:06:26,800 --> 02:06:30,120 Speaker 1: the entire training and medical staff under the bus in Cleveland. 2615 02:06:30,160 --> 02:06:31,800 Speaker 1: Did you hear what he said? Here's what he said yesterday, 2616 02:06:31,840 --> 02:06:38,440 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield considering having sports urinator surgery after the season. 2617 02:06:38,560 --> 02:06:41,080 Speaker 1: Can you tell how much that's bothered in and is 2618 02:06:41,080 --> 02:06:45,560 Speaker 1: affected him? Mountains Field. Yeah, I'd say that, you know, 2619 02:06:46,720 --> 02:06:50,360 Speaker 1: wasn't handled right. Um, he's not able to run as 2620 02:06:50,440 --> 02:06:52,880 Speaker 1: well as he should be able to, as well as 2621 02:06:52,920 --> 02:06:56,160 Speaker 1: he knows, and that's frustrating for him. Us. You can 2622 02:06:56,240 --> 02:06:58,720 Speaker 1: sense that's some of his frustration where that comes from. 2623 02:06:58,840 --> 02:07:01,800 Speaker 1: So and handle the right way in our training room. 2624 02:07:01,880 --> 02:07:04,720 Speaker 1: So well, you know, it is what it is, and 2625 02:07:04,800 --> 02:07:08,360 Speaker 1: so his not one hundred percent is still good enough 2626 02:07:08,400 --> 02:07:11,080 Speaker 1: for us. But what do you mean what was not 2627 02:07:11,240 --> 02:07:15,520 Speaker 1: handled right? I think he could have been addressed earlier 2628 02:07:15,560 --> 02:07:19,040 Speaker 1: on Yeah, I think looking back on obviously hindsights twenty twenty, 2629 02:07:19,080 --> 02:07:22,760 Speaker 1: but yeah, he probably would have missed first two one 2630 02:07:22,880 --> 02:07:25,000 Speaker 1: or two, you know, just based on the fact that 2631 02:07:25,040 --> 02:07:27,480 Speaker 1: it was during training camp. But it is what it is. 2632 02:07:27,520 --> 02:07:29,960 Speaker 1: We're here right now. It's too late to do that, 2633 02:07:30,120 --> 02:07:32,360 Speaker 1: and he's fighting through pain, he's playing through pain. So 2634 02:07:33,520 --> 02:07:35,080 Speaker 1: that shows you what type of guy is. It was 2635 02:07:35,160 --> 02:07:38,080 Speaker 1: not handled right now, to his credit, I guess shortly 2636 02:07:38,120 --> 02:07:40,520 Speaker 1: after that Mayfield went on Twitter and said, my intentions 2637 02:07:40,560 --> 02:07:42,960 Speaker 1: were not to throw our medical staff under the bus. No, 2638 02:07:43,160 --> 02:07:45,280 Speaker 1: I don't know all the facts about Odell's injury. It 2639 02:07:45,400 --> 02:07:48,560 Speaker 1: was emotionally answered because I can sense his frustration and 2640 02:07:48,560 --> 02:07:50,680 Speaker 1: I care about my team and putting us in the 2641 02:07:50,760 --> 02:07:53,240 Speaker 1: best position to win. Those people within are building. No 2642 02:07:53,320 --> 02:07:55,400 Speaker 1: my intentions where I'm coming from, I truly believe that 2643 02:07:55,760 --> 02:07:58,200 Speaker 1: I apologize to those who don't deserve the black the back. 2644 02:07:58,320 --> 02:08:00,280 Speaker 1: Last today was a good team win. I'm the next 2645 02:08:00,320 --> 02:08:03,240 Speaker 1: one they win, and he throws the medical staff under 2646 02:08:03,240 --> 02:08:06,560 Speaker 1: the bus. I just that's not the That's not what 2647 02:08:06,600 --> 02:08:08,720 Speaker 1: you're looking for from your franchise quarterback. You know, if 2648 02:08:08,760 --> 02:08:12,080 Speaker 1: you think that, you can say that privately in the building, right, 2649 02:08:12,160 --> 02:08:14,200 Speaker 1: you can say it the O b J. You can 2650 02:08:14,240 --> 02:08:15,760 Speaker 1: say it to the medical staff if you have the 2651 02:08:15,800 --> 02:08:17,320 Speaker 1: nerve to do it. But you don't go to the 2652 02:08:17,360 --> 02:08:20,040 Speaker 1: postgame podium after win and say that I'm sorry. You 2653 02:08:20,120 --> 02:08:25,600 Speaker 1: just don't think. It's a huge mistake, huge mistake. You 2654 02:08:25,680 --> 02:08:28,200 Speaker 1: need contributions from everybody in the building to win games. 