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Speaker 1: This One Bill's Live presented by Called lighta Health.

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Speaker 2: All right, welcome in on a Tuesday here wild Card week.

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Speaker 2: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you. One Bill's Live is

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Speaker 2: here for you. So thanks for making us a part

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Speaker 2: of your afternoon as we inch closer to the first

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Speaker 2: playoff game for the Bills in this twenty twenty four season.

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Speaker 2: And so, I don't know, I mean, it really kind

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Speaker 2: of gets rolling tomorrow when the players are back on

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Speaker 2: the practice field and all that jazz, and then then

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Speaker 2: it becomes I don't know, more real. I feel like

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Speaker 2: we've been drifting out here these last six weeks because

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Speaker 2: the division was wrapped up. All they were playing for

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Speaker 2: was locking down seating.

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Speaker 3: Right, And even then you didn't know who the other

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Speaker 3: teams were gonna be. You could even wait, yeah, only

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Speaker 3: until this last week.

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Speaker 2: Now it's more real. There's a there's an opponent, you know,

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Speaker 2: when you're playing.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, it's just.

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Speaker 2: Feel it's better this way.

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Speaker 3: Well yeah, naturally, yeah, Oh, I'm totally with you.

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Speaker 4: Uh.

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Speaker 3: Now, you got to handle on what you can look

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Speaker 3: for and what you got some expectations that.

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Speaker 1: Are actually founded in some fact.

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Speaker 3: You know, you can see what this game might look

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Speaker 3: like in your own mind's eye, all of us have

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Speaker 3: these opinions about that the teams were going to be

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Speaker 3: matched up with the players, it looks like the Bronco

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Speaker 3: And I'll say this too. I said this a couple

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Speaker 3: of times yesterday. The Broncos were good all the way

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Speaker 3: through this season. They went oho and two to start with,

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Speaker 3: but since they were zero and two, they have been

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Speaker 3: a playoff team ever since. And it took them like

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Speaker 3: three or it took them five more weeks to get

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Speaker 3: to the seven seed then, and they were at the five,

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Speaker 3: six and seven seed all the way through the end

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Speaker 3: of the season. They never dropped out of it. So

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Speaker 3: they have been this good throughout. And of course they

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Speaker 3: might have been even better if they didn't have the

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Speaker 3: eleven and one or you know, fifteen and one, fifteen

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Speaker 3: and two Chiefs chasing a team that they all they

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Speaker 3: should have had beaten, you know what I mean. So

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Speaker 3: there's a lot in this Broncos season that's really promising

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Speaker 3: for them and their fans.

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Speaker 2: Right, and understand why they're totally pumped and excited. It's

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Speaker 2: been nine years since their team has been to the

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Speaker 2: playoffs and the last time they're there. They were in

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Speaker 2: the Super Bowl, So yeah, it's been a minute for them.

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Speaker 2: So I get why they're excited. We we lived that,

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Speaker 2: probably waited almost twice as long, almost, but still at

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Speaker 2: all we understand it. So got every right to be

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Speaker 2: excited about your team. We get it. Ill will here

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Speaker 2: on that part, because sometimes you got to wait a

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Speaker 2: while in the vast abyss of irrelevancy before your team

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Speaker 2: is once again relevant. So yeah, and they probably will

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Speaker 2: be for a long time as long as Sean Payton's

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Speaker 1: Well like Nix.

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Speaker 3: I mean, who knows what the future holds, and none

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Speaker 3: of us do, but you know, bo Nix was good

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Speaker 3: enough this year. You know, certainly they had a different

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Speaker 3: kind of schedule than they'll get next year with the

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Speaker 3: number two, with the with a second place schedule. Well

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Speaker 3: maybe it'll be a third place schedule for them, won't it. Wow,

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Speaker 3: that's because the Chargers are ahead of them, and that's right, right,

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Speaker 3: So they get a third place schedule next year that'll

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Speaker 3: help them conceivably. Yeah, well yeah from this end. Uh,

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Speaker 3: you said, the Bills fans can really identify with where

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Speaker 3: the Broncos fans are at right now. I tweeted out

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Speaker 3: a thing that somebody else said, you know, after the game,

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Speaker 3: you know, the Broncos fans wrong.

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Speaker 1: We want Buffalo. We want Buffalo.

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Speaker 3: That's the way it works, man. You gotta ask, you

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Speaker 3: it's a game on.

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Speaker 1: Let's go.

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Speaker 3: It's uh as I sat here today just we're thinking that.

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Speaker 3: I say, you're right, brownie, We're gonna be looking at

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Speaker 3: the Broncos for a minute, right, No matter what happens

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Speaker 2: Yeah, because really they just need to add some offensive pieces.

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Speaker 2: They kind of tore down their offense in the offseason.

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Speaker 2: an ac on knee injury, and Javonte Williams has not right,

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Speaker 2: and they didn't really have much in the cupboard there

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Speaker 2: at the position behind him, And so you could argue

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Speaker 2: there are some holes in their offensive lineup and that

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Speaker 2: need fortifying, and I would anticipate they're going to address

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Speaker 2: those this coming offseason and be an even better club

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Speaker 3: They are scheduled to have sixty million dollars in dead

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Speaker 3: cap next year. Of course, the Bill Russell Wilson thing, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: that's you know, but that's that's part of the Wilson thing.

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Speaker 3: But that's in twenty and this year, of course, they

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Speaker 3: you know, they really took it on the chin. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: and then half a deck.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they had well right now they've only got well

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Speaker 1: at the game. It's almost over.

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Speaker 3: But man, oh man, they've got dead cap space.

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Speaker 1: Well we've got it right here. Yeah, eighty nine million

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Speaker 2: True on that. It's tough.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 2: Osteopathic Medicine head coach Sean McDermot addressed the media yesterday

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Speaker 2: as well as his coordinators, and I guess the first

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Speaker 2: thing we should mention here is more interview requests continue

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Speaker 2: for Bill's front office people. The Jets have requested permission

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Speaker 2: to interview Bill's assistant GM, Brian Gain for their GM job.

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Speaker 2: He is a former Jets scout. I mean he came

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Speaker 2: up through the Jets organization when he first got into

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Speaker 2: the business. They've already requested Joe Brady for a head

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Speaker 2: coaching interview yesterday. When asked about the interview requests, which

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Speaker 2: also include the New Orleans Saints and I believe the

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Speaker 2: Chicago Bears. Yes, he was asked, you know, how are

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Speaker 2: you finding a balance? But he was asked yes. Brady

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Speaker 2: was asked how are you finding a balance between preparing

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Speaker 2: for the wildcard game and also preparing for head coaching interviews,

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Speaker 2: and he said, quote, there doesn't need to be much

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Speaker 2: of a balance. My focus is on trying to win

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Speaker 2: this team. Do I aspire to be a head coach, Yes,

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Speaker 2: given the right opportunity, But my focus is to find

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Speaker 2: a way to win a football game this week, and

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Speaker 2: truth be told, he's not even gonna interview until next week,

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Speaker 2: and even then they'll be via zoom, not in person,

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Speaker 2: provided the Bills are still in the postseason. If the Bills,

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Speaker 2: by some hook or crook, don't win this weekend, well

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Speaker 2: then it's different. He could interview in person at that

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Speaker 2: point in time, but as long as his team still playing,

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Speaker 2: plan for the Bills in the divisional playoff. And as

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Speaker 2: I said, the most recent head coaching interview request for

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Speaker 2: Brady comes from Chicago, as the Bears would like to

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Speaker 2: interview him for their vacant post Jacksonville Jaguars also want

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Speaker 2: to talk to Joe Brady as a possible head coaching candidate.

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Speaker 2: Coach McDermott, in addressing the media yesterday, said DeMar Hamlin

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Speaker 2: Hamlin three games due to a rib injury would cost

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Speaker 2: few weeks while Hamlin has been out, but McDermott said

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Speaker 2: Hamlin will start alongside Taylor Rapp for Sunday's wild Card

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Speaker 1: Doesn't surprise me Hamlin. You know, I think he's earned

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Speaker 2: In playoff experience counts.

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Speaker 1: Sure. Oh absolutely, that's that's right.

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Speaker 3: And it used to be an old adage that a

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Speaker 3: a player never loses his job due to an injury.

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Speaker 3: get it back. That's not quite as written in stone

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Speaker 1: Not so much anymore.

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Speaker 3: I think they know that if if they come off

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's the league rolls on man, they can't stop.

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Speaker 3: So but Damar has gotten one thing I think that

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Speaker 2: You know, some confidence right now. All that being said,

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't be stunned if there are some sub packages

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Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe maybe it doesn't.

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Speaker 3: I don't know that it goes like that so much

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Speaker 1: Offense? Right?

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Speaker 3: I think if they felt vulnerable versus something that Broncos

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Speaker 1: But I don't know that that exists over there. Offensively

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Speaker 1: for the Broncos fair enough.

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Speaker 2: McDermott was also asked about Amari Cooper's availability for Sunday's

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Speaker 2: personal matter. Coach said Cooper has not yet reached into

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Speaker 2: but right now they are just taking this personal situation

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Speaker 2: it's a family matter and would not elaborate out of

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Speaker 2: respect for Amar. So hopefully that gets resolved in short

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Speaker 2: order and Cooper can return to the team and be

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Speaker 2: ready to roll for this week's wild card game. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I mean, that's really all you can do, hoping kind

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Speaker 1: We BRIDI and I don't have any idea what's going

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Speaker 3: I'm sure it is personal matter, and if if it

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you don't get a second. Shit, you can't recover, right,

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Speaker 3: beat the Raiders quarterback whoever was Raiders quarterback? In Week five,

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Speaker 3: the Saints, the Panthers, the Falcons, the Raiders again, and

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Speaker 3: then the Browns the Colts.

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Speaker 1: So it's not a murder's row that they've beaten.

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Speaker 2: No que, they're not playing a first play schedule, but.

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Speaker 3: That's not there, that's not by their design. I mean,

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Speaker 3: you got to play who you play, but they beat

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Speaker 3: those teams and some of them they thumped.

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Speaker 2: Let's go to Mike in Rochester, Nets. What do you

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Speaker 2: got for us? Mike here on One Bill's Live.

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Speaker 6: Hey there, Happy new to you guys, and appreciate everything

446
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Speaker 6: you guys are doing on the radio today. I wanted

447
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Speaker 6: to bring up something. I don't know if anybody who's

448
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Speaker 6: brought this up yet, but if you guys remember the

449
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Speaker 6: twenty eighteen draft class, there's four quarterbacks that have made

450
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Speaker 6: the playoffs from that draft class. Yeah, and I don't

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Speaker 6: know if that was the last time that's happened. You know,

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Speaker 6: I remember, obviously the nineteen eighty three draft class with

453
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Speaker 6: Kelly and Marino and l Way, and you know they

454
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Speaker 6: all went to super Bowls. But I don't know if

455
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Speaker 6: it's when the last time we've seen an NFL playoff

456
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Speaker 6: when four quarterbacks from the same draft class all made

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Speaker 6: the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, go back. Look the four class comes to mind

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Speaker 2: with Eli Manning, Ben Roethlisberger.

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Speaker 1: And Philip Rivers.

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Speaker 2: And then I believe I might not have this right,

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Speaker 2: I want to say Russell Wilson was in that draft

463
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Speaker 2: class also, so that might be one to look at

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Speaker 2: it at least look up and see if it's true.

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Speaker 6: But yeah, and look, these are all first rounders, you know,

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Speaker 6: four of the five first rounders, you know, making the playoffs.

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Speaker 6: That's pretty impressive. And the other thing I wanted to

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Speaker 6: say is, you know, I look at the AFC playoffs,

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Speaker 6: and you know, there's three teams that really have no

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Speaker 6: pressure on them. I mean, there's no harm, no foul

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Speaker 6: if they lose, with the Chargers and the Broncos, and

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Speaker 6: you know, really probably to some extent, you know, Kansas

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Speaker 6: City and Houston probably don't have any pressure on him either.

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Speaker 6: But there's a lot of pressure on the Bills, you know,

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Speaker 6: obviously because you know they haven't done it yet. And

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Speaker 6: Lamar Jackson there's a lot of pressure on him, I think,

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Speaker 6: And I think there's a lot of pressure on Oh jeez,

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Speaker 6: Wuo's the other team here. They talk about the Lions,

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Speaker 6: the Steelers, steel the Steelers, the Steelers. I'm just talking

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Speaker 6: about the Assy the Steelers because you know, when was

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Speaker 6: the last time Problemence won the playoff game. So it'll

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Speaker 6: be interesting to see how the teams with the pressure

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Speaker 6: on him, you know, do against the teams without you know,

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Speaker 6: they have really nothing to loose, you know.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, pressure is kind of a funny thing. I understand

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Speaker 2: the point, Mike. Look the Bills, as I said at

487
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Speaker 2: the top of the show, they've won more wildcard games

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Speaker 2: than anybody since twenty twenty. That's not the issue. I

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Speaker 2: don't think they'll feel pressure in this round. Where I

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Speaker 2: think they'll feel pressure is the divisional round where they've

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Speaker 2: gone out of the playoffs, right, each of the last

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Speaker 2: three chances they've had. That is where they might feel pressure.

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Speaker 2: I agree with you. I think the Steelers will feel

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Speaker 2: some feel some pressure, but they're playing a team that

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Speaker 2: they're wholly familiar with, and yeah, Tomlin has not won

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Speaker 2: a wild card game in four years. So they get

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Speaker 2: to the playoffs, but then they can't win once they

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Speaker 2: get there. Right, that's a narrative because it's gone on

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Speaker 2: long enough to be one.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's certainly the way that falls. Nobody could knows.

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Speaker 3: But there's here's the thing. There's pressure on all these teams.

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Speaker 3: And you got you got nine hundred guys out there, right,

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Speaker 3: I mean there's fourteen teams, got literally you got seven

504
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Speaker 3: over seven hundred guys in this Yeah, there are seven

505
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Speaker 3: hundred different levels of pressure and you got thirty coaches

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Speaker 3: on every staff, and you got to have the same

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Speaker 3: now you gotta have and that's where ahead and I'll

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Speaker 3: say this, you got to tip your hat to these

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Speaker 3: head coaches like Mike Tomlin and Andy Reid and of

510
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Speaker 3: course Sean McDermott. These guys that go every single year.

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Speaker 3: They got to have a handle on what makes their

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Speaker 3: guys tick. You got to do it every year fresh.

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Speaker 3: Your message can never get stale. The league is its

514
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Speaker 3: own environment now even than when I played years and

515
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Speaker 3: years ago. Now you've got a larger percentage of guys

516
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Speaker 3: that have washed through, particularly for the Bills on this occasion,

517
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,760
Speaker 3: you got major contributors who weren't here a year ago.

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Speaker 3: It's all got to stay fresh. But the stuff about

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Speaker 3: pressure and about it that starts with guys like Josh

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Speaker 3: and Dion and Rousseau and those kind of guys, and

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Speaker 3: Rasul Douglas, the veterans, the Milano guys who have been

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Speaker 3: around the block.

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Speaker 1: Knox is now part of that crew.

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Speaker 3: Guys who'll stand up and say, guys, hey, don't worry

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Speaker 3: about that, don't worry about losing it.

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Speaker 1: Let's go out and play as good as we can play.

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Speaker 1: Let's have fun. Let's go. If we play our game

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Speaker 1: and lose, they can't stay with us. Let's go.

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Speaker 3: You need some leadership like that. It comes from the

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Speaker 3: players and your head coach. That pressure thing is is

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Speaker 3: very much internally generated, very much so. So every team

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Speaker 3: will handle it differently, but they'll do it with they've

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Speaker 3: They've got. The restat all is turn it up a

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Speaker 3: little or turn it down a little bit, and that's

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Speaker 3: their head coach does that for him and their leadership.

