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Speaker 1: All right, let's get it rolling here on a Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve tasking with you two itty bitty days

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Speaker 1: the act. Yeah. I had to calm myself down today.

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Speaker 1: I was pretty amp. I was given I was given

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Speaker 1: leadership lessons. That's right, seminars all over serving as team

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Speaker 1: captain of One Bill's Live. The expectations I've been thinking

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Speaker 1: about a lot. This is a team with huge expectations,

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Speaker 1: the expectations are what are the overriding characteristic of this

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Speaker 1: team this year? Right? I mean, we've been talking about

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Speaker 1: it all off season. They're built strong, they've been through

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Speaker 1: They're extremely talented, they're extremely deep. The expectations are out

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Speaker 1: of this world. It's it's super Bowl or bust. Win

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Speaker 1: It just couldn't be. You know, the expectations are out there,

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Speaker 1: whole life. People doubt you because the league seems so

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Speaker 1: every year. It just seems far away. So you grow

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Speaker 1: They just think, well, you keep work hard and maybe

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Speaker 1: Everybody's counting. Yeah, you're you're not good enough. You're function

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Speaker 1: in a world where you're doubted. You're doubted constantly. Now

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills enter this season. They're the team nobody doubts.

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Speaker 1: They're the eight hundred pound guerrilla. They're the team that

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Speaker 1: And that's where we all feel this angst about being

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Speaker 1: So I am not worried in the least about this

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Speaker 1: here's the Steve Tasker thirty second seminar on leadership. Here's

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Speaker 1: where you got to get your elevator speech. If you're yeah,

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Speaker 1: So that's where you gotta live your life. You're pretty

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Speaker 1: replacing their free agent departure, Austin Corbot who signed with

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Speaker 1: Carolina in a big deal. It's it's Coleman Shelton. I mean,

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Speaker 1: the guy's got two starts in his career. And let's

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Speaker 1: not forget this. The Rams starters do not play in

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Speaker 1: the preseason. They've had two joint practices with the Cincinnati Bengals.

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Speaker 1: So to think that your line that hasn't gotten any

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Speaker 1: live reps even in a preseason game, to expect it

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Speaker 1: to be a well oiled machine right from the jump,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if that's realistic. I just don't. Well,

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Speaker 1: we'll see. I mean there's nothing that says it can't

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Speaker 1: be and they don't have to. They don't play that

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Speaker 1: they won't play well, and you think they they will

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Speaker 1: play well because at least most of the team is

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Speaker 1: pretty cohesive group, right, I mean their championship team just

439
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Speaker 1: eight months ago, so it's there. They're not gonna come

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Speaker 1: out and fall down. No, but I don't think you

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Speaker 1: just fit that together and off you go and you're

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Speaker 1: and you look great, especially in the Week one and

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Speaker 1: we know that we know the narrative all the time, Steve.

444
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:11,679
Speaker 1: The defense is always ahead of the offense and training

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Speaker 1: camp and that could very well be the case in

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Speaker 1: Week one two. Now the Bills didn't. The Bills played

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Speaker 1: what Josh threw three passes in the preseason, right, I

448
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Speaker 1: mean he's three or three and they and he looked

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Speaker 1: like Grease lightning against against the back. Talking about the

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Speaker 1: quarterback though, I mean, I'm talking about that unit that

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Speaker 1: has to work and function together on every single play.

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Speaker 1: What you look at is are they gonna they gonna

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Speaker 1: miss some guys? Are they gonna get their protections correct?

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Speaker 1: Are they gonna you know, are the Bills gonna do

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Speaker 1: some things up front that all of a sudden one

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Speaker 1: of the guards or the center and the guard don't

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Speaker 1: communicate right, don't get it right, and they leave a

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Speaker 1: guy free on Stafford. You know that's where you're you're

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Speaker 1: gonna see that off sides, that kind of stuff, penalty

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Speaker 1: preseason kind of stuff. And for a team like the

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Speaker 1: Rams who were in the Super Bowl and the Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl champions, you kind of think it may happen. But

463
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Speaker 1: like for one series, you know, um, you can't count

464
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Speaker 1: on that. If you're Buffalo, you know you're gonna it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a challenge. This is there's some you know,

466
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Speaker 1: as you get close to the game, your your anxiety

467
00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:13,919
Speaker 1: rises because you realize, of course there's so many unknowns,

468
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Speaker 1: even for your own team. I saw a Bills fan

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Speaker 1: tweet the other day. Only two more days until Josh

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Speaker 1: Allen completely takes control of my mental health for the

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Speaker 1: next four months. And that's it's una where they hold.

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Speaker 1: They hold your mental and emotional stability in the palm

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Speaker 1: of their hand. You know, um, we'll see but yeah,

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Speaker 1: break time for us here, big show for you today.

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Speaker 1: First Twitter topic, what are you're lingering questions or concerns

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Speaker 1: about the Bills ahead of Thursday Nights game, and we'll

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Speaker 1: also have in the second hour of our show, former

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Speaker 1: NFL running back and current analyst for the La Rams

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Speaker 1: Maurice Jones. Drew from NFL Network will be joining us.

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Speaker 1: But coming up next is a guy you know all

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Speaker 1: too well, number seven three in your program, number one

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Speaker 1: in your heart. One Don Dawkins will be here with

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Speaker 1: us on set next on One Bills Live presented by

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Speaker 1: Callida Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, welcome back

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Speaker 1: to one Bills Live presented by Callida Health. Chris Brown,

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker. Please to be joined now by the man

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Speaker 1: who wears number seventy three, also known as the Snowman,

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Speaker 1: and is as pumped for Week one as anybody. It

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Speaker 1: is one d On Dawkins joining us and fresh off

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Speaker 1: the field. Interview is brought to you by Austin Are,

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Speaker 1: the official clean air provider of the Buffalo Bills. Dean,

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Speaker 1: how you doing manrd to see you. It is great

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Speaker 1: to be back in the studio. Yeah, it is great

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Speaker 1: in a minute, but it's good to see you man. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: good to have you as always. And the first thing

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Speaker 1: I wanted to bounce off you because I know Coach

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Speaker 1: mentioned it when you had a few hot days in

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Speaker 1: training camp. I'm sure you guys have already been abreast,

499
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Speaker 1: been kept abreast of the forecast for LA because kickoff

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Speaker 1: there is five twenty and it's probably gonna still be

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00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,959
Speaker 1: about ninety or so. I mean, it's gonna be toasty

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Speaker 1: out there. As coach kind of mentioned the whole force fluids,

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Speaker 1: hydrate that all week. I'm sure. Yeah, But like all

504
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:24,919
Speaker 1: of that comes with it, you know, like as a

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Speaker 1: pro we know that we got to play in different

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Speaker 1: states where it's hot it's cold, or where the cold

507
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,200
Speaker 1: but it's hot it's warm, or it's hot and it's

508
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:34,880
Speaker 1: warm and it's chill and and other places, and we

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Speaker 1: understand that we gotta hydrate and do our thing. Coach understands,

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Speaker 1: like like we have a season team now where coach

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Speaker 1: just mentions it one time and we take it and

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Speaker 1: we run with it. So what's been the vibe? And

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Speaker 1: I know Sean, you know, said, listen, we live with

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Speaker 1: these their expectations. Oh yeah, Now you know you're on

515
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:54,920
Speaker 1: the custom of starting a season where everybody expects big

516
00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,040
Speaker 1: things from you. Guys, how do you handle it? You

517
00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,880
Speaker 1: just put one foot in front of another and when

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Speaker 1: the moment like you can't play the game one hundred

519
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:08,080
Speaker 1: days and before you know, we have practice today, we

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00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,680
Speaker 1: have another practice tomorrow. We have to win that practice

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Speaker 1: tomorrow for us to have a chance to win on

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Speaker 1: game day. And and we understand, like with the higher

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Speaker 1: that we get, with whatever popularity, whatever like you want

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Speaker 1: to call it, that all comes with winning and doing

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Speaker 1: things right. So we understand that we have to continue

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Speaker 1: to do things right on and off of the field

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Speaker 1: to put ourselves in a position to even have a chance.

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Speaker 1: And that's all we need, is just a chance, and

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Speaker 1: we're gonna take it for and what it is and

530
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Speaker 1: put our best product on the football field and make

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Speaker 1: place I heard you, I think it was either early

532
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Speaker 1: this week or late last week. You were talking about

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Speaker 1: how playing with Saffold there now on the left side

534
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Speaker 1: kind of reminds you of your days when you were

535
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:50,800
Speaker 1: young Buck with Richie incognito, you know, you got like

536
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Speaker 1: a true grizzled been there done that vet next to you,

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Speaker 1: which usually makes everything a lot easier smoother. There are

538
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Speaker 1: there are fewer check with me because you guys both

539
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Speaker 1: know what you're doing. That that kind of got spawned

540
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Speaker 1: at the Pro Bowl though a little bit right, you

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Speaker 1: guys kind of ran into each other lined up with

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Speaker 1: one another. Maybe just walk us through that and how

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Speaker 1: that kind of relationship got off the ground. Yeah. So

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Speaker 1: the funny thing is it actually started, um when it

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Speaker 1: start maybe last off season. You know, I ran into

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Speaker 1: Roger in Miami. You know, I live in Fort Lauderdale

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Speaker 1: and in the off season, or I visit for Fort

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Speaker 1: Lauderdale in the off season, and uh, I was out

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Speaker 1: and I ran into Roger. Roger came up to me

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Speaker 1: and was like, Yo, what's up. I'm Roger d I

551
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,720
Speaker 1: was like, Yo, I'm darn shut hands. We kept it cool,

552
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Speaker 1: and then we were in the Pro Bowl together, lined

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Speaker 1: up right next to one another in practice, and then

554
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Speaker 1: in the game and then next thing and what you know,

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Speaker 1: Roger is my teammate. And then it kind of just

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Speaker 1: was natural because like I already knew like where his

557
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Speaker 1: energy was. Yeah, that he was, that he was a guy.

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Speaker 1: So anytime that you can have a solidified guy like

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Speaker 1: and as an athlete and a competitor, like you already

560
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:12,160
Speaker 1: know like we're already here. We're here to do one thing,

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Speaker 1: and that's to win games and and just destroy people.

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Speaker 1: So you know, Roger and myself will be you know,

563
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:23,720
Speaker 1: coming off of the ball, just reckon havoc. You've had

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Speaker 1: had some changes with Robert Roger Saffold. Now a new

565
00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:28,760
Speaker 1: guy next to you is starting out now. Also Aaron

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Speaker 1: Kromer'll talk about that transition. How that's kind of what's

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Speaker 1: Roger said about how things are here in Buffalo as

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Speaker 1: opposed to where he's been. And well he had Romer before, right,

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Speaker 1: And how Aaron Kromer has brought stuff to the table. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so Chrome, I'm a huge Chrome fan. You know. Kromer

571
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,520
Speaker 1: is is as real as they come. He is a

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Speaker 1: real coach. And when I mean a real coach, like

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Speaker 1: he understands his role. He doesn't try to play and

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Speaker 1: this is how you're supposed to do it. Like he

575
00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:01,840
Speaker 1: takes you know, what it's like on the football field

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00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:03,960
Speaker 1: and what it's like as a coach. Like he knows

577
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,800
Speaker 1: that he has never played offensive line, so he listens

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00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,080
Speaker 1: to us and then he puts it in his own

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00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:11,560
Speaker 1: way and then he acts us, how do we feel

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00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,640
Speaker 1: if this and will work? And then we just hit

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Speaker 1: the ground rolling. So he because from what I understand,

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Speaker 1: not only now, but even his last time here a

583
00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:21,560
Speaker 1: few years back when he was coaching Old Line. He

584
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:26,440
Speaker 1: kind of individualizes the techniques for each guy based on

585
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:31,000
Speaker 1: their skill sets. It's not cookie cutter instruction, so he

586
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:34,840
Speaker 1: molds it to your strengths, which may be different from

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00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 1: Baits strengths on the other side, or you know, Spencer's

588
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:42,120
Speaker 1: strength at right tackle. How much does that instill even

589
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 1: more confidence that you can raise the level of your

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00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:49,000
Speaker 1: personal game under his tutelage. It's amazing, you know because

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Speaker 1: just like in what you said, Spencer is six eighty six,

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Speaker 1: one hundred, you know, like tallest guy you know, and

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Speaker 1: I'm not the tallest guy, you know, Like I'm I'm

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Speaker 1: a big, big dude. But as far as like the

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Speaker 1: height wise and the arm length, cool whatever. And he

596
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,240
Speaker 1: gives me tools that I can use to my advantage

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00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,720
Speaker 1: instead of just saying, all right, you need to all

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Speaker 1: just do this, do it like how he does it. No,

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00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:17,080
Speaker 1: we all can't do it like like he does it,

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00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:20,920
Speaker 1: because it's impossible, you know. So that's the beauty of

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Speaker 1: having a coach like him that understands that there's so

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Speaker 1: many different type of players, there's so many different guys

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Speaker 1: with different skills and he emphasizes our skills with what

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00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 1: we do well, which puts us in the best position

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Speaker 1: to win the individual run. So to talk about this

606
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Speaker 1: game this weekend. You played these guys back in twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty Week three. You've seen Aaron Donald. You guys jumped

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Speaker 1: out to the big league. Then they came storming back

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Speaker 1: and you want it on the last drive. I mean,

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Speaker 1: they're You knew then they they're a good football team,

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00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 1: and obviously now that they won a championship, they've proven

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00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 1: it themselves. What about this game. Yeah, they've obviously proven

613
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Speaker 1: it to the highest achievement in football. They won a

614
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Speaker 1: Super Bowl, and they have great players all over there

615
00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:07,600
Speaker 1: in football, team first rounders, Defensive Players of the Year,

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00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:10,960
Speaker 1: highest pay guys, all type of attributes, all type of stuff.

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Speaker 1: And we understand that we have to be at our best,

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Speaker 1: not just this game, not just the next game. Every

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Speaker 1: game in the season. We have to be at our best.

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Speaker 1: And it just so happens that the Rams are in

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Speaker 1: game one. So we're gonna take it for and what

622
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Speaker 1: it is. We have to be at our best to

623
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Speaker 1: put ourselves in the best position to win, and that's

624
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:33,640
Speaker 1: going to be our mindset for the remainder of the season.

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00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:37,520
Speaker 1: You know, focus on us, focus on us, and focus

626
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:40,920
Speaker 1: all on us. I don't I don't mean this in

627
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,759
Speaker 1: a way to bring up trying times. But a year

628
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,640
Speaker 1: ago you're in the hospital. Oh yeah, I mean, is

629
00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:49,000
Speaker 1: it crazy to think like you're now a year like

630
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,160
Speaker 1: last year at this time you were going through it

631
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:56,160
Speaker 1: having some real conversations with yourself, let alone talking thinking

632
00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:59,319
Speaker 1: about your football career. Is it how blessed do you

633
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,759
Speaker 1: feel now, like a year removed, Like you're getting ready

634
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,600
Speaker 1: for a football season. You're not worried, like, man, is

635
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:07,520
Speaker 1: this thing and take me out or something? You know, Um,

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Speaker 1: I'm a true believer in everything happens for a reason.

