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Speaker 1: These One Bills Live presented by Called Light a Health.

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Speaker 1: All Right, welcome to a Wednesday edition of One Bill's Live.

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Speaker 1: Players out on the field installing the game plan for

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Speaker 1: their Week five opponent, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and we have

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Speaker 1: a bunch of things going on. There's a lot going on,

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Speaker 1: chiefly in the wide receiver world as that world continues

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Speaker 1: to spin for the Buffalo Bills. First off, there are

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Speaker 1: new additions to the injury report. Jordan Poyer, who was

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Speaker 1: Presumably x rays were negative. But now he is not

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Speaker 1: practicing today because of a rib injury, so there's that.

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Speaker 1: Also not practicing today and still in the concussion protocol

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Speaker 1: Alcapaccio as well as Mike Garafolo from NFL Network was

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Speaker 1: reporting that Tavon Austin and the Bills have mutually agreed

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Speaker 1: the former Wake Forest wide receiver Jacquarie Robertson is expected

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Speaker 1: free agent, so that will be interesting. I can say

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Speaker 1: So we'll just wait on that. Now here's the interesting thing.

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Speaker 1: Steve Jamison Crowder has not yet been put on injured

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Speaker 1: So he was out of the protocol by Friday. Actually

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Speaker 1: and Ed Oliver to be limited in practice today. Bill's

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Speaker 1: practice updates are presented by Lee commyre Lake Erie College

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Speaker 1: of Osteopathic Medicine. Good news is Jordan Poyer was named

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Speaker 1: AFC Defensive Player of the Week after his two interception

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Speaker 1: pass breakups. Not a bad day. First Bill since Henry

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Speaker 1: Jones with four interceptions in his first three games of

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Speaker 1: For that one, Steve thirty years ago, it's been a minute. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: in about twenty minutes, we're going to talk to former

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Speaker 1: this week will be with one Greg Rousseau. He of

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Speaker 1: I remember, right, Steve, Mike Tomlin, when his team is

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Speaker 1: can make a case. You know, thirty one ten that

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Speaker 1: wasn't a great game, and then the next one twenty

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Speaker 1: four twenty seven Chiefs Chargers, that was a great game.

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Speaker 1: Week two. Week three was Steelers Browns seventeen to twenty nine.

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Speaker 1: Browns come through and when that one, that's you know,

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Speaker 1: it's a double digit, twelve point win. And then last week,

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Speaker 1: of course, was the Dolphins Bengals game, where you and

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Speaker 1: the atrocity that happened to Tua, which has nothing to

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Speaker 1: do with Thursday night football except for the fact that

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Speaker 1: maybe Tua right instead of seven days right. But you know,

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Speaker 1: if he had a concussion on the game against the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills, that's on Tua for lying about it. So

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Speaker 1: what are you gonna don't I don't mind Thursday night games.

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Okay, I know I think late in the

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Speaker 1: year the quality of the product suffers. Guys, bodies are

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Speaker 1: hanging by like week ten eleven, you're trying to play

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Speaker 1: on a Thursday night. Give him three days arrest and

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Speaker 1: I don't know, Yeah, I'll see, I mean, yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: Colts at Broncos this week, and then it's then about

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Speaker 1: this Broncos go into that game. No Jonathan Taylor, no

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Speaker 1: Javonte Williams. Right that. Listen to the matchup the next weekend,

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Speaker 1: the Washington command Washington Commanders at the Chicago Bears. Oh

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Speaker 1: my gosh, listen, and you're talking about Thursday football being

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Speaker 1: the problem. It's that's the problem right there. You got

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Speaker 1: Washington at Chicago. I'd rather go to the Dentist. Then

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Speaker 1: you got Saints at Cardinals. Then you got Ravens at Buccaneers.

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Speaker 1: That's a game, Ravens at Buccaneers. I want to see

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Speaker 1: that game. Then you got Eagles at Texans. I mean,

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Speaker 1: then we'll come on four. No Eagles at the O

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Speaker 1: three and one Texans in week nine. I mean it'll

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Speaker 1: do'll be different thing. I forgot. Yeah. And then you

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Speaker 1: got Falcons Panthers. Nobody cares about that. In the AFC

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Speaker 1: Titans Packers. I'll watch that every so often. You're getting

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Speaker 1: one now, then you know, then Bill's Lions. Oh, then

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Speaker 1: it's Bill's Patriots two three. I forgot about that. Two Thursdays. Oh,

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Speaker 1: that's kind of nice. Raiders Rams nice one. I like

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Speaker 1: that one fifteen forty nine or Seahawks always a good one,

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Speaker 1: Jaguars Jets. All right, I'll stop, I'll stop. Jaguars Jets

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Speaker 1: is a period at the end of that sentence. Let

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Speaker 1: me just take a quick call before we go to break. Here,

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Speaker 1: we got Joe and Tonawanda waiting. What do you got first, Joe? Hey,

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Speaker 1: all right? So we won the coin toss right and

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Speaker 1: took the ball. Why nobody does that? And then look

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Speaker 1: what happened. You know, we threw an interception and then

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Speaker 1: we gave away our second half advantage. Yeah, coach McDermott,

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Speaker 1: it was the reason for the coach McDermot addressed. Coach

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Speaker 1: McDermot addressed that in his postgame press conference. He said

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Speaker 1: their decision was based on the forecast. With the weather,

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Speaker 1: they wanted to get up early on the scoreboard. They're

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Speaker 1: a passing team, as we know. It was anticipated in

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Speaker 1: the forecast to be a day louge there in the

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Speaker 1: second half, so they wanted to get more possessions earlier

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Speaker 1: in the game before the weather turned around two to

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Speaker 1: thirty right around halftime. So that was the decision they made. Now,

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Speaker 1: the forecast did not hold up. The rain wasn't that bad.

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Speaker 1: It was wet the rest of the day, but the

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Speaker 1: reasoning was based solely on the weather, nothing else, the

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Speaker 1: weather forecast, and unfortunately the forecast, right Joe, didn't pan out.

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Speaker 1: You're right, Joe. Nobody does that and there a reason

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Speaker 1: for it, unless it's like unlike last year, the rain

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Speaker 1: the win the game against New England. You defer, they

486
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Speaker 1: take the ball, you take the wind, or defer the wind.

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Speaker 1: It's all about the wind in that game. So it's

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Speaker 1: it's rare, but the weather played apart in it, and

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Speaker 1: it's it made sense to me. And if you're if

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Speaker 1: you're gonna wine and we're not wine. I'm not saying

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Speaker 1: you in particular, but if everybody wants to say, hey, analys,

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Speaker 1: give yourself the best chance to win, well there you go.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes it calls for you to do some stuff that's counterintuitive.

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Speaker 1: Yeah makes sense, Yeah, I mean, if you're expected. I mean,

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Speaker 1: the forecast was pretty bad. It was bad all week.

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Speaker 1: We were worried about it. I thought it was gonna

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Speaker 1: crush that team. I thought the Bills were gonna lose

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Speaker 1: in large measure because they wouldn't be able to throw

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Speaker 1: the football. So it made sense to take that approach.

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Speaker 1: It's just that the forecast wasn't backed up with what

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Speaker 1: actually happened. All right, break time for us. When we

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Speaker 1: come back, we're gonna be joined by former Bills fullback

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Speaker 1: Sam Gash, who has a special message for Bills fans

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Speaker 1: in this crucial catch week for early cancer screening. We'll

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Speaker 1: get to Sam when we were and here on One

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Speaker 1: Bill's Live, presented by Kalida Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio.

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Speaker 1: All right, welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown,

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you. Pleased to be joined now by

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Speaker 1: a guy who had two separate stints with the Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bills as part of his twelve year NFL career, The

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Speaker 1: King of the neck Roll. It is Sam Gash, former

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Speaker 1: Bill's fullback, joining us on the line. How you doing, Sam?

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Speaker 1: Pretty good? Guys. How about your self? I'm doing great

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Speaker 1: and it's great to have you on with us. I

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Speaker 1: know you're a part of what's going on in the

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Speaker 1: NFL with a crucial catch Intercept Cancer initiative. It kicks

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Speaker 1: off in stadiums this Sunday, it continues through week six.

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Speaker 1: Give us a brief synopsis of what you have been

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Speaker 1: through in the last two years and why this is

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Speaker 1: and obviously why this is so important to you. Well,

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Speaker 1: you know I've had I had three bounds of cancer

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Speaker 1: in the last two years, and the first one started,

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Speaker 1: you know, October. It was in probably October November of

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty when we moved to Michigan. I ended up

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Speaker 1: hadn't been to the doctor in a few years, and

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Speaker 1: ended up just finding a position, you know, to kind

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Speaker 1: of go to. And it wasn't through the dedicated NFL

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Speaker 1: hospital program because it wasn't going yet. So I went

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Speaker 1: through a hospital Beaumont up here, and ended up, you know,

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Speaker 1: finding out I had prostate cancer and just decided to

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Speaker 1: go and have it removed through you know, the Beaumont system.

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Speaker 1: And then you know, later on that year is when

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Speaker 1: the dedicated hospital, the NFL dedicated Hospital network started, and

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Speaker 1: you know, I had just been there and that costs

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Speaker 1: me like sixty thousand. I got a build of like

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Speaker 1: sixty thousand dollars from Beaumont, which was you know, I

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Speaker 1: I thought was nuts because insurance and everything I fig

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Speaker 1: I figured would coverage. But anyways, that happened in January

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Speaker 1: of twenty twenty one is when I had prostate cancer surgery.

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Speaker 1: And then later that year they started the In September,

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Speaker 1: I think of twenty twenty one, they started the NFL

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Speaker 1: Hospital Network, and I got a call from a girl

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Speaker 1: Christian who runs the network up here, and basically she

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Speaker 1: kind of gave me the rundown of you know, what

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Speaker 1: was going on, and I ended up you know, switching

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Speaker 1: doctors and hospitals, and you know, later and later, and

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Speaker 1: actually early twenty twenty two, probably February March of twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty two, my mom came down with stage four varying cancers.

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Speaker 1: So you know, I go down to Hendersonville, North Carolina,

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Speaker 1: and you know, hang out with her and just hopefully,

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Speaker 1: you know, you know, help nurse her back. But at

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Speaker 1: the same time, my throat had been really bothered me,

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Speaker 1: and I was kind of like, you know, it's just

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Speaker 1: a sort throat, you know, no big deal. And I

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Speaker 1: came back and ended up talking with a Christian who

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Speaker 1: connected me with you know, a doctor Whitlow, who was

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Speaker 1: basically the main, my main primary physician, and he directed me,

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Speaker 1: you know, to ear nose and throat doctor. And I

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Speaker 1: ended up finding out in March of this year that

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Speaker 1: I had throat cancer. And with that, you know being said,

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Speaker 1: I you know, went through you know, all the doctor's

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Speaker 1: visits and everything, and just through you know, basically the NFL.

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Speaker 1: They basically directed everything. You know, I really just you know,

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Speaker 1: they found out what I had, and it was like

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Speaker 1: they would call me with an appointment. You had, disappointment,

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Speaker 1: you have that appoint and you know, I ended up

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Speaker 1: finding out, you know, through at by accident, that I

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Speaker 1: ended up having kidney cancer as well during that same

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Speaker 1: same period of time. But I had to take care

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Speaker 1: of the priority, which was the pro cancer, you know,

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Speaker 1: and April May June I had not I had some chemo,

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Speaker 1: but I had thirty five sessions of radiation which I

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Speaker 1: would go five days a week for seven weeks pretty

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Speaker 1: much during the summer. And then in August I had

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Speaker 1: kidney surgery to get the tumor out of my kidney.

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Speaker 1: And they didn't have to take my whole kidney. They

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Speaker 1: just basically had to take I think half of it

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Speaker 1: and still left me with the you know, functioning other

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Speaker 1: kidney and stuff. So I still have technically two kidneys.

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Speaker 1: But just you know, the thoroughness through you know, that

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Speaker 1: NFL network of doctors, and I had two cancers, and

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Speaker 1: I paid you know, maybe like seven thousand. You know,

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Speaker 1: so the money that they have put towards helping the

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Speaker 1: guys has really come to fruition. I mean it's really

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Speaker 1: a true story that you know, they want to help

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Speaker 1: you in any way possible and if they can catch

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Speaker 1: you know, anything that you would have early, you know,

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Speaker 1: they will do anything they can. And I think that

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Speaker 1: the doctor the network is in every NFL city. So

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Speaker 1: guys usually, you know, after they've done playing, usually live

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Speaker 1: around the city that you know has a team and

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Speaker 1: stuff like that. And if they don't, you know, there's

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Speaker 1: always one close by. I would just highly recommend, you know,

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Speaker 1: guys just stayed vigilant, you know, on the help because

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Speaker 1: they kind of snunk up on me to where I

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Speaker 1: had no idea, you know that I could even, to

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Speaker 1: be honest with you, had no idea I could even

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Speaker 1: get get that sick. I thought that was that happened

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Speaker 1: to everybody else and stuff. But you know, this NFL,

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Speaker 1: the Henry Ford system up here in Detroit is second

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Speaker 1: to nine. I mean they bade old you know everything.

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Speaker 1: Just feel truly blessed to be able to be a

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Speaker 1: part of to be a part of that the whole network. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean for those listening that don't know. As Sam

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Speaker 1: kind of outlined, the NFL Dedicated Hospital Network program, it's

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00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:23,720
Speaker 1: it's pretty new. It's a groundbreaking health and wellness benefit

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Speaker 1: that provides eligible vested former players access to a network

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Speaker 1: of medical care providers, as Sam mentioned, in every NFL

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Speaker 1: city offering primary medical care and other services. And obviously

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Speaker 1: it is funded by the league two to reduce medical costs.

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Speaker 1: So instead of Sam paying sixty grand like he did

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Speaker 1: for his prostate cancer, he paid seven for throat and

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Speaker 1: kidney cancer. So that had to be a tremendous weight

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Speaker 1: off your shoulders knowing you had that coverage. Sam, everybody's

615
00:36:56,920 --> 00:37:00,719
Speaker 1: been through that tremendous gifts indeed, and that's something that

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Speaker 1: you know, the league is definitely, uh you know, has

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Speaker 1: been through on. And that's something that you know, I

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Speaker 1: truly appreciate from from the league and what you and

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Speaker 1: what about you know, we see the crucial catch program

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Speaker 1: every year here in the NFL talking about people to

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Speaker 1: get their screenings. Don't put things off, you said, like

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Speaker 1: you know, you had them, you moved somewhere new. You know,

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Speaker 1: things fall through the cracks. Maybe you don't get to

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Speaker 1: the doctor. I mean I'm sure you've run it through

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Speaker 1: your head a couple of times. What if you didn't

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Speaker 1: go to the doctor at all after that move? Yep,

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Speaker 1: no I did. I did. And it was just you know,

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Speaker 1: little things like my back was hurting, you know, really bad,

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Speaker 1: that I had ever had before. And you know, I

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Speaker 1: just kind of, you know, listen, listen to my body

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Speaker 1: and my throat, you know it was hurting, and that

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Speaker 1: it never just one side was hurting, and you know,

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Speaker 1: just kind of listening to your body helped, you know,

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Speaker 1: help me, you know, figure it out and trying to

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Speaker 1: you know, trying to get to it. But this the

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00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:11,080
Speaker 1: girl up here, the NFL coordinator up here, Christian. I

638
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:14,840
Speaker 1: can't give her enough kudos because she is she was

639
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:17,920
Speaker 1: on the ball, and I'm sure she does this with everybody.

