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Speaker 1: This One Bill's Live presented by Calida Health.

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Speaker 2: It's a Tuesday edition of One Bill's Live. Chris Brown

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Speaker 2: Steve Tasker with you. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome. As we head

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Speaker 2: down the final stretch of the twenty twenty four regular season,

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Speaker 2: we are clearly in the home stretch, three games remaining.

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Speaker 2: One seed still out there, although a little harder to

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Speaker 2: grasp hold of as the Bills try to walk down

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Speaker 2: the Chiefs in similar fashion to the way they walk

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Speaker 2: down the Dolphins last year for the division title. And

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Speaker 2: you can slice it a whole bunch of different ways,

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Speaker 2: and we're actually going to do that on our Bills

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Speaker 2: by the Numbers podcast that we'll have out for you

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Speaker 2: later this week, so we won't spend a terrible amount

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Speaker 2: of time on it here. But the fact that it's

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Speaker 2: still out there, I think is the reason the Bills

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Speaker 2: should still keep their foot on the gas. As long

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Speaker 2: as it is within reach and possible, they should try

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Speaker 2: to acquire it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and they will. I mean, that's the object. They're

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Speaker 1: going to be heavily favored in the games they have remaining.

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Speaker 1: It'll be a question of winning the game and then

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Speaker 1: making sure they come out of it as healthy as possible.

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Speaker 1: I think all the personal stats and all that and

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Speaker 1: the Josh and the chase for the MVP will take

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Speaker 1: a back seat towards healing. You know.

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Speaker 3: Well, yeah, you know.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they're not gonna put Josh at risk that much.

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Speaker 1: You know. The win is the thing. Is what they're

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Speaker 1: saying is what I would think they would be at And.

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Speaker 2: So you're saying, if they're up on the Patriots, sit

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Speaker 2: him in the third quarter, and.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he'll have a baseball cap on.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, right, because if the game is in hand and yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 1: And he'll have over the If they say, for instance,

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Speaker 1: everything goes as planned, they're way out in front all

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Speaker 1: the Patriots twice and the Jets in the game that

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Speaker 1: they play, they're here against the Patriots, here against the Jets,

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Speaker 1: right or yeah, and then they go to New England.

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Speaker 1: So these two home games they get way out in front,

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Speaker 1: and cumulatively speaking, Josh will get like a bye week

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Speaker 1: combined with between those two games. If everything goes as planned,

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Speaker 1: you're up by three scores, yeah, third quarter and he's

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Speaker 1: like taking taking a day. Then whether you get the

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Speaker 1: one seat or not, at least he's the wear and

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Speaker 1: tear is minimalized and then let in these next couple

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Speaker 1: three weeks. So that's best case scenario. Well, best case

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Speaker 1: scenario is they win all those like that and you

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Speaker 1: get a bye week. So we'll see the Chiefs. We've

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Speaker 1: talked about it. The Chiefs have got a rough schedule

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Speaker 1: coming up. It's going to be hard for them. Yes,

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Speaker 1: they got Houston, they got Pittsburgh, and they got Denver.

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Speaker 1: All three of those teams are legit. They're good teams

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Speaker 1: and fighting to improve their own and yes, and you know,

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Speaker 1: Denver's a playoff team.

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Speaker 3: They're nine and five, very quietly nine and five.

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Speaker 1: They are a playoff team, and.

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Speaker 2: They're battling teams like the Ravens for playoff. Right, they're

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Speaker 2: the set, they're the sixth seed, and the Chargers who

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Speaker 2: are right behind them, and they play each other this week.

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Speaker 1: They're well inside the line. So we'll see.

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Speaker 3: In case you were.

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Speaker 2: Wondering, because you know, people wonder about a bunch of things,

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Speaker 2: the Bills chances of winning this game win probability, according

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Speaker 2: to Pro Football Network against the Patriots ninety two point

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Speaker 2: three percent.

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Speaker 1: Man, you can't give him a ninety two percent chance.

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Speaker 3: Pro Football Network.

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Speaker 1: I don't care who you're playing. You can be playing

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Speaker 1: the Raiders a day after they played the Falcons that

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Speaker 1: you wouldn't have a ninety two percent chance of winning

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Speaker 1: the game. Did you see that team? Yes, maybe maybe yesterday,

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Speaker 1: maybe maybe maybe maybe the very next day, maybe the Raiders.

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Speaker 1: I yeah, it, of course, this is one of those

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Speaker 1: games where you're hot. But man, oh man, you know

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Speaker 1: you play to your competition once in a while. This

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Speaker 1: team has been accused of doing in years past. You

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Speaker 1: don't want to go down that road.

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Speaker 1: Let me just say that we do have distinguished We

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Speaker 1: George is a part of our crew.

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Speaker 3: So bravo there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we have some other flex scheduling news. Yesterday we

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Speaker 2: told you that the Bills were flexed from the one

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Speaker 2: pm time slot to four twenty five pm. Now the

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Speaker 2: NFL has moved the Dolphins Browns game out of the

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Speaker 2: Sunday night window. I can't imagine why this is in

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Speaker 2: week seventeen, not this week. Next week, the NFL has

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Speaker 2: moved Dolphins Browns out of the Sunday night time slot.

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Speaker 2: They are going to be replaced with Falcons Commanders. The

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Speaker 2: reason being Falcons, even at seven and seven, are still

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Speaker 2: in the hunt for the NFC South title. They are

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Speaker 2: a game back of the Bucks, so that is still

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Speaker 2: very much in play, and one of those two teams

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Speaker 2: will probably be the only team from the NFC South

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Speaker 2: that reaches the postseason.

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Speaker 1: Forget about that for just a minute.

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Speaker 2: Meanwhile, Washington at nineteen five firmly in the wild card race.

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Speaker 1: Let's just let's just take a minute to savor, as

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Speaker 1: Bill's fans here for just a minute, how delicious it

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Speaker 1: is that the Dolphins are getting flexed out of that

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Speaker 1: game when you're you're taking particular I'm telling you every

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Speaker 1: single analytist, analysts and all those guys at all the

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Speaker 1: mainstream media, all the ESPN guys, the CBS guys, that

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Speaker 1: the Fox guys, they were all picking the Jets and

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Speaker 1: Dolphins over the Bills in the division. And they and

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Speaker 1: the Bills clinched it earlier than anybody clinched the division.

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Speaker 1: So just it's kind of nice. I'm taking some like

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Speaker 1: a little schadenfreud going on.

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Speaker 2: You like using that word, especially if it involves the

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Speaker 2: Dolphins or the Patriots for that matter, the poor the Jets.

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Speaker 2: So Steve was in the office today and he's hunting

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Speaker 2: around on his television schedule for football tonight.

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Speaker 3: And there is no football tonight.

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Speaker 2: But in the coming days, there will be a stretch

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Speaker 2: starting Thursday where I believe there will be at least

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Speaker 2: six of the next eight nights. And you've got first

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Speaker 2: round of the college football playoffs, I believe, on Friday

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Speaker 2: and Saturday. So you're gonna get more football than you

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Speaker 3: Do with, Steve. So we got it on Thursday, Thursday

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Speaker 2: Friday, Saturday is colle playoff. Yeah, Sunday, Monday you have

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Speaker 2: Saturday games in the NFL too. Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesdaysday, Wednesday,

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Speaker 2: Christmas Day. Two games, and it starts all over again

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Speaker 2: following Thursday, and then Friday you got more college Saturday,

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Speaker 2: it's just gonna have more football than you know what

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Speaker 2: to do with. And then Saturday, the Saturday after Christmas,

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Speaker 2: you've got three NFL games Chargers, Patriots, Broncos, Bengals, Cardinals, Rams.

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Speaker 1: The only thing wrong with the entire scenario is in

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Speaker 1: fact that the Bills game got moved for twenty five.

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Speaker 1: I'm not a fan, yeah.

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Speaker 3: I know, because you were.

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Speaker 2: I think you're all looking forward to one pm Classic

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Speaker 2: home game.

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Speaker 3: It's gonna be dark, yeah, not to mention, I mean we're.

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Speaker 1: In the debt. I mean, what is that Saturday, that's Sunday,

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Speaker 1: That's December.

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Speaker 3: Twenty second.

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Speaker 1: It's the long and the shortest day of the year.

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Speaker 2: This is the twenty first, the twenty first, Yeah, the

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Speaker 2: winter solstice. That's right, man, That it'll be dark before

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Speaker 2: the game starts.

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Speaker 1: That absolutely stinks to high heavens. Well, having a I mean,

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Speaker 1: a one o'clock game is the only chance you had

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Speaker 3: The whole thing. Yes, Yes, it's gonna be dark. And

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Speaker 3: even then you are pushing you, luf, it's gonna be dark.

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Speaker 2: The it's dark when we get up, and it's dark

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Speaker 1: Then dark work. It's the nator of winter this Sunday.

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Speaker 3: You're using some fifty cent words today.

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Speaker 2: I am NAT's red articulate. But everyone that that's education that.

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Speaker 1: Stinks that flexing that game out of one absolutely stinks.

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Speaker 1: I'm not and I'm not a It's not that I

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Speaker 1: even hate four o'clock games. You know. Yeah, it's the

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Speaker 1: shortest day of the year. It is.

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Speaker 3: It is. But here's the good.

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Speaker 2: The days are getting longer every day after that, by

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Speaker 2: two or three minutes. And not yet because well, it

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Speaker 2: won't feel like it until you get to about March,

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Speaker 2: and then you'll be like.

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Speaker 3: Oh, you know what, I think the days are getting long.

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Speaker 3: We got wait, you don't really notice it. I'm a

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Speaker 1: I'm feeling it today. I've got that deep dark depression going.

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Speaker 3: We've had quite a few gray days here.

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Speaker 1: Of like Ivy vitamin D or something. I'm just well something.

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Speaker 1: It's awful. Be better today, be better?

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Speaker 3: Can I get one of those be better shots?

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Speaker 1: I mean, you close your eyes and you miss half

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Speaker 3: My wife will get that.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes she'll be like, good Lord, where is the sun

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Speaker 1: Plus, like we get this.

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Speaker 1: It's been cloudy since before the Snowstill a.

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Speaker 3: Lot of gray days. H once you get past November.

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Speaker 2: We have one bit of Bills news to pass along

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Speaker 2: to you, because yesterday head coach Sean McDermott really didn't

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Speaker 2: have a lot to offer in terms of injury news.

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Speaker 2: He basically punted until Wednesday, when he next addresses the

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Speaker 2: but also the players that missed, namely Rasul Douglas, Taylor

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Speaker 2: So we'll hopefully get some updates on their likelihood for

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Speaker 2: suiting up for Sunday's game against the Patriots. The Bills

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Speaker 2: news that we can bring you is a new uniform

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Speaker 2: combination for Sunday's game against New England. It's the red

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Speaker 2: color Rush jerseys, except this time they're going with white

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Speaker 2: pants and red sox. Typically when they wear the red

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Speaker 3: Instead, in the spirit of.

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Speaker 2: red jersey, white pants. As a matter of fact, Uh,

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Speaker 2: it's kind of like the old Patriots uniform very much, yeah,

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Speaker 2: very much so. But it's with a white helmet package.

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Speaker 1: So it does pop. I mean you see that, it

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Speaker 3: That's that's a clean look. I really like that look.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And I'm sure they're going to have a lot

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Speaker 2: Oh, you know what, you're probably right to probably get

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, right, when is the last time you held

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Speaker 1: Well, when I go to the Sabers games, I get

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Speaker 3: Oh that's cool, you know.

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Speaker 3: Two thousand and seven, man, came ago.

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Speaker 2: We'll have to ask the good people on our ticket

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Speaker 2: They listened to us every day, religious front to back, religiously.

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Speaker 1: If you pulled the ticket office, they wouldn't even they

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Speaker 3: Going there on. Now are they what?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I caught the show. What time you tune in?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I love too busy.

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Speaker 2: They help us, They help you, They help you all.

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Speaker 1: I need a crew to help me. Yes, they know

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Speaker 1: my girl.

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Speaker 2: Don't cast any aspersions. The good people are to tap

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Speaker 2: it off the best.

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Speaker 2: Let's get to around the NFL, which is presented by

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Speaker 2: Kalida Health, the official healthcare system of the Buffalo Bills,

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Speaker 2: And we're going to begin because there's updated news here

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Speaker 2: on Patrick Mahomes. So testing yesterday confirmed that Mahomes does

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Speaker 2: indeed have a high ankle spring considered to be on

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Speaker 2: to keep Patrick Mahomes in a week to week designation

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Speaker 2: for his injury. Now today, with it being a Saturday game,

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Speaker 2: Andy Reid talked again today and he basically said that

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Speaker 2: Mahomes is going to do some work today in practice.

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Speaker 2: They'll see how it goes, and then the game, as

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Speaker 2: we know, is a day earlier. It's on Saturday, so

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Speaker 1: I also heard that the Chiefs today they have podium

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Speaker 3: Right.

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Speaker 2: That's not terribly surprising because I think on the chance,

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Speaker 2: start yeah, so that that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, sometimes you get an inkling of that, Like, I don't.

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Speaker 2: Right, because that's behind closed doors.

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Speaker 1: That's behind closed doors.

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Speaker 3: So there's a fault, and it's on Friday right or

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Speaker 1: But even if it was, if they were trying to

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Speaker 1: actually going to play. So if there's any of that

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Speaker 2: That's the benefits of paying billions to televise the games.

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Speaker 3: You get those little talks.

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Speaker 1: So they Yeah, so the fact that Wentz is going

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Speaker 2: Chiefs are hosting the Texans. Texans have won the division,

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Speaker 2: In a position to win their division, yet they're a

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Speaker 1: That's right. But here's the thing. You're two but you're

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Speaker 3: They got to play three and twelve days.

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Speaker 1: Man, Yeah, and their quarterbacks hobble. Well, you know, so

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Speaker 1: I think you keep on keeping them Yeah, you gotta, yeah,

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Speaker 2: You know, Falcons get another win, go to eight and seven,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean the NFC South what sizzle. Well, there's yeah,

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Speaker 1: right now, Atlanta's ninth. Seven. Just this, if you don't know,

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Speaker 2: And that's because the Vikings handle the Bears without issue,

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Speaker 2: on lockdown for Sunday Night football. Remember the Bills and

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Speaker 2: the Dolphins got flexed to Sunday night the last week

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Speaker 2: of the season because it was for the division. That

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Speaker 1: Oh definitely, well, I'll say definitely. It's sure, it's going

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Speaker 2: so why risk it, right, So there it is, and

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Speaker 2: Detroit Lions pass rusher Aiden Hutchinson, who broke his leg

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Speaker 1: So listen, that's a great story and all that. Uh,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't maybe, Okay, I mean it

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Speaker 1: is yeah, Detroit, Yeah, good for him, Yeah, good for him. Uh.

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Speaker 2: People online, I don't know if you're aware of this.

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Speaker 2: They're already giving names to this new uniform combos some

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Speaker 2: people have called yeah, they've called it the candy Cane.

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Speaker 2: Jeremy on the morning show here in gr called it

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Speaker 2: the Santa suit. Other people are calling it the holiday twist.

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Speaker 2: This person tweeting aby called it the red Twist uniform.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, it's uh, it's.

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Speaker 3: Got some traction, it's got some traction.

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Speaker 1: It's it's gonna jump, it's gonna be great. What are

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Speaker 1: the Patriots gonna be wearing? Are they going to be in?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: I wonder if they're gonna be white jerseys. I wonder

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Speaker 2: if they're gonna go all navy blue, you know, you know,

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Speaker 2: full navy.

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Speaker 1: No, they can't know. They'll be white on the road.

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Speaker 2: I don't have to be but usually yeah, they'll probably

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Speaker 2: just wear all white and they have the silver helmets.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, okay, right, and it's always it's probably what

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Speaker 3: you're looking.

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Speaker 1: To think about that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, maybe they go white with navy pants.

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Speaker 3: They've done that. Probably white with navy pants, right, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: they might. That's probably what's happening.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that makes sense. OK.

