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Speaker 1: All right, here we are, it's Tuesday, and we're flipping

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Speaker 1: Tamar Hamlin's care at the UC Medical Center in Cincinnati,

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Speaker 1: doctor Knight, doctor Pritz. And we're like, okay, great, we're

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Speaker 1: are going. They come on, Damar has been discharged. He's

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Speaker 1: Things are looking great. Long functions awesome. You know, we

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Speaker 1: I'm sitting there going what he took. He took a

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Speaker 1: I was totally shocked. That's awesome. I don't know that.

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Speaker 1: I think the most important thing as far as it

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Speaker 1: while all the good news and seeing him on video conference,

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Speaker 1: important and has value. Nothing is going to beat them

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Speaker 1: literally getting their arms around him. Don't squeeze them too tight. Okay,

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Speaker 1: It is a car wreck every play. It is unbelieved.

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Speaker 1: Even in the game nowadays, where they say, oh, this

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Speaker 1: NFL is soft, it's all that. It ain't softer. Maybe

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Speaker 1: a lot smarter the way they handle their players so

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Speaker 1: they can play a week a week, but it ain't soft. No,

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Speaker 1: it is not soft. To put a bow on the

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Speaker 1: Georgia discussion, Oh my gosh, I can't remember if they

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Speaker 1: have the number one recruiting class this year, but they're

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Speaker 1: in the top two or three if they didn't. And

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00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:38,359
Speaker 1: then there's this Steve. Georgia returns seventy five percent of

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Speaker 1: their current roster and they also landed the two top

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Speaker 1: wide receivers from the transfer portal for twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Kirby's smart has figured out how to corner

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Speaker 1: the recruiting market and the transfer market at the same time. Well,

436
00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,920
Speaker 1: because in college it's all about the players, like it's

437
00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,680
Speaker 1: about the talent. That's yeah. You can you can out

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00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,439
Speaker 1: athletic size your opponent and you can run to the

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00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:14,919
Speaker 1: far side speed kills and that's you know, and you

440
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,520
Speaker 1: can get you can just be faster. That's It's always

441
00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:20,680
Speaker 1: been that way. And last night in the pre game,

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Speaker 1: I know you saw some of this too. Dion Sanders

443
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Speaker 1: was on the panel, and of course Nick Saban was

444
00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,440
Speaker 1: there as the most unhappy panelist of all time because

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00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,960
Speaker 1: he wasn't playing in the game. You don't think that

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00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,879
Speaker 1: guy's over there going like just I mean, it is

447
00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:40,960
Speaker 1: a that's why college coaches don't always transfer well into

448
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:45,920
Speaker 1: the NFL. It's rare. Harbad did it, John Jim Harbaud

449
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,040
Speaker 1: did it pretty well, no question. Um got the San

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00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:50,960
Speaker 1: Francisco forty nine ers of the Super Bowl. He's a

451
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:52,960
Speaker 1: good coach, you know that kind of thing. But Nick Saban,

452
00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:54,800
Speaker 1: he was like, I'm out of here. This is you know,

453
00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,280
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins stuff. He was like, are you kidding me?

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Speaker 1: It is all about recruiting. That is their full time job.

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00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,359
Speaker 1: They've got a coaching staff that handles the football exes

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Speaker 1: and ohs. But man, those head coaches are billboards for

457
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,920
Speaker 1: the program. They are salesman for the program to seventeen

458
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:16,600
Speaker 1: eighteen year old kids and their families. Their entire operation

459
00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:21,879
Speaker 1: is centered around recruiting, finding the best players, the biggest athletes,

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00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,159
Speaker 1: and getting them to come to their school. That's it,

461
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,040
Speaker 1: and that's that's where you win and lose. And last

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00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:37,600
Speaker 1: night was a perfect example. Georgia crushed TCU with with

463
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:43,280
Speaker 1: a five eleven d eighty pound quarterback who nice arm,

464
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:46,200
Speaker 1: live arm. But man, oh man, he just getting getting

465
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,280
Speaker 1: rid of it. Man, he's just throwing it to people

466
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,760
Speaker 1: that can do stupid things out there and they ain't

467
00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:55,760
Speaker 1: nobody touching him. Yeah, I mean, goodness, gracious, it's a

468
00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:58,360
Speaker 1: it's a recruiting thing. That's why the NFL is different.

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Speaker 1: That when a team in the national title game by

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Speaker 1: fifty eight sixty five seven, Bro, when you win by

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00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,360
Speaker 1: fifty eight, that's gonna land you a few extra guys.

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00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,320
Speaker 1: I want to they want to be in that game. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: because that last night. I noticed this and I thought

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Speaker 1: it to myself, That National Championship game last night was

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00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,560
Speaker 1: a lot like a super Bowl. It was in so far.

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Speaker 1: It was in so far. The crowd was nuts, the pageantry,

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Speaker 1: the pregame stuff, the lead in with the the long pregame,

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Speaker 1: you know, the all of that stuff. And I'm sure,

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00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 1: I'm sure that they the kids were there. The teams,

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know that. I would imagine

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00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:40,400
Speaker 1: they were there at least through this past weekend. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I know there's student athletes. What I heard one of

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00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:48,480
Speaker 1: the sponsors flew students to the game because obviously George's

484
00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,560
Speaker 1: coming from across the country, TC you kids coming from

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Speaker 1: Fort Worth. They flew hundreds of kids to the game.

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Speaker 1: Sponsors did us sponsors doll good for them? You know,

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00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:00,760
Speaker 1: I mean it was it was the that atmosp yet

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00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:02,800
Speaker 1: they want the atmosphere and it was there too. It

489
00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:04,880
Speaker 1: was all live and it was it was great. So

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00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:08,760
Speaker 1: that so you're right, when you beat a team sixty

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Speaker 1: five seven, it's not only a billboard for your program,

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Speaker 1: it's a billboard for your school. People are like, yeah, okay.

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00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:22,040
Speaker 1: When they become fans are like yeah, I like listen,

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00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,160
Speaker 1: I'm a fan of that team. That's my team. Now.

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00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,720
Speaker 1: That's why we were That's why my son was sweating

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00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:31,520
Speaker 1: on getting admitted because after they won the national title

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Speaker 1: last year. My son's you know, he did early action

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00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:37,080
Speaker 1: and everything to try to get into us. That was uber.

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00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:41,400
Speaker 1: It was his number one choice, and the admissions office

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Speaker 1: after the fact we found out they got ten thousand

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Speaker 1: more applications than they usually do because they won the

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Speaker 1: national title. That's just students wanting to go there. And listen,

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Speaker 1: think about players, recruits, students doing it and listen, the

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00:30:56,240 --> 00:31:01,800
Speaker 1: students don't get scholarshipped ten thousand people who are willing

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00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:09,040
Speaker 1: to pay to go to Georgia's. That's you're talking bottom line, stuffy,

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Speaker 1: There goes sweet. Before we go to break, we do

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Speaker 1: want to let you know what our Twitter topic of

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Speaker 1: the day is. As we flip the page to the

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Speaker 1: wild card playoff game between the Bills and Dolphins, it

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00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:23,640
Speaker 1: is as follows, what aspect of the Bills do you

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00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:27,440
Speaker 1: believe needs a little fine tuning for the playoffs? Something

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00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,760
Speaker 1: that you need that you believe needs a little refinement

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00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:33,760
Speaker 1: going into the postseason to really have the Bills humming

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00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 1: in all three phases? Can let us know at eighth

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Speaker 1: three five fifty one eight eight eight five fifty two

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Speaker 1: five fifty the number to get on board there. We

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00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,760
Speaker 1: have an open line for you. There's also some breaking

518
00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:45,760
Speaker 1: news in the league, which will discuss a little bit

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00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 1: more when we come back. The Ravens have agreed in

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00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:52,560
Speaker 1: principle with All Pro linebacker Roquan Smith, with whom they

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00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:56,040
Speaker 1: traded to acquire from Chicago at the trade deadline. He

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00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:59,680
Speaker 1: is now the highest paid player at his position in NFL.

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Speaker 1: His five years one hundred million dollars forty five million

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Speaker 1: fully guaranteed, sixty million in total guarantees. He is the

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Speaker 1: first off the ball linebacker to get twenty million per year.

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00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 1: Roquan Smith represented himself, like somebody else on the ball,

527
00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 1: to more roster who has not signed an extension yet.

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00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 1: His name is Lamar Jackson. He's a franchise tag candidate

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00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:32,000
Speaker 1: now as far as I'm concerned. And then on top

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Speaker 1: of that, let's not forget who the Bills have to

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Speaker 1: somehow try to resign this offseason. You better believe the

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00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,360
Speaker 1: Roquan Smith contract is going to be used as a

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Speaker 1: measuring stick for the Tremaine Edmonds camp. We'll take a

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00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:49,680
Speaker 1: break here, be back with your phone calls. As we're

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00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:51,960
Speaker 1: asking you what aspect of the Bills. Do you think

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00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:55,720
Speaker 1: needs a little fine tuning for the postseason? Eight oh

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Speaker 1: three five fifty the number to get on board. Steve

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Speaker 1: Tasker Chris brown Back in a moment here on One

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Speaker 1: Bills Live, presented by Collot of Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio.

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Speaker 1: All right, that's aggressive. Our MSG viewers are watching an

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Speaker 1: suv get absolutely destroyed by two front end loaders courtesy

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Speaker 1: of Niagara Metals, which is a proud partner of the

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00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:45,520
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. Billy Buffalo hanging out with the junkyard destroying vehicles.

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00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:47,680
Speaker 1: I did names of opponents. I didn't know front end

545
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,160
Speaker 1: loaders could do that. Neither did I. Man, oh man,

546
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:52,520
Speaker 1: that that didn't take very long. They didn't. They didn't

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00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:56,080
Speaker 1: even like one hasn't even moved. They was just shoving

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00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:59,320
Speaker 1: it into the Oh my gosh, okay, that was pretty impressive.

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00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:01,200
Speaker 1: That's why to grow on. I gotta tell you too,

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00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:04,240
Speaker 1: it look fun. I want to do you remember you

551
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,680
Speaker 1: remember the old smash up derbys they used to have

552
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,760
Speaker 1: on television, demolition derbies that on Wide World of Sports

553
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,120
Speaker 1: or where was yes, they probably on Wide World of Sports.

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00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,479
Speaker 1: They had one once in a while. They all it

555
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,440
Speaker 1: was crazy. Yeah, back that. What was it about the

556
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:23,920
Speaker 1: late seventies early eighties, Like destruction was so popular. It's

557
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:27,839
Speaker 1: like smash up Derby's school buses, jumping over ramps and

558
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,759
Speaker 1: doing stuff Evil Knevil. Yeah, that was the whole thing,

559
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:34,480
Speaker 1: was crazy jumping over stuff all the time. The daredevil

560
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,400
Speaker 1: era was good and that kind of coincided with the

561
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Speaker 1: cars because they always have these jump cars they could

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00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:43,360
Speaker 1: line up, so the garden jump interesting phenomenon, which you

563
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:46,680
Speaker 1: don't see it that much anymore. Um. The last great

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00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:48,680
Speaker 1: one where the guys trying to jump over rivers in

565
00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:51,640
Speaker 1: the rocket car. Oh yeah, even did that, and there

566
00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:53,960
Speaker 1: was another guy who tried to jump over lake and

567
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 1: Lincoln didn't make it. But yeah, that was an arab

568
00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:00,960
Speaker 1: bygone era with we don't have enough in the budget

569
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:04,319
Speaker 1: for the physicist to tell us if it could actually happen. Yeah, Bro,

570
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,919
Speaker 1: that was one of the all time great fails. Who

571
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:11,839
Speaker 1: it was it was? I just can't believe how like

572
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:14,520
Speaker 1: every week or every month there seemed to be somebody

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00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:18,200
Speaker 1: trying to jump something. Um, I don't know, and like

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00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,200
Speaker 1: it just all of a sudden, like as soon as

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Speaker 1: it showed up on the scene, it was so pope,

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00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 1: it was gone. It was like a super nova. Yeah,

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00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:25,840
Speaker 1: and then it was not on TV. Yeah. Maybe I

578
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,480
Speaker 1: think we've jumped in up. The network executives like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: we're good. Maybe it was. I don't think there's anything

580
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:34,319
Speaker 1: left to jump. Yeah. Maybe. Well here's the thing, and

581
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:36,520
Speaker 1: I don't know anything about anything, but here's my here's

582
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:41,959
Speaker 1: my conjecture. Can put my tinfoil hat on. Um. Here's

583
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:45,000
Speaker 1: what happened. The networks started seeing this stuff and it's

584
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 1: started getting up scale, up scale, up scale, and the

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Speaker 1: guys who were doing it were getting rich even if

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Speaker 1: they failed. Because of the run up and the promotion

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00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,200
Speaker 1: and all that stuff. The networks started thinking, you know,

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Speaker 1: we go any further as somebody's gonna like not make it. Yeah,

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00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:02,680
Speaker 1: it's gonna it's gonna be and that is not good television.