640
00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:21,160
Speaker 1: She's done it with everybody. But you know, she gets

641
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:23,759
Speaker 1: back to you. She gets you to the right doctors.

642
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:27,120
Speaker 1: And it was easier than trying to find everything by

643
00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:30,000
Speaker 1: yourself because I'm having you know, I have problems. You know,

644
00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:32,520
Speaker 1: I got a bunch of medicine now then I'm supposed

645
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:34,719
Speaker 1: to take and I forget if I took it or

646
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:36,719
Speaker 1: did I not take it? Or what do I have

647
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:39,120
Speaker 1: to do? So, you know, to have to you know,

648
00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:42,680
Speaker 1: trying to coordinate, you know, everything by myself would have

649
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,920
Speaker 1: been would have been a nightmare. And that's why you know,

650
00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:49,719
Speaker 1: I would say, definitely use the coordinator that's in your

651
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:52,879
Speaker 1: town and figure out who it is, give them a call,

652
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:57,440
Speaker 1: and then they will help the wreck and facilitate the

653
00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:00,400
Speaker 1: care that you need. And that's the that and that

654
00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:02,960
Speaker 1: strictly goes and Dif you're just getting the physical, just

655
00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,919
Speaker 1: going to get a physical, and I would obviously say

656
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:08,600
Speaker 1: get your PSA checked, and I don't think every doctor

657
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:11,719
Speaker 1: does that, but you can ask for it, and you

658
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,640
Speaker 1: know they'll obviously run the test and add all help

659
00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:18,120
Speaker 1: in terms of that. And then obviously it was an

660
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:20,360
Speaker 1: accident that I found out that I had kidney cancer.

661
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:23,880
Speaker 1: They just did a scan like a pet scan and

662
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,000
Speaker 1: did my throat and it's like, oh, let's just add

663
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 1: the abdomen just to make sure that it hadn't metasticized

664
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:34,239
Speaker 1: and spread. And it hadn't, but they saw but the

665
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:36,520
Speaker 1: picture lit up and my kidneys and they were like, whoa,

666
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:39,160
Speaker 1: you know, what is this? So then they sent me

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Speaker 1: to a urologist, and you know, it was just kind

668
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:45,000
Speaker 1: of like a domino effect of things that they went down,

669
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:47,800
Speaker 1: that they basically were right on the ball with you

670
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:50,520
Speaker 1: know the whole time. Well, Sam, it's it's good to

671
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:52,520
Speaker 1: hear your story. Good to hear you're on the mend.

672
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:55,480
Speaker 1: We hope that your prognosis is positive and we look

673
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:57,520
Speaker 1: forward to, if possible, in the future, seeing you here

674
00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:01,480
Speaker 1: back in Buffalo for sure. You know, I definitely appreciate

675
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:04,400
Speaker 1: and I love Buffalo. I gotta you know, obviously, my

676
00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:06,360
Speaker 1: wife is from there, so I have a bunch of

677
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:11,279
Speaker 1: family there that I enjoy seeing and love coming back.

678
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:14,840
Speaker 1: That's right. We haven't forgotten those two Pro Bowls happened

679
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:18,000
Speaker 1: here in Buffalo. Man, so great we can see all

680
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:22,120
Speaker 1: the best to you and keep keep healing up, all right, man,

681
00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:24,520
Speaker 1: you're we always knew you as a tough guy. You

682
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:26,719
Speaker 1: pulled through a hell of a stretch here, so keep

683
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:29,880
Speaker 1: on keeping on, all right. I certainly will. Thanks guys.

684
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:33,439
Speaker 1: All right. That's former Bills fullback Sam Gash, two time

685
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Speaker 1: Pro Bowl fullback in ninety eight ninety nine when he

686
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:40,279
Speaker 1: was here with the Bills, and holy crow, like you

687
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:43,320
Speaker 1: want to talk about a run of bad luck with

688
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:46,000
Speaker 1: your health. Yeah, how about those doctors visits where you know,

689
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:49,399
Speaker 1: one bad news and then it's more bad news piled

690
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:53,000
Speaker 1: up on top of it. Um An these separate cancers

691
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,919
Speaker 1: in the span of two years, that's insane. I'll say

692
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:58,680
Speaker 1: this too, And particularly in the last couple of weeks

693
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:01,680
Speaker 1: where the league has taken a black eye because of

694
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:06,719
Speaker 1: the Tuatonga Byeloa thing, they have made incredible strides with

695
00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:10,920
Speaker 1: former players, getting them on board with being taken care

696
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:12,680
Speaker 1: of in their in later in life. With some of

697
00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:14,840
Speaker 1: the things that go on. Sam Gash is an example.

698
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:19,520
Speaker 1: They don't get everything right, obviously, but they do make

699
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:20,920
Speaker 1: an effort to get a lot of it right, and

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00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:23,800
Speaker 1: it does sometimes it takes them, even for all of

701
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 1: us out here, and even the recent things that have

702
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:28,320
Speaker 1: happened around the league, they don't get it right really fast,

703
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:30,440
Speaker 1: but eventually, it seems to me, and one of the

704
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:32,719
Speaker 1: reasons the league has thrived the way it has is

705
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,759
Speaker 1: if even if it is eventually they get just about

706
00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:39,279
Speaker 1: every major issue just right. They do it right, and

707
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:43,440
Speaker 1: while it takes them too long, sometimes I think that

708
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:45,960
Speaker 1: the effort is always there. I mean, just think about

709
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:48,239
Speaker 1: this like it costs him sixty k to get his

710
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:52,319
Speaker 1: prostate removed because insurance wasn't the insurance he had wasn't

711
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:57,480
Speaker 1: covering anything. And then fortunately there's dedicated hospital network provided

712
00:41:57,520 --> 00:42:02,280
Speaker 1: through the NFL and collectively bargained for former layers comes online.

713
00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:06,279
Speaker 1: He gets diagnosed with cancer two more times, right, but

714
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:11,359
Speaker 1: that only costs him seven grand for two separate incidences,

715
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:18,120
Speaker 1: countless amounts of radiation medicine. That makes a big difference. Yeah,

716
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:23,480
Speaker 1: so that's good. And obviously Sam's message for fans out

717
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:27,040
Speaker 1: there is to get your screenings done. Make sure you

718
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:29,759
Speaker 1: go for your screenings, don't skip screenings, because when you

719
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:34,239
Speaker 1: catch things early, it obviously enhances your chances to be

720
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Speaker 1: a cancer survivor. We will take a break here. When

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Speaker 1: we come back, we'll talk more about this upcoming matchup

722
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Speaker 1: with the Steelers, and we're not too far away from

723
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Speaker 1: checking in with some other people that we're talking to today,

724
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Speaker 1: most notably Arthur Moats, who is going to give us

725
00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:54,320
Speaker 1: an update on the Steelers in the second hour of

726
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:56,239
Speaker 1: the show. Back in a second here on One Bill's Life.

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Speaker 1: All right, Steve, So, as we know, Kenny Pickett is

728
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:18,800
Speaker 1: starting on Sunday for the Steelers his first career start

729
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:23,320
Speaker 1: in the regular season. He's doing it against the Bill's

730
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:27,040
Speaker 1: number one rated past defense. They are also number one

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Speaker 1: in sacks per play, and there are number one in

732
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Speaker 1: total defense, among some other categories. Do you know the

733
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:37,200
Speaker 1: last rookie quarterback to beat the number one past defense

734
00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:43,839
Speaker 1: in his first career start. It's happened. Huh, it's happened, Yes,

735
00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:50,759
Speaker 1: TB twelve Ben Roethlisberger in two thousand and four. Oh,

736
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Speaker 1: there you go. I think I did that game, did

737
00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:56,399
Speaker 1: you Realist Johnson? Yeah? I think I was with Gus

738
00:43:56,520 --> 00:44:02,480
Speaker 1: and we did that game. Do you know who they played? No?

739
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:05,640
Speaker 1: I think it was an ANAFC North. Yeah. I think

740
00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:08,560
Speaker 1: it's a division game like Cincinnati or somebody. I remember

741
00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:13,160
Speaker 1: in that game. I said he threw it. He threw

742
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:15,040
Speaker 1: a long ball. You know, he did what he did

743
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:17,360
Speaker 1: back then. He couldn't read a defense or anything, so

744
00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:19,960
Speaker 1: he just shovel. He's so big, he just shove off

745
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:22,600
Speaker 1: the pressure, roll out to one side or the other

746
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:24,719
Speaker 1: towards it. Wherever the pressure came from, he'd roll to

747
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,439
Speaker 1: that side. Heave it long, let his playmakers make it play.

748
00:44:28,239 --> 00:44:29,640
Speaker 1: He was such a good throw where he could put

749
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:32,160
Speaker 1: it where they could get it. He did that, balls

750
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:35,440
Speaker 1: gets caught by Mike Wallace or somebody down inside the

751
00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:39,880
Speaker 1: five yard line. He gets whacked hard at the end

752
00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:43,680
Speaker 1: of it, climbs to his feet like and this is

753
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:46,200
Speaker 1: you know, this is pre concussion stuff. So he doesn't

754
00:44:46,239 --> 00:44:47,800
Speaker 1: look like he's old there. It gets in the huddle,

755
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:50,600
Speaker 1: calls the play and everybody's like, well, it's gonna he's

756
00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:52,759
Speaker 1: gonna hand it off, you know, he can't. So he

757
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:55,080
Speaker 1: rolls out to his left, tucks the ball under his arm,

758
00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:57,719
Speaker 1: and plows into the end zone with what everybody thinks

759
00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:01,239
Speaker 1: is already a concussion. And so he makes this in

760
00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:03,080
Speaker 1: the place, and this is in Hines Field, and the

761
00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:08,879
Speaker 1: place is absolutely going bananas. And I said, then they're

762
00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:13,759
Speaker 1: gonna name sandwiches after the guy. Yeah. I found out

763
00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:17,720
Speaker 1: the opponent. It was the Dolphins and it was in Miami.

764
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:20,200
Speaker 1: Oh I didn't do it. Then that wasn't the game.

765
00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:25,520
Speaker 1: So his first career start came against the Dolphins in

766
00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:28,480
Speaker 1: a game that was actually moved from one pm to

767
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:32,840
Speaker 1: eight PM because of Hurricane Jean two, and the Steelers

768
00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:36,440
Speaker 1: won the game thirteen to three. Now, for those that

769
00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:41,440
Speaker 1: don't remember, the two thousand and four Steelers were a

770
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:45,440
Speaker 1: juggernaut of a running team and a defensive team. It

771
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:47,840
Speaker 1: was the perfect environment in which to drop a rookie

772
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:50,839
Speaker 1: quarterback because Ben would not have to do a whole lot.

773
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:52,880
Speaker 1: If you remember, it was only throwing it about eighteen

774
00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:54,759
Speaker 1: to twenty times a game. They were That was two

775
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:58,280
Speaker 1: thousand and four. They were fifteen and one. Yeah, Jerome

776
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:01,960
Speaker 1: Bettis and that ridicul kill his defense. I did. Uh,

777
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:06,080
Speaker 1: let's see it must have been, yeah, I must. I

778
00:46:06,239 --> 00:46:09,399
Speaker 1: must have done the Cincinnati Bengals the next week. Um,

779
00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:14,160
Speaker 1: but yeah, first home start or something. So it has happened. Yeah,

780
00:46:14,239 --> 00:46:18,680
Speaker 1: I can't profess to know that it's happened at other

781
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:22,000
Speaker 1: times in NFL history. There might be some examples, but

782
00:46:22,120 --> 00:46:24,200
Speaker 1: that was the last time it happened, so almost twenty

783
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:26,960
Speaker 1: years ago. Yeah, that sakes Plexico Burris caught that ball

784
00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:29,160
Speaker 1: as a thirty yard play or something like that. Yeah,

785
00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:33,759
Speaker 1: and Roethlisberger had so interesting that that game was on

786
00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:35,759
Speaker 1: the road too, much like this one. Didn't have a

787
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:37,360
Speaker 1: TD in that game. That must not be it. I

788
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:39,399
Speaker 1: must be old man, that's all I can say. Well,

789
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:41,959
Speaker 1: I have distinct you did do eighteen years of games

790
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:45,120
Speaker 1: on CBS. I would imagine twenty one games, and they

791
00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:48,200
Speaker 1: do run together. I remember more about flights than I

792
00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:54,600
Speaker 1: do the games that I I still remember a lot

793
00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:57,360
Speaker 1: of times you'd come home on the Bills team plane

794
00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:59,319
Speaker 1: if you were doing the bills. That's right. They did

795
00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:04,000
Speaker 1: lie home, and I distinctly remember one particular um flight.

796
00:47:04,120 --> 00:47:08,160
Speaker 1: I am sitting directly behind you. It's a long flight.

797
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:11,239
Speaker 1: So I put a movie on and I had not

798
00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:16,040
Speaker 1: seen it yet. It was Anchorman with Will Farrell. Oh yeah,

799
00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:20,400
Speaker 1: you're you're sleeping. You are out like a light in

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00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:24,080
Speaker 1: front of me, and I am watching this thing, trying

801
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:27,600
Speaker 1: to control my laughter because I don't want to wake

802
00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:32,200
Speaker 1: you up. You're a nice brownie. Well I think I

803
00:47:32,280 --> 00:47:34,080
Speaker 1: woke you up a couple of times, so I'm not

804
00:47:34,200 --> 00:47:37,800
Speaker 1: that nice. Because I could not contain myself's hilarious. I

805
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:40,640
Speaker 1: could not contain myself on that plane ride back. It

806
00:47:40,840 --> 00:47:43,760
Speaker 1: was I was in stitches, like I was almost crying.

807
00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:46,279
Speaker 1: People are staring at me across the aisle like what

808
00:47:46,440 --> 00:47:48,040
Speaker 1: is going on. I'm like, it's the movie. Man, just

809
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:51,640
Speaker 1: trust me, men watch Anchor man. Uh yeah, that's what

810
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:53,520
Speaker 1: I remember. All right, we gotta take a break here

811
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:56,280
Speaker 1: because when we return, it's time for us to huddle

812
00:47:56,360 --> 00:48:00,720
Speaker 1: up with Arthur Moats. Don't cross the Moats. He's covering

813
00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:03,600
Speaker 1: the Steelers where he finished his NFL career. He'll give

814
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:05,600
Speaker 1: us the four one one on just what is going

815
00:48:05,680 --> 00:48:08,360
Speaker 1: on there, not just with Kenny Pickett, but with a

816
00:48:08,520 --> 00:48:12,279
Speaker 1: defense that is largely underachieved so far this season. We'll

817
00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:14,480
Speaker 1: check in with Arthur Moates next year on one bills line.

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you and please still welcome in now,

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Speaker 1: good friend to the show. Formerville's linebacker and I've been

824
00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:16,319
Speaker 1: covering the Steelers a little bit where he also played

825
00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:17,880
Speaker 1: the other half of his career. It is the one

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Speaker 1: and only Arthur Moet's Arthur. Good to have you man.

