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Speaker 1: Kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role

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Speaker 1: player for you state a blimp. We're not even in

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Speaker 1: the stratoire of normalcy. Tuning up a Wednesday edition of

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Speaker 1: One Bill's Live Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you. We

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Speaker 1: are almost halfway home to the regular season finale as

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Speaker 1: we get ready for Bill's Dolphins, which is a game

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Speaker 1: that could look a lot different than the previous sixteen

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Speaker 1: And we'll be talking about that a lot today as

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Speaker 1: it is also the subject of our Twitter poll. But

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Speaker 1: you know, holiday time, people are in the gift giving mood,

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Speaker 1: even for extended acquaintances, and Steve was a was a

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Speaker 1: recent RECIPTPI so of a charming gift I have. I

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Speaker 1: did this last year. I brought her gift that she

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Speaker 1: name Akiko ha Tori. She's from Japan. She's in Japan,

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Speaker 1: this stuff for me. This is like it's just a

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Speaker 1: Is that an accurate depiction of her? It looks just

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Speaker 1: like him. And then she's got these little things around.

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Speaker 1: got like nine sets of glasses she made, and this

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Speaker 1: It's pretty cool. The detail is ampendable. Listen to this.

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Speaker 1: This is a fan she and she got like three sisters.

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Speaker 1: She's got a big family. They all picked an NFL

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Speaker 1: She's made me with like uh, with my CBS gear

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Speaker 1: And probably next week at this time, this will be

423
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Speaker 1: a far greater importance when we're talking about, you know,

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Speaker 1: the wild card game and his availability for that. So

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Speaker 1: hopefully he's on the end quickly and gets to a

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Speaker 1: point where he's back on the practice field a week

427
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Speaker 1: from today. The Bills, as we know, are still unaware

428
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Speaker 1: of what their playoff seed will be. It could be

429
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Speaker 1: the two, or it could be the three based on

430
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Speaker 1: what happens in their game against the Dolphins on Sunday

431
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Speaker 1: and what happens between Pittsburgh and Cleveland in their game

432
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Speaker 1: on Sunday, which is being played in Cleveland. By the way,

433
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Speaker 1: Cleveland is still dealing with COVID problems, as we know

434
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Speaker 1: their entire wide receiving corps got wiped out for last

435
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Speaker 1: week's game against the Jets, which will be a game

436
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Speaker 1: that people will look back on if this team does

437
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Speaker 1: not make the playoffs. Cleveland has to win this week

438
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Speaker 1: and winning there in. Pittsburgh has already stated coach Mike

439
00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,800
Speaker 1: Tomlin has already stated that they are not playing Ben Roethlisberger.

440
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Speaker 1: It's anticipated that other starters will be sitting as well.

441
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Speaker 1: As we've mentioned on the show before, the Steelers really

442
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Speaker 1: have not had the benefit of a bye week all

443
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Speaker 1: season long due to some COVID complications with some of

444
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Speaker 1: their opponents through the course of the season, namely the

445
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Speaker 1: Ravens and the Titans, which compromised their bye week and

446
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Speaker 1: shuffle their schedule around, even compromise what would have been

447
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Speaker 1: a mini by at Thanksgiving when they were originally scheduled

448
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Speaker 1: to play on Thanksgiving Day, so Pittsburgh. It looks as

449
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Speaker 1: though they are going to sit the balance of their

450
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Speaker 1: important players to give them a break, rest them up.

451
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Speaker 1: So coach Tomlin does not seem to be interested in

452
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Speaker 1: whether or not they are the two seed or the

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Speaker 1: three seed, So he's going to choose rest and avoiding

454
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Speaker 1: injury over trying to gun for that two seed and

455
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Speaker 1: nail it down. Here's the thing, Bills fans get caught

456
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Speaker 1: up in this, and we did too. We have a

457
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Speaker 1: conversation about it. Other you're trying to line yourself up

458
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Speaker 1: with the team, like you want to play Bills would

459
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Speaker 1: like to play Miami. The Bills would like to play

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Speaker 1: actually Pittsburgh. Probably they're trying to you, don't you'd like

461
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Speaker 1: to get your feet under you in the plass before

462
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Speaker 1: you play a team that's smoking hot like Baltimore. Right,

463
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Speaker 1: here's the problem with that. You don't know where those

464
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Speaker 1: teams are gonna fall. Right, That is an absolute roll

465
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Speaker 1: of the dice as to how the five, six, and

466
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Speaker 1: seven seeds are gonna fall in the AFC. So if

467
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Speaker 1: you're gonna show up and play whoever it is, even

468
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Speaker 1: if you get the two seeds, you may get Baltimore.

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Speaker 1: And if you get the three seeds, you may get Baltimore.

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Speaker 1: If you get the four seeds, you may get Baltimore.

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Speaker 1: You can't play to avoid somebody. Don't play to avoid anybody.

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Speaker 1: Get into the playoffs as healthy as you can get. Now,

473
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Speaker 1: having said that, that's obvious, what's going to happen both

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Speaker 1: the Steelers and the Bills. They could not possibly care

475
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Speaker 1: less about week seventeen if they can show up to

476
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Speaker 1: week eighteen completely healthy. Now, we'll be hearing from coach

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Speaker 1: McDermott and Brian Dable and Leslie Fraser, who were all

478
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Speaker 1: made available to the media yesterday, as we typically do,

479
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Speaker 1: they're usually talking on Mondays, but with the Monday night game,

480
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Speaker 1: they spoke on Tuesday, and usually on this show we

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Speaker 1: play some of the highlighted comments from those men the

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Speaker 1: following day, and we will do that later in the show.

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Speaker 1: But coach McDermott did say yesterday that they have a

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Speaker 1: plan in place as to how they're going to address

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Speaker 1: playing or resting starters on Sunday, but they are going

486
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Speaker 1: to keep that plan internal. They are not revealing what

487
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Speaker 1: their intentions are on Sunday. So what do we do?

488
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Speaker 1: We try to go to past history to try to

489
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Speaker 1: have an idea as to what they will do. So

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Speaker 1: here is coach McDermott kind of laying out how he's

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Speaker 1: handling this week with resting starters, and we've got a plan.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep it, keep that plan internal for a

493
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Speaker 1: number of reasons. Number one is I haven't had a

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Speaker 1: chance to talk to our players yet. So yeah, we've

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Speaker 1: got a plan and we'll exec keep that plan this week.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna be very straightforward. A. But I'm going to

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Speaker 1: keep that within our within our organization for a lot

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Speaker 1: of reasons. Again, A because I haven't touched the players yet,

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Speaker 1: and be because I just think that that's the best

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Speaker 1: thing for us. We could sit here all day, John,

501
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Speaker 1: honestly and talk about pros and cons, you know, so

502
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Speaker 1: at the end of the day, it's it's again trying

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Speaker 1: to do us best for our football team and where

504
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Speaker 1: we are. Every team's different, so that's, you know, kind

505
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Speaker 1: of where he's at. They have a plan, but they're

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Speaker 1: keeping it to themselves and he's got every right to

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Speaker 1: do that. People are probably saying, well, what the heck's

508
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Speaker 1: the strategic advantage? It doesn't matter, you know, do whatever

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Speaker 1: whatever I thought of this when he said that yesterday,

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Speaker 1: And you can tell me if you think this means

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Speaker 1: that hillobeans or not. There is a chance that the

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Speaker 1: Bills could turn around and face the same Dolphins team

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Speaker 1: the very next week. There are playoffs scenarios that exist.

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Speaker 1: They all the Bills would have to win the game

515
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Speaker 1: on Sunday to draw Miami in any one of those scenarios.

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Speaker 1: But if the Bills win, there are one, two, three, four, five.

517
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Speaker 1: There are six different playoffs scenarios where they face Miami

518
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Speaker 1: the very next week. So you say, well, what's the

519
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Speaker 1: strategic advantage. That is a strategic advantage. You don't want

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Speaker 1: to be giving them anything this week or next because

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Speaker 1: you might be turning around and playing them again in

522
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Speaker 1: the wild card round based on what happens with you know,

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Speaker 1: the other AFC teams that are in this mix with

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Speaker 1: Miami trying to get in via a victory. There are

525
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Speaker 1: ways that Miami can get in even if they don't win.

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Speaker 1: There are other teams, for example, Indianapolis, they have to

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Speaker 1: win and they need help. Yeah, there's only eight teams

528
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Speaker 1: in the seven team tournament that have possibilities right now.

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Speaker 1: Indianapolis is the team that's out of it. Everybody else

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Speaker 1: Vegas all the way down. Vegas is the next team.

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Speaker 1: They've only got seven wins. Yeah, they're elimiting. The demarcation

532
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Speaker 1: line is eight. Half the AFC can make the playoffs

533
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Speaker 1: this week. Everybody else is completely done Las Vegas, New England, Chargers, Denver, Cincinnati, Houston,

534
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Speaker 1: and of course of the Jets in Jacksonville, from Indianapolis, Cleveland, Baltimore, Miami,

535
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Speaker 1: all the way up through Tennessee, Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Casey.

536
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Speaker 1: All those teams from Indianapolis up have a shot at

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Speaker 1: it well, and a bunch of them have already clinched.

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Speaker 1: We already know. The Bills are in, the Chiefs are in,

539
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Speaker 1: Steelers are in, and that's it. But those are the

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Speaker 1: only clinching teams every four So you have four other

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Speaker 1: spots and five teams jockey and for those four other

542
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Speaker 1: spots is essentially what we're looking at. Tennessee, Miami, Baltimore, Cleveland, Indianapolis,

543
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Speaker 1: all with identical ten and five records, right, so invariably,

544
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Speaker 1: if you know all those teams win, you're looking at

545
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Speaker 1: tiebreaker scenarios. And think about this, and I know that

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Speaker 1: even if Indianapolis wins, they need other people to lose.

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Speaker 1: All they need is Tennessee to lose, Tennessee to lose

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Speaker 1: to get in, because then they would that would get

549
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Speaker 1: the division title. That's got to happen to get in.

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Speaker 1: Indianapolis has to win or they could. Actually that's not true.

551
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Speaker 1: If they win. If Indianapolis wins and Tennessee loses, Indianapolis

552
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Speaker 1: is the division chant, right and they're in that way

553
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Speaker 1: and they're the four seed. Yeah, so everybody else though Cleveland, Tennessee,

554
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Speaker 1: and Baltimore are win and in. They just need to

555
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Speaker 1: win this this week. India is the only team that

556
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Speaker 1: needs to win and get a little help. So that's

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Speaker 1: kind of where that si. Miami is also winning in.

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Speaker 1: But this is what I thought, So that was my thought.

