WEBVTT - Jets-Bills Game Preview (12/6) 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:05.000 The game is over New York World. You play to 0:00:05.080 --> 0:00:17.599 win the game. He's got a lost Jet lockdown. You're 0:00:17.680 --> 0:00:21.000 listening to the Official New York Jets podcast, a Jets 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:26.880 three sixty production. What's up, everybody? Thanks for downloading the 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:31.160 Official Jets podcast. He A, it's a little chilly up 0:00:31.200 --> 0:00:33.400 here in the Northeast. When we went to Nashville, it 0:00:33.479 --> 0:00:36.440 was a beautiful day. It was about seventy and Sonny 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:46.320 announced chili. It's winter greens. I know it. It's winter greens. 0:00:47.159 --> 0:00:52.040 And as fans will soon find out, during my interview 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:54.640 with Chris Brown and Buffalo Bills dot Com, he told 0:00:54.640 --> 0:00:57.360 me that there is a little bit of white stuff 0:00:57.360 --> 0:01:01.080 for waiting us in then six. Yeah, So basically, e 0:01:01.240 --> 0:01:05.320 A spoke to Chris Brown of Buffalo Bills dot Com 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:07.040 and we'll see what he had to say. What did 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:10.280 Chris have to say? Well, what did you guys hit on? 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:12.720 I figured that you guys on the quarterback? I talked 0:01:12.720 --> 0:01:16.520 a lot about the quarterbacks. Actually, um, you know, typically 0:01:16.840 --> 0:01:20.039 we're not promoting a ton of content outside the Jets 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:22.440 because we have so many miles to feed here. But 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:27.520 Chris actually asked me a series of questions about Sam Donald, 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:30.880 and then a few questions about Josh Allen because he 0:01:31.040 --> 0:01:35.000 is writing a story this week where he's going to 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:38.560 talk about both these guys potentially facing off for the 0:01:38.600 --> 0:01:41.840 first time in their NFL careers. As we tape right now, 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:46.600 it's Wednesday morning. Donald was limited at practice, didn't play 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:50.640 last week. Let's see if they can ramp them up 0:01:50.680 --> 0:01:53.800 a little bit today. UH, have him shake off some 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:55.760 of that rust and maybe I'll be ready to go. 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:59.520 But that's how it started this week with me and 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:01.760 Brownie and I said, hey, can you come on the podcast. 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:05.640 Most of my questions were focused on the freak who 0:02:05.720 --> 0:02:09.040 is Josh Allen, and also a little bit about a 0:02:09.120 --> 0:02:13.639 potential matchup of Donald going against a very good Buffalo 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:17.520 Bills defense. Back in April, when Sam Donald was drafted 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:21.760 third overall and Josh Allen was drafted seventh overall, everyone 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:23.360 thought that this was going to be the matchup of 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:25.200 the a f C East for the years to come, 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:30.000 the post Brady era, and they didn't play against each 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:32.480 other in Week ten. None of those guys played in 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:35.120 Week ten. Josh Allen was still dealing with an elbow injury. 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:38.359 Matt Barkley played in his place, Josh McCown. His first 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:40.600 start of the season came against the Buffalo Bills because 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:44.000 Sam Donald had strained his right foot the week before 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:49.679 in Week nine. So if these two guys play Sunday 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:52.720 in Buffalo in the seven one six, the home of 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:57.040 the A, what are you expecting out of these two guys? 0:02:57.160 --> 0:03:01.840 And on from a macro level is this I have 0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:05.280 to imagine Jets and Bills fans are excited about this 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:07.800 potential matchup for the years to come. Well, listen, I 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:09.960 think over the last few weeks, I think if you're 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:13.200 a Jets fan, uh, you want your team to win. 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:16.120 And I know a lot of people the other end 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:18.240 of the spectrum are thinking about the draft and I 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:22.080 get that too. Listen, we we can't completely ignore that, 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:25.160 especially if you are a fan, because you definitely want 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:29.359 the top overall pick, because that means you would have 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:32.600 the choice of the most talented guys in the country. 