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Speaker 1: going to uh Houston, Texas for the Bills in the

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Speaker 1: Texas Sunday, Chumber, if he's Steve Tasker in our One

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Speaker 1: Buffalo studio at One Bill's Drive. Welcome, Welcome to One

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Speaker 1: Bill's Live here until three o'clock today, Gonna be with you, Steve.

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Speaker 1: Did you miss me yesterday? I apologize, absolutely missed you.

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Speaker 1: Did you? Yeah? I have Brownie and I both did. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: thanks Chris Brownie missed it, yea, Chris brown you know,

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Speaker 1: because you know it's a three hour chunk out of

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Speaker 1: even know if Brownie listens to the show. If he's

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Speaker 1: He was great though. We had fun coming on. We

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Speaker 1: little bit of what you missed. Murph Bruce Smith lat

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Speaker 1: in the show Parachuted in almost literally uh into the

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Speaker 1: was in town and he haddressed the team before practice

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Speaker 1: and uh, it's good. Good to see him. And then

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Speaker 1: uh who else we Oh yeah we had that new guy.

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Speaker 1: Yeah at Derek Anderson. You hear about him? Did you

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Speaker 1: hear about that signing Murph? Yes? I did. I was here.

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Speaker 1: He was on our show yesterday. Was he great? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: typical veteran quarterback kind of guy, smart, articulate And he's

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Speaker 1: also been working in radio up in Oregon too, and

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Speaker 1: on where the shows up there and interested in the

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Speaker 1: I don't know problem and aren't they all I mean,

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Speaker 1: come on, I mean it's better than coaching. Yeah, you

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Speaker 1: know so, Uh he was in. He we chit chatted

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Speaker 1: a good day yesterday We missed you though, Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: a little bit of voice. You gotta you gotta be

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Speaker 1: more careful than most people. Did you show up sick

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Speaker 1: You're there's like no b team, there's no like yeah,

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Speaker 1: still small voice of the Bills, right. I mean it's

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Speaker 1: like either John Murphy or nobody. I guess. So I

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Speaker 1: to say? He's saying take care of yourself? You know,

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Speaker 1: vice president. You know, and it's like something happens, the

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Speaker 1: podcast goes south. Ye'll be okay, Yeah, you it's good

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Speaker 1: to be back. You are back, and you are feeling

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Speaker 1: kind of down about your your hockey team. You're buff

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Speaker 1: a little street going on with it. We've spent two

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Speaker 1: years since I've seen a win, and I didn't want

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Speaker 1: to say. I didn't want to. I didn't want to.

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Speaker 1: You know, I'm getting used to this radio thing because

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Speaker 1: and it's not like I don't go to every game. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: they've won a bunch of games at home, and maybe

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Speaker 1: missed them. I just I've missed every win they've had.

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Speaker 1: It been alive there. You know that, you know the games.

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Speaker 1: You pick your fifteen games that I'm gonna go to,

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Speaker 1: and I share them with all the other guys. We

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Speaker 1: so we share them and it just worked out. The

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Speaker 1: even if it's closed, No, we'll hang in there. We'll

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Speaker 1: Even see, we all have something, we all have a

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Speaker 1: it off and let the running backs pick their spot.

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Speaker 1: And if the Titans and last week, or if the

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans don't have big bodies to put in there,

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Speaker 1: or they don't make the change like you do, then

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Speaker 1: you start pushing them around a little bit physically. And

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Speaker 1: then you go to the other extreme. Throw all the

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Speaker 1: tight ends off the field. You keep Lashawn McCoy in,

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Speaker 1: go four wide and see if they're defensive backfield, which

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Speaker 1: has been really depleted by injuries. See if they can

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Speaker 1: hold up down deep. Josh Allen hasn't proven he's got

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Speaker 1: a favorite weapon. Let him find somebody and see if

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Speaker 1: one of our wide receivers or our running backs or

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Speaker 1: whatever can get open against a depleted secondary, and see

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Speaker 1: if Josh Allen can find his way out. You can

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Speaker 1: go anywhere in between all of those. You can go

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Speaker 1: run heavy with big, heavy people, or go pass happy

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Speaker 1: with a bunch of guys on the field and spread

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Speaker 1: it out, or you can do a mix. But I

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Speaker 1: think sometimes when you go to extremes in personnel combinations,

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Speaker 1: you find out a little bit more about what you

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Speaker 1: can do and what you can't do against a defense.

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Speaker 1: So maybe the Bills will experiment with that early in

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Speaker 1: the game. I know that's what kind of the modus

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Speaker 1: opera end of day ball is you try a lot

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Speaker 1: of different things early and then you go back to

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Speaker 1: him and loop around and come back and hit him

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Speaker 1: with something that'll really get them. But we'll see if

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Speaker 1: it works. But that's the question today, is what do

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Speaker 1: you think it should look like if the Bills approach

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Speaker 1: As the Bills approach this game, and this is all

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Speaker 1: really an offense. So you know, they were successful against

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Speaker 1: the Titans, but they only gave up twelve points. That

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Speaker 1: says something about what you have to do. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you got They've got to find a way start scoring points. Sure,

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Speaker 1: that's been the big problem. From the tweet sheet from

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Speaker 1: Dougie Briggs, when we asked the question what should be

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Speaker 1: the Bills offensive approach against the Titans, Douggie Briggs says,

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Speaker 1: I want to see shady shifting Ivory beasting. With that,

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Speaker 1: it'll all open a passing game in plays like the

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Speaker 1: play action fake screen. Hitting our tight end on a

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Speaker 1: fade route, if we can pound him, it'll open up

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Speaker 1: the pass. I think you're onto something there, Dougie. In fact,

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Speaker 1: as I watched the Titans a lot yesterday, there's opportunities

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Speaker 1: I think in the passing game against Titans middle linebackers

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Speaker 1: Zach Cunninghame lines up on the weak side inside their

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Speaker 1: lineup basically is a three four I think number forty

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Speaker 1: one Zach Cunningham. It's a bit of a liability in

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Speaker 1: pass coverage. You know, he's a tweeter. He's a little

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Speaker 1: bit too big to play safety and a little bit

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Speaker 1: too small to be like a thumping type linebacker, and

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Speaker 1: I don't know if he covers that well. I think

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Speaker 1: there's opportunities to throw to the tight ends against that

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Speaker 1: cutting in, maybe throw the shady coming out of the

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Speaker 1: backfield a little bit. But I wouldn't go pass happy,

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Speaker 1: not with this team, not with this quarterback, and not

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Speaker 1: with this past protection, the issues they've had against j. J.

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Speaker 1: Watt and Jadeveon Clowney. If you're gonna throw it, you

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Speaker 1: want the ball coming out quickly. The ball's gotta get

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Speaker 1: out on the seven step drop and sit back there.

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Speaker 1: And we're doing we always do something. We always do

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Speaker 1: some matchup to watch stuff for the weekend. And when

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Speaker 1: you start going through it and you look at Jadeveon

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Speaker 1: Clowney and JJ Watt and what they can do to

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Speaker 1: offensive lineman, the ball's gotta come out. The ball's gotta

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Speaker 1: come out. It's their pass rush is second and none.

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Speaker 1: They're getting a lot of hits on quarterbacks and if

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Speaker 1: the ball's not out, the guy's on the ground. Clowney

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Speaker 1: and Watt come off different sizes, plus Clowney for the

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Speaker 1: most part, they'll move him around and that get that

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Speaker 1: just that throws an extra degree of difficulty on top

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Speaker 1: of the equation. And unless unless you've got a plan

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Speaker 1: to get the ball out, you're gonna get out. Your

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Speaker 1: quarterback is going to be on the ground. He's gonna

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Speaker 1: be on the ground. And that's the way they run

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Speaker 1: their defense. They've been really successful doing that and that

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Speaker 1: at times. And this is one of those things too.

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Speaker 1: You go down to Houston and I've had a couple

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Speaker 1: of people say this, Houston, that Energy Stadium is loud.

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Speaker 1: It's a home crowd, and defensively it helps them, and

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Speaker 1: you've got to have a plan. You've got to have

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Speaker 1: some success early on or the crowd gets into it

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Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, you can't even call a play.

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Speaker 1: So it could snowball in a hurry if it goes

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Speaker 1: bad quick. Yeah, and that's the worst case scenario. But

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Speaker 1: I've seen it happen to different teams down there when

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Speaker 1: they go in there. So it's going to be interesting

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Speaker 1: to see what the plan is for the Buffalo Bills.

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Speaker 1: I don't know that I would deviate too much from

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Speaker 1: what they've done. Their best players still Leshaw McCoy, and

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Speaker 1: I was going to talk to about this with Lashawn McCoy,

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Speaker 1: who's you know with the trade rumors and stuff that

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Speaker 1: we talked about at length this week. Um, Chris Ivory,

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Speaker 1: Marcus Murphy, whether they need an extra body if they're

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Speaker 1: going to run heavy, you'd think Marcus Murphy might be

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Speaker 1: active this week. Perhaps, um so, UM, I don't know what.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be fun to see. It's gonna be fun

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Speaker 1: to see because this is a matchup problem for the

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Speaker 1: Bill's offense. Sure is here's that we read you the tweet.

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Speaker 1: Let's take your call. Don in Ohio's on the line

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Speaker 1: with us. I don't go ahead, you're on the air

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Speaker 1: with us. Yeah. I was wondering last week you didn't

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Speaker 1: stream the game? Is that a new policy? Who didn't

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Speaker 1: stream the games? W GR? What radio? You don't have

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Speaker 1: to stream the game on radio? You just listen, just

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Speaker 1: tune it in. What do you what's your I'm not

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Speaker 1: sure what you mean? What do you mean? No, I'm

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Speaker 1: in Ohio, Steve oh I got you and and I

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Speaker 1: gotta stream it on the net. Will I use echo?

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Speaker 1: Is what I you? I see? Yeah, I'm not sure

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Speaker 1: what they did. Um? Will you look? You can't get

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Speaker 1: it on the app? I know that you can get it.

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Speaker 1: I think on a laptop or a desktop computer. Did

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Speaker 1: you try that? How are you trying to get it? Well?

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Speaker 1: I was trying to get it on the nickle. I

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Speaker 1: don't know how is that a laptop or is that

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Speaker 1: on your phone or what? What do they call them?

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Speaker 1: They call it a smart speaker, but it's a yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's like serious. Oh yeah, well that might be your

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Speaker 1: problem because it Yeah, but believe the game was streaming somewhere.

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Speaker 1: You gotta gotta you gotta find it. That's all that.

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Speaker 1: You know. There's no way that the game's not streaming someplace.

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Speaker 1: And you can pay to listen to the stream too.

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Speaker 1: On NFL dot com. You can look for that. Yeah. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: well that's the thing in the NFL is taking every

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Speaker 1: dime it can, and I think it's working against it's

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Speaker 1: a it's a subscrib I don't know if you call

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Speaker 1: them subscribers, but it's listeners. You know, you want that

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Speaker 1: out of market interest, I would think, yeah, but you're right.

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Speaker 1: They look they don't leave too many nickels on the table. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: they don't leave any nickels on the table. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: you're right, Donna, And you've got to sometimes just getting

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Speaker 1: to the point now and and I technology is every

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Speaker 1: ever changing, as do obviously to the rights fees, so

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Speaker 1: sometimes that the feed changes, and I don't know how

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Speaker 1: it is outside of the market. Well again, they don't

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Speaker 1: let the radio stations typically set the audio feed up

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Speaker 1: on the internet, especially for apps now in the past,

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Speaker 1: once in a while they you could get it on

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Speaker 1: a laptop or on a desktop computer. But really the

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Speaker 1: legal and I guess recommend a way to do it

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Speaker 1: is to sign up through NFL dot com to get

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Speaker 1: an audio pass. It's right, and that game pass, yeah,

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Speaker 1: make yeah, it may cost you a couple nickels to

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Speaker 1: do that. Yeah, anything else or is at it time?

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Speaker 1: That's it? Thank you very much, Thank you back all right,

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Speaker 1: we'll take a break. We've got more to come. Steve Tasker,

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Speaker 1: John Murphy, Mark Kelso's in abody to join us. We'll

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Speaker 1: get deep into the Bills matchup with the Houston Texans

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Speaker 1: when we return. One Bill's Live from One Bill's Drive

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Speaker 1: on Buffalo Bills Radio. Hello, welcome back One Bill Side

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Speaker 1: from One Bill's Drive. I'm John Murphy alongside Steve Tasker.

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Speaker 1: It's Friday before the Bills play the Houston Texans. They've

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Speaker 1: only played there four times. I came across this little note.

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Speaker 1: Steve jj Watts six sacks. First time in his career

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Speaker 1: he plays against the quarterback who is the most sacked

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Speaker 1: quarterback in the NFL. Josh Allen has been sacked nineteen types.

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Speaker 1: J J Watt has six sacks. J J. Watt has

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Speaker 1: never played against the quarterback who's been sacked the most times.

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Speaker 1: It sounds like a collision course, kind of doesn't literally

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Speaker 1: a collision course. He's good. I don't know. Yeah, I watched,

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Speaker 1: I told you, I watched a couple of games yesterday,

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Speaker 1: Texans games. I didn't get the same sense that jj

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Speaker 1: Watt was like an unstoppable force that maybe we got

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Speaker 1: accustom to like three years ago. You know what I mean.

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Speaker 1: He's good. He's really good. But it's not like you

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Speaker 1: can't handle him the way you could not handle him

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Speaker 1: three years ago. What do you think, Well, I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, he's coming. He cames back from a

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Speaker 1: from an injury that cost him last year. Yep, and

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Speaker 1: he missed most of the year records. I think. Also,

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Speaker 1: the thing, don't forget he was great. He was really

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Speaker 1: good before Clowney got there, and then Clowney got hurt

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Speaker 1: and he was okay, then he got hurt, Clowney came back.

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Speaker 1: This is the first time where they built complaining for

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Speaker 1: extended time together. And I think that's a recipe that

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Speaker 1: is gonna Those two guys are gonna be good for

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Speaker 1: a while. White lines up at one defensive end spot

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Speaker 1: like left defensive end. Clowney for the most part lines

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Speaker 1: up right defensive end. But Clowney moves around a little bit.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned it earlier. Our guest will have some thoughts

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Speaker 1: on that. We're on the subway fresh Dayclodent right now

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

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Speaker 1: my partner on the games on Sunday, and of course

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Speaker 1: former Bill Safety. Good afternoon, Mark, How are you doing today?

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Speaker 1: Terrific man? How are you? We're good? Did you see

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Speaker 1: that You see Clowney moving around much more than Wat

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Speaker 1: moves around up front? Right? Yeah? I mean the two

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Speaker 1: point stands quite a bit as well. So when he's inside,

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Speaker 1: expects some kind of twist stunt or something going on.

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Speaker 1: If there's a tight end on his side, expect him

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Speaker 1: to come inside that tight end and blow everything up

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Speaker 1: like he did and that game against Dallas. I mean

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Speaker 1: one time he took out four blockers and really created

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Speaker 1: a disruption. And if he's outside and he's on the

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Speaker 1: single just the offensive tackle side, I mean, he'll do

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Speaker 1: what he needs to do to disrupt it to play

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Speaker 1: and the linebackers played deep enough so that they can

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Speaker 1: vict him work off of his penetration. And if he

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Speaker 1: comes inside, they'll slip to the outside. And if he

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Speaker 1: stays outside and he'll fill their gap to that inside lane.

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Speaker 1: How does Watt look to you, Mark, It'll only takes

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Speaker 1: two people to block him down instead of three. I

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Speaker 1: would agree in some respects. I mean, he's still extremely

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Speaker 1: exceptionally disrupted and Clowning has taken some notes from JJ Watt,

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Speaker 1: there's no question, because I think they give him some

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Speaker 1: authority to make some decisions on how he's going to

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Speaker 1: disrupt it. And they just say, look, this disrupt the

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Speaker 1: offensive line. Linebackers will clean it up. And that's what

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Speaker 1: JJ used to do all the time. And I would

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Speaker 1: agree with you, like, it's not the kind of fervency

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Speaker 1: that we saw before where he just took over a

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Speaker 1: game and he's a guy that it continues to play

636
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,400
Speaker 1: at a really high level. But he doesn't. He's not

637
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:14,800
Speaker 1: pursuing like he has in the past in the games

638
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,720
Speaker 1: that I watched anyways, And but that's not to say

639
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:20,360
Speaker 1: that he's still in an extremely high level as defensive

640
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:23,240
Speaker 1: ends and the defensive lineman in this league. Goal he

641
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,240
Speaker 1: plays an extremely high level. You're going to have to

642
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:28,040
Speaker 1: pay considerable attention to both of those guys, and not

643
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,280
Speaker 1: just those guys. May have other guys that can play

644
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:32,840
Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the football that that's going

645
00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:35,640
Speaker 1: to make it very difficult for this Bill's offensive unit. Now,

646
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Speaker 1: I was going to ask you about Whitney Merciless, a

647
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:40,480
Speaker 1: linebacker who plays with the two of them, and he

648
00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:44,320
Speaker 1: has proven to be kind of a catalyst for things

649
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:47,160
Speaker 1: going really well. Plus and we mentioned a moment ago

650
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Speaker 1: Mark that when this team plays at home and they

651
00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:51,959
Speaker 1: get the crowd going and they start front running, it's

652
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,400
Speaker 1: a little bit like the Kansas City Chiefs and Narrowhead

653
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Speaker 1: Stadium and some of the other venues in Seattle and

654
00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,760
Speaker 1: the twelfth Man, where you go in and with that

655
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 1: defense and the crowd noise and the momentum, uh, you're

656
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:08,160
Speaker 1: almost fighting a battle you can't win. It can make

657
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 1: it extremely difficult Yeah, it's a good point. And Merciless

658
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 1: has been outstanding as well. I mean they're just they're

659
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,520
Speaker 1: mature defensively. I mean they've got some youth, there's no

660
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,520
Speaker 1: question about that. And and uh, you know, they got

661
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:22,160
Speaker 1: a bunch of guys from from that uh or they

662
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,440
Speaker 1: from the ACC and a couple of Claims and guys.

663
00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:27,600
Speaker 1: But they they've got a Merciless and those guys. So

664
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Speaker 1: they'll get up on the line of screamings. They might

665
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:32,600
Speaker 1: they might make you think that they're going to pass

666
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:34,480
Speaker 1: rush and then they'll step to draw a block and

667
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:37,280
Speaker 1: then they'll step out. They may rush three, they may

668
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,200
Speaker 1: rus four, they may rush five. They may bring the

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Speaker 1: corner on a what I would call a cyclone flit,

670
00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,280
Speaker 1: so the corner's coming off the slot position and trying

671
00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,160
Speaker 1: to put pressure in the quarterback. They may drop the

672
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:50,000
Speaker 1: safety down. So they've got all kinds of creative things

673
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:52,840
Speaker 1: that I think has come with them playing together. And

674
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:55,960
Speaker 1: they got some you know, Jonathan Joseph as cornerback and

675
00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 1: JJ and and Merciless. Those guys have played together for

676
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Speaker 1: a number years now, and you can tell that they

677
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,880
Speaker 1: are really comfortable with each other and understand what the

678
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,600
Speaker 1: other player beside him is going to do to be

679
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:11,040
Speaker 1: disruptive so that they can take up the space if if,

680
00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,800
Speaker 1: in fact, there's an opportunity for the opposition's offense. With

681
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Speaker 1: Mark Kelso, he's a color analyst on the Bills Radio Network,

682
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:18,280
Speaker 1: long time Bill Safety. He joins us right now in

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Speaker 1: the subway fresh Tacklin Houston's offense Mark dynamic potential. They

684
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:24,880
Speaker 1: haven't really live it up yet, but boy, when you

685
00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:27,320
Speaker 1: when you can have Deshaun Watson chucking the downfield to

686
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:29,640
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins, there's not too many teams to get a

687
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 1: better combination as far as a passing threat than those two. Yeah,

688
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:38,120
Speaker 1: and you know DeAndre Hopkins is h I'd say he's

689
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,440
Speaker 1: a little bit of a mystery to me because he

690
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 1: doesn't get great separation, but he's got he's got this

691
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,760
Speaker 1: dynamic stride, so the run after the catches it can

692
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,640
Speaker 1: be fabulous. I mean, he holds the ball and like

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00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,160
Speaker 1: LaShaun McCoy does sometimes, and he holds the ball out

694
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 1: in one hand and he's waving it around. He's got

695
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:57,400
Speaker 1: huge hands. He catches everything that's near him, so he's

696
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,960
Speaker 1: got a tremendous catch radius. He catches balls that are

697
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:03,600
Speaker 1: there are contested balls, which which is receivers that that

698
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:05,600
Speaker 1: don't create a lot of space need to do that,

699
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 1: and he does it exceptionally well, maybe better than anyone

700
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 1: in the league. And uh, and he can escape a

701
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:12,280
Speaker 1: little bit. I mean, I think if you're up on

702
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:15,360
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage and you're giving them a hard time,

703
00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 1: I think it makes it much more difficult. They do

704
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,880
Speaker 1: a nice job with attacking the correct hip of the

705
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,840
Speaker 1: defensive back and trying to create some separation right on

706
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:29,440
Speaker 1: the break. But but it's Watson's been fabulous that threatened

707
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:31,400
Speaker 1: it in as well. He's got a very strong arm

708
00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:34,440
Speaker 1: and great athleticism on the other side. So if you

709
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:37,520
Speaker 1: if you're not paying attention to him and you don't

710
00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:39,080
Speaker 1: have a spy on him, or you get out of

711
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 1: your rush lanes, He's gonna hurt you with his legs,

712
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:43,920
Speaker 1: There's no question about it. But you know what, I'm

713
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,600
Speaker 1: really interested to see what's going to happen because I

714
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:50,760
Speaker 1: wouldn't mind seeing two Avias to go to work. DeAndre

715
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:52,520
Speaker 1: hot figure that will be a heck of a battle.

716
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Speaker 1: And uh, and it'll be interesting to see what happens

717
00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:58,160
Speaker 1: because a lot of times they'll put three receivers, well,

718
00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:01,360
Speaker 1: there's a lot of eleven personnel like everybody runs these days,

719
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:04,640
Speaker 1: and with the tight end and two receivers on one

720
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,080
Speaker 1: side in a trip situation, then on the back side

721
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,000
Speaker 1: as a single receiver, or maybe the tight ends back

722
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,719
Speaker 1: there by himself, and maybe they run a game so

723
00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:15,000
Speaker 1: they get your attention focus to that trip side, and

724
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,960
Speaker 1: then they try to run something on the back side,

725
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 1: or they get the running game going a little bit

726
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:21,000
Speaker 1: with a stretch play that they like to run, and

727
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,719
Speaker 1: then they pull that go play action pass and try

728
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,640
Speaker 1: to get DeAndre Hopkins something all the way across the

729
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 1: field from the opposite side. So they have some there's

730
00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:34,719
Speaker 1: no question that they create some difficulties from their offensive

731
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:36,799
Speaker 1: units that the Bills are going to have to pay

732
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,360
Speaker 1: particular attention to. And again, you got to be careful

733
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,600
Speaker 1: with your pressure packages because if you let de Shaun

734
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,719
Speaker 1: Watson escape and you have man on the back end,

735
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:46,920
Speaker 1: he is going to hurt you badly. One of the

736
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Speaker 1: things I've spoken about mark recent and lead up to

737
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 1: the draft this year, and it's been my mantra always.

738
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:55,320
Speaker 1: I've always thought that the quarterback kind of made the

739
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:59,279
Speaker 1: wide receiver and certainly Deshaun Watson has done some good

740
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:03,040
Speaker 1: things in the past game, but I think DeAndre Hopkins

741
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:06,399
Speaker 1: may be one of those rare wide receivers that really

742
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:08,879
Speaker 1: makes it a lot easier for Deshaun Watson than most

743
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:12,040
Speaker 1: wide receivers are able to do. And Watson looks for him.

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00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:14,200
Speaker 1: I mean, talk a little bit about I want to

745
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 1: ask you how good is Deshaun Watson without DeAndre Hopkins

746
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:24,719
Speaker 1: And if Tradavious White can shut DeAndre Hopkins down, how

747
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:28,600
Speaker 1: big a crippling move would that be for a young quarterback? Yeah,

748
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,000
Speaker 1: I mean I think it could cause some real difficulties.

749
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:32,440
Speaker 1: Can you shut him down? I mean I don't know

750
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:34,719
Speaker 1: that that you shut a guy like that down because

751
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:36,400
Speaker 1: he's going to continue to throw it to him. You

752
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:38,320
Speaker 1: may be able to limit him a little bit, and

753
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 1: you'll be may be able to make it really difficult

754
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:42,160
Speaker 1: on him every time he comes off the line of

755
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:45,000
Speaker 1: scrimmage and just kind of wear them out. But they're

756
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,480
Speaker 1: gonna they'll find opportunities to get the ball to him.

757
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:51,080
Speaker 1: And if you're if you're if you're playing in that situation.

758
00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:53,200
Speaker 1: I mean, Griffin caught a lot of balls last week

759
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:56,080
Speaker 1: and he was a primary target. The young rookie out

760
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,440
Speaker 1: of Texas Tech. I don't even know how to pronounce

761
00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:04,239
Speaker 1: his name, kolte ut q qt. He's a cutie. Well,

762
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:06,800
Speaker 1: he's a good player, that's what he is. And you

763
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:09,720
Speaker 1: know he's got seventeen receptions and he's got real quickness

764
00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:12,440
Speaker 1: in the slot position. You know, like Steve was used

765
00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:14,600
Speaker 1: to those guys. He was one of them. When when

766
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:16,360
Speaker 1: Steve had a chance of playing the slot, how you

767
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,440
Speaker 1: he just the quickness is able to allow you to

768
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:22,560
Speaker 1: escape early in the down. But uh, it could. There's

769
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:24,800
Speaker 1: no question that would have an effect on deer Shaun Watson,

770
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:27,680
Speaker 1: and it would appreciate their offensive production if if he

771
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 1: cannot get the ball to DeAndre Hopkins. But again, you

772
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 1: got to be really careful. I think you know what

773
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 1: I thought they tried to do that last year a

774
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 1: little bit premature in Cincinnati and when who wasn't who

775
00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:44,800
Speaker 1: wasn't I'm forgetting his name? Now, who's the Cincinnati receiver?

776
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:49,319
Speaker 1: Oh aj not J J. Green? Yeah, A J. Green.

777
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:51,799
Speaker 1: I was thinking of Julio Jones, but no, it's yeah

778
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,719
Speaker 1: JJ Green, which they're similar body Typson and I thought

779
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:57,000
Speaker 1: a couple of times they left th Davious White alone

780
00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:00,279
Speaker 1: with him and and he got he got beat a

781
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,520
Speaker 1: couple of times in a couple of double moves. And

782
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:06,439
Speaker 1: he's certainly playing at a level. You know, he played

783
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:08,440
Speaker 1: at a great level last year arguably could have been

784
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:11,840
Speaker 1: tradevious that is could have been the defensive rookie of

785
00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 1: the year and was not. But but is playing in

786
00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:19,279
Speaker 1: a level that's even just just much more mature and

787
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:22,400
Speaker 1: and developed than he was last year early in his career.

788
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:25,040
Speaker 1: So I think there may be some times when they

789
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:26,840
Speaker 1: let him go to battle with DeAndre and then you

790
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:28,680
Speaker 1: can side the safety a little bit to the other

791
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:31,279
Speaker 1: side and you pay a little bit closer attention to

792
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:34,040
Speaker 1: Fuller or that means you can bring some pressure off

793
00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:36,120
Speaker 1: that spot because you know that's taking care of and

794
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,840
Speaker 1: you can drop your safeties down and get yourself in

795
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,840
Speaker 1: a coverage situation on that slot receiver. So you know

796
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,160
Speaker 1: it'll be a fun battle. Tremaine Edmonds continues to grow

797
00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:48,680
Speaker 1: and progress on a weekly basis, and you know, flying

798
00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:50,799
Speaker 1: all over the field and the past rush has been

799
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:53,400
Speaker 1: much much better. But they're going to have to create

800
00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:56,840
Speaker 1: really good opportunities and by turning the ball over like

801
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,560
Speaker 1: they have in the Bill's two victories and give their

802
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,480
Speaker 1: offense some advantageous field position. Last question for you, market,

803
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:04,920
Speaker 1: We only have a minute or so, but what can

804
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:06,680
Speaker 1: the Bills do to get their offense going? Is it

805
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:09,000
Speaker 1: a lost cause as we move into week six? What

806
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:11,719
Speaker 1: would be one fix they could do offensively to get

807
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:15,839
Speaker 1: going somehow? Well, I think, and this probably happened last

808
00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:18,160
Speaker 1: year a little bit too. But when DeMarco is in

809
00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:20,959
Speaker 1: the game, and they really they find really good ways

810
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,880
Speaker 1: to run the football, and you can do it based

811
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:28,040
Speaker 1: on what you've seen they used in Texans play defensively,

812
00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:30,200
Speaker 1: they play with a fifty fronts, so five guys on

813
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:32,319
Speaker 1: the line of screams. If you don't have a tight

814
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:34,520
Speaker 1: end on the one side, they play what's going to

815
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 1: reduce front, So they'll drop the defensive end down to

816
00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:40,000
Speaker 1: the tat to the guard and then they'll play the

817
00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:43,480
Speaker 1: outside linebacker outside the tackle. There's a lot of room

818
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:45,719
Speaker 1: in there. So if you start to run all kinds

819
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:49,919
Speaker 1: of games where you're bringing bringing like wingback wing tight

820
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:52,959
Speaker 1: ends or demarcos on the other side, and he comes

821
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,319
Speaker 1: back that way, and they run a little misdirection, start

822
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:57,600
Speaker 1: one way and come back to that side. I think

823
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,520
Speaker 1: there's some great opportunities to run the football in this situation.

