WEBVTT - Sean McDermott Show, Week 17 0:00:05.640 --> 0:00:07.960 But we're live right now. Hey, we're live. Everybody got 0:00:08.039 --> 0:00:11.440 me not Let's go bury. Everybody do their job. One 0:00:11.480 --> 0:00:16.280 to love it, Wealth, Calvern defense, Let's go, no overthinking, right, 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:18.760 Go play some ball, Go play some football. It's an 0:00:18.800 --> 0:00:20.920 exciting time to be a Buffalo Bill and a fan 0:00:21.000 --> 0:00:31.840 of the buff Blow Bills. Everybody, Welcome to the Sean 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:34.479 McDermott Show, brought to you by ECMC and Collide to Health, 0:00:34.520 --> 0:00:36.960 the official healthcare providers of the Buffalo Bills. And once 0:00:37.000 --> 0:00:39.720 again we're here to join Sean McDermott for his thoughts 0:00:39.760 --> 0:00:42.360 on last week's game against the New England Patriots, looking 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:44.479 forward to the Jets game, looking and beyond to the 0:00:44.520 --> 0:00:47.320 playoffs and coaching. You knew going into Foxborough they got 0:00:47.360 --> 0:00:49.839 the best defense statistically in the National Football League. You 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:51.760 knew the margin of air was going to be very small. 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:54.360 And once again, just like the first go round, it 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:56.120 comes down to the wire in this one of the Yeah, 0:00:56.240 --> 0:00:59.040 no it did, and we didn't play our best game. 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:01.840 They executed at a high level, which is what you'd 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:04.920 expect from the defending champs, especially this time of year, 0:01:04.959 --> 0:01:07.360 and so we've got to learn from that. But it 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:09.120 came down to the last possession. We had a chance 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:11.440 to tie the game or go ahead with a two 0:01:11.440 --> 0:01:14.800 point possibly after that, and we didn't convert. But a 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:16.720 lot of lessons can be taken from that game. Yeah, 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:18.839 you look at this game too. You're kind of trying 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:20.880 to build your team. You got a team that's been 0:01:20.920 --> 0:01:22.320 at the top of the division. You kind of build 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:25.479 your team to beat him. In two teams with strong 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:28.240 defenses and two teams that have two guys in the 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:31.080 slot with Julian Edelman for the Patriots and you with 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:34.000 Cole Beasley, a lot of similarities. There are those two games, 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:36.360 Cole Beasley with a bunch of catches for over one 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:39.520 hundred yards. That's kind of the direction the National Football 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:43.080 League is in. You want to have one of those guys, 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:45.160 and both teams have one. Yeah, it was fun to watch. 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:46.840 It was fun to watch Cole do what he did 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:49.279 the other night, and Josh to be able to connect 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:51.680 with Cole in particular before half and then towards the 0:01:51.720 --> 0:01:54.120 end of game, and so it set us up with 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:56.880 in scoring position a few times, and that was good 0:01:56.880 --> 0:01:59.680 to see. To get that part of our offense developed 0:01:59.720 --> 0:02:01.880 and going. Now you're in the playoffs, so you can 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:04.160 have a little fun here. You got another big man touchdown, 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:06.760 Don Dalkins. Yeah, it's got Actually, we had a guy 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:09.520 tell us today there's one guy on the team that 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:12.320 had a touchdown pass last year and a touchdown pass 0:02:12.400 --> 0:02:16.320 this year. It's the left tackle. That's amazing. Fun time 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:18.440 and as a play that was called at the right time, 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:21.920 executed perfect. Yeah, well well designed. We did run it 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:23.920 last year, so I know there was some question on 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:26.720 whether or not he reported eligible or not, but we 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:29.519 try and do things the right way and we executed 0:02:29.520 --> 0:02:31.760 at a high level. Yeah, you know it's you executed 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:33.560 a high level, particularly at the end of the first half. 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:36.320 You had like thirty one thirty two seconds ago, and 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:38.799 you come down, you manage the clock perfectly, you get 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:42.240 the ball over the top, two knocks, and the end 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:44.480 of the first half is exactly the way you scripted. 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:46.040 You wanted to end with the score, come out and 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:47.880 get the ball in the second half. It really had 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:50.800 to be happy with your execution, your play clock management, 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:53.720 the offensive game plan, and the way the guy's executed. 