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Speaker 1: even though he's a veteran player. He's a veteran player.

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Speaker 1: And I know this too, that in the road back,

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Speaker 1: since he's been you know, off the COVID list. Now,

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Speaker 1: if the calf injury and I are and all all

430
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Speaker 1: this stuff, he's probably worked very hard to get to

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Speaker 1: stay in shape and stay ready. So you hope that

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Speaker 1: the physical aspects of it uh COVID aside or or

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Speaker 1: where they need to be, and it'll be a mental

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Speaker 1: mental rep rather than than physical conditioning that he has

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Speaker 1: to work on to get back to it. But the

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Speaker 1: leadership that Bates spoke about, you know, with Josh and

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Speaker 1: you know Hide and Poyer and Tremaine Edmonds and all

438
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Speaker 1: those guys, it's it's really crucial. It reminded me when

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Speaker 1: he said that, like leading from the front. Marv had

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Speaker 1: this And I'll tell this story real quick, and I

441
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Speaker 1: don't want to go too far down a wormhole here,

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Speaker 1: but leadership was was key. And Marv always told these

443
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Speaker 1: World War two stories, right, the story he told once

444
00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:36,359
Speaker 1: they resonated with a lot of guys in our locker room.

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Speaker 1: He told the story of World War Two. It was

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Speaker 1: a I guess, a documented story. I don't know. Maybe

447
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Speaker 1: Marv made it up. I don't know, but I don't think.

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Speaker 1: I think it was out of somebody's member of a

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Speaker 1: soldier's memoir. And um, there were you know, they had

450
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Speaker 1: overtaken this U enemy encampment or bunker or whatever whatever

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Speaker 1: it was. And what had happened was you know. They

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Speaker 1: asked him, how did you get guys to rush this,

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Speaker 1: you know, gut machine, how did you get him to

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Speaker 1: how'd you get him to do that? And he said,

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Speaker 1: I just said two words. I said follow me, you know.

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Speaker 1: So leading from the front is what you know. If

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Speaker 1: you're gonna go, I'll go with you. Yeah, you know.

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Speaker 1: And that's what Josh has been credited with doing. And golly,

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Speaker 1: the way he played in the last half and the

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Speaker 1: last part of that the Tampa Bay game, the Carolina game,

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Speaker 1: now the New England game, and the two drives at

462
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Speaker 1: the fourth quarter of that, Gay I went back and

463
00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:41,800
Speaker 1: looked at him again. That was unbelievable. Unbelievable. So um

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Speaker 1: that leadership and Sean has been a big proponent of

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Speaker 1: that from since word go, not only players leadership, but

466
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Speaker 1: he's also displayed it as well. So, um, that's what

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Speaker 1: it takes at this time of year. You gotta have

468
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Speaker 1: guys that just won't budge, you know, when when you

469
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Speaker 1: push against them, they won't move and gives you something

470
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Speaker 1: to push off and go. So it's yeah, it's it's

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Speaker 1: really something is starting to show up. And we'll see

472
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Speaker 1: if if this team can come together, because when you

473
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Speaker 1: get to this level, all these teams. You look at

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Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Calling for those of you been watching Hard

475
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Speaker 1: Knocks on HBO, in the Indianapolis coltson They're odyssey through

476
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Speaker 1: this season. You get an idea of what it's like

477
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Speaker 1: to be inside the locker room of these really, really

478
00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:26,359
Speaker 1: good teams. And it's not just the Colton, it's not

479
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,919
Speaker 1: just the Bills, it's all of these other teams. And

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Speaker 1: that's that's what you're up against. A group of very

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Speaker 1: highly talented individuals who are highly motivated and are in

482
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Speaker 1: it together. It's a tough league to win in. And

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Speaker 1: now you gotta be clicking. Break time for us here,

484
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Speaker 1: But when we come back. Former Bills tight end, current

485
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Speaker 1: Falcons tight end Lee Smith joins us here on One

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Speaker 1: Bills Live, presented by a Collid to Health. It's Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bills Radio. All right, welcome back to One Bills Live.

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you, and please to be

489
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Speaker 1: joined now by Falcons tight end, former Bills tight end

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Speaker 1: Lee Smith joining us on the line. Big Country, How

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Speaker 1: the heck are you man? How you doing down there?

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Speaker 1: I'm good, brother, I'm good. It's been fun down here

493
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,560
Speaker 1: helping Matt and Arthur and all these guys get going

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00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:31,000
Speaker 1: here in year one. It's definitely not the first time

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Speaker 1: I've kind of joined a young no necessarily a young

496
00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:36,040
Speaker 1: staff for the first year. Staff did it in Oakland,

497
00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:38,600
Speaker 1: you know, get back with Sean kind of in the

498
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Speaker 1: early stages, and then down here with Arthur again. So

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Speaker 1: it's always fun to kind of start building something from

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Speaker 1: the ground up with a bunch of good men. What

501
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Speaker 1: do you see as the common denominator with all those teams,

502
00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:52,480
Speaker 1: because certainly they all got better while you were there,

503
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Speaker 1: the Bills included, and now it looks like the Falcons

504
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:57,399
Speaker 1: are trying to find something as well. What's the common

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Speaker 1: denominator that gives you hope for the future maybe with

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Speaker 1: all three of those clubs. Yeah, you know. Here it's

507
00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 1: just it's it's top down, just like the Plagoula's to

508
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,479
Speaker 1: Brandon to Sean. You know, if if you're flawed at

509
00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:13,200
Speaker 1: the top, you're you're in trouble as the player body.

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00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,040
Speaker 1: It's just it's the way it is around the league.

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00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,080
Speaker 1: And here with with the Arthurs, you know, the big

512
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,680
Speaker 1: Arthur who writes the checks, and then Arthur Smith being

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Speaker 1: our head coach and Terry fonton Att here as well.

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Speaker 1: It structured the right way at the top, great men,

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Speaker 1: great leaders consistency, so um so it's awesome. And you know,

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Speaker 1: we have a great veteran quarterback who has uh you know,

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Speaker 1: put up Hall of Fame numbers for a long time,

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Speaker 1: so uh with with the with the leadership at top.

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Speaker 1: And then you know, obviously the last two go arounds

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Speaker 1: with with new staffs trying to build something was with

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Speaker 1: young quarterbacks with Derek and Josh. So it's it's been

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Speaker 1: It's been a little different here having Maddie around, which

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Speaker 1: in my opinion, is why we've been able to pull

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Speaker 1: out so many gritty, uh close games, you know, get

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Speaker 1: to seven wins on the year here. I give a

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Speaker 1: lot of that credit to Matt and just the fact

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Speaker 1: that the way he manages the game, the way he

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00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:10,040
Speaker 1: doesn't make mistakes. So it's been fun. And then you're

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Speaker 1: right back in that mentor chair again. Obviously you did

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Speaker 1: that here with you know, young tight ends on the

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Speaker 1: roster like Dawson Knox, and here you are again with

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Speaker 1: a phenomenal talent in Kyle Pitts. Now. I know you

533
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,600
Speaker 1: were the first to always say it here you know

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Speaker 1: that Dawson had uncommon athletic ability and could do some

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Speaker 1: things on the field that you know, you that weren't

536
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Speaker 1: in your skill set. I imagine the same is true

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Speaker 1: with Kyle Pitts, watching that kid run around and looked

538
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Speaker 1: like a wide receiver more than a tight end at times.

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Speaker 1: But are the messages and the mentoring the same with

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Speaker 1: a guy like Kyle just like it was with Dawson. Absolutely.

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Speaker 1: You know, I appreciate, you know, Arthur Smith and his

542
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,680
Speaker 1: willingness to bring me in here and help this football team,

543
00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:00,080
Speaker 1: you know, on the offensive side of the ball, as

544
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:02,840
Speaker 1: you know in our tight end room. But you know,

545
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,280
Speaker 1: the only the only way to truly lead men is

546
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Speaker 1: to be genuine. So I'm gonna be the wild, crazy

547
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Speaker 1: Lee Smith regardless of what guys with me as far

548
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Speaker 1: as the young players in my room. But but I

549
00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:16,480
Speaker 1: said it about Dawson, you know he was he was

550
00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:19,840
Speaker 1: easy to lead. Kyle's easy to lead. They're just great

551
00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:22,200
Speaker 1: young kids and just great young men who just want

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Speaker 1: to be great. Um. You know, Kyle's on a on

553
00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:27,680
Speaker 1: a whole other level. He's one of one of those

554
00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:32,200
Speaker 1: Tremaine Edmonds, you know, twenty twenty year old young men

555
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Speaker 1: who God just sprinkled ferry dust on the day of

556
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Speaker 1: the morning. I mean, the guy's a freak show. Uh,

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00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:39,920
Speaker 1: I've said it. I'll you know, the coaches don't like

558
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:41,840
Speaker 1: when I say this, but I'll keep saying it. The

559
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:44,000
Speaker 1: guy's going to the Hall of Fame if he stays healthy.

560
00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:48,000
Speaker 1: He's that talented. He wants to be great, he wants

561
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Speaker 1: to set records. He wants to be there for his teammates.

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Speaker 1: You know, there was no rookie wall that he hit.

563
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:57,640
Speaker 1: The kid has just gotten better every freaking day and

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Speaker 1: he continues to dominate. And he he's just one of

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00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:05,640
Speaker 1: those guys that athletically and just genetically has been gifted

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Speaker 1: with a with a skill set that the rest of

567
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 1: us can't really compete with. So if he keeps his

568
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:12,880
Speaker 1: head on straight and continues to work the way he's

569
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,480
Speaker 1: worked here as a rookie, he continues to attack this

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Speaker 1: deal and be a true professional like he has this

571
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Speaker 1: year with me, which has been special to watch. He's

572
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Speaker 1: gonna be hell to deal with for a long time,

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Speaker 1: and it's gonna be fun to watch him because he's

574
00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:29,960
Speaker 1: just he's just better than most of the rest of us. Yeah,

575
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,800
Speaker 1: and he's got an outside shot at breaking Mike Ditkau's

576
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Speaker 1: rookie receiving yardage record for tight ends in NFL history.

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00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:37,960
Speaker 1: I probably don't need to tell you that. You're probably

578
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 1: well aware of that. But taking it a step further,

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Speaker 1: speaking of young tight ends, you've mentored one. Dawson Knox

580
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:49,520
Speaker 1: fired the opening salvo knowing this game was on the schedule,

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00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,360
Speaker 1: knowing Lee Smith was on the Falcons roster, and put

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Speaker 1: Dibbs in early. Let's roll the footage, Guys, everybody in

583
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:01,720
Speaker 1: the building missus Lee, especially John as you could tell.

584
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,239
Speaker 1: I'm sure he was crying while he was typing that.

585
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:08,000
Speaker 1: But I mean he was like a big brother, you know,

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00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:09,560
Speaker 1: from the second I got in there, he took me

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00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:11,400
Speaker 1: under his wing, kind of showed me how to handle

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00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:14,520
Speaker 1: myself in the locker room, how to, you know, talk

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00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:16,720
Speaker 1: to coaches the right way, how to be in my playbook,

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00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,600
Speaker 1: how to handle practice and injuries the right way. I mean,

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00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:23,560
Speaker 1: he was crucial for me in my development, I think.

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00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,880
Speaker 1: And obviously Atlanta is getting a great leader and a

593
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:30,920
Speaker 1: great player, arguably the greatest blocking tight end ever play.

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Speaker 1: But he's definitely missed, especially from the leadership in the

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Speaker 1: locker room standpoint. I mean, he was, you know, kind

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00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:41,280
Speaker 1: of that intermediary between the players and the coaches. He

597
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,120
Speaker 1: always had our backs and he was able to talk

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Speaker 1: to the coaches on how, you know, we want to

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00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,200
Speaker 1: structure things and how the coaches want to structure things.

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Speaker 1: And he was able to, you know, always kind of

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Speaker 1: get us to where we were, you know, agreeing and

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00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:57,360
Speaker 1: on good terms. But he'll always be like a big brother.

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Speaker 1: I know. I know they're coming up to Buffalo to play,

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Speaker 1: So I'm gonna try to fight John for that jersey swap,

605
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:04,600
Speaker 1: but I don't know how that'll go. But it'll be

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Speaker 1: fun to see him in his family. Wow it And

607
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:10,000
Speaker 1: so it is Jersey Day on Sunday, Lee, And I

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00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:13,400
Speaker 1: know Dawson got DIBs in first on social media. We

609
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,200
Speaker 1: all saw it, and Feliciano was a little late on

610
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Speaker 1: the draw. How are you gonna work that one out?

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Speaker 1: You know, I told Feliciano I signed my jobs trap

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Speaker 1: for him. And obviously obviously I've been with Flice a

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Speaker 1: long time, right, Uh, you know, I definitely consider him

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Speaker 1: one of my you know, main you know, top three

615
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Speaker 1: or four little brothers. Throughout this journey, I was with

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Speaker 1: him for four years in Oakland and in two more

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Speaker 1: in Buffalo, so this is the first year he's had

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Speaker 1: to play without me. I'm sure it's he's enjoyed it

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Speaker 1: having my ass gone. But you know what, I'll get

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Speaker 1: the equipment guys here to pack an extra jersey and

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Speaker 1: h in my bag. I might, you know, put it

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Speaker 1: inside my jobs trap so it'll be nice and sweating

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00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,960
Speaker 1: smell real good for Feliciano. And that way I'll have

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00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,000
Speaker 1: two jerseys to give those guys because they're both so

625
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:07,920
Speaker 1: special to me. Yeah, that's what makes this league different

626
00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:11,120
Speaker 1: than any any other business in the entire world. Uh,

627
00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:14,160
Speaker 1: guys from all over the country, from every different background

628
00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:17,960
Speaker 1: that just grow a brotherhood that that's unlike anything else

629
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Speaker 1: outside of probably the military, definitely the military. But um,

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00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:25,680
Speaker 1: it's it's special. And I missed those guys and I'm

631
00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:28,640
Speaker 1: excited to see them. I'll be filling my belly full

632
00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:31,400
Speaker 1: of mulberry meatball Saturday night, and I'm excited about come

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Speaker 1: back up there and playing playing one of my last

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Speaker 1: football games in a place that I spent the majority

635
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Speaker 1: of my career. Well, I know the people that your

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00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:44,880
Speaker 1: your teammate, former teammates appreciated you, and what what do

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00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,160
Speaker 1: you see? And what is your coaching staff? You don't

638
00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 1: have to obviously, don't give up any competitive advantage, but

639
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:53,399
Speaker 1: what does your staff and your team see when they're

640
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:55,040
Speaker 1: coming in now the team that you played for up

641
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,839
Speaker 1: until this last year, what's this team look like from

642
00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,600
Speaker 1: an opponent's standpoint that maybe you did get a sense

643
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:03,680
Speaker 1: of when you were here. Yeah, I mean the last

644
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:05,520
Speaker 1: two years, I sure haven't had the game playing the

645
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:09,799
Speaker 1: Bills defense, you know, outside of training camp, and you know,

646
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:13,080
Speaker 1: me and Jerry Hughes and Meghan and Josh and Brittany

647
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,680
Speaker 1: and you know, all of us are eating dinner you

648
00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:18,960
Speaker 1: know together the night after practice. So it's it's not

649
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:22,359
Speaker 1: really as competitive as maybe a game situation would be.

