WEBVTT - Sean McDermott Show, Week 17

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<v Speaker 1>We're live right now. Hey, we're live. Everybody got me not?

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go bury everybod do their job. What to loove well,

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<v Speaker 1>Calvert defense, Let's go no overthinking, right, Go play some ball,

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<v Speaker 1>Go play some football. It's an exciting time to be

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<v Speaker 1>a Buffalo Bill and the fan of the buff Blow Bills.

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<v Speaker 1>Hello everybody, and welcome to Week seventeen of the Sean

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<v Speaker 1>McDermott Show, presented by Connors and Ferris, your workers camp Attorneys. Sean,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks as always for joining us now. Earlier this year,

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<v Speaker 1>you got your first win against the Patriots, and this

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<v Speaker 1>week you completed the season sweep in a win on

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<v Speaker 1>Monday Night Football. It was the Bill's first season sweep

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<v Speaker 1>over the pat since nineteen ninety nine. What does it

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<v Speaker 1>mean to you to have that kind of success against

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<v Speaker 1>the franchise that's dominated the division and the league for

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<v Speaker 1>that matter for twenty years. I think it's great for

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<v Speaker 1>our organization, but also great for our fan base. Steve,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's been a long time coming in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>the pain and challenging times and days and weeks and

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<v Speaker 1>years that we've all been through, and good to continue

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<v Speaker 1>to persevere and to play the way we did and

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<v Speaker 1>I thought the players just did a great job of

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<v Speaker 1>taking ownership of the situation. Coach Josh set the franchise

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<v Speaker 1>record with his thirty fourth passing touchdown against New England,

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<v Speaker 1>surpassing Hall of Famer Jim Kelly. He now has the

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<v Speaker 1>second most total touchdowns in the NFL with forty three,

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<v Speaker 1>trailing only Aaron Rodgers. You could argue there isn't a

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<v Speaker 1>player more valuable to their team than Josh and he

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<v Speaker 1>has been mentioned as a part of the MVP discussion

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<v Speaker 1>in the national media. How much do you think he

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<v Speaker 1>deserves to be part of that conversation. Well, I'm obviously biased, Steve,

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<v Speaker 1>and I see josh every day, so I know what

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<v Speaker 1>he's done for our football team and the things he

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<v Speaker 1>does on the field off the field, and I think,

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<v Speaker 1>really that's what that's what the MVP should come down to.

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<v Speaker 1>And and Josh as a young player, and so you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I hope he wins at this season at the end

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<v Speaker 1>of the day, and I know Joshua is the same way.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got more important team goals in mind, and if

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<v Speaker 1>he doesn't win this year, you know, I'm sure he'll

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<v Speaker 1>have other opportunities down the road. Here so I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>happy for him and his success. One thing that's been

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<v Speaker 1>really noticeable in Josh's game this year is his maturity

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<v Speaker 1>and poise. The game appears to really slowed down for him.

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<v Speaker 1>He's making more adjustments at the line, he looks so

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<v Speaker 1>calm in the pocket, and he's been incredibly efficient. Who

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<v Speaker 1>do you give credit for for Josh's development this year?

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<v Speaker 1>Just myself, really Steed more than just me. Now there's

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<v Speaker 1>a let's start with Let's start where we need to

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<v Speaker 1>start and give credit to Josh. I mean, he worked

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<v Speaker 1>extremely hard over the off season and then you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you look at what he's been able to do with

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<v Speaker 1>with Jordan Palmer, his quarterback, his quarterback Tuitor in the

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<v Speaker 1>off season, and Ken Dorsey, Brian Dabo, and then the

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<v Speaker 1>cast that he has around him, the team that has

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<v Speaker 1>around him, and really endears himself to his teammates and

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<v Speaker 1>so all of that, I think it's never it's never

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<v Speaker 1>just one person. He just does a great job along

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<v Speaker 1>with the team that's around him. Well, it's not all

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<v Speaker 1>about Josh. And now, for the second week in rows,

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<v Speaker 1>Stefan Diggs set a single season franchise record. Last week,

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<v Speaker 1>he broke Eric Moule's record for the most receptions, and

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<v Speaker 1>then this past week he set the franchise mark for

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<v Speaker 1>receiving yards. He scored three touchdowns against the Patriots, and

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<v Speaker 1>currently he leads the NFL in catches and yards. He

