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Speaker 1: Please please One Bills Live presented by Called Light to Health.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to One Bills Live on this December twenty ninth,

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty two. Steve Tasker here with you. Chris Brown

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Speaker 1: is off just for today, and we're pleased to be

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Speaker 1: joined by our own friend, a friend of the show,

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Speaker 1: Chris Trapasso, CBS Sports. Chris, thanks for coming in, appreciate

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Speaker 1: it's good to see you. Yeah. It's back up from

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Speaker 1: the practice squad, right, I mean, right right before Thanksgiving

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Speaker 1: and I'm back around New Year's This is like your

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Speaker 1: second call up, second call up, and I hope to

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Speaker 1: do better than last Time'm always trying to improve. Like

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Speaker 1: Sean mcdermots says, it's a great straight back. Yeah, growth mindset.

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Speaker 1: It's a good good thing to have. We're here on

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Speaker 1: a Thursday. The team is back on the practice field

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Speaker 1: after having the holiday off and after the productive but

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Speaker 1: a little bit chaotic trip to and from Chicago, the

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Speaker 1: Bills are back on the practice field. Sean McDermot spoke

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Speaker 1: to the media today at noon. We're gonna have sound

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Speaker 1: from that just you know, right here in this segment

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Speaker 1: before we get you know, after we get settled in here.

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Speaker 1: He spoke for about thirteen fourteen minutes. The most significant

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Speaker 1: thing to come out of what Sean said, and I'll

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Speaker 1: give you a heads up, is that Mitch Morris is

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Speaker 1: out of the concussion protocol. So the starting center for

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Speaker 1: the Bills has a chance to get back on the

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Speaker 1: field and you know, play as normal, which is a

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Speaker 1: huge boost for a club that looked like it was

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Speaker 1: going to go in to the playoffs and maybe throughout.

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Speaker 1: It strikes me back on the practice field like nothing happened.

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Speaker 1: And I from my own experience having a handful or

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Speaker 1: so of concussions, probably a smart thing for Mitch that

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Speaker 1: it probably was mild concussion. And he said, listen, I'm

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Speaker 1: I might have a little something here because he's had

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Speaker 1: six of him and he knows and it's better to

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Speaker 1: be safe, and he went through the protocols and now

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Speaker 1: he's back on the field. That's a good thing. And

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Speaker 1: to kind of align with the Bill schedule that they

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Speaker 1: faced the Chicago Bears last week, one of the bottom

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Speaker 1: feeders in the NFL, the team that's rebuilding, and then

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Speaker 1: up ahead the biggest game of the season Monday Night

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Speaker 1: Football against the eleven win Bengals. The Patriots at home

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Speaker 1: to end the season hopefully for the Bills to lock

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Speaker 1: up that one seed. So it kind of worked out.

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Speaker 1: The Bills have had a rash of injuries this season,

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Speaker 1: but this is one, like you said, probably a mild

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Speaker 1: concussion and it happened at kind of the right time

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Speaker 1: for Mitch Mark. Well, there's never a good time for

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Speaker 1: a concussion. But he is back on it and it

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Speaker 1: did work out well for the Bills. They were able

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Speaker 1: to win the game handily in Chicago, and now he

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Speaker 1: can get back on the field and feel good about it.

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Speaker 1: Boogie Basham Is also has been has a calf injury

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Speaker 1: Basham Is not going to pray today. Taiwan Jones won't

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Speaker 1: practice today. Jordan Poyer won't practice a little bit of

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Speaker 1: a knee issue for Jordan. He's had it for the

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Speaker 1: last couple of weeks. They're like that Steph Diggs is

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Speaker 1: ill and what we're not practice today and also the

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Speaker 1: twenty one day that none of these things that I

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Speaker 1: just mentioned are really earth shattering. Yeah, nothing seems to me.

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Speaker 1: I don't know that they're gonna be even pushed back

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Speaker 1: to game time decisions. I think they'll probably will probably

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Speaker 1: know tomorrow or Saturday, is to how what their's condition

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Speaker 1: is going to be for the game. The Bills also

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Speaker 1: opened the twenty one day practice window for Christian Benford,

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Speaker 1: the cornerback who broke his hand was out, has been

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Speaker 1: and they're gonna have a chance maybe when, well, whenever

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Speaker 1: who started at corner week one snap one for the

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Speaker 1: defense of the Buffalo Bills. Now he's back in the mix.

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Speaker 1: Kyer Elam has been gaining some traction. Dane Jackson been

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Speaker 1: holding it down. So yeah, I knock on wood. This

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Speaker 1: During the season in September, October, November, when there's injuries

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Speaker 1: They're not bringing someone back who probably could play. It's

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Speaker 1: all for this, it's for what you just said, Steve,

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Speaker 1: healthy as possible going into the playoffs, and like you mentioned,

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Speaker 1: it does seem like the Bills are leading in that

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Speaker 1: direction as we're heading into January. Yeah, it's all in

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Speaker 1: no getting around it. There exactly where they want to

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Speaker 1: Everybody else has got six, seven, eight losses down the road,

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Speaker 1: these three teams have begun to rise to the top

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Speaker 1: stay aligned, to get that number one seed, but just

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Speaker 1: and that's kind of inflated their record. Wherever they ultimately

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Speaker 1: matter how this game goes, they're gonna have a pretty

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Speaker 1: good record against those teams. They beat Kansas City, beat Baltimore,

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Speaker 1: and I would the Bengals are gonna find that out

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Speaker 1: that's a massive flex for me. Yeah, it's gonna get

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Speaker 1: lining with the Mitch Morris injury. And again, just like

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Speaker 1: Sean said, you know, never take a cushion lightly. But

430
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Speaker 1: it's kind of what we talked about when I was

431
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Speaker 1: on a month ago and earlier in the season with

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Speaker 1: the injuries in the secondary and the injuries long the

433
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Speaker 1: offensive line, guys like Greg Van Roten and David Quisenberry

434
00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:18,480
Speaker 1: got significant, considerable reps at different positions, Ryan Bates playing center.

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Speaker 1: It's important as you get into the playoffs where you

436
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Speaker 1: could be in a Divisional round game, Mitch Morris goes down,

437
00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,480
Speaker 1: Roger Staffeld goes down. The depth has already gotten on

438
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Speaker 1: the field and has gotten experience this season. And really

439
00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,080
Speaker 1: I thought against the Bears, not a great pass rush.

440
00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,360
Speaker 1: They gave Josh Allen time, They blocked well for the run.

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Speaker 1: It's important that throughout the course of a season you're

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Speaker 1: tapping into your full fifty three man or even ninety

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Speaker 1: man roster where you need or seventy five man roster

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00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:50,480
Speaker 1: where you need to play those depth players and let

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Speaker 1: them get time on the field to say, hey, we

446
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Speaker 1: might need to call on you in a game against

447
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Speaker 1: the Bengals or in the playoffs. Yeah, it's really good

448
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Speaker 1: that they know nobody's gonna get caught off guard. Having

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Speaker 1: back never played in it's really it's really a good

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Speaker 1: spot to be and we're gonna take a trip right

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Speaker 1: now around The NFL is presented by Kalida Healthy, Official

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Speaker 1: Healthcare System of the Buffalo Bills. You look at what's

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Speaker 1: going along around the league and the AFC West. We

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Speaker 1: thought that division with the Chiefs and the Broncos and

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Speaker 1: the Raiders and the Chargers, was going to be a

456
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Speaker 1: juggernaut this year. It has not turned out that way.

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Speaker 1: In fact, major changes come. The Denver Broncos fired Nathaniel

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00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:24,800
Speaker 1: Hackett and their head coach last week. Jerry Rossberg takes over,

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Speaker 1: and now the Vegas Raiders are benching Derek Carr for

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Speaker 1: the last two weeks of the season to finish out.

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Speaker 1: Now the Raiders, you know, it hasn't gone well for them.

462
00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,439
Speaker 1: They're six and nine, not going to the playoffs. They

463
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Speaker 1: were a playoff team last year. People forget they snuck

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Speaker 1: in last year and they were the first team that

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Speaker 1: the Bengals close put out of their you know, beat

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Speaker 1: to start their run to the Super Bowl. So the

467
00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:53,800
Speaker 1: Raiders had some rightfully so had some expectations coming in.

468
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Speaker 1: Although they don't did have a new head coach, all

469
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Speaker 1: of that stuff. It has not worked out. Derek Carr

470
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Speaker 1: and already because of the structure of his contract, the

471
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,280
Speaker 1: Raiders can release him and not get a cap hit.

472
00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,760
Speaker 1: That's huge, which means they're going to release him and

473
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Speaker 1: not get a cap hit because he just signed a

474
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Speaker 1: three year extension for one hundred and twenty one million dollars.

475
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Speaker 1: So Derek Carr is going to be available. I don't

476
00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:22,840
Speaker 1: know if I've ever seen this happen, because to go

477
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Speaker 1: one next step further is that it's not that he's

478
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Speaker 1: just getting benched. He's away from the team. He said,

479
00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:30,679
Speaker 1: he doesn't step He stepped away from the team. He

480
00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:32,600
Speaker 1: said he doesn't want to be a distraction. He's not

481
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,880
Speaker 1: going to be at practice. They're going to list him

482
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:39,080
Speaker 1: on the injury report. Is not injury related in all

483
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Speaker 1: my time, let him go home for a couple of

484
00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,520
Speaker 1: weeks covering the NFL and watching the NFL. I don't

485
00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:45,639
Speaker 1: know if I've ever seen this for a prominent player,

486
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,720
Speaker 1: a quarterback. If they win that game in Pittsburgh just

487
00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:51,720
Speaker 1: four or five days ago, they're still in the thick

488
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Speaker 1: of the wild card hunt, and now suddenly he's going

489
00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,160
Speaker 1: to be available for maybe a team like the Jets

490
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Speaker 1: or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers next season. There's a Yeah,

491
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:05,720
Speaker 1: there's a big list. There's a big Jets, New Orleans Saints, Indianapolis, Yeah,

492
00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:11,040
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay New York Giants are looking for people. Uh, Daniel,

493
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Speaker 1: if Daniel Jones does we got Carolina, Tennessee, Ryan Tannehill.

494
00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:16,960
Speaker 1: When are they gonna be done with Ryan Tannehill? If ever?

495
00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:22,919
Speaker 1: New England? Yeah, uh, Washington, very interesting, Washington. If they

496
00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,480
Speaker 1: didn't like Carson Wentz the way he finishes out Atlanta,

497
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:30,360
Speaker 1: And of course he may end up in Vegas. Yeah. Yeah,

498
00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:33,280
Speaker 1: I mean Jimmy Garoppolo exactly, everything that happened with exactly.

499
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Speaker 1: So there's a lot on the table with Derek cart

500
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Speaker 1: And I'll say this I and I. You know, whether

501
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Speaker 1: he's a great quarterback, good quarterback, a mediocre quarterback, Say

502
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Speaker 1: what you want about him. Think about what that guy

503
00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,720
Speaker 1: has done. He's been the face of that franchise longer

504
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,000
Speaker 1: than any other quarterback they've ever had. This twenty fourteen,

505
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:56,320
Speaker 1: and he went through the John Gruden cycle where John

506
00:25:56,359 --> 00:26:00,160
Speaker 1: Gruden was released from the team unceremoniously for bad email.

507
00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,320
Speaker 1: He had the wild Card a lot. This is in

508
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:07,720
Speaker 1: the last fourteen months now. Wildcard lost to since late

509
00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:12,399
Speaker 1: they lost at the goal line. Josh McDaniels comes in

510
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:16,240
Speaker 1: as a new head coach. They get his buddy Davante Adams.

511
00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:18,600
Speaker 1: He comes in so okay, they got high expectations. He

512
00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:21,000
Speaker 1: signs a three year, one hundred twenty one million dollar

513
00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:24,560
Speaker 1: contract extension, and now Jared Stidham's taken over for him.

514
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,960
Speaker 1: It's crazy. I don't know. Beyond Derek car stepping away,

515
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Speaker 1: I don't know if I've ever seen with two weeks ago,

516
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Speaker 1: maybe a week to go, I've seen it two weeks

517
00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,399
Speaker 1: ago a team almost punting on so many players I

518
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:37,760
Speaker 1: think they listed like Chandler Jones was not going to

519
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,119
Speaker 1: play this weekend. It kind of feels like Josh McDaniels

520
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:46,520
Speaker 1: that his regime is already looking forward to twenty twenty three.

521
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Speaker 1: What they're gonna do on the free agent market. The

522
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Speaker 1: one thing I will say for the Raiders that's going

523
00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:52,960
Speaker 1: to be a tough sell if they're going to try

524
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Speaker 1: to bring in maybe Tom Brady because of the connections

525
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:58,119
Speaker 1: to Josh McDaniels and the fact that he's going to

526
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Speaker 1: probably be available. I don't know what veteran quarterback is

527
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,879
Speaker 1: going to jump at the opportunity to join the AFC West.

528
00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:08,160
Speaker 1: With Justin Herbert and Patrick Mahomes in the division, that's

529
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:11,400
Speaker 1: not a great cell, even for someone like Tom Brady

530
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Speaker 1: that maybe the AFC West wasn't as deep as we

531
00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,960
Speaker 1: thought because the Broncos have kind of fallen flat. But

532
00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:19,679
Speaker 1: you still have to play four games against Patrick Mahomes

533
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:21,600
Speaker 1: and Justin Herbert next. And here's the thing too, and

534
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:27,000
Speaker 1: they're you know, they're gonna put this on Derek Carr.

535
00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:33,960
Speaker 1: I don't know if they've blown double digit leads early

536
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Speaker 1: in the season, especially at least four at least four

537
00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:39,119
Speaker 1: of them where they had double digit leads in the

538
00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:40,960
Speaker 1: second half of games and they couldn't hang on to

539
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,520
Speaker 1: the lead, if you're gonna blame the quarterback for that,

540
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,800
Speaker 1: I don't know. I would say that's that's a little

541
00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 1: bit on the coaching too. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. And Josh McDaniels, well,

542
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,879
Speaker 1: his track record is a head coach with the Denver

543
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:58,080
Speaker 1: thing and with the Indianapolis further with them, it's not yet,

544
00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,919
Speaker 1: it's not pretty. So all right, Steve tash Christ propasso here,

545
00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:02,640
Speaker 1: we're gonna take a break here. When we come back,

546
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Speaker 1: field h Is gonna come out with This is Championship

547
00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,000
Speaker 1: Week in Fantasy football Land, so field h Is gonna

548
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Speaker 1: give his ultimate fantasy lineup, presented by FanDuel we'll do

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Speaker 1: that right after the break. You're listening to Buffalo Bill's

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Speaker 1: Radio and this is One Bills Live. Welcome back to

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Speaker 1: One Bill's Live. Steve Tasker Chris Trapasso here with you

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Speaker 1: today and we're please be joined by our fantasy football guru,

553
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Speaker 1: Field Yates, who's got his fan Duel Ultimate Fantasy Lineup

554
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Speaker 1: lined up for us today, presented by FanDuel Field. How

555
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,960
Speaker 1: are you man? Is Championship week? Are we just all tingly?

556
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:49,880
Speaker 1: You know, I'm not exactly sure how to describe the

557
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:53,760
Speaker 1: emotions of this week. I'm a little bit nervous, sighted hopeful,

558
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:56,600
Speaker 1: but you know, the good vibe from the holidays are

559
00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:58,600
Speaker 1: carrying over. But I want to check in on you guys.

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Speaker 1: Everybody doing okay up there? It's been you know, obviously

561
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,880
Speaker 1: weather is often a concern in Western New York this

562
00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:05,520
Speaker 1: time of the year. But everybody's getting to work okay

563
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,640
Speaker 1: and all that. Well, yeah, we had a slow start

564
00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 1: to the week, but now everybody's back in the saddle.

565
00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:11,200
Speaker 1: We're kind of getting back to normal. But yeah, it

566
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:15,920
Speaker 1: was a rough, rough Christmas weekend, no question about it. Okay, Well,

567
00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:18,600
Speaker 1: I'm glad that things are hopefully leveling off a little bit.

568
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:22,880
Speaker 1: I did see some of the post the videos from

569
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:26,200
Speaker 1: Bill's players coming back from the game and with like

570
00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,720
Speaker 1: what looked like feet of snow on top of their car.

