1 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,560 Speaker 1: At a Steve tester who has been all over the fields. 2 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: Kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role 3 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: player for State. Steve a blimp. We're not even in 4 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: the strated here of normalcy here. Well, let's get it rolling. 5 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: On a Wednesday, installation time for the team on the 6 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: practice field as they get ready for the Colts on 7 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: Saturday wild Card playoff action at Bill's Stadium at a 8 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: one oh five kickoff, And we are lathered up and 9 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: getting ready for this game. And our Twitter poll reflects 10 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: that we'll get to that in a moment. Trying to 11 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: keep our ear to the ground on different things going 12 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: on with respect to the injury reports for both the 13 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: Bills in the Colts. There's some interesting names on the 14 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: Colt's injury report that we're not necessarily anticipated coming into 15 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:04,319 Speaker 1: this week. Also some receivers on Buffalo's injury report that 16 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 1: might widen some eyes a little bit. Coach McDermott made 17 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: available to the media today. Steve didn't really have much 18 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: to offer, but Stefan Diggs is now on there with 19 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: an oblique strain, which is one of those side abdominal muscles, 20 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: and also on the injury report. Obviously Cole Beasley, who 21 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: suffered the knee injury late in the Week sixteen game 22 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: at New England, and Isaiah McKenzie also on the injury 23 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: report with an ankle, So those were they, I mean 24 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: all of them were listed. The Bills had a walk 25 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: through yesterday, so the injury report was just an estimation 26 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: of what their participation level would be. We'll probably get 27 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: a little bit better clarity today when they report comes 28 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: out later this afternoon. Practices indoors closed to the media, 29 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: so there really won't be much to report from practice today. 30 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: We're just going to have to wait on the injury report. 31 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: But the Colts Steve meanwhile had some interesting names on 32 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: theirs now. Philip Rivers typically gets listed every week, apparently 33 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: with this toe thing that he's been dealing with, and 34 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: then he goes and plays every week, so that's not 35 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: a surprise. But DeForrest Buckner with an ankle injury, probably 36 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:21,239 Speaker 1: their best defensive player. Maybe you can make an argument 37 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: with Darius Leonard. It's Buckner and Leonard are two best 38 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: defensive players that the Bills will be facing this week. 39 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: Luckner's got an ankle injury, would not have practiced yesterday 40 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: if it was a full practice. We'll have to see 41 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: where that one goes. And then one of their starting corners, 42 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: rock usin in concussion protocol and would not have practiced yesterday. 43 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 1: They still have their starting strong safety, carry will Is 44 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: trying to come back from a concussion now. They deemed 45 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 1: that he would have been a full participant yesterday, but 46 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: Frank Reich, the head coach, said he is still in 47 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 1: concussion protocol right now, but they are hopeful that he 48 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 1: can come back from his injury. He's been just about 49 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: every bit as productive as Jordan Poyer has been for 50 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: the Bills. He is a involved and around the ball safety, 51 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: so if they can get him back in their lineup, 52 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: they feel their chances are better of slowing this Bill's 53 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: offense down. And their other corner TJ. Kerry limited with 54 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: an ankle and shoulder injury and Jonathan Taylor on that 55 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: list too with a shoulder injury. But all indications are 56 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: he should be fine unless he has some kind of 57 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 1: major setback. So yeah, it's things to keep an eye on. 58 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,519 Speaker 1: It's kind of normal too, where you get to a 59 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 1: point in this season where you've got a bunch of 60 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: guys that are kind of getting along, dragging their injuries 61 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: around with them, trying to practice, trying to go and 62 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: really actually gutting it out to play on Sundays or Saturdays. 63 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: In this case, you can bet they're all going to 64 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: make the supreme effort to try and get out there. 65 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: The question is how effective will they be and how 66 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: will they you know, will they play normally dragging around 67 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: a pain Some of them will probably get some help 68 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: with pain management, some of them may not, but they 69 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: all want to play. That's the kind of guys that 70 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: you know you would have on your football team. So uh, 71 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: and that's that's the big question every team at this point. 72 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: It used to be back in the old days. It 73 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: used to be way worse than it is now because 74 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: you would have, you know, a ton of guys who 75 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: had no business playing football, not only playing, but practicing 76 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:19,160 Speaker 1: as well. So it's something every team deals with. It's 77 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 1: a it's a fact of life in the NFL, and 78 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: how your team handles it says a lot about how 79 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: the successful are going to be at this point of 80 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: the season and how well they've handled it up to 81 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 1: this point. The Bills, despite what you heard with Stefan 82 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:34,679 Speaker 1: Diggs and Isaiah McKenzie. They're incredibly healthy. They're in pretty 83 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 1: good shape all things considered. And again we don't know 84 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: the severity of We still don't know the severity of 85 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,840 Speaker 1: Beasley's knee injury, and I don't anticipate we'll learn anything 86 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 1: anytime soon. And this Digg's injury, Yes, you see him 87 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 1: on the injury report, you get all concerned, but you 88 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: know it was he would have been limited in practice yesterday. 89 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 1: It's not like he's completely out and not doing anything. 90 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 1: Same for Isaiah McKenzie. So provided they don't have any 91 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:03,840 Speaker 1: kind of setback this week, both of those guys should 92 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: be available. Beasley, I think, is the only real risk 93 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 1: of not having on the field on Saturday, especially knowing 94 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 1: the game is a day earlier. It's one last day 95 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 1: to kind of heal up and get ready to play. 96 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: I remember John Feliciano late in the game last week. 97 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: I twisted up on a play down by the goal 98 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,160 Speaker 1: line at the scoreboard end. Took a minute to get up, 99 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: played the rest of the game, but I was like, yeah, 100 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: he's gonna feel that on Monday, and he's on the 101 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: injury report, but he was listed as a full participant, 102 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: so it looks like he'll be fine to go on Saturday. 103 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: Are these are estimates too because of the walkthrough runs 104 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: of the practice, So they they're taking it easy on 105 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 1: these guys, and that's they may not even really get 106 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: in pads this week. A lot of yeah, why you know, 107 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: why would you the idea of getting ready to play 108 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: these playoff games. I was asked this today in an 109 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: interview that I did you know what about momentum going 110 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:02,160 Speaker 1: in Listen? Momentum comes from Monday through in this case, 111 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: Monday through Friday, getting ready for the game. That's where 112 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: you get ready for it. It's not about how many 113 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: guys played and how much they played the week before. 114 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 1: It's not about whether you've dropped three out of your 115 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 1: last four games even. It's about how you're prepared to 116 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: play in this game and how well you can get 117 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: it done. Coaching staff will have their hand on the 118 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 1: pulse of both these teams. Frank Reich and Sean mcdermmot 119 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: both will know exactly how to get their teams ready, 120 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 1: and they'll know where they are physically as collectively as 121 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:32,479 Speaker 1: much as they can. Certainly every guy's different individually, but 122 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: when you've got enough guys at the same spot. It 123 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 1: affects the way you want to practice. It affects the 124 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:40,600 Speaker 1: way you want to work out, It affects the way 125 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: you want to meet, It affects the schedule, It affects 126 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 1: your message to that team. So you know, you got 127 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: to have your thumb on the pulse of your team 128 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 1: so that you know how to handle a week like 129 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: this one when there's a ton of guys that are 130 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: one hundred percent. I realize that t Y Hilton missed 131 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,120 Speaker 1: a good amount of the season with injuries. He was 132 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: in and out of the lineup for a stretch there, 133 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 1: but I was still surprised to see the running back 134 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: Hines be the leading receiver on this football team. Jonathan 135 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 1: Taylor's their primary runner. Hines is their primary pass receiver 136 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: obviously out of the backfield, but he leads the team 137 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: in receptions with sixty three on the season. They're pretty 138 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: balanced across the board in terms of their passing game. 139 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers does not discriminate. If you're open, he's going 140 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: to chuck it to you. And that is I mean, 141 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: it's very evident when you look at their receiving statistics 142 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 1: on the season. I mean from one through five, it 143 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: goes sixty three receptions fifty sixty four, forty thirty six, 144 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 1: thirty one. I mean, that's that's pretty balanced and probably 145 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: is what makes Indie productive and probably more difficult to 146 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: defend because they spread it across the board. Now the 147 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: Bills do that too, but there are clear favorites, you know, 148 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: with Diggs at one hundred and twenty and Catches Beasley 149 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: with eighty two, and then you don't have another player 150 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: with forty. Now that's part partly due to injury. John 151 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: Brown missed seven games, so you know his numbers are 152 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: obviously down. You would anticipate they would be, he'd be 153 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: up in the top three somewhere. Um. But I found 154 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: that interesting, the balance of the action that they're receiving 155 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: targets have had through the course of the season. I 156 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 1: think if you spread the ball around that effectively and 157 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: that evenly, I would I mean, just on the surface, 158 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: I would say that makes them a little more challenging 159 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: to defend because you have to have your eye on everybody. 160 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:39,680 Speaker 1: It's it's an as a function of having a veteran 161 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 1: quarterback at this point of his career. True with a 162 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: with a with a head coach like they've got. They're 163 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: going to attack you on all fronts, and they're gonna 164 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: use every weapon they have, and they're gonna use it 165 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: in the best way possible. Frank is a real is 166 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,839 Speaker 1: a thinker and a real strategist. He was that way 167 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: as a player, and he's certainly that way as a 168 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: head coach. He's gonna maximize what they've got coming into 169 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: Buffalo he was. He's a gifted strategist and thinker, and 170 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: in his time as a head coach, he's learned a 171 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 1: ton about personnel and how to use him and how 172 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 1: to deploy him. He's had some he's got great experience, 173 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 1: and he's got a really good staff working with him 174 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 1: as well. And it's interesting too. Don't forget his defensive coordinator, 175 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: Matt Eberfluss. He was hired by Josh McDaniel and I asked, Frank, 176 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: I go how long I mean you had you know? 177 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: So you said, okay, I'll consider this guy keeping him. 178 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:39,679 Speaker 1: Let me talk to him. And I said, how that 179 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: conversation go? And Frank said, I knew in literally five 180 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 1: minutes he was the guy, and now he might lose 181 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: him because he's going to lose him. Wow. He may 182 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: lose him. He's been he's been requested permission for interviews 183 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: for head coaching jobs. The Jets the latest team to 184 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:03,320 Speaker 1: request permission at least weak with Eberflus as defensive coordinator 185 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: for the head coaching job with the Jets. And it 186 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: was funny because one of the reports out of New 187 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 1: York said, well, if Eberflus does a good job is 188 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: slowing down the Bills this weekend, he might cement himself 189 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 1: as the number one candidate for the Jets head coaching job. 190 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: Because the Jets is an organization. No, they got to 191 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 1: stop this freight train in Buffalo for the better part 192 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:23,560 Speaker 1: of the next four or five years. So if you 193 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 1: have a head coach that can neutralize that, or a 194 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 1: candidate that can neutralize that, they're interested in. Miami's and 195 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 1: Indianapolis's defense is full of athletes. Darius Leonard is a stud, 196 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 1: a real stud. I don't know if anybody finds the 197 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: ball better than He's unbelievable, and he's in he's gonna 198 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 1: be He's got a chance to be a defensive MVP 199 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 1: of the league at some point, and depending on how 200 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: the rest of the team plays, if he can get 201 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:51,679 Speaker 1: in enough big games and show showcase himself. The guy's 202 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: an unbelievable player. They've got a bunch of those guys 203 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: over there. So the way Frank Reich has handled their 204 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: staff and that team is you know, once again, he's 205 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 1: a play he's a playoff team, and they're gonna be 206 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,319 Speaker 1: a handful coming into Buffalo. Certainly, they're gonna have to 207 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 1: have a really good plan. I still think Buffalo is 208 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: the better team, as you might expect me to say, 209 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: And I think even if if both teams play their game, 210 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:22,319 Speaker 1: Buffalo wins, and I think that's the way it's gonna look, 211 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 1: it's gonna be really difficult for Indianapolis to take Buffalo 212 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 1: and get them off their mark, both offensively and defensively. 213 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 1: Certainly offensively, they come in with a pretty good matchup 214 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 1: in their run game against Buffalo. But I'll say this too, 215 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 1: Buffalo should be prepared for this. They've had a really 216 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: salty schedule this season from start to finish, the NFC West, 217 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:52,960 Speaker 1: the AFC West, their own division, and playing Pittsburgh as well. Yeah, 218 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 1: that's it's a it's a schedule that is, you know, 219 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: one of the toughest in the league, particularly in the playoffs, 220 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 1: So Buffalo should be for what Indianapolis is going to 221 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 1: dish out. But make no mistake, Indianapolis knows how to 222 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:06,719 Speaker 1: do it. They're like Sean McDermott said today in his 223 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: press don't give me this underdog stuff about Indianapolis. They're 224 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: an eleven win team with a Hall of Fame quarterback 225 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: and that's how you got to look at him. Yeah, 226 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: there is other news going on in the division besides 227 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: the Jets requesting permission to interview Eberflus, the Colds defensive 228 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:28,960 Speaker 1: coordinator for their head coaching job. Chan Gailey has resigned 229 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 1: as offensive coordinator of the Dolphins, just a day after 230 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 1: head coach Brian Flores said he anticipated he would be well. 231 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 1: He said, I expect to have all of my coaches 232 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: back for next season, and the very next day, chan 233 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: Gailey hands in his resignation papers. Now, in all fairness, 234 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: chan is seventy years old. There was a lot of 235 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:54,559 Speaker 1: speculation down in Miami that he might be calling it 236 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 1: a career. There's no indication that this is any kind 237 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 1: of indictment. Yeah, you know, not irreconcilable differences or you know, 238 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 1: this guy's not a fit for us. I think the 239 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 1: anticipation was he was going to come back the next 240 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 1: year if he was willing to do it. But I 241 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: think he just kind of wants to head off into 242 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 1: the sunset. Fits, I believe as a free agent. So 243 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:19,560 Speaker 1: there's no guarantee that he would be back. And I 244 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 1: think the main reason Chan came back was because it fits, 245 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 1: knowing his familiarity with his system, knowing that he was 246 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,200 Speaker 1: likely going to be a bridge quarterback there at least 247 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 1: for a year or two. So, yeah, Gailey steps aside, 248 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: and now for the third straight year, Steve Brian Flores 249 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:41,720 Speaker 1: has to find a new offensive coordinator. And this with 250 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 1: a young quarterback that you're trying to develop, is a 251 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 1: little bit of a fly in the ointment here. Yeah, 252 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 1: it just makes you think. You look at and think, Wow, 253 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 1: I'm glad that's them and not us. Yeah, now it 254 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: maybe us this year. With Brian Dayball and his candidacy 255 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 1: for other head coaching jobs around the league in San Diego, 256 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 1: in New York Jets, he's been asked the club has 257 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: been asked permission by both the Chargers and the Jets 258 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,719 Speaker 1: to interview Brian Dable for their head coaching spot. You 259 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 1: would expect as well. Perhaps said Land is gonna do it. 260 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 1: Jacksonville would be a spot because Jacksonville think about Jackson Houston, 261 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: and yeah, Houston as well, but even Jacksonville, particularly the 262 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 1: first pick of the draft and Trevor Lawrence coming out 263 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: a big, rangy athletic quarterback, who do you need to 264 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: develop him? In today's NFL at this current current point 265 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 1: in history, the only name on that list is Brian Dable. 266 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: What about Arthur Smith in Tennessee? He's been asked by 267 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 1: all six teams, all six teams with a head coaching 268 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 1: vacancy have requested permission to interview Arthur Smith. That's pretty impressive. 269 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: All six. He resurrected Ryan Tannehill, did he not? Yeah, 270 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 1: and I would say resurrected because that guy was an 271 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: afterthought when he left Miami. He had not shown anything. 272 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: And now under Art Smith, he's as play as well 273 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: as anybody. Yeah, but that's him. I've never seen that. 274 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 1: I've never seen every single team with a head coaching 275 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 1: vacancy request permission to speak to the same guy. Like 276 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: there's usually six seven openings every offseason, right, I cannot 277 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: recall last year was a down here, but yeah, I 278 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 1: cannot recall. I'm sure there may have been in the 279 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 1: you know, some super hot head coaching Kennedy, but all 280 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: six like right away like to speak to this guy, 281 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: all six of them, Arthur Smith. I mean, it's that's 282 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: uh yeah, that's that's something. It is it is and 283 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: and all six are not gonna get him. Know that. 284 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 1: I'll say this as well. And I know we all 285 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: have our favorite guys. And you know here in Buffalo 286 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: we're keeping tabs on Brian day Bole. In Kansas City 287 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 1: they're keeping tab on Eric b Enemy and and Arthur Smith. Um. 288 00:15:55,400 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: There's some other guys um that are that are out there, 289 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 1: Matt Eberflus for one, Just a ton of guys that 290 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 1: are available. We'll have our favorites, but it it is 291 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 1: really difficult to get into that conversation. Well right, But 292 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 1: going back to the Miami situation to kind of illustrate 293 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: how it could stunt the growth of TUAH, let's think 294 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 1: about this. Brian Dable last year at this time was 295 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 1: a finalist for the Cleveland Brown's head coaching job. Does 296 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: Josh Allen's twenty twenty season look like this If Brian 297 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: Dabele gets the Cleveland Brown's head coaching job might not, 298 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 1: probably not, and it might not. It might not, And 299 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 1: that's an interesting question. I'm just trying to apply that. 300 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: You're right to Tuah and what could happen there, and 301 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 1: I get could be better. You're not gonna leave it. 302 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: You're not gonna leave the offensive coordinator's job vacant either. 