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Speaker 1: the Toshiba Game Rewind, brought to you by the official

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you on another victory Monday

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Speaker 1: one Bills live broadcasting live from the Seneca Studios here

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Speaker 1: in Orchard Park. And wow, you want to talk about

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Speaker 1: entertaining and not without its challenges, Steve, As you said

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Speaker 1: went out and got him and Josh Allen's making in

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Speaker 1: a very efficient way. Yeah said. It was a total

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Speaker 1: of eight passed I mean six, six for eight passing

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Speaker 1: one hundred and forty five yards and two touchdowns. I mean,

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Speaker 1: usually this was a team that would have to grind

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Speaker 1: their way down the field and then all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: you know, the deep ball accuracy questions I think have

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Speaker 1: been effectively put to rest because this guy was on

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Speaker 1: the money with just about everything he put up in

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Speaker 1: the air. All right back to the phones. At eight

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Speaker 1: oh three, oh five fifty, we go to Bob in Hamburg. Bob,

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Speaker 1: thanks for joining us. What do you have for us? Hey?

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Speaker 1: I thought it was a great game. I just and

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Speaker 1: everybody looking back at to find Dig's trade that were,

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Speaker 1: you know, looking at giving up a first round draft

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Speaker 1: takes for this guy, looking at the difference in the offense.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think the reason that you know Allen

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Speaker 1: is progressing so well is that now he's got more

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Speaker 1: than one wide receiver open other than Brown, and I

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Speaker 1: think that's helping his progression. And I think everybody can

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Speaker 1: look into that game in the Miami game and say, hey,

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Speaker 1: you know what, they should have winned those games anyways.

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Speaker 1: But the thing is they did, and they went out

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Speaker 1: and they and they beat them, and these are games

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Speaker 1: they have to win because they are going to play better,

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Speaker 1: better teams in LA and the Raiders and New England,

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Speaker 1: whom you know, Cam Newton had an amazing game yesterday.

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Speaker 1: But I mean I just think that, you know, the

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Speaker 1: trade for Diggs was huge, and I think it was

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Speaker 1: bigger than a lot of people are going to give

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Speaker 1: Billy being credit for. Yeah, certainly in the early going

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Speaker 1: there were people who criticize the trade. It certainly is

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Speaker 1: paying off for the Bills. And I think one of

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Speaker 1: the things that it just occurred to me when when

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Speaker 1: Bob called about, you know, saying about the Steph Diggs

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Speaker 1: trade and how the what a difference it made for

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Speaker 1: the Bills offense. You know, who gets understands what one

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Speaker 1: more great receiver can do for an offense? You know

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Speaker 1: who understands that better than anybody. A defensive coach. And

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Speaker 1: that's what Sean McDermot grew up being, right, I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's where he cut his teeth. I think he understood

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Speaker 1: what one more really great receiver could give because he

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Speaker 1: understands what it's like to defend those things. And I

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Speaker 1: think that's what and to his credit as a defensive coach,

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Speaker 1: and you always see these defensive coaches, let's get more

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Speaker 1: pass rushers, let's get another corner, let's do he has

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Speaker 1: constructed this offense methodically and long term over the course

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Speaker 1: of his three years here, one big step at a time,

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Speaker 1: it was getting the quarterback. Then it was getting an

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Speaker 1: offensive line and some and getting a couple of receivers,

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Speaker 1: drafting some tight ends of running back. And now it's

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Speaker 1: getting that that centerpiece wide receiver who has made the difference.

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Speaker 1: And you know, you don't see you don't always see

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Speaker 1: a head coach building that side of the football with

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Speaker 1: the roster. And I thought he had a very interesting

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Speaker 1: comment after the game regarding that very subject because he said, look,

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Speaker 1: a lot of times head coaches in this league pad

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Speaker 1: the side of the ball they come from. You know,

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Speaker 1: they've been a defensive coordinator their whole life. Oh, let

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Speaker 1: me stack up the defense, so my reputation can remain intact.

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Speaker 1: We have well, at least we have a good defense.

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Speaker 1: We might not be winning any games, but we got

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Speaker 1: a great defense because that's what I know. So, you know,

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Speaker 1: make themselves look good. And coach McDermott, to his credit,

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Speaker 1: obviously in concert with Brandon Bean, said no, the teams

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Speaker 1: that win are the balanced football teams, the teams that

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Speaker 1: have it in all three phases. So let's strive to

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Speaker 1: be that and while they did build up the defense first,

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Speaker 1: you know, they started to steadily assemble these components on offense.

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Speaker 1: And Stefan Diggs right now is proving to be the

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Speaker 1: tipping point. He is the tipping point. I mean, he's

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Speaker 1: leading the league in receiving yardage after two weeks and

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Speaker 1: he's there in the league in receptions. And to this point,

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Speaker 1: he has been uncoverable. Uncoverable. I mean the Miami Dolphins

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Speaker 1: play last year, they played the third most man coverage

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Speaker 1: in the entire league, and they played a lot of

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Speaker 1: man yesterday. He made them pay in spades. I mean

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Speaker 1: time and again. He's wide open and it's why he was.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think I had a I tweeted out

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Speaker 1: a stat early in the game. I think it was

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Speaker 1: it wasn't even the second quarter yet, and Stefan Diggs

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Speaker 1: was targeted by Josh Allen on six of his first

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Speaker 1: eight passes. Why not because he's trying to force the

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Speaker 1: ball to Diggs because he's open. Yeah, he's open every

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Speaker 1: day time. And I think two here in the early

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Speaker 1: going to the of the season. Let's face it, there's

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Speaker 1: a lot of coaching stats that you didn't know. You

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Speaker 1: didn't know what Josh Allen was gonna look like? Right,

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Speaker 1: nobody knew he's gonna was he gonna take another stepper.

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Speaker 1: Is he gonna be, you know, the fifty two percent

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Speaker 1: completion guy though he was two years ago. Is he

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Speaker 1: gonna be that guy that he can't make that throw?

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Speaker 1: Is he gonna be that guy? What? You know? What

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Speaker 1: are we gonna get? Well, the Jets found out, and

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Speaker 1: certainly the Dolphins decided, like, you know, we don't think

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Speaker 1: that guy can put it in there like that. Let's

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Speaker 1: let's see if he can. And you know, four hundred

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Speaker 1: and twelve or yards later, Yeah, four touchdowns, no picks. Um, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he did it. And on top of that, after Byron

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Speaker 1: Jones went out with a groin injury very early in

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Speaker 1: the game and did not return, it forced Noah Igbanogeny

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Speaker 1: to play Stefan Diggs on his side for most of

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Speaker 1: the game. It's a guy playing in his second career

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Speaker 1: NFL game advantage Diggs, I mean in a giant way.

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Speaker 1: And here's the most interesting thing that Igbanogeny said after

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Speaker 1: the game yesterday. He said, that is the first time

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Speaker 1: I've ever played against a quarterback who can extend plays

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Speaker 1: like that. I am not used to that. I have

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Speaker 1: not been exposed to that. It was new for me.

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Speaker 1: I have to learn from it, and I will. But

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Speaker 1: I'm not used to covering people for five to six,

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Speaker 1: seven eight seconds, which is what those dbs had to

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Speaker 1: do at times yesterday. And I'll tell you dollars to donuts.

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Speaker 1: In the NFL, there is no corner in the league

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Speaker 1: that can cover for more than five seconds. It's virtually impossible.

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Speaker 1: The talent is too good. Right. I'll say this too

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Speaker 1: about the Dolphins. And you know they struggled last year.

547
00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:03,280
Speaker 1: They got two in the draft. They've got some guys. Now, Gisiki,

548
00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:05,480
Speaker 1: the tight end that that the Bill struggled to cover.

549
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,720
Speaker 1: Size guy. He's a really really good player. I said

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Speaker 1: it a number of times during the broadcast this IgG

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Speaker 1: Benogeny is also going to be a really good player

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Speaker 1: for them. They've got Xavien Howard and Gordon Byron Jone,

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Speaker 1: Byron Jones Um. They've got some players over there that

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00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:27,000
Speaker 1: are And I like what Kyle van Noy. He played

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Speaker 1: well for them yesterday. He made some steps. He really

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Speaker 1: really a smart player. Van Noy is so they're putting

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Speaker 1: it together, no question. Davante Parker is a great player. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Even Preston Williams is a nice size receiver for them

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Speaker 1: on the outside. Good secondary, complimentary. I'll tell you what.

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Speaker 1: Even with the drive, I thought both offensive coordinators showed

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Speaker 1: up yesterday, certainly Brian day Ball and he's not getting

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Speaker 1: it and it's all about Josh. It's all about Diggs.

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Speaker 1: It's all about that. Brian day Ball has done a

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Speaker 1: fantastic job step by step bringing Josh Allen long, given

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Speaker 1: them more and more. And then when it's there, using

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Speaker 1: what Josh does, whatever it is and whatever he needs

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00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:07,880
Speaker 1: to do on plays, knowing that you've got it and

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Speaker 1: trusted in him. That Brian day Boles done a great

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Speaker 1: job and Chan Gailey did a nice job yesterday. I thought, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: for a guy that's been retired for a couple of years,

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Speaker 1: that's an offense that showed up and fits, like I said,

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Speaker 1: an elite decision maker. So I thought it was a

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Speaker 1: really good game yesterday, fun to watch. It wasn't like

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Speaker 1: the Patriot Seahawk game that was a nail biter and

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00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 1: a fantastic There's a couple of teams that Bill still

576
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Speaker 1: have to play later this year. Wow that you want

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00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,080
Speaker 1: to talk about two teams. Man, I was watching that

578
00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:36,760
Speaker 1: game last night. You want to talk about getting a

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00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:38,440
Speaker 1: bucket of water over your head when you're having a

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Speaker 1: great day. Yeah, that was it because we got was

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Speaker 1: that was sobering. It really was, so I was and

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00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:46,800
Speaker 1: you were dead on the money, Steve New England's gonna

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00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,080
Speaker 1: be a problem this year. There's no question about it.

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Speaker 1: All Right, we have to take a break. Joe in Rochester,

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00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 1: Dave in Florida, James and Cheek Dowaga. Hang tight. We'll

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Speaker 1: get to you when we return here. On A Bills

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Speaker 1: Victory Monday, It's One Bill's Live presented by Kalid to

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Speaker 1: Health is Buffalo Bill's Radio, Ris Brown, Steve Chris Brown,

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker, One Bills Live Monday edition On A Bill's

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Speaker 1: Victory Monday. Crazy number of injuries across the league this

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Speaker 1: past Sunday of epic proportions. In some cases, Nick Bosa

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Speaker 1: feared to have a torn acl for the forty nine Ers,

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Speaker 1: on the very next play, they lose Solomon Thomas, their

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Speaker 1: other defensive tackle carted off. Jimmy Garoppolo leaves that game

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Speaker 1: with an ankle injury, and they also lost Raheem Mostard,

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Speaker 1: I believe with an injury as well. Barkley. Adam Schefter

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Speaker 1: just confirmed it is a torn acl he has done

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Speaker 1: for the year. That is just you talking about a

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Speaker 1: crushing blow. My goodness. So se Quon Barkley out for

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Speaker 1: the season. That's a tough one. And they were a

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Speaker 1: host of other injuries. Tyrod Taylor was a late scratch

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Speaker 1: before the game yesterday. Justin Herbert comes in, throws for

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Speaker 1: three hundred yards. Justin Herbert played a very good game.

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Speaker 1: So just crazy with the number of injuries. But a

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Speaker 1: lot of people is, including some of the athletic trainers

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Speaker 1: across the league, are like, well, you know, when you

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Speaker 1: don't have a preseason run up to regular season football

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Speaker 1: and you don't have offseason conditioning where you're callousing up

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Speaker 1: the body for the rigors of this NFL game, sometimes

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00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:32,960
Speaker 1: this is what can happen. Interesting too that a lot

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Speaker 1: of them were non contact injury and an injury for

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Speaker 1: Byron Jones yesterday coming across the field like Joey Bosa,

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Speaker 1: he was engaged with a guy, but it was he

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Speaker 1: was on his feet. He didn't get hit on, get

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Speaker 1: hit or chop. No, nobody hit his knee but when

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Speaker 1: he tried to plan and use it in a certain way,

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Speaker 1: it gave way. There were some rams guys not rams.

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Speaker 1: It was forty nine ers guys playing. Again to Caroline,

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Speaker 1: I guess a lot of people were complaining what guys

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Speaker 1: were playing the Giants right, right, and that's right. And

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Speaker 1: I thought it was unusual and it was funk. Their

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Speaker 1: cleats were getting stuck in at that kind of thing,

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Speaker 1: and that that's an issue. So it's something more than

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00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:27,080
Speaker 1: just playing a physical sport. These guys are trying to

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Speaker 1: cut and run and move and go in a way

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Speaker 1: that they are used to doing. And because of whatever

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Speaker 1: the run up to the game, I think a little

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Speaker 1: bit of this could be. I was gonna say this, Brownie.

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Speaker 1: Now that you're into a regular season game week, some

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Speaker 1: of these players are having a hard time getting on

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Speaker 1: that routine of maintaining and and get staying fluid and

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Speaker 1: supple and getting stretched and getting a massage during the week,

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Speaker 1: getting themselves ready to get back on the field, and

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Speaker 1: they don't get their heart rates and their body's back

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Speaker 1: up to that during the week. So it's seven days

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Speaker 1: between exertion of a really high level, and you can't

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Speaker 1: do that. You gotta give yourself a couple you know

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Speaker 1: what I mean. You gotta get it to have a

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Speaker 1: run up. Yes, you gotta have a routine where your

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Speaker 1: body's ready for it because of what you've done in

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Speaker 1: the day's leading up to it. If you take seven

643
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Speaker 1: days off in year, every practice is a walk through.

644
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 1: You don't hit, don't hit the weight room, you don't

645
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:27,120
Speaker 1: get a massage, you don't get ice, all of that stuff. Yeah,

646
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:28,880
Speaker 1: it's hard to turn it on on a Sunday and

647
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,800
Speaker 1: go one hundred and ten percent. Jets. I'm sorry, of

648
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:35,040
Speaker 1: course saying the Giants the same field, though we're saying

649
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:38,000
Speaker 1: the same field. We're talking about we're talking about the

650
00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:39,880
Speaker 1: run up to the game and all that. But yeah,

651
00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:43,120
Speaker 1: it's it's a rash going around. I think it's it's

652
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:49,040
Speaker 1: telling that that game was fraught with that stuff, and

653
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:52,080
Speaker 1: probably even more telling that despite all those personnel losses,

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00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 1: they're starting quarterback, one of their top two running backs,

655
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,120
Speaker 1: there's two of their starting defensive linemen. They still beat

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00:33:57,160 --> 00:34:01,200
Speaker 1: the Jets by eighteen points wolf eight oh three five

657
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Speaker 1: fifty one eight fifty two five fifty to number two.

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Speaker 1: Call to get on board. Let us know what your

659
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:07,960
Speaker 1: biggest takeaway from yesterday's game was. We go to Joe

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00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,520
Speaker 1: and Rochester to lead us off this segment. Joe, what

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00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:13,160
Speaker 1: do you have for us? Thanks for joining us. Thanks, yes,

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00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:14,759
Speaker 1: thanks for taking my call. Hey, I just wanted to

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Speaker 1: ask your opinionum, as careful as that opinion can sound

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Speaker 1: about the Isaiah Mackenzie block. O. I go, it looked

665
00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:24,719
Speaker 1: like he was setting a pick in basketball and he

666
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:27,960
Speaker 1: just took a charge. I went crazy on the broadcast.

667
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:31,600
Speaker 1: As close to real football as you can get, isn't it. Joe,

668
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:33,959
Speaker 1: You're right and I agree with you one hundred percent.

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00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:36,759
Speaker 1: It was a you can It was a bad call.

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Speaker 1: It did not qualify as a crackback block in any way,

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00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:43,360
Speaker 1: shape or form. It was a It was a complete

672
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:50,440
Speaker 1: over officiate officiate officiated play. It was a point of

673
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:53,239
Speaker 1: emphasis this week watched the crackbacks get this guy. That

674
00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,360
Speaker 1: was everything a block should have been. It was he

675
00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 1: was moving towards It was fully in the line of

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00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:02,759
Speaker 1: vision of that defender. Fully that's not as that's not

677
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,759
Speaker 1: as relevant as the fact that they were moving. He

678
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:09,080
Speaker 1: was out in front of a runner. Not going back

679
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 1: towards the runner. He was hell back towards the line

680
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,040
Speaker 1: of scrimmage. He may as well have been an offensive

681
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:15,920
Speaker 1: lineman in a dive play. That's where the guy was

682
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:18,440
Speaker 1: coming towards him. He was moving towards the defender. The

683
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:22,600
Speaker 1: ball carry was behind Isaia McKenzie, and he was moving forward. Yeah.

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00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:27,439
Speaker 1: So it's a total mis use and a bad call

685
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:29,920
Speaker 1: by the officials. There's absolutely no way that was a

686
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:32,719
Speaker 1: crackback block, and it's it was a bad call then.

687
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:34,239
Speaker 1: I said it then, and I'll say it again now

688
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:38,759
Speaker 1: you were You're right, Joe, that was a total blown call. Alrmpletely.

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00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,719
Speaker 1: We go to Dave in Florida. Dave, welcome to the show.

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00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:44,960
Speaker 1: What do you have for us, sir? Well, the caller

691
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:47,560
Speaker 1: from Rochester just took my what I was calling about

692
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:52,439
Speaker 1: that block? McKenzie didn't. That's nonsense. Yes it is. It's

693
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:54,680
Speaker 1: going out other than the lights going out. That was

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00:35:54,800 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 1: my call. So bills are right, thanks Dave? All right,

695
00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:03,080
Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean that angered a lot of people,

696
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Speaker 1: um because it just didn't seem to fit the description

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00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,680
Speaker 1: of the rule. You know, if you're coming back to

698
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,799
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage, you know, towards your own goal

699
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:17,000
Speaker 1: line and you light somebody up, well, then yeah, that's

700
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:18,799
Speaker 1: in it. You're gonna get a flag. That's why they

701
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:21,239
Speaker 1: call it a peel black back block. So you're going

702
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:23,480
Speaker 1: behind the runner. You know, guys are chasing them and

703
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,080
Speaker 1: you come going the opposite way of the guy with

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00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:30,239
Speaker 1: the ball. That's that's a peel back. That's not what

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00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:34,879
Speaker 1: That was not even close, not even close. It was. Yeah,

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00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,600
Speaker 1: it's unfortunate the officials. It's a preseason for the officials.

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00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:41,640
Speaker 1: I guess to James in cheek Dowaga, we go at

708
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,640
Speaker 1: eight O three five fifty, where we have a line

709
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:47,120
Speaker 1: open for you, What do you have for us? James, Hey,

710
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:49,319
Speaker 1: Joan first than once they see you're in the Hall

711
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:53,279
Speaker 1: of Fame in my books, man Um, thanks James things.

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00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:58,839
Speaker 1: It was nice to see h the offense finally picked

713
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:02,800
Speaker 1: us up instead of defense always there. And I felt like,

714
00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:05,759
Speaker 1: you know a lot of Levi Wallace has taking a

715
00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:08,000
Speaker 1: lot of heat today, but I feel like he was

716
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,640
Speaker 1: always in position. It was just tough catches. The guy,

717
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:14,520
Speaker 1: you know, Gasecky was bigger than him, Parker or Williams.

718
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:16,320
Speaker 1: It was always the guy was bigger, but he was

719
00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:18,600
Speaker 1: always there. You could see the hands. You know, he's

720
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:20,600
Speaker 1: you know, I had him. He was right there in position.

721
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:23,399
Speaker 1: It was just you know, great catches most of the time.

722
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,640
Speaker 1: It wasn't like he got burnt right. He got picked

723
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,200
Speaker 1: on too. I mean, you're right, James and Levi Wallace

724
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:32,160
Speaker 1: is not a stiff, but trade trade. I watched the

725
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:34,480
Speaker 1: game again this morning. Davious White got like four throws. Now.

726
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:37,960
Speaker 1: He gave up a touchdown to Gasicki Turdavius did. He'll

727
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,960
Speaker 1: probably get credit or the blame for that on that

728
00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:47,399
Speaker 1: the last touchdown UM. But other than that, I thought

729
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:49,040
Speaker 1: this during the broadcast. I didn't say it, but I'll

730
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:52,440
Speaker 1: say it now. There are times I'm looking down there,

731
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:56,640
Speaker 1: they don't even they're not even trying to throw. He

732
00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:00,239
Speaker 1: must get bored, stiff, and I think that's why he'd

733
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:02,520
Speaker 1: come back to him and he's surprised he's getting thrown at.

734
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:06,520
Speaker 1: He had two perfect passes defense to me, won that route,

735
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:08,799
Speaker 1: jumped the route, almost got the pick. He sluffed off

736
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:12,400
Speaker 1: on his receiver and got in between DeVante Parker and

737
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:15,120
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick almost picked it off. And with the distance, you know,

738
00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:18,560
Speaker 1: so I think he gets really bored over there because

739
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:22,080
Speaker 1: he gets targeted so infrequently. And look at Levi Wallace.

740
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:24,200
Speaker 1: I mean it's like one on one drill over there.

741
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:27,799
Speaker 1: That ball's coming every time. With respect to Levi, tell

742
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 1: me if there's merit to this theory. Okay, So the

743
00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:35,919
Speaker 1: Bills were playing zone coverage, but every time they were

744
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:38,480
Speaker 1: it seemed like fitz saw the zone coverage and said,

745
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:40,279
Speaker 1: I'm going to work the middle of the field. I'm

746
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:43,000
Speaker 1: gonna suck these linebackers up and throw over him. And

747
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 1: he was doing that with great success. So then the

748
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,320
Speaker 1: Bills would change it up and play more man. And

749
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,400
Speaker 1: when they went to man, that's when he worked the

750
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:52,759
Speaker 1: outside guys because he felt that his guy could beat

751
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,839
Speaker 1: Levi and get enough separation to at least make a play.

752
00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:59,200
Speaker 1: And that's why Levi Wallace, I think a little after

753
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:03,040
Speaker 1: halftime at even targeted nine times by Ryan Fitzpatrick, he

754
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:06,400
Speaker 1: was getting picked on. Unquestionably. Here's the thing for me.

755
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:08,600
Speaker 1: I think, in the scope of this defense as it

756
00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 1: usually functions, Levi Wallace is a more than capable zone

757
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:17,319
Speaker 1: defending corner. He's good in that area. He knows where

758
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:19,440
Speaker 1: the spots are, he can get to his areas and

759
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:22,440
Speaker 1: his landmarks pretty well. When you got him in a

760
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:24,840
Speaker 1: one on one situation with a size receiver that is

761
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 1: more explosive than him, that's when you run into problems.

762
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,480
Speaker 1: And I felt like those were some of the problems yesterday.

763
00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:34,840
Speaker 1: He is a good technique cornerback. What he is not

764
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:38,880
Speaker 1: is an explosive athlete, and when he goes against explosive

765
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:41,680
Speaker 1: wide receivers, that's when he runs into problems. And there's

766
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:44,200
Speaker 1: another issue at work here as well. When they were

767
00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:46,879
Speaker 1: you know, when they played, when they zoned off as

768
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:51,200
Speaker 1: a defense in the passing game, Fitzpatrick was picking him apart.

769
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:53,719
Speaker 1: One of the reasons he was doing that he was

770
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:55,400
Speaker 1: throwing it right over the middle of the field because

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00:39:56,280 --> 00:40:00,880
Speaker 1: Matt Milano and Tremaine Edmonds were in the game. That's

772
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,520
Speaker 1: not that easy when you've got your two starters in

773
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,640
Speaker 1: there who were experienced and they you know, they've kind

774
00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:08,319
Speaker 1: of got a thing in there, right, so you think

775
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:11,759
Speaker 1: you trust them better. So fitz was playing against two

776
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:15,080
Speaker 1: backups in the zone coverage over the middle of the

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00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:17,279
Speaker 1: field with you know, with a great tight end and

778
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:20,600
Speaker 1: DeVante Parkers sucking him up in play action. So they

779
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:23,239
Speaker 1: they were doing the right things. Chan Gailey was doing

780
00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 1: the right thing with a dolphin offense, and Fitzpatrick was

781
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:29,120
Speaker 1: if they zoned it off, man, it was an easy

782
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,720
Speaker 1: completion and it's hard to stand over there if you're Leslie.

783
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:34,279
Speaker 1: Fraser said, we can't let that happen. Well, to coach

784
00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:36,680
Speaker 1: Frasier's credit, late in the game, after they took the lead,

785
00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:39,400
Speaker 1: he started dialing up some blitzes and it proved to

786
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:41,239
Speaker 1: be pretty effective there near the end of the game

787
00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:42,600
Speaker 1: when they were trying to get and they send that

788
00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:45,600
Speaker 1: team I think it was four and out and they

789
00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:47,600
Speaker 1: get the ball back and Josh throws a deep onto

790
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:49,960
Speaker 1: John Brown. Ball game over. You know, even though they

791
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,799
Speaker 1: came down and scored a late touchdown. At that point,

792
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:54,440
Speaker 1: the Bills are trading yards for time on the clock.

793
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:57,319
Speaker 1: But that big four and out was helped in part

794
00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 1: by the blitz calls that they made during that series

795
00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:03,480
Speaker 1: to get him in long down in distance. Woodie and Rochester,

796
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,520
Speaker 1: Mike and Georgia, John and Boston, hang tight. We got

797
00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:08,439
Speaker 1: more of your phone calls coming up after the break.

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Speaker 1: Here on One Bill's Live presented by Kalid to Health,

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Speaker 1: this is Buffalo Bill's radio pressure gets away from it now.

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Speaker 1: He fires into the end zone. It is caught, It

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00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:34,440
Speaker 1: is cut. It is caught by Davis Gabriel Davis, the

802
00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:37,520
Speaker 1: rookie makes the catch and it is a buffalo touchdown

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Speaker 1: on the backbend of the end zone. That is your

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you closing up our number one of

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Speaker 1: the show on A Bill's Victory Monday and taking your

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00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:56,880
Speaker 1: calls at eight oh three five fifty one, eight eight

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00:41:56,920 --> 00:42:00,279
Speaker 1: eight five fifty two, five fifty and we were turned

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00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:03,600
Speaker 1: right to the phones and we go to Woodie and Rochester.