571
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,680
Speaker 1: So yeah, it was glad to see people are yeah,

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00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,000
Speaker 1: that's that's that's unfortunately kind of the nature of the

573
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:36,479
Speaker 1: beast up there, right. Yeah, you learn to live with it,

574
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,520
Speaker 1: whether you like it or not. So yeah, we're doing

575
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:42,720
Speaker 1: good though. Thanks for thanks for asking. I appreciate it.

576
00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 1: We this fantasy and this is championship week in fantasy, right,

577
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:50,120
Speaker 1: and so this is a problem now because it's also

578
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,080
Speaker 1: the point where you've got a team like the Titans

579
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:56,840
Speaker 1: and the Cowboys are the Titans. It's like they're on

580
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,320
Speaker 1: the way to the stadium and there's a bus crash

581
00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:03,160
Speaker 1: and third of their players can't play. I mean, this

582
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:07,040
Speaker 1: is this is hard. This is really tough. I mean,

583
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,800
Speaker 1: between the fact that there is a case to be

584
00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:12,880
Speaker 1: made that there really isn't anything at stake tonight, plus

585
00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:15,640
Speaker 1: all the players that are sitting out, this has the

586
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Speaker 1: feel of like the Hall of Fame game in the

587
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:21,360
Speaker 1: preseason right where you've got Josh Dobbs starting a quarterback,

588
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:26,440
Speaker 1: You've got Son Haskins and Julius Chestnuts playing running back

589
00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:29,800
Speaker 1: tonight and a bunch of unfamiliar faces on defense. So

590
00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:32,640
Speaker 1: if you have Derek Henry on your fantasy team, you're

591
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,800
Speaker 1: sitting there saying to yourself, wait, what happened to my guy?

592
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,320
Speaker 1: The guy who has been so good for me all year,

593
00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,720
Speaker 1: the only bright spot in that Titans offense. Well, the

594
00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:44,560
Speaker 1: answer is you don't have them tonight. So a tough

595
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,320
Speaker 1: time for those that have Derrick Henry on their rosters

596
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Speaker 1: and are still alive for that fantasy. Does it work?

597
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,200
Speaker 1: Is it? Does it work? Both ways? Though? And before

598
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,840
Speaker 1: we get into your lineup, because look, I mean they've

599
00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:57,720
Speaker 1: got like nine guys on defense. They're sitting down right,

600
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Speaker 1: I mean, now that does that make the Cowboys more attractive?

601
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:06,280
Speaker 1: It does? Somebody or some buddies for the Cowboys are

602
00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:08,840
Speaker 1: going to have a big night tonight, right, And Tony

603
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 1: Poller unlikely to play for Dallas, So whether that Zeke

604
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:13,720
Speaker 1: Elliott having the best game of his season. But Zeke

605
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 1: has been on a tear of late, so I don't

606
00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:17,320
Speaker 1: know how he can get much better. He scored a

607
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:20,000
Speaker 1: rushing touchdown an eighth straight game that he has played

608
00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,760
Speaker 1: in Dak Prescott was the highest scoring quarterback in all

609
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:26,840
Speaker 1: of Fantasy last week. See Lamb is a star. Excuse me.

610
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 1: So it sounds like somebody will go off tonight for

611
00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:31,880
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. It just hard to determine who that somebody

612
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,840
Speaker 1: will be because the Titans really struggle to defend the

613
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,640
Speaker 1: pass and normally really do a good job at offending

614
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,640
Speaker 1: the run. But Jeffrey Simmons, who's there, probably their best

615
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:44,280
Speaker 1: player besides Derrick Henry, is out tonight. So a tough

616
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:47,920
Speaker 1: matchup for the Tennessee defense and the Tennessee offense. All right, well,

617
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,240
Speaker 1: let's get into your lineup. Just start with a quarterback,

618
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:54,880
Speaker 1: Brock Purty from San Francisco, and they're at Las Vegas.

619
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Speaker 1: They are, And you know, in daily Fantasy, you're always

620
00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:00,120
Speaker 1: looking for a matchup that you can take advantage of,

621
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 1: and the Raiders have been one of the most generous

622
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:05,840
Speaker 1: matchups to opposing quarterbacks throughout the season. Purty, as you

623
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,959
Speaker 1: guys know, has just been really really solid filling in

624
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:12,520
Speaker 1: for Jimmy Garoppolo, who's filling in for Trey Lance. He

625
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 1: has multiple passing touchdowns and each of his three starts.

626
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:17,920
Speaker 1: As you guys also are well aware of, the four

627
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:21,440
Speaker 1: nine Ers have great run after the catch players, so

628
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,760
Speaker 1: even if brock Purty only completes twenty balls, it might

629
00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:28,040
Speaker 1: go for Tanner twelve yards per completion and that could

630
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:31,000
Speaker 1: turn into a two hundred plus yard day. He's been

631
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:34,200
Speaker 1: very good about protecting the football as well, so negative

632
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:36,960
Speaker 1: points aren't quite likely here for brock Purty. I like

633
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,760
Speaker 1: him against the Raiders this week. I really like that pick,

634
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,040
Speaker 1: especially with a little stack that we have later on

635
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,960
Speaker 1: in this lineup. But moving to running back. Now, we've

636
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,040
Speaker 1: talked about teams playing in games in Week seventeen that

637
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:51,000
Speaker 1: are meaningless, and now suddenly we have the Green Bay

638
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,240
Speaker 1: Packers and the Minnesota Vikings playing in the game that

639
00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:55,680
Speaker 1: has a whole lot at stake. Could you have for

640
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Speaker 1: your first running back spot, No question about it, Chris,

641
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 1: who are spot on there with AJ Dillon and Jamal Williams.

642
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:04,000
Speaker 1: I'll give it the two for one special at running

643
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,600
Speaker 1: back price at seventy two hundred and sixty six hundred, respectively,

644
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:09,840
Speaker 1: have lots to play for and AJ Dillon, as you

645
00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:12,400
Speaker 1: just alluded to, the Packers are all of a sudden

646
00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:14,959
Speaker 1: back in the playoff picture in the NFC. They need

647
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,920
Speaker 1: to win their final two games and get a bit

648
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 1: of help from the Commanders or the Giants, the Commanders

649
00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:22,800
Speaker 1: being the more likely path, having to lose just once

650
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 1: in their final two games. But Dylon has been red

651
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,120
Speaker 1: hot of late for the Packers. He has scored in

652
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:31,160
Speaker 1: four straight games. And as we saw this past Sunday

653
00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:34,200
Speaker 1: on Christmas Day, Aaron Jones got that ankle injury that's

654
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,920
Speaker 1: been has been sort of holding him up just a

655
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,720
Speaker 1: little bit. He's been limited a tiny bit of late,

656
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Speaker 1: and especially this past Sunday, we saw it really make

657
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:46,280
Speaker 1: a difference for AJ Dillon. Meanwhile, Tama Williams, you know,

658
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:48,160
Speaker 1: as you guys I'm sure are well aware, off he

659
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:51,000
Speaker 1: leads the NFL and rushing touchdowns this season. It's hard

660
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,400
Speaker 1: to count on or predict when those touchdowns will come.

661
00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:55,960
Speaker 1: That being said, there's a matchup to do it. It's

662
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:59,840
Speaker 1: the Bears. Bears have been really really struggling on defense

663
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:02,640
Speaker 1: of late, just because of all the players they traded

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Speaker 1: the way, plus the talent efficiency. So wouldn't surprise me

665
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,720
Speaker 1: if the Lions move the ball effectively. And what you're

666
00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:10,719
Speaker 1: looking for from Jamal Williams is punching in once or twice, right,

667
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:13,640
Speaker 1: just got a couple of touchdowns, which I know sounds

668
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 1: ridiculous to ask for a couple of touchdowns, but he's

669
00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 1: done five times already this season, so it wouldn't surprise

670
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,719
Speaker 1: me if he finds the end zone once again this

671
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 1: upcoming Sunday. And then you get to the money players,

672
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:27,000
Speaker 1: the wide receivers, and you go back to the San

673
00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,279
Speaker 1: Francisco matchup, and then of course you take one of

674
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,960
Speaker 1: the obvious guys in the league, justin Jefferson tell us

675
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:35,920
Speaker 1: about the three wideouts. Yeah, so, as Chris mentioned, there

676
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,160
Speaker 1: is a actually a triple stack for me in this lineup.

677
00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 1: Brandon Aiyuk price at sixty six hundred dollars. Again, that

678
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:43,680
Speaker 1: matchup against the Raiders is just too tasty to avoid.

679
00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:48,200
Speaker 1: John Dotson for the Washington Commanders against the Browns, not

680
00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:50,680
Speaker 1: like the matchup is one that I'm totally thrilled about.

681
00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:54,200
Speaker 1: But when Carson Wentz it's been under center. It feels

682
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,560
Speaker 1: like John Dotson has been a much more useful player

683
00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:59,680
Speaker 1: in that Commander's offense, and he's a big play waiting

684
00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:01,799
Speaker 1: the half. Then he keeps finding the end zone. Those

685
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,480
Speaker 1: things matter, especially at the price point of just sixty

686
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:07,200
Speaker 1: one hundred dollars, and then Justin Jefferson. I don't think

687
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:11,400
Speaker 1: it needs an explanation. Justin Jefferson is he's leading the

688
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:15,480
Speaker 1: NFL in receptions and receiving yards. He's somewhere in the

689
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,840
Speaker 1: MVP conversation, even if it's likely on the outskirts. You know,

690
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:21,960
Speaker 1: it's really probably coming down to jail and Hurst, Patrick Mahomes,

691
00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:26,000
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, and Joe Burrow. But this he's just been unbelievable.

692
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,240
Speaker 1: It's one of the greatest wide receiver seasons you'll ever see,

693
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 1: and he is worth the price every single week. Right,

694
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,399
Speaker 1: That's why he's ninety two hundred bucks because he's such

695
00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:35,960
Speaker 1: having such a monster season. Yeah, and then moving to

696
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:39,799
Speaker 1: tight end the end of this triple stack, talk to

697
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:44,720
Speaker 1: us about George Kittle and kind of the surprising connection

698
00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:48,160
Speaker 1: that he's immediately had with Brock Purty. You know, well,

699
00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:49,560
Speaker 1: you know, George Kittle and I are kind of on

700
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:51,080
Speaker 1: the outs right now because he's sent me home in

701
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:54,759
Speaker 1: two different Fantasy playoffs last week. So I'm not sure

702
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:57,600
Speaker 1: that I really believe in this pick with my heart,

703
00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:00,759
Speaker 1: but my no, I'm kidding. I had and my heart

704
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,759
Speaker 1: both agree with this pick because George Kittle such a

705
00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:07,520
Speaker 1: dynamic playmaker and no Deebo Samuel has really helped George

706
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:09,680
Speaker 1: Kittle get back on the map in terms of his

707
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:14,280
Speaker 1: consistent production and was awesome last week and Daily Fantasy

708
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:17,360
Speaker 1: for those that either are tuning into this segment for

709
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,560
Speaker 1: the first time the season or just not too totally

710
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:22,360
Speaker 1: familiar is you're looking for. Edges and stacks are very

711
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:25,360
Speaker 1: popular in fantasy, and with the way that George Kittle

712
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,080
Speaker 1: has played over the past two weeks, he has put

713
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:31,440
Speaker 1: himself on the shortlist for Fantasy Football Playoff MVP and

714
00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:35,879
Speaker 1: also a very worthwhile pay up in Daily Fantasy at

715
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,879
Speaker 1: seventy four hundred dollars. There aren't too many tight ends

716
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:41,280
Speaker 1: that are worth the price of admission in Daily Fantasy,

717
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:43,719
Speaker 1: but George Kittle has become one of those players with

718
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:46,680
Speaker 1: this recent streak of production. And then your flex is

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00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 1: a former Buffalo bill draft pick Zay Jones with Jacksonville.

720
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:56,360
Speaker 1: Interesting choice here, So last week we saw Zay Jones

721
00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 1: come way back down to earth on Thursday night against

722
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,080
Speaker 1: the Jets, but that was a game in which there

723
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:03,800
Speaker 1: was a trrential downpour as we all know, and also

724
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,360
Speaker 1: the Jets have very very good cornerbacks, as you guys

725
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 1: are well aware of. This week they played the Texans,

726
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 1: and the Texans are so limited in the secondary right now.

727
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:15,080
Speaker 1: Their top take, Derek Stingley Junr. Has been banged up

728
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,399
Speaker 1: and on ir So the question we have to ask

729
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,439
Speaker 1: yourself is this is Jacksonville going to throw it enough?

730
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:24,359
Speaker 1: Because the Texans, if you look at them, statistically, don't

731
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:27,120
Speaker 1: allow a ton of Fantasy points to opposing wide receivers

732
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,960
Speaker 1: or touchdowns to opposing wide receivers because teams are too

733
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,399
Speaker 1: busy jamming it down their throat on the running game

734
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:34,640
Speaker 1: or through the running game. I should say, at being

735
00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:37,359
Speaker 1: said at sixty three hundred bucks, I don't think that's

736
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:40,080
Speaker 1: a prohibitive price for Zay Jones, and I think with

737
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:42,400
Speaker 1: the way that Trevor Lawrence has been spinning it recently,

738
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:45,480
Speaker 1: they'll be able to throw it effectively enough. All right, Now,

739
00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:48,600
Speaker 1: let's finish with the defense. Now here in Western New York,

740
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:53,080
Speaker 1: if playing fantasy from early two thousands to twenty nineteen,

741
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:57,560
Speaker 1: you would avoid any defense facing Tom Brady. But you're

742
00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:00,319
Speaker 1: picking a team that's actually going against Tom Brady and

743
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:05,960
Speaker 1: this kind of struggling, awkward Tampa Bay Buccaneers offense. Yeah,

744
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:09,439
Speaker 1: it's been so so tough to watch. They've been just bad.

745
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:12,080
Speaker 1: And the Panthers impressed me with the way that they've

746
00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:14,760
Speaker 1: played under head coach Steve Wilkes on an interim basis.

747
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 1: We'll see if he gets the jovable time or not,

748
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:19,759
Speaker 1: but they have pass rushers, specifically Brian Burns, that can

749
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,440
Speaker 1: really impact the quarterback. The Bucks offensive line has been

750
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,960
Speaker 1: a disaster of late with injuries mounting. The quarterback room

751
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:28,400
Speaker 1: in Carolina a little bit limited with J. C. Horne

752
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:30,480
Speaker 1: probably not going to play in this game after suffering

753
00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:34,920
Speaker 1: broken wrist. But it's an opportunity to pay down a defense.

754
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:38,960
Speaker 1: I like to almost always do that and this Bucks offense.

755
00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:42,000
Speaker 1: Are you afraid of them putting thirty points on the board,

756
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:44,080
Speaker 1: because I'm not. With the way that they have been playing,

757
00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 1: It's been a lot of like seven yard yards and

758
00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 1: a cloud of dust in the passing game. And then,

759
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:51,680
Speaker 1: if you like field goals, Ryan Suckup has been really

760
00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:53,560
Speaker 1: good for you because the Bucks set up for a

761
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:56,320
Speaker 1: ton of them. That much is for sure. Field You

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Speaker 1: Age fan Duel, thanks so much for giving us your

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00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:01,200
Speaker 1: ultimate fantasy lineup. Thanks for checking in again with us.

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Speaker 1: I hope you had a great holiday season and the

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00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,960
Speaker 1: New Year treats you well. Thanks baby, are you looking

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00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:08,840
Speaker 1: forward to it next week? Chris, great job filling in

767
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:11,280
Speaker 1: for the other Chris, and I can't wait for Monday

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Speaker 1: Night Football. Baby. This should be awesome. It is a

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Speaker 1: big one. Thank you, field Ate, Steve Tasker, Chris Trapasso,

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Speaker 1: One Bills Live. We're gonna take a break here. When

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00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:20,239
Speaker 1: we come back, we're gonna do we have a quick

772
00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:22,920
Speaker 1: little how to do maybe about the Buffalo Bills Foundation,

773
00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:25,680
Speaker 1: what they're doing for the Buffalo for the Buffalo community

774
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:29,080
Speaker 1: and the response to the blizzard. And at the top

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Speaker 1: of the hour, we're gonna have Hall of Famer Thurman

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00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:33,680
Speaker 1: Thomas in the studio. So stay with a Steve Tasker

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00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:36,960
Speaker 1: Chris Trapasso on Buffalo Bill's Radio. You're listening to One

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00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:55,400
Speaker 1: Bill's Live. Welcome back with One Bill's Live. Steve Tasker,

779
00:39:55,480 --> 00:40:00,239
Speaker 1: Chris Trapasso end today for Chris Brown. We're talking about

780
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,400
Speaker 1: the Bills Bengals matchup coming up on Monday Night Football.

