Speaker 1: But we're live right now. Hey, we're live. Everybody got
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Speaker 1: exciting time to be a Buffalo Bill and a fan
Speaker 1: of the Buffalo Bills. Hello, everybody, Welcome to the Sean
Speaker 1: McDermott Show, presented by ECMC and Kalid to Healthy, official
Speaker 1: healthcare providers of the Buffalo Bills. I'm Steve Tasking. I'm
Speaker 1: please to be joined once again by the head coach
Speaker 1: of the Bill, Sean McDermott. Sean, thanks for giving us
Speaker 1: some time. Oh thanks, thanks for having Congratulations on the
Speaker 1: big win in New York for the second straight week. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I appreciate it. A good team win, hard to win
Speaker 1: on the road, hard to win, but hard to win
Speaker 1: on the road than do it two weeks in a
Speaker 1: row at the same place. It's a little bit unique,
Speaker 1: you know, being on the road, but we took advantage
Speaker 1: of the opportunity to grow as a football teams, spend
Speaker 1: time together and really looked at it from a positive standpoint.
Speaker 1: You know, they weren't far trips, not a lot of
Speaker 1: teams get that opportunity to spend some time earlier in
Speaker 1: the year, especially the first two weeks consecutively, So why
Speaker 1: not make the most of it. You know, you've always
Speaker 1: had a growth mindset when you're your entire ten you're
Speaker 1: here in Buffalo, and it kind of showed up and
Speaker 1: week little microcosm week one to week two. Turn the
Speaker 1: football over all over the place in week one, zero
Speaker 1: turnovers and you're actually on the plus side of the
Speaker 1: turnover ratio for the game in week two. You gotta
Speaker 1: be happy with Oh yeah, And to make that type
Speaker 1: of adjustment goes a long way, and we have to
Speaker 1: continue to do that. And so we tried to double
Speaker 1: down on that after the game and making sure guys
Speaker 1: understand why we got the results we got, whether it's
Speaker 1: preparation during the week in terms of the work ethic,
Speaker 1: the study time, the communication in this case, taking care
Speaker 1: of the football. Well, your quarterback Josh Allen has made
Speaker 1: some strides. We talked about the growth mindset you have,
Speaker 1: and he's now he's completing sixty five percent of his
Speaker 1: passes and showing some better decision making. Course, the offense
Speaker 1: has changed so much around him, but what's the next
Speaker 1: step for him? I think consistency. Really, it's to string
Speaker 1: a couple of good games together and why not this
Speaker 1: next game? Just that games one on top of the
Speaker 1: other and continue to learn. And and that's the great
Speaker 1: thing about Josh. He's a student of the game. He
Speaker 1: wants to learn. He learns. He loves to learn from
Speaker 1: different people around our building and including his coaches, both
Speaker 1: Ken Dorsey and Brian Dable and and and the other quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: Which is neat. It's neat to watch and to watch
Speaker 1: his growth, watch his development on and off the field,
Speaker 1: and then the way he takes care of or he's
Speaker 1: begun to really take care of the football using his checkdowns,
Speaker 1: using his feet has been fun to watch. Well. One
Speaker 1: of the things we said, the offense is very different
Speaker 1: around him. He proved that there were ten guys who
Speaker 1: caught passes from him. This last Sunday will boost a
Speaker 1: confidence that he doesn't care where it's going as long
Speaker 1: as he finds somebody. How important is it that he
Speaker 1: spreads it around And how difficult it is that as
Speaker 1: a former defensive coordinator. How tough does that make it? Yeah,
Speaker 1: it makes it really tough. It's a big challenge because
Speaker 1: and I like it from the standpoint of Josh is
Speaker 1: forced to go through his reads, He's forced to go
Speaker 1: through his progression. You see a lot of quarterbacks out there,
Speaker 1: young ones in particular, who you know, see a receiver
Speaker 1: that's every play they're waving their arm in the air saying,
Speaker 1: throw it to me, throw it to me, throw it
Speaker 1: to me. Well, Josh is going through his progression, getting
Speaker 1: the getting the ball where it needs to be thrown
Speaker 1: to and on time for the most part. And so
Speaker 1: we just continue to grow, and as he grows, we'll
Speaker 1: grow on offense and we'll continue to get better. One
Speaker 1: of the neat things to see in this last game
Speaker 1: against the Giants was they can tip your hat to
Speaker 1: the They came out and kind of hit you in
Speaker 1: the mouth offensively right out of the gate, but your
Speaker 1: defense responded and really took control of the game from
Speaker 1: then on. Yeah, that first drive was it kind of
Speaker 1: took the win out of our sales a little bit,
Speaker 1: but it wasn't It wasn't unexpected because it was their
Speaker 1: home opener and we knew that they had We're going
Speaker 1: to come out with a lot of fire and energy,
Speaker 1: and they did and give them credit. But we adjusted.