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Speaker 1: How you doing man, It's great to be on with

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Speaker 1: you guys. Man always miss you. It always great to

829
00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:26,799
Speaker 1: see you all. Give us an idea of what's going

830
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:29,320
Speaker 1: on in Pittsburgh, and we've been talking about Kenny Pickett

831
00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:31,600
Speaker 1: here all day and all the unknowns that go with it,

832
00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:35,000
Speaker 1: and certainly that can work in both favorite in favor

833
00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:37,839
Speaker 1: of Pittsburgh, and also the unknowns could work in favor

834
00:49:37,840 --> 00:49:39,880
Speaker 1: of the Buffalo Bills. What are your thoughts on how

835
00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:42,880
Speaker 1: this is going to go for the Steelers? Yeah, this

836
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:46,680
Speaker 1: is uncharted territory right now in Pittsburgh. Obviously, mister Bisky

837
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:48,399
Speaker 1: was the guy that they wanted to be the starter

838
00:49:48,480 --> 00:49:51,200
Speaker 1: for a lot longer this season, but they felt that

839
00:49:51,280 --> 00:49:53,040
Speaker 1: they needed to make some type of sparks, some type

840
00:49:53,040 --> 00:49:56,680
Speaker 1: of change. Now Kenny did provide that, but he obviously

841
00:49:56,719 --> 00:49:58,520
Speaker 1: wasn't rookie, so he still has some things that he

842
00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:00,600
Speaker 1: has to improve a pun But the this thing right

843
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:03,000
Speaker 1: now is just that they're looking for somebody to give

844
00:50:03,040 --> 00:50:05,120
Speaker 1: them some type of life, somebody that can give them

845
00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:07,719
Speaker 1: just a reason to believe that this offense can be

846
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:10,480
Speaker 1: a little bit more explosive because right now, the way

847
00:50:10,520 --> 00:50:12,880
Speaker 1: the Stills offense has been this season, third downs have

848
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:16,719
Speaker 1: plagued them. Ball security hasn't been their best situation either

849
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:19,320
Speaker 1: from an offensive perspective, and they haven't been able to

850
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:22,000
Speaker 1: consistently just run the ball and things like that so

851
00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:25,000
Speaker 1: right now they're hoping that Kenney ken at least answer

852
00:50:25,160 --> 00:50:27,640
Speaker 1: some of those questions. But on offense in Pittsburgh, man,

853
00:50:27,680 --> 00:50:28,960
Speaker 1: they still have a lot of questions they're trying to

854
00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:31,560
Speaker 1: figure out right now. Yeah, I think from the outside

855
00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:33,960
Speaker 1: people wonder, oh, this is just a quarterback issue, but

856
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:35,920
Speaker 1: it seems like it runs a lot deeper than that.

857
00:50:37,920 --> 00:50:42,320
Speaker 1: The offensive line. I'm going to go back to the

858
00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:48,279
Speaker 1: draft in twenty twenty one and they had offensive line needs,

859
00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:50,520
Speaker 1: and we know the history of the Steelers. They draft

860
00:50:50,600 --> 00:50:54,360
Speaker 1: lineman high fortify the line, and the first pick they

861
00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:57,400
Speaker 1: go Naji Harris and the second pick they go Pat Fryarmouth.

862
00:50:57,760 --> 00:51:01,479
Speaker 1: Great players, but I think it's part of the reason

863
00:51:01,560 --> 00:51:04,160
Speaker 1: why they're in the pickle they're in now because this

864
00:51:04,360 --> 00:51:08,399
Speaker 1: offensive line is still trying to find its legs here.

865
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:12,399
Speaker 1: They can't get anything going. It seems. Yeah, you bring

866
00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:14,560
Speaker 1: up a great point right there, and that is part

867
00:51:14,600 --> 00:51:16,560
Speaker 1: of the criticism when you're talking about the way this

868
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:20,399
Speaker 1: Stealers roster has been constructed. They went with the nice,

869
00:51:20,480 --> 00:51:23,279
Speaker 1: high end luxury pieces. You know, they fixed the TV.

870
00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:25,560
Speaker 1: They went and got a big flat screen TV. They

871
00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:28,840
Speaker 1: wouldn't got that new Lamborghini car but the foundation of

872
00:51:28,880 --> 00:51:30,880
Speaker 1: the house still has some cracks and still have some

873
00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:33,960
Speaker 1: things they needed to be addressed, And ultimately this is

874
00:51:34,360 --> 00:51:36,919
Speaker 1: the ramifications of those decisions right now, and they're still

875
00:51:36,920 --> 00:51:40,200
Speaker 1: trying to figure out who on this offensive line is

876
00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:43,239
Speaker 1: a capable starter they can do it every single down

877
00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:45,320
Speaker 1: because right now it's been a lot of inconsistency and

878
00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:47,719
Speaker 1: they've shuffled some pieces, especially on the interior part of

879
00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:50,520
Speaker 1: that line. But that is a byproduct of that. So

880
00:51:50,600 --> 00:51:53,840
Speaker 1: when you're looking at this stealer's offense skill position wise,

881
00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:56,080
Speaker 1: you feel good. You feel good about a Naji Harris,

882
00:51:56,200 --> 00:51:58,160
Speaker 1: a Pat Frior move, even when you're talking about George

883
00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:00,759
Speaker 1: Pickens on the outside right. But when you're talking about

884
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:04,240
Speaker 1: the core the offensive line, it's not a lot of pedigree.

885
00:52:04,239 --> 00:52:06,040
Speaker 1: It's not a lot of high end draft picks, or

886
00:52:06,160 --> 00:52:09,640
Speaker 1: even with James Daniels, he was the higher end free

887
00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:11,560
Speaker 1: agency pickup, but outside of him is not a lot

888
00:52:11,600 --> 00:52:14,360
Speaker 1: of money invested in that unit either. And that's a

889
00:52:14,440 --> 00:52:17,600
Speaker 1: big reason why when you're talking about the inconsistencies as

890
00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:21,160
Speaker 1: a whole pass protection and running ball, they are at

891
00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:22,799
Speaker 1: the center of both of those. Is that what it's

892
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:24,560
Speaker 1: going to look like if the Steelers turned around, the

893
00:52:24,640 --> 00:52:26,880
Speaker 1: offensive line comes together and starts to play better than

894
00:52:26,880 --> 00:52:29,640
Speaker 1: they have. I mean that's the root of the problem offensively,

895
00:52:29,800 --> 00:52:32,080
Speaker 1: yeah to me. To me, I think the offensive line

896
00:52:32,120 --> 00:52:34,520
Speaker 1: has to be a lot more consistent. And when you're

897
00:52:34,560 --> 00:52:37,240
Speaker 1: talking about just the offense as a whole, Mad Canada

898
00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:39,480
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator. He's come under fire just with some of

899
00:52:39,560 --> 00:52:42,560
Speaker 1: his play calling, but part of that was with mister

900
00:52:42,640 --> 00:52:45,440
Speaker 1: Bisky not being as prone to taking some of those

901
00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:48,680
Speaker 1: chances that we see a Kenney picket due. Now, granted,

902
00:52:48,800 --> 00:52:51,120
Speaker 1: when you take chances, you ultimately open yourself up for

903
00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:54,160
Speaker 1: more negativity, but that was also a part of this

904
00:52:54,280 --> 00:52:56,720
Speaker 1: as well. So offensive line definitely was a huge component.

905
00:52:57,040 --> 00:53:00,360
Speaker 1: But understanding when this offense can be explosive, when to

906
00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:02,960
Speaker 1: take chances and win not to as the other component

907
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:04,880
Speaker 1: for this offense as well as to improve flipping it

908
00:53:04,960 --> 00:53:08,120
Speaker 1: over to the defense. Arthur. Obviously, the pass rush is

909
00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:10,520
Speaker 1: without the defensive player of the Year and t J. Watt.

910
00:53:11,600 --> 00:53:14,239
Speaker 1: I saw the SAT already this week. When t J.

911
00:53:14,360 --> 00:53:16,200
Speaker 1: Watt is not in the lineup, the Steelers are oh

912
00:53:16,360 --> 00:53:19,000
Speaker 1: in seven. I think it runs a little deeper than that,

913
00:53:19,160 --> 00:53:21,839
Speaker 1: but it's a it's a clever stat to throw out there.

914
00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:23,640
Speaker 1: When he doesn't play, they don't win. I get it.

915
00:53:24,280 --> 00:53:27,040
Speaker 1: Alonso Highsmith's been a nice bright spot for them. I

916
00:53:27,080 --> 00:53:28,520
Speaker 1: think he's right at the top of the league in

917
00:53:28,600 --> 00:53:33,080
Speaker 1: sacks through the first four weeks. But where would you

918
00:53:33,239 --> 00:53:36,920
Speaker 1: peg the effectiveness of this defense right now without its

919
00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:40,720
Speaker 1: most important player. Yeah, the loss of t J. Watt

920
00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:43,680
Speaker 1: has been something that this Steeler's defense and Tara lost

921
00:53:43,719 --> 00:53:46,520
Speaker 1: in defensive Coinent have been scrambling to figure out. But

922
00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:50,080
Speaker 1: it's not just him, very similar to the situation in Buffalo.

923
00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:53,200
Speaker 1: The back end is banged up as well there without

924
00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:55,560
Speaker 1: one of their top points of Kello Witherspoon, and then

925
00:53:55,600 --> 00:53:58,080
Speaker 1: their second quarter Cam Sutton is banged up. Mika Fitzpatrick

926
00:53:58,200 --> 00:54:00,160
Speaker 1: is a little banged up as well. So that has

927
00:54:00,200 --> 00:54:02,960
Speaker 1: caused some issues in terms of limiting what they can

928
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:05,879
Speaker 1: do personnel grouping wise, and also limiting what they could

929
00:54:05,880 --> 00:54:08,400
Speaker 1: do call wise, because if you don't have the personnel

930
00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:11,880
Speaker 1: to play man corner or man defense, you can't do that.

931
00:54:12,120 --> 00:54:14,759
Speaker 1: So you're forced to play sometimes a little bit more

932
00:54:14,920 --> 00:54:17,000
Speaker 1: zone coverage than you would like to. And in the past,

933
00:54:17,080 --> 00:54:18,759
Speaker 1: when t J. White it's healthy, you can get away

934
00:54:18,800 --> 00:54:21,880
Speaker 1: with that because the pass rush is there elite at times,

935
00:54:22,320 --> 00:54:24,600
Speaker 1: but when he's not out there, that's where the drop

936
00:54:24,680 --> 00:54:26,879
Speaker 1: off is. So even though Alex Heismith is playing well,

937
00:54:27,400 --> 00:54:29,920
Speaker 1: he's still been inconsistent sort of speak. Because it was

938
00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:31,800
Speaker 1: what he had a sack last week, he should have

939
00:54:31,840 --> 00:54:34,759
Speaker 1: had three sacks realistically, and that's the part for him

940
00:54:34,760 --> 00:54:37,200
Speaker 1: where he's having to pick that up and be more consistent,

941
00:54:37,239 --> 00:54:39,360
Speaker 1: and I think he will. But as a whole, I

942
00:54:39,440 --> 00:54:42,560
Speaker 1: think that's the big issue is not just TJ being out,

943
00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:44,480
Speaker 1: it's also some of the injuries on the back end

944
00:54:44,560 --> 00:54:47,319
Speaker 1: limiting what they can do coverage wise. And now you're

945
00:54:47,320 --> 00:54:49,879
Speaker 1: talking about this perfect storm and in a situation where

946
00:54:49,880 --> 00:54:52,120
Speaker 1: you're going to play Buffalo where we know what Josh

947
00:54:52,160 --> 00:54:54,560
Speaker 1: out of that offense is up there, that's one of

948
00:54:54,600 --> 00:54:56,680
Speaker 1: those dresspies where you're like, man, if you're in Pittsburgh,

949
00:54:56,719 --> 00:54:59,160
Speaker 1: you're biting your nose, if you're in Buffalo, you're lifting

950
00:54:59,200 --> 00:55:01,799
Speaker 1: your fingers. Give us a little idea. We've gone down

951
00:55:01,880 --> 00:55:03,400
Speaker 1: some of the struggles. Now that you know, they won

952
00:55:03,440 --> 00:55:07,240
Speaker 1: their opening game against Cincinnati, lost three straight, so they're struggling.

953
00:55:07,280 --> 00:55:08,880
Speaker 1: They've got some problems with things that were trying to

954
00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:12,319
Speaker 1: work through. What are the bright spots. Yeah, the right

955
00:55:12,360 --> 00:55:15,880
Speaker 1: spots is defensively, they can turn the ball over Mica Fitzpatrick.

956
00:55:15,920 --> 00:55:18,239
Speaker 1: I think he has what two interceptions this season. As

957
00:55:18,280 --> 00:55:20,440
Speaker 1: they hold though this secondary, they get their hands on

958
00:55:20,560 --> 00:55:23,640
Speaker 1: footballs this d line, they're able to force turnovers. The

959
00:55:23,760 --> 00:55:25,480
Speaker 1: reason why they got out of that Bengals game they

960
00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:28,359
Speaker 1: forced five turnovers. That's one of the things that they've

961
00:55:28,360 --> 00:55:31,040
Speaker 1: been able to do consistently this season. But they have

962
00:55:31,160 --> 00:55:33,360
Speaker 1: to continue doing that and it's becoming a lot harder

963
00:55:33,680 --> 00:55:36,120
Speaker 1: as the season progresses. In fatigue starts to set in,

964
00:55:36,239 --> 00:55:39,880
Speaker 1: more injuries started to happen. But also on offense, one

965
00:55:39,920 --> 00:55:41,840
Speaker 1: of the bright people that you know people are getting

966
00:55:41,840 --> 00:55:44,440
Speaker 1: excited about is George Pickens, the rookie wide receiver out

967
00:55:44,440 --> 00:55:47,799
Speaker 1: of Georgia. He has continued to show big playability now,

968
00:55:47,880 --> 00:55:49,880
Speaker 1: which is more and so can they actually continue to

969
00:55:49,920 --> 00:55:52,319
Speaker 1: get him the ball and make him to what they

970
00:55:52,400 --> 00:55:54,480
Speaker 1: think he can be. But ultimately those would be the

971
00:55:54,520 --> 00:55:56,040
Speaker 1: two things that I would hang my hat on it

972
00:55:56,200 --> 00:55:58,520
Speaker 1: as a stealer person to say, hey, why you should

973
00:55:58,520 --> 00:56:00,480
Speaker 1: be optimistic or if you're the Bills, why you should

974
00:56:00,480 --> 00:56:03,680
Speaker 1: be a little concerned in certain areas, and then we

975
00:56:03,880 --> 00:56:06,799
Speaker 1: know that there is a little bit of a pit

976
00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:09,920
Speaker 1: representation beyond Kenny pick It here in this game, because

977
00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:12,680
Speaker 1: the Bills have two defensive backs that actually played with

978
00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:16,399
Speaker 1: Kenny at Pitt and Dane Jackson and DeMar Hamlin. If

979
00:56:16,440 --> 00:56:20,080
Speaker 1: you had to guess Arthur, because I mean, these guys

980
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:22,480
Speaker 1: know each other, I haven't gone against each other in

981
00:56:22,560 --> 00:56:24,680
Speaker 1: practice for like two or three years. Every single day.

