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Speaker 1: before seven am. Delicately reheat a pizza on the grill

425
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Speaker 1: for breakfast, hand fried fish tacos and Mexican street corn

426
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Speaker 1: for the morning crew, barbecue chicken legs and fried chicken

427
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Speaker 1: sliders for the pregame crowd. I am in. That is

428
00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:48,719
Speaker 1: a busy day right there. Good for you. I am

429
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Speaker 1: big on the fried fish tacos and Mexican street corn.

430
00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:55,840
Speaker 1: That sounds delicious. Yeah. I have a little trouble with

431
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Speaker 1: pizza for breakfast. Sometimes I can do it, like you know,

432
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Speaker 1: you have that break fist pizza you can get. It's

433
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Speaker 1: got like eggs on him, scrambled eggs on it. That's

434
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:08,080
Speaker 1: not bad. But regular pizza. I can do it. It's

435
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Speaker 1: not something I'm going to all the time. Andrew says

436
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:17,920
Speaker 1: he's going to enjoy the game with my dog. And

437
00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:22,040
Speaker 1: for the menu, probably some nachios in a cold Bruce game.

438
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Speaker 1: Well that's yeah, that's Nachos are tough to get right

439
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:27,119
Speaker 1: at home? Standard fair? What do you mean? Why is

440
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Speaker 1: it tough? I don't know. I was you know, you

441
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Speaker 1: say you like him better at the restaurant than you

442
00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,000
Speaker 1: do at home. You don't do as good a job.

443
00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,240
Speaker 1: What's the what? What? What problems are you running too? Then?

444
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Speaker 1: I don't know the cheese getting the cheese right? Mostly

445
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,280
Speaker 1: you gotta go out and buy some real queso to

446
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Speaker 1: get it done right. And if I don't have that,

447
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:51,360
Speaker 1: then it's yeah. You know what I've discovered recently, avocado salsa.

448
00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:55,439
Speaker 1: And it's got salsa. Yeah, they sell it in the stores,

449
00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,399
Speaker 1: and it's got like little bits of halapeno diced up

450
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Speaker 1: in it. Oh, it's a creamy. It's a creamy for

451
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Speaker 1: you that don't know this brownie maybe a he's a

452
00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,520
Speaker 1: nacho connoisseur. He's like some he's like a nacho Somalia.

453
00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,560
Speaker 1: I have a problem with nachos. I can't stop. So

454
00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:16,760
Speaker 1: I can never sit on my couch and watch a

455
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Speaker 1: game and bring the bag with me. I have to

456
00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:25,120
Speaker 1: dispense and allotted amount of nacho's in a bowl, bring

457
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Speaker 1: whatever salsa dip that I have with me, and then

458
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Speaker 1: sit down. If I bring the bag it will go

459
00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:36,000
Speaker 1: back to the kitchen empty that. I have a serious

460
00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:40,280
Speaker 1: issue with that. I get it. Get it. Yeah, Jack

461
00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:44,480
Speaker 1: for Tailgate Friday says in the lot this week, we're

462
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Speaker 1: doing up some spicy shrimp tacos and maybe chicken fahitas

463
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Speaker 1: on the flat top, my homemade GUACAMOLEI yes, and also

464
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:59,360
Speaker 1: making a pot of pasole, a delicious mildly spicy Mexican

465
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Speaker 1: soup with chicken and hominy. Also plenty of beer to

466
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Speaker 1: keep us warm. Go bills. I have never heard of that,

467
00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,200
Speaker 1: but it sounds intrigued. There should be a name for it.

468
00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:14,200
Speaker 1: It's a phenomenon. And that's why cooking shows go. Like

469
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Speaker 1: you know the show that used to be on and

470
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Speaker 1: I can't remember, the gentleman who passed parts unknown. Oh

471
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,159
Speaker 1: that's the guy that would taste everything at twice. That

472
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Speaker 1: was his rule of thumb. And he would go and

473
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Speaker 1: they would he goes out in all parts of the world,

474
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Speaker 1: and you hear and he would talk about the ingredients

475
00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,760
Speaker 1: and the thing that and everything you talk about when

476
00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:36,560
Speaker 1: you talk about food. It all sounds fantastic. That's what

477
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:41,840
Speaker 1: these tailcap Friday recipe they all sound fantastic. Even the

478
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:43,520
Speaker 1: guy says as used with the dog and maybe some

479
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,959
Speaker 1: not Joe's in a brew, Not Joe's a brew. Awesome.

480
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Speaker 1: I don't know what it is. I always spin the

481
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Speaker 1: food talk just delicious. Nothing. I never spin it, even

482
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,880
Speaker 1: stuff I don't even really usually like it always kind

483
00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:57,640
Speaker 1: of sounds better when you just talk about it. I'll

484
00:28:57,640 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 1: give it a whirl. And yeah, I'm a Mexican food

485
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:04,760
Speaker 1: junk so too at our house. I'm it is so

486
00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:06,800
Speaker 1: fun to talk about it and to hear these people

487
00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:10,360
Speaker 1: going out spicy shrimp tacos, maybe some chicken fahita is

488
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 1: on the flat top, gua homemade guacamole and pozzole. I'm like, what,

489
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:23,320
Speaker 1: keep going? Yeah? What else? It's almost erotic, you know

490
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:26,000
Speaker 1: what I mean. You're sitting there and you're like everything

491
00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,920
Speaker 1: just there. Just just take it in. You're just picturing it. Oh,

492
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Speaker 1: this is the best ever. On the pezzole. I've never

493
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Speaker 1: even heard the word pezzolea. It's like, Wow, that sounds

494
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:39,840
Speaker 1: so delicious. He could make it up and I wouldn't know.

495
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 1: I had to basically tell Steve that he is a foodie.

496
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:49,080
Speaker 1: I don't think he was self aware enough with his

497
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 1: food um desires to realize that he is a true

498
00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:59,240
Speaker 1: died in the wool foodie. And if this segment is

499
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,320
Speaker 1: not a testament to that, I don't know what is.

500
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 1: He basically said, I just like reading more and more

501
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,680
Speaker 1: of it. He hasn't even tasted anything, and he's getting

502
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:11,800
Speaker 1: excited over here. Um. Good submissions for tailgate Friday. Those

503
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:17,240
Speaker 1: are all very nice suggestions. Speaking of tailgates, we have

504
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:20,840
Speaker 1: a young Bills fan. I'm presuming that's going to be

505
00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:26,280
Speaker 1: making his first trip to the stadium for the playoff game,

506
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:29,080
Speaker 1: well at least his first playoff game. It's Jamison out

507
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:36,720
Speaker 1: in San Diego. What do you got for this guy? Okay, good,

508
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:41,040
Speaker 1: I'm in the anchor bar right now. Okay, all right,

509
00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:46,000
Speaker 1: and I'm meeting rooms right now, and I'm excited to

510
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:49,000
Speaker 1: be at my first playoff game and actual game. Okay,

511
00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:51,840
Speaker 1: that's so the only thing you need to remember make

512
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:53,640
Speaker 1: sure you dress warm enough. First of all. I know

513
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:55,880
Speaker 1: your parents will help you with that. But number two

514
00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,000
Speaker 1: is the number two requirement is you have to be

515
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:03,760
Speaker 1: loud for the entire game. You are capable of that, right, yeah,

516
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,840
Speaker 1: all right, Well that's very good to hear. Listen, have

517
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,720
Speaker 1: a great time out at the game. Thanks for calling,

518
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,479
Speaker 1: and good luck with the rest of those wings out there.

519
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,640
Speaker 1: All right, man, thanks for the phone call. We appreciate it.

520
00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 1: Enjoy the game. There's nothing like young fans, nothing like

521
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,760
Speaker 1: young fans experience the postseason for the first time. Yeah,

522
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:26,440
Speaker 1: I you we've all heard this too of people, you know,

523
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:28,680
Speaker 1: when they grow up and the kids just ware enough

524
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:30,360
Speaker 1: to be a fan of the team and like and

525
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:32,720
Speaker 1: not even know anything about the game and his team,

526
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:34,440
Speaker 1: and he sees his team playing the super Bowl, and

527
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 1: like when when I was there, you know, they played

528
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:39,120
Speaker 1: the super Bowl. Then we played again in the super Bowl,

529
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:40,680
Speaker 1: and then again in the super Bowl, and again in

530
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Speaker 1: the super Bowl. By the time the kids nine years old,

531
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,240
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, he's like going, wait, wait, wait,

532
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 1: wait the super Bowl happens. Is now my team's not

533
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:52,480
Speaker 1: in it? It's like like that right yeah, so where

534
00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:55,480
Speaker 1: they go? Right? Like, is that is that? What happened? What?

535
00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:59,760
Speaker 1: That's not fair? Were the Bills? Right? So good for him.

536
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:05,200
Speaker 1: It's it's nice to get a generation of fans getting

537
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 1: into the games now and getting into the playoff games now.

538
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:09,160
Speaker 1: The last four you know, foar, out of the last

539
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:17,840
Speaker 1: five years that appreciate how good the team is, particularly

540
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,480
Speaker 1: because they probably got an older generation drought of drought

541
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,320
Speaker 1: babies that are telling them how bad it used to be. Well,

542
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 1: rough it was to be a fan of the team.

543
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:28,520
Speaker 1: My son was born in oh four, so he was

544
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:31,800
Speaker 1: born right in the thick of the drought and didn't

545
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:36,360
Speaker 1: see playoffs until he was eleven or twelve or thirteen.

546
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:41,840
Speaker 1: What am I saying? So, yeah, he was rough. I mean,

547
00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:43,640
Speaker 1: he was a young kid, but he was old enough

548
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:46,160
Speaker 1: to realize, my team's not good enough to even get

549
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:50,720
Speaker 1: to my youngest. My youngest was born in ninety eight. Yeah,

550
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 1: that's not good to a long stretch. Any of my

551
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,280
Speaker 1: other my other kids weren't that much older than so

552
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,719
Speaker 1: my kids, you know, aside from the fun we had

553
00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:00,560
Speaker 1: when I was playing that they they're kind of too

554
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 1: young to remember this is a rough road to home. Yeah.

555
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 1: It's a lot better now. Yeah it is, and we're

556
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:10,600
Speaker 1: all soaking every ounce of it up that we can

557
00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 1: for sure. The line Steve on the game is now

558
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:18,240
Speaker 1: up to thirteen and a half. It started I think

559
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:22,800
Speaker 1: at eight and a half or nine. Obviously the lack

560
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:27,280
Speaker 1: of availability is impacting that as well. Yeah, so it's

561
00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:30,400
Speaker 1: not surprising. And the official announcement came out as you said,

562
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:33,520
Speaker 1: I mean, now it's gonna be Skylar Thompson. Nobody, there's

563
00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:36,800
Speaker 1: no hope for Teddy, no hope for Tuah. It's gonna

564
00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 1: be Skylar Thompson. And they saw the offense with Skyler

565
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:46,560
Speaker 1: Thompson at quarterback last week. Hang six points up. Yeah,

566
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:49,840
Speaker 1: it's a rough day. It's a rough day. It's hard

567
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:51,480
Speaker 1: to get behind that. If you know, you can see

568
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:54,400
Speaker 1: where the general public would not want right give him

569
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 1: much of a chance. But you still gotta play. You

570
00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 1: gotta play at your best on that day. That's what

571
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:01,720
Speaker 1: all Amilli is going to determine the game, no point

572
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 1: spread out of Vegas or anything else. As Steve always says,

573
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:10,680
Speaker 1: play your best on that day. We I think are

574
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Speaker 1: going to take a break here because when we come back,

575
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Speaker 1: we're going to be joined by a good friend of

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Speaker 1: the show, won A dd King Kabwala. She's currently going

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Speaker 1: to be doing this weekend's game for Westwood one Radio.

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Speaker 1: She'll be down on the sidelines along with Ross Tucker

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Speaker 1: and Tom McCarthy calling the game for Westwood one Radio.

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Speaker 1: And she's also obviously an NFL on CBS reporter covering

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Speaker 1: the NFL. A d D joins us next to talk

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Speaker 1: Bill's Dolphins with us here on One Bills Live, presented

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Speaker 1: back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown tasker with you

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00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:04,360
Speaker 1: here on this Friday edition of One Bills Live, and

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Speaker 1: want to encourage you that the obl Fan Friday mail

587
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Speaker 1: Bag is open. Submit your questions on the Bills, the

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00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:11,880
Speaker 1: league at large, anything you got on your mind, and

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Speaker 1: we'll be happy to answer as many of them as

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Speaker 1: we can in our allotted amount of time. Pleased to

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Speaker 1: be joined now though by NFL on CBS reporter, also

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Speaker 1: going to be doing the game for Westwood One Radio.

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Speaker 1: Down on the sidelines here in Buffalo Bills Dolphins on

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Speaker 1: Sunday afternoon at one. It is a d D. Kin't kabala,

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Speaker 1: big friend of the show. How are we doing a

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Speaker 1: d D awesome? It's snowing. It's not snowing on Sunday

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00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:43,120
Speaker 1: in Buffalo though, right it might even be sunny. It's

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Speaker 1: supposed to be sunny. Actually, you know, I talked to

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Speaker 1: a couple of Dolphins yesterday and that's what they were

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00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:52,239
Speaker 1: saying that, I mean, the Dolphins process this week is

601
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Speaker 1: to really only focus on one day at a time.

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00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,120
Speaker 1: And it was funny because Duke Riley said he's not

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Speaker 1: allowed to talk about Friday because it's Thursday. And he said,

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Speaker 1: if you promise not to tell coach, I think it's

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00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,760
Speaker 1: going to be good on Sunday because he's not supposed

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00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:09,320
Speaker 1: to be looking at the weather. Yeah, it is supposed

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00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:12,440
Speaker 1: to be well, it's supposed to be sunny and just cold.