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Speaker 1: You know. Not to say that COVID was the best

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00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:16,080
Speaker 1: thing that happened to me, but in a way, it

639
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Speaker 1: was the best thing that happened to me. Like I

640
00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:20,960
Speaker 1: was I was. I was in a hospital at the

641
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,799
Speaker 1: age of twenty seven. You know, I would never think

642
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Speaker 1: as a healthy NFL athlete, I would be on a

643
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,399
Speaker 1: hospital bed at the age of twenty seven. So being

644
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:32,239
Speaker 1: in a hospital, you have nothing but time to just think,

645
00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:35,320
Speaker 1: just think about what's like going on, think about the people,

646
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:37,759
Speaker 1: Like that's around, think about who's there, who's not there,

647
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:42,120
Speaker 1: and you think about life for it what it is.

648
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:45,840
Speaker 1: So even in that start of the season where I

649
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:49,160
Speaker 1: was at an extreme low, we ended at an extreme high.

650
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Speaker 1: So just understanding the situation and that every situation isn't

651
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Speaker 1: the end. You know, like stuff happens. I'm a true

652
00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:00,319
Speaker 1: believer in it is and what it is, and you

653
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:01,799
Speaker 1: have to take it for and what it is and

654
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,080
Speaker 1: make the best out of the situation. The fact that

655
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Speaker 1: you came through that just once twice twice because you

656
00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:10,640
Speaker 1: got cold again. But all I remember is end of

657
00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:15,160
Speaker 1: last season, there's linebackers getting knocked out of bounds, like

658
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:19,879
Speaker 1: off the football field, like on the bench. Yea, how

659
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:24,960
Speaker 1: much did that inspire you to Because you always hear

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Speaker 1: coach saying be the best version of yourself. I think

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00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,560
Speaker 1: you were that to like a t by the time

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Speaker 1: you got to the end of the year, getting over

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00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:35,360
Speaker 1: those two very giant hurdles and then playing what I

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Speaker 1: felt was some of the best ball I've seen you

665
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:41,280
Speaker 1: play in terms of consistency, domination, all of that stuff.

666
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Speaker 1: I appreciate. How inspired does that make you now coming

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Speaker 1: into the start of a season clean here in twenty

668
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Speaker 1: twenty two. Nothing, you know, it has nothing to do

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Speaker 1: it last season. Yeah, you know, like last season was amazing.

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Speaker 1: I'm thankful for it, and I and all that I

671
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 1: could say as I'm thankful for it. You know, I

672
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:00,440
Speaker 1: had a chip on my shoulder. But this is a

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00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 1: start to a whole new year. Like we're like, we're

674
00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:05,719
Speaker 1: coming in with zero wins. I'm coming I'm coming in

675
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 1: with zero wins against an opponent one on one reps.

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Speaker 1: So it's on me to you know, start off with

677
00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,160
Speaker 1: a good mindset. But all that stuff like last year,

678
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:16,640
Speaker 1: it just puts me in a good headspace. But as

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00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:18,520
Speaker 1: far as that, I just got to just go out

680
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Speaker 1: there and be me and just be the best version

681
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 1: of and myself, which is which is snow. Yeah, you've

682
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:27,319
Speaker 1: came out and haven't really missed a beat at all.

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Speaker 1: You mean, I think you've been at every practice if

684
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:33,640
Speaker 1: you've even taken a vet day. So you've seen the

685
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,160
Speaker 1: transformation of the guys across the ball from you. With

686
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:41,120
Speaker 1: Vaughan coming in, Boogie basham Aj, Greg Rousseau, all these

687
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Speaker 1: guys and all the defensive tackles they brought in, Tim

688
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 1: Settle and the group. How much different. Are those guys

689
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Speaker 1: on that side of the ball down in the trench,

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00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 1: crazy Steve I'm talking about man? Uh, they seem really

691
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:57,719
Speaker 1: those are people. I mean I was looking, I was

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00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:00,120
Speaker 1: Washington the other day. You had and I love these

693
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 1: guys Justin Zimmer and Harrison Phillips yea, and those got

694
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:07,600
Speaker 1: great guys um and and star Star and Brandon Bryant.

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00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:09,960
Speaker 1: Those guys were there last year. Now it's a whole

696
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,839
Speaker 1: different crew. And but these guys just seem like it's

697
00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:14,640
Speaker 1: a whole new ball game. Plus with Vaughan on the

698
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:17,200
Speaker 1: outside is just kind of the cherry on the cake.

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Speaker 1: Whole new ball game is right. Um, those guys are unbelievable,

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00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:27,759
Speaker 1: Like they're all becoming products of their environments to the

701
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:32,319
Speaker 1: t and like ed Aj, the young guys Greg, like

702
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:34,440
Speaker 1: we had Jerry, we had Mario, like we had all

703
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:37,959
Speaker 1: these these guys who solidified their self in this league.

704
00:38:38,080 --> 00:38:39,560
Speaker 1: And then you got these young guys that are learning

705
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:41,759
Speaker 1: and adapting off of and what they do and what

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00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:43,879
Speaker 1: they did. And now we got a guy like Vaughan,

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00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:46,719
Speaker 1: We got a guy like dq Yo, like we got

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00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:49,960
Speaker 1: guys like Tim, we got just guys like that are

709
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,960
Speaker 1: just here and just causing having and I mean like

710
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:56,239
Speaker 1: really causing havoc, like not to say that in a way.

711
00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:00,000
Speaker 1: You like, we're playing and with Jerry for six years

712
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:03,279
Speaker 1: and being comfortable with just Paste and Jerry and knowing

713
00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:06,240
Speaker 1: how how Jerry you know, plays and how he sets,

714
00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:08,440
Speaker 1: and then getting a guy like Vaughan who's coming in

715
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 1: with a whole new style of game and then teaching

716
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 1: these other guys, so now every rep is drastically different.

717
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:17,799
Speaker 1: So everybody on that line is drastically different from last

718
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:22,279
Speaker 1: year to or for the better, and they're performing at

719
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 1: a high level and they have all of us in

720
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Speaker 1: a way where we're in an uncomfortable state because we

721
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:29,920
Speaker 1: don't know what to expect now, which is good and

722
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:33,120
Speaker 1: that's exactly what we want out of out of a

723
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Speaker 1: defensive line, Like we come off and it's like yep,

724
00:39:36,239 --> 00:39:38,200
Speaker 1: we think that and we know, but we really don't

725
00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:41,040
Speaker 1: because they just be doing just different stuff. And it's like, yo,

726
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:46,200
Speaker 1: like these guys are unearthly, Like Vaughan is unearthly, Like

727
00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:48,720
Speaker 1: that's that's just what it is. And then he's teaching

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00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:52,120
Speaker 1: his minions, if what you call them, guys that are

729
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:56,919
Speaker 1: younger than than him. The unearthly type of tendencies, which

730
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,880
Speaker 1: is amazing for our football team. We might have to

731
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,480
Speaker 1: all your dts like the forklifts, because they're just gonna

732
00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:04,799
Speaker 1: be lifting people and I'm putting them over here and

733
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 1: going and get to QB because those dts are gonna

734
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,040
Speaker 1: be going get last one I got for you. Because

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00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:10,640
Speaker 1: we've gotten this question from a lot of fans, so

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00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:13,000
Speaker 1: I'm curious as your answer to this, and I think

737
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,200
Speaker 1: Stefan was asked a similar question. You know, there's gonna

738
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:18,880
Speaker 1: be all this pomp and circumstance before the game, banner

739
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:20,680
Speaker 1: going up for the rams and all of this jazz.

740
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:23,759
Speaker 1: Like I'm doing like an LA kind of way thing.

741
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:26,880
Speaker 1: We're expecting the full LA experience. Of course, how do

742
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:29,919
Speaker 1: you just compartmentalize that and stick it over there so

743
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:33,680
Speaker 1: you can stay laser focused in your game prep? You

744
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:35,319
Speaker 1: know what I mean? Like it's it's over there. How

745
00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:36,640
Speaker 1: do you just kind of leave it over there on

746
00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:39,200
Speaker 1: the side and just ignore it? No one, it's gonna

747
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:42,279
Speaker 1: be like enveloping you in the stadium. I think the

748
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:45,719
Speaker 1: better way to put it is not really ignore it,

749
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:52,360
Speaker 1: accept it, you know, acknowledge it, and then move on. Yeah,

750
00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:55,560
Speaker 1: like the banner ain't playing playing a football game, you know,

751
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:59,359
Speaker 1: like that's that's beautiful. God and God blessed them. They

752
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,680
Speaker 1: won a super Bowl, you know, but it's it's a

753
00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:04,840
Speaker 1: new season, you know, Like we're like we like, we

754
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,919
Speaker 1: have our mindset. We're flying in there. We're focused on

755
00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:11,480
Speaker 1: ourself and it's impossible not to look around and be like, oh,

756
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:14,520
Speaker 1: that's super cool, that's super cool. Oh look, Dwayne Johnson,

757
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:19,840
Speaker 1: you know, Alicia Keys like cool, like jay Z Kendrick

758
00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:23,520
Speaker 1: like cool, Snoop Dogg. Like it's it's all cool. But

759
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:28,160
Speaker 1: we're there there to watch us right per perform. So

760
00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:34,440
Speaker 1: I would rather acknowledge, just understand our room and our environment,

761
00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:37,840
Speaker 1: and then adapt to our environment. Whether it's you know,

762
00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:40,960
Speaker 1: understanding that there's bigger eyeballs on us than you know,

763
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:44,799
Speaker 1: normal eyeballs. You know, it's we're athletes, like we get

764
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:48,080
Speaker 1: paid to be at our best and to put the

765
00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:50,839
Speaker 1: clouds over all that stuff until the game is over,

766
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:52,759
Speaker 1: and then you know, we look and then we smile

767
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 1: and we wave and then we get up the field.

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00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:57,359
Speaker 1: I like that answer. Keep putting guys on the bench,

769
00:41:57,360 --> 00:41:59,239
Speaker 1: all right, keep wrecking. I'm knocking. I'm out of bounds,

770
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:01,080
Speaker 1: especially when you're out on the move, because that is

771
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:04,239
Speaker 1: fun to watch. We had a we had a we

772
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:07,760
Speaker 1: had a clip last year. Uh and it was ground

773
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:10,799
Speaker 1: you know those ground level camera shots from the end

774
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:15,880
Speaker 1: zone behind you guys, and you're kicking out and I

775
00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:18,880
Speaker 1: think it was a linebacker comes into the shot and

776
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:21,400
Speaker 1: he's out of the shot just just quickly, like completely

777
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:23,640
Speaker 1: off the camera. Because this cat. Just do your job

778
00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:25,920
Speaker 1: freaking knocking people. So keep doing what you do. Man,

779
00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 1: crazy that it's season six, isn't it. It's amazing season

780
00:42:29,719 --> 00:42:33,840
Speaker 1: six for you. It kind of goes by your your children,

781
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,239
Speaker 1: Like you look at your kids and how fast they grow,

782
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:38,080
Speaker 1: and then it's kind of like, holy smokes, like I

783
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:41,440
Speaker 1: had you when I was like, and now you're grown,

784
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:46,480
Speaker 1: talking and having a conversation a person exactly right, exactly.

785
00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:48,680
Speaker 1: It's a brand new person every time. The baby. It's

786
00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:54,560
Speaker 1: something day walking talking, personality, talking about I want I

787
00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:59,440
Speaker 1: want exactly, Like all right, you're grown exactly. But listen, man,

788
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:01,520
Speaker 1: I know what's to you again this year, But good luck,

789
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:04,279
Speaker 1: thank you, stay healthy, all right, keep doing what you do.

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00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:07,200
Speaker 1: All right. That's Dion Dawkins joining us here in studio.

791
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:09,160
Speaker 1: He'll be ready to roll along with the rest of

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00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:11,120
Speaker 1: the crew on Thursday Night against the Rams. It's One

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00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:24,560
Speaker 1: Bills Live presented by Collat of Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio.

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Speaker 1: Now available at your local Wegman store all new Fisher

795
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Speaker 1: Price Little People Go Bills Edition figure sets featuring Stefan Diggs,

796
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:40,520
Speaker 1: Josh Allen and head coach Sean McDermott. Sales to benefit

797
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Speaker 1: the John R. O'shi Children's Hospital. Last year, this program

798
00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:49,840
Speaker 1: raised seven hundred thousand dollars, and this year the goal

799
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:54,800
Speaker 1: is one million dollars. Wegmans will also have Little People

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Speaker 1: to know the most impressive part of this Little People set, Steve,

802
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:06,239
Speaker 1: what it's the facial hair, the detail that they got

803
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:09,600
Speaker 1: these days on these Little People. They got Coach McDermott's shadow,

804
00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:12,600
Speaker 1: you know, his shadow stubble that he's got from time

805
00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:15,280
Speaker 1: to time during the course of the season. They got Josh,

806
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:18,600
Speaker 1: you know, with his beard growth. And they even got

807
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:23,800
Speaker 1: the little gotee action from Digs. I like it. Details matter, Steve,

808
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:26,640
Speaker 1: and they're all it's all in the details. Josh and

809
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:29,520
Speaker 1: Steph are wearing the beanie caps. Got coach with his

810
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:35,399
Speaker 1: Rush uniforms. Yeahs, yeah, very nice. I like the shoes too.

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Speaker 1: They kind of got like little gray saddle shoes kind

812
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:44,120
Speaker 1: of um. But yeah, they're they're available for purchase at Wegman.

813
00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:46,440
Speaker 1: It's a pretty cool set. And the thing that I

814
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:48,799
Speaker 1: like they get the packaging. They got him in a

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00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:51,359
Speaker 1: snow globe. They're in like a little snow globe. They're

816
00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:54,160
Speaker 1: saying that. Very nice, pretty cool. Yeah, the kids love

817
00:44:54,239 --> 00:44:56,680
Speaker 1: these things, man, I tell you. But yeah, they got

818
00:44:56,719 --> 00:45:00,680
Speaker 1: coach in his bubble jacket and sideline heads. That pretty

819
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:03,239
Speaker 1: good stuff. So grab him now. I was I saw

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00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:05,640
Speaker 1: a post on social media. These things are flying off

821
00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:07,799
Speaker 1: the show. Actually think it's going to a good call.

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00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:11,640
Speaker 1: I'm going to an event somewhere here in town this Saturday,

823
00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:14,360
Speaker 1: like noon to one. I'm gonna be someplace where the

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00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:18,560
Speaker 1: at some well place where they're selling Yeah. I mean,

825
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:20,960
Speaker 1: if you're a parent or a grandparent of a little person,

826
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:24,919
Speaker 1: this is a good Christmas gift. Get them little people.

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00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:26,560
Speaker 1: Get your little people. Some little people. I don't know

828
00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:28,720
Speaker 1: if you can still get them. They probably have special

829
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:31,600
Speaker 1: They just went on sale today. But I would say

830
00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:34,239
Speaker 1: get to Wegman sooner rather than later if you want

831
00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:36,640
Speaker 1: to grab one of these. I know they sold out quick.