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Speaker 1: I'm listening to coach mcdarian says, Okay, all right, I

560
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Speaker 1: get it. He wants to keep it to him, and

561
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Speaker 1: I'm thinking, you know what they got, they might turn

562
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Speaker 1: around have to play this Miami team a second week

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Speaker 1: in a row. And so then that got me to thinking, well,

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Speaker 1: how would you approach the game this week knowing you

565
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Speaker 1: could very well play Miami next week? Like how Vanilla

566
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Speaker 1: do you play? Do you treat it like a preseason

567
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:33,520
Speaker 1: game because you don't want to give them anything. You

568
00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:35,440
Speaker 1: haven't played this team since Week two. You are a

569
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Speaker 1: much different team then you were now, than you were

570
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Speaker 1: in Week two, than you are now. I mean, this

571
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:45,280
Speaker 1: team is completely different. The way their defense is playing,

572
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Speaker 1: their execution level on offense, their offensive line, and and

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Speaker 1: in turn, the Dolphins are a much different team. They've

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Speaker 1: got a different guy at quarterback. They are injury riddled

575
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Speaker 1: at the receiver position. Their defense is number one in

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Speaker 1: the league. It's stopping teams on third down. They are

577
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Speaker 1: a complete takeaway type defense. Their corners are healthy and

578
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Speaker 1: arguably the best tandem in the league. They're living on

579
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Speaker 1: turnovers and special teams help. They're they're playing complimentary football,

580
00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 1: and they've needed to to. Has been better. But like

581
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Speaker 1: last week, he didn't throw it. He was not pushing

582
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Speaker 1: the ball down the field. That's that's basically why he

583
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Speaker 1: got taken out of the game. So I think there

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Speaker 1: is an advantage here. The Dolphins need the game. They're

585
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Speaker 1: gonna let it all hang out. The Bills have the

586
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Speaker 1: advantage this week. From this standpoint, They're gonna get a

587
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Speaker 1: good read on how the Dolphins feel they can beat

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Speaker 1: the Bills this week because they need the victory. If

589
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Speaker 1: for some reason, you have to face the Dolphins again

590
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,000
Speaker 1: next week, you are going to have a much better

591
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Speaker 1: read on them than they will on you, because you

592
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Speaker 1: don't have to go get the game this week, right right, Yes,

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Speaker 1: And you're not, and they're gonna have one less game

594
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 1: to look at because they're not gonna They're gonna throw

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Speaker 1: this game with Josh Allen standing in the street clothes

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Speaker 1: on the sidelines and colbyas no, well, let me let

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Speaker 1: me he might he might, but might either way throw

598
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Speaker 1: the game in the garbage throwing the garbage. Steph Diggs

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Speaker 1: will be sitting on the eating sunflower seeds at halftime.

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Speaker 1: I mean, right if he if he, if this, if

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Speaker 1: it goes like this, Yeah, And we'll get into what

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Speaker 1: Sean McDermott did last year in Week seventeen, in case

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Speaker 1: you don't remember, that was a game against the Jets

604
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Speaker 1: that they did not need, could not improve their playoff seeding,

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Speaker 1: and we'll we'll remind you of how that went last year.

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Speaker 1: And we'll also get into the Twitter poll because we're

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Speaker 1: asking you to be coach. McDermott put your coaching hat on.

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Speaker 1: How would you treat Sunday's game against the Dolphins A

609
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Speaker 1: play everybody to secure the number two seed, be play

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Speaker 1: starters for a series or two to keep readiness for

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. See sit who you can and treat it

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Speaker 1: like a preseason game. Get on at one Bills Live.

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Speaker 1: Let us know how you feel. Early returns are in

614
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Speaker 1: and a lot of people are saying play starters for

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Speaker 1: a series or two. We want to know what you think.

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Speaker 1: Eight oh three, oh five fifty. Got an open line

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Speaker 1: for you there as well. Call us up if you

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Speaker 1: want to voice your opinion there. We'll take a break

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Speaker 1: and be back with that when we return here on

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Speaker 1: one Bills Live, presented by a collid to Health, It's

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker, one Bills Live

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Speaker 1: Wednesday edition. As we've been getting preparations for this season

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Speaker 1: finale against the Dolphins, Bills on the practice field. Shortened

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Speaker 1: practice today coming off that Monday night game. I think

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Speaker 1: it's going to be nothing more than a walk through today.

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Speaker 1: Really gotta let the bodies recover, so they'll be doing

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Speaker 1: that today, probably a practice more in earnest tomorrow as

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Speaker 1: they get for Sunday against the Miami team that needs

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Speaker 1: the game one of the gaggle of teams at ten

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Speaker 1: and five. But we are asking you today to put

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Speaker 1: your Bill's head coaching hat on. You like that Bill's

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Speaker 1: head coaching hat on today for us. So, if you're

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Speaker 1: coach McDermott, how would you treat Sunday's game against the Dolphins?

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Speaker 1: A play everybody to secure the number two seed. If

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Speaker 1: the Bills win, they would clinch that b play starters

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Speaker 1: for a series or two just to keep their readiness

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Speaker 1: for the playoffs and then sit them or see sit

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Speaker 1: who you can and treat it like a preseason game.

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Speaker 1: Know when you could face Miami again next week in

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Speaker 1: the wild card round eight oh three oh five fifty

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Speaker 1: open line for you there one eight eight five fifty

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Speaker 1: two five fifty. We go to the phones and we

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Speaker 1: will lead off today with Rich in Buffalo. Rich, what

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Speaker 1: do you have for us? You're on One Bill's Live. Gentlemen,

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Speaker 1: good afternoon. Quick question, if John Brown gets activated from

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Speaker 1: the COVID list, how much do you play him considering

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Speaker 1: he's missed so much time and he's got to get

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Speaker 1: up the game speed. And my second question obviously would

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Speaker 1: Beasley out one game, two games, who would be the

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Speaker 1: best slot receiver. Do you put Gabriel Davison, who's played

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Speaker 1: all the wide receiver spots, or do you slide McKenzie in?

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Speaker 1: Because this is important. If Beasley doesn't play the first

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Speaker 1: wild card game, we obviously got to have somebody that

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Speaker 1: can get the reps in for this game. Yes, I

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Speaker 1: know we have to sit people and rest people, but

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Speaker 1: it's also important to get a new slot receiver if

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Speaker 1: Beasley doesn't play in the playoff game. Yeah, I'll let

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Speaker 1: Steve handle that second part. I will handle the first part.

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Speaker 1: Regarding John Brown, I think what you have with John

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Speaker 1: Brown is a guy that is a veteran, even though

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Speaker 1: he has missed a ton of time. I'm not terribly

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Speaker 1: concerned about him getting back into the groove he I think.

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Speaker 1: I'm of the opinion he could do a lot of

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Speaker 1: that in practice. I think people forget that John Brown

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Speaker 1: is a guy that's had of this current core of receivers.

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Speaker 1: He's had more time with Josh Allen than anybody. People

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Speaker 1: forget Cole Beasley missed almost all of the offseason workouts

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Speaker 1: last year due to core muscle surgery. Missed OTA's missed

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Speaker 1: good portion. He missed mini camp. I think he had

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Speaker 1: training camp in some preseason, but he was even limited there.

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Speaker 1: So John Brown has been with him since he walked

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Speaker 1: in the door, and I would anticipate those two could

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Speaker 1: get back on the same page rather quickly in the

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Speaker 1: practice setting, and knowing he's a veteran player, I don't

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Speaker 1: think it's imperative that he plays this week necessarily. Now.

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Speaker 1: If he wants to get a little bit of run

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Speaker 1: and play a quarter, I'm fine with that. You know,

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Speaker 1: just get some routes in against you know, talented corners

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Speaker 1: like Miami has, maybe get a feel for them, knowing

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Speaker 1: you could very well play them next week. I'm good

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Speaker 1: with that. But I don't want extensive action for Brown,

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Speaker 1: but I think he needs some regular season game run.

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Speaker 1: So maybe two or three series and then get him

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Speaker 1: out of there. And that's the way I would do it. Steve,

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Speaker 1: what about the slot receiver position. We know that Brian

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Speaker 1: Dable likes to have all his receivers know all the

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Speaker 1: positions across the board, But how do you see that

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Speaker 1: fitting with this group. If Beasley is not available this week,

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Speaker 1: well it'll be it'll change things. No, question, but you've

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Speaker 1: got you'd have Gabe Davis, John Brown, and Steph Diggs

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Speaker 1: on the field much like they had Gabe Davis on

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Speaker 1: when John Brown wasn't there, and then you would sprinkle

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Speaker 1: in more of other personnel combinations whereas you split out,

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Speaker 1: a split out, a tight end or whatever. But you

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Speaker 1: can probably be sure that because of what we've seen

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Speaker 1: in this first year from Gabe Davis, they might want

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Speaker 1: to plug him right in, or if they think Steph

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Speaker 1: Diggs could be better used inside and get more matchups,

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Speaker 1: they will do both. They'll pick plays and personnel packages

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Speaker 1: where all right, on this play, when we run this,

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Speaker 1: I want step in the slot where Beasley usually is,

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Speaker 1: and I want Gabe. You take Steph spot on the outside,

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Speaker 1: and they'll do that mix and matching like third and four. Right,

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Speaker 1: that's a big cold easily down right. Maybe you put

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Speaker 1: your guy that you know is gonna win in the

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Speaker 1: slot and that's Digs, right, and you put Davis outside.

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Speaker 1: As you were saying, it's that simple. You mix and match. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you mix and match. And it would change during the

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Speaker 1: game as well. When they had just say hey, listen,

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Speaker 1: when we put Steph in the slot, They're bringing this

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Speaker 1: guy over. So what we're gonna do is we're gonna

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Speaker 1: put Steph in the slot. John Brown, I want you

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Speaker 1: to take where Gabe Davis was the last time, because

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Speaker 1: that's the matchup we want. They're picking there and then Gabe,

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Speaker 1: you take where John Brown. You know they'll do that,

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Speaker 1: and Gabe Davis, to his credit, gives them the chance

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Speaker 1: to do that. His ability to play all three spots

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Speaker 1: as a young player is crucial. So and in this

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Speaker 1: offense we've seen it. They'll just say listen, they're running.

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Speaker 1: They'll they'll go to a place where they'll say, we're

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Speaker 1: concept based. So here's the concept. Here's what we're calling it.

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Speaker 1: You guys know what the concept is. Pick your spots

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Speaker 1: and go and or it'll be Josh when he calls

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Speaker 1: and say, Steph, I want you over there, Gabriel, I

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00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:01,239
Speaker 1: want you over there, and John Brown take the song.

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00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,439
Speaker 1: That kind of thing. So they can put these guys

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Speaker 1: wherever they want so it will look different. There won't

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Speaker 1: be so many hard and fast spots where you say, listen,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna call this. You know, Cole's always going to

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Speaker 1: be in this spot and John and Steph Diggs is

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Speaker 1: always going to be in that spot. What they'll do

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Speaker 1: is they'll start shifting the three guys left around. If

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Speaker 1: Cole Beasley's not in the lineup. There, you go back

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Speaker 1: to the phones. Jimmy in Kansas City, you're on one

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Speaker 1: Bill's Live. What do you have for us? Jimmy, Hey, guys,

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Speaker 1: how you guys doing today? I'm doing all right? So yeah, so, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I have the benefit being out here in

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Speaker 1: Kansas City and watching the Chiefs also play week in

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00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:43,439
Speaker 1: a week out, and you know they're they're not there.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they're still phenomenal team, don't get me wrong,

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Speaker 1: but they're not hitting those plays like they always hit.

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Speaker 1: So they're struggling a little bit. Um. And so with

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Speaker 1: that being said, I would play our guys because we

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Speaker 1: want to wrap up that number two seed because if

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Speaker 1: there's any chance that the Chiefs do slip up, uh,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna get that. You know, we hold court, we'll

747
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Speaker 1: get that. That second home game in the playoffs, well

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Speaker 1: you're getting two home games regardless. Well, well, you know,

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Speaker 1: I mean, we'll home phil advantage. I'm sorry, you're talking

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Speaker 1: about AFC Title game. Is what you're talking about about?