650
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:24,080
Speaker 1: When it's your brothers. You get tired of beating up

651
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:26,640
Speaker 1: on each other during those training camp days. So getting

652
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:29,960
Speaker 1: to sit back and truly watch those guys play throughout

653
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 1: this week instead of the tape has been a lot

654
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:34,000
Speaker 1: of fun. It gives me an even bigger appreciation for

655
00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 1: all my buddies, just how dialed in they are defensively. Obviously,

656
00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 1: I didn't spend much time watching the offensive side of

657
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:41,720
Speaker 1: the ball because I don't got to deal with those guys.

658
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,319
Speaker 1: I don't got to deal with Josh Allen Sunday, thank god.

659
00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:49,279
Speaker 1: But you know, I think the bottom line is, man,

660
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,160
Speaker 1: they've built what Terry and Arthur want to build. Here

661
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:56,360
Speaker 1: they're in year five of this system, when Sean and

662
00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:59,799
Speaker 1: Brandon and you know, Josh has obviously arrived to say

663
00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:02,560
Speaker 1: the least, and they're just becoming more and more of

664
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:05,959
Speaker 1: a you know, a fine tune machine, uh, every every week,

665
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:08,279
Speaker 1: every year. So it's cool. It was cool to be

666
00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:10,880
Speaker 1: a part of it. Was it was cool to be

667
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:14,520
Speaker 1: there during the early years of the real growth and

668
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:17,560
Speaker 1: be a part of something I consider to be, you know,

669
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:21,520
Speaker 1: one of the more special young locker rooms in our league.

670
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,920
Speaker 1: Josh will be there for ten years. So um. So

671
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,680
Speaker 1: it's uh, it's not intimidating. I think if you're intimidated,

672
00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:31,239
Speaker 1: then you need to find another job. But it's it's

673
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:34,439
Speaker 1: definitely a challenge and they're definitely, you know, a fine

674
00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:36,480
Speaker 1: tune machine up there that's been in a system for

675
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,359
Speaker 1: a long time, with the same head coach, the same coordinators,

676
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,680
Speaker 1: the same cast of characters, especially on the back end

677
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 1: with Micah and Poe. Uh, I just hope, I hope

678
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:48,399
Speaker 1: I find myself at the bottom of pile with Mike

679
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:52,400
Speaker 1: at least one Sunday. I'm gonna give him, give him

680
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:55,160
Speaker 1: a little kiss on the bottom of the pile. Uh,

681
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:57,479
Speaker 1: Poe is safe. I'll leave po alone, but I'm gonna

682
00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:00,560
Speaker 1: give Michael a little love. But oh man, it's just

683
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:03,279
Speaker 1: just a great group of dudes that are playing their

684
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,040
Speaker 1: butts off. They love each other. I've been in that

685
00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 1: locker room. I know how close they are. I know

686
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 1: how much they want to win for each other. So

687
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:13,440
Speaker 1: it's it's cool to see that Arthur and Terry are

688
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 1: wired a lot like Brandon and Shawn are up there,

689
00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:18,040
Speaker 1: and it makes me excited for the Falcon's future. Lee,

690
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:20,600
Speaker 1: last one we have for you, and we appreciate the

691
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:24,880
Speaker 1: time you hinted at it. Is this kind of the

692
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,319
Speaker 1: end of the line for you? I mean, is this

693
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:29,319
Speaker 1: I don't know how public you've been about it, but

694
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:31,040
Speaker 1: you hinted at it there, so I just wanted to

695
00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 1: follow up. Are you kind of seeing this as the

696
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:37,880
Speaker 1: end of the ride? Yeah? You know. My wife always

697
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 1: tells me she'll believe it when when I finally signed

698
00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:44,320
Speaker 1: my papers I've been retiring for years, but you know,

699
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:46,360
Speaker 1: I've got a thirteen year old son at home that

700
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:48,600
Speaker 1: all those guys of in Buffalo have spent plenty of

701
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:52,040
Speaker 1: time with, and then obviously three more kids and a

702
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:55,280
Speaker 1: beautiful wife. Brody Moltis want to be in high school

703
00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 1: next year or so. I'm kind of tired of missing him,

704
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:02,360
Speaker 1: missing his football games to play in my own. But

705
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:05,160
Speaker 1: I love this job. I love my teammates, I love

706
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 1: you know, everything that this job brings and offers for

707
00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:11,600
Speaker 1: my family. But it's it's definitely close. I haven't wanted

708
00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:13,920
Speaker 1: to make it about me at any point this year.

709
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:16,479
Speaker 1: I never wanted some farewell tour or anything like that,

710
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:19,600
Speaker 1: but uh, you know, my guts telling me that I'm close.

711
00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:22,120
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give everything I can at the Atlanta Falcons

712
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:24,960
Speaker 1: for the next two weeks and hopefully more if we

713
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:27,000
Speaker 1: can come up there and beat Yall's butt. But um,

714
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:29,880
Speaker 1: but at the end of the day, I'm close, guys,

715
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:31,920
Speaker 1: And it's been a hell of a ride, and I

716
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:34,759
Speaker 1: wouldn't change a thing about my career. And I was

717
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 1: there with you guys for the majority of it, so

718
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 1: it's been a cool, cool deal to really change not

719
00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:42,439
Speaker 1: only my life and my wife and kids. And it's

720
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,880
Speaker 1: I think I might I might get thrown out of

721
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:48,879
Speaker 1: my last game. Steve Tasker file. That's I've never done.

722
00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:52,879
Speaker 1: I recommend. Yeah, I gotta. I gotta get ejected at

723
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:54,960
Speaker 1: some point, so I might be the cherry on top

724
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,160
Speaker 1: here soon. Yeah, I ain't got too great. That's a

725
00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:58,960
Speaker 1: great call. Makes you a folk he roll if you

726
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:03,080
Speaker 1: do that. By the way, it's a great Lee. Congratulations

727
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 1: be well said, and you earned a lot of respect

728
00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:08,239
Speaker 1: from people here in Buffalo and around the National Football League.

729
00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:10,560
Speaker 1: You've You've had a great run, and I hope it continues.

730
00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:15,000
Speaker 1: An old player when I was playing, said that we

731
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:16,839
Speaker 1: always asked how long are you gonna play? How long

732
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:18,319
Speaker 1: are you gonna play? How long are you're gonna play?

733
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:20,880
Speaker 1: And he never he always played it off, and he said, finally,

734
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:22,719
Speaker 1: one time, on a trip home from a road game,

735
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:24,239
Speaker 1: he goes, you want to know how long you playing?

736
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:27,279
Speaker 1: The whole plane got quiet and listened. He says, play

737
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:30,399
Speaker 1: as long as you possibly can, and then play one

738
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:32,759
Speaker 1: more year. So I hope you got one more year

739
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:37,960
Speaker 1: in you, bro. Yeah, yeah, don't ever change Lee. You're

740
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,160
Speaker 1: you're one of the most unique people we've ever been around.

741
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:44,200
Speaker 1: So keep being you, all right, good luck, I appreciate it, guys.

742
00:39:44,239 --> 00:39:46,839
Speaker 1: All right. That's Lee Smith falcons Tight and former Bill

743
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:50,040
Speaker 1: Sight in two different stints here in Buffalo. He was

744
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:53,279
Speaker 1: here earlier in his career and then when he came

745
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:56,640
Speaker 1: back the second time, and having covered him both times,

746
00:39:56,960 --> 00:40:00,040
Speaker 1: you know, as a reporter covering this team, he he

747
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:04,879
Speaker 1: had he had changed in a way that I didn't anticipate.

748
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:10,680
Speaker 1: He became a leader in the locker room, a mentor,

749
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:14,320
Speaker 1: a guy that younger players turned to. And the first

750
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:17,400
Speaker 1: time he was here, that guy was a wild child.

751
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:21,080
Speaker 1: He was off the chain. And he's even said he

752
00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:23,680
Speaker 1: even told me one time, he said, it wasn't for

753
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:25,640
Speaker 1: my wife, I may not even be alive right now.

754
00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:28,400
Speaker 1: I mean that's he lived on the edge, like on

755
00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:33,120
Speaker 1: the field and off. Yeah. And the transformation of him

756
00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:35,960
Speaker 1: as a player a person the second time when he

757
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:40,120
Speaker 1: was here was was remarkable. And he was a valued leader.

758
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:42,839
Speaker 1: As you heard Dawson Knox say, the longer you play

759
00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:47,239
Speaker 1: in the NFL, the more changed you are by it. Yeah.

760
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:50,239
Speaker 1: And and for a guy like Lee's who's been one

761
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,440
Speaker 1: of those guys, and some may call him a journeyman.

762
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:55,960
Speaker 1: They don't give credit to the type of career he

763
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:57,640
Speaker 1: had and the effect he had on his team, the

764
00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:00,479
Speaker 1: teams he played on, not only with his own play,

765
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:02,400
Speaker 1: but with the way he affected the other guys in

766
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:04,840
Speaker 1: the locker room. So you can talk talk to Dawson

767
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,919
Speaker 1: Knox and all the guys along and Kyle Pitt's down

768
00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:10,080
Speaker 1: in Atlanta will also have something to say about it

769
00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:13,040
Speaker 1: when it's all said and done. But guys like Lee Smith,

770
00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:15,759
Speaker 1: the legacy they leave behind is in the players that

771
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,160
Speaker 1: they played with, and in some ways that's even more

772
00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,600
Speaker 1: profound than any numbers guys put up in staff books.

773
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:23,960
Speaker 1: So kudos to Leaf for for pointing that out. Yeah,

774
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,120
Speaker 1: it's all really good, dude, I mean in Salt of

775
00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:28,400
Speaker 1: the Earth kind of guy. Glad he was able to

776
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:30,640
Speaker 1: make some time for us. We hope you enjoyed hearing

777
00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:32,880
Speaker 1: from him as well. It'll be out on that field

778
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:36,320
Speaker 1: on Sunday, and Smart moved by him getting two jerseys.

779
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:38,920
Speaker 1: You're getting the equipment guy to bring two jerseys up,

780
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:42,319
Speaker 1: so nobody's left here disappointing an idea, and Dawson he's

781
00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:43,960
Speaker 1: gonna be fighting. You get an idea to what it's

782
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:45,399
Speaker 1: like in the locker rooms. He goes, yeah, I got,

783
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:48,200
Speaker 1: He goes, I gotta. I'll sign my jock strap for Feliciano.

784
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:52,120
Speaker 1: You know that's not a joke. Oh, he'll he would

785
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:54,040
Speaker 1: do that. It'll be it'll get it into mail if

786
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:57,319
Speaker 1: you won't take it that day. Um. It's a great line,

787
00:41:57,360 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 1: and it's you know, it's just kind of the way guys,

788
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,560
Speaker 1: you know, handle each other in the line room. It's hilarious.

789
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 1: He is a treasure. He is, like I said, he

790
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:07,200
Speaker 1: is one of the most unique guys. Going. All right,

791
00:42:07,239 --> 00:42:10,200
Speaker 1: good conversation there. We'll take a break, come back with

792
00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:13,120
Speaker 1: some more comments from the Bills players about this game,

793
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:15,680
Speaker 1: and then don't forget Coming up second hour of the show,

794
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:18,200
Speaker 1: Greg co Sell from NFL Films to break down the

795
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:20,680
Speaker 1: xs and ohs for this upcoming game. It's one Bill's

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Speaker 1: in a lifetime experience this point in the show. On Fridays,

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00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:05,080
Speaker 1: It's Tailgate Friday, presented by high Mark, Blue Cross, Blue

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807
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:10,520
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. And we have a couple of entries

808
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:14,640
Speaker 1: people's plans for the tailgate on Sunday, one of the

809
00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:18,240
Speaker 1: last two home games of the regular season. Butch says,

810
00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:22,879
Speaker 1: have fun in the suite, have my chili, some very

811
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:26,279
Speaker 1: strong cocktails. Watch them put this team away early. Then

812
00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:28,440
Speaker 1: watch the backup players who should be getting some reps

813
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:31,920
Speaker 1: with the first unit's play, like Marquez Stevenson, Isaiah Hodgens,

814
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:35,600
Speaker 1: Cam Lewis, etc. Go Bills. I'm in on the chili.

815
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:38,520
Speaker 1: Butch Yeah, a big chili. I don't know that you're

816
00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:42,520
Speaker 1: gonna see Isaiah Hodgins or mark Quis Stevenson play wide out.

817
00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:44,040
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know if Isaiah Hodges leaven

818
00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:50,840
Speaker 1: be active. But if if Emmanuel Sanders is questionable for

819
00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:53,720
Speaker 1: the game, if he's down, somebody's gotta be up. Well,

820
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:56,600
Speaker 1: not necessarily because they have seven receivers on the active

821
00:43:56,719 --> 00:44:02,759
Speaker 1: roster six are good even without Sanders. They used Stevenson

822
00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:06,520
Speaker 1: on so maybe maybe maybe you might see more Quiz.

