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Speaker 1: That's always the best day here at the Orchard Park

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Speaker 1: and New Airfield. It's Friday, and the Buffalo Bills are

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Speaker 1: on Sunday one o'clock kickoff at US Bank Stadium. Everybody

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Speaker 1: says the same thing. John Murphy, steam tasker comedy line

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Speaker 1: from one Bill Driving or one Buffalo studio. Talk to

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Speaker 1: two different Vikings radio guys this week, Paul Allen the

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Speaker 1: other day to play by play guy. I was on

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Speaker 1: same thing. You're gonna love the stadium. The radio boots

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Speaker 1: is great. It's the best stadium in the NFL. And

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Speaker 1: the food they put out is really good too. I said,

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Speaker 1: why would you, I'm not high on my list. I'm

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Speaker 1: don't really, I don't really you probably don't either. I

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Speaker 1: always feed everybody. Everybody should know that when you go

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Speaker 1: to these stadiums, they always feed the media that that's

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Speaker 1: it's always kind of They always try to have that

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Speaker 1: It's yadda YadA ya at all yea, and along those lines.

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Speaker 1: Before you go any further, I credit Rex Ryan, who

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Speaker 1: didn't do a whole lot of great things here, but

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Speaker 1: media at halftime. Stunted and Rex fix that. And that's

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Speaker 1: still it's they still now they do serve chicken wings

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Speaker 1: every every home game. That's Rex. That's Rex lasting last

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills in back to back seasons. What were they

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Speaker 1: what Rex will be remembered for. He'll be remembered for

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Speaker 1: But here's the thing too, And I always these these

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Speaker 1: When they get these new stadiums, like Baltimore had their

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Speaker 1: it's always an huge upgrade from what they were. So

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Speaker 1: like there's the best in this But come on, let's

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Speaker 1: it may be. Yeah, it may be. It may be

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Speaker 1: great in Minnesota, it may be great, Misser, but let's

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Speaker 1: just you pump the brakes and we'll just give it

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Speaker 1: an objective judgment. After you get back, we'll ask you

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Speaker 1: on Monday, you get back that how it was. It's

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Speaker 1: red shirt day here on One Bill's Life. Steve and

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Speaker 1: I compared notes that it looks the same, but it's

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Speaker 1: not different. They are different shirts, Like I like mine

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Speaker 1: Retchard Day here on the show. It is Friday on

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Speaker 1: the show, and a good line of a guest coming

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Speaker 1: for me. We're going to talk a lot about last

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Speaker 1: explain please? But your Western New York Land Conservancy gala

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Speaker 1: watched the first half last night. Oh with this celebration, y, yeah,

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Speaker 1: even in his bad statistical games, Tyrod Taylor at least

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Speaker 1: the guys took call in the game last night. Mentioned

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Speaker 1: a number of times it was like a light switch

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Speaker 1: you know that's why you gotta think, you know, Baker

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Speaker 1: to think. That gets us to our Twitter poll today. Yes,

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Speaker 1: it's a poll today about these rookie quarterbacks. The Bills

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Speaker 1: with Baker Mayfield. Our Twitter poll today, which rickie rookie

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Speaker 1: got people. I don't know if any of you saw twitter.

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Speaker 1: There was they found a possum, alive possum in the

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Speaker 1: stadium last night. I walked out. Yeah, the guy there

427
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Speaker 1: was in the stadium. A guy came down. They stuck

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Speaker 1: it in the box right in the stands. Stuck it

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Speaker 1: in the box right in the same So I guess

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Speaker 1: the potom he's he have to That may have to

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Speaker 1: be a thing. Now maybe it's a good luck charm. Right,

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Speaker 1: They've got to have this possum at the stadium in

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Speaker 1: a box every game now, right, Yeah, I would Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: You know Buffalo fans would do it. They here's a

435
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Speaker 1: tweet that their tweets are all over the place, and

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Speaker 1: this is good. I think it's I do think it's

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Speaker 1: closer than SIXTI ten percent. Z Martinez, you didn't read

438
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Speaker 1: this one, right, I did not. He asked a good question, Steve,

439
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Speaker 1: where's the other category? We always laugh about why do

440
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Speaker 1: we put other? Jose Martinez says, where is the other category?

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna say none. Darnald and Allen are leading the pack,

442
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Speaker 1: and that's because of playing time. But they still look

443
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Speaker 1: like rookies. But if Baker can string some wins, then

444
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Speaker 1: he will show why he was number one. Well, yeah,

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Speaker 1: it is clearly this is incomplete. And by the way,

446
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Speaker 1: it's not gonna be long. We might be able to

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Speaker 1: do this again in a week or two. I think, Steve,

448
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Speaker 1: it's not gonna be long before Arizona gets tired of losing,

449
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Speaker 1: getting shut out. They've been awful. They've been just as

450
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Speaker 1: bad as Buffalo Heads. So the first two weeks, it

451
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Speaker 1: won't be long before Arizona brings out to Josh Rosen.

452
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Speaker 1: I think, right, throw him in the right, I mean,

453
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Speaker 1: where's their line of demarcation as to whether they need

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Speaker 1: to find out about him? You know, I mean, is

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Speaker 1: it gonna be O and four oh and six oz

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Speaker 1: and eight or is it just going to be a

457
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Speaker 1: couple of mop up games to begin with, and then

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Speaker 1: you know, then maybe plug him in as a starter

459
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Speaker 1: at some point, some undetermined spot, he's going to get

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Speaker 1: a chance to play. Yes later, I think in the

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Speaker 1: next couple of weeks, I would think, I get it. Okay,

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Speaker 1: here we go. Let's say VM Rose seven one six.

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Speaker 1: Where is Rosen? Actually, I'd say it's all even. I

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Speaker 1: think Jackson is the best in the best scenario, because

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Speaker 1: Flacco will implode on his own. But I hate those

466
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Speaker 1: stupid gadget plays. Baker hasn't been game planned against yet.

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Speaker 1: And here's the thing too about and that's a good point.

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Speaker 1: None of these guys well, with the exception of perhaps

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen and Sam Darnel. Now after three games, and

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Speaker 1: they're gonna start to build a catalog on these guys

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Speaker 1: and what they think they can do and what they

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Speaker 1: can do well, and what they're going to allow them

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Speaker 1: to try and do it or what they're going to

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Speaker 1: force them to do defensively. These teams are gonna game

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Speaker 1: plan against young quarterbacks and that is going to be

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Speaker 1: the ascid test as to what their progress is going

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Speaker 1: to look like, because right now everything's kind of up

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Speaker 1: and even the teams they're playing against, the Jets, the Browns,

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Speaker 1: the Bills, even the Vikings, you know, Pittsburgh, you can

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Speaker 1: go down the list, Miami, all this. These teams that

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Speaker 1: we've kind of gotten a glimpse of through these young

482
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Speaker 1: quarterbacks Baltimore, they don't even know who they are yet.

483
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Speaker 1: Sean McDermot alluded to that today his press commons. He's

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Speaker 1: we're still trying to find about find out about our

485
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Speaker 1: guys too, and what we can do and what we're

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Speaker 1: good at defensively, because you know, the Bills have new

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Speaker 1: guys on their coaching staff, they got new players. So

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Speaker 1: when these teams finally settle into what their identity is

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Speaker 1: and they start game playing against these young quarterbacks, then

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Speaker 1: and when they get a handle on who those quarterbacks are,

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Speaker 1: let alone their own players, they're gonna game plan against them,

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Speaker 1: and they're going to execute some pretty good stuff against them,

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Speaker 1: and it's going to get more difficult for these young players,

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Speaker 1: particularly guys like Baker Mayfield. One more from the tweet

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Speaker 1: sheet from d as we asked the question which rookie

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Speaker 1: quarterback is off to the best start? D replies, I'm

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Speaker 1: saying Baker Mayfield simply because he let a comeback to

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Speaker 1: get the Browns their first win since Obama was president.

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Speaker 1: Too early really to evaluate any of them, but I'm

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Speaker 1: the wife of a Browns fan, so i have to

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Speaker 1: go with Baker. Okay, perfectly acceptable, Yes, that will allow it.

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Speaker 1: It's a tough question to call here on this squad

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Speaker 1: question Mark and Buffalo as they response, Marco ahead, you're

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Speaker 1: on the air. I agree with what Steve just said,

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Speaker 1: as soon as the defense is a guy like Belichick

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Speaker 1: designs a scheme against Baker Mayfield, will see how good

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Speaker 1: he really is. But anyways, they're gonna rate him. I'm

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Baker Mayfield one, Arnold two, and Josh

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Speaker 1: Allen third. Josh Allen's probably gonna be looked upon as

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Speaker 1: a third guy for a little while until he gets

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Speaker 1: some help on that offensive line and some wide receivers

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Speaker 1: and some help. He's gonna he just he has no

513
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Speaker 1: time back there, even when you think he had time.

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Speaker 1: He's under dress because he's looking up and they're coming

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Speaker 1: from everywhere after him. He needs some help. Yeah, he

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Speaker 1: doesn't need help, there's no question about that. I will

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Speaker 1: I do think Mark, you may overstate it a little bit.

518
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Speaker 1: He needs help, but he needs to help himself. And

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Speaker 1: we talked about this earlier in the week, Steve. Josh

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Speaker 1: needs to get rid of the ball quickly. He needs

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Speaker 1: to drop back, take his drop and find the target

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Speaker 1: and fire it and not sit there and wait that

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Speaker 1: I mean, Davill said it earlier in the week. More

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Speaker 1: than half of Josh Allen sex or not the fault

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Speaker 1: of the offensive line. I believe that I saw it

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Speaker 1: watching both games, obviously, and watched him wait a little

527
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Speaker 1: bit too long this past week against the Chargers. It's

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Speaker 1: not all Josh Allen the past protection issues there, and

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Speaker 1: that's one level of degree of difficulty that makes this

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Speaker 1: question so hard. You got to evaluate the guys around

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Speaker 1: him and what the quarterback is able to do now.

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Speaker 1: And certainly a guy like Baker Mayfield, who burst onto

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Speaker 1: into this question just last night, he gotta gets the

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Speaker 1: benefit of the doubt because he looked ten times better

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Speaker 1: than the starting quarterback who came out of the game

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Speaker 1: did with the same guys around him. That's a big

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Speaker 1: contrast and something you got to take into account. And

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Speaker 1: I think that maybe that colors a lot of people's

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Speaker 1: eyes and puts rose colored glasses on for Baker Mayfield,

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Speaker 1: because with the same team around him, he looked way

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Speaker 1: better than Tyrod Taylor, an established starting quarterback who was

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Speaker 1: going into his fourth year as a regular starter in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. Baker Mayfield came in on the same team,

544
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Speaker 1: same game plan, same looking at the same defense, and

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Speaker 1: played way better than the starting quarterback did who'd been

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Speaker 1: doing it for four years. That's why you draft these

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Speaker 1: guys now. Does that mean Baker Mayfield is better or

548
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Speaker 1: does it mean as he gave him a spark or

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Speaker 1: the guys around him played better all of a sudden.

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Speaker 1: Who knows that, But that does add a degree of

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Speaker 1: difficulty to this question. Who are these guys playing with?

552
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Speaker 1: Is Josh Allen playing with as good a roster as

553
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Speaker 1: Sam Darnold, or as Josh Rosen, or as Lamar Jackson,

554
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Speaker 1: or as Baker Mayfield. You got to take that into

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Speaker 1: consideration as to how you evaluate these young guys. Hey,

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Speaker 1: we're talking about quarterbacks today. It's a really interesting year

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Speaker 1: for rookie quarterbacks. Right five drafted in the first round.

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Speaker 1: Four of them are playing regularly now three of them

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Speaker 1: are starters. And that leads to our question which rookie

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Speaker 1: quarterback is off to the best start. We'll deal more

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Speaker 1: on that as the afternoon rolls along. Bills on the

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Speaker 1: practice field. They're indoors today inside the ad Pro Sports

563
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Speaker 1: Training Center where we are walk through tomorrow they leave

564
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Speaker 1: them for Minneapolis tomorrow. Injury questions persist for the Bills,

565
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Speaker 1: and we'll get the official injury report after today's workout.

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Speaker 1: Lashan McCoy has been limited all week with ribs, the

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Speaker 1: cornerback issue. Philip Gay's limited with an elbow. He's got

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Speaker 1: it braced up pretty emphatically. Quarterback Karen Johnson the rookie

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Speaker 1: limited with his shoulder, and the cornerback depth it might

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Speaker 1: be tested again this week. Jack Lawson as in practice

571
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Speaker 1: in two weeks with a hamstring. The Vikings have injuries too,

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Speaker 1: Steep running back Dalvin Cook miss yesterday's and Wednesday's practice

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Speaker 1: with a hamstring. Defensive end Everson Griffin miss Wednesday and

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Speaker 1: Thursday with a knee. Those two can't make it on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: That's not a bad thing for Buffalo. No, And it's

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Speaker 1: going to be interesting to see how effective Shady can

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Speaker 1: be given you the fact that he's going to be

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Speaker 1: playing hurt. And it's going to be interesting to see

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Speaker 1: what the Bills do and how those guys come back

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Speaker 1: from their injuries. At cornerback, who's at what their depth's

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Speaker 1: gonna look like on that. But no question, you were

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Speaker 1: getting into the regular season now three weeks in and

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Speaker 1: you start having guys well and guy. Guys are gonna

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Speaker 1: be dragging luggage around on the field. They're gonna be hurting,

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Speaker 1: and that goes for the guys who aren't even on

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Speaker 1: the injury report. You know, everybody's gonna be nicked a

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Speaker 1: little bit just the way it is, So what do

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Speaker 1: we you know? And but let's face it, with the

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Speaker 1: way things have gone for the Bills offensively, they need

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Speaker 1: they need every buddy firing on all cylinders, and they

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Speaker 1: need got to have them play their best and we'll

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Speaker 1: see if they can get it done. All right, Hey,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna talk to Mark Kelso about this game when

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Speaker 1: Mark Kelso up next color analysts on the Bills Radio Network,

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Speaker 1: get his thoughts on Sunday's Bills at Minnesota matchup. That's

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Speaker 1: coming up. One Bills Live from One Bill's Drive. This

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Speaker 1: is Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back, One does Livedown Murphy,

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker coming in from our one Buffalo studio as usual.

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Speaker 1: The commercial breaks the most interesting part of the show

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Speaker 1: when people can't hear it and it's not for the

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Speaker 1: record by a deep breath. There's nothing obscene or anything

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Speaker 1: going on. No, it's just Steve sometimes loses some of

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Speaker 1: his natural on air inhibitions when we get to commercial

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Speaker 1: to say, oh, I was I had a passionate rant. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: the other room in the control room over yes, something

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Speaker 1: that didn't even so passionate that Craig Rivet got involved

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Speaker 1: underway here. Good because that was loud. That was good.

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Speaker 1: We're underway here. And One Bill's Drive, John Murphy and

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker and talking about trying to talk about the

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Speaker 1: Bills in the Minnesota vikings on Sunday and joining us

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Speaker 1: on the Subway Fresh Day Countline. The color analysts on

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Speaker 1: the Bills Radio Network. Former Bills safety Mark Kelso, Hello, Mark,

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Speaker 1: how are you hey? I'm great guys, how are you

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Speaker 1: how about an off air of Blooper reel. Yeah, no,

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Speaker 1: there'd be a market for that. No, there would be

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Speaker 1: for that. There's a market. It's marketable. See what we

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Speaker 1: could price it out at. I like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's uh yeah, no, no, no, Steve says, no demark

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Speaker 1: asking we're asking listeners today, which of the rookie quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: is off to the best start of the four who

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Speaker 1: are starting? Are the four who are playing? Three are starting? Now?

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Speaker 1: Any thoughts on that? Did you watch last night's game

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Speaker 1: at all? Yeah? You know what, I didn't. I looked

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Speaker 1: at the I looked at the box score or at

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Speaker 1: about halftime, and did not have an opportunity to see

637
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:31,200
Speaker 1: any of it. I saw when when the Jets were

638
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:33,560
Speaker 1: up fourteen to three. I think it's the score that

639
00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:37,760
Speaker 1: I saw and then read this morning about the heroics

640
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:41,960
Speaker 1: and the unlocking of the cases with cold beverages in

641
00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:45,960
Speaker 1: it for Baker Mayfield and he I mean, there's no

642
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:49,040
Speaker 1: question that the guy's a fabulous competitor. And I mean

643
00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,840
Speaker 1: I still would and I'm sure everybody does, has a

644
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,880
Speaker 1: little concern about his size and his lack of physical

645
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 1: stature just from a hype perspective because you have to

646
00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,920
Speaker 1: be able to move around a lot and create throwing window.

647
00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:04,840
Speaker 1: But but boy, he just a competitor and and just

648
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,400
Speaker 1: a winner. And feel badly for a time, right because

649
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:09,520
Speaker 1: I think he's a he's a terrific quarterback. But what

650
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:11,080
Speaker 1: a great guy to be in the room to help

651
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:14,560
Speaker 1: tutor Baker Mayfield. Yeah, and it was interesting too because

652
00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:16,840
Speaker 1: you look at the start that Sam Darnold got two

653
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:20,040
Speaker 1: weeks ago where he you know, overcame the pick six,

654
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,920
Speaker 1: brought his team back from behind and and uh, you know,

655
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,360
Speaker 1: scored all those points on the road in an opening

656
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,800
Speaker 1: day game on Monday Night football and the kind of

657
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 1: a big spotlight. Uh. And then you know Josh Allen

658
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:36,120
Speaker 1: getting thrown in a week two and in bad conditions

659
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:38,120
Speaker 1: and uh, and then coming out and playing a little

660
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,160
Speaker 1: more solidly week in week in week one, that is,

661
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 1: and then coming out in week two and playing more

662
00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 1: solidly at home against the Chargers. I mean, it's it

663
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,040
Speaker 1: is a debate to have because you also have to

664
00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:51,640
Speaker 1: evaluate the team around these guys. Yeah, no one, what's

665
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:55,240
Speaker 1: that question? And obviously the data pool is extremely shalow

666
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:57,760
Speaker 1: at this point, and you don't exactly know what we're

667
00:31:57,760 --> 00:31:59,440
Speaker 1: going to get and let's let's kind of see how

668
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,920
Speaker 1: the season unfolds. But but it's nice to see those

669
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:05,040
Speaker 1: young guys because it's a difficult boys, a really difficult

670
00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 1: thing to take the leadership in that situation. I mean,

671
00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 1: just it's like being on the ocean with the big

672
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:15,680
Speaker 1: you know whatever, forty five foot skipper sailboat and now, hey,

673
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 1: you gotta take the wheel and you gotta s hear

674
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:19,600
Speaker 1: this thing through this through this crazy storm, and it's

675
00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:22,720
Speaker 1: there's a lot going on and uh, and those all

676
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:24,920
Speaker 1: three of them seem like they've handled it well. Obviously

677
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:28,480
Speaker 1: a little more success for Darnald and Baker Mayfield, but

678
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 1: it's his first opportunity and he only had a half

679
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:35,400
Speaker 1: of it. But I don't again, they they're kind of

680
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 1: similar body types and execute similarly with in regard to

681
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:42,960
Speaker 1: Tyrod and Baker Mayfield, so maybe they did feel like

682
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:46,000
Speaker 1: they prepared a little bit for him, but certainly brought

683
00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 1: a competitive spirit and added some energy to the Cleveland

684
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:52,160
Speaker 1: team to pick up their first victory in quite some time. Mark,

685
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:55,160
Speaker 1: Let's turn it to the Bill's rookie quarterback Josh Allen.

686
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:57,320
Speaker 1: What do you think what's the next step for him?

687
00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,080
Speaker 1: What are you looking for from Josh Allen in this

688
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:02,480
Speaker 1: game on Sunday? Well, I mean the next step for

689
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:06,560
Speaker 1: I think there was some some quality progress made last week.

690
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 1: There's no question. I mean it didn't seem like it was.

691
00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:12,120
Speaker 1: It was the situation was too big for him. But

692
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,240
Speaker 1: the situation was a little fast for him. He held

693
00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 1: the ball there were some times, and I think he

694
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:20,240
Speaker 1: had some opportunities down the field and for whatever reason,

695
00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 1: was reluctant to throw it, probably because he felt like

696
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,960
Speaker 1: he would throw it into trouble and showed some of

697
00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:28,479
Speaker 1: his escapability and he had Ingram draped all over him

698
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:30,760
Speaker 1: on that one throw and probably I'll advised in that

699
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,600
Speaker 1: situation and try to let that fall go and ended

700
00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:35,240
Speaker 1: up in an interception. But I think there was a

701
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:38,160
Speaker 1: growth process. I think he does inspire some confidence with

702
00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:42,040
Speaker 1: the physical attributes that he possesses. He inspire some confidence

703
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:45,520
Speaker 1: with his offensive personnel. But they've got to there's some

704
00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:47,760
Speaker 1: things they have to be able to do. Some mean,

705
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,640
Speaker 1: they've got to really things have got to be simpler

706
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,000
Speaker 1: for him. He's got to have early opportunities in the

707
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:54,840
Speaker 1: down to get rid of the football he's got to

708
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 1: be primed and conditioned to get rid of it in

709
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,840
Speaker 1: two point two two point three obvious league. An effective

710
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 1: running games can help him immensely because then the play

711
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:07,160
Speaker 1: action pass game would become available to him and he

712
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:10,000
Speaker 1: can sling it so far down the field that there's

713
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,480
Speaker 1: an opportunity. I kind of like what we've seen from

714
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:15,600
Speaker 1: from Robert Foster. I mean, he has been a guy

715
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:17,440
Speaker 1: that they're looking to see if you can stretch the

716
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:20,239
Speaker 1: field vertically, and he seems like he's that guy. Now.

717
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:21,800
Speaker 1: I don't know what will happen when they start to

718
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 1: get up a press position on him if he can

719
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:27,719
Speaker 1: escape there but a guy that can help extend the field,

720
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,400
Speaker 1: and that's what's going to be necessary. But yeah, I

721
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,640
Speaker 1: don't know. I think he needs a healthy running game

722
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:36,600
Speaker 1: to compliment what he's able to do again, because that'll

723
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:40,120
Speaker 1: make the play action past opportunities available. I think there

724
00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:44,120
Speaker 1: are some opportunities against this Minnesota like defensive unit. But

725
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,040
Speaker 1: boy do they have They only just have four guys.

726
00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:49,400
Speaker 1: I mean they got five because Johnson's your little Johnson,

727
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:51,719
Speaker 1: the second year player out of Iowa comes in and

728
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 1: they got guys all over the defensive line. They can

729
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:58,440
Speaker 1: just re havoc with your offensive production. Mark LaShaun McCoy

730
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,840
Speaker 1: has been limited in practice all with the ribs and

731
00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:03,120
Speaker 1: we don't have an official word on what his status

732
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,480
Speaker 1: will be for Sunday, But if he cannot go, is

733
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,960
Speaker 1: there a chance the Bills could have an effective running

734
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:11,400
Speaker 1: game against this Minnesota team? Yeah, I mean, I think

735
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:13,719
Speaker 1: this ways to attack it, and I think you know,

736
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:18,480
Speaker 1: I'm even I'm looking this week and almost becoming a

737
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:22,000
Speaker 1: proponent of loading up and bringing all kinds of guys inside,

738
00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:24,120
Speaker 1: load up with your tight ends and Patrick to Marco

739
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:28,319
Speaker 1: and and try to run the ball inside against this team.

740
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:29,960
Speaker 1: I mean, there's some things that they do when they

741
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:33,520
Speaker 1: line up, and they'll line up like most teams are

742
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:35,640
Speaker 1: going to shade that they're line up in a forty

743
00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:39,480
Speaker 1: defense typically, and sometimes we'll drop that fifth guy down

744
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:41,760
Speaker 1: in the line of scrimmage, but they're going to mostly

745
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:43,840
Speaker 1: be in a form in front, and they're going to

746
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:46,120
Speaker 1: slide to what they perceive to be the running strength.

747
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 1: And when you mountion across the formation, they're not going

748
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:51,399
Speaker 1: to change. They're going to change their linebackers, but they're

749
00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:53,960
Speaker 1: not going to change their defensive lineman. Now that being said,

750
00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:57,440
Speaker 1: sometimes they'll slant those guys and sometimes they'll move those

751
00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:59,840
Speaker 1: guys and they again they run down the line, they

752
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:03,160
Speaker 1: than their arms. I mean, this is the best group

753
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 1: of defensive front seven or front four personnel for sure

754
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:09,320
Speaker 1: that the Bills have faced this year. But I do

755
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:13,480
Speaker 1: think there's some opportunities. I think the linebackers are quite

756
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:15,800
Speaker 1: tight and aggressive to defend the run, and there's some

757
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:19,560
Speaker 1: opportunities in the in the cutback game and to bend

758
00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:22,759
Speaker 1: back to that other side. So there will be some opportunities.

759
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:27,000
Speaker 1: But I think those guys are capable. Certainly, Chris Ivory

760
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,840
Speaker 1: is had, you know, great production in this league and

761
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,000
Speaker 1: as a one step kind of guy, and he can

762
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:34,920
Speaker 1: find a cutback lane. And I think Marcus Murphy cann

763
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,160
Speaker 1: as well. But you're talking about a guy who's who's

764
00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:39,800
Speaker 1: arguably one of the top five guys still in the

765
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:42,040
Speaker 1: NFL in regards to running backs. If you don't have

766
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:45,560
Speaker 1: his services, it depreciates the offense. Talk a little bit

767
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:49,640
Speaker 1: Mark with Mark Kelso, the radio analysts on the Bills

768
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,239
Speaker 1: broadcast in Buffalo Bo's Radio on game day and Mark

769
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,640
Speaker 1: talk a little bit about maybe what the Bills can

770
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,319
Speaker 1: do other than you know, help a young quarterback out.

771
00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:00,239
Speaker 1: I mean, what do you think Josh Allen's got this

772
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,880
Speaker 1: big arm and he's got these abilities. Do you just

773
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:06,160
Speaker 1: absolutely go in there and muscle up, like you said,

774
00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:08,319
Speaker 1: put the fullback in there, put the tight ends in there.

775
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,359
Speaker 1: What do you do off that as a compliment, because

776
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:12,040
Speaker 1: it won't take them long to adjust to that. And

777
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,399
Speaker 1: is it just all play action from there? It's hard

778
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,160
Speaker 1: to go play action and go deep when you've got

779
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,400
Speaker 1: everybody on the field that weighs two hundred and fifty

780
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:24,160
Speaker 1: pounds plus. Yeah. No, And then you have an opportunity

781
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,200
Speaker 1: to spread them out in certain instances, and then you

782
00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 1: can run with twelfth personnel and you have two wide

783
00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:31,719
Speaker 1: receivers and they play a really heavy dose of man

784
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,279
Speaker 1: coverage because they're able to keep you know what I

785
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:37,720
Speaker 1: would call those sluffers, that the guys that aren't covering

786
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:40,439
Speaker 1: somebody in a man situation. So now you're just reading

787
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:43,280
Speaker 1: the quarterback's eyes. And so they'll have a free safety

788
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 1: in the middle, and they'll have a free defender because

789
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:49,600
Speaker 1: they don't bring a lot of pressure, although in critical situations. Lastly,

790
00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:52,160
Speaker 1: particularly against Green Bay, they tended to bring an extra

791
00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:54,200
Speaker 1: guy and a couple of times you've got a little

792
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:56,360
Speaker 1: creative with it, but I think it's because they have

793
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,879
Speaker 1: a great pass rush with just those four. But you've

794
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,480
Speaker 1: got to do things now that affect man coverage. And

795
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:03,719
Speaker 1: the way you affect that is you get guys in

796
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,759
Speaker 1: a cluster situation and you put guys in close proximity,

797
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:09,040
Speaker 1: because the minute that you do that, they're going to

798
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:10,759
Speaker 1: start to back off a little bit and they're going

799
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:13,080
Speaker 1: to provide some early separation and they're not going to

800
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:15,600
Speaker 1: be up on the line of scrimmage. That It's hard

801
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:19,000
Speaker 1: to tell with the film that I get, but it

802
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:23,680
Speaker 1: really seems to me to be pretty distinct and consistent

803
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,800
Speaker 1: that when those guys they really upright in zone or

804
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:29,399
Speaker 1: man the corners that is, and so that they don't

805
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:31,440
Speaker 1: have much of a knee bend at all. But when

806
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:33,800
Speaker 1: they're playing man, it looks to me like they have

807
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:36,560
Speaker 1: their hands inside their knees, and when they're playing zone,

808
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,040
Speaker 1: they have their hands outside their knees. So it'll be

809
00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:41,960
Speaker 1: interesting to see if that's something that the Bills receiving

810
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:44,719
Speaker 1: course can tick up and see if they can attack that.