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00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:06,640
Speaker 1: So let's not do that anymore. So I think that's

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00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:08,759
Speaker 1: one of them. Imagine the insurance waivers on those things

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00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:13,439
Speaker 1: that we do. Have an update on DeMar Hamlin. He's

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Speaker 1: just tweeted about a minute ago and he tweets his

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00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:21,400
Speaker 1: follows not home quite just yet, still doing and passing

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00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:25,120
Speaker 1: a bunch of tests. Special thank you to Buffalo General Hospital.

596
00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:27,840
Speaker 1: It's been nothing but love since my arrival. Keep me

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00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:32,759
Speaker 1: in y'all prayers please hashtag three strong. So DeMar keeping

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Speaker 1: us updated via his social media. Keep him coming, Tomar,

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00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:39,160
Speaker 1: keep telling us the tests you're passing. Let us know

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00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 1: when you're home. Pretty cool stuff. Yeah, we are discussing

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00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:44,680
Speaker 1: on today's show though, what aspect of the bills do

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00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:48,160
Speaker 1: you believe needs a little fine tuning to feel good

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00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:51,040
Speaker 1: about it? For the playoffs? Eight oh three, five fifty one,

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00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:53,520
Speaker 1: eight eight fifty two, five fifty then number to get

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Speaker 1: on board. And today we lead off with Billy in

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Speaker 1: Cheek Dwaga, what do you got for us? Billy? Or

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Speaker 1: on One Bill's Live, Hey doing. Yeah, I got a

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00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:06,640
Speaker 1: quick question. I was I've heard rumors about Micah Hyde

609
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:09,000
Speaker 1: coming back. I was wondering if you guys said could

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00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:12,720
Speaker 1: touch a little bit on what the status is of him.

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00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:16,560
Speaker 1: I saw that a little bit on social two. I'd

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00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,920
Speaker 1: be surprised. Yeah, I mean there's the doctors are sitting

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00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:22,279
Speaker 1: on him saying it's not a smart idea until after

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Speaker 1: you've gone through a certain amount of time since the surgery,

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Speaker 1: and certainly it was weak two. So it's been a

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Speaker 1: few months. But when I have talked to him after

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Speaker 1: the fact, he has said he feels great and would

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Speaker 1: love to, but the doctors are saying absolutely no way.

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Speaker 1: This season, we had him on set here I think

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00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:40,480
Speaker 1: it was two weeks ago, maybe three weeks ago, and

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Speaker 1: we asked him about that on the air, and he

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Speaker 1: essentially said, the doctors told me going into the surgery

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Speaker 1: that coming out, I'm gonna feel great, and I do,

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Speaker 1: but the rule of thumb is no contact for six

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00:37:55,080 --> 00:38:03,600
Speaker 1: months after surgery. Surgery was in late September, October, November, December, January.

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00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:07,360
Speaker 1: You get to the end of February. That's only five months. Yeah,

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00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:10,520
Speaker 1: And he said it. He said, the doctors told me

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Speaker 1: up front they were going to have to protect me

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Speaker 1: from me, and they're doing that right now. Right. So

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Speaker 1: unless and he didn't say this was possible, I'm just saying,

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Speaker 1: unless the doctors have some sort of tests, you know,

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Speaker 1: MRIs whatever, that they can say that's changed or that's

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Speaker 1: different than the six month window, we said, there's no

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Speaker 1: way they're gonna let him play. Absolutely no way. And

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Speaker 1: knowing what we know about the bills and how they

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Speaker 1: have handled other ramp ups like tradevious White like Mitch Morris,

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Speaker 1: like you can down, like Jamison Crowder. All these guys

638
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Speaker 1: that have been injured, they're coming back. They do it

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Speaker 1: step by small step, by small step, by small steps.

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Speaker 1: So even if Micah Hyde got cleared, they would not

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Speaker 1: He's not going to be out there until he goes

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Speaker 1: through small steps, small step, small step, small step, and

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00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:05,160
Speaker 1: by that time season's over. So my our logic, I

644
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Speaker 1: would be absolutely shocked if any news like that comes

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Speaker 1: out about Mike. I saw the same stuff on social

646
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Speaker 1: and I'm like, I think it's something else. I think

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00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:17,160
Speaker 1: it's more fans hoping that could happen, right than knowing

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Speaker 1: it's possible, you know, which is everything that Mike has

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Speaker 1: told us. The timetable just doesn't line up for that

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Speaker 1: to happen. They tend and idn't say this too, I mean,

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Speaker 1: kind of tongue in cheek. It's really true, Brownie and

652
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Speaker 1: I are about a million miles away from what's going

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Speaker 1: on on the other side of the wall. Yeah, they

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Speaker 1: because and for right reason. You can see. They don't

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Speaker 1: want to tell us stuff that they don't want us

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Speaker 1: to talk about, so they don't tell us. Yeah, and

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00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:42,640
Speaker 1: they were they treat us like outside media almost sometimes.

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Speaker 1: So if they do that, I'll be shocked. Yeah even yeah,

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Speaker 1: so will be as surprised as everybody else. Let's go

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Speaker 1: back to the phones and we go to Brian and Buffalo. Next.

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Speaker 1: What do you got for us? Brian? There you do, guys,

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Speaker 1: And first I'd like to let's let's plain for tomorrow

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Speaker 1: and John Murphy and I would like to say, I

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Speaker 1: think we need a little bit of help and pass

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Speaker 1: protection on the offensive line and then the defensive line

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Speaker 1: and linebackers to stop that run. But we don't know

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Speaker 1: if what he calls the playing because I guess he

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Speaker 1: broke his thumb play. So that if I just hang

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Speaker 1: up and make to hear your answer, you thanks, Brian. Um,

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Speaker 1: I mean with you, Brian, I as a as a

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Speaker 1: guy who's little and played in this sport. To me,

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00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:37,959
Speaker 1: it's all about the big, big guys. It's your run

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Speaker 1: front and your pass pro and run runs, run game,

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Speaker 1: and it all starts up front on both sides of

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Speaker 1: the ball. We've seen and I think it has been

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Speaker 1: demonstrated this year that the upscale and the upgraded defensive

677
00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:53,440
Speaker 1: tackle play this year has had ripple effects across the

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Speaker 1: board for the defense, not either run defense. You can

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00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:59,120
Speaker 1: there are certain exceptions, even this last Miami game where

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00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:02,239
Speaker 1: they gave up a bucket eight. Their run defense has

681
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:06,080
Speaker 1: been really good this year and that has really allowed

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Speaker 1: Milano and Edmunds to blossom. I mean they have They

683
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:11,680
Speaker 1: are killing it this year because they don't have anybody

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Speaker 1: getting out to them. Both those guys had a hundred

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Speaker 1: tackles this year. So I would agree with you. The

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Speaker 1: guys up front, the front six and then the seven

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Speaker 1: if you if you count tarn Johnson, those guys are

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00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:27,960
Speaker 1: those guys need to show up and show up big

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Speaker 1: all the way across the whole rotation, all eight defensive

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Speaker 1: linemen and the linebackers that are in there, which really

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00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:36,680
Speaker 1: never changed Edmunds and Milano. So I agree with you.

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Speaker 1: And as far as pass pro, absolutely, because I thought

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Speaker 1: it was better last week for the most part, they

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Speaker 1: gave up a couple of sacks. And I'll say this too,

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Speaker 1: the game that they played against the the Patriots, the

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00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:51,799
Speaker 1: Patriots rushed for a lot, they did bring pressure some,

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Speaker 1: but I think they're really worried and maybe that maybe

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00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:58,520
Speaker 1: it's a trend about Alan breaking out of the pocket.

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00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:03,400
Speaker 1: The Patriots were very good against the Bills this last week,

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00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:10,879
Speaker 1: condensing a pocket and Josh didn't didn't. His scrambles were

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Speaker 1: a non factor this last week. And to me they

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00:42:13,719 --> 00:42:17,279
Speaker 1: were a non factor. Now I'm not saying they were right.

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Speaker 1: He had nine rushes for seventeen sixteen yards nine rushing

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00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:25,880
Speaker 1: and long of seven. That's something I think the Patriots

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00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:30,360
Speaker 1: did very well against the Bills this and the Dolphins

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Speaker 1: will try and emulate. Yeah, because the Dolphins have trouble

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Speaker 1: getting home too unless they send extra people. Well they

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00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:38,920
Speaker 1: have all season. Jayalen Phillips is playing really well. That

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00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:43,480
Speaker 1: guy's an athlete. That guy is a problem, and so's

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00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 1: the guy down inside, Christian Wilkins. So they've got a

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00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:51,120
Speaker 1: defensive front that gives the Bills problems. So I would

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00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:54,600
Speaker 1: agree with you. I think it starts up front on

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Speaker 1: both sides of the ball for the Bills success against

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins this week. Break time for us here, but

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Speaker 1: more of your phone calls when we come back. What

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Speaker 1: aspect of the Bills do you think needs a little

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Speaker 1: fine tuning for the postseason. You let us know. Open

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Speaker 1: lines for you at eight oh three, five fifty step

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Speaker 1: and I back in a second here on one Bill's

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Speaker 1: us just to give people an idea on what we're

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Speaker 1: D effect there. I think the I think the younger

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00:43:50,600 --> 00:43:53,920
Speaker 1: Bills fans tend to gravitate towards those. I saw a

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Speaker 1: couple of kids ripping them off the rack and Wegman's

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Speaker 1: the other day and they're my is like, we can't

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Speaker 1: get three of them, just pick one? So what are

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Speaker 1: they going to share the shirt? Is that with? Well? No, Like,

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Speaker 1: I think one kid had like four things under his arm.

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Speaker 1: It's just like you, buddy, you're not going home with

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Speaker 1: a T shirt, a sweatshirt, a hat, and a poster

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Speaker 1: like pick one and we'll talk about the others at

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Speaker 1: another time. Kids, wait for your birthday or something like that.

