WEBVTT - Historic Season For James Cook? | Bills By The Numbers

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<v Speaker 1>Glad you're back with us here on Bills by the Numbers,

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<v Speaker 1>where we let the stats tell you where the Bills

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<v Speaker 1>are at. We're presented by Fan Duel make every moment

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<v Speaker 1>more up. Next, just how historic the season could James

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<v Speaker 1>Cooks have? With ten regular season games to play? Should

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<v Speaker 1>the Bills offense be as balanced as they are? Or

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<v Speaker 1>is it time to prop up their pass game? And

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<v Speaker 1>should James Cook be a part of that passing game?

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<v Speaker 1>To use him in an expanded fashion? Steve is quizzed

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<v Speaker 1>on Bill's running back history, and we'll have our one

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<v Speaker 1>turning question. Somebody take the dang hand off already. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for joining us here on Bills by the Numbers. He's

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<v Speaker 1>Wall of Famer Steve Tasker on Bill's play by playman

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Brown, and we kick it off with the remarkable

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<v Speaker 1>first half of the season James Cook has had through

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<v Speaker 1>seven games, Buffalo's feature back ranks second in the NFL

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<v Speaker 1>in rushing with seven hundred and fifty three yards. His

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<v Speaker 1>average of six yards per carry leads the league. He's

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<v Speaker 1>third in first downs created, fourth in total yards from scrimmage,

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<v Speaker 1>and tied for fifth in scoring. At his current pace,

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<v Speaker 1>Cook would finish with eighteen hundred and twenty eight yards rushing,

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<v Speaker 1>which would be the second best rushing season in Bill's history,

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<v Speaker 1>behind Hall of Famer O. J. Simpsons two thousand and

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<v Speaker 1>three rushing season in nineteen seventy three. It would also

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<v Speaker 1>be the twentieth best rushing season in NFL history. Steve,

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<v Speaker 1>do you believe he hits that number, exceeds it, or

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<v Speaker 1>falls short?

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<v Speaker 2>First of all, let me preface everything by saying, Chris

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<v Speaker 2>brown has been on the James Cook train since it

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<v Speaker 2>was sitting in a station in Georgia before he was

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<v Speaker 2>even drafted. So let me just give kudos to Brownie,

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<v Speaker 2>and he is a James Cook advocate all the time. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>Having said that, I think he's gonna fall a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit short because he's been so spectacular it's hard to

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<v Speaker 2>keep that going through. Yeah, somebody's gonna come up with

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<v Speaker 2>a game that's gonna put him off track and put

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<v Speaker 2>him behind the sticks on that eighteen hundred and twenty

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<v Speaker 2>eight number, But he's still I mean maybe what fourteen

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<v Speaker 2>hundred yards fifty that's a big season and it would

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<v Speaker 2>validate the contract and all the conversation that we had

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<v Speaker 2>about him in the offseason. I do think I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think he can make it that far because of what

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to take to win games going down the stretch.

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<v Speaker 2>And even though though having said that, it'll be one

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<v Speaker 2>of the great seasons in Bill's history, it could be.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm I'm thinking he's gonna end up somewhere around

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen to sixteen. Yeah, somewhere in there, because when we

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<v Speaker 1>get to December, you know, when the weather turns and

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<v Speaker 1>he's good in the snow, I think I think fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>to sixteen hundred is within reach. Eighteen hundred would be extraordinary, right, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>it would. I mean seventeen Even me, the biggest believer

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<v Speaker 1>in James Cook, would be impressed by that.

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<v Speaker 2>That's that's a big number. But as we've seen, he's

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<v Speaker 2>playing in the right system to have it have some

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<v Speaker 2>opportunity because of the quarterback he's got, and teams aren't

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<v Speaker 2>you know, they know they they know Josh is the MVP.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bills want to try and beat him with a

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<v Speaker 2>run game instead of the throwing game. With that with

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<v Speaker 2>that guy, maybe they give him the opportunity to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll see.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, Cook has a rushing success rate of sixty

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<v Speaker 1>six point seven percent, far and away the best in

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<v Speaker 1>the league, so much so that it's six percent better

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<v Speaker 1>than his next closest pursuer, the rams Kyron Williams, and

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<v Speaker 1>ten percent better than Jonathan Taylor of the Colts, who

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<v Speaker 1>is killing it by the way as well. In Week eight,

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<v Speaker 1>Cook had the most rushing yards in a game this

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<v Speaker 1>season and did not even play in the fourth quarter.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the most rushing yards in a game in the

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<v Speaker 1>last thirty five seeds seas by a player who did

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<v Speaker 1>not have a carry in the final Stanza. It's rare stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Has it been successful enough to justify being the only

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<v Speaker 1>team in the league, however, that runs the ball more

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<v Speaker 1>than fifty percent of the time on offense?