811
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:48,080
Speaker 1: But again and against that man defense is putting guys

812
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:53,560
Speaker 1: in cluster or stack situations so that you're moving at

813
00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage and you create some early separation,

814
00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:58,799
Speaker 1: or you run that little what I would call kind

815
00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:00,839
Speaker 1: of an influence and replace. I see you run one

816
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:03,799
Speaker 1: guy through an area and clear out of defensive ack,

817
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,000
Speaker 1: and you bring another guy in behind him, and that

818
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:08,799
Speaker 1: creates some opportunities there as well. So yeah, I think

819
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:12,160
Speaker 1: there's opportunities outside the play action pass game, but it's

820
00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:13,719
Speaker 1: going to be again, they're going to have to be

821
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:18,280
Speaker 1: mistake free and they have going to be extremely efficient

822
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:19,920
Speaker 1: and if he holds the ball, he's going to be

823
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,400
Speaker 1: in big trouble. Mark, you had time for one question

824
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:26,120
Speaker 1: about the Buffalo defense against the Vikings offense. What do

825
00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:28,160
Speaker 1: you think of Minnesota's offense? And how do you like

826
00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:32,439
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins the eighty four million dollar man through two games? Yeah,

827
00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 1: and pretty productive. Yeah, really a short to intermediate game.

828
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:39,640
Speaker 1: I mean, they really want to run the football, and

829
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 1: they've got some creativity in the running game and with

830
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:45,600
Speaker 1: some bubble screens that they like to run. And Dalvin

831
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:49,600
Speaker 1: Cook is pretty dynamic, fast, and he reminds me a

832
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:53,680
Speaker 1: little bit of Ivory. He's not practicing here and he's

833
00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:56,120
Speaker 1: not practicing again today. He's still on the sidelines with

834
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 1: an injury. Dalvin Cook well, and that would be really

835
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:03,440
Speaker 1: good because Otavius Murray, although he's he's a real solid player.

836
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:06,160
Speaker 1: I mean, he doesn't bring the dynamic aspect the truth

837
00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:08,200
Speaker 1: brings it in the passing game as well and getting

838
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:10,319
Speaker 1: out in the edge. But they they'll do all kind

839
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:13,000
Speaker 1: of creative things, and they do what I talked about earlier,

840
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 1: like this influence and replaced game. So they'll run a

841
00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:19,320
Speaker 1: guy through and then bring somebody in after that player

842
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:22,000
Speaker 1: clears out the defenders that are in that area, and

843
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,120
Speaker 1: then they're going to throw in that situation. They've got

844
00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 1: some creative outside flood games. They've got dynamic personnel going

845
00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:31,279
Speaker 1: as gracious something. They've got. Rootolph is really good at

846
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:34,000
Speaker 1: the tight end position in their receiving corps. Those guys

847
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:37,960
Speaker 1: they can get after stefandies can get deep and and

848
00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:40,200
Speaker 1: he can sling it. Now Kirk Cousins, Kenny, I don't

849
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:43,279
Speaker 1: think he has an overly strong arm, but well, I

850
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:45,000
Speaker 1: mean he threw it down the middle of the field

851
00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:48,000
Speaker 1: about sixty yards from the line of scrimmage and was

852
00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:51,040
Speaker 1: overthrown because it was a misread between him and stuff on.

853
00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:53,800
Speaker 1: But those guys, I mean, he can throw it, but

854
00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:57,000
Speaker 1: I think it's more of an intermediate and the short

855
00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:59,480
Speaker 1: passing game and the control passing game gets the ball

856
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:02,680
Speaker 1: out on time and make sure you don't cause yourself

857
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 1: any any particular headaches with with the opportunity to get

858
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:09,200
Speaker 1: the ball dis watch from sack or coming back on

859
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:11,600
Speaker 1: the other side, and you know, and then they run

860
00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 1: a lot of cluster and they bunch all those guys

861
00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:16,520
Speaker 1: together and then they get them all constricted and expand

862
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:19,280
Speaker 1: them really quickly when the ball snapped, and that usually

863
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:22,600
Speaker 1: provides opportunities. But rudolphs been great, Adam Filman has been.

864
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:24,799
Speaker 1: I mean he's a he's a top guy as well.

865
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:27,680
Speaker 1: I mean, they got they got plenty of personnel, and

866
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:30,520
Speaker 1: you can see why they're one of the favorites to

867
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:33,000
Speaker 1: come out of the NFC and go deep into the playoffs.

868
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:34,680
Speaker 1: Mark gorgeous about out of time. But this is the

869
00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:36,480
Speaker 1: best team the Bills have played so far, Right is

870
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:40,239
Speaker 1: that pretty evident? Yeah? Yeah, with that accurate. I mean

871
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:43,319
Speaker 1: it's not the best quarterback they've played, it's the best

872
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:47,439
Speaker 1: defensive collection of defensive players. Certainly the best front four.

873
00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:50,600
Speaker 1: And they've got five guys actually, because like I mentioned

874
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:55,719
Speaker 1: to you, I think it's what's his name Hunter up, Yeah, Yeah,

875
00:41:56,000 --> 00:42:00,320
Speaker 1: he's maw. He made a play against Green Bay. It

876
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:03,880
Speaker 1: was just fabulous on an outside run and he just

877
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:05,640
Speaker 1: made a play right at the line of scrimmage on

878
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:09,040
Speaker 1: the boundary. I mean, it was just it was textbook

879
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:11,560
Speaker 1: to the way you need to need to execute. And

880
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:13,799
Speaker 1: and they got guys all over the place. And Richard

881
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:15,760
Speaker 1: sin seems to be playing at a high level. Griffin

882
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:18,279
Speaker 1: as a guy that you, I mean, you better, you

883
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:21,760
Speaker 1: better really understand where he is because he is gonna

884
00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:24,200
Speaker 1: he's gonna cause some problems of getting the ball off

885
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:27,399
Speaker 1: and making sure that you deliver it really quickly. So yeah,

886
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:29,759
Speaker 1: certainly on the defensive side of the football. And then

887
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:33,000
Speaker 1: I think they have they probably have the most dynamic

888
00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:36,359
Speaker 1: collection of offensive personnel if the Bills have seen thus far.

889
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:39,560
Speaker 1: And and and Kirk Cousins says, you know he's playing well,

890
00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:43,640
Speaker 1: there's no question about that. So he's um. He certainly

891
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,600
Speaker 1: deserves some of the some of the financial rewards that

892
00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:50,480
Speaker 1: he's reaping here and his career. And uh and as

893
00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:52,600
Speaker 1: a guy that that doesn't make too many mistakes. So

894
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:55,719
Speaker 1: I really they had an opportunity to win that game US.

895
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:57,799
Speaker 1: I think Green Bay probably would say the same thing,

896
00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:00,160
Speaker 1: but they really, I mean, had they had a the

897
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:01,920
Speaker 1: kicking game go a little bit better for than they

898
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:04,799
Speaker 1: probably would have come out victorious. But the green Bays

899
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:08,080
Speaker 1: as well. It's great also. So I mean, hey, next week,

900
00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:09,879
Speaker 1: you know what I'll be saying next week after watching

901
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:13,439
Speaker 1: these games, what's that they're facing the best quarterback they're

902
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:17,240
Speaker 1: facing so far? Because Aaron Rodgers is unbelievable up against

903
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 1: like unbelievable here, unbelievable some of the throws that he

904
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:22,839
Speaker 1: can make. Mark. Thanks, we'll see you tomorrow and look

905
00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:25,359
Speaker 1: forward to the game on Sunday. Thank you, Yeah, look

906
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:27,040
Speaker 1: forward to it. Guys. You have a great afternoon. Not

907
00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:29,480
Speaker 1: too much thought now when when you go to break. Okay,

908
00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:32,120
Speaker 1: we'll keep it. We'll keep it under control. Mark Kelso,

909
00:43:32,239 --> 00:43:34,400
Speaker 1: color analysts on the Bills Radio Network joined us on

910
00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:37,800
Speaker 1: the Subway First Day catline, presented by Subway Proud to

911
00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:39,759
Speaker 1: be locally owned and operated. Steve and I back with

912
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:41,680
Speaker 1: more in a moment, and we'll keep it under wraps.

913
00:43:41,719 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 1: Here in the commercial break, one goes live from One

914
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:59,759
Speaker 1: Bill's Drive on Buffalo Bills Radio. Jeffraphy, Steve Tasker here,

915
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:02,040
Speaker 1: I had One Bills Drive for One Bills Live. We're

916
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:04,320
Speaker 1: here until three o'clock this afternoon. We got great co

917
00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:06,840
Speaker 1: Sell coming up. We got Lorenzo Alexander coming up. We

918
00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:09,200
Speaker 1: got a football weekend coming up, a weekend that ends

919
00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:12,120
Speaker 1: with the Monday night game. Ryan Fitzpatrick gonna be on

920
00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:15,200
Speaker 1: Monday Night football, the Tampa Bay Bucks home against Pittsburgh's.

921
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:17,719
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh looking for her the first win. They're oh one

922
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:20,360
Speaker 1: and one. They had the dust up with Antonio Brown

923
00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:22,600
Speaker 1: earlier this week when he did not show up for

924
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:25,120
Speaker 1: work on Monday. Brown tweeted out, I want to be

925
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 1: traded or trade me or something like that, and he

926
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:29,120
Speaker 1: met with the media. Antonio Brown met with the media

927
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:31,719
Speaker 1: in the Pittsburgh locker room yesterday and said that's not

928
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:33,279
Speaker 1: the case. He does not want to be traded and

929
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:36,160
Speaker 1: he's not real happy. Listen in now, you guys make

930
00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:38,880
Speaker 1: assumptions about my emotion. You guys don't know me at all.

931
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:41,359
Speaker 1: You guys just right most you didn't gonna get hits

932
00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:43,440
Speaker 1: between me. You know everyone to luck and know what

933
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:45,520
Speaker 1: I stand for. You know what I'm about. You know

934
00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:48,680
Speaker 1: I'm committed to this programs, this organization. Full of year.

935
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:51,360
Speaker 1: I go to work every day about my business and

936
00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:53,280
Speaker 1: I don't take it for granted. You know my appenniness

937
00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:55,640
Speaker 1: is winning here. I'll coming to win. You know when

938
00:44:55,719 --> 00:44:58,840
Speaker 1: winning you down right? I want to ask you about that.

939
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:01,160
Speaker 1: But you're running the locker room Sunday. Why yeah, you

940
00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:03,759
Speaker 1: gotta write story about everything. I thought we lost the games.

941
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:05,799
Speaker 1: If you guys want to talk to me, let's talk here.

942
00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:07,680
Speaker 1: I'm not having for none of you. I don't have

943
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:10,400
Speaker 1: for no one from them to city. What about Sunday

944
00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:14,239
Speaker 1: though you weren't evading one Sunday play, I wasn't really

945
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:16,719
Speaker 1: thought we lost. We didn't win a game, you guys

946
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:18,960
Speaker 1: frust grated? I thought you guys are here supposed to

947
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:21,520
Speaker 1: be writing about winning. The culture should be winning. That

948
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:24,239
Speaker 1: saw that matter. That's how business is winning. We now win.

949
00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:27,160
Speaker 1: If I'm passionate about winning, I signed up to win.

950
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:30,120
Speaker 1: I work extremely hard, player, twenty yards a day on

951
00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:32,560
Speaker 1: my life and my body away from my family. Don't win.

952
00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:35,640
Speaker 1: I want, we don't young because I take it serious.

953
00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:37,480
Speaker 1: A lot of time go into this, A lot of

954
00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:42,480
Speaker 1: hard working effort. Antonio Brown obviously agitated, uh said, I

955
00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:45,040
Speaker 1: show up for work every day. He didn't show us.

956
00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:47,200
Speaker 1: That's why you're sitting there, because if you didn't show

957
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:49,800
Speaker 1: up for work one day, that's why they're asking your questions.

958
00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:52,800
Speaker 1: And yeah, and you can you can sense the frustration

959
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:54,719
Speaker 1: with him and the disgust that he has for having

960
00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:57,080
Speaker 1: to deal with all those questions and um and like

961
00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:01,160
Speaker 1: sometimes happens, you kind of bring it on yourself sometimes. Yeah, okay,

962
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:03,319
Speaker 1: And Tonio will hang in there, buddy, And they're going

963
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:05,000
Speaker 1: down to Tampa. I can't wait to see fitz is.

964
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:07,239
Speaker 1: That'll be fun to see Fits on Monday in football, Right,

965
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:11,319
Speaker 1: it's Pitt at Tampa, Yes, right, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's

966
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:16,600
Speaker 1: uh yeah, it will be nice. Yes, Buffalo fans will

967
00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:18,400
Speaker 1: have a little bit of a little bit of emotional

968
00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:20,920
Speaker 1: attachment to Fits down there, seeing him do well for

969
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:24,160
Speaker 1: another team. Steve's gotta get another team. Steve's got an

970
00:46:24,239 --> 00:46:27,480
Speaker 1: NFL on CBS game coming up Sunday in Carolina, and

971
00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:29,600
Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about that when we come back. The Bengals.

972
00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:31,880
Speaker 1: How good are they? Steve will have some answers about

973
00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:34,280
Speaker 1: that as they're going down to Carolina to play the Panthers.

974
00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:37,080
Speaker 1: Plus Greg cosal gets through all of these issues, all

975
00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:39,680
Speaker 1: of the quarterback issues, the Bills issues, the rookie quarterbacks,

976
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:42,000
Speaker 1: Greg Cos, We're gonna join us next hour, Come on back.

977
00:46:42,239 --> 00:46:44,760
Speaker 1: One Bill's Live, presented by Kalida Health. From One Bill's

978
00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:57,279
Speaker 1: Drive and this is Buffalo Bills Radio. Hello, the Little

979
00:46:57,520 --> 00:47:01,919
Speaker 1: Radio Network Sports. A Something comes from One Bill's Drive

980
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:04,319
Speaker 1: inside the ad Pro Sports Training Center, where the Bills

981
00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:07,120
Speaker 1: have just wrapped up their Friday workout getting set to

982
00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:09,800
Speaker 1: go to Minnesota. They worked out indoors today with a

983
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:12,200
Speaker 1: thread of bad weather outside, but it's nice at least

984
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:14,560
Speaker 1: right now. They own two Bills against the Vikings with

985
00:47:14,719 --> 00:47:17,520
Speaker 1: one win, one tie. Minnesota big favorites in this game.

986
00:47:17,719 --> 00:47:20,359
Speaker 1: Bills have some injury issues. Running back Lashawn McCoy has

987
00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:23,720
Speaker 1: been limited all week with ribs. Cornerback Phillip Gains limited

988
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:27,640
Speaker 1: with his elbow on Wednesdays and Thursday's practice. Cornerback Karen

989
00:47:27,719 --> 00:47:30,600
Speaker 1: Johnson limited with the shoulder injury. The cornerback depth might

990
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:34,360
Speaker 1: be tested again. Bills will issue their weekly status report

991
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:36,880
Speaker 1: on injuries and the prognosis for Sunday a little bit

992
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:39,520
Speaker 1: later today defensive end check Lawson has not practiced in

993
00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:42,400
Speaker 1: two weeks with his hamstring issue. The Vikings have injury

994
00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:45,480
Speaker 1: concerns as well. Dalvin Cook, their running back, miss Wednesday

995
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:48,759
Speaker 1: and Thursday practices, working off to the side today and

996
00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:52,040
Speaker 1: their Friday workout with his hamstring. Defensive end Everson Griffin

997
00:47:52,120 --> 00:47:54,680
Speaker 1: miss Wednesday and Thursday with a knee not seen at

998
00:47:54,719 --> 00:47:58,040
Speaker 1: practice today. In the early portion Bills Vikings one o'clock Sunday,

999
00:47:58,040 --> 00:47:59,759
Speaker 1: you can listen to the game right here on our

1000
00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:03,000
Speaker 1: Chips station in Buffalo, wg OUR Sports Radio five fifty.

1001
00:48:03,239 --> 00:48:05,520
Speaker 1: For the first time in six hundred thirty five days,

1002
00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:08,400
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns won a game. Baker Mayfield showed him

1003
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:11,040
Speaker 1: how the number one overall pick replaced Tyrod Taylor and

1004
00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:14,160
Speaker 1: sparked the Browns to a victory twenty one seventeen over

1005
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:16,800
Speaker 1: the Jets on Thursday Night Football last night, the Browns

1006
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:21,200
Speaker 1: first win since Christmas Eve twenty sixteen. Mayfield was outstanding

1007
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:23,319
Speaker 1: in the game, seventeen to twenty three for two hundred

1008
00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:26,200
Speaker 1: and one yards and played the second half and a

1009
00:48:26,239 --> 00:48:27,959
Speaker 1: little bit at the end of the first half, coming

1010
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:31,000
Speaker 1: in after Tyrod Taylor suffered a concussion and so Cleveland's

1011
00:48:31,080 --> 00:48:34,680
Speaker 1: nineteen game winless streak ends the longest the NFL, second

1012
00:48:34,719 --> 00:48:39,319
Speaker 1: longest since the AFL NFL merger in nineteen seventy. Rob

1013
00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:42,520
Speaker 1: Gunkowski showed up on the Patriots injury report yesterday, but

1014
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:45,239
Speaker 1: it looks like it's precautionary limited in practice with an

1015
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:48,600
Speaker 1: ankle injury. Yesterday, the Patriots expected he will be ready

1016
00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:52,120
Speaker 1: to play against the Detroit Lions this weekend. And the

1017
00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:55,840
Speaker 1: Buffalo Savers coming up was a preseason weekend against Toronto.

1018
00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:58,920
Speaker 1: Preseason events of Leafs tonight in Toronto seven thirty and

1019
00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:00,680
Speaker 1: then they are back home to night a Key Bank

1020
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:04,279
Speaker 1: Center against the Leafs again. And that's the update from

1021
00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:06,880
Speaker 1: One Bill's Drive, John Murphy, Steve Tasker in our one

1022
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:10,040
Speaker 1: Buffalo studio getting set for the Bills and the Minnesota

1023
00:49:10,160 --> 00:49:12,799
Speaker 1: Vikings coming up on Sunday one o'clock. Steve, you're getting

1024
00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:16,000
Speaker 1: set for Cincinnati and Carolina. That's Steve's a NFL on

1025
00:49:16,080 --> 00:49:19,040
Speaker 1: CBS Gaming. Is a sideline reporter on the crew that

1026
00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:22,360
Speaker 1: includes Rich Gannon and Kevin Carland. Steve is the sideline

1027
00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:25,120
Speaker 1: reporter field reporter there. We talked about it last week.

1028
00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:26,719
Speaker 1: That puts a lot on you, doesn't it. You got

1029
00:49:27,480 --> 00:49:31,200
Speaker 1: you got two games and essentially four teams to prepare

1030
00:49:31,239 --> 00:49:34,759
Speaker 1: for every week. Yeah, it's well, the sideline thing is

1031
00:49:34,760 --> 00:49:38,560
Speaker 1: a little bit more of it's more physical activity than

1032
00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:41,160
Speaker 1: it is. Really you gotta be I'm going running around

1033
00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:43,759
Speaker 1: circles around the field. I see a guy limp off

1034
00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:45,360
Speaker 1: on one side. I gotta run to that side of

1035
00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:47,480
Speaker 1: the field to make sure actually run. Yeah, well no,

1036
00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:50,160
Speaker 1: and then and then I gotta run back. Plus it

1037
00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:52,879
Speaker 1: was like two thousand degrees had met life last week.

1038
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:54,279
Speaker 1: In a week one, of course, we were in that

1039
00:49:54,440 --> 00:49:57,520
Speaker 1: rain storm in Baltimore. So what are you looking at

1040
00:49:57,560 --> 00:50:00,279
Speaker 1: whether in Carolina tomorrow Sunday? You know, as good question.

1041
00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:04,840
Speaker 1: I haven't even looked. Um. I know CBS shipped me

1042
00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:09,320
Speaker 1: a raincoat to Carolina. Okay, so that's that's a pretty

1043
00:50:09,320 --> 00:50:11,520
Speaker 1: good indication. It might be an indication. But because the

1044
00:50:11,719 --> 00:50:14,440
Speaker 1: the you know, their fresh out of the Hurricane Florence.

1045
00:50:14,520 --> 00:50:17,239
Speaker 1: So I'm sure we're gonna do some some work on

1046
00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:19,960
Speaker 1: that and some some will cover that the aftermath of

1047
00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:22,040
Speaker 1: that a little bit as well. Bengals are two and

1048
00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:24,400
Speaker 1: oh the Panthers are one and one. We talked about

1049
00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:26,440
Speaker 1: this during the summer. When the Bengals came here a

1050
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:29,239
Speaker 1: week three a preseason, played their starters, their regulars most

1051
00:50:29,280 --> 00:50:31,160
Speaker 1: of the way. I was very impressed with them, Steve,

1052
00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:34,120
Speaker 1: especially on the defensive side of the ball. It seems

1053
00:50:34,120 --> 00:50:36,960
Speaker 1: to me that they're doing a great job defensively. And

1054
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:38,600
Speaker 1: what do you see as you start to look at

1055
00:50:38,640 --> 00:50:40,880
Speaker 1: this game and what the Bengals you have to offer here, Well,

1056
00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:44,120
Speaker 1: they got four guys that can really get after Carlos Dunlap,

1057
00:50:44,360 --> 00:50:46,719
Speaker 1: three of them for sure. Carlos Dune, Latino Adkins and

1058
00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:49,239
Speaker 1: Michael Johnson are really really good and they've been there

1059
00:50:49,320 --> 00:50:53,600
Speaker 1: a long time. Andrew billings Is also is the fourth

1060
00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:55,279
Speaker 1: guy in there, and then they run the other guys

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00:50:55,320 --> 00:51:01,239
Speaker 1: through Hubbard, Tupo, Glasgow, will They've got a lot of

1062
00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:03,520
Speaker 1: guys that get through there and they keep him fresh.

1063
00:51:03,640 --> 00:51:05,920
Speaker 1: And the back end has been really good with Drake

1064
00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:09,440
Speaker 1: kerk Patrick and William Jackson at the corners. They're just

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00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:14,160
Speaker 1: really good up front. Now they do force the quarterback

1066
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:15,880
Speaker 1: to move around. You can see here and some of

1067
00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:21,960
Speaker 1: the stuff they against Minnesota, they get around. Geno Atkins

1068
00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:23,640
Speaker 1: can really cover a lot of ground for a guy

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00:51:23,719 --> 00:51:25,680
Speaker 1: that's down inside a lot he gets a lot of

1070
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:30,279
Speaker 1: sacks from the defensive tackle spot. That's I think to me,

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00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:33,120
Speaker 1: the engine of their defense is their front four. They

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00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:34,719
Speaker 1: can get pressure with those guys a lot like we're

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00:51:34,719 --> 00:51:36,960
Speaker 1: looking at Minnesota this week and an offense, it seems

1074
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:38,840
Speaker 1: to me the Bengals, and it's only two games, but

1075
00:51:39,160 --> 00:51:41,600
Speaker 1: we're seeing a bit of a resurgence from Andy Dalton.

1076
00:51:41,719 --> 00:51:45,040
Speaker 1: He threw four touchdown passes last week. He's had over

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00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:47,120
Speaker 1: one hundred reading in his first two games this year.

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00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:50,480
Speaker 1: Is this a career revival for Andy Dalton? Do you think?

1079
00:51:50,480 --> 00:51:52,400
Speaker 1: Going on? I think a little bit. They got their

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00:51:52,560 --> 00:51:55,000
Speaker 1: offensive line fixed up a little bit. Of course, Cordy

1081
00:51:55,040 --> 00:51:57,520
Speaker 1: Glenn is their former Buffalo Bill, and they also got

1082
00:51:57,640 --> 00:52:00,480
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon, who, despite what you might think of him personally,

1083
00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:04,520
Speaker 1: the guy can really play and his presence on the

1084
00:52:04,600 --> 00:52:07,040
Speaker 1: field has opened things up. And I think Aj Green,

1085
00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:09,279
Speaker 1: you saw last week how big a difference it was.

1086
00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:14,120
Speaker 1: Having a really more than sound running game, a little

1087
00:52:14,200 --> 00:52:16,319
Speaker 1: better offensive line, a little better running back, and all

1088
00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:18,319
Speaker 1: of a sudden, the passing game is much much better

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00:52:18,360 --> 00:52:21,760
Speaker 1: for Andy Dalton as well. So they've done some smart

1090
00:52:21,880 --> 00:52:25,080
Speaker 1: things and they've got some guys and some key spots

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00:52:25,200 --> 00:52:27,759
Speaker 1: like AJ Green, who you know, if you saw that game,

1092
00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:30,560
Speaker 1: that second touchdown he had in traffic where he broke

1093
00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:34,080
Speaker 1: the MSG just showed Wow, it was it was great

1094
00:52:34,160 --> 00:52:37,200
Speaker 1: catch in traffic and he shook a tackler off got

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00:52:37,239 --> 00:52:39,400
Speaker 1: into the end zone. So they're playing really well and

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00:52:39,480 --> 00:52:42,719
Speaker 1: they got a lot of confidence. Plus, you know, like

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00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:44,520
Speaker 1: we always say, like it seems to never be the

1098
00:52:44,600 --> 00:52:47,000
Speaker 1: case here in Buffalo, is that they got Andy Dalton

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00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:49,319
Speaker 1: working in the same offense for about six or eight

1100
00:52:49,480 --> 00:52:52,440
Speaker 1: or ten years. Yeah, I mean that that makes a difference,

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00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:56,200
Speaker 1: particularly when you've got guys like AJ Green and Tyler

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00:52:56,280 --> 00:52:59,520
Speaker 1: Boyd who've been there for a while. So it makes

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00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:02,239
Speaker 1: a difference when you've got a history. You know, you

1104
00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:03,800
Speaker 1: think I asked you this yesterday, how long do you

1105
00:53:03,840 --> 00:53:05,680
Speaker 1: think Marvin Lewis has been the coach of the Cleveland

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00:53:05,719 --> 00:53:09,480
Speaker 1: Brown I mean the Cincinnati Bengals seventeen year, sixteen years

1107
00:53:09,560 --> 00:53:12,480
Speaker 1: he's been there, wow, sixteen years the same head coach.

1108
00:53:12,560 --> 00:53:16,600
Speaker 1: And he has washed through that coaching staff a lot.

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00:53:16,719 --> 00:53:18,440
Speaker 1: There are a lot of new coaches on that and

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00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:20,640
Speaker 1: some of them have gone on, like Mike Zimmer this

1111
00:53:20,760 --> 00:53:23,720
Speaker 1: week in Minnesota. Guys who've gone on to be head coaches.

1112
00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:28,520
Speaker 1: Jay Gruden in Washington came off Marvin Lewis's staff, so's

1113
00:53:28,760 --> 00:53:31,440
Speaker 1: he's had some success sending guys out on their own

1114
00:53:31,480 --> 00:53:33,520
Speaker 1: as head coaches as well. Bengal seven enough to win

1115
00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:36,160
Speaker 1: on the road in Carolina, you think, yeah, I do,

1116
00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:38,440
Speaker 1: because I think, you know, Carolina, it all starts with

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00:53:38,520 --> 00:53:40,600
Speaker 1: their quarterback, and I think their front four and their

1118
00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:44,759
Speaker 1: ability to chase him down is big. But you know,

1119
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:46,600
Speaker 1: when you look at guys in the NFL, Cam Newton

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00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:48,200
Speaker 1: to me is the atomic bomb. I mean, he's the

1121
00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:51,399
Speaker 1: ultimate weapon. A big, huge, strong athlete who can run

1122
00:53:51,480 --> 00:53:54,280
Speaker 1: all over the field, can make every throw, even throws

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00:53:54,320 --> 00:53:57,399
Speaker 1: nobody else can make. And he's been there for a while.

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00:53:57,440 --> 00:53:59,880
Speaker 1: He now he's established, and I think the guy's kind

1125
00:53:59,920 --> 00:54:03,280
Speaker 1: of rally around him, and so I think, yeah, they

1126
00:54:03,360 --> 00:54:05,040
Speaker 1: can do it, but they got to start right there.

1127
00:54:05,880 --> 00:54:07,680
Speaker 1: Steve will be there and then it'll be back here

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Speaker 1: on Monday, right You're you're on Yeah show with this Monday. Yeah,

1129
00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:11,880
Speaker 1: I'll be in Minnesota, so we'll have a lot of

1130
00:54:11,920 --> 00:54:15,440
Speaker 1: football to talk about. We're talking about rookie quarterbacks right

1131
00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:17,800
Speaker 1: now on the show. Five of them drafted in the

1132
00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:20,080
Speaker 1: first round, four of them are playing, three of them

1133
00:54:20,120 --> 00:54:22,760
Speaker 1: are starters. And our question on the Twitter poll, it's simple,

1134
00:54:23,120 --> 00:54:26,160
Speaker 1: which rookie quarterback is off to the best start right now?