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Speaker 2: Let's go to Steve in Orchard Park next. What's up, Steve?

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Speaker 5: What's up? Guys going?

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Speaker 1: Good Man? Go ahead?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Steve, great point. Couldn't agree you more with your

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Speaker 5: last point there. And if I have to hear the

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Speaker 5: name Skyler Thompson one more time, I'm gonna throw out

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Speaker 5: It's just it was three years ago, and everybody, let's

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Speaker 5: just I can't read off all the records that this

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Speaker 5: team and individuals have set this year or would take

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Speaker 5: up you know, fifteen minutes. This is one of the

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Speaker 5: best teams in the NFL. They played two teams that

547
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Speaker 5: have a combined thirty wins, and those teams have two

548
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Speaker 5: losses a piece and won each by the Bills because

549
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Speaker 5: they beat both of them. So this is a real

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Speaker 5: This is maybe the finest Bills team all around that

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Speaker 5: we've had, and people just need to realize that this

552
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Speaker 5: is our time this year, it's not the Broncos time.

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Speaker 5: I expect by the end of the first half, the

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Speaker 5: Broncos will kind of say we're out of our weight

555
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Speaker 5: class here a little bit. And that's what I'm expecting.

556
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Speaker 5: I'm expecting this team to come out and play excellent football.

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Speaker 5: Like Steve said, fast and loose, just play your game

558
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Speaker 5: and they're going to be fine. Everybody needs to not

559
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Speaker 5: be so nervous and realize we've got a pretty damn

560
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Speaker 5: good team going this year. So that's just my opinion.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you're right, I'll say when when I say fast

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Speaker 3: and lose, Yet, you don't want to go out there

563
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Speaker 3: and forget. But the reason coaches can tell want their

564
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Speaker 3: players to do this is because they know how disciplined

565
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,080
Speaker 3: and the level of experience and knowledge their players have.

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Speaker 3: They're not going to go off the rails. They trust them.

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Speaker 3: That's where I think this coaching staff is with this crew,

568
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Speaker 3: they got a lot of guys. I think their trust

569
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Speaker 3: goes way deeper into their roster this year, particularly offensively

570
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Speaker 3: than it ever has. And that's coming from a head

571
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Speaker 3: coach who's on the defensive side of the ball. I

572
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Speaker 3: think he trusts those guys on the offensive.

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Speaker 1: Side of the ball innately and they can just go

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Speaker 1: out there and say, hey, just play your game.

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Speaker 3: Go and I think that's the place to be. And

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Speaker 3: you're right, this may be one of the best editions

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Speaker 3: of this team we've ever seen this year. They're going

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Speaker 3: to get a chance to prove it, though, and they

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Speaker 3: won't be considered that until it happens. You can say

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Speaker 3: every you want on Tuesday before Wildcard weekend. I've always

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Speaker 3: said I thought the best football of the year always

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Speaker 3: happened on wild Card weekend, and then maybe again on

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Speaker 3: Championship game weekend AFC and NFC Championship weekend. Wildcard wen

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Speaker 3: you get teams that, sometimes not this year for the Bills,

585
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 3: but sometimes had to sprint to the finish, like last

586
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 3: year the Bills sprinting the finishing it and you got

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Speaker 3: that you've been in that mode for so long, for

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Speaker 3: a week, for five weeks, for a month, you know,

589
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,920
Speaker 3: coming in like the Broncos, they had to win one

590
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Speaker 3: of their last three games, and you know they had

591
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Speaker 3: to get it to the wire, and they did, and

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Speaker 3: you saw their fans chanting in the stand. They had

593
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Speaker 3: to beat the Chiefs on the final week of the season.

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Speaker 3: There's a lot of trepidation going to that. But you

595
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:26,280
Speaker 3: get those teams that come in on a roll and

596
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Speaker 3: they say, let's keep it rolling. They roll right into

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Speaker 3: hot wild card weekend and they go hard. That's that's

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Speaker 3: when you get some of your best football. I think

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Speaker 3: now it's changed a little bit now that they've taken

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Speaker 3: the buy away from the two top seeds. So I

601
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Speaker 3: think the champ the divisional round sometimes gets.

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Speaker 1: Crushed by that.

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Speaker 3: You got the best team in the conference sitting for

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Speaker 3: two weeks waiting on a team that's spent, and they

605
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Speaker 3: crush them. So that's why I don't know about the

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Speaker 3: divisional round of the playoffs as much as I do. Wildcard,

607
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:03,600
Speaker 3: Wildcard you're gonna get the best. You're gonna get the

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Speaker 3: Denver Broncos best punch. You better be able to take it.

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Speaker 2: we got to go to Lee in Buffalo. As we

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Speaker 2: get back to the phones. What do you got for us? Lee?

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Speaker 6: Hey?

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Speaker 2: How you guys doing good?

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Speaker 6: Doing?

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Speaker 2: All right? Yeah?

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Speaker 6: I'm doing good too. Thanks.

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Speaker 7: I don't know what that one caller before the break

633
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Speaker 7: was talking about why I have a couple other things

634
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Speaker 7: as well. I don't know why they're worried about the officiating.

635
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Speaker 7: I mean, just like Steve said, go out there and

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Speaker 7: play your game. Number two, I don't know what they're

637
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Speaker 7: putting in Rex Ryan's coffee.

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Speaker 8: On Get Up.

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Speaker 7: Yesterday, he was going all out saying that bo Nicks

640
00:33:57,280 --> 00:34:00,760
Speaker 7: is gonna tear up the Bills defense. Let's not forget

641
00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,680
Speaker 7: here that Kansas City. Let Boon Knicks look like Joe Montana.

642
00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 7: You know when Steve Spagnola just sat on the bench

643
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Speaker 7: and didn't draw anything up because the game meant nothing.

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Speaker 7: And number three, do you this is just a thing

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Speaker 7: thrown out there? From my perspective, Do you think von

646
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Speaker 7: Miller might have an extra edged his game this week

647
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Speaker 7: because it's his former team?

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I mean these two teams removed. I mean, yes,

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Speaker 2: he played the bulk of his career there. He was

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Speaker 2: drafted by the Broncos number two overall in the twenty

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Speaker 2: eleven draft. He won a Super Bowl there. I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I think if it was in Denver, if the game

653
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Speaker 2: was in Denver, maybe Lee, But I don't know. I

654
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:45,560
Speaker 2: think he's I think he's too far removed.

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Speaker 3: There'll be something in there for sure, little but I'm yeah,

656
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:55,200
Speaker 3: Vaughn's got probably nothing but happy and proud memories of

657
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Speaker 3: his time in Denver's.

658
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Speaker 1: No ill ill will.

659
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Speaker 3: But you never want to not be a f or

660
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:02,839
Speaker 3: a factor in a game against your old team. So yeah,

661
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:04,799
Speaker 3: there might be a little something you have to ask him.

662
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:08,480
Speaker 3: But like Brownie said, it's been a minute since he's

663
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Speaker 3: been there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so I don't know.

665
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Speaker 1: And yeah, different coach, different players, everything.

666
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Speaker 2: And yes, you're right, Nix isn't tearing up the league,

667
00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:19,839
Speaker 2: but he's been very productive. I mean, he's got twenty

668
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:24,040
Speaker 2: nine touchdown passes. He also has twelve interceptions, so you know,

669
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:26,680
Speaker 2: he's still a rookie that has not seen everything yet.

670
00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:31,400
Speaker 2: And Sean McDermott is as coach of the Bills, is

671
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:35,279
Speaker 2: eleven and four against rookie quarterbacks, so and one of

672
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,319
Speaker 2: those games was the throwaway game last week that they

673
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:41,759
Speaker 2: lost so against Joe Milton, so eleven and three, and

674
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Speaker 2: even then you got the Sam Darnold game back in

675
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Speaker 2: twenty eighteen at the end of the season. I'm trying

676
00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:49,359
Speaker 2: to remember if Josh played that whole game. I think

677
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:53,800
Speaker 2: he did. So he's had his fair share of success

678
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:57,360
Speaker 2: against rookie quarterbacks, So yes, I would tend to agree

679
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Speaker 2: with you. Lee to Carmen in Ohio, next, what do

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Speaker 2: you got for us? Carmen?

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Speaker 7: Hey happy to your guys, what do you think about

682
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Speaker 7: because it seems like Denver's like one dimensional with the

683
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Speaker 7: passing game.

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Speaker 5: Do you think our secondary could hold up most of

685
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Speaker 5: the game or could he be a breakdown like.

686
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Speaker 1: It was in La Now?

687
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Speaker 2: I think they're gonna hold up well, Carmen. And the

688
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:23,720
Speaker 2: reason why is because they rely unusually, they rely heavily

689
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 2: on Courtland Sutton. He's a proven number one wide receiver.

690
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:30,440
Speaker 2: He's a special talent. But the Bills have a pretty

691
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:33,359
Speaker 2: good number one corner in Christian Benford, So I think

692
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 2: if you can neutralize him and keep him under wraps,

693
00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:41,600
Speaker 2: you go a long way to winning the football game defensively,

694
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Speaker 2: because to your point, they do not run the ball well.

695
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:48,000
Speaker 2: Sean Payton puts an enormous amount on bow Nick's plate

696
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:51,640
Speaker 2: to carry the offense, and at sometimes this season he

697
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:56,080
Speaker 2: has He's been very productive sometimes, but he doesn't have

698
00:36:56,480 --> 00:37:00,719
Speaker 2: enough weapons around him, and being a young quarterback, it's

699
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:04,520
Speaker 2: hard for young quarterbacks, even good ones, to elevate all

700
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 2: the players around them. And I just don't know that

701
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:08,839
Speaker 2: they have enough horses here, no pun intended with them

702
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:10,440
Speaker 2: being the Broncos. I don't know that they have the

703
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:14,799
Speaker 2: horses to compete offensively with this Bill's offense and keep up.

704
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Speaker 3: So right, yeah, there's a lot in this and we

705
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:26,640
Speaker 3: don't know, but yes, Denver's offense needs Courtland Sutton to

706
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:31,440
Speaker 3: show up big time. Certainly, the Bill's pass rush is

707
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Speaker 3: gonna have a lot to think about with bo Nix's

708
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Speaker 3: ability to run around. I think the one thing that'll

709
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Speaker 3: scay and I think the chance they've got for real

710
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:43,800
Speaker 3: big plays is when Nicks goes off script. He is

711
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,720
Speaker 3: you know, we know how a good job well Josh runs.

712
00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:53,240
Speaker 3: But the difference is bo Nix is fast. He runs fast.

713
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:57,920
Speaker 3: That may be a problem for Buffalo. So they do

714
00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:02,320
Speaker 3: bring something to the table offensively. They're a good football

715
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:05,800
Speaker 3: team and they're coming off a win. That's got to

716
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Speaker 3: give him a lot of confidence. Despite the fact that

717
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Speaker 3: you know, they had three All Pros sitting on the

718
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Speaker 3: bench in Kansas City when they played in Denver.

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Speaker 1: Four for Kansas City in Denver. Yeah, four guys, four

720
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Speaker 1: All Pros.

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Speaker 3: So they got a ton of guys that they didn't

722
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Speaker 3: have to play against but still you're playing in an

723
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Speaker 3: NFL game. You play like that in your own building,

724
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:25,920
Speaker 3: you look good doing it. You got to have a

725
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:27,240
Speaker 3: lot of confidence coming into Buffalo.

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Speaker 2: We go to Jerry in Tonawanda next. What's up, Jerry?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, hey, guys. I know this is a little bit

728
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Speaker 5: off topic, but I tried getting the hold of these

729
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:40,719
Speaker 5: last couple of weeks without success. A couple weeks ago,

730
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Speaker 5: it was brought up about earthquake Ken Yard and I'm

731
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,080
Speaker 5: a little bit older than the two of you, so

732
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Speaker 5: I remember rather vividly when he was drafted in the

733
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Speaker 5: second round, had a great career at Oregon State, and

734
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Speaker 5: I think here in Buffalo we thought for the next

735
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Speaker 5: ten years with Oja beating the first pick and then

736
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Speaker 5: then their second year there, our backfield was set for

737
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Speaker 5: for that period of time. But I'm wandering. It led

738
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Speaker 5: to the question in terms of the de valuing of

739
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Speaker 5: the fullback, and I realized this is over fifty years

740
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Speaker 5: ago and the game has evolved. But you know, I

741
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:13,719
Speaker 5: can still remember Jim Brown, who I think still is

742
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:16,520
Speaker 5: the greatest running back of all time. He was a

743
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Speaker 5: full back. He played with a guy by the name

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00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:20,880
Speaker 5: of Ernie Green that most people. That's probably a trivia

745
00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:26,000
Speaker 5: answer to most people. Jim Taylor and Green Bay was

746
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Speaker 5: a fullback, of course, Cookie gil Christ here and I'm

747
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Speaker 5: just one of about the positions changed even to when

748
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:34,920
Speaker 5: you played Steve, Jamie Mueller and Carl walk Gardner, they

749
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:37,440
Speaker 5: were more of the bruising type fullbacks, and now I

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Speaker 5: think the forty nine ers are the only team that

751
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Speaker 5: starts to fullback. So I'm just wondering about the evolution,

752
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:47,719
Speaker 5: why the fullback was prominent done and how it's basically disappeared.

753
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Speaker 5: And then my second question was in relation to a

754
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 5: j Apanessa. I noticed that one when he lines up,

755
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:58,799
Speaker 5: he's generally in a four point stance, and I'm wondering, Steve,

756
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:03,160
Speaker 5: what's the advantage, advantages and disadvantages.

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Speaker 8: Of doing that.

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Speaker 5: I don't see many defensive ends doing that, but I'm

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Speaker 5: just wondering your thoughts on that. So I'll hang up

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Speaker 5: and listen, But thanks guys.

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Speaker 2: B sure.

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Speaker 3: First of all, the fullback position, there's there's a lot

763
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Speaker 3: of teams that have a fullback. The Bills have a fullback,

764
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:20,319
Speaker 3: Baltimore has a full back. Everybody's got a full back.

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Speaker 3: The problem is they have like one and he's usually

766
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Speaker 3: a pretty versatile player and more like like could play

767
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Speaker 3: tight end.

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Speaker 1: Maybe they could take a hand off now and again.

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Speaker 3: But the reason that it has been devalued is because

770
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Speaker 3: the run game has become different than it was fifty

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Speaker 3: years ago.

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Speaker 2: To say the least, Jets didn't have one. This year,

773
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Speaker 2: Patriots didn't have one.

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Speaker 1: So it does.

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Speaker 2: There are some teams that have just scrapped it all

776
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Speaker 2: together sometimes because they have maybe an undersized tight end

777
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Speaker 2: that can also double in that role.

778
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Speaker 3: Want to line use Alec Anderson as a full back

779
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:04,919
Speaker 3: if you're not going to get in the ball.

780
00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:06,880
Speaker 2: That's what the Chargers and the Ravens do. They got

781
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Speaker 2: a two hundred and ninety five pound guy as a

782
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Speaker 2: full back.

783
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:10,719
Speaker 3: If you're not going to hand the guy the ball,

784
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:13,400
Speaker 3: you don't care if he has his elbows taped up,

785
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:14,759
Speaker 3: you know, or his hands taped up.

786
00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:15,480
Speaker 1: You know, let's go.

787
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:20,839
Speaker 3: It does make you somewhat predictable in some ways if

788
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:22,600
Speaker 3: you if you use him in the old classic way

789
00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:24,960
Speaker 3: where he's offset eye, here we go. We're gonna the

790
00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:26,839
Speaker 3: running back is gonna follow his full back.

791
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Speaker 1: Okay, but.