982
00:56:26,120 --> 00:56:28,000
Speaker 1: Who has the upper hand in that kind of an

983
00:56:28,040 --> 00:56:33,320
Speaker 1: equation quarterback with DBS man, Well, in this particular matchup,

984
00:56:33,320 --> 00:56:36,360
Speaker 1: I would say the DBS, Dane and DeMar just because

985
00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:38,920
Speaker 1: I think as they hold the Bills pass rush is

986
00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:40,879
Speaker 1: going to impact Kenny pick It a lot more. It's

987
00:56:40,880 --> 00:56:42,480
Speaker 1: going to make him have to play a lot faster

988
00:56:42,560 --> 00:56:46,080
Speaker 1: than he would necessarily want to. But if everything was

989
00:56:46,160 --> 00:56:48,360
Speaker 1: equal and that wasn't the case, well, then yeah, you

990
00:56:48,480 --> 00:56:50,960
Speaker 1: kind of give it to the quarterback because typically elite

991
00:56:51,040 --> 00:56:54,439
Speaker 1: quarterback player, a really good quarterback play can always beat

992
00:56:54,520 --> 00:56:56,719
Speaker 1: really good defense. And that's kind of how I would

993
00:56:56,719 --> 00:56:58,479
Speaker 1: look at that. But right now, the way this pass

994
00:56:58,560 --> 00:57:01,080
Speaker 1: rush for Buffalo is playing, I don't see a scenario

995
00:57:01,120 --> 00:57:03,480
Speaker 1: where Kenny is gonna be able to feel comfortable back

996
00:57:03,560 --> 00:57:06,680
Speaker 1: there to really test that secondary because even though they're

997
00:57:06,680 --> 00:57:09,560
Speaker 1: being up, they're not bad players. Whether you're talking Dan

998
00:57:09,719 --> 00:57:12,319
Speaker 1: Jackson to mar Hammler or even the young guy at

999
00:57:12,520 --> 00:57:17,160
Speaker 1: Florida was yeah yeah, yeah, even with him, it's like

1000
00:57:17,320 --> 00:57:20,280
Speaker 1: these are still talented players. They're just trying to prove

1001
00:57:20,400 --> 00:57:23,840
Speaker 1: that they can be consistent starters. But once again, it's

1002
00:57:23,880 --> 00:57:25,520
Speaker 1: not that big of a drop off, so to me,

1003
00:57:25,640 --> 00:57:28,080
Speaker 1: I definitely think that the pitt dbs in the scenario

1004
00:57:28,320 --> 00:57:30,160
Speaker 1: are going to feel really good out there. If you're

1005
00:57:30,160 --> 00:57:32,520
Speaker 1: a defender, you tell me or because I never played defense,

1006
00:57:32,600 --> 00:57:34,360
Speaker 1: I was a kick cover and all that. When you're

1007
00:57:34,480 --> 00:57:36,680
Speaker 1: when you know a guy quarterback, and particularly when you

1008
00:57:36,760 --> 00:57:39,560
Speaker 1: practice against the guy every day, you do get a

1009
00:57:39,720 --> 00:57:43,280
Speaker 1: sense of what throws he's willing to make and which

1010
00:57:43,320 --> 00:57:45,880
Speaker 1: throws he can make. So when you're covering a guy

1011
00:57:46,520 --> 00:57:48,959
Speaker 1: and he does one thing, you think, you know he's

1012
00:57:48,960 --> 00:57:50,440
Speaker 1: not going to get the ball now because I know

1013
00:57:50,560 --> 00:57:52,640
Speaker 1: the quarterback is not going to throw it here. That

1014
00:57:52,760 --> 00:57:55,120
Speaker 1: kind of thing is there, That kind of mindset for

1015
00:57:55,320 --> 00:57:57,480
Speaker 1: the guys we're talking about, and Dan Jackson to mar

1016
00:57:57,560 --> 00:57:59,880
Speaker 1: Hamlin that you can kind of communicate that with a

1017
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:01,560
Speaker 1: guys on your team, or at least feel it in

1018
00:58:01,640 --> 00:58:05,760
Speaker 1: your own coverage. Yeah, well before I even get there,

1019
00:58:05,800 --> 00:58:07,360
Speaker 1: you know, I'm not going to let you minimize your

1020
00:58:07,440 --> 00:58:09,760
Speaker 1: So you're a legend, should be a Hall of Fame.

1021
00:58:09,800 --> 00:58:11,160
Speaker 1: I don't know what they still wait, you know, just

1022
00:58:11,200 --> 00:58:14,160
Speaker 1: throwing that out there, But as a dB or as

1023
00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:17,080
Speaker 1: a defender versus a quarterback that you're familiar with from practice,

1024
00:58:17,120 --> 00:58:20,120
Speaker 1: absolutely they have tales. They have keys where you'll know, hey,

1025
00:58:20,160 --> 00:58:23,960
Speaker 1: in certain situations, when this guy maybe grabs his glove, hey,

1026
00:58:24,080 --> 00:58:25,960
Speaker 1: he's getting ready to do this, or if this guy

1027
00:58:26,240 --> 00:58:28,520
Speaker 1: is in this type of situation, he's going to always

1028
00:58:28,680 --> 00:58:31,320
Speaker 1: error on the side of being more aggressive. Those are

1029
00:58:31,360 --> 00:58:34,120
Speaker 1: certain things that you definitely can take away from practicing

1030
00:58:34,160 --> 00:58:36,800
Speaker 1: with the player, seeing him every day for multiple years.

1031
00:58:36,840 --> 00:58:38,439
Speaker 1: And I think with both of those guys in terms

1032
00:58:38,440 --> 00:58:40,400
Speaker 1: of dating into marrow, they are going to feel some

1033
00:58:40,520 --> 00:58:42,480
Speaker 1: of that and they are going to communicate that as well.

1034
00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:45,200
Speaker 1: But the one thing that I always cast to people

1035
00:58:45,320 --> 00:58:47,840
Speaker 1: is this, just because you know a person from college

1036
00:58:48,040 --> 00:58:51,439
Speaker 1: at the NFL level is just different. So you take

1037
00:58:51,560 --> 00:58:53,120
Speaker 1: that and you understand it and you use it a

1038
00:58:53,160 --> 00:58:55,240
Speaker 1: part of your game plan. But you still have to

1039
00:58:55,360 --> 00:58:57,840
Speaker 1: see some of this stuff in stadium to really get

1040
00:58:57,880 --> 00:59:00,480
Speaker 1: that one hundred percent confirmation on it. That's what I've

1041
00:59:00,520 --> 00:59:02,800
Speaker 1: got for your Arthur, and I'm asking this because I

1042
00:59:02,880 --> 00:59:04,560
Speaker 1: know you can speak to it. Havn't been coached by

1043
00:59:04,600 --> 00:59:08,320
Speaker 1: coach Tomlin. They're a fourteen point underdog this week, and

1044
00:59:08,440 --> 00:59:13,000
Speaker 1: it always seems that when the Steelers are counted out

1045
00:59:13,160 --> 00:59:15,600
Speaker 1: before a game is even played, that's when Mike Tomlin

1046
00:59:15,640 --> 00:59:17,160
Speaker 1: seems to be able to get the best out of

1047
00:59:17,200 --> 00:59:20,080
Speaker 1: his team and they make a pretty competitive showing. What

1048
00:59:20,400 --> 00:59:22,880
Speaker 1: is it that he does that gets guys so amped

1049
00:59:22,960 --> 00:59:27,440
Speaker 1: up in those kinds of situations. Man, Coach Thoman, he's

1050
00:59:27,480 --> 00:59:29,200
Speaker 1: just one of those guys that he understands how to

1051
00:59:29,280 --> 00:59:31,920
Speaker 1: relate to his players. He understands how to motivate them.

1052
00:59:31,960 --> 00:59:35,120
Speaker 1: He knows their ticks. So when it's a scenario where

1053
00:59:35,120 --> 00:59:38,000
Speaker 1: your backs against the waller, they're viewing you as you know,

1054
00:59:38,240 --> 00:59:43,760
Speaker 1: this just non competitive party in this matchup. Coach Thomlin

1055
00:59:43,840 --> 00:59:47,000
Speaker 1: taps into those personal films. He taps into everybody on

1056
00:59:47,120 --> 00:59:49,640
Speaker 1: his team that has had different reasons of why they

1057
00:59:49,680 --> 00:59:52,880
Speaker 1: were dollted, and he reminds you of that every single day.

1058
00:59:52,920 --> 00:59:55,040
Speaker 1: He reminds you of that when you're talking about fourteen

1059
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Speaker 1: points spread ultimately inspire you. And that's why when we

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00:59:58,240 --> 01:00:01,040
Speaker 1: talk about some of coach Thoma's best work, people will

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Speaker 1: point back to that twenty nineteen season when Ben Roethlisberger

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01:00:03,600 --> 01:00:06,240
Speaker 1: got hurt because he had to galvanize his troops and

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01:00:06,480 --> 01:00:09,440
Speaker 1: create this success out of a devil, out of a

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01:00:09,560 --> 01:00:12,560
Speaker 1: Duck Hodges and a Mason Rudolph scenario. But that's what

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01:00:12,680 --> 01:00:14,600
Speaker 1: coach Simon brings to the table, and that's why a

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01:00:14,720 --> 01:00:17,280
Speaker 1: lot of times in these type of matchups, this is

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01:00:17,320 --> 01:00:19,840
Speaker 1: when he is at his most dangerous because he's able

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01:00:19,880 --> 01:00:22,680
Speaker 1: to motivate those guys so much. But at the end

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01:00:22,720 --> 01:00:23,920
Speaker 1: of the day, you still got to go out there

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Speaker 1: and execute. And that's the other part of this thing

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01:00:25,880 --> 01:00:29,560
Speaker 1: where the motivation, the speeches, they help you at the

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Speaker 1: beginning part of the game, but after that first quarter, man,

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01:00:33,000 --> 01:00:36,280
Speaker 1: it still boils down to productivity. Can you execute, and

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01:00:36,400 --> 01:00:38,360
Speaker 1: if you can, you're more than likely to win. But

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Speaker 1: when you don't, all that speech in making you feel

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01:00:41,920 --> 01:00:43,360
Speaker 1: good kind of goes out the window. And that's the

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Speaker 1: part where we're gonna see with this particular twenty twenty twenty,

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01:00:46,720 --> 01:00:49,520
Speaker 1: this twenty twenty two version of the Pittsburgh Steelers, how

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Speaker 1: they respond in that situation. Let's talk about the twenty

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01:00:52,120 --> 01:00:54,600
Speaker 1: twenty two years. You come in, give us an idea

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01:00:54,760 --> 01:00:56,920
Speaker 1: for because in Buffalo, you know, we know the Bill's

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01:00:56,960 --> 01:00:59,800
Speaker 1: expectations or Skyhan and all that. What were the preseason

1083
01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:03,960
Speaker 1: expectations for the Steelers. How does Pickett coming into the

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01:01:04,040 --> 01:01:08,240
Speaker 1: game change those expectations now? And where are and where

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01:01:08,280 --> 01:01:12,720
Speaker 1: are those expectations now today going forward? Yeah, so when

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Speaker 1: you're talking about the expectations, it really depends on who

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01:01:15,160 --> 01:01:18,800
Speaker 1: you're referring to, Right, some people, we operate in Pittsburgh

1088
01:01:18,840 --> 01:01:21,200
Speaker 1: with the standard of the standard, and that means it's

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01:01:21,280 --> 01:01:24,520
Speaker 1: always super Bowl or bust. But we understand at the

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01:01:24,560 --> 01:01:26,720
Speaker 1: same time that there was a lot of transition, right No,

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01:01:26,880 --> 01:01:30,880
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger he retired, Kevin Coburg GM he retired, So

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01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:33,320
Speaker 1: you know it's going to be mass changes. So that

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01:01:33,520 --> 01:01:35,040
Speaker 1: was one part of it. But in terms of the

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01:01:35,080 --> 01:01:38,440
Speaker 1: realistic expectations, I think this team still expects to be

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01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:41,080
Speaker 1: a playoff contender because when you're talking about them offensively

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01:01:41,120 --> 01:01:43,600
Speaker 1: and defensively, they still have a lot of talent out there.

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Speaker 1: But the biggest question was going to be at quarterback,

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01:01:46,760 --> 01:01:48,880
Speaker 1: And was it going to be mister Bisky being able

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01:01:48,920 --> 01:01:50,720
Speaker 1: to come in and lead and you know, do some

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01:01:50,800 --> 01:01:52,480
Speaker 1: of these that we saw him do a Buffalo last

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01:01:52,520 --> 01:01:54,640
Speaker 1: year in the preseason. Or would it be the young

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01:01:54,680 --> 01:01:57,080
Speaker 1: guy Kenny Pickett coming in and providing a spark and

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01:01:57,440 --> 01:02:00,400
Speaker 1: going on this magical ride of you know, helping the

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01:02:00,520 --> 01:02:02,880
Speaker 1: University of pitt win an ACC championship for the first

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01:02:02,920 --> 01:02:05,120
Speaker 1: time or forever and now coming to the Steelers and

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01:02:05,200 --> 01:02:08,000
Speaker 1: ultimately leading them to success as well. So it kind

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01:02:08,040 --> 01:02:10,640
Speaker 1: of falls in between both of those. But I don't

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01:02:10,680 --> 01:02:12,880
Speaker 1: think where they're at right now is too far off

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01:02:12,960 --> 01:02:16,240
Speaker 1: of what the realistic expectations for this team was. They're

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01:02:16,240 --> 01:02:19,440
Speaker 1: gonna be inconsistent. They're gonna win some games when they're discipline,

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01:02:19,440 --> 01:02:21,680
Speaker 1: when they take care of the little things, But when

1112
01:02:21,760 --> 01:02:23,920
Speaker 1: they have self inflicted issues like they've had in the

1113
01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:26,480
Speaker 1: three games that they lost, they're gonna struggle in those.

1114
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Speaker 1: And that's the true version of this twenty twenty two

1115
01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:33,040
Speaker 1: Steelers team right now. Arthur, appreciate the time. As always,

1116
01:02:33,320 --> 01:02:34,880
Speaker 1: we'll catch you up with you down the line, but

1117
01:02:34,960 --> 01:02:36,680
Speaker 1: thanks for giving us some insight on the Steelers. We

1118
01:02:36,760 --> 01:02:39,560
Speaker 1: appreciate it. Thanks, Arthur. Hey, always a blast talking with

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Speaker 1: you guys. Man. All right, that's Arthur Moats, former Bills linebacker,

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Speaker 1: former Steelers linebacker, and covering the Steelers down there in Pittsburgh. Steve.

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Speaker 1: I did a little more digging on rookie quarterbacks playing

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01:02:52,200 --> 01:02:54,720
Speaker 1: against number one pass defenses, because, as we told you,

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Speaker 1: the last rookie quarterback to win in his first career

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01:02:58,800 --> 01:03:02,320
Speaker 1: start against the number one past defense was Ben Roethlisberger

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Speaker 1: in Week three of the two thousand and four season.

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01:03:06,520 --> 01:03:12,240
Speaker 1: I have the overall rookie quarterback record against number one

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01:03:12,280 --> 01:03:15,920
Speaker 1: past defense is in their first career start you want

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Speaker 1: to happen? Has it nine times? Wow? How about that?