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Speaker 2: We don't know that, but you know, we'll find out

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Speaker 2: probably a little a little bit later on in the week.

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Speaker 4: Uh.

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Speaker 2: Topic of discussion for you today concerns Buffalo's offense as

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Speaker 2: we want to ask you, what has surprised you about

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Speaker 2: the Bills offense this season? Maybe something that was completely

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Speaker 2: unexpected and you're pleasantly surprised, maybe surprised in a negative way.

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Speaker 2: Maybe you had I don't know Ray Davis as a

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Speaker 2: running back on your fantasy team, and he doesn't have

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Speaker 2: as much rushing yards as you thought he was gonna have.

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Speaker 2: But what has surprised you about the Bills offense this season?

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Speaker 2: Eight oh threeh five point fifty won eighty eight five

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Speaker 2: fifty two five fifty.

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Speaker 3: That's the number to get on board.

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Speaker 2: We do have open lines for you there at this moment,

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Speaker 2: so feel free to chime in at your leisure and

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Speaker 2: we should tell you. Coming up in hour number two,

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Speaker 2: we'll have our weekly visit with ESPN NFL analyst Dan Orlovsky.

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Speaker 2: Perhaps you heard him on the broadcast last night for

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Speaker 2: Raiders Falcons. He did the game with Chris Fowler and

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Speaker 2: Lewis Riddick, so he was doing that and it's gonna

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Speaker 2: still join us despite his busy travel schedule. So we

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Speaker 2: look forward to that conversation next hour. But for the

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Speaker 2: rest of this hour, it's you guys. At eight o

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Speaker 2: three oh five fifty one, eighty eight, five fifty two,

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Speaker 2: five fifty numbers to get on board. As we're asking

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Speaker 2: you what has surprised you about the Bills offense this season,

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Speaker 2: I'll tell you what surprised me, Steve. I was encouraged

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Speaker 2: about the democratic distribution in the passing game. Not for

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Speaker 2: one second did I think the distribution was gonna go

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Speaker 2: as far as it has gone. I mean, on an

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Speaker 2: almost weekly basis, eight nine, ten different guys are catching passes,

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Speaker 2: and I think I found my way to believing that

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Speaker 2: Josh could be an effective point guard and stripped of

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Speaker 2: the burden of trying to keep a top true number

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Speaker 2: one wide receiver happy with digs no longer here. I

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Speaker 2: thought it could work. I'm gonna be honest. I didn't

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Speaker 2: think it was gonna work this well. Not thirty points

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Speaker 2: eight games in a row, thirty points on the board

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Speaker 2: eleven out of their fourteen games. Good, That's what has

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Speaker 2: surprised me. Distribution has been amazing.

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Speaker 3: It's a different guy every week.

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Speaker 1: My bold prediction was they'd lead the league in scoring.

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Speaker 3: They're getting close.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they're point They are exactly one point per game

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Speaker 1: behind the Detroit Lions, who they just beat yes for that.

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Speaker 1: And you know, the only thing right now, I'll say this,

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Speaker 1: the only thing that's keeping them from doing that and

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Speaker 1: ending the season as the number one scoring offense in

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Speaker 1: the league is the fact that they can coast to

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Speaker 1: the finish. Yeah, they got the Patriots twice and the

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Speaker 1: Jets once and both those and the Jets could not

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Speaker 1: be more done. So we'll see. I mean, the only

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Speaker 1: reason they're not going to is if they let up

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Speaker 1: on the gas because they've they've got the game won

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Speaker 1: or whatever whatever. That's the only thing that's keeping them

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Speaker 1: from leading the league in scoring.

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Speaker 3: Okay, that's fair.

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Speaker 1: So I'm I given. I just knew it was gonna work.

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Speaker 1: They had too many good guy forget about having a

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Speaker 1: great guys, and now they got Amar. They didn't have

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Speaker 1: Amari Cooper at that point. And I'll say this to

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Speaker 1: Amara has helped. He has really helped. Not in and

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Speaker 1: we'll talk to Dan Orlovsky. He had some stuff online,

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Speaker 1: you know about you know, Amari really commanded some attention

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Speaker 1: from the Detroit defense because.

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Speaker 3: He caught eight.

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Speaker 1: Yards. Yeah, oh we got to stop that guy. They

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Speaker 1: were all about it. So he he did help those

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Speaker 1: guys stay you know, in favorable matchups, the rest of

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Speaker 1: the guys I'm talking about, and you know, Josh went

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Speaker 1: to the guys that were open, and there they were.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's Ty Johnson. Here we go. That still,

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Speaker 1: to me, in my experience, that is the way to

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Speaker 1: run a really good offense. Throw it to the guy

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Speaker 1: who's open. And I think surprise. The most surprising thing

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Speaker 1: to me is that we have had so few, if any,

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Speaker 1: of these guys like not come through when they needed

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Speaker 1: him to. You know, yeah, certainly they've had a couple

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Speaker 1: of draws, some drops and some incompletions that kind of thing,

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Speaker 1: But man, omn, it has been they have you know,

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Speaker 1: like mac Hollins making catches, Kincaid coming off the shelf

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Speaker 1: and doing what he did. Knock's doing the same thing.

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Speaker 1: Ty Johnson's a perfect example. These guys just getting put in,

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Speaker 1: plugged in, and you go to him in a game

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Speaker 1: hoping they're ready, and to a man, they have been.

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Speaker 1: That is really difficult to do. That's really difficult to

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Speaker 1: do because I don't think they went in thinking or

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Speaker 1: knowing that Ty Johnson was going to be the guy

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Speaker 1: all even they schemed it up for him. But man,

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Speaker 1: oman having those guys come through when they were called upon,

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Speaker 1: I think has been the most surprising thing for me,

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Speaker 1: not that I didn't think they could do it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: just man, it's hard.

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Speaker 2: We are up against the break here. But when we

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Speaker 2: come back, it's your phone calls. So if you're holding

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Speaker 2: an eight oh three five fifty, stay right where you are.

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Speaker 2: We'll get to you when we return. We're gonna lead

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Speaker 2: off with Jim and Grand Island here on one Bill's Live,

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Speaker 2: presented by coll Out of Health.

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Speaker 3: Got to get right to the.

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Speaker 2: Phones at eight oh three oh five fifty one eight

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Speaker 2: eight five fifty two five fifty would have surprised you

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Speaker 2: about the Bills offense this season. We lead off with

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Speaker 2: Jim on Grand Island.

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Speaker 3: What do you got first?

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Speaker 7: Jim, Hey, guys, thanks for taking my call. A couple

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Speaker 7: of things. First of all, you guys are talking about

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Speaker 7: paper tickets. I've been a season ticket holder since nineteen

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Speaker 7: eighty eight, So those championship game ticket stubs that used

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Speaker 7: to grab back in the nineties and so forth, Yeah,

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Speaker 7: I used to grab them, putting them in your snow pants,

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Speaker 7: and then in nineteen ninety five you'd be digging through

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Speaker 7: and go home. It is I got the Raiders game chances.

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Speaker 7: Yeah you know, you know. So yeah, those are things

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Speaker 7: you missed. But the reason I called is my friends,

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Speaker 7: I'll think I'm crazy. But the those Lions game, the

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Speaker 7: thing that I always say is that our defense actually

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Speaker 7: won that game for us. I know, we gave up

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Speaker 7: forty two points and the offense scored forty eight points.

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Speaker 7: But the two big drives, the opening drives that they

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Speaker 7: stopped Detroit on, were key. It was were key. They

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Speaker 7: got us up fourteen nothing. I think Steve, you mentioned

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Speaker 7: the fact that you know that Detroit was chasing us.

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Speaker 7: They were chasing us the rest of the game, just

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Speaker 7: like the Rams game was. And then also we had

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Speaker 7: the only turnover, So between those three drives that made

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Speaker 7: the difference in the game. I think you said it

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Speaker 7: was like thirty five fourteen at the third quarter. That's

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Speaker 7: a nice lead. And you can let the Lions do

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Speaker 7: whatever they wanted you then, But that's my that's my take.

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Speaker 7: I just want to hear you guys talk about that.

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Speaker 2: You know, it's I can I can see your way

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Speaker 2: to that argument, because, as we were saying yesterday, by

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Speaker 2: getting those two stops on their first two possessions, neutralizing

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Speaker 2: their run game, and then the offense coming through for

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Speaker 2: Buffalo with two straight scoring drives to sprint out to

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Speaker 2: a fourteen to nothing lead, it very quickly put the

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Speaker 2: Lions in one dimensional. We got to pass if we're

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Speaker 2: going to stay in this game, or we're gonna get

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Speaker 2: boat raced with the way the Bills offense is going,

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Speaker 2: and that plays right into the hands of the way

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Speaker 2: the Bills want to play football games. They want to

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Speaker 2: get up on the score board early so they can

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Speaker 2: let their defense play the pass. This defense is built

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Speaker 2: to defend the pass more than anything, and if you

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Speaker 2: have them in all out pass mode, the pass rush

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Speaker 2: is more effective, the pass defense is more effective. And

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Speaker 2: that's kind of what we witnessed by the time we

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Speaker 2: got to the end of the third quarter, where the

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Speaker 2: Lions at that point still only had fourteen points on

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Speaker 2: the board.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that's right, you're and I get it, give

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Speaker 1: up forty two points. Everybody's you know, bagging on the.

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Speaker 3: Defense, putting in their hands.

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Speaker 1: But you can go back and look at the way,

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Speaker 1: you know, the single high, double high safeties that they

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Speaker 1: played and how it was distributed throughout the game. They

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Speaker 1: went double high safeties laid in that game and just

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Speaker 1: said take the underneath stuff. Here's the yards, here's they

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Speaker 1: were given. They give them yards for Christmas. And it

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Speaker 1: was the clock that was the thing. And they just

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Speaker 1: ran out of time. You can say what you want.

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Speaker 1: Then the the Lions were moving it, they were scoring,

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Speaker 1: they were doing all this stuff, but they just ran

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Speaker 1: out of time.

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Speaker 3: And I don't know.

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Speaker 1: And that's kind of the where you get. And you know,

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Speaker 1: they get hammered for not for analytics, and cligmate, that

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Speaker 1: is analytics.

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Speaker 3: Right, and is what it is.

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Speaker 2: When I think, just based on what Jim said, if

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Speaker 2: you asked coach McDermott this question, he would not agree

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Speaker 2: with you. What he would say is that our offense

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Speaker 2: and defense played good, complimentary football. The defense got the stops,

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Speaker 2: the offense came up with two scoring drives to start

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Speaker 2: the game. And because those two things happened in concert

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Speaker 2: with one another. It set them up for success to

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Speaker 2: play the kind of defense against an offense that was

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Speaker 2: one dimensional. And the offense for the Bills just kept

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Speaker 2: on scoring as the Lions really struggled to stop them

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Speaker 2: at any point in the game.

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Speaker 3: They punted once the whole game.

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Speaker 2: So I think coach McDermott's answer would probably be we

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Speaker 2: played good, complimentary football.

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Speaker 1: I said it was analytics. I'm not an analytics guy,

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Speaker 1: but what you hear a lot these days about win

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Speaker 1: probabilities and how it changes and the further and deeper

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Speaker 1: you get into the game, particularly when you've got to

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Speaker 1: lead like the Bills have had in so many of

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Speaker 1: these games and all of that, the probabilities are more

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Speaker 1: and more and more to the point where there they

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Speaker 1: can't get out of it. They you know, they probability

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Speaker 1: never goes in their favor. It's like that description, and

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Speaker 1: we always use this like they just strangle the life

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Speaker 1: out of the game for their opponent because they just

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Speaker 1: run out of time, run out of clock. And that's

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Speaker 1: what happened to the Lions this last week. You got

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Speaker 1: them down seventeen twice in the second half, and that's

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Speaker 1: what happened to the Buffalo Bills in LA. You know,

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Speaker 1: they just strangled the life out of the game, and

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Speaker 1: it's that's that's what teams do these days.

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Speaker 3: Let's go to David in Rochester next.

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Speaker 8: What's up, David, Hi, guys, I was just on the

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Speaker 8: topic of My surprise for the uh yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 9: For the offense has been the balance. You talked about

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Speaker 9: the distribution of passes, and it's been incredible. Also the

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Speaker 9: increased role of the running game. And my third, my

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Speaker 9: third thing has been the lack of turnovers. I mean,

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Speaker 9: I don't I can't remember the last time a running

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Speaker 9: back fumbled or receiver. Josh Allen, for as much as

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Speaker 9: he runs the ball, I don't think he's fumbled at all,

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Speaker 9: and maybe if he did, they got it back. But

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Speaker 9: the lack of turnovers has been incredible. And Josh's accuracy,

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Speaker 9: he stepped it up this year and that's that's been

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Speaker 9: you know, he's cut down the interceptions. That's been my

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Speaker 9: biggest surprise pleasantly. But also I'd like to just say quickly,

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Speaker 9: when you guys open the show, you were talking about

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Speaker 9: you know, possibly resting players if they're up, you know,

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Speaker 9: if they're running up the score. Well, you know, historically

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Speaker 9: New England and the Jets played the Bill's tough. They

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Speaker 9: do well under the point spread. And I hope that

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Speaker 9: the guys are focused and maybe not thinking about that,

696
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Speaker 9: thinking about you know, resting and and uh, you know,

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Speaker 9: I just I hope they get the game in hand.

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Speaker 9: I want to see it, but I hope they take

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Speaker 9: care of business first.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, thanks, guys, understood, David.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's just us talking. I mean, certainly they're not.

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Speaker 1: But you're right. Division games are historically tougher to win

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Speaker 1: because you see those teams on a regular basis with

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Speaker 1: the current with big pieces of the current roster in place.

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Speaker 1: You know, it changes year to year, but the key

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Speaker 1: players from year to year don't change that much, right,

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Speaker 1: So you kind of get a feel and the coaches

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Speaker 1: don't change that much. So you get a feel for

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Speaker 1: what that team is all about and it sticks that

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Speaker 1: way throughout that team. You don't think the Patriots and

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Speaker 1: the Jets have kind of a good idea of what

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Speaker 1: they're going to get from a Sean McDermott coach football team.

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Speaker 10: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I'm I'm with you. They cannot take it

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Speaker 1: day off. We're talking about if and when the game

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Speaker 1: goes like you know, the casual observer would think it

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Speaker 1: would a bad team playing a good team, but that

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Speaker 1: doesn't mean we kind of know better than that. It

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Speaker 1: takes a lot of good football to get to that point,

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Speaker 1: even within a football game.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the Bills have only eight fumbles all season.

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Speaker 3: They've lost two of them.

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Speaker 2: The first one happened in Week one, Josh lost to fumble,

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Speaker 2: and then in Week four the debacle trick play in

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Speaker 2: Baltimore when they lost that fumble.

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Speaker 3: So that's it. So yeah, you're right, David.

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Speaker 2: They've been much more careful with the football and it's

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Speaker 2: paid dividends. I mean, they've been up at the top

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Speaker 2: of the league in turnover margin all season long.

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Speaker 3: Let's go to Jesse in Williamsville. What do you got

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Speaker 3: for us? Jesse?

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Speaker 11: Hey, guys, thanks for taking my call. You know what

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Speaker 11: I'm really shocked about is mac Collins. I feel like

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Speaker 11: he is blocking down field, seems to have unlocked a

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Speaker 11: new level to this offense. And you know, in a

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Speaker 11: world full of Coopers, Coleman's and Kincaid's, he forces us

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Speaker 11: to keep him on the field. I feel like he's

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Speaker 11: a shining symbol of this McDermott culture and the way

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Speaker 11: these guys earn their way onto the field. I mean,

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Speaker 11: I feel like, more so, what I'm trying to get

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Speaker 11: at is he's a dog in a league so thirsty

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Speaker 11: for them, and I feel like his dog nature is

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Speaker 11: something these other Bills teams lacked in the past that'll

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Speaker 11: help us put us on top of the mountain this year.

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Speaker 7: Thank you, guys.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, sure, good call, Jesse.

