Speaker 1: Helping gets in your way. Man. You can do whatever
Speaker 1: it is you want to do. Man, whatever it is
Speaker 1: you want to do, as soon as you stay home
Speaker 1: on hungry, right, stay hungry and hungry. Unbelievable, man, unbelievable.
Speaker 1: Four years, man, four years to make it right here, baby,
Speaker 1: years to make it man. Yeah, we did something that
Speaker 1: nobody's done in a very long time. Understand what's at stake.
Speaker 1: Don't understand what there is out there more for us.
Speaker 1: This hats fine and dandy, this hat in shirts, fine
Speaker 1: and dandy. I don't be one that says a Super
Speaker 1: Bowl chance. Enjoy this, enjoy the flight. That's move on tomorrow.
Speaker 1: He live right now. Hey, we're live. Everybody got me not.
Speaker 1: Let's go bury. Everybody do their job. One eleven, well,
Speaker 1: calvert defense. Let's go no overthinking, right, Go play some ball,
Speaker 1: Go play some football. It's an exciting time to be
Speaker 1: a Buffalo build a fan of the Buffalo Bills. Welcome back,
Speaker 1: everybody to Week sixteen of the Sean McDermott Show, presented
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Speaker 1: as always for being here. You clinch the AFC East
Speaker 1: title with your winning Denver first division title in a
Speaker 1: quarter century. What's it mean to you to be able
Speaker 1: to bring the division to this franchise and this fan base. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it means It's a ton, It really does, Steve. I mean,
Speaker 1: when you look back at kind of the moments for
Speaker 1: these four years and the way we've been building this thing,
Speaker 1: and you know the special moments that we we've had,
Speaker 1: now that one when we got back on Saturday nights
Speaker 1: Sunday morning will forever be with me the rest of
Speaker 1: my life. It's just incredible moment, incredible seat in the
Speaker 1: locker room, just really cool moment for us, for our fans,
Speaker 1: and for the community as a whole. Yeah, you know
Speaker 1: you did. You had an incredible reception at the airport
Speaker 1: when you landed back in Buffalo was late Saturday night
Speaker 1: or actually early Sunday morning. And it's not the first
Speaker 1: time you guys have had a crowd waiting for you
Speaker 1: at the airport. Now, how does this moment compare to
Speaker 1: the other streak that you've already broken, the out street
Speaker 1: where you came back in twenty seventeen. Do you remember
Speaker 1: back that far this was this looked like a way
Speaker 1: bigger crowd. Yeah, it was, and I think I compare
Speaker 1: everything to to that twenty seventeen playoff berth. Now that
Speaker 1: was I think that was New Year's Eve Day, right,
Speaker 1: But I think overall there was more more fans this time.
Speaker 1: And we have new new players on our team and
Speaker 1: new staff members as well this year that didn't really
Speaker 1: know and haven't really experienced the Bills mafia, and so
Speaker 1: to have them now experienced what I've experienced, now they
Speaker 1: see why this is why this place is like it is. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: let's talk about this last game for a minute. Your
Speaker 1: offense got off to a blazing start and he really
Speaker 1: never slowed down. You guys wound up putting forty eight
Speaker 1: points up on him. Josh put together another incredible performance.
Speaker 1: He had three fifty nine yards through the air, two
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns, a couple more running. He hit four thousand
Speaker 1: yards on the seasons, the second most in team history.
Speaker 1: What's it been like? How rewarding has it been for
Speaker 1: you to watch Josh develop and really take the next
Speaker 1: step this last season. It's been very rewarding just to
Speaker 1: watch Josh, not only this year but the other years
Speaker 1: and his development, and not just on the field but
Speaker 1: off the field. He's so he's grown so much, and
Speaker 1: not that he was in a position before where he
Speaker 1: wasn't what he is now. He's just young and young
Speaker 1: in the league, and there's just so much you don't
Speaker 1: know as a rookie when you're throwing the quarterback position
Speaker 1: on top of it and all that comes with it,
Speaker 1: There's there's just so much you don't know. And he's
Speaker 1: just grown so much, and very proud of him and
Speaker 1: the work that he's been able to put in. Coach.
Speaker 1: Here we are a week after Steph Diggs had a
Speaker 1: huge game and he puts up another one against Denver.
Speaker 1: Eleven catches for one hundred and forty seven yards. He
Speaker 1: set the franchise record for most catches in the season.