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:35.520 But that's not the way you think inside an organization. 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:38.720 But you want to see Sam Donald play. He hasn't 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:42.000 played more than a month, and that's tough if you're 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:44.560 a fan. Just like the Bills went through something similar 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:49.040 where you mentioned Alan strained elbow, so he was out 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:51.200 of the lineup for three or four weeks. You know, 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:54.920 you want both these guys on the field because these 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:59.640 guys are your respective futures. I mean, I think they're 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:02.560 both big time talents. I told you this before the draft, 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:05.480 and I went back and forth on Allen for a while. 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:12.240 But by the time we spoke to a lot of people. Yeah, 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:15.080 if I if my memory serves me correctly, once you 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:17.520 came back from the owners meetings, you are in. Yeah. 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:22.600 I like, these were my top two in the two 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:25.719 thousand and eighteen draft class, and nothing that has been 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:28.599 done this season has changed my mind. I know Sam 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:31.840 Donald's leading the NFL and interceptions and he hasn't played 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:37.440 more than a month. I know Josh Allen his accuracy um. 0:04:37.440 --> 0:04:40.080 He continues to come up because people are talking about 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:43.719 he's completing what fifty of his passes and things like that, 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:47.800 and he's got some playground um to his game. But 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:50.600 I like both of these kids, and I think they're 0:04:50.640 --> 0:04:54.320 gonna be very good players. I'm very interested to see 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:59.040 how Sam Donald comes back from his time away from 0:04:59.160 --> 0:05:02.720 the starting spot, because you talked about Josh Allen, and 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:05.880 you see what he did since coming back from his injury, 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:09.839 and regardless of the result of the games, I feel 0:05:09.839 --> 0:05:12.880 like Josh Allen has been making more plays and last 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:14.760 week you look at it, he ran for a hundred 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:18.320 thirty five yards on nine carries. I'm just curious to 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:22.640 see how much the game slows down for Sam Donald 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:26.720 after coming back from injury, after watching Josh mccount operate 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:30.120 the offense, not only operate the offense and on game day, 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:32.720 but in practice and how he goes about a game 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:36.080 week as the starting quarterback for the team. So I'm 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:39.039 very excited to see Donald play because we've talked about 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:43.160 it numerous times that any reps a rookie gets are 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:46.840 important reps because you start to develop quicker, you start 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:50.400 to learn a little faster, and maybe maybe you never know, 0:05:50.880 --> 0:05:54.640 this time away will really expedite Donald's learning curve greens. 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:57.640 I'm not a quarterback. I hope you know that by now, 0:05:58.120 --> 0:06:03.360 but you could watching the last time Donald's out there 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:06.919 in the field Miami, his feet and his eyes were off. 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:11.080 If you just watched the film, his feet weren't where 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:15.000 they needed to be, and he probably had his worst 0:06:15.040 --> 0:06:17.520 performance of his rookie season. And that's not a knock 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:21.680 on Donald. I expected ups and downs, but you were 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:25.719 seeing him hit a little roadblock in the season. He 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:29.120 had struggled the previous three games. I would mention though, 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:34.000 that McCown, the consummate pro, the consummate vet who knows 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:36.599 this offense inside it out, has come on the field 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:40.240 the last three games and the Jets offense hasn't really 