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Speaker 1: The is One Bill's Live, presented by called Light of Health.

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Speaker 1: All right, here we be on a Wednesday, players back

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Speaker 1: out on the practice field. We got you updates in

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Speaker 1: just a second. Here on a Wednesday edition of One

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Speaker 1: Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you and the

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Speaker 1: bombshell news dropped about an hour ago when head coach

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Speaker 1: Sean McDermott addressed the media. Von Miller is out for

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Speaker 1: the season after undergoing exploratory surgery down in his native

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Speaker 1: Texas yesterday day. It was discovered that his ACL ligament

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Speaker 1: was in need of repair. We do not know the

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Speaker 1: extent of the damage, but what we do know is

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Speaker 1: he underwent surgery to repair that ACL and he is

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Speaker 1: out for the season. He will not make a return

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Speaker 1: in the regular season or the playoffs for the Bills

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two, So tough one to take. He

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Speaker 1: had been on IR already placed on I our last

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Speaker 1: Wednesday in advance of the Thursday night game against the Patriots.

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Speaker 1: The hope was to have him back after a four

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Speaker 1: game absence at the tail end of the regular season,

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Speaker 1: certainly for the playoffs, but all of that is out

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Speaker 1: the window now. And Steve, I know this team fully

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Speaker 1: expected to not have him for the next three games,

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Speaker 1: but now knowing he's not coming back in any capacity

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Speaker 1: on the field, that's like a gut punch. Yeah, it is.

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Speaker 1: I still think while this is I think it's going

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Speaker 1: to be interesting to see how this affects not just

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Speaker 1: They have all stated how big an effect Vaughan has

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Speaker 1: had on them thus far in the season, and I

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Speaker 1: think it's a great opportunity for them to show it.

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Speaker 1: Believe me that Vaughan's probably gonna be back here in

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Speaker 1: Buffalo as soon as possible after the surgery is over.

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Speaker 1: He'll be helping these guys try to win. How he

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Speaker 1: can affect them without being on the field, it remains

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Speaker 1: to be seen. And I think that's a big question.

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Speaker 1: How good can these guys be without him? Yeah, Like

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Speaker 1: we've always said about this OBJ thing on the free

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Speaker 1: agency thing out there, good players make you better, and

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Speaker 1: when you lose good players, you're you can't be as

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Speaker 1: good unless something changes, and that change has to begin

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Speaker 1: with the guys that Vaughan left behind on that D line.

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Speaker 1: We'll see if that can happen. Uh, let's turn now

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Speaker 1: to some of the comments that were made by head

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Speaker 1: news that Von Miller is out for the season. Okay,

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Speaker 1: to give you an update of Von underwent surgery yesterday.

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Speaker 1: It was exploratory type of surgery and it turned out

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Speaker 1: so he'll be out for the year. As an update

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Speaker 1: for you guys, very unfortunate situation for Von. Obviously in

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Speaker 1: our team, we care for him obviously like like we

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Speaker 1: would any player. We know how much this means to

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Speaker 1: him in terms of playing and and being with the team.

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Speaker 1: So we look forward to getting him back obviously off

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Speaker 1: the field for the rest of the season and his leadership,

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Speaker 1: and we're certainly thinking about him as he recovers here.

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Speaker 1: So with that, I'll turn over to you that you know, listen,

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Speaker 1: you care about every player, right and and uh, and

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Speaker 1: it affects you when guys go down. H It's the

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Speaker 1: business we're in. It's a it's a physical game and

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Speaker 1: But as I said last week when he was out,

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Speaker 1: for other guys to step up. Interacted with him after

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Speaker 1: the surgery yesterday via text. It wasn't. It wasn't in

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Speaker 1: Osteopathic Medicine. So, as Steve mentioned, Jordan Phillips with a

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Speaker 1: we'll have to see. I mean, we've got five weeks

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Speaker 1: know how severe the break is. But you know, you

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Speaker 1: for Baker Mayfield as many suspected they might. There's there's

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Speaker 1: it's going to take for Garoppolo's foot to heal, and

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Speaker 1: having him back for the postseason, they're probably going in

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Speaker 1: that direction rather than starting from scratch with Mayfields. A

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Speaker 1: lot of sense that brock Purty looked all that bad

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Speaker 1: last week. Either, We'll see what he does in the

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Speaker 1: coming weeks. People are high on brock Purty all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden. Yeah, not the he Let's let's give it, like,

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Speaker 1: you know, four more quarters at least before we decide

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Speaker 1: on the I played three and a half quarters. He's

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Speaker 1: got one third the passing touchdowns of Russell Wilson's played

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Speaker 1: all season. Stop stop him. This isn't about Russ Wilson.

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Speaker 1: It could be, could be, it could be. I wouldn't

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Speaker 1: have been something that Denver put a claim in on

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Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, but I don't want to change the subject.

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Speaker 1: We can get into the Russell Wilson saga again. We

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Speaker 1: had the discussion about his salary cap hit the other

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Speaker 1: day and that's been picked up by he starts seeing

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Speaker 1: people explore that they're right, you can't. They can't get

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Speaker 1: out of that contract. They're stuck with him. Um but

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Speaker 1: man oh man. Yeah, the Baker Mayfield to la Is

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Speaker 1: is an interesting call because they've got space there because

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Speaker 1: Matt Stafford seems to be and I don't want to

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Speaker 1: say finished certainly for this year, and they need a guy.

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Speaker 1: They're not going the playoffs. They've already lost nine games,

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Speaker 1: so you know they're not They're number fifteen in a

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Speaker 1: sixteen team conference at three and seven. They're not going

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Speaker 1: any three and nine, they're three, yeah, three and nine,

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Speaker 1: and so they're not going anywhere. So this Baker Mayfield

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Speaker 1: thing is a side show even for them. Yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: like a dress rehearsal. Yeah, that's around the NFL presented

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Speaker 1: presented by Collida Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right,

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Speaker 1: welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker

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Speaker 1: with you, and please to be joined now by the

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Speaker 1: three time Emmy Award winner, and he's calling Bills Jets

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Speaker 1: on Sunday with Tony Romo. It's Jim Nance. Everybody. How

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Speaker 1: are we doing, Jim, We're doing well. Thank you, Chris, Steve.

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Speaker 1: Good to be with you boys. Merry Christmas, everybody, Harry Holiday,

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Speaker 1: Merry Christmas, and welcome coming back to Buffalo. It's we're

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Speaker 1: seeing you a little bit more and more these days

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Speaker 1: now that Josh Allen, these guys have emerged. You've done

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Speaker 1: the games in Kansas City, those phenomenal games that have

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Speaker 1: happened in Kansas City. You're getting to see him now,

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Speaker 1: I think, at least for the second time here in Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: You got the Pittsburgh game early in the season, correct,

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Speaker 1: we did. We had that. We had the Pittsburgh game

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Speaker 1: on October the night, and this marks our second one.

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Speaker 1: And then if things hold up, I think we'll be

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Speaker 1: there for two playoff games as the one seat. If

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Speaker 1: that holds, I would think we'd be there Divisional the W.

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Speaker 1: Obviously we'd be there for the AFC Championships. So I

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Speaker 1: city for years to come. Yeah, Jim, it's it's I

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Speaker 1: think the one thing that's kind of taken us all

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Speaker 1: AFC East top to bottom. I mean a lot of

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Speaker 1: people coming into the season, we're saying it's all about

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Speaker 1: the AFC West. There's gonna be cannibalism out there. They're

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Speaker 1: gonna be beaten up on each other all season. Everybody

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Speaker 1: was sleeping on the AFC East, which is significantly tighter

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Speaker 1: than I think anyone anticipated. Well, it's a good point, Chris.

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Speaker 1: First off, the Jets are a lot better than anyone thought.

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Speaker 1: So that's helped the division. And when you look at

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Speaker 1: the West, everybody kind of oversold the Broncos. They're a

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Speaker 1: lot worse than any one thought. So you just take

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Speaker 1: those two teams and flip them their seasons and it

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Speaker 1: certainly has changed the texture of those divisions. But the

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Speaker 1: AFC East and the NFC East are just absolute dynamite.

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Speaker 1: And look at the Bills are sitting on top of

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Speaker 1: the world right now. I'm sorry to hear the news

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Speaker 1: today about von Miller. Uh yeah. We were there for

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Speaker 1: the Thanksgiving Day game and I was greatly concerned as

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Speaker 1: he was being carted off the field and we were

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Speaker 1: getting updates. He's not going to return today, I said

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Speaker 1: something to the effect on the air. Well, we don't

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Speaker 1: care about today. We care upon the long range view

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Speaker 1: of all of this, and um, you know, I'm sorry

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Speaker 1: to see after this exploratory surgery that they found in

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Speaker 1: fact the ACL was was compromised and torn. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: it is. It is unfortunate, no question about it. It's

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Speaker 1: kind of um. He has been We have talked about

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Speaker 1: his effect on the young players at the defensive end

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Speaker 1: position here in Buffalo. Aj Epinezza Boogie basham uh Greg

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Speaker 1: Rousseau that the entire roster of these guys that he's

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Speaker 1: it's now an opportunity to see, well, maybe these guys

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Speaker 1: And I know that's a long that's a big, big

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Speaker 1: reach in today's NFL. But no question, Von Miller has

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Speaker 1: had an impact on this team on the field, and

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Speaker 1: it remains to be seen I think now in the

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Speaker 1: coming weeks as to maybe that impact happens now that

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Speaker 1: along see that this was, by and largees was a

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Speaker 1: playoff scenario for the Bills, that this was really all

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Speaker 1: about Von performing in January and hopefully in February. And

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Speaker 1: I'm actually seeing I think Russo grow and evolve here

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Speaker 1: things go. Um, they're gonna have to make up for it, though,

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Speaker 1: and you're gonna need home field, I mean, and I

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Speaker 1: here the Jets. They already know how good the Jets

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Speaker 1: later in the year, later here in a week or so,

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Speaker 1: great surprise in anyone. But I've seen these Buffalo at

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Speaker 1: Kansas City matchups and yes, the Bills won this year,

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Speaker 1: that's a big deal to me. If if, if the

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Speaker 1: all the way. I really do. Yeah. And interesting because

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Speaker 1: course the debacle that happened against Minnesota where they had

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Speaker 1: Those two losses you can kind of say, well, wow,

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Speaker 1: that was bad luck, the luck of the draw. But

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Speaker 1: really deserve to win that game. Zach Wilson didn't make

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Speaker 1: any huge mistakes. Their defense showed up in a big way,

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Speaker 1: Stevie fat Man, I'm sitting here for just all day putting,

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Speaker 1: of course you can't see it here in his screen,

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Speaker 1: Buffalo fans remember Mike White from last year. Bills certainly

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Speaker 1: had their way with him last year. But they're feisty,

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Speaker 1: they're they're a very They're much better than people think.

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Speaker 1: Let's just put it that way. You've seen it was

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Speaker 1: brought him up, Jim. I mean, you know, he makes

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Speaker 1: his start last year, performs admirably, and then it kind

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Speaker 1: right now. He certainly loves Mike White at quarterback. He's

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Speaker 1: got almost three hundred yards and receiving the last two weeks,

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Speaker 1: in Week nine. But Garrett Wilson's come alive here with

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Speaker 1: Mike White at quarterback. He throws a beautiful football. I

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Speaker 1: know that it was a disaster for him last year

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Speaker 1: against the Bills. Talking about Mike White, I think he

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Speaker 1: threw four picks. But there gonna be a lot of

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Speaker 1: people are gonna look back at this and say, man,

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Speaker 1: what the Jets record could have been if Mike White

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Speaker 1: They had the game one last way. They dropped the

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Speaker 1: the earliest part of the drafty. They are no Fluke.

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Speaker 1: Seven and four is what they deserve. They've really played

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Speaker 1: the shame as a guy like Sean McDermot, who I

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Speaker 1: they were supposed to be that good, so they don't

640
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:46,239
Speaker 1: quite get maybe as much acclaims as they should. I

641
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,960
Speaker 1: have another but great regard for for Sean. But when

642
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 1: it comes when it comes to the end of the

643
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 1: year voting plus a little bit of the New York

644
00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:56,839
Speaker 1: media influence or whatever that plays, you can you can

645
00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,319
Speaker 1: bet Robert Salat He's on a heck of a job.

646
00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:01,360
Speaker 1: He's gonna get He's gonna be right up there in

647
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:03,799
Speaker 1: the Coach of the Year story. There'll be other guys too.

648
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:07,680
Speaker 1: I mean you're going to give Syrianni at Philadelphia. Obviously

649
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 1: it is two. They're ten and one right now for

650
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:15,680
Speaker 1: eleven to one, so um yeah, right now this game,

651
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 1: I'm excited to be coming back to Buffalo. You're the

652
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 1: weather is going to be in a pretty decent and

653
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:25,040
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to I've enjoyed this ride with the Bills.

654
00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 1: This is exactly what I expected before the season started.

655
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:29,800
Speaker 1: This is the team I thought was gonna be the

656
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:33,279
Speaker 1: team to beat. And you know right now I'm still

657
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:36,680
Speaker 1: holding by that. Well, you mentioned it in the in

658
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,680
Speaker 1: the Coach of the Year voting, the New York media presence.

659
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:42,320
Speaker 1: There's another there's another thing about the New York about

660
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:45,800
Speaker 1: the media presence that you have something to do with.

661
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:51,320
Speaker 1: It's calling an announcers jinks. So so we're watching the

662
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:55,560
Speaker 1: Thanksgiving game and you're making this call about what was it,

663
00:36:56,000 --> 00:37:00,440
Speaker 1: something about one hundred and three straight and the moment,

664
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:07,360
Speaker 1: the moment you mention it, the streak ends. Well, actually

665
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:09,960
Speaker 1: I got kind of the double whammy that week. The

666
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:12,880
Speaker 1: one that was most egregious was the kicker for the Lions.

667
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:14,840
Speaker 1: I don't think I'm gonna be welcome back in Detroit

668
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:18,040
Speaker 1: anytime soon all of this, of course his tongue in cheek.

