Speaker 1: But we're live right now. Hey, we're live. Everybody got
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Speaker 1: play some ball. We'll play some football. It's an exciting
Speaker 1: time to be a Buffalo Bill and a fan of
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. Hi, everybody, and welcome to the Sean
Speaker 1: McDermott Show, presented by ECMC and Collide to Healthy, official
Speaker 1: healthcare providers of the Buffalo Bills. Where please again to
Speaker 1: be joining Sean McDermott. After a nice win, These wins
Speaker 1: are kind of getting the same, but couldn't it be
Speaker 1: just a little easier? And this was a they always
Speaker 1: seem to be a little bit harrowing up until late. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean that's uh, I wish right. Like I said yesterday,
Speaker 1: I lost enough hair by now and there's not much
Speaker 1: more left up there to lose. But a wins I'll win.
Speaker 1: And you know, we can learn a lot from this
Speaker 1: past weekend and we move on to the next week
Speaker 1: and so but we've got to continue to learn, continue
Speaker 1: to grow. There were some really good moments in the game.
Speaker 1: I thought it'd showed the heart of our football team, Yeah,
Speaker 1: of course. Oh and five, the fans have some expectations
Speaker 1: about what you should be able to do against the Dolphins,
Speaker 1: But then they start Ryan Fitzpatrick, and you know what
Speaker 1: kind of leader he is. You knew you got an
Speaker 1: effort from the rest of their roster that really told
Speaker 1: you that they think Ryan Fitzpatrick was the guy that
Speaker 1: should have been starting, and they gave an effort, really
Speaker 1: their best effort of the season. If you watch them
Speaker 1: on film, Yeah, I mean knowing Ryan a little bit
Speaker 1: or what I've heard about him since myself coming to
Speaker 1: Buffalo with our staff, and you watch him on film
Speaker 1: and there's nothing but respect that jumps off the tape
Speaker 1: at you for what he does, how he plays, and
Speaker 1: so he rallies the troops and that's what he did
Speaker 1: yesterday and we expected that quite honestly, and so it
Speaker 1: was good to get and win. I think again, we've
Speaker 1: learned a lot. We learned a lot from that, from
Speaker 1: that victory and from that game, and but a lot
Speaker 1: of respect for every opponent. And that's why the NFL
Speaker 1: is a week to weekly Yeah, and a lot of
Speaker 1: games this year we've had this kind of identity with
Speaker 1: these games. You get off to a little bit of
Speaker 1: a slow start and then you kind of come through
Speaker 1: in the clutch. This game, you got off to the
Speaker 1: slow start, particularly red zone offense came out a couple
Speaker 1: of field goals to get started in a season where
Speaker 1: you've been very good in the red zones at an offense,
Speaker 1: you kind of came up short Sunday. What was that?
Speaker 1: You know, what were the reasons for that and what
Speaker 1: did you do about it? Yeah? You know, I think
Speaker 1: when you look back at it and Steve, it's we
Speaker 1: had we had success controlling the game early. We controlled
Speaker 1: the game I thought early, and then we came up
Speaker 1: short on two drives. We got points, but it wasn't
Speaker 1: a touchdown. So what that allows a team to do
Speaker 1: is hanging the game and so then all it takes
Speaker 1: us for them to get one drive and a score
Speaker 1: a touchdown on this case and they're up seven to six.
Speaker 1: And so it just speaks to the importance of playing
Speaker 1: good red zone offense and then good red zone defense
Speaker 1: as well. Yeah, this came up. It was in like
Speaker 1: so many games this year, it was a second half game.
Speaker 1: I mean, it came out. You made some adjustment adjustments
Speaker 1: at halftime and certainly it showed up big on both
Speaker 1: sides of the football. What did you what was the
Speaker 1: message overall to your team at halftime? You know, really
Speaker 1: the players did at all. We made some adjustments as
Speaker 1: a staff, both offensively, defensively and special teams, and the
Speaker 1: players and the player driven leadership in our locker room
Speaker 1: stepped up. And that's what you saw in the second half.
Speaker 1: You know, this game is going to be defined by
Speaker 1: one sweet sequence of events. Certainly a great Jordan Phillips
Speaker 1: with the tackle for a loss to move the Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins off your goal line, and the next play trade
Speaker 1: picks it off on the two yard line, and then
Speaker 1: followed up by ninety eight yard touchdown drive by your offense.