Speaker 1: Our players and staff did a phenomenal job of adjusting
Speaker 1: and really settling into just just doing our job. And
Speaker 1: that's really what was going on in the first drive.
Speaker 1: We weren't doing our job, and so we were guessing
Speaker 1: a little bit, and so we just settled in and
Speaker 1: played good, good old fashioned Buffalo Bill style defense. One
Speaker 1: of the things that hidden stats about your defense this
Speaker 1: year has been your defensive lineman batting down balls. Five
Speaker 1: in the first game, five in the second game. Your
Speaker 1: defensive lineman batting those down. They go down as passes defense,
Speaker 1: but still a hidden staff that seems pretty important. It
Speaker 1: is because you never know where those passes were intended
Speaker 1: to go. Sometimes and sometimes it was to an open receiver.
Speaker 1: Sometimes we felt like we had good covers. But the
Speaker 1: one play in particular before half that Ed Oliver batted
Speaker 1: up in the air and Trent Murphy comes around from
Speaker 1: the backside, great effort play. I don't care if you're
Speaker 1: an nfler or if you're a peewee Pop Warner football player.
Speaker 1: That's that's a great effort play and fun to watch. Well.
Speaker 1: One of the things that concerns coming into the Giant
Speaker 1: game was Tarren Johnson had gone down with an injury,
Speaker 1: and it wasn't just him being sidelined with putting another
Speaker 1: player in. You really had a platoon effort to replace
Speaker 1: Taron Johnson. It really showed the quality of the depth
Speaker 1: that you have in your defensive back. Yeah, that was
Speaker 1: That was also fun to watch. You know, these guys prepared.
Speaker 1: Taren went down, and we had Sarran Neo go in
Speaker 1: and Sorran and Dean Marlow prepared, and then we added
Speaker 1: Kevin Johnson into that mix. So it's by committee and
Speaker 1: each one of them took their own piece of the
Speaker 1: equation and piece of the pie. And then they also
Speaker 1: all three of them have special team's responsibilities as well.
Speaker 1: So fun to watch those guys put the team first
Speaker 1: but also get themselves ready to play. Sean, we'll see
Speaker 1: you later in the show for your final thoughts. But
Speaker 1: thanks for getting us some time here. Yeah, thanks, Steve.
Speaker 1: All right. Shopping Wood is presented by Saint Bonaventure University,
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Speaker 1: to the Sean McDermott Show. Once again, We're gonna go
Speaker 1: down to the tale of the tape. This week. Look
Speaker 1: at the video from last week's game against the Giants,
Speaker 1: and of course we'll bring in our good friend Eric
Speaker 1: Wood onto the show. Eric, thanks for being here. We're
Speaker 1: gonna look back at the Giants game, big fellow, and
Speaker 1: then we're gonna look ahead to the Cincinnati game. Are
Speaker 1: you up for it? Let's do it. I'm looking forward
Speaker 1: to it, all right. Awesome. Last week, the Bills against
Speaker 1: the Giants spread the football all over the place and
Speaker 1: it started two. They did three touchdowns on the ground,
Speaker 1: with Josh Allen scoring again. He scores an exact same
Speaker 1: end zone he did against the Jets, same quarner of
Speaker 1: the end zone, same direction, except this time the play
Speaker 1: was designed for him to run it in. I'm not
Speaker 1: a huge fan of design quarterback runs in the NFL,
Speaker 1: unless they are down in the red zone where you're
Speaker 1: thinking touchdown or it's a critical third down play just
Speaker 1: because you want to limit the shots on your quarterback.