669
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:20,879
Speaker 1: But Michael Badgeley, their kicker, had a twenty nine yard

670
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,279
Speaker 1: or now. I happened to watch him warm up and

671
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:26,840
Speaker 1: he had a dreadful warm up session on the field,

672
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 1: so I had this feeling there was a chance he

673
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,000
Speaker 1: could miss from twenty nine yards, and of course I

674
00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:33,920
Speaker 1: had all the data committed to memory. He had not

675
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 1: missed a field goal or a pat that year this year,

676
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 1: so as he was setting up for the kick, just

677
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,560
Speaker 1: to have some fun with it, I think my preamble was,

678
00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:48,040
Speaker 1: I don't want to hear anything about some so called

679
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:51,759
Speaker 1: announcers chinks. Here's Michael Badgeley, hasn't missed a kick all

680
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:54,360
Speaker 1: year long. Secretly, I'm hoping he's going to miss the

681
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:56,480
Speaker 1: kick because I've had this great build up. I want

682
00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:58,960
Speaker 1: to play right into the hands of the old silly

683
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:02,160
Speaker 1: announcers chinks. And of course the guy wrote booked it

684
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,239
Speaker 1: left and missed. But you're getting me on on on

685
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:10,080
Speaker 1: Tyler Bass's extra point street coming to an and I

686
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:14,160
Speaker 1: had mentioned that on his first pat attempt of the game,

687
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:17,480
Speaker 1: and then lo and behold two attempts after that. Yes,

688
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:20,399
Speaker 1: he missed that one, that one I can't I can't

689
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:23,480
Speaker 1: have that one marked against me. But the Badgeley one

690
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:25,279
Speaker 1: that costs the line is three points in a game

691
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:28,279
Speaker 1: that was decided by three. You'd be surprised how many

692
00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:32,839
Speaker 1: people would actually take these silly announcer Jesus, it's funny.

693
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:35,680
Speaker 1: It's supposed to be funny. Yeah, how does does Tony

694
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,000
Speaker 1: rib you much for that stuff? I mean, are you

695
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:40,440
Speaker 1: getting He's He's all over me. He's the guy that's

696
00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:43,399
Speaker 1: kind of like given this thing another life. So it's

697
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:46,479
Speaker 1: all good fun. It's all good fun. Uh, we would

698
00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:49,239
Speaker 1: be remiss if we didn't mention this too, jim Um,

699
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:52,400
Speaker 1: being a college basketball junkie that I am. We've enjoyed

700
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:54,800
Speaker 1: you for years. Uh, you know, doing the road to

701
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:58,440
Speaker 1: the Final Four, and you know you recently made the

702
00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:01,160
Speaker 1: announcer this is gonna be your last coming up in March.

703
00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:05,840
Speaker 1: You know, I know your schedule is absolutely bananas. So

704
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:07,640
Speaker 1: the fact that you've done it as long as you

705
00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:09,920
Speaker 1: have is pretty remarkable in and of itself, doing football

706
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:14,920
Speaker 1: and golf. Also, just why you kind of decided now

707
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:18,880
Speaker 1: was the time this coming March? Well, I have three children,

708
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:22,480
Speaker 1: two or at home, two young kids, and it's primarily

709
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:24,600
Speaker 1: about getting some of my life back. And I've done

710
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:26,759
Speaker 1: it for a long long time. It was nothing more

711
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:31,680
Speaker 1: than that. I've had the golden Hamster wheel, if you will,

712
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:36,440
Speaker 1: for thirty seven years, and that by that, I mean

713
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:39,440
Speaker 1: one season ends, the next one begins. I finished football,

714
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:41,719
Speaker 1: I head to the West Coast for some golf at

715
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:44,239
Speaker 1: some glorious sites. I do a little bit of West

716
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,720
Speaker 1: Coast golf for a month in the NCAA tournament against

717
00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:50,799
Speaker 1: and I go through fifteen game calls in twenty three days.

718
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 1: It's exhausting, it's exhilarating, it's exciting. I love it. But

719
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,800
Speaker 1: it is a lot. I mean, it's a lot on

720
00:39:57,840 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 1: my plate. And then I go right from there to

721
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:03,279
Speaker 1: the Master and do golf basically most every weekend until

722
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:05,520
Speaker 1: week one of the NFL seasons, so you never quite

723
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:08,279
Speaker 1: our home. So I was just looking for a way

724
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 1: to trim it back. People think I'm retiring. I'm gonna

725
00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:12,839
Speaker 1: be back to like forty one weeks on the rug

726
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 1: so yeah, you know, so I'm gonna have the NFL.

727
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:18,400
Speaker 1: And by the way, I want to add this, you know,

728
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:21,640
Speaker 1: I and Eagles going to be doing it starting in

729
00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:24,759
Speaker 1: twenty four and he is just sensational and I really

730
00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:27,480
Speaker 1: felt too, it was time for I to have his

731
00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:30,279
Speaker 1: own property. I'm thrilled for him. He'll take it and

732
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,560
Speaker 1: run with it and take it to greater heights, and

733
00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:37,120
Speaker 1: he deserves it. So I'm thrilled. And it's gonna end

734
00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:39,239
Speaker 1: in Houston. That had a lot to do with this

735
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:41,960
Speaker 1: year because Houston was my gateway city. I went to

736
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:45,000
Speaker 1: the University of Houston, my alma mater got me into

737
00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:47,719
Speaker 1: the business. That they were the ones that entrusted me

738
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:50,080
Speaker 1: to be the public address announcer. That's why I get

739
00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 1: that off over a lot of extra love. By the way,

740
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,759
Speaker 1: he's a Houston coop and you know that they were

741
00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:57,759
Speaker 1: right number one in the nation right now. I mean,

742
00:40:57,880 --> 00:40:59,719
Speaker 1: the dream here would be for Houston to win the

743
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:01,759
Speaker 1: champ being Ship on Monday Night and that'd be my

744
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:04,880
Speaker 1: last basketball call. Right Yeah, Well, Jim, thanks you so much.

745
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,040
Speaker 1: When you get to town, tell Jim Rickoff, I said, hello,

746
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 1: is a good friend of ours, your producer, I know,

747
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 1: executive producer of NFL on CBS. He loves you many well.

748
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:14,880
Speaker 1: The feelings mutual, I need to say. The guys, the

749
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,879
Speaker 1: guys at CB the guys at CBS have had always

750
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:21,120
Speaker 1: treated me just so. My time there was absolutely phenomenal.

751
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:23,000
Speaker 1: I got nothing but love and respect for the whole

752
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:25,200
Speaker 1: crew and h they were. It was such a gift

753
00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 1: to be a part of it for as long as

754
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:30,840
Speaker 1: I was well. You remain always a part of the family, Stephen,

755
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:33,240
Speaker 1: You were beloved and we all look forward to getting

756
00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:36,879
Speaker 1: back to Buffalo to go see a lot of friends there,

757
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:43,480
Speaker 1: including uh hutch Yeah, Mark Hutcheson. Hutcheson and Charlie the

758
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:45,640
Speaker 1: Butcher and Bonnie his wife. I mean, you got friends

759
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:47,279
Speaker 1: there like you wouldn't believe. But I want to say this,

760
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:49,600
Speaker 1: I know you're up against the break. When I did

761
00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:54,080
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh game, I was emotionally on on zero. My

762
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:56,719
Speaker 1: mom had passed away that week leading into the game,

763
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:59,560
Speaker 1: and I decided to do the game anyway because I

764
00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:01,680
Speaker 1: felt you would have wanted me to. And we had

765
00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:05,120
Speaker 1: a service on the Thursday leading into the Pittsburgh at

766
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:07,480
Speaker 1: Buffalo game in Houston, but there was going to be

767
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:11,160
Speaker 1: another service on Monday, graveside service in Charlotte, and my

768
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:13,880
Speaker 1: mom is buried now next to my father. So I

769
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:17,239
Speaker 1: did that game and it was it was hard to do.

770
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:20,680
Speaker 1: But I had such an outpouring from people in Buffalo,

771
00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:25,480
Speaker 1: including Brandon Bean and Coach McDermott, Josh Allen. I mean,

772
00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:27,800
Speaker 1: I had people reaching out to me like you can't believe.

773
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:31,279
Speaker 1: And in Louis Flowers, we asked people to make a

774
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:34,719
Speaker 1: donation if they so desired to the Nance Nationale Alzheimer's

775
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:37,320
Speaker 1: Center down at Houston Methodist Hospital, which is named for

776
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:41,000
Speaker 1: my father. I created it after my father lost his battle,

777
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:42,960
Speaker 1: and it's one of the top research institutes in the

778
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:45,879
Speaker 1: world in battling Alzheimer's. Do you know I get these

779
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 1: reports back and there were dozens, dozens of people that

780
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:57,880
Speaker 1: send in donations that said bills, mafia, bills, mafia, Bill's mafia.

781
00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:00,719
Speaker 1: You know that story didn't get in attention or am

782
00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:03,760
Speaker 1: I asking it too? But we know about the Andy Dalton's,

783
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:06,440
Speaker 1: we know about when Josh lost his grandmother. We know

784
00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:08,480
Speaker 1: the way that people in this community have such a

785
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:11,320
Speaker 1: heart and they step up for people. And I just

786
00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:14,080
Speaker 1: want you to know I'm really touched. I'm really touched

787
00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:15,840
Speaker 1: by what the fan base did for me. In the

788
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:20,680
Speaker 1: organization for strangers I've never met before, they find a

789
00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:22,520
Speaker 1: way to find out where to be able to they

790
00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:25,920
Speaker 1: had to look that up. It was an amazing effort.

791
00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:28,560
Speaker 1: I will I will never forget that the rest of

792
00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:30,680
Speaker 1: my life. And I just I know they're gonna be

793
00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:32,239
Speaker 1: some of those folks are gonna be watching this thing

794
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:33,680
Speaker 1: right now. And I just want you to know, from

795
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:35,920
Speaker 1: the bottom of my heart, it really meant a lot

796
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:38,560
Speaker 1: to me and my family. So we get to do

797
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:42,440
Speaker 1: it right. But this organization, this fan base, you deserve

798
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:45,279
Speaker 1: nothing but the best, and I wish you guys all

799
00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:49,480
Speaker 1: your dreams to come true. Well, really appreciative. We're glad

800
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:51,239
Speaker 1: we were able to give you the time to thank

801
00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:54,560
Speaker 1: Pill's mafia there publicly. I'm sure they appreciate it, although

802
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:57,120
Speaker 1: they expect nothing in return. Is you've probably come to

803
00:43:57,200 --> 00:44:01,279
Speaker 1: know personally now after this, so extended condolences to you

804
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:03,359
Speaker 1: as well. Jim. We're probably we probably should have done

805
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:05,880
Speaker 1: that right off the top. Oh that's fine, Chris, thank you.

806
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:08,799
Speaker 1: I really appreciate you and Steve both. Thanks for having

807
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:11,520
Speaker 1: me on. I'll see in the playoffs, all right, have

808
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:14,200
Speaker 1: a great call on Sunday. Thanks j all the best.

809
00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:15,600
Speaker 1: Look for to be in there, all right. Thank It's

810
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:18,799
Speaker 1: Jim nance NFL on CBS lead played by playman Gonna

811
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:21,840
Speaker 1: call the game Bill's Jets on Sunday with Tony Romo

812
00:44:22,239 --> 00:44:24,719
Speaker 1: on CBS. We'll take a break here, be back with more,

813
00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:26,759
Speaker 1: including some of your phone calls here on one Bill's Live,

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00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:48,040
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00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:55,960
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818
00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:04,360
Speaker 1: Apples of your Buffalo Bills. We gotta get to the

819
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:08,680
Speaker 1: phones because we're asking you today what role player will

820
00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:11,920
Speaker 1: make the biggest impact against the Jets on Sunday and

821
00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:16,160
Speaker 1: why Waiting patiently there to lead us off today is

822
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:18,280
Speaker 1: Marine and Amhurst. What do you got for us? Marie?

823
00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:23,719
Speaker 1: Hold on, let me pull you up here, up there

824
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:26,840
Speaker 1: we go. How are we doing? Marie? Hey, guys, good afternoon,

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00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:30,920
Speaker 1: Good afternoon. First off, the role player, Oh, first off,

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00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:33,400
Speaker 1: I want to give a healthy and speedy recovery to

827
00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 1: Mim Miller. And second the role player I think gonna

828
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:39,960
Speaker 1: make the biggest impact on Sunday. It's got to be

829
00:45:40,160 --> 00:45:43,960
Speaker 1: Naim Hines. We got to get that Special teams moving.

830
00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:46,960
Speaker 1: I mean last week it didn't look so good, but

831
00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:49,960
Speaker 1: we really got to get that moving. In Steve, I

832
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:52,960
Speaker 1: just want you to know that you are the greatest

833
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:56,719
Speaker 1: gunner of all times on special teams, and I'm sure

834
00:45:56,719 --> 00:46:01,000
Speaker 1: you can appreciate Ed Reid right behind you with those

835
00:46:01,120 --> 00:46:03,520
Speaker 1: hits and stuff. So we gotta get those guys to

836
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:06,440
Speaker 1: step it up a bit. But we need to. I know,

837
00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:09,440
Speaker 1: everybody van is out, we got a lot of injuries

838
00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:12,600
Speaker 1: and guys who are getting healthy, and we're letting guys go,

839
00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:16,480
Speaker 1: but maybe we really do need to look into bringing

840
00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:18,680
Speaker 1: in some cheap guys to help out on that side,

841
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:22,480
Speaker 1: because sometimes the offense could get a little stagnant and

842
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:24,480
Speaker 1: we need to get it going. And I know you

843
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:27,680
Speaker 1: guys told me a while ago that Elijah Griffin was

844
00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:33,280
Speaker 1: with Giants. They cut him. Can you imagine Jakwan Johnson,

845
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:36,600
Speaker 1: Elijah Griffin gunners on the side, cyber Neil coming up

846
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:39,239
Speaker 1: the middle blowing it up. I mean, we got to

847
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:42,880
Speaker 1: get another part of our game going for our team.

848
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:45,360
Speaker 1: But I think Naim Heinz is a man, and I

849
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:48,240
Speaker 1: think we need some cheap players that know the system

850
00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:51,600
Speaker 1: get them back in the building. And get this thing going.

851
00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:55,800
Speaker 1: Thanks with stuff. Very good call. Yeah, and I'll say this,

852
00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:59,360
Speaker 1: I appreciate your kind words about me being a gunner.

853
00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:06,520
Speaker 1: The Bills Special teams us, it's been a little bit

854
00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:08,160
Speaker 1: of it was a roller coaster earlier in the season.

855
00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:10,080
Speaker 1: I think they've come to come into their own of late.

856
00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:12,200
Speaker 1: I think their coverage teams have really come on started

857
00:47:12,239 --> 00:47:15,400
Speaker 1: to step up a lot better, no question about it.

858
00:47:16,160 --> 00:47:19,000
Speaker 1: Siran Neil has always been an elite special teams player.

859
00:47:19,080 --> 00:47:22,040
Speaker 1: Mattakevich has been a guy who's been real savvy. I

860
00:47:22,120 --> 00:47:24,959
Speaker 1: think they've missed Jake Kumero in the lineup a little

861
00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:29,440
Speaker 1: bit as well. Taiwan Jones, I think, has continued to

862
00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:32,560
Speaker 1: help even at this advanced stage of his career. So

863
00:47:32,719 --> 00:47:35,080
Speaker 1: I think they've got the core guys that I think

864
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:37,640
Speaker 1: a lot of times in special teams, particularly at this

865
00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:40,840
Speaker 1: in this day and age of player safety and what

866
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:44,520
Speaker 1: they're allowed and not allowed to do, I think you

867
00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:48,319
Speaker 1: need guys with experience more so than maybe in decades past,

868
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:50,080
Speaker 1: and the Bills have a ton of guys like that.