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:44.120 changed too much. That maybe the turnovers haven't been as 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:48.320 high because I think Donald had seven interceptions in the 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:52.040 three games prior. He had four in his last meeting 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:54.440 in week now. Yeah, yeah, against Miami, but he also 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:57.480 had I think it was three against Minnesota. You can 0:06:57.480 --> 0:06:59.560 correct me if I'm wrong. He didn't have any against 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:02.440 the Bear. I thought it was. Yeah, it could have 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:07.440 been definitely too. So here here's my deal, though, is 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:11.440 that the Jets offensive struggles that can't not be blamed 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:15.120 on Sam Donald alone because we saw Josh McCown come 0:07:15.120 --> 0:07:17.680 out there the last couple of weeks and again, not 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:21.520 a knock and McCown. It's eleven guys as we're seeing 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:24.280 because the Jets easily could have beat the Tennessee Titans. 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:27.720 Not easily, we're in position to beat the Tennessee Titans, 0:07:27.920 --> 0:07:30.600 and I couldn't get anything going inside the red zone. 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:33.560 Zero three inside the red zone, Jason Meyer is a 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:36.920 great game, but you gotta finish inside the twenty. The 0:07:36.920 --> 0:07:41.160 one encouraging sign offensively I thought was Jets rushed the 0:07:41.200 --> 0:07:44.320 ball for what one fifty six and four point seven 0:07:44.400 --> 0:07:48.080 yards to carry Jonathan Harrison playing center again, Dacota Dozer 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:52.280 stepped up at left guard. I like that. Uh, maybe 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:56.600 the Jets can continue that path as far as you know, 0:07:56.760 --> 0:08:00.400 they having that balance, they got it going on the ground. 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:06.040 But uh, you know Donald, long, long story short, Donald 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:10.000 has unable to now take a step back, like you mentioned, 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:13.520 because he was struggling at the point watch at the 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:18.680 point he went down watch Josh McCown um. Also, you know, 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:21.960 you get a different perspective from being on the sideline 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:24.920 because you mentioned Allen. I think Allen has played better 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:30.520 since he was hurt and the Bill signed Derrick Anderson. 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:34.200 I think probably helped him a little bit. I don't 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:37.120 want to make any excuses for this Jets offense, but 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:40.840 I will say that if Sam Donald starts Sunday against 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:43.720 the Bills, I think this will be the healthiest offense 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:47.120 offensive unit that he's played within a while. When you 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:50.600 consider the bye week playing in and Quincy Noon were 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:54.400 getting fully healthy. Quincy, Robbie, and Jermaine Curse all played 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:58.199 in Week nine against the Dolphins. But remember Robbie then 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:01.240 missed the following week against the Hills, so I don't 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:04.720 think he was fully healthy. And then you consider that 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:07.480 Isaiah Roll I think had his best game in a 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:11.520 long time against Tennessee Titans. Then you factor an Eli McGuire, 0:09:11.520 --> 0:09:14.679 You're factoring all these guys. It makes me a little 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:19.960 excited because I think Donald will have the fullest healthy 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:23.000 arsenal at his disposing in a long time. If he 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:24.960 gets the starts on that, the Bills are really going 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:28.680 to challenge you. That's a good defensive football team. Their 0:09:28.720 --> 0:09:32.120 offense is not player playoff caliber, their defense certainly is 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:35.240 their number one team in terms of past defense in 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:37.960 the National Football League. The Jets have a great safety, 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:42.720 a budding star in Jamal Adams. This safety pair that 0:09:42.760 --> 0:09:47.880 the Bills have Mica High Jordan player very good. Um, 0:09:48.000 --> 0:09:50.160 they're gonna throw out his own at you. And I 0:09:50.200 --> 0:09:53.240 know a lot of people point that Donald struggled against 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:55.839 the zone as rookie season. Well, maybe that's what the 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:58.800 numbers indicate. I also watched Donald had the best game 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:02.360 of his NFL career against the Indianapolis Colts zone defense, 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:05.040 when he completed eight percent of his passes. That was 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:07.520 his best game when the team was storing. All his 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:11.800 zone coverage is at him. But this Buffalo defense, it's nasty. 