781
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 1: Of course, everybody you know, Bill's Mafia is going crazy

782
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:09,440
Speaker 1: over this game, and so is the NFL world at large,

783
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:14,239
Speaker 1: because this is a this is a big one. This

784
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:18,240
Speaker 1: is really gonna be a fun game to watch. Everybody's

785
00:40:18,239 --> 00:40:20,719
Speaker 1: talking about it. The Bills are walking on the road

786
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,160
Speaker 1: and to go out to Cincinnati and take on you know,

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Speaker 1: one of the best two of the one of the

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00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:28,640
Speaker 1: best two other teams in the AFC. So we're talking

789
00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:30,880
Speaker 1: about that. One of the things that happened. If you weren't,

790
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:33,040
Speaker 1: if you were living under a rock or or something,

791
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:35,960
Speaker 1: you knew that the Buffalo community was hit by a

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00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:38,160
Speaker 1: blizzard over the weekend. It came out today that the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Foundation is donating one hundred thousand dollars, matched

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00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:49,960
Speaker 1: by the NFL Foundation with one hundred thousand dollars to

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Speaker 1: help the city of Buffalo and all the Western New

796
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:58,480
Speaker 1: York response to the blizzard. Also, high Mark and BCBSWN

797
00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:01,040
Speaker 1: Western New York are committing one hundred thousand as well

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00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:04,399
Speaker 1: to relief efforts. Some of us going to go out

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00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,520
Speaker 1: right away to help short term victims and all those stuff,

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Speaker 1: but it's also allocated to the future needs of the

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00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:14,839
Speaker 1: community as we move forward and perhaps in future months

802
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:18,359
Speaker 1: or years have to go through this again. So good

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00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:22,759
Speaker 1: on the Buffalo Bills, high Mark and the others who

804
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:26,280
Speaker 1: have donated and are willing to help out the community

805
00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:28,960
Speaker 1: that's been so good to us. Yeah, and it's not surprising.

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00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:33,120
Speaker 1: I mean, to me, the Buffalo community and the Buffalo

807
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:35,160
Speaker 1: Bills are kind of hand in hand, probably more so

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00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:37,200
Speaker 1: than any other team in the NFL. Maybe Green Bay

809
00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:40,080
Speaker 1: because that's a smaller town too, But in terms of

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00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:44,440
Speaker 1: a city that I think means so much, or a

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00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:46,720
Speaker 1: team that means so much to a city and a region,

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00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:50,200
Speaker 1: it's not surprising that the Bills have offered up this

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00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 1: money to help out a lot of families that not

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00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:54,799
Speaker 1: only just had to deal with a snowstorm, but had

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Speaker 1: to deal with it on Christmas weekend and people were traveling,

816
00:41:57,880 --> 00:41:59,720
Speaker 1: and I think that's why it was a more devastating

817
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:02,840
Speaker 1: snow storm than what we normally see here in Western

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Speaker 1: New York. And what's great too, is that Thurman Thomas,

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00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:06,480
Speaker 1: who we're going to talk to in a little bit,

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00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,520
Speaker 1: his foundation has chipped in as well. It's just power

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00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:13,480
Speaker 1: for the course for what the Bills as an organization

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Speaker 1: and how this community comes together in these times of

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Speaker 1: the year. And I'm sure most of our listeners have

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Speaker 1: places where they, you know, they give regularly or something

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00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:23,960
Speaker 1: that touches them and they're involved with and I the

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Speaker 1: reason I like, you know Thurman and Patty Doings. I

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Speaker 1: trust Thurman, I know them, they're friends of mine, So

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Speaker 1: I trust Thurman Patty. I know all the money I

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Speaker 1: go to they're gonna work hard to make sure it

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Speaker 1: gets to people who need it and where it can

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Speaker 1: do the most good. That's that's great to hear too.

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Speaker 1: So it is something special about this community that you've got.

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00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:42,400
Speaker 1: You know, a couple of Hall of famers from those

834
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Speaker 1: old nineties teams Gym and Thurm live in town and

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Speaker 1: they keep their finger on the pulse of what's going on,

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Speaker 1: and they help whenever they can, and they lend their

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Speaker 1: cachet to it. And good for them. So everybody jumping

838
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:55,879
Speaker 1: on board to help the community out, to get back

839
00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:59,920
Speaker 1: on our feet from the blizzard that I don't know

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00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,200
Speaker 1: what is it? Is this one gonna have I know

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00:43:02,239 --> 00:43:04,759
Speaker 1: it's a blizzard of twenty two? Is this one gonna

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00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 1: have a name like s November? I think storm. I

843
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:12,040
Speaker 1: think because Blizzard of seventy seven, Blizzard of twenty two,

844
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:14,960
Speaker 1: there's a little bit of alignment there. So that's I've heard.

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00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:18,479
Speaker 1: Just the Christmas blizzard, but I think Blizzard of twenty

846
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:20,879
Speaker 1: two is probably the one that's gonna stick. Okay, I'm

847
00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:23,960
Speaker 1: good with it. Yeah, me too. I'm I'm glad it's over.

848
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:27,520
Speaker 1: It's gonna get warmer here fifty Today I felt like

849
00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:31,440
Speaker 1: I should wear shorts to work. It really does feel

850
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:35,360
Speaker 1: vastly different than it did over the weekend. It's amazing

851
00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:38,200
Speaker 1: how once you spend some time in the deep freeze,

852
00:43:38,239 --> 00:43:40,560
Speaker 1: just getting into the refrigerator feels warm, you know. Yeah,

853
00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 1: And it's it's huge with all the snow removal that's

854
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:46,279
Speaker 1: been going on, Like I think just today in the

855
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:48,440
Speaker 1: city of Buffalo, they lifted the driving band. They're getting

856
00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:51,080
Speaker 1: some help from other nature that this snow is gonna melt.

857
00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:53,719
Speaker 1: So that's that's helpful. Yeah, thanks, and thanks to all

858
00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:55,840
Speaker 1: the guys. I know that there's a ton of guys

859
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:59,640
Speaker 1: out there driving high lifts. And we were in at

860
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:03,759
Speaker 1: my home last night. You know, we have people in

861
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:05,680
Speaker 1: for the weekend. We were all snowed in, so, you know,

862
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:07,520
Speaker 1: so we kind of started to spread out a little

863
00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:10,759
Speaker 1: bit over this last couple of days and there was

864
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:14,359
Speaker 1: high lifts up and down. Hit the roads are clear, andy,

865
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:16,160
Speaker 1: but they got a you know, they got big piles

866
00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:17,640
Speaker 1: of snow that they're trying to do something with now,

867
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:19,200
Speaker 1: so that you know what I mean. So those big

868
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:21,719
Speaker 1: machines are driving up and down the village streets over

869
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:24,160
Speaker 1: there all night. And actually during the break, one of

870
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:27,279
Speaker 1: my friends just texted me and who lives downtown And

871
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:31,440
Speaker 1: there's still the National Guard in downtown Buffalo helping remove

872
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:34,439
Speaker 1: the snow, get cars out of the street that had

873
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:37,480
Speaker 1: to be abandoned people during the storm. So this was

874
00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:39,160
Speaker 1: something that got all the way up to the White House,

875
00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:41,759
Speaker 1: and President Biden had to, you know, issue a state

876
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:45,759
Speaker 1: of emergency to give federal funds and federal resources. So

877
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:48,440
Speaker 1: this was serious. And it's thanks to all those troops,

878
00:44:48,520 --> 00:44:51,960
Speaker 1: the National Guard, and the cops and the ambulance drivers

879
00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:54,359
Speaker 1: and all the guys driving plows. You know, it's it's

880
00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:56,279
Speaker 1: a cottage industry here in Western New York. I mean,

881
00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:57,920
Speaker 1: he got your buddy, he's got a plow. He does.

882
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:00,759
Speaker 1: All those guys that help people out, um, the people

883
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:02,879
Speaker 1: who reached out and brought people into their homes when

884
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:06,400
Speaker 1: they lost power, burst pipes. Well, we're all in it together,

885
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:08,160
Speaker 1: and it's a it's a great sign of and how

886
00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:10,400
Speaker 1: great a city we live in, so um, I just

887
00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:12,000
Speaker 1: wanted to bring that up today and say thanks to

888
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:15,640
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills Foundation. Kalida I'm not Kalida high Mark

889
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:18,839
Speaker 1: and just say thanks for that. And Thurman and Patty.

890
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:21,520
Speaker 1: Thurman's coming on right after this break. We're gonna step away.

891
00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:24,040
Speaker 1: Thurman Thomas, hall of Famer, is gonna come in. We're

892
00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:26,600
Speaker 1: gonna talk about the Cincinnati Bengals hosting the Buffalo Bills

893
00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:28,879
Speaker 1: on Monday Night football. We'll be back right after this.

894
00:45:28,880 --> 00:46:19,400
Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bills Radio Lease. These One Bill's Lives

895
00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:24,520
Speaker 1: presented by Called Light Health. Welcome back to One Bill's

896
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:28,040
Speaker 1: Lives Chief tasker Chris Trapasso, who is in for Chris Brown,

897
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:30,040
Speaker 1: who's off today, and we are please be joined in

898
00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:35,080
Speaker 1: studio by Hall of Famer Buffalo Bill Great Thurman Thomas

899
00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:37,279
Speaker 1: making his weekly visit. It's good to see him. Man,

900
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:39,560
Speaker 1: you you've been down. You actually drove down to the

901
00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:44,200
Speaker 1: city just shovel just to show you. Yeah. Absolutely, man,

902
00:46:44,280 --> 00:46:46,200
Speaker 1: you know what, I guess you know she has this

903
00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:48,719
Speaker 1: in her you know what. It may not be a lot,

904
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:51,520
Speaker 1: but it means a lot to other people for us

905
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:54,000
Speaker 1: to come down and just be a part of on

906
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:56,680
Speaker 1: social too. She went and said, hey, the family Thomas

907
00:46:56,680 --> 00:46:59,399
Speaker 1: Family Foundations putting out let's make donations. You can give

908
00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:00,560
Speaker 1: it to us. We're going to give it to the

909
00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:02,480
Speaker 1: people who need it in the city. And you got

910
00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:08,600
Speaker 1: fifty thousand dollars. Yeah, so you know, we'll see where

911
00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:10,719
Speaker 1: you know that money will go. But you know it's

912
00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:12,600
Speaker 1: still kind of early. You know we're getting the rain

913
00:47:12,719 --> 00:47:16,040
Speaker 1: this week and that it might be flooding. So yeah,

914
00:47:16,239 --> 00:47:18,040
Speaker 1: you know, so you know, every little bit helps, though,

915
00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:21,120
Speaker 1: every little bit helps exactly right. So are you gonna

916
00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:24,120
Speaker 1: Are you on board with the Blizzard of twenty two, Moniker,

917
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:25,680
Speaker 1: or do we need a name it something else, like

918
00:47:25,719 --> 00:47:27,840
Speaker 1: the Christmas Blizzard or something. I think we need a

919
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:30,800
Speaker 1: name of something else. Yeah, I don't Blizzard of twenty

920
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:34,040
Speaker 1: two doesn't sound that good. I don't know Blizzard is

921
00:47:34,080 --> 00:47:39,000
Speaker 1: a Blizzard. It is too we got this game. I

922
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:40,440
Speaker 1: don't know. If you heard the Bills are playing the

923
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:44,600
Speaker 1: Bengals Funday night. Yeah, I have heard about and it

924
00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:49,400
Speaker 1: is shaping up to be gigundonormous. I mean, this is

925
00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:52,799
Speaker 1: if it's really something, because this is a team that's

926
00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:56,920
Speaker 1: the Bengals are really good. Yeah, the Bills, and a

927
00:47:56,960 --> 00:48:00,880
Speaker 1: lot of are better statistically and he compared to around

928
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:02,360
Speaker 1: the league. But they're on the Bills are gonna be

929
00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:04,920
Speaker 1: on the road, and this these two teams are pretty close,

930
00:48:05,320 --> 00:48:07,799
Speaker 1: and they're at the top of the conference. It's gonna

931
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:09,360
Speaker 1: be fun to watch. It's gonna be fun to watching

932
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:11,040
Speaker 1: these two. Like you said, they're at the top, and

933
00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:13,640
Speaker 1: you look at Burrow and look at Alan. I mean,

934
00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:16,040
Speaker 1: they've already beat my homes this year, so I mean,

935
00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:18,640
Speaker 1: both of those guys having so it's now it's time

936
00:48:18,719 --> 00:48:21,799
Speaker 1: for one of these guys here to lead one of

937
00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:24,000
Speaker 1: the teams. I mean, obviously we would love to have

938
00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:27,560
Speaker 1: home field advantage and this would be you know, to me,

939
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:33,680
Speaker 1: Monday night, playoffs start. Yeah, I agree with that. Yeah, yeah,

940
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:36,239
Speaker 1: I think the playoffs start. That's your mindset going into

941
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:39,319
Speaker 1: the game. I think will be relatively healthy going into

942
00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:43,640
Speaker 1: this football game, and Miss Morris is back on the field,

943
00:48:43,640 --> 00:48:46,319
Speaker 1: so you know, I mean, it's it's a game of

944
00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:48,799
Speaker 1: the year for me. And I don't think whether the

945
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:51,399
Speaker 1: whether it's gonna be good or bad. I think you're

946
00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:55,839
Speaker 1: gonna see two really quality football teams out there trying

947
00:48:55,840 --> 00:48:57,880
Speaker 1: to win this trying to get the number one seed.

948
00:48:58,120 --> 00:49:03,520
Speaker 1: And remember this Perenian mixer. Cincinnata loves the run the ball. Yeah,

949
00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:05,680
Speaker 1: they love the run the ball. And so our running

950
00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:07,279
Speaker 1: game has gotten a little bit better over the past

951
00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:09,200
Speaker 1: three four weeks. So you know, it could be one

952
00:49:09,239 --> 00:49:11,120
Speaker 1: of those games where we're running just to keep that

953
00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:14,080
Speaker 1: other team off. If I get ten possessions, I hope

954
00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:17,640
Speaker 1: they only get seven, right, Yeah, that's what you gotta do.

955
00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:20,799
Speaker 1: This is um. You know, the Bills have not won.

956
00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:23,040
Speaker 1: This is sixth straight they've won. They haven't won seven

957
00:49:23,080 --> 00:49:26,000
Speaker 1: straight since nineteen ninety when we won eight in a row. Oh,

958
00:49:26,280 --> 00:49:30,840
Speaker 1: let's say we Um, you can say, hey, I'm willing.

959
00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:34,120
Speaker 1: I'm willing to check that right off to the Bengals

960
00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:37,400
Speaker 1: are eight or three and oz against the AFCs. The

961
00:49:37,719 --> 00:49:40,719
Speaker 1: Bengals swept are the division this year up until this game.

962
00:49:40,719 --> 00:49:43,840
Speaker 1: We'll see, we'll see. Um. The Bengals have only seventeen

963
00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:46,360
Speaker 1: giveaways on the season. That's tied for six fewest in

964
00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:48,120
Speaker 1: the NFL. So they don't give it away a ton.

965
00:49:48,960 --> 00:49:52,080
Speaker 1: They're converting forty seven percent of the third downs this season.

966
00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:54,960
Speaker 1: That's top five in the NFL, behind the Bills, Chiefs

967
00:49:54,960 --> 00:50:00,359
Speaker 1: and Eagles. So the Bengals, right, but they're here. The thing,

968
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:03,400
Speaker 1: they've only got twenty six sacks this season, that's fourth

969
00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:06,680
Speaker 1: fust in the league. They don't pressure the quarterback very much, right,

970
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:10,359
Speaker 1: and they have that magic number of twenty points. They're

971
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:12,799
Speaker 1: eleven and one this season when they score twenty or

972
00:50:12,840 --> 00:50:15,160
Speaker 1: more points, but they're oo and three when they score

973
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:19,880
Speaker 1: fewer than twenty. Yeah. My thing in this game Joe Burrow, Like,

974
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:22,319
Speaker 1: I think the biggest difference between Joe Burrow and Josh

975
00:50:22,360 --> 00:50:26,080
Speaker 1: Allen is their escapability. Joe Burrow when he gets pressured,

976
00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:28,719
Speaker 1: he has one of the higher pressure to sac rates

977
00:50:28,719 --> 00:50:32,400
Speaker 1: in the NFL twenty four percent. Josh Allen's only fourteen percent.