792
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Speaker 3: The game is just evolved by past that. Well, I

793
00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:36,880
Speaker 3: don't say past it or to a different place and

794
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:42,120
Speaker 3: running up throwing the ball is more prominent. It's just

795
00:41:42,239 --> 00:41:47,200
Speaker 3: that simple. And there are better athletes out there that

796
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:49,320
Speaker 3: aren't built like fullbacks that you want to get on

797
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:50,760
Speaker 3: the field and get the ball in some space.

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Speaker 2: Break time for us here, but more of your phone

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Speaker 2: calls when we return as the playoffs approach? Are you

800
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:03,800
Speaker 2: more nervous or excited for your Bill's prospects this postseason?

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Speaker 2: five fifty topic of discussion in case you're just joining

811
00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:56,320
Speaker 2: us as the playoffs approaching? Are more nervous or excited

812
00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:00,399
Speaker 2: for the Bill's prospects this postseason? We go to Kevin

813
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:01,959
Speaker 2: in Hamburg. Next, what's up Kevin?

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Speaker 8: Guys?

815
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Speaker 6: How you doing?

816
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:04,920
Speaker 9: How do you new your so far?

817
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:05,319
Speaker 2: Good?

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00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:06,920
Speaker 1: So good?

819
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Speaker 9: Knock on wood right, Yeah, I'm knocking onto my TV trainers.

820
00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:15,320
Speaker 9: Would I'm excited, but I'm a little bit nervous and

821
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:18,240
Speaker 9: not so much the team. I've talked to different Bills

822
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:21,480
Speaker 9: fans over the weeks, like a like a store, you know,

823
00:43:21,719 --> 00:43:26,319
Speaker 9: holiday shopping whatever, and even not so much the Houston game,

824
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:29,440
Speaker 9: the three and complete passes. I'm way past that. But

825
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:32,719
Speaker 9: the mistakes I'm worried about. And they talked about the

826
00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:35,799
Speaker 9: ram blunder of the time out and the worst time

827
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:40,839
Speaker 9: they they totally sometimes do trust make Dermott, but there's

828
00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:45,040
Speaker 9: some etchiness into it that if they make the wrong

829
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:47,879
Speaker 9: time out, the wrong time or the wrong they weren't

830
00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:50,880
Speaker 9: worried about. So we're not just me saying this. So

831
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Speaker 9: they're worried about something like that. It's something like that

832
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:55,840
Speaker 9: could send you home to wait the next year. So

833
00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:59,360
Speaker 9: you know, the wrong time out, the wrong challenge or

834
00:43:59,719 --> 00:44:01,800
Speaker 9: not he can a challenge, he should have challenge that

835
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:04,520
Speaker 9: he might have gotten in our favor or something like

836
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Speaker 9: that because this is a time or something like Dad

837
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Speaker 9: will send you home for next year.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, I get the concern, and look, could it

839
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Speaker 2: be a close game? Sure, I don't know. I tend

840
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:21,080
Speaker 2: to think the Bills are in a different way class

841
00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:23,560
Speaker 2: than the Broncos, who have had a nice season in

842
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:26,560
Speaker 2: year or two under Sean Payton. I just I think

843
00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:28,560
Speaker 2: the Bills would have to play down to their level

844
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:31,600
Speaker 2: of competition to not emerge with a victory this week.

845
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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:37,399
Speaker 3: With this quarterback and the way he's led this team,

847
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:40,719
Speaker 3: in the way this roster is constructed, I kind of

848
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:41,960
Speaker 3: expect him to play.

849
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:45,640
Speaker 1: Really, really well in this game.

850
00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:48,279
Speaker 3: So if if the Broncos can keep up with them,

851
00:44:48,719 --> 00:44:51,520
Speaker 3: bless their heart, you know, good, but it's hard to do.

852
00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:55,719
Speaker 3: I think this team scores points. Josh has That's been

853
00:44:55,800 --> 00:45:00,479
Speaker 3: the hallmark of his entire career. Now, there's been games

854
00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:02,719
Speaker 3: here and there where he hasn't, but man, oh man,

855
00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:07,000
Speaker 3: the guy's a touchdown factory. That's been the hallmark of

856
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:10,040
Speaker 3: his career. I think this is a little and and

857
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:14,799
Speaker 3: he has been brilliant in playoff runs, so I would

858
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:15,560
Speaker 3: expect more of that.

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00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:20,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, we move along to Pat in Buffalo next. What's up, Pat?

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00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:21,719
Speaker 5: What's up?

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Speaker 10: My man?

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Speaker 6: How are you I just want to touch base. It

863
00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:26,640
Speaker 6: was a couple of calls back. The guy said that

864
00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:29,880
Speaker 6: the Bill that the Broncos haven't played any you know,

865
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:33,960
Speaker 6: they struggle against top quarterbacks. You know, I just want

866
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Speaker 6: to elaborate on that, man, So so do the Bills.

867
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Speaker 6: They're they're two and two. They you know, against top

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Speaker 6: you know, C. J. Schroud, baltim they beat the they

869
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Speaker 6: lost to Baltimore, they beat KC which has always happened

870
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:48,120
Speaker 6: during the regular season, and then they beat Detroit. Okay, well,

871
00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:51,800
Speaker 6: Josh Allen's one of five versus top quarterbacks in the playoffs.

872
00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:54,640
Speaker 6: So you know, yeah, you might go and get the win,

873
00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:56,359
Speaker 6: but it's not you know, the Broncos you really gotta

874
00:45:56,360 --> 00:45:57,880
Speaker 6: worr about. You gotta worry about the next you know,

875
00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:00,080
Speaker 6: if you play Baltimore, when you go to camp of

876
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:02,400
Speaker 6: the city and play them on the road, you know that.

877
00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:04,400
Speaker 6: That's that's what I you know, that's what that's my

878
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:06,400
Speaker 6: worry about. You know, that's what I'm worried about.

879
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:09,160
Speaker 2: I mean, Josh, Josh does have one win against Lamar

880
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:11,399
Speaker 2: in the playoffs, just so you know, that's what I said.

881
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:13,719
Speaker 6: Yeah, that's why I said, he's he's what one and

882
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:18,000
Speaker 6: what he lost to Mahomes three times, and Burrow and

883
00:46:18,120 --> 00:46:20,160
Speaker 6: Burrow and Burrow, and he lost his rookie year to

884
00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:22,919
Speaker 6: Deshaun Watson, and he beat Lamar and he got injured

885
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:26,040
Speaker 6: in the third quarter. So you know, I'm not you know,

886
00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:28,680
Speaker 6: he's got a you know, you gotta show me something.

887
00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:30,680
Speaker 6: You know, during the regular season, you beat Mahomes, go

888
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:31,760
Speaker 6: do it in the playoffs.

889
00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:34,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, he also beat way back in the day, he

890
00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:35,560
Speaker 1: beat Philip Rivers.

891
00:46:35,880 --> 00:46:36,080
Speaker 4: You know.

892
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:44,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll say this, I'll take Josh. I mean, if

893
00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:46,600
Speaker 3: you don't, if you think Josh is gonna struggle against

894
00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:47,880
Speaker 3: the top quarterback.

895
00:46:48,719 --> 00:46:50,919
Speaker 2: And I think it's the other thing you can add

896
00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:55,359
Speaker 2: in there, Steve, And you've mentioned this before. Josh's game

897
00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:58,879
Speaker 2: goes up a notch in the playoffs. He's even better

898
00:46:59,480 --> 00:47:02,399
Speaker 2: in the post season historically, over the last or four seas.

899
00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:07,160
Speaker 3: Think about even even then, a casual observer will say, man,

900
00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:10,719
Speaker 3: that guy played really good in that game. You know, uh,

901
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:13,479
Speaker 3: they'll say, yeah, I saw that get that guy played

902
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:15,719
Speaker 3: really good. Even a casual observer. And you look at

903
00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:18,520
Speaker 3: Josh's numbers, they're elite.

904
00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:25,040
Speaker 2: It hasn't the playoff exits the last few years Josh

905
00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:27,920
Speaker 2: is not the same Josh. They're not. That's not the

906
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:30,480
Speaker 2: guy you're you're looking at after the game going how

907
00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:32,920
Speaker 2: did we not win this game? I'm just just go

908
00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:36,160
Speaker 2: look at his numbers. He's not the guy you get.

909
00:47:36,200 --> 00:47:38,480
Speaker 2: You're you're pinning it on the wrong person. I think

910
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:41,759
Speaker 2: because he's taken his game up a notch in the

911
00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:45,880
Speaker 2: postseason and scoring points has not been a problem for

912
00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:48,320
Speaker 2: this Bill's offense the last couple of years in the playoffs,

913
00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:51,840
Speaker 2: with a couple of exceptions the divisional game against Cincinnati,

914
00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:54,880
Speaker 2: which I will maintain until the day I die. They

915
00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:57,920
Speaker 2: were they were a football team that was an emotional

916
00:47:58,080 --> 00:48:02,200
Speaker 2: wreck and and we're not ready to play football three

917
00:48:02,239 --> 00:48:06,120
Speaker 2: weeks after watching their teammate expire on the field and

918
00:48:06,239 --> 00:48:11,759
Speaker 2: get resuscitated. So that's in there. And yes it was

919
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:14,480
Speaker 2: a game. It didn't count, so you want to count that, fine,

920
00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:17,000
Speaker 2: But I think there deserves to be an asterisk there.

921
00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:21,000
Speaker 2: But last year, twenty four points against the Chiefs team,

922
00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:24,040
Speaker 2: it was a top three defense in football, and if

923
00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:26,600
Speaker 2: you look at the rest of that playoff run, they

924
00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:28,759
Speaker 2: did not give up twenty four points to any other

925
00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:31,200
Speaker 2: team the rest of the way, including the forty nine

926
00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:35,719
Speaker 2: ers who needed overtime to score twenty two. So, yeah,

927
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:37,640
Speaker 2: Josh is not hard to keep.

928
00:48:37,600 --> 00:48:39,719
Speaker 3: Up the scoreboard, I think. And that's what's gonna That's

929
00:48:39,760 --> 00:48:42,239
Speaker 3: what Denver's gonna see too. They're gonna be they got

930
00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:44,719
Speaker 3: to keep up with them. Now, even if the Broncos

931
00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:47,160
Speaker 3: can't keep the Bills to like round twenty points, they're

932
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:51,759
Speaker 3: gonna have to keep up with that. This is a

933
00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:55,439
Speaker 3: Bills team that runs the football effectively. Even against good

934
00:48:55,480 --> 00:48:58,000
Speaker 3: teams with good run defense, the Bills are gonna stick

935
00:48:58,080 --> 00:49:00,160
Speaker 3: with the run because if it's a close game, oh

936
00:49:00,239 --> 00:49:04,840
Speaker 3: that they they're not afraid to run the ball in

937
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:05,640
Speaker 3: a tight game.

938
00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:08,120
Speaker 1: They don't go to their.

939
00:49:08,239 --> 00:49:12,799
Speaker 3: Easy So you're not gonna get that many possessions if

940
00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:16,000
Speaker 3: you're Denver if it comes to that. So the Bills

941
00:49:16,040 --> 00:49:17,920
Speaker 3: have no problem choking the life out of a game

942
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:20,640
Speaker 3: and playing it close, but they're gonna score points.

943
00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:24,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, gotta take a break here. When we begin our

944
00:49:24,360 --> 00:49:25,960
Speaker 2: number two, we're gonna be doing it with our good

945
00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:29,840
Speaker 2: friend from ESPN. NFL analyst Dan Orlovski will be joining

946
00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:33,000
Speaker 2: us to talk Bill's Broncos when we return here on one,

947
00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:36,040
Speaker 2: Bill's Live presented by Kalida Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio.

948
00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:22,520
Speaker 1: This One Bills Live presented by Kalida Health.

949
00:50:23,120 --> 00:50:25,759
Speaker 2: All right, our number two on a Tuesday. Chris Brown,

950
00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:27,920
Speaker 2: Steve Tasker with you here on One Bills Live and

951
00:50:28,719 --> 00:50:32,000
Speaker 2: joined now by ESPN NFL analyst Dan Orlofsky, whose appearance

952
00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:34,360
Speaker 2: is on One Bills Live are presented by Caesar Sportsbook,

953
00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:37,680
Speaker 2: an official mobile sports betting partner of the Buffalo Bills

954
00:50:38,239 --> 00:50:41,520
Speaker 2: and Dan, I'll begin with an apology on behalf of

955
00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:44,000
Speaker 2: us here at One Bill's Live. We bring you on

956
00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:48,239
Speaker 2: our show for your opinions because we value them. We

957
00:50:48,360 --> 00:50:51,719
Speaker 2: don't pay you for your opinions or pay you to

958
00:50:51,840 --> 00:50:55,120
Speaker 2: say certain things. And I know you got some backlash

959
00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:58,919
Speaker 2: from Ravens fans who actually used clips from our show

960
00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:02,239
Speaker 2: if you stole the virtues of Josh Allen's talents for

961
00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:06,479
Speaker 2: MVP and basically saying your page just say that because

962
00:51:06,520 --> 00:51:09,759
Speaker 2: you're on a bill show. So apologies from us for

963
00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:14,160
Speaker 2: you having to endure the social media backlash. It's unwarranted,

964
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:16,640
Speaker 2: it's unnecessary. And I think we've even said on this

965
00:51:16,719 --> 00:51:20,200
Speaker 2: show with you on it, that just because you're saying

966
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:23,879
Speaker 2: this guy is deserving doesn't immediately dismiss the other guy

967
00:51:23,960 --> 00:51:26,839
Speaker 2: in the conversation. I don't know why it's been all

968
00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:28,839
Speaker 2: you're saying good things about this guy, it's a diss

969
00:51:28,960 --> 00:51:29,840
Speaker 2: on that guy. It's not.

970
00:51:31,160 --> 00:51:36,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, no, no, well I appreciate that, totally unneeded. You know,

971
00:51:36,520 --> 00:51:38,200
Speaker 4: we're in this business. That's going to be part of

972
00:51:38,239 --> 00:51:39,920
Speaker 4: it nowadays in modern day.

973
00:51:40,560 --> 00:51:41,400
Speaker 2: I saw all that.

974
00:51:41,480 --> 00:51:43,200
Speaker 4: I tried not to pay attention to it much. The

975
00:51:43,320 --> 00:51:46,680
Speaker 4: funny thing I kept thinking to myself was while I

976
00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:49,839
Speaker 4: was on this very show last year, and while doing

977
00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:53,200
Speaker 4: this very show last year, I voted for Lamar Jackson

978
00:51:53,239 --> 00:51:59,040
Speaker 4: as the MVP. So yeah, I saw plenty of Ravens

979
00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:03,120
Speaker 4: fans this weekend, obviously thousands. Every one of them was awesome.

980
00:52:03,400 --> 00:52:06,080
Speaker 4: Every one of them were crazy cool. Every one of them,

981
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:09,520
Speaker 4: like not most of them we mentioned MVP. They did

982
00:52:09,600 --> 00:52:12,239
Speaker 4: it in a joking manner or a light hearted manner.

983
00:52:12,360 --> 00:52:14,719
Speaker 4: So social media is, we all know what it is.

984
00:52:14,840 --> 00:52:17,600
Speaker 4: So I love being on the show among other shows.

985
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:21,480
Speaker 4: So I think they're both remarkable players, along with Saquon

986
00:52:21,560 --> 00:52:25,200
Speaker 4: Barkley and Joe Burrow and plenty of guys who had

987
00:52:25,320 --> 00:52:28,040
Speaker 4: incredible seasons. And I really hope that you know, we

988
00:52:28,160 --> 00:52:31,160
Speaker 4: can focus on that rather than turning it into this.

989
00:52:31,840 --> 00:52:32,759
Speaker 1: Right, So we've got that.

