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Speaker 1: The one Bills Live presented by Kalida Health. How's everybody

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Speaker 1: on a Thursday? Chris Brown, Maddi clab in here. Steve

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Speaker 1: off for a couple of days. He'll be back next week,

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Speaker 1: so Mattie, good to have you in here with us.

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Speaker 1: And uh. Plenty of Bills news today right off the bat,

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Speaker 1: some roster transactions taking place due to the decision made

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Speaker 1: by veteran NFL linebacker Christian Kirksey. For those that don't remember,

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Speaker 1: he was signed by the Bills to their practice squad

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Speaker 1: at the beginning of the regular season after he was

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Speaker 1: released by the Houston Texans. But today we learned he

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Speaker 1: has made the decision to retire from football. So that

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Speaker 1: created a vacancy and the Bills brought back a familiar face, Maddie.

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Speaker 2: Yes, aj Klein getting brought back to the practice squad.

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Speaker 2: He's a familiar face who's been on this roster. He's

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Speaker 2: a guy who can you can plug and play him

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Speaker 2: if needed if there's injuries at that linebacker spot. He's

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Speaker 2: been familiar with Sean mcdermot's defense since the Carolina Panthers' day.

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Speaker 3: So this goes way back.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So and this is like his third stint with

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Speaker 1: the Bills. He was here back in twenty twenty and

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Speaker 1: then got released. He played for a couple other teams,

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Speaker 1: came back last year, finished the season, was here the

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Speaker 1: whole offseason, and then did not make the fifty three

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Speaker 1: man roster, and then they signed Kirksey to be on

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Speaker 1: the practice squad and now he is that veteran replacement there,

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Speaker 1: which is good insurance to always have. And I think

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Speaker 1: everybody's familiar with what aja client's capabilities are as a

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Speaker 1: NFL linebacker, So if a rash of injuries strikes the

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Speaker 1: linebacker position, they're in position to handle that. Speaking of injuries,

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Speaker 1: why don't we get right to the Bill's practice updates

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Speaker 1: presented by Lee Coom Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.

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Speaker 1: And the good news is there are some players who

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Speaker 1: did not practice yesterday who got back on the field today,

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Speaker 1: granted in a limited capacity to rel Bernard practicing on

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Speaker 1: a limited basis again today. Micah Hydeback though from a

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Speaker 1: hamstring ailment, so that's good news, and Leonard Floyd getting

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Speaker 1: some limited work in as well today that according to

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Speaker 1: head coach Sean McDermott, from his ankle injury The one

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Speaker 1: to keep an eye on, though, is Dawson Knox.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Sean McDermott said, it's a day to day situation.

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Speaker 2: We won't hear from Sean McDermott tomorrow. So he was asked,

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Speaker 2: you know, since we're not going to hear from you tomorrow,

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Speaker 2: And Sean said, you know, we're just going to see

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Speaker 1: Obviously, with the increase in the usage of two tight

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Speaker 1: maybe more important than he was in previous years, knowing

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Speaker 1: that is part of the game plan again this week,

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Speaker 1: not only from a passing game perspective, but from a

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Speaker 1: Jordan Phillips came back from illness mispractice yesterday. He is

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Speaker 1: And then Jordan Poyer getting a veteran rest day, so

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Speaker 1: roll for Sunday. And then there's this Mattie. A tropical cyclone.

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Speaker 1: Is that what they're calling it? Tropical cyclone?

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Speaker 1: Which I always thought they they're hurricanes in the Western

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Speaker 1: Maybe I don't know enough about whether to have that

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Speaker 1: But so tropical cyclone is new. Usually they just call

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Speaker 1: it a tropical storm, right, But I guess because it's

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Speaker 1: The bottom line is this, it's supposed to drop three

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Speaker 1: I think Jets Patriots is supposed to they might get

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Speaker 1: That's right, That was the other one. But I think

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Speaker 2: Yeah, this team has had their fair share of weather

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Speaker 1: Know they'll prepare for relocating and they'll be.

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Speaker 3: Ready for it. Hopefully it doesn't put a damper on

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Speaker 1: Team's usually relocating for weather rather than gosh, playing in

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Speaker 1: And we were talking to dan Orlowski earlier in the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Howell's been sneaky good and I think has more

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Speaker 1: experience game days. And I'm not going to pretend to

435
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Speaker 1: know this because when we were there, we were at Wembley,

436
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Speaker 1: not at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium where the Bills game is

437
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Speaker 1: this year. But I would imagine there are a whole

438
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Speaker 1: number of pubs around the stadium, and so tailgating isn't

439
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Speaker 1: a thing there for English soccer fans or for American

440
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Speaker 1: football fans. They're in the pubs right around in close

441
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Speaker 1: proximity to the stadium. So if you want to tailgate,

442
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Speaker 1: that's how they do it over there. They're in the pubs,

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Speaker 1: So just try to scout out a couple of good

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Speaker 1: pubs that you can hit there and have that serve

445
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Speaker 1: as your tailgating experience. The other thing I'm going to

446
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Speaker 1: tell you is the food over there is not great,

447
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Speaker 1: so you're better off going to authentic ethnic restaurants. And

448
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Speaker 1: what I mean by that is go to an Italian

449
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Speaker 1: restaurant where the people that run the restaurant are from

450
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Speaker 1: Italy and they're just restaurant tours in England because outside

451
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Speaker 1: of fish and chips, which is good over there, the

452
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Speaker 1: offerings are average. I'm just gonna say, so do what

453
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Speaker 1: you can to find ethnic restaurant because your dining experience

454
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Speaker 1: will be better on the whole unless you're getting fish

455
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Speaker 1: and chips with a beer. If you're doing that, you

456
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Speaker 1: can do that just about any pub in England. But

457
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Speaker 1: those are some of the recommendations I would say. And

458
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Speaker 1: then you know, you got the Tower Bridge, which is famous,

459
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Speaker 1: it's a landmark. You take pictures, everybody does that. There

460
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Speaker 1: are a whole bunch of things.

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Speaker 3: But changing of the guards, yes.

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Speaker 1: Exactly, changing of the guards another one. And then if

463
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Speaker 1: you want a tour Buckingham Palace you probably got to

464
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Speaker 1: do something like that in advance. But they have a

465
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Speaker 1: whole host of tours over there, and there's a lot

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Speaker 1: of NFL events that they stage during the course of

467
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Speaker 1: the week as well, So if you just keep your

468
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Speaker 1: eye open on that, or you can just do I

469
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Speaker 1: think you can do NFL dot UK if I remember right,

470
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Speaker 1: and they'll probably have a whole listing of events that

471
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Speaker 1: you can do too. So plenty of plenty to do there.

472
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Speaker 1: I mean is it's not just a major city. It's

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Speaker 1: a major world city. I mean we're not talking about,

474
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Speaker 1: you know, some nice city in Europe. I mean it's

475
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Speaker 1: a world city. They've hosted Olympics, it's big time. So

476
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Speaker 1: you'll have plenty to do over there if you're going

477
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Speaker 1: over early enough. I should have asked him how early

478
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Speaker 1: he was going, but yeah, so hopefully that helps you

479
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Speaker 1: and points you in the right direction. The problem for us,

480
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Speaker 1: Maddie was we were not in London proper. We were

481
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Speaker 1: all the way out in Watford, which is like forty

482
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Speaker 1: minutes out of town. And I think that's going to

483
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Speaker 1: be the case again this year. And I think that's

484
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Speaker 1: kind of done by design to kind of keep the

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Speaker 1: players focused on football and not being tourists, which I

486
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Speaker 1: you know, I get it, yep, yep. So I think

487
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Speaker 1: that's how it's going to work again this time around.

488
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Speaker 1: I saw this story too quick. One little addition to

489
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Speaker 1: make for around the NFL. Louren duvern A TARDIV a

490
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Speaker 1: Canadian native Canadian who's an NFL lineman. If you remember,

491
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Speaker 1: during the COVID pandemic, he left football kind of on

492
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Speaker 1: a sabbatical, I guess because he also has a medical degree.

493
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Speaker 1: He's a doctor and felt that football suddenly wasn't as

494
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Speaker 1: important as trying to help as a doctor, So he

495
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Speaker 1: kind of left football went into medicine full time to

496
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Speaker 1: try to help with the pandemic, which is a noble

497
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Speaker 1: decision to make, trying to make a difference there, which

498
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,840
Speaker 1: carries far more weight than trying to entertain people playing football.

499
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Speaker 1: And he has officially now retired from the NFL, so

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Speaker 1: it is full bore medicine and that will be his

501
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Speaker 1: career field going forward. So congratulations to him. I mean,

502
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Speaker 1: first of all, to balance for a little while anyway,

503
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Speaker 1: an NFL career end a medical career, I mean, wow.

504
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Speaker 1: And then the decision he made I thought was a

505
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Speaker 1: pretty noble one. You want to talk about somebody that's

506
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Speaker 1: for the greater good. I don't know if you can

507
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Speaker 1: do better than Loren Duverne Tardif, who was alignman for

508
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Speaker 1: the Chiefs for a while. I think he did some

509
00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:04,560
Speaker 1: long snapping too, but man sharp as attack, and congratulations

510
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Speaker 1: to him. I just that's worth mentioning.

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Speaker 3: I think, yeah, that's pretty cool. Spent a year with

512
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Speaker 3: the Jets as well, and yeah, good for you.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so we are going to take a break here.

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Speaker 1: NFL analyst and fantasy football guru one Field Yates, joining

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Speaker 1: How the heck are you?

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Speaker 7: I'm doing great, Brownie Matt. You hope you guys are

529
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Speaker 7: doing well as well. I am in Connecticut, so not

530
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Speaker 7: too far from where you guys are, But it officially

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Speaker 7: feels a little bit like fall down here, which to

532
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Speaker 7: me is the kind of weather that football should be

533
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Speaker 7: played in. So I hope the same is taking place

534
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Speaker 7: right now up there in Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: It's supposed to be seventy five today. It's actually a

536
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Speaker 1: really nice day, so we might be squeezing out one

537
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Speaker 1: more day a summer here and then it might turn

538
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Speaker 1: after that. You guys are gonna be You guys can

539
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Speaker 1: be getting wet on Sunday for Jets Patriots, right with

540
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Speaker 1: that tropical cyclone coming up the coast.

541
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Speaker 7: Yeah, it's looking pretty gnarly up here in the New

542
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Speaker 7: England region. So my wife and my older daughter who

543
00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,560
Speaker 7: are set to go visit Grandma or and to wonder

544
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Speaker 7: whether they need to change their plans and figure out

545
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Speaker 7: something else to do, because that rain is no joke.

546
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Speaker 7: It does look like we're headed for a wet Sunday

547
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Speaker 7: down there in New Jersey as well. So for two

548
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,920
Speaker 7: offenses that are really struggling, the elements are not going

549
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,840
Speaker 7: to do them any favors down there between two teams

550
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Speaker 7: that certainly need to win in a big way on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: All right, Well, let's kick off the lineup this week

552
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Speaker 1: and one guy who's thrown it all over the place

553
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Speaker 1: in part because they can't run the football. And maybe

554
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,240
Speaker 1: that changes now with cam Akers in the fold. But

555
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:34,959
Speaker 1: this is kind of an easy pick as far as

556
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 1: I'm concerned, knowing how much they are throwing the football

557
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:38,920
Speaker 1: coming out of the gate this season.

558
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Speaker 7: That's right, it's Kirk Cousins and they play at home,

559
00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:44,240
Speaker 7: so you don't have to worry about the weather whether

560
00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:49,400
Speaker 7: it's September or January. That beautiful indoor stadium there in Minneapolis.

561
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Speaker 7: But he's been red hot to start the season, carved

562
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 7: up the Eagles last Thursday night. Now he plays a

563
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,880
Speaker 7: Chargers defense that if you guys have any idea where

564
00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,560
Speaker 7: this Chargers defense is gone, please let me know, because

565
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:04,280
Speaker 7: they have been absolutely brutal so far to the first

566
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Speaker 7: two weeks of the season. The offense is far from

567
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,760
Speaker 7: the issue in la as they can't stop anything right

568
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:13,640
Speaker 7: now on defense. Don't expect that to change. The Vikings

569
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,840
Speaker 7: obviously haven't been great themselves on defense, so this one

570
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,520
Speaker 7: could be a legitimate shootout, which would be in line

571
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Speaker 7: with how every Chargers game has gone so far this season.

572
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Speaker 2: There's been some injuries already in the NFL, one of

573
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Speaker 2: those at the running back position, and Jerome Ford is

574
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Speaker 2: an interesting candidate to start in this week's lineup. He's

575
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Speaker 2: had a good going so far to start this season

576
00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 2: one hundred and forty two rushing yards.

577
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Speaker 3: So why is he an interesting candidate here?

578
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Speaker 7: Yeah, Maddie, for those that don't hang with us every

579
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Speaker 7: single week, and don't recall that these lineups, the pricing

580
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Speaker 7: is set Monday before Monday Night football begins. So Jerome

581
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Speaker 7: Ford priced at fifty six hundred dollars. That number was

582
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Speaker 7: established prior to the Nick Chubb injury that grew someome

583
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Speaker 7: brutal injury on Monday nights, So you're getting kind of

584
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Speaker 7: a discount here relative to how I think FanDuel would

585
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Speaker 7: have priced Jerome Forward normally, and we'll continue to price

586
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Speaker 7: him in Week four and beyond. A really talented player,

587
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Speaker 7: as we saw on Monday Night. The big question mark

588
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:17,600
Speaker 7: for the Cleveland Browns this weekend is that that Titans

589
00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:21,040
Speaker 7: run defense is perhaps the best in the NFL. So

590
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Speaker 7: the price was too good to ignore here for Jerome Ford.

591
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Speaker 7: But I don't know that that's going to be a

592
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,680
Speaker 7: monster effort for him. If you grabbed him in your

593
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 7: season long fantasy league and he has a slow start

594
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Speaker 7: as you're starting running back, don't be deterred because I

595
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Speaker 7: think there's a chance that he turns things around in

596
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Speaker 7: a major way in Week four and beyond.