751
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,960
Speaker 1: ASC title game? So so basically like I said, so

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Speaker 1: we hold if we hold that if the Chiefs slip up,

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00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:24,320
Speaker 1: because you know they have of course they they're phenomenal team. Um,

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Speaker 1: but you know that light switch can't turn on all

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00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:29,759
Speaker 1: the time, you know, uh, you know. And Mahomes is

756
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:33,319
Speaker 1: looking you know, he's a phenomenal quarterback, best in the league,

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00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:37,080
Speaker 1: but he's just been not the same Pat Mahomes that

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Speaker 1: he has that he's been these these this last month. Jimmy,

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Speaker 1: I get you, Jimmy, I hear what you're saying. You're saying,

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00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:47,319
Speaker 1: push it and get as many advantages as you can

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00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:50,520
Speaker 1: in the playoffs and make sure you get every home field.

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00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:52,920
Speaker 1: I don't know if here's here's what I the way

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00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:55,680
Speaker 1: I think about it. If if it's not the Bills

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Speaker 1: at the two seed, it's the Pittsburgh Steelers, correct, they

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Speaker 1: are not making the AC Championship game. Stranger things happen.

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00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,160
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, and if it does, it does. But

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00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:11,000
Speaker 1: I think it's more important for the Bills to play

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Speaker 1: their best because I'll tell you this, outside of Kansas

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Speaker 1: I've said this is a ton and we've talked about

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Speaker 1: it a ton on this show. Outside of Kansas City,

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Speaker 1: no matter how they look, and I get it. They've

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00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:25,680
Speaker 1: then been winning convincingly. They haven't been dominant like they

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00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:28,320
Speaker 1: were in the last two years, but they're still winning

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Speaker 1: all these games, and you know, and they're setting a

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00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:32,359
Speaker 1: record for how many one score games they've won. All

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00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 1: of that stuff. Outside of Kansas City, there is no

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00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:40,680
Speaker 1: team that is gonna be favored over this team in Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: I don't care who it is. And I'm of a

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00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:46,799
Speaker 1: mind now, I don't care where they play these other

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00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:49,160
Speaker 1: The Bills are gonna beat those teams. And I think

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Speaker 1: the Bills, and barring some injury or COVID outbreak, the

782
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:59,279
Speaker 1: Bills are gonna win playoff games. They're that good. And

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Speaker 1: they are on a course with Kansas City. So if

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Speaker 1: Kansas City does slip up, it's first of all, it's

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00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:09,000
Speaker 1: probably gonna happen in Buffalo the ANC championship. But even

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Speaker 1: if it doesn't, it doesn't scare me because there's not

787
00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:14,799
Speaker 1: gonna be new fans there anyway. So I get what

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00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:16,960
Speaker 1: you're saying, but I think it's more important to have

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Speaker 1: your guys. It's more important to have all the bullets

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00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:22,160
Speaker 1: in your gun when you're gonna go into a gun

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00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,920
Speaker 1: fight in the playoffs, you need all your bullets, and

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00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:28,719
Speaker 1: by doing and by not wasting any in this week

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00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:33,600
Speaker 1: seventeen matchup, you're gonna make sure you have all the

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00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,919
Speaker 1: weapons you're supposed to have. So I know that it's

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00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:40,279
Speaker 1: hard not to go out and push the throttle all

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Speaker 1: the way up and go in and try and beat

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Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins and get the number two seat to

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00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:50,440
Speaker 1: make sure. But I like it better this way because

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Speaker 1: you get in. If you win, you're in at the

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Speaker 1: number two. If Pittsburgh loses, they're the number three, and

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00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:59,520
Speaker 1: you're still the number two. And having said all that,

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00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:05,200
Speaker 1: you have no idea what the other four spots slots

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Speaker 1: are gonna be, and you have no control over that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: all right, we have to take a break, but when

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Speaker 1: we return more on this subject and more of your

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Speaker 1: We have to go back to the phones, though, and

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Speaker 1: we lead off with Peter in Orchard Park. Peter, what

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Speaker 1: do you have for us? You're on one Bill's Live. Hi.

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Speaker 1: How's it going guys? Good? Good? So the last few weeks,

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Speaker 1: the MBT conversation has been picking up quite a bit,

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Speaker 1: and I was just wondering why none of the talks

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Speaker 1: around wide receivers like Spun Diggs or even tight ends,

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Speaker 1: so like Travis Kelsey. It's mainly around quarterbacks. So I

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Speaker 1: don't know what you guys think about that. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: mean I'm gonna give you the cliche answer here. It's

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00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:47,640
Speaker 1: a quarterback driven league and their front and center on

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00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:50,840
Speaker 1: every single play. They're the trigger men. They make it happen.

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Speaker 1: So more often than not, they get all the notoriety.

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Speaker 1: It's like they always say, you know, quarterbacks get all

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Speaker 1: of the credit and all on the plane right when

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Speaker 1: things go wrong or things go right. And I don't

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Speaker 1: see that changing anytime soon. Quarterbacks are more quintessential to

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Speaker 1: the success of your football team than maybe any other

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00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:09,919
Speaker 1: time in the history of this league. So and there's

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00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:13,120
Speaker 1: a lot of them, you have to do something extraordinary.

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00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:15,799
Speaker 1: Now that's not to say that Stefan Dix has not

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00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:18,360
Speaker 1: had an extraordinary season. He has, but I think he

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Speaker 1: would have to have a season where he had like

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00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:24,640
Speaker 1: eighteen hundred and fifty yards receiving sixteen touchdowns. Now I

846
00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:28,840
Speaker 1: don't know that Irie Hill has what seventeen sixteen seventeen touchdowns.

847
00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:30,759
Speaker 1: He's not doing too bad, but he's also got the

848
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:34,400
Speaker 1: same that guy throwing them in the football, and it's

849
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:37,360
Speaker 1: really hard for a wide receiver to do that. And

850
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:41,719
Speaker 1: it's easier. I think we're not easier. It happened, would

851
00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:44,280
Speaker 1: happen more frequently if it was a guy like Derrick Henry.

852
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:46,759
Speaker 1: And I think Derrick Henry has a better He's got

853
00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:51,720
Speaker 1: like seven hundred yards more than the nearest rushing yeah leader,

854
00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:54,120
Speaker 1: and he's leading the league in rushing by even more

855
00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:57,040
Speaker 1: because Dalvin Cook is not playing this week, had to

856
00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:59,239
Speaker 1: go down to Florida for a family emergency. Apparently his

857
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:03,399
Speaker 1: father passed a way tragically this week, So horrible timing there.

858
00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:05,799
Speaker 1: But the game doesn't mean anything for the Vikings. They're

859
00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:09,200
Speaker 1: not going to the playoffs. But man, you feel for

860
00:46:09,239 --> 00:46:11,839
Speaker 1: that guy. Yeah, Derek Henry got the year he's had.

861
00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:14,800
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry's got seventeen hundred and seventy seven rushing yards

862
00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:18,240
Speaker 1: on the season. Then it's Dalvin Cook with fifteen fifty seven.

863
00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:20,839
Speaker 1: Then the next guys, James Robinson Jackson has got one

864
00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:23,839
Speaker 1: thousand and seventy. Yeah, I mean it's not even close.

865
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Speaker 1: He's got seventeen hundred and seventy seven yards and fifteen touchdowns.

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00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:31,759
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry's not even getting a look. Well, people are

867
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:35,799
Speaker 1: talking about him as a possibility, but I mean it

868
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:39,400
Speaker 1: seems like a foregone conclusion, you know, Rogers Mahomes and

869
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:42,080
Speaker 1: then some people are thinking about Josh and that's where

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00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:45,600
Speaker 1: it starts. It ends unfortunately. And you know, I will

871
00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:47,719
Speaker 1: say this, I think running backs have a better chance

872
00:46:47,719 --> 00:46:49,759
Speaker 1: of getting it than a wide receiver exactly. That's my

873
00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:54,279
Speaker 1: point about Derrick Henry as well. You know, I don't

874
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:58,280
Speaker 1: know how deep. I don't even know who has MVP ballots.

875
00:46:58,320 --> 00:47:00,000
Speaker 1: It's a it's like this. I don't know whether its

876
00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:05,040
Speaker 1: national writers. I guess, I don't know. But they only

877
00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:07,200
Speaker 1: get one vote for the MVP. You know, it's not

878
00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:09,839
Speaker 1: like he get a one and a two and a three, right,

879
00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:12,759
Speaker 1: So they get one vote they throw this is the guy.

880
00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:16,120
Speaker 1: So you've got to be in some writer's mind, you've

881
00:47:16,120 --> 00:47:19,319
Speaker 1: got to be significantly better than everybody else. And that's

882
00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:21,360
Speaker 1: gonna be hard to pry Aaron Rodgers out of the

883
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:24,600
Speaker 1: nice little nest he's got in many writers minds about

884
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:26,399
Speaker 1: how deep they've been in the playoffs in the last

885
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:28,640
Speaker 1: handful of years, how many times he's been there, how

886
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:30,480
Speaker 1: many times he's been a huge part of it. The

887
00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:33,360
Speaker 1: super Bowl he's already won. For a guy like Josh

888
00:47:33,360 --> 00:47:37,440
Speaker 1: Allen to bounce in out of literally like nowhere on

889
00:47:37,480 --> 00:47:40,400
Speaker 1: the statistical sheet and say I'm better than Aaron Rodgers.

890
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:43,560
Speaker 1: They would have to dig pretty deep and put weight

891
00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:47,319
Speaker 1: on those statistics that Josh is better than him in

892
00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:52,040
Speaker 1: to give him that, and that's that's a hard sell certainly.

893
00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:56,759
Speaker 1: You know, Josh got a ton, like what one or

894
00:47:56,800 --> 00:48:02,360
Speaker 1: two less total touchdowns than Aaron Rodgers. He's got more yards,

895
00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:04,759
Speaker 1: he's you know, there's some things that's Josh is right there.

896
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:09,239
Speaker 1: But you know, Aaron Rodgers is the number one seed

897
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:12,239
Speaker 1: in the NFC. I'll tell you this, Josh Allen's had

898
00:48:12,719 --> 00:48:16,959
Speaker 1: a way, way more difficult schedule to navigate than Aaron

899
00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:21,359
Speaker 1: Rodgers has. Josh Allen's in a in a division with

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00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:24,080
Speaker 1: the Dolphins, and they are and he's in the division

901
00:48:24,120 --> 00:48:27,600
Speaker 1: with the Jets as well, but they've got the Bears

902
00:48:27,719 --> 00:48:32,120
Speaker 1: and the Lions in the in the Green Bay Division. Yeah,

903
00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:38,440
Speaker 1: Buffalo Buffalos played the hardest. Buffalos played the NFC West

904
00:48:39,320 --> 00:48:43,480
Speaker 1: and should have swept it. And the AFC West with

905
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:47,120
Speaker 1: the Chiefs, I mean, and we're and they got twelve wins.

906
00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:51,880
Speaker 1: And he has lit it up this last month and

907
00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:55,240
Speaker 1: a half, I mean lit it up. And Aaron Rodgers

908
00:48:55,320 --> 00:49:02,279
Speaker 1: is playing Detroit twice. Come on, man, Josh should be

909
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:04,680
Speaker 1: in the conversation. But I get it. He's it's hard.