1135
00:54:26,200 --> 00:54:28,080
Speaker 1: We're only two games in. We know that, but who's

1136
00:54:28,080 --> 00:54:30,000
Speaker 1: got the best start going Give us a call. We'd

1137
00:54:30,040 --> 00:54:31,279
Speaker 1: love to talk to you about it. Eight oh three

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00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:34,759
Speaker 1: five fifty toll free from Outside Buffalo one eight eight

1139
00:54:34,880 --> 00:54:38,960
Speaker 1: eight five fifty two five fifty. On the Twitter poll, overwhelmingly,

1140
00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:41,360
Speaker 1: sixty seven percent of you say it is Baker Mayfield

1141
00:54:41,400 --> 00:54:43,439
Speaker 1: off to the best start. He's only played one half

1142
00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:45,839
Speaker 1: of football. Josh Allen gets to vote of twenty two,

1143
00:54:46,280 --> 00:54:50,320
Speaker 1: ten percent say Sam Donald, one percent says Lamar Jackson.

1144
00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:54,040
Speaker 1: Of course, Um, you know, rookie quarterbacks, there's a lot

1145
00:54:54,080 --> 00:54:56,399
Speaker 1: of different ways to the starting lineup. Jackson hasn't found

1146
00:54:56,440 --> 00:54:58,200
Speaker 1: his way there yet. We have Peter King. We have

1147
00:54:58,360 --> 00:55:01,040
Speaker 1: Peter King on the show every Tuesday, and a week

1148
00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:04,160
Speaker 1: ago when the Bills were looked like they were getting

1149
00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:06,239
Speaker 1: ready to start, Josh Allen we had a chance. Steve

1150
00:55:06,320 --> 00:55:08,239
Speaker 1: and I had to talk to Peter King about this.

1151
00:55:08,680 --> 00:55:10,600
Speaker 1: You know what it takes to start a rookie where

1152
00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:13,000
Speaker 1: you have to be and what the background has to

1153
00:55:13,080 --> 00:55:14,600
Speaker 1: be a lot of different ways to do it. I

1154
00:55:14,680 --> 00:55:18,439
Speaker 1: mean people will point to Pat Patrick Mahomes. I would

1155
00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:20,720
Speaker 1: say that's the way, that's the way. Let him stick

1156
00:55:20,760 --> 00:55:22,680
Speaker 1: around on the roster for a year and then have

1157
00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:24,680
Speaker 1: him start. If you can do that, it's probably best.

1158
00:55:24,960 --> 00:55:26,759
Speaker 1: Other people will say throw him into the fire, let

1159
00:55:26,840 --> 00:55:28,680
Speaker 1: him go. That's what Peyton Manning did. That's what many

1160
00:55:28,719 --> 00:55:30,759
Speaker 1: of them did. We got three of them starting now.

1161
00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:32,960
Speaker 1: Peter King had this answer where he asked him, what's

1162
00:55:32,960 --> 00:55:35,879
Speaker 1: the template, what's the ideal way to get a rookie

1163
00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:38,040
Speaker 1: quarterback own in the NFL. Here's what Peter King said

1164
00:55:38,080 --> 00:55:41,719
Speaker 1: to us last week. I think one of the things

1165
00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:44,240
Speaker 1: when you play young quarterback. I talked to Pat Mahomes

1166
00:55:44,360 --> 00:55:47,600
Speaker 1: the other day after his sixth touchdown game, and one

1167
00:55:47,640 --> 00:55:50,160
Speaker 1: of the things that he was talking about was what

1168
00:55:50,320 --> 00:55:54,040
Speaker 1: a great benefit he got from sitting in the year one,

1169
00:55:54,360 --> 00:55:58,840
Speaker 1: especially behind Alex Smith. And Alex Smith and Josh McCown

1170
00:55:58,960 --> 00:56:01,399
Speaker 1: basically are this stay to the art when it comes

1171
00:56:01,440 --> 00:56:06,560
Speaker 1: to tutoring young quarterbacks. And that is something, without any question,

1172
00:56:06,920 --> 00:56:12,640
Speaker 1: any young quarterback can use. And so I questioned, obviously

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00:56:12,760 --> 00:56:15,920
Speaker 1: whether that's gonna happen this year in Buffalo, and I

1174
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:19,920
Speaker 1: wish it would for for Allen's sake. Any we all

1175
00:56:19,960 --> 00:56:22,800
Speaker 1: do right, but you don't always book I wish. I

1176
00:56:22,880 --> 00:56:24,759
Speaker 1: wish it went that way for Josh Allen. I wish

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00:56:24,880 --> 00:56:29,080
Speaker 1: Josh Allen had, you know, a quarterback guru like Andy

1178
00:56:29,160 --> 00:56:31,000
Speaker 1: Reid around to help him out a little bit. I

1179
00:56:31,120 --> 00:56:33,880
Speaker 1: wish the bill said Kareem Hunt and Travis Kelsey and

1180
00:56:33,960 --> 00:56:37,600
Speaker 1: Tyree Hill on the roster, given them good weapons. It's

1181
00:56:37,640 --> 00:56:39,319
Speaker 1: not the case, and you don't always get to set

1182
00:56:39,360 --> 00:56:40,759
Speaker 1: it up the way that it has been set up

1183
00:56:40,800 --> 00:56:42,560
Speaker 1: for my homes in Yansas City. Think about what it

1184
00:56:42,640 --> 00:56:47,600
Speaker 1: means though the Chiefs traded Alex Smith. I mean, you

1185
00:56:47,680 --> 00:56:49,600
Speaker 1: got to have a quarter and then here's the thing.

1186
00:56:49,719 --> 00:56:52,080
Speaker 1: How was Alex Smith? And he was I guess good

1187
00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:55,000
Speaker 1: enough to keep that guy on the bench and they

1188
00:56:55,120 --> 00:56:58,960
Speaker 1: played well enough and got to the playoffs and then

1189
00:56:59,040 --> 00:57:03,279
Speaker 1: got rid of that quarter. That that never happens. I mean,

1190
00:57:03,360 --> 00:57:05,400
Speaker 1: that's a once and I've never heard of that happening.

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00:57:06,160 --> 00:57:08,480
Speaker 1: I mean, maybe the forty nine ers do it with

1192
00:57:08,560 --> 00:57:11,080
Speaker 1: Joe Montana back in the day when he went to

1193
00:57:11,160 --> 00:57:13,439
Speaker 1: Kansas City, or do they just release him, they trade

1194
00:57:13,520 --> 00:57:15,960
Speaker 1: him or release him. I mean, it's just crazy. You

1195
00:57:16,160 --> 00:57:19,520
Speaker 1: never get it's more likely that it's gonna happen the

1196
00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:22,160
Speaker 1: way it happened for the Cleveland Browns and the Buffalo Bills.

1197
00:57:22,640 --> 00:57:24,919
Speaker 1: You got a guy who's a bridge quarterback, somebody who's

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00:57:24,960 --> 00:57:27,160
Speaker 1: gonna who's supposed to be good enough to keep a

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Speaker 1: rookie on the bench. But most of the times they're not.

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00:57:31,920 --> 00:57:34,400
Speaker 1: They're just not good enough. You can't find a guy

1201
00:57:34,440 --> 00:57:37,120
Speaker 1: that will play good enough to keep your shiny new

1202
00:57:37,200 --> 00:57:40,680
Speaker 1: high draft pick on the bench. You gotta win games

1203
00:57:40,760 --> 00:57:42,800
Speaker 1: to do that. And if your team's not good enough

1204
00:57:42,840 --> 00:57:45,160
Speaker 1: to win games, which they're usually not, or else you

1205
00:57:45,160 --> 00:57:47,600
Speaker 1: wouldn't be picking in the top five of the draft,

1206
00:57:48,560 --> 00:57:50,479
Speaker 1: you're not good enough to keep him on the bench.

1207
00:57:50,720 --> 00:57:53,840
Speaker 1: And then you go, you go, you know, you fall

1208
00:57:53,920 --> 00:57:55,960
Speaker 1: behind twenty eight to three in the first half, and

1209
00:57:56,000 --> 00:57:58,120
Speaker 1: you gotta throw the guy in there, and then there

1210
00:57:58,160 --> 00:58:00,880
Speaker 1: you are. I mean, you can't what Kansas City did

1211
00:58:01,040 --> 00:58:03,840
Speaker 1: last year. I mean, that was a confluence of events

1212
00:58:03,840 --> 00:58:06,680
Speaker 1: and circumstances. You can say, wow, they're they're geniuses. Randy

1213
00:58:06,760 --> 00:58:10,280
Speaker 1: Reads a genius for doing He ain't no genius. They

1214
00:58:10,360 --> 00:58:13,000
Speaker 1: didn't plan all that four years in advance and started.

1215
00:58:13,080 --> 00:58:16,040
Speaker 1: They didn't plan it even twelve months in advance. They

1216
00:58:16,120 --> 00:58:19,040
Speaker 1: got a chance to trade up in the draft. They

1217
00:58:19,160 --> 00:58:20,480
Speaker 1: got a chance to trade up in a draft for

1218
00:58:20,520 --> 00:58:23,480
Speaker 1: a guy that was there. What if that guy's not there?

1219
00:58:23,840 --> 00:58:25,880
Speaker 1: I think they planned it out a year in advance, right,

1220
00:58:25,960 --> 00:58:29,240
Speaker 1: they got what They did their research on the quarterbacks.

1221
00:58:29,280 --> 00:58:32,160
Speaker 1: They knew that. They probably Andy Reid probably looked at

1222
00:58:32,440 --> 00:58:34,880
Speaker 1: Alex Smith and said, not quite what I'm looking for.

1223
00:58:35,080 --> 00:58:37,560
Speaker 1: Who's in the draft? So they got their scouts, including

1224
00:58:37,640 --> 00:58:40,000
Speaker 1: John Dorsey, by the way, who was involved with the

1225
00:58:40,040 --> 00:58:42,880
Speaker 1: Browns back then, Right, John Dorsey's pick. Who got their

1226
00:58:42,880 --> 00:58:46,480
Speaker 1: scouts involved? Who do you like? This kid worked out? Look?

1227
00:58:46,760 --> 00:58:49,040
Speaker 1: Look at this kid of Texas? Where's the Texas and

1228
00:58:49,320 --> 00:58:51,160
Speaker 1: m worse from Texas Tech? Look at this kid? We

1229
00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:53,360
Speaker 1: got Patrick mahomes here. What do you think of him?

1230
00:58:53,400 --> 00:58:55,920
Speaker 1: They looked at him hard get to the draft, made

1231
00:58:55,960 --> 00:58:57,720
Speaker 1: a deal with Buffalo to move up to number ten,

1232
00:58:57,800 --> 00:58:59,360
Speaker 1: given up first round. They gave up a lot to

1233
00:58:59,480 --> 00:59:01,560
Speaker 1: move up. But yeah, I would give them the benefit

1234
00:59:01,560 --> 00:59:03,120
Speaker 1: of the doubt and said they throught this through at

1235
00:59:03,160 --> 00:59:06,920
Speaker 1: least a year in advance of rant. You're telling me

1236
00:59:08,480 --> 00:59:09,960
Speaker 1: the Chiefs had to get it right. They had to

1237
00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:11,720
Speaker 1: have a quarterback that they liked that they could sit

1238
00:59:11,800 --> 00:59:15,880
Speaker 1: in them and and ten teams had to do exactly

1239
00:59:15,960 --> 00:59:18,920
Speaker 1: what they needed to do to make Mahomes available at

1240
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:23,520
Speaker 1: number ten. Nine the nine guys, that's right. Nobody knew

1241
00:59:23,520 --> 00:59:25,640
Speaker 1: it it was. It was a It was a roll

1242
00:59:25,680 --> 00:59:27,800
Speaker 1: of the dice way up until the time it happened.

1243
00:59:27,840 --> 00:59:30,720
Speaker 1: They didn't make the deal until the nine had been picked. Right.

1244
00:59:30,960 --> 00:59:32,920
Speaker 1: They weren't gonna make the deal if their guy wasn't there,

1245
00:59:33,280 --> 00:59:35,680
Speaker 1: and none of it ever happens if he's not That's right.

1246
00:59:36,280 --> 00:59:40,920
Speaker 1: What's wrong with that? Kansas City twenty five thousand things

1247
00:59:40,960 --> 00:59:42,800
Speaker 1: had to go exactly right for Kansas City to make

1248
00:59:42,840 --> 00:59:45,560
Speaker 1: that deal. I give them more credit than that. They

1249
00:59:45,680 --> 00:59:48,560
Speaker 1: positioned themselves to be that position to be able to

1250
00:59:48,600 --> 00:59:50,360
Speaker 1: trade up and get to the tenth pick and get

1251
00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:52,640
Speaker 1: the quarterback that they clearly liked. I got to say

1252
00:59:52,680 --> 00:59:55,360
Speaker 1: this too, Patrick Mahomes is off to a spectacular start,

1253
00:59:55,400 --> 00:59:57,960
Speaker 1: almost a record setting start. I'd like to see him

1254
00:59:57,960 --> 00:59:59,480
Speaker 1: play a little bit more. I think he's really good.

1255
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:01,800
Speaker 1: Don't if he's going to revolutionize the game or anything,

1256
01:00:01,840 --> 01:00:05,080
Speaker 1: but I give the Chiefs credit. Alain Dorsey, the GM

1257
01:00:05,160 --> 01:00:07,960
Speaker 1: back then and Andy Reid who's done a great job

1258
01:00:08,040 --> 01:00:10,520
Speaker 1: coaching up Mahomes and getting him ready to play. And

1259
01:00:10,640 --> 01:00:12,800
Speaker 1: they also, by the way, had a good supporting cast

1260
01:00:12,840 --> 01:00:15,440
Speaker 1: around him, as they mentioned with Kelsey and the running

1261
01:00:15,440 --> 01:00:17,440
Speaker 1: back is good. That's one of the twenty five thousand

1262
01:00:17,480 --> 01:00:18,880
Speaker 1: things that had to be right for him to sit

1263
01:00:18,920 --> 01:00:20,160
Speaker 1: on the bench for an entire year. I mean, that's

1264
01:00:20,160 --> 01:00:24,320
Speaker 1: where we're talking about the plant that that Mahomes is

1265
01:00:24,400 --> 01:00:26,800
Speaker 1: lightened it up and the thought being that he had

1266
01:00:26,880 --> 01:00:28,960
Speaker 1: this whole year behind Alex Smith that kind of made

1267
01:00:29,000 --> 01:00:30,880
Speaker 1: the difference. We had Peter King on just a moment ago,

1268
01:00:30,920 --> 01:00:33,040
Speaker 1: and he said that from from Monday when he was

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Speaker 1: on or Tuesday when he was on, you know, going

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Speaker 1: back and saying, Mahomes said that year was invaluable to him.

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Speaker 1: And we're talking about these rookie quarterbacks this year with

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Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield and Josh Allen and Sam Darnoland, how they're playing,

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Speaker 1: and the thought is that, you know, I'm my point

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Speaker 1: is nobody gets the luxury of leaving a rookie quarterback

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Speaker 1: of that caliber on the bench, And even in Kansas

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Speaker 1: City where they did it, it was a confluence of

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Speaker 1: like all these different things had to come together. They

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Speaker 1: got a good roster, they had a quarterback, they had

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Speaker 1: guys who picked him, and then they had a good

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Speaker 1: quarterback that played good enough to keep him on the bench.

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Speaker 1: They had a playoff team last year. And then even

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Speaker 1: so you think about it, a lot of teams wouldn't

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Speaker 1: let Alex Smith go. They're not trading that guy, you

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Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. Yeah, So, how are you finding

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Speaker 1: fault with what Kansas City did. I'm not saying I'm

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Speaker 1: finding fault with it. I'm saying they got lucky in

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Speaker 1: a number of respects. How are they lucky that nine

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Speaker 1: other teams passed on the guy they liked before they

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Speaker 1: picked him. But that's right, and they had a quarterback

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Speaker 1: good enough that was gonna play good enough for them

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Speaker 1: to keep get them in the playoffs and keep him

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Speaker 1: on the bench for a year. What if what if

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Speaker 1: Alex Smith went out there in Week one and stunk,

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Speaker 1: if he got a concussion, was out for a month,

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Speaker 1: then Mahomes goes in there and stinks. That's all that

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Speaker 1: hot stuff has to happen for him to get an

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Speaker 1: entire year on the bench. There's no way, Hey, you can.

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Speaker 1: Once the season starts, you can't plan anything because you

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Speaker 1: don't know who's gonna step off the curb and break

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01:02:05,120 --> 01:02:07,320
Speaker 1: their ankle, let alone get hurt in the game. Luck

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Speaker 1: all over the leagues. Well, that's yeah, that's why you

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01:02:09,680 --> 01:02:12,040
Speaker 1: make That's why you know it's it is what it is.

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Speaker 1: It's a great league. But you I'm telling you they

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Speaker 1: can make all these plans and all that, and it's great.

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Speaker 1: And Andy Reid you can say he's a genius. I'm saying, listen,

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01:02:19,200 --> 01:02:21,560
Speaker 1: let's pump the brakes. They got a lot of things

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Speaker 1: going their way that that fell just right for Patrick

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Speaker 1: Mahomes to be able to sit on the bench for

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Speaker 1: an entire year. And that's the idea. Do you think

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Speaker 1: to sit on the bench for the entire year? Mahomes

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Speaker 1: thinks it is. I mean, it's by his own words,

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Speaker 1: he said it was invaluable. And then, let's face it,

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Speaker 1: do you think that a lot of people are saying, hey,

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Speaker 1: Mahomes is gonna be really good. Mahomes is gonna be

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Speaker 1: really good when he comes out this year after they

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Speaker 1: traded Alex Smith, Well, they weren't gonna say anything else.

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Speaker 1: In Kansas City, They're going, yeah, that we did the

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Speaker 1: right thing. We did the right thing, and now it

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Speaker 1: does look like they did the right thing. But who knew,

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Speaker 1: You don't know, you don't know. No, you set yourself

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Speaker 1: up to be in position to make those kind of moves.

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Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. And listen, Andy Reid is has

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Speaker 1: really gotten a lot of credit, and deservedly so, for

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Speaker 1: the way he handled this whole thing the last two

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Speaker 1: years with his quarterbacks. But I'm telling you what, there's

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Speaker 1: only so much he can control. Sure, there's only so

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01:03:09,080 --> 01:03:11,200
Speaker 1: much he can control. Yeah, And the fact that he

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Speaker 1: got a chance to keep Mahomes on the bench for

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Speaker 1: an entire year and then starting that last week of

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Speaker 1: the season, I mean, yeah, yeah, Okay, everybody would love

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Speaker 1: to do that, bring a guy along slowly. But you

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Speaker 1: only do that because you got a guy like Alex Smith,

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Speaker 1: an established number one overall pick back in the day

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Speaker 1: who has played every year of his career. I mean that,

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Speaker 1: come on, nobody can do that. They did it, I'm right,

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Speaker 1: but nobody can really do that. That's that's always maybe

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Speaker 1: the plan. It never happens that way. Look at what's

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Speaker 1: happened around the league this year and That's how we

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Speaker 1: got to this look at with Mayfield, with Darnold and

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Speaker 1: with Josh Allen. Yeah, and Lamar. You think Lamar Jackson

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01:03:50,400 --> 01:03:52,840
Speaker 1: and you know he's got Sam's Are they going to

1342
01:03:52,920 --> 01:03:56,040
Speaker 1: trade Joe Flacco next year for Lamar Jackson? Probably not.

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01:03:56,240 --> 01:03:58,520
Speaker 1: It's about to happen, you would think in Arizona, right. No,

1344
01:03:59,280 --> 01:04:01,120
Speaker 1: you would think it's about to happen with Rosen in

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01:04:01,120 --> 01:04:03,240
Speaker 1: Arizona two right next week or two. Let's get Great

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Speaker 1: Co Saling on this, the analyst from NFL Matchup on ESPN,

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Speaker 1: the producer of that, longtime senior producer at NFL Films,

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Speaker 1: standing by to join us in just a moment after

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Speaker 1: the break, One Bills Live, presented by a Lot of

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Speaker 1: Health from One Bill's Drive. And this is Buffalo Bill's Radio.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the show, John Murphy and Steve Tasker.

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Speaker 1: One Bills Live from One Bill's Drive on a Friday.

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Speaker 1: Friday's means we get to talk with Great Cosell. He

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Speaker 1: is executive producer analysts of NFL Matchup with the South,

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Speaker 1: Platonio and Met Bowen on ESPN. He's been a longtime

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Speaker 1: senior producer at NFL Films. Great Co sell on the

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Speaker 1: line with US High Greg, John Murphy and Steve Tasker

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Speaker 1: in Buffalo. How are you doing today, nurse Steve? What's happening?

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Speaker 1: You know? You know, I gotta tell you before we

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Speaker 1: get into some meat potatoes here on the Twitter site

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Speaker 1: for NFL matchup this week time, I noticed it some

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Speaker 1: pretty extensive and interesting statistical information out there that just

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Speaker 1: start this week or if I miss that, No, no,

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Speaker 1: we actually did that last year as well. Uh. You know,

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Speaker 1: we try to put out as much information as we

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Speaker 1: can stay through the week and hopefully, you know, people

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Speaker 1: follow stuff like this blitz percentage. The Buffalo Bills are

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Speaker 1: what the fifth lowest blitzing team in the NFL blitzing

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Speaker 1: fifteen and a half perce percent of the time. That's

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Speaker 1: that's instructive. How do you look at stats like that? Greg?

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Speaker 1: What do you I mean? Blitzeres can be seen differently

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Speaker 1: by different people, obviously, so you have to define what

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Speaker 1: a blitz is. Some people will will say it's five

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Speaker 1: or more. Some people will look at it as if

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Speaker 1: it's a second or third level defender, even if it's

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Speaker 1: only four that come. So it all depends on how

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Speaker 1: you wanted to define it. Coaches define it differently, as

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Speaker 1: Steve probably knows, different things go on different reels. Like

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Speaker 1: you could see a blitz reel and it could have

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Speaker 1: a four man rush, but if the fourth guy is

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Speaker 1: the slot corner, that would be viewed as a blaze. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's interesting because there are so many I mean, there

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Speaker 1: are eleven guys on the field, and if you blitz

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Speaker 1: any five of them, it's considered a blitz for some people,

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Speaker 1: and then other times it's it's not. And that's right, right,

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Speaker 1: I mean, and it's you got a siphon. You got

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Speaker 1: to decipher what you see on film and then quantify

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Speaker 1: it somehow, and sometimes it's hard to do because they

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Speaker 1: all look so different. Yeah, And theoretically, look, if let's

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Speaker 1: say you're a mic protection team where the five offensive

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Speaker 1: linemen are blocking let's say four down linemen and the

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Speaker 1: person they designate as the middle linebacker or the mic linebacker. Theoretically,

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Speaker 1: if the mic linebacker were to come, he's taken care

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Speaker 1: of by the protection. So it all depends on how

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Speaker 1: you want to categorize this stuff. Great yourself from an

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Speaker 1: NFL Matchup executive producer and analysts on the Line with

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Speaker 1: us we're talking here today in Buffalo, Greg about rookie quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: Now three of them starting, four of them playing. Which

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Speaker 1: are the four do you think is after the best

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Speaker 1: start at this early early stage of the season. Well, obviously,

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01:07:03,040 --> 01:07:06,600
Speaker 1: Darnold started all three games. He's the only one who's

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01:07:06,600 --> 01:07:09,480
Speaker 1: done that. He's had his ups, he's had his downs.

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01:07:10,800 --> 01:07:13,919
Speaker 1: Last night, obviously, he struggled quite a bit. He played

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Speaker 1: against the defense. It's actually been pretty good through three weeks,

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01:07:16,960 --> 01:07:21,960
Speaker 1: but he struggled personally. Baker Mayfield obviously has played a

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01:07:21,960 --> 01:07:24,360
Speaker 1: little more than a half of football. Saw a lot

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Speaker 1: of good things last night. He's an aggressive thrower of

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01:07:27,320 --> 01:07:31,800
Speaker 1: the football. He's decisive. There's no hesitation to his game.

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Speaker 1: There wasn't in college. We'll see if that continues. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: teams will specifically game plan for him as the quarterback

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Speaker 1: within the context of that offense, and then we'll see

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Speaker 1: how it plays out. As you know, Murph Steve, every

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Speaker 1: young quarterback goes through struggles. And then obviously there's your

1414
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Speaker 1: guy Josh Allen, who got his first start last week. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: let's talk a little bit about how we evaluate these guys.

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Speaker 1: And it's been our problem, or maybe it's our job,

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01:08:01,600 --> 01:08:05,000
Speaker 1: Greg that you got to consider the guys around them

1418
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Speaker 1: as well. I mean, what kind of team they're playing

1419
01:08:06,880 --> 01:08:09,200
Speaker 1: on makes a big difference in how successful they are.

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Speaker 1: And we just had I just had a huge rant

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Speaker 1: about Baker Mayfield and how you know, it was no

1422
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Speaker 1: question it benefited him to sit on the bench in

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Speaker 1: Kansas City last year behind Alex Smith, but most teams,

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Mahomes, it benefited him a great deal for

1425
01:08:23,880 --> 01:08:26,040
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes to sit on the bench in Kansas City

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Speaker 1: behind Alex Smith. But nobody else really has that luxury,

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Speaker 1: not really anymore. I mean over the years, these recent years,

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Speaker 1: you've heard a lot of coaches and GMS talk about

1429
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Speaker 1: how they want to sit quarterbacks. When Blake Bortles was drafted,

1430
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Speaker 1: the GM and Jacksonville David Caldwell made it a point

1431
01:08:45,720 --> 01:08:47,599
Speaker 1: to say he wouldn't take a snap as a rookie.

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Speaker 1: Week three, he was starting. In Chicago, they signed Mike

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Speaker 1: Glennon to be their starting quarterback. Then they drafted Mitchell Trubisky.

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Speaker 1: They made it a point to say Glennon is the

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Speaker 1: starting quarterback. I think it was after two weeks that

1436
01:09:01,360 --> 01:09:04,400
Speaker 1: or three weeks that Glennan sat and Trubisky was this daughter.

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01:09:04,800 --> 01:09:08,280
Speaker 1: So normally, if a quarterback goes to a team that

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Speaker 1: doesn't win early, that quarterback will play early. Greg one

1439
01:09:14,760 --> 01:09:17,439
Speaker 1: and a half game's worth of tape on the Josh Allen,

1440
01:09:17,600 --> 01:09:19,840
Speaker 1: including the start last week. What do you see from

1441
01:09:19,840 --> 01:09:22,240
Speaker 1: the Bills rookie quarterback and where can he get better?

1442
01:09:22,360 --> 01:09:25,559
Speaker 1: From your standpoint, well, I think he has a ways

1443
01:09:25,640 --> 01:09:28,320
Speaker 1: to go, and I think that that's not surprising. I'm

1444
01:09:28,400 --> 01:09:31,680
Speaker 1: sure in the offices of the Bills they would they

1445
01:09:31,760 --> 01:09:35,439
Speaker 1: would see it the same way at this point in time.

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01:09:35,680 --> 01:09:38,000
Speaker 1: I mean, as an overview statement, I would say that

1447
01:09:38,479 --> 01:09:41,200
Speaker 1: he showed some flashes with his arm and his movement,

1448
01:09:41,560 --> 01:09:44,440
Speaker 1: but he needs much work with his mechanics, his fundamentals,

1449
01:09:44,840 --> 01:09:49,200
Speaker 1: his understanding of route concepts, as far as progression reading

1450
01:09:49,320 --> 01:09:52,400
Speaker 1: versus the coverage. That would sort of be an overview statement.

1451
01:09:53,479 --> 01:09:55,920
Speaker 1: So I think he clearly has a ways to go.

1452
01:09:56,040 --> 01:09:59,040
Speaker 1: There was one play in particular that to me sort

1453
01:09:59,080 --> 01:10:02,320
Speaker 1: of defines exa exactly where what Josh Allen is at

1454
01:10:02,400 --> 01:10:05,160
Speaker 1: this point, and that was the fifty seven yard play

1455
01:10:05,240 --> 01:10:08,519
Speaker 1: to Zay Jones. Because that was and Steve will know

1456
01:10:08,640 --> 01:10:10,960
Speaker 1: exactly what I'm talking about, that was a post wheel

1457
01:10:11,080 --> 01:10:14,960
Speaker 1: concept to the field and the wheel route was wide

1458
01:10:15,040 --> 01:10:19,040
Speaker 1: open versus cover three. He didn't see it. They didn't

1459
01:10:19,080 --> 01:10:21,800
Speaker 1: register to him at all. So what happened was is

1460
01:10:21,840 --> 01:10:23,840
Speaker 1: he ended up moving out of the pocket to his

1461
01:10:23,960 --> 01:10:26,400
Speaker 1: left and then he threw the ball sixty yards in

1462
01:10:26,479 --> 01:10:29,080
Speaker 1: the air to Jones. So it was the negative and

1463
01:10:29,200 --> 01:10:31,920
Speaker 1: the positive within one play. Yeah, and that's what you're

1464
01:10:31,920 --> 01:10:33,720
Speaker 1: going to see so much with all these young guys

1465
01:10:33,760 --> 01:10:37,080
Speaker 1: on it. Certainly Baker Mayfield one of them. You talk

1466
01:10:37,120 --> 01:10:39,479
Speaker 1: about the way it happened from Mayfield last night in

1467
01:10:39,560 --> 01:10:41,960
Speaker 1: his first half of play, and also like Sam Darnold

1468
01:10:42,000 --> 01:10:44,280
Speaker 1: in his first game on a Monday night against Detroit.