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<v Speaker 2>Steve Well, yeah, I mean that they won the game,

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<v Speaker 2>but we're.

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<v Speaker 1>Talking over the whole season here. Do you want to

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<v Speaker 1>be a fifty to fifty run pass team when you

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<v Speaker 1>have the MVP at quarterback?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think you know what you have in your quarterback.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think they've got more confidence, particularly when they're healthy,

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<v Speaker 2>in their weapons outside than most fans do because they

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<v Speaker 2>haven't seen it. And because of that, I think they

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to put the burden on seventeen on Josh

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<v Speaker 2>Allen every single game whenever they can if they don't

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<v Speaker 2>have to, and there have been games when they have

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<v Speaker 2>not had to, and they're also I think even in

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<v Speaker 2>the losses they suffered this year, particularly in the Patriots loss,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the turnovers really hurt him, Josh turning the

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<v Speaker 2>ball over and Keon dropping the ball in their own end,

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<v Speaker 2>deeping the Bill's own end. Offensively, that put them in

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<v Speaker 2>the eight ball. That's a game they should have, could

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<v Speaker 2>have would have won had it not been for the

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<v Speaker 2>offense stumbling like it did. So I think they're okay

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<v Speaker 2>with where they're at offensively, whether it's fifty percent run

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<v Speaker 2>or fifty five percent run forty pass or fifty percent

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<v Speaker 2>pass or even more whatever, because they I think they

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<v Speaker 2>believe when they go to Josh and turn that faucet on,

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to pour out.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, after last week's game, which skewed the numbers a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit because they ran the balls for so many

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<v Speaker 1>yards and so successfully, it's now fifty two run forty

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<v Speaker 1>eight percent pass for the Bills. They're the only team

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<v Speaker 1>that's at the fifty percent mark or over. And look,

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<v Speaker 1>it's gotten them to a five and two record, But

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<v Speaker 1>I think there are some out there who say, are

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<v Speaker 1>you almost costing this offense more production by choosing to

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<v Speaker 1>run it more than you throw it? Even with the

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<v Speaker 1>advent of more teams running the ball more often than

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<v Speaker 1>we saw five seasons ago when people were throwing it

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<v Speaker 1>all over the yard, some teams were like sixty five

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<v Speaker 1>thirty five. I just wonder if the offense might be

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<v Speaker 1>even more productive than it already is, and it's hard

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<v Speaker 1>to argue with almost thirty points a game. I wonder

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<v Speaker 1>if it would be even more productive if they go

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<v Speaker 1>just fifty five pass forty five run, and maybe it

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<v Speaker 1>gets there by the end of the season, who knows.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it sounds counterintuitive, but I.

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<v Speaker 1>Wonder if it's blasphemy Steve to not utilize Josh Allen's

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<v Speaker 1>talents more than they are in the passing game. Or

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<v Speaker 1>maybe is there a that the heavy run approach is

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<v Speaker 1>by design to help a defense while still shorthanded due

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<v Speaker 1>to injury. What about that premise?

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe, yeah, that's all possible. I think, and this may

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<v Speaker 2>sound counterintuitive, that they may feel like doing it the

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<v Speaker 2>way they're doing it gives them best chance to win

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<v Speaker 2>games rather than chase stats. Right, They're in the business

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<v Speaker 2>of winning, and each of these games falls differently. So

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<v Speaker 2>when you take the cumulative numbers about the season, sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>it's not as accurate as what a team is capable

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<v Speaker 2>of as it was about the matchups and what won

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<v Speaker 2>games and how the game got out of hand. This,

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<v Speaker 2>particularly this Carolina game, like right and the Jet game

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<v Speaker 2>earlier in the season, excues the statistics because of where

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<v Speaker 2>they're at on the scoreboard. I think this is a

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<v Speaker 2>team that has a recipe for winning every game, and

