1 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: At a Steve Tasker who has been all over the field. 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: Kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role 3 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: player for you state a blimp. We're not even in 4 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: the stratiere of normalcy. All right, let's dial it up 5 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,639 Speaker 1: here on a Thursday, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you. 6 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: Happy holidays to everybody. Bills back on the practice field 7 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: in the stadium today, and there's good news from over there. 8 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders. Our eyeballs are telling us over there is 9 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: back on the practice field. He was listed as a 10 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 1: limited participant yesterday. We'll see what his status is after 11 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,279 Speaker 1: practice is over today. As they already know, they will 12 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: be without Cole Beasley for Sunday's game against the Patriots. Patriots. Meanwhile, 13 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: running back Romandre Stevenson looks like he's gonna miss his 14 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: second straight day due to illness at Patriots practice, So 15 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: that's an interesting development there. And as we know, Damian 16 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: Harris is still trying to return from the hamstring injury. 17 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 1: And then Brandon Bolden, the other running back, came up 18 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: with a knee injury. So that's gonna bear some watching 19 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: through the course of the week. Steve. As we know, 20 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: the holidays get busy, We've got extra responsibilities. I'm here 21 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: in you know, at one Bill's drive at about eleven am, 22 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: and I looked down at my feet and I realize, 23 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 1: I've got two different, two different shoes. What are you doing? 24 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: This is where my life is. You got don't have 25 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: matching shoes on. I don't, not at all. I mean, 26 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: that's where I'm at. You. I thought I was old 27 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: and senile. You're worse. I am cushions of you had none. 28 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: Oh my god. I've headed a lot of soccer ball, 29 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: so maybe I've had dozens of mini ones. But explain 30 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: that to what going What is happening when you're out there. 31 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: There's just a lot of stuff going on, people in, 32 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: people out. And you know, I'm running around this morning 33 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: because you know, we taped the latest episode of Builds 34 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 1: by the Numbers podcast this morning, so I had to 35 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: get in a little earlier. And I'm running around and uh, 36 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: I've got two sets of sneakers in my cubby apparently 37 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 1: in the mudroom, right and I just kind of I 38 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: didn't even turn the light on in there, and it's 39 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: a relatively dark room. There's no windows in that area 40 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: of the house, so it's dimly lit, and I got 41 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: a gray shoe and a black shoe, and I just 42 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,359 Speaker 1: pulled out two shoes and slapped them on. I guess 43 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: I should feel more fortunate that I have a left 44 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: on a left and a right on a right. Yet 45 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: you'd have felt that though, well true, true, I would have, 46 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: but um, yeah, like uh and I and I just 47 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: went on my merry way like I. It's not like 48 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:00,679 Speaker 1: I got in the car and I'm getting out of 49 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:02,359 Speaker 1: the car and I'm like, oh jeez, how did I 50 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: do that? Why is one shooting? I got all the 51 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: way to about eleven thirty like yeah, but think about 52 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: it too, you would think like maybe one of them 53 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:09,959 Speaker 1: has a bigger heel lift or something. It's like, wow, 54 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,519 Speaker 1: that doesn't feel Righteh, No, nothing of the sort. Now, 55 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: in my defense, nobody here in the office noticed either. 56 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: You could not that you always look at people's feet, right, 57 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: You could have made it out in and out of 58 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: here with never having told us, as I applaud your 59 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: your I am forthright nature. I'm honest. I wouldn't even 60 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: even about my own flaws all too often. So yeah, 61 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 1: that those are my state of affairs. And I guess 62 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: it could be a lot worse than having to incorrect 63 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: shoes on you. Well, my stais has nothing to do 64 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: with yours, is not none on that par But I 65 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: did watch emmett utter jug Bank crisis through half of that, 66 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: and that was it, and then you bailed. It's garbage. 67 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: It's I am an enormous Jim Hinson Muppet fan. Yeah, 68 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: and that that proc ruined it for you. That is garbage. Wow, 69 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: it moves slower. It does move slow. Oh my gosh, 70 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: it does move slow. Do you pull the ripcord about 71 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: halfway through this? Yeah? I was netflixing it and pop 72 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: how much more this is there? Yeah? Like, oh you 73 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: know I can't. All right, Well, I give you credit 74 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: for at least giving it an opportunity. Yes, I will 75 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 1: admit em an otter jug band Christmas is a no 76 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: go from Yeah, I will admit that. As a kid, 77 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: I liked it more than as an adult. Um. As 78 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 1: an adult now it kind of comes across as a 79 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: little hokey. Well it is. It is a little bit. 80 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 1: You know, that storyline is done. I don't even know 81 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: how the thing ends, and I'm really completely not interested. 82 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: Well it's got a happy ending, of course. Um, what 83 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 1: happens with the rock band. Are the bad guys get 84 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: good trouble and do their hearts change or they just 85 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: get out of the pigure they get what they do 86 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 1: I'm trying to remember. I want to say that somebody 87 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: performs an act of kindness to them and then they're 88 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: changed by it, right, you know, spirit of Christmas giving 89 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,920 Speaker 1: instead of receiving all of that. I want to say 90 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: that's how it ends. But I'm gonna be quite honest. 91 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 1: I probably haven't watched it in about twelve fifteen years, 92 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 1: and I knew it was a slow mover and maybe 93 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: slow moving is doing it, is paying it accompany. Well, 94 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: I give you, I applaud you for trying in the 95 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: spirit of Christmas. Um. The one thing we do agree on, though, 96 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 1: is a Year without a Santa Claus is probably the 97 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: best ranking in bass Christmas special. That is, that is 98 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: the show stopper of all of the Christmas specials from 99 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 1: the animated claymation genre. Yeah, the the what a Year 100 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: without a Santa? Right? And it was who does it? 101 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 1: The Hannah branking and banking bass that's right? Yeah, great 102 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: one with the head Miser and the snow Mince. That 103 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: is an all time class. That is, that is a muscle. 104 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that's the only one. I mean, doctors, 105 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 1: who's you don't like the Grinch grin? I like the 106 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 1: live an action Grinch with Tim Jim Carrey too. Um, 107 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: I like uh, Santa claus Is, I'm in town and 108 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: I told you to stare as a good one. The 109 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: Great White Christmas bing Crosby. Ever seen the old one? 110 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 1: White Christmas? I don't think I've seen the old one. 111 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,359 Speaker 1: It's pretty fantastic, is it? Another one? It's a Wonderful 112 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: Life with Jimmy Stewart right all time great. Yeah, it's 113 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: got a great ending, but man, it gets really dark 114 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: in some places there. It does for a Christmas move, 115 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 1: but only for a minute because he's a minute Yeah, 116 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 1: because he goes back. Yeah, well whatever, it's awesome. And then, 117 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: like I told you the other day, the Muppet Christmas 118 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:33,720 Speaker 1: Carol with Michael Caine as Scrooge Untouchable. It's one of 119 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 1: the old It's a Wonderful Life is another one. I 120 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: think you could categize as a slow mover. That one 121 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 1: takes time to takes a little time. Him takes a 122 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:43,839 Speaker 1: little time. I think, Yeah, so you gotta be patient 123 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 1: through that one as well. Um. Yeah, so I applaud 124 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: you for giving it at least an opportunity. I don't 125 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 1: blame you for not finishing it. We had a caller 126 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: on yesterday who said, Hey, I put that on with 127 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: my kids. After about five minutes, they looked at me 128 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: and said, we got to commit this guy. Dad's gotta 129 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 1: get committed this. He was correct. Correct, made back in 130 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: nineteen seventy eight, seventy seven. I think we can all argue, 131 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: you know, it was a time when everybody had a 132 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: lot more patience. Um, gotta have a lot of patience 133 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: for that one. We got a jam packed show for 134 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: you today though. Coming up in about twenty minutes or so, 135 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: we've got ESPN NFL insider and fantasy football expert fieldy 136 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: Eight's giving us his ultimate fantasy lineup for Week sixteen. 137 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: Some interesting choices in the lineup this week, we'll get 138 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: to those at the bottom of the hour. Then in 139 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: the second hour of the program, the Hall of Famer 140 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 1: THURM and Thomas shows up for his weekly visit with us, 141 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: and he will be talking Bill's Patriots rematch. And then 142 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: after practice is over, we look forward to having one 143 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: Dane Jackson join us, whose second meeting with the Patriots, 144 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: as far as his defensive responsibilities go, are going to 145 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: be in stark contrast to what he had to do 146 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 1: in the first matchup when it was a veritable windstorm 147 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: in high Mark Stadium and throwing the football wasn't even 148 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: on the radar of the Patriots in that game. So 149 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: we've got all of that coming your way. We may 150 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: even get some interview Q and A from Stefon Diggs, 151 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: Mica Hyde and or Tremaine Edmonds, depending on how quickly 152 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: practice ends. It's also the time of the week here 153 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 1: where we will be getting your comments and thoughts on 154 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 1: this monumental game. I mean, this is a monumental game, 155 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: There's no question about it. The magnitude, the importance, it's 156 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:42,719 Speaker 1: basically for the division. And you know, I think a 157 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: lot of people are trying to be calm on the 158 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 1: way in, but I think once we get to about 159 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: ten to one on Sunday, that's when the nail biting 160 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: is going to ensue. Because I think everybody knows the 161 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: Patriots team and Bill Belich enough to understand their herd 162 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: base is not going to be an easy game and 163 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:10,319 Speaker 1: so that's why we're asking you today. Has there been 164 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: a regular season game that lived up to the importance 165 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: of this Sunday's game against the Patriots. There haven't been 166 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:22,719 Speaker 1: many over the years, and this one's pretty big. It's 167 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 1: Jack talked. We talked about this earlier that in my day, 168 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 1: way back in the day, it used to be instead 169 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: of the Patriots and whoever Bills or Dolphins, whoever it is, 170 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: it was the Bills Dolphins in the East and Marino 171 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: or Jim and their crews would get together late in 172 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:43,439 Speaker 1: the season on the second time, and it was for 173 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 1: the division title, almost invariably. And I remember we had 174 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: when we beat him forty four thirty four here and 175 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: with snow on the field at one point and then 176 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:57,839 Speaker 1: they cleaned the field off. It was one of those 177 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: games where you knew it coming in whinner. The game 178 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:03,719 Speaker 1: takes the division, that's all there is to it. And 179 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: you know we beat them that day. There was a 180 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: play you know, playoff games are a different animal, of course, 181 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: but there have been other regular season games that were enormous, 182 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,559 Speaker 1: you know, three years, four years ago and in seventeen 183 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:22,679 Speaker 1: where they had to win in Miami and then get 184 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:25,839 Speaker 1: some help. That was a big one, I thought, and 185 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 1: for me and I was, you know, part of the 186 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:32,719 Speaker 1: old time moments with you know, the fifty one to 187 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:35,079 Speaker 1: three games, the comeback game and all that other stuff. 188 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: We're looking for regular season game. That regular season game 189 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:40,559 Speaker 1: at the end of twenty seventeen when they broke the 190 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: drought and they needed to get help. That was one 191 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: of the best moments in franchise history, maybe the best, 192 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 1: maybe the best moment in franchise history. Had a new 193 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 1: ownership that was getting their their legs underneath them. You 194 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: had a brand new coach and his staff who were 195 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 1: accused of tanking early in the season when they traded 196 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: the you know when they traded those guys, says Rodkin, Right, 197 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: they traded those guys broadcasts and they thought, oh they're 198 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 1: tanking and they may take that roster and get into 199 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: the playoffs. At the end of that season, I thought, 200 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: I still think that may be the most iconic moment 201 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: in the enfranchise history so far, just because of the 202 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 1: way it happened and the technology available, because we all 203 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: got to experience it with the players in the locker 204 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 1: room all together, and you have videos from fans everywhere 205 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: across the across the country and across the globe who 206 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: were all there watching it together, that we all knew 207 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 1: what we had to do, we all knew what had 208 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: to happen, and for everybody to see it together was 209 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 1: it was. You can't duplicate it, you couldn't have planned 210 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: it right. And the crazy thing about it was, we're 211 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:57,679 Speaker 1: all in the bowels of the stadium in Miami waiting 212 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 1: to get into the locker room after the Bills beat 213 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: the Dolphins. Nothing had been decided yet because the Cincinnati 214 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: Baltimore game was still going. When the Bills game had 215 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: already finished, Bills players in the locker room, they've got 216 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: the TV on. The locker room is not open to 217 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,679 Speaker 1: the media yet. We're all outside and we're trying to 218 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 1: find out what's going on on the game on our phones. 