823
00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:10,000
Speaker 1: But well, yeah, he'll be up to do exactly he's

824
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:11,880
Speaker 1: I think he's kind of the return guy. It'll be

825
00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:14,239
Speaker 1: interesting to see how they play this out. We've talked

826
00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:16,120
Speaker 1: about a lot. But if Sanders goes down, that means

827
00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:18,960
Speaker 1: that means you know more, Gabe Davis, Yes, it does, right,

828
00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:23,200
Speaker 1: I mean you would think, um, don't know, and then

829
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:25,400
Speaker 1: Mackenzie finds his way in there presumably with it. I

830
00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:28,080
Speaker 1: just say it again. We're talking about all these you know,

831
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:30,080
Speaker 1: backups getting a chance to play and doing some things

832
00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:32,239
Speaker 1: that we haven't done before, seen before. Because just win

833
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:35,920
Speaker 1: the game, bro, you gotta win just way. How to

834
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:40,960
Speaker 1: win this game? From the Bruner new flattop grill for Christmas?

835
00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:43,920
Speaker 1: All right, we're in business now. See Now here's the difference, Steve.

836
00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:48,440
Speaker 1: With the season going eighteen weeks, there are some Christmas

837
00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:51,160
Speaker 1: gifts you can put into use this season. You don't

838
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:54,239
Speaker 1: have to wait until next season. The Bruner new flattop

839
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:58,359
Speaker 1: grill for Christmas, shaved steak going down and you get

840
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:02,400
Speaker 1: two full tailgates. It's after Christmas. Two home games Wings

841
00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:06,640
Speaker 1: are the app every game with Josh Sauce, then Stinger

842
00:45:06,719 --> 00:45:11,360
Speaker 1: subs shave steak chicken strip in Wing sauce, mozzarella cheese,

843
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:16,399
Speaker 1: possibility of Swedish meatballs also making an entry as an app.

844
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:18,880
Speaker 1: I'm loving it. And plus two this year you got

845
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:22,640
Speaker 1: a really strong chance home playoff game at least one. Um,

846
00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:27,120
Speaker 1: you're looking at it like a solid month of tailgate

847
00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:31,000
Speaker 1: use of Christmas present tailgate gifts, which you know that

848
00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:33,680
Speaker 1: doesn't always happen. It happened when this team goes to

849
00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:36,520
Speaker 1: the playoffs most playoff games. But as we know that

850
00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:38,719
Speaker 1: hadn't happened a lot. These two last games are in

851
00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:41,560
Speaker 1: the on the road, you know. Yeah, so there is

852
00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:44,480
Speaker 1: the Bruner has taken advantage of a very good opportunity

853
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:47,239
Speaker 1: here new flattop grill for Christmas. He gets to put

854
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:51,160
Speaker 1: it in use one week later. That's beautiful, goes right

855
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:53,839
Speaker 1: into the rotation. Oh my gosh, that is the next week.

856
00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:57,200
Speaker 1: That is fantastic, awesome, Kudos to whoever gave you that gift.

857
00:45:57,280 --> 00:45:59,880
Speaker 1: That was great. Yeah yeah, And plus you know you

858
00:45:59,640 --> 00:46:02,640
Speaker 1: have had Christmas and then you you didn't have the

859
00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:06,520
Speaker 1: pressure of putting it into play like that weekend, right

860
00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:08,600
Speaker 1: like last weekend, you play on the twenty six, you'd

861
00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:10,719
Speaker 1: get the thing. You wouldn't have to get it turned

862
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:14,520
Speaker 1: around and get all the stuff together. It just perfect.

863
00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:18,840
Speaker 1: This is like a perfect storm here with the tailgate gifts.

864
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:22,080
Speaker 1: I kind of God. I gotta go to the bill

865
00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:28,319
Speaker 1: store after this show. As a gift to Um, one

866
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 1: of our extended family members, I gave him a spree

867
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:34,239
Speaker 1: at this bill store, Oh shopping. I gotta show up

868
00:46:34,239 --> 00:46:36,359
Speaker 1: and have them they're gonna cash in? Is this uh?

869
00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:39,480
Speaker 1: Is this the timed run through, like grab everything you

870
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:42,480
Speaker 1: can in sixty seconds? Probably not. You're probably just wanted

871
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:44,000
Speaker 1: to do a couple of things and leave it. No,

872
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:47,680
Speaker 1: here's your cap. Well that this extended family person is

873
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:50,759
Speaker 1: new to the fold, so they may you know, they

874
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:52,640
Speaker 1: may come out of there with their armload. Yeah, they

875
00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:54,400
Speaker 1: need to get geared up. I really didn't, you know,

876
00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:58,600
Speaker 1: I stupidly I didn't really put the cap on the thing.

877
00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:00,440
Speaker 1: I just said, you know, he would go ahead, let's go.

878
00:47:00,680 --> 00:47:05,560
Speaker 1: So oh, Steve, Yeah, we gotta, we gotta, we gotta

879
00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:07,959
Speaker 1: get your schooled up on that. It's time to time

880
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:10,000
Speaker 1: to pay the piper. You're a generous guy though that

881
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:12,680
Speaker 1: we are, right, So there you go. All right, well, okay,

882
00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:15,600
Speaker 1: we gotta do that after the show. Well, well good luck.

883
00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:17,920
Speaker 1: We will be interested to know how speaking out, speaking

884
00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:20,759
Speaker 1: of Christmas presents, you gotta put into the rotation. They're

885
00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:22,399
Speaker 1: going to they're going to the Atlanta game this week,

886
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:24,000
Speaker 1: so you gotta get to be gotta get him dolled up.

887
00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:26,840
Speaker 1: You gotta get him dolled up. So the problem. We

888
00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:29,400
Speaker 1: have to take a break here, but when we return,

889
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:32,560
Speaker 1: it is time for the senior producer from NFL Films,

890
00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:36,759
Speaker 1: Greg co Sell, gonna help us break down bills falcons.

891
00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:39,440
Speaker 1: It's coming up next here on One Bill's Live presented

892
00:47:39,480 --> 00:48:00,880
Speaker 1: by Collida Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio at a tester

893
00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:03,760
Speaker 1: who has been all over the field. Kind of unique.

894
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:05,400
Speaker 1: He was kind of a dual role player for you,

895
00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:12,280
Speaker 1: state Steve a blimp. We're not even in the strategyre

896
00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:18,640
Speaker 1: of normalcy. All right, welcome to our number two here

897
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:20,879
Speaker 1: on a Friday, and you know what that means. It's

898
00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:25,400
Speaker 1: the regularly scheduled appointment with senior producer from NFL Films,

899
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:29,120
Speaker 1: Greg Cosell and Gregg Thanks for coming in Happy New

900
00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:32,680
Speaker 1: Year to you. I want to begin right away because

901
00:48:32,719 --> 00:48:35,040
Speaker 1: I know you're a big fan of Josh's Josh Allen's

902
00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:39,879
Speaker 1: performance last week against New England, and I thought that

903
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:44,839
Speaker 1: Josh took another step in his development as a quarterback.

904
00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:48,920
Speaker 1: That is the quickest I have ever seen him go

905
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:53,680
Speaker 1: to checkdown options in a game. I believe he went

906
00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:56,200
Speaker 1: to checkdowns and made the decision as early as I

907
00:48:56,239 --> 00:48:59,560
Speaker 1: can remember, with consistency through the course of that game.

908
00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:01,759
Speaker 1: And I thought, but it forced the linebackers to play

909
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:04,160
Speaker 1: differently for New England through the course of that game.

910
00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:08,359
Speaker 1: It's a great point because and the other part of

911
00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:10,919
Speaker 1: that is if you're not really going to have a

912
00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:15,720
Speaker 1: meaningful run game, then those plays become critically important because

913
00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:19,000
Speaker 1: you have to sustain offense. You can't just rely on

914
00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:22,560
Speaker 1: big plays. You can't rely on special plays as special

915
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:25,200
Speaker 1: as Josh Allen can be in any given game. But

916
00:49:25,320 --> 00:49:28,040
Speaker 1: that's a really good point, and I think that I

917
00:49:28,080 --> 00:49:29,799
Speaker 1: think they also did a couple of other things that

918
00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:32,359
Speaker 1: stood out. I mean, it's interesting that Beasley obviously didn't

919
00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:34,640
Speaker 1: play last week and he'll be back this week, but

920
00:49:34,719 --> 00:49:37,120
Speaker 1: I thought it was very interesting the way they used

921
00:49:37,239 --> 00:49:41,600
Speaker 1: McKenzie in a against a defense that plays a lot

922
00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:45,640
Speaker 1: of man coverage, because the routes McKenzie ran were not

923
00:49:45,800 --> 00:49:49,879
Speaker 1: routes we'd see Beasley run. Necessarily, they had McKenzie. They

924
00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:53,120
Speaker 1: liked the matchup against Brian number forty one, and they

925
00:49:53,239 --> 00:49:56,680
Speaker 1: clearly had him run away from man coverage because he

926
00:49:56,719 --> 00:49:59,800
Speaker 1: has speed and Beasley is not that kind of a

927
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:02,840
Speaker 1: sever So I thought the way they used mackenzie was

928
00:50:02,920 --> 00:50:06,320
Speaker 1: clearly game specific to the Patriots. And what do you

929
00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:08,480
Speaker 1: what do you think about the Patriots plan? What did

930
00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:12,600
Speaker 1: you notice? You mean, what they did on defense defensively?

931
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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, you know, I guess to me again, you know,

932
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Speaker 1: without studying you know every single play in great detail.

933
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Speaker 1: But I thought that the Patriots continued to play Cover

934
00:50:27,360 --> 00:50:31,560
Speaker 1: one as their coverage foundation. They also played meaningful snaps

935
00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:35,160
Speaker 1: of Cover three, their predominant single high safety defense. They've

936
00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:39,040
Speaker 1: been that way all year long. Um, you know, I

937
00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:43,640
Speaker 1: thought that they played some Cover two. I thought you

938
00:50:43,760 --> 00:50:47,440
Speaker 1: saw more vertical route concepts from the Bills in this game.

939
00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:53,040
Speaker 1: Man beater type concepts with intermediate crosser's featured things we saw, guys,

940
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Speaker 1: as you know, more of a season ago. We hadn't

941
00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:58,920
Speaker 1: seen a lot of from the Bills this season, but

942
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:02,280
Speaker 1: I think not as many teams have played man against

943
00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:05,360
Speaker 1: the Bills as they did a year ago. So I

944
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:09,520
Speaker 1: thought we saw that. You know, I wasn't studying necessarily

945
00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:12,439
Speaker 1: their pass rush per se, but I think Chris made

946
00:51:12,440 --> 00:51:14,840
Speaker 1: a really good point. I mean, I think those quick throws,

947
00:51:15,239 --> 00:51:17,080
Speaker 1: you know, to me, what stood out through the game

948
00:51:17,160 --> 00:51:20,320
Speaker 1: was just did an excellent job defeating the Patriots pressures,

949
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Speaker 1: either getting the ball out of his hands from the

950
00:51:23,239 --> 00:51:28,239
Speaker 1: pocket or off movement and at times running. So you know,

951
00:51:28,280 --> 00:51:30,520
Speaker 1: I thought they had a good plan for a team

952
00:51:30,560 --> 00:51:33,279
Speaker 1: that they know well, and they pretty much knew what

953
00:51:33,320 --> 00:51:36,080
Speaker 1: they were going to get. Yeah, last thing on the

954
00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:39,799
Speaker 1: Patriots game, and then we'll move on to the Falcons here.

955
00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:45,120
Speaker 1: Greg I was surprised that with all the problems that

956
00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:49,200
Speaker 1: Isaiah mackenzie was giving Miles Bryant, that they never seemed

957
00:51:49,239 --> 00:51:54,400
Speaker 1: to adjust to the matchup. Even Cordy after the game,

958
00:51:54,840 --> 00:51:58,480
Speaker 1: in his postgame interview said I probably should have changed

959
00:51:58,520 --> 00:52:00,680
Speaker 1: a couple of things, knowing he has license to do

960
00:52:00,719 --> 00:52:03,919
Speaker 1: that pre snapback there as the veteran player, and he said,

961
00:52:03,960 --> 00:52:06,120
Speaker 1: and I didn't, and it probably could have helped us

962
00:52:06,120 --> 00:52:08,799
Speaker 1: a little bit more. I realized they had bigger fish

963
00:52:08,840 --> 00:52:11,560
Speaker 1: to fry, like being worried about digs and you know,

964
00:52:11,600 --> 00:52:16,360
Speaker 1: adjusting their coverage to stop him. But McKenzie ate them alive.

965
00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:19,759
Speaker 1: I mean ten eleven catches on twelve targets for one

966
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:21,960
Speaker 1: twenty five in a touch. He ate them alive and

967
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:25,680
Speaker 1: they never changed. I was shocked by that. Yeah, And

968
00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:28,600
Speaker 1: it was the way he ate them up because obviously,

969
00:52:28,960 --> 00:52:31,400
Speaker 1: you know, things like jet sweeps you can't control those,

970
00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:34,880
Speaker 1: but you certainly can control those crossing routes. And they

971
00:52:34,920 --> 00:52:37,360
Speaker 1: were I think four or five of them, Chris that

972
00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:41,520
Speaker 1: were critical in the game. And you know they kind

973
00:52:41,520 --> 00:52:44,160
Speaker 1: of the Patriots kind of let that matchup play out,

974
00:52:45,320 --> 00:52:47,480
Speaker 1: you know, and it's look always after the fact, it's

975
00:52:47,480 --> 00:52:50,680
Speaker 1: easy to say, but McKenzie put up big numbers and

976
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:52,640
Speaker 1: was a key factor in the game. But I don't

977
00:52:52,680 --> 00:52:55,279
Speaker 1: think going into the game many would have said, Hey,

978
00:52:55,320 --> 00:52:57,319
Speaker 1: the key receiver for the Bills in this game is

979
00:52:57,320 --> 00:53:00,959
Speaker 1: going to be Isaiah McKenzie. So you know, sometimes Steve

980
00:53:01,080 --> 00:53:03,640
Speaker 1: knows is sometimes the game just plays out and you

981
00:53:03,719 --> 00:53:06,359
Speaker 1: kind of realize after the fact. But but you're right,

982
00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:10,040
Speaker 1: I mean, mackenzie with those crossers. He really caused problems

983
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:13,239
Speaker 1: for the Patriots and that matchup in particular. So one

984
00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:15,480
Speaker 1: of the things going forward now with the Buffalo Bills.