303 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 1: I mean, you're gonna get somebody in here's got something 304 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 1: on them on the ball. And no question that Sean 305 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 1: McDermott and maybe Brian Daball himself have started talking about 306 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 1: replacements or how they would do it, and he's probably 307 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 1: talked to Ken Dorsey about what he thinks about being 308 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: or if he wants to interview for the job. No 309 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 1: question that there's a lot of candidates out there that 310 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 1: that bring a lot to the table. And that's there's 311 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 1: not that's head coaching candidates. There's a ton of them. 312 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:33,199 Speaker 1: It's the other guys that you need to I mean, 313 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: every stab. One of the most important parts of a 314 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:40,919 Speaker 1: head coach is interview process. Is this who's gonna be 315 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:43,399 Speaker 1: your offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator, who's gonna be your 316 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 1: special teams coordinator, who's gonna who's gonna do your quarterbacks coach? 317 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 1: Who's gonna be all those guys? Who are they? What 318 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: do we know about them? And their ability to know 319 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:56,439 Speaker 1: that list that guys you're gonna get and how likely 320 00:17:56,480 --> 00:18:00,920 Speaker 1: it is that you can get them is huge. It's huge, 321 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: Which is that's why I just think it's that's a 322 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: gigantic higher for Brian Floores in Miami. He's got to 323 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 1: get that right. I mean, he cannot. He cannot miss 324 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 1: on filling that job post because if he does too, 325 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 1: it could be done in Miami. Think about this, Who's interesting, 326 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 1: Who's gonna be Brian Dabo's offensive coordinator? Well, is he 327 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:25,879 Speaker 1: gonna say I'm taking Ken Dorsey with me? Well? No, 328 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: I think the guy he takes with him is Shay Tierney, 329 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 1: who is an offensive assistant on this staff. He was 330 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:34,640 Speaker 1: with him in Alabama and came up here to Buffalo 331 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 1: with him. So I don't know if he I don't 332 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 1: know if he's a coordinator. Maybe at the very least 333 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:41,400 Speaker 1: he's a quarterbacks coach for him, But I think that's 334 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,439 Speaker 1: a guy that goes with him if he gets a 335 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:45,919 Speaker 1: job somewhere else. That's a question all these guys have 336 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 1: to answer. It who's gonna be Eric b Enemy's off 337 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 1: a defensive coordinator? Is he gonna call his own plays? 338 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,159 Speaker 1: And he used to. That's the ripple effect that you 339 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 1: worry about when you lose a coordinator. There's a very 340 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:58,879 Speaker 1: good chance you're gonna lose one or two other assistants 341 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 1: too that go with him, because there's a chance for 342 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:05,199 Speaker 1: them to advance quickly. It's and it's interesting too, because 343 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 1: you get these guys, it's like, who's gonna be there 344 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: on their staff and where are they gonna go and 345 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:15,640 Speaker 1: how's it gonna work. It's the ripple effects are unbelievable. 346 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:19,199 Speaker 1: But it's also like who's going to replace them? And 347 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: that's why there's a big trend now, Like in Kansas City, 348 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 1: some teams and some head coaches have begun to say, listen, 349 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna be my own offensive coordinator because 350 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: I know I'm not gonna get poached. You know, Andy Reid, 351 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: he can do it well right. That's why for a 352 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:41,400 Speaker 1: short time there a lot of the head coaching hires 353 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 1: were slanted towards the offensive side of the ball. Sean McVay, 354 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 1: Matt Naggy, guys like that. With offensive play calling abilities. 355 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 1: We're getting high. Yeah, La Flora, we're getting hired as 356 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 1: head coaches because then the owner says, well, I know 357 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,440 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lose him now because he's a head coach, right, 358 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 1: And the Bills went the other way and it worked. 359 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 1: You know, it's Sean McDermott. But there's a very good 360 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 1: chance they could find themselves in a situation where they're 361 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:10,119 Speaker 1: looking for an OC. So yeah, it's it's gonna be interesting, 362 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 1: But I think that one in Miami is even more compelling. 363 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 1: You can't miss They cannot miss on that job. They 364 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 1: have to get the right person in there to help 365 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: to otherwise to his career could go the wrong way 366 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 1: very quickly, and then they're out looking for another quarterback 367 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,440 Speaker 1: again in the not too distant future. So they got 368 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,879 Speaker 1: to find a guy that knows how to develop quarterbacks 369 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: and a guy that has the right kind of system 370 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 1: to fit what Tua does best. So that'll be an 371 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: interesting job hire when it does come to pass. Our 372 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: thanks to Pepsi. They are this week's game sponsor, the 373 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:46,199 Speaker 1: official soft drink of the Buffalo Bills, So thanks to 374 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: them for being the official game sponsor this week. Other 375 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 1: news what the hell is going on in Cleveland, Steve, 376 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: We've already got the COVID positives right now. Fortunately the 377 00:20:56,760 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 1: news came down today. No new positives in for the 378 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 1: Browns today after contact tracing was conducted. But as we know, 379 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: the head coach, Kevin Stefanski, two of his assistant coaches 380 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 1: tested positive for COVID yesterday. Special teams coordinator Mike Preefer 381 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:16,360 Speaker 1: will be the acting head coach for this weekend's game 382 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: against the Steelers in Pittsburgh. But now you've got two 383 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 1: players cited for drag racing this week, Jedrick Wills, the 384 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 1: left tackle and Richard Higgins, the wide receiver. And I 385 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:35,159 Speaker 1: just gotta say this, Okay, I understand you got a 386 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: lot of young guys, exuberant personalities. They've probably in many 387 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 1: cases they probably feel like caged animals with all of 388 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 1: the COVID protocols and coaches telling them stay at home, 389 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,120 Speaker 1: don't go out, don't go to any public places, don't 390 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:54,439 Speaker 1: expose yourself for risk of contracting COVID. The Browns have 391 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,880 Speaker 1: had enough problems already with a couple of outbreaks here 392 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 1: through the course of the season. What the hell are 393 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:06,159 Speaker 1: you doing? Drag racing. Go play Grand Theft Auto on 394 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 1: your xbox. Don't go out drag. What are you doing? 395 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 1: Jedrick Wills, who got sided for drag racing, is also 396 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,360 Speaker 1: the guy who the left tackle who got has got COVID. Now, 397 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 1: not that they're connected, but that's a bad week. You 398 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 1: think that's a bad week for that dude. Man. So 399 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 1: that was that. Trevor Lawrence is expected declared for the 400 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,119 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one NFL Draft. No surprise there. That's not right. 401 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 1: He didn't get did he? Is he one of those 402 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 1: guys who got COVID? Will's left tackle any neither, that's 403 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 1: neither here nor there. But it's a what are they doing? 404 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:41,879 Speaker 1: I mean, if you're not getting COVID? It was a 405 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:46,719 Speaker 1: left guard Btonio. There you go, Batonio. It's it's un 406 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 1: They didn't get out of the room there. They're like 407 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 1: they're like they're like the comic strip Peanuts. They're pig 408 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 1: Pin and everywhere they go a cloud of dirt follows 409 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: them around. Uh or they could be Charlie Brown. They 410 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 1: go wherever they go, they got this cloud of dust 411 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 1: falling Brown. That is always it's unbelievable. Yeah, they and 412 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: I you know, Stefanski not more than two weeks ago 413 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 1: was being discussed as a possible Coach of the Year candidate, 414 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 1: And uh, I don't know. I mean, is that house 415 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 1: really in order? Because it's been nothing but a mess 416 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:32,159 Speaker 1: like the last five six years. And I know, the 417 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 1: COVID thing is nobody's fault. I mean, it's a highly 418 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:40,679 Speaker 1: contagious virus. We get that, um, even the best measures taken. 419 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,879 Speaker 1: I mean everybody, every team in the league I think 420 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,640 Speaker 1: has had at least one COVID positive through the course 421 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:48,159 Speaker 1: of the year. I'm not knocking them for that, but 422 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 1: it just seems like it's one thing after another with them. 423 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,239 Speaker 1: It's like, how about you just focus on football? Like 424 00:23:53,920 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 1: what is going on? Right? Here's the thing. Yes, but 425 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:04,360 Speaker 1: in Stefanski, he got the Cleveland Browns of the playoffs. Yes, 426 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: crown him, fine, right, so you're all ready to do that, 427 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,879 Speaker 1: and then this stuff happens. But then too listen most 428 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 1: of the and you think that most of this roster 429 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 1: he has inherited. True, so you can't fault him for 430 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 1: knuckleheads that he was stuck with when he got the job. 431 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 1: And how hard was it to cut loose with no 432 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 1: preseason with no you know, training camp, so to speaking, 433 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 1: how hard was it to sift through things the way 434 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 1: you normally would. So you got to give cut him 435 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 1: some slack on the guys he kept and didn't keep 436 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 1: or would have wanted to keep, or didn't have a 437 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 1: chance to evaluate, and that kind of thing. So the 438 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 1: roster and the thing that they're happened to this team, 439 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 1: which seemed to be a weekly occurrence in COVID and 440 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 1: now you got drag racers. I mean you got to 441 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 1: cut him some slack there. I think just because we've 442 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: seen even when Sean McDermott got here, now they took 443 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 1: I mean they chose, they chose to you know, cut 444 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 1: bait right away. I mean they made some personnel moves 445 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 1: that were pretty drastic immediately and right before the season. 446 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 1: But it worked, and it worked the way it was 447 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:18,880 Speaker 1: supposed to work. It got him to the playoffs after 448 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:21,680 Speaker 1: seventeen years of not going to the playoffs. Making drastic 449 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 1: moves the way they did and handling the rest of 450 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:28,359 Speaker 1: the squad like they did worked Stefanski. He might you know, 451 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 1: this is a different year to try and do that 452 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:32,920 Speaker 1: kind of stuff, right, I get it, And he's a. 453 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 1: He's a first year head coach and he got it, 454 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,160 Speaker 1: and he got the Browns to the playoffs, so he's 455 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: got to be in the conversation. Yes, even like why 456 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,879 Speaker 1: can't you why can't these guys just do right by there? 457 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 1: I don't get it. I don't know, they're just cut 458 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 1: from it. We should we should have a conversation about 459 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: coach of the year at some point. Yeah, I think 460 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 1: we will because I think McDermot should be in the 461 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 1: mix one hundred percent. Um. I know Brian Flores was 462 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,679 Speaker 1: getting a lot of mentions. I wonder how much the 463 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:10,160 Speaker 1: loss in Week seventeen hurt his chances. Stefanski could bounce 464 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 1: from the playoff contention A win and end game and 465 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:17,679 Speaker 1: your team lays an egg. Um good, A good uh 466 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: candidate Stefanski would be good. Um. It's a pretty short list. 467 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 1: I mean, it really is when you think about it. 468 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 1: I think at this point, with all that's happened with 469 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: you know, with the Browns doing what they did, I 470 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 1: think Frabel's gonna get a lot of credit for navigating 471 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 1: his way through the COVID outbreak. They had to still 472 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 1: have a team that won their division and all of that, 473 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 1: So he'll probably get some consideration. And you know Tomlin's 474 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 1: always going to be in the mix and is well respected. 475 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 1: What about Sean Payton in New Orleans? Yeah, with no 476 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: breeze for what six games or four games whatever it was, 477 00:26:55,800 --> 00:27:00,200 Speaker 1: with multiple different quarterback caseom Hill, Yeah, I mean, yeah, 478 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,120 Speaker 1: there's want to talk about changeing your office. Some guys 479 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:04,119 Speaker 1: that have done a nice job this year, no question 480 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,160 Speaker 1: about it. Sean mcdermot's got to be mentioned in there. 481 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 1: I think that this this team took a step. They're 482 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,919 Speaker 1: a Hail Mary away from fourteen and two. Yeah, and 483 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 1: that is well above even the most optimistic appraisals. Even 484 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: though a lot of people had him win in the division, 485 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: they didn't have him win in the division like they 486 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:26,479 Speaker 1: did sweep in it. Yeah, that was a statement for sure. 487 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,199 Speaker 1: The other news, it looks like the Houston Texans already 488 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 1: have their general manager, Nick Casserio, former Patriots director of 489 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: player personnel. And there's been a mix of opinions on this. 490 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 1: And here's here's where I have trouble. You know, everybody's 491 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 1: touting Nick Casserio. Is this, you know, brilliant personnel mind, 492 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 1: And you know that's great. I'm I'm sure you know 493 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 1: he's well qualified. This is the same guy they tried 494 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:56,920 Speaker 1: to pursue last year, and the Patriots threatened to file 495 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 1: tampering charges because the way in which they went about 496 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:04,119 Speaker 1: trying to recruit him ran a foul of league by laws, 497 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 1: and so Houston backed off. But after jettisoning Bill O'Brien, 498 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 1: who was kind of a de facto GMN head coach, 499 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 1: they finally land their guy that they wanted all along. 500 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 1: And you know, I understand he comes from a great program, 501 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 1: a dynastic program in the New England Patriots, But in 502 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 1: terms of their personnel the last five or six years, 503 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 1: that roster has been steadily eroding and they have not 504 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 1: refortified it to any great degree. And I get it 505 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 1: they've been drafting late every year because their team has 506 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:47,680 Speaker 1: gone deep in the playoffs. But man, I think they 507 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 1: have two Pro Bowl players from their last eight draft classes, 508 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 1: two two Steve in their last eight draft classes. That 509 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 1: I realized there are other components in terms of assets 510 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 1: and strengths that you feel you need in a general 511 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 1: manager besides just acquiring talent in the draft. But that's 512 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 1: a pretty big piece. It's not about it it's some 513 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 1: Some of it is about a choiry, most of it 514 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:21,960 Speaker 1: is about identifying it. Two Pro bowlers and eight draft Steve, 515 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 1: I mean, I know they were drafting low, but good No, No, 516 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,760 Speaker 1: that is not good. It's not good. It's terrible. Yeah, 517 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:34,840 Speaker 1: that's um. So you know they're happy with their guy 518 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:37,840 Speaker 1: and good on them. Um. And I know a lot 519 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 1: of Bills fans are concerned. They're connecting the dots. They're saying, Okay, 520 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: Cassario worked with the Patriots for a long time. He 521 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 1: obviously knows Brian Dable. You know, is that an attractive job. Yes, 522 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 1: it's an attractive job because of Deshaun Watson. That's why 523 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:52,600 Speaker 1: it's an attractive. John. That's a four and eleven football 524 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:56,560 Speaker 1: or four and twelve football team, and that guy through 525 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 1: for like forty five hundred yards this year. The problem 526 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 1: is this, Euston, you have no first or second round 527 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: draft picks, and you're fifteen million bucks over the cap 528 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:12,960 Speaker 1: next year. Already, you got nothing. You have cupboard is bar. 529 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 1: You got one guy and you can't buy any others. 530 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,560 Speaker 1: You're done. You're gonna You're gonna have to build your 531 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:23,040 Speaker 1: team with fourth, fifth, and sixth and seventh round draft 532 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 1: picks and street free agents and on base salaries. You 533 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 1: have no money to spend and no draft. It's gonna 534 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:39,680 Speaker 1: be next year. Is gonna be horrible for Deshaun Watson. Yeah, 535 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 1: he thought this year was bad. This year who this 536 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:48,600 Speaker 1: year was a yeah, and it's it's just not gonna 537 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 1: work all right. Break time for us. But when we 538 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,360 Speaker 1: come back, we will be getting into the Twitter poll 539 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,800 Speaker 1: as we start to focus on this Bill's Colts wild 540 00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 1: card matchup. What's the biggest challenge for the Bills in 541 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 1: facing the Colts. Colts have some sneaky strengths besides just 542 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 1: their run game. We'll get into some of those when 543 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:07,840 Speaker 1: we return and take your phone calls at eight o 544 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: three five fifty one, eight fifty two, five fifty Chris 545 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 1: Brown Steve Tasker join us on the other side of 546 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: the break Here on one Bills Live, presented by Kalid 547 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:31,120 Speaker 1: to Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. This weekend, We're going 548 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:33,600 Speaker 1: blue for the Bills with our friends in the Bad 549 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 1: Blue Light this Friday and Saturday. Wear the color blue 550 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,200 Speaker 1: to celebrate the Bills in the playoffs and make sure 551 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,080 Speaker 1: to check out landmarks around Buffalo and as they will 552 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:44,360 Speaker 1: be illuminated at night in the color blue for the 553 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:50,720 Speaker 1: Bills Steve Tasker, Chris Brown Wednesday edition of One Bills Live, 554 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 1: and we're diving into this matchup. In about forty minutes time, 555 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,160 Speaker 1: we'll be talking with Matt Taylor, play by play voice 556 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:02,360 Speaker 1: of the Colts, to dive deeper into the season that 557 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,600 Speaker 1: the Colts put together and how they're looking coming into 558 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:09,200 Speaker 1: this matchup Saturday with the Bills in the wild Card 559 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 1: playoff round. And then two hours from now, we'll be 560 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:18,920 Speaker 1: talking with ESPN's Dan Orlovsky, who was going gaga over 561 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:22,479 Speaker 1: some of the play designs by one Brian Dable from 562 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 1: last week's game against Miami, So we'll check in with him. 563 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 1: He's been on the Bills bandwagon for quite some time, 564 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:31,760 Speaker 1: and I think it was about two months ago when 565 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 1: he said the Bills are the team best equipped to 566 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 1: go toe to toe with the Kansas City Chiefs, and 567 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:41,720 Speaker 1: that proved very correct, even when other analysts at his 568 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:44,720 Speaker 1: own network were scoffing at him. He and I kind 569 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,040 Speaker 1: of experienced the same thing. He with my Josh Allen 570 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:51,760 Speaker 1: MVP push and him with his Bills are best team 571 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:55,240 Speaker 1: equipped to battle the Chiefs. This postseason, you feel like 572 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,280 Speaker 1: you're ahead of the We in Buffalo were a little 573 00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,080 Speaker 1: bit ahead of the curve on Josh, no question, we 574 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:04,240 Speaker 1: have been for a while, and I think it's for 575 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 1: a lot of Bills fans. It was really really tasty 576 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,800 Speaker 1: this year to be able to rub gloat a little 577 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:14,080 Speaker 1: bit gloat on Josh Allen's success this year. It started 578 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:18,600 Speaker 1: out fast, and the haters kind of hung on for 579 00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:20,720 Speaker 1: dear life through that first month. They thought okay, Then 580 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:22,840 Speaker 1: then the Bills went through that three game stretch where 581 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:24,800 Speaker 1: they lost the Tennis and the Titans and the Chiefs 582 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:28,280 Speaker 1: and only scored eighteen points or so against the Jets. 583 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:32,360 Speaker 1: You know, he's Wills and uh. And then they get 584 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:35,480 Speaker 1: to the Seattle game and the Bills shifted gears and 585 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:39,480 Speaker 1: hit the gas pedal. And you'd be hard pressed to 586 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:42,840 Speaker 1: find a Josh Allen douter these days. And that's been 587 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:45,760 Speaker 1: pretty pretty fun for Bills fans to be on that bandwagon. 