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01:03:19,360 --> 01:03:22,360
Speaker 1: What would you guess the record to be? You know,

1130
01:03:22,480 --> 01:03:27,320
Speaker 1: Roethlisberger won his nine total games since nineteen fifty. I

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01:03:27,400 --> 01:03:33,040
Speaker 1: will say one and eight. The answer is six and three. Really,

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01:03:33,360 --> 01:03:36,160
Speaker 1: I am stunned. You are kidding me. I am completely

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01:03:36,520 --> 01:03:40,080
Speaker 1: rookies first start against number one past defense, number one

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01:03:40,120 --> 01:03:46,680
Speaker 1: past even and there's six and three. Yeah, shocking. Oh man,

1135
01:03:46,840 --> 01:03:48,880
Speaker 1: See now you gotta yeah, you're gonna be having Bills

1136
01:03:48,920 --> 01:03:51,200
Speaker 1: fans wringing their hands about Kenny Pain coming in here.

1137
01:03:51,240 --> 01:03:54,840
Speaker 1: I don't think they should. Rookie quarterbacks in their first

1138
01:03:54,920 --> 01:03:57,760
Speaker 1: career starts are six and two against top five pass

1139
01:03:57,840 --> 01:04:02,200
Speaker 1: defenses since two thousand and ten. In Notable winners include

1140
01:04:03,080 --> 01:04:06,000
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts who did it in twenty twenty against New Orleans,

1141
01:04:06,680 --> 01:04:09,440
Speaker 1: Tua who did it against the Rams in twenty twenty,

1142
01:04:09,920 --> 01:04:13,200
Speaker 1: and Patrick Mahomes who did it against the Denver Broncos

1143
01:04:13,640 --> 01:04:18,560
Speaker 1: in twenty seventeen. That was kind of a misnomer. That

1144
01:04:18,680 --> 01:04:20,800
Speaker 1: was a throwaway game that they didn't need because that

1145
01:04:20,920 --> 01:04:22,920
Speaker 1: was the only game that Mahomes started the end of

1146
01:04:22,960 --> 01:04:25,680
Speaker 1: the seat because the Chiefs had locked up their playoff seating,

1147
01:04:25,720 --> 01:04:28,480
Speaker 1: so that I put an asterisk on that. Okay, such

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01:04:28,600 --> 01:04:34,200
Speaker 1: quarterbacks though, all time against top five pass defenses since

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01:04:34,320 --> 01:04:39,720
Speaker 1: nineteen fifty twenty one, forty one and one. That's a

1150
01:04:39,720 --> 01:04:41,800
Speaker 1: little bit more in line than what that for what

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01:04:41,840 --> 01:04:45,160
Speaker 1: I would expect seems more accurate. Although even that even

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01:04:45,240 --> 01:04:47,520
Speaker 1: twenty one wins out of you know, that's winning a

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01:04:47,640 --> 01:04:51,200
Speaker 1: third of the time. That's it's a team game. And

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01:04:51,320 --> 01:04:55,760
Speaker 1: I'll say this, they say that quarterback the winnings is

1155
01:04:55,840 --> 01:05:01,040
Speaker 1: not a quarterback stat, you know, U. I think winning

1156
01:05:03,520 --> 01:05:08,680
Speaker 1: is a quarterback stat, but losing is not, and that's

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01:05:09,920 --> 01:05:12,560
Speaker 1: weight to my argument. Where a rookie quarterback against the

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01:05:12,640 --> 01:05:15,120
Speaker 1: top five pass defense wins a third of the time.

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01:05:15,720 --> 01:05:21,400
Speaker 1: It's a team sport, it's the it's the team sport. Yeah,

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01:05:21,440 --> 01:05:25,600
Speaker 1: top five defense, it's the team sport. It's the team sport,

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01:05:26,320 --> 01:05:29,000
Speaker 1: and it all intertwines. We were talking at the beginning

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01:05:29,000 --> 01:05:32,160
Speaker 1: of the show about how the efficiency of Buffalo's offense,

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01:05:32,200 --> 01:05:35,880
Speaker 1: which sounds like a really good thing, converting third downs,

1164
01:05:35,960 --> 01:05:38,040
Speaker 1: getting leading the league in first downs, all of that

1165
01:05:38,120 --> 01:05:43,040
Speaker 1: stuff they're doing, but they have fewer possessions because of it,

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01:05:43,160 --> 01:05:45,240
Speaker 1: and they can't score as many points because of it.

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01:05:45,960 --> 01:05:49,320
Speaker 1: So it's it all kind of intertwines because of the

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01:05:49,480 --> 01:05:55,280
Speaker 1: nature of this game, being so team oriented, so unselfish oriented.

1169
01:05:55,640 --> 01:05:57,960
Speaker 1: To have a guy that's so important, no question that

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01:05:58,040 --> 01:06:02,440
Speaker 1: when you win, he's got to play well. But when

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01:06:02,520 --> 01:06:06,840
Speaker 1: you lose, so many other things have to collapse as well,

1172
01:06:07,040 --> 01:06:11,280
Speaker 1: so it's hard to quantify it. And like I said,

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01:06:12,080 --> 01:06:16,960
Speaker 1: wins is not a quarterback stat, but lose losing isn't either. Wins.

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01:06:17,000 --> 01:06:18,920
Speaker 1: It seems like the quarterback has to do so much

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01:06:19,040 --> 01:06:22,000
Speaker 1: that yeah, you can win without a quarterback, but you can't.

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01:06:22,440 --> 01:06:25,320
Speaker 1: But you can also lose with one. I mean, I

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Speaker 1: guess it's my point. It's just such a team sport.

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01:06:28,520 --> 01:06:30,440
Speaker 1: And when you get these young kids going in against

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01:06:30,440 --> 01:06:33,480
Speaker 1: the number one defense or number one pass defense, you

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01:06:33,560 --> 01:06:35,800
Speaker 1: can't forget about the other fifty two guys on the

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01:06:35,920 --> 01:06:39,600
Speaker 1: roster because they're all pulling for the kid. Right. Well, yes,

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01:06:40,000 --> 01:06:43,840
Speaker 1: and I if you watch last week's game, he kind

1183
01:06:43,880 --> 01:06:45,360
Speaker 1: of put a spring in their step when he came

1184
01:06:45,400 --> 01:06:49,480
Speaker 1: into the game last week against the Jets. Well, I

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01:06:50,200 --> 01:06:53,960
Speaker 1: got a quick theory about that too. Team makes a

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01:06:54,080 --> 01:06:56,320
Speaker 1: quarterback change, and I don't care if it's the Buffalo

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01:06:56,440 --> 01:06:59,680
Speaker 1: Bills at halftime of week seventeen and twenty twenty, when

1188
01:06:59,720 --> 01:07:03,480
Speaker 1: Matt Barkley comes in, they gotta spring in their step.

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01:07:03,560 --> 01:07:07,040
Speaker 1: Then they got that team on the ropes already. When

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01:07:07,080 --> 01:07:10,920
Speaker 1: you get the new guy in, everybody, you know, everybody

1191
01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:12,760
Speaker 1: wants to shine. Everybody wants that guy to go. It

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01:07:12,880 --> 01:07:15,000
Speaker 1: does pick up their pace. And whether the guy's any

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01:07:15,040 --> 01:07:20,520
Speaker 1: good or not, so I'm you know, it won't take

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01:07:20,600 --> 01:07:22,880
Speaker 1: long for that spring in their step to disappear if

1195
01:07:22,920 --> 01:07:27,440
Speaker 1: the guy throws another three interceptions in a half of football, right,

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01:07:27,840 --> 01:07:30,480
Speaker 1: So we'll see. But I anytime you make a change

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01:07:30,560 --> 01:07:32,560
Speaker 1: that magnitude of the quarterback spot, you're gonna get a

1198
01:07:32,560 --> 01:07:34,240
Speaker 1: little boost. The same thing is when you when you

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Speaker 1: fire a head coach mid season, in the interim takes over,

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01:07:36,800 --> 01:07:38,600
Speaker 1: you get a boost. It doesn't mean you're always gonna win,

1201
01:07:38,680 --> 01:07:41,440
Speaker 1: but you'll see a noticeable difference because it's a real

1202
01:07:41,520 --> 01:07:43,480
Speaker 1: slap in the face of reality when everybody looks around

1203
01:07:43,520 --> 01:07:45,520
Speaker 1: and says, if that, if they're replacing that guy, what

1204
01:07:45,600 --> 01:07:50,640
Speaker 1: are they gonna do to me? Right? Yeah, so, yeah,

1205
01:07:50,720 --> 01:07:54,840
Speaker 1: I get the spring in their step thing, But the

1206
01:07:54,880 --> 01:07:58,240
Speaker 1: guy's got to play good. The Bill's defense has allowed

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Speaker 1: the lowest passer rating in the league so far this year.

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01:08:01,680 --> 01:08:06,480
Speaker 1: Sixty four point seven is their opponent passer rating that

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01:08:06,680 --> 01:08:10,240
Speaker 1: is the lowest in the league. Steelers quarterbacks so far

1210
01:08:10,400 --> 01:08:13,200
Speaker 1: this season have a sixty seven point one passer rating

1211
01:08:13,560 --> 01:08:18,360
Speaker 1: that is thirty first in the NFL. So best pass

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01:08:18,400 --> 01:08:21,400
Speaker 1: it one of the best passer rating defenses and one

1213
01:08:21,439 --> 01:08:24,400
Speaker 1: of the worst passer rating quarterbacks. We have to take

1214
01:08:24,439 --> 01:08:27,439
Speaker 1: a break though, when we come back fresh off the field.

1215
01:08:28,040 --> 01:08:31,680
Speaker 1: It is your defensive end in mind, number fifty in

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Speaker 1: your program, Number one in your heart is one and

1217
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Speaker 1: only Greg Rousseau joining us here in studio. Next on

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Speaker 1: One Bills Live, presented by Kalida Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio.

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Speaker 1: All right, welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown,

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01:08:56,040 --> 01:08:58,880
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you time for our fresh off the

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01:08:59,040 --> 01:09:01,200
Speaker 1: field interview. We were out to you by Austin Air,

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01:09:01,240 --> 01:09:04,680
Speaker 1: the official clean air provider of the Buffalo Bills. And

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01:09:05,240 --> 01:09:07,760
Speaker 1: the guy's still sweating, so nice to come here right

1224
01:09:07,840 --> 01:09:10,040
Speaker 1: off the field. It's Greg Russeau. We gotta get like

1225
01:09:10,120 --> 01:09:12,760
Speaker 1: a towel sponsor because we gotta have towels here for

1226
01:09:12,840 --> 01:09:14,800
Speaker 1: these guys so they can dry off a little bit

1227
01:09:15,040 --> 01:09:17,240
Speaker 1: while they're sitting next to us. But Greg Russeau here

1228
01:09:17,720 --> 01:09:20,559
Speaker 1: still has his pads on and everything. And I want

1229
01:09:20,600 --> 01:09:23,519
Speaker 1: to start here because you know there are new guys

1230
01:09:23,560 --> 01:09:25,760
Speaker 1: added to the injury report this week, but I gotta

1231
01:09:25,800 --> 01:09:28,439
Speaker 1: believe when that D line group gets up in individual

1232
01:09:28,520 --> 01:09:30,400
Speaker 1: position drills. It's gotta be nice to see Ed and

1233
01:09:30,479 --> 01:09:33,439
Speaker 1: Jordan Phillips back practicing, even if it's on a limited basis, right,

1234
01:09:34,200 --> 01:09:35,960
Speaker 1: that's facts. It's great to see him out there. They're

1235
01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:39,000
Speaker 1: looking good. Obviously, we've been missing him the last couple

1236
01:09:39,040 --> 01:09:40,760
Speaker 1: of weeks, so I feel like it's going to really

1237
01:09:41,040 --> 01:09:43,360
Speaker 1: help our de line get a little extra boose moving

1238
01:09:43,400 --> 01:09:45,599
Speaker 1: on in the future. You've got a really good start

1239
01:09:45,680 --> 01:09:48,560
Speaker 1: going on. You got four sacks and stuff. And a

1240
01:09:48,640 --> 01:09:51,200
Speaker 1: lot has been said about the relationship you fostered with Vaughan,

1241
01:09:51,760 --> 01:09:53,320
Speaker 1: and you know he truely he is a great player.

1242
01:09:53,360 --> 01:09:54,760
Speaker 1: I mean, there's no question about it. And he comes

1243
01:09:54,760 --> 01:09:57,439
Speaker 1: in with a lot of credentials. Give people an insight

1244
01:09:57,560 --> 01:09:59,639
Speaker 1: is to your mindset when a guy like Vaughan steps

1245
01:09:59,680 --> 01:10:02,040
Speaker 1: onto the field, it for the first time and all that. Yeah,

1246
01:10:02,280 --> 01:10:03,840
Speaker 1: and he starts talking. I mean he's the kind of

1247
01:10:03,880 --> 01:10:06,160
Speaker 1: guy he is. Yeah, give us an idea of how

1248
01:10:06,240 --> 01:10:08,080
Speaker 1: that affects all the guys in the room. I mean,

1249
01:10:08,160 --> 01:10:09,960
Speaker 1: it's been great for all of us, and it's definitely

1250
01:10:09,960 --> 01:10:11,600
Speaker 1: been great for me. Vaughan's like a definitely like a

1251
01:10:11,640 --> 01:10:13,880
Speaker 1: big brother figure to me, and he's giving me so

1252
01:10:13,960 --> 01:10:16,479
Speaker 1: much advice on the field off the field, just every

1253
01:10:16,520 --> 01:10:17,800
Speaker 1: little thing. I'm like, von, how do you do this?

1254
01:10:18,040 --> 01:10:19,400
Speaker 1: How do you do that? Like just trying to pick

1255
01:10:19,479 --> 01:10:21,400
Speaker 1: his brain on every little thing I can. And I

1256
01:10:21,439 --> 01:10:22,720
Speaker 1: feel like he's helped me out a lot. And also

1257
01:10:22,800 --> 01:10:25,120
Speaker 1: just him just a player. When a player like that

1258
01:10:25,200 --> 01:10:27,960
Speaker 1: comes from another team, and what he's done obviously a

1259
01:10:28,040 --> 01:10:29,600
Speaker 1: future Hall of Famer. And then when they showed that

1260
01:10:29,640 --> 01:10:31,360
Speaker 1: belief in you and he tells me that like he

1261
01:10:31,400 --> 01:10:32,880
Speaker 1: believes me, like, yeah, you can win or take the

1262
01:10:32,920 --> 01:10:35,040
Speaker 1: game over. Like it does something for me for sure.

1263
01:10:35,080 --> 01:10:37,200
Speaker 1: I'll say this too. And it's the thing that a

1264
01:10:37,240 --> 01:10:39,040
Speaker 1: lot of people don't realize. Like when you get a

1265
01:10:39,080 --> 01:10:41,600
Speaker 1: guy like Vaughn in there, you ask him stuff the

1266
01:10:41,720 --> 01:10:44,640
Speaker 1: people don't under like when in your career should you

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01:10:44,720 --> 01:10:47,800
Speaker 1: buy a house instead of renting apartment? Should when should

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01:10:47,840 --> 01:10:49,880
Speaker 1: you live in the town that you play? And when

1269
01:10:49,960 --> 01:10:52,240
Speaker 1: should you go home? How often should you come back in?