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01:10:44,400 --> 01:10:46,719
Speaker 1: They both come out and hit it with a big splash.

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01:10:47,400 --> 01:10:49,519
Speaker 1: But then as they started to get in and the

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01:10:49,600 --> 01:10:51,439
Speaker 1: team start to get a cattalo, they start to watch

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01:10:51,520 --> 01:10:53,479
Speaker 1: these guys play. Much like like you just said about

1473
01:10:53,560 --> 01:10:57,240
Speaker 1: Josh Allen. These teams are gonna get a defensive game

1474
01:10:57,320 --> 01:10:59,680
Speaker 1: plan together and do everything they can to make it

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Speaker 1: as difficult as they can, and in a lot of

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01:11:02,280 --> 01:11:05,120
Speaker 1: cases they get it done. These defenses look at these

1477
01:11:05,160 --> 01:11:07,840
Speaker 1: young quarterbacks and know exactly what they need to do

1478
01:11:08,000 --> 01:11:10,479
Speaker 1: to make it hard on them. Yeah, and the thing is,

1479
01:11:10,600 --> 01:11:14,160
Speaker 1: we're so quick, everybody is. It seems so quick to

1480
01:11:14,240 --> 01:11:17,479
Speaker 1: annoint guys. I mean Sam Darneld after his first game,

1481
01:11:17,520 --> 01:11:20,840
Speaker 1: which by the way, was not truly representative of a

1482
01:11:20,920 --> 01:11:23,080
Speaker 1: game for a quarterback because of it the way it

1483
01:11:23,200 --> 01:11:25,840
Speaker 1: played out. He only dropped backed in that game maybe

1484
01:11:25,880 --> 01:11:29,480
Speaker 1: twenty two, twenty three times, which is truly not representative

1485
01:11:29,520 --> 01:11:31,920
Speaker 1: of an NFL game for a quarterback. And then we

1486
01:11:32,040 --> 01:11:35,679
Speaker 1: annoint guys I mean, and it's not their fault. I mean, look,

1487
01:11:35,920 --> 01:11:39,280
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson started six games last year and did he

1488
01:11:39,400 --> 01:11:42,200
Speaker 1: play well? Sure, he played well, but all this summer

1489
01:11:42,240 --> 01:11:44,479
Speaker 1: I heard that he's Michael Jordan. You know. I think

1490
01:11:45,040 --> 01:11:48,320
Speaker 1: we have to be careful about that. It's a process.

1491
01:11:48,880 --> 01:11:52,960
Speaker 1: Young quarterbacks will have ups and downs. Some have traits

1492
01:11:53,040 --> 01:11:55,560
Speaker 1: that allow them to be a little more ready to

1493
01:11:55,680 --> 01:11:58,559
Speaker 1: play than others, and they may look a little bit better,

1494
01:11:59,000 --> 01:12:02,080
Speaker 1: but they will go through some tough times. Pat Mahomes

1495
01:12:02,200 --> 01:12:06,120
Speaker 1: will not throw ten touchdowns every two weeks. He will

1496
01:12:06,200 --> 01:12:08,640
Speaker 1: go through a game or two or three where he

1497
01:12:08,760 --> 01:12:13,040
Speaker 1: struggles as well. People may not remember, obviously, Alex Smith

1498
01:12:13,080 --> 01:12:15,400
Speaker 1: did not throw ten touchdowns in the last two In

1499
01:12:15,479 --> 01:12:17,920
Speaker 1: the first two games a year ago. But through about

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01:12:17,920 --> 01:12:20,519
Speaker 1: the first four or five weeks a year ago, people

1501
01:12:20,560 --> 01:12:23,160
Speaker 1: were talking about Alex Smith and that Chief's offense as

1502
01:12:23,200 --> 01:12:26,040
Speaker 1: if it was on a record pace. And obviously it

1503
01:12:26,160 --> 01:12:29,720
Speaker 1: slowed down. And that's probably gonna happen again this year

1504
01:12:29,800 --> 01:12:32,000
Speaker 1: with the Chiefs as well. I mean, there's, like you said,

1505
01:12:32,040 --> 01:12:34,479
Speaker 1: there's just no way they can keep that fire going.

1506
01:12:34,520 --> 01:12:36,479
Speaker 1: What I wanted to ask you too, is you've got

1507
01:12:36,520 --> 01:12:39,559
Speaker 1: these young quarterbacks sitting and like Baker Mayfield, Josh Allen,

1508
01:12:39,880 --> 01:12:42,720
Speaker 1: Josh Rosen out in Arizona where it looks like it's

1509
01:12:43,040 --> 01:12:45,760
Speaker 1: you know, the time clock is ticking out there. How

1510
01:12:45,800 --> 01:12:48,320
Speaker 1: do you balance, for instance, here in Buffalo, how do

1511
01:12:48,360 --> 01:12:51,240
Speaker 1: you balance the physical gifts of a Josh Allen where

1512
01:12:51,240 --> 01:12:53,360
Speaker 1: he's got this an enormous arm. He's a huge guy,

1513
01:12:53,520 --> 01:12:58,960
Speaker 1: He's a great athlete against maybe the experience of a

1514
01:12:59,080 --> 01:13:01,000
Speaker 1: quarterback that sits ahead of him. He look a guy

1515
01:13:01,040 --> 01:13:03,680
Speaker 1: like even Lamar Jackson in Baltimore. Is there ever a

1516
01:13:03,800 --> 01:13:05,640
Speaker 1: chance where he's going to get a chance, you know,

1517
01:13:05,880 --> 01:13:08,320
Speaker 1: I mean, he's never going to oust Joe Flacco as

1518
01:13:08,360 --> 01:13:12,000
Speaker 1: a cerebral throwing quarterback. How do you balance the physical

1519
01:13:12,040 --> 01:13:16,280
Speaker 1: abilities with an NFL quarterback who stands back there and

1520
01:13:16,400 --> 01:13:20,400
Speaker 1: thinks through the game. Well, you know again, obviously they

1521
01:13:20,920 --> 01:13:23,200
Speaker 1: must like Lamar Jackson because they trade it up to

1522
01:13:23,280 --> 01:13:26,720
Speaker 1: get him. So Lamar Jackson's playing time this year will

1523
01:13:26,760 --> 01:13:29,680
Speaker 1: likely be a function of the team's record. But I think,

1524
01:13:29,720 --> 01:13:32,280
Speaker 1: to make a larger point, Steve, I think with the

1525
01:13:32,360 --> 01:13:35,920
Speaker 1: young quarterbacks, very often it's a function of the rest

1526
01:13:36,000 --> 01:13:38,800
Speaker 1: of their team. To some degree. We can evaluate their

1527
01:13:38,920 --> 01:13:42,679
Speaker 1: traits and their attributes and their characteristics in our vacuum.

1528
01:13:42,920 --> 01:13:44,559
Speaker 1: We can do that, and that's what I do when

1529
01:13:44,600 --> 01:13:48,360
Speaker 1: I evaluate quarterbacks who come out of college. But sometimes

1530
01:13:48,400 --> 01:13:53,360
Speaker 1: their early success or failure, particularly measured in wins and losses,

1531
01:13:53,800 --> 01:13:56,920
Speaker 1: becomes a function of the rest of their team. And

1532
01:13:57,280 --> 01:14:01,400
Speaker 1: that's I mean, look, we Allen. I could talk about

1533
01:14:01,479 --> 01:14:03,360
Speaker 1: him with you guys for the next ten minutes given

1534
01:14:03,640 --> 01:14:07,439
Speaker 1: what I saw on his tape these oh this game

1535
01:14:07,520 --> 01:14:10,400
Speaker 1: and a half. But you're also dealing with a situation

1536
01:14:10,479 --> 01:14:12,439
Speaker 1: where there are an awful lot of free rushers at

1537
01:14:12,479 --> 01:14:16,439
Speaker 1: Allen throughout the game against the Chargers. Now, some resulted

1538
01:14:16,560 --> 01:14:20,040
Speaker 1: clearly from offensive line breakdowns. My sense watching the tape

1539
01:14:20,160 --> 01:14:22,640
Speaker 1: was there were some that resulted from Allen's lack of

1540
01:14:22,720 --> 01:14:26,600
Speaker 1: pre snap recognition, which is always an issue with young quarterbacks.

1541
01:14:27,080 --> 01:14:31,639
Speaker 1: So this is I mean, when when you look at it, Okay,

1542
01:14:31,680 --> 01:14:35,000
Speaker 1: they started the year with Nathan Peterman. What were they

1543
01:14:35,040 --> 01:14:37,920
Speaker 1: trying to get done? This was a team theoretically that

1544
01:14:38,120 --> 01:14:40,600
Speaker 1: was going to be built on running the ball with

1545
01:14:40,760 --> 01:14:46,120
Speaker 1: consistency and playing quality defense. Neither one of those two

1546
01:14:46,320 --> 01:14:49,759
Speaker 1: things has happened through two games. So now you're putting

1547
01:14:49,840 --> 01:14:52,800
Speaker 1: Josh Allen out there, and what are you expecting him

1548
01:14:52,880 --> 01:14:56,800
Speaker 1: to do in those circumstances. Great Cosal is on the

1549
01:14:56,880 --> 01:15:00,120
Speaker 1: line with US executive producer analyst of NFL Matchup. So

1550
01:15:00,240 --> 01:15:03,200
Speaker 1: on the topic of Josh Ellen, on the topic of matchups,

1551
01:15:03,439 --> 01:15:05,080
Speaker 1: what will he see this week? What kind of a

1552
01:15:05,120 --> 01:15:09,240
Speaker 1: matchup to the Minnesota Vikings present to Josh Ellen. I'm

1553
01:15:09,280 --> 01:15:11,800
Speaker 1: not laughing because I think it's funny. I'm laughing because

1554
01:15:11,880 --> 01:15:15,200
Speaker 1: he's playing maybe one of the two best defenses in

1555
01:15:15,280 --> 01:15:18,320
Speaker 1: the league, a defense that does not have a weakness

1556
01:15:18,400 --> 01:15:21,720
Speaker 1: at at any level of their defense, and it's an

1557
01:15:21,800 --> 01:15:26,320
Speaker 1: extremely difficult defense to play against. We've talked about the

1558
01:15:26,400 --> 01:15:29,439
Speaker 1: Billzo line a number of times. It's not an overly

1559
01:15:29,520 --> 01:15:32,760
Speaker 1: athletic group, and they're going to be really stressed and

1560
01:15:32,960 --> 01:15:36,240
Speaker 1: challenged by the front of the Vikings. The Vikings have

1561
01:15:36,400 --> 01:15:40,840
Speaker 1: two nickel linebackers in Barr and Kendricks, who as a

1562
01:15:41,040 --> 01:15:43,160
Speaker 1: duo are as good as there are in the league.

1563
01:15:43,400 --> 01:15:47,760
Speaker 1: They fit that Mike Zimmer's system extremely well. They're outstanding

1564
01:15:47,800 --> 01:15:50,800
Speaker 1: in the secondary. We know about Harrison Smith, the other

1565
01:15:50,920 --> 01:15:53,960
Speaker 1: safety Andrews and Dejo is a very good player as well.

1566
01:15:54,880 --> 01:15:58,600
Speaker 1: We know about Xavier Rhodes. They're just there's no weakness

1567
01:15:58,680 --> 01:16:02,120
Speaker 1: to this defense. Yeah, And it's and the Bills walk

1568
01:16:02,200 --> 01:16:06,200
Speaker 1: in after, you know, falling behind so quickly early in

1569
01:16:06,240 --> 01:16:08,400
Speaker 1: their games. And that's one of the things that you know,

1570
01:16:08,439 --> 01:16:11,040
Speaker 1: Buffalo fans have been talking about, Greg, is the fact

1571
01:16:11,080 --> 01:16:13,559
Speaker 1: that you don't even really know what the Bills can

1572
01:16:13,640 --> 01:16:15,920
Speaker 1: do with a regular game plan when they can actually

1573
01:16:16,000 --> 01:16:18,800
Speaker 1: run an offensive game plan because they're they're digging out

1574
01:16:18,840 --> 01:16:21,200
Speaker 1: of a hole so quickly because their defense has not

1575
01:16:21,600 --> 01:16:23,680
Speaker 1: held up and their defense has been a disappointment. I

1576
01:16:23,760 --> 01:16:28,400
Speaker 1: think that's pretty well accepted. And I think that's, like

1577
01:16:28,560 --> 01:16:32,760
Speaker 1: I said, they anticipated their defense keeping games together. I mean,

1578
01:16:32,840 --> 01:16:34,600
Speaker 1: I don't think anybody thought they'd be you know, the

1579
01:16:34,680 --> 01:16:37,640
Speaker 1: eighty five bear Steve, But I think they thought that

1580
01:16:37,760 --> 01:16:40,719
Speaker 1: they could keep games together, which would initially have allowed

1581
01:16:40,800 --> 01:16:43,840
Speaker 1: Nathan Peterman to play through the game and now allowed

1582
01:16:43,920 --> 01:16:47,280
Speaker 1: Josh Allen to play through the game. You can't truly

1583
01:16:47,400 --> 01:16:51,839
Speaker 1: evaluate Josh Allen, as I said, besides talking about his trades.

1584
01:16:52,200 --> 01:16:54,280
Speaker 1: If he's going to be down twenty one three early

1585
01:16:54,320 --> 01:16:56,680
Speaker 1: in the second quarter every week, that's just putting him

1586
01:16:56,720 --> 01:17:00,439
Speaker 1: in an unfair situation and it's just too hard. Hey, Greg,

1587
01:17:00,520 --> 01:17:02,519
Speaker 1: on the other side, what have you seen from Kirk

1588
01:17:02,600 --> 01:17:04,679
Speaker 1: Cousins through a couple of games? The eighty four million

1589
01:17:04,720 --> 01:17:07,080
Speaker 1: dollar man. Look, nobody expects him to be one of

1590
01:17:07,080 --> 01:17:08,559
Speaker 1: the best in the league, But how has he played

1591
01:17:08,600 --> 01:17:11,120
Speaker 1: through the first two games this year. I think he's

1592
01:17:11,160 --> 01:17:13,960
Speaker 1: played well, and I think that's a well schemed offense.

1593
01:17:14,360 --> 01:17:16,840
Speaker 1: John d. Philippa, who is the quarterback coach for the

1594
01:17:16,920 --> 01:17:18,680
Speaker 1: Eagles the last two years and has been in this

1595
01:17:18,840 --> 01:17:21,680
Speaker 1: league as a coordinator prior to the Eagles, is now

1596
01:17:21,760 --> 01:17:24,560
Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator in Minnesota. You see a lot of

1597
01:17:24,640 --> 01:17:29,160
Speaker 1: concepts in their past game. They've got in Adam Feeling

1598
01:17:29,200 --> 01:17:33,439
Speaker 1: and Stefan Diggs. They've got two really savvy, refined route runners.

1599
01:17:33,680 --> 01:17:36,800
Speaker 1: Both can line up outside and in the slot. They've

1600
01:17:36,800 --> 01:17:40,720
Speaker 1: got a quality tight end in Kyle Rudolph. I think

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01:17:40,800 --> 01:17:44,560
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins has played you know, solid football. He's he's

1602
01:17:44,600 --> 01:17:48,800
Speaker 1: an aggressive mindset thrower. He will turn it loose. What

1603
01:17:48,920 --> 01:17:52,680
Speaker 1: do you think with you know, with the way that

1604
01:17:52,760 --> 01:17:55,640
Speaker 1: Mike Zimmers put this team together, and I'm this is

1605
01:17:55,640 --> 01:17:59,200
Speaker 1: a kind of a bigger picture. They looked like I mean,

1606
01:17:59,240 --> 01:18:01,280
Speaker 1: they got out of the playoffs last year on the

1607
01:18:01,880 --> 01:18:04,200
Speaker 1: most well, they kind of hung in there on one

1608
01:18:04,200 --> 01:18:07,760
Speaker 1: of the most unlikely of plays. But their expectations are

1609
01:18:07,840 --> 01:18:09,800
Speaker 1: really super Bowl or nothing. I mean, this is a

1610
01:18:09,880 --> 01:18:13,559
Speaker 1: team that they expects to go deep into the playoffs.

1611
01:18:14,120 --> 01:18:16,880
Speaker 1: How big is their window? I mean you said they

1612
01:18:16,920 --> 01:18:18,880
Speaker 1: have no weaknesses on their defense. They got a lot

1613
01:18:18,920 --> 01:18:21,439
Speaker 1: of veteran guys. Is this gonna go? Is this going

1614
01:18:21,479 --> 01:18:24,680
Speaker 1: to be a sustainable great team for Minnesota Up there?

1615
01:18:25,560 --> 01:18:29,400
Speaker 1: You would think Cousins is young, Dalvin Cookes young, thelan

1616
01:18:29,479 --> 01:18:32,720
Speaker 1: and Diggs are young. They'll have to improve on their

1617
01:18:32,720 --> 01:18:37,000
Speaker 1: old line. They actually played when when Rashad Hill got

1618
01:18:37,080 --> 01:18:39,040
Speaker 1: hurt at right tackle last week, they brought in a

1619
01:18:39,120 --> 01:18:43,040
Speaker 1: rookie from Pittsburgh, Brian O'Neill. He actually played very very well.

1620
01:18:43,479 --> 01:18:47,160
Speaker 1: So they'll make they'll probably make that move with O'Neill

1621
01:18:47,240 --> 01:18:50,320
Speaker 1: continuing and right tackle um pat al Fly and I

1622
01:18:50,400 --> 01:18:52,760
Speaker 1: believe is due back this week at center, and they

1623
01:18:52,880 --> 01:18:55,920
Speaker 1: need him because Jones was man handled last week on

1624
01:18:56,000 --> 01:19:01,240
Speaker 1: too many snaps defensively. Um, I don't think they're too old, Steve.

1625
01:19:01,320 --> 01:19:04,240
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously every team needs to replace guys here

1626
01:19:04,320 --> 01:19:07,400
Speaker 1: and there, but they've signed a lot of players. I

1627
01:19:07,520 --> 01:19:09,200
Speaker 1: might imagine they might have to let a guy go

1628
01:19:09,400 --> 01:19:12,560
Speaker 1: here and there just for salary cap purposes. But I

1629
01:19:12,640 --> 01:19:15,320
Speaker 1: think they're set up for success for oh I would

1630
01:19:15,320 --> 01:19:17,560
Speaker 1: say at least two three years. Greg go Sell on

1631
01:19:17,600 --> 01:19:20,439
Speaker 1: the line with US executive producer analysts of NFL Matchup.

1632
01:19:20,520 --> 01:19:22,240
Speaker 1: Let me take you through some of the other games,

1633
01:19:22,280 --> 01:19:24,360
Speaker 1: some of the other quarterbacks. We talked about Mahomes a

1634
01:19:24,439 --> 01:19:27,000
Speaker 1: minute ago, Greg, what did he get, what did he

1635
01:19:27,080 --> 01:19:30,439
Speaker 1: benefit from that year as the backup last year? And

1636
01:19:30,560 --> 01:19:32,800
Speaker 1: how does that manifested itself through the first two weeks

1637
01:19:32,840 --> 01:19:35,639
Speaker 1: this year anyway. Well, that's hard to know for sure, Murph,

1638
01:19:35,720 --> 01:19:38,920
Speaker 1: But I mean he's a poised kid, he's a composed kid.

1639
01:19:39,360 --> 01:19:43,000
Speaker 1: His numbers have been better than his performance last week

1640
01:19:43,080 --> 01:19:46,240
Speaker 1: against Pittsburgh, and I think this is important the Steelers

1641
01:19:46,280 --> 01:19:49,400
Speaker 1: made so many mistakes on defense and that allowed him

1642
01:19:49,439 --> 01:19:52,320
Speaker 1: to throw six touchdowns. It doesn't take anything away from

1643
01:19:52,400 --> 01:19:55,400
Speaker 1: his overall performance. I mean, Andy Reid is a very

1644
01:19:55,520 --> 01:19:59,960
Speaker 1: good play designer. The concepts are well defined for a quarterback.

1645
01:20:00,520 --> 01:20:03,439
Speaker 1: There's not a lot of chance to what Andy Reid does.

1646
01:20:03,800 --> 01:20:06,400
Speaker 1: And the one thing Mahomes can do, which is one

1647
01:20:06,439 --> 01:20:08,640
Speaker 1: reason he's been effective the first couple of weeks, is

1648
01:20:09,160 --> 01:20:11,920
Speaker 1: because he throws the ball with great velocity. Is he's

1649
01:20:11,960 --> 01:20:14,200
Speaker 1: effective in the red zone where the ball has to

1650
01:20:14,280 --> 01:20:16,960
Speaker 1: get there in a hurry in tighter windows. So he's

1651
01:20:17,000 --> 01:20:19,600
Speaker 1: been very good at that through two games. If it

1652
01:20:19,720 --> 01:20:23,000
Speaker 1: weren't for Mahomes in his play, Ryan Fitzpatrick would be

1653
01:20:23,040 --> 01:20:25,160
Speaker 1: the story in the NFL so far. What do you

1654
01:20:25,240 --> 01:20:27,360
Speaker 1: see there? And how long can fitz sustain that kind

1655
01:20:27,400 --> 01:20:32,160
Speaker 1: of production? That would be fitz magic mur It is,

1656
01:20:33,360 --> 01:20:36,400
Speaker 1: he's playing probably better than he ever has, and the

1657
01:20:36,560 --> 01:20:39,639
Speaker 1: key for him has been he's been throwing with really

1658
01:20:39,800 --> 01:20:43,160
Speaker 1: precise ball placement, which has been an issue throughout his career,

1659
01:20:43,520 --> 01:20:45,960
Speaker 1: which is one reason he's been more of a spots daughter.

1660
01:20:46,320 --> 01:20:49,040
Speaker 1: Another reason has been his decision making at times has

1661
01:20:49,080 --> 01:20:51,960
Speaker 1: been troublesome. That has not been the case through two games.

1662
01:20:52,479 --> 01:20:54,960
Speaker 1: I think much credit as well goes to Dirk Cutter

1663
01:20:55,040 --> 01:20:58,320
Speaker 1: and Todd Monkin the OC. I think they've really dialed

1664
01:20:58,400 --> 01:21:02,360
Speaker 1: up plays in anti dissipation of coverage and they've gotten

1665
01:21:02,439 --> 01:21:05,599
Speaker 1: that coverage. So the play design has beaten the coverage

1666
01:21:05,640 --> 01:21:09,240
Speaker 1: that they anticipated. Talk a little bit about maybe your

1667
01:21:09,280 --> 01:21:13,920
Speaker 1: expectations or didn't raise your eyebrows when Josh Gordon ended

1668
01:21:14,000 --> 01:21:18,120
Speaker 1: up in New England. Sure, I mean I think everybody

1669
01:21:18,200 --> 01:21:23,040
Speaker 1: probably was surprised. But assuming that there's no issue with

1670
01:21:23,160 --> 01:21:28,639
Speaker 1: substance abuse, who knows. You know, Josh Gordon at his best,

1671
01:21:28,720 --> 01:21:30,760
Speaker 1: it's a top three receiver in the game. Whether he's

1672
01:21:30,760 --> 01:21:34,760
Speaker 1: still that, we do not know. But he's a talented guy.

1673
01:21:34,840 --> 01:21:36,599
Speaker 1: And what they'll do, Steve, as you know, is they'll

1674
01:21:36,640 --> 01:21:39,240
Speaker 1: give him three routes and he'll run those three routes

1675
01:21:39,560 --> 01:21:43,000
Speaker 1: and he'll be used in specific situations and with a

1676
01:21:43,080 --> 01:21:47,479
Speaker 1: quarterback like Brady, my guess is he'll get the ball. Hey, Greg, Ryan,

1677
01:21:47,600 --> 01:21:50,400
Speaker 1: Tannehill and the Dolphins are two and oh is Tannehill

1678
01:21:50,960 --> 01:21:53,240
Speaker 1: a factor? There? Is he a reason why Miami is

1679
01:21:53,320 --> 01:21:56,160
Speaker 1: unbeaten through the first two weeks. Well, he's been efficient.

1680
01:21:57,120 --> 01:21:59,599
Speaker 1: I think it's an offense that takes a shot here

1681
01:21:59,640 --> 01:22:02,600
Speaker 1: and there, and if you hit those shots, then he

1682
01:22:02,800 --> 01:22:05,519
Speaker 1: looks good. I mean, two weeks ago, Week one against

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Speaker 1: the Jets, when they beat the it wasn't the Jets

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01:22:08,360 --> 01:22:11,200
Speaker 1: they beat, it was Tennessee. I believe maybe Jets this

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01:22:11,280 --> 01:22:14,040
Speaker 1: week they called a shot playing he hit Kenny Stills

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01:22:14,080 --> 01:22:16,639
Speaker 1: for a seventy plus yard touchdown. When you hit those

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01:22:17,000 --> 01:22:20,400
Speaker 1: the numbers look good, and obviously the score looks good.

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01:22:20,680 --> 01:22:22,760
Speaker 1: But I think in the context of this offense, he's

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01:22:22,760 --> 01:22:25,960
Speaker 1: been playing very efficiently. His running has been a factor

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01:22:26,040 --> 01:22:29,479
Speaker 1: as well, both by design and scrambling, and I think

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01:22:29,520 --> 01:22:31,160
Speaker 1: he's always been able to do that. He was a

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01:22:31,240 --> 01:22:34,800
Speaker 1: wide receiver his first two years in college. So you know,

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01:22:34,880 --> 01:22:38,680
Speaker 1: I think they're building offense with Tannehill because really, if

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01:22:38,680 --> 01:22:41,639
Speaker 1: I'm not mistaken, he's really only in his second year

1695
01:22:42,120 --> 01:22:45,639
Speaker 1: playing with Adam Geese because he got hurt. So they're

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01:22:45,680 --> 01:22:48,760
Speaker 1: still building offense with Tannehill. Looking around the league and

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01:22:49,080 --> 01:22:51,240
Speaker 1: of all the things we've spoken about with the things

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01:22:51,280 --> 01:22:54,000
Speaker 1: that are going with in Kansas City with Patrick Mahomes,

1699
01:22:55,000 --> 01:22:57,559
Speaker 1: the stuff that's going on with Ryan Fitzpatrick and Tampa Bay,

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01:22:57,640 --> 01:22:59,880
Speaker 1: what's been the most surprising thing for you. Is there

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01:22:59,880 --> 01:23:01,800
Speaker 1: a trend that you've looked at and seen in your

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01:23:01,840 --> 01:23:04,960
Speaker 1: film study, or is it just something like the surprising

1703
01:23:05,040 --> 01:23:07,880
Speaker 1: play of the Chiefs and their offense early on? What's

1704
01:23:07,880 --> 01:23:10,840
Speaker 1: grabbed your attention as you've gone and scoured the film

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01:23:10,920 --> 01:23:13,960
Speaker 1: and looked around what's going on in the league. Well,

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01:23:14,040 --> 01:23:16,080
Speaker 1: I think what's probably grabbed my attention is there's been

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01:23:16,120 --> 01:23:18,479
Speaker 1: a lot of scoring, and you know, I don't know

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01:23:18,600 --> 01:23:22,280
Speaker 1: if if that'll continue. A lot of things happen through

1709
01:23:22,560 --> 01:23:24,960
Speaker 1: the first couple of weeks of an NFL season that

1710
01:23:25,400 --> 01:23:28,360
Speaker 1: don't stay that way. Another trend has been the total

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01:23:28,439 --> 01:23:30,920
Speaker 1: lack of run games through two weeks, which I think

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01:23:31,040 --> 01:23:33,840
Speaker 1: is explainable by the fact that players don't play in

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01:23:33,920 --> 01:23:38,680
Speaker 1: the preseason. Steve, I think offensive linemen that cohesion is

1714
01:23:39,040 --> 01:23:41,560
Speaker 1: and continuity is required for them to play well, and

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01:23:41,840 --> 01:23:44,880
Speaker 1: stamina is required for them to play well, particularly for

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01:23:44,960 --> 01:23:47,840
Speaker 1: the run game, which good running teams are four quarter

1717
01:23:48,000 --> 01:23:50,840
Speaker 1: running teams, and I'm not sure if offensive linemen aren't

1718
01:23:50,880 --> 01:23:52,960
Speaker 1: yet ready to play at a high level for four

1719
01:23:53,080 --> 01:23:55,559
Speaker 1: quarters in a run game. Look you someone that's scoring

1720
01:23:55,560 --> 01:23:57,720
Speaker 1: around here. Greg, If you tell me that's coming here,

1721
01:23:57,760 --> 01:24:00,200
Speaker 1: I'd sign up for that right now. Yeah. Thanks Greg,

1722
01:24:00,360 --> 01:24:01,920
Speaker 1: thanks for this. We'll talk to you again next week.

