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

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Speaker 1: It's a brand new season and brand new season looking

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Speaker 1: We've worked. You know it's going to stop blue collar away.

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Speaker 1: It's buffalo. We're anxious and excited to go out there,

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Speaker 1: We got the best tools to have a chance and

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Speaker 1: Never normalow is entertaining. Welcome to a Friday Edition Wild

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Speaker 1: Stadium Bills Patriots, and there is some good news on

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Speaker 1: the award front for two Buffalo Bills started off, go

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Speaker 1: congratulations to Jordan Poyer for being named first team All

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Speaker 1: Pro by the APU. A player who has been extraordinarily

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Speaker 1: he has gotten some well deserved recognition. Jordan Poyer first

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Speaker 1: team All Pro. The only Bills player on the first team.

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Speaker 1: As you know, both players had five interceptions on the

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Speaker 1: well deserved. We you know, we were all shocked that

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Speaker 1: We've been talking about him for five years. I mean,

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Speaker 1: But does that encourage you? Encourages me in this way,

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Speaker 1: And David Culley, who I think when you weigh all

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Speaker 1: the circumstances out, did a pretty nice job there all

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Speaker 1: things considered. But we have a Bills Wildcard playoff game

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Speaker 1: to talk about. It is also the One Bills Live

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Speaker 1: Friday fan mail bag where we're answering your most pressing

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Speaker 1: Bills and NFL questions. So if you have any, you

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Speaker 1: can give us a ring at eight oh three five

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Speaker 1: fifty one eight eight five fifty two five fifty or

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Speaker 1: you can hit us up on the tweet sheet. So

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Speaker 1: let's go to the phones and let's talk to Glenn

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Speaker 1: in New Fame. Glenn, what do you have for us?

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Speaker 1: You're on One Bills Live. Yeah, I do have a

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Speaker 1: pressing question for Steve. But first just wanted to mention

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Speaker 1: all my relatives are from New England. Oh dear, it

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Speaker 1: has been a rough twenty seven years, but I have

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Speaker 1: to thank them. They are classy. We have not discussed

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Speaker 1: football for twenty seven years. Until last summer when I

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00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:16,000
Speaker 1: basically sitting around in the backyard just thank them for

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Speaker 1: not discussing football with me. I felt finally, thanks to

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Speaker 1: this current team, I was able to at least say

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Speaker 1: thanks for not talking football. Yeah, didn't rub in anything.

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Speaker 1: I mean first AFC East in what feels like a

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Speaker 1: hundred years, but it has not been easy, like not

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Speaker 1: discussing football. They are so very, very fortunate up there.

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Speaker 1: You know, they have all these championship teams and from

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Speaker 1: all four sports. Just wanted what's that from all four sports? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: if you look at what they have and what we have,

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Speaker 1: it almost feels like I'm suffering from Stockholm syndrome, you know,

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Speaker 1: from where people are kidnapped and they start to identify

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Speaker 1: with their captors, you know, and it's it's been rough.

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Speaker 1: So all I can say tomorrow go Bills can do

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Speaker 1: it again, guys. And the question for Steve Yes, I

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Speaker 1: used to cover the team for an AM radio station,

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Speaker 1: a small station years ago. That was the only reason

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Speaker 1: I had that radio job was just to cover the

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Speaker 1: Bills and Steve, I swear I remember you doing either

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Speaker 1: forward flips or back flips after the touchdowns. You did

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Speaker 1: have some touchdowns. Is that a real thing. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I can't find it on Google or YouTube, but tell

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Speaker 1: me about that. Okay. The only time I tried to

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Speaker 1: do a backflip on the field was after we made

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Speaker 1: we made a tackle in the and I think in

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Speaker 1: a maybe the first New the first New Houston oiler

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Speaker 1: playoff game back in eighty eight. Maybe, But no, I

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Speaker 1: never did a backflip after a touchdown. Yeah, so only

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Speaker 1: one flip in your career, and I ain't really make it.

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Speaker 1: I didn't stick the landing. To not stick the landing,

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Speaker 1: that's got to be hard with a helmet and pants, apparently, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: because you're a pretty spring loaded. I mean I would, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I would put money I had. Yeah, but you know,

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Speaker 1: it was a cold day. You got a few layers on,

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Speaker 1: you don't, You don't You don't tuck as good as

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Speaker 1: you should tuck. And it's all on the tuck. Gotta

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Speaker 1: tuck to stick out of it. Exuberance after we on

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Speaker 1: the opening kickoff of the game, when we're you know,

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Speaker 1: you just you know your head's about to explode because

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Speaker 1: the emotions running so high. I do recall a photo

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Speaker 1: of you after I want to say, a touchdown somebody

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Speaker 1: else scored the touchdown, and you ran down the field

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Speaker 1: and you're jumping in the air and you're pumping your

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Speaker 1: fist like this, and your legs are apart, like you're

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Speaker 1: going over a hurdle and a track me and I

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Speaker 1: swear you look like you're eight feet off the ground. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I saw that. There's a picture of that. Fantastic photo.

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Speaker 1: It's you from behind and I can't remember somebody it

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Speaker 1: was a pick six or something like that, and it

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Speaker 1: was a you know, it's obviously are a big touch.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, all right, we gotta take a break here

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Speaker 1: because coming up next is the man who's going to

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Speaker 1: be calling the game with Iron Eagle to the NFL

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Speaker 1: on CBS. It is Charles Davis set to join us

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Speaker 1: next to talk Bill's Patriots. He's coming up after the

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Speaker 1: break here on One Bill's Life Presentybody, Collot to Health,

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Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Well, Well, well it's been quite

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Speaker 1: a ride, hasn't it? Builds mob, wouldn't you know? After

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Speaker 1: all we've been through, we're back right where we want

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Speaker 1: to all the process, trusting in the playoff caliberman tal,

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Speaker 1: the years of cultivating culture and reshaping the roster, the

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Speaker 1: fon digs being traded to ilways put it on the

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Speaker 1: practice field. Through the biggest wins and the lowest law,

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Speaker 1: the team has been able to stay together stronger through

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Speaker 1: it all. And now it all begins with this, a

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Speaker 1: heavyweight bout with the biggest rival. We know it's time

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Speaker 1: for a rematage. It's time to settle us forward. With

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Speaker 1: the season on the line, We've got the weapons and

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Speaker 1: mentality to go toe to toe. After all, QB one,

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Speaker 1: he's won a more remarkable player watch and that defense

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Speaker 1: something say they're number one team Jordier might be chilly

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Speaker 1: Saturday night, Well that's just right for us. Who gives

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Speaker 1: if it's called We need the Mafia to bring the

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Speaker 1: heat every dawn, every snap played one until the game

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Speaker 1: is done. The beasts in the Easter back at it again,

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Speaker 1: and the run to the show starts in Buffalo. Oh

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Speaker 1: there's the chicken skin, the goosebumps are back and uh

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Speaker 1: here to join us to talk about the game is

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Speaker 1: the man who'll be calling the game with one eye

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Speaker 1: an eagle. It's NFL on CBS analyst Charles Davis joining us. Charles,

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Speaker 1: welcome to town. We know you got here yesterday. You

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Speaker 1: already saw some practice. You're probably ninety nine point five

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Speaker 1: percent prepped for this one because you did the game

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Speaker 1: back in week sixteen, if memory serves so. First of all,

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Speaker 1: how are you doing? And do you have your layers

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Speaker 1: with you? I'll start with the second part. I have

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Speaker 1: layers and more layers and have a speed dial for

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Speaker 1: for additionals if necessary. But doing well. Glad to be here.

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Speaker 1: Sorry about the lighting. My apologies. You know I've got

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Speaker 1: to get a better course than that. But it's probably

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Speaker 1: better that people don't see my face anyway, because it

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Speaker 1: faced radio. What are you ready to talk with you

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Speaker 1: guys always? And yeah, we're excited. I mean, we couldn't

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Speaker 1: be more pumped when the schedule came out and we

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Speaker 1: knew CBS had two games. I saw San Francisco Dallas,

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Speaker 1: I saw New England Buffalo, and I know I speak

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Speaker 1: for our team. This is the game we wanted, you know,

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Speaker 1: this is when we wanted to do and we were

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Speaker 1: fortunate enough to get it. And let let's do this thing.

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Speaker 1: This is gonna be a blast. Yeah. Think think back

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Speaker 1: to that Week sixteen matchup they just met. This is

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Speaker 1: the third time they will have met in forty five days.

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Speaker 1: They know each other, well, they got recent history together.

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Speaker 1: How do you see them this matchup meshing together. Well,

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Speaker 1: it's a great question, and Steve, when you when you

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Speaker 1: put it all together with this crew and you take

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Speaker 1: the first two games in total, they play out and

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Speaker 1: they play out in ways that you would expect it

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Speaker 1: and meaning it this way. Typically, when you come out

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Speaker 1: of one game with two evenly matched teams, whoever won

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00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:59,080
Speaker 1: the first game, the motivation goes to the team that lost, right, oh,

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00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 1: we lost, we didn't do this, We do that, and

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00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,520
Speaker 1: they pound the things they didn't do and they emphasize

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Speaker 1: it and they come out swinging for the next game.

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Speaker 1: We'll think about the first game. Forty six carries, two

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Speaker 1: hundred and twenty two yards, one sixty four yard touchdown

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Speaker 1: by Damien Harris. To the outside world, Buffalo got dominated

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Speaker 1: in that game at the line of scrimmage, at the

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Speaker 1: point of attack by the running game. Well, one sixty

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Speaker 1: four yard run really put a dent in it. But

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Speaker 1: it was forty six carries. They were two of New

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Speaker 1: England was two of twelve on third down. The game

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Speaker 1: was lost to me in Buffalo unable to capitalize on

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Speaker 1: opportunities one of four in the red zone, and of

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Speaker 1: course the swirling Wins had a big, big, big factor

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Speaker 1: in the game. So what did Sean McDermott do pounded,

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Speaker 1: as guys, Twarn's twenty two yards wild number one defense.

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Speaker 1: We didn't win the line of scrimmage. We didn't do this.

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Speaker 1: And boy did they come out swinging in the second game.

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Speaker 1: As you guys saw that first drive, bam bam, bam,

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Speaker 1: bam bam. And I was dumb enough on air to say, hey,

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Speaker 1: kick the field goal on fourth until you got a

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Speaker 1: good drive and you've already established your tempo to get

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Speaker 1: some points. Get points are gonna be huge in this game.

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Speaker 1: And they said, nope, we want six Dash Allen extended

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Speaker 1: to play hit Isaiah McKenzie to back the end zone

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Speaker 1: and they were often running. Now, didn't try to be

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Speaker 1: a blowout, but I don't know that during the course

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Speaker 1: of the game that you ever felt like Buffalo wasn't

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Speaker 1: in control. So that's what we had with that. So

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Speaker 1: how does New England counter. That's where we are on

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Speaker 1: this one now because everything points towards Buffalo, because we

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Speaker 1: want to fifty mile of power wins right A Saturday night.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be cold, yeah, but we're not gonna have

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Speaker 1: swirling wins. So Buffalo will run more of their basic offense.

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Speaker 1: I think for New England they're gonna want to have

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Speaker 1: some of the formula they had in Game one, but

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Speaker 1: I think they're gonna have to do it in a

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Speaker 1: little bit different way, and I think that means mac

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Speaker 1: Jones might to throw the ball more in their early downs.

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Speaker 1: How much, wait, Charles, do you put on the way

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Speaker 1: these two teams finished the final month of the season.

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Speaker 1: The Bills obviously winners of four consecutive games. Their run

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Speaker 1: game has rounded into form where it's something they can

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Speaker 1: turn to to kind of help carry them through the

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Speaker 1: lulls of their passing game if they experienced such a situation.

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Speaker 1: Their defense, which has been number one almost all season long,

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Speaker 1: now has a pass rush to go with the back seven. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 1: the Patriots have lost three of their last four. They

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Speaker 1: have had some uncharacteristic inconsistent play on offense, defense, and

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Speaker 1: special teams. Do we just wipe the slate clean and

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Speaker 1: pretend none of that exists because now it's the quote

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Speaker 1: unquote second season, or is there some carry over? Steve

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Speaker 1: will you come in out with me on this one?

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Speaker 1: Go ahead, all right? As a player, when you guys

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Speaker 1: are winning games and you had a lot going in

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Speaker 1: a row or what have you. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: you use the words momentum, but you talked about how

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Speaker 1: that would carry over. These wins are stacking, This is happening.

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Speaker 1: This is going when you're having a losing streak. Hey,

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Speaker 1: every week's a new week. Every week we start over.

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Speaker 1: This one game doesn't define, so you take it from

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Speaker 1: where you are. Remember New England started two and four

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Speaker 1: before they ran off that seven game streak, so I

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Speaker 1: guarantee you. Coach Belichick spending his time with his group, like, guys,

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Speaker 1: remember how we were two and four then we started

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Speaker 1: the streak. Well we start over again. Now it's the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: a one game deal. Thank for Sean McDermott. He's cautioning

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Speaker 1: his team about, Hey, these wins don't guarantee as anything,

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Speaker 1: but remember how we got here. We started playoff mode

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Speaker 1: at halftime in Tampa, guys, and boy did it payoff

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Speaker 1: for us because every game after that was a playoff

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Speaker 1: type mode for them, and it's paid off in a

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Speaker 1: big way. So he's gonna want to continue. So, Steve,

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Speaker 1: am I anywhere close to being on track with that? Yeah? No,

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Speaker 1: I agree with you. If you're getting by hook or crook,

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Speaker 1: you get in the playoffs and you're refurbished, if it

630
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:50,680
Speaker 1: was a bad season you barely backed in, it's like, wow, Okay,

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Speaker 1: now we can play. It's a it's a boost. If

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Speaker 1: a team like the Bills, it's it's kind of the

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Speaker 1: same way. It's like, all right, now we've did all this,

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Speaker 1: We're in a good spot. Let's keep it going. Sometimes

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Speaker 1: the underdog mentality is a better place to be, all right.

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Speaker 1: So let me follow up with this then, Charles, I

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Speaker 1: believe by this point in the week, you've already had

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Speaker 1: your production meetings with the with the visiting team. So

639
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:18,880
Speaker 1: based on and I know Bill Belichick isn't always very forthcoming,

640
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Speaker 1: but based on your sit down with him, do you

641
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:27,520
Speaker 1: feel that consistency of play is if it's not a

642
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:31,239
Speaker 1: concern something that he's at least thinking about with his

643
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:33,879
Speaker 1: team based on the way they've played over the past month.