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Speaker 1: Exactly eight oh three oh five fifty the number to

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Speaker 1: get on board. As we are discussing what aspect of

743
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:27,640
Speaker 1: the bills do you think needs a little fine tuning

744
00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:30,440
Speaker 1: for the playoffs. Let's go back to the phones and

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Speaker 1: we go to Doc in Williamsville. We got for us, Doc, well,

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Speaker 1: first of all, praise the Lord, prayers answered and got

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00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:43,000
Speaker 1: it good. Something I've noticed all season long with our

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00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:46,520
Speaker 1: play calling. We start out deep in our own territory,

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00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:49,719
Speaker 1: missing in a run in the pass. We matriculate down

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00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:54,000
Speaker 1: the field, we get into the red zone and it's pass, pass, pass,

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00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:57,880
Speaker 1: and we haven't been very successful. So I would like

752
00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:00,399
Speaker 1: to see a little run mixed in a that red

753
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:03,200
Speaker 1: zone would open up the passing game. You're dealing with

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00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:06,600
Speaker 1: less real estate, so it's easier to cover receivers. And

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Speaker 1: I'll leave. Let you guys discuss it. Okay, thanks, Doc,

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00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:12,120
Speaker 1: appreciate the input there. I'll also say this, You're right,

757
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:14,399
Speaker 1: there is less space to throw the football. There's also

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00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:17,279
Speaker 1: less space to run the ball. Right. It's harder to

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00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:20,160
Speaker 1: run down there too. Statistically and I'll see if I

760
00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:29,800
Speaker 1: can red zone offense the Bills red zone. The Bills

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00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:33,719
Speaker 1: are ranked. They're in the top ten as a ninth overall,

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00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:38,920
Speaker 1: so they're not bad. But I get this too, and

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Speaker 1: I'll say this, the Bills are a little different animal

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Speaker 1: in it than most other teams. One is, every time

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00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:48,360
Speaker 1: they take a snap, they're a threat to run the football.

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00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:52,920
Speaker 1: And that also goes for the red zone because of Josh.

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00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:55,799
Speaker 1: The ball is instead of handing it off and say

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00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:58,320
Speaker 1: it's only it's only a run, you know, the Bills

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00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:01,160
Speaker 1: are always on the docket and it's always on the

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00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:03,000
Speaker 1: menu for Josh to put the thing under his arm

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00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:06,759
Speaker 1: and take off. So that is their run threat in

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Speaker 1: the red zone. And I'll say this as well, and

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Speaker 1: I agree with you, Doc, run pass, run pass down

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Speaker 1: the field and you get into the red zone and

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Speaker 1: all of a sudden they throw it a little too much,

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00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:18,960
Speaker 1: a little more than you would like. That's the reason

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00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:21,799
Speaker 1: the threat of the run game is big down there,

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Speaker 1: and their ability to do it is is known. So

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Speaker 1: I think because of Josh's ability to throw it hard

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Speaker 1: and get it in, I think they like to throw

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Speaker 1: it a little more than they run it. I can't

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Speaker 1: speak to Ken Dorsey's philosophy down there, but I think

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Speaker 1: one of the things that makes the Bills a little

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Speaker 1: different in the red zone for defenses to look at

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00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:47,479
Speaker 1: is the fact that whenever they snap the ball, think

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Speaker 1: run with that quarterback back there, So that may give

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Speaker 1: him the leeway to throw it a little more than

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Speaker 1: you'd like. Let's go to Mike and Amherst next. Mike,

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Speaker 1: what you got first? You're all one? Bills Live, Mikey,

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Speaker 1: You're there? Y, Hey, Hi, I'm here. Thank you, guys.

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Speaker 1: That'd be Bills victory Tuesday. Life is good in Buffalo

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Speaker 1: when the Bills are good. So one thing I wanted

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Speaker 1: to say, and I'll just ask you a question what

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Speaker 1: I'm done, is I think we need to improve more

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Speaker 1: on our situational football, both coaching and execution, because if

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Speaker 1: you look back the last year a year and a half,

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Speaker 1: really our biggest Achilles heal, in my opinion, has been

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00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:35,480
Speaker 1: blundering situational moments to steal a game. And when I

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Speaker 1: look back to the Patriots game with around three minutes left,

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Speaker 1: I was confused why Dorsey chose to throw the ball

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Speaker 1: on second and third down and not make them burn

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00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:46,360
Speaker 1: their time outs. You know, you go up against Mahomes

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Speaker 1: or Burrow and you give those guys three minutes and

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00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:51,560
Speaker 1: two time outs, that's an eternity for them. I don't

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Speaker 1: care if you're up two scores or not. So I

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Speaker 1: was just wondering why you guys think we didn't run

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Speaker 1: it there, and I think we need to improve a

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Speaker 1: little bit on the clean up that special teams aspect

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Speaker 1: how we had the FuMB ball and you know, to

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Speaker 1: me it looked like Hines for five seconds wasn't going

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Speaker 1: near the ball. And Steve maybe you can answer that,

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Speaker 1: how does that happen with the blunders like that? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, Mike's a good question to me,

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00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:21,080
Speaker 1: that was a blunder on Taiwan Jones. Being that close

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Speaker 1: to the football, you gotta get away from it. It

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00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:27,120
Speaker 1: absolutely was a was a mistake to let that ball

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Speaker 1: be near enough to that ball to let it hit you.

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Speaker 1: Because you know, Hines is ye poison. Ryans has gotta

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Speaker 1: be yelling whatever word they have it used to be poisoned.

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Speaker 1: In a lot of cases, they call it poison because

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Speaker 1: that's what it is. If you touch it, you die,

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Speaker 1: and that's what happened. You've got to have an awareness

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Speaker 1: to get somebody to get those guys to know they

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Speaker 1: got to stay away from it. And Patriots guy Matt Slater,

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Speaker 1: who's as smart as all of them, he knew it

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Speaker 1: and manipulated Taiwan into being in the wrong spot and

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Speaker 1: pushed him into it and he got hit and you

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Speaker 1: lose the ball. It's a huge mistake that you can't

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Speaker 1: do on special teams and situationally, if you if you

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Speaker 1: go back and look at a lot of the signature

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Speaker 1: losses that the Bills have taken, and there haven't been

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00:49:09,560 --> 00:49:12,960
Speaker 1: that many of them, you can point to situations that

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00:49:13,040 --> 00:49:16,800
Speaker 1: you said that were the problem. The thirteen seconds is

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Speaker 1: an obvious example. You know, do you kick it deep

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Speaker 1: or you don't let them kick That's a mistake of

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Speaker 1: detail that you need to get right. Do you do

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Speaker 1: you let them have a twenty five yard play on

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Speaker 1: first down when they've got three time outs left? Do

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Speaker 1: you play that soft on a with that team in

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Speaker 1: that situation? Then you go back further. The Hail Murray

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00:49:37,160 --> 00:49:41,320
Speaker 1: miss their misplayer, that play leads to a loss. The missed.

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Speaker 1: All they had to do was do a quarterback sneak

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Speaker 1: for no gain. They can't execute it. They lose to

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00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:50,200
Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings a fourth and eighteen. Against the Minnesota Vikings,

845
00:49:50,200 --> 00:49:52,080
Speaker 1: all you gotta do is get the incomplete pass on

846
00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:55,880
Speaker 1: a duck from Kirk Cousins. You can't make that play,

847
00:49:55,960 --> 00:50:00,120
Speaker 1: it's over. In the first Miami game, Isaiah McKenzie hits

848
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:01,719
Speaker 1: a slant across the middle. All he has to do

849
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:05,000
Speaker 1: is put his foot in the ground, go forward five yards, spot,

850
00:50:05,400 --> 00:50:08,719
Speaker 1: go down, spot the ball, and you've got time to

851
00:50:08,960 --> 00:50:12,040
Speaker 1: get it to get it spotted, spike it and kick

852
00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:15,439
Speaker 1: the field goal. None of those things happen, and those

853
00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:18,319
Speaker 1: are all lead to losses because you couldn't execute or

854
00:50:18,360 --> 00:50:22,960
Speaker 1: weren't prepared mentally to make the right play. Yes, that,

855
00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:28,640
Speaker 1: but having said all that, that's the only way these

856
00:50:28,640 --> 00:50:32,000
Speaker 1: teams losing games these days. Yeah, that's the only thing

857
00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:35,920
Speaker 1: that beats them is them not executing in a situation

858
00:50:35,920 --> 00:50:37,680
Speaker 1: like that. Other than that, they ain't nobody beating them.

859
00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:40,400
Speaker 1: When they don't turn it over when they are on it,

860
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:44,080
Speaker 1: they you can't get out ahead of them and leave them.

861
00:50:44,120 --> 00:50:48,080
Speaker 1: So yeah, that's kind of the only avenue left for

862
00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:51,799
Speaker 1: teams to beat this club. They lost three games this

863
00:50:51,880 --> 00:50:55,400
Speaker 1: year by a total of eight points. And while your

864
00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:58,600
Speaker 1: point is well taken about why are the Bills throwing

865
00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:01,839
Speaker 1: the ball there and forcing New England to burn their

866
00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:05,640
Speaker 1: time outs at the end? I agree, maybe you run

867
00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:07,560
Speaker 1: it once or twice there to try to chew up

868
00:51:07,600 --> 00:51:10,799
Speaker 1: some clock instead of firing it out and stopping the

869
00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:13,120
Speaker 1: clock on an incomplete pass or even on a completion

870
00:51:13,160 --> 00:51:17,680
Speaker 1: that goes out of bounds. I know you're saying, if

871
00:51:17,680 --> 00:51:19,960
Speaker 1: you do that against the Chiefs, you're gonna get killed,

872
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:21,840
Speaker 1: because that's an eternity for them on the clock. But

873
00:51:21,880 --> 00:51:24,320
Speaker 1: at the same time, you're going to have to remain

874
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:28,239
Speaker 1: aggressive against teams like the Chiefs as well, and that

875
00:51:28,360 --> 00:51:31,480
Speaker 1: might require you to still throw the football. There is

876
00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:33,880
Speaker 1: a risk reward there that you're going to have to

877
00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:37,320
Speaker 1: navigate and you cannot. And the Bills learn their lesson

878
00:51:37,560 --> 00:51:41,000
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty when they went a little conservative against

879
00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:43,520
Speaker 1: the Chiefs in the AFC title game, kicking a field

880
00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:44,840
Speaker 1: goal at the end of the first half on the

881
00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:48,400
Speaker 1: two yard line instead of going for it, and in

882
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:51,439
Speaker 1: the end they lose by eighteen. The next year, they're

883
00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:53,360
Speaker 1: more aggressive, should have won the game, and didn't. We

884
00:51:53,400 --> 00:51:56,440
Speaker 1: all know why. I think the aggressive end of the

885
00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:58,200
Speaker 1: spectrum is where the Bills are going to have to

886
00:51:58,239 --> 00:51:59,960
Speaker 1: live if in fact they get that far to play

887
00:52:00,040 --> 00:52:03,719
Speaker 1: a team like next week potentially the Cincinnati Bengals and

888
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:07,520
Speaker 1: the week after that the Kansas City Chiefs, So that

889
00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:10,560
Speaker 1: that tacked. I get what you're saying, but against those

890
00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:12,640
Speaker 1: kinds of teams, you may have to stay that aggressive

891
00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:15,440
Speaker 1: in those situations. Anyway, break time for us, Steve and

892
00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:18,360
Speaker 1: I back in our number two with our good friend

893
00:52:18,480 --> 00:52:23,919
Speaker 1: national NFL writer from OutKick dot Com, Armando Salguero. He's

894
00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:26,200
Speaker 1: coming your way next. You're on one Bills Live presented

895
00:52:26,200 --> 00:53:05,240
Speaker 1: by Kalid to Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio. One Bills

896
00:53:05,320 --> 00:53:09,400
Speaker 1: Live presented by called Light of Health. Here we are

897
00:53:09,440 --> 00:53:11,440
Speaker 1: an hour number two of Chris Brown Steve Tasker. One

898
00:53:11,480 --> 00:53:14,000
Speaker 1: Bills Live is the show. And here on a Tuesday,

899
00:53:14,040 --> 00:53:18,440
Speaker 1: please to welcome in the senior national NFL writer for

900
00:53:18,520 --> 00:53:21,839
Speaker 1: OutKick dot Com. It is one Armando Salgaro joining us

901
00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:25,600
Speaker 1: talk a little Bills Dolphins as he still resides for

902
00:53:25,640 --> 00:53:28,160
Speaker 1: the most part in South Florida when he's not Cris