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Speaker 1: Okay, and while you went bargain basement there at the

598
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Speaker 1: one running back position, you spent a little bit larger,

599
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Speaker 1: shall we say, at the other one.

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Speaker 7: And Tony Pollard, who has been excellent for the Cowboys

601
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Speaker 7: the first two weeks of the season. They have been

602
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Speaker 7: excellent on defense, and that really is the story of

603
00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:58,520
Speaker 7: their year so far. But Pollard pushing for nineteen fantasy

604
00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:01,280
Speaker 7: points per game so far involved in the passing game,

605
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:03,960
Speaker 7: of course, a college wide receiver. You've probably heard that

606
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,920
Speaker 7: one a million times over, but a very talented guy.

607
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Speaker 7: And this Cowboys passing offense hasn't really had to do

608
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Speaker 7: a whole lot this year. This could be the weekend

609
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Speaker 7: that they get on track against an overwhelmed and undermanned

610
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Speaker 7: Arizona defense. But wouldn't surprise me if this is a

611
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Speaker 7: game in which Dallas is playing with the lead early

612
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Speaker 7: and it's a Tony Pollard show throughout the rest of

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Speaker 7: the game. So ninety four hundred dollars is a big

614
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Speaker 7: number obviously for any player of Pollard is worth it

615
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Speaker 7: in this case.

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Speaker 2: Zay Flowers is a rookie wide receiver who he talked

617
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Speaker 2: a lot about before he came into the NFL, and

618
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Speaker 2: he's gotten some good opportunities already with the Ravens. I

619
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Speaker 2: think we're going to see that definitely continue. Why do

620
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Speaker 2: you think he's a good option for that price.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I'll give you guys two rookies for the price

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Speaker 7: of one. Here coming up is Zay Flowers. You mentioned him,

623
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Speaker 7: Maddie who has fifteen targets in his first two games

624
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Speaker 7: that included ten and his very first game back in

625
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Speaker 7: Week one, and this Ravens offense, I thought looked much

626
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Speaker 7: more like what we expected it to be during the

627
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Speaker 7: preseason in Week two was not a perfect start in

628
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Speaker 7: Week one. This team is two to zero now and

629
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Speaker 7: they are top that AFC North Division that we think

630
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:13,040
Speaker 7: could be pretty competitive this season, but they play the

631
00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:16,360
Speaker 7: Colts this upcoming weekend. The game is down in Baltimore.

632
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:19,759
Speaker 7: Indianapolis does not have much in the way of cornerback depth,

633
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Speaker 7: so I think that Jay Flowers will be a busy man,

634
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Speaker 7: and we talk often about stacking in fantasy football. I

635
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:28,920
Speaker 7: want as much of this Minnesota LA game as I

636
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Speaker 7: can get, so I've got Jordan Addison, another first round

637
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Speaker 7: pick taken right after Za Flowers, who also should be

638
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:38,799
Speaker 7: in lineups this weekend. He scored a touchdown in each

639
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Speaker 7: of his first two games. At some point that streak

640
00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:43,759
Speaker 7: will come to an end, but he's playing a lot

641
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Speaker 7: of snaps. The Vikings play a ton of three receiver sets,

642
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Speaker 7: and if this game goes as expected, there's going to

643
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:54,520
Speaker 7: be fantasy points for everybody. Addison has really passed the

644
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Speaker 7: Eyeball test, and when you have Justin Jefferson on your team,

645
00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:01,200
Speaker 7: you should not expect to ever be the primary point

646
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Speaker 7: of a defensive focus. So I think that Addison will

647
00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:06,440
Speaker 7: continue to benefit from being that number two or number

648
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:09,880
Speaker 7: three guy who's not Justin Jefferson for that Minnesota offense.

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Speaker 1: I guess Okay, so I guess we should not be

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Speaker 1: surprised that you dip right back into that game with

651
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:14,800
Speaker 1: your last receiver.

652
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 7: Yeah, Mike Williams, who's been pretty busy so far this year.

653
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Speaker 7: Priced at seventy two hundred bucks. His volume has been steady.

654
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:26,000
Speaker 7: He's averaging just ten point seven yards per catches Mike Williams,

655
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Speaker 7: which is actually the second lowest number of his career.

656
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Speaker 7: The lowest was all the way back as a rookie,

657
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:34,600
Speaker 7: So for much of his career he's been this big play,

658
00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 7: vertical threat down the field, but lesser volume and more

659
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 7: boombust nature to him. It's been a bit more consistent

660
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 7: out of the gate so far. But Brownie, as you said,

661
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Speaker 7: as much of this game as I can get as

662
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Speaker 7: possible is a good thing. So I think that that

663
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Speaker 7: Vikings defense will not prove much of a match for

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Speaker 7: Keenan Allen or Mike Williams, and at least to this point,

665
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Speaker 7: Quentin Johnston, the first round pick for the Chargers, has

666
00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 7: been no threat to those two wide receivers. He has

667
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Speaker 7: hardly produced in the box score at least, so it's

668
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,000
Speaker 7: still the Mike Williams and Keenan Allen show.

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Speaker 1: Through the air.

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00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:10,560
Speaker 7: It'll be that even more so if Austin Eckler is unavailable.

671
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:13,960
Speaker 7: He did not practice on Wednesday and missed last week

672
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Speaker 7: because of a week one ankle injury.

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Speaker 2: Your cheapest offensive weapon comes at tight end, in a

674
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Speaker 2: Dallas tight end, Jake Ferguson.

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Speaker 3: Why is he a good option here?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, Ferguson's been playing a lot. The Cowboys just haven't

677
00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 7: had to throw the ball that much because they've been

678
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:32,279
Speaker 7: beating the just doors off of teams so far. I mean,

679
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:35,000
Speaker 7: the Jets last week by twenty one, the Giants the

680
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,759
Speaker 7: week before by forty points. I mean, it's amazing. This

681
00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:41,360
Speaker 7: Cowboys defense allowing five points per game. The only touchdown

682
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Speaker 7: was a sixty eight yard score last week on a

683
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Speaker 7: play that didn't seem like it was going to be

684
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Speaker 7: a breakaway threat by Garrett Wilson. But Ferguson's been playing

685
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Speaker 7: a lot, and you know, we've been kind of wondering

686
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Speaker 7: what the Cowboys plans were to replace Dalton Schultz. They

687
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Speaker 7: had multiple options. Ferguson was one of them. They used

688
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Speaker 7: a second round pick on Luke skoon Maker from Michigan

689
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:04,319
Speaker 7: this year. They had Peyton Hendershot in the on the

690
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:07,200
Speaker 7: depth chart as well. It's been the Jake Ferguson show

691
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Speaker 7: and he's probably benefited from being around because schoon Maker

692
00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:12,719
Speaker 7: was out for much of training camp due to injuries.

693
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Speaker 7: So nice to see that Ferguson's kind of grabbed a

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Speaker 7: hold of that tight end one spot in Dallas and

695
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:20,520
Speaker 7: at five thousand bucks, pretty favorable price as well.

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Speaker 1: All right, so your flex player field. This was a

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Speaker 1: player that people were super high on at the start

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Speaker 1: of the year, then they were disappointed that he wasn't

699
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Speaker 1: utilized a lot. But now with the injury to David Montgomery,

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Speaker 1: I got to imagine it's all systems go here.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, we sure hope. So for Jamiir Gibbs twelfth overall pick.

702
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Speaker 7: So this game on Sunday is going to have the

703
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Speaker 7: two star running backs from the first round of this

704
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Speaker 7: year's traft, Bijon Robinson and of course Jamiir Gibbs eighth

705
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Speaker 7: and twelfth overall. How great has Beijon Robinson been? By

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00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:53,440
Speaker 7: the way, he is just spectacular for the Falcons, But

707
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Speaker 7: Jamiir Gibbs has a chance to be a really good

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Speaker 7: player for the Lions as well. You think about what

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Speaker 7: he's done so far in a pretty limited role, but

710
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Speaker 7: still he's one of the top seven running backs in

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Speaker 7: terms of receptions receiving yards so far. He's going to

712
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Speaker 7: be a busy player on Sunday, and what you're kind

713
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Speaker 7: of hoping for is that he still gets maybe half

714
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Speaker 7: a dozen or so targets, but maybe ten or twelve

715
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Speaker 7: or fifteen carries. I'm sure you guys saw the Lions

716
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Speaker 7: in Week one against the Chiefs, it was pretty obvious

717
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:24,080
Speaker 7: he was the most explosive player on that offense. I

718
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Speaker 7: hope that carried over to their game last week against

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Speaker 7: the Seahawks. This guy can scoot, he can fly. We're

720
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Speaker 7: hoping for a much more prominent role, and it looks

721
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Speaker 7: like David Montgomery won't be available. If that's the case,

722
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Speaker 7: it should be a big day for Jamiir Gibbs.

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Speaker 2: The Chiefs will face the Bears on Sunday at four

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Speaker 2: twenty five, and the Bears scored twenty points in their

725
00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:46,239
Speaker 2: first game seventeen points in their second game. They've been

726
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:48,520
Speaker 2: in the news quite a bit lately. Why do you

727
00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:52,200
Speaker 2: think the Chiefs could really trounce on the Chicago Bears

728
00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:52,720
Speaker 2: this weekend?

729
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:53,440
Speaker 3: Defensively?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, this is one where I'm actually paying up a

731
00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:58,880
Speaker 7: little bit on defense. You guys will often hear me say,

732
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,920
Speaker 7: I'm sort of just punting on defense. But very chalky

733
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,920
Speaker 7: play here in daily fantasy as the Chiefs defense can

734
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Speaker 7: apply pressure. Having Chris Jones back last week certainly made

735
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,840
Speaker 7: a big difference. And the Chiefs are all of a

736
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:14,280
Speaker 7: sudden kind of a defensive team. I mean, they barely

737
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:17,040
Speaker 7: lost in Week one of the Lions, but they were

738
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Speaker 7: in that game because their defense made critical stops in

739
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:22,560
Speaker 7: the second quarter and beyond. And then last week they

740
00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:26,359
Speaker 7: went seventeen to nine over the Jaguars kind of stonewalled them.

741
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Speaker 7: So the Chiefs defense looks like it's going to be

742
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:32,439
Speaker 7: the real deal this year. And the Bears, on top

743
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:34,480
Speaker 7: of some of the things that you reference Maddie, with

744
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:37,520
Speaker 7: all the question marks right now, with that roster justin

745
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:40,040
Speaker 7: fields not playing at a high level, they placed their

746
00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:43,400
Speaker 7: starting left tackle, Braxton Jones on ir yesterday. So this

747
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 7: is a team that's got much more questions and answers

748
00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 7: along the offensive line. Sort of feels like the perfect

749
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:51,799
Speaker 7: storm for the Chiefs defense to kind of just take

750
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:54,520
Speaker 7: this game over early. I'll be really curious to see

751
00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:57,359
Speaker 7: how the Bears respond because I don't know that this

752
00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:00,120
Speaker 7: is necessarily rock bottom this week, but it's been an

753
00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,839
Speaker 7: ugly week for the Chicago Bears. You hope for their

754
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,920
Speaker 7: purposes that they can muster up, sort of take all

755
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:09,920
Speaker 7: this energy and internalize it and rather than use it

756
00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:12,640
Speaker 7: as reason to feel bad for itself, maybe turn it

757
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:15,239
Speaker 7: into motivation to play a competitive game on Sunday. But

758
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:17,800
Speaker 7: going to the Champs House is not going to be

759
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:19,799
Speaker 7: an easy task. I think the Chiefs defense has its

760
00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:20,960
Speaker 7: way on Sunday afternoon.

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00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:25,840
Speaker 1: All right, field, so quickly Bill's Commanders. It looks like

762
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:27,840
Speaker 1: the weather is going to move out of that area

763
00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:32,760
Speaker 1: by Sunday down in DC. So that's good. But Sam

764
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:36,840
Speaker 1: Howell sneaky good man, sneaky good for a first year starter.

765
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Speaker 1: Just how do you kind of see this one shaken

766
00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:41,920
Speaker 1: out a little bit? There's some tough matchups there for

767
00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:44,040
Speaker 1: the Bills. O line we know, but what do you see?

768
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 7: Yeah, that offensive line for the Bills might be the key,

769
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:51,200
Speaker 7: because I don't know that any team has more invested

770
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Speaker 7: at a position group than the Commanders do along the

771
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Speaker 7: defensive line. If you're not a first round pick and

772
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Speaker 7: probably not taking in the first fifteen picks. I don't

773
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Speaker 7: think you're allowed to enter the meeting room during the

774
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:04,759
Speaker 7: week because there's so few of those players that fit

775
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:07,800
Speaker 7: that criteria. Between Chase Young and Derom Payne and Montes

776
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,239
Speaker 7: Sweat and John Allen, I mean guys who are all

777
00:41:10,239 --> 00:41:12,560
Speaker 7: awesome players that were taking within the first fourteen to

778
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:15,359
Speaker 7: fifteen selections. So it's going to be a good test

779
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:18,040
Speaker 7: for the Bills offensive line. Samhow's got a confidence about

780
00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:20,360
Speaker 7: him that I think is pretty obvious. Not afraid to

781
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:23,480
Speaker 7: make some big time throws. Might result in some errors,

782
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:26,400
Speaker 7: but he plays as sort of a blind confidence that

783
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 7: you have to kind of respect for a young quarterback.

784
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:31,920
Speaker 7: It'd be a good test. I tht the Commanders were

785
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:35,520
Speaker 7: much less sharp in Week one they were in Week two,

786
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:37,840
Speaker 7: but you can count on this. It's going to be

787
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:40,759
Speaker 7: a raucous atmosphere. The vibes are certainly high right now

788
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:43,759
Speaker 7: in DC with a new ownership group in place. I

789
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:45,600
Speaker 7: think Sunday, though, is a good litmus test for the

790
00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:48,000
Speaker 7: Commanders how real are they? I think the Bills go

791
00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:51,239
Speaker 7: down there take care of business, but the Commanders trying

792
00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:53,720
Speaker 7: to figure out whether they're a real contender for the playoffs.