644
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,839
Speaker 1: I think you were in our production meeting. Were you there?

645
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:41,719
Speaker 1: I think you're there. Did you have people, did you

646
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:46,760
Speaker 1: have you know something? The word consistency came up a lot, okay,

647
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:49,360
Speaker 1: and and and it's and it's in terms of consistency

648
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:53,520
Speaker 1: of performance, consistency and how we do things, consistency and execution.

649
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,319
Speaker 1: But you know what's interesting about it is that same

650
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:58,480
Speaker 1: word came up in Sean McDermott's when we talked to

651
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:01,839
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott avouent What is our execution for this? What's

652
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:03,960
Speaker 1: our consistency and how we do things? What is it

653
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:06,319
Speaker 1: going on? It's a huge word in our sport, as

654
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:09,480
Speaker 1: we well know, and it can be used positively and negatively,

655
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:12,479
Speaker 1: and showing both of show both examples. But yeah, i'd

656
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:15,320
Speaker 1: say it has to be a concern. And Bill Belichick

657
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:17,680
Speaker 1: would be the first one to admit it if we

658
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 1: were depressed him on it. It's always a concern about

659
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 1: where's our execution, where's this? Where's that? Because in the

660
00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:26,400
Speaker 1: seven games street they were awfully consistent, weren't that. And

661
00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:28,959
Speaker 1: now in the way that they finished, now we're seeing,

662
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:31,800
Speaker 1: you know, the special team's coach slamming the surface tablet

663
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:34,840
Speaker 1: because the guy lined up flat out over the nose,

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Speaker 1: which we know we haven't been able to do for

665
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:38,880
Speaker 1: a number of years now. So that's a loss, that's

666
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:41,279
Speaker 1: a mental error much more than a physical error. And

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00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:43,200
Speaker 1: those are the types of things that they're worried about

668
00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:45,640
Speaker 1: going down the stretch. I would think. So, I'm quite

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Speaker 1: sure that the best coach we've seen in our time

670
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 1: has been pounding that at his team all week long.

671
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:54,279
Speaker 1: Do you get an idea that maybe, given the way

672
00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:56,800
Speaker 1: mac Jones has played over the last month and the

673
00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 1: fact that they're running the run defense has kind of

674
00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:01,440
Speaker 1: started to deterior rate in at least in the rankings,

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00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:05,040
Speaker 1: do you get the idea that maybe, and we've seen

676
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:07,160
Speaker 1: it before, where the Patriots come out early, all of

677
00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:09,240
Speaker 1: a sudden, they were in a couple of awareness plays,

678
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:11,800
Speaker 1: you know, to kind of get it down, get the

679
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 1: bills down, maybe get them on their heels a little,

680
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:16,279
Speaker 1: really takes some pressure off mac Jones. That way, you

681
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:18,239
Speaker 1: get an idea that and I don't want to say

682
00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:21,080
Speaker 1: it would be desperate measures by the Patriots, but certainly

683
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:24,360
Speaker 1: this is win or go home. They certainly, even the

684
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:27,480
Speaker 1: most reason the most ardent fan would say, wow, we'll

685
00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:29,880
Speaker 1: be happy with the rookie quarterback to get to the playoffs,

686
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:33,360
Speaker 1: But now that they're here, but you know, I mean

687
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,080
Speaker 1: it's like we ain't happy. Now, let's let's just make

688
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:38,480
Speaker 1: the most of it. I think that you could see,

689
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:42,120
Speaker 1: you know, fourth down go for its, awareness plays, trick plays,

690
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:46,160
Speaker 1: gadget plays, fake punts, all everything is on the table

691
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:49,160
Speaker 1: for the Patriots in a game like this. For all

692
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:51,360
Speaker 1: to talk about how you have to play against Patrick

693
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:54,160
Speaker 1: Mahomes in Kansas City and how it changes your approach,

694
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 1: I'd say the same would be. This would be in

695
00:39:57,320 --> 00:39:59,680
Speaker 1: the discussions with Buffalo and Josh Allen and how it's

696
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:01,800
Speaker 1: closed if their offense is And we saw it in

697
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:04,480
Speaker 1: the second game, didn't we Because Buffalo goes right down

698
00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:06,800
Speaker 1: the field scores. We already talked about that, right, So

699
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,759
Speaker 1: seven to zero, New England comes out and they get

700
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Speaker 1: a fourth and short near midfield on their first drive

701
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:17,840
Speaker 1: and they went for it. That's uncharacteristic because they are

702
00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:21,160
Speaker 1: under coach Belichick there near the bottom year in and

703
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:23,719
Speaker 1: year out, and going forward on fourth down. He went

704
00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:27,239
Speaker 1: for six times against Buffalo in the last ball game,

705
00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:31,640
Speaker 1: got five of them. So yes, Steve, when you play

706
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:34,200
Speaker 1: the Bills and if they get off to a start

707
00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:36,800
Speaker 1: like that and you're playing from behind and you realize,

708
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:40,319
Speaker 1: oh boy, that kid looks sharp today. It's definitely going

709
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:43,440
Speaker 1: to change your approach. I could easily see any of that. Plus,

710
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Speaker 1: with Josh McDaniels as an offensive coordinator, he's a very

711
00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:49,360
Speaker 1: creative play caller. He's not a conservative play caller by

712
00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:52,640
Speaker 1: any stretch. I would easily see a few other things happening.

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Speaker 1: Look go back and just just go ahead and look

714
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:56,400
Speaker 1: at their stats for the year and see how many

715
00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:58,759
Speaker 1: different people have carried the football in the run game.

716
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,400
Speaker 1: It's not just their running backs. The receivers have been

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00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,400
Speaker 1: an integral part of the run game this year as

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00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:05,480
Speaker 1: well as a Titan Jonas Smith, though I believe, has

719
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:10,480
Speaker 1: nine carries on the year. So knowing that they're probably

720
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 1: the more desperate team because man for man, offense, defense,

721
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:17,920
Speaker 1: special teams, they probably don't have the same depth of

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00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:21,560
Speaker 1: talent that the Bills bring to the table here, how

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Speaker 1: far does coach Belichick? Coach Belichick push that envelope though, Charles,

724
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 1: because I mean, are we like, for example, they're linebackers

725
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:32,879
Speaker 1: got exploited at the second level in the last game.

726
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:36,759
Speaker 1: They're not super athletic coverage kind of guys. Does he

727
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,359
Speaker 1: take a linebacker off the field and you know, put

728
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:41,239
Speaker 1: another safety out there. I mean, I know they play

729
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:43,120
Speaker 1: with three safeties a lot of the time. Anyway, I'm

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00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:45,320
Speaker 1: just how far does he take it, I guess is

731
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Speaker 1: my question. I think Scoreboard's going to dictate that. I

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00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:51,120
Speaker 1: absolutely do. I think that they have a way that

733
00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:53,520
Speaker 1: they want to try and do things. I don't think

734
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:56,680
Speaker 1: it'll be a full scale we're going to see wholesale

735
00:41:56,760 --> 00:42:00,160
Speaker 1: changes at kickoff when the game begins. But I think

736
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,120
Speaker 1: he has a plan in mind of how he wants

737
00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 1: to play it, and then as the game dictates, he

738
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:07,200
Speaker 1: will have to go. Now, the other flip side to

739
00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:10,960
Speaker 1: all that is, hey, if this isn't working, I want

740
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:14,120
Speaker 1: to change and go to this. But you gotta understand

741
00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:17,600
Speaker 1: does the change actually help you? Because is that person

742
00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:20,839
Speaker 1: capable of affecting a good change for you? So that's

743
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:23,040
Speaker 1: oftentimes because I know as a fan, when you sit

744
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,160
Speaker 1: there and watch, you're like, why aren't they changing that

745
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:28,960
Speaker 1: they're not stopping this or they're not running that. You

746
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:31,359
Speaker 1: have to go deeper into your roster and realize, well,

747
00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:33,840
Speaker 1: maybe that person's not there or maybe that style is

748
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:36,080
Speaker 1: not there. So it all depends on how this goes

749
00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:38,279
Speaker 1: and what they can actually dip into their playbook and

750
00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:41,560
Speaker 1: get to and offensively. The concern to me, if I'm

751
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:44,200
Speaker 1: New England would be will my receivers step up and

752
00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:46,400
Speaker 1: make the catches they need to make un crucial downs.

753
00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:49,440
Speaker 1: That's gonna be the big one for them. Hunter Henry

754
00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:51,399
Speaker 1: is a tight end I think has come along quite

755
00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:53,239
Speaker 1: well for them. Haven't gotten the ends on the last

756
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:55,560
Speaker 1: three games. We had eighty six yards last week. John

757
00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:57,840
Speaker 1: new Smith hasn't done it for nearly as much. Is

758
00:42:57,880 --> 00:42:59,600
Speaker 1: he going to be a breakout player in this game,

759
00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:04,160
Speaker 1: I don't know. But out wide, okay, nikkil Harry was

760
00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:06,000
Speaker 1: the first round pick. This is getting beat out now

761
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:08,799
Speaker 1: by an undrafted free agent and Christian Wilkerson. So they

762
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:12,200
Speaker 1: got concerned out there. That's why I think they're gonna

763
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:15,040
Speaker 1: try and mitigate them with some early throws to try

764
00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:17,920
Speaker 1: and get into third and shorts, meaning third and four

765
00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 1: or less, because if they're third and seven or more,

766
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:26,320
Speaker 1: guys Jordan Hood, you know, player and hide will be

767
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:29,560
Speaker 1: in their face all night long and they can't afford

768
00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:31,600
Speaker 1: that with this young quarterback. We saw it in the

769
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:34,120
Speaker 1: last game and the statistics bear it out. Third and

770
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:35,920
Speaker 1: seven or more for the year. I think New England's

771
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:39,000
Speaker 1: thirty first in the league. In conversions third and four

772
00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:44,560
Speaker 1: or less, they're over sixty percent. I think it's pretty simple. Yeah, Charles,

773
00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:46,880
Speaker 1: thanks man. I'll look forward to seeing you this tomorrow.

774
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:50,200
Speaker 1: I guess now that we're you, you'll be bundled up.

775
00:43:50,239 --> 00:43:53,480
Speaker 1: I'll be bundled up. I know you may not recognize.

776
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:56,120
Speaker 1: You may not recognize. I got a space here. I

777
00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:58,400
Speaker 1: have had them bringing a space heater on an eighteen

778
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:03,200
Speaker 1: wheeler this week on paper. Okay, all right, just don't man, Yeah,

779
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:05,160
Speaker 1: don't stand too close. We don't want your clothes bursting

780
00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:07,120
Speaker 1: into flames there though. You gotta be careful of those things.

781
00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:09,400
Speaker 1: Trust me. I can't trust me. I could be on

782
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:12,879
Speaker 1: fire and I won't feel it like that. All right, Charles,

783
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:15,000
Speaker 1: thanks for the time. I had a good broadcast with Ian.

784
00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:18,920
Speaker 1: That's Charles Davis NFL on CBS Analysts who will be

785
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:22,040
Speaker 1: calling the game with Iron Eagle on CBS Saturday night.

786
00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:24,680
Speaker 1: We have to take a break, but when we come back,

787
00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:27,960
Speaker 1: more on this bill's Patriots matchup. And a couple of

788
00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:30,520
Speaker 1: your phone calls. Is the obil fan Friday mail bag

789
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:32,719
Speaker 1: is open? We'll see in a second. I mean you

790
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:35,239
Speaker 1: got to go into every season as if it's its

791
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 1: own life, like you gotta forget what happened to last year,

792
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:40,920
Speaker 1: you know, you gotta let some of the bad things

793
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:44,200
Speaker 1: feel you. This team is Buffalo through and through. We've failed,

794
00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:46,600
Speaker 1: We've learned our lesson and my guy ran and down

795
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:48,799
Speaker 1: for these guys on and off the field any day

796
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:51,040
Speaker 1: of the week, and even two seven right here is togetherness.

797
00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:54,800
Speaker 1: Togetherness from what I could see, they all appear to

798
00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:57,840
Speaker 1: be attached at hip or attached by a string, and

799
00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:01,120
Speaker 1: everybody's pulling their weight. Makes you prom MITSI proud of

800
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:04,480
Speaker 1: the team, the proud of organization because somebody didn't just

801
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:06,560
Speaker 1: leave the baton laying on the ground. They picked it

802
00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:09,680
Speaker 1: up and actually moved it. We've been down twenty point

803
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:13,320
Speaker 1: and nobody leaves the stadium, so they know we should

804
00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:15,799
Speaker 1: come back and win, and which we did many, many,

805
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:18,879
Speaker 1: many times back when I played. That's what they do. Now.

806
00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:22,160
Speaker 1: They know that it doesn't matter how much we're down,

807
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:28,719
Speaker 1: we could come back. The Bills twenty twenty one season

808
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:31,279
Speaker 1: saw the return of Bill's Mafia to Highmark Stadium, new

809
00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:34,359
Speaker 1: NFL milestone set by Josh Allen. A breakout season from

810
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:37,600
Speaker 1: Dawson Knox and the highest ranked defense in the league. Together,

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00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:40,400
Speaker 1: the team persevered under head coach Sean McDermott, overcomes some

812
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:43,120
Speaker 1: tough injuries and losses on the road to a second

813
00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:47,560
Speaker 1: straight divisional title. Fight On is presented by Connors and

814
00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:51,920
Speaker 1: Ferris Nice LP. Steve is prominently featured in there. It's well,

815
00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:53,480
Speaker 1: I got a bunch of old guys in it. Really

816
00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:55,640
Speaker 1: the reason they had the old guys in it was

817
00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:59,279
Speaker 1: because they wouldn't let the present day guys come out

818
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:01,160
Speaker 1: of the protocol to come out and talk to people.

819
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:04,360
Speaker 1: They kept them behind closed doors. So um, it was it.

820
00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:08,160
Speaker 1: They've got interviews with me, Jim, Darryl, guys like that,

821
00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:10,880
Speaker 1: who you know, talk about this team and the season

822
00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:12,879
Speaker 1: they're in and all that. So it's it's pretty cool.

823
00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:15,200
Speaker 1: It's yeah, it's a nice it's a nice program. I've

824
00:46:15,239 --> 00:46:17,600
Speaker 1: watched it, and uh, it's fun. It'll give you like

825
00:46:17,719 --> 00:46:20,239
Speaker 1: the chicken skin you're talking about. That's right. We do

826
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:22,120
Speaker 1: have to get to the phones though, as we open

827
00:46:22,239 --> 00:46:25,400
Speaker 1: up the Friday ob L fan mailbag and a lot

828
00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:28,040
Speaker 1: of people waiting for us there patiently. We lead off

829
00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:29,680
Speaker 1: with William and Buffalo, what do you have for us?