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Speaker 1: What do you have for us, sir, Thanks for joining us, Hello,

812
00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:15,719
Speaker 1: good afternoon. I had two observations. One last year, every

813
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:20,759
Speaker 1: time the Vocal Builds attempted a spring spring pass, I

814
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:23,400
Speaker 1: was fearful because it looked like a pick stick for

815
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:26,399
Speaker 1: the other teams. They were that close all the time.

816
00:42:27,239 --> 00:42:30,279
Speaker 1: This year, it seems to be something they've overcome and

817
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:33,040
Speaker 1: I'm happy to see it, and I want to know

818
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 1: your thoughts. And secondly, was it a conscious effort to

819
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:41,080
Speaker 1: keep Josh Allen in the pocket this week? Last year

820
00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:43,719
Speaker 1: he was running all over the place, and I didn't

821
00:42:43,719 --> 00:42:45,479
Speaker 1: see him run. I don't know if he talked about

822
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:49,640
Speaker 1: it earlier. I just joined the show, but I don't know.

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Speaker 1: Wasn't a conscious effort to keep him in the pocket, Yeah,

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00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:54,560
Speaker 1: I mean, I think I think he is making a

825
00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:57,120
Speaker 1: conscious effort to hang in there when he has time,

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Speaker 1: And these first two weeks he has had time. There

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Speaker 1: hasn't been a fearsome pass rush by either of their

828
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:07,200
Speaker 1: first two opponents. I think that's helping. But I think

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Speaker 1: if he does feel pressured, he's got I think, and

830
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:14,440
Speaker 1: even improved awareness steve of where to move within the

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00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:18,000
Speaker 1: pocket or when to get out an escape to lengthen

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00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:21,120
Speaker 1: the play. I think his awareness this year is as

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00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:22,799
Speaker 1: good as I've ever seen it. With that, I would

834
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:26,160
Speaker 1: suspect that the Dolphins defensive coordinator said, listen, we don't

835
00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:28,920
Speaker 1: want this guy to get out of there. So and

836
00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:32,279
Speaker 1: that when you say that, when you you know we're

837
00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:35,080
Speaker 1: gonna keep our defensive linemen in their lanes, they're gonna

838
00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:37,120
Speaker 1: rush full and just try and collapse the pocket on

839
00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:39,719
Speaker 1: That makes it easy for the offensive line to keep

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00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:42,879
Speaker 1: him out of there. It detegrates your abilities to fool

841
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:44,920
Speaker 1: an offensive lineman get a guy rushing free. When the

842
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:49,359
Speaker 1: Dolphins did send pressure. Now, Josh did take a sack

843
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:50,880
Speaker 1: late in the game, but when they send pressure, you

844
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:54,480
Speaker 1: can see Josh stepped away from it and made some

845
00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:57,560
Speaker 1: plays outside the pocket, a lot of plays outside the pocket.

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00:43:57,640 --> 00:44:00,560
Speaker 1: And right then that tells a defensive coordinator we're not

847
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:02,760
Speaker 1: doing that anymore. I mean, two of those plays happened

848
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Speaker 1: in the red zone, the touchdown pass to Reggie Gilliam

849
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:07,600
Speaker 1: and the touchdown pass to Gabriel Davis. They send pressure

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00:44:07,640 --> 00:44:10,160
Speaker 1: on both of those plays, Josh just simply rolled away

851
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:12,440
Speaker 1: from it to his right, extended the play, and then

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00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:15,880
Speaker 1: made the touchdown pass on both occasions. So here's the

853
00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:19,160
Speaker 1: next question, Steve. Okay, you're a team that maybe plays

854
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:21,800
Speaker 1: a good deal of man defense. You're worried about everybody

855
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:23,960
Speaker 1: turning their back to the quarterback and him taking off

856
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,640
Speaker 1: and running. So you tell your pass rushers stay in

857
00:44:26,719 --> 00:44:28,880
Speaker 1: your lanes, let's hem him in in the pocket and

858
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:30,680
Speaker 1: see if he can beat us with his arm. Well,

859
00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:32,400
Speaker 1: he just did to the two to four hundred and

860
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:35,200
Speaker 1: seventeen yards and completed sixty eight and a half percent

861
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:38,000
Speaker 1: of his passes. What the hell do you do? Now, right,

862
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:41,400
Speaker 1: what do you do? Now? You got problems and I

863
00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:44,840
Speaker 1: don't know that I can see right now. Certainly the Bills,

864
00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:46,960
Speaker 1: if you're a defensive coordinator, you're saying, well, they're not

865
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:49,319
Speaker 1: running the ball real well, so we got that ran

866
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:51,120
Speaker 1: it better. Yeah, they ran it better, but they're still

867
00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:53,359
Speaker 1: not you know, they're not killing anybody with the running game.

868
00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:55,840
Speaker 1: They snapped off a couple of singletary snapped off a

869
00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:59,240
Speaker 1: couple of pretty good runs. Their screen game is better.

870
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,720
Speaker 1: But right now, I'm not staying awake at night worried

871
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:05,040
Speaker 1: about the screen game. That's more of an awareness play

872
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:08,320
Speaker 1: for our guys. I'm thinking, Okay, my problem is this

873
00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:13,760
Speaker 1: when he drops back to pass, they got three maybe

874
00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:19,360
Speaker 1: four guys at least that we can't match up that

875
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:22,360
Speaker 1: deep with our third and fourth guy, can't stay with

876
00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:25,040
Speaker 1: their third and fourth and our number one guy is

877
00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:28,000
Speaker 1: gonna be a battle if even if it's this week,

878
00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:31,759
Speaker 1: Jayden Ramsey, Stefan Digg's gonna want piece of that. Let's go,

879
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,040
Speaker 1: and you know how he talks, they both talk. That's

880
00:45:34,040 --> 00:45:36,239
Speaker 1: gonna be a conversation. They need. They need to mike

881
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:38,920
Speaker 1: those guys up big time. But as Troy Hill shutting

882
00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:42,480
Speaker 1: down John Brown, that's right. And who's cold Cold Beasley

883
00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:45,640
Speaker 1: gonna be against? So when you're gonna go man, yeah,

884
00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:48,239
Speaker 1: you make Steph Diggs may only get three catches or

885
00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:51,640
Speaker 1: maybe three targets, but cold Beast is gonna get twelve

886
00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:54,359
Speaker 1: targets and maybe have ten catches. You know, you got

887
00:45:54,440 --> 00:45:59,320
Speaker 1: a problem. So and if you zone it off without

888
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:03,279
Speaker 1: pressuring him, Josh Allen is gonna stand back there and

889
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:05,320
Speaker 1: pick you apart. I mean he's That may be the

890
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:09,719
Speaker 1: next step for defenses is just zoning it off and

891
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:11,799
Speaker 1: letting Josh Allen stand back there and take his time

892
00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:17,239
Speaker 1: and hope he gets impatient because right now they're they're

893
00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:19,920
Speaker 1: they're clipping it along at a high level. They really are,

894
00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:24,280
Speaker 1: and their and their receivers and their pass catching options

895
00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:26,600
Speaker 1: are a big reason why. All right, we go to

896
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:29,600
Speaker 1: John in Boston here, John, what do you have for us?

897
00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:32,839
Speaker 1: Welcome to the show. Hey, how you doing today, guys?

898
00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:36,360
Speaker 1: So I heard you guys talking earlier about that blocking.

899
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:39,120
Speaker 1: Then the Patriots game last night there was a similar

900
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:42,720
Speaker 1: block to that crackback block also, and their analysts explained

901
00:46:42,719 --> 00:46:45,680
Speaker 1: that something about running lateral to the line or something

902
00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:48,120
Speaker 1: and blocking that guy. It appeared real similar to the

903
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:51,000
Speaker 1: call that we head against the Bills yesterday, and I

904
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:52,719
Speaker 1: was one of what you guys your thoughts were with

905
00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:55,920
Speaker 1: regards to that play and if their analysts hadn't made

906
00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:58,120
Speaker 1: any sense with that lateral movement. I don't know what

907
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:01,239
Speaker 1: it was about, but I'll hang up and listen the

908
00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:04,240
Speaker 1: borderline at best. I mean, did say mackenzie is running

909
00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:07,000
Speaker 1: lateral to the line. I mean he's out wide on

910
00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:08,960
Speaker 1: the play. I don't think there's any question about that.

911
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:10,960
Speaker 1: And he does come back inside to make a block,

912
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:14,680
Speaker 1: but he's going forward. He's not going lateral to the line. Yeah,

913
00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:16,640
Speaker 1: I remember, I remember thinking about it last night. I

914
00:47:16,680 --> 00:47:20,319
Speaker 1: did see a play in the in the Patriot Seahawk game,

915
00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:21,920
Speaker 1: and I can't remember it now, so I'm not going

916
00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:24,879
Speaker 1: to even comment on it. But I thought as well,

917
00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:28,719
Speaker 1: I thought the one last night was a better call

918
00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:32,000
Speaker 1: than Mackenzie's call. I don't think you can you can

919
00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:34,880
Speaker 1: justify the call on I say McKenzie in any way,

920
00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:37,640
Speaker 1: shape or form, it was a bad call. It was

921
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:40,759
Speaker 1: not a crackback block in any way, shape or form.

922
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:45,399
Speaker 1: He was moving up the field towards the goal line.

923
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:48,160
Speaker 1: The Bills were trying to reach the guy ran into

924
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:53,640
Speaker 1: him as well. It was just it met zero criteria

925
00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:55,759
Speaker 1: except for the fact that the guy got laid out.

926
00:47:56,840 --> 00:47:59,360
Speaker 1: That was it. It was. It met zero criteria in

927
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:02,120
Speaker 1: my mind that it would be a crackback block. It

928
00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:04,360
Speaker 1: I think it is a bad call from start to finish,

929
00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:07,719
Speaker 1: So I could be wrong. Maybe they change the criteria.

930
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:09,839
Speaker 1: I know it was a point of emphasis. I heard

931
00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:13,600
Speaker 1: that after the fact, but even so, even if it's

932
00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:16,160
Speaker 1: a point of emphasis, I don't care if you're if

933
00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:19,440
Speaker 1: you're watching for those and get that didn't qualify period

934
00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:24,480
Speaker 1: in any way. So only the result looked like a

935
00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:28,360
Speaker 1: crackback block. Not that, not anything that happened before it.

936
00:48:28,600 --> 00:48:30,080
Speaker 1: All right, we have to take a break, but more

937
00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:32,160
Speaker 1: of your phone calls coming up in the one o'clock hour.

938
00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:35,040
Speaker 1: Steve and I are wide open here for the next

939
00:48:35,080 --> 00:48:37,160
Speaker 1: segment after the top of the hour, so be sure

940
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:38,600
Speaker 1: to get on board if you want to share with

941
00:48:38,719 --> 00:48:42,799
Speaker 1: us your thoughts and biggest takeaways from yesterday's thrilling thirty

942
00:48:42,840 --> 00:48:45,399
Speaker 1: one twenty eight victory over the Miami Dolphins. Will also

943
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:50,920
Speaker 1: have an interesting statistic for you regarding Josh Allen when

944
00:48:50,960 --> 00:48:53,840
Speaker 1: he plays the Miami Dolphins. We'll have that forty X

945
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:56,239
Speaker 1: here on One Bills Live presented by Kalida Health. This

946
00:48:56,560 --> 00:49:12,280
Speaker 1: is Buffalo Bill's Radio. Hello Bills Radio Network. Sports Update.

947
00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:15,040
Speaker 1: You're a sports update from One Bill's Drive. The Bills

948
00:49:15,080 --> 00:49:18,360
Speaker 1: are officially leading the league when it comes to passing offense.

949
00:49:18,760 --> 00:49:21,000
Speaker 1: That's due in large part to Sunday's thirty one, twenty

950
00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:23,400
Speaker 1: eight win over the Dolphins. Josh Allen racked up of

951
00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:26,680
Speaker 1: four hundred passing yards and four touchdowns, making him just

952
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:29,200
Speaker 1: the second QB and Bill's history to throw for more

953
00:49:29,239 --> 00:49:32,400
Speaker 1: than four hundred and fifteen yards and four touchdowns in

954
00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:35,160
Speaker 1: a single game. The Bills entered the game without starting

955
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:38,640
Speaker 1: linebacker Matt Mulano and Tremaine Edmonds, and also lost starting

956
00:49:38,719 --> 00:49:40,680
Speaker 1: tight end Dawson Knox, who left the game early with

957
00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:43,680
Speaker 1: a concussion. Sean McDermott will address the media later this

958
00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:48,279
Speaker 1: afternoon and provide injury updates as to what's available at

959
00:49:48,360 --> 00:49:50,560
Speaker 1: the time. Plenty of injuries highlighted Week two of the

960
00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:54,760
Speaker 1: NFL season. The Panthers saw running back Christian McCaffrey suffer

961
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:57,440
Speaker 1: an ankle injury and they're lost to Tampa Bay. McCaffrey

962
00:49:57,440 --> 00:49:59,759
Speaker 1: will undergo an MRI today to determine the severity of

963
00:49:59,840 --> 00:50:03,760
Speaker 1: that injury. It's official the Giants have lost star running

964
00:50:03,800 --> 00:50:07,080
Speaker 1: back Saquon Barkley for this season. He does, in fact

965
00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:10,799
Speaker 1: have a torn acl as was feared during Sunday's game

966
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:13,440
Speaker 1: against the Bears. The Giants are all ready oh and

967
00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:16,879
Speaker 1: two on the season. The Broncos have lost their top

968
00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:19,920
Speaker 1: receiver Courtland Sutton for the rest of the season, also

969
00:50:20,040 --> 00:50:22,280
Speaker 1: due to a torn acl that he suffered in Denver's

970
00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:25,360
Speaker 1: game against Pittsburgh. They also lost quarterback Drew Locke in

971
00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:28,560
Speaker 1: that game to a shoulder injury. He could be out

972
00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:32,120
Speaker 1: two to six weeks. ESPN's Adam Schefter is reporting the

973
00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:35,200
Speaker 1: Chargers quarterback Tyrod Taylor is considered week to week with

974
00:50:35,320 --> 00:50:38,400
Speaker 1: the chest injury that prevented him from playing Sunday for

975
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:41,680
Speaker 1: the Chargers. So now the Charges are unsure who their

976
00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:44,600
Speaker 1: quarterback will be this Sunday against Carolina. Head coach Anthony

977
00:50:44,719 --> 00:50:48,040
Speaker 1: Lynn did say if Taylor is healthy, he's the starter.

978
00:50:48,440 --> 00:50:51,400
Speaker 1: And finally, the Colts have lost wide receiver Paris Campbell

979
00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:56,080
Speaker 1: indefinitely with a PCL knee injury. That's not the end

980
00:50:56,120 --> 00:50:58,960
Speaker 1: of the injuries, though. The reigning defensive Rookie of the

981
00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:02,600
Speaker 1: Year left the game early yesterday for the San Francisco

982
00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:04,360
Speaker 1: forty nine ers against the Jets, and he could be

983
00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:07,120
Speaker 1: out a while. Nick Bosa carded off with a knee

984
00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:09,319
Speaker 1: injury and we are hearing that it is in fact

985
00:51:09,480 --> 00:51:13,960
Speaker 1: a torn ACL. So another NFL player, star NFL player,

986
00:51:14,040 --> 00:51:17,960
Speaker 1: Steve down and out for the entire season due to

987
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:21,520
Speaker 1: an ACL injury. They were coming fast and furious yesterday.

988
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:24,399
Speaker 1: I couldn't even keep up with him on Twitter, these

989
00:51:24,440 --> 00:51:27,560
Speaker 1: injury reports coming from all over the league and name players.

990
00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:30,080
Speaker 1: I mean, not just you know, guy number fifty one

991
00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:34,160
Speaker 1: on the roster, like prominent players going down yesterday. It's

992
00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:37,120
Speaker 1: it's a fine balance that these guys strike. They try to.

993
00:51:37,320 --> 00:51:38,759
Speaker 1: You got to play as hard as you can in

994
00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:41,920
Speaker 1: a physical game that is, you know, it's a collision

995
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:45,040
Speaker 1: sport and you gotta be ready for it and the

996
00:51:45,120 --> 00:51:47,719
Speaker 1: best way you can. But in order to get ready

997
00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:49,520
Speaker 1: for it, you kind of have to take some risks

998
00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:52,160
Speaker 1: in your train. You got to train hard, play hard,

999
00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:55,920
Speaker 1: practice hard. It's hard to do in a sport that's

1000
00:51:55,960 --> 00:51:58,839
Speaker 1: so physically demanding and then still be sharp for the game.

1001
00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:03,800
Speaker 1: And it's easy to you know, go at half speed

1002
00:52:04,200 --> 00:52:06,360
Speaker 1: all week and we I talked about this in the

1003
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:10,719
Speaker 1: earlier segment of the show Brownie these guys, and it's

1004
00:52:10,760 --> 00:52:13,160
Speaker 1: no coincidence that's in week two where this kind of

1005
00:52:13,160 --> 00:52:15,239
Speaker 1: stuff all exploded. You get up through that Week one

1006
00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:17,080
Speaker 1: is like and you get up on Monday, it's like,

1007
00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:20,760
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, yeah, oh now I remember I forgot,

1008
00:52:20,920 --> 00:52:23,680
Speaker 1: you know. And then Tuesday you take a day off,

1009
00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:26,320
Speaker 1: and Wednesday come out and you try and try to

1010
00:52:26,360 --> 00:52:28,359
Speaker 1: get through practice where you're trying, you know, and that's

1011
00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:30,560
Speaker 1: your big practice day. Thursday you come through, all right,

1012
00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:33,160
Speaker 1: it's starting to feel better. Let's go. Friday's a walk through.

1013
00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:35,000
Speaker 1: By the time Sunday gets there, you haven't done anything

1014
00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:39,239
Speaker 1: since the game. You know, you got guys blown up

1015
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:42,959
Speaker 1: because of it. Pain is a cruel reminder. Good line,

1016
00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:44,759
Speaker 1: all right, back to the phones at eight oh three

1017
00:52:45,040 --> 00:52:48,040
Speaker 1: five fifty one, eight eight five fifty two five fifty

1018
00:52:48,120 --> 00:52:49,960
Speaker 1: open line for you there if you want to weigh

1019
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:53,040
Speaker 1: in on what your biggest takeaway was from Sunday's win

1020
00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:57,800
Speaker 1: over the Dolphins by your Buffalo Bills and uh, we

1021
00:52:57,880 --> 00:53:00,359
Speaker 1: don't have a name here, it's is this the guy

1022
00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:03,080
Speaker 1: from Georgia that was on the line earlier. I'm sorry,

1023
00:53:03,120 --> 00:53:05,560
Speaker 1: I don't have your name. Who we have here joining

1024
00:53:05,600 --> 00:53:10,480
Speaker 1: the show. Yeah, maybe they're not there. Maybe that's why

1025
00:53:10,719 --> 00:53:13,480
Speaker 1: they're waiting for you to say their name before they're

1026
00:53:13,480 --> 00:53:15,720
Speaker 1: on hole and have their name there. So we'll move along.

1027
00:53:15,800 --> 00:53:19,200
Speaker 1: We'll go to Rex in Tonawanda. Rex, thanks for joining

1028
00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:21,239
Speaker 1: the show. What do you have for us? Thanks for

1029
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:24,840
Speaker 1: having me guys. Yes, one thing we're not talking about today,

1030
00:53:24,920 --> 00:53:28,320
Speaker 1: which is a great thing, is the kicking. It was

1031
00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:31,239
Speaker 1: great to see Tyler Bass with his bounce back or

1032
00:53:31,280 --> 00:53:35,480
Speaker 1: you could take kick back performance, making his only field

1033
00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:39,320
Speaker 1: goal attempt much more confident in the kid after today,

1034
00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:42,040
Speaker 1: which three points ended up being the difference in the game.

1035
00:53:42,120 --> 00:53:45,279
Speaker 1: So that field goal ended up being very important, so

1036
00:53:45,320 --> 00:53:49,320
Speaker 1: it was happy about that. Also, I'm extremely happy to

1037
00:53:49,440 --> 00:53:54,520
Speaker 1: hear national media given Josh Allen some attention. He deserves it.

1038
00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:56,880
Speaker 1: There's still a lot of haters out there about him,

1039
00:53:56,960 --> 00:54:01,919
Speaker 1: but looking forward to him silencing all the haters out there. Yeah,

1040
00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:05,640
Speaker 1: I mean, for me, the biggest thing that Tyler Bass

1041
00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:09,399
Speaker 1: did yesterday six touchbacks on six kickoffs. It's big. Takes

1042
00:54:09,440 --> 00:54:12,719
Speaker 1: the return game completely out of the equation. Certainly it's September,

1043
00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:18,759
Speaker 1: not December January. But hey, it was a thing. That's

1044
00:54:18,760 --> 00:54:21,120
Speaker 1: a that's a that's a bonus, and I think one

1045
00:54:21,160 --> 00:54:25,080
Speaker 1: of the things I'm looking at now these guys don't

1046
00:54:25,080 --> 00:54:27,120
Speaker 1: have to don't get to cover kicks at all anymore.

1047
00:54:27,280 --> 00:54:28,640
Speaker 1: I mean, they it's just a it's a way to

1048
00:54:28,680 --> 00:54:31,040
Speaker 1: get little It'll change. As you said that when November

1049
00:54:31,080 --> 00:54:33,560
Speaker 1: and December you get a cold, windy day, you know

1050
00:54:33,640 --> 00:54:36,600
Speaker 1: it might change the two. And I'm gonna keep bringing

1051
00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:40,080
Speaker 1: this up because I hope it happens during the regular season.

1052
00:54:40,160 --> 00:54:43,640
Speaker 1: You'll get teams that there'll be something to happen, you know,

1053
00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:46,279
Speaker 1: get chippy, you're up of ways, you're you're up on him,

1054
00:54:46,320 --> 00:54:48,480
Speaker 1: or it's a close game, whatever, and there's a personal

1055
00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:52,000
Speaker 1: foul penalty on the touchdown and that goes on the

1056
00:54:52,120 --> 00:54:55,400
Speaker 1: ensuing kickoff and you now you're kicking off from the

1057
00:54:55,480 --> 00:55:00,279
Speaker 1: fifty instead of the thirty five. Right, Well, if you're

1058
00:55:00,360 --> 00:55:03,120
Speaker 1: kicking off from the fifty, you need to want to

1059
00:55:03,160 --> 00:55:05,359
Speaker 1: pop it up. Yes, you want to give you want

1060
00:55:05,400 --> 00:55:07,160
Speaker 1: them to return that. In fact, you want to hit

1061
00:55:07,200 --> 00:55:10,040
Speaker 1: a kick. It's about fives as high as you can

1062
00:55:10,120 --> 00:55:14,800
Speaker 1: possibly kick it outside the hash marks outside, preferably on

1063
00:55:14,840 --> 00:55:16,480
Speaker 1: the numbers are outside. But you don't want to take

1064
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:18,919
Speaker 1: a chance on getting close to the sidelines as wide

1065
00:55:18,920 --> 00:55:21,840
Speaker 1: as you can in the field of play outside the

1066
00:55:21,960 --> 00:55:23,960
Speaker 1: end zone. And you want that guy to get it

1067
00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:27,000
Speaker 1: because that's that's a tackle inside the fifteen maybe inside

1068
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:30,200
Speaker 1: the ten yard line on that kickoff, and that's another

1069
00:55:30,280 --> 00:55:32,600
Speaker 1: place where you can hit on all cylinders on special teams.

1070
00:55:32,600 --> 00:55:35,080
Speaker 1: You got to force them to do that. I hope

1071
00:55:35,120 --> 00:55:37,719
Speaker 1: that happens sometime, not against the Bills, but for the Bills,

1072
00:55:37,719 --> 00:55:40,200
Speaker 1: and they and they have the gumption to kick that

1073
00:55:40,360 --> 00:55:43,040
Speaker 1: thing high and outside the numbers so that they can

1074
00:55:43,080 --> 00:55:45,319
Speaker 1: get a you know, even better fuel position. All right,

1075
00:55:45,360 --> 00:55:47,200
Speaker 1: I think we got our guy back from Georgia. It's

1076
00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:50,879
Speaker 1: Mike and Georgia joining us here on One Bills Live. Mike,

1077
00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:53,080
Speaker 1: thanks for calling back. Sorry I didn't have your name

1078
00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:55,560
Speaker 1: there the last time. Thanks for joining us, No problem, John,

1079
00:55:55,840 --> 00:55:59,920
Speaker 1: No problem. Appreciate you. A couple of things I would want.

1080
00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:04,239
Speaker 1: I know it's uh, you know, we're talking football, but

1081
00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:08,400
Speaker 1: this comes to mind because of how my takeaway from

1082
00:56:08,440 --> 00:56:09,960
Speaker 1: the game. You know, one of them is how humble

1083
00:56:10,040 --> 00:56:13,000
Speaker 1: Josh is. Uh, you know, the guy had a great

1084
00:56:13,080 --> 00:56:15,600
Speaker 1: game and basically handed the games. Talk about how he

1085
00:56:15,680 --> 00:56:19,120
Speaker 1: could have done better. And I'm really impressed with how humble,

1086
00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:21,840
Speaker 1: stay humble and hungary, as the coach says, and I

1087
00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:26,279
Speaker 1: think that's great. And uh, you know, my daughter, my

1088
00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:28,759
Speaker 1: daughter just lost her godfather little over a week ago,

1089
00:56:28,800 --> 00:56:31,320
Speaker 1: a guy that you all heard of, one of the

1090
00:56:31,360 --> 00:56:36,439
Speaker 1: greatest baseball players I've ever Lou Brock. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

1091
00:56:36,760 --> 00:56:41,040
Speaker 1: super humble guy. You know, very very close family member.

1092
00:56:41,120 --> 00:56:44,480
Speaker 1: That's why he was my daughter's godfather, and just a

1093
00:56:44,560 --> 00:56:47,120
Speaker 1: wonderful guy. And Josh reminds me a lot of him.