910
00:49:04,719 --> 00:49:06,759
Speaker 1: It's a hard sell and Aaron, and here's the thing,

911
00:49:06,760 --> 00:49:09,000
Speaker 1: because he's only done it this year. Every time you

912
00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:12,560
Speaker 1: get into this conversation, you know, it sounds like I'm

913
00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:15,080
Speaker 1: talking down Aaron Rodgers is phenomenal. I mean, there's just

914
00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:16,799
Speaker 1: no two ways about it. So you're you're talking about

915
00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:19,720
Speaker 1: two guys who've had all tires and he's an old timer.

916
00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:22,840
Speaker 1: So yeah, you know, you sound like a heel standing

917
00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:25,120
Speaker 1: here talking down on Aaron Rodgers when there's no way

918
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:26,520
Speaker 1: you should be able to do that, and you don't.

919
00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:29,440
Speaker 1: But if to get your guy considered, you got to

920
00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:32,120
Speaker 1: compare him to those guys. And that's what it comes

921
00:49:32,120 --> 00:49:34,840
Speaker 1: down to now. And mahomes as well, I means is

922
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:38,319
Speaker 1: killing it. Yeah, they're both killing it. But Josh has

923
00:49:38,360 --> 00:49:41,440
Speaker 1: more total touchdowns than Rodgers. It was funny because I

924
00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:46,440
Speaker 1: retweeted CBS Sports Headquarters tweeted out a case for Josh

925
00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:49,120
Speaker 1: comparing him to Rodgers and showing where he's been superior

926
00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:52,560
Speaker 1: to Rogers in terms of production, and it was funny.

927
00:49:52,560 --> 00:49:54,840
Speaker 1: They're like, oh, Josh has forty two total touchdowns and

928
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:58,239
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers only has forty. So I retweeted, I was like, hey,

929
00:49:58,280 --> 00:50:01,560
Speaker 1: CBS Sports, HQ, appreciate you trying to pub up Josh,

930
00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:04,360
Speaker 1: but he's actually got forty three total touchdowns. He caught

931
00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:07,279
Speaker 1: a touchdown in Week ten against Arizona. Like, people don't

932
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:11,080
Speaker 1: even look in the receiving category. He's got a receiving touchdown. Yeah,

933
00:50:11,120 --> 00:50:15,560
Speaker 1: so there's that. He's all over it. He is, I

934
00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:17,640
Speaker 1: get it. We'd all like to see Josh get the

935
00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:21,160
Speaker 1: credit that he deserves. We've particularly those of us here

936
00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:25,279
Speaker 1: in Bill's country, you know, Bill's mafia, who have gone

937
00:50:25,320 --> 00:50:28,279
Speaker 1: to war on social media and with your buddies at

938
00:50:28,280 --> 00:50:31,279
Speaker 1: the on social media, and I would say at the bar.

939
00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:33,600
Speaker 1: Nobody's going to bars these days. But you know, you

940
00:50:33,640 --> 00:50:35,560
Speaker 1: sit there and have these arguments with people about how

941
00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:38,640
Speaker 1: good Josh is. He still got people saying he's he

942
00:50:38,719 --> 00:50:44,000
Speaker 1: stinks as a quarterback. I mean, so we would love

943
00:50:44,040 --> 00:50:49,319
Speaker 1: to see Josh Allen get the credit he deserves. The

944
00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:54,120
Speaker 1: question is this the thing? Is this just for Bill's fans? Dude,

945
00:50:55,160 --> 00:50:58,160
Speaker 1: he's really good and he's gonna be really good. This

946
00:50:58,320 --> 00:51:02,000
Speaker 1: is not this isn't the ceiling. This is not a

947
00:51:02,120 --> 00:51:07,200
Speaker 1: bubble that's gonna pop this guy is good, and he's

948
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:12,960
Speaker 1: it's real, it's not it's not Sean McVeigh with an

949
00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:17,320
Speaker 1: air pump on Jared goff for one season. This guy's

950
00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:19,000
Speaker 1: gonna be good, and he's gonna be good next year

951
00:51:19,040 --> 00:51:21,680
Speaker 1: and the year after. And you know, Jared Goff, I

952
00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:24,080
Speaker 1: mean they surprised a bunch of people after he was

953
00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:26,680
Speaker 1: thought to be a bust. Sean McVay comes in, pumps

954
00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:29,200
Speaker 1: him up for a season, they do some things nobody expected,

955
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:31,799
Speaker 1: and he gets to the super Bowl, even on a

956
00:51:31,880 --> 00:51:36,040
Speaker 1: non call in New Orleans. And then and now we

957
00:51:36,080 --> 00:51:39,120
Speaker 1: find out Jared goffin he's not really that good. That's

958
00:51:39,120 --> 00:51:43,640
Speaker 1: not gonna happen to this guy. This guy's and let

959
00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:46,160
Speaker 1: me just let me just echo what we all people

960
00:51:46,280 --> 00:51:48,920
Speaker 1: here a laugh when this guy's got a growth mindset,

961
00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:53,799
Speaker 1: all right, he's in a process. You're making a coach

962
00:51:53,880 --> 00:51:57,680
Speaker 1: McDermott smile, right right, He's in a process with a

963
00:51:57,719 --> 00:52:01,040
Speaker 1: growth mindset where he's gonna get better and he's gonna

964
00:52:01,080 --> 00:52:05,439
Speaker 1: continue to get better. And so be happy about that.

965
00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:08,600
Speaker 1: As Bills fans, the MVP, it'd be great to have

966
00:52:08,640 --> 00:52:10,160
Speaker 1: an MVP on your team. I get all that. Be

967
00:52:10,560 --> 00:52:13,839
Speaker 1: happy you got that guy. Yeah, that's in that conversation,

968
00:52:13,960 --> 00:52:16,279
Speaker 1: all right, he's not going anywhere. Break time for us,

969
00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:21,440
Speaker 1: Gary on a Sell, New Rochelle. You did, Gary. I'm

970
00:52:21,480 --> 00:52:23,560
Speaker 1: just making Gary wait a little longer here. But Gary

971
00:52:23,560 --> 00:52:25,160
Speaker 1: and a Sell, Scott and Albey and Greg and New

972
00:52:25,239 --> 00:52:26,920
Speaker 1: Rochelle will get to you guys in the next segment

973
00:52:26,920 --> 00:52:29,239
Speaker 1: as we have open phone lines for you. Put your

974
00:52:29,239 --> 00:52:31,560
Speaker 1: coaching hat on today. What are you doing this weekend

975
00:52:31,560 --> 00:52:34,920
Speaker 1: against the Dolphins with starters? You're resting him, you're playing them,

976
00:52:34,920 --> 00:52:38,040
Speaker 1: You're gunning for the two seed, you're avoiding injury. What

977
00:52:38,360 --> 00:52:41,200
Speaker 1: is your plan of attack for Sunday's game? Let us

978
00:52:41,239 --> 00:52:42,960
Speaker 1: know at eight oh three, five fifty or on the

979
00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:45,279
Speaker 1: tweet sheet of One Bills Live. Steve and I back

980
00:52:45,360 --> 00:52:58,279
Speaker 1: here in a flash. We'll see in a bit, Hello,

981
00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:03,160
Speaker 1: Bills Radio Network Sports Update, Your sports update from One

982
00:53:03,200 --> 00:53:05,799
Speaker 1: Bill's Drive. Stefon diggs one hundred forty five yard three

983
00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:09,719
Speaker 1: touchdown performance against the Patriots on Monday Night Football has

984
00:53:09,719 --> 00:53:12,839
Speaker 1: awarded him the AFC Offensive Player of the Week. Back

985
00:53:12,840 --> 00:53:14,759
Speaker 1: to back weeks the Bills have brought home the honor.

986
00:53:14,840 --> 00:53:17,719
Speaker 1: Josh Allen was named Offensive Player of the Week for

987
00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:20,640
Speaker 1: his performance against the Broncos in Week fifteen. It's a

988
00:53:20,719 --> 00:53:23,040
Speaker 1: fifth time this season the Bills have been awarded the

989
00:53:23,120 --> 00:53:25,680
Speaker 1: Offensive Player of the Week. The Super Bowl will have

990
00:53:25,760 --> 00:53:28,120
Speaker 1: many changes this year, and one change relates to the

991
00:53:28,239 --> 00:53:30,800
Speaker 1: arrival of the Super Bowl teams in Tampa. Per reports,

992
00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:34,560
Speaker 1: super Bowl teams will remain in their normal home environments

993
00:53:34,600 --> 00:53:37,240
Speaker 1: four super Bowl week, traveling to Tampa for the game

994
00:53:37,640 --> 00:53:39,440
Speaker 1: in the same way the teams would travel for a

995
00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:43,040
Speaker 1: normal road game. Ordinarily, teams travel a week before for

996
00:53:43,120 --> 00:53:46,359
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl given the various media obligations surrounding the game.

997
00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:49,200
Speaker 1: Dwayne Haskins has officially become a free agent after going

998
00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:53,560
Speaker 1: unclaimed on waivers Tuesday. Washington released Haskins on Monday, following

999
00:53:53,560 --> 00:53:57,320
Speaker 1: a tumultuous week that included his second COVID nineteen protocol violation,

1000
00:53:57,680 --> 00:54:00,360
Speaker 1: a public apology and punishment in the four of the

1001
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:03,759
Speaker 1: loss of his captaincy, and more than half of his

1002
00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:08,160
Speaker 1: week's salary still, Haskins started out of necessity last Sunday,

1003
00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:10,840
Speaker 1: throwing two interceptions and losing a fumble before being benched

1004
00:54:10,840 --> 00:54:14,480
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. Washington linebacker Thomas Davis announced his

1005
00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:16,279
Speaker 1: plans to retire at the end of the season. He

1006
00:54:16,320 --> 00:54:17,920
Speaker 1: was a first round pick all the way back in

1007
00:54:17,920 --> 00:54:21,200
Speaker 1: two thousand and five, moved into Carolina starting lineup the

1008
00:54:21,239 --> 00:54:24,120
Speaker 1: next year. The All Pro marked the first of three

1009
00:54:24,200 --> 00:54:26,759
Speaker 1: straight years that Davis was a Pro bowler, and he

1010
00:54:26,840 --> 00:54:28,759
Speaker 1: was also named the leaguees Walter Payton Man of the

1011
00:54:28,840 --> 00:54:32,440
Speaker 1: Year award in twenty fourteen. UBI Bulls running back Jared

1012
00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:36,120
Speaker 1: Patterson announced Tuesday via his Twitter account that he's foregoing

1013
00:54:36,120 --> 00:54:38,840
Speaker 1: his senior season to declare for the twenty twenty one draft.

1014
00:54:39,120 --> 00:54:41,400
Speaker 1: To twenty one year old Junior had an historic twenty

1015
00:54:41,440 --> 00:54:44,440
Speaker 1: twenty campaign. In just six games for the Bulls, he

1016
00:54:44,520 --> 00:54:46,239
Speaker 1: led the nation with an average of one hundred and

1017
00:54:46,239 --> 00:54:49,160
Speaker 1: seventy eight point seven yards rushing per game, and he

1018
00:54:49,200 --> 00:54:51,640
Speaker 1: also rushed for a total of one thousand and seventy

1019
00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:55,040
Speaker 1: two yards in those six contests. That is your sports

1020
00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:59,000
Speaker 1: update from One Bill's Drive Chris Brown Steve Task hour

1021
00:54:59,080 --> 00:55:01,520
Speaker 1: number two of the program, where we are asking you

1022
00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:05,200
Speaker 1: today to put on your head coaching hat with respect

1023
00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:08,840
Speaker 1: to this Bills game in week seventeen against the Dolphins.

