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Speaker 1: said that to local media multiple times and said it

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Speaker 1: quite a bit in his first opening press conference when

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Speaker 1: we first brought him on. Right. So those are some

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Speaker 1: of the more interesting comments we heard from the players

435
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Speaker 1: when they met the media after practice yesterday when we

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Speaker 1: went off the air already, some news and notes around

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Speaker 1: the league. First and foremost Thursday Night Football. The Panthers win.

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Speaker 1: They are now three and oh. They beat the Texans

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Speaker 1: twenty four to nine. They did lose Christian McCaffrey to

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Speaker 1: a hamstring injury. It looks like he has headed towards

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Speaker 1: i R, which means he would Oh no, he's not

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Speaker 1: going to go to IR. It's just a hamstring strain. Sorry,

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Speaker 1: but he's going to be on the shelf. Could miss

444
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Speaker 1: their game next week. But Carolina now three and zero,

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Speaker 1: so they're off to a tremendous start. And yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: they weren't playing a fantastic team in Houston, but you

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Speaker 1: can't blame them for who's on their schedule. Davis Mills

448
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Speaker 1: in his first NFL career start, nineteen of twenty eight,

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Speaker 1: four hundred and sixty eight yards and a touchdown. So

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Speaker 1: there's a very good chance, Maddie that the Bill see

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Speaker 1: Davis Mills again next week because Tyrod Taylor is on

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Speaker 1: IR with a hamstring injury of all things. So you

453
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Speaker 1: got to be at least on IR for three games.

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Speaker 1: So Tyrod's not gonna be available next week. I gotta

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Speaker 1: be honest, I didn't really catch any of this game.

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Speaker 1: I was a little busy last night. But that is

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Speaker 1: that is an unfortunate situation for Houston coming here next week,

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Speaker 1: to be dropped into this environment, second career start on

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Speaker 1: the road in Buffalo. Yawzer. Yeah, I watched a little

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Speaker 1: bit just because I have the Panthers as my defense

461
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Speaker 1: and one of my fantasy football leagues and Robbie Anderson

462
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Speaker 1: as well, So I wanted to see how this Panthers

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Speaker 1: defense could hold up and see if Sam Darnold was

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Speaker 1: going to have another good game. You need through for

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Speaker 1: three hundred and four yards. It looks like he's off

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Speaker 1: to a decent start with the Carolina Panthers. And I

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Speaker 1: mean we've we talked about on Monday or Tuesday just

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Speaker 1: over time, how this Carolina defense has has come on

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Speaker 1: strong with the additions of draft picks over the last

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Speaker 1: couple of years. So the fact that the Texans to

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Speaker 1: only put up nine points, I mean I see something

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Speaker 1: similar here in Buffalo, and yeah, going up against a

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Speaker 1: quarterback in Davis Mills who hasn't had that much time

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Speaker 1: in the National Football League and that much experience in

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Speaker 1: the National Football League. It'll be an interesting environment for him,

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Speaker 1: But of course you gotta think he's gonna lean on

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Speaker 1: older guys like Melvin Ingram when it comes to being

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Speaker 1: in an environment like one that Bills Mafia can provide

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Speaker 1: and I think will provide too. Panthers also lost their

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Speaker 1: first round pick J. C. Horne, who is going to

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Speaker 1: be out a while. He broke his two bones in

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Speaker 1: his foot last night. That is not good. So they

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Speaker 1: lose a piece, an important piece on their defense, losing J. C. Horne,

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Speaker 1: their first round pick in the spring, to a broken

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Speaker 1: foot last night against the Texans. Some other news and

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Speaker 1: notes around the league. Bucks wide receiver Antonio Brown placed

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Speaker 1: on the reserve COVID list. He is going to miss

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Speaker 1: the Bucks Sunday game against the Rams. Now, it's not

489
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Speaker 1: like they're devoid of other receiving talent, so I'm not

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Speaker 1: really I'm not really worried about them being able to

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Speaker 1: do what they usually do on offense. But that is

492
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Speaker 1: clearly one of the marquee games of the weekend Rams Bucks. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: a lot of people were talking about on Good Morning

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Speaker 1: Football this morning. I had it on. They had Devin

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Speaker 1: White on and he was asking you know, what do

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Speaker 1: you think of all these people saying that the Rams

497
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Speaker 1: are are better than you right now? And and you

498
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Speaker 1: guys are are the defending national champs, the defending Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl champs, So what do you have to say about that?

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Speaker 1: And he of course is like, hey, the Rams are

501
00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:21,919
Speaker 1: are playing pretty good to start this season. That was

502
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Speaker 1: last year we won the World championship. This year we

503
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Speaker 1: have a different identity, so, you know, giving giving the

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Speaker 1: company response that everybody likes to give when they're asked

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Speaker 1: about going up against another good team. But I'm excited

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Speaker 1: to watch that game. Yeah, it should be a good

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Speaker 1: one for sure. And then this news came down this

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Speaker 1: morning that Super wild Card weekend, which you now consists

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Speaker 1: of three games for each conference, there's now it's going

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Speaker 1: to extend beyond Saturday and Sunday. It's gonna go into Monday.

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Speaker 1: There's gonna be a Monday night wild Card game. And

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Speaker 1: while I'm sure fans are happy about it, I'm sure

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Speaker 1: the networks are loving it because they'll be able to

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Speaker 1: charge you even more for advertising in prime time to

515
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Speaker 1: make some of the money back that they gave to

516
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Speaker 1: the NFL to have the rights to air the games.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if the coaches are going to feel

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Speaker 1: great about that, especially the ones that are going to

519
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Speaker 1: have to play on that game Monday night, because you know,

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Speaker 1: if you are fortunate enough to win in advance, you're

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Speaker 1: gonna be playing a team that either played on Saturday

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Speaker 1: or Sunday, and now you've got I can't see them

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Speaker 1: putting them on a Saturday game if they played Monday night,

524
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Speaker 1: that would be really unfair. But even if you're playing Sunday,

525
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Speaker 1: you've got one less day to prepare, possibly too if

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Speaker 1: you're playing the winner of a Saturday wild Card game.

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Speaker 1: So I can't see the coaches being thrilled about that,

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Speaker 1: but as we've seen, they really don't have much say

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Speaker 1: in the matter. Yeah, I agree with that, But now

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Speaker 1: that this is official that there's gonna be a Monday

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Speaker 1: night game on wild Card Weekend, I was thinking back

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Speaker 1: to last year watching the wild Card games and thinking

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Speaker 1: to myself, like, this would be really awesome if this

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Speaker 1: just extended into Monday, Like I would really appreciate Monday

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Speaker 1: night game as a part of wild Card Weekend. So

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Speaker 1: as a fan, I am so pumped that we get

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Speaker 1: another day of football because that was just such a

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Speaker 1: fun weekend to watch last year. But yeah, I can

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Speaker 1: see coaches not being that excited that they have to

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Speaker 1: prepare for an opponent who's ranked better than them in

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Speaker 1: terms of standings as they're coming off of a short week. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so we'll have to see how that all plays out

543
00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:26,879
Speaker 1: when they set that game up, and who they picked

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Speaker 1: to be in that time slot and where they could

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Speaker 1: potentially go the following week, and how that might impact

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Speaker 1: who they choose for that game. Manny and I have

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Speaker 1: to take a break here, but when we come back,

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Speaker 1: we'll get into some of your mail bag questions. So

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Speaker 1: we're eager to take those and answer those coming up next.

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Speaker 1: So if you haven't fired one off yet, please do

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Speaker 1: so at one Bills Live or give us a call

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Speaker 1: eight oh three oh five fifty one eighty eight five

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Speaker 1: fifty two, five fifty any question at all in the

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Speaker 1: bills We're ready to answer them. That's coming up next

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Speaker 1: here on One Bills Live, presented by Kalida Health. It's

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio. Alli. Welcome back to a Friday edition

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Speaker 1: of One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Maddie Clap for you,

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Speaker 1: Ready to answer questions from the obil Friday fan mailbag,

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Speaker 1: and we're gonna lead off here with Jack, who asks Maddie,

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Speaker 1: should the Bills go back to more four wide receiver

561
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,480
Speaker 1: sets to get Sanders and Davis more involved and take

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Speaker 1: advantage of the Washington football team secondary and linebackers. If

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Speaker 1: they do more four wide, would they use Moss as

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Speaker 1: the extra blocker to chip or pick up Washington's good

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Speaker 1: young defensive lineman. He'd offer a run threat from that formation. First,

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Speaker 1: let's do this, Maddie. Let's go back to the first

567
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Speaker 1: two games of the season. Okay, they were in four

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Speaker 1: wide on twenty seven of their seventy four plays in

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Speaker 1: Week one, where they were really spreading things out and

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Speaker 1: the past protection was a little bit suspect. Then in

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Speaker 1: Week two, only six plays in four wide. They obviously

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Speaker 1: with a greater focus on the run game. Last week

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Speaker 1: we talked about the balance offense already, so there was

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Speaker 1: more eleven personnel, you know, with a tight end and

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Speaker 1: a back, and they even did some two back sets,

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Speaker 1: some two tight end sets here and there sprinkled in.

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Speaker 1: If they want to go balanced attack again this week,

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Speaker 1: we're probably going to see a lot more of the

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Speaker 1: same things we saw last week. So I don't know

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Speaker 1: if four wide is going to necessarily be in the

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Speaker 1: equation unless they completely flipped the script this week. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean four wide. Okay, if you're gonna go four

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Speaker 1: wide receivers, then you have one less person to possibly

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Speaker 1: help out with blocking. Are you gonna need some more

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Speaker 1: more help on the blocking end of things this week?

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Speaker 1: Probably in some situation. Yes, this is a really strong

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Speaker 1: defensive line, a really strong defensive front. They blitz more

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Speaker 1: than anybody else in the league right now. So when

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Speaker 1: you're sending a blitzer, Also, depending on who you're sending,

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Speaker 1: there could be room for somebody to be open in

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Speaker 1: terms of one of our wide receivers. So you may

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Speaker 1: want to stack the box a little bit more just

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Speaker 1: because depending on the blitzer that they're sending, you might

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Speaker 1: have a guy that's not covered and you don't have

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Speaker 1: to throw out four wide receivers every time the ball

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Speaker 1: is snapped. Do I think they mix it in a

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Speaker 1: little bit, Yes, But we also talked about we might

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Speaker 1: have to use the run to open up the pass

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Speaker 1: right now, So if they're going to have to start

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Speaker 1: with the run game, then you're probably not going to

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Speaker 1: use a four wide receiver set. If the passing game

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Speaker 1: opens up because of how we run the football. In

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Speaker 1: the first half, you might see four guys out there,

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Speaker 1: but I don't think because of how this defensive defensive plays,

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Speaker 1: we're going to just see a lot of four wide

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Speaker 1: receiver sets, because that really does makes sense against this defense. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and while I understand Jack's point, because the corner is after,

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Speaker 1: Kendall Fuller and William Jackson aren't anything to write home

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Speaker 1: about for Washington. So you say, oh, yeah, let's spread

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Speaker 1: them out. Let's do that. I wonder if you play

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Speaker 1: into the hands of their pass rush by spreading the

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Speaker 1: field like that. I'm not saying they can't do it,

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Speaker 1: because if they want to blitz, you know, a corner

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Speaker 1: off the slot, that guy's immediately open that he's leaving.

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Speaker 1: So if you recognize, you know, your hot receivers, you

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Speaker 1: should be fine. But here's where I come back to

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Speaker 1: on this. Through the first two games, Washington has not

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Speaker 1: been anything to write home about with respect to their

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Speaker 1: run defense, which ranks twenty third, or their past defense,

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Speaker 1: which ranks twenty fourth. So I think that affords Brian

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Speaker 1: Dable the opportunity to stay balanced because they're not really

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Speaker 1: that great in either area, and because they're not great

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Speaker 1: in either area, they're thirtieth in the league in stopping

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Speaker 1: teams on third down. So I think the approach here

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Speaker 1: is to stay balanced on schedule in terms of down

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Speaker 1: and distance, because if you get into third and four,

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Speaker 1: third and three or less against this defense, and I

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Speaker 1: know it's only a two game sample, but this defense

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Speaker 1: is going to let you convert and stay on the field. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: They're also allowing quite a few yards per game two.

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Speaker 1: I mean that they ring towards the bottom of the league,

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Speaker 1: allowing over four hundred total yards of offense a game.

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Speaker 1: They let teams convert a lot of their downs. They

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Speaker 1: let teams have a decent amount of first downs too.

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Speaker 1: The thing that they're actually good at so far is

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Speaker 1: when it comes to being in the red zone. They

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Speaker 1: haven't let quite a few teams score when they're in

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Speaker 1: the red zone. Right, Yeah, they've only allowed three touchdowns

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Speaker 1: on nine opportunities. Not as good as the Bills, who

640
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Speaker 1: lead the league in red zone defense, but it's right

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Speaker 1: up there in the top five, So you're right about that.

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Speaker 1: Eli from the fan mail bag says, why are some

643
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Speaker 1: people panicking about Alan after only two weeks is aj

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Speaker 1: epiness of the real deal? Is Star the biggest part

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Speaker 1: we were missing last year on defense. So there's three

646
00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:05,760
Speaker 1: questions in there. Why don't you take the first one?

647
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:10,320
Speaker 1: Why are some people panicking about Alan after only two weeks? Well,

648
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:14,400
Speaker 1: I think the panic is because he is not performing

649
00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:17,480
Speaker 1: how he performed last year. His efficiency in a lot

650
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:21,080
Speaker 1: of different ways is down from last year to this year.

651
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:24,680
Speaker 1: Do I expect him to be like the perfect quarterback

652
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,200
Speaker 1: in week one in week two of a season. No,

653
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,279
Speaker 1: So I think it's a little too early for all

654
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:33,040
Speaker 1: of the panic and freak out. I understand where you're

655
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 1: coming from. But also like, let this offense get its

656
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,480
Speaker 1: wheels under itself. They do return a lot of people,

657
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:41,239
Speaker 1: so there is familiarity. You wouldn't think that they made

658
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:44,080
Speaker 1: a few weeks to get things going, get in a rhythm.

