Speaker 1: Oh no, give yourself a handy lord right, well, lord defense,
Speaker 1: waiting stuff up right in the talnels man with good job.
Speaker 1: I listen. We got a lot to learn, right, keep growing,
Speaker 1: keep getting stronger. Look at ourselves in the mirror, say
Speaker 1: what could I have done better? Start with me? Well,
Speaker 1: could I have done better? And we keep getting stronger, stronger, strong, Right,
Speaker 1: that's the mentalit proud of you, guys. Man, We don't
Speaker 1: do what to do, but we're live right now, Hey,
Speaker 1: we're live. Everybody got me not Let's go bury. Everybody
Speaker 1: do their job. One to love it well, caliber defense.
Speaker 1: Let's go no overthinker, right, go play some ball. We'll
Speaker 1: play some football. It's an exciting time to be a
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill and a fan of the Buffalo Bills. Welcome
Speaker 1: to Week five of the Sean McDermott Show, presented by
Speaker 1: Connors and Farrish, your workers comp attorneys. Sean, thanks as
Speaker 1: always for joining us. Hey, your defense came up with
Speaker 1: two huge turnovers in the second half to seal the
Speaker 1: win in Vegas. You guys are four and oh for
Speaker 1: the first time since oh eight. How does it feel
Speaker 1: to see your defense step up and get you a
Speaker 1: win like this? Well, I think it was huge, you know, Steve,
Speaker 1: to watch them step up have a big second half,
Speaker 1: three drives in a row. I believe it was. They
Speaker 1: turned the offense away, you know, the fourth and one stop,
Speaker 1: the takeaways, all big plays, and to me, it's the
Speaker 1: start of us getting our feet underneath of us as
Speaker 1: a defense. Yeah. And you speak of those two turnovers,
Speaker 1: Josh Norman force the first one in a crucial moment
Speaker 1: with a vintage peanut punch in his first game as
Speaker 1: a member of the Bills. He had a great quote
Speaker 1: after the game about wanting to be the one to
Speaker 1: make a play. What did you see from Josh in
Speaker 1: his first game for the Bills against the Raiders, Well,
Speaker 1: he played more than we expected him to play. Honestly,
Speaker 1: with Levi going out, we were planning a little bit
Speaker 1: of a different rotation there, so he was in shape.
Speaker 1: Credit our radical staff and Josh for putting in the work.
Speaker 1: He was able to sustain that type of that level
Speaker 1: of play the entire game. Really after leave I went
Speaker 1: out in Series one or two there and he just
Speaker 1: justice brings a personality to our defense, the ability to
Speaker 1: take the ball away and edge to our defense. If
Speaker 1: you want to if you want to call it. That
Speaker 1: all healthy and so as a defense, and in this case, Josh,
Speaker 1: we still have a lot of work to do to
Speaker 1: get ourselves where we need to be as a defense.
Speaker 1: Now you go from Josh Norman to Josh Allen on
Speaker 1: the other side of the ball. He had another efficient
Speaker 1: day two hundred and eighty eight yards, two touchdowns through
Speaker 1: the air and another on the ground, And he came
Speaker 1: back from a shoulder injury and he led the team
Speaker 1: to a win when he wasn't one hundred percent. How
Speaker 1: big an impact does his toughness have on the rest
Speaker 1: of the team. I love it. I love it man,
Speaker 1: as he's a tough sucker, and what better position to
Speaker 1: be tough at than quarterback? I think I remember another
Speaker 1: tough quarterback back a couple of years ago that that
Speaker 1: had some success with this team as well, so I think.
