Speaker 1: Hey, that's a dominant effort. Man. Great job, boy. It
Speaker 1: is thanksgiving, man. I want everyone of you to know
Speaker 1: how how thankful I am for you. I'm thankful for
Speaker 1: you guys. Man, the work you put in. Listen to
Speaker 1: me now, the work you put in, the love you
Speaker 1: have for each other. How hard you guys play? Man.
Speaker 1: That doesn't happen everywhere. Man, I really appreciate that we've
Speaker 1: been down this road before. Right, We've been here before
Speaker 1: after a game like this, So you gotta embrace that
Speaker 1: humility piece of it, right, that humble and hungry approach.
Speaker 1: That's what wins games this time of year. Understand what's
Speaker 1: the statement? Understand what we want? You gotta keep stacking
Speaker 1: the show. Well, think finding the way. I don't know
Speaker 1: what every week? How? No overthinking? Right, go play the ball?
Speaker 1: What play some football? Exciting? I'm to be a Buffalo
Speaker 1: build on the fanom of the Buffalo Bills. Welcome into
Speaker 1: Week thirteen of the Sean McDermott Show, presented by Connors
Speaker 1: and Farris, your workers comp attorneys. I'm Steve Tasker, and
Speaker 1: as always I'm pleased to be joined by Sean McDermott,
Speaker 1: head coach of the Bills coach, thanks for being here.
Speaker 1: Tough loss last week, but you come back with a
Speaker 1: dominant performance in New Orleans on Thanksgiving. Your postgame speech,
Speaker 1: you stress the importance of being humble and hungry. It's
Speaker 1: important in this time of year. Why do you think
Speaker 1: humility has an added importance and your push for the playoffs. Well,
Speaker 1: it's a week to week league, as you know, Steve,
Speaker 1: and I think we've had our challenges a little bit
Speaker 1: with handling a game like that or a margin of
Speaker 1: victory like that. So I wanted to get out in
Speaker 1: front of it and address our team and get them
Speaker 1: back as soon as possible mentally for the challenge ahead.
Speaker 1: Your offense showed up in a big way three hundred
Speaker 1: and sixty one total yards, thirty one points. Twenty one
Speaker 1: of those points came in the second half. Brian Dabole
Speaker 1: got the offense in rhythm with back to back touchdown
Speaker 1: drives and put the game out of reach. And it
Speaker 1: seems like the success in the third quarter has been
Speaker 1: a theme for your offense all year. Why is that? Well,
Speaker 1: I think again give Brian credit and the offensive staff
Speaker 1: the adjustments that they make at halftime, the player's ability
Speaker 1: to go out and execute in a very calm way,
Speaker 1: in poised way I think has been critical to our
Speaker 1: successful offense. Now, Josh threw for two hundred and sixty
Speaker 1: yards four touchdowns. It was his sixth career game with
Speaker 1: four more touchdown passes. Only Brady and Rogers have had
Speaker 1: more four touchdown games over the last two years. He
Speaker 1: also completed a career high eighty two percent of his passes,
Speaker 1: But with all those positives, he still had two interceptions.
Speaker 1: How do you coach Josh to keep him aggressive but
Speaker 1: still eliminate those turnovers? Yeah, I mean it's always a challenge, right,
Speaker 1: You're always trying to play flawless football, perfect football. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: the game isn't perfect the game that we coach and play.
Speaker 1: That said, taking care of the football is an important
Speaker 1: element to playing winning football, as you said, and Josh
Speaker 1: is in pretty good company with the two names you
Speaker 1: mentioned after his in terms of those quarterbacks, so he's
Speaker 1: only going to continue to get better. Clearly understands how
Speaker 1: important it is to take care of the football. We've
Speaker 1: had our struggles with that and it's been shared. It
Speaker 1: just hasn't been Josh. As you know, a lot goes
Speaker 1: into executing a play, and if one guy doesn't do
Speaker 1: his job, that play can break down. So we've got
Speaker 1: to continue to work on our level of execution, our detail,
Speaker 1: and those small margins that lead to high level of execution. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Josh connected with Dawson Knox for two tds, one of
Speaker 1: which came on fourth down. That's his second multi touchdown
Speaker 1: game this season. Speaking about Dawson, and he continues to
Speaker 1: lead all the tight ends with seven touchdowns on the year.
Speaker 1: You're now tenant though when he scores a touchdown. Do
Speaker 1: you think there's a correlation between him scoring and the
Speaker 1: team winning. There might be. There may be a habit
Speaker 1: forming right now, So we'll have to put make sure
Speaker 1: we get that in the game plan going forward and
Speaker 1: make sure we get him the ball now. Also, one
Speaker 1: of your other players, Jordan Porler, had his fifth interception
Speaker 1: of the year, tying his career high and keeping him
Speaker 1: on pace to have the best year of his career,
Speaker 1: at least statistically. Now, he's been vocal about the changes
Speaker 1: he's made off the field. What do you think has
Speaker 1: led him to have such a great year. Well, that
Speaker 1: certainly has helped. I would say it hasn't hurt right,
Speaker 1: when you watch a young man developed the way he
Speaker 1: lives his life off the field, like Jordan has illustrated
Speaker 1: and documented over the last year. Fun to watch then
Speaker 1: and gives you great joy to watch the production then
Speaker 1: on the field. And a lot of times those correlate,
Speaker 1: those go hand in hand, so it's been fun to watch. Yeah,
Speaker 1: your defensive line was also a huge difference maker against
Speaker 1: the Saints. Mario Addison had a sack and that huge
Speaker 1: fourth down stop, And you can't mention that fourth down
Speaker 1: without mentioning at Oliver and the impact he had. What
Speaker 1: did you think about the way your defensive line played
Speaker 1: as a group on Thanksgiving? Yeah, they were a force
Speaker 1: to be reckoned with and we need that every week.