219 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:19,079 Speaker 1: And then we hear on the other side of the 220 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: door the locker room erupting, and we're just on the 221 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:25,679 Speaker 1: other side of the door in the bowels of the 222 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:28,680 Speaker 1: stadium there in Miami, waiting to get in to talk 223 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: to everybody. And by then, you know, if you didn't 224 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 1: have it on your phone, you knew, yeah, something good happened. 225 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: Cincinnati did that was gonna help Buffalo getting the player. 226 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 1: It's a massive game that got in, and I think 227 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: the way that people experienced it made it all the 228 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,559 Speaker 1: more special and I thought that was perfect. So I 229 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: still think, you know, you talk about massive games, it 230 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 1: was a game you had to win to get in 231 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:55,959 Speaker 1: then get some help. I get that, but but what 232 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: it meant, you know, turned out to be winning in 233 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 1: and it was. Yeah, it's huge. So there are games 234 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: like that that come along, but it's harder. I don't 235 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 1: know about were well, I would say, yeah. I mean, 236 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 1: there was a game in twenty nineteen, if you remember 237 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: where the division was still in play against the Patriots 238 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: Week sixteen, same week as this week, and the Bills 239 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: had to win to catch up to the Patriots in 240 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 1: the division in the twenty nineteen season, and they ended 241 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: up losing twenty four to seventeen. Rex Birkhead gave the 242 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: Patriots the game winning score with five minutes left in 243 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 1: the game on a one yard touchdown run. They were 244 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: down seventeen sixteen or yeah town, seventeen sixteen, and then 245 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 1: the Patriots scored with five minutes remaining to go up 246 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 1: twenty four to seventeen, and the Bills couldn't muster anything 247 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: the rest of the way there and end up losing 248 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:57,319 Speaker 1: that game, and that basically put them out put the 249 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: division out of reach for Buffalo. That's the last time 250 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 1: they were this close to winning the division, aside from 251 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:05,679 Speaker 1: last year obviously, when they ran away with it with 252 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: a thirteen and three mark. But even then, that was 253 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: still during the Brady era, and I think the feeling 254 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 1: was different. You know, we hadn't experience, we had yet 255 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,839 Speaker 1: to experience the euphoria of the twenty twenty season. This 256 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: was a team still climbing and trying to prove they 257 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: could be a playoff team and a contender. They had 258 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 1: just come off the big Sunday night win over the Steelers, 259 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 1: which essentially put them in a position to be in 260 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 1: the playoffs, and then the division was still sitting there 261 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: for them and they come up short again to New England. 262 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: I still don't feel like the magnitude of that game 263 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 1: matches this one, but it's the closest thing in recent 264 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 1: history that we can get to it short of the 265 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 1: game that you referenced at the end of twenty seventeen, 266 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: right and there it could be. You can envision this 267 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 1: one if this came at week eighteen, is to the 268 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: week sixteen, where neither team has a chance to recover, 269 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 1: or neither team and still has opportunities to get in, 270 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: you gotta you'd have to get to imagine a scenario 271 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 1: where the team that either it was the Dolphins or 272 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 1: the Jets or whoever, or the Patriots that you're playing 273 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 1: against in week eighteen, you gotta win it and you 274 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: gotta get in. You win it and you're in. If 275 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: you lose, you're out, and no chance for anything else 276 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: to happen. That's not the case here. So that's the 277 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: only case you could conjure up where it could be. 278 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: If you if you transversed the Bill's Jet game at 279 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 1: the end of the season to this weekend and the 280 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: Patriots Dolphins game to this weekend, and put the Bills 281 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 1: Patriots at week eighteen, oh, then you would know that 282 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 1: would yeah, that one, But let us know at eight 283 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: oh three oh five fifty one eight eight eight five 284 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 1: fifty two five fifty number to get on board. Let 285 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 1: us know if there was another regular season game that 286 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 1: you think matches the magnitude and maybe some of the 287 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 1: angst you might have for the game this coming Sunday, 288 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 1: which essentially is going to tie for the division. We 289 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: go to the phones and we will lead off with 290 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: Kevin and Hamburg. Kevin, what do you have for us? 291 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: Thanks for taking my calling. I'm a wonderful holiday. First, 292 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: I want to say my Christmas movie of all time 293 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: I liked was Fred Claus because it changed Kevin Spacey 294 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 1: from a jerk to a nice guy at the end 295 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 1: and Vince Vaughn from a jerk to a nice guy. 296 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: Fair enough, Okay, we'll take those, Julie noted. And I'm 297 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: also about the question. I think I'm gonna go back, 298 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 1: way back the first year he went to Super Bowls 299 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: Christmas weekend nineteen ninety, Frank Reich had to replace Jim 300 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: Kelly because he was Gibby against the Dolphins here and 301 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: a lot of people have been Binky could do it 302 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 1: against and we won my twenty four to thirteen. He 303 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 1: played an awesome game. A lot of people didn't think 304 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 1: he could do it against from the Mighty Marino, even 305 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: though it was up here in Buffalo, and oh man, 306 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: I think that one if he had to compare in 307 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 1: a way back then, it was Miami and New England 308 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 1: was pretty hopeless and happless sympathetic. I think that the 309 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 1: importance of how it was, you know, because he Jim 310 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: couldn't play, he was gimbat or whatever it was wrong 311 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 1: under the weather, he pulled it out. A lot of 312 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:18,919 Speaker 1: people didn't think, Oh, I don't know, Yeah, I had 313 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:21,400 Speaker 1: forgotten about that. I know you're you're probably right about 314 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 1: I do not remember that game. I do not remember 315 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 1: that game. I know that that was just one of 316 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,479 Speaker 1: all those Miami games that we played that were always 317 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 1: so critical, particularly late in the year, like at Christmas time. 318 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,719 Speaker 1: Like Kevin said it, I mean, it's um it happened. 319 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 1: It seemed to be every single year because, like he said, 320 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: the Patriots were not the Patriots we know and hate today, 321 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 1: and the Jets. The Jets, however, were still the Jets, 322 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 1: so they weren't in the picture. So it was in 323 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins, the Buffalo Bills and Marino and Kelly and 324 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 1: then yeah, that the game you're talking about with Frank. 325 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 1: I do not remember. Well, Kevin is pretty accurate with 326 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:02,439 Speaker 1: everything here because I'm looking it up, and the Bills 327 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:07,639 Speaker 1: and Dolphins December twenty third, so it's today. Back in 328 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety what is that thirty one years thirty one 329 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:19,120 Speaker 1: years ago today, Bills Dolphins in then Rich Stadium, one 330 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:22,880 Speaker 1: o'clock kickoff, and the Bills win the game twenty four 331 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:25,360 Speaker 1: to fourteen. You're off by one point on the score there, 332 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 1: Kevin fourties, what say? And Frank Reich was the starting 333 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:33,680 Speaker 1: quarterback and Frank let's see fifteen to twenty one for 334 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,879 Speaker 1: two hundred and thirty four yards, two touchdowns, one thirty 335 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 1: nine point eight rating. Thurman rumbled for one hundred and 336 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:43,679 Speaker 1: fifty four in a touch He basically had one hundred 337 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 1: and eighty totally yards from scrimmage. That was pretty good. Yeah, 338 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,919 Speaker 1: I think it was pretty good. So James Lofton led 339 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,640 Speaker 1: the scoring with a seven yard touchdown pass. Andre Reid 340 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 1: followed with an eleven yard or Mark Duper for the 341 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 1: Dolphins made a fourteen seven nor would hit a field goal, 342 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 1: and then Thurman had a rushing touchdown. Mark Clayton with 343 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: a late touchdown to make a twenty four to fourteen. 344 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 1: Bills improved to thirteen and two, Dolphins dropped to eleven 345 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 1: and four. So prior to the game, the Dolphins were 346 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 1: only a game back of the Bills for the division 347 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 1: lead and Buffalo holds them off, goes thirteen and two, 348 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 1: goes on to win the division, and obviously goes to 349 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 1: the first Super Bowl. So yeah, good, good pick, Kevin. 350 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:23,719 Speaker 1: That's a good pick there. That's a good one right 351 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 1: around the same time a year too, right, and it 352 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 1: was you knew would be kind of late in the year, 353 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 1: but you know, reinforces the kind of remembrance I have 354 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 1: about the atmosphere every year in the division, it was 355 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 1: the Bills and the Dolphins. There weren't very many years 356 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:42,640 Speaker 1: where the Dolphins beat us, but there were a couple. Yeah, 357 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 1: the Bills were favored in that game by just three 358 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,359 Speaker 1: and a half. To give you an idea on you 359 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: know what the oddsmakers thought of the two teams at 360 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 1: the time. They were both very successful teams. Thirty nine degrees, 361 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 1: relative humidity, ninety five percent, wind just twelve miles per hour. 362 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: Not a bad day for December twent three. We go 363 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: back to the phones. We go to Rob in north Tonawanda. 364 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 1: What do you have for us, Rob? You're on One 365 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: Bill's Live. Hey, guys, Hey, guys. I wanted to bring 366 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 1: up the I think it was two week seventeen. We 367 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:15,399 Speaker 1: played the Steelers backups two thousand and four, and they 368 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:19,200 Speaker 1: just destroyed It's too far two thousand and four. Yeah, yeah, 369 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 1: that's right. And what was that running backs named Willie something? 370 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 1: Willie Parker, Willie Parker, that's right. I was trying to 371 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 1: figure that out. Yeah, yeah, that was Yeah. We were 372 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,679 Speaker 1: one game away from the playoffs and thought we had 373 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 1: it locked up playing the backups, but they just, uh, 374 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:40,880 Speaker 1: they killed us. Yeah. The Pittsburgh Steelers had already assured 375 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:47,720 Speaker 1: themselves of their playoffs situation going into that game, so 376 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 1: then head coach Bill Cower decided he was going to 377 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 1: play most of his backups in that game since they 378 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 1: didn't need the victory, and so players like Willie Parker 379 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 1: or starting a backup running back to Jerome Bettis, among others. 380 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 1: And the Bills had won six in a row down 381 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 1: the stretch, I think after they started the season one 382 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 1: and four and brought it all the way back put 383 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 1: themselves back into contention. They were nine and six after 384 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:25,199 Speaker 1: fifteen games played. Now it was a win, and then 385 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 1: they needed a little help to get in I believe 386 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,959 Speaker 1: they needed either the Jets or the Cincinnati to lose. 387 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,680 Speaker 1: Somebody had to lose. They had to win to get in, 388 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:39,159 Speaker 1: and I believe, if I remember correctly, they got the 389 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 1: help that they would have needed to get in. The 390 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 1: problem was Bledsoe and the Bills stumbled mightily lost twenty 391 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: nine twenty four, and it probably wasn't that close as 392 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:55,200 Speaker 1: it was twenty nine seventeen. Late in that game. The 393 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: clincher was the James Harrison eighteen yard fumble return for 394 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 1: a touchdown to turn a two point lead for the 395 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 1: Steelers into a nine point advantage twenty six seventeen. And 396 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: the Bills never recovered turnovers did them in in that game, 397 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: And that was a crusher. I was there for that. 398 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: I remember covering that six game winning streak. The team 399 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: was on fire. The city was alive again like we 400 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 1: hadn't seen in some time. The anticipation was huge. The 401 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:28,639 Speaker 1: expectations were even larger because everybody knew the Steelers were 402 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 1: playing their backups. Ah, we don't have to play Jerome Bettis. 403 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: You know, we don't have to play against Hines Ward. 404 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,119 Speaker 1: You know, we don't have to face any of these guys. 405 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 1: They're gonna be all sitting on the bench. Didn't matter. Yeah, 406 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:45,920 Speaker 1: I think Willie Parker had a long running that game, 407 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: not for a touchdown. I just remember him running a 408 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: long way. I want to look up this now, I 409 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 1: want to look up stats. But Tommy Maddox started a quarterback, 410 00:22:55,680 --> 00:23:00,119 Speaker 1: had two picks and still won the game. Unbelievable. That 411 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 1: was just that was one of the all time letdowns. 