985
00:53:15,480 --> 00:53:17,719
Speaker 1: You get Isaiah McKenzie hanging a day like that on

986
00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:20,080
Speaker 1: the Patriots, who are one of the toughest defenses in

987
00:53:20,120 --> 00:53:22,800
Speaker 1: the league. You have Gabe Davis who's coming off the

988
00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:25,759
Speaker 1: the COVID list, who has been a guy who's been

989
00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:28,399
Speaker 1: really productive in limited snaps over the year, and then

990
00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:31,839
Speaker 1: had stepped in for Emmanuel Sanders who's still questionable. So

991
00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:35,200
Speaker 1: you've got all these guys who are and Cole Beasley,

992
00:53:35,239 --> 00:53:37,839
Speaker 1: who's been one of the most dependable receivers in the league.

993
00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:40,319
Speaker 1: He's off the league, so and you got Diggs on

994
00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:43,440
Speaker 1: the other side. So you've got a few too many

995
00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:47,640
Speaker 1: productive players offensively, then you do spots to actually line

996
00:53:47,680 --> 00:53:52,520
Speaker 1: them up and play. How do you think this offense

997
00:53:52,600 --> 00:53:56,120
Speaker 1: functions best when you've got you know, a running game,

998
00:53:56,200 --> 00:53:58,960
Speaker 1: a running game. Who's you know you got a running game?

999
00:53:58,960 --> 00:54:03,319
Speaker 1: That's an your thought to, Yeah, right, But you've got

1000
00:54:03,360 --> 00:54:05,440
Speaker 1: a lot of guys who are really productive, but they

1001
00:54:05,480 --> 00:54:07,120
Speaker 1: all kind of some of them play the same spot.

1002
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:11,920
Speaker 1: How to have you seen other teams handle this. It's

1003
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:14,920
Speaker 1: it's a tough deal. I mean, then then you become

1004
00:54:14,920 --> 00:54:17,279
Speaker 1: I think opponents specific. I mean, if you want to

1005
00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:20,520
Speaker 1: start looking at the Falcons, um, the Falcons are a

1006
00:54:20,560 --> 00:54:24,919
Speaker 1: team that plays predominantly three coverages. They play Cover one

1007
00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:28,120
Speaker 1: and Cover three, so those are single high safety coverages,

1008
00:54:28,360 --> 00:54:30,839
Speaker 1: but they also play an an awful lot of Cover two.

1009
00:54:31,320 --> 00:54:34,040
Speaker 1: And one thing that Dean P's who's their defensive coordinator,

1010
00:54:34,080 --> 00:54:36,279
Speaker 1: who you guys are familiar with. He spend time in

1011
00:54:36,320 --> 00:54:39,400
Speaker 1: your division. He's been doing this a long time. And

1012
00:54:39,560 --> 00:54:41,560
Speaker 1: one thing that he does a lot of is he

1013
00:54:41,640 --> 00:54:44,640
Speaker 1: does a lot of disguise and late movement to get

1014
00:54:44,680 --> 00:54:47,440
Speaker 1: to his coverages. And I'm sure you'll see that. But

1015
00:54:47,520 --> 00:54:49,319
Speaker 1: to get to your point, Steve, I'm just trying to

1016
00:54:49,320 --> 00:54:52,280
Speaker 1: figure out how they would see it. The coaching staff

1017
00:54:52,320 --> 00:54:54,600
Speaker 1: would see it into Look, we know Diggs is going

1018
00:54:54,640 --> 00:54:58,040
Speaker 1: to be out there. Um he's he's the constant. Uh

1019
00:54:58,239 --> 00:55:00,799
Speaker 1: it looks like Sanders may not go. Is that it? Yeah,

1020
00:55:00,800 --> 00:55:02,960
Speaker 1: it's not looking good. He didn't practice the last two

1021
00:55:03,040 --> 00:55:06,840
Speaker 1: days and he's questionable. So you've got four guys. Really,

1022
00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:09,080
Speaker 1: I mean, let's put a Knox aside for the moment.

1023
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:11,719
Speaker 1: So You've got four guys, and the way most would

1024
00:55:11,760 --> 00:55:15,080
Speaker 1: look at it is that Davis is the other predominantly

1025
00:55:15,080 --> 00:55:18,880
Speaker 1: outside guy and that McKenzie and Beasley would be the

1026
00:55:18,880 --> 00:55:21,400
Speaker 1: ones who'd have to share snaps, right, is that I

1027
00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:25,600
Speaker 1: think that's kind of the way we would look at this. Probably. Yeah,

1028
00:55:25,640 --> 00:55:28,960
Speaker 1: so it's a tough call. But Beasley and McKenzie are

1029
00:55:28,960 --> 00:55:32,359
Speaker 1: different players, right. You know, Beasley is really really good

1030
00:55:32,360 --> 00:55:35,280
Speaker 1: at understanding voids, understanding how to get into his zones.

1031
00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:38,360
Speaker 1: He's really good on He is good against man, but

1032
00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:40,919
Speaker 1: in a different way. He's much better and Steve, you'd

1033
00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:43,520
Speaker 1: appreciate this more on the return routes, the pivot routes,

1034
00:55:43,600 --> 00:55:46,840
Speaker 1: the whip routes, whereas McKenzie is much better running away

1035
00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:51,080
Speaker 1: from man coverage. So, you know, believe me, I'm not

1036
00:55:51,160 --> 00:55:54,479
Speaker 1: smart enough. You know, Brian Dable hasn't, you know, given

1037
00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:55,840
Speaker 1: me a call this week. I don't know how he

1038
00:55:55,880 --> 00:55:59,440
Speaker 1: sees it yet, but to me, they're different players. So

1039
00:55:59,480 --> 00:56:02,000
Speaker 1: you have to do side. You know, in a given situation,

1040
00:56:02,560 --> 00:56:06,200
Speaker 1: would you anticipate getting from the defense right and then

1041
00:56:06,360 --> 00:56:09,879
Speaker 1: flipping it around to the Falcons offense. It's basically been

1042
00:56:10,440 --> 00:56:13,600
Speaker 1: the pits and Patterson show, especially when it comes to

1043
00:56:13,640 --> 00:56:15,720
Speaker 1: big plays. I think they have like fifty two percent

1044
00:56:15,800 --> 00:56:18,280
Speaker 1: of their plays of twenty yards or more on the season.

1045
00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:22,600
Speaker 1: But they're utilized in pretty different ways. I know Arthur

1046
00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:25,560
Speaker 1: Smith moves both of them around a good deal, but

1047
00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:28,520
Speaker 1: seeing Patterson in the slot, I mean, a sixty three,

1048
00:56:28,600 --> 00:56:31,840
Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty pound guy lining up there is crazy.

1049
00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:34,719
Speaker 1: And the funny thing is they use him on a

1050
00:56:34,719 --> 00:56:37,640
Speaker 1: lot of underneath stuff and he gets yards after the catch.

1051
00:56:37,840 --> 00:56:41,879
Speaker 1: He's got forty fewer receptions than Stefan Diggs, and yet

1052
00:56:41,920 --> 00:56:44,680
Speaker 1: he's got about sixty more yards after the catch than

1053
00:56:44,719 --> 00:56:49,040
Speaker 1: Stefan does on forty fewer receptions. And they and they

1054
00:56:49,080 --> 00:56:52,160
Speaker 1: also used Pits as basically a wide receiver. You'll see

1055
00:56:52,200 --> 00:56:55,880
Speaker 1: him line up at boundary X. What only interesting in

1056
00:56:55,920 --> 00:56:58,799
Speaker 1: this game, and I think they'll play Nickel all the way.

1057
00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:01,719
Speaker 1: But if you count Pits as a wide as a

1058
00:57:01,760 --> 00:57:05,480
Speaker 1: tight end okay, which he for all intensive purposes he is,

1059
00:57:05,960 --> 00:57:09,920
Speaker 1: then the Falcons are a base personnel offense. They have

1060
00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:13,360
Speaker 1: played out of three wide receivers less than thirty percent

1061
00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:17,280
Speaker 1: of their offensive snaps. Only the Dolphins have played a

1062
00:57:17,360 --> 00:57:21,320
Speaker 1: lower percentage of what we call eleven personnel, So but

1063
00:57:21,440 --> 00:57:24,080
Speaker 1: I think that they will view again, this is my

1064
00:57:24,200 --> 00:57:26,640
Speaker 1: view of how Sean and Leslie will go about this.

1065
00:57:27,040 --> 00:57:30,640
Speaker 1: I think they will see Pits as a wide receiver

1066
00:57:30,760 --> 00:57:33,080
Speaker 1: and I think they'll be less concerned about the run game.

1067
00:57:33,120 --> 00:57:35,240
Speaker 1: This is not in New England, so I think that

1068
00:57:35,280 --> 00:57:39,360
Speaker 1: the Bills will stay one nickel in this game and

1069
00:57:39,440 --> 00:57:42,760
Speaker 1: treat Pits as a wide out. And if they do so,

1070
00:57:43,240 --> 00:57:45,040
Speaker 1: what are their other you know, what are the other

1071
00:57:45,080 --> 00:57:47,000
Speaker 1: threats that this offense brings to you? And what does

1072
00:57:47,040 --> 00:57:51,040
Speaker 1: Matt and Ryan he evolved with Pitts as his one

1073
00:57:51,040 --> 00:57:53,280
Speaker 1: of his go to guys in Corduill Patterson that kind

1074
00:57:53,320 --> 00:57:56,760
Speaker 1: of thing. I mean, Chris is right. The two main

1075
00:57:56,840 --> 00:57:59,960
Speaker 1: weapons if you're looking for explosive type plays, would be

1076
00:58:00,040 --> 00:58:04,120
Speaker 1: Pittson Patterson. I think Russell Gage is a really nice receiver.

1077
00:58:05,240 --> 00:58:07,680
Speaker 1: You know, in an ideal world he's at three, but

1078
00:58:07,800 --> 00:58:10,440
Speaker 1: because of the whole Calvin Ridley situation, he's had to

1079
00:58:10,440 --> 00:58:13,200
Speaker 1: be a little more than that. You know, it's a

1080
00:58:13,320 --> 00:58:15,680
Speaker 1: chus as a guy you do have to be careful about.

1081
00:58:15,760 --> 00:58:18,960
Speaker 1: He has big playability. He's not a volume target and

1082
00:58:19,000 --> 00:58:21,560
Speaker 1: he doesn't necessarily play a lot of snaps, but you

1083
00:58:21,680 --> 00:58:23,800
Speaker 1: can't kind of lose sight of him, and all of

1084
00:58:23,840 --> 00:58:27,160
Speaker 1: a sudden he catches a fifty yard touchdown. And of course,

1085
00:58:27,720 --> 00:58:30,640
Speaker 1: you know, Matt Ryan is a very professional quarterback. I mean,

1086
00:58:30,680 --> 00:58:33,680
Speaker 1: he's been doing this a long time. You know, he's

1087
00:58:33,760 --> 00:58:36,480
Speaker 1: he's a guy you'd like to get pressure on, you know.

1088
00:58:36,520 --> 00:58:39,200
Speaker 1: I thought, for instance, last week, I thought they did

1089
00:58:39,240 --> 00:58:41,520
Speaker 1: a really good job even though they didn't have a

1090
00:58:41,600 --> 00:58:43,919
Speaker 1: high sack number. And I don't know what you guys thought.

1091
00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:45,960
Speaker 1: I thought they did a really good job of getting

1092
00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:49,080
Speaker 1: people around Mac Jones. Now, Mac Jones is a rookie.

1093
00:58:49,160 --> 00:58:51,840
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan's played a long time and it's probably a

1094
00:58:51,920 --> 00:58:54,880
Speaker 1: notch below a Hall of Fame player, and he's seen everything.

1095
00:58:55,040 --> 00:58:57,440
Speaker 1: But I thought they got in Mac Jones playing fast

1096
00:58:57,560 --> 00:59:01,040
Speaker 1: last week. He was not as as comfortable as we'd

1097
00:59:01,040 --> 00:59:03,800
Speaker 1: seen him earlier this season. Some of that's a function

1098
00:59:03,800 --> 00:59:05,800
Speaker 1: of being behind. He had to throw it a little more.

1099
00:59:06,120 --> 00:59:08,320
Speaker 1: You know, you still have to do that with Matt Ryan,

1100
00:59:08,400 --> 00:59:11,200
Speaker 1: no matter how much experience he has. He's essentially a

1101
00:59:11,240 --> 00:59:14,800
Speaker 1: pocket player and you need to get people around him. Yeah,

1102
00:59:14,840 --> 00:59:18,400
Speaker 1: and then what do we make of the Falcons pass rush,

1103
00:59:18,480 --> 00:59:21,000
Speaker 1: Because in terms of production, it just has not been

1104
00:59:21,040 --> 00:59:24,920
Speaker 1: there at all in any way, shape or form. What

1105
00:59:24,960 --> 00:59:27,880
Speaker 1: are you laughing at? And if you give, if you get,

1106
00:59:27,920 --> 00:59:30,640
Speaker 1: if you get. Because the Falcons defense is not really

1107
00:59:30,800 --> 00:59:35,480
Speaker 1: very good yea. You know they look if you really

1108
00:59:35,520 --> 00:59:38,760
Speaker 1: look at their defense, they've got what I would call

1109
00:59:38,960 --> 00:59:44,320
Speaker 1: four quality players. Grady Jarrett's a really good player, a

1110
00:59:44,400 --> 00:59:47,800
Speaker 1: really good three technique. I think they're two linebackers, Jones

1111
00:59:47,840 --> 00:59:52,480
Speaker 1: and a Luacoon are good players. They're athletic players. And

1112
00:59:52,520 --> 00:59:55,960
Speaker 1: I think Terrell the second year corner is on his

1113
00:59:56,040 --> 00:59:58,720
Speaker 1: way to being a really solid pro corner. You know,

1114
00:59:58,880 --> 01:00:02,000
Speaker 1: whether he becomes a big time player remains to be seen.