978
00:50:32,440 --> 00:50:34,440
Speaker 1: So Josh Allen we know can get out of trouble.

979
00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:37,600
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow is actually very close to Mac Jones in

980
00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:40,600
Speaker 1: terms of his mobility. They're right, They're very similar. So

981
00:50:40,680 --> 00:50:43,600
Speaker 1: I think that in the trenches, the difference between these

982
00:50:43,640 --> 00:50:47,200
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks could ultimately be what determines this game. Yeah, yeah,

983
00:50:47,560 --> 00:50:49,400
Speaker 1: I think so. I mean you look at both of them, like,

984
00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:53,799
Speaker 1: you know, if we get a pass for us, that's

985
00:50:53,880 --> 00:50:56,840
Speaker 1: huge in this game, huge in this game, right, Yeah,

986
00:50:56,880 --> 00:51:00,879
Speaker 1: it's huge in this game man. Yeah, you know, those

987
00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:03,160
Speaker 1: guys have been well in the last couple of day

988
00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:06,760
Speaker 1: weeks without VA, but they need to keep that same intensity,

989
00:51:06,920 --> 00:51:11,080
Speaker 1: you know. But since Cincinnati doesn't get home as much,

990
00:51:11,120 --> 00:51:13,400
Speaker 1: they don't bless a lot. No, will this be an

991
00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:16,400
Speaker 1: opportunity for us now don't to see the deep ball again? Maybe,

992
00:51:16,440 --> 00:51:18,000
Speaker 1: I mean it's gonna be warm. I mean, yeah, it's

993
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:19,600
Speaker 1: gonna be warm enough. But I mean those are the

994
00:51:19,640 --> 00:51:21,319
Speaker 1: I mean, we haven't seen the long ball here says

995
00:51:21,360 --> 00:51:25,680
Speaker 1: what week six? Maybe yeah, So maybe this is an

996
00:51:25,719 --> 00:51:28,439
Speaker 1: opportunity to say, Okay, yeah, give me a little extra time.

997
00:51:28,560 --> 00:51:30,959
Speaker 1: They can't get here if they rush forward, they really

998
00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:33,480
Speaker 1: can't get here. The numbers saying, so give me a

999
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:35,880
Speaker 1: little extra time, give me a couple of extra seconds.

1000
00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:37,680
Speaker 1: So maybe see if I can get Gabe or stuff

1001
00:51:38,680 --> 00:51:41,680
Speaker 1: about Joe Burrow and you men made the comparison to

1002
00:51:41,840 --> 00:51:47,360
Speaker 1: Mac Jones. Um, Joe's different than Mac Jones because Burrow

1003
00:51:48,719 --> 00:51:51,480
Speaker 1: stays in the pocket deliberately and delivers the ball plus

1004
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:54,600
Speaker 1: one reason. There's a couple of reasons. One reason, big reasons.

1005
00:51:54,600 --> 00:51:57,000
Speaker 1: Because he's got three guys out there, somebody's gonna open

1006
00:51:57,640 --> 00:52:01,200
Speaker 1: he throws it up somebody gonna catch h and he

1007
00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:03,960
Speaker 1: is almost and they call him Joe cool, but his

1008
00:52:04,200 --> 00:52:05,960
Speaker 1: his You really got to tip your hat to him.

1009
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:08,480
Speaker 1: He's he's a really good quarterback at a young age.

1010
00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:13,080
Speaker 1: He throws it away with the nonchalance of man throwing

1011
00:52:13,160 --> 00:52:16,080
Speaker 1: a tin can into a recycling band. He don't care.

1012
00:52:16,120 --> 00:52:18,359
Speaker 1: He throws it away. Yeah, he just I get you

1013
00:52:18,400 --> 00:52:21,319
Speaker 1: next next down. He does not care, so he does.

1014
00:52:21,760 --> 00:52:24,239
Speaker 1: He hangs in the pocket. He doesn't run very much,

1015
00:52:25,120 --> 00:52:27,520
Speaker 1: but he wins from the pocket. And that's ultimately that's

1016
00:52:27,520 --> 00:52:29,680
Speaker 1: what the NFL looks like. I think who stands in

1017
00:52:29,719 --> 00:52:32,759
Speaker 1: the pocket wins comparatively. When you pressure Patrick Mahomes, it's

1018
00:52:32,760 --> 00:52:34,080
Speaker 1: hard to get him to the turf. We've seen that

1019
00:52:34,120 --> 00:52:36,879
Speaker 1: in the playoffs with the Bills where they were, say

1020
00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:39,040
Speaker 1: last year, Jerry Hughes is closed but just couldn't get

1021
00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:41,720
Speaker 1: there makes a play. Joe Burrow's not gonna do that

1022
00:52:41,920 --> 00:52:45,400
Speaker 1: nearly as much. He's an elite quarterback like Patrick Mahomes.

1023
00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:47,880
Speaker 1: But if the Bills can contain him kind of within

1024
00:52:47,960 --> 00:52:50,840
Speaker 1: the confines of the pocket, get some pressure around the edges,

1025
00:52:51,160 --> 00:52:53,000
Speaker 1: you're more likely to take him to the turf than

1026
00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:55,920
Speaker 1: you are. Patrick Mahomes or even Ajustin Herbert. I think

1027
00:52:55,920 --> 00:52:58,440
Speaker 1: with those, like you said, with those three receivers, I

1028
00:52:58,480 --> 00:53:01,360
Speaker 1: mean anyone I'm knew him control. Yeah, they can any

1029
00:53:01,360 --> 00:53:03,319
Speaker 1: one of the control and he has three of them,

1030
00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:06,400
Speaker 1: and with a running game and the way they've been

1031
00:53:06,440 --> 00:53:07,879
Speaker 1: able to move them all up and down the field.

1032
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:10,920
Speaker 1: I mean it's the Bills got Christian Benford off the

1033
00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:12,960
Speaker 1: hour this week. He's got a twenty one day window

1034
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:14,680
Speaker 1: to come in, start practicing and all that. Now he

1035
00:53:14,719 --> 00:53:16,640
Speaker 1: hasn't been out there, but he's you know, he hasn't.

1036
00:53:16,680 --> 00:53:18,880
Speaker 1: He's not that far removed. He's been out a month,

1037
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:21,640
Speaker 1: four games, but it was a hand injury, so you know,

1038
00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:23,879
Speaker 1: he's been running, lifting all that stuff. I wonder how

1039
00:53:24,080 --> 00:53:26,400
Speaker 1: fast he could get the rust off to be in

1040
00:53:26,640 --> 00:53:34,600
Speaker 1: come in and be part of the rotation up right. Yeah,

1041
00:53:34,600 --> 00:53:39,360
Speaker 1: he got Christian Benford and Kayer Elam and Tredavious White

1042
00:53:39,360 --> 00:53:41,439
Speaker 1: and then of course Dane Jackson. Now, of the four,

1043
00:53:41,600 --> 00:53:45,520
Speaker 1: Dane Jackson's the one that's like not as big. Uh

1044
00:53:45,600 --> 00:53:48,160
Speaker 1: Kaier's big, and so is Christian Benford's not only big,

1045
00:53:48,200 --> 00:53:51,719
Speaker 1: he's thick. I mean, so that's kind of a matchup

1046
00:53:51,760 --> 00:53:55,200
Speaker 1: with the big time receivers that Cincinnati brings on the table.

1047
00:53:55,840 --> 00:53:58,239
Speaker 1: I don't know that Benford's going to be ready to

1048
00:53:58,360 --> 00:54:00,400
Speaker 1: come back, but that's kind of what you're looking at.

1049
00:54:00,480 --> 00:54:02,839
Speaker 1: He liked those big physical receivers. He can go up

1050
00:54:02,840 --> 00:54:06,200
Speaker 1: and maybe battle for those fifty fifty balls. Yeah, it's

1051
00:54:06,239 --> 00:54:08,640
Speaker 1: gonna be interesting in the sea. And we haven't even

1052
00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:10,560
Speaker 1: really talked about, you know, how they match up with

1053
00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:13,879
Speaker 1: our wire, how they match up with our wide receivers, right,

1054
00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:16,680
Speaker 1: I mean, I think from what I've seen over the year,

1055
00:54:16,719 --> 00:54:20,160
Speaker 1: And the interesting thing I heard was a coach, Zach Taylor.

1056
00:54:20,760 --> 00:54:23,360
Speaker 1: He said that, you know what, we've seen Buffalo a

1057
00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:25,600
Speaker 1: lot this year just because of the common opponents that

1058
00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:29,279
Speaker 1: we played, right, you know, so you know, Dave like

1059
00:54:29,440 --> 00:54:32,239
Speaker 1: this game plan. It's a game plan, but it's like, oh,

1060
00:54:32,280 --> 00:54:34,239
Speaker 1: you remember when they played Pittsburgh and they did this,

1061
00:54:34,600 --> 00:54:37,440
Speaker 1: so you don't have to really study them as much.

1062
00:54:37,480 --> 00:54:40,040
Speaker 1: But I think it's really gonna come down to, you know,

1063
00:54:41,800 --> 00:54:47,160
Speaker 1: can we get Steph Diggs involved early and often? Cole

1064
00:54:47,239 --> 00:54:50,160
Speaker 1: Beasley might be that guy, and if we get a

1065
00:54:50,200 --> 00:54:53,440
Speaker 1: chance to go deep, Gabe Davis, I mean, I mean,

1066
00:54:53,480 --> 00:54:55,320
Speaker 1: you look at Gabe this year, He's kind of struggled

1067
00:54:55,320 --> 00:54:58,279
Speaker 1: a little bit, but not terribly struggled. But you know,

1068
00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:00,879
Speaker 1: maybe this is a game for him to really get

1069
00:55:00,920 --> 00:55:03,040
Speaker 1: back on because we're going to go into the playoffs

1070
00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:05,800
Speaker 1: and that's where he shined the most. I'm wondering about

1071
00:55:05,880 --> 00:55:09,520
Speaker 1: the vertical passing game and what has come from the

1072
00:55:09,520 --> 00:55:13,600
Speaker 1: Bill's recent uh kind of dominance on the ground and

1073
00:55:13,640 --> 00:55:16,880
Speaker 1: you being a former running back, when a seventeen living

1074
00:55:16,920 --> 00:55:18,840
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame running backs, I gotta ask you, what

1075
00:55:19,040 --> 00:55:22,839
Speaker 1: have you seen differently in the Bills running game over

1076
00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:25,520
Speaker 1: the last four to six weeks or really during this

1077
00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:29,520
Speaker 1: six game running streak from James Cook and Devin Singletary

1078
00:55:29,560 --> 00:55:31,360
Speaker 1: and just the blocking and the scheme up front. I

1079
00:55:31,360 --> 00:55:33,560
Speaker 1: think the blocking scheme has been, like you know what,

1080
00:55:34,239 --> 00:55:37,239
Speaker 1: get all this pulling or whatever, It's just block man o, man,

1081
00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:41,880
Speaker 1: man man, and let these guys have an opportunity to

1082
00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:44,279
Speaker 1: choose the ape gap, the B gap or the C

1083
00:55:44,440 --> 00:55:46,560
Speaker 1: gap and not just so much going like the Jet

1084
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:48,960
Speaker 1: Street sweep all the time where you don't get a

1085
00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:51,279
Speaker 1: chance to see that so um and I think I

1086
00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:56,200
Speaker 1: see more confidence in James Yeah, that I've seen all

1087
00:55:56,320 --> 00:56:00,479
Speaker 1: season long. Uh. These two guys compliment each other very well.

1088
00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:02,279
Speaker 1: I would like to see James a little bit more

1089
00:56:02,360 --> 00:56:04,839
Speaker 1: involved in the passing game because I think he has

1090
00:56:04,880 --> 00:56:07,520
Speaker 1: those qualities and those skills. So but I'll tell you

1091
00:56:07,560 --> 00:56:10,240
Speaker 1: what them guys doing this, It takes so much pressure

1092
00:56:10,280 --> 00:56:12,319
Speaker 1: off of Josh. It takes a lot of pressure off

1093
00:56:12,320 --> 00:56:14,239
Speaker 1: the job where he don't have to be able to

1094
00:56:14,280 --> 00:56:16,520
Speaker 1: But Josh is gonna be Josh. Yeah. I mean, if

1095
00:56:16,520 --> 00:56:18,319
Speaker 1: you see a running lad, he's gonna take it. But

1096
00:56:18,719 --> 00:56:21,959
Speaker 1: having the threat of a running game and not those

1097
00:56:22,000 --> 00:56:24,440
Speaker 1: four guys just teeing off on the office because they

1098
00:56:24,520 --> 00:56:26,359
Speaker 1: know that they're gonna throw it now they have to

1099
00:56:26,560 --> 00:56:28,560
Speaker 1: wash this. I was just so glad that they ran,

1100
00:56:28,719 --> 00:56:31,160
Speaker 1: like the draw play, I mean bringing it, I mean

1101
00:56:31,239 --> 00:56:34,319
Speaker 1: bringing that bag man, letting the defensive man and go

1102
00:56:34,440 --> 00:56:36,880
Speaker 1: up field and it's pretty much you and the linebacker

1103
00:56:36,920 --> 00:56:39,239
Speaker 1: and the guards one on one. I mean that's you know,

1104
00:56:39,280 --> 00:56:42,279
Speaker 1: we haven't seen that a long time. But yeah, the

1105
00:56:42,360 --> 00:56:44,760
Speaker 1: running game needs to go because, like I said earlier,

1106
00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:46,440
Speaker 1: you want to keep them off the field as much

1107
00:56:46,440 --> 00:56:49,560
Speaker 1: as possible too. Yeah, and I'll give you some insights

1108
00:56:49,560 --> 00:56:52,440
Speaker 1: to in statistically you talk about their running it. We

1109
00:56:52,440 --> 00:56:55,239
Speaker 1: always thought, hey, with Joe Mixon, and p run. They

1110
00:56:55,320 --> 00:56:58,800
Speaker 1: run the ball pretty good, right well, the Bills and

1111
00:56:59,200 --> 00:57:02,439
Speaker 1: rushing average rushing yards to game. The Bills are eight,

1112
00:57:03,040 --> 00:57:07,280
Speaker 1: Cincinnati's twenty six rushing yards per carry. Bills are number

1113
00:57:07,320 --> 00:57:12,960
Speaker 1: one and Cincinnati is twenty eight. Well, they got two grinders, yeah,

1114
00:57:15,760 --> 00:57:20,160
Speaker 1: two twenty five PM two thirty five. Hold them Universe,

1115
00:57:20,240 --> 00:57:23,120
Speaker 1: and we got and we got and we've got and

1116
00:57:23,160 --> 00:57:27,880
Speaker 1: we got a quarterback who carries it yeah a lot. Yeah.

1117
00:57:28,480 --> 00:57:31,240
Speaker 1: And who are I mean? I don't I mean, Josh

1118
00:57:31,240 --> 00:57:32,959
Speaker 1: has been doing this for the last couple of years.

1119
00:57:32,960 --> 00:57:36,760
Speaker 1: I mean, can there can there linebackers match up with

1120
00:57:36,840 --> 00:57:40,080
Speaker 1: him and if he beat Scrambles, No, no one does.

1121
00:57:40,200 --> 00:57:42,720
Speaker 1: They'll they'll do some stuff, they'll do some stuff, they'll

1122
00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:44,640
Speaker 1: spy him, and they'll do all of that stuff. But

1123
00:57:45,080 --> 00:57:48,200
Speaker 1: Josh runs a number of spies that they've tried. He

1124
00:57:48,240 --> 00:57:52,160
Speaker 1: outruns those guys, especially to break down. Eventually. It might

1125
00:57:52,160 --> 00:57:54,520
Speaker 1: not be the first quarter, but it would eventually break

1126
00:57:54,560 --> 00:57:58,280
Speaker 1: down Josh. The thing that makes the Bills so hard

1127
00:57:59,160 --> 00:58:03,800
Speaker 1: to defend and beat is the fact that Josh can

1128
00:58:03,800 --> 00:58:05,640
Speaker 1: throw the ball, and you know he's throw the ball.