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:14.160 They don't give up a lot of yards greens. I 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:16.040 don't think it's gonna be another forty one to ten 0:10:16.120 --> 0:10:18.000 a fair another one side of affair. I think it 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:22.000 will be a close game in Buffalo. Yeah, I just 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:25.600 think that the last time these two teams met again, 0:10:25.720 --> 0:10:27.559 all players say this was the only time in the 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:31.480 season that the Jets really got smacked and it was unfortunate. 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:35.320 It rained, it poured, Everything went the wrong way for 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:37.480 the Jets that day. And I don't think that will 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:40.720 be the case in Buffalo this week. But we'll talk 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:42.960 about the Bills more in a bit, But I think 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:45.480 it's time to hear from the man in the seven 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:55.280 one six Chris Brown of Buffalo Bills dot Com. Alright, Chris, 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:58.120 we gotta start with Josh Allen and what he did 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:01.800 against the Miami Dolphins. How big of a step forward 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:06.280 was that last week for the Wyomi product who the 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:11.960 Bills hope is the franchise passer. Yeah, I mean there's 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:15.720 still some some work to be done by him because 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:18.840 he still doesn't always trust what he's seeing from coverage. 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:21.920 You know, teams are still throwing curveballs at him. But 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:28.520 he is a dynamic, unique physical talent um who can 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:30.560 do with his feet as well as with his legs. 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:33.160 The encouraging thing about when he does take off and 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:37.520 run is he has become more judicious and how he's 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:41.120 finishing his runs now, he's not taking hits fighting for 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:44.800 extra yard. It he's getting out of bounds or he's sliding. 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:48.800 The interesting thing about the game last week against Miami 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:52.719 is the Dolphins did not have a linebacker who was 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:56.760 fast enough to spy him. Uh. They put Kiko Alonso 0:11:56.800 --> 0:12:01.000 on him as a spy, and he was not enough 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:03.720 to keep up with him so that nobody could run 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:06.440 with him. Because he is so deceptively fast for a 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:09.920 big guy at six ft five, So he was just 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:11.839 he could run whenever he wanted to. He could have 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:14.560 run for over two hundred yards in that game if 0:12:14.600 --> 0:12:17.280 he wanted to. He finished with one thirty five on 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:19.559 just nine carries. I mean he had three carries for 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:22.000 twenty five yards or more. When he gets through the 0:12:22.040 --> 0:12:25.240 second level and all the TVs have their back turn. Now, 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:28.200 you know they want him to progress as a pastor naturally, 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:32.040 and I think he's taking incremental steps there. He's starting 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:35.559 to develop a nice rapport with Za Jones, the second receiver, 0:12:36.080 --> 0:12:39.479 second year receiver who works out of the slot. Um 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:41.880 still not connecting as much as he wants to on 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:44.679 those deep shots, but you know they're coming here and there, 0:12:44.720 --> 0:12:47.200 and I really just think it's a matter of time 0:12:47.240 --> 0:12:50.320 for him. What do you think about this week's matchup? 