Speaker 1: He's fifty nine yards away from setting the franchise mark
Speaker 1: for receiving yards. How much is his season a testament
Speaker 1: to how far your offense has come since last year? Well,
Speaker 1: we wanted to go out and be very intentional about
Speaker 1: improving our offense this offseason with you know, roster moves
Speaker 1: that that we made, that mostly that Brandon made, and
Speaker 1: but he and I had great conversations about, hey, where
Speaker 1: do we need to get better? How can we take
Speaker 1: another step. And I think also then the continuity that
Speaker 1: we had that we've had on the staff as well
Speaker 1: as health, you know, and and and so I think
Speaker 1: Brian Davil has done a really good job with that
Speaker 1: and and uh, you know, I think it's the first
Speaker 1: season we haven't had, you know, turnover on that side
Speaker 1: of the ball for one reason or another, and we've
Speaker 1: had that consistency. Um. So that's that's works well for us. Yeah. Well,
Speaker 1: speaking of coming a long way, Jerry Hughes the longest
Speaker 1: tenured Bill, He's been here since the beginning of your
Speaker 1: time with the team. He comes out and in Denver
Speaker 1: he has one of the great fumble returns I've ever
Speaker 1: seen from a defensive line. How special is it for
Speaker 1: you to share the success with guys like Jerry who
Speaker 1: have worked through all the tough times to get to
Speaker 1: this point. Yeah, I mean it just it was a
Speaker 1: surreal moment. Once he scored it, it became surreal for
Speaker 1: me to watch him, the longest tenured Bill to score,
Speaker 1: you know, and just to score in the game. Before that,
Speaker 1: Steve I would tell you that I was not very
Speaker 1: happy with the way he was carrying the ball necessarily
Speaker 1: on his way to the end zone. So, you know,
Speaker 1: he and I were getting ready to have a conversation
Speaker 1: about taking care of the football until he scored. Then
Speaker 1: I had to let him off the hook, quite honestly.
Speaker 1: So right, well, he's a former running back, so some
Speaker 1: habits die hard, right, Yeah, Hey, I've heard those. I've
Speaker 1: heard those that story too about him being a former
Speaker 1: running back. Yeah, Coach, your four os since your bye week,
Speaker 1: your defense has improved immenseally. You forced turnovers in the
Speaker 1: last nine straight games. You've had multiple takeaways in four
Speaker 1: out of the last six. Obviously you've gotten some guys
Speaker 1: back from injury. But how has Leslie Fraser turned your
Speaker 1: defense around in the second half of this season. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, much like Brian Dave on the offensive side,
Speaker 1: Leslie does a great job leading our defense. Really, he's
Speaker 1: really been a steady hand for us in a consistent presence.
Speaker 1: You know, he's got NFL experience and wisdom beyond his years,
Speaker 1: just in terms of how he handles things, you know,
Speaker 1: and our defensive staff as a whole, I think, combined
Speaker 1: with Leslie, the very collaborative in terms of how they
Speaker 1: approach each game plan and then the adjustments they make
Speaker 1: during the during the game. So I think Leslie has
Speaker 1: done a great job spearheading that movement of improving our
Speaker 1: defense to where it is and the players and it's
Speaker 1: been fun to watch. The players have taken a very
Speaker 1: ownership approach to it as well as a very aggressive
Speaker 1: approach to how we're playing. Well. Thanks coach. We're gonna
Speaker 1: catch up with you later in the show to get
Speaker 1: your final thoughts on your upcoming matchup with the Patriots
Speaker 1: on Monday night. Football. Shopping Wood is presented by Saint
Speaker 1: Bonaventure University, the official education provider of the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Sean McDermott Show, and it's now
Speaker 1: time to break down the film with our good buddy
Speaker 1: Eric Wood. In another edition of Chopping Wood eight, the
Speaker 1: Bills hung forty eight points on the Broncos and they
Speaker 1: scored six touchdowns. It was maybe the most complete game
Speaker 1: they played all year on both sides of the ball.