1094
00:56:47,200 --> 00:56:48,680
Speaker 1: You know, just go out there and do your job,

1095
00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:52,160
Speaker 1: and you know, play as a as a with a

1096
00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:55,600
Speaker 1: with a team mindset. And that's pretty much with Lou Brock,

1097
00:56:55,680 --> 00:56:57,480
Speaker 1: how he how he plays. Just want to give him

1098
00:56:57,480 --> 00:56:59,160
Speaker 1: a shout out. That's how he lived his life. Just

1099
00:56:59,280 --> 00:57:03,960
Speaker 1: a wonderful being. So. But one of the questions I had,

1100
00:57:04,040 --> 00:57:05,680
Speaker 1: and I know it's been brought up a lot, and

1101
00:57:05,840 --> 00:57:08,880
Speaker 1: it was brought up last year in the playoffs, what

1102
00:57:09,080 --> 00:57:12,600
Speaker 1: can Ashley be done? I understand the mindset with a

1103
00:57:12,680 --> 00:57:15,160
Speaker 1: blind side block and protecting players, Well, what can be

1104
00:57:15,320 --> 00:57:18,720
Speaker 1: done to readdress that and rewrite that rule because that

1105
00:57:18,760 --> 00:57:21,480
Speaker 1: could actually cost the Bills a game yesterday, and I

1106
00:57:21,600 --> 00:57:24,360
Speaker 1: think it did and power helped them. You lose the

1107
00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:27,080
Speaker 1: game last year, that playoff game. You know, I know

1108
00:57:27,240 --> 00:57:30,880
Speaker 1: that that there's again the logic protect the players. But again,

1109
00:57:31,200 --> 00:57:33,240
Speaker 1: you know, you get turned around a lot on the field.

1110
00:57:33,600 --> 00:57:35,800
Speaker 1: You got to block that guy coming after your quarterback,

1111
00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:38,440
Speaker 1: like in that game, the playoff game, and yesterday you

1112
00:57:38,520 --> 00:57:40,880
Speaker 1: know they both engaged each other. You know you're not

1113
00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:43,840
Speaker 1: hitting the guy in the back. I don't know what

1114
00:57:44,120 --> 00:57:47,160
Speaker 1: can something be done about that. Well, they're working on it,

1115
00:57:47,440 --> 00:57:50,520
Speaker 1: no question about it, Mike, And even yesterday. I think

1116
00:57:50,560 --> 00:57:52,640
Speaker 1: that call yesterday in the Bills game was a reflection

1117
00:57:52,680 --> 00:57:54,480
Speaker 1: of a point of emphasis. They're trying to get it right.

1118
00:57:54,520 --> 00:57:56,439
Speaker 1: And you will see I've seen it a couple of times.

1119
00:57:56,520 --> 00:57:58,240
Speaker 1: I don't want to bring your attention to something you

1120
00:57:58,280 --> 00:58:01,760
Speaker 1: can't find and look for yourself. But you'll see offensive

1121
00:58:01,840 --> 00:58:05,280
Speaker 1: lineman with a chance to do that where the quarterback

1122
00:58:05,360 --> 00:58:07,640
Speaker 1: breaks contain. You got a defensive end coming around and

1123
00:58:07,720 --> 00:58:11,040
Speaker 1: the tackle who the quarterback ran outside of will turn

1124
00:58:11,120 --> 00:58:14,160
Speaker 1: around look for somebody, and instead of putting his head

1125
00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:16,720
Speaker 1: down and lighting the guy up, he'll turn his back

1126
00:58:16,800 --> 00:58:19,560
Speaker 1: on him and shuffle in front of him. That's what

1127
00:58:19,640 --> 00:58:21,760
Speaker 1: they're teaching the guys to do. Just wall the guy

1128
00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:24,320
Speaker 1: off like you're taking a rebound in basketball. I've seen

1129
00:58:24,360 --> 00:58:26,080
Speaker 1: guys do that on a number of occasions in the

1130
00:58:26,160 --> 00:58:29,040
Speaker 1: league around even down the field where guys will peel back,

1131
00:58:29,040 --> 00:58:31,360
Speaker 1: they'll they'll kind of run it. Just run in between

1132
00:58:32,000 --> 00:58:35,560
Speaker 1: the runner and the defender and the pursuer and just

1133
00:58:35,760 --> 00:58:37,360
Speaker 1: get between him and not let the guy go. And

1134
00:58:37,480 --> 00:58:40,080
Speaker 1: that's how you're supposed to do it. Now, that's the

1135
00:58:40,240 --> 00:58:43,880
Speaker 1: technique they're teaching. And I'll say it again, and I

1136
00:58:43,960 --> 00:58:45,800
Speaker 1: know it was. It wasn't a crackback block. It was

1137
00:58:45,800 --> 00:58:50,720
Speaker 1: a blind side block. That it wasn't a blind side block.

1138
00:58:51,720 --> 00:58:54,840
Speaker 1: It didn't fit any of the criteria for a penalty.

1139
00:58:55,480 --> 00:58:59,360
Speaker 1: It was a bad call, that's all there is to it.

1140
00:58:59,520 --> 00:59:02,320
Speaker 1: He threw the flag because he saw a guy get

1141
00:59:02,440 --> 00:59:06,160
Speaker 1: laid out and said, well, that always happens on blindside blocks.

1142
00:59:06,200 --> 00:59:08,600
Speaker 1: Here's the flag, and that it didn't happen. But he's

1143
00:59:08,640 --> 00:59:11,160
Speaker 1: concerned because he saw that go against the Bills in

1144
00:59:11,240 --> 00:59:13,840
Speaker 1: a playoff game in Houston, and if memory serves, that

1145
00:59:13,920 --> 00:59:16,160
Speaker 1: was a big gain on that play right, Ford got

1146
00:59:16,240 --> 00:59:19,200
Speaker 1: called on and we saw it again yesterday, you know,

1147
00:59:19,360 --> 00:59:22,720
Speaker 1: with Isaiah McKenzie. So I think some fans are saying, hey,

1148
00:59:23,160 --> 00:59:26,080
Speaker 1: this has happened twice now, one time it cost us

1149
00:59:26,320 --> 00:59:28,920
Speaker 1: in the most important game of the year, and now

1150
00:59:29,000 --> 00:59:31,520
Speaker 1: here it is we see it again. Is again to

1151
00:59:31,600 --> 00:59:33,840
Speaker 1: get fixed or are we gonna get victimized again? Now

1152
00:59:33,920 --> 00:59:35,800
Speaker 1: here's the thing. It was a tikie tack call when

1153
00:59:35,840 --> 00:59:37,840
Speaker 1: Cody Ford did it last year, But that was what

1154
00:59:37,960 --> 00:59:40,920
Speaker 1: it was designed for. That block he made, even though

1155
00:59:40,920 --> 00:59:42,520
Speaker 1: he just kind of leaned into the guy, didn't knock

1156
00:59:42,560 --> 00:59:45,040
Speaker 1: he he didn't even knock the guy down, that's what

1157
00:59:45,120 --> 00:59:48,200
Speaker 1: you're talking about. He was going back towards his own

1158
00:59:48,360 --> 00:59:51,480
Speaker 1: end zone and he knocked the guy off. That technically

1159
00:59:51,680 --> 00:59:56,560
Speaker 1: you could call that even though you've bumped in to

1160
00:59:56,720 --> 00:59:59,400
Speaker 1: a family member in the hallway, harder than that. Yeah,

1161
01:00:00,040 --> 01:00:02,200
Speaker 1: So under the letter of the law, that right under

1162
01:00:02,200 --> 01:00:04,320
Speaker 1: the letter of whole of that falls into it. The

1163
01:00:04,480 --> 01:00:09,000
Speaker 1: Isaiah mackenzie block yesterday, No, was not that. No, not

1164
01:00:09,160 --> 01:00:13,480
Speaker 1: even close. It was completely different. Everything was different about it.

1165
01:00:13,600 --> 01:00:14,800
Speaker 1: It was wrong. I mean, I don't know how many

1166
01:00:14,880 --> 01:00:16,360
Speaker 1: ways I can say it. I could go on and

1167
01:00:16,440 --> 01:00:19,120
Speaker 1: on about this. Yeah, it was a horrible call. It

1168
01:00:19,280 --> 01:00:21,080
Speaker 1: was wrong. All right, let's move on. We'll go to

1169
01:00:21,160 --> 01:00:23,400
Speaker 1: the phones and to Mark in Buffalo at eight O

1170
01:00:23,560 --> 01:00:25,400
Speaker 1: three five fifty Mark, what do you have for us?

1171
01:00:25,440 --> 01:00:29,440
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us, Good afternoon, guys. You know we

1172
01:00:29,560 --> 01:00:33,840
Speaker 1: decipher Josh to no end. But what excites me most

1173
01:00:33,960 --> 01:00:38,400
Speaker 1: about Josh right now is to me, I always thought

1174
01:00:38,760 --> 01:00:42,200
Speaker 1: on a talent level, pure talent level, his talent is

1175
01:00:42,320 --> 01:00:45,000
Speaker 1: as good as any quarterback in the NFL. He could

1176
01:00:45,080 --> 01:00:47,640
Speaker 1: argue with the arms, the lakes, the whole of the

1177
01:00:47,760 --> 01:00:51,480
Speaker 1: athletic ability, he's as good as anybody. It always came

1178
01:00:51,600 --> 01:00:55,560
Speaker 1: down for me to can this young kid learned the

1179
01:00:55,680 --> 01:00:58,400
Speaker 1: game and process the game on the fly in an

1180
01:00:58,480 --> 01:01:02,880
Speaker 1: NFL game to a level which will then allow him

1181
01:01:02,920 --> 01:01:05,600
Speaker 1: to slow the game down and then take advantage of

1182
01:01:05,640 --> 01:01:08,280
Speaker 1: his talents. And you can say anything you want about

1183
01:01:08,640 --> 01:01:12,760
Speaker 1: their playing week teams, but it's still an NFL game.

1184
01:01:12,840 --> 01:01:16,320
Speaker 1: Was NFL coaches trying to confuse a young quarterback. And

1185
01:01:16,520 --> 01:01:19,680
Speaker 1: since day one of this season, he looks to me

1186
01:01:19,880 --> 01:01:23,280
Speaker 1: like a field general, like he's in total control. The

1187
01:01:23,400 --> 01:01:26,800
Speaker 1: game has slowed down and he is not making bad

1188
01:01:26,960 --> 01:01:31,440
Speaker 1: mistakes and any level his decision making has been absolutely

1189
01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:34,560
Speaker 1: so far. Yeah, I don't think there's any question about that, Mark,

1190
01:01:34,640 --> 01:01:37,280
Speaker 1: and thanks for the call. I think the way that

1191
01:01:37,440 --> 01:01:40,000
Speaker 1: you have to look at this is the Bills drafted

1192
01:01:40,080 --> 01:01:46,080
Speaker 1: Josh Allen on physical talent, which was readily evident. I mean,

1193
01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:49,880
Speaker 1: he's a physical specimen, who can throw the ball a mile,

1194
01:01:50,240 --> 01:01:54,480
Speaker 1: who has tremendous speed with his legs. Those are all givens.

1195
01:01:55,320 --> 01:01:59,960
Speaker 1: The projection on Josh Allen was we have to understand

1196
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:02,040
Speaker 1: and who he is as a person, know what his

1197
01:02:02,160 --> 01:02:06,880
Speaker 1: personality is, know what motivates and drives him, if he's

1198
01:02:06,960 --> 01:02:11,280
Speaker 1: internally motivated, and if the motivation is tied to football

1199
01:02:11,640 --> 01:02:15,720
Speaker 1: and being great at that. And Josh passed all of

1200
01:02:15,800 --> 01:02:19,800
Speaker 1: those tests with the Bills with flying colors. He wants

1201
01:02:20,000 --> 01:02:23,720
Speaker 1: He's told them and convinced them he wants to be

1202
01:02:23,880 --> 01:02:28,280
Speaker 1: great at football as a quarterback. He has said time

1203
01:02:28,320 --> 01:02:30,280
Speaker 1: and again, this is all I want to do. Well,

1204
01:02:30,320 --> 01:02:32,520
Speaker 1: that's all well and great when you say it. Now

1205
01:02:32,720 --> 01:02:36,000
Speaker 1: put the time in. He's put the time in, and

1206
01:02:36,200 --> 01:02:39,720
Speaker 1: now you're seeing the results of that commitment to his craft.

1207
01:02:41,400 --> 01:02:43,320
Speaker 1: There are a lot of people, a lot of veteran

1208
01:02:43,400 --> 01:02:46,600
Speaker 1: football people who know this game inside and out who

1209
01:02:46,680 --> 01:02:50,880
Speaker 1: are convinced that you cannot improve completion percentage and accuracy.

1210
01:02:51,840 --> 01:02:55,920
Speaker 1: Josh Allen has proved them wrong. And maybe it's not

1211
01:02:56,080 --> 01:02:59,320
Speaker 1: because it wasn't there for Josh. Maybe it was just

1212
01:02:59,400 --> 01:03:04,640
Speaker 1: because and his game simply needed refinement. Not a lot

1213
01:03:04,720 --> 01:03:07,200
Speaker 1: of time on the field in college. Not a lot

1214
01:03:07,280 --> 01:03:10,960
Speaker 1: of time divan, you know, dicing up x's and o's,

1215
01:03:11,680 --> 01:03:15,880
Speaker 1: working on checks, audibles, all of those things, site of

1216
01:03:15,960 --> 01:03:19,120
Speaker 1: just option routes. He didn't have any of that experience.

1217
01:03:19,680 --> 01:03:21,200
Speaker 1: So now that he's in his third year in the

1218
01:03:21,280 --> 01:03:23,480
Speaker 1: league and he's been exposed to it on a daily basis,

1219
01:03:23,680 --> 01:03:26,320
Speaker 1: and he's committed himself to the craft and wants to

1220
01:03:26,400 --> 01:03:30,760
Speaker 1: get better each and every day, these are the results. Yeah,

1221
01:03:30,920 --> 01:03:33,880
Speaker 1: he's got loads of physical talent, no question about it,

1222
01:03:33,960 --> 01:03:36,240
Speaker 1: and he what the Bills wanted to know when they

1223
01:03:36,480 --> 01:03:38,960
Speaker 1: drafted him. And the thing that has made him get

1224
01:03:39,000 --> 01:03:41,880
Speaker 1: to this point at least is a couple of other things.

1225
01:03:41,960 --> 01:03:44,880
Speaker 1: It's not just his physical talent, it's how smart he

1226
01:03:45,080 --> 01:03:49,160
Speaker 1: is and how hard he works. It's that simple. He

1227
01:03:49,360 --> 01:03:51,440
Speaker 1: wants to be as good as he can be. And

1228
01:03:51,520 --> 01:03:56,760
Speaker 1: when a guy with that has his physical ability, what

1229
01:03:56,920 --> 01:03:59,400
Speaker 1: if you do what if he does reach his full potential,

1230
01:03:59,480 --> 01:04:02,160
Speaker 1: what if he does get as good as he could

1231
01:04:02,200 --> 01:04:04,720
Speaker 1: possibly be with all of that physical talent, Well, then

1232
01:04:04,760 --> 01:04:06,440
Speaker 1: you got a Hall of Fame guy. You got. This

1233
01:04:06,560 --> 01:04:08,360
Speaker 1: is a guy like a Cam Newton, like a like

1234
01:04:08,440 --> 01:04:10,560
Speaker 1: a John Elway type of guy. A guy who's big,

1235
01:04:10,680 --> 01:04:14,840
Speaker 1: strong armed and plays forever and at some at certain

1236
01:04:14,880 --> 01:04:16,920
Speaker 1: points in his career, when the team gets gets the

1237
01:04:17,040 --> 01:04:19,320
Speaker 1: right guys on it, he takes you deep in the playoffs,

1238
01:04:19,360 --> 01:04:21,360
Speaker 1: maybe to do a super Bowl. John Elway three super Bowls,

1239
01:04:21,400 --> 01:04:24,120
Speaker 1: he was oh and three then he won two. That

1240
01:04:24,360 --> 01:04:26,400
Speaker 1: kind of that kind of career where guy's just so

1241
01:04:26,640 --> 01:04:29,800
Speaker 1: big and strong and he learns so much, he works

1242
01:04:29,840 --> 01:04:32,600
Speaker 1: so hard at it. You just he's there all the time.

1243
01:04:32,720 --> 01:04:35,600
Speaker 1: He becomes he comes to that team's Ben Roethlisberger, that

1244
01:04:35,640 --> 01:04:38,920
Speaker 1: team's Dan Marino, that team's Philip Rivers, that team's Drew Brees,

1245
01:04:39,240 --> 01:04:42,200
Speaker 1: that team's Tom Brady. He just hangs around for a

1246
01:04:42,320 --> 01:04:45,240
Speaker 1: decade and a half and he beats you up for

1247
01:04:45,360 --> 01:04:48,320
Speaker 1: fifteen years and you don't even remember that we back

1248
01:04:48,360 --> 01:04:51,280
Speaker 1: he remember in two nineteen. Everybody's like, does this guy

1249
01:04:51,360 --> 01:04:54,000
Speaker 1: have like that guy's not? He come on the Bills

1250
01:04:54,080 --> 01:04:56,600
Speaker 1: drafted him and they got crushed for it. Nobody remembers

1251
01:04:56,640 --> 01:05:00,320
Speaker 1: that stuff. Speaking of Josh Allen having it, we wanted

1252
01:05:00,360 --> 01:05:05,680
Speaker 1: to draw your attention to Josh Allen's continued success against

1253
01:05:05,720 --> 01:05:08,880
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins. I think we knew coming in that

1254
01:05:09,080 --> 01:05:11,640
Speaker 1: Josh has had some good success against the Dolphins. But

1255
01:05:12,520 --> 01:05:15,120
Speaker 1: in my Numbers to No column today on Buffalo Bills

1256
01:05:15,120 --> 01:05:19,200
Speaker 1: dot Com, I highlighted this Steve. Yesterday, he had one

1257
01:05:19,480 --> 01:05:22,000
Speaker 1: forty seven passer rating that was the highest in his career.

1258
01:05:22,720 --> 01:05:27,920
Speaker 1: Four of Josh Allen's top five passer rating games or

1259
01:05:27,960 --> 01:05:31,960
Speaker 1: against Miami, and our MSG viewers are looking at those now,

1260
01:05:33,120 --> 01:05:37,160
Speaker 1: one forty seven yesterday. He had a one seventeen point

1261
01:05:37,320 --> 01:05:42,200
Speaker 1: seven in twenty nineteen, and then he had a one

1262
01:05:42,480 --> 01:05:46,560
Speaker 1: fourteen point nine in twenty eighteen, the season finale up here,

1263
01:05:46,640 --> 01:05:48,920
Speaker 1: the forty two seventeen game, and then he had a

1264
01:05:48,920 --> 01:05:54,200
Speaker 1: one eleven point four game last year in October against Miami.

1265
01:05:54,520 --> 01:05:56,560
Speaker 1: The only other game in his top five that was

1266
01:05:56,640 --> 01:05:59,080
Speaker 1: not against Miami was the Thanksgiving Day game last year,

1267
01:05:59,280 --> 01:06:01,360
Speaker 1: where he had a rating of one twenty point seven,

1268
01:06:01,680 --> 01:06:08,680
Speaker 1: four of his five best against the offense. Whoa Dolphins head,

1269
01:06:08,680 --> 01:06:12,000
Speaker 1: They're sticking needles in there. Josh Allen doll that, yeah,

1270
01:06:13,280 --> 01:06:16,840
Speaker 1: he's right. I mean the caller Mark is right. We've

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Speaker 1: we've watched him. All the Bills fans have watched the guy,

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Speaker 1: and of course, you know, some Bill Bills fans dutifully

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Speaker 1: started liking the guy just hey, he's our guy. Where

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna jump on board, I'm gonna root for him.

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Speaker 1: Others had to be won over. I mean, you've got

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Speaker 1: and it's one of those weekends too, where everybody's going

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01:06:35,160 --> 01:06:39,000
Speaker 1: back over everybody's timeline finding one insult that they made

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01:06:39,040 --> 01:06:41,040
Speaker 1: to Josh Allen where he was never gonna be good

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01:06:41,120 --> 01:06:43,000
Speaker 1: or this or that or the other, and I sent

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Speaker 1: one to you today were and I'll find it. But

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01:06:48,520 --> 01:06:50,720
Speaker 1: all these stuff over the time where everybody has been

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01:06:50,800 --> 01:06:53,280
Speaker 1: crushing him and all the guy people here in Buffalo

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01:06:53,400 --> 01:06:57,760
Speaker 1: and Bills fans have been looking all over for reasons

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01:06:57,880 --> 01:07:00,520
Speaker 1: to say, hey, remember when you said this, I you know,

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01:07:01,040 --> 01:07:08,000
Speaker 1: and it was it was this one was where was it? Well,

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01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:10,640
Speaker 1: while you're doing that, I am going to just let

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Speaker 1: our delicious let's let our listeners and viewers here From

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01:07:13,640 --> 01:07:16,960
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, who commented after the game on the success

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01:07:17,000 --> 01:07:24,040
Speaker 1: of this passing game against the Dolphins. Do we have

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01:07:24,200 --> 01:07:27,320
Speaker 1: that guys the uh Josh Allen commenting on the success

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01:07:27,360 --> 01:07:29,120
Speaker 1: of the passing game yesterday, in which he threw for

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Speaker 1: four hundred and seventeen yards. I think it's an attitude

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01:07:33,120 --> 01:07:35,600
Speaker 1: that we we just have. Um you know, we believe

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01:07:35,640 --> 01:07:37,920
Speaker 1: in our in our playmakers here and um you know,

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01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:40,400
Speaker 1: coach Stables not the one that shy away from from

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01:07:40,400 --> 01:07:42,560
Speaker 1: putting the ball in my hands. Um you know. But

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01:07:42,680 --> 01:07:45,920
Speaker 1: our our five did a great job in protection. Our

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01:07:45,960 --> 01:07:47,720
Speaker 1: backs are tight. Ends did a great job as well.

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Speaker 1: Our guys got open, they made plays, undrafted free uh

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01:07:51,760 --> 01:07:54,800
Speaker 1: you know, undrafted rookie free agent Reggie um, you know,

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01:07:54,880 --> 01:07:57,400
Speaker 1: scoring a touchdown we had gave Davis on a third down,

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01:07:57,800 --> 01:08:00,560
Speaker 1: fourth or fifth round pick, rookie, UM make big plays

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01:08:00,600 --> 01:08:03,280
Speaker 1: and when we needed it. So when you got guys

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01:08:03,320 --> 01:08:06,880
Speaker 1: that can step up and phil rolls and make plays

1305
01:08:06,920 --> 01:08:10,080
Speaker 1: with that they did, that's huge for a team's success.

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01:08:10,120 --> 01:08:13,479
Speaker 1: And again, um, it should be games where the offense

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01:08:13,520 --> 01:08:14,760
Speaker 1: has got to step up, and today was one of

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01:08:14,800 --> 01:08:18,160
Speaker 1: those days. Are the long ball accuracy questions done? Now

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01:08:18,320 --> 01:08:23,920
Speaker 1: we've done with that, I'm asking you, I would say, yeah,

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01:08:25,479 --> 01:08:29,800
Speaker 1: thank you, yeah, so, I mean, he remembers who says

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01:08:30,000 --> 01:08:33,080
Speaker 1: what about him too. He knew there was criticism last

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Speaker 1: year when he completed only twenty five percent of his

1313
01:08:36,200 --> 01:08:39,640
Speaker 1: deep ball passes. He went to work on it, to

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Speaker 1: his credit, all through the course of last offseason, and

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Speaker 1: he's put those critics to bed now because there's no

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01:08:45,720 --> 01:08:48,760
Speaker 1: response when you perform and prove them wrong. Yeah, there

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01:08:48,800 --> 01:08:51,120
Speaker 1: are people that we've had. People mentioned to day they

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01:08:51,120 --> 01:08:53,880
Speaker 1: thought that they were getting killed and I think I'm

1319
01:08:53,920 --> 01:08:55,680
Speaker 1: not sure what website this was on that this is

1320
01:08:55,840 --> 01:08:57,760
Speaker 1: one of the biggest rip offs of the offseason that

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01:08:58,120 --> 01:09:00,320
Speaker 1: one team got the better of it. His take was

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01:09:00,400 --> 01:09:02,680
Speaker 1: this that Stefan digs it will not won't be the

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01:09:02,760 --> 01:09:06,320
Speaker 1: difference maker the Bills fans are expecting, especially with Josh

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01:09:06,360 --> 01:09:09,879
Speaker 1: Allen and his brutal career fifty six point three completion

1325
01:09:09,920 --> 01:09:14,360
Speaker 1: percentage throwing to him. Well that was in college. Yeah,

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01:09:16,400 --> 01:09:19,280
Speaker 1: so they're okay. I mean, it's it's one of those

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01:09:19,360 --> 01:09:22,680
Speaker 1: days where all the Josh Alan lovers can can say

1328
01:09:22,720 --> 01:09:24,519
Speaker 1: I told you so and go back and find that

1329
01:09:24,600 --> 01:09:26,920
Speaker 1: stuff and I'm and I even though I did it

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01:09:27,040 --> 01:09:29,760
Speaker 1: right there, we got a lot of football to play.

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01:09:30,280 --> 01:09:32,479
Speaker 1: He's not going to throw for four hundred yards every

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01:09:32,520 --> 01:09:34,559
Speaker 1: week the Bills. The Bills are not. He's not going

1333
01:09:34,600 --> 01:09:36,960
Speaker 1: to complete sixty eight percent of his passes every week either.

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01:09:37,080 --> 01:09:40,040
Speaker 1: The Bills are not going to go sixteen and o probably,

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01:09:43,120 --> 01:09:45,280
Speaker 1: but they're But they're a different football team than they

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01:09:45,320 --> 01:09:48,640
Speaker 1: were last year. And at the end of last year,

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01:09:48,720 --> 01:09:51,840
Speaker 1: I was on this show, Brownie and it's it's a bummer.

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01:09:52,160 --> 01:09:54,959
Speaker 1: They had this fun year last year. They became a contender.

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01:09:55,000 --> 01:09:57,080
Speaker 1: They showed up on Thanksgiving Day, they showed up on

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01:09:57,120 --> 01:10:00,040
Speaker 1: the road in Pittsburgh. That's some really cool wins, but

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01:10:00,120 --> 01:10:01,840
Speaker 1: you could really get behind it gave you a real

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01:10:02,040 --> 01:10:05,760
Speaker 1: sense of uptick in this organization. The city was a

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01:10:05,800 --> 01:10:08,680
Speaker 1: buzz with it. And then the season was over with

1344
01:10:08,840 --> 01:10:12,240
Speaker 1: a tough overtime loss on the road in Houston. You're not, man.