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:52.839 And I'm gonna spend most of our time here today 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:56.160 Brownie talking about the quarterbacks. But in terms of Lan 0:12:56.240 --> 0:12:59.480 when he faces the Jets defense, you mentioned a lon 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:03.680 So in Miami attempting to spy with him. Do you 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:07.800 think the Jets might opt for a similar plan but 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:13.000 with a faster guy. In terms of Darren Lee, yeah, 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:16.360 I think the Jets have a better answer quite Frankly, 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:18.640 I remember Darrenly, I think you're in a four or 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:21.600 four or three at the combine. Uh, that's more the 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:25.680 type of linebacker you need to shadow him, uh and 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:29.000 at least corral him or cut him off. I mean, 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:32.080 if if Keiko Alonso did not take the perfect angle, 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:36.280 he was flat out screwed. Um. With Josh coming at 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:38.640 him and he was making him look silly out there 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:41.679 trying to run him down, he just couldn't do it. Uh. 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:43.360 There were a couple of plays late in the game 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:47.680 where they actually had Manka Fitzpatrick spying him because because 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:50.600 Kiko couldn't keep up with him and Manka, you know, 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:52.880 while he is a big safety, he's not big in 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:56.160 comparison to Alan. So you really better have a linebacker 0:13:56.200 --> 0:13:58.720 who can run, who's big enough to bring him down. 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:02.439 I mean, just two weeks ago against Jacksonville, Josh Allen 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:05.040 on a quarterback draw from the fourteen yard line, stiffed 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:08.720 armed defensive and Yannick in Gokway knocked him to the 0:14:08.760 --> 0:14:11.400 ground and then ran over a linebacker to dive into 0:14:11.400 --> 0:14:15.760 the end zone for a touchdown on a QB draw play. Um, 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:17.960 he's just such a big human being. I mean, he's 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:21.520 Cam Newton's side, that's how big you um. And I 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:23.600 don't think a lot of people realize that until they 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:26.680 see him in person and then they're like, holy cow, 0:14:27.040 --> 0:14:30.720 he's a giant and oh, by the way, he can run. Um, 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:33.320 you know. But again, I think everybody wants to see 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:35.560 him develop more as a passer, and you know, I 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:38.920 think he's finally in the handle on this offense. I mean, 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:42.040 he's missed. He missed three games because of the elbow injury, 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:44.760 you know, much like Sam Donald's been sidelined. But I 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:47.720 think he really benefited from that watching a veteran like 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:52.800 Derrick Anderson and even Matt Barkley run walked through in practice, 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:56.800 run first team in practice. How they watch and digest 0:14:56.920 --> 0:14:59.680 film and you know, get ready for the upcoming opponent. 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:04.200 I think seeing a veteran doing it really helped him 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:07.080 in the time that he was sidelined, and so when 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:09.160 he did get back into the lineup, I think he 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:12.200 was that much more prepared because he had a better 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:16.480 means of procedure in getting ready for games. How's he 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:19.800 developing in terms of being that passer inside the pocket? 0:15:19.920 --> 0:15:21.800 Like you said, you think it's a matter of time 0:15:21.880 --> 0:15:24.640 before he hits on some of these deep ones. But 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:27.920 the knock on Allen coming out of Wyoming, as we 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:31.800 know very well, was he wasn't an accurate thrower of 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:34.360 the football. There are a lot of different takes on 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:37.960 both sides of that. You know that more than anybody. 