1129
00:58:05,680 --> 00:58:07,080
Speaker 1: You can do it from the pocket and all that,

1130
00:58:07,120 --> 00:58:09,400
Speaker 1: But on a handful or less of plays during the

1131
00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:12,680
Speaker 1: game when it's like it's third and like I'll give

1132
00:58:12,680 --> 00:58:15,640
Speaker 1: you a perfect example the Miami game. They got the

1133
00:58:15,640 --> 00:58:20,800
Speaker 1: Bills third and seventeen and Josh guns a rifle shot

1134
00:58:20,920 --> 00:58:23,600
Speaker 1: right down between the Hashes and Gabe Davis's boom twenty

1135
00:58:23,600 --> 00:58:26,320
Speaker 1: one yards and they it's like twenty one yards away

1136
00:58:26,360 --> 00:58:30,160
Speaker 1: and it's like the zip or it's third and fourteen.

1137
00:58:30,720 --> 00:58:34,240
Speaker 1: Josh pulls it down and runs for sixteen. You just

1138
00:58:34,400 --> 00:58:37,840
Speaker 1: can't get him off the field. And not only that,

1139
00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:45,080
Speaker 1: it's really tough to spy him and then play man coverage.

1140
00:58:45,440 --> 00:58:48,760
Speaker 1: You can't play man coverage against the Bills. He'll just

1141
00:58:48,800 --> 00:58:51,640
Speaker 1: do a quarterback draw and it's like it's worthless, it's

1142
00:58:51,720 --> 00:58:54,760
Speaker 1: worthless and that, and so everybody says, well, you gotta

1143
00:58:54,760 --> 00:58:58,800
Speaker 1: take your quarterback runs out and no, I'll say he

1144
00:58:58,840 --> 00:59:02,400
Speaker 1: has some right bame packages, but mostly it's on him.

1145
00:59:02,440 --> 00:59:05,160
Speaker 1: When you get into a game like this, this is

1146
00:59:05,160 --> 00:59:09,080
Speaker 1: when all the quarterback run scheme that's all on the table.

1147
00:59:09,120 --> 00:59:11,320
Speaker 1: And this year you gotta win. Yeah, you got, you

1148
00:59:11,320 --> 00:59:14,120
Speaker 1: gotta win everything that they're not gonna say, you know what,

1149
00:59:14,200 --> 00:59:15,840
Speaker 1: we're not we don't want to run him this week.

1150
00:59:15,880 --> 00:59:18,800
Speaker 1: You know, yeah, right, you know where this week it's like, listen,

1151
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:21,320
Speaker 1: that first short yard are just gonna be student body

1152
00:59:21,400 --> 00:59:24,880
Speaker 1: left up and go exactly now saying what last week

1153
00:59:24,960 --> 00:59:27,000
Speaker 1: or a week before that, the Bills are gonna have

1154
00:59:27,040 --> 00:59:30,120
Speaker 1: over one hundred yards Russia guy in a game. Josh

1155
00:59:30,200 --> 00:59:32,240
Speaker 1: might be that guy this week, he could be you know,

1156
00:59:32,320 --> 00:59:34,480
Speaker 1: he could be that guy this week. I'm okay with

1157
00:59:34,520 --> 00:59:37,120
Speaker 1: you gotta win the game. I'm okay with that, that's

1158
00:59:37,160 --> 00:59:39,800
Speaker 1: what they want. But Jess, Josh as a quarterback and

1159
00:59:40,000 --> 00:59:43,680
Speaker 1: as a franchise, as an MVP candidate, get your butt

1160
00:59:43,720 --> 00:59:46,280
Speaker 1: out of my house and get down. But I do

1161
00:59:46,360 --> 00:59:49,160
Speaker 1: think that that the improvement in the running game, the

1162
00:59:49,160 --> 00:59:52,720
Speaker 1: traditional running game of James Cooking and Devin Singletary, it

1163
00:59:53,200 --> 00:59:55,520
Speaker 1: makes it that much more difficult to defend the Bills.

1164
00:59:55,520 --> 00:59:57,880
Speaker 1: I think part of the reason why Josh Allen had

1165
00:59:57,920 --> 01:00:00,400
Speaker 1: that little slump in the middle of the season. Early on,

1166
01:00:00,520 --> 01:00:03,600
Speaker 1: teams were not really respecting the run, and like Thurman said,

1167
01:00:03,920 --> 01:00:06,560
Speaker 1: they could pin their ears back as a pass rushing unit.

1168
01:00:06,920 --> 01:00:10,240
Speaker 1: The Bills were in these obvious passing situations very often.

1169
01:00:10,280 --> 01:00:12,040
Speaker 1: But now when you face the Bills, when the Bengals

1170
01:00:12,040 --> 01:00:14,840
Speaker 1: are gained planning right now in Cincinnati, it's hey, we

1171
01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:18,040
Speaker 1: can't just play too deep safety and have seven in

1172
01:00:18,080 --> 01:00:19,760
Speaker 1: the box because James Cook can hit you for a

1173
01:00:19,800 --> 01:00:23,040
Speaker 1: fifteen yard run. Devin's singletary. So I think the Bills

1174
01:00:23,080 --> 01:00:26,760
Speaker 1: are gelling offensively at the perfect time of the season. Yeah,

1175
01:00:26,880 --> 01:00:29,480
Speaker 1: it may not be what it was at the beginning

1176
01:00:29,760 --> 01:00:32,080
Speaker 1: of the season when it was you know, I was

1177
01:00:32,120 --> 01:00:34,520
Speaker 1: trying to leave every game mid third quarter. Yeah the

1178
01:00:34,600 --> 01:00:37,439
Speaker 1: game is over right, Yeah, it's not that offense there,

1179
01:00:37,520 --> 01:00:39,880
Speaker 1: but hopefully we'll be able to see that offense come back.

1180
01:00:39,920 --> 01:00:42,800
Speaker 1: But right now, I mean they're in every game this year.

1181
01:00:42,880 --> 01:00:44,840
Speaker 1: They've been in every single game this year. They've been

1182
01:00:44,840 --> 01:00:47,200
Speaker 1: favored in every single game this year. So you know,

1183
01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:49,680
Speaker 1: it's a real good football team who can play either

1184
01:00:49,760 --> 01:00:55,600
Speaker 1: way either way seventeen thirteen or thirty three. We've said

1185
01:00:55,600 --> 01:00:59,240
Speaker 1: this along tune the Bills, and certainly you know you're

1186
01:00:59,240 --> 01:01:02,480
Speaker 1: a good team when you beat the Bears by twenty

1187
01:01:02,480 --> 01:01:04,960
Speaker 1: two and people are like going, I don't know, it

1188
01:01:05,000 --> 01:01:08,880
Speaker 1: didn't look all that good. Yeah right, right, and there's enough.

1189
01:01:08,920 --> 01:01:11,960
Speaker 1: And the Packers you beat him by ten. The Jet

1190
01:01:12,040 --> 01:01:15,120
Speaker 1: you know, uh, the Browns you win by not by

1191
01:01:15,160 --> 01:01:18,560
Speaker 1: eight the Detroit Lions. You had a late field goal

1192
01:01:19,640 --> 01:01:23,240
Speaker 1: the Jets, you win twenty twelve, and people and everybody

1193
01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:25,160
Speaker 1: can all they talk about his style points, Well, he

1194
01:01:25,160 --> 01:01:29,080
Speaker 1: didn't look that great beating the twenty two points in

1195
01:01:29,120 --> 01:01:31,360
Speaker 1: today's NFL. If you're winning the game by that much,

1196
01:01:31,400 --> 01:01:33,880
Speaker 1: you did something. You did a lot right. Our point

1197
01:01:33,920 --> 01:01:36,920
Speaker 1: has been this. You go back in throughout the season

1198
01:01:37,240 --> 01:01:39,440
Speaker 1: and the first two games, the Rams and the Titans,

1199
01:01:39,480 --> 01:01:41,640
Speaker 1: they hung thirty one on the Rams and forty one

1200
01:01:41,640 --> 01:01:44,040
Speaker 1: on the Titans. They gave a total of seventeen points

1201
01:01:44,040 --> 01:01:48,240
Speaker 1: on defense. I mean there, they big play, passing game. Everything.

1202
01:01:48,960 --> 01:01:52,919
Speaker 1: The Dolphins loss was an absolute aberration because of the heat.

1203
01:01:52,960 --> 01:01:55,040
Speaker 1: And then they lost by two and they ran out

1204
01:01:55,040 --> 01:01:57,040
Speaker 1: of time to get that last field right. They couldn't

1205
01:01:57,080 --> 01:02:01,400
Speaker 1: get the ball spotted. The Ravens they grind it out

1206
01:02:01,440 --> 01:02:05,520
Speaker 1: in a rainstorm by three points. Pittsburgh big plays. You know,

1207
01:02:05,720 --> 01:02:09,200
Speaker 1: they opened the game with a ninety eight yard bob

1208
01:02:09,320 --> 01:02:12,120
Speaker 1: bomb and then they hit another sixty five yard bomb,

1209
01:02:12,160 --> 01:02:13,600
Speaker 1: so they hit the big play. Then they had the

1210
01:02:13,640 --> 01:02:16,320
Speaker 1: games like the Kansas City they grind or the Pack

1211
01:02:16,680 --> 01:02:18,480
Speaker 1: they run the ball and some of these things. And

1212
01:02:18,520 --> 01:02:20,720
Speaker 1: they said they went. They wanted every way you can

1213
01:02:20,800 --> 01:02:23,760
Speaker 1: possibly win. They have shown that their roster. If you

1214
01:02:23,800 --> 01:02:25,640
Speaker 1: have a weakness on your team, they will exploit it

1215
01:02:25,680 --> 01:02:27,960
Speaker 1: and beat you with it. They have the flexibility to

1216
01:02:27,960 --> 01:02:30,640
Speaker 1: take advantage of any weakness you have. Yeah, we talked

1217
01:02:30,640 --> 01:02:33,240
Speaker 1: about early in the year about the I think it

1218
01:02:33,320 --> 01:02:37,080
Speaker 1: was the uh one score game, one possession game. They

1219
01:02:37,080 --> 01:02:39,920
Speaker 1: were like, oh and whatever, and now look at they're right,

1220
01:02:39,960 --> 01:02:42,560
Speaker 1: there's six and three, right, I'm saying, Yeah, So everybody

1221
01:02:42,680 --> 01:02:45,640
Speaker 1: was talking about that. So hey, man, this team can win. Uh,

1222
01:02:45,800 --> 01:02:49,800
Speaker 1: you know with Havn McDermott, having Leslie Fraser there, Uh,

1223
01:02:50,160 --> 01:02:53,960
Speaker 1: like Ken Dorsey still kind of you know, feeling his

1224
01:02:54,120 --> 01:02:56,840
Speaker 1: way to this offense of how he still wants to

1225
01:02:56,840 --> 01:02:59,800
Speaker 1: do things, but I think the running game is helping him. Uh.

1226
01:03:00,360 --> 01:03:02,840
Speaker 1: Obviously getting healthy and getting Mitch Morris back for this

1227
01:03:02,880 --> 01:03:06,800
Speaker 1: game is definitely important. But yeah, this this team has

1228
01:03:06,800 --> 01:03:09,400
Speaker 1: at all. And and the thing that I keep talking

1229
01:03:09,400 --> 01:03:12,480
Speaker 1: about and harpening about is that, you know what, everything

1230
01:03:12,600 --> 01:03:17,760
Speaker 1: this year has gone the Bills way. When can we

1231
01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:19,800
Speaker 1: It's been a long time since we've been able to

1232
01:03:19,840 --> 01:03:23,320
Speaker 1: say that, Yeah, everything is gone their way, even despite

1233
01:03:23,360 --> 01:03:25,640
Speaker 1: all the injuries that they've had all season long. Things

1234
01:03:25,640 --> 01:03:28,600
Speaker 1: are going that way. That's that's that confidence that those

1235
01:03:28,640 --> 01:03:31,320
Speaker 1: guys have over in the locker room and it shows

1236
01:03:31,320 --> 01:03:36,200
Speaker 1: every single Sunday. Yeah, they're prepared as much as they

1237
01:03:36,240 --> 01:03:38,480
Speaker 1: possibly could be. But I think so fascinating about this

1238
01:03:38,520 --> 01:03:40,880
Speaker 1: game too. It's like the polar opposite of what we

1239
01:03:40,920 --> 01:03:42,920
Speaker 1: had like ten days ago with the Dolphins, that there

1240
01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:45,520
Speaker 1: was so much nostalgia tied to that game from you

1241
01:03:45,520 --> 01:03:47,680
Speaker 1: guys in the nineties. How many big games you played

1242
01:03:47,720 --> 01:03:51,000
Speaker 1: in ANFC title games, playoff games? This Bills Bengals rivalry

1243
01:03:51,080 --> 01:03:53,320
Speaker 1: is not really a thing, Like you guys didn't really

1244
01:03:53,320 --> 01:03:56,240
Speaker 1: play them a lot in the nineties as the Bengals

1245
01:03:56,240 --> 01:03:57,840
Speaker 1: were kind of falling off in the late eighties, that's

1246
01:03:57,840 --> 01:03:59,760
Speaker 1: when you guys had kind of your rise and to

1247
01:04:00,040 --> 01:04:03,120
Speaker 1: prominence in the AFC. So for as familiar as the

1248
01:04:03,160 --> 01:04:05,640
Speaker 1: Bills and the Dolphins are together, the Bills and the Bengals,

1249
01:04:05,880 --> 01:04:08,800
Speaker 1: they haven't played a lot of big games against each other,

1250
01:04:08,840 --> 01:04:11,840
Speaker 1: So it's kind of an opportunity to kind of create

1251
01:04:11,880 --> 01:04:14,320
Speaker 1: their own story between these two teams that have been

1252
01:04:14,360 --> 01:04:16,520
Speaker 1: down for a while and now are the two elite teams.

1253
01:04:16,560 --> 01:04:18,680
Speaker 1: Two of the elite teams in the NFL. Yeah, and

1254
01:04:18,840 --> 01:04:22,360
Speaker 1: it's been amazing too to watch the crop of young

1255
01:04:22,440 --> 01:04:27,160
Speaker 1: quarterbacks come. You know, Joe Burrow, justin Herbert m Josh

1256
01:04:27,320 --> 01:04:30,000
Speaker 1: and Mahomes too. He's still even though he's six year in,

1257
01:04:30,280 --> 01:04:32,640
Speaker 1: Josh is five now as the time slips by, all

1258
01:04:32,680 --> 01:04:36,720
Speaker 1: these guys all yeah, a lot of guys um come

1259
01:04:36,760 --> 01:04:39,920
Speaker 1: in and really have some success. Even now Trevor Lawrence

1260
01:04:39,960 --> 01:04:44,080
Speaker 1: down in Jacksonville is going to play well. Um games

1261
01:04:44,120 --> 01:04:47,760
Speaker 1: like this where now Joe Burrow is established as a

1262
01:04:47,760 --> 01:04:49,400
Speaker 1: as an elite quarter You take a team to a

1263
01:04:49,440 --> 01:04:52,280
Speaker 1: super Bowl, super Bowl, people forget about that. That's right.