824
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:03,680
Speaker 1: Now you get your running game going. And Tyron Matthew

825
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:07,080
Speaker 1: is an excellent safety but fights a lot when he

826
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,480
Speaker 1: sees the run coming, particularly if you've heard him a

827
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:12,279
Speaker 1: couple of times prior, he's gonna come flying down. And

828
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:14,480
Speaker 1: then you have some opportunities in the playaccstion pass the

829
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,160
Speaker 1: game on the back end. I also think that they

830
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:21,120
Speaker 1: play from their cover one situation with typically the corners

831
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:23,600
Speaker 1: are outside and the three safeties in the mintal their

832
00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:26,480
Speaker 1: corners are inside. They're forcing you to take the outside throws.

833
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:28,960
Speaker 1: So you know what, attack that inside hip and take

834
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,160
Speaker 1: the outside throw because Josh Allen has the arms to

835
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,400
Speaker 1: throw it. Good point if he has some accuracy, but

836
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:35,279
Speaker 1: he's got to get rid of it quickly because those

837
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:37,800
Speaker 1: guys are going to be bearing down inside. Sounds like

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00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:40,280
Speaker 1: a prescription. Mark, Thanks very much, we'll see you tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Now look forward to Okay. Mark Kelso, color

840
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Speaker 1: analysts on the Bills Radio Network, long time Bills safety

841
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:48,279
Speaker 1: talking about Sunday's game the Bills in the Texan Steve

842
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:50,239
Speaker 1: and I have more to say about that. You can't

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Speaker 1: as well. Eight oh three fifty toll free one eight

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Speaker 1: our one Buffalo studio here until three o'clock today. Great

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Speaker 1: kill Sell is going to join us a little bit

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Speaker 1: after one o'clock from NFL matchup on ESPN. Coming up

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Speaker 1: at two o'clock the runs of Alexander joins us in

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Speaker 1: studio because how's your time? Let us know what you

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Speaker 1: think offensively, what's the formula for the Buffalo Bills. That's

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Speaker 1: what we're asking you on Twitter and on the phone

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Speaker 1: line today for the Bills. So what should be their

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Speaker 1: offensive approach against the Houston Texans? On Twitter? Forty percent

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Speaker 1: of you say they should expand the passing attack, thirty

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Speaker 1: two percent of you say it should be a balanced approach,

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Speaker 1: twenty seven percent say just like the Titans game, go

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Speaker 1: run heavy. One percent of something elson mind. Let us

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Speaker 1: know what you think. Eight oh three five fifty toll

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Speaker 1: free one eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty

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Speaker 1: Tyler on the line from Buffalo though, Tyler, go ahead, Hey,

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Speaker 1: how are you doing great? I'm just saying that I think,

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Speaker 1: like Josh Shannon with a young quarterback versus Texans defense

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Speaker 1: Watt and Clowney, we have to get out of the pocket,

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Speaker 1: get it to your running back or tight end. We

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Speaker 1: can't have Alan stand in the pocket because are going

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Speaker 1: to collapse it with what and Clowney from different ends,

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Speaker 1: They're going to come right at him. You've got to

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Speaker 1: get out of the pockets, step up, and get the

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Speaker 1: ball down the field or to the side and get

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Speaker 1: some yardage. Yeah. The Bills did that a little bit

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Speaker 1: in Minnesota. Do a lot last week. Yeah, and a

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Speaker 1: lot of last week. I think it's a good idea.

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00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:34,479
Speaker 1: There's certain things that teams can do. I mean, there's

877
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Speaker 1: no magic bullet for a team to make sure that

878
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Speaker 1: their quarterback doesn't get hit, like moving them around, because

879
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:42,920
Speaker 1: there's things a team can do to make sure that

880
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Speaker 1: doesn't happen. They'll bring blitzes off the corners and make

881
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 1: sure that he's not going anywhere. So but to do

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Speaker 1: it some is absolutely I think important. I think we've

883
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Speaker 1: been also getting a lot of feedback about draws and

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Speaker 1: screens and using the tight end, just all kinds of things,

885
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Speaker 1: and I think that's one theme that's coming out of it.

886
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:04,359
Speaker 1: You've got to do everything to get the ball out

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Speaker 1: of his hand quickly, make the completions easy, whether they're

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Speaker 1: to running backs, to tight ends, either to wide receivers,

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00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:14,040
Speaker 1: roll them out in the pocket, bootleg him out on run.

890
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Speaker 1: And of course, if you can run the football at

891
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Speaker 1: all and have success, play action passes over the top.

892
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Speaker 1: Mark Kelso, we just had on the analysts for the

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Speaker 1: Bills radio broadcast on Sunday. He'll tell you that Tyron Matthew,

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Speaker 1: who's a very good safety, also likes to mix it

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Speaker 1: up in the run game. If you can get your

896
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Speaker 1: run game going and you can get him to bite,

897
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Speaker 1: you might be able to hit him for a big

898
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Speaker 1: play over the top. All of that's on the table,

899
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Speaker 1: and I'm sure all of it will probably get at

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Speaker 1: least will get at least a glimpse of during this

901
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Speaker 1: game on Sunday. But no doubt the Bills are gonna

902
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Speaker 1: have to do more than just one thing to win.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna have to do more. If they can just

904
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Speaker 1: run it and run it all day. Yeah, they'll do that.

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Speaker 1: I mean, but you know, it gets a team like

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Speaker 1: the Houston Texans that's not gonna work for sixty offensive plays.

907
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Speaker 1: You're gonna have to do a lot of different things,

908
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Speaker 1: and you're gonna have to pick some spots to match

909
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Speaker 1: up with their defense, and and and you've got to

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Speaker 1: be successful in most of them. And that's something that

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Speaker 1: I think a lot of people, a lot of Bills fans,

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Speaker 1: you know, we have they've proven that they can do

913
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Speaker 1: that consistently. So until that happens, you know, everything's got

914
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Speaker 1: to be on the table for the Bills offense. But

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Speaker 1: I think the key to it is somehow, some way

916
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Speaker 1: Josh Allen, he got to protect him by moving him

917
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Speaker 1: around or get the ball out of his hands fast.

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Speaker 1: It's called from Jim in Jamestown. Hello Jim and Jamestown,

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Speaker 1: go ahead. How are you guys? Good? Um. A couple

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00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:37,320
Speaker 1: of things I want to make a comment about is

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00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:39,520
Speaker 1: about our defense. And I noticed the whether with the

922
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Speaker 1: Minnesota game and the game we played with the Titans.

923
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Speaker 1: When we get turnovers, we seem to win our games.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what the statistic is, but two or

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Speaker 1: more if we win the battle game in the battle

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Speaker 1: of the turnovers. We seem to all even last year

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Speaker 1: we did the same thing. The other thing was I

928
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Speaker 1: was game on Sunday against the Titans, and I noticed

929
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Speaker 1: that when they use the combination of McCoy and I

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Speaker 1: read together, they did very very well. Kind of like

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Speaker 1: halfway through the game they quit doing it, but when

932
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Speaker 1: they went to that last drive, that combination back in

933
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Speaker 1: together again. That's what actually did really well. And I

934
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Speaker 1: think the one thing is we need to learn to

935
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Speaker 1: do more short yardage passes to set us up and

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Speaker 1: give Josh confidence to maybe, you know, accelerate that receiver

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Speaker 1: down the field and surprise people. But I think those

938
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Speaker 1: short yardage passes needs to be more in our, in

939
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Speaker 1: our in our what we do. Okay, thanks Jim, Yeah, Jim,

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Speaker 1: you think short yardage passes you mean like gun I'm

941
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Speaker 1: sorry on third? Does he mean like third and one

942
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Speaker 1: or two short yard pass or short passes for long games?

943
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Speaker 1: What sh short yardage passes like second and one kind

944
00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:01,880
Speaker 1: of thing? Yeah? Okay, you know, um, good point you

945
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Speaker 1: had about the takeaways. Yeah, I mean that that goes

946
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Speaker 1: leaked wide. If you get plus two or more in takeaways,

947
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Speaker 1: you're Jason winning are astronomical. Uh good point two. I

948
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Speaker 1: think in uh, you know what they need to do.

949
00:45:13,080 --> 00:45:14,920
Speaker 1: I think short passes are big. I do think, as

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Speaker 1: I said earlier, there's an opportunity for passage to the

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Speaker 1: tight end, passage to the backs because I think there's

952
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Speaker 1: a liability in the middle of that defense. McKinney or no,

953
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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Zach Honeyham forty one. It's kind of a

954
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Speaker 1: like I said, a hybrid safety. They line up as

955
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Speaker 1: a linebacker, but I don't know if he can cover that. Well, So, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I do think there's an opportunity there for the Bills.

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Speaker 1: Well do you think I think they've got to try that.

958
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:40,719
Speaker 1: I think there's no question you've got to respect the

959
00:45:40,880 --> 00:45:44,000
Speaker 1: past rushing abilities of the Texans front. Not only is

960
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Speaker 1: a JJ Watt and Jadevian Clowney, but it's also Whitney

961
00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:49,840
Speaker 1: merciless and also guys coming in out of the secondary.

962
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Speaker 1: They're getting to the quarterback and they're getting there fast.

963
00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:54,400
Speaker 1: The ball has to come out on time. If it's not,

964
00:45:54,719 --> 00:45:58,359
Speaker 1: you're going down. And so the ball if if by

965
00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:02,200
Speaker 1: on time, it means a three step drop, if it

966
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Speaker 1: means a screen pass, if it means even if if

967
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Speaker 1: they do get into a spot where they got to

968
00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:11,120
Speaker 1: take a five step drop or seven step drop, it's

969
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Speaker 1: got to come out and somebody's got to win on

970
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Speaker 1: the outside. The second, the thing that gives you a

971
00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:19,440
Speaker 1: glimmer of hope is the fact that, by their own admission,

972
00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:22,840
Speaker 1: Huston will tell you their secondary is depleted greatly by injuries.

973
00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:25,960
Speaker 1: They've got second string guys in, They've got backups playing

974
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:29,319
Speaker 1: and playing all the time. They're not where they want

975
00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:31,760
Speaker 1: to be in the secondary, Tyron Matthew being the exception.

976
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Speaker 1: But their corners should be able to be gotten to,

977
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Speaker 1: which should give Josh Allen maybe a bigger window to

978
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Speaker 1: throw into, and if the ball does come out on time,

979
00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:46,120
Speaker 1: maybe he will have someplace to throw it. All right,

980
00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:48,279
Speaker 1: a break here, we're back. We've got great coast South stand.

981
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Speaker 1: He might have joined us in the next hour, come

982
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Speaker 1: on back for that. It is One Bill's Life presented

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Speaker 1: by Kalida Health from One Bill's Driving. This is Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bills Radio Hills Radio Network Sports Stop Days. The update

985
00:47:11,040 --> 00:47:13,560
Speaker 1: from One Bill Drive. The Bills out practicing right now

986
00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:16,000
Speaker 1: in the forty six to green temperatures here in Orchard

987
00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:18,320
Speaker 1: Park on a grass practice field. They play in climate

988
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:21,640
Speaker 1: controlled NRG Stadium on Sunday at one o'clock. The Bills

989
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:24,080
Speaker 1: hoped to be healthy on Sunday at safety. It's been

990
00:47:24,120 --> 00:47:26,200
Speaker 1: limited work all week for Michael Hyde with his groin

991
00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:28,959
Speaker 1: and Raphael Bush with his shoulder through Davias White limited

992
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:30,759
Speaker 1: the last two days with an ankle injury. Should be

993
00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:32,759
Speaker 1: okay to go on Sunday. Bill's gonna have to deal

994
00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:35,320
Speaker 1: with the Houston pass rush JJ watch at Avian Clowney.

995
00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:37,920
Speaker 1: Watt leads the league with six sacks and Josh Allen's

996
00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:41,600
Speaker 1: Buffalo's quarterbacks been sacked nineteen times and most in the NFL.

997
00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:45,880
Speaker 1: Watson of Houston's been sacked eighteen times, second in the NFL.

998
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:48,600
Speaker 1: Watson's been limited in practice on Wednesday and Thursday with

999
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Speaker 1: a chest injury. Bills, Texans one o'clock Sunday. You can

1000
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Speaker 1: hear it right here on a flagship in Buffalo w

1001
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:56,920
Speaker 1: g R Sports Radio five fifty. Giants wide receiver Odell

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00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:59,279
Speaker 1: Beckham Junior walked up the field into the locker room

1003
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Speaker 1: before the final play the first half last night in

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00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:03,720
Speaker 1: the giants thirty four to thirteen loss to the Eagles.

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Speaker 1: He did not return to the sideline until after the

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Speaker 1: opening kickoff the Giants, and Beckham said he needed an

1007
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Speaker 1: IV for the second time in three games. Corey Clement,

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00:48:13,480 --> 00:48:15,920
Speaker 1: running back for the Philadelphia Eagle, said the Eagles do

1009
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Speaker 1: not need a new running back, even despite the fact

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Speaker 1: that the Eagles have trade rumors swarning about possibly acquiring

1011
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Speaker 1: Lashawn McCoy or lady On Bell Wendville Smallwood than Corey

1012
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Speaker 1: Clement the top tailbacks and the Eagles had plenty of

1013
00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:31,560
Speaker 1: rushing offense yesterday and that blowout over the Giants, Clement says,

1014
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Speaker 1: we do not need a back. Believe it. Sabers last

1015
00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:38,279
Speaker 1: night fell to Columbus by a score of six to

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Speaker 1: one at key Bank Center. Thirteen shots on gold generated

1017
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Speaker 1: by the power play, but the Sabers were over seven

1018
00:48:44,120 --> 00:48:47,640
Speaker 1: with man advantage situations. Nathan Volo scored his first of

1019
00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:50,080
Speaker 1: the year. Rasmus doan Lean recorded his first career point

1020
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Speaker 1: with an assist on that goal. Sabers finished their four

1021
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Speaker 1: game homestay to open the season with two wins two losses.

1022
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Speaker 1: Back at practice today and then they leave for the road,

1023
00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:01,279
Speaker 1: a five game trip that begins tomorrow night in Arizona

1024
00:49:01,520 --> 00:49:05,480
Speaker 1: and Baseball National League Division Series Today Dodgers and the

1025
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Speaker 1: Milwaukee Brewers tonight in the National League gets game one

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Speaker 1: of that series. And that is the update from One

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Speaker 1: Bills Drive, John Murphy and Seton Tasker in our one

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Studio hang in Murph, I'm good and sounds worth.

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Speaker 1: You never have that thing when you sound worse than

1030
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Speaker 1: you actually feel. Yeah, that's where I'm at. Doesn't sound

1031
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Speaker 1: but it feel fine. It's the where I live my life. Man. Hey,

1032
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Speaker 1: um so, we got a great co sale from NFL

1033
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Speaker 1: matchup coming up in about fifteen and twenty minutes. We

1034
00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:36,000
Speaker 1: got to Lorenzo Alexander's stopping by the studio around two o'clock.

1035
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Speaker 1: Why to hear from you? What do you think the

1036
00:49:37,840 --> 00:49:40,200
Speaker 1: Bills on offense? What do they need to do here?

1037
00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:43,960
Speaker 1: And what's the bright prescription for the Buffalo Bills on offense?

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Speaker 1: What do you think? Eight three fifty toll free one

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Speaker 1: eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: spend some a little time before we get great co

1041
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Speaker 1: sal on talking about the Philly Giant game last night.

1042
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Speaker 1: And it's all over the media this morning, Twitter and

1043
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Speaker 1: and all over the morning shows about what happened with

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Speaker 1: Odell Beckham and Eli Manning and the Giants and how

1045
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Speaker 1: far they've fallen. And now now, as you mentioned in

1046
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Speaker 1: your update, how the Eagles seem to be maybe they're

1047
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Speaker 1: finding themselves. Maybe it's not going to be, you know,

1048
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Speaker 1: a make or break deal with a running back around

1049
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Speaker 1: the league. That they look pretty good last night, of course,

1050
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Speaker 1: you know, they look good against the Giants, who right

1051
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Speaker 1: now are being you know, being equated to a dumpster fire,

1052
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Speaker 1: at least offensively. Odell Beckham was once again fun to

1053
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Speaker 1: watch last night. He's truly a great player, really a

1054
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Speaker 1: tremendous wide receiver, but he's a little bit of an

1055
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Speaker 1: attention hound. Uh and he likes to be the center

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Speaker 1: of attention. I think it probably in that regard, probably

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Speaker 1: plays in his favor that the team's stinking so that

1058
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Speaker 1: they everybody likes to watch controversy and and um. And

1059
00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:56,279
Speaker 1: he's not happy. He's a great player playing on a

1060
00:50:56,360 --> 00:51:00,880
Speaker 1: bad team. He's he's yelling at siline fans and I

1061
00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:03,200
Speaker 1: don't mean people's in the stands. I mean like an

1062
00:51:03,239 --> 00:51:06,640
Speaker 1: inanimate object that blows air. He was screaming at that.

1063
00:51:06,719 --> 00:51:09,719
Speaker 1: And he went off the field early at halftime to

1064
00:51:09,840 --> 00:51:13,480
Speaker 1: get an IV, which is a good thing to know

1065
00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:16,480
Speaker 1: because it didn't look good. The Giants had the ball

1066
00:51:16,560 --> 00:51:18,359
Speaker 1: and he was going into the locker room. Of course

1067
00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:20,160
Speaker 1: there was only two seconds and they knelt down on it.

1068
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:25,200
Speaker 1: But a lot's going on with with Odell Beckham. But

1069
00:51:25,320 --> 00:51:29,239
Speaker 1: then there's Eli Manning as well, a quarterback who I

1070
00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:32,720
Speaker 1: don't know that we've ever seen this Murph. A quarterback

1071
00:51:32,840 --> 00:51:35,360
Speaker 1: wins two super Bowls. Not only two super Bowls, he

1072
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:38,920
Speaker 1: wins two super Bowls for the New York Giants, And

1073
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:41,880
Speaker 1: now people are trying to kick him to the curb.

1074
00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:45,040
Speaker 1: They tried to benched him last year. Just win the

1075
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:47,000
Speaker 1: super Bowl last year. Right, it's been a while, no

1076
00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:52,239
Speaker 1: question he's the team's not that good around him, but

1077
00:51:53,239 --> 00:51:55,759
Speaker 1: he's certainly not playing as well as he has played

1078
00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:58,560
Speaker 1: at other times in his career. And there and now

1079
00:51:58,800 --> 00:52:02,840
Speaker 1: you got this run back with Quon Barkley, who's you know,

1080
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:07,120
Speaker 1: he's everything he ever wanted a running back, big, strong, physical, fast, elusive,

1081
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:12,440
Speaker 1: all that stuff. Home run waiting to happen, and they

1082
00:52:12,520 --> 00:52:15,120
Speaker 1: could have had a one of these four quarterbacks that

1083
00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:17,440
Speaker 1: are actually are now all starting in the NFL. That's

1084
00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:18,799
Speaker 1: a part of it. Let me just say this, though

1085
00:52:18,840 --> 00:52:21,120
Speaker 1: I've always been an Eli Manning fan, love him, but

1086
00:52:21,800 --> 00:52:23,560
Speaker 1: you can see that it's over for him now right.

1087
00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:25,719
Speaker 1: You can see it. Since that second Super Bowl win,

1088
00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:28,800
Speaker 1: Eli Manning forty three wins fifty eight losses in the

1089
00:52:28,880 --> 00:52:31,439
Speaker 1: regular season, oh and one of the playoffs. The Giants

1090
00:52:31,520 --> 00:52:34,040
Speaker 1: have lost five of their first six this year. They've

1091
00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:37,280
Speaker 1: lost eighteen of twenty two games over the last two seasons.

1092
00:52:37,400 --> 00:52:39,800
Speaker 1: It's over for Eli. You can see it. He's not

1093
00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:44,239
Speaker 1: making quick decisions, He's making bad decisions. He doesn't move

1094
00:52:44,280 --> 00:52:46,000
Speaker 1: around as well, he doesn't get rid of the ball,

1095
00:52:46,040 --> 00:52:48,399
Speaker 1: and he takes too many sacks. He's got some talent

1096
00:52:48,480 --> 00:52:51,440
Speaker 1: around him too, and you mentioned Barkley. Se Quon Barkley

1097
00:52:51,640 --> 00:52:54,480
Speaker 1: is a really, really good running back, like maybe already

1098
00:52:54,520 --> 00:52:57,480
Speaker 1: the best of the game. But the quarterback position is

1099
00:52:57,560 --> 00:53:00,479
Speaker 1: paramount and Eli is not there. He and I played.

1100
00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:03,080
Speaker 1: Now what do they do? Did the Giants make a move?

1101
00:53:03,239 --> 00:53:05,520
Speaker 1: Is at the end? I mean, do they a couple

1102
00:53:05,600 --> 00:53:08,200
Speaker 1: of reporters in New York saying it's the last year

1103
00:53:08,480 --> 00:53:10,920
Speaker 1: for sure for Eli? Yes, there's no question about that.

1104
00:53:11,160 --> 00:53:14,200
Speaker 1: Kat How long is this last year last? And how

1105
00:53:15,800 --> 00:53:20,400
Speaker 1: did how much did they miss not grabbing Josh Allen,

1106
00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:23,239
Speaker 1: Sam Darnold, Josh Rosen. In this last draft when there

1107
00:53:23,280 --> 00:53:25,399
Speaker 1: were these you know they had they could have taken

1108
00:53:25,440 --> 00:53:27,880
Speaker 1: the guy they wanted, the three of those, uh, and

1109
00:53:27,960 --> 00:53:31,560
Speaker 1: instead they got a running back, a great player, truly,

1110
00:53:31,600 --> 00:53:36,280
Speaker 1: maybe a generational player like an Adrian Peters Adrian Peterson,

1111
00:53:37,640 --> 00:53:40,279
Speaker 1: Thurman Thomas him At Smith kind of running back, you know,

1112
00:53:40,400 --> 00:53:42,520
Speaker 1: one of those guys. And there's no question this guy's

1113
00:53:42,920 --> 00:53:46,680
Speaker 1: is you know, the scouts said it. He's a generational talent.

1114
00:53:46,760 --> 00:53:51,880
Speaker 1: He's a Hall of Fame type of talent. Yes, at

1115
00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:55,960
Speaker 1: a position that is a little bit like you know,

1116
00:53:56,520 --> 00:54:00,920
Speaker 1: right tackle. No, no, come on, running back, right tackle,

1117
00:54:01,480 --> 00:54:04,759
Speaker 1: running back, you certainly are. I may making a point

1118
00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:10,360
Speaker 1: though you're talking. You know, you saw last night he

1119
00:54:10,440 --> 00:54:14,480
Speaker 1: had a phenomenal game and they got funked. Yep. And

1120
00:54:14,600 --> 00:54:16,160
Speaker 1: there's more of that coming down the pike for them

1121
00:54:16,200 --> 00:54:21,840
Speaker 1: to about that. And he I mean, you could have

1122
00:54:22,280 --> 00:54:24,239
Speaker 1: pulled Eli last night in the second half of that

1123
00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:27,560
Speaker 1: game and plugged in your rookie whoever you insert whatever

1124
00:54:27,680 --> 00:54:31,080
Speaker 1: name you want there and gotten started on that, you know,

1125
00:54:31,680 --> 00:54:34,000
Speaker 1: and then you don't have to start next year looking

1126
00:54:34,040 --> 00:54:35,640
Speaker 1: in the draft and now you're in the now, you

1127
00:54:35,719 --> 00:54:39,440
Speaker 1: push everything down them down the down the tube another

1128
00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:42,960
Speaker 1: year going through everything they've got to go through. I

1129
00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:44,800
Speaker 1: don't know. I just think. I just think the Giants

1130
00:54:44,880 --> 00:54:47,759
Speaker 1: just missed an incredible opportunity in this last draft. I

1131
00:54:47,840 --> 00:54:50,800
Speaker 1: thought it then too. I don't you know, there's no

1132
00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:54,680
Speaker 1: way you could have seen. You could have seen the

1133
00:54:54,760 --> 00:54:56,719
Speaker 1: fact that there was not riding on the wall for

1134
00:54:56,760 --> 00:54:59,040
Speaker 1: this being in for Eli Manning. But you know, and

1135
00:54:59,120 --> 00:55:02,480
Speaker 1: they're getting rosive for now in the New York tabloids,

1136
00:55:02,520 --> 00:55:05,040
Speaker 1: and you know, Dave Getleman, the general manager, the guy

1137
00:55:05,080 --> 00:55:07,400
Speaker 1: who decided let's try one more with Elion Manning and

1138
00:55:07,719 --> 00:55:11,400
Speaker 1: get this transformational running back. They're getting criticized, as they

1139
00:55:11,440 --> 00:55:14,320
Speaker 1: should for what they failed to do. They were in

1140
00:55:14,360 --> 00:55:16,080
Speaker 1: position to change that and they failed to do it.

1141
00:55:16,719 --> 00:55:18,000
Speaker 1: I just have a lot I have a lot of

1142
00:55:18,040 --> 00:55:21,120
Speaker 1: admiration for Eli, Yes, winning the two Super Bowls. It

1143
00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:23,480
Speaker 1: hurt last year when Eli got bench for the one

1144
00:55:23,560 --> 00:55:25,600
Speaker 1: game and he had tears in his eyes right and

1145
00:55:25,719 --> 00:55:28,480
Speaker 1: he wasn't ready for that last night. This quotes are

1146
00:55:28,640 --> 00:55:30,560
Speaker 1: My confidence in myself is good. I know I can

1147
00:55:30,640 --> 00:55:32,799
Speaker 1: play just to matter. If we've just got to figure

1148
00:55:32,840 --> 00:55:35,200
Speaker 1: it out to be more consistent and be better at home,

1149
00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:39,719
Speaker 1: no question about that. Even last year. Eli, you know,

1150
00:55:39,800 --> 00:55:41,960
Speaker 1: he's thirty seven. Now, Eli Manning City wants to plead

1151
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:44,400
Speaker 1: till he is forty. And this quote was the ESPN.

1152
00:55:44,480 --> 00:55:46,680
Speaker 1: I don't see it slowing down. Well, you've got to

1153
00:55:46,719 --> 00:55:48,200
Speaker 1: see it now, right and his heart of hearts eat,

1154
00:55:48,239 --> 00:55:50,160
Speaker 1: let's kind of see that it's not working well. Listen.

1155
00:55:50,680 --> 00:55:53,400
Speaker 1: I've always said that it rarely ends well for the

1156
00:55:53,480 --> 00:55:56,120
Speaker 1: really great ones, and that goes for guys who have

1157
00:55:56,239 --> 00:55:58,759
Speaker 1: just had you know, great careers and who you know.

1158
00:55:58,840 --> 00:56:02,759
Speaker 1: And I don't know that Eli would be considered as

1159
00:56:02,760 --> 00:56:06,200
Speaker 1: one of those transcendent talents. Certainly, he was a good

1160
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:08,120
Speaker 1: quarterback on a really good team and got hot at

1161
00:56:08,160 --> 00:56:09,880
Speaker 1: the right time a couple of years the team was

1162
00:56:10,080 --> 00:56:12,279
Speaker 1: like I think there were a nine and seven, ten

1163
00:56:12,360 --> 00:56:14,200
Speaker 1: and six team that snuck into the playoffs and got

1164
00:56:14,239 --> 00:56:17,880
Speaker 1: hot and won the Super Bowl and that was you know,

1165
00:56:17,960 --> 00:56:21,759
Speaker 1: so it was, Yeah, it rarely ends well for the

1166
00:56:21,840 --> 00:56:23,879
Speaker 1: great ones. And I think Eli's had a great career

1167
00:56:23,920 --> 00:56:25,600
Speaker 1: in New York. He had a great run in New York,

1168
00:56:26,680 --> 00:56:28,640
Speaker 1: unlike any other quarterback. I mean, he went in two

1169
00:56:28,719 --> 00:56:32,840
Speaker 1: Super Bowls and yet you know they're gonna have to

1170
00:56:33,160 --> 00:56:35,120
Speaker 1: instead of him saying, you know what, it's been great,

1171
00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:36,960
Speaker 1: thank you so much New York. I'm going to retire

1172
00:56:36,960 --> 00:56:38,839
Speaker 1: and call it quits. I think they're gonna they're gonna

1173
00:56:38,880 --> 00:56:40,920
Speaker 1: end up. Is he gonna end up, you know, finishing

1174
00:56:40,960 --> 00:56:44,880
Speaker 1: his career with the Jacksonville Jaguars. You know, I don't know.