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00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:15,080
Speaker 1: That's about it right around there, not even any winds.

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00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:18,720
Speaker 1: So yeah, that's perfectly livable conditions for most pro athletes.

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Speaker 1: What are your thoughts about it? Well, after about the

611
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Speaker 1: gamer about the weather, I did a minus fifteen wind

612
00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:30,239
Speaker 1: chill game Christmas Eve in Cleveland, so that was the

613
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Speaker 1: Saints at the Browns. And now that I've survived that

614
00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:36,880
Speaker 1: famous last words, right, But now that I've survived that,

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Speaker 1: I feel like I can take whatever I need to

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00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:44,520
Speaker 1: take on what could happen? Right? All right, let's talk

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00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 1: game here, Addy, and the shoe is firmly on the

618
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:51,319
Speaker 1: other foot here in terms of injuries. Back in Week three,

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Speaker 1: the Bills were missing five defensive starters. They're center Mitch

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00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,759
Speaker 1: Morse and more guys went down over the course of

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Speaker 1: that football game. Now it's Miami with a laundry list

622
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 1: of an injury report, including three starting offensive lineman Raheem Mostert,

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00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:09,000
Speaker 1: their top two quarterbacks on the depth chart. I mean,

624
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:12,960
Speaker 1: I could go on and on here. It's completely flipped

625
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:17,360
Speaker 1: in terms of available player availability for this one. The

626
00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 1: Dolphins know that too, right, so they know that there's

627
00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:23,719
Speaker 1: basically one path to success here, and that is that

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00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: this defense has to put together its best possible outing

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Speaker 1: that this offense can't turn the ball over and somehow

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00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:35,600
Speaker 1: they need to try to control the clock. Obviously easier

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00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:38,359
Speaker 1: said than done. I mean, everything is aligned against them,

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Speaker 1: and there's not a player that I've talked to that

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00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:45,000
Speaker 1: doesn't acknowledge that in Miami. And that's not even including

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Speaker 1: all of the emotion that is behind Damar Hamlin being

635
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 1: back in Buffalo being released from the hospital. That's not

636
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:58,400
Speaker 1: even including the vast difference in playoff potential all of that.

637
00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 1: But I think that Dolphins feel confident about what they're

638
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:06,560
Speaker 1: capable of. I think this speaks to who their coaches

639
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: in the belief he infuses in them. And I'll say

640
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:13,200
Speaker 1: this Skyler Thompson is a young man. You know, he's

641
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:14,840
Speaker 1: a twenty five year old rookie. That's a little bit

642
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 1: older for a rookie, but he's a young man who's

643
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 1: got a tremendous amount of maturity to him. And not

644
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:23,200
Speaker 1: just because of his age. He lost his grandfather and

645
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:27,360
Speaker 1: his mother within I believe, six months of each other

646
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:30,160
Speaker 1: when he was six years old. So he just has

647
00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:34,040
Speaker 1: a different perspective on this opportunity, on where he is.

648
00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 1: And yes, he is a seventh round rookie quarterback who

649
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:41,080
Speaker 1: hasn't played all that much, but he lit it up

650
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:43,640
Speaker 1: in the preseason. And I talked to veteran wide receiver

651
00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:45,680
Speaker 1: Trent Surefield yesterday. He was saying, look, he just won

652
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:47,840
Speaker 1: a game for us last week. You know that was

653
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:50,759
Speaker 1: a must win game. It wasn't pretty, but he didn't

654
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:53,480
Speaker 1: turn the ball over and so that just abused him

655
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:56,840
Speaker 1: and his teammates with a little bit more confident this weeks.

656
00:38:57,719 --> 00:38:59,759
Speaker 1: Not that I'm saying, let me just grow this out there.

657
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,680
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I don't even know if I'll allowed to

658
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:03,520
Speaker 1: say this, but I don't know that this is a

659
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:06,600
Speaker 1: close matchup, but the Dolphins will come. They're coming in

660
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,000
Speaker 1: to fight. So there's at least that you know they're

661
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:12,440
Speaker 1: they're coming in feeling as if, all right, we've got

662
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:15,879
Speaker 1: something to offer. I don't know what that actually translates into,

663
00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:18,080
Speaker 1: but this is not a team that's willing to just

664
00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:20,080
Speaker 1: throw in the towel before they even get there. Well,

665
00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:21,520
Speaker 1: they're gonna be Yeah, they're not gonna be easy to

666
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:23,680
Speaker 1: beat because they've got nothing to lose. It's a it's

667
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,080
Speaker 1: a no lose situation for them, not supposed to win

668
00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 1: this game, and they can't come out and swing for

669
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 1: the fence and go for it and kind of let

670
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:31,759
Speaker 1: it rip. And that's a great mental spot to play

671
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:35,239
Speaker 1: in just to know that, ay, whatever happens, we're gonna

672
00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:37,200
Speaker 1: walk out of here with their heads high because you know,

673
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,040
Speaker 1: we weren't supposed to be here. We're supposed to win

674
00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:41,600
Speaker 1: this game anyway. And plus and getting back to where

675
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:46,480
Speaker 1: I was gonna say, Tyreek Hill and Jalen Waddle are

676
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:49,799
Speaker 1: a force. I mean, they're a problem for whether whether

677
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:52,160
Speaker 1: two is playing or anybody's playing. When they get the

678
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:55,360
Speaker 1: ball in their hands, they're really dangerous. So it's not

679
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:58,560
Speaker 1: like the cupboard is completely bare. If they can just

680
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:02,200
Speaker 1: find a way to use Irek and Jalen and don't

681
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:04,600
Speaker 1: sleep on. So that's true. And I also really have

682
00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:07,520
Speaker 1: to commend Mike McDaniel on how well he was very

683
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 1: open and saying that he's got three different game plans.

684
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 1: He's got a two A game plan, he's got a

685
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,719
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater game plan, he's got a Skyler Thompson game plan.

686
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:15,959
Speaker 1: But this is what Mike McDaniel has throughout his entire

687
00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:18,560
Speaker 1: career done so well, and let's take advantage of what

688
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:21,560
Speaker 1: everybody individually can do. I think he's doing a really

689
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,720
Speaker 1: good job of getting the ball out of Skyler Thompson's

690
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:27,239
Speaker 1: hands as quickly as possible. And you know, you don't

691
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:29,480
Speaker 1: need to be fancy, you don't need to have twelve reads,

692
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:31,800
Speaker 1: you don't need to like just this is your playing

693
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:35,239
Speaker 1: and go with it. And yeah, put put the ball

694
00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:37,799
Speaker 1: in the hands of your biggest playmakers as quickly as

695
00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:40,719
Speaker 1: you possibly can. Let's see what they can do. And

696
00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:43,799
Speaker 1: I would also say don't sleep on Jeff Wilson. Jeff

697
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:47,120
Speaker 1: Wilson is a tough, tough, tough runner who has an

698
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:51,640
Speaker 1: infectious nature about him. Jale and Waddle told me before,

699
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:53,680
Speaker 1: and I think I use this in our CBS broadcast

700
00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:57,080
Speaker 1: Thanksgiving weekend before the Dolphins played the Texans, Jail and

701
00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:59,600
Speaker 1: Waddle told me, Jeff Wilson will be talking to himself

702
00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:02,759
Speaker 1: on the field and everybody is just afraid of him. Well,

703
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,640
Speaker 1: turn around and let him do whatever it is that

704
00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:09,239
Speaker 1: he needs to do. So, obviously the Dolphins would like

705
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:11,480
Speaker 1: to have Mostart. I think that there's some difficulty there.

706
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:14,440
Speaker 1: He's got that broken pup thumb, and obviously there's no

707
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:18,840
Speaker 1: room for error. Ball security is key, But Jeff Wilson,

708
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:20,879
Speaker 1: you could argue, is just as good, if not better,

709
00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:24,239
Speaker 1: a back. Yeah, and he actually missed the last game

710
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:27,120
Speaker 1: between the Bills and Dolphins with a hip injury. Now

711
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:30,319
Speaker 1: it's Mostart that is unlikely to play, and so they'll

712
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:33,040
Speaker 1: have to turn to Jeff Wilson early and often. You know,

713
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:36,600
Speaker 1: dovetailing off of Steve's question about getting the ball in

714
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 1: the hands of Waddle and Hill. It's not like Thompson's

715
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:42,759
Speaker 1: incapable of throwing to them. But I wonder in an

716
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:47,040
Speaker 1: effort to ensure that you lean on well, especially Hill,

717
00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:49,920
Speaker 1: all the more it is a team that can let

718
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:52,720
Speaker 1: it all hang out, try some unconventional things. I wouldn't

719
00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:54,320
Speaker 1: be surprised if we see Hill line it up in

720
00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:57,759
Speaker 1: the backfield and they just hand it to him. I

721
00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:00,480
Speaker 1: mean again, and I think that that's Mike mc daniel

722
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:03,600
Speaker 1: isn't afraid to do something crazy. And to the same

723
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:05,520
Speaker 1: point that you're making, what do they have to lose?

724
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:08,920
Speaker 1: There's not anybody outside of that locker room that really

725
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:12,400
Speaker 1: fully expects them to win, So why not why not

726
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:14,759
Speaker 1: throw what you can out there? And again, I'll go

727
00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:18,600
Speaker 1: back to that defense. Defensive coordinator Josh Boyer is from

728
00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:20,719
Speaker 1: that New England tree where you have to be so

729
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:23,439
Speaker 1: good at being nimble and doing as many different things

730
00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:25,920
Speaker 1: as you possibly can, and really trying to match your

731
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:29,040
Speaker 1: opponent and name an opponent that they know better than

732
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:32,040
Speaker 1: the Bills, other than any you know, anybody else within

733
00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:35,279
Speaker 1: the division. I think that they feel good about what

734
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:38,040
Speaker 1: they can do with that front, the aggression that they have.

735
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:42,480
Speaker 1: You know, again, it could be interesting, it's fun. I

736
00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:44,320
Speaker 1: don't know if it's fun for you. If it's interesting,

737
00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:46,239
Speaker 1: is it fun for you if it's interesting, or do

738
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:49,759
Speaker 1: you just prefer a blowout? I want it over I

739
00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:51,680
Speaker 1: want it over at I want the coin flip to

740
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:54,120
Speaker 1: be heads or tails. And it's over, let's go. And

741
00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:56,360
Speaker 1: that's that. You know, it's funny, Steve, because you do

742
00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:58,400
Speaker 1: this too, right when you're on the sideline, don't we

743
00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:01,399
Speaker 1: get to actually talk more if it's a lap sided game,

744
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:04,160
Speaker 1: that's right, they come to us more for some storytelling.

745
00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:06,400
Speaker 1: You've got it. You gotta bring. You gotta bring the

746
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:09,319
Speaker 1: backpack if it's a blowout, because you got you gotta

747
00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:11,399
Speaker 1: go back and do your rese you gotta like pull

748
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:13,640
Speaker 1: it all out. Yeah, you gotta have a big bucket

749
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:16,080
Speaker 1: of material if it's a blowout, for sure, for sure.

750
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:18,200
Speaker 1: And so I hope we see. I hope it's a

751
00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:21,279
Speaker 1: Bill's blow and we and the world is introduced to

752
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:24,239
Speaker 1: a DT king Kabwala. Everybody knows who she is because

753
00:43:24,239 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 1: she did the entire game. That's what I hope. It's

754
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:32,920
Speaker 1: funny because CBS is airing this game, and so I

755
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,520
Speaker 1: can't tell anybody, Oh, don't watch on TV. Listen on

756
00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:40,520
Speaker 1: radio because obviously you know CBS is my employer. But

757
00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:46,719
Speaker 1: tape it or something and yea, or or just turn

758
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:49,600
Speaker 1: the sound down and thinking up the radio. That's the

759
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:54,040
Speaker 1: other option. Uh. The Bills, you know their their young

760
00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:56,880
Speaker 1: pass rushers have had to take on the full mantle

761
00:43:57,280 --> 00:43:59,399
Speaker 1: of that pass rush and the absence of von Miller,

762
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:03,440
Speaker 1: who they lost back on Thanksgiving. Now they're probably going

763
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,719
Speaker 1: to be in a matchup where they're playing a less

764
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:09,799
Speaker 1: than one to Ron Armstead. It's looking more and more

765
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:12,399
Speaker 1: like their starting right tackle is going to be Kendall Lamb,

766
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:17,040
Speaker 1: who's third on the depth chart. I know that there

767
00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:20,839
Speaker 1: are ways to combat leaky protection, you know, with quick

768
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:23,200
Speaker 1: release passes, and they're going to try to make it

769
00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:25,520
Speaker 1: as easy for Thompson as they can, as you said,

770
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:28,640
Speaker 1: but this is really an opportunity for them to really

771
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:33,120
Speaker 1: foul up the game for Miami's offense based on player

772
00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:37,759
Speaker 1: availability here or player health. Well, and I think that

773
00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:39,920
Speaker 1: that's very fair, And I think it's also what you

774
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:44,560
Speaker 1: sort of think of as Sean mcdermot's calling card, right

775
00:44:44,719 --> 00:44:48,120
Speaker 1: it is. I mean, that is his background. He was

776
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:51,600
Speaker 1: that X and O genius as a defensive coordinator in Carolina.

777
00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:56,239
Speaker 1: His defenses were always as disciplined as details as can be.

778
00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:59,600
Speaker 1: That has been one of the great assets of the

779
00:44:59,719 --> 00:45:03,600
Speaker 1: Bill that maybe doesn't necessarily get spoken about as much

780
00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:06,479
Speaker 1: as Josh Allen and Stefan Diggs in this offense have done,

781
00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:09,080
Speaker 1: has done the things that it has done. But of

782
00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:12,960
Speaker 1: course it's a great opportunity and you know, let's see

783
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:18,600
Speaker 1: what you're made of. Essentially, this is a game it feels.