412 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,359 Speaker 1: I would say, in Bill's history. You win six in 413 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 1: a row to get right on the precipice of returning 414 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: to the playoffs for the first time in five years, 415 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:13,880 Speaker 1: and you and you put up a stinker in front 416 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 1: of yours. Oh that's a squasher. It was rough. I 417 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,640 Speaker 1: gotta tell you, that was a rough one in that game. 418 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 1: That one sticks with me. I remember six with a 419 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: lot of people. That one I remember too, the overtime 420 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: loss that they got from the Steelers game, and I 421 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 1: get them confused sometimes the Steelers game with Stevie Johnson 422 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 1: who dropped the overheah, that was. That was a tough 423 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: one to take too, because they had that team beat 424 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 1: and that was a good football team and they were 425 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 1: playing all their starters. Yes in that one, so yes, absolutely, Um, Yeah, 426 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 1: that was that was. That was tough to say the least. 427 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: Willie Parker nineteen carries one hundred two yards. He ripped 428 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: off a fifty eight yard run at one point. That 429 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,119 Speaker 1: is the one I remembered. I knew he had a 430 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,680 Speaker 1: long run in that game, and that was the drew 431 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 1: bledsoe Willis mcgahey, Lee Evans offense, Molds was still playing. 432 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: It was a good group and they had kind of 433 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 1: caught fire and everybody the anticipation for that game. I 434 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 1: would say it was pretty close to what we're experiencing 435 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 1: this for Patriots Week here in Week sixteen. I would 436 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 1: put it on a par with that. I would, So 437 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 1: that's a that's a good first two callers hitting it 438 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 1: out of the park today. Kevin with that nineteen ninety 439 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: Bills Dolphins game with the division on the line, and 440 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 1: then that game two thousand and four, Week seventeen, chanced 441 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,359 Speaker 1: to get in with a little bit of help playing 442 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 1: the Steelers backups and they come up short, loose twenty 443 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 1: nine twenty four double ug. There. We will take a 444 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 1: break here ourselves, but when we come back, it is 445 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:57,160 Speaker 1: time to be joined by ESPN Football Insider, NFL Insider 446 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 1: and fantasy football expert Field Yates. He's got his ultimate 447 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: fantasy lineup, presented by FanDuel it's coming your way next 448 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: here on One Bill's Live, presented by Collata Health, It's 449 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris, 450 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 1: perhaps he is fantasy? What it is that time of 451 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 1: the league where we check in with the ESPN NFL 452 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 1: insider and Fantasy football analyst Field Yates with his ultimate 453 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 1: fantasy lineup, presented by FanDuel Make every moment more and Field, 454 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 1: we're in playoff mode now for fantasy leagues. We really 455 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:46,359 Speaker 1: can't make many mistakes here because one, I mean, this 456 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 1: is a one and done situation. Now, well, hopefully you're 457 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 1: not in blind that we normally do make mistakes. Oh no, no, 458 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 1: but okay, good, but you are correct. The marsh of 459 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: air has been dramatically reduced. But that's part of the 460 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 1: allure of daily fantasy on fan Duels. Well, is that 461 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 1: like if you lost last week in your playoffs, you've 462 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 1: got new life. And if your lineup doesn't hit, which 463 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 1: it will if you follow this line. But if you 464 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: set a different lineup and it doesn't hit, you come 465 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,119 Speaker 1: back in week seventeen and you've got some more. But 466 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 1: I will start here. I'll just say that this is 467 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:20,720 Speaker 1: a weird week in daily fantasy on FanDuel season long fantasy, 468 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 1: because if all these players have been placed on the 469 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,159 Speaker 1: reserve COVID nineteen list, Guys, it's like every time I 470 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:29,239 Speaker 1: open up Twitter, another player that is well known has 471 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 1: been placed on the COVID nineteen list. We hope that 472 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 1: changes and that's not going to be the case. But gentlemen, 473 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: I think with three weeks left you go on the 474 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 1: regular season in many ways, that will be one of 475 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 1: the themes is who is available and who is nine 476 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: and there's no way to know. I mean, how what 477 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 1: is the latest possible you know, normal day in the 478 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,919 Speaker 1: playoffs when you set these lineups. Yeah, well, the good 479 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,879 Speaker 1: news has FanDuel allows you to swap out players, so 480 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: you have the ability to swap all the way until 481 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,919 Speaker 1: Monday night. Now, obviously the options grow limited we get 482 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:01,680 Speaker 1: later on in the week, and you still got to 483 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 1: be able to fit it in price flies. But let's 484 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 1: just say you had a player in your lineup for 485 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 1: one PM and you find out on Sunday morning that 486 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 1: players unavailable due to injury, COVID or otherwise. You could 487 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,920 Speaker 1: swap that player out for somebody that has equal or 488 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: lesser salary. In that circumstance, you could replace him in 489 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:23,159 Speaker 1: your lineup. So it's an unusual time right now in 490 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:27,360 Speaker 1: so many ways. You know, every game, literally every game 491 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,920 Speaker 1: has some player that is on the fence to be 492 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 1: available this Thursday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday. So this is 493 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 1: the world be living, guys, unfortunately, but we hope that 494 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,479 Speaker 1: all these players and everybody else involved in the football 495 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 1: community stays safe and as best we can, we can 496 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 1: avoid as much of these COVID nineteen cases as possible. 497 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 1: All right, So with that, let's kick off the lineup 498 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 1: at the quarterback spot like we usually do. And it 499 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 1: looks like you're trying to take advantage of a week 500 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:57,359 Speaker 1: defense here. That's right. I'm going with Justin Herbert and 501 00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 1: this is a little bit of a curveball, as you 502 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: guys they recall. Normally I try to pay down on 503 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,400 Speaker 1: my quarterback spot in FanDuel lineups because you can find 504 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 1: good value on the board with players with favorable matchups. 505 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 1: But one of the issues this week is that so 506 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 1: many of the top quarterbacks have their own question marks. 507 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:19,159 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson may or may not play. You've got Patrick 508 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,400 Speaker 1: Mahomes who may not have Travis Kelsey and Tyree Hill. 509 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:26,119 Speaker 1: You have Tom Brady, who may not have Mike Evans, 510 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 1: who won't have Chris Godwin. You won't have Leonard Fournette. 511 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 1: Panther's defense, you know, not otherworldly, but pretty solid. You 512 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 1: guys sought up close and personal last week. So there's 513 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 1: an opportunity here, I think to take advantage of a 514 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 1: really sweet spot for Justin Herbert, as I suspect the 515 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 1: Charger will take care of business on Sunday against Houston, 516 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 1: even likely without Austin Eckler. But Herbert at eighty four 517 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:52,200 Speaker 1: hundred dollars where I start my lineup, Yeah, and then 518 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 1: to the run. That makes perfect sense because of the 519 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,440 Speaker 1: uncertainty surrounding the other guys, and you moved to the 520 00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 1: running back spot. You got two guys, one of there's 521 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 1: an old name we know, the other one not so much, 522 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:05,719 Speaker 1: that's right. The first one is Ezekiel Elliott Price at 523 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 1: seven thousand dollars for the Cowboys, and he's been okay 524 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 1: this year, not great, but okay. They play Washington though 525 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 1: on Sunday, and Washington is going to be coming off 526 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:19,120 Speaker 1: of a short week in which they got their butts 527 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 1: handed to them. Against the Philadelphia Eagles. By the way, 528 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 1: they're traveling in both of these instances, they got to 529 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 1: travel back. I know it's a it's a train trip 530 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 1: from Philly on Tuesday night, but still you're getting back late, 531 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 1: you're turning around and flying out on Saturday to play 532 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,640 Speaker 1: the Cowboys on Sunday. I think Zeke's in a pretty 533 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 1: good spot there, even as he's been banged up a 534 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 1: little bit. But my second running back is really the 535 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:43,280 Speaker 1: interesting one, and that's Ronald Jones, who will take over 536 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 1: for Leonard Fournette this weekend. And he's priced at five thousand, 537 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: four hundred dollars on FanDuel. That's one of the lower 538 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: price starting running backs you'll find on the board. Ronald 539 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 1: Jones was a second round pick out of USC three 540 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 1: and a half years ago. Is he a star? No? 541 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:00,880 Speaker 1: Does he have some really unique traits? He does, and 542 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 1: the Bucks need to handle the ball a bunch, because, 543 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,920 Speaker 1: as we just talked about, they're not gonna have Chris Godwin, 544 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:08,560 Speaker 1: They're not gonna well, they may not have Mike Evans. 545 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 1: We'll see on some of those guys. So I think 546 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 1: this is an opportunity for Ronald Jones to have maybe 547 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 1: fifteen or eighteen or twenty total touches, and then wide receivers. 548 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,000 Speaker 1: You're going with some heavy hitters here. We know you 549 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:22,720 Speaker 1: always spend big in this area, but you're going with 550 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,440 Speaker 1: probably the most dominant receiver in the league leading me 551 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 1: off here. That's right, and FanDuel I use this algorithm often, 552 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 1: But what you're looking to do is return a player 553 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 1: at three times the amount he costs nine eight hundred dollars. 554 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:45,600 Speaker 1: Cooper Cup is as expensive as you'll find, I believe, 555 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 1: other than Jonathan Taylor this weekend on FanDuel. Second highest 556 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 1: priced player on the board and still worth it. I mean, guys, 557 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,360 Speaker 1: it's just a remarkable season. I don't really have any 558 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 1: more words for it. Every time we turn Cooper Cup 559 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 1: is doing something ridiculous. But it's a fantastic matchup as well. 560 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 1: Kings have been the thirty first best defense against opposing 561 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 1: wide receivers this year. Great matchup for Cooper Cup, he's 562 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 1: been so good. Moving from him to Keenan Allen, who's 563 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 1: priced at seven thousand and seven hundred dollars. He for 564 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 1: the Chargers, obviously a very talented player, and the matchup, 565 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,040 Speaker 1: as we were just alluding to is really good against Houston, 566 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 1: who plays scrappy and tough, but they just don't have 567 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:27,240 Speaker 1: the manpower this year to be the kind of team 568 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 1: that threatens most Sundays. So Keenan Allen against Houston, I like, 569 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:32,960 Speaker 1: and then one more and I got to keep the 570 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 1: injury monitor going here. As Antonio Brown could return for 571 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 1: the Buccaneers. He's priced at seven thousand dollars. Now the 572 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,560 Speaker 1: upshot would be this, if Antonio Brown plays on Sunday, 573 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:45,920 Speaker 1: if he's healthy enough to go, He's got a fresh legs, 574 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,840 Speaker 1: b he might be the number one wide receiver for 575 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:52,000 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay as Mike Evans will see whether he plays 576 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 1: or not. Chris Godwin unavailable, this Bucks team is going 577 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 1: to need somebody step up, and I think Antonio Brown 578 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,880 Speaker 1: could be the one that called upon to be tom 579 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,320 Speaker 1: Brady's trusts the target, which as we know, Tom Brady 580 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,520 Speaker 1: loves ab. He loves him as a player, loves him 581 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:08,040 Speaker 1: as a teammate. He should be busy unsigned. Yeah, it 582 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:09,880 Speaker 1: almost gets the feeling that Tom Brady wants to make 583 00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 1: a point about Antonio Brown. I mean, he's Brady's the 584 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:16,640 Speaker 1: reason Antonio Brown is there, and when he's on the field, 585 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 1: Brady looks for him. There's no question about it, so 586 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:21,160 Speaker 1: I think, and particularly in this situation, it has all 587 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,000 Speaker 1: the makings for the human relationship of those two to 588 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:28,600 Speaker 1: take over and have Brady feed him the football. It's 589 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:31,280 Speaker 1: a grave point, Steve. He wants to validate this because 590 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 1: there are a lot of people right now that are saying, 591 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:36,800 Speaker 1: hold on, didn't Bruce arians say very clearly that if 592 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:40,480 Speaker 1: Antonio Brown screws up once he's gone, well. I don't 593 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 1: know about you, guys, but I tend to think that 594 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: providing a fake vaccine card, which is not just like 595 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,200 Speaker 1: immoral but also illegal, would be a pretty big screw 596 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,520 Speaker 1: up in my opinion, especially in a league that is 597 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:55,200 Speaker 1: trying its best to mitigate the spread of this virus 598 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:58,600 Speaker 1: as much as it can. So Antonio Brown is still 599 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 1: at the bucks Tom Brady and wants to make that 600 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:04,200 Speaker 1: effort in that investment look sharp and good. And I 601 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 1: think that's part of the reason why he should be 602 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:08,880 Speaker 1: busy on Sunday. All right, So, tight End and flex 603 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,320 Speaker 1: we have a bill sighting everybody. That's right, That's right, 604 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:13,960 Speaker 1: yes we do. So I'll get to the thought the 605 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 1: flex in just a moment. Tight End is Dallas Goddard, 606 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:20,680 Speaker 1: who was really good on Monday night. Even if he 607 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: had two big drops, he was awesome. He had a 608 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,440 Speaker 1: career high in terms of receiving yards. You get a 609 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,400 Speaker 1: little bit of a discount here. I said Monday night. 