Speaker 1: Hey, listen to me. Now, that's a hell of a
Speaker 1: team win. At hell of the team win. They had
Speaker 1: us for day. Baby, we ain't dying yet. I listen,
Speaker 1: listen now, you gotta stay humble right here, because we
Speaker 1: got two more games to go. One at the time.
Speaker 1: That's number two right there, right, that's number two. That's
Speaker 1: number two. We gotta stay humble. We may play him
Speaker 1: again also right keep sneaking up on people. Nothing more
Speaker 1: important than the next one. Man, I'm joy this. Let's
Speaker 1: get on twit tomorrow. Love y'all. What I find in
Speaker 1: the way, I'm in the way every week. Hello Buffalo Bill,
Speaker 1: no overthinking? All right, go play the ball. Le's play
Speaker 1: some football. An exciting time to be a Buffalo build
Speaker 1: of the same of the Buffalo Bills. Welcome into Week
Speaker 1: seventeen of the Sean McDermott Show, presented by Connors and Ferris,
Speaker 1: your workers camp attorneys. I'm Steve Taskin, of course, I'm
Speaker 1: pleased as always to be joined by Sean McDermott, head
Speaker 1: coach of the Bills. Coach, thanks for joining us. You
Speaker 1: went on the road to New England. You got a
Speaker 1: gigantic win to move your team into first place, and
Speaker 1: now you've got to win two more games to lock
Speaker 1: up the division title. What does a win of this
Speaker 1: magnitude mean to your team as it rounds the corner
Speaker 1: into the playoffs. Well, I think it's a It's a
Speaker 1: boost of momentum, if you will, Steve, and it's a
Speaker 1: confidence builder as well, just because of the way we played.
Speaker 1: We played a complimentary game, well rounded. I thought our
Speaker 1: offense probably played the best that they had played all
Speaker 1: season long. And that goes through Josh obviously in coach Daves,
Speaker 1: and just a great game plan and again well executed. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you talk about Josh. He played like an MVP against
Speaker 1: the Pats through for three hundred and fourteen yards, three touchdowns,
Speaker 1: He led the team with sixty four rushing yards. He
Speaker 1: looked like he was in the zone all game, and
Speaker 1: then he delivered on that final offensive drive with three
Speaker 1: huge conversions. What is it about Josh Allen that elevates
Speaker 1: him in crunch time? Well, I think he has that
Speaker 1: kind of gunslinger mentality. That term gets thrown around a lot,
Speaker 1: I'm sure, but you know, he has that mentality of
Speaker 1: just you know, he's gonna win the down or win
Speaker 1: the situation. And you saw that again on that fourth
Speaker 1: down and inches where he ran the naked there and
Speaker 1: had two defenders to beat, but he found a way.
Speaker 1: And that's what Josh and hopefully our team does very well.
Speaker 1: I know Josh is big into those moments, and I
Speaker 1: think our team loves to watch him in those moments
Speaker 1: as well. Yeah. You know, last week we talked about
Speaker 1: Gabriel Davis stepping up with Emmanuel Sanders being out of
Speaker 1: the lineup. Now this week, Isaiah McKenzie steps up and
Speaker 1: he has a career day with Cole Beasley out and
Speaker 1: Davis out. He has eleven catches for one hundred and
Speaker 1: twenty five yards a touchdown, and just a month ago
Speaker 1: he was a healthy scratch on Thanksgiving and now he's
Speaker 1: the leading receiver in the biggest game of the season
Speaker 1: so far. How impressed are you with the way he
Speaker 1: stepped up against New England in that spot. Yeah. Great
Speaker 1: to see a player like Isaiah step in, you know,
Speaker 1: not being the normal starter at that position, step in
Speaker 1: and make the most of the opportunity and help our team.
Speaker 1: And I think that's a great lesson for a lot
Speaker 1: of guys on our team who may not be the
Speaker 1: starter week to week or get the most playing time
Speaker 1: at that position. That they just got to keep working
Speaker 1: and continue to work and the opportunity will come. And
Speaker 1: it's what they do with the opportunity that matters most.