784
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:21,879
Speaker 1: I hate to sort of put this pressure in any way,

785
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:25,000
Speaker 1: but we came into the season thinking that the Bills

786
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:27,520
Speaker 1: were the class of the AFC, you know, like we

787
00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:30,759
Speaker 1: obviously the Chiefs have been in a position for a while,

788
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:33,600
Speaker 1: and obviously the Bengals were the ones that actually went

789
00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:35,439
Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl a year ago. But you really

790
00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:38,360
Speaker 1: started the season thinking that it was about the Bills

791
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:42,080
Speaker 1: and then everything that they have overcome this season, the

792
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:46,120
Speaker 1: arc of the role, whether it's being snowed in, going

793
00:45:46,239 --> 00:45:51,040
Speaker 1: to play in Detroit, obviously, Damar Hamlin, all of this,

794
00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:56,399
Speaker 1: it just all feels lined up that somehow, some way,

795
00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:58,520
Speaker 1: the Bills will find a way because they are meant

796
00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:01,080
Speaker 1: to find a way. But when you say something like this,

797
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:03,279
Speaker 1: this is the point, right, Like, okay, so it's something

798
00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:06,800
Speaker 1: as simple as can you mess up a rookie quarterback?

799
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:10,680
Speaker 1: And is that because of your rush? Is that because

800
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:13,359
Speaker 1: you play zones on the back end that confuse him

801
00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:16,080
Speaker 1: and forced him to throw into tight windows? Is it?

802
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:19,279
Speaker 1: You know, whatever it is, but it's almost like you're

803
00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:25,600
Speaker 1: more intrigued by how the Bills can stop I'm sorry, yes,

804
00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:30,520
Speaker 1: how the Bills can fluster the offensive genius that is

805
00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:33,640
Speaker 1: Mike McDaniel and this offense that obviously is missing a

806
00:46:33,719 --> 00:46:36,920
Speaker 1: lot of key components more than you're intrigued by what

807
00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:39,440
Speaker 1: Josh Allen is going to do. Although I do want

808
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:41,200
Speaker 1: to see what Josh Allen does in the red zone.

809
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:44,279
Speaker 1: It was a little I was a little surprised by

810
00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:47,000
Speaker 1: the fact that he's had six turnovers in the red zone. Yeah.

811
00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:50,560
Speaker 1: Most In fact that most of those six turnovers I'm

812
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:53,239
Speaker 1: going to just generalize they were in the last half

813
00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:56,400
Speaker 1: of the season as well. And we had a colleague

814
00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:58,200
Speaker 1: of ours today who was saying, you know this, you

815
00:46:58,239 --> 00:47:00,360
Speaker 1: know is whatever the new ken door see, a new

816
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:02,719
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator and the things that they've been through this year,

817
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:03,920
Speaker 1: and he didn't know how it was going to go.

818
00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:08,680
Speaker 1: They've actually scored percentages speaking, exactly the same or a

819
00:47:08,680 --> 00:47:11,279
Speaker 1: little more points per game than they did last year,

820
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:15,600
Speaker 1: and they're more They're ranked way higher and yards per

821
00:47:15,680 --> 00:47:17,759
Speaker 1: play this year offensively than they were a year ago

822
00:47:18,239 --> 00:47:22,320
Speaker 1: during the regular season. So for all the hand ringing

823
00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:25,880
Speaker 1: about changing Brian day Ball into Ken Dorsey. It actually

824
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:29,640
Speaker 1: has gone very well. And while early in the season

825
00:47:29,719 --> 00:47:33,080
Speaker 1: they were blowing out the Rams by twenty one and

826
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:36,880
Speaker 1: the and the Tennessee Titans by thirty four, you know,

827
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:40,279
Speaker 1: and then they you know, they're lose a game by two,

828
00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:42,680
Speaker 1: lose a game by three, and then they were all

829
00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:44,360
Speaker 1: kind of one score games for a while. You know,

830
00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:46,800
Speaker 1: they they weren't blowing people out like they did, you know,

831
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:49,120
Speaker 1: in like in Week five against Pittsburgh. This is a

832
00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:51,520
Speaker 1: team that has been steady. They're on a seven game

833
00:47:51,600 --> 00:47:55,719
Speaker 1: win streak, and there have been certain games where even

834
00:47:55,760 --> 00:48:00,600
Speaker 1: if it was within ten points, their opponent looked hopeless,

835
00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:02,879
Speaker 1: like they could there was it was a ten point

836
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:04,800
Speaker 1: hole they had no chance of digging out of. And

837
00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:08,279
Speaker 1: we're talking about teams like with Aaron Rodgers and the

838
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:11,560
Speaker 1: Patriots and teams like that. So for all the ants

839
00:48:11,640 --> 00:48:13,400
Speaker 1: that has been about the Bill's offense and how they

840
00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:16,719
Speaker 1: were going to do this year and the expectations, they've

841
00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:20,800
Speaker 1: answered the bell at every turn despite the obstacles that

842
00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:25,000
Speaker 1: you mentioned. So it's easy to get into yourself into

843
00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:26,600
Speaker 1: position like this is just going to be another one

844
00:48:26,600 --> 00:48:28,799
Speaker 1: of those games, you know, where they're just gonna take

845
00:48:28,880 --> 00:48:31,920
Speaker 1: it and run with it. But it's so interesting you

846
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:34,680
Speaker 1: say that. I literally just had this conversation with someone

847
00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:37,960
Speaker 1: earlier in the week, someone on another team and executive

848
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:40,840
Speaker 1: on another team, and it was about the Ravens. In

849
00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:46,320
Speaker 1: I believe it was twenty nineteen. The Ravens ram through everybody,

850
00:48:46,440 --> 00:48:48,480
Speaker 1: and I think there was only one game that season

851
00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:52,800
Speaker 1: that was even close. But basically they were just killing everybody,

852
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:56,719
Speaker 1: especially the second half of the season. Romping never had

853
00:48:56,760 --> 00:48:59,240
Speaker 1: to gut out a win, never had their backs against

854
00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:02,520
Speaker 1: the wall, never were in a tough spot, just drove

855
00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:05,560
Speaker 1: over everybody. Then you come to the first round of

856
00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:09,759
Speaker 1: the playoffs and they were upset. They lost, and that

857
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:12,320
Speaker 1: was right was that the Chargers And it was Lamar

858
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:15,719
Speaker 1: Jackson was maybe even subbed out for Joe Flacco at halftime.

859
00:49:16,680 --> 00:49:18,360
Speaker 1: And the point that I was making when I was

860
00:49:18,440 --> 00:49:20,759
Speaker 1: talking to this friend of mine who's an executive, that

861
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:24,600
Speaker 1: I think there's value in having to play close games,

862
00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:27,960
Speaker 1: in winning close games. I think there's value. Now, obviously

863
00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:32,000
Speaker 1: this doesn't this doesn't apply to the Bills, but I

864
00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:34,320
Speaker 1: think there's value in having come out of a losing streak.

865
00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:36,440
Speaker 1: It's a conversation that I had with Shad Khan two

866
00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:39,320
Speaker 1: weeks ago about the Jaguars, that there's something to be

867
00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:42,920
Speaker 1: said for sitting at two and six and then somehow

868
00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:46,520
Speaker 1: getting out of that, having enough faith and belief to

869
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:50,080
Speaker 1: climb out of that and still win your division and

870
00:49:50,160 --> 00:49:52,719
Speaker 1: get into the playoffs. Now, the Bills have already lived

871
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:56,719
Speaker 1: that as an organization, but just for the season, the

872
00:49:56,840 --> 00:50:00,480
Speaker 1: fact that every single game wasn't a romp, wasn't a

873
00:50:00,600 --> 00:50:03,080
Speaker 1: win by three touchdowns, that doesn't make me think any

874
00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:04,800
Speaker 1: less of them. If anything, it makes me think that

875
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:09,000
Speaker 1: they're stronger, heartier. I trust them more in a tough spot. Yeah,

876
00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:12,200
Speaker 1: and you're thinking about twenty nineteen. The Ravens were fourteen

877
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Speaker 1: and two and then they got bounced twenty eight to

878
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Speaker 1: twelve by the Titans. The Titans. That's who I meant,

879
00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:21,560
Speaker 1: the Titans. Sorry, So yeah, you're right, it does. I

880
00:50:21,680 --> 00:50:24,560
Speaker 1: think how you come in it is it's a week

881
00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:27,399
Speaker 1: to week league, so I think the last game does

882
00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:29,040
Speaker 1: have more to do with it than the last four

883
00:50:29,160 --> 00:50:31,840
Speaker 1: games put together. But that last game you're coming into it,

884
00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:34,959
Speaker 1: I think means a lot to some teams, and it'll

885
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:37,600
Speaker 1: be interesting to see how how it does unfold like that,

886
00:50:37,719 --> 00:50:39,759
Speaker 1: not only for the Bills Dolphins, but all these games

887
00:50:39,840 --> 00:50:42,960
Speaker 1: here on this weekend. I think this last game too.

888
00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:45,600
Speaker 1: Oh you were thanking me, Yeah I was. Yeah, I'm sorry.

889
00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:47,000
Speaker 1: We're out of time. We're right at the top of

890
00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:48,640
Speaker 1: the hour here, so we do have to take a break,

891
00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:50,800
Speaker 1: but thanks for the time. Have a great broadcast on

892
00:50:50,960 --> 00:50:53,239
Speaker 1: Sunday afternoon. We know people around the country will be

893
00:50:53,320 --> 00:50:56,239
Speaker 1: listening to this one, so good luck with Tom and Ross.

894
00:50:56,560 --> 00:50:58,799
Speaker 1: Have a great broadcast, and thanks as always for the time.

895
00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:01,880
Speaker 1: So much for having me, guys, I'll see you this weekend.

896
00:51:01,960 --> 00:51:04,120
Speaker 1: All right, that's a d d kN Kabala NFL on

897
00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:06,160
Speaker 1: CBS reporter are going to be doing the game reporting

898
00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:11,160
Speaker 1: from the sidelines for Westwood One Radio on Sunday at one.

899
00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:13,759
Speaker 1: We take a break here, but when we come back,

900
00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:18,360
Speaker 1: we'll be joined by senior producer from NFL Films, Greg

901
00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:21,120
Speaker 1: co Sell, chopping up the x's and oh's to see

902
00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:24,399
Speaker 1: exactly what's changed since Skyler Thompson has been inserted into

903
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:27,160
Speaker 1: the Dolphins lineup. Greg co Sell coming up next year

904
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Speaker 1: on one Bill's Live, presented by Kalaida Health, It's Buffalo

905
00:51:29,400 --> 00:52:07,960
Speaker 1: Bills Radio he's one Bill's Lives presented by Called to Health.

906
00:52:08,800 --> 00:52:11,000
Speaker 1: Here we are our number two on a Friday, and

907
00:52:11,080 --> 00:52:13,600
Speaker 1: you know what you know what that means. Senior producer

908
00:52:13,640 --> 00:52:16,680
Speaker 1: from NFL Films, Greg co Sell also co hosted the

909
00:52:16,840 --> 00:52:19,439
Speaker 1: ESPN NFL Matchup Show, joining us as he does every

910
00:52:19,480 --> 00:52:22,120
Speaker 1: week in his weekly segment presented by Scott lon Yard,

911
00:52:22,160 --> 00:52:27,120
Speaker 1: an official commercial site work partner of the Buffalo Bills. Greg,

912
00:52:27,200 --> 00:52:30,000
Speaker 1: one of your favorite players on Buffalo's roster is a

913
00:52:30,120 --> 00:52:34,759
Speaker 1: first team All Pro Matt Mulana. How about saw that?

914
00:52:35,960 --> 00:52:38,960
Speaker 1: And uh, you know what, somebody knows what they're doing,

915
00:52:39,480 --> 00:52:42,719
Speaker 1: because I think it's and it's you and me, That's

916
00:52:42,719 --> 00:52:47,160
Speaker 1: who it is. Greg. There you go, Steve, there you go. Well,

917
00:52:47,320 --> 00:52:49,320
Speaker 1: you guys, remember I've been talking about Matt Milano for

918
00:52:49,400 --> 00:52:52,320
Speaker 1: three forty years, and I think he is as critical

919
00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:55,719
Speaker 1: a piece in this defense as any um. We know.

920
00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:58,160
Speaker 1: He's a three down player. They look, they played Nickel

921
00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:00,520
Speaker 1: pretty much every snap, so he's always on the field.

922
00:53:01,239 --> 00:53:03,880
Speaker 1: I think he's one of the best two way, multi

923
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:06,359
Speaker 1: dimensional linebackers in the league, and I was really glad

924
00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:09,239
Speaker 1: to see him get that recognition because, as you guys know,

925
00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:12,400
Speaker 1: I think it's really well deserved and as we as

926
00:53:12,440 --> 00:53:15,360
Speaker 1: we close in on this game, you know, the Bills

927
00:53:15,560 --> 00:53:18,080
Speaker 1: hit this on a seven game winning streaks. The Dolphins

928
00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:20,560
Speaker 1: get in by playing the Jets last week to an

929
00:53:20,600 --> 00:53:25,960
Speaker 1: eleven to six win. Your thoughts about this, Skyler Thompson.

930
00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:28,200
Speaker 1: You watched him play last week against the Jets. Obviously

931
00:53:28,239 --> 00:53:30,319
Speaker 1: the Jets are quality defense. You knew it was going

932
00:53:30,360 --> 00:53:32,320
Speaker 1: to be tough on him. What does he bring to

933
00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:36,960
Speaker 1: the table. I had to kind of slog through that game. Guys.

934
00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:40,880
Speaker 1: You know that was not what i'd call an easy watch.