1345
01:10:13,200 --> 01:10:14,760
Speaker 1: I would have loved to see this team go a

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01:10:14,840 --> 01:10:18,160
Speaker 1: little deeper. Would have loved to see that. And there's

1347
01:10:18,160 --> 01:10:19,840
Speaker 1: a little bit of a process where we were all

1348
01:10:19,880 --> 01:10:21,559
Speaker 1: kind of sad and it was it was going away.

1349
01:10:21,600 --> 01:10:24,240
Speaker 1: And I told you then and I'm I'll say it again,

1350
01:10:24,400 --> 01:10:26,360
Speaker 1: And this is because this team is an illustration of it.

1351
01:10:26,600 --> 01:10:28,800
Speaker 1: That team last year, as fun as it was they're gone.

1352
01:10:29,840 --> 01:10:31,920
Speaker 1: This team's going to be very different than that team

1353
01:10:32,040 --> 01:10:34,400
Speaker 1: was last year. Their defense is going to be different,

1354
01:10:34,479 --> 01:10:36,840
Speaker 1: This offense is certainly going to be different. There's gonna

1355
01:10:36,840 --> 01:10:39,439
Speaker 1: be different reasons to cheer for it. It doesn't mean

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01:10:39,520 --> 01:10:41,519
Speaker 1: they're going to have as good a record as last year,

1357
01:10:42,640 --> 01:10:44,640
Speaker 1: or even not even or maybe even a better one,

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01:10:45,080 --> 01:10:47,560
Speaker 1: or not as good whatever. It's gonna be different. This

1359
01:10:47,760 --> 01:10:50,880
Speaker 1: team is. But that's why you look this team is

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01:10:51,240 --> 01:10:53,920
Speaker 1: that game they played yesterday. They couldn't play that game

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01:10:54,040 --> 01:10:56,880
Speaker 1: yesterday a year ago. That game could not have happened

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01:10:57,200 --> 01:10:59,360
Speaker 1: with a team that they fielded last year. As much

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01:10:59,400 --> 01:11:01,519
Speaker 1: fun as they were to watch and as much many

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01:11:01,560 --> 01:11:04,800
Speaker 1: good things that they did, this team, yeah, is way

1365
01:11:04,920 --> 01:11:07,519
Speaker 1: different in the last twelve months than it was, you know,

1366
01:11:07,920 --> 01:11:10,479
Speaker 1: well fourteen months ago. Let's go back around the locker

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01:11:10,560 --> 01:11:13,719
Speaker 1: room and Micah Hyde and a bunch of defensive players

1368
01:11:14,240 --> 01:11:19,280
Speaker 1: were kind of given what Josh's stats were after the game.

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01:11:19,320 --> 01:11:23,679
Speaker 1: In the postgame press conferences on zoom like, media members

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01:11:23,720 --> 01:11:27,559
Speaker 1: were rattling off his stats, and Micah's first response when

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01:11:27,600 --> 01:11:29,479
Speaker 1: he was when he heard four hundred and seventeen yards

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01:11:29,479 --> 01:11:34,799
Speaker 1: and four touchdowns was jeez, whoa and Trudevius was shaking

1373
01:11:34,840 --> 01:11:39,240
Speaker 1: his head. Jordan Poyer, I think started laughing. But here

1374
01:11:39,360 --> 01:11:43,320
Speaker 1: is Micah Hyde's reaction to Josh Allen's performance against the

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01:11:43,400 --> 01:11:47,639
Speaker 1: Dolphins yesterday. That's the confidence that we have in him,

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01:11:48,680 --> 01:11:51,960
Speaker 1: you know, I think that as a quarterback in this league,

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01:11:52,000 --> 01:11:54,040
Speaker 1: and you get confidence, it's a dangerous thing. It's a

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01:11:54,120 --> 01:11:56,880
Speaker 1: dangerous thing for for opponents. You know, we pat against

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01:11:56,920 --> 01:12:00,479
Speaker 1: one today especially, has a lot of confidence Josh. They

1380
01:12:00,479 --> 01:12:01,920
Speaker 1: had a lot of confidence seeing him. You know, a

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01:12:01,960 --> 01:12:05,400
Speaker 1: lot of defenses like that is remarkable. You know. I

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01:12:06,720 --> 01:12:08,160
Speaker 1: we stay in Joshed year all the time. I'm talking

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01:12:08,160 --> 01:12:09,800
Speaker 1: about how good he is, and you know, he knows it.

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01:12:09,960 --> 01:12:15,479
Speaker 1: He knows it, and you know, performances very definitely solidifies that. Yeah. So,

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01:12:16,560 --> 01:12:19,439
Speaker 1: I mean his teammates know how good he is. I

1386
01:12:19,600 --> 01:12:21,200
Speaker 1: think they just knew. All he had to do was

1387
01:12:21,280 --> 01:12:24,680
Speaker 1: harness at all, Harness all of that ability into a

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01:12:24,800 --> 01:12:28,760
Speaker 1: consistent kind of package where he can deliver play after

1389
01:12:28,880 --> 01:12:33,560
Speaker 1: play after play after play and keep the mistakes and

1390
01:12:33,720 --> 01:12:36,600
Speaker 1: the poor decisions to a minimum. He keeps doing that,

1391
01:12:37,400 --> 01:12:41,200
Speaker 1: his team's on its way. Here's the thing. Yeah. Week one, Okay,

1392
01:12:41,280 --> 01:12:44,599
Speaker 1: so the New York Jets. Okay, Week two, the Dolphins,

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01:12:44,640 --> 01:12:47,040
Speaker 1: they're not quite rebuild, but they played. They're they're a

1394
01:12:47,120 --> 01:12:49,120
Speaker 1: good team, and Brian Forrest has got him playing hard.

1395
01:12:49,160 --> 01:12:51,960
Speaker 1: It's a much tougher test. But combined, so far, the

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01:12:52,040 --> 01:12:54,280
Speaker 1: Bill's first two opponents are an O and four combined.

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01:12:55,120 --> 01:13:00,800
Speaker 1: Their next four opponents are seven and O combined. So

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01:13:02,720 --> 01:13:05,320
Speaker 1: let's see what happens in this next month, right, Let's

1399
01:13:05,600 --> 01:13:07,680
Speaker 1: let's see how they play. And I and I don't know,

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01:13:07,840 --> 01:13:11,080
Speaker 1: and and I know on wins and losses of the

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01:13:11,080 --> 01:13:14,400
Speaker 1: bottom line, but going two and two through that stretch,

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01:13:15,080 --> 01:13:19,439
Speaker 1: we're going three and one, even one and three, you're

1403
01:13:19,479 --> 01:13:21,960
Speaker 1: gonna say to yourself, if, depending on how those games go,

1404
01:13:22,720 --> 01:13:25,040
Speaker 1: it's going to give you a yardstick about how deep

1405
01:13:25,120 --> 01:13:27,320
Speaker 1: and how far this team really can go. You got

1406
01:13:28,040 --> 01:13:31,680
Speaker 1: the Rams coming up, then the Raiders, the Titans, and

1407
01:13:31,800 --> 01:13:36,439
Speaker 1: of course the Chiefs. Um, that's a tough stretch. Um,

1408
01:13:36,600 --> 01:13:41,680
Speaker 1: they're at their loss might not be at tough. It's Patriots,

1409
01:13:41,800 --> 01:13:46,320
Speaker 1: Seahawks and Cardinals or forty nine ers Steelers. I mean,

1410
01:13:46,439 --> 01:13:48,519
Speaker 1: there's some tough ones left on this slave here. So

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01:13:48,840 --> 01:13:52,519
Speaker 1: they've got they've got to keep playing encouragement. It's encouraging

1412
01:13:52,560 --> 01:13:55,080
Speaker 1: what we're seeing, but it's not a done deal, Lucille.

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01:13:55,120 --> 01:13:56,720
Speaker 1: All right around the locker room is brought to you

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01:13:56,800 --> 01:14:00,960
Speaker 1: by Connect Life Blood and Organ Donor Network. So that

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01:14:01,120 --> 01:14:03,479
Speaker 1: was some sound around the locker room from Josh there

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01:14:03,560 --> 01:14:07,080
Speaker 1: and Micah, And if we have time later in the show,

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01:14:07,120 --> 01:14:09,160
Speaker 1: we'll get some more sound out to you from the

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01:14:09,240 --> 01:14:12,560
Speaker 1: locker room from yesterday's big win. But we do have

1419
01:14:12,640 --> 01:14:14,800
Speaker 1: to step aside and take a break. When we come back,

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Speaker 1: we've got the Maddie Awards as our own Natty Glab.

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01:14:18,680 --> 01:14:21,760
Speaker 1: We'll be handing out her awards for the victory down

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01:14:21,960 --> 01:14:25,040
Speaker 1: in South Florida yesterday. That's all coming up next here

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Speaker 1: on One Bills Live presented by Kalida Help. This is

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01:14:27,800 --> 01:14:44,160
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio christ Round Steve Tasker with you're here

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01:14:44,240 --> 01:14:47,479
Speaker 1: for the second half of a Monday Bills Victory Monday

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01:14:47,640 --> 01:14:51,599
Speaker 1: One Bills Live edition and joining us now as promised

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01:14:52,360 --> 01:14:55,360
Speaker 1: for the weekly Well, we hope it's weekly Maddie Awards,

1428
01:14:55,400 --> 01:14:57,240
Speaker 1: because that would mean the Bills are still winning each

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01:14:57,320 --> 01:15:00,439
Speaker 1: and every week. We'll take that. In a second. The

1430
01:15:00,560 --> 01:15:03,160
Speaker 1: Maddie Glab with the Maddie Awards, and they're brought to

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01:15:03,200 --> 01:15:06,439
Speaker 1: you by Energy Mark, the official energy supplier of the

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01:15:06,520 --> 01:15:08,479
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. Maddie, how are you doing? What are you?

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01:15:08,680 --> 01:15:13,080
Speaker 1: Where are you going to start this week with us? Guys?

1434
01:15:13,200 --> 01:15:16,040
Speaker 1: I mean, I would love to have sixteen of these

1435
01:15:16,160 --> 01:15:18,880
Speaker 1: segments throughout the season, because that means we would be

1436
01:15:19,120 --> 01:15:22,320
Speaker 1: sixteen and oh, I'm completely all for that, but right now,

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01:15:22,680 --> 01:15:24,680
Speaker 1: I'll be happy with two. And oh, I'm not going

1438
01:15:24,720 --> 01:15:27,800
Speaker 1: to get two ahead of myself. But let's start with

1439
01:15:27,920 --> 01:15:31,640
Speaker 1: the offense today. And I'm sure you guys have discussed

1440
01:15:31,800 --> 01:15:34,439
Speaker 1: the offense and what they did at lengths already, but

1441
01:15:35,000 --> 01:15:39,040
Speaker 1: let's go for offensive MVP of this game. And for me,

1442
01:15:39,280 --> 01:15:41,439
Speaker 1: it's it's not a player, even though Josh Allen the

1443
01:15:41,439 --> 01:15:44,160
Speaker 1: wide receivers had a great game. For me, it's Brian

1444
01:15:44,320 --> 01:15:47,559
Speaker 1: day Ball and the game plan that he dialed up

1445
01:15:48,240 --> 01:15:51,519
Speaker 1: to get a win against Miami Dolphins. Brownie, I remember

1446
01:15:51,640 --> 01:15:53,960
Speaker 1: talking about, you know what the game plan might be

1447
01:15:54,120 --> 01:15:56,240
Speaker 1: going into this game, and we thought, of course, like

1448
01:15:56,760 --> 01:15:59,000
Speaker 1: Josh Allen's gonna rush for a bunch of yards because

1449
01:15:59,080 --> 01:16:02,439
Speaker 1: Cam Newton rushed seventy five against the Miami Dolphins defensive

1450
01:16:02,479 --> 01:16:05,640
Speaker 1: line and they looked really confused and there was miscommunication

1451
01:16:05,720 --> 01:16:07,639
Speaker 1: and errors and things like that, so of course they're

1452
01:16:07,680 --> 01:16:09,799
Speaker 1: going to target that. And we saw like the exact

1453
01:16:10,000 --> 01:16:13,639
Speaker 1: opposite of that. As soon as Byron Jones went out

1454
01:16:13,680 --> 01:16:17,439
Speaker 1: of the game, they started to target those deep balls

1455
01:16:17,520 --> 01:16:19,920
Speaker 1: and the secondary and they were even doing that before

1456
01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:22,040
Speaker 1: Byron Jones went out of the game. And we're having

1457
01:16:22,200 --> 01:16:26,880
Speaker 1: success seeing them connect on the deep ball multiple times.

1458
01:16:27,160 --> 01:16:29,439
Speaker 1: They threw in a wildcat there at one point. It

1459
01:16:29,520 --> 01:16:32,000
Speaker 1: didn't work out how they wanted it to, but you

1460
01:16:32,080 --> 01:16:36,120
Speaker 1: get two touchdowns to rookies. Both of them were only

1461
01:16:36,240 --> 01:16:39,000
Speaker 1: targeted once in this game and ended up in touchdowns.

1462
01:16:39,320 --> 01:16:43,160
Speaker 1: Isaiah McKenzie gets involved, and they just completely pick apart

1463
01:16:43,280 --> 01:16:47,519
Speaker 1: the weakness of this Dolphins defense and Byron Jones exiting

1464
01:16:47,560 --> 01:16:50,479
Speaker 1: the game, they averaged eight point nine yards per play.

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01:16:51,280 --> 01:16:54,439
Speaker 1: I was pretty amazed watching this game at just what

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01:16:54,640 --> 01:16:58,759
Speaker 1: the offense could do over five hundred yards on offense.

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01:16:58,840 --> 01:17:00,960
Speaker 1: Of course, we know Josh Allan throwing for more than

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01:17:01,080 --> 01:17:04,400
Speaker 1: four hundred and four tds. I was like, Wow, this

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Speaker 1: is a true offense and Brian dave Ball is going

1470
01:17:07,600 --> 01:17:10,479
Speaker 1: to have the time of his live game planning for

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Speaker 1: this team if they continue to play how they've played

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01:17:14,479 --> 01:17:17,920
Speaker 1: and how they've shown these first two weeks. Yeah, Steve,

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01:17:18,520 --> 01:17:22,519
Speaker 1: the crossing routes were worked with great success, and they

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01:17:22,600 --> 01:17:24,439
Speaker 1: kept going to it. Whether you call it a crosser

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01:17:24,520 --> 01:17:27,080
Speaker 1: or a deep over, whatever it is, they were using those.

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01:17:27,240 --> 01:17:29,120
Speaker 1: They went to those time and again. I mean they

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Speaker 1: went to the well on that probably like six or

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Speaker 1: eight times in the first half, and almost all of

1479
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Speaker 1: them worked. Yeah, And it's a great concept versus man

1480
01:17:36,400 --> 01:17:37,880
Speaker 1: to man. If you can get the guy behind you,

1481
01:17:38,040 --> 01:17:39,800
Speaker 1: you make him think you're going vertical and break it

1482
01:17:39,880 --> 01:17:41,640
Speaker 1: off and come across the field, he can't catch you,

1483
01:17:42,160 --> 01:17:45,400
Speaker 1: particularly if you've got some athleticism, which all these guys do.

1484
01:17:45,520 --> 01:17:47,639
Speaker 1: I mean, it was it's a great concept. It worked

1485
01:17:47,800 --> 01:17:52,960
Speaker 1: very well. And just like a lot of fans love

1486
01:17:53,040 --> 01:17:54,920
Speaker 1: it is, why did you go away from this? It

1487
01:17:55,400 --> 01:17:57,400
Speaker 1: kept working. When do you stop doing it? Well, they

1488
01:17:57,439 --> 01:17:59,280
Speaker 1: didn't stop doing it. They just kept it up and

1489
01:17:59,280 --> 01:18:01,400
Speaker 1: they kept their foot on the gas. And the only

1490
01:18:01,439 --> 01:18:04,400
Speaker 1: thing they really changed about those pass patterns, Brownie, was

1491
01:18:04,439 --> 01:18:06,519
Speaker 1: how deep they were running them. Even the deep route

1492
01:18:06,840 --> 01:18:09,240
Speaker 1: to John Brown was kind of an overpost deep over

1493
01:18:09,320 --> 01:18:11,519
Speaker 1: on the other side of the field route. So they

1494
01:18:11,640 --> 01:18:14,200
Speaker 1: kept they kept crossing the field with the wide receivers,

1495
01:18:14,240 --> 01:18:16,640
Speaker 1: and the Dolphins just never got on top of it.

1496
01:18:16,720 --> 01:18:19,800
Speaker 1: All right, Maddie, defensive MVP, who do you have there?

1497
01:18:21,240 --> 01:18:24,200
Speaker 1: Defensive MVP? That has got to go to the guy

1498
01:18:24,280 --> 01:18:30,120
Speaker 1: who had his first NFL start, linebacker Tyrella Dodson getting

1499
01:18:30,240 --> 01:18:34,400
Speaker 1: his name called on Sunday. And this is someone who

1500
01:18:34,720 --> 01:18:37,120
Speaker 1: had a lot on his plate in this game, without

1501
01:18:37,200 --> 01:18:41,400
Speaker 1: Tremaine Edmonds and without Matt Milano. It's your first NFL start,

1502
01:18:41,479 --> 01:18:44,200
Speaker 1: You're going up against a team that has some long,

1503
01:18:44,320 --> 01:18:47,320
Speaker 1: wide receivers and a talented tight end and get sicky.

1504
01:18:47,400 --> 01:18:50,200
Speaker 1: And yes, he totally did get involved in that game,

1505
01:18:50,280 --> 01:18:53,280
Speaker 1: and at times the Dolphins offense did pick apart the

1506
01:18:53,360 --> 01:18:56,479
Speaker 1: middle of the field there, but Dodson had five tackles

1507
01:18:56,520 --> 01:18:59,840
Speaker 1: the TfL two passes defended. One of those pass break

1508
01:19:00,040 --> 01:19:02,800
Speaker 1: up came on a third down and the Dolphins were

1509
01:19:02,800 --> 01:19:05,680
Speaker 1: then forced to punt. He played seventy five snaps, which

1510
01:19:05,720 --> 01:19:08,200
Speaker 1: was ninety nine percent of the game. The two other

1511
01:19:08,280 --> 01:19:11,240
Speaker 1: players who had seventy five snaps were Micah Hyde and

1512
01:19:11,360 --> 01:19:15,680
Speaker 1: Jordan Poyer. So I think he definitely outperformed expectations. In

1513
01:19:15,800 --> 01:19:18,920
Speaker 1: many cases. He was all over the field all games.

1514
01:19:18,960 --> 01:19:22,000
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott definitely gave him praise for how he performed.

1515
01:19:22,280 --> 01:19:24,799
Speaker 1: And I know we would love to have Tremaine Edmonds

1516
01:19:24,880 --> 01:19:27,400
Speaker 1: and Matt Milano back on Sunday, but if we can

1517
01:19:27,479 --> 01:19:29,559
Speaker 1: only have one of them back, you have to feel

1518
01:19:29,600 --> 01:19:32,440
Speaker 1: good about Dodson and what he did in this performance

1519
01:19:32,479 --> 01:19:34,920
Speaker 1: and of how much better he can get with another

1520
01:19:35,000 --> 01:19:38,080
Speaker 1: week of prep under his belts. Yeah, energy players, Steve,

1521
01:19:38,360 --> 01:19:41,960
Speaker 1: I think that's safe to say a guy that I

1522
01:19:42,080 --> 01:19:44,679
Speaker 1: think a lot of his teammates told him, Hey, don't

1523
01:19:44,720 --> 01:19:47,200
Speaker 1: try to be anybody else. Just try to be you

1524
01:19:47,960 --> 01:19:50,280
Speaker 1: and play your game. Don't worry about oh I gotta

1525
01:19:50,320 --> 01:19:53,080
Speaker 1: do everything that Tremaine does out here. Just be you

1526
01:19:53,280 --> 01:19:55,200
Speaker 1: and do what you do. I think it was interesting

1527
01:19:55,280 --> 01:19:57,760
Speaker 1: too that there were times when and I said this

1528
01:19:57,880 --> 01:20:02,080
Speaker 1: earlier in the show, that Dodson like took over a

1529
01:20:02,120 --> 01:20:03,920
Speaker 1: couple of plays. There's like two or three plays in

1530
01:20:03,920 --> 01:20:06,280
Speaker 1: a row where Dodson made this tackle, he covered that past,

1531
01:20:06,320 --> 01:20:08,120
Speaker 1: and he knocked this one away, or he got a

1532
01:20:08,160 --> 01:20:11,479
Speaker 1: pain And there were series out there where he showed

1533
01:20:11,880 --> 01:20:14,720
Speaker 1: big time. And I think that kind of play is

1534
01:20:15,160 --> 01:20:17,880
Speaker 1: the reason he's actually on the field. It's actually why

1535
01:20:17,920 --> 01:20:19,720
Speaker 1: he was on the practice squad all last year, and

1536
01:20:19,960 --> 01:20:21,720
Speaker 1: I think his getting on the field playing as well

1537
01:20:21,720 --> 01:20:24,000
Speaker 1: as he did at times shows a little bit of

1538
01:20:24,040 --> 01:20:26,320
Speaker 1: the development that this coaching staff is putting in on him.

1539
01:20:26,360 --> 01:20:27,719
Speaker 1: So it was good for him. That's a good award,

1540
01:20:27,800 --> 01:20:30,519
Speaker 1: all right, your playmaker award, Maddie, who gets that one

1541
01:20:31,880 --> 01:20:35,080
Speaker 1: playmaker award? I think, you know, we could probably all

1542
01:20:35,200 --> 01:20:38,120
Speaker 1: guess who this is gonna be, and it's Stefan Diggs,

1543
01:20:38,240 --> 01:20:41,120
Speaker 1: because man did he showed that he's a playmaker on

1544
01:20:41,280 --> 01:20:44,200
Speaker 1: this team yesterday. It was this second game where he

1545
01:20:44,360 --> 01:20:49,439
Speaker 1: had eight receptions average nineteen yards per catch yesterday, he

1546
01:20:49,520 --> 01:20:51,920
Speaker 1: really looked like a wide receiver one and a lot

1547
01:20:52,000 --> 01:20:55,040
Speaker 1: of different plays that were thrown on him, thrown at him.

1548
01:20:55,040 --> 01:20:57,519
Speaker 1: He had big plays, he had little plays. And I

1549
01:20:57,680 --> 01:20:59,920
Speaker 1: look back to one of the catches that he made

1550
01:21:00,160 --> 01:21:03,080
Speaker 1: in the second quarter where Josh Allen threw ball that

1551
01:21:03,200 --> 01:21:05,200
Speaker 1: was a little bit high and he had to catch

1552
01:21:05,240 --> 01:21:07,960
Speaker 1: it in a tight window, jumped up to grab the ball,

1553
01:21:08,280 --> 01:21:11,120
Speaker 1: had multiple defenders around him, and I was like, oh

1554
01:21:11,200 --> 01:21:16,200
Speaker 1: my gosh, Stefan Diggs is a key piece to this offense.

1555
01:21:16,320 --> 01:21:18,800
Speaker 1: He is so good any ball that's thrown his way,

1556
01:21:18,880 --> 01:21:21,400
Speaker 1: He's gonna put it all on the line to make

1557
01:21:21,479 --> 01:21:25,080
Speaker 1: the grab he connected on the deep ball with Josh Allen.

1558
01:21:25,160 --> 01:21:28,280
Speaker 1: That just looked too easy from the two of them.

1559
01:21:28,400 --> 01:21:31,559
Speaker 1: And to see this connection through like two weeks of play,

1560
01:21:31,960 --> 01:21:34,960
Speaker 1: thinking about that, there was no really off season and

1561
01:21:35,080 --> 01:21:38,840
Speaker 1: they had, you know, a little little time to get

1562
01:21:38,880 --> 01:21:42,120
Speaker 1: on the same page. That makes me just so excited

1563
01:21:42,280 --> 01:21:46,120
Speaker 1: to think about what that connection can be in week twelve,

1564
01:21:46,439 --> 01:21:50,240
Speaker 1: in week fifteen, you know, when playoff implications are on

1565
01:21:50,360 --> 01:21:53,360
Speaker 1: the line. Hopefully we're gonna win the AFC East by

1566
01:21:53,439 --> 01:21:56,160
Speaker 1: then and it's not really going to be a battle

1567
01:21:56,280 --> 01:21:59,080
Speaker 1: to make the playoffs. But it'll be interesting to see

1568
01:21:59,160 --> 01:22:02,280
Speaker 1: how this connection can grow as the season goes on. Yeah,

1569
01:22:02,479 --> 01:22:07,600
Speaker 1: that's very good early returns. I think he's probably exceeded expectations,

1570
01:22:07,760 --> 01:22:09,400
Speaker 1: at least on the part of the fan base, if

1571
01:22:09,439 --> 01:22:11,559
Speaker 1: we can believe that. But you know, right now he's

1572
01:22:11,640 --> 01:22:14,120
Speaker 1: leading the league and receiving yardage, so yeah, I think

1573
01:22:14,200 --> 01:22:17,200
Speaker 1: that that exceeds expectations. Got to be better than advertised.

1574
01:22:17,240 --> 01:22:19,840
Speaker 1: So I'm thinking, so, yeah, alright, the next one is

1575
01:22:20,000 --> 01:22:23,800
Speaker 1: under pressure Award. What do you mean by that under

1576
01:22:23,840 --> 01:22:26,479
Speaker 1: pressure award? I was thinking, Okay, who's who's some players

1577
01:22:26,479 --> 01:22:30,240
Speaker 1: who had some pressure on them yesterday and came up

1578
01:22:30,280 --> 01:22:33,240
Speaker 1: to the plate and hit a home run, And of

1579
01:22:33,320 --> 01:22:35,599
Speaker 1: course Dodson is one of those guys, but I'm thinking

1580
01:22:35,680 --> 01:22:38,799
Speaker 1: of offensive players. There are two rookies who are targeted

1581
01:22:38,920 --> 01:22:41,519
Speaker 1: just once yesterday and that happened to be in the

1582
01:22:41,680 --> 01:22:45,280
Speaker 1: end zone. So those guys are Reggie Gilliam and Gabriel Davis,

1583
01:22:45,400 --> 01:22:47,639
Speaker 1: and as rookies to not have a lot of time

1584
01:22:48,760 --> 01:22:51,160
Speaker 1: where the ball's thrown at you a couple times before

1585
01:22:51,200 --> 01:22:53,360
Speaker 1: you get in the end zone and you're feeling good

1586
01:22:53,439 --> 01:22:56,559
Speaker 1: and you're feeling loose. They throw the ball over Reggie

1587
01:22:56,640 --> 01:23:00,719
Speaker 1: Gilliam in the first quarter and he may nice play

1588
01:23:00,800 --> 01:23:03,679
Speaker 1: and Bills go up seven to zero. And then there's

1589
01:23:03,720 --> 01:23:07,280
Speaker 1: that Gabriel Davis catch that was just pretty much insane,

1590
01:23:08,439 --> 01:23:10,840
Speaker 1: got his hands under the ball right as he was

1591
01:23:10,960 --> 01:23:14,400
Speaker 1: falling to the ground to score a touchdown for the Bills.

