WEBVTT - Sean McDermott Show, Wild Card Weekend 0:00:05.720 --> 0:00:08.400 We're a live right now. Hey, we're live. Everybody got 0:00:08.480 --> 0:00:12.480 not Let's go bury. Everybody do their job. One eleven, Well, 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:17.040 Calvert def Let's go no overthinking, right, Go play some ball, 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:19.720 Go play some football. It's an exciting time to be 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:31.360 a Buffalo build a fan of the Buffalo Bills. Welcome 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:34.360 into a playoff edition of The Sean McDermott Show, presented 0:00:34.360 --> 0:00:37.800 by Connors and Farris, your workers camp Attorneys. Sean, thanks 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:41.800 as always for joining us. Congratulations on an incredible regular season, 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:45.280 tying the franchise record with thirteen wins. You finished the 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:48.960 season nine and one after starting four and two. Was 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:50.960 there any sort of point in this season that was 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:53.479 a turning point when you realize this team could go 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:55.720 on a run of this magnitude? Oh, I would say. 0:00:55.720 --> 0:00:58.720 I think we learned a lot in the lost Arizona 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:01.640 with the hell Mary situation there and just the look 0:01:01.760 --> 0:01:04.600 on the players' faces in the locker room and then 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:07.640 having to sit on the buy with that feeling. I 0:01:07.720 --> 0:01:11.080 really believe that the guys learned a lot from that situation, Steve, 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:13.199 and I honestly believe they don't want to fill that again, 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:15.440 so I give them a lot of credit. They've really 0:01:15.480 --> 0:01:18.720 taken ownership and really invested in this team, and leaders 0:01:18.760 --> 0:01:22.319 have done a phenomenal job. You're hosting your first playoff 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:24.200 game as the head coach of the Buffalo Bills, and 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:27.760 you'll always finally have fans and the stadium. You know, 0:01:27.800 --> 0:01:29.759 they've been dying to come to these games to watch 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:32.040 this team all year. How much of an impact do 0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:34.080 you expect the Bills Mafia to have on a game 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:36.680 against the Colts. Well, I think it's really cool that 0:01:37.000 --> 0:01:38.880 they'll be able to watch us in person finally, or 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:40.840 at least at least a portion of them will, and 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:43.520 that's that's really nice. The reality of it is, though, 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:45.560 I don't think any of them at this point is 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:48.800 going to be making any plays for us, and so 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:51.240 we've got to be realistic about that. And we've been 0:01:51.280 --> 0:01:54.080 without fans in our building at least all season, and 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:56.000 so we've got to make sure that we do our 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:58.400 due diligence this week and put in the time to 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:00.080 earn the right to win and make the plays that 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:03.960 we have to make. Well. Josh set the franchise record 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:06.520 for passing yards in a season against Miami. He now 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:12.120 holds the single season franchise records for yards, touchdowns, completions, 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:15.400 completion percentage, and passer ratings, just to name a few. 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:19.240 It's really been an incredible year for your third year quarterback, 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:21.959 a year full of highlights. What was the best thing 0:02:22.000 --> 0:02:24.959 you saw from Josh Allen this season? Oh, well, that's 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:27.440 a tough question. He's done so many things. Well, I've 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:31.080 just been very pleased with the type of teammate that 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:33.480 he's been and the way that he's been able to 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:36.480 reset week to week, Because sometimes when you're when you're 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:38.600 still growing, you go through a week and you have 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:42.360 a good game and you get the notoriety that comes 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:44.880 with the position and playing well at that position, and 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:48.360 then the next the next week is not the same. 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:51.880 And so being able to sustain that level of play 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:57.000 and performance, remaining humble and yet continuing to grow week 0:02:57.000 --> 0:02:58.960 two week, I think Steven is probably the most thing 0:02:59.000 --> 0:03:01.400 that I could tell you that I've admired about Josh 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:04.640 this year. Steph Diggs finished the season leading the league 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:08.000 with one hundred and twenty seven receptions in fifteen hundred 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:11.760 and thirty five receiving yards. He's the first Bill ever 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:14.880 to lead the NFL in both those categories. He obviously 0:03:15.240 --> 0:03:17.720 couldn't have had this season he's had without Josh's record 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:20.840 breaking season. What is it about Josh and Steph that 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:24.160 make them one of the elite quarterback quarterback wide receiver 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:28.399 duos in the league. Yeah, extremely competitive by nature. Both 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:30.799 of those two young men are extremely competitive by nature. 