935
00:53:44,040 --> 00:53:47,160
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously Thompson is He's a rookie quarterback. He

936
00:53:47,280 --> 00:53:49,400
Speaker 1: was a low round draft choice. He wasn't viewed as

937
00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:51,880
Speaker 1: a big time prospect. Truth be told, I did not

938
00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:54,399
Speaker 1: watch his tape coming out of Kansas State, So watching

939
00:53:54,480 --> 00:53:57,120
Speaker 1: him in the NFL was really my first exposure to him.

940
00:53:58,360 --> 00:54:01,560
Speaker 1: In looking at last week's game in detail, and it

941
00:54:01,680 --> 00:54:03,640
Speaker 1: was obviously a game they had to win, so they're

942
00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:07,280
Speaker 1: playing to win. I think at this point he struggles

943
00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:09,840
Speaker 1: to process what he sees both before the snap and

944
00:54:09,920 --> 00:54:13,560
Speaker 1: after the snap. Just having done this a long time

945
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:18,279
Speaker 1: and understanding coverage and routes based on formations, I think

946
00:54:18,360 --> 00:54:20,160
Speaker 1: that there were snaps he worked the wrong side of

947
00:54:20,200 --> 00:54:23,640
Speaker 1: the formation based on the routes versus the coverage. He's

948
00:54:23,640 --> 00:54:28,080
Speaker 1: got some mobility, he does not have a particularly strong arm.

949
00:54:29,440 --> 00:54:32,640
Speaker 1: I think that he's very unrefined as a progression reader

950
00:54:32,719 --> 00:54:34,800
Speaker 1: at this point, which which I would expect. None of

951
00:54:34,840 --> 00:54:37,600
Speaker 1: this is really a negative. It's just what he is now,

952
00:54:38,239 --> 00:54:40,800
Speaker 1: you know. I mean, the guy is he was not

953
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:44,240
Speaker 1: a big, big producer in college. Even though he started

954
00:54:44,280 --> 00:54:46,880
Speaker 1: a lot of games, he was not a big numbers producer.

955
00:54:47,680 --> 00:54:50,600
Speaker 1: He's a guy that's going to look to break down

956
00:54:50,719 --> 00:54:52,719
Speaker 1: and leave the pocket. You have to be aware of that,

957
00:54:53,239 --> 00:54:54,520
Speaker 1: you know, because the last thing you want to have

958
00:54:54,600 --> 00:54:57,239
Speaker 1: happened in a game like this is you get them

959
00:54:57,280 --> 00:54:58,719
Speaker 1: in third and eight and all of a sudden he

960
00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:01,759
Speaker 1: leaves the pocket and runs for twelve. You know. The

961
00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:03,759
Speaker 1: other thing that really stood out to me watching the

962
00:55:03,840 --> 00:55:06,240
Speaker 1: tape against the Jets, who do have a good defense,

963
00:55:06,800 --> 00:55:10,960
Speaker 1: is pressure looks and late rotation and coverage caused issues

964
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:13,760
Speaker 1: for him. He's not ready to work through that process,

965
00:55:14,080 --> 00:55:17,239
Speaker 1: either pre snap or post snap, with the clarity that

966
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Speaker 1: is needed. I did notice Greg that you know, when

967
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Speaker 1: Thompson's in the game, there's a lot more twelve and

968
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Speaker 1: twenty one personnel than even the Dolphins run in the

969
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Speaker 1: first place. It's like, oh, I mean between twelve, if

970
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Speaker 1: you add twelve and twenty one, it's almost fifty percent

971
00:55:34,040 --> 00:55:37,719
Speaker 1: of the snaps when Thompson's football game. Well, maybe just

972
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Speaker 1: explain what they're trying to get accomplished with those, you know,

973
00:55:41,320 --> 00:55:45,719
Speaker 1: bigger sets. Well, they they've been a lot like that

974
00:55:45,880 --> 00:55:48,839
Speaker 1: throughout the year. I mean even with twa they play

975
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Speaker 1: a lot at a twenty one. Because don't forget, that's

976
00:55:51,120 --> 00:55:54,839
Speaker 1: Mike McDaniel's background, coming from San Francisco, which plays over

977
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Speaker 1: twenty one with the fullback use check. So that is

978
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Speaker 1: what he knows because he's been with Kyle his whole

979
00:56:02,120 --> 00:56:06,480
Speaker 1: NFL career, So that's what he knows. So, you know,

980
00:56:06,600 --> 00:56:10,719
Speaker 1: I think the thing is with the Bills, I don't

981
00:56:10,760 --> 00:56:13,839
Speaker 1: think it gives you exactly what you want the way

982
00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:16,560
Speaker 1: it does with other teams, Brownie, because when you line

983
00:56:16,640 --> 00:56:19,960
Speaker 1: up in your base offense in terms of personnel, you're

984
00:56:20,040 --> 00:56:23,640
Speaker 1: expecting and anticipating that the defense will do the same

985
00:56:24,120 --> 00:56:27,680
Speaker 1: and therefore maybe create some predictability to the fronts, to

986
00:56:27,800 --> 00:56:31,520
Speaker 1: the coverage, to match ups and since the Bills are

987
00:56:31,600 --> 00:56:35,120
Speaker 1: a ninety five percent really one hundred percent for the

988
00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:39,000
Speaker 1: most part nickel defense because to Ron Johnson is such

989
00:56:39,040 --> 00:56:41,279
Speaker 1: a good player and can play in the box and

990
00:56:41,360 --> 00:56:43,480
Speaker 1: defend the run. I don't know if you get the

991
00:56:44,200 --> 00:56:48,480
Speaker 1: personnel advantage that you think you're going to get when

992
00:56:48,480 --> 00:56:50,600
Speaker 1: I say think going to get Mike McDaniel knows this.

993
00:56:50,719 --> 00:56:53,080
Speaker 1: I'm not telling him anything he doesn't know. I'm just

994
00:56:53,120 --> 00:56:54,400
Speaker 1: trying to make the point that I don't know if

995
00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:57,480
Speaker 1: it's as big a factor versus Buffalo as it is

996
00:56:57,520 --> 00:57:01,680
Speaker 1: against other teams. And I think Taran Johnson like you mentioned,

997
00:57:01,719 --> 00:57:06,200
Speaker 1: and also Milano and Edmonds, those three guys, because of

998
00:57:06,239 --> 00:57:10,560
Speaker 1: their versatility in their athleticism, you can be predictable in

999
00:57:10,640 --> 00:57:15,040
Speaker 1: your personnel, but do anything creative you want, correct with

1000
00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:18,120
Speaker 1: your fronts, with your looks, with your coverages. Because of

1001
00:57:18,200 --> 00:57:21,360
Speaker 1: the their plus Poyer as well, and hide when he's

1002
00:57:21,400 --> 00:57:28,120
Speaker 1: in there. It gives you more versatility rather than more predictability. Yes,

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00:57:29,040 --> 00:57:31,200
Speaker 1: now you know one thing I will say about the

1004
00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:33,360
Speaker 1: Bills d is you know, I would say from a

1005
00:57:33,600 --> 00:57:37,400
Speaker 1: front standpoint, they're not overly multiple, you know, I think

1006
00:57:37,680 --> 00:57:40,760
Speaker 1: at their core they're an overfront and What that means

1007
00:57:40,840 --> 00:57:45,160
Speaker 1: for people is that the three technique defensive tackle who

1008
00:57:45,480 --> 00:57:47,640
Speaker 1: and that's the defensive tackle that lines up on the

1009
00:57:47,720 --> 00:57:51,880
Speaker 1: outside shoulder of the offensive guard. He will line up

1010
00:57:51,920 --> 00:57:55,000
Speaker 1: to the strong side of the offensive formation, to the

1011
00:57:55,120 --> 00:57:59,680
Speaker 1: tight end side. So they're predominantly an overfront. Now, obviously

1012
00:57:59,720 --> 00:58:01,800
Speaker 1: team change when it comes to be third and long,

1013
00:58:01,880 --> 00:58:04,480
Speaker 1: you know, then the fronts are different. But I think

1014
00:58:05,120 --> 00:58:07,800
Speaker 1: your point, Steve's a really good one with what Ron

1015
00:58:07,880 --> 00:58:10,960
Speaker 1: Johnson can do, with how they can use Milano with Edmonds,

1016
00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:13,560
Speaker 1: who's got tremendous length in the middle of the defense,

1017
00:58:14,000 --> 00:58:17,280
Speaker 1: you know, it makes it a little more versatile than

1018
00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:21,720
Speaker 1: just a basic Hey, here's how they line up. Last week, Greg,

1019
00:58:22,040 --> 00:58:26,000
Speaker 1: the Patriots did a pretty good job of committing to

1020
00:58:26,240 --> 00:58:28,880
Speaker 1: keeping Josh Allen in the pocket. He got out a

1021
00:58:28,920 --> 00:58:31,280
Speaker 1: few times, but not nearly as much as he usually does.

1022
00:58:31,360 --> 00:58:33,880
Speaker 1: It looked like they were making a concerted effort to

1023
00:58:34,080 --> 00:58:37,880
Speaker 1: keep him there rather than let him escape on an

1024
00:58:37,880 --> 00:58:42,360
Speaker 1: off script play broken, play runs, scramble, etc. Knowing the

1025
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Speaker 1: Dolphins and the difficulty they have in getting consistent pressure,

1026
00:58:48,360 --> 00:58:50,560
Speaker 1: do you think they might take a page out of

1027
00:58:50,640 --> 00:58:54,960
Speaker 1: that book and say, let's at least eliminate Alan as

1028
00:58:55,000 --> 00:59:01,160
Speaker 1: a runner. Well, you know, all we have is the

1029
00:59:01,240 --> 00:59:05,240
Speaker 1: way they played in the past. You know when they

1030
00:59:05,360 --> 00:59:07,720
Speaker 1: played that was Week fifteen, I believe it was not

1031
00:59:07,840 --> 00:59:09,440
Speaker 1: that long ago. That was the game when it was

1032
00:59:09,440 --> 00:59:11,439
Speaker 1: supposed to snow, and I guess it didn't snow until

1033
00:59:11,440 --> 00:59:14,600
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, and very poetically as the as the

1034
00:59:14,680 --> 00:59:18,200
Speaker 1: Bills won the game. But you know, they used a

1035
00:59:18,280 --> 00:59:22,320
Speaker 1: spy on Josh quite a bit in that game. And

1036
00:59:22,440 --> 00:59:24,760
Speaker 1: even though the Patriots tried to keep him in the pocket,

1037
00:59:24,800 --> 00:59:26,600
Speaker 1: we saw him get out of the pocket and direct

1038
00:59:26,680 --> 00:59:30,040
Speaker 1: John Brown and throw a touchdown. That's a hard thing

1039
00:59:30,120 --> 00:59:32,760
Speaker 1: to do. And the reason I say it's hard is

1040
00:59:32,840 --> 00:59:36,320
Speaker 1: because sometimes and you guys know this, there's no rhyme

1041
00:59:36,440 --> 00:59:40,160
Speaker 1: or reason why Josh leaves the pocket. I mean, sometimes

1042
00:59:40,280 --> 00:59:43,840
Speaker 1: he can drop back and the pocket is relatively secure

1043
00:59:43,960 --> 00:59:46,720
Speaker 1: and clean, and he will just leave because I think

1044
00:59:46,760 --> 00:59:49,640
Speaker 1: that's kind of built into his DNA, you know. And

1045
00:59:49,960 --> 00:59:53,600
Speaker 1: it always comes down to Josh with precision versus instincts,

1046
00:59:53,880 --> 00:59:56,120
Speaker 1: and the last thing you want to do is take

1047
00:59:56,160 --> 00:59:59,520
Speaker 1: away his instincts, so you'll live with him. At times

1048
00:59:59,720 --> 01:00:04,480
Speaker 1: leave the pocket prematurely, you know, pure pocket quarterbacks obviously

1049
01:00:04,560 --> 01:00:06,960
Speaker 1: don't have that issue because they grew up in the position,

1050
01:00:07,560 --> 01:00:09,640
Speaker 1: never having to use their legs. That's not the case

1051
01:00:09,720 --> 01:00:14,400
Speaker 1: with Josh, you know. So it'll be curious to see

1052
01:00:14,600 --> 01:00:18,480
Speaker 1: if the Dolphins again use a spy. I remember he

1053
01:00:18,600 --> 01:00:22,160
Speaker 1: hit McKenzie for nineteen yards on a third down play

1054
01:00:22,240 --> 01:00:25,760
Speaker 1: in that Week fifteen game where they used I think

1055
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Speaker 1: Bethel was the spy because I don't believe Rowe Eric

1056
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Speaker 1: grow played in that Week fifteen game. They used Bethel

1057
01:00:31,560 --> 01:00:34,520
Speaker 1: as the spy, and it was a play that I was,

1058
01:00:34,640 --> 01:00:36,560
Speaker 1: to be honest with you, I looked at it twenty

1059
01:00:36,640 --> 01:00:40,040
Speaker 1: times and I'm still not sure why Josh left the pocket,

1060
01:00:40,200 --> 01:00:42,320
Speaker 1: but he ended up leaving the pocket and throwing to

1061
01:00:42,480 --> 01:00:45,360
Speaker 1: McKenzie for nineteen yards. You know, so sometimes he just

1062
01:00:45,600 --> 01:00:48,200
Speaker 1: does that. You know. The thing to me about this

1063
01:00:49,640 --> 01:00:52,320
Speaker 1: offense for the Bills is they're the only offense in

1064
01:00:52,360 --> 01:00:55,240
Speaker 1: the NFL with a third down conversion right above fifty percent.

1065
01:00:55,720 --> 01:00:58,480
Speaker 1: And third down is the quarterbacks down, So you know,

1066
01:00:58,640 --> 01:01:01,040
Speaker 1: whether he's throwing from the pocket or making something happen

1067
01:01:01,080 --> 01:01:04,760
Speaker 1: outside the pocket, they convert third downs right and when

1068
01:01:04,800 --> 01:01:07,600
Speaker 1: they you're right. And here's the thing too, we've seen

1069
01:01:07,680 --> 01:01:12,000
Speaker 1: this happen a lot of these defenses that the Bill's face.