832
00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:42,040
Speaker 1: Last year, they sold out quick, real fast. That was

833
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:45,200
Speaker 1: a good conversation with Dion, and I'm glad I like

834
00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:47,920
Speaker 1: the answer that he gave me. You know, we had

835
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:52,120
Speaker 1: Stefan Digg's comment when we played his post practice press

836
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:54,400
Speaker 1: conference earlier in the week. He was asked, you know

837
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:58,759
Speaker 1: all this pregame rigamarole that the Rams are gonna do. Bro,

838
00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:01,120
Speaker 1: you know, it's ober a ball champ. You know they

839
00:46:01,160 --> 00:46:03,799
Speaker 1: deserve to do that. That's fine. That heck, that's part

840
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:06,640
Speaker 1: of what the kickoff game is all about, the coronation

841
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:11,960
Speaker 1: of last year's champion. And Steph basically said, well, that's

842
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:14,080
Speaker 1: good for them, got no ill will. They earned it,

843
00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:17,160
Speaker 1: they want it. I'm going to be inspired by it

844
00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:19,759
Speaker 1: because I want that to be us next year at

845
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:23,080
Speaker 1: this time. So that was a good answer. That was

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00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:25,480
Speaker 1: a good answer for me, and I think Dion kind

847
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:27,680
Speaker 1: of he didn't say exactly that, but I think he

848
00:46:27,840 --> 00:46:31,920
Speaker 1: demonstrated that collectively, their head is in the right place

849
00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:34,879
Speaker 1: in terms of how to handle that. Coaches got these

850
00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:38,239
Speaker 1: guys prepared for every little esoteric yeah they do, and

851
00:46:39,719 --> 00:46:41,719
Speaker 1: it comes down you got to play well on opening day.

852
00:46:41,719 --> 00:46:43,640
Speaker 1: The Bills were a better football team on opening day

853
00:46:43,719 --> 00:46:48,480
Speaker 1: last year and lost, and you know, they gave up

854
00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:52,759
Speaker 1: a block punt. They you know, they just couldn't get

855
00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:55,480
Speaker 1: it going offensively. They looked, you know, they stumbled out

856
00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:57,200
Speaker 1: of the blocks. Face it. They had a bad game

857
00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:00,680
Speaker 1: and they lost because of it. And that's U and

858
00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:03,799
Speaker 1: it if you gotta be careful. And maybe maybe that's

859
00:47:03,840 --> 00:47:08,799
Speaker 1: the film night before game on Wednesday night in LA

860
00:47:08,880 --> 00:47:10,759
Speaker 1: when they're waiting for the you know, the next day

861
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:12,799
Speaker 1: to take place. Maybe that's the film that they show.

862
00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:15,160
Speaker 1: Is that is then opening game from last year when

863
00:47:15,239 --> 00:47:17,720
Speaker 1: the Steelers came in and played well and the Bills

864
00:47:17,719 --> 00:47:19,719
Speaker 1: couldn't win in a season where they were going to

865
00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:21,399
Speaker 1: run the table. I mean, it was it was gonna

866
00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:24,279
Speaker 1: be one of those years. And they had a couple

867
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:28,160
Speaker 1: of games like that, the Pittsburgh game, in the Jacksonville game,

868
00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:30,680
Speaker 1: and you know, you change that around and all of

869
00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:32,440
Speaker 1: a sudden, they're the one seed and everything goes through

870
00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:39,160
Speaker 1: Orchard Park and thinks may be different. Maybe because it

871
00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:43,239
Speaker 1: an opening game, we will step aside here. We got

872
00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:46,200
Speaker 1: to take a break because when we come back, we're

873
00:47:46,239 --> 00:47:49,719
Speaker 1: going to get one of our last looks at this

874
00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:53,120
Speaker 1: La RAMS squad courtesy is someone who has his ear

875
00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:56,040
Speaker 1: to the ground. On the RAMS NFL Network. RAMS analyst

876
00:47:56,080 --> 00:47:59,600
Speaker 1: Maurice Jones Drew will be joining the show coming up

877
00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:02,440
Speaker 1: after your this break, m j D. Come on your

878
00:48:02,440 --> 00:48:04,960
Speaker 1: way next. Here on one Bill's Live presented by Callida Health,

879
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:46,480
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio. This is One Bills Live presented

880
00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:52,080
Speaker 1: by collid to Health. Our number two here on a Tuesday,

881
00:48:52,239 --> 00:48:55,640
Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Task. You're just two days away from

882
00:48:55,680 --> 00:49:00,840
Speaker 1: the kickoff game Bills RAMS a twenty Eastern time. I'm kickoff.

883
00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:03,680
Speaker 1: The guy who will be out west seeing kickoff at

884
00:49:03,719 --> 00:49:08,200
Speaker 1: five twenty Pacific time. Though, is NFL Network Ram's analysts

885
00:49:08,239 --> 00:49:12,200
Speaker 1: more Reice Jones Drew, who joins us here on the line. Now, MJD.

886
00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:16,239
Speaker 1: Good to have you, and uh, I gotta start here.

887
00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:20,240
Speaker 1: It's been pretty hot out there. I see kickoff time's

888
00:49:20,239 --> 00:49:24,560
Speaker 1: gonna be like ninety one degrees is the forecast. How

889
00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:26,600
Speaker 1: is it in there and so far because we haven't

890
00:49:26,600 --> 00:49:30,080
Speaker 1: been in there, how what's that like? Well, first of all,

891
00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:32,640
Speaker 1: let me just the whole coast of California, the whole

892
00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:36,160
Speaker 1: state is on just it's hot, right. I live in

893
00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:40,000
Speaker 1: the Bay Area and it's one hundred and it's one

894
00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:43,440
Speaker 1: hundred and twelve today. Who it's it's in down in

895
00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:45,520
Speaker 1: La It's it's I think it's like one hundred and eight.

896
00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:48,319
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be hot and muggy. The stadium is

897
00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:51,799
Speaker 1: perfect though. They have a great you know circulation the

898
00:49:51,840 --> 00:49:53,959
Speaker 1: air because both sides are wide open, so the wind

899
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:56,040
Speaker 1: can blow through. There is right there by the airport,

900
00:49:56,200 --> 00:49:58,439
Speaker 1: right by the ocean, so you'll get some air there.

901
00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:02,080
Speaker 1: But it's gonna be humid, it'll it'll be hot, and

902
00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:04,080
Speaker 1: it's gonna be great for football. And as the night

903
00:50:04,160 --> 00:50:06,200
Speaker 1: goes on, I think the temperature drop a little bit.

904
00:50:06,680 --> 00:50:08,920
Speaker 1: But as a player, you know, I always like to

905
00:50:08,960 --> 00:50:12,400
Speaker 1: play in warm weather because you just feel better, you know,

906
00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:14,200
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, like your your muscles

907
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:16,840
Speaker 1: are warm. You don't have to like do extra warming

908
00:50:16,920 --> 00:50:18,719
Speaker 1: up to get better or to get right for the game.

909
00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:20,600
Speaker 1: You should just be ready to go. Yeah, and you

910
00:50:20,640 --> 00:50:23,319
Speaker 1: see these two teams come take the field for opening game,

911
00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:26,520
Speaker 1: then the banner's gonna go up, the fans are gonna

912
00:50:26,520 --> 00:50:28,759
Speaker 1: be going crazy. It's gonna be a great moment for

913
00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:32,720
Speaker 1: that franchise to raise that banner. But both these teams

914
00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:35,000
Speaker 1: are a little bit different than they were just eight

915
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:40,279
Speaker 1: months ago. Robert Wood's gone, you know, the Obj's not

916
00:50:40,360 --> 00:50:42,399
Speaker 1: in the house. Von Miller's now on the other side

917
00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:45,400
Speaker 1: of the field. Talk about the pluses and minuses for

918
00:50:45,440 --> 00:50:47,320
Speaker 1: the roster for the Rams and how it might affect

919
00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:50,640
Speaker 1: what they do on the field. Well, I think, first

920
00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:52,680
Speaker 1: and foremost, you start with Aaron Donald being there has

921
00:50:52,760 --> 00:50:56,000
Speaker 1: always helped the defense out right. Um, I remember the

922
00:50:56,040 --> 00:50:58,640
Speaker 1: last time the Rams played the Buffalo Bills in Buffalo,

923
00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:02,040
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald kind of took over the game. So it

924
00:51:02,120 --> 00:51:04,239
Speaker 1: starts there with that. On the defensive side, can they

925
00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:07,000
Speaker 1: block Aaron Donald? Now? From there, Leonard Floyd has to

926
00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:08,920
Speaker 1: step up and make some plays on the outside, Justin

927
00:51:08,960 --> 00:51:13,040
Speaker 1: Hollins as well. Bobby Wagner comes in to solidify the

928
00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:15,839
Speaker 1: kind of that defense. Being the play caller last year,

929
00:51:15,880 --> 00:51:18,319
Speaker 1: I want to say five different guys called called the

930
00:51:18,320 --> 00:51:20,640
Speaker 1: plays had the green dot for the Rams, right, So

931
00:51:20,680 --> 00:51:24,760
Speaker 1: it first it started with your safety, then Jalen Ramsey

932
00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:26,360
Speaker 1: called it and the safety get like. It was just

933
00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:29,000
Speaker 1: so many different guys. So you're gonna have consistency there

934
00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:31,319
Speaker 1: with Bobby Wagner being able to call the plays as

935
00:51:31,360 --> 00:51:34,720
Speaker 1: well as a top notch player on the back end. Obviously,

936
00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:37,799
Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey's there, you have Troy hillback um. They have

937
00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:39,480
Speaker 1: a lot of young guys that can play as well.

938
00:51:39,600 --> 00:51:42,719
Speaker 1: So it's I think, I think defensively, you're you're gonna

939
00:51:42,719 --> 00:51:44,879
Speaker 1: be happy now. Obviously everyone wants to talk about ob

940
00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:46,719
Speaker 1: j and what you know he was able to do

941
00:51:46,719 --> 00:51:49,239
Speaker 1: on that run, which was magnificent. But then you bring

942
00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:53,880
Speaker 1: in Alan Robinson, who is one of the toughest receivers

943
00:51:53,880 --> 00:51:56,640
Speaker 1: to cover at sixty three almost sixty four, has the

944
00:51:56,680 --> 00:51:58,560
Speaker 1: body control to do a lot of different things, runs,

945
00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:01,239
Speaker 1: routs like a small receiver on having you know, the

946
00:52:01,280 --> 00:52:05,799
Speaker 1: triple Crownwerner Cooper Cup there and healthy Mazzie Stafford. I

947
00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:07,520
Speaker 1: think a lot of people you know, he was dealing

948
00:52:07,560 --> 00:52:10,879
Speaker 1: with that elbow injury a little bit last year kind

949
00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:12,279
Speaker 1: of towards the end of the season, but he was

950
00:52:12,320 --> 00:52:14,399
Speaker 1: able to bounce back and make some plays and I'm

951
00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:16,120
Speaker 1: excited kind of see what they're doing. On top of that,

952
00:52:16,120 --> 00:52:19,640
Speaker 1: they have cam Akers Darryl Henderson and Kyren Williams to

953
00:52:19,719 --> 00:52:21,840
Speaker 1: kind of be that triple headed running game. With Tyler

954
00:52:21,880 --> 00:52:24,160
Speaker 1: Higbee being there tight end, so they're ready to go.

955
00:52:24,239 --> 00:52:27,480
Speaker 1: Now the offensive line is a little different because Whittwork's

956
00:52:27,520 --> 00:52:29,960
Speaker 1: not there, but Joe No Booms was their first draft

957
00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:32,839
Speaker 1: pick and he gets a chance to show why they

958
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:35,920
Speaker 1: drafted them first overall the McBay air. So they have

959
00:52:36,040 --> 00:52:38,800
Speaker 1: some guys they're ready to go. H You guys definitely

960
00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:42,000
Speaker 1: took someone that we wanted, that we needed and Von Miller.

961
00:52:42,360 --> 00:52:44,480
Speaker 1: But I'm excited for Von. I'm excited for you guys.

962
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:46,000
Speaker 1: And what the Bills are going to bring to the

963
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:48,719
Speaker 1: table is this first matchup is gonna be tough for

964
00:52:48,719 --> 00:52:50,960
Speaker 1: both teams. We've been talking about that, Steve and I

965
00:52:51,520 --> 00:52:54,160
Speaker 1: that offensive line kind of coming together. I mean, I

966
00:52:54,239 --> 00:52:57,960
Speaker 1: realized they have holdovers from last year too, you know,

967
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:00,680
Speaker 1: because the center and the right tack of this Steam Havenstein.

968
00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:05,160
Speaker 1: But they don't play in the preseason, and I understand

969
00:53:05,160 --> 00:53:07,240
Speaker 1: they had a couple of joint practices with the Bengals,

970
00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:09,160
Speaker 1: but you know how that line's got to kind of

971
00:53:09,239 --> 00:53:12,200
Speaker 1: gel together and they need live reps to know how

972
00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:14,239
Speaker 1: to work off of one another, and that kind of thing.

973
00:53:15,120 --> 00:53:19,600
Speaker 1: Is that is it fair to assume they're gonna be

974
00:53:19,640 --> 00:53:22,360
Speaker 1: a well oiled machine up front in Week one, especially

975
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:26,120
Speaker 1: not getting preseason snaps in a live preseason game setting.

976
00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:31,040
Speaker 1: You know, it's funny because I used to be a

977
00:53:31,080 --> 00:53:32,960
Speaker 1: guy that thought you had to play in the preseason.

978
00:53:34,239 --> 00:53:36,839
Speaker 1: But as we saw in the preseason, it's risk verse reward, right,

979
00:53:37,120 --> 00:53:40,040
Speaker 1: you try to get these guys some reps and going

980
00:53:40,040 --> 00:53:44,040
Speaker 1: and risk injury. Obviously we saw what happened to the

981
00:53:44,120 --> 00:53:46,879
Speaker 1: Jets right with their quarterback is going either play week one,

982
00:53:47,320 --> 00:53:49,640
Speaker 1: not at one hundred percent, or not play week one,

983
00:53:49,800 --> 00:53:51,520
Speaker 1: And so there's so many things that can happen in

984
00:53:51,560 --> 00:53:53,920
Speaker 1: the preseason. And the way the Rams practice, I mean

985
00:53:53,960 --> 00:53:56,920
Speaker 1: they practice hard, and so you know, and I still

986
00:53:56,960 --> 00:53:59,160
Speaker 1: think even if you play in the preseason, you still

987
00:53:59,200 --> 00:54:00,920
Speaker 1: are going to try to find your sea legs as

988
00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:03,200
Speaker 1: the season goes along. And so they I don't think

989
00:54:03,200 --> 00:54:05,160
Speaker 1: they'll be a well oiled machine, not not at all.

990
00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:07,319
Speaker 1: But all five of those guys have been on this

991
00:54:07,400 --> 00:54:09,960
Speaker 1: roster and understand this playbook, and they've been around for

992
00:54:10,200 --> 00:54:13,239
Speaker 1: three plus years. Uh Coleman Shelton has been around just

993
00:54:13,320 --> 00:54:16,480
Speaker 1: a backup guy who's a backup center, backup guard. UH

994
00:54:16,560 --> 00:54:19,120
Speaker 1: Joe no Boom has played a lot and when Whitworth

995
00:54:19,160 --> 00:54:21,520
Speaker 1: has gone down in certain situations, or he's coming as

996
00:54:21,560 --> 00:54:24,560
Speaker 1: the extra tight end, or he even played when uh

997
00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:27,560
Speaker 1: Rob Havenside had lost a little bit. So they have

998
00:54:27,719 --> 00:54:30,560
Speaker 1: the continuity that you're talking about. It's just about getting

999
00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:33,320
Speaker 1: out there and getting those reps together in a live situation.