903
00:53:28,160 --> 00:53:31,040
Speaker 1: crossing the country to cover NFL stories. He was in

904
00:53:31,080 --> 00:53:33,440
Speaker 1: Buffalo here this past week for obvious reasons. How are

905
00:53:33,440 --> 00:53:40,200
Speaker 1: we doing, Armando, I'm doing great, gentlemen. And by the way,

906
00:53:39,680 --> 00:53:42,919
Speaker 1: I gotta share with folks. A couple of weeks ago,

907
00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:46,000
Speaker 1: maybe three weeks ago, I was also in Buffalo for

908
00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:49,680
Speaker 1: the Dolphins and the Bills, and I'm leaving the press

909
00:53:49,760 --> 00:53:53,680
Speaker 1: box and I put on this my coat, and I

910
00:53:53,840 --> 00:53:56,439
Speaker 1: start to argue with the code because I couldn't get

911
00:53:56,480 --> 00:53:59,919
Speaker 1: it on, and Chris just looks at me, like, dude,

912
00:54:00,200 --> 00:54:02,560
Speaker 1: what do you like? Does rookie ever put on a

913
00:54:02,680 --> 00:54:08,160
Speaker 1: coat before? He was struggling? I was struggling. I didn't

914
00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:10,719
Speaker 1: know what to do, so I guess. But since then

915
00:54:10,760 --> 00:54:13,239
Speaker 1: I have figured out coats. Yeah, well, and that was

916
00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:15,600
Speaker 1: a wise move because, as you remember, at the end

917
00:54:15,640 --> 00:54:17,759
Speaker 1: of that game, it was snowing sideways on the way

918
00:54:17,800 --> 00:54:24,080
Speaker 1: out to the parking lot afterwards, Yeah, that is. It

919
00:54:24,120 --> 00:54:27,400
Speaker 1: was kind of a harrowing drive back to my hotel

920
00:54:27,440 --> 00:54:31,120
Speaker 1: in Amherst after that, no doubt about it. Yeah, what

921
00:54:31,200 --> 00:54:33,840
Speaker 1: did you think? You know? That game was much different

922
00:54:34,360 --> 00:54:37,560
Speaker 1: than the game they played in Week three. The Dolphins

923
00:54:37,600 --> 00:54:41,320
Speaker 1: ran the ball all over the place in that game,

924
00:54:42,040 --> 00:54:45,919
Speaker 1: ended up losing it, and the weather didn't come down

925
00:54:45,920 --> 00:54:48,520
Speaker 1: till late what do you think this game is gonna

926
00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:50,879
Speaker 1: look like in comparison to the first two, because they

927
00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:53,480
Speaker 1: the first two were pretty different in their in their

928
00:54:53,520 --> 00:54:57,520
Speaker 1: outcomes and in the way they were played. Well, my

929
00:54:57,640 --> 00:55:02,439
Speaker 1: guess is the Dolphins. And as we sit here right now,

930
00:55:02,520 --> 00:55:05,800
Speaker 1: we don't know who the starting quarterback for the Miami

931
00:55:05,840 --> 00:55:08,799
Speaker 1: Dolphins is going to be. To a tongue of by

932
00:55:08,880 --> 00:55:14,360
Speaker 1: law is still in the concussion protocol. Teddy Bridgewater was

933
00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:18,640
Speaker 1: available last week, didn't play against the New York Jets.

934
00:55:18,680 --> 00:55:22,240
Speaker 1: He's recovering from a dislocated finger in his throwing hand,

935
00:55:22,600 --> 00:55:26,480
Speaker 1: so they had Skyler Thompson. My guess is that it

936
00:55:26,560 --> 00:55:29,800
Speaker 1: will not be Skylar Thompson for the Dolphins. It'll either

937
00:55:29,880 --> 00:55:34,720
Speaker 1: be Bridgewater or two. And if it's one of those,

938
00:55:35,480 --> 00:55:38,359
Speaker 1: or regardless really of who it is the Dolphins, what

939
00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:40,400
Speaker 1: they're gonna try to do is run the ball again

940
00:55:41,120 --> 00:55:44,919
Speaker 1: because it's the safest thing you can do it. It's

941
00:55:44,960 --> 00:55:48,840
Speaker 1: something that Mike McDaniel is good at, you know, scheming

942
00:55:48,960 --> 00:55:52,799
Speaker 1: up and they had some success at it. And conversely,

943
00:55:53,000 --> 00:55:56,759
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills they're pretty smart, you know, so they're

944
00:55:56,800 --> 00:55:59,840
Speaker 1: gonna decide we're not gonna get beat by that and

945
00:56:00,160 --> 00:56:02,880
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to find something else to attack us

946
00:56:02,920 --> 00:56:05,239
Speaker 1: with one of their running backs. I think if Jeff

947
00:56:05,280 --> 00:56:08,719
Speaker 1: Wilson didn't play in the last game. Now, Raheem Mostert's

948
00:56:09,400 --> 00:56:12,160
Speaker 1: availabilities in question with the busted thumb. I mean, I

949
00:56:12,160 --> 00:56:14,000
Speaker 1: suppose you could play with a broken thumb, just don't

950
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:16,640
Speaker 1: put the ball in that hand. So switching, you know,

951
00:56:16,680 --> 00:56:18,680
Speaker 1: on a run to the outside, you can't maybe put

952
00:56:18,680 --> 00:56:21,359
Speaker 1: it in your outside hand with the bad thumb. I

953
00:56:21,360 --> 00:56:24,000
Speaker 1: guess he could play with it in that respect, Catching

954
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:26,440
Speaker 1: the ball might be a different story. What are you

955
00:56:26,760 --> 00:56:29,960
Speaker 1: what are you hearing with respect to his likelihood of

956
00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:36,439
Speaker 1: suiting up. Yeah, I'm not The Dolphins are not too

957
00:56:38,239 --> 00:56:43,319
Speaker 1: forthcoming I wouldn't say enthusiastic there. It's it's doubtful that

958
00:56:43,440 --> 00:56:46,040
Speaker 1: Raheem Mostert will be able to play. If he does,

959
00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:51,239
Speaker 1: then you know, obviously they'll feel better about their chances.

960
00:56:51,320 --> 00:56:56,040
Speaker 1: But ball security is a big deal, especially in the cold,

961
00:56:56,400 --> 00:57:02,279
Speaker 1: and it's a it's a rough ass. It's tough. Yeah,

962
00:57:02,320 --> 00:57:05,799
Speaker 1: I would agree, And it comes down to there there

963
00:57:05,840 --> 00:57:08,560
Speaker 1: will be elements. It's gonna be cold, there's no doubt

964
00:57:08,560 --> 00:57:10,400
Speaker 1: about it. How wet it will be, will have a

965
00:57:10,400 --> 00:57:13,160
Speaker 1: lot to say about this, But if the if the

966
00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:16,680
Speaker 1: Dolphins come into this and Teddy Bridgewater is back there

967
00:57:17,880 --> 00:57:19,880
Speaker 1: with a and I don't know if it is. You

968
00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:23,440
Speaker 1: said his fingers dislocated, not broken, but dislocated. So if

969
00:57:23,480 --> 00:57:26,960
Speaker 1: that's the case, it's probably it's better than having it broken,

970
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:31,040
Speaker 1: no question about. I've had both. They will. They're gonna

971
00:57:31,040 --> 00:57:34,200
Speaker 1: have to throw this football to win this game as well.

972
00:57:34,240 --> 00:57:36,000
Speaker 1: I mean, certainly if they lean on their run game,

973
00:57:36,040 --> 00:57:38,080
Speaker 1: I get it. But sooner or later they're gonna get

974
00:57:38,080 --> 00:57:42,320
Speaker 1: into a third and medium or third and plus how

975
00:57:42,360 --> 00:57:45,160
Speaker 1: has Teddy been in those situations this year? And I

976
00:57:45,160 --> 00:57:49,760
Speaker 1: know it's a limited sample size. Yeah, well, let's address

977
00:57:49,800 --> 00:57:55,000
Speaker 1: the limited sample size first, because he's He's started a

978
00:57:55,040 --> 00:57:58,520
Speaker 1: couple of games where two a tongue of VLOA was

979
00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:02,560
Speaker 1: out because of the concuss and couldn't finish the games either.

980
00:58:02,600 --> 00:58:07,760
Speaker 1: One of them he started after the Cincinnati game against

981
00:58:07,800 --> 00:58:11,520
Speaker 1: the New York Jets, and after one play he was

982
00:58:11,560 --> 00:58:15,120
Speaker 1: out of the game because the independent neurologists from the

983
00:58:15,240 --> 00:58:18,800
Speaker 1: NFL decided that he had stumbled and removed him from

984
00:58:18,800 --> 00:58:22,560
Speaker 1: the game for to be in concussion protocol. And then

985
00:58:24,280 --> 00:58:28,280
Speaker 1: this last two weeks ago, he couldn't finish a game

986
00:58:28,360 --> 00:58:34,960
Speaker 1: because again he suffered the dislocation. So job one is,

987
00:58:35,240 --> 00:58:38,520
Speaker 1: if you're Teddy Bridgewater and you're the Miami Dolphins, you

988
00:58:38,600 --> 00:58:42,760
Speaker 1: need your backup to finish what he starts, because that's

989
00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:47,480
Speaker 1: the reason he's there. It's a worst case scenario to

990
00:58:47,560 --> 00:58:51,520
Speaker 1: begin with because your starting quarterback isn't playing, But it's

991
00:58:51,640 --> 00:58:57,480
Speaker 1: really terrible if you're starting quarterbacks backup can't finish a game.

992
00:58:57,760 --> 00:59:01,800
Speaker 1: And so because now you're on number three and number

993
00:59:01,840 --> 00:59:05,640
Speaker 1: three is a rookie seventh round draft pick, Skyler Thompson.

994
00:59:06,320 --> 00:59:11,160
Speaker 1: So that's the biggest concern about Teddy Bridgewater is durability

995
00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:16,080
Speaker 1: at this point. And that brings to mind the quarterbacks protection,

996
00:59:16,200 --> 00:59:19,320
Speaker 1: which has also been compromised for Miami in recent weeks

997
00:59:19,360 --> 00:59:22,760
Speaker 1: due to the lack of availability of their offensive tackles.

998
00:59:23,160 --> 00:59:26,720
Speaker 1: They've been starting backups for the most part. What is

999
00:59:26,760 --> 00:59:31,480
Speaker 1: the word on Tehran Armstead? Will he be Does he

1000
00:59:31,560 --> 00:59:33,320
Speaker 1: have a chance to be back in the lineup this

1001
00:59:33,320 --> 00:59:41,800
Speaker 1: week after missing some time? They're hopeful? The word is oh,

1002
00:59:43,200 --> 00:59:47,880
Speaker 1: that's the word out of the Dolphins because look, clearly

1003
00:59:48,760 --> 00:59:52,600
Speaker 1: the Bills are not the threat to the quarterback that

1004
00:59:52,640 --> 00:59:55,480
Speaker 1: they were when Von Miller was available to them. He's

1005
00:59:55,520 --> 00:59:58,720
Speaker 1: no longer available to them, as you know. But they

1006
00:59:59,240 --> 01:00:05,680
Speaker 1: have wept up front that are concerning. And uh, folks,

1007
01:00:05,720 --> 01:00:12,800
Speaker 1: forget that the whole tuah Tongua Bayla concussion path began

1008
01:00:13,640 --> 01:00:18,560
Speaker 1: with a hit onto a by Matt Milana and in

1009
01:00:18,600 --> 01:00:24,040
Speaker 1: the first game and it hasn't been really right since.

