Speaker 1: Offensively, defensively, special teams. Man, keep finding a way we
Speaker 1: ain't doing that. That's a great job defense, right y'all,
Speaker 1: Colchy staff man. That's a really good football team. We
Speaker 1: just played. Let's go get another one next week. But
Speaker 1: I'll do what we're live right now. Hey, we're live.
Speaker 1: Everybody got me not Let's go bury. Everybody do their job.
Speaker 1: One eleven, Well, Calivern defense, let's go, no overthinking, right,
Speaker 1: go play some ball. We'll play some football. It's an
Speaker 1: exciting time to be a Buffalo Bill in the sand
Speaker 1: of the Buffalo Bills. Welcome into another playoff edition of
Speaker 1: the Sean McDermott Show, presented by Connors and Farris, your
Speaker 1: workers comp attorneys. Sean, thanks as always for joining us
Speaker 1: all year. The story has been about your record breaking offense,
Speaker 1: but your defense went out and got you the win
Speaker 1: against the Ravens in the divisional round. How did it
Speaker 1: feel to see your defense go out and have that
Speaker 1: kind of performance against the reigning MVP to earn you
Speaker 1: your first trip to the AFC Championship. Well, it felt great, Steve,
Speaker 1: and I thought the defense really had a great week
Speaker 1: of preparation. That's a very unique offense, the Ravens offense,
Speaker 1: and they've got weapons all over the offense, with explosive
Speaker 1: players all over the offense, and there really hadn't been
Speaker 1: a defense that had done that to them. And give
Speaker 1: a lot of credit to Leslie Fraser and our defensive staff.
Speaker 1: And then the players went out there and the great
Speaker 1: week of preparation executed at a high level. Well, you
Speaker 1: guys broke the tie in the second half with a
Speaker 1: touchdown on your first drive, and the Ravens responded with
Speaker 1: a trip to the red zone and we're looking to
Speaker 1: tie it up, and then Tarn Johnson picked off Lamar
Speaker 1: Jackson and took it one hundred and one yards for
Speaker 1: pick six. What was it like for you watching that
Speaker 1: play unfold on the sideline. Well, first of all, I
Speaker 1: thought it was a great call by Leslie and for
Speaker 1: the situation and just to watch Terran go through his progression.
Speaker 1: He executed at a high level and that's what you
Speaker 1: gotta do this time of year. And then when he
Speaker 1: when he got out of the end zone, I was
Speaker 1: just thinking, first of all, I kind of looked to
Speaker 1: my right and we had some people on the sideline
Speaker 1: that needed to get back because once in a while,
Speaker 1: you get those referees flying down the sideline, you know,
Speaker 1: going after the play, and sometimes you get those unfortunate
Speaker 1: collisions there. So I was trying to get people back
Speaker 1: and the rest was just fun to watch. I mean,
Speaker 1: just uh, just joy and players going down there. It's
Speaker 1: just what a great moment for the Buffalo Bills and
Speaker 1: the history of our football team and organization. Yeah. Well,
Speaker 1: when your defense holds your opponents just three points, it's
Speaker 1: got to be more than one guy that has to
Speaker 1: step up. And on Saturday, Jerry Hughes had a monster game.
Speaker 1: He had two sacks on Lamar Jackson. How important is
Speaker 1: it for you to get performances like that out of
Speaker 1: your leaders in these playoff games, Well, it's huge, Steve,
Speaker 1: As you know, captain's the best way they can lead
Speaker 1: is by example. He's one of our captains and one
Speaker 1: of our really ambassadors on our football team and he's
Speaker 1: been here the longest as the Buffalo Bill on our
Speaker 1: current roster. So just fun to watch. Happy for him,
Speaker 1: happy for his family. We'll have to do it again
Speaker 1: this week and for the second straight playoff game. Steph
Speaker 1: Diggs had over one hundred yards and a touchdown, he
Speaker 1: joined Hall of Famer James Lofton as the own receivers
Speaker 1: in franchise history to ever tally back to back one
Speaker 1: hundred yard receiving days in the same postseason. After the game,
Speaker 1: he had Josh did the postgame interview together. How is
Speaker 1: their relationship indicative of how close your whole team is? Well,
Speaker 1: I think it's a reflection on how close our team is.