588 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 1: And Dan Rolovsky was on it with Bills fans from 589 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,520 Speaker 1: the get go. He was on Josh last year. He's 590 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:54,000 Speaker 1: actually watched his film well and he's he played the 591 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:57,240 Speaker 1: position and he says, listen, look at this and he's 592 00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:00,720 Speaker 1: you know, he can back it up with knowledge an experience. 593 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:03,640 Speaker 1: So yeah, good on Dan for being on top of 594 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,600 Speaker 1: it and the stuff he's been saying just this morning 595 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:10,000 Speaker 1: about Brian day Ball has been pretty enlightening as well. 596 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,879 Speaker 1: So it's it's it's fun to talk to Dan. Look 597 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 1: forward to talking to him in about two hours in 598 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:20,200 Speaker 1: the final hour of today's program. But our Twitter poll today, 599 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:23,880 Speaker 1: what's the biggest challenge for the Bills in their matchup 600 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,040 Speaker 1: with the Colts. We have choices for you there, but 601 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:28,920 Speaker 1: you can pick something else if you choose but A 602 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:32,000 Speaker 1: is it the Colts run game, b getting pressure against 603 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:36,640 Speaker 1: a solid Colts offensive line, see staying han on offense 604 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:39,920 Speaker 1: or d something else and out of the gate early 605 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,480 Speaker 1: people are concerned with that Colts run game. And I 606 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,640 Speaker 1: guess when you see Jonathan Taylor run for two over 607 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,799 Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty yards against the Jaguars, it'll get 608 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:55,080 Speaker 1: your attention. Yeah, if Jaguars being what they are, I mean, okay, yeah, 609 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:57,759 Speaker 1: the number one picking the draft and all that. The 610 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,200 Speaker 1: Bills are not going to be the Jacksonville defense. They're 611 00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:03,440 Speaker 1: better than that, but they don't have to be you know, 612 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,799 Speaker 1: you know, the Colts you know, don't have to run 613 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:09,799 Speaker 1: for five thousand yards to beat the Bills, and all 614 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:11,480 Speaker 1: I got to do is run effectively. And that's going 615 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:13,520 Speaker 1: to be the question if can the Bills keep them 616 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:16,440 Speaker 1: from doing that? And I would agree, in fact, I was. 617 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:19,480 Speaker 1: I was hammering Jay Harris today about this Twitter pole thing, 618 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:21,600 Speaker 1: and it's too eat because the run game is really 619 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:25,560 Speaker 1: what the Colts bring to this to the table, right Yeah. 620 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:29,640 Speaker 1: I think I do think though, that despite all that 621 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:33,120 Speaker 1: he has achieved in his long career, I think people 622 00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:36,600 Speaker 1: still sleep on Philip Rivers. I do that is a 623 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:40,080 Speaker 1: guy I'm gonna say this here now to do that well. True, 624 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:43,799 Speaker 1: and he's never had a rocket arm. His success in 625 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,279 Speaker 1: the passing game has been rooted in his ability to 626 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:51,280 Speaker 1: anticipate things and get a ball to a spot sooner 627 00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:55,600 Speaker 1: because of his brain more than his arm. And I'm 628 00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:59,160 Speaker 1: gonna say this too, there's only two or three quarterbacks 629 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:04,040 Speaker 1: in this league that know what's coming faster than this 630 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:07,080 Speaker 1: guy does and makes changes at the line of scrimmage. Accordingly, 631 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:10,880 Speaker 1: he's pretty dangn good at changing the play at the 632 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:14,319 Speaker 1: line to get his team in a good play more 633 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,360 Speaker 1: often than not. I'll say this, um, you know, obviously, 634 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:20,719 Speaker 1: you know, Frank and I are friends and have been 635 00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:24,120 Speaker 1: friends for thirty years. And I spoke to Frank over 636 00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:26,360 Speaker 1: the years. I've spoken to him, you know, a multitude 637 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:28,919 Speaker 1: of times. I spoke to him when he was the 638 00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:32,279 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator in San Diego or the quarterbacks coach in 639 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 1: San Diego. He was with Ken wizzen Hunt, who might 640 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:36,800 Speaker 1: have been the coordinator at that time, and Frank was 641 00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:39,400 Speaker 1: a QB coach. He worked with Philip Rivers hands on 642 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:42,120 Speaker 1: every day for the entire time he was in San Diego. 643 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,440 Speaker 1: And I remember asking him about Philip, what are your 644 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:46,600 Speaker 1: thoughts about him? How what kind of quarterback is he? 645 00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:49,239 Speaker 1: What you know? And he said, and this is when 646 00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:53,439 Speaker 1: when Philip was available last year, this last offseason. I'd 647 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,160 Speaker 1: like to say I knew, but I and I knew 648 00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:58,720 Speaker 1: this is the guy who was going to go to Frank. 649 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:02,160 Speaker 1: Frank's the kind of coach that you want to play for. 650 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:06,040 Speaker 1: And so Frank said this about Philip Rivers. He goes 651 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:08,719 Speaker 1: when you talk about protections and can see things that 652 00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:13,319 Speaker 1: are happening. He said. The guy's not just good at it, 653 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:17,920 Speaker 1: he's a savant. Yeah, which means he's like a magical 654 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:21,280 Speaker 1: genius knowing what's coming at him. And that's why I'm saying, 655 00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:25,319 Speaker 1: while while there's an advantage for the Bill's pass rush, 656 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:29,120 Speaker 1: because this guy is basically a stationary pocket quarterback. You know, 657 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:33,480 Speaker 1: he's not extending plays, but he is reading stuff faster 658 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:36,320 Speaker 1: than anybody else, so he gets it out fast too. 659 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:39,920 Speaker 1: So and you know we talk about power and hide 660 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:41,480 Speaker 1: and the way they're able to spin the dial and 661 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,759 Speaker 1: disguise stuff. This guy is really hard to fool. Yeah, 662 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,480 Speaker 1: I mean, you're not fooling this guy any times out 663 00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:50,440 Speaker 1: of ten. You're just not right. And that's and that's 664 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:54,399 Speaker 1: I think an underlying edge that Rivers gives you when 665 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:56,840 Speaker 1: he's on the field. What he lacks in mobility and 666 00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,040 Speaker 1: being a pocket guy, he makes up for to a 667 00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:02,399 Speaker 1: certain extent with his ability to read the field. Here's 668 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:04,600 Speaker 1: what it is. When he when he gets the snap, 669 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,560 Speaker 1: he's waiting on his answer to come come around because 670 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:10,200 Speaker 1: he knows where it's going to be. So the game 671 00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:13,160 Speaker 1: is so slow form. Once he takes the snap, he's saying, Okay, 672 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:14,879 Speaker 1: are you going to come open for me? Because you're 673 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,279 Speaker 1: the guy I gotta go to. And that's basically the 674 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:20,880 Speaker 1: way he plays quarterback. The ball comes out extremely early. 675 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:23,520 Speaker 1: He has great anticipation. You're right. His arm he's you know, 676 00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:26,040 Speaker 1: he's thirty seven, so you know, think what you will 677 00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:29,680 Speaker 1: about his arm. The guy is way ahead of the 678 00:38:29,719 --> 00:38:32,000 Speaker 1: game mentally, and that's what he brings to the table. 679 00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:34,719 Speaker 1: Sean McDermott was right today. Um, they're eleven win team 680 00:38:34,719 --> 00:38:37,560 Speaker 1: and they got a Hall of Fame quarterback and they 681 00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:40,879 Speaker 1: got a really a good running game. So think about 682 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:43,800 Speaker 1: what that means to the Bill's defense and you realize 683 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:45,840 Speaker 1: what kind of work they've got cut out for themselves. 684 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:47,759 Speaker 1: All right, let's go to the phones. Leading us off 685 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:51,640 Speaker 1: today is Joe in Akron. Joe, Welcome to One Bill's Live. 686 00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:55,120 Speaker 1: Hey guys, great show. So we're just talking at work 687 00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,439 Speaker 1: about the K gun. I say it's because of Keith 688 00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:00,200 Speaker 1: McCall and they're saying it is because of Jim. I mean, 689 00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:01,800 Speaker 1: I was just hoping that Steve would be able to 690 00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:05,400 Speaker 1: verify this information. Of course, you're right, it's Keith mckeller 691 00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:08,520 Speaker 1: is named after, not Jim Kelly. They had Keller because 692 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:12,280 Speaker 1: they they had we could Keith. Keith's nickname was killer 693 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:14,960 Speaker 1: k I L L e R. So we called him 694 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:19,080 Speaker 1: killer all the time, and they wanted a personnel grouping 695 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:20,960 Speaker 1: with him because we had Pete Metslaars at tight end 696 00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:22,600 Speaker 1: and we want to put Keith in it because he 697 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:25,480 Speaker 1: was a better receiving threat. So they had this this 698 00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:30,360 Speaker 1: K this K formation K personnel package which was killer. 699 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:32,400 Speaker 1: So we went to K and then we wanted in shotguns, 700 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,800 Speaker 1: so it was K gun and that's where it came from. 701 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:37,240 Speaker 1: So it was named after Keith mckeller. You are correct. 702 00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:40,080 Speaker 1: So I cannot believe there are people who live in Akron, 703 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:43,319 Speaker 1: New York who don't know that. Yeah, so take that 704 00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:45,520 Speaker 1: one to the bank, tell him who your source was, 705 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:49,160 Speaker 1: and tell them they're all wrong. I'm sure he's listening 706 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:52,799 Speaker 1: right now. All right, there you go, Glad you can 707 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:56,640 Speaker 1: help you out, Joe, Um, we're here for everything. You know. Well, 708 00:39:56,640 --> 00:40:00,920 Speaker 1: that settle arguments. There's an incredibly large percentage of Bills 709 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:05,640 Speaker 1: fans stunning exactly thirty years later. How could you not 710 00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:09,200 Speaker 1: know that? That's like, that's like Bill's history. One on one, 711 00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:11,320 Speaker 1: I will say that is one of the most common 712 00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:17,160 Speaker 1: misconceptions probably in Bill's fan history. If you're a Rams fan, well, 713 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:19,960 Speaker 1: I think for a while, if you're a Seahawks fan 714 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,239 Speaker 1: thirty years in the rear view mirror. It should not 715 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:25,399 Speaker 1: be a million you know what I'm saying, right, Yes, 716 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:29,040 Speaker 1: I do. Even Miami fans know that. I would. I 717 00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:31,640 Speaker 1: would think some Vision teams know that. But there's Indianapolis 718 00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:33,480 Speaker 1: fans who know that because they were in the division 719 00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:37,000 Speaker 1: back then. Dave in Cheek Dwaga, you're on one Bill's Live. 720 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,160 Speaker 1: What do you have for us? Dave? I just case 721 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:42,000 Speaker 1: to know why the Bills or the Pagoulas actually wouldn't 722 00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:44,839 Speaker 1: put the Bills up in their hotel downtown and bust 723 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:48,680 Speaker 1: them back and forth every every day for practice because 724 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:51,319 Speaker 1: and I mean with the COVID stuff and everything else 725 00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:53,479 Speaker 1: going on. I'm sitting in my basement right now because 726 00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:56,000 Speaker 1: I have both nineteen normally I listened to you guys 727 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:59,239 Speaker 1: on a radio, but yeah, you know, I mean it 728 00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:02,000 Speaker 1: would be almost just like an away game where they 729 00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:04,480 Speaker 1: wouldn't be with your family. And it's nothing against you know, 730 00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:07,839 Speaker 1: something like that, but I mean they they'd have more 731 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,680 Speaker 1: control of who they're in contact with than everything else, 732 00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:13,120 Speaker 1: and for leg for three or four days, I think 733 00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:15,880 Speaker 1: they could do away with, you know, seeing their family. 734 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:17,560 Speaker 1: Like I said, would I think it would be just 735 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:20,880 Speaker 1: like an away game, wouldn't it. Yeah, almost no. Away 736 00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:23,640 Speaker 1: the road trips only last twenty four hours. They go 737 00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:25,920 Speaker 1: in on Saturday night and they're back on Sunday night 738 00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:29,319 Speaker 1: after the game. So that's that's different. And I get 739 00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:31,520 Speaker 1: what you're saying, Just bubble these guys up. The problem 740 00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:34,759 Speaker 1: is this, most of these guys, well all of these 741 00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:39,160 Speaker 1: guys obviously have a routine that they're following, and none 742 00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:45,239 Speaker 1: of them are doing anything hopefully doing nothing risky. And 743 00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:47,239 Speaker 1: I get it. We're all afraid of one of them, 744 00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:51,560 Speaker 1: Josh somebody given Josh Covid or Turnavius Covid or anybody 745 00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:54,760 Speaker 1: just Steph Diggs or whatever. But the players are afraid 746 00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:56,719 Speaker 1: of that too, and they're cognizant of it as well. 747 00:41:57,160 --> 00:42:02,799 Speaker 1: Plus the league, in its negotiation with the union, has 748 00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,880 Speaker 1: just said we're not going to do that. So whether 749 00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:09,480 Speaker 1: the Pagoulas wanted to or not, it's up to the players, 750 00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:12,720 Speaker 1: it's not up to the owners. So the Bagoulahs could say, hey, listen, 751 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:15,719 Speaker 1: for all of you guys who would like to, we'll 752 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:18,880 Speaker 1: put you up at the Weston Downtown. You can have 753 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:21,040 Speaker 1: the room, it's all free of charging. Come down live 754 00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:25,000 Speaker 1: there throughout the playoffs and we'll we'll shuttle you back 755 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:27,720 Speaker 1: and forth, or you should drive yourself back and forth stadium. 756 00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:31,960 Speaker 1: You presumably would have players Association issues and think hurdles 757 00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:34,279 Speaker 1: you'd have to clear there with the with the PA, 758 00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,040 Speaker 1: potentially with all of the things that they've had to 759 00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:41,920 Speaker 1: get approved through the union, with the COVID protocols. I 760 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:45,120 Speaker 1: think something of that taking that kind of a step 761 00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:47,320 Speaker 1: I think would have to be cleared by union officials 762 00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:51,040 Speaker 1: as well. And it should also be mentioned that ever 763 00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:54,920 Speaker 1: since they have enhanced enhanced the protocols, which they did 764 00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:56,440 Speaker 1: about a month and a half ago, it's like right 765 00:42:56,480 --> 00:43:00,600 Speaker 1: around Thanksgiving they enhanced the protocols league wide has cut 766 00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:05,560 Speaker 1: the spread by fifty percent. They just put those statistics 767 00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:09,160 Speaker 1: out today which they're working. They're working. Are there still 768 00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:14,000 Speaker 1: positives popping up? Yes, they had like like seventy positives 769 00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:17,080 Speaker 1: over the course of forty two thousand tests administered over 770 00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:20,320 Speaker 1: the last one week, two weeks something like that. With 771 00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:23,520 Speaker 1: the numbers were yeah, because it's still raging across the country, 772 00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:26,560 Speaker 1: but the and the rate of positivity in the league 773 00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:29,839 Speaker 1: is tremendously lower than it is in the public. At 774 00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:32,960 Speaker 1: large even and that includes Cleveland the Cleveland Browns tests 775 00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:35,799 Speaker 1: as well, so those are all in colding. I don't 776 00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:38,680 Speaker 1: anticipate that kind of a step being taken anytime soon 777 00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:41,960 Speaker 1: unless there's some major outbreak, I think, and they think 778 00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:44,160 Speaker 1: that that's the best course of action. The mindset is this, 779 00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:46,120 Speaker 1: they're gonna do it the way they've been doing it, 780 00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:47,799 Speaker 1: and they're gonna try and do it better. But it's 781 00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:50,080 Speaker 1: worked really well so far. But they're gonna hone in 782 00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:52,760 Speaker 1: on and try it. But you're right, your concerns are legitimate. 783 00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:54,960 Speaker 1: More of your phone calls when we come back. One 784 00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:57,680 Speaker 1: Bill's Live presented by Kalid to Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio. 785 00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:13,920 Speaker 1: Get your Buffalo Bills playoff flag at select Rachel's Mediterranean 786 00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:18,160 Speaker 1: Grill locations. Head down to participating Rachel's to find out 787 00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:22,520 Speaker 1: how you can get your Buffalo Bills playoff flag. Look 788 00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:27,000 Speaker 1: at that thing. One family got to check that out. 789 00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:29,200 Speaker 1: MSG viewers are getting to look at that flag right now, 790 00:44:29,239 --> 00:44:32,640 Speaker 1: So head down to your local Rachel's Mediterranean Grill location 791 00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:36,359 Speaker 1: see if you can get one. We gotta get back 792 00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:39,200 Speaker 1: to the phones here. Steve is our Twitter poll is 793 00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:43,120 Speaker 1: asking what's the biggest challenge for the Bills against the 794 00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:48,600 Speaker 1: Colts on Saturday, and leading us off is David on 795 00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:50,879 Speaker 1: a sell. We got a few David's waiting on hold here, 796 00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:54,080 Speaker 1: but David on a sell, what do you have for us? Hey, guys, 797 00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:56,520 Speaker 1: I love the show. Thanks for having me on. I 798 00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:58,680 Speaker 1: think this game is gonna be tough because it's gonna 799 00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:00,879 Speaker 1: be dictated in the trenches because you know the way 800 00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:03,759 Speaker 1: Frank Reich and the Colts have been built. You know 801 00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:06,480 Speaker 1: that Chris Ballard has done a great job there with 802 00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:08,680 Speaker 1: the offensive line, and I think it should be a 803 00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:11,680 Speaker 1: great test for our defensive line and our linebackers too 804 00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:14,360 Speaker 1: to really stop their running game. So I think, you know, 805 00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:17,360 Speaker 1: we really got to, you know, obviously control the trenches. 806 00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:19,239 Speaker 1: And I think that's gonna be the key in this game. 807 00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:21,120 Speaker 1: And I think we can do that. I think we 808 00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:23,560 Speaker 1: can win this game. But I think we let you know, 809 00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:25,600 Speaker 1: Taylor get into that second level. It's gonna be a 810 00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:27,759 Speaker 1: tough game. Yeah, you don't want him, you don't want 811 00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:29,560 Speaker 1: him coming with a head of steam at you, that's 812 00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:36,319 Speaker 1: for sure. I am optimistic because Tremade Edmonds and Matt 813 00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:41,080 Speaker 1: Milano are healthy. That is huge And if you listen 814 00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:43,960 Speaker 1: to Leslie Frasier this week when he addressed the media, 815 00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:48,640 Speaker 1: he is equally optimistic that they have answers for the 816 00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:52,000 Speaker 1: Colts running game because of Milano and Edmonds being healthy 817 00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:55,920 Speaker 1: and knowing how indispensable those two are in the scope 818 00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:58,520 Speaker 1: of this defense as three down players. I'm also thinking 819 00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:01,520 Speaker 1: to Harrison Phillips is playing better and better as well. 820 00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:04,399 Speaker 1: He kind of catch a glimpse of him every once 821 00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:09,640 Speaker 1: in a while. He's now what fourteen sixteen months out 822 00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:13,520 Speaker 1: of a complete aco reconstruction, which is his second or 823 00:46:13,600 --> 00:46:18,040 Speaker 1: third one that he had done, so that takes time, 824 00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:21,799 Speaker 1: and he's starting to round into a better version of 825 00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:25,719 Speaker 1: himself physically, and that helps getting an extra guy in 826 00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:28,600 Speaker 1: there who can really stand up against it. Certainly, Justin 827 00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:30,400 Speaker 1: Zimmer has been a pleasant surprise I think for the 828 00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:33,520 Speaker 1: team and his ability. He's a really good in the 829 00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:35,319 Speaker 1: second half of the Simler has come on as well. 830 00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:38,440 Speaker 1: So they are playing way better upfront than they have 831 00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:40,120 Speaker 1: in the past or they did in the first part 832 00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:45,200 Speaker 1: of the season, and they're gonna have to because this 833 00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:47,239 Speaker 1: is a team that is very nasty down inside on 834 00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:50,440 Speaker 1: their offensive line. Let's go to Mark in Buffalo squeeze 835 00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:52,080 Speaker 1: one more in here before the break mark? What do 836 00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:54,319 Speaker 1: you have for us? Hey, guys, how are you doing? 