Speaker 1: I'm so proud of you guys. Man, he's so hard
Speaker 1: to get, right, I'm regular season, playoffs, hard to get,
Speaker 1: great team win, man, it wasn't wasn't all perfect. You
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, It's never gonna be. It's a
Speaker 1: playoffs the hard to get. We need everyone. It's a
Speaker 1: great win, great win for the organization and what we
Speaker 1: just went through this week, right, great win, gritty win,
Speaker 1: and you gotta have that in the playoffs. We got
Speaker 1: work to do. Humbling, hungry, humbling, hungry, Right, get your rest,
Speaker 1: get your rest, and let's hit the reset button. Hey,
Speaker 1: humble and hungry man, let's too one to make teams
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Speaker 1: we're live. Everybody got me not Let's go bury. Everybody
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Speaker 1: no overthinking, right, go play some ball. We'll play some football.
Speaker 1: It's an exciting time to be a Buffalo Bill and
Speaker 1: a fan of the Buffalo Bills. Welcome into another playoff
Speaker 1: edition of The Sean McDermott Show, presented by Connors and Ferris,
Speaker 1: your Workers Camp Attorneys, Sean, thanks as always for joining us,
Speaker 1: and congratulations on getting your first playoff win as a
Speaker 1: head coach and the first for this franchise since nineteen
Speaker 1: ninety five. What did it mean to you? Well, it
Speaker 1: was an awesome afternoon in Western New York. Great for
Speaker 1: our fans, great for our organization, our players, just really
Speaker 1: the entire package of a great moment for our football team,
Speaker 1: and really cool to share that moment with our fans,
Speaker 1: which we haven't been able to do all season. Law,
Speaker 1: great team moment and special afternoon. May Well. Josh continued
Speaker 1: his outstanding season. He got his first career playoff win.
Speaker 1: Through for three twenty four two touchdowns. He was your
Speaker 1: leading Russia with fifty four yards on the ground. He
Speaker 1: became the first quarterback in the NFL history to run
Speaker 1: for fifty plus yards, throw for three hundred plus yards,
Speaker 1: and complete at least seventy percent of his passes in
Speaker 1: the playoff game. How do you evaluate Josh's performance against
Speaker 1: the Colts, Well, that's a lot of numbers to rattle off, Steve.
Speaker 1: I just gotta the way I look at it is
Speaker 1: he does he give us a chance to win, and
Speaker 1: that's true for any position, but the quarterback position in
Speaker 1: particular where he was cleaning with the football. For the
Speaker 1: most part, we had one loose ball at the end
Speaker 1: of the game there in the fourth quarter. Darryl Williams
Speaker 1: did a great job covering that fumble up and I
Speaker 1: thought that was a key moment in the game for us.
Speaker 1: And I thought Josh really did a good job. We
Speaker 1: get off to a little bit of a slow start,
Speaker 1: but he really found his rhythm and the offense moved
Speaker 1: to football in particular before half. I thought that ninety
Speaker 1: plus yard drive was impressive and a key one. Then
Speaker 1: to come out after half and get two points half
Speaker 1: half was important turn for us. Well, even though your
Speaker 1: defense gave up four hundred and seventy two total yards,
Speaker 1: they still managed to come up with some big stops
Speaker 1: in crucial situations. At the end of the first half,
Speaker 1: your defense held the Colts on a fourth and goal try,
Speaker 1: and then your offense turned around and went on a
Speaker 1: ten play ninety six yard drive to take the lead
Speaker 1: going into half. How much does the defensive stop like
Speaker 1: that power your offense to go out and put up
Speaker 1: more points on the board. Well, that's a complimentary part
Speaker 1: of the game, although it wasn't great field position for
Speaker 1: our offense. Our defense had to stop before half. Played
Speaker 1: well in the red zone, I thought all afternoon for
Speaker 1: the most part, stopped at two point play. That was
Speaker 1: critical again and that to me was a hidden stat
Speaker 1: that they want to talk about the yards, but at
Speaker 1: the end of the day, it's points. The red zone
Speaker 1: defense I thought was very good and trust to be
Speaker 1: able to then take that ball and drive it to
Speaker 1: length of the field and as I said, get points
Speaker 1: after half. That was a big at least at a
Speaker 1: minimum ten point scring there. This was a unique weekend
Speaker 1: in which we saw three of the five first round
Speaker 1: quarterbacks from the twenty eighteen draft get their first career
Speaker 1: playoff wins. Josh was the first on Saturday, then Lamar
Speaker 1: Jackson and Baker Mayfield followed suit on Sunday. What is
Speaker 1: it about year three for young quarterbacks that allows them
Speaker 1: to take that next step in their career. Well, that's
Speaker 1: usually when you see players make a significant jump in
Speaker 1: their play. I think really when the game slows down
Speaker 1: significantly to the point where you can really start to
Speaker 1: see their physical abilities and football skills take over. Much
Speaker 1: like college I'll be at two different levels but guys
Speaker 1: that can make that adjustment from college to the NFL
Speaker 1: year one, two and then for sure three, that's what
Speaker 1: you're looking forward. And so all great players and all
Speaker 1: fun to watch. Thanks Sean, we'll catch up with you
Speaker 1: later in the show to get your final thoughts on
Speaker 1: your upcoming matchup with the Ravens. Choppin Wood is presented
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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. Welcome back to the Sean McDermott Show. It's
Speaker 1: time to break down the film with our good buddy
Speaker 1: Eric Wood. In another edition of Choppingwood, the Bills got
Speaker 1: their first playoff win in a quarter century, and they
Speaker 1: did it against a Colts team that had seventeen year
Speaker 1: veteran in Philip Rivers at quarterback. This week will be
Speaker 1: a little different with the reigning MVP Lamar Jackson coming
Speaker 1: to town for the divisional round. But what did you
Speaker 1: see from the Bills against the Colts and how can
Speaker 1: they keep it rolling against the Ravens. Yeah, so the
Speaker 1: Bills continued being hot through the air. Josh Allen had
Speaker 1: another big day over three hundred yards through the air. Again,
Speaker 1: he connected with stefon Diggs a lot against Stefon. Diggs
Speaker 1: for goes for over one hundred, but Gabriel Davis really
Speaker 1: stepped up, and we'll get to some plays involving that.