990
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:34,840
Speaker 3: We finally got here, and we've been talking about this,

991
00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:38,320
Speaker 3: Brownie were saying for like six weeks. We've been waiting

992
00:52:38,360 --> 00:52:40,360
Speaker 3: on this to come because of Bill's wrapped the division

993
00:52:40,440 --> 00:52:42,720
Speaker 3: up so early. And we finally got the Denver Broncos

994
00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:45,480
Speaker 3: coming to Buffalo in the wildcard round. Got some great,

995
00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:49,320
Speaker 3: great quarterback matchups in this first round of the playoffs.

996
00:52:49,880 --> 00:52:51,719
Speaker 1: It's really gonna be a lot of fun to see.

997
00:52:51,719 --> 00:52:53,920
Speaker 3: At the one, I was laughing because today if you

998
00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:57,759
Speaker 3: look at the Green Bay Philly matchup, the two quarterbacks

999
00:52:58,040 --> 00:53:05,120
Speaker 3: Love hurts Man, Yeah and Jalen. It's it's gonna be fun.

1000
00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:07,279
Speaker 3: And here we've got bo Nicks coming into Buffalo to

1001
00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:09,400
Speaker 3: face Josh Allen. Tell us a little bit about what

1002
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:11,560
Speaker 3: you think this matchup is gonna look like overall.

1003
00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:16,399
Speaker 4: Well, first of all, don't you can't think that you're

1004
00:53:16,480 --> 00:53:19,600
Speaker 4: just playing some rookie quarterback. I mean, Bo Nicks one

1005
00:53:19,719 --> 00:53:23,560
Speaker 4: has played a ton of football in his life. Started

1006
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:27,840
Speaker 4: at Auburn, played very early on transfers to Oregon, you know,

1007
00:53:27,960 --> 00:53:30,000
Speaker 4: really develops as a quarterback. He's played a ton of

1008
00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:32,520
Speaker 4: football and he really hasn't had a moment this year

1009
00:53:32,640 --> 00:53:36,319
Speaker 4: that he has, you know, at least looked overwhelmed. He's

1010
00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:39,319
Speaker 4: handled a lot of the season really well, and he's

1011
00:53:39,440 --> 00:53:42,719
Speaker 4: only developed and grown under Sean Payton and Davis web

1012
00:53:43,239 --> 00:53:47,160
Speaker 4: throughout this year. I really think that one. You know,

1013
00:53:47,400 --> 00:53:50,840
Speaker 4: it's gonna be interesting to see how Buffalo handles some

1014
00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:53,360
Speaker 4: of their perimeter screen. You know, this is a really

1015
00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:56,279
Speaker 4: big perimeter screen offense, and they've got young players like

1016
00:53:56,480 --> 00:54:00,360
Speaker 4: Marvin Mims who has a lot of returner skills that

1017
00:54:00,520 --> 00:54:02,879
Speaker 4: they just try to get the football to his into

1018
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:05,000
Speaker 4: his ends out in space, and he's really good at it.

1019
00:54:05,400 --> 00:54:07,960
Speaker 4: I think the second thing is how they handle Courtland Sutton.

1020
00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:10,800
Speaker 4: Obviously they know him because they've played against them, but

1021
00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:14,480
Speaker 4: he has kind of been unlocked this year with Bo Nicks.

1022
00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:17,960
Speaker 4: No question, he's their go to guy. His size matters.

1023
00:54:18,080 --> 00:54:19,919
Speaker 4: They use him a ton down in the red zone.

1024
00:54:21,239 --> 00:54:25,000
Speaker 4: I think that they love to throw some big ins

1025
00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:27,640
Speaker 4: and seams to Sutton. So like how they handle Sutton's

1026
00:54:27,640 --> 00:54:31,520
Speaker 4: a big deal. I'd also say how they treat Bo's legs.

1027
00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:34,759
Speaker 4: And he's a big time, big time athlete and he

1028
00:54:34,920 --> 00:54:37,800
Speaker 4: takes off with his legs on a consistent basis, so

1029
00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:40,759
Speaker 4: their past game. I don't want to present it as

1030
00:54:41,560 --> 00:54:45,759
Speaker 4: this unbelievably scary one or diverse, but it's efficient. They

1031
00:54:45,880 --> 00:54:48,640
Speaker 4: try to take their chunk shots when they feel the

1032
00:54:48,719 --> 00:54:53,359
Speaker 4: opportunities present themselves. He's aggressive with the football, he checks

1033
00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:55,760
Speaker 4: it down when it's not there. He uses his legs

1034
00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:59,279
Speaker 4: so like he's an efficient, efficient player. I think that

1035
00:54:59,320 --> 00:55:01,320
Speaker 4: they're willing to put big bodies on the field, to

1036
00:55:01,440 --> 00:55:03,359
Speaker 4: put two backs and two tight ends on the field,

1037
00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:04,960
Speaker 4: and they'll run the ball at you. And their run

1038
00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:07,759
Speaker 4: game is good. It's a physical offensive line. You know,

1039
00:55:07,880 --> 00:55:10,680
Speaker 4: Bowls is really good at the left tackle spot. So

1040
00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:15,920
Speaker 4: I do think their offense is capable of presenting some challenges. Defensively,

1041
00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:18,800
Speaker 4: it's elite. It's an elite defense. And I've said this,

1042
00:55:18,880 --> 00:55:21,200
Speaker 4: I don't love the matchup for Buffalo. I really don't.

1043
00:55:22,920 --> 00:55:25,560
Speaker 4: They you know, lead the NFL in sacks and sixty

1044
00:55:25,640 --> 00:55:28,200
Speaker 4: three when Riley Moss their corner plays. They play man

1045
00:55:28,320 --> 00:55:32,000
Speaker 4: coverage a lot. They will take Patrick Sirtan and treat

1046
00:55:32,080 --> 00:55:35,719
Speaker 4: him like if Bill's fans remember you know Rex Ryan

1047
00:55:35,880 --> 00:55:38,960
Speaker 4: treating Darrell Reevas. They will put Patrick Sirtan on one

1048
00:55:39,040 --> 00:55:40,920
Speaker 4: side of the field. By himself and say you cover

1049
00:55:41,080 --> 00:55:43,799
Speaker 4: that side of the field and then everybody else they

1050
00:55:43,880 --> 00:55:45,880
Speaker 4: can play a little bit of a favorable man or

1051
00:55:45,920 --> 00:55:49,239
Speaker 4: they'll kick a zone coverage over there, and so you know,

1052
00:55:49,800 --> 00:55:52,360
Speaker 4: how they're handling Sirtan on every play is gonna be

1053
00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:55,440
Speaker 4: a big deal. And then their defensive front is fantastic.

1054
00:55:55,520 --> 00:55:59,120
Speaker 4: Guys Jonathan Cooper is outstanding, Nick Benito is a defensive

1055
00:55:59,160 --> 00:56:01,000
Speaker 4: Player of the Year. Can the guy with the ball

1056
00:56:01,080 --> 00:56:04,600
Speaker 4: right now? Patrick Surtain is probably a defensive the year

1057
00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:08,560
Speaker 4: Defensive Player of the Year favorite, Zach Allen on the inside.

1058
00:56:08,640 --> 00:56:11,279
Speaker 4: I mean it's the offensive line that gave up the

1059
00:56:11,360 --> 00:56:13,759
Speaker 4: least amount of sacks versus the defensive line that got

1060
00:56:13,800 --> 00:56:16,560
Speaker 4: the most. So I think it's a really good matchup.

1061
00:56:17,440 --> 00:56:22,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, and then with Nicks, like, where has his game

1062
00:56:22,840 --> 00:56:26,120
Speaker 2: do you think matured the most through the course of

1063
00:56:26,280 --> 00:56:29,800
Speaker 2: the season, Because I mean, Peyton puts a lot on

1064
00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:32,840
Speaker 2: his plate, and you know, the run game has not

1065
00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:36,279
Speaker 2: been super consistent for them week to week, and so

1066
00:56:36,880 --> 00:56:41,120
Speaker 2: Peyton just seemingly has lumped more onto Knicks and and

1067
00:56:41,239 --> 00:56:43,400
Speaker 2: he's for the most part kind of handled it. So

1068
00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:45,680
Speaker 2: where is he matured the most? Do you think from

1069
00:56:45,840 --> 00:56:47,400
Speaker 2: start to finish this season.

1070
00:56:48,360 --> 00:56:50,600
Speaker 4: No question decision making. And I would tell you what

1071
00:56:50,760 --> 00:56:53,960
Speaker 4: they've done for him and then what he's executing really

1072
00:56:54,040 --> 00:56:56,719
Speaker 4: well is they provide a lot of clarity for the

1073
00:56:56,840 --> 00:56:59,520
Speaker 4: things that he does. You know, it is, hey, both

1074
00:56:59,640 --> 00:57:01,919
Speaker 4: this guy does this, then you do this with the ball,

1075
00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:05,160
Speaker 4: and so he plays quick in that regard. I don't

1076
00:57:05,640 --> 00:57:08,840
Speaker 4: he's not seeing four or five different things going on.

1077
00:57:09,200 --> 00:57:11,319
Speaker 4: You know, they there's a little bit well, they'll get

1078
00:57:11,360 --> 00:57:13,080
Speaker 4: into some of the four by ones that we've talked

1079
00:57:13,120 --> 00:57:15,200
Speaker 4: about so often on the show, and you know there's

1080
00:57:15,239 --> 00:57:17,840
Speaker 4: a there's an RPO to it, or they'll get into

1081
00:57:18,200 --> 00:57:20,360
Speaker 4: their play action game and it's a high low concept

1082
00:57:20,480 --> 00:57:22,200
Speaker 4: one to two and so you know, I think that

1083
00:57:22,280 --> 00:57:25,919
Speaker 4: they've expedited his decision making. Down in the red zone

1084
00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:28,440
Speaker 4: is when they get very aggressive as an offense. That's

1085
00:57:28,440 --> 00:57:30,720
Speaker 4: when they get their most creative as an offense. They're

1086
00:57:30,840 --> 00:57:33,840
Speaker 4: in their in their kind of meat of the field offense.

1087
00:57:34,120 --> 00:57:37,960
Speaker 4: A lot of the schemes and stuff that they run

1088
00:57:38,440 --> 00:57:42,000
Speaker 4: is gonna be stuff that Buffalo is very accustomed to seeing,

1089
00:57:42,120 --> 00:57:45,600
Speaker 4: and so he's very efficient in his decision making. Again,

1090
00:57:45,680 --> 00:57:47,320
Speaker 4: his legs are a huge part. But when down in

1091
00:57:47,400 --> 00:57:49,360
Speaker 4: the red zone is when he gets and they get

1092
00:57:49,400 --> 00:57:52,240
Speaker 4: his most creative And you know, for a young man

1093
00:57:52,360 --> 00:57:55,560
Speaker 4: that obviously is a rookie, he doesn't decision make like

1094
00:57:55,600 --> 00:57:58,520
Speaker 4: a rookie. He decision makes like he's a guy that

1095
00:57:58,600 --> 00:58:00,720
Speaker 4: has seen a lot of different deals defences over the

1096
00:58:00,800 --> 00:58:05,240
Speaker 4: course of his long career, and so he doesn't play

1097
00:58:05,400 --> 00:58:06,240
Speaker 4: like a rookie at all.

1098
00:58:06,560 --> 00:58:08,240
Speaker 3: And the thing you see about it too, is it

1099
00:58:08,800 --> 00:58:11,200
Speaker 3: a little bit like Josh, although a little different. I say,

1100
00:58:11,240 --> 00:58:12,920
Speaker 3: you know, everybody says Josh can run, and all these

1101
00:58:12,960 --> 00:58:16,920
Speaker 3: quarterbacks can run. My word about Joe bo Nicks is

1102
00:58:17,000 --> 00:58:18,040
Speaker 3: that he can outrun.

1103
00:58:19,320 --> 00:58:22,360
Speaker 1: He's fast, He's a great athlete. Yeah can he Now

1104
00:58:22,520 --> 00:58:24,320
Speaker 1: does he couple that with being able to go off

1105
00:58:24,360 --> 00:58:24,760
Speaker 1: the page?

1106
00:58:26,240 --> 00:58:26,439
Speaker 8: Yeah?

1107
00:58:26,520 --> 00:58:28,280
Speaker 4: That I mean, they don't use him as a design

1108
00:58:28,440 --> 00:58:31,000
Speaker 4: run guy at all. I mean that's he's a creator.

1109
00:58:31,120 --> 00:58:31,240
Speaker 6: Now.

1110
00:58:31,760 --> 00:58:34,600
Speaker 4: They will run you know, the quote unquote bootleg indoor

1111
00:58:34,720 --> 00:58:36,880
Speaker 4: keeper game, and he can go both ways with it.

1112
00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:38,480
Speaker 4: They don't do it out of the gun as much

1113
00:58:38,800 --> 00:58:41,200
Speaker 4: they do it under center. But yeah, he is more

1114
00:58:41,240 --> 00:58:44,720
Speaker 4: of a takeoff now. I guess the downside to it,

1115
00:58:44,920 --> 00:58:48,919
Speaker 4: and where you can sometimes get him is he will

1116
00:58:49,080 --> 00:58:52,880
Speaker 4: leave a clean pocket occasionally, he he doesn't love to

1117
00:58:53,040 --> 00:58:56,120
Speaker 4: climb the pocket. It's more to get out to his right.

1118
00:58:56,240 --> 00:58:59,360
Speaker 4: And so if you kind of make him feel some mud,

1119
00:59:00,160 --> 00:59:02,840
Speaker 4: maybe be picked up as an offense. But he just

1120
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:05,000
Speaker 4: leaves because he is such an athlete and he maybe

1121
00:59:05,040 --> 00:59:07,440
Speaker 4: wants to see the field, so you can get that

1122
00:59:07,680 --> 00:59:10,400
Speaker 4: out of him. But he's more of a go escape

1123
00:59:10,560 --> 00:59:13,480
Speaker 4: bad stuff rather than I'm gonna go create just to create.

1124
00:59:14,040 --> 00:59:18,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, Buffalo's run game, you know, figures to be big

1125
00:59:18,120 --> 00:59:21,800
Speaker 2: in this I mean they got thirty rushing thirty two

1126
00:59:21,880 --> 00:59:25,360
Speaker 2: rushing touchdowns this season. It led the league. Yeah, been

1127
00:59:25,440 --> 00:59:27,880
Speaker 2: dynamic in the red zone where they're second in the league.

1128
00:59:28,440 --> 00:59:31,200
Speaker 2: But between the twenties is where I'm thinking they're gonna

1129
00:59:31,240 --> 00:59:33,120
Speaker 2: have to make some hay in the run game just

1130
00:59:33,200 --> 00:59:36,320
Speaker 2: to stay on schedule offensively, because you don't want to

1131
00:59:36,360 --> 00:59:37,920
Speaker 2: be in third and eight and third and nine against

1132
00:59:37,960 --> 00:59:41,440
Speaker 2: that pass rush. So how do you see Buffalo's run

1133
00:59:41,520 --> 00:59:44,400
Speaker 2: game kind of fitting up against the run defense that

1134
00:59:44,480 --> 00:59:45,400
Speaker 2: ranks third in the league.

1135
00:59:47,120 --> 00:59:50,240
Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't think that you want to bang your

1136
00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:54,520
Speaker 4: head against this defensive line. I mean, the Bills fans

1137
00:59:54,600 --> 00:59:57,640
Speaker 4: probably don't know a ton about Zach Allen He's gonna

1138
00:59:57,640 --> 01:00:01,680
Speaker 4: be All pros interior defensive tackle. He is absolutely sensational.