1592
01:23:14,439 --> 01:23:18,879
Speaker 1: It was both their first career touchdowns as NFL players,

1593
01:23:19,000 --> 01:23:22,559
Speaker 1: so it was good to see them get involved targeted

1594
01:23:22,640 --> 01:23:25,880
Speaker 1: once and they come up big, putting seven points six

1595
01:23:25,960 --> 01:23:28,160
Speaker 1: points on the board for their teams. I thought Reggie

1596
01:23:28,160 --> 01:23:29,960
Speaker 1: Gilliam had a great comment after the game just to

1597
01:23:30,040 --> 01:23:32,200
Speaker 1: show his presence of mind on the play in which

1598
01:23:32,200 --> 01:23:35,040
Speaker 1: he scored on the touchdown, he said, I could see

1599
01:23:35,200 --> 01:23:37,560
Speaker 1: that Josh was rolling out and I was trying to

1600
01:23:39,360 --> 01:23:41,559
Speaker 1: I had to slow my route down a little bit

1601
01:23:42,479 --> 01:23:45,120
Speaker 1: with Josh's rollout based on the pressure he was seeing,

1602
01:23:45,479 --> 01:23:47,240
Speaker 1: I had to slow down my route a little bit

1603
01:23:47,280 --> 01:23:50,800
Speaker 1: to improve the angle of the pass to ensure that

1604
01:23:50,880 --> 01:23:54,519
Speaker 1: the completion could be made. For an undrafted rookie to

1605
01:23:54,680 --> 01:23:57,519
Speaker 1: have the presence of mind to know that on a

1606
01:23:57,640 --> 01:23:59,640
Speaker 1: play like that, that's a pretty quick hitter at the

1607
01:23:59,680 --> 01:24:02,240
Speaker 1: one hard line, I thought spoke volumes to how he's

1608
01:24:02,280 --> 01:24:04,920
Speaker 1: coached here by tight ends coach Rob Boris, and then

1609
01:24:04,960 --> 01:24:06,960
Speaker 1: to put it into practice in the game. And the

1610
01:24:07,000 --> 01:24:10,160
Speaker 1: same thing for Gabriel Davis. Steve, because he said, based

1611
01:24:10,240 --> 01:24:12,200
Speaker 1: on how the timing of that play was unfolding, he

1612
01:24:12,360 --> 01:24:14,560
Speaker 1: was behind and he knew he was gonna have to

1613
01:24:14,640 --> 01:24:16,920
Speaker 1: probably lay out for the ball because he was a

1614
01:24:17,000 --> 01:24:19,200
Speaker 1: stepper two behind, got hung up on his route or whatever,

1615
01:24:19,600 --> 01:24:21,519
Speaker 1: and he knew he was gonna have to fully extend

1616
01:24:21,720 --> 01:24:24,479
Speaker 1: and he caught the back half of that ball. Steve, Yeah,

1617
01:24:24,520 --> 01:24:27,280
Speaker 1: he did the exact right thing. Though. The rule is

1618
01:24:27,320 --> 01:24:28,680
Speaker 1: when you're going back in the back of the ends

1619
01:24:28,680 --> 01:24:30,560
Speaker 1: when you gotta stay a yard and a half or

1620
01:24:30,640 --> 01:24:32,960
Speaker 1: two yards away from the end line because if you

1621
01:24:33,040 --> 01:24:34,479
Speaker 1: had to go up, you want room to come down.

1622
01:24:35,080 --> 01:24:37,360
Speaker 1: And that's kind of the rule. He was perfectly around it,

1623
01:24:37,439 --> 01:24:40,840
Speaker 1: and he came from the far side. Josh saw him,

1624
01:24:40,960 --> 01:24:43,720
Speaker 1: and yeah, it was a great catch. And those those

1625
01:24:43,760 --> 01:24:47,240
Speaker 1: two guys, Reggie Gilliam and Gabriel Davis. And if you

1626
01:24:47,280 --> 01:24:49,760
Speaker 1: can start getting production from that from guys that far

1627
01:24:49,920 --> 01:24:52,560
Speaker 1: down the pecking order and your receiving corps and your

1628
01:24:52,600 --> 01:24:55,439
Speaker 1: tight end corps, you're gonna be okay if they can

1629
01:24:55,479 --> 01:24:57,639
Speaker 1: win some matchups once in a while, particularly if your

1630
01:24:57,720 --> 01:25:00,800
Speaker 1: quarterback feels confident in them. All Right, Mattie, we've got

1631
01:25:00,880 --> 01:25:04,960
Speaker 1: some awards from around the National Football This one's my favorite. Yeah,

1632
01:25:04,960 --> 01:25:08,439
Speaker 1: this is a great one. Kicker of the week. Yeah,

1633
01:25:08,520 --> 01:25:11,080
Speaker 1: let's go around the NFL so best Kicker Award. If

1634
01:25:11,120 --> 01:25:14,160
Speaker 1: you were watching games yesterday or highlights, you probably know

1635
01:25:14,200 --> 01:25:16,519
Speaker 1: who we're going to talk about. It's the Chiefs kicker

1636
01:25:16,600 --> 01:25:20,160
Speaker 1: Harrison Bucker. So the game's tied at twenty in overtime,

1637
01:25:20,240 --> 01:25:23,120
Speaker 1: Harrison Bucker kicks a fifty three yarder, but you know what,

1638
01:25:23,240 --> 01:25:26,160
Speaker 1: the offensive lineman jumped and it was a false start,

1639
01:25:26,200 --> 01:25:28,720
Speaker 1: so they were moved back five yards. So here's a

1640
01:25:28,800 --> 01:25:31,280
Speaker 1: fifty eight yard field goal that Bucker has to kick

1641
01:25:31,360 --> 01:25:35,240
Speaker 1: in overtime to win the game. But the Chargers called

1642
01:25:35,280 --> 01:25:38,360
Speaker 1: the time out after Bucker makes the fifty eight yarder,

1643
01:25:38,479 --> 01:25:42,240
Speaker 1: so again he has to kick a third field goal

1644
01:25:42,439 --> 01:25:46,519
Speaker 1: from fifty plus yards, another fifty eight yarder, and he

1645
01:25:46,760 --> 01:25:50,200
Speaker 1: drills it to win the game. And after the game,

1646
01:25:50,240 --> 01:25:53,960
Speaker 1: Bucker said that he kept getting angrier after each kick,

1647
01:25:54,040 --> 01:25:57,400
Speaker 1: and you can definitely see that him nailing three straight

1648
01:25:57,560 --> 01:26:00,840
Speaker 1: fifty plus yard field goals, the last one to win

1649
01:26:00,920 --> 01:26:06,000
Speaker 1: the game in overtime, Like, just wow, do you see that?

1650
01:26:06,320 --> 01:26:08,559
Speaker 1: How'd you like to be that offensive lineman that committed

1651
01:26:08,600 --> 01:26:11,240
Speaker 1: the penalty to back him up five yards? You're not

1652
01:26:11,320 --> 01:26:13,639
Speaker 1: even looking at him after you do that, you jump

1653
01:26:13,680 --> 01:26:16,280
Speaker 1: off sides and it's just like, oh my gosh, what

1654
01:26:16,400 --> 01:26:21,280
Speaker 1: did I just do? And that kickers, just like you know,

1655
01:26:21,600 --> 01:26:25,080
Speaker 1: is fifty three to begin with. Bro. Now, the thing

1656
01:26:25,120 --> 01:26:27,519
Speaker 1: about it was and that and and that not for nothing.

1657
01:26:27,920 --> 01:26:30,080
Speaker 1: He had kicked a fifty eight or earlier in the game.

1658
01:26:30,960 --> 01:26:34,360
Speaker 1: That was his second fifty eight yards that counted and

1659
01:26:34,479 --> 01:26:37,680
Speaker 1: they both tied Jan Stenerud's team record from back in

1660
01:26:37,760 --> 01:26:41,240
Speaker 1: the seventies. Those were he He's like, he's like five

1661
01:26:41,400 --> 01:26:43,519
Speaker 1: kicks in that game that were magic and he hit

1662
01:26:43,560 --> 01:26:45,360
Speaker 1: all of them. Good for him. You're right, that's a

1663
01:26:45,479 --> 01:26:47,639
Speaker 1: that's a you gotta go. You gotta give that guy

1664
01:26:47,720 --> 01:26:49,639
Speaker 1: a shout out. All right, So Maddie, we're short on time,

1665
01:26:49,680 --> 01:26:52,519
Speaker 1: but let's get through these other ones. Most mesmerizing play,

1666
01:26:52,600 --> 01:26:56,479
Speaker 1: your Kudos award and your best celebration, all right. Most

1667
01:26:56,520 --> 01:27:00,240
Speaker 1: mest mesmerizing play goes to the Cowboys on side kick.

1668
01:27:00,280 --> 01:27:04,120
Speaker 1: They just the Falcons looked completely caught off guard here

1669
01:27:04,200 --> 01:27:07,120
Speaker 1: thirty nine to thirty seven, one forty nine on the

1670
01:27:07,200 --> 01:27:09,720
Speaker 1: clock in the fourth quarter, and you kick this on

1671
01:27:09,840 --> 01:27:12,240
Speaker 1: side kick, and the Falcons didn't know what to do

1672
01:27:12,320 --> 01:27:14,040
Speaker 1: with it for the first ten yards. They didn't know

1673
01:27:14,040 --> 01:27:16,479
Speaker 1: if they should jump on it or wait for the

1674
01:27:16,560 --> 01:27:19,560
Speaker 1: Cowboys to come after them. But the Cowboys recovered and

1675
01:27:19,640 --> 01:27:21,639
Speaker 1: they went on to win the game. Kicked the forty

1676
01:27:21,720 --> 01:27:24,000
Speaker 1: six yard field goal to win the game forty to

1677
01:27:24,200 --> 01:27:27,200
Speaker 1: thirty nine. So quite an interesting on side kick there,

1678
01:27:27,240 --> 01:27:31,599
Speaker 1: and it actually goes back to their Rams days. Greg

1679
01:27:31,720 --> 01:27:34,160
Speaker 1: Zerline used to be on the rams with the special

1680
01:27:34,240 --> 01:27:36,960
Speaker 1: teams coach who was currently on the Cowboys. So that's

1681
01:27:37,040 --> 01:27:39,720
Speaker 1: something that they've been practicing for over a year and

1682
01:27:39,800 --> 01:27:43,680
Speaker 1: actually got to perform it in that game yesterday. And

1683
01:27:43,760 --> 01:27:48,240
Speaker 1: then the Kudos Award and the best Celebrations Kudos award

1684
01:27:48,280 --> 01:27:51,440
Speaker 1: has got to go to Justin Herbert in his first start. Unfortunately,

1685
01:27:51,520 --> 01:27:55,280
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor was experiencing some chest paint, so he had

1686
01:27:55,560 --> 01:27:58,200
Speaker 1: to sit out after going to the hospital, and Justin

1687
01:27:58,280 --> 01:28:00,400
Speaker 1: Herbert found out not too long before where the game

1688
01:28:00,439 --> 01:28:02,120
Speaker 1: started that he was going to be the starter for

1689
01:28:02,479 --> 01:28:05,160
Speaker 1: So for having no time to actually process it, he

1690
01:28:05,280 --> 01:28:08,360
Speaker 1: had a pretty great game, lost in overtime. They had

1691
01:28:08,400 --> 01:28:10,400
Speaker 1: to lead until the fourth quarter. He was twenty two

1692
01:28:10,439 --> 01:28:13,639
Speaker 1: of thirty three forty three hundred and eleven yards, had

1693
01:28:13,720 --> 01:28:16,320
Speaker 1: one touchdown in the air, one rushing touchdown, and through

1694
01:28:16,360 --> 01:28:20,160
Speaker 1: one interception. So kudos to him in his first NFL

1695
01:28:20,320 --> 01:28:23,880
Speaker 1: start as a quarterback. Yep. And what about the best celebration?

1696
01:28:25,040 --> 01:28:27,880
Speaker 1: All right, the best celebration Juju Smith Schuster has had

1697
01:28:27,920 --> 01:28:30,560
Speaker 1: some awesome celebrations to start the season. Last week we

1698
01:28:30,640 --> 01:28:34,000
Speaker 1: saw him smile into the pylon camp and this week,

1699
01:28:34,080 --> 01:28:37,400
Speaker 1: after a Deonte Johnson touchdown a twenty eight yard touchdown

1700
01:28:37,479 --> 01:28:41,040
Speaker 1: reception from Big Ben. We saw Juju jump into an

1701
01:28:41,120 --> 01:28:45,080
Speaker 1: empty stadium and act as a fan as Johnson went

1702
01:28:45,200 --> 01:28:46,840
Speaker 1: up to him and gave him the ball in a

1703
01:28:46,880 --> 01:28:50,240
Speaker 1: little hug there. So pretty funny to see that twenty

1704
01:28:50,400 --> 01:28:53,240
Speaker 1: twenty things in an empty stadium. But yeah, I saw

1705
01:28:53,320 --> 01:28:56,519
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones in Green Bay jump do the Lambeau leap

1706
01:28:57,240 --> 01:28:59,519
Speaker 1: into an empty crowd too when he was just sitting

1707
01:28:59,560 --> 01:29:01,200
Speaker 1: up there around. What else am I gonna do? So

1708
01:29:01,680 --> 01:29:04,080
Speaker 1: it's gonna be different these celebrations because they're not gonna

1709
01:29:04,080 --> 01:29:06,559
Speaker 1: involve fans. But Maddie, thanks very much for your Mattie

1710
01:29:06,560 --> 01:29:09,679
Speaker 1: Awards this week. We'll catch up with you on Wednesday

1711
01:29:10,000 --> 01:29:13,439
Speaker 1: when you're back on the practice sidelines for us. See

1712
01:29:13,479 --> 01:29:15,479
Speaker 1: you guys on Wednesday. Have a good rest of the show.

1713
01:29:15,560 --> 01:29:17,559
Speaker 1: All right. That's the Maddie Awards, brought to you by

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01:29:17,680 --> 01:29:20,280
Speaker 1: Energy Mark, the official energy supplier of the Buffalo Bills.

1715
01:29:20,320 --> 01:29:22,160
Speaker 1: We are late to the break, but when we come back,

1716
01:29:22,600 --> 01:29:24,680
Speaker 1: more are your phone calls. And then coming up at

1717
01:29:24,760 --> 01:29:27,680
Speaker 1: two o'clock, we will have one Eric Wood to help

1718
01:29:27,760 --> 01:29:30,519
Speaker 1: us break down Sunday's game. Get his thoughts on what

1719
01:29:30,680 --> 01:29:32,960
Speaker 1: he took from the thirty one twenty eight victory. All

1720
01:29:33,000 --> 01:29:35,240
Speaker 1: coming up next time One Bills Live presented by Kalid

1721
01:29:35,280 --> 01:29:52,120
Speaker 1: to Health. This is Buffalo Bills Radio. Chris Brown, Steve

1722
01:29:52,200 --> 01:29:55,639
Speaker 1: Tasker with you and Steve. You know that the Dolphins

1723
01:29:55,680 --> 01:29:58,800
Speaker 1: were allowed to have fans at their stadium, but yeah,

1724
01:29:58,920 --> 01:30:03,200
Speaker 1: the thirteen thousand, an allowable capacity, was not met. No,

1725
01:30:03,439 --> 01:30:06,960
Speaker 1: they couldn't sell it out. Um. This was a record

1726
01:30:07,600 --> 01:30:09,800
Speaker 1: reported by Peter King of NBC Sports. They were allowed

1727
01:30:09,840 --> 01:30:13,120
Speaker 1: to move only eleven thousand and seventy five. That the

1728
01:30:13,479 --> 01:30:16,679
Speaker 1: thousand that was the attendants. M You know, Bills fans

1729
01:30:17,120 --> 01:30:19,759
Speaker 1: from Western New York probably couldn't get down there because,

1730
01:30:19,840 --> 01:30:22,240
Speaker 1: you know, if you're gonna go down there and come back,

1731
01:30:22,280 --> 01:30:26,040
Speaker 1: you got a quarantine for two weeks, and everybody's everybody's

1732
01:30:26,080 --> 01:30:28,280
Speaker 1: up to here with quarantines, right, I mean, you've kind

1733
01:30:28,280 --> 01:30:29,960
Speaker 1: of had it for that, So nobody wanted to go

1734
01:30:30,040 --> 01:30:33,800
Speaker 1: down to the game. There were a ton of I

1735
01:30:33,960 --> 01:30:36,720
Speaker 1: guess Bills fans living in Florida who showed up to

1736
01:30:36,760 --> 01:30:38,519
Speaker 1: the game. You saw it every time they panned across

1737
01:30:38,560 --> 01:30:42,599
Speaker 1: the crowd. There were some blue Blue Bills fans, Bills stuff. Uh,

1738
01:30:43,000 --> 01:30:44,719
Speaker 1: you know, it was a large percentage of the people,

1739
01:30:44,840 --> 01:30:47,679
Speaker 1: and there weren't that many people there obviously, but there's

1740
01:30:47,720 --> 01:30:49,280
Speaker 1: a ton of Bills fans, and of course you see,

1741
01:30:49,400 --> 01:30:51,680
Speaker 1: you know, you saw the family matters where you'd have,

1742
01:30:52,320 --> 01:30:53,680
Speaker 1: you know, the wife in a Bill's hat and the

1743
01:30:53,720 --> 01:30:55,880
Speaker 1: husband in a Dolphins jersey. That kind of stuff was

1744
01:30:55,920 --> 01:31:00,280
Speaker 1: going on too. But I'd be I'd be interested if mine.

1745
01:31:00,520 --> 01:31:02,840
Speaker 1: You know, why, Well, what's the why couldn't they sell

1746
01:31:02,880 --> 01:31:07,120
Speaker 1: out those those seats? Um, certainly fan apathy down there's

1747
01:31:07,240 --> 01:31:09,200
Speaker 1: got in that way for years. Yeah, but there's got

1748
01:31:09,280 --> 01:31:12,000
Speaker 1: to be more optimism about how good their team is

1749
01:31:12,040 --> 01:31:15,559
Speaker 1: gonna be. Uh. They played they played the Patriots tough

1750
01:31:15,640 --> 01:31:18,880
Speaker 1: and the Pots the week before. Maybe that's how they are, though,

1751
01:31:19,400 --> 01:31:22,160
Speaker 1: that's that's how they are. I don't get that. Man,

1752
01:31:22,720 --> 01:31:25,240
Speaker 1: Well that's Miami, that's South Florida. Let's take them. I

1753
01:31:25,240 --> 01:31:27,800
Speaker 1: guess it's all real quick. Gary and Cheekawag has been

1754
01:31:27,840 --> 01:31:30,240
Speaker 1: waiting patiently. So Gary, what do you have for us?

1755
01:31:30,280 --> 01:31:33,320
Speaker 1: Welcome to the show. Hey, guys, I agree that, Uh,

1756
01:31:33,680 --> 01:31:36,479
Speaker 1: you know, it's tough to thirteen thousand. They should have

1757
01:31:36,479 --> 01:31:39,800
Speaker 1: been able to fill that stadium, But um, what I

1758
01:31:39,880 --> 01:31:44,120
Speaker 1: really wanted to talk about was um Moss. Moss's ability

1759
01:31:44,520 --> 01:31:48,320
Speaker 1: to break tackles. I mean, it seems like this guy

1760
01:31:48,400 --> 01:31:51,200
Speaker 1: gets the ball and he always breaks the first tackle.

1761
01:31:51,600 --> 01:31:55,360
Speaker 1: He always gets some yards after the first touch, and

1762
01:31:56,800 --> 01:31:59,120
Speaker 1: I feel like it's it's taking the pressure off Josh Ellen,

1763
01:31:59,200 --> 01:32:03,000
Speaker 1: who have to do quarterback sneaks that kind of thing. Yeah,

1764
01:32:03,120 --> 01:32:08,120
Speaker 1: and Dotson also, Dotson, he was a savior in that game.

1765
01:32:08,720 --> 01:32:12,439
Speaker 1: You know, just missing those mental linebackers and having a

1766
01:32:12,479 --> 01:32:14,280
Speaker 1: guy that can come in and plug in like that

1767
01:32:14,520 --> 01:32:20,000
Speaker 1: and just play that well was amazing. And uh, you know,

1768
01:32:21,160 --> 01:32:25,240
Speaker 1: Gaseki had some amazing catches. They kept him in that game.

1769
01:32:25,360 --> 01:32:27,679
Speaker 1: I feel like that was the brightest spot for Miami.

1770
01:32:28,439 --> 01:32:33,439
Speaker 1: But besides that, I feel like, you know, Dotson was

1771
01:32:33,520 --> 01:32:35,840
Speaker 1: probably the hero of the game. I'm not gonna lie,

1772
01:32:36,200 --> 01:32:38,599
Speaker 1: so I'm gonna hang up and listen and thanks Skin.

1773
01:32:38,920 --> 01:32:40,640
Speaker 1: All right, thanks for the call. Gary. I mean, I

1774
01:32:41,439 --> 01:32:44,479
Speaker 1: think if you tempered your expectations for what Dotson was

1775
01:32:44,520 --> 01:32:48,280
Speaker 1: going to give you, you were generally okay with what

1776
01:32:48,439 --> 01:32:50,320
Speaker 1: he did yesterday. He wasn't perfect, and I don't think

1777
01:32:50,320 --> 01:32:53,679
Speaker 1: anybody expected him to be perfect, but he made some plays.

1778
01:32:53,800 --> 01:32:58,559
Speaker 1: He flashed it's the consistency of his game that isn't

1779
01:32:58,600 --> 01:33:01,240
Speaker 1: there yet. And it's totally understandable because this was his

1780
01:33:01,360 --> 01:33:05,120
Speaker 1: first career NFL start, second career NFL game, and you

1781
01:33:05,240 --> 01:33:07,160
Speaker 1: had to put him out there and go play sixty

1782
01:33:07,200 --> 01:33:12,120
Speaker 1: five plays. I mean, that's a big askue, right, especially

1783
01:33:12,200 --> 01:33:16,360
Speaker 1: against a quarterback with the IQ level of Ryan Fitzpatrick.

1784
01:33:16,800 --> 01:33:20,200
Speaker 1: So he flashed yesterday. He made some plays for them,

1785
01:33:20,600 --> 01:33:24,280
Speaker 1: and and that's that's encouraging, especially if he has to

1786
01:33:24,320 --> 01:33:27,800
Speaker 1: play again this week, because we won't find out maybe

1787
01:33:27,880 --> 01:33:30,080
Speaker 1: until the middle of the week as to just what

1788
01:33:30,280 --> 01:33:33,800
Speaker 1: Milano and or Edmonds playing status is for Sunday's game

1789
01:33:34,040 --> 01:33:37,320
Speaker 1: against a high flying Rams offense, right, and the Rams

1790
01:33:37,360 --> 01:33:39,639
Speaker 1: are going to dissect everything he did on the field

1791
01:33:39,680 --> 01:33:44,920
Speaker 1: and find out what he did right or wrong. Dotson

1792
01:33:45,000 --> 01:33:48,560
Speaker 1: did flash, There's no question about it. He played. He

1793
01:33:48,680 --> 01:33:51,680
Speaker 1: showed off the athleticism that kept him around on the

1794
01:33:51,720 --> 01:33:54,240
Speaker 1: practice squad a year ago and then got him on

1795
01:33:54,280 --> 01:33:56,960
Speaker 1: the fifty three this year. I think they like what

1796
01:33:57,080 --> 01:34:00,280
Speaker 1: he gives him athletically. Now, he's built about like Lano,

1797
01:34:00,360 --> 01:34:03,240
Speaker 1: you know, he's six foot two thirty, so he's one

1798
01:34:03,280 --> 01:34:07,640
Speaker 1: of those kind of athletic guys. But you know that

1799
01:34:07,760 --> 01:34:09,560
Speaker 1: was a tough spot for him, There's no question about it.

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01:34:09,720 --> 01:34:11,760
Speaker 1: I think he acquitted himself. Well, I'm sure he'll tell

1801
01:34:11,800 --> 01:34:13,479
Speaker 1: you that he didn't play a perfect game and needed

1802
01:34:13,520 --> 01:34:15,920
Speaker 1: to work on some things. But for his first time

1803
01:34:15,960 --> 01:34:18,600
Speaker 1: out with you know, six days to get ready to

1804
01:34:18,680 --> 01:34:21,639
Speaker 1: play and start, I think they got to be pretty

1805
01:34:21,640 --> 01:34:24,000
Speaker 1: happy overall with what he did. All Right, we have

1806
01:34:24,080 --> 01:34:25,960
Speaker 1: to take a break, but when we return for hour

1807
01:34:26,080 --> 01:34:28,960
Speaker 1: number three of the show, it is Eric Wood who

1808
01:34:29,000 --> 01:34:31,439
Speaker 1: will be joining us for the two o'clock hour, give

1809
01:34:31,560 --> 01:34:34,439
Speaker 1: us his thoughts on Sunday's game and the big win

1810
01:34:34,520 --> 01:34:37,320
Speaker 1: over the Dolphins, and what he thinks that Josh Allen

1811
01:34:37,360 --> 01:34:39,800
Speaker 1: and where this offense is headed and what can be

1812
01:34:39,920 --> 01:34:43,040
Speaker 1: done to stem the tide In the event that Tremaide

1813
01:34:43,120 --> 01:34:45,840
Speaker 1: Edmonds and mat Malana aren't ready to go again this week,

1814
01:34:45,920 --> 01:34:48,200
Speaker 1: We'll cross our fingers and hope that's not the case.