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00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:34,919
Speaker 2: I mean, he certainly fits what Brandon Bean and Sean

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00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 2: McDermott look for in a player. Bill's DNA. Mccollins is that,

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Speaker 2: and we've said it all along. We said it again

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Speaker 2: on the show yesterday. He's a glue guy. He's a

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00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 2: guy that keeps this team together. Why because he'll do

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Speaker 2: anything that is asked of him, whether it's on offense,

753
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Speaker 2: doing the dirty work blocking for people downfield. I mean

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Speaker 2: Eric Wood, my broadcast partner, jokes that he's he's a

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Speaker 2: better pick player than Tree Rollins was for the Atlanta

756
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Speaker 2: Hawks and he's seven foot three. I mean, you were

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Speaker 2: on some rub routes with mac hollins. Defenders are getting

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Speaker 2: destroyed sometimes. I mean, I'm glad he hasn't drawn too

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Speaker 2: many flags, but he's obliterated some people on some rub routes.

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Speaker 2: And then he's contributed I think a whole lot more

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Speaker 2: than people anticipated from a receiving standpoint, doing part to

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Speaker 2: the fact that a lot of guys have been out

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Speaker 2: of the lineup through the course of the year, whether

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Speaker 2: it's Kincaid or Coleman. Cooper missed two games, so he

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Speaker 2: has filled a void in the passing game production as well.

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Speaker 2: I mean, he's got a single season career high five

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Speaker 2: touchdown receptions.

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Speaker 3: He's contributed in a big way.

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Speaker 2: But him and the run game blocking, yeah, look out, man,

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Speaker 2: he's he ain't fooling around.

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Speaker 1: I'll say this too. You know, he started out he

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Speaker 1: was with two teams in twenty nineteen, and then he

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Speaker 1: was with Philly in twenty nineteen at the end of it,

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Speaker 1: then Miami for three years, then the Raiders, then Atlanta

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Speaker 1: and now to Buffalo. We talked about this yesterday. You know,

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Speaker 1: you never heard about him when he was with Myami

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Speaker 1: or Las Vegas or Atlanta for that matter. I'll say this,

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Speaker 1: you can, I think, and this is just me talking

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Speaker 1: to my opinion from a million miles away. I think

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Speaker 1: this is a culture that I mean, you never heard

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Speaker 1: about mac Hollins going barefoot in Miami or la or Atlanta.

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Speaker 1: I think he did. This organization lets these guys, and

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Speaker 1: you've heard a hundred times if you've been listening. They

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Speaker 1: let these guys be themselves, and they want them to

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Speaker 1: be the best version of themselves, and they help them

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Speaker 1: do that because being a great football players part of

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Speaker 1: who they are, only part of it, the rest of it.

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Speaker 1: None of these other teams cultivate that because I don't

789
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Speaker 1: know whether they don't believe that the guy the rest

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Speaker 1: of the guy's life is important to his football life

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Speaker 1: or whatever. But you look at you tell me mac

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00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:52,800
Speaker 1: Hollins has thrived anywhere like he's thrived here in Buffalo.

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Speaker 3: I don't know.

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Speaker 1: He's got his second the second most receptions of his

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Speaker 1: career in a season already, and he's been like the

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Speaker 1: number three fourth option most of the time. I think

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00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:13,120
Speaker 1: it's a nod to the culture and why seemingly lesser

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Speaker 1: player role players thrive. I think you've got to tip

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Speaker 1: your hat to Sean McDermott in the atmosphere that he

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Speaker 1: and his staff create here at one. Bill's drive to

801
00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:25,840
Speaker 1: help these guys do that player development has been something

802
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Speaker 1: Brownie has chimed about this staff being good at all

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00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:32,279
Speaker 1: through the McDermot era, and he's right, and this is

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Speaker 1: further evidence of.

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Speaker 2: That break time for us here more of your phone calls.

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Speaker 2: When we get back from break to Him in South

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Speaker 2: Carolina will lead us off next here on one Bill's

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Speaker 12: Us Bill's Mafia.

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Speaker 3: All right, got to get back to the phones.

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Speaker 2: As we are asking you what is the biggest surprise

821
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Speaker 2: that the Bill's offense has given you? Eight three, five

822
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Speaker 2: fifteen the number to get on board? We lead off

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Speaker 2: with Tim in South Carolina.

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Speaker 3: What's up? Tim?

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Speaker 13: Hi, guys, as always, good afternoon, Thanks for having me

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Speaker 13: on Trure. I just wanted to briefly say that I

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Speaker 13: think that Aaron Kromer is the biggest surprise to me

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Speaker 13: this year. I mean, I have never you know, when

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Speaker 13: Mitch Morris went. You know, obviously all this sad and

830
00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:02,920
Speaker 13: we know it was a business decision and things like that,

831
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Speaker 13: but to reshape the entire inside of our offensive line,

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Speaker 13: I think it's a big reason why Josh is having

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Speaker 13: the year that he's having. I also think that it's

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Speaker 13: also keeping some turnovers off the board in his stat

835
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Speaker 13: column too, because of you know, lack of stripsacks, things

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Speaker 13: like that James Cook on his longest run last week

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Speaker 13: against the Lions, he didn't even get touched until his

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Speaker 13: hair was pulled in the second level, Like what do

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Speaker 13: we you know what I mean, Josh is walking untouched

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Speaker 13: as people are pulling around. I just think that Aaron

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00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:32,920
Speaker 13: Kromer has done a fantastic job and as most Bills

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Speaker 13: fans do. I actually tweeted during the game after James

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Speaker 13: Cook ripped off that run, and I actually tweeted at

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Speaker 13: brook Romer and I said, I've seen enough. Let's keep

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Speaker 13: Aaron Kromer in Buffalo forever. And she liked it and

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Speaker 13: said yes. So that's all I have to say on that.

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Speaker 13: I really really appreciate the job that he's done. Hope

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Speaker 13: Spencer Brown's okay, and even if not, I have full

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Speaker 13: confidence in the people that are behind him and any

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Speaker 13: of our offensive line members because of Aaron Kromer and

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Speaker 13: the job he's done.

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Speaker 2: So thanks, all right, thanks Tim, good call. And look,

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Speaker 2: Chromer does deserve credit absolutely, first of all for successfully

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Speaker 2: orchestrating the switch that had to take place after Mitch

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00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:12,480
Speaker 2: Morse was a cap casualty. McGovern goes to the pivot,

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Speaker 2: David Edwards comes on in the vacant left guard spot,

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Speaker 2: and there might have been a bump or two early

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Speaker 2: in the season, but by week five or six, that

859
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:24,600
Speaker 2: group really hit their stride and never missed a beat.

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Speaker 2: And look, second year in a row, Josh Allen is

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Speaker 2: the least sacked quarterback in football, and the run game

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00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:35,319
Speaker 2: is as productive as it has been in the McDermott era.

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Speaker 2: And for those that don't know, Aaron Kromer is not

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Speaker 2: a guy who's been a career offensive line coach. He's

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Speaker 2: been a coordinator in this league. So I think Joe

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Speaker 2: Brady has said this several times he has leaned on

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Speaker 2: coach Chromer and Rob Boris, a tight ends coach who

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Speaker 2: has also been a coordinator in this league. I mean,

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Speaker 2: Joe Brady's thirty five years old. He knows he doesn't

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Speaker 2: know everything. He's leaned on those two guys to help

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00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:07,360
Speaker 2: work through the game plan and develop the run game

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Speaker 2: plan with Chromer and and he said he's been an

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Speaker 2: enormous help to him in kind of fitting those game

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Speaker 2: plans together and getting to what works each and every week.

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Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, no question. The way the offensive line is

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Speaker 1: played together, the way they've you know, and obviously staying healthy,

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Speaker 1: which I don't know how much you can credit Aaron

878
00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:32,799
Speaker 1: Kromer for that, but nevertheless it's a good call. The

879
00:46:32,840 --> 00:46:38,879
Speaker 1: old line has been noticeable by its anonymity, right, so

880
00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:44,919
Speaker 1: they have blocked extremely well in the run game. They've

881
00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:47,640
Speaker 1: protected Josh. He's still the least sacked quarterback in the league.

882
00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:50,960
Speaker 1: Josh helps them with that, but they and they are

883
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:54,440
Speaker 1: also big and physical up there. You see him getting

884
00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:57,799
Speaker 1: out front. Dion gives him a little personality.

885
00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:01,440
Speaker 3: They have two tags kills. Donor McKennon pulled to the

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00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:02,359
Speaker 3: other side.

887
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Speaker 1: Connor mcgovernn has been I think a big surprise for

888
00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:08,360
Speaker 1: a lot of people. Everybody thought there's no replacing Mitch Morrison.

889
00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:11,200
Speaker 1: Connor mcgovernan has has done an outstanding job of that.

890
00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:17,319
Speaker 1: So cybo Osirius Torrance has emerged as a top notch

891
00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:19,759
Speaker 1: guard in this league right out of the gate and

892
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:22,319
Speaker 1: is in the middle of his second year. And he

893
00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:24,759
Speaker 1: has done nothing but impressed his entire career. I mean,

894
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Speaker 1: he's just he's a plug and play guy and that's

895
00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:27,920
Speaker 1: been impressive.

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Speaker 3: Let's go to Ron in Virginia next. What's up Ron?

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00:47:32,239 --> 00:47:34,840
Speaker 14: Hey, Chris Steve, thanks for tak him my car. First,

898
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:37,560
Speaker 14: I have to apologize to you and Bill's mafia. I

899
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:41,080
Speaker 14: was a little nervous about the Detroit game after we

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Speaker 14: lost to the Rams. I was kind of like, yeah,

901
00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:46,200
Speaker 14: it's gonna be a hard game, but forgive me on that.

902
00:47:46,680 --> 00:47:49,960
Speaker 14: The other forgiveness is I don't like those candy cane uniforms.

903
00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:52,279
Speaker 14: I think that I don't. I don't like him. I

904
00:47:52,360 --> 00:47:55,320
Speaker 14: like the all blue with if they rock the blue helmet,

905
00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:58,399
Speaker 14: all all white with the white helmet. I think those

906
00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:01,880
Speaker 14: who look sweet fancy question. The most thing about the

907
00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:05,759
Speaker 14: offense is how we're just blowing people out. I mean

908
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:09,160
Speaker 14: they just I mean, we made two teams just kind

909
00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:10,960
Speaker 14: of like you know, kick on side kicks like you

910
00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:13,640
Speaker 14: guys have been talking about to uh to keep us

911
00:48:13,680 --> 00:48:17,279
Speaker 14: off the field. I mean, we're just like kicking butt.

912
00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:19,760
Speaker 14: And that's for not least Josh should be the MVP.

913
00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:22,680
Speaker 14: Appreciate y'all, and thank you so much for taking my

914
00:48:22,719 --> 00:48:23,719
Speaker 14: call over what you guys do.

915
00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:28,080
Speaker 1: Thanks. I'll say this too, The Bills defense was playing

916
00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:29,799
Speaker 1: a little better than it got credit for too, because

917
00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:33,680
Speaker 1: if you remember, Detroit finally got on uh, they got

918
00:48:33,719 --> 00:48:36,600
Speaker 1: on schedule and and got their rhythm back after they

919
00:48:36,719 --> 00:48:40,239
Speaker 1: they started throwing some trick plays at the Bills. There

920
00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:42,480
Speaker 1: was a hooking ladder in there, like looking ladder and

921
00:48:42,560 --> 00:48:44,480
Speaker 1: also the big man touchdown.

922
00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:46,080
Speaker 3: Yeah.

923
00:48:46,120 --> 00:48:48,360
Speaker 1: So and during that first half they had to like

924
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:51,439
Speaker 1: getting themselves into rhythm by pulling a couple of trick

925
00:48:51,480 --> 00:48:54,000
Speaker 1: plays because they were they were not having the success

926
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Speaker 1: they wanted to have.

927
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Speaker 3: And so.

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00:48:57,520 --> 00:49:00,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm I'm totally with you, and you know, the

929
00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:06,240
Speaker 1: I just the Bills played a lot. Hey, you weren't

930
00:49:06,239 --> 00:49:08,040
Speaker 1: the only one that was nervous about the Detroit game.

931
00:49:08,040 --> 00:49:09,920
Speaker 3: They're good enough to apologize for that.

932
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we got enough scar tissue in this fan base

933
00:49:12,320 --> 00:49:13,720
Speaker 2: where you're allowed to be nervous.

934
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Speaker 1: You're not, and you weren't alone, so you know, but

935
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Speaker 1: to have the team come out and play like they did,

936
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Speaker 1: you know, that's that's why you're a fan of them.

937
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Speaker 15: Man.

938
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Speaker 1: It's fun to.

939
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Speaker 2: Watch, and you're right about their points scoring proficiency. I mean,

940
00:49:25,719 --> 00:49:29,160
Speaker 2: even going into last week's game, the Bills were the

941
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Speaker 2: highest scoring efficiency team in the league.

942
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Speaker 1: They were.

943
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Speaker 2: They were even ahead of Detroit, who's the highest scoring

944
00:49:35,320 --> 00:49:37,920
Speaker 2: team in points per game. But in terms of scoring

945
00:49:37,960 --> 00:49:42,400
Speaker 2: efficiency points per drive, Bills were the highest scoring efficiency

946
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Speaker 2: team in football. And I would imagine that only got

947
00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:46,600
Speaker 2: better after the performance.

948
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Speaker 1: They still are. They're averaging three point three plus three

949
00:49:50,160 --> 00:49:54,040
Speaker 1: plus points a drive. Yeah, so you'll see.

950
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Speaker 2: I wouldn't be shocked if that's still at the top

951
00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:57,160
Speaker 2: of the league, and light of what happened.

952
00:49:56,920 --> 00:49:59,200
Speaker 3: Last week, we are at the top of the hour.

953
00:49:59,239 --> 00:50:01,759
Speaker 2: Got to take a break here, and if you're holding

954
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:03,560
Speaker 2: at eight o three oh five point fifty, we will

955
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Speaker 2: get to you if you want to hold it a

956
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Speaker 2: little bit later in the show, because coming up next

957
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Speaker 2: we got ESPN NFL analyst Dan Orlovsky. He's gonna tell

958
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Speaker 2: us what he thought of Bill's Lions, the scheming of

959
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Speaker 2: Joe Brady, among others, and look ahead to Bill's patriots

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Speaker 2: when he joins us next on One Bill's Live presented

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Speaker 2: by Kalida Health, It's a Buffalo Bill's Radio.

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00:51:07,560 --> 00:51:11,840
Speaker 1: This the One Bills Live presented by Calllida.

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00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:16,080
Speaker 2: Help all right back here for hour number two on

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Speaker 2: a Tuesday, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker, One Bills Live.

965
00:51:18,560 --> 00:51:20,200
Speaker 3: Thanks for making us a part of your afternoon.

966
00:51:20,239 --> 00:51:24,200
Speaker 2: Please to be joined now by ESPN NFL analyst Dan Orlofsky,

967
00:51:24,200 --> 00:51:27,920
Speaker 2: who you probably heard on the Monday night broadcast last night,

968
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:31,799
Speaker 2: Ty turnaround for Dan so dan Orlofsky's appearance on One

969
00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:34,839
Speaker 2: Bill's Live presented by Caesar's Sportsbook and official mobile sports

970
00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:38,279
Speaker 2: betting partner of the Buffalo Bills. Dan, thanks for giving

971
00:51:38,320 --> 00:51:42,680
Speaker 2: us time, especially on a busy overnight for you and

972
00:51:42,760 --> 00:51:45,000
Speaker 2: so I will try to refresh your memory here with

973
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:48,960
Speaker 2: regards to Bill's Lions. And I know you even did

974
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Speaker 2: a segment of your own on some of Joe Brady's scheming,

975
00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:59,600
Speaker 2: but just the matchup advantage alone that he created, seeing

976
00:51:59,640 --> 00:52:03,479
Speaker 2: how much Detroit stays in base defense, says all right,

977
00:52:03,600 --> 00:52:05,520
Speaker 2: you want to do it, I'm gonna put my running

978
00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:07,880
Speaker 2: backs and tight ends on your linebackers and safeties and

979
00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:09,640
Speaker 2: we're just gonna eat all day. And at the end

980
00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:13,040
Speaker 2: of the game, those players combined for fourteen catches, two

981
00:52:13,080 --> 00:52:14,800
Speaker 2: hundred and fifty one yards and a touchdown.