1139
01:00:02,240 --> 01:00:04,440
Speaker 4: I would tell you this, Chris. I think the backs

1140
01:00:04,560 --> 01:00:06,959
Speaker 4: matter a ton. I just believe more in the pass

1141
01:00:07,000 --> 01:00:10,720
Speaker 4: game than in the run game. One. James Cook and

1142
01:00:11,280 --> 01:00:14,680
Speaker 4: Davis and Ty Johnson are very good pass catching backs.

1143
01:00:14,720 --> 01:00:16,640
Speaker 4: All three of them have had moments this year where

1144
01:00:16,640 --> 01:00:19,200
Speaker 4: they've kind of won the game in that regard. And

1145
01:00:19,280 --> 01:00:21,000
Speaker 4: if you had to ask me, the one area that

1146
01:00:21,120 --> 01:00:24,280
Speaker 4: I think that you can get after, since Denver's defense

1147
01:00:24,360 --> 01:00:27,120
Speaker 4: the most through the air, it's actually at their backers.

1148
01:00:27,160 --> 01:00:29,760
Speaker 4: If you just have watched throughout the season and watched

1149
01:00:29,800 --> 01:00:32,120
Speaker 4: this defense play and the teams that I've had success

1150
01:00:32,200 --> 01:00:34,640
Speaker 4: throwing the football against them outside of the Cincinnati game.

1151
01:00:34,680 --> 01:00:36,400
Speaker 4: The Cincinnati game is a little bit of an outlier

1152
01:00:36,400 --> 01:00:40,480
Speaker 4: because it's Cincinnati. It really is working their linebackers and

1153
01:00:40,560 --> 01:00:43,160
Speaker 4: coverage and trying to get the ball to your backs

1154
01:00:43,200 --> 01:00:46,400
Speaker 4: in the pass game. Sometimes it's perimeter screens and sometimes

1155
01:00:46,480 --> 01:00:48,120
Speaker 4: it's getting the ball in their hands, and sometimes you're

1156
01:00:48,120 --> 01:00:51,040
Speaker 4: actually building them into the progression of the pass concept.

1157
01:00:51,160 --> 01:00:53,920
Speaker 4: So I understand the premise of like wanting to run

1158
01:00:54,000 --> 01:00:54,480
Speaker 4: the football.

1159
01:00:54,880 --> 01:00:56,680
Speaker 1: I think this is a big throw it to the

1160
01:00:56,840 --> 01:00:58,400
Speaker 1: backs game for Buffalo.

1161
01:00:58,000 --> 01:01:00,920
Speaker 2: All right, So with that in mind, could it couldn't

1162
01:01:01,000 --> 01:01:06,000
Speaker 2: mimic to some degree what we saw against Detroit? Yep?

1163
01:01:06,480 --> 01:01:09,720
Speaker 4: Yep, absolutely. I think that's the vision I have for

1164
01:01:09,880 --> 01:01:14,360
Speaker 4: the game. Denver's defense is more talented. And you know,

1165
01:01:14,560 --> 01:01:17,120
Speaker 4: like we talked about this on NFL Live yesterday, is

1166
01:01:17,680 --> 01:01:19,480
Speaker 4: you know, one of the things that Buffalo has had

1167
01:01:19,560 --> 01:01:21,880
Speaker 4: so much success on this year is again that four

1168
01:01:21,960 --> 01:01:25,240
Speaker 4: by one formation. The thing that makes me scared about

1169
01:01:25,280 --> 01:01:27,240
Speaker 4: it and this game. If I was a Buffalo fan,

1170
01:01:27,480 --> 01:01:32,280
Speaker 4: was I have video evidence of that defense in Denver

1171
01:01:32,400 --> 01:01:35,520
Speaker 4: playing the four x one formation versus multiple teams. And

1172
01:01:35,640 --> 01:01:37,640
Speaker 4: what they do with Certain is they play him on

1173
01:01:37,720 --> 01:01:41,760
Speaker 4: the single and then they zone the front side, and

1174
01:01:41,920 --> 01:01:44,160
Speaker 4: so he's so good that he takes away that one.

1175
01:01:44,680 --> 01:01:46,760
Speaker 4: And usually in the four by one you gain an

1176
01:01:46,760 --> 01:01:49,720
Speaker 4: advantage front side. Sometimes it's with your run game, sometimes

1177
01:01:49,800 --> 01:01:52,439
Speaker 4: with just your perimeter screen or bubble or RPO game

1178
01:01:53,080 --> 01:01:55,479
Speaker 4: that's gonna get taken away a little bit because Denver

1179
01:01:55,840 --> 01:01:57,920
Speaker 4: doesn't lose the number, doesn't lose the half of the

1180
01:01:58,000 --> 01:02:00,960
Speaker 4: body because of Certain. So I do think it looks

1181
01:02:01,040 --> 01:02:04,640
Speaker 4: like the Detroit game schematically, where you really want to

1182
01:02:04,680 --> 01:02:07,680
Speaker 4: create those single one on one matchups versus those linebackers

1183
01:02:07,720 --> 01:02:10,520
Speaker 4: and try to actually create some chunk throws down the field.

1184
01:02:10,960 --> 01:02:13,480
Speaker 3: So in this chunk play kind of scenario, do you

1185
01:02:14,080 --> 01:02:15,880
Speaker 3: do you think you designed the chunk plays? Do you

1186
01:02:15,920 --> 01:02:19,320
Speaker 3: think they come from a short pass, long run or

1187
01:02:19,480 --> 01:02:21,560
Speaker 3: does the ball travel that far? I mean, what kind

1188
01:02:21,600 --> 01:02:23,120
Speaker 3: of you know, what kind of chunk plays are we

1189
01:02:23,160 --> 01:02:23,520
Speaker 3: looking at?

1190
01:02:24,440 --> 01:02:26,360
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it's a little bit of both. You know,

1191
01:02:26,600 --> 01:02:29,120
Speaker 4: I do believe that you can design some chunk throws

1192
01:02:29,160 --> 01:02:31,640
Speaker 4: if you remember the I believe it was Tye Johnson

1193
01:02:31,680 --> 01:02:35,840
Speaker 4: against Detroit on that wheel rail route, So things like that.

1194
01:02:36,200 --> 01:02:38,920
Speaker 4: Or you can build seam throws down the field. Yeah,

1195
01:02:38,960 --> 01:02:42,360
Speaker 4: stuff like this. You can create those matchups to try

1196
01:02:42,400 --> 01:02:44,760
Speaker 4: to take advantage of those down the field. You also

1197
01:02:44,880 --> 01:02:47,560
Speaker 4: want to get them running sideline the sideline, you know,

1198
01:02:47,720 --> 01:02:50,200
Speaker 4: you want to create those rubs or those meshes or

1199
01:02:50,280 --> 01:02:53,680
Speaker 4: those shallows with some of those pass catching backs and

1200
01:02:53,760 --> 01:02:56,520
Speaker 4: some of those pick plays. The second thing I'd say

1201
01:02:56,520 --> 01:02:59,000
Speaker 4: about this defense is, and I'll be interested in if

1202
01:02:59,080 --> 01:03:01,960
Speaker 4: Joe Brady does this. So again, I believe that this

1203
01:03:02,120 --> 01:03:04,880
Speaker 4: defense is high end when it comes to them playing

1204
01:03:04,960 --> 01:03:08,280
Speaker 4: man coverage. The ironic or odd thing about it is

1205
01:03:08,640 --> 01:03:12,320
Speaker 4: when they play their quarters coverage, which is their zone defense.

1206
01:03:12,400 --> 01:03:14,680
Speaker 4: Every secondary guy's got a quarter of the field, but

1207
01:03:14,720 --> 01:03:17,280
Speaker 4: it's kind of a match underneath where those guys will

1208
01:03:17,400 --> 01:03:21,320
Speaker 4: match a player that comes into their space. They struggle

1209
01:03:21,400 --> 01:03:24,680
Speaker 4: with it. And if I were Buffalo and I ever

1210
01:03:24,800 --> 01:03:26,600
Speaker 4: got to the line of scrimmage, I would almost want

1211
01:03:26,640 --> 01:03:28,840
Speaker 4: to build in stuff. Hey, Josh, we get there and

1212
01:03:28,880 --> 01:03:31,240
Speaker 4: they're in quarters, we want to take our shots down

1213
01:03:31,280 --> 01:03:33,320
Speaker 4: the field. We want to take our shots on some

1214
01:03:33,400 --> 01:03:37,120
Speaker 4: of these scissor concepts or you know, flood concepts, because

1215
01:03:37,160 --> 01:03:40,240
Speaker 4: that's the stuff that they've really struggled with the most

1216
01:03:40,840 --> 01:03:42,320
Speaker 4: is when they're in quarters defense.

1217
01:03:43,240 --> 01:03:46,560
Speaker 2: All right, and if they're going to play a decent

1218
01:03:46,760 --> 01:03:49,560
Speaker 2: degree of man, that can be a danger against Josh.

1219
01:03:50,040 --> 01:03:53,040
Speaker 2: With everybody's back turned, it can take off and run

1220
01:03:53,120 --> 01:03:56,240
Speaker 2: and hurt you too. Who do they usually? Do they

1221
01:03:56,360 --> 01:03:59,440
Speaker 2: have a typical spy guy that they utilize, And if so,

1222
01:03:59,520 --> 01:03:59,840
Speaker 2: who is that?

1223
01:04:00,800 --> 01:04:03,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's Nick Benito. Nick Benito is the guy that

1224
01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:07,480
Speaker 4: you know, he's a really interesting player because he plays

1225
01:04:07,720 --> 01:04:10,600
Speaker 4: he's an edge, you know, he's a defensive lineman, but

1226
01:04:10,720 --> 01:04:14,320
Speaker 4: he's an unbelievably athletic player. And you know, when they

1227
01:04:14,440 --> 01:04:17,320
Speaker 4: play a player like a Patrick Mahomes, Benito's often the

1228
01:04:17,400 --> 01:04:21,400
Speaker 4: guy that is the kind of person spying in those situations.

1229
01:04:21,440 --> 01:04:23,480
Speaker 4: If you guys remember the Colts game from a couple

1230
01:04:23,520 --> 01:04:25,800
Speaker 4: of weeks ago, He's the one that intercepts that double

1231
01:04:25,880 --> 01:04:28,560
Speaker 4: pass screen attempt and takes it back to the house.

1232
01:04:28,600 --> 01:04:31,040
Speaker 4: And so he's big enough and strong enough to play

1233
01:04:31,160 --> 01:04:33,480
Speaker 4: on the on the line of scrimmage. He's athletic enough.

1234
01:04:33,960 --> 01:04:36,439
Speaker 4: Here's another pick six athletic enough to kind of play

1235
01:04:36,480 --> 01:04:38,480
Speaker 4: out in space. And he's athletic.

1236
01:04:38,880 --> 01:04:39,040
Speaker 10: You know.

1237
01:04:39,280 --> 01:04:41,680
Speaker 4: Obviously Josh a big time player, but I do believe

1238
01:04:41,800 --> 01:04:44,439
Speaker 4: that he's athletic enough and big enough to at least

1239
01:04:45,080 --> 01:04:47,800
Speaker 4: give them a puncher's chance versus Josh when he wants

1240
01:04:47,840 --> 01:04:49,280
Speaker 4: to become an athlete. Banito's the guy.

1241
01:04:50,520 --> 01:04:52,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, And if you get into this, Benito's he's got

1242
01:04:52,800 --> 01:04:56,480
Speaker 3: thirteen and a half sacks as well. How do they

1243
01:04:56,600 --> 01:04:58,560
Speaker 3: use him so that he gets that many sacks?

1244
01:05:00,200 --> 01:05:01,840
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean one of it is they love their

1245
01:05:01,920 --> 01:05:04,680
Speaker 4: five man pressure package, you know, because again they get

1246
01:05:04,720 --> 01:05:07,760
Speaker 4: to play man defense and they put five guys across

1247
01:05:07,840 --> 01:05:09,640
Speaker 4: the line of scrimmage and they're just trying to create

1248
01:05:09,680 --> 01:05:12,440
Speaker 4: those one on ones versus your offensive line, and so

1249
01:05:12,760 --> 01:05:16,439
Speaker 4: many times and it's not They're so good up front.

1250
01:05:16,640 --> 01:05:20,160
Speaker 4: You can't just focus on one guy because Jonathan Cooper,

1251
01:05:20,160 --> 01:05:24,000
Speaker 4: who plays opposite him, is outstanding, and then inside is

1252
01:05:24,080 --> 01:05:26,480
Speaker 4: Allen and so you as an offensive line. I think

1253
01:05:26,520 --> 01:05:28,720
Speaker 4: that's one of the most fascinating parts about this game.

1254
01:05:29,400 --> 01:05:31,720
Speaker 4: This is the offensive line that gave up the least

1255
01:05:31,760 --> 01:05:34,600
Speaker 4: amount of sacks. Good offensive line play. Obviously Josh has

1256
01:05:34,600 --> 01:05:36,720
Speaker 4: a big part of that versus the unit. They got

1257
01:05:36,760 --> 01:05:39,080
Speaker 4: the most in the defensive line. So you know, they

1258
01:05:39,280 --> 01:05:41,680
Speaker 4: just create one on one matchups versus him, and they

1259
01:05:41,760 --> 01:05:44,960
Speaker 4: try to find, you know, guys that they create, you know,

1260
01:05:45,080 --> 01:05:48,760
Speaker 4: the favorable Sometimes it's Benitos, sometimes it's Allen Inside, sometimes

1261
01:05:48,800 --> 01:05:51,560
Speaker 4: it's Jonathan Cooper. It's a it's a big time front.

1262
01:05:51,560 --> 01:05:53,440
Speaker 4: I don't want to present this to Bills fans as

1263
01:05:53,840 --> 01:05:56,120
Speaker 4: you know, doom and gloom, but I also want to

1264
01:05:56,280 --> 01:05:58,120
Speaker 4: make sure that it's very clear this is a really,

1265
01:05:58,200 --> 01:05:59,080
Speaker 4: really good defense.

1266
01:06:00,240 --> 01:06:02,120
Speaker 2: Looking at the rest of the slate. You know, the

1267
01:06:02,240 --> 01:06:04,440
Speaker 2: television networks kind of had some fun with this. All

1268
01:06:04,480 --> 01:06:06,160
Speaker 2: the AFC games are going to be done by four

1269
01:06:06,240 --> 01:06:09,320
Speaker 2: pm on Sunday, and we will have yet to play

1270
01:06:09,360 --> 01:06:11,960
Speaker 2: an NFC playoff game. It goes AFC All three and

1271
01:06:12,040 --> 01:06:17,040
Speaker 2: then NFC All three after that. Which one would you

1272
01:06:17,200 --> 01:06:20,240
Speaker 2: say intrigues you the most in terms of a unique

1273
01:06:20,520 --> 01:06:21,360
Speaker 2: matchup if.

1274
01:06:21,280 --> 01:06:21,640
Speaker 5: You had it.

1275
01:06:23,760 --> 01:06:25,280
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think the one that we've talked about.

1276
01:06:25,440 --> 01:06:26,080
Speaker 1: I really believe.