Speaker 1: What didn't you see from the Bills in their division
Speaker 1: clinching win. Lately, the Bills have been playing complimentary football
Speaker 1: offense and defense both playing dominant as of late, and
Speaker 1: in this game, we saw the Bills scored in a
Speaker 1: variety of ways Josh ran it in. They threw for touchdowns,
Speaker 1: there was a singletary long run for a touchdown, and
Speaker 1: for back to back weeks the Bills defense adds a score. Well, Eric,
Speaker 1: let's look at all the touchdowns. We start by the
Speaker 1: ones that we won't go into, the ones they didn't score,
Speaker 1: they got called back. It seemed like there was thirty
Speaker 1: eight touchdowns scored in this game by the Bills, but
Speaker 1: six of them count. And we'll start with Josh Allen's
Speaker 1: first passing touchdown to Dawson Knox. We've said it throughout
Speaker 1: this season, but Josh Allen is so effective rolling to
Speaker 1: his right and on this play early in the game,
Speaker 1: they run play action actually a play action faked a
Speaker 1: digs which draws a lot of the defender's eyes and
Speaker 1: Dawson Knox stays alive in this play, is able to
Speaker 1: get separation at the end, and Josh Allen throws a
Speaker 1: great accurate ball in the red zone. And these windows
Speaker 1: are tight and as you roll out, those windows change
Speaker 1: for the defense and Josh does a great job of
Speaker 1: finding Knox here. Yeah, and then on the next drive,
Speaker 1: we saw Josh dowit once again with his legs twenty
Speaker 1: four yards for rushing touchdown. What did you see, Heary?
Speaker 1: This is a classic example of what Josh Allen can
Speaker 1: do to dictate what defense is a defensive coordinator can
Speaker 1: even dial up. They run man free here and as
Speaker 1: Singletary gets out of the backfield, he actually gets two
Speaker 1: blocks down the field. But as Josh Allen escapes a
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, there's a five man rush and they
Speaker 1: run a twist up front, which blushes him out of
Speaker 1: the pocket. But when he breaks a line of scrimmage,
Speaker 1: if you're running man defense and there's no eyes on him,
Speaker 1: he's going to make you pay. And he does it
Speaker 1: here for a twenty four yard touchdown run. Yeah, he
Speaker 1: got a chance to show it off with his legs,
Speaker 1: but he also showed off his arm. Just before the half,
Speaker 1: the Bill's got a new receiver involved, Jake Kumaro. Break
Speaker 1: this down. They moved Jake Kumarro here, and the fact
Speaker 1: that they have a linebacker lined up over him signals
Speaker 1: of Josh that it's going to be zone defense. The
Speaker 1: safeties are split in the middle of the field and
Speaker 1: Josh throws an absolute rifle of a throw to Kumaro.
Speaker 1: Hits him perfectly in stride to split the safeties for
Speaker 1: Jake's first touchdown of the season. Yeah, we've been talking
Speaker 1: also about the Bill's goal line offense all year. Here's
Speaker 1: another look with two eligible offensive linemen. How about this
Speaker 1: set for Brian day Ball. Tiansecki is an eligible receiver
Speaker 1: on the back side of the play at the bottom
Speaker 1: of the screen here and Ryan Bates was actually a
Speaker 1: bunch formation to the right, and it looked like they
Speaker 1: were trying to sneak Tie and Secki out on the
Speaker 1: backside the play. The Broncos defense did a great job
Speaker 1: of ving discipline and staying with him. But as Josh
Speaker 1: decides that he can't throw it back to Tie and Secky,
Speaker 1: he just does it with his legs, makes a defender
Speaker 1: miss in the backfield and goes in for the touchdown.
Speaker 1: And then right after the kickoff after that touchdown, the
Speaker 1: defense adds to the scoring. This time Trey White forces
Speaker 1: the fumble. Jerry Hughes has one of the great returns
Speaker 1: I've ever seen. Eric brad this down, so at the
Speaker 1: top of the screen you see a tight split by
Speaker 1: of the receiver. We've seen this a couple of times
Speaker 1: this year where Leslie Fraze will dial up Tredavious White
Speaker 1: actually coming onto Blitz. It's very tough for an offense
Speaker 1: who ever expect that one of the best cover corners
Speaker 1: in the league's gonna come on the blitz. He gets
Speaker 1: the sack fumble. Jerry Hughes, the former high school running back,
Speaker 1: which he reminded me of after the game when I
Speaker 1: sent him to the congratulatory text, makes one of the
Speaker 1: best runs of the season for the Buffalo Bills. And
Speaker 1: that's the Bill's defensive end. They're star pass rusher who's
Speaker 1: always hustling, always making place for this defense. Makes an
Speaker 1: incredible run back for the touchdown. In the fourth quarter,
Speaker 1: the Bills are just trying to run out the clock.