1115
01:00:02,520 --> 01:00:04,840
Speaker 1: Other than that, and I'm just you know, going by

1116
01:00:04,880 --> 01:00:08,400
Speaker 1: tape study, I would say defensively that there there's a

1117
01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:12,320
Speaker 1: lot of just guys. So, you know, I think that

1118
01:00:12,760 --> 01:00:15,760
Speaker 1: Dean Pas tries to do some things to you know,

1119
01:00:15,800 --> 01:00:19,200
Speaker 1: to to create issues for for offenses because he's been

1120
01:00:19,240 --> 01:00:22,080
Speaker 1: doing this a long time. But I don't think that

1121
01:00:22,080 --> 01:00:24,439
Speaker 1: this is a defense that has a lot of really

1122
01:00:24,480 --> 01:00:27,720
Speaker 1: good players, right, So how do they how do they

1123
01:00:27,760 --> 01:00:29,240
Speaker 1: handle Josh? I mean, I don't know if you saw

1124
01:00:29,280 --> 01:00:31,520
Speaker 1: the quote, but Dean Pas when he was asked how

1125
01:00:31,520 --> 01:00:33,560
Speaker 1: do you stop Josh Allen? He said, don't let him

1126
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:37,720
Speaker 1: off the bus um. But if if they I mean,

1127
01:00:37,720 --> 01:00:40,080
Speaker 1: if you give Josh time, he will carve you up,

1128
01:00:40,120 --> 01:00:43,360
Speaker 1: as you know, and they can't get home often enough.

1129
01:00:43,440 --> 01:00:46,360
Speaker 1: So how creative is Dean P's gonna get, I guess

1130
01:00:46,440 --> 01:00:48,320
Speaker 1: is the question I'm answering. He's going to have to

1131
01:00:48,360 --> 01:00:51,480
Speaker 1: try to force Josh to think the game after the snap.

1132
01:00:51,720 --> 01:00:53,280
Speaker 1: That's what he's going to have to do with discuss

1133
01:00:53,320 --> 01:00:57,000
Speaker 1: and he'll he'll, he'll he'll be selected with some blitz pressures,

1134
01:00:57,160 --> 01:00:58,720
Speaker 1: but he's going to have to do a lot of

1135
01:00:58,760 --> 01:01:02,560
Speaker 1: disguise and late movement. So Josh tens to think after

1136
01:01:02,600 --> 01:01:05,080
Speaker 1: the snap of the ball, because if he just shows

1137
01:01:05,120 --> 01:01:08,160
Speaker 1: looks that are clean, it'll be it'll be too easy.

1138
01:01:08,360 --> 01:01:10,800
Speaker 1: And look, the bottom line is, and you guys know this,

1139
01:01:11,040 --> 01:01:13,960
Speaker 1: the Bills are the most quarterback centric team in the league.

1140
01:01:14,240 --> 01:01:16,800
Speaker 1: There are Josh Allen offense. You know. I think they've

1141
01:01:16,840 --> 01:01:20,920
Speaker 1: added more rpo concepts into what they do just to

1142
01:01:21,120 --> 01:01:24,320
Speaker 1: try to help the run game. But the reality is

1143
01:01:24,360 --> 01:01:27,000
Speaker 1: Josh tends to throw it off those harpo looks if

1144
01:01:27,040 --> 01:01:29,320
Speaker 1: he feels like there's a throw to be made, even

1145
01:01:29,360 --> 01:01:31,720
Speaker 1: if it looks like the run is there based on

1146
01:01:31,760 --> 01:01:33,680
Speaker 1: the defense. If he feels there's a throw, he's going

1147
01:01:33,760 --> 01:01:36,000
Speaker 1: to throw it. But I mean, you're talking about a

1148
01:01:36,120 --> 01:01:39,440
Speaker 1: game last week where he had forty seven drop backs.

1149
01:01:39,520 --> 01:01:42,800
Speaker 1: He had twelve runs, both design and second reaction. The

1150
01:01:42,960 --> 01:01:45,080
Speaker 1: key to last week was he did not get sacked,

1151
01:01:45,080 --> 01:01:47,720
Speaker 1: he did not commit a turnover, and he was highly

1152
01:01:47,760 --> 01:01:50,800
Speaker 1: efficient on third down. But this team, as you guys know,

1153
01:01:50,920 --> 01:01:53,920
Speaker 1: they are a Josh centric team. There's no team in

1154
01:01:53,960 --> 01:01:58,640
Speaker 1: the league that's his quarterback centric as the Bills are. Yeah,

1155
01:01:58,640 --> 01:02:01,560
Speaker 1: and so as they come in here to what do

1156
01:02:01,560 --> 01:02:03,280
Speaker 1: you see this game going down? I mean, the Bills

1157
01:02:03,320 --> 01:02:05,920
Speaker 1: fans are sitting back thinking and we already had people call,

1158
01:02:06,040 --> 01:02:08,240
Speaker 1: you know, chime into us that they're gonna be, you know,

1159
01:02:08,360 --> 01:02:11,640
Speaker 1: drinking cocktails watching the backup Bills offensive players get rep

1160
01:02:13,120 --> 01:02:15,120
Speaker 1: Steve you know that you played. You gotta be careful

1161
01:02:15,160 --> 01:02:17,440
Speaker 1: about that, right, I mean, you know how it goes

1162
01:02:17,520 --> 01:02:19,000
Speaker 1: a tip ball and all of a sudden, there's a

1163
01:02:19,000 --> 01:02:21,200
Speaker 1: turnover in a short field and all of a sudden,

1164
01:02:21,240 --> 01:02:23,720
Speaker 1: you're in a seventeen thirteen game in the third quarter,

1165
01:02:24,120 --> 01:02:27,200
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, those cocktails might not well, maybe

1166
01:02:27,200 --> 01:02:31,680
Speaker 1: they'd be more cocktails at that point. But but the

1167
01:02:31,720 --> 01:02:35,240
Speaker 1: point is is you just can't. You can't assume that,

1168
01:02:35,360 --> 01:02:38,439
Speaker 1: I mean, other Bills better than the Falcons. They are,

1169
01:02:38,800 --> 01:02:41,240
Speaker 1: but you know, you can't go into a game like that.

1170
01:02:41,480 --> 01:02:43,840
Speaker 1: You know, like I said, Dean Piece has been doing

1171
01:02:43,880 --> 01:02:46,880
Speaker 1: this a long time. They do have weapons on offense.

1172
01:02:47,320 --> 01:02:49,720
Speaker 1: You know, on any given play, Pits or Patterson can

1173
01:02:49,760 --> 01:02:52,919
Speaker 1: create a big explosive play. You just can't. You can't

1174
01:02:52,960 --> 01:02:56,400
Speaker 1: assume that in any game. Yeah, right, they can know

1175
01:02:56,480 --> 01:02:58,960
Speaker 1: better than that. They played the Jaguars this year. Those

1176
01:02:59,000 --> 01:03:02,760
Speaker 1: fansies other than yeah, exactly. Looking around the league, Greg,

1177
01:03:03,120 --> 01:03:05,440
Speaker 1: you know Joe Burrow coming off the giant game that

1178
01:03:05,480 --> 01:03:09,360
Speaker 1: he had last week, ye has a big game against

1179
01:03:09,920 --> 01:03:15,120
Speaker 1: the Chiefs here. Are you anticipating a shootout between these

1180
01:03:15,120 --> 01:03:17,720
Speaker 1: two teams or has the Chiefs defense gotten to a

1181
01:03:17,760 --> 01:03:22,960
Speaker 1: place where they can really hold high caliber offenses down

1182
01:03:23,000 --> 01:03:25,480
Speaker 1: a little bit? I think there's two things with the

1183
01:03:25,520 --> 01:03:29,040
Speaker 1: Chiefs defense that make this game not concerning, but that

1184
01:03:29,080 --> 01:03:31,760
Speaker 1: will make it different for Burrow. And the offense is

1185
01:03:32,040 --> 01:03:35,280
Speaker 1: number one, their old line. The Bengals, they struggle in

1186
01:03:35,400 --> 01:03:37,400
Speaker 1: one on one past protection and they have all the

1187
01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:39,720
Speaker 1: year and they did last week by the way as well,

1188
01:03:40,080 --> 01:03:43,000
Speaker 1: and the Chiefs have a very good D line, so

1189
01:03:43,080 --> 01:03:46,320
Speaker 1: there's going to be some mismatches there on given plays. Now,

1190
01:03:46,360 --> 01:03:51,200
Speaker 1: Burrow manages the pocket extremely well. He has excellent pocket movement,

1191
01:03:51,360 --> 01:03:55,600
Speaker 1: but he's going to be under more pressure. Secondly, Steve Spagnolo,

1192
01:03:55,720 --> 01:03:58,960
Speaker 1: since week eight, okay, that goes back aways, they've played

1193
01:03:59,000 --> 01:04:01,240
Speaker 1: more cover two than any team in the league. But

1194
01:04:01,280 --> 01:04:03,440
Speaker 1: it's how they get to cover two. It's not like

1195
01:04:03,480 --> 01:04:05,920
Speaker 1: the old Tony Dungee days that Steve familiar with, why

1196
01:04:05,920 --> 01:04:08,360
Speaker 1: you're just line up and cover two. They get to

1197
01:04:08,440 --> 01:04:12,280
Speaker 1: cover two in so many different ways. Tyranne Matthew tends

1198
01:04:12,320 --> 01:04:14,280
Speaker 1: to be the middle hold defender, kind of the robber

1199
01:04:14,320 --> 01:04:17,160
Speaker 1: and cover two and he never just starts there. They

1200
01:04:17,240 --> 01:04:20,280
Speaker 1: get there with all kinds of late movement. So Burrow's

1201
01:04:20,320 --> 01:04:22,000
Speaker 1: going to see It's what I just talked about with

1202
01:04:22,080 --> 01:04:24,800
Speaker 1: Josh Allen and what Dean Pease'll do is they're going

1203
01:04:24,840 --> 01:04:28,480
Speaker 1: to make Burrow have to think through the coverage after

1204
01:04:28,520 --> 01:04:31,080
Speaker 1: the snap of the ball, and that can slow down

1205
01:04:31,080 --> 01:04:33,920
Speaker 1: your decision making and make it more difficult. So this

1206
01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:36,600
Speaker 1: is a different test for Joe Burrow. But I'll tell

1207
01:04:36,600 --> 01:04:40,200
Speaker 1: you what those three wideouts. They are tough. Yeah, it's

1208
01:04:40,240 --> 01:04:42,959
Speaker 1: hard to go that deep in your secondary and match

1209
01:04:43,040 --> 01:04:44,960
Speaker 1: up man to man with those guys. And even if

1210
01:04:45,280 --> 01:04:47,560
Speaker 1: they're trying to zone it off, those guys are a

1211
01:04:47,600 --> 01:04:51,560
Speaker 1: talented group. And what has I mean, what caught you?

1212
01:04:51,840 --> 01:04:54,479
Speaker 1: I know you probably watched the Baltimore Cincinnati game on film.

1213
01:04:54,520 --> 01:04:59,000
Speaker 1: What caught you about what Cincinnati was doing? Well, it's

1214
01:04:59,000 --> 01:05:01,520
Speaker 1: actually what caught me about what Baltimore did a number

1215
01:05:01,520 --> 01:05:03,560
Speaker 1: of times. To be honest with you, Steve, what they

1216
01:05:03,600 --> 01:05:06,360
Speaker 1: did a number of times, and I don't maybe you

1217
01:05:06,400 --> 01:05:09,440
Speaker 1: can recall seeing this in your career. I don't recall

1218
01:05:09,520 --> 01:05:12,200
Speaker 1: seeing this. They had five or six snaps in this

1219
01:05:12,240 --> 01:05:16,560
Speaker 1: game where they doubled and bracketed all three wideouts. Normally

1220
01:05:16,760 --> 01:05:20,480
Speaker 1: teams will only double or bracket two whiteouts. They bracketed

1221
01:05:20,520 --> 01:05:24,160
Speaker 1: and doubled three. So what they would do is rush three,

1222
01:05:24,320 --> 01:05:26,680
Speaker 1: matchup man to man to the tight end in the back,

1223
01:05:26,960 --> 01:05:30,680
Speaker 1: and double all three wideouts. And in fact, Burrow had

1224
01:05:30,680 --> 01:05:33,000
Speaker 1: some success that he threw a fifty two yard or

1225
01:05:33,000 --> 01:05:36,280
Speaker 1: to t Higgins against that specific coverage right near the

1226
01:05:36,360 --> 01:05:38,640
Speaker 1: end of the first half. Steve, if do you recall

1227
01:05:38,680 --> 01:05:41,960
Speaker 1: seeing teams double all three wideouts. It's hard to do

1228
01:05:42,000 --> 01:05:43,680
Speaker 1: because you can do the math. Yeah, I mean it's

1229
01:05:43,720 --> 01:05:46,920
Speaker 1: like that's six year defenders and then you got to

1230
01:05:46,960 --> 01:05:49,720
Speaker 1: pass rush obviously, Yeah, because you're only rushing three, right,

1231
01:05:49,720 --> 01:05:53,320
Speaker 1: you're rushing three. Six defenders are garden three guys, So

1232
01:05:53,400 --> 01:05:55,480
Speaker 1: you got you know, you got to back in a

1233
01:05:55,520 --> 01:05:59,280
Speaker 1: tight end that if they win, it's it's goodbye. Was

1234
01:05:59,320 --> 01:06:02,120
Speaker 1: it dime or was it seven dbs? What kind of

1235
01:06:02,160 --> 01:06:04,040
Speaker 1: personnel did the defense have on the field for that?