1277
01:06:26,200 --> 01:06:28,280
Speaker 4: I mean, I said this yesterday morning on TV. It's

1278
01:06:28,320 --> 01:06:30,600
Speaker 4: the team. It's the game that has my attention the

1279
01:06:30,680 --> 01:06:32,720
Speaker 4: most of the game, you know, Candle that I have

1280
01:06:32,800 --> 01:06:35,200
Speaker 4: a little bit more of a I could see it

1281
01:06:35,280 --> 01:06:38,800
Speaker 4: upset here as much as I believe in Buffalo, Green

1282
01:06:38,880 --> 01:06:40,360
Speaker 4: Bay and Philly, we got to see what the health

1283
01:06:40,400 --> 01:06:42,960
Speaker 4: of the quarterbacks is. I'd be shocked if both of

1284
01:06:43,000 --> 01:06:46,240
Speaker 4: them don't play. But green Bay losing Christian Watson's a

1285
01:06:46,280 --> 01:06:49,520
Speaker 4: really big deal. Pittsburgh, you know, versus Baltimore. I was

1286
01:06:49,600 --> 01:06:53,800
Speaker 4: just in Baltimore. They're absolutely sensational. Derek Henry changes everything

1287
01:06:53,880 --> 01:06:56,600
Speaker 4: for them. Lamar's having an unbelievable year. They're not going

1288
01:06:56,680 --> 01:06:58,520
Speaker 4: to give George Pickens a lot of one on one,

1289
01:06:58,600 --> 01:07:00,480
Speaker 4: So I kind of have a feeling I know how

1290
01:07:00,560 --> 01:07:03,280
Speaker 4: that game's gonna go in away. I fully expect the

1291
01:07:03,360 --> 01:07:07,800
Speaker 4: Chargers to beat Houston outstanding defense, violent on the defensive line,

1292
01:07:08,640 --> 01:07:10,960
Speaker 4: and I think that they can create some big plays

1293
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Speaker 4: down the field versus Houston secondary. So I think the

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Speaker 4: Chargers win. I think the Ravens win. I think the

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Speaker 4: Eagles win. Commander's Tampa is really interesting just because you know,

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Speaker 4: Jayden played against Tampa week one, but he's a completely

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01:07:23,720 --> 01:07:26,760
Speaker 4: different player than he is than he was Week one.

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Speaker 4: And then Minnesota LA. I could see either team winning candidly.

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Speaker 4: You know, Minnesota's offensive line got destroyed last week versus Detroit,

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01:07:33,840 --> 01:07:36,640
Speaker 4: and the Rams defensive line is also very good, so

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Speaker 4: it should be an awesome weekend.

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Speaker 3: I got to to ask you about two playoff teams

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Speaker 3: in the AFC bracket, the Steelers in the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: Both those teams.

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Speaker 3: Seem to be withering at the end yep, justin It's

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01:07:48,960 --> 01:07:50,960
Speaker 3: been going on for a minute now, maybe a couple

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01:07:51,000 --> 01:07:53,440
Speaker 3: of months now. They just haven't looked the same. And

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01:07:53,480 --> 01:07:54,960
Speaker 3: I was gonna ask you why do you think that

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01:07:55,120 --> 01:07:58,000
Speaker 3: is certainly on? It could be Russ Wilson, maybe the

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01:07:58,040 --> 01:07:59,560
Speaker 3: age is catching up to him, not as sharp as

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01:07:59,600 --> 01:08:01,840
Speaker 3: he wants was, and injuries as well, But what do

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Speaker 3: you think about Pittsburgh and Houston, they have just like

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01:08:04,880 --> 01:08:07,400
Speaker 3: other teams like Buffalo, like Baltimore, some of these teams

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Speaker 3: are man, they are hitting it, they're chriscendoing. It just

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Speaker 3: seems just the opposite in Pittsburgh and Houston.

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Speaker 4: Houston, I could tell you Houston played the Indianapolis Colt

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Speaker 4: in Week one and my massive takeaway from that game was, oh,

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Speaker 4: my gosh, they better fix their offensive line because CJ.

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01:08:22,120 --> 01:08:24,680
Speaker 4: Straw was running for his life. Hasn't been fixed. Their

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01:08:24,720 --> 01:08:27,479
Speaker 4: offensive line just has not played up to part this year.

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Speaker 4: Specifically the internal part of their offensive line, the two

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01:08:30,439 --> 01:08:33,080
Speaker 4: guards and center. You run pick games against them and

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01:08:33,160 --> 01:08:35,920
Speaker 4: stunts and they struggle, and so I think the Chargers

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Speaker 4: will do a ton of that, and that's really the

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Speaker 4: crux of why they've struggled outside of they lost Nico

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Speaker 4: Collins first stretch, Stefan Diggs goes down and Tank Dell,

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01:08:44,600 --> 01:08:47,559
Speaker 4: so they're depleted on the perimeter with a horror offensive line.

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Speaker 4: That's the main part of why they are where they

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01:08:49,720 --> 01:08:53,680
Speaker 4: are and kind of withering Pittsburgh. I think two things. Defensively,

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Speaker 4: what happened against Cleveland like six weeks ago when they

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01:08:57,080 --> 01:09:00,160
Speaker 4: played was Cleveland spread them out sideline to sideline and

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01:09:00,400 --> 01:09:02,760
Speaker 4: made them play a little bit more in space, not

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01:09:02,880 --> 01:09:04,880
Speaker 4: in the phone booth. Their defensive line is awesome. I

1334
01:09:04,920 --> 01:09:07,080
Speaker 4: think everybody else you can get after a little bit.

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01:09:07,479 --> 01:09:09,400
Speaker 4: I think that teams have started to do that a

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01:09:09,439 --> 01:09:14,920
Speaker 4: little bit more. And then offensively, it's George Pickens deep balls,

1337
01:09:14,920 --> 01:09:17,160
Speaker 4: and if they don't have that, the pass game struggles.

1338
01:09:17,439 --> 01:09:19,960
Speaker 4: The offensive line is an OK unit, and so Russ

1339
01:09:20,120 --> 01:09:22,080
Speaker 4: holding onto the ball because he's not getting the one

1340
01:09:22,120 --> 01:09:24,680
Speaker 4: on one shot down the field, and they're just not

1341
01:09:24,920 --> 01:09:27,719
Speaker 4: consistent enough running the football getting to the second level,

1342
01:09:28,120 --> 01:09:30,800
Speaker 4: and so they're an offense that really is a kind

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01:09:30,840 --> 01:09:33,719
Speaker 4: of a one trick pony in that regard, Do you think.

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01:09:33,640 --> 01:09:37,400
Speaker 2: There's a possibility fields could be utilized in some way,

1345
01:09:37,520 --> 01:09:40,200
Speaker 2: shape or form, maybe even in the red zone where

1346
01:09:40,200 --> 01:09:42,320
Speaker 2: they have struggled mightily as well too, to punch it

1347
01:09:42,360 --> 01:09:44,000
Speaker 2: in the end zone time and time. That's been like

1348
01:09:44,040 --> 01:09:45,240
Speaker 2: a season long problem.

1349
01:09:46,680 --> 01:09:49,639
Speaker 4: But I have felt for two months that he would

1350
01:09:49,800 --> 01:09:51,720
Speaker 4: and should and he just hasn't. Now he's been beat

1351
01:09:51,800 --> 01:09:53,840
Speaker 4: up a little bit some games. He's been active because

1352
01:09:53,840 --> 01:09:56,759
Speaker 4: of it. But you know, in a winner go home situation,

1353
01:09:56,960 --> 01:10:00,000
Speaker 4: I think you have to entertain you know, the package

1354
01:10:00,360 --> 01:10:02,800
Speaker 4: in those situational moments that give your team the best

1355
01:10:02,880 --> 01:10:03,799
Speaker 4: chance to score points.

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01:10:04,320 --> 01:10:06,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, because I mean if all is lost, at least

1357
01:10:06,200 --> 01:10:07,960
Speaker 2: fields kentuck it and run a little bit and help

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01:10:08,000 --> 01:10:08,960
Speaker 2: you that way exactly.

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01:10:09,200 --> 01:10:14,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, Yeah, any surprises, what team do you think maybe

1360
01:10:15,960 --> 01:10:16,639
Speaker 1: has a chance.

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Speaker 3: I mean, give me, give me a two or three

1362
01:10:18,920 --> 01:10:21,519
Speaker 3: teams maybe outside the number one, two and three seeds

1363
01:10:21,840 --> 01:10:24,120
Speaker 3: that may have a shot to make the run at

1364
01:10:24,160 --> 01:10:26,200
Speaker 3: it in either conference.

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Speaker 4: Outside of those time, because I do think the AFC

1366
01:10:29,640 --> 01:10:31,920
Speaker 4: is really a three team race. But if I was

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Speaker 4: picking out of those four other teams, I would say

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01:10:34,880 --> 01:10:38,719
Speaker 4: the Chargers. The thing about the Chargers that again throughout

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01:10:38,760 --> 01:10:42,519
Speaker 4: the whole season, the overwhelming takeaways, they just never get

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01:10:42,600 --> 01:10:46,839
Speaker 4: behind the sticks. On offense, they're just crazy. It's not flashy,

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01:10:47,040 --> 01:10:50,400
Speaker 4: it's not sexy, it's not unbelievable, but there's very little

1372
01:10:50,520 --> 01:10:53,360
Speaker 4: negative plays on their offense, and so it kind of

1373
01:10:53,520 --> 01:10:55,360
Speaker 4: keeps them in the game all the time. And their

1374
01:10:55,439 --> 01:10:58,040
Speaker 4: defense is crazy when it comes to the disguises, and

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01:10:58,600 --> 01:11:01,160
Speaker 4: I could see them kind of making a little bit

1376
01:11:01,160 --> 01:11:04,000
Speaker 4: of a run and raising somebody. They're just so well coached.

1377
01:11:04,360 --> 01:11:06,759
Speaker 4: And then Herbert can get hot obviously in the NFC.

1378
01:11:08,720 --> 01:11:12,920
Speaker 4: You know, I really believe if the Rams pass game

1379
01:11:13,160 --> 01:11:17,480
Speaker 4: and Cooper Cup and Matthew Stafford can kind of reignite

1380
01:11:17,600 --> 01:11:19,920
Speaker 4: for a three week stretch some of the stuff we've

1381
01:11:19,960 --> 01:11:22,880
Speaker 4: seen in their past. I think they run the ball well.

1382
01:11:22,960 --> 01:11:26,080
Speaker 4: Their past game is phenomenal with the way to create

1383
01:11:26,160 --> 01:11:29,080
Speaker 4: the chunks, and their defensive line defensively is a group

1384
01:11:29,160 --> 01:11:33,000
Speaker 4: that will just constantly get after you, so I would say.

1385
01:11:32,880 --> 01:11:34,240
Speaker 1: Them, damn.

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01:11:34,320 --> 01:11:36,400
Speaker 2: Thanks is always appreciate it. We'll catch up with you.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Dan, Thanks guys.

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01:11:38,360 --> 01:11:41,599
Speaker 2: Enjoy all right. That's Dan Orlowski, ESPN NFL Analysts joining

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01:11:41,680 --> 01:11:43,920
Speaker 2: us as he does every week on a Tuesday, with

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01:11:44,560 --> 01:11:48,200
Speaker 2: an interesting take on the Broncos, a team that he

1391
01:11:48,320 --> 01:11:50,800
Speaker 2: clearly has a lot of respect for. With the season

1392
01:11:50,840 --> 01:11:56,360
Speaker 2: they've been able to put together. Defense is elite. I

1393
01:11:56,400 --> 01:12:00,160
Speaker 2: mean the numbers say that sometimes seeing numbers on a

1394
01:12:00,200 --> 01:12:02,840
Speaker 2: paper and then playing them face to face is a

1395
01:12:02,880 --> 01:12:04,800
Speaker 2: different animal when you get them out there.

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01:12:04,880 --> 01:12:09,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, their defense is good. We knew that, and

1397
01:12:09,240 --> 01:12:12,120
Speaker 3: you can you know, casual observer will tell you that.

1398
01:12:13,000 --> 01:12:14,880
Speaker 3: I think this is a game that's going to come

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01:12:14,960 --> 01:12:19,400
Speaker 3: down to either of the defenses making a play in

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01:12:19,439 --> 01:12:21,680
Speaker 3: a crucial moment, giving one of their offense one of

1401
01:12:21,720 --> 01:12:23,639
Speaker 3: the other offense is either a great spot at field

1402
01:12:23,680 --> 01:12:29,680
Speaker 3: position or a direct score or at least an extra possession. Certainly, turnovers.

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01:12:30,240 --> 01:12:32,360
Speaker 3: It doesn't matter how good your football team is. If

1404
01:12:32,400 --> 01:12:33,920
Speaker 3: you go in and turn it over a bunch of times,

1405
01:12:33,960 --> 01:12:37,559
Speaker 3: you're not going to win the game. So those are

1406
01:12:37,600 --> 01:12:41,880
Speaker 3: always the unpredictable stat line of a game. But yeah,

1407
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:45,479
Speaker 3: this is a great of a great Buffalo offense against

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01:12:45,479 --> 01:12:51,320
Speaker 3: an elite Denver defense and to playmaking on the other

1409
01:12:51,360 --> 01:12:53,519
Speaker 3: side of the ball. A play making defense for Buffalo

1410
01:12:53,560 --> 01:12:57,200
Speaker 3: and a playmaking offense and a young, talented quarterback on

1411
01:12:57,240 --> 01:13:00,280
Speaker 3: their side, so it's they match up really well, and

1412
01:13:00,880 --> 01:13:02,280
Speaker 3: that's not always a good thing.

1413
01:13:02,760 --> 01:13:06,000
Speaker 2: Bill's finished second in the league in takeaways with thirty two.

1414
01:13:07,120 --> 01:13:11,400
Speaker 2: Denver had twenty five, not far off the pace. The

1415
01:13:11,479 --> 01:13:14,479
Speaker 2: only big difference for them only eight giveaways for Buffalo

1416
01:13:14,720 --> 01:13:18,880
Speaker 2: nineteen for the Broncos, So the Bills finished plus twenty four.

1417
01:13:19,040 --> 01:13:22,200
Speaker 2: Broncos finish plus six, which in most seasons would be

1418
01:13:22,240 --> 01:13:25,439
Speaker 2: considered a pretty good season plus six in the turnover margin,

1419
01:13:25,960 --> 01:13:28,800
Speaker 2: but it just looks anemic next to the Bills league

1420
01:13:28,840 --> 01:13:33,120
Speaker 2: leading plus twenty four and as we see many times,

1421
01:13:33,800 --> 01:13:36,720
Speaker 2: especially in the playoffs, turnovers can be the difference in

1422
01:13:36,840 --> 01:13:40,320
Speaker 2: a game, and at least in that part of the equation,

1423
01:13:40,479 --> 01:13:43,200
Speaker 2: you would side with Buffalo as having the advantage because

1424
01:13:43,200 --> 01:13:46,519
Speaker 2: they've been doing it front to back all season long.

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01:13:47,000 --> 01:13:49,000
Speaker 2: Gotta take a break here, more of your phone calls

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Speaker 2: when we return here on a Tuesday edition of One

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Speaker 2: up is Buffalo's red zone touchdown efficiency, even with backups.

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01:14:25,479 --> 01:14:29,000
Speaker 2: Last week, Buffalo goes two for two in the red

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01:14:29,120 --> 01:14:31,800
Speaker 2: zone and right now they are second in the league

1434
01:14:31,880 --> 01:14:36,920
Speaker 2: in red zone touchdown efficiency, scoring touchdowns almost seventy one

1435
01:14:37,080 --> 01:14:39,880
Speaker 2: percent of the time they crack their opponent's twenty yard line.

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01:14:40,240 --> 01:14:41,720
Speaker 2: They are a wagon down there.

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01:14:41,840 --> 01:14:43,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, they're tough, and I think it's their ability and

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01:14:43,920 --> 01:14:47,200
Speaker 3: desire and willingness to run the ball down there that

1439
01:14:48,200 --> 01:14:51,439
Speaker 3: gives them more space to make plays than other teams.

1440
01:14:51,479 --> 01:14:54,519
Speaker 3: And you know their ability to move the football down

1441
01:14:54,560 --> 01:14:57,240
Speaker 3: there on the ground because defenses you got to bear up.