610 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,440 Speaker 1: I meant Tuesday night. A little bit of a discount here. 611 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 1: Prices are set on Monday. He played on Tuesday, really 612 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:36,680 Speaker 1: good player matchup. And then the flex Gabriel Davis, who, 613 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 1: as you guys, both no back to back to back 614 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,560 Speaker 1: games with touchdowns. They play the Patriots on Sunday, which 615 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:44,920 Speaker 1: we know is excellent defense. You know, two really really 616 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,840 Speaker 1: good past defenses. So may not necessarily be the game 617 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:49,959 Speaker 1: in which you're tapping into a lot of fantasy players. 618 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,720 Speaker 1: But Gabriel Davis has been good, and he's especially effective 619 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:55,480 Speaker 1: in the red zone. He has been one of the 620 00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:59,239 Speaker 1: most targeted players in the league, both in the red 621 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:01,320 Speaker 1: zone and all so the end zone over the past 622 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:05,360 Speaker 1: three weeks. Part of what happens when you're sixty three 623 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,000 Speaker 1: or sixty four. However tall he specifically is, He's obviously 624 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,759 Speaker 1: a big body, wide receiver. Josh Allen's gonna let trust 625 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:14,520 Speaker 1: in him. We know cold Busy be unavailable. It sounds 626 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 1: like Emmanuel Sanders has a chance to play on Sunday, 627 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:19,719 Speaker 1: but if he does not, the Gay Davis is the 628 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,600 Speaker 1: number two wide out for the Buffalo Bills against the Patriots. 629 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:26,439 Speaker 1: And of course then you should go with the all 630 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:30,560 Speaker 1: important defense and it's the Detroit Lions making a stop 631 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:34,560 Speaker 1: on your fantasy team. I love it? Yeah? Why not? Right? 632 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:37,040 Speaker 1: First of all, they did play really well last weekend. 633 00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:38,759 Speaker 1: Who would have thought to have them in their daily 634 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,360 Speaker 1: fantasy lineup against the Arizona Cardinals. If I had, I 635 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 1: would have made even more money. But this is a 636 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,080 Speaker 1: defense that plays. I'd say they punch above their weight class, 637 00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:49,560 Speaker 1: so to speak. Right talentwise, no one's going to confuse 638 00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:51,640 Speaker 1: the Lions one of the best in the NFL. But 639 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:56,000 Speaker 1: they are certainly competitive, They're certainly feisty, they're ascending. They 640 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,000 Speaker 1: do a pretty good job before some turnovers in the 641 00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:01,719 Speaker 1: back end, and the against Atlanta as an offense that 642 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,200 Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't really know that they scare you, right, 643 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:07,319 Speaker 1: I mean, Kyle Pitts was named of the Pro Bowl 644 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:11,080 Speaker 1: and I'm not really big like Pro Bowl snub slash, 645 00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:13,160 Speaker 1: A guy didn't deserve to go to the Pro Bowl player. 646 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:15,280 Speaker 1: But still I think part of that is the NFCC 647 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,680 Speaker 1: is like not a super deep conference in terms of 648 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,360 Speaker 1: tight ends. He has one tied down, one touchdown this season. 649 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:23,399 Speaker 1: They have not found a way totally maximized Kyle Pitts 650 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:26,560 Speaker 1: a skill set, Number one wide receivers, Russell Gage. Really 651 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:29,520 Speaker 1: their best offensive player right now is Cordall Patterson. So 652 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:32,200 Speaker 1: I think this can be a matchup that the Lions 653 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:36,120 Speaker 1: hold Atlanta the twenty or fewer point potentially, And then 654 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,760 Speaker 1: we had a lot of members of the Bills mafia, 655 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,759 Speaker 1: as you might imagine that we're not exactly thrilled with 656 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:47,920 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl selections last night, particularly Josh Allen not getting 657 00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:51,680 Speaker 1: a Pro Bowl nod. I believe you were tweeting something 658 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,719 Speaker 1: out in support of Josh Allen's candidacy for the Pro 659 00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:57,960 Speaker 1: Bowl recently. I don't mind Justin Herbert, he's got one 660 00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:01,640 Speaker 1: more touchdown pass and jo Jallen. I think Lamar Jackson 661 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:04,680 Speaker 1: is the pick that maybe rubbed some people the wrong way, 662 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,160 Speaker 1: not only because he missed some games, but he's turned 663 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:09,520 Speaker 1: the ball over more than usual. So I don't know 664 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:11,040 Speaker 1: where do you kind of come down on that at 665 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:14,520 Speaker 1: the quarterback position for the AFC. Yeah, there's no question 666 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:15,960 Speaker 1: that he should have been there. In my opinion, Josh 667 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:17,640 Speaker 1: Allen should have been one of the three quarterbacks. I 668 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:19,800 Speaker 1: think he should have been the number two quarterback picked 669 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:22,399 Speaker 1: in the AFC this year or one of the top 670 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,120 Speaker 1: two he and Jeffin Herbert. And that's not the slight 671 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:28,320 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes or not the slight Lamar Jackson entirely. I 672 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,400 Speaker 1: felt like what happened with Lamar Jackson's candidacy is his 673 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:34,880 Speaker 1: best stretch of like four or five games was perhaps 674 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:36,880 Speaker 1: the best of any quarterback in the AFC. He was 675 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,239 Speaker 1: kind of carrying that team for a while. Josh has 676 00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:41,799 Speaker 1: been more consistent. I think over the course of the year. 677 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:44,799 Speaker 1: Josh obviously hasn't missed any time like Lamar has. Has 678 00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,520 Speaker 1: basically missed two full games already and potentially a third 679 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:51,040 Speaker 1: on Sunday. And then Patrick Mahomes again, he's Patrick Mahomes 680 00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:52,640 Speaker 1: and he deserves all your credit, in all the respect 681 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:54,960 Speaker 1: that he gets. He also had a six game stretch 682 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:58,320 Speaker 1: where he had three different games of zero touchdown passes. 683 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,920 Speaker 1: Like Josh is consistent see week over a week, I 684 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:04,239 Speaker 1: think speaks for itself. The running factor and in as 685 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:06,120 Speaker 1: well gives him to me he should have been a 686 00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,239 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl pick. You know I always tell people, though, 687 00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:11,160 Speaker 1: is that I think snubs probably matter more to the 688 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:14,000 Speaker 1: fans and the media than they do the players. That's okay, 689 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:18,400 Speaker 1: because I really believe, like my takeaway last last night 690 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:22,480 Speaker 1: thought was, we need to have four quarterback spots and 691 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:27,480 Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl roster going forward because Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, 692 00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:31,040 Speaker 1: Justin Herbert, Lamar Jackson not just great quarterbacks, but great 693 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:33,320 Speaker 1: young quarterbacks. And there are a couple others in the 694 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,719 Speaker 1: AFC that are really good players too. They're gonna feel 695 00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:37,560 Speaker 1: like every year you're getting stubbed, right, Joe Burrows an 696 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:39,800 Speaker 1: excellent young quarterback as well. We'll see what the future 697 00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:41,880 Speaker 1: looks like for Deshaun Watson Trum but Lawrence is a 698 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,920 Speaker 1: good young quarterback or potentially a very good young quarterback. 699 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:48,120 Speaker 1: But I thought Josh deserved to hear his name called 700 00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:50,359 Speaker 1: last night. Yeah, I would agree. It's it's a tough 701 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:54,680 Speaker 1: spot obviously, for the reasons you mentioned Josh Alla, Lamar Jackson, 702 00:37:54,760 --> 00:38:00,520 Speaker 1: Patton Mahomes, Justin Herbert. Then you've got Burrow, Joe Burrow, 703 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:02,719 Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence is going to be there for a while. 704 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,759 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson if he ever comes back into the league. Um, 705 00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:09,279 Speaker 1: there's some guys, uh, and it's it's it's gonna be 706 00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:11,759 Speaker 1: a really really crowded room for a long time because 707 00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:15,120 Speaker 1: they're all what twenty five and under right? Yeah, by 708 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:17,120 Speaker 1: the way, look at that graphic, Like I'm sure I 709 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,200 Speaker 1: know that. Again, these things tend to matter to me 710 00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:21,560 Speaker 1: more than player to apply to to the media and 711 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,560 Speaker 1: fans and the players. But you know, I just I 712 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:26,960 Speaker 1: can't get on board with the scenario in which Micah 713 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:30,920 Speaker 1: Hyde is only the fourth alternate amongst safeties, right, I 714 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:35,759 Speaker 1: mean talking about well rounded, do everything correct, consistency, reliable playmaking. 715 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:37,560 Speaker 1: You know, he's one of the best in football. He's 716 00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:39,719 Speaker 1: a fourth alternate for a Pro Bowl. That's me is 717 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:45,439 Speaker 1: probably equally unsavory as Josh's first alternate status. Jordan figuring 718 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:48,840 Speaker 1: out Jordan Poyer too. I mean his numbers this year, Ye, 719 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:53,480 Speaker 1: they're better than um then Tyron matthews numbers in Kansas City. 720 00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:55,439 Speaker 1: And I know Matthew's got a bigger body of work 721 00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:57,880 Speaker 1: and he's been to the Pro Bowl before. But Poyer's 722 00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:00,360 Speaker 1: numbers this year were better than his and he's the 723 00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:04,239 Speaker 1: third alternate. It's crazy. It's crazy, guys. Yeah, no, they 724 00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:07,719 Speaker 1: have they have legit gripes. But you know, pro will 725 00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:10,000 Speaker 1: come back every other year, and hopefully those guys get 726 00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,280 Speaker 1: some love on the All Pro balloting this year, because 727 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:14,479 Speaker 1: that's the list that I think carries even more merit 728 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,439 Speaker 1: than I ask him about Bills Patriots, Steve before, where 729 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:20,359 Speaker 1: you think about the matchup in Foxboro? Monumental match one 730 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:24,719 Speaker 1: o'clock in the afternoon, Patriots hosting the Bills for this one. 731 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:28,239 Speaker 1: Guys really looking forward to it. Obviously. Let me start 732 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:30,840 Speaker 1: with the thing that we don't know, and that's COVID absences, 733 00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:35,560 Speaker 1: whether those will persist into Sunday. I believe the Bills 734 00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:37,920 Speaker 1: are at seven right now on the COVID nineteen. Just 735 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:41,839 Speaker 1: got Tyrell Dotson back a backup linebacker. But I think 736 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,200 Speaker 1: we're you know, Beasley's not gonna play. We know that, 737 00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:45,600 Speaker 1: and then we have to wait on the line with 738 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:50,560 Speaker 1: Deon Dion Dawkins and John Feliciano as well. M Patriots 739 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:53,880 Speaker 1: have a few COVID absences themselves as well, most notably 740 00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:57,840 Speaker 1: their wide receiver Kendrick Bourne Nelson. Aglare hasn't played, hasn't 741 00:39:57,840 --> 00:39:59,560 Speaker 1: practiced yet this week. He's dealing that he's in the 742 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,560 Speaker 1: Concussi protocols. So both these teams could have some notable 743 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:05,600 Speaker 1: absences come Sunday. You know, I think this is probably 744 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,120 Speaker 1: a good opportunity for the Bills. This is sort of 745 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:10,880 Speaker 1: a physicality check, not a gut check. But we know 746 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:12,920 Speaker 1: with the theme of the last time they play, I 747 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,080 Speaker 1: know it's going to be defined by three passes. But 748 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:17,360 Speaker 1: you know the reason why the Patriots only through the 749 00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:19,440 Speaker 1: ball three times because they establish a lead early in 750 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:21,920 Speaker 1: the running game. And I'd imagine the Patriots aren't going 751 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:23,959 Speaker 1: to run, aren't going to throw the ball just three times. 752 00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:26,000 Speaker 1: But I also imagine they expect to be very busy 753 00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:30,040 Speaker 1: on the ground again comes Sunday, with Damian Harris likely 754 00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:31,880 Speaker 1: as their lead back. So I think this is an 755 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:34,360 Speaker 1: opportunity for the Bills and Patriots to both sort of 756 00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:37,920 Speaker 1: settle the score in terms of physicality. Can the Bills 757 00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 1: go toe to toe with the Patriots in that spot? 758 00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:42,480 Speaker 1: If so, then you know this is a toss up 759 00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:44,120 Speaker 1: type of game. But I can't wait for it. I 760 00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:46,040 Speaker 1: think both these teams are outstanding by the way, and 761 00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:48,920 Speaker 1: not gonna let Sunday dictate how I feel about their 762 00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:51,680 Speaker 1: long term outlook. I know the Bill's margin for airs 763 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:53,680 Speaker 1: a little bit less because of their record right now, 764 00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:56,960 Speaker 1: but you know, I think this Bills team is really 765 00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:59,279 Speaker 1: good at This Patriots team is really really good as well. 766 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:02,200 Speaker 1: So I can't wait to watch some one Sunday. All right, Field, 767 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:05,040 Speaker 1: as always, thanks for the time. Enjoy Christmas with your family. 768 00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:06,840 Speaker 1: We'll catch up with you next week right before the 769 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:10,319 Speaker 1: New Year. Happy Holidays. We are Christmas guys, and talk 770 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:12,200 Speaker 1: to you guys next week. Looking forward to it already. 771 00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:16,000 Speaker 1: All right. That's Field Yanks, ESPN NFL insider and fantasy 772 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:20,320 Speaker 1: football expert with his ultimate fantasy lineup, presented by fan Duel. 773 00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:23,279 Speaker 1: Make every moment more. We are going to take a 774 00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:25,760 Speaker 1: break here, but we come back more your phone calls. 775 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,879 Speaker 1: We want to know. Is there a regular season game 776 00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:32,799 Speaker 1: that you remember that had the magnitude and lived up 777 00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,680 Speaker 1: to the importance of the Bills game this Sunday, which 778 00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:39,040 Speaker 1: is essentially going to decide the division title at one 779 00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:42,279 Speaker 1: pm in Foxborough, One Bills Live presented by Kalida Health. 