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00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:35,439
Speaker 1: William you're on one Bill's Live. Hey, Charles Davis kind

831
00:46:35,480 --> 00:46:37,640
Speaker 1: of beating me to it. I was going to talk

832
00:46:37,719 --> 00:46:40,000
Speaker 1: to you about the two hundred and twenty two yards

833
00:46:40,200 --> 00:46:44,359
Speaker 1: everybody's talking about. The Pacers ran that six to four

834
00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:48,640
Speaker 1: yard run. Drop scare have it down to three point eight,

835
00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:52,360
Speaker 1: and I don't think the Bill's defense. We'll worry about

836
00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:55,799
Speaker 1: that in this weather rather than the bad weather they

837
00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:59,200
Speaker 1: was having that night. Yeah, that's all I've got. Yeah,

838
00:46:59,480 --> 00:47:02,320
Speaker 1: very good him, and we agree with you because the

839
00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:07,200
Speaker 1: biggest problem in that game wasn't defending the run, because

840
00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:09,279
Speaker 1: as you pointed out, they did a pretty good job

841
00:47:09,360 --> 00:47:12,960
Speaker 1: of it. Save for that one big play. They only

842
00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:17,719
Speaker 1: gave up fourteen points. Yeah. The offense is the side

843
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:19,359
Speaker 1: of the ball that really kind of came up short

844
00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:21,319
Speaker 1: in that game. They had opportunities in the red zone,

845
00:47:21,320 --> 00:47:24,359
Speaker 1: they went one for four and they only put ten

846
00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:28,200
Speaker 1: points on the board. That was the difference. The defense,

847
00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:31,200
Speaker 1: for the most part, did their job in a style

848
00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:33,520
Speaker 1: of game that was going to be almost exclusively on

849
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Speaker 1: the ground, and that was the case at least as

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Speaker 1: far as the Patriots were concerned. Let's go back to

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Speaker 1: the phones and we go to Herman and Palm Harbor.

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Speaker 1: What do we got forres Herman? Hi, guys Cisco quickly.

853
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:50,360
Speaker 1: First of all, this is an honor of my wife,

854
00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:54,839
Speaker 1: Valerie Capello, who guessed away the diehard Buffalo Bill Sky

855
00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:57,080
Speaker 1: and I watched the first of the four Super Bowls

856
00:47:57,120 --> 00:48:00,440
Speaker 1: with her when I met her in Californias. Kyle, Yeah,

857
00:48:00,520 --> 00:48:03,640
Speaker 1: condolences to what I want to get your guys opinion

858
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:09,000
Speaker 1: on is Belichick always finds a way to be the

859
00:48:09,160 --> 00:48:12,759
Speaker 1: team he's not supposed to beat. He probably is up

860
00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:15,560
Speaker 1: twenty hours researching what is it that I can do

861
00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:21,120
Speaker 1: to knock off Buffalo? Now defenses win Super Bowls, eighty

862
00:48:21,120 --> 00:48:27,120
Speaker 1: five Bears, the Ravens, etc. How's our defense going to

863
00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:30,760
Speaker 1: match up against their defense? In your guys opinion? Pretty

864
00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:33,759
Speaker 1: well as far as I'm concerned. As a matter of fact,

865
00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:36,800
Speaker 1: I think man for man, they might be a better defense.

866
00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:40,920
Speaker 1: Certainly the Bills certainly have a better secondary than the Patriots.

867
00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:43,719
Speaker 1: Do you collectively? Yeah, you can make a case that

868
00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:46,520
Speaker 1: the Patriots have a more consistent and more physical front

869
00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:52,000
Speaker 1: in upfront, But are the Bills linebackers are more athletic

870
00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:55,319
Speaker 1: and have more speed. They're built differently than the Patriots. Linebackers.

871
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:58,040
Speaker 1: But both these defenses, if you if you look at

872
00:48:58,080 --> 00:49:00,279
Speaker 1: this team, at these teams, as you know where they

873
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:02,600
Speaker 1: rank and all that stuff, the defense for both teams

874
00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:04,920
Speaker 1: is kind of a wash. Yeah, they're pretty comparable. They're

875
00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:08,680
Speaker 1: pretty comparable, I would agree with that. So the difference

876
00:49:08,719 --> 00:49:11,360
Speaker 1: maker has to be your offense and your special teams

877
00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:13,839
Speaker 1: has to be at least as good or better than

878
00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:16,560
Speaker 1: New England's. And you're coming Inland and the special teams

879
00:49:16,560 --> 00:49:18,799
Speaker 1: are pretty comparable too. Coming out of New England, they're

880
00:49:18,840 --> 00:49:21,359
Speaker 1: saying that this has been as bad a year as

881
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:23,680
Speaker 1: they've had in a long time. On special teams. They've

882
00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:28,000
Speaker 1: got three block kicks against them. Olshefsky gunner. Olshefski is

883
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:32,520
Speaker 1: a good, solid returner, you know, and the Bills have

884
00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:35,040
Speaker 1: had three different returners in the last three games four games,

885
00:49:35,080 --> 00:49:37,680
Speaker 1: So it's uh, it's been touching go for them as well.

886
00:49:37,719 --> 00:49:39,399
Speaker 1: And they have one block punt on their year too,

887
00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:44,080
Speaker 1: so that you might think as a push, maybe even

888
00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:45,560
Speaker 1: give the Bills a little bit of an edge, accept

889
00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:49,960
Speaker 1: the fact that they're punder has struggled of late. So um, yeah,

890
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:52,840
Speaker 1: it comes down to if the defenses are wash, it

891
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:55,600
Speaker 1: comes down to the offenses and the special teams, and

892
00:49:56,880 --> 00:49:58,680
Speaker 1: you got to see what you can match up. Yeah,

893
00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:03,160
Speaker 1: and I would say on pay Buffalo's offense is the

894
00:50:03,239 --> 00:50:07,160
Speaker 1: biggest difference in this entire matchup. Their offense is decidedly

895
00:50:07,239 --> 00:50:10,160
Speaker 1: better than that of New England, at least as I

896
00:50:10,280 --> 00:50:12,560
Speaker 1: see it. I know the numbers might say otherwise in

897
00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:15,400
Speaker 1: terms of points per game and third down conversions, but

898
00:50:15,560 --> 00:50:21,360
Speaker 1: their offense is the unit that is most what's the

899
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:25,320
Speaker 1: word I'm looking for most or has the greatest difference

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00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:28,799
Speaker 1: in terms of ability from the Patriots offense than any

901
00:50:28,840 --> 00:50:31,400
Speaker 1: of the other two units. That's what's going to have

902
00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:33,760
Speaker 1: to help the Bills separate in this game and ultimately

903
00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:36,000
Speaker 1: win it. We have to take a break here because

904
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Speaker 1: when we come back, it's our weekly visit with senior

905
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:41,239
Speaker 1: producer from NFL Films and co hosts of the ESPN

906
00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:44,759
Speaker 1: NFL Matchup show, Greg co Sell. He's coming your way

907
00:50:44,840 --> 00:50:46,960
Speaker 1: next here on One Bill's Live, presented by Kalat of Health.

908
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:58,399
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio. Whoever we play, you know, we're

909
00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:00,600
Speaker 1: going to prepare accordingly and try to get a win.

910
00:51:01,440 --> 00:51:03,359
Speaker 1: However the cards may fall. We're excited for the next

911
00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:14,000
Speaker 1: opportunity said, brand new season, now, brand new season, looking forward,

912
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:30,920
Speaker 1: the opportunity of whoever we get to play. We failed,

913
00:51:31,120 --> 00:51:33,400
Speaker 1: We've learned our lesson, We've got back in the building.

914
00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:35,520
Speaker 1: You've worked. We don't trying to stop the blue colla away.

915
00:51:35,560 --> 00:51:38,160
Speaker 1: It's buffalo. We're anxious and excited to go out there,

916
00:51:38,239 --> 00:51:40,240
Speaker 1: chomping at a bit so they get out on the field.

917
00:51:40,719 --> 00:51:43,080
Speaker 1: We got the best tools to have a chance. I

918
00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:45,160
Speaker 1: know means does this feel like we've accomplished what we

919
00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:46,880
Speaker 1: want to accomplish. The main goal is to win the

920
00:51:46,920 --> 00:51:52,880
Speaker 1: Super Bowl? Alright, hour number two Here on a Friday,

921
00:51:52,960 --> 00:51:55,800
Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you, and joined as we

922
00:51:55,880 --> 00:52:00,239
Speaker 1: are every Friday during the season by senior producer from

923
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:02,920
Speaker 1: NFL Films, Greg Cosell. Greg, good to have you with us,

924
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:07,719
Speaker 1: Welcome in. And I might be making more of this

925
00:52:07,880 --> 00:52:12,680
Speaker 1: than I need to, but it's just very uncharacteristic in

926
00:52:12,840 --> 00:52:14,759
Speaker 1: terms of what I have seen from the Patriots the

927
00:52:14,880 --> 00:52:18,320
Speaker 1: last four weeks and last week in particular in Miami.

928
00:52:18,600 --> 00:52:22,400
Speaker 1: I don't know, maybe they're disinterested, maybe they're already thinking playoffs,

929
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Speaker 1: whatever the case might be, Greg, uncharacteristic mental errors from

930
00:52:27,640 --> 00:52:32,120
Speaker 1: that team execution errors more than you're used to seeing

931
00:52:32,200 --> 00:52:34,960
Speaker 1: from a Bill Belichick coach team number one, especially in

932
00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:38,440
Speaker 1: December when his teams are usually playing their best. What

933
00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:42,040
Speaker 1: has the film said to you over their last four games? Well,

934
00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:47,840
Speaker 1: last week's game was clearly one of those games. For certain.

935
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Speaker 1: I did watch the tape on both sides of the

936
00:52:50,360 --> 00:52:52,480
Speaker 1: ball in that game, so I can tell you that

937
00:52:52,640 --> 00:52:55,400
Speaker 1: for certain that that did not have the look of

938
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Speaker 1: a Patriots team really on either side of the ball.

939
00:52:57,960 --> 00:53:01,320
Speaker 1: But I think I think Chris, as you know, and

940
00:53:01,440 --> 00:53:03,720
Speaker 1: Steve certainly knows this, that you have to be careful

941
00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:06,840
Speaker 1: about those kinds of things. You'd have to expect the

942
00:53:06,960 --> 00:53:11,920
Speaker 1: Patriots will be at their best mentally, physically, and tactically

943
00:53:12,040 --> 00:53:15,319
Speaker 1: in this given game. And I don't think you can

944
00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:18,520
Speaker 1: go into this any other way. Obviously that's not a

945
00:53:18,520 --> 00:53:21,239
Speaker 1: concern for Sean McDermott and staff, but I'm talking about

946
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Speaker 1: from a fan and media perspective. You know, no one

947
00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:27,120
Speaker 1: knows how these games will play out. You can't go

948
00:53:27,239 --> 00:53:30,040
Speaker 1: into a game assuming that a team is not going

949
00:53:30,120 --> 00:53:33,719
Speaker 1: to play well. Right and despite you know the the

950
00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:36,840
Speaker 1: injury report where they got thirteen guys that are questionable,

951
00:53:36,920 --> 00:53:40,719
Speaker 1: the Bills have like zero I know, that's amazing. Yeah,

952
00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:46,239
Speaker 1: it seems. I mean, I don't know. Bill Belichick has

953
00:53:46,239 --> 00:53:48,680
Speaker 1: been accused of a lot of things obviously, but and

954
00:53:48,840 --> 00:53:52,120
Speaker 1: gamesmanship with his injury report has been something that the

955
00:53:52,640 --> 00:53:56,400
Speaker 1: media has rolled their eyes at all year. Who do

956
00:53:56,520 --> 00:53:59,720
Speaker 1: you see as the guys on their injury report? Perhaps

957
00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:02,480
Speaker 1: that may very well be difference makers if they're in

958
00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:05,400
Speaker 1: or out. Well, I have to tell you, Steve, I

959
00:54:05,440 --> 00:54:07,279
Speaker 1: haven't even looked at their injury report. The only thing

960
00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:09,720
Speaker 1: I noticed was that Jalen Mills went on COVID yesterday.

961
00:54:09,960 --> 00:54:12,120
Speaker 1: But who else is on the injury report? Well, that

962
00:54:12,440 --> 00:54:15,080
Speaker 1: Dugger didn't play last week. As you know, he's Dugger

963
00:54:15,160 --> 00:54:18,640
Speaker 1: to me, let's start there because Dugger and I did

964
00:54:18,719 --> 00:54:21,080
Speaker 1: speak with someone who said he'll be somewhat questionable, but

965
00:54:21,200 --> 00:54:23,160
Speaker 1: so we don't know that as we speak right now.

966
00:54:23,600 --> 00:54:26,400
Speaker 1: But I think he's a critical piece of their defense

967
00:54:26,719 --> 00:54:30,400
Speaker 1: because at their core, they're a big nickel defense. That's

968
00:54:30,440 --> 00:54:33,360
Speaker 1: been their foundation all season long. They play three safeties.

969
00:54:33,719 --> 00:54:37,759
Speaker 1: Phillips and Dugger are essentially hybrid linebackers and safeties that

970
00:54:37,840 --> 00:54:40,640
Speaker 1: can do a lot of different things. Dugger has been

971
00:54:40,680 --> 00:54:43,520
Speaker 1: the tight end matchup all season long, so he has

972
00:54:43,560 --> 00:54:46,200
Speaker 1: a specific role. And they're a team that does play

973
00:54:46,520 --> 00:54:49,279
Speaker 1: a good percentage of man coverage, so that that is

974
00:54:49,280 --> 00:54:52,319
Speaker 1: a factor. And obviously mccordy tends to be there. They're

975
00:54:52,400 --> 00:54:55,800
Speaker 1: post safety because they're they're a predominant single high safety defense.

976
00:54:55,840 --> 00:54:57,840
Speaker 1: So dugger to me and you can go through a

977
00:54:57,920 --> 00:55:00,440
Speaker 1: few more names, Chris, but Dugger to me is a

978
00:55:00,640 --> 00:55:04,240
Speaker 1: really important piece if he's missing. Yeah, the other ones,

979
00:55:04,640 --> 00:55:08,600
Speaker 1: Christian Barmore got injured last week. It's considered a minor

980
00:55:09,080 --> 00:55:12,040
Speaker 1: knee injury. He's been limited all week in practice. Left

981
00:55:12,040 --> 00:55:15,440
Speaker 1: tackle Isaiah Win looks like the most questionable. He's not

982
00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:17,640
Speaker 1: only got a hip injury, he suffered an ankle injury

983
00:55:17,760 --> 00:55:19,720
Speaker 1: last week, came out of the game, did not return.