837 00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:56,840 Speaker 1: You gotta tell me where to get one of those hats. 838 00:46:56,840 --> 00:47:01,359 Speaker 1: I'm hoping it makes me look as cool. I gotta 839 00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:04,640 Speaker 1: start wearing that hat everywhere, right, everybody loves it. I 840 00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:07,400 Speaker 1: cannot remember where I got it. That thing is I have. 841 00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:11,080 Speaker 1: I'm an old guy, and I think I might have 842 00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:15,239 Speaker 1: that hat. Might be older than my kids. Wow too, 843 00:47:15,320 --> 00:47:17,440 Speaker 1: I think it might be able older than us. Yeah, 844 00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:20,480 Speaker 1: but it's not the cigar that did it. Well, it 845 00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:24,799 Speaker 1: might be. Yeah, it's a combination of both. Probably real quick, 846 00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:28,320 Speaker 1: I got to two comments. I think controlling your running 847 00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:32,040 Speaker 1: game is paramount. For one fact, I don't want it 848 00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:35,919 Speaker 1: to limit the amount of series that Josh is able 849 00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:37,920 Speaker 1: to have because I think we get to score on anybody. 850 00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:39,880 Speaker 1: I just don't want to see them short in a 851 00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:43,480 Speaker 1: game on us, So I think that's important Number one. 852 00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:50,040 Speaker 1: Number two is a long time Bills scarred fan. When 853 00:47:50,040 --> 00:47:52,319 Speaker 1: this season ends, and I'm not saying I don't think 854 00:47:52,320 --> 00:47:54,520 Speaker 1: they're gonna win the Super Bowl, I don't know. I'm 855 00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:57,759 Speaker 1: as excited as anybody, But regardless of one it ends, 856 00:47:57,760 --> 00:48:00,160 Speaker 1: it will be a disappointing, but what really excites it's 857 00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:03,440 Speaker 1: me and what really confirmed this for me was a 858 00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:07,239 Speaker 1: Miami game. I'm really looking forward to what McDermott and 859 00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:11,000 Speaker 1: being added to this team. If the Miami game doesn't 860 00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:15,319 Speaker 1: show that they know and recognize talent with what our 861 00:48:15,360 --> 00:48:19,080 Speaker 1: second stringers did, nothing does. And I'm really excited to 862 00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:21,800 Speaker 1: see what they add to make us even better because 863 00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:24,640 Speaker 1: I believe in the next two years to three years 864 00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:27,160 Speaker 1: we are really going to be a juggernaut with what 865 00:48:27,239 --> 00:48:30,000 Speaker 1: they add. Yeah, I don't think there's any reason to 866 00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:34,160 Speaker 1: fear that this isn't just a one year wonder. This 867 00:48:34,239 --> 00:48:38,200 Speaker 1: is a team that is positioned to have perennial success, 868 00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:41,000 Speaker 1: and that was the plan going in. That was the 869 00:48:41,080 --> 00:48:44,839 Speaker 1: vision of Sean McDermott and Brandon Bean to not just 870 00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:48,520 Speaker 1: build it fast and have it act like a supernova. 871 00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:52,319 Speaker 1: They wanted to build this roster to be in a 872 00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:56,280 Speaker 1: position to have sustained success, not just one and done 873 00:48:56,719 --> 00:48:59,080 Speaker 1: and then you're scraping to get by because you get 874 00:48:59,080 --> 00:49:01,640 Speaker 1: you're in cap jail, or you know, you lose somebody 875 00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:04,799 Speaker 1: to free agency and you can't make up for the loss. No, 876 00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:08,640 Speaker 1: I think they have positioned themselves. Now, make no mistake, 877 00:49:08,719 --> 00:49:11,239 Speaker 1: this roster is gonna look a lot different next year. 878 00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:14,000 Speaker 1: You've got just way too many free agents, too many 879 00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:16,279 Speaker 1: players excelling. You're not going to be able to keep 880 00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:19,320 Speaker 1: them all. It's just a fact. Here's the thing about 881 00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:23,360 Speaker 1: that Brown, You're right. But here's the thing. Given the 882 00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:26,080 Speaker 1: structure of the defense, because they have so many free agents, 883 00:49:26,719 --> 00:49:29,399 Speaker 1: and they will have some room because of who they're 884 00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:31,879 Speaker 1: gonna lose, they'll be able to pick and choose which 885 00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:34,160 Speaker 1: guys they want to get bring back, so they can 886 00:49:34,239 --> 00:49:38,239 Speaker 1: distill the roster even further than they have been able 887 00:49:38,239 --> 00:49:41,080 Speaker 1: to so far. So they can sign guys like Milano, 888 00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:45,000 Speaker 1: they can sign guys, you know, like Feliciano. They can 889 00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:48,839 Speaker 1: sign guys like that and then find other guys out 890 00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:51,279 Speaker 1: there who may or who may be even better than 891 00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:54,080 Speaker 1: the guys they have to release and let go, or 892 00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:56,000 Speaker 1: at least just as good, and there's a chance they 893 00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:58,040 Speaker 1: can get better. Ass And they say, and they stay 894 00:49:58,040 --> 00:50:00,560 Speaker 1: cap strong. By Brandon being signing a out of those 895 00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:03,759 Speaker 1: mid tier free agents to one year deals, it gives 896 00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:06,200 Speaker 1: them incentive to perform to get a better contract the 897 00:50:06,239 --> 00:50:09,120 Speaker 1: following year, and it keeps the bills cap strong because 898 00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:11,920 Speaker 1: they're not committed to those players for the long term 899 00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:15,479 Speaker 1: where they could get into some salary situations and things 900 00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:17,239 Speaker 1: get hairy, and now you have to make even tougher 901 00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:19,759 Speaker 1: decisions and let good people go out the door because 902 00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:21,719 Speaker 1: you can't afford to keep them. So it's been a 903 00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:24,200 Speaker 1: good formula break time for us. But when we return, 904 00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:28,319 Speaker 1: Indie play by play man Matt Taylor joins us he's 905 00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:30,000 Speaker 1: gonna give us the four one one on the kind 906 00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:32,319 Speaker 1: of season that this Colts team put together and what 907 00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:35,040 Speaker 1: the Bills might need to focus on most as they 908 00:50:35,080 --> 00:50:38,600 Speaker 1: get set in this wild card matchup. Coming back with 909 00:50:38,640 --> 00:50:41,600 Speaker 1: Matt Taylor here on One Bills Live after the Break. 910 00:50:41,680 --> 00:50:44,560 Speaker 1: It's presented by Kalida Health. Here on Buffalo Bills Radio 911 00:50:54,680 --> 00:50:59,680 Speaker 1: Colow Bills Radio Network. Sports Date your sports update from 912 00:50:59,719 --> 00:51:02,759 Speaker 1: one Bills Drive. The Bills back on the practice field today. 913 00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:07,840 Speaker 1: Injury report update expected later this afternoon. Tuesday's estimated report 914 00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:10,920 Speaker 1: had new additions Stefan Digs and Isaiah McKenzie as limited 915 00:51:10,920 --> 00:51:15,640 Speaker 1: participants with oblique and ankle injuries, respectively. Bills will be 916 00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:19,240 Speaker 1: facing the AFC Defensive Player of the Week, Darius Leonard, 917 00:51:19,239 --> 00:51:23,680 Speaker 1: on Saturday. The Colts linebacker getting the award today following 918 00:51:23,719 --> 00:51:26,279 Speaker 1: his performance against the Jags in Week seventeen, in which 919 00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:29,719 Speaker 1: he had ten tackles, strip sack, and two pass breakups. 920 00:51:29,960 --> 00:51:33,560 Speaker 1: It's now official Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence, the presumptive number 921 00:51:33,600 --> 00:51:35,920 Speaker 1: one pick in the draft, declared for the twenty twenty 922 00:51:35,920 --> 00:51:39,360 Speaker 1: one NFL Draft. Lawrence is a National Championship winner and 923 00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:42,759 Speaker 1: was a Heisman Trophy finalist. The Jaguars currently hold the 924 00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:46,000 Speaker 1: top overall picked. Miami Dolphins will have to find a 925 00:51:46,040 --> 00:51:49,640 Speaker 1: new offensive coordinator for the fifth straight year and third 926 00:51:49,800 --> 00:51:53,360 Speaker 1: under Brian Flores, as the team announced Wednesday that offensive 927 00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:56,040 Speaker 1: coordinator Chan Gailey has resigned. The news came a day 928 00:51:56,040 --> 00:51:58,680 Speaker 1: after Flores said he expected all his assistants to return 929 00:51:59,160 --> 00:52:02,480 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one. The Houston Texans have an agreement 930 00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:05,880 Speaker 1: to place in place to hire Nick Casserio, the Patriots 931 00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:08,480 Speaker 1: director of player Personnel, to be their new general manager. 932 00:52:08,760 --> 00:52:11,800 Speaker 1: In twenty nineteen, the Patriots block Casserio from interviewing with 933 00:52:11,880 --> 00:52:17,000 Speaker 1: the Texans, but now Houston apparently has its man. Oh 934 00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:21,160 Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns. When it rains, it pours. Browns tackle 935 00:52:21,239 --> 00:52:24,880 Speaker 1: Jedrick Willis junior and receiver Richard Higgins both sited for 936 00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:29,040 Speaker 1: drag racing. On Tuesday, police conducted a probable cause search 937 00:52:29,080 --> 00:52:31,920 Speaker 1: in one of the vehicles for a suspected marijuana joint. 938 00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:35,680 Speaker 1: Neither player was cited. This follows yesterday's news where the 939 00:52:35,719 --> 00:52:40,120 Speaker 1: Browns lost head coach Kevin Stefanski and two assistants after 940 00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:43,319 Speaker 1: they tested positive for COVID nineteen. None of them will 941 00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:46,880 Speaker 1: be available for Sunday night's game against the Steelers to 942 00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:50,320 Speaker 1: close out wild card weekend. That is your sports update 943 00:52:50,520 --> 00:52:53,000 Speaker 1: from One Bill's Drive. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you. 944 00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:56,959 Speaker 1: Joining us on the line right now is the play 945 00:52:56,960 --> 00:53:00,040 Speaker 1: by play voice for the Indianapolis Colts. It is on 946 00:53:00,320 --> 00:53:02,400 Speaker 1: Matt Taylor joining us here for the second hour of 947 00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:05,400 Speaker 1: the program. Matt, thanks for joining us. First and foremost, 948 00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:08,239 Speaker 1: you and your family doing well during the pandemic. Here 949 00:53:09,760 --> 00:53:12,319 Speaker 1: we are. I appreciate you asking we are. I've got 950 00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:15,200 Speaker 1: a four year old and a nine month old baby. 951 00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:18,000 Speaker 1: So he was born in March, like two or three 952 00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:20,759 Speaker 1: weeks into all this stuff. He doesn't know any better. Oh, 953 00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:24,520 Speaker 1: so we're showering him with love. So it's been good 954 00:53:24,560 --> 00:53:28,480 Speaker 1: to kind of be home. Hunker down, stay safe, stay healthy. 955 00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:31,799 Speaker 1: And it's been a it's fun twenty twenty season, but 956 00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:33,759 Speaker 1: certainly a lot different, as you guys can attest to 957 00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:37,239 Speaker 1: as well. Yeah. Absolutely, what does the vibe in Indianapolis 958 00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:39,480 Speaker 1: about their Colts team? You kind of you, well, you 959 00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:42,800 Speaker 1: squeaked into the playoffs, but you played well enough against 960 00:53:42,840 --> 00:53:45,160 Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars. You're an eleven win team. You gotta 961 00:53:45,200 --> 00:53:47,320 Speaker 1: kind of feel good about this team. It's an eleven 962 00:53:47,360 --> 00:53:51,560 Speaker 1: win team. And even if they are the seventh seed, yeah, 963 00:53:51,600 --> 00:53:53,520 Speaker 1: you know what, they're the seventh seed, there's no doubt 964 00:53:53,560 --> 00:53:56,680 Speaker 1: about it. But you know, and this year's AFC playoff picture, 965 00:53:56,719 --> 00:53:58,400 Speaker 1: I don't think it matters what seed you are, to 966 00:53:58,400 --> 00:54:00,600 Speaker 1: be honest with you. I mean, you're talking about an 967 00:54:00,600 --> 00:54:04,480 Speaker 1: AFC field that has eight ten win teams, including the 968 00:54:04,520 --> 00:54:07,520 Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins who don't make the playoffs. So the Colts 969 00:54:07,560 --> 00:54:10,600 Speaker 1: squeak in, as you say, as that last eleven and 970 00:54:10,680 --> 00:54:13,279 Speaker 1: five team, and they're playing some good football. I know that. 971 00:54:13,400 --> 00:54:15,839 Speaker 1: I know the Bills are probably the team that's playing 972 00:54:15,880 --> 00:54:18,680 Speaker 1: the best heading into the playoffs, winners of nine of ten, 973 00:54:18,719 --> 00:54:21,959 Speaker 1: but the Colts have won six of eight and offensively here, 974 00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:24,680 Speaker 1: you know they're playing some really good football with Philip 975 00:54:24,760 --> 00:54:28,560 Speaker 1: Rivers at quarterback, Jonathan Taylor at tailback running the heck 976 00:54:28,560 --> 00:54:30,719 Speaker 1: out of the ball. I mean, that's one thing you 977 00:54:30,719 --> 00:54:32,560 Speaker 1: can say about this team right now is they're kind 978 00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:35,320 Speaker 1: of clicking on the offensive side at the right time, 979 00:54:35,680 --> 00:54:38,320 Speaker 1: scoring about twenty eight points per game on the regular 980 00:54:38,440 --> 00:54:42,040 Speaker 1: these last couple of weeks. Jonathan Taylor is routinely over 981 00:54:42,120 --> 00:54:45,560 Speaker 1: one hundred yards in the last couple and Philip Rivers 982 00:54:45,640 --> 00:54:48,560 Speaker 1: has been really efficient, and so the offensive line, the 983 00:54:48,600 --> 00:54:51,759 Speaker 1: ground game, Rivers efficiency. It's kind of all clicking at 984 00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:53,680 Speaker 1: the right time as the Colts go on the road 985 00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:55,839 Speaker 1: and they have to play a really difficult Bills team 986 00:54:55,840 --> 00:54:57,839 Speaker 1: as the number two seed. Yeah. Man, we were doing 987 00:54:57,840 --> 00:55:00,680 Speaker 1: a show here yesterday and asking the Bill fans about 988 00:55:00,680 --> 00:55:03,080 Speaker 1: the defining moment of the twenty twenty regular season for 989 00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:06,360 Speaker 1: the Bills. Where is the where is the defining moment 990 00:55:06,360 --> 00:55:08,880 Speaker 1: in the Colts twenty twenty regular season? Was there a 991 00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:11,680 Speaker 1: tipping point to turning point a game that you can 992 00:55:11,719 --> 00:55:14,000 Speaker 1: look at and say, that's when they kind of got 993 00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:16,200 Speaker 1: their feet under him and then it was just we're 994 00:55:16,280 --> 00:55:20,120 Speaker 1: rolling and nobody's stopping us. Yeah. No, I think that's 995 00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:22,160 Speaker 1: a really good question and how I would answer that. 996 00:55:22,200 --> 00:55:24,440 Speaker 1: You know, the Colts played a gauntlet of a schedule 997 00:55:24,719 --> 00:55:26,440 Speaker 1: in the month of November. You know, they had to 998 00:55:26,440 --> 00:55:29,120 Speaker 1: play the Titans twice and a span of three weeks, 999 00:55:29,120 --> 00:55:31,000 Speaker 1: they had to play the Green Bay Packers and the 1000 00:55:31,040 --> 00:55:34,000 Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens, and the Colts kind of stubbed their toe 1001 00:55:34,040 --> 00:55:36,600 Speaker 1: in the second half of their Baltimore game. Then they 1002 00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:38,319 Speaker 1: had to go on the road in a short week 1003 00:55:38,360 --> 00:55:41,799 Speaker 1: against Tennessee. And obviously Tennessee and the Colts they were 1004 00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:43,719 Speaker 1: the two front runners. They were neck and neck all 1005 00:55:43,760 --> 00:55:46,680 Speaker 1: season long to win the AFC South, and they went 1006 00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:49,160 Speaker 1: down there and that that first meeting with Tennessee on 1007 00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:51,759 Speaker 1: the road or a short week, they got the job done. 1008 00:55:51,880 --> 00:55:54,320 Speaker 1: I thought that was their first signature win of the season. 1009 00:55:54,640 --> 00:55:57,799 Speaker 1: I thought that kind of sparks the momentum and helped 1010 00:55:57,800 --> 00:56:01,040 Speaker 1: them psychologically to kind of navigate the rest of that month. 1011 00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:03,359 Speaker 1: And then a couple of weeks later that got maybe 1012 00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:06,000 Speaker 1: their biggest signature win of the year against the Green 1013 00:56:06,040 --> 00:56:08,560 Speaker 1: Bay Packers. And you know, that's been kind of the 1014 00:56:08,560 --> 00:56:11,880 Speaker 1: fun thing about this team if you followed them the 1015 00:56:11,960 --> 00:56:15,040 Speaker 1: last couple of years, you know, two nineteen they beat 1016 00:56:15,080 --> 00:56:19,240 Speaker 1: the the the Chiefs on the road on Sunday Night Football, 1017 00:56:19,920 --> 00:56:22,759 Speaker 1: a marquee win. Then this year, as I said, they 1018 00:56:22,800 --> 00:56:25,279 Speaker 1: beat the Green Bay Packers. So you're talking about in 1019 00:56:25,280 --> 00:56:27,360 Speaker 1: a span of you know, less than two years, beating 1020 00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:30,879 Speaker 1: the top seeds in East Conference heading into twenty twenty 1021 00:56:30,880 --> 00:56:33,720 Speaker 1: one in the playoffs. But on the other side of things, 1022 00:56:33,760 --> 00:56:36,160 Speaker 1: you know, the Colts have lost twice to the Jaguars 1023 00:56:36,160 --> 00:56:38,440 Speaker 1: in that span. That kind of stubbed their toe a 1024 00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:41,120 Speaker 1: handful of times. So they've been kind of a jekyl 1025 00:56:41,200 --> 00:56:44,319 Speaker 1: and a high team, but they have there the full 1026 00:56:44,320 --> 00:56:47,200 Speaker 1: potential to win games like this coming up on Saturday. 1027 00:56:47,400 --> 00:56:49,279 Speaker 1: It's just a matter of the game plan and how 1028 00:56:49,320 --> 00:56:51,920 Speaker 1: the Colts um. You know, what, which team shows up, 1029 00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:54,000 Speaker 1: so to speak, the great Colts or the team that 1030 00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:56,120 Speaker 1: has the ability to lose just about anybody. What what 1031 00:56:56,239 --> 00:56:58,480 Speaker 1: is the key factor in those wins and the key 1032 00:56:58,480 --> 00:57:02,200 Speaker 1: factor obviously conversely the losses. What changes in this jekylin 1033 00:57:02,280 --> 00:57:05,920 Speaker 1: hide season? Yeah, I think when the Colts are at 1034 00:57:05,960 --> 00:57:10,120 Speaker 1: their best, when this team plays elite, obviously defensively, they 1035 00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:12,680 Speaker 1: create a ton of takeaways. You know, for the year, 1036 00:57:12,719 --> 00:57:15,120 Speaker 1: they have twenty five, so they've been pretty consistent as 1037 00:57:15,160 --> 00:57:17,760 Speaker 1: far as that goes. And then when they beat signature 1038 00:57:17,760 --> 00:57:21,080 Speaker 1: teams like the Chiefs or the Packers, they're running the ball. 1039 00:57:21,160 --> 00:57:23,720 Speaker 1: They're running the ball really really well. Last year, you know, 1040 00:57:23,760 --> 00:57:25,840 Speaker 1: going back to that Sunday night game in Kansas City, 1041 00:57:26,640 --> 00:57:30,920 Speaker 1: you know, in a crazy house, a nutso environment. Marlon 1042 00:57:31,000 --> 00:57:33,080 Speaker 1: Mack ran for over one hundred yards in that game. 1043 00:57:33,600 --> 00:57:35,920 Speaker 1: And then we've seen Jonathan Taylor. You know, he hit 1044 00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:37,400 Speaker 1: a little bit of a speed bump there in the 1045 00:57:37,400 --> 00:57:40,040 Speaker 1: month of November, and he's kind of smoothed out his 1046 00:57:40,120 --> 00:57:43,680 Speaker 1: rookie season here where he's really really consistent. He's learned, 1047 00:57:43,720 --> 00:57:45,480 Speaker 1: i think, how to run the ball out of the shotgun, 1048 00:57:45,480 --> 00:57:47,640 Speaker 1: which he didn't have to do a whole lot at Wisconsin. 1049 00:57:48,240 --> 00:57:50,400 Speaker 1: And he's just really comfortable, I would say late in 1050 00:57:50,400 --> 00:57:53,560 Speaker 1: his rookie season here with the Colts, I mean, two 1051 00:57:53,640 --> 00:57:56,200 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty three yards rushing the other day against 1052 00:57:56,200 --> 00:58:00,400 Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars. Is really comfortable behind this all offensive 1053 00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:04,280 Speaker 1: line right now. It's got great burst, great vision, four 1054 00:58:04,920 --> 00:58:07,680 Speaker 1: three nine speed, and so he's just kind of a 1055 00:58:07,720 --> 00:58:10,560 Speaker 1: complete back right now, all three downs. He's a really 1056 00:58:10,600 --> 00:58:14,640 Speaker 1: good pass protecting back. So he is I think emerging 1057 00:58:14,680 --> 00:58:16,440 Speaker 1: at the right time. And I would say those two 1058 00:58:16,480 --> 00:58:18,760 Speaker 1: things are the kind of the common denominators for the 1059 00:58:18,760 --> 00:58:21,800 Speaker 1: Colts and their success takeaways on defense and running the 1060 00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:25,320 Speaker 1: ball consistently controlling the line of scrimmage and time of possession, 1061 00:58:25,520 --> 00:58:28,200 Speaker 1: and some of their marquee wins. Going back to that 1062 00:58:28,440 --> 00:58:31,120 Speaker 1: Green Bay game that you reference, Matt thirty four thirty 1063 00:58:31,120 --> 00:58:34,440 Speaker 1: one win in overtime. What was there? I know, Aaron 1064 00:58:34,520 --> 00:58:37,320 Speaker 1: Rodgers isn't you know, a carbon copy of Josh Allen. 1065 00:58:37,360 --> 00:58:40,240 Speaker 1: Allen's probably more of a mobile threat than than Rogers is, 1066 00:58:40,280 --> 00:58:43,040 Speaker 1: although he can buy some time himself. What was the 1067 00:58:43,240 --> 00:58:45,880 Speaker 1: what was the approach there? You know, with a quarterback 1068 00:58:45,920 --> 00:58:48,440 Speaker 1: who has comparable production to that of Josh. I'm just 1069 00:58:48,720 --> 00:58:51,200 Speaker 1: wondering if there's anything that can be gleaned from the 1070 00:58:51,240 --> 00:58:54,800 Speaker 1: defensive approach of the Colts in that game. Well, I 1071 00:58:54,800 --> 00:58:57,760 Speaker 1: think at times the Colts put their best matchup corner 1072 00:58:57,840 --> 00:59:01,040 Speaker 1: Kenny Moore on DeVante Adams and that game. Late that game, 1073 00:59:01,960 --> 00:59:04,160 Speaker 1: the Packers had a chance to win it in the end, 1074 00:59:04,640 --> 00:59:06,880 Speaker 1: they were inside the red zone with less than a minute, 1075 00:59:06,920 --> 00:59:10,120 Speaker 1: and I think by default, I think Aaron Rodgers was 1076 00:59:10,160 --> 00:59:12,440 Speaker 1: going just at Davante Adams, and the Colts kind of 1077 00:59:12,520 --> 00:59:14,680 Speaker 1: knew that, so they put Kenny Moore on him and 1078 00:59:14,680 --> 00:59:17,520 Speaker 1: they shut him down, forcing the Packers to kick a 1079 00:59:17,560 --> 00:59:20,040 Speaker 1: fuel goal to tie the game to send it into overtime. 1080 00:59:20,080 --> 00:59:22,479 Speaker 1: So I'll be interested to see if it's Kenny Moore 1081 00:59:22,880 --> 00:59:25,919 Speaker 1: on Stefane Diggs a lot of this game, or maybe 1082 00:59:25,920 --> 00:59:28,880 Speaker 1: it's saved your Roads. And obviously Savior knows them pretty well. 1083 00:59:29,080 --> 00:59:30,840 Speaker 1: They were teammates the last couple of years with the 1084 00:59:30,840 --> 00:59:33,880 Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings, So I think that's gonna be a fascinating 1085 00:59:33,920 --> 00:59:37,400 Speaker 1: subplot to this game. But you know, I think the 1086 00:59:37,440 --> 00:59:39,840 Speaker 1: biggest thing, to kind of go back to your initial question, 1087 00:59:40,120 --> 00:59:43,440 Speaker 1: the biggest thing that is given the Colts trouble defensively 1088 00:59:43,480 --> 00:59:47,360 Speaker 1: this year are mobile quarterbacks that get out on the edge, 1089 00:59:47,400 --> 00:59:49,400 Speaker 1: they get out of the pocket and they throw from 1090 00:59:49,400 --> 00:59:51,400 Speaker 1: the pocket or out of the pocket, and they kind 1091 00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:54,320 Speaker 1: of make things happen with their feet, with their legs 1092 00:59:54,320 --> 00:59:57,400 Speaker 1: and they kind of extend plays. That's one thing, you know, 1093 00:59:57,480 --> 01:00:00,200 Speaker 1: if you just look at this Colts defense all your long, 1094 01:00:00,240 --> 01:00:02,720 Speaker 1: they've been able to consistently shut down the run, but 1095 01:00:02,840 --> 01:00:05,480 Speaker 1: the passing numbers against them have really ballooned. Up in 1096 01:00:05,520 --> 01:00:08,760 Speaker 1: the last five six weeks when elite quarterbacks have kind 1097 01:00:08,800 --> 01:00:11,800 Speaker 1: of feasted with big plays on this secondary. So they 1098 01:00:11,840 --> 01:00:13,800 Speaker 1: got to get that calm down heading into this game. 1099 01:00:13,960 --> 01:00:15,840 Speaker 1: And I think you have to keep Josh Allen in 1100 01:00:15,920 --> 01:00:18,280 Speaker 1: the pocket if you're if you're a Colts fan, I 1101 01:00:18,320 --> 01:00:20,480 Speaker 1: think it's a big game for guys like Justin Houston, 1102 01:00:20,680 --> 01:00:23,200 Speaker 1: Denico Autry on the edge to keep Allen in the 1103 01:00:23,240 --> 01:00:25,720 Speaker 1: pocket so that he doesn't have that ability to kind 1104 01:00:25,760 --> 01:00:29,480 Speaker 1: of use that right arm, that Bazuka to make things happen. 1105 01:00:29,520 --> 01:00:31,560 Speaker 1: He can throw the ball to any part of the 1106 01:00:31,560 --> 01:00:34,600 Speaker 1: field in the backfield. Give us a feel for what 1107 01:00:34,680 --> 01:00:37,320 Speaker 1: the Philip Rivers has been asked to do in Frank 1108 01:00:37,360 --> 01:00:39,600 Speaker 1: Reich's offense. You know, obviously he's you know, he's an 1109 01:00:39,640 --> 01:00:42,640 Speaker 1: older guy, but he is really brilliant at knowing how 1110 01:00:42,680 --> 01:00:45,000 Speaker 1: to get in and out of plays. Nothing surprises the guy. 1111 01:00:45,040 --> 01:00:46,880 Speaker 1: He's as veteran as they come, and he's still got 1112 01:00:46,880 --> 01:00:49,120 Speaker 1: some good football left in him. What has he been 1113 01:00:49,160 --> 01:00:53,320 Speaker 1: asked to do for this offense this season? To be 1114 01:00:53,360 --> 01:00:55,760 Speaker 1: honest with you, He's been asked to be Philip Rivers 1115 01:00:55,840 --> 01:00:58,840 Speaker 1: and that's exactly what he's delivered. You know, when they 1116 01:00:58,880 --> 01:01:02,640 Speaker 1: signed him back in March. A stereotypical Philip Rivers season 1117 01:01:02,760 --> 01:01:07,080 Speaker 1: is forty one yards passing around twenty five touchdowns and 1118 01:01:07,240 --> 01:01:10,560 Speaker 1: the interceptions number. Interception numbers this year are way down 1119 01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:13,960 Speaker 1: compared to last season. And so he's been, you know, 1120 01:01:14,040 --> 01:01:17,400 Speaker 1: he's had a quintessential Philip Rivers type season, completing sixty 1121 01:01:17,400 --> 01:01:20,040 Speaker 1: eight percent of his passes. That was the second best 1122 01:01:20,080 --> 01:01:22,040 Speaker 1: mark in the history of the franchise in terms of 1123 01:01:22,040 --> 01:01:24,920 Speaker 1: completion percentage. So he's been right on the money in 1124 01:01:25,040 --> 01:01:28,800 Speaker 1: terms of what his you know, normal production is throughout 1125 01:01:28,840 --> 01:01:30,960 Speaker 1: the course of his career. And obviously it made a 1126 01:01:30,960 --> 01:01:32,360 Speaker 1: lot of sense for the Colts to go out and 1127 01:01:32,400 --> 01:01:35,000 Speaker 1: make this move in the off season because Frank Reich 1128 01:01:35,040 --> 01:01:37,400 Speaker 1: and Nick Sirianna, they knew him well. They were all 1129 01:01:37,440 --> 01:01:39,800 Speaker 1: together with the San Diego Chargers back in the day 1130 01:01:40,120 --> 01:01:42,280 Speaker 1: when you know, you know, Philip had some of the 1131 01:01:42,320 --> 01:01:45,160 Speaker 1: best seasons of his career. But then it also kind 1132 01:01:45,200 --> 01:01:48,160 Speaker 1: of made sense for Philip to join this team and 1133 01:01:48,280 --> 01:01:50,720 Speaker 1: kind of marry the two different parties because the Colts 1134 01:01:50,720 --> 01:01:53,280 Speaker 1: were a team that were built for success. They have 1135 01:01:53,360 --> 01:01:56,400 Speaker 1: this window of opportunity going on right now because the 1136 01:01:56,440 --> 01:01:59,920 Speaker 1: core of their team is young, under financial control. You know, 1137 01:02:00,040 --> 01:02:02,720 Speaker 1: most of their impact players are on the rookie contracts. 