869
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:52,960
Speaker 1: So I really like their special teams crew. Certainly, Tyler

870
00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:56,040
Speaker 1: Bass is in my mind, an elite kicker in the league.

871
00:47:56,520 --> 00:48:01,200
Speaker 1: So you know Sam Martin, Martins, Sam Martin's played well,

872
00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:03,960
Speaker 1: I don't know. We don't see him that much, but yeah,

873
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:06,759
Speaker 1: so I'm I'm with you. Special the special team side

874
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:10,200
Speaker 1: of the ball here in Buffalo got off to a

875
00:48:10,239 --> 00:48:12,080
Speaker 1: little not I'm not saying a bad start, but a

876
00:48:12,080 --> 00:48:14,000
Speaker 1: little bit of a roller coaster one. They did some

877
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:16,799
Speaker 1: things really well, and then a couple of times they'd

878
00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:20,239
Speaker 1: have a mind a mind blow. But now they're more

879
00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:24,040
Speaker 1: consistently getting it weekend, week out, play by play, and

880
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:26,680
Speaker 1: you know, punt, punt return, kickoff, kickoff return, all of

881
00:48:26,719 --> 00:48:31,160
Speaker 1: them in conjunction. Hines has helped. I think you're right, Marie,

882
00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:35,320
Speaker 1: So all that stuff being said, yeah, I would be.

883
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:39,440
Speaker 1: I think special teams at this point in the NFL

884
00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:41,439
Speaker 1: is one of those times where once in a while

885
00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:44,640
Speaker 1: you'll see a guy do something superlative. But I think

886
00:48:44,719 --> 00:48:47,880
Speaker 1: you always have to be ready to the and this

887
00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:50,400
Speaker 1: is the way it's always been with special teams. You

888
00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:53,680
Speaker 1: gotta have guys out there who are alert and athletic

889
00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:56,840
Speaker 1: enough to take advantage when the other team makes a

890
00:48:56,960 --> 00:49:00,719
Speaker 1: huge mistake, when somebody falls down, they block or whatever.

891
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:02,480
Speaker 1: You gotta have somebody to take advantage of it and

892
00:49:02,640 --> 00:49:05,120
Speaker 1: turn it into a huge play. And that's as important

893
00:49:05,120 --> 00:49:07,839
Speaker 1: a part of special teams as just doing everything right

894
00:49:08,360 --> 00:49:10,080
Speaker 1: and covering where you want to cover. So I think

895
00:49:10,080 --> 00:49:13,000
Speaker 1: the Bills are sitting very well in that spot. The

896
00:49:13,120 --> 00:49:17,200
Speaker 1: guys I mentioned right on, except for Kumro being out

897
00:49:17,239 --> 00:49:20,040
Speaker 1: for so long. Those guys I mentioned are really good

898
00:49:20,080 --> 00:49:22,320
Speaker 1: at it, and the guys that they've added to it,

899
00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:26,239
Speaker 1: particularly got like niheim Hines, have been a plus. So yeah,

900
00:49:26,280 --> 00:49:28,080
Speaker 1: I'm with you. I think special teams could be the

901
00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:30,759
Speaker 1: thing that turns it this week. And not for nothing

902
00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:33,480
Speaker 1: the New York Jets twenty fourth in the league in

903
00:49:33,680 --> 00:49:36,960
Speaker 1: punt coverage. Just something to throw out there for you.

904
00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:38,800
Speaker 1: Let's go back to the phones and we go to

905
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:41,560
Speaker 1: Kevin in Hamburg. Next we got for us, Kevin, Hey, guys,

906
00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:44,640
Speaker 1: how you doing. Thanks for taking my call. Sure now

907
00:49:44,719 --> 00:49:48,440
Speaker 1: they heard about the that's horrible news about bon Miller,

908
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:51,600
Speaker 1: our closure, the guy we signed, hopefully not having in

909
00:49:51,719 --> 00:49:54,400
Speaker 1: the thirteen second incident like we did against the Chiefs.

910
00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:58,600
Speaker 1: I think we should forget about OBJ totally. And I

911
00:49:58,680 --> 00:50:00,959
Speaker 1: know they're harder to find line Beckers, it's even close

912
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:03,400
Speaker 1: to that, but I sure love to see him go

913
00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:07,959
Speaker 1: for a minebacker that's like the OBJL minebackers, and forget

914
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:10,520
Speaker 1: about OBJ because he's gonna probably sign with the Cowboys.

915
00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:12,920
Speaker 1: He sees the star in their helmet, Jerry World and

916
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:16,719
Speaker 1: all that. Anyway, Um, I'd surely love the final linebacker.

917
00:50:17,480 --> 00:50:19,799
Speaker 1: And there are not many linebackers like von Miller. I mean,

918
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:22,759
Speaker 1: he's he's gonna be a Hall of Famer and he's there.

919
00:50:22,840 --> 00:50:25,000
Speaker 1: But boy, if they can find it there the linebackers

920
00:50:25,040 --> 00:50:28,440
Speaker 1: even close to it to be the closer to not

921
00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:34,799
Speaker 1: have another thirteen second dilemma. Yeah, yeah, and you're right, um, Kevin,

922
00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:37,880
Speaker 1: I I agree with you, but you're not finding that

923
00:50:38,719 --> 00:50:41,200
Speaker 1: guy doesn't exist, and he's not if he does. If

924
00:50:41,239 --> 00:50:44,120
Speaker 1: he does, if he does exist, he's playing for somebody,

925
00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:46,400
Speaker 1: and you got to trade something to get him. Now,

926
00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:48,759
Speaker 1: there's a list of guys you could pull up, you

927
00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:52,960
Speaker 1: know guys. Yeah, but the trade deadlines past two. So yeah,

928
00:50:53,320 --> 00:50:56,120
Speaker 1: so yeah, you're not You're not gonna get it done

929
00:50:56,200 --> 00:51:00,200
Speaker 1: this year. Um. So yeah, unless you can conjure one

930
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:02,319
Speaker 1: up out of thin air, which I don't think you can,

931
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:06,120
Speaker 1: it's not going to happen. Get I get your strategy, Yeah,

932
00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:11,480
Speaker 1: it's you know, it's unfortunate. Sometimes the best laying plans

933
00:51:11,520 --> 00:51:13,279
Speaker 1: don't always pan out the way you wanted them to.

934
00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:17,880
Speaker 1: You know, in in a game as barbarica is football,

935
00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:21,560
Speaker 1: where you can have car crash type injuries that are

936
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:26,720
Speaker 1: completely unavoidable, or even innocuous injuries like like von Miller's,

937
00:51:28,560 --> 00:51:32,960
Speaker 1: there are no guarantees. There are no guarantees, so it's unfortunate.

938
00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:34,840
Speaker 1: That's the hand the Bills are dealt. Now they got

939
00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:40,200
Speaker 1: to move on without von And you know, I said

940
00:51:40,239 --> 00:51:43,080
Speaker 1: it before, I'll say it again. I have not come

941
00:51:43,120 --> 00:51:46,800
Speaker 1: across a head coach that is better at managing a

942
00:51:46,880 --> 00:51:52,440
Speaker 1: team through crisis, better than Sean McDermott. And what's the

943
00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:55,080
Speaker 1: level of this crisis. I think they knew they weren't

944
00:51:55,080 --> 00:51:56,920
Speaker 1: going to have him for the next three games anyway,

945
00:51:57,520 --> 00:51:59,279
Speaker 1: so to a certain extent, they were going to get

946
00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:02,560
Speaker 1: used to operating without him. Now they know they don't

947
00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:06,160
Speaker 1: have him for the rest of the year, So it's

948
00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:09,000
Speaker 1: everybody pull on the rope a little bit harder and

949
00:52:09,239 --> 00:52:11,919
Speaker 1: hopefully it's enough on the defensive side of the ball

950
00:52:11,960 --> 00:52:13,680
Speaker 1: to be the kind of defense they wanted to be

951
00:52:13,840 --> 00:52:17,279
Speaker 1: from the outset. So that's the hope that's the plan.

952
00:52:17,560 --> 00:52:19,920
Speaker 1: That's the goal, and the guys that are left and

953
00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:21,640
Speaker 1: that are healthy and are going out there every Sunday

954
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:23,759
Speaker 1: are the ones that gotta make it happen. We gotta

955
00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:25,840
Speaker 1: take a break. We're up against the clock. When we

956
00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:28,440
Speaker 1: come back, more of your phone calls as we're asking

957
00:52:28,560 --> 00:52:30,680
Speaker 1: you what role player is going to make the biggest

958
00:52:30,680 --> 00:52:33,560
Speaker 1: impact in this game against the Jets on Sunday? And why?

959
00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:38,800
Speaker 1: Got plenty more including postgame practice sound from Josh Allen

960
00:52:38,840 --> 00:52:41,040
Speaker 1: and others coming up next year on One Bill's Live

961
00:52:41,080 --> 00:53:27,640
Speaker 1: presented by Kalid to Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio is

962
00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:32,439
Speaker 1: One Bill's Live presented by called Light of Health. Here

963
00:53:32,480 --> 00:53:35,840
Speaker 1: we are our number two on a Wednesday. Players exiting

964
00:53:35,880 --> 00:53:40,160
Speaker 1: the practice field will have updates from the podium in

965
00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:42,560
Speaker 1: just a little while, but in the meantime, we are

966
00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:45,240
Speaker 1: asking you what roleplayer will make the biggest impact against

967
00:53:45,280 --> 00:53:50,359
Speaker 1: the Jets on Sunday and why eight three fifty two

968
00:53:50,440 --> 00:53:52,839
Speaker 1: five fifty the number to get on board. We're gonna

969
00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:55,839
Speaker 1: start with the tweet sheet, which has always is brought

970
00:53:55,840 --> 00:53:58,400
Speaker 1: to you by Corrigan Moving System as the official equipment

971
00:53:58,480 --> 00:54:03,279
Speaker 1: moving company of the Buffalo Bills, and we lead off

972
00:54:03,360 --> 00:54:08,160
Speaker 1: here with Greg who goes with the same person that

973
00:54:08,600 --> 00:54:12,720
Speaker 1: Marie and Amherst did earlier in the last segment, Niheim Hines.

974
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:16,720
Speaker 1: He busts out a punt return for a touchdown. Baby,

975
00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:20,600
Speaker 1: I think we could use one of those. It's been

976
00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:25,000
Speaker 1: a while. Buffalo has only one return for a touchdown

977
00:54:25,080 --> 00:54:27,040
Speaker 1: this year, and that was Matt Milano in Week two

978
00:54:27,080 --> 00:54:29,000
Speaker 1: against the Titan. That was a pick six that wasn't

979
00:54:29,040 --> 00:54:35,640
Speaker 1: a kick. Yeah, so yeah, there you are. That'd be nice,

980
00:54:35,880 --> 00:54:39,120
Speaker 1: It would be good. I mean, any any bonus points

981
00:54:39,200 --> 00:54:42,000
Speaker 1: from another phase of the One of the reasons the

982
00:54:42,080 --> 00:54:44,440
Speaker 1: Jets are ranked so poorly in their return game is

983
00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:47,760
Speaker 1: because of the game in New England where they lost

984
00:54:47,840 --> 00:54:49,320
Speaker 1: it on a punt Richard. Yeah, they gave up the

985
00:54:49,400 --> 00:54:53,040
Speaker 1: eighty four yard or with twenty six seconds left. What

986
00:54:53,160 --> 00:54:57,160
Speaker 1: are you doing? Yeah? Not good? Oh my gosh, I'm

987
00:54:57,239 --> 00:54:59,440
Speaker 1: trying to you even kick it to the guy kick

988
00:54:59,480 --> 00:55:01,719
Speaker 1: it out a bound with twenty six seconds left. That

989
00:55:01,880 --> 00:55:07,520
Speaker 1: was a coaching snaffoo there. But yeah, Hines Hines has

990
00:55:07,560 --> 00:55:11,680
Speaker 1: been good, um, you know on punt returns, kick returns,

991
00:55:11,760 --> 00:55:13,680
Speaker 1: he's done them well, yeah, like him, and they're starting

992
00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:15,359
Speaker 1: to sprinkle them in on offense as well. He only

993
00:55:15,400 --> 00:55:17,239
Speaker 1: got three carries last week, and they gave to him

994
00:55:17,239 --> 00:55:19,960
Speaker 1: on those jet sweet kind of inside and offs, and

995
00:55:20,520 --> 00:55:23,120
Speaker 1: they didn't do very well. He goes negative. He got

996
00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:25,120
Speaker 1: minus three yards one in the red zone on his

997
00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:28,960
Speaker 1: two carries and it wasn't good. But I like that

998
00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:31,120
Speaker 1: they're giving him a shot to give him a chance anyway,

999
00:55:31,160 --> 00:55:33,080
Speaker 1: you know, giving him something to do, a package of

1000
00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:36,360
Speaker 1: plays that he can he can execute in addition to

1001
00:55:36,480 --> 00:55:41,239
Speaker 1: his punt return duties. So we'll see if his role expands. Yeah,

1002
00:55:41,320 --> 00:55:43,680
Speaker 1: we saw a pony package from them last week too,

1003
00:55:44,080 --> 00:55:46,719
Speaker 1: even a little bit more with two backs on either

1004
00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:51,799
Speaker 1: side of Josh and the shotgun there. Um. Yeah, I mean,

1005
00:55:51,960 --> 00:55:55,359
Speaker 1: I think Cook proved himself worthy of more playing time.

1006
00:55:55,400 --> 00:55:57,319
Speaker 1: And we'll see if the same goes for Hines going

1007
00:55:57,400 --> 00:56:00,640
Speaker 1: forward as well, and see if it it turns into

1008
00:56:00,719 --> 00:56:04,640
Speaker 1: somewhat of a committee backfield. It's been mostly singletary for

1009
00:56:04,920 --> 00:56:08,160
Speaker 1: the season here, but James Cook is getting closer and

1010
00:56:08,239 --> 00:56:12,200
Speaker 1: closer to getting a bigger chunk of that playing time share.

1011
00:56:12,840 --> 00:56:16,800
Speaker 1: Hans Are sorry I skipped SS General. SS General on

1012
00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:18,879
Speaker 1: the tweet sheet says I would love to see James

1013
00:56:18,960 --> 00:56:22,400
Speaker 1: Cook expand his role from Thursday. He's heating up at

1014
00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:26,960
Speaker 1: the right time. Yeah, I mean I I like what

1015
00:56:27,080 --> 00:56:29,040
Speaker 1: they got out of Cook might have been his best

1016
00:56:29,080 --> 00:56:32,919
Speaker 1: performance this season against the Patriots on Thursday last week.