793
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:54,480
Speaker 6: In the NFC.

794
00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:57,560
Speaker 7: I think Sunday will reveal just how real they actually are.

795
00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:00,360
Speaker 1: All right, Field, thanks very much for the time. We

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00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:03,040
Speaker 1: appreciate it. The Ultimate Fantasy Lineup for Week three. We'll

797
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 1: catch up with you with Week four as we look

798
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Speaker 1: forward to your installment for that lineup next week.

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Speaker 7: Take care, guys, Away, was good to see him. Maddie

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00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:15,640
Speaker 7: did a great job replacing Steve for the dead Well done.

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Speaker 1: They dry this weekend, Field, stay dry up there?

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00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:20,000
Speaker 7: Yeahs a poncho.

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Speaker 1: Yeah all right, that's Field Dates joining us from ESPN

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00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:31,480
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Speaker 1: take a break here when we come back, some queries

808
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Speaker 1: from the football Relationship Hotline. Maddie and I'll do our

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00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:40,680
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Speaker 1: the tweetsheet for the Football Relationship Hotline. Your football viewing

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Speaker 1: habits are priority number one. They should not be compromised.

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Speaker 1: You have something getting in the way of that, you

817
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:16,200
Speaker 1: let us know and we'll come up with a solution.

818
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:19,960
Speaker 1: Allan asks, I need a little help here listening now

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00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:22,640
Speaker 1: to one Bills live located in the northeast corner of

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Speaker 1: New York State, and I want to listen to Brownie

821
00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 1: and the crew on the broadcast on my phone. Odyssey

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00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:30,359
Speaker 1: app does not play the game broadcast on my phone

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00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:32,680
Speaker 1: where I live. Any help on where to find the

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00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:36,000
Speaker 1: radio broadcast it would be appreciated. So I do know

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00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:39,319
Speaker 1: one option for you, although you would have to pay

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Speaker 1: to do it, and that is to go to the

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Speaker 1: NFL Plus. So you can look up NFL Plus on

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Speaker 1: your browser online. And what NFL Plus carries live every

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00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:53,560
Speaker 1: Sunday or game day whenever your team is playing, is

830
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:55,960
Speaker 1: both the home and away broadcast. So if you're a

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00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:59,480
Speaker 1: Washington Commanders fan, you can play the home radio broadcast,

832
00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:03,120
Speaker 1: or if you are a Bills fan living outside the

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Speaker 1: Western New York area where you can't pull it in

834
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:08,680
Speaker 1: on the flagship station WGR, or you're not near a

835
00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:11,319
Speaker 1: station on the Bills radio network, you can listen to

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Speaker 1: the away radio broadcast, which is US this week. So

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Speaker 1: NFL Plus is an option for you. There are others,

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Speaker 1: but I actually my wife actually used that just this

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00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:24,800
Speaker 1: past week. She went down to visit our son at Georgia,

840
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,279
Speaker 1: went to a Georgia football game, and then as she

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00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:29,880
Speaker 1: was moving through the airport flying back here on Sunday,

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00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:33,520
Speaker 1: she listened to Bill's Raiders, the radio broadcast through the

843
00:44:33,640 --> 00:44:36,359
Speaker 1: NFL Plus account. So she said it worked really well

844
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Speaker 1: on her phone. It was funny there were no TVs

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00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:42,480
Speaker 1: in the airport. She's waiting for her flight, no TVs

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Speaker 1: in the airport showing football, which is insane, especially for

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Speaker 1: an airport as large as Atlanta. And she said, suddenly

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00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:51,239
Speaker 1: I had a half a dozen Bills fans around me,

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00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:54,440
Speaker 1: of course listening along with me. So that is an

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00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:57,160
Speaker 1: option for you, so hopefully that works.

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Speaker 3: You would also say try tune in is a radio app.

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00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:02,320
Speaker 3: I'm not sure if it would work all.

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00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:05,120
Speaker 2: NFL games, but that's how I used to get college

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00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:08,040
Speaker 2: football games on radio that weren't on TV that I

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00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:10,400
Speaker 2: wanted to watch. I think you now have to pay

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00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:13,239
Speaker 2: for it, so maybe it's not worth it, but check

857
00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:15,279
Speaker 2: on tune in radio app as well.

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Speaker 1: Okay, that's a good tip. I didn't know that one. Yeah,

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00:45:18,239 --> 00:45:22,320
Speaker 1: Mike says, what if your wife wants date night during

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00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:26,920
Speaker 1: Thursday night football? Basically she likes the Bills games, but

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Speaker 1: not other teams. Any thoughts. I've got a couple of

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00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:36,120
Speaker 1: answers here. Number one, you know that Thursday night football

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00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:38,880
Speaker 1: really doesn't kick off until about eight fifteen or eight twenty.

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Speaker 1: So one option is to go to like a five

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Speaker 1: o'clock dinner or an early movie or whatever is on

866
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:52,680
Speaker 1: the agenda for the night, so you can at least

867
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:56,360
Speaker 1: kind of wrap things up by eight ish. I know

868
00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:59,960
Speaker 1: that that might not always work for a significant other

869
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:02,000
Speaker 1: who kind of wants the night for you too, and

870
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:04,719
Speaker 1: you two alone where you're not off doing other pursuits.

871
00:46:05,120 --> 00:46:08,080
Speaker 1: The other option is to pick another night, like, Hey,

872
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:11,320
Speaker 1: isn't Friday night more exciting? You know you want to?

873
00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:14,399
Speaker 1: I think you want to divert Thursday night to Friday night.

874
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:19,440
Speaker 1: That's probably your best bet because I and maybe you

875
00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:23,160
Speaker 1: can go with this approach. You say, Look, I agree, Hun,

876
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:25,800
Speaker 1: we should have a date night every week. I'm all

877
00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:29,200
Speaker 1: for it. If we do this on Thursday night. I'm

878
00:46:29,239 --> 00:46:32,280
Speaker 1: worried I'm gonna be a little distracted by Thursday night football.

879
00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:34,440
Speaker 1: I might be checking my phone focus on you, and

880
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:36,799
Speaker 1: I don't want to upset you, you know, glancing down

881
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:39,920
Speaker 1: at my phone, checking my fantasy roster, all this stuff.

882
00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:42,360
Speaker 1: Why don't we do Friday night? I just think it

883
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:45,160
Speaker 1: would be a better night overall for us. There's more

884
00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:48,360
Speaker 1: people out, it's better atmosphere. I think that's how you

885
00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:50,359
Speaker 1: have to sell that. You have to sell it from

886
00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:56,799
Speaker 1: the standpoint of relationship means a lot to me. Friday undivided,

887
00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:59,799
Speaker 1: one hundred attention. I don't want to be glancing at

888
00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:02,680
Speaker 1: my checking my fantasy roster when I should be focused

889
00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:05,880
Speaker 1: on you. I don't know. Just would you think that

890
00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:06,279
Speaker 1: would fly?

891
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:07,439
Speaker 3: I think that could fly.

892
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:11,120
Speaker 2: One other idea I have is if you like to cook,

893
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:13,759
Speaker 2: or if you are a good cook, you could do

894
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:17,040
Speaker 2: date night at home on Thursday night and you could

895
00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:19,920
Speaker 2: cook dinner for your wife and maybe get her some

896
00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:24,759
Speaker 2: flowers or something and some compensation there, and then you

897
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:27,160
Speaker 2: could you two could sit and watch the beginning of

898
00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:28,520
Speaker 2: Thursday night football together.

899
00:47:28,719 --> 00:47:32,040
Speaker 1: Right, and she you said she's not a fan of football.

900
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:36,200
Speaker 1: Besides just bills games, so that does that can get tricky,

901
00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:39,600
Speaker 1: but I think I think that's a good Staying in

902
00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:43,880
Speaker 1: is one option. I think your best bet long term

903
00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:48,040
Speaker 1: might be to find lobby for another night. Like if

904
00:47:48,040 --> 00:47:50,120
Speaker 1: Thursday night football is that important to you, you're gonna

905
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:53,360
Speaker 1: have to lobby for another night. Otherwise you're gonna have

906
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:56,080
Speaker 1: to make the Thursday night sacrifice. So long as you

907
00:47:56,120 --> 00:48:00,640
Speaker 1: get Monday night and Sunday in return, if you're getting

908
00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:02,200
Speaker 1: two out of the three days of the week, you're

909
00:48:02,239 --> 00:48:06,600
Speaker 1: doing pretty well. Good luck, good luck with that one.

910
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:11,200
Speaker 1: Mike Andrew says, I have a dilemma. So the October

911
00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:13,600
Speaker 1: eighth game at nine thirty in the morning in London

912
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:16,759
Speaker 1: is a Sunday. I hate morning games like this because

913
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:18,680
Speaker 1: I go to church at nine point fifteen. What should

914
00:48:18,719 --> 00:48:21,799
Speaker 1: I do? Skip church or watch the game or watch

915
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:24,480
Speaker 1: the game at church? Oh boy, don't do that, laugh

916
00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:26,640
Speaker 1: out loud, Please God forgive me. What would you do?

917
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:27,359
Speaker 6: All right?

918
00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:30,440
Speaker 1: Andrew? This is a simple one here. You got to

919
00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:33,919
Speaker 1: go to another church service. Like a lot. I don't

920
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:36,040
Speaker 1: know what your denomination is, but there are a lot

921
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:39,960
Speaker 1: of church services that are Saturday afternoon four four in

922
00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:44,719
Speaker 1: the afternoon six pm, and then on Sundays. Obviously the

923
00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:48,360
Speaker 1: later services don't work because the game's still going. But

924
00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:51,959
Speaker 1: I do know that there are some services that start

925
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:55,040
Speaker 1: as early as eight thirty am, Like they'll have an

926
00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:57,759
Speaker 1: eight thirty and a ten. So you may not be

927
00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:01,240
Speaker 1: able to attend church at your particular parents that weekend.

928
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:05,640
Speaker 1: But if you want to work around, I mean, you're

929
00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:08,759
Speaker 1: gonna have to see God out in another location and

930
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:13,160
Speaker 1: hit another church, perhaps with an earlier service time. I mean,

931
00:49:13,440 --> 00:49:16,040
Speaker 1: worse comes to worse. Go to a nine o'clock mass,

932
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:20,520
Speaker 1: you'll be out of there by nine five, like ten,

933
00:49:21,640 --> 00:49:24,360
Speaker 1: You're only missing like what half of the first quarter.

934
00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:25,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, you'll be okay.

935
00:49:26,040 --> 00:49:28,400
Speaker 2: Or if your church streams, you can always watch the

936
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:29,719
Speaker 2: service back the next day.

937
00:49:30,840 --> 00:49:33,160
Speaker 1: I or you could watch watch the live stream with

938
00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:36,160
Speaker 1: one eye and you know, have the game on mute

939
00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:38,640
Speaker 1: with the other. Put the game on mute there so

940
00:49:38,760 --> 00:49:41,400
Speaker 1: you know, have your laptop open. If your parish streams

941
00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:48,120
Speaker 1: their service, do it remote, sound up, participate in church service,

942
00:49:48,280 --> 00:49:50,880
Speaker 1: and then have the game on mute over there. Sat

943
00:49:50,920 --> 00:49:53,000
Speaker 1: look at this, Look at these solutions. That's a good

944
00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:55,600
Speaker 1: one man, he's streaming it. I like that idea very

945
00:49:55,600 --> 00:49:57,400
Speaker 1: well done. All right, just some of the solutions we

946
00:49:57,480 --> 00:50:00,160
Speaker 1: have here on the Football Relationship Hotline. If you have

947
00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:02,160
Speaker 1: any others, you let us know. Eight oh three oh

948
00:50:02,280 --> 00:50:04,839
Speaker 1: five fifty one eight eight five fifty two five fifty.

949
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Speaker 1: We have to break here because when we return, our

950
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Speaker 1: number two is going to begin with Commander's radio color

951
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:16,120
Speaker 1: analyst and former Bills linebacker London Fletcher. And just fill

952
00:50:16,200 --> 00:50:19,000
Speaker 1: us in on that Washington Commander's Club surprising two and

953
00:50:19,080 --> 00:50:55,600
Speaker 1: oh next here on One Bill's Live. This this One

954
00:50:55,760 --> 00:51:00,440
Speaker 1: Bill's Live, presented by Kaleida Health. All right, Ran, welcome

955
00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:02,960
Speaker 1: to hour number two here on a Thursday. Chris Brown,

956
00:51:03,040 --> 00:51:05,200
Speaker 1: Maddy Glab with you here on One Bills Live, and

957
00:51:05,360 --> 00:51:08,680
Speaker 1: please to be joined now by the radio color analyst

958
00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:12,840
Speaker 1: for the Washington Commanders and a face you know very

959
00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:16,480
Speaker 1: very well, former Bills linebacker London Fletcher joining us here

960
00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:18,520
Speaker 1: on the show. Fletch. How you been. How's it going

961
00:51:18,560 --> 00:51:19,360
Speaker 1: down there in DC?

962
00:51:20,760 --> 00:51:20,960
Speaker 6: Oh?

963
00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:23,640
Speaker 8: It's great, great times being two and zero for the

964
00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:27,839
Speaker 8: first time since twenty eleven. We're excited about the game

965
00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:31,400
Speaker 8: we have this weekend against the Buffalo Bills. You know

966
00:51:31,440 --> 00:51:35,919
Speaker 8: it's a sold out stadium. It should be a fun game.

967
00:51:36,239 --> 00:51:37,600
Speaker 8: I'm really looking forward to it.

968
00:51:38,239 --> 00:51:40,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, we're looking forward to it as well.

969
00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:43,080
Speaker 2: I mean, the Washington Commanders have one heck of a

970
00:51:43,160 --> 00:51:44,160
Speaker 2: defensive line.