1175
00:56:45,080 --> 00:56:47,040
Speaker 1: I mean, as Tom Coughlin, I'm gonna say, you know what,

1176
00:56:47,080 --> 00:56:48,759
Speaker 1: I think, I know what I can do with Eli,

1177
00:56:48,920 --> 00:56:52,239
Speaker 1: and I think our team's good enough. Trade me this

1178
00:56:52,719 --> 00:56:55,399
Speaker 1: for Eli and we'll go from here. You know, does

1179
00:56:55,480 --> 00:56:58,400
Speaker 1: that happen? I don't know. The way he's playing now,

1180
00:56:58,440 --> 00:57:00,600
Speaker 1: he's starting to see any value really for him. The

1181
00:57:00,680 --> 00:57:03,919
Speaker 1: way Eli's playing right now, that's why somebody may grab him. Yeah,

1182
00:57:04,200 --> 00:57:07,359
Speaker 1: like Jackson Well, I mean this year and the scene,

1183
00:57:07,400 --> 00:57:09,040
Speaker 1: all the Giants might not release him, they might not

1184
00:57:09,080 --> 00:57:11,640
Speaker 1: make him available. I don't think they're gonna trade them, right,

1185
00:57:12,320 --> 00:57:14,920
Speaker 1: I mean, it clearly is an affinity for Eli Manning

1186
00:57:15,239 --> 00:57:17,640
Speaker 1: at the highest reaches of that organization. Well, why not.

1187
00:57:17,720 --> 00:57:19,880
Speaker 1: He's a He's a great human being. Get a Super Bowls,

1188
00:57:20,440 --> 00:57:23,080
Speaker 1: super Bowl, has done good things. Never He's never been

1189
00:57:23,120 --> 00:57:26,200
Speaker 1: an issue off the field or not that that's a

1190
00:57:26,360 --> 00:57:28,240
Speaker 1: you know, you should never get rewarded just for being

1191
00:57:29,880 --> 00:57:32,400
Speaker 1: a good person. I mean, that's you know, everybody should

1192
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:37,560
Speaker 1: be so um, but I think he's been one of

1193
00:57:37,600 --> 00:57:42,000
Speaker 1: those guys to listen for. Whoever it was fourteen thirteen

1194
00:57:42,120 --> 00:57:44,160
Speaker 1: years when you had a court, when you lined the

1195
00:57:44,360 --> 00:57:47,040
Speaker 1: Giants lined up, Eli Manning was gonna be there. Yeah,

1196
00:57:47,160 --> 00:57:48,800
Speaker 1: he was gonna be there. And where do they go

1197
00:57:48,960 --> 00:57:51,760
Speaker 1: this year? They got let a fourth round pick from Richmond.

1198
00:57:52,160 --> 00:57:53,720
Speaker 1: Is he ready to play in the NFL? You would

1199
00:57:53,760 --> 00:57:55,800
Speaker 1: think not? Right at this point, you wouldn't think he's

1200
00:57:55,800 --> 00:57:57,720
Speaker 1: ready to go. So I'm sure that's part of the

1201
00:57:57,760 --> 00:57:59,840
Speaker 1: equation too. Right for Shermer, where do we go next?

1202
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:02,480
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, Eli's not playing well, So who do

1203
00:58:02,560 --> 00:58:04,440
Speaker 1: you want me to play? You'd have to think through that.

1204
00:58:04,600 --> 00:58:06,480
Speaker 1: It's tough. I want to get back to your your

1205
00:58:06,560 --> 00:58:09,080
Speaker 1: thoughts on the Beckham too, walking into the locker room

1206
00:58:09,080 --> 00:58:12,480
Speaker 1: and at halftime before halftime rather um, Look, that's what

1207
00:58:12,680 --> 00:58:14,920
Speaker 1: you get when you you have Odell Beckham there and

1208
00:58:15,000 --> 00:58:18,400
Speaker 1: you get that sort of unpredictable, look at me type character, right,

1209
00:58:18,440 --> 00:58:20,160
Speaker 1: And that's what you get when you sign him to

1210
00:58:20,240 --> 00:58:22,880
Speaker 1: a big contract um. That is part and parcel of

1211
00:58:22,920 --> 00:58:25,800
Speaker 1: who the New York Giants are right now, regardless of

1212
00:58:25,840 --> 00:58:28,760
Speaker 1: who the quarterback is. Steve Look, I think Odell Beckham

1213
00:58:28,920 --> 00:58:30,480
Speaker 1: is a superior talent, but I don't know how good

1214
00:58:30,520 --> 00:58:33,280
Speaker 1: a teammate he is. And he seems yet last night,

1215
00:58:33,720 --> 00:58:35,120
Speaker 1: in the course of that game, he seemed to be,

1216
00:58:35,440 --> 00:58:38,080
Speaker 1: you know, very upset and very interested in calling attention

1217
00:58:38,120 --> 00:58:40,960
Speaker 1: to himself and his own complaints. And that's that's not good,

1218
00:58:41,040 --> 00:58:43,600
Speaker 1: that's not cool. Yeah, And I you know, I mean

1219
00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:49,000
Speaker 1: his um, his proponents or his you know people, his

1220
00:58:49,120 --> 00:58:52,000
Speaker 1: fans will say, you know, he's passionate and and that

1221
00:58:52,160 --> 00:58:54,560
Speaker 1: you know he's got this, you know, this great desire,

1222
00:58:54,720 --> 00:58:59,640
Speaker 1: and you know, don't believe it. Certainly he has great desires.

1223
00:58:59,680 --> 00:59:05,120
Speaker 1: Certainly he has passion. But listen, no matter what you think,

1224
00:59:05,280 --> 00:59:07,840
Speaker 1: no matter what you say, no matter what you observe.

1225
00:59:08,560 --> 00:59:11,600
Speaker 1: Eli Manning, who never changes expressions, has a lot of

1226
00:59:11,640 --> 00:59:17,640
Speaker 1: passion and desire. He's just not an attention hound. He's

1227
00:59:17,680 --> 00:59:20,320
Speaker 1: not a guy who's gonna go over and throw emotional

1228
00:59:20,400 --> 00:59:26,240
Speaker 1: fits on the sideline out of frustration. He's mature. Odell

1229
00:59:26,280 --> 00:59:30,880
Speaker 1: Beckham is not. He doesn't spend his life figuring out

1230
00:59:30,960 --> 00:59:33,880
Speaker 1: ways to make sure you can see him on a sideline.

1231
00:59:35,240 --> 00:59:38,400
Speaker 1: He doesn't, in one way, shape or form, ask for

1232
00:59:38,480 --> 00:59:43,400
Speaker 1: the camera to be turned on him. Eli doesn't Odell does.

1233
00:59:44,640 --> 00:59:46,480
Speaker 1: That's what you do get with Odell Beckham. And you

1234
00:59:46,520 --> 00:59:48,840
Speaker 1: can say what everyone he is a transcendent talent. The

1235
00:59:48,920 --> 00:59:52,320
Speaker 1: guy is awesome on the football field, but he's not

1236
00:59:52,480 --> 00:59:55,280
Speaker 1: helping anybody else on that team when things are going bad.

1237
00:59:56,560 --> 00:59:59,680
Speaker 1: He's not digging deep for the team. When he walks

1238
00:59:59,720 --> 01:00:02,720
Speaker 1: off early at halftime, whether or needs an IVY or not,

1239
01:00:03,280 --> 01:00:05,480
Speaker 1: When he's losing a fight to a kicking net on

1240
01:00:05,520 --> 01:00:10,000
Speaker 1: the sidelines, when he's headbutting a cooling fan on the sidelines,

1241
01:00:12,360 --> 01:00:14,720
Speaker 1: he's not helping anybody win. Then he's not helping anybody

1242
01:00:14,840 --> 01:00:19,520
Speaker 1: screaming and and storming around on the sidelines. He's just

1243
01:00:19,560 --> 01:00:21,040
Speaker 1: not helping anybody. I don't know, and I don't know

1244
01:00:21,120 --> 01:00:25,040
Speaker 1: why everybody thinks that that's okay for him to do

1245
01:00:25,240 --> 01:00:28,000
Speaker 1: that because he's a great player. Listen, he's he's a

1246
01:00:28,040 --> 01:00:29,880
Speaker 1: great player. It's not a great and like you said,

1247
01:00:29,960 --> 01:00:32,160
Speaker 1: mur he's not a great teammate. And he may be

1248
01:00:32,320 --> 01:00:35,360
Speaker 1: playing great wide receiver, but he's not making anybody else

1249
01:00:35,440 --> 01:00:38,400
Speaker 1: better when he does that kind of thing. Yeah, tough

1250
01:00:38,440 --> 01:00:40,160
Speaker 1: to watch last night, have to watch the Giants fall

1251
01:00:40,200 --> 01:00:42,240
Speaker 1: apart like that. They have some pieces in place too,

1252
01:00:42,320 --> 01:00:44,680
Speaker 1: you know, receiver on defense, they have pieces in place.

1253
01:00:44,760 --> 01:00:48,200
Speaker 1: But yeah, Odell Beckham's one of them, Barley's another one.

1254
01:00:49,120 --> 01:00:51,880
Speaker 1: But you know, they do have some people, but they

1255
01:00:51,920 --> 01:00:54,320
Speaker 1: also have some deficiencies. And it may start and end

1256
01:00:54,400 --> 01:00:58,760
Speaker 1: with Eli. They may need a better quarterback, no question

1257
01:00:58,800 --> 01:01:01,760
Speaker 1: about it. But for me and in my experience looking

1258
01:01:01,760 --> 01:01:03,880
Speaker 1: around the National Football League and looking at other teams

1259
01:01:03,920 --> 01:01:05,240
Speaker 1: and nord of the teams that I played on and

1260
01:01:05,280 --> 01:01:10,280
Speaker 1: have covered in the in the media, most most teams,

1261
01:01:12,200 --> 01:01:14,400
Speaker 1: when they've got a guy, even if it is a quarterback,

1262
01:01:14,760 --> 01:01:18,120
Speaker 1: they look, they hunker down and they say, Okay, how

1263
01:01:18,120 --> 01:01:20,000
Speaker 1: are we gonna win with the guys we have now?

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Speaker 1: How are we gonna play better with the guys we

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Speaker 1: have now? How am I gonna pick up the slack

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Speaker 1: for this guy who's not playing well? Like if it's

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Speaker 1: a quarterback or whoever, how are you gonna pick up?

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Speaker 1: What if Eli Manning was a rookie quarterback, wouldn't they

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Speaker 1: hunkered down and say, Hey, we're gonna support this guy, Hey,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna play better for him. We're gonna make it

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Speaker 1: easy for him. Nobody's saying that now. They're kicking Eli

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Speaker 1: to the curb's hand. You're washed up and we're not

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Speaker 1: gonna help you. We want somebody new. That's not the

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Speaker 1: way a team functions when it's healthy. In the locker room.

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Speaker 1: Giants haven't done that yet. Nobody said that, we're not

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Speaker 1: kicking They didn't say they're doing it, but certainly Odell

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Speaker 1: Beckham in his in his interview with ESPN, pointed the

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Speaker 1: finger at him, said, listen, hey, we're we're not playing

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Speaker 1: well at quarterback. I mean that was the illusion. That's

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Speaker 1: what he was credited to him, and nobody's denied it.

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01:02:09,720 --> 01:02:13,800
Speaker 1: He's he's they've thrown Eli up there in the organization. Everybody,

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Speaker 1: they've thrown Eli out there is the scapegoat for this

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01:02:16,720 --> 01:02:20,760
Speaker 1: bad look and the Giants, and you know, so nobody's

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01:02:20,920 --> 01:02:23,040
Speaker 1: rallying to him, say hey, we're gonna win with Eli. Hey,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna do this. Everybody's like, nah, I think we're

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Speaker 1: done with Eli. It might have, it might have, but

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Speaker 1: that listen, they're who they gonna get. They're gonna go

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Speaker 1: with Loletta. Listen, when things go bad, your team's gotta

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Speaker 1: dig deep with the guys in the locker room. And

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Speaker 1: they got a quarterback that's won two super Bowls for him.

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Speaker 1: I think he's earned a chance for them to dig

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Speaker 1: dig deep. And they should have been seeing this cut.

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01:02:44,120 --> 01:02:45,880
Speaker 1: If they didn't believe, they should have seen this coming.

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01:02:46,160 --> 01:02:48,240
Speaker 1: For months. They knew he was gonna be their quarterback.

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Speaker 1: They got a rally, they got a rally around him,

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01:02:51,520 --> 01:02:55,080
Speaker 1: and if he stinks, make him better. Okay, all right,

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Speaker 1: when we come back, we'll talk a little bit about Manning,

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Speaker 1: a lot about the Bills. We're gonna talk with great

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Speaker 1: Cosal who is with them? Is um with What am

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01:03:03,120 --> 01:03:05,920
Speaker 1: I trying to say? The NFL matchup on ESPN? Greg

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Speaker 1: co Sell joins us, and we come back. John Murphy,

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker, One Mills Live from One Mill's Drive. This

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Speaker 1: is Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back to One Bill's Live,

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Speaker 1: John Murphy, Steve Tasker in or one Buffalo Studio. Bills

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Speaker 1: getting set to head out to Houston, Texas to play

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Speaker 1: the Texans on Sunday. Joining us right now on the line.

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Speaker 1: Friday Guests. Happy to have the executive producer and analyst

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Speaker 1: of NFL Matchup on ESPN. Longtime senior producer at NFL Films,

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Speaker 1: Greg co Sell joined ushi. Greg. It's John Murphy and

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Speaker 1: Steve here in Buffalo. How you doing, Murf? Steve, how

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Speaker 1: you guys doing today? Doing well? Man? It's good to

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Speaker 1: have you on. I was gonna ask him, you know,

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Speaker 1: Bills are coming off a massive victory in the Tennessee Titans,

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Speaker 1: an offensive explosion. We're thirteen to twelve. I mean, that's

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Speaker 1: gonna be the recipe for Buffalo, is it? I think

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01:04:01,760 --> 01:04:04,680
Speaker 1: it has to be the recipe, and so it really

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01:04:04,840 --> 01:04:08,800
Speaker 1: falls on their defense more than anything, Steve, because they

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01:04:08,880 --> 01:04:12,160
Speaker 1: can only play in games with Josh Allen in which

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Speaker 1: the score is low and he does not theoretically have

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Speaker 1: to be a big factor in the game throwing the ball,

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Speaker 1: that is. What What do you think of the Bill's

1322
01:04:20,560 --> 01:04:23,680
Speaker 1: rookie quarterbacks performance now through the first third of the season, Greg,

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Speaker 1: what do you see from from the Bills rookie? Well,

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Speaker 1: I assume you guys bring me on for my tape

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Speaker 1: study and for the honesty based on the tape style,

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Speaker 1: I don't I would have to say that he's a

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Speaker 1: little lost, right now in regard to what he's seeing,

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Speaker 1: I don't think he has a real strong sense yet

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01:04:44,600 --> 01:04:47,240
Speaker 1: of the bigger picture when it comes to route concepts

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01:04:47,360 --> 01:04:50,840
Speaker 1: versus coverage. And I think he's he's pretty much tunnel

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01:04:50,920 --> 01:04:54,720
Speaker 1: vision when it comes to his primary read. But to me,

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Speaker 1: and I'm being honest, I don't I think that's expected.

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Speaker 1: I don't. I don't think this is big news guy,

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Speaker 1: Nor do I think that this means that defines his

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01:05:02,840 --> 01:05:06,000
Speaker 1: entire career. This is where he's at now. And my

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01:05:06,160 --> 01:05:08,200
Speaker 1: guess is, if you spoke to a lot of people

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Speaker 1: based on his college tape, they would say that if

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Speaker 1: he had to play as a rookie that this would

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Speaker 1: be likely what you would get. And of all the

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Speaker 1: tapes you've studied aback quarterbacks and you've seen that progress

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01:05:22,440 --> 01:05:25,320
Speaker 1: of other guys, what would be some baby steps that

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01:05:25,440 --> 01:05:28,320
Speaker 1: you can look for in his game to be an

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Speaker 1: indication that he is starting to get that. Well, what

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01:05:32,920 --> 01:05:35,000
Speaker 1: you would at least like to see as a starting

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01:05:35,080 --> 01:05:40,640
Speaker 1: point Steve is some throws on time, you know, where

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01:05:40,680 --> 01:05:44,960
Speaker 1: he drops back, hits his back foot and delivers the football. Now,

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01:05:45,160 --> 01:05:47,720
Speaker 1: they don't all have to be complete, but the idea

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01:05:47,840 --> 01:05:50,919
Speaker 1: being and this is where the offensive coordinator needs to help.

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01:05:51,240 --> 01:05:53,640
Speaker 1: I thought they did a pretty good job at times

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Speaker 1: in this game with play action and play action boot

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01:05:56,760 --> 01:06:01,000
Speaker 1: concepts attacking the run pass conflicts of of the second

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01:06:01,080 --> 01:06:04,840
Speaker 1: level defenders of the defense of the Titans defense. But

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Speaker 1: you'd like to be able to see him drop back,

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01:06:07,440 --> 01:06:10,400
Speaker 1: hit that back foot and turn it loose, and that

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01:06:10,520 --> 01:06:14,080
Speaker 1: doesn't happen very often at all. He drops back and

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Speaker 1: you can tell he's just uncertain as to what he's seeing,

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Speaker 1: and that's a process. It takes time. Some are ahead

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01:06:23,280 --> 01:06:26,360
Speaker 1: of others, some are behind others. He's a little behind

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Speaker 1: right now. But it's all you can do is get

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Speaker 1: reps and keep doing it when you draft him. You

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Speaker 1: know that, don't you, Greg, And you count on his

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Speaker 1: athleticism to get him through these early stages, right Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And to me, that's always a catch twenty tumor if

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Speaker 1: And I don't know how Steve feels about this, but

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Speaker 1: I think that's a little bit of a catch twenty

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Speaker 1: two because there's no question he can make plays with

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Speaker 1: his legs, as we saw on the touchdown run, and

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Speaker 1: there's been other plays he's made in his starts with

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Speaker 1: his legs. Clearly but the question is, when you don't

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Speaker 1: want ingrained in him, is this idea that he can

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Speaker 1: drop can take off and that that's the way to

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Speaker 1: make place? And there's always these questions that surround him.

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Speaker 1: Is and I'm sure it's a mixture of all the factors.

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01:07:09,120 --> 01:07:11,680
Speaker 1: He doesn't know what he's looking at just yet. His

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01:07:11,840 --> 01:07:15,880
Speaker 1: offensive line sometimes gets beat, his wide receivers are having

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Speaker 1: trouble winning. I mean, how much of a percentage can

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Speaker 1: you apply to all those things that are all Josh

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Speaker 1: Allen and what are not Josh Allen. That's a great point,

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Speaker 1: and you know, obviously it's hard to put a number

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Speaker 1: on that, but I think that all factors in and

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01:07:35,320 --> 01:07:38,160
Speaker 1: you know, so at this point, you're dealing with a

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Speaker 1: young quarterback who had probably more to learn than most

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01:07:43,280 --> 01:07:46,600
Speaker 1: and is playing behind a struggling old line and not

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Speaker 1: an overly athletic group, and with a receiving core that

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Speaker 1: I think, if you're just being realistic and honest, is probably,

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Speaker 1: you know, certainly a bottom half group in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: As we speak well with Great Yoself from film Matchup

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Speaker 1: on the ESPN executive producer, an analyst of NFL Matchup.

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Speaker 1: Let's get into one of the matchups that we anticipate

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Speaker 1: we'll see in this game, this Bills Texans game. Greg,

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Speaker 1: it's the Bills Tredavious White off to a good start

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01:08:11,640 --> 01:08:13,960
Speaker 1: this year, and we anticipate that the Bills will line

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Speaker 1: them up against DeAndre Hopkins on Sunday. I do you

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01:08:16,520 --> 01:08:19,360
Speaker 1: think that matchup goes? I think they'll do that because

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01:08:19,600 --> 01:08:22,800
Speaker 1: he's They've used him as their matchup corner now and

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01:08:22,880 --> 01:08:25,639
Speaker 1: it appears that that's what he is given what they'll

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Speaker 1: line up on the other side, because I guess Philip

1398
01:08:27,880 --> 01:08:30,200
Speaker 1: Gaines played a bunch of snaps last week in addition

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Speaker 1: to Ryan Lewis, But White's their matchup corner now. White's

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01:08:33,760 --> 01:08:36,120
Speaker 1: not a big kid, so I don't know if he's

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Speaker 1: going to get physical with Hopkins, and Hopkins is a

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01:08:39,400 --> 01:08:43,120
Speaker 1: bigger guy, and he's very good in the physical stuff

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01:08:43,120 --> 01:08:46,759
Speaker 1: and he's competitive. But that's a really good matchup. But Hopkins,

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01:08:46,840 --> 01:08:50,160
Speaker 1: to me, is the most intriguing big time receiver in

1405
01:08:50,240 --> 01:08:53,439
Speaker 1: the league because when you watch his tape, other than

1406
01:08:53,479 --> 01:08:56,120
Speaker 1: the fact that he has great hands obviously and can

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Speaker 1: make contested catches, you don't come away watching hopkins tape

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Speaker 1: and go, wow, he's fast. Wow, he's explosive. Wow, look

1409
01:09:03,200 --> 01:09:05,479
Speaker 1: at him get in and out of those breaks. He's

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01:09:05,520 --> 01:09:08,360
Speaker 1: not that kind of a receiver, but yet he consistently

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01:09:08,479 --> 01:09:10,960
Speaker 1: makes catches. Yeah, you watch him, you don't see a

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Speaker 1: ton of separation with Hopkins, but he makes up with it,

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Speaker 1: everything for it, with everything else he can do. Huh, No,

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Speaker 1: you're right. I mean he's he's one of those guys.

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Speaker 1: He's he's kind of an odd guy, and yet just

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Speaker 1: based on production, you'd have to say he's a top

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Speaker 1: five guy in the league. Yeah, he's one of those

1418
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Speaker 1: rare wide receivers who's open when he's not open, correct,

1419
01:09:30,920 --> 01:09:32,920
Speaker 1: and that's Yeah, that's a great way to describe it.

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Speaker 1: He makes a ton of contested catches. Yeah, and talk

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Speaker 1: a little bit. I'd like to hear your take on

1422
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Speaker 1: the other young quarterback in this game, Deshaun Watson for

1423
01:09:41,800 --> 01:09:44,360
Speaker 1: Bills fans, a guy seems like a wily veteran and

1424
01:09:44,439 --> 01:09:46,960
Speaker 1: now he's coming into a seventh star or twelfth start

1425
01:09:47,800 --> 01:09:50,639
Speaker 1: over the last two years. Well, he's in a very

1426
01:09:50,720 --> 01:09:53,880
Speaker 1: interesting situation because their offensive line is bad. I mean

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Speaker 1: it's it's probably among the worst in the NFL with

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Speaker 1: what they're putting out there right now. So what you're

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01:09:59,520 --> 01:10:02,240
Speaker 1: seeing with Shawn Watson, and I personally think they're asking

1430
01:10:02,320 --> 01:10:05,400
Speaker 1: him to drop back too much, but that's a philosophy thing.

1431
01:10:06,400 --> 01:10:08,639
Speaker 1: So what you're seeing with him is that he's almost

1432
01:10:08,760 --> 01:10:11,360
Speaker 1: playing to his poor past protecting old line. Or what

1433
01:10:11,439 --> 01:10:13,760
Speaker 1: I mean by that is you can almost see when

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01:10:13,800 --> 01:10:17,560
Speaker 1: he drops back that he's expecting and anticipating pressure and

1435
01:10:17,720 --> 01:10:20,120
Speaker 1: looking to break down and move. Literally as he plants

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01:10:20,160 --> 01:10:24,040
Speaker 1: his back foot, he's still showing a tendency at times

1437
01:10:24,040 --> 01:10:26,120
Speaker 1: to drop his eyes, read the rush, and look for

1438
01:10:26,200 --> 01:10:29,120
Speaker 1: a place to escape and run. And so he's a

1439
01:10:29,120 --> 01:10:32,559
Speaker 1: little unsettled. Now. Like I said, we can easily say

1440
01:10:32,640 --> 01:10:34,880
Speaker 1: that's a function of the old line. The question is

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01:10:35,000 --> 01:10:37,600
Speaker 1: just as I mentioned with Josh Allen, and Watson's a

1442
01:10:37,680 --> 01:10:40,280
Speaker 1: better thrower than Josh at this point as far as accuracy.

1443
01:10:41,400 --> 01:10:46,360
Speaker 1: But are you ingraining bad habits into your quarterback because

1444
01:10:46,400 --> 01:10:48,960
Speaker 1: you can't play the position with consistency in this league

1445
01:10:49,320 --> 01:10:52,680
Speaker 1: by hitting your back foot and fleeing the pocket. But

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01:10:52,840 --> 01:10:56,120
Speaker 1: Watson is a good thrower. He's really good on second

1447
01:10:56,160 --> 01:10:59,800
Speaker 1: reaction plays, getting out of the pocket, making accurate throws

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01:10:59,840 --> 01:11:02,080
Speaker 1: on a move, and he does throw it well from

1449
01:11:02,120 --> 01:11:04,560
Speaker 1: the pocket. So there's a lot there to work with.

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01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:08,200
Speaker 1: There's just an inconsistency to his game that comes from

1451
01:11:09,200 --> 01:11:11,120
Speaker 1: some of the reasons I mentioned. Yeah, Hey, Greg, the

1452
01:11:11,160 --> 01:11:13,960
Speaker 1: Bill's offensive line has issues of its own obviously, And

1453
01:11:14,320 --> 01:11:17,439
Speaker 1: what's the best way to approach Clowney and what upfront

1454
01:11:17,479 --> 01:11:20,080
Speaker 1: for Houston? How if teams had success if they have

1455
01:11:20,240 --> 01:11:23,960
Speaker 1: had him handling those two in the pass rush situations. Well,

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Speaker 1: I would say this, I think Clowney is a much

1457
01:11:27,040 --> 01:11:29,400
Speaker 1: better run defender than he is a pass rusher. I mean,

1458
01:11:29,479 --> 01:11:33,000
Speaker 1: I don't Clowney to me is he's a power pass rusher.

1459
01:11:33,080 --> 01:11:36,160
Speaker 1: He's not a bend, flexibility pass rusher. The strength of

1460
01:11:36,240 --> 01:11:38,840
Speaker 1: his game is playing the run. He's a really good

1461
01:11:38,960 --> 01:11:42,920
Speaker 1: run defender. And what is just watching him on tape?

1462
01:11:42,960 --> 01:11:44,960
Speaker 1: I mean I think he looks very similar to the

1463
01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:47,879
Speaker 1: way he did before his injuries. He's got tremendous quickness,

1464
01:11:48,280 --> 01:11:51,799
Speaker 1: tremendous hand usage. I mean he wins with his hands.

1465
01:11:52,000 --> 01:11:56,160
Speaker 1: So well, this is a tough defense I think to

1466
01:11:56,280 --> 01:12:00,479
Speaker 1: run against. For this offensive line, that's going to be struggle.

1467
01:12:00,720 --> 01:12:03,960
Speaker 1: So you know, ultimately this game, to me, as we started,

1468
01:12:04,040 --> 01:12:06,680
Speaker 1: this comes down to the Bills defense. They have to

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01:12:06,760 --> 01:12:09,840
Speaker 1: be This has to be a competitive game, so in

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Speaker 1: at least the Bills can have volume running the ball

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01:12:12,720 --> 01:12:16,280
Speaker 1: as they did a week ago, because McCoy had twenty

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01:12:16,320 --> 01:12:18,960
Speaker 1: four rushes I believe less than ninety yards, but they

1473
01:12:19,000 --> 01:12:21,320
Speaker 1: were able to stay with the run and they really

1474
01:12:21,400 --> 01:12:23,559
Speaker 1: did a nice job on that final drive. They'd run

1475
01:12:23,680 --> 01:12:27,679
Speaker 1: inside literally all game, and then on the final drive

1476
01:12:27,760 --> 01:12:31,120
Speaker 1: they had two perimeter what I call pin poll concepts

1477
01:12:31,680 --> 01:12:34,679
Speaker 1: that were very effective McCoy's six yards Ivory nine yards,

1478
01:12:34,920 --> 01:12:37,240
Speaker 1: and they were able to stay with the run. And

1479
01:12:37,520 --> 01:12:39,160
Speaker 1: they need to be in a game where they can

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01:12:39,280 --> 01:12:43,880
Speaker 1: do that. With Cosell from an NFL matchup on the ESPN,

1481
01:12:43,960 --> 01:12:46,280
Speaker 1: Chim Murphy, Steve Tasker, let's move around the league a

1482
01:12:46,320 --> 01:12:48,760
Speaker 1: little bit and get your thoughts on the Giants last

1483
01:12:48,840 --> 01:12:51,880
Speaker 1: night and in particular on Eli Manning. People are throwing

1484
01:12:51,960 --> 01:12:54,160
Speaker 1: dirt on his grave today. Greg, what did you see there?