659
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,400
Speaker 1: But Josh Allen has said this offense hasn't gotten in

660
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 1: a rhythm yet. I don't think it's time to freak

661
00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 1: out yet. Let them have a couple weeks to get

662
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,680
Speaker 1: things together, and let's see where Josh is in week six,

663
00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,920
Speaker 1: or in week seven, even week five. But I mean, yeah,

664
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 1: his completion percent is under sixty percent right now. He

665
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:07,080
Speaker 1: completed almost seventy percent of his passes last year. His

666
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,080
Speaker 1: completion percentage right now is looking a lot more like

667
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:13,160
Speaker 1: his completion percentage if you take twenty eighteen and twenty

668
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,799
Speaker 1: nineteen and put him together. That's kind of where he's at.

669
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,560
Speaker 1: His pastor rating is kind of where it was in

670
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:21,239
Speaker 1: the beginning of his season. His pastor rating last year

671
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:25,080
Speaker 1: was one oh seven. His pastor rating in twenty eighteen

672
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,719
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen was in the seventies. That's where he's at

673
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:31,040
Speaker 1: right now. So if you dive into the stats and

674
00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:34,360
Speaker 1: you've watched the games, yes, this is not Josh Allen

675
00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:37,240
Speaker 1: that we knew from last year. But I also think

676
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:42,799
Speaker 1: it's too early to start sending the alarms and freaking out.

677
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:44,879
Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot of things that people are

678
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,080
Speaker 1: freaking out about in the league off of the first

679
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:51,480
Speaker 1: two weeks, and be patient people, right And when I

680
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:54,399
Speaker 1: was on with Thurman yesterday, we were talking like, Hey,

681
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:58,200
Speaker 1: just everybody knows Josh hasn't played bad. He's just been

682
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:02,800
Speaker 1: a little inefficient here and there on some drives. And

683
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,480
Speaker 1: I think some of it is mechanic related with his

684
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:09,839
Speaker 1: feet because he's back to bouncing on his feet, and

685
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 1: he said he corrected that deficiency in his game by

686
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:16,759
Speaker 1: getting flat footed and delivering the football that way. It

687
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:18,920
Speaker 1: improved his accuracy. So I think he's got to get

688
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:22,520
Speaker 1: back to that number one and then number two. There

689
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:24,680
Speaker 1: were some instances that we saw on last week's game

690
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:28,279
Speaker 1: where because the window was tight or the window was closing,

691
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:31,520
Speaker 1: Josh had to put the ball on a line and

692
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:34,560
Speaker 1: instead he threw a touch pass and a couple were

693
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:38,239
Speaker 1: almost intercepted. And I think he's got to recognize those

694
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:40,880
Speaker 1: situations and use his fastball a little bit more to

695
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,840
Speaker 1: make sure the ball gets there before the defense arrives.

696
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:47,640
Speaker 1: And I think those two things alone will improve his

697
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:52,279
Speaker 1: efficiency rating significantly. Is aj Epinessa the real deal? We

698
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:54,320
Speaker 1: have to see a little bit more. I think Maddie

699
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:57,040
Speaker 1: two games is not a career make, but man, he

700
00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:59,760
Speaker 1: is ready to break out. This could be a breakout

701
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,080
Speaker 1: tie season. I mean, when a guy gets nine quarterback

702
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:06,840
Speaker 1: pressures in a single game, that's a stupid number. Not

703
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,960
Speaker 1: that Greg Rousseau was far behind with seven himself. I

704
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:14,480
Speaker 1: think this is a combination of things. One I think

705
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:18,360
Speaker 1: it's I think his success is due to a masterfully

706
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 1: crafted game plan by Leslie Frazier. Two. I think with

707
00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:26,400
Speaker 1: all of the threats that the Bills can bring against

708
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:30,919
Speaker 1: the pass, it leaves offensive lines in a quandary as

709
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,799
Speaker 1: to who to double because you can't double everybody. And

710
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:37,280
Speaker 1: then third, I think the offensive line for the Miami

711
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:40,520
Speaker 1: Dolphins is a mess. So you roll all that together

712
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:46,399
Speaker 1: and I think it I think it only enhanced what

713
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:49,399
Speaker 1: aj Epinessa brings to the field. Does that mean that

714
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:52,120
Speaker 1: against a better defense offensive line, he's not going to

715
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:53,719
Speaker 1: do as well. I'm not saying that. I think you

716
00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 1: could tear anybody up the way he looks right now,

717
00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:59,560
Speaker 1: but I think all of those things rolled together allowed

718
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:04,160
Speaker 1: him to feast on Miami's quarterbacks last week. Yeah, And

719
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:06,080
Speaker 1: I think the good thing about this is I do

720
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,759
Speaker 1: agree it's a little bit too early to ride home

721
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:13,520
Speaker 1: about a Japanessa, but I think it's really positive and

722
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,399
Speaker 1: it's a good sign that he's already performing like this

723
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:20,960
Speaker 1: in his first two games to start the season. With

724
00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:23,879
Speaker 1: the weight that he is now at. This has been

725
00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:27,040
Speaker 1: a big undertaking of aj Epanessa. You know it was

726
00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:30,560
Speaker 1: dropped the weight. You played at a different weight in Iowa,

727
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:34,480
Speaker 1: You played in a different defense. At Iowa, we want

728
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,640
Speaker 1: you to drop weight. He dropped too much, put some

729
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:40,440
Speaker 1: back on. Was really at one Bill's drive all off season,

730
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:44,239
Speaker 1: working with the strength staff, also learning from some of

731
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:47,240
Speaker 1: the players who are there. He said in his press

732
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:49,279
Speaker 1: conference this week. The nice thing was that they got

733
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,480
Speaker 1: to walk through a lot of stuff, and by walk through,

734
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 1: by walking through everything every single day when he was

735
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:59,560
Speaker 1: at the complex in the off season, it's allowed him

736
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 1: to really understand this defense a lot more than he

737
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:04,840
Speaker 1: did last year. And of course you're going to expect

738
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:06,960
Speaker 1: growth from your rookie year to your second year in

739
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:10,080
Speaker 1: terms of understanding the playbook. But I think the way

740
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:13,960
Speaker 1: that he played really alludes to what he could do

741
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:17,480
Speaker 1: this season. And he was a really productive player at Iowa.

742
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:21,319
Speaker 1: He had over twenty five sacks and his three seasons there,

743
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:24,320
Speaker 1: so you want to see that translate to the field

744
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:26,959
Speaker 1: in the NFL, and I think these first two games

745
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,560
Speaker 1: are really good signed for that. And then the last

746
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 1: question from Eli was his star the biggest part we

747
00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:34,920
Speaker 1: were missing last year on defense. I don't know if

748
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:37,200
Speaker 1: it was the biggest, but it was pretty important. And

749
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:41,320
Speaker 1: I think we're already seeing that through the first game,

750
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:45,520
Speaker 1: in which he played. There was a play last week,

751
00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:47,680
Speaker 1: just going back through the tape that I was watching,

752
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:52,680
Speaker 1: there are three offensive linemen for the Dolphins trying to

753
00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:56,719
Speaker 1: block Star. All that says to me, even if you

754
00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:58,800
Speaker 1: have a tight end and a back end for protection,

755
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:01,600
Speaker 1: you've got one on one blocks for the other four

756
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:05,759
Speaker 1: guys coming at the quarterback. And even if it's three,

757
00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:09,000
Speaker 1: you probably have an advantage. So we're used to see

758
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:12,520
Speaker 1: and start tie up two people at times because of

759
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:15,960
Speaker 1: the attention that he demands. He had three guys on

760
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:18,759
Speaker 1: him and the play, not surprisingly, it ended in a

761
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:24,480
Speaker 1: sack of joke Kobe Brossette. So and not for nothing Mannie, Like,

762
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:26,520
Speaker 1: I know, he's not a guy that's going to put

763
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:29,560
Speaker 1: stats in the defensive column because he does the dirty

764
00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:33,439
Speaker 1: work to let other guys get stats. But that guy

765
00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:35,919
Speaker 1: was rushing the passer with a ferocity I haven't seen

766
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:39,520
Speaker 1: from him in quite some time. Yeah, this is your

767
00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:42,520
Speaker 1: unsung hero on the interior who's going to take on

768
00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:45,600
Speaker 1: those double teams and I guess now triple teams at

769
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:48,759
Speaker 1: times to allow other guys to go eat. And it's

770
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:52,000
Speaker 1: going to bring this defensive line to the next level.

771
00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:54,600
Speaker 1: It could bring it to the level that we've been

772
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:57,040
Speaker 1: expecting in a level that we've seen through the first

773
00:40:57,080 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 1: two weeks. With his addition, hers that space eating ability

774
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:07,200
Speaker 1: to himself and I think allows at Oliver to a

775
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:09,560
Speaker 1: to have a better game, to be able to perform

776
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:12,040
Speaker 1: at a higher level. Ed took on a lot of

777
00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:14,319
Speaker 1: that responsibility last year, and so I think when you

778
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,920
Speaker 1: see those two share that responsibility, they both perform better

779
00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:22,080
Speaker 1: and the ends overall perform better as well. I don't

780
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:24,920
Speaker 1: know if he was the biggest missing part of our defense.

781
00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:27,920
Speaker 1: I think what they've been able to put together, including

782
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:31,080
Speaker 1: Starlow to La and the additions that they've made in

783
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:34,960
Speaker 1: Greg Rousseau, I think have really helped out this defensive

784
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:37,640
Speaker 1: line as a whole. Yeah, I think it's I think

785
00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:41,359
Speaker 1: it's a dead heat between the Rousseau edition and Star

786
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:44,200
Speaker 1: coming back after opting out last year. We'll get to

787
00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:46,400
Speaker 1: more of your Friday fanmail bad questions a little bit

788
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:47,799
Speaker 1: later on in the show, but we have to take

789
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:51,240
Speaker 1: a break here, and when we come back, it's time

790
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:55,800
Speaker 1: for Tailgate Friday. What you got cooking for this weekend's

791
00:41:55,840 --> 00:42:00,319
Speaker 1: game against Buffalo between Buffalo and Washington, we'll get some

792
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:04,239
Speaker 1: of your recipes what's on your menu and what's in

793
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:06,840
Speaker 1: your cooler? Next? Here on one Bill's Live, presented by

794
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:18,320
Speaker 1: Collot of Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, everybody

795
00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:22,800
Speaker 1: time for Tailgate Friday, presented by high Mark, Blue Cross,

796
00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:25,839
Speaker 1: Blue Shield of Western New York, the official health plan

797
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:29,319
Speaker 1: of the Buffalo Bills. And there are some doozies that

798
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:31,920
Speaker 1: they sent in today here Maddie, So Louis sends this

799
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:34,360
Speaker 1: one in in terms of what he's got on the menu,

800
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:38,960
Speaker 1: burnt ends, Texas twinkies and smoked white cheddar mac and cheese.

801
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:42,320
Speaker 1: I have never had mac and cheese smoked. That is

802
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:45,440
Speaker 1: very intriguing, he says. I let the smoker run all night,

803
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:48,400
Speaker 1: wrap the meat up, then the rest in the cooler

804
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:51,760
Speaker 1: while driving to the stadium still piping hot hours later,

805
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:55,480
Speaker 1: which is kind of a smart way to do your tailgate.

806
00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:57,600
Speaker 1: Cook it up at home, and then if you have

807
00:42:57,640 --> 00:43:00,839
Speaker 1: a way to keep everything warm, because you're not far

808
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:03,600
Speaker 1: from the stadium I'm assuming Louis isn't, then you don't

809
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:05,000
Speaker 1: have to all that. You don't have all that clean

810
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 1: up throwing a grill in the back of a pickup truck.

811
00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:09,040
Speaker 1: You don't have to do any of that stuff. Do

812
00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:11,520
Speaker 1: you know what a Texas twinkie is? Maddie, Though that's

813
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:14,759
Speaker 1: the more important question. I was just going to ask you,

814
00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:18,319
Speaker 1: do you know what a Texas twinkie? Yeah? I have

815
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:22,320
Speaker 1: only learned recently, um, because when somebody said it to me,

816
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:24,040
Speaker 1: I was like, what is that a deep fried twinkie?

817
00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:26,439
Speaker 1: What do they do? Yeah? It is not that at all.

818
00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:31,879
Speaker 1: So what it is is bacon wrapped halapinos that are

819
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:36,239
Speaker 1: stuffed with brisket and cream cheese, and then it has

820
00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:39,719
Speaker 1: a barbecue glaze. I know, knowing that you are a

821
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:42,160
Speaker 1: very healthy food eater, you wouldn't go within ten miles

822
00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:47,799
Speaker 1: or one of those. It sounds really good that it does. Uh.

823
00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:50,319
Speaker 1: The cream cheese puts you out of commission, though, I'm

824
00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:53,520
Speaker 1: pretty sure. Um, I have never had one either. I

825
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:57,040
Speaker 1: am intrigued because I am a gigantic fan of brisket

826
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:58,879
Speaker 1: and I don't mind a little heat, so I think

827
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:04,239
Speaker 1: I could handle the halapeno. There's a lot of grease there.

828
00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:07,560
Speaker 1: They're wrapping it with bacon, putting a barbecue glaze on

829
00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:09,919
Speaker 1: that thing. I would have to try one. I would

830
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:11,920
Speaker 1: be interested in trying when at some point in time.

831
00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:15,440
Speaker 1: But yeah, I only I had only heard of those recently.

832
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:19,520
Speaker 1: I'm sure down south they're enormously popular. They've obviously made

833
00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:21,799
Speaker 1: their way up here to Bill's Tailgaters. So that's a

834
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:26,000
Speaker 1: pretty good one, wad and says watching with my friends

835
00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:30,160
Speaker 1: with some famous duff Wings. Hey, there's nothing wrong with

836
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:33,040
Speaker 1: the kiss philosophy. Keep it simple, you know what I mean,

837
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:35,880
Speaker 1: And that's what they're doing, so I can't argue with that.