982
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Speaker 3: Hello.

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00:52:16,520 --> 00:52:17,880
Speaker 15: Yeah, yeah, it was.

984
00:52:18,480 --> 00:52:22,080
Speaker 4: It was clinical by Joe Brady and Maniacol, you know,

985
00:52:22,160 --> 00:52:26,080
Speaker 4: the way that he just continued to find different ways

986
00:52:26,080 --> 00:52:29,080
Speaker 4: in different people to kind of attack. And to your point, Chris,

987
00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:32,080
Speaker 4: you know, Detroit wanted to play base, they wanted to

988
00:52:32,120 --> 00:52:35,839
Speaker 4: play man coverage. And what I loved about it was

989
00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:39,319
Speaker 4: it also it was obvious but not lazy. You know,

990
00:52:39,400 --> 00:52:42,360
Speaker 4: it was obvious who he wanted to go attack. But

991
00:52:42,480 --> 00:52:46,960
Speaker 4: instead of just calling basic concepts or very simple routes

992
00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:49,000
Speaker 4: and said, well, you got to go beat that guy,

993
00:52:49,640 --> 00:52:52,239
Speaker 4: he was like, no, I'll create these advantages for you

994
00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:53,839
Speaker 4: with some of their formations.

995
00:52:53,880 --> 00:52:56,920
Speaker 15: You know, I've talked about this weekly, their four by

996
00:52:57,040 --> 00:52:57,480
Speaker 15: one stuff.

997
00:52:57,480 --> 00:52:59,880
Speaker 4: They were in it twelve times, you know, and so

998
00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:05,080
Speaker 4: so the confusion that that created the picks that maybe

999
00:53:05,360 --> 00:53:09,799
Speaker 4: unintentionally it created the motions that they use to try

1000
00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:12,920
Speaker 4: and create some of those advantages. It was awesome, and

1001
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:15,400
Speaker 4: both in the pass and the run. In both of

1002
00:53:15,440 --> 00:53:17,480
Speaker 4: those places it was obvious.

1003
00:53:17,520 --> 00:53:18,600
Speaker 15: And so it was.

1004
00:53:18,560 --> 00:53:22,880
Speaker 4: Another really good game when it comes to the design

1005
00:53:23,120 --> 00:53:26,439
Speaker 4: and the play calling, while also married with really high

1006
00:53:26,560 --> 00:53:28,920
Speaker 4: level execution by everybody on the offense.

1007
00:53:29,360 --> 00:53:31,760
Speaker 1: So you've got to Joe Brady scheme and these guys

1008
00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:34,080
Speaker 1: and doing a really nice job with and I think

1009
00:53:34,080 --> 00:53:36,120
Speaker 1: one of the things that surprised a lot of people,

1010
00:53:36,239 --> 00:53:39,480
Speaker 1: and I guess not in hindsight, they tried to kind

1011
00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:42,080
Speaker 1: of tear down the performance of these two offenses because

1012
00:53:42,080 --> 00:53:44,200
Speaker 1: both these defenses were gonna make up the Bills without

1013
00:53:44,200 --> 00:53:46,879
Speaker 1: three of their starting dbs on the field. But that's

1014
00:53:46,920 --> 00:53:49,040
Speaker 1: the time of year we're in, right, I mean, look

1015
00:53:49,080 --> 00:53:51,960
Speaker 1: around the league, Dan, and if you're healthy, you're ahead

1016
00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:55,360
Speaker 1: of the game. And if you're not, good quarterbacks are

1017
00:53:55,400 --> 00:53:56,960
Speaker 1: going to take advantage of your defense.

1018
00:53:57,800 --> 00:53:58,600
Speaker 15: Yeah, big time.

1019
00:53:58,920 --> 00:54:01,440
Speaker 4: And because of the you know kind of some of

1020
00:54:01,480 --> 00:54:03,480
Speaker 4: the schemes that are going on through the NFL.

1021
00:54:03,600 --> 00:54:05,440
Speaker 15: You know, everybody's running the four by one.

1022
00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:08,960
Speaker 4: Stuff that kind of Joe and the Green Bay Packers

1023
00:54:09,080 --> 00:54:11,520
Speaker 4: had been prevalent at the beginning of the season. I

1024
00:54:11,560 --> 00:54:14,560
Speaker 4: think the health is such a big deal because of

1025
00:54:14,600 --> 00:54:17,960
Speaker 4: the length of the season, and how healthy your stars are,

1026
00:54:18,040 --> 00:54:20,520
Speaker 4: your best players, and how deep your football team is.

1027
00:54:20,960 --> 00:54:23,600
Speaker 4: I'll make two things point wise about the game when

1028
00:54:23,600 --> 00:54:26,600
Speaker 4: it comes in relation to that Steve. I've seen a

1029
00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:29,600
Speaker 4: lot of people talk about, well, Amari Cooper had no catches.

1030
00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:33,040
Speaker 4: If you go watch the game, he was attracting a

1031
00:54:33,080 --> 00:54:36,319
Speaker 4: lot of attention though, And while the stat sheet may

1032
00:54:36,360 --> 00:54:40,560
Speaker 4: not say eight for buck forty, he created so much

1033
00:54:40,719 --> 00:54:43,640
Speaker 4: space for everybody, both in the pass and the run game.

1034
00:54:43,680 --> 00:54:47,040
Speaker 4: And so it's almost like the Philly Conversation of last

1035
00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:49,440
Speaker 4: he is going to get his at some point. It

1036
00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:53,400
Speaker 4: is just going to be the numbers game. I actually

1037
00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:55,239
Speaker 4: think the defense played better than the.

1038
00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:56,840
Speaker 15: End result says it did.

1039
00:54:57,080 --> 00:55:01,200
Speaker 4: If you just kind of how the game playout, and

1040
00:55:01,239 --> 00:55:04,359
Speaker 4: you go back to a minute and fifty seconds left

1041
00:55:04,360 --> 00:55:08,160
Speaker 4: in the third quarter, it's third and sixteen, and he

1042
00:55:08,280 --> 00:55:11,200
Speaker 4: throws Jared Goff that huge in breaker that's right over

1043
00:55:11,239 --> 00:55:12,879
Speaker 4: two or three defenders to Alman Ross.

1044
00:55:12,880 --> 00:55:15,800
Speaker 15: Surprises, somebody goes for a touchdown. Great play.

1045
00:55:16,440 --> 00:55:19,200
Speaker 4: But if you told everybody in Buffalo you're gonna go

1046
00:55:19,239 --> 00:55:21,879
Speaker 4: into Detroit and you're gonna give up fourteen points with

1047
00:55:22,120 --> 00:55:24,320
Speaker 4: a buck fifty left, to go in the third quarter.

1048
00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:27,080
Speaker 4: Everybody would take that against that offense. I know, if

1049
00:55:27,160 --> 00:55:30,920
Speaker 4: the fourth quarter got wild and whatnot, But I actually

1050
00:55:31,040 --> 00:55:34,000
Speaker 4: was really impressed with the way that that defensive unit played,

1051
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:36,880
Speaker 4: and I think it speaks to kind of the conversation

1052
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:39,680
Speaker 4: this year about their defense. So many people have had

1053
00:55:39,680 --> 00:55:43,120
Speaker 4: to play, and so many people people are now capable

1054
00:55:43,680 --> 00:55:46,520
Speaker 4: of playing, that their depth is really really good for

1055
00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:47,120
Speaker 4: this run.

1056
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Speaker 2: Getting back to the offense, one more thing regarding Brady,

1057
00:55:54,320 --> 00:55:56,640
Speaker 2: I think to your point, you know, Cooper is the

1058
00:55:56,719 --> 00:56:00,680
Speaker 2: leading receiver for the for the Rams game, so Detroit

1059
00:56:00,719 --> 00:56:04,040
Speaker 2: focuses all their attention on him, he doesn't get a target,

1060
00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:08,000
Speaker 2: and the Bills hang forty eight on him. Nine different

1061
00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:12,839
Speaker 2: players caught passes, and that has been a theme all

1062
00:56:12,880 --> 00:56:16,440
Speaker 2: season long, you know, the mantra of Joe Brady everybody eats.

1063
00:56:16,760 --> 00:56:20,040
Speaker 2: I didn't know if this democratic approach to distribution in

1064
00:56:20,080 --> 00:56:23,440
Speaker 2: the passing game was going to work to this degree.

1065
00:56:23,800 --> 00:56:25,399
Speaker 3: But Dan, help me out.

1066
00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:29,800
Speaker 2: How does a defensive coordinator plan for an offense that says, yeah, okay,

1067
00:56:29,840 --> 00:56:30,360
Speaker 2: Cooper was.

1068
00:56:30,360 --> 00:56:32,680
Speaker 3: Our leading guy last week, we'll just go somewhere else.

1069
00:56:33,040 --> 00:56:35,719
Speaker 2: And to your point about the high level of execution,

1070
00:56:36,200 --> 00:56:37,160
Speaker 2: if that keeps.

1071
00:56:36,920 --> 00:56:39,480
Speaker 3: Going this way, I don't know how you stop. This

1072
00:56:39,560 --> 00:56:41,759
Speaker 3: group totally.

1073
00:56:41,480 --> 00:56:43,200
Speaker 4: Agree, and this goes back to a lot of the

1074
00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:47,839
Speaker 4: conversations that we have had all season and candidly since

1075
00:56:47,880 --> 00:56:48,560
Speaker 4: the staph move.

1076
00:56:48,800 --> 00:56:51,319
Speaker 15: And that's not a knock on Stephan Diggs at all.

1077
00:56:51,320 --> 00:56:52,400
Speaker 15: He's a tremendous player.

1078
00:56:53,080 --> 00:56:56,560
Speaker 4: One Chris only works because of the offensive line. It

1079
00:56:56,920 --> 00:56:59,759
Speaker 4: only works because that unit is a really strong unit.

1080
00:57:00,200 --> 00:57:03,160
Speaker 4: The simple way that I've kind of decided to talk

1081
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:05,799
Speaker 4: about it is in the run game, you don't know

1082
00:57:05,840 --> 00:57:08,600
Speaker 4: who's getting the ball and in the past game, you

1083
00:57:08,600 --> 00:57:11,160
Speaker 4: don't know how you can match up, and that puts

1084
00:57:11,200 --> 00:57:14,160
Speaker 4: you at a really big time disadvantage defensively.

1085
00:57:14,320 --> 00:57:16,200
Speaker 15: Just for the perspective of we.

1086
00:57:16,160 --> 00:57:19,080
Speaker 4: Want to play zone against the Buffalo Bills, well, if

1087
00:57:19,120 --> 00:57:23,480
Speaker 4: you want to do that, that's really difficult because the

1088
00:57:23,520 --> 00:57:26,720
Speaker 4: offensive line can run the football at you, and they're

1089
00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:29,760
Speaker 4: not overly creative in the run game. They're just trying

1090
00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:32,280
Speaker 4: to be really efficient in their run game. And then

1091
00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:36,600
Speaker 4: the second thing is you have to be unbelievable in

1092
00:57:36,640 --> 00:57:39,600
Speaker 4: your plaster rules in zone defense when Josh gets outside

1093
00:57:39,640 --> 00:57:43,920
Speaker 4: the pocket. So it's not so easy as well, we

1094
00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:46,480
Speaker 4: just won't play man will play zone, Well, then you're

1095
00:57:46,520 --> 00:57:49,360
Speaker 4: gonna get concerned about the run, and then Josh's legs,

1096
00:57:49,520 --> 00:57:52,360
Speaker 4: all right, well then we're gonna play man. Well, you

1097
00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:55,000
Speaker 4: better be able to have a player at the line

1098
00:57:55,000 --> 00:57:57,920
Speaker 4: of scrimmage that's good enough with Amari Cooper, and then

1099
00:57:57,960 --> 00:58:00,440
Speaker 4: you got to have someone that's sudden enough to handle

1100
00:58:00,560 --> 00:58:03,400
Speaker 4: Shakir's quickness. You got to have two guys that can

1101
00:58:03,440 --> 00:58:07,200
Speaker 4: cover both those backs. On the backfield. You then have

1102
00:58:07,280 --> 00:58:09,640
Speaker 4: to have somebody that's big enough to handle a Coleman

1103
00:58:09,760 --> 00:58:12,720
Speaker 4: or mc collins, and then you got to have two

1104
00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:14,160
Speaker 4: people to cover those tight ends.

1105
00:58:14,240 --> 00:58:18,120
Speaker 15: They don't exist, you know, so those defenses don't get

1106
00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:19,240
Speaker 15: to play with fourteen people.

1107
00:58:19,280 --> 00:58:23,920
Speaker 4: And so I do believe that is a really, really

1108
00:58:24,080 --> 00:58:26,800
Speaker 4: prevalent problem that they presented defenses.

1109
00:58:27,520 --> 00:58:29,040
Speaker 1: One of the things that happened in this game, and

1110
00:58:29,080 --> 00:58:30,720
Speaker 1: I don't know whether it was by design or just

1111
00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:32,720
Speaker 1: the way the game fell, because the Bills got up,

1112
00:58:32,720 --> 00:58:36,440
Speaker 1: you know, by seventeen in the second half twice, they

1113
00:58:36,440 --> 00:58:38,840
Speaker 1: had sixty eight offensive plays and they ended up with

1114
00:58:38,880 --> 00:58:42,240
Speaker 1: thirty four runs and thirty four passes, and they ran

1115
00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:46,240
Speaker 1: for one hundred and ninety seven yards against Detroit and

1116
00:58:46,280 --> 00:58:49,280
Speaker 1: they held Detroit to forty eight yards rushing. We've been

1117
00:58:49,280 --> 00:58:51,280
Speaker 1: talking about that for the last couple of days, and

1118
00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:54,360
Speaker 1: it's and I you know, it's always you know, I

1119
00:58:54,400 --> 00:58:56,400
Speaker 1: don't know that it's accurate to say, well, there you go.

1120
00:58:56,440 --> 00:58:58,320
Speaker 1: It's proof that you got to run and stop the run.

1121
00:58:58,400 --> 00:59:01,400
Speaker 1: But when the score goes like it did, and the

1122
00:59:01,440 --> 00:59:03,480
Speaker 1: Bills are trying to shorten the game in the second

1123
00:59:03,520 --> 00:59:07,640
Speaker 1: half and give Detroit fewer and fewer possessions, and they

1124
00:59:07,640 --> 00:59:10,680
Speaker 1: can still run the ball when they want. And plus

1125
00:59:10,720 --> 00:59:12,880
Speaker 1: I mean Josh snaps off in you know, a third

1126
00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:14,720
Speaker 1: and eleven and grows for twenty one or something. You

1127
00:59:14,760 --> 00:59:19,040
Speaker 1: know what I mean, one of those runs. It really is,

1128
00:59:20,440 --> 00:59:23,320
Speaker 1: you know, the it's the full spectrum of what every

1129
00:59:23,360 --> 00:59:26,440
Speaker 1: offense wants to do. And this Bills team, I mean,

1130
00:59:26,480 --> 00:59:28,280
Speaker 1: you're really having a hard They're having a hard time

1131
00:59:28,320 --> 00:59:32,439
Speaker 1: derailing it because of the run game itself and their

1132
00:59:33,240 --> 00:59:35,320
Speaker 1: willingness to go to it at any point.

1133
00:59:36,160 --> 00:59:38,760
Speaker 4: Steve, let me give you this, this stat that Hembo

1134
00:59:38,840 --> 00:59:41,480
Speaker 4: from ESPN gave me yesterday. So the Bills are the

1135
00:59:41,520 --> 00:59:44,760
Speaker 4: only team to average eight yards of play in.