Speaker 1: But you know, as I said before, Josh really fits
Speaker 1: buff Buffalo fits him, and you know, he's a great,
Speaker 1: great teammate to have, and the players love him and
Speaker 1: play for him, and shoot, I coach for him. The
Speaker 1: coaches coach for him just like we do the rest
Speaker 1: of the players. So it's a it's been a good, healthy,
Speaker 1: dynamic and so proud of him in the start that
Speaker 1: he's off to at this point with much work and
Speaker 1: much football he has to play. Yeah, well, every week
Speaker 1: we kind of talk about this guy, Steph Diggs. He
Speaker 1: had another huge game. He's looking even better than advertised
Speaker 1: this year. He seems to be the go to guy
Speaker 1: in big moments. He had six catches one hundred and
Speaker 1: fifteen yards in Vegas. Sean. We know the stats, but
Speaker 1: outside the stats and outside what we see on game day,
Speaker 1: what kind of contribution does he make to the culture
Speaker 1: you're trying you're building here. Well, you know, Steve, it's
Speaker 1: a little bit like we've talked about with Josh, Josh
Speaker 1: Norman and Josh Hllon. To be honest with you, he's
Speaker 1: a dog and a good guy off the field. But
Speaker 1: when you when you when he steps over and crosses
Speaker 1: over that line, man, he flips the switch and and
Speaker 1: I just love how he gets himself ready to go
Speaker 1: for games. And he's highly com petitive, intense, brings juice.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I'd love to get into it
Speaker 1: even more during the game when he made that when
Speaker 1: he lost that guy deep on on that post route
Speaker 1: there and I can't quite get in go to that
Speaker 1: level as a coach and trying to control the game
Speaker 1: and manage the game myself. But I really appreciate that.
Speaker 1: I know his teammates do as well. This was a game,
Speaker 1: for the first game of the season where your offense
Speaker 1: didn't have any turnovers. What kind of adjustments did you make,
Speaker 1: What kind of message did you give your players? What
Speaker 1: do you think leads to them getting better in that area? Well,
Speaker 1: those guys, they would tell you. We talk about the
Speaker 1: ball every week in my team meetings and our individual
Speaker 1: unit meetings as well on offense, defense, and special teams.
Speaker 1: We had two takeaways on defense, didn't turn the ball
Speaker 1: over on offense, and then almost had another takeaway on
Speaker 1: special teams. So we're moving in the right direction. Those turnovers,
Speaker 1: those takeaways, if you will, come and bunches, and that's
Speaker 1: a good thing for our team moving forward. Yeah, you
Speaker 1: were seven for thirteen on third down against the Raiders
Speaker 1: and that's your best conversion rate of the season. Three
Speaker 1: of four touchdowns came on third downs, including both of
Speaker 1: Josh's that he threw. What's been the key to having
Speaker 1: success on third down so far this season? Well, again,
Speaker 1: I believe it starts with continuity and consistency and also
Speaker 1: putting ourselves in manageable third down situations. I mean, I
Speaker 1: don't care how good jars an offensive football team. If
Speaker 1: you're living at third and ten, third and long the
Speaker 1: whole afternoon, that's tough sledding. So we're doing a good
Speaker 1: job on first and second down. It creates some advantageous
Speaker 1: third down situations for us, or in fact skipping some
Speaker 1: third downs at times, which is also healthy for us
Speaker 1: as an offense. Thanks coach, We'll catch up with you
Speaker 1: to get your final thoughts later in the show. Shopping
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Speaker 1: McDermot Show, and it's time for our good buddy Eric
Speaker 1: Wood to break down the tape in a segment we
Speaker 1: call chop Wood. Eric Josh Allen threw for less than
Speaker 1: three hundred yards for the first time this year, but
Speaker 1: he was still incredibly efficient with a passer rating of
Speaker 1: over one hundred for the fourth straight game. Even though
Speaker 1: the Bills led the whole game, they still stuck with
Speaker 1: their passing game to lead them to victory in Las Vegas.
Speaker 1: What did you see from Josh and company against the Raiders. Yeah,
Speaker 1: one of my favorite things about this game is going
Speaker 1: into the game, everyone saw that the Raiders run defense
Speaker 1: has been susceptible this year. Last week the Patriots ran
Speaker 1: for two hundred and fifty yards against this defense. Well,
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills have relied heavily on their passing attack
Speaker 1: to exploit defenses this year, and they stuck with it
Speaker 1: this year. They didn't say, Hey, we're gonna line up
Speaker 1: in big personnel, We're gonna try and copy what the
Speaker 1: Patriots did. No, they stuck to what they did best.
Speaker 1: They got in ten and eleven personnel, threw the ball
Speaker 1: all over the field and continue to have great success.
