WEBVTT - Sean McDermott Show, Week 4 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:05.880 Baby, defend your dirt, man, Wait, depend dirt. All the 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:08.319 heart in this room, man, God day man, there's a 0:00:08.360 --> 0:00:11.200 lot of heart in this room. Heartness room. He too 0:00:14.400 --> 0:00:24.200 got chilled. We're live right now. Hey, we're live. Everybody 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:27.400 got me not. Let's go bury. Every man do their 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:32.720 job one a love well caliber defense. Let's go no overthinking, right, 0:00:32.720 --> 0:00:35.199 go play some ball. We'll play some football. It's an 0:00:35.200 --> 0:00:37.360 exciting time to be a Buffalo Bill and a fan 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:48.320 of the Buffalo Bills. Hi, everybody, and welcome to the 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:51.080 Sean McDermott Show, brought to you by ECMC and Kalid 0:00:51.120 --> 0:00:53.720 to Health, the official healthcare providers of the Buffalo Bills. 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:56.280 I'm Steve Task and once again we're joining Sean Mcdermotshwan. 0:00:56.360 --> 0:00:58.800 Congratulations on the wind against Cincinnai. Thanks for taking some 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:01.000 time for us. Yeah, thanks to a great win. Yeh 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:03.480 win at home, in particular in front of our fans, 0:01:03.480 --> 0:01:06.880 and good to be home. Um. So it's it was 0:01:06.920 --> 0:01:08.680 a game that trended up and down, it ebbed and 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:11.720 flowed and uh and got away from us for a 0:01:11.720 --> 0:01:13.840 little bit. But then I thought the guys showed a 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:17.360 tremendous amount of heart and resiliency and we got to win. 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:19.319 You know, you said in the speech that you made 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:21.600 just after after the game, you mentioned hard and your 0:01:21.720 --> 0:01:24.400 players really seem to respond to that word. What kind 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:27.200 of chord do you want that to strike with your 0:01:27.240 --> 0:01:29.760 players when they respond so heartily, do you, you know, 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:32.200 tell them how much heart they showed? Well, you know, 0:01:32.560 --> 0:01:34.440 you think you know your team, but you really never 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:36.959 know it until you get into the battles that the 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:38.760 week to week battles during the season, as you know, 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:42.120 Stephen and so early on. It's It's one of the 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:44.240 things I can say is that I know this team 0:01:44.240 --> 0:01:46.759 has heard. I know that they have resolved, and they've 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:50.279 built up a bank of h They've done it before 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:52.760 and they found different ways to win and and so 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:54.560 that goes a long way. I think we can check 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:56.600 that box with with a lot more to check at 0:01:56.640 --> 0:01:58.480 this point, a lot of work to do, but um, 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:01.080 I'm confident that these guys have heart. One of the 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:05.960 things that happened outside the lines on Sunday was Ezra Castro. 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:07.880 His family was there and you got a chance to 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:11.320 say hello to them, and so Poncho Bia the fans 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:12.880 had a chance to say thank you to him and 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:15.480 to see what his legacy is going to be about 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:17.720 in the Buffalo area. Do you have any personal feelings 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:20.280 about that at this point. Well, it's good to have 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:23.240 his family here. They had a chance to visit us 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:25.000 a practice, and the players had a chance to come 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:27.720 around them and support them, and they left us with 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:31.560 some patches and some bracelets to remember Poncho by And 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:34.919 just as you know, and we all know in Bill's 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:38.280 nation here he lived life with such a passion and 0:02:38.680 --> 0:02:41.560 he supported this team with such passion. It's the least 0:02:41.560 --> 0:02:44.800 we could do to help support his family, and we 0:02:44.840 --> 0:02:48.840 hope his legacy, to your point, carries on for many years. Okay, 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:51.639 so you're three and oh and interestingly enough, you've won 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:54.440 these three games three different ways. You came from behind 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:57.360 in the Jets late, you were kind of total in 0:02:57.440 --> 0:02:59.640 control with the New York Giants, and then you had 0:02:59.639 --> 0:03:01.560 to lead, you lost the lead, and then you had 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:04.320 to come back late and win it in the week three. 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:06.800 What all those different ways of winning tell you about 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:08.919 your squad? Yeah? Again, you know, I think it speaks 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:10.920 to the heart. It speaks to the mental toughness of 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:14.320 our football team and the leadership of Josh and Tremaine 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:16.560 and the leadership of the coaches on the sideline that 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:19.560 they're able to keep their poison composure overall as a group, 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:22.079 make the adjustments and move forward and go to win 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:24.880 a football game. And it's hard to win in this league. 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:27.519 It's hard to win and be able to win close games. 