1136
00:59:44,840 --> 00:59:46,200
Speaker 15: Multiple games this season.

1137
00:59:46,800 --> 00:59:49,040
Speaker 4: If they've done it in back to back weeks on

1138
00:59:49,080 --> 00:59:51,240
Speaker 4: the road versus the number one and number four.

1139
00:59:51,120 --> 00:59:52,760
Speaker 15: Seeds in the NFC playoffs.

1140
00:59:53,400 --> 00:59:56,400
Speaker 4: If you just wanted to encapsulate what the offense as

1141
00:59:56,440 --> 00:59:59,560
Speaker 4: a whole is doing right now, that's pretty darn and

1142
00:59:59,640 --> 01:00:01,880
Speaker 4: pressive to be able to do that on the road

1143
01:00:01,920 --> 01:00:06,280
Speaker 4: and back to back weeks versus really good playoff caliber

1144
01:00:06,320 --> 01:00:12,000
Speaker 4: football teams. I think that right now there's the offense

1145
01:00:12,200 --> 01:00:15,120
Speaker 4: is and Josh is by far the most confident I've

1146
01:00:15,120 --> 01:00:17,720
Speaker 4: seen them by far. It's to be honest with you,

1147
01:00:18,520 --> 01:00:22,360
Speaker 4: I get surprised when they don't have positive plays. I

1148
01:00:22,400 --> 01:00:25,680
Speaker 4: get surprised when Josh misses a throw or missus a reader.

1149
01:00:25,800 --> 01:00:29,320
Speaker 15: They don't have explosive plays. And that's just kind of

1150
01:00:29,360 --> 01:00:31,160
Speaker 15: the world that they're in right now.

1151
01:00:31,600 --> 01:00:34,360
Speaker 4: And everybody always says we want to be playing our

1152
01:00:34,360 --> 01:00:35,640
Speaker 4: best football in December.

1153
01:00:35,960 --> 01:00:38,080
Speaker 15: No one's playing better than them right now.

1154
01:00:38,760 --> 01:00:42,360
Speaker 3: All right, So let's spin it forward. It's not nearly.

1155
01:00:43,560 --> 01:00:46,240
Speaker 2: Ranking as high on the sexiness meter in terms of

1156
01:00:46,320 --> 01:00:49,320
Speaker 2: a matchup as the last four weeks have, you know,

1157
01:00:49,400 --> 01:00:51,880
Speaker 2: but still in all it's a division game, it's a

1158
01:00:51,920 --> 01:00:56,280
Speaker 2: conference game. We know conference record matters in AFC conference

1159
01:00:56,280 --> 01:01:01,200
Speaker 2: standing tie breakers and with Mahomes a little dinged and

1160
01:01:01,360 --> 01:01:05,000
Speaker 2: the Chiefs having three games in twelve days. I think

1161
01:01:05,160 --> 01:01:08,080
Speaker 2: Bills fans are hoping that Buffalo keeps their foot on

1162
01:01:08,120 --> 01:01:10,320
Speaker 2: the gas here with New England jets New England to

1163
01:01:10,360 --> 01:01:14,160
Speaker 2: finish it out. Patriots looked like a wayward team last

1164
01:01:14,160 --> 01:01:17,040
Speaker 2: week against Arizona. A lot of the same problems have

1165
01:01:17,120 --> 01:01:21,120
Speaker 2: cropped up for them. What is your description of New

1166
01:01:21,120 --> 01:01:24,360
Speaker 2: England in a nutshell? With what they're dealing with right now?

1167
01:01:26,360 --> 01:01:29,640
Speaker 4: Offensively, all you have to do is really make now.

1168
01:01:29,680 --> 01:01:33,400
Speaker 4: They could run the football decently. Okay, so you've got

1169
01:01:33,400 --> 01:01:36,840
Speaker 4: to handle some of their big personnel runs, but that's

1170
01:01:36,880 --> 01:01:39,960
Speaker 4: not a consistent part because they have way too many wits,

1171
01:01:40,240 --> 01:01:42,000
Speaker 4: you know, so you can create a lot of tackles

1172
01:01:42,000 --> 01:01:45,120
Speaker 4: for loss. Drake may is still a problem. They're not

1173
01:01:45,200 --> 01:01:47,760
Speaker 4: good on the outside, but he's still a dynamic player.

1174
01:01:47,800 --> 01:01:50,560
Speaker 4: His legs have been huge. He's very aggressive with the

1175
01:01:50,600 --> 01:01:54,520
Speaker 4: football and confident right now. So they have your attention. Offensively,

1176
01:01:54,920 --> 01:01:57,360
Speaker 4: I think that you can get after their offensive line.

1177
01:01:57,360 --> 01:01:59,960
Speaker 4: If you get their offensive line in one on one situations,

1178
01:02:00,520 --> 01:02:02,040
Speaker 4: one of their pass rushers for.

1179
01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:04,200
Speaker 15: Buffalo will win on consistent basis.

1180
01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:08,920
Speaker 4: They're not good enough across the board defensively, really, the

1181
01:02:08,960 --> 01:02:11,120
Speaker 4: only person that I would say is playing well for

1182
01:02:11,160 --> 01:02:14,840
Speaker 4: them is Gonzales is the only one. And so the

1183
01:02:15,280 --> 01:02:18,240
Speaker 4: more you get this defense to look at, you know,

1184
01:02:18,280 --> 01:02:21,320
Speaker 4: and I think this is another massive motion game and communication.

1185
01:02:21,600 --> 01:02:23,640
Speaker 4: The more you get this defense to look at, the

1186
01:02:24,120 --> 01:02:27,600
Speaker 4: more successful you're going to be. There is no question

1187
01:02:27,760 --> 01:02:31,160
Speaker 4: that if Buffalo just goes about their business that they'll

1188
01:02:31,160 --> 01:02:33,520
Speaker 4: handle New England. Because New England right now is reeling

1189
01:02:33,560 --> 01:02:36,760
Speaker 4: and they don't have enough talent this late in the season.

1190
01:02:37,040 --> 01:02:38,800
Speaker 1: Well, what do you think it'll look like? Are the

1191
01:02:38,800 --> 01:02:40,480
Speaker 1: Bills going to go in there and kind of grind

1192
01:02:40,520 --> 01:02:42,600
Speaker 1: it out and shorten the game and run the ball

1193
01:02:42,640 --> 01:02:46,640
Speaker 1: on them and just do what they can to finger

1194
01:02:46,720 --> 01:02:48,920
Speaker 1: quotes stay held or do they come back there and

1195
01:02:48,960 --> 01:02:50,920
Speaker 1: just let Josh be the MVP and throw it.

1196
01:02:51,880 --> 01:02:55,360
Speaker 4: I'd be ultra aggressive again this defense. I don't think

1197
01:02:55,360 --> 01:02:57,960
Speaker 4: this defense can hang with this offense. And I think

1198
01:02:58,000 --> 01:03:02,800
Speaker 4: that the ideal situation is you make them unbelievably one dimensional.

1199
01:03:03,360 --> 01:03:05,320
Speaker 4: You make it, and you make it into this Drake

1200
01:03:05,360 --> 01:03:07,400
Speaker 4: May's got to drop back forty times and throw it,

1201
01:03:07,440 --> 01:03:10,600
Speaker 4: because again, the run game for New England hasn't been awesome, Steed,

1202
01:03:10,680 --> 01:03:12,919
Speaker 4: but it's been good, it's been solid, and you don't

1203
01:03:12,960 --> 01:03:15,320
Speaker 4: want them to think that they're capable of doing it

1204
01:03:15,360 --> 01:03:16,160
Speaker 4: within this game.

1205
01:03:16,240 --> 01:03:20,080
Speaker 15: So I don't believe that they can match up guy

1206
01:03:20,160 --> 01:03:20,560
Speaker 15: for guy.

1207
01:03:20,680 --> 01:03:22,840
Speaker 4: I would be very aggressive to try and jump on

1208
01:03:22,920 --> 01:03:25,880
Speaker 4: them and put them it completely, you know, kind of

1209
01:03:25,960 --> 01:03:27,439
Speaker 4: left hand tied behind their back.

1210
01:03:28,160 --> 01:03:29,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I would agree Dan.

1211
01:03:29,680 --> 01:03:33,240
Speaker 2: I would say May and Gonzales are the two building

1212
01:03:33,280 --> 01:03:35,959
Speaker 2: blocks for that franchise going forward. They've got to build

1213
01:03:36,000 --> 01:03:42,560
Speaker 2: around those guys for sure. Defensively, it was surprising to me.

1214
01:03:42,760 --> 01:03:46,800
Speaker 2: You know, Girodmeo's their head coach defensive guy as we know,

1215
01:03:47,560 --> 01:03:52,080
Speaker 2: and just watching last week's game against Arizona, Kyler Murray

1216
01:03:52,160 --> 01:03:55,600
Speaker 2: just had all day to just sit back there and

1217
01:03:55,680 --> 01:03:59,080
Speaker 2: pick them apart. What is going on with New England's

1218
01:03:59,080 --> 01:04:03,160
Speaker 2: front seven and why is there no real pass rush

1219
01:04:03,200 --> 01:04:05,600
Speaker 2: to speak of? Is it more they can't get teams

1220
01:04:05,600 --> 01:04:08,200
Speaker 2: off schedule or they just don't have the horses?

1221
01:04:09,240 --> 01:04:12,000
Speaker 15: Yeah, So I think number one, they don't have the horses.

1222
01:04:12,040 --> 01:04:13,480
Speaker 15: They don't have really that true.

1223
01:04:13,920 --> 01:04:16,360
Speaker 4: One on one guy Barmore being back has helped a

1224
01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:18,680
Speaker 4: little bit, but he's not what he was pre injury

1225
01:04:18,840 --> 01:04:21,920
Speaker 4: just yet, and so they don't really have a guy

1226
01:04:21,960 --> 01:04:25,240
Speaker 4: that you feel great about winning in pass ress situations.

1227
01:04:25,280 --> 01:04:27,800
Speaker 4: They don't have anybody that schematically we have to be

1228
01:04:28,400 --> 01:04:31,040
Speaker 4: constantly aware of or that we're going to current protection

1229
01:04:31,160 --> 01:04:32,919
Speaker 4: to or our back's got to get to that way.

1230
01:04:33,000 --> 01:04:35,320
Speaker 15: So they don't really have the person.

1231
01:04:35,600 --> 01:04:38,680
Speaker 4: The second thing I'd say is this, they don't challenge

1232
01:04:38,720 --> 01:04:42,960
Speaker 4: offenses enough. There's way too much space that they give

1233
01:04:43,000 --> 01:04:45,120
Speaker 4: you or air in the pass game. You know, if

1234
01:04:45,160 --> 01:04:48,080
Speaker 4: I from my perspective offensively, if I want a completion,

1235
01:04:48,160 --> 01:04:50,600
Speaker 4: I'll get a completion against them, There's not.

1236
01:04:50,760 --> 01:04:53,040
Speaker 15: Enough of making it difficult for me.

1237
01:04:53,120 --> 01:04:57,840
Speaker 4: And so they never it feels, their defense never consistently

1238
01:04:57,880 --> 01:05:00,640
Speaker 4: gets to play from a position of strength, never get

1239
01:05:00,640 --> 01:05:04,360
Speaker 4: into the advantage opportunities. And so, you know, I think

1240
01:05:04,400 --> 01:05:08,200
Speaker 4: that offensively, you don't necessarily go in and fear anything

1241
01:05:08,320 --> 01:05:12,480
Speaker 4: or anyone outside of Gonzalez, and you know, there's so

1242
01:05:12,600 --> 01:05:15,520
Speaker 4: many different places where you can attack them defensively through

1243
01:05:15,520 --> 01:05:15,760
Speaker 4: the air.

1244
01:05:16,720 --> 01:05:19,320
Speaker 1: What has girod Mayo and his staff done well? Certainly

1245
01:05:19,360 --> 01:05:22,160
Speaker 1: the development of Drake may has been a little bit

1246
01:05:22,440 --> 01:05:26,440
Speaker 1: maybe surprising, because nobody knew about the guy, and you know,

1247
01:05:26,680 --> 01:05:29,520
Speaker 1: tell me about girod Mayo and their staff and how

1248
01:05:29,560 --> 01:05:30,600
Speaker 1: they've handled this.

1249
01:05:31,600 --> 01:05:34,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't think that there's been a ton that

1250
01:05:34,520 --> 01:05:37,280
Speaker 4: you can point to this year and say this is

1251
01:05:37,320 --> 01:05:40,680
Speaker 4: a building block, this is a foundational piece. There's been

1252
01:05:41,000 --> 01:05:44,000
Speaker 4: some some highs and some lows, roller coasters. Again, I

1253
01:05:44,360 --> 01:05:49,280
Speaker 4: think Gonzalez no question, as a cornerstone defensively. And then

1254
01:05:49,320 --> 01:05:51,840
Speaker 4: I would say, you know, Jabriel Preppers has been a

1255
01:05:51,840 --> 01:05:54,200
Speaker 4: really nice player for them this year. He's dealt with

1256
01:05:54,200 --> 01:05:56,280
Speaker 4: some injuries, but he's been a nice player. So the

1257
01:05:56,360 --> 01:05:58,640
Speaker 4: conscious you know of where he is on the field.

1258
01:05:59,120 --> 01:06:02,960
Speaker 4: And then Drake May. It'll be interesting to see, you know,

1259
01:06:03,120 --> 01:06:06,360
Speaker 4: kind of how New England attacks their offseason, how they

1260
01:06:06,360 --> 01:06:08,600
Speaker 4: go about it in free agency. They have to add

1261
01:06:08,640 --> 01:06:12,320
Speaker 4: weapons on the outside, they have to improve their offensive line.

1262
01:06:12,560 --> 01:06:15,280
Speaker 4: I think Alex vinn Pelt, their offensive coordinator, has done

1263
01:06:15,280 --> 01:06:18,439
Speaker 4: some good stuff. Do they like the direction of him

1264
01:06:18,520 --> 01:06:22,680
Speaker 4: and Drake together, So, you know, I don't know if

1265
01:06:22,720 --> 01:06:26,560
Speaker 4: there's a ton that you unequivocally feel great about outside

1266
01:06:26,560 --> 01:06:29,360
Speaker 4: of you know, Drake May and oh my gosh, this

1267
01:06:29,360 --> 01:06:30,959
Speaker 4: this young man's got a chance to be a really

1268
01:06:30,960 --> 01:06:31,680
Speaker 4: special player.

1269
01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:34,720
Speaker 2: Dan, thanks as always for the time we appreciate it.

1270
01:06:34,720 --> 01:06:35,920
Speaker 2: We'll catch up with you next week.

1271
01:06:36,040 --> 01:06:36,520
Speaker 1: Thanks Dan.

1272
01:06:36,760 --> 01:06:38,880
Speaker 15: Thanks, guys, have a good week, all right.

1273
01:06:38,880 --> 01:06:41,400
Speaker 2: So that's Dan Orlowski joining us as he does every

1274
01:06:41,440 --> 01:06:46,520
Speaker 2: week on Tuesdays. And I don't know, I these division

1275
01:06:46,560 --> 01:06:51,240
Speaker 2: games can be closed for a while and they usually

1276
01:06:51,320 --> 01:06:54,040
Speaker 2: end up being tighter than people think they should be,

1277
01:06:54,360 --> 01:06:56,439
Speaker 2: you know, based on the caliber of New England's roster

1278
01:06:56,520 --> 01:06:59,360
Speaker 2: right now and the caliber of Buffalo's roster, which is

1279
01:06:59,360 --> 01:07:01,160
Speaker 2: probably one of the deeper ones in football.

1280
01:07:01,920 --> 01:07:06,240
Speaker 3: But I don't know. I think they might hang around early.