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:34.600 If we were shooting hoops in inside here, or the 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:37.600 guys were playing cards, whatever you name it, those two 0:03:37.640 --> 0:03:39.600 are going to be in the middle of it all 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:41.839 because they just love to compete, and I think that's 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:46.160 a great trait to have as a football player. Well, 0:03:46.240 --> 0:03:48.560 John Brown had four catches for seventy two yards and 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:51.680 a touchdown in his return to action against Miami. Isaiah 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:54.600 McKenzie went off for three total touchdowns and including a 0:03:54.640 --> 0:03:57.920 punt return touchdown, and Gabriel Davis set a career high 0:03:57.960 --> 0:04:00.960 with one hundred and seven receiving yards. How good do 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:04.000 you feel about your wide receiver group headed into the playoffs. 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:07.480 We'll feel good about it. Overall. We do have some depth. 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:10.120 A couple of those guys stepped up this past weekend 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:12.680 when some other guys were down or out of the game, 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:15.120 and so that was good to see. I'm encouraged by that, 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:17.520 and that's what we need. We do have a guy 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:20.200 too banged up there, and so we're gonna need to 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:22.680 continue at death position and other positions as well as 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:25.200 we had down the stretcher. All right, thanks coach. We're 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:26.720 gonna catch up with you later in the show to 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:29.320 get your final thoughts on your upcoming matchup with the Colts. 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:35.000 Shopping Wood is presented by Saint Bonaventure University, the official 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:41.320 education provider of the Buffalo Bills. Welcome back to the 0:04:41.360 --> 0:04:43.719 Sean McDermott Show, and now it's time to break down 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:45.920 the film with our good buddy Eric Wood and another 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:49.920 edition of Chopping Wood. Eric. The Bills dominated the Dolphins 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:52.960 in Week seventeen to get win number thirteen, and the 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:56.560 offense looked really unstoppable. This week, they have the Colts 0:04:56.560 --> 0:04:58.679 coming to town to kick off the playoffs, and they'll 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:01.880 have to keep on firing on all cylinders. What are 0:05:01.920 --> 0:05:03.960 you hoping to see the Bills do against the Colts 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:07.240 in the wild card Round? Their most effective weapon all 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:09.599 year has been the pass game, and I look for 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:13.080 them to continue to do that even in January, even 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:16.039 in the playoffs in Buffalo. I also think you'll see 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:18.720 them use some of their play action shot plays, some 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:21.640 of their man beating crossing routes, and I'm also really 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:23.920 hoping they get back to some of their outside zone 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:28.920 running game, which has been very effective throughout the season. Well, Eric, 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:30.600 let's take a look back at some of the many 0:05:30.640 --> 0:05:33.359 things the Bills did well offensively this year. Let's start 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:35.800 with the Alan Diggs combination. Let's go all the way 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:38.320 back to the Steelers game for a Diggs touchdown against 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:42.159 man coverage. Here, Diggs does an incredible job of routes 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:44.960 running it's man coverage. He actually gets the Steelers dB 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:47.479 to fall in this play. And then one thing stefon 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:49.839 Diggs is it's dangerous with the ball in his hands, 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:52.839 he goes and splits the safeties and this was a 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:55.000 crucial score in the game. This was the first series 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:57.279 in the second half and this started to break the 0:05:57.279 --> 0:06:00.240 game open. It's been a great combination all year. Now 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:02.880 this past week, the Bill's got John Brown back and 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:05.560 he had a huge touchdown right before the half. And 0:06:05.680 --> 0:06:07.760 when did you see from John Brown and his return 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:10.120 to the field. It was great to see John Brown 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:12.159 gets so much work in the first half of this game. 