1024
00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:12,080
Speaker 1: How are you handling it? Are you gunning to clinch

1025
00:55:12,160 --> 00:55:15,040
Speaker 1: that number two seed? Playing? Everybody, keep the foot on

1026
00:55:15,080 --> 00:55:17,799
Speaker 1: the gas. Go, go go. Are you playing starters for

1027
00:55:17,840 --> 00:55:19,560
Speaker 1: maybe a series or two to keep them in a

1028
00:55:19,600 --> 00:55:22,000
Speaker 1: state of readiness and then put them on the side

1029
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:24,839
Speaker 1: to protect against injury and play it out from there,

1030
00:55:25,440 --> 00:55:28,200
Speaker 1: or are you treating this thing like a full blown

1031
00:55:28,239 --> 00:55:31,879
Speaker 1: preseason game, not given the Dolphins anything to chew on,

1032
00:55:32,239 --> 00:55:34,920
Speaker 1: knowing you could very well face that same Dolphins team

1033
00:55:35,360 --> 00:55:37,080
Speaker 1: next week. Let us know. We got an open line

1034
00:55:37,120 --> 00:55:39,839
Speaker 1: for you. At eight oh three five fifty eight eight

1035
00:55:39,880 --> 00:55:42,320
Speaker 1: eight five fifty two five fifty, and also on the

1036
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Speaker 1: tweet sheet at one Bills Live, we begin with a

1037
00:55:44,800 --> 00:55:47,719
Speaker 1: patiently waiting Gary on a cell. Gary, what do you

1038
00:55:47,760 --> 00:55:51,279
Speaker 1: have for us? You're on one bills Live. Hey, guys,

1039
00:55:51,280 --> 00:55:56,600
Speaker 1: how y'all do we're doing good? Gary? A couple of

1040
00:55:56,640 --> 00:55:59,359
Speaker 1: things here I want to say. Was it's pretty great

1041
00:55:59,400 --> 00:56:02,520
Speaker 1: Steve belt brough that phone. Huh, Yeah, that was great.

1042
00:56:03,280 --> 00:56:06,480
Speaker 1: That was the clip of the week. Also, oh, it

1043
00:56:06,560 --> 00:56:09,040
Speaker 1: was great. H was seeing that blowing them out was

1044
00:56:09,200 --> 00:56:12,680
Speaker 1: amazing how many times they've done it to us. Also,

1045
00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:16,160
Speaker 1: three would realize if we beat the Dolphins, we sweep

1046
00:56:16,200 --> 00:56:18,560
Speaker 1: the division. I mean, I don't know if that's yeast six.

1047
00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:22,160
Speaker 1: And oh it's pretty cool. Yeah, I thought about earlier.

1048
00:56:22,840 --> 00:56:24,600
Speaker 1: They've never done, never been done in the history of

1049
00:56:24,640 --> 00:56:26,600
Speaker 1: the team. Yeah, it's never been done in the history

1050
00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:29,080
Speaker 1: of the team. Obviously, it was harder to do when

1051
00:56:29,160 --> 00:56:31,920
Speaker 1: years passed, when they were you know, five teams in

1052
00:56:31,920 --> 00:56:33,640
Speaker 1: the division. You had to go eight. No, back when

1053
00:56:33,640 --> 00:56:35,680
Speaker 1: the Cults were in the AFC East. But yeah, I mean,

1054
00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:38,799
Speaker 1: nobody's nobody and no team in Bill's history has run

1055
00:56:38,920 --> 00:56:44,160
Speaker 1: the table. As far as playing the players, you know, Alan,

1056
00:56:44,040 --> 00:56:49,560
Speaker 1: what's hundred fifty hundreds of the yards forty important? Damn,

1057
00:56:50,400 --> 00:56:52,879
Speaker 1: but it would be pretty cool. Yeah, let him break

1058
00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:56,880
Speaker 1: the record. And as far as John Brown, I play him.

1059
00:56:56,920 --> 00:56:59,319
Speaker 1: I think you should play him. I understand you can

1060
00:56:59,360 --> 00:57:02,080
Speaker 1: get reps the better I would play him. Yeah, just again,

1061
00:57:02,120 --> 00:57:06,040
Speaker 1: I'm used to the regular season setting Again, that's what

1062
00:57:06,120 --> 00:57:08,280
Speaker 1: I think. I mean. I'm not am I don't disagree

1063
00:57:08,280 --> 00:57:11,080
Speaker 1: with you said earlier Chris about it, but I mean,

1064
00:57:11,160 --> 00:57:13,360
Speaker 1: let him just get get get a little tob with

1065
00:57:13,560 --> 00:57:15,880
Speaker 1: out and I think that might be a better idea

1066
00:57:16,120 --> 00:57:18,320
Speaker 1: nobody else I would just as the game goes, I

1067
00:57:18,320 --> 00:57:21,440
Speaker 1: would play it. Thanks guys, I appreciate it, you bet, Yeah,

1068
00:57:21,480 --> 00:57:23,520
Speaker 1: you got a good call, and we appreciate the phone calling.

1069
00:57:23,600 --> 00:57:26,960
Speaker 1: I get that too, and I and I see, I

1070
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:29,320
Speaker 1: can see that happen, playing it like a preseason game

1071
00:57:29,320 --> 00:57:33,360
Speaker 1: where you're not trying to look at anybody. Um, I

1072
00:57:33,440 --> 00:57:36,200
Speaker 1: know this. Sean McDermott will probably sell this game for

1073
00:57:36,200 --> 00:57:37,600
Speaker 1: the guys that are going to play a lot as

1074
00:57:37,600 --> 00:57:41,520
Speaker 1: an opportunity. Absolutely right. So but and I get it.

1075
00:57:41,720 --> 00:57:43,840
Speaker 1: See how the game goes. Put Josh, put the number,

1076
00:57:43,880 --> 00:57:45,720
Speaker 1: put the ones out on it like a preseason game.

1077
00:57:45,720 --> 00:57:47,400
Speaker 1: Put him out there for the first series. Let him

1078
00:57:47,440 --> 00:57:49,440
Speaker 1: go and just play it by field. And then all

1079
00:57:49,440 --> 00:57:50,960
Speaker 1: of a sudden it's like, Okay, that's good for him,

1080
00:57:51,040 --> 00:57:53,439
Speaker 1: Let's pull him out. Okay, now this guy, now this guy,

1081
00:57:53,520 --> 00:57:59,320
Speaker 1: now this guy. Um, I see the I see the

1082
00:57:59,400 --> 00:58:04,320
Speaker 1: thought process behind that. It would more be my thought, say, listen,

1083
00:58:05,240 --> 00:58:08,440
Speaker 1: when we get to this point in the game, you're done.

1084
00:58:08,480 --> 00:58:10,560
Speaker 1: Everybody goes in. So you're gonna have a group of

1085
00:58:10,600 --> 00:58:14,200
Speaker 1: guys who will go in there together, who have practiced

1086
00:58:14,360 --> 00:58:17,320
Speaker 1: together all week. You know, you get Matt Barkley in

1087
00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:22,000
Speaker 1: there with Yelden, with Zach Moss, Tyler Craft. Anyway, bring

1088
00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:25,680
Speaker 1: all the guys up. And also, I would tell guys

1089
00:58:25,720 --> 00:58:29,280
Speaker 1: early in the week, like a cold Beasley or a

1090
00:58:29,320 --> 00:58:34,680
Speaker 1: Steph Diggs or whoever you're done, you're not playing this week.

1091
00:58:35,600 --> 00:58:38,360
Speaker 1: And I would also tell guys like Duke Williams and

1092
00:58:38,960 --> 00:58:41,800
Speaker 1: and Crumero if he was here or all these guys, say, listen,

1093
00:58:41,840 --> 00:58:43,840
Speaker 1: you are in get ready to play. This is gonna

1094
00:58:43,880 --> 00:58:47,080
Speaker 1: be your opportunity. I think you give guys as much

1095
00:58:47,600 --> 00:58:50,600
Speaker 1: forewarning as you can exactly how you want the game

1096
00:58:50,640 --> 00:58:54,600
Speaker 1: to go, instead of just saying at some point we're

1097
00:58:54,600 --> 00:58:59,400
Speaker 1: gonna sit you down, because then you're gonna prepare as

1098
00:58:59,440 --> 00:59:04,080
Speaker 1: though at some point you're gonna be done. The more

1099
00:59:04,320 --> 00:59:08,600
Speaker 1: definite information you can give guys, the better they're going

1100
00:59:08,640 --> 00:59:10,480
Speaker 1: to prepare, the more they're more they're going to throw

1101
00:59:10,520 --> 00:59:14,040
Speaker 1: themselves into getting ready for that. It's hard to prepare

1102
00:59:14,080 --> 00:59:16,240
Speaker 1: your best when you don't know what you're getting prepared

1103
00:59:16,280 --> 00:59:19,160
Speaker 1: for exactly. And I will say, just to remind everybody,

1104
00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:23,360
Speaker 1: last year, at this time, Bills had no way to

1105
00:59:23,400 --> 00:59:28,720
Speaker 1: improve their playoff seating, and coach McDermott still started most

1106
00:59:28,760 --> 00:59:31,480
Speaker 1: of the starters to begin the game. They played a

1107
00:59:31,560 --> 00:59:34,840
Speaker 1: series or two and then they were promptly yanked out

1108
00:59:34,880 --> 00:59:39,200
Speaker 1: of the game. There were players that were inactive starters

1109
00:59:39,240 --> 00:59:41,400
Speaker 1: that were healthy and active is for that game in

1110
00:59:41,440 --> 00:59:46,360
Speaker 1: Week seventeen. Cole Beasley, John Brown, Andre Roberts, Devin Singletary,

1111
00:59:46,760 --> 00:59:50,240
Speaker 1: Tredevious White, Dawson Knox, and Shaq Lawson. Those were the

1112
00:59:50,280 --> 00:59:54,160
Speaker 1: inactives in Week seventeen last year. Most of them were

1113
00:59:54,240 --> 00:59:57,240
Speaker 1: healthy Jets against the Jets in a game where they

1114
00:59:57,240 --> 00:59:59,479
Speaker 1: could not improve their playoff seating. That is the only

1115
00:59:59,480 --> 01:00:01,920
Speaker 1: thing that is different here. Really, the Bills have an

1116
01:00:01,920 --> 01:00:05,800
Speaker 1: opportunity to improve their seating to get as high as two,

1117
01:00:06,320 --> 01:00:08,200
Speaker 1: but they're only going to be as low as three.