1815
01:34:48,320 --> 01:34:50,880
Speaker 1: But Eric Wood coming up next here on One Bill's Live,

1816
01:34:50,960 --> 01:34:53,719
Speaker 1: presented by Kali to help. This is Buffalo Bill's Radio

1817
01:35:04,400 --> 01:35:09,360
Speaker 1: Ullo Bill's Radio Network Sports Update. Your sports update from

1818
01:35:09,360 --> 01:35:11,920
Speaker 1: One Bill's Drive. The Bills officially leading the league when

1819
01:35:11,960 --> 01:35:14,280
Speaker 1: it comes to passing offense. That's due in large part

1820
01:35:14,320 --> 01:35:16,439
Speaker 1: to Sunday's thirty one twenty eight went over the Dolphins,

1821
01:35:16,560 --> 01:35:19,160
Speaker 1: Josh Allen racking up over four hundred passing yards and

1822
01:35:19,240 --> 01:35:22,439
Speaker 1: four touchdowns, making him just the second QB in Bill's

1823
01:35:22,520 --> 01:35:25,519
Speaker 1: history to throw for four hundred and fifteen plus yards

1824
01:35:25,840 --> 01:35:28,920
Speaker 1: and four tds in a single game. The Bills entered

1825
01:35:28,960 --> 01:35:31,799
Speaker 1: the game without starting linebackers Matt Milano and Tremaine Edmonds.

1826
01:35:32,160 --> 01:35:35,000
Speaker 1: They also lost starting tight end Dawson Knox, who left

1827
01:35:35,040 --> 01:35:37,840
Speaker 1: the game early with a concussion. Sean McDermott's scheduled to

1828
01:35:37,880 --> 01:35:40,880
Speaker 1: address the media later this afternoon and may provide an

1829
01:35:40,920 --> 01:35:44,160
Speaker 1: injury update. Plenty of other injuries across the league in

1830
01:35:44,240 --> 01:35:47,080
Speaker 1: Week two. The Panthers saw running back Christian McCaffrey suffer

1831
01:35:47,160 --> 01:35:50,400
Speaker 1: an ankle injury. No timetable as of yet or the

1832
01:35:50,520 --> 01:35:53,840
Speaker 1: severity of the injury. It's official. The Giants have lost

1833
01:35:54,160 --> 01:35:57,559
Speaker 1: their star offensive player to a toorn ACL. Sa Quon

1834
01:35:57,640 --> 01:36:00,960
Speaker 1: Barkley left Sunday's game against the Bay in the second quarter,

1835
01:36:01,080 --> 01:36:03,760
Speaker 1: and it has been confirmed today that Barkley has a

1836
01:36:03,800 --> 01:36:07,240
Speaker 1: torn ACL. His season is over. The Broncos have lost

1837
01:36:07,320 --> 01:36:09,679
Speaker 1: top receiver Courtland Sutton for the rest of the season.

1838
01:36:10,080 --> 01:36:14,400
Speaker 1: He too, suffering a torn ACL in Denver's game against Pittsburgh.

1839
01:36:14,640 --> 01:36:18,120
Speaker 1: The Broncos also lost quarterback Drew Locke to a shoulder injury.

1840
01:36:18,160 --> 01:36:21,280
Speaker 1: He could be out two to six weeks. ESPN's Adam

1841
01:36:21,320 --> 01:36:24,600
Speaker 1: Schefter reporting a Chargers quarterback Tyrod Taylor considered week to

1842
01:36:24,720 --> 01:36:27,040
Speaker 1: week with a chest injury that kept him out of

1843
01:36:27,080 --> 01:36:31,120
Speaker 1: Sunday's game against Kansas City. Head coach Anthony Lynn said

1844
01:36:31,120 --> 01:36:35,040
Speaker 1: if Taylor is healthy, he is the starter. The Colts

1845
01:36:35,120 --> 01:36:39,120
Speaker 1: have lost wide receiver Paris Campbell indefinitely with MCL and

1846
01:36:39,280 --> 01:36:43,360
Speaker 1: PCL injuries in his knee. Meanwhile, the reigning defensive Rookie

1847
01:36:43,400 --> 01:36:45,800
Speaker 1: of the Year left his game early for the forty

1848
01:36:45,880 --> 01:36:47,800
Speaker 1: nine Ers and could be out a while. Nick Bosa

1849
01:36:47,920 --> 01:36:50,439
Speaker 1: was carted off and the nine Ers thirty one thirteen

1850
01:36:50,479 --> 01:36:53,400
Speaker 1: went over the Jets with a knee injury that head

1851
01:36:53,439 --> 01:36:56,400
Speaker 1: coach Kyle Shanahan said after the game that Bosa likely

1852
01:36:56,479 --> 01:37:01,360
Speaker 1: tore his ACL. He's undergoing more tests today. NBA Playoffs,

1853
01:37:01,360 --> 01:37:03,960
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis sank a buzzer beating three pointers helped the

1854
01:37:04,040 --> 01:37:06,120
Speaker 1: Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets one oh five one oh

1855
01:37:06,200 --> 01:37:09,719
Speaker 1: three in Game two of the Western Conference Finals, Davis

1856
01:37:09,760 --> 01:37:11,560
Speaker 1: and the Lakers hope to take a commanding three h

1857
01:37:11,640 --> 01:37:14,920
Speaker 1: series lead on Tuesday night. That is your sports update

1858
01:37:15,280 --> 01:37:17,760
Speaker 1: and joining us now and our number three of the

1859
01:37:17,800 --> 01:37:20,320
Speaker 1: program here on one Bills Live is the one the

1860
01:37:20,400 --> 01:37:23,680
Speaker 1: only Eric Wood who is part of Bills Tonight with

1861
01:37:23,800 --> 01:37:26,679
Speaker 1: Maddie Glab. He was on last night and was probably

1862
01:37:28,160 --> 01:37:30,960
Speaker 1: singing the praises of one Josh Allen as just about

1863
01:37:31,000 --> 01:37:34,200
Speaker 1: everybody who's a fan of the Buffalo Bills was, Eric,

1864
01:37:34,280 --> 01:37:37,280
Speaker 1: how you doing? Thanks for joining us? Were what were

1865
01:37:37,280 --> 01:37:41,840
Speaker 1: the primary takeaways for you from yesterday's game? Yeah, I mean,

1866
01:37:41,880 --> 01:37:47,080
Speaker 1: I think everybody's just enamored with these performances Josh Allen's

1867
01:37:47,120 --> 01:37:50,160
Speaker 1: put together through two weeks and without a preseason to

1868
01:37:50,320 --> 01:37:52,760
Speaker 1: go off of, without preseason games to go off of,

1869
01:37:53,320 --> 01:37:56,040
Speaker 1: it was hard for us to judge how Josh Allen

1870
01:37:56,120 --> 01:37:57,920
Speaker 1: was going to be coming into the season. We knew

1871
01:37:57,960 --> 01:38:00,200
Speaker 1: he had an added weapon in Stefon dig so we

1872
01:38:00,320 --> 01:38:04,040
Speaker 1: knew that that would bring another receiver who could separate

1873
01:38:04,080 --> 01:38:06,920
Speaker 1: a proven number one receiver in this league. But how

1874
01:38:07,000 --> 01:38:10,320
Speaker 1: much continuity was he going to have come Sundays, especially

1875
01:38:10,360 --> 01:38:14,760
Speaker 1: with no preseason games and just an unbelievable two performances

1876
01:38:14,840 --> 01:38:18,760
Speaker 1: by him, leading the league and passing yards through two weeks.

1877
01:38:18,800 --> 01:38:20,839
Speaker 1: Who would have predicted that head and into the season.

1878
01:38:21,320 --> 01:38:23,519
Speaker 1: And you know, the Bills were clicking on a number

1879
01:38:23,560 --> 01:38:27,120
Speaker 1: of cylinders yesterday, especially on offense. Then defensively they made

1880
01:38:27,200 --> 01:38:29,479
Speaker 1: enough plays to win it. And when you're down two

1881
01:38:29,560 --> 01:38:32,160
Speaker 1: of your best players on defense in Tremaina Edmonds and

1882
01:38:32,280 --> 01:38:34,840
Speaker 1: by Melana, it was going to be tougher for the

1883
01:38:34,920 --> 01:38:39,639
Speaker 1: defense to stop the Dolphins, and Fits generally plays pretty

1884
01:38:39,680 --> 01:38:42,880
Speaker 1: well against the Bills, and he did again yesterday. But

1885
01:38:43,040 --> 01:38:46,040
Speaker 1: it was great to see the offense carry them through

1886
01:38:46,080 --> 01:38:49,479
Speaker 1: a game. It's not something we've seen in this Josh

1887
01:38:49,560 --> 01:38:52,760
Speaker 1: Allen era in the Bills. Defense was excellent last year

1888
01:38:52,760 --> 01:38:54,680
Speaker 1: and there was times where the Bills on offense just

1889
01:38:54,800 --> 01:38:57,479
Speaker 1: got to be conservative and run the football more because

1890
01:38:57,520 --> 01:39:00,479
Speaker 1: their defense was so dominant. It was incredible yesterday to

1891
01:39:00,560 --> 01:39:03,720
Speaker 1: watch that offense take over a game and produce the

1892
01:39:03,760 --> 01:39:07,000
Speaker 1: way they did. How impressive were you? How impressed were

1893
01:39:07,040 --> 01:39:08,680
Speaker 1: you in the fourth quarter of that game, when the

1894
01:39:08,720 --> 01:39:11,519
Speaker 1: Bills were down, they came back, scored two touchdowns and

1895
01:39:12,960 --> 01:39:16,240
Speaker 1: it looked easy. I mean, they were afraid to go deep.

1896
01:39:16,280 --> 01:39:17,960
Speaker 1: I mean they threw the ball deep on one of

1897
01:39:18,240 --> 01:39:20,680
Speaker 1: you know, Steph Diggs, John Brown. They just missed on

1898
01:39:20,800 --> 01:39:22,760
Speaker 1: John Brown one play, came back on the exact next

1899
01:39:22,800 --> 01:39:25,280
Speaker 1: play and hit him again for the touchdown. I mean

1900
01:39:25,320 --> 01:39:28,639
Speaker 1: that looked like just a huge flex for Josh Allen

1901
01:39:28,720 --> 01:39:30,639
Speaker 1: this offense just to come out and say we're down

1902
01:39:30,760 --> 01:39:34,880
Speaker 1: by four, by three, or we're up by four, watch

1903
01:39:35,000 --> 01:39:36,679
Speaker 1: us now you know we were down. They would started

1904
01:39:36,720 --> 01:39:39,120
Speaker 1: out down by three, got a touchdown, came back, scored

1905
01:39:39,120 --> 01:39:42,639
Speaker 1: another touchdown, and they made it look easy. How impressive

1906
01:39:42,800 --> 01:39:44,439
Speaker 1: was that? And what do you think it says about

1907
01:39:44,479 --> 01:39:48,080
Speaker 1: the Bills and also of course the Dolphins. Those were

1908
01:39:48,120 --> 01:39:51,519
Speaker 1: two incredible drives. And one of the things Sean McDermot

1909
01:39:51,600 --> 01:39:53,320
Speaker 1: when he came into the Bills what he wanted to

1910
01:39:53,360 --> 01:39:55,840
Speaker 1: do and still was a culture that expects to win

1911
01:39:56,000 --> 01:39:58,640
Speaker 1: each and every game no matter the circumstances. Well, it

1912
01:39:58,800 --> 01:40:01,160
Speaker 1: takes a playoff a period, it takes winning games to

1913
01:40:01,240 --> 01:40:04,519
Speaker 1: get there. And with Josh Allen leading the leader tip

1914
01:40:04,560 --> 01:40:07,000
Speaker 1: of the league lead last year and fourth quarter comebacks,

1915
01:40:07,040 --> 01:40:08,960
Speaker 1: now you have so much confidence in Josh in the

1916
01:40:09,040 --> 01:40:12,040
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. His quarterback rating has gone up in the

1917
01:40:12,120 --> 01:40:15,040
Speaker 1: fourth quarter throughout his career and he likes playing in

1918
01:40:15,120 --> 01:40:17,879
Speaker 1: those brunch time situations that he proved it again yesterday,

1919
01:40:18,200 --> 01:40:21,240
Speaker 1: and you're talking about an analyst now media member, and

1920
01:40:21,320 --> 01:40:24,519
Speaker 1: I expected it to happen. I had full confidence in

1921
01:40:24,680 --> 01:40:27,439
Speaker 1: Josh Allen. And that's what Sean McDermott wanted to build

1922
01:40:27,840 --> 01:40:30,400
Speaker 1: with the Bills was no matter the adversity, no matter

1923
01:40:30,479 --> 01:40:33,040
Speaker 1: what happens, it's not here we go again. We blew

1924
01:40:33,120 --> 01:40:36,679
Speaker 1: the lead. Now we're gonna lose. It's if there's time

1925
01:40:36,720 --> 01:40:38,640
Speaker 1: on the clock, we're gonna come back and beat them.

1926
01:40:38,960 --> 01:40:41,799
Speaker 1: And so it was incredible to watch that unfold yesterday.

1927
01:40:42,520 --> 01:40:45,160
Speaker 1: It shows the confidence you have in your third year

1928
01:40:45,240 --> 01:40:47,439
Speaker 1: quarterback when you have a four minute drill, and this

1929
01:40:47,520 --> 01:40:50,680
Speaker 1: is a situation Sean McDermott is very passionate about. They

1930
01:40:50,880 --> 01:40:53,160
Speaker 1: drill it all the time in practice. I know that

1931
01:40:53,280 --> 01:40:55,760
Speaker 1: because I lived it. And the rules of the four

1932
01:40:55,840 --> 01:40:59,040
Speaker 1: minute drilling are simply no penalties and hold onto the

1933
01:40:59,080 --> 01:41:02,280
Speaker 1: fault ball and day and bounce, keep this clock moving. Well.

1934
01:41:02,320 --> 01:41:04,280
Speaker 1: They come out and they throw it down the field

1935
01:41:04,520 --> 01:41:06,840
Speaker 1: and take a shot down the field. That shows a

1936
01:41:06,880 --> 01:41:09,320
Speaker 1: lot of confidence that ei they're going to complete the

1937
01:41:09,360 --> 01:41:11,160
Speaker 1: ball and be that he's not going to put the

1938
01:41:11,200 --> 01:41:14,479
Speaker 1: ball in harm's way with an interception or some catastrophic mistake.

1939
01:41:15,000 --> 01:41:17,840
Speaker 1: It also shows confidence in the offensive line, and I

1940
01:41:17,960 --> 01:41:20,320
Speaker 1: believe they had tight ends of running backs in on

1941
01:41:20,400 --> 01:41:22,559
Speaker 1: that shot play too, that you're going to be able

1942
01:41:22,600 --> 01:41:28,519
Speaker 1: to protect. It's an unbelievable side and unbelievable play of

1943
01:41:28,600 --> 01:41:32,120
Speaker 1: events for this current Buffalo Bill's team. The one thing

1944
01:41:32,200 --> 01:41:34,880
Speaker 1: that I wanted to get your comment on, Eric was

1945
01:41:35,640 --> 01:41:39,440
Speaker 1: not the fact so much that Stefan Diggs is uncoverable,

1946
01:41:39,560 --> 01:41:42,479
Speaker 1: as it seems each through each of the first two weeks,

1947
01:41:43,200 --> 01:41:46,880
Speaker 1: but his impact and trickle down effect on the other

1948
01:41:46,960 --> 01:41:50,439
Speaker 1: receivers on the roster. Perfect example is the forty seven

1949
01:41:50,520 --> 01:41:53,000
Speaker 1: yard play that you referenced, when Josh hits him on

1950
01:41:53,040 --> 01:41:55,840
Speaker 1: a shot play and then on the very next play

1951
01:41:56,280 --> 01:41:59,439
Speaker 1: he's running a short under route, draws the attention of

1952
01:41:59,479 --> 01:42:03,600
Speaker 1: two defensive backs, which leaves John Brown open deep for

1953
01:42:03,720 --> 01:42:06,760
Speaker 1: the touchdown play, and you just sit there and say,

1954
01:42:06,840 --> 01:42:09,160
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, I mean, this guy is such a

1955
01:42:09,320 --> 01:42:12,479
Speaker 1: threat that he's making life so much easier for everybody

1956
01:42:12,560 --> 01:42:15,000
Speaker 1: else getting single covered out there. I mean, we're already

1957
01:42:15,040 --> 01:42:17,479
Speaker 1: seeing that after only two games. It's just I didn't

1958
01:42:17,479 --> 01:42:20,560
Speaker 1: think I would see it this early manifesting itself in

1959
01:42:20,640 --> 01:42:24,639
Speaker 1: this Bills passing game. You're right, and to my point earlier,

1960
01:42:24,800 --> 01:42:26,160
Speaker 1: you know, we didn't get to see this at all

1961
01:42:26,200 --> 01:42:29,920
Speaker 1: in the preseason, and with training camp practices mainly closed,

1962
01:42:30,240 --> 01:42:33,200
Speaker 1: we didn't get to see how their connection was. And

1963
01:42:34,439 --> 01:42:37,439
Speaker 1: I love the fact that they took that shot and

1964
01:42:37,520 --> 01:42:40,439
Speaker 1: then they went back down to John Brown again. You know,

1965
01:42:40,479 --> 01:42:42,720
Speaker 1: he connects on two of three deep balls, and you

1966
01:42:42,840 --> 01:42:45,559
Speaker 1: mentioned him being able to single up the receivers, while

1967
01:42:45,600 --> 01:42:48,400
Speaker 1: the Bills last year faced a lot of stacked boxes

1968
01:42:48,400 --> 01:42:51,120
Speaker 1: because they couldn't connect on a deep ball till midway

1969
01:42:51,280 --> 01:42:53,360
Speaker 1: later in the season. I believe at Miami was the

1970
01:42:53,439 --> 01:42:56,360
Speaker 1: first ball over thirty yards they completed an all season

1971
01:42:56,479 --> 01:42:59,880
Speaker 1: last year. And so completing these balls down the field

1972
01:43:00,040 --> 01:43:03,360
Speaker 1: early now that makes those safeties get a little further back.

1973
01:43:03,720 --> 01:43:07,920
Speaker 1: That'll add that'll assist this running game, and in both

1974
01:43:08,040 --> 01:43:12,320
Speaker 1: running Backsack Moscow's for over four yards of carry yesterday's

1975
01:43:12,320 --> 01:43:15,479
Speaker 1: Singletarry goes for over five a carry yesterday. Josh doesn't

1976
01:43:15,520 --> 01:43:16,920
Speaker 1: have to do a whole lot on the ground. He

1977
01:43:16,960 --> 01:43:20,720
Speaker 1: had one designed run in the first half, and we

1978
01:43:20,840 --> 01:43:23,240
Speaker 1: really didn't even need to use his legs yesterday, and

1979
01:43:25,120 --> 01:43:27,519
Speaker 1: Stefan Digs a big part of that. John Brown being

1980
01:43:27,560 --> 01:43:29,280
Speaker 1: able to take the top off the defense is a

1981
01:43:29,320 --> 01:43:31,200
Speaker 1: big part of that. And then when you have a

1982
01:43:31,280 --> 01:43:34,000
Speaker 1: quarterback like Byron Jones go down early in the game

1983
01:43:34,120 --> 01:43:36,840
Speaker 1: for the Dolphins, well that strings everybody out and now

1984
01:43:36,880 --> 01:43:39,360
Speaker 1: you're attacking matchup. So we saw that when he hit

1985
01:43:39,439 --> 01:43:42,840
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley on just what seemed like such an easy

1986
01:43:42,960 --> 01:43:46,320
Speaker 1: pitching catch across the field, because now Cole Beasley's working

1987
01:43:46,360 --> 01:43:51,760
Speaker 1: against the fourth quarterback and Cole Beasley he's a matchup nightmare. Right.

1988
01:43:52,360 --> 01:43:55,479
Speaker 1: I gotta ask you this as well, because I made

1989
01:43:55,520 --> 01:43:57,800
Speaker 1: the point earlier. I think fitz is one of the

1990
01:43:57,960 --> 01:44:00,600
Speaker 1: is an elite decision maker eve if he doesn't have

1991
01:44:00,680 --> 01:44:02,960
Speaker 1: the physical traits for a top quarterback, and I think

1992
01:44:03,040 --> 01:44:05,120
Speaker 1: he was able to take advantage of the absence of

1993
01:44:05,160 --> 01:44:08,040
Speaker 1: Matt Milano and Tremaine Edmonds. Do you think it was

1994
01:44:08,080 --> 01:44:10,799
Speaker 1: a little bit of both of those things. Certainly, Miami's

1995
01:44:10,800 --> 01:44:12,599
Speaker 1: got some weapons they got to tight end in Giziki

1996
01:44:12,680 --> 01:44:16,960
Speaker 1: that's really good, and working against two different off linebackers

1997
01:44:17,240 --> 01:44:18,960
Speaker 1: for the Buffalo Bills. Do you think that was the

1998
01:44:19,080 --> 01:44:21,160
Speaker 1: reason or most of the reason that they were able

1999
01:44:21,160 --> 01:44:24,559
Speaker 1: to make hay against the Bills defense. Yeah, a lot

2000
01:44:24,600 --> 01:44:27,000
Speaker 1: of was over the middle of the field. And last

2001
01:44:27,080 --> 01:44:30,240
Speaker 1: year in Orchard Park, Fits attacked le By Wallas a

2002
01:44:30,360 --> 01:44:33,040
Speaker 1: lot because he liked that matchup, whether it was Preston

2003
01:44:33,040 --> 01:44:36,200
Speaker 1: Williams or DeVante Parker. I've talked to Fitz a lot

2004
01:44:36,320 --> 01:44:38,120
Speaker 1: over the past couple of years, and he thinks those

2005
01:44:38,160 --> 01:44:41,360
Speaker 1: two receivers are just matchup nightmares for people. They're both tall,

2006
01:44:41,439 --> 01:44:45,880
Speaker 1: they're long, they're athletic, and so he and it's gonna happen.

2007
01:44:46,040 --> 01:44:49,200
Speaker 1: It's it's when you have Trey White on one side,

2008
01:44:49,240 --> 01:44:52,160
Speaker 1: the other cornerbacks going to get attacked. So whether that

2009
01:44:52,360 --> 01:44:54,840
Speaker 1: was Levi Wallace or whoever was in there, Fitz was

2010
01:44:54,920 --> 01:44:57,240
Speaker 1: generally going to go there with the ball, and those

2011
01:44:57,760 --> 01:44:59,320
Speaker 1: they made a lot of heay with play ashs and

2012
01:44:59,360 --> 01:45:01,400
Speaker 1: passes a the middle of the field. That's a really

2013
01:45:01,520 --> 01:45:06,000
Speaker 1: tough situation for linebackers. Matt Mullano and Tremaine Evans at

2014
01:45:06,040 --> 01:45:09,000
Speaker 1: times make it look easier than it probably should. Defending

2015
01:45:09,040 --> 01:45:12,280
Speaker 1: those Tremaine Evans being so long and athletic, and that

2016
01:45:12,360 --> 01:45:16,080
Speaker 1: Matt Mullano pretty much a lead athleticism for a linebacker,

2017
01:45:16,520 --> 01:45:18,639
Speaker 1: and so those guys at times make it look easy,

2018
01:45:18,920 --> 01:45:21,160
Speaker 1: and Fitz was able to take advantage of those situations.

2019
01:45:21,240 --> 01:45:24,439
Speaker 1: But you know, I thought Terrelle Dotson he played well

2020
01:45:24,520 --> 01:45:26,320
Speaker 1: week one when he came in, he got that sack

2021
01:45:26,400 --> 01:45:30,920
Speaker 1: and showed off some extraordinary closing speed on that. I

2022
01:45:30,960 --> 01:45:33,720
Speaker 1: think it caught Sam Darnold off guard how quickly he

2023
01:45:33,800 --> 01:45:35,479
Speaker 1: was able to close on him. So he catches all

2024
01:45:35,520 --> 01:45:38,280
Speaker 1: of the Bills Fans' eyes, all of the media's eyes then.

2025
01:45:38,560 --> 01:45:41,560
Speaker 1: And I thought Terrelle Dotson made a number of incredible

2026
01:45:41,640 --> 01:45:45,160
Speaker 1: plays yesterday. One there was a screen pass and not

2027
01:45:45,320 --> 01:45:48,960
Speaker 1: that one that we just see right there, there was

2028
01:45:49,000 --> 01:45:51,280
Speaker 1: another screen pass later in the game where it was

2029
01:45:51,320 --> 01:45:53,760
Speaker 1: set up perfectly and he louds two blockers and makes

2030
01:45:53,800 --> 01:45:56,679
Speaker 1: the play for no game. And I thought that play

2031
01:45:56,880 --> 01:46:01,639
Speaker 1: was absolutely huge at the time. And Steve, I'm sure

2032
01:46:01,680 --> 01:46:04,919
Speaker 1: you appreciated it. When Grant goes to circle the defense

2033
01:46:05,360 --> 01:46:08,719
Speaker 1: on the punt return later in the game, Terrell Dotson

2034
01:46:08,800 --> 01:46:11,280
Speaker 1: makes the play. So I thought he had a tremendous

2035
01:46:11,320 --> 01:46:14,880
Speaker 1: game filling in. And when you get Milano and Edmonds back,

2036
01:46:15,200 --> 01:46:19,080
Speaker 1: that's just a now a more experienced super athletic linebacker

2037
01:46:19,160 --> 01:46:21,120
Speaker 1: that you got on the roster. And that leads me

2038
01:46:21,280 --> 01:46:24,120
Speaker 1: to the tweet sheet brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems,

2039
01:46:24,160 --> 01:46:27,120
Speaker 1: the official the Quimen Moving Company the Buffalo Bills from Steve.

2040
01:46:27,200 --> 01:46:30,200
Speaker 1: He says, I realize just how important Tremaine Edmonds is

2041
01:46:30,280 --> 01:46:33,479
Speaker 1: to his defense. His size and length is so important

2042
01:46:33,560 --> 01:46:36,559
Speaker 1: and changes the team's ability to throw in the middle

2043
01:46:36,600 --> 01:46:39,400
Speaker 1: of the field. We've talked about this before, Eric, but

2044
01:46:40,000 --> 01:46:42,360
Speaker 1: his length, I mean he puts his arm over his head.

2045
01:46:42,400 --> 01:46:44,280
Speaker 1: You're talking eight and a half nine feet in the air.