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<v Speaker 2>certainly it may alter a little bit game to game,

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<v Speaker 2>but the big picture doesn't always paint the accurate picture,

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't give you the the nuts and bolts of how

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<v Speaker 2>they're gonna win. So I think the way they won

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<v Speaker 2>in Carolina certainly is not how they're gonna beat the

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<v Speaker 2>Kansas City Chiefs. So I think taking the big picture,

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<v Speaker 2>while it has some value, I don't think they care

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<v Speaker 2>game to game or in the big picture of what

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<v Speaker 2>it looks like game to game. And I think it's counterintuitive,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think they may be more interested in and

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<v Speaker 2>I know it sounds in playing the run pass ratio

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<v Speaker 2>in the small in the small sense, rather than the

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<v Speaker 2>big sense, then we're gonna run at this game because

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<v Speaker 2>it's gonna help us win. I think they're in the

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<v Speaker 2>business of winning games more so than looking at the

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<v Speaker 2>statistics and thinking it looks good. And I think the

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<v Speaker 2>way the schedule has fallen with the Jets, with the

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<v Speaker 2>Carolina Panthers and you know, and the others who they've

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<v Speaker 2>the Saints game, they just exkews the big picture numbers.

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<v Speaker 2>So whether they're fifty five percent run and thirty percent

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<v Speaker 2>pass has something to do with that. Now, in the

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<v Speaker 2>New England game, it got down to turnovers and penalties.

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<v Speaker 2>Falcons game. That was the one game where it was

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of an aberration, I believe offensively when

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<v Speaker 2>they struggled to protect, struggle to move the ball, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think that game got away from him. But the

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<v Speaker 2>other six, including the Patriots game, I think they're right

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<v Speaker 2>on schedule with where they want to be, all.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, So let's let's expand this conversation with respect to

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<v Speaker 1>the passing game. Should James Cook be utilized as a

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<v Speaker 1>mismatch in the passing game to help expand its usage

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<v Speaker 1>and production to get his breakaway ability out in space

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<v Speaker 1>more often?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I am all about that I think, leave him

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<v Speaker 2>on the field as much as you can. That doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>mean you can't. I mean, and I don't think you

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<v Speaker 2>should be preoccupied with getting him more opportunities. But certainly

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<v Speaker 2>nobody's going to complain about more opportunities for him, particularly

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<v Speaker 2>in the past. Hi, it's the one thing that they

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<v Speaker 2>haven't had it now. They didn't have to do that

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<v Speaker 2>last week. I get it. And the same thing in

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<v Speaker 2>the Jet game, same thing in the Saints game. Some

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<v Speaker 2>of this stuff. The Bills can leave whole sections of

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<v Speaker 2>their playbook closed and never go to them, So I

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<v Speaker 2>get that. But they're in some of these games, particularly

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<v Speaker 2>the Atlanta game and perhaps maybe the Patriot game, or

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<v Speaker 2>particularly in the Patriot game, there was some instances where

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<v Speaker 2>they needed to unfurl some stuff and we didn't see it,

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<v Speaker 2>or at least we didn't feel like we saw it.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, I believe James Cook. When he's having the

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<v Speaker 2>kind of season he's showing the kind of abilities and

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<v Speaker 2>the things that he's doing right now, I think more

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<v Speaker 2>opportunities are better, not worse. And if you throw it

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<v Speaker 2>to him, that's fine.

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<v Speaker 1>And I would wholeheartedly agree the more touches for James

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<v Speaker 1>Cook the better for this offense, right and I think

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<v Speaker 1>with a passing game that has looked a little disjointed

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<v Speaker 1>in recent weeks, he could help in that with you know,

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<v Speaker 1>whether it's intermedia throws, short throws in space, yards after catch,

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<v Speaker 1>whatever you want from the passing game, I think he

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<v Speaker 1>could help in that vein because to me, he is

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<v Speaker 1>a mismatch on any linebacker and any safety in the league,

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<v Speaker 1>any of them. So why not get him in a

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<v Speaker 1>one on one matchup? Not to mention the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>with as strong as this run game is, you could

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<v Speaker 1>line him up in the backfield and they're gonna put

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<v Speaker 1>with three tight ends if you want two whatever the

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<v Speaker 1>other team's putting three linebackers on the field. Then you

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<v Speaker 1>motion him out late pre snap, and now you've got

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<v Speaker 1>him on a linebacker or at worse, the safety advantage

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<v Speaker 1>buffalo every single time. So to me, that makes sense.