1070
01:01:12,120 --> 01:01:13,680
Speaker 1: We saw it all the way back, really and when

1071
01:01:13,800 --> 01:01:19,760
Speaker 1: Josh exploded in twenty twenty. Yeah where the reason the bill.

1072
01:01:19,880 --> 01:01:22,320
Speaker 1: The reason Josh Allen is Josh Allen in one of

1073
01:01:22,360 --> 01:01:25,480
Speaker 1: these elite quarterbacks, in with Mahomes and with Joe Burrow,

1074
01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:30,919
Speaker 1: is because even if they call the perfect defense, yeah,

1075
01:01:32,160 --> 01:01:35,880
Speaker 1: it turns into a touchdown. And you see, I mean,

1076
01:01:36,600 --> 01:01:39,000
Speaker 1: and that's why you live, That's right. Yeah. And I

1077
01:01:39,080 --> 01:01:40,800
Speaker 1: was gonna say, Stee, that's why you live with a

1078
01:01:40,880 --> 01:01:42,480
Speaker 1: couple of you know, That's why I made the point

1079
01:01:42,520 --> 01:01:45,680
Speaker 1: about precision versus instincts. You know, every once in a while,

1080
01:01:46,120 --> 01:01:47,800
Speaker 1: like you look at the interception he threw in the

1081
01:01:47,880 --> 01:01:50,440
Speaker 1: red zone last week. Hopefully he doesn't do that this week,

1082
01:01:50,440 --> 01:01:53,520
Speaker 1: because that's the only way theoretically the Dolphins can stay

1083
01:01:53,560 --> 01:01:55,520
Speaker 1: in the game, you know, because you don't expect the

1084
01:01:55,560 --> 01:01:57,640
Speaker 1: Dolphins to put up twenty four, twenty eight points in

1085
01:01:57,720 --> 01:02:00,520
Speaker 1: this game. You know, to me, on that reception in

1086
01:02:00,560 --> 01:02:02,880
Speaker 1: the red zone, it was an empty set and to me,

1087
01:02:03,040 --> 01:02:05,080
Speaker 1: the coverage should have told him to work to the

1088
01:02:05,160 --> 01:02:07,680
Speaker 1: trip side, but he worked to the two man side,

1089
01:02:08,000 --> 01:02:10,959
Speaker 1: which is okay. But then you have Digs wide open

1090
01:02:11,120 --> 01:02:13,200
Speaker 1: right away, so you got to make that throw. So

1091
01:02:13,320 --> 01:02:15,720
Speaker 1: he waited and waited and waited to try to hit

1092
01:02:15,840 --> 01:02:17,680
Speaker 1: Davis in the back of the end zone and then

1093
01:02:17,760 --> 01:02:20,480
Speaker 1: the pressure gets there. So you know, that's just who

1094
01:02:20,600 --> 01:02:23,160
Speaker 1: he is. And I'm not saying that's acceptable. You know,

1095
01:02:23,200 --> 01:02:26,160
Speaker 1: you obviously don't want that to happen, but there's there's

1096
01:02:26,200 --> 01:02:29,040
Speaker 1: always going to be a balance with him between precision

1097
01:02:29,240 --> 01:02:32,280
Speaker 1: and instincts. And you know, obviously you're gonna ask him,

1098
01:02:32,360 --> 01:02:34,320
Speaker 1: you know, in the meeting, hey, what you see, But

1099
01:02:34,560 --> 01:02:36,120
Speaker 1: you know you're not going to say to him, don't

1100
01:02:36,160 --> 01:02:39,280
Speaker 1: do that, because that takes away the great plays that

1101
01:02:39,400 --> 01:02:44,000
Speaker 1: he does make. You know, look, this wasn't an extend

1102
01:02:44,200 --> 01:02:46,720
Speaker 1: the play play obviously, but the touchdown he threw to

1103
01:02:46,840 --> 01:02:50,440
Speaker 1: Digs in the Patriots game, I mean that was a

1104
01:02:50,600 --> 01:02:54,360
Speaker 1: far hash throw, Steve. That ball was seventy plus yards

1105
01:02:54,400 --> 01:02:56,760
Speaker 1: in the air, right on the money. I mean, how

1106
01:02:56,800 --> 01:03:00,080
Speaker 1: many guys are making that throw in the NFL and

1107
01:03:00,160 --> 01:03:02,640
Speaker 1: he's so Here's so, say, you're the head coach of

1108
01:03:02,680 --> 01:03:08,520
Speaker 1: the Bills, how do you feel about his twelve picks?

1109
01:03:10,120 --> 01:03:12,760
Speaker 1: H I think you talk to him about it, you know,

1110
01:03:12,960 --> 01:03:15,360
Speaker 1: coaches have to coach. I mean, you know the old

1111
01:03:15,400 --> 01:03:18,280
Speaker 1: expression you either coach it or you'll let it happen.

1112
01:03:18,520 --> 01:03:21,080
Speaker 1: You have to coach it. But you're not yelling at him.

1113
01:03:21,320 --> 01:03:24,400
Speaker 1: You're basically saying, hey, Josh, what did you see? And

1114
01:03:24,520 --> 01:03:27,080
Speaker 1: you'll let him explain it. And then you say, in

1115
01:03:27,160 --> 01:03:29,680
Speaker 1: that situation, I would assume I'm not a coach, so hey,

1116
01:03:29,760 --> 01:03:31,920
Speaker 1: a coach might tell me that the approach it differently.

1117
01:03:32,120 --> 01:03:34,080
Speaker 1: But then I think you would say, hey, we just

1118
01:03:34,200 --> 01:03:36,240
Speaker 1: want to be aware of the situation. There, we're in

1119
01:03:36,320 --> 01:03:39,400
Speaker 1: the red zone. It's third down, we have points, you know,

1120
01:03:39,880 --> 01:03:42,040
Speaker 1: just you want to be a little more careful there,

1121
01:03:42,320 --> 01:03:44,280
Speaker 1: you know, which is exactly what you want. You know,

1122
01:03:44,400 --> 01:03:47,160
Speaker 1: that's we know he's thrown a few too many red

1123
01:03:47,240 --> 01:03:50,320
Speaker 1: zone picks this year. Picks. You have to look at

1124
01:03:50,400 --> 01:03:52,480
Speaker 1: each one as a separate entity. You can't just look

1125
01:03:52,520 --> 01:03:55,760
Speaker 1: at a number on a page. But you know you

1126
01:03:55,840 --> 01:03:57,840
Speaker 1: still have to talk to him about it, Steve, You

1127
01:03:57,960 --> 01:03:59,840
Speaker 1: just don't deal with it as as oh my god,

1128
01:04:00,040 --> 01:04:01,840
Speaker 1: do you do it? Because if you deal with it

1129
01:04:01,960 --> 01:04:04,400
Speaker 1: that way, you don't want him to start thinking, well, gee,

1130
01:04:04,440 --> 01:04:06,520
Speaker 1: I better not move, I better just stand there, and

1131
01:04:06,840 --> 01:04:09,040
Speaker 1: you know, just play like a robot, because what makes it.

1132
01:04:09,200 --> 01:04:11,120
Speaker 1: One of the things that makes them special is his

1133
01:04:11,240 --> 01:04:14,760
Speaker 1: ability to do stuff that other guys can't do. So

1134
01:04:15,000 --> 01:04:18,920
Speaker 1: going back to the week fifteen game, Greg, the Dolphins

1135
01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:21,560
Speaker 1: rolled up one hundred and eighty eight yards on the ground, Yeah,

1136
01:04:22,760 --> 01:04:26,640
Speaker 1: which was a problem, but they would still throw the ball.

1137
01:04:26,760 --> 01:04:31,600
Speaker 1: I think because Mike McDaniel knew that if we're going

1138
01:04:31,640 --> 01:04:35,560
Speaker 1: to keep up with them, we can't completely lean on

1139
01:04:35,680 --> 01:04:38,479
Speaker 1: the running game to any great degree because it takes

1140
01:04:38,520 --> 01:04:41,400
Speaker 1: too long to score that way. And if this team

1141
01:04:41,480 --> 01:04:43,680
Speaker 1: is scoring which they were in that game, the Bills,

1142
01:04:44,560 --> 01:04:47,240
Speaker 1: we got to keep up with them. So with that

1143
01:04:47,440 --> 01:04:49,680
Speaker 1: in mind, and now knowing you've got Thompson as you're

1144
01:04:49,680 --> 01:04:52,640
Speaker 1: starting quarterback, I can understand wanting to lean on that

1145
01:04:52,800 --> 01:04:54,440
Speaker 1: run game and see if you can get it to

1146
01:04:54,600 --> 01:04:57,840
Speaker 1: work the same way it did in Week fifteen. But

1147
01:04:58,280 --> 01:05:01,280
Speaker 1: if the Bills are scoring point and really Miami has

1148
01:05:01,320 --> 01:05:05,000
Speaker 1: not been able to stop Josh Allen ever, the Bills

1149
01:05:05,040 --> 01:05:08,360
Speaker 1: will stop him more than anybody else. I don't know

1150
01:05:08,480 --> 01:05:11,880
Speaker 1: how that can find the Dolphins out on the right

1151
01:05:12,040 --> 01:05:17,320
Speaker 1: end of the scoreboard with Thompson at quarterback without crazy

1152
01:05:17,440 --> 01:05:20,600
Speaker 1: things happening. That's you know. That's why you know, Josh

1153
01:05:20,680 --> 01:05:23,040
Speaker 1: can't throw picks. That's why you can't fumble a punt.

1154
01:05:23,360 --> 01:05:26,480
Speaker 1: That's why your backs can't fumble like Singletary did last week.

1155
01:05:26,760 --> 01:05:30,560
Speaker 1: Those things can't happen in this game, Brownie, because if

1156
01:05:30,600 --> 01:05:33,480
Speaker 1: the game were just to play out normally without those things,

1157
01:05:33,560 --> 01:05:36,960
Speaker 1: even if the Bills weren't explosive and didn't put up

1158
01:05:37,040 --> 01:05:40,960
Speaker 1: thirty five, you would think that the Dolphins they could

1159
01:05:41,000 --> 01:05:43,560
Speaker 1: still win this game, almost like they beat New England

1160
01:05:43,640 --> 01:05:45,360
Speaker 1: on the Thursday night game when they won what was

1161
01:05:45,400 --> 01:05:47,600
Speaker 1: a twenty four ten was at the score on Thursday

1162
01:05:47,680 --> 01:05:50,360
Speaker 1: Night when they beat New England, Yes, I believe it was.

1163
01:05:50,760 --> 01:05:52,560
Speaker 1: So you would think that they could just win the

1164
01:05:52,640 --> 01:05:56,080
Speaker 1: game that way, you know, But you're right. I mean, look,

1165
01:05:56,160 --> 01:05:58,439
Speaker 1: moster had a sixty seven yard run in that game

1166
01:05:58,960 --> 01:06:02,640
Speaker 1: week fifteen. More than likely that's not going to happen again.

1167
01:06:02,720 --> 01:06:04,960
Speaker 1: You don't see many sixty seven yard runs. But the

1168
01:06:05,080 --> 01:06:07,960
Speaker 1: bottom line is, and you mentioned the run defense in

1169
01:06:08,120 --> 01:06:11,880
Speaker 1: that game, they did run well inside. The Bills d

1170
01:06:12,040 --> 01:06:14,920
Speaker 1: line had maybe one of its worst games defending the

1171
01:06:15,040 --> 01:06:17,360
Speaker 1: run this year. They got blocked and moved and that

1172
01:06:17,480 --> 01:06:20,000
Speaker 1: allowed the old line to climb effectively to Milano and

1173
01:06:20,120 --> 01:06:22,240
Speaker 1: Edmonds and they were able to block them. So you

1174
01:06:22,400 --> 01:06:25,360
Speaker 1: definitely have to clean that up in this game. Okay,

1175
01:06:25,480 --> 01:06:29,320
Speaker 1: So assuming the Bills, you know, do clean that up,

1176
01:06:30,040 --> 01:06:34,400
Speaker 1: how desperate and how creative and how exotic do you

1177
01:06:34,480 --> 01:06:37,960
Speaker 1: think Mike McDaniel could get knowing you got to pull

1178
01:06:38,040 --> 01:06:40,440
Speaker 1: out all the stops, especially if the Bills have an

1179
01:06:40,440 --> 01:06:45,200
Speaker 1: answer for that run game, and I think you will

1180
01:06:45,280 --> 01:06:46,760
Speaker 1: do that, you know. I don't know if you saw

1181
01:06:46,840 --> 01:06:48,840
Speaker 1: the first play of the forty nine Ers cards game

1182
01:06:48,880 --> 01:06:52,600
Speaker 1: this past week where they went with a fleeflicker, you know,

1183
01:06:52,680 --> 01:06:55,280
Speaker 1: reverse fleeflicker, and they threw a touchdown to AJ Green

1184
01:06:55,680 --> 01:06:57,840
Speaker 1: and they went up seven nothing on the first play

1185
01:06:57,880 --> 01:07:00,240
Speaker 1: of the game. Obviously, the Niners were a much better

1186
01:07:00,320 --> 01:07:02,480
Speaker 1: team and they came back to win pretty big. But

1187
01:07:02,800 --> 01:07:05,240
Speaker 1: I think you're going to see those kinds of things, Brownie.

1188
01:07:05,280 --> 01:07:07,439
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously that's not going to happen every other play,

1189
01:07:07,920 --> 01:07:10,720
Speaker 1: but he has to try to manufacture offense in this game.