Speaker 1: I thought this was an incredible call, an incredible design,
Speaker 1: and on this play, Josh Allen does a great job
Speaker 1: of using his athleticism to get out there, but out
Speaker 1: in front of him you have a two pulling offensive lineman,
Speaker 1: so you have John Polissiano and Mitch Morris. Mitch Morris
Speaker 1: is a great cut block, almost gets two. I'll give
Speaker 1: him credit for two because because Ogiltree hit the ground
Speaker 1: as well, so he gets two guys down on the
Speaker 1: cut block. Police Siano with a nice little dance at
Speaker 1: the end of the play there and Frank Gore out
Speaker 1: leading the way. Doesn't have to do too much work
Speaker 1: here because the offensive line cleans it all up. But
Speaker 1: Josh Allen goes in unscathed to the end zone and
Speaker 1: I absolutely love that play call. Lastly, we've got this
Speaker 1: play that technically counts as a touchdown pass, but Brian
Speaker 1: day Ball once again finds a way to get Isaiah
Speaker 1: McKenzie into some space on the edge. He does, and
Speaker 1: I love that it counts as a pass because I'm
Speaker 1: one of those guys that says Josh Allen is definitely
Speaker 1: going over sixty percent this year passing and hopefully closer
Speaker 1: to sixty five just like in week one. But a
Speaker 1: great play design here. So here he brings Isaiah McKenzie
Speaker 1: again on the jetsuitep motion and it comes with a
Speaker 1: play fake to the running back as well. The soft
Speaker 1: toss allows Isaiah McKenzie to not have to break stride
Speaker 1: at all. And again you saw trips to one side
Speaker 1: and they're attacking that open side of the field when
Speaker 1: all the numbers four the Giants are over on the
Speaker 1: Bill's right hand side and out in front of this one,
Speaker 1: which I absolutely love is you have knocks. They're tight
Speaker 1: end known more as a receiver, super athletic rookie out
Speaker 1: of All miss third rounder. But he's out there doing
Speaker 1: the dirty work. He's out there making a block for
Speaker 1: the touchdown on Jabrill Peppers, who's a great safety in
Speaker 1: his own right. So great play designed again by Brian
Speaker 1: dave Ball and great execution by the Buffalo Bills. Good stuff. Eric.
Speaker 1: Now let's transition into our Week three opponents, Cincinnati. They've
Speaker 1: struggled to get the running game going consistently in the
Speaker 1: first two weeks, so most of their offense has fallen
Speaker 1: on the shoulders of Andy Dalton. But he's found a
Speaker 1: big play threat in the speedy receiver John Ross. He
Speaker 1: has and when you say it's fallen on Andy Dalton,
Speaker 1: he's delivered. He's thrown for over seven hundred yards so
Speaker 1: far through two weeks. And here as I was watching
Speaker 1: this game. This comes after a big play. A lot
Speaker 1: of times when teams get big plays or turnovers and
Speaker 1: they're on the opponents side of the field, they'll take
Speaker 1: a shot towards the end zone. A lot of times
Speaker 1: it comes out of play action. Here it comes off
Speaker 1: of a flea flicker and here you get the Bengal
Speaker 1: is now doing the fake jet sueep motion. Then you
Speaker 1: hand it off to Bernard back to Dalton and he
Speaker 1: hits Ross. And where Ross starts on this play, he
Speaker 1: starts in the slot and he runs a wheel route
Speaker 1: and the outside receiver clears out the field and that's
Speaker 1: just an extremely tough matchup for a linebacker out there
Speaker 1: in space. Lastly, 's talk about the pressure that a
Speaker 1: guy that runs a four two forty can have on
Speaker 1: a defense. Ross is one of those low four two
Speaker 1: forty guys, and it's really rare to have a guy
Speaker 1: like that on the field. Yeah, John Ross shows off
Speaker 1: here why you always have to respect where he's out
Speaker 1: on the football field. Because this is not a long
Speaker 1: completion like we saw before. This is a fifteen yard toss.
Speaker 1: But it shows and now this is at the end
Speaker 1: of the game. This is against some backups in there
Speaker 1: for the forty nine ers, but he's able to show
Speaker 1: you what he can do with the ball in his hands.
Speaker 1: Even on a not long throw he can take at
Speaker 1: the distance. Thanks you your thoughts on the team's performance
Speaker 1: versus the Giants. Eric, We're definitely excited to see if
Speaker 1: they can carry this momentum in against Cincinnati and the
Speaker 1: home opener on Sunday. We'll see you out there at
Speaker 1: the stadium. Yeah, I'm looking forward to at Bill's coming
Speaker 1: home two and oh. The fans will definitely show up.
Speaker 1: It's going to be a fun one, all right, Eric. Thanks.