1010
01:00:24,640 --> 01:00:30,240
Speaker 1: And so the Bills getting to the Dolphins quarterback, you know,

1011
01:00:30,520 --> 01:00:35,120
Speaker 1: not a surprise, huge problem. Better if their Pro Bowl

1012
01:00:35,280 --> 01:00:39,040
Speaker 1: left tackle plays. But this is a team that has

1013
01:00:39,120 --> 01:00:44,840
Speaker 1: been dealing with a rough situation on the front of

1014
01:00:44,960 --> 01:00:47,960
Speaker 1: their offensive line the entire season. Really, yeah, and they

1015
01:00:48,600 --> 01:00:51,320
Speaker 1: Brandon Shell is listed as the starter at right tackle

1016
01:00:51,400 --> 01:00:54,440
Speaker 1: and behind him is the newly signed or freshly signed

1017
01:00:55,160 --> 01:00:59,320
Speaker 1: Eric Fisher who was formerly the Kansas City Chiefs. Is

1018
01:00:59,320 --> 01:01:03,800
Speaker 1: that is he really he's on IR which means he's

1019
01:01:03,840 --> 01:01:06,600
Speaker 1: not play Yeah, Okay, So yeah, they have Kendall Lamb

1020
01:01:06,840 --> 01:01:10,520
Speaker 1: and Greg little Little started last week for Armstead. So yeah,

1021
01:01:10,560 --> 01:01:15,960
Speaker 1: they're they're pretty thin. Yeah. You gotta remember Austin Jackson

1022
01:01:17,080 --> 01:01:19,920
Speaker 1: was supposed to be their starting right tackle this year

1023
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:25,520
Speaker 1: and and you know, obviously hasn't been of late. Liam Eichenberg,

1024
01:01:25,600 --> 01:01:28,920
Speaker 1: who was drafted to play. There is Liam who was

1025
01:01:29,040 --> 01:01:34,120
Speaker 1: drafted to play right tackle or left tackle, has played neither,

1026
01:01:35,400 --> 01:01:39,320
Speaker 1: so he's a guard now. So it's it's a mishmash

1027
01:01:39,560 --> 01:01:44,560
Speaker 1: up there. And it tells you that that scheme that

1028
01:01:44,720 --> 01:01:48,080
Speaker 1: Mike McDaniel has put together, the fact that they've been

1029
01:01:48,120 --> 01:01:52,320
Speaker 1: able to to move along and at least be in

1030
01:01:52,360 --> 01:01:58,360
Speaker 1: the playoffs, it says something about the scheme overcoming a

1031
01:01:58,440 --> 01:02:01,400
Speaker 1: lack of certain talent of right, what can you say,

1032
01:02:01,480 --> 01:02:04,760
Speaker 1: Armando about the current state of the Dolphins defense. There

1033
01:02:04,840 --> 01:02:06,560
Speaker 1: was a stretch there they were giving up a lot

1034
01:02:06,600 --> 01:02:08,919
Speaker 1: of points. Now, I know in the New England game

1035
01:02:09,040 --> 01:02:12,160
Speaker 1: there was a defensive touchdown in that final total of

1036
01:02:12,200 --> 01:02:16,560
Speaker 1: twenty three given up in an uncharacteristic loss. And then

1037
01:02:17,120 --> 01:02:20,200
Speaker 1: you know, last week, you know, you got Joe Flacco,

1038
01:02:20,320 --> 01:02:22,680
Speaker 1: so okay, great, you know you hold them the Jets

1039
01:02:22,680 --> 01:02:26,080
Speaker 1: to six points. All well and good, but what where

1040
01:02:26,240 --> 01:02:29,840
Speaker 1: where are they as a unit going into the postseason.

1041
01:02:29,880 --> 01:02:32,880
Speaker 1: Do they feel like they've got some teas to cross

1042
01:02:32,960 --> 01:02:37,400
Speaker 1: and some eyes to dot here? And if so, where, Yeah, Chris,

1043
01:02:37,400 --> 01:02:40,560
Speaker 1: I mean they shut down a Super Bowl winning quarterback. Dude,

1044
01:02:40,560 --> 01:02:44,040
Speaker 1: I mean, you're you're, you're you know, flooing Joe Flacco.

1045
01:02:44,840 --> 01:02:49,400
Speaker 1: You're you're making Joe Flacco like into a slub. Yeah. Sorry,

1046
01:02:49,520 --> 01:02:53,520
Speaker 1: kind of is now. But you know, looking at it

1047
01:02:53,560 --> 01:02:57,000
Speaker 1: from the Dolphins point of view, they did play well

1048
01:02:57,040 --> 01:03:03,800
Speaker 1: against the Jets. The Jets do have offensive talent. I

1049
01:03:03,840 --> 01:03:11,720
Speaker 1: would say to you that the defense is better when

1050
01:03:12,680 --> 01:03:18,200
Speaker 1: Xavian Howard is playing at his height and is playing motivated,

1051
01:03:18,800 --> 01:03:23,840
Speaker 1: and that was the case last week. It hasn't always

1052
01:03:23,880 --> 01:03:28,080
Speaker 1: been the case. This defense is better or is very

1053
01:03:28,120 --> 01:03:32,520
Speaker 1: good when both Bradley Chubb and Jalen Phillips are on

1054
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Speaker 1: their game. For most of the last six seven weeks,

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Speaker 1: Bradley Chubb has not been on his game. It's been

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Speaker 1: Jayleen Phillips. So if those things, if they can bring

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Speaker 1: those things to bear on Sunday, they'll feel pretty good

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Speaker 1: about their chances. You gotta remember, these two teams have

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Speaker 1: played two games already and the total point differential of

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Speaker 1: those two games in which they split is two points.

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Speaker 1: So you know, that can be spun a whole lot

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Speaker 1: of ways, but one obvious way to spend it is

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins feel like they have a Yeah, yeah, okay,

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Speaker 1: let's talk about this. The last time the Bills played

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Speaker 1: him here in Week fifteen. The Bills were four or

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Speaker 1: five tds in the red zone, and you get into

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Speaker 1: this situational football and we kind of get into the

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01:04:31,600 --> 01:04:33,520
Speaker 1: weeds a little bit with xes and those and who's

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01:04:33,520 --> 01:04:37,040
Speaker 1: available and not. And we've even had callers today saying,

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Speaker 1: you know, the Bills kind of forget to run the

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Speaker 1: football when they get down close. But with Josh Allen

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Speaker 1: taking snaps, that threat is always there of him just

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01:04:46,040 --> 01:04:49,920
Speaker 1: tucking it and running. Give us a little situational football inside.

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Speaker 1: This is a defense that really thrives up front. I

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Speaker 1: think I think Jaylen Phillips has really played well, and

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01:04:56,520 --> 01:05:00,000
Speaker 1: so has Christian Wilkins. And then if Chubb, you know,

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01:05:00,080 --> 01:05:03,760
Speaker 1: when he certainly it's spotty, but when he does show up, man,

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01:05:03,800 --> 01:05:06,240
Speaker 1: they're a force and that seems to me to be

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01:05:06,280 --> 01:05:12,680
Speaker 1: where their best chance lies. You're absolutely right the red zone.

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Speaker 1: The last game was a master for the Dolphins, and

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01:05:17,080 --> 01:05:21,240
Speaker 1: you're absolutely right the Bills are able to You know,

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01:05:21,360 --> 01:05:26,240
Speaker 1: James Cook, by the way from South Florida has come

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01:05:26,240 --> 01:05:30,040
Speaker 1: on and I wouldn't you know, I wouldn't tell you

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01:05:30,120 --> 01:05:35,680
Speaker 1: that he hasn't been a significant, significant reason why things

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01:05:35,680 --> 01:05:39,520
Speaker 1: have gotten better because that competition between him and Motor

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01:05:40,960 --> 01:05:46,920
Speaker 1: that benefits the entire team as it does the two players.

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01:05:47,440 --> 01:05:51,880
Speaker 1: And if that's benefiting the Bills, it's to the detriment

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01:05:52,160 --> 01:05:57,360
Speaker 1: of the opponent. This week, the Miami Dolphins, so running

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Speaker 1: the ball in the red zone huge, Josh Allen run

1090
01:06:00,240 --> 01:06:04,640
Speaker 1: the ball in the red zone huge. Um. Let's go

1091
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Speaker 1: back to that game. You remember, just before halftime, eight

1092
01:06:09,720 --> 01:06:14,200
Speaker 1: seconds to play and you got one play or you

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01:06:14,320 --> 01:06:17,480
Speaker 1: kick a field goal from from the red zone, and

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01:06:17,640 --> 01:06:21,600
Speaker 1: Josh Allen ran out the clock and did the improbable,

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01:06:22,040 --> 01:06:24,920
Speaker 1: which was, oh he threw a touchdown pass with zero

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01:06:25,040 --> 01:06:29,040
Speaker 1: zero on the clock. You know, stuff like that. A

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Speaker 1: team that is coming into Orchard Park this week looks

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Speaker 1: at that and goes, Guys, if we can just prevent

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Speaker 1: crazy stuff like that happening, we win. Right. It's hard

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01:06:44,280 --> 01:06:46,919
Speaker 1: to stop that though, sometimes because that guy's a freak zoid.

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Speaker 1: Last one I got for you, Armando concerns special teams.

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Speaker 1: I realized the big reason why the Dolphins are last

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Speaker 1: in the league and kick cover just because they gave

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Speaker 1: a long one up to Devin DuVernay way back earlier

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01:07:00,480 --> 01:07:03,840
Speaker 1: in the season and getting that average back down is difficult.

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Speaker 1: But even after Niheim Hines took two back against New

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01:07:07,680 --> 01:07:10,400
Speaker 1: England last week for a total of one hundred and

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Speaker 1: ninety seven yards, Miami is still ranked last in the

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Speaker 1: league and kick coverage in New England's only twenty seventh.

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Speaker 1: Are they gonna kick to Hines? You think if they're stupid?

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01:07:26,080 --> 01:07:31,200
Speaker 1: I mean, I look, so the Patriots decided we're not

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01:07:31,280 --> 01:07:33,800
Speaker 1: gonna do that, and they kicked one out of bounds. Yeah,

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01:07:34,400 --> 01:07:36,800
Speaker 1: and you know, gave the Bills the ball on the

1114
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Speaker 1: forty and then they kicked one to him again and

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Speaker 1: he took it to the house again. So you're you're

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Speaker 1: doomed if you do. You're doomed if you don't. I

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01:07:47,640 --> 01:07:51,960
Speaker 1: would say to you that the Dolphins special teams are

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Speaker 1: going to undergo significant significant change this offseason for the

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Speaker 1: reasons that you outline. Obviously that's not gonna happen yet

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Speaker 1: this week, but after this week things are gonna be addressed,

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Speaker 1: all right. Last one for me, Armando five NFL head

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01:08:13,280 --> 01:08:16,840
Speaker 1: coach openings. Any insights as to what's gonna happen, and

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Speaker 1: even up here, if the if the outcome of the

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01:08:20,680 --> 01:08:23,320
Speaker 1: Jet Dolphin game was different last week, is the Miami

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Speaker 1: job open. The only way the Miami job would have

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01:08:28,760 --> 01:08:32,640
Speaker 1: been open, as if Sean Payton had called Stephen Ross

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01:08:33,120 --> 01:08:37,439
Speaker 1: again and they'd had a conversation and Sean Payton would

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Speaker 1: have signaled that he would like to be the coach

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Speaker 1: of the Miami Dolphins. Obviously that's not in the cards

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Speaker 1: at this point. The you know, Mike McDaniel goes to

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01:08:48,439 --> 01:08:52,320
Speaker 1: the playoffs in his first year, and although that is

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Speaker 1: not new, this year, we've got five head coaches, first

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Speaker 1: year head coaches who are in the playoffs this year,

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Speaker 1: which is a main if you ask me, But at

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Speaker 1: this stage I don't believe that it matters anymore. It's

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Speaker 1: a more conversation with the Dolphins at least the other places.