1190
01:07:11,040 --> 01:07:13,800
Speaker 1: You know. One of the telltale signs of a quarterback

1191
01:07:14,040 --> 01:07:16,720
Speaker 1: that is not seeing things within the context of your

1192
01:07:16,800 --> 01:07:19,400
Speaker 1: offense is when I watched the Dolphins this past week

1193
01:07:19,440 --> 01:07:21,800
Speaker 1: against the Jets. You know what you didn't see. You

1194
01:07:21,880 --> 01:07:25,040
Speaker 1: didn't see those inbreaker throws to Helen Waddle, whereas with

1195
01:07:25,200 --> 01:07:28,720
Speaker 1: two of you see those twelve times every game, you know,

1196
01:07:29,120 --> 01:07:31,440
Speaker 1: and you didn't see him this week. I think you

1197
01:07:31,520 --> 01:07:33,880
Speaker 1: saw one and it might have been the only play

1198
01:07:33,920 --> 01:07:37,480
Speaker 1: in which he actually progression read. But you didn't see

1199
01:07:37,520 --> 01:07:40,760
Speaker 1: any of those throws because he's not seeing it that way.

1200
01:07:41,160 --> 01:07:44,800
Speaker 1: So you know, they have to do something to manufacture

1201
01:07:44,840 --> 01:07:48,480
Speaker 1: and orchestrate and in some ways improvise offense, and you

1202
01:07:48,560 --> 01:07:50,240
Speaker 1: know what, they may do that and that's the one

1203
01:07:50,280 --> 01:07:51,760
Speaker 1: thing you gotta be careful of it. You gotta be

1204
01:07:51,800 --> 01:07:53,439
Speaker 1: careful that all of a sudden they do a couple

1205
01:07:53,480 --> 01:07:55,600
Speaker 1: of things and it's late in the first quarter and

1206
01:07:55,640 --> 01:07:57,600
Speaker 1: you're losing ten nothing. You know, when all of a

1207
01:07:57,640 --> 01:07:59,720
Speaker 1: sudden the game takes on a different feel. I mean,

1208
01:08:00,000 --> 01:08:02,200
Speaker 1: if you know how those things happen, no matter how

1209
01:08:02,320 --> 01:08:05,080
Speaker 1: much better you are than another team, it's the playoffs.

1210
01:08:05,200 --> 01:08:07,400
Speaker 1: It's a different kind of game, and all of a sudden,

1211
01:08:07,400 --> 01:08:09,960
Speaker 1: the game takes on a different feel. Yeah, and that

1212
01:08:10,120 --> 01:08:11,720
Speaker 1: field has to do with how you play. I mean,

1213
01:08:11,760 --> 01:08:13,720
Speaker 1: you start gripping pretty bad and you think, listen, we

1214
01:08:13,840 --> 01:08:15,720
Speaker 1: gotta get back into this or we're gonna go, you know,

1215
01:08:16,080 --> 01:08:18,719
Speaker 1: and it starts to affect the way you are going forward.

1216
01:08:18,880 --> 01:08:21,840
Speaker 1: Rather than just playing your game. You you decide you

1217
01:08:21,920 --> 01:08:24,360
Speaker 1: got to do something a little extra or a little

1218
01:08:24,400 --> 01:08:27,720
Speaker 1: different or a little more than you normally would just

1219
01:08:27,880 --> 01:08:31,160
Speaker 1: because you're down early. Yeah, to use a baseball term,

1220
01:08:31,240 --> 01:08:32,760
Speaker 1: you try you're trying to hit a grand Slam home

1221
01:08:32,840 --> 01:08:35,599
Speaker 1: run with no one on base, you know, right, that's right.

1222
01:08:36,280 --> 01:08:38,960
Speaker 1: How do you feel about you know, Mike mc let's

1223
01:08:38,960 --> 01:08:40,599
Speaker 1: just say this. I mean, there's been some stuff coming

1224
01:08:40,600 --> 01:08:43,920
Speaker 1: around about the Dolphins going forward. Give us here, you've

1225
01:08:43,960 --> 01:08:47,760
Speaker 1: watched all of these games. Give us your idea of

1226
01:08:47,880 --> 01:08:50,360
Speaker 1: what Mike McDaniels has been as a head coach. After

1227
01:08:50,520 --> 01:08:56,599
Speaker 1: year one regular season. My guess is, and I think

1228
01:08:56,640 --> 01:08:58,880
Speaker 1: I'm right about this, but my guess is he's even

1229
01:08:58,960 --> 01:09:01,240
Speaker 1: though he's the head coach, he's the offensive coach and

1230
01:09:01,360 --> 01:09:06,760
Speaker 1: that the defense is coached by Josh Boyer. So I

1231
01:09:06,840 --> 01:09:10,120
Speaker 1: think as an offensive coach he can be really creative

1232
01:09:10,960 --> 01:09:14,160
Speaker 1: and also very efficient with basic concepts. I think he

1233
01:09:14,240 --> 01:09:17,360
Speaker 1: has a really good mix of that of taking basic

1234
01:09:17,520 --> 01:09:20,280
Speaker 1: concepts and it's kind of being creative and how he

1235
01:09:20,400 --> 01:09:22,840
Speaker 1: gets to them. I mean, don't forget you know, all

1236
01:09:22,880 --> 01:09:25,680
Speaker 1: those inbreaking routes that they hit this year with Hill

1237
01:09:25,720 --> 01:09:29,000
Speaker 1: and Waddle. Those are quick rhythm throws. You know, they're

1238
01:09:29,479 --> 01:09:32,800
Speaker 1: he's not reinventing the wheel. It comes off rpo action,

1239
01:09:32,920 --> 01:09:35,719
Speaker 1: it comes off play action. It comes off with Tua

1240
01:09:35,840 --> 01:09:38,880
Speaker 1: can do really well. And obviously he's not playing, you know,

1241
01:09:38,960 --> 01:09:41,360
Speaker 1: and ta is what his game was is he was

1242
01:09:41,479 --> 01:09:44,240
Speaker 1: twitchy on his drop and his set with a really

1243
01:09:44,360 --> 01:09:47,519
Speaker 1: compact delivery, and the ball would get out. And what

1244
01:09:47,680 --> 01:09:50,320
Speaker 1: they do is by their use of motion is they

1245
01:09:50,360 --> 01:09:54,320
Speaker 1: would stretch the field horizontally with their use of motion,

1246
01:09:54,800 --> 01:09:57,920
Speaker 1: and then that would create space between the numbers. And

1247
01:09:58,080 --> 01:10:01,840
Speaker 1: because everything then happens, so the ball could be thrown

1248
01:10:01,960 --> 01:10:05,320
Speaker 1: between the numbers, you know, those short, quick throws. They

1249
01:10:05,520 --> 01:10:08,320
Speaker 1: try to do those kinds of things with Thompson. But

1250
01:10:08,479 --> 01:10:11,080
Speaker 1: either he didn't see it recognize it. You know, I

1251
01:10:11,320 --> 01:10:13,320
Speaker 1: can't speak to one of what's in his head. But

1252
01:10:13,439 --> 01:10:16,679
Speaker 1: those plays didn't happen, you know, So maybe they'll happen

1253
01:10:16,760 --> 01:10:19,360
Speaker 1: with another week of practice, because clearly he is practicing

1254
01:10:19,400 --> 01:10:22,160
Speaker 1: this week as the starting quarterback. So you have to

1255
01:10:22,240 --> 01:10:25,479
Speaker 1: be prepared for the fact that Thompson will likely be better.

1256
01:10:26,000 --> 01:10:28,679
Speaker 1: Whatever that means, I don't think anyone can say until

1257
01:10:28,720 --> 01:10:31,439
Speaker 1: we play the game. Looking at the rest of the

1258
01:10:31,479 --> 01:10:37,439
Speaker 1: playoff schedule, Greg, is there one that tickles your fancy

1259
01:10:37,600 --> 01:10:40,680
Speaker 1: more than another? The four or five is interesting, right,

1260
01:10:41,720 --> 01:10:45,320
Speaker 1: what's at the four or five seed? Games are always interesting? Yeah,

1261
01:10:45,640 --> 01:10:49,439
Speaker 1: I'm kind of Yeah. The Tampa Bay Dallas game is

1262
01:10:49,439 --> 01:10:52,320
Speaker 1: fascinating to me because I thought that Dak Prescott last

1263
01:10:52,360 --> 01:10:56,479
Speaker 1: week he played really poorly, and he played poorly in

1264
01:10:56,520 --> 01:10:58,719
Speaker 1: an odd kind of way to me. I mean, everybody

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01:10:58,760 --> 01:11:00,920
Speaker 1: can say turnovers, okay, you know that, we know you

1266
01:11:00,960 --> 01:11:03,000
Speaker 1: don't want to turn the ball over. But he wasn't

1267
01:11:03,080 --> 01:11:06,240
Speaker 1: seeing things. His vision was so limited, and when you

1268
01:11:06,360 --> 01:11:09,160
Speaker 1: don't see things, you tend to play fast because you

1269
01:11:09,280 --> 01:11:12,719
Speaker 1: know you don't have time. So it just he looked

1270
01:11:12,760 --> 01:11:15,439
Speaker 1: like a young quarterback trying to feel his way, as

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Speaker 1: opposed to a veteran quarterback who's done this for a

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Speaker 1: long time. So I find that game interesting. And I

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01:11:21,000 --> 01:11:26,360
Speaker 1: think that Jaguars Chargers game, I guess that's the battle

1274
01:11:26,400 --> 01:11:28,360
Speaker 1: of the of the quarterbacks with the hair that's the

1275
01:11:28,439 --> 01:11:31,800
Speaker 1: hair game, that's the hair band game, you know. But

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Speaker 1: I'm really fascinated because I really like watching Herbert play.

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01:11:36,560 --> 01:11:38,800
Speaker 1: I just love the fact that he gets the ball

1278
01:11:38,840 --> 01:11:41,400
Speaker 1: out and gets completions and then at the same time

1279
01:11:41,479 --> 01:11:45,479
Speaker 1: can drive the ball down the field so easily. You know,

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01:11:45,640 --> 01:11:49,360
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I think most people probably would

1281
01:11:49,400 --> 01:11:52,080
Speaker 1: say at this point in time, you know, you're dealing

1282
01:11:52,160 --> 01:11:56,840
Speaker 1: with Mahomes, Alan, Herbert, and Burrow. You know, I'm not

1283
01:11:56,960 --> 01:11:59,240
Speaker 1: giving an order, but I'm saying those four guys are

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01:11:59,360 --> 01:12:03,040
Speaker 1: kind of the guy right now. And you know, I

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01:12:03,240 --> 01:12:06,160
Speaker 1: really like watching Herbert, and Lawrence has played well over

1286
01:12:06,240 --> 01:12:08,559
Speaker 1: the last part of the season, and Doug Peterson coming

1287
01:12:08,600 --> 01:12:10,760
Speaker 1: from the Indie red school, there's a lot of really

1288
01:12:10,840 --> 01:12:14,400
Speaker 1: well schemed pass game concepts that define things so nicely

1289
01:12:14,680 --> 01:12:17,880
Speaker 1: for Lawrence, and he's executing at a high level. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And I think that's those the four or five games

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01:12:20,200 --> 01:12:22,519
Speaker 1: while they are you know, the Chargers are going on

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01:12:22,600 --> 01:12:26,920
Speaker 1: the road. Yeah, after having won significantly more games than

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01:12:27,040 --> 01:12:32,840
Speaker 1: the team that's hosting them in Jacksonville. Give us your

1294
01:12:32,920 --> 01:12:36,760
Speaker 1: idea about the way this might shake out. I mean

1295
01:12:36,800 --> 01:12:38,880
Speaker 1: that those to me, the Chargers to me, are a

1296
01:12:38,960 --> 01:12:43,240
Speaker 1: better football team than the Jaguars. Yeah. Yeah, the Chargers

1297
01:12:43,320 --> 01:12:46,439
Speaker 1: defense to me is interesting because I think they've gotten

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01:12:46,479 --> 01:12:48,160
Speaker 1: better as the year has gone on, but they still

1299
01:12:48,200 --> 01:12:51,560
Speaker 1: have moments where they struggle to stop the run. You know.

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01:12:51,680 --> 01:12:53,760
Speaker 1: I think they've got a couple of players who really

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01:12:53,880 --> 01:12:56,280
Speaker 1: stand out on film that are probably not well known.

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01:12:56,360 --> 01:13:00,200
Speaker 1: I think they're linebacker Tranquill is a really good football player, um,

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01:13:00,680 --> 01:13:02,439
Speaker 1: you know, and I think he's a big factor and

1304
01:13:02,520 --> 01:13:04,519
Speaker 1: a lot of the things they do. He normally does

1305
01:13:04,600 --> 01:13:07,280
Speaker 1: not come off the field. I think Joseph Day, a

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01:13:07,439 --> 01:13:10,000
Speaker 1: d tackle for them, is a really good player, really

1307
01:13:10,040 --> 01:13:13,040
Speaker 1: good run player. We know about Derwin James, you know.

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01:13:13,160 --> 01:13:15,639
Speaker 1: So to me, their defense has to be a factor.

1309
01:13:15,720 --> 01:13:18,600
Speaker 1: They don't have to be a shutdown defense. But you know,

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01:13:18,680 --> 01:13:21,000
Speaker 1: one of the things that they struggled with all of

1311
01:13:21,120 --> 01:13:23,000
Speaker 1: last year and through a good part of the season

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Speaker 1: was the inability to stop the run. Um and the

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01:13:26,000 --> 01:13:28,479
Speaker 1: one thing you cannot allow in this game is atn

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01:13:28,600 --> 01:13:33,040
Speaker 1: to have big explosive runs because they can pressure the quarterback.