Speaker 1: You know, these guys came together in training camp without
Speaker 1: any springtime in terms of being in person with one
Speaker 1: another in terms of organized activities. It's been fun to
Speaker 1: watch these guys grow together, respect one another in terms
Speaker 1: of the different backgrounds and really, to me be a
Speaker 1: an example to our community but also the world of
Speaker 1: loving one another and supporting one another. Well, you're going
Speaker 1: into your first conference title game as a head coach
Speaker 1: and you're gonna be facing the first coach you worked
Speaker 1: under in the NFL and Andy Reid. You've had the
Speaker 1: chance to coach against him a couple of times now,
Speaker 1: But what's different preparing to face him with a trip
Speaker 1: to the super Bowl on the line. Well, and he's
Speaker 1: a great coach. He and I have been together in
Speaker 1: this game. I'll be it in the NFC Championship game
Speaker 1: more than a few times, and so he does a
Speaker 1: great job. His team will be well prepared. They're a
Speaker 1: strong football team with a lot of weapons, and we're
Speaker 1: going there, so it'll be a big challenge for us
Speaker 1: that they're defending world champions and so this is our
Speaker 1: first trip, but mostly it's the first of many as
Speaker 1: we continue to build our program here like he's built
Speaker 1: his program there. All right, thanks, coach. We'll catch up
Speaker 1: with you later in the show to get your final
Speaker 1: thoughts on facing the Chiefs in the AFC Championship. Shopping
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Speaker 1: McDermott Show, and it's time to break down the film
Speaker 1: with our good Eric Wood and an AFC Championship edition
Speaker 1: of Chopping Wood. Eight. The Bills are back in the
Speaker 1: AFC Championship for the first time since nineteen ninety four
Speaker 1: after a huge win over the Ravens. They held the
Speaker 1: Ravens to just three points. How did the defense shut
Speaker 1: down the reigning MVP. They did a number of different ways.
Speaker 1: They started off by bringing a lot of pressure. They
Speaker 1: brought defensive backs, even cornerbacks in pressure during this game.
Speaker 1: They were also able to generate pressure with just the
Speaker 1: four man rush. Jerry Hughes was excellent throughout this ball game,
Speaker 1: seven total pressures on the night. And when the Ravens
Speaker 1: started to get some momentum in this game, Taran Johnson
Speaker 1: put an end to that with his big pick six. Well,
Speaker 1: let's start by taking a look at one of those
Speaker 1: blitzes the Bills used to bring pressure on Lamar Jackson.
Speaker 1: The first sack of the game came from Levi Wallace
Speaker 1: on a first and ten. On first and ten, the
Speaker 1: Bills were anticipating run and so they brought a corner
Speaker 1: cat a corner blitz. You rarely see cornerbacks blitz in
Speaker 1: the NFL, but on a run heavy offense like the Ravens,
Speaker 1: you will try these. And this one paid off big
Speaker 1: for Leslie Fraser on the defense. Lea By Wallace comes
Speaker 1: home Scott free and able to make the sack to
Speaker 1: bump the Ravens back and ruin their field position. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and then Jerry Hughes got going and he had a
Speaker 1: monster game. Had two sacks break down. The first one
Speaker 1: that came This was also on a first intend This
Speaker 1: is a four man rush here and what happens on
Speaker 1: this play is they run play action. Jerry at first
Speaker 1: has to play the run against the Ravens. You can't
Speaker 1: just fly up the field. So he comes off the ball,
Speaker 1: uses two hands to engage the blocker in front of him.
Speaker 1: He then sheds that one and stays a lot and
Speaker 1: then he's able to defeat the double team and come
Speaker 1: away with the sack. Anytime that you have this much
Speaker 1: time to rush the passer, though, you got to give
Speaker 1: some credit to the back end of the defense in
Speaker 1: their coverage. Later on, Arren Johnson came up with the
Speaker 1: play maybe of the season. Break down this pick six
Speaker 1: for us. Yeah, here we got third and nine and
Speaker 1: third to goal to go, so the Ravens have to
Speaker 1: try and push the ball to the end zone. The
Speaker 1: Bills show a blitz look. They end up just running
Speaker 1: four and in this cover two zone, Tarn Johnson's able
Speaker 1: to read the eyes of Lamar Jackson step in front
Speaker 1: of the receiver and pick the ball and he thinks
Speaker 1: about stopping for a second, and thank god he didn't,
Speaker 1: because he takes off. He has the green light in
Speaker 1: front of him, and a convoy of blockers gets out
Speaker 1: in front of him, and all he had to do
Speaker 1: was avoid that will first tackle at the one yard
Speaker 1: line and no one else touches him. Tredavious White out
Speaker 1: in front blocking. Look at Justin Zimmer get down the
Speaker 1: field as well, almost running stride for stride with him.
Speaker 1: Pretty athletic for the big guy. Now, Eric, let's take
Speaker 1: a look back at some of the things the Bill's
Speaker 1: offense did well against the Chiefs in Week six. We'll
Speaker 1: start with Josh's first touchdown that went to step dig
Speaker 1: This is one of the goal to go situations the
Speaker 1: Bills ran this year that someone wasn't completely wide open,
Speaker 1: and here Diggs makes an incredibly contested catch on the sideline,
Speaker 1: gets his feet and bounds on a whip route. He's
Speaker 1: able to create just enough separation that Allen's able to
Speaker 1: find him for the touchdown. All right, Now, let's take
Speaker 1: a look at what the Bills did on defense against
Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Mario Addison had a sack in the two
Speaker 1: minute drill at the end of the first half. What
Speaker 1: did you see on this play? Bills run a four
Speaker 1: man rush here Mario Addison You'll see him do a
Speaker 1: spin move against the left tackle, Eric Fisher. Eric Fisher
Speaker 1: sets out at him and at that moment, Mario Addison
Speaker 1: knows that he can spin and get back inside of him.