971
00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:46,439
Speaker 3: What have you seen out of their front so far?

972
00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:49,080
Speaker 2: And why are they able to pressure that quarterback at

973
00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:50,239
Speaker 2: such a high rate.

974
00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:55,000
Speaker 8: Well, first and foremost, they have some really talented players.

975
00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:58,319
Speaker 8: Flo out of the four defensive starters on that line,

976
00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:02,359
Speaker 8: we're all former first round draft picks. Last weekend, Chase

977
00:52:02,360 --> 00:52:05,120
Speaker 8: Young made his season debut and he really had an

978
00:52:05,120 --> 00:52:09,560
Speaker 8: impact on the game against the Broncos. Dron Payne and

979
00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:13,600
Speaker 8: Jonathan Allen and Monte swept. They haven't missed a beat

980
00:52:13,640 --> 00:52:16,160
Speaker 8: from from a season ago. Both pay and Allen were

981
00:52:16,640 --> 00:52:19,439
Speaker 8: or Pro Bowl defensive tackles a season ago. And these

982
00:52:19,480 --> 00:52:22,200
Speaker 8: guys are just playing at an extremely high level. They

983
00:52:22,520 --> 00:52:25,319
Speaker 8: they do a great job of playing off each other too.

984
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:29,280
Speaker 8: They run their games, they're they're selfless, and it really

985
00:52:29,680 --> 00:52:31,040
Speaker 8: you know, put a lot. They put a lot of

986
00:52:31,040 --> 00:52:33,920
Speaker 8: pressure on your offensive line in terms of who are

987
00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:37,560
Speaker 8: you gonna slide protection to you? You can't double every everybody,

988
00:52:37,840 --> 00:52:39,960
Speaker 8: so that's that's an issue. And then a lot of

989
00:52:39,960 --> 00:52:43,359
Speaker 8: times we'll play they'll play five defensive linement in the game,

990
00:52:43,400 --> 00:52:46,080
Speaker 8: and that's gonna create one on one matchups for everybody

991
00:52:46,120 --> 00:52:46,840
Speaker 8: across the board.

992
00:52:47,320 --> 00:52:50,480
Speaker 1: Okay, so a little fifty front. That's interesting. What do

993
00:52:50,560 --> 00:52:54,960
Speaker 1: you what do you make of the progression of Sam Howell?

994
00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:57,520
Speaker 1: He seems to be on somewhat of a fast track here,

995
00:52:57,960 --> 00:53:03,800
Speaker 1: playing confidently, playing aggressivelee Is he walking the line pretty

996
00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:06,880
Speaker 1: well from because there's a fine line between aggressive and

997
00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:10,279
Speaker 1: reckless London. But he's got confidence right now for a

998
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:12,640
Speaker 1: young player. What have you seen through two games?

999
00:53:13,480 --> 00:53:13,680
Speaker 6: Yeah?

1000
00:53:13,719 --> 00:53:16,480
Speaker 8: Now, Sam, Sam's not a reckless type of football player.

1001
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:19,680
Speaker 8: You know, first game he threw he threw a bad interception. Okay,

1002
00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:22,239
Speaker 8: kind of the ball got hit tipped as he was

1003
00:53:22,320 --> 00:53:24,799
Speaker 8: letting it go. But for the most part, he's not

1004
00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:28,560
Speaker 8: out there just taking shots and throwing into you know,

1005
00:53:28,920 --> 00:53:32,120
Speaker 8: putting the ball in places that he necessarily shouldn't shouldn't

1006
00:53:32,120 --> 00:53:35,760
Speaker 8: put the ball into. But what I like about about

1007
00:53:35,800 --> 00:53:39,600
Speaker 8: Sam is his demeanor, his poise in the pocket. He's

1008
00:53:39,920 --> 00:53:42,239
Speaker 8: you know, weekend and week out, he continues to get better,

1009
00:53:42,320 --> 00:53:45,239
Speaker 8: you saw, and we've seen a great improvement from him

1010
00:53:45,280 --> 00:53:49,719
Speaker 8: this offseason. And just his command, his leadership, his understanding

1011
00:53:49,719 --> 00:53:52,799
Speaker 8: of the offense. You know, he has a strong arm,

1012
00:53:53,120 --> 00:53:54,600
Speaker 8: and he has the ability to make a lot of

1013
00:53:54,680 --> 00:53:56,920
Speaker 8: nice throws like that that throw down the sideline in

1014
00:53:56,960 --> 00:54:00,320
Speaker 8: the between a couple against the cover two corner in

1015
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:03,040
Speaker 8: the safety. And he has athleticism. He can run, he

1016
00:54:03,080 --> 00:54:06,279
Speaker 8: can make plays. He has a natural instincts almost like

1017
00:54:07,440 --> 00:54:09,960
Speaker 8: Josh Josh Allen. It's not as big as Josh, but

1018
00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:12,200
Speaker 8: he can make plays with his legs.

1019
00:54:13,080 --> 00:54:15,720
Speaker 2: I mean, he had four passes of over twenty yards

1020
00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:18,719
Speaker 2: against the Broncos in Week two and it was fun

1021
00:54:18,760 --> 00:54:22,080
Speaker 2: to watch him spread the needle to guys like Terry McLaurin.

1022
00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:25,040
Speaker 2: What is it about that connection him and Terry McLaurin

1023
00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:26,360
Speaker 2: that just makes sense.

1024
00:54:28,080 --> 00:54:31,720
Speaker 8: Well, first, you know, Terry is a great young receiver,

1025
00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:36,759
Speaker 8: not known nationally. Part of that not known as as

1026
00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:41,480
Speaker 8: well nationally as his play skills would dictate and determine.

1027
00:54:41,640 --> 00:54:43,680
Speaker 8: You know, part of that is he's had so many

1028
00:54:43,680 --> 00:54:48,160
Speaker 8: different starting quarterbacks, but he's had three consecutive thousand yard seasons.

1029
00:54:48,600 --> 00:54:52,080
Speaker 8: With Terry, he's great at making the fifty to fifty catches,

1030
00:54:52,120 --> 00:54:55,520
Speaker 8: adjusting to deep balls. He has great speed and with

1031
00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:59,000
Speaker 8: those guys there's just a trust in the chemistry with

1032
00:54:59,080 --> 00:55:01,919
Speaker 8: them that you know has develop over over the off

1033
00:55:01,960 --> 00:55:05,600
Speaker 8: season and and not with just Terry we got it.

1034
00:55:05,600 --> 00:55:09,080
Speaker 8: We got some other playmakers. Johan Dawson, the second year

1035
00:55:09,160 --> 00:55:11,600
Speaker 8: player out of Penn State. He only had three catches

1036
00:55:12,120 --> 00:55:15,160
Speaker 8: against the Broncos, but the ball was spread around a

1037
00:55:15,200 --> 00:55:17,200
Speaker 8: lot to a lot of different receivers. He's a He's

1038
00:55:17,239 --> 00:55:19,520
Speaker 8: a guy that can can make a lot of plays.

1039
00:55:19,880 --> 00:55:22,640
Speaker 8: Curtis Samue He's another guy who can make make some plays.

1040
00:55:22,640 --> 00:55:24,799
Speaker 8: We've got some tight ends who are also weapons in

1041
00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:27,879
Speaker 8: the passing game and our and our running backs, they're

1042
00:55:27,880 --> 00:55:29,319
Speaker 8: also a threat out of the backfield too.

1043
00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:31,400
Speaker 1: Yeah. I was going to ask you about Brian Robinson

1044
00:55:31,400 --> 00:55:33,960
Speaker 1: because he's a load six one two twenty five, but

1045
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:38,520
Speaker 1: he has uncommon athleticism for a player that size. But

1046
00:55:38,640 --> 00:55:40,840
Speaker 1: he's he's lower in the shoulder the last couple of

1047
00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:43,080
Speaker 1: weeks and he's getting in the end zone. What how

1048
00:55:43,200 --> 00:55:46,719
Speaker 1: how effective have the commanders been running in the red

1049
00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:48,799
Speaker 1: zone where you know, I don't need to tell you

1050
00:55:48,880 --> 00:55:51,440
Speaker 1: it's tougher for offenses to do that with everything packed

1051
00:55:51,440 --> 00:55:54,480
Speaker 1: in so tight. Has he been pretty productive down there?

1052
00:55:55,760 --> 00:55:59,080
Speaker 8: He has, especially his past game against the the Denver

1053
00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:03,239
Speaker 8: Broncos would be uh, it's a situation where you know,

1054
00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:05,279
Speaker 8: get the ball to him. The more you can get

1055
00:56:05,280 --> 00:56:08,440
Speaker 8: the ball to him, the better he gets, the stronger

1056
00:56:08,480 --> 00:56:10,879
Speaker 8: he gets. You mentioned his size at six one two

1057
00:56:11,160 --> 00:56:13,440
Speaker 8: and thirty pounds, he's more like six he's more like

1058
00:56:13,480 --> 00:56:17,520
Speaker 8: six two, two hundred thirty pounds. But he also has

1059
00:56:17,560 --> 00:56:20,960
Speaker 8: his ability to what I call make himself skinny, and

1060
00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:22,880
Speaker 8: that sounds kind of you know, like, man, how can

1061
00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:25,319
Speaker 8: a guy that that size get skinny? But he has

1062
00:56:25,320 --> 00:56:28,319
Speaker 8: the ability to get through small creases and really get

1063
00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:31,760
Speaker 8: through holes that that a guy back that big shouldn't

1064
00:56:31,760 --> 00:56:34,200
Speaker 8: be able to get through. But he has great feet,

1065
00:56:34,239 --> 00:56:36,239
Speaker 8: great vision, and you see the body lean that he

1066
00:56:36,360 --> 00:56:38,759
Speaker 8: runs with for a big back. He reminds me a

1067
00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:41,879
Speaker 8: lot of a guy like Edrin James, who always had

1068
00:56:41,880 --> 00:56:44,920
Speaker 8: that forward lean as he was, you know, taking on

1069
00:56:45,560 --> 00:56:48,320
Speaker 8: defenders and you know, you rarely see him get knocked

1070
00:56:48,320 --> 00:56:51,759
Speaker 8: backwards because he runs behind his pass and he's a

1071
00:56:51,760 --> 00:56:54,919
Speaker 8: load to tackle him. As the game gets gets going,

1072
00:56:54,960 --> 00:56:57,600
Speaker 8: the more they give him the ball, he can wear

1073
00:56:57,680 --> 00:57:00,920
Speaker 8: defense out. And he's definitely someone that you have to be,

1074
00:57:01,800 --> 00:57:04,560
Speaker 8: you know, custom accounted for both as a run and

1075
00:57:04,600 --> 00:57:07,359
Speaker 8: also receiver to utilizing me more in a passing game

1076
00:57:07,440 --> 00:57:07,960
Speaker 8: this year too.

1077
00:57:08,320 --> 00:57:10,239
Speaker 2: Now, when you look at this matchup this week three,

1078
00:57:10,280 --> 00:57:12,920
Speaker 2: matchup between two talented teams, Bills are one and one

1079
00:57:13,000 --> 00:57:15,000
Speaker 2: the Commanders to and no, what do you think the

1080
00:57:15,040 --> 00:57:16,960
Speaker 2: Commanders are going to have to do? What do you

1081
00:57:16,960 --> 00:57:19,400
Speaker 2: think has to go right for them going up against

1082
00:57:19,400 --> 00:57:22,040
Speaker 2: a team that has an explosive offense with Josh Allen

1083
00:57:22,040 --> 00:57:25,800
Speaker 2: in a defense that knows how to shut opposing offenses down.

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00:57:27,080 --> 00:57:28,360
Speaker 6: Yeah, you luck.

1085
00:57:28,520 --> 00:57:31,080
Speaker 8: You look at uh at Buffalo and what they've been

1086
00:57:31,120 --> 00:57:33,800
Speaker 8: able to accomplish this. Josh has, you know, been the

1087
00:57:33,840 --> 00:57:36,840
Speaker 8: starting quarterback there, a big physical guy, and really over

1088
00:57:36,880 --> 00:57:39,960
Speaker 8: the last one four three four seasons, that offense has really,

1089
00:57:40,200 --> 00:57:42,560
Speaker 8: you know, been the best in the National Football League.

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00:57:42,640 --> 00:57:42,960
Speaker 6: Scorn.

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00:57:43,600 --> 00:57:46,760
Speaker 8: You got to eliminate the explosives. That's that's first and foremost.

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00:57:47,320 --> 00:57:49,320
Speaker 8: We gave up some explosives in the in the passing

1093
00:57:49,360 --> 00:57:53,840
Speaker 8: game last week against the Broncos. I'm sure Buffalo, their

1094
00:57:53,920 --> 00:57:56,000
Speaker 8: offensive coach, they'll see that and say, hey, maybe there's

1095
00:57:56,040 --> 00:58:00,560
Speaker 8: some opportunities for us to get some explosive plays. You know,

1096
00:58:00,640 --> 00:58:04,600
Speaker 8: it's not let Josh kind of beat you with his legs,

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00:58:04,600 --> 00:58:07,840
Speaker 8: and that's that's easier, said than done, because he has

1098
00:58:07,920 --> 00:58:11,000
Speaker 8: that knack to extend plays whether he's trying to buy

1099
00:58:11,040 --> 00:58:14,360
Speaker 8: where it's buying time, you know, to to five receivers

1100
00:58:14,400 --> 00:58:16,320
Speaker 8: down the field, or he can hurt you when he

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00:58:16,400 --> 00:58:18,600
Speaker 8: decides to run the football. So that's gonna be something

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00:58:19,040 --> 00:58:23,280
Speaker 8: you have to be cognizant of and defensively, offensively, you know,

1103
00:58:23,320 --> 00:58:26,240
Speaker 8: be efficient with the football, beater, be able to take

1104
00:58:26,280 --> 00:58:28,640
Speaker 8: care of it, not not have the turnovers and things

1105
00:58:28,680 --> 00:58:29,320
Speaker 8: like that, but.