1118
01:00:08,440 --> 01:00:11,600
Speaker 1: So I don't know if that difference is significant enough

1119
01:00:11,960 --> 01:00:15,280
Speaker 1: to change the approach here and so, and you're one

1120
01:00:15,320 --> 01:00:19,200
Speaker 1: hundred percent right, Steve, when you're talking about, you know,

1121
01:00:19,440 --> 01:00:21,480
Speaker 1: how they approach this game. They may go into this

1122
01:00:21,520 --> 01:00:25,520
Speaker 1: game where their reserves are playing the vast majority of

1123
01:00:25,520 --> 01:00:29,320
Speaker 1: the snaps, but you better damn well believe they are

1124
01:00:29,400 --> 01:00:33,360
Speaker 1: playing to win the game. And coach McDermott will be

1125
01:00:33,400 --> 01:00:37,120
Speaker 1: emphasizing that this week. Just because we don't have our

1126
01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:39,840
Speaker 1: Thoroughbreds out on the field, don't think for a second

1127
01:00:39,880 --> 01:00:42,400
Speaker 1: we're not trying to win this damn game. He is

1128
01:00:42,440 --> 01:00:44,960
Speaker 1: going to be insisting to those players that it's not

1129
01:00:44,960 --> 01:00:48,880
Speaker 1: only an opportunity, but there's an expectation that they will

1130
01:00:48,920 --> 01:00:51,160
Speaker 1: win the game on subsolutely. And I'll tell you this.

1131
01:00:51,760 --> 01:00:53,800
Speaker 1: You can look back and you say Cole Beasley and

1132
01:00:53,840 --> 01:00:55,919
Speaker 1: John Brown were both inactive last year. You can bet

1133
01:00:55,960 --> 01:00:57,960
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley and Steph Diggs are going to be inactive

1134
01:00:57,960 --> 01:01:00,560
Speaker 1: this year. Yeah. You can bet under from the only

1135
01:01:00,600 --> 01:01:02,880
Speaker 1: play sparingly just to get his feetback under him in

1136
01:01:02,960 --> 01:01:05,600
Speaker 1: a game setting. And Andre Roberts will probably be down.

1137
01:01:05,760 --> 01:01:08,520
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary was inactive weeks seventeen last year. He may

1138
01:01:08,560 --> 01:01:10,840
Speaker 1: be down or maybe it's gonna be Zach Moss, probably

1139
01:01:10,880 --> 01:01:14,480
Speaker 1: Moss and t J. Eldon. Devin Singletary was a rookie

1140
01:01:14,520 --> 01:01:17,520
Speaker 1: last year and they sat him, but then he only

1141
01:01:17,600 --> 01:01:21,120
Speaker 1: had Frank Gore backing him up right, and so Frank

1142
01:01:21,160 --> 01:01:23,280
Speaker 1: played the first two series and they sat down right.

1143
01:01:23,360 --> 01:01:26,440
Speaker 1: So you know, Turdavious White was inactive last year. You

1144
01:01:26,480 --> 01:01:30,920
Speaker 1: think that guy's going to see the field Trey Now

1145
01:01:31,920 --> 01:01:34,760
Speaker 1: Dawson Knox was inactive last year. Yeah, I can't remember

1146
01:01:34,760 --> 01:01:38,960
Speaker 1: if he was injured or not that Yeah, So you know,

1147
01:01:39,960 --> 01:01:41,480
Speaker 1: if you look back at the history of it, and

1148
01:01:41,560 --> 01:01:44,600
Speaker 1: that was and they nothing was set in stone, but

1149
01:01:44,640 --> 01:01:47,560
Speaker 1: they couldn't improve from their five seed last year, and

1150
01:01:47,600 --> 01:01:49,520
Speaker 1: they weren't going to lose their five seed because of

1151
01:01:49,560 --> 01:01:52,919
Speaker 1: the other teams around him in their situation. So all

1152
01:01:53,000 --> 01:01:55,960
Speaker 1: those guys, it was a it was an absolutely meaningless

1153
01:01:55,960 --> 01:01:58,400
Speaker 1: game in the standings, except they went, you know, ten

1154
01:01:58,400 --> 01:02:01,080
Speaker 1: and six instead of eleven and five or eleven and

1155
01:02:01,080 --> 01:02:03,240
Speaker 1: five US twelve and four. No, I don't know, they

1156
01:02:03,240 --> 01:02:07,280
Speaker 1: went ten and six instead of eleven. All of that

1157
01:02:08,640 --> 01:02:11,520
Speaker 1: was in there. So you can bet there's gonna be

1158
01:02:11,560 --> 01:02:13,360
Speaker 1: some guys sitting down this week and there I mean

1159
01:02:13,440 --> 01:02:17,600
Speaker 1: street clothes wearing a mask, not a face mask. Let's

1160
01:02:17,640 --> 01:02:19,920
Speaker 1: get back to the phones. We go to Scott and

1161
01:02:20,040 --> 01:02:21,600
Speaker 1: Albi and Scott, what do you have for us here

1162
01:02:21,600 --> 01:02:25,120
Speaker 1: on One Bill's Live. Yeah, I'm actually calling from Alagay.

1163
01:02:26,040 --> 01:02:28,200
Speaker 1: I'm rooting for Steve to make the Hall of Fame.

1164
01:02:28,920 --> 01:02:32,040
Speaker 1: And I also say agree that we should play the

1165
01:02:32,120 --> 01:02:36,120
Speaker 1: series started for a series or two, maybe at least

1166
01:02:36,160 --> 01:02:38,320
Speaker 1: for the first half. Maybe we can get well at

1167
01:02:38,520 --> 01:02:43,880
Speaker 1: well ahead by that point. Then them and and I'm

1168
01:02:43,920 --> 01:02:46,200
Speaker 1: guessing you're you want to just keep those guys sharp.

1169
01:02:46,320 --> 01:02:49,880
Speaker 1: Is that your reasoning behind that? Yeah, I don't know.

1170
01:02:49,920 --> 01:02:52,160
Speaker 1: I don't know how much sharper they can get. I mean,

1171
01:02:52,200 --> 01:02:54,640
Speaker 1: a half a half might be too much for my liking.

1172
01:02:55,040 --> 01:02:57,800
Speaker 1: I just don't like the injury risk. I think there's

1173
01:02:59,520 --> 01:03:01,640
Speaker 1: I keep I've said this before too, and this is

1174
01:03:01,680 --> 01:03:04,480
Speaker 1: the thing about this team that's really gotten me. Every

1175
01:03:04,480 --> 01:03:09,200
Speaker 1: week for the last month at least, I've been saying, gosh,

1176
01:03:09,480 --> 01:03:12,160
Speaker 1: I hope they don't peak too early. And they come

1177
01:03:12,200 --> 01:03:15,560
Speaker 1: out the next week and played better, and then the

1178
01:03:15,600 --> 01:03:17,560
Speaker 1: next week they played better. I'm thinking, Wow, I hope

1179
01:03:17,560 --> 01:03:19,760
Speaker 1: they can keep this sharpness, and the next week they

1180
01:03:19,840 --> 01:03:23,320
Speaker 1: played better. Right up until this last game against New England,

1181
01:03:23,720 --> 01:03:24,960
Speaker 1: I was thinking, Man, I don't know if they can

1182
01:03:25,040 --> 01:03:27,280
Speaker 1: keep it going, because they played so well against Pittsburgh

1183
01:03:27,280 --> 01:03:28,680
Speaker 1: and I don't know if they can keep that going.

1184
01:03:28,960 --> 01:03:33,560
Speaker 1: They played better in the New England game. I'm so

1185
01:03:33,640 --> 01:03:36,000
Speaker 1: I'm I'm at the point where they're sharp. Now, let's

1186
01:03:36,000 --> 01:03:38,280
Speaker 1: get get them. Let's just you know, let them rest

1187
01:03:38,360 --> 01:03:40,880
Speaker 1: up and make them hungry to get on the field again.

1188
01:03:42,120 --> 01:03:44,320
Speaker 1: You know, I don't send them down, send them, you know,

1189
01:03:45,560 --> 01:03:48,280
Speaker 1: send them to a SPA for a week, get them

1190
01:03:48,320 --> 01:03:50,680
Speaker 1: some you know. I don't know if we're sending anybody

1191
01:03:50,720 --> 01:03:54,880
Speaker 1: to a set. I said it yesterday, I'll say it

1192
01:03:54,960 --> 01:03:58,360
Speaker 1: throughout the week. They're not resting. No, they'll be practicing.

1193
01:03:58,480 --> 01:04:00,800
Speaker 1: They're not resting. They're they're gonna gonna get injured, but

1194
01:04:00,840 --> 01:04:07,120
Speaker 1: they're not resting. Listen when the playoffs start, so does

1195
01:04:07,160 --> 01:04:11,800
Speaker 1: your adrenaline pump. I'm like, as soon as the you're

1196
01:04:11,800 --> 01:04:16,040
Speaker 1: in the locker room after the last game, you're thinking, Okay,

1197
01:04:16,080 --> 01:04:19,640
Speaker 1: it's on, and it goes all the way through. You're

1198
01:04:19,680 --> 01:04:23,960
Speaker 1: not resting, you're not sleeping, you're not resting, You're not

1199
01:04:24,080 --> 01:04:27,720
Speaker 1: you're on edge for a week until that game happens.

1200
01:04:28,240 --> 01:04:31,560
Speaker 1: So don't think Josh Allen and Tredavious White and Devin

1201
01:04:31,640 --> 01:04:34,800
Speaker 1: Singletary and Cole Beasley and Steph Diggs are sitting over

1202
01:04:34,800 --> 01:04:37,160
Speaker 1: there with their feet up, wearing flip blops, drinking drinking

1203
01:04:37,160 --> 01:04:41,120
Speaker 1: a drink with a umbrella in it. They're like on

1204
01:04:41,360 --> 01:04:47,200
Speaker 1: the edge of their seats, on edge. So the rest

1205
01:04:47,280 --> 01:04:50,600
Speaker 1: thing is a misnomer. It's it's a stay away from

1206
01:04:50,640 --> 01:04:55,160
Speaker 1: injury thing because it's injury sport. Anybody will tell you that, Yes,

1207
01:04:55,280 --> 01:04:59,040
Speaker 1: and just every game, there's there's somebody on the list.

1208
01:04:59,400 --> 01:05:02,080
Speaker 1: Every game. Let's get back to the phones. We go

1209
01:05:02,080 --> 01:05:04,120
Speaker 1: to Greg in New Rochelle, Greg, what do you have

1210
01:05:04,160 --> 01:05:07,280
Speaker 1: for us? You're on One Bill's Live. Hey, guys, how

1211
01:05:07,280 --> 01:05:12,360
Speaker 1: are you doing good? Yeah? So, um, I think you know,

1212
01:05:12,440 --> 01:05:14,240
Speaker 1: I think it's totally different. You're not comparing it to

1213
01:05:14,240 --> 01:05:17,200
Speaker 1: the last season at all. You know, there is something

1214
01:05:17,240 --> 01:05:20,919
Speaker 1: at stake, the two seed in the AFC, which if

1215
01:05:20,960 --> 01:05:24,600
Speaker 1: you win your games, that guarantees you at least two

1216
01:05:24,640 --> 01:05:27,880
Speaker 1: more games at home and potentially a path to the

1217
01:05:27,880 --> 01:05:30,200
Speaker 1: super Bowl at home. I don't know if you guys,

1218
01:05:30,280 --> 01:05:32,360
Speaker 1: I know Steve has, but I've been to the I've

1219
01:05:32,360 --> 01:05:35,760
Speaker 1: been to the stadium in January, and it's a it's

1220
01:05:35,840 --> 01:05:38,680
Speaker 1: it's a difficult place to play, you know, it's it's intimidating,

1221
01:05:38,680 --> 01:05:40,400
Speaker 1: the weather and all that. You know. I've been to

1222
01:05:40,440 --> 01:05:43,439
Speaker 1: the games in the nineties and these guys are living

1223
01:05:43,480 --> 01:05:46,120
Speaker 1: in it, they're practicing in it, and I think it's

1224
01:05:46,120 --> 01:05:48,280
Speaker 1: a big factor. And I just I know, you don't

1225
01:05:48,280 --> 01:05:51,080
Speaker 1: want to get injured in the last week. But having

1226
01:05:51,160 --> 01:05:55,240
Speaker 1: that path potentially going to Buffalo and guaranteeing at least

1227
01:05:55,280 --> 01:05:59,080
Speaker 1: two in Buffalo, I think is worth playing for. Because

1228
01:05:59,160 --> 01:06:02,520
Speaker 1: if Pittsburgh's winning this weekend and they end up losing,

1229
01:06:02,600 --> 01:06:05,760
Speaker 1: they have to go down to Pittsburgh potentially in week two.