984
00:55:20,360 --> 00:55:24,160
Speaker 1: So Justin Haran would be the anticipated replacement there as

985
00:55:24,239 --> 00:55:26,640
Speaker 1: he was back in week four. In Week five and

986
00:55:26,719 --> 00:55:30,000
Speaker 1: then the only other guy, Dante high Tower Greg missed

987
00:55:30,040 --> 00:55:32,360
Speaker 1: They was held out a last week's game, presumably to

988
00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:36,000
Speaker 1: get healthier. But he's got a bum knee. We know

989
00:55:36,160 --> 00:55:38,680
Speaker 1: he's not the fastest linebacker in the world to begin with.

990
00:55:38,880 --> 00:55:40,520
Speaker 1: Now he's got a bum knee and that thing's not

991
00:55:40,560 --> 00:55:43,960
Speaker 1: going to feel so hot in zero degrees. No, I

992
00:55:44,040 --> 00:55:47,040
Speaker 1: guess most things don't in zero degrees. Chris by the way, Yeah,

993
00:55:47,560 --> 00:55:51,040
Speaker 1: but yeah, he's he'd be an interesting player as well.

994
00:55:52,520 --> 00:55:55,080
Speaker 1: You know, it's funny you mentioned the old Lion and

995
00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:57,200
Speaker 1: how that will play out, because if you go back

996
00:55:57,239 --> 00:56:01,080
Speaker 1: to that Week sixteen game, obviously everybody spoke deservedly so

997
00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:04,600
Speaker 1: about Josh Allen's performance, but as you guys probably both know,

998
00:56:05,120 --> 00:56:07,440
Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball was fascinating in that

999
00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:11,960
Speaker 1: game as well. The Bills increase their blitz frequency rather

1000
00:56:12,080 --> 00:56:15,560
Speaker 1: significantly in that game, and they played far more man

1001
00:56:15,800 --> 00:56:18,640
Speaker 1: coverage in that game than had been their tendency throughout

1002
00:56:18,680 --> 00:56:21,520
Speaker 1: the season. They played both cover one with the single

1003
00:56:21,600 --> 00:56:23,520
Speaker 1: high safety, and they played a lot of snaps of

1004
00:56:23,600 --> 00:56:27,399
Speaker 1: two man coverage with two high safety, so that those

1005
00:56:27,480 --> 00:56:30,000
Speaker 1: were two things that came out of that Week sixteen game.

1006
00:56:30,320 --> 00:56:33,719
Speaker 1: But the important point if the offensive line is potentially

1007
00:56:33,760 --> 00:56:36,759
Speaker 1: a concern with win being out is now you have

1008
00:56:36,880 --> 00:56:40,800
Speaker 1: a backup if the Bills choose to pressure again, Who's

1009
00:56:41,239 --> 00:56:43,080
Speaker 1: got to really do a lot of thinking through the

1010
00:56:43,239 --> 00:56:45,640
Speaker 1: looks and where the pressures might be coming from. And

1011
00:56:45,719 --> 00:56:49,239
Speaker 1: that's you know so much about blitz and pressure has

1012
00:56:49,280 --> 00:56:53,080
Speaker 1: to do mentally before the snap, understanding the look and

1013
00:56:53,520 --> 00:56:55,719
Speaker 1: where the pressure could be coming from. One of the

1014
00:56:55,760 --> 00:56:58,080
Speaker 1: interesting things about the Bills offense on the other side

1015
00:56:58,200 --> 00:57:00,120
Speaker 1: is that they've used they've kind of gone with one

1016
00:57:00,200 --> 00:57:03,480
Speaker 1: tight end. They did have the fullback Reggie Gilliam in

1017
00:57:03,520 --> 00:57:05,799
Speaker 1: there as well sometimes and actually Gillian we were talking

1018
00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:07,400
Speaker 1: earlier done it has done a pretty good job in

1019
00:57:07,400 --> 00:57:09,759
Speaker 1: the run game, in the blocking. But when they bring

1020
00:57:09,840 --> 00:57:13,320
Speaker 1: in Tommy Doyle as a tight end. One of the

1021
00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:17,560
Speaker 1: times they had Doyle outside of Dawson Knox on the end,

1022
00:57:18,920 --> 00:57:20,800
Speaker 1: how has that, you know, the fact that they've just

1023
00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:22,720
Speaker 1: said we're just gonna go with one tight end and

1024
00:57:22,760 --> 00:57:24,720
Speaker 1: if we need to go three tights or two tight ends,

1025
00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:27,840
Speaker 1: we're gonna bring alignment in. How has that worked for

1026
00:57:27,960 --> 00:57:31,439
Speaker 1: Buffalo and what benefits has it given them, if any? Well,

1027
00:57:31,480 --> 00:57:34,800
Speaker 1: here's the question to me. Over the last two three weeks,

1028
00:57:35,960 --> 00:57:38,160
Speaker 1: maybe not so much the New England game, but certainly

1029
00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:40,480
Speaker 1: Atlanta and this week, and obviously this week was a

1030
00:57:40,560 --> 00:57:43,520
Speaker 1: game they had to win, they have played a lot

1031
00:57:43,640 --> 00:57:49,440
Speaker 1: more with with Doyle. Doyle played eighteen snaps this past week.

1032
00:57:49,520 --> 00:57:52,280
Speaker 1: They had eighteen snaps with six sol alignment and obviously

1033
00:57:52,360 --> 00:57:55,920
Speaker 1: Gillian played some snaps as well. So the question is,

1034
00:57:56,040 --> 00:57:58,480
Speaker 1: is you go into this given game, is this now

1035
00:57:58,600 --> 00:58:01,360
Speaker 1: going to be a meaningful feature? I don't know if

1036
00:58:01,440 --> 00:58:03,920
Speaker 1: significance the right word. That might be too strong, but

1037
00:58:04,040 --> 00:58:07,160
Speaker 1: a meaningful feature. Guys of their offense, are they going

1038
00:58:07,240 --> 00:58:09,960
Speaker 1: to try to go with the you know, as we say,

1039
00:58:10,040 --> 00:58:14,160
Speaker 1: the XT, the extra tackle alignment and personnel package. Are

1040
00:58:14,240 --> 00:58:16,480
Speaker 1: they going to continue to try to run the ball

1041
00:58:17,000 --> 00:58:19,760
Speaker 1: or will in a sense they think along the lines

1042
00:58:19,840 --> 00:58:22,160
Speaker 1: the way they did Week sixteen and say, hey, this

1043
00:58:22,360 --> 00:58:25,040
Speaker 1: has to be a Josh Allen game and he needs

1044
00:58:25,080 --> 00:58:27,480
Speaker 1: to be great, which he was for the most part

1045
00:58:27,560 --> 00:58:31,080
Speaker 1: week sixteen. I'm I don't know the answer to that.

1046
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Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys do, but I'm fascinated

1047
00:58:33,240 --> 00:58:35,960
Speaker 1: to see how the Bills come out offensively in this game,

1048
00:58:36,200 --> 00:58:38,320
Speaker 1: right and if you want to take that a step further,

1049
00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:42,600
Speaker 1: I know we already addressed Dugger's availability, but Jalen Bills

1050
00:58:42,640 --> 00:58:44,520
Speaker 1: if he does not come off the COVID list, that

1051
00:58:44,800 --> 00:58:48,400
Speaker 1: they're down a starting corner. They're clearly not comfortable putting

1052
00:58:48,480 --> 00:58:52,320
Speaker 1: Jawan Williams outside against this Bills team because they had

1053
00:58:52,360 --> 00:58:54,760
Speaker 1: two in week sixteen for like a snap or two,

1054
00:58:55,160 --> 00:58:57,080
Speaker 1: and they went at him right away and Diggs just

1055
00:58:57,320 --> 00:59:00,520
Speaker 1: missed catching a touchdown pass. It bounced off his forearm

1056
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Speaker 1: when Jawan Williams was covering him. He came out of

1057
00:59:02,840 --> 00:59:06,400
Speaker 1: the game and was never seen again. Um. And I

1058
00:59:06,480 --> 00:59:09,640
Speaker 1: think Williams ultimately in their mind. You know, he's a

1059
00:59:09,680 --> 00:59:13,000
Speaker 1: six three two twenty pound guy. I think you could

1060
00:59:13,040 --> 00:59:16,160
Speaker 1: almost see him if Dugger doesn't play, playing a lot

1061
00:59:16,240 --> 00:59:19,200
Speaker 1: of snaps and matching up to Dawson Knox, you know,

1062
00:59:19,360 --> 00:59:21,480
Speaker 1: so that that to me would be the matchup. I

1063
00:59:21,520 --> 00:59:23,920
Speaker 1: don't think they really want Williams on the outside against

1064
00:59:24,080 --> 00:59:27,480
Speaker 1: this wide receiving corps. Right, And that leads us with

1065
00:59:27,800 --> 00:59:30,280
Speaker 1: what you think the overall philosophy is gonna be. Now,

1066
00:59:30,320 --> 00:59:34,800
Speaker 1: if all things are considered, it's gonna be Bill Belichick's mind, Steve,

1067
00:59:34,840 --> 00:59:40,160
Speaker 1: Are you what I'm saying is, if you know, all

1068
00:59:40,240 --> 00:59:44,320
Speaker 1: things being considered, these two defenses almost awash statistically. I mean,

1069
00:59:44,760 --> 00:59:48,120
Speaker 1: both very good against the against scoring points. Um. Right,

1070
00:59:48,640 --> 00:59:51,000
Speaker 1: And it comes down to you know what you see

1071
00:59:51,080 --> 00:59:53,080
Speaker 1: is your your best way to move the football, And

1072
00:59:53,280 --> 00:59:55,720
Speaker 1: generally speaking, the Bills are running to our passing team.

1073
00:59:55,760 --> 00:59:58,240
Speaker 1: If there's no win even if it's cold, They're gonna

1074
00:59:58,240 --> 01:00:00,760
Speaker 1: be able to throw the football, that question, and the

1075
01:00:00,840 --> 01:00:03,640
Speaker 1: Patriots are just the opposite of that. And I've made

1076
01:00:03,640 --> 01:00:05,560
Speaker 1: a bunch of analogies about what it's like for these

1077
01:00:05,560 --> 01:00:07,720
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks and what their teams are asking them to do.

1078
01:00:07,960 --> 01:00:10,360
Speaker 1: But basically, that's what it's going to come down to,

1079
01:00:10,600 --> 01:00:12,720
Speaker 1: is can the Bills run their offensive the way they want?

1080
01:00:13,240 --> 01:00:15,480
Speaker 1: And can the Pagriots run their offense exactly the way

1081
01:00:15,520 --> 01:00:18,919
Speaker 1: they want? Yeah? And I think we know deep down

1082
01:00:19,040 --> 01:00:21,960
Speaker 1: that the Patriots are a running football team. They're in

1083
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:26,200
Speaker 1: the top ten in the league in almost every rushing category, attempts, yardage,

1084
01:00:26,520 --> 01:00:28,600
Speaker 1: yards per attempt. They want to run the ball, and

1085
01:00:28,720 --> 01:00:30,480
Speaker 1: I think they want to run it out of big people,

1086
01:00:30,680 --> 01:00:32,320
Speaker 1: and I think they don't want to see, you again,

1087
01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:35,360
Speaker 1: what the Bills do defensively? Will the Bills put in

1088
01:00:35,440 --> 01:00:38,240
Speaker 1: that third linebacker or will the Bills stay Nickel? You

1089
01:00:38,320 --> 01:00:40,520
Speaker 1: know the Bills have put in that third linebacker when

1090
01:00:40,520 --> 01:00:42,720
Speaker 1: they've played New England this year. You know, I think

1091
01:00:42,760 --> 01:00:45,200
Speaker 1: that that's the way Bill Belichick would want to play

1092
01:00:45,320 --> 01:00:48,240
Speaker 1: this game. I think if the game were to play

1093
01:00:48,240 --> 01:00:50,919
Speaker 1: out exactly the way the Patriots wanted to play out.

1094
01:00:51,280 --> 01:00:54,560
Speaker 1: Then I think that you know, the numbers for mac Jones,

1095
01:00:54,600 --> 01:00:56,400
Speaker 1: would you know, be fifteen for twenty two for one

1096
01:00:56,440 --> 01:00:59,040
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty two yards. I don't think they really

1097
01:00:59,120 --> 01:01:02,080
Speaker 1: want mac Jones having to drop back and throw unless

1098
01:01:02,120 --> 01:01:04,960
Speaker 1: the game truly demanded that. You know, they want to

1099
01:01:05,040 --> 01:01:08,480
Speaker 1: throw proactively, not reactively. So I think you're going to

1100
01:01:08,560 --> 01:01:11,040
Speaker 1: see the fullback in the game, Jacob Johnston. I think

1101
01:01:11,080 --> 01:01:13,520
Speaker 1: you're going to see sixth offensive linemen, and if it's

1102
01:01:13,520 --> 01:01:16,400
Speaker 1: Herons starting at left tackle, a little b a win

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01:01:16,480 --> 01:01:19,840
Speaker 1: will as the sixth offensive lineman, as he's been much

1104
01:01:19,880 --> 01:01:22,280
Speaker 1: of the year. That's the way I think they want

1105
01:01:22,360 --> 01:01:24,360
Speaker 1: to play and almost the way I believe they have

1106
01:01:24,520 --> 01:01:27,600
Speaker 1: to play. Right. But if the Bills can get off

1107
01:01:27,640 --> 01:01:30,640
Speaker 1: to an early start, a fast start, get some points

1108
01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:32,680
Speaker 1: on the board, it's going to put more of the

1109
01:01:32,720 --> 01:01:35,800
Speaker 1: burden on mac Jones. I mean that's really I mean,

1110
01:01:35,880 --> 01:01:39,080
Speaker 1: as well as Josh Allen and the offense executed in

1111
01:01:39,200 --> 01:01:42,480
Speaker 1: that Week sixteen game. Once they got up by ten points,

1112
01:01:42,560 --> 01:01:45,240
Speaker 1: now you're playing right into the hands of Buffalo's defense

1113
01:01:45,560 --> 01:01:48,240
Speaker 1: because now you have to throw the ball. And I

1114
01:01:48,280 --> 01:01:51,200
Speaker 1: add on top of that the fact that Buffalo's defense

1115
01:01:51,280 --> 01:01:52,920
Speaker 1: forced them into a lot of third and longs. And

1116
01:01:52,960 --> 01:01:55,040
Speaker 1: I remember talking to you about this three weeks ago.