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00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:32,640
Speaker 6: Just do what you've done Sam.

1107
00:58:32,640 --> 00:58:35,400
Speaker 8: In terms of get the ball to to your playmakers,

1108
00:58:35,800 --> 00:58:37,400
Speaker 8: I'm sure they'll they'll look to run the ball a

1109
00:58:37,400 --> 00:58:40,400
Speaker 8: little bit, although Buffalo was very stout and stop of

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00:58:40,440 --> 00:58:43,680
Speaker 8: the run against the Oakland or Las Vegas Raiders, i

1111
00:58:43,680 --> 00:58:45,920
Speaker 8: should say, last week. So it's a tough it's a

1112
00:58:45,960 --> 00:58:49,520
Speaker 8: tough matchup. They're extremely well coached. What Sean McDermott has

1113
00:58:49,520 --> 00:58:51,880
Speaker 8: been able to do with that football team, you can't

1114
00:58:51,880 --> 00:58:54,160
Speaker 8: help but take your hat off to the team that

1115
00:58:54,240 --> 00:58:56,400
Speaker 8: he has and why they're one of the elite teams in

1116
00:58:56,440 --> 00:58:58,240
Speaker 8: the National Football Football League.

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00:58:58,280 --> 00:59:01,280
Speaker 1: You mentioned London that you know they don't want Josh

1118
00:59:01,320 --> 00:59:04,000
Speaker 1: beating them with their legs. I believe it's jam and Davis,

1119
00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:06,800
Speaker 1: the outside linebacker who's used as the spy when they

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00:59:06,800 --> 00:59:09,880
Speaker 1: decide to deploy one more often than not. Do you

1121
00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:13,000
Speaker 1: think we could see a little jam and Davis spy

1122
00:59:13,160 --> 00:59:15,919
Speaker 1: action this week or I mean because Josh hasn't run

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00:59:15,960 --> 00:59:18,440
Speaker 1: a ton the first two weeks, I mean, it's not

1124
00:59:18,560 --> 00:59:20,200
Speaker 1: like he's doing it as much as he has in

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00:59:20,240 --> 00:59:21,160
Speaker 1: the past.

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Speaker 8: I'm not sure you know that they're going to look

1127
00:59:26,360 --> 00:59:27,840
Speaker 8: to do a whole lot of that. It's just a

1128
00:59:28,280 --> 00:59:30,600
Speaker 8: situations You got to prepare for everything. But I'm not

1129
00:59:30,640 --> 00:59:33,960
Speaker 8: sure that that'll that's necessarily you know, will be a

1130
00:59:33,960 --> 00:59:36,720
Speaker 8: big part of the game plan. Maybe you know when

1131
00:59:36,720 --> 00:59:40,520
Speaker 8: you when you when you assign somebody to spy a quarterback,

1132
00:59:40,560 --> 00:59:43,280
Speaker 8: then you you know, taking one less guy to coverage

1133
00:59:43,280 --> 00:59:45,640
Speaker 8: and things like that. So you know, Jack deale Real,

1134
00:59:45,680 --> 00:59:48,320
Speaker 8: the defensive coordinator, he does a great job of, you know,

1135
00:59:48,400 --> 00:59:50,520
Speaker 8: coming up with schemes, and that staff they do a

1136
00:59:50,520 --> 00:59:53,600
Speaker 8: great job of coming up with different different game plans

1137
00:59:53,640 --> 00:59:58,240
Speaker 8: to try to neutralize offenses in general, well understanding what

1138
00:59:58,280 --> 01:00:00,840
Speaker 8: their strengths are as an offense and up there weaknesses

1139
01:00:00,840 --> 01:00:03,840
Speaker 8: are as an offense. So from there you come up

1140
01:00:03,880 --> 01:00:05,800
Speaker 8: with the game plan and you have to be willing

1141
01:00:05,840 --> 01:00:08,760
Speaker 8: to adjust and adapt based on how the game is going.

1142
01:00:08,840 --> 01:00:12,080
Speaker 8: So you know, I'm sure they'll have multiple plans in place,

1143
01:00:12,160 --> 01:00:14,960
Speaker 8: but you you jam and is you know, it's a

1144
01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:18,120
Speaker 8: really good cover guy too, so and James Cook out

1145
01:00:18,160 --> 01:00:19,640
Speaker 8: of the backfield as a problem. So you know, you

1146
01:00:19,680 --> 01:00:22,880
Speaker 8: gotta you gotta kind of figure out ways to you know,

1147
01:00:22,920 --> 01:00:24,600
Speaker 8: look at all the weapons and how you're going to

1148
01:00:24,640 --> 01:00:28,080
Speaker 8: neutralize those weapons that Buffalo has on office in general,

1149
01:00:28,120 --> 01:00:30,800
Speaker 8: they got two really good tight ends, got good receivers,

1150
01:00:30,800 --> 01:00:32,840
Speaker 8: So it's a it's a it's a major challenge for

1151
01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:33,440
Speaker 8: our defense.

1152
01:00:33,760 --> 01:00:35,800
Speaker 2: When you look at the Commanders start to the season,

1153
01:00:35,880 --> 01:00:38,920
Speaker 2: is there anything that hasn't gotten enough attention that you

1154
01:00:39,000 --> 01:00:41,840
Speaker 2: think should that has that has led to the success

1155
01:00:41,960 --> 01:00:43,600
Speaker 2: this team has had so far.

1156
01:00:45,800 --> 01:00:49,280
Speaker 6: You know, defense has lived up to its billing in

1157
01:00:49,360 --> 01:00:50,200
Speaker 6: both the games.

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Speaker 8: First and foremost the first game against the Arizona Cardinals,

1159
01:00:52,960 --> 01:00:55,120
Speaker 8: they they really are keyed that victory.

1160
01:00:55,400 --> 01:00:57,160
Speaker 6: My test wet had had a.

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01:00:57,080 --> 01:01:01,280
Speaker 8: Couple of turnovers, uh sacks and forced fumbles that that

1162
01:01:01,440 --> 01:01:04,600
Speaker 8: really helped help win that ball game. And then last

1163
01:01:04,600 --> 01:01:08,040
Speaker 8: week they really makes a place after we got down

1164
01:01:08,080 --> 01:01:10,720
Speaker 8: twenty one to three to get back in that ball game.

1165
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Speaker 8: I think the reputation of Sam how is starting to

1166
01:01:15,360 --> 01:01:18,760
Speaker 8: kind of spread around the country and understanding what his

1167
01:01:18,880 --> 01:01:22,800
Speaker 8: talents are and things like that. I think maybe the

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01:01:22,840 --> 01:01:26,120
Speaker 8: play calling of erb Enemy hasn't gotten as much as

1169
01:01:26,320 --> 01:01:30,520
Speaker 8: attention as as it deserves, because he called an outstanding

1170
01:01:30,560 --> 01:01:35,640
Speaker 8: football game against the Denver Broncos, just timely play calling

1171
01:01:35,720 --> 01:01:39,480
Speaker 8: and really you know, spread of the football around and

1172
01:01:39,560 --> 01:01:42,800
Speaker 8: some creativity. So I would say probably the play calling

1173
01:01:42,880 --> 01:01:46,480
Speaker 8: of Erb Enemy hasn't gotten as as much attentions as

1174
01:01:46,480 --> 01:01:47,800
Speaker 8: it should as it should have.

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Speaker 1: Last one I've got for you London ownership. Obviously, with

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Speaker 1: the new ownership, I'm curious, like how much has the

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01:01:56,160 --> 01:01:59,680
Speaker 1: vibe and the enthusiasm and the positive energy for the

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01:01:59,680 --> 01:02:04,040
Speaker 1: friends gone up, because that's kind of what we see

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01:02:04,080 --> 01:02:06,960
Speaker 1: from the ten thousand feet you know, ten thousand mile

1180
01:02:07,040 --> 01:02:09,960
Speaker 1: away view. I'm curious, being down there and embedded in it,

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01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:12,800
Speaker 1: what is the energy like from the fan base and

1182
01:02:12,840 --> 01:02:14,640
Speaker 1: everything with the ownership change.

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01:02:15,240 --> 01:02:15,439
Speaker 6: Yeah.

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01:02:15,600 --> 01:02:17,640
Speaker 8: Yeah, the view that you see from ten thousand feet

1185
01:02:18,040 --> 01:02:21,120
Speaker 8: is the view that is, you know, right right in

1186
01:02:21,440 --> 01:02:23,880
Speaker 8: at ten feet away or however you want, however close

1187
01:02:23,920 --> 01:02:27,600
Speaker 8: you are to the situation. The fan base has definitely

1188
01:02:28,680 --> 01:02:33,040
Speaker 8: have come back. There's been more fans re engaged. There

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01:02:33,120 --> 01:02:38,120
Speaker 8: was a sense of, you know, fans not necessarily supporting

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01:02:38,600 --> 01:02:43,120
Speaker 8: the team in years pass under the previous ownership. And

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Speaker 8: I'm happy for the current players because now they're able

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01:02:46,080 --> 01:02:50,320
Speaker 8: to get that type of support. You're having a fans

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01:02:50,360 --> 01:02:52,520
Speaker 8: that are coming to our ball games now. There, like

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01:02:52,560 --> 01:02:55,040
Speaker 8: I said, two sellouts in a row, and I know

1195
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Speaker 8: some of those will be Bills fans, and I know,

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01:02:57,480 --> 01:03:00,240
Speaker 8: you know Bill's manfield will be in the building. Yeah,

1197
01:03:01,120 --> 01:03:04,400
Speaker 8: I know those fans travel well, and you know, but

1198
01:03:05,360 --> 01:03:10,040
Speaker 8: just the excitement, there's hope for the for the community,

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Speaker 8: the fan base, the players, that the morale around there,

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01:03:12,760 --> 01:03:16,240
Speaker 8: the building is better, the just the energy of everything

1201
01:03:16,320 --> 01:03:19,280
Speaker 8: is a lot better. So there's a great sense of

1202
01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:24,680
Speaker 8: just hoping and enjoyment and and thinking about the possibilities

1203
01:03:24,720 --> 01:03:28,200
Speaker 8: of what can happen under the new leadership group. And

1204
01:03:28,240 --> 01:03:31,280
Speaker 8: those guys have been great. I mean, they they know

1205
01:03:31,320 --> 01:03:35,520
Speaker 8: how to own sports teams. Mister Harris, He's owned he

1206
01:03:35,600 --> 01:03:39,200
Speaker 8: owns the Philadelphia seventy six ers, owns the New Jersey Devils.

1207
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Speaker 8: They have a vision and they know how to do it.

1208
01:03:42,600 --> 01:03:45,480
Speaker 8: They've already done some things at the stadium to improve

1209
01:03:45,800 --> 01:03:47,880
Speaker 8: the fan experience. So it's been a it's been a

1210
01:03:47,920 --> 01:03:51,560
Speaker 8: lot of positive that things that have happened with under

1211
01:03:51,560 --> 01:03:52,479
Speaker 8: the new ownership group.

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Speaker 1: All Right, Fletch, well listen, thanks very much for the time.

1213
01:03:57,080 --> 01:03:58,800
Speaker 1: I'll try to catch up with you on Sunday and

1214
01:03:58,840 --> 01:04:01,160
Speaker 1: just say hello, good to see and thanks for the time.

1215
01:04:02,240 --> 01:04:05,080
Speaker 6: Yeah, I catch I catch you and Wood that's right

1216
01:04:05,120 --> 01:04:05,600
Speaker 6: on the game.

1217
01:04:06,360 --> 01:04:08,920
Speaker 8: You know as a now that I call the games

1218
01:04:08,920 --> 01:04:11,880
Speaker 8: on the radio anytime I'm in my car and if

1219
01:04:11,920 --> 01:04:13,200
Speaker 8: I get a chance, I'm.

1220
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Speaker 6: Listening to to the broadcast.

1221
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Speaker 8: And I actually caught your call the game after last week,

1222
01:04:22,080 --> 01:04:25,120
Speaker 8: last year's Cincinnati game with with Demorrow Hamlin and the

1223
01:04:25,360 --> 01:04:27,040
Speaker 8: opening kickoff was taken.

1224
01:04:26,760 --> 01:04:29,560
Speaker 6: Back and I called and I and I caught that

1225
01:04:29,640 --> 01:04:30,440
Speaker 6: game on the radio.

1226
01:04:30,520 --> 01:04:32,280
Speaker 8: We had a I think we had a later game

1227
01:04:32,320 --> 01:04:34,880
Speaker 8: and I was driving to the stadium and I heard.

1228
01:04:34,920 --> 01:04:36,760
Speaker 8: I was like, man, what a what a call by

1229
01:04:36,800 --> 01:04:39,640
Speaker 8: you and I and you know that was that was

1230
01:04:39,680 --> 01:04:43,360
Speaker 8: a phenomenal, phenomenal call and just uh just wanted to

1231
01:04:43,360 --> 01:04:45,400
Speaker 8: give you your your just on that.

1232
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Speaker 1: I appreciate that. I appreciate that. I'm sure you're killing

1233
01:04:48,280 --> 01:04:50,280
Speaker 1: it on your end. Of things too, But yeah, look

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01:04:50,280 --> 01:04:51,800
Speaker 1: forward to catching up at the end the booth there

1235
01:04:51,800 --> 01:04:52,760
Speaker 1: on Sunday.

1236
01:04:53,320 --> 01:04:54,560
Speaker 6: All right, looking forward to seeing you.