1264
01:04:52,360 --> 01:04:54,880
Speaker 1: They were in the Super Bowl, came down to the

1265
01:04:54,920 --> 01:04:59,080
Speaker 1: last play. Yeah, yeah, they can go. And these kind

1266
01:04:59,120 --> 01:05:02,160
Speaker 1: of games in a lot of way, as much as

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01:05:02,200 --> 01:05:06,360
Speaker 1: a regular season game can be, they're kind of for

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Speaker 1: recent passing recent future, their historic little games. You're gonna

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01:05:09,520 --> 01:05:11,880
Speaker 1: come get back to this game because it was an

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01:05:12,000 --> 01:05:15,080
Speaker 1: enormous game. All the pressure was on. How did you react? Yeah,

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01:05:15,120 --> 01:05:17,160
Speaker 1: did you win? Did you lose? All that stuff? Yeah,

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01:05:17,720 --> 01:05:19,680
Speaker 1: I mean it's almost like the AFC Championship game in

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01:05:19,720 --> 01:05:23,080
Speaker 1: eighty eight, right, that's right, Like the Bengalo Jim and

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01:05:23,120 --> 01:05:28,320
Speaker 1: Boomer yeah, Jim and Boomer, you know, yeah, yeah, and

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01:05:28,360 --> 01:05:32,640
Speaker 1: those guys. Yeah yeah, but handsome guys. Yeah. Like you said,

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01:05:32,640 --> 01:05:34,840
Speaker 1: you know, we haven't really played these guys a lot,

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01:05:34,920 --> 01:05:37,480
Speaker 1: and you know what, and and and they were good

1278
01:05:38,800 --> 01:05:41,720
Speaker 1: until the playoffs because Marvin Lewis did an excellent job there.

1279
01:05:41,800 --> 01:05:44,360
Speaker 1: But once it got to that playoff, they couldn't. I mean,

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01:05:44,400 --> 01:05:46,080
Speaker 1: I think he went to the playoffs thirteen out of

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01:05:46,120 --> 01:05:48,560
Speaker 1: fifteen times and he lost in the first round every

1282
01:05:48,600 --> 01:05:51,440
Speaker 1: single year. So you know, Dalton, Yeah, and they haven't

1283
01:05:51,440 --> 01:05:54,640
Speaker 1: been able to build on that until now. And so hey,

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01:05:54,760 --> 01:05:56,920
Speaker 1: this is a team that, hey, in the next five

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01:05:57,040 --> 01:05:58,560
Speaker 1: or six years, this is a team that we're gonna

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01:05:58,600 --> 01:06:01,720
Speaker 1: have to worry about. Yeah, yeah, I totally agree. So

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01:06:01,760 --> 01:06:03,680
Speaker 1: we'll see. I mean, they got a long way to go.

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01:06:03,800 --> 01:06:05,720
Speaker 1: And let's talk a little bit about the other side.

1289
01:06:05,840 --> 01:06:09,520
Speaker 1: We talk about Joe Burrow and Josh the other side

1290
01:06:09,520 --> 01:06:11,560
Speaker 1: of the football. This is the kind of game and

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01:06:11,560 --> 01:06:14,320
Speaker 1: it's it's unfortunate, no question. He lost Micah Hyde early

1292
01:06:14,320 --> 01:06:17,360
Speaker 1: in the season and now Vaughne Um. This is the

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01:06:17,440 --> 01:06:20,920
Speaker 1: kind of game where it's exactly why you why you

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01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:23,120
Speaker 1: signed von Miller. Yeah, and now they don't get a

1295
01:06:23,160 --> 01:06:26,040
Speaker 1: chance to take advantage of his ass. It's just a bummer.

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01:06:26,320 --> 01:06:29,000
Speaker 1: It is a bummer. Yeah, that's one thing. It hasn't

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01:06:29,040 --> 01:06:32,040
Speaker 1: gone white, right. Yeah, and now we're reading some things

1298
01:06:32,320 --> 01:06:36,720
Speaker 1: uh about you know, how that relationship and how he

1299
01:06:36,840 --> 01:06:41,520
Speaker 1: got here with uh Josh Texan Barkley and all this

1300
01:06:41,640 --> 01:06:45,200
Speaker 1: type with its life playing against mac to h Yeah,

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01:06:45,280 --> 01:06:47,480
Speaker 1: why wouldn't you want to be here? Come over here?

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01:06:47,520 --> 01:06:49,959
Speaker 1: You know he's here. You know, obviously win the first

1303
01:06:49,960 --> 01:06:52,360
Speaker 1: game of the season against Rams, his old team, and

1304
01:06:52,600 --> 01:06:54,640
Speaker 1: you know what when we were wanting to need a

1305
01:06:54,680 --> 01:06:56,560
Speaker 1: big play, you know, in the first couple of games,

1306
01:06:56,640 --> 01:06:58,880
Speaker 1: he made some big players. Yeah. And now not to

1307
01:06:59,000 --> 01:07:01,800
Speaker 1: have that, but always say, you know, with him hanging

1308
01:07:01,800 --> 01:07:05,400
Speaker 1: around here, him being part still part of this organization,

1309
01:07:05,840 --> 01:07:08,760
Speaker 1: you know, that means a lot to those guys up front.

1310
01:07:09,120 --> 01:07:11,280
Speaker 1: It means a lot to him that that he's around here,

1311
01:07:11,400 --> 01:07:13,480
Speaker 1: because he really doesn't have to be. You know, he's

1312
01:07:13,520 --> 01:07:16,440
Speaker 1: won two Super Bowls. He can be somewhere getting doing

1313
01:07:16,480 --> 01:07:19,240
Speaker 1: rehab or getting surgery. Yeah, but he's like Michael hot

1314
01:07:19,240 --> 01:07:20,960
Speaker 1: and those are the type of players that you want.

1315
01:07:21,000 --> 01:07:23,200
Speaker 1: Wants guys were out there today, see that's that's what

1316
01:07:23,280 --> 01:07:26,680
Speaker 1: you want. The field today watching their guys, and since

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01:07:26,760 --> 01:07:29,680
Speaker 1: von Miller went down, the obvious takeaway from that is,

1318
01:07:29,800 --> 01:07:33,920
Speaker 1: you know, Gregory Russo stepping up boogie basham ja veteran

1319
01:07:34,000 --> 01:07:36,440
Speaker 1: check loss. And this game in particular, like I mentioned

1320
01:07:36,480 --> 01:07:39,000
Speaker 1: earlier that Joe Burrow's not going to move around to Ton.

1321
01:07:39,480 --> 01:07:42,000
Speaker 1: They just lost their right tackle l Collins last week.

1322
01:07:42,560 --> 01:07:46,360
Speaker 1: Kiman dna Je played college or played left tackle in

1323
01:07:46,400 --> 01:07:48,440
Speaker 1: college with Kansas, but has mostly been a guard. All

1324
01:07:48,480 --> 01:07:51,160
Speaker 1: of a sudden he's plugged in at right tackle. This

1325
01:07:51,320 --> 01:07:55,280
Speaker 1: really is the game for the depth behind von Miller,

1326
01:07:55,360 --> 01:07:59,120
Speaker 1: these mostly younger hedge rushers to assert their will on

1327
01:07:59,600 --> 01:08:03,320
Speaker 1: a con test and exploit a weakness that the interior

1328
01:08:03,360 --> 01:08:06,200
Speaker 1: of the Bengals offensive line is pretty good. Jonah Williams

1329
01:08:06,240 --> 01:08:08,959
Speaker 1: and now a backup right tackle. That's what you dream

1330
01:08:09,040 --> 01:08:12,640
Speaker 1: for if you're a young defensive endor, just a edge

1331
01:08:12,680 --> 01:08:14,520
Speaker 1: rusher in general, to get a back about there in

1332
01:08:14,600 --> 01:08:16,720
Speaker 1: a critical game and you don't really I mean, like

1333
01:08:16,920 --> 01:08:20,120
Speaker 1: he doesn't move around very well, so you don't have

1334
01:08:20,200 --> 01:08:23,720
Speaker 1: to like necessarily get sacks all the time, Like I

1335
01:08:23,760 --> 01:08:25,799
Speaker 1: would be fine if we got two or three sacks,

1336
01:08:26,240 --> 01:08:29,160
Speaker 1: but make him feel uncomfortable back there. You know, and

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01:08:29,200 --> 01:08:31,080
Speaker 1: I think we have the guys, I mean, we have

1338
01:08:31,120 --> 01:08:33,439
Speaker 1: any talk about it in Oliver. I mean, think about

1339
01:08:33,479 --> 01:08:38,240
Speaker 1: these guys. You push that that pocket, make him feel uncomfortable,

1340
01:08:38,280 --> 01:08:40,759
Speaker 1: so you don't have to like be an edge rusher

1341
01:08:40,800 --> 01:08:42,360
Speaker 1: to get all the way up the field. He might

1342
01:08:42,360 --> 01:08:44,439
Speaker 1: fall right there in your laughing because because he's not

1343
01:08:44,479 --> 01:08:46,040
Speaker 1: moving around a lot. Some of the some of the

1344
01:08:46,040 --> 01:08:50,920
Speaker 1: stats and how they're the Cincinnati Bengals defense compares to

1345
01:08:50,960 --> 01:08:55,719
Speaker 1: where Buffaloes is. Statistically, the Bills are seventh in total

1346
01:08:55,800 --> 01:09:00,639
Speaker 1: yards per game allowed, Cincinnati's thirteenth. The Bills are let's

1347
01:09:00,680 --> 01:09:04,280
Speaker 1: see yards per passing yards per game, the Bills are

1348
01:09:04,320 --> 01:09:06,880
Speaker 1: fifteenth in the league. Bengals are twenty first in the

1349
01:09:06,920 --> 01:09:12,160
Speaker 1: league allowed um. Third down efficiency, the Bills are eleventh.

1350
01:09:12,280 --> 01:09:15,960
Speaker 1: The Bengals are ninth, tied for nineteenth given up third

1351
01:09:16,000 --> 01:09:20,599
Speaker 1: down conversions to their opponent. The Bills on let's see

1352
01:09:20,960 --> 01:09:24,080
Speaker 1: points per game, Buffalo is number two in the NFL

1353
01:09:24,520 --> 01:09:29,280
Speaker 1: since Night's nine. Yeah, not bad, they're closed. Yeah, And

1354
01:09:29,280 --> 01:09:32,639
Speaker 1: we're talking about these numbers here for our defense, who

1355
01:09:32,680 --> 01:09:36,120
Speaker 1: were excellent last year, you know, and these numbers has

1356
01:09:36,200 --> 01:09:39,080
Speaker 1: fallen like to a fifth and six and that's still

1357
01:09:39,160 --> 01:09:41,080
Speaker 1: great in this league with what you have and what

1358
01:09:41,120 --> 01:09:43,360
Speaker 1: you're doing. Yeah, it's gonna be. It's gonna be a

1359
01:09:43,400 --> 01:09:46,320
Speaker 1: fantastic thing. Um game, you're not going right, You're going

1360
01:09:46,400 --> 01:09:49,400
Speaker 1: oh no, it's definitely. It's definitely an at home watch

1361
01:09:49,439 --> 01:09:54,080
Speaker 1: on the collage, totally completely with oh yeah, so what

1362
01:09:54,160 --> 01:09:57,280
Speaker 1: do you got so this? I think that's gonna be it.

1363
01:09:57,640 --> 01:09:59,360
Speaker 1: One of the key things about this game is the

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01:09:59,360 --> 01:10:02,080
Speaker 1: sack exchang change, which means how many sacks do they

1365
01:10:02,120 --> 01:10:04,519
Speaker 1: get against us and how many sacks do we get

1366
01:10:04,560 --> 01:10:09,080
Speaker 1: against them? Um, it's gonna go. I think it's heavily

1367
01:10:09,120 --> 01:10:13,479
Speaker 1: skewed statistically, and when you try and predict, heavily skewed

1368
01:10:13,520 --> 01:10:16,800
Speaker 1: in favor of Buffalo. Big quarterback who likes to run,

1369
01:10:16,880 --> 01:10:19,479
Speaker 1: gets out of the pocket, hard to sack against the

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01:10:19,560 --> 01:10:22,439
Speaker 1: quarterback who you know is notoriously holds onto the ball

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01:10:22,800 --> 01:10:25,400
Speaker 1: because of his the quality of receivers, and he doesn't

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01:10:25,400 --> 01:10:29,040
Speaker 1: move around and run at all, and they're they've given

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01:10:29,120 --> 01:10:31,559
Speaker 1: up a ton of sacks. Yeah, and they don't rush

1374
01:10:31,600 --> 01:10:33,639
Speaker 1: the passer well, even against somebody who's not as good

1375
01:10:33,640 --> 01:10:37,559
Speaker 1: as Josh. Yeah. Yeah. That's that's someplace I think where

1376
01:10:37,560 --> 01:10:40,320
Speaker 1: you gotta exploit. Yeah, I mean it's wanted to get.

1377
01:10:40,760 --> 01:10:44,639
Speaker 1: If I can get five to six sacks, you feel good.

1378
01:10:44,720 --> 01:10:46,960
Speaker 1: That you feel good, but that also means you're probably

1379
01:10:46,960 --> 01:10:49,960
Speaker 1: getting a lot of pressure to making him feel less. True. Yeah,

1380
01:10:50,000 --> 01:10:52,280
Speaker 1: I think that, I mean, and I think it has

1381
01:10:52,320 --> 01:10:54,680
Speaker 1: to be early. We gotta let them guys know. Yeah,

1382
01:10:54,720 --> 01:10:57,679
Speaker 1: we're coming to play today and we're just we're gonna

1383
01:10:57,680 --> 01:10:59,760
Speaker 1: play the run because you want to do that. But

1384
01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:01,720
Speaker 1: I also gonna get up to the past because you're

1385
01:11:01,760 --> 01:11:04,080
Speaker 1: missing some guys up front. Yeah, and what two weeks

1386
01:11:04,120 --> 01:11:06,120
Speaker 1: ago they were down seventeen nothing to the Buccaneers. The

1387
01:11:06,120 --> 01:11:08,559
Speaker 1: Buccaneers had a bunch of turnovers in that second half

1388
01:11:08,880 --> 01:11:11,320
Speaker 1: that were kind of uncharacteristic, but they got after Joe

1389
01:11:11,320 --> 01:11:14,600
Speaker 1: Burrow in that first half, took him to the turf,

1390
01:11:14,640 --> 01:11:17,040
Speaker 1: you know, three step drop the first read wasn't there

1391
01:11:17,120 --> 01:11:19,400
Speaker 1: looked a little bit uncomfortable. If the Bills can do

1392
01:11:19,439 --> 01:11:22,720
Speaker 1: that disguise some coverages, I think that will be big

1393
01:11:22,760 --> 01:11:24,559
Speaker 1: at the start of this game. And I'll say this though, too,

1394
01:11:25,240 --> 01:11:27,360
Speaker 1: what you can see, even from a million miles away

1395
01:11:27,360 --> 01:11:31,320
Speaker 1: from Cincinnati, Bengals like we are, I mean right, you

1396
01:11:31,520 --> 01:11:34,320
Speaker 1: bang on Joe Burrow the first half and get him

1397
01:11:34,320 --> 01:11:36,240
Speaker 1: in trouble and you go up by twenty points, and

1398
01:11:36,720 --> 01:11:39,920
Speaker 1: you know whatever, it is that guy. I don't think

1399
01:11:39,920 --> 01:11:42,320
Speaker 1: that guy's gonna flint ju not gonna be the same

1400
01:11:42,360 --> 01:11:44,599
Speaker 1: guy coming out taking the first snap of the second half,

1401
01:11:44,880 --> 01:11:46,559
Speaker 1: and you're gonna have to continue to do it for

1402
01:11:46,600 --> 01:11:49,439
Speaker 1: sixty minutes because that's just who that guy has proven

1403
01:11:49,520 --> 01:11:51,240
Speaker 1: himself to be and what a player he is. I've

1404
01:11:51,240 --> 01:11:54,080
Speaker 1: watched over the past couple of years where we watched Cincinnati,

1405
01:11:54,280 --> 01:11:56,240
Speaker 1: I mean, first quarter, it could be seventeen or twenty

1406
01:11:56,280 --> 01:11:59,360
Speaker 1: to nothing, and ana sudden you look at the final

1407
01:11:59,439 --> 01:12:03,800
Speaker 1: score He's won. Yeah, he won the game. That's that's

1408
01:12:03,800 --> 01:12:05,880
Speaker 1: what they call him. Joe Coo. Yeah, that's what they

1409
01:12:05,920 --> 01:12:08,519
Speaker 1: call him. Joe Cool Yea's a different cat. Yeah right. Yeah.