780 00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:57,920 Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bills Radio Bill Fafier. You could win 781 00:41:58,000 --> 00:41:59,919 Speaker 1: a trip to the Super Bowl on us. Just down 782 00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:02,399 Speaker 1: though the official mobile app of the Buffalo Bills, create 783 00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:04,759 Speaker 1: a profile and fill out the entry form. Already have 784 00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:07,239 Speaker 1: a profile, Just fill out the form in your app. 785 00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:09,640 Speaker 1: One lucky fan will win two tickets to the Super 786 00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:12,799 Speaker 1: Bowl in LA, including flights in hotel. Don't miss out 787 00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:16,520 Speaker 1: on this once in a lifetime experience. We do want 788 00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:19,640 Speaker 1: to get back to the phones as we are trying 789 00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:24,680 Speaker 1: to find regular season games that you remember that lived 790 00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:27,600 Speaker 1: up to the importance of this Sunday's game for the 791 00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:32,040 Speaker 1: Bills against the Patriots, which will essentially decide the AFC 792 00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:36,520 Speaker 1: East title. For those that don't know already, New England 793 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:40,040 Speaker 1: can clinch a playoff berth with a win coupled with 794 00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:45,759 Speaker 1: multiple teams losing. Various combinations exist there. I'm not going 795 00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:48,040 Speaker 1: to run through all of them. They win, in Miami loses, 796 00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:51,480 Speaker 1: they're in. The more important thing is if New England 797 00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:56,239 Speaker 1: wins and Miami loses, New England clinches the division. Overdone, 798 00:42:56,400 --> 00:43:00,400 Speaker 1: Thanks for coming. That's probably the simplest way to their 799 00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:03,040 Speaker 1: situation this weekend. There is not a win in clint 800 00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:06,359 Speaker 1: scenario for the Bills. We go back to the phones, though, 801 00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:09,680 Speaker 1: and we go to Bob in New Jersey. Bob, what 802 00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:12,480 Speaker 1: do you have for us? You're on one Bills live. Hi, 803 00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:17,000 Speaker 1: how are you doing good? I'm a long time Bills fan. 804 00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:22,360 Speaker 1: I started rooting for the Bills unfortunately after this game. Okay, 805 00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:25,279 Speaker 1: I'm going back to the nineteen sixty four season when 806 00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:31,839 Speaker 1: the Bills played the Patriots in Fenway Park, last game 807 00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:35,480 Speaker 1: of the regular season. The winner won the af AFL 808 00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:41,600 Speaker 1: Eastern Division and the Bills won that game twenty four 809 00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:47,000 Speaker 1: or fourteen and went on to win the AFL championship. Okay, 810 00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:49,239 Speaker 1: had they lost that game, the Patriots would have been 811 00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:52,520 Speaker 1: the division champion. Yes, okay, so yes, they were locked 812 00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:55,400 Speaker 1: up there. Yeah and they and they went on and 813 00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:59,719 Speaker 1: won the champion. Was a resounding fashion I saw. Was 814 00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:02,520 Speaker 1: it touchdown? One hundred and two yard kick return in 815 00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:06,640 Speaker 1: that game? I believe from the Bills. Oh yeah, yeah, 816 00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:09,719 Speaker 1: and one hundred and two yards is the longest one 817 00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:12,440 Speaker 1: for maybe still is what I want to know and 818 00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:15,879 Speaker 1: what I wonder about was that the year? Because we've 819 00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:18,080 Speaker 1: heard some of the old Bills over the years. I 820 00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:20,919 Speaker 1: remember when I was doing a series on Buffalo Bills 821 00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:23,800 Speaker 1: dot Com in two thousand and nine for the fiftieth 822 00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:27,560 Speaker 1: anniversary season. You know, we got a lot of AFL 823 00:44:27,719 --> 00:44:31,279 Speaker 1: championship team bills on the horn. I can't remember who 824 00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:35,560 Speaker 1: it was, but they described a game between the Bills 825 00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:39,640 Speaker 1: and the Patriots, the Boston Patriots then where the Bills 826 00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:41,160 Speaker 1: had to go up there to play them. And I 827 00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:43,120 Speaker 1: want to say they said it was this game that 828 00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:45,399 Speaker 1: Bob in New Jersey was describing for the division title 829 00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:47,879 Speaker 1: in sixty four. And at the beginning of the game, 830 00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:52,840 Speaker 1: Cookie Gilchris got a handoff and trucked their most physical 831 00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:56,080 Speaker 1: player on the roster on defense, like put him up 832 00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:58,480 Speaker 1: flat on his back. I heard this story and Cookie 833 00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:01,200 Speaker 1: got up after he flat him and stood up and 834 00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:05,239 Speaker 1: said who's next. I'm gonna be here all day and 835 00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:08,920 Speaker 1: basically ran over him the rest of the game. I 836 00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:12,319 Speaker 1: heard that story. I heard Cookie set the tone. Uh yeah, 837 00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:15,120 Speaker 1: that's a tone setter right there, no doubt about it. Um, 838 00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:18,200 Speaker 1: let's go back to the phones though, and Rick in 839 00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:22,879 Speaker 1: Jamestown he is waiting for us, Rick, what do you have? Well, 840 00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:25,600 Speaker 1: let's hold was a playoff game in nineteen eighty. Nineteen 841 00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:27,880 Speaker 1: eighty was a great season. We had beat the Steelers, 842 00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:30,759 Speaker 1: ended the Dolphin Street affright hed in a row. We 843 00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:33,200 Speaker 1: lost to and we had to go to San Diego 844 00:45:33,239 --> 00:45:36,760 Speaker 1: and he had to play the Chargers and Joe Ferguson 845 00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:39,680 Speaker 1: sprained his ankle and they had to uh put in 846 00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:42,719 Speaker 1: Gary Morandi and what and we ended up losing the 847 00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:45,680 Speaker 1: playoff game. After all the all the bad seasons in 848 00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:49,040 Speaker 1: the seventies, that sticks in my mind. So what was 849 00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:52,080 Speaker 1: what was your level of anticipation for that game though, Rick, 850 00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:54,200 Speaker 1: can you take us through what you were feeling going 851 00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:57,000 Speaker 1: into that. We we hadn't been in the playoffs in years, 852 00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:59,440 Speaker 1: and we were all excited about Buffalo being the playoffs. 853 00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:01,440 Speaker 1: I'll tell you, I used to go to the a 854 00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:03,279 Speaker 1: lot of the games back in the seventies when the 855 00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:06,720 Speaker 1: Bills were won one win, two win seasons. That finally, 856 00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:09,320 Speaker 1: finally we got a season that we won the division 857 00:46:09,719 --> 00:46:11,760 Speaker 1: and we had a playoff game. We all got excited 858 00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:14,920 Speaker 1: just to have for Fergie spraying his ankle. Yeah, we 859 00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:17,000 Speaker 1: end up losing the game and it was like, you know, 860 00:46:17,480 --> 00:46:20,400 Speaker 1: a bitter, bitter defeat. Yeah, I get it. That's a 861 00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:23,040 Speaker 1: good one, Rick, We appreciate that. Yeah, I heard back 862 00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:26,439 Speaker 1: in the day that day. I think he had Yeah, 863 00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:28,239 Speaker 1: I think he had sprang his ankle before and it 864 00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:30,520 Speaker 1: got so bad he had to quit playing. I think 865 00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:34,759 Speaker 1: he got him to the playoffs and couldn't play reaggravated. 866 00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:39,520 Speaker 1: And I remember too that Eddie Abramaski said he because 867 00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:42,879 Speaker 1: we made him sign a waiver to play, to play 868 00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:46,880 Speaker 1: because his ankle was that bad. And they, you know, 869 00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:48,680 Speaker 1: tried to cut it out but couldn't they. You know, 870 00:46:48,719 --> 00:46:51,160 Speaker 1: they gave him a needle and helped him. But you 871 00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:53,919 Speaker 1: know they're like, going, don't they you shouldn't play? Yeah, 872 00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:55,880 Speaker 1: and back in the day, back then, And it's a 873 00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:58,120 Speaker 1: little bit well, if you think about it, he thinking 874 00:46:58,120 --> 00:46:59,919 Speaker 1: about care I'm gonna play. Yeah. If you think about 875 00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:04,759 Speaker 1: Joe's career to that point, you know, limited playoff appearances, 876 00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:07,319 Speaker 1: you finally get there after winning the division. It's like, yeah, 877 00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:10,160 Speaker 1: nothing's keeping me out of this game. And that was 878 00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:13,560 Speaker 1: probably his approach eight oh three, five fifty to jump 879 00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:16,040 Speaker 1: on board. We're gonna go to Dave in Florida next, Dave, 880 00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:17,520 Speaker 1: what do you have for us? You're on one bills live? 881 00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:20,920 Speaker 1: How are you doing today? Guys? Should good? All right? 882 00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:24,760 Speaker 1: I believe it was the nineteen sixty five the Buffalo 883 00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:30,360 Speaker 1: Bills lost to Kansas City in the championship game and 884 00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:34,600 Speaker 1: the AFL to go to the first super Bowl which 885 00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:38,200 Speaker 1: they called the NFL, which they called the NFL, And 886 00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:40,520 Speaker 1: that one just booked my heart because we won the 887 00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:44,759 Speaker 1: year before, we won the AFL championship and I don't 888 00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:47,520 Speaker 1: know how many people remember that. Yeah, for the right 889 00:47:47,560 --> 00:47:49,160 Speaker 1: to go to the first super Bowl, that's what you're 890 00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:52,800 Speaker 1: talking about. That. Yeah, that book my heart. Yeah, and 891 00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:57,320 Speaker 1: my Christmas story, a Christmas story. Did you see that? 892 00:47:57,360 --> 00:47:59,640 Speaker 1: I want alph? Oh yeah with Ralphie. Yeah, that's a 893 00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:02,440 Speaker 1: good one. We haven't mentioned that. Love it. Yeah, that's 894 00:48:02,440 --> 00:48:07,040 Speaker 1: a keeper. Yeah, that was still hurt me that game. Yeah, 895 00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:09,319 Speaker 1: I can. I can hear it in your voice, Dave, 896 00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:11,640 Speaker 1: Thanks very much, thanks for the call. Yeah, we're looking 897 00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:15,000 Speaker 1: for some regular season games, primarily some playoff games have 898 00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:17,719 Speaker 1: come up of late, which I totally get because your 899 00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:20,400 Speaker 1: expectations are through the roof when your team reaches the postseason, 900 00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:23,240 Speaker 1: as we witnessed here last year. People were super excited 901 00:48:23,239 --> 00:48:25,360 Speaker 1: about this team after they sprinted to a thirteen and 902 00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:28,520 Speaker 1: three finish, and we're literally lumping up teams the last 903 00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:30,239 Speaker 1: six weeks of the season. Yeah, they were on a 904 00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:32,719 Speaker 1: roll and you think about last year. That's the game 905 00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:35,760 Speaker 1: in which they had to win to clinch the division 906 00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:37,600 Speaker 1: was the Denver game out there, and it was like, 907 00:48:37,719 --> 00:48:41,080 Speaker 1: what what was forty six points forty five nineteen? I 908 00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:43,560 Speaker 1: think the final was just crushed that team. They were 909 00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:45,440 Speaker 1: and you know Josh is throwing it all over the 910 00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:48,520 Speaker 1: yard and darts, Oh my gosh, and and uh Jerry 911 00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:50,320 Speaker 1: Hugh was at a fumble return for a touchdown. We 912 00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:56,880 Speaker 1: even threw trap. They get a MAKEU that might be 913 00:48:57,200 --> 00:49:00,719 Speaker 1: I'm that might be your all time Gus Johnson liked, 914 00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:03,759 Speaker 1: I cut right up. There isn't gotta be because it 915 00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:06,239 Speaker 1: was like even Murph was like, he's he's gonna he's 916 00:49:06,239 --> 00:49:08,319 Speaker 1: gonna run around again, and then he made that move 917 00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:12,560 Speaker 1: and went back to the outside. It happened in a heart. 918 00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:14,920 Speaker 1: It went from being this like one of those defensive 919 00:49:14,920 --> 00:49:16,960 Speaker 1: players that didn't know what to do with the ball too, 920 00:49:17,360 --> 00:49:19,239 Speaker 1: He's gonna make it. Jerry was a running back in 921 00:49:19,360 --> 00:49:22,200 Speaker 1: high school. Listen, they all those instincts came back. All 922 00:49:22,239 --> 00:49:24,840 Speaker 1: these guys were ball carriers when they were in high school, 923 00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:27,920 Speaker 1: even the big ones. Let's let's squeeze Jim and lockpoort 924 00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:29,440 Speaker 1: in before we go to break here, Jim, what do 925 00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:32,080 Speaker 1: you have for us? You're on one Bill's life. A 926 00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:34,480 Speaker 1: good morning, guys, Mary, Christmas, Happy New Year? Yeah, do 927 00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:36,560 Speaker 1: you too. I got a I got a real quick 928 00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:38,839 Speaker 1: funny story. You'll you'll get a you'll get a kick 929 00:49:38,920 --> 00:49:41,359 Speaker 1: out up. And then I gotta have a question about officiating. Okay. 930 00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:44,040 Speaker 1: The only the only way I could watch the Bill 931 00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:48,080 Speaker 1: Sign Thanksgiving was to watch americand of football because I 932 00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:51,719 Speaker 1: didn't have a dish cut. Our local channels out. Oh boys, 933 00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:54,279 Speaker 1: So I'm watching the game on a course. It's in Spanish, right, 934 00:49:56,000 --> 00:50:00,759 Speaker 1: So johsh Shellen and Matt Freid a touchdown. Oh, the 935 00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:03,920 Speaker 1: announcers going, Joshi Ellen to Maddie Breed, touch you down, 936 00:50:04,040 --> 00:50:09,800 Speaker 1: Touch you down? All right, I'm glad you enjoyed that. 937 00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:12,520 Speaker 1: Very nice they, you know. And I'll tell you right now. 938 00:50:12,920 --> 00:50:17,440 Speaker 1: The guys that do the broadcasts in Spanish are I 939 00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:20,239 Speaker 1: mean you want to talk about excitement level. Yeah, those 940 00:50:20,280 --> 00:50:22,920 Speaker 1: guys get pumped. They hold they do not hold back. No, 941 00:50:23,320 --> 00:50:26,239 Speaker 1: it's it's all out there, and uh, they can be 942 00:50:26,400 --> 00:50:29,640 Speaker 1: very entertaining. And sometimes I will flip over to those 943 00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:32,839 Speaker 1: sometimes I'll watch soccer games on the Spanish channel because 944 00:50:32,880 --> 00:50:35,280 Speaker 1: that's the only place that's available, much like the situation 945 00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:39,680 Speaker 1: that he was in. And uh, I took Spanish in 946 00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:44,080 Speaker 1: high school and a semester in college. You don't use it, 947 00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:46,520 Speaker 1: you'll lose it. Yeah, it's it's you know. And so 948 00:50:46,640 --> 00:50:49,400 Speaker 1: I'll be listening and I'm getting bits and pieces. You know. 949 00:50:50,160 --> 00:50:52,840 Speaker 1: I've kind of learned from listening to enough soccer games 950 00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:55,440 Speaker 1: that sake lamente as a goal kick, you know what 951 00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:57,719 Speaker 1: I mean. So you pick up the little stuff here 952 00:50:57,719 --> 00:51:00,960 Speaker 1: and there. But man, those guys to talk fast, and 953 00:51:01,080 --> 00:51:03,440 Speaker 1: it's hard to keep up when when Spanish is your 954 00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:06,000 Speaker 1: second language, not your first. We have to take a 955 00:51:06,040 --> 00:51:09,640 Speaker 1: break here though, because practice is over over in the stadium, 956 00:51:10,040 --> 00:51:12,480 Speaker 1: and we hope to be joined when we come back 957 00:51:12,560 --> 00:51:14,520 Speaker 1: from break by a guy who will have a much 958 00:51:14,560 --> 00:51:18,040 Speaker 1: different assignment with no wind major wind in the forecast 959 00:51:18,160 --> 00:51:21,440 Speaker 1: on Sunday in Foxborough, Dane Jackson set to join us 960 00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:24,040 Speaker 1: next here on One Bills Live presented by Kalaida Health. 961 00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:45,680 Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio at a Steve taster who has 962 00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:48,080 Speaker 1: been all over the fields. Kind of unique. He was 963 00:51:48,120 --> 00:51:51,840 Speaker 1: kind of a dual role player for you, Steve, Steve 964 00:51:53,320 --> 00:51:57,600 Speaker 1: a blimp. We're not even in the straged fere of normalcy. 