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary breaks one. What happened on this run. The
Speaker 1: Bill's four minuted offense running the ball out at the
Speaker 1: end of games has been really effective. Matt Barkley comes
Speaker 1: in for one snap and on the first play of
Speaker 1: the series, Devin Singletary runs outside zone to the left.
Speaker 1: He's able to make one guy miss at the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmers, then he's off to the races. Devin Singletary
Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily have complete breakaway speed, but his ability that
Speaker 1: makes defenders miss has been on display all season long,
Speaker 1: and he takes this one into the touchdown to really
Speaker 1: just hammer home the Broncos at the end of the game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was great to see the Bills lock up the
Speaker 1: division title with such a strong performance in Denver. Eric,
Speaker 1: thanks so much for being with us. Appreciate it absolutely
Speaker 1: my pleasure. Steve Mattie glab here with this week's game preview,
Speaker 1: the afcast champs are heading the Fox Roads take on
Speaker 1: the New England Patriots. Buffalo is one win away from
Speaker 1: sweeping New England for the first time since nineteen ninety nine.
Speaker 1: The six and eight Patriots are on a two game
Speaker 1: losing streak, averaging just seven and a half points per
Speaker 1: game over that span, while the eleven and three Buffalo
Speaker 1: Bills have won the last four games. New England ranks
Speaker 1: twenty seventh, averaging just over twenty points a game. They've
Speaker 1: struggled in the air, averaging only one hundred and eighty
Speaker 1: five passing yards a game, which is good for thirtieth,
Speaker 1: but have found success on the ground, ranking sixth averaging
Speaker 1: one hundred and forty five point four rushing yards per game.
Speaker 1: The Patriots defense ranks eleventh, allowing three hundred and forty
Speaker 1: five yards per game and only allows twenty one and
Speaker 1: a half points per game. The Bills offense ranks fifth,
Speaker 1: scoring twenty nine point one points per game, and second,
Speaker 1: averaging two hundred and seventy eight passing yards a game.
Speaker 1: They have the best third down conversion rate in the NFL,
Speaker 1: converting fifty point nine percent of the time. Josh Allen
Speaker 1: is the first Bill in franchise history to have more
Speaker 1: than four thousand passing yards and at least thirty passing
Speaker 1: touchdowns in a single season. The Bills defense has turned
Speaker 1: a corner since they're week eleven. By Since Week twelve,
Speaker 1: they tiper bit, allowing only eighteen point eight points per
Speaker 1: game and have the third most interceptions during that time
Speaker 1: with five. They have also been allowing only eighty seven
Speaker 1: point three rushing yards per game, which is the second
Speaker 1: least in the league over that span. The Patriots lead
Speaker 1: the series against the Bills seventy six forty four and one.
Speaker 1: That's this week's game preview. Steve back to you. Thanks
Speaker 1: as always, Mattie, coach, You've clinched a division title. And
Speaker 1: a home playoff game. But you still have two games
Speaker 1: left in the regular season. How important are these next
Speaker 1: two games? Well, they're very important. You know, we're facing
Speaker 1: a team that has won the division for multiple multiple
Speaker 1: years and it's at their place, and then after that
Speaker 1: it's another good opponent that's playing very well this year
Speaker 1: in the Miami Dolphins. So we'll take them one at
Speaker 1: a time, respect both teams and make sure we're focused
Speaker 1: on ourselves and improving what we do and continue with
Speaker 1: that growth mindset. Yeah, coach, you've had a number of
Speaker 1: firsts this year. What would it mean for you to
Speaker 1: get your first win in Foxborough's head coach of the Bills. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I would mean a tremendous amount to get number to
Speaker 1: get number twelve. We just have so much respect for
Speaker 1: those guys and what they've been able to accomplish for
Speaker 1: so long. But it's going to take a lot of
Speaker 1: hard work this week and for us to play our
Speaker 1: best football. We go up there over there Monday night.
Speaker 1: Thanks coaching, good luck this week against New England Patriots.
Speaker 1: We're gonna be back next week to recap your game
Speaker 1: against the Patriots and preview your week seventeen matchup against
Speaker 1: the Dolphins and for everybody at home, thanks for watching
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