1410
01:12:08,680 --> 01:12:11,280
Speaker 1: One other point that I think is important to stress,

1411
01:12:11,360 --> 01:12:13,559
Speaker 1: and it didn't come up so much last week against

1412
01:12:13,560 --> 01:12:18,000
Speaker 1: the Bears. The Bills secondary linebackers they have to tackle

1413
01:12:18,000 --> 01:12:19,840
Speaker 1: well in this game. Jamar Chase is one of the

1414
01:12:19,920 --> 01:12:22,880
Speaker 1: league's most dynamic yards after the catch guys. Tee Higgins

1415
01:12:23,000 --> 01:12:25,559
Speaker 1: is a big body. He's not quite as twitchy as Mr. Chase,

1416
01:12:25,600 --> 01:12:27,759
Speaker 1: but he's hard to bring to the turf. Tyler board,

1417
01:12:28,080 --> 01:12:31,880
Speaker 1: Tyler Boyd is pretty slippery underneath. You're gonna miss some

1418
01:12:31,880 --> 01:12:34,040
Speaker 1: tackles on defense. But if they do a better job

1419
01:12:34,040 --> 01:12:37,280
Speaker 1: than they have, you know in October November when things

1420
01:12:37,280 --> 01:12:39,040
Speaker 1: weren't as good, I think that will be key. I

1421
01:12:39,040 --> 01:12:42,040
Speaker 1: bet you Sean McDermott right now is preaching that during

1422
01:12:42,080 --> 01:12:46,040
Speaker 1: practice tackling well in tackle was huge. Yeah, Well in

1423
01:12:46,040 --> 01:12:49,120
Speaker 1: this game, best defense. And really like even with the

1424
01:12:49,160 --> 01:12:52,360
Speaker 1: guys that we have a linebacker, which you may Milano,

1425
01:12:52,600 --> 01:12:54,519
Speaker 1: I mean, they have to be able to bring down

1426
01:12:55,439 --> 01:12:58,760
Speaker 1: Parini Bixon, ye, you know big. They have to be

1427
01:12:58,800 --> 01:13:01,120
Speaker 1: able to bring those guys out right away. Thurman, thanks

1428
01:13:01,160 --> 01:13:03,720
Speaker 1: for being here. Man again, I know I gave you

1429
01:13:03,720 --> 01:13:07,400
Speaker 1: a break from shoveling, so yeah, probably do it all right,

1430
01:13:08,160 --> 01:13:10,960
Speaker 1: all right, we're gonna come back. We're gonna go around

1431
01:13:11,000 --> 01:13:13,200
Speaker 1: the National Football League and do some other fun stuff

1432
01:13:13,240 --> 01:13:15,479
Speaker 1: when we get back. Stay with a Steve Tasker Chris

1433
01:13:15,560 --> 01:13:18,200
Speaker 1: Trapasso here on One Bills Live. This is Buffalo Bills Radio.

1434
01:13:28,960 --> 01:13:31,400
Speaker 1: Welcome back to One Bill's Life. Steve Tasker, Chris trap Passo.

1435
01:13:31,439 --> 01:13:33,720
Speaker 1: Thanks to Thurman Thomas for joining us. Last segment we

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01:13:33,760 --> 01:13:36,200
Speaker 1: are We're gonna go around the National Football League and

1437
01:13:36,240 --> 01:13:37,920
Speaker 1: talk about some topics, but we're gonna put that on

1438
01:13:38,000 --> 01:13:40,920
Speaker 1: hold right now because Josh Allen just sat down in

1439
01:13:40,960 --> 01:13:43,040
Speaker 1: front of the media. So let's go to quarterback one.

1440
01:13:43,120 --> 01:13:45,160
Speaker 1: See what he has to say about what's going on

1441
01:13:45,200 --> 01:13:47,960
Speaker 1: with the Bills. So what do you know, Buck, Joe Burrow?

1442
01:13:48,640 --> 01:13:52,120
Speaker 1: He uh you see bus pass with a lot of

1443
01:13:52,280 --> 01:13:57,519
Speaker 1: quarterbacks and Joe, Yeah, he trained with Jordan. Um. The

1444
01:13:57,640 --> 01:14:00,839
Speaker 1: dude's all ball like he he loves football. Um, obviously

1445
01:14:00,840 --> 01:14:02,960
Speaker 1: he's He's a heck of a talent, a heck of

1446
01:14:02,960 --> 01:14:05,080
Speaker 1: a player. Got a lot of respect for him as

1447
01:14:05,120 --> 01:14:08,559
Speaker 1: a person, as a player. Um. You know, we've we've

1448
01:14:08,560 --> 01:14:12,599
Speaker 1: had some interactions over the last couple of years, UM,

1449
01:14:12,720 --> 01:14:17,040
Speaker 1: some conversations, but I have got the utmost respect for him. Um,

1450
01:14:17,080 --> 01:14:19,839
Speaker 1: you know, especially after his rookie year and the struggle,

1451
01:14:20,320 --> 01:14:21,920
Speaker 1: you know, with the injury that he had and coming

1452
01:14:21,960 --> 01:14:23,679
Speaker 1: back and just really kind of light in the league

1453
01:14:23,680 --> 01:14:26,160
Speaker 1: on fire. It's been been super impressive to watch and

1454
01:14:26,640 --> 01:14:28,599
Speaker 1: to see him kind of like his whole story too,

1455
01:14:28,640 --> 01:14:31,719
Speaker 1: going to House State, transferrent out, Um, you know, spending

1456
01:14:31,720 --> 01:14:34,080
Speaker 1: two years at LSU and arguably having one of the

1457
01:14:34,160 --> 01:14:38,599
Speaker 1: greatest seasons ever in college history. And uh, yeah, he's

1458
01:14:38,640 --> 01:14:41,639
Speaker 1: he's got a heck of a story. How about Logan Wilson.

1459
01:14:41,640 --> 01:14:43,720
Speaker 1: How much do you you can contact with him? And

1460
01:14:43,760 --> 01:14:47,080
Speaker 1: did he ever spy you at practice in Wyoming? Yeah,

1461
01:14:47,080 --> 01:14:50,920
Speaker 1: he's we call him the Governor. Um, he's under my

1462
01:14:51,000 --> 01:14:53,679
Speaker 1: in my phone as LJ. Wilson the Governor. Uh, obviously

1463
01:14:53,680 --> 01:14:56,599
Speaker 1: Wyoman kid went to Wyoming. He's gonna run for office

1464
01:14:56,640 --> 01:14:58,760
Speaker 1: there one day, and he's gonna win it. Um. He's

1465
01:14:58,800 --> 01:15:02,479
Speaker 1: a He's a smart, smart, very talented player. He can

1466
01:15:02,520 --> 01:15:05,519
Speaker 1: recognize routes, he flies around, he makes them plays and

1467
01:15:05,520 --> 01:15:06,800
Speaker 1: then off to hill. He's just he's one of the

1468
01:15:06,800 --> 01:15:09,400
Speaker 1: best dude you'll ever meet. He really is. So looking

1469
01:15:09,439 --> 01:15:12,519
Speaker 1: forward to that. Um, it's always fun. And I tried

1470
01:15:12,520 --> 01:15:15,320
Speaker 1: to Jersey swap with all all my teammates in college

1471
01:15:15,320 --> 01:15:18,080
Speaker 1: and hopefully he's got one for me too. It up.

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01:15:18,120 --> 01:15:20,000
Speaker 1: I'm not sure. I'm sure, but I think you've only

1473
01:15:20,040 --> 01:15:23,000
Speaker 1: played against in the NFL for Anderson and win guy

1474
01:15:23,520 --> 01:15:26,120
Speaker 1: Ja Marcus Epps. Did you play against Apps in the

1475
01:15:26,240 --> 01:15:29,960
Speaker 1: Phillygue game? I did. I didn't see him on the list,

1476
01:15:29,960 --> 01:15:31,400
Speaker 1: That's why I thought it was only the two guys,

1477
01:15:31,720 --> 01:15:34,439
Speaker 1: I played against Brian Hill. He was at Cincinnati when

1478
01:15:34,439 --> 01:15:37,559
Speaker 1: I played him. My belief Chase really ad to say Chase,

1479
01:15:38,760 --> 01:15:43,160
Speaker 1: I was looking defensive guys. Oh yeah, I mean I

1480
01:15:43,360 --> 01:15:46,679
Speaker 1: would have played against Marcus. Question against Jersey, So yeah,

1481
01:15:46,720 --> 01:15:49,000
Speaker 1: the question would be you haven't faced many year old

1482
01:15:49,240 --> 01:15:52,559
Speaker 1: like burl zslas you guys every week. Probably you haven't

1483
01:15:52,560 --> 01:15:54,960
Speaker 1: seen any of these guys. Is it gonna be unique

1484
01:15:54,960 --> 01:15:59,040
Speaker 1: to go against a former tellensive teams? Absolutely? Absolutely? Um. Again,

1485
01:15:59,080 --> 01:16:02,040
Speaker 1: we spent a lot of time together and Larry and

1486
01:16:02,360 --> 01:16:05,479
Speaker 1: our football team is extremely tight. Um. So yeah, it's

1487
01:16:05,479 --> 01:16:08,040
Speaker 1: always fun to see your your your friends and your

1488
01:16:08,040 --> 01:16:11,519
Speaker 1: brothers succeed at any level. And he's playing some really

1489
01:16:11,560 --> 01:16:16,439
Speaker 1: really good football right now. And Um actually calling calling

1490
01:16:16,479 --> 01:16:19,120
Speaker 1: the defense for him and he's the mic linebacker. That's

1491
01:16:19,160 --> 01:16:21,120
Speaker 1: you know, what dreams are made of. And especially a

1492
01:16:21,120 --> 01:16:24,280
Speaker 1: small kid from whelming Um, that's uh, that's awesome. He's

1493
01:16:24,280 --> 01:16:26,320
Speaker 1: got the whole state behind him. It's really cool. Come

1494
01:16:26,360 --> 01:16:29,920
Speaker 1: along Kyle Brandt's podcast is that I must maybe I

1495
01:16:29,920 --> 01:16:32,680
Speaker 1: don't know he is he really is though he's He

1496
01:16:32,760 --> 01:16:36,960
Speaker 1: flies all over the field. He he covers smaller receivers.

1497
01:16:37,240 --> 01:16:39,360
Speaker 1: Um and Hill lay the Boom too, So he's the

1498
01:16:39,400 --> 01:16:42,919
Speaker 1: heckup of player. We've seen how they've defended uh mahomes

1499
01:16:43,000 --> 01:16:45,320
Speaker 1: in the FC Championship game. You know, they drove eight

1500
01:16:45,439 --> 01:16:48,400
Speaker 1: in a second a half. I mean, just, um, do

1501
01:16:48,600 --> 01:16:54,240
Speaker 1: they make your quarterback be patient sometimes? What's that line

1502
01:16:54,280 --> 01:16:58,920
Speaker 1: against them? Or you think patient versus attack? Yeah? I

1503
01:16:58,920 --> 01:17:02,639
Speaker 1: think every game is different. Every game plan that they

1504
01:17:02,640 --> 01:17:06,320
Speaker 1: have is kind of geared up towards that team if

1505
01:17:06,320 --> 01:17:08,200
Speaker 1: they want to make it a too high game obviously

1506
01:17:08,280 --> 01:17:11,320
Speaker 1: being patient, making the right decisions, getting to the ball

1507
01:17:11,320 --> 01:17:14,400
Speaker 1: of the open guys, finding the checkdowns, allowing our running

1508
01:17:14,400 --> 01:17:17,599
Speaker 1: backs to get the run game going. Abously, that's easier

1509
01:17:17,600 --> 01:17:21,400
Speaker 1: said than done. But yeah, I guess we'll have to

1510
01:17:21,439 --> 01:17:24,160
Speaker 1: fill out how they're gonna attack, how they're gonna play us,

1511
01:17:24,160 --> 01:17:25,880
Speaker 1: and just kind of make some in game adjustments and

1512
01:17:25,920 --> 01:17:29,080
Speaker 1: just try to play you know, smart efficient football. Ab

1513
01:17:29,160 --> 01:17:31,760
Speaker 1: to think that the way you guys ran last week

1514
01:17:31,840 --> 01:17:36,120
Speaker 1: and really have been running a bunch Cleveland Detroit for

1515
01:17:36,280 --> 01:17:39,840
Speaker 1: the last you know, seven weeks, is given defensive coordinators

1516
01:17:39,840 --> 01:17:42,080
Speaker 1: a little something to think about if they want to

1517
01:17:42,080 --> 01:17:45,439
Speaker 1: play soft. Yeah. Sure, and our running backs are doing

1518
01:17:45,439 --> 01:17:46,960
Speaker 1: such a good job of finding the holes and our

1519
01:17:47,000 --> 01:17:49,000
Speaker 1: offensive lines doing a great job of creating them. So

1520
01:17:50,280 --> 01:17:54,280
Speaker 1: the more you can do, the more versatile and multiple

1521
01:17:54,320 --> 01:17:56,439
Speaker 1: that you can be on offense. I think that causes

1522
01:17:57,080 --> 01:18:00,000
Speaker 1: you know, obviously a little more problems for a defense.

1523
01:18:00,000 --> 01:18:01,479
Speaker 1: It's a coordinator of all right, what do I want

1524
01:18:01,520 --> 01:18:03,680
Speaker 1: to do here? Um? But again it's all about going

1525
01:18:03,720 --> 01:18:09,800
Speaker 1: out there and executing on game. Dame, playing a big

1526
01:18:09,840 --> 01:18:16,400
Speaker 1: steps AFC Championship playout games, flat day night, Sun Sunday night.

1527
01:18:16,760 --> 01:18:18,880
Speaker 1: How much more customed if you have you found yourself

1528
01:18:18,880 --> 01:18:25,120
Speaker 1: between these days? Yeah, I mean for me, every game

1529
01:18:25,120 --> 01:18:28,320
Speaker 1: feels the same. Um. Like I don't feel any different

1530
01:18:28,400 --> 01:18:31,240
Speaker 1: towards Monday nights as I do from Sundays in the

1531
01:18:31,240 --> 01:18:34,280
Speaker 1: one pm slot. Um, that's that's personal for me. Like

1532
01:18:34,640 --> 01:18:37,479
Speaker 1: obviously the days longer Monday, you don't have any games

1533
01:18:37,479 --> 01:18:39,760
Speaker 1: to watch, um, So it's a little bit different in

1534
01:18:39,800 --> 01:18:43,000
Speaker 1: that aspect um. But at the same time, it's it's

1535
01:18:43,000 --> 01:18:47,559
Speaker 1: still football. It's same dimensions, uh, same amount of time

1536
01:18:47,600 --> 01:18:50,320
Speaker 1: and again just trying to win a football game. Mitch

1537
01:18:50,360 --> 01:18:55,000
Speaker 1: wor sorry with Mitch Worts getting back today, but other

1538
01:18:55,040 --> 01:18:58,920
Speaker 1: football field everything he brings so personally, my gosh, it's

1539
01:18:58,920 --> 01:19:01,519
Speaker 1: in the possible game. What was today like seeing him

1540
01:19:01,600 --> 01:19:05,240
Speaker 1: back out? Yeah, it was great. Back to usual with him.

1541
01:19:05,280 --> 01:19:06,519
Speaker 1: I was I got a lot of trust, a lot

1542
01:19:06,560 --> 01:19:10,080
Speaker 1: of a lot of faith in him. Um, so comfortable

1543
01:19:10,120 --> 01:19:12,040
Speaker 1: with him and like I know it sounds weird, but

1544
01:19:12,080 --> 01:19:14,479
Speaker 1: even just taking snaps with him, you know, we've been

1545
01:19:14,479 --> 01:19:18,320
Speaker 1: taking snaps for the last three and a half four years. Um,

1546
01:19:18,400 --> 01:19:21,640
Speaker 1: So it's just extremely comfortable. And obviously the player that

1547
01:19:21,640 --> 01:19:24,360
Speaker 1: he is and the mind that he is as well,

1548
01:19:24,439 --> 01:19:26,639
Speaker 1: it helps out our offense a lot. So we're happy

1549
01:19:26,640 --> 01:19:29,599
Speaker 1: to have him back out there. After the game in Chicago,

1550
01:19:29,720 --> 01:19:34,240
Speaker 1: you've talked about leaving to get Stavond. How do you

1551
01:19:34,439 --> 01:19:38,880
Speaker 1: walk that getting him more involved but not forcing it

1552
01:19:39,000 --> 01:19:43,599
Speaker 1: into triple cover again. Yeah, it's say, like, again, we

1553
01:19:43,760 --> 01:19:47,160
Speaker 1: know he's uh, one of the best receivers in the game.