1236
01:06:05,640 --> 01:06:07,720
Speaker 1: I believe they did it. I can tell you in

1237
01:06:07,720 --> 01:06:10,120
Speaker 1: a sec because I made notes of these plays because

1238
01:06:10,120 --> 01:06:13,480
Speaker 1: I know that Miami they did it out of seven

1239
01:06:13,560 --> 01:06:18,760
Speaker 1: dbs what I call different, out of seven dbs. So

1240
01:06:18,800 --> 01:06:21,440
Speaker 1: they rush, rush three d lineman, have a linebacker on

1241
01:06:21,480 --> 01:06:26,680
Speaker 1: the back and a dB on the on the tight end. Yeah, wow,

1242
01:06:26,840 --> 01:06:30,040
Speaker 1: that's I get it. They did. Yeah, that's not gonna

1243
01:06:30,080 --> 01:06:32,800
Speaker 1: happen the Chiefs. They won't do it that. They won't

1244
01:06:32,880 --> 01:06:37,200
Speaker 1: do that. No, I'm surprised Baltimore had seven healthy defensive

1245
01:06:37,200 --> 01:06:39,880
Speaker 1: backs they even put on the field. Um, that's surprising

1246
01:06:39,920 --> 01:06:43,200
Speaker 1: to me. Uh. Speaking of that, we've seen Miami employ

1247
01:06:43,320 --> 01:06:46,960
Speaker 1: that approach. But Miami is streaking right now. And very

1248
01:06:47,040 --> 01:06:48,840
Speaker 1: quietly they've moved to the top of the league in

1249
01:06:48,920 --> 01:06:54,240
Speaker 1: sacks as well. I'm very intrigued by this Tennessee Miami matchup, Greg,

1250
01:06:54,720 --> 01:06:58,280
Speaker 1: just from the standpoint of Tennessee offense versus Dolphins defense.

1251
01:06:58,880 --> 01:07:03,320
Speaker 1: I'm curious how you might see that shaking out. Yeah, well,

1252
01:07:05,320 --> 01:07:08,040
Speaker 1: everybody talks about two, but I think the Dolphin defense

1253
01:07:08,080 --> 01:07:12,040
Speaker 1: has really been fascinated because starting Week ten against Lamar

1254
01:07:12,160 --> 01:07:15,240
Speaker 1: Jackson and the Ravens, they started that whole thing, which

1255
01:07:15,280 --> 01:07:17,280
Speaker 1: I know you're familiar with, the way they would put

1256
01:07:17,520 --> 01:07:20,480
Speaker 1: basically seven guys on the line of scrimmage and almost

1257
01:07:20,560 --> 01:07:24,040
Speaker 1: kind of play off coverage zero. It wasn't pressed man,

1258
01:07:24,320 --> 01:07:26,720
Speaker 1: but there was technically no deep safety in the middle.

1259
01:07:26,960 --> 01:07:29,840
Speaker 1: Now they'd only rushed five and they would drop two

1260
01:07:29,920 --> 01:07:33,480
Speaker 1: underneath defenders out is kind of underneath zone players, but

1261
01:07:33,640 --> 01:07:36,200
Speaker 1: you don't know which five of the seven are coming,

1262
01:07:36,480 --> 01:07:40,120
Speaker 1: so you have to protect. And they will absolutely do

1263
01:07:40,160 --> 01:07:43,280
Speaker 1: that against Tennessee, and I'm real curious to see how

1264
01:07:43,280 --> 01:07:45,480
Speaker 1: Tennessee deals with it, because one thing Tennessee did in

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Speaker 1: their last game against San Francisco is they put Tannehill

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Speaker 1: in empty sets and they blocked with seven and they'd

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Speaker 1: only send three receivers out because pass protection. You know, obviously,

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Speaker 1: you don't have a passing game if you can't protect. Now,

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Speaker 1: they get some of their own alignment back, but still,

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Speaker 1: when there are seven guys on the line of scrimmage

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Speaker 1: like that, Steve, you don't know who's coming and who's

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Speaker 1: not coming, and you can't guess, you know, because you

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Speaker 1: can't be wrong. Yeah, and I remember watching that Baltimore

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01:08:13,520 --> 01:08:15,919
Speaker 1: Miami game and I'm watching them line, all those guys

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Speaker 1: up on the line. It reminded me of you know,

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Speaker 1: the old forty six At times with all those people

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Speaker 1: up on the line, you don't know who's coming. No,

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01:08:23,840 --> 01:08:26,400
Speaker 1: that's a great point. So you've got to be prepared

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Speaker 1: for that because you can't guess and say, oh, well,

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Speaker 1: we don't think they're gonna come, because if that happens,

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01:08:31,120 --> 01:08:32,760
Speaker 1: if people get in free, you do not have a

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Speaker 1: passing game, right right. One last thing for me, one

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Speaker 1: of the things that was surprising about last week's game

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Speaker 1: for the Buffalo Bills in New England. I don't want

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01:08:40,200 --> 01:08:42,000
Speaker 1: to go back and beat a dead horse, but early

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Speaker 1: in that game, well, even coming into that game, their

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01:08:44,040 --> 01:08:47,080
Speaker 1: offensive line had struggled it had been shuffled around a bunch.

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Speaker 1: They get into the second quarter of that game and

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01:08:51,320 --> 01:08:56,920
Speaker 1: Ike Butker goes down with an achilles tap. Both Brownie

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Speaker 1: and I thought it was really gonna be a point

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01:08:59,200 --> 01:09:02,000
Speaker 1: of contention for the Bills to try and contend with

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01:09:02,080 --> 01:09:05,200
Speaker 1: Matt Judon and the pass rush of the New England Patriots.

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Speaker 1: And I think everybody across even the Patriots, were probably

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01:09:08,840 --> 01:09:12,439
Speaker 1: surprised at how well the Bill's offensive line held up.

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Speaker 1: Do you have any thoughts on how that can happen?

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01:09:15,040 --> 01:09:18,840
Speaker 1: And why? You know, Ryan Bates, who I don't know

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Speaker 1: that it had taken more than two snaps consis career start.

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Speaker 1: It was his first career start, and I don't think

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Speaker 1: he'd taken two consecutive snaps all year. What about this

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Speaker 1: Bill's offensive line, how it's played in the last few weeks,

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01:09:30,920 --> 01:09:33,439
Speaker 1: being shuffled around like it has, and also what do

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01:09:33,479 --> 01:09:36,280
Speaker 1: you think about it going forward? I thought it was

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01:09:36,280 --> 01:09:38,120
Speaker 1: as good a performance as they've had all the year,

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01:09:38,160 --> 01:09:39,920
Speaker 1: because it's been an issue, and that's just what the

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01:09:39,920 --> 01:09:42,599
Speaker 1: tape show is. That's just the reality. Given that they

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01:09:42,600 --> 01:09:44,920
Speaker 1: had a shuffle early in the second quarter when Budger

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01:09:44,960 --> 01:09:47,880
Speaker 1: Tory's Achilles because they you know, Dawkins came in. Obviously

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01:09:47,920 --> 01:09:50,960
Speaker 1: he's played left tackle. Brown moved to right tackle, Bates

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01:09:50,960 --> 01:09:53,360
Speaker 1: moved to left guard, Williams moved to right guard. I mean,

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01:09:53,479 --> 01:09:55,400
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you get that shuffling in the

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01:09:55,479 --> 01:09:58,120
Speaker 1: second quarter, early in a big game. But I thought

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01:09:58,200 --> 01:10:01,360
Speaker 1: they played as good a game as they've played all year.

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01:10:01,400 --> 01:10:03,479
Speaker 1: I did not, even though Josh had to move a

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01:10:03,520 --> 01:10:06,120
Speaker 1: couple of times, there was no sense in this game

1315
01:10:06,200 --> 01:10:09,800
Speaker 1: to me that Josh Allen was under constant arrest at all.

1316
01:10:10,120 --> 01:10:12,640
Speaker 1: Josh Allen was a comfortable player in this game for

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Speaker 1: the most part. And this was a great, great performance

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01:10:15,960 --> 01:10:19,080
Speaker 1: by an old line that has really struggled in past protection.

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01:10:19,320 --> 01:10:21,920
Speaker 1: You can only hope now. Look, they control their own destiny,

1320
01:10:22,000 --> 01:10:24,000
Speaker 1: so you know, it's easy to say that, oh they've

1321
01:10:24,000 --> 01:10:26,320
Speaker 1: got the Falcons and the Jets, they're in. Let's not

1322
01:10:26,360 --> 01:10:28,680
Speaker 1: say that quite yet, but if they do get in.

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Speaker 1: It was a really positive sign with what that old

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Speaker 1: line did, particularly in past protection. All Right, Greg, as always,

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01:10:35,560 --> 01:10:37,840
Speaker 1: thanks for the insight. We appreciate it. We will catch

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Speaker 1: up with you next week. You have a happy New year.

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01:10:41,439 --> 01:10:44,160
Speaker 1: Same to you guys, really, serio. Thanks all right that

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Speaker 1: senior producer from NFL Films, Greg co Sell, joining us

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Speaker 1: here as he does every Friday in preparation for the

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Speaker 1: upcoming Bill's Game. We will take a break here. When

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Speaker 1: we come back, it's time for Coffee with the Bills.

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Speaker 1: We'll be bringing that to you and next here on

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Speaker 1: one Bill's Live. Stay tuned all right. Time now for

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Speaker 1: Coffee with the Bills, presented by Tim Horton's Cafe and

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01:11:17,840 --> 01:11:20,720
Speaker 1: Big Shop, the official coffee shop of the Buffalo, the

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01:11:20,800 --> 01:11:24,080
Speaker 1: official coffee of the Buffalo Bills. Excuse me, which Steve

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01:11:24,200 --> 01:11:27,360
Speaker 1: is enjoying as we speak. Maddie Glab catches up with

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01:11:27,479 --> 01:11:31,840
Speaker 1: Greg Russo and Boogie Basham. Maddie Glab here with two

1339
01:11:31,960 --> 01:11:35,559
Speaker 1: of our rookie defensive lineman, Boogie Basham and Greg Russo.

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01:11:35,760 --> 01:11:38,719
Speaker 1: Here for an episode of Coffee with the Bills presented

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01:11:38,720 --> 01:11:41,080
Speaker 1: by Tim Horton's. We're gonna see how well you guys

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01:11:41,200 --> 01:11:44,320
Speaker 1: know each other. With a couple of questions, what does

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01:11:44,360 --> 01:11:47,880
Speaker 1: Greg like to do in his free time? Does he

1344
01:11:48,000 --> 01:11:51,880
Speaker 1: like to cook? Does he like to shop? Or does

1345
01:11:51,920 --> 01:11:58,360
Speaker 1: he like to read comic books? Read comic books? Okay, no,

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01:11:59,200 --> 01:12:01,000
Speaker 1: my favorite one is a walking Dead because I was

1347
01:12:01,000 --> 01:12:02,800
Speaker 1: watching the show, but then I kind of want to

1348
01:12:02,840 --> 01:12:04,439
Speaker 1: see what would happened. And they already had the books

1349
01:12:04,479 --> 01:12:06,720
Speaker 1: out for like the whole entire series of Walking Dead.

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01:12:06,760 --> 01:12:08,400
Speaker 1: You got a nice collection. I got, like I got,

1351
01:12:08,439 --> 01:12:12,000
Speaker 1: like Naruto taking a tight end the Walking Dead? Which

1352
01:12:12,120 --> 01:12:17,520
Speaker 1: place does Boogie want to visit? Most? Is it Antarctica

1353
01:12:17,760 --> 01:12:27,840
Speaker 1: Australia or Hawaii? Hawaii? Bogie n an Arctica? What okay?

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01:12:28,000 --> 01:12:30,599
Speaker 1: Tell me? Ban Freg Why do you want to visit?

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01:12:31,720 --> 01:12:36,680
Speaker 1: You know, yes, I want to go because nobody I

1356
01:12:36,760 --> 01:12:39,360
Speaker 1: have amass a good point. Do you think there's anything

1357
01:12:39,439 --> 01:12:43,919
Speaker 1: interesting out there other than like snow? You know, like penguin.

1358
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Speaker 1: We got a couple of like killer whales, kill got

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01:12:48,040 --> 01:12:49,960
Speaker 1: a couple of resorts for you mean, it's like pretty

1360
01:12:50,040 --> 01:12:52,120
Speaker 1: much is roaming around and do whatever you want to do.

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Speaker 1: What was Greg's first job? Was he a landscaping guy

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01:12:58,000 --> 01:13:00,920
Speaker 1: and like a gardener making sure all the law in

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01:13:01,120 --> 01:13:06,479
Speaker 1: Florida looked good? Did he man a bounce house that

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01:13:06,720 --> 01:13:13,120
Speaker 1: was full of kids at summer parties? Or see? Did

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01:13:13,160 --> 01:13:22,439
Speaker 1: he cook at a restaurant? Did you know? Oh no,

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01:13:22,840 --> 01:13:26,120
Speaker 1: it was a good guess. I mean grand light fun person.

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Speaker 1: So I feel like definitely. The definitely, the landscape was

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01:13:29,360 --> 01:13:31,400
Speaker 1: not as fun. Yeah, basically they had whole bunch of

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01:13:31,479 --> 01:13:33,439
Speaker 1: bounce houses, water slides and all that. So like a

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01:13:33,520 --> 01:13:35,519
Speaker 1: house would call you up, you just move your bounce

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01:13:35,560 --> 01:13:36,960
Speaker 1: house into the truck when you getting there and thinking

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Speaker 1: about the truck and then basically put them up and

1373
01:13:39,160 --> 01:13:41,759
Speaker 1: to stand there monfor the kids. Miss nobody doing anything crazy?

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01:13:42,080 --> 01:13:44,880
Speaker 1: Did you take part in the action like jumping? Yeah,

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01:13:44,960 --> 01:13:48,000
Speaker 1: empty bounds house? Why why not have some fun? No? No?

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Speaker 1: What is Boogie's favorite show? Is it Game of Thrones?

1377
01:13:54,720 --> 01:14:03,400
Speaker 1: Lawn Order or Squid Games? Squid Games? Damn? Oh my god,

1378
01:14:03,640 --> 01:14:08,400
Speaker 1: over too? But what is it? Yeah? That's crazy? Why

1379
01:14:08,520 --> 01:14:11,240
Speaker 1: is the Law and Order? Your jams? During COVID who

1380
01:14:11,360 --> 01:14:13,439
Speaker 1: was locked down? So it was one day. I just

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01:14:13,800 --> 01:14:16,559
Speaker 1: it was the first episode it came on, and then

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01:14:16,680 --> 01:14:18,200
Speaker 1: me and my room is we just watched from the

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01:14:18,240 --> 01:14:22,240
Speaker 1: first one all the way. Then it's something different every year.