1138 01:02:03,000 --> 01:02:05,880 Speaker 1: So this is a team right now that's ready to 1139 01:02:05,960 --> 01:02:07,920 Speaker 1: kind of take off and win here at the moment, 1140 01:02:08,160 --> 01:02:10,880 Speaker 1: they just needed more efficient quarterback play from what they 1141 01:02:10,920 --> 01:02:14,640 Speaker 1: had from Jacoby Brissette in twenty nineteen, and with the 1142 01:02:14,640 --> 01:02:17,560 Speaker 1: pandemic going on and all that and a lot of uncertainty, 1143 01:02:17,640 --> 01:02:20,040 Speaker 1: they went for a guy they knew that can come 1144 01:02:20,040 --> 01:02:22,720 Speaker 1: in here and deliver. And that's exactly what Philip Rivers 1145 01:02:22,760 --> 01:02:26,080 Speaker 1: has done. The offense is night and day better from 1146 01:02:26,120 --> 01:02:28,320 Speaker 1: what they had last season when they went seven to nine. 1147 01:02:28,520 --> 01:02:30,960 Speaker 1: Talking to Matt Walker, play by play voice of the 1148 01:02:31,000 --> 01:02:36,680 Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts, and I found the balance to the Indie 1149 01:02:36,680 --> 01:02:41,440 Speaker 1: receiving game very interesting, Matt, very balanced distribution, and I 1150 01:02:41,480 --> 01:02:44,120 Speaker 1: know that's partly a byproduct of a veteran quarterback just 1151 01:02:44,200 --> 01:02:47,600 Speaker 1: going to the guy that's open. But after t Y, 1152 01:02:47,920 --> 01:02:50,000 Speaker 1: and I know Hines is the leading receiver in terms 1153 01:02:50,000 --> 01:02:53,280 Speaker 1: of receptions, but after t Y, who is really kind 1154 01:02:53,280 --> 01:02:56,640 Speaker 1: of emerged as the number two I guess, for lack 1155 01:02:56,640 --> 01:02:59,640 Speaker 1: of a better term, in that receiving corps. Yeah, I 1156 01:02:59,640 --> 01:03:03,320 Speaker 1: would answer that question with Zach Pascal. He's their leading 1157 01:03:03,360 --> 01:03:07,080 Speaker 1: receiver this year as far as explosive receptions over twenty yards, 1158 01:03:07,360 --> 01:03:09,880 Speaker 1: so he's kind of that number two guy. But to 1159 01:03:10,040 --> 01:03:12,520 Speaker 1: kind of go back to your initial point, the Colts 1160 01:03:12,520 --> 01:03:15,320 Speaker 1: have been spread it out spread the wealth type of 1161 01:03:15,320 --> 01:03:18,600 Speaker 1: an offense by design this season. And if you go 1162 01:03:18,640 --> 01:03:21,560 Speaker 1: back to Frank Reich's system in twenty seventeen with the 1163 01:03:21,560 --> 01:03:24,120 Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles when they won the Super Bowl, they were 1164 01:03:24,200 --> 01:03:26,520 Speaker 1: kind of the exact same way. They didn't have anything 1165 01:03:26,560 --> 01:03:29,840 Speaker 1: close to one thousand yard receiver, didn't have anything close 1166 01:03:29,840 --> 01:03:31,880 Speaker 1: to a one thousand yard rusher, although they do have 1167 01:03:31,960 --> 01:03:34,880 Speaker 1: that this year with Jonathan Taylor. My point is it's 1168 01:03:34,960 --> 01:03:38,080 Speaker 1: kind of by committee and they have just a steady 1169 01:03:38,160 --> 01:03:42,240 Speaker 1: stable of role players, guys like Trey Burton and Jack Doyle, 1170 01:03:42,480 --> 01:03:45,600 Speaker 1: Michael Pittman, the rookie out of USC. You know you 1171 01:03:45,680 --> 01:03:48,000 Speaker 1: brought up Zach Pascal, So I think you know your 1172 01:03:48,120 --> 01:03:50,880 Speaker 1: lead dogs right now. You know sort of your ambient players, 1173 01:03:50,880 --> 01:03:52,640 Speaker 1: if you will, guys that keep you up at night. 1174 01:03:52,800 --> 01:03:56,000 Speaker 1: Those would be t Y Hilton, Jonathan Taylor, and Naim 1175 01:03:56,040 --> 01:03:57,400 Speaker 1: Hines because of what he can do out of the 1176 01:03:57,440 --> 01:03:59,640 Speaker 1: backfield running the ball and catching the ball, is kind 1177 01:03:59,640 --> 01:04:02,840 Speaker 1: of a a mismatch nightmare. But if you slow down 1178 01:04:02,880 --> 01:04:05,360 Speaker 1: those guys, they're still a handful of other guys that 1179 01:04:05,440 --> 01:04:08,320 Speaker 1: can take advantage of the matchups when they don't have 1180 01:04:08,560 --> 01:04:10,640 Speaker 1: all the attention on them. And we've seen in the 1181 01:04:10,640 --> 01:04:13,320 Speaker 1: past this year Moile Cox had tied in have one 1182 01:04:13,360 --> 01:04:16,160 Speaker 1: hundred yard game, Michael Pittman has had a one hundred 1183 01:04:16,240 --> 01:04:19,240 Speaker 1: yard game this season. So it is a very very good, 1184 01:04:19,280 --> 01:04:22,280 Speaker 1: just solid group of playmakers. And they've had at least 1185 01:04:23,040 --> 01:04:26,120 Speaker 1: seven different guys catch a pass and every single game 1186 01:04:26,160 --> 01:04:28,280 Speaker 1: this season, they've had up to as many as fifteen 1187 01:04:28,320 --> 01:04:31,640 Speaker 1: guys catch a pass this season, and they've had two 1188 01:04:31,640 --> 01:04:34,280 Speaker 1: games this year where eleven guys have caught a pass 1189 01:04:34,360 --> 01:04:37,280 Speaker 1: in an outing. So it's a very fun kind of 1190 01:04:37,320 --> 01:04:40,880 Speaker 1: democratic offense. And Philip rivers as you've said, you know, 1191 01:04:40,960 --> 01:04:42,640 Speaker 1: he knows where to go with the football and makes 1192 01:04:42,640 --> 01:04:45,480 Speaker 1: really good decisions both pre snap and knowing where to 1193 01:04:45,520 --> 01:04:48,680 Speaker 1: go with the football. You know, right on target, you know, 1194 01:04:48,920 --> 01:04:51,200 Speaker 1: one two, three step, dropped the balls out in a 1195 01:04:51,240 --> 01:04:53,520 Speaker 1: pretty routine fashion. And as we've seen with it all 1196 01:04:53,520 --> 01:04:56,840 Speaker 1: these teams that have some success, your assistant coaching staff 1197 01:04:56,920 --> 01:05:00,520 Speaker 1: may get poached as Matt Eberflus is now on the 1198 01:05:00,560 --> 01:05:03,360 Speaker 1: list shortlist for some head coaching opportunities. Give us a 1199 01:05:03,400 --> 01:05:07,280 Speaker 1: thumbnail about Eberflus and the prospects of him leaving the 1200 01:05:07,320 --> 01:05:11,280 Speaker 1: Colt staff because of a head coaching opportunity. Yeah, I 1201 01:05:11,320 --> 01:05:13,000 Speaker 1: mean it's kind of a double edged sword, right, I mean, 1202 01:05:13,040 --> 01:05:15,200 Speaker 1: every time you have success, you know, teams are gonna 1203 01:05:15,200 --> 01:05:17,560 Speaker 1: come in and they're gonna try and and grab that 1204 01:05:17,680 --> 01:05:20,040 Speaker 1: from you and and and make that their own. So 1205 01:05:20,120 --> 01:05:22,320 Speaker 1: it's it's good for him and Frank Wreich talk about 1206 01:05:22,360 --> 01:05:24,880 Speaker 1: that this week. You know, if anybody wants to interview 1207 01:05:25,440 --> 01:05:28,280 Speaker 1: Matt for a job, which obviously has happened, Frank Reich's 1208 01:05:28,320 --> 01:05:32,240 Speaker 1: gonna heavily endorse him, believes and what they're doing on defense, 1209 01:05:32,280 --> 01:05:34,560 Speaker 1: and it's kind of you know, I'm sure Buffalo fans 1210 01:05:34,640 --> 01:05:37,000 Speaker 1: know this, but it was kind of a weird marriage 1211 01:05:37,000 --> 01:05:39,640 Speaker 1: to begin with with with Frank Reich because that was 1212 01:05:39,680 --> 01:05:42,360 Speaker 1: the whole Josh McDaniels higher and then Frank took over, 1213 01:05:42,680 --> 01:05:45,000 Speaker 1: but he kept Matt Eberflus on the staff as defensive 1214 01:05:45,040 --> 01:05:48,360 Speaker 1: coordinator and it's worked out very very well. But systematically 1215 01:05:48,360 --> 01:05:50,480 Speaker 1: they run a four to three and it's a it's 1216 01:05:50,480 --> 01:05:53,160 Speaker 1: a very you know, it's a it's a simple defense. 1217 01:05:53,240 --> 01:05:56,200 Speaker 1: They play it well. It's not overly complicated, but they 1218 01:05:56,240 --> 01:05:58,320 Speaker 1: play the scheme well. The guys fly to the ball. 1219 01:05:58,640 --> 01:06:01,760 Speaker 1: They have this low principle. They have what's called a 1220 01:06:01,880 --> 01:06:04,880 Speaker 1: loaf method where they watch film together as a unit 1221 01:06:04,920 --> 01:06:07,280 Speaker 1: as a defense, and they call each other out and 1222 01:06:07,280 --> 01:06:10,040 Speaker 1: they assign what they call loafs. If you're not given, 1223 01:06:10,080 --> 01:06:13,120 Speaker 1: you a thousand percent maximum effort on every single play. 1224 01:06:13,680 --> 01:06:15,640 Speaker 1: So they have that. That's kind of the core of 1225 01:06:15,680 --> 01:06:20,480 Speaker 1: their philosophy on defense. But as I said, they believe 1226 01:06:20,520 --> 01:06:23,040 Speaker 1: in stopping the run, and that's what they've done well 1227 01:06:23,120 --> 01:06:26,040 Speaker 1: all season long. With the Forrest Buckner in here, I 1228 01:06:26,080 --> 01:06:27,880 Speaker 1: think he's made all the difference in the world. He 1229 01:06:27,960 --> 01:06:31,200 Speaker 1: might be the best defensive tackle the Colts have ever had, 1230 01:06:31,280 --> 01:06:33,520 Speaker 1: and I'm not I don't think that's hyperbole. I think 1231 01:06:33,760 --> 01:06:36,880 Speaker 1: he's that good. Nine and a half sacks makes a 1232 01:06:36,880 --> 01:06:39,360 Speaker 1: world of difference in the running game. The Colts finished 1233 01:06:39,360 --> 01:06:42,160 Speaker 1: second in the NFL and slowing down the run. That's 1234 01:06:42,160 --> 01:06:43,760 Speaker 1: the first time the Colts have been a top five 1235 01:06:43,880 --> 01:06:47,640 Speaker 1: rushing defense since nineteen seventy one. So the only team 1236 01:06:47,640 --> 01:06:49,360 Speaker 1: that's been able to routinely run the ball, and the 1237 01:06:49,360 --> 01:06:53,400 Speaker 1: Colts are the Tennessee Titans, and last I checked, Derek 1238 01:06:53,440 --> 01:06:55,280 Speaker 1: Henry's not going to be playing for the Buffalo Bills 1239 01:06:55,560 --> 01:06:58,240 Speaker 1: coming up on Saturday, So that's an edge the Colts 1240 01:06:58,280 --> 01:07:01,160 Speaker 1: have in their favor going into the game. But again, 1241 01:07:01,320 --> 01:07:03,800 Speaker 1: as I said, the passing numbers have ballooned up, and 1242 01:07:03,800 --> 01:07:05,640 Speaker 1: that's where you know, you kind of fear for what 1243 01:07:05,720 --> 01:07:07,960 Speaker 1: Josh Allen can do against the secondary. They have to 1244 01:07:07,960 --> 01:07:10,320 Speaker 1: get that calm down going into the playoffs or it's 1245 01:07:10,320 --> 01:07:12,640 Speaker 1: going to be a short trip. And what is how 1246 01:07:12,720 --> 01:07:15,000 Speaker 1: surprised we're to see Buckner kind of pop up on 1247 01:07:15,040 --> 01:07:16,960 Speaker 1: the injury report this week. Is this some kind of 1248 01:07:17,040 --> 01:07:19,880 Speaker 1: nagging thing that he's been dealing with where it's just like, well, 1249 01:07:20,160 --> 01:07:22,200 Speaker 1: he's gonna be on there and they're gonna, you know, 1250 01:07:22,880 --> 01:07:25,880 Speaker 1: monitor his snaps during the practice week, but he'll be 1251 01:07:25,920 --> 01:07:27,800 Speaker 1: fine for the game. Or is this something that's of 1252 01:07:27,880 --> 01:07:31,680 Speaker 1: greater concern. No, I don't think it's a huge issue 1253 01:07:31,760 --> 01:07:34,400 Speaker 1: as of right now. I mean, we're not at the complex, 1254 01:07:34,440 --> 01:07:37,040 Speaker 1: we're not around the team like we normally are, so 1255 01:07:37,120 --> 01:07:39,560 Speaker 1: you don't know, you don't know for sure, but I 1256 01:07:39,600 --> 01:07:42,160 Speaker 1: think at this stage in the game, everybody's pretty much 1257 01:07:42,240 --> 01:07:44,680 Speaker 1: damed up, and everybody pretty much lands on the reinjury 1258 01:07:44,680 --> 01:07:48,040 Speaker 1: report for something or another. So you know, he had 1259 01:07:48,040 --> 01:07:49,960 Speaker 1: the ankle injury a couple of weeks back, but I 1260 01:07:50,040 --> 01:07:52,240 Speaker 1: tell you what, he fought tooth and nail to get 1261 01:07:52,280 --> 01:07:54,760 Speaker 1: back on the field. That was the Houston Texans game 1262 01:07:55,280 --> 01:07:57,840 Speaker 1: we're on Thursday. In practice, he kind of tweaked his 1263 01:07:57,880 --> 01:08:01,280 Speaker 1: ankle pretty bad, but was off at all day Friday 1264 01:08:01,360 --> 01:08:04,400 Speaker 1: rehab like heck on on Friday and Saturday, and was 1265 01:08:04,680 --> 01:08:07,400 Speaker 1: playing in a limited role against the Houston Texans and 1266 01:08:07,480 --> 01:08:09,840 Speaker 1: quite frankly a game the Colts had to have, and 1267 01:08:09,880 --> 01:08:11,479 Speaker 1: he came out and he was kind of a third 1268 01:08:11,520 --> 01:08:14,520 Speaker 1: down red zone specialist and had a career high three 1269 01:08:14,560 --> 01:08:17,360 Speaker 1: sacks and a bunch of tackles for loss had at 1270 01:08:17,400 --> 01:08:20,519 Speaker 1: a pass defense. So the guy's a gamer. Um. So 1271 01:08:20,680 --> 01:08:23,160 Speaker 1: you still like to have DeForest Buckler out there, even 1272 01:08:23,160 --> 01:08:28,000 Speaker 1: if he's only, you know, whatever, eighth kicking game. Man. 1273 01:08:28,080 --> 01:08:31,080 Speaker 1: We've got two rookies in this matchup, uh, the draft 1274 01:08:31,080 --> 01:08:33,920 Speaker 1: pick of the Bills, Tyler Bass and then obviously Blanket Ship. 1275 01:08:34,840 --> 01:08:41,120 Speaker 1: How has the Lego Man's UH season gone. It's gone very, 1276 01:08:41,240 --> 01:08:43,599 Speaker 1: very well, and you call him the Lego Man, because 1277 01:08:43,680 --> 01:08:46,120 Speaker 1: I call him like the Doseki's junior guy. He's like 1278 01:08:46,160 --> 01:08:49,320 Speaker 1: the most interesting man in the world. Uh, and give 1279 01:08:49,360 --> 01:08:53,360 Speaker 1: him credit. He's like very comfortable in his own skin. Um. 1280 01:08:53,400 --> 01:08:55,640 Speaker 1: You know, he he hangs out with Rick Flair, he 1281 01:08:55,760 --> 01:08:59,080 Speaker 1: parties with Trey Wingo. Uh, you know, he builds Lego 1282 01:08:59,200 --> 01:09:01,120 Speaker 1: sets on the side. I mean, this guy is just 1283 01:09:01,160 --> 01:09:04,840 Speaker 1: a cool customer and doesn't apologize for kind of his personality. 1284 01:09:04,920 --> 01:09:08,519 Speaker 1: But very very solid. Missed only five field goals all season. 1285 01:09:08,800 --> 01:09:11,760 Speaker 1: Two of those came against Jacksonville. The one thing that 1286 01:09:11,880 --> 01:09:14,400 Speaker 1: is a little bit not I would I wouldn't use 1287 01:09:14,439 --> 01:09:18,479 Speaker 1: the word concerning, but it is worth pointing out that, 1288 01:09:18,760 --> 01:09:21,840 Speaker 1: you know, most of Rodrigo's production this year came within 1289 01:09:21,960 --> 01:09:23,920 Speaker 1: forty yards. He hasn't been asked to do a whole 1290 01:09:24,000 --> 01:09:27,960 Speaker 1: lot from beyond beyond forty and fifties one for I 1291 01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:32,200 Speaker 1: think four over fifty. It only made one kick this 1292 01:09:32,280 --> 01:09:35,759 Speaker 1: year over forty five yards, and some of those misses 1293 01:09:35,800 --> 01:09:38,519 Speaker 1: came inside as well. So that's obviously a little bit 1294 01:09:38,520 --> 01:09:40,760 Speaker 1: different than what he's going to be up against coming 1295 01:09:40,840 --> 01:09:44,240 Speaker 1: up on Saturday in the cold outside and the conditions 1296 01:09:44,240 --> 01:09:47,559 Speaker 1: with the Lake Effect and everything like that. So By 1297 01:09:47,640 --> 01:09:49,960 Speaker 1: and Lar, just been a very very good season for 1298 01:09:50,080 --> 01:09:54,639 Speaker 1: Rodrigo Blankenship broke all kind of rookie records, kicking rookie 1299 01:09:54,640 --> 01:09:57,400 Speaker 1: records for the Colts. So just a very very good 1300 01:09:57,439 --> 01:09:59,720 Speaker 1: season right out of the gate. And we'll see how 1301 01:09:59,760 --> 01:10:04,080 Speaker 1: the key's you know, acclimate to pressure pack situations when 1302 01:10:04,080 --> 01:10:06,120 Speaker 1: the game's on the line, when when it's a one 1303 01:10:06,160 --> 01:10:09,240 Speaker 1: and done situation out in the cold. Matt, we thank 1304 01:10:09,280 --> 01:10:11,200 Speaker 1: you for the time and bringing us up to speed 1305 01:10:11,240 --> 01:10:13,559 Speaker 1: on the Colts and getting our fans ready for you 1306 01:10:13,600 --> 01:10:16,400 Speaker 1: guys coming in here. Thanks for doing it. And uh, 1307 01:10:16,439 --> 01:10:20,880 Speaker 1: you'll be broadcasting from your stadium. I'm assuming we are 1308 01:10:20,880 --> 01:10:23,800 Speaker 1: not traveling doing the whole remote broadcasting thing, which has 1309 01:10:23,840 --> 01:10:26,800 Speaker 1: been It's been fun, it's been different. I've enjoyed it 1310 01:10:26,840 --> 01:10:28,479 Speaker 1: to a certain degree, but I never want to do 1311 01:10:28,520 --> 01:10:30,599 Speaker 1: it again. Ye to get back to the normal next season. 1312 01:10:30,840 --> 01:10:32,760 Speaker 1: I feel you're paying Matt. I'm in the same boat. 1313 01:10:32,800 --> 01:10:36,920 Speaker 1: So good stuff and appreciate you. Thanks guys, Gonna be 1314 01:10:36,960 --> 01:10:38,880 Speaker 1: with you all right. Take care. That's Matt Walker, play 1315 01:10:38,920 --> 01:10:42,120 Speaker 1: by play voice of the Indianapolis Colts. Yeah, that's got 1316 01:10:42,120 --> 01:10:43,840 Speaker 1: a stink. You know, your team makes the playoffs and 1317 01:10:43,840 --> 01:10:45,280 Speaker 1: you got to sit at home and call the game 1318 01:10:45,320 --> 01:10:47,920 Speaker 1: from from Indian doing it, I mean, I know, I mean, 1319 01:10:47,960 --> 01:10:50,720 Speaker 1: everybody's doing it. We understand why. In some ways it's 1320 01:10:50,880 --> 01:10:53,719 Speaker 1: it's okay because the travel. Everybody thinks, wow, it's cool traveling. 1321 01:10:53,880 --> 01:10:56,320 Speaker 1: Travel stinks. Yeah, you know, it just stinks. Travel with 1322 01:10:56,360 --> 01:10:58,200 Speaker 1: the dead part you don't miss you don't miss that 1323 01:10:58,360 --> 01:11:00,760 Speaker 1: being in the building, but being at watching the game 1324 01:11:00,840 --> 01:11:06,559 Speaker 1: enliven in person. It takes away some of the freedom 1325 01:11:06,600 --> 01:11:09,400 Speaker 1: you have in a broadcast. Well, yeah, and it's harder 1326 01:11:09,439 --> 01:11:12,360 Speaker 1: to do. You're calling it off a monitor. You're at 1327 01:11:12,400 --> 01:11:15,400 Speaker 1: the mercy of whatever the television camera is shooting. You 1328 01:11:15,400 --> 01:11:17,640 Speaker 1: don't get to put your eyes where you might want to, 1329 01:11:17,720 --> 01:11:20,280 Speaker 1: especially as a color analyst like yourself. You're not necessarily 1330 01:11:20,360 --> 01:11:23,200 Speaker 1: following the ball. You might be watching coverages or something 1331 01:11:23,240 --> 01:11:25,479 Speaker 1: like that, and you don't really have that opportunity when 1332 01:11:25,479 --> 01:11:27,640 Speaker 1: you're calling a road game from the home booth and 1333 01:11:27,680 --> 01:11:31,479 Speaker 1: the buildings. Yeah, exactly. Not to mention there's gonna be fans. 1334 01:11:31,680 --> 01:11:34,640 Speaker 1: There's an emotional element involved now that you won't be 1335 01:11:34,640 --> 01:11:37,080 Speaker 1: able to really feel with him sitting an indie call 1336 01:11:37,120 --> 01:11:38,400 Speaker 1: in the game and you'll get a Yeah, you'll be 1337 01:11:38,439 --> 01:11:41,800 Speaker 1: able to get a much greater accurate feel for what 1338 01:11:42,040 --> 01:11:47,360 Speaker 1: the seven thousand or mins fans are gonna be. You know, 1339 01:11:47,400 --> 01:11:49,040 Speaker 1: what kind of effect they have, What it sounds like, 1340 01:11:49,080 --> 01:11:51,479 Speaker 1: how the players react. I think you'll hear them. Oh yeah, 1341 01:11:51,479 --> 01:11:53,599 Speaker 1: I mean it won't be deafening, but I think you'll 1342 01:11:53,600 --> 01:11:56,639 Speaker 1: hear them. It's, you know, sixty five hundred people screaming. Yeah, 1343 01:11:56,640 --> 01:11:58,719 Speaker 1: you're gonna hear it. Um and the mics are gonna 1344 01:11:58,720 --> 01:12:01,800 Speaker 1: pick it up. We'll see. It's gonna be. It's better 1345 01:12:01,840 --> 01:12:05,000 Speaker 1: than zero, that's for sure. Yeah. Uh. Injury notes to 1346 01:12:05,080 --> 01:12:08,200 Speaker 1: keep an eye on for the Colts involved their secondary, 1347 01:12:08,280 --> 01:12:12,320 Speaker 1: probably more than the Buckner injury. Um rock Usin is 1348 01:12:12,320 --> 01:12:15,479 Speaker 1: in the concussion protocol. He's one of their starting corners, 1349 01:12:15,479 --> 01:12:18,400 Speaker 1: and his backup TJ. Kerry is dealing with ankle and 1350 01:12:18,439 --> 01:12:21,200 Speaker 1: shoulder injuries. So that's a position to keep an eye on, 1351 01:12:21,320 --> 01:12:24,000 Speaker 1: especially knowing the Bills can throw four receivers out there 1352 01:12:24,240 --> 01:12:26,360 Speaker 1: they have. If they're down a couple of corners or 1353 01:12:26,360 --> 01:12:29,960 Speaker 1: even one corner, h that could that could make things 1354 01:12:29,960 --> 01:12:33,320 Speaker 1: pretty interesting as far as the Bills passing game goes. 1355 01:12:33,640 --> 01:12:36,599 Speaker 1: And I'm sure every Bills fans ears percked up when 1356 01:12:36,640 --> 01:12:38,760 Speaker 1: Matt said the problem that their defense has is with 1357 01:12:38,800 --> 01:12:42,639 Speaker 1: mobile quarterbacks. Well, I think that's what they're getting this week. 1358 01:12:43,000 --> 01:12:45,000 Speaker 1: I think they are Josh runs once in a while, 1359 01:12:45,040 --> 01:12:48,120 Speaker 1: busn't me. Yeah, you're right, but but that's nothing new. 1360 01:12:48,160 --> 01:12:51,080 Speaker 1: Everybody knows that and Josh and no secret. And the 1361 01:12:51,120 --> 01:12:53,880 Speaker 1: thing about it is with Josh these you know how 1362 01:12:53,960 --> 01:12:57,080 Speaker 1: you want to know how good he's playing. I think 1363 01:12:57,080 --> 01:13:02,160 Speaker 1: they've had like what one called run a game for him. 1364 01:13:03,000 --> 01:13:07,240 Speaker 1: He used to be like seven right, it's less now 1365 01:13:07,320 --> 01:13:10,200 Speaker 1: because he's been that much more effective with he's playing 1366 01:13:10,320 --> 01:13:12,800 Speaker 1: great man, he doesn't need to run. But I will 1367 01:13:12,800 --> 01:13:16,800 Speaker 1: say this, and I agree with Jordan Palmer one hundred percent, 1368 01:13:16,800 --> 01:13:21,280 Speaker 1: who we had on our show yesterday. You cannot defend 1369 01:13:21,520 --> 01:13:23,839 Speaker 1: the Bills in the red zone the way you defend 1370 01:13:23,880 --> 01:13:27,639 Speaker 1: other teams because of his threat as a runner down there. 1371 01:13:27,840 --> 01:13:30,840 Speaker 1: That's right. Especially once the Bills are inside the ten, 1372 01:13:31,400 --> 01:13:34,720 Speaker 1: you're host because there's too many different things they can 1373 01:13:34,760 --> 01:13:38,000 Speaker 1: turn to, even off script with him back then, Josh 1374 01:13:38,080 --> 01:13:40,040 Speaker 1: is playing too good. He's throwing a ball too well. 1375 01:13:40,080 --> 01:13:42,280 Speaker 1: They got too many guys that can catch it. They 1376 01:13:42,320 --> 01:13:44,360 Speaker 1: got a tight end and Dawson Knox. That's, you know, 1377 01:13:44,840 --> 01:13:48,719 Speaker 1: nine feet tall, he's a tough matchup problem physically. You've 1378 01:13:48,720 --> 01:13:53,280 Speaker 1: got Diggs to this and I saw a thing this today. 1379 01:13:53,479 --> 01:13:56,160 Speaker 1: Diggs is the only guy who's caught a touchdown pass 1380 01:13:56,200 --> 01:13:58,080 Speaker 1: on Jalen Ramsey this year. They did it in Week 1381 01:13:58,120 --> 01:14:00,839 Speaker 1: four against the ramsom and they were on one coverage. 1382 01:14:00,920 --> 01:14:04,320 Speaker 1: Joss stuck it right in there. Diggs goes up, runs 1383 01:14:04,320 --> 01:14:07,160 Speaker 1: a hard end cut with at the top of his stick, 1384 01:14:07,840 --> 01:14:10,280 Speaker 1: top of the stem, catches a touchdown on Jalen Ramsey 1385 01:14:10,280 --> 01:14:12,280 Speaker 1: one on one. I mean, there was no doubt about it. 1386 01:14:12,680 --> 01:14:14,839 Speaker 1: He's the only guy to do it this year. That's 1387 01:14:14,880 --> 01:14:18,599 Speaker 1: he's a red zone threat. You've got McKenzie. You've got 1388 01:14:18,640 --> 01:14:21,600 Speaker 1: the misdirection, the back and forth where they run it 1389 01:14:21,680 --> 01:14:23,240 Speaker 1: one way and throw it back the other way. You've 1390 01:14:23,280 --> 01:14:26,640 Speaker 1: got throat, you've got offensive linemen that are eligible that 1391 01:14:26,680 --> 01:14:28,599 Speaker 1: are absolutely going to be able to catch the ball 1392 01:14:28,640 --> 01:14:31,200 Speaker 1: if it's there. And then of course you've got the 1393 01:14:31,240 --> 01:14:34,799 Speaker 1: old style Josh Allen where he gets in shotgun spreads 1394 01:14:34,800 --> 01:14:39,080 Speaker 1: everybody out takes the snap, both backs, the tight end 1395 01:14:39,120 --> 01:14:41,960 Speaker 1: and a guard get out in front of him, and 1396 01:14:42,040 --> 01:14:45,719 Speaker 1: it's a power sweep student body right or student body left. 1397 01:14:47,280 --> 01:14:50,360 Speaker 1: Good luck with that. It's a big menu of really 1398 01:14:50,400 --> 01:14:54,200 Speaker 1: threatening weapons in the ram stop everything. Adam Schefter of 1399 01:14:54,400 --> 01:14:58,280 Speaker 1: ESPN reporting that a Tennessee Titans trainer has tested positive 1400 01:14:58,320 --> 01:15:02,479 Speaker 1: today for COVID. Titans now conducting contact tracing, but their 1401 01:15:02,520 --> 01:15:05,479 Speaker 1: building remains open as they prepare for Sunday's wild Card 1402 01:15:05,560 --> 01:15:08,200 Speaker 1: game against the Baltimore Ravens. Will keep our ear to 1403 01:15:08,240 --> 01:15:10,840 Speaker 1: the ground for any developments coming out of Tennessee. With 1404 01:15:10,880 --> 01:15:16,000 Speaker 1: their latest COVID positive test, got phone callers waiting. We 1405 01:15:16,040 --> 01:15:17,840 Speaker 1: will get to you on the other side of the break, 1406 01:15:18,040 --> 01:15:20,360 Speaker 1: So hang tight as you tell us what you feel 1407 01:15:20,840 --> 01:15:22,960 Speaker 1: is the biggest concern in terms of what the Bills 1408 01:15:23,240 --> 01:15:25,760 Speaker 1: have to address in this matchup with the Colts on 1409 01:15:25,840 --> 01:15:28,760 Speaker 1: wild Card Saturday. Back in a moment here on One 1410 01:15:28,760 --> 01:15:31,200 Speaker 1: Bills Live presented by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo Bills 1411 01:15:31,280 --> 01:15:46,040 Speaker 1: Radio Chris Brown Steve Taker's second half of a Wednesday 1412 01:15:46,160 --> 01:15:49,680 Speaker 1: edition of One Bills Live coming up in about an 1413 01:15:49,680 --> 01:15:54,320 Speaker 1: hour from now. ESPN's dan or Lavski, who has been 1414 01:15:54,880 --> 01:15:57,639 Speaker 1: bullish on the Bills for the better part of two 1415 01:15:57,640 --> 01:16:01,559 Speaker 1: months and it's looking like a savant now talk to 1416 01:16:01,640 --> 01:16:03,840 Speaker 1: him in about an hour from now, in the final 1417 01:16:03,840 --> 01:16:06,240 Speaker 1: hour of the program. But between now and then, we're 1418 01:16:06,280 --> 01:16:08,240 Speaker 1: getting to your phone calls at eight oh three oh 1419 01:16:08,360 --> 01:16:11,640 Speaker 1: five fifty one, eight five fifty two, five fifty is 1420 01:16:11,680 --> 01:16:13,679 Speaker 1: we're asking you what's the biggest challenge for the Bills 1421 01:16:14,080 --> 01:16:17,800 Speaker 1: in Saturday's wild card matchup with the Colts. We lead 1422 01:16:17,840 --> 01:16:20,439 Speaker 1: off with David in Georgia. David, what do you have 1423 01:16:20,439 --> 01:16:23,240 Speaker 1: for us here on one Bills Live. Hey, how are 1424 01:16:23,240 --> 01:16:28,439 Speaker 1: you guys doing to day? Good? Doing well, big fans, Steve, Thanks, 1425 01:16:30,080 --> 01:16:34,599 Speaker 1: hope to see you in Ohio. Thanks. Anyway, what I 1426 01:16:34,680 --> 01:16:38,160 Speaker 1: was thinking is this guy Jonathan Taylor. He's only had 1427 01:16:38,200 --> 01:16:40,640 Speaker 1: three games over one hundred yards, but we need to 1428 01:16:40,640 --> 01:16:42,960 Speaker 1: contain him. He can't have a game over one hundred yards. 1429 01:16:44,080 --> 01:16:47,080 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers. Philip Rivers needs to be contained, put on 1430 01:16:47,120 --> 01:16:49,680 Speaker 1: his heels around his back the entire game. If we 1431 01:16:49,720 --> 01:16:52,200 Speaker 1: can do that, I think the offense will Our offense 1432 01:16:52,280 --> 01:16:55,360 Speaker 1: will take care of business. Yeah, you just gotta get 1433 01:16:55,400 --> 01:16:57,559 Speaker 1: Philip off his spot. I mean that you don't even 1434 01:16:57,600 --> 01:17:03,000 Speaker 1: have to take him down necessarily. His mobility is even 1435 01:17:03,040 --> 01:17:05,519 Speaker 1: more compromise than it was when he was a younger player. 1436 01:17:05,880 --> 01:17:08,920 Speaker 1: He really can't move around all that much. Um, his 1437 01:17:09,000 --> 01:17:10,960 Speaker 1: bottom half looks like who was the soldier when he's 1438 01:17:11,000 --> 01:17:13,879 Speaker 1: trying to get away from trouble. And I know earlier 1439 01:17:13,880 --> 01:17:16,760 Speaker 1: this season, Steve, we had fun at his expense when 1440 01:17:16,760 --> 01:17:18,400 Speaker 1: he threw that pick and then tried to get in 1441 01:17:18,439 --> 01:17:20,400 Speaker 1: the way the guy running the back. Yeah, and he's 1442 01:17:20,400 --> 01:17:23,559 Speaker 1: on his back, just flailing his arms at the I say, look, 1443 01:17:24,439 --> 01:17:28,679 Speaker 1: somebody defibrillated him. Yeah, that's true, but I was outstanding. Yeah, 1444 01:17:28,680 --> 01:17:31,280 Speaker 1: he listen, that's not how you're he's gonna beat you. 1445 01:17:31,360 --> 01:17:33,080 Speaker 1: He's gonna beat you by getting rid of the football. 1446 01:17:33,240 --> 01:17:35,519 Speaker 1: And if you want to pressure him, you can bring 1447 01:17:35,560 --> 01:17:37,439 Speaker 1: extra people. He'll know where they who they are and 1448 01:17:37,439 --> 01:17:39,240 Speaker 1: where they're coming from. He'll give himself a chance to 1449 01:17:39,240 --> 01:17:41,240 Speaker 1: get rid of the football, and you're gonna be spread 1450 01:17:41,240 --> 01:17:44,600 Speaker 1: thin in the back end. Now, he's very difficult to 1451 01:17:44,640 --> 01:17:47,479 Speaker 1: fool and so that's gonna be an issue. It's gonna 1452 01:17:47,479 --> 01:17:49,360 Speaker 1: come down to whether you can cover those guys up 1453 01:17:49,439 --> 01:17:52,960 Speaker 1: or not. He's not going anywhere. But I agree with 1454 01:17:53,000 --> 01:17:55,599 Speaker 1: you if the Bills can win. Here's the play. Though 1455 01:17:55,720 --> 01:17:58,080 Speaker 1: our MSG viewers are watching this, Phillips trying to just 1456 01:17:58,120 --> 01:18:00,400 Speaker 1: get in the way this guy bringing it back straps 1457 01:18:00,439 --> 01:18:06,400 Speaker 1: over himself. I can watch that one hundred times. Here's 1458 01:18:06,400 --> 01:18:08,800 Speaker 1: the thing. If the Bills are gonna win this game, 1459 01:18:08,840 --> 01:18:11,559 Speaker 1: it's gonna mean they're gonna win on first and second down. 1460 01:18:12,680 --> 01:18:14,799 Speaker 1: If they can get him into third and five plus, 1461 01:18:15,400 --> 01:18:18,479 Speaker 1: third and six plus or third and long, which means 1462 01:18:18,479 --> 01:18:20,639 Speaker 1: they're they're crushing him in the running game on first 1463 01:18:20,680 --> 01:18:23,880 Speaker 1: and second down, they're gonna win. If the Bills can 1464 01:18:23,880 --> 01:18:26,720 Speaker 1: control the Colts running game, the Bills are gonna walk 1465 01:18:26,760 --> 01:18:32,920 Speaker 1: off with this. In my opinion. If the Colts cannot 1466 01:18:33,000 --> 01:18:37,479 Speaker 1: run the football, they're done. I'm surprised, knowing the running 1467 01:18:37,479 --> 01:18:42,040 Speaker 1: team that they are and how they usually stay on 1468 01:18:42,120 --> 01:18:46,719 Speaker 1: schedule offensively, that they're ranked twenty second and third down 1469 01:18:46,760 --> 01:18:49,800 Speaker 1: conversion rate. That's a stunning number to me, knowing how 1470 01:18:49,800 --> 01:18:52,160 Speaker 1: effectively they run the football and they have a veteran 1471 01:18:52,240 --> 01:18:54,840 Speaker 1: quarterback who usually makes good decisions. I think that's a 1472 01:18:54,920 --> 01:18:58,559 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers. I think that's a Philip Rivers stat. I'm 1473 01:18:58,600 --> 01:19:00,680 Speaker 1: surprised to see at that low. I would not have 1474 01:19:00,720 --> 01:19:03,639 Speaker 1: pegged them to be bottom third. I would not either. 