965 00:51:57,680 --> 00:52:02,360 Speaker 1: Here all right, here we are our number two on 966 00:52:02,480 --> 00:52:07,000 Speaker 1: a Thursday. Expect to be joined very soon by one 967 00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:10,400 Speaker 1: Dame Jackson because he will be our fresh off the 968 00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:15,280 Speaker 1: field interview this week, and he's gonna have an interesting 969 00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:19,799 Speaker 1: assignment against the Patriots, as he will be defending the pass, 970 00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:24,200 Speaker 1: presumably significantly more than in the first game when Mac 971 00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:28,239 Speaker 1: Jones threw three passes. You're gonna be a different kind 972 00:52:28,239 --> 00:52:30,120 Speaker 1: of game, I think it's safe to say, certainly for 973 00:52:30,200 --> 00:52:33,160 Speaker 1: the Bills defense. Well, this one it's interesting because you know, 974 00:52:33,239 --> 00:52:36,360 Speaker 1: the Patriots I mean, you know, kind of beat the 975 00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:39,560 Speaker 1: Bills left handed or with one arm tied behind their back, 976 00:52:39,600 --> 00:52:41,000 Speaker 1: however you want to say it. I mean, they didn't 977 00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:43,920 Speaker 1: throw the football at all on thirty five forty mile 978 00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:46,480 Speaker 1: an hour wins. Bills have no idea what to expect 979 00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:48,680 Speaker 1: from their passing game. It was the first that was 980 00:52:48,719 --> 00:52:51,000 Speaker 1: the first game that Dame Jackson got to start after 981 00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:58,120 Speaker 1: after Trey White got his knee hurt. This, as much 982 00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:00,440 Speaker 1: as any game has, the Bills walk get into it, 983 00:53:00,520 --> 00:53:04,239 Speaker 1: I think blind about what they can expect from the Patriots. Yeah, 984 00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:07,160 Speaker 1: because they didn't really unveil anything within the scope of 985 00:53:07,200 --> 00:53:10,719 Speaker 1: their passing game. I do think if the Bills are 986 00:53:10,760 --> 00:53:12,560 Speaker 1: able to get ahead of the Patriots early, they have 987 00:53:12,600 --> 00:53:14,480 Speaker 1: an idea on what it might look like, because that's 988 00:53:14,520 --> 00:53:16,759 Speaker 1: what the Bills had or the Patriots had to do 989 00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:19,319 Speaker 1: the Colts last week. They found themselves in a twenty 990 00:53:19,360 --> 00:53:21,480 Speaker 1: to nothing hole and then had to put the game 991 00:53:21,800 --> 00:53:24,759 Speaker 1: on Mac Jones shoulders. So I think there is at 992 00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:26,640 Speaker 1: least some evidence of what it might look like if 993 00:53:26,680 --> 00:53:28,640 Speaker 1: the Bills can somehow, some way get up on that. 994 00:53:28,760 --> 00:53:30,840 Speaker 1: If they do, yeah, and even then it might be, 995 00:53:31,120 --> 00:53:33,360 Speaker 1: it might not be until you know, midway through the 996 00:53:33,440 --> 00:53:35,600 Speaker 1: fourth and then you know it's it is what it is. 997 00:53:37,640 --> 00:53:40,120 Speaker 1: I just yeah, I think the Bills are up against 998 00:53:40,120 --> 00:53:41,719 Speaker 1: it trying to get a handle on what they might 999 00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:43,719 Speaker 1: see from the Patriots. And I think the Patriots in 1000 00:53:43,760 --> 00:53:46,719 Speaker 1: that respect hold all the cards. But if like you know, 1001 00:53:46,840 --> 00:53:48,399 Speaker 1: you go out there, like Josh Allen has been saying 1002 00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:50,520 Speaker 1: all week and they just execute, they should be okay, 1003 00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:54,440 Speaker 1: should be, should be. But getting that done against the 1004 00:53:54,520 --> 00:53:59,799 Speaker 1: Patriot defense is really difficult. It is, and that's why 1005 00:53:59,840 --> 00:54:03,080 Speaker 1: you and the oddsmakers have this as a tight game. 1006 00:54:03,280 --> 00:54:05,040 Speaker 1: They've got the Patriots as a two and a half 1007 00:54:05,120 --> 00:54:08,759 Speaker 1: point home favorite, so we're talking less than the customary 1008 00:54:08,840 --> 00:54:11,400 Speaker 1: field goal for an even game, So they think it's 1009 00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:15,000 Speaker 1: gonna be even a little tighter than that. And obviously 1010 00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:17,800 Speaker 1: the COVID designations, who comes off the list, who stays 1011 00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:21,560 Speaker 1: on the list comes Sunday, figures to have an impact 1012 00:54:21,640 --> 00:54:24,279 Speaker 1: on this game as well. Bill still waiting on two 1013 00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:27,240 Speaker 1: offensive linemen in the former John Feliciano and Dion Dawkins 1014 00:54:27,600 --> 00:54:31,360 Speaker 1: who remain on COVID reserve. Tyrrell Dots, in the backup linebacker, 1015 00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:37,200 Speaker 1: came off injured off COVID reserve earlier today. He was 1016 00:54:37,239 --> 00:54:40,640 Speaker 1: the one who had gone on first last week. I 1017 00:54:40,680 --> 00:54:42,400 Speaker 1: want to say it was Tuesday of last week, so 1018 00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:45,000 Speaker 1: it took him a week more than a week to 1019 00:54:45,080 --> 00:54:49,279 Speaker 1: get back nine days. Yeah, and Dion Dawkins went on 1020 00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:54,200 Speaker 1: Thursday or Friday, I want to say last week Friday morning. 1021 00:54:54,960 --> 00:54:57,239 Speaker 1: So that one's going to be tight. If it took 1022 00:54:57,320 --> 00:54:59,920 Speaker 1: Tyrrell Dots in nine days, I think the fastest players 1023 00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:02,640 Speaker 1: come back as Ben Roethlisberger, who did it in eight days, 1024 00:55:03,560 --> 00:55:08,239 Speaker 1: and he was vaxed and boosted. It's it's gonna be 1025 00:55:08,360 --> 00:55:10,919 Speaker 1: really tight to see if Dion Dawkins can get back, 1026 00:55:11,239 --> 00:55:14,719 Speaker 1: Feliciana will only be at a week even come game 1027 00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:18,600 Speaker 1: day Sunday. Right, it's gonna be tough. It's gonna be 1028 00:55:18,680 --> 00:55:22,000 Speaker 1: tough to get one of those linemen back, let let 1029 00:55:22,040 --> 00:55:25,480 Speaker 1: alone both of them. I think based on how the 1030 00:55:25,640 --> 00:55:28,680 Speaker 1: timetables have worked, I realize every case is different, but 1031 00:55:29,520 --> 00:55:32,799 Speaker 1: in how long it's taken most guys to test out, 1032 00:55:34,280 --> 00:55:39,680 Speaker 1: it's usually upwards from a week. And somebody can beat that, 1033 00:55:40,239 --> 00:55:43,120 Speaker 1: more power to him, and I realize it's it's it's 1034 00:55:43,719 --> 00:55:46,120 Speaker 1: it's easier for guys to get back who are asymptomatic. 1035 00:55:46,239 --> 00:55:50,000 Speaker 1: But I don't know. I think it's gonna be a 1036 00:55:50,040 --> 00:55:52,040 Speaker 1: tough road to hoe to get back in time for 1037 00:55:52,120 --> 00:55:54,799 Speaker 1: the game, which could mean Spencer Brown for a second 1038 00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:56,719 Speaker 1: straight we might be playing left tackle. Yeah, I mean, 1039 00:55:56,760 --> 00:56:01,040 Speaker 1: they're not gonna be able to get it done. Yeah, 1040 00:56:01,680 --> 00:56:03,440 Speaker 1: they're gonna go with that probably the same five they 1041 00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:08,960 Speaker 1: had last week. Yeah, as long as Feliciano stays where 1042 00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:12,120 Speaker 1: he is on COVID reserve, and even if Dawkins gets 1043 00:56:12,160 --> 00:56:15,000 Speaker 1: back Sunday, as he's starting without any practice, I think 1044 00:56:15,040 --> 00:56:18,040 Speaker 1: it's crazy. I don't know, especially in a road environment. 1045 00:56:18,440 --> 00:56:20,279 Speaker 1: You haven't taken any reps with the install of the 1046 00:56:20,320 --> 00:56:22,320 Speaker 1: game plan. And like I said, I always keep saying it, 1047 00:56:22,560 --> 00:56:24,440 Speaker 1: not only these guys. It's not like these guys are 1048 00:56:24,600 --> 00:56:26,840 Speaker 1: like got a twisted ankle where they're in the building 1049 00:56:26,920 --> 00:56:30,200 Speaker 1: going to meetings, talking or watching practice firsthand mental reps. 1050 00:56:30,280 --> 00:56:33,200 Speaker 1: They're at home, they're out of the building. I mean, 1051 00:56:33,239 --> 00:56:39,560 Speaker 1: they could do meetings virtually on zoom. But besides that, yeah, yeah, yeah, 1052 00:56:39,880 --> 00:56:47,360 Speaker 1: it's crazy. So everybody's doing it, I guess to some degree. 1053 00:56:48,239 --> 00:56:51,840 Speaker 1: The Patriots have four or five players on COVID reserve. 1054 00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:55,680 Speaker 1: Most of them are are backup players. Kendrick Bourne is 1055 00:56:55,719 --> 00:56:59,560 Speaker 1: one of the only notable starters per se that is 1056 00:56:59,600 --> 00:57:04,719 Speaker 1: on their COVID reserve list, So they would seem to 1057 00:57:04,840 --> 00:57:08,839 Speaker 1: have the COVID reserve list for the Patriots would seem 1058 00:57:08,880 --> 00:57:13,040 Speaker 1: to be less impactful on their product on the field 1059 00:57:13,120 --> 00:57:16,640 Speaker 1: than say the Bills. So we'll just have to wait 1060 00:57:16,680 --> 00:57:19,040 Speaker 1: and see where it sits come the end of the week, 1061 00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:23,880 Speaker 1: and then we'll be able to better ascertain who has 1062 00:57:23,960 --> 00:57:26,800 Speaker 1: less to work with than the other in this all 1063 00:57:26,880 --> 00:57:29,640 Speaker 1: important matchup, which is what we are asking you about 1064 00:57:30,120 --> 00:57:33,120 Speaker 1: in terms of a regular season game for the bills 1065 00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:36,240 Speaker 1: that you can remember that carried the magnitude and importance 1066 00:57:36,720 --> 00:57:40,440 Speaker 1: of Sunday's game against the Patriots. We've got Mark and 1067 00:57:40,480 --> 00:57:43,360 Speaker 1: West Seneca waiting patiently for us, So we'll go to Mark. Now, Mark, 1068 00:57:43,360 --> 00:57:44,840 Speaker 1: what do you have for us? You're all one bills live. 1069 00:57:45,120 --> 00:57:49,040 Speaker 1: Hey guys? Hello, Yeah, good Merry Christmas? Yeah, do you too? Oh? 1070 00:57:49,120 --> 00:57:55,000 Speaker 1: Thank you. I guess my mind blows when you start 1071 00:57:55,080 --> 00:57:58,520 Speaker 1: talking about regular season games. I had seasons from the 1072 00:57:58,600 --> 00:58:02,400 Speaker 1: Data Stadium opened all the way through to the two thousands, 1073 00:58:02,600 --> 00:58:06,560 Speaker 1: and I remember being in that stadium when we had 1074 00:58:06,600 --> 00:58:09,640 Speaker 1: eighteen thousand season tickets and there was nineteen thousand people 1075 00:58:09,720 --> 00:58:14,320 Speaker 1: in the stands. So my mind always goes to it's 1076 00:58:14,360 --> 00:58:18,480 Speaker 1: all about winning the Super Bowl. And I still remember 1077 00:58:18,640 --> 00:58:22,280 Speaker 1: standing and I know you're not talking playoffs, standing in 1078 00:58:22,320 --> 00:58:24,600 Speaker 1: a stadium next to my buddies who we have been 1079 00:58:24,640 --> 00:58:28,320 Speaker 1: going there for twenty five years now and looking at 1080 00:58:28,360 --> 00:58:31,160 Speaker 1: each other going, oh my god, We're in the super Bowl. 1081 00:58:31,640 --> 00:58:33,360 Speaker 1: At the end of the fifty one to three game 1082 00:58:33,400 --> 00:58:37,600 Speaker 1: against the Raiders. To this day, it was such an 1083 00:58:37,720 --> 00:58:41,800 Speaker 1: unbelievable feeling. It was a mountain we never thought we 1084 00:58:41,880 --> 00:58:44,960 Speaker 1: would ever climb, certainly not one we would ever see 1085 00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:47,560 Speaker 1: in our lifetimes, and then in a blink of an 1086 00:58:47,600 --> 00:58:50,880 Speaker 1: eye and three hours we were there and it was 1087 00:58:51,040 --> 00:58:53,960 Speaker 1: absolutely amazing. I mean to be a Bill fan at 1088 00:58:54,040 --> 00:58:57,400 Speaker 1: that moment. So that's the one that just always comes 1089 00:58:57,440 --> 00:58:59,919 Speaker 1: in my mind as far as big games, important games, 1090 00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:02,360 Speaker 1: and then we finally had success. Yeah, there was there 1091 00:59:02,400 --> 00:59:05,000 Speaker 1: was a little bit about about that that still I 1092 00:59:05,080 --> 00:59:07,960 Speaker 1: think even current fans can relate to, even young fans 1093 00:59:08,040 --> 00:59:10,200 Speaker 1: who went through the drought. It was the drought, you know, 1094 00:59:10,280 --> 00:59:12,320 Speaker 1: that kind of steal them against it. But you go 1095 00:59:12,360 --> 00:59:15,440 Speaker 1: back to nineteen eighty four, nineteen eighty five and nineteen 1096 00:59:15,480 --> 00:59:17,760 Speaker 1: eighty six, nineteen eighty four and eight, nineteen eighty five, 1097 00:59:17,840 --> 00:59:20,400 Speaker 1: the team was two and fourteen and back to back years, 1098 00:59:21,440 --> 00:59:25,400 Speaker 1: and you know, eighty five is when they drafted Bruce 1099 00:59:25,440 --> 00:59:33,720 Speaker 1: Smith first overall, and then in eighty six they signed 1100 00:59:33,880 --> 00:59:36,600 Speaker 1: Jim Kelly. Just before eighty six started. They went one 1101 00:59:36,680 --> 00:59:38,720 Speaker 1: and eight under Hank Bulle and then they got Marv 1102 00:59:38,840 --> 00:59:42,760 Speaker 1: So you did. That was a dark day and I 1103 00:59:42,840 --> 00:59:45,840 Speaker 1: remember hearing stories about the fans. There were like fifteen 1104 00:59:46,040 --> 00:59:49,080 Speaker 1: eight sixteen thousand people in the stands for a game. 1105 00:59:49,400 --> 00:59:54,760 Speaker 1: It was empty, Yeah, which is hard to fathom nowadays. Right, right, 1106 00:59:55,040 --> 00:59:57,360 Speaker 1: because even during the draft, even during the drought, fans 1107 00:59:57,440 --> 00:59:59,480 Speaker 1: in the stands, it was large. It was full most 1108 00:59:59,520 --> 01:00:04,120 Speaker 1: of the time, um, even if it was just sprinkling 1109 01:00:04,160 --> 01:00:08,400 Speaker 1: of no shows. And so yeah, and that moment I've 1110 01:00:08,440 --> 01:00:12,120 Speaker 1: heard I heard it back then of obviously loud and 1111 01:00:12,240 --> 01:00:14,400 Speaker 1: clear from all the fans that had lived through that, 1112 01:00:14,520 --> 01:00:16,120 Speaker 1: and the players too. I mean I was there. I 1113 01:00:16,160 --> 01:00:18,520 Speaker 1: got in here with Darryl Tallely who was drafted a 1114 01:00:18,560 --> 01:00:21,800 Speaker 1: eight eat two eighty three and went through that. Yeah, 1115 01:00:21,880 --> 01:00:24,439 Speaker 1: him and Jim were drafted the same year. Think about 1116 01:00:24,480 --> 01:00:27,000 Speaker 1: the trek he was on to get to eighty eight 1117 01:00:27,040 --> 01:00:29,080 Speaker 1: where we were twelve and four, and then go backwards 1118 01:00:29,120 --> 01:00:31,040 Speaker 1: and then you know ninety It was eight years into 1119 01:00:31,120 --> 01:00:33,880 Speaker 1: his career, nine years in his career he finally gets 1120 01:00:33,920 --> 01:00:36,560 Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl. Yeah, it was quite a moment 1121 01:00:36,640 --> 01:00:38,360 Speaker 1: for all the guys in the locker room and the 1122 01:00:38,520 --> 01:00:42,920 Speaker 1: players and or the fans who had been suffering through 1123 01:00:43,000 --> 01:00:45,760 Speaker 1: that over the eighties against the Dolphins. I mean it's 1124 01:00:45,760 --> 01:00:48,680 Speaker 1: a lot like the drought years or over the seventies, 1125 01:00:48,880 --> 01:00:52,000 Speaker 1: over the seventies against the Dolphins. Yes, and then it 1126 01:00:52,120 --> 01:00:53,520 Speaker 1: was a little bit like the drought years. You know, 1127 01:00:53,560 --> 01:00:56,440 Speaker 1: he just couldn't get over the hump. Speaking of players 1128 01:00:56,480 --> 01:00:57,920 Speaker 1: in that locker room, we're going to bring one of 1129 01:00:57,960 --> 01:01:00,760 Speaker 1: those players on right now. His name is Thomas maybe 1130 01:01:00,800 --> 01:01:02,720 Speaker 1: you've heard of him. He's an NFL Hall of Famer. 1131 01:01:03,600 --> 01:01:06,680 Speaker 1: We'll get to get him on now because we understand 1132 01:01:06,760 --> 01:01:09,720 Speaker 1: that Dane Jackson has been a little delayed at the 1133 01:01:09,800 --> 01:01:12,000 Speaker 1: close of practice here. So we'll get Dane on a 1134 01:01:12,040 --> 01:01:15,160 Speaker 1: little bit later, and in the meantime we will bring 1135 01:01:15,240 --> 01:01:17,160 Speaker 1: on Thurman, who was scheduled to join us here in 1136 01:01:17,200 --> 01:01:20,000 Speaker 1: the second hour. He was kind enough to adjust his 1137 01:01:20,080 --> 01:01:22,920 Speaker 1: schedule to accommodate Dane Jackson. But now we have to 1138 01:01:22,960 --> 01:01:26,040 Speaker 1: flip flop those guys, and so the Hall of Famer 1139 01:01:26,080 --> 01:01:30,000 Speaker 1: will be joining us here. And we understand that he 1140 01:01:30,200 --> 01:01:32,240 Speaker 1: was a little hot about some of the Pro Bowl 1141 01:01:32,280 --> 01:01:35,840 Speaker 1: snubs last night for the Bills as well. For those 1142 01:01:35,880 --> 01:01:38,360 Speaker 1: of you that don't know, the Pro Bowl teams were 1143 01:01:38,400 --> 01:01:41,600 Speaker 1: announced last night on NFL Network eight PM, and the 1144 01:01:41,680 --> 01:01:46,200 Speaker 1: Bills had two players make the team outright, Dion Dawkins 1145 01:01:47,160 --> 01:01:51,560 Speaker 1: and who was our other Pro Bowler, Stefan Digs. So 1146 01:01:52,720 --> 01:01:55,480 Speaker 1: Diggs and Dawkins make the Pro Bowl. The Bills have 1147 01:01:55,560 --> 01:01:59,480 Speaker 1: a host of players who are alternates. Josh Allen and 1148 01:01:59,520 --> 01:02:02,840 Speaker 1: Tremaine's our first alternates than a slew other players, second, third, fourth, 1149 01:02:02,880 --> 01:02:07,760 Speaker 1: and fifth alternates. And I know that Thurman was not 1150 01:02:07,960 --> 01:02:11,439 Speaker 1: all that happy that Jordan Poyer to this day still 1151 01:02:11,520 --> 01:02:13,920 Speaker 1: has not gotten a Pro Bowl nod. He has been 1152 01:02:14,080 --> 01:02:18,800 Speaker 1: enormously productive the last four years, actually all five years 1153 01:02:18,880 --> 01:02:22,160 Speaker 1: that he's been here. His numbers this year, he's second 1154 01:02:22,240 --> 01:02:25,200 Speaker 1: in the league in interceptions with five. He's tied with 1155 01:02:25,280 --> 01:02:27,680 Speaker 1: a bunch of guys, but he's second in the league 1156 01:02:28,760 --> 01:02:33,960 Speaker 1: or definitely in the AFC. So yeah, I mean, he 1157 01:02:34,080 --> 01:02:37,920 Speaker 1: puts up big numbers again, is enormously productive on a 1158 01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:41,720 Speaker 1: team that's widely seen as an AFC contender, and he 1159 01:02:41,800 --> 01:02:45,040 Speaker 1: still can't get a nod there. Tyrn Matthew was a 1160 01:02:45,080 --> 01:02:49,920 Speaker 1: safety that made the Pro Bowl for the AFC. So, So, Thurm, 1161 01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:53,720 Speaker 1: what do you think about Pro Bowl and some of 1162 01:02:53,760 --> 01:02:55,720 Speaker 1: the guys that got left off the list for the Bills? 1163 01:02:55,760 --> 01:03:00,320 Speaker 1: You were pretty hot about the Jordan Poyer snub. Yeah, 1164 01:03:00,320 --> 01:03:04,320 Speaker 1: I am pretty hot about that. Um, you know, I 1165 01:03:05,000 --> 01:03:08,840 Speaker 1: think when you look at the overall the Bills, uh, 1166 01:03:09,120 --> 01:03:11,360 Speaker 1: you know, there has been two guys that have been 1167 01:03:12,000 --> 01:03:15,000 Speaker 1: steady throughout this and that's been Michael Hyde and Jordan 1168 01:03:15,080 --> 01:03:18,640 Speaker 1: Poyer And ever since those guys guys have gotten here, 1169 01:03:18,760 --> 01:03:21,520 Speaker 1: they have been the leader of this team and really 1170 01:03:21,640 --> 01:03:24,440 Speaker 1: in the secondary and they're showing their leadership over the 1171 01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:27,200 Speaker 1: past couple of years. I don't know what else they 1172 01:03:27,240 --> 01:03:31,760 Speaker 1: can do. Um um, they're very talented, they don't make 1173 01:03:31,800 --> 01:03:35,040 Speaker 1: a lot of mistakes, and they're just two guys who 1174 01:03:35,120 --> 01:03:37,920 Speaker 1: are just not getting the credit that they deserve right now. 1175 01:03:38,120 --> 01:03:40,560 Speaker 1: And h I tell you, it's a couple other guys 1176 01:03:40,600 --> 01:03:42,760 Speaker 1: on Josh Allen too, who probably are going to be 1177 01:03:42,840 --> 01:03:46,360 Speaker 1: pissed off coming this game on Sunday against the Patriots. Yeah, 1178 01:03:46,400 --> 01:03:49,520 Speaker 1: and I would agree with that. It's always a big disappointment. 1179 01:03:49,560 --> 01:03:51,880 Speaker 1: There are a certain guys. There are guys who maybe 1180 01:03:51,960 --> 01:03:53,960 Speaker 1: had the career the year that the best year they've 1181 01:03:54,000 --> 01:03:57,320 Speaker 1: had in a handful of years, like Jordan Poyer, who, right, 1182 01:03:57,520 --> 01:03:59,520 Speaker 1: it's hard to get over that hump, and it's you 1183 01:03:59,640 --> 01:04:03,320 Speaker 1: see that go to the Pro Bowl and and you know, 1184 01:04:03,400 --> 01:04:06,520 Speaker 1: it's hard for guys who don't play directly against them 1185 01:04:07,080 --> 01:04:10,640 Speaker 1: to understand how good a year they've had. And uh, 1186 01:04:11,840 --> 01:04:14,960 Speaker 1: just you know, plus uh, in the steady nature of 1187 01:04:15,040 --> 01:04:17,440 Speaker 1: the way they've played has been I think the biggest 1188 01:04:17,480 --> 01:04:19,720 Speaker 1: thing Him and Hide, you know, the two of them 1189 01:04:19,800 --> 01:04:23,880 Speaker 1: together have just been and such a such a productive tandem. 1190 01:04:24,400 --> 01:04:26,680 Speaker 1: Um yeah, I don't know, man. And the thing that 1191 01:04:26,720 --> 01:04:28,640 Speaker 1: gets me, therm is you can say what you want 1192 01:04:28,760 --> 01:04:30,880 Speaker 1: is small town like Buffalo and all of this stuff. 1193 01:04:31,240 --> 01:04:36,520 Speaker 1: The thing that gets me is they're on prime time 1194 01:04:36,560 --> 01:04:39,479 Speaker 1: a lot. They got some they got some games. People 1195 01:04:39,520 --> 01:04:41,400 Speaker 1: are getting exposed to these guys. Now, it's not like 1196 01:04:41,480 --> 01:04:46,439 Speaker 1: they play at one o'clock on Sunday in Buffalo every week. Right, Yeah, yeah, 1197 01:04:46,480 --> 01:04:49,480 Speaker 1: you're you're exactly right. These games, these guys have been 1198 01:04:49,560 --> 01:04:53,400 Speaker 1: on prime time game. But I think if I'm correct, 1199 01:04:53,520 --> 01:04:55,919 Speaker 1: me if I'm wrong, but I think like like four 1200 01:04:56,000 --> 01:04:59,640 Speaker 1: weeks in a row they were on prime time, Um 1201 01:05:00,360 --> 01:05:03,000 Speaker 1: you know, I mean with Kansas City and Tennessee and 1202 01:05:03,560 --> 01:05:07,760 Speaker 1: a couple of games after that. So yeah, I know 1203 01:05:07,840 --> 01:05:09,720 Speaker 1: you're sitting there and you're thinking that, oh, yeah, it's 1204 01:05:09,720 --> 01:05:13,120 Speaker 1: a small market whatever, blah blah blah. But these guys 1205 01:05:13,200 --> 01:05:16,160 Speaker 1: have been in some have been in some you know, 1206 01:05:16,280 --> 01:05:18,840 Speaker 1: primetime games. And but I think when you see when 1207 01:05:18,840 --> 01:05:23,760 Speaker 1: you look at the overall pitcher, you know, this team overall. 