1237
01:04:54,600 --> 01:04:58,000
Speaker 1: All right, that's London Fletcher joining us here, uh, giving

1238
01:04:58,080 --> 01:05:00,720
Speaker 1: us the four one one on the Washington Commanders. And

1239
01:05:01,400 --> 01:05:03,919
Speaker 1: I get the sense, Maddie that they feel like this

1240
01:05:04,280 --> 01:05:07,640
Speaker 1: is a measuring stick game for them, Like, hey, we

1241
01:05:07,720 --> 01:05:10,840
Speaker 1: beat the Arizona Cardinals, nobody's really thinking too much of

1242
01:05:10,880 --> 01:05:13,600
Speaker 1: them this year. We beat a Broncos team that's got

1243
01:05:13,640 --> 01:05:15,360
Speaker 1: a new head coach and is trying to find its

1244
01:05:15,360 --> 01:05:17,680
Speaker 1: way a little bit. But if we get a win

1245
01:05:17,720 --> 01:05:21,080
Speaker 1: over the Bills, people might start taking us a little

1246
01:05:21,120 --> 01:05:23,320
Speaker 1: bit more seriously. I think they're thinking that because then

1247
01:05:23,320 --> 01:05:24,920
Speaker 1: they'll be three. They would be three and zero at

1248
01:05:24,960 --> 01:05:25,440
Speaker 1: that point.

1249
01:05:25,600 --> 01:05:28,680
Speaker 2: And every team has those measuring stick games to start

1250
01:05:28,720 --> 01:05:31,960
Speaker 2: the season before you really know a team's identity, before

1251
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:34,840
Speaker 2: you know the team's true colors. And it happens within

1252
01:05:34,880 --> 01:05:37,080
Speaker 2: those I would say, the first six weeks of the

1253
01:05:37,120 --> 01:05:39,120
Speaker 2: season where you have some of those games and you're like,

1254
01:05:39,360 --> 01:05:41,760
Speaker 2: all right, let's see how we match up against this team.

1255
01:05:41,800 --> 01:05:44,720
Speaker 2: We respect the hack out of these guys because they've

1256
01:05:44,760 --> 01:05:46,800
Speaker 2: been in the playoffs a year after year after year.

1257
01:05:46,960 --> 01:05:49,560
Speaker 2: This is a super Bowl caliber roster, so let's see

1258
01:05:49,680 --> 01:05:51,720
Speaker 2: if we can hang with them. And he talked about

1259
01:05:51,800 --> 01:05:55,120
Speaker 2: Eric Benemy's offense and that not giving getting enough attention

1260
01:05:55,960 --> 01:06:00,000
Speaker 2: that it deserves and the Bills against Eric Benemy's offense

1261
01:06:00,240 --> 01:06:02,760
Speaker 2: when he was at the Chiefs. They've done a good

1262
01:06:02,880 --> 01:06:05,640
Speaker 2: job against the Buffalo Bills under Sean McDermott and the

1263
01:06:05,640 --> 01:06:09,720
Speaker 2: Sean McDermott era, averaging almost thirty points a game. I

1264
01:06:09,760 --> 01:06:12,560
Speaker 2: know it's a different team with the commander's, different quarterback,

1265
01:06:12,760 --> 01:06:16,440
Speaker 2: different players, but you wonder what an offensive coordinator is

1266
01:06:16,480 --> 01:06:18,720
Speaker 2: going to do and is going to call against a

1267
01:06:18,800 --> 01:06:22,560
Speaker 2: team that he's seen quite a few times and is

1268
01:06:22,640 --> 01:06:23,280
Speaker 2: familiar with.

1269
01:06:23,480 --> 01:06:26,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, he knows what this defense is about, having played

1270
01:06:26,600 --> 01:06:28,920
Speaker 1: it each of the last few years, with the Chiefs

1271
01:06:28,920 --> 01:06:32,280
Speaker 1: and Bills meeting up so many times over the last

1272
01:06:32,280 --> 01:06:34,920
Speaker 1: three or four seasons. And then on top of that,

1273
01:06:35,120 --> 01:06:37,920
Speaker 1: I think the best thing he's done is he's given

1274
01:06:37,960 --> 01:06:41,840
Speaker 1: Sam Howell the confidence that he can execute. And we

1275
01:06:41,880 --> 01:06:45,280
Speaker 1: saw him do that, and maybe to a lesser extent

1276
01:06:45,320 --> 01:06:47,560
Speaker 1: because Andy Reid does a lot of the play calling

1277
01:06:47,600 --> 01:06:49,840
Speaker 1: in Kansas City, did that even when the enemy was there,

1278
01:06:49,840 --> 01:06:55,240
Speaker 1: although sometimes it vacillated back and forth. Was they gave

1279
01:06:55,480 --> 01:06:59,520
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes as a young quarterback, a lot of easy

1280
01:06:59,560 --> 01:07:03,160
Speaker 1: complete that were built into the offensive scheme, and all

1281
01:07:03,200 --> 01:07:06,680
Speaker 1: indications are he's doing the same thing with a first

1282
01:07:06,760 --> 01:07:09,600
Speaker 1: year starter in Sam Howell. He's giving him a lot

1283
01:07:09,640 --> 01:07:13,280
Speaker 1: of those easy completions, especially early in games, to get

1284
01:07:13,320 --> 01:07:18,000
Speaker 1: him in a rhythm, and it's obviously impacted Howell's confidence.

1285
01:07:18,680 --> 01:07:21,720
Speaker 1: And there's a lot of RPOs in that offense, which

1286
01:07:21,760 --> 01:07:24,240
Speaker 1: is something he ran a ton of at North Carolina

1287
01:07:24,280 --> 01:07:27,200
Speaker 1: all through college, so that's familiar to him as well.

1288
01:07:27,240 --> 01:07:30,440
Speaker 1: So you understand why even though he's a very young player,

1289
01:07:30,480 --> 01:07:32,440
Speaker 1: he's playing with an enormous amount of confidence. And oh,

1290
01:07:32,440 --> 01:07:34,560
Speaker 1: by the way, he's got a former first round pick

1291
01:07:34,600 --> 01:07:36,520
Speaker 1: in Jahan Dotts, and a former second round pick and

1292
01:07:36,600 --> 01:07:38,720
Speaker 1: Curtis Samuel and a former third round pick and Terry

1293
01:07:38,800 --> 01:07:42,520
Speaker 1: McLaurin at the wide receiver positions, so it's not like

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Speaker 1: he doesn't have talent around him. Also, so I think

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Speaker 1: you roll it all together and it's like, well, I

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Speaker 1: guess it kind of makes sense that Sam Howell's having

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Speaker 1: a little bit of success here early. Now he's going

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Speaker 1: against a veteran defense coming up this weekend, and maybe

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Speaker 1: they have some surprises for him and can force him

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Speaker 1: into some ill advised decisions. But so far, so good

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Speaker 1: for Howell. He's been impressive. Just watching some of the

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Speaker 1: highlights from last week's game against Denver. Like I was

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Speaker 1: telling you earlier, like just where he has been. He

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Speaker 1: puts a ball in a place where only his guy

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Speaker 1: can get it, even if there's tight coverage. His ball

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Speaker 1: placement on downfield throws is impressive. It's not Aaron Rodgers impressive,

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Speaker 1: who's the most accurate quarterback I've ever seen in my life,

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Speaker 1: but it's in that vein for a young quarterback to

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Speaker 1: be throwing that accurately, you know, thirty forty yards down

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Speaker 1: the field. It's been impressive to watch from a young

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Speaker 1: guy that we really didn't know. As London even said

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Speaker 1: a whole lot about he's not a household name in

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Speaker 1: this league, but he's working his way to that. With

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Speaker 1: the way he's played the first couple.

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Speaker 2: I think it's impressive because he makes it look easy

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Speaker 2: for a younger quarterback. And he had three completions of

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Speaker 2: over thirty yards against the Broncos in Week two. I'm

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Speaker 2: interested to see how our defensive line gets after him,

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Speaker 2: because he's been sacked ten times, which is the second

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Speaker 2: most out of any other quarterback in the NFL. So

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Speaker 2: knowing that tied for the second most, I should say

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Speaker 2: there's other quarterbacks who have also been sacked ten times

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Speaker 2: to start the season. Knowing what our defensive line has

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Speaker 2: done so far, they've been able to bring some pressure.

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Speaker 3: I want to see what that looks like against Washington.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I would say if there is a part of

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Speaker 1: Washington's team, I don't want to say they're weak, but

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Speaker 1: maybe not as gifted and talented as some other areas

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Speaker 1: of their club. It's their offensive line. And the other

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Speaker 1: thing I would say is their secondary is certainly talented,

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Speaker 1: but it's young and inexperienced to some degree. And so

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Speaker 1: can you take advantage of the inexperience on the back

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Speaker 1: end defensively and can your d line get home to

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Speaker 1: kind of fluster Sam Howell, which through the first two weeks,

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Speaker 1: even though he has been sacked, he doesn't get flustered

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Speaker 1: by that. It's easier said than done to kind of

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Speaker 1: get him off his game. So hopefully the Bills d

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Speaker 1: line can really kind of get home because they didn't.

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Speaker 1: I don't think they had any sacks last week. They

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Speaker 1: had three in week one. I don't think they had

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Speaker 1: any last week.

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Speaker 3: So no, I don't think they had any last week.

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Speaker 2: But they brought they brought pressure on someplace because I remember,

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Speaker 2: you know, watching the game back and you know, thinking, Okay,

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Speaker 2: they did a really good job of getting pressure but

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Speaker 2: a passing lane, getting the hands up, but not necessarily

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Speaker 2: getting the quarterback down.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So hopefully the Bills d line is in better

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01:10:23,960 --> 01:10:27,160
Speaker 1: shape for that. Leonard Floyd's health will obviously be a

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Speaker 1: factor in that equation for sure, and that's why we

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Speaker 1: kind of eagerly anticipate how the Thursday injury report plays

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Speaker 1: out a little bit later this afternoon, usually comes down

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Speaker 1: around three thirty or so after we're off the air,

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Speaker 1: but it's certainly gonna be something to keep an eye on.

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Speaker 1: You're hoping Leonard Floyd kind of trends in the right

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Speaker 1: direction towards Sunday, so he is available because he's a

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Speaker 1: pretty important part of that pass rush, especially in the

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Speaker 1: absence of von Miller for this weekend. Next week, at

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Speaker 1: the very least, we are going to take a break

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Speaker 1: here when we back we'll get to some more questions

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Speaker 1: on the Football Relationship Hotline to answer, and there's a

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Speaker 1: couple of news and notes around the league worth passing

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Speaker 1: along to you as well, including one on Bengals quarterback

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Speaker 1: Joe Burrow. All of that coming up next here on

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Speaker 1: One Bill's Live, presented by Coll Lot of Health.

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Speaker 9: It's Buffalo Bills Radio.

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Speaker 1: All right, welcome back to One Bill's Live. Chris Brown,

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Speaker 1: Matty Glad. We'll get you out to the post practice

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Speaker 1: podium here shortly as practice has wrapped up and players

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Speaker 1: will be addressing the media. Will bring their comments to

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Speaker 1: you as soon as we are able. We've got one

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Speaker 1: more question though, from the Football Relationship Hotline here, Maddie.

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Speaker 1: This one's from Jarrett says. Good to hear you on

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Speaker 1: the radio, Maddie. I have a dilemma. Don't have a

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Speaker 1: minute to call, but can listen. I am part of

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Speaker 1: a volunteer historical group and they planned to display this

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Speaker 1: Sunday during a local apple harvest festival. What should I

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01:12:05,080 --> 01:12:08,719
Speaker 1: do to keep tabs on the game? So I'm assuming

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Speaker 1: he is one of the volunteers that has to attend.

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Speaker 1: Once again, we can turn to the apps on your

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01:12:16,120 --> 01:12:20,360
Speaker 1: phone and if you have the NFL app and you

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01:12:20,520 --> 01:12:24,160
Speaker 1: paid for live games through NFL Plus, you can actually

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Speaker 1: watch the game on your phone if you just want

1384
01:12:27,240 --> 01:12:30,880
Speaker 1: it in your back pocket to listen. The aforementioned NFL

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Speaker 1: Plus subscription works, although the Odyssey app if you're in

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo area, should work here. And if you have

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Speaker 1: trouble with the Odyssey app, which can be a little finicky,

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Speaker 1: sometimes you can go to the Bills app and pull

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Speaker 1: it up there. It's kind of the same way to

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Speaker 1: pull it up, but you're kind of re routing your

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Speaker 1: phone and sometimes that works more effectively pulling in the

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Speaker 1: Odyssey app. So that's how you can kind of keep

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Speaker 1: tabs on the game as it's happening.

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Speaker 2: Since it's local too, I mean an apple harvest festival

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Speaker 2: sounds like so much fun since it's local.

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Speaker 3: You'd think maybe.

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Speaker 2: They would have it on a TV if there is

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Speaker 2: or yeah, like I'm dreaming here, Yeah, like.

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Speaker 1: If you're at whatever farm it is, like, hey, guys,

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Speaker 1: tell them, Hey, you know, put the radio, Like just

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Speaker 1: put the radio on and blast it over your PA system.

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Speaker 1: Maybe you know you could do that, but yeah, your

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Speaker 1: phone is your that's your sure bet. Yeah, just make

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Speaker 1: sure you have your phone with you and you can

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Speaker 1: listen to the game that way, So good luck with that.

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Speaker 1: That's that's a that's an easy fix there. As far

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Speaker 1: as I know, other.

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Speaker 2: People will be in the same boat too, so you'll

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Speaker 2: have friends you can figure out how to listen to

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Speaker 2: or watch.

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Speaker 1: The game with.

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Speaker 3: I'm sure.

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Speaker 1: So thanks for all those questions on the Football Relationship Hotline.

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Speaker 1: We are here to serve every Thursday one to three

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Speaker 1: and as we told you, Football Relationship Hotline is brought

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Speaker 1: to you by Pepsi, official soft drink of the Buffalo Bills.

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Speaker 1: Practice is in the books, and as we understand, Mitch

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Speaker 1: Morse is addressing the media. He's first up at the

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Speaker 1: post practice podium. So let's go there now to listen

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Speaker 1: to the Bills.

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Speaker 4: Center defensive line who have all not only been drafted high,

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Speaker 4: but have played at a very high level, you know,

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Speaker 4: who've gotten their youah, their foot in the door, and

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Speaker 4: then excelled when their foots in the door. So for us,

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Speaker 4: it'll be just a tremendous battle as it is every week.