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<v Speaker 1>has the most receptions by a player hit his first

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<v Speaker 1>season with a new team in NFL history. How did

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<v Speaker 1>he come in and have so much success in his

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<v Speaker 1>first year with this team? Start? Steve was really his demeanor,

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<v Speaker 1>his personality, his commitment to being great. You know, he

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<v Speaker 1>went out of his way to meet some of those guys,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess down down in Florida wherever they were working

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<v Speaker 1>out this summer, and you know, that's hard to do

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<v Speaker 1>when you don't really know the guys and and so

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<v Speaker 1>you're kind of on the outside looking in. And step

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<v Speaker 1>did a great job of just being a guy, being

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<v Speaker 1>one of the teammates, you know, just kind of humbling

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<v Speaker 1>himself and coming in and trying to earn every relationship

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<v Speaker 1>and every snap that he got. And he's a he's

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<v Speaker 1>a heck of a competitor on the field. We see that,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think more importantly, off the field, he's earned

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<v Speaker 1>the respect of the locker room. Well. Now on the

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<v Speaker 1>other side of the football. Your defense every week looks

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<v Speaker 1>better and better. You held the Patriots just two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and one total yards, the second fewest of the season,

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<v Speaker 1>and only fifty six net yards passing, which was your

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<v Speaker 1>fewest allowed this year. Earlier in the season, we were

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<v Speaker 1>talking about your offensive identity, but lately you've been playing

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<v Speaker 1>complimentary football. What's been the biggest improvement you've seen from

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<v Speaker 1>your defense down the stretch. Well, we're playing as a team.

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<v Speaker 1>On the defensive side, we're playing good team defense, and

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<v Speaker 1>that starts up runt. You've got to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>establish again the line of scrimmage, control the line of scrimmage,

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<v Speaker 1>and you get to a point where you're saying, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>a team can't just be multidimensional. We make him one

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<v Speaker 1>dimensional and we can then affect the quarterback third down.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that's been a big part of us,

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<v Speaker 1>as I've talked before, about the rush and the covers

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<v Speaker 1>working together, and that's been fun to watch. Coach. You've

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<v Speaker 1>won eighty year last nine since back to back losses.

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<v Speaker 1>It seemed like a lifetime ago earlier in the season,

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<v Speaker 1>as the Titans and the Chiefs, your only loss in

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<v Speaker 1>that stretch came on the Hail Mary in Arizona. You've

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<v Speaker 1>shown the ability to win close games against good teams

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<v Speaker 1>and dominate some of the other teams. Looking back, was

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<v Speaker 1>there something that clicked for your group that propelled you

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<v Speaker 1>to this great run down the stretch? Well, you know

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's a great questions. As I look back, I

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<v Speaker 1>think all the moments that where we've had to learn lessons,

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<v Speaker 1>hard lessons, like the Hail Mary game in particular. I

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<v Speaker 1>think that that story needed to be written this year

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<v Speaker 1>because the pain that we all felt after that game,

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<v Speaker 1>the pain that I saw in our locker room. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't ever want to forget that, and I won't

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<v Speaker 1>ever forget the looks in our players' faces because that's

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<v Speaker 1>that was a pivotal moment in our season, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think that's where our guys they don't want to feel

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<v Speaker 1>what they after that game again. And so I've seen

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<v Speaker 1>I'm more motivated, not that they weren't motivated before, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'm more motivated and determined football team because of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks coach, We're gonna catch up with you later in

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<v Speaker 1>the show to get your final thoughts on your upcoming

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<v Speaker 1>matchup with the Dolphins. Chopping Wood is presented by Saint

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<v Speaker 1>Bonaventure University, the official education provider of the Buffalo Bills.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back to the Sean McDermott Show. It's time to

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<v Speaker 1>break down the film with our good buddy Eric Wood

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<v Speaker 1>and another edition of Chopping Wood. He The Bills dominated

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<v Speaker 1>the Patriots on Monday Night Football, on a night where

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<v Speaker 1>Josh Allen set the franchise record for most passing touchdowns

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<v Speaker 1>in the season and Stefan Diggs set the franchise record

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<v Speaker 1>for receiving yards. What did you see out of this

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<v Speaker 1>Bill's team and this dynamic duo of Diggs and Allen

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<v Speaker 1>on Monday Night? I see a duo that at this

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<v Speaker 1>point looks like it can't be stopped. Stefan Diggs has

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<v Speaker 1>led the league in receptions for a lot of this season,

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<v Speaker 1>so teams know that the ball will be going to him.