Speaker 1: As far as the defense goes in this matchup with
Speaker 1: the Ravens, they'll have to revert back to some of
Speaker 1: the looks that they gave Baltimore's office that really worked
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen, and we'll get to those looks as well. Well.
Speaker 1: Let's take you can look back at how Josh got
Speaker 1: things rolling for the Bill's offense. It all really started
Speaker 1: with this thirty six yard or to Diggs on the
Speaker 1: bills first touchdown drive. The Bills run a lot of
Speaker 1: three by one sets, and they could put Digs anywhere
Speaker 1: in that three by one set. Here, he's lined up
Speaker 1: on the inside and he runs down the seam. Josh
Speaker 1: Allen does a great job of seeing the gap in
Speaker 1: the zone and in he runs primarily zone defense. Josh
Speaker 1: finds the gap between the two safeties, looks him offen
Speaker 1: up and makes a great pass. Yeah, and that play
Speaker 1: set up Josh's first passing touchdown, which looked like a
Speaker 1: run the whole way. He had everyone faked out and
Speaker 1: then found Dawson Knox for a three yard touchdown. Heading
Speaker 1: into the game, everybody was expecting Brian dave All to
Speaker 1: have a trick play in store. The Bill's trick play
Speaker 1: didn't come in the form of a reverse pass or
Speaker 1: a double throw. It came in the form of this
Speaker 1: shove pass to Dawson Knox. This was a QB run
Speaker 1: and Dawson Knox blocks the corner. If the corner then triggers,
Speaker 1: he was going to be wide open in the end zone.
Speaker 1: Josh eventually gets it to him. It would have stayed
Speaker 1: a run he had that corner not passed up Dawson Knox.
Speaker 1: And so that was your trick play concept from Brian
Speaker 1: dave Ball in the Colts game, right. And then, of course,
Speaker 1: just before the half, the Bills needed to put together
Speaker 1: a ninety six yard drive after stopping the Colts on
Speaker 1: fourth and goal, and it was fueled by a couple
Speaker 1: of great connections between Josh and Gabriel Davis. The first
Speaker 1: one went for thirty seven yards. You here Josh escapes
Speaker 1: the pocket two he's right, which he's so good at it.
Speaker 1: It looks like he's going to eventually throw the ball
Speaker 1: away when you're watching it on TV. But as you
Speaker 1: get to see the coach's copy here, he finds Gabriel
Speaker 1: Davis running perfectly right behind the Colts defenders. And to
Speaker 1: get yourself out of this backed up situation in this
Speaker 1: fashion is just remarkable. And then the fourth quarter started
Speaker 1: and Josh came back to Diggs for a thirty five
Speaker 1: yard touchdown. What did you see on this one? Because
Speaker 1: this was abut Yeah, on the actual TV copy, you
Speaker 1: can hear Josh. He checks to this play, he sees
Speaker 1: pressure gets in the shotgun. They do a little token
Speaker 1: fake to the running back. He looks off the safety
Speaker 1: and knows he's got Stefan Diggs one on one against
Speaker 1: carry the corner who already went out earlier in the
Speaker 1: game with an injury. That was a matchup he wanted
Speaker 1: to attack. So he looks out the safety, slight little
Speaker 1: pump and then hits Dick for a great strike in
Speaker 1: an awesome touchdown. Well, Eric Bills have the Ravens come
Speaker 1: to town this week and they haven't seen this team
Speaker 1: this year, but last year Lamar Jackson's MVP campaign, they
Speaker 1: kept him in check despite losing the game. Let's flash
Speaker 1: back to week fourteen from twenty nineteen. To take a
Speaker 1: look at this sack, Jerry Hughes hat on Jackson on
Speaker 1: a third down. They like to run a lot of
Speaker 1: empty formations, five wide looking sets with Lamar Jackson on
Speaker 1: third downs. Here, the Bills are gonna put six guys
Speaker 1: on the line of scrimmage. They can't block all six guys,
Speaker 1: and so Lamar is essentially waiting to see who drops out.