1270
01:10:52,760 --> 01:10:56,120
Speaker 1: That kind of stuff is really stuff you crave as

1271
01:10:56,160 --> 01:10:58,560
Speaker 1: a young player, right exactly, And it really goes a

1272
01:10:58,640 --> 01:11:01,280
Speaker 1: long way because coming in as a as a rookie,

1273
01:11:01,280 --> 01:11:02,800
Speaker 1: you don't know how it goes in the NFL. You know,

1274
01:11:02,880 --> 01:11:04,400
Speaker 1: you might be a good player, you might be talented

1275
01:11:04,479 --> 01:11:06,280
Speaker 1: or whatever, but just to just to INDs and out,

1276
01:11:06,400 --> 01:11:07,880
Speaker 1: like you said, like where do you live, what do

1277
01:11:07,920 --> 01:11:09,320
Speaker 1: you do? How do you take care of your body?

1278
01:11:09,360 --> 01:11:12,000
Speaker 1: And when do you look for a play? Right? Yeah?

1279
01:11:12,040 --> 01:11:14,040
Speaker 1: All that stuff, Yeah, so I mean all that stuffloes

1280
01:11:14,080 --> 01:11:16,400
Speaker 1: a long way and just making sure all your teas

1281
01:11:16,439 --> 01:11:19,280
Speaker 1: are crossing, your eyes are dotted. I know last year, Greg,

1282
01:11:19,360 --> 01:11:22,400
Speaker 1: you got off to a flying start. People still remember

1283
01:11:22,479 --> 01:11:27,840
Speaker 1: your Chiefs game tip interception, and then after that it

1284
01:11:28,000 --> 01:11:31,160
Speaker 1: was it was kind of hard for you to consistently

1285
01:11:31,280 --> 01:11:33,759
Speaker 1: flash weekend and week out and coach talk. Coach Fraser

1286
01:11:33,840 --> 01:11:35,880
Speaker 1: talked about it late in the season. He said, look,

1287
01:11:36,240 --> 01:11:39,679
Speaker 1: sometimes rookies have some peaks and valleys to their seasons.

1288
01:11:39,960 --> 01:11:44,000
Speaker 1: You had the added challenge of not playing in twenty twenty,

1289
01:11:45,400 --> 01:11:48,360
Speaker 1: so it was like almost two years between the time

1290
01:11:48,439 --> 01:11:51,040
Speaker 1: you lined up and played football, let alone got had

1291
01:11:51,080 --> 01:11:54,880
Speaker 1: gone through a whole season. Yep, was did that add

1292
01:11:54,960 --> 01:11:58,120
Speaker 1: to the degree of difficulty? Like was everybody you hear

1293
01:11:58,120 --> 01:11:59,280
Speaker 1: all the time when they come back, Oh, I got

1294
01:11:59,320 --> 01:12:02,120
Speaker 1: to knocked the rush staff? Did it take longer to

1295
01:12:02,240 --> 01:12:05,400
Speaker 1: knock the rust off because of the lengthy layoff or

1296
01:12:05,560 --> 01:12:08,760
Speaker 1: was that really not part of the equation. I say,

1297
01:12:08,920 --> 01:12:12,000
Speaker 1: I definitely started knocking it off during like preseason training camp,

1298
01:12:12,479 --> 01:12:15,519
Speaker 1: and uh, I mean obviously did have the fast start

1299
01:12:15,600 --> 01:12:19,599
Speaker 1: to last season, but obviously I didn't keep it going

1300
01:12:19,760 --> 01:12:21,400
Speaker 1: as much. And that's my gold to season, you know,

1301
01:12:21,520 --> 01:12:23,920
Speaker 1: just living day by day every single practice out there

1302
01:12:23,920 --> 01:12:27,439
Speaker 1: whether it's Wednesday first second down, Thursday, third down, or

1303
01:12:27,520 --> 01:12:30,160
Speaker 1: if it's or if it's fast Friday, and really just

1304
01:12:30,240 --> 01:12:31,840
Speaker 1: living week to week in day to day and it's

1305
01:12:31,880 --> 01:12:33,479
Speaker 1: trying to just be the best version to meet every

1306
01:12:33,479 --> 01:12:35,559
Speaker 1: single day in bro. So it looks like you're an

1307
01:12:35,600 --> 01:12:37,640
Speaker 1: example of that now because that is what you know.

1308
01:12:37,680 --> 01:12:39,760
Speaker 1: We talked to coach Frazier every week and coming into

1309
01:12:39,800 --> 01:12:41,400
Speaker 1: the season, he said, yeah, that's what we need from

1310
01:12:41,439 --> 01:12:45,080
Speaker 1: Greg and Boogie and AJ the week to week consistent.

1311
01:12:45,280 --> 01:12:47,519
Speaker 1: It's not just the flash of the ability. Let's see

1312
01:12:47,520 --> 01:12:50,360
Speaker 1: it every week. I mean four to six, four sacks,

1313
01:12:50,400 --> 01:12:53,400
Speaker 1: six quarterback hits. Those both lead the team right now

1314
01:12:53,439 --> 01:12:55,640
Speaker 1: through the first four games. Is this kind of the

1315
01:12:55,800 --> 01:12:58,000
Speaker 1: stacking of weeks that you kind of are looking for

1316
01:12:58,200 --> 01:13:00,679
Speaker 1: from yourself? Uh? Yeah, one hundred and I still feel

1317
01:13:00,680 --> 01:13:02,280
Speaker 1: like I left a lot of players out there, you know,

1318
01:13:02,479 --> 01:13:05,000
Speaker 1: and like like I had I had a sack I

1319
01:13:05,040 --> 01:13:06,800
Speaker 1: could have got this week that I miss. I gotta

1320
01:13:06,840 --> 01:13:09,120
Speaker 1: keep our breaking my feats some Russians I wish I

1321
01:13:09,160 --> 01:13:11,040
Speaker 1: could have had back from the Ravens game. So you know,

1322
01:13:11,080 --> 01:13:13,280
Speaker 1: and it's all about just looking back at the games

1323
01:13:13,320 --> 01:13:14,720
Speaker 1: we have, like a twenty four hour old, but looking

1324
01:13:14,720 --> 01:13:16,240
Speaker 1: back and saying like, all right, I could do this better.

1325
01:13:16,439 --> 01:13:18,519
Speaker 1: I could do this better. So I mean, just moving

1326
01:13:18,560 --> 01:13:21,719
Speaker 1: on towards the Steelers weak, I'm just challenging myself again,

1327
01:13:21,720 --> 01:13:23,519
Speaker 1: You'll be the best player I could be. Sometimes I

1328
01:13:23,560 --> 01:13:24,960
Speaker 1: can get you two Saxon lines, I can get you

1329
01:13:25,040 --> 01:13:26,519
Speaker 1: no Saxon. It might not be the type of game,

1330
01:13:26,800 --> 01:13:28,840
Speaker 1: you know, So just really just challenging myself to have

1331
01:13:28,920 --> 01:13:31,160
Speaker 1: the best game I could possibly have. What's the word

1332
01:13:31,280 --> 01:13:33,519
Speaker 1: coming out of Pittsburgh about what you guys think about?

1333
01:13:33,520 --> 01:13:35,920
Speaker 1: You know, they're changing quarterbacks, a young quarterback coming in.

1334
01:13:36,040 --> 01:13:38,040
Speaker 1: What are some of the general rules you guys think

1335
01:13:38,080 --> 01:13:40,680
Speaker 1: about when you're playing a team where you haven't seen

1336
01:13:40,720 --> 01:13:43,040
Speaker 1: the guy play very much. Yeah, And I mean I

1337
01:13:43,120 --> 01:13:45,439
Speaker 1: feel like when it comes to that, not really known

1338
01:13:45,479 --> 01:13:48,840
Speaker 1: too much about watching their quarterback Kenny Pickett. It really

1339
01:13:48,880 --> 01:13:51,080
Speaker 1: comes back to just us being us, you know, us

1340
01:13:51,160 --> 01:13:53,000
Speaker 1: playing our ball like who did in that second half

1341
01:13:53,680 --> 01:13:56,720
Speaker 1: versus the Ravens. So just us doing executing, doing all

1342
01:13:56,760 --> 01:13:59,680
Speaker 1: our things right and definitely doing our one eleventh. I

1343
01:14:00,040 --> 01:14:02,439
Speaker 1: saw I was going through the game last week against

1344
01:14:02,439 --> 01:14:05,240
Speaker 1: the Ravens, and I'm knowing you guys, were you film.

1345
01:14:05,320 --> 01:14:08,320
Speaker 1: You might remember this, but right after Andrews got called

1346
01:14:08,360 --> 01:14:11,639
Speaker 1: for offensive pass interference. Now it's third and I think

1347
01:14:11,680 --> 01:14:17,320
Speaker 1: it was sixteen, and the Ravens go empty backfield and

1348
01:14:17,400 --> 01:14:20,280
Speaker 1: they're just gonna have their five against your four, and

1349
01:14:20,479 --> 01:14:23,080
Speaker 1: for some reason they had both tackles and one on

1350
01:14:23,200 --> 01:14:27,000
Speaker 1: ones with you and Von. I don't understand that. That's

1351
01:14:27,280 --> 01:14:30,000
Speaker 1: to me, that's suicide. And Von got the sack on

1352
01:14:30,080 --> 01:14:31,960
Speaker 1: that play and then they have to kick a field

1353
01:14:32,000 --> 01:14:35,640
Speaker 1: goal because they couldn't get the first down. Do you

1354
01:14:35,800 --> 01:14:38,679
Speaker 1: relish the one on one opportunity? Yeah? I mean those

1355
01:14:39,200 --> 01:14:41,760
Speaker 1: I gotta imagine the more you keep putting up these numbers,

1356
01:14:41,800 --> 01:14:43,880
Speaker 1: the less you're gonna see less. I'm a get them now,

1357
01:14:43,960 --> 01:14:45,400
Speaker 1: but definitely, you know, that's what we live for. We

1358
01:14:45,479 --> 01:14:48,160
Speaker 1: always say in our room, four equals one and our

1359
01:14:48,520 --> 01:14:51,360
Speaker 1: best pressure, the best pressure for really good teams is

1360
01:14:51,400 --> 01:14:53,120
Speaker 1: just the four man resting being able to drop back

1361
01:14:53,360 --> 01:14:55,760
Speaker 1: seven dudes in the coverage. So I feel like that's

1362
01:14:55,840 --> 01:14:57,320
Speaker 1: great when we have that goal, and that's our goal

1363
01:14:57,360 --> 01:14:58,840
Speaker 1: week and the week out, to be able to affect

1364
01:14:58,840 --> 01:15:01,800
Speaker 1: the QB and affect the game with four rushers. We've

1365
01:15:01,840 --> 01:15:04,200
Speaker 1: seen that happen a lot around the league where now

1366
01:15:04,320 --> 01:15:06,519
Speaker 1: it's more so than at the end of the point

1367
01:15:06,840 --> 01:15:09,680
Speaker 1: where especially it got like you with how how much

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01:15:09,760 --> 01:15:11,920
Speaker 1: length you got, and Ah's got that kind of length

1369
01:15:12,000 --> 01:15:16,200
Speaker 1: as well, and about knocking passes down the line of scrimmage,

1370
01:15:16,200 --> 01:15:18,759
Speaker 1: And do you guys have a is it a mental

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01:15:18,880 --> 01:15:22,280
Speaker 1: clock where you rush and then you know the club

1372
01:15:22,320 --> 01:15:24,360
Speaker 1: will have an a large where you at this point

1373
01:15:24,400 --> 01:15:25,840
Speaker 1: if I'm not there, I gotta get up, you know,

1374
01:15:25,920 --> 01:15:28,000
Speaker 1: get my hands up. Or is it all eyesight where

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01:15:28,000 --> 01:15:29,880
Speaker 1: you just keep your eye on it. I'd say I'd

1376
01:15:29,880 --> 01:15:31,479
Speaker 1: say it's a little bit of both, and it's a

1377
01:15:31,520 --> 01:15:33,880
Speaker 1: little bit of like you gotta understand the animal you're hunting.

1378
01:15:33,920 --> 01:15:36,200
Speaker 1: You know, some quarterbacks, like we played against two another

1379
01:15:36,280 --> 01:15:37,800
Speaker 1: week and he was just getting the ball out real quick,

1380
01:15:37,840 --> 01:15:40,000
Speaker 1: this boom, like two points up in second. So some

1381
01:15:40,160 --> 01:15:41,519
Speaker 1: quarterbacks of that, I feel like you've got to be

1382
01:15:41,600 --> 01:15:43,360
Speaker 1: more like cognizant of getting your hands up. And then

1383
01:15:43,400 --> 01:15:45,640
Speaker 1: some people, some quarterbacks like to hold the ball run

1384
01:15:45,720 --> 01:15:47,680
Speaker 1: around kind of like how Josta is extend played, So

1385
01:15:47,760 --> 01:15:49,639
Speaker 1: with them, I feel like you wouldn't want to rush

1386
01:15:49,680 --> 01:15:51,759
Speaker 1: in and kind of stop and try to play volleyball

1387
01:15:51,760 --> 01:15:53,680
Speaker 1: with the ball because that that quarterback could look down

1388
01:15:53,720 --> 01:15:55,360
Speaker 1: the field and didn't do like a you know, a

1389
01:15:55,400 --> 01:15:57,240
Speaker 1: whole put out a whole show back there, you know. So,

1390
01:15:57,800 --> 01:15:59,760
Speaker 1: I mean it's definitely a week the week for sure.

1391
01:16:00,320 --> 01:16:02,519
Speaker 1: I mean, y'all have seen it. Getting your hands up

1392
01:16:02,880 --> 01:16:04,960
Speaker 1: can make game breaking plays, just getting your hands up,

1393
01:16:05,000 --> 01:16:07,880
Speaker 1: just like last week with Poyer with that first interception. Right.

1394
01:16:08,000 --> 01:16:10,080
Speaker 1: Some of the looks that we've seen so far this

1395
01:16:10,200 --> 01:16:12,479
Speaker 1: season that I know get a lot of people excited

1396
01:16:12,600 --> 01:16:16,360
Speaker 1: is seeing you kicking inside and Vond's next to you. Yeah,

1397
01:16:17,040 --> 01:16:19,240
Speaker 1: good luck with that, like you and him on the

1398
01:16:19,360 --> 01:16:22,599
Speaker 1: same side. I mean, pick your poison there. You can't

1399
01:16:22,640 --> 01:16:24,920
Speaker 1: double everybody, as you know, and I know you have

1400
01:16:25,040 --> 01:16:28,240
Speaker 1: experience because Miami even lined you up inside a good

1401
01:16:28,240 --> 01:16:32,160
Speaker 1: amount of time back in nineteen. So do you do

1402
01:16:32,200 --> 01:16:34,120
Speaker 1: you kind of like that setup because it seems to

1403
01:16:34,160 --> 01:16:36,040
Speaker 1: be working for you. Guys know, I love that set up,

1404
01:16:36,080 --> 01:16:39,120
Speaker 1: and I feel like it's really good to kind of

1405
01:16:39,160 --> 01:16:41,080
Speaker 1: move people around because then it makes it harder for

1406
01:16:41,120 --> 01:16:43,040
Speaker 1: the other team to say, all right, Greg's gonna be there,

1407
01:16:43,080 --> 01:16:45,240
Speaker 1: Bon's gonna be there, Boogie AJ He's gonna be right there.