1230
01:06:06,720 --> 01:06:13,320
Speaker 1: So no, no, that wouldn't have happened. Well, yeah, protect

1231
01:06:13,400 --> 01:06:15,360
Speaker 1: yeah it could. It could. We could go down to

1232
01:06:15,400 --> 01:06:20,240
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh because let's say, for instance, if well, I don't

1233
01:06:20,240 --> 01:06:23,400
Speaker 1: know that that's not true, Well, if Pittsburgh gets the

1234
01:06:23,400 --> 01:06:26,040
Speaker 1: two seeds, if Pittsburgh gets the two seed, yes, that's right,

1235
01:06:26,120 --> 01:06:32,640
Speaker 1: Buffalo would go to Pittsburgh. If Pittsburgh wins on wildcard

1236
01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:36,760
Speaker 1: weekend against right now, they would be playing Cleveland, and

1237
01:06:36,840 --> 01:06:40,320
Speaker 1: that could change to Baltimore or Miami or Indianapolis. There's

1238
01:06:40,320 --> 01:06:42,680
Speaker 1: a lot of there's a lot of if sands or

1239
01:06:42,720 --> 01:06:45,840
Speaker 1: butts in that scenario. You're talking about two weeks down

1240
01:06:45,880 --> 01:06:47,560
Speaker 1: the road. You couldn't even talk two weeks down the

1241
01:06:47,600 --> 01:06:49,400
Speaker 1: road in the regular season, let alone the playoffs when

1242
01:06:49,440 --> 01:06:51,959
Speaker 1: you don't even know who's gonna be in yet. So

1243
01:06:52,120 --> 01:06:56,160
Speaker 1: I'm I I got too much faith in the guys

1244
01:06:56,160 --> 01:06:58,960
Speaker 1: they got in the locker room. Now, don't ask me

1245
01:06:59,000 --> 01:07:01,680
Speaker 1: to have faith in in whatever guys are left. If

1246
01:07:01,720 --> 01:07:06,240
Speaker 1: we lose three starters to injury in Week seventeen, having

1247
01:07:06,320 --> 01:07:10,160
Speaker 1: faith even in wildcard weekend, let alone the division round

1248
01:07:10,160 --> 01:07:12,919
Speaker 1: of the playoffs. I'd rather have all my guys going

1249
01:07:12,960 --> 01:07:18,360
Speaker 1: against whoever it ends up being healthy than taking my

1250
01:07:18,520 --> 01:07:23,440
Speaker 1: chances with a lesser roster against a team that's in

1251
01:07:23,480 --> 01:07:26,680
Speaker 1: the playoffs. I mean, that's my thought. I get the

1252
01:07:26,720 --> 01:07:28,360
Speaker 1: two seat is important, I get it, but it's not

1253
01:07:28,400 --> 01:07:30,040
Speaker 1: as important as it used to be. And neither as

1254
01:07:30,120 --> 01:07:34,439
Speaker 1: home field, right because even if you do have fans there,

1255
01:07:34,440 --> 01:07:38,240
Speaker 1: it's going to be limited capacity. The impact is lessened

1256
01:07:38,640 --> 01:07:44,640
Speaker 1: to a great degree. So even that element is not

1257
01:07:44,680 --> 01:07:49,120
Speaker 1: what it normally is. So you know, when you're talking

1258
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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh and Buffalo, I mean, what the heck's the difference,

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01:07:52,120 --> 01:07:56,440
Speaker 1: same geographic region in the country. And you know, as

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01:07:56,440 --> 01:08:01,240
Speaker 1: Steve said, Pittsburgh ain't the Pittsburgh they used to be. Yeah,

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01:08:01,240 --> 01:08:06,880
Speaker 1: they're they're beatable. They're beatable. Yeah, and it's yeah, I agree.

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Speaker 1: Here's the thing. Buffalo is not the same Buffalo they

1263
01:08:09,760 --> 01:08:13,080
Speaker 1: used to be either, you know, a better in a

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01:08:13,120 --> 01:08:21,960
Speaker 1: good way. Nobody wants to play the Bills right now. Nobody.

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Speaker 1: The teams that would, yeah, the teams that would love

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01:08:24,200 --> 01:08:25,519
Speaker 1: to play Buffalo are the ones that would just like

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01:08:25,600 --> 01:08:28,240
Speaker 1: to play because it means they made it in right,

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01:08:28,800 --> 01:08:30,479
Speaker 1: you know, they would just like the chance to play,

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01:08:31,560 --> 01:08:34,120
Speaker 1: They would rather not play Buffalo. Yeah, let's take our

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Speaker 1: first look at the tweet sheet brought to you by

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Speaker 1: Corrigan Moving Systems, the official equipment moving company of the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills, and Michael leads us off today and he says,

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Speaker 1: I'd like to see them play some starters to keep

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01:08:46,880 --> 01:08:49,080
Speaker 1: them hot and not lose momentum. I think that the

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01:08:49,120 --> 01:08:51,920
Speaker 1: two seat is very important, not that I'm afraid of

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01:08:51,920 --> 01:08:55,200
Speaker 1: any team for these Bills, but to avoid Baltimore, who

1277
01:08:55,240 --> 01:08:58,719
Speaker 1: I feel will beat Pittsburgh then move on to KC.

1278
01:08:59,520 --> 01:09:03,120
Speaker 1: Let them him deal with Lamar. So he's already trying

1279
01:09:03,120 --> 01:09:06,400
Speaker 1: to slot teams, which, as Steve said, is somewhat foolhardy.

1280
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Speaker 1: But I do agree with Michael on this standpoint. I

1281
01:09:09,600 --> 01:09:15,360
Speaker 1: think Baltimore is the most dangerous of the teams next

1282
01:09:15,439 --> 01:09:19,240
Speaker 1: to Kansas City in terms of how they're playing right now.

1283
01:09:20,280 --> 01:09:23,000
Speaker 1: Their strength of schedule is over five hundred. They're the

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01:09:23,080 --> 01:09:26,320
Speaker 1: only other team in the playoff picture right now besides

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01:09:26,360 --> 01:09:30,559
Speaker 1: the Bills, who I believe have a strength of schedule

1286
01:09:31,160 --> 01:09:33,640
Speaker 1: over five hundred. I will double check that, but I

1287
01:09:33,680 --> 01:09:37,519
Speaker 1: think that's correct and the way they're playing right now

1288
01:09:39,439 --> 01:09:43,040
Speaker 1: is impactful. Yeah, it's it's the Bills in Baltimore with

1289
01:09:43,080 --> 01:09:47,919
Speaker 1: the two highest strength of schedules of the playoff teams

1290
01:09:48,360 --> 01:09:52,880
Speaker 1: still in contention. So that's a team I'd prefer to

1291
01:09:52,920 --> 01:09:56,080
Speaker 1: see later rather than They are smoking hot right now.

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01:09:58,360 --> 01:10:02,080
Speaker 1: They're smoking hot right now. Just play physical, just like

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01:10:02,240 --> 01:10:05,840
Speaker 1: the Bills. Their offense is good. I think the Bills

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01:10:05,840 --> 01:10:08,240
Speaker 1: are better. Oh I do too, The Bills are better.

1295
01:10:08,280 --> 01:10:11,479
Speaker 1: But this team's gonna really there. But when you get

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01:10:11,520 --> 01:10:13,679
Speaker 1: into an emotional game where they got you know, teams

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01:10:13,880 --> 01:10:15,559
Speaker 1: come out sky high and they get a couple of

1298
01:10:15,560 --> 01:10:17,280
Speaker 1: things to go their way, then you come they become

1299
01:10:17,320 --> 01:10:23,600
Speaker 1: a handful and they played better than than they would have. Um. Yeah,

1300
01:10:23,320 --> 01:10:26,360
Speaker 1: the Bills are a handful now, just like the Ravens.

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01:10:26,760 --> 01:10:29,639
Speaker 1: And it wouldn't it wouldn't shock me if either one

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01:10:29,640 --> 01:10:33,200
Speaker 1: of these two teams gave Kansas City all they could

1303
01:10:33,200 --> 01:10:36,080
Speaker 1: handle and and in fact could beat them. Yeah. Uh,

1304
01:10:38,000 --> 01:10:40,120
Speaker 1: but Kansas City is still the gold standard right now.

1305
01:10:40,880 --> 01:10:43,559
Speaker 1: From Jeremy on the tweet sheet, starters need to play

1306
01:10:43,560 --> 01:10:46,320
Speaker 1: and keep up the momentum. Last year's playoff game with rest,

1307
01:10:46,880 --> 01:10:49,760
Speaker 1: albeit at different players, showed its ugly head in the

1308
01:10:49,800 --> 01:10:54,160
Speaker 1: second half also, playing Miami three times isn't something I'd

1309
01:10:54,200 --> 01:10:56,880
Speaker 1: like to do. Keep playing for at least a half

1310
01:10:57,320 --> 01:11:02,559
Speaker 1: and adjust from there. Um. I I hate to tell

1311
01:11:03,240 --> 01:11:06,200
Speaker 1: Jeremy this, but if the Bills win, there are still

1312
01:11:06,200 --> 01:11:08,880
Speaker 1: six scenarios in which they could still face Miami in

1313
01:11:08,880 --> 01:11:12,600
Speaker 1: the wild card round. By beating them on Sunday, it

1314
01:11:12,680 --> 01:11:15,280
Speaker 1: does not exclude them from the playoffs. They could still

1315
01:11:15,320 --> 01:11:17,880
Speaker 1: get in with some help if the other teams in

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01:11:17,920 --> 01:11:21,200
Speaker 1: contention lose. So even if the Bills win, it doesn't

1317
01:11:21,240 --> 01:11:24,080
Speaker 1: mean you wouldn't play Miami next week. In fact, the

1318
01:11:24,080 --> 01:11:26,960
Speaker 1: only scenarios that exist in which you do play Miami

1319
01:11:27,120 --> 01:11:30,599
Speaker 1: is if the Bills win. If the Bills lose on Sunday,

1320
01:11:30,640 --> 01:11:32,840
Speaker 1: they will not face Miami in Round one. They could

1321
01:11:32,840 --> 01:11:37,760
Speaker 1: face Baltimore, Indie, Tennessee, or Cleveland, but not Miami if

1322
01:11:37,800 --> 01:11:40,880
Speaker 1: they lose this week. So, losing this week, you would

1323
01:11:40,880 --> 01:11:46,040
Speaker 1: not face Miami. Winning you could based on how everything

1324
01:11:46,040 --> 01:11:50,720
Speaker 1: else falls. And let me just say this, what an

1325
01:11:50,760 --> 01:11:53,920
Speaker 1: interesting scenario if you beat Miami playing Matt Barkley for

1326
01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:57,640
Speaker 1: three and a half quarters, what's the line on that

1327
01:11:57,680 --> 01:12:00,679
Speaker 1: game going to be? Coming back in here? John, Josh

1328
01:12:00,680 --> 01:12:04,439
Speaker 1: Allen and Steph Digs and Cole Beasley in the lineup,

1329
01:12:04,439 --> 01:12:08,880
Speaker 1: and John Brown and Tredavious White be a little different

1330
01:12:08,920 --> 01:12:15,040
Speaker 1: I think, and no stop at the end of it.