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<v Speaker 1>Now here would you be surprised to know that James

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<v Speaker 1>Cook has not had a passing target since Week five?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I knew that against the Patriots, that was something

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<v Speaker 2>I thought. I was a little surprised. I was a

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<v Speaker 2>little surprised by that, no question about it. They just

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<v Speaker 2>and I you know.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not a question of are they using him enough.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not using him.

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<v Speaker 2>All I was, it's completely gone away. And there's been

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of games where you know, he's obviously no targets,

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<v Speaker 2>no catches.

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<v Speaker 1>And not on the field sometimes and two minutes drill.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think they need to they need to fix that.

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<v Speaker 1>B John Robinson. They're not. They're not afraid about using

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<v Speaker 1>him too much.

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<v Speaker 2>In Atlanta and I they got a lot of faith

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<v Speaker 2>in Tid Johnson. I get that, but there are some

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<v Speaker 2>guys in the like well like Keon. If sit him down,

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<v Speaker 2>put James on the on the field and use some

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<v Speaker 2>different formations, get some guys who have been productive in

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<v Speaker 2>the passing game, it just makes it just makes too

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<v Speaker 2>much sense to use him when he got It's the

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<v Speaker 2>old adage a bit of investments, when when you keep

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<v Speaker 2>giving more investment capital to one thing and it keeps

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<v Speaker 2>getting bigger and bigger returns, you keep putting more money

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<v Speaker 2>into it. Yeah, let's give those guys more opportunities, like

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<v Speaker 2>James Cook.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, good discussion there. We now quiz Steve on

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<v Speaker 1>Bill's running back history in the numbers game. Let's do it.

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<v Speaker 1>Steve all right, there we go. Question number one. Only

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<v Speaker 1>two players are on the list for the top seven

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<v Speaker 1>single season most total yards from scrimmage in Bill's history.

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<v Speaker 1>They are Hall of famers OJ Simpson and Thurman Thomas.

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<v Speaker 1>Which one of those two names appears more often in

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<v Speaker 1>those top seven single season total yards from scrimmage?

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<v Speaker 2>Thurman?

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<v Speaker 1>And you would be correct? Four times?

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<v Speaker 2>He let Yeah, he led the league four times. He

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<v Speaker 2>only got to ever do it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, pretty impressive. Question number two. Therman Thomas holds

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<v Speaker 1>three of the top five spots for most total touches

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<v Speaker 1>in a regular season in Bill's history. This other Bill's

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<v Speaker 1>running back holds the other two spots, and his name

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<v Speaker 1>is Knox OJ Simpson. Who is it? Freddy Jackson? It

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<v Speaker 1>is not fred Jackson. That's a good guess, though.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, okay is it? Wow? You got me with that one.

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<v Speaker 1>That's tough.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll say.

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<v Speaker 1>Willis is not Willis mcgahey. Oh. Travis Henry, Travis Henravis Henry.

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<v Speaker 1>Travis Henry had three hundred sixty eight total touches in

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand and two and three hundred and fifty nine

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<v Speaker 1>in two thousand and three. Let's go tea hen Question

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<v Speaker 1>number three after oj Simpson's twenty three total touchdown from

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<v Speaker 1>scrimmage in a season. What Bill's back ranks second in

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<v Speaker 1>total touchdowns twenty Yeah, it's not Thurman. Freddy not Freddy.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, CJ, not CJ.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the guy we've been talking about this whole episode.

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<v Speaker 1>James Cook Cook eighteen total touchdowns the last season. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>that is second most.

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<v Speaker 2>That's awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh. Question for what Bill holds the record for longest

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<v Speaker 1>rushing touchdown in team history?

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<v Speaker 2>What Bill holds the longest the record.

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<v Speaker 1>From longest rushing touchdowns?

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<v Speaker 2>Gotta be juice.

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<v Speaker 1>It is not Oj Simpson. Someone has top ten.

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<v Speaker 2>CJ.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a good guess, but incorrect.

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<v Speaker 2>James Cook.

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<v Speaker 1>It is not James Cook. This is a guy who

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<v Speaker 1>would not guess to have a lot have won this

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<v Speaker 1>long but he did. Freddy, it is fred Jackson. Eighty

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<v Speaker 1>yards October sixteenth, twenty eleven against the New York Giants.