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:42.080 What have you thought about him, not just the arm strength, 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:45.440 but making those throws that you have to each Sunday 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:48.920 in the National Football League. Yeah, I mean he's certainly 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:52.040 got the armed talent to do it. But yes, accuracy 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:54.320 and ball location is a big deal. I think he's 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:58.000 improved with his ball location. He's worked for a countless 0:15:58.080 --> 0:16:02.520 number of hours with quarterbacks coach David Culley on his base. 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:08.480 I think they tied his accuracy issues too, inconsistency with 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:11.920 his feet in terms of base and balance, and so 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:16.120 they've worked a lot on his feet, uh, to make 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:19.080 sure he's got his feet underneath him when he delivers 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:22.080 the football. Obviously, they are going to be improvisational plays 0:16:22.360 --> 0:16:25.680 where there is not time to do that, um, But 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:28.120 in most cases when he can set up in the 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:31.760 pocket or even step up in the pocket, they are 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:35.720 drilling him on a firm base. So his accuracy with 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:39.680 his arm follows, and we've seen improvements in that area. Again, 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:43.000 still not where they wanted to be, but it's certainly 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:46.240 better than it looked his last year of wyoming in college. Well, 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:48.360 let's go back to April, and I know you don't 0:16:48.360 --> 0:16:51.600 have the draft grades, but do you think the Bills 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:57.080 had interest in Sam Donald as well? Obviously they had 0:16:57.120 --> 0:16:59.720 to move up just to get to number seven, And 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:04.360 to Josh Ellen, it's hard to really entertain who they 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:06.600 like the most. They had all of those guys in 0:17:06.880 --> 0:17:13.800 for personal visits. Sean McDermott is huge on having guys 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:16.119 that he says has the Bills d n A. And 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:19.840 what he means by that is guys who are team first, 0:17:21.080 --> 0:17:24.280 grinder type guys that you don't have to wonder what 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:28.280 you're gonna get from them on week one or Week seventeen, 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:30.960 no matter what your one lost record is, you're gonna 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:34.639 get the same work ethic from those guys every single day. 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:37.199 Those are the people he wants in the building. And 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:40.840 it's why a guy like Kelvin Benjamin was just released 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:44.000 by the team this afternoon, a guy whose effort was 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:48.919 questioned from time to time by fans and by teammates, 0:17:49.480 --> 0:17:53.479 wasn't pulling the rope with everybody else in the same way. Uh, 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:55.960 They gave him every opportunity to change his tune. It 0:17:56.000 --> 0:17:59.199 didn't happen, and you know he's released this week, you know, 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:03.280 and God off this roster because younger receivers are stepping up. 0:18:03.720 --> 0:18:06.080 Those are the kinds of people he wants on his roster. 0:18:06.160 --> 0:18:08.520 Work ethic guys, and if you're not that guy, you're 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:11.720 not gonna be here. Josh Allen passed that test, and 0:18:11.760 --> 0:18:14.359 I believe I don't know this for sure, but I 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:17.679 believe Sam Donald got check marks in those boxes as well. 0:18:18.600 --> 0:18:22.720 You know, some of the other guys not sure. I 0:18:22.800 --> 0:18:26.399 know Josh Rosen had some personality questions coming out. I 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:29.119 don't know if he checked all those boxes. Uh So, 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:31.080 I don't know if he would have been on their 0:18:31.119 --> 0:18:34.360 list per se, but I believe Donald was. If Donald 0:18:34.480 --> 0:18:37.840 indeed gets the ball the Sunday afternoon, as we're all 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:40.640 anticipating VI his tod Bowl. So last week he could 0:18:40.640 --> 0:18:44.360 have played, but he just wanted to get him more reps. 0:18:44.760 --> 0:18:47.720 And by Sunday it will be more than a month 0:18:47.760 --> 0:18:50.800 since we've seen Donald in action. What kind of challenges 0:18:51.240 --> 0:18:56.159 will this Bill's defense present him? Because Chris, I know 0:18:56.280 --> 0:18:59.240 the Bills are just four and eight, but that defense 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:03.280 is playing in at a playoff caliber I would say, yeah, 0:19:03.320 --> 0:19:06.400 I mean number two in the league overall, and then 0:19:06.520 --> 0:19:09.000 number one against the past. I mean, do you want 0:19:09.000 --> 0:19:11.960 to talk about a formidable challenge for the Jets passing game, 0:19:12.000 --> 0:19:14.440 it's the Bills pass defense. I mean, the last four 0:19:14.800 --> 0:19:18.240 opponents in a row have not put together a hundred 0:19:18.240 --> 0:19:21.640 and fifty net passing yards against the Bills. And it's 0:19:21.680 --> 0:19:25.480 not because they've been running all over them. Uh you know, Jacksonville. 