1017
00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:36,680
Speaker 1: And you know what coach says, you have to earn it. Well,

1018
00:56:36,680 --> 00:56:39,560
Speaker 1: I think his production last week against the Patriots did

1019
00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:43,080
Speaker 1: earn him more playing time. Yes, it does. I think

1020
00:56:44,320 --> 00:56:46,759
Speaker 1: the thing we none of us ever know is does

1021
00:56:46,840 --> 00:56:49,919
Speaker 1: he get more opportunities because he's doing more with those opportunities,

1022
00:56:50,040 --> 00:56:52,080
Speaker 1: or is he getting more opportunities because of what he's

1023
00:56:52,120 --> 00:56:55,640
Speaker 1: doing Monday through Saturday on the practice field and in

1024
00:56:55,719 --> 00:56:58,080
Speaker 1: the meetings and in the weight room and in the

1025
00:56:58,680 --> 00:57:02,960
Speaker 1: you know what leads to the more opportunities. Is it

1026
00:57:03,080 --> 00:57:05,759
Speaker 1: just the specific matchup that it was the Patriots this

1027
00:57:05,920 --> 00:57:09,400
Speaker 1: last week that they were susceptible to the pony package,

1028
00:57:09,520 --> 00:57:12,680
Speaker 1: or is James Cook showing them something on the practice

1029
00:57:12,760 --> 00:57:15,759
Speaker 1: field and during the week that are giving him that

1030
00:57:15,960 --> 00:57:20,720
Speaker 1: is giving him more opportunity. We don't know what the

1031
00:57:20,800 --> 00:57:23,880
Speaker 1: answer to that is, but no question, he showed up

1032
00:57:23,920 --> 00:57:26,720
Speaker 1: against the Patriots, no doubt about it well and it

1033
00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:29,680
Speaker 1: was a sharp spike in playing time for Cook and Hines.

1034
00:57:29,800 --> 00:57:33,960
Speaker 1: As we mentioned, just to paint the picture completely here. Basically,

1035
00:57:34,280 --> 00:57:38,280
Speaker 1: since Hines got to the Bills, he played four snaps

1036
00:57:38,320 --> 00:57:42,320
Speaker 1: against the Jets in week nine, then six snaps, ten snaps,

1037
00:57:42,400 --> 00:57:46,000
Speaker 1: four snaps, this is all on offense. Twenty three snaps

1038
00:57:46,080 --> 00:57:48,720
Speaker 1: last week against New England. Then here are the snaps

1039
00:57:48,880 --> 00:57:58,920
Speaker 1: for Cook week by week three, eighteen eleven, two, ten, ten, fifteen, fourteen, thirteen, sixteen, fourteen,

1040
00:57:59,680 --> 00:58:04,560
Speaker 1: third two. He got double the workload against the Patriots,

1041
00:58:05,240 --> 00:58:08,240
Speaker 1: and you could argue Hines got four times the workload

1042
00:58:08,280 --> 00:58:10,760
Speaker 1: in terms of time on the field on offense. So

1043
00:58:12,080 --> 00:58:14,880
Speaker 1: we'll see if they felt they discovered something additional by

1044
00:58:14,960 --> 00:58:17,040
Speaker 1: having those guys on the field as long as they did.

1045
00:58:17,840 --> 00:58:19,880
Speaker 1: I just think Cook is such a great change of

1046
00:58:19,920 --> 00:58:23,040
Speaker 1: pace to Singletary because Singletary is kind of the bobber

1047
00:58:23,120 --> 00:58:26,560
Speaker 1: and weaver and then Cook is like right through and

1048
00:58:27,080 --> 00:58:29,919
Speaker 1: WHOA where did that guy come from? The perceived skill

1049
00:58:29,960 --> 00:58:31,920
Speaker 1: set that Cook brings to the table is also being

1050
00:58:31,960 --> 00:58:35,600
Speaker 1: able to split out and run routes. You don't ask, right,

1051
00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:37,920
Speaker 1: I mean, you'll put Singletary out why but you're not.

1052
00:58:39,360 --> 00:58:41,880
Speaker 1: You're not throwing him the ball, you know. So it's

1053
00:58:43,880 --> 00:58:47,080
Speaker 1: whatever the perceived skill set is and the difference between them.

1054
00:58:47,960 --> 00:58:50,720
Speaker 1: We saw a lot of it this last week. We'll

1055
00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:53,680
Speaker 1: see if it continues and see if it's a trend

1056
00:58:53,840 --> 00:58:55,880
Speaker 1: or whether it's a one time matchup thing. Because of

1057
00:58:55,960 --> 00:58:58,800
Speaker 1: the Patriots. Time for us to go to the post

1058
00:58:58,920 --> 00:59:03,200
Speaker 1: practice podium where Josh Allen is answering questions from the media.

1059
00:59:04,240 --> 00:59:06,280
Speaker 1: I trust to talk to bad yet and what is

1060
00:59:06,320 --> 00:59:09,320
Speaker 1: his last Yeah, I talked to him yes uh yesterday

1061
00:59:09,680 --> 00:59:13,640
Speaker 1: last night after surgery. UM. Obviously sucks losing him, guy

1062
00:59:13,680 --> 00:59:16,160
Speaker 1: of his caliber, you know what, he came here to do,

1063
00:59:16,560 --> 00:59:19,480
Speaker 1: UM and helped his team out. You know, I don't

1064
00:59:19,480 --> 00:59:21,720
Speaker 1: know when he's coming back, but UM, you know he's

1065
00:59:21,760 --> 00:59:24,400
Speaker 1: coming back, and just to have his presence in the

1066
00:59:24,440 --> 00:59:26,760
Speaker 1: locker room and and you know, teaching guys still. I

1067
00:59:26,760 --> 00:59:29,120
Speaker 1: think that's gonna be a big help for us. UM.

1068
00:59:29,880 --> 00:59:31,920
Speaker 1: Obviously we wish he's out there, you know, with us,

1069
00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:34,760
Speaker 1: and we're praying for him. We're keeping him in our hearts. UM.

1070
00:59:35,320 --> 00:59:37,800
Speaker 1: But the only ways forward, and UM, you know, guys

1071
00:59:37,880 --> 00:59:40,240
Speaker 1: got to step up and collectively, we gotta come together

1072
00:59:40,320 --> 00:59:43,600
Speaker 1: and you know try to. I guess I've come together

1073
00:59:43,720 --> 00:59:48,600
Speaker 1: and diminish his absences as much as possible. He's already

1074
00:59:48,640 --> 00:59:51,880
Speaker 1: released a video from those ospool pays they'll play saying

1075
00:59:51,960 --> 00:59:56,360
Speaker 1: don't blink and don't worry about me, don't I'll be back. Yeah,

1076
00:59:56,560 --> 00:59:59,240
Speaker 1: we've got to say about it again. He's he's doing

1077
00:59:59,320 --> 01:00:02,240
Speaker 1: everything he in Um, you know, help this team win

1078
01:00:02,280 --> 01:00:05,280
Speaker 1: football games. And actually that's gonna be a different role

1079
01:00:05,360 --> 01:00:09,000
Speaker 1: for him now. Um yeah, but you know, make no

1080
01:00:09,080 --> 01:00:11,120
Speaker 1: mistake about it, we're gonna miss him. He's he's definitely

1081
01:00:11,120 --> 01:00:14,280
Speaker 1: a difference maker on the field. Um, but you know

1082
01:00:14,320 --> 01:00:16,240
Speaker 1: we got some young guys that'll that'll step up and

1083
01:00:17,200 --> 01:00:21,720
Speaker 1: try to fill those roles as best as possible. Um yeah,

1084
01:00:21,800 --> 01:00:23,800
Speaker 1: that's uh. Again, We're we're all keeping them in our

1085
01:00:23,800 --> 01:00:26,000
Speaker 1: hearts and our thoughts right now, and you know, hopefully

1086
01:00:26,040 --> 01:00:27,920
Speaker 1: we're getting backshoot and love up on him and um,

1087
01:00:28,120 --> 01:00:29,520
Speaker 1: you show him on what he means to us, and

1088
01:00:29,640 --> 01:00:31,160
Speaker 1: just to have his presence around it's gonna be get

1089
01:00:31,160 --> 01:00:32,919
Speaker 1: for our locker room. Every time it seems you guys

1090
01:00:33,000 --> 01:00:35,520
Speaker 1: turn them far away from trouble, like whether it's this

1091
01:00:35,800 --> 01:00:40,080
Speaker 1: that crazy three games stretch, somebody else getting you, somebody's

1092
01:00:40,360 --> 01:00:44,480
Speaker 1: somebody's hurt you, your elbow, whatever, another thing happens, come

1093
01:00:44,560 --> 01:00:46,920
Speaker 1: it comes up like this and I don't recall another

1094
01:00:47,040 --> 01:00:50,160
Speaker 1: season that's happened like this. Um, and all these things

1095
01:00:50,200 --> 01:00:54,200
Speaker 1: have happened, How do you think this affects moral? And

1096
01:00:54,560 --> 01:00:56,520
Speaker 1: you guys are accustomed to the first year they how

1097
01:00:56,640 --> 01:00:59,200
Speaker 1: much just to get you even more accustomed to having

1098
01:00:59,240 --> 01:01:01,720
Speaker 1: to overcoming something more. Yeah, it's NFL. It's it's hard

1099
01:01:01,720 --> 01:01:05,600
Speaker 1: to win this league. Um, there's gonna be adverse, you know,

1100
01:01:05,640 --> 01:01:08,200
Speaker 1: adversity every step of the way. And you know, luckily

1101
01:01:08,200 --> 01:01:10,040
Speaker 1: we've got the guys that we do in this locker room.

1102
01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:13,080
Speaker 1: And I thought our front office did a good job

1103
01:01:13,120 --> 01:01:15,640
Speaker 1: of bringing in the guys that we've brought in. Um,

1104
01:01:16,680 --> 01:01:18,880
Speaker 1: you know four situations like this, you know, to use

1105
01:01:19,000 --> 01:01:22,240
Speaker 1: leadership and to go out there and uh like Von says,

1106
01:01:22,280 --> 01:01:24,920
Speaker 1: don't blink and next man up and you know everything

1107
01:01:24,960 --> 01:01:27,920
Speaker 1: that coach McDermot practices and um, in our our our

1108
01:01:28,280 --> 01:01:31,400
Speaker 1: main focus right now is you know, um to try

1109
01:01:31,440 --> 01:01:33,680
Speaker 1: to go one to know this next week against the Jets,

1110
01:01:33,720 --> 01:01:38,200
Speaker 1: who you know we've already lost too, And that's our mindset. UM, yeah,

1111
01:01:38,240 --> 01:01:40,000
Speaker 1: that's that's gonna be our marset going forward. Just want

1112
01:01:40,040 --> 01:01:42,000
Speaker 1: to know every week and UM, you know it's the

1113
01:01:42,080 --> 01:01:49,040
Speaker 1: most important game because it's the next one. You know,

1114
01:01:49,120 --> 01:01:52,160
Speaker 1: I think, Uh, he's he's very hip. He's a he's

1115
01:01:52,200 --> 01:01:54,480
Speaker 1: a younger guy. Obviously, he's just being in the room

1116
01:01:54,560 --> 01:01:56,840
Speaker 1: with us, and uh, he gets the lingo. He gets

1117
01:01:56,880 --> 01:02:00,680
Speaker 1: the jokes that we talk about. Um, but he's very

1118
01:02:01,080 --> 01:02:03,439
Speaker 1: very intelligent and you know when it comes to XS

1119
01:02:03,480 --> 01:02:08,400
Speaker 1: and o's, he's uh, he's far and away, you know,

1120
01:02:08,720 --> 01:02:11,200
Speaker 1: the most advanced at his age. I think if you

1121
01:02:11,320 --> 01:02:14,040
Speaker 1: check anywhere around the league, um, even going into college

1122
01:02:14,080 --> 01:02:16,760
Speaker 1: for that matter, he understands it. He gets it. The

1123
01:02:16,840 --> 01:02:19,360
Speaker 1: way he talks to the quarterbacks, you know, it's very

1124
01:02:19,440 --> 01:02:21,200
Speaker 1: friendly and makes you wanna, makes you want to play

1125
01:02:21,200 --> 01:02:22,840
Speaker 1: for him. You know, he does such a good job

1126
01:02:22,920 --> 01:02:25,320
Speaker 1: and um, you know, keeping the morale up, you know,

1127
01:02:25,400 --> 01:02:27,360
Speaker 1: always being the same guy, the same energy every time

1128
01:02:27,360 --> 01:02:30,600
Speaker 1: we step into that quarterback room, every meeting. You know,

1129
01:02:30,680 --> 01:02:32,840
Speaker 1: he's always the same and uh, you know, we really

1130
01:02:32,840 --> 01:02:36,360
Speaker 1: appreciate about that about him. Right up up there. You

1131
01:02:36,440 --> 01:02:38,600
Speaker 1: were kind of koy on Thursday when you're asked about

1132
01:02:39,120 --> 01:02:42,080
Speaker 1: what your role might be with Odell potentially visiting. We

1133
01:02:42,200 --> 01:02:44,120
Speaker 1: know that he did over the weekend. Can you shed

1134
01:02:44,200 --> 01:02:46,400
Speaker 1: any light on on how that visit went and what

1135
01:02:46,560 --> 01:02:50,000
Speaker 1: your interactions with him were. Yeah. Um, you know, I'm

1136
01:02:50,040 --> 01:02:53,600
Speaker 1: not sure where he's at in his decision making process. Um.