Speaker 1: So all it really came together, played complimentary football. But
Speaker 1: that's going to define this game, Yeah, I think. So
Speaker 1: there's plays is going to define games, and there's games
Speaker 1: that define seasons. And so when you look back at it,
Speaker 1: I'll take it one step further, Steven, say the fake
Speaker 1: field goal that our special teams unit, Yeah, they got
Speaker 1: the first down, but we stopped them from scoring a
Speaker 1: touchdown on that play, which allowed us to line up again,
Speaker 1: led to Jordan, led to trades play and then ensuing
Speaker 1: ninety eight yard drive, which is impressive. Yeah, this game,
Speaker 1: Josh came out on the second half, went ten of
Speaker 1: eleven for two tds, had a two point conversion. Certainly
Speaker 1: he turned it around it. I know it's early, and
Speaker 1: I know we like to project things we'd love to
Speaker 1: see about this guy, But does he have this clutch
Speaker 1: gene we hear you so much about. I mean, because
Speaker 1: he plays his best football in the second half of games,
Speaker 1: and you've been in so many close games those four
Speaker 1: in the season, he has played his best football when
Speaker 1: the pressure is on, or at least as fans, we
Speaker 1: feel the pressure. Yeah, and I feel the pressure too,
Speaker 1: right with the fans. No, it's listen. You know we've
Speaker 1: got it. Still a young quarterback and overall a young
Speaker 1: football team, and there's going to be close games. That's
Speaker 1: the nature of the NFL to begin with, and that's
Speaker 1: the nature of our football team and where we are.
Speaker 1: The thing I love about is they play together and
Speaker 1: they stay together. Yeah, you've had a couple of guys
Speaker 1: and you've always said you'd like to have veteran leadership
Speaker 1: on your squad. This last game, Cole Beasley, John Brown
Speaker 1: both have a t D. And you've got veterans sprinkled
Speaker 1: throughout your roster, and every so often we see evidence
Speaker 1: that those guys are really important beyond what they do
Speaker 1: on the field. Yeah true. I mean Lee Smith, Pat
Speaker 1: de Marco, Lorenzo, Alexander Stephen Hous just to name a few,
Speaker 1: and I'm leaving some out, So Kurt Coleman, We've just
Speaker 1: got We've got a good group of veteran leaders that
Speaker 1: have been there and on that in some way, shape
Speaker 1: or form, and they're really running the team, if you will.
Speaker 1: And I can bank on those guys to give me
Speaker 1: a good feel for the pulse of the team and
Speaker 1: make sure the team is being steered in the right direction.
Speaker 1: And when we get off off track a little bit,
Speaker 1: and then those guys, those guys take command and step up.
Speaker 1: All right, Sean. Thanks, We're gonna come back and join
Speaker 1: you more later in the show and get some final thoughts. Choppin'
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Speaker 1: mcdermost Show. Everybody. We're here with our segment we called Choppin'
Speaker 1: Wood Eric Wood, great call on the radio on Sunday
Speaker 1: against the Dolphins, but it was a surprisingly close game
Speaker 1: there in New Airfield. It was, and most games in
Speaker 1: the NFL are decided by one score or less, and
Speaker 1: no matter who the opponent is, these are NFL teams
Speaker 1: and Ryan Fitzpatrick has a way of unifying a team
Speaker 1: of no name characters. I played on one with them
Speaker 1: when we started the season five and two with a
Speaker 1: team in twenty eleven that I don't think anybody could
Speaker 1: have named any of our receivers, maybe just Stevie heading
Speaker 1: into the season. So he has that ability and he showed.
Speaker 1: Fortunately for the Bills, Trey White made a couple incredible players.