1000
00:54:34,120 --> 00:54:37,240
Speaker 1: And what about Van Jefferson his availability? What's the latest.

1001
00:54:38,440 --> 00:54:40,640
Speaker 1: It seems like he's day to day just listening to

1002
00:54:40,719 --> 00:54:43,839
Speaker 1: mcveay talk and and that's that's that's the one that's

1003
00:54:43,880 --> 00:54:46,799
Speaker 1: gonna sting a little bit. Van Jefferson is as a

1004
00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:48,719
Speaker 1: really good wide receiver, does a lot in the in

1005
00:54:48,760 --> 00:54:51,279
Speaker 1: the running game, blocking and he kind of gets lost

1006
00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:52,920
Speaker 1: in the shuffle with all the great players at the

1007
00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:55,719
Speaker 1: Rams have had at that position. So, uh, he's day

1008
00:54:55,760 --> 00:54:57,919
Speaker 1: to day right now. Don't know. I think we'll learn

1009
00:54:57,960 --> 00:55:00,320
Speaker 1: more tomorrow. Um, obviously it's tomorrow. I'll be in the

1010
00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:02,960
Speaker 1: day before the game. But they have other guys that

1011
00:55:02,960 --> 00:55:05,160
Speaker 1: can step up and that need to step up in

1012
00:55:05,280 --> 00:55:06,480
Speaker 1: order to be able to go out there and make

1013
00:55:06,480 --> 00:55:09,719
Speaker 1: plays and try to win this game. What about you know,

1014
00:55:09,800 --> 00:55:14,680
Speaker 1: defensively opposite Ramsey, you know you got the third year

1015
00:55:14,760 --> 00:55:18,600
Speaker 1: player who's now CB two and now his name's escaping me.

1016
00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:20,319
Speaker 1: I gotta pull up the depth shore real quick. But

1017
00:55:20,760 --> 00:55:24,400
Speaker 1: you don't have Darius Williams there anymore at the other corner.

1018
00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:26,719
Speaker 1: I mean, those are some big shoes to fill. I

1019
00:55:26,719 --> 00:55:29,239
Speaker 1: thought Darius Williams was kind of an underrated player for

1020
00:55:29,280 --> 00:55:32,560
Speaker 1: those guys on the back end. And you know, now

1021
00:55:32,600 --> 00:55:39,160
Speaker 1: you've got Troy Hill who's back after leaving. Is he

1022
00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:41,279
Speaker 1: just kind of step right back in because he's been

1023
00:55:41,320 --> 00:55:44,560
Speaker 1: there and done that with this group. Yeah, I definitely

1024
00:55:44,560 --> 00:55:46,279
Speaker 1: think Troy Hill's gonna step right back in and go.

1025
00:55:46,360 --> 00:55:48,279
Speaker 1: I mean that's what it seemed like throughout training camp.

1026
00:55:48,280 --> 00:55:51,480
Speaker 1: But throughout some of these joint practices they've had Robert

1027
00:55:51,520 --> 00:55:54,760
Speaker 1: Rochelle's another guy that you'll see that has the frame

1028
00:55:54,800 --> 00:56:01,200
Speaker 1: of Jalen Ramsey, long arms, high cut, really hys cool. Um.

1029
00:56:01,239 --> 00:56:03,120
Speaker 1: But you'll also see some of the rookies that they

1030
00:56:03,200 --> 00:56:06,680
Speaker 1: they've they've drafted. Um I was the guy's name, slip me.

1031
00:56:06,719 --> 00:56:11,120
Speaker 1: But Dada Georgia and Clemson to Kobe Durant as well,

1032
00:56:11,160 --> 00:56:13,919
Speaker 1: he'll play a lot as well. You have Fuller who's

1033
00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:15,880
Speaker 1: coming back that will play. You have Taylor Rap, you

1034
00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:19,839
Speaker 1: have Tarrell Burgess. Um, there's there's so many guys they

1035
00:56:19,880 --> 00:56:22,200
Speaker 1: have their safety again and slip my m. You have

1036
00:56:22,239 --> 00:56:24,319
Speaker 1: to excuse me. I've been single dad for a little bit,

1037
00:56:24,400 --> 00:56:30,200
Speaker 1: so I'm trying to jan Yeah, yeah, Nick Scott All.

1038
00:56:30,360 --> 00:56:33,360
Speaker 1: So you have so many guys that um that have

1039
00:56:33,480 --> 00:56:35,840
Speaker 1: played right, and that's the beautiful thing about the Rams,

1040
00:56:35,840 --> 00:56:38,320
Speaker 1: and I think a lot of teams will start to

1041
00:56:38,360 --> 00:56:41,960
Speaker 1: adopt that they draft, they developed, they play them right.

1042
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:43,759
Speaker 1: They don't try to go out and look out. I

1043
00:56:43,760 --> 00:56:45,080
Speaker 1: mean every now and then they'll go out and trade

1044
00:56:45,120 --> 00:56:47,320
Speaker 1: for a guy, you know. You know, they traded for

1045
00:56:47,400 --> 00:56:49,759
Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey, they traded for Von Miller, guys that are

1046
00:56:49,760 --> 00:56:51,960
Speaker 1: gonna help that immediate pass rush. But they try to

1047
00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:54,160
Speaker 1: give their guys an opportunity to be able to go

1048
00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:56,359
Speaker 1: out there and make plays. And so when you do that,

1049
00:56:56,760 --> 00:56:58,640
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, Nick Scotts, you're starting safety with

1050
00:56:58,719 --> 00:57:01,640
Speaker 1: Jordan Fuller to Taylor Rap can come in and play

1051
00:57:01,680 --> 00:57:06,040
Speaker 1: as well. I mean Terrell Burgess. You got different linebackers

1052
00:57:06,040 --> 00:57:08,080
Speaker 1: that have come in and made play, so they're they're

1053
00:57:08,080 --> 00:57:09,759
Speaker 1: ready to go. And I think Troy he'll be the

1054
00:57:09,760 --> 00:57:12,000
Speaker 1: guy opposite. But you guys have three guys that can go,

1055
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:14,319
Speaker 1: so They're gonna have to be in that nickel uh

1056
00:57:14,520 --> 00:57:17,040
Speaker 1: set as much as possible to try to limit, you know,

1057
00:57:17,040 --> 00:57:19,280
Speaker 1: the access from one of my boys, Stefan Diggs, who's

1058
00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:22,480
Speaker 1: been dominating, and so they have their hands full and

1059
00:57:22,480 --> 00:57:24,520
Speaker 1: it's gonna be exciting again, as this is gonna be

1060
00:57:24,520 --> 00:57:28,360
Speaker 1: exciting game. What kind of personnel? Says? The Bills run

1061
00:57:28,440 --> 00:57:31,000
Speaker 1: probably as much eleven personnel as anybody in the National

1062
00:57:31,000 --> 00:57:34,760
Speaker 1: Football League Rams, maybe as much or more. What kind

1063
00:57:34,760 --> 00:57:38,120
Speaker 1: of personnel groupings are they gonna Are they gonna evolve

1064
00:57:38,160 --> 00:57:40,040
Speaker 1: away from that at all? Are they gonna just kind

1065
00:57:40,040 --> 00:57:41,880
Speaker 1: of keep on keeping on, particularly with the addition of

1066
00:57:41,880 --> 00:57:45,600
Speaker 1: Alan Robinson. I think the Rams are who they are.

1067
00:57:45,880 --> 00:57:49,520
Speaker 1: You know, they they loved that eleven package. Um, you

1068
00:57:49,560 --> 00:57:51,560
Speaker 1: know last year they kind of went to twelve a

1069
00:57:51,600 --> 00:57:53,560
Speaker 1: little bit to throw some some guys off because they

1070
00:57:53,560 --> 00:57:56,320
Speaker 1: have some young guys playing, and they actually helped them

1071
00:57:56,360 --> 00:57:59,280
Speaker 1: in that playoff run. But they're an eleven team, you know,

1072
00:57:59,320 --> 00:58:02,280
Speaker 1: they want to be eleven. That's where they feel most comfortable.

1073
00:58:03,320 --> 00:58:06,000
Speaker 1: And that's just what it is. And you can't knock it.

1074
00:58:06,080 --> 00:58:08,600
Speaker 1: As much as I love twenty one personnel, right as

1075
00:58:08,640 --> 00:58:10,720
Speaker 1: much as I love having a fullback there, and you know,

1076
00:58:10,800 --> 00:58:13,640
Speaker 1: playing little power of football, they've had so much success

1077
00:58:14,080 --> 00:58:16,680
Speaker 1: of spreading the ball all over the yard, forcing the

1078
00:58:16,720 --> 00:58:20,600
Speaker 1: defense to cover the hundred yards vertically in the fifty

1079
00:58:20,640 --> 00:58:23,320
Speaker 1: three and a half yards horizontally on every play. It's tough.

1080
00:58:23,600 --> 00:58:26,440
Speaker 1: It's tough to kind of go against it. So the

1081
00:58:26,520 --> 00:58:28,680
Speaker 1: Rams again, they'll they'll they'll probably be in that eleven

1082
00:58:28,680 --> 00:58:32,480
Speaker 1: package and the eleven personnel and have multiple plays out

1083
00:58:32,480 --> 00:58:36,080
Speaker 1: of it. We know that it's gonna be kye Elam

1084
00:58:36,200 --> 00:58:39,440
Speaker 1: and potentially six round pick Christian Benford. They might even

1085
00:58:39,480 --> 00:58:43,200
Speaker 1: platoon those guys over on the cornerback spot opposite Dane

1086
00:58:43,240 --> 00:58:46,479
Speaker 1: Jackson with Tradevious White on reserve pup for the first

1087
00:58:46,480 --> 00:58:49,440
Speaker 1: four games of the season. You know they're gonna have

1088
00:58:49,480 --> 00:58:52,880
Speaker 1: a bull's eye on their chest. How do you anticipate

1089
00:58:53,520 --> 00:58:58,160
Speaker 1: McVeigh and Stafford trying to take advantage of an inexperienced

1090
00:58:58,160 --> 00:59:01,120
Speaker 1: player on that side in a game like this, Well,

1091
00:59:01,160 --> 00:59:03,720
Speaker 1: the defense the Bills run it allows you to play

1092
00:59:03,760 --> 00:59:06,240
Speaker 1: some inexperienced guys at the corner position, right because they

1093
00:59:06,240 --> 00:59:08,000
Speaker 1: play cover two, so they don't really have to worry

1094
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:10,280
Speaker 1: about the deep shot as much. So you're gonna see

1095
00:59:10,320 --> 00:59:12,400
Speaker 1: a lot of cover two where it's gonna put more

1096
00:59:12,440 --> 00:59:15,120
Speaker 1: onus on your two all pro safeties and your and

1097
00:59:15,200 --> 00:59:18,640
Speaker 1: your linebackers, and so it's gonna be more onus on

1098
00:59:18,680 --> 00:59:20,840
Speaker 1: those guys the pass rush getting there than it will

1099
00:59:20,880 --> 00:59:24,280
Speaker 1: be on those corners covering man to man. M As

1100
00:59:24,360 --> 00:59:27,240
Speaker 1: much as you know, we like to to to think

1101
00:59:27,280 --> 00:59:29,200
Speaker 1: that the Bills, you know, the Bill, when you watch

1102
00:59:29,280 --> 00:59:30,960
Speaker 1: their tape, they're gonna sit and cover two and they're

1103
00:59:30,960 --> 00:59:34,800
Speaker 1: gonna have those corners sink read the quarterback jump routes. Uh,

1104
00:59:34,840 --> 00:59:36,680
Speaker 1: And it's gonna be on Stafford to have to to

1105
00:59:36,760 --> 00:59:38,720
Speaker 1: get those guys to buy it on something and be

1106
00:59:38,760 --> 00:59:40,680
Speaker 1: able to throw the ball behind them or to be

1107
00:59:40,720 --> 00:59:43,280
Speaker 1: patient enough to take the check down and kind of

1108
00:59:43,480 --> 00:59:46,640
Speaker 1: be methodical down the field. Um. The one thing about

1109
00:59:46,680 --> 00:59:49,240
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills though, about your defense is that when

1110
00:59:49,240 --> 00:59:51,520
Speaker 1: they get in the red zone, they're tough, right, they're

1111
00:59:51,520 --> 00:59:54,040
Speaker 1: gonna play that bend, don't break defense. Where you're get

1112
00:59:54,040 --> 00:59:55,240
Speaker 1: in the red zone, you have to try to fit

1113
00:59:55,240 --> 00:59:57,240
Speaker 1: into a couple of tighter windows. The pass rush is

1114
00:59:57,240 --> 01:00:01,360
Speaker 1: a little bit more prevalent down there, and I think

1115
01:00:01,400 --> 01:00:03,680
Speaker 1: again those are that's those are times when we have

1116
01:00:03,720 --> 01:00:07,200
Speaker 1: to see the creativity of Sean McVay and company to

1117
01:00:07,280 --> 01:00:10,240
Speaker 1: try to take advantage of a zone coverage team. You

1118
01:00:10,560 --> 01:00:12,600
Speaker 1: had Cooper Cupp and as you mentioned, the Triple Crown

1119
01:00:12,640 --> 01:00:15,800
Speaker 1: winner last year, nineteen hundred plus yards and receiving a

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01:00:16,040 --> 01:00:19,720
Speaker 1: ton of touchdowns, ton of targets. Alan Robinson comes in

1121
01:00:19,840 --> 01:00:22,240
Speaker 1: and the guy is legit number one him and he

1122
01:00:22,360 --> 01:00:25,280
Speaker 1: is a guy. How does that, you know, how possibly

1123
01:00:25,320 --> 01:00:27,960
Speaker 1: does that change things for Cooper Cup and Sean McVay

1124
01:00:28,040 --> 01:00:32,320
Speaker 1: Having another bona fide target and just having another dude

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01:00:32,360 --> 01:00:35,040
Speaker 1: out there that's gonna suck some targets away from a

1126
01:00:35,040 --> 01:00:37,439
Speaker 1: guy who already showed he can be the number one guy.

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01:00:38,520 --> 01:00:40,560
Speaker 1: I don't think he's gonna take many targets away from

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01:00:40,560 --> 01:00:42,040
Speaker 1: Cooper Cup. To be honest with I think he had

1129
01:00:42,040 --> 01:00:45,400
Speaker 1: one hundred and forty five targets last year. Um, I

1130
01:00:45,400 --> 01:00:48,760
Speaker 1: don't think that's gonna change any any bit um just

1131
01:00:48,840 --> 01:00:52,480
Speaker 1: because Robert Wood had his opportunities and targets in certain games,

1132
01:00:53,120 --> 01:00:55,480
Speaker 1: Tyler Higbee had targets in certain some of those games.

1133
01:00:55,640 --> 01:00:58,240
Speaker 1: I don't know if Alan will get one hundred and

1134
01:00:58,240 --> 01:01:01,440
Speaker 1: forty five, but the ones he will get will be crucial.