2046
01:46:44,400 --> 01:46:47,720
Speaker 1: And now even if he does get sucked up for

2047
01:46:47,840 --> 01:46:51,080
Speaker 1: a play action, look, he can still get back and

2048
01:46:51,160 --> 01:46:53,440
Speaker 1: get his hand up there to make that throw difficult

2049
01:46:53,800 --> 01:46:55,760
Speaker 1: for a quarterback to drop it over him. And that

2050
01:46:55,920 --> 01:47:01,439
Speaker 1: was not the case yesterday with Aj Klein and Tyrrell Dotson. Yeah,

2051
01:47:01,520 --> 01:47:03,920
Speaker 1: for sure. In the way the Bills play defense, we've

2052
01:47:04,000 --> 01:47:07,479
Speaker 1: seen play action passes across the middle hurt the Bills

2053
01:47:07,560 --> 01:47:12,400
Speaker 1: at times. Um through Sean McDermott's time in Buffalo with

2054
01:47:12,520 --> 01:47:15,080
Speaker 1: Leslie Frazier as the coordinator, When you run that four

2055
01:47:15,160 --> 01:47:18,000
Speaker 1: or three defense, when your linebackers come downhill the way

2056
01:47:18,000 --> 01:47:21,280
Speaker 1: they do and go for TFLs and and make a

2057
01:47:21,320 --> 01:47:23,439
Speaker 1: lot of plays to fly to scrimmage. You're you're inevitably

2058
01:47:23,560 --> 01:47:25,800
Speaker 1: going to be more susceptible across the middle of the field.

2059
01:47:25,800 --> 01:47:27,760
Speaker 1: I guess at that point, if you think you're gonna

2060
01:47:27,760 --> 01:47:29,639
Speaker 1: get it, maybe you go a little bit more press

2061
01:47:29,760 --> 01:47:33,679
Speaker 1: man whatever may be. M but you know that that's

2062
01:47:33,840 --> 01:47:36,160
Speaker 1: that is where the Bills are susceptible. Now they make

2063
01:47:36,200 --> 01:47:38,720
Speaker 1: you earn the yards after that, and there's going to

2064
01:47:38,760 --> 01:47:42,519
Speaker 1: be weaknesses in every defense. Uh, fits attack them across

2065
01:47:42,560 --> 01:47:46,519
Speaker 1: the middle. Yesterday Kaseki made one really nice catch across

2066
01:47:46,520 --> 01:47:50,000
Speaker 1: the middle. UM and a couple other really contested balls

2067
01:47:50,000 --> 01:47:53,760
Speaker 1: as well. Um. But you know, it's it's a good

2068
01:47:53,800 --> 01:47:55,720
Speaker 1: feel Like I said earlier, it's a good feeling when

2069
01:47:55,760 --> 01:47:58,760
Speaker 1: we can nippick some of the defenses side of the

2070
01:47:58,840 --> 01:48:01,720
Speaker 1: ball and still being on a victory Monday here of

2071
01:48:01,800 --> 01:48:03,960
Speaker 1: one Bill's love. And certainly they're in a great position

2072
01:48:04,040 --> 01:48:06,080
Speaker 1: not only you know, obviously a two and o record,

2073
01:48:06,320 --> 01:48:08,639
Speaker 1: but they also I think it in a good spot

2074
01:48:08,720 --> 01:48:12,200
Speaker 1: here because they've won two games, certainly against the Jets

2075
01:48:12,240 --> 01:48:14,120
Speaker 1: and the Dolphins, who are not you know, weren't thinking

2076
01:48:14,120 --> 01:48:16,479
Speaker 1: about you know, deep runs in the playoffs this season,

2077
01:48:17,040 --> 01:48:19,479
Speaker 1: but Nevertheless, they're two and o and they have not

2078
01:48:19,640 --> 01:48:23,440
Speaker 1: played what I think is their best game yet. Certainly offensively,

2079
01:48:23,479 --> 01:48:25,559
Speaker 1: they've played well. In this last game against the Dolphins,

2080
01:48:25,600 --> 01:48:27,760
Speaker 1: the offense maybe played its best game in a long time,

2081
01:48:27,880 --> 01:48:31,040
Speaker 1: but the defense was hobbled by the absence of Milano

2082
01:48:31,120 --> 01:48:34,200
Speaker 1: and Edmonds. So it's a team that hasn't played its

2083
01:48:34,280 --> 01:48:36,479
Speaker 1: best football on both sides of the ball at the

2084
01:48:36,520 --> 01:48:40,519
Speaker 1: same time, and yet has still been winning games. What

2085
01:48:40,760 --> 01:48:42,800
Speaker 1: is their margin of error? I mean, they're gonna they're

2086
01:48:42,840 --> 01:48:45,280
Speaker 1: gonna go through We just mentioned it. The last two

2087
01:48:45,320 --> 01:48:49,520
Speaker 1: opponents are combined and four, but their next four opponents

2088
01:48:50,040 --> 01:48:52,960
Speaker 1: are seven and o. So what is their margin of

2089
01:48:53,080 --> 01:48:56,800
Speaker 1: error going forward? You know, I think they have more

2090
01:48:56,880 --> 01:48:58,920
Speaker 1: margin of error than they did in the past because

2091
01:48:59,160 --> 01:49:01,720
Speaker 1: this Bill's team can beat you with their offense as well,

2092
01:49:01,920 --> 01:49:05,519
Speaker 1: and they couldn't last year. The Bills ranked mid twenties

2093
01:49:05,720 --> 01:49:09,559
Speaker 1: in offensive production last year, and so this year, if

2094
01:49:09,600 --> 01:49:12,960
Speaker 1: the defense, you know, gets gashed a little bit, they

2095
01:49:13,040 --> 01:49:15,320
Speaker 1: have confidence that they can win those games. And I

2096
01:49:15,400 --> 01:49:18,320
Speaker 1: think last year, anytime you saw the Bills defense get

2097
01:49:18,400 --> 01:49:22,400
Speaker 1: gashed resulted in a loss, you know, And so this

2098
01:49:22,560 --> 01:49:24,679
Speaker 1: year there is a little bit more margin for air,

2099
01:49:25,080 --> 01:49:28,120
Speaker 1: and um, you know, I believe they lost the turnover

2100
01:49:28,200 --> 01:49:32,920
Speaker 1: battle last week. Did they lose it again a week one? Uh? No,

2101
01:49:33,080 --> 01:49:34,800
Speaker 1: they were even. They were even. Yeah it was one

2102
01:49:34,840 --> 01:49:38,040
Speaker 1: on one or two. No, we but two and two. Yeah,

2103
01:49:38,520 --> 01:49:40,360
Speaker 1: I don't know if we were. I got two fumbles

2104
01:49:40,439 --> 01:49:43,320
Speaker 1: lost by Josh and then they got one back on

2105
01:49:43,400 --> 01:49:46,360
Speaker 1: the recovery by Hughes. So what were they minus one

2106
01:49:46,479 --> 01:49:48,880
Speaker 1: or I don't know, I can't remember we got I'm

2107
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Speaker 1: looking at their minus one on the season. I know

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Speaker 1: that minus one. And then yesterday they lost the fumble

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Speaker 1: with Dawson Knox, which I missed because it was blocked

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Speaker 1: out U And was there any other turnovers in the game.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. We'll have to check there. Yeah. But anyway,

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Speaker 1: so if you would have told me that we would

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Speaker 1: have had a minus turnover margin through two weeks. You know,

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Speaker 1: we talked about margin for air, Steve, there's margin for

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Speaker 1: air there. You know, in the past, we've always looked

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Speaker 1: at the statistics week to week when I was sitting

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Speaker 1: in team meeting rooms and say, hey, look, you know,

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Speaker 1: if you're minus one turnover margin, you have a thirty

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Speaker 1: five percent chance of winning forty percent chance of winning.

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Speaker 1: It goes down from there. You know, the Bills through

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Speaker 1: two weeks. If they were two and oh, you would

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Speaker 1: have say, hey, you know, they probably have a few interceptions,

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Speaker 1: a couple of short fields, so they haven't had those

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01:50:40,360 --> 01:50:43,880
Speaker 1: and they've still got victories on the board. Yeah, there

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Speaker 1: are takeaways. Three giveaways on the season, so minus one

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Speaker 1: on the year. As I said, back to the tweet

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Speaker 1: sheet and from Jeremy, he says, my biggest takeaway is

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01:50:53,280 --> 01:50:55,600
Speaker 1: that Edmonds and Milana were greatly missed. As much as

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01:50:55,640 --> 01:50:58,479
Speaker 1: the offense was on fire, the fact that Wallace got

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01:50:58,560 --> 01:51:00,960
Speaker 1: picked on and the middle of the defense was a

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01:51:01,040 --> 01:51:04,680
Speaker 1: colander for Gisiki to exploit makes me nervous for when

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Speaker 1: we face an offense with talent. That's gonna be this week.

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01:51:07,640 --> 01:51:09,800
Speaker 1: They're gonna be facing an offense with a ton of talent,

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Speaker 1: whether it's Robert Woods, Cooper Cup, Tyler Higbee. The tight

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Speaker 1: end just had three touchdowns yesterday for the Rams as

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Speaker 1: they won going away against Philadelphia thirty seven and nineteen.

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01:51:20,280 --> 01:51:22,799
Speaker 1: And they got a couple of young running backs. Malcolm

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01:51:22,800 --> 01:51:25,960
Speaker 1: Brown looks good. And we haven't even talked about that

2139
01:51:26,160 --> 01:51:29,200
Speaker 1: rookie receiver that everybody's talking about who looked great at

2140
01:51:29,240 --> 01:51:31,839
Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl when I saw him in January, Van Jefferson.

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Speaker 1: So there's gonna be some weapons coming into town this week.

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01:51:36,479 --> 01:51:38,519
Speaker 1: There will be in This is another game where the

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Speaker 1: Bills are likely going to have to floor some points offense.

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Speaker 1: And that's fine. That's the current state of the NFL,

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01:51:44,560 --> 01:51:48,000
Speaker 1: you know, And so you know, the Bills don't necessarily

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01:51:48,080 --> 01:51:50,880
Speaker 1: need to be super worried. You know, Bill's fans, I

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01:51:50,880 --> 01:51:53,080
Speaker 1: should say, don't need to be super worried. You know,

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Speaker 1: Bills within the locker room, they're not gonna lose confidence ever,

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01:51:57,439 --> 01:51:59,519
Speaker 1: and they're gonna they're gonna be prepared to win. But

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01:51:59,680 --> 01:52:02,200
Speaker 1: Bill's fans could take solace in the fact that the

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01:52:02,280 --> 01:52:06,519
Speaker 1: Bills offense can now hang with offenses in this league.

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01:52:06,760 --> 01:52:09,160
Speaker 1: And you know, a lot of that comes from continuity

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01:52:09,520 --> 01:52:11,640
Speaker 1: with Dave Ball on his third year, he's getting more

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01:52:11,640 --> 01:52:14,720
Speaker 1: and more creative, even through this quarantine time, even through

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01:52:14,840 --> 01:52:17,680
Speaker 1: no preseason, you can continue to add to the playbook

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01:52:18,040 --> 01:52:20,920
Speaker 1: because you have you're in your third year and you

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01:52:21,000 --> 01:52:23,599
Speaker 1: have so many returning starters on that side of the football,

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01:52:23,800 --> 01:52:26,240
Speaker 1: and then you add a couple of weapons in Moss

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01:52:26,439 --> 01:52:28,960
Speaker 1: in digs and the Bills are feeling really good about

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01:52:28,960 --> 01:52:31,840
Speaker 1: where they're out offensively. You know, you mentioned the rams.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure we get to it. But on the other

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01:52:33,200 --> 01:52:36,280
Speaker 1: side of the ball, they got one guy in particular,

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01:52:36,360 --> 01:52:38,559
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald, who you have to count for on every

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01:52:38,600 --> 01:52:41,600
Speaker 1: single play around seeking truly record game plan. He's that

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Speaker 1: type of player, and I'm sure Brian dave Ball will

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01:52:45,120 --> 01:52:49,720
Speaker 1: have a plan to attack him with double teams as

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Speaker 1: much as possible. I'm sure there'll be some cut blocks,

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Speaker 1: some wham style plays. You know, it always seemed to

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Speaker 1: me when when Kyle Williams would be having an awesome year,

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Speaker 1: we'd go to the league in the face of Brian

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01:53:00,960 --> 01:53:04,640
Speaker 1: dave ball offense or Josh McDaniel's offense, inevitably on the

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01:53:04,680 --> 01:53:06,880
Speaker 1: first drive they'd always leave him on. It was either

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01:53:07,000 --> 01:53:08,960
Speaker 1: Drin kelseason from one side or one of the other

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Speaker 1: tight ends and they're gonna take an earhole Sean and

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01:53:11,520 --> 01:53:14,160
Speaker 1: so like. He could blow and go off the ball

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01:53:14,280 --> 01:53:16,559
Speaker 1: every single play, or they could cut lock or whatever

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01:53:16,600 --> 01:53:18,840
Speaker 1: it may be. And I think you're going to see

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Speaker 1: a similar attack this week against their model. What do

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Speaker 1: you think the next step is for the Bills offensively,

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01:53:23,800 --> 01:53:26,040
Speaker 1: and then also the next step defensively, where do they

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01:53:26,080 --> 01:53:28,639
Speaker 1: go from here? Because you don't want them to take

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01:53:28,680 --> 01:53:30,840
Speaker 1: You don't want to play him their best football in September.

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01:53:30,880 --> 01:53:33,040
Speaker 1: You'd rather have it in December, January. Where do you

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01:53:33,080 --> 01:53:36,559
Speaker 1: think they can head? You know, I think I think

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Speaker 1: on offense, you just keep striving for consistency. So you've

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Speaker 1: had two good weeks on offense, not perfect, but good weeks.

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01:53:43,520 --> 01:53:46,040
Speaker 1: You know, fumbles so far, you lose three fumbles on

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01:53:46,120 --> 01:53:50,360
Speaker 1: the season. Ball security would be something you definitely think

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01:53:50,400 --> 01:53:52,960
Speaker 1: you can improve on their offensively, and then just doing

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01:53:53,000 --> 01:53:55,760
Speaker 1: your weekend and week out. And what the Bills have

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01:53:55,920 --> 01:53:58,400
Speaker 1: proven through two weeks is they can do it in

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01:53:58,439 --> 01:54:02,760
Speaker 1: a multiple of different multiple different ways. They crushed the

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Speaker 1: Jets with the screen game screens to the tight ends, receivers,

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01:54:06,720 --> 01:54:10,400
Speaker 1: running backs. Last week we saw two screens. This last

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Speaker 1: game to the against the Dolphins, I believe we saw

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Speaker 1: two screens, one Josh over three and one they completed.

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Speaker 1: And the first week we had a lot of running

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Speaker 1: by Josh Allen. We don't this week. And so what

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Speaker 1: I would say is just offensively, continue to build a

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Speaker 1: week in and week out, trying to just build that

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Speaker 1: consistency where you're expecting to score right around that very

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01:54:29,680 --> 01:54:34,320
Speaker 1: park every single week. And then defensively, with the absence

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Speaker 1: of Edmunds and Mulano, you're just trying, You're you're trying

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01:54:40,040 --> 01:54:42,480
Speaker 1: to be as effective as you can over there, losing

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01:54:42,520 --> 01:54:44,440
Speaker 1: those two guys, and I think up front on the

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01:54:44,520 --> 01:54:47,440
Speaker 1: defensive line, you got to you gotta make it up there.

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Speaker 1: Where the Bills went out in free agency and spend

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Speaker 1: all that money. You have your top draft pick this

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Speaker 1: year on the defensive line, those guys need to dominate

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01:54:56,360 --> 01:54:59,640
Speaker 1: upfront to make up for the absence of those two linebackers.

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Speaker 1: Where What were your thoughts, Eric, I know you touched

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01:55:02,840 --> 01:55:05,000
Speaker 1: on it briefly, you know, Zach Moss being over four

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01:55:05,040 --> 01:55:08,440
Speaker 1: and a half yards to carry and Singletary being over five.

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01:55:10,480 --> 01:55:13,200
Speaker 1: What was I know, seeing it on TV copy is

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01:55:13,280 --> 01:55:16,240
Speaker 1: kind of hard sometimes, but what were your thoughts on

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01:55:16,960 --> 01:55:19,960
Speaker 1: the holes that they were opening yesterday? Maybe in comparison

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01:55:20,040 --> 01:55:22,400
Speaker 1: to Week one, it looked like the run game had

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Speaker 1: a little more traction yesterday than they did in Week one.

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01:55:27,040 --> 01:55:31,240
Speaker 1: It did, and you know week one you're going against

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01:55:31,280 --> 01:55:33,840
Speaker 1: a tough Jets front. They were great against the run

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01:55:34,000 --> 01:55:37,840
Speaker 1: last last year great against the run. So far in

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Speaker 1: Week one they were great against us against the run,

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Speaker 1: and then yesterday you exploit some holes and you know,

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01:55:43,120 --> 01:55:45,360
Speaker 1: I thought the offensive line did a great job yesterday

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01:55:45,640 --> 01:55:49,200
Speaker 1: pass protecting and run blocking. And when there's days where

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01:55:49,280 --> 01:55:51,960
Speaker 1: Josh Allen's hot the past sets up the run and

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01:55:52,040 --> 01:55:55,120
Speaker 1: we saw that at times yesterday. I love how creative

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Speaker 1: Dayball continues to be with his shotgun runs, especially with

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01:55:58,560 --> 01:56:02,360
Speaker 1: the jet motions jet motion to the run and away

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Speaker 1: from the run. And what I mean by that is

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01:56:04,200 --> 01:56:06,760
Speaker 1: when they bring that jet motion the Singletary across a

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01:56:06,800 --> 01:56:09,280
Speaker 1: lot of scrimmage, there's times where he goes one way

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01:56:09,320 --> 01:56:12,280
Speaker 1: and draws a defender in Singletary or Moss will kind

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01:56:12,280 --> 01:56:13,760
Speaker 1: of go the other way with the run. And then

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01:56:13,800 --> 01:56:17,280
Speaker 1: there's other times, especially if it's zone because there's because

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01:56:17,320 --> 01:56:21,200
Speaker 1: you're adding another blocker to the play side in Mackenzie,

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01:56:21,480 --> 01:56:25,080
Speaker 1: they'll run to it. And I love how multiple day

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01:56:25,120 --> 01:56:28,400
Speaker 1: Ball is with his run schemes. All right, Eric, thank

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Speaker 1: you for the insight. We'll be catching up with you

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Speaker 1: later in the week, and we thank you for your

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01:56:33,640 --> 01:56:36,520
Speaker 1: time today. Hopefully these guys keep this thing rolling. Man,

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01:56:38,280 --> 01:56:42,440
Speaker 1: Absolutely that it's it's fun. How man, I wish I

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01:56:42,560 --> 01:56:45,120
Speaker 1: wish Bill's fans could be in the stadium to enjoy that.

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01:56:45,800 --> 01:56:48,560
Speaker 1: What kind of atmosphere with this Sunday against the two

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01:56:48,600 --> 01:56:50,640
Speaker 1: and O rams to be like you know, it's a

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01:56:51,880 --> 01:56:54,040
Speaker 1: it will feel like ten am to them playing a

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01:56:54,120 --> 01:56:57,920
Speaker 1: one pm easier game in Buffalo. Man, you get that

2248
01:56:58,960 --> 01:57:02,320
Speaker 1: fall chill or an LA team playing at NAM with

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01:57:02,680 --> 01:57:05,600
Speaker 1: as loud as it should be on Sunday, that would

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Speaker 1: be a tough environment. And you talk about how do

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Speaker 1: you stop this offense, this high powered offense. Cool, it's

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01:57:11,640 --> 01:57:14,080
Speaker 1: gonna be It's gonna be pretty tough for golf to

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01:57:14,160 --> 01:57:15,560
Speaker 1: do all of this checks he likes to do with

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01:57:15,640 --> 01:57:17,320
Speaker 1: a line of scrimage with Bills fans. But you know

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Speaker 1: what McDermott talks about, the resiliency, loves facing adversity. So

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01:57:22,880 --> 01:57:26,080
Speaker 1: they're they're not gonna make any excuses about it. All right, Thanks?

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Speaker 1: Right time, Eric will catch you up with the other

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01:57:27,600 --> 01:57:30,480
Speaker 1: that's Eric Wood here joining us in our number three

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01:57:30,520 --> 01:57:32,400
Speaker 1: of the program. Steve and I need to take a break,

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01:57:32,440 --> 01:57:34,120
Speaker 1: but when we come back. More of your comments from

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Speaker 1: the tweet sheet and a little NFL true false here

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01:57:37,240 --> 01:57:40,160
Speaker 1: on a Bill's victory Monday, back with more here on

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Speaker 1: One Bill's Live Soon, presented by Kalida Health. This is

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio Out, Steve task your final half hour

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01:58:00,120 --> 01:58:02,200
Speaker 1: the show as we're taking the up until three o'clock

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01:58:02,240 --> 01:58:05,080
Speaker 1: broadcasting live from the Seneca Studios here in Orchard Park.

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01:58:05,720 --> 01:58:07,720
Speaker 1: And we go to the tweet sheet, which is brought

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01:58:07,760 --> 01:58:10,640
Speaker 1: to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the official equipment moving

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01:58:10,680 --> 01:58:13,480
Speaker 1: company of the Buffalo Bills, and from Alan, he says,

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01:58:13,520 --> 01:58:16,760
Speaker 1: my biggest takeaway is that despite key injuries, the Bills

2271
01:58:16,800 --> 01:58:19,480
Speaker 1: can still play hard. With the NFL looking like a

2272
01:58:19,560 --> 01:58:22,360
Speaker 1: mash unit this morning, it's refreshing to see the Bills

2273
01:58:22,400 --> 01:58:27,160
Speaker 1: still win. Yeah. I don't think you want any more

2274
01:58:27,280 --> 01:58:32,240
Speaker 1: key injuries. Stay as healthy as you can. Yeah, right,

2275
01:58:32,520 --> 01:58:35,880
Speaker 1: Easier said than done. But it's strange. But we saw

2276
01:58:37,240 --> 01:58:39,520
Speaker 1: in all the rhetoric coming out of the negotiations with

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01:58:39,600 --> 01:58:42,320
Speaker 1: the players associations that they suspected this might happen because

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01:58:42,320 --> 01:58:44,120
Speaker 1: of the eleven lockout. Yeah, okay, so I get it.

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01:58:44,200 --> 01:58:46,160
Speaker 1: But you know, let's face it, we're all thinking Corona,

2280
01:58:46,800 --> 01:58:49,160
Speaker 1: We're all thinking the virus was gonna get somebody, right,

2281
01:58:49,200 --> 01:58:51,600
Speaker 1: and team the regular injuries, right, we thought it was

2282
01:58:51,640 --> 01:58:54,720
Speaker 1: gonna be you know, sixteen guys bust loose, like you know,

2283
01:58:54,840 --> 01:58:57,240
Speaker 1: like the Cardinals, you know, or whatever, whoever it was

2284
01:58:57,920 --> 01:59:00,640
Speaker 1: the Baseball Cardinals or the or the know, the Marlins.

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01:59:01,160 --> 01:59:02,520
Speaker 1: You know, we all thought it was gonna be like, Ah,

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01:59:02,600 --> 01:59:04,720
Speaker 1: these guys aren't gonna be able to keep away from

2287
01:59:04,720 --> 01:59:11,480
Speaker 1: the virus right now? Wow? Yeah, Now it's acls right

2288
01:59:11,720 --> 01:59:17,120
Speaker 1: and Achilles. Yeah, so in hamstrings everywhere. Yeah, it's hair strings,

2289
01:59:17,160 --> 01:59:20,520
Speaker 1: their string everywhere. A hamstring. Yeah, you get a hamstring,

2290
01:59:20,680 --> 01:59:23,440
Speaker 1: and you get a hamstring, and you get a hamstring

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01:59:24,000 --> 01:59:27,520
Speaker 1: from Tiffany, she says, Josh Allen is a superstar. His

2292
01:59:27,680 --> 01:59:31,280
Speaker 1: performance yesterday just confirmed when most Bills fans it felt

2293
01:59:31,320 --> 01:59:33,920
Speaker 1: for a while that the hunt for our franchise QB

2294
01:59:34,200 --> 01:59:36,800
Speaker 1: is over. With Josh, the Bills still have a chance

2295
01:59:36,880 --> 01:59:40,840
Speaker 1: to do some damage this season. Victory Monday feels great today.

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01:59:42,080 --> 01:59:45,040
Speaker 1: I kind of picture Tiffany saying this like Tony the Tiger.

2297
01:59:45,080 --> 01:59:51,480
Speaker 1: You know, it's a frosted face. She tweets that, Yeah, listen,

2298
01:59:51,560 --> 01:59:55,080
Speaker 1: it's fun to be here. It's been a long time coming.

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01:59:55,160 --> 01:59:57,520
Speaker 1: Let's face it. I gotta tip my hat to the

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01:59:57,560 --> 02:00:06,000
Speaker 1: whole organization being particularly Brandon being, Sean McDermott a quarter

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02:00:06,440 --> 02:00:10,040
Speaker 1: and and Kim and Terry Pagoula hanging with them because

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02:00:10,080 --> 02:00:11,640
Speaker 1: there was some been some people around. There'd be some

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02:00:11,720 --> 02:00:13,600
Speaker 1: people around the NFL that once they went to the

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02:00:13,640 --> 02:00:15,960
Speaker 1: playoffs in their first year and then went six and

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02:00:16,080 --> 02:00:18,840
Speaker 1: ten the next year, you better get out of the

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02:00:18,880 --> 02:00:23,760
Speaker 1: blocks faster. You're you're done, you know. Um. But they

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02:00:23,840 --> 02:00:25,720
Speaker 1: did see what was going on, they saw what was

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02:00:25,800 --> 02:00:28,440
Speaker 1: being built. They could feel it, uh and not. Indeed,

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02:00:28,520 --> 02:00:31,760
Speaker 1: after a six and ten year, they pumped a ton

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02:00:31,840 --> 02:00:33,720
Speaker 1: of cash into the into the place and put it

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02:00:33,800 --> 02:00:35,960
Speaker 1: in in the building and that's been a huge plus.