1408
01:16:45,280 --> 01:16:46,880
Speaker 1: It's not staggning, you know. I go to the left,

1409
01:16:47,040 --> 01:16:48,439
Speaker 1: Bong go to the left, and I'm on the right,

1410
01:16:48,439 --> 01:16:50,360
Speaker 1: and then I'm I'm in the inside at the right

1411
01:16:50,400 --> 01:16:52,439
Speaker 1: three text. So being able to change stuff up, it's

1412
01:16:52,479 --> 01:16:54,920
Speaker 1: kind of like I feel like he creates mismatches and

1413
01:16:55,080 --> 01:16:58,360
Speaker 1: also makes us less predictable. How do you guys handle

1414
01:16:58,760 --> 01:17:01,280
Speaker 1: individually and as a group the rotation? I mean, we

1415
01:17:01,400 --> 01:17:02,840
Speaker 1: hear about it all the time. You guys are in

1416
01:17:02,920 --> 01:17:04,799
Speaker 1: and out of there. Nobody gets a ton of reps

1417
01:17:05,200 --> 01:17:08,240
Speaker 1: at least not all once. Yeah, how do you guys

1418
01:17:08,280 --> 01:17:10,160
Speaker 1: handle that both? Like you as an individual? Yea, I

1419
01:17:10,200 --> 01:17:12,920
Speaker 1: know everybody wants to play all the time, So how

1420
01:17:12,960 --> 01:17:14,680
Speaker 1: do you how do you do that? I feel like

1421
01:17:14,760 --> 01:17:16,200
Speaker 1: it's kind of like the pace of the game. You know,

1422
01:17:16,360 --> 01:17:20,680
Speaker 1: sometimes Ajor or whoever, shack Lass and somebody might be

1423
01:17:20,800 --> 01:17:22,800
Speaker 1: hot Vaughan, so they might get left in for a

1424
01:17:22,840 --> 01:17:24,679
Speaker 1: little more. You know, you've a chance to make some plays.

1425
01:17:24,960 --> 01:17:27,200
Speaker 1: Sometimes the team is running a lot of plays fast

1426
01:17:27,240 --> 01:17:29,519
Speaker 1: based is hot like in like the other week, we

1427
01:17:29,600 --> 01:17:32,360
Speaker 1: might got to kind of move people around more. And

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01:17:32,439 --> 01:17:33,920
Speaker 1: I feel like it, like I said, it's just really

1429
01:17:33,960 --> 01:17:35,240
Speaker 1: just the pace of the game and how things are

1430
01:17:35,240 --> 01:17:38,000
Speaker 1: going and who's who's hot and uh, and who's winding

1431
01:17:38,000 --> 01:17:41,000
Speaker 1: and who's not right? You're kind of happy to finally

1432
01:17:41,040 --> 01:17:43,000
Speaker 1: be back home. I mean three of the first four weeks,

1433
01:17:43,080 --> 01:17:46,000
Speaker 1: you guys are you guys are road travelers. Now you

1434
01:17:46,080 --> 01:17:48,080
Speaker 1: finally get a home game again where you know you're

1435
01:17:48,120 --> 01:17:50,160
Speaker 1: gonna have the opportunity to get a crowd behind you

1436
01:17:50,280 --> 01:17:52,560
Speaker 1: when you're out there on defense. That that I meant

1437
01:17:52,600 --> 01:17:54,840
Speaker 1: we just speak to how much that helps you? Man?

1438
01:17:54,960 --> 01:17:57,200
Speaker 1: We get off Yeah, I mean we we feed off

1439
01:17:57,240 --> 01:17:59,559
Speaker 1: of it. Obviously, offensives got to go to their silent

1440
01:17:59,560 --> 01:18:01,560
Speaker 1: account something that that might not be as comfortable with

1441
01:18:01,680 --> 01:18:03,519
Speaker 1: the offensive tackles, might not be getting off the ball

1442
01:18:03,680 --> 01:18:05,240
Speaker 1: as quick as they would if they were at home.

1443
01:18:05,320 --> 01:18:07,680
Speaker 1: So definitely a benge for us and our fans bring

1444
01:18:07,800 --> 01:18:09,280
Speaker 1: it week in a week out, as you guys know.

1445
01:18:09,439 --> 01:18:11,840
Speaker 1: So it's always exciting playing in front of bills my field.

1446
01:18:11,920 --> 01:18:14,599
Speaker 1: How do you just getting back to the rotation? How

1447
01:18:14,960 --> 01:18:17,600
Speaker 1: who calls that? Do you have a set schedule or

1448
01:18:17,760 --> 01:18:20,320
Speaker 1: is it a little feel or did the coaches you say, hey,

1449
01:18:20,320 --> 01:18:22,720
Speaker 1: we're gonna try this. How's that work? Coach E calls

1450
01:18:22,720 --> 01:18:25,880
Speaker 1: it on a siline before series is But usually if

1451
01:18:25,920 --> 01:18:27,679
Speaker 1: you start it then You're probably not going to finish

1452
01:18:27,720 --> 01:18:28,760
Speaker 1: it if they get it, if they get like the

1453
01:18:28,800 --> 01:18:30,360
Speaker 1: first down or two and then and then it might

1454
01:18:30,439 --> 01:18:33,200
Speaker 1: go back to the people who were first in if

1455
01:18:33,240 --> 01:18:34,960
Speaker 1: they get like two, two or three first downs or

1456
01:18:34,960 --> 01:18:38,120
Speaker 1: something like that. So it kind of diplowska. Yeah, Greg, listen,

1457
01:18:38,200 --> 01:18:40,439
Speaker 1: thanks for popping in and spending some time with us.

1458
01:18:40,479 --> 01:18:43,280
Speaker 1: You go hit the showers. Good luck on Sunday. All right,

1459
01:18:43,360 --> 01:18:45,760
Speaker 1: thank you get that, dub. Thanks for having me. All right,

1460
01:18:45,840 --> 01:18:48,320
Speaker 1: that's Greg Russo joining us here on One Bills Live.

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01:18:48,680 --> 01:18:51,920
Speaker 1: We turn now to the post game podium where Josh

1462
01:18:52,000 --> 01:18:55,960
Speaker 1: Allen is meeting with the media. You're facing Kenny Pickett,

1463
01:18:56,240 --> 01:18:59,240
Speaker 1: rookie baking this debut. Just tell us a little bit

1464
01:18:59,280 --> 01:19:01,240
Speaker 1: about you know, your day. You want a road for

1465
01:19:01,320 --> 01:19:06,280
Speaker 1: the first time and those experienced as Yeah, um, I

1466
01:19:06,360 --> 01:19:10,360
Speaker 1: mean my first road experiences Baltimore. But my first road

1467
01:19:10,439 --> 01:19:15,160
Speaker 1: start was I believe it's Minnesota. Um. But again my

1468
01:19:15,240 --> 01:19:19,360
Speaker 1: first start at home gets the Chargers. UM. Still still

1469
01:19:19,439 --> 01:19:22,000
Speaker 1: learning left from right. UM. Trying to understand the game

1470
01:19:22,000 --> 01:19:24,600
Speaker 1: of football a little better and understand you know what

1471
01:19:24,680 --> 01:19:26,120
Speaker 1: we're trying to do, what defense is trying to do

1472
01:19:26,200 --> 01:19:30,360
Speaker 1: to me. Um. Again, Pittsburgh. You know, obviously their record

1473
01:19:30,400 --> 01:19:32,280
Speaker 1: doesn't dictate how good of a team they are. Um,

1474
01:19:32,520 --> 01:19:34,800
Speaker 1: they had some some ballhawks in the second day on

1475
01:19:34,880 --> 01:19:37,639
Speaker 1: defense up front, their stout, you know what they're missing,

1476
01:19:37,880 --> 01:19:41,360
Speaker 1: They're missing a major piece, but they're still being very productive. Um,

1477
01:19:41,360 --> 01:19:44,160
Speaker 1: they're getting to the quarterback, forcing a lot of turnovers.

1478
01:19:44,200 --> 01:19:45,559
Speaker 1: So we got to be on top of our game,

1479
01:19:46,160 --> 01:19:48,920
Speaker 1: making sure that you know, we're sticking to our base

1480
01:19:49,040 --> 01:19:50,920
Speaker 1: rules and trying to put our best foot forward. UM.

1481
01:19:50,960 --> 01:19:53,760
Speaker 1: Obviously in protection and in our game plan, whether it's

1482
01:19:53,840 --> 01:19:55,160
Speaker 1: running or passing the ball. We had to go out

1483
01:19:55,160 --> 01:19:56,800
Speaker 1: there and executing and try to try to win a

1484
01:19:56,800 --> 01:20:00,679
Speaker 1: football game. And you've space the Steelers spend your career,

1485
01:20:01,840 --> 01:20:04,000
Speaker 1: Mike spending all time, Mike Toma. That is how much

1486
01:20:04,040 --> 01:20:05,720
Speaker 1: have they changed defensive or do they rely on their

1487
01:20:05,800 --> 01:20:08,960
Speaker 1: same basic defensive principles. I think last year they switched

1488
01:20:09,000 --> 01:20:12,120
Speaker 1: it up. Obviously played them first game of the year. Um,

1489
01:20:12,439 --> 01:20:15,280
Speaker 1: you know, expecting them to do something they they didn't

1490
01:20:15,360 --> 01:20:17,479
Speaker 1: really do it. They've been known for for blitzen and

1491
01:20:17,640 --> 01:20:20,800
Speaker 1: they're Um. You know Mike tom and he's one of

1492
01:20:20,880 --> 01:20:22,720
Speaker 1: the best coaches in the league, and he's always got

1493
01:20:22,880 --> 01:20:25,320
Speaker 1: you know his team ready to play football games. Last

1494
01:20:25,360 --> 01:20:27,479
Speaker 1: year they switched it up on us and gave us

1495
01:20:27,479 --> 01:20:31,160
Speaker 1: something we hadn't really seen, didn't really practice practice for. Um.

1496
01:20:31,760 --> 01:20:33,920
Speaker 1: We had to had to make some adjustments in the game,

1497
01:20:33,960 --> 01:20:36,519
Speaker 1: but then it was a little too late. So again,

1498
01:20:36,640 --> 01:20:38,720
Speaker 1: just trying to go with the flow of the game.

1499
01:20:38,880 --> 01:20:41,559
Speaker 1: Understand what they're trying to do. UM. I think today,

1500
01:20:41,640 --> 01:20:45,559
Speaker 1: do us try to execute the best we can? Um. Yeah,

1501
01:20:45,840 --> 01:20:49,280
Speaker 1: that's the same message every week and UM, but again

1502
01:20:49,360 --> 01:20:51,400
Speaker 1: this this is a really good football team, and UM,

1503
01:20:51,439 --> 01:20:53,680
Speaker 1: we can't take them, you know, any different than we

1504
01:20:53,760 --> 01:20:55,960
Speaker 1: take any other team. Yeah. I think of the catch

1505
01:20:56,600 --> 01:20:59,040
Speaker 1: stuff made on that drive starter in the third quarter

1506
01:20:59,080 --> 01:21:01,160
Speaker 1: of the funny yeah, deep out, Yeah it was. It

1507
01:21:01,200 --> 01:21:03,240
Speaker 1: was an unbelievable catch. I as soon as it left

1508
01:21:03,320 --> 01:21:05,840
Speaker 1: my hand, you know, I had a little I got

1509
01:21:05,880 --> 01:21:07,320
Speaker 1: a little too bide in the pocket there and put

1510
01:21:07,360 --> 01:21:09,800
Speaker 1: myself in a an uncomfortable situation throwing the ball. But

1511
01:21:10,280 --> 01:21:12,320
Speaker 1: right when it left my hands, I just I kind

1512
01:21:12,360 --> 01:21:14,800
Speaker 1: of murmured under my breath, like, you know, dang it,

1513
01:21:14,960 --> 01:21:18,000
Speaker 1: like I missed him. Um, But for him to gain

1514
01:21:18,080 --> 01:21:20,280
Speaker 1: the ground and stick his hands out and make that catch,

1515
01:21:20,840 --> 01:21:23,240
Speaker 1: given the conditions, it was. It was unbelievable. Really really

1516
01:21:23,280 --> 01:21:26,160
Speaker 1: helped us on that drive and helped us moving forward again,

1517
01:21:26,240 --> 01:21:28,400
Speaker 1: just trying to move the chain, skipping third downs. Um.

1518
01:21:29,080 --> 01:21:31,920
Speaker 1: But I can't really expect anything else from from stuff.

1519
01:21:31,960 --> 01:21:34,000
Speaker 1: You know, he's he is who he is, and um,

1520
01:21:34,280 --> 01:21:36,800
Speaker 1: you know we need him to be that guy Brown

1521
01:21:36,960 --> 01:21:40,160
Speaker 1: like last year, you know, outside right outside laughs slot

1522
01:21:40,320 --> 01:21:44,080
Speaker 1: rights a lot just Um is that something? What do

1523
01:21:44,120 --> 01:21:47,160
Speaker 1: you think of his versatility to win whether he's outside

1524
01:21:47,200 --> 01:21:50,960
Speaker 1: the numbers cover one, cover three, it doesn't you know

1525
01:21:51,120 --> 01:21:53,160
Speaker 1: it rights lot laugh slot. I mean it's hard for

1526
01:21:53,200 --> 01:21:56,240
Speaker 1: a defense to get a fix sign him. Yeah. I

1527
01:21:56,320 --> 01:21:59,360
Speaker 1: think it's just it's harder to game plan. Um. Again

1528
01:21:59,400 --> 01:22:01,799
Speaker 1: when he's he's playing in the slot and he's playing outside.

1529
01:22:03,120 --> 01:22:04,960
Speaker 1: You know, if if you want to switch it up

1530
01:22:04,960 --> 01:22:07,760
Speaker 1: and do like a zone look and play man out

1531
01:22:07,800 --> 01:22:10,160
Speaker 1: of it and now you're matching up a safety on him, um,

1532
01:22:10,400 --> 01:22:12,840
Speaker 1: or you're bringing it in a guy that's usually playing

1533
01:22:12,840 --> 01:22:14,519
Speaker 1: on the outside and now he's got to play both

1534
01:22:14,560 --> 01:22:16,240
Speaker 1: sides of the field. When he's you know, at the slot,

1535
01:22:16,320 --> 01:22:18,320
Speaker 1: now he can go left or right, and um, just

1536
01:22:18,360 --> 01:22:22,720
Speaker 1: putting guys in uncomfortable situations. But again, it's it's more

1537
01:22:22,760 --> 01:22:24,360
Speaker 1: power to him that he can do that and allows

1538
01:22:24,439 --> 01:22:27,240
Speaker 1: us to be you know, different, allows us to be

1539
01:22:27,400 --> 01:22:30,840
Speaker 1: multiple and show different looks and run different concepts. Um.