1485
01:12:54,160 --> 01:12:57,080
Speaker 1: And how close, seriously, how close to the end is he?

1486
01:12:57,240 --> 01:12:59,439
Speaker 1: Do you think I think we have a bad mix

1487
01:12:59,520 --> 01:13:01,080
Speaker 1: here too. I mean I think you have an old

1488
01:13:01,120 --> 01:13:05,080
Speaker 1: line that's totally redone. All five starters are different from

1489
01:13:05,080 --> 01:13:07,400
Speaker 1: a year ago, so to be kind, it's a work

1490
01:13:07,439 --> 01:13:10,120
Speaker 1: in progress. So now you have an old line that's

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01:13:10,160 --> 01:13:14,479
Speaker 1: struggling in past protection and a quarterback who is tending

1492
01:13:14,520 --> 01:13:16,439
Speaker 1: to be a little skittish in the pocket, and that's

1493
01:13:16,479 --> 01:13:18,960
Speaker 1: a very very bad mix. And the other part of

1494
01:13:19,040 --> 01:13:21,960
Speaker 1: Eli's game that I think has deteriorated to a meaningful

1495
01:13:22,040 --> 01:13:25,000
Speaker 1: degree is he's nowhere near as accurate as he used

1496
01:13:25,000 --> 01:13:27,800
Speaker 1: to be, and that's a problem. Yeah, And that's I

1497
01:13:28,040 --> 01:13:30,920
Speaker 1: was talking to Murph and telling myself, if it was

1498
01:13:31,120 --> 01:13:34,400
Speaker 1: Eli was a young quarterback, the team would kind of

1499
01:13:34,439 --> 01:13:36,599
Speaker 1: try to rally around them. Do you think they're expecting

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01:13:36,680 --> 01:13:38,800
Speaker 1: too much from him and should scale back and ask

1501
01:13:38,960 --> 01:13:41,640
Speaker 1: less of him and more of se Quon Barkley more

1502
01:13:41,680 --> 01:13:45,759
Speaker 1: of Odell Beckham Junior. Well, I think the Barkley question,

1503
01:13:45,800 --> 01:13:49,479
Speaker 1: Steve makes sense to me because I know they've been

1504
01:13:49,520 --> 01:13:52,040
Speaker 1: in some games where it's gotten away from them a

1505
01:13:52,120 --> 01:13:55,759
Speaker 1: little bit. Although that's relative to how you see games,

1506
01:13:56,240 --> 01:13:59,840
Speaker 1: but you know, Barkley, there have been a number of

1507
01:14:00,040 --> 01:14:02,160
Speaker 1: of close a couple of close games I know they

1508
01:14:02,240 --> 01:14:03,880
Speaker 1: played in where I thought they'd give the ball to

1509
01:14:03,960 --> 01:14:07,280
Speaker 1: Barkley more and they didn't. So you know, that's that's

1510
01:14:07,840 --> 01:14:10,719
Speaker 1: a play caller thing. I mean, they have to decide

1511
01:14:11,040 --> 01:14:15,400
Speaker 1: how they want to use Barkley. You know, Barkley does

1512
01:14:15,479 --> 01:14:18,040
Speaker 1: not have a ton of carries for a guy who's

1513
01:14:18,240 --> 01:14:20,960
Speaker 1: was drafted too and is obviously a very skilled back

1514
01:14:21,080 --> 01:14:25,479
Speaker 1: and highly explosive and dynamic. But it doesn't seem to

1515
01:14:25,640 --> 01:14:28,920
Speaker 1: me anyway watching their tape that their offense is running

1516
01:14:29,000 --> 01:14:32,920
Speaker 1: through sequon Barkley and in the run game anyway. Yeah, hey, Greg,

1517
01:14:33,000 --> 01:14:35,559
Speaker 1: the game of the weekend's gonna be Sunday night, Kansas

1518
01:14:35,600 --> 01:14:38,519
Speaker 1: City at New England. Did the Patriots have the fire

1519
01:14:38,680 --> 01:14:41,559
Speaker 1: the you know, the personnelt to stop a high powered

1520
01:14:41,600 --> 01:14:45,200
Speaker 1: offense at Kansas City puts on the field. Well, that'll

1521
01:14:45,240 --> 01:14:47,479
Speaker 1: be interesting how they choose to do it. Uh. You know,

1522
01:14:47,520 --> 01:14:50,880
Speaker 1: it's always instructive for me anyway when you to look

1523
01:14:50,920 --> 01:14:55,000
Speaker 1: at previous matchups because coach is coach against coaching. I

1524
01:14:55,120 --> 01:14:58,240
Speaker 1: know Pat Mahomes wasn't there a year ago, but any

1525
01:14:58,320 --> 01:15:01,479
Speaker 1: Reid was, and they are certain to find concepts that

1526
01:15:01,600 --> 01:15:05,000
Speaker 1: Andy Reid runs and Bill Belichick knows what they are.

1527
01:15:05,439 --> 01:15:07,680
Speaker 1: So it was instructive for me to look back. And

1528
01:15:07,760 --> 01:15:10,200
Speaker 1: I thought two things that stood out to me was

1529
01:15:10,840 --> 01:15:13,320
Speaker 1: last year when they played Week one early in the season,

1530
01:15:14,640 --> 01:15:16,880
Speaker 1: a lot of three man rushes by Bill Belichick with

1531
01:15:16,960 --> 01:15:19,759
Speaker 1: eight in coverage, which I think he might see because

1532
01:15:19,800 --> 01:15:23,519
Speaker 1: he's going to try to blur the lines for Patrick Mahomes,

1533
01:15:23,640 --> 01:15:26,960
Speaker 1: still a very young quarterback who hasn't seen a lot yet.

1534
01:15:27,479 --> 01:15:29,600
Speaker 1: And the other thing that stood out to me was

1535
01:15:29,640 --> 01:15:32,400
Speaker 1: when they did play man coverage. Normally the tight end

1536
01:15:32,479 --> 01:15:35,479
Speaker 1: matchup is Patrick Chung. In that game, it was Devin

1537
01:15:35,600 --> 01:15:39,800
Speaker 1: mccordy because mccordy's more athletic than Chung and Kelsey. Travis

1538
01:15:39,920 --> 01:15:43,960
Speaker 1: Kelsey is maybe the most athletic tight end in the league.

1539
01:15:44,360 --> 01:15:46,719
Speaker 1: One more game I want to ask you about this weekend.

1540
01:15:46,800 --> 01:15:48,880
Speaker 1: I had a chance to see the Miami Dolphins in

1541
01:15:49,800 --> 01:15:52,240
Speaker 1: Cincinnati last week. They were up seventeen points on the

1542
01:15:52,280 --> 01:15:56,440
Speaker 1: Bengals and then ended up getting beat by ten. In Cincinnati,

1543
01:15:56,680 --> 01:15:59,120
Speaker 1: they're facing a Bears with a defensive front that's really

1544
01:15:59,160 --> 01:16:01,880
Speaker 1: at the top of the league. Is Ryan Tannehill in

1545
01:16:01,960 --> 01:16:06,559
Speaker 1: for a long day? I would you know. I don't

1546
01:16:06,560 --> 01:16:09,000
Speaker 1: know what your thoughts were going into doing that game, Steve,

1547
01:16:09,080 --> 01:16:12,760
Speaker 1: but I find the Dolphins offense sometimes I'm not sure

1548
01:16:12,800 --> 01:16:14,719
Speaker 1: what they're trying to get done on a weekly basis.

1549
01:16:15,240 --> 01:16:17,280
Speaker 1: You know, they have someone like Kenyan Drake, who's an

1550
01:16:17,360 --> 01:16:20,400
Speaker 1: explosive dimension and he's had fourteen rushes in the last

1551
01:16:20,439 --> 01:16:23,360
Speaker 1: three games. You know, sometimes I just feel like I'm

1552
01:16:23,400 --> 01:16:27,680
Speaker 1: not sure what the plan is. Um, you know, I

1553
01:16:27,720 --> 01:16:29,679
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know if Tounsil is out this week.

1554
01:16:29,720 --> 01:16:31,519
Speaker 1: I know he got hurt last week. Because if he is,

1555
01:16:31,560 --> 01:16:33,679
Speaker 1: they've got a problem on left tackle because Sam Young

1556
01:16:33,800 --> 01:16:37,880
Speaker 1: came in and he really struggled Sea. I'm not good. Yeah,

1557
01:16:38,080 --> 01:16:39,960
Speaker 1: I mean you saw that in that game. I mean

1558
01:16:40,160 --> 01:16:43,719
Speaker 1: he really had a hard time. So that that limits

1559
01:16:43,760 --> 01:16:46,200
Speaker 1: what you can do because now you have to start

1560
01:16:47,240 --> 01:16:52,000
Speaker 1: building your pass game around protection, which theoretically every pass

1561
01:16:52,000 --> 01:16:53,960
Speaker 1: scheme is, but you'd like to be able to protect

1562
01:16:54,000 --> 01:16:56,800
Speaker 1: with five. Now you have to start thinking, Okay, am

1563
01:16:56,840 --> 01:16:58,320
Speaker 1: I going to keep people in? Am I gonna have

1564
01:16:58,400 --> 01:17:00,240
Speaker 1: to chip on every play? I'm like, and I have

1565
01:17:00,320 --> 01:17:03,000
Speaker 1: to slide my line that way, which then leads to

1566
01:17:03,080 --> 01:17:05,640
Speaker 1: weaknesses in other areas. So once you start having to

1567
01:17:05,720 --> 01:17:08,919
Speaker 1: compensate for your all line, your whole pass game changes.

1568
01:17:10,160 --> 01:17:11,880
Speaker 1: A great one more game to ask you about, and

1569
01:17:11,960 --> 01:17:14,519
Speaker 1: that's a Tampa Bay. They get Jamis Winston back in

1570
01:17:14,600 --> 01:17:19,280
Speaker 1: the starting lineup against Atlanta this Sunday, Winston Fitzpatrick. I

1571
01:17:19,320 --> 01:17:21,400
Speaker 1: don't know how they choose between those two, right, I mean,

1572
01:17:21,720 --> 01:17:23,760
Speaker 1: that doesn't seem to be a really good solid choice

1573
01:17:23,760 --> 01:17:26,639
Speaker 1: either way for Tampa Bay. Well, Winston was a number

1574
01:17:26,680 --> 01:17:29,479
Speaker 1: one pick in the draft Murphy, and he's more talented

1575
01:17:29,760 --> 01:17:32,600
Speaker 1: and he's had moments in this league. The question is

1576
01:17:32,720 --> 01:17:36,200
Speaker 1: can he play with more consistency? Can he cut down

1577
01:17:36,320 --> 01:17:39,559
Speaker 1: on his risk taking proclivities, which you know at times

1578
01:17:39,600 --> 01:17:44,400
Speaker 1: are really problematic, but he certainly can make throws. I'd

1579
01:17:44,439 --> 01:17:46,280
Speaker 1: be anxious to see if they try to run the

1580
01:17:46,360 --> 01:17:49,240
Speaker 1: ball more because their defense has really had a hard time.

1581
01:17:49,600 --> 01:17:52,800
Speaker 1: And I know it's old school thinking, but they might

1582
01:17:52,920 --> 01:17:55,080
Speaker 1: need to try to shorten the game, just like the

1583
01:17:55,200 --> 01:17:58,000
Speaker 1: Bills need to when they play, to shorten the game

1584
01:17:58,400 --> 01:18:01,599
Speaker 1: and not have their dfence out for as many snaps

1585
01:18:01,680 --> 01:18:06,639
Speaker 1: because their defense in Tampa has really struggled against the pass. Yeah,

1586
01:18:06,640 --> 01:18:08,200
Speaker 1: and I think when you say he needs to be

1587
01:18:08,360 --> 01:18:10,080
Speaker 1: he's had moments in this league and needs to be

1588
01:18:10,200 --> 01:18:12,920
Speaker 1: more consistent. That's the same thing they were saying about

1589
01:18:13,000 --> 01:18:16,479
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick everywhere he's played as well. You ride that

1590
01:18:16,600 --> 01:18:19,280
Speaker 1: roller coaster and Fitzpatrick got off to the lightning start.

1591
01:18:20,439 --> 01:18:23,519
Speaker 1: We've seen that before, and you knew that at some

1592
01:18:23,680 --> 01:18:25,479
Speaker 1: point they were gonna have to flip the switch and

1593
01:18:25,560 --> 01:18:27,400
Speaker 1: go back to Jamis Unston, even though they didn't have

1594
01:18:27,439 --> 01:18:29,920
Speaker 1: a choice with Pitt Fitzpatrick Corry in the season. There's

1595
01:18:30,000 --> 01:18:32,080
Speaker 1: nothing worse and you guys know this, and you know

1596
01:18:32,200 --> 01:18:35,000
Speaker 1: it for sure, Steve. There's nothing worse for a coach

1597
01:18:35,400 --> 01:18:38,280
Speaker 1: and an offense than not knowing what your quarterback is

1598
01:18:38,320 --> 01:18:40,040
Speaker 1: going to give you on a week to week basis.

1599
01:18:40,520 --> 01:18:42,680
Speaker 1: Is there any sense of impatience? Do you think in

1600
01:18:42,800 --> 01:18:46,080
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Is Winston gets what the second start of

1601
01:18:46,120 --> 01:18:48,040
Speaker 1: his fourth year in the NFL. Do you think they're

1602
01:18:48,479 --> 01:18:50,120
Speaker 1: they're wondering, like, what are we dealing with here? What

1603
01:18:50,200 --> 01:18:53,080
Speaker 1: do we got? When's it going to start? For sure? Yeah, absolutely,

1604
01:18:53,320 --> 01:18:55,360
Speaker 1: And I think that there's a sense of impatience. I'm

1605
01:18:55,400 --> 01:18:57,360
Speaker 1: sure for Dirk Cutter as well. You know, if this

1606
01:18:57,479 --> 01:19:00,840
Speaker 1: team starts snowballing in the wrong direction, his jobs on

1607
01:19:00,880 --> 01:19:04,120
Speaker 1: the line as well. So you know, absolutely, I mean

1608
01:19:04,439 --> 01:19:07,120
Speaker 1: Dirk Cutters. You know he's worried about Dirk Cutter too,

1609
01:19:07,240 --> 01:19:09,160
Speaker 1: But you know they need to find out as an

1610
01:19:09,240 --> 01:19:12,360
Speaker 1: organization if Jamis Winston is going to be their quarterback

1611
01:19:12,560 --> 01:19:15,240
Speaker 1: because the reality of life is you can say what

1612
01:19:15,360 --> 01:19:17,679
Speaker 1: you want about where he stands in the quarterback pantheon

1613
01:19:17,880 --> 01:19:20,200
Speaker 1: right now in the league, but if you decide he's

1614
01:19:20,240 --> 01:19:23,439
Speaker 1: going to be your guy, then you got to pay him. Yeah,

1615
01:19:23,479 --> 01:19:26,240
Speaker 1: and they have to make that decision. Yeah, that'll be

1616
01:19:26,280 --> 01:19:28,360
Speaker 1: a tough call. That's a tough that's a tough check

1617
01:19:28,479 --> 01:19:31,920
Speaker 1: to write today. Yeah, yeah, no question. It is as

1618
01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:34,720
Speaker 1: we speak today, guys. Yeah, hey, great, thanks for this.

1619
01:19:34,800 --> 01:19:38,000
Speaker 1: We'll talk again next Friday. Thank you very much, appreciate it, guys.

1620
01:19:38,080 --> 01:19:42,160
Speaker 1: Thanks great. Kosal Executive producer analyst of NFL Matchup on ESPN,

1621
01:19:42,240 --> 01:19:45,479
Speaker 1: Senior producer in NFL Films, NFL Matchup on the ESPN

1622
01:19:45,520 --> 01:19:49,160
Speaker 1: Tomorrow seven thirty am ESPN and then Sunday morning, six

1623
01:19:49,360 --> 01:19:52,320
Speaker 1: thirty am NFL Matchup. I'll be watching the Sunday morning version.

1624
01:19:52,320 --> 01:19:54,800
Speaker 1: I'll be just kicking up in my hotel room down

1625
01:19:54,880 --> 01:19:58,519
Speaker 1: in Houston. I'll actually be five thirties in Houston. I'm

1626
01:19:58,560 --> 01:20:01,160
Speaker 1: not gonna get up. Well, I'll be in Nashville and

1627
01:20:01,160 --> 01:20:04,240
Speaker 1: i won't be getting at I'll watch Greg. I got you, Greg.

1628
01:20:04,240 --> 01:20:06,360
Speaker 1: I'll be watching Steve and I back with more one

1629
01:20:06,400 --> 01:20:08,839
Speaker 1: bills Live from one Bill's Drive and this is Buffalo

1630
01:20:08,920 --> 01:20:24,679
Speaker 1: Bills Radio. I've been back to one Bill's Live Jumber

1631
01:20:24,680 --> 01:20:26,760
Speaker 1: if he's Steve Tasker and there one Buffalo Studio or

1632
01:20:26,800 --> 01:20:30,040
Speaker 1: thanks again to Greg co Sell from NFL Matchup on ESPN.

1633
01:20:30,080 --> 01:20:31,960
Speaker 1: You know, one of the things I like about Great

1634
01:20:32,000 --> 01:20:34,200
Speaker 1: cos On there's a long list of him, Steve he

1635
01:20:34,680 --> 01:20:37,519
Speaker 1: not being here and you know he's got he's following

1636
01:20:37,600 --> 01:20:39,360
Speaker 1: thirty two teams, but he does kind of he has

1637
01:20:39,400 --> 01:20:42,680
Speaker 1: a knack for zeroing in on what the issues are

1638
01:20:42,720 --> 01:20:44,439
Speaker 1: with the Buffalo Bills. And I'm sure he's like that

1639
01:20:44,520 --> 01:20:47,040
Speaker 1: with most of the other thirty one teams. So I

1640
01:20:47,120 --> 01:20:49,080
Speaker 1: think it's his value. You know, he's not here, he

1641
01:20:49,160 --> 01:20:50,960
Speaker 1: doesn't know what's said in the locker room or what

1642
01:20:51,080 --> 01:20:52,760
Speaker 1: the coach is saying at his news conference. But I

1643
01:20:52,840 --> 01:20:54,880
Speaker 1: love the fact that Great co Sell he has got

1644
01:20:54,920 --> 01:20:57,720
Speaker 1: a knack for zero zeroing in on exactly what the

1645
01:20:57,760 --> 01:20:59,880
Speaker 1: Bills issues are, both good and bad. Yeah, I mean

1646
01:21:00,000 --> 01:21:03,680
Speaker 1: I've we've both heard it where any we've For me,

1647
01:21:03,760 --> 01:21:05,640
Speaker 1: I've even done it at times been a guy from

1648
01:21:05,720 --> 01:21:08,400
Speaker 1: outside like I'm coming in as a CBS analyst talking

1649
01:21:08,439 --> 01:21:10,519
Speaker 1: to a team that I'm gonna do that weekend and

1650
01:21:11,200 --> 01:21:13,320
Speaker 1: coming in with an outside a pair of eyes on

1651
01:21:13,439 --> 01:21:15,120
Speaker 1: it and not really having as good as sense. Like

1652
01:21:15,280 --> 01:21:18,000
Speaker 1: you know, you still got people saying, you know, talking

1653
01:21:18,000 --> 01:21:20,519
Speaker 1: about how the Bills. They think Bills traded away they're

1654
01:21:20,520 --> 01:21:22,920
Speaker 1: starting left tackle in the offseason. Right, it wasn't the

1655
01:21:22,960 --> 01:21:25,840
Speaker 1: starting left tackle he was, you know, so you just

1656
01:21:26,439 --> 01:21:28,559
Speaker 1: he has a real sense of what the true issues are.

1657
01:21:28,640 --> 01:21:30,799
Speaker 1: I think he am more so, and he's better informed

1658
01:21:30,800 --> 01:21:33,360
Speaker 1: than some of the guys who parachute around or or

1659
01:21:33,479 --> 01:21:35,720
Speaker 1: you know, kind of watched the team, watched him to

1660
01:21:35,840 --> 01:21:38,120
Speaker 1: play the last week before this and then look at

1661
01:21:38,160 --> 01:21:40,479
Speaker 1: the major stories and kind of make conclusions about it.

1662
01:21:40,680 --> 01:21:42,600
Speaker 1: You know, I don't know. The point spread on this

1663
01:21:42,680 --> 01:21:45,240
Speaker 1: game doesn't matter obviously, but it's pretty sizeable in favor

1664
01:21:45,320 --> 01:21:47,720
Speaker 1: of of the Houston Texas. Last I heard, it was

1665
01:21:47,800 --> 01:21:51,519
Speaker 1: what eight ten points favorites three of them. They get

1666
01:21:51,560 --> 01:21:53,599
Speaker 1: it for the home game. Right, Bill's got a chance

1667
01:21:53,640 --> 01:21:55,479
Speaker 1: to win this, Steven, We've seen We've seen it now

1668
01:21:55,600 --> 01:21:57,519
Speaker 1: with their two wins, two wins, three losses. Look, the

1669
01:21:57,560 --> 01:21:59,640
Speaker 1: Bills aren't real good. You got a chance to win

1670
01:21:59,680 --> 01:22:02,479
Speaker 1: this was it's not real good either. They've won two

1671
01:22:02,600 --> 01:22:05,200
Speaker 1: overtime games, ye back to back after going on three

1672
01:22:05,240 --> 01:22:08,280
Speaker 1: to start three starts the season. No, there, they're a team, Listen,

1673
01:22:08,360 --> 01:22:11,880
Speaker 1: they're talented. They've got a lot of talent, and they yeah,

1674
01:22:11,920 --> 01:22:14,439
Speaker 1: and they know that they've got that under their hood,

1675
01:22:14,560 --> 01:22:16,519
Speaker 1: and they're gonna come in thinking, you know, they're gonna

1676
01:22:16,560 --> 01:22:18,519
Speaker 1: come in the game being pretty confident they should win

1677
01:22:18,600 --> 01:22:20,439
Speaker 1: this game against a Buffalo Bills team who's coming in

1678
01:22:20,520 --> 01:22:23,320
Speaker 1: and can't score points. Um. And they're also going to

1679
01:22:23,360 --> 01:22:25,519
Speaker 1: be at home and it is a tough place to play.

1680
01:22:26,320 --> 01:22:28,880
Speaker 1: But the Bills are coming in there with a plan

1681
01:22:29,040 --> 01:22:31,400
Speaker 1: that if they can execute it there, they have the

1682
01:22:31,479 --> 01:22:35,080
Speaker 1: ability to do it against a Houston Texans team. This

1683
01:22:35,240 --> 01:22:39,000
Speaker 1: Houston Texans team this year, the Bills defensive front is

1684
01:22:39,200 --> 01:22:42,240
Speaker 1: and you heard Greg Cosell the offensive line of the

1685
01:22:42,280 --> 01:22:46,000
Speaker 1: Houston Texans the way he made a sound. They're struggling

1686
01:22:46,040 --> 01:22:48,360
Speaker 1: far worse than the Buffalo Bills offensive line, and a

1687
01:22:48,400 --> 01:22:52,400
Speaker 1: lot of Bills fans be surprised to hear that they've

1688
01:22:52,479 --> 01:22:56,880
Speaker 1: got a young, strong, big time athletic quarterback just like

1689
01:22:57,000 --> 01:22:59,760
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills do. He's a wild card. He's got

1690
01:22:59,800 --> 01:23:02,040
Speaker 1: a more games under his belt than than the Bills

1691
01:23:02,120 --> 01:23:04,200
Speaker 1: quarterback and then Josh Allen does he get seven more

1692
01:23:04,240 --> 01:23:09,280
Speaker 1: games played? Right? Seven? So yeah, there's a lot. You

1693
01:23:09,360 --> 01:23:10,880
Speaker 1: and I get into this every We talk about it

1694
01:23:10,920 --> 01:23:14,479
Speaker 1: every Friday. We talk ourselves into loving the Bills on Friday.

1695
01:23:14,800 --> 01:23:16,519
Speaker 1: You know, they got a chance to go in there.

1696
01:23:17,080 --> 01:23:19,040
Speaker 1: They got a chance here to go in and do it. Now.

1697
01:23:19,080 --> 01:23:21,200
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna take some turnovers, no question about.

1698
01:23:21,240 --> 01:23:23,760
Speaker 1: It's gonna take some turnovers by the defense, as it

1699
01:23:23,840 --> 01:23:25,600
Speaker 1: did the first two wins. And it's gonna take that.

1700
01:23:25,720 --> 01:23:29,559
Speaker 1: And that's what it's gonna take. If and this defense,

1701
01:23:29,800 --> 01:23:31,519
Speaker 1: I think of the Buffalo Bills, and I've been saying

1702
01:23:31,560 --> 01:23:34,720
Speaker 1: it forever, is for real. It's the real thing. They

1703
01:23:34,800 --> 01:23:37,840
Speaker 1: got a really solid secondary, and we set it too.

1704
01:23:37,920 --> 01:23:40,320
Speaker 1: I think they're getting healthier. They're getting guys back into

1705
01:23:40,360 --> 01:23:42,880
Speaker 1: the lineup. Marcus Murphy, I think as a running back,

1706
01:23:42,920 --> 01:23:44,920
Speaker 1: I think they might active. I would activate him this

1707
01:23:45,040 --> 01:23:48,479
Speaker 1: week for the running game, to give him a third

1708
01:23:48,600 --> 01:23:51,800
Speaker 1: guy to go in and spell Ivory and and also

1709
01:23:51,920 --> 01:23:53,840
Speaker 1: be an extra question mark in the defense. His mind

1710
01:23:53,880 --> 01:23:55,639
Speaker 1: say what kind of guy is that? Who is this guy? Yeah?

1711
01:23:55,720 --> 01:23:57,800
Speaker 1: I don't know how many questions he creates. Plus you're

1712
01:23:57,840 --> 01:24:01,800
Speaker 1: taking somebody else off the field, probably only if they yeah, yeah,

1713
01:24:01,920 --> 01:24:04,599
Speaker 1: I get it. But nevertheless, you're gonna if you want

1714
01:24:04,640 --> 01:24:07,640
Speaker 1: to hand the ball off forty times, you'd better have

1715
01:24:07,760 --> 01:24:09,800
Speaker 1: three guys to do it too than just one. They

1716
01:24:09,840 --> 01:24:12,240
Speaker 1: did last week with two. Let's talk a little bit

1717
01:24:12,240 --> 01:24:14,800
Speaker 1: about what we hope to see, what we need to see,

1718
01:24:14,840 --> 01:24:17,160
Speaker 1: and the one thing Buffalo's offensive to do, Steve, is

1719
01:24:17,240 --> 01:24:19,439
Speaker 1: to get their act together on first down. And look,

1720
01:24:19,520 --> 01:24:22,160
Speaker 1: I know there were those two bad opening games, right

1721
01:24:22,200 --> 01:24:25,320
Speaker 1: Baltimore and the Chargers, But through five games now, the

1722
01:24:25,439 --> 01:24:27,880
Speaker 1: Bills on first down average two point eight yards per

1723
01:24:27,920 --> 01:24:30,599
Speaker 1: play on first down. There's no wonder they're dead last

1724
01:24:30,640 --> 01:24:33,000
Speaker 1: in the NFL on third downs, right, because it's always

1725
01:24:33,040 --> 01:24:35,640
Speaker 1: and by the way third downs, their average down and

1726
01:24:35,720 --> 01:24:39,960
Speaker 1: distant on third downs is third and nine. You die

1727
01:24:40,000 --> 01:24:41,960
Speaker 1: if you're always third to night that's their average. Yeah,

1728
01:24:41,960 --> 01:24:43,400
Speaker 1: you can't get off, you can't get on the field

1729
01:24:43,520 --> 01:24:46,439
Speaker 1: less than three yards per play on first down. That's terrible.