838
00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:41,560
Speaker 1: I just wish I loved Duff's Wings. Fries. Yeah, those

839
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:45,480
Speaker 1: are well and it's so smart that they serve them

840
00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:48,000
Speaker 1: with fries because the fries kind of pull the heat

841
00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:50,160
Speaker 1: off of your tongue a little bit when you're eating,

842
00:44:50,239 --> 00:44:52,960
Speaker 1: like if you get really hot ones, because I because

843
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:54,840
Speaker 1: I don't know if you're familiar with all the levels,

844
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:58,320
Speaker 1: but like, I don't really go up near suicide hot.

845
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:02,520
Speaker 1: I've done hot hot, hot, and and my eyelids were sweating, Maddie,

846
00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:06,120
Speaker 1: I'm not even joking, Like literally there was perspiration on

847
00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:09,480
Speaker 1: my eyelids. That's the first time and only time that

848
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:11,359
Speaker 1: that has ever happened, and I have not gone down

849
00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:16,560
Speaker 1: that road ever again. I've backed off the heat meter considerably.

850
00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:21,680
Speaker 1: When I go to Duff's Jack says, homemade meatball. Hogis

851
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:25,880
Speaker 1: in the tailgate pizza oven at the lot, making the meatballs,

852
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:31,239
Speaker 1: my mom's recipe and my spicy Italian sausage Sunday sauce tomorrow,

853
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:36,720
Speaker 1: double mots provolone, pepperoni, and banana peppers from his garden.

854
00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:40,920
Speaker 1: Toasted to perfection. That's all on the Hero. All of

855
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:43,160
Speaker 1: that's on the Hero that he was talking about, Wow,

856
00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:47,239
Speaker 1: how do you even get the bread closed? You gotta

857
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:49,040
Speaker 1: eat that with a fork and knife. There's no way

858
00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:52,480
Speaker 1: you're picking all that up. That's incredible. And the way

859
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:55,080
Speaker 1: that he also explained it all and wrote it out

860
00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:59,279
Speaker 1: for us, like bana banana peppers from my garden, meatballs,

861
00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:03,960
Speaker 1: my mom's recipe, Italian sausage, Sunday sauce this guy needs

862
00:46:04,040 --> 00:46:08,799
Speaker 1: is on show. Toasted to perfection. Well done, Jack, I'll

863
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:11,239
Speaker 1: say that. Yeah, I'm pretty psyched because my wife's making

864
00:46:11,239 --> 00:46:15,000
Speaker 1: sauce this weekend. I cannot describe to you the utter

865
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:17,000
Speaker 1: bliss it is in the fall, you know, when the

866
00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:19,799
Speaker 1: weather starts getting a little cooler, to walk in the

867
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:23,400
Speaker 1: house and just smell the whole kitchen smells like sauce.

868
00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:26,000
Speaker 1: Oh my god, you can't beat that, absolutely can't beat it.

869
00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:30,480
Speaker 1: All right, JT says, for breakfast, I'll be watching the

870
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:33,319
Speaker 1: pregame shows. I don't really have an appetite in the

871
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:36,680
Speaker 1: morning for the game. Of course beer is on the menu,

872
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:40,920
Speaker 1: and I might do Javette's chicken on the grill, or

873
00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:43,680
Speaker 1: do I order me a beef on weck opinions. Oh,

874
00:46:43,719 --> 00:46:47,400
Speaker 1: and of course a tasty home game bills win go bills.

875
00:46:47,719 --> 00:46:50,080
Speaker 1: So it sounds like JT is a little undecided here.

876
00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:55,400
Speaker 1: I don't know, not an eater in the morning, but

877
00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:57,560
Speaker 1: then as it gets closer to game time, it sounds

878
00:46:57,560 --> 00:47:02,200
Speaker 1: like he starts rolling out lunch ideas or beer first,

879
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:05,920
Speaker 1: and then lunch ideas liquid like if you will, and

880
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:09,520
Speaker 1: maybe the beers his coffee in the morning. I say

881
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:12,680
Speaker 1: go with the Tivetta's chicken. I love Tavetta's chicken. I

882
00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:16,960
Speaker 1: just had some of that this week. I like marinating

883
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:20,680
Speaker 1: it though overnight, so you get the full flavor effect

884
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:23,920
Speaker 1: like some people put it on as they're grilling it,

885
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:27,120
Speaker 1: and I find that it is ten times more flavorable,

886
00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:31,840
Speaker 1: flit flavorable, ten times more flavorful if you marinate it,

887
00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:33,560
Speaker 1: you know, in a zip block bag. Overnight in the

888
00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:36,359
Speaker 1: fridge and then put it on the grill after much

889
00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:39,560
Speaker 1: better in my opinion that way. So that is first,

890
00:47:40,080 --> 00:47:41,879
Speaker 1: I gotta tell your story the first time I had

891
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:45,000
Speaker 1: Tivetta's chicken. So I'm walking out of the complex. This

892
00:47:45,120 --> 00:47:48,440
Speaker 1: is twenty nineteen before COVID existed, walking out of the

893
00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:52,319
Speaker 1: complex light Brian day Ball is parked right next to

894
00:47:52,360 --> 00:47:55,880
Speaker 1: the doors and he's bringing in bags of food and

895
00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:58,200
Speaker 1: he was like, hey, Maddie, what's up. And I was like, yeah,

896
00:47:58,480 --> 00:48:00,960
Speaker 1: not too much. Is heading home, gonna go eat some dinner.

897
00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:03,680
Speaker 1: And he's like, well, you want a plate and I'm like,

898
00:48:03,719 --> 00:48:05,680
Speaker 1: what do you have there? He's like, well, this is

899
00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:09,000
Speaker 1: for all the quarterbacks we're meeting, and so I thought

900
00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:11,799
Speaker 1: i'd bring him Tavetta's chicken. Have you ever had Shavetta's chicken?

901
00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:14,520
Speaker 1: I was like no, and he's like, oh my gosh,

902
00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:17,040
Speaker 1: you haven't had Shavetta's chicken yet. And he's like, well,

903
00:48:17,080 --> 00:48:19,160
Speaker 1: i'll send you home with a plate. You can try

904
00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:21,080
Speaker 1: it and let me know what you think. So that

905
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:24,400
Speaker 1: was my first Shavetta's chicken experience was thanks to Brian

906
00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:27,040
Speaker 1: dave All himself. Leave it to a native Western New

907
00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:30,080
Speaker 1: Yorker to help you out. Well done, Brian Dable. That

908
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:34,359
Speaker 1: is Western New York Tailgate Friday for this week, brought

909
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:37,640
Speaker 1: to you by high Mark Blue Cross, Blue Shield, the

910
00:48:37,719 --> 00:48:40,960
Speaker 1: official health plan of the Buffalo Bills. Maddie and I

911
00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:43,720
Speaker 1: will take a break here, but when we come back,

912
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:47,480
Speaker 1: it's time to get into the matchups on Sunday with

913
00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:51,520
Speaker 1: senior producer from NFL Films, Greg co Sell, who has

914
00:48:51,560 --> 00:48:56,240
Speaker 1: probably cut tape of the Bills and Washington seventeen different

915
00:48:56,280 --> 00:48:59,560
Speaker 1: ways since the last week's game. So we'll get the

916
00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:02,280
Speaker 1: lowdown from him next here on One Bill's Live presented

917
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:20,480
Speaker 1: by Kalida Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio at a Steve

918
00:49:20,760 --> 00:49:24,000
Speaker 1: Tasker who has been all over the fields. Kind of unique.

919
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:26,280
Speaker 1: He was kind of a dual role player for you, Steve,

920
00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:32,560
Speaker 1: Steve a blimp. We're not even in the strated here

921
00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:38,799
Speaker 1: of normalcy. Here we go our number two on a Friday,

922
00:49:38,880 --> 00:49:41,839
Speaker 1: and you know what that means during football season. It

923
00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:45,080
Speaker 1: means Senior producer from NFL Films, Greg Cosell joins us

924
00:49:45,120 --> 00:49:48,640
Speaker 1: to break down our matchup this weekend between Washington and

925
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:52,640
Speaker 1: Buffalo and Greg, thanks for joining us. As always, first

926
00:49:52,680 --> 00:49:56,960
Speaker 1: and then second let's start with the positive from last week,

927
00:49:57,040 --> 00:49:59,480
Speaker 1: a pass rush that looked like it got shot out

928
00:49:59,480 --> 00:50:03,719
Speaker 1: of a camp and for Buffalo against Miami, well, not

929
00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:09,200
Speaker 1: only were individuals pass rushing extremely well, like Rousseau, like Evanessa,

930
00:50:09,760 --> 00:50:15,239
Speaker 1: but I was kind of surprised by the blitz percentage.

931
00:50:15,280 --> 00:50:18,320
Speaker 1: I mean how much pressure they put on the Dolphins,

932
00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:21,200
Speaker 1: which is obviously game plan for Tua and he went

933
00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:24,520
Speaker 1: out and they stayed with that approach and all the

934
00:50:24,640 --> 00:50:29,640
Speaker 1: multiple front looks. They had six and seven man front looks,

935
00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:32,720
Speaker 1: and that puts a lot of stress on pass protection

936
00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:35,560
Speaker 1: because you don't know who's coming and who's not coming.

937
00:50:35,960 --> 00:50:40,520
Speaker 1: I mean, they had snaps where Edmonds was lined up

938
00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:42,959
Speaker 1: on the edge. They had a double A gap look

939
00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:45,880
Speaker 1: where it was Rousseau and used in the A gap.

940
00:50:46,239 --> 00:50:48,920
Speaker 1: They did so much with their fronts and then a

941
00:50:48,920 --> 00:50:51,800
Speaker 1: lot of different pressure looks came off that they also

942
00:50:51,840 --> 00:50:54,800
Speaker 1: guys had a lot of four man pressures where Milano

943
00:50:55,120 --> 00:50:59,200
Speaker 1: was the fourth rusher and Rousseau dropped into coverage. So

944
00:50:59,719 --> 00:51:03,120
Speaker 1: they they showed an awful lot to the Dolphins. The

945
00:51:03,239 --> 00:51:06,960
Speaker 1: Dolphins old line struggled with it, and it was really

946
00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:10,799
Speaker 1: a dominating defensive performance. Was there a player from that

947
00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:13,080
Speaker 1: game in the film that you watch that you think

948
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:17,840
Speaker 1: really outperformed maybe what you expected, or really excelled in

949
00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:20,960
Speaker 1: all the assignments that he was given. Watching the Miami

950
00:51:21,040 --> 00:51:24,680
Speaker 1: Bills game back, well, Maddie, I don't think he outperformed

951
00:51:24,719 --> 00:51:28,080
Speaker 1: because I think he's a terrific player. But I feel

952
00:51:28,160 --> 00:51:31,680
Speaker 1: that I could make an argument, and again, Leslie Fraser

953
00:51:31,760 --> 00:51:33,520
Speaker 1: might tell me I'm wrong, but I think I could

954
00:51:33,560 --> 00:51:36,640
Speaker 1: make an argument that Matt Milano is the most important

955
00:51:36,640 --> 00:51:39,279
Speaker 1: player on this defense because they asked him to do

956
00:51:39,320 --> 00:51:41,760
Speaker 1: an awful lot of things. Now, the safeties are really

957
00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:44,360
Speaker 1: good too, and they're asked to do a lot as well.

958
00:51:44,760 --> 00:51:48,480
Speaker 1: But I think Milano is an absolutely terrific player, and

959
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:51,480
Speaker 1: like I said, he fills many roles. He has a

960
00:51:51,520 --> 00:51:54,600
Speaker 1: lot of responsibilities, and as you guys know, coaches don't

961
00:51:54,640 --> 00:51:57,239
Speaker 1: ask players to do a lot of things unless they

962
00:51:57,280 --> 00:52:00,160
Speaker 1: feel they can do them. So I just think add

963
00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:03,000
Speaker 1: Milano is a really, really good player. He's used as

964
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:05,760
Speaker 1: a blitzer, he matches up to tight ends man to man.

965
00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:09,160
Speaker 1: He plays the more normal assignments we associate with linebackers

966
00:52:09,160 --> 00:52:12,520
Speaker 1: in the run game. But I think he's a multidimensional

967
00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:17,640
Speaker 1: linebacker who's kind of explosive in his own way, flipping

968
00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:21,360
Speaker 1: it over to the other side. A very balanced approach

969
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:24,799
Speaker 1: greg by the offense. Thirty three passes, thirty runs in

970
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:28,040
Speaker 1: the game, which they really only did a couple of

971
00:52:28,080 --> 00:52:31,960
Speaker 1: times all last season. So you look at the approach

972
00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:36,919
Speaker 1: they had last Sunday offensively, and you know, I think

973
00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:39,640
Speaker 1: it was when it was certainly effective, and then the

974
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:41,560
Speaker 1: score on the board only encouraged them to run it

975
00:52:41,560 --> 00:52:45,040
Speaker 1: all the more, shorten the game kind of thing. Do

976
00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:48,480
Speaker 1: you expect that the Bills could turn to a balanced

977
00:52:48,480 --> 00:52:54,440
Speaker 1: approach like this going forward in a given week only

978
00:52:54,480 --> 00:52:57,799
Speaker 1: if Josh Allen continues to struggle. I think that last

979
00:52:57,840 --> 00:53:01,400
Speaker 1: week's game, in terms of the numbers you put out there, Chris,

980
00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:05,080
Speaker 1: was a function of the game. I don't think that's

981
00:53:05,160 --> 00:53:07,640
Speaker 1: the way they want to play and the way they

982
00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:11,760
Speaker 1: went into this season expecting to play. But Josh, quite

983
00:53:11,760 --> 00:53:14,160
Speaker 1: honestly in the film tells you this has struggled a bit.