Speaker 1: And they had success early and often throughout the game
Speaker 1: throwing it all over the field. Steph Diggs was a
Speaker 1: big part of it. He was awesome against the Raiders.
Speaker 1: Six catches for one hundred and fifteen yards. Let's take
Speaker 1: a look at a big third down catch from the
Speaker 1: first drive of the game. Yeah. Prior to this play,
Speaker 1: they were sitting at third and eleven. They used the
Speaker 1: hard count to get it the third and six and
Speaker 1: on this play, Stefan Dick was going to come across
Speaker 1: the formation, these crossing routes that Brian dave All and
Speaker 1: Josh Allen have loved throughout the season, and Stefan Dick
Speaker 1: makes this look so easy in separating from the Raiders defense.
Speaker 1: Later on in the drive on a third and one,
Speaker 1: they draw up a play a play action bomb to
Speaker 1: Gabriel Davis and they get their first touchdown of the game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: this is a great use of the play action on
Speaker 1: third and one. The whole defense and everyone watching at
Speaker 1: home would have assumed that the Bills are going to
Speaker 1: run the ball here and try and get the first
Speaker 1: down that way, and they draw up a great play
Speaker 1: action passed amos a wheel concept coming from across the
Speaker 1: formation with Gabriel Davis, and this is about as easy
Speaker 1: as it gets for touchdowns in the NFL. Rarely are
Speaker 1: you going to get that much separation in the red
Speaker 1: zone area of the field. So that's a great play
Speaker 1: designed by Brian dave All to get Gabe Davis that
Speaker 1: wide open there. And the Bills have been good on
Speaker 1: third down and on a third and thirteen where Josh
Speaker 1: hits Isaiah McKenzie across the middle, here and Isaiah does
Speaker 1: the rest to pick up the first This type of
Speaker 1: past concept got really popular maybe seven or eight years ago,
Speaker 1: and Andy Reid started doing this in third and long.
Speaker 1: When you know you're going to get some type of
Speaker 1: off coverage, you'll you'll send three receivers on one side
Speaker 1: of the field, essentially ahead as lead blockers. Now they
Speaker 1: can't make contact people the ball is completed, but they're
Speaker 1: they're kind of stalking the guys in front of them.
Speaker 1: And this actually worked out perfectly that the Raider brought
Speaker 1: fresh are on this play. But as you see, it's
Speaker 1: it's set up perfectly Isaiah McKenzie, who is great after
Speaker 1: the catch. It's an easy pitching catch and it ends
Speaker 1: up being an easy third down on third and thirteen,
Speaker 1: which is absolutely remarkable. Yead. Later on in that same drive,
Speaker 1: you got another critical third down in the red zone. Now,
Speaker 1: Josh threw this one up to Beasley who makes this
Speaker 1: incredible catch. This is an incredible catching. Great job by
Speaker 1: could easily to maintain the catch through the ground here
Speaker 1: and in the red zone there's extremely tight windows as
Speaker 1: we mentioned earlier, and Josh Allen here he sees two
Speaker 1: defenders go to the outside with Stefon digs and as
Speaker 1: he sees that, he knows there's gonna be a window
Speaker 1: for cool Beasley, so he rifles it in there and
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley, like I just said, makes a spectacular play. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they were hot throwing the ball on third down, particularly
Speaker 1: in the first half, and then in the second half,
Speaker 1: Josh was hitting some big ones on first down. Let's
Speaker 1: start with the John Brown catch that's set up the touchdown.
Speaker 1: Brian Day ball again is going to use play action
Speaker 1: and here it's on first and ten, and I will
Speaker 1: know that Josh Allen makes this throw a year ago.
Speaker 1: He had to show tremendous confidence in his receiver throwing
Speaker 1: into double coverage that he would come down with football,
Speaker 1: not batted up, not risking interception. Also shows a lot
Speaker 1: of confidence and himself to put it only where his
Speaker 1: receiver is going to get it. But this was a
Speaker 1: spectacular play. It actually became almost the most famous play
Speaker 1: of last week because everybody watching at home, Raiders fans,
Speaker 1: Bills fans, regular spectators all thought after the replay this
Speaker 1: would be called a touchdown. I agree, But then you
Speaker 1: get the big turnover from Josh Norman and Brian Dable
Speaker 1: draws up a shot play to Diggs on another first down.