2655 02:08:28,280 --> 02:08:31,400 Speaker 1: You need a support staff to support your stat your 2656 02:08:31,480 --> 02:08:34,760 Speaker 1: stars and to get them to play and if they're 2657 02:08:34,800 --> 02:08:37,280 Speaker 1: unwilling if you've got guys on your roster that that's 2658 02:08:37,520 --> 02:08:39,280 Speaker 1: all of a sudden part of your building doesn't really 2659 02:08:39,320 --> 02:08:42,560 Speaker 1: care if they're successful or not. At least those individuals 2660 02:08:43,920 --> 02:08:47,640 Speaker 1: you need chemotherapy and you've got you've got cancer. When 2661 02:08:47,680 --> 02:08:50,800 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield walked into the training room today in Cleveland, right, 2662 02:08:50,960 --> 02:08:52,520 Speaker 1: what do you think do you think those trainers are 2663 02:08:52,560 --> 02:08:54,920 Speaker 1: looking at them like, here's the tape to take care 2664 02:08:54,920 --> 02:08:58,880 Speaker 1: of yourself? Right? You know? Yeah you can self tape today, 2665 02:08:59,320 --> 02:09:02,560 Speaker 1: you know, And yeah, they gotta gotta be upset. Maybe 2666 02:09:02,600 --> 02:09:04,400 Speaker 1: heat to his credit, and maybe I'm giving the benefit 2667 02:09:04,400 --> 02:09:06,160 Speaker 1: of it out. Maybe he went in there afterwards, Hey, listen, 2668 02:09:06,200 --> 02:09:07,880 Speaker 1: I said, and I didn't mean it the way it sounded, 2669 02:09:07,960 --> 02:09:09,320 Speaker 1: you know, that kind of thing. But if you'd say 2670 02:09:09,360 --> 02:09:11,560 Speaker 1: something doesn't mean it the way it sounded, it probably 2671 02:09:11,680 --> 02:09:14,440 Speaker 1: is exactly how it sounded. And I'll tell you this too, 2672 02:09:14,800 --> 02:09:17,040 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfie, you can say what you want. I can 2673 02:09:17,440 --> 02:09:20,120 Speaker 1: say this now. It happened to Hugh Jackson. And Baker 2674 02:09:20,200 --> 02:09:22,840 Speaker 1: Mayfield's working on his third head coach, or two head 2675 02:09:22,880 --> 02:09:26,240 Speaker 1: coaches and an interim head coach. Now he's working on 2676 02:09:26,320 --> 02:09:28,440 Speaker 1: a medical staff. They'd all get you know, there's two 2677 02:09:28,480 --> 02:09:31,760 Speaker 1: head coaches that got fired, one head coach, one interim. 2678 02:09:31,880 --> 02:09:33,720 Speaker 1: A second head coach is on his way out the door, 2679 02:09:33,720 --> 02:09:35,920 Speaker 1: and Freddie Kitchens now he's working on getting the medical 2680 02:09:36,000 --> 02:09:38,880 Speaker 1: staff fired. I mean, this guy's maybe batting a thousand. 2681 02:09:39,000 --> 02:09:41,040 Speaker 1: He's a franchise leader. And I'll tell you this too. 2682 02:09:41,280 --> 02:09:44,320 Speaker 1: If Odell Beckham Junior doesn't sign with Cleveland next year 2683 02:09:44,480 --> 02:09:46,800 Speaker 1: and goes out, I got you, and I'll have a bet. 2684 02:09:48,200 --> 02:09:50,440 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield at some point the preseason is gonna say, 2685 02:09:50,520 --> 02:09:53,200 Speaker 1: how what a great addition the new guy is, because 2686 02:09:53,280 --> 02:09:56,800 Speaker 1: he's not this, this, this or this without will, without 2687 02:09:56,880 --> 02:09:59,920 Speaker 1: saying Obj's name, he'll say the last guy we had 2688 02:10:00,280 --> 02:10:03,640 Speaker 1: here was a bad teammate, a prima donna whining. But 2689 02:10:04,080 --> 02:10:06,000 Speaker 1: all that stuff that we think Odell Beckham is, he'll 2690 02:10:06,040 --> 02:10:07,800 Speaker 1: play to it, and he'll throw him under the bus. 2691 02:10:07,840 --> 02:10:10,040 Speaker 1: I don't get that guy. He's immensely talented, but I 2692 02:10:10,120 --> 02:10:12,160 Speaker 1: don't I don't like the way he does it. He's 2693 02:10:12,280 --> 02:10:16,879 Speaker 1: aig Field, He's really talented. It's a bad atmosphere in Cleveland, 2694 02:10:17,040 --> 02:10:20,200 Speaker 1: it seems like, and he doesn't make it any better. 