1137
01:02:54,120 --> 01:02:55,600
Speaker 1: You know, I think we're all still kind of waiting

1138
01:02:55,640 --> 01:02:58,040
Speaker 1: and just playing it by ear. Um. Yeah, I got

1139
01:02:58,200 --> 01:02:59,840
Speaker 1: got the chance to hang out with him and UM,

1140
01:03:00,440 --> 01:03:03,040
Speaker 1: you know, just kind of show him how we as

1141
01:03:03,080 --> 01:03:05,440
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills kind of vibe together and and hang out

1142
01:03:05,520 --> 01:03:08,640
Speaker 1: and um, you know, rely on each other here. And

1143
01:03:08,960 --> 01:03:10,480
Speaker 1: you know, hopefully he saw that, and you know he

1144
01:03:10,520 --> 01:03:14,040
Speaker 1: appreciated that. Um, all the xs and os and him

1145
01:03:14,120 --> 01:03:16,240
Speaker 1: on the field, all that other stuff like that's that's

1146
01:03:16,320 --> 01:03:18,720
Speaker 1: up to coaching coaching staffs and you know where he

1147
01:03:18,800 --> 01:03:20,440
Speaker 1: wants to play and all that. But you know, I

1148
01:03:20,560 --> 01:03:23,520
Speaker 1: enjoyed hanging out with him and um and hopefully we

1149
01:03:23,640 --> 01:03:26,160
Speaker 1: hear some good news here. Expect you a litive. But

1150
01:03:26,320 --> 01:03:28,200
Speaker 1: have you thought about what he could potentially mean to

1151
01:03:28,280 --> 01:03:30,080
Speaker 1: this offense and how he might fit with what you

1152
01:03:30,160 --> 01:03:34,360
Speaker 1: guys do. Yeah, Um, you know, it's always always good

1153
01:03:34,360 --> 01:03:36,840
Speaker 1: to have to add another weapon. Um. That being said, though,

1154
01:03:36,840 --> 01:03:38,640
Speaker 1: I know I trust our guys and what we got

1155
01:03:38,720 --> 01:03:42,440
Speaker 1: going on here. Um, you know, I think we got

1156
01:03:42,440 --> 01:03:44,960
Speaker 1: guys that can play multiple positions and we trust them

1157
01:03:45,000 --> 01:03:48,760
Speaker 1: implicitly so UM, but again it's never bad to have

1158
01:03:49,120 --> 01:03:52,960
Speaker 1: another weapon. But then the team now, after what happened

1159
01:03:53,040 --> 01:03:57,560
Speaker 1: last week, that you can control your own destiny. Yeah, um, yeah,

1160
01:03:57,560 --> 01:04:01,080
Speaker 1: we we've we've felt that way, you know obviously, and um,

1161
01:04:01,720 --> 01:04:03,720
Speaker 1: we were written written off a few weeks ago, and

1162
01:04:04,760 --> 01:04:06,760
Speaker 1: again our focus is a getting go one and know

1163
01:04:06,840 --> 01:04:09,080
Speaker 1: each week that's all we can do. We can control

1164
01:04:09,120 --> 01:04:12,120
Speaker 1: what we can control, um, and everything that we want

1165
01:04:12,120 --> 01:04:13,240
Speaker 1: to do is still out in front of us. And

1166
01:04:13,280 --> 01:04:17,360
Speaker 1: that's that's been our our mindset. You know, Um, next

1167
01:04:17,400 --> 01:04:19,960
Speaker 1: man up, and you know all the cliche things that

1168
01:04:20,040 --> 01:04:22,080
Speaker 1: you can say, but it really is, we're we're focused

1169
01:04:22,120 --> 01:04:26,200
Speaker 1: on the next game and that's it. One out after

1170
01:04:26,360 --> 01:04:28,360
Speaker 1: bad loss and Arson a few years ago you one

1171
01:04:28,360 --> 01:04:32,200
Speaker 1: outlied you after that Tample loss. That kind of drawing

1172
01:04:32,240 --> 01:04:34,400
Speaker 1: that a little bit, Yeah, I mean, I think you

1173
01:04:34,480 --> 01:04:39,400
Speaker 1: can say it's UM like situations and having the the

1174
01:04:39,560 --> 01:04:41,520
Speaker 1: carryover that we've had from year to year with the

1175
01:04:41,560 --> 01:04:43,080
Speaker 1: guys that we have in our locker room, the leaders

1176
01:04:43,080 --> 01:04:45,080
Speaker 1: that we have in our locker room. UM, we feel

1177
01:04:45,120 --> 01:04:47,680
Speaker 1: like we've been in situations like that before. And again

1178
01:04:47,720 --> 01:04:49,160
Speaker 1: it's there's still a lot of work to do, a

1179
01:04:49,200 --> 01:04:51,600
Speaker 1: lot of things that we need to work on. Um,

1180
01:04:51,880 --> 01:04:54,200
Speaker 1: and we still gotta win, win some more football games. Um.

1181
01:04:54,480 --> 01:04:57,160
Speaker 1: You know these ones in December matter, the ones in

1182
01:04:57,400 --> 01:04:59,800
Speaker 1: January matter, and you know the one in February matter.

1183
01:04:59,840 --> 01:05:02,400
Speaker 1: So UM, you know, we gotta continue to put our

1184
01:05:02,400 --> 01:05:04,320
Speaker 1: best foot forward, be the best versions of ourselves and

1185
01:05:04,960 --> 01:05:09,880
Speaker 1: you know, just try to go one each week, don't you. Oh?

1186
01:05:09,960 --> 01:05:12,640
Speaker 1: I think Uh, anybody that you know gets their backs

1187
01:05:12,640 --> 01:05:14,960
Speaker 1: against the wall and is confident in themselves, and we'll

1188
01:05:15,000 --> 01:05:18,520
Speaker 1: say that it's it's a position where we're okay being in. Um.

1189
01:05:18,600 --> 01:05:20,040
Speaker 1: Obviously we want to get out of that position. We

1190
01:05:20,120 --> 01:05:21,680
Speaker 1: wanna we wanna win. That's that's all we want to

1191
01:05:21,720 --> 01:05:24,920
Speaker 1: do here in Buffalos one football games and um, the

1192
01:05:25,000 --> 01:05:27,960
Speaker 1: outside perception for us really doesn't mean that much, to

1193
01:05:28,040 --> 01:05:30,360
Speaker 1: be honest, and we're very internally driven and we got

1194
01:05:30,400 --> 01:05:32,080
Speaker 1: guys that again care about each other, do things the

1195
01:05:32,160 --> 01:05:35,000
Speaker 1: right way. And one of one football games. Number you

1196
01:05:35,160 --> 01:05:38,480
Speaker 1: mentioned a few times the importance of skipping third downs

1197
01:05:38,560 --> 01:05:40,760
Speaker 1: and you guys are number one on third downs. But

1198
01:05:41,280 --> 01:05:42,960
Speaker 1: you did a good job with staying ahead of the

1199
01:05:43,000 --> 01:05:45,280
Speaker 1: sticks against New England. And just what do you think

1200
01:05:45,360 --> 01:05:49,200
Speaker 1: of in general the benefits of skipping third downs, Well,

1201
01:05:49,240 --> 01:05:53,840
Speaker 1: I think again, you're putting yourself in better situations. You

1202
01:05:53,920 --> 01:05:55,920
Speaker 1: know with those third and mediums, third and longs, that's

1203
01:05:55,960 --> 01:05:58,880
Speaker 1: when defenses can get real exotic. And you know, um

1204
01:05:59,640 --> 01:06:01,720
Speaker 1: takes one mistake, you know, for you to make. And

1205
01:06:02,000 --> 01:06:04,360
Speaker 1: you know they've got the ball in in plus territory now,

1206
01:06:04,440 --> 01:06:08,480
Speaker 1: So you know, skipping skipping third downs, keeping the opposing

1207
01:06:08,560 --> 01:06:12,520
Speaker 1: defense um in simpler packages, and again it lets you

1208
01:06:12,600 --> 01:06:14,800
Speaker 1: be two dimensional. You can throw it, you can you

1209
01:06:14,880 --> 01:06:18,400
Speaker 1: can run it, um. You know, and again that that's

1210
01:06:18,480 --> 01:06:20,800
Speaker 1: that's what coaching preaches all the time. We if we

1211
01:06:20,880 --> 01:06:23,320
Speaker 1: can be two dimensional and force the opposing team to

1212
01:06:23,360 --> 01:06:26,160
Speaker 1: be one dimensional, you're usually gonna have success that way. Um.

1213
01:06:26,320 --> 01:06:28,880
Speaker 1: That's uh, that's just complimentary football that you know. You

1214
01:06:28,960 --> 01:06:30,920
Speaker 1: know we're trying to play here. What you learn from

1215
01:06:30,920 --> 01:06:32,960
Speaker 1: the last game with the Jots and and the challenge

1216
01:06:32,960 --> 01:06:35,520
Speaker 1: that they preside this week the second time in about

1217
01:06:35,520 --> 01:06:37,800
Speaker 1: the one. Yeah, they're they're on high, high effort group.

1218
01:06:38,120 --> 01:06:43,040
Speaker 1: They're playing really good defensive ball right now. Um, they

1219
01:06:43,120 --> 01:06:45,440
Speaker 1: got some playmakers over there. And obviously the last game

1220
01:06:45,440 --> 01:06:47,400
Speaker 1: I didn't feel like I played very well and made

1221
01:06:47,440 --> 01:06:51,200
Speaker 1: some um bone headed decisions, but um, learning from those

1222
01:06:51,240 --> 01:06:53,040
Speaker 1: and just trying to, like I said, just trying to

1223
01:06:53,080 --> 01:06:56,480
Speaker 1: make good decisions and end and end every drive in

1224
01:06:56,520 --> 01:06:58,120
Speaker 1: a kick, whether it be a punt field, go or

1225
01:06:58,200 --> 01:07:01,680
Speaker 1: K team. It's earlier the sheer amount of adversity that

1226
01:07:01,760 --> 01:07:05,200
Speaker 1: this team has faced. Obviously, this von news is pretty new.

1227
01:07:05,320 --> 01:07:07,600
Speaker 1: But as a leader in the in that locker room,

1228
01:07:07,760 --> 01:07:09,600
Speaker 1: when you sort of take the temperature of the room,

1229
01:07:09,680 --> 01:07:12,960
Speaker 1: what is the reaction that you're feeling for your teammates again,

1230
01:07:13,120 --> 01:07:16,720
Speaker 1: I mean we're we're extremely uh you know, we're extremely

1231
01:07:16,760 --> 01:07:19,880
Speaker 1: sad for him. Um. You know we're a better team

1232
01:07:19,920 --> 01:07:22,880
Speaker 1: when he's playing. That's that's no doubt about that. Um.

1233
01:07:23,560 --> 01:07:25,960
Speaker 1: But the mindset that we have is again next man

1234
01:07:26,080 --> 01:07:28,960
Speaker 1: up and we trust the guys that you know, being

1235
01:07:29,040 --> 01:07:31,960
Speaker 1: in the front office is brought in here, um, you know,

1236
01:07:32,080 --> 01:07:34,640
Speaker 1: for reasons like this and to have some depth and

1237
01:07:35,480 --> 01:07:36,880
Speaker 1: you know, if guys go down, we have guys that

1238
01:07:36,960 --> 01:07:40,280
Speaker 1: can step up and still be productive football players for us. UM.

1239
01:07:40,520 --> 01:07:43,120
Speaker 1: But again, it's going to be a collective effort, guys

1240
01:07:43,240 --> 01:07:45,680
Speaker 1: rolling around each other and um, you know, just trying

1241
01:07:45,680 --> 01:07:49,920
Speaker 1: to play uh, you know, determined football situation and you know,

1242
01:07:50,120 --> 01:07:52,120
Speaker 1: having again it's a couple of days for the decision

1243
01:07:53,920 --> 01:07:56,200
Speaker 1: well up as well, and you texted him, you all

1244
01:07:56,240 --> 01:07:59,360
Speaker 1: of like, how how do you handle that? Now? I'm

1245
01:07:59,400 --> 01:08:02,520
Speaker 1: sure Von's doing that enough for me. Um, yeah, I

1246
01:08:03,120 --> 01:08:04,600
Speaker 1: you know, I'm focused on just trying to go one

1247
01:08:04,640 --> 01:08:07,120
Speaker 1: and know this week and um, you know, whatever decision

1248
01:08:07,160 --> 01:08:12,800
Speaker 1: comes again, I guess we'll find out quite a bit

1249
01:08:12,840 --> 01:08:21,439
Speaker 1: of right. Yeah, I mean, uh, the easiest answers. You know,

1250
01:08:21,479 --> 01:08:23,400
Speaker 1: we're sitting at ninety three and everything that we went

1251
01:08:23,439 --> 01:08:27,120
Speaker 1: still in front of us, and um, again, we believe

1252
01:08:27,160 --> 01:08:28,479
Speaker 1: in the core group of guys that we got here

1253
01:08:28,520 --> 01:08:30,960
Speaker 1: and the guys that are you know, on this team,

1254
01:08:31,280 --> 01:08:33,600
Speaker 1: and we'll believe in the coaching staff. And I feel like,

1255
01:08:33,920 --> 01:08:36,000
Speaker 1: you know, every time we step on the field, one

1256
01:08:36,080 --> 01:08:38,000
Speaker 1: we can win that game, and two coaches are gonna

1257
01:08:38,000 --> 01:08:40,040
Speaker 1: put us some good situations so that we can go

1258
01:08:40,080 --> 01:08:41,559
Speaker 1: out there and play to the best of our abilities

1259
01:08:41,600 --> 01:08:44,640
Speaker 1: and again lean and rely on each other and just

1260
01:08:44,680 --> 01:08:51,200
Speaker 1: play complimentary football. That's I couldn't get something I got

1261
01:08:51,280 --> 01:08:57,080
Speaker 1: you so um, um, do you think since the Jets game,

1262
01:08:57,120 --> 01:09:01,080
Speaker 1: will you since baby laid October been how this team

1263
01:09:01,120 --> 01:09:03,519
Speaker 1: has developed the running game and become a little bit

1264
01:09:03,560 --> 01:09:08,840
Speaker 1: more balanced and have been able to counter what some

1265
01:09:09,040 --> 01:09:12,360
Speaker 1: defense better accounter what some defense is doing too. Do

1266
01:09:12,439 --> 01:09:15,160
Speaker 1: you think this team has the offense has evolved to

1267
01:09:15,240 --> 01:09:21,120
Speaker 1: a degree where it's ahead, or maybe it's further along

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Speaker 1: than it was maybe in late October. Yeah, I definitely

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01:09:25,120 --> 01:09:28,000
Speaker 1: say that. Again, we've been in different situations, We've seen

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01:09:28,040 --> 01:09:30,160
Speaker 1: different defenses and in terms of how they want to

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01:09:30,200 --> 01:09:35,320
Speaker 1: play us, and again, establishing that run game is very beneficial,

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01:09:35,400 --> 01:09:37,800
Speaker 1: whether it's play action pass or or just the thought

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01:09:37,840 --> 01:09:41,599
Speaker 1: of running, keeping defenses and check that way. But every

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01:09:41,640 --> 01:09:42,960
Speaker 1: game that you play is going to be a different

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01:09:43,000 --> 01:09:45,160
Speaker 1: situation and you have to adapt, and I think we're

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01:09:45,200 --> 01:09:49,840
Speaker 1: better equipped now to adapt. Thank you. All right. That's

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01:09:49,960 --> 01:09:52,960
Speaker 1: Josh Allen addressing the media after practice today. We have

1278
01:09:53,080 --> 01:09:54,960
Speaker 1: to take a break here because when we come back,

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Speaker 1: we will be bringing you general manager Brandon Bean, who

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01:09:58,680 --> 01:10:00,960
Speaker 1: is also going to address the media in the wake

1281
01:10:01,040 --> 01:10:03,599
Speaker 1: of the von Miller news, as it was announced earlier

1282
01:10:03,600 --> 01:10:05,880
Speaker 1: today by head coach Sean McDermott that he is out

1283
01:10:05,960 --> 01:10:10,839
Speaker 1: for the season after exploratory surgery discovered an ACL injury

1284
01:10:10,960 --> 01:10:14,400
Speaker 1: that required surgical repair. So we take a break here,

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01:10:14,560 --> 01:10:16,960
Speaker 1: but General manager Brandon Being coming up next here on

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Speaker 1: One Bill's Live, presented by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo

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01:10:19,400 --> 01:10:34,240
Speaker 1: Bill's Radio. Welcome back. It's One Bills Live. Chris Brown,

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01:10:34,280 --> 01:10:36,639
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you. We have to turn now though

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01:10:37,120 --> 01:10:40,200
Speaker 1: to the post practice podium where General Manager Brandon Bean

1290
01:10:40,439 --> 01:10:42,400
Speaker 1: is addressing the media in the wake of the Von

1291
01:10:42,560 --> 01:10:47,160
Speaker 1: Miller acl surgical repair news broken by head coach Sean

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01:10:47,240 --> 01:10:54,280
Speaker 1: McDermott earlier today. Defensive to start on defense this year,

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01:10:55,000 --> 01:10:57,240
Speaker 1: get your nine and three? What does that say about

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01:10:57,800 --> 01:11:00,479
Speaker 1: the deck that you guys have built? Even though you

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01:11:00,640 --> 01:11:03,599
Speaker 1: lose Vaughn. Guys, you had a big step up st Yeah,

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01:11:03,640 --> 01:11:05,720
Speaker 1: it's been a year. You know. You always, no matter

1297
01:11:05,760 --> 01:11:09,000
Speaker 1: what predictions are, adversity always strikes you don't know when. Um,

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01:11:09,479 --> 01:11:12,560
Speaker 1: and it started early with losing Micah and Dane in

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01:11:12,640 --> 01:11:14,840
Speaker 1: that first game. We got him back and um. But

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01:11:15,280 --> 01:11:17,479
Speaker 1: you know, I think Sean and the coaches have done

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01:11:17,800 --> 01:11:21,120
Speaker 1: a great job of having the next man ready to roll.