1730
01:24:46,600 --> 01:24:48,960
Speaker 1: That change better on first time, Now, that did change

1731
01:24:49,040 --> 01:24:51,920
Speaker 1: this last game. It got better. That got the first

1732
01:24:51,960 --> 01:24:54,360
Speaker 1: five game, but this the first five games they have

1733
01:24:54,479 --> 01:24:58,280
Speaker 1: not been good. And that's and this last game a

1734
01:24:58,400 --> 01:25:00,600
Speaker 1: lot of it was due to this success they had

1735
01:25:00,640 --> 01:25:02,720
Speaker 1: them first and second down and their ability to stay

1736
01:25:02,760 --> 01:25:05,800
Speaker 1: on the field on third down. And you know, you

1737
01:25:05,880 --> 01:25:07,600
Speaker 1: go back to that the drive at the end of

1738
01:25:07,640 --> 01:25:10,439
Speaker 1: that game where four forty three left and they needed

1739
01:25:10,479 --> 01:25:12,479
Speaker 1: to run the clock out and gain yards and get

1740
01:25:12,520 --> 01:25:14,479
Speaker 1: into field goal range. Man, they did it on the ground,

1741
01:25:14,600 --> 01:25:16,680
Speaker 1: They grounded out and they were successful on first and

1742
01:25:16,760 --> 01:25:19,880
Speaker 1: second down to do it. So they have started to

1743
01:25:19,920 --> 01:25:22,880
Speaker 1: get better at that. But there's no question with Josh

1744
01:25:22,960 --> 01:25:26,759
Speaker 1: Allen at quarterback, they're they're having to manufacture some success.

1745
01:25:26,960 --> 01:25:28,680
Speaker 1: When they do. It's got to be with the run.

1746
01:25:28,760 --> 01:25:30,400
Speaker 1: Game's gotta be with screen passes, it's got to be

1747
01:25:30,479 --> 01:25:36,599
Speaker 1: with d with small short you know, throws that are

1748
01:25:36,640 --> 01:25:40,600
Speaker 1: easy completions. And until that changes, I think this the

1749
01:25:40,640 --> 01:25:42,439
Speaker 1: team is going to struggle to score points. You got

1750
01:25:42,520 --> 01:25:44,320
Speaker 1: to you gotta get them where you can get them,

1751
01:25:44,320 --> 01:25:47,000
Speaker 1: and the defense has got to take some shoulder, even

1752
01:25:47,080 --> 01:25:49,400
Speaker 1: more responsibility. But because of it, there is a lot

1753
01:25:49,520 --> 01:25:51,760
Speaker 1: on the plate of the offensive line in this game.

1754
01:25:51,880 --> 01:25:54,840
Speaker 1: Obviously with what on one side, clowning and the weather

1755
01:25:55,080 --> 01:25:57,920
Speaker 1: the other. You heard you heard great Coasal talk about

1756
01:25:57,960 --> 01:25:59,760
Speaker 1: how they moved clowning around a little bit and he

1757
01:26:00,720 --> 01:26:02,400
Speaker 1: and I guess I saw this on video two. I've

1758
01:26:02,439 --> 01:26:05,680
Speaker 1: watched three Texans games. They move around and he's very

1759
01:26:05,720 --> 01:26:07,320
Speaker 1: starting against the run. But the Bills need to be

1760
01:26:07,400 --> 01:26:10,280
Speaker 1: good and good consistently up front on the offensive line.

1761
01:26:10,320 --> 01:26:12,040
Speaker 1: You can't say that they've done that yet this year, no,

1762
01:26:12,160 --> 01:26:13,720
Speaker 1: but I think they're getting better. When they made the

1763
01:26:13,760 --> 01:26:16,040
Speaker 1: switch from Groy to Bodine at center, I thought that

1764
01:26:16,200 --> 01:26:18,200
Speaker 1: the offensive line started to settle down a little bit

1765
01:26:18,200 --> 01:26:19,800
Speaker 1: and started to play better. It started in the in

1766
01:26:19,880 --> 01:26:23,600
Speaker 1: the Minnesota game, they started to at least get a

1767
01:26:23,680 --> 01:26:26,519
Speaker 1: hat on a hat. I think early on in the

1768
01:26:26,720 --> 01:26:29,280
Speaker 1: in the in the season they were leaving guys loose

1769
01:26:29,680 --> 01:26:32,799
Speaker 1: u and even even into that third game when Bodine

1770
01:26:32,840 --> 01:26:37,040
Speaker 1: took over, they still were sitting settling things in. But

1771
01:26:37,240 --> 01:26:40,439
Speaker 1: they are getting better at least sometimes. There's no question

1772
01:26:40,479 --> 01:26:43,479
Speaker 1: they're not an athletic group, like Greg Cosell has said,

1773
01:26:44,120 --> 01:26:45,840
Speaker 1: but they are at least getting a hat on a

1774
01:26:45,920 --> 01:26:49,599
Speaker 1: hat now and that's a start. And they will get

1775
01:26:49,640 --> 01:26:51,920
Speaker 1: beat physically once in a while, one on one, particularly

1776
01:26:51,920 --> 01:26:54,320
Speaker 1: with the group they're facing this week, but they have

1777
01:26:54,560 --> 01:26:57,040
Speaker 1: made strides, and of course when they run the football

1778
01:26:57,120 --> 01:26:59,160
Speaker 1: like they did last week, and when the game is

1779
01:26:59,240 --> 01:27:01,920
Speaker 1: close like it was last week, they're not always asked

1780
01:27:02,040 --> 01:27:04,320
Speaker 1: to sort through a pass rush. At least they can

1781
01:27:04,400 --> 01:27:05,680
Speaker 1: fire out and get a hat on a hat in

1782
01:27:05,720 --> 01:27:07,200
Speaker 1: the run game, and that's a little easier to do.

1783
01:27:07,320 --> 01:27:09,960
Speaker 1: It's a tough task. Jordan Mills, bill starting right tackle,

1784
01:27:10,080 --> 01:27:11,760
Speaker 1: talk about it. This week. He was asked about coming

1785
01:27:11,840 --> 01:27:14,479
Speaker 1: up against the two outside pass rushers j J. Watt

1786
01:27:14,720 --> 01:27:18,479
Speaker 1: and Jadeveon Clowney. Here's what Mills had to say. It's

1787
01:27:18,520 --> 01:27:20,719
Speaker 1: gonna be a great challenge, you know for the photos

1788
01:27:20,720 --> 01:27:22,479
Speaker 1: office of mine, especially me and day On because they're

1789
01:27:22,479 --> 01:27:24,280
Speaker 1: gonna be of us for the most part. But you

1790
01:27:24,360 --> 01:27:26,760
Speaker 1: know this, this is what you're in the NFL for.

1791
01:27:26,960 --> 01:27:29,240
Speaker 1: You know, it's two great guys with having you know

1792
01:27:29,560 --> 01:27:33,080
Speaker 1: what and clowning too, Pro Bowl guys what being in

1793
01:27:33,160 --> 01:27:37,439
Speaker 1: a defensive MVP. Um. You know, it's a great challenge

1794
01:27:37,479 --> 01:27:39,719
Speaker 1: for us and we're up for we we we motivate

1795
01:27:39,760 --> 01:27:41,720
Speaker 1: each other every day and we just came wait to

1796
01:27:41,760 --> 01:27:44,360
Speaker 1: get out there Sunday and uh in ball out and

1797
01:27:44,720 --> 01:27:47,000
Speaker 1: you know, except the challenge I second about that CV. Yes,

1798
01:27:47,080 --> 01:27:49,240
Speaker 1: it is a tough challenge. Wat on one side, Clowney

1799
01:27:49,280 --> 01:27:51,320
Speaker 1: on the other typically, But it's not just up to

1800
01:27:51,360 --> 01:27:53,800
Speaker 1: the offensive line. It's up to the UH. It's up

1801
01:27:53,840 --> 01:27:56,479
Speaker 1: to Josh sh Allen to get rid of the ball, right,

1802
01:27:56,600 --> 01:27:58,880
Speaker 1: It's up to tight ends to help running back to

1803
01:27:58,920 --> 01:28:01,360
Speaker 1: the chip, and it's up to Brian Dable to make

1804
01:28:01,400 --> 01:28:03,840
Speaker 1: sure they're not asking Josh Ellen to drop back seven

1805
01:28:04,240 --> 01:28:06,400
Speaker 1: steps and sit there and wait, Yeah, that won't happen.

1806
01:28:06,560 --> 01:28:08,240
Speaker 1: I was just gonna say the same thing. Brian Dable

1807
01:28:08,320 --> 01:28:10,040
Speaker 1: has a lot to say about how much that's going

1808
01:28:10,080 --> 01:28:11,920
Speaker 1: to be a factor and how much how much time

1809
01:28:13,720 --> 01:28:15,560
Speaker 1: Watt and clown you're gonna have to get to the

1810
01:28:15,680 --> 01:28:17,880
Speaker 1: quarterback of what they're gonna look at, what kind of

1811
01:28:18,640 --> 01:28:22,400
Speaker 1: what kind of obstacles, Um, Brian Dable can throw in

1812
01:28:22,479 --> 01:28:25,840
Speaker 1: their way to get them either a doubtful that they're

1813
01:28:25,840 --> 01:28:28,479
Speaker 1: actually rushing the quarterback and any given plant down and

1814
01:28:29,000 --> 01:28:31,320
Speaker 1: who they have to go through to get to him. Um,

1815
01:28:31,800 --> 01:28:36,040
Speaker 1: that's all that's all on Brian Dable in scheme and

1816
01:28:36,360 --> 01:28:39,200
Speaker 1: UH and play selection. And it's gonna be a fun plan.

1817
01:28:39,280 --> 01:28:41,600
Speaker 1: And I get this too, Jordan Mills. And you know,

1818
01:28:41,680 --> 01:28:44,040
Speaker 1: for what you say up or down to the Bill's

1819
01:28:44,120 --> 01:28:47,800
Speaker 1: offensive line is what you kind of sign up for

1820
01:28:47,880 --> 01:28:50,639
Speaker 1: as a pro athlete. Let me. I want to see

1821
01:28:50,680 --> 01:28:52,200
Speaker 1: what it's like to go against these guys. I want

1822
01:28:52,200 --> 01:28:53,639
Speaker 1: to see if I can measure up, and I want

1823
01:28:53,680 --> 01:28:55,719
Speaker 1: to measure up. These guys are gonna be highly motivated

1824
01:28:55,760 --> 01:28:58,120
Speaker 1: to make a statement about how far they've come and

1825
01:28:58,200 --> 01:29:00,680
Speaker 1: where they are in their careers, and all individually and

1826
01:29:00,800 --> 01:29:04,040
Speaker 1: of course as a team. So they know it's a challenge.

1827
01:29:04,080 --> 01:29:05,840
Speaker 1: They've got a week to prepare for it. They're gonna

1828
01:29:05,920 --> 01:29:07,599
Speaker 1: they're gonna hunker down and see if they can get

1829
01:29:07,640 --> 01:29:10,800
Speaker 1: it done. My thing that always comes back to whenever

1830
01:29:10,840 --> 01:29:12,479
Speaker 1: I start talking about how the Bills are going to

1831
01:29:12,560 --> 01:29:14,680
Speaker 1: compete is the fact that it's going to be down

1832
01:29:14,720 --> 01:29:17,040
Speaker 1: an NRG stadium. It's a tough place to play. I've

1833
01:29:17,080 --> 01:29:20,120
Speaker 1: said it. I've said a couple of times today. I

1834
01:29:20,240 --> 01:29:22,679
Speaker 1: think it's imperative for a little bit of early success

1835
01:29:22,840 --> 01:29:26,040
Speaker 1: for the Bills to get their confidence in and know that,

1836
01:29:26,160 --> 01:29:27,840
Speaker 1: you know what, we are going to compete today. And

1837
01:29:27,920 --> 01:29:29,680
Speaker 1: I think that has a ripple effect. We've seen it

1838
01:29:29,760 --> 01:29:32,240
Speaker 1: early on, particularly with Josh and the youth they have

1839
01:29:32,360 --> 01:29:35,400
Speaker 1: at different spots with you know, with Tremaine Edmonds and

1840
01:29:35,479 --> 01:29:37,920
Speaker 1: all these young guys, they've got at places. I think

1841
01:29:38,000 --> 01:29:40,719
Speaker 1: early success on both sides of the balls really paramount

1842
01:29:40,720 --> 01:29:42,599
Speaker 1: to the Bills competing through four quarters. And I think

1843
01:29:42,840 --> 01:29:44,800
Speaker 1: this Sunday and throughout the course of the season, the

1844
01:29:44,840 --> 01:29:47,559
Speaker 1: Bills have to have a much more viable passing attack

1845
01:29:47,640 --> 01:29:50,479
Speaker 1: ranked thirty second in the league. Receivers don't get involved

1846
01:29:50,560 --> 01:29:53,559
Speaker 1: much Josh Allen, you know, struggling to make the right

1847
01:29:53,640 --> 01:29:56,120
Speaker 1: throws and to read his stuff. It's got to start

1848
01:29:56,160 --> 01:29:57,720
Speaker 1: to get better, right and why not this week? When

1849
01:29:57,720 --> 01:30:00,320
Speaker 1: you look at a Houston Texans defense that is going

1850
01:30:00,360 --> 01:30:03,439
Speaker 1: to be most likely without Aaron Colden, right, we haven't

1851
01:30:03,439 --> 01:30:05,800
Speaker 1: seen the final injury report, but he's not playing. They

1852
01:30:06,280 --> 01:30:09,400
Speaker 1: use one of the safety's Kareem Jackson, as their nickel corner.

1853
01:30:09,640 --> 01:30:12,679
Speaker 1: They start a rookie back there, justin Reid, Jonathan Joseph

1854
01:30:12,720 --> 01:30:15,080
Speaker 1: and Cherie Wright who played here last year, let go

1855
01:30:15,240 --> 01:30:18,519
Speaker 1: last year. Those are the probably the starting corners for

1856
01:30:18,680 --> 01:30:20,959
Speaker 1: other Bills in this game. But they have to demonstrate

1857
01:30:21,000 --> 01:30:22,880
Speaker 1: that they can move the ball through the air a

1858
01:30:22,960 --> 01:30:25,680
Speaker 1: little bit, right. I mean, they are historically, right now

1859
01:30:25,720 --> 01:30:28,559
Speaker 1: through five games, historically bad in terms of the amount

1860
01:30:28,560 --> 01:30:30,559
Speaker 1: of production they're getting on the pass. It's surprising how

1861
01:30:30,640 --> 01:30:32,680
Speaker 1: little they have to do in the in the passing game.

1862
01:30:32,840 --> 01:30:35,679
Speaker 1: If Josh Allen drops back and rips it and hits

1863
01:30:35,720 --> 01:30:39,920
Speaker 1: that fifteen twenty yard digger out that want to cross

1864
01:30:39,960 --> 01:30:42,559
Speaker 1: the middle and threads it through there and hits it open,

1865
01:30:42,680 --> 01:30:44,599
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, their whole defense goes, oh my god,

1866
01:30:44,960 --> 01:30:48,519
Speaker 1: who And it changes the way they view this offense

1867
01:30:48,560 --> 01:30:50,720
Speaker 1: that they're playing against. So if he can do that,

1868
01:30:51,000 --> 01:30:54,160
Speaker 1: he just once a quarter to make a throw that

1869
01:30:54,760 --> 01:30:56,840
Speaker 1: makes that defense say, wow, this guy can rip it.

1870
01:30:57,640 --> 01:30:59,720
Speaker 1: That changes everything. And that's a little bit about the

1871
01:31:00,240 --> 01:31:02,560
Speaker 1: success I was talking about a minute ago, and and

1872
01:31:03,360 --> 01:31:07,040
Speaker 1: and what effect it will have on the Houston Texans.

1873
01:31:07,040 --> 01:31:08,800
Speaker 1: I think that's one one of the things I'd love

1874
01:31:08,840 --> 01:31:10,720
Speaker 1: to see and one of the things I need to see.

1875
01:31:10,720 --> 01:31:12,560
Speaker 1: And then one of the things, the other thing that

1876
01:31:12,680 --> 01:31:15,880
Speaker 1: we need to see that we've been talking about. I

1877
01:31:16,000 --> 01:31:19,160
Speaker 1: want to see Turdavious White on DeAndre Hopkins. He's got

1878
01:31:19,320 --> 01:31:21,640
Speaker 1: to he's got to win more than he loses. And

1879
01:31:21,720 --> 01:31:23,240
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna get some help. I mean, they're

1880
01:31:23,240 --> 01:31:24,840
Speaker 1: not going to leave him on an island, although they

1881
01:31:24,920 --> 01:31:28,720
Speaker 1: may at times given whatever down and distance tendencies. The

1882
01:31:28,800 --> 01:31:31,600
Speaker 1: Houston Texans have shown so far they may know, you know,

1883
01:31:31,720 --> 01:31:34,160
Speaker 1: Turdavious White in this formation and this down and distance

1884
01:31:34,240 --> 01:31:36,320
Speaker 1: is probably gonna be okay by himself and move away

1885
01:31:36,360 --> 01:31:39,320
Speaker 1: from rotate the safety the other way. Whatever. But I

1886
01:31:39,439 --> 01:31:43,160
Speaker 1: think I want to see Tredavious White matchup against DeAndre

1887
01:31:43,280 --> 01:31:46,439
Speaker 1: Hopkins and see how those two have it out. We

1888
01:31:46,520 --> 01:31:49,160
Speaker 1: got a good sense from Greag Coset a few minutes ago.

1889
01:31:49,479 --> 01:31:52,040
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins is not a blazing fast guy, but he's

1890
01:31:52,040 --> 01:31:55,599
Speaker 1: a big, physical receiver, great hands, He's got a good

1891
01:31:55,680 --> 01:31:58,960
Speaker 1: catch radius radius, and it's not like he gets a

1892
01:31:59,040 --> 01:32:01,240
Speaker 1: lot of separation from those guys that are covering him.

1893
01:32:01,280 --> 01:32:03,760
Speaker 1: So it's not like guys can't stay with him, but

1894
01:32:03,880 --> 01:32:06,280
Speaker 1: they can't keep him from catching the ball. He's, like

1895
01:32:06,360 --> 01:32:09,080
Speaker 1: I said, he's open even when he's not open, and

1896
01:32:09,240 --> 01:32:12,160
Speaker 1: Tredavious White is gonna have to cover him from snap

1897
01:32:12,240 --> 01:32:15,479
Speaker 1: to whistle. The injury report is good for the Bills. Really.

1898
01:32:15,560 --> 01:32:18,240
Speaker 1: We don't have any game standus yet, Questionable probable, that

1899
01:32:18,360 --> 01:32:21,439
Speaker 1: sort of thing. But full practice today for Tredavious White,

1900
01:32:21,600 --> 01:32:23,120
Speaker 1: who had been limited for a couple of days when

1901
01:32:23,160 --> 01:32:25,599
Speaker 1: the NANKA injury. Full practice today for the safeties Micah

1902
01:32:25,640 --> 01:32:28,040
Speaker 1: Hyde and Raphael Bush, who were limited for a couple

1903
01:32:28,080 --> 01:32:30,040
Speaker 1: of days with various injuries. We'll get all into the

1904
01:32:30,439 --> 01:32:32,560
Speaker 1: injury list and much more when we come back to

1905
01:32:32,680 --> 01:32:35,240
Speaker 1: the thirty five hour of the show. Laurizo Alexander's to

1906
01:32:35,280 --> 01:32:37,200
Speaker 1: anybody to join us. The lowdown coming up and we

1907
01:32:37,320 --> 01:32:40,280
Speaker 1: come back John Murphy's Team Tasker. It is One Bill's

1908
01:32:40,320 --> 01:32:42,559
Speaker 1: Live presented by Klaid to Health from One Bill's Drive

1909
01:32:42,600 --> 01:32:56,200
Speaker 1: and this is Buffalo Bills Radiolo Bills Radio Network. Sorry

1910
01:32:56,439 --> 01:32:59,120
Speaker 1: say update from One Bill's Drive. The Buffalo Bills have

1911
01:32:59,200 --> 01:33:02,519
Speaker 1: wrapped up there practice. They practiced outdoors in the forty

1912
01:33:02,560 --> 01:33:05,360
Speaker 1: six to read temperatures today. Gonna play indoors Sunday at

1913
01:33:05,479 --> 01:33:08,040
Speaker 1: NRG Stadium in Houston. They hope to be healthy at

1914
01:33:08,080 --> 01:33:11,160
Speaker 1: safety on Sunday. Full practice day today for Michael Hyde

1915
01:33:11,200 --> 01:33:13,960
Speaker 1: with his groin, Raphael Bush with his shoulder. Turnavius White

1916
01:33:14,000 --> 01:33:16,479
Speaker 1: gout in the full practice days. He's been limited the

1917
01:33:16,560 --> 01:33:18,680
Speaker 1: last two days with an ankle injury. The Bills have

1918
01:33:18,760 --> 01:33:21,280
Speaker 1: to deal with Houston's pass rush. J J. Watt and

1919
01:33:21,400 --> 01:33:24,280
Speaker 1: Jadavian Clowney. Watt leads the league with six sacks so

1920
01:33:24,400 --> 01:33:27,519
Speaker 1: far this year. Josh Allen. He's second in the league.

1921
01:33:27,760 --> 01:33:29,960
Speaker 1: No leads the league, and Josh Allen has been sacked

1922
01:33:30,040 --> 01:33:32,519
Speaker 1: nineteen times, most in the NFL. It's a one o'clock

1923
01:33:32,640 --> 01:33:35,479
Speaker 1: kickoff at NARG Stadium the Bills in the Houston Texans

1924
01:33:35,560 --> 01:33:37,720
Speaker 1: right here on their flagship w g R Sports Radio

1925
01:33:37,720 --> 01:33:40,920
Speaker 1: five fifty. Last night, Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Junior

1926
01:33:41,280 --> 01:33:43,200
Speaker 1: walked off the field and into the little locker room

1927
01:33:43,200 --> 01:33:44,920
Speaker 1: before the final player of the first half in the

1928
01:33:44,960 --> 01:33:47,439
Speaker 1: giants thirty four to thirteen loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.

1929
01:33:47,479 --> 01:33:50,160
Speaker 1: The Giants and Beckham say he needed an IV for

1930
01:33:50,240 --> 01:33:53,360
Speaker 1: the second time in three games. He was dehydrated. The

1931
01:33:53,439 --> 01:33:56,040
Speaker 1: Giants now one in five, worst record in the NFL

1932
01:33:56,080 --> 01:33:59,599
Speaker 1: after their loss last night. The Eagles running back Corey

1933
01:33:59,640 --> 01:34:02,599
Speaker 1: Clement had a pretty good game yesterday. With Jagi out

1934
01:34:02,640 --> 01:34:05,360
Speaker 1: season ending ACL injury. Clement after the game said, we

1935
01:34:05,439 --> 01:34:07,320
Speaker 1: don't need a running back. Don't worry about trading for

1936
01:34:07,439 --> 01:34:10,320
Speaker 1: Levan Bell or for Lashawn McCoy. Don't need him there.

1937
01:34:10,520 --> 01:34:14,240
Speaker 1: Clement told reporters that he told Howie Roseman, the Eagles

1938
01:34:14,320 --> 01:34:16,720
Speaker 1: general manager, that Philly does not need to add a

1939
01:34:16,760 --> 01:34:19,720
Speaker 1: new running back. Savers lost last night to Colorado six

1940
01:34:19,800 --> 01:34:22,120
Speaker 1: one at Key Bank Center. The powerplay with oh for

1941
01:34:22,280 --> 01:34:25,439
Speaker 1: seven stats despite thirteen shots on gold with the man advantage.

1942
01:34:25,680 --> 01:34:28,160
Speaker 1: Savers hit the road today after practice start a five

1943
01:34:28,200 --> 01:34:31,280
Speaker 1: game roadchip that begins tomorrow night in Arizona. Face up

1944
01:34:31,280 --> 01:34:33,680
Speaker 1: at nine o'clock five games over the next couple of week,

1945
01:34:33,800 --> 01:34:36,880
Speaker 1: week and a half for the Buffalo Sabers and baseball. Tonight,

1946
01:34:36,960 --> 01:34:39,439
Speaker 1: it is Game one of the National League Championship Series.

1947
01:34:39,680 --> 01:34:43,120
Speaker 1: The Dodgers and Milwaukee playing Game one tomorrow. Houston and

1948
01:34:43,200 --> 01:34:45,759
Speaker 1: Boston played Game one of the American League Championship Series.

1949
01:34:46,000 --> 01:34:48,240
Speaker 1: And that's the update from One Bill's Drive, John Murphy

1950
01:34:48,280 --> 01:35:03,519
Speaker 1: and Steve Tasker here in Orchard Park. When you hear

1951
01:35:03,600 --> 01:35:05,479
Speaker 1: that music, you know what it means. The lowdown is

1952
01:35:05,520 --> 01:35:09,560
Speaker 1: here with Lorenzo Alexander Lowrider. I'm the only one to

1953
01:35:09,640 --> 01:35:13,439
Speaker 1: la said song. I've determined right, guys love the song.

1954
01:35:14,280 --> 01:35:15,920
Speaker 1: I was gonna tell you too when you can't. When

1955
01:35:15,920 --> 01:35:18,160
Speaker 1: I saw you, I thought you played. I thought you

1956
01:35:18,240 --> 01:35:20,839
Speaker 1: played your best game of the year against the Titans

1957
01:35:20,960 --> 01:35:22,680
Speaker 1: last week. There were a couple of plays that you

1958
01:35:23,080 --> 01:35:26,120
Speaker 1: you showed up big time. We're seeing a couple of

1959
01:35:26,280 --> 01:35:30,240
Speaker 1: now highlights where you know how I'm a typical guy

1960
01:35:30,920 --> 01:35:33,519
Speaker 1: because like I get fool I get fool on the

1961
01:35:33,560 --> 01:35:35,720
Speaker 1: play when they do play actions something and they throw

1962
01:35:35,760 --> 01:35:37,880
Speaker 1: it over there. You didn't get fooled, I got fool

1963
01:35:37,880 --> 01:35:41,200
Speaker 1: You got that means you played great, right, and that

1964
01:35:41,600 --> 01:35:43,120
Speaker 1: it really is the truth. Though I thought you were

1965
01:35:43,120 --> 01:35:44,960
Speaker 1: I thought you really had a nice game. Uh, and

1966
01:35:45,080 --> 01:35:47,280
Speaker 1: I want to tell you that now I appreciate that. Yeah,

1967
01:35:47,360 --> 01:35:49,639
Speaker 1: just having fun out there, you know, running around making

1968
01:35:49,720 --> 01:35:53,560
Speaker 1: plays with my guys, and uh, last week just was

1969
01:35:53,640 --> 01:35:55,080
Speaker 1: in the right place at the right time, just from

1970
01:35:55,080 --> 01:35:57,120
Speaker 1: good film study. So yeah, thank you, and just want

1971
01:35:57,120 --> 01:35:59,160
Speaker 1: to continue that, just continue to grow with each week,

1972
01:35:59,320 --> 01:36:01,840
Speaker 1: each of every single week. And that's you know, unfortunately

1973
01:36:01,880 --> 01:36:04,080
Speaker 1: for you guys on defensive. So that's kind of the recipe.

1974
01:36:04,120 --> 01:36:05,960
Speaker 1: You got to carry it, right, And that's what we

1975
01:36:06,040 --> 01:36:08,200
Speaker 1: came into the season thinking. Anyway, Obviously we knew we

1976
01:36:08,280 --> 01:36:11,160
Speaker 1: were going to have a young signal call that quarterback.

1977
01:36:11,200 --> 01:36:14,040
Speaker 1: And anytime you have that, in most cases, your offense

1978
01:36:14,200 --> 01:36:16,599
Speaker 1: is not going to produce the type of points initially

1979
01:36:16,720 --> 01:36:19,880
Speaker 1: that you may be accustomed to or maybe need to

1980
01:36:19,960 --> 01:36:22,400
Speaker 1: win if your defense isn't playing well. So we've accepted

1981
01:36:22,439 --> 01:36:25,960
Speaker 1: that challenge until they continue to you know, work and

1982
01:36:26,560 --> 01:36:28,800
Speaker 1: create some consistency and putting more touchdowns on the board.

1983
01:36:28,800 --> 01:36:30,240
Speaker 1: We're gonna have to continue to do that because at

1984
01:36:30,320 --> 01:36:32,479
Speaker 1: some point we're gonna need them to build us out

1985
01:36:32,479 --> 01:36:35,479
Speaker 1: of some games as well. And the great thing right

1986
01:36:35,520 --> 01:36:37,639
Speaker 1: now is that we're getting healthy again, as you mentioned earlier,

1987
01:36:37,680 --> 01:36:39,559
Speaker 1: got Bush coming back, Michael coming back, and we want

1988
01:36:39,600 --> 01:36:43,280
Speaker 1: to just continue to grow, create more turnovers, m continue

1989
01:36:43,280 --> 01:36:44,960
Speaker 1: to make teams kick field goals in the red zone,

1990
01:36:44,960 --> 01:36:46,679
Speaker 1: which we're able to do last week, and that's always

1991
01:36:46,720 --> 01:36:48,720
Speaker 1: gonna give us a chance to win games at the end.