1117
01:01:55,400 --> 01:01:58,000
Speaker 1: If you get Mac Jones in third and long, now

1118
01:01:58,080 --> 01:02:00,200
Speaker 1: he's got to hold the ball at extra half and

1119
01:02:00,280 --> 01:02:02,320
Speaker 1: it can't come out as rack as it usually does.

1120
01:02:02,560 --> 01:02:04,080
Speaker 1: And now you got them right where you want them,

1121
01:02:04,200 --> 01:02:07,240
Speaker 1: right you do. And I think the Bills pass rush

1122
01:02:07,320 --> 01:02:10,040
Speaker 1: has clearly gotten better over the last month of the season.

1123
01:02:10,320 --> 01:02:13,160
Speaker 1: So that's another factor in the game, which but you raise.

1124
01:02:13,480 --> 01:02:15,080
Speaker 1: You didn't raise the point, but it led me to

1125
01:02:15,160 --> 01:02:17,240
Speaker 1: a point that I think comes from what you said, Chris,

1126
01:02:17,600 --> 01:02:21,080
Speaker 1: which is what will the Bills offensive approach be? Because

1127
01:02:21,520 --> 01:02:23,480
Speaker 1: you know, everybody might say, oh, they've got to be balanced,

1128
01:02:23,520 --> 01:02:25,080
Speaker 1: they've got to run the ball, look what they've done

1129
01:02:25,080 --> 01:02:28,440
Speaker 1: the last number of weeks. But playing that way normally

1130
01:02:28,680 --> 01:02:32,200
Speaker 1: does not produce big early leads normally. So do the

1131
01:02:32,280 --> 01:02:34,720
Speaker 1: Bills take the approach that, hey, we want to come

1132
01:02:34,760 --> 01:02:38,360
Speaker 1: out really aggressive, throw the ball hopefully get up you know,

1133
01:02:38,480 --> 01:02:41,840
Speaker 1: fourteen nothing seventeen three, and make the game just what

1134
01:02:42,000 --> 01:02:44,040
Speaker 1: you said, or do they go in the game with

1135
01:02:44,120 --> 01:02:47,200
Speaker 1: the idea that, hey, this is a really sound defense.

1136
01:02:47,560 --> 01:02:49,720
Speaker 1: Patriots are solid on d while they might not have

1137
01:02:49,840 --> 01:02:51,960
Speaker 1: that one great pass rusher. You know, this is a

1138
01:02:52,080 --> 01:02:55,480
Speaker 1: defense that's going to play well, that's not going to

1139
01:02:55,560 --> 01:02:57,200
Speaker 1: give us a lot. We're going to need to be

1140
01:02:57,240 --> 01:03:00,520
Speaker 1: a little more balanced. Because as great as Josh was

1141
01:03:00,600 --> 01:03:05,920
Speaker 1: week sixteen, can we expect that same thing again? I mean,

1142
01:03:06,520 --> 01:03:08,480
Speaker 1: we'd love to see it, obviously, but I mean there

1143
01:03:08,480 --> 01:03:11,520
Speaker 1: were no sacks, no turnovers. I mean that's about as

1144
01:03:11,600 --> 01:03:14,800
Speaker 1: perfect as you could ask for. Yeah, And if thinking

1145
01:03:14,880 --> 01:03:16,960
Speaker 1: back to that Week sixteen or the way that game

1146
01:03:17,000 --> 01:03:20,400
Speaker 1: and the way it unfolded, Um, you had to drop

1147
01:03:20,520 --> 01:03:23,160
Speaker 1: touchdown pass to Jake Cumereau. You had a drop touchdown

1148
01:03:23,200 --> 01:03:26,160
Speaker 1: pass on the fourth and one to Emmanuel Sanders. You

1149
01:03:26,240 --> 01:03:28,720
Speaker 1: had a touchdown on the same drive as the Emmanuel

1150
01:03:28,760 --> 01:03:33,000
Speaker 1: Sanders drop. Right before it, you had a Dawson Knocks

1151
01:03:33,240 --> 01:03:35,720
Speaker 1: touchdown called back because of a guy was a yard

1152
01:03:35,880 --> 01:03:37,640
Speaker 1: too deep. I mean it was a half a step

1153
01:03:37,680 --> 01:03:39,640
Speaker 1: from a beat down for the Buffalo Bills. They were

1154
01:03:39,800 --> 01:03:43,160
Speaker 1: they were humping them up. What does that game say

1155
01:03:43,240 --> 01:03:45,560
Speaker 1: about the way these two teams can play. I mean

1156
01:03:45,800 --> 01:03:48,360
Speaker 1: it seems the Bills have got some some weapons of

1157
01:03:48,400 --> 01:03:51,480
Speaker 1: the Patriots can't. Don't have an answer for no, And

1158
01:03:51,600 --> 01:03:55,440
Speaker 1: and and because it's Bill Belichick and the Patriots, we

1159
01:03:55,640 --> 01:03:58,760
Speaker 1: we always stop and pause and say, hey, he'll have

1160
01:03:59,040 --> 01:04:01,760
Speaker 1: something that's going to be different. We just don't know

1161
01:04:01,880 --> 01:04:04,280
Speaker 1: what it is, because hey, I'm not as smart as Belichick,

1162
01:04:04,360 --> 01:04:06,080
Speaker 1: so I don't know what it is. But it will

1163
01:04:06,160 --> 01:04:09,400
Speaker 1: be different. So the question is is that different thing

1164
01:04:09,520 --> 01:04:11,520
Speaker 1: that he has is that going to slow it down?

1165
01:04:11,560 --> 01:04:15,040
Speaker 1: But you're correct, I mean that game could have been fourteen.

1166
01:04:15,760 --> 01:04:17,880
Speaker 1: You know, maybe the Bills are just that much better

1167
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:21,040
Speaker 1: than New England. And maybe that game in Orchard Park,

1168
01:04:21,160 --> 01:04:23,680
Speaker 1: you know, the win game was just a flukey game

1169
01:04:23,680 --> 01:04:26,360
Speaker 1: because of the weather. Who knows, maybe maybe the Week

1170
01:04:26,440 --> 01:04:29,640
Speaker 1: sixth game is more like what the teams are. We

1171
01:04:29,720 --> 01:04:31,800
Speaker 1: don't know that, and I guess this game will tell

1172
01:04:31,880 --> 01:04:34,320
Speaker 1: us a lot as to what it really is. But

1173
01:04:34,960 --> 01:04:38,440
Speaker 1: I'm so curious to see what Bill Belichick's approach is defensively,

1174
01:04:38,840 --> 01:04:45,200
Speaker 1: because in that Week sixteen game, the Bills really dominated

1175
01:04:45,240 --> 01:04:48,120
Speaker 1: against the Patriots man coverage, which, by the way, they

1176
01:04:48,200 --> 01:04:50,280
Speaker 1: have not been as good overall this year against man

1177
01:04:50,440 --> 01:04:52,800
Speaker 1: coverage as they were a year ago in twenty twenty.

1178
01:04:53,160 --> 01:04:55,520
Speaker 1: But in that game they were really really good against

1179
01:04:55,600 --> 01:04:59,040
Speaker 1: man coverage, right, and then taking that a step further.

1180
01:04:59,200 --> 01:05:03,080
Speaker 1: Greg the Week sixteen game, the Bills entered without Cole

1181
01:05:03,160 --> 01:05:07,880
Speaker 1: Beasley and Gabriel Davis. Obviously, Isaiah McKenzie had a giant

1182
01:05:07,960 --> 01:05:11,680
Speaker 1: game against Miles Bryant. They never really changed their approach

1183
01:05:11,760 --> 01:05:15,840
Speaker 1: defensively to McKenzie and he ate him alive. Put your

1184
01:05:15,880 --> 01:05:19,120
Speaker 1: Brian Dable head on here. Now you have Davis and

1185
01:05:19,240 --> 01:05:23,000
Speaker 1: Beasley at your disposal. What kind of role does McKenzie

1186
01:05:23,120 --> 01:05:26,160
Speaker 1: play in the scope of the offense having two guys

1187
01:05:26,200 --> 01:05:28,480
Speaker 1: ahead of him in the pecking order. Now back in

1188
01:05:28,560 --> 01:05:31,560
Speaker 1: the lineup. Well, here's the way I would view this.

1189
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:35,080
Speaker 1: If you anticipate a lot of man coverage and as

1190
01:05:35,120 --> 01:05:37,560
Speaker 1: the game starts, you see that they're playing a good

1191
01:05:37,600 --> 01:05:40,640
Speaker 1: amount of man. To me, McKenzie becomes a big factor

1192
01:05:40,680 --> 01:05:42,680
Speaker 1: because I think one of the things that you love

1193
01:05:42,720 --> 01:05:46,480
Speaker 1: about McKenzie is the motion element. Because what does motion

1194
01:05:46,600 --> 01:05:48,880
Speaker 1: give you, Steve, as you will know, is motion almost

1195
01:05:48,920 --> 01:05:52,360
Speaker 1: always gives you free access off the ball, and McKenzie

1196
01:05:52,440 --> 01:05:56,040
Speaker 1: has such immediate quickness off the ball that you want

1197
01:05:56,120 --> 01:05:59,440
Speaker 1: to use him in motion to defeat man coverage. I mean,

1198
01:05:59,480 --> 01:06:02,160
Speaker 1: a couple of their big third down plays week sixteen

1199
01:06:02,480 --> 01:06:06,560
Speaker 1: resulted from him going into motion and therefore, you know,

1200
01:06:06,760 --> 01:06:08,320
Speaker 1: I think a third and ten, it might have been

1201
01:06:08,440 --> 01:06:11,440
Speaker 1: the third quarter was the result of motion. And then

1202
01:06:11,600 --> 01:06:13,800
Speaker 1: you know he's He's able to get into his route

1203
01:06:13,840 --> 01:06:17,520
Speaker 1: immediately with speed and velocity. So to me, that's where

1204
01:06:17,640 --> 01:06:21,560
Speaker 1: Mackenzie's valuable. Mackenzie and Beasley are totally different players, So

1205
01:06:22,200 --> 01:06:26,560
Speaker 1: I think there's a place for McKenzie if the Patriots

1206
01:06:26,600 --> 01:06:29,440
Speaker 1: do play a lot of man coverage, right and that

1207
01:06:29,600 --> 01:06:31,240
Speaker 1: and one of the things, and I don't know if

1208
01:06:31,240 --> 01:06:33,120
Speaker 1: you can remember back how the game started out in

1209
01:06:33,200 --> 01:06:38,960
Speaker 1: that Week sixteen game in Foxborough, Josh really seemed not

1210
01:06:39,160 --> 01:06:41,960
Speaker 1: to be looking down the field. He took some checkdowns,

1211
01:06:42,320 --> 01:06:45,160
Speaker 1: short easy throws, and I think that really got them

1212
01:06:45,240 --> 01:06:47,680
Speaker 1: off to the fact that and in that game, none

1213
01:06:47,720 --> 01:06:50,919
Speaker 1: of their drives didn't get inside the Patriot twenty yard line.

1214
01:06:50,920 --> 01:06:54,120
Speaker 1: I moved the ball at will, but it started with short,

1215
01:06:54,240 --> 01:06:58,080
Speaker 1: easy completions from Josh Allen, mostly to Devin Singletary to

1216
01:06:58,160 --> 01:07:01,280
Speaker 1: begin that game, and and it really set a tone

1217
01:07:01,560 --> 01:07:04,800
Speaker 1: for the entire way that offense went. You know, it's

1218
01:07:04,840 --> 01:07:07,120
Speaker 1: funny you say that because I pulled up my notes,

1219
01:07:07,240 --> 01:07:09,120
Speaker 1: you know, because I take detailed notes on every game.

1220
01:07:09,200 --> 01:07:12,040
Speaker 1: I watch. Here's the note that I type. What stood

1221
01:07:12,040 --> 01:07:14,920
Speaker 1: out on the Bill's first possession and it continued throughout

1222
01:07:14,960 --> 01:07:17,800
Speaker 1: the game, was Alan's willingness to take the checkdown and

1223
01:07:17,880 --> 01:07:20,280
Speaker 1: get five a, ten to twelve yards when it was there.

1224
01:07:20,560 --> 01:07:23,280
Speaker 1: Don't force throws, don't try to make something happen, don't

1225
01:07:23,320 --> 01:07:25,840
Speaker 1: get sacked or make a negative play, take the running

1226
01:07:25,880 --> 01:07:29,440
Speaker 1: opportunity if it presents itself, play smart and move the chains.

1227
01:07:29,680 --> 01:07:32,480
Speaker 1: And that's exactly what he did. And you know, and

1228
01:07:32,760 --> 01:07:35,800
Speaker 1: actually I thought his mindset and that was really important

1229
01:07:35,960 --> 01:07:38,360
Speaker 1: because you know, he's got a big play mentality and

1230
01:07:38,440 --> 01:07:42,840
Speaker 1: always thinks he can make a big play. The game

1231
01:07:42,920 --> 01:07:45,960
Speaker 1: that is going to be played before this one, Greg,

1232
01:07:46,360 --> 01:07:52,360
Speaker 1: is Cincinnati and Las Vegas in Cincinnati, and a lot

1233
01:07:52,480 --> 01:07:56,160
Speaker 1: is being made of the Raider's pass rush and how

1234
01:07:56,400 --> 01:08:00,960
Speaker 1: it could get to Burrow more than just occasionally. But yeah,

1235
01:08:01,680 --> 01:08:05,000
Speaker 1: my counter to that would be this, Greg, Cincinnati hasn't

1236
01:08:05,000 --> 01:08:07,800
Speaker 1: had a great protection all season, and it doesn't seem

1237
01:08:07,920 --> 01:08:12,400
Speaker 1: to matter. Well, you know, these teams played Week eleven,

1238
01:08:12,480 --> 01:08:14,280
Speaker 1: and that game is not being looked at by a

1239
01:08:14,320 --> 01:08:16,720
Speaker 1: lot of people. Chris, and in that game, Burrow had

1240
01:08:16,760 --> 01:08:19,120
Speaker 1: twenty completions for less than one hundred and fifty yards

1241
01:08:19,560 --> 01:08:22,960
Speaker 1: and their longest pass completion in that game was seventeen yards.