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01:11:21,200 --> 01:11:23,840
Speaker 1: And our guys they just um that whole thing that

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01:11:24,040 --> 01:11:27,040
Speaker 1: Vaughan brought about, don't blink. Um, you guys have done

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01:11:27,080 --> 01:11:28,680
Speaker 1: a great job. Yeah, We've had some bumps and not

1305
01:11:28,720 --> 01:11:31,160
Speaker 1: everything's been pretty but um, it's part of the deal.

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01:11:31,200 --> 01:11:34,000
Speaker 1: And the next you know, we're confident that with Vaughan out,

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01:11:34,160 --> 01:11:37,080
Speaker 1: you know, these young guys will step up that injury

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01:11:37,120 --> 01:11:39,240
Speaker 1: as you're aware of it, you know, exploratory surgery, what

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01:11:39,400 --> 01:11:41,519
Speaker 1: was revealed and what his recovery is going to be. Yeah,

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01:11:41,600 --> 01:11:45,879
Speaker 1: I mean he went, he flew to Dallas on Monday

1311
01:11:46,600 --> 01:11:50,840
Speaker 1: and saw um doctor Cooper down there and and you know,

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01:11:50,920 --> 01:11:54,200
Speaker 1: I was aware that you know, it was a possibility,

1313
01:11:54,600 --> 01:11:58,280
Speaker 1: you know, all crossing our fingers, but that you know,

1314
01:11:58,400 --> 01:12:01,160
Speaker 1: you see more when you go in there and you

1315
01:12:01,240 --> 01:12:02,720
Speaker 1: know you're hope it's just a clean out of a

1316
01:12:02,840 --> 01:12:05,120
Speaker 1: of a scope get him back. And that's my comments

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01:12:05,240 --> 01:12:06,960
Speaker 1: last week where we were hopeful, that's why we went

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01:12:06,960 --> 01:12:09,439
Speaker 1: ahead and put him on IR to start the clock

1319
01:12:09,520 --> 01:12:12,160
Speaker 1: and hopes that he could be back. Um. But yeah,

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01:12:12,439 --> 01:12:15,479
Speaker 1: once doctor Cooper got in there, he felt, you know,

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01:12:15,720 --> 01:12:17,800
Speaker 1: it wasn't going to hold and he needed a you know,

1322
01:12:17,880 --> 01:12:20,120
Speaker 1: a repair and it's one of those situations where really

1323
01:12:20,160 --> 01:12:21,519
Speaker 1: like the swelling had to go down to kind of

1324
01:12:21,560 --> 01:12:23,280
Speaker 1: really get a full scope of everything, like what you're

1325
01:12:23,280 --> 01:12:25,439
Speaker 1: about with these injuries. Yeah, I mean you just try

1326
01:12:25,479 --> 01:12:29,160
Speaker 1: and um you know, rehab, the guys make their quad

1327
01:12:29,240 --> 01:12:31,120
Speaker 1: strong or everything else because it'll help him come out

1328
01:12:31,160 --> 01:12:33,240
Speaker 1: of whatever it is. And you know it's still good

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01:12:33,479 --> 01:12:36,240
Speaker 1: U swelling down. But yeah, yeah you have images, Um,

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01:12:36,840 --> 01:12:39,120
Speaker 1: but you also have you know, when you really see

1331
01:12:39,160 --> 01:12:42,439
Speaker 1: in there, you see clearly and uh, doctor Cooper's a

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01:12:42,680 --> 01:12:45,479
Speaker 1: you know, well respected doc and we were all on

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01:12:45,680 --> 01:12:47,360
Speaker 1: board that, you know, he was a good guy to

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01:12:47,720 --> 01:12:51,360
Speaker 1: go in and do this and unfortunately that it is

1335
01:12:51,439 --> 01:12:53,960
Speaker 1: what it is. But um, you know the I'm a

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01:12:54,280 --> 01:12:57,920
Speaker 1: half glass full guy, you know from from that standpoint. Um,

1337
01:12:58,600 --> 01:13:01,800
Speaker 1: you know, he'll think if everything goes well rehab, you

1338
01:13:01,880 --> 01:13:04,320
Speaker 1: know we'll have him for most of twenty twenty three. Brandon,

1339
01:13:04,400 --> 01:13:06,200
Speaker 1: how confident are you in the younger guys that you

1340
01:13:06,360 --> 01:13:08,639
Speaker 1: previously mentioned that they aren't ready to take it expanded

1341
01:13:08,720 --> 01:13:13,360
Speaker 1: role in AJ? Greg Shack, Yeah, I mean very confident. Um,

1342
01:13:13,560 --> 01:13:15,680
Speaker 1: we believe in these guys, and um, I think when

1343
01:13:15,680 --> 01:13:17,639
Speaker 1: their number has been called, I think they've all shown

1344
01:13:17,720 --> 01:13:20,439
Speaker 1: improvement this year. I think you've seen it out of

1345
01:13:20,479 --> 01:13:22,400
Speaker 1: each one. The other day, I thought Boogie had his

1346
01:13:22,520 --> 01:13:26,040
Speaker 1: best game, you know, with Vaughan out love, his physicality

1347
01:13:26,160 --> 01:13:29,800
Speaker 1: played with AJ, you know, came off an ankle, you know,

1348
01:13:29,840 --> 01:13:32,960
Speaker 1: and he's still you know, he's doing well. All these

1349
01:13:33,000 --> 01:13:34,840
Speaker 1: guys who have to stop up. Greg's had a really

1350
01:13:34,880 --> 01:13:37,519
Speaker 1: good year, same thing, coming off an ankle, and then

1351
01:13:37,600 --> 01:13:40,240
Speaker 1: Shack you know, Um, you know, we forget about Shack,

1352
01:13:40,320 --> 01:13:43,439
Speaker 1: but he's done a great job, great energy, and well,

1353
01:13:43,560 --> 01:13:46,160
Speaker 1: you know, we believe in these guys. Vaughan has helped

1354
01:13:46,200 --> 01:13:49,400
Speaker 1: these guys already with just some of the things he's

1355
01:13:49,400 --> 01:13:52,000
Speaker 1: taught him, whether it's moves, whether it's preparation, film, all

1356
01:13:52,040 --> 01:13:54,600
Speaker 1: those things. So, um, he's gonna be back here. And

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01:13:54,680 --> 01:13:56,439
Speaker 1: that's the thing I talked to Vaughan last night. He's

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01:13:56,880 --> 01:13:59,120
Speaker 1: once he can fly and get back here, he's gonna

1359
01:13:59,120 --> 01:14:02,160
Speaker 1: be around two to help and and I'm excited to

1360
01:14:02,160 --> 01:14:04,000
Speaker 1: get him back. Kind of the big talk about today

1361
01:14:04,120 --> 01:14:06,080
Speaker 1: is the investment you made in von Miller and obviously

1362
01:14:06,200 --> 01:14:09,080
Speaker 1: losing him, but you look at the draft, what you've

1363
01:14:09,120 --> 01:14:11,280
Speaker 1: done in terms of that defensive front through the years

1364
01:14:11,320 --> 01:14:14,320
Speaker 1: here to prepare for seasons like this one. There's also

1365
01:14:14,400 --> 01:14:17,160
Speaker 1: that investment that needs to really pay off. Yeah, no

1366
01:14:17,280 --> 01:14:19,639
Speaker 1: doubt at him. It's uh, it's time for those guys,

1367
01:14:19,720 --> 01:14:21,880
Speaker 1: and I think they're all ready for their moment. They're

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01:14:21,920 --> 01:14:24,160
Speaker 1: they're excited. Yes, they hate to lose Vaughan like we do.

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01:14:24,320 --> 01:14:27,280
Speaker 1: But um they're trained competitors and they're like, hey, when

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01:14:27,320 --> 01:14:29,360
Speaker 1: my numbers called them gonna be ready, and um I

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01:14:29,439 --> 01:14:32,360
Speaker 1: thought game one, those guys all stepped up. Now it's

1372
01:14:32,360 --> 01:14:34,840
Speaker 1: about backing it up. You know, week after week you

1373
01:14:34,920 --> 01:14:36,880
Speaker 1: talked about you talked about this scenario, Brandon about it.

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01:14:37,040 --> 01:14:39,000
Speaker 1: This is a reason why you've said you don't like

1375
01:14:39,120 --> 01:14:41,160
Speaker 1: to dive in deep in free agency, that you spend

1376
01:14:41,200 --> 01:14:42,519
Speaker 1: big money on a guy and then he gets hurt

1377
01:14:42,560 --> 01:14:44,960
Speaker 1: and you know it's just for nothing, is there? Obviously

1378
01:14:45,000 --> 01:14:47,680
Speaker 1: there's some frustration now, But do you look back on

1379
01:14:47,760 --> 01:14:50,960
Speaker 1: that decision any differently now? And no, No, I mean

1380
01:14:51,000 --> 01:14:53,680
Speaker 1: you can't. Anycals happened all the time. It's you know,

1381
01:14:53,800 --> 01:14:56,560
Speaker 1: he's on the turf, you get rolled on wrong and

1382
01:14:56,680 --> 01:14:58,840
Speaker 1: it went that can happen with a twenty three year old,

1383
01:14:58,840 --> 01:15:01,320
Speaker 1: a thirty year old at forty any of us. No,

1384
01:15:02,560 --> 01:15:05,800
Speaker 1: Vaughan has been great for us, not only as a player,

1385
01:15:06,080 --> 01:15:09,040
Speaker 1: but the championship mentality, all the things he's brought to

1386
01:15:09,160 --> 01:15:12,000
Speaker 1: our team. And he's going to continue. He's gonna come back.

1387
01:15:12,080 --> 01:15:14,800
Speaker 1: This guy's not hanging it up. He's determined. He was

1388
01:15:14,880 --> 01:15:17,680
Speaker 1: excited when I talked to him last night. Hated that

1389
01:15:17,760 --> 01:15:19,640
Speaker 1: it happened, but he already had his focus on his

1390
01:15:19,720 --> 01:15:22,040
Speaker 1: rehab and come back. You're helping this team finished the

1391
01:15:22,120 --> 01:15:25,640
Speaker 1: season strong, and then he'll be here this offseason. So no,

1392
01:15:25,960 --> 01:15:29,200
Speaker 1: I'm surely glad we got von Miller. All right. That's

1393
01:15:29,280 --> 01:15:33,000
Speaker 1: Brandon being general manager the Bills, addressing the von Miller situation.

1394
01:15:33,080 --> 01:15:35,240
Speaker 1: I think the most encouraging thing that he said there

1395
01:15:35,280 --> 01:15:40,640
Speaker 1: Steve was we believe, with successful surgery and rehab, that

1396
01:15:41,160 --> 01:15:43,840
Speaker 1: we'll have him for most of twenty twenty three. That's

1397
01:15:43,880 --> 01:15:47,920
Speaker 1: pretty telling. Obviously, they know more about the extent of

1398
01:15:48,040 --> 01:15:50,880
Speaker 1: the damage to the ACL than we do, so that

1399
01:15:51,080 --> 01:15:56,040
Speaker 1: prognosis that's pretty encouraging considering he had surgery what December

1400
01:15:56,160 --> 01:15:58,280
Speaker 1: six of twenty twenty two. You're gonna have him for

1401
01:15:58,479 --> 01:16:01,040
Speaker 1: most of twenty twenty three. And it also goes to

1402
01:16:01,080 --> 01:16:03,040
Speaker 1: the courage and also the rest of his comments about

1403
01:16:03,120 --> 01:16:05,479
Speaker 1: you know, still being happy that they signed that guy.

1404
01:16:05,760 --> 01:16:08,840
Speaker 1: He gave mate sacks on the season, which by the way,

1405
01:16:08,880 --> 01:16:10,680
Speaker 1: is way more than anybody else gave him a year ago.

1406
01:16:12,960 --> 01:16:15,400
Speaker 1: It's and we've seen it you and I have been

1407
01:16:15,439 --> 01:16:18,720
Speaker 1: watching and hearing the things he has said to his

1408
01:16:18,840 --> 01:16:23,280
Speaker 1: teammates through the media, through an interaction on the practice field.

1409
01:16:24,160 --> 01:16:26,600
Speaker 1: The guy's made a difference for the team in a

1410
01:16:26,720 --> 01:16:30,120
Speaker 1: number of ways that are kind of intangible, you know

1411
01:16:30,160 --> 01:16:32,600
Speaker 1: what I mean, His attitude, his leadership, the things that

1412
01:16:32,680 --> 01:16:36,760
Speaker 1: he says in the face of adversity after losses. You know,

1413
01:16:36,920 --> 01:16:39,400
Speaker 1: as few as there have been, Vaughan has been a

1414
01:16:39,479 --> 01:16:43,040
Speaker 1: guy who has been a real steady voice and a

1415
01:16:43,160 --> 01:16:45,280
Speaker 1: positive influence on the guys in the locker room. And

1416
01:16:45,280 --> 01:16:50,120
Speaker 1: I don't think that's gonna leave. And I think it

1417
01:16:50,280 --> 01:16:52,960
Speaker 1: speaks to the kind of person he is and obviously

1418
01:16:53,080 --> 01:16:55,320
Speaker 1: the kind of player he has been in the league

1419
01:16:55,760 --> 01:16:58,479
Speaker 1: that he's been able to contribute not only to the

1420
01:16:58,600 --> 01:17:00,680
Speaker 1: production on the field for the Bill, but man to

1421
01:17:01,560 --> 01:17:04,280
Speaker 1: the psych and the attitude of the team and the

1422
01:17:04,320 --> 01:17:07,000
Speaker 1: players around and particularly in the defensive line group. Yeah,

1423
01:17:07,240 --> 01:17:09,800
Speaker 1: and I think there's something to be said about this too.