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01:24:01,960 --> 01:24:04,840
Speaker 1: We appreciate it. Appreciate it, guys, Thanks so much. Greg

1724
01:24:04,960 --> 01:24:09,519
Speaker 1: Cosal executive producer analyst of NFL Matchup on ESPN this

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01:24:09,640 --> 01:24:13,000
Speaker 1: week Tomorrow seven thirty am on ESPN. Two Sunday six

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01:24:13,200 --> 01:24:16,719
Speaker 1: thirty am on ESPN. He's also senior producer at NFL Films.

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01:24:16,960 --> 01:24:18,840
Speaker 1: Happy to have Greg co Sal with us on every Friday.

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01:24:18,880 --> 01:24:20,360
Speaker 1: Steve and I back to talk more about all of

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01:24:20,400 --> 01:24:22,840
Speaker 1: these issues. One goes Live from One Goals Drive and

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01:24:22,880 --> 01:24:37,080
Speaker 1: this is Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back. One goes Live,

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01:24:37,160 --> 01:24:39,880
Speaker 1: John Murphy s tasker in a one Buffalo Studio, NKS

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01:24:39,880 --> 01:24:41,920
Speaker 1: for tuning in. The Bills are off the practice field.

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01:24:41,960 --> 01:24:45,559
Speaker 1: No official injury report out yet for Buffalo. It remains

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01:24:45,560 --> 01:24:48,800
Speaker 1: to be seen. What's the deal with Lashawan McCoy in

1735
01:24:48,840 --> 01:24:53,200
Speaker 1: the corners, Billi Gaines and tarn Johnson. Earlier today, Sean

1736
01:24:53,280 --> 01:24:56,280
Speaker 1: McDermott met with the media and was asked about Lashan McCoy.

1737
01:24:56,280 --> 01:24:58,120
Speaker 1: He was asked if it's tough to game plan to

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01:24:58,120 --> 01:24:59,960
Speaker 1: get ready for a game if you're not certain whether

1739
01:25:00,120 --> 01:25:02,479
Speaker 1: McCoy will be ready to play. Here's what McDermott had

1740
01:25:02,520 --> 01:25:08,280
Speaker 1: to say. He's had a long career, so he's played

1741
01:25:08,360 --> 01:25:15,639
Speaker 1: hurt before. Um, tough physically, tough player, and he played

1742
01:25:15,800 --> 01:25:18,640
Speaker 1: hurting in the playoff game last season. So um, it's

1743
01:25:18,720 --> 01:25:21,960
Speaker 1: nothing he hasn't done before. We'll continue to evaluate as well.

1744
01:25:22,000 --> 01:25:24,599
Speaker 1: It's got those ribs, the rib injury suffered last Sunday,

1745
01:25:24,640 --> 01:25:26,880
Speaker 1: so we'll see. We'll see what today's injury report looks like.

1746
01:25:27,000 --> 01:25:29,640
Speaker 1: And he's been out on the field in pads every day,

1747
01:25:29,680 --> 01:25:32,040
Speaker 1: although he has been in full contact, he's been out

1748
01:25:32,080 --> 01:25:35,120
Speaker 1: there working and running around. So I don't to me

1749
01:25:35,320 --> 01:25:39,400
Speaker 1: that makes me optimistic that he could go. But you know,

1750
01:25:39,520 --> 01:25:41,280
Speaker 1: until he's out there and they say, yeah, he's gonna

1751
01:25:41,280 --> 01:25:42,960
Speaker 1: go and it might be him game I don't know.

1752
01:25:43,040 --> 01:25:44,920
Speaker 1: It might turn out to be a game time decision

1753
01:25:44,960 --> 01:25:47,360
Speaker 1: as well. But you know, being out there says a lot.

1754
01:25:47,439 --> 01:25:49,840
Speaker 1: I think about being a practice being a practice and

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01:25:49,920 --> 01:25:51,880
Speaker 1: a lot. It's not like he's standing around sitting, you know,

1756
01:25:51,920 --> 01:25:55,040
Speaker 1: in a T shirt. Well, we just got the injury

1757
01:25:55,120 --> 01:25:57,759
Speaker 1: report from the Bills just out this this past minute,

1758
01:25:57,960 --> 01:26:00,360
Speaker 1: and the only one ruled out right now is defensive

1759
01:26:00,400 --> 01:26:03,519
Speaker 1: end Shack Lawson. Now two weeks out with his hamstring pull.

1760
01:26:03,560 --> 01:26:05,760
Speaker 1: He did not practice at all this week, second straight week.

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01:26:06,000 --> 01:26:09,000
Speaker 1: Shack Lawson is out. The rest are all questionable, including

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01:26:09,080 --> 01:26:12,280
Speaker 1: Lashawn McCoy. The Bills running back limited all week, questionable

1763
01:26:12,360 --> 01:26:15,040
Speaker 1: going into the game. What else the corners, you gotta

1764
01:26:15,080 --> 01:26:18,480
Speaker 1: watch that situation. Philip Gaines limited all week, he is questionable.

1765
01:26:18,720 --> 01:26:21,639
Speaker 1: Tarn Johnson limited all week with his shoulder, he is questionable.

1766
01:26:21,880 --> 01:26:24,760
Speaker 1: Running Back Taiwan Jones questionable he was limited all week

1767
01:26:24,840 --> 01:26:28,000
Speaker 1: as well. And what else? Ray Ray McLeod with a

1768
01:26:28,080 --> 01:26:32,879
Speaker 1: knee limited Wednesday, Thursday, full practice today he's listed us questionable.

1769
01:26:32,920 --> 01:26:37,120
Speaker 1: Now the interesting the Vikings injury report just out, very interesting.

1770
01:26:37,200 --> 01:26:41,200
Speaker 1: Steve Everson Griffin missed his third straight practice this week

1771
01:26:41,479 --> 01:26:43,599
Speaker 1: because of a knee injury, and he has been ruled

1772
01:26:43,640 --> 01:26:47,400
Speaker 1: out by Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer. Running Back Dalvin Cook,

1773
01:26:47,800 --> 01:26:50,519
Speaker 1: who was doing work on the side in practice today

1774
01:26:50,560 --> 01:26:53,479
Speaker 1: for the Minnesota Vikings with a hamstring he is also

1775
01:26:53,640 --> 01:26:56,320
Speaker 1: called out by Mike Zimmer. Those are two key players

1776
01:26:56,320 --> 01:26:58,679
Speaker 1: with the Minnesota Vikings have been ruled out, Everson Griffin

1777
01:26:58,680 --> 01:27:01,639
Speaker 1: and the running back Dalvin Cook. Yeah, and that's every

1778
01:27:01,680 --> 01:27:03,760
Speaker 1: little bit helps if you're the Bills, no question about it.

1779
01:27:03,800 --> 01:27:06,360
Speaker 1: I mean when and the Vikings, believe me, they wish

1780
01:27:06,400 --> 01:27:08,960
Speaker 1: they had those guys on the field. They're much better

1781
01:27:09,080 --> 01:27:11,599
Speaker 1: with those two guys on everything. Griffin can really get

1782
01:27:11,680 --> 01:27:14,680
Speaker 1: after it and he's he's got a high motor, so

1783
01:27:14,800 --> 01:27:16,840
Speaker 1: he's gonna leave a hole in their defensive front. So

1784
01:27:16,960 --> 01:27:19,519
Speaker 1: we'll see how that how it plays out. But it's

1785
01:27:19,600 --> 01:27:22,280
Speaker 1: that time of year where every team's gonna gonna deal

1786
01:27:22,320 --> 01:27:25,680
Speaker 1: with it. It seems early no for all these injuries. No, No,

1787
01:27:25,800 --> 01:27:29,040
Speaker 1: I don't want to overthink it. It's a rough game.

1788
01:27:29,400 --> 01:27:31,240
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say yeah, because they didn't play in

1789
01:27:31,280 --> 01:27:34,360
Speaker 1: the preseason. There No, nobody's ready to play. And I

1790
01:27:34,400 --> 01:27:36,680
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't buy it, Okay, I don't buy it.

1791
01:27:36,680 --> 01:27:38,320
Speaker 1: I think it's just the way the game is. I mean,

1792
01:27:38,400 --> 01:27:40,360
Speaker 1: you saw what happened, and Lashawn McCoy got at it

1793
01:27:40,400 --> 01:27:42,439
Speaker 1: because one of his offensive lineman got knocked over on

1794
01:27:42,520 --> 01:27:43,960
Speaker 1: top of him. It's just one of those things. It's

1795
01:27:44,000 --> 01:27:46,920
Speaker 1: not like preseason had anything to do with that, you know. So,

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01:27:47,439 --> 01:27:50,719
Speaker 1: And I'm probably sure that the other guys for Minnesota

1797
01:27:50,840 --> 01:27:54,840
Speaker 1: same thing. You get it playing football at the highest level.

1798
01:27:54,960 --> 01:27:57,479
Speaker 1: So Hey, we're talking about rookie quarterbacks a lot today.

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01:27:57,560 --> 01:28:00,639
Speaker 1: In a Twitter poll, which ricky rickie quarterback is off

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01:28:00,680 --> 01:28:03,559
Speaker 1: to the best start on Twitter? With almost fourteen hundred

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01:28:03,680 --> 01:28:06,519
Speaker 1: votes in sixty five percent of you say Baker Mayfield,

1802
01:28:06,520 --> 01:28:08,720
Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns played one half and he's already off to

1803
01:28:08,760 --> 01:28:12,439
Speaker 1: the best start, okay. Josh Allen twenty two percent of

1804
01:28:12,520 --> 01:28:14,280
Speaker 1: you say he's the one who's after the best start

1805
01:28:14,360 --> 01:28:17,160
Speaker 1: so far, twenty three percent, Sam Donald or the Jets

1806
01:28:17,200 --> 01:28:19,360
Speaker 1: ten percent of you you say he's the guy. Lamar

1807
01:28:19,479 --> 01:28:21,360
Speaker 1: Jackson just two percent. What do you think? We'll open

1808
01:28:21,439 --> 01:28:23,200
Speaker 1: up phone lines again in the third and final hour

1809
01:28:23,520 --> 01:28:25,680
Speaker 1: talk about that eight oh three oh five fifty and

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01:28:25,720 --> 01:28:29,160
Speaker 1: toll free one eight eight eight five fifty two five

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01:28:29,320 --> 01:28:33,400
Speaker 1: fifty or you can do it on Twitter and one

1812
01:28:33,439 --> 01:28:35,120
Speaker 1: bills Live. What do you think? Yeah, we've got stuff

1813
01:28:35,120 --> 01:28:38,200
Speaker 1: on the tweet sheet from JW Socks. Mayfield played half

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01:28:38,240 --> 01:28:40,920
Speaker 1: of the half of the game. Darnold started three games.

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01:28:41,000 --> 01:28:43,439
Speaker 1: He's further along. I'd like to walk. I like Josh,

1816
01:28:43,600 --> 01:28:46,759
Speaker 1: just a fire away like Mayfield. I think Josh played

1817
01:28:46,800 --> 01:28:49,160
Speaker 1: for a smaller school and needs to build his confidence,

1818
01:28:49,160 --> 01:28:53,160
Speaker 1: and that's always that's gonna follow Josh Alan throughout his career,

1819
01:28:53,200 --> 01:28:55,639
Speaker 1: probably the fact that he came out of Wyoming instead

1820
01:28:55,680 --> 01:28:58,280
Speaker 1: of you know what, have you Alabama, Ucla or wherever

1821
01:28:58,520 --> 01:29:00,280
Speaker 1: where else you want to say it. Also from the

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01:29:00,320 --> 01:29:03,679
Speaker 1: tweet sheet from Tiffany Estelle, I would love to have Josh,

1823
01:29:05,439 --> 01:29:09,360
Speaker 1: says Josh Baker. Then say Josh Baker Mayfield, then Sam

1824
01:29:09,720 --> 01:29:12,120
Speaker 1: and Josh because he immediately improved his team, but so

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01:29:12,280 --> 01:29:14,519
Speaker 1: did Baker. But my pick at Josh because of the

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01:29:14,600 --> 01:29:17,479
Speaker 1: all around team around him. So she feels, I guess

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01:29:17,760 --> 01:29:19,960
Speaker 1: that Josh has to play better because he doesn't have

1828
01:29:20,120 --> 01:29:24,280
Speaker 1: as good a team as Mayfield or Donald has. Maybe

1829
01:29:24,320 --> 01:29:27,840
Speaker 1: that's what she's getting at. Maybe maybe here's one from

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01:29:27,880 --> 01:29:30,559
Speaker 1: Dougie Briggs that caught my attention here on the tweet sheet.

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01:29:31,000 --> 01:29:35,160
Speaker 1: If you ask this after week two we did right,

1832
01:29:35,479 --> 01:29:37,760
Speaker 1: everyone would say Donald, but the hype is coming now

1833
01:29:37,840 --> 01:29:40,720
Speaker 1: because of how well Baker Mayfield did. But honestly he

1834
01:29:40,880 --> 01:29:42,680
Speaker 1: was on the say I think Tyrode just did so

1835
01:29:42,840 --> 01:29:46,240
Speaker 1: bad that Baker Mayfield looked amazing. My answer, though, Dougie

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01:29:46,240 --> 01:29:48,680
Speaker 1: Briggs says, is Josh Allen He's going to play an

1837
01:29:48,720 --> 01:29:51,000
Speaker 1: incredible defense this weekend. It will be the test. It's

1838
01:29:51,040 --> 01:29:52,919
Speaker 1: gonna be a big test. What did great was say,

1839
01:29:53,000 --> 01:29:55,080
Speaker 1: one of the top two defenses in the league with

1840
01:29:55,520 --> 01:29:57,839
Speaker 1: now they're without Everson Griffin, one of their top defenders,

1841
01:29:58,160 --> 01:30:00,920
Speaker 1: but still they have talent at every level, every level

1842
01:30:01,000 --> 01:30:03,200
Speaker 1: of the defense. No holes, i think Greig said, in

1843
01:30:03,320 --> 01:30:05,400
Speaker 1: any level of their defense. Yeah, and they and they're

1844
01:30:05,600 --> 01:30:07,920
Speaker 1: in this defense for the last handful of years as well.

1845
01:30:08,040 --> 01:30:10,400
Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer's gotten in there and installed this defense, and

1846
01:30:10,439 --> 01:30:11,640
Speaker 1: these guys have been playing in it. They were to

1847
01:30:11,760 --> 01:30:13,639
Speaker 1: high level last year. They got all those guys back

1848
01:30:13,720 --> 01:30:15,760
Speaker 1: and they seem to be playing even better than they

1849
01:30:15,840 --> 01:30:18,040
Speaker 1: did a year ago, when I think maybe perhaps a

1850
01:30:18,120 --> 01:30:22,120
Speaker 1: year ago was a little bit surprising. But then they

1851
01:30:22,200 --> 01:30:24,080
Speaker 1: got the great play on the other side of the

1852
01:30:24,120 --> 01:30:28,080
Speaker 1: football from from their quarterback and the guy that's in

1853
01:30:29,280 --> 01:30:33,040
Speaker 1: what was the quarterback from this now in Denver, oh

1854
01:30:34,240 --> 01:30:36,519
Speaker 1: Kase keenam As. They got a surprise year from him,

1855
01:30:36,520 --> 01:30:38,960
Speaker 1: and everybody played well around him and that starting with

1856
01:30:39,040 --> 01:30:41,479
Speaker 1: that defense. And they were thirteen and three last year,

1857
01:30:41,520 --> 01:30:44,479
Speaker 1: So yeah, they were a pretty good defense. A couple

1858
01:30:44,520 --> 01:30:45,920
Speaker 1: of tweets I want to read before we get to

1859
01:30:45,960 --> 01:30:48,800
Speaker 1: the break, Steve Tim Donovan tweets in this is not

1860
01:30:48,920 --> 01:30:51,200
Speaker 1: on your sheet. Tim Donovan love it when Tasker and

1861
01:30:51,240 --> 01:30:53,120
Speaker 1: Murph go back and forth. Help me helps me get

1862
01:30:53,160 --> 01:30:55,799
Speaker 1: through afternoon at work here in Florida, makes me appreciate

1863
01:30:55,880 --> 01:30:57,760
Speaker 1: my hometown of Buffalo thanks to him. They like when

1864
01:30:57,840 --> 01:31:02,000
Speaker 1: you argue. But wait, seven Hinkleman tweets, and you guys

1865
01:31:02,080 --> 01:31:04,800
Speaker 1: need to stop arguing so much. Agree to disagree and

1866
01:31:04,880 --> 01:31:06,519
Speaker 1: move on. Please. I have enough at work to deal

1867
01:31:06,560 --> 01:31:10,320
Speaker 1: with without you two arguing. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Mike,

1868
01:31:10,640 --> 01:31:13,759
Speaker 1: don't let us affect your work day. Look when we argue,

1869
01:31:13,880 --> 01:31:16,280
Speaker 1: I still love the guy, right, I still oh yeah, yeah, yeah,

1870
01:31:16,280 --> 01:31:19,320
Speaker 1: we're We're still boys. Were still boys. We argue, and

1871
01:31:19,360 --> 01:31:21,280
Speaker 1: I've said this work because when Steve is wrong, he's

1872
01:31:21,280 --> 01:31:25,800
Speaker 1: really wrong. I'm just kidding. I may be wrong, but

1873
01:31:25,880 --> 01:31:29,160
Speaker 1: I'm not in doubt. Right. So one guy says it's

1874
01:31:29,160 --> 01:31:32,160
Speaker 1: I love when you argue, and Mike Kenkleman says, don't argue. Please,

1875
01:31:32,160 --> 01:31:35,000
Speaker 1: I got enough. It worked without listening to you two argue. Yeah,

1876
01:31:35,080 --> 01:31:39,040
Speaker 1: it's never serious, right, No oh no, no, we yet

1877
01:31:39,360 --> 01:31:40,800
Speaker 1: as soon as as soon as we as soon as

1878
01:31:40,840 --> 01:31:43,880
Speaker 1: our mics are off, so's the caffeine generated angst. Most

1879
01:31:43,920 --> 01:31:47,640
Speaker 1: of it on my end it days. No, I'm just

1880
01:31:47,760 --> 01:31:51,400
Speaker 1: I'm drinking here fresh clean water. Today I'm cleansing. We

1881
01:31:51,479 --> 01:31:53,760
Speaker 1: got the lowdown coming up with Lorenzo Alexander. Come on

1882
01:31:53,840 --> 01:31:55,920
Speaker 1: back for that. One Bill's Live from One Bill's Drive

1883
01:31:55,960 --> 01:32:09,599
Speaker 1: and this is Buffalo Bill's Radio. Hello Hills Radio Network.

1884
01:32:10,120 --> 01:32:13,639
Speaker 1: Stories update from One Bill's Drive. The Bills practice inside

1885
01:32:13,680 --> 01:32:16,320
Speaker 1: the ad Pro Sports Training Center today. I walked through Tomorrow.

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01:32:16,320 --> 01:32:18,679
Speaker 1: They leave for Minnesota in the afternoon. The own two Bills,

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01:32:19,000 --> 01:32:22,000
Speaker 1: the one and one Vikings Minnesota Big Favorites. Both teams

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01:32:22,040 --> 01:32:26,360
Speaker 1: with injury concerns. The Bill's injury report has Lashawn McCoy questionable.

1889
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Speaker 1: He's been limited all week with his rib injury. Cornerbacks

1890
01:32:29,240 --> 01:32:33,000
Speaker 1: Philip Gaines and tarn Johnson both questionable. Gains with his elbow,

1891
01:32:33,080 --> 01:32:35,600
Speaker 1: Johnson with his shoulder, so the cornerback depth may be

1892
01:32:35,680 --> 01:32:38,599
Speaker 1: tested again. Defensive end Shack Lawson has been ruled out

1893
01:32:38,680 --> 01:32:41,280
Speaker 1: with his hamstring injury. Hasn't practiced in the last two weeks.

1894
01:32:41,520 --> 01:32:44,280
Speaker 1: The Vikings with some injury issues as well. Defensive end

1895
01:32:44,320 --> 01:32:46,800
Speaker 1: Everson Griffin missed this week in practice with a knee

1896
01:32:47,040 --> 01:32:49,639
Speaker 1: and he's been ruled out by head coach Mike Zimmer. Also,

1897
01:32:49,680 --> 01:32:53,160
Speaker 1: starting running back Dalvin Cook missed this week practices with

1898
01:32:53,280 --> 01:32:55,719
Speaker 1: his hamstring, and he also has been ruled out. Bill's

1899
01:32:55,800 --> 01:32:59,559
Speaker 1: vikings one o'clock kickoff from Minnesota at the New US

1900
01:32:59,640 --> 01:33:01,519
Speaker 1: Banks Adum in Minnesota. Will be there with the call

1901
01:33:01,560 --> 01:33:03,719
Speaker 1: of the game on our flagship radio station in Buffalo,

1902
01:33:04,120 --> 01:33:07,240
Speaker 1: WGR Sports Radio five fifty. Well. The Cleveland Browns came

1903
01:33:07,320 --> 01:33:08,800
Speaker 1: up on the winning end for the first time in

1904
01:33:08,880 --> 01:33:11,960
Speaker 1: six hundred thirty five days last night. Number one overall

1905
01:33:12,000 --> 01:33:15,120
Speaker 1: pick Baker Mayfield stepped into the game when seventeen of

1906
01:33:15,200 --> 01:33:16,920
Speaker 1: twenty three for two hundred and one yards in a

1907
01:33:16,960 --> 01:33:18,960
Speaker 1: little bit more than a half, and the Browns beat

1908
01:33:19,000 --> 01:33:21,639
Speaker 1: the New York Jets twenty one to seventeen. Mayfield, number

1909
01:33:21,680 --> 01:33:23,680
Speaker 1: one overall pick in the draft this year, replaced the

1910
01:33:23,760 --> 01:33:27,639
Speaker 1: injured starter Tyrod Taylor. So the Browns nineteen game winless

1911
01:33:27,640 --> 01:33:30,920
Speaker 1: streak ends the NFL's second longest winless streak since the

1912
01:33:31,040 --> 01:33:35,360
Speaker 1: nineteen seventy AFL. NFL merger. Rob Grenkowski should be okay

1913
01:33:35,400 --> 01:33:37,679
Speaker 1: to play for the Patriots, although he sat out yesterday.

1914
01:33:37,960 --> 01:33:40,960
Speaker 1: Limited yesterday with an ankle injury. The tight end limited

1915
01:33:41,000 --> 01:33:42,759
Speaker 1: because he wanted to take it easy, but he should

1916
01:33:42,760 --> 01:33:46,040
Speaker 1: be okay on Sunday night when the Patriots play the

1917
01:33:46,160 --> 01:33:49,479
Speaker 1: Detroit Lions in Detroit and the Buffalo Sabers with the

1918
01:33:49,520 --> 01:33:51,800
Speaker 1: morning Skate today a key Bank Center. Some of the

1919
01:33:51,920 --> 01:33:53,720
Speaker 1: roster are on their way to Toronto now to play

1920
01:33:53,760 --> 01:33:56,320
Speaker 1: a preseason game against the Maple Leagues face off seven

1921
01:33:56,439 --> 01:33:58,680
Speaker 1: thirty tonight. Buffalo and Toronto will play again tomorrow night

1922
01:33:58,680 --> 01:34:01,640
Speaker 1: at key Bank Center. So at seven o'clock to night.

1923
01:34:01,760 --> 01:34:04,720
Speaker 1: That is the US update from One Bill Drive, John

1924
01:34:04,800 --> 01:34:06,720
Speaker 1: Murphy Steve Tasker in the third and final hour of

1925
01:34:06,800 --> 01:34:09,439
Speaker 1: our Friday show, and as usual on Friday, it is

1926
01:34:09,479 --> 01:34:20,599
Speaker 1: time for the Lowdown with Lorenzo Alexander. The Lowdown Lorenzo

1927
01:34:20,720 --> 01:34:22,639
Speaker 1: joins us in studio for a look at the upcoming

1928
01:34:22,760 --> 01:34:25,519
Speaker 1: matchup the Bills in the Minnesota Vikings. Good afternoon, Lorenzo,

1929
01:34:25,520 --> 01:34:28,000
Speaker 1: how are you. I'm doing pretty good. Everything's going well,

1930
01:34:28,080 --> 01:34:30,960
Speaker 1: feeling healthy, you know. But before we kind of getting

1931
01:34:30,960 --> 01:34:33,040
Speaker 1: our shoulder day, I wanted to give a shout out

1932
01:34:33,120 --> 01:34:36,439
Speaker 1: and seeing our prayers and condolences to the family of

1933
01:34:36,479 --> 01:34:41,840
Speaker 1: a sweet little girl, Sweet Sally Sunshine, a little girl

1934
01:34:41,920 --> 01:34:45,320
Speaker 1: six years old was battling leukemia and lost her life yesterday,

1935
01:34:45,400 --> 01:34:49,080
Speaker 1: went home with her father and I just wanted to, uh,

1936
01:34:49,760 --> 01:34:52,479
Speaker 1: you know, just recognize them. I believe they're bills fans.

1937
01:34:52,479 --> 01:34:55,479
Speaker 1: I saw the pun Foundation that we work with retweet it,

1938
01:34:55,560 --> 01:34:58,640
Speaker 1: and one thing that her father asked Matthew was that

1939
01:34:58,760 --> 01:35:01,080
Speaker 1: if today you could wear yellow or gold at some point,

1940
01:35:01,160 --> 01:35:03,000
Speaker 1: and you know, obviously social media, this is one of

1941
01:35:03,000 --> 01:35:04,799
Speaker 1: the positive ways you can do it give them support

1942
01:35:04,880 --> 01:35:09,519
Speaker 1: by a tagging the hashtag support Sally, you know, showing

1943
01:35:09,640 --> 01:35:11,760
Speaker 1: your colors yellow and gold. I'm assuming that that was

1944
01:35:11,840 --> 01:35:14,160
Speaker 1: her favorite color. So that's why I kind of have

1945
01:35:14,280 --> 01:35:16,000
Speaker 1: my decor on the day, and just to support them.

1946
01:35:16,040 --> 01:35:19,479
Speaker 1: As a father of four, I can only imagine what

1947
01:35:19,600 --> 01:35:21,599
Speaker 1: he's going through right now and as well as her mother.

1948
01:35:21,720 --> 01:35:25,040
Speaker 1: So I just wanted to send um support out to

1949
01:35:25,120 --> 01:35:26,680
Speaker 1: them and just kind of wrap our arms around me

1950
01:35:26,760 --> 01:35:28,240
Speaker 1: if you know them, and just kind of reach out

1951
01:35:28,280 --> 01:35:31,519
Speaker 1: to him. I appreciate you doing that. It's notice and

1952
01:35:31,640 --> 01:35:34,960
Speaker 1: I know that you know a lot of guys cross paths,

1953
01:35:35,000 --> 01:35:37,400
Speaker 1: and even today we still cross. As a former player,

1954
01:35:37,400 --> 01:35:39,559
Speaker 1: I still cross paths with people who you can help

1955
01:35:39,640 --> 01:35:41,360
Speaker 1: or who reach out and stuff. It's it's one of

1956
01:35:41,400 --> 01:35:43,880
Speaker 1: the It's one of the good things about being a

1957
01:35:43,960 --> 01:35:46,160
Speaker 1: pro ass Yeah yeah, yeah. You get a platform the

1958
01:35:46,200 --> 01:35:48,160
Speaker 1: impact people's lives and help out anyway you can. So

1959
01:35:48,520 --> 01:35:50,599
Speaker 1: you you've got a lot of compliments this last week,

1960
01:35:50,680 --> 01:35:53,760
Speaker 1: not only about that, like, but the way you played

1961
01:35:53,760 --> 01:35:55,719
Speaker 1: in the second half of that game last week agains

1962
01:35:55,720 --> 01:35:57,720
Speaker 1: the Chargers. You're defense. A lot of guys sit on

1963
01:35:57,760 --> 01:36:00,599
Speaker 1: the defense. They couldn't tell a different you know, because

1964
01:36:00,640 --> 01:36:04,160
Speaker 1: you don't hear the voice here right right, But nobody

1965
01:36:04,200 --> 01:36:05,840
Speaker 1: can really tell the difference in the calls here to

1966
01:36:05,920 --> 01:36:08,120
Speaker 1: the other. It wasn't like they were pulling calls out

1967
01:36:08,160 --> 01:36:11,240
Speaker 1: of left field. But it's pretty much similar play calling.