Speaker 1: It always takes a couple of guys though, to get
Speaker 1: a sack. The left side of the Bills defensive line
Speaker 1: was able to generate some pressure and Mario Addison was
Speaker 1: able to finish him off. It'll be great to see
Speaker 1: if the Bills can knock off the defending champ to
Speaker 1: get back to the Super Bowl. Eric, thanks for this
Speaker 1: and go Bills. Go Bills. Mattie Glamm here this week's
Speaker 1: game preview. The Buffalo Bills are heading to Arrowhead Stadium
Speaker 1: to take on the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC
Speaker 1: Championship Game. It's the bills first conference championship appearance since
Speaker 1: nineteen ninety four, when they beat the Chiefs thirty to
Speaker 1: thirteen to move on to the Super Bowl. Kansas City
Speaker 1: beat Cleveland with two quarterbacks in the divisional round. Patrick
Speaker 1: Mahomes left the game and entered concussion protocol in the
Speaker 1: third quarter. Backup Chad Henny came in and helped the
Speaker 1: Chiefs seal the victory with the completion on fourth and
Speaker 1: one to Tyree Hill. During the regular season, Mahomes threw
Speaker 1: for the second most yards with four thousand, seven hundred
Speaker 1: and forty while completing sixty six point three percent of
Speaker 1: his passes. Mahomes led the NFL averaging three hundred and
Speaker 1: sixteen passing yards per game and fourth with thirty eight
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns. Kansas City had the best offense in the
Speaker 1: NFL from weeks one through seventeen, averaging four hundred and
Speaker 1: fifteen point eight total yards per game and sixth averaging
Speaker 1: twenty nine point six points per game. Titan Travis Kelsey
Speaker 1: led the team in receiving yards with one hundred and
Speaker 1: five catches for one thousand, four hundred and sixteen yards
Speaker 1: and eleven touchdowns. Rookie running back Clyde Edwards Laire had
Speaker 1: the most rushing yards with eight hundred and three, averaging
Speaker 1: four point four yards per carry. During the regular season,
Speaker 1: Kansas City's defense ranked sixteenth overall, allowing three hundred and
Speaker 1: fifty eight point three yards per game and tenth allowing
Speaker 1: twenty two point six points per game. While the Chiefs
Speaker 1: decreased in production from weeks twelve through seventeen, the Bills
Speaker 1: improved in multiple categories, moving into first with the best
Speaker 1: scoring offense, averaging thirty eight point two points per game
Speaker 1: over that time. The defense allowed less points during the
Speaker 1: last six games as well, allowing only eighteen point three
Speaker 1: points per game, which ranked in the top five. Quarterback
Speaker 1: Josh Allen joined Patrick Mahomes and Ben Roethlisberger as the
Speaker 1: only qbs under the age of twenty five to have
Speaker 1: multiple wins and at least a one hundred passer rating
Speaker 1: in a single postseason. Wide receiver Stefan Dix also became
Speaker 1: the first player ever to have seventeen games at least
Speaker 1: six receptions. Buffalo and Kansas City have played each other
Speaker 1: forty nine times. The Bills lead the series twenty six,
Speaker 1: twenty two and one. That's this week's game preview. Steve
Speaker 1: back to you. Thanks as always, Maddie, coach. You've come
Speaker 1: a long way with this group here and really turn
Speaker 1: the franchise around. I know a Super Bowl championship as
Speaker 1: the ultimate goal, but a lot of your guys haven't
Speaker 1: played in a game of this magnitude yet. What's your
Speaker 1: message to your team this week? Or really it's two things.
Speaker 1: It's to knock out all the distractions or things that
Speaker 1: could become distractions earlier in the week and try to
Speaker 1: do our best to ignore the noise and get ourselves
Speaker 1: back into a normal routine to play. Our best football
Speaker 1: comes Sunday evening at six o'clock or thereabouts, So we've
Speaker 1: got a lot of work to do this week. This
Speaker 1: is a very good football team, as I mentioned earlier, Steve,
Speaker 1: the defending world champs. Well coached, they'll be well prepared,
Speaker 1: and so we're going to have to continue to take
Speaker 1: our game and our quality of play to another level.
Speaker 1: The Chiefs have one of the greatest tight ends in
Speaker 1: NFL history, and Travis Kelsey, he had two touchdowns against
Speaker 1: you in that Week six game. What's it like preparing
Speaker 1: for a tight end of his caliber? Knowing the Chiefs
Speaker 1: also have guys like Tyree Hill on the outside right,
Speaker 1: as I mentioned, very powerful and explosive offense, not only
Speaker 1: with those two, but Patrick Mahomes the running backs, and
Speaker 1: then the other complimentary pieces they have around them. We'll
Speaker 1: do the best we can to get ourselves ready to
Speaker 1: go and again play our best football as we head
Speaker 1: into into Sunday. All right, thanks coach good luck this
Speaker 1: weekend against Kansas City, and to everyone at home, thanks
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