1135
01:01:01,800 --> 01:01:03,760
Speaker 1: They'll be the ones that you know he is getting

1136
01:01:03,760 --> 01:01:05,520
Speaker 1: the one on one coverage and the coverage is shifted

1137
01:01:05,520 --> 01:01:09,040
Speaker 1: towards Cooper cups. You have that ability to be outside

1138
01:01:09,080 --> 01:01:11,760
Speaker 1: and can catch a fadeball or a comeback or a

1139
01:01:11,840 --> 01:01:15,120
Speaker 1: go route or whatever it may be, a hitch. And

1140
01:01:15,160 --> 01:01:17,120
Speaker 1: so I think they're gonna utilize his skill set. Like

1141
01:01:17,160 --> 01:01:20,040
Speaker 1: I said, he has such a huge catch radius. You'll

1142
01:01:20,080 --> 01:01:22,400
Speaker 1: see Stafford kind of go with him. And I'll say this,

1143
01:01:22,640 --> 01:01:25,520
Speaker 1: they were in the they were in Cincinnati playing in

1144
01:01:25,560 --> 01:01:28,840
Speaker 1: their their joint practice, and it was like you could

1145
01:01:28,840 --> 01:01:31,560
Speaker 1: take that fade ball to Alan Robinson every play if

1146
01:01:31,560 --> 01:01:33,400
Speaker 1: you wanted to. When they got in the tight red zone,

1147
01:01:34,400 --> 01:01:37,640
Speaker 1: but you could hear and you could actually see Stafford

1148
01:01:37,640 --> 01:01:39,440
Speaker 1: trying to work the other side because that was just

1149
01:01:39,520 --> 01:01:41,479
Speaker 1: it's just like, we're not gonna take that every time.

1150
01:01:41,680 --> 01:01:43,840
Speaker 1: We want to work our concepts and see how things work.

1151
01:01:43,880 --> 01:01:45,800
Speaker 1: So they have some things that they'll be able to

1152
01:01:45,840 --> 01:01:48,000
Speaker 1: take advantage of in that game, but again they have

1153
01:01:48,040 --> 01:01:49,600
Speaker 1: to get down there to take advantage of some of

1154
01:01:49,600 --> 01:01:52,800
Speaker 1: those things in his size and his ability. Last one

1155
01:01:52,840 --> 01:01:57,640
Speaker 1: I got for you, Maurice's the return game. Brandon Powell

1156
01:01:57,760 --> 01:02:01,080
Speaker 1: spent most of last offseason and in twenty twenty one

1157
01:02:01,120 --> 01:02:04,080
Speaker 1: with the Bills, didn't make the roster, bounces around a

1158
01:02:04,120 --> 01:02:06,640
Speaker 1: little bit. Lands with the Rams pretty productive as a

1159
01:02:06,680 --> 01:02:09,680
Speaker 1: return man for them. He's handling kicks and punts again

1160
01:02:09,800 --> 01:02:13,600
Speaker 1: this year. What did you see from him late last year?

1161
01:02:14,120 --> 01:02:16,080
Speaker 1: And was he kind of a shot in the arm

1162
01:02:16,120 --> 01:02:19,360
Speaker 1: for their return game? Oh, I mean not just the

1163
01:02:19,480 --> 01:02:22,960
Speaker 1: return game, all special teams, to be honest, they they

1164
01:02:23,000 --> 01:02:25,000
Speaker 1: were struggling trying to put guys back there the see

1165
01:02:25,000 --> 01:02:27,640
Speaker 1: who could return son of Michelle's returning kickoffs, Cooper Cup

1166
01:02:27,640 --> 01:02:31,440
Speaker 1: returning punts. They had other guys back there as well

1167
01:02:31,480 --> 01:02:33,520
Speaker 1: to two Atwell was back there trying to return. And

1168
01:02:33,520 --> 01:02:36,040
Speaker 1: when you brought Brandon Powell in, it was allowed everyone

1169
01:02:36,040 --> 01:02:38,240
Speaker 1: to kind of be put in their natural position. They

1170
01:02:38,240 --> 01:02:40,000
Speaker 1: had guys that probably should be on the front line

1171
01:02:40,000 --> 01:02:42,320
Speaker 1: that kickoff return trying to return kicks, and now you

1172
01:02:42,320 --> 01:02:44,280
Speaker 1: put the more athletic body on the front of that

1173
01:02:44,360 --> 01:02:46,400
Speaker 1: kickoff return, you have ability to go get it on

1174
01:02:46,400 --> 01:02:48,959
Speaker 1: punt return. The same thing. Instead of having guys back

1175
01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:51,320
Speaker 1: there to try to return punts, they can go now

1176
01:02:51,360 --> 01:02:55,200
Speaker 1: and block and do some different things. So it allowed us.

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01:02:55,200 --> 01:02:57,320
Speaker 1: It really just put a shot in the whole special teams.

1178
01:02:57,640 --> 01:03:01,640
Speaker 1: Kick the kick covers was better, punt coverage was better.

1179
01:03:01,680 --> 01:03:04,000
Speaker 1: Everybody was better once Brandon Powell got back, Which is

1180
01:03:04,040 --> 01:03:06,840
Speaker 1: weird to say that about a returner, but again it's

1181
01:03:06,920 --> 01:03:09,720
Speaker 1: very similar to like when Stefan Diggez got to the

1182
01:03:09,720 --> 01:03:12,080
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. He was he was when he got there

1183
01:03:12,080 --> 01:03:13,600
Speaker 1: to be the number one. They put everyone in their

1184
01:03:13,680 --> 01:03:16,000
Speaker 1: right position to play and be able to take advantage

1185
01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:18,040
Speaker 1: of certain teams. Right Coleby busily goes from a two

1186
01:03:18,240 --> 01:03:21,000
Speaker 1: to the slot. Number three guy Gabriel Davis goes to

1187
01:03:21,120 --> 01:03:23,800
Speaker 1: number two and now all of a sudden, you have

1188
01:03:23,880 --> 01:03:25,680
Speaker 1: what you need there. And so the same thing happened

1189
01:03:25,680 --> 01:03:28,120
Speaker 1: when Brandon Powell when he came to the Rams. Was

1190
01:03:28,160 --> 01:03:31,800
Speaker 1: that guys that were returning or you know, in practice,

1191
01:03:31,840 --> 01:03:34,640
Speaker 1: wasting time to catch punts and kicks. Now they can

1192
01:03:34,720 --> 01:03:36,440
Speaker 1: just go down and be a gunner. They can go

1193
01:03:36,480 --> 01:03:38,240
Speaker 1: down and be in the box and punt return on

1194
01:03:38,360 --> 01:03:41,880
Speaker 1: kickoff return, they can be a specific position and make plays.

1195
01:03:42,480 --> 01:03:46,080
Speaker 1: Last one for me, Maurice Sean McVay five and oh

1196
01:03:46,160 --> 01:03:50,920
Speaker 1: and home openers under as his head coach of the Rams.

1197
01:03:51,040 --> 01:03:53,160
Speaker 1: Do you think there's a general reason for that or

1198
01:03:53,200 --> 01:03:55,760
Speaker 1: is that just a guy who has a knack for

1199
01:03:55,880 --> 01:03:59,720
Speaker 1: getting his team ready with a lot of unknowns. Well,

1200
01:04:00,040 --> 01:04:04,880
Speaker 1: I'll say this, the Rams try to win. They try

1201
01:04:04,880 --> 01:04:07,600
Speaker 1: to win the injury report, and it's it's interesting to

1202
01:04:07,640 --> 01:04:10,439
Speaker 1: see that, right, you never really hear it. They try

1203
01:04:10,480 --> 01:04:12,080
Speaker 1: to win the injury report and a lot of teams

1204
01:04:12,080 --> 01:04:13,680
Speaker 1: that are banged up come in the Week one, and

1205
01:04:13,880 --> 01:04:16,200
Speaker 1: these had a lot of success as well. As they

1206
01:04:16,360 --> 01:04:19,160
Speaker 1: they start to obviously game plan a little bit, you know, early,

1207
01:04:19,200 --> 01:04:22,479
Speaker 1: as I'm sure everyone else does, but they haven't played

1208
01:04:22,480 --> 01:04:25,040
Speaker 1: a team like the Bills, so they're definitely gonna get

1209
01:04:25,120 --> 01:04:28,720
Speaker 1: challenged in this first week. You know, that's what happens

1210
01:04:28,720 --> 01:04:30,480
Speaker 1: when you're the Super Bowl champion. You end up playing

1211
01:04:30,600 --> 01:04:33,880
Speaker 1: probably the toughest schedule, and it is what it is.

1212
01:04:33,880 --> 01:04:36,200
Speaker 1: At this point, I'm excited to kind of see how

1213
01:04:36,240 --> 01:04:39,040
Speaker 1: he'll be able to adjust and make and start the game.

1214
01:04:39,480 --> 01:04:41,120
Speaker 1: I think it's important for the Rams to start the

1215
01:04:41,160 --> 01:04:45,320
Speaker 1: game fast because the last time they played the Buffalo Bills,

1216
01:04:45,320 --> 01:04:47,960
Speaker 1: they started slow and they came roaring back and I

1217
01:04:47,960 --> 01:04:49,720
Speaker 1: think they wasted a lot of energy trying to come

1218
01:04:49,720 --> 01:04:52,080
Speaker 1: back and it allowed, you know, obviously the Bills to

1219
01:04:52,120 --> 01:04:55,320
Speaker 1: have that call that we won't talk about on Darius

1220
01:04:55,320 --> 01:04:57,800
Speaker 1: Williams Ace. You were talking about that PI call that

1221
01:04:57,960 --> 01:05:01,400
Speaker 1: wasn't p I. But you guys won the game, So

1222
01:05:02,200 --> 01:05:03,960
Speaker 1: I think it's a it's a lot going on to

1223
01:05:04,040 --> 01:05:05,600
Speaker 1: this one, and it's gonna be important for the Rams

1224
01:05:05,600 --> 01:05:08,680
Speaker 1: and start fast, um to try to eat this one

1225
01:05:08,720 --> 01:05:11,720
Speaker 1: out right. All right, Morace, thanks as always for the time.

1226
01:05:11,760 --> 01:05:15,000
Speaker 1: We appreciate enjoy the game. It should be a good one. Oh.

1227
01:05:15,040 --> 01:05:21,320
Speaker 1: I can't wait. It's fireworks already in there. Yeah, NFL

1228
01:05:21,440 --> 01:05:23,840
Speaker 1: Network analyst for the LA Ram's good to have him

1229
01:05:23,840 --> 01:05:26,040
Speaker 1: on the show. I was checking in with his ear

1230
01:05:26,080 --> 01:05:28,280
Speaker 1: to the ground. Yeah, he on that team out that way.

1231
01:05:28,400 --> 01:05:31,000
Speaker 1: I covered him for CBS for a lot of his

1232
01:05:31,080 --> 01:05:33,880
Speaker 1: career and Jack Jazz and um, he was a difference maker,

1233
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:36,800
Speaker 1: smart guy and it was a bowling ball man, Yeah

1234
01:05:36,800 --> 01:05:38,919
Speaker 1: he was. He was a great player, but I think

1235
01:05:38,920 --> 01:05:40,560
Speaker 1: more so than the thing that you noticed about guys

1236
01:05:40,600 --> 01:05:42,920
Speaker 1: like him, and maybe you get a sense of it

1237
01:05:43,000 --> 01:05:45,720
Speaker 1: in his broadcasting as well. He's really smart, had a

1238
01:05:45,720 --> 01:05:47,560
Speaker 1: great sense of awareness of what was going on around

1239
01:05:47,600 --> 01:05:49,160
Speaker 1: And we were talking to him before he came on

1240
01:05:49,240 --> 01:05:52,320
Speaker 1: about his ties with UCLA's where he came out of

1241
01:05:52,360 --> 01:05:55,160
Speaker 1: and and he's excited about them being in the big tens. Yeah.

1242
01:05:55,200 --> 01:05:56,800
Speaker 1: You know, he's got this sense of awareness of what's

1243
01:05:56,840 --> 01:05:58,680
Speaker 1: going on around him and he has, you know, some

1244
01:05:58,720 --> 01:06:01,320
Speaker 1: good opinions. He's perfect guy to come into broadcasting because

1245
01:06:01,360 --> 01:06:04,080
Speaker 1: he has those opinions and at a depth of knowledge

1246
01:06:04,080 --> 01:06:07,400
Speaker 1: that goes far beyond just playing running back in the league.

1247
01:06:08,120 --> 01:06:11,320
Speaker 1: We are talking with you today about this game, obviously,

1248
01:06:11,520 --> 01:06:16,040
Speaker 1: but specifically in terms of your lingering questions or maybe

1249
01:06:16,080 --> 01:06:21,880
Speaker 1: concerns about this matchup headed into Thursday night. We all

1250
01:06:21,920 --> 01:06:25,400
Speaker 1: know once we get to the regular season, the angst begins.

1251
01:06:25,840 --> 01:06:28,360
Speaker 1: As we were joking about earlier, there was a Bills

1252
01:06:28,360 --> 01:06:31,160
Speaker 1: fan on social media that says, in two days time,

1253
01:06:31,360 --> 01:06:34,520
Speaker 1: Josh Allen will have my mental health in the palm

1254
01:06:34,520 --> 01:06:37,680
Speaker 1: of his hand for the next four months. Because Bills

1255
01:06:37,680 --> 01:06:39,880
Speaker 1: fans kind of live and die with their team. So

1256
01:06:40,120 --> 01:06:42,680
Speaker 1: we're just curious if you have any lingering questions or

1257
01:06:42,680 --> 01:06:46,200
Speaker 1: concerns going into this kickoff game. We're all excited, obviously,

1258
01:06:46,280 --> 01:06:48,320
Speaker 1: but sometimes there's that little voice in the back of

1259
01:06:48,320 --> 01:06:50,800
Speaker 1: your head that goes, oh, man, I really hope this

1260
01:06:50,800 --> 01:06:53,760
Speaker 1: works out. So if you have any of those lingering.

1261
01:06:53,840 --> 01:06:56,160
Speaker 1: Let us know at eighth three five fifty one eighty

1262
01:06:56,280 --> 01:06:58,360
Speaker 1: eight five fifty two five fifty or on the tweet

1263
01:06:58,400 --> 01:07:00,600
Speaker 1: sheet to one Bills Live. Let's go to the phones

1264
01:07:00,680 --> 01:07:03,360
Speaker 1: now and we check in with Judy and Buffalo. What

1265
01:07:03,400 --> 01:07:11,280
Speaker 1: do you got first, Judy, Judy, are you there? And

1266
01:07:11,360 --> 01:07:13,960
Speaker 1: maybe she's not there? It doesn't sound like Judy's I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna put her back on hold in case she is.

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01:07:16,960 --> 01:07:19,240
Speaker 1: But eight oh three five fifty the number to get

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01:07:19,280 --> 01:07:21,800
Speaker 1: on board if you have any comments. We are going

1270
01:07:21,840 --> 01:07:24,320
Speaker 1: to go to the tweet sheet now, and tweet sheet

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Speaker 1: has always brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the

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01:07:26,680 --> 01:07:32,000
Speaker 1: official equipment moving company of the Buffalo Bills, and JT says,

1273
01:07:32,280 --> 01:07:35,880
Speaker 1: I hope the two rookie corners can hold their own.

1274
01:07:36,000 --> 01:07:38,760
Speaker 1: I believe they will be able to. They just have

1275
01:07:38,800 --> 01:07:43,120
Speaker 1: to watch costly penalties. Can't give the RAMS free yards.