1242
01:08:23,680 --> 01:08:26,280
Speaker 1: And he was under durest in that game a lot,

1243
01:08:26,520 --> 01:08:28,519
Speaker 1: and it was one of the few games this year.

1244
01:08:28,720 --> 01:08:30,640
Speaker 1: Now I think he's gotten better and better as the

1245
01:08:30,680 --> 01:08:33,160
Speaker 1: season's progressed, but that was one of the few games

1246
01:08:33,240 --> 01:08:37,200
Speaker 1: this year where Joe Burrow started to anticipate and perceive pressure.

1247
01:08:37,680 --> 01:08:40,360
Speaker 1: And their old line is not very good in one

1248
01:08:40,400 --> 01:08:42,600
Speaker 1: on one pass protection, as you said, and you're right,

1249
01:08:42,640 --> 01:08:44,720
Speaker 1: it's been that way all year. So that is a

1250
01:08:44,840 --> 01:08:48,400
Speaker 1: fascinating component of the matchup. There's no answer. We don't

1251
01:08:48,400 --> 01:08:51,400
Speaker 1: know till they play, but it's certainly a fascinating component.

1252
01:08:51,920 --> 01:08:53,880
Speaker 1: What do you think the most fascinating game of the

1253
01:08:53,920 --> 01:08:55,960
Speaker 1: weekend is? Of the six games that are going to

1254
01:08:56,040 --> 01:08:58,560
Speaker 1: take place, is there one that you think, Man, I

1255
01:08:58,640 --> 01:09:01,479
Speaker 1: got to watch this game because well, besides this one,

1256
01:09:01,479 --> 01:09:03,800
Speaker 1: because the two most the two that we did full

1257
01:09:03,840 --> 01:09:06,280
Speaker 1: segments on in the matchup show, We're Buffalo, New England

1258
01:09:06,320 --> 01:09:09,200
Speaker 1: and Dallas San Francisco, So we kind of felt those

1259
01:09:09,320 --> 01:09:12,759
Speaker 1: two were the most interesting tactical games of the weekend.

1260
01:09:13,080 --> 01:09:15,360
Speaker 1: Although I do personally believe I don't know what you

1261
01:09:15,439 --> 01:09:19,000
Speaker 1: guys think. I actually think Philly Tampa could be very

1262
01:09:19,120 --> 01:09:22,120
Speaker 1: interesting because I think that Philly gun run game with

1263
01:09:22,479 --> 01:09:26,479
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts and Hurts with design runs, I think that's

1264
01:09:26,520 --> 01:09:28,519
Speaker 1: going to be a little more difficult for Tampa to

1265
01:09:28,640 --> 01:09:32,479
Speaker 1: defend than people think Tampa's run defense, which everybody just

1266
01:09:32,560 --> 01:09:34,600
Speaker 1: now says, Oh, they're great, They're great. They have not

1267
01:09:34,840 --> 01:09:37,519
Speaker 1: been anywhere near as good this year as they were

1268
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Speaker 1: a year ago Philadelphia. I mean, Steve and I have

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01:09:40,720 --> 01:09:43,720
Speaker 1: been kind of keeping a casual eye on them. I mean,

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01:09:43,760 --> 01:09:46,120
Speaker 1: they're run game best in the league. I mean they

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01:09:46,160 --> 01:09:48,160
Speaker 1: have like six, they have like seven or eight games

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Speaker 1: with one hundred and seventy five rushing yards. And I

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01:09:50,360 --> 01:09:53,559
Speaker 1: understand Jalen Hurts a part of that, but they tied, Yeah,

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01:09:53,920 --> 01:09:56,840
Speaker 1: they tied the nineteen eighty five Bears with seven consecutive

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01:09:56,880 --> 01:09:59,240
Speaker 1: games of one hundred and seventy five or more rushing yards.

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01:09:59,640 --> 01:10:02,719
Speaker 1: And yeah, and one of those games was with Gardner

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01:10:02,760 --> 01:10:05,360
Speaker 1: Minshew and a couple were with Jalen Hurts with a

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01:10:05,479 --> 01:10:08,360
Speaker 1: bum ankle where they didn't really feature the quarterback design

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01:10:08,479 --> 01:10:12,080
Speaker 1: run game, which my sense is you'll see ten quarterback

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Speaker 1: design runs this week, right, Wow? Yeah, that's fascinating, it is, Greg,

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Speaker 1: Thanks for the time. Has always enjoyed the games. This weekend,

1282
01:10:19,360 --> 01:10:21,640
Speaker 1: we know you'll be glued to the television and then

1283
01:10:22,000 --> 01:10:24,240
Speaker 1: you'll be well, you'll be in your office watching all

1284
01:10:24,320 --> 01:10:26,000
Speaker 1: of them on Monday, and I'll be glued to the

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01:10:26,080 --> 01:10:30,479
Speaker 1: black pole with my tongue or yes, Steve, stay warm, Steve,

1286
01:10:30,560 --> 01:10:33,320
Speaker 1: if that's even humanly possible. All right, all right, take care, Greg,

1287
01:10:33,479 --> 01:10:35,160
Speaker 1: Thanks for the time. I see you guys. All right.

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01:10:35,240 --> 01:10:38,280
Speaker 1: That senior producer from NFL Films, Greg co Sell joining

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01:10:38,400 --> 01:10:41,519
Speaker 1: us here breaking down the xs and ohs. I like

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01:10:41,720 --> 01:10:46,599
Speaker 1: what he said about the potential role that McKenzie could play,

1291
01:10:47,280 --> 01:10:51,400
Speaker 1: because if the Patriots decide to play man coverage and

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01:10:51,560 --> 01:10:55,000
Speaker 1: McKenzie isn't out on the field initially, it's time to

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01:10:55,040 --> 01:10:57,840
Speaker 1: get him in the game. Right well, depending on how

1294
01:10:58,040 --> 01:10:59,720
Speaker 1: the other guys are playing, if they start moving it

1295
01:10:59,800 --> 01:11:02,439
Speaker 1: and going yeah, and I would say too, if they

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01:11:02,520 --> 01:11:06,120
Speaker 1: get it, if they get an inkling that New England

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01:11:06,200 --> 01:11:08,439
Speaker 1: is struggling to communicate or doesn't have a hand on

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01:11:08,520 --> 01:11:11,840
Speaker 1: what the bills are doing. You know, I know that

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01:11:12,000 --> 01:11:15,439
Speaker 1: I'm an old school old guy, but pick up the tempo.

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01:11:16,439 --> 01:11:20,640
Speaker 1: We have not seen the Bills run tempo at all

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01:11:20,760 --> 01:11:22,720
Speaker 1: this year that I can remember. Maybe they did in

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01:11:22,800 --> 01:11:25,000
Speaker 1: Week one against the Steelers. I don't know for sure,

1303
01:11:25,080 --> 01:11:27,120
Speaker 1: but it might be a time where you do that.

1304
01:11:29,160 --> 01:11:31,000
Speaker 1: I don't know, but I still think the Patriots are

1305
01:11:31,000 --> 01:11:32,840
Speaker 1: gonna come out with some awareness plays right out of

1306
01:11:32,840 --> 01:11:35,479
Speaker 1: the gate. They're gonna try and get the Bills flat footed,

1307
01:11:35,520 --> 01:11:37,719
Speaker 1: trying to get a quick, easy score, a cheap score,

1308
01:11:38,080 --> 01:11:39,880
Speaker 1: or a cheap big play give them a chance to

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01:11:39,920 --> 01:11:44,560
Speaker 1: get some points. I think that happens early, and I

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01:11:44,600 --> 01:11:47,559
Speaker 1: think they're gonna focus everything on trying to jump routes

1311
01:11:47,600 --> 01:11:49,680
Speaker 1: and trying to pick Josh off and get turnovers. I

1312
01:11:49,720 --> 01:11:51,719
Speaker 1: think they feel like they've got to get a quick, easy,

1313
01:11:51,800 --> 01:11:53,720
Speaker 1: cheap score, and I think they got to win the

1314
01:11:53,800 --> 01:11:56,280
Speaker 1: turnover battle and they'll win the game. That's what I

1315
01:11:56,320 --> 01:11:59,040
Speaker 1: think about the Patriots. Yeah, let's go to the phones

1316
01:11:59,120 --> 01:12:02,160
Speaker 1: and see what question you might have about this one.

1317
01:12:02,479 --> 01:12:07,680
Speaker 1: And waiting patiently, is Victor in Tonawanda? What do you

1318
01:12:07,760 --> 01:12:10,720
Speaker 1: got for us victory? You're on one bills lives. See

1319
01:12:10,760 --> 01:12:18,519
Speaker 1: what questions you might have? Victor? Yeah, hey you're eating okay?

1320
01:12:19,040 --> 01:12:22,920
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I would say, isn't this a scary game

1321
01:12:23,000 --> 01:12:25,560
Speaker 1: for the Buffle Bills. I mean the papers they have

1322
01:12:25,680 --> 01:12:28,080
Speaker 1: the Bills predicted to four and then they're going to win.

1323
01:12:28,200 --> 01:12:31,200
Speaker 1: Buy about four and a half. Isn't this a scary

1324
01:12:31,240 --> 01:12:33,240
Speaker 1: game because it just seems like in the past, the

1325
01:12:33,320 --> 01:12:36,400
Speaker 1: history of this of this UH this year, the Bills

1326
01:12:36,439 --> 01:12:41,160
Speaker 1: have haven't been able to win the UH against the

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01:12:41,240 --> 01:12:47,200
Speaker 1: good teams like Patriots. Whether see Pittsburgh, Tennessee New England

1328
01:12:47,240 --> 01:12:50,040
Speaker 1: the first time they lost to New England, the first

1329
01:12:50,040 --> 01:12:53,639
Speaker 1: time they lost to Campa Bay, and they they pulled

1330
01:12:53,640 --> 01:12:57,400
Speaker 1: out the game against UH. This world calls the Patriots

1331
01:12:57,479 --> 01:13:00,400
Speaker 1: the second game. But it just seems like they're inconsistent.

1332
01:13:00,920 --> 01:13:04,160
Speaker 1: You know, they're in consistent. They're only things that's consistent

1333
01:13:04,200 --> 01:13:06,879
Speaker 1: about the Bills is there is there are wide receivers

1334
01:13:06,920 --> 01:13:09,960
Speaker 1: are good. But it just seemed like they they weren't

1335
01:13:10,680 --> 01:13:15,800
Speaker 1: be able to UH to hear them, to hear them

1336
01:13:15,920 --> 01:13:22,000
Speaker 1: the Bills deep UH to hear They're running backs aren't

1337
01:13:22,000 --> 01:13:25,600
Speaker 1: all that consistent. I mean they were uh see Singletary

1338
01:13:25,680 --> 01:13:28,439
Speaker 1: and Muss They were consistent these last two games, but

1339
01:13:28,720 --> 01:13:30,720
Speaker 1: for the rest of the season, they weren't consistent. And

1340
01:13:30,920 --> 01:13:33,840
Speaker 1: and then that leaves um, what do you call uh

1341
01:13:35,080 --> 01:13:38,200
Speaker 1: uh Allen to be over burdened because he has to

1342
01:13:38,280 --> 01:13:41,960
Speaker 1: make up for for the running that the running backs. Yeah,

1343
01:13:42,120 --> 01:13:44,559
Speaker 1: I get what you're saying, Victor, and I appreciate the call.

1344
01:13:44,840 --> 01:13:48,080
Speaker 1: Consistency is what you're worried about. And yes, they did

1345
01:13:48,200 --> 01:13:51,240
Speaker 1: drop games against some better teams. Um, and they weren't

1346
01:13:51,240 --> 01:13:53,559
Speaker 1: good in single score games either, right, they were owned

1347
01:13:53,600 --> 01:13:56,800
Speaker 1: five and single score games this year. When they're on,

1348
01:13:57,240 --> 01:14:00,040
Speaker 1: they're on. When they're not, they're not uh andy, And

1349
01:14:00,160 --> 01:14:02,880
Speaker 1: when they're not, they still play teams tight. I think

1350
01:14:02,920 --> 01:14:05,479
Speaker 1: the one thing that has been consistent though, has been

1351
01:14:05,520 --> 01:14:10,599
Speaker 1: their defense. Right, it hasn't gone anywhere anytime. You've gotten better. Yeah,

1352
01:14:10,680 --> 01:14:12,360
Speaker 1: in the games that you know, you look even in

1353
01:14:12,439 --> 01:14:15,000
Speaker 1: the Jacksonville game and you know that they lost. They

1354
01:14:15,040 --> 01:14:17,960
Speaker 1: gave up nine points in the New England game, the

1355
01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:22,640
Speaker 1: first time they gave up fourteen points, you know. So

1356
01:14:23,080 --> 01:14:26,040
Speaker 1: I think their defense has been really consistently good all year.

1357
01:14:26,640 --> 01:14:28,880
Speaker 1: That has been it. Now. Certainly the offense has been

1358
01:14:28,920 --> 01:14:31,080
Speaker 1: a roller coaster at times, no question about it. But

1359
01:14:33,800 --> 01:14:35,519
Speaker 1: you're right, you see this game the same way a

1360
01:14:35,560 --> 01:14:38,320
Speaker 1: lot of people do. You're gonna have to score points

1361
01:14:38,320 --> 01:14:41,720
Speaker 1: against a really good defense and there's reasons to be

1362
01:14:41,800 --> 01:14:45,400
Speaker 1: optimistic and there's reasons to have doubts. Well, I think

1363
01:14:45,439 --> 01:14:48,400
Speaker 1: it look the Patriots have a really good defense. I'm

1364
01:14:48,400 --> 01:14:50,680
Speaker 1: not going to deny that for a second. But if

1365
01:14:50,720 --> 01:14:54,160
Speaker 1: the Bills play up to their capabilities, I think you

1366
01:14:54,240 --> 01:14:56,439
Speaker 1: could see something similar to what we saw on the

1367
01:14:56,520 --> 01:14:59,320
Speaker 1: second meeting. And right now, I think the Patriots are

1368
01:14:59,360 --> 01:15:02,519
Speaker 1: having a tough time. I'm finding themselves and playing consistent

1369
01:15:02,600 --> 01:15:06,160
Speaker 1: football for sixty minutes. It's uncharacteristic of a Belichick team.