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01:09:14,760 --> 01:09:19,680
Speaker 1: Look yesterday I talked to some NFL people, and the

1138
01:09:19,760 --> 01:09:23,120
Speaker 1: Houston Texans are getting ripped left and right for ripping,

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01:09:23,280 --> 01:09:26,559
Speaker 1: you know, for firing their head coach two years in

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01:09:26,600 --> 01:09:31,400
Speaker 1: a row after only one season. And someone you know

1141
01:09:32,040 --> 01:09:36,000
Speaker 1: went to great links to remind me the Houston Texans

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01:09:36,240 --> 01:09:40,280
Speaker 1: in the next couple of years have four first round

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Speaker 1: draft picks. Next year, they have three third round draft picks.

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01:09:49,880 --> 01:09:53,200
Speaker 1: In twenty twenty four, they have two fourth round draft

1145
01:09:53,200 --> 01:09:57,000
Speaker 1: picks and they've got a ton of cap space the

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01:09:57,040 --> 01:10:02,720
Speaker 1: next couple of years. They're not as off putting to

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01:10:03,000 --> 01:10:06,800
Speaker 1: some coach candidates as what the narrative would have you

1148
01:10:06,840 --> 01:10:09,640
Speaker 1: believe that's going to be a place where there's a

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01:10:09,680 --> 01:10:13,200
Speaker 1: lot of resources come to bear in the next few years,

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01:10:13,800 --> 01:10:17,559
Speaker 1: and trust me, they'll be able to find someone who

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01:10:17,560 --> 01:10:20,760
Speaker 1: wants to manage that. Yeah, right, certainly, a lot of

1152
01:10:20,840 --> 01:10:22,960
Speaker 1: draft capital is always attractive as well as a lot

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01:10:23,000 --> 01:10:25,720
Speaker 1: of cap space. Armando, we'll look forward to seeing you

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Speaker 1: up here this weekend. Thanks for the time. We'll catch

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01:10:28,240 --> 01:10:32,160
Speaker 1: up in a few days. Travel safe. Thank you all right.

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Speaker 1: That's senior NFL writer for OutKick dot Com. Armando's hell

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Speaker 1: Garo joining us talking a little Bills Dolphins. We'll take

1158
01:10:38,479 --> 01:10:41,280
Speaker 1: a break here, be back with some more of your

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Speaker 1: phone calls and your tweets. Next on one Bill's Live

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Speaker 1: to the phones at eight oh three five fifty one,

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Speaker 1: eighty eight, five fifty two, five fifty the number to

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Speaker 1: get on board? What aspect of the Bills do you

1167
01:11:24,000 --> 01:11:27,640
Speaker 1: believe just needs a little fine tuning heading into the

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Speaker 1: playoffs and leading us off in this segment is Kevin

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Speaker 1: and Hamburg. Kevin, what do you got for us? You're

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01:11:33,600 --> 01:11:35,960
Speaker 1: on one build? Yeah, how are you doing? I know

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Speaker 1: you're talking about the Bills game. I want to ask

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Speaker 1: you a college question if you don't mind, because you're

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01:11:39,800 --> 01:11:42,920
Speaker 1: talking about the national championship team. Is that's okay? Yea, yeah, sure,

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01:11:42,960 --> 01:11:46,400
Speaker 1: go ahead, um Settin Bennet's coming out because they asked

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01:11:46,439 --> 01:11:48,519
Speaker 1: him last night, how do you feel about your last

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01:11:48,560 --> 01:11:51,160
Speaker 1: game in Georgia career? Which means he's probably coming out

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01:11:51,240 --> 01:11:53,519
Speaker 1: or the wise they wouldn't say that. And there's a

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01:11:53,600 --> 01:11:55,840
Speaker 1: lot of teams out there they need a good quarterback.

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01:11:56,120 --> 01:11:58,400
Speaker 1: But takes for example, of the Saints or the Falcons,

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01:11:58,840 --> 01:12:02,439
Speaker 1: they didn't stink enough to be up there to get

1181
01:12:02,640 --> 01:12:06,320
Speaker 1: get the Georgian or the Buckeye dude that everyone wants shroud,

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01:12:06,600 --> 01:12:10,200
Speaker 1: the Bama dude probably going to the Texans, and the

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01:12:10,280 --> 01:12:13,559
Speaker 1: Levitt's guy from Kentucky. I don't know where he will go. Um,

1184
01:12:13,600 --> 01:12:15,920
Speaker 1: where do you think about sets him? Benny? He looked

1185
01:12:16,040 --> 01:12:18,920
Speaker 1: pretty good, not just because he killed you. What do

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01:12:19,000 --> 01:12:21,160
Speaker 1: you what do you think about your knowledge of football?

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01:12:21,640 --> 01:12:24,800
Speaker 1: You're opinion of him? Yeah? I think the thing that's

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01:12:24,840 --> 01:12:26,920
Speaker 1: working against him, Kevin, I'm going to hang up and

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Speaker 1: let you talk Yanks. Thanks. Vin. I think the thing

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Speaker 1: that's working against him, Kevin is while as Steve pointed out,

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01:12:34,160 --> 01:12:38,320
Speaker 1: he's got a live arm physically, I think you worry

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Speaker 1: about the durability factor. He's barely one hundred and ninety pounds.

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01:12:42,320 --> 01:12:47,120
Speaker 1: He's five foot eleven, and so durability is a concern,

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Speaker 1: just as it is with Bryce Young, who's even smaller

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01:12:50,040 --> 01:12:53,599
Speaker 1: than him. So he's a little taller, but he's lighter,

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Speaker 1: slight framed Bryce Young. So durability is going to be

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Speaker 1: the knock on those guys, and that's gonna knock you

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Speaker 1: down the draft board a little bit, especially when you

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Speaker 1: consider the fact when twa Tonga Voloa came out in

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Speaker 1: the draft, people had the same concerns about him. Now

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01:13:08,680 --> 01:13:12,719
Speaker 1: he went fifth overall and the Dolphins have a problem

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01:13:12,720 --> 01:13:16,760
Speaker 1: with availability because he's not durable, and with him very

1203
01:13:16,840 --> 01:13:19,080
Speaker 1: much in the public eye in the NFL, circles this

1204
01:13:19,160 --> 01:13:21,960
Speaker 1: year because of what happened with all the concussions. I

1205
01:13:22,120 --> 01:13:24,920
Speaker 1: have to believe that that's going to cross the minds

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01:13:24,960 --> 01:13:28,120
Speaker 1: of a lot of gms, even if they are quarterback needy.

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Speaker 1: That's kind of a long way of me saying I

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Speaker 1: don't know if Stetson Bennett's taken on day one or

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01:13:32,840 --> 01:13:38,920
Speaker 1: day two. To me, he's probably a Day three guy. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And Bryce Young, while I told you this, we were

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Speaker 1: talking about this all morning. I have a problem taking

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks who didn't have to fight uphill. Now, it's not

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01:13:50,000 --> 01:13:52,280
Speaker 1: their fault. You got a got like Stroud at Ohio State,

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01:13:52,320 --> 01:13:56,080
Speaker 1: you got Bryce Young at Alabama, and you've got Stetson

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Speaker 1: Bennett at Georgia. Those guys always played with the best

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Speaker 1: off offensive lineman, the best defensive lineman, the most talented wideouts,

1217
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Speaker 1: the best running game, the most resources for their program.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the list goes on and on. They I mean,

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Speaker 1: and you know, you can say what you want about

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01:14:11,800 --> 01:14:15,799
Speaker 1: playing you know, tough competition, okay, but they were always

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Speaker 1: better physically than the guys they played, or at least

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Speaker 1: as good. And I don't see any of those, not

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Speaker 1: not a single one of them, as being a guy

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Speaker 1: that could come to this level and carry a franchise

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Speaker 1: physically or with their will or with their abilities. Certainly

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01:14:32,720 --> 01:14:35,840
Speaker 1: they can come in and be a good player, no

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01:14:35,920 --> 01:14:39,240
Speaker 1: question about it. I just don't think they have the

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Speaker 1: physical attributes to be able to carry an offense in

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Speaker 1: the NFL with what is expected of a quarterback in

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Speaker 1: this day and age. You've got to be a guy

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Speaker 1: who can bust out of the pocket, get a first

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01:14:49,520 --> 01:14:51,280
Speaker 1: down and gets at being an athlete. And these guys

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01:14:51,280 --> 01:14:53,000
Speaker 1: out of these guys are twenty years old. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you see Stetson Bennett doing that and with the protections

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Speaker 1: afforded an NFL quarterback. Okay, I just don't see it.

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01:15:03,000 --> 01:15:08,960
Speaker 1: To me, an NFL quarterback looks more like Josh Allen,

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01:15:09,120 --> 01:15:14,360
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert, Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, Tom Brady and Aaron

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01:15:14,439 --> 01:15:16,960
Speaker 1: Rodgers too, because those guys are bigger than you might

1239
01:15:16,960 --> 01:15:20,240
Speaker 1: give them credit, significantly bigger than the guys we're talking about. Um,

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01:15:22,240 --> 01:15:25,719
Speaker 1: it's a tough league and even Pat Mahomes is significantly bigger.

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01:15:26,520 --> 01:15:31,439
Speaker 1: So yeah, I know we're all and we're kind of

1242
01:15:31,439 --> 01:15:34,639
Speaker 1: in the moment here touting these guys as being something really,

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01:15:34,680 --> 01:15:39,240
Speaker 1: really special. And they have had tremendously special college careers

1244
01:15:39,880 --> 01:15:42,479
Speaker 1: and had some given us all some really great moments.

1245
01:15:44,360 --> 01:15:50,280
Speaker 1: But college football is not professional football, so I think,

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01:15:51,320 --> 01:15:52,960
Speaker 1: And I don't know too much about these guys other

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01:15:52,960 --> 01:15:57,280
Speaker 1: than other than just watching them on TV. So I

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01:15:57,320 --> 01:15:59,559
Speaker 1: could I'm probably the first guy I'll say I'm wrong,

1249
01:16:00,880 --> 01:16:05,519
Speaker 1: but right now you can have to prove me wrong. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I just have a hard time seeing Bennett being a

1251
01:16:09,720 --> 01:16:12,040
Speaker 1: better pro player than he is a college player. It's

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01:16:12,080 --> 01:16:13,720
Speaker 1: very hard. You need to get to that place. Think

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01:16:13,720 --> 01:16:17,560
Speaker 1: about this. Joe Burrow came out of LSU's kind of

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01:16:17,600 --> 01:16:19,240
Speaker 1: the same thing, except he was you know, he's obviously

1255
01:16:19,280 --> 01:16:22,679
Speaker 1: bigger and all that stuff. He came out after throwing

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01:16:22,760 --> 01:16:25,160
Speaker 1: for six thousand yards with a really good team. But

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Speaker 1: they played seven top ten teams in the country in

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Speaker 1: the SEC, seven top ten opponents, and they beat him

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Speaker 1: all right, and he was his ability to stand there

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Speaker 1: and make the throws. Yeah, it was different, as his

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Speaker 1: career was different. You can argue that Bennett and Young

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01:16:44,479 --> 01:16:46,680
Speaker 1: both played in that same conference and played a lot

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01:16:46,720 --> 01:16:50,559
Speaker 1: of top end teams too, So I get it. Um,

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Speaker 1: I just these slight framed guys that can do it

1265
01:16:54,600 --> 01:16:59,040
Speaker 1: in college. I just worry about them holding up on

1266
01:16:59,080 --> 01:17:02,720
Speaker 1: a seventeen games schedule in the NFL. And to me,

1267
01:17:02,840 --> 01:17:06,559
Speaker 1: in an ideal world, I see stets In Bennett probably

1268
01:17:06,600 --> 01:17:08,760
Speaker 1: as a backup in this league that can maybe help

1269
01:17:08,800 --> 01:17:12,240
Speaker 1: you through. He reminds me of like a Gardener Minshew type,

1270
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Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Like Gardner Minshew was a

1271
01:17:14,400 --> 01:17:18,439
Speaker 1: six round draft choice, like a Colton McCoy. Um. Yeah,

1272
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Speaker 1: you know one of those guys. Think about Matt Milano's

1273
01:17:22,320 --> 01:17:28,280
Speaker 1: hit on Mike White, who's big, he's tall, And think

1274
01:17:28,280 --> 01:17:32,960
Speaker 1: about him hitting somebody the waist twenty pounds Ben. It

1275
01:17:33,000 --> 01:17:34,479
Speaker 1: might have landed in the end zone on that hit.