1276
01:07:43,600 --> 01:07:45,960
Speaker 1: What is really going to help us is the RAMS

1277
01:07:45,960 --> 01:07:49,520
Speaker 1: don't have much tape on our rookies. We must bring

1278
01:07:49,640 --> 01:07:53,960
Speaker 1: pressure to help our corners out. I was fully expecting

1279
01:07:54,000 --> 01:07:57,560
Speaker 1: to see this as a lingering question or concern because

1280
01:07:57,560 --> 01:08:01,520
Speaker 1: it is the unknown. You got two rookie potentially platooning

1281
01:08:01,520 --> 01:08:05,880
Speaker 1: at cornerback for the Bills, and they're getting thrown in

1282
01:08:05,880 --> 01:08:10,800
Speaker 1: the fire here against a really good offense, World Championship offense. Yeah,

1283
01:08:10,800 --> 01:08:13,960
Speaker 1: no question about it. They do have this to fall

1284
01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:16,160
Speaker 1: back on. They've been working against a really good receiving

1285
01:08:16,200 --> 01:08:18,120
Speaker 1: corps and maybe as good a quarterback as there is

1286
01:08:18,120 --> 01:08:20,559
Speaker 1: in the league for a month and a half. Now.

1287
01:08:21,880 --> 01:08:26,439
Speaker 1: We'll see what that gives them on how that makes

1288
01:08:26,439 --> 01:08:29,960
Speaker 1: them ready for the Rams Cooper Cup, Alan Robinson. They're

1289
01:08:30,000 --> 01:08:33,960
Speaker 1: a load man, They're they're concerned, and I think one

1290
01:08:33,960 --> 01:08:35,879
Speaker 1: of the things that's going to help those rocky corners

1291
01:08:35,960 --> 01:08:38,599
Speaker 1: is those the big guys up front. We'll see if

1292
01:08:38,600 --> 01:08:41,360
Speaker 1: that new defensive line and the pass rush with Vaughan

1293
01:08:41,439 --> 01:08:45,759
Speaker 1: and those guys steps up and take some pressure off

1294
01:08:46,200 --> 01:08:49,600
Speaker 1: the demand to cover for a long time. And you

1295
01:08:49,680 --> 01:08:53,439
Speaker 1: know that with two pre eminent safeties like Jordan Poyer

1296
01:08:54,200 --> 01:08:56,760
Speaker 1: and Micah High, they should be able to kind of

1297
01:08:58,360 --> 01:09:00,639
Speaker 1: I don't want to say they have to for them,

1298
01:09:01,120 --> 01:09:04,479
Speaker 1: but more more than anything, kind of reassure them. Because

1299
01:09:04,520 --> 01:09:06,360
Speaker 1: I was talking to Kaier about this in the locker

1300
01:09:06,439 --> 01:09:10,080
Speaker 1: room late last week and I said, how reassuring is

1301
01:09:10,080 --> 01:09:14,519
Speaker 1: it for you when you have safeties like Jordan and

1302
01:09:14,680 --> 01:09:18,880
Speaker 1: Micah in your ear, because you'll look at something as

1303
01:09:18,920 --> 01:09:21,160
Speaker 1: a rookie and you'll say, Okay, I think this is

1304
01:09:21,160 --> 01:09:23,680
Speaker 1: what's coming. I think this is what I'm seeing. But

1305
01:09:23,760 --> 01:09:26,000
Speaker 1: then to have it confirmed by a ten year veteran

1306
01:09:26,040 --> 01:09:29,960
Speaker 1: like Micah Hyde saying, hey, they're going to this, you know, alert, alert,

1307
01:09:30,000 --> 01:09:33,479
Speaker 1: alert whatever or check sure it just is he said

1308
01:09:33,920 --> 01:09:36,160
Speaker 1: it is so reassuring. I can't even tell you. One

1309
01:09:36,200 --> 01:09:38,320
Speaker 1: of the things too, that works in the Bill's favor

1310
01:09:38,360 --> 01:09:42,799
Speaker 1: in this regard Stafford. While he can sling it elbow,

1311
01:09:43,000 --> 01:09:44,800
Speaker 1: not with some the guys. It's week one, he's gonna

1312
01:09:44,800 --> 01:09:47,240
Speaker 1: feel great. Don't kid yourself about his elbow and all

1313
01:09:47,240 --> 01:09:50,439
Speaker 1: of that. He is not a runner. He's not like

1314
01:09:50,520 --> 01:09:54,879
Speaker 1: a Mahomes or Lamar Jackson or Kyler Murray. So the

1315
01:09:55,320 --> 01:09:58,080
Speaker 1: pass rush is gonna know where Stafford is. Certainly he's

1316
01:09:58,160 --> 01:10:01,560
Speaker 1: nifty enough to be smooth in the pocket and maximize

1317
01:10:01,560 --> 01:10:03,840
Speaker 1: whatever time he has. But you know, he's not going

1318
01:10:03,880 --> 01:10:05,559
Speaker 1: to be one of those guys that pulls it down

1319
01:10:06,080 --> 01:10:08,360
Speaker 1: and tries to make a twelve yard run for a

1320
01:10:08,400 --> 01:10:12,479
Speaker 1: first down. So they're gonna be they're gonna know where

1321
01:10:12,520 --> 01:10:15,040
Speaker 1: that guy is. That I think works in the Bill's favor.

1322
01:10:15,360 --> 01:10:18,120
Speaker 1: In today's day and age of the NFL, you don't

1323
01:10:18,160 --> 01:10:21,000
Speaker 1: know if you get back there, if you're rushing the

1324
01:10:21,040 --> 01:10:22,519
Speaker 1: pastor you don't know if Josh is going to be

1325
01:10:22,560 --> 01:10:25,040
Speaker 1: there when you get there. You don't know if Mahomes

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01:10:25,120 --> 01:10:26,559
Speaker 1: is going to be there. You don't know if Kyler

1327
01:10:26,680 --> 01:10:29,840
Speaker 1: Murray or any Trey Lance or Justin Fields or any

1328
01:10:29,840 --> 01:10:33,479
Speaker 1: of these young quarterbacks. Tua you know he's gonna be there.

1329
01:10:33,520 --> 01:10:38,479
Speaker 1: Mac Jones, he's gonna be there. So that's that's something

1330
01:10:38,479 --> 01:10:40,840
Speaker 1: that works in the Bill's favor if they can get there.

1331
01:10:42,080 --> 01:10:44,599
Speaker 1: But we'll have to see if they can and short

1332
01:10:44,720 --> 01:10:48,679
Speaker 1: enough order to make a difference for the secondary. Let's

1333
01:10:49,040 --> 01:10:51,040
Speaker 1: try one more time. We'll go back to the phones,

1334
01:10:51,160 --> 01:10:53,439
Speaker 1: and it looks like Judy and Buffalo is still there. Judy,

1335
01:10:53,479 --> 01:10:56,200
Speaker 1: what do you have for us? You're on one Bills live. Yeah,

1336
01:10:56,280 --> 01:10:59,120
Speaker 1: several timents. You know, the Bills have yet to prove

1337
01:10:59,200 --> 01:11:02,200
Speaker 1: that they can win a truly crucial game, and this

1338
01:11:02,280 --> 01:11:05,559
Speaker 1: is one of them. I agree with Steve. Not only

1339
01:11:05,600 --> 01:11:07,240
Speaker 1: do they have to win, but they have to win

1340
01:11:08,280 --> 01:11:12,439
Speaker 1: in a dominant manner. Second, Chris, I think I think

1341
01:11:12,479 --> 01:11:17,200
Speaker 1: your point about pass rush is critical to this game.

1342
01:11:17,880 --> 01:11:20,760
Speaker 1: The Bills have got to establish a pass rush. This

1343
01:11:20,800 --> 01:11:24,240
Speaker 1: has held us back for the last two years. I

1344
01:11:24,360 --> 01:11:27,960
Speaker 1: see the Bills with a quick strike offense, maybe some

1345
01:11:28,080 --> 01:11:32,320
Speaker 1: rollout passes to help on the offense. I just hope

1346
01:11:32,360 --> 01:11:34,960
Speaker 1: that we have the pass rushers who can get to

1347
01:11:35,040 --> 01:11:39,240
Speaker 1: the quarterback and ruin their offensive package. One other thing,

1348
01:11:39,280 --> 01:11:42,599
Speaker 1: you know, I'm really concerned about the weather out in California.

1349
01:11:42,760 --> 01:11:45,240
Speaker 1: I would hate to see this game canceled because of

1350
01:11:45,280 --> 01:11:49,440
Speaker 1: some rolling blackout or something. It's it's more than a possibility.

1351
01:11:50,200 --> 01:11:53,559
Speaker 1: So that's all I have for today. Okay, that's an

1352
01:11:53,560 --> 01:11:57,640
Speaker 1: interesting comment that you had, Judy. She's even got it

1353
01:11:57,680 --> 01:12:00,599
Speaker 1: down to the concerns about energy. Use you out there

1354
01:12:00,640 --> 01:12:02,880
Speaker 1: to deal with the heat. Yeah, right about that? Right,

1355
01:12:03,240 --> 01:12:05,120
Speaker 1: that's true. And she's right. I mean, and Steve, you

1356
01:12:05,160 --> 01:12:09,240
Speaker 1: knew all about blackouts at football games. That's right, That

1357
01:12:09,439 --> 01:12:13,240
Speaker 1: is correct. U. Yeah, she's right. The Bills need to

1358
01:12:13,280 --> 01:12:15,800
Speaker 1: win a crucial game. Now. They've won playoff games, which

1359
01:12:15,800 --> 01:12:19,639
Speaker 1: are all crucial, right, but right this is a statement

1360
01:12:19,680 --> 01:12:23,160
Speaker 1: game for the Bills. And let's not forget this. The

1361
01:12:23,240 --> 01:12:27,040
Speaker 1: Bills in this era have not won a road playoff

1362
01:12:27,080 --> 01:12:30,439
Speaker 1: game yet. Yeah, that's right. Lost at Houston, that's right,

1363
01:12:31,000 --> 01:12:33,320
Speaker 1: and then they lost to Kansas City. The last two years,

1364
01:12:33,479 --> 01:12:36,519
Speaker 1: that's right. In the McDermott are they haven't won a road.

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01:12:36,560 --> 01:12:38,400
Speaker 1: She said something interesting to me as well. She said,

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01:12:38,439 --> 01:12:40,320
Speaker 1: you know, Josh and some rollout. Listen, if you want

1367
01:12:40,320 --> 01:12:42,800
Speaker 1: to get away from Aaron Donald, let Josh roll out

1368
01:12:42,840 --> 01:12:45,639
Speaker 1: and run away from him to throw the football, move

1369
01:12:45,680 --> 01:12:48,880
Speaker 1: the pocket around, move him right or left. He kind

1370
01:12:48,880 --> 01:12:50,439
Speaker 1: of does that on his own too. He does do

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01:12:50,479 --> 01:12:51,920
Speaker 1: that on the room. But you can design a little

1372
01:12:51,920 --> 01:12:54,559
Speaker 1: bit of that as well. And that's a smart move

1373
01:12:54,960 --> 01:13:00,360
Speaker 1: by Judy's two. And um, she's right. She agreed with

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01:13:00,360 --> 01:13:02,000
Speaker 1: my pass rushing thing. I think it's crucial and I

1375
01:13:02,040 --> 01:13:05,760
Speaker 1: think it's going to be an upgraded upgrade from last

1376
01:13:05,880 --> 01:13:08,559
Speaker 1: year for the Bill's defense. The defense was number one

1377
01:13:08,640 --> 01:13:11,519
Speaker 1: last year. They were they were a problem, but they

1378
01:13:11,520 --> 01:13:13,479
Speaker 1: did make some hay earlier in this season with like

1379
01:13:13,520 --> 01:13:16,160
Speaker 1: two out of their first four games were shutouts, one

1380
01:13:16,200 --> 01:13:20,840
Speaker 1: against Houston, won against Miami, and excuse their numbers, but

1381
01:13:20,880 --> 01:13:24,360
Speaker 1: they were good nevertheless, And it's harder and harder as

1382
01:13:24,439 --> 01:13:27,559
Speaker 1: we get further and further into the future to play

1383
01:13:27,600 --> 01:13:30,519
Speaker 1: defense in the NFL because you know, the league wants

1384
01:13:30,840 --> 01:13:34,880
Speaker 1: teams to score, they want games like that. They're they're

1385
01:13:35,439 --> 01:13:38,479
Speaker 1: further buckling down on the illegal contact down the field

1386
01:13:38,479 --> 01:13:40,120
Speaker 1: this year. It's a point of emphasis. We're going to

1387
01:13:40,160 --> 01:13:42,360
Speaker 1: see some of that. So she's right. I think the

1388
01:13:42,400 --> 01:13:44,280
Speaker 1: pass rush is one of the things that's got to

1389
01:13:44,320 --> 01:13:46,360
Speaker 1: come through for this game. And then, of course, the

1390
01:13:46,439 --> 01:13:49,559
Speaker 1: weather in California. I'm not I'm not really concerned about

1391
01:13:49,560 --> 01:13:51,639
Speaker 1: the heat. I mean, I'm those poor souls in California.

1392
01:13:51,720 --> 01:13:54,200
Speaker 1: Yes it's hot, Yes it's oppressive, it's hard to live

1393
01:13:54,240 --> 01:13:56,160
Speaker 1: out there, and it's one hundred and twelve in San

1394
01:13:56,200 --> 01:14:00,479
Speaker 1: Francisco today, one hundred and eight in La. Yeah, that's

1395
01:14:00,479 --> 01:14:03,200
Speaker 1: a problem, But you're talking about a three hour window

1396
01:14:03,200 --> 01:14:05,160
Speaker 1: where these guys are in shape, and they've been playing

1397
01:14:05,240 --> 01:14:07,080
Speaker 1: in the heat and humidity here in Western New York.

1398
01:14:07,320 --> 01:14:09,439
Speaker 1: It's been hot and humid here as well. They'll be

1399
01:14:09,479 --> 01:14:12,080
Speaker 1: ready for that. They'll be hydrated, they'll be Okay. It's

1400
01:14:12,120 --> 01:14:14,000
Speaker 1: better for the players in those stadiums a lot of

1401
01:14:14,000 --> 01:14:15,679
Speaker 1: times than it is for the fans in bad weather

1402
01:14:15,800 --> 01:14:21,000
Speaker 1: or tough conditions. I'm not as worried about that as

1403
01:14:21,000 --> 01:14:22,960
Speaker 1: what she said. Oh, it could be a power shortage

1404
01:14:23,040 --> 01:14:27,679
Speaker 1: or some other quirky thing that goes on. Yeah, and

1405
01:14:28,000 --> 01:14:31,559
Speaker 1: let's not forget too that MJD. Maurice Jones, Drewelry just

1406
01:14:31,640 --> 01:14:36,519
Speaker 1: had odd said. It is open air the stadium, and

1407
01:14:36,560 --> 01:14:40,960
Speaker 1: they're right on the water, so there are ocean breezes

1408
01:14:41,000 --> 01:14:46,120
Speaker 1: that come through. The forecast temperature for kickoff is ninety one,

1409
01:14:46,680 --> 01:14:50,080
Speaker 1: so that's hot on the field. You know, it's usually

1410
01:14:50,120 --> 01:14:52,519
Speaker 1: hotter than that by about ten degrees, so it'll be

1411
01:14:52,560 --> 01:14:54,800
Speaker 1: toasted for the first half. It is a It is

1412
01:14:54,840 --> 01:14:58,800
Speaker 1: a clear roof over that breeze. I don't know how clear.