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<v Speaker 1>And in the year with no OTA's a limited preseason,

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<v Speaker 1>for them to be having this kind of chemistry is

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<v Speaker 1>unbelievable in their first season together. Yeah, well, let's get

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<v Speaker 1>started with the fifty yard touchdown that Diggs had in

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<v Speaker 1>the second quarter. What did you see on this play?

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<v Speaker 1>This is a shop play here on first and ten

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<v Speaker 1>from the fifty yard line and Stefan Diggs waits for

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<v Speaker 1>Gabriel Davis to clear off the zone and on the

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<v Speaker 1>play you'll see Jackson try to undercut this throw, which

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<v Speaker 1>is a dangerous thing for a cornerback to do in

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<v Speaker 1>the NFL because it's manned free the middle of the field.

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<v Speaker 1>Safety gets caught up by Gabe Davis and when he

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<v Speaker 1>tries to undercut it and Stefan Diggs catches it, he's

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<v Speaker 1>off for the races. Yeah, and then this third quarter

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<v Speaker 1>plague they connected again, this time for an eighteen yard touchdown. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>This one here, it's all digs and Diggs runs a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit of a short post here in the red zone.

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<v Speaker 1>The windows get extremely tight and Stefan Diggs does a

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<v Speaker 1>great job securing this catching that he'll get hit. He

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<v Speaker 1>avoids the big shot, turning away from it a little bit,

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<v Speaker 1>ducking a little bit, and then he gets into the

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<v Speaker 1>end zone on a play that just showed what type

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<v Speaker 1>of receiver he is. We've been talking about this Bill's

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<v Speaker 1>red zone offense all year as well, and this was

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<v Speaker 1>a new look for Diggs and the third touchdown of

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<v Speaker 1>the game. To break this one down for me because

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<v Speaker 1>this looked like it might have been catastrophic. Yeah, so

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<v Speaker 1>all season long, they've shown short fly motion with Cole Beasley,

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<v Speaker 1>and right there they didn't time it up perfectly to

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<v Speaker 1>allow the Patriots all their eyes to get on Cole Beasley. There,

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<v Speaker 1>Josh bakes like he's going to roll out to his right,

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<v Speaker 1>He's actually going to be rolling back to his left.

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<v Speaker 1>Stefon Diggs makes a great catch. He's one on one.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at all that space that Brian dave Ball was

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<v Speaker 1>able to create for this matchup. Rolling to his left,

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<v Speaker 1>Josh guns one right on the money and a great

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<v Speaker 1>catch by Stefon Diggs. All right, Well, I know you

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<v Speaker 1>love to see Lee Smith, so I figured we'd celebrate

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<v Speaker 1>his best game in a Bill's uniform. He had two

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<v Speaker 1>big catches in this game, So let's start with this

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<v Speaker 1>twenty seven yard or in the fourth quarter. I never

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<v Speaker 1>thought we'd be talking about a guy catching multiple passes

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<v Speaker 1>in the game that weighs about thirty five pounds more

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<v Speaker 1>than I do right now. But Lee Smith does a

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<v Speaker 1>delayed release he chips on the outside linebacker that gives

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<v Speaker 1>him the idea that Lee Smith's going to stay in

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<v Speaker 1>a block at that point, Chase Winnivich is going to

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<v Speaker 1>continue as rush that Lee Smith does a great job

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<v Speaker 1>of giving him a little bit of a legal tug

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<v Speaker 1>gets him to run up the field and Lee Smith's

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<v Speaker 1>wide open. A great play design with everybody's eyes on

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<v Speaker 1>the other side of the field. Yeah. Now, let's flash

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<v Speaker 1>back to the Bill's second touchdown of the game that

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<v Speaker 1>went to Lee Smith. It was another great goal line concept. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>this is another one in the amount of man to

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<v Speaker 1>man defense at the Patriots run. When a tight end

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<v Speaker 1>simulates that he's going to be blocking, that's always a

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<v Speaker 1>tough look for them to handle because a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>times they will trigger or they will drop back in

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<v Speaker 1>zone when it looks like the tight end's going to block.

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<v Speaker 1>So here Lee Smith's going to block. That gives the

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<v Speaker 1>lineback a look that he needs to sit back in

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<v Speaker 1>his own and then Lee Smith pops out the other side.