1475 01:19:03,760 --> 01:19:05,599 Speaker 1: It's hard to win eleven games when you're not good 1476 01:19:05,600 --> 01:19:07,760 Speaker 1: on third down. Yeah, and they're not. But they're very 1477 01:19:07,760 --> 01:19:10,400 Speaker 1: good on first down. They're not horrific. Yeah, I'm just 1478 01:19:10,439 --> 01:19:13,960 Speaker 1: saying on the first downs when they're not good, they 1479 01:19:13,960 --> 01:19:16,880 Speaker 1: don't convert. That's what happened. So it's it's a problem. Yeah, 1480 01:19:16,960 --> 01:19:19,960 Speaker 1: back to the phones and to Debbie and Cheekiwaga. Debbie, 1481 01:19:20,000 --> 01:19:23,719 Speaker 1: what do you have for us? You're on one Bills live. Yeah. Well, 1482 01:19:23,960 --> 01:19:27,719 Speaker 1: for the Bills to win, the Bills have to keep 1483 01:19:27,800 --> 01:19:32,599 Speaker 1: their mind on the game, everything they've prepped for. Don't 1484 01:19:32,640 --> 01:19:36,360 Speaker 1: let the fans distract. I disapproved of the fans in 1485 01:19:36,640 --> 01:19:40,160 Speaker 1: the stadium whether it was six thousand or seventy thousand, 1486 01:19:41,120 --> 01:19:45,639 Speaker 1: and I think the Bills lost their first Super Bowl 1487 01:19:45,720 --> 01:19:50,360 Speaker 1: because they got distracted with all the golf for doings. 1488 01:19:51,120 --> 01:19:55,360 Speaker 1: It had to be the longest halftime ever. And so 1489 01:19:55,479 --> 01:19:59,719 Speaker 1: has Steve said. Next year the Bills will be disman 1490 01:20:00,080 --> 01:20:05,280 Speaker 1: through the free agency. So this is third year this 1491 01:20:05,280 --> 01:20:09,560 Speaker 1: this team of brothers who have come from other teams, 1492 01:20:09,600 --> 01:20:13,280 Speaker 1: and we'll go to other teams. These Bills have to 1493 01:20:13,400 --> 01:20:18,280 Speaker 1: link together as one. It's third chance to show who 1494 01:20:18,400 --> 01:20:24,040 Speaker 1: they are. How often does that happen to brotherhood? Not 1495 01:20:24,320 --> 01:20:29,200 Speaker 1: just a team? Go Buffalo? Well thanks, thanks, Debby. That 1496 01:20:29,280 --> 01:20:32,040 Speaker 1: was well put and it's well prepared, and you're right 1497 01:20:32,160 --> 01:20:34,600 Speaker 1: of distractions or a problem. If you get into this 1498 01:20:34,680 --> 01:20:39,200 Speaker 1: kind of game, you've got and I said this in 1499 01:20:39,400 --> 01:20:44,280 Speaker 1: an interview that I did this Bill's team. You got 1500 01:20:44,280 --> 01:20:47,400 Speaker 1: to if they play their game the way they've played 1501 01:20:47,439 --> 01:20:49,160 Speaker 1: all season and the way they've played in the last 1502 01:20:49,160 --> 01:20:51,000 Speaker 1: month and after, they're not going to lose this game. 1503 01:20:51,560 --> 01:20:53,320 Speaker 1: When you get into a place where they don't play 1504 01:20:53,400 --> 01:20:55,640 Speaker 1: their game is when they start thinking about the consequences 1505 01:20:55,680 --> 01:20:58,040 Speaker 1: of the game, when they think this season might be 1506 01:20:58,040 --> 01:21:00,479 Speaker 1: over if I don't play well, or they get into 1507 01:21:00,520 --> 01:21:02,760 Speaker 1: a position where they think to themselves, I've got to 1508 01:21:02,760 --> 01:21:05,719 Speaker 1: do something special in order for us to win this game, 1509 01:21:06,000 --> 01:21:08,519 Speaker 1: when nothing could be further from the truth. If they 1510 01:21:08,600 --> 01:21:11,840 Speaker 1: play the way they play, they're good enough not only 1511 01:21:11,840 --> 01:21:13,840 Speaker 1: to win this game, but every subsequent game in this 1512 01:21:13,880 --> 01:21:17,880 Speaker 1: season left over that's left on their schedule. They can 1513 01:21:17,920 --> 01:21:20,479 Speaker 1: win all of those games if they play their game. 1514 01:21:20,840 --> 01:21:22,840 Speaker 1: Now they're playing against some other really good players who 1515 01:21:22,840 --> 01:21:24,400 Speaker 1: will try to do everything they can not to let 1516 01:21:24,439 --> 01:21:27,840 Speaker 1: them play their game. But that's too tall of a 1517 01:21:27,880 --> 01:21:30,240 Speaker 1: task and most teams aren't good enough to do that. 1518 01:21:30,680 --> 01:21:34,400 Speaker 1: You've got enough good players on your team this year, 1519 01:21:34,479 --> 01:21:38,040 Speaker 1: as Debbie said, to win the whole, the whole shooting match. 1520 01:21:38,960 --> 01:21:42,320 Speaker 1: So you don't have to do anything special. So don't 1521 01:21:42,640 --> 01:21:45,519 Speaker 1: get distracted and think this game is you know, this 1522 01:21:45,560 --> 01:21:47,479 Speaker 1: game is more important. So I gotta play better or 1523 01:21:47,520 --> 01:21:49,479 Speaker 1: I gotta play work. You know, I gotta do something special. 1524 01:21:49,520 --> 01:21:51,920 Speaker 1: And Josh Allen fell victim to that last year, That's 1525 01:21:51,920 --> 01:21:54,720 Speaker 1: a wildcard game, when he saw Deshaun Watson bring his 1526 01:21:54,760 --> 01:21:57,559 Speaker 1: team back from a sixteen point deficit and make some 1527 01:21:57,680 --> 01:22:01,080 Speaker 1: pretty amazing plays. I think Josh looked at DENSI, well, 1528 01:22:01,120 --> 01:22:03,280 Speaker 1: I gotta go do that now, right. You don't have 1529 01:22:03,360 --> 01:22:05,280 Speaker 1: to and I don't have to do that. And that's 1530 01:22:05,320 --> 01:22:07,439 Speaker 1: one of the lessons that he said he took from 1531 01:22:07,479 --> 01:22:10,040 Speaker 1: that wild card lost to Houston last year. You gotta remember, 1532 01:22:10,080 --> 01:22:14,639 Speaker 1: these guys are special. They don't have to play special. 1533 01:22:14,680 --> 01:22:17,000 Speaker 1: They are special when they pause being them. Yeah. Yeah. 1534 01:22:17,880 --> 01:22:21,439 Speaker 1: Back to the phones and we go to Jeremy in Boise. Jeremy, 1535 01:22:21,439 --> 01:22:24,559 Speaker 1: what do you have, hey, guys, how's it going good? 1536 01:22:25,800 --> 01:22:30,080 Speaker 1: In terms of the biggest challenge facing the Bills this Saturday, 1537 01:22:30,160 --> 01:22:33,479 Speaker 1: I think, honestly, it's whether they can drop forty on them. 1538 01:22:33,600 --> 01:22:36,760 Speaker 1: Or not. I think I'm supremely confident about this game, 1539 01:22:36,800 --> 01:22:39,400 Speaker 1: and my apologies and Bill's moffy. I'm not trying to 1540 01:22:39,520 --> 01:22:43,080 Speaker 1: jinx this, but I think that's the biggest challenge. Okay, yeah, 1541 01:22:43,160 --> 01:22:49,160 Speaker 1: Lordy Burger and go ahead. Oh yeah, yeah, I have 1542 01:22:49,400 --> 01:22:51,160 Speaker 1: a comment for Steve, and then I have a question 1543 01:22:51,200 --> 01:22:54,240 Speaker 1: for the both of you. Yeah, Steve, I was doing 1544 01:22:54,320 --> 01:22:57,400 Speaker 1: some winter cleaning and I came across this old tube 1545 01:22:57,439 --> 01:23:00,640 Speaker 1: of posters that I had that we're up on my 1546 01:23:00,720 --> 01:23:03,000 Speaker 1: walls in my room when I was growing up in Rochester, 1547 01:23:03,600 --> 01:23:06,960 Speaker 1: and it included a bunch of old bills posters like 1548 01:23:07,040 --> 01:23:11,040 Speaker 1: you know, the old Terminator poster and Big Game Hunters. 1549 01:23:11,120 --> 01:23:15,360 Speaker 1: And then I also came across the Demolition Blue poster, Yeah, 1550 01:23:15,560 --> 01:23:20,799 Speaker 1: which features Steve Tasker, Cornelius Bennett, Scott Radisak, Mark Kelso, 1551 01:23:20,920 --> 01:23:25,360 Speaker 1: Ray Bentley, and Leonard Smith. And Steve is featured in 1552 01:23:25,400 --> 01:23:28,200 Speaker 1: the lower left hand part of the poster where he's 1553 01:23:28,240 --> 01:23:34,360 Speaker 1: got a bundle of dynamite in one hand, hard of 1554 01:23:34,479 --> 01:23:37,519 Speaker 1: what appears to be a Cults jersey in the other hand. 1555 01:23:37,920 --> 01:23:41,040 Speaker 1: And I forgot how intense this poster was, but man, 1556 01:23:41,439 --> 01:23:44,400 Speaker 1: it brought back a lot of good memories, and yeah, 1557 01:23:44,680 --> 01:23:47,400 Speaker 1: it was kind of cool to find those were outstanding. 1558 01:23:47,479 --> 01:23:49,400 Speaker 1: I want you to take a picture of that and 1559 01:23:49,520 --> 01:23:53,400 Speaker 1: tweet it or something. Oh my god, get that on film. 1560 01:23:53,479 --> 01:23:55,519 Speaker 1: Oh gosh, I'll go take I got one on my 1561 01:23:55,520 --> 01:23:59,360 Speaker 1: office one. No I don't. Yeah, that's And the question 1562 01:23:59,479 --> 01:24:01,760 Speaker 1: is he said, you know, he thinks the Bills, you know, 1563 01:24:01,760 --> 01:24:04,400 Speaker 1: the only challenges how many they're gonna score. I will 1564 01:24:04,439 --> 01:24:06,400 Speaker 1: say this. I'm not gonna say, hey, they're gonna score forty. 1565 01:24:06,400 --> 01:24:10,960 Speaker 1: I'll say this for four quarters. The Colts aren't going 1566 01:24:11,000 --> 01:24:13,479 Speaker 1: to shut the Bills out. The Bills are going to 1567 01:24:13,520 --> 01:24:16,320 Speaker 1: score some points. They are too good and too well 1568 01:24:16,360 --> 01:24:18,760 Speaker 1: coached and playing too well right now to be held 1569 01:24:18,760 --> 01:24:20,920 Speaker 1: off the scoreboard. And the Colts have got to know 1570 01:24:21,640 --> 01:24:23,479 Speaker 1: they're gonna have to get into the end zone a 1571 01:24:23,520 --> 01:24:27,400 Speaker 1: bunch to keep up with this team. The Bills are fast. 1572 01:24:27,600 --> 01:24:30,120 Speaker 1: I honestly think this is this is the nineteen ninety 1573 01:24:30,160 --> 01:24:33,240 Speaker 1: team all over again, or forty four against Miami, fifty 1574 01:24:33,240 --> 01:24:37,160 Speaker 1: one against the Raiders. I really think that it could happen. 1575 01:24:37,720 --> 01:24:41,520 Speaker 1: This is a good offensive football team and their quarterbacks 1576 01:24:41,560 --> 01:24:45,519 Speaker 1: playing well, and they're well coached. So yeah, you have 1577 01:24:45,600 --> 01:24:51,960 Speaker 1: every right to be confident about this game, and you 1578 01:24:52,000 --> 01:24:54,200 Speaker 1: can downplay what the Colts bring to the table if 1579 01:24:54,240 --> 01:24:56,360 Speaker 1: you want. I'm sure that this team is not going 1580 01:24:56,400 --> 01:24:59,160 Speaker 1: to do that. They're gonna respect these guys extremely a lot. 1581 01:24:59,640 --> 01:25:02,040 Speaker 1: As Sean McDermott said, they're eleven win team with a 1582 01:25:02,120 --> 01:25:04,840 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame quarterback, and they run the ball really well. 1583 01:25:04,880 --> 01:25:07,160 Speaker 1: Everybody's good at this point. Yes, they are very good 1584 01:25:07,160 --> 01:25:09,960 Speaker 1: and they're playing well, so don't get caught up in that. 1585 01:25:10,040 --> 01:25:14,160 Speaker 1: But this is this team here in Buffalo is a force, 1586 01:25:14,400 --> 01:25:17,240 Speaker 1: and you know they gotta go out and play their game. 1587 01:25:17,439 --> 01:25:20,200 Speaker 1: All right, break time for us Dennis in Buffalo, Mike 1588 01:25:20,240 --> 01:25:22,240 Speaker 1: and north Tonawanda, Hang tight. We'll get to you in 1589 01:25:22,280 --> 01:25:24,920 Speaker 1: the next segment. As we are asking you what's the 1590 01:25:24,920 --> 01:25:28,240 Speaker 1: biggest challenge for the Bills against the Colts on Saturday, 1591 01:25:28,600 --> 01:25:31,000 Speaker 1: let us know. Open line for you. Back with more 1592 01:25:31,120 --> 01:25:33,320 Speaker 1: here on One Bills Live presented by Kalid to Health, 1593 01:25:33,400 --> 01:25:48,920 Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back to One Bills Live. 1594 01:25:49,600 --> 01:25:52,200 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills and M ANDT Bank are encouraging fans to 1595 01:25:52,240 --> 01:25:55,840 Speaker 1: submit postcards to wish the team luck in the postseason. 1596 01:25:56,040 --> 01:25:58,120 Speaker 1: You can pick one up at your local M ANDT 1597 01:25:58,360 --> 01:26:01,640 Speaker 1: branch here in the Buffalo area. 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And if you can't get to an M 1614 01:26:48,720 --> 01:26:52,759 Speaker 1: ANDT branch, you can go online and do a virtual postcard. 1615 01:26:52,800 --> 01:26:54,479 Speaker 1: I believe there's a way to do that if you 1616 01:26:54,520 --> 01:26:57,080 Speaker 1: just go on Buffalo bills dot com to wish the 1617 01:26:57,120 --> 01:26:59,920 Speaker 1: team well in their game. This weekend against the Colts, 1618 01:27:00,000 --> 01:27:02,679 Speaker 1: which is what we're talking to you about today here 1619 01:27:02,720 --> 01:27:04,960 Speaker 1: on One Bills Live, asking you what you think the 1620 01:27:04,960 --> 01:27:07,600 Speaker 1: biggest challenge is for the Bills in this matchup, and 1621 01:27:07,640 --> 01:27:10,280 Speaker 1: we go back to the phones, Dennis, and Buffalo has 1622 01:27:10,320 --> 01:27:12,240 Speaker 1: been waiting patiently, Dennis, what do you have for us? 1623 01:27:12,240 --> 01:27:14,960 Speaker 1: You're on one Bills Live right Hey, Listen, this is 1624 01:27:15,000 --> 01:27:17,080 Speaker 1: what I wanted to kill them. Listen, don't sleep on 1625 01:27:17,160 --> 01:27:21,320 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers. I'm not worried about the run game. If 1626 01:27:21,320 --> 01:27:23,120 Speaker 1: they sleep on this guy, he's going to take their 1627 01:27:23,160 --> 01:27:26,599 Speaker 1: football is sticking where the sun don't shine. Well, it's 1628 01:27:26,680 --> 01:27:28,599 Speaker 1: it's kind of funny that you mentioned that, Dennis, only 1629 01:27:28,640 --> 01:27:31,360 Speaker 1: because I thought of this, Steve, when I thought about 1630 01:27:31,439 --> 01:27:34,160 Speaker 1: Rivers coming in here. The last time he was here 1631 01:27:35,080 --> 01:27:39,280 Speaker 1: was Josh Allen's first career start. It was Week two, 1632 01:27:39,560 --> 01:27:43,280 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen season. If you remember, Josh came in after 1633 01:27:43,320 --> 01:27:47,519 Speaker 1: the Nathan Peterman debacle in Baltimore in Week one forty 1634 01:27:47,560 --> 01:27:49,599 Speaker 1: seven to three. I remember that he got some mop 1635 01:27:49,720 --> 01:27:51,960 Speaker 1: up duty there in Week one and then made his 1636 01:27:52,000 --> 01:27:55,960 Speaker 1: first career start against the Chargers and Philip and the 1637 01:27:56,040 --> 01:27:59,200 Speaker 1: Chargers won that game thirty one twenty and he was 1638 01:27:59,240 --> 01:28:02,519 Speaker 1: slicing in dice uh that day. I'm saying, if they don't, 1639 01:28:02,600 --> 01:28:04,400 Speaker 1: they don't be on this guy. He's gonna he's gonna 1640 01:28:04,400 --> 01:28:08,240 Speaker 1: look from apart. Did throw the one game? Ye? After 1641 01:28:08,280 --> 01:28:11,320 Speaker 1: one game? You got to you gotta check Philip Rivers 1642 01:28:11,320 --> 01:28:14,639 Speaker 1: because he ain't no slouch. Well yeah, I mean, as 1643 01:28:14,640 --> 01:28:16,960 Speaker 1: coach McDermott said himself, he's gonna be a Hall of 1644 01:28:16,960 --> 01:28:19,600 Speaker 1: Fame quarterback when it's all said and done. And you know, 1645 01:28:19,640 --> 01:28:21,519 Speaker 1: he's thirty seven years old. He's still threw for almost 1646 01:28:21,520 --> 01:28:24,559 Speaker 1: forty two hundred yards this year. I mean he's still 1647 01:28:24,600 --> 01:28:28,920 Speaker 1: got it right. Yeah, he's a good player, and he 1648 01:28:28,960 --> 01:28:31,840 Speaker 1: brings his own unique skill set to the table. And 1649 01:28:31,880 --> 01:28:34,120 Speaker 1: I think one of the things that struck me when 1650 01:28:34,120 --> 01:28:36,800 Speaker 1: we had Matt Taylor on the play by play guy 1651 01:28:36,800 --> 01:28:40,439 Speaker 1: of the Indianapolis Colds, he said, they've had games where 1652 01:28:40,479 --> 01:28:43,439 Speaker 1: fifteen different guys and ten guys, eight guys, nine guys 1653 01:28:43,479 --> 01:28:45,400 Speaker 1: have caught passes in the game. And I think that 1654 01:28:45,560 --> 01:28:47,800 Speaker 1: is as big a challenge for the Bill's defense as 1655 01:28:47,840 --> 01:28:51,559 Speaker 1: anything you'll see. Rivers goes to the guy that the 1656 01:28:51,600 --> 01:28:55,280 Speaker 1: plays called to that and they call everybody's number, So 1657 01:28:55,320 --> 01:28:58,640 Speaker 1: you've got to really go deep in your coverage responsibilities. 1658 01:28:58,880 --> 01:29:01,240 Speaker 1: And just because a guy's two snaps doesn't mean he's 1659 01:29:01,240 --> 01:29:04,400 Speaker 1: not gonna get two targets. And that's an issue I 1660 01:29:04,400 --> 01:29:06,759 Speaker 1: think for Leslie Frazier, and it's a it's a spot 1661 01:29:06,760 --> 01:29:09,360 Speaker 1: where you know guys are going to notice that on film. 1662 01:29:09,800 --> 01:29:13,160 Speaker 1: So that to me is as big an issue as say, 1663 01:29:13,200 --> 01:29:15,160 Speaker 1: for instance, if you're gonna play the Tennessee Titans and 1664 01:29:15,160 --> 01:29:17,360 Speaker 1: you got to do something with a J. Brown, you know, 1665 01:29:17,439 --> 01:29:20,120 Speaker 1: or if you're gonna play some of these other teams, 1666 01:29:20,160 --> 01:29:22,920 Speaker 1: you gotta find you know, they got a big alpha dog, 1667 01:29:23,439 --> 01:29:27,320 Speaker 1: like the Bills with Steph Diggs, you gotta cover him 1668 01:29:27,360 --> 01:29:31,480 Speaker 1: up every time. The Colts have t Y Hilton. But yeah, 1669 01:29:31,520 --> 01:29:34,400 Speaker 1: well he's kind of a smaller statured player, right, he's 1670 01:29:34,479 --> 01:29:38,160 Speaker 1: more of a shifty route runner. He's not gonna overpower you. 1671 01:29:38,240 --> 01:29:40,160 Speaker 1: He's not going to beat you in a jump all situation. 1672 01:29:40,760 --> 01:29:43,040 Speaker 1: You know, he's about separation and route runs. A great 1673 01:29:43,080 --> 01:29:45,120 Speaker 1: route runner, and he's a little bit like Diggs. You know, 1674 01:29:45,200 --> 01:29:47,000 Speaker 1: he can run great routes. He's got great hands, and 1675 01:29:47,000 --> 01:29:50,040 Speaker 1: he's fast. So and he's got tremendous amount of experience 1676 01:29:50,040 --> 01:29:52,639 Speaker 1: at this point as well. So they're a different passing 1677 01:29:52,680 --> 01:29:55,280 Speaker 1: game kind of to defend than the Bills have seen 1678 01:29:55,439 --> 01:29:58,040 Speaker 1: of late, and it'll be interesting to see how they do, 1679 01:29:58,240 --> 01:30:00,519 Speaker 1: what kind of job they do defending it. Ay, but 1680 01:30:00,560 --> 01:30:04,920 Speaker 1: he's right, UM, don't sleep on Philip Rivers. Yeah, back 1681 01:30:04,920 --> 01:30:07,200 Speaker 1: to the phones into Mike and north Tonawanda, Mike, what 1682 01:30:07,200 --> 01:30:11,639 Speaker 1: do you have for us? Hi? Good after well, good afternoon. Now, UM, 1683 01:30:12,120 --> 01:30:14,800 Speaker 1: I would like to I mean, I agree Rivers is, 1684 01:30:15,000 --> 01:30:17,120 Speaker 1: he's been around this league a long time. He's a 1685 01:30:17,240 --> 01:30:21,680 Speaker 1: very smart quarterback. He doesn't make stupid decisions with the football. UM. 1686 01:30:21,960 --> 01:30:24,439 Speaker 1: And another aspect of the game, we as obviously have 1687 01:30:24,520 --> 01:30:26,800 Speaker 1: to watch out for the running game. But let's not 1688 01:30:26,880 --> 01:30:30,680 Speaker 1: overlook Frank. Right, Frank Wright is a very smart, offensive 1689 01:30:31,400 --> 01:30:35,720 Speaker 1: minded head coach. He can read defenses very well. He 1690 01:30:35,760 --> 01:30:40,320 Speaker 1: can adopt during the game. Um, he's not a terrible 1691 01:30:40,360 --> 01:30:44,280 Speaker 1: coach by any means. UM. I mean we obviously we 1692 01:30:44,320 --> 01:30:47,800 Speaker 1: saw an example of that when he was here playing. Um. 1693 01:30:48,840 --> 01:30:52,200 Speaker 1: But I also like to make a comment on yesterday's show. Um, 1694 01:30:52,280 --> 01:30:59,479 Speaker 1: that interview with Dalton Um yesterday, I mean Palmer, Palmer, 1695 01:30:59,520 --> 01:31:03,400 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, yeah, I miss book, I'm sorry. His take 1696 01:31:03,479 --> 01:31:06,759 Speaker 1: of Josh Allen, and I wish everybody would have listened 1697 01:31:06,760 --> 01:31:10,320 Speaker 1: to it, because it'll tell you exactly what frame of 1698 01:31:10,400 --> 01:31:16,040 Speaker 1: mind that Josh Allen is in mentally, physically, his attitude 1699 01:31:16,080 --> 01:31:20,479 Speaker 1: towards the game. You know, it just spoke. It blew 1700 01:31:20,560 --> 01:31:24,240 Speaker 1: my mind away on how he threw all the credit 1701 01:31:24,280 --> 01:31:27,800 Speaker 1: back at Josh and his work ethic. It just it 1702 01:31:27,840 --> 01:31:30,000 Speaker 1: blew my mind away. Yeah, I mean, I don't think 1703 01:31:30,040 --> 01:31:32,439 Speaker 1: there's any question, Mike, and thanks for the call. I 1704 01:31:32,439 --> 01:31:37,200 Speaker 1: don't think there's any question that Josh has had an 1705 01:31:37,240 --> 01:31:41,120 Speaker 1: excellent cast of tutors surrounding him for the better part 1706 01:31:41,120 --> 01:31:43,720 Speaker 1: of the last three years, whether it's Jordan Palmer in 1707 01:31:43,760 --> 01:31:47,080 Speaker 1: the offseason working on his throwing mechanics or how he's 1708 01:31:47,120 --> 01:31:51,040 Speaker 1: supposed to approach the game mentally, physically and emotionally, or 1709 01:31:51,439 --> 01:31:54,680 Speaker 1: Brian Dable or Ken Dorsey or even some of the 1710 01:31:54,680 --> 01:31:59,880 Speaker 1: other offensive assistance here like Shay Tierney. So he's had 1711 01:31:59,880 --> 01:32:04,080 Speaker 1: a fantastic support system around him. But do not dismiss 1712 01:32:04,840 --> 01:32:08,320 Speaker 1: the time and effort that Josh has put into this thing. 1713 01:32:08,840 --> 01:32:11,920 Speaker 1: You have to have an unrelenting desire to be great 1714 01:32:12,800 --> 01:32:16,280 Speaker 1: to make it at this level and play the way 1715 01:32:16,320 --> 01:32:19,960 Speaker 1: he's been playing this year. I mean, this guy went 1716 01:32:20,000 --> 01:32:22,759 Speaker 1: to work in the off season. This guy isn't sitting 1717 01:32:22,800 --> 01:32:25,959 Speaker 1: on the beach after the season's over. He's running sprints 1718 01:32:26,000 --> 01:32:31,400 Speaker 1: on the beach uphill. He's throwing boys, he's throwing, he's throwing. 1719 01:32:32,120 --> 01:32:34,439 Speaker 1: Palmer takes him down to the beach. They throw in 1720 01:32:34,479 --> 01:32:37,560 Speaker 1: the sand to force them to have a better platform 1721 01:32:37,600 --> 01:32:40,200 Speaker 1: of balance. You want to go stand in the stand 1722 01:32:40,200 --> 01:32:42,600 Speaker 1: and bounce. Go stand in the sand, bounce around on 1723 01:32:42,640 --> 01:32:47,960 Speaker 1: your feet in bare feet and try to get proper platform. 1724 01:32:48,000 --> 01:32:50,439 Speaker 1: You know, it forces you to be better in that 1725 01:32:50,560 --> 01:32:52,360 Speaker 1: area of your game. And there's a multitude of other 1726 01:32:52,360 --> 01:32:56,320 Speaker 1: things that they've done. But the point is Josh has 1727 01:32:56,360 --> 01:33:00,800 Speaker 1: put the work in. Yes, he's had a fantastic supporting 1728 01:33:00,840 --> 01:33:03,160 Speaker 1: cast that has kind of shepherded him to this point, 1729 01:33:03,680 --> 01:33:05,800 Speaker 1: but it doesn't he doesn't get there without putting into 1730 01:33:05,840 --> 01:33:08,479 Speaker 1: work himself. It's hard to be great in the NFL, 1731 01:33:08,479 --> 01:33:10,479 Speaker 1: and I do no matter how physically gifted you are. 1732 01:33:10,520 --> 01:33:12,720 Speaker 1: We've seen guys that are physically gifted. Not that good. 1733 01:33:12,840 --> 01:33:15,920 Speaker 1: Josh two or three years ago was physically gifted, Wasn't 1734 01:33:15,920 --> 01:33:19,000 Speaker 1: that good? J P. Lassman was pretty physically gifted. Sand 1735 01:33:19,040 --> 01:33:21,200 Speaker 1: a four six forty and had a rocket arm. It 1736 01:33:21,240 --> 01:33:24,639 Speaker 1: takes hard work, and it takes a lot of effort, 1737 01:33:24,680 --> 01:33:28,040 Speaker 1: and it's and it's also what young people don't get 1738 01:33:28,080 --> 01:33:31,280 Speaker 1: sometimes is that, Yeah, you gotta work hard. You gotta 1739 01:33:31,320 --> 01:33:33,840 Speaker 1: work hard to you know, to understand defenses and all that. 1740 01:33:34,000 --> 01:33:35,479 Speaker 1: But you gotta work hard on the stuff that you 1741 01:33:35,520 --> 01:33:37,519 Speaker 1: don't like and the stuff that's no fun to work at. 1742 01:33:37,760 --> 01:33:40,719 Speaker 1: You gotta work on your weaknesses. And that's what Josh 1743 01:33:40,760 --> 01:33:42,679 Speaker 1: has had to do for three years. I mean, let's 1744 01:33:42,680 --> 01:33:44,840 Speaker 1: face it, the guy had a lot of holes in 1745 01:33:44,880 --> 01:33:47,439 Speaker 1: his game. He worked on all of them and he's 1746 01:33:47,600 --> 01:33:50,439 Speaker 1: getting Jordan Palmer told us yesterday they're going to continue 1747 01:33:50,439 --> 01:33:51,960 Speaker 1: to work on at this office. They got stuff they 1748 01:33:51,960 --> 01:33:55,000 Speaker 1: got to do this offseason. So it takes a lot 1749 01:33:55,040 --> 01:33:57,000 Speaker 1: of hard work to be good at this Josh is 1750 01:33:57,000 --> 01:33:58,840 Speaker 1: put in the work. He's seeing the rewards. We're all 1751 01:33:58,920 --> 01:34:02,439 Speaker 1: enjoying it, and you know, tip your hat to the guy. 1752 01:34:02,800 --> 01:34:05,400 Speaker 1: He is. He has hit it out of the park 1753 01:34:05,520 --> 01:34:09,240 Speaker 1: this season. Absolutely. Yeah, break time for us, But when 1754 01:34:09,240 --> 01:34:11,559 Speaker 1: we return more of your phone calls, Frank and Ken Moore, 1755 01:34:11,560 --> 01:34:13,519 Speaker 1: hang tight, you'll lead us off in the next segment. 1756 01:34:13,760 --> 01:34:16,799 Speaker 1: Open line for you at eight oh three, five fifty. 1757 01:34:16,960 --> 01:34:18,720 Speaker 1: We'll also get to some of your comments on the 1758 01:34:18,720 --> 01:34:21,360 Speaker 1: tweet sheet as we're asking you what you feel the 1759 01:34:21,360 --> 01:34:24,320 Speaker 1: biggest challenges for the Bills in this matchup with the Colts. 1760 01:34:24,400 --> 01:34:27,680 Speaker 1: Choices are there? Respond in kind? Steve and I back 1761 01:34:27,720 --> 01:34:29,800 Speaker 1: in a moment here on One Bill's Live, presented by 1762 01:34:29,840 --> 01:34:43,759 Speaker 1: Kalid to Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Hello, Bill's Radio Network. 1763 01:34:44,240 --> 01:34:47,719 Speaker 1: Sports Update, Your sports update from One Bill's Drive. Bills 1764 01:34:47,720 --> 01:34:50,839 Speaker 1: back on the practice field today. Injury report update expected 1765 01:34:50,920 --> 01:34:55,000 Speaker 1: later this afternoon. Tuesday's report had new additions Stefan Diggs 1766 01:34:55,000 --> 01:34:58,720 Speaker 1: and Isaiah McKenzie listed as limited participants with oblique and 1767 01:34:58,760 --> 01:35:03,280 Speaker 1: ankle injuries. Respect Again, we're getting an update later this afternoon. 1768 01:35:03,560 --> 01:35:06,960 Speaker 1: Bills will be facing the AFC Defensive Player of the 1769 01:35:06,960 --> 01:35:11,080 Speaker 1: Week in linebacker Darius Leonard on Saturday. The Colts linebacker 1770 01:35:11,120 --> 01:35:14,519 Speaker 1: receiving the award today following his performance against the Jags 1771 01:35:14,600 --> 01:35:17,040 Speaker 1: last week, when he had ten tackles, the strip sack, 1772 01:35:17,320 --> 01:35:21,360 Speaker 1: and two pass breakups. Now official Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence, 1773 01:35:21,520 --> 01:35:24,679 Speaker 1: the presumptive number one pick, declares for the twenty twenty 1774 01:35:24,680 --> 01:35:28,879 Speaker 1: one NFL Draft. Lawrence is a National Championship winner. Heisman 1775 01:35:28,960 --> 01:35:33,400 Speaker 1: Trophy finalist. The Jags currently hold the top overall pick. 1776 01:35:34,200 --> 01:35:37,240 Speaker 1: The Miami Dolphins will have a new offensive coordinator for 1777 01:35:37,280 --> 01:35:40,160 Speaker 1: the fifth straight year and for the third time under 1778 01:35:40,200 --> 01:35:44,000 Speaker 1: Brian Flores, as the team announced Wednesday that coordinator Chan 1779 01:35:44,080 --> 01:35:47,559 Speaker 1: Gailey has resigned. The news came a day after Flores 1780 01:35:47,680 --> 01:35:50,719 Speaker 1: said he expected all his assistants to return in twenty 1781 01:35:50,760 --> 01:35:53,960 Speaker 1: twenty one. Gailey's resignation throws a wrench into the plan. 1782 01:35:54,400 --> 01:35:57,040 Speaker 1: Gailey came out of a four year retirement to join 1783 01:35:57,080 --> 01:36:00,439 Speaker 1: the Dolphins this season. He is seventy years old. The 1784 01:36:00,520 --> 01:36:03,520 Speaker 1: Houston Texans have an agreement in place to hire Nick Casserio, 1785 01:36:03,840 --> 01:36:07,160 Speaker 1: the Patriots director of player Personnel, to be their new GM. 1786 01:36:07,160 --> 01:36:10,320 Speaker 1: In twenty nineteen, the Patriots block Casserio from interviewing with 1787 01:36:10,360 --> 01:36:13,320 Speaker 1: the Texans and even threatened to sue for tampering, but 1788 01:36:13,479 --> 01:36:17,320 Speaker 1: now Houston has its man. Casserio will succeed Bill O'Brien, 1789 01:36:17,520 --> 01:36:20,080 Speaker 1: who was fired early in the twenty twenty season. As 1790 01:36:20,080 --> 01:36:23,479 Speaker 1: the Texans GM, as well as the head coach, and 1791 01:36:23,560 --> 01:36:27,840 Speaker 1: the United States upset heavily favored and undefeated Canada tune 1792 01:36:27,840 --> 01:36:30,439 Speaker 1: to Nothing on Tuesday to win the gold medal in 1793 01:36:30,560 --> 01:36:34,599 Speaker 1: the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships played in a bubble. 1794 01:36:34,880 --> 01:36:38,799 Speaker 1: Canada had outscored opponents forty one to four before Tuesday 1795 01:36:38,840 --> 01:36:42,040 Speaker 1: night's final in its bid to repeat as World Junior champion. 1796 01:36:42,240 --> 01:36:46,040 Speaker 1: Sabers prospect Dylan Cousins led Canada and finished second among 1797 01:36:46,080 --> 01:36:49,840 Speaker 1: all players with sixteen points in the tournament. That is 1798 01:36:49,880 --> 01:36:53,360 Speaker 1: your sports update, Chris Brown Steve Tasker our number three 1799 01:36:53,439 --> 01:36:57,759 Speaker 1: of One Bills Live Wednesday edition. As we are diving 1800 01:36:57,840 --> 01:37:02,000 Speaker 1: deep into the Colts Bills matchup for the wild card 1801 01:37:02,080 --> 01:37:05,400 Speaker 1: round of the playoffs on Saturday with the one oh 1802 01:37:05,560 --> 01:37:09,000 Speaker 1: five kickoff, and we go back to the phones, and 1803 01:37:09,360 --> 01:37:12,000 Speaker 1: what do we have here? We've got Tim and Tonawanda 1804 01:37:12,120 --> 01:37:14,040 Speaker 1: joining us. Tim, what do you have for us? You're 1805 01:37:14,040 --> 01:37:18,080 Speaker 1: on One Bill's Live. I got a feeling, but Hello, 1806 01:37:18,280 --> 01:37:20,880 Speaker 1: is going to the super Bowl. We're going to the 1807 01:37:20,880 --> 01:37:23,240 Speaker 1: super Bowl, guys. And the point I want to make is, 1808 01:37:23,280 --> 01:37:25,280 Speaker 1: I think this game up here is coming down to 1809 01:37:25,360 --> 01:37:27,680 Speaker 1: third down. We're normally blitz on third down. I'm a 1810 01:37:27,720 --> 01:37:29,880 Speaker 1: little nervous about Rivers on third down. What do you 1811 01:37:29,880 --> 01:37:35,280 Speaker 1: guys think? I agree? I think the Bills to win 1812 01:37:35,360 --> 01:37:37,639 Speaker 1: third down. Like you say, you're right, it's a critical down. 1813 01:37:37,680 --> 01:37:39,080 Speaker 1: One of the reasons they're gonna do that is the 1814 01:37:39,080 --> 01:37:41,320 Speaker 1: Bills got to win on first and second. If they 1815 01:37:41,360 --> 01:37:43,439 Speaker 1: if they get into third and one all day or 1816 01:37:43,520 --> 01:37:45,120 Speaker 1: third and two all day, it's going to be a 1817 01:37:45,120 --> 01:37:48,360 Speaker 1: long day. And the Colts will convert those because they 1818 01:37:48,439 --> 01:37:50,439 Speaker 1: run the ball well enough. If you can get them, 1819 01:37:50,680 --> 01:37:54,240 Speaker 1: stop them for no gain or so on first and second, 1820 01:37:54,720 --> 01:37:56,840 Speaker 1: or hold them to short completions, get him into third 1821 01:37:56,840 --> 01:37:59,280 Speaker 1: and medium most of the time, you've got a better chance. 1822 01:37:59,560 --> 01:38:02,080 Speaker 1: So I think it all works in concert, no question. 1823 01:38:02,439 --> 01:38:05,240 Speaker 1: But I think more so than anything, the Bills can 1824 01:38:05,280 --> 01:38:08,240 Speaker 1: set themselves up for success if they can get them 1825 01:38:08,280 --> 01:38:12,559 Speaker 1: to a third down in five plus. That's what I think. 1826 01:38:12,560 --> 01:38:14,720 Speaker 1: I agree. I agree, And you know what, you've got 1827 01:38:14,720 --> 01:38:16,719 Speaker 1: to be careful rivers. You use to that Sonny Weather 1828 01:38:16,800 --> 01:38:21,120 Speaker 1: playing in the Dome Saturday. It might be chilly, I agree. 