984
00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:17,560
Speaker 1: So I think given that they were up fourteen nothing

985
00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:19,800
Speaker 1: and then it was twenty one nothing after their first

986
00:53:20,120 --> 00:53:23,359
Speaker 1: third quarter drive, I think the game played out that

987
00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:26,360
Speaker 1: they could hand the ball off and the numbers became balanced,

988
00:53:27,080 --> 00:53:29,399
Speaker 1: and balance is a relative term in the NFL. Guys,

989
00:53:29,440 --> 00:53:33,120
Speaker 1: as you well know, a few teams are fifty fifty

990
00:53:33,200 --> 00:53:35,560
Speaker 1: the way it was years and years ago. The team

991
00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:38,560
Speaker 1: like the Ravens is certainly like that, but for the

992
00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:44,960
Speaker 1: most part in this league it's sixty sixty five forty

993
00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:48,680
Speaker 1: thirty five. That's really considered balanced. Teams throw the ball

994
00:53:48,719 --> 00:53:52,440
Speaker 1: more than they run it. Well. He mentioned Josh Allen struggling,

995
00:53:52,440 --> 00:53:55,799
Speaker 1: and he surely has not had the start to the

996
00:53:55,880 --> 00:54:00,359
Speaker 1: season that he had in twenty twenty. His completion percentages down,

997
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:02,880
Speaker 1: his efficiency in a lot of ways is down. But

998
00:54:03,280 --> 00:54:06,000
Speaker 1: still he's been able to put together some really impressive

999
00:54:06,080 --> 00:54:10,359
Speaker 1: drives and has shown his old Selver's twenty twenty self

1000
00:54:10,440 --> 00:54:14,120
Speaker 1: and some of those drives and impressive throws that he's

1001
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:17,400
Speaker 1: made through two weeks. But when you dissect the tape

1002
00:54:17,400 --> 00:54:19,560
Speaker 1: and when you're looking at how he's done in the

1003
00:54:19,640 --> 00:54:22,120
Speaker 1: last two weeks, what are some ways that you think

1004
00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:24,919
Speaker 1: he has been struggling and maybe not looking like how

1005
00:54:24,920 --> 00:54:28,360
Speaker 1: he did last year. Well, really, Maddie, it all stems

1006
00:54:28,400 --> 00:54:32,080
Speaker 1: from ballplacements, because he's missed these first two weeks throws

1007
00:54:32,120 --> 00:54:33,960
Speaker 1: that he did not miss a year ago that our

1008
00:54:34,080 --> 00:54:38,800
Speaker 1: routine throws by NFL standards, so it's just been ballplacement.

1009
00:54:38,840 --> 00:54:42,919
Speaker 1: There's always talk with Josh about his lower body mechanics

1010
00:54:42,960 --> 00:54:46,359
Speaker 1: because he's such a talented arm thrower that his whole

1011
00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:49,320
Speaker 1: life he probably did not worry a whole lot about

1012
00:54:49,360 --> 00:54:52,719
Speaker 1: having his feet set. Last year, he certainly did a

1013
00:54:52,760 --> 00:54:55,080
Speaker 1: better job with that. I imagine it's something that he

1014
00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:58,520
Speaker 1: has to constantly work on, just because he's used to

1015
00:54:58,560 --> 00:55:02,720
Speaker 1: his whole life throwing a certain way. But he's missed

1016
00:55:02,760 --> 00:55:06,160
Speaker 1: too many throws that you have to make. And there's

1017
00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:08,440
Speaker 1: been some throws where he threw the ball too hard.

1018
00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:11,720
Speaker 1: On some deeper throws. I'm not talking about way deep throws,

1019
00:55:11,719 --> 00:55:14,479
Speaker 1: but just deeper type throws. He's throwing the ball too

1020
00:55:14,520 --> 00:55:18,360
Speaker 1: flat with no trajectory, and when that happens, you have

1021
00:55:18,520 --> 00:55:21,640
Speaker 1: literally no margin for era. I think he missed one

1022
00:55:21,719 --> 00:55:25,120
Speaker 1: week one to Sanders on a seam ball that should

1023
00:55:25,120 --> 00:55:29,120
Speaker 1: have been a walk in touchdown, and he you know,

1024
00:55:29,160 --> 00:55:32,359
Speaker 1: those are the issues right now. One would expect that

1025
00:55:32,400 --> 00:55:35,040
Speaker 1: he'll get better because we've seen him play at a

1026
00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:37,680
Speaker 1: really high level and it could just be he's working

1027
00:55:37,680 --> 00:55:40,279
Speaker 1: through it, you know. I know he did play that

1028
00:55:40,360 --> 00:55:43,400
Speaker 1: one first half in the preseason, but other than that

1029
00:55:43,600 --> 00:55:46,160
Speaker 1: didn't get a lot of work. So we'll see, but

1030
00:55:46,239 --> 00:55:48,759
Speaker 1: he has he's certainly not been through two games what

1031
00:55:48,840 --> 00:55:52,160
Speaker 1: he was last year and obviously needs to be. I

1032
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:54,600
Speaker 1: thought his best play of the game, believe it or not,

1033
00:55:55,280 --> 00:55:57,239
Speaker 1: I was the first play of the third quarter when

1034
00:55:57,239 --> 00:56:02,400
Speaker 1: he hit Beasley for twenty two yards because that was

1035
00:56:02,560 --> 00:56:06,160
Speaker 1: a play that was meant for man coverage and it

1036
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:09,759
Speaker 1: was not man coverage, and he read it exactly and

1037
00:56:09,800 --> 00:56:12,200
Speaker 1: made the right throw. So that was the play that

1038
00:56:12,360 --> 00:56:15,520
Speaker 1: actually impressed me the most. Yeah, and I agree with

1039
00:56:15,520 --> 00:56:18,960
Speaker 1: the lower body mechanics because even he has said that

1040
00:56:19,239 --> 00:56:22,160
Speaker 1: he feels he's more accurate when his feet are flat

1041
00:56:22,200 --> 00:56:25,600
Speaker 1: on the ground and he's not bouncing, because when he

1042
00:56:25,640 --> 00:56:30,479
Speaker 1: bounces sometimes he's susceptible to overstriding into the throw or

1043
00:56:31,360 --> 00:56:33,960
Speaker 1: throwing it in mid bounce when his lower half is

1044
00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:37,560
Speaker 1: literally moving. Yeah. So he's worked with Jordan Palmer a

1045
00:56:37,600 --> 00:56:41,239
Speaker 1: lot on keeping his both of his feet flat to

1046
00:56:41,400 --> 00:56:44,040
Speaker 1: deliver the ball more accurately. So hopefully he gets back

1047
00:56:44,480 --> 00:56:47,160
Speaker 1: two more and I would imagine he will, but you know,

1048
00:56:47,239 --> 00:56:50,200
Speaker 1: right now, he's look, some quarterbacks just go through some struggles.

1049
00:56:50,560 --> 00:56:52,239
Speaker 1: You know, it started with really with his first throw

1050
00:56:52,239 --> 00:56:53,680
Speaker 1: of the game when he just threw the hitch to

1051
00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:55,960
Speaker 1: Digs and he threw it, you know, way too high.

1052
00:56:56,040 --> 00:57:00,400
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's just a routine throw. Yeah, speaking

1053
00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:03,400
Speaker 1: of quarterbacks, let's look at Taylor Heineke. This is a

1054
00:57:03,480 --> 00:57:07,440
Speaker 1: guy who you know, has shown some moxie. I mean

1055
00:57:07,480 --> 00:57:09,760
Speaker 1: he showed me a lot in that playoff game against

1056
00:57:09,760 --> 00:57:12,960
Speaker 1: the Bucks last year. Yeah, going toe to toe with

1057
00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:18,360
Speaker 1: Tom Brady. So three hundred yard game last week, and

1058
00:57:18,560 --> 00:57:20,160
Speaker 1: you know they pull it out on a gaff on

1059
00:57:20,240 --> 00:57:24,720
Speaker 1: special teams by the Giants. What can we say about

1060
00:57:25,640 --> 00:57:30,200
Speaker 1: how you might try to limit his effectiveness if you're

1061
00:57:30,240 --> 00:57:33,640
Speaker 1: the Bill's defense. Well, let's talk about what kind of

1062
00:57:33,760 --> 00:57:36,880
Speaker 1: player he is. Yeah, he's obviously does not have a

1063
00:57:36,880 --> 00:57:40,480
Speaker 1: big arm, but he's got a very refined sense of timing.

1064
00:57:40,840 --> 00:57:45,560
Speaker 1: He makes a lot of throws early because that's his game.

1065
00:57:45,720 --> 00:57:47,640
Speaker 1: You know, he's probably always been like that. He's not

1066
00:57:47,800 --> 00:57:49,680
Speaker 1: big and he does not have a big arm, so

1067
00:57:49,720 --> 00:57:52,560
Speaker 1: he's always had to be a timing thrower. I think

1068
00:57:52,560 --> 00:57:56,040
Speaker 1: he has very good recognition. I think he sees things.

1069
00:57:56,080 --> 00:57:58,840
Speaker 1: So therefore he throws to the right receiver at the

1070
00:57:58,920 --> 00:58:05,400
Speaker 1: right time, and I think that's that's his strength. So

1071
00:58:06,480 --> 00:58:09,360
Speaker 1: you know, how do you respond to that. I would

1072
00:58:09,480 --> 00:58:12,960
Speaker 1: not surprise me to see the Bills continue to be

1073
00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:16,200
Speaker 1: aggressive with pressure. I think this is an offensive line

1074
00:58:16,200 --> 00:58:19,080
Speaker 1: that they probably feel that they can, you know, create

1075
00:58:19,160 --> 00:58:22,920
Speaker 1: some issues for. But you know, Heinek, he's not going

1076
00:58:23,000 --> 00:58:25,200
Speaker 1: to drive the ball down the field. Guys, that's not

1077
00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:27,880
Speaker 1: his game. He doesn't have the arm to do that.

1078
00:58:28,120 --> 00:58:32,080
Speaker 1: You know, Look, he's playing. He certainly showed well against

1079
00:58:32,080 --> 00:58:35,080
Speaker 1: the Giants. He showed well against Tampa Chris and the

1080
00:58:35,120 --> 00:58:37,400
Speaker 1: game you mentioned in the playoffs a year ago, which

1081
00:58:37,400 --> 00:58:41,080
Speaker 1: I thought was a really well coached game by the offense.

1082
00:58:41,120 --> 00:58:44,959
Speaker 1: I thought they really presented throws for him, and that's

1083
00:58:44,960 --> 00:58:47,640
Speaker 1: what he needs to some degree. He needs the throws

1084
00:58:47,680 --> 00:58:50,280
Speaker 1: to be presented for him. The only throw he really

1085
00:58:50,280 --> 00:58:53,320
Speaker 1: threw down the field against the Giants was the fifty

1086
00:58:53,320 --> 00:58:55,080
Speaker 1: one yard or Tom Kissic. It was an out and

1087
00:58:55,160 --> 00:58:57,640
Speaker 1: up and that's not really an arm strained throw. That's

1088
00:58:57,680 --> 00:59:01,040
Speaker 1: more of a fade throw. Well, Terry McClaren is definitely

1089
00:59:01,480 --> 00:59:04,960
Speaker 1: their best receiver on that team and someone that Heinik

1090
00:59:05,120 --> 00:59:07,120
Speaker 1: gets to look to, and he had a pretty good

1091
00:59:07,160 --> 00:59:10,320
Speaker 1: game against the Giants over one hundred yards receiving, but

1092
00:59:10,680 --> 00:59:14,040
Speaker 1: when he played the Bills circa twenty nineteen, they held

1093
00:59:14,080 --> 00:59:17,480
Speaker 1: him to just four receptions for thirty nine yards. It's

1094
00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:21,959
Speaker 1: someone that our cornerbacks and Trydavious White thinks that he's

1095
00:59:22,320 --> 00:59:26,400
Speaker 1: a really good receiver. How can our secondary limit his

1096
00:59:26,520 --> 00:59:29,760
Speaker 1: big playability and the ability to kind of be a

1097
00:59:29,800 --> 00:59:33,560
Speaker 1: game changer for that side of the offense. Well, I'm

1098
00:59:33,640 --> 00:59:35,600
Speaker 1: kind of fascinated to see how the Bills will play

1099
00:59:35,640 --> 00:59:40,760
Speaker 1: this because normally Trdavious White plays boundary corner. This week

1100
00:59:40,800 --> 00:59:44,000
Speaker 1: he played right corner with Wallace and then Jackson when

1101
00:59:44,040 --> 00:59:46,640
Speaker 1: Wallace got hurt playing left corner. We know there have

1102
00:59:46,680 --> 00:59:49,280
Speaker 1: been times over the last couple of years that White

1103
00:59:49,360 --> 00:59:53,000
Speaker 1: has been a matchup corner, but that's not primarily their

1104
00:59:53,200 --> 00:59:57,240
Speaker 1: m They don't automatically use White as a matchup corner.

1105
00:59:58,200 --> 01:00:02,680
Speaker 1: They could well do that. McLaren lines up in multiple

1106
01:00:02,760 --> 01:00:07,120
Speaker 1: spots outside in the slot, he runs multiple route concepts,

1107
01:00:07,480 --> 01:00:11,880
Speaker 1: so it's very possible since there are other wide receivers.

1108
01:00:11,920 --> 01:00:15,000
Speaker 1: I mean, they play a rookie Dami Brown from North Carolina,

1109
01:00:15,120 --> 01:00:17,920
Speaker 1: so he's a rookie, so they don't really have another

1110
01:00:18,040 --> 01:00:21,480
Speaker 1: wide receiver that I think you go into a game saying, hey,

1111
01:00:21,520 --> 01:00:24,480
Speaker 1: we got to stop this guy. So it's very possible

1112
01:00:24,520 --> 01:00:27,400
Speaker 1: that this could be one of those games where White

1113
01:00:27,520 --> 01:00:30,360
Speaker 1: is a matchup corner because they have done that, like

1114
01:00:30,400 --> 01:00:33,480
Speaker 1: I said, at times throughout White's career, It's just not

1115
01:00:33,680 --> 01:00:37,680
Speaker 1: their normal m O. And then Logan Thomas is a

1116
01:00:37,680 --> 01:00:40,520
Speaker 1: player that Bills fans are certainly familiar with. He started

1117
01:00:40,560 --> 01:00:44,320
Speaker 1: his quarterback to tight end transition here, had a breakout

1118
01:00:44,360 --> 01:00:49,040
Speaker 1: season last year. And he's a tall target. I mean,

1119
01:00:49,040 --> 01:00:54,160
Speaker 1: he's like six foot seven. Maybe just explain, based on

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01:00:54,240 --> 01:00:58,600
Speaker 1: your film study of him, why that height and length

1121
01:00:58,880 --> 01:01:03,440
Speaker 1: is such a matchup problem for defenses. Well, heights always

1122
01:01:03,440 --> 01:01:05,640
Speaker 1: a matchup problem. Height is an attribute. You know, we

1123
01:01:05,800 --> 01:01:07,800
Speaker 1: rarely think of it in those terms, but height is

1124
01:01:07,840 --> 01:01:11,160
Speaker 1: an attribute. And the thing that really stood out to me.