1424
01:17:10,200 --> 01:17:13,040
Speaker 1: While there was the hope that Miller would come back

1425
01:17:13,160 --> 01:17:15,280
Speaker 1: after being on IR and help the team out at

1426
01:17:15,320 --> 01:17:18,880
Speaker 1: the end of the season, you're wondering, you know, either

1427
01:17:19,000 --> 01:17:21,519
Speaker 1: as a teammate or as a player playing the same position, Well,

1428
01:17:21,560 --> 01:17:25,120
Speaker 1: if he comes back, you know whatever, whatever. Now you

1429
01:17:25,200 --> 01:17:28,400
Speaker 1: know he's not coming back. Now, everybody plays that defensive

1430
01:17:28,479 --> 01:17:31,040
Speaker 1: end position is going to say it's on me now

1431
01:17:31,439 --> 01:17:34,880
Speaker 1: for sure, Like there is no doubt that Van is

1432
01:17:34,960 --> 01:17:37,599
Speaker 1: no longer part of the equation. I gotta do more. Yeah,

1433
01:17:37,600 --> 01:17:45,200
Speaker 1: there's no plan B. Yeah, now you're it. And people

1434
01:17:45,280 --> 01:17:49,920
Speaker 1: are gonna look at this team and this defensive line

1435
01:17:50,000 --> 01:17:53,120
Speaker 1: group and at the end of it all, if they're

1436
01:17:53,200 --> 01:17:55,760
Speaker 1: not the ones who get the stop in a big

1437
01:17:55,840 --> 01:17:58,720
Speaker 1: game at the end of the season, if they're not

1438
01:17:58,800 --> 01:18:02,639
Speaker 1: the ones who forced Pat Mahomes into throwing an interception

1439
01:18:02,680 --> 01:18:04,679
Speaker 1: to ice the game like they did in Week five,

1440
01:18:06,880 --> 01:18:09,840
Speaker 1: people are gonna look at those guys. Yeah, and there's

1441
01:18:09,880 --> 01:18:15,200
Speaker 1: no safety net. Now, there's no cavalry coming, there's no parachute.

1442
01:18:15,960 --> 01:18:18,439
Speaker 1: Having forty come in off the bench to rotate in

1443
01:18:18,560 --> 01:18:20,240
Speaker 1: on a third and on a third and short or

1444
01:18:20,240 --> 01:18:23,080
Speaker 1: a third medium and late in a game when it's

1445
01:18:23,080 --> 01:18:28,560
Speaker 1: in doubt, you're it. So I I'm it's true, And

1446
01:18:28,640 --> 01:18:31,320
Speaker 1: I think that's the message. These guys are gonna get

1447
01:18:31,400 --> 01:18:37,240
Speaker 1: loud and clear. They've got an opportunity to go to

1448
01:18:37,400 --> 01:18:40,680
Speaker 1: places where von Miller's already been and see if they

1449
01:18:40,720 --> 01:18:44,960
Speaker 1: can make their way. Jordan Poyer is addressing the media

1450
01:18:45,120 --> 01:18:47,960
Speaker 1: after practice today, so let's hear some of his answers

1451
01:18:48,240 --> 01:18:50,960
Speaker 1: from the questions being posed to him in the field house.

1452
01:18:55,080 --> 01:18:57,280
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I mean I was, I was here at

1453
01:18:57,320 --> 01:19:00,040
Speaker 1: the building yesterday and I got a letter from my

1454
01:19:00,200 --> 01:19:03,080
Speaker 1: team by the young kid who was, you know, going

1455
01:19:03,120 --> 01:19:06,560
Speaker 1: through some things at school. Um. And I read his

1456
01:19:06,680 --> 01:19:09,519
Speaker 1: letter and his letter was just so extremely detailed. It

1457
01:19:09,600 --> 01:19:11,920
Speaker 1: is extremely thoughtful. You know, he could tell he put

1458
01:19:12,040 --> 01:19:14,240
Speaker 1: some work into it and and thought of the words

1459
01:19:14,280 --> 01:19:15,960
Speaker 1: he was trying to use. And you know, for a

1460
01:19:16,000 --> 01:19:20,120
Speaker 1: sixth grader. Um, you know, it just it just touched

1461
01:19:20,160 --> 01:19:22,439
Speaker 1: my heart as I read it. And like I said,

1462
01:19:22,479 --> 01:19:23,960
Speaker 1: I was reading up on the story a little bit.

1463
01:19:24,479 --> 01:19:26,120
Speaker 1: I was just finishing the day here at work, so

1464
01:19:26,240 --> 01:19:27,560
Speaker 1: I you know, I hit my team up and I

1465
01:19:27,640 --> 01:19:29,720
Speaker 1: was like, hey, you know, uh, where's this kid go

1466
01:19:29,760 --> 01:19:32,240
Speaker 1: to school? He saw our middle school. It was twenty

1467
01:19:32,280 --> 01:19:34,840
Speaker 1: minutes away. So, um, I was like, hey, with the

1468
01:19:34,960 --> 01:19:37,160
Speaker 1: mind if I just came in and and set what's

1469
01:19:37,240 --> 01:19:39,320
Speaker 1: up to the kid, try to just brighten his spirits up,

1470
01:19:39,360 --> 01:19:42,080
Speaker 1: trying to be positive light. Um, you know, because like

1471
01:19:42,080 --> 01:19:44,080
Speaker 1: I said, you know, I've said it before, the platform

1472
01:19:44,160 --> 01:19:47,920
Speaker 1: that I've been able to to grow and and you know,

1473
01:19:47,960 --> 01:19:50,000
Speaker 1: it's really given me an opportunity to to do that

1474
01:19:50,080 --> 01:19:52,280
Speaker 1: kind of stuff, to to try to be a positive

1475
01:19:52,360 --> 01:19:55,320
Speaker 1: light in young kids' lives. And um, so I pulled

1476
01:19:55,439 --> 01:19:57,200
Speaker 1: up to the kid to the school. We ain't got

1477
01:19:57,280 --> 01:19:59,720
Speaker 1: him out of swimming class. Um, I think a lot

1478
01:19:59,720 --> 01:20:01,280
Speaker 1: of you I saw the video. He was just super

1479
01:20:01,360 --> 01:20:03,800
Speaker 1: excited to see me and um we hung out for

1480
01:20:03,920 --> 01:20:06,200
Speaker 1: thirty minutes. He's talked about life, man, he talked about

1481
01:20:06,240 --> 01:20:08,120
Speaker 1: some of the stuff he was going through and you know,

1482
01:20:08,280 --> 01:20:10,719
Speaker 1: just trying to be positive. Like I said, um logan,

1483
01:20:10,760 --> 01:20:12,160
Speaker 1: he's a good kid. You can tell he's got just

1484
01:20:12,280 --> 01:20:15,040
Speaker 1: a great spirit about him. Um. So you know we're

1485
01:20:15,040 --> 01:20:16,599
Speaker 1: trying to get him out here to a Bill's game,

1486
01:20:16,800 --> 01:20:18,160
Speaker 1: and uh, you know it was it was. It was

1487
01:20:18,200 --> 01:20:20,280
Speaker 1: awesome to be a part of I didn't expect it

1488
01:20:20,360 --> 01:20:22,760
Speaker 1: to blow up the way it did, um at all.

1489
01:20:22,920 --> 01:20:24,400
Speaker 1: And I didn't even know really media it was going

1490
01:20:24,439 --> 01:20:26,719
Speaker 1: to be over there. I was just kind of thinking

1491
01:20:26,760 --> 01:20:28,680
Speaker 1: I was going over there to just save us up

1492
01:20:28,720 --> 01:20:32,000
Speaker 1: to the kid and um and hang out with him.

1493
01:20:32,080 --> 01:20:34,920
Speaker 1: But you know it kind of turned into um, something

1494
01:20:34,960 --> 01:20:36,760
Speaker 1: bigger than I had thought it was gonna be. But again,

1495
01:20:36,800 --> 01:20:40,360
Speaker 1: it was just super special to even you know, be

1496
01:20:40,520 --> 01:20:42,920
Speaker 1: able to have that opportunity to go and and see

1497
01:20:42,960 --> 01:20:55,160
Speaker 1: that kid's face and so it was cool look around, right,

1498
01:20:55,600 --> 01:20:58,519
Speaker 1: I mean obviously the van News that's that's tough. Man.

1499
01:20:58,640 --> 01:21:01,240
Speaker 1: It sucks. Um. You know, you love the guy as

1500
01:21:01,320 --> 01:21:03,519
Speaker 1: a as a friend, as a teammate, just somebody who

1501
01:21:04,040 --> 01:21:06,680
Speaker 1: I've grown to just appreciate, like I said, on and

1502
01:21:06,880 --> 01:21:09,760
Speaker 1: off the field. Um, he's taught me so much, um

1503
01:21:10,439 --> 01:21:12,400
Speaker 1: in the game of football, just in his short time

1504
01:21:12,439 --> 01:21:15,360
Speaker 1: being here. Um. And to lose a guy like that

1505
01:21:15,560 --> 01:21:18,400
Speaker 1: is tough. Um. That's the game we play. I think

1506
01:21:18,439 --> 01:21:20,479
Speaker 1: he'd be one of the first ones to tell you that. Um,

1507
01:21:20,560 --> 01:21:23,120
Speaker 1: it's part of the game. And you know, being able

1508
01:21:23,160 --> 01:21:26,600
Speaker 1: to you know, have other guys, you know, have opportunities,

1509
01:21:26,800 --> 01:21:29,080
Speaker 1: you know, right in front of him, Um, and those

1510
01:21:29,120 --> 01:21:31,599
Speaker 1: guys will be ready to go. And you know it's

1511
01:21:31,600 --> 01:21:34,200
Speaker 1: cliche you always say next man up, but you know

1512
01:21:34,280 --> 01:21:35,760
Speaker 1: that's what it has to be. You can't replace a

1513
01:21:35,800 --> 01:21:39,120
Speaker 1: guy like von Miller, future Hall of Famer um, and

1514
01:21:39,439 --> 01:21:43,200
Speaker 1: and just a great, great teammate. And so you know,

1515
01:21:43,280 --> 01:21:45,519
Speaker 1: I've I got got there. We got the news this morning,

1516
01:21:45,600 --> 01:21:48,600
Speaker 1: and it kind of kind of shocked everybody, Um, you know,

1517
01:21:48,600 --> 01:21:50,320
Speaker 1: because I think we had all heard the same news

1518
01:21:50,360 --> 01:21:52,080
Speaker 1: you guys were hearing. You know, he's on i R

1519
01:21:52,080 --> 01:21:54,280
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks, he'll be back and so then

1520
01:21:54,400 --> 01:21:57,160
Speaker 1: you know, coach coach told us this morning, and you know,

1521
01:21:57,240 --> 01:21:59,160
Speaker 1: it's it's it's tough, you know, But at the same time,

1522
01:21:59,200 --> 01:22:00,559
Speaker 1: like I said, next man up, we got the right

1523
01:22:00,600 --> 01:22:02,680
Speaker 1: guys in the locker room, in that room to be

1524
01:22:02,720 --> 01:22:04,920
Speaker 1: able to handle that and and and step up and

1525
01:22:05,240 --> 01:22:14,040
Speaker 1: make the most of that opportunity to tea Yeah, exactly that. Obviously,

1526
01:22:14,160 --> 01:22:16,680
Speaker 1: you know, it kind of shocked I think pretty much everyone, um,

1527
01:22:16,720 --> 01:22:18,479
Speaker 1: because I don't think anybody had heard about it when

1528
01:22:18,479 --> 01:22:21,240
Speaker 1: he he told us, and um, you know, I know

1529
01:22:21,320 --> 01:22:22,800
Speaker 1: I was shocked. But at the same time, you know,

1530
01:22:22,880 --> 01:22:25,040
Speaker 1: it was just like you said, another another opportunity for

1531
01:22:25,080 --> 01:22:27,360
Speaker 1: other guys to be able to step up and and

1532
01:22:27,800 --> 01:22:30,000
Speaker 1: you know, show who they are, and you know they've

1533
01:22:30,040 --> 01:22:32,200
Speaker 1: been doing that then doing that a couple of games

1534
01:22:32,240 --> 01:22:34,680
Speaker 1: that he's been out. Um, guys like Greg, guys like

1535
01:22:34,720 --> 01:22:38,400
Speaker 1: Boogie aj Um. You know, I know I'm missing a

1536
01:22:38,520 --> 01:22:41,320
Speaker 1: couple of guys you know down the line, um, Greg,

1537
01:22:42,000 --> 01:22:44,120
Speaker 1: and you know those guys are ready for their opportunity,

1538
01:22:44,320 --> 01:22:53,920
Speaker 1: and um, you know, I'm excited for him, you guys. Yeah,

1539
01:22:53,960 --> 01:22:58,479
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, obviously being in control is is

1540
01:22:59,000 --> 01:23:00,960
Speaker 1: is a great feeling to be and but at the

1541
01:23:01,040 --> 01:23:04,120
Speaker 1: same time, you know, we got some tough division games

1542
01:23:04,160 --> 01:23:06,680
Speaker 1: coming up. Um, this is a good football team and

1543
01:23:06,760 --> 01:23:10,320
Speaker 1: the Jets coming here, obviously beating us last time, and uh,

1544
01:23:10,720 --> 01:23:12,280
Speaker 1: you know, it's it's it's a it's a really good

1545
01:23:12,320 --> 01:23:15,160
Speaker 1: football team coming in here, division rival, and so you know, yeah,

1546
01:23:15,200 --> 01:23:17,800
Speaker 1: it's it's good to you know, have have control of

1547
01:23:17,800 --> 01:23:20,000
Speaker 1: your own destiny. But we got to continue to you know,

1548
01:23:20,120 --> 01:23:21,640
Speaker 1: take that one day at a time, one game at

1549
01:23:21,680 --> 01:23:24,080
Speaker 1: a time approach, um, and be able to handle business

1550
01:23:24,160 --> 01:23:26,080
Speaker 1: this weekend, you know, in order for it to stay

1551
01:23:26,160 --> 01:23:32,600
Speaker 1: that way. Yeah. Obviously, you know, he's he's feeding the

1552
01:23:32,640 --> 01:23:34,920
Speaker 1: ball to a bunch of different guys. Um, you know,

1553
01:23:35,000 --> 01:23:37,960
Speaker 1: he's he's distributing the ball throughout the entire offense. Um,

1554
01:23:38,040 --> 01:23:40,640
Speaker 1: he's making quick decisions and you can tell, you know,

1555
01:23:40,880 --> 01:23:43,519
Speaker 1: it almost seems like the energy of the football team. Um,

1556
01:23:43,800 --> 01:23:45,519
Speaker 1: it's a lot of higher playing at a higher level.