1442
01:14:57,880 --> 01:14:59,639
Speaker 3: You can't just let them push you into the end zone.

1443
01:14:59,680 --> 01:15:01,360
Speaker 3: So they can kind of bear up and oversell to

1444
01:15:01,439 --> 01:15:03,760
Speaker 3: do that, and it gives you some space in the

1445
01:15:03,800 --> 01:15:04,200
Speaker 3: back end.

1446
01:15:04,439 --> 01:15:07,439
Speaker 2: It was interesting to see James Cook last week when

1447
01:15:07,640 --> 01:15:09,720
Speaker 2: early in the game they ran a pitch play to

1448
01:15:09,880 --> 01:15:11,880
Speaker 2: him to try to get to the end zone and

1449
01:15:12,439 --> 01:15:15,320
Speaker 2: the Patriots sniffed it out from the jump got penetration.

1450
01:15:15,960 --> 01:15:19,479
Speaker 2: James Cook looks to the sideline and he's gesturing straight ahead, like,

1451
01:15:19,600 --> 01:15:22,280
Speaker 2: give me a downhill run call, right, what are you doing?

1452
01:15:22,520 --> 01:15:22,720
Speaker 8: Yeah?

1453
01:15:23,120 --> 01:15:26,320
Speaker 3: He was hot, Yeah, and it's not happy when he

1454
01:15:26,360 --> 01:15:28,479
Speaker 3: got the other when he got his rushing touchdown to

1455
01:15:28,680 --> 01:15:31,679
Speaker 3: tie the record downhill off the left guard.

1456
01:15:31,800 --> 01:15:33,759
Speaker 1: So yeah, they got the message.

1457
01:15:33,800 --> 01:15:40,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, cooling down Buffalo's return game. Brandon Codrington, according to

1458
01:15:40,320 --> 01:15:44,439
Speaker 2: coach McDermott yesterday, suffered a hamstring injury in last Sunday's game.

1459
01:15:45,280 --> 01:15:49,800
Speaker 2: No status given as to how severe the hamstring injury is.

1460
01:15:49,880 --> 01:15:52,920
Speaker 2: We'll probably find out more tomorrow. But they have really

1461
01:15:53,040 --> 01:15:57,760
Speaker 2: had no one else handle returns all season long, with

1462
01:15:57,880 --> 01:16:01,120
Speaker 2: the exception of Ray Davis and Tie Johnson on kickoffs.

1463
01:16:01,439 --> 01:16:04,040
Speaker 2: I would imagine they would be okay there, but on

1464
01:16:04,160 --> 01:16:07,040
Speaker 2: punt return that's a whole different animal, as Steve can

1465
01:16:07,120 --> 01:16:10,920
Speaker 2: tell you, and his availability is at least right now

1466
01:16:11,520 --> 01:16:12,719
Speaker 2: up in the air for Sunday.

1467
01:16:12,800 --> 01:16:16,400
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's no worse job in football than being the

1468
01:16:16,479 --> 01:16:19,400
Speaker 3: punt returner because everybody could be playing like Gangbusters and

1469
01:16:19,520 --> 01:16:22,000
Speaker 3: you could mess it all up by muffing a punt

1470
01:16:23,080 --> 01:16:26,080
Speaker 3: or making the wrong decision. That's and that's what that

1471
01:16:26,200 --> 01:16:29,960
Speaker 3: I've said a million times. If you're back there returning kicks,

1472
01:16:30,000 --> 01:16:32,240
Speaker 3: you've got some athleticism, you've got your good with the

1473
01:16:32,280 --> 01:16:34,880
Speaker 3: ball in your hands, you're fast, you're shifty, or all

1474
01:16:34,960 --> 01:16:38,360
Speaker 3: of that stuff. The difference isn't your physicality the way

1475
01:16:38,360 --> 01:16:41,200
Speaker 3: you run the ball, it's your decision making. How smart

1476
01:16:41,360 --> 01:16:42,760
Speaker 3: can you run it when you're supposed to run it?

1477
01:16:42,800 --> 01:16:44,600
Speaker 3: Can you catch it every single time you want to

1478
01:16:44,640 --> 01:16:47,280
Speaker 3: catch it? Can you make the right decision on when

1479
01:16:47,360 --> 01:16:49,280
Speaker 3: to let it go, when to bat down it? To

1480
01:16:49,439 --> 01:16:51,960
Speaker 3: give guys a signal to get away from the whole thing,

1481
01:16:52,479 --> 01:16:54,400
Speaker 3: you've got to be a guy that makes great decisions

1482
01:16:54,439 --> 01:16:57,720
Speaker 3: and executes extremely well. It's it's not easy to do

1483
01:16:58,360 --> 01:17:00,320
Speaker 3: because you don't have the view all of us do

1484
01:17:00,400 --> 01:17:03,439
Speaker 3: When you're up there, you don't know exactly how far

1485
01:17:03,520 --> 01:17:05,559
Speaker 3: those guys are away. You got to keep your eyes down,

1486
01:17:05,600 --> 01:17:08,040
Speaker 3: then up, find the ball, find it, catch it, look

1487
01:17:08,040 --> 01:17:09,320
Speaker 3: where they argue, But one last check?

1488
01:17:09,320 --> 01:17:11,000
Speaker 1: Can I run it? Can I not make that decision

1489
01:17:11,040 --> 01:17:12,240
Speaker 1: in a split second?

1490
01:17:13,600 --> 01:17:13,680
Speaker 5: Uh?

1491
01:17:13,840 --> 01:17:15,800
Speaker 1: You need a guy back there who really knows what

1492
01:17:15,880 --> 01:17:16,280
Speaker 1: he's doing.

1493
01:17:16,920 --> 01:17:21,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, And there hasn't been anybody else all season long.

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01:17:22,160 --> 01:17:24,920
Speaker 2: So that is heating up and cooling down presented by

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Speaker 2: the phones at eight oh three, oh five fifty one

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Speaker 2: eight eight eight five point fifty two, five point fifty.

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Speaker 2: As the playoffs approach, are you more nervous or excited

1499
01:17:36,640 --> 01:17:39,360
Speaker 2: about the Bills prospects? We go to Tom on the

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Speaker 2: West Side. What do you got first time you're on

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Speaker 2: One Bill's Live.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, Buddy's Hey. I love the prospects of the Bills

1503
01:17:49,120 --> 01:17:52,639
Speaker 8: this season. I'm very excited about it. But I get

1504
01:17:52,720 --> 01:17:55,640
Speaker 8: a lot of angst because I think we're gonna have

1505
01:17:55,760 --> 01:17:57,559
Speaker 8: to play Baltimore again.

1506
01:17:58,080 --> 01:17:58,200
Speaker 6: Now.

1507
01:17:58,280 --> 01:18:02,000
Speaker 8: I know Baltimore is coming to Buffalo this time, but

1508
01:18:02,520 --> 01:18:06,360
Speaker 8: I would much prefer to have the Chargers come. But

1509
01:18:06,520 --> 01:18:08,760
Speaker 8: the only way that's going to happen is if the

1510
01:18:08,920 --> 01:18:14,280
Speaker 8: Chargers beat Houston and Seattle's got to beat Baltimore. And

1511
01:18:15,120 --> 01:18:18,760
Speaker 8: I got a question about the half yard to the

1512
01:18:18,840 --> 01:18:24,000
Speaker 8: goal line. If a penalty, if a personal foul is

1513
01:18:24,120 --> 01:18:28,559
Speaker 8: committed at the thirty, does it it'll go to the fifteen? Right?

1514
01:18:29,720 --> 01:18:29,960
Speaker 10: Yeah?

1515
01:18:31,600 --> 01:18:34,080
Speaker 8: What if it happens in the twenty nine? Does it

1516
01:18:34,200 --> 01:18:36,320
Speaker 8: go to the fourteen and a half yard line?

1517
01:18:36,520 --> 01:18:38,000
Speaker 1: Yeah? It goes half nast distance.

1518
01:18:38,120 --> 01:18:38,280
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1519
01:18:39,320 --> 01:18:42,200
Speaker 8: So they're taking away almost a third of the field there,

1520
01:18:44,000 --> 01:18:47,120
Speaker 8: just on penalties. I don't think that's right. I think

1521
01:18:47,200 --> 01:18:49,320
Speaker 8: if there's enough yard it's there to give them the

1522
01:18:49,400 --> 01:18:53,519
Speaker 8: fifteen yard personal foul, there should be a fifteen yard

1523
01:18:53,640 --> 01:18:56,280
Speaker 8: personal foul. Talk about it?

1524
01:18:56,560 --> 01:19:01,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, okay, talk about it.

1525
01:19:04,000 --> 01:19:07,360
Speaker 3: Uh yeah, that's you're gonna go down a rabbit hole

1526
01:19:07,560 --> 01:19:12,600
Speaker 3: of unintended consequences. But they don't want to do that.

1527
01:19:13,880 --> 01:19:16,320
Speaker 3: I agree that takes away a third of the field.

1528
01:19:16,720 --> 01:19:21,280
Speaker 3: I think I get what you're saying, but yeah, that's

1529
01:19:21,360 --> 01:19:26,880
Speaker 3: just they don't want to give a majority of the

1530
01:19:27,760 --> 01:19:31,080
Speaker 3: field left for the offense to get. They don't want

1531
01:19:31,080 --> 01:19:33,320
Speaker 3: to give them a vast majority of it. And what

1532
01:19:33,360 --> 01:19:34,800
Speaker 3: are you gonna do if you get a fifteen yard

1533
01:19:34,840 --> 01:19:37,000
Speaker 3: penalty on the ten yard line, give them a touchdown,

1534
01:19:38,560 --> 01:19:42,760
Speaker 3: then what you know, what are you gonna do? Give

1535
01:19:42,960 --> 01:19:45,720
Speaker 3: every every penalty that's over that line, you give him

1536
01:19:45,880 --> 01:19:49,080
Speaker 3: to them on the one yard line. I mean you

1537
01:19:49,120 --> 01:19:52,120
Speaker 3: could try. I guess that, but I don't know w

1538
01:19:52,200 --> 01:19:54,120
Speaker 3: the big scheme of things, that that changes things all

1539
01:19:54,200 --> 01:19:56,720
Speaker 3: that much in the big scheme, because you got it,

1540
01:19:56,760 --> 01:19:59,240
Speaker 3: it happens to you as well going in the other way.

1541
01:20:00,479 --> 01:20:01,960
Speaker 3: I don't know that it makes a difference. As long

1542
01:20:01,960 --> 01:20:03,679
Speaker 3: as you do it the same both ways. Who cares.

1543
01:20:05,640 --> 01:20:08,000
Speaker 3: But that's your problem. You get a fifteen yard penalty

1544
01:20:08,080 --> 01:20:11,840
Speaker 3: on the ten yard line, is that a touchdown? Then

1545
01:20:11,880 --> 01:20:13,639
Speaker 3: you got to decide what you're gonna do. Then every

1546
01:20:13,800 --> 01:20:18,760
Speaker 3: single red zone penalty for the defense is catastrophic. And

1547
01:20:18,840 --> 01:20:20,400
Speaker 3: they didn't want that. I don't think they want that.

1548
01:20:20,680 --> 01:20:24,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, let's go out to Wyoming and talk to Dave.

1549
01:20:24,360 --> 01:20:25,000
Speaker 2: What's up, Dave?

1550
01:20:26,160 --> 01:20:27,080
Speaker 8: How's it going? Boys?

1551
01:20:27,439 --> 01:20:27,719
Speaker 2: Going?

1552
01:20:27,920 --> 01:20:28,080
Speaker 6: Hey?

1553
01:20:29,160 --> 01:20:33,120
Speaker 10: First, I just want to say welcome to Wyoming. I

1554
01:20:33,280 --> 01:20:36,000
Speaker 10: got so tired of seeing John Away jerseys and then

1555
01:20:36,040 --> 01:20:38,759
Speaker 10: Peyton Manning jerseys, and now what I'm seeing out here boys,

1556
01:20:39,880 --> 01:20:45,000
Speaker 10: Josh Allen jerseys, gotta love it. So Wyoming loves the Bills.

1557
01:20:45,240 --> 01:20:48,120
Speaker 10: Everywhere I go. I used to hear, Hey, what's your team,

1558
01:20:48,240 --> 01:20:51,360
Speaker 10: I'm Bill's fan. They say I'm sorry. Now they say

1559
01:20:51,680 --> 01:20:55,280
Speaker 10: let's go Bills. So yeah, right on, all right, So

1560
01:20:55,320 --> 01:20:58,640
Speaker 10: well that's the first thing, Thank you very much. Second thing,

1561
01:21:00,240 --> 01:21:04,519
Speaker 10: coaching going into the playoffs. Everything's a reset now, boys,

1562
01:21:05,120 --> 01:21:09,720
Speaker 10: everything starts over. Every team made it, So this is

1563
01:21:09,760 --> 01:21:12,040
Speaker 10: going to come down to coaching. We know the Bills

1564
01:21:12,120 --> 01:21:15,720
Speaker 10: can execute from both sides of the ball. The big

1565
01:21:15,840 --> 01:21:19,160
Speaker 10: thing that word that that's going to go into play here,

1566
01:21:19,240 --> 01:21:23,920
Speaker 10: I think is you cannot for whoever the Bill's play

1567
01:21:24,920 --> 01:21:28,080
Speaker 10: from here on out, they can't go in expecting to

1568
01:21:28,280 --> 01:21:32,280
Speaker 10: quote outscore the Bills. The Bills are scoring machine. We're

1569
01:21:32,280 --> 01:21:34,640
Speaker 10: hanging thirty, we're hanging forty. Just about every team that

1570
01:21:34,720 --> 01:21:37,439
Speaker 10: we have over the last half of the season, everything

1571
01:21:37,520 --> 01:21:41,160
Speaker 10: is firing. They cannot go in there and look to

1572
01:21:41,320 --> 01:21:45,200
Speaker 10: outscore the Bills. Defense from here on out is going

1573
01:21:45,280 --> 01:21:49,559
Speaker 10: to play the biggest role in all of the games,

1574
01:21:49,640 --> 01:21:51,960
Speaker 10: and that's going to go on throughout the playoffs and

1575
01:21:52,000 --> 01:21:55,200
Speaker 10: into the super Bowl. That's my take. Certainly, love to

1576
01:21:55,280 --> 01:21:56,559
Speaker 10: hear what you guys have to say.

1577
01:21:56,439 --> 01:21:59,160
Speaker 2: About it all right, thanks Dave, appreciate the call. Glad

1578
01:21:59,200 --> 01:22:06,599
Speaker 2: things they're looking up in Wyoming. Yeah, I mean they're

1579
01:22:06,640 --> 01:22:09,400
Speaker 2: calling card all year has been. You know, they're a

1580
01:22:09,479 --> 01:22:13,040
Speaker 2: touchdown machine. The Bills offense. They just are second in

1581
01:22:13,080 --> 01:22:15,439
Speaker 2: the league in points, scoring just under thirty one a game.

1582
01:22:15,920 --> 01:22:18,679
Speaker 2: I think over the last seven games they've scored almost

1583
01:22:18,720 --> 01:22:22,599
Speaker 2: thirty eight a game. Points have not been a problem.