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:56.160 Well I was. I thought the guys executed well. Brian 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:59.280 called a good series right there and six seconds on 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:02.560 the clock. With you know, you're never sure what's going 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:04.200 to happen, right, so but you got to be able 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:06.440 to get up and down with the ball, and Josh 0:03:06.440 --> 0:03:09.000 did that well. We executed, and we wanted to then 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:11.440 what we called double dip is come out after half 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:13.679 and score again. And we drove. I think we moved 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:15.960 the chains once, but we stalled after that, and so 0:03:15.960 --> 0:03:17.440 we've got to look at that as well. You know, 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:19.480 Josh came down. It's kind of fun. You watched Josh 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:21.200 play and there's no question he's kind of the bell 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:23.520 cowar your offense, and he should be. He's the quarterback 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:25.520 and he's going to be there for a while. But 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:27.840 to see him hit those deep balls and he hadn't 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.200 really had struggled to hit. To see him compete like 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:32.280 that and then come back and also do the nitty 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:35.520 gritty stuff of getting the fourth down conversion on a 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:37.840 quarterback sneak with a face mask in the whole nine 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:40.480 yards and didn't get called. Really got to be happy 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:42.760 about where he's at mentally, even though you know, you'd 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:45.040 still like to be a little more efficient. Yeah, you know, 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:46.680 we got off to a little bit of a slow 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:49.640 start overall, I thought after that he made some really 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:52.520 elite throws in some tough situations of the game where 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:55.440 it was before half, and he used his feet before 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:57.440 half as well. And then the throw to John Brown 0:03:57.480 --> 0:04:00.280 on second and eleven plus whatever it was, and with 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:02.400 a guy in his face, took a big hit and 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:05.280 then to lead us on the drive at the end 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:06.880 to give us a chance to tie the game at 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:09.800 least or go ahead. Big time drive in a big 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:11.640 game and big moments of a big game. Well, your 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:14.160 defense continues, even with this loss last week, to be 0:04:14.240 --> 0:04:16.720 ranked extremely high in the rankings all across the National 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:19.520 Football League. And there's been a couple of games, and 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:22.559 this latest one in New England's another example. You've gotten 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:25.080 the best offensive performance from the teams you face that 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:28.040 they've been able to muster all season. And Tom Brady, 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:30.440 what can you say? The guy rose up. He had 0:04:30.440 --> 0:04:33.360 his best day of the year this last week against 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:35.920 you guys. Yeah, and that's and that was to be expected, right, 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:38.360 I mean, you can only they talk people talk about 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:40.840 while they're not the same, and Tom Brady is not 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:43.640 the same. And as I said, you think, don't ever 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:46.280 think you've got him figured out. He's been one of 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:47.880 the best, if not the best, for a reason, and 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:50.440 especially late in the year, and they executed at a 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:53.240 high level. And so we've got to go back to 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:56.760 the drawing board and continue to grow and develop as 0:04:56.800 --> 0:04:59.320 a staff and as a team. And we'll do that 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:01.240 move forward. We're gonna come back later in the show 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:06.240 and get your final thoughts. Thanks Sean. Chopping Wood is 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:10.880 presented by Saint Bonaventure University, the official education provider of 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:15.839 the Buffalo Bills. Everybody, welcome back to the Sean McDermott 0:05:15.839 --> 0:05:18.400 shown as we go inside the film room. As a tradition, 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:20.240 we bring Eric Wood in the radio analysts for the 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:22.880 Buffalo Bills broadcast to talk about it. We're gonna chop 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:25.920 some wood in the segment we obviously called chopping Wood. Eric, 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:29.000 Thanks for being here. Nobody cares about moral victories anymore. 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:31.039 But in a really competitive game, we really had a 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:34.880 playoff atmosphere. You gotta like the way the Bills showed up. Yeah, 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:38.480 on Saturday, they proved once again that they can compete 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:40.719 with anyone in this league, and in these last few 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:45.039 games have been very stiff competition. At the Steelers, you 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:49.919 play the Ravens. You play the Patriots at their place, 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:51.560 and you go toe to toe with all of them, 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:55.600 you beat the Steelers. The Bills are proving with this 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:59.960 this young roster and serve spots, especially quarterback, middle linebacker, 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:04.160 These these young captains, they're getting really big experience right 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:09.800 now in these really hostile environments that will pay off 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:12.360 hopefully come playoff time. Yeah. Well, Josh Allen in the 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:14.560 second year, he's had this knack for like looking at 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:17.520 his own game and making improvements. You know, he addresses 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:19.800 those parts of his game that he might struggle with 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:21.840 early in the season. We saw the deep ball has 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:24.080 