1540
01:22:31,320 --> 01:22:33,680
Speaker 1: So it's it's a huge advantage for us, and you know,

1541
01:22:33,720 --> 01:22:35,880
Speaker 1: we got to continue to utilize it. Fashion. So I've

1542
01:22:35,920 --> 01:22:37,679
Speaker 1: had a bit of a slow starter for James Cook

1543
01:22:37,760 --> 01:22:40,040
Speaker 1: here as a leader, as a captain. Do you say anything,

1544
01:22:40,240 --> 01:22:43,280
Speaker 1: do anything to just kind of encourage him and let

1545
01:22:43,400 --> 01:22:44,800
Speaker 1: him know that, Hey, there's going to be a time

1546
01:22:44,840 --> 01:22:46,840
Speaker 1: when we need you. Yeah, I mean he knows that,

1547
01:22:47,040 --> 01:22:49,960
Speaker 1: he understands, you know, what we expect out of him,

1548
01:22:50,000 --> 01:22:52,320
Speaker 1: what we you know what what we know we're gonna

1549
01:22:52,360 --> 01:22:55,680
Speaker 1: get out of him. Um. And we're four games into

1550
01:22:55,720 --> 01:22:58,479
Speaker 1: the season, his rookie season. Um, there's no need to

1551
01:22:58,720 --> 01:23:00,880
Speaker 1: to really say anything. You know, he's he's going about

1552
01:23:00,920 --> 01:23:03,479
Speaker 1: his business and doing things the right way. Um, continuing

1553
01:23:03,520 --> 01:23:05,240
Speaker 1: to dive into the playbook. And you know, when his

1554
01:23:05,360 --> 01:23:07,080
Speaker 1: number is gonna be called, Um, you know he'll be

1555
01:23:07,120 --> 01:23:09,360
Speaker 1: ready for it. I know. Um. It's not the start

1556
01:23:09,400 --> 01:23:11,840
Speaker 1: that he probably would have wanted for himself. Um, but

1557
01:23:12,280 --> 01:23:14,320
Speaker 1: we've got we've got two other guys there and Zach

1558
01:23:14,400 --> 01:23:16,920
Speaker 1: and and Motor that are playing really well too, and um,

1559
01:23:17,120 --> 01:23:19,160
Speaker 1: they do things the right way. So of them them

1560
01:23:19,240 --> 01:23:22,360
Speaker 1: continuing to you know, coach up James as well as

1561
01:23:22,439 --> 01:23:24,040
Speaker 1: you know, having a guy like Duke in the building

1562
01:23:24,400 --> 01:23:26,360
Speaker 1: who's played in a lot of games and you know,

1563
01:23:26,400 --> 01:23:28,280
Speaker 1: I just I appreciate what he's done for that that

1564
01:23:28,360 --> 01:23:32,000
Speaker 1: running back room and the leadership qualities that he's been showing. Um,

1565
01:23:32,120 --> 01:23:33,800
Speaker 1: it's been special. Not too often you get a guy

1566
01:23:33,880 --> 01:23:35,720
Speaker 1: that you know he's done on the active roster but

1567
01:23:35,880 --> 01:23:39,600
Speaker 1: still continuing to take that role upon himself and you know,

1568
01:23:40,360 --> 01:23:43,200
Speaker 1: have a role and helped his team win football game.

1569
01:23:43,200 --> 01:23:46,439
Speaker 1: So it's been really cool to see you guys have

1570
01:23:46,520 --> 01:23:49,320
Speaker 1: started fifty eight players that that's the second most in

1571
01:23:49,400 --> 01:23:52,400
Speaker 1: the NFL. Don't do that say about this team who's

1572
01:23:52,439 --> 01:23:54,320
Speaker 1: still be three and one. Knowing that you guys have

1573
01:23:54,439 --> 01:23:57,200
Speaker 1: been able to shoveling guys in the out Yeah, I mean, um,

1574
01:23:57,479 --> 01:23:58,880
Speaker 1: you know the trust that we have the guys in

1575
01:23:59,479 --> 01:24:02,960
Speaker 1: the locker room him and on our roster. Um, kudos

1576
01:24:02,960 --> 01:24:04,800
Speaker 1: to to our front office and our coaching staff for

1577
01:24:04,840 --> 01:24:07,840
Speaker 1: having these guys ready to play and ultimately just just

1578
01:24:07,920 --> 01:24:10,559
Speaker 1: trying to jail and mesh with these guys. Um, Also,

1579
01:24:10,680 --> 01:24:12,320
Speaker 1: you want to be as consistent as you can in

1580
01:24:12,360 --> 01:24:16,559
Speaker 1: that aspect, but injuries happen. Things happen. Um, That's that's

1581
01:24:16,600 --> 01:24:19,479
Speaker 1: the nature of the business. That were playing. Um. Again,

1582
01:24:19,520 --> 01:24:22,400
Speaker 1: guys have been able to step up and UM, when

1583
01:24:22,439 --> 01:24:24,240
Speaker 1: you've got good leaders on the team that we have,

1584
01:24:24,600 --> 01:24:27,760
Speaker 1: you know, offense, defense and special teams, just bringing those

1585
01:24:27,800 --> 01:24:29,880
Speaker 1: guys along and you know, letting them know we got

1586
01:24:30,080 --> 01:24:32,160
Speaker 1: we got each other's backs. Um, going out there and

1587
01:24:32,200 --> 01:24:35,439
Speaker 1: playing free and trusting the game plan and just playing

1588
01:24:35,760 --> 01:24:38,880
Speaker 1: without a conscience cash you. UM. As far as the

1589
01:24:38,960 --> 01:24:41,559
Speaker 1: defense concerned, Coach Flores, you know you played against them

1590
01:24:41,560 --> 01:24:43,840
Speaker 1: twice down in Miami. Now he's on that Steeler staff.

1591
01:24:44,000 --> 01:24:46,360
Speaker 1: Have you seen anything in film that kind of reminds

1592
01:24:46,400 --> 01:24:50,040
Speaker 1: you of a Coach Flores defense? I think, Um, I

1593
01:24:50,120 --> 01:24:52,720
Speaker 1: think it's a little bit of a different scheme. UM.

1594
01:24:53,680 --> 01:24:57,000
Speaker 1: But again I think especially with Mica back there, like again,

1595
01:24:57,120 --> 01:24:59,479
Speaker 1: like the things that they're able to do in be

1596
01:24:59,560 --> 01:25:02,920
Speaker 1: Interchang Angel ble Um him kind of being nosy and

1597
01:25:03,080 --> 01:25:06,040
Speaker 1: some of these underneath routes. UM, but he's on the

1598
01:25:06,080 --> 01:25:07,600
Speaker 1: same page with the corner, Like as soon as he

1599
01:25:07,680 --> 01:25:09,960
Speaker 1: dives down that corner's going over the top. And trying

1600
01:25:09,960 --> 01:25:12,160
Speaker 1: to fill that void where he's coming from. Um, and

1601
01:25:12,280 --> 01:25:14,280
Speaker 1: he's been able to you know, force a lot of

1602
01:25:14,600 --> 01:25:18,200
Speaker 1: mistakes and interceptions that way. Um. You know, they they're

1603
01:25:18,360 --> 01:25:21,920
Speaker 1: they're a high effort, high intensity defense that you know

1604
01:25:22,000 --> 01:25:23,920
Speaker 1: they've got. They've got a lot of motors, especially on

1605
01:25:24,000 --> 01:25:26,360
Speaker 1: that front. UM. And I know they talked about that earlier,

1606
01:25:26,439 --> 01:25:30,840
Speaker 1: but um, you know, them being as productive as they've been. UM,

1607
01:25:31,439 --> 01:25:33,160
Speaker 1: you know that that speaks a lot about the guys

1608
01:25:33,200 --> 01:25:35,160
Speaker 1: in that locker room too, and their coaching staff having

1609
01:25:35,160 --> 01:25:37,400
Speaker 1: those guys ready to go each and every week. UM.

1610
01:25:37,479 --> 01:25:40,559
Speaker 1: And again it's it's the Pittsburgh Steelers talking about like again,

1611
01:25:40,600 --> 01:25:43,200
Speaker 1: they've they've they've been a very good team for a

1612
01:25:43,320 --> 01:25:45,680
Speaker 1: very long time. And it's no secret to why the

1613
01:25:45,840 --> 01:25:48,560
Speaker 1: coaching staff that they've gotten placed there and continuing to

1614
01:25:48,640 --> 01:25:51,120
Speaker 1: develop those players. It's been Uh, you know, it's it's

1615
01:25:51,160 --> 01:25:52,800
Speaker 1: not fun to watch on defense, you know, knowing how

1616
01:25:52,880 --> 01:25:55,120
Speaker 1: multiple and how many different things they can do and

1617
01:25:55,200 --> 01:25:58,439
Speaker 1: show you. So, like I said, just making sure, you know,

1618
01:25:58,600 --> 01:26:01,200
Speaker 1: get in film work this week and try to get

1619
01:26:01,200 --> 01:26:03,200
Speaker 1: all of our keys and trust our base rules. At

1620
01:26:03,200 --> 01:26:04,720
Speaker 1: the end of the day, we go back to last

1621
01:26:04,720 --> 01:26:07,679
Speaker 1: week for a second and the pick by Jordan set

1622
01:26:07,720 --> 01:26:11,439
Speaker 1: you up at the twenty instead of the two. So, like,

1623
01:26:11,720 --> 01:26:14,160
Speaker 1: just in general, how much does that open your playbook

1624
01:26:14,200 --> 01:26:16,240
Speaker 1: and allow you to do some things, especially late in

1625
01:26:16,320 --> 01:26:17,680
Speaker 1: the game when you have to try and protect and

1626
01:26:17,760 --> 01:26:20,679
Speaker 1: drive down for a while. Yeah, philosophically, it's a huge difference.

1627
01:26:20,880 --> 01:26:23,960
Speaker 1: You know, from the three yard line you're backed up

1628
01:26:24,000 --> 01:26:27,880
Speaker 1: and really backed up. Situational football says like you need

1629
01:26:27,960 --> 01:26:29,759
Speaker 1: one first down to be able to flip the field.

1630
01:26:30,200 --> 01:26:33,240
Speaker 1: You know, in terms of a punt, you know it's

1631
01:26:33,320 --> 01:26:37,000
Speaker 1: seventeen extras, you know, a first down almost two first

1632
01:26:37,040 --> 01:26:41,280
Speaker 1: downs worth of yards there that now we don't have

1633
01:26:41,320 --> 01:26:44,400
Speaker 1: to deal with backed up where you've got the end

1634
01:26:44,439 --> 01:26:47,600
Speaker 1: line behind you, safety, a hold, whatever the case may be.

1635
01:26:48,520 --> 01:26:51,400
Speaker 1: Now you can it really opened up our entire playbook,

1636
01:26:51,439 --> 01:26:53,120
Speaker 1: allowing us to do whatever we wanted to call. We

1637
01:26:53,200 --> 01:26:55,920
Speaker 1: still had three time out, so we could still run

1638
01:26:56,000 --> 01:27:00,760
Speaker 1: the ball if we wanted to. Checkdowns are viable. Yeah,

1639
01:27:00,760 --> 01:27:02,720
Speaker 1: it's a it's a huge play. And again seeing the

1640
01:27:02,760 --> 01:27:04,960
Speaker 1: effort that that Poe had on that play, and it's

1641
01:27:05,560 --> 01:27:07,760
Speaker 1: again no secret why he was AFC Defensive Player of

1642
01:27:07,760 --> 01:27:10,400
Speaker 1: the Week, our Player of the Week because of just

1643
01:27:10,520 --> 01:27:12,240
Speaker 1: the effort and the attitude that he had in the

1644
01:27:12,320 --> 01:27:14,439
Speaker 1: mindset that he had, you know, in the last couple

1645
01:27:14,479 --> 01:27:16,680
Speaker 1: of weeks. Um, you know, being kind of battling some

1646
01:27:16,760 --> 01:27:20,559
Speaker 1: injuries here or there, but being being our captain when

1647
01:27:20,600 --> 01:27:23,160
Speaker 1: we needed him the most. A good answer there by

1648
01:27:23,280 --> 01:27:27,559
Speaker 1: Josh Allen addressing Jordan Poyer and his naming of AFC

1649
01:27:27,920 --> 01:27:30,360
Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Week. We have to take a

1650
01:27:30,400 --> 01:27:32,760
Speaker 1: break here, Steve and I back to wrap things up

1651
01:27:32,800 --> 01:27:34,840
Speaker 1: on a Wednesday here on One Bill's Live. Stay tune.

1652
01:27:52,360 --> 01:27:54,360
Speaker 1: All right, welcome back to One Bill's Live Chris Brown,

1653
01:27:54,439 --> 01:27:57,800
Speaker 1: Steve task you're with You have you ever put stuff

1654
01:27:57,840 --> 01:28:00,600
Speaker 1: out at the curb hoping someone will take just some

1655
01:28:00,800 --> 01:28:03,320
Speaker 1: junk that you just don't want anymore cluttering up your

1656
01:28:03,360 --> 01:28:06,800
Speaker 1: garage or your shed. Steve had such an experience this week.

1657
01:28:06,880 --> 01:28:08,920
Speaker 1: So I got some stuff. Everybody does it, right, You

1658
01:28:09,000 --> 01:28:12,400
Speaker 1: accumulate junk in your we clean And so we get

1659
01:28:12,439 --> 01:28:14,720
Speaker 1: a chance to clean the garage last week, and I

1660
01:28:14,960 --> 01:28:17,800
Speaker 1: drag a pile and I'm saying it's junk. It's junk.

1661
01:28:17,880 --> 01:28:20,439
Speaker 1: It's like a couple of camp chairs, an old broom,

1662
01:28:21,720 --> 01:28:24,320
Speaker 1: an old mower, one of the mowers that doesn't have

1663
01:28:24,400 --> 01:28:26,839
Speaker 1: a motor. It's one of those real mowers, right, the spinners.

1664
01:28:26,960 --> 01:28:30,800
Speaker 1: It's just junk, absolute junk. And there was a thing

1665
01:28:30,880 --> 01:28:32,800
Speaker 1: that there was a cart that I actually made with

1666
01:28:33,439 --> 01:28:36,360
Speaker 1: castor wheels just to kind of spin around all, you know,

1667
01:28:37,080 --> 01:28:39,200
Speaker 1: for those And it was just a little platform and

1668
01:28:39,320 --> 01:28:41,560
Speaker 1: it's thrown in. So I put it down there and

1669
01:28:41,720 --> 01:28:44,200
Speaker 1: I leave it knowing that somebody's gonna take it, because

1670
01:28:44,200 --> 01:28:48,160
Speaker 1: they always do. Right. I get a text from it's

1671
01:28:48,160 --> 01:28:50,120
Speaker 1: a picture the back of a pickup and all that

1672
01:28:50,160 --> 01:28:53,639
Speaker 1: stuff's in the back of the pickup from my son.

1673
01:28:55,520 --> 01:28:58,600
Speaker 1: My son picked up the junk I left at my

1674
01:28:58,800 --> 01:29:01,040
Speaker 1: curb and took it to his house. I'm like, no,

1675
01:29:01,320 --> 01:29:04,559
Speaker 1: you're better than that. Well, you raised by wolves. One

1676
01:29:04,640 --> 01:29:09,720
Speaker 1: man's trash is another man's treasure. My own flesh and

1677
01:29:09,880 --> 01:29:13,040
Speaker 1: blow talk about keeping it all in the family, off

1678
01:29:13,120 --> 01:29:16,160
Speaker 1: the side of the can't get rid of junk. I'm

1679
01:29:16,400 --> 01:29:18,200
Speaker 1: I'm think of it this way. Take me now, lord,

1680
01:29:18,320 --> 01:29:20,280
Speaker 1: you can go visit me. Now, you can go visit

1681
01:29:20,320 --> 01:29:22,479
Speaker 1: it at his house. It'd be great and I'll see it.

1682
01:29:23,680 --> 01:29:26,479
Speaker 1: You'll see it. It'll be the big show coming your

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Speaker 1: way tomorrow. We got NFL on CBS sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson,

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Speaker 1: who's doing the game on Sunday with Jim Nanson, Tony Romo,

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Speaker 1: Field Yates, and Thurman Thomas. We'll see it one tomorrow