1413
01:14:58,920 --> 01:15:00,880
Speaker 1: I don't know whether there's opaque or whether it does

1414
01:15:01,080 --> 01:15:03,760
Speaker 1: it's like a suspended roof. It is. Yeah, it's it's

1415
01:15:03,760 --> 01:15:07,720
Speaker 1: a canopy. I think it does cut out some of

1416
01:15:07,760 --> 01:15:11,479
Speaker 1: the heat, so it won't be like it won't be

1417
01:15:11,479 --> 01:15:13,080
Speaker 1: like a greenhoun. There's no way they're going to put

1418
01:15:13,080 --> 01:15:15,479
Speaker 1: a clear roof over that. It's not a greenhouse. If

1419
01:15:15,479 --> 01:15:17,320
Speaker 1: it's not a greenhouse, I think that's one of the

1420
01:15:17,320 --> 01:15:19,600
Speaker 1: things they fought against because they didn't want people not

1421
01:15:19,760 --> 01:15:21,760
Speaker 1: coming to the place. You have people passing out in

1422
01:15:21,760 --> 01:15:25,280
Speaker 1: this state, so I think that's not part of the equation.

1423
01:15:25,640 --> 01:15:29,920
Speaker 1: But we'll see, we'll see still going to be spectacular weather. Yeah,

1424
01:15:30,479 --> 01:15:32,800
Speaker 1: break time for us here when we come back, more

1425
01:15:32,800 --> 01:15:34,560
Speaker 1: of your phone calls, more of your thoughts on the

1426
01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:39,040
Speaker 1: tweet sheet, any lingering questions or concerns as we get

1427
01:15:39,080 --> 01:15:42,599
Speaker 1: ready for this kickoff game on Thursday Night, Bill's Rams,

1428
01:15:42,920 --> 01:15:44,559
Speaker 1: Steve and I back in a moment here on One

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01:15:44,600 --> 01:15:47,120
Speaker 1: Bill's Live, presented by Colored to Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio.

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01:16:00,600 --> 01:16:02,479
Speaker 1: All right, welcome back to One Bill's Live. Chris Brown,

1431
01:16:02,520 --> 01:16:04,599
Speaker 1: Steve Tashers. Have to get right back to the phones

1432
01:16:04,680 --> 01:16:06,280
Speaker 1: as we're checking in with you to see if you

1433
01:16:06,320 --> 01:16:09,240
Speaker 1: have any lingering questions or concerns ahead of the kickoff

1434
01:16:09,280 --> 01:16:12,640
Speaker 1: game Thursday and night, Bills at Rams, we go to

1435
01:16:12,680 --> 01:16:16,599
Speaker 1: the phones and leading us off here is one Bill

1436
01:16:16,800 --> 01:16:20,439
Speaker 1: in Toronto. What do you got for his Bill? Hi, guys,

1437
01:16:20,479 --> 01:16:24,280
Speaker 1: great to talk to you. I looking forward to the

1438
01:16:24,280 --> 01:16:29,400
Speaker 1: season immensely as as per usual. But there's about of course, unfortunately.

1439
01:16:29,479 --> 01:16:32,800
Speaker 1: But I've been a fan since the o J days

1440
01:16:32,840 --> 01:16:36,080
Speaker 1: and so I go way way back, and it's been

1441
01:16:36,400 --> 01:16:39,000
Speaker 1: you know, it's been a rough gig overall, and one

1442
01:16:39,040 --> 01:16:41,920
Speaker 1: thing that really really worries me in some ways as

1443
01:16:41,920 --> 01:16:44,360
Speaker 1: far as the gambling world, which seems to have taken

1444
01:16:44,400 --> 01:16:47,160
Speaker 1: over the universe these days. Is the fact that we're

1445
01:16:47,160 --> 01:16:50,519
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl favorites, and Josh is also the the

1446
01:16:51,000 --> 01:16:53,559
Speaker 1: you know, the favorite to win the MVP as well.

1447
01:16:54,600 --> 01:16:59,000
Speaker 1: Those things rarely happen in in tandem or even singular

1448
01:16:59,040 --> 01:17:01,320
Speaker 1: at this point, So I'm not to say that's that's

1449
01:17:01,360 --> 01:17:03,599
Speaker 1: the d all and end all, but I just loved

1450
01:17:03,640 --> 01:17:06,000
Speaker 1: them to death. And I'm at an age now at

1451
01:17:06,040 --> 01:17:09,000
Speaker 1: least where I don't live and die with every situation.

1452
01:17:09,040 --> 01:17:11,400
Speaker 1: And to be honest with you, all my friends last

1453
01:17:11,439 --> 01:17:13,040
Speaker 1: year were saying, you guys are going all the way

1454
01:17:13,040 --> 01:17:15,920
Speaker 1: and everything, and I just said, listen, it's it's my bills. Man.

1455
01:17:16,120 --> 01:17:19,679
Speaker 1: I'm just, honestly, unfortunately waiting for the shoe to drop

1456
01:17:19,760 --> 01:17:23,360
Speaker 1: in some ways. And I didn't get excited, honestly in

1457
01:17:23,400 --> 01:17:25,439
Speaker 1: the whole game. In the Kansas City game, I stayed

1458
01:17:25,479 --> 01:17:27,760
Speaker 1: there calm and my people were going nuts around me,

1459
01:17:27,880 --> 01:17:32,120
Speaker 1: most semi calm until Hill caught that crossing pattern and

1460
01:17:32,240 --> 01:17:36,080
Speaker 1: I just jumped off the couch and said get on them,

1461
01:17:36,120 --> 01:17:38,120
Speaker 1: and of course they didn't, and he went down the

1462
01:17:38,120 --> 01:17:39,800
Speaker 1: field and I thought that was it. And we came

1463
01:17:39,800 --> 01:17:43,080
Speaker 1: back and of course the rest is history. So I mean,

1464
01:17:43,120 --> 01:17:44,960
Speaker 1: I'll have tears in my eyes for sure, because I've

1465
01:17:44,960 --> 01:17:46,840
Speaker 1: been a lifelong Bill Span as I say in Saber

1466
01:17:46,920 --> 01:17:50,320
Speaker 1: Span as well, Joe Perot loved him eleven to my number.

1467
01:17:50,800 --> 01:17:53,599
Speaker 1: But between those two franchises, they may have taken five

1468
01:17:53,640 --> 01:17:55,759
Speaker 1: to ten years off my end of my life perhaps,

1469
01:17:55,840 --> 01:17:58,960
Speaker 1: So anyway, love them, cheer for him every week. But

1470
01:17:59,360 --> 01:18:00,720
Speaker 1: I just want to hear what you guys have to

1471
01:18:00,760 --> 01:18:03,160
Speaker 1: say about that. And Steve, I loved watching a play.

1472
01:18:03,439 --> 01:18:06,400
Speaker 1: We're around the same age and you're awesome, all right,

1473
01:18:06,479 --> 01:18:11,519
Speaker 1: thanks for the call. Yeah, I mean, look, Steve and

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01:18:11,560 --> 01:18:13,760
Speaker 1: I talked about it for a long time, especially when

1475
01:18:13,760 --> 01:18:17,160
Speaker 1: this team burst onto the scene in twenty twenty, saying

1476
01:18:17,200 --> 01:18:22,360
Speaker 1: that fans, a great number of Bills fans, even after

1477
01:18:23,360 --> 01:18:27,080
Speaker 1: as entertaining as the last two seasons have been, still

1478
01:18:27,120 --> 01:18:29,960
Speaker 1: carry around with them a lot of scar tissue. Whether

1479
01:18:30,000 --> 01:18:34,200
Speaker 1: it was the drop in eighty nine, wide write in ninety,

1480
01:18:34,400 --> 01:18:38,439
Speaker 1: home run throwback in two thousand, you know whatever, even

1481
01:18:38,520 --> 01:18:41,920
Speaker 1: no goal in ninety nine. Whatever it is, the scar

1482
01:18:42,000 --> 01:18:45,120
Speaker 1: tissue runs deep. And we understand why because Steve and

1483
01:18:45,160 --> 01:18:47,599
Speaker 1: I were here for just about all of it, so

1484
01:18:48,880 --> 01:18:51,880
Speaker 1: we were here for all seventeen years of the playoff drought,

1485
01:18:52,120 --> 01:18:56,240
Speaker 1: front two back, all of it, so we know where

1486
01:18:56,280 --> 01:18:59,880
Speaker 1: Bill is coming from. But I think also with the

1487
01:19:00,120 --> 01:19:05,400
Speaker 1: team that is assembled here, knowing Brandon Bean and Sean

1488
01:19:05,479 --> 01:19:10,040
Speaker 1: McDermott's approach to be perennial contenders, you have a right

1489
01:19:10,080 --> 01:19:14,280
Speaker 1: to be optimistic as well. And I know some people

1490
01:19:14,320 --> 01:19:18,520
Speaker 1: are so nuts that they use reverse psychology on themselves

1491
01:19:18,880 --> 01:19:21,439
Speaker 1: hoping that it turns into a positive result. When all

1492
01:19:21,560 --> 01:19:25,200
Speaker 1: is said and done, we get it. And look, Bill's

1493
01:19:25,240 --> 01:19:29,800
Speaker 1: even got recency bias to attach to this because you

1494
01:19:29,840 --> 01:19:32,799
Speaker 1: can lop thirteen seconds onto the top of the playoff

1495
01:19:32,840 --> 01:19:38,320
Speaker 1: disappointment pile, you really can. But this is a damn

1496
01:19:38,360 --> 01:19:40,599
Speaker 1: good football team. They're gonna win a lot of games.

1497
01:19:41,280 --> 01:19:43,519
Speaker 1: You hope that they're playing their best football at the

1498
01:19:43,640 --> 01:19:47,160
Speaker 1: end of the season and they can finish the job right.

1499
01:19:47,280 --> 01:19:49,280
Speaker 1: I would say this, do it like we had Dan

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01:19:49,360 --> 01:19:51,400
Speaker 1: Dawkins on the show today, and you do it just

1501
01:19:51,439 --> 01:19:54,479
Speaker 1: like the team does it. Enjoy every game, don't worry

1502
01:19:54,479 --> 01:19:56,760
Speaker 1: about one week, don't worry about going off into the

1503
01:19:56,800 --> 01:19:58,680
Speaker 1: future and worried about where it's going to end all

1504
01:19:58,800 --> 01:20:01,920
Speaker 1: just enjoy today, Enjoy this run. Up. It's gonna be fun.

1505
01:20:02,040 --> 01:20:05,639
Speaker 1: You got a great team. Uh, they're gonna play great. Um,

1506
01:20:06,640 --> 01:20:08,960
Speaker 1: maybe not every game, but they're gonna be a fun

1507
01:20:09,000 --> 01:20:11,000
Speaker 1: team to watch, and they're they're gonna you can own them.

1508
01:20:11,000 --> 01:20:15,080
Speaker 1: So just enjoy it in small doses, like like the

1509
01:20:15,120 --> 01:20:18,600
Speaker 1: team does, enjoy the win for twenty four hours and

1510
01:20:18,600 --> 01:20:20,519
Speaker 1: then think about the next one and get ready for it.

1511
01:20:20,600 --> 01:20:23,040
Speaker 1: And that's that's the best way to do it. You

1512
01:20:23,080 --> 01:20:25,320
Speaker 1: can't think about everything that's happened in the past because

1513
01:20:25,400 --> 01:20:26,920
Speaker 1: there's nothing you can do about it and there's nothing

1514
01:20:26,960 --> 01:20:28,760
Speaker 1: you can do about the future except prepare for it.

1515
01:20:28,800 --> 01:20:32,040
Speaker 1: So that's what those guys are doing, and just enjoy it.

1516
01:20:32,080 --> 01:20:34,200
Speaker 1: Just it's a This is a fun team. It's been

1517
01:20:34,240 --> 01:20:38,240
Speaker 1: fun since twenty twenty. It's been fun since two thy

1518
01:20:38,600 --> 01:20:42,160
Speaker 1: seventeen when they broke the drought and they got in

1519
01:20:42,200 --> 01:20:46,080
Speaker 1: the playoffs because another team caught a touchdown pass. Yeah,

1520
01:20:46,240 --> 01:20:50,080
Speaker 1: just enjoy it, man. It has been a black every

1521
01:20:50,120 --> 01:20:53,480
Speaker 1: Every game of this five year run that Sean McDermott

1522
01:20:53,520 --> 01:20:56,400
Speaker 1: has been here has been fun in and of itself.

1523
01:20:56,439 --> 01:20:59,400
Speaker 1: So enjoy this one Thursday, have fun with it, and

1524
01:20:59,560 --> 01:21:01,479
Speaker 1: no matter what the outcome, know that there's going to

1525
01:21:01,520 --> 01:21:03,760
Speaker 1: be a bunch more fun ones coming up. And I'll

1526
01:21:03,880 --> 01:21:08,240
Speaker 1: use your former head coaches answer when he would be

1527
01:21:08,280 --> 01:21:11,160
Speaker 1: asked about, well, what about this, and don't you have

1528
01:21:11,200 --> 01:21:13,559
Speaker 1: to look out for that? And Marv used to say

1529
01:21:15,000 --> 01:21:16,880
Speaker 1: if you're doing that and saying, wow, we got to

1530
01:21:16,880 --> 01:21:18,120
Speaker 1: look out for this, and we got to look out

1531
01:21:18,160 --> 01:21:19,720
Speaker 1: for that, and we got what about this guy? And

1532
01:21:19,720 --> 01:21:21,800
Speaker 1: what I like, he says, all you end up doing

1533
01:21:21,880 --> 01:21:23,880
Speaker 1: is looking out right. You're not worried about what you

1534
01:21:23,960 --> 01:21:27,080
Speaker 1: got to do in the football game. So as a fan,

1535
01:21:27,600 --> 01:21:29,400
Speaker 1: try not to watch out for this and watch out

1536
01:21:29,400 --> 01:21:31,200
Speaker 1: for that. I realized today we're asking you for your

1537
01:21:31,280 --> 01:21:33,400
Speaker 1: lingering questions and concerns because we knew you were going

1538
01:21:33,479 --> 01:21:36,160
Speaker 1: to have some, even though this team is very good.

1539
01:21:36,200 --> 01:21:39,760
Speaker 1: But I think at the same time, try to have

1540
01:21:39,800 --> 01:21:42,759
Speaker 1: some vested confidence in what this team is truly capable

1541
01:21:42,800 --> 01:21:44,920
Speaker 1: of and try to enjoy the ride while it's happening.

1542
01:21:45,160 --> 01:21:46,840
Speaker 1: It won't all be perfect, but it's all going to

1543
01:21:46,880 --> 01:21:49,679
Speaker 1: be worth watching, so yeah, just enjoy it together. Let's

1544
01:21:49,680 --> 01:21:52,200
Speaker 1: get back to the phones and we go to Alex

1545
01:21:52,280 --> 01:21:54,479
Speaker 1: and Rochester. Next, Alex, what do you got for us? Year?