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<v Speaker 1>With all the traffic going back to the right side

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<v Speaker 1>of the formation, Lee Smith sneaks out the back end

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<v Speaker 1>for a walk in touchdown. Eric, it was great to

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<v Speaker 1>see the Bills get their win number twelve and complete

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<v Speaker 1>this season. Sweet for the Patriots. Thanks for this, Eric,

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<v Speaker 1>and let's enjoy this one, says it was pretty sweet. Absolutely,

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<v Speaker 1>let's do it. When we come back. We'll have Mattie

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<v Speaker 1>Glab here with this week's game preview. The Bills have

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<v Speaker 1>won twelve games for the first time since nineteen ninety

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<v Speaker 1>three and are looking to close out the regular season

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<v Speaker 1>with a win against the ten and five Miami Dolphins.

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<v Speaker 1>Dolphins quarterbacks two a Tongue of Iloa and Ryan Fitzpatrick

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<v Speaker 1>have each played in nine games. Two has thrown the

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<v Speaker 1>least interceptions in the NFL with only two. The Miami

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<v Speaker 1>Dolphins have gone from worse to first in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>points allowed per game, allowing more than thirty last season

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<v Speaker 1>to allowing a league low eighteen point eight points per

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<v Speaker 1>game this season. The Dolphins also lead the NFL with

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<v Speaker 1>twenty seven takeaways. A big reason why is because Zadie

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<v Speaker 1>and Howard has nine interceptions, which is the most in

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<v Speaker 1>the league. The Bills are Hail Murray away from nine

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<v Speaker 1>straight wins, but have won the last five, their longest

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<v Speaker 1>win streaks since two thousand and four. Quarterback Josh Allen

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<v Speaker 1>wrote two more records in Week sixteen, passing Jim Kelly

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<v Speaker 1>for most passing touchdowns in a season. With thirty four,

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<v Speaker 1>and passing Drew Bledso for most completions in a season

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<v Speaker 1>with three hundred and seventy eight. His partner in crime,

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<v Speaker 1>Stefan Diggs, has one thousand and four hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 1>nine receiving yards, which is a franchise record and the

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<v Speaker 1>most in the NFL. The receiver also leads the NFL

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<v Speaker 1>with one hundred and twenty receptions. Buffalo's defense has jumped

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<v Speaker 1>into the top ten, ranking tenth, allowing three hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>forty five point seven yards per game. Since Week twelve,

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<v Speaker 1>they have allowed only sixteen point eight points per game,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the third lowest in the NFL. They tie

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<v Speaker 1>for fifth with twenty two takeaways. The Dolphins lay at

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<v Speaker 1>this series against the Bills sixty one fifty one and one,

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<v Speaker 1>but Buffalo has won the last four matchups. That's this

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<v Speaker 1>week's game preview. Steve back to you, Thanks as always,

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<v Speaker 1>Mattie coach. Last year, you played a game with no

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<v Speaker 1>playoff implications in Week seventeen and wound up pulling your

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<v Speaker 1>starters pretty early. Now this year, with the number two

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<v Speaker 1>seed on the line, how much do you have to

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<v Speaker 1>balance resting your starters and playing for the win. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's you know, it's it's really relative to

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<v Speaker 1>your team, and each year is different, each team is different,

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<v Speaker 1>and so because of that, every situation is different. And

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<v Speaker 1>what we're gonna do is do what's best for our team.

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<v Speaker 1>What we're gonna do is continue to practice, continue to

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<v Speaker 1>grow and get better, and embrace that growth mindset and

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<v Speaker 1>look to improve and play our best football each and

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<v Speaker 1>every week. All right, coach, I know you still have

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<v Speaker 1>one game left, but this is our last show of

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<v Speaker 1>the regular season. It's been the best season in a

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<v Speaker 1>long long time for a lot of reasons. If you

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<v Speaker 1>had to describe this season in one word, what would

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<v Speaker 1>that word be? Grateful? How about that? Is that a

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<v Speaker 1>good word? Gratitude? Grateful? That is a very good word. Thanks, coach,

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<v Speaker 1>you got good luck this week against Miami. We'll be

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<v Speaker 1>back next week to recap your game against the Dolphins

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<v Speaker 1>in preview your upcoming playoff game, no matter who it's against.

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