1554
01:19:47,160 --> 01:19:48,920
Speaker 1: I think he's the best receiver in the game. Um.

1555
01:19:48,960 --> 01:19:51,120
Speaker 1: And so the opposing defenses too, So they get her up,

1556
01:19:51,120 --> 01:19:52,920
Speaker 1: they try to find ways to keep him out of

1557
01:19:52,920 --> 01:19:56,439
Speaker 1: the game plan. Um. Again, just whether it's putting him

1558
01:19:56,479 --> 01:19:59,640
Speaker 1: in different spots. But again, forcing the ball to him

1559
01:19:59,640 --> 01:20:01,040
Speaker 1: was the last think I'm gonna do him. I'm gonna

1560
01:20:01,040 --> 01:20:02,720
Speaker 1: try to find find the open guy and the right

1561
01:20:02,720 --> 01:20:04,840
Speaker 1: guy to throw too. That's that's my goal. Every time

1562
01:20:04,880 --> 01:20:07,599
Speaker 1: I snapped the ball is all right, let me find

1563
01:20:07,640 --> 01:20:09,320
Speaker 1: my first read. If it's not there, let's go on

1564
01:20:09,400 --> 01:20:12,559
Speaker 1: and check every box. Um, you know, but if he's

1565
01:20:12,560 --> 01:20:14,320
Speaker 1: got an opportunity for the ball, I want to allow

1566
01:20:14,400 --> 01:20:16,400
Speaker 1: him to have that opportunity. So yeah, it is a

1567
01:20:17,960 --> 01:20:20,640
Speaker 1: slippery slope or a very thin line of trying to

1568
01:20:20,640 --> 01:20:22,679
Speaker 1: get him the ball too much and forcing him the ball.

1569
01:20:23,200 --> 01:20:25,599
Speaker 1: So again, just being smart with that and if it's there,

1570
01:20:25,600 --> 01:20:27,599
Speaker 1: it's there. If it's not, we'll move on. And um,

1571
01:20:27,680 --> 01:20:30,280
Speaker 1: and he understands that, so I appreciate that about him.

1572
01:20:30,720 --> 01:20:32,840
Speaker 1: I know you don't really care too much about stat

1573
01:20:32,920 --> 01:20:35,240
Speaker 1: You care about wins. And when it comes down to

1574
01:20:35,360 --> 01:20:39,200
Speaker 1: the Mahomes burrow Alan comparison to MVP chat or how

1575
01:20:39,280 --> 01:20:41,160
Speaker 1: much of that do you phase out when it comes

1576
01:20:41,160 --> 01:20:42,920
Speaker 1: down to how you play the ground, Yeah, all of it.

1577
01:20:43,000 --> 01:20:45,960
Speaker 1: And that doesn't bother me at this time. It's it's

1578
01:20:46,000 --> 01:20:48,360
Speaker 1: not about how you win, it's if you win. And

1579
01:20:48,920 --> 01:20:50,920
Speaker 1: you know I've said this before the last few weeks,

1580
01:20:50,960 --> 01:20:52,840
Speaker 1: like every game from here on out is a one

1581
01:20:52,880 --> 01:20:54,479
Speaker 1: game season. We had to find a way to win it.

1582
01:20:54,560 --> 01:20:57,680
Speaker 1: No matter how it looks like, as long as we

1583
01:20:57,720 --> 01:20:59,760
Speaker 1: have more points than the opposing team, we've done our

1584
01:21:00,280 --> 01:21:03,160
Speaker 1: so UM, moving forward, that's our mindset. It's all about

1585
01:21:03,200 --> 01:21:05,280
Speaker 1: trying to find a win. I know, I know it's

1586
01:21:05,320 --> 01:21:07,160
Speaker 1: one game at a time, but do you recognize the

1587
01:21:07,200 --> 01:21:10,240
Speaker 1: bag and tunor to this game because that number one

1588
01:21:10,280 --> 01:21:13,280
Speaker 1: seed is Yeah, I get there's a lot of implications

1589
01:21:13,280 --> 01:21:15,280
Speaker 1: for that. UM that's in the back of our mind,

1590
01:21:15,600 --> 01:21:17,040
Speaker 1: and we're taking it one game at a time, just

1591
01:21:17,080 --> 01:21:19,360
Speaker 1: trying to trying to control what we can control, and

1592
01:21:19,479 --> 01:21:21,920
Speaker 1: that's going out obviously having a good week of practice

1593
01:21:21,960 --> 01:21:25,719
Speaker 1: and trying to execute against a really hot um Bengals

1594
01:21:25,720 --> 01:21:28,160
Speaker 1: team right now that's playing some really good football. Consider

1595
01:21:28,280 --> 01:21:31,000
Speaker 1: that a key goal, I mean, being able to stay home,

1596
01:21:31,400 --> 01:21:34,240
Speaker 1: get the week off and not having to play both

1597
01:21:34,280 --> 01:21:36,120
Speaker 1: the Bengals and Chiefs maybe on the way to the

1598
01:21:36,160 --> 01:21:37,800
Speaker 1: Super Bowl? Is that is that a Is that a

1599
01:21:37,840 --> 01:21:39,880
Speaker 1: goal that's really important to you guys. I mean, that's

1600
01:21:39,960 --> 01:21:42,479
Speaker 1: that's one of the four goals that coach McDermott sets

1601
01:21:42,479 --> 01:21:44,720
Speaker 1: out for us each and every year. It's make the

1602
01:21:44,720 --> 01:21:47,840
Speaker 1: playoffs when the division secure home field. That's by getting

1603
01:21:47,840 --> 01:21:50,320
Speaker 1: the one seed, and obviously winning the World Championship, the

1604
01:21:50,320 --> 01:21:53,680
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, and um, you know that's that's what we're

1605
01:21:53,680 --> 01:21:55,400
Speaker 1: trying to accomplish. Yeah, that's that's what we want to do.

1606
01:21:55,439 --> 01:21:56,760
Speaker 1: Every time we step on the field. We want to

1607
01:21:56,800 --> 01:21:58,559
Speaker 1: we want to we want to win the football game.

1608
01:21:58,600 --> 01:22:01,720
Speaker 1: And um, it's going to come down to execution on

1609
01:22:01,720 --> 01:22:06,200
Speaker 1: Monday night, trying to sober note. Just what what's your reaction?

1610
01:22:06,360 --> 01:22:09,320
Speaker 1: How do you look at this, this blizzard, this deadly

1611
01:22:09,360 --> 01:22:11,920
Speaker 1: blizzard that get you know, the community that you've come

1612
01:22:11,960 --> 01:22:15,200
Speaker 1: out to cherish so much. Yeah, Um, obviously it's a

1613
01:22:16,439 --> 01:22:19,880
Speaker 1: very tragic. It's it's it's extremely sad. It's hard to

1614
01:22:19,880 --> 01:22:22,280
Speaker 1: find the right words to describe it. Um. I know

1615
01:22:22,360 --> 01:22:26,519
Speaker 1: the the the Pagulas and the Bills have donated some money,

1616
01:22:26,560 --> 01:22:30,240
Speaker 1: and um, you know, whether you know, I want to

1617
01:22:30,280 --> 01:22:32,320
Speaker 1: help some way somehow, obviously trying to find the right

1618
01:22:32,400 --> 01:22:35,160
Speaker 1: spot to help. Um, but I know there's a lot

1619
01:22:35,160 --> 01:22:37,479
Speaker 1: of families impacted, and my my hearts go out to

1620
01:22:37,520 --> 01:22:41,599
Speaker 1: them and um, yeah, it's it's once in a lifetime

1621
01:22:41,640 --> 01:22:44,400
Speaker 1: and they keep talking about these storms once in a lifetime.

1622
01:22:44,400 --> 01:22:47,000
Speaker 1: It's just it's it's extremely sad. I don't know how

1623
01:22:47,000 --> 01:22:50,479
Speaker 1: else to put it. That's Josh Allen talking to the

1624
01:22:50,520 --> 01:22:52,720
Speaker 1: media just a few minutes ago as he came off

1625
01:22:52,720 --> 01:22:56,000
Speaker 1: the practice field. You know, obviously a lot of respect

1626
01:22:56,000 --> 01:22:58,160
Speaker 1: for the sync S Cincinnai Bengals coming into this game,

1627
01:22:58,200 --> 01:23:05,000
Speaker 1: and um, you know, somebody, I mean somebody asked him,

1628
01:23:05,160 --> 01:23:08,760
Speaker 1: do you get the magnitude of this game? How can

1629
01:23:08,840 --> 01:23:14,160
Speaker 1: you not? Yeah, yeah, I kind of get it. It's

1630
01:23:16,479 --> 01:23:19,519
Speaker 1: the thing about it is, as a player, you're going

1631
01:23:19,560 --> 01:23:22,840
Speaker 1: through your routine to get ready to play, just as

1632
01:23:22,880 --> 01:23:24,880
Speaker 1: though it was a Week three game or a Week

1633
01:23:24,920 --> 01:23:28,400
Speaker 1: one game or Week seven game. The routine is what

1634
01:23:28,640 --> 01:23:30,599
Speaker 1: carries you through and you've got to be ready. Now,

1635
01:23:30,600 --> 01:23:33,800
Speaker 1: certainly the routine includes intricacies that have to do with

1636
01:23:33,840 --> 01:23:37,640
Speaker 1: the Bengals and not the Bears or the Dolphins or

1637
01:23:37,680 --> 01:23:41,439
Speaker 1: the you know, Browns. It's unique in that respect. But

1638
01:23:41,479 --> 01:23:44,120
Speaker 1: the process is the process, and it's served these guys

1639
01:23:44,160 --> 01:23:47,280
Speaker 1: really well. Yeah. One question that I haven't heard brought

1640
01:23:47,360 --> 01:23:48,880
Speaker 1: up in the last couple of weeks. There was a

1641
01:23:48,880 --> 01:23:51,719
Speaker 1: lot of fanfare when the Bills resigned Cole Beasley starts

1642
01:23:51,720 --> 01:23:54,559
Speaker 1: on the practice squad gets called up two games in

1643
01:23:54,800 --> 01:23:57,240
Speaker 1: one catch for nine yards in each game. It was

1644
01:23:57,320 --> 01:23:59,960
Speaker 1: kind of the classic Cole Beasley reception at an early

1645
01:24:00,240 --> 01:24:02,439
Speaker 1: down to get the Bills into second and two or

1646
01:24:02,479 --> 01:24:05,559
Speaker 1: second and one. I wonder if, and maybe you can

1647
01:24:05,600 --> 01:24:08,479
Speaker 1: talk about this from your playing experience, do we think

1648
01:24:08,520 --> 01:24:11,599
Speaker 1: that Cole Beasley just was well conditioned but not really

1649
01:24:11,600 --> 01:24:13,959
Speaker 1: in game shape And are we going to maybe see

1650
01:24:14,280 --> 01:24:18,720
Speaker 1: a more normal Cole Beasley in terms of his prominence

1651
01:24:18,800 --> 01:24:21,040
Speaker 1: in the game plan from what we saw twenty nineteen,

1652
01:24:21,080 --> 01:24:23,400
Speaker 1: twenty twenty, and twenty twenty. I think he's a safety

1653
01:24:23,479 --> 01:24:26,000
Speaker 1: valve in case something happens to somebody who's been in there.

1654
01:24:26,479 --> 01:24:30,200
Speaker 1: I think he's the perfect stop gap if something happens

1655
01:24:30,200 --> 01:24:35,599
Speaker 1: to Khalil Shaker, Isaiah and Kenzie and if he can

1656
01:24:35,680 --> 01:24:41,200
Speaker 1: be there and Jamison Crowder can return, can returned, and

1657
01:24:41,400 --> 01:24:45,240
Speaker 1: you know, maybe he becomes expendable then, but for right now,

1658
01:24:45,280 --> 01:24:47,960
Speaker 1: he isn't the absolute perfect insurance policy. And I think

1659
01:24:47,960 --> 01:24:50,240
Speaker 1: they've done a nice job, just like we spoke about

1660
01:24:50,280 --> 01:24:53,080
Speaker 1: with the offensive line, moving those guys around, getting guys around,

1661
01:24:53,280 --> 01:24:55,479
Speaker 1: making sure he's ready if he's called upon. It's not

1662
01:24:55,479 --> 01:24:57,320
Speaker 1: going to be the first time he's run a pass

1663
01:24:57,400 --> 01:25:01,120
Speaker 1: route in a game in a year. Yeah, So getting

1664
01:25:01,160 --> 01:25:03,240
Speaker 1: him in the game, even if it is just you know,

1665
01:25:03,280 --> 01:25:05,600
Speaker 1: one catch here to catch there eleven snaps in his

1666
01:25:05,680 --> 01:25:08,519
Speaker 1: first week back and then only six snaps this last week.

1667
01:25:08,920 --> 01:25:11,439
Speaker 1: Just make sure he's acclimated and can go when he's

1668
01:25:11,479 --> 01:25:13,479
Speaker 1: called upon it, just in case he needs to in

1669
01:25:13,560 --> 01:25:16,880
Speaker 1: the playoffs or they don't. There ain't nothing wrong with

1670
01:25:16,880 --> 01:25:19,000
Speaker 1: this offense. I mean people are like going, oh, my guys,

1671
01:25:19,000 --> 01:25:23,439
Speaker 1: are not you listen, They're they're doing exactly, They're executing

1672
01:25:23,479 --> 01:25:25,160
Speaker 1: exactly the way they want to do it. Certainly Josh

1673
01:25:25,240 --> 01:25:27,120
Speaker 1: didn't want to throw at interceptions, but if Josh is

1674
01:25:27,160 --> 01:25:31,240
Speaker 1: not throwing interceptions, they're humming. So Cole Beasley has nothing

1675
01:25:31,240 --> 01:25:33,400
Speaker 1: to do with that. Yeah, And I thought what you

1676
01:25:33,400 --> 01:25:36,160
Speaker 1: said earlier when we were on with Thurman was really interesting. Josh.

1677
01:25:36,200 --> 01:25:39,080
Speaker 1: Those two interceptions last week, there was a little bit

1678
01:25:39,160 --> 01:25:40,640
Speaker 1: of a period in that game where things were a

1679
01:25:40,640 --> 01:25:43,120
Speaker 1: little dicey. The Bills finished with thirty five points in

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Speaker 1: that game. If you're averaging twenty eight points, which the

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Speaker 1: Bills are, you're in second place in the entire league.

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Speaker 1: So there have been multiple games where the Bills have

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Speaker 1: not looked at their best. And you're not going to

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Speaker 1: be your best every single week in today's NFL where

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Speaker 1: they have not looked their best, and they've still scored

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Speaker 1: twenty eight points, thirty two points, or thirty five points.

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Speaker 1: So I think this is an offense that, like you said,

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Speaker 1: is operating mostly doing what they wanted to do, and

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Speaker 1: it's not just about accumulating yardage or not throwing interceptions.

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Speaker 1: It's about scoring points and they've done that as well

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Speaker 1: as any team in football. All Right, we're gonna take

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Speaker 1: a break, come back to close things out right after this.

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker Chris Tropaso closing things off on One Bills Live.

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Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back to One Bills Live.

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Speaker 1: Just to finish things up, Chris, you got something you

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Speaker 1: wanted to finish up the show with. Yeah. That so

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Speaker 1: we had Therma Thomason, who is the last Buffalo Bills

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Speaker 1: player to win NFL MVP and certainly from what we

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Speaker 1: heard from Josh Allen, it's all about for the Bills

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Speaker 1: winning games, winning and Super Bowl. But if you're into

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Speaker 1: the award thing in the NFL that Josh is again

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Speaker 1: in the NBA pe race, the last seven MVPs have

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Speaker 1: been from a number one seed. So if the Bills

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Speaker 1: can win this game on Monday Night, secure that one

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Speaker 1: seed that drastically increases the chances that Josh Allen could

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Speaker 1: maybe actually win the MVP and steal it from Patrick Mahomes.

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Speaker 1: Well we'll see, but yeah, they're both really good players

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Speaker 1: and Mahomes is out in front. No question that the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs suit looked like they're playing with their food. But

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Speaker 1: we'll be back tomorrow. Chris Brown will be back in

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Speaker 1: the seat. Christier Prasso, thanks so much for being with

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Speaker 1: us today. We'll see you tomorrow, everybody for a Friday

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Speaker 1: fan mail bag. Talk to you then.