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:14.560 He's been out for a number of weeks with an injury, 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:16.400 does a little bit of a stutter, a little bit 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:18.279 of a double movement on the outside, and with the 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:22.200 speed that John Brown has. One miss step by a 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:26.120 corner in Miami, Dolphins have very talented corners, but even them, 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:29.040 one misstep and he's going to make you pay for 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:32.080 a touchdown. And it's great to see this connection coming alive. 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:35.240 Week seventeen, just before the playoffs, Eric, one of the 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:38.119 pleasant surprises of the year has been rookie Gabriel Davis. 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:40.080 Let's take a look at what Davis brings to the opening. 0:06:40.240 --> 0:06:42.040 Let's go back all the way a week four when 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:44.520 he scored a touchdown on a twenty six yard pass 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:48.359 against the Raiders. This is another great play action concept 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:52.120 by Brian Dave. All one items use a whole lot, 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:54.640 and Gabriel Davis is going to be come across the 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:56.680 formation almost like he's going to stay on a crossing route. 0:06:56.680 --> 0:06:59.320 Then he gets a wheel up the field and at 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:01.680 that point he's wide open. Josh is a great job 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:04.960 of delivering it. But this is just another deadly commendation 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:08.360 that they have in their play action game. Eric, you 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:11.200 mentioned how the Bills have had some success on outside 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:13.000 zone runs and when they were able to get it 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:16.120 going through the ground. We saw that against the Broncos 0:07:16.120 --> 0:07:20.280 with this fifty one yard touchdown by Devin Singletary. This 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:23.240 game off, the Bills used their running attack, and I 0:07:23.360 --> 0:07:25.800 think the best concept that the Bills have used is 0:07:25.800 --> 0:07:29.240 their under center outside zone game. They used it a 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:31.280 lot against the Patriots early in the season when the 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:32.920 wins picked up and they head to rely on it, 0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:35.120 and here at the end of the Denver game, they 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:38.280 relied on it as well. And Devin Singletary, not known 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:41.320 for his breakaway ability, breaks tackles at the line of 0:07:41.360 --> 0:07:44.600 strumage what he is known for, and he is crafty 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:48.000 in the open field to cap off this long fifty 0:07:48.040 --> 0:07:50.760 one yard touchdown run. Well, Eric, it was great to 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:52.920 see the Bills get win number thirteen and finished the 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:54.840 season on a high note. And I think this team 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:57.400 can beat any team if they stick to their game plan. Eric, 0:07:57.760 --> 0:08:02.280 thanks for this appreciated Yeah, thanks, Steve. Mattie glab here 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:04.760 with this week's game preview. It's a new season for 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:07.160 the Bills and Colts as they're set to face each 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:10.920 other for wildcard weekend. The Colts finished the regular season 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:14.680 second in the AFC South with eleven wins and five losses. 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:18.400 Their offense overall finished tenth, averaging three hundred and seventy 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:21.160 eight point one total yards per game. Rookie running back 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:24.200 Jonathan Taylor made a name for himself, finishing the season 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:27.080 with one thousand, one hundred and sixty nine rushing yards 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:31.040 and the eleven rushing touchdowns, averaging five yards per carry. 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:34.760 In his seventeenth season, Philip Rivers completed sixty eight percent 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:37.520 of his passes for four thousand, one hundred and sixty 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:40.839 nine yards. His favorite target was t Y Hilton, who 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:44.320 caught fifty six passes for seven hundred and sixty two yards. 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:48.360 The Colts defense finished the regular season ranked tenth, allowing 0:08:48.400 --> 0:08:51.360 twenty two point six points per game and eighth allowing 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:54.560 three hundred and thirty two point one total yards per game. 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:57.920 Buffalo scored five hundred and one points, the most in 0:08:58.040 --> 0:09:02.360 team history. Bill's quarterback Josh Allen broke eight franchise records 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:08.719 total touchdowns, passing touchdowns, total yards, passing yards, passer rating, completions, 0:09:08.880 --> 0:09:13.360 completion percentage, and three hundred yard games. Buffalo's defense finished 0:09:13.440 --> 0:09:16.920 ranking sixteenth allowing twenty three point four points per game 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:20.200 and fourteenth allowing three hundred and fifty two point five 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:22.600 yards per game. In the final six games of the 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:26.240 regular season, the Bills allowed only eighteen point three points 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:29.720 per game, the fifth lowest amount, and had eight interceptions, 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:32.680 which ranks second. The Bills lead the series against the 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:35.960 Colts thirty seven, thirty two and one. This will be 0:09:36.000 --> 0:09:38.160 the first time the two have met in the postseason. 