1968
01:36:11,600 --> 01:36:14,040
Speaker 1: So similar play calling. What did you see as being

1969
01:36:14,080 --> 01:36:15,800
Speaker 1: the biggest difference in you know what I think guys

1970
01:36:15,960 --> 01:36:19,400
Speaker 1: is executed at a high level. More want to getting

1971
01:36:19,400 --> 01:36:21,320
Speaker 1: off of blocks. We still have some mistakes where we

1972
01:36:21,360 --> 01:36:23,720
Speaker 1: didn't fit some runs right, and then the first half

1973
01:36:23,760 --> 01:36:25,840
Speaker 1: of the game those so squirted out. The second half

1974
01:36:25,880 --> 01:36:28,040
Speaker 1: guys found ways to get off blocks and cover up guys,

1975
01:36:28,560 --> 01:36:30,840
Speaker 1: And it's really a tell of two halves. And for me,

1976
01:36:30,960 --> 01:36:32,400
Speaker 1: and this is you know, kind of my lowdown and

1977
01:36:32,439 --> 01:36:35,040
Speaker 1: getting ahead of myself, it comes down the red zone.

1978
01:36:35,360 --> 01:36:37,160
Speaker 1: People are looking at the score board and see, you know,

1979
01:36:37,240 --> 01:36:39,320
Speaker 1: twenty eight to three. But I think we're a lot closer.

1980
01:36:39,400 --> 01:36:41,200
Speaker 1: If we can get people to kick field goals in

1981
01:36:41,240 --> 01:36:46,000
Speaker 1: the red zone, that game is twelve three, fifteen to three,

1982
01:36:46,439 --> 01:36:48,160
Speaker 1: and we find ourselves at the end of the game

1983
01:36:48,520 --> 01:36:51,240
Speaker 1: battling back. And that's really the difference in my mind

1984
01:36:51,280 --> 01:36:54,000
Speaker 1: when I look at this year's defense versus last year's defense,

1985
01:36:54,600 --> 01:36:57,640
Speaker 1: is our red zone efficiency. I think this year, I

1986
01:36:57,680 --> 01:36:59,920
Speaker 1: think teams to score nine touchdowns out of ten trips.

1987
01:37:00,240 --> 01:37:03,519
Speaker 1: Last year was the exact opposite, and we gave our chance,

1988
01:37:03,560 --> 01:37:05,560
Speaker 1: our team a chance at the end of games to

1989
01:37:05,840 --> 01:37:07,880
Speaker 1: figure out a way to win. So much is talked

1990
01:37:07,880 --> 01:37:10,400
Speaker 1: about in your preparation by coaches around the league about

1991
01:37:10,439 --> 01:37:12,840
Speaker 1: situational football. That's what you're talking about, not you're talking

1992
01:37:12,840 --> 01:37:15,000
Speaker 1: about third down of course, in short yardage that kind

1993
01:37:15,000 --> 01:37:17,840
Speaker 1: of thing. But red zone is its own entity and

1994
01:37:17,880 --> 01:37:22,360
Speaker 1: it's become it is the spot where defenses can win,

1995
01:37:22,640 --> 01:37:25,280
Speaker 1: win or lose a game. Forget about the yards, right, yeah, yards,

1996
01:37:25,320 --> 01:37:26,240
Speaker 1: I mean, at the end of the day, that's what

1997
01:37:26,360 --> 01:37:30,200
Speaker 1: people look at, that's how you rank. But it's all

1998
01:37:30,240 --> 01:37:32,400
Speaker 1: about points. Who has the most points at the end

1999
01:37:32,439 --> 01:37:34,040
Speaker 1: of the game. And if we can prevent it from

2000
01:37:34,040 --> 01:37:38,160
Speaker 1: putting up touchdowns, minimizing you know, that gap for our offense,

2001
01:37:38,600 --> 01:37:40,760
Speaker 1: it gives us more hope. Obviously you can keep the

2002
01:37:40,760 --> 01:37:42,479
Speaker 1: crowd in it because it doesn't look as ugly as

2003
01:37:42,560 --> 01:37:44,640
Speaker 1: what it may not be at the time. So we

2004
01:37:44,760 --> 01:37:47,160
Speaker 1: just have to figure out ways to prevent that. And

2005
01:37:47,240 --> 01:37:49,960
Speaker 1: it's just been breakdowns a little bit here, a second

2006
01:37:50,080 --> 01:37:52,400
Speaker 1: late where last year, you know, I could think about

2007
01:37:52,600 --> 01:37:55,160
Speaker 1: the Carolina game where I think Payer actually hits KB

2008
01:37:55,240 --> 01:37:57,120
Speaker 1: and breaks up the ball and they don't get in.

2009
01:37:57,439 --> 01:38:00,320
Speaker 1: This week him Advantae get on there and it's like

2010
01:38:00,360 --> 01:38:02,160
Speaker 1: a step late, and he makes it hitting the ball

2011
01:38:02,200 --> 01:38:05,160
Speaker 1: doesn't come out. So it's like little plays like that

2012
01:38:05,439 --> 01:38:07,200
Speaker 1: where last year we were getting and this year we're

2013
01:38:07,520 --> 01:38:09,840
Speaker 1: a little step off and it's happening across the board,

2014
01:38:10,200 --> 01:38:12,000
Speaker 1: and that's where we have to figure out tightening up

2015
01:38:12,000 --> 01:38:13,800
Speaker 1: and figure out how to make that play, especially when

2016
01:38:13,880 --> 01:38:17,280
Speaker 1: one on one matchups. But last week's game in particular,

2017
01:38:17,560 --> 01:38:19,320
Speaker 1: and watching the game over again a couple of times,

2018
01:38:19,760 --> 01:38:23,720
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers is spectacular his decision making, knowing exactly where

2019
01:38:23,760 --> 01:38:26,360
Speaker 1: to go with the ball, taking advantage of fifteen years. Yeah,

2020
01:38:26,800 --> 01:38:30,360
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, even taking advantage of experience out there,

2021
01:38:30,400 --> 01:38:32,840
Speaker 1: it's not at all I mean, and what Philip does great.

2022
01:38:33,000 --> 01:38:35,280
Speaker 1: I mean they get five out every time, and most quarterbacks,

2023
01:38:35,360 --> 01:38:37,599
Speaker 1: especially with his offensive line that you know, he makes

2024
01:38:37,680 --> 01:38:39,800
Speaker 1: them look better than what they are. Obviously they beat us.

2025
01:38:40,160 --> 01:38:42,920
Speaker 1: But with his decision making, if it's not there right now,

2026
01:38:43,040 --> 01:38:45,200
Speaker 1: we have a lot of free runners, he's getting the

2027
01:38:45,240 --> 01:38:46,800
Speaker 1: ball out of his hands and they set it up

2028
01:38:46,840 --> 01:38:48,559
Speaker 1: to where a shot to check down. And if if

2029
01:38:48,600 --> 01:38:50,439
Speaker 1: his deep ball isn't there, it's one of his guys

2030
01:38:50,439 --> 01:38:52,240
Speaker 1: aren't quite open, he didn't quite see it right, or

2031
01:38:52,240 --> 01:38:54,760
Speaker 1: he's pressuring his face, he's checking it down to the back,

2032
01:38:55,000 --> 01:38:57,720
Speaker 1: he's checking it down to a receiver shallow cross, and

2033
01:38:57,760 --> 01:38:59,560
Speaker 1: he's not wasting any time. And he knows where to go,

2034
01:38:59,640 --> 01:39:01,960
Speaker 1: even has pressure, he knows where those people are. And

2035
01:39:02,080 --> 01:39:04,920
Speaker 1: that's really the difference between experience and not experience. You

2036
01:39:04,960 --> 01:39:06,720
Speaker 1: can see that from all the great quarterbacks. They know

2037
01:39:06,800 --> 01:39:08,640
Speaker 1: when okay, it's time to get the ball out of

2038
01:39:08,680 --> 01:39:11,360
Speaker 1: our hands and situationally do a great job of getting

2039
01:39:11,400 --> 01:39:13,840
Speaker 1: the ball around. One of the things that Philip Rivers

2040
01:39:13,920 --> 01:39:16,040
Speaker 1: did take advantage of it was Tremaine Edmonds. They got

2041
01:39:16,160 --> 01:39:20,000
Speaker 1: him matched up single a lot and right, and Sean

2042
01:39:20,120 --> 01:39:23,200
Speaker 1: had said that his eye, you know, Tremaine was looking Yeah,

2043
01:39:23,360 --> 01:39:26,360
Speaker 1: half a stair it's all about and I disciplined in

2044
01:39:26,439 --> 01:39:28,800
Speaker 1: the wrong place, left him hanging. Yeah, he's a young player,

2045
01:39:28,920 --> 01:39:31,439
Speaker 1: just like you know, you think about quarterbacks, young quarterbacks

2046
01:39:31,479 --> 01:39:32,840
Speaker 1: and all the things that they have to deal with.

2047
01:39:33,080 --> 01:39:34,840
Speaker 1: He's just on the other side of it, having to

2048
01:39:34,920 --> 01:39:37,519
Speaker 1: call the defense, make the checks, get guys in line

2049
01:39:37,560 --> 01:39:39,760
Speaker 1: with get everybody else to call. Now I need to

2050
01:39:39,800 --> 01:39:41,920
Speaker 1: worry about what I gotta do versus one of the

2051
01:39:42,000 --> 01:39:44,240
Speaker 1: best receivers in the league and Keenan Allen, you know,

2052
01:39:44,400 --> 01:39:46,599
Speaker 1: matched up in the middle of the field by myself,

2053
01:39:47,000 --> 01:39:49,000
Speaker 1: and how do I play that. Obviously, Kennan has a

2054
01:39:49,040 --> 01:39:51,479
Speaker 1: lot of experience in trades, learning, but he's just a

2055
01:39:51,520 --> 01:39:54,040
Speaker 1: step slow right now because he has so much on

2056
01:39:54,200 --> 01:39:56,720
Speaker 1: his plate and a lot of information. And he's gonna grow,

2057
01:39:56,760 --> 01:39:58,599
Speaker 1: He's gonna get better, but it's gonna take some time.

2058
01:39:58,840 --> 01:40:00,800
Speaker 1: And you know, we have to help him out as

2059
01:40:00,840 --> 01:40:03,519
Speaker 1: well from a defensive standpoint, as far as whoever that

2060
01:40:03,600 --> 01:40:05,800
Speaker 1: other linebacker out there is with him talking as well,

2061
01:40:06,160 --> 01:40:08,599
Speaker 1: because I know when I'm in there, I'm saying stuff,

2062
01:40:08,720 --> 01:40:10,200
Speaker 1: you know, when the other linebacker, we've got to make

2063
01:40:10,240 --> 01:40:12,760
Speaker 1: sure that we're getting that same communication because he could

2064
01:40:12,800 --> 01:40:15,320
Speaker 1: be thinking it. But sometimes it's that confirmation from the

2065
01:40:15,400 --> 01:40:17,360
Speaker 1: guy next to you make sure, Okay, it's good, We're good.

2066
01:40:17,400 --> 01:40:19,920
Speaker 1: Now I can play fasts right. So that's what we

2067
01:40:20,000 --> 01:40:21,920
Speaker 1: have to continue to getting this across the board, that

2068
01:40:22,000 --> 01:40:25,240
Speaker 1: communication that can help him with Lorenzo Alexander Bills linebacker.

2069
01:40:25,400 --> 01:40:28,120
Speaker 1: It has to be noted too that your second half

2070
01:40:28,200 --> 01:40:31,720
Speaker 1: was pretty outstanding last week. Great. You finished the game

2071
01:40:31,760 --> 01:40:34,479
Speaker 1: seven tackles, two for a loss, one sack, and did

2072
01:40:34,520 --> 01:40:36,720
Speaker 1: they move around to different positions in the second half

2073
01:40:36,760 --> 01:40:40,040
Speaker 1: more than normal? Same game playing we had versus Baltimore

2074
01:40:40,040 --> 01:40:41,400
Speaker 1: as far as how to use me on third day

2075
01:40:41,400 --> 01:40:43,200
Speaker 1: and obviously died up some different thing. It's got to

2076
01:40:43,240 --> 01:40:46,920
Speaker 1: work with Trent, obviously our partnership. The more games we

2077
01:40:47,000 --> 01:40:49,400
Speaker 1: play together, the better we're gonna have a great field

2078
01:40:49,400 --> 01:40:51,920
Speaker 1: off each other. My sack that I got was off

2079
01:40:51,960 --> 01:40:54,200
Speaker 1: of Kyle Williams. Just having that field of him getting

2080
01:40:54,200 --> 01:40:55,800
Speaker 1: off the rock and he really opened up the middle

2081
01:40:55,840 --> 01:40:57,599
Speaker 1: for me. So I'm just playing off the guys around

2082
01:40:57,680 --> 01:41:00,360
Speaker 1: me and flying around and I'm waiting on the dinner

2083
01:41:00,400 --> 01:41:03,519
Speaker 1: from Jerry because I actually had another sack, but they

2084
01:41:03,600 --> 01:41:05,559
Speaker 1: called all sides on him, so he asked me a lunch.

2085
01:41:07,080 --> 01:41:09,320
Speaker 1: So now the issue is or the question is the

2086
01:41:09,520 --> 01:41:12,240
Speaker 1: defense we saw a second half against the Chargers. Is

2087
01:41:12,320 --> 01:41:14,040
Speaker 1: that who you are? And can you sustain that no

2088
01:41:14,160 --> 01:41:16,320
Speaker 1: matter who the opponent is, even a good opponent this

2089
01:41:16,400 --> 01:41:18,040
Speaker 1: week and next well we showed a four a half.

2090
01:41:18,080 --> 01:41:19,800
Speaker 1: That's who we are. But we have to now take

2091
01:41:19,880 --> 01:41:23,320
Speaker 1: that momentum into game into the next game against Minnesota

2092
01:41:23,360 --> 01:41:26,439
Speaker 1: on the road and have to develop a consistency because

2093
01:41:26,439 --> 01:41:29,840
Speaker 1: anybody can, you know, flash in the pan for two quarters,

2094
01:41:29,880 --> 01:41:31,559
Speaker 1: but you have to do it week in and week out,

2095
01:41:32,040 --> 01:41:34,240
Speaker 1: and each week it's not like it gets any easier.

2096
01:41:34,280 --> 01:41:38,599
Speaker 1: I mean, now we're looking at Kirk Cousins. Stefan did stealing. Um.

2097
01:41:38,680 --> 01:41:40,280
Speaker 1: I don't think Cook is going to play. But they

2098
01:41:40,360 --> 01:41:42,200
Speaker 1: have the Tavis Murray, I mean they have they have

2099
01:41:42,200 --> 01:41:44,120
Speaker 1: a lot of weapons as well on that team as well.

2100
01:41:44,200 --> 01:41:46,680
Speaker 1: It's just another group of guys that we have to

2101
01:41:46,800 --> 01:41:50,280
Speaker 1: lock up and really be keen on on our execution. Yeah,

2102
01:41:50,360 --> 01:41:53,840
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins at home at his place, thirty five or

2103
01:41:53,920 --> 01:41:56,040
Speaker 1: forty eight last week four hundred and twenty five yard.

2104
01:41:56,080 --> 01:41:58,720
Speaker 1: He had four touchdowns and only one interception, and he's

2105
01:41:58,760 --> 01:42:01,439
Speaker 1: playing extremely well. But he has all his weapons. I mean,

2106
01:42:01,560 --> 01:42:03,960
Speaker 1: that's a that's what you're up against and tell us

2107
01:42:04,000 --> 01:42:06,240
Speaker 1: what you see on film and the guys they've got

2108
01:42:06,320 --> 01:42:08,400
Speaker 1: running around, Um, he does a great job of just

2109
01:42:08,439 --> 01:42:10,280
Speaker 1: getting the ball out of his hands. Um. I think

2110
01:42:10,360 --> 01:42:13,320
Speaker 1: he's calculated and when he takes his shots. But they

2111
01:42:13,439 --> 01:42:15,320
Speaker 1: like the Deacon dunk. I mean, I think Finland is

2112
01:42:15,320 --> 01:42:18,320
Speaker 1: a guy that when you look at him like he's

2113
01:42:18,360 --> 01:42:20,439
Speaker 1: not very he doesn't look like much, but then he

2114
01:42:20,520 --> 01:42:22,799
Speaker 1: gets out there and there's route and cats up catches

2115
01:42:22,880 --> 01:42:26,160
Speaker 1: everything that is thrown to its great route runner. Um.

2116
01:42:26,280 --> 01:42:28,320
Speaker 1: So I mean when you have guys that are dependable

2117
01:42:28,400 --> 01:42:31,360
Speaker 1: like that. Obviously, Digs is another guy that has some

2118
01:42:31,479 --> 01:42:33,280
Speaker 1: speed and can take the top off the defense. He

2119
01:42:33,400 --> 01:42:35,000
Speaker 1: hit him a couple of times last week on some

2120
01:42:35,080 --> 01:42:38,160
Speaker 1: deep posts and got behind some guys. He's able to

2121
01:42:38,200 --> 01:42:39,960
Speaker 1: do it. And with that running game, you know, they

2122
01:42:40,040 --> 01:42:42,360
Speaker 1: love to play action. Kirk Cousins I think is a

2123
01:42:42,479 --> 01:42:44,240
Speaker 1: better athlete than most people give him credit for. He

2124
01:42:44,320 --> 01:42:46,479
Speaker 1: likes to move the pocket, roll it out, has some

2125
01:42:46,560 --> 01:42:49,680
Speaker 1: scrambling ability as well, so they create some mismatches. So

2126
01:42:50,160 --> 01:42:53,040
Speaker 1: we have to really be doubt in, especially on third down,

2127
01:42:53,160 --> 01:42:55,479
Speaker 1: and some of our just being aware of where he

2128
01:42:55,680 --> 01:42:57,479
Speaker 1: is in the pocket because he can easily scoot out

2129
01:42:57,640 --> 01:42:59,439
Speaker 1: and extend to play. Will you see much of Kyle

2130
01:42:59,520 --> 01:43:02,120
Speaker 1: Rudolph the Yeah, I mean I think he comes more

2131
01:43:02,240 --> 01:43:04,920
Speaker 1: live down the red zone. Um, he has great hands.

2132
01:43:04,920 --> 01:43:06,960
Speaker 1: I don't think he's as fast as he once was

2133
01:43:07,560 --> 01:43:09,120
Speaker 1: now in his career, but he has great hands and

2134
01:43:09,200 --> 01:43:10,920
Speaker 1: fat and he shows up even more so down in

2135
01:43:10,960 --> 01:43:13,439
Speaker 1: the red zone. Big body can box you out, Um,

2136
01:43:13,520 --> 01:43:15,240
Speaker 1: and has you know, can catch the ball very well.

2137
01:43:15,320 --> 01:43:17,360
Speaker 1: Rich Lorenzo Alexander. We're gonna get the low down in

2138
01:43:17,400 --> 01:43:19,000
Speaker 1: a minute or two on what the Bills need to

2139
01:43:19,040 --> 01:43:21,040
Speaker 1: do this Sunday when they go to Minnesota to play.

2140
01:43:21,280 --> 01:43:22,680
Speaker 1: I want to ask you about one play from the

2141
01:43:22,680 --> 01:43:25,519
Speaker 1: Minnesota Green Bay game, uh last week, and that was

2142
01:43:25,600 --> 01:43:27,479
Speaker 1: the rough of the passenger. Yeah, how do you know that?

2143
01:43:28,800 --> 01:43:30,120
Speaker 1: What do you make of that? I mean, it is

2144
01:43:30,240 --> 01:43:33,679
Speaker 1: what it is. I mean, I hate it. I understand,

2145
01:43:33,720 --> 01:43:36,040
Speaker 1: I understand what they're doing. It's a lot of money

2146
01:43:36,080 --> 01:43:37,840
Speaker 1: invested in these guys and they're trying to keep them

2147
01:43:37,880 --> 01:43:40,120
Speaker 1: health and keep them up right. But it's not football.

2148
01:43:40,160 --> 01:43:44,439
Speaker 1: I mean, you couldn't you kind of making the defense

2149
01:43:44,479 --> 01:43:46,519
Speaker 1: play one handed in so many different areas. I mean

2150
01:43:46,600 --> 01:43:49,960
Speaker 1: even last week on my hit on Philip Rivers, I

2151
01:43:50,000 --> 01:43:52,080
Speaker 1: mean it's a quick whistle. I mean I'm wrapping him up,

2152
01:43:52,120 --> 01:43:54,080
Speaker 1: kind of trying to get the ball out of his riber.

2153
01:43:54,200 --> 01:43:56,320
Speaker 1: I mean, like, man, can we finish the play? Yeah?

2154
01:43:56,439 --> 01:43:58,639
Speaker 1: You know, so they're just making sure of these guys

2155
01:44:00,040 --> 01:44:02,840
Speaker 1: strip fumble. Yeah, And earlier in the game they never blew.

2156
01:44:02,840 --> 01:44:07,960
Speaker 1: There was someone h exactly that. I'm like, come on,

2157
01:44:08,120 --> 01:44:10,280
Speaker 1: what is going on here? But I mean when you

2158
01:44:10,360 --> 01:44:12,080
Speaker 1: look at it, I know what the ref saw. The

2159
01:44:12,160 --> 01:44:15,320
Speaker 1: ref saw Clay kind of grab one of his legs

2160
01:44:15,360 --> 01:44:17,080
Speaker 1: and kind of supplex him a little bit. But at

2161
01:44:17,120 --> 01:44:18,720
Speaker 1: the end of the day, it wasn't it wasn't that

2162
01:44:18,920 --> 01:44:22,160
Speaker 1: bad of severe or that malice. There was no intent

2163
01:44:22,240 --> 01:44:23,640
Speaker 1: to hurt him there. So I don't I mean, I

2164
01:44:23,720 --> 01:44:26,000
Speaker 1: don't get it. But they're gonna obviously protect those guys.

2165
01:44:26,040 --> 01:44:28,559
Speaker 1: And that's actually been a bigger deal than the helmet

2166
01:44:28,640 --> 01:44:32,400
Speaker 1: rule this far and um um the season. That that's

2167
01:44:32,439 --> 01:44:35,640
Speaker 1: a game changer, that that that allowed him to go

2168
01:44:35,720 --> 01:44:37,559
Speaker 1: down to score, and then he was able to throw

2169
01:44:37,600 --> 01:44:39,600
Speaker 1: that miraculous pass between two guys at the end of

2170
01:44:39,600 --> 01:44:41,960
Speaker 1: the game to tie it up right, and then you know,

2171
01:44:42,000 --> 01:44:43,800
Speaker 1: I was thinking for the two point conversion and that

2172
01:44:43,880 --> 01:44:46,240
Speaker 1: play was awesome too. But yeah, that extended it because

2173
01:44:46,240 --> 01:44:47,919
Speaker 1: that was the game over right there, because they intercepted

2174
01:44:47,960 --> 01:44:50,760
Speaker 1: the ball up right the same play. Yeah, game's over right,

2175
01:44:51,120 --> 01:44:53,200
Speaker 1: And it obviously ended up into the end of the

2176
01:44:53,560 --> 01:44:55,040
Speaker 1: second tie of the year, which can help you at

2177
01:44:55,040 --> 01:44:56,439
Speaker 1: the end of the year, right, it can help you

2178
01:44:56,680 --> 01:44:59,200
Speaker 1: or hurt you. Yeah, what do you? What do you

2179
01:44:59,280 --> 01:45:03,880
Speaker 1: think about? That? Ties? Okay with you. I think the

2180
01:45:03,960 --> 01:45:06,200
Speaker 1: way the format is right now, I'm okay with it.

2181
01:45:06,280 --> 01:45:07,840
Speaker 1: Maybe if they went to like the college style. But

2182
01:45:07,880 --> 01:45:10,200
Speaker 1: if you get into a game and nobody has won

2183
01:45:10,240 --> 01:45:12,720
Speaker 1: at the end of the fifth quarter, essentially, I mean,

2184
01:45:12,800 --> 01:45:15,240
Speaker 1: now you're talking about some real grind And what if

2185
01:45:15,280 --> 01:45:17,600
Speaker 1: you have a Thursday night game next week, right, I

2186
01:45:17,640 --> 01:45:19,200
Speaker 1: mean even a satura I mean, just to recover, you

2187
01:45:19,240 --> 01:45:22,120
Speaker 1: can almost play another half of a game. I mean,

2188
01:45:22,200 --> 01:45:24,599
Speaker 1: that's that's that's grueling. So maybe they should maybe change

2189
01:45:24,640 --> 01:45:27,000
Speaker 1: the style, maybe go from the forty yard line end

2190
01:45:27,080 --> 01:45:28,800
Speaker 1: and maybe make it different than that way. If you

2191
01:45:28,840 --> 01:45:31,439
Speaker 1: don't want ties, yeah, it'll range. We weren't we were

2192
01:45:31,479 --> 01:45:33,040
Speaker 1: not going to talk about this, but we got talking

2193
01:45:33,040 --> 01:45:35,360
Speaker 1: about it during the break and it's the last remaining

2194
01:45:35,439 --> 01:45:39,559
Speaker 1: issue from last week. You were very articulate last Sunday

2195
01:45:39,560 --> 01:45:42,519
Speaker 1: in the locker room about Vante davis departure. We don't

2196
01:45:42,520 --> 01:45:44,320
Speaker 1: have to go back over that again, but there have

2197
01:45:44,439 --> 01:45:46,320
Speaker 1: been some who have. I don't know if defended him

2198
01:45:46,320 --> 01:45:49,000
Speaker 1: is right word, but almost try to justify his move.

2199
01:45:49,120 --> 01:45:53,000
Speaker 1: Dominique Foxworth, former NFL defenser back. Look, I get everybody,

2200
01:45:53,040 --> 01:45:55,040
Speaker 1: it determines their own destiny, and nobody wants people to

2201
01:45:55,040 --> 01:45:56,760
Speaker 1: play if they don't want to play. But but the

2202
01:45:56,880 --> 01:45:58,840
Speaker 1: timing was all wrong at it, and that's and that's

2203
01:45:58,840 --> 01:46:00,880
Speaker 1: what I was upset about it. I don't really care

2204
01:46:00,920 --> 01:46:03,840
Speaker 1: if Vonte decided he wanted to retire before after the game,

2205
01:46:04,760 --> 01:46:08,800
Speaker 1: but for me, once you started something and really the season,

2206
01:46:08,880 --> 01:46:10,720
Speaker 1: in my mind, it's just unfathomable. Just the way I

2207
01:46:10,840 --> 01:46:12,800
Speaker 1: was raised, I can just imagine me doing that and

2208
01:46:12,920 --> 01:46:16,000
Speaker 1: my uncle who raised me calling me and really like

2209
01:46:16,640 --> 01:46:18,559
Speaker 1: he would have been on me, like what are you doing?

2210
01:46:18,760 --> 01:46:24,680
Speaker 1: I'm ready to give you a spanking now. And so

2211
01:46:24,920 --> 01:46:28,839
Speaker 1: I just couldn't understand. Even after guys, who are your friends,

2212
01:46:28,920 --> 01:46:32,280
Speaker 1: your brothers, You've been grinding with, plead with you to

2213
01:46:32,400 --> 01:46:36,360
Speaker 1: stay just as an emergency, and you decided to go anyway.

2214
01:46:36,560 --> 01:46:40,320
Speaker 1: I just I just couldn't. I couldn't understand. I couldn't

2215
01:46:40,320 --> 01:46:41,760
Speaker 1: wrap my mind around that. I thought it was a

2216
01:46:41,840 --> 01:46:44,680
Speaker 1: joke at first, and it just made me up at

2217
01:46:44,680 --> 01:46:46,880
Speaker 1: half time. Yeah, I was aware of it. Once we

2218
01:46:47,000 --> 01:46:50,040
Speaker 1: came back outside to start the second half, some guys said,

2219
01:46:50,080 --> 01:46:52,719
Speaker 1: you know, Vonte retired and I just, are you playing?

2220
01:46:52,760 --> 01:46:55,439
Speaker 1: That's he was hurt, you know, it's kind of Nona. No,

2221
01:46:55,600 --> 01:46:57,360
Speaker 1: he retired, And then I kind of got the rest

2222
01:46:57,400 --> 01:46:59,360
Speaker 1: of the story of kind of what happened, and the

2223
01:46:59,479 --> 01:47:02,040
Speaker 1: more I heard, the more upset I got. Um, So,

2224
01:47:02,439 --> 01:47:05,880
Speaker 1: here's the it is. It It is unprecedented, never heard

2225
01:47:05,920 --> 01:47:08,280
Speaker 1: of it before in this sport. Um. I don't know

2226
01:47:08,280 --> 01:47:10,719
Speaker 1: about any others. I'm not that well versed in other sports.

2227
01:47:10,800 --> 01:47:17,960
Speaker 1: But you know how odd and unfathomable it is. When

2228
01:47:18,439 --> 01:47:20,639
Speaker 1: when it came out and it got out and people

2229
01:47:20,680 --> 01:47:22,200
Speaker 1: were saying, well, I don't want to you know, they

2230
01:47:22,240 --> 01:47:25,760
Speaker 1: were questioning his mental stability. That's how weird it was.