1125
01:01:11,160 --> 01:01:14,240
Speaker 1: I actually did a deep dive Chris on all his

1126
01:01:15,280 --> 01:01:17,400
Speaker 1: targets this summer from last year when he had the

1127
01:01:17,400 --> 01:01:21,400
Speaker 1: breakout year, and I was quite honestly surprised in a

1128
01:01:21,440 --> 01:01:24,600
Speaker 1: positive way at sort of how refined he was as

1129
01:01:24,640 --> 01:01:27,200
Speaker 1: a route runner and his understanding of how to run

1130
01:01:27,280 --> 01:01:30,440
Speaker 1: routes against different defenses. Now, maybe that comes from the

1131
01:01:30,480 --> 01:01:32,440
Speaker 1: fact that he was a quarterback in his whole life.

1132
01:01:33,680 --> 01:01:36,120
Speaker 1: But I think he's an improving player. I think he's

1133
01:01:36,160 --> 01:01:39,680
Speaker 1: an as sending player. What that means in terms of receptions,

1134
01:01:39,840 --> 01:01:43,080
Speaker 1: who can answer that. But he's a difficult matchup. He's

1135
01:01:43,120 --> 01:01:45,160
Speaker 1: a big man. He can work the middle of the

1136
01:01:45,160 --> 01:01:48,760
Speaker 1: field effectively. He's actually got very good hands. He's got

1137
01:01:48,760 --> 01:01:51,600
Speaker 1: a wide catching radius. You know, for someone who did

1138
01:01:51,640 --> 01:01:54,680
Speaker 1: not begin his career and has not played receiver his

1139
01:01:54,760 --> 01:01:58,480
Speaker 1: whole career, he looks like a guy that has been

1140
01:01:58,480 --> 01:02:01,520
Speaker 1: doing it for a long time. And if we flipped

1141
01:02:01,560 --> 01:02:03,080
Speaker 1: to the other side of the ball, I mean this

1142
01:02:03,240 --> 01:02:06,280
Speaker 1: Washington football team's defense from last year. A lot of

1143
01:02:06,280 --> 01:02:09,120
Speaker 1: people thought, Wow, this is going to be a really

1144
01:02:09,200 --> 01:02:12,440
Speaker 1: stellar top of the line defense for the twenty twenty

1145
01:02:12,440 --> 01:02:15,040
Speaker 1: one season because of the defensive front that they have

1146
01:02:15,320 --> 01:02:18,480
Speaker 1: in the draft picks that they've spent on that defensive line.

1147
01:02:18,880 --> 01:02:22,600
Speaker 1: But so far through two games, they haven't been really

1148
01:02:22,640 --> 01:02:27,280
Speaker 1: anything amazing. That they're allowing four hundred and seven total

1149
01:02:27,360 --> 01:02:30,160
Speaker 1: yards per game. They're blitzing at the highest rate, but

1150
01:02:30,200 --> 01:02:33,480
Speaker 1: they're also letting teams convert a lot of third downs,

1151
01:02:34,080 --> 01:02:37,880
Speaker 1: letting teams score a decent amount of points against them too.

1152
01:02:38,400 --> 01:02:42,680
Speaker 1: So in your film study, how would you explain what

1153
01:02:42,800 --> 01:02:46,120
Speaker 1: the defensive line has been up to or a lack

1154
01:02:46,160 --> 01:02:48,000
Speaker 1: of what they've been able to do in the first

1155
01:02:48,000 --> 01:02:51,360
Speaker 1: two weeks. I think that maybe, with the exception of

1156
01:02:51,440 --> 01:02:55,120
Speaker 1: Jonathan Allen, who's played well, that they've just not generated

1157
01:02:55,160 --> 01:02:58,520
Speaker 1: the pass rush from there down four that everybody assumed,

1158
01:02:58,520 --> 01:03:01,919
Speaker 1: including myself, would happened. You can go back to Week

1159
01:03:01,920 --> 01:03:04,000
Speaker 1: one when they played against the Chargers and the rookie

1160
01:03:04,080 --> 01:03:08,760
Speaker 1: left tackle Slater from Northwestern was tremendous both in past

1161
01:03:08,840 --> 01:03:12,680
Speaker 1: protection against Chase Young and Montes Sweat, and then last

1162
01:03:12,680 --> 01:03:16,080
Speaker 1: week against the Giants that Giants O line, which had

1163
01:03:16,120 --> 01:03:19,040
Speaker 1: not been particularly good at all in the preseason, in

1164
01:03:19,080 --> 01:03:22,520
Speaker 1: fact was poor. They did a good job. Now, I

1165
01:03:22,600 --> 01:03:25,600
Speaker 1: thought that Daniel Jones in that game also made some

1166
01:03:25,760 --> 01:03:30,160
Speaker 1: excellent throws from a collapsing pocket where they did close

1167
01:03:30,200 --> 01:03:33,360
Speaker 1: it down and he made some really good throws. But overall,

1168
01:03:33,680 --> 01:03:37,680
Speaker 1: they've not generated the kind of consistent pressure that many,

1169
01:03:37,760 --> 01:03:40,520
Speaker 1: including myself, thought they would, and that's been a little

1170
01:03:40,560 --> 01:03:43,160
Speaker 1: bit of a concern. Now. From a coverage standpoint, they

1171
01:03:43,200 --> 01:03:47,640
Speaker 1: played more split safety to shell coverage than any other

1172
01:03:47,720 --> 01:03:51,959
Speaker 1: coverage and so there's ways to attack that obviously everybody knows,

1173
01:03:52,360 --> 01:03:55,520
Speaker 1: but they have not gotten the pass rush, and that's

1174
01:03:55,520 --> 01:03:58,280
Speaker 1: been an issue. I'm very curious and some of our

1175
01:03:58,320 --> 01:04:00,680
Speaker 1: fans that have chimed in with us on the show today,

1176
01:04:00,680 --> 01:04:03,280
Speaker 1: Greg are curious as to the approach the Bills will

1177
01:04:03,280 --> 01:04:06,360
Speaker 1: take offensively. You obviously have respect for the talent that

1178
01:04:06,440 --> 01:04:09,520
Speaker 1: that defensive front can throw at any offense. But at

1179
01:04:09,560 --> 01:04:12,960
Speaker 1: the same time, as we've just discussed, they haven't been

1180
01:04:13,000 --> 01:04:16,040
Speaker 1: tremendously effective. But I think they're a talented group that

1181
01:04:16,080 --> 01:04:19,520
Speaker 1: in any given week can break out. So yeah, I'm wondering,

1182
01:04:19,720 --> 01:04:23,240
Speaker 1: you know, do you use a run game here to

1183
01:04:23,640 --> 01:04:26,680
Speaker 1: set up an effective play action game and try to

1184
01:04:26,720 --> 01:04:29,960
Speaker 1: mess with them that way? What do you think is

1185
01:04:30,000 --> 01:04:32,560
Speaker 1: the best way to kind of keep that pass rush

1186
01:04:32,640 --> 01:04:34,760
Speaker 1: at Bay and not let it break out this week

1187
01:04:34,800 --> 01:04:39,600
Speaker 1: against the Bills. Well that I mean that there's there's

1188
01:04:39,600 --> 01:04:43,720
Speaker 1: many approaches one could take. I certainly don't know the

1189
01:04:43,720 --> 01:04:46,680
Speaker 1: answer to that, Chris. I think I don't think that

1190
01:04:46,960 --> 01:04:49,760
Speaker 1: they're a running team in a strict sense, the Bills, right,

1191
01:04:50,120 --> 01:04:51,640
Speaker 1: which is not to say they don't want to run

1192
01:04:51,680 --> 01:04:54,120
Speaker 1: the ball effectively. Of course, they want to run it effectively.

1193
01:04:54,520 --> 01:04:57,760
Speaker 1: But I don't think their m is going to dramatically change.

1194
01:04:57,800 --> 01:04:59,240
Speaker 1: I don't think they're going to come out and look

1195
01:04:59,280 --> 01:05:03,280
Speaker 1: like the Tennessee Titans. You know. I think ultimately this

1196
01:05:03,440 --> 01:05:07,800
Speaker 1: offense is still based on Josh. Now, obviously they did

1197
01:05:07,840 --> 01:05:10,000
Speaker 1: not spread it out as much this week. The game

1198
01:05:10,040 --> 01:05:13,080
Speaker 1: didn't dictate that. I think after having twenty four snaps

1199
01:05:13,080 --> 01:05:16,040
Speaker 1: of ten personnel week one, they only had five this week.

1200
01:05:17,040 --> 01:05:20,040
Speaker 1: So you know, obviously they rained it in a little,

1201
01:05:20,240 --> 01:05:23,880
Speaker 1: but the game also allowed them to radiate. We'll see

1202
01:05:23,880 --> 01:05:26,920
Speaker 1: how this game plays out. They probably are going to

1203
01:05:27,000 --> 01:05:30,280
Speaker 1: go into this game, guys, I would think believing that

1204
01:05:30,440 --> 01:05:34,120
Speaker 1: Washington will not score thirty or thirty five. I mean,

1205
01:05:34,440 --> 01:05:36,919
Speaker 1: I don't think they all believe that going in out.

1206
01:05:37,080 --> 01:05:38,640
Speaker 1: No one goes into a game saying we're going to

1207
01:05:38,720 --> 01:05:40,480
Speaker 1: shut them out. That's going to happen every week in

1208
01:05:40,520 --> 01:05:44,680
Speaker 1: the NFL. It doesn't. But if they truly believe that

1209
01:05:44,840 --> 01:05:49,360
Speaker 1: Washington will struggle to score against their defense, then they could,

1210
01:05:49,360 --> 01:05:51,880
Speaker 1: as you suggest, Chris, be a little more balanced and

1211
01:05:52,040 --> 01:05:56,160
Speaker 1: let the game play out. But I also think they

1212
01:05:56,200 --> 01:05:58,560
Speaker 1: want to get Josh going because I think, look, I

1213
01:05:58,600 --> 01:06:02,720
Speaker 1: think everybody in the AF knows that you've got to

1214
01:06:02,720 --> 01:06:07,040
Speaker 1: beat the Chiefs, and you don't beat the Chiefs seventeen thirteen, correct,

1215
01:06:07,080 --> 01:06:09,640
Speaker 1: So you know ultimately they're going to have to get

1216
01:06:09,720 --> 01:06:12,080
Speaker 1: Josh going and the pest game going. Now, it's a

1217
01:06:12,080 --> 01:06:16,920
Speaker 1: long season. This is week three of seventeen games, so

1218
01:06:17,320 --> 01:06:20,360
Speaker 1: everything doesn't have to happen this Sunday. Yeah, So if

1219
01:06:20,400 --> 01:06:22,320
Speaker 1: I could just follow up on that real quick, Maddie.

1220
01:06:22,400 --> 01:06:26,840
Speaker 1: So with their coverage Washington, we know that they take

1221
01:06:27,440 --> 01:06:29,560
Speaker 1: the rookie and put him on the field. Benjamin Saint

1222
01:06:29,600 --> 01:06:32,360
Speaker 1: Jus when they go into nickel, but they move fuller

1223
01:06:32,400 --> 01:06:35,560
Speaker 1: I think it is inside McFall goes into the slot. Yeah,

1224
01:06:35,560 --> 01:06:38,360
Speaker 1: Saint Juse is normally at the right corner. They didn't

1225
01:06:38,360 --> 01:06:42,480
Speaker 1: match Jackson up at times last week to Goliday, so

1226
01:06:42,880 --> 01:06:45,600
Speaker 1: if they're gonna match up this week, Jackson would clearly

1227
01:06:45,640 --> 01:06:49,040
Speaker 1: be on Dick's Yeah. Okay. And so with that in mind,

1228
01:06:50,000 --> 01:06:52,720
Speaker 1: do you think that they can spread their corners thin

1229
01:06:52,840 --> 01:06:55,960
Speaker 1: enough and maybe use some ten because you're kind of

1230
01:06:55,960 --> 01:06:57,960
Speaker 1: thinking they want to get Josh back to where he was.

1231
01:06:58,320 --> 01:07:00,040
Speaker 1: I'm not saying use a ton of ten person and

1232
01:07:00,240 --> 01:07:02,360
Speaker 1: l but a decent amount of four wide, maybe more

1233
01:07:02,360 --> 01:07:06,240
Speaker 1: than they did last week. Well they could, because if

1234
01:07:06,280 --> 01:07:08,440
Speaker 1: I'm not mistaken, I don't believe Washington has played a

1235
01:07:08,440 --> 01:07:12,200
Speaker 1: snap of Dine this season. So if if I'm correct,

1236
01:07:12,240 --> 01:07:15,919
Speaker 1: and I believe I am, then if you go four wide,

1237
01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:18,320
Speaker 1: then someone has to match up if they want to

1238
01:07:18,320 --> 01:07:22,520
Speaker 1: go many. If they don't go man, then it's okay.

1239
01:07:22,640 --> 01:07:26,640
Speaker 1: But Cameron Curle, who's one of their safeties for the

1240
01:07:26,720 --> 01:07:30,320
Speaker 1: first part of last season before Landon Collins got hurt.

1241
01:07:30,440 --> 01:07:34,000
Speaker 1: Last season, Cameron Curle was played a lot of snaps

1242
01:07:34,000 --> 01:07:37,160
Speaker 1: in this slot, so it's possible they could see him

1243
01:07:37,600 --> 01:07:39,840
Speaker 1: as a guy who could match up if need be.

1244
01:07:40,320 --> 01:07:44,280
Speaker 1: All right. Interesting, well, their strength is surely their front four,

1245
01:07:44,360 --> 01:07:46,680
Speaker 1: So it'll be interesting to see what type of game

1246
01:07:46,720 --> 01:07:49,560
Speaker 1: plan that the Bill's offense has to kind of get

1247
01:07:49,600 --> 01:07:52,240
Speaker 1: through that front four if the front four plays a

1248
01:07:52,280 --> 01:07:54,800
Speaker 1: little bit better for them in this Week three matchup.