1370
01:15:06,360 --> 01:15:08,640
Speaker 1: Could have kicked right back into gear for the postseason,

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01:15:08,840 --> 01:15:11,960
Speaker 1: Sure it could, What is the likelihood of that. I

1372
01:15:12,040 --> 01:15:14,000
Speaker 1: don't think it's as strong as it's been in years

1373
01:15:14,120 --> 01:15:18,120
Speaker 1: past because this team is usually humming going into the postseason,

1374
01:15:18,640 --> 01:15:21,400
Speaker 1: and that is that is not the case right now.

1375
01:15:22,080 --> 01:15:24,320
Speaker 1: Come into an issue. Finish in the season the way

1376
01:15:24,360 --> 01:15:27,439
Speaker 1: the Patriots did doesn't give you a lot of confidence

1377
01:15:27,439 --> 01:15:29,439
Speaker 1: that they're gonna make a deep run in the playoffs,

1378
01:15:29,520 --> 01:15:31,760
Speaker 1: and the Bills is kind of the opposite of that. There,

1379
01:15:32,040 --> 01:15:34,519
Speaker 1: the run game came a lot, came alive. They won

1380
01:15:34,640 --> 01:15:36,840
Speaker 1: four straight, and their pass rush is as good as

1381
01:15:36,880 --> 01:15:38,920
Speaker 1: it's been all season. Their pass rush is as good

1382
01:15:38,920 --> 01:15:42,160
Speaker 1: as it's been all season and you know, and their offense, um,

1383
01:15:42,680 --> 01:15:44,599
Speaker 1: same thing. Their offense has begun to click a little

1384
01:15:44,640 --> 01:15:46,599
Speaker 1: bit mostly, but you can say because of the run game.

1385
01:15:47,200 --> 01:15:49,720
Speaker 1: But you know they hung in the last four games.

1386
01:15:49,720 --> 01:15:52,280
Speaker 1: It was thirty one points, thirty three points, twenty nine points,

1387
01:15:52,360 --> 01:15:56,960
Speaker 1: twenty seven points. So they're scoring points enough, um, particularly

1388
01:15:57,000 --> 01:16:00,160
Speaker 1: with the defense as quality as they have. So im

1389
01:16:01,600 --> 01:16:04,280
Speaker 1: going into this game. No question the Bills are favored

1390
01:16:04,280 --> 01:16:08,080
Speaker 1: and should be. But like all Bills fans, you know,

1391
01:16:08,680 --> 01:16:13,160
Speaker 1: the Patriots give you pause, right do, mainly to scar tissue,

1392
01:16:13,439 --> 01:16:15,360
Speaker 1: a lot of scar tissue. We have to take a

1393
01:16:15,400 --> 01:16:17,760
Speaker 1: break here. More of your phone calls when we come back,

1394
01:16:17,880 --> 01:16:23,360
Speaker 1: along with your submissions for Tailgate Friday. This Tailgate's gonna

1395
01:16:23,360 --> 01:16:25,880
Speaker 1: be a special one, not just because of the playoffs,

1396
01:16:26,320 --> 01:16:30,519
Speaker 1: but for weather related reasons. You better have an extra

1397
01:16:30,600 --> 01:16:33,120
Speaker 1: tank of propane. If you're cooking something, you might need

1398
01:16:33,200 --> 01:16:35,880
Speaker 1: some extra heat, keep it on high. If you're bringing

1399
01:16:35,920 --> 01:16:38,439
Speaker 1: the habachi's or the grills. We'll find out what your

1400
01:16:38,479 --> 01:16:40,800
Speaker 1: plans are next here on One Bill's Live, presented by

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01:16:40,840 --> 01:16:52,960
Speaker 1: a Lot of Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Well, well,

1402
01:16:53,280 --> 01:16:57,799
Speaker 1: well it's been quite a ride, hasn't it. Bills, Maia,

1403
01:16:59,520 --> 01:17:02,639
Speaker 1: wouldn't you know after all we've been through, we're back

1404
01:17:02,760 --> 01:17:06,280
Speaker 1: right where we want to be. All the process, trusting

1405
01:17:06,439 --> 01:17:10,960
Speaker 1: in the playoff caliber, mentality, just the years of cultivating

1406
01:17:11,080 --> 01:17:14,680
Speaker 1: culture and reshaping the Rosterstefon Diggs being traded to the

1407
01:17:14,720 --> 01:17:17,839
Speaker 1: hours put it on the practice field. Through the biggest

1408
01:17:17,880 --> 01:17:21,200
Speaker 1: wins and the lowest law, the team has been able

1409
01:17:21,240 --> 01:17:24,600
Speaker 1: to stay together, keep it stronger through it all. And

1410
01:17:24,800 --> 01:17:29,160
Speaker 1: now it all begins with this, a heavyweight bout with

1411
01:17:29,320 --> 01:17:33,720
Speaker 1: the biggest rival. We know it's time for a rematage.

1412
01:17:35,040 --> 01:17:37,160
Speaker 1: It's time to settle the sco. With the season on

1413
01:17:37,240 --> 01:17:41,000
Speaker 1: the line, We've got the weapons and mentality to go

1414
01:17:41,200 --> 01:17:45,960
Speaker 1: toe to toe. After all, QB one, he's won a

1415
01:17:46,040 --> 01:17:50,320
Speaker 1: one remarkable play and that defense something say they're number

1416
01:17:50,320 --> 01:17:52,680
Speaker 1: one two Jordan player stepping in front of that FAI

1417
01:17:52,880 --> 01:17:55,720
Speaker 1: might be chilly Saturday night, Well that's just right for us.

1418
01:17:55,760 --> 01:17:58,840
Speaker 1: Who if it's called we need the Mafia to bring

1419
01:17:59,000 --> 01:18:03,360
Speaker 1: the heat read down every step Plague one until the

1420
01:18:03,479 --> 01:18:06,559
Speaker 1: game is done. The Beast in the East back at

1421
01:18:06,640 --> 01:18:17,839
Speaker 1: it again. In the run to the show starts in Buffalo, alright,

1422
01:18:17,960 --> 01:18:22,679
Speaker 1: time to go. It is also time for Tailgate Friday

1423
01:18:22,840 --> 01:18:25,920
Speaker 1: Steve presented by high Mark Blue Cross, Blue Shield of

1424
01:18:26,000 --> 01:18:29,639
Speaker 1: Western New York. The official health plan of the Buffalo Bills.

1425
01:18:30,080 --> 01:18:35,080
Speaker 1: As we get your plans for Saturday night, TD Max

1426
01:18:35,200 --> 01:18:38,439
Speaker 1: starts off and says, Bundle, bundle and bundle some more

1427
01:18:39,240 --> 01:18:43,240
Speaker 1: Italian sausage sandwich, fire pit and friends, see you in

1428
01:18:43,320 --> 01:18:47,479
Speaker 1: the stadium. Bills, Mafia bills, buy a billion, go bills,

1429
01:18:48,080 --> 01:18:52,439
Speaker 1: all right, So just some Italian sausage sandwich, which is

1430
01:18:52,439 --> 01:18:56,400
Speaker 1: a Buffalo accent word, sandwich sandwich. So my father in

1431
01:18:56,479 --> 01:19:00,400
Speaker 1: law says, I'm gonna make an Italian sausage sandwich, uh

1432
01:19:01,320 --> 01:19:06,080
Speaker 1: from j C mcvittie, dressing like I'm headed for the

1433
01:19:06,200 --> 01:19:11,400
Speaker 1: peaks in Aspen. Well, that must be. That's the thing

1434
01:19:11,640 --> 01:19:14,960
Speaker 1: you forget, you know, we all bundle up it for

1435
01:19:15,120 --> 01:19:18,880
Speaker 1: you're gonna be out there in it for like five

1436
01:19:18,960 --> 01:19:22,800
Speaker 1: out four hours minimum. If you just drive there, get out,

1437
01:19:22,880 --> 01:19:27,280
Speaker 1: walk in, then you walk out. That's that's at least

1438
01:19:27,400 --> 01:19:31,880
Speaker 1: four hours. That's a long time. It is a long

1439
01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:37,479
Speaker 1: time to be out there and exposed from swing sloth,

1440
01:19:38,000 --> 01:19:42,000
Speaker 1: good ay fellas here in Brisbane, Australia. I'm thrilled that

1441
01:19:42,080 --> 01:19:44,360
Speaker 1: it's a late night Saturday game that has me hitting

1442
01:19:44,360 --> 01:19:46,439
Speaker 1: the couch at about ten am my time for the

1443
01:19:46,640 --> 01:19:50,840
Speaker 1: spilling of Patriot black bills are going to the Big

1444
01:19:50,960 --> 01:19:52,720
Speaker 1: Dance this year. Just wish I could get some good

1445
01:19:52,760 --> 01:19:55,480
Speaker 1: wings for the show. Are you sure that's not the crocodile?

1446
01:19:55,560 --> 01:19:59,280
Speaker 1: Dundee sounds like I'm from Sean. We rented a room

1447
01:19:59,320 --> 01:20:02,880
Speaker 1: at a motel on Southwestern to use as a warming room.

1448
01:20:03,320 --> 01:20:07,840
Speaker 1: Interesting watch the earlier game and then bundle up, bringing

1449
01:20:07,880 --> 01:20:11,360
Speaker 1: the blackstone and grilling in the gates early to bring

1450
01:20:11,479 --> 01:20:17,880
Speaker 1: the noise. People are committed. Yeah, it's good. Mike in

1451
01:20:18,000 --> 01:20:21,120
Speaker 1: Central Florida says at kickoff, it'll be in the low

1452
01:20:21,320 --> 01:20:25,120
Speaker 1: sixties and low fifties later on, nothing like Orchard Park.

1453
01:20:25,160 --> 01:20:27,720
Speaker 1: But I'll be watching outside on the sixty five inch TV,

1454
01:20:27,960 --> 01:20:30,320
Speaker 1: dressed in shorts in a seventeen or eighty eight jersey

1455
01:20:30,400 --> 01:20:33,600
Speaker 1: to feel as cool as can be, smoking wings on

1456
01:20:33,840 --> 01:20:36,960
Speaker 1: the egg and drinking whole beers to stay warm. Have

1457
01:20:37,040 --> 01:20:39,120
Speaker 1: you seen those egg shape grills? Oh? Yeah? Have you

1458
01:20:39,200 --> 01:20:41,479
Speaker 1: eaten off of those there? How are they? Well? I

1459
01:20:41,560 --> 01:20:44,600
Speaker 1: mean it's a little bit like golf. It's not the

1460
01:20:44,720 --> 01:20:46,599
Speaker 1: club in your hand, it's the guy swinging the club.

1461
01:20:46,640 --> 01:20:48,680
Speaker 1: It's it's the guy that's got the grill, his hand

1462
01:20:48,720 --> 01:20:51,000
Speaker 1: on the grill. There's some expertise involved. Yes, there is

1463
01:20:51,120 --> 01:20:54,240
Speaker 1: a little bit of a chef's element that goes into that. Okay,

1464
01:20:54,320 --> 01:20:56,960
Speaker 1: fair enough, because if I cook on an egg can grill,

1465
01:20:57,600 --> 01:21:02,639
Speaker 1: Yeah no, don't eat, Okay, don't from aiming on the grill.

1466
01:21:03,280 --> 01:21:09,960
Speaker 1: Chicken legs, wings, sliders, beer, Old Granddad, bourbon, layers of

1467
01:21:10,120 --> 01:21:14,799
Speaker 1: flavor and refreshment, complimented by layers of Thermal's handwarmers, head coverage,

1468
01:21:15,160 --> 01:21:20,760
Speaker 1: emergency blanket, more handwarmers. People are strapping in. I think

1469
01:21:21,400 --> 01:21:22,960
Speaker 1: we haven't made a big deal out of this, but

1470
01:21:23,120 --> 01:21:24,800
Speaker 1: this is really I mean last year they had the

1471
01:21:24,840 --> 01:21:26,720
Speaker 1: two games, but there were you know, ten percent of

1472
01:21:26,760 --> 01:21:28,680
Speaker 1: the fans were in there. This year, it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a one hundred percent capacity. It's going to be the

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Speaker 1: first playoff game that most of these fans have ever

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01:21:33,880 --> 01:21:37,880
Speaker 1: seen in person in Buffalo. Yeah, it's been a long

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01:21:38,000 --> 01:21:41,360
Speaker 1: long time coming. A handful of people got to see

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01:21:41,400 --> 01:21:43,280
Speaker 1: it last year. But it's going to be a different animal.

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Speaker 1: I think the players are gonna feel it, the fans

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01:21:45,000 --> 01:21:50,559
Speaker 1: are gonna feel it. This particular opponent has a lot

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01:21:50,800 --> 01:21:53,720
Speaker 1: of emotion attached to it. I think it's going to

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01:21:53,760 --> 01:21:56,400
Speaker 1: be a special day on a special night Tomorrow night

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Speaker 1: for fans. Forget about the team and the playoffs and

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01:22:00,120 --> 01:22:02,559
Speaker 1: all of that, but the fans are going to feel

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01:22:02,560 --> 01:22:04,400
Speaker 1: a little bit differently about this. It's a playoff game

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Speaker 1: for their team, in their town. It's the first time

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Speaker 1: a whole generation of Bills fans would have experienced it.

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Speaker 1: For all of those that have to layer up to

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01:22:11,960 --> 01:22:15,160
Speaker 1: someone who will not Tomorrow night we go to Dennis

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Speaker 1: in Florida. What do you have for us? Dennis? Hey, guys,

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Speaker 1: thanks to taking my call. I appreciate it. Before I start,

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01:22:22,000 --> 01:22:25,240
Speaker 1: I just want to say, Steve, one of the highlights

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01:22:25,320 --> 01:22:28,160
Speaker 1: of watching the Bills games when you were playing was

1493
01:22:28,400 --> 01:22:32,280
Speaker 1: simply watching you play. You're simply the best, and just

1494
01:22:32,880 --> 01:22:36,240
Speaker 1: really appreciated your efforts and all you did for the Bills.

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01:22:37,360 --> 01:22:40,920
Speaker 1: That's nice, but I just saw a little tip for

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Speaker 1: the fans. My brother and I would routinely fly up

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Speaker 1: I'm in Florida, as you know, I would tinely fly

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01:22:46,800 --> 01:22:50,320
Speaker 1: up to Buffalo. We were at the Oakland I think

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01:22:50,439 --> 01:22:53,120
Speaker 1: was the Oakland game. It was fifty one to three.

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01:22:53,280 --> 01:22:56,720
Speaker 1: Is that the right game? And it was extremely cold there.

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01:22:56,960 --> 01:22:59,040
Speaker 1: And one of the things that we did to keep

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01:22:59,080 --> 01:23:01,439
Speaker 1: warm is everybody as you have to keep your feet warm.