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02:00:36,120 --> 02:00:40,320
Speaker 1: So every everything about you know this has been pointing

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02:00:40,400 --> 02:00:43,959
Speaker 1: towards a season like this. And now in that quarterback

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Speaker 1: they drafted in his third year starting out, they seem

2315
02:00:47,040 --> 02:00:50,240
Speaker 1: to be right where they want to be. So we'll

2316
02:00:50,280 --> 02:00:52,920
Speaker 1: see how they how far they can stretch this season,

2317
02:00:53,000 --> 02:00:55,680
Speaker 1: how many games they can win, and if they can

2318
02:00:55,960 --> 02:00:59,160
Speaker 1: make it sustainable going forward. It's pretty fun right now

2319
02:00:59,200 --> 02:01:02,480
Speaker 1: around one builds from Nick t says the biggest takeaway

2320
02:01:02,600 --> 02:01:05,879
Speaker 1: was the passing game improvement, but the most concerning takeaway

2321
02:01:05,960 --> 02:01:09,160
Speaker 1: was the defense. Fitz had a fitz Magic game, but

2322
02:01:09,320 --> 02:01:12,000
Speaker 1: we still gave up way too many yards, especially over

2323
02:01:12,080 --> 02:01:14,920
Speaker 1: the middle. I'm concerned about Levi and I hope we

2324
02:01:15,040 --> 02:01:19,080
Speaker 1: get our starting linebackers back soon. That is a concern.

2325
02:01:21,000 --> 02:01:22,960
Speaker 1: You know, fits through for over three hundred yards on

2326
02:01:23,000 --> 02:01:26,360
Speaker 1: this defense, and he did work the middle of the

2327
02:01:26,440 --> 02:01:30,240
Speaker 1: field uncommonly well. Mike Gisicki had over one hundred yards

2328
02:01:30,280 --> 02:01:33,720
Speaker 1: receiving and a touchdown and was difficult to stop. But

2329
02:01:35,040 --> 02:01:37,840
Speaker 1: I mean, if there's one thing that Miami brings to

2330
02:01:37,920 --> 02:01:41,680
Speaker 1: the table in terms of receiving targets, it's extraordinary size.

2331
02:01:41,720 --> 02:01:45,480
Speaker 1: I mean DeVante Parker sixty three two fifteen, Preston Williams

2332
02:01:45,520 --> 02:01:49,360
Speaker 1: six five, Mike Gasicki six five. I mean, these are

2333
02:01:49,440 --> 02:01:51,160
Speaker 1: sized targets. They can just go up and get the

2334
02:01:51,200 --> 02:01:54,640
Speaker 1: ball even when they're covered, and it makes life difficult.

2335
02:01:55,040 --> 02:01:59,120
Speaker 1: So I will say this, and it was mentioned too

2336
02:01:59,280 --> 02:02:01,280
Speaker 1: by one of the calls, and you'll notice it. You go,

2337
02:02:01,680 --> 02:02:03,400
Speaker 1: I've watched this game. I think now I'm on my

2338
02:02:03,600 --> 02:02:08,720
Speaker 1: third time through this game. They did throw at the

2339
02:02:08,880 --> 02:02:12,520
Speaker 1: matchup with Levi Wallace, even when it was Gisicky the

2340
02:02:12,600 --> 02:02:16,560
Speaker 1: tight end right through Adam, and to his credit, Levi

2341
02:02:16,760 --> 02:02:19,080
Speaker 1: Wallace was never like out of the picture, you know

2342
02:02:19,120 --> 02:02:20,800
Speaker 1: what I mean. There were times when he was hanging

2343
02:02:20,880 --> 02:02:23,000
Speaker 1: in there, right there, and he was in the right spot.

2344
02:02:23,440 --> 02:02:25,960
Speaker 1: He never you know, missed the tackle, didn't you know,

2345
02:02:26,120 --> 02:02:28,200
Speaker 1: didn't end up giving up the enormous play. He was

2346
02:02:28,280 --> 02:02:30,560
Speaker 1: always right there to make the play, just couldn't get

2347
02:02:30,560 --> 02:02:32,440
Speaker 1: it done. Now that's a I think it's a tribute

2348
02:02:32,480 --> 02:02:36,960
Speaker 1: not only to DeVante Parker, but also Gasicki the tight end.

2349
02:02:37,000 --> 02:02:39,240
Speaker 1: They got some good players, and these other teams are

2350
02:02:39,320 --> 02:02:41,800
Speaker 1: gonna have strengths and weaknesses you've got to match up with.

2351
02:02:42,000 --> 02:02:45,600
Speaker 1: And the Bills have got to find a way to

2352
02:02:45,720 --> 02:02:47,760
Speaker 1: either help Levi Wallace or make sure he doesn't get

2353
02:02:47,840 --> 02:02:49,480
Speaker 1: left on an island where they can throw at him

2354
02:02:49,600 --> 02:02:51,640
Speaker 1: double digit times in the first half kind of thing.

2355
02:02:52,200 --> 02:02:54,160
Speaker 1: All right, Steve, it is that time in the show

2356
02:02:54,320 --> 02:02:59,840
Speaker 1: for NFL true false, brought to you by Yancey's Fancy

2357
02:03:00,040 --> 02:03:05,240
Speaker 1: Nancy's Fancy New York's artists in Cheese. Now, of course,

2358
02:03:05,360 --> 02:03:07,640
Speaker 1: my computer is not working at the worst possible time.

2359
02:03:07,800 --> 02:03:11,560
Speaker 1: First NFL true false question for you. Justin Herbert should

2360
02:03:11,640 --> 02:03:16,200
Speaker 1: remain the starter even if Tyrod Taylor is healthy. So

2361
02:03:16,400 --> 02:03:19,440
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor just to give people the update here for

2362
02:03:19,480 --> 02:03:22,480
Speaker 1: those that may not have seen this game. Tyrod Taylor

2363
02:03:22,680 --> 02:03:27,280
Speaker 1: is a late scratch with a chest injury for Sunday's

2364
02:03:27,320 --> 02:03:30,640
Speaker 1: game against the Chiefs, so justin Herbert has to make

2365
02:03:30,720 --> 02:03:34,520
Speaker 1: his first NFL start. He throws for over three hundred yards,

2366
02:03:34,800 --> 02:03:37,720
Speaker 1: throws a touchdown, and runs for another, and they push

2367
02:03:37,800 --> 02:03:41,240
Speaker 1: the Chiefs to overtime before ultimately losing with a Harrison

2368
02:03:41,280 --> 02:03:45,160
Speaker 1: Butker fifty eight yard field goal. So should he remain

2369
02:03:45,280 --> 02:03:50,040
Speaker 1: the starter or should Tyrod Taylor not lose his starting

2370
02:03:50,080 --> 02:03:55,200
Speaker 1: position due to injury? So the true false question is

2371
02:03:55,240 --> 02:03:57,520
Speaker 1: Herbert should remain the starter even if Taylor's healthy. I

2372
02:03:57,600 --> 02:03:59,840
Speaker 1: think it's false. I think you go with the guy

2373
02:04:00,080 --> 02:04:02,920
Speaker 1: that don't don't deviate from the plan. I just got

2374
02:04:02,960 --> 02:04:04,800
Speaker 1: through saying one of the reasons the Bills have gotten

2375
02:04:04,840 --> 02:04:06,440
Speaker 1: to this point to be successful. They have a plan.

2376
02:04:06,480 --> 02:04:08,160
Speaker 1: They're gonna lay it out, and they're gonna stick with it,

2377
02:04:08,560 --> 02:04:10,360
Speaker 1: and they're gonna do their best to make sure everybody

2378
02:04:10,360 --> 02:04:12,560
Speaker 1: when they get on the field is ready. Now, at

2379
02:04:12,640 --> 02:04:15,680
Speaker 1: this early stage of the season, you can say, you

2380
02:04:15,760 --> 02:04:21,760
Speaker 1: know they're still in it. Nothing's set in stone. The

2381
02:04:21,840 --> 02:04:23,960
Speaker 1: kid found out he was playing ten seconds before he

2382
02:04:24,040 --> 02:04:27,880
Speaker 1: took the field literally ten seconds before he took the field,

2383
02:04:29,160 --> 02:04:33,920
Speaker 1: and he played like that, that's a pretty good day

2384
02:04:35,800 --> 02:04:39,200
Speaker 1: saying he shot it. Well, I'm not done. So Anthony

2385
02:04:39,240 --> 02:04:40,520
Speaker 1: and has said no, no, no, we're gonna and I

2386
02:04:40,680 --> 02:04:42,600
Speaker 1: and I get that probably be because he's been using

2387
02:04:42,680 --> 02:04:44,880
Speaker 1: that rhetoric for a long time and he can't go now.

2388
02:04:44,960 --> 02:04:47,800
Speaker 1: He can't go back and say, hey, well so a

2389
02:04:47,880 --> 02:04:50,839
Speaker 1: little bit of that. But I don't know how Tyrod

2390
02:04:50,920 --> 02:04:53,320
Speaker 1: Taylor has been playing. I don't know how good or bad.

2391
02:04:53,480 --> 02:04:55,960
Speaker 1: We've all seen him here in Buffalo. We all kind

2392
02:04:56,000 --> 02:04:59,200
Speaker 1: of can see the riding on the wall. So I'm

2393
02:05:00,160 --> 02:05:02,480
Speaker 1: for the time being, I say it's false. Let Tyrod

2394
02:05:02,560 --> 02:05:06,360
Speaker 1: come back and take the reins and ease Herbert into it.

2395
02:05:06,640 --> 02:05:09,640
Speaker 1: Do not treat him like they treated Sam Donald in

2396
02:05:09,720 --> 02:05:12,800
Speaker 1: New York. Don't treat him like they treated Josh Rosen

2397
02:05:12,880 --> 02:05:17,240
Speaker 1: in Arizona or even Baker Mayfield in Cleveland. Give the

2398
02:05:17,320 --> 02:05:19,400
Speaker 1: guy a chance to get acclimated, give him a chance

2399
02:05:19,440 --> 02:05:21,640
Speaker 1: to be like Mahomes, to set him down for a

2400
02:05:21,720 --> 02:05:23,720
Speaker 1: year and get him to work here for the year.

2401
02:05:24,080 --> 02:05:28,400
Speaker 1: Really ready, Wow, Okay, you're not if you're If you

2402
02:05:28,480 --> 02:05:30,120
Speaker 1: play him now, you're not playing on going to the

2403
02:05:30,160 --> 02:05:33,920
Speaker 1: playoffs with a rookie quarterback. Don't throw him in there.

2404
02:05:34,080 --> 02:05:37,360
Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden you lose all these games,

2405
02:05:37,440 --> 02:05:40,240
Speaker 1: and the and the ownership, which it's it's La Chargers,

2406
02:05:40,280 --> 02:05:42,920
Speaker 1: don't forget. The ownership goes, what are you doing? You're out?

2407
02:05:43,120 --> 02:05:44,640
Speaker 1: So now the other guy comes in. Now he's got

2408
02:05:44,720 --> 02:05:47,920
Speaker 1: a new head coach, new offensive coordinator, and you're right

2409
02:05:47,960 --> 02:05:50,560
Speaker 1: back where Sam Darnald is, You're right where Baker Mayfield is,

2410
02:05:51,040 --> 02:05:53,720
Speaker 1: and you're and they're struggling, and you've blown this first

2411
02:05:53,800 --> 02:05:56,680
Speaker 1: round draft pick who looks shows promise. I get all

2412
02:05:56,760 --> 02:06:00,440
Speaker 1: that I do, but knowing the history of Tyrod Taylor

2413
02:06:00,800 --> 02:06:04,240
Speaker 1: and his lack of his lack of willingness to take

2414
02:06:04,400 --> 02:06:08,760
Speaker 1: chances and his inability to hit receivers on crossing routes

2415
02:06:09,120 --> 02:06:12,880
Speaker 1: because he could not do that. Here, Justin Herbert just

2416
02:06:13,000 --> 02:06:16,160
Speaker 1: played in his first NFL start against the defending Super

2417
02:06:16,240 --> 02:06:19,400
Speaker 1: Bowl champions and took him to overtime. And it's not

2418
02:06:19,520 --> 02:06:22,280
Speaker 1: like he's devoid of weapons. He's got Austin Eckler in

2419
02:06:22,320 --> 02:06:25,400
Speaker 1: the backfield, he's got Keenan, Allen Hunter, Henry Mike Williams.

2420
02:06:25,560 --> 02:06:29,240
Speaker 1: I mean, he's got guys to throw the ball to you.

2421
02:06:29,320 --> 02:06:33,320
Speaker 1: Give him some and he can make plays on the run. Yeah,

2422
02:06:33,360 --> 02:06:36,600
Speaker 1: I'm I'm rolling, man, get it. Put the kid back

2423
02:06:36,640 --> 02:06:39,040
Speaker 1: out there. See how he does. You know what I mean? Like,

2424
02:06:39,720 --> 02:06:43,000
Speaker 1: you got the defending super Bowl champions in your division. Okay,

2425
02:06:43,520 --> 02:06:45,560
Speaker 1: so at best you're going to be a wild card

2426
02:06:45,640 --> 02:06:50,240
Speaker 1: this year. Anyway, I'm I'm starting the clock now. Okay,

2427
02:06:50,640 --> 02:06:53,160
Speaker 1: put the kid in after that to performance. I know

2428
02:06:53,240 --> 02:06:55,960
Speaker 1: it's not gonna be like that every week, but let's

2429
02:06:56,040 --> 02:06:58,760
Speaker 1: go stay, keep him in the lineup. Let's see how

2430
02:06:58,800 --> 02:07:00,440
Speaker 1: far he can take it. If he balls on his

2431
02:07:00,520 --> 02:07:02,560
Speaker 1: face and you're worried about his confidence, throw Taylor back

2432
02:07:02,600 --> 02:07:03,760
Speaker 1: in for a couple of weeks, what the hell is

2433
02:07:03,800 --> 02:07:06,520
Speaker 1: it different? And then he never comes back. You wasted.

2434
02:07:06,800 --> 02:07:09,080
Speaker 1: I don't think he never comes back, but he's and

2435
02:07:09,200 --> 02:07:12,080
Speaker 1: you and your ownership gets impatient. Now they're saying, what

2436
02:07:12,160 --> 02:07:13,320
Speaker 1: are you doing? Now? He says, well, you know what

2437
02:07:13,480 --> 02:07:15,680
Speaker 1: your offensive coordinators work. Get changed that out of you.

2438
02:07:15,920 --> 02:07:18,840
Speaker 1: All This guy can play. He's gonna put butts in

2439
02:07:18,880 --> 02:07:21,120
Speaker 1: the seats. People on the West coast know who Justin

2440
02:07:21,240 --> 02:07:23,880
Speaker 1: Herbert is. He was playing for Oregon. He was on

2441
02:07:24,200 --> 02:07:27,640
Speaker 1: national television out West every single week. This guy's a draw.

2442
02:07:28,160 --> 02:07:30,240
Speaker 1: He plays well like he plays like that and takes

2443
02:07:30,280 --> 02:07:32,960
Speaker 1: the Chiefs to overtime if they can have fans out there,

2444
02:07:33,040 --> 02:07:35,760
Speaker 1: which they can't right now, he put butts in the seats.

2445
02:07:35,800 --> 02:07:39,000
Speaker 1: He would, and you're battling with the La Rams every week,

2446
02:07:39,160 --> 02:07:41,880
Speaker 1: you know, to win fans support best a lot of

2447
02:07:41,960 --> 02:07:43,800
Speaker 1: that chance to be successful when he does get in.

2448
02:07:43,880 --> 02:07:45,640
Speaker 1: He came in. He played well the other day, right,

2449
02:07:45,680 --> 02:07:48,600
Speaker 1: I mean he played better than well, right, three hundred

2450
02:07:48,640 --> 02:07:52,240
Speaker 1: plus yards through the ball, extremely well, ran the offense

2451
02:07:52,360 --> 02:07:54,720
Speaker 1: on a day when it was ball in tight windows.

2452
02:07:54,800 --> 02:07:56,280
Speaker 1: And I think one of the things about it is

2453
02:07:56,320 --> 02:07:57,840
Speaker 1: that maybe one of the reasons he came in with

2454
02:07:57,920 --> 02:07:59,560
Speaker 1: some confidence. You know, listen, I didn't even know I

2455
02:07:59,680 --> 02:08:02,360
Speaker 1: was playing until ten minutes ago. That's possible. So he

2456
02:08:02,480 --> 02:08:04,280
Speaker 1: seems cool. Give him a week to think, give him

2457
02:08:04,280 --> 02:08:06,640
Speaker 1: a week to think about it. And I think too they.

2458
02:08:06,800 --> 02:08:08,640
Speaker 1: I mean, let's face it, two Anthony Lynd said no, no,

2459
02:08:08,760 --> 02:08:11,120
Speaker 1: Tyrod's gonna play. So he sees the kid and looks

2460
02:08:11,120 --> 02:08:13,760
Speaker 1: in his eye every day, and if he thinks, and

2461
02:08:13,960 --> 02:08:18,720
Speaker 1: I gotta think, if if he thought Justin Herbert was

2462
02:08:18,800 --> 02:08:21,800
Speaker 1: the guy that was better than he would make that switch.

2463
02:08:21,920 --> 02:08:25,520
Speaker 1: He wouldn't be saying, ah, he knows something, and I

2464
02:08:25,600 --> 02:08:28,080
Speaker 1: turned and I think that's where you gotta go with

2465
02:08:28,280 --> 02:08:31,040
Speaker 1: all right. Number two, The Panthers are doomed without running

2466
02:08:31,080 --> 02:08:34,520
Speaker 1: back Christian McCaffrey had an ankle injury yesterday. While it's

2467
02:08:34,560 --> 02:08:36,840
Speaker 1: not catastrophic and he's not gonna miss the whole season,

2468
02:08:36,880 --> 02:08:38,920
Speaker 1: it sounds like he's going to be out at least

2469
02:08:38,920 --> 02:08:43,920
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks. True or false, they're doomed without him. Yes,

2470
02:08:44,360 --> 02:08:48,800
Speaker 1: they're true. That's true. Okay, they're Yeah, they're not. I'm

2471
02:08:49,360 --> 02:08:51,440
Speaker 1: I'm inclined to say true, but I'm not one hundred

2472
02:08:51,440 --> 02:08:54,160
Speaker 1: percent sure. And here's why. Teddy Bridgewater just through for

2473
02:08:54,160 --> 02:08:57,240
Speaker 1: three hundred and sixty seven yards yesterday. I mean, he's

2474
02:08:57,280 --> 02:08:59,840
Speaker 1: got some receiving targets. You know, he's got DJ Moore,

2475
02:09:01,240 --> 02:09:04,360
Speaker 1: he's got Curtis Samuel, he's got Robbie Anderson, who's among

2476
02:09:04,440 --> 02:09:06,880
Speaker 1: the league leaders in receiving right now, he's not far

2477
02:09:07,000 --> 02:09:10,800
Speaker 1: behind Stefan Diggs. So they have a passing game now

2478
02:09:11,320 --> 02:09:14,880
Speaker 1: without McCaffrey in the lineup. Obviously, you can key on

2479
02:09:14,960 --> 02:09:18,640
Speaker 1: the pass. So it's a problem not having him in

2480
02:09:18,680 --> 02:09:22,520
Speaker 1: the lineup for sure. Doom it do? Are they doomed? Doomed?

2481
02:09:23,080 --> 02:09:25,520
Speaker 1: They're in a tough division. I'll say true. Doomed. I'll

2482
02:09:25,560 --> 02:09:28,640
Speaker 1: say true, Tom Brady, Drew Brees, all right, last one doomed.

2483
02:09:29,000 --> 02:09:31,680
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz is the problem with the Eagles, Oh and

2484
02:09:31,720 --> 02:09:35,000
Speaker 1: two start true or false? I gotta tell you I

2485
02:09:35,040 --> 02:09:37,800
Speaker 1: haven't seen a snap at their place. I am gonna

2486
02:09:37,840 --> 02:09:42,040
Speaker 1: say false. The problem lies in the receiving corps and

2487
02:09:42,160 --> 02:09:46,000
Speaker 1: the offensive line. Their offensive line lost their starting right

2488
02:09:46,080 --> 02:09:49,240
Speaker 1: guard to a season ending injury before camp even started.

2489
02:09:49,720 --> 02:09:51,920
Speaker 1: They bring in Jason Peters to play right guard. Their

2490
02:09:52,000 --> 02:09:54,040
Speaker 1: left tackle gets hurt. They have to move Peters out

2491
02:09:54,080 --> 02:09:57,440
Speaker 1: to left tackle Lane Johnson. Their right tackle has been

2492
02:09:57,520 --> 02:10:00,320
Speaker 1: beat up for the first two weeks, played hurt yes terday,

2493
02:10:00,360 --> 02:10:03,880
Speaker 1: didn't finish the game. And Carson Wentz is the victim

2494
02:10:03,920 --> 02:10:05,840
Speaker 1: of all of that, not to mention the fact that

2495
02:10:06,000 --> 02:10:08,080
Speaker 1: half his receiving corps is on the injured list too.

2496
02:10:09,160 --> 02:10:12,720
Speaker 1: So I say false. He is not Carson Wentz. He's

2497
02:10:12,760 --> 02:10:18,760
Speaker 1: the only thing keeping that damn thing afloat. Yeah. Yeah,

2498
02:10:19,240 --> 02:10:21,440
Speaker 1: he didn't forget how to play quarterback, and Doug Peterson

2499
02:10:21,480 --> 02:10:24,120
Speaker 1: didn't forget how to coach, and they and they want

2500
02:10:24,120 --> 02:10:26,240
Speaker 1: a super He won a Super Bowl. You had a

2501
02:10:26,360 --> 02:10:29,640
Speaker 1: bad matchup in Week one. You had the Eagles decimated

2502
02:10:29,720 --> 02:10:34,000
Speaker 1: offensive line going against the all first round pick defensive

2503
02:10:34,040 --> 02:10:37,120
Speaker 1: line of the Washington football team. Right, I mean I

2504
02:10:37,240 --> 02:10:40,080
Speaker 1: got some guys eight sacks. Forget a crap what you've

2505
02:10:40,120 --> 02:10:43,000
Speaker 1: heard about the Washington football team. They've got I mean

2506
02:10:43,040 --> 02:10:44,920
Speaker 1: they've been drafting high for a long time. They got

2507
02:10:44,960 --> 02:10:48,440
Speaker 1: some guys. So uh and Young. Uh, I can't remember

2508
02:10:48,560 --> 02:10:53,360
Speaker 1: Young's first name, the uh Chase Young. Turns out he's

2509
02:10:53,400 --> 02:10:58,640
Speaker 1: a fully formed, polished pro coming out of probody at eighteen. Right, So,

2510
02:10:58,920 --> 02:11:01,880
Speaker 1: good lord, you're right deep end of the gene pool.

2511
02:11:02,040 --> 02:11:04,560
Speaker 1: So I'm saying it is not Carson Wentz's fault for

2512
02:11:04,600 --> 02:11:06,280
Speaker 1: the Eagles. I'm gonna say false. All right, So that

2513
02:11:06,400 --> 02:11:08,880
Speaker 1: is NFL true false, brought to you by Yancy's fancy

2514
02:11:09,000 --> 02:11:11,800
Speaker 1: Steve and I have to take a break, but when

2515
02:11:11,840 --> 02:11:14,600
Speaker 1: we return, it is time for what if we learned

2516
02:11:14,880 --> 02:11:17,480
Speaker 1: from today's show. Plenty of lessons, as there always are

2517
02:11:17,600 --> 02:11:20,600
Speaker 1: here on this fine program. We're here to teach, we're

2518
02:11:20,600 --> 02:11:22,640
Speaker 1: here to educate. We're also here to learn, and we'll

2519
02:11:22,720 --> 02:11:24,400
Speaker 1: do that with you next here on One Bill's Live,

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Speaker 1: presented by Kalid to Health. Is this Buffalo Bills Radio

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Speaker 1: Time for Whatever we Learned? Brought to you by Skyworks,

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Speaker 1: And Steve, what do you think? What do you think

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Speaker 1: we learned today? Do you have any idea? I think

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Speaker 1: everybody's pretty happy being two and they're pretty happy being

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Speaker 1: you know. I think we've come to learn that Josh

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Speaker 1: Allen's for real a certain segment of the population that

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Speaker 1: is face rubbing right now to the We might even go,

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Speaker 1: we might even go so far as to say this

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Speaker 1: is the identity of the Bill's offense. Because for the

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Speaker 1: second straight week they had all six receivers up and

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Speaker 1: dressed for the game. Lee Smith, the blocking tight end,

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Speaker 1: was inactive as a healthy player. Be interesting to see

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Speaker 1: if they choose to go that route again this week

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Speaker 1: and go head to head with what the Rams are

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Speaker 1: probably going to duplicate in terms of an offensive approach.

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Speaker 1: Could be a shootout this week, could be, could be,

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Speaker 1: could be. It'll be interesting to see what happens with

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Speaker 1: Milano and Edmonds and how they're progressing. Edmunds with the

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Speaker 1: shoulder Milano with the hamstring, that's going to be huge.

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Speaker 1: I think they'll be more apt to well, I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I have no idea, we have no Coach McDermott will

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Speaker 1: be giving an update hopefully on some of those injuries

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Speaker 1: they need status of those players when he addresses the

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Speaker 1: media late this afternoon. Stay tuned to Buffalo Bills dot

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Speaker 1: com for updates there. One quick note for tomorrow's show,

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Speaker 1: one Kyle Brandt from Good Morning Football will be joining

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Speaker 1: us and a quick story Steve and a happy ending

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Speaker 1: to this funny story from Indianapolis. Yesterday, Colts linebacker Darius

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Speaker 1: Leonard after the game, hands his game gloves to a

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Speaker 1: fan that was in the stands reduced capacity seating there. Mistakenly,

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Speaker 1: his wedding ring comes off inside the glove as he

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Speaker 1: takes the gloves off and gives him to the kid.

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Speaker 1: So for fortunately, the fan tweeted out on social media

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Speaker 1: and said, hey, we've got Darius Leonard's gloves, but we

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Speaker 1: also have his wedding ring. How do we get it

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Speaker 1: back to him? So the latest is the wedding ring

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Speaker 1: is on its way back to the Colts facility. So

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Speaker 1: Darius Leonard will get it back. The power of social

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Speaker 1: media is Steve. People are nice. People are nice, generally, Yeah, generally,

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Speaker 1: even on social media. Once right, that'll do it for us.

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Speaker 1: That'll do it for us. Here on the Monday edition

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Speaker 1: of One Bills Live Join us tomorrow noon to three.

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