0:09:38.440 --> 0:09:43.520 That's this week's game preview. Steve back to you, Mattie. 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:46.880 Thanks as always, coach. Last year you went to overtime 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:49.800 in Houston and came up short of your first playoff 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:52.839 win as head coach of the Bills. Things obviously feel 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:55.240 a lot different this year. So what is your message 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:58.000 to your team preparing for the Colts this week? Well, 0:09:57.800 --> 0:10:00.240 we've got to start off our week in rece set. 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:02.480 There's a lot of work yet to be done on 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:05.080 a short week, and part of that is getting rest, 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:07.360 and part of that is gouting out the opponents so 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:09.319 that we understand what they're all about it and how 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:11.160 good they are. Very rarely do you go into a 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:13.080 first round of the playoffs and you have a team 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:15.880 that's that you're facing. That's one eleven games and in 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:17.679 a wildcard round, and so we have a lot of 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:19.959 respect for them, and we've got to have a good 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:23.600 week of preparation. It seems like every matchup always has 0:10:23.640 --> 0:10:27.000 some kind of noteworthy connection between the two teams. Well, 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:30.240 Colts head coach Frank Reich played here with me and 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:32.720 led us to the greatest comeback in playoff history on 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:35.719 the field here in nineteen ninety three. He's now led 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:37.640 his team to the playoffs for the second time in 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:40.120 his three years as head coach in Indy. What do 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:42.000 you think of Frank Reich in the job he's done 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:44.120 in his time with the Colts. Well, Frank and I 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:46.960 have a good relationship. I think he's a high character individual, 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:49.559 high character coach and runs his program and in an 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:51.320 upstanding way which I have a lot of respect for. 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:54.520 And so his football team plays to his personality and 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:57.240 that's what makes him so good and so well prepared. 0:10:57.320 --> 0:10:59.719 And so as I said before, it it will be 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:03.040 a contest and we've got to really be focused this 0:11:03.080 --> 0:11:05.760 week to try and get the win. And along with 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:08.080 Frank Reich, you have Philip Rivers coming in here with 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:11.400 seventeen seasons under his belt, and wow, his first year. 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:13.480 It is his first year in Indy, it's not his 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:17.240 first rodeo in the playoffs. What's it like preparing for 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:20.920 a playoff matchup against a seasoned veteran like Rivers. Well, 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:24.319 he'll be a Hall of famer. And so when you 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:27.320 when you look at quarterback play, you're saying, hey, they've 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:29.480 got a very good quarterback and a quarterback that's one 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:31.760 a ton of games and he can throw it as 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:33.880 well as anyone. And they've got a course set of 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:35.720 running backs that have been able to run it. One 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:37.560 of the best running backs right now in the NFL. 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:39.880 And and so you know, we've got to We've got 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:42.000 a challenge in front of us. And you know, again, 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:45.040 records go out the windows. It's time to try and 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:46.719 win one game. And that's what we're that's what we're 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:49.480 committed to doing. Got you, coach, Thanks so much, good 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:52.400 luck this week against the Indianapolis Colts. And whether you'll 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:54.800 be here in the stadium or watching at home, everybody 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:57.400 enjoy this game this week and thanks for watching. The 0:11:57.400 --> 0:12:00.640 Sean McDermot Show, presented by Connors and Ferris and has 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:09.360 always Everybody Go Bills, Final Thoughts is presented by your 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:14.360 local Toyota dealers. The Sean McDermott Show is presented by 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:19.559 Connors and Ferris, your workers' comp attorneys, by Independent Health 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:24.040 You Deserve the Red Share Treatment, and by your local 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:25.080 Toyota dealers.