Speaker 1: They try and run a play action come back to
Speaker 1: the boundary and the entire game, Ryan Fitzpatrick was throwing
Speaker 1: at lee By Wallace. He was attacking that matchup and
Speaker 1: it's a size thing. I mean, Preston Williams is six five,
Speaker 1: Vonte Parker six three. That's a tough matchup for any
Speaker 1: corner and Trey White is absolutely elite. So he was
Speaker 1: going out le By Wallace. Society finally tests Trey White
Speaker 1: and Trey White makes him pay. And what is just
Speaker 1: an absolutely phenomenal play on this comeback. He runs the
Speaker 1: route for the receiver, which is probably a testament to
Speaker 1: his film study, and then he has the athleticism and
Speaker 1: skills to make this play. Yeah. He's got the most
Speaker 1: second half turnovers in the National Football League with fourteen
Speaker 1: since he came into the league. He's just a dominant performer.
Speaker 1: And he really came through and that led to a
Speaker 1: second turnover in the second half that really changed the
Speaker 1: game and gave the Bills a chance to put it away.
Speaker 1: That ninety eight yard drive right after that turnover was
Speaker 1: really a defining moment as well. Yeah, so they're going
Speaker 1: to ninety eight yard drive, scoring drive. They finally get
Speaker 1: seven points on the board, actually eight with the two
Speaker 1: point conversion, and then the next possession the Dolphins get
Speaker 1: the ball and unfortunately for my man fitz he he
Speaker 1: goes back to Trey Whiteside, and Trey allows the receiver
Speaker 1: to catch the ball here over the middle and then
Speaker 1: does a great job of punching it out. One of
Speaker 1: my favorite things about this play is Jerry Hughes is
Speaker 1: always flying around the football field the entire game. Of course,
Speaker 1: he's flying back to the football and when the ball
Speaker 1: gets punched out, who gets at Jerry Hughes. And I'm
Speaker 1: not so sure Jerry Hughes only played lineman throughout his life.
Speaker 1: I think he probably played running back or something in
Speaker 1: high school. Showed some great skills and at this point
Speaker 1: I thought he might drag them all into the episode.
Speaker 1: He has such a determination. Phenomenal play by Tradevious White,
Speaker 1: excellent effort by Jerry Hughes. All right, let's switch over
Speaker 1: to the Philadelphia Eagles, the Week eight opponent for the
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. For a long time. Now you think of
Speaker 1: the Eagles, you think of backs like Darren Sprowles featured
Speaker 1: in the passing game. But they have two guys coming
Speaker 1: out of the backfield and Miles Sanders and Jordan Howard,
Speaker 1: which really should be a problem for the Bills, or
Speaker 1: could be. It could be, especially if they have Matt
Speaker 1: Mulano out against again this week. Last week we saw
Speaker 1: the Dolphins. We're able to have some more run success
Speaker 1: with Matt Mulano out that we're used to seeing the
Speaker 1: Bills defense, And here we will see how dangerous the
Speaker 1: Eagles can be with the running backs in the passing
Speaker 1: game and they run Sanders up the seam here, and
Speaker 1: this is a tough concept. It's not a traditional wheel
Speaker 1: up the sideline. It's right up the seam, and he
Speaker 1: shows his speed and he burns the linebacker for Detroit.
Speaker 1: If you're gonna have guys in to stop the run,
Speaker 1: they've also got to be in pass coverage and this
Speaker 1: is where the linebacker just gets out run he does.
Speaker 1: And this is also a great play concept. They bring
Speaker 1: the JetSuite motion, which causes stress on the linebackers. They
Speaker 1: have to respect that. And then you have zach Ertz,
Speaker 1: who's their leading receiver. He's running across the middle. He
Speaker 1: garners a lot of attention as well, and then you
Speaker 1: almost forget about the running back he's going up to
Speaker 1: seem this is a big explosive play. Another running back
Speaker 1: they've got coming out of the backfield is Jordan Howard.
Speaker 1: Here he runs the wheel route t D versus Green Bay.
Speaker 1: This is a little bit of a scheme get open,
Speaker 1: but it works. Yeah. So this is a great use
Speaker 1: of a i will say legal pick. So you have
Speaker 1: two guys coming across the top of the formation, the
Speaker 1: receiver and the tight end zach Ertz, and it's man
Speaker 1: to man coverage. This is Mike Petton's Green Bay defense.
Speaker 1: When they are in a bearer look. Traditionally a bearer
Speaker 1: look with the three interior lineman covered, it's going to
Speaker 1: be man defense. That's a Buddy Ryan Rex Ryan deal.
Speaker 1: This is a man defense. Beader run. The two guys across.