2695 02:10:21,560 --> 02:10:24,680 Speaker 1: Somebody needs, somebody needs to lead that guy and tell him. Hey, listen, 2696 02:10:24,880 --> 02:10:26,360 Speaker 1: here's how you do. I gotta do this, this, this, 2697 02:10:26,480 --> 02:10:28,520 Speaker 1: and then, and there's nobody there that Baker is doing 2698 02:10:28,560 --> 02:10:30,200 Speaker 1: what he wants to do. And there's I think the 2699 02:10:30,240 --> 02:10:31,720 Speaker 1: head coach is in over his head and he's not 2700 02:10:32,240 --> 02:10:34,839 Speaker 1: taking control of that locker room or that roster. A breakcare, 2701 02:10:34,880 --> 02:10:37,160 Speaker 1: We're back with more One Bill's Life, presented by Kalaida 2702 02:10:37,200 --> 02:10:39,680 Speaker 1: Health from the Seneca Studio in Orchard Park. This is 2703 02:10:39,760 --> 02:10:57,320 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's reading. All right, So what have we learned 2704 02:10:57,360 --> 02:10:59,440 Speaker 1: from today's show. It has brought to you by Skyworks, 2705 02:10:59,480 --> 02:11:02,760 Speaker 1: the official construction equipment rental company in the Buffalo Bills. 2706 02:11:02,800 --> 02:11:04,800 Speaker 1: Good Show Today. Eric would join us for the first hour, 2707 02:11:05,080 --> 02:11:07,680 Speaker 1: my partner on Sunday's color Man on the Bills Radio Network, 2708 02:11:07,920 --> 02:11:10,000 Speaker 1: and Eric agrees with they think most of us there 2709 02:11:10,080 --> 02:11:14,000 Speaker 1: really are no moral victories to be obtained from yesterday's 2710 02:11:14,040 --> 02:11:17,920 Speaker 1: lost to Baltimore. Here's what Eric would say, and Sean 2711 02:11:18,000 --> 02:11:20,560 Speaker 1: McDermott mentioned after the game, there's no moral victories at 2712 02:11:20,600 --> 02:11:23,800 Speaker 1: this point of their tenure in Buffalo, and you're three, 2713 02:11:23,840 --> 02:11:26,680 Speaker 1: there's no moral victories. Let's also keep in mind this 2714 02:11:26,840 --> 02:11:28,520 Speaker 1: was a team that won six games last year and 2715 02:11:28,560 --> 02:11:31,400 Speaker 1: maybe overachieved to win six games. So this is a 2716 02:11:31,480 --> 02:11:34,000 Speaker 1: team right now sitting at nine wins with three games 2717 02:11:34,040 --> 02:11:36,400 Speaker 1: to go, that is playing some of the best ball 2718 02:11:36,400 --> 02:11:39,760 Speaker 1: in the entire NFL. The defense playing at a sensational 2719 02:11:40,120 --> 02:11:42,960 Speaker 1: rate right now, an offense that prior to last week 2720 02:11:43,080 --> 02:11:45,760 Speaker 1: is getting better and better. There's a lot of optimism 2721 02:11:45,840 --> 02:11:47,760 Speaker 1: here and there. Yes, there's no moral victories, so they're 2722 02:11:47,800 --> 02:11:51,520 Speaker 1: not celebrating in meetings today. They are upset about that 2723 02:11:51,640 --> 02:11:54,400 Speaker 1: loss yesterday. Bills fans are upset. This is not a 2724 02:11:54,520 --> 02:11:57,600 Speaker 1: moral victory, but there are so many positives that you 2725 02:11:57,640 --> 02:12:01,200 Speaker 1: can take away from the game yesterday. Okay, can handle that. Yeah. 2726 02:12:01,280 --> 02:12:04,120 Speaker 1: Chris Brown joined us as well, Bill's Insider from Buffalo 2727 02:12:04,200 --> 02:12:06,880 Speaker 1: Bills dot com. Chris Brown talked about Josh Allen and 2728 02:12:07,520 --> 02:12:10,080 Speaker 1: as he develops now twenty four NFL starts, we give 2729 02:12:10,160 --> 02:12:12,280 Speaker 1: a further sense of what type of quarterback he is 2730 