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:30.600 And I feel like we won at least two of 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:32.480 the three have been close, and maybe in some ways 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:34.640 all three. To me, all three have been close, right, 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:37.760 So that's a good thing. One of the things you've 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:41.160 been preaching out throughout the offseason was turnovers. They hurt 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:42.960 you in the Week one and then there was a 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:45.880 seesaw battle in this game against Cincinnati. They had one, 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:47.520 you had one, they had one that you kind of 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:48.960 traded back and forth. There's a little bit of a 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:51.600 roller coaster. How has that helped you and getting that 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:53.960 message across to your players, Well, the players see the 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:57.320 benefits of taking the ball away. Defensively, we got we 0:03:57.360 --> 0:04:00.200 had four against the Bengals, and that set us up 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:02.240 with some short fields and we need to take advantage 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:06.440 of those short fields. And then offensively, we didn't take 0:04:06.480 --> 0:04:08.720 care of the ball and because of that, the game 0:04:08.880 --> 0:04:11.160 was the way it was down the stretch, and that 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:13.480 wasn't that wasn't the way we wanted it to be. 0:04:13.560 --> 0:04:14.800 We had a chance to go up two and a 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:18.000 half to three scores at halftime and we weren't able 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:20.280 to do that. And so that starts with me. I've 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:22.360 got to do a better job and continue to drill 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:25.480 that message home. Well, you got a contribution from your 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:27.920 rookie tight end Dawson Knox this last game. He had 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:31.120 an in sweep, a jet sweep, a touchdown catch, a 0:04:31.200 --> 0:04:33.440 long catch, and an angry run at the end of it. 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:36.240 You know what's to say about to the other young 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:38.040 guys on your team that you've got a rookie like 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:40.360 Dawson stepping up and contributing in such a big way. 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:42.720 Maybe not every week, but when his number was called, 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:45.080 he certainly came through. Yeah, and he was prepared. That 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:47.880 really starts with the process that they go through our 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:51.280 players Monday through Monday through Saturday, getting themselves ready with 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:55.320 the proper habits, preparation, the work ethic, the work in 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:56.840 the way room to work in the film room to 0:04:56.960 --> 0:04:59.760 work with in this case, the tight ends coach Rob 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:03.520 Us and with Brian Dable as well, So you know, 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:07.560 you get what you earn, and he earned that opportunity 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:09.280 and he did something with it, and which is good 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:11.640 to see. Now it's where we go from here. You've 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:13.480 had a team that has come out and being really 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:16.080 productive offensively in the first half, your defense has been 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:18.440 solid throughout. You seem to go into a lull or 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:21.640 have had some third quarters that haven't gone your way consistently. 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:23.880 What's spend your message your team to try and fight 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:27.240 through after halftime, maybe continue your production from the first 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:29.560 half into the second half. Yeah, it's it's being efficient 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:32.120 with our time and halftime right, with communication, with where 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:34.560 we spend our time, making sure everybody's on the same page, 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:38.200 making sure we were proactive with our adjustments in terms 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:41.559 of what they could do next to us on offense defense, 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:44.679 we're special teams and then that translating to the game field. 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:47.280 So we've got to continue to work on that amongst 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:50.320 other areas this week as we prepare all Right, most 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:53.280 people talk about defensive pressure because it's like a pass rush. 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:56.240 The more guys but talk. I got to ask you. 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:59.920 You've got some secondary guys from Turdavis Wide, Micah Hyde, 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:03.760 Jordan Poyer, it's really about your defensive secondary putting pressure 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:06.680 on the offense. These days, they got a lot of turnovers, tippin' bowls, 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:10.760 tipped interceptions. It's been a real job by your secondary 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:12.480 really to put the pressure on the offense. It's kind 0:06:12.520 --> 0:06:14.520 of the reverse of what people would normally think, and 0:06:14.600 --> 0:06:17.320 that's that's what we try and do, but really do 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:20.279 it through our base fundamentals, and that's when players have 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:23.200 clarity about what their role is and what's expected. As 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:25.200 you know, in the heat of the battle, things get gray. 