1249
01:07:54,800 --> 01:07:56,440
Speaker 1: But you kind of you kind of said it, you know,

1250
01:07:56,760 --> 01:07:59,440
Speaker 1: week three, we don't need to see everything. This is

1251
01:07:59,480 --> 01:08:02,120
Speaker 1: going to be a very long season. There's an extra

1252
01:08:02,200 --> 01:08:04,720
Speaker 1: game this year in the regular season. But what are

1253
01:08:04,800 --> 01:08:08,760
Speaker 1: some things, some benchmark things that you think both teams

1254
01:08:08,800 --> 01:08:11,200
Speaker 1: maybe need to show in Week three that they have

1255
01:08:11,400 --> 01:08:16,840
Speaker 1: yet to show. Well. I think Washington would probably like

1256
01:08:16,960 --> 01:08:20,360
Speaker 1: their run game to develop some more consistency because I

1257
01:08:20,439 --> 01:08:24,840
Speaker 1: think even when Fitzpatrick comes back, assuming he's the starter,

1258
01:08:25,040 --> 01:08:27,200
Speaker 1: you know, it depends I guess on Heineck, but I

1259
01:08:27,240 --> 01:08:31,320
Speaker 1: think I don't think in an ideal world, Washington wants

1260
01:08:31,360 --> 01:08:34,759
Speaker 1: Heineke dropping back forty six plus times in a game.

1261
01:08:35,280 --> 01:08:38,160
Speaker 1: I don't think that's probably the way they'd like to play.

1262
01:08:38,439 --> 01:08:41,719
Speaker 1: So I think they would like Antonio Gibson to really

1263
01:08:41,720 --> 01:08:44,559
Speaker 1: get started and to have a more meaningful run game.

1264
01:08:45,040 --> 01:08:48,280
Speaker 1: And I think for the Bills, they would really like

1265
01:08:48,439 --> 01:08:52,840
Speaker 1: to feel that they can attack any defense, no matter

1266
01:08:52,840 --> 01:08:56,000
Speaker 1: how good it may be, by throwing the football, and

1267
01:08:57,200 --> 01:08:59,759
Speaker 1: they haven't done that with the efficiency through two weeks

1268
01:08:59,800 --> 01:09:01,880
Speaker 1: that he did a year ago, So you know, I

1269
01:09:01,920 --> 01:09:03,920
Speaker 1: think they want to move in that direction. Look, we

1270
01:09:04,000 --> 01:09:07,080
Speaker 1: all know that if the Bills are to go one

1271
01:09:07,160 --> 01:09:09,479
Speaker 1: game further than they did a year ago, which means

1272
01:09:09,520 --> 01:09:11,720
Speaker 1: that they'd be in the Super Bowl, that it's going

1273
01:09:11,760 --> 01:09:14,120
Speaker 1: to happen because of their pass game, not because of

1274
01:09:14,160 --> 01:09:16,519
Speaker 1: their run game. And again that doesn't mean the run

1275
01:09:16,560 --> 01:09:18,880
Speaker 1: games shouldn't count at all, but it's going to be

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Speaker 1: because of Josh Allen and the pass game. The last

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Speaker 1: one I had for you, Greg, I completely forgot about

1278
01:09:24,160 --> 01:09:27,760
Speaker 1: this matchup, but it's rookie on rookie. Sam Cosmi the

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Speaker 1: right tackle, and yeah, Greg, Rousseau obviously the first round pick. Now.

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Speaker 1: Cosme had some tough snaps against a Zizo Gelari last week,

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Speaker 1: another rookie pass rushers. So what are you envisioned here

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01:09:41,360 --> 01:09:44,439
Speaker 1: with an even longer Rousseau to deal with? And he

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01:09:44,479 --> 01:09:47,240
Speaker 1: had some tough naps week one as well, Chris, So

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01:09:47,560 --> 01:09:50,679
Speaker 1: he's been pretty good as a run blocker. He struggled

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Speaker 1: in pass pro. And I've been very impressed with Rousseau.

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Speaker 1: I didn't think he'd be I don't want to see

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Speaker 1: he's not dominant, that's too strong a word. But I

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01:09:59,360 --> 01:10:02,640
Speaker 1: didn't think he'd be this good this fast, because you know,

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Speaker 1: I just didn't love his twenty nineteen tape and he

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01:10:05,080 --> 01:10:09,040
Speaker 1: opted out, of course in twenty twenty. And Epinessa I

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01:10:09,080 --> 01:10:13,400
Speaker 1: think has really improved too. Epinessa's body looks different to me.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what he did in the offseason. Well, yeah,

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01:10:17,400 --> 01:10:19,720
Speaker 1: there you go. He was two eighty at Iowa and

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01:10:19,760 --> 01:10:22,200
Speaker 1: they said they wanted him playing here. At two sixty,

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01:10:22,280 --> 01:10:25,320
Speaker 1: believing he could be a more effective edge rusher twenty

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Speaker 1: pounds lighter, and it's proven true. I think, well, there

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Speaker 1: you go. It's I was just gonna say, just from

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01:10:29,640 --> 01:10:32,040
Speaker 1: the tape, I knew he looked different, you know, I

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01:10:32,080 --> 01:10:35,240
Speaker 1: didn't know that until you just told me. But I

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01:10:35,360 --> 01:10:38,519
Speaker 1: think that you know, he looks better, but he still

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01:10:38,560 --> 01:10:41,400
Speaker 1: has strength in his hands. So I mean, they clearly

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01:10:41,439 --> 01:10:43,880
Speaker 1: have a type of player that they want because they've

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01:10:43,960 --> 01:10:48,679
Speaker 1: drafted EPINESSA. Rousseau's played very well. Addison is long too,

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01:10:48,880 --> 01:10:51,920
Speaker 1: So they have a type that they want outside and

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01:10:52,000 --> 01:10:54,519
Speaker 1: even Rousseau got a couple of snaps inside this week.

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01:10:54,560 --> 01:10:57,559
Speaker 1: We know they move Addison around. So Cosmi, I think,

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01:10:57,680 --> 01:11:00,200
Speaker 1: is going to have a real challenge this week because

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01:11:00,240 --> 01:11:03,759
Speaker 1: he's gonna get Roussou, He's gonna get he could get Addison,

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01:11:03,840 --> 01:11:06,479
Speaker 1: he could get us. It's going to be a challenge

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01:11:06,479 --> 01:11:09,360
Speaker 1: for him because he's he's working through what I think

1311
01:11:09,360 --> 01:11:11,040
Speaker 1: we all thought he'd have to work through if he

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01:11:11,120 --> 01:11:14,599
Speaker 1: was a starter day one in the NFL. Yeah, are

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Speaker 1: you good, Maddie, I'm all good. Thank you so much. Greg,

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01:11:18,640 --> 01:11:20,960
Speaker 1: appreciate it, guys, Thanks as always. All Right, we'll catch

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Speaker 1: you next Friday. That's NFL Film Senior producer Greg Cosell.

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01:11:24,960 --> 01:11:29,519
Speaker 1: I almost called him Greg Russou. And then we've also

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Speaker 1: been keeping an eye out for you, Greg on the

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Speaker 1: ESPN's NFL Matchup show this weekend. Look forward to those

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Speaker 1: all the time. All Right, we have to take a

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01:11:37,080 --> 01:11:39,320
Speaker 1: break from when Maddie and I come back. We will

1321
01:11:39,360 --> 01:11:41,680
Speaker 1: have more of your mail bag questions to answer on

1322
01:11:41,720 --> 01:11:43,920
Speaker 1: the bills, the NFL at large, anything else you got

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01:11:43,960 --> 01:11:45,479
Speaker 1: on your mind that's coming up next year. On One

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Speaker 1: Bill's Live presented by Kalida Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio.

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Speaker 1: All right, time to jump back into the obil Pray

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Speaker 1: Friday mail bag, and Tiffany has an NFL question. She says,

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Speaker 1: do you believe the Carolina Panthers are a contender? With

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01:12:06,840 --> 01:12:08,680
Speaker 1: how they've played so far? It appears that they have

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01:12:08,720 --> 01:12:12,720
Speaker 1: resurrected the career of Sam Darnold Mattie. I'm just going

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01:12:12,760 --> 01:12:16,200
Speaker 1: to remind people, and this isn't the Panther's fault at all,

1331
01:12:17,680 --> 01:12:20,000
Speaker 1: but two of their three wins are the Jets in

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01:12:20,040 --> 01:12:24,799
Speaker 1: the Texas. Okay, so let's Carolina is an improved team.

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01:12:25,200 --> 01:12:27,640
Speaker 1: And I remember when Eric Wood and I did a

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01:12:27,720 --> 01:12:32,120
Speaker 1: round table with you. We picked a game that we

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01:12:32,240 --> 01:12:36,840
Speaker 1: thought could be more competitive than we anticipate that was

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01:12:36,880 --> 01:12:38,920
Speaker 1: on the bill schedule when the schedule came back out

1337
01:12:38,920 --> 01:12:41,920
Speaker 1: in April, and I picked the Panthers game in what

1338
01:12:42,080 --> 01:12:46,160
Speaker 1: is that week fifteen. I think because I thought that

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01:12:46,200 --> 01:12:48,840
Speaker 1: they made some nice additions in the draft and to

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01:12:48,960 --> 01:12:53,320
Speaker 1: their defense, and I had faith that their offensive coordinator

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01:12:53,400 --> 01:12:56,080
Speaker 1: Joe Brady could get Sam Darnold right. And while all

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01:12:56,080 --> 01:12:58,520
Speaker 1: of these signs through the first three weeks are encouraging,

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01:12:59,360 --> 01:13:02,559
Speaker 1: they haven't actually played any Juggernauts in the league. I mean,

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01:13:02,600 --> 01:13:04,560
Speaker 1: even New Orleans who they played in Week two is

1345
01:13:05,040 --> 01:13:08,599
Speaker 1: not the same team without Drew Brees. Yeah, I think

1346
01:13:08,600 --> 01:13:10,760
Speaker 1: it's a little bit too early to tell on the

1347
01:13:10,800 --> 01:13:13,559
Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers. Like you said, it's a good sign that

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01:13:14,120 --> 01:13:17,519
Speaker 1: they're at where they're at and what they've been able

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01:13:17,520 --> 01:13:22,759
Speaker 1: to do through three weeks. Now, I had a feeling

1350
01:13:22,800 --> 01:13:25,360
Speaker 1: that Sam Darnold was just going to have a better

1351
01:13:25,439 --> 01:13:28,599
Speaker 1: career on the Panthers getting a fresh start. I do

1352
01:13:28,680 --> 01:13:31,360
Speaker 1: think the Panthers one in that situation to be able

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01:13:31,360 --> 01:13:35,280
Speaker 1: to get him for what they gave up. I just

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01:13:35,320 --> 01:13:37,960
Speaker 1: don't think he was in the best situation with the

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01:13:38,040 --> 01:13:40,040
Speaker 1: Jets that I don't think they got the best out

1356
01:13:40,120 --> 01:13:42,840
Speaker 1: of him. I think he is a really good quarterback.

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01:13:43,439 --> 01:13:45,519
Speaker 1: Josh Allen of course, is close with him and talks

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01:13:45,520 --> 01:13:48,280
Speaker 1: about him as being a really good quarterback. Not that

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01:13:48,400 --> 01:13:51,400
Speaker 1: Josh Allen would talk anybody down, but I think coming

1360
01:13:51,439 --> 01:13:54,960
Speaker 1: from Josh, you know, someone who's practiced with him in

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01:13:55,000 --> 01:13:58,800
Speaker 1: the off season, you know this guy has something to him.

1362
01:13:58,840 --> 01:14:01,040
Speaker 1: And so I'm glad I had to see him performing

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01:14:01,080 --> 01:14:03,880
Speaker 1: well on the Carolina Panthers, just because you know, that's

1364
01:14:03,920 --> 01:14:05,880
Speaker 1: no way you want your career to start to be

1365
01:14:05,920 --> 01:14:08,840
Speaker 1: on the team where maybe the offense is it for you,

1366
01:14:09,040 --> 01:14:12,879
Speaker 1: or maybe the coaching staff isn't what you're expecting or whatever. However,

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01:14:12,960 --> 01:14:16,679
Speaker 1: it goes to be a bad situation. And how high

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01:14:16,680 --> 01:14:20,680
Speaker 1: he was drafted too, you know, that's no fun way

1369
01:14:20,760 --> 01:14:22,599
Speaker 1: to start your career in the NFL. So I'm happy

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01:14:22,640 --> 01:14:25,880
Speaker 1: he's getting another chance. And I think this team is

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01:14:25,920 --> 01:14:27,800
Speaker 1: going to be good. I don't is it their year

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01:14:27,960 --> 01:14:32,120
Speaker 1: this year? No, but could they be a playoff team? Yeah,

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01:14:32,200 --> 01:14:33,960
Speaker 1: Let's see how they do down the stretch when they

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01:14:34,000 --> 01:14:37,280
Speaker 1: start facing some some tougher opponents. Yeah, I mean it

1375
01:14:37,280 --> 01:14:39,519
Speaker 1: really does go to show you how important it is

1376
01:14:39,560 --> 01:14:42,439
Speaker 1: where you're dropped in and which organization you end up

1377
01:14:42,479 --> 01:14:47,760
Speaker 1: with in terms of sometimes determine your career and your

1378
01:14:47,800 --> 01:14:52,320
Speaker 1: future in this league. So yeah, the trade actually looks

1379
01:14:52,320 --> 01:14:54,719
Speaker 1: like it's going to work out well for Sam Darnold

1380
01:14:54,800 --> 01:14:58,160
Speaker 1: going forward. Mark asks my question, do you think Alan

1381
01:14:58,280 --> 01:15:00,639
Speaker 1: is injured? Did he get injured in the Steelers game? Maybe?

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01:15:00,760 --> 01:15:04,240
Speaker 1: I think people are trying to find reasons why Josh

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01:15:04,240 --> 01:15:07,120
Speaker 1: Allen's completion percentage is down and why he's missed on

1384
01:15:07,200 --> 01:15:10,679
Speaker 1: some throws. It's not injury related. They have to list

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01:15:10,680 --> 01:15:12,840
Speaker 1: an injury on an injury report, so it's not that.