1829 01:38:21,520 --> 01:38:24,920 Speaker 1: People can't resist dropping the line on Steve. They can't 1830 01:38:24,920 --> 01:38:29,040 Speaker 1: resist it might be chilly. It might be I might 1831 01:38:29,040 --> 01:38:32,240 Speaker 1: wear that hat in the booth this weekend somebody. I 1832 01:38:32,240 --> 01:38:36,160 Speaker 1: can't remember if somebody tweeted me directly, or if they 1833 01:38:36,560 --> 01:38:38,799 Speaker 1: mentioned this to us or send it to one. Bill's 1834 01:38:38,840 --> 01:38:41,920 Speaker 1: Live on Twitter, but I thought it was very clever. 1835 01:38:42,520 --> 01:38:47,920 Speaker 1: They say, perfect line. Perfect line for when you got 1836 01:38:47,960 --> 01:38:50,639 Speaker 1: something covered up in the crock pot and people ask 1837 01:38:50,720 --> 01:38:55,360 Speaker 1: what's for dinner? You say, might chill? Like that? I 1838 01:38:55,400 --> 01:38:59,120 Speaker 1: thought that it's probably a dad joke and my kids 1839 01:38:59,120 --> 01:39:01,000 Speaker 1: are rolling their eyes when I say that one. But 1840 01:39:01,640 --> 01:39:04,519 Speaker 1: I liked it and I like chili. So that's, you know, 1841 01:39:04,760 --> 01:39:08,920 Speaker 1: two ways and two reasons to like that. We do 1842 01:39:09,000 --> 01:39:10,880 Speaker 1: want to get to the tweet sheets, Steve. We have 1843 01:39:10,960 --> 01:39:13,960 Speaker 1: not done that as of yet, so I think it's 1844 01:39:14,040 --> 01:39:16,920 Speaker 1: in order. Here for hour three of the program, see 1845 01:39:16,920 --> 01:39:19,960 Speaker 1: what our fine friends in the social media universe think 1846 01:39:20,000 --> 01:39:22,559 Speaker 1: about what they feel is the biggest challenge for the 1847 01:39:22,560 --> 01:39:25,120 Speaker 1: Bills against the Colts, And as we know, that's brought 1848 01:39:25,160 --> 01:39:28,240 Speaker 1: to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the official equipment moving 1849 01:39:28,280 --> 01:39:32,479 Speaker 1: company of the Buffalo Bills. From from Patty, she says, 1850 01:39:32,520 --> 01:39:35,040 Speaker 1: it's the Colts run game that's the biggest challenge. If 1851 01:39:35,040 --> 01:39:37,720 Speaker 1: we can stop Taylor, they'll be forced to win with 1852 01:39:37,800 --> 01:39:40,439 Speaker 1: rivers arm and that doesn't scare anyone, even if it's 1853 01:39:40,479 --> 01:39:43,760 Speaker 1: a low scoring game. The Bills will win if we 1854 01:39:43,920 --> 01:39:50,360 Speaker 1: stop Jonathan Taylor. Yeah, I mean hard to disagree. We've 1855 01:39:50,400 --> 01:39:53,080 Speaker 1: had people call in now, Sailless Rivers might be the keys. 1856 01:39:53,080 --> 01:39:56,160 Speaker 1: They they're scared of him because of his longevity and 1857 01:39:56,160 --> 01:39:58,120 Speaker 1: his pedigree and all of that and the things he 1858 01:39:58,160 --> 01:40:03,240 Speaker 1: brings to the table. Mentally, certainly that's the case. Uh. 1859 01:40:03,280 --> 01:40:07,360 Speaker 1: But the Colts passing game is not what got them 1860 01:40:07,360 --> 01:40:10,840 Speaker 1: to the playoffs. It's their running game, and everything that 1861 01:40:10,880 --> 01:40:13,439 Speaker 1: they do in the passing game is predicated on the 1862 01:40:13,479 --> 01:40:18,000 Speaker 1: success they're in. So I would agree that if you 1863 01:40:18,040 --> 01:40:20,200 Speaker 1: can get it and put this game in Philip rivers hand. 1864 01:40:20,240 --> 01:40:22,240 Speaker 1: Let's face it, Philip Rivers is throwing to t Y 1865 01:40:22,320 --> 01:40:26,840 Speaker 1: Hilton and what's the other guy's name? Hines is the 1866 01:40:26,840 --> 01:40:29,400 Speaker 1: guy that leads them in ye, and then the other 1867 01:40:29,479 --> 01:40:32,880 Speaker 1: the other one is Uh. I can't even Matt Taylor, 1868 01:40:35,360 --> 01:40:39,280 Speaker 1: Zach Pascal. I don't even know those guys. They maybe, 1869 01:40:39,479 --> 01:40:42,519 Speaker 1: I'm sure they're really good players. But you got guys 1870 01:40:42,720 --> 01:40:45,240 Speaker 1: Aaron Buffalo that are tearing it up, and you got 1871 01:40:45,280 --> 01:40:50,840 Speaker 1: like five of them. They gotta keep those guys gotta 1872 01:40:50,920 --> 01:40:53,559 Speaker 1: keep up with our guys, and I quite frankly do 1873 01:40:53,640 --> 01:40:57,360 Speaker 1: not believe they can. I quite frankly do not believe 1874 01:40:57,400 --> 01:41:02,120 Speaker 1: they can. You gotta do two things. Protect gosh, and 1875 01:41:02,240 --> 01:41:06,880 Speaker 1: stop their run game. That's it, yeah to me, So 1876 01:41:07,000 --> 01:41:09,880 Speaker 1: there you go, and I get it. Um, I have 1877 01:41:09,920 --> 01:41:12,840 Speaker 1: to interrupt the program because we have just been afforded 1878 01:41:13,600 --> 01:41:21,639 Speaker 1: visual evidence of the demolition blue and sweet mother of God, 1879 01:41:21,720 --> 01:41:26,320 Speaker 1: this is beautiful. If this isn't screaming nineties, I don't 1880 01:41:26,320 --> 01:41:28,679 Speaker 1: know what is. At least I don't have the mullet. 1881 01:41:28,840 --> 01:41:31,280 Speaker 1: But we've got this might be even be earlier than that. 1882 01:41:31,320 --> 01:41:39,400 Speaker 1: This might be like Ray Bentley, Mark Kelso, Scott rad Asik, 1883 01:41:39,800 --> 01:41:46,240 Speaker 1: Cornelius Bennett and Steve Tasker and in Steve's clenched right fists, 1884 01:41:46,800 --> 01:41:50,200 Speaker 1: looks like the remnants of a Colts jersey. And and 1885 01:41:50,600 --> 01:41:53,120 Speaker 1: tell me if I'm wrong, Steve, I think I see 1886 01:41:53,600 --> 01:41:57,280 Speaker 1: a hand that doesn't belong to a body on the 1887 01:41:57,320 --> 01:41:59,719 Speaker 1: bottom of this poster. There's a body there. It's number 1888 01:41:59,720 --> 01:42:02,960 Speaker 1: thirteen for the Dolphins. Oh see him? Well yeah, but 1889 01:42:03,520 --> 01:42:06,120 Speaker 1: well yeah, parts of a body. I suppose it's a 1890 01:42:06,160 --> 01:42:07,760 Speaker 1: real body. I remember taking that it was a oh 1891 01:42:07,800 --> 01:42:10,240 Speaker 1: it's dummy, a guy. It's a kid. There's a dude 1892 01:42:10,320 --> 01:42:12,600 Speaker 1: under there. It's a real hand. Oh my god. And 1893 01:42:12,840 --> 01:42:15,160 Speaker 1: if the kids laying underneath all this stuff and he 1894 01:42:15,200 --> 01:42:17,280 Speaker 1: actually got claustrophobic had to get out and sit up 1895 01:42:17,280 --> 01:42:20,200 Speaker 1: for a minute. Who is going to be intimidated by that? 1896 01:42:20,320 --> 01:42:23,160 Speaker 1: Look at me and Kelso? We look also holding a 1897 01:42:23,160 --> 01:42:26,679 Speaker 1: bouquet of flowers. Yeah, for the funeral, for the funeral procession. 1898 01:42:26,720 --> 01:42:29,639 Speaker 1: I see there's a there's a lot going on here. 1899 01:42:29,760 --> 01:42:32,639 Speaker 1: We look like seriously, Kelso and I looked like we're 1900 01:42:32,760 --> 01:42:38,439 Speaker 1: nine years old. This is so dull. I look, I 1901 01:42:38,439 --> 01:42:40,600 Speaker 1: have to ask you this question, Okay, I need to 1902 01:42:40,640 --> 01:42:42,880 Speaker 1: ask Look at the dynamite I got in my hands. Awesome. 1903 01:42:42,880 --> 01:42:47,040 Speaker 1: How did I'm telling you right now? How does something 1904 01:42:47,120 --> 01:42:51,120 Speaker 1: like this come together? Do you know what I'm saying? Like, 1905 01:42:51,560 --> 01:42:53,320 Speaker 1: did they just kind of parade around the locker room 1906 01:42:53,320 --> 01:42:56,200 Speaker 1: and say, hey, anybody want to shoot a poster? I mean, 1907 01:42:56,320 --> 01:42:59,599 Speaker 1: is it that it was for great cause? Kids escaping drugs? Okay, 1908 01:43:00,080 --> 01:43:03,080 Speaker 1: back in the day and his dynamite setting the sending 1909 01:43:03,080 --> 01:43:06,800 Speaker 1: the right message? Though, I ask you, well, I don't know. 1910 01:43:06,920 --> 01:43:09,919 Speaker 1: It's the nineties, baby, nobody cared about that stuff. Political 1911 01:43:10,000 --> 01:43:13,800 Speaker 1: correctness be damned right. Biscuit's got a sledge hammer, Ray's 1912 01:43:13,880 --> 01:43:17,040 Speaker 1: got a pick, He's got a big smith. Leonard Smith's 1913 01:43:17,040 --> 01:43:20,120 Speaker 1: got it. He's got a jackhammer, an unplugged jackhammer, by 1914 01:43:20,160 --> 01:43:24,280 Speaker 1: the way, Yes, thankfully. Uh yeah, Kelso with the flowers 1915 01:43:24,360 --> 01:43:26,840 Speaker 1: is kind of a hitting a miss. It's yeah, it's 1916 01:43:26,880 --> 01:43:29,800 Speaker 1: a little and yeah me with the torn jersey and 1917 01:43:29,840 --> 01:43:32,920 Speaker 1: the dynamite, that's yeah, that's a lot of work to 1918 01:43:32,920 --> 01:43:36,960 Speaker 1: be done on that. This is so good. Yeah, I'm 1919 01:43:36,960 --> 01:43:40,439 Speaker 1: guessing that this number eleven Patriots jersey supposed to be 1920 01:43:40,439 --> 01:43:44,080 Speaker 1: Tony East and then what is that a number seven 1921 01:43:44,160 --> 01:43:47,519 Speaker 1: Colts jersey or a seven or seventeen? Might be a seven. 1922 01:43:47,360 --> 01:43:49,759 Speaker 1: I can't who. I'm trying to remember the Colts quarterback 1923 01:43:49,800 --> 01:43:53,880 Speaker 1: around then. It wasn't hardball, wasn't it was wasn't it 1924 01:43:53,920 --> 01:43:59,200 Speaker 1: the kid from Iowa? Wasn't Jeff George Long Long wasn't 1925 01:43:59,240 --> 01:44:02,840 Speaker 1: there yet? Who was it? I'm not gonna remember. I'll 1926 01:44:02,840 --> 01:44:06,120 Speaker 1: never remember. Um, yeah, that's a man. That wasn't Jack Trudeau, 1927 01:44:06,439 --> 01:44:10,080 Speaker 1: Jack Trudeau. That's something Jack Trudeau. That's exactly who it is. 1928 01:44:10,120 --> 01:44:12,400 Speaker 1: That's a collection there, my word, it could have been 1929 01:44:12,479 --> 01:44:15,160 Speaker 1: Mackowski for all I know. Right, there no no Jets 1930 01:44:15,280 --> 01:44:19,080 Speaker 1: jersey present in this thing. Um, you know, but this 1931 01:44:19,479 --> 01:44:21,240 Speaker 1: these are the kind of photo shoots they got the 1932 01:44:21,320 --> 01:44:25,200 Speaker 1: smoke machines in the back. They spray the guys with 1933 01:44:25,400 --> 01:44:29,320 Speaker 1: spray bottles to look like they're perspiring. I mean, Leonard 1934 01:44:29,400 --> 01:44:31,720 Speaker 1: Smith looks like he's in a froth here. All of that, 1935 01:44:32,160 --> 01:44:35,400 Speaker 1: all of that, and I still look like a pre 1936 01:44:35,520 --> 01:44:39,400 Speaker 1: pubescent middle schooler. Got the Brillo pad hair rocking there. 1937 01:44:39,479 --> 01:44:41,760 Speaker 1: I mean you you have got it rolling there. This 1938 01:44:41,960 --> 01:44:44,560 Speaker 1: is this is out a long time ago. Brownie is 1939 01:44:44,640 --> 01:44:48,920 Speaker 1: out standing. Oh my god, I can look at this 1940 01:44:49,000 --> 01:44:51,840 Speaker 1: all day. This is great demolition Blue. I can do 1941 01:44:51,960 --> 01:44:55,320 Speaker 1: without it, Oh my god, for worthy, cause this is 1942 01:44:55,760 --> 01:44:59,720 Speaker 1: all worth it. Well, sure, my goodness, there's there's just 1943 01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:03,760 Speaker 1: so many things to unpack here. Oh, many layers to 1944 01:45:03,840 --> 01:45:07,559 Speaker 1: that rob God, how long did that shoot take you guys? 1945 01:45:08,880 --> 01:45:11,040 Speaker 1: Hour or two? Yeah, they had it all set up 1946 01:45:11,080 --> 01:45:13,439 Speaker 1: when we showed up, and and so you had to 1947 01:45:13,479 --> 01:45:16,040 Speaker 1: go on location in full uniform. It was a block 1948 01:45:16,120 --> 01:45:18,120 Speaker 1: down the road. Okay, it wasn't block down the road. 1949 01:45:18,320 --> 01:45:19,760 Speaker 1: It was a studio they had all set up. You 1950 01:45:19,760 --> 01:45:21,439 Speaker 1: know how that is? You know that is I may 1951 01:45:21,560 --> 01:45:23,479 Speaker 1: snapping a camera and they feel like you know, they 1952 01:45:23,640 --> 01:45:28,479 Speaker 1: they feel like Cecil b the mill side. God, that's fantastic. Um, yeah, 1953 01:45:28,680 --> 01:45:31,599 Speaker 1: that's good. Uh sorry, I had to interrupt because after 1954 01:45:32,040 --> 01:45:35,000 Speaker 1: Jeremy and Boise brought it up, I was like, somebody's 1955 01:45:35,000 --> 01:45:37,280 Speaker 1: got to find this so so hilarious. Good on, uh 1956 01:45:37,800 --> 01:45:40,679 Speaker 1: Mike Kaslowski for sending this to one Bill's Live. Thank 1957 01:45:40,720 --> 01:45:43,920 Speaker 1: you Mike for your assistance. This is apparently still hanging 1958 01:45:44,000 --> 01:45:46,760 Speaker 1: on his wall somewhere. He had no it was in 1959 01:45:46,840 --> 01:45:48,439 Speaker 1: a tube, he said, he did it. No, no, no, 1960 01:45:48,920 --> 01:45:50,960 Speaker 1: that was that was the caller from Boise. This is 1961 01:45:50,960 --> 01:45:53,439 Speaker 1: a different guy listening to the show, Mike Kaslowski who 1962 01:45:53,479 --> 01:45:56,840 Speaker 1: sent it in. And look it's still attached to his wall. 1963 01:45:56,880 --> 01:45:59,880 Speaker 1: You can tell by the picture on Twitter. This thing 1964 01:46:00,160 --> 01:46:04,360 Speaker 1: is magnetically attached to his wall. It's still up. No, yes, 1965 01:46:04,560 --> 01:46:06,639 Speaker 1: this has got to be in his man cave somewhere. 1966 01:46:06,800 --> 01:46:08,400 Speaker 1: That's not in man cave. He had to put that 1967 01:46:08,439 --> 01:46:10,679 Speaker 1: stuff on it because it's been rolled up for nineteen 1968 01:46:10,760 --> 01:46:16,040 Speaker 1: thousand years. Oh, I love it. I love it. It 1969 01:46:16,200 --> 01:46:19,240 Speaker 1: is good. There's this is just one of like fifty 1970 01:46:19,320 --> 01:46:22,000 Speaker 1: of those things, right, never machine gun Kelly with Jim 1971 01:46:22,080 --> 01:46:25,560 Speaker 1: and the dress like a gangster, had the zootsu but 1972 01:46:25,640 --> 01:46:28,120 Speaker 1: the Fedora hat that was a good one. Hans of them. 1973 01:46:28,280 --> 01:46:30,400 Speaker 1: There was a bunch of fun. Bruce did a bunch 1974 01:46:30,439 --> 01:46:33,639 Speaker 1: of them. Bruce the scary look on his face. Man, Yeah, 1975 01:46:33,840 --> 01:46:37,280 Speaker 1: had had the cut off sleeves and everything, so his 1976 01:46:37,400 --> 01:46:40,320 Speaker 1: pythons could be firing out there. Do you guys were 1977 01:46:40,400 --> 01:46:42,920 Speaker 1: not that far removed from like, you know, the old wrestling, 1978 01:46:43,760 --> 01:46:46,200 Speaker 1: you know, promotions that they used to do. Bruce did 1979 01:46:46,280 --> 01:46:49,280 Speaker 1: not look eight years old. No, he looked like he 1980 01:46:49,360 --> 01:46:52,439 Speaker 1: could look like his his bicep might have looked like 1981 01:46:52,479 --> 01:46:55,040 Speaker 1: an eight year old, but he's the size of an 1982 01:46:55,080 --> 01:46:59,960 Speaker 1: eight year old. Oh my gosh, I missed those days. 1983 01:47:00,120 --> 01:47:02,800 Speaker 1: That's good stuff. We're man, we got t shirts out. 1984 01:47:02,840 --> 01:47:06,280 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Oh they're gonna be coming. Watch it's awesome. Um. 1985 01:47:06,400 --> 01:47:09,840 Speaker 1: But back to the tweet sheet, Alan says, stay hot 1986 01:47:09,960 --> 01:47:12,760 Speaker 1: on offense. The best defense in this game will be 1987 01:47:12,840 --> 01:47:15,880 Speaker 1: a good offense. Dare Rivers to beat us by trying 1988 01:47:15,960 --> 01:47:18,599 Speaker 1: not to fall behind by a lot. Rivers is five 1989 01:47:18,720 --> 01:47:22,400 Speaker 1: and six in his career in the postseason. He has weaknesses. 1990 01:47:22,640 --> 01:47:27,400 Speaker 1: What's Josh's record in the postseason? Yeah? Um? Philip Rivers' 1991 01:47:27,439 --> 01:47:30,200 Speaker 1: biggest weakness in the postseason was playing in the same 1992 01:47:30,320 --> 01:47:34,720 Speaker 1: era as Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and um, who's the 1993 01:47:34,760 --> 01:47:38,080 Speaker 1: other guy? I'm thinking of Eli Eli. You could throw 1994 01:47:38,200 --> 01:47:41,120 Speaker 1: him in there. He was drafted. He was drafted the 1995 01:47:41,160 --> 01:47:44,000 Speaker 1: same team as same year as Roethlisberger. He was drafted 1996 01:47:44,040 --> 01:47:47,360 Speaker 1: on the same team that Drew Brees was playing on, right, 1997 01:47:47,840 --> 01:47:49,559 Speaker 1: so he had to play in that era. But I'm 1998 01:47:49,600 --> 01:47:54,719 Speaker 1: saying in the AFC alone, yeah, Roethlisberger, Roethlisberger, Manning and Brady. 1999 01:47:54,880 --> 01:47:57,400 Speaker 1: I mean, that's the era you played in. You're good 2000 01:47:57,439 --> 01:47:59,400 Speaker 1: if you're five and six in the playoffs, But those 2001 01:47:59,439 --> 01:48:01,680 Speaker 1: guys hanging around that kind of stinks for him. Talk 2002 01:48:01,680 --> 01:48:05,880 Speaker 1: about an albatross. Oh my god, who frutal from Kyle. 2003 01:48:06,439 --> 01:48:09,320 Speaker 1: They are their own biggest challenge. They need to survive 2004 01:48:09,479 --> 01:48:12,840 Speaker 1: their own minds. This is an interesting take. Best way 2005 01:48:12,880 --> 01:48:14,800 Speaker 1: to do that is to start off with the ball 2006 01:48:15,240 --> 01:48:19,040 Speaker 1: and start off hot. Maybe Josh goes one for one 2007 01:48:19,120 --> 01:48:22,160 Speaker 1: for seventy five yards and a touchdown and never looks back. 2008 01:48:22,479 --> 01:48:24,240 Speaker 1: I will say this, I agree with you because you 2009 01:48:24,280 --> 01:48:27,120 Speaker 1: mentioned this earlier in the week. This team gets up 2010 01:48:27,160 --> 01:48:30,240 Speaker 1: fourteen nothing on them, or up by fourteen points at 2011 01:48:30,240 --> 01:48:33,360 Speaker 1: any point in the game, Frank Reich's game plans got 2012 01:48:33,479 --> 01:48:35,360 Speaker 1: to go out the window. You can't just keep running 2013 01:48:35,720 --> 01:48:37,720 Speaker 1: because if you get stopped on your next drive when 2014 01:48:37,720 --> 01:48:40,200 Speaker 1: you're still trying to run the football, and the Bills 2015 01:48:40,240 --> 01:48:42,160 Speaker 1: get the ball back and score again. Now it's over. 2016 01:48:42,360 --> 01:48:45,320 Speaker 1: The game's over. Yeah, And we've seen it in recent day. 2017 01:48:45,360 --> 01:48:47,439 Speaker 1: I mean the Bill like we've been talking about. The 2018 01:48:47,520 --> 01:48:50,560 Speaker 1: Bills are crushing people, right, And you get out and 2019 01:48:50,600 --> 01:48:52,679 Speaker 1: the Bills come out here and all of a sudden, 2020 01:48:53,479 --> 01:48:56,200 Speaker 1: you know, they go up like they did in Miami. 2021 01:48:56,920 --> 01:49:03,560 Speaker 1: It's twenty one. It's it's fourteen to three. You stop it, 2022 01:49:03,720 --> 01:49:06,040 Speaker 1: you score, You punt to them, they go three and out, 2023 01:49:06,080 --> 01:49:09,160 Speaker 1: they punt to you, eighty four yard touchdown. You're down 2024 01:49:09,200 --> 01:49:12,680 Speaker 1: twenty one three. Then you come back. You come down, 2025 01:49:12,760 --> 01:49:15,639 Speaker 1: you think you're battling, you're fighting, and you're scratching your clawn. 2026 01:49:16,520 --> 01:49:19,160 Speaker 1: You get another field goal, and you give the Bills 2027 01:49:19,200 --> 01:49:21,000 Speaker 1: the ball back and there's a minute forty four left 2028 01:49:21,040 --> 01:49:24,120 Speaker 1: and a half bing bang bong, it's twenty eight to six. 2029 01:49:26,000 --> 01:49:30,080 Speaker 1: Bing bang, that's what happened. It's twenty eight to six, 2030 01:49:30,120 --> 01:49:31,479 Speaker 1: and the Bills give it back to you and there's 2031 01:49:31,520 --> 01:49:36,120 Speaker 1: sixty seconds left. Right, So then you come out after halftime, 2032 01:49:36,880 --> 01:49:38,720 Speaker 1: you go down, you have some success, you get a 2033 01:49:39,080 --> 01:49:41,200 Speaker 1: you get a tikie tack call in the end zone 2034 01:49:41,560 --> 01:49:44,479 Speaker 1: on Josh Norman. So you got all right, sweet, it's 2035 01:49:44,520 --> 01:49:47,320 Speaker 1: twenty eight to thirteen. Now we got it all right. 2036 01:49:47,640 --> 01:49:49,720 Speaker 1: The Bills come out, they kind of sputter, they did it. 2037 01:49:49,800 --> 01:49:52,759 Speaker 1: They punt it back to you. You come out, throw it, boom, 2038 01:49:52,840 --> 01:49:57,720 Speaker 1: pick six, Josh Norman. Now it's thirty five thirteen. It's 2039 01:49:57,880 --> 01:50:00,840 Speaker 1: you're done. Yeah, it's all game over. I mean, that's 2040 01:50:00,880 --> 01:50:04,120 Speaker 1: what happens. And and I get it, I don't. We 2041 01:50:04,200 --> 01:50:06,840 Speaker 1: had this little running joke going whether Josh is gonna 2042 01:50:06,840 --> 01:50:08,519 Speaker 1: win the coin toss or they won one in like 2043 01:50:08,600 --> 01:50:10,760 Speaker 1: their first eight games or whatever. Then they started winning 2044 01:50:10,800 --> 01:50:13,240 Speaker 1: them all the time. Now it doesn't matter when you 2045 01:50:13,280 --> 01:50:17,600 Speaker 1: give them the ball. You the defense like takes the 2046 01:50:17,680 --> 01:50:19,920 Speaker 1: field on its heels, right, I mean, they are this 2047 01:50:20,080 --> 01:50:22,640 Speaker 1: team Bill coming out firing. The Bill scored points on 2048 01:50:22,800 --> 01:50:25,559 Speaker 1: seven of their nine possessions in New England, not counting 2049 01:50:25,600 --> 01:50:28,000 Speaker 1: the kneel down at the end of the half, and 2050 01:50:28,120 --> 01:50:30,560 Speaker 1: then they scored on eight of their last ten possessions 2051 01:50:30,920 --> 01:50:33,280 Speaker 1: last week after a slow start, and they did have 2052 01:50:33,760 --> 01:50:37,920 Speaker 1: they were they scored fifty interception punt punt they Yeah, 2053 01:50:37,960 --> 01:50:40,840 Speaker 1: they scoreless in the first quarter. Right, they scored fifty 2054 01:50:40,920 --> 01:50:43,880 Speaker 1: six and three quarters, two of which were with their 2055 01:50:43,920 --> 01:50:47,519 Speaker 1: backups in the game. Two or three two of the 2056 01:50:47,600 --> 01:50:49,840 Speaker 1: quarters with their backups in a game. Did Matt Marketing 2057 01:50:49,920 --> 01:50:52,000 Speaker 1: not have three? No, that was three of their backups, 2058 01:50:52,120 --> 01:50:55,120 Speaker 1: three scores with their backups. Because Antonio Williams had two 2059 01:50:55,200 --> 01:50:58,799 Speaker 1: running scores and he threw the bomb dead Gabriel Davis. 2060 01:50:59,320 --> 01:51:01,479 Speaker 1: That's three time chowns with the backups in the game. 2061 01:51:04,400 --> 01:51:07,920 Speaker 1: You can't. You can't get off off schedule with the 2062 01:51:08,000 --> 01:51:11,560 Speaker 1: Bills right now. You can't. And that's why you got it. 2063 01:51:11,600 --> 01:51:13,960 Speaker 1: That's why. And he's right. And I don't know who 2064 01:51:14,000 --> 01:51:15,519 Speaker 1: that last tweet. Let me look at the who that 2065 01:51:15,560 --> 01:51:23,599 Speaker 1: last tweet was, Kyle was it? Um? Yeah? Yeah, start off, 2066 01:51:23,920 --> 01:51:26,680 Speaker 1: don't look back. Yeah. Here's the thing. They are their 2067 01:51:26,720 --> 01:51:29,400 Speaker 1: own biggest challenge right now, the Bills are. They're they're 2068 01:51:29,439 --> 01:51:33,080 Speaker 1: fighting against themselves. And I'm not talking about complacency. I'm 2069 01:51:33,120 --> 01:51:35,080 Speaker 1: talking about having to peel them off the ceiling just 2070 01:51:35,080 --> 01:51:36,479 Speaker 1: a little bit because they're gonna go out there and 2071 01:51:36,479 --> 01:51:40,040 Speaker 1: go well. Yeah, And I thought there was an interesting 2072 01:51:40,280 --> 01:51:42,080 Speaker 1: you mentioned this. I think you were on with Howard 2073 01:51:42,120 --> 01:51:44,200 Speaker 1: and Jeremy the other morning. And I was listening on 2074 01:51:44,280 --> 01:51:46,679 Speaker 1: my way into work and you mentioned this. You said, 2075 01:51:46,720 --> 01:51:48,640 Speaker 1: one of your friends said to you, I wonder if 2076 01:51:48,720 --> 01:51:51,320 Speaker 1: Josh is able to stay calm this season because the 2077 01:51:51,439 --> 01:51:53,400 Speaker 1: energy of the crowd isn't there to jack him up 2078 01:51:53,400 --> 01:51:57,280 Speaker 1: even more gentleman question. So I wonder how it'll be. 2079 01:51:57,360 --> 01:51:59,439 Speaker 1: I mean, it's only sixty seven hundred fans, but there'll 2080 01:51:59,479 --> 01:52:01,559 Speaker 1: be an energy in the building that has not been 2081 01:52:01,640 --> 01:52:03,760 Speaker 1: there all season. I don't think that's going to throw 2082 01:52:03,880 --> 01:52:06,559 Speaker 1: him out of whack. Not now. I think he's had 2083 01:52:06,600 --> 01:52:09,200 Speaker 1: too much experience. I think he knows the benefits of 2084 01:52:09,320 --> 01:52:11,880 Speaker 1: him staying within the moment and not trying to be 2085 01:52:12,000 --> 01:52:15,240 Speaker 1: bigger than the moment. Just try and execute, and that's 2086 01:52:15,280 --> 01:52:18,479 Speaker 1: the key. And I think Kyle in his tweet was right. 2087 01:52:18,560 --> 01:52:20,439 Speaker 1: I mean, they're their own biggest challenge right now. And 2088 01:52:20,520 --> 01:52:22,160 Speaker 1: I'll tell you this too. Any good team will tell 2089 01:52:22,200 --> 01:52:24,840 Speaker 1: you that. The Colts will tell you that they feel 2090 01:52:24,920 --> 01:52:26,599 Speaker 1: like they're playing good enough that you know, if they 2091 01:52:26,640 --> 01:52:28,040 Speaker 1: play their game, they're gonna be able to hang and 2092 01:52:28,200 --> 01:52:30,639 Speaker 1: you know, win this game. They're gonna have a complete 2093 01:52:30,680 --> 01:52:33,679 Speaker 1: belief in the Colt locker room and their coaching staff 2094 01:52:33,720 --> 01:52:35,640 Speaker 1: that they can beat the Buffalo Bills when they come 2095 01:52:35,680 --> 01:52:38,080 Speaker 1: in here, and they have good reason to think that 2096 01:52:38,200 --> 01:52:40,200 Speaker 1: because of their success in a tough league to win in. 2097 01:52:41,080 --> 01:52:44,560 Speaker 1: The Bills will think that as well. But that's the 2098 01:52:44,720 --> 01:52:46,519 Speaker 1: mind game. You gotta get the mindset you have to 2099 01:52:46,560 --> 01:52:50,920 Speaker 1: get into just be us. Yeah, and that's exactly what 2100 01:52:51,200 --> 01:52:53,320 Speaker 1: That's exactly what Max says here on the tweet sheet. 2101 01:52:53,320 --> 01:52:56,280 Speaker 1: He said, I picked other. I'm not worried about anything 2102 01:52:56,520 --> 01:52:59,120 Speaker 1: they can do to us per se. The biggest challenge 2103 01:52:59,200 --> 01:53:01,920 Speaker 1: this weekend is not being beaten in the mental game 2104 01:53:02,000 --> 01:53:05,519 Speaker 1: by overthinking things and letting that Houston game creep dounce 2105 01:53:05,560 --> 01:53:08,639 Speaker 1: into your head again. Keep the confidence, be prepared, play 2106 01:53:08,680 --> 01:53:10,880 Speaker 1: your game and win. I'm not worried about them losing 2107 01:53:10,880 --> 01:53:14,400 Speaker 1: their head. I'm really not, because last week's a perfect example. 2108 01:53:15,000 --> 01:53:18,240 Speaker 1: You know, they get off to a slow start, they 2109 01:53:18,280 --> 01:53:21,400 Speaker 1: have a turnover deep in their own end, they hold 2110 01:53:21,479 --> 01:53:24,200 Speaker 1: them to a field goal. They don't panic anymore. This 2111 01:53:24,400 --> 01:53:28,320 Speaker 1: team doesn't have the yips, they don't get it. They 2112 01:53:28,360 --> 01:53:31,920 Speaker 1: are so resolutely confident in what all three phases of 2113 01:53:32,000 --> 01:53:34,800 Speaker 1: their team can do that even when things get off 2114 01:53:34,840 --> 01:53:38,920 Speaker 1: the rails a little bit, they don't sweat it. They 2115 01:53:39,000 --> 01:53:42,479 Speaker 1: just all right, deep breath, guys, let's you know, get 2116 01:53:42,520 --> 01:53:44,920 Speaker 1: set for the next play here, and off they go, 2117 01:53:46,240 --> 01:53:49,439 Speaker 1: and eventually it kicked into gear. The same thing in 2118 01:53:49,520 --> 01:53:51,960 Speaker 1: the Patriots game, not that they necessarily got off to 2119 01:53:52,040 --> 01:53:54,920 Speaker 1: a slow start, but Diggs was not involved in the 2120 01:53:54,960 --> 01:53:57,880 Speaker 1: game early and I remember talking to him after the 2121 01:53:57,960 --> 01:54:01,120 Speaker 1: game and he said, there's no panek. We just come 2122 01:54:01,160 --> 01:54:03,800 Speaker 1: to the sideline. Josh and I kind of hash it out. 2123 01:54:04,160 --> 01:54:06,600 Speaker 1: What do we like? We talked to Ken Dorsey, What 2124 01:54:06,720 --> 01:54:08,320 Speaker 1: do you think we can do on the next series? 2125 01:54:08,360 --> 01:54:10,320 Speaker 1: How are they playing you? What do you think it's 2126 01:54:10,320 --> 01:54:13,200 Speaker 1: gonna work. They don't panic their way through it. They 2127 01:54:13,360 --> 01:54:15,960 Speaker 1: think their way through it and come up with solutions. Yeah, 2128 01:54:15,960 --> 01:54:17,920 Speaker 1: and their coaching staff's been really good at that as well. 2129 01:54:17,960 --> 01:54:20,200 Speaker 1: And I think that's a signal to the hard lessons 2130 01:54:20,240 --> 01:54:22,479 Speaker 1: they've learned, not only the Houston playoff game last year, 2131 01:54:22,520 --> 01:54:24,280 Speaker 1: but then the Hail Murray earlier this year, and all 2132 01:54:24,320 --> 01:54:27,360 Speaker 1: the all the onside kicks they've been defending early in 2133 01:54:27,400 --> 01:54:29,720 Speaker 1: the season here and now, you know, since the bye week, 2134 01:54:29,760 --> 01:54:33,040 Speaker 1: when they've just been beaten people by double digits, and indeed, 2135 01:54:33,120 --> 01:54:36,800 Speaker 1: in the last three weeks crushing people by thirty that's 2136 01:54:37,320 --> 01:54:40,520 Speaker 1: those are those are the evidence of the lessons they've 2137 01:54:40,640 --> 01:54:43,240 Speaker 1: learned from not being able to put teams away. I 2138 01:54:43,280 --> 01:54:45,840 Speaker 1: think it's and then those are valuable break time for us. 2139 01:54:45,880 --> 01:54:49,720 Speaker 1: But when we come back, ESPN's Dan or Lavsky. He's 2140 01:54:49,760 --> 01:54:52,080 Speaker 1: been bullish on the Bills for the better part of 2141 01:54:52,120 --> 01:54:55,760 Speaker 1: the last two months, basically since Halloween. We'll talk with Dan, 2142 01:54:56,400 --> 01:54:59,840 Speaker 1: who was giddy about Brian Dable's play design in last 2143 01:55:00,000 --> 01:55:02,600 Speaker 1: week's game. We'll talk to him about that, the ceiling 2144 01:55:02,720 --> 01:55:06,839 Speaker 1: for Josh Allen, and this matchup with the Colts on Saturday. 2145 01:55:06,920 --> 01:55:09,200 Speaker 1: All coming your way. Next, you're on One Bills Live 2146 01:55:09,320 --> 01:55:24,160 Speaker 1: presented by Kalid to Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio, Chris Brown, 2147 01:55:24,240 --> 01:55:27,720 Speaker 1: Steve Tasker One Bills Live Wednesday edition. Joining us on 2148 01:55:27,840 --> 01:55:33,200 Speaker 1: the line right now is ESPN NFL Live Analyst. He 2149 01:55:33,360 --> 01:55:36,440 Speaker 1: covers the league, he watches film, he's doing everything. He's 2150 01:55:36,440 --> 01:55:40,160 Speaker 1: actually going to be on a MegaCast too on ESPN Plus. 2151 01:55:40,200 --> 01:55:42,880 Speaker 1: We'll get into that with him shortly, but it's one 2152 01:55:43,000 --> 01:55:45,600 Speaker 1: Dan Orlovski joining us on the program. Dan, thanks for 2153 01:55:45,680 --> 01:55:48,960 Speaker 1: making some time for us. How you doing. I'm doing well. 2154 01:55:49,040 --> 01:55:50,640 Speaker 1: Great to do with you, guys. Hope you guys are 2155 01:55:50,680 --> 01:55:53,240 Speaker 1: well also, absolutely, you know, we know how busy all 2156 01:55:53,280 --> 01:55:54,760 Speaker 1: of us in this bit end of the business are 2157 01:55:54,840 --> 01:55:56,800 Speaker 1: really really busy this week. It's a lot of fun 2158 01:55:56,880 --> 01:55:58,480 Speaker 1: to do it. Thanks for making some time for us, 2159 01:55:58,520 --> 01:56:00,600 Speaker 1: and we want to ask you about you know, you 2160 01:56:01,000 --> 01:56:02,960 Speaker 1: spoke about Brian Dable. He's on the list for some 2161 01:56:03,080 --> 01:56:05,960 Speaker 1: head coaching spots that are opening up, obviously, and you 2162 01:56:06,080 --> 01:56:10,839 Speaker 1: had some really strong opinions about what a quality candidate 2163 01:56:10,920 --> 01:56:12,520 Speaker 1: he is and some of the things that you saw 2164 01:56:12,680 --> 01:56:14,920 Speaker 1: in the Miami game this last week turned down to 2165 01:56:14,960 --> 01:56:17,000 Speaker 1: that once you give us a quick synopsis of how 2166 01:56:17,080 --> 01:56:19,280 Speaker 1: good a candidate you think Brian Dable would be and 2167 01:56:19,400 --> 01:56:22,920 Speaker 1: why I think he's at the very top of the 2168 01:56:23,000 --> 01:56:26,480 Speaker 1: candidate list for any team. First of all, I like 2169 01:56:26,600 --> 01:56:30,040 Speaker 1: the fact that he's coached in multiple organizations. I think 2170 01:56:30,120 --> 01:56:33,000 Speaker 1: that when guys have been to a couple of different places, 2171 01:56:33,680 --> 01:56:37,840 Speaker 1: you learn. You learn what's good, what's bad, how guys 2172 01:56:37,920 --> 01:56:42,280 Speaker 1: do things differently, what's successful, what isn't right, so you're 2173 01:56:42,400 --> 01:56:47,000 Speaker 1: equipped with more of the tools that are necessary to 2174 01:56:47,160 --> 01:56:50,400 Speaker 1: go be a good head coach. Second of all, show 2175 01:56:50,480 --> 01:56:53,360 Speaker 1: me what you do through adversity, you know, and I 2176 01:56:53,400 --> 01:56:56,680 Speaker 1: don't want to paint the picture that the Bill's offense 2177 01:56:56,760 --> 01:56:59,280 Speaker 1: over the last two years previous to this season was 2178 01:56:59,400 --> 01:57:04,280 Speaker 1: quote unquote adversity. But it wasn't like the ideal settings. 