2231
01:47:25,880 --> 01:47:30,000
Speaker 1: That's how different it was, because it immediately made that

2232
01:47:30,120 --> 01:47:33,800
Speaker 1: guy must be absolutely crazy. You must have gone crazy,

2233
01:47:33,800 --> 01:47:36,200
Speaker 1: you must have had It's about bout a depression. Something must,

2234
01:47:36,360 --> 01:47:39,759
Speaker 1: something else must, and that's how that's how you know wrong.

2235
01:47:39,880 --> 01:47:42,160
Speaker 1: It is in the in the culture of the league.

2236
01:47:42,840 --> 01:47:44,799
Speaker 1: And you know, people was calling us me and especially

2237
01:47:44,800 --> 01:47:47,000
Speaker 1: me and Raphael like company man. And it wasn't had

2238
01:47:47,080 --> 01:47:50,799
Speaker 1: nothing to do with the organization like anybody said anything

2239
01:47:50,880 --> 01:47:53,040
Speaker 1: to you, right, They had nothing to do with the

2240
01:47:53,200 --> 01:47:56,360
Speaker 1: organization at all. It's just about your band of brothers.

2241
01:47:56,760 --> 01:47:58,800
Speaker 1: If anything is still pure at heart as far as

2242
01:47:58,800 --> 01:48:01,679
Speaker 1: in professional sports, it's the brotherhood that's in that locker

2243
01:48:01,760 --> 01:48:04,680
Speaker 1: room if anything. You know, take the guy next to

2244
01:48:04,800 --> 01:48:07,720
Speaker 1: you grinding, Jim Kelly comes talk to us the night

2245
01:48:07,760 --> 01:48:10,880
Speaker 1: before Kyleween's speech, the day of the game. Just everything

2246
01:48:11,000 --> 01:48:13,559
Speaker 1: is about brotherhood and being together, and then for one

2247
01:48:13,600 --> 01:48:15,479
Speaker 1: of our brothers to kind of step outside of that,

2248
01:48:15,800 --> 01:48:18,120
Speaker 1: it's would hurt the most. And I for you to

2249
01:48:18,200 --> 01:48:19,559
Speaker 1: make that type of decision had to be on your

2250
01:48:19,600 --> 01:48:22,720
Speaker 1: mind at some point, so you know, it was just

2251
01:48:22,880 --> 01:48:24,960
Speaker 1: it was just you know, so, like I said, I'm

2252
01:48:25,000 --> 01:48:27,600
Speaker 1: done with it. I hope Vante does well, and I

2253
01:48:27,680 --> 01:48:30,160
Speaker 1: have no ill wishes towards him. Obviously, I've moved past it.

2254
01:48:30,200 --> 01:48:31,960
Speaker 1: The team has to move past it. Next man up

2255
01:48:32,000 --> 01:48:34,880
Speaker 1: type of mentality, and you know, just hopefully he does

2256
01:48:34,920 --> 01:48:36,519
Speaker 1: well in his next stage of his life. All right,

2257
01:48:36,600 --> 01:48:38,639
Speaker 1: let's move past it. Let's get to the lowdown. Lorenzo

2258
01:48:38,720 --> 01:48:41,559
Speaker 1: breaks down the matchup Sunday the Bills in the Minnesota Vikings.

2259
01:48:41,800 --> 01:48:44,840
Speaker 1: The lowdown field position you think could be key, Yeah,

2260
01:48:44,840 --> 01:48:46,639
Speaker 1: I mean it's huge. I mean you saw it last week.

2261
01:48:46,720 --> 01:48:48,479
Speaker 1: I mean we went out three and out. I think

2262
01:48:48,520 --> 01:48:50,720
Speaker 1: our offlice model went three and out. Maybe they got

2263
01:48:50,800 --> 01:48:52,760
Speaker 1: a first down, but then then we kicked the ball,

2264
01:48:53,160 --> 01:48:55,320
Speaker 1: punt it. It was a bad punt. We didn't cover

2265
01:48:55,400 --> 01:48:57,320
Speaker 1: it well. And then I think we had a penalty

2266
01:48:57,320 --> 01:48:58,800
Speaker 1: on it as well. And they start the ball at

2267
01:48:58,840 --> 01:49:02,759
Speaker 1: the forty yard line. Yeah, so they already fringes area,

2268
01:49:03,000 --> 01:49:04,920
Speaker 1: already almost have points on the board, and then they

2269
01:49:04,960 --> 01:49:08,040
Speaker 1: score a touchdown and the momentum in the game shifts

2270
01:49:08,240 --> 01:49:11,120
Speaker 1: drastically from there. You can just hear it. Oh, here

2271
01:49:11,120 --> 01:49:13,559
Speaker 1: it goes again, you know, you know, because they scored

2272
01:49:13,600 --> 01:49:15,680
Speaker 1: I think maybe maybe the second playing that drive. So

2273
01:49:15,760 --> 01:49:18,280
Speaker 1: it happened pretty quick. Um. So we have to create

2274
01:49:18,320 --> 01:49:20,120
Speaker 1: field position to war. If we do have a mistake,

2275
01:49:20,240 --> 01:49:22,439
Speaker 1: we can recover from it. Um. And that's really on

2276
01:49:22,520 --> 01:49:24,519
Speaker 1: the special teams, and that's really what our job is

2277
01:49:24,520 --> 01:49:26,640
Speaker 1: to do, to flip that field position and make us

2278
01:49:26,680 --> 01:49:29,920
Speaker 1: play on their side versus ours in the game. And

2279
01:49:30,040 --> 01:49:32,679
Speaker 1: then you mentioned it earlier in the in the segment

2280
01:49:32,720 --> 01:49:35,960
Speaker 1: about the red zone, and yeah, I mean red zon.

2281
01:49:36,040 --> 01:49:37,880
Speaker 1: I mean it comes down and making teams. That's that's

2282
01:49:37,920 --> 01:49:41,080
Speaker 1: our mindset. Take the ball away first of all, or

2283
01:49:41,160 --> 01:49:43,479
Speaker 1: make them kick field goals. And when you do that,

2284
01:49:43,640 --> 01:49:46,519
Speaker 1: the dynamic of that game changes drastically. It goes from

2285
01:49:46,560 --> 01:49:50,720
Speaker 1: a twenty eight points to twelve points and then it's

2286
01:49:50,800 --> 01:49:52,599
Speaker 1: it's still more hope. And even though I don't think

2287
01:49:52,600 --> 01:49:56,439
Speaker 1: guys were losing faith on the sideline, twelve to three

2288
01:49:56,520 --> 01:49:58,760
Speaker 1: is a lot more manageable game. I think the coordinators

2289
01:49:58,880 --> 01:50:00,760
Speaker 1: can call more offensive. You don't feel like you have

2290
01:50:00,840 --> 01:50:03,240
Speaker 1: to just put the ball in Josh's hands and try

2291
01:50:03,280 --> 01:50:04,840
Speaker 1: to chuck and try to find a big play. You

2292
01:50:04,840 --> 01:50:07,360
Speaker 1: can still run your your office pretty much. And so

2293
01:50:07,479 --> 01:50:10,720
Speaker 1: that's how and that's what we call complimentary football. And

2294
01:50:10,800 --> 01:50:13,000
Speaker 1: if we're able to do that, it allows Dable and

2295
01:50:13,080 --> 01:50:15,080
Speaker 1: everybody over there to kind of still feel comfortable on

2296
01:50:15,240 --> 01:50:17,000
Speaker 1: what they have planned for the team versus try to

2297
01:50:17,040 --> 01:50:19,120
Speaker 1: up well, scrap it. We got to start going all

2298
01:50:19,200 --> 01:50:21,320
Speaker 1: goal and try to find a play to change his

2299
01:50:21,439 --> 01:50:23,360
Speaker 1: momentum back in our favor. And that happened in Baltimore

2300
01:50:23,360 --> 01:50:25,600
Speaker 1: and again last week exactly offense right out of it.

2301
01:50:25,960 --> 01:50:28,960
Speaker 1: The lowdown with Lorenzo Alexander your third issue and this

2302
01:50:29,120 --> 01:50:30,880
Speaker 1: is big and Steve talks about this a lot. How

2303
01:50:31,000 --> 01:50:33,599
Speaker 1: last year early on, especially in the season, was built

2304
01:50:33,640 --> 01:50:36,160
Speaker 1: on takeaways. Yeah, this year, two games, the Builds had

2305
01:50:36,200 --> 01:50:39,200
Speaker 1: won one fumper recovery and we should probably have a

2306
01:50:39,280 --> 01:50:41,000
Speaker 1: couple of more. We should have one interception. So we

2307
01:50:41,160 --> 01:50:43,439
Speaker 1: have to figure out a way to take advantage of

2308
01:50:43,479 --> 01:50:44,880
Speaker 1: when the ball is on the ground, you know, So

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01:50:45,120 --> 01:50:48,400
Speaker 1: if that's you know, more guys run into it, you know,

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01:50:48,560 --> 01:50:50,160
Speaker 1: I don't, I don't know. I mean we had We've

2311
01:50:50,200 --> 01:50:51,519
Speaker 1: had a couple on the ground, we just haven't been

2312
01:50:51,560 --> 01:50:54,920
Speaker 1: able to find um or we've maybe jumped off side

2313
01:50:54,960 --> 01:50:57,439
Speaker 1: and negated us recovering it. So we have to be

2314
01:50:58,600 --> 01:51:00,439
Speaker 1: more disciplined and that in that way as well. I'm

2315
01:51:00,439 --> 01:51:02,920
Speaker 1: sure it's talked about right and we're talking about it

2316
01:51:03,000 --> 01:51:04,720
Speaker 1: and we're stripping it. The ball is there, we just

2317
01:51:04,840 --> 01:51:06,640
Speaker 1: have to get to it. I mean the fumble is

2318
01:51:06,640 --> 01:51:08,160
Speaker 1: a lot harder. I think a couple of times we've

2319
01:51:08,200 --> 01:51:09,760
Speaker 1: had our hands on some balls and just trying to

2320
01:51:09,800 --> 01:51:13,559
Speaker 1: find ways to make the play. Tell a little bit

2321
01:51:13,640 --> 01:51:17,120
Speaker 1: about the team's attitude with Josh and there. Last week

2322
01:51:17,240 --> 01:51:20,240
Speaker 1: was his first week full time head starter, and then

2323
01:51:20,720 --> 01:51:22,519
Speaker 1: now this week, you're kind of rolling along with it.

2324
01:51:23,040 --> 01:51:24,720
Speaker 1: How is he handling? What are you? What are you?

2325
01:51:24,800 --> 01:51:26,519
Speaker 1: What are the guys saying about him? And how how

2326
01:51:26,560 --> 01:51:27,920
Speaker 1: are they trying to help him? And I think he's

2327
01:51:27,960 --> 01:51:29,800
Speaker 1: done a great job, you know, just continue to work.

2328
01:51:30,240 --> 01:51:31,920
Speaker 1: I would say this, Nate is also doing a great

2329
01:51:32,000 --> 01:51:33,800
Speaker 1: job as far as helping him along the way as too.

2330
01:51:33,920 --> 01:51:36,320
Speaker 1: Through that process, both those guys are working really hard

2331
01:51:36,400 --> 01:51:39,080
Speaker 1: to put our offense in an advantageous spot. And I

2332
01:51:39,120 --> 01:51:40,840
Speaker 1: think Nat is going to continue to grow. I mean,

2333
01:51:40,920 --> 01:51:44,040
Speaker 1: he's gotten better each each week. I think the way

2334
01:51:44,080 --> 01:51:46,280
Speaker 1: he finished that game, be able to drive the length

2335
01:51:46,280 --> 01:51:48,360
Speaker 1: of the field and score a touchdown, all that stuff

2336
01:51:48,439 --> 01:51:50,800
Speaker 1: matters as far as his confidence, because as you know,

2337
01:51:51,720 --> 01:51:54,840
Speaker 1: confidence can make make you feel like you're Superman out there,

2338
01:51:54,840 --> 01:51:56,519
Speaker 1: and if you're playing on that different level, you know,

2339
01:51:56,640 --> 01:51:58,599
Speaker 1: you make you a couple of plays, you just start

2340
01:51:58,680 --> 01:52:01,479
Speaker 1: getting into that zone and and and it fires everybody

2341
01:52:01,560 --> 01:52:03,479
Speaker 1: up around you. And you could even see on the sideline.

2342
01:52:03,479 --> 01:52:05,360
Speaker 1: I mean, as soon as he scored a touchdown, he's

2343
01:52:05,439 --> 01:52:08,439
Speaker 1: running over to the defense, getting in our face, my face,

2344
01:52:08,560 --> 01:52:10,800
Speaker 1: Kyle's face. You know, he just he wants to win.

2345
01:52:11,000 --> 01:52:13,559
Speaker 1: What was he saying, let's go, let's go, I mean,

2346
01:52:13,640 --> 01:52:16,320
Speaker 1: not you know, just hype. Uh, you know, let's let's

2347
01:52:16,360 --> 01:52:17,960
Speaker 1: do it. Let's get back into this, you know, get

2348
01:52:18,200 --> 01:52:20,479
Speaker 1: me the ball back. That that type of stuff that

2349
01:52:20,600 --> 01:52:22,200
Speaker 1: you really want to see, and it gets you juiced

2350
01:52:22,240 --> 01:52:24,400
Speaker 1: up as especially for me as an older guy, to

2351
01:52:24,479 --> 01:52:26,439
Speaker 1: see a guy willing to come and get in my

2352
01:52:26,520 --> 01:52:30,120
Speaker 1: face regardless of his age, because he knows, um what

2353
01:52:30,200 --> 01:52:32,920
Speaker 1: we're capable of doing and not stepping over any lines

2354
01:52:33,000 --> 01:52:35,760
Speaker 1: right now. No, I love that. I love that, that enthusiasm,

2355
01:52:35,920 --> 01:52:39,799
Speaker 1: that energy. You want to see that from your young quarterback. Hey, Lorenzo,

2356
01:52:39,840 --> 01:52:42,720
Speaker 1: I've never been on football and never will. I don't

2357
01:52:42,760 --> 01:52:45,599
Speaker 1: think uh it's a what I don't really care about

2358
01:52:45,600 --> 01:52:47,439
Speaker 1: point spreads, but it got our attention a little bit

2359
01:52:47,479 --> 01:52:50,120
Speaker 1: of sixteen and a half point point spread of the

2360
01:52:50,160 --> 01:52:51,720
Speaker 1: bill sixteen and a half point an under do we

2361
01:52:51,800 --> 01:52:57,360
Speaker 1: earned it? Okay? I mean by the way we played.

2362
01:52:57,400 --> 01:52:59,840
Speaker 1: I mean, and we're going and we're on the row.

2363
01:53:00,000 --> 01:53:01,320
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think I didn't know that until

2364
01:53:01,320 --> 01:53:03,040
Speaker 1: you told me. So. It's not like we look them

2365
01:53:03,120 --> 01:53:06,360
Speaker 1: up and use it and energy were on the road.

2366
01:53:06,439 --> 01:53:08,600
Speaker 1: I mean, so add the way we've played, so you

2367
01:53:08,680 --> 01:53:11,000
Speaker 1: add another touchdown to that. I mean, I get why

2368
01:53:11,040 --> 01:53:12,960
Speaker 1: the odds are the way they are, but that doesn't

2369
01:53:13,640 --> 01:53:17,000
Speaker 1: that doesn't make me feel any worse because I'm self motivating.

2370
01:53:17,000 --> 01:53:19,400
Speaker 1: I think this team is intrinsically self motivated, and that's

2371
01:53:19,479 --> 01:53:22,120
Speaker 1: what you have to be. You can't allow what people

2372
01:53:22,240 --> 01:53:25,200
Speaker 1: say or what people come up with to motivate you

2373
01:53:25,640 --> 01:53:27,679
Speaker 1: to play at a high level. If it's not already

2374
01:53:27,720 --> 01:53:29,160
Speaker 1: in you, you don't need to be playing this game.

2375
01:53:29,680 --> 01:53:31,120
Speaker 1: They want to ask you before we let you go.

2376
01:53:31,439 --> 01:53:33,840
Speaker 1: A couple of weeks away. On the Monday, October eighth

2377
01:53:33,880 --> 01:53:36,920
Speaker 1: to Monday eight Football Watch Party, Yeah, Washington and New

2378
01:53:37,000 --> 01:53:39,720
Speaker 1: Orleans play the game, and you and your teammate read

2379
01:53:39,720 --> 01:53:41,479
Speaker 1: focusing or get together to raise some money for a

2380
01:53:41,560 --> 01:53:46,360
Speaker 1: diabetes right. The American Diabetes Association. Something that's both I

2381
01:53:46,439 --> 01:53:49,240
Speaker 1: guess in our lives. I believe his brother is diabetic.

2382
01:53:49,640 --> 01:53:52,560
Speaker 1: It runs in my family. My uncle's diabetic. And just

2383
01:53:52,720 --> 01:53:55,320
Speaker 1: using again our platform or being professional athletes being in

2384
01:53:55,439 --> 01:53:59,320
Speaker 1: this community to help raise awareness and money to help

2385
01:53:59,640 --> 01:54:03,280
Speaker 1: find it here. Um. So yeah, definitely come out October eighth.

2386
01:54:03,360 --> 01:54:05,519
Speaker 1: It should be a great time as always. Me and

2387
01:54:05,600 --> 01:54:07,639
Speaker 1: sedgric Thornton did it last year and we had a blast,

2388
01:54:08,360 --> 01:54:11,800
Speaker 1: So definitely venue. Yeah, where are you doing it? Where?

2389
01:54:11,800 --> 01:54:15,240
Speaker 1: It's still two weeks it's not up on where is it?

2390
01:54:15,280 --> 01:54:18,240
Speaker 1: It's somewhere local was out here in Orchard Park area.

2391
01:54:18,520 --> 01:54:20,960
Speaker 1: You can get information on this a diabetes dot org

2392
01:54:21,080 --> 01:54:23,479
Speaker 1: slash Buffalo watch party and as you said, a couple

2393
01:54:23,479 --> 01:54:25,800
Speaker 1: of weeks away right figure out and local next get

2394
01:54:26,400 --> 01:54:28,760
Speaker 1: we'll talk about it next week too, all right, Okay, cool? Yeah,

2395
01:54:28,840 --> 01:54:31,599
Speaker 1: thanks n. I appreciate you the lowdown with Lorenzo Alexander

2396
01:54:31,720 --> 01:54:33,560
Speaker 1: joining the show as he does every Friday, Steve and

2397
01:54:33,600 --> 01:54:35,840
Speaker 1: I back with more One Bills Live from One Bill's

2398
01:54:35,920 --> 01:54:51,480
Speaker 1: Drive on Buffalo Bills Radio. Well, the show moves along,

2399
01:54:51,560 --> 01:54:53,720
Speaker 1: doesn't that. John Murphy and Steve Tasker here in our

2400
01:54:53,800 --> 01:54:56,480
Speaker 1: one Buffalo studio in Orchard Park. The Bill sit wrapped

2401
01:54:56,560 --> 01:54:58,600
Speaker 1: up practice for the day. They'll come back out here

2402
01:54:58,600 --> 01:55:01,280
Speaker 1: for a walk through tomorrow. The Buffalo injury report as

2403
01:55:01,600 --> 01:55:04,600
Speaker 1: Shack Lawston ruled out of the game questionable. These are

2404
01:55:05,080 --> 01:55:07,960
Speaker 1: these are significant. Le Sean McCoy questionable with his ribs,

2405
01:55:08,200 --> 01:55:11,200
Speaker 1: Philip Gaines questionable with his elbow, Tarren Johnson questionable with

2406
01:55:11,240 --> 01:55:14,320
Speaker 1: his shoulder. And the Vikings injury report is significant as well.

2407
01:55:14,400 --> 01:55:16,880
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook starting running back he is out with a

2408
01:55:16,960 --> 01:55:20,000
Speaker 1: hamstring poll and defensive end Everson Griffin he is out

2409
01:55:20,240 --> 01:55:23,560
Speaker 1: with a knee injury. Steve. The Vikings know the deal.

2410
01:55:23,920 --> 01:55:26,560
Speaker 1: The Vikings have a couple of big games coming up.

2411
01:55:26,600 --> 01:55:29,400
Speaker 1: They play the Rams next week Thursday. By the way

2412
01:55:29,720 --> 01:55:31,840
Speaker 1: they play, I believe at the Rams on Thursday, and

2413
01:55:31,840 --> 01:55:34,560
Speaker 1: then they play the rematch of the NFC Championship game

2414
01:55:34,880 --> 01:55:38,240
Speaker 1: the following Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles. Do the Vikings

2415
01:55:38,360 --> 01:55:40,480
Speaker 1: look at their injuries, look at those two key players,

2416
01:55:40,600 --> 01:55:43,840
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook and Everson Griffin, and say, let's wait, let's

2417
01:55:43,840 --> 01:55:45,560
Speaker 1: save him. We might be able to get buy Buffalo

2418
01:55:45,600 --> 01:55:48,440
Speaker 1: without him. Is that ever coming to play? Do you think, boy?

2419
01:55:48,480 --> 01:55:50,720
Speaker 1: I don't know. I would say probably not. If they're

2420
01:55:50,760 --> 01:55:52,840
Speaker 1: ready to go, they're gonna play him, because that's you know,

2421
01:55:53,000 --> 01:55:55,840
Speaker 1: that's what they do. I mean that, Yeah, Minnesota is

2422
01:55:55,840 --> 01:55:59,760
Speaker 1: in LA next week, and then in week five, Minnesota

2423
01:56:00,120 --> 01:56:03,960
Speaker 1: is in Philadelphia Philly. So yeah, also got to be

2424
01:56:04,080 --> 01:56:06,080
Speaker 1: the two biggest games on their schedule. Wouldn't you think

2425
01:56:07,080 --> 01:56:08,960
Speaker 1: even preseason they got to say, Oh, that's the one

2426
01:56:09,000 --> 01:56:10,880
Speaker 1: we're going to play the Rams and then we're gonna

2427
01:56:10,960 --> 01:56:13,760
Speaker 1: rematch the Eagles. Yeah, and this is this is not

2428
01:56:13,920 --> 01:56:16,000
Speaker 1: even a speed bump for them. They're thinking now. I mean,

2429
01:56:16,200 --> 01:56:18,040
Speaker 1: they probably want they do want those guys healthy for

2430
01:56:18,120 --> 01:56:19,880
Speaker 1: those games. But I think if they were healthy, they'd

2431
01:56:19,920 --> 01:56:22,560
Speaker 1: be playing, no question about it. Um, I don't know

2432
01:56:22,680 --> 01:56:25,440
Speaker 1: that there'sn't Yeah, I don't know that there's any extra

2433
01:56:25,840 --> 01:56:28,560
Speaker 1: caution going in because the Buffalo Bills are coming to town.

2434
01:56:28,760 --> 01:56:30,320
Speaker 1: I don't think that. I don't think that's in Mike

2435
01:56:30,400 --> 01:56:32,520
Speaker 1: Zimmer's makeup. I don't know. You're right, they're they're a

2436
01:56:32,520 --> 01:56:34,320
Speaker 1: pretty good team. They're a pretty good team. The Bills

2437
01:56:34,360 --> 01:56:37,440
Speaker 1: are one o'clock. Hey, um, rookie quarterbacks, that's up in

2438
01:56:37,520 --> 01:56:39,760
Speaker 1: our Twitter poll all day. Um, you can weigh in

2439
01:56:39,840 --> 01:56:41,840
Speaker 1: on that on eight oh three five fifty or toll

2440
01:56:41,920 --> 01:56:44,520
Speaker 1: free one eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty,

2441
01:56:44,920 --> 01:56:47,400
Speaker 1: or on Twitter, where the Twitter poll asks you which

2442
01:56:47,440 --> 01:56:49,440
Speaker 1: of the rookie quarterbacks is off to the best start

2443
01:56:49,520 --> 01:56:53,240
Speaker 1: this year? Is it Josh Allen maybe? Is it Baker Mayfield?

2444
01:56:53,360 --> 01:56:56,000
Speaker 1: Sixty five percent of you say yes, it is Sam Darnold,

2445
01:56:56,040 --> 01:56:58,240
Speaker 1: ten percent, Lamar Jackson two percent. You can weigh in

2446
01:56:58,320 --> 01:57:01,160
Speaker 1: on that. Take a call from Kevin and Hamburg. Hello, Kevin, welcome,

2447
01:57:01,160 --> 01:57:03,920
Speaker 1: you're on the air with us A good hood. I

2448
01:57:04,000 --> 01:57:06,840
Speaker 1: want to say one thing that all the people who

2449
01:57:07,040 --> 01:57:10,040
Speaker 1: still thought we should have kept Tyride over the season,

2450
01:57:10,560 --> 01:57:13,400
Speaker 1: I'm glad how bad they saw he was even before

2451
01:57:13,440 --> 01:57:17,080
Speaker 1: he got his bell rung last night, and how that

2452
01:57:17,280 --> 01:57:20,720
Speaker 1: place was like den as a doornernail, and even that

2453
01:57:20,880 --> 01:57:23,320
Speaker 1: one announcer, that one woman announcer that you could hear

2454
01:57:23,360 --> 01:57:26,000
Speaker 1: a pin drop, and when Baker came in, that place

2455
01:57:26,160 --> 01:57:29,160
Speaker 1: was felt like almost like the Bernie coach our days.

2456
01:57:29,160 --> 01:57:32,720
Speaker 1: I'm not seeing Cleveland that crazy since the Bernie days

2457
01:57:32,800 --> 01:57:35,040
Speaker 1: when they had the real dog pound and Marty was

2458
01:57:35,120 --> 01:57:39,040
Speaker 1: the head coach. That's yeah, that's going it is going

2459
01:57:39,080 --> 01:57:41,640
Speaker 1: back a while. There's no question I mean, you know,

2460
01:57:41,800 --> 01:57:44,600
Speaker 1: Buffalo fans, some of them recognized what they saw from

2461
01:57:44,640 --> 01:57:48,920
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor last night, and uh, while they did have

2462
01:57:49,040 --> 01:57:50,840
Speaker 1: a lot of you know, he did do a lot

2463
01:57:50,920 --> 01:57:52,520
Speaker 1: of things on the football field that a lot of

2464
01:57:52,560 --> 01:57:54,880
Speaker 1: guys don't do, and he showed some of that. There

2465
01:57:55,000 --> 01:57:56,720
Speaker 1: was all some some things he does a lot. I

2466
01:57:56,800 --> 01:57:59,320
Speaker 1: mean that the play that MSG PEP viewers are looking

2467
01:57:59,320 --> 01:58:00,800
Speaker 1: at right now through the fade and it was four

2468
01:58:00,880 --> 01:58:03,960
Speaker 1: yards out of bounds, trying to avoid the rush and

2469
01:58:04,000 --> 01:58:06,520
Speaker 1: then getting rid of it and throwing it away. There

2470
01:58:06,600 --> 01:58:08,160
Speaker 1: was a lot of that going on in the first

2471
01:58:08,200 --> 01:58:10,160
Speaker 1: half of that game the other night. Had led to

2472
01:58:10,240 --> 01:58:14,360
Speaker 1: a fourteen to nothing deficit late in the first half,

2473
01:58:14,600 --> 01:58:19,920
Speaker 1: and then Tyrod scrambling around, got hurt. He underthrew a

2474
01:58:20,000 --> 01:58:22,360
Speaker 1: couple of deep balls that had a chance to be caught,

2475
01:58:23,120 --> 01:58:26,680
Speaker 1: and yeah, it was pretty frustrating for Browns fans to

2476
01:58:26,720 --> 01:58:28,600
Speaker 1: watch that, and it looked like it was going to

2477
01:58:28,640 --> 01:58:31,160
Speaker 1: be another one of the one thirty one and one

2478
01:58:31,320 --> 01:58:33,320
Speaker 1: games that they've been through in the last two years.