1546
01:21:54,479 --> 01:21:58,200
Speaker 1: On One Bill's Lives? Hey, guys. Thanks thanks for putting

1547
01:21:58,200 --> 01:22:02,960
Speaker 1: me through two things. First, on the conversation regarding Soifi

1548
01:22:03,080 --> 01:22:06,439
Speaker 1: stadium and the temperatures, it's my understanding standing that while

1549
01:22:06,479 --> 01:22:09,840
Speaker 1: they don't have air conditioning, it's pretty climate control. They're

1550
01:22:09,840 --> 01:22:12,280
Speaker 1: able to, you know, regulate the temperature in there. So

1551
01:22:12,600 --> 01:22:14,559
Speaker 1: I don't really have any concern with that. I guess

1552
01:22:14,560 --> 01:22:17,000
Speaker 1: I kind of agree with the one caller who says,

1553
01:22:17,040 --> 01:22:19,000
Speaker 1: you know, rolling blackout. My understanding is it could be

1554
01:22:19,040 --> 01:22:22,519
Speaker 1: a problem for the game happening, but the stadium should

1555
01:22:22,520 --> 01:22:25,680
Speaker 1: be really whatever temperature they want to get it to.

1556
01:22:26,280 --> 01:22:28,599
Speaker 1: Um that that's my understanding of the stadium. And then

1557
01:22:28,880 --> 01:22:31,639
Speaker 1: second part just addressing you know, the point you guys

1558
01:22:31,640 --> 01:22:34,040
Speaker 1: have for today on you know, what's what's the lingering

1559
01:22:34,080 --> 01:22:36,680
Speaker 1: concern And my mind's really not to do with the

1560
01:22:36,720 --> 01:22:41,519
Speaker 1: team itself. But McDermott in high you know, um, high

1561
01:22:41,560 --> 01:22:45,800
Speaker 1: stress situations and kind of scenario football. I think he's

1562
01:22:45,960 --> 01:22:48,479
Speaker 1: he's a phenomenal coach. We can all agree on that

1563
01:22:48,560 --> 01:22:50,760
Speaker 1: the culture that he's built, but I think there are

1564
01:22:50,800 --> 01:22:55,440
Speaker 1: some questions regarding how he handles end of game situations

1565
01:22:55,560 --> 01:22:59,120
Speaker 1: on a big stage. You know. I think we can

1566
01:22:59,160 --> 01:23:01,439
Speaker 1: all agree that they're things he could have done differently

1567
01:23:01,760 --> 01:23:05,280
Speaker 1: in the last minute of that of the game against

1568
01:23:05,360 --> 01:23:09,479
Speaker 1: Kansas City, and maybe this is another situation that comes

1569
01:23:09,560 --> 01:23:12,880
Speaker 1: up where he's really put to the test, and I'm

1570
01:23:12,960 --> 01:23:15,400
Speaker 1: interested to see how he responds. So I think it's

1571
01:23:15,400 --> 01:23:17,439
Speaker 1: good that we have a couple of primetime games early

1572
01:23:17,520 --> 01:23:20,479
Speaker 1: because I think if they do end up being closed games,

1573
01:23:20,600 --> 01:23:22,719
Speaker 1: I want to see what type of decisions he's making

1574
01:23:22,760 --> 01:23:25,200
Speaker 1: as a head coach because it's very likely that we'll

1575
01:23:25,240 --> 01:23:28,840
Speaker 1: see them again postseason. So I'll hang up and listen

1576
01:23:28,880 --> 01:23:31,439
Speaker 1: to your points off air. Thanks, all right, good call, Alex.

1577
01:23:31,479 --> 01:23:34,200
Speaker 1: Thank you for at first about the stadium. You're right,

1578
01:23:34,280 --> 01:23:38,599
Speaker 1: it is climate controlled in a sense. As Steve pointed out,

1579
01:23:38,640 --> 01:23:42,200
Speaker 1: the climate control is due to the roof, which reflects

1580
01:23:42,280 --> 01:23:45,599
Speaker 1: a lot of the natural sunlight away from the stadium,

1581
01:23:45,640 --> 01:23:48,479
Speaker 1: so you don't have solar heating. But it does not

1582
01:23:48,640 --> 01:23:51,240
Speaker 1: have AC and it does not have a heater. You

1583
01:23:51,280 --> 01:23:56,520
Speaker 1: really don't need it in LA but there are still instances,

1584
01:23:56,560 --> 01:24:01,320
Speaker 1: and they experience this last year where temperature inside the

1585
01:24:01,360 --> 01:24:04,920
Speaker 1: stadium are actually higher than the readings on the thermometer

1586
01:24:05,040 --> 01:24:07,759
Speaker 1: outside the stadium. And that's for a couple of reasons.

1587
01:24:09,360 --> 01:24:12,600
Speaker 1: So as we said, the roof on the stadium regulates

1588
01:24:12,600 --> 01:24:16,200
Speaker 1: the temperature inside. They have the sides of the stadium

1589
01:24:16,439 --> 01:24:19,719
Speaker 1: open air, so a breeze can come through. But let's

1590
01:24:19,760 --> 01:24:22,960
Speaker 1: not forget you've got upwards of seventy five thousand people

1591
01:24:23,000 --> 01:24:27,160
Speaker 1: in that building, and so just their natural body heat

1592
01:24:27,680 --> 01:24:32,280
Speaker 1: raises the temperature of the stadium. So it is climate

1593
01:24:32,360 --> 01:24:35,920
Speaker 1: controlled in a sense. But they did record instances last

1594
01:24:36,000 --> 01:24:39,080
Speaker 1: year where the temperature in the stadium on the field

1595
01:24:39,160 --> 01:24:41,439
Speaker 1: was actually hotter than it was outside the stadium. So

1596
01:24:41,479 --> 01:24:43,880
Speaker 1: it is a concern, I think going into the game,

1597
01:24:43,960 --> 01:24:45,600
Speaker 1: especially when you know the temperatures are going to be

1598
01:24:45,640 --> 01:24:47,439
Speaker 1: in the nineties. Yeah, what what you really hope for

1599
01:24:47,520 --> 01:24:49,640
Speaker 1: is it's cool breeze off the ocean, you know, and

1600
01:24:49,680 --> 01:24:52,640
Speaker 1: there's no guarantees of that. They are close to it,

1601
01:24:52,800 --> 01:24:56,200
Speaker 1: as Maurice Jones Drew said, as we know here in Buffalo,

1602
01:24:56,200 --> 01:24:59,640
Speaker 1: it's usually colder by the lake. It's the same thing

1603
01:24:59,640 --> 01:25:02,920
Speaker 1: with the and we'll see. I'm not that worried about that.

1604
01:25:03,840 --> 01:25:08,320
Speaker 1: Hot is hot, Okay. The Bills will handle it just

1605
01:25:08,360 --> 01:25:11,360
Speaker 1: like every other football team does. I think it's better.

1606
01:25:12,320 --> 01:25:15,519
Speaker 1: This scenario is way better than what the Bills faced

1607
01:25:16,040 --> 01:25:19,040
Speaker 1: a lot of games last year, the Houston game pouring

1608
01:25:19,160 --> 01:25:22,880
Speaker 1: rain here in town. Even the Pittsburgh game wasn't one

1609
01:25:22,920 --> 01:25:28,639
Speaker 1: hundred percent drive, was cloudy, cold day, the rain delay

1610
01:25:28,880 --> 01:25:32,360
Speaker 1: in Kansas City in their game Week five game there

1611
01:25:32,720 --> 01:25:36,000
Speaker 1: the rain delay and the rain warnings and the wet

1612
01:25:36,080 --> 01:25:38,800
Speaker 1: field in Tennessee that they had to deal with. Of course,

1613
01:25:38,840 --> 01:25:40,840
Speaker 1: the first New England game here with a fifty mile

1614
01:25:40,880 --> 01:25:44,000
Speaker 1: an hour wins that didn't allow the Bills to play

1615
01:25:44,040 --> 01:25:47,960
Speaker 1: their offense. So there were instances last year when the

1616
01:25:48,520 --> 01:25:52,000
Speaker 1: weather was much more concerning than just being hot out.

1617
01:25:52,640 --> 01:25:57,160
Speaker 1: So it's a much better situation having the game and

1618
01:25:57,280 --> 01:26:01,000
Speaker 1: this temperature and this environ then it would be if

1619
01:26:01,040 --> 01:26:03,920
Speaker 1: it was windy and wet and raining out, because the

1620
01:26:03,960 --> 01:26:07,719
Speaker 1: Bills need to sling it to be successful. Yeah, break

1621
01:26:07,720 --> 01:26:09,640
Speaker 1: time for us here. But as we do that, I

1622
01:26:09,720 --> 01:26:14,000
Speaker 1: pass along Tuesday's Bill's injury report. Stefan Digg has got

1623
01:26:14,000 --> 01:26:16,120
Speaker 1: a veteran rest day, so he had to be added

1624
01:26:16,200 --> 01:26:19,400
Speaker 1: as a rule as a limited participant. So don't panic.

1625
01:26:19,439 --> 01:26:22,679
Speaker 1: He's fine. He just got a veteran rest day. Tommy Doyle,

1626
01:26:22,800 --> 01:26:26,400
Speaker 1: as we mentioned, did not practice. Neither did Quintin Morris.

1627
01:26:26,720 --> 01:26:30,000
Speaker 1: Isaiah McKenzie Jordan Poyer, Tim saidle all full participants, so

1628
01:26:30,040 --> 01:26:32,439
Speaker 1: a second straight day, So those guys obviously trending in

1629
01:26:32,439 --> 01:26:35,320
Speaker 1: the right direction, and coach McDermott said today he expects

1630
01:26:35,320 --> 01:26:38,240
Speaker 1: all three to be fit to play on Thursday night.

1631
01:26:38,280 --> 01:26:39,880
Speaker 1: We'll take a break, come back to close it up

1632
01:26:39,880 --> 01:26:41,720
Speaker 1: here on one of Bill's Live presented by KLADA Health,

1633
01:26:41,760 --> 01:26:56,360
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, let's squeeze one more

1634
01:26:56,439 --> 01:26:58,720
Speaker 1: quick call in here before we're out of here for

1635
01:26:58,880 --> 01:27:03,559
Speaker 1: a Tuesday to Chris in Buffalo. What do you got first? Chris? Yeah,

1636
01:27:04,240 --> 01:27:08,160
Speaker 1: I gave a call because one of my concerns is offensively,

1637
01:27:08,960 --> 01:27:11,360
Speaker 1: I know that it was important for the Bills last

1638
01:27:11,439 --> 01:27:15,720
Speaker 1: year to want to establish a run, and I think

1639
01:27:15,720 --> 01:27:17,640
Speaker 1: in the early games that we lost and trying to

1640
01:27:17,720 --> 01:27:20,280
Speaker 1: do that, I think it hurt us because I remember

1641
01:27:20,400 --> 01:27:22,839
Speaker 1: a lot of games where we did two running plays

1642
01:27:23,320 --> 01:27:25,160
Speaker 1: and then we had a pass play and we are

1643
01:27:25,160 --> 01:27:27,760
Speaker 1: out three and out, which was something that just wasn't

1644
01:27:27,800 --> 01:27:32,040
Speaker 1: happening the year before. And my concern is, and maybe

1645
01:27:32,080 --> 01:27:34,439
Speaker 1: the players we have this year will be able to

1646
01:27:34,560 --> 01:27:39,080
Speaker 1: establish a run right away, but my concern is that

1647
01:27:39,120 --> 01:27:42,000
Speaker 1: we don't stay too long with that. If it isn't

1648
01:27:42,040 --> 01:27:45,479
Speaker 1: working against this team because I think if we fall

1649
01:27:45,560 --> 01:27:50,200
Speaker 1: behind behind LA, We're not going to have the opportunity

1650
01:27:50,240 --> 01:27:53,080
Speaker 1: to come back as we could with a lesser team. Yeah.

1651
01:27:53,360 --> 01:27:56,479
Speaker 1: I respect what you're staying there, Chris, but you're number one.

1652
01:27:57,680 --> 01:27:59,880
Speaker 1: I don't think there's a team in the entire National

1653
01:28:00,040 --> 01:28:02,120
Speaker 1: Football League that threw more on first down over the

1654
01:28:02,200 --> 01:28:05,040
Speaker 1: last two seasons than the Buffalo Bills. So this run

1655
01:28:05,120 --> 01:28:07,800
Speaker 1: run past thought in your head. I don't think is

1656
01:28:07,840 --> 01:28:11,080
Speaker 1: on the mark here because statistically they've been the opposite

1657
01:28:11,080 --> 01:28:13,320
Speaker 1: of that. They've thrown on first down more than almost

1658
01:28:13,360 --> 01:28:15,559
Speaker 1: any other team in football the last two seasons. That's

1659
01:28:15,640 --> 01:28:17,680
Speaker 1: number one, and I would expect some of that to

1660
01:28:17,720 --> 01:28:21,360
Speaker 1: continue under Ken Dorsey. Number two, this is the number

1661
01:28:21,439 --> 01:28:24,400
Speaker 1: three run defense in football last year that you're facing.

1662
01:28:24,960 --> 01:28:26,960
Speaker 1: So to think that they're going to try to pound

1663
01:28:27,000 --> 01:28:30,400
Speaker 1: it into a wall if they don't have any early success,

1664
01:28:30,680 --> 01:28:35,160
Speaker 1: I think might be might be a little off the mark. Two. Personally,

1665
01:28:35,200 --> 01:28:38,680
Speaker 1: I think that this is a team that has mastered

1666
01:28:38,760 --> 01:28:42,080
Speaker 1: in game adjustments, especially on the offensive side of the

1667
01:28:42,080 --> 01:28:45,320
Speaker 1: ball under Dable. I expected to continue under Dorsey. So

1668
01:28:45,400 --> 01:28:47,479
Speaker 1: sticking with a run game too long and beating their

1669
01:28:47,479 --> 01:28:49,920
Speaker 1: head against the wall just really isn't what the bills

1670
01:28:49,920 --> 01:28:52,280
Speaker 1: have been about the last two years. Yeah, certainly, there's

1671
01:28:52,320 --> 01:28:54,479
Speaker 1: no doubt that there are some question marks about how

1672
01:28:54,560 --> 01:28:56,920
Speaker 1: Ken Dorsey's gonna handle it, and if things don't go well,

1673
01:28:56,920 --> 01:28:58,799
Speaker 1: what's it gonna look like, how's he going to adjust?

1674
01:28:58,840 --> 01:29:01,519
Speaker 1: And if things go too well, does he put his

1675
01:29:01,560 --> 01:29:03,240
Speaker 1: foot on the gas or does he start to pull

1676
01:29:03,280 --> 01:29:06,160
Speaker 1: back a lot of unknowns, But yeah, your concerns are real.

1677
01:29:06,200 --> 01:29:08,680
Speaker 1: I get him, and they didn't run the ball well

1678
01:29:08,800 --> 01:29:11,000
Speaker 1: enough at times last year. We'll see what happens Thursday.

1679
01:29:11,720 --> 01:29:14,200
Speaker 1: That's it for us here on a Tuesday. Mattie Glad

1680
01:29:14,240 --> 01:29:15,880
Speaker 1: will be in for me as I'll be traveling out

1681
01:29:15,920 --> 01:29:26,160
Speaker 1: to La tomorrow with Steve. They'll see you tomorrow one