1557
01:23:45,760 --> 01:23:49,680
Speaker 1: You know, um, than than than previously. So um, the guy,

1558
01:23:49,840 --> 01:23:51,599
Speaker 1: you know, you respect a guy like Mike White who's

1559
01:23:51,640 --> 01:23:53,360
Speaker 1: came into the league, and you know, he's done some

1560
01:23:53,760 --> 01:23:56,479
Speaker 1: amazing things that over this over his career, of course,

1561
01:23:56,520 --> 01:23:58,880
Speaker 1: of his career, and I'm sure some throws he wished

1562
01:23:58,920 --> 01:24:00,560
Speaker 1: he had back, but he's thrown for over you know,

1563
01:24:00,600 --> 01:24:02,639
Speaker 1: two hundred fifty three hundred yards in the last couple

1564
01:24:02,640 --> 01:24:04,320
Speaker 1: of games. And you know, had a chance to win

1565
01:24:04,360 --> 01:24:06,960
Speaker 1: the game last week against the Vikings and so um.

1566
01:24:07,320 --> 01:24:09,760
Speaker 1: You know it's solid, a really good offense coming in here.

1567
01:24:09,800 --> 01:24:11,320
Speaker 1: We're gonna have to play well to win. You guys

1568
01:24:11,360 --> 01:24:13,639
Speaker 1: picked him off four times last year the first time

1569
01:24:13,680 --> 01:24:15,360
Speaker 1: he played him, and he was coming off on stretch.

1570
01:24:15,560 --> 01:24:18,800
Speaker 1: You notice anything different this time around? Yeah, I think

1571
01:24:18,840 --> 01:24:21,040
Speaker 1: he's playing with a little bit more a lot more confidence. Um.

1572
01:24:21,160 --> 01:24:23,400
Speaker 1: Like I said, he's he's seeing his reads, he's getting

1573
01:24:23,400 --> 01:24:25,400
Speaker 1: the ball out of his hands. Um, he's putting the

1574
01:24:25,439 --> 01:24:27,599
Speaker 1: ball where his receivers can get it and his backs

1575
01:24:27,640 --> 01:24:29,720
Speaker 1: can get it and so um. And then he's letting

1576
01:24:29,760 --> 01:24:33,519
Speaker 1: his playmakers make plays. You know. Um, Wilson's he's great,

1577
01:24:33,600 --> 01:24:35,360
Speaker 1: They all all of them with the you know, I

1578
01:24:35,439 --> 01:24:38,160
Speaker 1: think they're hied for fifth or six in the league

1579
01:24:38,200 --> 01:24:40,559
Speaker 1: for run after catch. You know, since Mike White has

1580
01:24:40,600 --> 01:24:43,040
Speaker 1: been in has been a quarterback, so you know, tackling

1581
01:24:43,120 --> 01:24:44,559
Speaker 1: is a huge emphasis. We're gonna have to be able

1582
01:24:44,600 --> 01:24:47,160
Speaker 1: to tackle their really good running backs and then their receivers.

1583
01:24:47,240 --> 01:24:48,720
Speaker 1: You know, when they make catches, we're gonna have to

1584
01:24:48,800 --> 01:24:50,120
Speaker 1: be able to bring them down to the ground. So

1585
01:24:50,439 --> 01:24:51,920
Speaker 1: I saw the football team. We're not, like I said,

1586
01:24:51,960 --> 01:24:56,840
Speaker 1: we're not to play extremely able to win. Yeah, it's

1587
01:24:56,920 --> 01:24:58,679
Speaker 1: a young guy who who's got a lot of feel

1588
01:24:58,720 --> 01:25:00,920
Speaker 1: for the game. Um, you know he and the way

1589
01:25:00,960 --> 01:25:03,400
Speaker 1: he moves, you know, he's I don't see why he

1590
01:25:03,439 --> 01:25:05,240
Speaker 1: couldn't in his future to be a top wide receiver

1591
01:25:05,360 --> 01:25:07,880
Speaker 1: in this game. Um, you know the way he moves away,

1592
01:25:07,920 --> 01:25:11,280
Speaker 1: he runs, his routes, his run after the catchability. Um.

1593
01:25:11,520 --> 01:25:12,920
Speaker 1: You know, like I said, a young guy who's up

1594
01:25:12,920 --> 01:25:14,720
Speaker 1: and coming, and and Mike White likes him. I think

1595
01:25:14,760 --> 01:25:17,960
Speaker 1: he's had over the last two three games twenty five

1596
01:25:18,000 --> 01:25:20,120
Speaker 1: targets or something like that. So the ball is going

1597
01:25:20,200 --> 01:25:22,599
Speaker 1: to him. Um, and what he's doing after the catches

1598
01:25:23,000 --> 01:25:25,680
Speaker 1: is awesome too. So he's gonna, like I said, it's

1599
01:25:25,720 --> 01:25:27,400
Speaker 1: in a tough task you know, he catches the ball,

1600
01:25:27,439 --> 01:25:29,040
Speaker 1: we're have to get him down, um, and we're not

1601
01:25:29,080 --> 01:25:30,400
Speaker 1: have to tackle. Well, we're all gonna have to run

1602
01:25:30,400 --> 01:25:32,680
Speaker 1: to the ball and play way to win. All right.

1603
01:25:32,680 --> 01:25:36,679
Speaker 1: That's Jordan Poyer addressing the media here after practice today,

1604
01:25:36,800 --> 01:25:39,040
Speaker 1: and you can feel the impact of the Vaughan News.

1605
01:25:39,120 --> 01:25:41,920
Speaker 1: It's like, jeez, really, like, you know, they kind of

1606
01:25:41,920 --> 01:25:45,880
Speaker 1: anticipated having him back, but then it's quickly accepted for

1607
01:25:45,960 --> 01:25:49,080
Speaker 1: what it is. And you could almost hear Jordan from

1608
01:25:49,160 --> 01:25:51,600
Speaker 1: one answer to the next kind of flipping his mindset.

1609
01:25:51,640 --> 01:25:54,320
Speaker 1: And it is a mindset flip, like we move forward

1610
01:25:54,439 --> 01:25:58,120
Speaker 1: now knowing we don't have him. Yeah, it's a bummer.

1611
01:25:58,200 --> 01:26:00,479
Speaker 1: And I think as a player, when when that happens

1612
01:26:00,479 --> 01:26:02,360
Speaker 1: to you and you lose a really good player like that,

1613
01:26:03,320 --> 01:26:05,400
Speaker 1: it's like, man, you think, okay, what are we gonna do?

1614
01:26:05,560 --> 01:26:08,400
Speaker 1: And then your mind switches to well, okay, it's he's

1615
01:26:08,439 --> 01:26:10,400
Speaker 1: not gonna play. This guy's gonna play. These guys are

1616
01:26:10,400 --> 01:26:12,880
Speaker 1: gonna play in his place. We got this game this week,

1617
01:26:12,920 --> 01:26:16,600
Speaker 1: we gotta go. It turns into you feel bad for

1618
01:26:16,680 --> 01:26:21,439
Speaker 1: your friend real quick, and it switches a completely away

1619
01:26:21,479 --> 01:26:23,479
Speaker 1: from football when you regard in regards to Vonna. So

1620
01:26:23,560 --> 01:26:27,160
Speaker 1: for Vaughan, these guys is a buddy who's not feeling well,

1621
01:26:27,200 --> 01:26:28,920
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. He's a sick friend, so

1622
01:26:29,120 --> 01:26:33,439
Speaker 1: to speak, and you got work to do, but you

1623
01:26:33,520 --> 01:26:35,559
Speaker 1: can still care about your sick friend and in your

1624
01:26:35,600 --> 01:26:37,680
Speaker 1: off time kind of now it becomes like that. So

1625
01:26:38,680 --> 01:26:42,360
Speaker 1: it's a very quick switch for these guys. They won't

1626
01:26:43,200 --> 01:26:47,479
Speaker 1: stumble over not having a player there. There's just too

1627
01:26:47,520 --> 01:26:49,880
Speaker 1: many guys who can really go on this team and

1628
01:26:49,960 --> 01:26:53,679
Speaker 1: to worry about it. So while it is a personal

1629
01:26:53,800 --> 01:26:56,080
Speaker 1: loss for all these guys, you know, because Vaughan's not

1630
01:26:56,120 --> 01:26:59,280
Speaker 1: gonna be on the field in game day, on the

1631
01:26:59,360 --> 01:27:02,880
Speaker 1: sidelines in the game, it's gonna leave a void in

1632
01:27:03,040 --> 01:27:04,599
Speaker 1: some respects for a lot of these guys. It will

1633
01:27:04,600 --> 01:27:06,719
Speaker 1: be different for every guy because they interact with Vaughan differently.

1634
01:27:07,680 --> 01:27:11,320
Speaker 1: That's the battle, I think. Yeah, these guys got to

1635
01:27:11,360 --> 01:27:14,200
Speaker 1: fill a void left by a guy with Vaughan's presence,

1636
01:27:14,960 --> 01:27:17,800
Speaker 1: and they got to find a way to continue to

1637
01:27:17,880 --> 01:27:20,840
Speaker 1: be productive and even more productive without that, right And

1638
01:27:21,000 --> 01:27:23,160
Speaker 1: Mica Hide's another big void that they've had to fill

1639
01:27:23,320 --> 01:27:26,519
Speaker 1: since week two. I know he's been around, but he's

1640
01:27:26,560 --> 01:27:29,080
Speaker 1: not on the fields and he's a presence too. Ask

1641
01:27:29,120 --> 01:27:30,920
Speaker 1: anybody in that locker room, they'll tell you the same.

1642
01:27:31,320 --> 01:27:33,479
Speaker 1: All right, we got to take a break here. When

1643
01:27:33,560 --> 01:27:35,800
Speaker 1: we come back, we'll wrap up some final thoughts on

1644
01:27:35,840 --> 01:27:38,160
Speaker 1: the tweet sheet. Anybody holding on the phones, we'll try

1645
01:27:38,160 --> 01:27:39,960
Speaker 1: to get to them as well. Here on one Bill's Live.

1646
01:27:53,640 --> 01:27:55,400
Speaker 1: All right, we're gonna go straight to the phones here

1647
01:27:55,439 --> 01:27:57,120
Speaker 1: as we've been asking you what role player will make

1648
01:27:57,120 --> 01:27:59,400
Speaker 1: the biggest impact against the Jets on Sunday and why?

1649
01:27:59,600 --> 01:28:02,560
Speaker 1: And we check in with Carol in Tonawanda. What do

1650
01:28:02,600 --> 01:28:06,559
Speaker 1: you got for his Carol, Hi, Yes, thanks for taking

1651
01:28:06,680 --> 01:28:09,320
Speaker 1: the calls. No, I think there's no there's no doubt

1652
01:28:09,400 --> 01:28:11,960
Speaker 1: that our backup players are going to do a phenomenal

1653
01:28:12,120 --> 01:28:14,560
Speaker 1: job for us. I think they're ready and prine. But

1654
01:28:14,640 --> 01:28:17,320
Speaker 1: two players that I think of our interest to us

1655
01:28:17,920 --> 01:28:21,960
Speaker 1: are Matt Milano. He's just so dynamic behind that defensive line,

1656
01:28:22,360 --> 01:28:25,479
Speaker 1: and I see many times how the defensive line shifts

1657
01:28:25,560 --> 01:28:29,280
Speaker 1: for us to allow him to rush at quarterback. Be

1658
01:28:29,400 --> 01:28:33,040
Speaker 1: also important player I think is Knox. If our receivers

1659
01:28:33,080 --> 01:28:35,559
Speaker 1: are going to be blackdown field, I think those little

1660
01:28:35,600 --> 01:28:38,479
Speaker 1: shuttle passes, those ten yard increments to move the ball

1661
01:28:38,520 --> 01:28:40,800
Speaker 1: down the field are going to be very important to

1662
01:28:40,960 --> 01:28:44,160
Speaker 1: us as well as Singletary and Cook for our running game.

1663
01:28:44,680 --> 01:28:46,920
Speaker 1: And if I may, can I bring up a topic

1664
01:28:47,040 --> 01:28:49,280
Speaker 1: of our storm. I know we had a freak storm.

1665
01:28:49,360 --> 01:28:51,639
Speaker 1: The Lake effect and the importance to have to play

1666
01:28:51,680 --> 01:28:54,479
Speaker 1: in Detroit, I get it, I understand that, but I

1667
01:28:54,560 --> 01:28:57,479
Speaker 1: think the league needs to also examine the importance of

1668
01:28:57,560 --> 01:29:00,519
Speaker 1: allowing our bills to play in my ami and one

1669
01:29:00,600 --> 01:29:03,800
Speaker 1: hundred degree weather and one hundred percent humidity and experience

1670
01:29:03,880 --> 01:29:07,200
Speaker 1: heat exhaustion. I think that's something that also needs to

1671
01:29:07,280 --> 01:29:10,400
Speaker 1: be looked at. You know, what are the limits? You know,

1672
01:29:10,680 --> 01:29:13,000
Speaker 1: can they play in a different type of arenas that

1673
01:29:13,240 --> 01:29:15,800
Speaker 1: football is supposed to be based on the you know,

1674
01:29:15,880 --> 01:29:19,639
Speaker 1: the ability in the of the players, not necessarily home

1675
01:29:19,720 --> 01:29:23,200
Speaker 1: team advantage because of the weather. So there's something that

1676
01:29:23,240 --> 01:29:25,040
Speaker 1: I would like to, you know, just share with you

1677
01:29:25,160 --> 01:29:27,519
Speaker 1: and thank you for taking the call. Thanks, Carol, We're

1678
01:29:27,560 --> 01:29:30,240
Speaker 1: up against break. Appreciate it. Yeah, it'd be interesting to

1679
01:29:30,240 --> 01:29:33,760
Speaker 1: see if the competition committee looks at that, because maybe

1680
01:29:33,760 --> 01:29:36,040
Speaker 1: you move those games to four o'clock starts. I'll say

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Speaker 1: this too, in my years all playing down there, we

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Speaker 1: never had a game that bad that they did in

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Speaker 1: week three this year, so it's as rare that that

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Speaker 1: happens as it is the snowstorms here in Buffalo. We're

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Speaker 1: at a time. Field Yates and Xavier Rohads on the

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Speaker 1: show tomorrow. We'll see it one No