Speaker 1: We'll hear everybody. He keeps coming, so you're going to
Speaker 1: have a free rusher. He can't get a guy open
Speaker 1: in time, and Jerry Hughes able to make the sack. Well. Hopefully, Eric,
Speaker 1: the Bills defense can contain Lamar this week and Josh
Speaker 1: can keep up his MVP performance to get us back
Speaker 1: to the AFC Championship. Eric, thanks for this absolutely Steve Mattie,
Speaker 1: glad you're with this week's game preview. The Bills knock
Speaker 1: off the Indianapolis Colts twenty seven to twenty four. The
Speaker 1: Bills are set to hoast the Ravens in the Divisional round.
Speaker 1: It's the first primetime home playoff game for Buffalo. The
Speaker 1: Ravens finished the season eleven and five and won their
Speaker 1: wildcard game twenty to thirteen over the Titans. In that matchup,
Speaker 1: they totaled four hundred and one yards of offense and
Speaker 1: converted fifty four percent of their third downs. Baltimore's quarterback
Speaker 1: lam Mark Jackson completed seventy one percent of his passes
Speaker 1: for one hundred and seventy nine yards and rushed for
Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty six yards. During the regular season,
Speaker 1: the Ravens ranked seven, averaging twenty nine point three points
Speaker 1: per game. They had the worst passing offense in the NFL,
Speaker 1: averaging one hundred and seventy one point two passing yards
Speaker 1: a game, but the best rushing offense, averaging one hundred
Speaker 1: ninety one point nine rushing yards a game. Jackson led
Speaker 1: quarterbacks rushing for more than one thousand yards, and rookie
Speaker 1: running back JK. Dobbins led rookies averaging six yards per carry.
Speaker 1: The Ravens defense finished the regular season ranking second, allowing
Speaker 1: just eighteen point nine points per game and sixth, allowing
Speaker 1: only two hundred twenty one passing yards a game. They
Speaker 1: allowed teams to convert just thirty four percent of their
Speaker 1: third downs, good for second best, and led the NFL
Speaker 1: forcing twenty two bumbles. After beating the Colts, Bills quarterback
Speaker 1: Josh Allen became the first ever NFL player in history
Speaker 1: to ever throw for at least three hundred yards, tally
Speaker 1: at least seventy percent completion percentage, and rush for at
Speaker 1: least fifty yards in a playoff game. The Bills and
Speaker 1: the Ravens faced each other last season in Week fourteen,
Speaker 1: where Baltimore beat Buffalo twenty four to seventeen. A lot
Speaker 1: has changed since that matchup for the Bills. Since twenty nineteen,
Speaker 1: they've been increase their points per game total by eleven
Speaker 1: point seven, which is the most of any team in
Speaker 1: the NFL. The Baltimore Ravens lead the series against the
Speaker 1: Bills with six wins and three losses. The last time
Speaker 1: Buffalo beat Baltimore was in twenty thirteen. This is the
Speaker 1: first time the two will meet in the postseason. That's
Speaker 1: this week's game preview. Steve back to you, thanks as always,
Speaker 1: Maddig coach. Last year, you lost to the Ravens here
Speaker 1: at home in Week fourteen and wound up being a
Speaker 1: seven point game, and you guys came up just short
Speaker 1: in the final minute. What can you take away from
Speaker 1: last year's game and apply it to this year's matchup. Well,
Speaker 1: they're a really good team, well coached, they're big, they're strong,
Speaker 1: or fast and tough. They've had a history of success,
Speaker 1: obviously winning the Super Bowl like they did in a
Speaker 1: coach our ball, so we can look at that tape
Speaker 1: and learn some things. But you know, they've added some
Speaker 1: thanks to their team and their schemes, and we've added
Speaker 1: some things to our team and so on and so forth.
Speaker 1: So it should be a good matchup and we're looking
Speaker 1: forward to the challenge. And the Ravens have the raigning
Speaker 1: MVP and Lamar Jackson, who just got his first career
Speaker 1: playoff victory. Jackson carved up the Titans defense for one
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty six yards and a touchdown on the
Speaker 1: ground in the wildcard round. How do you prepare for
Speaker 1: a guy like Jackson who's so good at improvising and
Speaker 1: making big plays. Well, it's hard to prepare fully for
Speaker 1: a guy like that because there's only one of him
Speaker 1: out there, and so we'll do the best job that
Speaker 1: we can to prepare our players and have them ready
Speaker 1: to go to execute and it should be fun to watch.
Speaker 1: Thanks coach, good luck this week against Baltimore and to
Speaker 1: everyone at home, thanks for watching The Sean McDermott Show,
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