been a problem for the team throughout the season. Yet 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:26.600 in this big moment, Josh came through with maybe two 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:28.880 of his best throws of the year. This touchdown pass 0:06:29.360 --> 0:06:31.400 to John Brown is probably the play of the game 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:34.160 for the Buffalo Bills. John Brown going against Steph Gilmour, 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:37.360 double teamed by the safety coming over. Smoke runs a 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:40.960 phenomenal route and Josh puts it right on the money. Yeah, 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:42.720 this is this is one of my favorite throws I've 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:45.840 seen Josh make in his entire career. And you have 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:49.800 two guys barreling down the face of Josh Allen. On 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:53.360 this play, they do a designed to hard play action, 0:06:53.600 --> 0:06:56.440 but because of the edge pressure from Kyle van Noy 0:06:57.160 --> 0:07:00.640 in him not getting leaving containing then Lawrence Guys coming 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:03.080 right up the gut at him. Josh bads back to 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:08.200 his left, sees that Smoke brown completely dust Stefan Gilmore, 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:10.880 regarded by most as the best cornerback in the NFL, 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:13.640 and drops it right over the top of the safety mcquarter. 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:18.440 Just a phenomenal route, excellent throw by Josh Allen under 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:21.360 a ton of pressure. You know it's not a deep ball. 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:25.200 But we also had the big man touchdown, the rarity 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:28.640 in the NFL. Dion Dawkins comes through, gets a touchdown, 0:07:28.960 --> 0:07:31.160 and it was always fun when you see these celebrations. 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:33.120 No Quay, we saw a great celebration just a minute 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:36.200 ago by Smoke, But these big man touchdowns are so 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:38.280 rare and they're an awful lot of fun to watch. 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:40.600 They do a little bit of a play, actually roll 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:43.480 out out to the right, leak Dion Dawkins out the back, 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:45.560 and one of the things I love most about this 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:49.560 play is Dietrich Wise he almost reads out of it 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:53.480 to cover Dion in the flat in Clinton. Spain just 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:55.720 gives him a little bit of a tug to bring 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:57.960 him back in to pre up his buddy for the touchdown. 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:02.080 Dion Dawkins. He needs to buy his boy, Quentin Spain 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:05.240 a steak or something for that one. Let's look ahead 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:08.040 for a minute Week seventeen the New York Jets. Certainly 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:10.560 it has not gone the way the Jet fans would 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:13.720 have hoped, but they did win last week over the Pittsburgh's. 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:16.720 A huge difference maker in that game was the Jets 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:20.120 safety Marcus May. Let's pick things up with his interception. 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:23.120 Tell us what you see on this intersection from the 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:26.440 Jets safety Marcus May has been a bright spot for 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:29.720 this team, and as Duck Hodges tries to test the 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:32.560 defense here, Marcus May does a great job coming over 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:35.440 the top, playing the ball through the receiver, not a 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:37.760 PI because he's playing the ball the entire time even 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:40.120 though there was some contact, and just makes it an 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:43.120 excellent play on the outside of the Jets there. Even 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:46.800 with that interception, this game still came down to the wire. 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:49.840 Marcus May coming up with a second big pass breakup 0:08:50.080 --> 0:08:52.800 of the day's one on one with James Washington. Dut 0:08:52.880 --> 0:08:55.120 down the field, He's able to make the play. It's 0:08:55.160 --> 0:08:58.319 really really a nice play by the young safety. Yeah, 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:00.840 but the game on the line. This Steelers try to 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:03.240 test Marcus May again in this game, and they try 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:05.800 and test them deep. Washington has been a great deep 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:08.640 threat for the Pittsburgh Steelers. They test them deep and 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:11.680 Marcus May just does a great job running with him vertically. 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:13.640 And this is a guy that Buffalo Bills this week. 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:16.800 We'll have to be careful testing in the defensive backfield 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:19.960 and moving forward, the Jets have to love what they 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:23.320 have at the safety position with Jamal Adams and Marcus 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:26.839 May Harrol Eric. Obviously, this game isn't the last game 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:28.640 of the season for the Buffalo Bills. They're head of 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:30.800 the playoffs. Look forward to ending the regular season on 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:33.040 the right foot against the Jets, and looking forward to 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:35.920 the broadcast with you and Murph. Thanksgreing with us. Yeah, absolutely, 0:09:36.000 --> 0:09:40.880 my pleasure, Steve. Game preview is presented by Independent Health 0:09:41.160 --> 0:09:44.360 from your every day to your unexpected. That's the Red 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:47.840 Shared Treatment. Mattie glads here with this week's game preview. 