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<v Speaker 1>I actually watched it back this week. Serpentine, Serpentine, serpentine, serpet.

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<v Speaker 2>Freddy's not outrunning on too many people, but he is.

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<v Speaker 1>He used to be hyper aware of who was trailing him,

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<v Speaker 1>and he would cut right when the guy was gonna

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<v Speaker 1>jump at it. Freddie was.

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<v Speaker 2>He's one of those guys that if you're fast enough

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<v Speaker 2>to catch him, you might not be big enough or

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<v Speaker 2>strong enough to kit him down because he's got a

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<v Speaker 2>he had a forearm that was in like a taser gun.

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<v Speaker 2>And then if you were big enough, strong enough to

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<v Speaker 2>tackle him, he might not be fast enough to catch him.

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<v Speaker 2>Just right in that and there's right in between there,

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<v Speaker 2>and he was physical and aware, like you say, aware enough,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're fast enough to catch him, you might have

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<v Speaker 2>had to like pick your spot.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what it was.

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<v Speaker 2>It was.

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<v Speaker 1>It looked like a game of pac Man. He's like

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<v Speaker 1>runningto the end zone. There's three guys after him, and

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<v Speaker 1>right at the last second, he sees this guy over

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<v Speaker 1>his left shoulder and he comes back to the left

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<v Speaker 1>and the guy, oh, he misses it. He gets into

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<v Speaker 1>the end zone. It was a great run eighty yards

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<v Speaker 1>Buffalo Bills, we now ask our one burning question. Khalil

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<v Speaker 1>Shakir currently ranked second in the NFL in yards after

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<v Speaker 1>catch among receivers with two hundred and ninety four. He

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<v Speaker 1>is second only to Cincinnati's Jamar Chase, who has three

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and fifty six yards after the catch. Will

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<v Speaker 1>Shakir lead all receivers in yards after the catch at

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<v Speaker 1>season's end.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think so. Not. He's trailing by too much

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<v Speaker 2>by Jamar.

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<v Speaker 1>He's about sixty yards behind a little more than sixty

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<v Speaker 1>yards behind.

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<v Speaker 2>He's probably he's gonna get some. That's what he does.

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<v Speaker 2>He's very good at that. He's elite at yards after catch.

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<v Speaker 2>He's elite. I'm gonna have to say no, just because

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<v Speaker 2>of the opportunities and other guys in the league and

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<v Speaker 2>how hard it is to do. I think he's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>have a ton and I think they're gonna continue to

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<v Speaker 2>use him like that because he's really good at it.

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<v Speaker 2>But he's also had a bunch of long ones already.

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<v Speaker 2>Teams are gonna, you know, no, I'm gonna say no.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think he can.

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<v Speaker 1>I got a forty five yard and a fifty four

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<v Speaker 1>yard both for touchdowns already through the first seven games, right,

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<v Speaker 1>he's gonna have some more. I think he finishes in

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<v Speaker 1>the top five, Yes, maybe even the top three.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>If he finishes at it would be a heck of

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<v Speaker 1>an accomplished go And you know he's got to stay healthy.

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<v Speaker 2>And who knows, he's second in the league.

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<v Speaker 1>He's played one less game than a lot of teams. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he's second in the league among receivers. The running backs

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<v Speaker 1>usually lead that category, but among receivers he's number two.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, I think he could finish in the top

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<v Speaker 1>five among receivers. Our closing figure got to give credit

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<v Speaker 1>to Steve on this. He pointed this one out in

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<v Speaker 1>the stat sheet this week. Our closing figure deals with

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<v Speaker 1>the Bills Chiefs matchup in Week ten. This is the

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<v Speaker 1>tenth meeting between or sorry week nine, This is the

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<v Speaker 1>tenth meeting between Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes. Overall, in

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<v Speaker 1>those ten meetings, Mahomes has the better record of five

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<v Speaker 1>and four, but the point totals in the previous nine matchups,

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<v Speaker 1>if you add them all together, are separated by a

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<v Speaker 1>single point. Kansas City with two hundred and forty three

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<v Speaker 1>points scored to Buffalo's two hundred forty two.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely crazy. You can't take your eyes off this game.

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<v Speaker 1>It's gonna be a good one. That'll do it for

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