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01:13:33,120 --> 01:13:36,400
Speaker 1: That's one thing I believe they will that they should

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01:13:36,439 --> 01:13:39,160
Speaker 1: be able to do in this game. Greg, thanks has

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01:13:39,160 --> 01:13:42,120
Speaker 1: always enjoy the games this weekend a lot to review

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01:13:42,640 --> 01:13:47,720
Speaker 1: come Monday for you, I'm sure. Yeah, even though even

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01:13:47,760 --> 01:13:52,960
Speaker 1: though it's only six games instead of thirteen. Yeah, yeah,

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01:13:53,040 --> 01:13:55,160
Speaker 1: that does make it a little better, no question about it.

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01:13:55,320 --> 01:13:58,240
Speaker 1: So all right hopefully thanks guys. All right, catch up

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Speaker 1: with the next week. Thanks Greg. That's Greg, senior producer

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01:14:00,800 --> 01:14:03,240
Speaker 1: from NFL Films and co host of the ESPN NFL

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Speaker 1: Matchup Show. We will take a break here, but when

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Speaker 1: we come back, we crack open the obl fan Friday Mailbag.

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Speaker 1: get to the obl fan Friday mail Bag to answer

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01:14:53,200 --> 01:14:55,000
Speaker 1: as many of your questions as possible in our a

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01:14:55,040 --> 01:14:58,320
Speaker 1: lotted amount of remaining time. E Horse leads off and says,

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01:14:58,439 --> 01:15:02,160
Speaker 1: during the playoffs, I'll be watching Gabe Davis's usage. To me,

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01:15:02,880 --> 01:15:05,000
Speaker 1: he's been a disappointment as a number two wide receiver,

1339
01:15:05,160 --> 01:15:07,840
Speaker 1: lots of miscatches, drops, tip balls. He has had a

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01:15:07,960 --> 01:15:09,800
Speaker 1: nice catch or two, but not enough to earn wide

1341
01:15:09,840 --> 01:15:13,160
Speaker 1: receiver two playing time. Do you feel he's playing on

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01:15:13,479 --> 01:15:18,280
Speaker 1: borrowed time. I don't know if he's playing on borrowed time.

1343
01:15:18,360 --> 01:15:20,639
Speaker 1: He plays a ton out there. I mean, he's usually

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01:15:20,720 --> 01:15:25,280
Speaker 1: one of the leaders in snap counts every week. No,

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01:15:25,680 --> 01:15:29,040
Speaker 1: Gabe Davis is fine. Yeah, I get it. He's frustrating. Sometimes.

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01:15:29,479 --> 01:15:31,160
Speaker 1: We would have loved to have him have a thousand

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01:15:31,280 --> 01:15:35,280
Speaker 1: yards season like Jalen Waddle and and Tyreek Hill in

1348
01:15:35,360 --> 01:15:39,080
Speaker 1: Miami and have Steph Diggs and him being two thousand. It's, yeah,

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01:15:39,120 --> 01:15:44,160
Speaker 1: it's not gonna work that way. Yeah, certainly Gabe could

1350
01:15:44,200 --> 01:15:45,680
Speaker 1: have made some catches stuff. But a couple of the

1351
01:15:45,760 --> 01:15:47,920
Speaker 1: drops he had last week's two in particular, weren't his

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01:15:48,000 --> 01:15:50,200
Speaker 1: fault at all. It was Josh. Josh led him out

1353
01:15:50,200 --> 01:15:52,160
Speaker 1: of bounce on one high out out route and then

1354
01:15:52,200 --> 01:15:53,720
Speaker 1: the other one he threw it low, and he threw

1355
01:15:53,720 --> 01:15:56,120
Speaker 1: a thousand miles an hour ball low and behind him

1356
01:15:56,160 --> 01:15:59,000
Speaker 1: he couldn't even get a hand on. So and people are,

1357
01:15:59,120 --> 01:16:03,360
Speaker 1: you know, upset about it. But yeah, Gabe is fine.

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01:16:03,400 --> 01:16:06,120
Speaker 1: He's gonna be fine. He is fine. He's gonna be

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01:16:06,160 --> 01:16:08,680
Speaker 1: a factor in these playoffs, just like he was last year.

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01:16:09,200 --> 01:16:11,640
Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's gonna catch four passes in a

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01:16:11,880 --> 01:16:19,479
Speaker 1: playoff game, but yeah, right, so he's Yeah. I think

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01:16:19,560 --> 01:16:22,200
Speaker 1: the concerns about Gabe Davis are a little bit overblown

1363
01:16:22,360 --> 01:16:25,920
Speaker 1: because the season seems so fragile and this opportunity seems

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01:16:25,960 --> 01:16:28,240
Speaker 1: so great. You don't want anything to go wrong. Things

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01:16:28,240 --> 01:16:30,479
Speaker 1: are gonna go wrong in these playoff games. They're gonna

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01:16:30,479 --> 01:16:33,240
Speaker 1: have to overcome it. Gabe's gonna be part of the solution,

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01:16:33,360 --> 01:16:37,120
Speaker 1: not part of the problem. Just everybody, you know, all

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01:16:37,160 --> 01:16:40,840
Speaker 1: these guys, this entire rosters, take a deep breath. If

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01:16:41,439 --> 01:16:45,640
Speaker 1: Micah Hyde we're healthy, and if von Miller had not

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01:16:45,760 --> 01:16:48,719
Speaker 1: gotten hurt, I think all of us would feel different

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01:16:48,720 --> 01:16:53,040
Speaker 1: about our chances right now, don't. Yeah, we got a

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Speaker 1: really good football team and Gabe Davis is a big

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01:16:55,400 --> 01:16:58,680
Speaker 1: part of it. So I get the angst over him

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01:16:58,760 --> 01:17:03,720
Speaker 1: not producing at a high, high level. I'm it does

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01:17:03,800 --> 01:17:08,080
Speaker 1: not worry me. It's you're yeah, this is These are

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01:17:08,160 --> 01:17:12,080
Speaker 1: not problems that championship teams need to worry about, even

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01:17:12,120 --> 01:17:13,760
Speaker 1: the ones that you know that you're looking at the

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01:17:13,920 --> 01:17:18,840
Speaker 1: drop passes, misplays, missed opportunities, not enough production, not a

1379
01:17:18,960 --> 01:17:23,160
Speaker 1: high enough efficiency rate on your catch to target ratio.

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01:17:23,479 --> 01:17:28,080
Speaker 1: It's all fine. These are These are not major issues

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01:17:28,160 --> 01:17:32,560
Speaker 1: for any team none, not not for a team like

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01:17:32,640 --> 01:17:35,479
Speaker 1: the Bills anyway. So I get the problems everybody's having

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01:17:35,520 --> 01:17:39,080
Speaker 1: with Gabe now that Vaughn's out. They think, now we

1384
01:17:39,160 --> 01:17:41,680
Speaker 1: can't rush the path. None of that. This is a

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01:17:41,760 --> 01:17:44,800
Speaker 1: really good football team. The players on it are really good.

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01:17:45,200 --> 01:17:47,840
Speaker 1: They're very deep, and they're healthier than they've been in

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01:17:47,920 --> 01:17:50,840
Speaker 1: a while. So yeah, I'm no Gabe Davis is not

1388
01:17:51,240 --> 01:17:54,680
Speaker 1: playing on borrowed time. To me from Johnny, do you

1389
01:17:54,800 --> 01:17:57,519
Speaker 1: expect Colby's lead to be heavily involved in the passing

1390
01:17:57,600 --> 01:18:01,120
Speaker 1: game on Sunday? First to tell you, the Friday injury

1391
01:18:01,200 --> 01:18:04,480
Speaker 1: report did come out for the Bills. Two players questionable,

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01:18:05,080 --> 01:18:08,560
Speaker 1: Jordan Phillips with the shoulder injury and Isaiah McKenzie with

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01:18:08,720 --> 01:18:13,439
Speaker 1: the hamstring. Everybody else good to go for Sunday. I

1394
01:18:13,520 --> 01:18:18,880
Speaker 1: think Isaiah McKenzie's availability Sunday could impact how much time

1395
01:18:18,960 --> 01:18:22,800
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley sees on the field, And even then, I

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01:18:23,000 --> 01:18:26,920
Speaker 1: don't know that Beasley carries the day in the slot

1397
01:18:27,040 --> 01:18:30,479
Speaker 1: if McKenzie is inactive. And the reason I say that

1398
01:18:30,920 --> 01:18:33,439
Speaker 1: is I don't know what it is, but like last

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01:18:33,520 --> 01:18:37,720
Speaker 1: week when Khalil Shaker flashed with that twenty eight yard

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01:18:37,840 --> 01:18:40,679
Speaker 1: catch and run, it reminded me of all the things

1401
01:18:40,760 --> 01:18:43,120
Speaker 1: that I saw on training camp with him. There's a

1402
01:18:43,280 --> 01:18:47,759
Speaker 1: route savvy to his game for a young player. Putting

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01:18:47,800 --> 01:18:49,720
Speaker 1: him in a playoff spot like this might be a

1404
01:18:49,800 --> 01:18:54,400
Speaker 1: big ask. Here is my guests, Let's just say hypothetically

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Speaker 1: McKenzie is not fit to play, he's inactive. I think

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01:18:58,600 --> 01:19:03,720
Speaker 1: they use both easy and Shakier in the slot through

1407
01:19:03,800 --> 01:19:06,519
Speaker 1: the course of the game, and maybe use Beasley a

1408
01:19:06,560 --> 01:19:08,639
Speaker 1: little bit more on the money downs if you will,

1409
01:19:09,200 --> 01:19:13,200
Speaker 1: you know, third and four, third and three, where you

1410
01:19:13,400 --> 01:19:15,479
Speaker 1: know he knows where he's got to go and be

1411
01:19:15,640 --> 01:19:20,519
Speaker 1: for Josh. Yeah, I would agree with that, no question.

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01:19:20,640 --> 01:19:22,560
Speaker 1: I think a lot of it depends on McKenzie. But

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01:19:22,560 --> 01:19:25,880
Speaker 1: if McKenzie's not active, if this injury keeps him out

1414
01:19:25,880 --> 01:19:33,400
Speaker 1: of the lineup, no question. If Beasley is active, you'd

1415
01:19:33,479 --> 01:19:36,400
Speaker 1: expect him to be, but there's no guarantee. If Beasley's active, yeah,

1416
01:19:36,400 --> 01:19:38,559
Speaker 1: that would be it. He would take some of the reps,

1417
01:19:39,120 --> 01:19:41,360
Speaker 1: if not all the reps then McKenzie was gonna get

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01:19:42,360 --> 01:19:45,960
Speaker 1: Shaquier has been up and ready every week this year,

1419
01:19:46,240 --> 01:19:50,200
Speaker 1: every week, and that would not change how they're used that.

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Speaker 1: I think that's up to the Miami Dolphins. Yeah, from Jeff.

1421
01:19:54,439 --> 01:19:56,800
Speaker 1: Can the Bills play a completely dominant game or do

1422
01:19:56,880 --> 01:20:02,280
Speaker 1: they play down to a subpar opponent? I think that's

1423
01:20:02,320 --> 01:20:05,439
Speaker 1: the great unknown, right You never know how a team

1424
01:20:05,560 --> 01:20:09,160
Speaker 1: is going to come out. But this team at home

1425
01:20:09,720 --> 01:20:13,639
Speaker 1: in the playoffs under Sean McDermott have been pretty darn good.

1426
01:20:13,800 --> 01:20:16,760
Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, they're three and oh so

1427
01:20:18,000 --> 01:20:20,800
Speaker 1: three and oo and home playoff games and their last

1428
01:20:20,880 --> 01:20:25,320
Speaker 1: game was an absolute drubbing. I'm not saying that's going

1429
01:20:25,400 --> 01:20:27,960
Speaker 1: to happen this time around, but I feel pretty good

1430
01:20:28,120 --> 01:20:32,800
Speaker 1: about this team playing up to their expectations more than

1431
01:20:32,920 --> 01:20:36,720
Speaker 1: playing down to the level of competition they're facing. Yeah,

1432
01:20:36,840 --> 01:20:42,080
Speaker 1: you think about the games they have played in at home,

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01:20:42,360 --> 01:20:45,680
Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens, who come in flying in and they

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01:20:45,760 --> 01:20:50,800
Speaker 1: beat them by two touchdowns. They win, not handily, but

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01:20:51,040 --> 01:20:55,439
Speaker 1: they had the Colts down to a final Hail Mary

1436
01:20:56,360 --> 01:20:59,800
Speaker 1: in the week after that or before that in that year.

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01:21:00,040 --> 01:21:06,120
Speaker 1: Then they come in last year and absolutely crush the

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01:21:06,240 --> 01:21:10,599
Speaker 1: New England Patriots at home. This is a tough team

1439
01:21:10,640 --> 01:21:14,720
Speaker 1: to beat in any situation in the playoff game. Yeah,

1440
01:21:14,760 --> 01:21:18,360
Speaker 1: they're they're they're tough out. That's it's I don't care

1441
01:21:18,400 --> 01:21:20,880
Speaker 1: who comes in here. If it's a playoff game and

1442
01:21:20,960 --> 01:21:23,280
Speaker 1: it's coming into this this building, it's a problem for

1443
01:21:23,320 --> 01:21:25,960
Speaker 1: those people. And so yeah, I would say, yeah, they're

1444
01:21:26,000 --> 01:21:28,920
Speaker 1: they're not going to play down to those guys. If

1445
01:21:29,000 --> 01:21:30,840
Speaker 1: indeed the Dolphins are down. I don't I don't know

1446
01:21:30,840 --> 01:21:34,479
Speaker 1: if to buy that one. Under right ed on the

1447
01:21:34,800 --> 01:21:38,080
Speaker 1: Friday mail Bag asks does Damar Hamlin make an appearance

1448
01:21:38,120 --> 01:21:40,760
Speaker 1: at Sunday's game, maybe from a suite and rock the house.