1276
01:17:34,680 --> 01:17:36,800
Speaker 1: He wouldn't have gotten up, you gotta. I don't know.

1277
01:17:36,880 --> 01:17:39,439
Speaker 1: I mean, I worked transposing all this. But unless the

1278
01:17:39,479 --> 01:17:43,360
Speaker 1: guy's so sharp that he never ever has anybody get

1279
01:17:43,360 --> 01:17:46,599
Speaker 1: a free shot on him, he's got somebody's gonna get

1280
01:17:46,640 --> 01:17:48,880
Speaker 1: a free shot on him. Yeah, And it's and it's

1281
01:17:48,880 --> 01:17:51,880
Speaker 1: hard to and it hurts, man. I mean, it's you know,

1282
01:17:51,920 --> 01:17:54,160
Speaker 1: as two he knows and all these guys they all know,

1283
01:17:54,640 --> 01:18:01,040
Speaker 1: Josh too. Yeah, it's so I'm it's nobody can predict

1284
01:18:01,040 --> 01:18:03,640
Speaker 1: the future. Nobody can predict how good anybody can can be.

1285
01:18:04,120 --> 01:18:06,960
Speaker 1: But there's been one quarterback who came out of college

1286
01:18:06,960 --> 01:18:11,599
Speaker 1: ever who was six one or less and couldn't run

1287
01:18:11,640 --> 01:18:16,439
Speaker 1: a four point five second forty who was successful. Only

1288
01:18:16,479 --> 01:18:21,920
Speaker 1: one and it was Drew Brees. Only one in all

1289
01:18:21,960 --> 01:18:24,840
Speaker 1: of football history. He's the only guy that was six

1290
01:18:24,920 --> 01:18:30,719
Speaker 1: one or less and couldn't run fast. Who is Who's

1291
01:18:30,760 --> 01:18:34,920
Speaker 1: been it? So unless one of these guys like Stetson

1292
01:18:35,000 --> 01:18:40,439
Speaker 1: Bennett and or Bryce Young or Stroud can run that fast,

1293
01:18:39,840 --> 01:18:43,720
Speaker 1: the statistics say ain't gonna happen. Yeah, let's go to

1294
01:18:43,760 --> 01:18:46,240
Speaker 1: the tweet sheet, where we've been asking you what aspect

1295
01:18:46,320 --> 01:18:48,160
Speaker 1: of the Bills do you believe needs a little fine

1296
01:18:48,160 --> 01:18:50,880
Speaker 1: tuning for the playoffs. Tweet sheet is always brought to

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Speaker 1: you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the official equipment moving company

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01:18:54,160 --> 01:18:57,280
Speaker 1: of the Buffalo Bills, and Vinnie leads us off and

1299
01:18:57,360 --> 01:19:01,679
Speaker 1: says secondary coaching needs to have them play more man

1300
01:19:02,120 --> 01:19:06,320
Speaker 1: and less off coverage. Also, the offensive line needs to

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01:19:06,360 --> 01:19:10,280
Speaker 1: block better for Alan. We saw some man coverage calls

1302
01:19:10,320 --> 01:19:13,360
Speaker 1: by Leslie Frasier last week. Kayer Elam was in a

1303
01:19:13,360 --> 01:19:15,599
Speaker 1: bunch of them when he was in on the field

1304
01:19:15,640 --> 01:19:19,439
Speaker 1: as he and Dane Jackson continue to platoon at the

1305
01:19:19,840 --> 01:19:23,479
Speaker 1: cornerback spot opposite Tredavious White. It's gonna be very interesting

1306
01:19:23,520 --> 01:19:26,760
Speaker 1: to see if Christian Benford is worked back into that

1307
01:19:26,880 --> 01:19:34,720
Speaker 1: rotation at all, because when he was healthy at the

1308
01:19:34,760 --> 01:19:40,799
Speaker 1: beginning of the season, he was rotating in. He actually started,

1309
01:19:40,960 --> 01:19:42,760
Speaker 1: now that I think about it, because tredevious why wasn't

1310
01:19:42,760 --> 01:19:47,120
Speaker 1: back yet. He started opposite Dane Jackson week one and

1311
01:19:47,120 --> 01:19:50,439
Speaker 1: then Kaier got on the field and rotated in. But

1312
01:19:51,040 --> 01:19:53,799
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see where he fits in that puzzle,

1313
01:19:54,479 --> 01:19:56,920
Speaker 1: assuming he's you know, now that he's had a week

1314
01:19:56,960 --> 01:19:59,840
Speaker 1: of practice, this will be a second week of practice,

1315
01:20:00,120 --> 01:20:03,519
Speaker 1: so does he factor in after being an active last week.

1316
01:20:04,080 --> 01:20:08,480
Speaker 1: That's one that I'll be keeping an eye on for sure. Yeah,

1317
01:20:08,520 --> 01:20:10,080
Speaker 1: the more of the merrier back there, you know, you

1318
01:20:10,120 --> 01:20:13,120
Speaker 1: need guys who can really go and Benford, let's face it,

1319
01:20:13,240 --> 01:20:16,880
Speaker 1: Benford was starting corner on the field week one and

1320
01:20:17,080 --> 01:20:19,760
Speaker 1: had a couple of injuries, had the hand injury and

1321
01:20:19,840 --> 01:20:22,680
Speaker 1: they had the oblique injury. So it's been a rough

1322
01:20:22,760 --> 01:20:24,799
Speaker 1: year for him. But that's the guy who earned the spot.

1323
01:20:25,880 --> 01:20:28,759
Speaker 1: So I know that kyer Elam has made some strides

1324
01:20:28,760 --> 01:20:31,040
Speaker 1: and even self admittedly said now hears now I'm at

1325
01:20:31,040 --> 01:20:35,439
Speaker 1: a point now where I can just kind of play. Yeah,

1326
01:20:35,439 --> 01:20:38,120
Speaker 1: that's gonna be a really interesting secondary to watch and

1327
01:20:38,160 --> 01:20:40,800
Speaker 1: see how it transforms now with Tredavius in the mix

1328
01:20:40,840 --> 01:20:44,639
Speaker 1: along with Benford and Elam and Dane Jackson and ty

1329
01:20:44,840 --> 01:20:49,719
Speaker 1: and tarn Johnson. Offensive line needs to block better for Alan,

1330
01:20:49,800 --> 01:20:53,680
Speaker 1: says Vinnie. I mean, I you can always improve your protection.

1331
01:20:53,880 --> 01:20:57,840
Speaker 1: I get it. Jaalen Phillips will be a handful of

1332
01:20:57,880 --> 01:21:03,520
Speaker 1: Melvin Ingram is a guy that gives Dion Dawkins fits sometimes.

1333
01:21:03,560 --> 01:21:08,360
Speaker 1: So those two guys are points of emphasis in past

1334
01:21:08,439 --> 01:21:11,920
Speaker 1: pro Obviously, Bradley Chubb, if he's motivated, could be a problem.

1335
01:21:11,960 --> 01:21:14,840
Speaker 1: So two could Christian Wilkins on the inside. So there

1336
01:21:14,840 --> 01:21:17,839
Speaker 1: will be guys to contend with this week against the Dolphins,

1337
01:21:17,880 --> 01:21:22,679
Speaker 1: for sure. I will say the offensive line has done

1338
01:21:23,000 --> 01:21:26,559
Speaker 1: a good job of clearing holes in the run game.

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01:21:27,320 --> 01:21:30,200
Speaker 1: Last week was the first time all season that they

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01:21:30,240 --> 01:21:32,400
Speaker 1: did not run for a hundred yards. They had been

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01:21:32,439 --> 01:21:34,280
Speaker 1: the only team that had one hundred yards rushing and

1342
01:21:34,320 --> 01:21:37,679
Speaker 1: were more in every game this season up until last Sunday,

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01:21:37,680 --> 01:21:38,960
Speaker 1: and part of it was because they didn't run it

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01:21:39,000 --> 01:21:41,160
Speaker 1: as much. Well, here's the thing think. Yeah, they didn't

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01:21:41,200 --> 01:21:43,600
Speaker 1: run as much. Plus they had two long plays for

1346
01:21:43,680 --> 01:21:45,720
Speaker 1: touchdowns where they were going to lost two possessions, and

1347
01:21:45,720 --> 01:21:47,760
Speaker 1: then they lost two possessions because they had two long

1348
01:21:47,840 --> 01:21:51,040
Speaker 1: TD returns in the kickoffs, so they ran out of

1349
01:21:51,080 --> 01:21:54,479
Speaker 1: opportunities to hand it off. Otherwise they were certainly we're

1350
01:21:54,479 --> 01:21:56,240
Speaker 1: going to get a hundred yards in that game. So

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01:21:57,360 --> 01:22:01,280
Speaker 1: there's still a formidable team to defend the run against,

1352
01:22:01,320 --> 01:22:03,639
Speaker 1: mostly because of Josh, and people discount that, and I'll

1353
01:22:03,640 --> 01:22:05,519
Speaker 1: say it again, I've been harping on this for a

1354
01:22:05,520 --> 01:22:08,000
Speaker 1: couple of weeks now. They still got to defend it.

1355
01:22:08,040 --> 01:22:10,559
Speaker 1: If Josh is running the ball, right, they still gotta

1356
01:22:10,720 --> 01:22:12,400
Speaker 1: they gotta step up and have a plan for it

1357
01:22:12,439 --> 01:22:14,240
Speaker 1: because he can hand it off or keep it himself.

1358
01:22:15,040 --> 01:22:18,720
Speaker 1: And whether you discount that their running game as a

1359
01:22:18,760 --> 01:22:20,599
Speaker 1: total because of that, and you can if you want,

1360
01:22:20,600 --> 01:22:22,679
Speaker 1: but you're not the one defending it that the Dolphins

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01:22:22,720 --> 01:22:26,599
Speaker 1: have to. Jerry on the tweet sheet says d line

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01:22:26,960 --> 01:22:29,880
Speaker 1: specifically defending the run. If they can't get to the

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01:22:29,960 --> 01:22:33,320
Speaker 1: quarterback and stop the run, they may be one and done. Um,

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01:22:33,560 --> 01:22:35,839
Speaker 1: that might be a little extreme, Jerry, but I understand

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01:22:36,000 --> 01:22:39,559
Speaker 1: that's true. If they can't do it, but they they

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01:22:39,600 --> 01:22:42,320
Speaker 1: haven't fallen on their face yet this year. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's not like the concern, obviously, is that Miami ran

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01:22:45,439 --> 01:22:48,000
Speaker 1: for one eighty eight the last time they played him.

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01:22:48,680 --> 01:22:53,120
Speaker 1: Buffalo still won the game. But you have to believe

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01:22:53,240 --> 01:22:56,080
Speaker 1: that the Bills are going to be preparing for a

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Speaker 1: similar approach, at least in some way, shape or form

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Speaker 1: with the run game for Miami. Now, if raheem Mostered

1373
01:23:02,960 --> 01:23:05,639
Speaker 1: is out of the equation, I'm not saying it makes

1374
01:23:05,680 --> 01:23:08,639
Speaker 1: it easier, but it does make it different. Jerry Wilson,

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01:23:08,640 --> 01:23:10,719
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I gotta look this up because for some reason,

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01:23:10,800 --> 01:23:13,960
Speaker 1: I believe he was injured the last time the Bills

1377
01:23:14,000 --> 01:23:16,280
Speaker 1: played them and he didn't play. I think he had

1378
01:23:16,320 --> 01:23:20,479
Speaker 1: a hip injury and was inactive for the December eighteenth game.