1992
01:36:49,560 --> 01:36:51,720
Speaker 1: Credit a good film study last week for your play.

1993
01:36:51,800 --> 01:36:53,800
Speaker 1: What constitutes good film study for you? And how do

1994
01:36:53,880 --> 01:36:55,639
Speaker 1: you know when you're you're doing it good? Well, well,

1995
01:36:55,880 --> 01:36:58,000
Speaker 1: I'd like to think I've had good film studies every

1996
01:36:58,000 --> 01:37:00,320
Speaker 1: single week. Last week, I just you know, happen to

1997
01:37:00,360 --> 01:37:03,040
Speaker 1: make more plays than not. You know, I've been consistently

1998
01:37:03,080 --> 01:37:06,439
Speaker 1: playing well. I feel kind of assessing myself. But each

1999
01:37:06,520 --> 01:37:08,719
Speaker 1: week I like to go in, you know, starting watching

2000
01:37:09,360 --> 01:37:12,720
Speaker 1: first second down runs, pass game who they are the

2001
01:37:12,800 --> 01:37:14,599
Speaker 1: same thing as third downs, and just kind of working

2002
01:37:14,640 --> 01:37:18,040
Speaker 1: through the progression situationally but normally for me, I take

2003
01:37:18,560 --> 01:37:23,439
Speaker 1: maybe three to four tips, whether it is formation, a way,

2004
01:37:23,479 --> 01:37:25,960
Speaker 1: a players lining up where he's lined up, and I

2005
01:37:26,040 --> 01:37:28,240
Speaker 1: can anticipate a route or maybe a play that they're

2006
01:37:28,240 --> 01:37:30,080
Speaker 1: going to do, and it allows me to get there

2007
01:37:30,080 --> 01:37:32,280
Speaker 1: a little bit quicker or to make the play. And

2008
01:37:32,800 --> 01:37:34,880
Speaker 1: I've been able to do that this past couple of weeks,

2009
01:37:34,880 --> 01:37:36,240
Speaker 1: and our coaches have to do a great job of

2010
01:37:36,280 --> 01:37:39,040
Speaker 1: breaking down the film as well and actually hand feeding

2011
01:37:39,160 --> 01:37:41,519
Speaker 1: some of these tips, and we actually have a tip

2012
01:37:41,600 --> 01:37:43,800
Speaker 1: sheet on the sideline that he reminds us throughout the game,

2013
01:37:44,640 --> 01:37:47,160
Speaker 1: especially some problem plays like last year, I got beat

2014
01:37:47,200 --> 01:37:48,760
Speaker 1: on the old crap Player a couple of times. And

2015
01:37:48,840 --> 01:37:50,599
Speaker 1: then the highlight reel if you get to watch our

2016
01:37:50,680 --> 01:37:53,000
Speaker 1: TV show in the beginning of the show, that play

2017
01:37:53,280 --> 01:37:55,560
Speaker 1: that I hit thirty seven from the Ravens was the

2018
01:37:55,600 --> 01:37:57,599
Speaker 1: old craft play I played. The tight end actually came

2019
01:37:57,640 --> 01:38:00,360
Speaker 1: off and hit him. So just learning from pasting stakes,

2020
01:38:00,479 --> 01:38:02,200
Speaker 1: having a great coach on the sideline, and then my

2021
01:38:02,280 --> 01:38:04,280
Speaker 1: film study and having the combination of all that coming

2022
01:38:04,320 --> 01:38:06,360
Speaker 1: together has allowed me to play well. You have people

2023
01:38:06,400 --> 01:38:08,080
Speaker 1: at home don't know what the old crap play is.

2024
01:38:08,280 --> 01:38:10,439
Speaker 1: It's when you know they do a play action hard

2025
01:38:10,479 --> 01:38:12,679
Speaker 1: pla action right or left away from you a stensively

2026
01:38:13,040 --> 01:38:14,880
Speaker 1: like if you're playing the left defensive end, they go

2027
01:38:15,080 --> 01:38:19,360
Speaker 1: to their uh, they go to their left away from you,

2028
01:38:19,520 --> 01:38:21,360
Speaker 1: and they got a big hard play action and everybody

2029
01:38:21,360 --> 01:38:23,320
Speaker 1: goes down. The tight end blocks down. He's trying to

2030
01:38:23,360 --> 01:38:25,160
Speaker 1: cut you off, and you're trying. You start chasing the

2031
01:38:25,240 --> 01:38:29,680
Speaker 1: play for the cutback, and then somebody sneaks out behind you.

2032
01:38:30,600 --> 01:38:32,600
Speaker 1: And the reason they called the old crap play is

2033
01:38:32,600 --> 01:38:39,120
Speaker 1: because you run it in practice and all the defenders go, ah, crap, yeah, yeah, yeah,

2034
01:38:39,560 --> 01:38:42,400
Speaker 1: And that's that's the that's the you know, the PG

2035
01:38:42,640 --> 01:38:46,559
Speaker 1: version of and that's what it's called. And it's it's universal, yeah,

2036
01:38:46,600 --> 01:38:48,519
Speaker 1: because it's you can you know, that's where the play

2037
01:38:48,600 --> 01:38:50,439
Speaker 1: got its name because when you hit it in practice

2038
01:38:50,479 --> 01:38:54,640
Speaker 1: that all the defender defenders say that, and so you're right,

2039
01:38:54,720 --> 01:38:56,880
Speaker 1: it's a it's an awareness play where you got to

2040
01:38:56,880 --> 01:38:59,880
Speaker 1: stay disciplined and buttoned up. And that's you know, You're

2041
01:39:00,080 --> 01:39:02,960
Speaker 1: defense has really done that and did it really well

2042
01:39:03,000 --> 01:39:05,439
Speaker 1: against the Tennessee Titans. That was that's part of what

2043
01:39:05,600 --> 01:39:08,720
Speaker 1: they've always done, right, even when Malarkey was a coach there.

2044
01:39:08,840 --> 01:39:10,280
Speaker 1: Now they've kind of carried a lot of it over

2045
01:39:10,800 --> 01:39:13,200
Speaker 1: into doing the same kind of stuff with Vrabel exactly.

2046
01:39:13,240 --> 01:39:14,920
Speaker 1: And we've had, you know, obviously guys come in and

2047
01:39:14,960 --> 01:39:18,080
Speaker 1: step up, you know, obviously adding Jordan Phillips last week.

2048
01:39:18,560 --> 01:39:20,640
Speaker 1: His play I thought was outstanding for just jumping in

2049
01:39:21,320 --> 01:39:23,360
Speaker 1: really created a lot of energy, some negative plays for

2050
01:39:23,479 --> 01:39:25,400
Speaker 1: us defensively, and we just want to continue to be

2051
01:39:25,400 --> 01:39:27,080
Speaker 1: able to do that and help our offense and put

2052
01:39:27,120 --> 01:39:30,240
Speaker 1: them in great play positions to score points. The tender

2053
01:39:30,320 --> 01:39:32,680
Speaker 1: Bills flame backer. Talking about the last week's yet even

2054
01:39:32,760 --> 01:39:36,080
Speaker 1: this week's game, you mentioned about forcing last week Tennessee

2055
01:39:36,080 --> 01:39:38,400
Speaker 1: to settle for field goal trice. You've been talking about

2056
01:39:38,439 --> 01:39:40,920
Speaker 1: that for a couple of weeks. That's obviously red zone

2057
01:39:41,160 --> 01:39:43,880
Speaker 1: defense typically play yeah, red zone defense, you know, keeping

2058
01:39:43,920 --> 01:39:45,800
Speaker 1: them at bay, so they may be staying on the fringe,

2059
01:39:45,840 --> 01:39:48,320
Speaker 1: even if it's a harder field goal possibly something that

2060
01:39:48,400 --> 01:39:50,040
Speaker 1: maybe we can have a chance to block. But that's

2061
01:39:50,080 --> 01:39:52,280
Speaker 1: all that's the key in this league because teams are

2062
01:39:52,320 --> 01:39:54,720
Speaker 1: going to sometimes be able to drive down there and

2063
01:39:54,840 --> 01:39:57,200
Speaker 1: then when those spaces condensed and tighten up for the offense,

2064
01:39:57,280 --> 01:39:58,400
Speaker 1: we have to be able to keep him out of

2065
01:39:58,400 --> 01:40:00,479
Speaker 1: the end zone. And like I said game could have

2066
01:40:00,560 --> 01:40:02,559
Speaker 1: been if it was Week one, it have been twenty

2067
01:40:02,600 --> 01:40:04,960
Speaker 1: eight to ten, and we wouldn't have been had a

2068
01:40:05,080 --> 01:40:07,720
Speaker 1: chance to have a chance to drive down and get

2069
01:40:07,760 --> 01:40:09,360
Speaker 1: some points because of the way we're playing. But now

2070
01:40:09,400 --> 01:40:11,920
Speaker 1: that we're making team's kick field goals, it gives us

2071
01:40:12,000 --> 01:40:13,560
Speaker 1: a chance to win the game at the end. And

2072
01:40:13,640 --> 01:40:15,680
Speaker 1: then as the game unfolds, it doesn't seem like, man,

2073
01:40:15,720 --> 01:40:18,280
Speaker 1: this is getting out of hand. It's still close. Office

2074
01:40:18,320 --> 01:40:20,760
Speaker 1: can still work their same a game plan. They don't

2075
01:40:20,760 --> 01:40:23,200
Speaker 1: feel like that have to do anything special, and at

2076
01:40:23,200 --> 01:40:25,240
Speaker 1: any chance we can have, you know, a defensive guy

2077
01:40:25,840 --> 01:40:27,640
Speaker 1: pick up a ball hopefully can score. That's kind of

2078
01:40:27,640 --> 01:40:31,479
Speaker 1: our next progression we want to score on. Defense has

2079
01:40:31,520 --> 01:40:33,360
Speaker 1: really struggled in the red zone. You must see that

2080
01:40:33,439 --> 01:40:36,160
Speaker 1: on tape. Yeah, I mean, it's crazy they've had I

2081
01:40:36,240 --> 01:40:38,080
Speaker 1: think one of the coaches mentioned the day they had

2082
01:40:38,080 --> 01:40:40,200
Speaker 1: like fifty passes in the red zone this year, and

2083
01:40:40,280 --> 01:40:42,880
Speaker 1: I was like, man, you would think the record would

2084
01:40:42,880 --> 01:40:44,719
Speaker 1: be better being in the red zone that that often.

2085
01:40:44,800 --> 01:40:47,759
Speaker 1: So that means that they're not converting. They're not converting touchdown.

2086
01:40:47,880 --> 01:40:49,920
Speaker 1: So I was surprised when I saw that thing. But

2087
01:40:50,000 --> 01:40:51,920
Speaker 1: then it makes sense why the record is what it is,

2088
01:40:52,960 --> 01:40:56,200
Speaker 1: but we can't you know, take that like, Okay, they're

2089
01:40:56,200 --> 01:40:57,680
Speaker 1: going to be bad this week. We still have to

2090
01:40:57,720 --> 01:41:00,320
Speaker 1: step up and play well because they've probably pick some

2091
01:41:00,439 --> 01:41:02,360
Speaker 1: things that we haven't done well and that will show

2092
01:41:02,439 --> 01:41:04,040
Speaker 1: up in the red zone to try to capitalize. And

2093
01:41:04,080 --> 01:41:05,840
Speaker 1: it's it's never as bad as it looks on film,

2094
01:41:06,760 --> 01:41:08,880
Speaker 1: So they could be a Harris breadth from being you know,

2095
01:41:09,080 --> 01:41:12,000
Speaker 1: really good. And that's what really is, right, I mean,

2096
01:41:12,000 --> 01:41:14,000
Speaker 1: because the first couple of weeks we sucked and now

2097
01:41:14,040 --> 01:41:16,280
Speaker 1: it's like, oh, the defense is playing great, and it

2098
01:41:16,680 --> 01:41:19,960
Speaker 1: is and it's not a big jump front of transformation

2099
01:41:20,479 --> 01:41:23,719
Speaker 1: at all from being crappy to being a solid defense

2100
01:41:23,800 --> 01:41:25,960
Speaker 1: and vice versa for the offense. This game, to me

2101
01:41:26,160 --> 01:41:29,240
Speaker 1: strikes me, particularly with Deshaun Watson and we're just talking

2102
01:41:29,280 --> 01:41:31,880
Speaker 1: about their red zone struggles. They moved the ball all

2103
01:41:31,920 --> 01:41:33,559
Speaker 1: over the field. I mean, they got a lot of yards,

2104
01:41:33,640 --> 01:41:40,160
Speaker 1: but they can't score. To me, this game shouts for

2105
01:41:40,280 --> 01:41:43,080
Speaker 1: your defense, situational football, getting them off the field and

2106
01:41:43,200 --> 01:41:45,600
Speaker 1: third getting them into third day, getting them to a

2107
01:41:45,680 --> 01:41:48,360
Speaker 1: point where some situational play where you get one good

2108
01:41:48,400 --> 01:41:50,920
Speaker 1: play and they're off the field. More so than like

2109
01:41:51,000 --> 01:41:53,880
Speaker 1: the red zone. Um, this game is I think more

2110
01:41:53,880 --> 01:41:57,080
Speaker 1: about situational football than others. Yeah, and and and to

2111
01:41:57,200 --> 01:41:58,760
Speaker 1: your point, we want to be able to get them

2112
01:41:58,800 --> 01:42:00,320
Speaker 1: off and we want to have more in out, So

2113
01:42:00,360 --> 01:42:01,920
Speaker 1: I mean, I think that's something another area that we

2114
01:42:02,000 --> 01:42:04,720
Speaker 1: can improve on. Last week, I think Mariota, you know,

2115
01:42:04,800 --> 01:42:06,720
Speaker 1: we had him in some third long situations and he

2116
01:42:06,800 --> 01:42:09,200
Speaker 1: was able to convert I think like a third and

2117
01:42:09,720 --> 01:42:13,360
Speaker 1: like twelve then with a quick pass out where we

2118
01:42:13,400 --> 01:42:14,760
Speaker 1: should be able to tackle a guy and get him

2119
01:42:14,800 --> 01:42:16,280
Speaker 1: down because the bars had come out quick. And I

2120
01:42:16,360 --> 01:42:19,519
Speaker 1: think another time he ran with his legs and got

2121
01:42:19,520 --> 01:42:21,120
Speaker 1: out the pocket and was able to convert as well.

2122
01:42:21,160 --> 01:42:23,400
Speaker 1: So we have to minimize though this week because I

2123
01:42:23,479 --> 01:42:26,200
Speaker 1: think Deshaun Watson is it's probably a step up, a

2124
01:42:26,320 --> 01:42:31,200
Speaker 1: better passer, more athletic, and he has Hopkins, you know,

2125
01:42:31,360 --> 01:42:33,920
Speaker 1: which they turned into a backyard football out there a lot.

2126
01:42:34,680 --> 01:42:36,680
Speaker 1: So we're gonna have to really be have to corral him,

2127
01:42:36,720 --> 01:42:38,160
Speaker 1: have a guy even if he gets out of the pocket,

2128
01:42:38,200 --> 01:42:39,639
Speaker 1: what she's going to do, because he's a great player,

2129
01:42:39,880 --> 01:42:42,200
Speaker 1: having somebody tracking him down in his face kind of

2130
01:42:42,240 --> 01:42:44,760
Speaker 1: like how you saw Tremaine last week where Maria got

2131
01:42:44,800 --> 01:42:47,120
Speaker 1: out Tremaine right in his face and he doesn't have

2132
01:42:47,240 --> 01:42:49,160
Speaker 1: time to find somebody, and that actually was the old

2133
01:42:49,200 --> 01:42:51,840
Speaker 1: craft play, but back towards Jordian Porter, but he didn't

2134
01:42:51,840 --> 01:42:53,200
Speaker 1: have time to set up because he had a guy

2135
01:42:53,280 --> 01:42:54,320
Speaker 1: right in his face and went to get out of

2136
01:42:54,360 --> 01:42:57,440
Speaker 1: the pocket. Right. What did you make of the takeaways

2137
01:42:57,479 --> 01:42:59,720
Speaker 1: in the winter of Tennessee and in both victories, you

2138
01:42:59,760 --> 01:43:02,920
Speaker 1: guys by the defensive been the key, Yes, key. I mean,

2139
01:43:02,960 --> 01:43:04,599
Speaker 1: I think we lead the league or at the top

2140
01:43:04,640 --> 01:43:07,320
Speaker 1: of the league as far as calls fumbles, and now

2141
01:43:07,360 --> 01:43:09,000
Speaker 1: we're starting to get some of them. You know, when

2142
01:43:09,040 --> 01:43:12,200
Speaker 1: you have guys hustling running to the ball, eventually you're

2143
01:43:12,240 --> 01:43:13,599
Speaker 1: going to be able to pick some of those things

2144
01:43:13,720 --> 01:43:16,439
Speaker 1: up and create great field position for your offense. So

2145
01:43:16,560 --> 01:43:18,240
Speaker 1: those are the things that we want to continue to do.

2146
01:43:18,400 --> 01:43:21,000
Speaker 1: So you have four or five guys blue jerseys, you know,

2147
01:43:21,080 --> 01:43:22,880
Speaker 1: I if people are hit on watching this around the

2148
01:43:22,960 --> 01:43:25,240
Speaker 1: ball um and that's what you want to have. You

2149
01:43:25,280 --> 01:43:26,960
Speaker 1: want to have sharks coming to get it. And when

2150
01:43:26,960 --> 01:43:28,680
Speaker 1: you have guys running, they make a tackle. Even when

2151
01:43:28,680 --> 01:43:30,519
Speaker 1: guys miss tackles or you get a ball out on

2152
01:43:30,520 --> 01:43:31,960
Speaker 1: the ground, We're going to get these balls and that's

2153
01:43:32,000 --> 01:43:33,880
Speaker 1: what we want to continue to do. And hopefully we're

2154
01:43:33,880 --> 01:43:35,840
Speaker 1: gonna start getting some more interceptions too on the on

2155
01:43:35,920 --> 01:43:37,400
Speaker 1: the back end, which I know those guys want to

2156
01:43:37,400 --> 01:43:39,400
Speaker 1: be able to convert on talking about You've talked, you

2157
01:43:39,600 --> 01:43:43,080
Speaker 1: touched on Hopkins a little bit um and we've we've

2158
01:43:43,080 --> 01:43:45,200
Speaker 1: been talking all week about how we're kind of excited

2159
01:43:45,240 --> 01:43:49,240
Speaker 1: about we want to see Tredavius on DeAndre, Yeah, to

2160
01:43:49,360 --> 01:43:52,160
Speaker 1: see if who's better, because right there are two guys

2161
01:43:52,200 --> 01:43:55,640
Speaker 1: that are at the top. Ye. DeAndre has certainly a

2162
01:43:55,840 --> 01:43:58,719
Speaker 1: huge amount of skills. It's a big time receiver, catches

2163
01:43:58,760 --> 01:44:00,960
Speaker 1: everything with his hands, even on that the play everybody's

2164
01:44:00,960 --> 01:44:02,880
Speaker 1: been seeing if you've been watching any football this week,

2165
01:44:02,920 --> 01:44:05,800
Speaker 1: and the highlights you see DeAndre Hopkins in overtime going

2166
01:44:05,840 --> 01:44:10,880
Speaker 1: spinning down through the Dallas defense. He never talks. He's

2167
01:44:10,880 --> 01:44:13,600
Speaker 1: got huge plus And I think too, the gloves they

2168
01:44:13,640 --> 01:44:15,800
Speaker 1: were these days make them real feel confident that they

2169
01:44:15,840 --> 01:44:17,519
Speaker 1: can do it. Shady carries it like now when he

2170
01:44:17,800 --> 01:44:20,200
Speaker 1: isn't tucking away much anymore either, and and I think

2171
01:44:20,240 --> 01:44:22,559
Speaker 1: that's you know, you don't want to coach little kids

2172
01:44:22,600 --> 01:44:24,960
Speaker 1: to do that, but you know, hey, there's you know, yeah,

2173
01:44:25,000 --> 01:44:27,240
Speaker 1: it's Sean mccoin DeAndre Hopkins. They can't carry the ball

2174
01:44:27,280 --> 01:44:31,160
Speaker 1: how they want, right, Yeah, but James doesn't believe them. Yeah,

2175
01:44:31,680 --> 01:44:34,920
Speaker 1: So talk a little bit. I mean, what are your

2176
01:44:34,960 --> 01:44:40,080
Speaker 1: thoughts about the possibility of shutting DeAndre down even when

2177
01:44:40,160 --> 01:44:43,320
Speaker 1: they insist on targeting him? Wow? Yeah, I mean obviously

2178
01:44:43,400 --> 01:44:46,080
Speaker 1: that's that's his his safety blanket. And when anytime you

2179
01:44:46,160 --> 01:44:48,479
Speaker 1: have a great receiver like that, even when he's double covered,

2180
01:44:48,720 --> 01:44:50,120
Speaker 1: he's going to throw the ball to him. I mean,

2181
01:44:50,160 --> 01:44:52,519
Speaker 1: I he was double covered on a scene route versus

2182
01:44:52,600 --> 01:44:56,000
Speaker 1: the Titans, and in your right mind you say, I

2183
01:44:56,040 --> 01:44:58,799
Speaker 1: don't throw this ball. But because it's my guy Hopkins,

2184
01:44:58,840 --> 01:45:00,400
Speaker 1: I'm a throw and I'm a trust to go up

2185
01:45:00,400 --> 01:45:02,320
Speaker 1: to it. It was a turnover. But that's the type

2186
01:45:02,360 --> 01:45:05,160
Speaker 1: of mentality that he has. And I have all the

2187
01:45:05,200 --> 01:45:08,200
Speaker 1: belief in my guy in Davis white Um, just watching

2188
01:45:08,360 --> 01:45:11,559
Speaker 1: his preparation, his film study, hearing Jab and him talk

2189
01:45:11,600 --> 01:45:13,439
Speaker 1: because they sit right behind me, you know how they're

2190
01:45:13,439 --> 01:45:16,200
Speaker 1: gonna attack him. Obviously. Hopkins is a great player of

2191
01:45:16,200 --> 01:45:17,880
Speaker 1: physical You mentioned a lot of his attributes has a

2192
01:45:17,960 --> 01:45:21,320
Speaker 1: wide catch radius. But Davis's physical now too. I mean

2193
01:45:21,400 --> 01:45:23,479
Speaker 1: last year he locked up on Gronks, so he's he's

2194
01:45:23,560 --> 01:45:26,360
Speaker 1: used to playing that physical style game. Um has great

2195
01:45:26,400 --> 01:45:29,760
Speaker 1: feet and great um ball handling skill, so it's going

2196
01:45:29,800 --> 01:45:31,559
Speaker 1: to definitely be a you know, a match to watch

2197
01:45:31,600 --> 01:45:34,320
Speaker 1: throughout the game. But also with that, it's our job

2198
01:45:34,439 --> 01:45:37,800
Speaker 1: up front, you know, with the defensive lineman to make

2199
01:45:37,880 --> 01:45:40,479
Speaker 1: Hopkins and not make Hopkins make watching uncomfortable. So he's

2200
01:45:40,520 --> 01:45:43,040
Speaker 1: not throwing spot on balls. Maybe the ball sales a

2201
01:45:43,080 --> 01:45:46,560
Speaker 1: little bit so Um Davis can recover because obviously, you know,

2202
01:45:46,640 --> 01:45:49,599
Speaker 1: this league is offensive minded and being a big receiver,

2203
01:45:49,720 --> 01:45:51,960
Speaker 1: he pushes off a lot and trying to create space

2204
01:45:52,040 --> 01:45:54,519
Speaker 1: with his hands in his body. So we definitely gonna

2205
01:45:54,560 --> 01:45:56,360
Speaker 1: have to help trade out, but I think he's gonna

2206
01:45:56,360 --> 01:45:58,519
Speaker 1: be able to hold his own um out there for

2207
01:45:58,640 --> 01:46:00,840
Speaker 1: majority of the day with a gender Getting the low

2208
01:46:00,880 --> 01:46:02,400
Speaker 1: down here in a minute, and how the Bills getting

2209
01:46:02,400 --> 01:46:04,800
Speaker 1: to come out of Sunday's game in Houston victorious. We

2210
01:46:04,800 --> 01:46:07,559
Speaker 1: want ask you about yesterday's practice. A Hall of famer

2211
01:46:07,640 --> 01:46:09,400
Speaker 1: Bruce Smith was in the talk to the team, and

2212
01:46:09,479 --> 01:46:12,240
Speaker 1: you met Bruce before yesterday. I've met Bruce in passing.

2213
01:46:12,280 --> 01:46:14,040
Speaker 1: He's been on the sideline a couple of times, especially

2214
01:46:14,120 --> 01:46:15,639
Speaker 1: my first year when I was here, I would see

2215
01:46:15,720 --> 01:46:18,000
Speaker 1: him often. Um. You know, it's always cool to see

2216
01:46:18,040 --> 01:46:20,360
Speaker 1: those guys come back. Growing up watching him, Um, you know,

2217
01:46:20,439 --> 01:46:23,439
Speaker 1: all time sack leader. Um, it's just really cool to

2218
01:46:23,560 --> 01:46:28,000
Speaker 1: hear his perspective on things, and it's it's always refreshing

2219
01:46:28,800 --> 01:46:31,040
Speaker 1: when you see ultra talented guys like that. A lot

2220
01:46:31,080 --> 01:46:33,080
Speaker 1: of times you just a credit out. He was just talented,

2221
01:46:33,160 --> 01:46:34,680
Speaker 1: but he was a student of the game and work

2222
01:46:35,680 --> 01:46:38,600
Speaker 1: worked really hard. Um, and you you Steve got to

2223
01:46:38,640 --> 01:46:40,000
Speaker 1: see it up front. You know, I got to see

2224
01:46:40,000 --> 01:46:42,040
Speaker 1: it every day. UM. So when you have those guys,

2225
01:46:42,080 --> 01:46:44,719
Speaker 1: and that's what I always tell people. You know, talent

2226
01:46:44,880 --> 01:46:46,479
Speaker 1: is one thing as the starting point, but your work

2227
01:46:46,560 --> 01:46:48,600
Speaker 1: ethic takes you to where you want to be. And

2228
01:46:48,640 --> 01:46:50,240
Speaker 1: when you have talent makes you a Hall of Famer.

2229
01:46:50,280 --> 01:46:52,320
Speaker 1: If you are okay talented, it's going to make you

2230
01:46:52,360 --> 01:46:56,200
Speaker 1: a good player. And maybe you maybe you lack some talent. Yeah,

2231
01:46:56,200 --> 01:46:57,640
Speaker 1: maybe you lack some talent, you're going to be a

2232
01:46:57,720 --> 01:47:00,040
Speaker 1: silid player in the league. And like myself and I

2233
01:47:00,160 --> 01:47:02,760
Speaker 1: played fourteen years, But so you have to have that

2234
01:47:02,920 --> 01:47:05,800
Speaker 1: work ethic has to be a priority. I think over

2235
01:47:05,880 --> 01:47:09,400
Speaker 1: your talent. Steve Telt Lorenzo Bruce's offseasons were legendary, for

2236
01:47:10,120 --> 01:47:12,600
Speaker 1: he would wear out stairman. He had give those stairmasters

2237
01:47:12,640 --> 01:47:15,519
Speaker 1: of the treadmill climb climb stairs on it. He'd wear

2238
01:47:15,600 --> 01:47:19,160
Speaker 1: those out. And he had literally nobody back when nobody

2239
01:47:19,240 --> 01:47:22,360
Speaker 1: did it, he'd buy them and literally have to replace them.

2240
01:47:22,520 --> 01:47:24,120
Speaker 1: That's crazy. He just run him all the time. And

2241
01:47:24,240 --> 01:47:26,599
Speaker 1: and and I saw him. I told him this one.

2242
01:47:26,760 --> 01:47:29,320
Speaker 1: He came in yesterday unexpectedly. He's dropped by the show.

2243
01:47:30,160 --> 01:47:32,040
Speaker 1: He came in the league like you came in three

2244
01:47:32,160 --> 01:47:35,479
Speaker 1: fifteen or so as a rookie, and then later in

2245
01:47:35,560 --> 01:47:38,200
Speaker 1: his career when he was getting you know, fourteen fifteen

2246
01:47:38,240 --> 01:47:40,519
Speaker 1: sacks a year. I saw him step on the scale.