Speaker 1: Most shot plays in the NFL or either drawing up
Speaker 1: on second one or after a turnover. So here the
Speaker 1: Bills draw up a shot play and Josh Allen takes
Speaker 1: a shot down the field two Stefon Diggs, and last
Speaker 1: year we saw Josh Allen miss on so many of these. Well,
Speaker 1: it takes It takes many things to make these happen.
Speaker 1: It takes a receiver like Stefon Diggs to go up
Speaker 1: and make a play. It takes the offensive line to
Speaker 1: provide great protection. It takes a great throw, which Josh
Speaker 1: Allen has shown early in the season despite not having
Speaker 1: preseason games and no OTAs that he is on a
Speaker 1: great report down the field with his receivers. Great stuff
Speaker 1: is always Eric, thanks for bringing this to us and
Speaker 1: we appreciate your insight. Yeah, always a pleasure, Steve. Final thoughts,
Speaker 1: It is presented by your look. We'll tell you what
Speaker 1: the dealer is. Coach, you're after the best start and
Speaker 1: you've had as head coach of the Buffalo Bills. What
Speaker 1: have you learned about your team a quarter away through
Speaker 1: this season? Well, every team and every year is different. Steve,
Speaker 1: And when you look at this football team, the one
Speaker 1: thing I can tell you is that they're committed to
Speaker 1: finding a way. Extremely resilient football team, extremely hard working
Speaker 1: group of guys and gals around our building, and they
Speaker 1: understand that at any moment, this league can jump up
Speaker 1: and grab you if you're not if you're not focused,
Speaker 1: and if you're not working hard to continue to grow
Speaker 1: and become the best football team and the best individual
Speaker 1: that we can all become. Here now, your your offense
Speaker 1: is started off as one of the best in the league,
Speaker 1: averaging over thirty points a game. How do you plan
Speaker 1: to keep that up for the rest of the season.
Speaker 1: Is there a chance you could peek too early? I
Speaker 1: don't know. I mean, let's hope not. We have you know,
Speaker 1: we've got a lot of work to do. We've got
Speaker 1: some things we've got to get straightened out. We've got
Speaker 1: to be able to do some things better in certain
Speaker 1: areas and situations. Uh, And so we've got to, you know,
Speaker 1: have basically a look in the mirror type of approach
Speaker 1: and say, hey, truthfully, what what do we need to
Speaker 1: improve on? And if you don't do that, we're not
Speaker 1: gonna We're not gonna grow and address to the critical
Speaker 1: areas that we need to get addressed here. Obviously, a
Speaker 1: lot's going right in a four and oh start, But
Speaker 1: what has gone right for your team that maybe you
Speaker 1: want to improve on as well as just enjoy the
Speaker 1: success you've had. Where do you want to get better? Tangibly? Well,
Speaker 1: I think you know, as we've talked a lot about,
Speaker 1: you know, over the course of the off season and
Speaker 1: into training camp and now four weeks into the season
Speaker 1: going on week five, is is making sure that that
Speaker 1: our line play is strong. Um, that's a foundational peace
Speaker 1: in a cornerstone of the Buffalo Bills football team, and
Speaker 1: it's something that's important to us. Uh, that's that's just
Speaker 1: so important that we can control and win that line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage on offense and defense. And then making sure that, uh,
Speaker 1: that our special teams play. It's been you know, we've
Speaker 1: had some big time productive moments on special teams and
Speaker 1: then we've had some things that that we've taken some
Speaker 1: points off the board or or we haven't taken advantage
Speaker 1: of field position when we can pin a team down
Speaker 1: there deep inside their own ten yard less. So there's
Speaker 1: there's always things we can improve on and UH and
Speaker 1: I just love the fact that our staff and our
Speaker 1: players are committed to that process. Thanks Coach, appreciated. We
Speaker 1: are off next week due to the short week for
Speaker 1: Thursday Night football against the Chiefs, so we're gonna catch
Speaker 1: up t in week seven to preview the Jets game
Speaker 1: and wrap up the Chiefs game as well. Thanks for
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