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01:14:22,280 --> 01:14:23,880
Speaker 1: Every time. It's like an old news But they got

1385
01:14:24,000 --> 01:14:26,280
Speaker 1: to say an actors they're saying, yeah, so what's it

1386
01:14:26,360 --> 01:14:29,280
Speaker 1: been like to be rookies in the same position group

1387
01:14:29,520 --> 01:14:32,439
Speaker 1: getting to learn from each other and go through a

1388
01:14:32,560 --> 01:14:36,080
Speaker 1: first year in the NFL together? It's been fun for

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01:14:36,200 --> 01:14:37,720
Speaker 1: sure for both of us. You know, we have a

1390
01:14:37,800 --> 01:14:40,640
Speaker 1: great group of events and order guys always helping us out,

1391
01:14:40,680 --> 01:14:43,360
Speaker 1: giving us tips. We all obviously making mistakes out there,

1392
01:14:43,400 --> 01:14:45,400
Speaker 1: but we learned from each other's mistakes, learn from the

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01:14:45,520 --> 01:14:47,320
Speaker 1: good things that we're doing out there. So it's too fun.

1394
01:14:47,800 --> 01:14:50,720
Speaker 1: Fun about also definitely been fun, not just on the

1395
01:14:50,800 --> 01:14:53,080
Speaker 1: field of off the field as well. The ball we

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01:14:53,200 --> 01:14:55,560
Speaker 1: have outside the locker room, you know, guys in the

1397
01:14:55,640 --> 01:14:57,920
Speaker 1: root chat going out to you playing the game. Yeah,

1398
01:14:58,120 --> 01:14:59,880
Speaker 1: so it's been like a pretty much a big fan

1399
01:15:00,160 --> 01:15:01,479
Speaker 1: rather than the commist where it knew you know, you

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01:15:01,600 --> 01:15:03,680
Speaker 1: made an outside of us. I far for both of us.

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01:15:03,800 --> 01:15:07,120
Speaker 1: We came, we fitted. I'd right in Big Lawn Order Guy,

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01:15:07,520 --> 01:15:11,400
Speaker 1: Big Bounce House Guy. Thanks for sitting down, guys. Another

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01:15:11,479 --> 01:15:13,839
Speaker 1: episode of Coffee with the Bills, presented by Tim Hortons.

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01:15:14,439 --> 01:15:16,639
Speaker 1: All right, thanks very much, Mattie. We want to jump

1405
01:15:16,760 --> 01:15:20,240
Speaker 1: right into the OBL Friday fan mail bag. Your questions

1406
01:15:20,240 --> 01:15:22,639
Speaker 1: for us on anything under the sun concerning the Bills

1407
01:15:22,760 --> 01:15:28,240
Speaker 1: or the NFL, and Nick leads us off with among

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01:15:28,400 --> 01:15:32,759
Speaker 1: the AFC teams in contention, what is your best case

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01:15:33,160 --> 01:15:37,160
Speaker 1: and worst case playoff opponents for the Bills in the

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01:15:37,400 --> 01:15:41,479
Speaker 1: wild card round. Do you have a what's your best

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01:15:41,840 --> 01:15:48,439
Speaker 1: case scenario, Steve, best opponent to draw first? Well, right now, Buffalo,

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01:15:48,640 --> 01:15:52,880
Speaker 1: if they're the fourth, Buffalo remains the fourth seed and

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01:15:53,240 --> 01:15:55,720
Speaker 1: plays the five seed. I don't think you want any

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01:15:55,760 --> 01:15:58,080
Speaker 1: part of Indianapolis, who right now is the five seed.

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01:15:58,720 --> 01:16:00,800
Speaker 1: I think he'd rather have New England or Miami the

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01:16:00,880 --> 01:16:04,360
Speaker 1: sixth seventh seed, and then you know which, And I

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01:16:04,479 --> 01:16:06,639
Speaker 1: think what you want to do is hope the best

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Speaker 1: case scenario is hope for the two seed where you

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01:16:10,240 --> 01:16:13,160
Speaker 1: can get Cincinnati loses this week to whoever it is

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01:16:13,160 --> 01:16:16,840
Speaker 1: they're playing, who is it the Chiefs? Yeah, and you

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01:16:16,960 --> 01:16:24,280
Speaker 1: hope that Tennessee loses to Miami. That means the Buffalo

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01:16:24,320 --> 01:16:26,479
Speaker 1: and then Buffalo wins, So that put Buffalo at ten

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01:16:26,520 --> 01:16:28,840
Speaker 1: and six. Tennessee would still be the two seed, but

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01:16:28,920 --> 01:16:31,920
Speaker 1: Buffalo would be the three seed. You'd play the sixth seed,

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01:16:32,280 --> 01:16:34,759
Speaker 1: which would be at that point probably New England or Miami,

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01:16:34,880 --> 01:16:37,960
Speaker 1: maybe Baltimore sneaks back up in there, the Chargers or whatever.

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01:16:38,240 --> 01:16:39,680
Speaker 1: But I think you want to get as high as

1428
01:16:39,760 --> 01:16:42,519
Speaker 1: you can get and get the lowest seed possible because

1429
01:16:42,520 --> 01:16:45,320
Speaker 1: those teams that are just fighting to get in. I mean,

1430
01:16:45,400 --> 01:16:48,680
Speaker 1: they're you know, there are reasons they're not winning on

1431
01:16:48,760 --> 01:16:51,479
Speaker 1: a more consistent basis. And if and if you're the Bills,

1432
01:16:51,640 --> 01:16:54,160
Speaker 1: you gotta that's who you're you're shooting for. You want

1433
01:16:54,160 --> 01:16:58,479
Speaker 1: to get Vegas, the Chargers or the Ravens, you know,

1434
01:16:58,680 --> 01:17:01,400
Speaker 1: in that spot and get them right, because high as

1435
01:17:01,400 --> 01:17:02,880
Speaker 1: you can get and play the lowest seeds you can.

1436
01:17:03,080 --> 01:17:07,360
Speaker 1: If Miami somehow beats Tennessee on Sunday and the Bills

1437
01:17:07,400 --> 01:17:10,160
Speaker 1: beat the Falcons, they got an outside look at the

1438
01:17:10,280 --> 01:17:15,519
Speaker 1: number two seed with one game to play, they got aside,

1439
01:17:15,600 --> 01:17:18,880
Speaker 1: they got an outside shot at the one seed. But

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01:17:19,000 --> 01:17:23,800
Speaker 1: I think second is realistic if Tennessee stumbles here, right,

1441
01:17:24,680 --> 01:17:29,320
Speaker 1: two is more realistic than the one. Although be Cincinnati

1442
01:17:29,439 --> 01:17:33,240
Speaker 1: if possible. If Cincinnati beats Kansas City this week and

1443
01:17:33,479 --> 01:17:41,880
Speaker 1: Tennessee loses to Miami, Um, that's big. Yeah, that's really big.

1444
01:17:42,000 --> 01:17:46,320
Speaker 1: If if Cincinnati beats Kansas City, they're still ahead of

1445
01:17:46,360 --> 01:17:50,720
Speaker 1: the Bills, the Bills would still have to Yeah, the

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01:17:50,800 --> 01:17:53,960
Speaker 1: Bills Kansas City in that situation. Yeah, I don't know

1447
01:17:54,040 --> 01:17:55,800
Speaker 1: that the Bills can even get to the one seed

1448
01:17:55,880 --> 01:18:00,599
Speaker 1: because of the Cincinnati game. Yeah, but who knows well.

1449
01:18:00,680 --> 01:18:02,840
Speaker 1: I mean if they win too, when Kansas City loses

1450
01:18:02,880 --> 01:18:05,439
Speaker 1: to Buffalo would have him. Since Hey wins and loses

1451
01:18:05,479 --> 01:18:09,599
Speaker 1: and goes to ten and seven, Buffalo gets to eleven

1452
01:18:10,000 --> 01:18:13,160
Speaker 1: and six and six in Kansas City drops the last two,

1453
01:18:13,800 --> 01:18:15,560
Speaker 1: they would catch Kansas City and have him on the

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01:18:15,640 --> 01:18:18,960
Speaker 1: head to head. Yeah, they'd have him on the head

1455
01:18:19,000 --> 01:18:21,559
Speaker 1: to head. Yeah. So yeah, I think it's still that's

1456
01:18:21,640 --> 01:18:24,719
Speaker 1: best scenario because and in Tennessee's gotta lose to Miami

1457
01:18:24,760 --> 01:18:27,520
Speaker 1: and then lose too, I think probably Houston or Jacksonville.

1458
01:18:27,720 --> 01:18:29,800
Speaker 1: But instead of getting deep in the weeds here, I'm

1459
01:18:29,840 --> 01:18:33,320
Speaker 1: just gonna say this. If I am Buffalo, I do

1460
01:18:33,479 --> 01:18:36,400
Speaker 1: not want Indie and I do not want Cincinnati in

1461
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Speaker 1: round one. Right, Well, you don't you're not gonna get Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't want Indie, I don't want Cincinnati. I'd take

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Speaker 1: New England, I'd take Miami and I don't and I

1464
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Speaker 1: would probably take Tennessee if I'm Buffalo. The reason I

1465
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Speaker 1: don't want Cincinnati is I think that's one of the

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Speaker 1: few teams that can go toe to toe with you

1467
01:18:55,240 --> 01:18:58,120
Speaker 1: as far as scoring is concerned. Right, even though this

1468
01:18:58,280 --> 01:19:02,360
Speaker 1: defense is built to stop the pass, that's a concern,

1469
01:19:02,920 --> 01:19:06,559
Speaker 1: and chiefly because they can chuck it around with anybody

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01:19:06,680 --> 01:19:08,880
Speaker 1: number one and number two. You do not have a

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Speaker 1: dominant pass rush to slow down Joe Burrow. That's a concern.

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Speaker 1: I'll say this, though, the Bill's pass rush will be

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01:19:14,840 --> 01:19:16,840
Speaker 1: good enough. Is be as good as you know. The

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01:19:16,920 --> 01:19:19,400
Speaker 1: pass rush was this last week up Baltimore, and you

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01:19:19,479 --> 01:19:21,760
Speaker 1: heard Greg Cosell say Baltimore had a pretty good pass

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01:19:21,920 --> 01:19:25,880
Speaker 1: rush in Cincinnati's offensive line has not been very good. No,

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Speaker 1: And I think you can you can play into that

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01:19:29,439 --> 01:19:33,639
Speaker 1: um anyway. I think I think that the simple fact

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01:19:33,680 --> 01:19:37,120
Speaker 1: the matter is you want to go as deep. You

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01:19:37,200 --> 01:19:40,120
Speaker 1: want to get as highly as seeded as you possibly can,

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01:19:40,640 --> 01:19:45,120
Speaker 1: and then of course get the lowest seed matchup because

1482
01:19:45,160 --> 01:19:48,759
Speaker 1: there's a reason they're the lowest seed. Let's move along

1483
01:19:48,920 --> 01:19:51,439
Speaker 1: to Rachel, who asks, if there's one thing that still

1484
01:19:51,640 --> 01:19:54,080
Speaker 1: worries me, it's our inconsistent pass rush. Should we throw

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01:19:54,160 --> 01:19:57,320
Speaker 1: caution to the win and start blitzing heavily in the playoffs.

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01:19:58,000 --> 01:20:02,759
Speaker 1: I don't think it's that absolutely, Rachel. I think Leslie

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01:20:02,840 --> 01:20:09,519
Speaker 1: Frasier picks his spots to utilize blitz, but I think

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01:20:10,320 --> 01:20:14,639
Speaker 1: more often than not, this is a defense that believes

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01:20:14,680 --> 01:20:20,360
Speaker 1: in its coverage and will occasionally send linebackers dbs to

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01:20:20,600 --> 01:20:24,599
Speaker 1: help with the pass rush. F a Obata has been

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01:20:24,640 --> 01:20:27,920
Speaker 1: a help the last couple of weeks. Hopefully that continues

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01:20:28,560 --> 01:20:31,960
Speaker 1: and that would afford Leslie Frasier the option of rushing

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01:20:32,080 --> 01:20:35,639
Speaker 1: for more often, especially if he continues to be effective.

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01:20:35,720 --> 01:20:39,280
Speaker 1: But blitzing heavily in the playoffs, I think that depends

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01:20:39,320 --> 01:20:43,120
Speaker 1: on your opponent and how the game goes, right exactly.

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01:20:43,439 --> 01:20:44,880
Speaker 1: There are some teams that are going to be in

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01:20:44,920 --> 01:20:46,960
Speaker 1: the playoffs that, yeah, you would want to blitz more

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01:20:47,360 --> 01:20:50,160
Speaker 1: than there are other teams. There are other some teams

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01:20:50,240 --> 01:20:54,000
Speaker 1: where it would be just the opposite. So it's not

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01:20:54,160 --> 01:20:58,639
Speaker 1: a blanket statement. It's not about your team so much

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01:20:58,680 --> 01:21:00,880
Speaker 1: as it is about your opponent and where their weaknesses

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01:21:00,880 --> 01:21:02,680
Speaker 1: are and where your team's strengths are. So there are

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01:21:02,760 --> 01:21:06,320
Speaker 1: some matchups in this tournament. If the Bills get in

1504
01:21:06,400 --> 01:21:08,840
Speaker 1: and if and when the Bills get into it, that

1505
01:21:08,960 --> 01:21:12,080
Speaker 1: will lend itself to more pressure packages, yes, no question,

1506
01:21:12,560 --> 01:21:14,560
Speaker 1: But some of them know it's just the opposite. It

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01:21:14,680 --> 01:21:17,439
Speaker 1: depends on the matchup. You can't none of these teams

1508
01:21:17,439 --> 01:21:21,000
Speaker 1: are the same. The Indianapolis Colts are much different than

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01:21:21,080 --> 01:21:24,160
Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bengals and the Chiefs, so you got to

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01:21:24,200 --> 01:21:27,400
Speaker 1: play him different defensively, and you gotta have different plans

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01:21:27,479 --> 01:21:30,479
Speaker 1: for both of them. Some of those plans may include

1512
01:21:30,520 --> 01:21:33,679
Speaker 1: a lot of pressure, others will include a lot of coverage.