2247
01:47:40,560 --> 01:47:43,240
Speaker 1: He was two fifty nine, right, you know. Yeah, And

2248
01:47:43,479 --> 01:47:46,680
Speaker 1: he did it because he knew he had to get there,

2249
01:47:46,840 --> 01:47:48,040
Speaker 1: you know, he had to get him. That was something

2250
01:47:48,040 --> 01:47:49,560
Speaker 1: that would make him better. And he was willing to

2251
01:47:49,600 --> 01:47:51,479
Speaker 1: do it. And he said he talked yesterday. I don't

2252
01:47:51,479 --> 01:47:53,479
Speaker 1: know if he'd mentioned it in his in his practice

2253
01:47:53,479 --> 01:47:57,080
Speaker 1: speech to you guys about sacrifice. Yeah, he was willing

2254
01:47:57,120 --> 01:47:59,640
Speaker 1: to do that. That's what it's all about. And you're

2255
01:47:59,680 --> 01:48:02,000
Speaker 1: younger teammates, know who he was where they wear Yeah,

2256
01:48:02,000 --> 01:48:05,000
Speaker 1: I mean, well coach introduced him. Um, so I would

2257
01:48:05,040 --> 01:48:06,800
Speaker 1: think you would know who Bruce Smith is. I would

2258
01:48:06,800 --> 01:48:09,200
Speaker 1: hope so if you've been around football at all, especially

2259
01:48:09,200 --> 01:48:10,600
Speaker 1: in this area. I mean, it's like coming and not

2260
01:48:10,720 --> 01:48:13,200
Speaker 1: knowing who Jim Kelly, at least knowing the name of

2261
01:48:13,240 --> 01:48:18,400
Speaker 1: who Jim Kelly is. Come on now, right, a right

2262
01:48:18,400 --> 01:48:20,120
Speaker 1: to blow down. Let's talk about that. What the Bills

2263
01:48:20,160 --> 01:48:22,439
Speaker 1: need to do Sunday when they when they travel to

2264
01:48:22,479 --> 01:48:24,760
Speaker 1: Houston to play detections. Your first one deals with the

2265
01:48:24,880 --> 01:48:27,479
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, right, yeah, and offensively, you know, dominating

2266
01:48:27,600 --> 01:48:29,120
Speaker 1: up front. I thought our guys did a great job

2267
01:48:29,240 --> 01:48:30,880
Speaker 1: last week, and now they even have I think a

2268
01:48:30,920 --> 01:48:34,120
Speaker 1: bigger challenge in Clowney and J. J. Watt, who really

2269
01:48:34,200 --> 01:48:37,120
Speaker 1: freelances obviously he's a great player, but plays you know,

2270
01:48:37,520 --> 01:48:40,680
Speaker 1: a lot to what he thinks is going to happen. Yeah. Yeah,

2271
01:48:40,720 --> 01:48:42,360
Speaker 1: he's all over the place. I mean, so you really

2272
01:48:42,439 --> 01:48:44,599
Speaker 1: can't hone on on he's gonna be here. He's gonna

2273
01:48:44,640 --> 01:48:47,640
Speaker 1: be here. He plays come to his own drum, and

2274
01:48:47,680 --> 01:48:49,640
Speaker 1: the guys playoff from really well, So we have to

2275
01:48:49,720 --> 01:48:53,599
Speaker 1: obviously establish a physicality up front with those guys having

2276
01:48:53,640 --> 01:48:56,760
Speaker 1: a good strong run game, quick game, some boots, all

2277
01:48:56,800 --> 01:49:00,160
Speaker 1: those things that keeps those guys off balance and then

2278
01:49:00,240 --> 01:49:03,160
Speaker 1: allows Josh to step back. And I heard Steve Mitchen,

2279
01:49:03,280 --> 01:49:05,240
Speaker 1: you know hitting that fifteen to twenty yard dig. Now

2280
01:49:05,320 --> 01:49:07,439
Speaker 1: he has time to do it. I mean, you think

2281
01:49:07,439 --> 01:49:10,080
Speaker 1: about trying to take advantage of the secondary, but they're

2282
01:49:10,160 --> 01:49:13,880
Speaker 1: good because Clowney and Watt creates so much pressure in

2283
01:49:13,960 --> 01:49:16,480
Speaker 1: having so it covers up a lot of their deficiencies

2284
01:49:16,520 --> 01:49:18,719
Speaker 1: on the back end. So we have to definitely establish

2285
01:49:18,800 --> 01:49:20,800
Speaker 1: that if we want to be able to take advantage

2286
01:49:20,800 --> 01:49:23,920
Speaker 1: of some balls down the field, US some deeper passing routes.

2287
01:49:24,479 --> 01:49:27,160
Speaker 1: All right, low down number two. You already mentioned this,

2288
01:49:27,560 --> 01:49:31,280
Speaker 1: the connection between the Deshaun Watson and DeAndre Hopkins said.

2289
01:49:32,040 --> 01:49:34,439
Speaker 1: It's funny you're thinking the Texas, now you immediately go

2290
01:49:34,560 --> 01:49:36,880
Speaker 1: to Deshaun Watson. This is only gonna be his twelfth

2291
01:49:37,000 --> 01:49:39,960
Speaker 1: NFL start against the Bill if he doesn't right right, Yeah,

2292
01:49:40,080 --> 01:49:41,960
Speaker 1: But he said he's a special talent. I mean, obviously

2293
01:49:42,000 --> 01:49:44,280
Speaker 1: he's still young and probably considered, you know, a rookie

2294
01:49:44,280 --> 01:49:47,320
Speaker 1: and a lot of senses, but he has great asthlegability.

2295
01:49:47,600 --> 01:49:50,000
Speaker 1: I think he passes the ball pretty well and gets

2296
01:49:50,040 --> 01:49:51,759
Speaker 1: out of the pocket and they turn into the backyard.

2297
01:49:51,800 --> 01:49:55,840
Speaker 1: Football is really much like Russell Wilson did or does

2298
01:49:56,360 --> 01:49:58,240
Speaker 1: up in Seattle. Um, you know, he gets out, he

2299
01:49:58,280 --> 01:50:01,840
Speaker 1: has a great job of keeping his eyes down field scrambles.

2300
01:50:01,880 --> 01:50:04,240
Speaker 1: If I said, one thing is a fault of his

2301
01:50:04,400 --> 01:50:06,160
Speaker 1: and it's probably he's suffering a little bit now that

2302
01:50:06,400 --> 01:50:08,040
Speaker 1: I mean, he tries to run like a running back

2303
01:50:08,080 --> 01:50:10,439
Speaker 1: at times to take some hits he shouldn't take. So

2304
01:50:10,560 --> 01:50:13,040
Speaker 1: obviously when we have our opportunities to hit him legally,

2305
01:50:13,160 --> 01:50:15,880
Speaker 1: you know, really punishing him and making them think twice

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01:50:15,920 --> 01:50:17,920
Speaker 1: if about getting out of the pocket and running around,

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01:50:17,960 --> 01:50:20,200
Speaker 1: and just making sure guys have good plaster eyes on

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01:50:20,280 --> 01:50:22,160
Speaker 1: the back end standing with Hopkins because that's what he's

2309
01:50:22,160 --> 01:50:25,400
Speaker 1: looking for. And the D line continue to hunt watching

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01:50:25,479 --> 01:50:27,080
Speaker 1: up as he's getting out of the pocket, making sure

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01:50:27,120 --> 01:50:29,080
Speaker 1: that he's always under some type of drest. And then

2312
01:50:29,120 --> 01:50:32,120
Speaker 1: on both sides of the football, you thought, early down success,

2313
01:50:32,200 --> 01:50:34,559
Speaker 1: he's going to be really crucial in this game. Early success,

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01:50:34,600 --> 01:50:36,720
Speaker 1: I mean, our football team is still young in a

2315
01:50:36,800 --> 01:50:40,120
Speaker 1: lot of ways. In the games that we've had early success,

2316
01:50:40,439 --> 01:50:43,840
Speaker 1: we tend to carry that throughout the game. So I'd

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01:50:43,920 --> 01:50:47,360
Speaker 1: rather start fash and find the strong whether then start

2318
01:50:47,479 --> 01:50:49,280
Speaker 1: slow and we're trying to make adjustment and trying to

2319
01:50:49,320 --> 01:50:51,880
Speaker 1: figure things out. It's a much easier game, especially going

2320
01:50:51,920 --> 01:50:53,680
Speaker 1: on the road. You're getting to a good rhythm, you

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01:50:53,760 --> 01:50:56,560
Speaker 1: get confidence going, and you feel like, oh we got this,

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01:50:56,880 --> 01:50:59,040
Speaker 1: and you have that type of mindset, you play at

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01:50:59,080 --> 01:51:01,640
Speaker 1: a much high level and a more free level than

2324
01:51:01,800 --> 01:51:03,400
Speaker 1: trying to kind of come up behind when you may

2325
01:51:03,640 --> 01:51:05,599
Speaker 1: tighten up a little bit. I said that to Murf too.

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01:51:05,680 --> 01:51:08,439
Speaker 1: I think particularly with a young quarterback and some guys

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01:51:08,479 --> 01:51:12,360
Speaker 1: who are young at key spots like even Tremaine Edmonds

2328
01:51:12,400 --> 01:51:15,160
Speaker 1: and you know the corners young zbs, you got some

2329
01:51:15,280 --> 01:51:18,080
Speaker 1: of the and certainly in the offensive backfield with with Josh,

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01:51:18,840 --> 01:51:21,600
Speaker 1: a little early success has a ripple effect like right now,

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01:51:21,720 --> 01:51:23,519
Speaker 1: yeah right, you know, I feel and it goes and

2332
01:51:23,560 --> 01:51:25,519
Speaker 1: it can carry you through a big stretch of the

2333
01:51:25,560 --> 01:51:27,960
Speaker 1: football game to give you lead to more success and

2334
01:51:28,120 --> 01:51:31,000
Speaker 1: more opportunities. Exactly. It just it just frees you up.

2335
01:51:31,040 --> 01:51:32,760
Speaker 1: Because if you have a mistake earlier, give up a

2336
01:51:32,800 --> 01:51:35,040
Speaker 1: big play and don't start fast now, you just most

2337
01:51:35,120 --> 01:51:37,760
Speaker 1: guys just tighten up. They they try to move past it.

2338
01:51:38,080 --> 01:51:40,920
Speaker 1: But now they're second guessing all their instincts and things

2339
01:51:40,960 --> 01:51:44,040
Speaker 1: that they already seen out while maybe it's wrong versus

2340
01:51:44,160 --> 01:51:45,679
Speaker 1: let me just go out there and make some plays

2341
01:51:45,720 --> 01:51:48,600
Speaker 1: and play fast. So early success is definitely key, and

2342
01:51:48,880 --> 01:51:50,880
Speaker 1: uh definitely is going to help us be able to

2343
01:51:50,920 --> 01:51:53,120
Speaker 1: go down there and get in Minnesota a couple of

2344
01:51:53,120 --> 01:51:56,639
Speaker 1: weeks ago, right, early success went down, score a touchdown,

2345
01:51:56,760 --> 01:51:59,080
Speaker 1: got the ball right back and scored again, and then

2346
01:51:59,160 --> 01:52:01,120
Speaker 1: you up and you roll and think about it how

2347
01:52:01,120 --> 01:52:02,560
Speaker 1: it happened on the offense too. They were gonna have

2348
01:52:02,600 --> 01:52:05,240
Speaker 1: an opening three and out they got lucky with lucky,

2349
01:52:05,360 --> 01:52:08,000
Speaker 1: but they took a penalty wing past, they got the

2350
01:52:08,240 --> 01:52:09,760
Speaker 1: first down, and then they were able to say, okay,

2351
01:52:09,760 --> 01:52:11,439
Speaker 1: all right, here we go. We all the breath and

2352
01:52:11,560 --> 01:52:13,400
Speaker 1: they boo boom booming and ended up in that first

2353
01:52:13,439 --> 01:52:15,960
Speaker 1: touchdown by Josh and that's and it carried. Yeah, and

2354
01:52:15,960 --> 01:52:17,920
Speaker 1: then he's out there jumping over cats and you know,

2355
01:52:18,080 --> 01:52:20,559
Speaker 1: looking like you know, air Josh was what I guess

2356
01:52:20,600 --> 01:52:22,160
Speaker 1: they call him. Yeah, you can start feeling and you

2357
01:52:22,200 --> 01:52:24,720
Speaker 1: feel like you can do anything at that time, right, yeah,

2358
01:52:27,240 --> 01:52:28,760
Speaker 1: jump over the other day he jumped over something, he

2359
01:52:28,800 --> 01:52:32,200
Speaker 1: jumped over Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was. I was trying

2360
01:52:32,200 --> 01:52:35,439
Speaker 1: to catch him too. I can't get to you. Hey,

2361
01:52:36,439 --> 01:52:38,080
Speaker 1: you got the game Sunday. When you come back next

2362
01:52:38,160 --> 01:52:40,639
Speaker 1: Tuesday off day for the players, is uh the day

2363
01:52:40,680 --> 01:52:43,120
Speaker 1: of caring for you and your teammates talk about that one. Yes,

2364
01:52:43,200 --> 01:52:44,800
Speaker 1: he's the day of service, something that came out of

2365
01:52:45,760 --> 01:52:49,560
Speaker 1: out of the anthem protest last year. UM. Just a

2366
01:52:49,680 --> 01:52:52,080
Speaker 1: group of guys going out and serving our community, using

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01:52:52,120 --> 01:52:54,000
Speaker 1: our platform to bring awareness. And we're going to be

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01:52:54,080 --> 01:52:58,080
Speaker 1: serving at UM local community centers. I know two of

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01:52:58,120 --> 01:52:59,800
Speaker 1: them off the top of my head, Matt Urban Center

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01:52:59,880 --> 01:53:01,559
Speaker 1: and then the Bell Center that I have a personal

2371
01:53:01,560 --> 01:53:04,200
Speaker 1: connection with. And it's two other ones I can't think about,

2372
01:53:04,240 --> 01:53:07,639
Speaker 1: maybe the YFCA Buffalo and I don't know the fourth.

2373
01:53:07,960 --> 01:53:10,400
Speaker 1: But just having guys go out there, uh, interact with

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01:53:10,479 --> 01:53:13,080
Speaker 1: the kids, interact with the volunteers and the and the

2375
01:53:13,120 --> 01:53:16,120
Speaker 1: personnel down there, UM and then out of it, you know,

2376
01:53:16,720 --> 01:53:19,400
Speaker 1: relationships at birth. That's how my relationship with the Bell

2377
01:53:19,479 --> 01:53:21,680
Speaker 1: Center was created last year. And I know some other

2378
01:53:21,760 --> 01:53:24,080
Speaker 1: guys I think Shady and the Matt Urban Center builtual

2379
01:53:24,080 --> 01:53:27,240
Speaker 1: relationship and then it's ongoing from this. So it's something

2380
01:53:27,280 --> 01:53:30,160
Speaker 1: that's I think it's UM player driven in it's going

2381
01:53:30,240 --> 01:53:32,360
Speaker 1: to be something that we do traditionally here in Buffalo

2382
01:53:32,400 --> 01:53:34,040
Speaker 1: because it's really special to be able to connect with

2383
01:53:34,080 --> 01:53:36,640
Speaker 1: the kids in the inner city. That's great. That's a

2384
01:53:36,680 --> 01:53:38,640
Speaker 1: great cause and it's a great idea to go out

2385
01:53:38,680 --> 01:53:40,040
Speaker 1: and we used to do a couple of things like

2386
01:53:40,120 --> 01:53:41,840
Speaker 1: that on Tuesdays. But it's great to see you guys

2387
01:53:42,560 --> 01:53:45,160
Speaker 1: jumping on that. I had one last question about the

2388
01:53:45,240 --> 01:53:47,960
Speaker 1: game and it has to do with NRG Stadium. Okay,

2389
01:53:48,280 --> 01:53:50,800
Speaker 1: tough place to play. It's it's a I've never been there,

2390
01:53:50,840 --> 01:53:54,960
Speaker 1: it's my last stadium. A couple of guys like Jay

2391
01:53:55,000 --> 01:53:57,240
Speaker 1: Harris was telling us it's the loudest stadium he's ever been.

2392
01:53:57,280 --> 01:53:59,160
Speaker 1: At one point during one of the games because he

2393
01:53:59,200 --> 01:54:01,160
Speaker 1: was there, he said it's as he's ever heard, and

2394
01:54:01,200 --> 01:54:03,080
Speaker 1: it is loud. That's that's a lot to say. It's

2395
01:54:03,120 --> 01:54:06,599
Speaker 1: a very tall, very vertical stadium right next to the field,

2396
01:54:06,640 --> 01:54:08,640
Speaker 1: and everything kind of goes it doesn't go out like

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01:54:08,920 --> 01:54:12,599
Speaker 1: right like. It stacks so and it's got a roof,

2398
01:54:13,080 --> 01:54:16,920
Speaker 1: so it feels close and it's loud and for young

2399
01:54:17,000 --> 01:54:19,559
Speaker 1: football team whatever another it speaks to the early success

2400
01:54:19,600 --> 01:54:21,880
Speaker 1: you you have, but also knows at some certain point

2401
01:54:21,880 --> 01:54:23,560
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to battle with it. Yeah, you have to.

2402
01:54:23,800 --> 01:54:27,040
Speaker 1: I'm especially early on UM and it's and I think

2403
01:54:27,040 --> 01:54:29,000
Speaker 1: that's where the defense comes in, is where you start

2404
01:54:29,600 --> 01:54:31,320
Speaker 1: snuffing them out a little bit. That kind of takes

2405
01:54:31,360 --> 01:54:33,200
Speaker 1: the crowd out of it, especially when the office isn't

2406
01:54:33,240 --> 01:54:34,840
Speaker 1: doing well. It takes the crowd out of it, and

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01:54:35,000 --> 01:54:37,160
Speaker 1: then it allows Josh to operate at a much higher

2408
01:54:37,240 --> 01:54:39,240
Speaker 1: level because it's a little quieter and they can communicate

2409
01:54:39,240 --> 01:54:41,840
Speaker 1: a lot better. Biggest proud with that place. From my mind,

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01:54:42,160 --> 01:54:47,000
Speaker 1: it's full of people from Texas. It's full of Texas. Wow.

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01:54:48,080 --> 01:54:50,560
Speaker 1: Can I say that in buff you know? You know

2412
01:54:50,640 --> 01:54:52,920
Speaker 1: people talking about Texans. Now you got sixty six seventy

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01:54:52,960 --> 01:54:57,560
Speaker 1: thousand Texans in one place. Is that I'm saying? You

2414
01:54:57,640 --> 01:54:59,960
Speaker 1: want to hang with sixty six thousand people from Texas?

2415
01:55:00,160 --> 01:55:03,960
Speaker 1: People from Texas? I mean I have family from Texas.

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01:55:04,200 --> 01:55:10,040
Speaker 1: What I'm saying I mean may sounding just a provincial there, Yeah,

2417
01:55:11,320 --> 01:55:13,880
Speaker 1: little bit like a Homer. I A not a big family. Real.

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01:55:13,960 --> 01:55:17,240
Speaker 1: Thanks appreciate the reg Awa, Alexander joining us in studio.

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01:55:17,280 --> 01:55:19,200
Speaker 1: Steve and I back with more One Bill's Live from

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01:55:19,240 --> 01:55:35,480
Speaker 1: One Bill's Driving This is Buffalo Bill's radio Houston houstons

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01:55:37,120 --> 01:55:43,360
Speaker 1: us didn't have a problem. I care about letters there

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01:55:43,520 --> 01:55:44,960
Speaker 1: a w I'm just trying to get the points on

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01:55:45,000 --> 01:55:46,920
Speaker 1: the morning. Well it comes out there's a loose ball

2424
01:55:47,000 --> 01:55:49,120
Speaker 1: out there in the midfield, they'll say they have it.

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01:55:49,240 --> 01:55:54,520
Speaker 1: They do one another muff about takeaway. You get the

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01:55:54,600 --> 01:55:56,880
Speaker 1: first sound. He's across the party. He's got the demand

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01:55:56,920 --> 01:55:59,600
Speaker 1: of the right. It's not supposed to be got gout

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01:55:59,640 --> 01:56:02,240
Speaker 1: stand Ariona Myers A quick one? Is it? A septed

2429
01:56:02,440 --> 01:56:05,280
Speaker 1: picked up at the thirty seven yard time? Taren Johnson

2430
01:56:05,400 --> 01:56:10,640
Speaker 1: comes up with the pick. Some of the highlights from

2431
01:56:10,640 --> 01:56:12,960
Speaker 1: the Bills Tennessee game last Sunday as they get set

2432
01:56:13,040 --> 01:56:16,360
Speaker 1: to go to Houston and play the Houston Texans. Good afternoon, Jumber.

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01:56:16,360 --> 01:56:18,840
Speaker 1: If you see Tasker in our one Buffalo studio, it's

2434
01:56:18,880 --> 01:56:20,960
Speaker 1: one Bills Live from One Bills Drive. We got a

2435
01:56:21,040 --> 01:56:22,680
Speaker 1: Twitter poll that's been up for a couple of hours

2436
01:56:22,720 --> 01:56:24,840
Speaker 1: getting some response, and you got a chance to respond

2437
01:56:24,880 --> 01:56:27,120
Speaker 1: to us. Let's hear from you on Twitter about the

2438
01:56:27,160 --> 01:56:29,840
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills in their offense this week? What should be

2439
01:56:29,960 --> 01:56:33,080
Speaker 1: the Bill's offensive approach this Sunday? We saw how they

2440
01:56:33,160 --> 01:56:36,600
Speaker 1: played it last week when they played the Tennessee Titans.

2441
01:56:36,640 --> 01:56:39,400
Speaker 1: So what about this week? What should be Buffalo's offensive approach?

2442
01:56:39,800 --> 01:56:41,680
Speaker 1: Give us a call eight oh three h five fifty

2443
01:56:41,840 --> 01:56:44,400
Speaker 1: or two three one eight eight eight five fifty two

2444
01:56:44,440 --> 01:56:46,520
Speaker 1: five fifty or you can do it on Twitter. You

2445
01:56:46,560 --> 01:56:48,120
Speaker 1: can vote in our Twitter poll, and a lot of

2446
01:56:48,160 --> 01:56:50,000
Speaker 1: people have done that so far. When we asked the

2447
01:56:50,080 --> 01:56:53,360
Speaker 1: question on Twitter, what should the Bill's offensive approach against

2448
01:56:53,360 --> 01:56:58,000
Speaker 1: the Texans be? On Twitter, thirty eight percent say expand

2449
01:56:58,120 --> 01:57:02,680
Speaker 1: the passing attack, thirty three percent balanced approach, twenty eight

2450
01:57:02,720 --> 01:57:04,920
Speaker 1: percent he do what they did against the Titans a

2451
01:57:05,000 --> 01:57:07,760
Speaker 1: lot of runs. One percent have something else in mind. Yeah,

2452
01:57:07,840 --> 01:57:10,960
Speaker 1: that's that's a pretty good Twitter poll. It's pretty pretty even.

2453
01:57:11,080 --> 01:57:12,880
Speaker 1: And I'm but I gotta tell you, I think you

2454
01:57:12,960 --> 01:57:15,320
Speaker 1: and I are both shocked that most people are the

2455
01:57:16,440 --> 01:57:21,480
Speaker 1: leading candidate choice is expand the passing attack. I think

2456
01:57:21,680 --> 01:57:24,240
Speaker 1: I think that takes for granted that you know it'll

2457
01:57:24,240 --> 01:57:26,400
Speaker 1: be successful and they'll be able to do it. I'd

2458
01:57:26,440 --> 01:57:27,720
Speaker 1: love to see it. I don't know if they can.

2459
01:57:27,800 --> 01:57:29,720
Speaker 1: I don't know if they can do it. They're there yet,

2460
01:57:29,760 --> 01:57:31,640
Speaker 1: I think, Yeah, I think Josh's gonna be I think

2461
01:57:31,720 --> 01:57:33,440
Speaker 1: Josh is gonna make some strides. I don't think there's

2462
01:57:33,440 --> 01:57:35,240
Speaker 1: any question he'll do some better things. I think this

2463
01:57:35,320 --> 01:57:37,160
Speaker 1: is a tough team to do it against. Now. They

2464
01:57:37,200 --> 01:57:39,600
Speaker 1: do have a depleted secondary. They do have a chance,

2465
01:57:40,000 --> 01:57:43,080
Speaker 1: you know, Calvin Benjamin, Za Jones and the rest. They

2466
01:57:43,120 --> 01:57:46,240
Speaker 1: do have a chance to make some noise in the secondary,

2467
01:57:46,640 --> 01:57:48,600
Speaker 1: and perhaps Josh can do it. But it comes back

2468
01:57:48,640 --> 01:57:50,360
Speaker 1: to the pass rush. Can they can he get rid

2469
01:57:50,400 --> 01:57:53,360
Speaker 1: of the ball quickly, read the defense and let it

2470
01:57:53,440 --> 01:57:57,000
Speaker 1: sling um. That would be fun to see if they could,

2471
01:57:57,120 --> 01:57:59,160
Speaker 1: if they could expand the passing attack. A couple of

2472
01:57:59,280 --> 01:58:01,360
Speaker 1: notes on this from tweet sheet. What should the Bills

2473
01:58:01,400 --> 01:58:04,080
Speaker 1: offensive approach to be? Sipping the kool Aid says it's

2474
01:58:04,120 --> 01:58:06,200
Speaker 1: going to have to be more balanced than last week.

2475
01:58:06,680 --> 01:58:09,440
Speaker 1: Houston is eighth against the run, Tennessee is twenty seventh.

2476
01:58:09,760 --> 01:58:12,000
Speaker 1: Houston secondary is banged up, so we will need to

2477
01:58:12,040 --> 01:58:14,000
Speaker 1: throw the ball more than last week. But for amy

2478
01:58:14,040 --> 01:58:16,280
Speaker 1: to be successful, we need to run it as well.

2479
01:58:16,320 --> 01:58:18,160
Speaker 1: We can't throw it forty times right now and win.

2480
01:58:18,560 --> 01:58:20,160
Speaker 1: Well they did last week. But I think you're right.

2481
01:58:20,240 --> 01:58:22,920
Speaker 1: I think this is a I think it's a I

2482
01:58:23,000 --> 01:58:24,880
Speaker 1: think it's no it's a better defense than what the

2483
01:58:24,920 --> 01:58:27,560
Speaker 1: Bills face last week. I don't think it's a you know,

2484
01:58:27,720 --> 01:58:30,000
Speaker 1: especially with the injuries they've got on the back end

2485
01:58:30,040 --> 01:58:32,200
Speaker 1: of their defense, and we haven't seen the Texans injury

2486
01:58:32,320 --> 01:58:34,840
Speaker 1: report yet. It's not a great defense, but a pretty

2487
01:58:34,880 --> 01:58:37,440
Speaker 1: good one and stronger against the run. You're right about that, yeah.

2488
01:58:37,480 --> 01:58:40,120
Speaker 1: Brian Cook also tweets in as to the Twitter poll,

2489
01:58:40,760 --> 01:58:43,520
Speaker 1: balanced approach is ideal, but I think that Shady and

2490
01:58:43,640 --> 01:58:45,760
Speaker 1: Ivory need to be a bigger part of the passing

2491
01:58:45,840 --> 01:58:48,919
Speaker 1: game by design. Why can't we sprinkle in some personnel

2492
01:58:48,960 --> 01:58:53,480
Speaker 1: package packages that involve both running backs, show heavy, then

2493
01:58:53,600 --> 01:58:56,280
Speaker 1: have Shady in motion out wide with Ivory still as

2494
01:58:56,280 --> 01:58:58,400
Speaker 1: an option to be a thumper. So, you know, you

2495
01:58:58,720 --> 01:59:01,760
Speaker 1: start talking about xs and os and stuff that might

2496
01:59:01,800 --> 01:59:04,400
Speaker 1: work and might and like I've said always, it always

2497
01:59:04,400 --> 01:59:06,240
Speaker 1: seems like a good idea, and we did, and I

2498
01:59:06,280 --> 01:59:07,960
Speaker 1: can't remember some play in the show today, maybe it

2499
01:59:08,040 --> 01:59:12,000
Speaker 1: was Greg Cosell said that Buffalo is really effective when

2500
01:59:12,280 --> 01:59:14,680
Speaker 1: Shady and Ivory were on the field at the same time,

2501
01:59:14,720 --> 01:59:17,520
Speaker 1: particularly in that last drive that we've been talking about

2502
01:59:17,560 --> 01:59:20,120
Speaker 1: all week, that that took up almost five minutes of

2503
01:59:20,200 --> 01:59:23,240
Speaker 1: game clock and let Stephen Haushka kick the game winning

2504
01:59:23,320 --> 01:59:25,720
Speaker 1: field goal with no time left on the clock. That

2505
01:59:25,960 --> 01:59:29,800
Speaker 1: was an impressive drive, and Ivory and Shady McCoy were

2506
01:59:29,880 --> 01:59:33,720
Speaker 1: on the field for the same for that drive a

2507
01:59:33,800 --> 01:59:36,160
Speaker 1: lot of times. So going back to more of that

2508
01:59:36,240 --> 01:59:38,760
Speaker 1: would be great. I do think it puts the pressure

2509
01:59:38,800 --> 01:59:41,400
Speaker 1: on the defense, but you know that, like I've said,

2510
01:59:41,440 --> 01:59:44,920
Speaker 1: there's no magic bullet. Somebody it's along the line is

2511
01:59:44,960 --> 01:59:47,280
Speaker 1: going to have to play well and do it in

2512
01:59:47,320 --> 01:59:51,480
Speaker 1: the face of formidable defense. Let's hear your thoughts on this.