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01:15:13,479 --> 01:15:15,840
Speaker 1: As we just discussed with Greg Ko Salmandie, I think

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01:15:15,840 --> 01:15:20,479
Speaker 1: a lot of it is mechanics, particularly lower body, and

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01:15:21,080 --> 01:15:25,360
Speaker 1: knowing how much Josh Allen scrutinizes his own game, I

1389
01:15:25,439 --> 01:15:31,439
Speaker 1: am resolutely confident that he will get those mechanics corrected. Yeah,

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01:15:31,479 --> 01:15:33,920
Speaker 1: I'm not too worried about it. He spends a lot

1391
01:15:33,960 --> 01:15:37,280
Speaker 1: of time in the offseason improving his game, working to

1392
01:15:37,320 --> 01:15:39,880
Speaker 1: get to the next level, whatever that level is in

1393
01:15:39,920 --> 01:15:44,439
Speaker 1: his mind. He works countless hours at his craft. He

1394
01:15:44,640 --> 01:15:49,040
Speaker 1: is his toughest critic. This team really believes in him,

1395
01:15:49,120 --> 01:15:51,960
Speaker 1: the way Brian Dable talks about him and how much

1396
01:15:51,960 --> 01:15:54,960
Speaker 1: he appreciates him as a quarterback and as a person.

1397
01:15:56,600 --> 01:15:58,960
Speaker 1: Josh Allen is going to do what he needs to

1398
01:15:59,000 --> 01:16:02,679
Speaker 1: do to get back to his old self. So through

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01:16:02,720 --> 01:16:06,800
Speaker 1: two games, I'm really not that worried about it. Yeah,

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01:16:06,840 --> 01:16:10,479
Speaker 1: And moving along to Chris's question, if the Bucks win

1401
01:16:10,560 --> 01:16:12,920
Speaker 1: this week against the Rams, big NFC tilt, as we

1402
01:16:12,960 --> 01:16:15,439
Speaker 1: already mentioned on the show today, does that make them

1403
01:16:15,479 --> 01:16:18,320
Speaker 1: the favorites to win the NFC or is there another

1404
01:16:18,320 --> 01:16:21,519
Speaker 1: team in the NFC that you can see taking the

1405
01:16:21,560 --> 01:16:24,479
Speaker 1: top spot. I don't like Brady, but I've got to

1406
01:16:24,560 --> 01:16:27,760
Speaker 1: respect him. What he is doing is unreal. Yeah, nine

1407
01:16:27,760 --> 01:16:31,280
Speaker 1: touchdown passes through the first two games. I think the

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01:16:31,360 --> 01:16:33,840
Speaker 1: Bucks are the team to beat until they're not the

1409
01:16:33,960 --> 01:16:36,800
Speaker 1: champs anymore, right, Like I mean the Rams. I think

1410
01:16:36,800 --> 01:16:39,559
Speaker 1: the Rams will be good this year, but until someone

1411
01:16:39,560 --> 01:16:45,800
Speaker 1: proves otherwise, they're the top dog. Yeah. I agree with that.

1412
01:16:45,880 --> 01:16:48,920
Speaker 1: And looking through the NFC as a whole, I think

1413
01:16:49,720 --> 01:16:53,519
Speaker 1: the Bucks are head and shoulders above a lot of teams.

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01:16:53,680 --> 01:16:55,479
Speaker 1: I think there's some teams who are, like, yeah, your

1415
01:16:55,560 --> 01:16:58,680
Speaker 1: second tier teams in the NFC right now, but the

1416
01:16:58,840 --> 01:17:01,280
Speaker 1: Rams have to go out there and beat the Bucks

1417
01:17:01,320 --> 01:17:03,960
Speaker 1: and then go on to run themselves. I think it's

1418
01:17:03,960 --> 01:17:07,120
Speaker 1: a little bit bit too early to ride in the

1419
01:17:07,240 --> 01:17:12,439
Speaker 1: Rams as the best team in the NFC, because we

1420
01:17:12,520 --> 01:17:14,280
Speaker 1: know the Bucks, we know what they did last year.

1421
01:17:14,320 --> 01:17:17,679
Speaker 1: They return every single one of their starters. They're gonna

1422
01:17:17,720 --> 01:17:21,120
Speaker 1: have another good season. Tom Brady is a good quarterback.

1423
01:17:21,640 --> 01:17:25,080
Speaker 1: He's got good weapons to use in Tampa Bay. So

1424
01:17:25,960 --> 01:17:28,719
Speaker 1: you got to get through a lot of people first

1425
01:17:28,880 --> 01:17:32,440
Speaker 1: in order to call yourself the favorites. Yeah, and Tampa's

1426
01:17:32,560 --> 01:17:36,360
Speaker 1: got one of the most complete rosters in the league

1427
01:17:36,360 --> 01:17:40,360
Speaker 1: in terms of offense and defense. There are other candidates,

1428
01:17:40,840 --> 01:17:42,960
Speaker 1: but like Green Bay, they're a team that's gonna have

1429
01:17:43,000 --> 01:17:45,320
Speaker 1: to outscore you to win. You know, they've already missing

1430
01:17:45,360 --> 01:17:48,800
Speaker 1: some pieces on defense, important ones, and I'm not all

1431
01:17:48,840 --> 01:17:53,639
Speaker 1: that impressed with their coordinator there. I think they're gonna

1432
01:17:53,640 --> 01:17:55,360
Speaker 1: be in a lot of tight games where Aaron Rodgers

1433
01:17:55,360 --> 01:17:57,240
Speaker 1: gonna have to score points at the end to lift

1434
01:17:57,280 --> 01:18:00,240
Speaker 1: them to victory. I think San Francisco is a team

1435
01:18:00,280 --> 01:18:03,280
Speaker 1: that could be there at the end. We shouldn't forget

1436
01:18:03,280 --> 01:18:04,760
Speaker 1: there are only two years removed from being in the

1437
01:18:04,760 --> 01:18:08,240
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. Themselves, and they succumb to injuries last year,

1438
01:18:08,320 --> 01:18:11,439
Speaker 1: so that might be the only other team I would

1439
01:18:11,439 --> 01:18:16,920
Speaker 1: throw into the mix there. Dave asks what is going

1440
01:18:16,960 --> 01:18:20,000
Speaker 1: to be more effective against the Washington d our run

1441
01:18:20,080 --> 01:18:24,200
Speaker 1: game or quick short passes. Of course we want both,

1442
01:18:24,479 --> 01:18:26,920
Speaker 1: but to get in the rhythm, which should we rely

1443
01:18:27,080 --> 01:18:29,920
Speaker 1: on more? I'm going with the short passing game because

1444
01:18:29,920 --> 01:18:32,760
Speaker 1: all we've heard the last two weeks, Maddie is we

1445
01:18:32,840 --> 01:18:34,720
Speaker 1: got to get Josh in an early rhythm, and I

1446
01:18:34,760 --> 01:18:38,080
Speaker 1: think you do that with high percentage throws that are

1447
01:18:38,160 --> 01:18:43,080
Speaker 1: underneath short and just bang bang bang. Hit a bunch

1448
01:18:43,120 --> 01:18:48,200
Speaker 1: of those consecutively, hopefully on the opening series, and then

1449
01:18:48,360 --> 01:18:52,240
Speaker 1: once he feels that, then you know, branch off of that.

1450
01:18:52,360 --> 01:18:55,839
Speaker 1: But that's as we just heard Greg Cosell say, Maddie,

1451
01:18:55,920 --> 01:18:58,120
Speaker 1: the best way for this team to win games and

1452
01:18:58,160 --> 01:19:01,120
Speaker 1: go a long way in the playoffs is by riding

1453
01:19:01,200 --> 01:19:04,120
Speaker 1: Josh Allen's arm and using the passing game. And they've

1454
01:19:04,120 --> 01:19:07,080
Speaker 1: got to get that right sooner rather than later. The

1455
01:19:07,120 --> 01:19:11,559
Speaker 1: schedule gets considerably tougher after these next two games. Yeah,

1456
01:19:11,600 --> 01:19:14,679
Speaker 1: and how has Josh Allen gotten into rhythm in the past.

1457
01:19:15,040 --> 01:19:19,040
Speaker 1: It's by stringing together together those drives where he has

1458
01:19:19,120 --> 01:19:23,160
Speaker 1: quick short passes, and I think in an opening drive,

1459
01:19:23,560 --> 01:19:25,639
Speaker 1: you kind of have an idea of what you want

1460
01:19:25,640 --> 01:19:28,080
Speaker 1: to do for that first drive. You may not script

1461
01:19:28,120 --> 01:19:30,799
Speaker 1: out every single play, but you have a good idea

1462
01:19:30,880 --> 01:19:32,800
Speaker 1: of how you're going to attack the defense on that

1463
01:19:32,880 --> 01:19:36,200
Speaker 1: opening drive. And if he can get into rhythm early

1464
01:19:36,320 --> 01:19:38,840
Speaker 1: and hit some of those quick short passes, We've seen

1465
01:19:38,880 --> 01:19:41,280
Speaker 1: how it's paid off for him before, so I'm a

1466
01:19:41,320 --> 01:19:44,439
Speaker 1: big fan of those quick short passes. Him and Stefan

1467
01:19:44,560 --> 01:19:48,680
Speaker 1: Diggs ruled the league in terms of shorter passes last year,

1468
01:19:48,800 --> 01:19:52,040
Speaker 1: shorter air yards last year. Let them do that again

1469
01:19:52,080 --> 01:19:55,920
Speaker 1: this year. From Steve, how much added pressure is there

1470
01:19:55,920 --> 01:19:59,679
Speaker 1: on McDermott going up against his mentor Rivera. The answer,

1471
01:19:59,680 --> 01:20:05,200
Speaker 1: in a word, zero, Why Because Sean McDermot treats every

1472
01:20:05,200 --> 01:20:08,800
Speaker 1: game exactly the same. That's how he is steady, Eddie

1473
01:20:08,800 --> 01:20:10,760
Speaker 1: as a coach. I mean, what do you what do

1474
01:20:10,800 --> 01:20:13,280
Speaker 1: you hear all the time, Maddie when people ask what

1475
01:20:13,479 --> 01:20:16,519
Speaker 1: is it about Sean that's so appealing as a head coach,

1476
01:20:16,880 --> 01:20:19,799
Speaker 1: and the players to a man say, he's the same

1477
01:20:19,840 --> 01:20:23,240
Speaker 1: guy every single day, whether we won by thirty five

1478
01:20:23,320 --> 01:20:27,240
Speaker 1: points or lost by seven or whether we've got five

1479
01:20:27,320 --> 01:20:31,479
Speaker 1: guys out for the season. He's the same guy. And

1480
01:20:31,880 --> 01:20:35,360
Speaker 1: because you know he's the same guy, you know he's

1481
01:20:35,400 --> 01:20:38,320
Speaker 1: not putting any more pressure on himself this week to

1482
01:20:38,320 --> 01:20:40,640
Speaker 1: win the game than he is any other week to

1483
01:20:40,640 --> 01:20:44,000
Speaker 1: win the game. And I also think at this point

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01:20:44,040 --> 01:20:46,680
Speaker 1: in his career, and the same can be said for

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01:20:46,720 --> 01:20:50,080
Speaker 1: a lot of head coaches, like you know at least

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01:20:50,200 --> 01:20:53,799
Speaker 1: one person or you've coached with at least one person

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01:20:53,960 --> 01:20:58,639
Speaker 1: on almost every staff, or your coaching tree reaches every

1488
01:20:58,720 --> 01:21:02,839
Speaker 1: single team in the end FL. So yes, the matchup

1489
01:21:02,840 --> 01:21:06,240
Speaker 1: with Ron Riverez a little bit closer maybe than some

1490
01:21:06,280 --> 01:21:09,120
Speaker 1: other coaches that he's coached with or or a part

1491
01:21:09,160 --> 01:21:12,200
Speaker 1: of his coaching tree. But by this point in his career,

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01:21:13,040 --> 01:21:16,680
Speaker 1: he knows several people on every different opposing team that

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01:21:16,720 --> 01:21:19,320
Speaker 1: the Bills are going to play this year that's on

1494
01:21:19,360 --> 01:21:22,160
Speaker 1: their schedules. So I don't I think it is more

1495
01:21:22,160 --> 01:21:25,000
Speaker 1: of a storyline that has talked about in the media

1496
01:21:25,200 --> 01:21:29,960
Speaker 1: rather than something that truly like phases. Sean McDermott, No question,

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01:21:30,040 --> 01:21:34,200
Speaker 1: all right, that is the OBL Friday fan mailbag. Maddie,

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01:21:34,200 --> 01:21:36,960
Speaker 1: you want to do a little NFL true false. Yeah,

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01:21:37,040 --> 01:21:39,599
Speaker 1: let's do it. Let's do it all right. NFL true false.

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01:21:39,760 --> 01:21:43,280
Speaker 1: Brought to you by Yancy's Fancy New York's artists in Cheese.

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01:21:43,360 --> 01:21:45,400
Speaker 1: I'm going to go right to number two here because

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01:21:45,400 --> 01:21:48,240
Speaker 1: we already covered number one with Tiffany's question in the

1503
01:21:48,280 --> 01:21:51,800
Speaker 1: mail bag. So, NFL true false. Number one now is

1504
01:21:52,080 --> 01:21:55,479
Speaker 1: the NFL is softer than it used to be. This

1505
01:21:55,560 --> 01:21:59,479
Speaker 1: stems from a comment made by Tom Brady of all people,

1506
01:22:00,439 --> 01:22:04,200
Speaker 1: what do you say, true or false? That is totally true.