1513
01:21:34,280 --> 01:21:38,280
Speaker 1: So yeah, and I get it the pass rushes all

1514
01:21:38,320 --> 01:21:40,200
Speaker 1: you always want to have lead the league in sacks

1515
01:21:40,240 --> 01:21:42,320
Speaker 1: and have a pass rush that where the quarterback is

1516
01:21:42,400 --> 01:21:46,120
Speaker 1: running for his life. I get all that, But just

1517
01:21:46,960 --> 01:21:48,720
Speaker 1: you just want this defense to show up at its

1518
01:21:48,800 --> 01:21:51,320
Speaker 1: best and whatever that is and what it looks like

1519
01:21:51,560 --> 01:21:54,920
Speaker 1: is going to be good enough. Yeah. From Patrick in

1520
01:21:55,040 --> 01:21:57,840
Speaker 1: the mail bag, will our old lines stay the same

1521
01:21:57,920 --> 01:22:00,320
Speaker 1: as last week or will they reshuffle it with John

1522
01:22:00,400 --> 01:22:04,240
Speaker 1: Feliciano back, I believe it's going to look the way

1523
01:22:04,280 --> 01:22:07,680
Speaker 1: it did at the end of last week's game. So,

1524
01:22:08,080 --> 01:22:10,760
Speaker 1: for those that didn't know, at the end of last

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01:22:10,800 --> 01:22:15,360
Speaker 1: week's game, left to right, it was Dion Dawkins, Ryan Bates,

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01:22:15,760 --> 01:22:21,400
Speaker 1: Mitch Morse, Darryl Williams, and Spencer Brown. I anticipate I

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01:22:21,439 --> 01:22:24,240
Speaker 1: don't know this, but I anticipate it to look exactly

1528
01:22:24,400 --> 01:22:26,840
Speaker 1: that way when they step out on the field against

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01:22:26,880 --> 01:22:30,240
Speaker 1: Atlanta on Sunday. I don't know that Feliciano is in

1530
01:22:30,360 --> 01:22:32,200
Speaker 1: there as one of the five and one of the

1531
01:22:32,280 --> 01:22:35,760
Speaker 1: main reasons why he hasn't played in about a month

1532
01:22:35,800 --> 01:22:38,400
Speaker 1: and a half. This is an important game that you

1533
01:22:38,560 --> 01:22:44,360
Speaker 1: have to have, and you know, allowing Feliciano to start

1534
01:22:44,520 --> 01:22:48,080
Speaker 1: and spend maybe a quarter knocking the rust off, I

1535
01:22:48,080 --> 01:22:49,560
Speaker 1: don't know if that's the way to go. Not to

1536
01:22:49,640 --> 01:22:51,479
Speaker 1: mention the fact that Ryan Bates played a hell of

1537
01:22:51,520 --> 01:22:55,560
Speaker 1: a game last week. Yeah, that's the real question. Is

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01:22:55,760 --> 01:23:00,320
Speaker 1: Feliciano ready to play? And if he is, fine, plug

1539
01:23:00,439 --> 01:23:01,880
Speaker 1: him in. And if you think if you think he's

1540
01:23:01,920 --> 01:23:04,360
Speaker 1: the best option and he've been waiting on this offensive

1541
01:23:04,360 --> 01:23:06,120
Speaker 1: line to show up, and now you got two games

1542
01:23:06,160 --> 01:23:07,439
Speaker 1: to throw him in there and get him ready for

1543
01:23:07,479 --> 01:23:11,120
Speaker 1: the playoffs. I get it. If you think that even

1544
01:23:11,160 --> 01:23:14,040
Speaker 1: with Feliciano when they're knocking the rust off, that Atlanta

1545
01:23:14,120 --> 01:23:16,400
Speaker 1: can't hold up to your offense anyway, and you can

1546
01:23:16,439 --> 01:23:18,920
Speaker 1: get him the reps and not risk enough to risk

1547
01:23:19,040 --> 01:23:22,040
Speaker 1: the game. Yeah, I'm sure he plugs in there. Yeah,

1548
01:23:22,400 --> 01:23:26,000
Speaker 1: if Feliciano is taking a long time to get back,

1549
01:23:26,080 --> 01:23:27,839
Speaker 1: if you don't like the way he's looked in practice

1550
01:23:27,840 --> 01:23:29,800
Speaker 1: and if Bates has earned the right to get in there,

1551
01:23:29,840 --> 01:23:31,600
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, you think you might have

1552
01:23:31,760 --> 01:23:35,200
Speaker 1: caught lightning in a bottle. With this combination, it's like, hey,

1553
01:23:35,280 --> 01:23:43,080
Speaker 1: let's just go. Bates, you're in, Feliciano stay ready, Brown, Williams, Morse, Dawkins,

1554
01:23:43,400 --> 01:23:45,560
Speaker 1: let's go. And they might just say, listen, is this

1555
01:23:45,720 --> 01:23:47,960
Speaker 1: is it? We've been shuffling it all year. We found something.

1556
01:23:47,960 --> 01:23:50,480
Speaker 1: We're gonna write it until it's not there, and when

1557
01:23:50,520 --> 01:23:53,040
Speaker 1: it stumbles, then we'll plug Feliciano win up wherever we need.

1558
01:23:53,720 --> 01:23:55,240
Speaker 1: That may be the way to go. I don't know

1559
01:23:55,320 --> 01:23:57,360
Speaker 1: which it's gonna be, because I don't know whether they

1560
01:23:57,479 --> 01:24:00,920
Speaker 1: think Feliciano is still their better option and in his

1561
01:24:01,080 --> 01:24:05,000
Speaker 1: current state of physicality and lack of playing time, and

1562
01:24:05,160 --> 01:24:08,000
Speaker 1: I don't know that they think, you know what, against

1563
01:24:08,080 --> 01:24:10,800
Speaker 1: this defensive line, it doesn't matter Felicianos one hundred percent.

1564
01:24:10,840 --> 01:24:12,280
Speaker 1: If he can get to one hundred percent by the

1565
01:24:12,320 --> 01:24:14,599
Speaker 1: third quarter, we're still going to be okay. That kind

1566
01:24:14,640 --> 01:24:17,240
Speaker 1: of that kind of mentality. I will say what we

1567
01:24:17,400 --> 01:24:20,920
Speaker 1: have seen even this season, and I can't remember the

1568
01:24:21,040 --> 01:24:24,000
Speaker 1: lineman that did this, but when he was healthy enough

1569
01:24:24,080 --> 01:24:28,519
Speaker 1: to dress, he did not start, but he played on

1570
01:24:28,760 --> 01:24:33,040
Speaker 1: special teams field goal block field or field goal unit,

1571
01:24:33,760 --> 01:24:37,639
Speaker 1: stuff like that, and got you know, ten twelve snaps

1572
01:24:37,680 --> 01:24:40,360
Speaker 1: in the game, and then the next week was back

1573
01:24:40,400 --> 01:24:43,479
Speaker 1: in the lineup. I wonder if that's an approach that

1574
01:24:43,640 --> 01:24:46,800
Speaker 1: they consider. Hey, let's ramp you up slowly, let's get

1575
01:24:46,880 --> 01:24:50,639
Speaker 1: your twelve ten twelve snaps on special teams. Line up there,

1576
01:24:51,120 --> 01:24:53,280
Speaker 1: and then we'll take it from there. And oh, by

1577
01:24:53,320 --> 01:24:55,960
Speaker 1: the way, Ryan Bates played pery damn well last week.

1578
01:24:56,160 --> 01:24:57,800
Speaker 1: It might be that's what they thought they were going

1579
01:24:57,840 --> 01:25:00,680
Speaker 1: to do with Dion Dawkins last week, and it was like,

1580
01:25:00,840 --> 01:25:04,360
Speaker 1: you know, but Buttker is like, well, now you know

1581
01:25:04,520 --> 01:25:07,920
Speaker 1: you're in go get them. Yeah, we got no choice.

1582
01:25:08,640 --> 01:25:10,800
Speaker 1: That may be on the docket as well. Don't know

1583
01:25:11,920 --> 01:25:16,680
Speaker 1: either way. It's it's a question that's gonna have to

1584
01:25:16,720 --> 01:25:20,320
Speaker 1: be it's gonna have to be answered because there's some

1585
01:25:20,400 --> 01:25:22,680
Speaker 1: good options, like the wide receiver question. There seems to

1586
01:25:22,760 --> 01:25:25,240
Speaker 1: be some pret okay options right now, which is exactly

1587
01:25:25,280 --> 01:25:26,840
Speaker 1: where you want to be. Two leg games left the

1588
01:25:26,920 --> 01:25:30,880
Speaker 1: regular season. You know, some guys really striving to get going,

1589
01:25:31,600 --> 01:25:33,560
Speaker 1: you know, get that offensive line right, Guys wanting to

1590
01:25:33,600 --> 01:25:36,040
Speaker 1: get back on the field, guys playing well when they're

1591
01:25:36,080 --> 01:25:38,519
Speaker 1: on the field, and you know, not getting even wanting more.

1592
01:25:38,960 --> 01:25:40,639
Speaker 1: It's a great spot to be if you're the Buffalo

1593
01:25:40,720 --> 01:25:43,160
Speaker 1: Bills in a mental way I'm talking about. And we'll

1594
01:25:43,160 --> 01:25:45,320
Speaker 1: see if the production matches it. Good problem to have

1595
01:25:46,160 --> 01:25:48,479
Speaker 1: before we close out the show. In our next segment,

1596
01:25:49,240 --> 01:25:53,240
Speaker 1: what item of clothing from the Bills roster is headed

1597
01:25:53,280 --> 01:25:56,200
Speaker 1: to the Pro Football Hall of Fame? And whose is it?

1598
01:25:56,760 --> 01:25:58,439
Speaker 1: We'll tell you when we come back here on One

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01:25:58,479 --> 01:26:01,320
Speaker 1: Bill's Live presented by All to Hell. It's Buffalo Bills Radio.

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Speaker 1: All right, welcome back, last segment of the year Steve

1601
01:26:16,760 --> 01:26:19,479
Speaker 1: for One Bills Live before we are One Bills Live

1602
01:26:19,560 --> 01:26:24,080
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two edition. And there was a Bills player

1603
01:26:24,760 --> 01:26:28,479
Speaker 1: who had his jersey and cleats from Week sixteen sent

1604
01:26:28,640 --> 01:26:31,719
Speaker 1: to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It is Josh

1605
01:26:31,840 --> 01:26:35,719
Speaker 1: Allen after he became the first player in NFL history

1606
01:26:36,160 --> 01:26:39,000
Speaker 1: with at least one hundred touchdown passes and twenty rushing

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01:26:39,120 --> 01:26:42,040
Speaker 1: touchdowns in his first four seasons. So his jersey and

1608
01:26:42,120 --> 01:26:45,960
Speaker 1: cleats pictured here on the Buffalo Bill's Twitter handle. We'll

1609
01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:50,080
Speaker 1: be going to camp. Pretty cool for him. Awesome, Yeah,

1610
01:26:50,400 --> 01:26:53,200
Speaker 1: And that's big first four, the only guy to ever

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01:26:53,280 --> 01:26:56,640
Speaker 1: do that. Twenty rushing and one hundred touchdown passes, and

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01:26:56,760 --> 01:26:59,000
Speaker 1: we saw what Josh did against New England's nice to

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01:26:59,040 --> 01:27:02,040
Speaker 1: do that when you win a game, you know, and

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01:27:02,200 --> 01:27:06,280
Speaker 1: you don't break that thing on a loss. Man. He

1615
01:27:07,520 --> 01:27:10,519
Speaker 1: we heard it from Greg Cosell. No team in the NFL,

1616
01:27:10,600 --> 01:27:13,479
Speaker 1: as far as Greg is concerned, is as quarterback centric

1617
01:27:13,520 --> 01:27:15,599
Speaker 1: as the Buffalo Bills. If you're looking for an MVP

1618
01:27:15,960 --> 01:27:17,719
Speaker 1: or a guy that means the most to their club,

1619
01:27:18,920 --> 01:27:22,160
Speaker 1: he believes that Josh Allen is that guy. This team

1620
01:27:22,560 --> 01:27:24,920
Speaker 1: goes as Josh Allen goes, not any called. Bills fans

1621
01:27:25,000 --> 01:27:28,320
Speaker 1: are okay with that at the current moment. And I

1622
01:27:28,400 --> 01:27:30,240
Speaker 1: said this earlier. If this team goes to and wins

1623
01:27:30,280 --> 01:27:32,600
Speaker 1: a championship, it's going to be because who steps up

1624
01:27:32,640 --> 01:27:35,559
Speaker 1: to help that guy and who plays above their head

1625
01:27:35,680 --> 01:27:39,040
Speaker 1: or who you know, who makes the statements with him,

1626
01:27:39,160 --> 01:27:41,400
Speaker 1: who rises up with him, And it's a good place

1627
01:27:41,439 --> 01:27:43,840
Speaker 1: to be for Bills fans. And congratulations to Josh. Yeah,

1628
01:27:43,880 --> 01:27:45,840
Speaker 1: that was cool. So if you happen to be in

1629
01:27:45,880 --> 01:27:47,720
Speaker 1: the Canton area, check it out. It'll be hanging in

1630
01:27:47,800 --> 01:27:50,720
Speaker 1: there pretty cool real quick. In case you missed it.

1631
01:27:50,800 --> 01:27:53,360
Speaker 1: Earlier in the show. The Friday injury report came out

1632
01:27:53,720 --> 01:27:57,519
Speaker 1: and Ed Oliver and Emmanuel Sanders, as coach McDermott alluded

1633
01:27:57,560 --> 01:27:59,880
Speaker 1: to this morning when he was addressing the media. Both

1634
01:28:00,080 --> 01:28:04,080
Speaker 1: are listed as questionable for the game. At Oliver seems

1635
01:28:04,080 --> 01:28:07,559
Speaker 1: like a better chance than Sanders. Sanders has not practiced

1636
01:28:07,600 --> 01:28:09,599
Speaker 1: each of the last two days, so not looking great

1637
01:28:09,640 --> 01:28:12,760
Speaker 1: for him. Happy New Year, everybody's right, Happy New Year.

1638
01:28:12,800 --> 01:28:15,080
Speaker 1: We'll catch you in twenty twenty two on Monday when

1639
01:28:15,120 --> 01:28:18,120
Speaker 1: we're talking Bill's falcons and hopefully another Bill's victory. We'll

1640
01:28:18,160 --> 01:28:19,160
Speaker 1: see it then, go Bills.