2179 01:57:04,760 --> 01:57:06,600 Speaker 1: You know. There had to be development, There had to 2180 01:57:06,680 --> 01:57:10,720 Speaker 1: be growth, There had to be going through difficult times 2181 01:57:11,280 --> 01:57:14,320 Speaker 1: and show me how you could take something and turn 2182 01:57:14,400 --> 01:57:18,800 Speaker 1: it into a greater version of itself. And I think 2183 01:57:18,840 --> 01:57:21,520 Speaker 1: that we've watched that play itself out in Buffalo this year. 2184 01:57:22,600 --> 01:57:25,120 Speaker 1: It's a quarterback trip league. We all know that, especially 2185 01:57:25,160 --> 01:57:28,360 Speaker 1: a young one. I think that the results speak for 2186 01:57:28,440 --> 01:57:31,840 Speaker 1: themselves when it comes to what Josh Allen has accomplished. 2187 01:57:32,400 --> 01:57:35,040 Speaker 1: I would really say over the last two seasons. I 2188 01:57:35,160 --> 01:57:36,920 Speaker 1: was one who thought last season was a lot better 2189 01:57:36,960 --> 01:57:41,400 Speaker 1: than people thought. So and then just the way he 2190 01:57:41,560 --> 01:57:45,560 Speaker 1: sees football is super important. Like when you look at 2191 01:57:45,560 --> 01:57:48,200 Speaker 1: a player and you go, okay, the players this, can 2192 01:57:48,320 --> 01:57:51,160 Speaker 1: you see football the same way as the player needs 2193 01:57:51,200 --> 01:57:53,640 Speaker 1: you to? You know, Like just because you could see 2194 01:57:53,680 --> 01:57:57,080 Speaker 1: football really well for Drew Brees doesn't mean you'll see 2195 01:57:57,080 --> 01:57:59,760 Speaker 1: it really well for Patrick Mahomes, you know, And so 2196 01:58:00,000 --> 01:58:02,720 Speaker 1: how can you see football as good as it needs 2197 01:58:02,760 --> 01:58:05,240 Speaker 1: to be seen for that quarterback skill set? And I 2198 01:58:05,320 --> 01:58:07,600 Speaker 1: think he's displayed that for jobs, so a lot of 2199 01:58:07,680 --> 01:58:10,440 Speaker 1: reasons why. But man, what he did against buff what 2200 01:58:10,600 --> 01:58:12,960 Speaker 1: he did against that Miami defense was out of this one, 2201 01:58:13,040 --> 01:58:16,240 Speaker 1: no One, no one in the NFL. Sean MCVAYH Well, 2202 01:58:16,240 --> 01:58:17,800 Speaker 1: I think it's one of the best offensive minds of 2203 01:58:17,840 --> 01:58:21,200 Speaker 1: football by far. Didn't do that against the Dolphins this year. 2204 01:58:21,280 --> 01:58:24,560 Speaker 1: He got thumb and Gable thump that Dolphins defense. So 2205 01:58:24,880 --> 01:58:28,120 Speaker 1: that was a exclamation point on what's been a great year. Yeah, 2206 01:58:28,240 --> 01:58:30,560 Speaker 1: and I know you, I don't, I don't. I know 2207 01:58:30,640 --> 01:58:34,680 Speaker 1: you pulled specifically the John Brown touchdown play out and 2208 01:58:34,760 --> 01:58:36,680 Speaker 1: you tweeted that and you kind of broke that down 2209 01:58:37,120 --> 01:58:39,280 Speaker 1: as you usually do with with clips that you like 2210 01:58:39,560 --> 01:58:41,840 Speaker 1: or they clearly get you excited because you can hear 2211 01:58:41,880 --> 01:58:44,440 Speaker 1: the excitement in your voice when you're breaking it down. Um, 2212 01:58:44,560 --> 01:58:46,080 Speaker 1: it's just what it's what you love to do, and 2213 01:58:46,200 --> 01:58:48,000 Speaker 1: the fact that you have a passion for it is great, 2214 01:58:48,280 --> 01:58:50,480 Speaker 1: especially since you've been smart enough to find a way 2215 01:58:50,480 --> 01:58:53,040 Speaker 1: to get paid for it as well. But um, but 2216 01:58:53,280 --> 01:58:56,600 Speaker 1: you know you're breaking that. I just never seen it before, man, Yeah, 2217 01:58:56,920 --> 01:58:59,960 Speaker 1: I had never seen anything like that before. You're talking 2218 01:59:00,200 --> 01:59:03,520 Speaker 1: about bringing a smurf receiver in to pick up the 2219 01:59:03,560 --> 01:59:07,520 Speaker 1: blitz for a zero cover bird. It's just like, Okay, 2220 01:59:07,560 --> 01:59:10,360 Speaker 1: the defense. I always say, this defenses presents you with problems. 2221 01:59:10,920 --> 01:59:13,640 Speaker 1: What are your answers? And he was like, I got 2222 01:59:13,680 --> 01:59:16,040 Speaker 1: this answer. I know exactly what you guys are gonna 2223 01:59:16,040 --> 01:59:18,600 Speaker 1: do to what I do, and so here's this answer. 2224 01:59:18,760 --> 01:59:20,960 Speaker 1: And it wasn't like an answer to protect yourself. It 2225 01:59:21,080 --> 01:59:25,839 Speaker 1: was answering like you know, I just love that mindset. 2226 01:59:25,880 --> 01:59:27,600 Speaker 1: And then the execution of it, I thought it was 2227 01:59:27,720 --> 01:59:30,080 Speaker 1: absolutely I had never seen it before. Man, I think 2228 01:59:30,080 --> 01:59:34,080 Speaker 1: it was. So would you say, and I know you're 2229 01:59:34,120 --> 01:59:36,040 Speaker 1: giving Dabel a ton of credit here, but it is 2230 01:59:36,200 --> 01:59:40,120 Speaker 1: Josh that adjusts the protection there too, So there's some 2231 01:59:40,240 --> 01:59:42,760 Speaker 1: credit that has to be given to that, to that quarterback. 2232 01:59:42,960 --> 01:59:45,360 Speaker 1: I don't know, Dan, if you're of this opinion, but 2233 01:59:45,720 --> 01:59:49,120 Speaker 1: I think there is still some people that underrate Josh's 2234 01:59:49,160 --> 01:59:53,520 Speaker 1: football acumen and intelligence. I really think that that's something 2235 01:59:53,600 --> 01:59:57,200 Speaker 1: that is still overlooked, and maybe it's partly because his 2236 01:59:57,560 --> 02:00:01,560 Speaker 1: physical skill set is so readily a parent. I still 2237 02:00:01,720 --> 02:00:05,000 Speaker 1: think his football acumen is overlooked. How do you feel 2238 02:00:05,000 --> 02:00:08,280 Speaker 1: about that? Yeah, that'll that'll always be the case though, 2239 02:00:08,400 --> 02:00:11,800 Speaker 1: because of the physical talent, right, we we wow at things. 2240 02:00:12,000 --> 02:00:16,400 Speaker 1: We we wow at the things that as fans, because 2241 02:00:16,400 --> 02:00:18,840 Speaker 1: I'm a fan nowadays, we wow at the things that 2242 02:00:18,960 --> 02:00:21,680 Speaker 1: don't make sense to us. When we watch him play 2243 02:00:21,760 --> 02:00:23,680 Speaker 1: and make some throws or run around, we go, dude, 2244 02:00:23,960 --> 02:00:26,400 Speaker 1: like that doesn't even make sense to my brain of 2245 02:00:26,480 --> 02:00:28,360 Speaker 1: how you do that? You know, like, how can you 2246 02:00:28,520 --> 02:00:31,680 Speaker 1: do that physically? And as a fan, you go, I 2247 02:00:31,760 --> 02:00:34,960 Speaker 1: can't do that. That's why we we admire and appreciate, 2248 02:00:35,520 --> 02:00:39,520 Speaker 1: and so we'll always where as some of the mental stuff, um, 2249 02:00:39,920 --> 02:00:41,760 Speaker 1: you know, I have people like, oh, that play I 2250 02:00:41,840 --> 02:00:43,520 Speaker 1: posted on today, people hit me up and be like, 2251 02:00:43,600 --> 02:00:47,120 Speaker 1: I do this on Madden exactly sounds good, you know. 2252 02:00:47,240 --> 02:00:51,120 Speaker 1: So I think that that'll always be an under underappreciated 2253 02:00:51,120 --> 02:00:54,800 Speaker 1: aspect because he's so physically kind of unique and talented. 2254 02:00:54,880 --> 02:00:57,760 Speaker 1: Patrick Holmes is the same way Pat pat is underappreciated 2255 02:00:57,800 --> 02:01:00,400 Speaker 1: with how smart he is. I remember hearing this story 2256 02:01:01,000 --> 02:01:05,160 Speaker 1: about Josh his rookie year, and I forget who wrote 2257 02:01:05,200 --> 02:01:07,920 Speaker 1: the story, but I remember hearing the story be told 2258 02:01:08,000 --> 02:01:11,480 Speaker 1: on Sports Center of how he was studying the playbooks 2259 02:01:11,520 --> 02:01:14,640 Speaker 1: so much that he was spending time kind of going 2260 02:01:14,760 --> 02:01:19,520 Speaker 1: out into the practice field running through the offense by himself, 2261 02:01:19,760 --> 02:01:23,960 Speaker 1: you know, like calling plays and anticipating defenses and changing protections, 2262 02:01:24,040 --> 02:01:26,280 Speaker 1: and you know, like when you got that work ethic. 2263 02:01:26,400 --> 02:01:28,960 Speaker 1: I had a friend of mine when Josh was coming 2264 02:01:29,000 --> 02:01:31,120 Speaker 1: out of college. I had pointed out some of the 2265 02:01:31,200 --> 02:01:32,760 Speaker 1: things that were like, I don't know how good he 2266 02:01:32,920 --> 02:01:34,640 Speaker 1: is with his protections and this and that. And I 2267 02:01:34,720 --> 02:01:37,440 Speaker 1: had a friend of mine who knew Josh from his past, 2268 02:01:38,000 --> 02:01:39,360 Speaker 1: and he was like, I'm telling you, this guy will 2269 02:01:39,360 --> 02:01:41,640 Speaker 1: be the hardest worker in their building and he'll obsess 2270 02:01:41,720 --> 02:01:44,000 Speaker 1: over things. And I was like, all right, you know, 2271 02:01:44,320 --> 02:01:46,160 Speaker 1: you know better than I do. And I think that's 2272 02:01:46,240 --> 02:01:48,600 Speaker 1: kind of what's happened. Is when you obsess over the 2273 02:01:48,720 --> 02:01:52,320 Speaker 1: intellectual part of quarterbacking, you can get it. You'll understand it. 2274 02:01:52,600 --> 02:01:55,280 Speaker 1: You know, it's that that just takes time. Now you've 2275 02:01:55,320 --> 02:01:57,560 Speaker 1: got that with the physical talent. And that's why he's 2276 02:01:57,560 --> 02:02:01,720 Speaker 1: been in the MVP conversation all year. See around the league, 2277 02:02:01,840 --> 02:02:04,680 Speaker 1: you know, all these coaching coaching openings and all of that, 2278 02:02:04,800 --> 02:02:07,640 Speaker 1: and you and we know how important they are, but 2279 02:02:07,720 --> 02:02:10,920 Speaker 1: we've got an illustration sometimes this year, Dan in the 2280 02:02:11,120 --> 02:02:14,160 Speaker 1: in the wrong way. For instance, when Detroit lost eight 2281 02:02:14,200 --> 02:02:16,720 Speaker 1: of their coaches and couldn't do it, and they absolutely 2282 02:02:16,800 --> 02:02:19,360 Speaker 1: got Shelack. Now you've got a head coach in Cleveland 2283 02:02:19,480 --> 02:02:22,560 Speaker 1: on the eve of the first playoff appearance for that 2284 02:02:22,720 --> 02:02:28,480 Speaker 1: team in decades, and now Kevin Stefanski's got to sit 2285 02:02:28,520 --> 02:02:31,040 Speaker 1: down and let his coaches coach it. What kind of 2286 02:02:32,040 --> 02:02:34,720 Speaker 1: what kind of crippling effect could that have on a team? 2287 02:02:34,800 --> 02:02:38,360 Speaker 1: Does Cleveland actually have any kind of chance in this game? 2288 02:02:38,400 --> 02:02:42,480 Speaker 1: I mean that seems like an almost insurmountable obstacle. Yeah, 2289 02:02:42,680 --> 02:02:45,200 Speaker 1: you know, NFL, there's always a chance. I think. I think, 2290 02:02:45,520 --> 02:02:48,040 Speaker 1: I guess as difficult as a team can have. You know, 2291 02:02:48,680 --> 02:02:49,920 Speaker 1: do I want to sit here and tell you this 2292 02:02:50,040 --> 02:02:53,160 Speaker 1: game's over. I do, But I'm you know, my job 2293 02:02:53,240 --> 02:02:55,240 Speaker 1: is trying to figure out what they can do and 2294 02:02:55,360 --> 02:02:57,600 Speaker 1: how they can do it, you know. So I think 2295 02:02:57,840 --> 02:03:01,040 Speaker 1: the biggest thing is it'll show itself and quarters two, three, 2296 02:03:01,080 --> 02:03:04,800 Speaker 1: and four. That first quarter gets scripted. You guys know this, 2297 02:03:04,920 --> 02:03:08,200 Speaker 1: So like Stefanski will script that first quarter. Hey, here's 2298 02:03:08,240 --> 02:03:11,000 Speaker 1: the first fifteen plays that we're gonna run. Your first 2299 02:03:11,080 --> 02:03:12,840 Speaker 1: third and three. We know what the call is, their 2300 02:03:12,880 --> 02:03:14,560 Speaker 1: first third and ten. You know as the call is. 2301 02:03:15,320 --> 02:03:18,400 Speaker 1: But what happens is As the game goes on, you're 2302 02:03:18,480 --> 02:03:20,600 Speaker 1: looking at your tablet going, okay, what are they doing 2303 02:03:20,680 --> 02:03:22,680 Speaker 1: to us? First third and three we call the man 2304 02:03:22,760 --> 02:03:24,800 Speaker 1: beat her out of a bunch concept, and they dropped 2305 02:03:24,800 --> 02:03:27,480 Speaker 1: out and played covered three and carried a vertical? What 2306 02:03:27,560 --> 02:03:29,520 Speaker 1: do I have to do? What's the next answer? Right? 2307 02:03:29,640 --> 02:03:32,560 Speaker 1: And so that starts the show itself in quarters two, three, 2308 02:03:32,600 --> 02:03:34,400 Speaker 1: and four, and I think that's where we'll see, is 2309 02:03:35,880 --> 02:03:38,200 Speaker 1: they'll struggle. The two things that stand out in my 2310 02:03:38,320 --> 02:03:41,400 Speaker 1: mind are you know, I know there's forty seconds in 2311 02:03:41,520 --> 02:03:44,280 Speaker 1: between every play, but there's not you know, that play 2312 02:03:44,360 --> 02:03:47,640 Speaker 1: gets done and that clock starts the wine and six 2313 02:03:47,760 --> 02:03:50,240 Speaker 1: seven seconds go by before you actually get into the huddle. 2314 02:03:50,600 --> 02:03:52,600 Speaker 1: You've got like eight seconds to get the play call 2315 02:03:52,720 --> 02:03:54,560 Speaker 1: in and hope it's the right one. As a play caller, 2316 02:03:54,640 --> 02:03:57,720 Speaker 1: So like, how well does that process work for Cleveland? 2317 02:03:58,200 --> 02:04:01,360 Speaker 1: If I'm Kenneth Stefanski, I know that I only have 2318 02:04:02,240 --> 02:04:05,960 Speaker 1: really fifteen minutes to impact this football game. That's that 2319 02:04:06,080 --> 02:04:10,280 Speaker 1: first quarter. I'm unloading the bucket. I'm unloading the bucket. 2320 02:04:10,360 --> 02:04:14,000 Speaker 1: Anything that I have that we haven't shown, whether it's 2321 02:04:14,000 --> 02:04:16,200 Speaker 1: a gimmick or a trick play, it's getting called in 2322 02:04:16,280 --> 02:04:18,760 Speaker 1: that first quarter, because I think if they can find 2323 02:04:18,800 --> 02:04:20,960 Speaker 1: a way to jump out to a fourteen nothing lead 2324 02:04:21,320 --> 02:04:24,120 Speaker 1: with doing that, they got a shot, right, they got 2325 02:04:24,240 --> 02:04:27,680 Speaker 1: a shot to hang on. But that's the only time 2326 02:04:27,760 --> 02:04:32,120 Speaker 1: that Stefanski knows definitively he'll impact that football game. He 2327 02:04:32,280 --> 02:04:36,000 Speaker 1: needs to unload anything that they've gotten their repertoire. Yeah. 2328 02:04:36,320 --> 02:04:38,440 Speaker 1: I mean, we know Alex van Pell pretty well from 2329 02:04:38,480 --> 02:04:41,560 Speaker 1: his time here in Buffalo, and we've got faith in 2330 02:04:41,640 --> 02:04:44,320 Speaker 1: that Pittsburgh native going home and making some good calls 2331 02:04:44,440 --> 02:04:46,320 Speaker 1: arrested the way, But obviously the proof will be in 2332 02:04:46,400 --> 02:04:49,800 Speaker 1: the pudding. The other playoff game, you're gonna be part 2333 02:04:49,840 --> 02:04:52,480 Speaker 1: of a ESPN MegaCast, Dan, this is kind of a 2334 02:04:52,520 --> 02:04:56,640 Speaker 1: cool deal. The Ravens Titans game. You're gonna be on 2335 02:04:56,920 --> 02:05:00,440 Speaker 1: ESPN plus his MegaCast, and I guess you're gonna be 2336 02:05:00,480 --> 02:05:02,440 Speaker 1: doing some of the same things that just put out 2337 02:05:02,520 --> 02:05:06,480 Speaker 1: on Twitter, right Yeah. Yeah, So it's it's a little 2338 02:05:06,520 --> 02:05:09,960 Speaker 1: bit of alternative because no commercials and it's not a 2339 02:05:10,080 --> 02:05:13,040 Speaker 1: traditional broadcast where the play by play person teas up 2340 02:05:13,080 --> 02:05:16,680 Speaker 1: the analysts and whatnot. We'll talk over plays. We're gonna 2341 02:05:16,680 --> 02:05:20,080 Speaker 1: get seper super deep into the woods, the weeds, of things. Um, 2342 02:05:20,240 --> 02:05:22,440 Speaker 1: there will be an analytics spin to it, because many 2343 02:05:22,520 --> 02:05:25,360 Speaker 1: times is part of our Nflive crew invariant of the numbers, 2344 02:05:25,360 --> 02:05:28,440 Speaker 1: So we'll dive into the analytics. Say on third and 2345 02:05:28,600 --> 02:05:33,080 Speaker 1: six here it says that, uh, you know, um, Tennessee 2346 02:05:33,240 --> 02:05:36,960 Speaker 1: defense plays you know eighty percent middlefield open pressure. What 2347 02:05:37,040 --> 02:05:38,720 Speaker 1: does that mean? And what does the what do the 2348 02:05:38,840 --> 02:05:41,240 Speaker 1: Ravens have to do? So you're really dive in into 2349 02:05:41,360 --> 02:05:43,840 Speaker 1: some numbers in regards to that stuff. And then we'll 2350 02:05:43,880 --> 02:05:46,520 Speaker 1: obviously be tied into with the Vegas crew and how 2351 02:05:46,600 --> 02:05:49,080 Speaker 1: the I didn't know this, but like dude, those betting 2352 02:05:49,160 --> 02:05:52,760 Speaker 1: lines literally changed by the play, you know, and and 2353 02:05:53,240 --> 02:05:55,720 Speaker 1: kind of having those guys be it's it's pretty intense. 2354 02:05:55,760 --> 02:05:57,280 Speaker 1: So we've done a couple of mock ones on some 2355 02:05:57,360 --> 02:05:59,240 Speaker 1: money night football things just for us, and it's been 2356 02:05:59,240 --> 02:06:01,880 Speaker 1: a lot of fun. So we're super excited for Man, 2357 02:06:01,960 --> 02:06:04,200 Speaker 1: it's going to be an absolute black Where can they 2358 02:06:04,240 --> 02:06:07,040 Speaker 1: do that? Where can they find it? On ESPN Plus? Yeah, 2359 02:06:07,160 --> 02:06:11,040 Speaker 1: on ESPN Plus. It'll be live on ESPN Plus when 2360 02:06:11,080 --> 02:06:13,800 Speaker 1: that Sunday game between Baltimore and Tennessee is going on, 2361 02:06:13,920 --> 02:06:17,600 Speaker 1: and it'll be really cool. Yeah, definitely should be interesting 2362 02:06:17,640 --> 02:06:19,080 Speaker 1: because I mean, I know a lot of people like 2363 02:06:19,200 --> 02:06:21,600 Speaker 1: the breakdowns you do on Twitter, so that'll be in 2364 02:06:21,680 --> 02:06:25,360 Speaker 1: a live setting and be even better. Speaking of analytics, 2365 02:06:26,120 --> 02:06:27,800 Speaker 1: I wanted to get your take on this because we 2366 02:06:27,840 --> 02:06:30,000 Speaker 1: haven't talked to you in a while, and I guess 2367 02:06:30,040 --> 02:06:32,440 Speaker 1: the Week sixteen game for the Bills against the Patriots 2368 02:06:32,440 --> 02:06:36,200 Speaker 1: sticks out the most. But Sean McDermott has has been 2369 02:06:36,240 --> 02:06:38,400 Speaker 1: a coach that I think a lot of people when 2370 02:06:38,440 --> 02:06:42,200 Speaker 1: he came in the door was viewed as somewhat conservative. 2371 02:06:43,320 --> 02:06:45,640 Speaker 1: Now here we are in twenty twenty. We get to 2372 02:06:45,720 --> 02:06:47,680 Speaker 1: that Week sixteen game and the Bills have gone for 2373 02:06:47,800 --> 02:06:50,160 Speaker 1: it on fourth down a healthy amount of times this season, 2374 02:06:50,240 --> 02:06:53,720 Speaker 1: not a lot, but in situations where they've been presented 2375 02:06:53,760 --> 02:06:57,440 Speaker 1: with it, they've gone for it. And that game Monday 2376 02:06:57,560 --> 02:07:01,760 Speaker 1: night against New England, it's four and five on their 2377 02:07:01,800 --> 02:07:05,240 Speaker 1: own thirty five yard line in the first quarter and 2378 02:07:05,400 --> 02:07:08,480 Speaker 1: they run the fake punt play in a three what 2379 02:07:08,680 --> 02:07:10,640 Speaker 1: was it a three scoreless game? I think it was. 2380 02:07:11,680 --> 02:07:15,360 Speaker 1: And I understand the offense is like a ball of 2381 02:07:15,480 --> 02:07:17,720 Speaker 1: fire now and that's obviously going to change a head 2382 02:07:17,760 --> 02:07:21,720 Speaker 1: coach is thinking. But coach McDermott has come completely around 2383 02:07:22,400 --> 02:07:25,800 Speaker 1: to the modern day NFL and going for it on 2384 02:07:25,920 --> 02:07:28,880 Speaker 1: fourth down. But that in a zero zero game on 2385 02:07:29,000 --> 02:07:31,960 Speaker 1: his own thirty five yard line with his special teams 2386 02:07:32,000 --> 02:07:35,280 Speaker 1: with a backup safety throw into another backup dB to 2387 02:07:35,440 --> 02:07:38,440 Speaker 1: get the first down. That just, I mean, that just 2388 02:07:38,640 --> 02:07:42,320 Speaker 1: changed my whole complexion of what Sean McDermott is as 2389 02:07:42,320 --> 02:07:43,840 Speaker 1: a head coach in this league right now. I'm just 2390 02:07:43,920 --> 02:07:47,080 Speaker 1: wondering how it grabbed you. Yeah, I think as a 2391 02:07:47,080 --> 02:07:48,680 Speaker 1: couple of things came in my mind. First of all, 2392 02:07:48,800 --> 02:07:50,280 Speaker 1: don't tell me what you think of me as a 2393 02:07:50,320 --> 02:07:53,840 Speaker 1: player or a team, show me, you know, like it. 2394 02:07:54,160 --> 02:07:57,320 Speaker 1: Sean McDermott totally believed that his football team, not just 2395 02:07:57,480 --> 02:07:59,600 Speaker 1: the offense because it's really good, and not just the defense, 2396 02:07:59,680 --> 02:08:02,040 Speaker 1: that if they got a quick change in short field, 2397 02:08:02,040 --> 02:08:03,600 Speaker 1: that they'll get off the field with three points. But 2398 02:08:03,960 --> 02:08:07,120 Speaker 1: show us, you know, show us if you want. Coaches 2399 02:08:07,120 --> 02:08:09,360 Speaker 1: are constantly telling players and I don't know if Sean 2400 02:08:09,440 --> 02:08:12,440 Speaker 1: does this, but I'm playing the assumption game, like believing 2401 02:08:12,520 --> 02:08:16,800 Speaker 1: yourselves you're good enough, be aggressive, let it go, trust 2402 02:08:16,840 --> 02:08:19,960 Speaker 1: her preparation. So let's show us then and stop playing 2403 02:08:20,520 --> 02:08:23,440 Speaker 1: or don't play conservatively. Number two. You know that's just 2404 02:08:23,600 --> 02:08:25,760 Speaker 1: good coaching when it comes to going into the week 2405 02:08:25,840 --> 02:08:29,280 Speaker 1: and going you know, grinding on tape and finding ways 2406 02:08:29,400 --> 02:08:32,240 Speaker 1: to impact the game. I remember Payton Manning said this 2407 02:08:32,320 --> 02:08:34,480 Speaker 1: to me one time. We were watching tape together and 2408 02:08:34,600 --> 02:08:36,960 Speaker 1: he was putting away a team played covered three buzz 2409 02:08:37,680 --> 02:08:40,640 Speaker 1: and he was sitting there with a clicker and he's like, hey, man, 2410 02:08:40,680 --> 02:08:42,640 Speaker 1: you see how this team's playing cover three buzz. He's like, 2411 02:08:42,680 --> 02:08:44,280 Speaker 1: it's up to you to make sure that they know 2412 02:08:44,440 --> 02:08:46,560 Speaker 1: they're not allowed to do that, you know. And I 2413 02:08:46,600 --> 02:08:50,280 Speaker 1: would imagine that they watched New England's defense and some 2414 02:08:50,440 --> 02:08:53,600 Speaker 1: kick ours special teams in some capacity and do something 2415 02:08:53,640 --> 02:08:55,880 Speaker 1: and at some point you go, dope, you're not allowed 2416 02:08:55,880 --> 02:08:57,440 Speaker 1: to do that against us, you know. And so you 2417 02:08:57,480 --> 02:08:59,720 Speaker 1: gotta have the courage to call it. You gotta have 2418 02:08:59,840 --> 02:09:02,640 Speaker 1: the work ethic to find the opportunity and grind on 2419 02:09:02,720 --> 02:09:04,720 Speaker 1: that tape. And and I thought it was a really 2420 02:09:04,800 --> 02:09:08,480 Speaker 1: cool example of just you know, when when when good 2421 02:09:08,520 --> 02:09:13,120 Speaker 1: coaching staffs get good players, um, and it and both 2422 02:09:13,200 --> 02:09:15,920 Speaker 1: sides see it the same way and trust each other. Um, 2423 02:09:16,000 --> 02:09:19,080 Speaker 1: you're able to do things that you can't without both 2424 02:09:19,160 --> 02:09:22,840 Speaker 1: those pieces in place. And um, obviously it was a 2425 02:09:23,120 --> 02:09:26,360 Speaker 1: kind of a momentum swinger in that game. Yeah, absolutely 2426 02:09:26,440 --> 02:09:29,560 Speaker 1: it was. And what is there? Uh, Matt, We've been 2427 02:09:29,600 --> 02:09:31,760 Speaker 1: Matt asking all our guests is what's the matchup on 2428 02:09:31,840 --> 02:09:37,200 Speaker 1: wild Card weekend you're looking forward to? Um? I mean 2429 02:09:37,280 --> 02:09:39,120 Speaker 1: all of them? Man, I want to see. I mean, shoot, 2430 02:09:39,120 --> 02:09:42,040 Speaker 1: I'll go game by game. Uh. I think watching Josh 2431 02:09:42,080 --> 02:09:45,000 Speaker 1: Allen Diyes against this indie defense is super important. And 2432 02:09:45,080 --> 02:09:47,240 Speaker 1: he's got a really good defense and they're all tied 2433 02:09:47,280 --> 02:09:49,520 Speaker 1: to a string on his eyes. So that's the big 2434 02:09:49,600 --> 02:09:52,120 Speaker 1: matchup that I'm looking forward to. I want to see 2435 02:09:52,720 --> 02:09:55,840 Speaker 1: if Washington's defensive line gets after Tom Brady a little bit. 2436 02:09:55,920 --> 02:09:58,560 Speaker 1: I want to see Bruce Derians adjust. I can't trust 2437 02:09:58,640 --> 02:10:01,560 Speaker 1: that plan against the team like New Orleans Front or 2438 02:10:01,640 --> 02:10:04,160 Speaker 1: the rams Is front unless you show me that you'll 2439 02:10:04,200 --> 02:10:07,040 Speaker 1: adjust if you can't block them up and stop pushing 2440 02:10:07,080 --> 02:10:11,879 Speaker 1: the ball downfield. Um, you know, well, we'll Baltimore's defensive 2441 02:10:11,920 --> 02:10:14,320 Speaker 1: backs tackled Derrick Henry. I think that's a big deal. 2442 02:10:14,400 --> 02:10:16,160 Speaker 1: They're gonna try to get that run game on those 2443 02:10:16,240 --> 02:10:19,879 Speaker 1: TVs and especially the corners where they tackle them. Um. Obviously, 2444 02:10:19,960 --> 02:10:23,640 Speaker 1: how does Cleveland pull off a miracle? Um? What's the 2445 02:10:23,720 --> 02:10:30,680 Speaker 1: other two games, Um, the Ram Seattle. Yeah, Jared Golf, Jared, 2446 02:10:31,160 --> 02:10:33,280 Speaker 1: Jared Golf is gonna have five times in this game 2447 02:10:33,320 --> 02:10:35,520 Speaker 1: where he needs to check the ball down to a tailback. 2448 02:10:35,920 --> 02:10:38,240 Speaker 1: He does not do that. Well, he didn't do it 2449 02:10:38,280 --> 02:10:40,720 Speaker 1: against them the last two times they played. If he 2450 02:10:40,800 --> 02:10:44,280 Speaker 1: doesn't do that, they lose. If he does that, they win. Um. 2451 02:10:45,240 --> 02:10:47,640 Speaker 1: And then the AFC. The other AFC matchup was got 2452 02:10:47,720 --> 02:10:53,400 Speaker 1: to be use your brain. It's uh no, it's uh no, 2453 02:10:53,520 --> 02:10:57,680 Speaker 1: you get It's the Bears and Saints. Oh Bears in Saint. Um, Yeah, 2454 02:10:57,720 --> 02:11:00,640 Speaker 1: I want to see can the Bears move Khulio Mack 2455 02:11:01,000 --> 02:11:04,600 Speaker 1: and Robert Quinn and a Key Nicks inside? I mean 2456 02:11:04,640 --> 02:11:06,400 Speaker 1: they're not. They can't just put him on defensive. The 2457 02:11:06,480 --> 02:11:08,640 Speaker 1: Saints won't allow them just to line up a defensive 2458 02:11:08,760 --> 02:11:10,480 Speaker 1: end and get home. They'll chip them in ton, So 2459 02:11:11,040 --> 02:11:13,640 Speaker 1: how do the Bears adjust that? And then's got to 2460 02:11:13,720 --> 02:11:16,960 Speaker 1: find some success in pocket passing games. They've got a 2461 02:11:17,000 --> 02:11:18,960 Speaker 1: lot of it outside the pocket with Trabisky here in 2462 02:11:19,040 --> 02:11:21,280 Speaker 1: lost five weeks. The Saints won't allow them to do 2463 02:11:21,360 --> 02:11:23,640 Speaker 1: that all game. They're two well coached, So can they 2464 02:11:23,720 --> 02:11:27,520 Speaker 1: have some success in pocket? Yeah? Dan we appreciate the time. 2465 02:11:27,600 --> 02:11:29,920 Speaker 1: We look forward to seeing you on that ESPN plus 2466 02:11:30,040 --> 02:11:33,560 Speaker 1: MegaCast for that Ravens Titans game. We appreciate it. Enjoy 2467 02:11:33,600 --> 02:11:37,160 Speaker 1: the playoffs, man, Thanks, guys, really enjoy it. Be well. 2468 02:11:37,280 --> 02:11:40,080 Speaker 1: All right, that's Dan Orlowski from ESPN. He's one of 2469 02:11:40,120 --> 02:11:42,320 Speaker 1: the NFL Live analysts. You see them on all their 2470 02:11:42,400 --> 02:11:46,080 Speaker 1: morning shows. He's just a fun listen man. Just the 2471 02:11:46,200 --> 02:11:49,160 Speaker 1: way he breaks it down, he does it for the 2472 02:11:49,320 --> 02:11:53,120 Speaker 1: regular fan to understand, Like he'll use football terminology, but 2473 02:11:53,200 --> 02:11:55,200 Speaker 1: he won't get so deep in the weeds that the 2474 02:11:55,280 --> 02:11:57,560 Speaker 1: average fan can't grasp what he's trying to point out 2475 02:11:57,600 --> 02:11:58,600 Speaker 1: to you. Yeah, it's one of the things you can 2476 02:11:58,680 --> 02:12:00,680 Speaker 1: get an idea of in this thing he put out 2477 02:12:00,680 --> 02:12:02,760 Speaker 1: today on Brian Dable and play that we actually showed 2478 02:12:02,800 --> 02:12:05,080 Speaker 1: on our Highlights here. It's the touchdown pass to John 2479 02:12:05,160 --> 02:12:08,480 Speaker 1: Brown down the sidelines. He walks through why everything happened 2480 02:12:08,520 --> 02:12:11,640 Speaker 1: pre snap and post snap, and it sounds like it's 2481 02:12:11,680 --> 02:12:15,200 Speaker 1: really deep into the weeds, but he explains why and 2482 02:12:15,320 --> 02:12:18,520 Speaker 1: it's pretty pretty enlightening. Yeah, it'll give you an idea 2483 02:12:18,560 --> 02:12:20,600 Speaker 1: as to how high a level these guys are coaching 2484 02:12:20,600 --> 02:12:23,680 Speaker 1: at and playing at and it's it's pretty insightful and 2485 02:12:24,280 --> 02:12:26,040 Speaker 1: pretty eye opening. If you think these guys go out 2486 02:12:26,040 --> 02:12:27,360 Speaker 1: there and throw the ball out and let's let's go 2487 02:12:27,440 --> 02:12:30,120 Speaker 1: line up and play. There's a little more too, a 2488 02:12:30,120 --> 02:12:32,520 Speaker 1: little more to it than that. Break Time for us 2489 02:12:33,120 --> 02:12:34,720 Speaker 1: back to close it up here in a moment on 2490 02:12:34,840 --> 02:12:37,080 Speaker 1: One Bill's Live, presented by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo 2491 02:12:37,160 --> 02:12:53,880 Speaker 1: Bill's Radio time for whatever we learned brought to you 2492 02:12:53,960 --> 02:12:58,520 Speaker 1: buy Skyworks, the official construction equipment rental company of the 2493 02:12:58,560 --> 02:13:02,200 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. And I think we learned that Bills fans 2494 02:13:02,240 --> 02:13:05,840 Speaker 1: are chiefly concerned with one Jonathan Taylor Steve and rightfully so. 2495 02:13:06,080 --> 02:13:08,440 Speaker 1: He's a really good running back with on a really 2496 02:13:08,520 --> 02:13:12,200 Speaker 1: good eleven win team, and they got a really good 2497 02:13:12,280 --> 02:13:15,720 Speaker 1: respected head coach, and they are coming to Buffalo within 2498 02:13:15,760 --> 02:13:19,360 Speaker 1: a winner, take goal. And you stumble against teams like 2499 02:13:19,480 --> 02:13:22,120 Speaker 1: this and you sometimes don't get a chance to dig 2500 02:13:22,160 --> 02:13:24,720 Speaker 1: out of it or go home. You gotta play and 2501 02:13:24,840 --> 02:13:28,839 Speaker 1: win or go home mode. Now we have a loaded 2502 02:13:28,880 --> 02:13:33,480 Speaker 1: show for you tomorrow. Colt Speed, reporter from the athletics, 2503 02:13:33,520 --> 02:13:36,840 Speaker 1: Stephen Holder, will be joining us, and so will a 2504 02:13:36,920 --> 02:13:39,000 Speaker 1: guy that used to play for the Bills, One Ross 2505 02:13:39,160 --> 02:13:42,440 Speaker 1: Tucker will be joining us as he gives us his 2506 02:13:42,600 --> 02:13:46,960 Speaker 1: take on the playoff landscape as the Super wild Card 2507 02:13:47,040 --> 02:13:50,600 Speaker 1: weekend begins in just a few days with triple headers 2508 02:13:50,640 --> 02:13:54,640 Speaker 1: on Saturday and Sunday. That's what those extra playoff berths 2509 02:13:54,680 --> 02:13:57,480 Speaker 1: have given us, So nice for Steve Tasker. I'm Chris Brown. Thanks, 2510 02:13:57,520 --> 02:13:59,960 Speaker 1: as always for watching and listening. We'll catch you tomorrow.