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Speaker 1: Mattie Glab here this week's game preview. The Buffalo Bills
Speaker 1: are heading into their home opener two and oh, and
Speaker 1: we'll take on the Cincinnati Bengals in Week three. The
Speaker 1: Bills go to two and our first time they've started
Speaker 1: a season with two consecutive victories, and they're coming home.
Speaker 1: The FC North foe comes to New air Field, OZ
Speaker 1: and two after losing forty one to seventeen against the
Speaker 1: forty nine Ers in Week two, Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton
Speaker 1: has the second most passing yards in the league with
Speaker 1: seven hundred and twenty nine through two games and four touchdowns.
Speaker 1: Dalton has also been sacked the second most times with
Speaker 1: nine sacks. Since the wide receiver John Ross has the
Speaker 1: most receiving yards in the league with two hundred and
Speaker 1: seventy through two weeks. The Bengals have had success through
Speaker 1: the air, but on the ground, the team is rushed
Speaker 1: for league wars to fifty nine yards to start the season.
Speaker 1: Cincinnati will try to recover from giving up five hundred
Speaker 1: and seventy two yards on defense against San Francisco. But
Speaker 1: we've built for Brown. Maybe if he didn't bad each
Speaker 1: and every week Bezon three. For the first time ever,
Speaker 1: Buffalo opens their season with all six of their touchdowns
Speaker 1: coming on scoring drives of seventy or more yards. Rolls
Speaker 1: right still looking downfield, Fire's downfield caught at the twenty
Speaker 1: seven yard line by John Brown. Second year quarterback Josh
Speaker 1: Allen is eleven or fifteen on third downs, completing seventy
Speaker 1: three point three percent of his third down passes through
Speaker 1: two games. Allen's completion percentage is sixty four point two percent.
Speaker 1: That's up more than ten percent from last year. On defense,
Speaker 1: the Bills currently ranked tenth in third down defense. Opposing
Speaker 1: offenses have converted on just ten of twenty nine attempts
Speaker 1: on third down. On Nate, Buffalo is looking to keep
Speaker 1: their perfect record, while Fricinnati is trying to get their
Speaker 1: first win of the season. Steve back to you, all right,
Speaker 1: thank you, Maddie, and we're back here with Sean McDermot
Speaker 1: to get some final thoughts before you head into this
Speaker 1: game with the Cincinnati Bengals. You know, I wanted to
Speaker 1: ask you. I've walked down that tunnel on a home
Speaker 1: opener and I know it's different. Do you have a
Speaker 1: special message for these guys that maybe haven't done that
Speaker 1: here in Buffalo? Yeah, they played a preseason game, but
Speaker 1: this is different. Do you have a special message for
Speaker 1: those guys? Well, we'll talk about that the night before
Speaker 1: the game. But you know, one of the things we've
Speaker 1: talked about since we've come here as a staff is
Speaker 1: defending our dirt and knowing how important that is in
Speaker 1: the blood, sweat and tears that so many have poured
Speaker 1: onto onto that field and in that stadium, and the
Speaker 1: sacrifice that our fans make to support us, a sacrifice
Speaker 1: that our families and friends make to support us. And
Speaker 1: I think that goes a lot into the defending the
Speaker 1: dirt type of type of mantra, Steve, and so when
Speaker 1: we take that field, it means something. All Right. So
Speaker 1: you're two and o on the seasons early, obviously early
Speaker 1: in the season. But what are obviously the fans very
Speaker 1: excited about that, But what are the encouraging signs for
Speaker 1: you about this particular squad. Yeah, I'll tell you the
Speaker 1: biggest thing that stands out to me. Obviously we're two
Speaker 1: and oh, but the biggest thing that stands out to
Speaker 1: me more than anything is the heart and the nucleus
Speaker 1: of our team. Is these guys are very They're very close,
Speaker 1: they enjoy spending time together. They seem to play as
Speaker 1: hard as anybody around the league. And I don't know,
Speaker 1: I haven't looked at every game this year to this point,
Speaker 1: but these are a group of guys that love to prepare,
Speaker 1: love to work at it, and to get the results
Speaker 1: they've gotten early on is really a credit to their
Speaker 1: preparation and the coaches as well. Sean, thanks for that,
Speaker 1: and thanks to you at home for joining us here.
Speaker 1: On The Sean McDermott Show. We'll be back next week
Speaker 1: to recap the Cincinnati Bengals game and look ahead to
Speaker 1: the Week four matchup with the New England Patriots. Have
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