2513
01:59:51,560 --> 01:59:53,880
Speaker 1: So what are the Bills need to do offensively or defensively?

2514
01:59:54,000 --> 01:59:56,880
Speaker 1: Your thoughts against your thoughts about this matchup? Will take

2515
01:59:56,880 --> 01:59:59,440
Speaker 1: your call here from Kevin and Hamburg. Hello Kevin, go ahead,

2516
01:59:59,440 --> 02:00:02,600
Speaker 1: you're on the air, doing good. God. I think the

2517
02:00:02,640 --> 02:00:05,760
Speaker 1: biggest thing to watch out for is the watch out

2518
02:00:05,840 --> 02:00:08,560
Speaker 1: for jail break wits. Is because if you're a Robie

2519
02:00:08,760 --> 02:00:12,400
Speaker 1: No and you know your defensive secondary depleted and you

2520
02:00:12,520 --> 02:00:15,320
Speaker 1: know the Bill's offensive line isn't nothing to write home

2521
02:00:15,400 --> 02:00:18,720
Speaker 1: the mom about. I think I was Houston not send

2522
02:00:18,840 --> 02:00:21,720
Speaker 1: jail break bits. Is not just a lineman like clowning them.

2523
02:00:22,200 --> 02:00:25,520
Speaker 1: Everybody almost sending be almost like buddy Ryan and they

2524
02:00:25,520 --> 02:00:29,640
Speaker 1: eat five beer. He and everybody and poor quarterbacks. Even

2525
02:00:29,760 --> 02:00:32,480
Speaker 1: safety is here and there, so watch out about the

2526
02:00:32,520 --> 02:00:35,120
Speaker 1: bills for many jail break bitzess, they send the whole

2527
02:00:35,200 --> 02:00:38,080
Speaker 1: hunch alata. Okay, they haven't done that a lot in

2528
02:00:38,120 --> 02:00:39,600
Speaker 1: the past. You know they've got some talent there, and

2529
02:00:39,640 --> 02:00:42,960
Speaker 1: everybody knows about Watt and Clowney. As I watch more video, Steven,

2530
02:00:43,080 --> 02:00:44,760
Speaker 1: I remember the last time they played four years ago.

2531
02:00:44,960 --> 02:00:47,520
Speaker 1: Coming away thinking about a couple of guys who now.

2532
02:00:47,560 --> 02:00:50,360
Speaker 1: Whitney Merciless as a former first rounder. He lines up

2533
02:00:50,400 --> 02:00:52,400
Speaker 1: on the edge as an edge guy, and he's a

2534
02:00:52,520 --> 02:00:55,000
Speaker 1: really good strong player. I don't know if he's he's

2535
02:00:55,000 --> 02:00:57,440
Speaker 1: probably been to a Pro Bowl. He's really good. One

2536
02:00:57,480 --> 02:01:00,800
Speaker 1: of their inside linebackers, Bernardrick McKinney, another one who impresses me.

2537
02:01:01,080 --> 02:01:03,440
Speaker 1: I'm not impressed with number forty one, Zach Cunningham. But

2538
02:01:03,760 --> 02:01:07,240
Speaker 1: it's not just it's not just JJ Watt and and

2539
02:01:08,040 --> 02:01:10,080
Speaker 1: clown Clowney who bring the heat. I mean they get

2540
02:01:10,160 --> 02:01:13,680
Speaker 1: good pass rush from some of the others too, including Whitney,

2541
02:01:13,760 --> 02:01:17,120
Speaker 1: Merciless and McKinney coming up the middle, and the caller

2542
02:01:17,200 --> 02:01:20,040
Speaker 1: is right the back end of the Texas defense is

2543
02:01:20,280 --> 02:01:21,880
Speaker 1: a little bit of disarray right now, some of the

2544
02:01:21,960 --> 02:01:23,720
Speaker 1: injuries they've had. Yeah, And I think it's going to

2545
02:01:23,800 --> 02:01:28,040
Speaker 1: come down to, like I said, somebody, the Bills are

2546
02:01:28,080 --> 02:01:30,040
Speaker 1: gonna have to play well in some way, shape or

2547
02:01:30,040 --> 02:01:32,400
Speaker 1: form on more than just the defensive side of the football.

2548
02:01:32,400 --> 02:01:34,200
Speaker 1: At some point, their offense is gonna have to do

2549
02:01:34,520 --> 02:01:39,160
Speaker 1: enough to help them win. And the question is how

2550
02:01:39,320 --> 02:01:43,920
Speaker 1: much can Houston offense. The Houston offense get done against

2551
02:01:43,920 --> 02:01:46,920
Speaker 1: the Bills defense. If the Bills can keep this game close,

2552
02:01:47,000 --> 02:01:50,240
Speaker 1: I don't think they're afraid of playing in a tight game.

2553
02:01:50,360 --> 02:01:52,840
Speaker 1: That's been the way the Bills have won games now

2554
02:01:53,080 --> 02:01:54,720
Speaker 1: going on two years, and I mean this is the

2555
02:01:54,800 --> 02:01:56,720
Speaker 1: middle of the second year. They don't run off and

2556
02:01:56,840 --> 02:01:59,120
Speaker 1: leave people. This game they had last week against the

2557
02:01:59,200 --> 02:02:01,920
Speaker 1: Titans is a perfect example of it. They had a

2558
02:02:02,000 --> 02:02:04,280
Speaker 1: game the other game they won this year was a

2559
02:02:04,360 --> 02:02:07,200
Speaker 1: result of their defense getting turnovers. And that's the one

2560
02:02:07,320 --> 02:02:10,960
Speaker 1: unpredictable thing about the Bills recipe to win. The turnovers

2561
02:02:10,960 --> 02:02:14,080
Speaker 1: are an enormous part of an enormous ingredient in that recipe,

2562
02:02:15,000 --> 02:02:18,160
Speaker 1: but they're also unpredictable. And if the other team doesn't

2563
02:02:18,200 --> 02:02:20,200
Speaker 1: give the football up or doesn't give you opportunities in

2564
02:02:20,280 --> 02:02:22,080
Speaker 1: that way, you got to do it another way. Here's

2565
02:02:22,080 --> 02:02:24,240
Speaker 1: an interesting stat I came across when I was home

2566
02:02:24,280 --> 02:02:26,520
Speaker 1: sick yesterday. Steve, let's hear it. Are you ready for this?

2567
02:02:27,600 --> 02:02:29,680
Speaker 1: I need your interpretation and what it means. I don't

2568
02:02:29,720 --> 02:02:31,320
Speaker 1: like to get so lost in stats, but I think

2569
02:02:31,360 --> 02:02:34,520
Speaker 1: this means something since last year, the start of last year,

2570
02:02:34,520 --> 02:02:36,879
Speaker 1: since Sean McDermot took over the Bills. So it's sixteen

2571
02:02:36,920 --> 02:02:40,480
Speaker 1: regular season games in five twenty one regular season games,

2572
02:02:40,800 --> 02:02:44,000
Speaker 1: the Bills in one score games are seven and two,

2573
02:02:44,160 --> 02:02:47,480
Speaker 1: seven wins, two losses, best in the AFC, second in

2574
02:02:47,560 --> 02:02:50,960
Speaker 1: the NFL to Carolina. The Bills one score losses are

2575
02:02:51,080 --> 02:02:56,200
Speaker 1: seven wins, two losses since McDermot took over. Let's interpret that.

2576
02:02:56,280 --> 02:02:58,760
Speaker 1: For me. It is bigcause most games are close, most

2577
02:02:58,800 --> 02:03:01,640
Speaker 1: teams are really close. The league is in it. I

2578
02:03:01,760 --> 02:03:04,440
Speaker 1: read an article and I can't remember the exact percentages,

2579
02:03:04,480 --> 02:03:06,440
Speaker 1: but the league is very high, has a very high

2580
02:03:06,480 --> 02:03:09,240
Speaker 1: percentage of games this year that are one score games.

2581
02:03:09,280 --> 02:03:11,320
Speaker 1: I think like eighty percent of the games this year

2582
02:03:11,440 --> 02:03:14,640
Speaker 1: have been one score games, one possession games at the

2583
02:03:14,760 --> 02:03:16,960
Speaker 1: end of it. And that's something the league loves obviously,

2584
02:03:17,040 --> 02:03:21,400
Speaker 1: they want close games, competitive games, and to be seven

2585
02:03:21,440 --> 02:03:24,680
Speaker 1: and two in those games says a lot about the

2586
02:03:24,760 --> 02:03:27,400
Speaker 1: guys you've got on your team and and you know,

2587
02:03:27,480 --> 02:03:30,880
Speaker 1: the clutch performers that you're you've got. I like that

2588
02:03:31,000 --> 02:03:33,680
Speaker 1: stat for the Vitals. That's a that's a big positive,

2589
02:03:33,720 --> 02:03:36,600
Speaker 1: I think for the coaching staff in the organization. Corollary

2590
02:03:36,640 --> 02:03:39,080
Speaker 1: to it, I think it's a corollary. I know that's

2591
02:03:39,080 --> 02:03:41,360
Speaker 1: an official math for I'm going to stay away from it.

2592
02:03:42,200 --> 02:03:44,400
Speaker 1: And it came after the two games that started this

2593
02:03:44,480 --> 02:03:46,640
Speaker 1: year Baltimore and the Chargers. The Bills have been blown

2594
02:03:46,680 --> 02:03:48,400
Speaker 1: out right a lot of twenty point losses in the

2595
02:03:48,480 --> 02:03:52,160
Speaker 1: last two years also, So I'm just getting my head

2596
02:03:52,160 --> 02:03:54,280
Speaker 1: around both of those issues, trying to figure out what

2597
02:03:54,400 --> 02:03:56,560
Speaker 1: does this mean. It means something, I think right that

2598
02:03:56,600 --> 02:03:58,760
Speaker 1: they win the close ones and they're prone to getting

2599
02:03:58,760 --> 02:04:01,200
Speaker 1: blown out every once in a while too. Well, yeah,

2600
02:04:01,320 --> 02:04:06,640
Speaker 1: that's the other side of it, that if if you're

2601
02:04:06,640 --> 02:04:08,640
Speaker 1: not getting turnovers and that's what you kind of designed,

2602
02:04:08,680 --> 02:04:11,120
Speaker 1: your offenses struggles with score points. They struggled to score

2603
02:04:11,160 --> 02:04:16,920
Speaker 1: points last year as well. Um, that's that's It's not

2604
02:04:17,040 --> 02:04:19,400
Speaker 1: something you can overcome. Overnight. You've got to start to grow,

2605
02:04:19,560 --> 02:04:21,400
Speaker 1: and I think they're gonna get some girl. I tell

2606
02:04:21,400 --> 02:04:23,640
Speaker 1: you the thing. The one part of the offense that

2607
02:04:23,720 --> 02:04:27,200
Speaker 1: has gotten better m this season, I think Josh Allen

2608
02:04:27,320 --> 02:04:30,160
Speaker 1: is getting better, although it's baby steps and I think

2609
02:04:30,400 --> 02:04:32,440
Speaker 1: I think the sky's the limit for him. I do

2610
02:04:32,560 --> 02:04:35,200
Speaker 1: think their offensive line has played better. Certainly, they were

2611
02:04:35,440 --> 02:04:40,120
Speaker 1: absolutely overwhelmed in Week one when they got beat in Baltimore,

2612
02:04:40,360 --> 02:04:43,560
Speaker 1: and it wasn't much better in New era of field

2613
02:04:43,640 --> 02:04:47,720
Speaker 1: in Week two against the Chargers. But after that they

2614
02:04:47,800 --> 02:04:52,000
Speaker 1: started to get better, even into even into the Green

2615
02:04:52,080 --> 02:04:54,240
Speaker 1: Bay game which they which they were shut out, they

2616
02:04:54,280 --> 02:04:57,000
Speaker 1: started to play steadier and like I said earlier in

2617
02:04:57,040 --> 02:04:59,360
Speaker 1: the show, they had a hat on a hat. They

2618
02:04:59,440 --> 02:05:01,280
Speaker 1: didn't look and fuse, they didn't look like they were

2619
02:05:01,960 --> 02:05:05,520
Speaker 1: turning guys completely loose or sliding the wrong way in protection.

2620
02:05:05,640 --> 02:05:08,640
Speaker 1: So I think that is one place where the Bills

2621
02:05:08,680 --> 02:05:10,600
Speaker 1: have started to grow. Now, they still might get beat

2622
02:05:10,720 --> 02:05:12,760
Speaker 1: man on man once in a while one to one,

2623
02:05:13,800 --> 02:05:16,960
Speaker 1: but are in single matchups. But at least they are

2624
02:05:18,560 --> 02:05:20,600
Speaker 1: getting on top of it mentally and making sure they're

2625
02:05:20,640 --> 02:05:23,040
Speaker 1: picked up. Hey, let's do a little NFL true and

2626
02:05:23,160 --> 02:05:27,120
Speaker 1: false It is presented by Yancey's Fancy New York's Artisan Cheese.

2627
02:05:27,240 --> 02:05:29,600
Speaker 1: True or false issues around the NFL that are going

2628
02:05:29,640 --> 02:05:32,280
Speaker 1: on right now. Steve and I debate two or false?

2629
02:05:32,320 --> 02:05:35,560
Speaker 1: Are you ready? Bears traveling to Miami to play the

2630
02:05:35,600 --> 02:05:39,240
Speaker 1: Dolphins Sunday at one o'clock. Two or falls the Bears

2631
02:05:39,400 --> 02:05:43,560
Speaker 1: defense will score more points than Ryan Tannehill. That's cold.

2632
02:05:43,880 --> 02:05:47,360
Speaker 1: That's so cold that that's our producer getting crazed. I'm

2633
02:05:47,360 --> 02:05:49,680
Speaker 1: gonna go false. But it's not out of the realm

2634
02:05:49,720 --> 02:05:52,120
Speaker 1: of possible, there is it. I mean Tannehill is playing dreadful.

2635
02:05:52,160 --> 02:05:54,240
Speaker 1: You saw him a couple of weeks. They gave up

2636
02:05:54,280 --> 02:05:58,160
Speaker 1: two defensive scores and this one that you're seeing on MSG.

2637
02:05:58,320 --> 02:06:00,880
Speaker 1: He tried to throw it away and bang. His tight

2638
02:06:01,000 --> 02:06:03,560
Speaker 1: end was standing three yards away. He banged it off

2639
02:06:03,600 --> 02:06:05,320
Speaker 1: the side of his helmet, trying to throw it away.

2640
02:06:05,360 --> 02:06:08,600
Speaker 1: He was getting sacked. It bounces back behind him towards

2641
02:06:08,680 --> 02:06:11,320
Speaker 1: his own towards the goal line that was behind him,

2642
02:06:11,400 --> 02:06:14,240
Speaker 1: right into the hands of Michael Johnson, and Johnson kind

2643
02:06:14,240 --> 02:06:16,160
Speaker 1: of walks in with it. Then he scrambles out to

2644
02:06:16,280 --> 02:06:18,800
Speaker 1: his left, starts to square up to throw it, gets

2645
02:06:18,840 --> 02:06:21,000
Speaker 1: his arm grabbed and it falls right into the arms

2646
02:06:21,040 --> 02:06:23,360
Speaker 1: of Hubbard, the defensive lineman for the Bengals, and it's

2647
02:06:23,360 --> 02:06:28,240
Speaker 1: another walk in touchdown. I mean they were down, they

2648
02:06:28,280 --> 02:06:32,280
Speaker 1: were up seventeen points at halftime. Everything they had beaten

2649
02:06:32,360 --> 02:06:36,280
Speaker 1: the Bengals in every phase of the game offensively, defensively,

2650
02:06:36,400 --> 02:06:38,560
Speaker 1: and special teams wise. They had a punt return for

2651
02:06:38,640 --> 02:06:41,480
Speaker 1: a touchdown that helped him get to seventeen points. They

2652
02:06:41,520 --> 02:06:43,840
Speaker 1: were man handling Cincinnati, and they came out in the

2653
02:06:43,880 --> 02:06:49,440
Speaker 1: second half and gave up twenty seven unanswered points to lose.

2654
02:06:51,840 --> 02:06:54,160
Speaker 1: Think about them, think about the Miami fans and what

2655
02:06:54,440 --> 02:06:58,200
Speaker 1: dark place that took them into. Yeah, and so it's out.

2656
02:06:58,280 --> 02:07:00,760
Speaker 1: I get where the questions coming from, because in the

2657
02:07:00,840 --> 02:07:04,640
Speaker 1: second half of that game, Well, the Cincinnati defense did

2658
02:07:04,720 --> 02:07:08,120
Speaker 1: outscore the Miami offense. Happen again this week, and may

2659
02:07:08,400 --> 02:07:10,680
Speaker 1: I do not think it's gonna hard. That's hard to happen.

2660
02:07:10,880 --> 02:07:13,080
Speaker 1: So Steven goes false on that one as well. All right,

2661
02:07:13,080 --> 02:07:16,200
Speaker 1: true or false? T J. Watt Pittsburgh Steelers will exceed

2662
02:07:16,280 --> 02:07:19,640
Speaker 1: brother J. J. Watt in twenty eighteen. We're talking about

2663
02:07:19,640 --> 02:07:24,680
Speaker 1: sack totals or just play. I'm going false. I think

2664
02:07:24,800 --> 02:07:27,640
Speaker 1: JJ Watt is still the best one in that family.

2665
02:07:27,720 --> 02:07:29,640
Speaker 1: And still you know he's got six sacks JJ does.

2666
02:07:29,680 --> 02:07:32,320
Speaker 1: He's playing pretty well. Doesn't look as explosive or as

2667
02:07:32,400 --> 02:07:35,040
Speaker 1: quick as he did maybe three years ago, but more

2668
02:07:35,480 --> 02:07:38,560
Speaker 1: more than enough explosive. I think that's false. I'm gonna

2669
02:07:38,600 --> 02:07:47,600
Speaker 1: stay true. Uh, they both have six SATs sacks. Um, yeah,

2670
02:07:47,880 --> 02:07:50,040
Speaker 1: I say true. Is this the Steelers are in in

2671
02:07:50,120 --> 02:07:53,320
Speaker 1: a spot where where their defense still kind of hangs

2672
02:07:53,360 --> 02:07:56,200
Speaker 1: in there and and is the lynch pin of their team. Um.

2673
02:07:56,320 --> 02:08:00,640
Speaker 1: I think they play such a defense where t J.

2674
02:08:00,840 --> 02:08:03,160
Speaker 1: Watt is gonna be a guy who's gonna get just

2675
02:08:03,280 --> 02:08:05,760
Speaker 1: as many opportunities as JJ. In fact, he might get

2676
02:08:05,840 --> 02:08:09,160
Speaker 1: more opportunities because Ben Roethlisberger on the other side, is

2677
02:08:09,200 --> 02:08:11,560
Speaker 1: going to score some points. And I don't think Deshaun

2678
02:08:11,600 --> 02:08:14,640
Speaker 1: Watson you can count on that like he can for

2679
02:08:14,760 --> 02:08:18,560
Speaker 1: the Steelers with Ben Roethlisberger. So I think T J.

2680
02:08:18,720 --> 02:08:21,000
Speaker 1: Watt's going to be in more games where his opponent

2681
02:08:21,120 --> 02:08:23,240
Speaker 1: is gonna have to throw the football because of either

2682
02:08:23,400 --> 02:08:28,240
Speaker 1: trying to keep up with the Steeler offense or just

2683
02:08:28,400 --> 02:08:32,040
Speaker 1: because the Steeler defense is better than their opponents. So

2684
02:08:32,080 --> 02:08:34,000
Speaker 1: I think T. J. Watt's going to get more chances

2685
02:08:34,040 --> 02:08:36,480
Speaker 1: to rush the passer, and I think because of that,

2686
02:08:37,080 --> 02:08:40,040
Speaker 1: he's gonna get more sacks than than JJ. And plus

2687
02:08:40,160 --> 02:08:43,080
Speaker 1: JJ's gotta stay healthy for six tail games. Now. Finally,

2688
02:08:43,360 --> 02:08:46,760
Speaker 1: NFL two or false Kyle Letta fourth round pick, University

2689
02:08:46,800 --> 02:08:49,240
Speaker 1: of Richmond Kyle la Letta should start the next game

2690
02:08:49,480 --> 02:08:50,800
Speaker 1: for the New York Chants. What do he got? Two

2691
02:08:50,880 --> 02:08:53,520
Speaker 1: or false on that one instead of bela. Man, Wow,

2692
02:08:53,560 --> 02:08:59,600
Speaker 1: that's I will say true. Tell me, why give them

2693
02:08:59,600 --> 02:09:03,280
Speaker 1: what they ask for? They want? Yeah, they want to

2694
02:09:03,280 --> 02:09:05,080
Speaker 1: complain about a guy who's there, who's been there for

2695
02:09:05,160 --> 02:09:07,320
Speaker 1: fourteen years, taking every snap that he's been asked to

2696
02:09:07,400 --> 02:09:10,840
Speaker 1: take for fourteen years, two super bowls, wins, two super

2697
02:09:10,920 --> 02:09:12,960
Speaker 1: bowls for him and the team. You know, the offensive

2698
02:09:13,000 --> 02:09:16,120
Speaker 1: line is not that good. They've got this generational back

2699
02:09:16,160 --> 02:09:20,840
Speaker 1: and they've got this this UH wide receiver who's you

2700
02:09:20,960 --> 02:09:24,480
Speaker 1: know is what he is? Great talent? Yeah, let him

2701
02:09:24,520 --> 02:09:26,840
Speaker 1: let him go with Loletta. See see how how much

2702
02:09:26,920 --> 02:09:29,040
Speaker 1: better things are going to be. I'm saying that kind

2703
02:09:29,080 --> 02:09:31,000
Speaker 1: of out of spite because I hate it when I

2704
02:09:31,080 --> 02:09:36,520
Speaker 1: hate it when they h you know, when a guy's well,

2705
02:09:36,720 --> 02:09:39,240
Speaker 1: when he's struggling, I mean Eli's heads. I hate to

2706
02:09:39,280 --> 02:09:41,760
Speaker 1: see a great player struggle. Eli is struggling, no question

2707
02:09:41,800 --> 02:09:44,080
Speaker 1: about it. But uh, and maybe it is, and maybe

2708
02:09:44,120 --> 02:09:47,120
Speaker 1: I'm maybe they're right, Maybe they you know, those guys

2709
02:09:47,160 --> 02:09:49,800
Speaker 1: in the locker room are clamoring for a change. If

2710
02:09:49,840 --> 02:09:51,760
Speaker 1: there is that, if there is that voice in there,

2711
02:09:52,240 --> 02:09:54,240
Speaker 1: given what they ask for, don't I don't know why

2712
02:09:54,280 --> 02:09:56,880
Speaker 1: they think they'd rally around Loletta and they wouldn't rally

2713
02:09:56,920 --> 02:09:59,880
Speaker 1: around Eli Manning. Look at nobody knows. Is Loletta showing

2714
02:09:59,880 --> 02:10:01,600
Speaker 1: the thing in practice? We don't know. I would say

2715
02:10:01,640 --> 02:10:03,800
Speaker 1: false to this. He shouldn't start next game, by the way,

2716
02:10:03,800 --> 02:10:05,560
Speaker 1: I just look it up. Next game for the New

2717
02:10:05,640 --> 02:10:09,800
Speaker 1: York Football Giants is Monday night football against Atlanta. And Atlanta,

2718
02:10:09,920 --> 02:10:11,680
Speaker 1: you really want to throw a rookie into his first

2719
02:10:11,720 --> 02:10:16,800
Speaker 1: start Monday. That's a really bad idea. Well, by the way,

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Speaker 1: how did the Giants go from playing a Thursday night

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Speaker 1: came to a Monday night the next week? That's pretty amazing.

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Speaker 1: But no, No, Kyler Letters should not start the next

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Speaker 1: game for the Giants. Maybe down the road, but not

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Speaker 1: next game, not Monday night football in Atlanta. That's New York.

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Speaker 1: Sell on the line with us from NFL Matchup on

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Speaker 1: the ESPN. We talked about the big matchup in Sunday's

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Speaker 1: Bills game. We think anyway Bills corner to Davious White

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Speaker 1: against DeAndre Hopkins, wide receiver for Houston. Here's what Greg

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Speaker 1: co Sell said. They've used him as their matchup corner

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Speaker 1: now and it appears that that's what he is now.

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Speaker 1: White's not a big kid, so I don't know if

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Speaker 1: he's going to get physical with Hopkins, and Hopkins is

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Speaker 1: a bigger guy, and he's very good in the physical

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Speaker 1: stuff and he's competitive. But that's a really good matchup.

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Speaker 1: But Hopkins, to me, is the most intriguing big time

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Speaker 1: receiver in the League, because when you watch his tape,

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Speaker 1: other than the fact that he has great hands obviously

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Speaker 1: and can make contested catches, you don't come away watching

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Speaker 1: Hopkins tape and go, wow, he's fast. Wow, he's explosive. Wow,

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Speaker 1: look at him get in and out of those breaks.

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Speaker 1: He's not that kind a receiver, but yet he consistently

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Speaker 1: makes catches. He's really good, don't so. Today in the show,

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Speaker 1: Lorenzo Alexander, Bills linebacker just joined us for the Lowdown,

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Speaker 1: and he talked a lot about Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson.

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Speaker 1: He's a special talent. I mean, obviously he's still young

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Speaker 1: and probably considered, you know, a rookie and a lot

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Speaker 1: of senses, but he has great athlegability. I think he

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Speaker 1: passes the ball pretty well and gets out of the

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Speaker 1: pocket and they turned into the backyard football. Is really

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Speaker 1: much like Russell Wilson did or does up in Seattle. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, he gets out here, has a great job

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Speaker 1: of keeping his eyes down field scrambles. If if I said,

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Speaker 1: one thing is a fault of his and it's probably

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Speaker 1: he's suffering a little bit now that I mean, he

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Speaker 1: tries to run like a running back in times and

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Speaker 1: take some hits he shouldn't take, so obviously when we

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Speaker 1: have our opportunity that hit him legally, you know, really

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Speaker 1: punishing him and making him think twice if about getting

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Speaker 1: out of the pocket and running around him. Lorenzo Alexander

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Speaker 1: sounds pretty good. The Bill's injury report that here is

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Speaker 1: healthy as they've been a season, really with full practice

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Speaker 1: today for for their injured players. Where I feel a

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Speaker 1: bush Mica hide the safeties, John Miller and true Deebus White,

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Speaker 1: full practice and nobody is on the injury report. It's

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Speaker 1: a question mark. That's really good. I think that's really good.

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Speaker 1: They're all ready to go, everybody having both safeties and

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Speaker 1: Tradivious White. They're there's gonna be some healthy scratches tonight

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Speaker 1: on Saturday. Yeah, that's I'm good with that. Our Twitter

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Speaker 1: poll today what should the offensive approach be for the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills in this game? And it was pretty even

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Speaker 1: voting actually on Twitter, Thirty eight percent of you say

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Speaker 1: they should expand the passing attack, thirty three percent say

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Speaker 1: a balance offensive attack, twenty eight percent say same of

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Speaker 1: the Titans run a lot one percent of somebody else. Steve,

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Speaker 1: you've got to Baltimore at Tennessee for the NFL on CBS.

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Speaker 1: That should be a great matchup. Yeah, it should be.

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Speaker 1: Baltimore I think is a little better team on paper,

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Speaker 1: but Tennessee seems to be a well rounded group when

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Speaker 1: we saw him here in Buffalo. They're gonna give Baltimore

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Speaker 1: all they can handle. I think that's gonna be a

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Speaker 1: really competitive game. And the fact that that it's in Tennessee,

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Speaker 1: the Titans being at home, I think that's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a really tight game. Have a great weekend. We'll have

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Speaker 1: a good game for you. We think Sunday two of

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Speaker 1: the Bills in the Houston Texans. Our production assistance here

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Speaker 1: Kevin Cargis and James Roebel are producer, Jay Harris, Steve

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Speaker 1: and I back Monday at twelve noon with One Bills

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