1584
01:22:22,720 --> 01:22:27,000
Speaker 2: Now they have gone against some pretty formidable defenses through

1585
01:22:27,040 --> 01:22:30,120
Speaker 2: the course of the season, Chiefs among them, scored thirty

1586
01:22:30,200 --> 01:22:34,759
Speaker 2: against them, So they've proven they can score even against

1587
01:22:34,960 --> 01:22:38,800
Speaker 2: the really good defensive units. I think they'll be able

1588
01:22:38,840 --> 01:22:42,320
Speaker 2: to score on this Denver unit. Now, Denver can be stingy,

1589
01:22:42,520 --> 01:22:44,880
Speaker 2: as we know, but this is where you've got to

1590
01:22:44,880 --> 01:22:48,639
Speaker 2: put your faith first in your coordinator and then second

1591
01:22:48,720 --> 01:22:51,280
Speaker 2: in your trigger man, and the Bills have probably the

1592
01:22:51,320 --> 01:22:54,799
Speaker 2: best trigger man in the business. And then you're passing

1593
01:22:54,880 --> 01:22:59,559
Speaker 2: targets have to win. As for the defense, Steve like, yeah,

1594
01:23:00,240 --> 01:23:03,200
Speaker 2: I'm just glad they're healthy. Now that's the primary thing

1595
01:23:03,320 --> 01:23:06,759
Speaker 2: for me, because I think they can be an above

1596
01:23:06,800 --> 01:23:11,519
Speaker 2: average defense when healthy. And they are healthy, and I

1597
01:23:11,600 --> 01:23:14,240
Speaker 2: think it starts with that defensive line. I think the

1598
01:23:14,320 --> 01:23:18,559
Speaker 2: defensive line really has to have a month. They really

1599
01:23:18,600 --> 01:23:21,040
Speaker 2: got to put together their best month of the season

1600
01:23:21,560 --> 01:23:24,960
Speaker 2: in terms of impacting opposing quarterbacks. We've seen it at times,

1601
01:23:25,360 --> 01:23:28,160
Speaker 2: but week over week over week, we have not seen it.

1602
01:23:28,680 --> 01:23:32,960
Speaker 2: And that front four, you know, the collection of eight guys,

1603
01:23:33,040 --> 01:23:36,320
Speaker 2: whatever it is, they've got to really bring it for

1604
01:23:36,400 --> 01:23:38,960
Speaker 2: the next month here and turn it up and be

1605
01:23:39,080 --> 01:23:41,439
Speaker 2: a consistent pass rushing force.

1606
01:23:42,200 --> 01:23:42,400
Speaker 5: Yeah.

1607
01:23:42,640 --> 01:23:45,720
Speaker 3: I think this defense, if they play as well as

1608
01:23:45,800 --> 01:23:47,840
Speaker 3: they can win their health, If they're healthy in which

1609
01:23:47,880 --> 01:23:49,720
Speaker 3: it looks like they're going to be, and they play

1610
01:23:49,800 --> 01:23:53,840
Speaker 3: their best, they're plenty good enough, plenty good enough. Now

1611
01:23:54,520 --> 01:23:58,040
Speaker 3: this Denver team, their defense has got to show up,

1612
01:23:58,040 --> 01:23:59,840
Speaker 3: and it's got to show up big against a really,

1613
01:24:00,040 --> 01:24:05,600
Speaker 3: really good offense that has been enough for them to

1614
01:24:05,760 --> 01:24:10,120
Speaker 3: win you know, ten games in the regular season. Well,

1615
01:24:10,320 --> 01:24:11,800
Speaker 3: you know they but they got to do it again

1616
01:24:12,280 --> 01:24:15,439
Speaker 3: against probably as good offense as they've faced. And now

1617
01:24:15,479 --> 01:24:19,479
Speaker 3: they let's face it, they went into Kansas City early

1618
01:24:19,560 --> 01:24:23,280
Speaker 3: in the year and put it to Kansas City. Kansas

1619
01:24:23,320 --> 01:24:26,760
Speaker 3: City only scored what was it, let's see here, Kansas

1620
01:24:26,800 --> 01:24:31,280
Speaker 3: City scored four sixteen points on them in Kansas City.

1621
01:24:31,800 --> 01:24:34,599
Speaker 3: So this defense is for real. You know, you never

1622
01:24:34,680 --> 01:24:36,800
Speaker 3: know how that goes. Because then the Buccaneers scored thirty

1623
01:24:36,840 --> 01:24:39,679
Speaker 3: on them, the Raiders scored twenty seven, the Niners scored

1624
01:24:39,760 --> 01:24:44,320
Speaker 3: twenty eight, Carolina scored thirty on them. So they've and

1625
01:24:44,439 --> 01:24:48,400
Speaker 3: Pittsburgh scored twenty scored. Well, that's not not true to

1626
01:24:49,040 --> 01:24:53,760
Speaker 3: Cincinnati scored on them. So they've got and they've given

1627
01:24:53,880 --> 01:24:57,200
Speaker 3: up some points twenty seven to the Panthers in fact,

1628
01:24:57,280 --> 01:24:58,000
Speaker 3: not thirty.

1629
01:24:59,439 --> 01:25:02,920
Speaker 1: All of that. So it's here, I'm in the wrong.

1630
01:25:03,840 --> 01:25:10,479
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, So the Broncos defense has given up some

1631
01:25:10,800 --> 01:25:13,720
Speaker 3: some points, you know, to teams like the Browns and

1632
01:25:14,120 --> 01:25:16,040
Speaker 3: the Ravens like that.

1633
01:25:16,280 --> 01:25:19,080
Speaker 1: But they're hard to score on. But I don't know

1634
01:25:19,200 --> 01:25:22,000
Speaker 1: that they've played too many offenses.

1635
01:25:22,960 --> 01:25:27,040
Speaker 2: Cincinnati has to this one. That's right, when they score thirty.

1636
01:25:26,840 --> 01:25:29,200
Speaker 1: Three on thirty on them, Yeah, scored thirty.

1637
01:25:29,880 --> 01:25:32,599
Speaker 2: Let's go to Mark in Rochester next. What's up Mark?

1638
01:25:33,720 --> 01:25:36,880
Speaker 11: Hey, guys, thanks for taking my call. Sure, three things,

1639
01:25:37,000 --> 01:25:42,160
Speaker 11: just really quick. Number one is Codrington When when I

1640
01:25:42,240 --> 01:25:46,000
Speaker 11: watch him returned punts, it's like he takes off like

1641
01:25:46,080 --> 01:25:48,360
Speaker 11: a rocket, but if the hole is not there, it's

1642
01:25:48,400 --> 01:25:50,880
Speaker 11: like he comes to almost a complete stop looking for

1643
01:25:50,960 --> 01:25:52,760
Speaker 11: a hole and then tries to restart it up again

1644
01:25:52,800 --> 01:25:55,880
Speaker 11: and by his time it's over. That's the only problem

1645
01:25:55,920 --> 01:25:58,280
Speaker 11: I have with him. I think with Ty Johnson back there,

1646
01:25:58,320 --> 01:25:59,840
Speaker 11: I think you'd be okay if he if he's got

1647
01:25:59,920 --> 01:26:03,040
Speaker 11: a return fund, I think it'll be okay as far

1648
01:26:03,160 --> 01:26:05,280
Speaker 11: as where I'm at, as far as the playoffs go,

1649
01:26:05,320 --> 01:26:07,240
Speaker 11: I'm gonna steal a line from mister Tasker.

1650
01:26:07,720 --> 01:26:08,160
Speaker 5: Let's go.

1651
01:26:09,240 --> 01:26:10,840
Speaker 11: Yeah, okay, that's number two.

1652
01:26:10,960 --> 01:26:11,840
Speaker 6: Number three, Chris.

1653
01:26:12,000 --> 01:26:15,200
Speaker 11: I want to thank you personally, and maybe I should

1654
01:26:15,200 --> 01:26:17,760
Speaker 11: think one Bill's live personally. I go to a local

1655
01:26:17,800 --> 01:26:19,760
Speaker 11: liquor store to get my wife for wine and they

1656
01:26:19,800 --> 01:26:22,639
Speaker 11: have trivia questions. I was the only one to get

1657
01:26:22,680 --> 01:26:24,599
Speaker 11: the trivia question right, and because I was the only

1658
01:26:24,640 --> 01:26:26,040
Speaker 11: one to get it right that day, they gave me

1659
01:26:26,400 --> 01:26:30,519
Speaker 11: a discount on my purchase. The trivia question was what

1660
01:26:30,720 --> 01:26:33,000
Speaker 11: is the official apple of the Buffalo Bills?

1661
01:26:33,120 --> 01:26:33,559
Speaker 1: Haha.

1662
01:26:33,880 --> 01:26:34,439
Speaker 2: I look at that.

1663
01:26:34,800 --> 01:26:35,960
Speaker 8: I thank you for that, sir.

1664
01:26:36,400 --> 01:26:38,439
Speaker 2: I have a good day and go builds ah. You know,

1665
01:26:38,600 --> 01:26:40,800
Speaker 2: we are a public service here at the end of

1666
01:26:40,840 --> 01:26:44,680
Speaker 2: the day in that case us in Snapdragon anyway, But

1667
01:26:44,800 --> 01:26:48,280
Speaker 2: look at that. Getting the discount on his liquor purchase

1668
01:26:48,439 --> 01:26:52,040
Speaker 2: because he knew snapdrag, the you go wow, you can't

1669
01:26:52,080 --> 01:26:56,040
Speaker 2: beat that. You know, rely on that to make it

1670
01:26:56,120 --> 01:26:58,599
Speaker 2: your day. How about that is great? Well, yeah, we're

1671
01:26:58,640 --> 01:27:01,080
Speaker 2: happy to be here for rats. We have to take

1672
01:27:01,120 --> 01:27:02,839
Speaker 2: a break. We'll see if we have time to squeeze

1673
01:27:02,840 --> 01:27:05,000
Speaker 2: in a phone call when we return. Here on One

1674
01:27:05,040 --> 01:27:07,639
Speaker 2: Bill's Live, presented by Kalida Health, it's Buffalo Bills Radio.

1675
01:27:23,960 --> 01:27:25,880
Speaker 2: All right, back here on One Bill's Live, Chris Brown,

1676
01:27:25,920 --> 01:27:29,040
Speaker 2: Steve Tasker, And as you know, this is recruiting season,

1677
01:27:29,840 --> 01:27:32,360
Speaker 2: as there are five teams without head coaches and they

1678
01:27:32,400 --> 01:27:35,320
Speaker 2: need to put staffs together. And Joe Brady has already

1679
01:27:35,360 --> 01:27:39,599
Speaker 2: been requested from interviews by the Saints, the Bears, the Jets,

1680
01:27:39,760 --> 01:27:42,960
Speaker 2: and the Jaguars. Four of the five head coach openings

1681
01:27:43,280 --> 01:27:46,880
Speaker 2: he has been requested for. And then you have people

1682
01:27:46,960 --> 01:27:52,360
Speaker 2: on national shows like ESPN's NFL Live, Marcus Spears, Dan Orlovsky,

1683
01:27:52,560 --> 01:27:57,560
Speaker 2: Laura Rutledge, and Marcus Spears was saying he was extolling

1684
01:27:57,640 --> 01:28:00,400
Speaker 2: the virtues of one Joe Brady saying he should be

1685
01:28:00,479 --> 01:28:03,679
Speaker 2: on everybody's head coaching list. So he tweets that out,

1686
01:28:04,479 --> 01:28:08,800
Speaker 2: and the responses from Bills fans trying to throw people off.

1687
01:28:08,880 --> 01:28:10,320
Speaker 2: The scent are hilarious, right.

1688
01:28:10,320 --> 01:28:11,639
Speaker 1: Yeah, first thing out of the box, he said.

1689
01:28:11,680 --> 01:28:14,680
Speaker 3: Now, I pushed my grandma down the stairs and he

1690
01:28:14,760 --> 01:28:17,360
Speaker 3: said depressed, Buffalo said he. I heard he doesn't return

1691
01:28:17,439 --> 01:28:20,559
Speaker 3: his shopping cart after shopping. I heard he also throws

1692
01:28:20,600 --> 01:28:26,520
Speaker 3: eggs at school bus drivers. He for he forwards chain emails.

1693
01:28:29,280 --> 01:28:29,400
Speaker 6: Uh.

1694
01:28:30,600 --> 01:28:32,439
Speaker 1: He agreed to dog sit for my family for a

1695
01:28:32,479 --> 01:28:33,439
Speaker 1: week and he never showed up.

1696
01:28:33,479 --> 01:28:38,400
Speaker 3: He's unreliable. He kidnapped my brother. I heard he tackled

1697
01:28:38,439 --> 01:28:41,960
Speaker 3: someone's uncle. Uh, you know the last one.

1698
01:28:42,360 --> 01:28:42,479
Speaker 5: Uh.

1699
01:28:42,720 --> 01:28:44,439
Speaker 3: I wanted a picture with him once and he threw

1700
01:28:44,520 --> 01:28:46,439
Speaker 3: my phone against the wall and shattered my phone and

1701
01:28:46,600 --> 01:28:47,040
Speaker 3: my heart.

1702
01:28:47,400 --> 01:28:50,040
Speaker 1: He kicked a puppy. All this stuff.

1703
01:28:50,479 --> 01:28:53,879
Speaker 3: I want to know if he say, like, yeah, they're jokingly,

1704
01:28:54,200 --> 01:28:56,320
Speaker 3: you know, not wanting Joe Brady to take a head

1705
01:28:56,360 --> 01:28:58,800
Speaker 3: coaching job anywhere because of the success this offense has

1706
01:28:58,840 --> 01:28:59,519
Speaker 3: had under him.

1707
01:28:59,600 --> 01:29:01,840
Speaker 2: They want him to stay here and keep doing what

1708
01:29:01,920 --> 01:29:02,320
Speaker 2: he's doing.

1709
01:29:03,080 --> 01:29:06,280
Speaker 3: Jumping on Marcus Spears tweet about you know how valuable

1710
01:29:06,280 --> 01:29:07,200
Speaker 3: commodity he might be.

1711
01:29:07,479 --> 01:29:09,599
Speaker 2: That's pretty funny. Yeah. Does he pay for dinner bills

1712
01:29:09,640 --> 01:29:12,800
Speaker 2: with pennies? That's what I want to know. That would

1713
01:29:12,800 --> 01:29:16,479
Speaker 2: be another thing. Yeah, I mean, isn't it an amazing

1714
01:29:17,120 --> 01:29:19,960
Speaker 2: the transformation and the trajectory that some of these coaches

1715
01:29:20,040 --> 01:29:23,080
Speaker 2: get on if I mean it happens. Liam Cohen is

1716
01:29:23,080 --> 01:29:27,280
Speaker 2: another example, first year offensive coordinator in Tampa Bay. They

1717
01:29:27,360 --> 01:29:31,200
Speaker 2: get to the playoffs and Baker Mayfield's got forty one

1718
01:29:31,240 --> 01:29:34,920
Speaker 2: touchdown passes this season. He's getting He's on the list

1719
01:29:35,000 --> 01:29:37,439
Speaker 2: for the Jaguars. I mean young young guys. I mean

1720
01:29:37,520 --> 01:29:40,439
Speaker 2: Joe Brady's thirty six years old. Like, yeah, I mean

1721
01:29:40,600 --> 01:29:41,519
Speaker 2: young young guys.

1722
01:29:41,560 --> 01:29:43,519
Speaker 3: If they get the right guy and they want him

1723
01:29:43,560 --> 01:29:44,760
Speaker 3: as young as they can get him, so you can

1724
01:29:44,840 --> 01:29:46,839
Speaker 3: have him for fifteen years and have him Mike Tomlin

1725
01:29:46,920 --> 01:29:50,080
Speaker 3: type career or you know, John Harbaugh type career.

1726
01:29:50,720 --> 01:29:53,400
Speaker 2: That's it for us today. Bill's back on the practice

1727
01:29:53,400 --> 01:29:55,920
Speaker 2: field tomorrow, so we'll have practice updates for you, and

1728
01:29:55,960 --> 01:29:58,080
Speaker 2: we'll have the Hall of Famer in here too, Thurman Thomas.

1729
01:29:58,280 --> 01:29:59,280
Speaker 2: We'll see you tomorrow at one