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Speaker 4: But I mean, not only do these guys compete, but

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Speaker 4: they have the skill set of you know some they're

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Speaker 4: elite football players, and we're going to have to bring

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Speaker 4: our a game to compete in a hoscile environment. Comes

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Speaker 4: Sunday said, it's a battle as it is every week.

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Speaker 10: Is this you're different in terms of does it seem

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Speaker 10: different than the schedule wises as far as space real

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Speaker 10: elite defensive lines.

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Speaker 4: I mean, you're going to find dan linemen on every

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Speaker 4: team that are tremendous football players. People ask me, who's

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Speaker 4: the hardest guy to play against is, and I say

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Speaker 4: the guy who's in front of me. I mean, it's

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Speaker 4: just this league. That being said, you know, it's you know,

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Speaker 4: it does seem like these you know's a few weeks

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Speaker 4: this year where we're just going against some studs. So

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Speaker 4: we'll have to come and match that competitive edge.

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Speaker 1: Because there's reports that it might be kind of rainy

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Speaker 1: this weekend.

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Speaker 7: What's challenge if you need is wet turber grass as opposed.

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Speaker 4: I think boll security for me first and foremost. You know,

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Speaker 4: that is the name of the game in this league.

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Speaker 4: You look at turnover margin. Nothing dictates the game more

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Speaker 4: than that. Yeah, I think for like the way the

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Speaker 4: game is gonna flow, that's really dictated on the game day.

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Speaker 4: You know, you can speculate what's gonna be, but you

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01:15:49,320 --> 01:15:51,360
Speaker 4: really can't know until you get out there and see

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Speaker 4: what's going on. It does make for you know, mistakes

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Speaker 4: are amplified and footing becomes a thing, so you know

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Speaker 4: it potentially if it rains and stuff, we'll have to

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Speaker 4: make sure that we're we're all wearing the right stuff

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Speaker 4: to uh not set ourselves up for failure before we

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Speaker 4: even get started, especially.

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Speaker 6: If it rains running the balls that much more.

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Speaker 10: According to what do you guys have to carry over

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Speaker 10: against last week?

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Speaker 8: Is against a strong defensive.

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Speaker 4: Front computer reping that sort of question, Yeah, I think

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Speaker 4: if any week you want that you want to have

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Speaker 4: success in the run game, it has to come down

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Speaker 4: to execution and communication. The communication first and foremost, understanding

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Speaker 4: the game plan and then uh, you know, just being

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Speaker 4: able to ride the ebbs and flows of not only

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Speaker 4: a game but a play right. So, uh, these these

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Speaker 4: d linemen do a very good job of having a

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Speaker 4: first move reading run or pass, and then countering with

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Speaker 4: the second move. That is that's pretty unique, uh for

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Speaker 4: this team. They do a very good job of it.

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Speaker 4: So for us, it'll just be staying engaged and just

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Speaker 4: kind of competing. I think that's what the run game

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Speaker 4: comes down to.

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Speaker 7: What did it do for you?

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Speaker 10: And have running backs that bring different skill sets the

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Speaker 10: way that that your who does and presides the.

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Speaker 6: Challenge for the other team.

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Speaker 4: Uh, you know, we we are very fortunate to have

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Speaker 4: the three guys we do. I mean just even like

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Speaker 4: Latavius right, like, you know, to see him do this

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Speaker 4: for this long and the stuff you guys don't see

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Speaker 4: is the dedication he's got. And then yet Damien who

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Speaker 4: is just I've been seeing him play against us for

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Speaker 4: four years, beating the you know, really taking advantage of us.

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Speaker 4: And uh, and then he comes here and you realize

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Speaker 4: why he's so successful, which is that fiery competitive edge,

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Speaker 4: and he's just a good teammate. And then James Cook

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Speaker 4: not only has he got the intangibles as a football player,

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Speaker 4: but he really understands the game and understands how to

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Speaker 4: run the football and understands how to take on tackle.

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Speaker 4: So we we are very fortunate as an offensive line

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Speaker 4: to have guys that make us a look a lot

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Speaker 4: better than we are at times.

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Speaker 1: What is.

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Speaker 10: Benefit for a guy like Osius to see so many

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Speaker 10: good defensive fronts and kind of just continually getting tossed

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Speaker 10: on the fly.

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Speaker 4: With the way you finished that, Yeah, you don't grow

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Speaker 4: more as a football player than you do your rookie year,

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Speaker 4: And I think you did kind of allude to the

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Speaker 4: fact that your rookie year is inherently a baptism by fire,

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Speaker 4: you know, not only through training camp, but then you

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Speaker 4: have weeks where you play just absolute studs. So for him,

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Speaker 4: he's he's learning a lot as a football player, and

1507
01:18:24,000 --> 01:18:26,560
Speaker 4: even these first few weeks you see him growing, and

1508
01:18:27,280 --> 01:18:28,880
Speaker 4: you know, for I think the big thing for him

1509
01:18:28,920 --> 01:18:31,200
Speaker 4: will be understanding that this is a long season. There

1510
01:18:31,240 --> 01:18:33,280
Speaker 4: will be ebbs and flows and how you feel and

1511
01:18:33,640 --> 01:18:35,880
Speaker 4: just mentally and physically on and off the field. So

1512
01:18:36,560 --> 01:18:39,120
Speaker 4: kind of finding a way to not ride the wave

1513
01:18:40,560 --> 01:18:44,559
Speaker 4: and come in as as poised and and as ready

1514
01:18:44,600 --> 01:18:47,000
Speaker 4: to work as you can throughout the weeks, and understand

1515
01:18:47,040 --> 01:18:49,080
Speaker 4: how to take care of your body as the year progresses.

1516
01:18:49,360 --> 01:18:50,559
Speaker 10: What have you noticed about the other guy?

1517
01:18:50,560 --> 01:18:50,960
Speaker 6: Next year?

1518
01:18:50,960 --> 01:18:54,679
Speaker 10: And Connor talk a lot about Ocyrus, but Connor's finally

1519
01:18:54,760 --> 01:18:56,240
Speaker 10: seems like he's done a good job as well.

1520
01:18:56,960 --> 01:19:00,320
Speaker 4: Connor is a is a a professional, I mean, takes

1521
01:19:00,400 --> 01:19:04,680
Speaker 4: care of himself off the field. I think one thing

1522
01:19:04,720 --> 01:19:07,320
Speaker 4: about Connor is he takes coaching real well, you know,

1523
01:19:07,360 --> 01:19:10,240
Speaker 4: the system I've said in the past was not something

1524
01:19:10,280 --> 01:19:11,000
Speaker 4: that he was used to.

1525
01:19:11,680 --> 01:19:11,800
Speaker 9: Uh.

1526
01:19:11,960 --> 01:19:15,280
Speaker 4: Coach Crumer's techniques was something that was quite quite honestly

1527
01:19:15,439 --> 01:19:18,720
Speaker 4: polar opposite of what he had been doing before. So, uh,

1528
01:19:18,760 --> 01:19:21,640
Speaker 4: he's embraced that, he's understood that, and he's come in

1529
01:19:21,760 --> 01:19:27,320
Speaker 4: and competed with ferociousness and and uh, it's just been

1530
01:19:27,360 --> 01:19:29,880
Speaker 4: really cool to see the guys are were We understand

1531
01:19:29,920 --> 01:19:31,439
Speaker 4: we have a long way to go to be where

1532
01:19:31,439 --> 01:19:33,720
Speaker 4: we want to be, but we're taking steps in the

1533
01:19:33,760 --> 01:19:36,880
Speaker 4: right direction and that is pretty cool.

1534
01:19:38,400 --> 01:19:39,120
Speaker 6: All I appreciate it.

1535
01:19:39,960 --> 01:19:44,639
Speaker 9: Yeah, general their front, I think you've probably asked about

1536
01:19:44,680 --> 01:19:45,439
Speaker 9: it early on.

1537
01:19:45,680 --> 01:19:48,799
Speaker 6: Yeah, what is it about that that makes them so difficult?

1538
01:19:50,400 --> 01:19:56,280
Speaker 4: Well, I mean not only physically are they dominant football players.

1539
01:19:56,479 --> 01:19:59,240
Speaker 4: You know, they they know how to play the game.

1540
01:19:59,280 --> 01:20:01,599
Speaker 4: They understand what an offense is trying to do. They're

1541
01:20:01,640 --> 01:20:05,360
Speaker 4: great at reading your block and then going into their

1542
01:20:05,400 --> 01:20:09,960
Speaker 4: secondary moves, excellent with their hands. I'm speaking for the

1543
01:20:09,960 --> 01:20:12,600
Speaker 4: interior guy as well as the ex you know, the

1544
01:20:12,640 --> 01:20:15,479
Speaker 4: outside guys who are just you know, physically imposing, big

1545
01:20:15,560 --> 01:20:18,280
Speaker 4: dudes who use power, and then when they're you know

1546
01:20:18,320 --> 01:20:20,840
Speaker 4: they're going to go power power, then they might change

1547
01:20:20,840 --> 01:20:22,240
Speaker 4: it up on you if you're sitting on that bowl

1548
01:20:22,280 --> 01:20:25,720
Speaker 4: rush all day. So they have the full gamut of

1549
01:20:25,800 --> 01:20:29,160
Speaker 4: moves and they do it very well. Each one has

1550
01:20:29,200 --> 01:20:33,760
Speaker 4: their own spice, but you know they they're just extraordinary

1551
01:20:33,760 --> 01:20:36,920
Speaker 4: football players who who gel well together and play well together.

1552
01:20:36,960 --> 01:20:41,200
Speaker 4: And it'll be up to us to come out and compete. Yep,

1553
01:20:41,280 --> 01:20:41,840
Speaker 4: thanks guys.

1554
01:20:42,320 --> 01:20:45,879
Speaker 1: So that's Mitch Morris addressing the media after practice today. Naturally,

1555
01:20:45,880 --> 01:20:49,519
Speaker 1: a lot of questions about that Washington defensive line. I'll

1556
01:20:49,520 --> 01:20:51,960
Speaker 1: get to that in a second. I'm more interested in

1557
01:20:52,000 --> 01:20:54,519
Speaker 1: what he had to say about the running back contingent

1558
01:20:54,600 --> 01:20:59,120
Speaker 1: for the Bills. The fact that James Cook not only

1559
01:20:59,520 --> 01:21:02,559
Speaker 1: is a town talented player, but you heard Mitch say,

1560
01:21:02,720 --> 01:21:06,240
Speaker 1: knows how to run the ball, knows how to work

1561
01:21:06,320 --> 01:21:12,240
Speaker 1: through tacklers when you know contact is engaged. It's interesting

1562
01:21:12,320 --> 01:21:16,120
Speaker 1: because it sounds to me like a veteran player like

1563
01:21:16,200 --> 01:21:20,080
Speaker 1: Mitch Morris respects Cook's game because it's a game that

1564
01:21:21,280 --> 01:21:25,639
Speaker 1: you would expect to You would expect that skill set

1565
01:21:25,640 --> 01:21:27,519
Speaker 1: from a five or a six year veteran, not a

1566
01:21:27,560 --> 01:21:32,519
Speaker 1: second year player. And it seems like Cook's football IQ

1567
01:21:32,920 --> 01:21:35,640
Speaker 1: is very high, higher than maybe even some of his

1568
01:21:35,720 --> 01:21:38,320
Speaker 1: teammates anticipated after seeing him as much as they have

1569
01:21:38,439 --> 01:21:39,679
Speaker 1: through the first two weeks.

1570
01:21:39,960 --> 01:21:42,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean the running backs had like one hundred

1571
01:21:42,840 --> 01:21:46,400
Speaker 2: and eighty rushing yards against the Raiders. Josh Allen had

1572
01:21:46,600 --> 01:21:49,920
Speaker 2: seven rushing yards against the Raiders, And I think that's

1573
01:21:49,960 --> 01:21:52,240
Speaker 2: what you want to see going forward this season. I mean,

1574
01:21:52,280 --> 01:21:54,360
Speaker 2: it was it was great to see that out of

1575
01:21:54,439 --> 01:21:56,920
Speaker 2: James Cook. And it was great to see Damian Harris

1576
01:21:56,960 --> 01:22:00,320
Speaker 2: have a couple big runs. And Latavious Murray looked so

1577
01:22:00,920 --> 01:22:04,320
Speaker 2: strong in there. He looked like he could knock over anybody.

1578
01:22:04,720 --> 01:22:07,200
Speaker 2: And to see the three of them kind of work

1579
01:22:07,280 --> 01:22:09,960
Speaker 2: together down and down out, Hey, we're going to use

1580
01:22:10,320 --> 01:22:12,880
Speaker 2: you for this this down because it makes sense here.

1581
01:22:12,960 --> 01:22:17,200
Speaker 2: And and James just did You're really seeing the confidence

1582
01:22:17,200 --> 01:22:19,880
Speaker 2: that he has this year. Watching him in the second

1583
01:22:19,920 --> 01:22:23,960
Speaker 2: half of that game against the Raiders, it was obvious

1584
01:22:24,000 --> 01:22:27,360
Speaker 2: to see, Wow, you have grown quite a bit from

1585
01:22:27,400 --> 01:22:29,920
Speaker 2: year one to year two. And to hear Mitch Morse

1586
01:22:29,960 --> 01:22:31,799
Speaker 2: talk about the respect that he has for a player

1587
01:22:31,800 --> 01:22:36,519
Speaker 2: like James Cook and how he runs the football. If

1588
01:22:36,560 --> 01:22:42,080
Speaker 2: this run game can do this consistently Oh my gosh,

1589
01:22:42,520 --> 01:22:43,799
Speaker 2: we're in for something special.