0:19:25.520 --> 0:19:27.440 You could say, Okay, they're a running team, They're not 0:19:27.480 --> 0:19:30.240 gonna throw it a lot anyway. You could understand why 0:19:30.280 --> 0:19:32.200 they might not get to a hundred and fifty net 0:19:32.240 --> 0:19:35.760 passing yards. But you know last week against the Dolphins, 0:19:35.840 --> 0:19:38.359 yes and Nicol and dime passing attack, but they had 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:42.400 a hundred fifteen net passing yards. They've just really been 0:19:42.440 --> 0:19:45.520 locking it down on the back end, and their pass 0:19:45.600 --> 0:19:49.640 rush is improved from what it was last year. Leslie 0:19:49.680 --> 0:19:53.320 Fraser has done a good job of scheming new wrinkles 0:19:53.400 --> 0:19:56.119 in each and every week with the pass rush. They 0:19:56.160 --> 0:19:58.399 have a new package this year with their free agent 0:19:58.440 --> 0:20:01.960 signing Raphael Bush, who is a backup safety, but he's 0:20:02.000 --> 0:20:04.720 been so good at such a great training camp that 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:06.600 they wanted to get him on the field. So they 0:20:06.600 --> 0:20:09.160 have this three safety package, which is kind of gut 0:20:09.160 --> 0:20:12.440 Bush is a hybrid linebacker and he was blitzing off 0:20:12.480 --> 0:20:15.080 the ends last week in a new wrinkle that really 0:20:15.080 --> 0:20:18.679 had the Dolphins crossed up. Uh. So, you know, with 0:20:18.840 --> 0:20:22.000 all of that role together, you know, and two safeties 0:20:22.040 --> 0:20:24.520 who can disguise coverage with the best of them. I mean, 0:20:24.880 --> 0:20:28.040 Bill Belichick got a conference call last year, could not 0:20:28.240 --> 0:20:31.560 say enough about Micah Hyde and Jordan poy Are saying 0:20:31.920 --> 0:20:35.840 what they do before the snap most teams cannot do. 0:20:35.960 --> 0:20:39.800 They literally wait until the absolute last second before they 0:20:39.800 --> 0:20:41.800 get it. He says. Sometimes you snap the ball, they're 0:20:41.800 --> 0:20:44.880 out of position. Um, but somehow they get to their 0:20:44.920 --> 0:20:48.600 spots and oh, it's this look that you weren't expecting 0:20:48.640 --> 0:20:50.800 because they hide it for they hold their cards to 0:20:50.800 --> 0:20:54.200 the vest for so long that they make it even 0:20:54.240 --> 0:20:57.600 difficult sometimes for Tom Brady to discern what's going on. 0:20:57.640 --> 0:21:00.359 So for a rookie like Sam Donald, you know, especially 0:21:00.440 --> 0:21:03.000 first game back, it's going to be a challenge. Rightfully 0:21:03.119 --> 0:21:07.200 saw them top narrative this weekend. Will be the first 0:21:07.240 --> 0:21:11.199 time in their careers where it appears Josh Allen and 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:14.000 Sam Donald will go toe to toe. But how about 0:21:14.600 --> 0:21:17.720 the L s U products taken in the first round 0:21:18.280 --> 0:21:22.240 last year by these respective teams. Jamal Adams goes number 0:21:22.320 --> 0:21:24.760 six overall and then the Bills traded back and they 0:21:24.800 --> 0:21:28.320 pick up a guy trade Davis White at both L 0:21:28.480 --> 0:21:31.280 s U products. What do you think about both of 0:21:31.320 --> 0:21:33.800 those guys, because you've seen Adams a number of times 0:21:33.840 --> 0:21:36.920 so far early in his career as well. Yeah, I mean, 0:21:36.960 --> 0:21:40.320 I think they're cornerstone defensive players for their respective clubs. 0:21:40.320 --> 0:21:42.359 I don't think there's any question about that. I think 0:21:42.440 --> 0:21:46.040 Adams is more of a true leader type, at least 0:21:46.040 --> 0:21:48.520 from what I've heard and seen from him, you know, 0:21:48.600 --> 0:21:51.840 so not only a dynamic player at the safety spot, 0:21:51.880 --> 0:21:53.560 and I know he's probably I know, I believe he's 0:21:53.560 --> 0:21:55.760 the number one blitzer also, I mean he is their 0:21:55.760 --> 0:22:00.440 blitz back its essentially. And White, you know, is a dynamic, 0:22:00.560 --> 0:22:05.000 lockdown corner. Not quite the vocal leader um that maybe 0:22:05.000 --> 0:22:08.960 Adams is, but you know that nose to the grindstone, 0:22:09.040 --> 0:22:13.119 loves the work every day, genuinely loves playing and wants 0:22:13.160 --> 0:22:16.040 to be the best. I mean, Trudeavias White has a 0:22:16.119 --> 0:22:20.479 picture of a Hall of Fame gold jacket above his locker, 0:22:21.040 --> 0:22:23.240 just to kind of remind himself every day of where 0:22:23.280 --> 0:22:25.280 he wants to end up when his career is over. 0:22:25.920 --> 0:22:28.359 I know Adams kind of grinds the same way. There 0:22:28.400 --> 0:22:30.240 are two players that look like they're cut from the 0:22:30.280 --> 0:22:32.920 same cloth, and I think everybody's talking about Donald and 0:22:32.960 --> 0:22:35.440 Allen facing each other for the next ten years, hopefully 0:22:35.440 --> 0:22:37.800 if all goes well for both clubs. I think those 0:22:37.800 --> 0:22:41.359 two guys are ten year players on these teams as well. Well. Chris, 0:22:41.560 --> 0:22:44.439 I'm looking forward to coming back home. And thanks so 0:22:44.560 --> 0:22:47.679 much for coming on the podcast this week. Yeah, I mean, 0:22:47.720 --> 0:22:49.440 we've got some snow ready for you now. I don't 0:22:49.480 --> 0:22:51.960 know if it'll be here on the weekend, but maybe 0:22:51.960 --> 0:22:57.959