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01:23:02,280 --> 01:23:07,120
Speaker 1: And we took layers of cardboard that we collected and

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01:23:07,680 --> 01:23:10,720
Speaker 1: stacked them and then tape them together and put them

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01:23:10,920 --> 01:23:15,080
Speaker 1: between our feet and the concrete in the stands. And

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01:23:15,200 --> 01:23:17,639
Speaker 1: if your feet are warm, generally speaking, you can keep

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01:23:17,680 --> 01:23:20,479
Speaker 1: your body warm enough. And net worked out extremely well.

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01:23:22,400 --> 01:23:25,200
Speaker 1: They let us in with them, wasn't a problem, and

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01:23:25,520 --> 01:23:28,799
Speaker 1: we were kind of toasty throughout the game while everybody

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01:23:28,840 --> 01:23:31,560
Speaker 1: else was freezing, particularly the fellows with no shirts on

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01:23:31,760 --> 01:23:34,920
Speaker 1: next to us. But in any event, I would suggest

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01:23:35,000 --> 01:23:38,400
Speaker 1: people give that a try. Help keep your feet warm

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01:23:38,600 --> 01:23:40,960
Speaker 1: and then the rest of you will stay warm. All right.

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01:23:41,000 --> 01:23:42,920
Speaker 1: I just want to pass along and tip. Hopefully it

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01:23:43,040 --> 01:23:46,160
Speaker 1: helps some folks stay warm for the game, and we'll

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01:23:46,200 --> 01:23:49,639
Speaker 1: be rooting you on here in South Florida. Yeah, it's interesting, Denis.

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01:23:49,720 --> 01:23:52,320
Speaker 1: It does work. If you have something like it doesn't

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01:23:52,360 --> 01:23:54,120
Speaker 1: matter what it is. It could be cardboard or whatever

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01:23:54,160 --> 01:23:55,600
Speaker 1: whatever you're able to take in. I don't know what

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01:23:55,640 --> 01:23:59,200
Speaker 1: it would be other than that, but something to stand

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01:23:59,280 --> 01:24:03,160
Speaker 1: on rather than the cold concrete. That does help. It

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01:24:03,280 --> 01:24:06,720
Speaker 1: does help. Let's go to Joe in Miles City. Joe,

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01:24:06,800 --> 01:24:08,360
Speaker 1: what do you have for us? You're on one Bill's Live.

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01:24:10,160 --> 01:24:12,600
Speaker 1: Hey a good good day to Yeah, yeah, what do

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01:24:12,600 --> 01:24:17,200
Speaker 1: you got for us? Um? I'm just certain that the

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01:24:17,479 --> 01:24:20,519
Speaker 1: Bills are going to get past the playoffs against the

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01:24:20,560 --> 01:24:23,840
Speaker 1: Patriots and all that stuff. But I'm concerned about moving forward,

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01:24:24,040 --> 01:24:27,880
Speaker 1: like maybe next year, because I know a lot of

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01:24:27,960 --> 01:24:34,439
Speaker 1: our coordinators are highly sought after, and if they find

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01:24:34,520 --> 01:24:37,800
Speaker 1: positions elsewhere in the NFL, is like head coaches like

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01:24:37,920 --> 01:24:43,880
Speaker 1: they deserve. Um, is there does a team plan to

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01:24:45,040 --> 01:24:48,000
Speaker 1: promote from within or do they plan to outsource or

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01:24:48,120 --> 01:24:50,160
Speaker 1: do you know anything about that? Kind of hard, kind

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01:24:50,160 --> 01:24:53,719
Speaker 1: of hard to say right now. Um. There are people

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01:24:53,880 --> 01:24:57,400
Speaker 1: on the staff who have been coordinators before. We have

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01:24:57,520 --> 01:25:00,960
Speaker 1: this question the other day. John Butler was a defensive

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01:25:01,000 --> 01:25:04,880
Speaker 1: coordinator for a year in Houston, and Eric Washington the

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01:25:04,960 --> 01:25:08,040
Speaker 1: defensive line coach. John Butler is the secondary coach and

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01:25:08,280 --> 01:25:10,800
Speaker 1: Eric Washington, the defensive line coach, was the DC in

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01:25:10,880 --> 01:25:14,800
Speaker 1: Carolina and de Ron Rivera after Sean McDermott left. So

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01:25:15,479 --> 01:25:17,960
Speaker 1: those are two players, two coaches on the defensive side

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01:25:17,960 --> 01:25:21,600
Speaker 1: of the ball who have at least coordinator experience. I

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01:25:21,960 --> 01:25:24,519
Speaker 1: don't believe anybody on the offensive side of the ball does.

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01:25:24,800 --> 01:25:27,840
Speaker 1: What will what will probably happen is if if all

1545
01:25:27,880 --> 01:25:30,240
Speaker 1: the hopes and dreams of the bills take place, and

1546
01:25:30,680 --> 01:25:33,800
Speaker 1: the Brand Day Ball and Leslie Fraser getting jobs because

1547
01:25:33,840 --> 01:25:37,599
Speaker 1: they just come off a World championship. The jobs are

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01:25:37,800 --> 01:25:42,400
Speaker 1: pretty valuable, and Sean McDermott will be able to go

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01:25:42,520 --> 01:25:45,240
Speaker 1: out and hand pick a guy he wants. Now, certainly

1550
01:25:45,280 --> 01:25:49,080
Speaker 1: he'll if he feels it necessary or warrants it. He'll

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01:25:49,160 --> 01:25:52,120
Speaker 1: interview the guys on the staff first, as or as

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01:25:52,200 --> 01:25:54,479
Speaker 1: well as guys that he brings in from the outside.

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01:25:55,240 --> 01:25:58,680
Speaker 1: I would think they would go high and low for

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01:25:59,520 --> 01:26:04,120
Speaker 1: coordinador that would, you know, be a great fit and

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01:26:04,320 --> 01:26:07,320
Speaker 1: sell themselves on what they can do that you know.

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01:26:07,400 --> 01:26:09,920
Speaker 1: So I think, yes, there's a chance that they could

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01:26:09,960 --> 01:26:12,280
Speaker 1: happen from within. I'm sure those guys will get a

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01:26:12,320 --> 01:26:15,560
Speaker 1: shot at it, or have already had a shot at it,

1559
01:26:15,640 --> 01:26:18,559
Speaker 1: or maybe Sean McDermott has promised somebody, hey, when this happens,

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01:26:18,640 --> 01:26:20,920
Speaker 1: this you're gonna get the spot. And some of that

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01:26:21,040 --> 01:26:26,160
Speaker 1: may happen, But also if it hasn't, I think McDermott

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01:26:26,200 --> 01:26:28,599
Speaker 1: will owe it to the organization to get the best

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01:26:28,680 --> 01:26:31,280
Speaker 1: possible guy available and go out and scour and go

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01:26:31,360 --> 01:26:33,200
Speaker 1: down the list. And some of these guys who have

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01:26:33,320 --> 01:26:37,560
Speaker 1: been fired as head coaches of late, like Vic Fangio

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01:26:38,760 --> 01:26:47,519
Speaker 1: or Adam Gase, you name it, or Matt nagy Zimmer

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01:26:47,680 --> 01:26:49,720
Speaker 1: from Minnesota. You can get down the list of these

1568
01:26:49,760 --> 01:26:52,360
Speaker 1: head coaches who have lost their jobs. There's they got

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01:26:52,439 --> 01:26:55,280
Speaker 1: those jobs because they were hot shot coordinators. Yeah, so

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01:26:55,760 --> 01:26:57,640
Speaker 1: you know there's names out there that would really be

1571
01:26:57,760 --> 01:27:00,480
Speaker 1: a good fit here in Buffalo with a lot of experience.

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01:27:00,520 --> 01:27:04,559
Speaker 1: So I would think that while there are guys who

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01:27:04,720 --> 01:27:07,080
Speaker 1: are worthy of an interview to be a coordinator here

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01:27:07,160 --> 01:27:12,200
Speaker 1: on the staff already, they would probably search Hinlo and

1575
01:27:12,280 --> 01:27:15,000
Speaker 1: get the best fit and the guy that has the

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01:27:15,120 --> 01:27:19,280
Speaker 1: best chance of succeeding. Yeah, whether it's on the staff

1577
01:27:19,400 --> 01:27:21,679
Speaker 1: or from outside. We have to take a break here.

1578
01:27:21,840 --> 01:27:24,040
Speaker 1: But when we come back, we've got some questions in

1579
01:27:24,080 --> 01:27:26,960
Speaker 1: the fan mail bag to get to, including this one

1580
01:27:27,120 --> 01:27:29,519
Speaker 1: from Jack for Steve to digest and come up with

1581
01:27:29,560 --> 01:27:31,599
Speaker 1: an answer when we come back. Is there a way

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01:27:31,680 --> 01:27:35,440
Speaker 1: to set punt team up to allow from max protection

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01:27:35,600 --> 01:27:37,840
Speaker 1: for Hawk. I think he'll need all the time we

1584
01:27:37,920 --> 01:27:40,320
Speaker 1: can afford him to get punts off. Steve will address

1585
01:27:40,400 --> 01:27:42,680
Speaker 1: that when we come back here on one Bill's Line,

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01:27:42,720 --> 01:27:55,960
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01:27:56,200 --> 01:27:58,479
Speaker 1: Friday fan Mail Back time brought you back Core again.

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01:28:02,200 --> 01:28:05,720
Speaker 1: Max Protection for a Hawk, Steve, can it be done? Yes? Absolutely,

1590
01:28:05,760 --> 01:28:07,240
Speaker 1: And you'll see it to happen once in a while

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01:28:07,280 --> 01:28:09,920
Speaker 1: where a guy will come off. You'll have a double

1592
01:28:09,960 --> 01:28:12,080
Speaker 1: team on a gunner. The guy will walk in and

1593
01:28:12,160 --> 01:28:14,519
Speaker 1: because of that, the gunner will come in and line

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01:28:14,600 --> 01:28:16,360
Speaker 1: up tight. Yeah, you can line up both gunners tight

1595
01:28:16,720 --> 01:28:19,240
Speaker 1: and spread it out and MAX protect. No question. It

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01:28:19,360 --> 01:28:22,240
Speaker 1: does compromise your ability to cover the kick, but at

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01:28:22,320 --> 01:28:25,080
Speaker 1: least you get the kickoff. Max asks how big of

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01:28:25,120 --> 01:28:27,360
Speaker 1: a factor do you think Devin Singletary is. I could

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01:28:27,360 --> 01:28:29,479
Speaker 1: see him playing a huge role in the outcome of

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01:28:29,520 --> 01:28:33,320
Speaker 1: this game. Yeah, you could construe any scenario and having

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01:28:33,360 --> 01:28:37,680
Speaker 1: your number one running back play a huge role. And

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01:28:37,840 --> 01:28:40,519
Speaker 1: he may he may get particularly given the trend of

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01:28:40,560 --> 01:28:42,360
Speaker 1: the last month, but I still think this is a

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01:28:42,439 --> 01:28:45,280
Speaker 1: team that lives and dies and rides with Josh Allen.

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01:28:45,280 --> 01:28:46,960
Speaker 1: I think what he might be getting at though, is

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01:28:47,000 --> 01:28:48,840
Speaker 1: not just running the football, but maybe getting some of

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01:28:48,880 --> 01:28:50,840
Speaker 1: those checkdown throws that we saw him make in the

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01:28:50,840 --> 01:28:53,639
Speaker 1: week sixteen game. They were instrumental and keeping the team

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01:28:53,680 --> 01:28:55,599
Speaker 1: on schedule. You know what it did. It got him

1610
01:28:55,640 --> 01:28:59,200
Speaker 1: off to a perfect start. First drive, bing, bang, boom,

1611
01:28:59,439 --> 01:29:02,439
Speaker 1: fourth and three, three, fourth and three, touchdown, here we go.

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01:29:02,960 --> 01:29:04,920
Speaker 1: And and Devin Singletary was a big thing. I think

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01:29:04,960 --> 01:29:07,559
Speaker 1: out five out of the first six plays, the ball

1614
01:29:07,680 --> 01:29:09,040
Speaker 1: was in his hands at the end of it. So

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01:29:09,320 --> 01:29:11,120
Speaker 1: I think that's a great way to get him off

1616
01:29:11,160 --> 01:29:13,920
Speaker 1: to a good start. But I you know, I will,

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01:29:14,240 --> 01:29:16,920
Speaker 1: I'll stick with that. I think that's crucial tomorrow as

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01:29:17,000 --> 01:29:19,080
Speaker 1: getting off to a quick and fast and easy start

1619
01:29:19,120 --> 01:29:22,200
Speaker 1: and some easy completions. There is some injury news concerning

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01:29:22,479 --> 01:29:27,559
Speaker 1: the Chiefs Steelers game, which is going to go Monday night, right,

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01:29:27,600 --> 01:29:30,160
Speaker 1: that's the Monday night game or the Sunday Night sorry,

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01:29:30,160 --> 01:29:34,639
Speaker 1: Sunday Steelers Chiefs Clyde Edwards Hilaire is out for Sunday

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01:29:34,720 --> 01:29:39,320
Speaker 1: Night's game with a shoulder injury. Tyree Hill and Darryl Williams,

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01:29:39,360 --> 01:29:44,040
Speaker 1: the other running back, are expected to play barring any setbacks.

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01:29:44,240 --> 01:29:47,080
Speaker 1: No the Chiefs. The Chiefs Steelers are Yes Sunday Sunday

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01:29:47,320 --> 01:29:50,080
Speaker 1: fift Yeah, Yeah, Sunday night game. We also want to

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01:29:50,160 --> 01:29:53,080
Speaker 1: remind you that if you enjoy this show, we encourage

1628
01:29:53,080 --> 01:29:55,960
Speaker 1: you to listen to the Bills by the Numbers podcast.

1629
01:29:56,040 --> 01:29:58,360
Speaker 1: The latest episode is out for you, available on all

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01:29:58,400 --> 01:30:01,280
Speaker 1: your podcast platforms, and we have the Hall of Famer

1631
01:30:01,400 --> 01:30:05,320
Speaker 1: thurmon Thomas with us to talk about the Bill's fortunes

1632
01:30:05,360 --> 01:30:08,599
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, also the Bills league leading margin of victory,

1633
01:30:08,640 --> 01:30:10,680
Speaker 1: and what having the number one defense and number one

1634
01:30:10,800 --> 01:30:14,320
Speaker 1: pass defense means for Buffalo's playoff fortunes. We'll see you

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Speaker 1: on Monday.