2479
01:58:33,360 --> 01:58:37,480
Speaker 1: And Baker Mayfield changed all of that. You know, as

2480
01:58:37,520 --> 01:58:39,800
Speaker 1: I watched first half last night and watched replays of

2481
01:58:39,920 --> 01:58:45,080
Speaker 1: some of Tyrode's misques, you know, the throws. There were

2482
01:58:45,120 --> 01:58:46,880
Speaker 1: many off target throws. And that's the part when I

2483
01:58:46,960 --> 01:58:48,920
Speaker 1: said to you earlier this morning. Now, I've never seen

2484
01:58:49,000 --> 01:58:51,400
Speaker 1: Tyrod play that poorly, throw it that poorly, But there

2485
01:58:51,440 --> 01:58:53,280
Speaker 1: were many things that did look like his tenure in

2486
01:58:53,320 --> 01:58:55,920
Speaker 1: Buffalo where Tyrode, you know, you watching replays and you

2487
01:58:55,960 --> 01:58:59,480
Speaker 1: see open receivers Jarvis Landry most notably opened down field

2488
01:58:59,520 --> 01:59:01,320
Speaker 1: and Tyrode ever gets there, you know, he never gets

2489
01:59:01,400 --> 01:59:03,040
Speaker 1: the ball there and they don't even think of throwing

2490
01:59:03,080 --> 01:59:05,480
Speaker 1: it there. That's the part that reminded me of Tyrode

2491
01:59:05,480 --> 01:59:08,240
Speaker 1: in Buffalo, the part where he missed so badly on

2492
01:59:08,280 --> 01:59:10,200
Speaker 1: a couple of throws in the first half. That's the

2493
01:59:10,280 --> 01:59:12,960
Speaker 1: part that I had not really seen from him too

2494
01:59:13,040 --> 01:59:15,040
Speaker 1: often here in Buffalo. You know, he could usually when

2495
01:59:15,080 --> 01:59:17,400
Speaker 1: he pulled the trigger, you usually get the ball where

2496
01:59:17,400 --> 01:59:19,200
Speaker 1: he wanted to put it. But not last night. It

2497
01:59:19,280 --> 01:59:21,440
Speaker 1: was awful as it was, and the Jets were putting

2498
01:59:21,440 --> 01:59:23,240
Speaker 1: a lot of pressure on him. They were struggling in

2499
01:59:23,360 --> 01:59:26,480
Speaker 1: front of Tyrod Taylor. And is interesting to me either

2500
01:59:26,520 --> 01:59:28,440
Speaker 1: when Baker Mayfield got in there. And you can say

2501
01:59:28,480 --> 01:59:30,480
Speaker 1: what you want about the team playing better around him

2502
01:59:30,560 --> 01:59:33,720
Speaker 1: or whatever. He didn't face the pressure. Tyrod taylored it

2503
01:59:33,800 --> 01:59:35,840
Speaker 1: or didn't appear to be ere he handled it better.

2504
01:59:35,960 --> 01:59:39,360
Speaker 1: The ball was gone quicker, which is probably the most

2505
01:59:39,440 --> 01:59:45,360
Speaker 1: likely scenario in a generalized explanation, Baker Mayfield threw the

2506
01:59:45,400 --> 01:59:48,280
Speaker 1: ball out of there fast and on time. Tyrod didn't

2507
01:59:48,320 --> 01:59:50,560
Speaker 1: do that, and that was kind of the hallmark of

2508
01:59:50,600 --> 01:59:52,880
Speaker 1: his tenure here in Buffalo as well. I wonder today

2509
01:59:53,120 --> 01:59:54,840
Speaker 1: has got to be one of them, and he's had

2510
01:59:54,840 --> 01:59:58,160
Speaker 1: a few in recent years. Tyrod Taylor uncertain days in

2511
01:59:58,320 --> 02:00:00,680
Speaker 1: his NFL future, right. I mean, look, he got benched

2512
02:00:00,760 --> 02:00:03,520
Speaker 1: here going into the season finale a couple of years ago.

2513
02:00:03,600 --> 02:00:06,840
Speaker 1: He had contractual deadlines that kind of went down to

2514
02:00:06,920 --> 02:00:09,080
Speaker 1: the wire a couple of times. But I would think

2515
02:00:09,120 --> 02:00:12,000
Speaker 1: today might be the bottom for Tyrod Taylor in terms

2516
02:00:12,040 --> 02:00:14,560
Speaker 1: of sitting there. Obviously he's got a concussion all right,

2517
02:00:14,640 --> 02:00:16,400
Speaker 1: left the game, But just think sitting there thinking about

2518
02:00:16,840 --> 02:00:19,160
Speaker 1: what's next? Am I done here? Right? He's had a

2519
02:00:19,200 --> 02:00:21,440
Speaker 1: few of these days in his recent NFL career. This

2520
02:00:21,560 --> 02:00:23,560
Speaker 1: may be the first time where the team he's playing

2521
02:00:23,600 --> 02:00:26,720
Speaker 1: for has a better alternative. Yeah, And he didn't do

2522
02:00:26,880 --> 02:00:30,800
Speaker 1: enough to keep hold on to his job. And that's

2523
02:00:30,880 --> 02:00:33,080
Speaker 1: when you kind of we can all relate to. You

2524
02:00:33,160 --> 02:00:34,360
Speaker 1: get up in the morning, look in the mirror and

2525
02:00:34,440 --> 02:00:40,760
Speaker 1: thinks it's me. It's it's not him, it's not them,

2526
02:00:40,840 --> 02:00:43,360
Speaker 1: it's not the coaching staff. It's not being misunderstood, it's

2527
02:00:43,400 --> 02:00:47,160
Speaker 1: not being mistreated. The problem is me. I didn't play

2528
02:00:47,200 --> 02:00:50,280
Speaker 1: well enough. Here's a call from Josh in Perry, New York.

2529
02:00:50,360 --> 02:00:53,120
Speaker 1: I had Josh, Welcome to the show. Hey, I just

2530
02:00:53,240 --> 02:00:55,360
Speaker 1: want to talk about some of the defensive play calling

2531
02:00:55,800 --> 02:00:58,280
Speaker 1: with Sean McDermott Leslie Fraser. You know, I'm a big

2532
02:00:58,360 --> 02:01:03,040
Speaker 1: fan of letting the head coach designate out responsibility. I

2533
02:01:03,120 --> 02:01:05,760
Speaker 1: think it's kind of a poor reflection on McDermott and

2534
02:01:05,960 --> 02:01:10,480
Speaker 1: whatever communication he needs to to do between him and Frasier.

2535
02:01:10,520 --> 02:01:12,480
Speaker 1: I mean, Frasier has already been a head coach, he's

2536
02:01:12,520 --> 02:01:15,840
Speaker 1: been a defensive coordinator. I have a lot of faith

2537
02:01:15,920 --> 02:01:19,280
Speaker 1: in the guy. So even though their defense played better

2538
02:01:19,760 --> 02:01:22,560
Speaker 1: when McDermott took over the play calling, I think that

2539
02:01:22,720 --> 02:01:25,280
Speaker 1: it's in the long run, just not a good idea,

2540
02:01:25,720 --> 02:01:28,640
Speaker 1: and I think it shows he's maybe a little bit

2541
02:01:28,720 --> 02:01:32,960
Speaker 1: of a micromanager. I like McDermott I like Frasier, but

2542
02:01:33,200 --> 02:01:36,320
Speaker 1: you've already gone through one offensive coordinator. That's the guy

2543
02:01:36,400 --> 02:01:39,600
Speaker 1: that you picked. So what is it saying that McDermott

2544
02:01:39,640 --> 02:01:41,240
Speaker 1: picked him and he doesn't want him to do the

2545
02:01:41,280 --> 02:01:45,800
Speaker 1: signal calling anymore. It's it's kind of weird, So well,

2546
02:01:45,840 --> 02:01:47,400
Speaker 1: let's talk about that. Jeff, stay in the line for

2547
02:01:47,440 --> 02:01:49,360
Speaker 1: a second. I get it. It is kind of weird.

2548
02:01:49,440 --> 02:01:51,400
Speaker 1: It's I don't know weird is the right word. I

2549
02:01:51,440 --> 02:01:54,800
Speaker 1: think it's it's it's a tension getting in this respect.

2550
02:01:55,680 --> 02:01:58,840
Speaker 1: You're right, they seemed to be a seamless operation last year,

2551
02:01:58,920 --> 02:02:01,240
Speaker 1: and they weren't great defense, but never did it come

2552
02:02:01,240 --> 02:02:04,520
Speaker 1: into question what Plasier being called. McDermott was asked about

2553
02:02:04,520 --> 02:02:06,320
Speaker 1: it today and he said they're gonna work it out.

2554
02:02:06,360 --> 02:02:08,400
Speaker 1: They're gonna work through it. I think was an exact quote.

2555
02:02:08,640 --> 02:02:10,960
Speaker 1: So we'll see what happens on Sunday. I would not

2556
02:02:11,080 --> 02:02:13,800
Speaker 1: be surprised if if McDermott has the call sheet on

2557
02:02:13,920 --> 02:02:16,600
Speaker 1: defense in his hands and calls defense at least some

2558
02:02:16,640 --> 02:02:18,760
Speaker 1: of the time on Sunday against the Vikings. How do

2559
02:02:18,880 --> 02:02:20,600
Speaker 1: I feel about that? I don't feel good about it,

2560
02:02:20,680 --> 02:02:22,680
Speaker 1: to be honest with him, Maybe for different reasons than you.

2561
02:02:23,000 --> 02:02:25,440
Speaker 1: I want the head coach to manage the game. I

2562
02:02:25,560 --> 02:02:28,480
Speaker 1: want the head coach to watch the entire game, watch

2563
02:02:28,600 --> 02:02:31,920
Speaker 1: the timeouts, watch the offense, manage the games. It's not

2564
02:02:32,080 --> 02:02:35,480
Speaker 1: like Leslie Frasier is new to this, and so if

2565
02:02:35,520 --> 02:02:37,000
Speaker 1: it takes a week or two for them to work

2566
02:02:37,080 --> 02:02:39,840
Speaker 1: this out, I'm all right with that. Last week's second

2567
02:02:39,880 --> 02:02:41,880
Speaker 1: at performance, I don't know how much to put on

2568
02:02:41,920 --> 02:02:43,960
Speaker 1: a defensive play calling. And one thing about it, he said,

2569
02:02:43,960 --> 02:02:46,960
Speaker 1: it doesn't speak well for Sean McDermott to want to listen.

2570
02:02:47,080 --> 02:02:50,120
Speaker 1: It's desperate times, for desperate measures, for desperate times. It's

2571
02:02:50,200 --> 02:02:52,360
Speaker 1: not what Sean McDermott wanted to do the way he

2572
02:02:52,440 --> 02:02:54,200
Speaker 1: wanted to do. He wanted Leslie Frasier to be called

2573
02:02:54,200 --> 02:02:55,640
Speaker 1: in the plays. It's not what he wants to do.

2574
02:02:56,320 --> 02:02:59,360
Speaker 1: But when he doesn't see it being getting the results

2575
02:02:59,400 --> 02:03:02,520
Speaker 1: he wants to get, and he's the one that's going

2576
02:03:02,600 --> 02:03:04,520
Speaker 1: to be taken the heat for it, I think he's

2577
02:03:04,560 --> 02:03:06,760
Speaker 1: pretty much wants to be the guy that's actually making

2578
02:03:06,800 --> 02:03:09,640
Speaker 1: the calls. I don't think there's I don't think Leslie

2579
02:03:09,680 --> 02:03:11,720
Speaker 1: Frasier is you know, it's going to be checked out

2580
02:03:11,880 --> 02:03:15,000
Speaker 1: of the entire process, no question about it. But and

2581
02:03:15,280 --> 02:03:18,240
Speaker 1: I don't think it says Sean McDermott is a micromanager.

2582
02:03:18,320 --> 02:03:19,760
Speaker 1: I think the fact that he didn't do it to

2583
02:03:19,840 --> 02:03:23,160
Speaker 1: begin with, after being a defensive coordinator for the Carolina

2584
02:03:23,240 --> 02:03:25,520
Speaker 1: Panthers and a very good one, I think it says

2585
02:03:25,600 --> 02:03:28,840
Speaker 1: just the opposite. He wants his coordinators to coordinate and

2586
02:03:28,960 --> 02:03:30,320
Speaker 1: he doesn't want to have to be the guy to

2587
02:03:30,400 --> 02:03:33,400
Speaker 1: call the place. But I think given the struggles that

2588
02:03:33,480 --> 02:03:36,280
Speaker 1: they've had with what is the perceived talent on that

2589
02:03:36,320 --> 02:03:38,440
Speaker 1: side of the football and the results that they have

2590
02:03:38,640 --> 02:03:42,280
Speaker 1: not enjoyed and have gotten, I think I think this

2591
02:03:42,480 --> 02:03:45,880
Speaker 1: is extenuating circumstances that puts him back in the saddle

2592
02:03:45,920 --> 02:03:48,880
Speaker 1: of calling the place. And Josh, you can answer that

2593
02:03:48,920 --> 02:03:52,440
Speaker 1: if you're still there. Yeah, Well, I'm fine with it

2594
02:03:52,600 --> 02:03:56,000
Speaker 1: short term, right long as I don't think it's a

2595
02:03:56,120 --> 02:03:58,760
Speaker 1: long term solution. You know, Like I said, what do

2596
02:03:58,840 --> 02:04:02,560
Speaker 1: you have to communicate to Leslie that maybe wasn't communicated

2597
02:04:03,000 --> 02:04:07,160
Speaker 1: about certain situations? Yeah? Great, Well ever know that answer? Yeah,

2598
02:04:07,160 --> 02:04:08,480
Speaker 1: And I agree with you. A short term and I

2599
02:04:08,520 --> 02:04:11,320
Speaker 1: think it's obvious Sean McDermot really didn't want that responsibility.

2600
02:04:11,400 --> 02:04:13,080
Speaker 1: He does have other things he wants to think about.

2601
02:04:13,360 --> 02:04:15,480
Speaker 1: That's why he set his staff up so that Leslie

2602
02:04:15,560 --> 02:04:18,640
Speaker 1: Frasier could call the defensive signals. A lot of guys don't.

2603
02:04:19,400 --> 02:04:20,840
Speaker 1: And the only I think, can I just throw this

2604
02:04:20,920 --> 02:04:22,920
Speaker 1: in there, Josh, And I know you might have another comment.

2605
02:04:23,480 --> 02:04:26,680
Speaker 1: There are a couple of new coaches on the defensive

2606
02:04:26,720 --> 02:04:28,960
Speaker 1: side of the ball, and maybe that's just part of

2607
02:04:29,000 --> 02:04:30,800
Speaker 1: a breaking period, you know what I mean, Guys who've

2608
02:04:30,800 --> 02:04:34,120
Speaker 1: been elevated from other positions and maybe they're not getting

2609
02:04:34,160 --> 02:04:37,120
Speaker 1: the seamless kind of communication that they had last year

2610
02:04:37,160 --> 02:04:39,200
Speaker 1: because they have some new faces on the defensive side

2611
02:04:39,200 --> 02:04:41,040
Speaker 1: of the ball. That's just me, that's just a guess

2612
02:04:41,080 --> 02:04:43,560
Speaker 1: on my part. I don't know. Yeah, there's a lot

2613
02:04:43,640 --> 02:04:46,440
Speaker 1: of moving parts. You know, there's not just fifty three

2614
02:04:46,480 --> 02:04:50,600
Speaker 1: guys on a roster, but right raining staff and everything

2615
02:04:51,040 --> 02:04:53,320
Speaker 1: beyond that. So I get that. I guess that there's

2616
02:04:53,320 --> 02:04:55,440
Speaker 1: a lot of moving parts, and every year is a

2617
02:04:55,480 --> 02:05:00,800
Speaker 1: different year. Regarding some offensive play calling, did you guys

2618
02:05:00,920 --> 02:05:06,320
Speaker 1: see the Seattle Chicago game at all? It did not well.

2619
02:05:06,360 --> 02:05:08,720
Speaker 1: I thought it was really interesting. They zoomed in on

2620
02:05:09,160 --> 02:05:11,160
Speaker 1: I think it's Naggy does a play calling for them.

2621
02:05:11,320 --> 02:05:14,120
Speaker 1: I believe it is then on his chart and I

2622
02:05:14,160 --> 02:05:16,000
Speaker 1: couldn't make out any of the plays or anything, but

2623
02:05:16,120 --> 02:05:18,800
Speaker 1: in big bold letters at the bottom of his chart

2624
02:05:18,920 --> 02:05:22,200
Speaker 1: it said, be you yes, you know what. I noticed

2625
02:05:22,240 --> 02:05:25,600
Speaker 1: that in the Bills preseason game at Chicago, same same

2626
02:05:25,680 --> 02:05:28,200
Speaker 1: two words on the bottom of his chart. Bu yeah

2627
02:05:28,480 --> 02:05:31,320
Speaker 1: b E y o U. Yeah. Yeah. I thought that

2628
02:05:31,440 --> 02:05:33,560
Speaker 1: was interesting too, and I've wanted to give himself a

2629
02:05:33,640 --> 02:05:36,120
Speaker 1: little bit of a reminder not to stray outside his

2630
02:05:36,200 --> 02:05:37,880
Speaker 1: own full eye. I agree, Yeah, I noticed that in

2631
02:05:37,920 --> 02:05:39,800
Speaker 1: the preseason, and I'll tell you what, it takes some

2632
02:05:39,920 --> 02:05:44,840
Speaker 1: remindings sometimes because a coach, these coaches like Sean McDermott today,

2633
02:05:44,880 --> 02:05:47,440
Speaker 1: he was he spent fifteen to twenty minutes answering questions

2634
02:05:47,480 --> 02:05:49,800
Speaker 1: about what he was doing, about the coaching staff, about

2635
02:05:49,840 --> 02:05:53,160
Speaker 1: his play calling, about his players, about everything. They get

2636
02:05:53,240 --> 02:05:57,280
Speaker 1: input from fans, from guys like us, from media members.

2637
02:05:57,680 --> 02:06:00,520
Speaker 1: They hear the national media chiming in from the rafters

2638
02:06:01,680 --> 02:06:04,720
Speaker 1: about what things should be happening or did happen with

2639
02:06:04,840 --> 02:06:07,000
Speaker 1: the team and who's going to affect it. They've got

2640
02:06:07,080 --> 02:06:09,640
Speaker 1: ownership above them that may or may not be vocal

2641
02:06:09,680 --> 02:06:12,600
Speaker 1: about what's going on. There's a lot of things going

2642
02:06:12,640 --> 02:06:15,680
Speaker 1: on that that can affect their train of thought about

2643
02:06:15,760 --> 02:06:18,440
Speaker 1: why or why not they why or why not to

2644
02:06:18,520 --> 02:06:22,400
Speaker 1: call a certain play. And you gotta remember as a

2645
02:06:22,440 --> 02:06:26,000
Speaker 1: head coach sometimes listen, you're the one in the driver's seat.

2646
02:06:26,200 --> 02:06:28,280
Speaker 1: You're the one that earned the position. You're the one

2647
02:06:28,320 --> 02:06:31,280
Speaker 1: that they that has proven yourself in all the jobs

2648
02:06:31,320 --> 02:06:33,600
Speaker 1: that you've had over your career to get here. You're

2649
02:06:35,520 --> 02:06:37,200
Speaker 1: and you're the one whose head's gonna be on the

2650
02:06:37,280 --> 02:06:40,240
Speaker 1: chopping block if if it doesn't go well, you gotta

2651
02:06:40,280 --> 02:06:43,240
Speaker 1: be you. And I think it's sometimes you got to

2652
02:06:43,280 --> 02:06:45,480
Speaker 1: write it on here notes on your play sheet. Hey

2653
02:06:45,920 --> 02:06:49,280
Speaker 1: call the game you want to call. Doug Peterson was renowned,

2654
02:06:49,400 --> 02:06:52,000
Speaker 1: got some renown last year's the Philadelphia head coach because

2655
02:06:52,040 --> 02:06:55,840
Speaker 1: he was that guy. He was himself from morning till

2656
02:06:55,960 --> 02:06:59,800
Speaker 1: night every day of the year. Frank Reich in the postseason,

2657
02:07:00,320 --> 02:07:03,000
Speaker 1: all the videos that were done about the Philadelphia Eagles,

2658
02:07:03,000 --> 02:07:05,480
Speaker 1: and they're run to the title, all the players mentioned

2659
02:07:05,560 --> 02:07:07,440
Speaker 1: what kind of guy Doug Peterson was, and he was

2660
02:07:07,520 --> 02:07:10,840
Speaker 1: himself and the same every day. And for a young coach,

2661
02:07:12,080 --> 02:07:14,800
Speaker 1: sometimes that's hard to remember. Yeah, let's squeeze in one

2662
02:07:14,840 --> 02:07:17,480
Speaker 1: more called Luke on the line in Buffalo. Go ahead, Luke,

2663
02:07:17,520 --> 02:07:19,520
Speaker 1: you're on the ear. Hi. Yeah, I just you guys.

2664
02:07:19,560 --> 02:07:21,280
Speaker 1: Talks on a lot of what I wanted to talk about.

2665
02:07:21,320 --> 02:07:23,360
Speaker 1: But I was going to mention Sean McCay out in

2666
02:07:23,520 --> 02:07:26,320
Speaker 1: LA and how well he's doing making the play calls

2667
02:07:26,360 --> 02:07:29,240
Speaker 1: on the offense. Like McDermott is a young guy, and he's,

2668
02:07:29,320 --> 02:07:31,160
Speaker 1: like you guys said, he's gonna do it. He should

2669
02:07:31,200 --> 02:07:33,840
Speaker 1: do it his way. And I just wanted to remind

2670
02:07:33,880 --> 02:07:37,400
Speaker 1: people that the second year and if it's working out,

2671
02:07:37,800 --> 02:07:41,640
Speaker 1: then why not ride with it working out? Meaning the

2672
02:07:41,720 --> 02:07:45,880
Speaker 1: second half last week? Yeah, exactly, Yeah, continued to work out. Well,

2673
02:07:45,960 --> 02:07:48,320
Speaker 1: then if it's you know, if there's nothing wrong with it,

2674
02:07:48,440 --> 02:07:50,520
Speaker 1: let's keep doing it. Yeah, all right, Well yeah, and

2675
02:07:50,640 --> 02:07:52,480
Speaker 1: let's face it though, even if it doesn't work out.

2676
02:07:52,520 --> 02:07:56,240
Speaker 1: I mean, one thing that we've learned with Sean McDermott

2677
02:07:56,240 --> 02:07:58,640
Speaker 1: and Brandon Bean, if it's not working at all, they're

2678
02:07:58,760 --> 02:08:00,800
Speaker 1: changing it. I Mean, they change a lot of names

2679
02:08:00,840 --> 02:08:03,080
Speaker 1: on the roster. They got to the playoffs last year.

2680
02:08:03,440 --> 02:08:06,600
Speaker 1: Quarterback's gone, a bunch of players are gone. Uh, the

2681
02:08:06,720 --> 02:08:09,160
Speaker 1: off corner away from Tredevious White left in free agency.

2682
02:08:09,200 --> 02:08:12,760
Speaker 1: I mean, they change a lot of things. They're not

2683
02:08:12,840 --> 02:08:14,680
Speaker 1: afraid to do that. And if and they've changed some

2684
02:08:14,840 --> 02:08:17,360
Speaker 1: spots on their coaching staff as well. Uh, it is

2685
02:08:18,160 --> 02:08:21,440
Speaker 1: this this staff and Sean McDermott, if it's not working,

2686
02:08:21,680 --> 02:08:23,680
Speaker 1: he's gonna find a way that is working and he's

2687
02:08:23,680 --> 02:08:26,240
Speaker 1: gonna figure it out. That's and it seems to be

2688
02:08:26,320 --> 02:08:28,360
Speaker 1: that that that's part of what this is about. It's

2689
02:08:28,360 --> 02:08:30,360
Speaker 1: a really good point. I mean I remember last year

2690
02:08:30,440 --> 02:08:33,640
Speaker 1: talking about that and saluting that the fact that doesn't

2691
02:08:33,640 --> 02:08:35,680
Speaker 1: work out, they don't stand pat they don't they do.

2692
02:08:36,040 --> 02:08:37,600
Speaker 1: The same goes for Brandon, the same thing when they

2693
02:08:37,680 --> 02:08:40,080
Speaker 1: when they bench Tyrod last year in LA. I mean

2694
02:08:40,120 --> 02:08:42,400
Speaker 1: they are if it's not going the way they wanted

2695
02:08:42,440 --> 02:08:45,280
Speaker 1: to go, they're changing it. Move And that's you can

2696
02:08:45,360 --> 02:08:47,440
Speaker 1: say thumbs up or thumbs down to whatever it is.

2697
02:08:47,880 --> 02:08:50,360
Speaker 1: And the result, you know, obviously from last year we

2698
02:08:50,440 --> 02:08:53,080
Speaker 1: learned doesn't always turn out better. And that may be

2699
02:08:53,240 --> 02:08:56,160
Speaker 1: what may be what happens with Sean McDermott calling the

2700
02:08:56,200 --> 02:08:59,000
Speaker 1: plays undefensively, it may go even worse. Yeah, you never

2701
02:08:59,120 --> 02:09:02,320
Speaker 1: know game the game, but they aren't going to stand pad.

2702
02:09:02,480 --> 02:09:05,720
Speaker 1: They are changing and I think that's that's the way

2703
02:09:05,760 --> 02:09:08,400
Speaker 1: it is in the NFL. I don't think Sean McDermott

2704
02:09:08,560 --> 02:09:12,760
Speaker 1: is exclusive to that club, but a lot of guys

2705
02:09:12,800 --> 02:09:14,440
Speaker 1: I think, I don't think a lot of guys are

2706
02:09:14,480 --> 02:09:18,200
Speaker 1: willing to make the The deep end of the profound

2707
02:09:18,360 --> 02:09:21,080
Speaker 1: change is the bold, dramatic moves that he has shown

2708
02:09:21,160 --> 02:09:23,680
Speaker 1: he's willing to do. Steve and I backwmore. One Bill's

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Speaker 1: twelve thirty this afternoon and gave us his view on

2717
02:10:00,160 --> 02:10:04,800
Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings offense going into this Sunday's game. They've

2718
02:10:04,840 --> 02:10:07,560
Speaker 1: got dynamic personnel good as gracious. I mean, they've got

2719
02:10:08,240 --> 02:10:10,400
Speaker 1: root off is really good at the tight end position

2720
02:10:10,440 --> 02:10:12,840
Speaker 1: in their receiving corps. I mean, those guys they can

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Speaker 1: get after Stepndays can get deep and and he can

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Speaker 1: sling it. Now, Kirk cousins, Kenny, I don't think he

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Speaker 1: has an overly strong arm, but but those guys, I mean,

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Speaker 1: he can throw it, but I think it's more of

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Speaker 1: an intermediate and the short passing game and the control

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Speaker 1: passing game gets the ball out on time and make

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Speaker 1: sure you don't cause yourself any any particular headaches with

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Speaker 1: the opportunity to get the ball dis watch from sack

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Speaker 1: or coming back on the other side, and you know,

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Speaker 1: and then there they run a lot of cluster and

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Speaker 1: they bunch all those guys together and then they get

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Speaker 1: them all constricted and expand them really quickly when the

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Speaker 1: ball snapped, and that usually provides opportunities. Mark Kelso says, goodness,

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Speaker 1: gracious sakes alive, Minnesota's offense is pretty good. Great cosal

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Speaker 1: joined us says he does every Friday. The executive producer

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Speaker 1: analyst of NFL Matchup on and we asked him about

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen, asked him what he saw in Josh Allen's

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Speaker 1: first NFL start last Sunday. Well, I think he has

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Speaker 1: a ways to go, and I think that that's not surprising.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure in the offices of the Bills, they would

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Speaker 1: see it the same way at this point in time.

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Speaker 1: I mean, as an overview statement, I would say that

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Speaker 1: he showed some flashes with his arm and his movement,

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Speaker 1: but he needs much work with its mechanics, his fundamentals,

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Speaker 1: his understanding of route concepts, as far as progression reading

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Speaker 1: versus the coverage. That would sort of be an overview statement,

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Speaker 1: pretty good overview of Josh Ellen's first NFL start. We'll

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Speaker 1: see how he does and start number two on Sunday

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Speaker 1: at Minnesota. Steve has headed off to Carolina for Cincinnati

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Speaker 1: and Carolina, and I'll be headed off to Minnesota tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Injuries the story today and the injury issues on both

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Speaker 1: teams of Vikings are going to be without running back

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Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook with his hamstring. They're gonna be without defensive

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Speaker 1: end Everson Griffin with his knee. The Bills have injury issues.

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Speaker 1: Shack lost In is out with his hamstring, hasn't played

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Speaker 1: in a week and now it will be two straight weeks.

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Speaker 1: Phillip Gaines Terren Johnson corners both questionable for the game,

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Speaker 1: as is running back Lashan McCoy, limited with his ribs

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Speaker 1: all week in practice. He's questionable, So we'll see see

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Speaker 1: if it's a it's an uphill client for Buffalo. We

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Speaker 1: know that for sure it is. And here we sit

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Speaker 1: on a Friday, on the last day of summer. Just

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Speaker 1: we were talking about in the break, I'm I wasn't

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Speaker 1: listening to your update, by the way, I was looking

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Speaker 1: at eights, looking all this stuff on the air about

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Speaker 1: the last day of summer and what it all means

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Speaker 1: and the very deep issues octumnal equinoxes. Tomorrow's right, that's right,

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Speaker 1: twenty seconds this year and it's when the days and

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Speaker 1: nights are exactly the same same length. All right, So

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Speaker 1: thanks for tuning in. Have incredibly interested in that, hope. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: a great summer because it's over now and the Bills

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Speaker 1: are off their way on their way to Minnesota. Want

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Speaker 1: to thank our production assistant George Blast, Jeff Colton, Nick

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Speaker 1: Thomas Hollander, Kelly Rude, JJ Turito, Kevin Cartiss, and James

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Speaker 1: Robot our producer Jay Harris. That will do it for us.

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Speaker 1: We will see you next Monday. It's at noon with

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