1590
01:22:43,920 --> 01:22:47,400
Speaker 1: Well, yeah, And I was particularly interested in what Mitch

1591
01:22:47,479 --> 01:22:50,600
Speaker 1: was saying there about Damian Harris, like the fire and

1592
01:22:50,680 --> 01:22:53,000
Speaker 1: the belly and the energy that he brings, Like there

1593
01:22:53,080 --> 01:22:56,160
Speaker 1: is there's something to be said, like everybody gets up

1594
01:22:56,200 --> 01:22:58,240
Speaker 1: for a game when game day comes, you have an

1595
01:22:58,240 --> 01:23:00,639
Speaker 1: emotional investment that you have to bring to the table

1596
01:23:00,960 --> 01:23:03,559
Speaker 1: as a professional football player when you're playing this game,

1597
01:23:03,600 --> 01:23:05,639
Speaker 1: because if you don't bring it, it's going to get

1598
01:23:05,640 --> 01:23:08,000
Speaker 1: brought to you by the opponent and you're going to

1599
01:23:08,040 --> 01:23:09,759
Speaker 1: be on the wrong end of the game when it's over.

1600
01:23:10,320 --> 01:23:14,080
Speaker 1: So you have to have that emotional investment. And sometimes

1601
01:23:14,120 --> 01:23:16,800
Speaker 1: some weeks are harder than others for guys to get

1602
01:23:16,920 --> 01:23:19,320
Speaker 1: up all the way, Like maybe their body doesn't feel

1603
01:23:19,320 --> 01:23:22,120
Speaker 1: one hundred percent right and they're playing through it, and

1604
01:23:22,640 --> 01:23:25,280
Speaker 1: maybe that energy level isn't there. A guy like Damian

1605
01:23:25,320 --> 01:23:28,240
Speaker 1: Harris can get guys pumped up to one hundred if

1606
01:23:28,320 --> 01:23:31,559
Speaker 1: maybe they're hanging around at eighty five just before kickoff,

1607
01:23:31,640 --> 01:23:35,519
Speaker 1: just by his own enthusiasm. So it was kind of good.

1608
01:23:36,080 --> 01:23:38,400
Speaker 1: You kind of got to feel for how the dynamics

1609
01:23:38,400 --> 01:23:41,240
Speaker 1: of the running back room work a little bit from

1610
01:23:41,360 --> 01:23:45,160
Speaker 1: Mitch and then what you had to say about the

1611
01:23:45,200 --> 01:23:49,400
Speaker 1: defensive front four for Washington. I mean, it goes without

1612
01:23:49,439 --> 01:23:53,400
Speaker 1: saying they're uber talented, but I think the biggest problem

1613
01:23:53,400 --> 01:23:56,320
Speaker 1: in Eric Wood, who's on the radio broadcast with me,

1614
01:23:57,120 --> 01:24:00,000
Speaker 1: has said this before because he's played against Jonathan Ala

1615
01:24:00,200 --> 01:24:03,559
Speaker 1: before he retired. Jonathan Allen is a handful, so is

1616
01:24:03,600 --> 01:24:05,960
Speaker 1: Deron Payn, who got his big bag of money this

1617
01:24:06,000 --> 01:24:10,280
Speaker 1: offseason four years, ninety million dollars. Those two guys have

1618
01:24:10,360 --> 01:24:13,439
Speaker 1: played together for five years in the NFL. They were

1619
01:24:13,479 --> 01:24:17,679
Speaker 1: also college teammates at Alabama, so playing off one another

1620
01:24:17,760 --> 01:24:20,080
Speaker 1: with the stunts and the twists and all that stuff,

1621
01:24:20,120 --> 01:24:22,720
Speaker 1: it just comes naturally to them because they've played alongside

1622
01:24:22,720 --> 01:24:26,000
Speaker 1: each other for almost a decade. So it's just it

1623
01:24:26,120 --> 01:24:29,559
Speaker 1: just kind of happens for them where they can really

1624
01:24:29,640 --> 01:24:33,320
Speaker 1: cross up the interior of an offensive line, and really, Maddie,

1625
01:24:33,320 --> 01:24:35,679
Speaker 1: when you think about it, yes Week one was a test,

1626
01:24:36,120 --> 01:24:38,160
Speaker 1: But now here we are two weeks later, and we

1627
01:24:38,240 --> 01:24:41,479
Speaker 1: hear all the time about how offensive lines kind of

1628
01:24:41,520 --> 01:24:45,160
Speaker 1: steadily improve their play as a collective unit as the

1629
01:24:45,200 --> 01:24:48,840
Speaker 1: season goes on. You've got two new guards getting acclimated

1630
01:24:48,880 --> 01:24:51,519
Speaker 1: to this group. You would hope by you know, week

1631
01:24:51,640 --> 01:24:54,320
Speaker 1: five or six, they really kind of hit their stride

1632
01:24:54,680 --> 01:24:57,720
Speaker 1: and things are just kind of rolling from there. I

1633
01:24:57,760 --> 01:25:00,240
Speaker 1: think they're still in that growth stage at least how

1634
01:25:00,280 --> 01:25:03,240
Speaker 1: Mitch described it, This is a pretty stiff test for

1635
01:25:03,280 --> 01:25:04,759
Speaker 1: those three guys on the interior.

1636
01:25:04,840 --> 01:25:06,439
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was gonna say, I think this game is

1637
01:25:06,479 --> 01:25:08,760
Speaker 2: a great test for the offensive line to see where

1638
01:25:08,800 --> 01:25:10,960
Speaker 2: they're at. We talked about this being a measuring stick

1639
01:25:11,000 --> 01:25:13,760
Speaker 2: game for the Washington commanders to see where they're at.

1640
01:25:14,040 --> 01:25:15,719
Speaker 2: I think this is going to be a great game

1641
01:25:15,760 --> 01:25:18,080
Speaker 2: for the offensive line of the Bills to see where

1642
01:25:18,160 --> 01:25:21,760
Speaker 2: they're at going up against an incredible defensive line. With

1643
01:25:21,800 --> 01:25:24,439
Speaker 2: some new faces on this offensive line this year. Sure,

1644
01:25:24,439 --> 01:25:26,920
Speaker 2: you probably don't have your identity figured out yet in

1645
01:25:27,000 --> 01:25:30,920
Speaker 2: week three. There's room to grow, room to build ways

1646
01:25:30,960 --> 01:25:33,680
Speaker 2: to get better. But to have a test like this

1647
01:25:34,200 --> 01:25:36,960
Speaker 2: on tape in week three and be able to go

1648
01:25:37,040 --> 01:25:39,559
Speaker 2: through the film after this game as a group and

1649
01:25:39,680 --> 01:25:42,960
Speaker 2: kind of dissect it and get into it, I think

1650
01:25:43,520 --> 01:25:47,479
Speaker 2: is hopefully going to be really good for this team

1651
01:25:47,600 --> 01:25:49,519
Speaker 2: going forward to be able to say, hey, this is

1652
01:25:49,560 --> 01:25:51,960
Speaker 2: how we did against this defensive line. Here's where we

1653
01:25:52,000 --> 01:25:54,080
Speaker 2: need to grow here's where we need to improve, or

1654
01:25:54,400 --> 01:25:57,519
Speaker 2: maybe it's we did a great job against an amazing

1655
01:25:57,560 --> 01:25:59,960
Speaker 2: defensive line. We're in a great position here to start

1656
01:26:00,200 --> 01:26:00,639
Speaker 2: the season.

1657
01:26:00,920 --> 01:26:02,680
Speaker 1: I mean, the reason they made the investment in the

1658
01:26:02,680 --> 01:26:04,840
Speaker 1: guard position was because they knew where they were going

1659
01:26:04,840 --> 01:26:08,200
Speaker 1: to be facing defensive fronts like this this season, whether

1660
01:26:08,240 --> 01:26:14,080
Speaker 1: it's the Jets, Washington, Dallas, Philadelphia. The tests are littered

1661
01:26:14,120 --> 01:26:18,959
Speaker 1: throughout the Bill's schedule this season, so having bigger, beefier,

1662
01:26:19,479 --> 01:26:24,719
Speaker 1: stronger guards on their offensive front was of paramount importance.

1663
01:26:24,800 --> 01:26:27,400
Speaker 1: They're in place now and they're still growing together. Let's

1664
01:26:27,400 --> 01:26:30,639
Speaker 1: see what kind of performance they can put up this weekend.

1665
01:26:30,720 --> 01:26:32,400
Speaker 1: We take a break here, but we'll have that Joe

1666
01:26:32,439 --> 01:26:35,599
Speaker 1: Burrow update for you when we return here on One

1667
01:26:35,600 --> 01:26:37,799
Speaker 1: Bill's Live, presented by col Lot of Health. It's Buffalo

1668
01:26:37,840 --> 01:26:54,000
Speaker 1: Bill's Radio, all right, So he told you there was

1669
01:26:54,040 --> 01:26:58,720
Speaker 1: an update on Joe Burrow. Their radio broadcaster Dan Horde

1670
01:27:00,000 --> 01:27:03,280
Speaker 1: tweeted out that Joe Burrow was in uniform at practice

1671
01:27:03,320 --> 01:27:06,479
Speaker 1: today for the Bengals, but did not do much during

1672
01:27:06,520 --> 01:27:11,479
Speaker 1: the open media viewing portion of practice. Now, we should

1673
01:27:11,520 --> 01:27:16,280
Speaker 1: mention that the Bengals do have and Burrow specifically has

1674
01:27:16,320 --> 01:27:18,679
Speaker 1: an extra day to get ready for their Week three

1675
01:27:18,720 --> 01:27:20,679
Speaker 1: game because they're playing on Monday night when they host

1676
01:27:20,720 --> 01:27:26,679
Speaker 1: the Rams in Cincinnati. For those that don't remember, Burrow

1677
01:27:26,800 --> 01:27:29,439
Speaker 1: reaggravated the calf injury that kept him out for the

1678
01:27:29,600 --> 01:27:35,320
Speaker 1: entire preseason in last week's game. So they're zero and two.

1679
01:27:36,320 --> 01:27:39,479
Speaker 1: They need a win and their quarterback is dinged up.

1680
01:27:39,560 --> 01:27:42,040
Speaker 1: That is a tough spot to be in, but it

1681
01:27:42,160 --> 01:27:45,080
Speaker 1: is a long season, and the Bengals started hing two

1682
01:27:45,120 --> 01:27:48,920
Speaker 1: last year and won the division. I would argue that

1683
01:27:49,479 --> 01:27:53,320
Speaker 1: Cleveland looks better, Pittsburgh is probably slightly better than they

1684
01:27:53,320 --> 01:27:57,800
Speaker 1: were last year, and the Ravens look really good out

1685
01:27:57,800 --> 01:28:00,720
Speaker 1: of the shoot here with their new offense, Lamar looks

1686
01:28:00,760 --> 01:28:03,320
Speaker 1: like a different quarterback throwing the ball around. Josh Allen

1687
01:28:03,400 --> 01:28:06,479
Speaker 1: leads the league in completion percentage. Lamar is second at

1688
01:28:06,520 --> 01:28:08,559
Speaker 1: seventy four and a half percent. Josh is at about

1689
01:28:08,600 --> 01:28:12,840
Speaker 1: seventy seven percent. So something tells me the Ravens, as

1690
01:28:12,840 --> 01:28:15,800
Speaker 1: long as Lamar can finish the season, which he hasn't

1691
01:28:15,800 --> 01:28:17,400
Speaker 1: been able to do each of the last two years,

1692
01:28:17,560 --> 01:28:19,280
Speaker 1: I think Baltimore is going to be battling for that

1693
01:28:19,320 --> 01:28:20,400
Speaker 1: division title this year.

1694
01:28:20,479 --> 01:28:21,160
Speaker 3: I think so too.

1695
01:28:21,320 --> 01:28:25,400
Speaker 2: We're in a league where everybody auto drafted this year, Brownie,

1696
01:28:25,439 --> 01:28:27,040
Speaker 2: the league that we're in with with a bunch of

1697
01:28:27,040 --> 01:28:31,960
Speaker 2: people in the radio broadcast, Teach and my team auto

1698
01:28:32,080 --> 01:28:35,120
Speaker 2: drafted Lamar Jackson, and I'm so happy about it because

1699
01:28:35,120 --> 01:28:37,160
Speaker 2: he's put up points the first couple of weeks.

1700
01:28:37,479 --> 01:28:39,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, I got Josh in the auto draft there, so

1701
01:28:40,040 --> 01:28:42,799
Speaker 1: I got to think twice. I may just auto draft forever.

1702
01:28:42,960 --> 01:28:45,880
Speaker 1: I know this is a bragging rights league. We don't

1703
01:28:46,160 --> 01:28:49,439
Speaker 1: win anything, really, but you'd be surprised how far bragging

1704
01:28:49,479 --> 01:28:52,320
Speaker 1: rights go. There is an update from ESPN's Adam Schefter

1705
01:28:52,560 --> 01:28:55,719
Speaker 1: on Burrow because Zach Taylor as Aft addressed the media.

1706
01:28:55,800 --> 01:28:58,640
Speaker 1: He said Joe Burrow will not practice fully if he

1707
01:28:58,680 --> 01:29:01,719
Speaker 1: even practices at all, do it to his lingering calf injury,

1708
01:29:02,240 --> 01:29:03,920
Speaker 1: and it will continue to be a day to day

1709
01:29:04,000 --> 01:29:06,559
Speaker 1: situation as to whether the quarterback can play Monday night

1710
01:29:07,120 --> 01:29:12,400
Speaker 1: against the Rams. So still y very iffy, and their

1711
01:29:12,439 --> 01:29:18,360
Speaker 1: backup quarterback Mattie is Jake Browning, who has zero NFL

1712
01:29:18,439 --> 01:29:22,160
Speaker 1: starts in his pro career and just one pass attempt,

1713
01:29:22,240 --> 01:29:24,559
Speaker 1: which happened last week when he had to come in

1714
01:29:24,600 --> 01:29:28,400
Speaker 1: for Joe at the end of the game. We'll see

1715
01:29:28,439 --> 01:29:30,559
Speaker 1: how it goes in CINCI. That's it for us, say

1716
01:29:31,120 --> 01:29:33,760
Speaker 1: OBL fan mail bag. Tomorrow, we'll see it won