Speaker 1: Losing Trey White is big for us, and so what
Speaker 1: happens with that is other position groups have to step up,
Speaker 1: including the offense as well in special teams to help
Speaker 1: us replace a player like Trey White. Well, you mentioned Trey,
Speaker 1: he was having an other great year. He's been obviously
Speaker 1: a leader on this team for as long as he's
Speaker 1: been here. How if you can fill that void not
Speaker 1: only on the field, but also the kind of guy
Speaker 1: he is in the locker? Room. Yeah, we'll miss Trey.
Speaker 1: We'll miss him both on and off the field. And
Speaker 1: he's got such a kind of electric personality to him,
Speaker 1: the way he lights up a room and what he
Speaker 1: carries onto the field, the energy he brings with him.
Speaker 1: So we're gonna miss that, but we've got other players
Speaker 1: that can step in and are expected to step up
Speaker 1: and raise their game as well. All right, thanks, coach.
Speaker 1: We're gonna catch up with you a little later in
Speaker 1: the show to get your final thoughts on your upcoming
Speaker 1: matchup with New England. The game plan is presented by
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Speaker 1: It's a battle for first place in the AFC East.
Speaker 1: With a win, the Bills will take ownership of first place,
Speaker 1: but with a loss, they will fall in the rankings.
Speaker 1: This game is big, but the Monday Night football stage
Speaker 1: only makes it bigger. This will be Buffalo's first night
Speaker 1: game at home with a full stadium since Week eight
Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen. New England is on a six game
Speaker 1: win streak and has been on a tear since Week seven.
Speaker 1: Over that span, they are the best in the league,
Speaker 1: averaging thirty five point two points per game and have
Speaker 1: scored on fifty eight point seven percent of their offensive drives.
Speaker 1: Rookie quarterback Mac Jones has completed passes at the third
Speaker 1: highest rate by connecting with his weapons seventy point three
Speaker 1: percent of the time. New England has also had a
Speaker 1: shutdown defense this year, as they're allowing the fewest points
Speaker 1: per game at fifteen point eight and have the most
Speaker 1: interceptions with nineteen. The Bills on the Patriots ranked closely
Speaker 1: in several categories on offense and defense, both tied for
Speaker 1: second with twenty five takeaways, and safety Jordan Poyer is
Speaker 1: right behind j. C. Jackson and ranked third with five interceptions.
Speaker 1: Right now, the Bills are scoring the second most points
Speaker 1: by averaging twenty nine point six a game, and quarterback
Speaker 1: Josh Allen has reached the end zone by air or
Speaker 1: on foot twenty eight total times, which is the second
Speaker 1: most out of all QBS. Buffalo's defense continues to limit
Speaker 1: teams like they have all seasons, allowing the fewest yards
Speaker 1: per game at two seventy five and allowing the lowest
Speaker 1: QB completion percentage at fifty seven point six percent. The
Speaker 1: New England Patriots lead the series with seventy six wins
Speaker 1: and forty five losses, but the Bills own a two
Speaker 1: game win streak against New England. That's this week's game preview, Steve,
Speaker 1: back to you. Thanks as always, Maddie. Coach. You're facing
Speaker 1: the Patriots for the first time this year in a
Speaker 1: game that is going to put the winner in first
Speaker 1: place in the division. How are you preparing mentally to
Speaker 1: play in a game of this magnitude. Well, all games
Speaker 1: are important, Steve, as you know, and I want to
Speaker 1: give you just coach talk here, but they are important.
Speaker 1: We want to continue to get better every week. And listen,
Speaker 1: we understand you know that they're in first place, the Patriots.
Speaker 1: They've played good football the course of the last six
Speaker 1: or seven weeks and they have not turned the ball
Speaker 1: over in Our execution level has to improve in order
Speaker 1: for us to have a chance. We expect a packed
Speaker 1: house and a great environment for football on Monday Night. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Last year in New England had their first losing season
Speaker 1: since the year two thousand, but they seem to be
Speaker 1: back to the Patriots of old. They've won their last
Speaker 1: six games. What's the biggest difference you've seen between this
Speaker 1: year's Patriots and last year's squad. Well, you start on
Speaker 1: the field with the roster changes started almost immediately through
Speaker 1: free agency and the money they spent through free agency
Speaker 1: to get the tight ends, to get Judon off the
Speaker 1: edge on the defensive side, and some of the other
Speaker 1: players that they acquired via free agency, and then what
Speaker 1: they did in the draft, specifically with Mac Jones. He's
Speaker 1: a good young quarterback, smart, can make all the throws.
Speaker 1: He's done a great job for him to this point,
Speaker 1: and it'll be a big challenge for our defense and
Speaker 1: our team. Thanks coach, good luck on Monday night. We're
Speaker 1: gonna be back next week to recap your game against
Speaker 1: the Patriots and preview your Week fourteen matchup against the
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And everybody at home, thanks for watching.
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