1449
01:21:41,680 --> 01:21:44,640
Speaker 1: We have heard nothing on that front, so there's no

1450
01:21:44,800 --> 01:21:47,439
Speaker 1: reason to believe that is taking place. I think we

1451
01:21:47,560 --> 01:21:50,439
Speaker 1: have to remember he did just get discharged from the

1452
01:21:50,520 --> 01:21:54,040
Speaker 1: hospital this week and you know is resting and still

1453
01:21:54,120 --> 01:22:01,439
Speaker 1: recovering at home with his parents. I've heard nothing on

1454
01:22:01,560 --> 01:22:09,120
Speaker 1: that front. I don't know. Yeah, I don't know. I yeah, maybe,

1455
01:22:09,400 --> 01:22:15,160
Speaker 1: I don't maybe, but um, yeah, it's if he can,

1456
01:22:15,479 --> 01:22:17,880
Speaker 1: if he can be there, I'm sure he's gonna be there.

1457
01:22:18,720 --> 01:22:20,519
Speaker 1: But I don't think that's a call that's going to

1458
01:22:20,560 --> 01:22:23,719
Speaker 1: be made by you know, Sean McDermott and the Bills.

1459
01:22:23,720 --> 01:22:25,200
Speaker 1: I mean that's going to be up to the doctors.

1460
01:22:25,960 --> 01:22:30,200
Speaker 1: M Yeah, I mean I would I would love to

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01:22:30,240 --> 01:22:35,679
Speaker 1: see it, wouldn't we all be nice? Yeah, we haven't

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01:22:35,720 --> 01:22:38,000
Speaker 1: heard any of that. Yeah, to my knowledge, has not

1463
01:22:38,080 --> 01:22:40,479
Speaker 1: been in the building here at one Bill's Drive yet.

1464
01:22:41,360 --> 01:22:44,600
Speaker 1: He has not been here. Okay from justin after the

1465
01:22:44,680 --> 01:22:47,639
Speaker 1: Patriots game, I found myself wondering why Dean Marlowe replaced

1466
01:22:47,680 --> 01:22:50,000
Speaker 1: himr Hamlin instead of Jaquan Johnson. I know he is

1467
01:22:50,040 --> 01:22:52,559
Speaker 1: a strong safety, but he's been out there at free

1468
01:22:52,640 --> 01:22:56,719
Speaker 1: safety before thoughts. Yeah, I mean the two safety positions

1469
01:22:56,760 --> 01:23:01,200
Speaker 1: are somewhat interchangeable in this defensive system. I think what

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Speaker 1: Marlowe offers that perhaps Jaquan does not is more size

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Speaker 1: and physicality. That's number one. And he's a veteran player.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Dean Marlowe is in his seventh NFL season.

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Speaker 1: He's just played more scene more, and he's been in

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Speaker 1: this system essentially since he came into the league in

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Speaker 1: Carolina under Sean McDermott, who was his defensive coordinator. This

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Speaker 1: is the bottom line as far as Dean Marlowe and

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Speaker 1: why he was in the lineup the last week. Coaches

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Speaker 1: want to know they can trust their players, and I

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Speaker 1: think with the long track record that Sean McDermott has

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Speaker 1: with Dean Marlow, basically coaching him all but two years

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01:23:49,439 --> 01:23:53,599
Speaker 1: of his seven year career, he trusts that Dean Marlow

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Speaker 1: is going to do the right thing. And I heard

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Speaker 1: coach McDermott say this after the game last week. He

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Speaker 1: likes or it was I'm sorry it was Coach Frasier

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01:24:02,520 --> 01:24:05,479
Speaker 1: in his Monday press conference this week, he likes the

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Speaker 1: way in which Marlow and Poyer play off one another

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Speaker 1: in the middle of that defense. There seems to be

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Speaker 1: some kind of chemistry there that Coach Frasier referenced that

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Speaker 1: appeals to him when he's making calls defensively. I think

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01:24:19,680 --> 01:24:21,680
Speaker 1: that's part of the equation here too. It makes it

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01:24:21,760 --> 01:24:24,280
Speaker 1: tough on quarterback when you got two guys safeties who

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01:24:24,720 --> 01:24:26,400
Speaker 1: don't have to talk to do things, and they can

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01:24:26,479 --> 01:24:29,759
Speaker 1: move around back there and give the quarterback. The quarterback

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01:24:29,800 --> 01:24:32,760
Speaker 1: doesn't know what coverage they're playing until it's too late.

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01:24:33,280 --> 01:24:36,360
Speaker 1: And Marlow's better at doing that, like Hide and Poyer

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01:24:36,439 --> 01:24:40,200
Speaker 1: were so notorious for doing. Giving quarterbacks fits deep into

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01:24:40,280 --> 01:24:44,120
Speaker 1: the snap about what coverage they were gonna show or play.

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01:24:44,720 --> 01:24:49,280
Speaker 1: Marlow's closer to that than Jaquan is. And you're right, Brownie.

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01:24:49,439 --> 01:24:51,679
Speaker 1: Coaches love guys they know and they can trust because

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01:24:51,680 --> 01:24:53,680
Speaker 1: they know what the floor is. At least they know

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01:24:54,120 --> 01:24:57,120
Speaker 1: with Marlow he may be limited physically or whatever his

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01:24:57,200 --> 01:25:01,000
Speaker 1: limitations are, they know it won't go below this. They

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01:25:01,040 --> 01:25:03,920
Speaker 1: can live with this. And while Jaquan Johnson may be

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01:25:04,040 --> 01:25:06,840
Speaker 1: more gifted athletically or with this way, there's always a

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01:25:06,920 --> 01:25:08,840
Speaker 1: chance he goes off the rails and is lined up

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01:25:08,880 --> 01:25:12,840
Speaker 1: over here when you need him over there. I'm just

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01:25:13,280 --> 01:25:17,840
Speaker 1: I'm paraphrasing and simplifying it to make it clear. It's

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01:25:17,840 --> 01:25:21,800
Speaker 1: about what they know. The worst case scenario is not

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01:25:22,640 --> 01:25:25,280
Speaker 1: that bad with Marlow, and you don't know exactly what

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01:25:25,439 --> 01:25:28,040
Speaker 1: that might be with Jiquan. I'm not saying Jiquan camp

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01:25:28,080 --> 01:25:32,559
Speaker 1: players in the wrong time, area, wrong spot anyway time.

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01:25:32,640 --> 01:25:36,560
Speaker 1: But what I'm saying is the coaches trust Marlow to

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01:25:36,680 --> 01:25:38,720
Speaker 1: be lined up at least in the right spot all

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01:25:38,760 --> 01:25:42,160
Speaker 1: the time. There's more of a track record, and Jaquan

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01:25:42,360 --> 01:25:44,360
Speaker 1: has had a chance to play this year and win

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01:25:44,439 --> 01:25:49,320
Speaker 1: the job himself, and you know they brought Marlow in anyway,

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01:25:49,400 --> 01:25:52,920
Speaker 1: so they want Marlow whatever he brings to the table

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01:25:53,640 --> 01:25:56,880
Speaker 1: at this point of the season. From feel, does Buffalo

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01:25:57,040 --> 01:25:59,040
Speaker 1: use Cook more now that it is the playoffs, he's

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01:25:59,040 --> 01:26:01,120
Speaker 1: seen he has them most yards per carry in the

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01:26:01,280 --> 01:26:03,360
Speaker 1: league of any back, and yet he doesn't even average

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01:26:03,760 --> 01:26:06,200
Speaker 1: seven carries per game. Well, I will tell you this,

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01:26:07,120 --> 01:26:09,519
Speaker 1: for the first time this season, last week he got

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01:26:09,600 --> 01:26:13,800
Speaker 1: more snaps than Devin Singletary. That's number one. Could that

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01:26:13,960 --> 01:26:18,280
Speaker 1: carry into the postseason? It's possible, But I don't think

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01:26:18,360 --> 01:26:22,200
Speaker 1: you should get wrapped up in the carries per game.

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01:26:22,360 --> 01:26:24,400
Speaker 1: A lot of that has to do with game flow.

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01:26:25,680 --> 01:26:29,240
Speaker 1: I would focus more on overall touches and time on

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01:26:29,320 --> 01:26:32,040
Speaker 1: the field, and last week he was on the field more,

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01:26:33,880 --> 01:26:37,280
Speaker 1: and I still don't think they've tapped into it fully.

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01:26:37,680 --> 01:26:41,240
Speaker 1: He is a dynamic receiver at the running back position,

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01:26:41,840 --> 01:26:43,600
Speaker 1: whether you want to split him wide or throw it

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01:26:43,600 --> 01:26:46,880
Speaker 1: to him out of the backfield, he is really really

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01:26:46,960 --> 01:26:51,200
Speaker 1: good at that and I like him a lot. Against

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01:26:51,240 --> 01:26:53,559
Speaker 1: these two inside linebackers from Miami, I think he could

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01:26:53,600 --> 01:26:57,040
Speaker 1: run circles around him. Yeah, I agree with you. That's

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01:26:57,120 --> 01:27:02,120
Speaker 1: one place where the Dolphins I think are vulnerable is

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01:27:02,200 --> 01:27:05,320
Speaker 1: their linebacker's ability to cover guys man on man, and

1539
01:27:05,520 --> 01:27:07,120
Speaker 1: so if you can get if you can get that

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01:27:07,280 --> 01:27:09,160
Speaker 1: matchup with Cook on one of those guys, I think

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01:27:09,200 --> 01:27:10,960
Speaker 1: you win. If you get one of those guys matched

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01:27:11,000 --> 01:27:14,400
Speaker 1: up with Singletary, you win well. And how many times

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01:27:14,439 --> 01:27:16,120
Speaker 1: did they catch balls out of the backfield in the

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01:27:16,200 --> 01:27:18,479
Speaker 1: week three games? I mean Singletary at eight catches? Right?

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01:27:18,960 --> 01:27:21,479
Speaker 1: We gotta take a break here. When we come back,

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01:27:21,560 --> 01:27:23,320
Speaker 1: Steve and I will get some final thoughts on the

1547
01:27:23,360 --> 01:27:26,120
Speaker 1: tweet sheet and tell you about the Bills by the

1548
01:27:26,200 --> 01:27:30,280
Speaker 1: number podcast subject matter. I think you'll be interested to

1549
01:27:30,400 --> 01:27:32,639
Speaker 1: know if you want to take a trip down memory lane.

1550
01:27:32,640 --> 01:27:36,880
Speaker 1: As far as Bills Dolphins playoff history is concerned, we'll

1551
01:27:36,920 --> 01:27:39,479
Speaker 1: explain next here on One Bill's Live presented by Kalida Health,

1552
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Speaker 1: equipment rental partner of the Buffalo Bills. Steve, what do

1555
01:27:51,160 --> 01:27:53,080
Speaker 1: you got for the offense? I think the offense for

1556
01:27:53,720 --> 01:27:56,400
Speaker 1: the Bills. And I'm not saying pull the blinders in,

1557
01:27:56,560 --> 01:28:00,880
Speaker 1: but I think get for Josh. Come out and just

1558
01:28:01,040 --> 01:28:03,200
Speaker 1: tell him you can't throw the football down the field

1559
01:28:03,200 --> 01:28:04,599
Speaker 1: in the first series. You gotta get the ball out

1560
01:28:04,640 --> 01:28:09,000
Speaker 1: of your hands, take the easy completions, get your guys

1561
01:28:09,040 --> 01:28:11,360
Speaker 1: into some space and get this game roll and get

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01:28:11,360 --> 01:28:13,439
Speaker 1: a couple of first downs, and then as you roll

1563
01:28:13,479 --> 01:28:15,800
Speaker 1: it on, mix in the run game as well. But

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Speaker 1: I would also try and get matchups like we were

1565
01:28:18,439 --> 01:28:23,000
Speaker 1: just saying. Get James Cooke Devin Singletary matched up on linebackers,

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01:28:23,080 --> 01:28:24,920
Speaker 1: get him the ball in some space and let him run.

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01:28:25,400 --> 01:28:27,599
Speaker 1: Don't be afraid to face a third down if you want.

1568
01:28:27,680 --> 01:28:29,720
Speaker 1: You don't have to get everything all at once. Just

1569
01:28:30,040 --> 01:28:32,479
Speaker 1: stay on the field offensively, and that gives you the

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01:28:32,560 --> 01:28:35,000
Speaker 1: game defensively. For me, I think they just got to

1571
01:28:35,080 --> 01:28:37,240
Speaker 1: keep everything in front of him. Don't give up anything

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01:28:37,400 --> 01:28:40,559
Speaker 1: cheap or deep that shortens a scoring drive for Miami

1573
01:28:40,640 --> 01:28:43,240
Speaker 1: and makes it easy on them. Skyler Thompson is going

1574
01:28:43,280 --> 01:28:47,240
Speaker 1: to find it really hard to stage ten eleven, twelve

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01:28:47,360 --> 01:28:49,800
Speaker 1: play drives. He's just too young an inexperienced to be

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01:28:49,920 --> 01:28:52,120
Speaker 1: that consistent. So just keep it all in front of

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01:28:52,160 --> 01:28:54,680
Speaker 1: I think Freddy Jackson said it the other day. I

1578
01:28:54,760 --> 01:28:57,400
Speaker 1: don't think Skyler Thompson can hang with Josh Allen playing

1579
01:28:57,400 --> 01:28:59,559
Speaker 1: against a Bill's defense. It's just too big an ask

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01:28:59,720 --> 01:29:04,080
Speaker 1: it is. Bills by the Numbers examines Bills Dolphins playoff history,

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01:29:04,080 --> 01:29:07,200
Speaker 1: and we talk to all pro left tackle for the Dolphins,

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01:29:07,360 --> 01:29:11,280
Speaker 1: Richmond Webb. Check it out on your podcast platforms. Otherwise,

1583
01:29:11,439 --> 01:29:13,519
Speaker 1: enjoy the game on Sunday and we'll see on Monday

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Speaker 1: at noon