1281
01:07:06,320 --> 01:07:11,800
Speaker 2: But yes, the Bills have to come correct into this game,

1282
01:07:11,840 --> 01:07:14,560
Speaker 2: not lollygag their way through it, or they're gonna have

1283
01:07:14,640 --> 01:07:18,320
Speaker 2: to rely on Josh Allen heroics to pull out a victory.

1284
01:07:18,360 --> 01:07:20,360
Speaker 3: You don't want to be doing that this timing year.

1285
01:07:20,640 --> 01:07:23,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, take care of business, put them away early, let

1286
01:07:23,680 --> 01:07:25,240
Speaker 2: him know they don't belong on the field with you,

1287
01:07:25,400 --> 01:07:26,720
Speaker 2: and finish the game.

1288
01:07:27,400 --> 01:07:32,160
Speaker 1: Yeah. Uh, that's right. And that's where your process comes

1289
01:07:32,160 --> 01:07:36,800
Speaker 1: in in games like this we saw and it's it's

1290
01:07:36,800 --> 01:07:39,160
Speaker 1: almost impossible. That's why it's so difficult, and that's why

1291
01:07:39,160 --> 01:07:40,760
Speaker 1: coaches harp on it all. You got to keep the

1292
01:07:40,760 --> 01:07:44,960
Speaker 1: process going because even last week after a tough loss

1293
01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:47,760
Speaker 1: in LA where you you know where the offense you

1294
01:07:47,800 --> 01:07:50,120
Speaker 1: scored forty two points and you couldn't get it, didn't

1295
01:07:50,120 --> 01:07:52,760
Speaker 1: get it done, and you come back and just like man,

1296
01:07:52,800 --> 01:07:55,040
Speaker 1: we gotta keep paying, we gotta win, so that you know,

1297
01:07:55,280 --> 01:07:59,160
Speaker 1: everything's ratcheted up. And the thought is that listen, if

1298
01:07:59,160 --> 01:08:01,200
Speaker 1: you're gonna, if you've gotta something to ratchet it up to,

1299
01:08:01,920 --> 01:08:06,200
Speaker 1: your process is what it should be. So you've got

1300
01:08:06,200 --> 01:08:11,160
Speaker 1: to keep your process ratcheted up again for a team

1301
01:08:11,240 --> 01:08:13,240
Speaker 1: that is not the Detroit Lions.

1302
01:08:13,120 --> 01:08:16,000
Speaker 2: Because I mean, we had a caller earlier Ron in Virginia,

1303
01:08:16,040 --> 01:08:20,799
Speaker 2: who said he apologized for worrying about the Lions game, and.

1304
01:08:21,000 --> 01:08:23,519
Speaker 3: I said, don't worry. We got a lot of scars

1305
01:08:23,520 --> 01:08:24,679
Speaker 3: issue here. You should worry.

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01:08:24,960 --> 01:08:27,759
Speaker 2: But at the same time, I think people are worrying

1307
01:08:27,800 --> 01:08:31,479
Speaker 2: this week, not necessarily about the Patriots, but how the

1308
01:08:31,520 --> 01:08:35,920
Speaker 2: Bills play coming off such an important win over the

1309
01:08:36,000 --> 01:08:40,200
Speaker 2: Lions in a nationally televised game. So the concern has

1310
01:08:40,320 --> 01:08:43,320
Speaker 2: less to do with the Patriots and how focused the

1311
01:08:43,360 --> 01:08:48,240
Speaker 2: Bills are playing a three to eleven football Yes, I

1312
01:08:48,240 --> 01:08:50,920
Speaker 2: mean you would hope because it's a division team. You

1313
01:08:51,000 --> 01:08:52,120
Speaker 2: always have that focus.

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01:08:52,240 --> 01:08:55,080
Speaker 1: Good teams always think it's about them, and it should be.

1315
01:08:56,200 --> 01:08:58,120
Speaker 1: You're in a battle against yourself as much as you

1316
01:08:58,160 --> 01:09:02,799
Speaker 1: are the other team. You know, and every team feels

1317
01:09:02,800 --> 01:09:05,439
Speaker 1: this way. If you show up and play your best,

1318
01:09:05,439 --> 01:09:10,880
Speaker 1: you're gonna win. And the Bills certainly feel that way.

1319
01:09:13,040 --> 01:09:15,280
Speaker 1: Getting yourself to play your best is where you know

1320
01:09:15,320 --> 01:09:17,639
Speaker 1: the question comes in. You know you gotta you gotta,

1321
01:09:18,000 --> 01:09:21,600
Speaker 1: I say it again. You win these games. In the

1322
01:09:21,640 --> 01:09:25,799
Speaker 1: six days between games, you know, you prepare to win them,

1323
01:09:26,200 --> 01:09:30,160
Speaker 1: and then the game is evidence of your preparation. That's

1324
01:09:30,160 --> 01:09:31,559
Speaker 1: that's the way they have, That's the way they look

1325
01:09:31,600 --> 01:09:33,400
Speaker 1: at it. That's why you know you get these games.

1326
01:09:33,439 --> 01:09:35,080
Speaker 1: Every game is the same. It's just that you gotta

1327
01:09:35,120 --> 01:09:36,479
Speaker 1: go to the next game. Gotta go to the next game.

1328
01:09:36,560 --> 01:09:39,800
Speaker 1: Gotta go to the next game. That's right. Go want

1329
01:09:39,800 --> 01:09:43,280
Speaker 1: to know this week you attack the game like it's

1330
01:09:43,320 --> 01:09:45,599
Speaker 1: the most important game, and you know that's where the Bills.

1331
01:09:45,600 --> 01:09:47,400
Speaker 1: And Bills just got that lesson last week. We'll see

1332
01:09:47,400 --> 01:09:48,679
Speaker 1: if they can carry it through this week.

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01:09:49,479 --> 01:09:51,519
Speaker 3: Dave and Tonawanda's next. What's up, Dave?

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Speaker 16: Yeah, I just wanted to make a point about Josh

1335
01:09:58,680 --> 01:10:02,760
Speaker 16: his touch passes this year are far better than they

1336
01:10:02,760 --> 01:10:06,000
Speaker 16: were in the last year, and his ability to throw

1337
01:10:06,080 --> 01:10:09,479
Speaker 16: the football down the field is much better also.

1338
01:10:10,840 --> 01:10:13,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I would agree with that of late

1339
01:10:13,479 --> 01:10:17,760
Speaker 2: for sure. I mean some people might have forgotten. He

1340
01:10:17,800 --> 01:10:19,840
Speaker 2: couldn't hit a deep shot the first five weeks of

1341
01:10:19,840 --> 01:10:23,200
Speaker 2: the season when he had guys running free. Remember Mac

1342
01:10:23,240 --> 01:10:26,280
Speaker 2: Collins in Houston, you had a couple others early in

1343
01:10:26,320 --> 01:10:30,120
Speaker 2: the season. Here at home in week one, he missed

1344
01:10:30,120 --> 01:10:33,639
Speaker 2: somebody I think it was Valdez Scantling, who was still

1345
01:10:33,640 --> 01:10:36,599
Speaker 2: on the roster. He missed him on a deep shot.

1346
01:10:37,000 --> 01:10:39,479
Speaker 2: So he had a lot of problems the first five

1347
01:10:39,600 --> 01:10:42,960
Speaker 2: six weeks of the season. He has gotten demonstrably better

1348
01:10:43,439 --> 01:10:45,960
Speaker 2: down the stretch here, and that's because he's a guy

1349
01:10:45,960 --> 01:10:48,600
Speaker 2: that works at it, and those are the kinds of

1350
01:10:48,640 --> 01:10:52,880
Speaker 2: players that coach McDermott wants here in the building, Guys

1351
01:10:52,880 --> 01:10:55,920
Speaker 2: who are trying to get even if it's one percent

1352
01:10:56,040 --> 01:10:59,320
Speaker 2: better every single day. Josh had a deficiency in his

1353
01:10:59,360 --> 01:11:01,679
Speaker 2: game the first five weeks of the season. He's worked

1354
01:11:01,680 --> 01:11:03,720
Speaker 2: on it the rest of the year. It's better now.

1355
01:11:03,760 --> 01:11:07,200
Speaker 2: It looks better now, the stats say that, so hopefully

1356
01:11:07,280 --> 01:11:08,000
Speaker 2: that continues.

1357
01:11:08,479 --> 01:11:11,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, I said it postgame as well, I thought there

1358
01:11:11,160 --> 01:11:15,080
Speaker 1: were four or five, maybe a half dozen throws this

1359
01:11:15,160 --> 01:11:17,600
Speaker 1: last week against the Lions that were touch past. That

1360
01:11:17,600 --> 01:11:19,240
Speaker 1: means they had that had the big arc on him,

1361
01:11:19,240 --> 01:11:21,240
Speaker 1: you know, and they and you know he held feather

1362
01:11:21,920 --> 01:11:24,320
Speaker 1: feathered it in. You don't see him do that very much,

1363
01:11:24,360 --> 01:11:26,320
Speaker 1: and he did it a lot in this game and

1364
01:11:26,640 --> 01:11:29,680
Speaker 1: completed all of them to my to my recollection. So

1365
01:11:30,200 --> 01:11:35,639
Speaker 1: you're right, that is something that is has came up

1366
01:11:35,680 --> 01:11:37,720
Speaker 1: this week that you haven't seen in a while, and

1367
01:11:37,760 --> 01:11:40,559
Speaker 1: it's it's important, makes a difference.

1368
01:11:40,640 --> 01:11:43,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, And Ty Johnson and Dawson Knox made a couple

1369
01:11:43,840 --> 01:11:47,519
Speaker 2: of very high degree of difficulty catches on some of

1370
01:11:47,520 --> 01:11:51,200
Speaker 2: those floaters. Dalton Kincaid as well, So I'm sure Josh

1371
01:11:51,320 --> 01:11:53,960
Speaker 2: is thanking them as much as he's thinking they're thanking him.

1372
01:11:54,600 --> 01:11:56,519
Speaker 2: Let's go to Steven in Florida next.

1373
01:11:56,520 --> 01:11:57,200
Speaker 3: What's up Steven?

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01:11:58,240 --> 01:12:02,439
Speaker 17: Hey, you good afternoon, guys. You know, Chris, yesterday you

1375
01:12:02,479 --> 01:12:06,120
Speaker 17: were discussing the game and you made a statement which

1376
01:12:06,120 --> 01:12:08,040
Speaker 17: I one hundred percent agree with, and then you and

1377
01:12:08,120 --> 01:12:12,280
Speaker 17: Steve today have reiterated that people are you know, I've

1378
01:12:12,320 --> 01:12:15,639
Speaker 17: watched all these different sports analysts and they're saying, well, Yeah,

1379
01:12:15,760 --> 01:12:18,360
Speaker 17: the Bills did great against the Lions, but they also

1380
01:12:18,479 --> 01:12:21,200
Speaker 17: gave up forty two points. And that's two weeks in

1381
01:12:21,280 --> 01:12:23,880
Speaker 17: a row they gave up forty plus points. But you

1382
01:12:24,000 --> 01:12:28,200
Speaker 17: made the comment that you cannot compare the two because

1383
01:12:28,240 --> 01:12:31,760
Speaker 17: against the Rams, the defense bombed for the Bills and

1384
01:12:32,200 --> 01:12:35,840
Speaker 17: that's basically why we lost the game. Whereas this game

1385
01:12:35,920 --> 01:12:39,320
Speaker 17: against the Lions, Man, I'm telling you what, the defense

1386
01:12:39,400 --> 01:12:43,200
Speaker 17: stepped up. Kudos to Bobby Babbage and his whole staff

1387
01:12:43,680 --> 01:12:46,519
Speaker 17: what they did. You know, Bernard said after the game,

1388
01:12:46,560 --> 01:12:51,000
Speaker 17: we didn't execute our game, and so they you know,

1389
01:12:51,040 --> 01:12:54,439
Speaker 17: they were angry because at themselves because they knew that

1390
01:12:54,560 --> 01:12:57,479
Speaker 17: basically if they were the reason that the Bills lost

1391
01:12:57,520 --> 01:13:01,160
Speaker 17: the game because of not being able to up the

1392
01:13:01,240 --> 01:13:05,800
Speaker 17: Ram's offense. Now, the thing is, when you look at

1393
01:13:05,840 --> 01:13:09,040
Speaker 17: this team, and I have to agree with coach McDermott,

1394
01:13:09,360 --> 01:13:13,320
Speaker 17: you see complimentary football being executed between the defense and

1395
01:13:13,360 --> 01:13:15,760
Speaker 17: the offense. I mean right from the start, when the

1396
01:13:15,800 --> 01:13:21,200
Speaker 17: defense held the Lions on their first possession, that set

1397
01:13:21,240 --> 01:13:23,960
Speaker 17: the tone for the whole game. And then the Bills

1398
01:13:23,960 --> 01:13:27,960
Speaker 17: were able to come out score quickly twice and it's

1399
01:13:28,040 --> 01:13:31,439
Speaker 17: obvious through the whole game they were in control from

1400
01:13:31,479 --> 01:13:35,320
Speaker 17: start to finish, and the score really doesn't do that justice.

1401
01:13:35,360 --> 01:13:38,880
Speaker 17: It was not as close as the six point differential

1402
01:13:38,960 --> 01:13:40,519
Speaker 17: at the end of the game. And I agree with

1403
01:13:40,520 --> 01:13:43,519
Speaker 17: what you said in the second half. And I watched

1404
01:13:43,520 --> 01:13:50,000
Speaker 17: the interview that Campbell did the coach for Lions, and

1405
01:13:50,080 --> 01:13:53,040
Speaker 17: he said when he was asked about that on side's

1406
01:13:53,120 --> 01:13:56,200
Speaker 17: kick with four or twelve minutes left in the fourth quarter,

1407
01:13:56,560 --> 01:13:58,720
Speaker 17: he said, looking back, I probably shouldn't have done that.

1408
01:13:58,800 --> 01:14:02,040
Speaker 17: I mean, list they're saying. He was basically saying, I

1409
01:14:02,080 --> 01:14:07,200
Speaker 17: have no confidence in my defense to stop this Bill's offense.

1410
01:14:07,720 --> 01:14:09,640
Speaker 17: And so the thing is is that, you know, the

1411
01:14:09,680 --> 01:14:13,439
Speaker 17: Buffalo capitalize on that. But you know, I also love

1412
01:14:13,520 --> 01:14:16,040
Speaker 17: the fact that Josh, I mean, he's Superman in a

1413
01:14:16,080 --> 01:14:19,080
Speaker 17: Bill's uniform, but he still has a very humble attitude.

1414
01:14:19,080 --> 01:14:22,840
Speaker 17: Because his attitude is Okay, there's still things we could

1415
01:14:22,880 --> 01:14:25,920
Speaker 17: have done. We left points on the field. We got

1416
01:14:25,960 --> 01:14:28,120
Speaker 17: to go out and do better. And I want to

1417
01:14:28,120 --> 01:14:30,840
Speaker 17: say this with the upcoming three games, even though yes

1418
01:14:30,840 --> 01:14:34,320
Speaker 17: they're against weak teams, they cannot let down their guard.

1419
01:14:34,680 --> 01:14:37,639
Speaker 17: I think they need to continue being aggressive rather than

1420
01:14:37,680 --> 01:14:40,880
Speaker 17: trying to coast in with the second seed and look

1421
01:14:41,000 --> 01:14:45,280
Speaker 17: towards getting the one seed, because you know, Casey can

1422
01:14:45,360 --> 01:14:48,920
Speaker 17: still lose. They've got Pittsburgh. Yeah, Houston isn't really great,

1423
01:14:49,000 --> 01:14:51,479
Speaker 17: but they could pull out a win too, especially you know,

1424
01:14:51,560 --> 01:14:55,599
Speaker 17: if Mahomes is injured. So I'm just saying Buffalo has

1425
01:14:55,640 --> 01:14:58,599
Speaker 17: the potential to go all the way this year. And

1426
01:14:58,640 --> 01:15:01,679
Speaker 17: of course what I'm thinking is the Bill's mentale, especially

1427
01:15:01,760 --> 01:15:05,080
Speaker 17: Josh as we're gonna have to prove ourselves by being

1428
01:15:05,120 --> 01:15:08,960
Speaker 17: able to beat KC and Mahomes in the postseason. That's

1429
01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:10,120
Speaker 17: gonna be the big test.