1208 01:05:24,600 --> 01:05:26,320 Speaker 1: I mean, they haven't been the team with a winning 1209 01:05:26,360 --> 01:05:29,880 Speaker 1: record since we were five against Kansas City and they 1210 01:05:29,920 --> 01:05:35,400 Speaker 1: were two and two. And I don't think that has 1211 01:05:35,440 --> 01:05:37,600 Speaker 1: anything to do with it, But I just think that 1212 01:05:37,720 --> 01:05:41,040 Speaker 1: this game is so important to now, all of a sudden, 1213 01:05:41,080 --> 01:05:42,720 Speaker 1: the guys who didn't make the Pro Bowl, but just 1214 01:05:42,840 --> 01:05:45,960 Speaker 1: the overall organization and where they're gonna go, and because 1215 01:05:46,080 --> 01:05:48,600 Speaker 1: just we were just in this situation last year where 1216 01:05:48,760 --> 01:05:51,760 Speaker 1: we swept the Patriots, and all of a sudden, one year, 1217 01:05:51,920 --> 01:05:56,080 Speaker 1: you know we could get swept by them. Yeah, the 1218 01:05:56,200 --> 01:05:59,320 Speaker 1: playoffs have started for the Buffalo Bills, and it starts Sunday. 1219 01:06:01,080 --> 01:06:03,680 Speaker 1: I'm not I wasn't even worried about the Carolina game. 1220 01:06:03,680 --> 01:06:05,720 Speaker 1: I thought they should have put They could have easily 1221 01:06:05,760 --> 01:06:07,880 Speaker 1: put forty points on them. Got up to a little 1222 01:06:07,880 --> 01:06:10,080 Speaker 1: slow start, But you know, this is the game of 1223 01:06:10,120 --> 01:06:12,440 Speaker 1: the year. I think Josh Allen somebody might have said it. 1224 01:06:12,480 --> 01:06:15,640 Speaker 1: You know, our playoffs begin now, and they really do. 1225 01:06:16,240 --> 01:06:18,960 Speaker 1: If they can, if they can win out, where does 1226 01:06:19,000 --> 01:06:20,960 Speaker 1: that put them. I think that puts them in a 1227 01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:24,280 Speaker 1: better situation than winning two out of the last three. Yeah, 1228 01:06:24,560 --> 01:06:27,720 Speaker 1: no question about that. And you know, Steve and I 1229 01:06:27,920 --> 01:06:32,080 Speaker 1: were talking about this game specifically, Therm and I think 1230 01:06:32,200 --> 01:06:35,400 Speaker 1: the Colts provided a little bit of a blueprint jumping 1231 01:06:35,520 --> 01:06:37,760 Speaker 1: up on them early. You know, they get the two 1232 01:06:37,800 --> 01:06:41,080 Speaker 1: early touchdowns, then they get the takeaway. Before you know it, 1233 01:06:41,160 --> 01:06:45,120 Speaker 1: it's twenty to nothing. And now the Patriots cannot play 1234 01:06:45,760 --> 01:06:48,240 Speaker 1: the way they won, which is run the football, play 1235 01:06:48,280 --> 01:06:51,600 Speaker 1: solid defense, force field goals in the red zone. They 1236 01:06:51,720 --> 01:06:53,760 Speaker 1: have to put more of the game on Mac Jones. 1237 01:06:54,240 --> 01:06:57,800 Speaker 1: The problem is Buffalo has had trouble putting points on 1238 01:06:57,840 --> 01:06:59,880 Speaker 1: the board in the first quarter. Three of the last 1239 01:07:00,120 --> 01:07:03,560 Speaker 1: yeah games, they have not scored points in the first quarter, 1240 01:07:03,960 --> 01:07:06,080 Speaker 1: and it's put the pressure on the Bills defense to 1241 01:07:06,200 --> 01:07:09,160 Speaker 1: kind of hold them in early. How do they change 1242 01:07:09,280 --> 01:07:11,440 Speaker 1: that course so they can get some points on the 1243 01:07:11,520 --> 01:07:15,680 Speaker 1: Patriots early? Oh man, I mean that's that's probably the 1244 01:07:15,760 --> 01:07:21,720 Speaker 1: biggest thing of the game. Picture of the game. The 1245 01:07:21,880 --> 01:07:26,080 Speaker 1: Bills have to score early. I mean, I mean I'm 1246 01:07:26,120 --> 01:07:29,520 Speaker 1: talking like first drive, and I'm not talking a field goal. 1247 01:07:29,560 --> 01:07:31,680 Speaker 1: A field goal would be nice, but I'm talking a touchdown. 1248 01:07:32,560 --> 01:07:35,360 Speaker 1: Because I think you've seen over the past couple of 1249 01:07:35,440 --> 01:07:38,680 Speaker 1: weeks as great as are good as Mac Jones has 1250 01:07:38,800 --> 01:07:44,040 Speaker 1: been for the Patriots, I mean they haven't really played 1251 01:07:44,080 --> 01:07:48,439 Speaker 1: any tough opponents also, And I think, like you said, 1252 01:07:48,520 --> 01:07:50,800 Speaker 1: with Frank writing, what they did to them last year, 1253 01:07:50,880 --> 01:07:53,120 Speaker 1: got up on them early. And I just don't see 1254 01:07:53,160 --> 01:07:55,880 Speaker 1: mac Jones beating you throwing the ball forty or fifty times. 1255 01:07:56,080 --> 01:07:58,360 Speaker 1: I just don't see it that way. And uh, and 1256 01:07:58,560 --> 01:08:01,640 Speaker 1: that's kind of the blue print that Frank Wright put 1257 01:08:01,680 --> 01:08:05,000 Speaker 1: out there with the Coats. And uh, obviously our team 1258 01:08:05,160 --> 01:08:07,080 Speaker 1: isn't built like the coach. But I tell you what 1259 01:08:07,560 --> 01:08:11,520 Speaker 1: their defense got after those guys. And I don't think 1260 01:08:11,600 --> 01:08:15,240 Speaker 1: they were in like what seven or eight man box 1261 01:08:15,360 --> 01:08:17,519 Speaker 1: all the time, the Coats, So I mean they were 1262 01:08:17,600 --> 01:08:20,919 Speaker 1: kind of pretty much playing them kind of straight up. Obviously, 1263 01:08:21,000 --> 01:08:23,679 Speaker 1: when New England put two tight ends and a fullback 1264 01:08:23,760 --> 01:08:28,160 Speaker 1: in the defense changes, but hey, the Bills got to 1265 01:08:28,200 --> 01:08:30,599 Speaker 1: come out on fire man. And I know they're missing 1266 01:08:30,640 --> 01:08:33,160 Speaker 1: Cole Beasley, and but you know what, I think back 1267 01:08:33,200 --> 01:08:35,920 Speaker 1: over the course of the year, there were times what 1268 01:08:36,080 --> 01:08:39,920 Speaker 1: coach Beasley wasn't a valuable asset for the Buffalo Bills offense. 1269 01:08:40,000 --> 01:08:41,720 Speaker 1: Win a couple of games, they didn't even catch them 1270 01:08:41,840 --> 01:08:45,439 Speaker 1: have a couple of catching So um, I just think 1271 01:08:45,479 --> 01:08:47,360 Speaker 1: that this team is gonna be ready I feel real 1272 01:08:47,439 --> 01:08:51,360 Speaker 1: good about Josh Allen and the offense and their performers 1273 01:08:51,400 --> 01:08:53,679 Speaker 1: that they're gonna give. I don't know what the weather's 1274 01:08:53,720 --> 01:08:57,400 Speaker 1: gonna be like, but I feel real good about this game. 1275 01:08:57,560 --> 01:09:01,800 Speaker 1: I think they're they're ready to make their stance here 1276 01:09:01,840 --> 01:09:05,080 Speaker 1: in the MC. That not just yet New England. I 1277 01:09:05,200 --> 01:09:08,240 Speaker 1: know it's only been a year, but this is our division. Yeah. 1278 01:09:08,479 --> 01:09:10,760 Speaker 1: One of the things about going out and getting off 1279 01:09:10,800 --> 01:09:14,439 Speaker 1: to a fast start is that the Patriots are built 1280 01:09:14,479 --> 01:09:17,240 Speaker 1: to lean on their defense and their run game. Their 1281 01:09:17,320 --> 01:09:19,640 Speaker 1: defense has played extremely well. They give they you can 1282 01:09:19,720 --> 01:09:21,759 Speaker 1: move the football on them, but it's hard to score 1283 01:09:21,840 --> 01:09:24,320 Speaker 1: on those guys. If you can start scoring on them, 1284 01:09:24,400 --> 01:09:27,960 Speaker 1: that's the big difference, because they don't care if you've 1285 01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:31,800 Speaker 1: got the ball and they've got the lead. They know 1286 01:09:31,920 --> 01:09:33,960 Speaker 1: they're really trying to score on you know what I mean. 1287 01:09:34,120 --> 01:09:36,960 Speaker 1: So we saw that in that first matchup, and we've 1288 01:09:36,960 --> 01:09:39,120 Speaker 1: seen it in other matchups as well. When if you're 1289 01:09:39,120 --> 01:09:40,680 Speaker 1: gonna go out there and you can score points like 1290 01:09:40,760 --> 01:09:42,679 Speaker 1: the Colts were able to do, go up twenty points 1291 01:09:42,720 --> 01:09:46,080 Speaker 1: on them, Yeah, sure, And we were laughing at we 1292 01:09:46,160 --> 01:09:48,120 Speaker 1: were laughing that, Hey, if it's part of the game 1293 01:09:48,160 --> 01:09:50,000 Speaker 1: plan to get up by twenty points. Yeah, you're you're 1294 01:09:50,000 --> 01:09:53,720 Speaker 1: gonna win the game. But easier said than that. But 1295 01:09:53,840 --> 01:09:56,040 Speaker 1: the strength of the reason it's so difficult to do 1296 01:09:56,160 --> 01:09:59,320 Speaker 1: that is because the Patriots team is built to hold 1297 01:09:59,360 --> 01:10:03,240 Speaker 1: you down offensively. Their defense is really really executing at 1298 01:10:03,240 --> 01:10:06,240 Speaker 1: a high level. So that's why it's so hard to 1299 01:10:06,320 --> 01:10:10,519 Speaker 1: get out to a fast start on this particular team. Yeah, well, 1300 01:10:10,640 --> 01:10:13,000 Speaker 1: you know what, It's going to take a collective group 1301 01:10:13,040 --> 01:10:15,680 Speaker 1: of all three offense, defense, that special team to win 1302 01:10:15,760 --> 01:10:19,040 Speaker 1: this football game. I really do believe that. Hey, look, 1303 01:10:19,400 --> 01:10:23,400 Speaker 1: I think I do believe if you give Josh Allen 1304 01:10:23,600 --> 01:10:26,120 Speaker 1: enough time, and I know this Patriots are going to 1305 01:10:26,160 --> 01:10:28,160 Speaker 1: have some type of scheme for him where you know, 1306 01:10:28,280 --> 01:10:30,000 Speaker 1: they might keep him in the pocket and not let 1307 01:10:30,080 --> 01:10:33,000 Speaker 1: him get outside. But I'll tell you what if if 1308 01:10:33,040 --> 01:10:36,040 Speaker 1: this offensive line can stay together and give him a 1309 01:10:36,160 --> 01:10:39,720 Speaker 1: couple of few seconds more seconds to let these wide receivers, 1310 01:10:40,000 --> 01:10:43,320 Speaker 1: you know, kind of extend their route just a little bit, 1311 01:10:43,439 --> 01:10:46,120 Speaker 1: I think that causes a problem because we haven't seen 1312 01:10:46,240 --> 01:10:49,160 Speaker 1: that really all year long. I know stuff is having 1313 01:10:49,200 --> 01:10:51,559 Speaker 1: a great year, not the year that he had last year, 1314 01:10:51,680 --> 01:10:53,880 Speaker 1: but I don't know what the numbers are like. But 1315 01:10:54,080 --> 01:10:58,559 Speaker 1: you know, man, I think his targets might be down. 1316 01:10:59,439 --> 01:11:02,760 Speaker 1: It's kept might be down at this point. But yeah, 1317 01:11:02,800 --> 01:11:06,120 Speaker 1: that defense board in New England is pretty solid. If 1318 01:11:06,160 --> 01:11:09,160 Speaker 1: you look back at Bill Belichi's career, that's pretty much 1319 01:11:09,200 --> 01:11:11,280 Speaker 1: what has been. You know, he's been a guy that 1320 01:11:11,400 --> 01:11:15,000 Speaker 1: could really change the outcome outcome up a football game 1321 01:11:15,280 --> 01:11:18,680 Speaker 1: just by the defense playing well. And and like New 1322 01:11:18,760 --> 01:11:22,439 Speaker 1: England always does, you know, they capitalize on your mistakes, 1323 01:11:22,840 --> 01:11:25,080 Speaker 1: and if the Bill don't make any mistakes, it's going 1324 01:11:25,120 --> 01:11:27,360 Speaker 1: to be hard to beat them. Right theirm, We'd be 1325 01:11:27,439 --> 01:11:29,920 Speaker 1: remiss if we didn't ask you about the developments we 1326 01:11:30,040 --> 01:11:33,559 Speaker 1: saw in the running game last week. Devin Singletary pretty 1327 01:11:33,640 --> 01:11:36,839 Speaker 1: much the only guy wire to wire carrying the football 1328 01:11:37,360 --> 01:11:39,280 Speaker 1: for the Bills last week, and I realized they were 1329 01:11:39,280 --> 01:11:42,240 Speaker 1: going against the twentieth ranked run defense in Carolina last week, 1330 01:11:42,600 --> 01:11:44,600 Speaker 1: not the one they're gonna be facing this week in 1331 01:11:44,720 --> 01:11:51,559 Speaker 1: New England. But I'm wondering if Devin's Singletary is now 1332 01:11:51,800 --> 01:11:56,000 Speaker 1: seen by the offensive coaching staff as the primary ball 1333 01:11:56,160 --> 01:12:00,479 Speaker 1: carrier no matter what the game plan might be. The 1334 01:12:00,600 --> 01:12:03,480 Speaker 1: reason I say that is because of what Sean McDermott 1335 01:12:03,520 --> 01:12:06,840 Speaker 1: said this week when he described Singletary and said he 1336 01:12:06,880 --> 01:12:09,479 Speaker 1: always seems to be falling forward. And you look at 1337 01:12:09,520 --> 01:12:12,320 Speaker 1: his twenty two carries last week, Therm. He only had 1338 01:12:12,400 --> 01:12:15,439 Speaker 1: one carry where he got no gain and another carry 1339 01:12:15,560 --> 01:12:19,320 Speaker 1: for minus one yard. Everything else was in the positive territory. 1340 01:12:19,439 --> 01:12:21,800 Speaker 1: Granted there were a lot of twos and threes and 1341 01:12:21,960 --> 01:12:25,600 Speaker 1: some ones, but there were no negative carries. And I 1342 01:12:25,760 --> 01:12:28,200 Speaker 1: feel like the offensive staff THERM is at a point 1343 01:12:28,240 --> 01:12:31,240 Speaker 1: where they say, well, at least this guy helps us 1344 01:12:31,320 --> 01:12:34,960 Speaker 1: stay on schedule on offense, which is you know, that's 1345 01:12:35,000 --> 01:12:37,720 Speaker 1: not exactly a high bar to set, but that's where 1346 01:12:37,720 --> 01:12:40,160 Speaker 1: their run game is right now, and he seems like 1347 01:12:40,280 --> 01:12:44,720 Speaker 1: the best option for that. Yeah, he is. I know 1348 01:12:44,880 --> 01:12:47,760 Speaker 1: we've been saying them last couple of weeks. You know, 1349 01:12:48,040 --> 01:12:50,800 Speaker 1: you know where is Zach Moss And obviously, if you 1350 01:12:50,920 --> 01:12:53,360 Speaker 1: look at what has happened to him in the last 1351 01:12:53,400 --> 01:12:56,519 Speaker 1: couple of games being inactive, you know, Devin Singletary has 1352 01:12:56,560 --> 01:13:01,160 Speaker 1: been out through pretty much most of the game and uh, 1353 01:13:01,240 --> 01:13:03,439 Speaker 1: and I think they're doing some different things where they 1354 01:13:03,560 --> 01:13:06,120 Speaker 1: don't allow him to have to pick up blitzes all 1355 01:13:06,160 --> 01:13:09,839 Speaker 1: the time because he's not a big guy. But obviously 1356 01:13:09,960 --> 01:13:14,559 Speaker 1: that could change going against defensive scheme like a Belichick 1357 01:13:14,640 --> 01:13:16,680 Speaker 1: and keeping him in the backfield and not letting him 1358 01:13:16,680 --> 01:13:19,840 Speaker 1: get out of the past pattern. So, uh no, he 1359 01:13:20,000 --> 01:13:22,479 Speaker 1: has been you know what, He's been pretty much solid 1360 01:13:22,800 --> 01:13:25,360 Speaker 1: all year long at the time that he does, you know, 1361 01:13:25,479 --> 01:13:28,439 Speaker 1: touch the football, whether it's running the football or catching 1362 01:13:28,520 --> 01:13:31,120 Speaker 1: a swing pass or trying to catch a screen. So 1363 01:13:32,240 --> 01:13:35,160 Speaker 1: he's earned this if you really look at it, he's been. 1364 01:13:35,720 --> 01:13:38,840 Speaker 1: He's been solid all year and uh and now even 1365 01:13:38,880 --> 01:13:41,280 Speaker 1: though having a game like that against Carolina, maybe it 1366 01:13:41,400 --> 01:13:44,400 Speaker 1: does give the offensive line and Brian Dable a little 1367 01:13:44,400 --> 01:13:47,320 Speaker 1: bit more confidence to call his number because like you said, 1368 01:13:47,400 --> 01:13:50,040 Speaker 1: he is falling forward, he's not falling back, and like 1369 01:13:50,160 --> 01:13:52,680 Speaker 1: you said, two or three yards he's here. But you 1370 01:13:52,760 --> 01:13:54,439 Speaker 1: know what, I think that does keep a lot of 1371 01:13:54,479 --> 01:13:58,320 Speaker 1: pressure off of Josh Allen. Thurm. Thanks, Man's good seeing you. 1372 01:13:58,560 --> 01:14:02,439 Speaker 1: Happy Merry Christmas, Happy New Year. A right, Merry Christmas 1373 01:14:02,520 --> 01:14:06,120 Speaker 1: to you and your lovely family. God bless you all right, 1374 01:14:06,200 --> 01:14:08,640 Speaker 1: Thanks Darren, Merry Christmas to you. That's Thurman Thomas, the 1375 01:14:08,680 --> 01:14:10,799 Speaker 1: Hall of Famer, joining us here as he does every Thursday. 1376 01:14:10,840 --> 01:14:12,599 Speaker 1: We have to take a break here, but be back 1377 01:14:12,640 --> 01:14:14,880 Speaker 1: with Dane Jackson in a second. Here on One Bill's Live. 1378 01:14:14,960 --> 01:14:28,760 Speaker 1: Stay tuned all right, welcome back to One Bill's Live. 1379 01:14:28,840 --> 01:14:31,160 Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you, and it is time 1380 01:14:31,439 --> 01:14:34,599 Speaker 1: for us to be joined by Bill's cornerback Dane Jackson. 1381 01:14:34,960 --> 01:14:37,479 Speaker 1: He is our fresh off the field interview brought to 1382 01:14:37,520 --> 01:14:39,640 Speaker 1: you by Austin here, the official clean air provider of 1383 01:14:39,640 --> 01:14:43,680 Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. Dane, I gotta imagine you are expecting 1384 01:14:44,000 --> 01:14:46,960 Speaker 1: a much different type of game when you play the 1385 01:14:47,040 --> 01:14:50,960 Speaker 1: Patriots on Sunday. Compared to that first one. You almost 1386 01:14:51,000 --> 01:14:53,120 Speaker 1: didn't even have to worry about covering anybody in the 1387 01:14:53,160 --> 01:14:56,080 Speaker 1: defensive backfield. It's gonna be completely different this time around, 1388 01:14:56,120 --> 01:15:00,519 Speaker 1: isn't it. Sorry, Yes, sir, I mean we never know. 1389 01:15:00,880 --> 01:15:02,519 Speaker 1: I mean we watched a lot of films, you know, 1390 01:15:02,680 --> 01:15:04,760 Speaker 1: try to get tips and remindeds. Right, you know, you 1391 01:15:04,840 --> 01:15:06,360 Speaker 1: never know how they're going to press the game, so 1392 01:15:06,680 --> 01:15:09,600 Speaker 1: we're really just be ready for anything. Yeah, it was 1393 01:15:09,640 --> 01:15:11,920 Speaker 1: a strange game. The last time thirty five forty mile 1394 01:15:11,960 --> 01:15:14,280 Speaker 1: an hour wins. You knew it was going to be 1395 01:15:14,360 --> 01:15:16,240 Speaker 1: one of those weird kind of games when they did 1396 01:15:16,400 --> 01:15:18,280 Speaker 1: decide to throw it at all. If they did and 1397 01:15:18,360 --> 01:15:22,360 Speaker 1: it was only a handful, what, how does this affect 1398 01:15:22,439 --> 01:15:25,080 Speaker 1: your ability to get ready for these guys knowing that 1399 01:15:25,200 --> 01:15:27,160 Speaker 1: you haven't even seen them they're passing attack, or what 1400 01:15:27,200 --> 01:15:31,800 Speaker 1: they even thought about your defensive backfield last time. I mean, 1401 01:15:32,640 --> 01:15:34,519 Speaker 1: we just watched a lot of films, you know, from 1402 01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:36,439 Speaker 1: early on in the season or when they do get 1403 01:15:36,520 --> 01:15:39,160 Speaker 1: into passing situations, and you know, just breaking down and 1404 01:15:39,200 --> 01:15:41,840 Speaker 1: evaluate those guys in that way. You know, like I said, 1405 01:15:41,920 --> 01:15:44,120 Speaker 1: we the last game we played, there was a lot 1406 01:15:44,200 --> 01:15:46,080 Speaker 1: of runs, but you know, you never know what you're 1407 01:15:46,080 --> 01:15:49,040 Speaker 1: going to get this game with the conditions not being 1408 01:15:49,080 --> 01:15:51,000 Speaker 1: the same as they were unpaired, So you know, we 1409 01:15:51,080 --> 01:15:53,519 Speaker 1: just have to be ready for anything. And then Dane, 1410 01:15:53,560 --> 01:15:55,320 Speaker 1: I don't know if you've heard it in recent weeks, 1411 01:15:55,400 --> 01:15:58,960 Speaker 1: but when some of your secondary teammates have been asked 1412 01:15:59,000 --> 01:16:02,320 Speaker 1: about you, you know, even into the lineup, the first 1413 01:16:02,360 --> 01:16:05,040 Speaker 1: thing out of their mouth is, we trust Dane. And 1414 01:16:05,760 --> 01:16:08,479 Speaker 1: you know, as much as you put pressure on yourself 1415 01:16:08,560 --> 01:16:13,200 Speaker 1: to perform, how how reassuring, how much peace of mind 1416 01:16:13,400 --> 01:16:16,040 Speaker 1: does it give you when you hear guys like Jordan 1417 01:16:16,120 --> 01:16:18,559 Speaker 1: Poyer and Micah Hyde and Levi say we trust Dane 1418 01:16:18,600 --> 01:16:22,040 Speaker 1: out there as a young guy, it gives you I 1419 01:16:22,120 --> 01:16:24,000 Speaker 1: feel like first and foremost, it gives you a lot 1420 01:16:24,040 --> 01:16:26,840 Speaker 1: of confidence because those guys they've been playing for they've 1421 01:16:26,880 --> 01:16:29,360 Speaker 1: been playing together for four or five years now. So 1422 01:16:29,960 --> 01:16:33,360 Speaker 1: just to like have them have me come in and 1423 01:16:33,520 --> 01:16:36,040 Speaker 1: you know, have full trusting meets, have full faith in 1424 01:16:36,120 --> 01:16:38,160 Speaker 1: me and have confidence to me. That gives me the 1425 01:16:38,240 --> 01:16:40,200 Speaker 1: confidence to go out there and perform with those guys. 1426 01:16:40,840 --> 01:16:43,040 Speaker 1: And you know that coming into this, you've now you've 1427 01:16:43,080 --> 01:16:45,000 Speaker 1: got is how much different do you feel after just 1428 01:16:45,120 --> 01:16:46,800 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks. I know, you've got to feel 1429 01:16:46,880 --> 01:16:49,960 Speaker 1: more comfortable back there than you did maybe the first 1430 01:16:50,000 --> 01:16:52,000 Speaker 1: time you lined up as a bill when you know 1431 01:16:52,080 --> 01:16:54,800 Speaker 1: in the game one this year, how much has changed 1432 01:16:54,840 --> 01:16:56,760 Speaker 1: over the last three weeks for you personally with all 1433 01:16:56,800 --> 01:17:01,280 Speaker 1: the reps you've gotten. I guess, like, like I keep saying, like, 1434 01:17:01,360 --> 01:17:03,720 Speaker 1: I just feel more comfortable out there. You know, as 1435 01:17:03,920 --> 01:17:07,040 Speaker 1: as the games go on, as the reps get, as 1436 01:17:07,080 --> 01:17:09,439 Speaker 1: the reps increase, I just feel more comfortable. Like I 1437 01:17:09,680 --> 01:17:12,719 Speaker 1: like even in practice today, like when certain stuff happens 1438 01:17:12,760 --> 01:17:15,680 Speaker 1: and you just like play off each other without that 1439 01:17:15,840 --> 01:17:18,640 Speaker 1: being the agenda. You know, that's just the feeling that 1440 01:17:18,680 --> 01:17:21,760 Speaker 1: I'm getting with more reps and I've been getting talking 1441 01:17:21,800 --> 01:17:25,959 Speaker 1: with Bill's cornerback Dan Jackson and Dane the fans obviously 1442 01:17:26,600 --> 01:17:29,680 Speaker 1: are going into this game. They're biting their fingernails. You know, 1443 01:17:29,720 --> 01:17:32,280 Speaker 1: they get nervous because you know it's a big game. 1444 01:17:32,320 --> 01:17:35,200 Speaker 1: There's a lot on the line. You guys obviously can't 1445 01:17:35,240 --> 01:17:37,080 Speaker 1: think that way. You've got to focus on the task 1446 01:17:37,200 --> 01:17:41,160 Speaker 1: at hand. Are there big games from your college career 1447 01:17:41,200 --> 01:17:45,680 Speaker 1: at Pitt that you can kind of use as experience 1448 01:17:46,240 --> 01:17:50,280 Speaker 1: for pressure packed, big magnitude type games like the one 1449 01:17:50,280 --> 01:17:52,400 Speaker 1: you're walking into on Sunday to kind of keep a 1450 01:17:52,520 --> 01:17:55,600 Speaker 1: level head and just focus on your assignments each and 1451 01:17:55,680 --> 01:18:01,160 Speaker 1: every down. Honestly, like I can't, I can't really think 1452 01:18:01,200 --> 01:18:03,560 Speaker 1: of a game because, like me personally, I know this 1453 01:18:03,720 --> 01:18:06,240 Speaker 1: is sad a lot, but I honestly really approach like 1454 01:18:06,400 --> 01:18:08,519 Speaker 1: every game the same because I try to not to 1455 01:18:08,600 --> 01:18:11,439 Speaker 1: get too worried about, you know, all the outside noise 1456 01:18:11,560 --> 01:18:13,479 Speaker 1: or what more we have to do or anything like that, 1457 01:18:13,640 --> 01:18:15,840 Speaker 1: because I'm a guy. I'm a simple guy, so I 1458 01:18:15,960 --> 01:18:18,080 Speaker 1: like to just keep it simple and keep my same 1459 01:18:18,160 --> 01:18:20,840 Speaker 1: routine that helps me, you know, perform at the best 1460 01:18:20,880 --> 01:18:23,400 Speaker 1: of my bed. Give us a loaddown on the wide 1461 01:18:23,439 --> 01:18:25,800 Speaker 1: receivers for the Patriots. What do you see in those guys? 1462 01:18:27,720 --> 01:18:29,280 Speaker 1: They have a lot of talent over there. They have 1463 01:18:30,120 --> 01:18:34,360 Speaker 1: kill Harry Um sixteen. They have guys who who are 1464 01:18:34,439 --> 01:18:39,320 Speaker 1: bigger guys who Um You know, they like to be physical. 