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:26.960 But we want we want them to be black or white, 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:29.040 and so they within that they can play fast and 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:31.400 execute at a high level. That's that's what those players 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:33.240 have done, all right, Sean, thanks for spending some time 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:35.000 with this. We're going to come back and finish our 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:41.160 conversation later in this show. Thanks. Choppin' Wood is presented 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:45.520 by Saint Bonaventure University, the official education provider of the 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:50.240 Buffalo Bills. Welcome back to the Sean McDermott Show, and 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:52.160 we're thrilled this week on a home game, we get 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:54.960 Eric Wood in studio in person to break down the film. 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:57.400 In the segment we call choppin'wood. Eric, Nice to have 0:06:57.480 --> 0:06:59.320 you at home. How's it going, Yeah, it's great. It 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:02.120 was great being yesterday, always fun. Bills are three and 0:07:02.200 --> 0:07:04.960 oh life is good. Yeah, we came the Bills. In 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:07.320 the offseason. A lot was made to their offensive line rebuild, 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:10.000 but they also rebuilt the tight end crew as well. 0:07:10.280 --> 0:07:14.160 They drafted Dawson Knox, signed Tyler Croft, brought back Lee Smith, 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:17.760 drafted Tommy Sweeney, and one of the tight ends, Dawson Knox, 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:19.320 really had a data of the day. We're gonna break 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:21.400 down some film against the Bengals he did. I'm looking 0:07:21.400 --> 0:07:22.880 forward to seeing it because it was a ton of 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:24.760 fun to call from the booth yesterday, and he made 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:26.880 a bunch of big plays down to the first quarter. 0:07:26.880 --> 0:07:28.720 An early lead, you get an easy pitch and catch. 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:31.640 They send Knox in motion and it turns into an 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:33.960 easy completion for sure. Here we're on the goal line. 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:36.320 They bring Dawson Knox in motion. They're gonna fake frank 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:39.480 Or into the a gap on the left side. Again. 0:07:39.560 --> 0:07:41.680 This time they bring Dawson Knox and you're not gonna 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:44.320 get an easier pitch of catch of this. After the game, 0:07:44.400 --> 0:07:48.000 Dawson Knox said, my grandmother could have made this catch. Now, 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:50.560 I don't know how the plant his grandmother is, but 0:07:51.560 --> 0:07:54.040 this is great execution by the Bills, a great play 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:57.080 designed by Brian Dave all and that is what you 0:07:57.160 --> 0:08:00.520 call a layup toss from Josh Allen in a great 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:02.600 way to start the game. Go on plays in the NFL. 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:06.040 With as talented as defenses are. In the NFL's biggest 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:10.080 defense Laminar, sometimes it's hard to just run straight out 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:12.960 of defense, and plays like these are a great change up. Well. 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:15.680 Later on in the game, Brian Dayboll gets a little 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:17.920 bit creative with his play calling and sends a rookie 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:20.200 tight end on a jet sweep. Maybe I'll call in 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:23.960 jumbo jet sweep. Yeah, you don't often see jet sweeps 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:28.000 come from a tight end, but with Devin Singletary out 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:30.280 of the game and the lack of speed that the 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:34.040 Bengals had at linebacker, they wanted to get them running laterally. 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:35.960 So you saw it in a number of different ways. 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:38.800 Yesterday you saw John Brown on an end around, you 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:42.000 saw a number of Isaiah McKenzie handoffs on jet sweep, 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:44.080 and then here you even get Dawson Knox, who is 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:46.559 fast for a tight end. We talked before the show, 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:49.480 he's young, he's still got the juice in his legs 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:52.320 and he shows it here. And this is a great run. 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:54.680 And the best part about this this is still early 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:57.000 in the game. The best part about this is how 0:08:57.040 --> 0:09:00.400 he finishes this run. And watch the Bill sideline. They 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:04.760 are loving it. These type of tempos setting big hits, 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:08.000 especially from an offensive guy that this lights up the team. 0:09:08.240 --> 0:09:11.600 It's so energetic. And this is a great play by 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:14.680 Dawson Knox. And lastly, we get to the fourth quarter. 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:18.360 Now Cincinnati has scored seventeen unanswered. The Bills need to 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:20.240 get back in if they need to play from somebody, 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:22.839 and Dawson comes through again on this corner route and 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:25.040 then he turns it into an angry run. Yeah, this 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:30.640 is absolutely incredible. And the same guy Williams that Knox 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:33.240 ran over early in the game on the jet sweep, 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:36.000 he stiff arms him, runs over number thirty and gets 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:37.719 the Bills all the way down to the twenty two 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:40.800 yard vine when they desperately needed a play at this 0:09:40.840 --> 0:09:44.880 point of the game, like you mentioned, seventeen underanswered points 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:47.400 five of the Bengals. They take the lead and this 0:09:47.559 --> 0:09:49.600 play brings the Bills all the way down the field, 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:53.640 setting up what would be a game winning touchdown for 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:55.560 the Bills. They've seen him through three weeks, there are 0:09:55.600 --> 0:09:57.680 three and oh. Certainly they've they've got it out a 0:09:57.679 --> 0:09:59.800 couple of wins and come from behind victory. What's this 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:02.240 tell you about the Bills team going forward? And can 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:04.760 they carry that forward? Do they need to get more 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:07.200 even more consistent. They're kind of riding a roller coaster 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:09.320 right now in their play they are. But the thing 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:11.880 I liked most about the Bills starts of the season 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:13.800 at three and os. They've won in three different ways. 