0:09:48.160 --> 0:09:50.800 In Week seventeen, the ten and five Bills round out 0:09:50.840 --> 0:09:53.280 the regular season with the home game against the six 0:09:53.320 --> 0:09:56.320 and nine year Jets. Buffalo punched its ticket to the 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:59.160 playoffs with a Week fifteen win over the Steelers and 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:02.480 locked up the fifth seed wildcard spot in Week sixteen. 0:10:02.880 --> 0:10:06.000 Many records were broken and milestones were passed this season 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:09.480 as Buffalo got to ten wins. Head coach Sean McDermott's 0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:12.080 twenty five wins are the fifth most by a head 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:15.559 coach in team history. Josh Allen has had twenty one 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:19.040 straight games with a touchdown. It's a new franchise record 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:22.600 that passes Doug Flutie's twenty game streak from nineteen ninety 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:26.320 eight to ninety nine. Allen's twenty nine total touchdowns this 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:30.320 season are the second most in franchise history behind Jim Kelly. 0:10:30.440 --> 0:10:34.000 Buffalo's defense continues to remain amongst the best as they 0:10:34.000 --> 0:10:37.320 close out the regular season, still ranked third allowing only 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:40.960 three hundred point one yards per game and second allowing 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:44.200 sixteen point four points per game. On the season, Sam 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:47.680 Darnold has completed sixty one point seven percent of his passes, 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:51.000 averaging two hundred and thirty five point four passing yards 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:55.120 per game, and has scored eighteen touchdowns while growing twelve interceptions. 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:57.959 While their offense has had a tough go, their defense 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:01.440 ranked seventh, with Jamal Adams leading the team in tackles 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:04.640 with seventy two. They have the second best run defense, 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:07.760 allowing only eighty seven point nine rushing yards per game. 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:10.040 The last time the Bills saw the Jets was in 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:12.400 Week one in Buffalo won by a point with the 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:16.040 final score of seventeen to sixteen. Steve back to you. 0:11:16.720 --> 0:11:18.760 Thanks as always, Maddie, appreciate it. Now we're going to 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:21.079 come back. Get some final thoughts from coach. Coach you 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:23.480 got the week seventeen matchup with the Jets. Can't help 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:27.320 or detract from your playoff spot. What's your message Forget 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:29.679 about the team, we'll get to them. What about the fans? 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:31.959 What about the what's your message to them about? You 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:35.280 know this game? And it's kind of a bonus football 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:37.120 for the Buffalo Bills and their fans this week? Yeah 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:40.360 it is. I mean, listen, we take every game to 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:44.559 me seriously and respect every opponent, and it's another opportunity 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:46.559 for us to improve as a football team. We're young 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:48.200 in a lot of areas and a a lot of positions. 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:50.600 Keep positions and they will give us a chance to 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:53.320 through the week of practice and then the game to 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:56.320 continue to develop at some of those positions. And again, 0:11:56.360 --> 0:11:58.559 as an overall team, in your three years here, you've 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:01.160 got two trips to the play offs, and you know 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:03.439 you came in thinking, well, let's go playoff caliber. It 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:05.200 was a slogan that was on the walls and that 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:07.800 kind of thing. And you know, what is your message 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:11.120 to your team now about their mindset going into this 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:14.960 week seventeen matchup and beyond, Well, it's that playoff caliber. 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:16.800 The whole vision behind that is that's a day to 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:20.040 day standard of how we do things. Everyone. I'm sure 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:21.880 all thirty two teams set out their goal to win 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:23.520 the Super Bowl, but to me, that's the day to 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:26.800 day standard in the plan. And then so now we 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:29.560 moved to championship caliber, and that's really the mindset and 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:31.960 the new standard that we're trying to establish here at 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:34.760 One Bill's Drive. Well, Sean, congratulations on the playoff birth. 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:36.559 We're looking forward to the Jet game this week. We're 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:38.920 gonna be back next week to recap the entire twenty 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:43.199 nineteen regular season and preview the wild card matchup and 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:46.320 the Bill's playoff birth. This season. Enjoy the holidays, everybody, 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:50.800 Thanks for watching. The Sean McDermott Show is sponsored by 0:12:50.880 --> 0:12:54.840 Independent Health From here every Day to your unexpected. That's 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:58.720 the Red Shared Treatment, and by Yancey's Fancy New York's 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:02.720 artists and Cheese, the official cheese of the Buffalo Bills.