1430
01:15:10,520 --> 01:15:12,200
Speaker 3: All right, Thanks Steven, appreciate that.

1431
01:15:12,280 --> 01:15:16,519
Speaker 2: A lot to unpack there, but yeah, he was kind

1432
01:15:16,520 --> 01:15:19,440
Speaker 2: of agreeing with a lot of what we said yesterday.

1433
01:15:19,640 --> 01:15:21,439
Speaker 3: So obviously, line there.

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01:15:21,320 --> 01:15:23,400
Speaker 1: Forty points in each game. Two different games, very much

1435
01:15:23,439 --> 01:15:28,519
Speaker 1: so very different. In fact, I thought the Bills and

1436
01:15:28,560 --> 01:15:31,559
Speaker 1: the Jets. The Bills in the Lions game was exactly

1437
01:15:31,600 --> 01:15:36,479
Speaker 1: the opposite of the Bills Rams game because the Bills

1438
01:15:36,479 --> 01:15:38,160
Speaker 1: took over for the ram The Rams had the Bills

1439
01:15:38,200 --> 01:15:41,679
Speaker 1: down by you know, seventeen seventeen twice in the second half,

1440
01:15:41,880 --> 01:15:44,360
Speaker 1: and they got back into it twice. It was exactly

1441
01:15:44,400 --> 01:15:49,120
Speaker 1: the same game and the exact same result for both teams. Yeah,

1442
01:15:49,160 --> 01:15:52,400
Speaker 1: so the Bill. The two games looked almost identical, except

1443
01:15:52,439 --> 01:15:55,719
Speaker 1: the Bills played both sides of the ledger in those games.

1444
01:15:56,040 --> 01:15:57,559
Speaker 2: Got to take a break here, but more of your

1445
01:15:57,560 --> 01:15:59,960
Speaker 2: phone calls on the other side of that break will

1446
01:16:00,040 --> 01:16:02,200
Speaker 2: lead off with Mark and Jersey City when we return.

1447
01:16:02,240 --> 01:16:04,519
Speaker 2: As we're asking you what has surprised you about the

1448
01:16:04,560 --> 01:16:07,360
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1456
01:16:37,560 --> 01:16:39,360
Speaker 2: As we told you a little bit earlier in the show,

1457
01:16:40,080 --> 01:16:45,160
Speaker 2: Bills are number one in the league in scoring efficiency.

1458
01:16:45,400 --> 01:16:49,160
Speaker 2: They're over fifty percent over fifty percent of their drives

1459
01:16:49,360 --> 01:16:53,479
Speaker 2: end in points. Steve told John average, they're averaging a

1460
01:16:53,520 --> 01:16:56,280
Speaker 2: field goal per drive. Based on all that point production,

1461
01:16:57,200 --> 01:17:01,960
Speaker 2: and in terms of scoring efficiency for touchdowns, I believe

1462
01:17:02,080 --> 01:17:04,920
Speaker 2: the last I checked, their second in the league and

1463
01:17:05,040 --> 01:17:06,320
Speaker 2: the Lions are still first.

1464
01:17:06,439 --> 01:17:08,519
Speaker 1: Go back over there, you know they're scoring. We all

1465
01:17:08,520 --> 01:17:12,519
Speaker 1: know they've got this eight game streak of scoring thirty

1466
01:17:12,520 --> 01:17:15,599
Speaker 1: points or more. But you look over their last four games,

1467
01:17:15,880 --> 01:17:18,200
Speaker 1: or mean five games. They scored thirty against the Dolphins,

1468
01:17:18,240 --> 01:17:21,479
Speaker 1: thirty against the Colts, thirty against the Chiefs all three games.

1469
01:17:22,000 --> 01:17:25,080
Speaker 1: Then they went thirty five against San Francisco, forty two

1470
01:17:25,160 --> 01:17:27,760
Speaker 1: against the Rams, and forty eight against the Lions. They're

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01:17:27,760 --> 01:17:30,759
Speaker 1: scoring more and more and more points after scoring thirty.

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01:17:31,160 --> 01:17:32,640
Speaker 3: Well, that's why we said they're heating up.

1473
01:17:32,680 --> 01:17:36,639
Speaker 1: So they're heating up, and that's so that's I think

1474
01:17:36,680 --> 01:17:39,360
Speaker 1: the only limiting factor right now for this Bills offense

1475
01:17:39,439 --> 01:17:44,120
Speaker 1: is them, and that's that's a great place to be.

1476
01:17:44,520 --> 01:17:44,800
Speaker 1: It is.

1477
01:17:44,840 --> 01:17:49,639
Speaker 2: Indeed, we should also tell you cooling down. And one

1478
01:17:49,680 --> 01:17:54,120
Speaker 2: thing that's cooling down is the Patriots pass protection. They

1479
01:17:54,120 --> 01:17:57,280
Speaker 2: are twenty eighth in the league in sacks per play,

1480
01:17:57,600 --> 01:18:00,599
Speaker 2: and Drake May and probably Jacobe we were said when

1481
01:18:00,600 --> 01:18:02,640
Speaker 2: he was in the lineup earlier in the year, have

1482
01:18:02,720 --> 01:18:06,679
Speaker 2: been sacked a total of forty five times in fourteen games.

1483
01:18:06,720 --> 01:18:09,880
Speaker 2: That's more than three per game. That is cooling down

1484
01:18:09,880 --> 01:18:13,320
Speaker 2: in a big way. And I think the Patriots are

1485
01:18:13,320 --> 01:18:15,439
Speaker 2: just probably hoping that Drake Man can get out of

1486
01:18:15,479 --> 01:18:19,679
Speaker 2: the season healthy and have a healthy offseason. And look,

1487
01:18:20,080 --> 01:18:22,400
Speaker 2: it's not all on the offensive line, but the offensive

1488
01:18:22,439 --> 01:18:25,280
Speaker 2: line is a weak point of this team. They did

1489
01:18:25,320 --> 01:18:29,120
Speaker 2: not invest in the line enough the last few years,

1490
01:18:29,160 --> 01:18:32,400
Speaker 2: both in free agency and in the draft, and even

1491
01:18:32,400 --> 01:18:34,920
Speaker 2: when they did draft, they did not get you know,

1492
01:18:35,000 --> 01:18:38,439
Speaker 2: blue chippers, shall we say so. They really struggle to

1493
01:18:38,520 --> 01:18:42,200
Speaker 2: function on offense. They're often behind the sticks, it's an

1494
01:18:42,240 --> 01:18:45,280
Speaker 2: obvious passing situation, and then they can't hold up. And

1495
01:18:45,360 --> 01:18:48,040
Speaker 2: Drake May as a rookie quarterback, also doesn't see everything

1496
01:18:48,080 --> 01:18:50,240
Speaker 2: as quickly as you'd like to get the ball out

1497
01:18:50,280 --> 01:18:50,519
Speaker 2: of him.

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Speaker 1: They run rushing yards per game, they're fourteenth in the league.

1499
01:18:54,920 --> 01:18:58,719
Speaker 1: They're tenth in the league in yards per rushing attempt,

1500
01:18:59,360 --> 01:19:02,280
Speaker 1: but they're thirty second in passing yards a game, thirtieth

1501
01:19:02,320 --> 01:19:06,400
Speaker 1: in passing in yards per play passing, they're thirtieth in

1502
01:19:06,479 --> 01:19:10,679
Speaker 1: total yards, twenty eighth in yards per play. Offensively, they're

1503
01:19:10,720 --> 01:19:13,599
Speaker 1: twenty eighth in sacks per passing tempt like he just said,

1504
01:19:15,200 --> 01:19:17,920
Speaker 1: twenty ninth and third down efficiency.

1505
01:19:18,520 --> 01:19:20,880
Speaker 3: And thirty first in points and thirty first in points.

1506
01:19:20,960 --> 01:19:23,519
Speaker 2: So the only team scoring fewer points per game are

1507
01:19:23,520 --> 01:19:24,519
Speaker 2: the New York Giants.

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01:19:26,040 --> 01:19:31,439
Speaker 1: They're yeah, they're scoring seventeen points a game, so it's yeah,

1509
01:19:31,479 --> 01:19:34,160
Speaker 1: they're struggling offensively, and that's you know, they're cooling down.

1510
01:19:34,160 --> 01:19:39,360
Speaker 1: They haven't, but I'll say this, there are worse places

1511
01:19:39,360 --> 01:19:42,880
Speaker 1: to be because they seem to have a young quarterback

1512
01:19:42,880 --> 01:19:44,840
Speaker 1: that can really play and they can start to build

1513
01:19:44,840 --> 01:19:45,479
Speaker 1: it around him.

1514
01:19:45,560 --> 01:19:48,320
Speaker 2: They're already calling him Mini Josh right because he runs

1515
01:19:48,360 --> 01:19:51,479
Speaker 2: around like the young Josh Allen used to right when

1516
01:19:51,479 --> 01:19:53,360
Speaker 2: the play broke down, so and he can move.

1517
01:19:53,840 --> 01:19:57,240
Speaker 1: They're in a better spot than say what, the the Raders,

1518
01:19:57,560 --> 01:20:01,280
Speaker 1: the Jets, the Giants, Giants. They're in a better spot

1519
01:20:01,320 --> 01:20:05,479
Speaker 1: than those teams. But it's not going to help them

1520
01:20:05,560 --> 01:20:06,400
Speaker 1: much this year now.

1521
01:20:07,080 --> 01:20:09,800
Speaker 2: So that's Heating Up and Cooling Down presented by Team

1522
01:20:09,800 --> 01:20:13,000
Speaker 2: Mark Plumbing, Heating, Cooling and Electric. Let's get back to

1523
01:20:13,040 --> 01:20:16,519
Speaker 2: the phones where we've been asking you today. What has

1524
01:20:16,560 --> 01:20:19,639
Speaker 2: surprised you about the Bills offense this season? To Mark

1525
01:20:19,680 --> 01:20:20,960
Speaker 2: in Jersey City. Next, what's up?

1526
01:20:21,000 --> 01:20:26,160
Speaker 3: Mark? Mark? You're there?

1527
01:20:27,720 --> 01:20:29,639
Speaker 2: All right, we'll put him on hold and get back

1528
01:20:29,680 --> 01:20:33,160
Speaker 2: to him in short order. We go to Chip, who's

1529
01:20:33,200 --> 01:20:34,040
Speaker 2: down in Jamestown.

1530
01:20:34,040 --> 01:20:35,240
Speaker 3: What do you got for us? Chip?

1531
01:20:36,200 --> 01:20:40,840
Speaker 10: Afternoon, Steve and Chris, a longtime listener, first time caller.

1532
01:20:42,080 --> 01:20:44,360
Speaker 10: Getting back to the question on the offense, the thing

1533
01:20:44,400 --> 01:20:48,200
Speaker 10: that really sticks out to me is the contribution that

1534
01:20:48,840 --> 01:20:52,160
Speaker 10: so many different guys are giving the offense this year,

1535
01:20:52,640 --> 01:20:55,559
Speaker 10: and when they're called upon, the high quality of play

1536
01:20:55,600 --> 01:21:00,200
Speaker 10: that they're all playing, and you combine that with a

1537
01:21:00,320 --> 01:21:02,960
Speaker 10: solid offensive line which is probably either their first or

1538
01:21:03,000 --> 01:21:06,600
Speaker 10: second best offensive line in the league outside of Philadelphia.

1539
01:21:06,640 --> 01:21:09,960
Speaker 10: Perhaps combine that with your all world quarterback, and you

1540
01:21:10,000 --> 01:21:13,599
Speaker 10: have a perfect storm that is difficult for any defensive

1541
01:21:13,640 --> 01:21:19,400
Speaker 10: coordinator to try and remedy that. But what a great

1542
01:21:19,439 --> 01:21:22,599
Speaker 10: offense and it's humming. It's great to see. Now, if

1543
01:21:22,600 --> 01:21:25,320
Speaker 10: we can be blessed enough to get some injuries cleared

1544
01:21:25,400 --> 01:21:27,599
Speaker 10: up on the defensive side of the ball, I think

1545
01:21:28,000 --> 01:21:30,519
Speaker 10: we'll be in good shape and it'll be fun to

1546
01:21:30,520 --> 01:21:33,240
Speaker 10: see the last three games and into the playoffs and

1547
01:21:33,240 --> 01:21:35,240
Speaker 10: see what we can do and just pray for the best.

1548
01:21:35,640 --> 01:21:36,639
Speaker 10: Thanks for taking my call.

1549
01:21:36,720 --> 01:21:38,360
Speaker 3: Sure thing, Chip, Yeah, and you're right.

1550
01:21:38,400 --> 01:21:42,240
Speaker 1: It has been different and fun to see so many

1551
01:21:42,240 --> 01:21:45,360
Speaker 1: guys have a game. Ty Johnson case in point. This

1552
01:21:45,439 --> 01:21:49,120
Speaker 1: last week we've seen mac Hollins do the same thing.

1553
01:21:49,720 --> 01:21:56,080
Speaker 1: We've seen Lamara Cook, Amari Cooper, James Cook, Ray Davis.

1554
01:21:56,160 --> 01:21:56,920
Speaker 1: It's been fun.

1555
01:21:57,000 --> 01:21:58,000
Speaker 3: Coleman in Seattle.

1556
01:21:58,520 --> 01:22:01,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, one hundred and twenty five yards receiving, I

1557
01:22:01,720 --> 01:22:03,719
Speaker 2: mean yeah, it's fun and a touchdown.

1558
01:22:03,800 --> 01:22:06,200
Speaker 1: It is fun to see so many guys and it's

1559
01:22:06,320 --> 01:22:08,920
Speaker 1: and I think it's been a one of the benefits

1560
01:22:10,080 --> 01:22:12,240
Speaker 1: here late in the season is that they're hard to

1561
01:22:12,240 --> 01:22:17,880
Speaker 1: prepare for, and they're hard to, you know, for defenses

1562
01:22:17,920 --> 01:22:20,880
Speaker 1: to decide who they're going to prioritize in their defensive call.

1563
01:22:21,000 --> 01:22:23,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, because if you look even at the last four

1564
01:22:23,640 --> 01:22:28,000
Speaker 2: or five games, you know, you look at the Seattle game,

1565
01:22:28,080 --> 01:22:29,920
Speaker 2: you come out of that tape, You're like, we gotta

1566
01:22:29,920 --> 01:22:33,840
Speaker 2: have an answer for Coleman, especially in man to man situations.

1567
01:22:34,040 --> 01:22:35,800
Speaker 3: Gotta have an answer for that guy. Then he's out

1568
01:22:35,840 --> 01:22:36,600
Speaker 3: of the lineup.

1569
01:22:36,320 --> 01:22:39,599
Speaker 2: The next three games or four games, right, and it's like, oh,

1570
01:22:39,640 --> 01:22:41,280
Speaker 2: all right, well, maybe we don't have to worry about

1571
01:22:41,280 --> 01:22:43,759
Speaker 2: that guy. Oh geez, Knox is making plays with Kincaid

1572
01:22:43,760 --> 01:22:45,040
Speaker 2: out of the lineup. We got to watch him in

1573
01:22:45,040 --> 01:22:47,040
Speaker 2: the middle of Oh Shakiir goes for five and one

1574
01:22:47,120 --> 01:22:50,120
Speaker 2: oh six in a touchdown. Man, that guy's a problem.

1575
01:22:50,200 --> 01:22:51,080
Speaker 3: What are we going to do there?

1576
01:22:51,520 --> 01:22:55,120
Speaker 2: Oh, Cooper just went off for six catches for geez. Okay, well,

1577
01:22:55,240 --> 01:22:57,800
Speaker 2: well maybe we should just watch him, right, you know.