02:12:12,680 --> 02:12:17,000 Speaker 1: based on yesterday's performance. Here's Chris. I think he's going 2731 02:12:17,040 --> 02:12:20,080 Speaker 1: to be more of the gamer, crunch time quarterback than 2732 02:12:20,160 --> 02:12:22,920 Speaker 1: he is going to be the highly efficient quarterback. And 2733 02:12:22,960 --> 02:12:24,800 Speaker 1: I think that's what he is and you can win 2734 02:12:24,880 --> 02:12:26,720 Speaker 1: with that. I don't think there's any question you can 2735 02:12:26,800 --> 02:12:29,640 Speaker 1: win with that. But I just I just think there 2736 02:12:29,720 --> 02:12:33,760 Speaker 1: are still people out there that think in time he's 2737 02:12:33,760 --> 02:12:35,520 Speaker 1: going to get to that, And I don't know if 2738 02:12:35,560 --> 02:12:37,760 Speaker 1: he ever is, because I don't think that's what he is. 2739 02:12:37,960 --> 02:12:42,760 Speaker 1: He's He's an athletic, makes some plays, extends some plays, 2740 02:12:43,200 --> 02:12:45,680 Speaker 1: make the amazing play every once in a while because 2741 02:12:45,720 --> 02:12:48,080 Speaker 1: of the athleticism that he brings to the table. And 2742 02:12:48,640 --> 02:12:51,080 Speaker 1: believe me, I'm not saying that he doesn't want to 2743 02:12:51,160 --> 02:12:53,560 Speaker 1: be great. I believe he does. But what his grade 2744 02:12:53,680 --> 02:12:56,040 Speaker 1: is is going to be very different from what Aaron 2745 02:12:56,160 --> 02:12:59,280 Speaker 1: Rodgers and Drew Brees grade is. Interesting thoughts from Chris 2746 02:12:59,440 --> 02:13:02,680 Speaker 1: Interesting from South Palestonio. And I'm eager to listen to 2747 02:13:02,880 --> 02:13:05,000 Speaker 1: UH coach McDermot at four o'clock to these team just 2748 02:13:05,040 --> 02:13:07,880 Speaker 1: about an hour away, and wondering if you know the 2749 02:13:08,280 --> 02:13:11,160 Speaker 1: little ankle injury that Josh Allen suffered had anything to 2750 02:13:11,240 --> 02:13:13,400 Speaker 1: do with the way the Ravens approached the Bills and 2751 02:13:13,400 --> 02:13:15,120 Speaker 1: the Bills approach their offense. Yeah, the reason you bring 2752 02:13:15,160 --> 02:13:17,600 Speaker 1: that up South Palestoni on the sidelines for ESPN Radio 2753 02:13:17,680 --> 02:13:19,800 Speaker 1: yesterday in the national broadcast, thought that was a big 2754 02:13:19,880 --> 02:13:21,800 Speaker 1: difference maker, and you and I had not even addressed 2755 02:13:21,800 --> 02:13:23,680 Speaker 1: it because we hadn't noticed him limping around, or he 2756 02:13:23,760 --> 02:13:26,240 Speaker 1: certainly noticed him limp off. When it happened, they retaped him. 2757 02:13:26,560 --> 02:13:29,200 Speaker 1: Sal Palantonio seems to think that was the difference in 2758 02:13:29,680 --> 02:13:32,960 Speaker 1: what the Ravens did defensively and making they pressured him 2759 02:13:33,000 --> 02:13:36,400 Speaker 1: thinking he could not run anymore. And I hadn't noticed 2760 02:13:36,760 --> 02:13:42,360 Speaker 1: and my watching any limited movement by him, but it 2761 02:13:42,400 --> 02:13:45,400 Speaker 1: didn't run much. Maybe we'll see tomorrow. Joe Kyle Brandt 2762 02:13:45,480 --> 02:13:47,200 Speaker 1: joins us at one plus much more. To make sure 2763 02:13:47,200 --> 02:13:50,200 Speaker 1: you join us tomorrow at twelve noon. Production assistant Today 2764 02:13:50,320 --> 02:13:54,000 Speaker 1: George Blast, Jeff Colteneck, Thomas Islander, Kelly Rude, jj Urito, 2765 02:13:54,120 --> 02:13:57,080 Speaker 1: Kevin Cart, James Robot, Our producer Jay Harris. We'll be 2766 02:13:57,160 --> 02:13:59,240 Speaker 1: back here tomorrow at twelve noon with One Bill's Live, 2767 02:13:59,320 --> 02:14:02,000 Speaker 1: presented by Out of Health from the Seneca Studio at 2768 02:14:02,040 --> 02:14:04,720 Speaker 1: One Bill's Drive. This is Buffalo Bills Radio.