Speaker 1: You know, your offensive line coming into this game was
Speaker 1: a big question mark. You were missing some guys. You
Speaker 1: had the injury to Ike Butcker in the second quarter,
Speaker 1: so even during the game, you know you had this
Speaker 1: big change, but they still allowed zero sacks. They paved
Speaker 1: the way for four hundred and twenty eight total yards
Speaker 1: of offense. I guess, one of the top defenses in
Speaker 1: the league. How do you feel about where your offensive
Speaker 1: line is with now with two games left in the
Speaker 1: regular season. Yeah, very impressed by that. I mean, everything
Speaker 1: goes to the offensive line, everything goes to the defensive
Speaker 1: line on both sides of the ball. The line of
Speaker 1: scrimmage is important. Great to see Mitch Morris lead that
Speaker 1: unit upfront, interchangeable parts at times leading up to the
Speaker 1: game and then again during the game as you mentioned,
Speaker 1: to have Dion put back in there and basically short
Speaker 1: notice is coming back to us a day before. Very
Speaker 1: resilient group overall, very resilient effort. Great to see coach
Speaker 1: Mac Jones attempted more than three passes this time around,
Speaker 1: but he wound up completing less than fifty percent, with
Speaker 1: only fourteen completions on thirty two attempts for one hundred
Speaker 1: and forty five yards zero touchdowns. He finished with a
Speaker 1: passer rating of thirty one point four. How did Leslie
Speaker 1: Frasier in your defensive staff make it difficult on this
Speaker 1: rookie to get things going through the air. I thought
Speaker 1: Leslie did a great job with a defensive staff putting
Speaker 1: together a good plan. You know, we didn't really get
Speaker 1: a chance to see what the passing plan was from
Speaker 1: the winging the first go around because of the weather
Speaker 1: and the way the game was played naturally. So this
Speaker 1: go around, it was great to see us execute our
Speaker 1: past game plan. And players did a great job, you
Speaker 1: know with the coverage disguises and moving things around and
Speaker 1: varying the calls, varying the looks, and I think that
Speaker 1: gave maybe the young quarterbacks from trouble. He's a good player,
Speaker 1: He's going to have a right future and I'm sure
Speaker 1: we'll be going toe to toe with him from many
Speaker 1: years to come. Here. All right, thanks coach, We're gonna
Speaker 1: catch up with you later in the show to get
Speaker 1: your final thoughts on your upcoming matchup with the Falcons.
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Speaker 1: glab here with Week seventeen's game preview. The nine and
Speaker 1: six Buffalo Bills are hosting the seven and eight at
Speaker 1: line of Falcons, and both teams have a path to
Speaker 1: the playoffs. The Falcons have only won back to back
Speaker 1: games once this season and are coming off a win
Speaker 1: against the Lions. Atlanta is averaging eighteen and a half
Speaker 1: points per game and three hundred and nine and a
Speaker 1: half total yards per game. They do have two players
Speaker 1: to worry about, Cordarrel Patterson and Kyle Pitts. Patterson has
Speaker 1: more than one thousand scrimming yards and pits is nine
Speaker 1: hundred and forty nine receiving yards, are the second most
Speaker 1: by its height end. The Falcons defense is allowing twenty
Speaker 1: six points seven points per game, which ranks toward the
Speaker 1: bottom of the NFL and allows teams to score touchdowns
Speaker 1: at sixty four point nine percent of the time in
Speaker 1: the red zone, which ranks twenty fourth. The Buffalo Bills
Speaker 1: are back to winning consecutive games and have scored more
Speaker 1: than thirty points in the last two After Josh Ellens
Speaker 1: three touchdown day against the Patriots. He is now the
Speaker 1: only quarterback in NFL history to throw for at least
Speaker 1: one hundred passing touchdowns and tally at least twenty rushing
Speaker 1: touchdowns in his first four seasons. The Bills have the
Speaker 1: best defense in the NFL and are allowing an average
Speaker 1: of just two hundred and eighty seven point nine total
Speaker 1: yards per game. They continue to limit offenses just like
Speaker 1: they have all season by letting qbs post a fifty
Speaker 1: six point nine percent completion percentage and a sixty four
Speaker 1: point four passer rating against them, both are the lowest
Speaker 1: in the NFL. The Falcons leave the series against the
Speaker 1: Bills with seven wins and five losses. That's this week's
Speaker 1: game preview, Steve back to you, thanks Mattie, Coach. You're
Speaker 1: facing the Atlanta Falcons with a chance to clinch a
Speaker 1: playoff berth. If you win out, you'll win the division
Speaker 1: get a home playoff game. How important is it to
Speaker 1: host that game at home rather than on the road
Speaker 1: as a wildcard. Yeah, that would be huge. We're gonna
Speaker 1: take him one at a time, Steve as you know
Speaker 1: how important that is and can't wait to play at
Speaker 1: home this weekend. It's so special for us to play
Speaker 1: in Buffalo in front of our fans, and especially this
Speaker 1: time of year, because we know where that leads us.
Speaker 1: And we're just gonna take them one week at a time,
Speaker 1: and it's important that we play our best game this weekend.
Speaker 1: And the Falcons are led by a former MVP, Matt Ryan.
Speaker 1: He's in his fourteenth season. What's the difference between preparing
Speaker 1: for a veteran like Matt Ryan versus a rookie like
Speaker 1: Mac Jones who you just played, Yeah, you know, you're
Speaker 1: probably not going to full Matt Ryan. He's seeing so
Speaker 1: many looks, so many defenses, so many pressure looks and
Speaker 1: disguises that it's very hard to go into a game
Speaker 1: or shape a game plan thinking you're gonna full a
Speaker 1: veteran quarterback like Matt So former MVP can make all
Speaker 1: the throws and just a smart, smart player. He's got
Speaker 1: them just on the brink of a possible playoff birth
Speaker 1: with their new coach, and they'll be fired up when
Speaker 1: they come here. All right, Coach, Thanks, good luck on Sunday.
Speaker 1: We'll be back next week to recap your game against
Speaker 1: the Falcons and preview your Week eighteen matchup against the Jets.
Speaker 1: And to everybody at home, thanks so much for watching.
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