1465 01:18:39,479 --> 01:18:41,479 Speaker 1: They have guys with the smaller guys who can work 1466 01:18:41,600 --> 01:18:44,000 Speaker 1: inside and work outside as well. So they have a 1467 01:18:44,400 --> 01:18:47,800 Speaker 1: really good collectives the super bout. I'm sure Dane, you've 1468 01:18:48,000 --> 01:18:50,559 Speaker 1: watched a lot of the tape from their game last 1469 01:18:50,600 --> 01:18:53,920 Speaker 1: week against the Colts. I know you pride yourself on 1470 01:18:54,120 --> 01:18:57,160 Speaker 1: being a physical corner. What did you think of the 1471 01:18:57,320 --> 01:19:01,360 Speaker 1: physical way that that Colts defense approach that game? I mean, 1472 01:19:01,439 --> 01:19:04,320 Speaker 1: they were knocking the snot out of those guys last week. 1473 01:19:04,439 --> 01:19:08,000 Speaker 1: What was your impression of that defensive approach by the 1474 01:19:08,080 --> 01:19:12,320 Speaker 1: Colts last week? I mean, I feel like they did 1475 01:19:12,640 --> 01:19:15,600 Speaker 1: a good job. They understood the assignment, They understood what 1476 01:19:15,760 --> 01:19:18,960 Speaker 1: was needed to be done to win that game. It's 1477 01:19:19,000 --> 01:19:22,479 Speaker 1: always a physical matchup. You pay these guys soum. You 1478 01:19:22,560 --> 01:19:24,840 Speaker 1: know they came ready, they came with their heart havings. 1479 01:19:26,120 --> 01:19:27,920 Speaker 1: Well listen, Dan, we wish you the best to luck 1480 01:19:28,040 --> 01:19:31,360 Speaker 1: up there on Sunday. Obviously, have a merry Christmas first, 1481 01:19:31,760 --> 01:19:34,360 Speaker 1: and we hope you get a little time with your family. 1482 01:19:34,400 --> 01:19:36,240 Speaker 1: I know Saturday's a travel day, so it's going to 1483 01:19:36,320 --> 01:19:38,920 Speaker 1: be tough, but we hope you're having a little bit 1484 01:19:38,960 --> 01:19:40,680 Speaker 1: of time to enjoy the holiday with your family. And 1485 01:19:41,040 --> 01:19:44,280 Speaker 1: good luck showing out on Sunday. Sorry, thank you, I 1486 01:19:44,280 --> 01:19:47,400 Speaker 1: appreciate you guy. All Right, Dane Jackson, Bill's cornerback, who's 1487 01:19:47,400 --> 01:19:49,840 Speaker 1: going to be on that field in Foxborough coming up 1488 01:19:49,880 --> 01:19:52,719 Speaker 1: here on Sunday, big game as we know for the Bills, 1489 01:19:53,000 --> 01:19:56,360 Speaker 1: as the division title will be on the line. Yeah, 1490 01:19:56,400 --> 01:19:57,920 Speaker 1: and I knew he was going to tell me that. 1491 01:19:58,040 --> 01:19:59,640 Speaker 1: You know, he tries to keep every game the same 1492 01:19:59,760 --> 01:20:01,760 Speaker 1: key but simple stupid as his approach, you know, the 1493 01:20:01,840 --> 01:20:04,880 Speaker 1: kiss philosophy, if you will. I was just wondering how 1494 01:20:04,960 --> 01:20:07,320 Speaker 1: he gets to that place to just kind of keep 1495 01:20:07,360 --> 01:20:09,200 Speaker 1: it simple in his head. You know, he says, I 1496 01:20:09,280 --> 01:20:11,960 Speaker 1: try to keep the outside noise away. I'm always curious 1497 01:20:12,080 --> 01:20:15,799 Speaker 1: what are the techniques, whether they're mental or whether it's physical, 1498 01:20:16,479 --> 01:20:20,000 Speaker 1: to kind of keep that stuff on the periphery where 1499 01:20:20,040 --> 01:20:23,320 Speaker 1: it doesn't cloud your vision and your focus for the state, 1500 01:20:23,400 --> 01:20:26,400 Speaker 1: because all guys do it differently, right, Yeah, you just 1501 01:20:26,520 --> 01:20:28,560 Speaker 1: gotta make sure you stay in the moment, particularly on 1502 01:20:28,640 --> 01:20:31,040 Speaker 1: the field, you can't really think about all the ramifications 1503 01:20:31,080 --> 01:20:33,200 Speaker 1: and the yif stands, or what she's got to think about. Okay, 1504 01:20:33,680 --> 01:20:35,320 Speaker 1: this is a setup here, here's the guy I've got 1505 01:20:35,439 --> 01:20:38,639 Speaker 1: right here. Let's go and just focus in that moment 1506 01:20:39,000 --> 01:20:42,280 Speaker 1: and not even worried too either about you know, you 1507 01:20:42,360 --> 01:20:43,920 Speaker 1: just got to play the technique of the defense, and 1508 01:20:44,479 --> 01:20:46,640 Speaker 1: the same thing on offense. Just don't worry about what 1509 01:20:46,680 --> 01:20:48,640 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks doing, what the offensive line are doing. If 1510 01:20:48,640 --> 01:20:51,000 Speaker 1: the quarterback's gonna get sacrini that you do your part 1511 01:20:51,479 --> 01:20:53,760 Speaker 1: and expect everybody else to do theirs as well. And 1512 01:20:55,120 --> 01:20:57,519 Speaker 1: that's what you can focus on. And then when the 1513 01:20:57,560 --> 01:20:59,439 Speaker 1: plays over, you look around, see how did everybody else 1514 01:20:59,520 --> 01:21:02,920 Speaker 1: do kind of thing? And that's the way I did it. 1515 01:21:03,600 --> 01:21:08,479 Speaker 1: And sometimes it's hard, because you know how difficult at 1516 01:21:08,520 --> 01:21:10,840 Speaker 1: times some part some other guys maybe have in the 1517 01:21:10,920 --> 01:21:13,920 Speaker 1: offensive line struggling today. I don't know if if Josh's 1518 01:21:13,920 --> 01:21:15,840 Speaker 1: gonna be able to, you know, hang in there in 1519 01:21:15,880 --> 01:21:17,760 Speaker 1: the pocket. When I turn around in this route, I 1520 01:21:17,800 --> 01:21:20,559 Speaker 1: don't know where Josh's gonna be. Maybe you get started 1521 01:21:20,600 --> 01:21:22,920 Speaker 1: getting distracted by that instead of just running the route 1522 01:21:22,920 --> 01:21:24,680 Speaker 1: you're supposed to be running and sometimes that gets you 1523 01:21:24,680 --> 01:21:27,639 Speaker 1: into trouble. We want to get to the tweet sheet 1524 01:21:27,800 --> 01:21:29,960 Speaker 1: to get your thoughts on a regular season game that 1525 01:21:30,120 --> 01:21:32,920 Speaker 1: lived up to the importance of this Sunday's game against 1526 01:21:32,960 --> 01:21:36,040 Speaker 1: the Patriots, which, as we've said, will essentially determine the 1527 01:21:36,120 --> 01:21:38,400 Speaker 1: division title, at least as far as the Patriots and 1528 01:21:38,439 --> 01:21:42,679 Speaker 1: Bills are concerned. Tweet sheet brought to you by Corrigan 1529 01:21:42,720 --> 01:21:45,280 Speaker 1: Moving Systems, the Official Equipments and Company, and the Buffalo 1530 01:21:45,400 --> 01:21:49,080 Speaker 1: Bills and Buddy Says seems likely, but maybe not if 1531 01:21:49,120 --> 01:21:51,400 Speaker 1: the emotional toll on the fan base is considered. The 1532 01:21:51,479 --> 01:21:53,960 Speaker 1: Bills were supposed to take over the AFC East after 1533 01:21:54,040 --> 01:21:56,920 Speaker 1: being New England's doormat for twenty years. If New England 1534 01:21:56,960 --> 01:21:59,559 Speaker 1: wins the division this year, after we finally found a quarterback, 1535 01:22:00,240 --> 01:22:02,840 Speaker 1: I'm a quarter of a billion dollars, it will suck. 1536 01:22:03,200 --> 01:22:08,040 Speaker 1: It's huge exclamation point. Yeah. Here's the thing too. I mean, 1537 01:22:08,760 --> 01:22:11,040 Speaker 1: just because you paid Josh all that money, because he's 1538 01:22:11,280 --> 01:22:14,519 Speaker 1: the best guy we've had here in decades and is 1539 01:22:14,600 --> 01:22:16,960 Speaker 1: better than almost every single one of the other guys 1540 01:22:17,000 --> 01:22:18,960 Speaker 1: around the league, it doesn't mean you deserve to win 1541 01:22:19,000 --> 01:22:21,120 Speaker 1: every other every game. You're gonna play or every division 1542 01:22:21,160 --> 01:22:23,439 Speaker 1: title every year. There's a lot that goes into it, 1543 01:22:23,960 --> 01:22:26,280 Speaker 1: and you got to get input from all the guys. 1544 01:22:26,320 --> 01:22:28,679 Speaker 1: And the simple fact of the matter is the Bills 1545 01:22:28,720 --> 01:22:40,320 Speaker 1: have been left hanging by injuries, COVID latinagging injuries, particularly 1546 01:22:40,439 --> 01:22:43,479 Speaker 1: upfront on both sides of the ball, and they've struggled 1547 01:22:43,479 --> 01:22:45,080 Speaker 1: to win. The line is crimmage and you know we 1548 01:22:45,160 --> 01:22:47,280 Speaker 1: saw it early in the even in the Carolina game, 1549 01:22:47,320 --> 01:22:50,840 Speaker 1: a game they won comfortably. Josh was running around like 1550 01:22:51,439 --> 01:22:54,479 Speaker 1: crazy early in that game until the offensive line settled down. 1551 01:22:56,360 --> 01:22:59,599 Speaker 1: So you may have that guy and he may be great, 1552 01:23:00,960 --> 01:23:03,920 Speaker 1: but that doesn't mean that you're deserved to win any 1553 01:23:03,920 --> 01:23:06,799 Speaker 1: of these games because you need all fifty three guys 1554 01:23:06,920 --> 01:23:11,280 Speaker 1: showing up on game day to win games. That's what 1555 01:23:11,400 --> 01:23:13,680 Speaker 1: the Patriots have done. That's why we couldn't beat him 1556 01:23:13,680 --> 01:23:15,400 Speaker 1: for so long, because we'd have a handful of guys 1557 01:23:15,479 --> 01:23:18,160 Speaker 1: playing well and they'd have more than that playing well. 1558 01:23:18,640 --> 01:23:20,960 Speaker 1: You gotta play well and you can't make mistakes against him. 1559 01:23:21,200 --> 01:23:23,840 Speaker 1: But I get it. You know, we were in a 1560 01:23:23,840 --> 01:23:26,040 Speaker 1: place now where you've got a chance to win it, 1561 01:23:26,080 --> 01:23:29,160 Speaker 1: and that's basically all we ever kind of wanted. And 1562 01:23:29,400 --> 01:23:32,439 Speaker 1: it felt like in retrospect. We really never did because 1563 01:23:32,439 --> 01:23:34,200 Speaker 1: we didn't have that guy. Well, now we do and 1564 01:23:34,240 --> 01:23:36,080 Speaker 1: we're gonna have a shot at it and we'll see 1565 01:23:36,080 --> 01:23:38,519 Speaker 1: if we can make it work. Jack on the tweet 1566 01:23:38,520 --> 01:23:41,479 Speaker 1: sheet says, last year's Denver game was huge. Denver wasn't 1567 01:23:41,520 --> 01:23:43,160 Speaker 1: as good as the Pats are, but the Bill still 1568 01:23:43,200 --> 01:23:45,040 Speaker 1: had to travel there a day early and win to 1569 01:23:45,120 --> 01:23:47,400 Speaker 1: get the division and they did it. This year, we're 1570 01:23:47,479 --> 01:23:51,400 Speaker 1: fighting for our division lives. Dear Santa, please deliver us 1571 01:23:51,439 --> 01:23:55,559 Speaker 1: at w and Foxborough on Sunday. It'll be a day 1572 01:23:55,600 --> 01:23:57,800 Speaker 1: after Christmas, but I'm sure people wouldn't mind it coming 1573 01:23:57,840 --> 01:24:01,280 Speaker 1: a day after Yeah. Mark on the tweet sheet says, 1574 01:24:01,360 --> 01:24:04,800 Speaker 1: nineteen sixty four versus Boston and Fenway for the East 1575 01:24:04,840 --> 01:24:07,560 Speaker 1: Crown do or die Bills one, So that that's the 1576 01:24:07,600 --> 01:24:11,280 Speaker 1: second time we heard about that AFL East type from 1577 01:24:11,320 --> 01:24:15,240 Speaker 1: an old time fan for sure. JT says, No, this 1578 01:24:15,720 --> 01:24:18,000 Speaker 1: is the biggest game for us to regain the AFC 1579 01:24:18,240 --> 01:24:21,840 Speaker 1: East title. This will be huge. Then win out the 1580 01:24:21,960 --> 01:24:24,559 Speaker 1: next two and have home field advantage for at least 1581 01:24:24,600 --> 01:24:27,599 Speaker 1: a game maybe two in the playoffs. To top it off, 1582 01:24:27,640 --> 01:24:29,439 Speaker 1: Miami beats the Pats at the end of the season 1583 01:24:29,479 --> 01:24:34,000 Speaker 1: and no playoffs for Billy ha. Yeah. Well, you can 1584 01:24:34,080 --> 01:24:36,880 Speaker 1: conjure up all kinds of perfect scenarios, but yeah, we 1585 01:24:37,000 --> 01:24:41,160 Speaker 1: all know it rarely happens perfectly. Right. The one we 1586 01:24:41,320 --> 01:24:44,120 Speaker 1: definitely don't want is New England winning in Miami losing 1587 01:24:44,200 --> 01:24:46,800 Speaker 1: on Sunday, because that would mean the Patriots win the 1588 01:24:46,880 --> 01:24:51,719 Speaker 1: title they clinched the AFC East. That scenario. Yucky Amos 1589 01:24:51,920 --> 01:24:54,439 Speaker 1: on the tweet sheet says, it was a while ago, 1590 01:24:55,240 --> 01:24:58,280 Speaker 1: but that Steelers game in which we played their backups 1591 01:24:58,280 --> 01:24:59,920 Speaker 1: and loss, that was two thousand and four. We had 1592 01:25:00,080 --> 01:25:03,240 Speaker 1: caller that mentioned that game. Imagine winning that and going 1593 01:25:03,320 --> 01:25:04,800 Speaker 1: to the playoffs may have been able to put a 1594 01:25:04,880 --> 01:25:06,760 Speaker 1: dent into the playoffs route. It would have would have 1595 01:25:06,800 --> 01:25:09,000 Speaker 1: been in two thousand and four, and then your playoff 1596 01:25:09,080 --> 01:25:12,200 Speaker 1: droute would have only been thirteen years instead of seventeen. Well, 1597 01:25:12,320 --> 01:25:15,880 Speaker 1: it would have been, could have been, might might have 1598 01:25:15,960 --> 01:25:17,920 Speaker 1: been even less than that. They might have that might have, 1599 01:25:18,200 --> 01:25:20,400 Speaker 1: you know, Pin wheeled him into more success. You never know, 1600 01:25:21,600 --> 01:25:28,280 Speaker 1: um pinwheeled him into success. It's things have effect on 1601 01:25:28,360 --> 01:25:30,720 Speaker 1: the future we don't know about. And there's no way, 1602 01:25:30,800 --> 01:25:33,160 Speaker 1: you know, to go back and say all this or 1603 01:25:33,240 --> 01:25:35,240 Speaker 1: that or if this had happened, then that would have happened. 1604 01:25:35,280 --> 01:25:37,799 Speaker 1: It's not quite acarny, and that's why I'm not really 1605 01:25:37,920 --> 01:25:41,760 Speaker 1: getting two all, you know, wrapped up in this game. 1606 01:25:42,520 --> 01:25:44,880 Speaker 1: This is not a season killer, but man, oh man, 1607 01:25:44,960 --> 01:25:48,160 Speaker 1: if you win this, it makes a statement about how 1608 01:25:48,280 --> 01:25:53,559 Speaker 1: good your team really is. Um. The Patriots have are 1609 01:25:53,640 --> 01:25:55,600 Speaker 1: favored in this game, and they should be. I mean, 1610 01:25:55,640 --> 01:25:57,360 Speaker 1: they already want beat the Bills. They didn't have to 1611 01:25:57,439 --> 01:25:59,280 Speaker 1: throw football once to beat the Bill. They beat it 1612 01:25:59,360 --> 01:26:02,439 Speaker 1: through it three times to beat the Bills three weeks ago. 1613 01:26:03,640 --> 01:26:06,080 Speaker 1: They're doing it with a rookie quarterback. He's going to 1614 01:26:06,240 --> 01:26:08,760 Speaker 1: end this season with the highest completion percentage of any 1615 01:26:08,800 --> 01:26:12,479 Speaker 1: rookie quarterback in NFL history. They've got a stout defense, 1616 01:26:12,560 --> 01:26:16,439 Speaker 1: that is everything is predicated upon. So if Bill's offense 1617 01:26:16,479 --> 01:26:19,360 Speaker 1: with a makeshift offensive line can score points on the 1618 01:26:19,840 --> 01:26:25,160 Speaker 1: Patriot defense, yeah, you deserve all the accolades and expectations 1619 01:26:25,240 --> 01:26:27,160 Speaker 1: you were garnered within the beginning of the season, because 1620 01:26:27,200 --> 01:26:29,840 Speaker 1: you will have a chance to fulfill them. Patriots defense 1621 01:26:29,960 --> 01:26:32,200 Speaker 1: number one in points allowed as we know, maybe the 1622 01:26:32,280 --> 01:26:36,280 Speaker 1: most interesting number of their defensive statistics twenty fourth in 1623 01:26:36,360 --> 01:26:39,719 Speaker 1: the league against the run, twenty sixth in the league 1624 01:26:39,760 --> 01:26:43,759 Speaker 1: and yards per carry average against. There have been teams 1625 01:26:43,840 --> 01:26:46,280 Speaker 1: that have run successfully on them, the two most notable 1626 01:26:46,360 --> 01:26:49,799 Speaker 1: being the Titans and the Colts. They're good running teams, 1627 01:26:51,000 --> 01:26:53,280 Speaker 1: and they've ballooned that average up for the Patriots. But 1628 01:26:53,560 --> 01:26:57,880 Speaker 1: if you're twenty sixth after fourteen games played, that means 1629 01:26:57,880 --> 01:26:59,760 Speaker 1: a good number of teams have had success on you. 1630 01:27:00,160 --> 01:27:03,880 Speaker 1: Just too right, Yeah, But I think the reason they're doing, 1631 01:27:04,160 --> 01:27:06,439 Speaker 1: you know, they're so good because they may they may 1632 01:27:06,439 --> 01:27:08,400 Speaker 1: have a good year, good games, but they don't have 1633 01:27:08,560 --> 01:27:11,320 Speaker 1: games like the Colts and the Tennessee Titans did. They 1634 01:27:11,360 --> 01:27:13,720 Speaker 1: may run for one hundred and thirty five yards and 1635 01:27:13,880 --> 01:27:16,400 Speaker 1: not get any points and not get any rushing touchdowns. 1636 01:27:16,800 --> 01:27:19,960 Speaker 1: You know. So that's where we're at. We have to 1637 01:27:20,000 --> 01:27:21,880 Speaker 1: take a break here. When Steve and I come back, 1638 01:27:21,960 --> 01:27:24,480 Speaker 1: we will wrap things up with a thought about Buffalo's 1639 01:27:24,640 --> 01:27:28,519 Speaker 1: slot receiver position. Who could be lining up there, knowing 1640 01:27:28,600 --> 01:27:32,000 Speaker 1: Cole Beasley won't being on the COVID reserve list. We'll 1641 01:27:32,040 --> 01:27:34,400 Speaker 1: talk about that next here on One Bill's Live presented 1642 01:27:34,400 --> 01:27:48,960 Speaker 1: by Colloid to Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, 1643 01:27:49,880 --> 01:27:54,479 Speaker 1: Bill's slot receiver position, you remember all the way back 1644 01:27:54,560 --> 01:27:57,600 Speaker 1: in the preseason when Cole Beasley was held out of 1645 01:27:58,520 --> 01:28:04,000 Speaker 1: you know, some early preseason games, Isaiah McKenzie was the 1646 01:28:04,120 --> 01:28:08,040 Speaker 1: guy used in the slot, and at the preseason game 1647 01:28:08,080 --> 01:28:11,640 Speaker 1: against Chicago, he and Mitchell Trubisky were lighting up the 1648 01:28:11,680 --> 01:28:16,920 Speaker 1: Bears defense. He was productive in that slot role. Do 1649 01:28:17,080 --> 01:28:19,200 Speaker 1: you think he is the first option there in the 1650 01:28:19,280 --> 01:28:21,960 Speaker 1: slot with Cole Beasley not playing on Sunday or if 1651 01:28:21,960 --> 01:28:25,559 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders is healthy, could he move into the slot 1652 01:28:25,640 --> 01:28:29,000 Speaker 1: where he does have experience and Gabe Davis is the 1653 01:28:29,080 --> 01:28:32,280 Speaker 1: number two outside opposite Dicks. Good question. I would think 1654 01:28:32,439 --> 01:28:35,599 Speaker 1: probably Emanuel Sanders would go in there and Gabe Davis 1655 01:28:35,680 --> 01:28:38,920 Speaker 1: would come in. That's been the way they've rotated so far. 1656 01:28:39,360 --> 01:28:42,080 Speaker 1: That does haven't seen Sanders in the slot tremendously much 1657 01:28:42,160 --> 01:28:45,200 Speaker 1: this year, But that doesn't mean they may switch that 1658 01:28:45,360 --> 01:28:47,559 Speaker 1: up in a myriad of different ways. I mean, there's 1659 01:28:47,600 --> 01:28:49,720 Speaker 1: no way that isah mckenziy's not going to take any 1660 01:28:49,800 --> 01:28:52,120 Speaker 1: reps at wide out and how they use him with that, 1661 01:28:52,280 --> 01:28:54,280 Speaker 1: you know, the bubble screens or the whip or the 1662 01:28:54,439 --> 01:28:56,960 Speaker 1: end around the jet sweeps, that kind of thing, I'm 1663 01:28:57,000 --> 01:28:58,920 Speaker 1: sure isah mckins is going to be in the game plan, 1664 01:28:59,560 --> 01:29:02,920 Speaker 1: particularly with Cole Beasley on the sidelines. They gotta get 1665 01:29:03,040 --> 01:29:05,080 Speaker 1: use everybody to beat this team. Yeah, and it's going 1666 01:29:05,120 --> 01:29:08,920 Speaker 1: to be one of the more interesting player personnel deployments 1667 01:29:09,479 --> 01:29:12,599 Speaker 1: in Sunday's game. Who plays that role in his place. 1668 01:29:13,040 --> 01:29:15,200 Speaker 1: That's it for us today, But Steve and I'll be 1669 01:29:15,320 --> 01:29:18,400 Speaker 1: back tomorrow with a gigantic Friday Show on Christmas Eve, 1670 01:29:18,720 --> 01:29:22,560 Speaker 1: which includes NFL films Greg Cosell to break down the 1671 01:29:22,720 --> 01:29:24,639 Speaker 1: xs and os that this one. We'll see you tomorrow 1672 01:29:24,800 --> 01:29:24,960 Speaker 1: one