1578
01:22:57,880 --> 01:22:59,960
Speaker 2: And then it's Ty Johnson out of the back feet

1579
01:23:00,479 --> 01:23:02,800
Speaker 2: and Concaid's back in the lineup, and he and Knox

1580
01:23:02,800 --> 01:23:04,680
Speaker 2: are feasting on linebackers and safeties in.

1581
01:23:04,680 --> 01:23:05,519
Speaker 3: The middle of the field.

1582
01:23:06,240 --> 01:23:10,000
Speaker 2: And if you're a defensive coordinator like good Luck, there

1583
01:23:10,000 --> 01:23:13,120
Speaker 2: are too many questions to be answered and you don't

1584
01:23:13,160 --> 01:23:16,120
Speaker 2: have the personnel to answer them, all right, and your

1585
01:23:16,160 --> 01:23:20,040
Speaker 2: scheme can only cover up so much in terms of weaknesses.

1586
01:23:20,439 --> 01:23:24,320
Speaker 2: I guess the overarching point here is there are too

1587
01:23:24,360 --> 01:23:27,880
Speaker 2: many things to keep a lid on, and because of that,

1588
01:23:28,360 --> 01:23:30,559
Speaker 2: the Bills are eventually going to get you some way.

1589
01:23:31,120 --> 01:23:31,320
Speaker 10: Yeah.

1590
01:23:31,560 --> 01:23:34,280
Speaker 1: Plus the fact that they run for two hundred yards.

1591
01:23:34,800 --> 01:23:37,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, and it's like Dan said.

1592
01:23:37,080 --> 01:23:38,559
Speaker 1: No, you can spread it. You can come in with

1593
01:23:38,600 --> 01:23:40,599
Speaker 1: your dime package. They again, we're gonna not let anybody

1594
01:23:40,640 --> 01:23:42,280
Speaker 1: throw anything, and all of a sudden they're running for

1595
01:23:42,280 --> 01:23:43,080
Speaker 1: two bills on yeh.

1596
01:23:43,080 --> 01:23:44,559
Speaker 2: But I mean it's like Dan said earlier in the

1597
01:23:44,560 --> 01:23:47,240
Speaker 2: hour when we had them on, you can play zone

1598
01:23:47,240 --> 01:23:50,040
Speaker 2: to try to stop their pass game, all right, the

1599
01:23:50,040 --> 01:23:52,439
Speaker 2: Bill's like, fine, we'll just run the ball, because they

1600
01:23:52,560 --> 01:23:55,280
Speaker 2: run the ball better than they have in several years.

1601
01:23:55,320 --> 01:23:58,360
Speaker 2: So it's really you're in a bind, you really are

1602
01:23:58,479 --> 01:23:59,880
Speaker 2: with this Bill's offense.

1603
01:24:00,160 --> 01:24:01,599
Speaker 3: Let's go to Ryan in Toronto next.

1604
01:24:01,600 --> 01:24:07,200
Speaker 18: What's up, Ryan, Christine, I think the off topic here

1605
01:24:07,240 --> 01:24:10,160
Speaker 18: what you got talking about. But the schedule for their

1606
01:24:10,200 --> 01:24:14,559
Speaker 18: Bills actually favors them based on how Casey plays two

1607
01:24:14,640 --> 01:24:17,599
Speaker 18: games next, two games before the Bills do so, based

1608
01:24:17,600 --> 01:24:21,120
Speaker 18: on how Casey's outcomes are. That will actually determine whether

1609
01:24:21,640 --> 01:24:23,800
Speaker 18: Bills are going to be chasing number one seed or

1610
01:24:23,840 --> 01:24:25,800
Speaker 18: are they going to you know what, rest players or not.

1611
01:24:26,320 --> 01:24:31,000
Speaker 18: And secondly, next week's Sunday night game is flexed to

1612
01:24:31,120 --> 01:24:34,600
Speaker 18: Atlanta versus Washington. I'm not sure why they will not

1613
01:24:35,479 --> 01:24:38,840
Speaker 18: have the green Bay was Detroit the green Bay versus

1614
01:24:38,880 --> 01:24:41,479
Speaker 18: Minnesota game, But anyways, but that's my thoughts on the.

1615
01:24:43,120 --> 01:24:46,120
Speaker 1: Yeah Bills, You're right that the Chiefs do play two

1616
01:24:46,160 --> 01:24:51,320
Speaker 1: games between Bills games, and the the reason probably about

1617
01:24:51,360 --> 01:24:56,240
Speaker 1: the non flexed green Bay Minnesota game is probably due

1618
01:24:56,280 --> 01:24:58,160
Speaker 1: to TV. They won't let them.

1619
01:24:58,479 --> 01:24:59,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, they have the network.

1620
01:25:00,000 --> 01:25:02,759
Speaker 2: It has a handful of games they're allowed to protect

1621
01:25:03,240 --> 01:25:06,639
Speaker 2: that cannot be flexed, right, Like the Chiefs Bills game

1622
01:25:06,680 --> 01:25:09,160
Speaker 2: here right in a four o'clock window, that was a

1623
01:25:09,200 --> 01:25:12,200
Speaker 2: protected game. Nobody was flexing that because CBS is like,

1624
01:25:12,479 --> 01:25:13,400
Speaker 2: we're protecting that one.

1625
01:25:13,439 --> 01:25:15,720
Speaker 1: The rest of them can be flex And you know

1626
01:25:16,479 --> 01:25:20,360
Speaker 1: that game Minnesota, green Bay and green Bay is a

1627
01:25:20,360 --> 01:25:23,040
Speaker 1: big one. And Fox or whoever's got it is it

1628
01:25:23,080 --> 01:25:25,800
Speaker 1: probably five. Yeah, they're they're saying, listen, that's our game.

1629
01:25:25,840 --> 01:25:28,439
Speaker 1: We're keeping it and rightfully so, so that's the reason

1630
01:25:28,520 --> 01:25:30,320
Speaker 1: they didn't flex that game. And you're right, that is

1631
01:25:30,360 --> 01:25:34,599
Speaker 1: interesting and it is a plus for the Bills. Well, yeah,

1632
01:25:34,720 --> 01:25:35,400
Speaker 1: they don't know.

1633
01:25:35,600 --> 01:25:38,200
Speaker 2: The Chiefs are thirteen and one, so if they win

1634
01:25:38,240 --> 01:25:41,599
Speaker 2: their next two games, they're fifteen in one. Bills can't

1635
01:25:41,600 --> 01:25:44,960
Speaker 2: catch them. They Bills cannot get to fifteen wins with

1636
01:25:45,040 --> 01:25:47,280
Speaker 2: three to play. They can only get to fourteen. So

1637
01:25:48,040 --> 01:25:51,519
Speaker 2: if Kansas City wins the next two, then the foot's

1638
01:25:51,560 --> 01:25:54,200
Speaker 2: off the gas and you're playing to get healthy. You

1639
01:25:54,240 --> 01:25:57,280
Speaker 2: still want to play and be sharp, but the priorities

1640
01:25:57,360 --> 01:25:58,240
Speaker 2: change because you can't.

1641
01:25:58,040 --> 01:25:59,320
Speaker 3: Get the one number one seed at that point.

1642
01:25:59,400 --> 01:26:01,360
Speaker 2: That's right now, you may have to keep your foot

1643
01:26:01,400 --> 01:26:02,960
Speaker 2: on the gas to keep the teams behind you from

1644
01:26:02,960 --> 01:26:03,400
Speaker 2: catching you.

1645
01:26:03,720 --> 01:26:04,920
Speaker 3: That still might be at play.

1646
01:26:04,960 --> 01:26:08,439
Speaker 1: Even so, Baltimore and Pittsburgh play each other this week, Yes,

1647
01:26:08,560 --> 01:26:09,559
Speaker 1: so that'll be uh.

1648
01:26:09,880 --> 01:26:13,559
Speaker 2: Houston plays Kansas City this week. Houston also has to

1649
01:26:13,600 --> 01:26:18,400
Speaker 2: play Baltimore, I believe so. And Denver has to play

1650
01:26:18,479 --> 01:26:20,600
Speaker 2: Kansas City. So you know these teams all.

1651
01:26:20,560 --> 01:26:22,439
Speaker 1: They're cannibalizing each other's schedule.

1652
01:26:22,560 --> 01:26:24,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, you're a certain degree.

1653
01:26:25,600 --> 01:26:27,519
Speaker 2: Let's squeeze in one more phone call. We go to

1654
01:26:27,560 --> 01:26:29,160
Speaker 2: Mark in Jersey City. Here, what's up Mark?

1655
01:26:29,960 --> 01:26:32,040
Speaker 19: Oh, thanks for taking my call, gentlemen, Sorry about that.

1656
01:26:32,080 --> 01:26:36,519
Speaker 19: Before Josh's sugar high, Josh seems to be eroded gone.

1657
01:26:36,720 --> 01:26:38,720
Speaker 19: He seems to like, like last week there was just

1658
01:26:38,760 --> 01:26:42,559
Speaker 19: he was just so like chill, no matter how the

1659
01:26:42,600 --> 01:26:45,320
Speaker 19: game was, there was just a calmness composure to his

1660
01:26:45,360 --> 01:26:48,519
Speaker 19: game that's just been prevalent throughout this entire year. You know,

1661
01:26:48,680 --> 01:26:52,320
Speaker 19: he's twenty eight, Things settling down in the personal life,

1662
01:26:52,840 --> 01:26:55,320
Speaker 19: things in the maybe in the building in the locker room,

1663
01:26:55,520 --> 01:26:59,480
Speaker 19: aren't president anymore, and you just see it. Ed McDermott

1664
01:26:59,479 --> 01:27:03,599
Speaker 19: brought up James White, you know how what you know

1665
01:27:03,680 --> 01:27:06,120
Speaker 19: type of hell he used to cause just a running back,

1666
01:27:06,160 --> 01:27:08,400
Speaker 19: who can do you see ty Johnson. You see the

1667
01:27:08,439 --> 01:27:12,080
Speaker 19: tight ends. It's just like there's his game is still evolving.

1668
01:27:12,439 --> 01:27:15,120
Speaker 19: That's how Brady used to carve teams up. The previous

1669
01:27:15,160 --> 01:27:18,599
Speaker 19: week wide receiver centric, this week running back, tight end centric.

1670
01:27:18,960 --> 01:27:23,520
Speaker 19: You know, throw in James Cooks hundred yards. It's just

1671
01:27:23,560 --> 01:27:25,880
Speaker 19: like you said, it's just now it's everybody's like, oh,

1672
01:27:25,880 --> 01:27:28,160
Speaker 19: oh we have to worry about Ty Johnson on the field.

1673
01:27:28,320 --> 01:27:28,400
Speaker 2: Uh.

1674
01:27:28,439 --> 01:27:30,240
Speaker 19: Oh, they have Coleman back.

1675
01:27:30,479 --> 01:27:30,960
Speaker 1: Oh they have.

1676
01:27:31,320 --> 01:27:33,280
Speaker 19: I think there's just too many things on the menu

1677
01:27:33,720 --> 01:27:35,840
Speaker 19: for a lot of defenses to deal with. And it's

1678
01:27:35,840 --> 01:27:38,080
Speaker 19: going to get uglier if they if they could have

1679
01:27:38,080 --> 01:27:41,120
Speaker 19: scored sixty last week, if they don't botch that before

1680
01:27:41,200 --> 01:27:44,120
Speaker 19: half and that holding call.

1681
01:27:45,080 --> 01:27:48,439
Speaker 1: Well yeah, if they hit the field goal, even the

1682
01:27:48,479 --> 01:27:51,640
Speaker 1: twenty five yard field goal that he pushed. Uh and

1683
01:27:51,680 --> 01:27:54,160
Speaker 1: then the car that touchdown doesn't get called back. Yeah,

1684
01:27:54,160 --> 01:27:57,720
Speaker 1: you're looking at fifty eight. I mean that's but you

1685
01:27:57,720 --> 01:28:00,840
Speaker 1: know it didn't and they get forty eight, and you know,

1686
01:28:01,040 --> 01:28:02,680
Speaker 1: it's a different game at the end a little bit.

1687
01:28:02,720 --> 01:28:07,160
Speaker 1: But you're right, they and I you know, it's I

1688
01:28:08,160 --> 01:28:11,360
Speaker 1: don't hang out with Josh and none none of us do.

1689
01:28:11,720 --> 01:28:14,400
Speaker 1: So I don't know how much, you know, his engagement

1690
01:28:14,479 --> 01:28:16,360
Speaker 1: and his family and has to do with his on

1691
01:28:16,439 --> 01:28:19,360
Speaker 1: field I know this. It meant something to me when

1692
01:28:20,960 --> 01:28:24,439
Speaker 1: and because it helps you prepare. You got everything, nothing's

1693
01:28:24,479 --> 01:28:29,360
Speaker 1: bothering you. You don't have any outside angst about you know.

1694
01:28:30,000 --> 01:28:32,600
Speaker 1: For instance, young guys, particularly young they're like, what am

1695
01:28:32,640 --> 01:28:34,280
Speaker 1: I gonna do this off season? I wonder where I'm

1696
01:28:34,280 --> 01:28:36,479
Speaker 1: gonna live? Should I Should I stay here? Should I

1697
01:28:36,520 --> 01:28:38,439
Speaker 1: go there? And then you know what about I gotta

1698
01:28:38,479 --> 01:28:39,880
Speaker 1: take care of mom and dad I got, you know,

1699
01:28:40,240 --> 01:28:42,880
Speaker 1: and my girlfriends. You know, she's what's she gonna do?

1700
01:28:43,280 --> 01:28:44,800
Speaker 1: You got all this stuff going on, and when you

1701
01:28:44,840 --> 01:28:46,920
Speaker 1: got all that stuff taken care of, usually it takes

1702
01:28:46,920 --> 01:28:50,040
Speaker 1: a guy two years or you know, and then third year,

1703
01:28:50,040 --> 01:28:51,720
Speaker 1: when all that's done, they have this kind of take

1704
01:28:51,760 --> 01:28:53,640
Speaker 1: off year. And it has as much to do with

1705
01:28:53,680 --> 01:28:56,719
Speaker 1: the off the field stuff as anything. I'm not saying.

1706
01:28:56,760 --> 01:28:59,160
Speaker 1: All that's helping Josh is certainly not hurting him. It

1707
01:28:59,160 --> 01:29:02,320
Speaker 1: seems like, ye gotta take a break here. We'll close

1708
01:29:02,320 --> 01:29:03,599
Speaker 1: it up next here on one Bill's Live.

1709
01:29:03,640 --> 01:29:23,640
Speaker 3: Stay with us. You got some more quarterback news today.

1710
01:29:23,920 --> 01:29:27,880
Speaker 2: It looks like well Will Levis is headed to the

1711
01:29:27,880 --> 01:29:32,120
Speaker 2: bench second year quarterback for the Titans is going to

1712
01:29:32,240 --> 01:29:35,559
Speaker 2: the sidelines. They're expecting Mason Rudolph to be the starting

1713
01:29:35,600 --> 01:29:39,360
Speaker 2: quarterback this week for the Tennessee Titans and probably for

1714
01:29:39,400 --> 01:29:42,240
Speaker 2: the rest of the season. And then Aidan O'Connell looks

1715
01:29:42,280 --> 01:29:43,960
Speaker 2: like he'll be back in the lineup for the Raiders

1716
01:29:44,000 --> 01:29:46,919
Speaker 2: this week, trending toward playing coming back from an injury.

1717
01:29:47,040 --> 01:29:48,879
Speaker 1: All right, good stuff. We got tomorrow.

1718
01:29:50,120 --> 01:29:52,719
Speaker 2: Tomorrow, we got our good friend Field Gates from ESPN

1719
01:29:52,760 --> 01:29:54,200
Speaker 2: with the ultimate Fantasy lineup.

1720
01:29:54,240 --> 01:29:57,000
Speaker 3: No, he's Thursday. Sorry, he'll be we'll get him eventually.

1721
01:29:57,080 --> 01:30:08,600
Speaker 3: It's me and Steve. We'll see you tomorrow.