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:17.160 They've had a comeback, they've held onto the lead, and 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:19.480 then they've blown the lead and then taken the lead. 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:22.560 So as the season goes on, where in the past 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:26.040 it might have been, here we go again. Oh shoot, 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:28.560 we blew the lead. We're gonna lose again. Now, the 0:10:28.559 --> 0:10:31.240 Bills can always revert back to these early games and 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:33.960 say we've been down fourteen enough, and we did it 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:36.520 on the road at the Jets. Hey we've held onto 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:38.800 a lead. We did it against the Giants, and now 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:41.760 against the Bengals. Hey, yes, we hit a slump in 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:44.240 the third quarter and the Bengals came back and took 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:46.439 the lead. But you know what we still got If 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:48.600 we got one drop left, we can still go win 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:50.520 this game. And I love the fact that they've won 0:10:50.520 --> 0:10:52.719 in three different ways. All right, Eric, thanks for being 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:54.160 here and take us through the film study at the 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:57.679 Sinsati Bengals game's great dramatic victory. Appreciate it. It It was 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:01.840 Thank you bactlys Sean McDermott. Sean, you have been three 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:05.400 and since twenty eleven, what's your message to your team 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:08.319 about keeping this momentum going? Yeah, I mean it's it's 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:10.480 great to be three and oh it's week four though, right, 0:11:10.559 --> 0:11:13.240 So we've got to continue to focus on our internal 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:15.360 process and each one of us get better at our 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:17.920 jobs and then collectively we'll grow as a football team. 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:20.880 And we understand the opponent this week is they're the 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:23.000 defending champs, right, and you know we've got our work 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:24.960 cut out for us this week. But it's another opportunity 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:26.840 for us to grow as a football team and as 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:28.760 an organization. And you've got to take these guys on 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:30.480 your three and oh they're three, and oh what have 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:32.840 you found out about your team? And your three games. 0:11:32.840 --> 0:11:35.080 That gives you confidence about this one, Well, this is 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:37.880 a tough minded group, it really is. They we found 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:41.000 different ways to win. Hasn't been perfect, and I think 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:43.800 you discover things about your team through the first three 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:46.000 to four weeks, continue to try and put them in 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:48.959 better positions to win football games and better positions to succeed. 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:52.559 And that's part of our process this week. And one 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:54.560 thing I gotta ask you about your quarterback, Josh Allen. 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:57.040 He's got fourteen starts under not even a full season. 0:11:57.080 --> 0:12:01.280 He's got five comeback wins under this belt already. What's 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:03.760 that tell you about that guy? Well, he's a young player, 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:06.800 that's what it first tells me. And but no, he 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:10.360 Josh is a tremendous competitor. He works extremely hard to 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:13.280 prepare to put himself in position to be successful and 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:15.800 put this team in position to be successful. And he's 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:18.560 a guy that I think the guys and his teammates 0:12:18.600 --> 0:12:21.200 really really love and respect because of the way he 0:12:21.240 --> 0:12:23.360 prepares and the way he treats them and the way 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:25.880 he plays at the end of the day. So it's 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:27.680 a good group and I'm happy to be a part 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:29.560 of it, all right, Sean thanks for joining us, thanks 0:12:29.600 --> 0:12:31.280 for giving us some time, and thank you for joining 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:33.080 us here on The Sean McDermott Show. We're gonna come 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:35.480 back next week to recap the New England game and 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:37.880 also look ahead to the Tennessee Titans. We'll see you 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:42.760 next week, everybody. The Sean McDermott Show is sponsored by 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:46.800 Independent Health from here every Day to your unexpected. That's 0:12:46.840 --> 0:12:50.679 the Red Shared Treatment, and by Yancey's Fancy New York's 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:54.880 artists and Cheese, the official cheese of the Buffalo Bills.