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Speaker 1: So now it looks like they're gonna have Wilson, but

1380
01:23:22,640 --> 01:23:25,839
Speaker 1: they may not have Mostard. And Wilson's an athlete, two taller,

1381
01:23:25,920 --> 01:23:29,400
Speaker 1: longer guy, big time strider. You get him in the

1382
01:23:29,439 --> 01:23:32,160
Speaker 1: open field, he's tough to keep up with. So yeah,

1383
01:23:32,160 --> 01:23:34,519
Speaker 1: they'll they'll have to shore up the run game the

1384
01:23:34,600 --> 01:23:37,599
Speaker 1: run front tour. I'm not debating that for a second,

1385
01:23:38,520 --> 01:23:41,320
Speaker 1: but not getting to the quarterback and not stopping the run.

1386
01:23:41,360 --> 01:23:45,559
Speaker 1: We've rarely seen this Bill's defense be deficient in both

1387
01:23:45,760 --> 01:23:48,519
Speaker 1: at the same time in the same game. That's the

1388
01:23:48,560 --> 01:23:50,000
Speaker 1: only reason why I felt it was a little bit

1389
01:23:50,000 --> 01:23:55,440
Speaker 1: of a stretch from TJA people saying defense in the comments.

1390
01:23:55,439 --> 01:23:58,120
Speaker 1: But they've been really solid all season. So for me,

1391
01:23:58,680 --> 01:24:02,200
Speaker 1: if special teams turns up again, it's about limiting the turnovers.

1392
01:24:02,320 --> 01:24:05,679
Speaker 1: On offense. Alan will need to just be a bit

1393
01:24:05,720 --> 01:24:08,559
Speaker 1: more savvy with his throws over the middle, and he

1394
01:24:08,600 --> 01:24:13,639
Speaker 1: will definitely be using his legs, and that's a wise approach,

1395
01:24:13,720 --> 01:24:16,360
Speaker 1: especially if Miami's gonna decide to play some man coverage.

1396
01:24:16,560 --> 01:24:20,600
Speaker 1: Everybody's back is turned, you don't have anybody open, and

1397
01:24:20,680 --> 01:24:23,160
Speaker 1: you can get past the line of scrimmage. See later.

1398
01:24:23,880 --> 01:24:25,599
Speaker 1: Josh could have a big day on the ground, which

1399
01:24:25,640 --> 01:24:29,080
Speaker 1: he has had before against Miami. You know, he's had

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01:24:29,160 --> 01:24:31,840
Speaker 1: ninety five one hundred and one yards rushing earlier in

1401
01:24:31,880 --> 01:24:34,160
Speaker 1: his career against Miami, and I don't think he would

1402
01:24:34,200 --> 01:24:36,400
Speaker 1: hesitate for a second to do that if the opportunity

1403
01:24:36,439 --> 01:24:39,600
Speaker 1: presents it. And I've forgotten to Armando Selgaro brought it up.

1404
01:24:39,640 --> 01:24:41,720
Speaker 1: You remember this is I forgotten this was the play

1405
01:24:41,800 --> 01:24:44,840
Speaker 1: that Josh. It was a catastrophe. Josh ran the clock

1406
01:24:45,200 --> 01:24:46,519
Speaker 1: end of the half, at the end of the half

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01:24:46,520 --> 01:24:48,160
Speaker 1: on no, we're not gonna get any points. Oh it's

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01:24:48,160 --> 01:24:52,000
Speaker 1: a touchdown. Yeah, I forgot about that. Yeah, because the

1409
01:24:52,080 --> 01:24:54,479
Speaker 1: rule of thumb is throw it away so you can

1410
01:24:54,520 --> 01:24:56,280
Speaker 1: at least kick a field goal. And he's just like, well,

1411
01:24:56,320 --> 01:24:57,519
Speaker 1: how about I throw it in the end zone and

1412
01:24:57,560 --> 01:25:00,200
Speaker 1: score a touchdown instead? With zeros on the clock. Um,

1413
01:25:00,360 --> 01:25:02,160
Speaker 1: there were zeros on the clock for about two seconds.

1414
01:25:02,600 --> 01:25:06,559
Speaker 1: He was even close. It was gonna be catastrophic, but

1415
01:25:06,880 --> 01:25:10,040
Speaker 1: he did it. That's the way it goes. So you

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01:25:10,200 --> 01:25:12,000
Speaker 1: live with that a little bit with Josh. We've we've

1417
01:25:12,080 --> 01:25:14,559
Speaker 1: learned to do that. But this is a game too

1418
01:25:14,600 --> 01:25:16,840
Speaker 1: that it's gonna be different than the first two games.

1419
01:25:17,280 --> 01:25:19,280
Speaker 1: Maybe we don't know exactly how it's going to be different,

1420
01:25:19,280 --> 01:25:20,640
Speaker 1: except that most it's not going to be in there.

1421
01:25:20,640 --> 01:25:23,120
Speaker 1: He ran, he ran for a bunch against him the

1422
01:25:23,200 --> 01:25:26,360
Speaker 1: last time in a week fifteen up here. He's probably

1423
01:25:26,360 --> 01:25:31,400
Speaker 1: not gonna go with a busted thumb. And the secondary

1424
01:25:31,400 --> 01:25:33,360
Speaker 1: of the Bills looks like, you know, they're gonna get

1425
01:25:33,400 --> 01:25:39,320
Speaker 1: Benford back. Maybe and you know they're gonna have Juquan

1426
01:25:39,439 --> 01:25:42,639
Speaker 1: in there as well at safety or Dean Marlowe probably,

1427
01:25:43,760 --> 01:25:45,920
Speaker 1: So their secondary is still a little bit in flux,

1428
01:25:46,000 --> 01:25:50,360
Speaker 1: but the Bills front six and seven should be intact

1429
01:25:50,880 --> 01:25:52,519
Speaker 1: and they're gonna have a better plan than they did

1430
01:25:53,200 --> 01:25:56,920
Speaker 1: four weeks ago for stopping the run. We'll see if

1431
01:25:56,920 --> 01:26:00,479
Speaker 1: they can get it done. This is It'll be interesting

1432
01:26:00,520 --> 01:26:03,240
Speaker 1: to see how they come out, not only on that

1433
01:26:03,240 --> 01:26:06,600
Speaker 1: side of the ball, but also offensively. Yeah, we're going

1434
01:26:06,640 --> 01:26:08,519
Speaker 1: to take a break here when we come back. Some

1435
01:26:08,560 --> 01:26:10,880
Speaker 1: final thoughts on the tweet sheet before we wrap it

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Speaker 1: go to connectlife dot org. Today Steve some final thoughts

1444
01:26:47,160 --> 01:26:52,040
Speaker 1: on the tweet sheet here, and we've got Dean saying

1445
01:26:52,280 --> 01:26:55,160
Speaker 1: utilization of the middle of the field. Now that John

1446
01:26:55,200 --> 01:26:57,280
Speaker 1: Brown is back, how about getting him and Gabe David's

1447
01:26:57,280 --> 01:26:59,160
Speaker 1: back to running the mid in deep crossing routes that

1448
01:26:59,160 --> 01:27:01,439
Speaker 1: were so successful a few years ago. Most of all,

1449
01:27:01,880 --> 01:27:04,559
Speaker 1: how about some more quick slants. I swear they are

1450
01:27:04,600 --> 01:27:08,479
Speaker 1: good for five plus yards every time. Yeah, it'll be

1451
01:27:08,479 --> 01:27:11,479
Speaker 1: interesting to see what the diversification of the receiving corps

1452
01:27:11,479 --> 01:27:15,240
Speaker 1: looks like. You know now that you have unlimited elevations

1453
01:27:15,240 --> 01:27:17,400
Speaker 1: of John Brown and Colby's you could elevate them both

1454
01:27:17,400 --> 01:27:20,160
Speaker 1: if you wanted to. It's a maximum of two players

1455
01:27:20,200 --> 01:27:22,960
Speaker 1: off the practice squad each week, so if you did that,

1456
01:27:23,080 --> 01:27:27,439
Speaker 1: you'd have six receivers active on Sunday. And you and

1457
01:27:27,479 --> 01:27:29,400
Speaker 1: I were talking during the break. One of the things

1458
01:27:29,439 --> 01:27:32,040
Speaker 1: that the Bills had that worked very well against the

1459
01:27:32,080 --> 01:27:34,880
Speaker 1: Dolphins in previous years was when they spread the field

1460
01:27:35,520 --> 01:27:39,519
Speaker 1: and made that secondary put more people on the field.

1461
01:27:39,600 --> 01:27:43,879
Speaker 1: Like Noah Igbinogeny. Guy's a first round bust for Miami.

1462
01:27:43,920 --> 01:27:46,240
Speaker 1: He can't even get on the field, So you know what,

1463
01:27:46,760 --> 01:27:48,920
Speaker 1: put him on the field. Get him on the field somehow. Yeah,

1464
01:27:48,920 --> 01:27:50,840
Speaker 1: I get it, And you're right, it'll be a match

1465
01:27:50,880 --> 01:27:53,000
Speaker 1: It's always a matchup game, and we learned that from

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01:27:53,000 --> 01:27:56,400
Speaker 1: Brian Dabo and the Ken Dorsey hasn't has jumped on

1467
01:27:56,439 --> 01:27:59,759
Speaker 1: board with that as well. And we have seen everybody

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Speaker 1: from like Cole Beasley, John Brown, Shakier, Khalil Shakier, Mackenzie, Davis, Diggs,

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Speaker 1: all of those guys have contributed. And now he got

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Speaker 1: for the first time ever last week, James Cook out

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01:28:11,520 --> 01:28:15,280
Speaker 1: snapped Devin Singletary. Now some of that was because Devin

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Speaker 1: coughed it up, and when you do that, you get

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Speaker 1: you sat down, So maybe that's the reason. But nevertheless,

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Speaker 1: all of these guys are game ready. Now. Cole Beasley's

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Speaker 1: got out there, he's gotten some reps, he's got his

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Speaker 1: feet wet again, he's gotta feel comfortable. Same thing with

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Speaker 1: John Brown. All of these guys are at the ready,

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Speaker 1: and how this roster is made up on game day

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Speaker 1: is really going to be interesting to see who the

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Speaker 1: inactives are, who the what the wide receiver corps is

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Speaker 1: gonna look like may tip you off as to what

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Speaker 1: their plan is offensively throughout the game. From Butch, he says,

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Speaker 1: just let the band play Diggs and Beasley in the

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Speaker 1: slot and Brown and Davis on the outside, then allow

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Speaker 1: running back James Cook to Cook in the backfield. What

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Speaker 1: do you think about Diggs and Beasley in the slot?

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Speaker 1: Brown Davis outside four guys has four wides on the

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Speaker 1: field with James Cook. I mean, it's great unless they

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Speaker 1: send six guys after you. Then you got some problems.

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Speaker 1: You gotta get rid of the ball quick. You don't

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Speaker 1: want Josh back there with six rushers against five protectors,

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Speaker 1: so you gotta do that. So I don't know, I'm

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Speaker 1: thinking about this. I'm going to the Sabers game tonight.

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Speaker 1: I'm awesome. This is all great, Steve, how fast quickly

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Speaker 1: do you think Naiheim Hines? What was his top speed

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Speaker 1: on the return? Twenty one point five, twenty one point

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Speaker 1: two five miles per hour. You're right there. We'll see

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Speaker 1: you tomorrow. One