1507
01:22:04,240 --> 01:22:06,680
Speaker 1: The NFL is softer than it used to be. But

1508
01:22:06,760 --> 01:22:10,160
Speaker 1: I think it's softer for good reason. I mean, there's

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01:22:10,240 --> 01:22:13,240
Speaker 1: rules that are put in place now to protect the quarterback,

1510
01:22:13,479 --> 01:22:17,920
Speaker 1: to protect players, to limit concussions, to limit situations where

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01:22:17,960 --> 01:22:20,960
Speaker 1: player can really get hurt. Hearing about it from our

1512
01:22:21,000 --> 01:22:24,240
Speaker 1: Bill's legends this morning, they were joking around about how

1513
01:22:24,320 --> 01:22:27,040
Speaker 1: much softer the league is now versus when they played

1514
01:22:27,080 --> 01:22:29,639
Speaker 1: in the seventies, the eighties and the nineties. So, yeah,

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01:22:29,680 --> 01:22:32,320
Speaker 1: it's softer, but it makes sense for where we're at

1516
01:22:32,400 --> 01:22:35,719
Speaker 1: right now. Yeah, and you know, all the concussion research

1517
01:22:35,840 --> 01:22:38,200
Speaker 1: that's been done over the last several years is a

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01:22:38,240 --> 01:22:41,920
Speaker 1: contributor to that. And you know, as you mentioned, some

1519
01:22:41,960 --> 01:22:45,880
Speaker 1: of the rules, the stuff for defenseless receivers, no peelback

1520
01:22:45,960 --> 01:22:50,560
Speaker 1: box anymore, no wedge on kickoffs anymore. It's all designed

1521
01:22:51,040 --> 01:22:54,840
Speaker 1: in the name of players safety. So if you want

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01:22:54,880 --> 01:22:59,280
Speaker 1: to say it's softer, all right, Like, I think they're

1523
01:22:59,320 --> 01:23:03,960
Speaker 1: doing that for good reasons, as you mentioned. So I

1524
01:23:04,000 --> 01:23:08,720
Speaker 1: think it's kind of backhanded too, especially Tom Brady. Like,

1525
01:23:09,280 --> 01:23:12,280
Speaker 1: it's kind of backhanded for him to call the league

1526
01:23:12,320 --> 01:23:16,160
Speaker 1: softer when probably half the rules that have been put

1527
01:23:16,200 --> 01:23:20,280
Speaker 1: in are to protect quarterbacks. So like, what are you doing? Man?

1528
01:23:20,760 --> 01:23:22,880
Speaker 1: Like it's almost like you're talking out of both sides.

1529
01:23:22,920 --> 01:23:25,760
Speaker 1: I think that's a very backhanded comment by him when

1530
01:23:25,800 --> 01:23:28,360
Speaker 1: the league's trying to protect people like him that play

1531
01:23:28,479 --> 01:23:31,160
Speaker 1: his position. Ah now I'm now I'm annoyed with Tom

1532
01:23:31,200 --> 01:23:36,040
Speaker 1: Brady again. So I am going to say, yes, true,

1533
01:23:36,240 --> 01:23:39,360
Speaker 1: it is softer, but that's not the word I would use.

1534
01:23:40,560 --> 01:23:42,680
Speaker 1: I would say the NFL is more responsible than it

1535
01:23:42,760 --> 01:23:44,720
Speaker 1: used to be. How about that. I think that's the

1536
01:23:44,720 --> 01:23:46,920
Speaker 1: way to go with that, don't you know, don't go

1537
01:23:47,080 --> 01:23:49,960
Speaker 1: old time football guy on me with this. Come on

1538
01:23:50,080 --> 01:23:51,800
Speaker 1: with that. Tom Brady got to be better than that.

1539
01:23:52,640 --> 01:23:56,479
Speaker 1: NFL True false Number two. The Rams will hand Tom

1540
01:23:56,520 --> 01:24:01,360
Speaker 1: Brady and the Bucks their first loss of twenty twenty one.

1541
01:24:01,600 --> 01:24:03,800
Speaker 1: Now I got a double check. Here is this game

1542
01:24:03,880 --> 01:24:08,840
Speaker 1: in LA. I think this game is. I think it's

1543
01:24:08,880 --> 01:24:11,559
Speaker 1: in LA. Yeah, I'm checking right now. But what do

1544
01:24:11,600 --> 01:24:14,200
Speaker 1: you think? Do you think they'll hand them their first loss? Yes,

1545
01:24:14,240 --> 01:24:16,600
Speaker 1: it's I don't know. I don't know if I'm buying that.

1546
01:24:18,160 --> 01:24:21,519
Speaker 1: I think the Bucks are the Bucks. The Rams are good,

1547
01:24:21,560 --> 01:24:25,719
Speaker 1: but and I mean Stafford has had a grade start

1548
01:24:25,760 --> 01:24:28,600
Speaker 1: to the year, and he looks like a different quarterback,

1549
01:24:29,320 --> 01:24:31,840
Speaker 1: putting up a lot of yards, putting up a lot

1550
01:24:31,880 --> 01:24:34,120
Speaker 1: of fantasy points. I have him as a backup in

1551
01:24:34,120 --> 01:24:36,120
Speaker 1: one of my leagues, and I'm so happy that he's

1552
01:24:36,160 --> 01:24:39,800
Speaker 1: my backup in one of my leagues. But I think

1553
01:24:39,800 --> 01:24:43,439
Speaker 1: the Bucks escaped this one and move on to three

1554
01:24:43,439 --> 01:24:45,080
Speaker 1: and oz into week four. Do I think it's going

1555
01:24:45,120 --> 01:24:47,680
Speaker 1: to be a close game, Yeah, for sure, But I

1556
01:24:48,120 --> 01:24:51,280
Speaker 1: think the Bucks are gonna win. Okay, you know that

1557
01:24:51,360 --> 01:24:55,760
Speaker 1: West Coast travel sometimes can be tougher, But like I

1558
01:24:55,800 --> 01:24:58,879
Speaker 1: said earlier, they are the most complete roster offense and defense.

1559
01:24:58,920 --> 01:25:01,000
Speaker 1: I think the Rams can scare. I think the Rams

1560
01:25:01,000 --> 01:25:03,080
Speaker 1: could give him a scare. There is no Antonio Brown

1561
01:25:03,160 --> 01:25:05,960
Speaker 1: in this game. He's on the COVID list for Tampa.

1562
01:25:06,479 --> 01:25:08,679
Speaker 1: It's not like they're devoid of other weapons. Of course,

1563
01:25:09,520 --> 01:25:12,080
Speaker 1: I think it's going to be an entertaining game. I

1564
01:25:12,160 --> 01:25:15,360
Speaker 1: believe that, and I think it will be a high

1565
01:25:15,439 --> 01:25:20,120
Speaker 1: scoring affair. Yeah. I think if the Rams come out

1566
01:25:20,160 --> 01:25:21,880
Speaker 1: on top of this one, they're gonna have to get

1567
01:25:21,960 --> 01:25:26,839
Speaker 1: like two extra possessions via turnovers to probably beat the Bucks.

1568
01:25:27,320 --> 01:25:30,720
Speaker 1: So for now, I will say false, even though I

1569
01:25:30,800 --> 01:25:35,599
Speaker 1: really want to say true. Okay, that is NFL true false.

1570
01:25:36,000 --> 01:25:39,879
Speaker 1: Brought to you by Yancy's Fancy New York's Artists and Cheese.

1571
01:25:40,160 --> 01:25:41,960
Speaker 1: We will take a break here, but when Manny and

1572
01:25:42,040 --> 01:25:45,680
Speaker 1: I close things up, there is a guy on the

1573
01:25:45,720 --> 01:25:51,360
Speaker 1: Washington Football team roster who belongs on the All Name team,

1574
01:25:51,400 --> 01:25:53,840
Speaker 1: and we will tell you who that is when we

1575
01:25:53,880 --> 01:25:56,360
Speaker 1: return here on One Bill's Live, presented by Klaud of Health,

1576
01:25:56,360 --> 01:26:09,439
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, welcome back to One

1577
01:26:09,479 --> 01:26:12,599
Speaker 1: Bill's Live. Chris Brown if Maddie Glavian for Steve Tasker. First,

1578
01:26:12,600 --> 01:26:15,360
Speaker 1: thanks Maddie for helping us out this week while Steve

1579
01:26:15,680 --> 01:26:19,720
Speaker 1: is away and unavailable. But and we'll do it again

1580
01:26:19,800 --> 01:26:22,800
Speaker 1: next week. So Monday Tuesday Friday, we'll be ready to

1581
01:26:22,880 --> 01:26:26,599
Speaker 1: roll again, and we'll have some other special guests on

1582
01:26:26,640 --> 01:26:31,400
Speaker 1: Wednesday and Thursday, some still to be determined, but we'll

1583
01:26:31,439 --> 01:26:33,240
Speaker 1: have him ready for you by next week, we promise.

1584
01:26:34,160 --> 01:26:35,760
Speaker 1: I wanted to get to this because I thought this

1585
01:26:35,840 --> 01:26:40,360
Speaker 1: was kind of fun. I'm always big on the lists

1586
01:26:40,400 --> 01:26:42,720
Speaker 1: that come out all the time, you know, like the

1587
01:26:42,840 --> 01:26:47,080
Speaker 1: NFL Drafts All Name Team or college Football's All Named Team.

1588
01:26:47,120 --> 01:26:49,479
Speaker 1: There was a guy named His name is Bear Hunter.

1589
01:26:49,600 --> 01:26:52,360
Speaker 1: I think he plays for Appalachian State. He spells his

1590
01:26:52,400 --> 01:26:56,639
Speaker 1: first name b a Er, but his name is Bear Hunter.

1591
01:26:57,640 --> 01:27:00,799
Speaker 1: I love these names, so I couldn't help but stop.

1592
01:27:01,680 --> 01:27:03,200
Speaker 1: And I remember this kid when he was at the

1593
01:27:03,240 --> 01:27:05,280
Speaker 1: Combine because he was on the All Name team there.

1594
01:27:05,840 --> 01:27:08,679
Speaker 1: He is the long snapper for the Washington football team.

1595
01:27:08,880 --> 01:27:14,519
Speaker 1: Cameron Cheeseman is his name. Obviously had a big hand

1596
01:27:14,640 --> 01:27:17,040
Speaker 1: in the win last week because he got a chance

1597
01:27:17,080 --> 01:27:19,639
Speaker 1: to snap it again to Dustin Hopkins after the Giants

1598
01:27:19,640 --> 01:27:25,040
Speaker 1: defensive lineman jumped off sides. But the only shame, Maddie

1599
01:27:26,080 --> 01:27:29,519
Speaker 1: is that Cameron Cheeseman does not play for the Green

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01:27:29,600 --> 01:27:34,400
Speaker 1: Bay Packers. Because wouldn't that be perfect? That would be

1601
01:27:34,479 --> 01:27:38,759
Speaker 1: so perfect All the cheeseheads in the crowd. The cheese

1602
01:27:38,760 --> 01:27:42,840
Speaker 1: Man's added again. I mean, there'd be jerseys left and right.

1603
01:27:43,080 --> 01:27:48,599
Speaker 1: It'd be the most sold jersey for long Snapper Bay packer.

1604
01:27:48,680 --> 01:27:51,639
Speaker 1: Could you imagine how much extra money that guy could

1605
01:27:51,680 --> 01:27:55,120
Speaker 1: make in Green Bay if he was a packer off

1606
01:27:55,120 --> 01:27:58,200
Speaker 1: the field, like all the endorsements. Whoever the heck's making

1607
01:27:58,280 --> 01:28:02,280
Speaker 1: those cheese head hats. I mean, he's your spokesperson. How

1608
01:28:02,320 --> 01:28:06,320
Speaker 1: do you not use that guy? It's a shame. Wisconsin

1609
01:28:06,400 --> 01:28:09,960
Speaker 1: cheese currents too. Oh yeah, forget it. The day the

1610
01:28:10,040 --> 01:28:12,160
Speaker 1: dairy State for goodness sake, I mean he would he'd

1611
01:28:12,160 --> 01:28:14,559
Speaker 1: be making x the off the field money that guy

1612
01:28:14,600 --> 01:28:17,960
Speaker 1: would make away from football I think would blow people's minds.

1613
01:28:18,040 --> 01:28:20,880
Speaker 1: So it's a shame that he's on Washington, but nice

1614
01:28:20,920 --> 01:28:22,439
Speaker 1: that he's in the league because we get to refer

1615
01:28:22,479 --> 01:28:24,599
Speaker 1: to his name. A couple other good names on that

1616
01:28:24,600 --> 01:28:30,200
Speaker 1: team too, Shock a Tony, a backup defensive lineman. I think, so, yeah,

1617
01:28:30,200 --> 01:28:31,920
Speaker 1: they got a couple of good names on that roster.

1618
01:28:32,080 --> 01:28:34,680
Speaker 1: So I'm always looking for those unique names. I love them.

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01:28:35,320 --> 01:28:37,120
Speaker 1: That's going to do it for us here on the show.

1620
01:28:37,120 --> 01:28:39,200
Speaker 1: We want to remind you, though, that Maddie and I

1621
01:28:39,280 --> 01:28:42,880
Speaker 1: will have our streaming pregame show on Sunday at about

1622
01:28:42,880 --> 01:28:45,439
Speaker 1: ten after twelve where we show you live footage of

1623
01:28:45,479 --> 01:28:48,519
Speaker 1: the player warmups. It's Bill's Field Pass on all of

1624
01:28:48,520 --> 01:28:51,720
Speaker 1: your streaming channels concerning the Bills, so be sure to

1625
01:28:51,800 --> 01:28:53,760
Speaker 1: check us out there. And then Maddie and I will

1626
01:28:53,800 --> 01:28:57,479
Speaker 1: also be doing post game on Bills tonight, Sunday night

1627
01:28:57,600 --> 01:29:00,559
Speaker 1: so and Sunday right after the game, so we'll we'll

1628
01:29:00,600 --> 01:29:03,599
Speaker 1: have you covered wall to wall before and after, so

1629
01:29:03,760 --> 01:29:08,880
Speaker 1: uh look for us. We'll be everywhere. Thanks again, Mattie.

1630
01:29:09,240 --> 01:29:11,800
Speaker 1: That's right, all right from Mattie Glad. This is Chris Brown.

1631
01:29:11,840 --> 01:29:13,960
Speaker 1: Thanks for watching. We'll see you back here next week

1632
01:29:14,000 --> 01:29:16,559
Speaker 1: as well on Monday to talk about the game here

1633
01:29:16,600 --> 01:29:17,439
Speaker 1: on one Bill's Lit