Speaker 1: The guy who has the running back man to man
Speaker 1: is the linebacker in the middle of the screen, and
Speaker 1: Martinez is not able to get through the traffic on
Speaker 1: this play. Eric, thanks for the insights, great film study.
Speaker 1: Can't wait to see it unfold against the Philadelphia Eagles
Speaker 1: this Sunday in New Airfield. Game preview is presented by
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Speaker 1: the five and one Buffalo Bills are back at home
Speaker 1: to face the three and four NFC East Philadelphia Eagles,
Speaker 1: who are coming off back to back losses and the
Speaker 1: Bills now five and one. Next week, the Bill's home
Speaker 1: right here against the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles are coming
Speaker 1: into New Airfield one and three on the road this season.
Speaker 1: Quarterback Carson Wentz has thrown for thirteen touchdowns, which is
Speaker 1: tied for fifth most in the NFL. Someone who will
Speaker 1: be targeted a lot in this game tight end Zach Ertz.
Speaker 1: He has the most targets for a tight end with
Speaker 1: fifty nine, tied for eighth most overall. Fires it towards
Speaker 1: the end zone, it is picked up, intercepted Tredavias White,
Speaker 1: cuff top and then at the one yard line. The
Speaker 1: Bills defense ranks third in the NFL, allowing an average
Speaker 1: of two hundred and ninety two point seven yards per game.
Speaker 1: They are also third and least points allowed per game
Speaker 1: with fifteen point two. Corner Tredavious White has had a
Speaker 1: very successful season so far, with the best defender passer
Speaker 1: rating in the NFL at twenty six point six. Wide
Speaker 1: receiver John Brown has been one of Josh Allen's favorite
Speaker 1: targets so far. Brown is one of two receivers to
Speaker 1: have at least fifty receiving yards in all of their
Speaker 1: games this season. Josh Allen has the best fourth quarter
Speaker 1: passer rating in the NFL right now, with one thirty
Speaker 1: six point nine. The last time the Eagles played the
Speaker 1: Bills on the road was in twenty eleven and Buffalo
Speaker 1: won that game thirty one to twenty four. Steve back
Speaker 1: to you. Thanks Matty. Now we're here back with Sean
Speaker 1: McDermot to get some final thoughts on this game. You've
Speaker 1: got some experience with Doug Peterson, the head coach of
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles. You're gonna face him from across the sidelines.
Speaker 1: What can we expect from one of Doug Peterson's Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagle teams? Oh, they'll be well prepared, aggressive, well prepared.
Speaker 1: This is a very good football team, just a year
Speaker 1: and so off off of a Super Bowl championship and
Speaker 1: a great organization. They played in a lot of big
Speaker 1: games with the course of the last several years, and
Speaker 1: so they've got a veteran team and I'm sure that
Speaker 1: they'll be on their a game. They've coming off a
Speaker 1: game against the Dallas Cowboys where that's one of their
Speaker 1: rivals and being there in the division, and sure that
Speaker 1: they like to have that game back. So we've got
Speaker 1: to be on our a game this week. You know,
Speaker 1: we've noticed that the Bills have struggled earlier, slow started
Speaker 1: at least offensively in games and then coming back in
Speaker 1: the end and win most of them. The Philadelphia Eagles
Speaker 1: have done that as well. In games they've won this year,
Speaker 1: they've overcome double digit deficits. You're not going to be
Speaker 1: able to let the foot off the gas in this game,
Speaker 1: even if you are up big. Yeah. And that comes
Speaker 1: from really knowing and understanding and respect in the league.
Speaker 1: You respect every opponent, respect every team. And then it
Speaker 1: comes from knowing that we have to continue to grow
Speaker 1: as a football team and games are one or lost
Speaker 1: by you know, a little bit more than a touchdown
Speaker 1: at times in this league. And so that's the challenge
Speaker 1: every week is to continue to grow, continue to evolve,
Speaker 1: and try and put your best food forward. Thanks Sean,
Speaker 1: and thanks to you at home for watching. We're going
Speaker 1: to come back next week and recap the Philadelphia Eagles
Speaker 1: game and look ahead to the Washington Redskins. Thanks for watching, everybody,
Speaker 1: and have a great weekend. The Sean McDermott Show is
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