1331
01:12:15,400 --> 01:12:18,240
Speaker 1: I mean like like there's no yeah, they're playing wire

1332
01:12:18,280 --> 01:12:23,280
Speaker 1: to wires. Yeah, yeah, there's no like ooh baby from

1333
01:12:23,280 --> 01:12:26,200
Speaker 1: Shane on the tweet sheet. Depends on how the game

1334
01:12:26,320 --> 01:12:29,920
Speaker 1: is going. If the Steelers are clearly losing their game,

1335
01:12:30,560 --> 01:12:32,640
Speaker 1: pull your starters when you know you've locked up the

1336
01:12:32,680 --> 01:12:35,160
Speaker 1: two seed. I'd like to do whatever we could to

1337
01:12:35,200 --> 01:12:38,000
Speaker 1: avoid playing the Chiefs. I know we could take them,

1338
01:12:38,240 --> 01:12:41,680
Speaker 1: but I'd rather play lesser teams for longer. So he

1339
01:12:42,160 --> 01:12:44,559
Speaker 1: wants to hold off on playing Kansas City until the

1340
01:12:44,560 --> 01:12:48,040
Speaker 1: AFC title game. So he's he thinks there's value in

1341
01:12:48,080 --> 01:12:51,880
Speaker 1: the two seed, and his plan is to keep an

1342
01:12:51,880 --> 01:12:55,080
Speaker 1: eye on the scoreboard, see what's happening with Pittsburgh, and

1343
01:12:55,160 --> 01:12:57,800
Speaker 1: if the game looks to be in Cleveland's hands, get

1344
01:12:57,800 --> 01:13:01,439
Speaker 1: your starters off the field. The crusher right now for

1345
01:13:01,640 --> 01:13:05,880
Speaker 1: Bills fans is the fact that Cleveland's got a COVID outbreak. Yeah,

1346
01:13:05,920 --> 01:13:08,639
Speaker 1: they had another to another player test positive today, They're

1347
01:13:08,640 --> 01:13:11,719
Speaker 1: gonna staff member test. They're gonna try and practice later today.

1348
01:13:11,840 --> 01:13:15,679
Speaker 1: They're building, shut closed up. They're doing everything virtual this morning,

1349
01:13:15,680 --> 01:13:18,320
Speaker 1: trying to get in this afternoon after. They're doing contact tracing.

1350
01:13:18,360 --> 01:13:20,560
Speaker 1: They've got a couple other people that have been separated

1351
01:13:20,600 --> 01:13:25,360
Speaker 1: from last week, and you need the Cleveland needs to

1352
01:13:25,520 --> 01:13:28,960
Speaker 1: beat Pittsburgh to get in. And this will bring back

1353
01:13:29,000 --> 01:13:32,479
Speaker 1: some haunting memories for Buffalo. Pittsburgh's playing their second Mason

1354
01:13:32,560 --> 01:13:37,599
Speaker 1: Rudolph starting, So I can Cleveland beat the second string

1355
01:13:37,600 --> 01:13:40,240
Speaker 1: of Pittsburgh to get in in a game that Pittsburgh

1356
01:13:40,240 --> 01:13:43,439
Speaker 1: doesn't care about. The Bills fans will think back to

1357
01:13:43,520 --> 01:13:45,400
Speaker 1: the time when they couldn't get it done. Bills couldn't

1358
01:13:45,400 --> 01:13:49,840
Speaker 1: get it done. Now they now the Browns have got

1359
01:13:49,840 --> 01:13:51,519
Speaker 1: a COVID outbreak. They gotta get it done. With that

1360
01:13:51,600 --> 01:13:55,240
Speaker 1: going on, some breaking news from Adam Schefter, more help

1361
01:13:55,280 --> 01:13:57,360
Speaker 1: could be on the way to Buffalo for the playoffs.

1362
01:13:57,360 --> 01:14:01,360
Speaker 1: Former Texans and Dolphins wide receiver Kenny Still is visiting

1363
01:14:01,400 --> 01:14:05,880
Speaker 1: the Bills per resource. Stills needs to pass through protocols,

1364
01:14:06,280 --> 01:14:10,679
Speaker 1: but optimism is the deal gets done. Now. This raises

1365
01:14:10,720 --> 01:14:14,639
Speaker 1: some concerns for me with respect to Cole Beasley. Now,

1366
01:14:14,880 --> 01:14:18,040
Speaker 1: maybe you're trying to insulate yourself by fortifying your roster

1367
01:14:18,120 --> 01:14:23,800
Speaker 1: at the receiver position. But what is this acquisition, potential acquisition,

1368
01:14:23,840 --> 01:14:27,880
Speaker 1: reported acquisition, say to you, Steve, I don't know, but

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01:14:28,040 --> 01:14:30,240
Speaker 1: it could say a couple of things. Most importantly, yeah,

1370
01:14:30,280 --> 01:14:35,960
Speaker 1: it could say it could signal something about Cole Beasley.

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01:14:36,360 --> 01:14:39,320
Speaker 1: I think it's probably something more along the lines of

1372
01:14:39,800 --> 01:14:42,160
Speaker 1: he's not a slot receiver. It's more along the lines

1373
01:14:42,200 --> 01:14:44,800
Speaker 1: of we like him and have liked him for a

1374
01:14:44,800 --> 01:14:47,000
Speaker 1: long time, and now stick him on the practice Let's

1375
01:14:47,000 --> 01:14:49,479
Speaker 1: see if we can get him in. Plus if down

1376
01:14:49,520 --> 01:14:52,080
Speaker 1: the stretch run, get him acclimated, get him to know

1377
01:14:52,120 --> 01:14:56,160
Speaker 1: the guys even for next year. But he's a good

1378
01:14:56,200 --> 01:14:58,400
Speaker 1: he's a good player. Yeah, and let's remember this, they

1379
01:14:58,400 --> 01:15:02,479
Speaker 1: did lose Jay Kumerou and almost the entire season they

1380
01:15:02,479 --> 01:15:05,760
Speaker 1: had two receivers on their practice squad. Right now they

1381
01:15:05,800 --> 01:15:10,960
Speaker 1: just have Duke Williams. So this is a depth move

1382
01:15:11,040 --> 01:15:14,000
Speaker 1: as I see it on the surface. Hopefully it doesn't

1383
01:15:14,240 --> 01:15:17,280
Speaker 1: have anything to say about Beasley's condition, knowing that he's

1384
01:15:17,320 --> 01:15:20,080
Speaker 1: week to week break time for us. But when we return,

1385
01:15:20,520 --> 01:15:23,200
Speaker 1: we're gonna get some info on the Dolphins and how

1386
01:15:23,280 --> 01:15:26,080
Speaker 1: they're approaching this game. We know they need it to

1387
01:15:26,120 --> 01:15:30,519
Speaker 1: get into the playoffs, win and in two way is

1388
01:15:30,520 --> 01:15:33,000
Speaker 1: supposed to be the starter. But how quick a hook

1389
01:15:33,080 --> 01:15:35,439
Speaker 1: might there be? We're gonna find out when we talk

1390
01:15:35,520 --> 01:15:39,640
Speaker 1: to Alan Poopar, who is the editor of Dolphins Digest.

1391
01:15:40,200 --> 01:15:43,360
Speaker 1: He will be joining us next here on One Bill's Live,

1392
01:15:43,439 --> 01:15:58,160
Speaker 1: presented by Kalida Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome back

1393
01:15:58,160 --> 01:16:00,559
Speaker 1: to One Bill's Live. Second half of the program underway,

1394
01:16:00,600 --> 01:16:03,600
Speaker 1: Chris Bramsky's chafter with you and joining us on the

1395
01:16:03,640 --> 01:16:07,439
Speaker 1: line right now is a man who's got his ear

1396
01:16:07,479 --> 01:16:09,080
Speaker 1: to the ground on the Dolphins and has for a

1397
01:16:09,160 --> 01:16:13,360
Speaker 1: very long time. It is one Alan Poopar, the editor

1398
01:16:13,439 --> 01:16:17,320
Speaker 1: of Dolphins Digest, and he's joining us on the line

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01:16:17,400 --> 01:16:19,839
Speaker 1: right now. Alan, thanks for making some time for us today.

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01:16:20,240 --> 01:16:22,120
Speaker 1: I know we talked to you earlier in the season.

1401
01:16:23,280 --> 01:16:27,960
Speaker 1: First question for you, how have the Dolphins changed for

1402
01:16:28,160 --> 01:16:32,320
Speaker 1: the better? The most like? Is there an area where

1403
01:16:32,360 --> 01:16:34,960
Speaker 1: they've changed for the better since we last saw this

1404
01:16:35,000 --> 01:16:38,240
Speaker 1: team all the way back in Week two? Yeah, and

1405
01:16:38,320 --> 01:16:41,080
Speaker 1: it's pretty easy to point him that's the defense. When

1406
01:16:41,080 --> 01:16:43,839
Speaker 1: the Bills came to a hard rock stadium in Week two,

1407
01:16:44,439 --> 01:16:46,800
Speaker 1: the Dolphins were still finding their way on defense. They

1408
01:16:46,840 --> 01:16:50,120
Speaker 1: had not yet become the defense that they have become

1409
01:16:50,200 --> 01:16:55,479
Speaker 1: since then, which is is turnover producing machine. And part

1410
01:16:55,520 --> 01:16:58,439
Speaker 1: of the reason is that they're two cornerbacks Exagian Howard

1411
01:16:58,439 --> 01:17:01,640
Speaker 1: and Byron Jones, to high paid two very good cornerbacks,

1412
01:17:01,840 --> 01:17:03,800
Speaker 1: weren't totally healthy at the time, and in fact, when

1413
01:17:03,800 --> 01:17:07,040
Speaker 1: the Bills played in Miami, Byron Jones left after four

1414
01:17:07,120 --> 01:17:10,120
Speaker 1: snaps because of an injury. I want to say, I

1415
01:17:10,160 --> 01:17:13,719
Speaker 1: think it was this hair string and that really impacted

1416
01:17:13,760 --> 01:17:15,639
Speaker 1: the game, because then the Dolphins wound up sticking Noah

1417
01:17:15,640 --> 01:17:18,639
Speaker 1: and Benagan either rookie first round pick on Stefan Diggs,

1418
01:17:18,640 --> 01:17:22,360
Speaker 1: and that didn't work very well. Well, it did for

1419
01:17:22,400 --> 01:17:25,479
Speaker 1: the Bills, but didn't for the Dolphins. But after Byron,

1420
01:17:25,680 --> 01:17:28,080
Speaker 1: after Jones came back from that injury, I want to

1421
01:17:28,120 --> 01:17:32,360
Speaker 1: say it was the San Francisco game that's when the

1422
01:17:32,360 --> 01:17:35,479
Speaker 1: defense really took off. The play of the two cornerbacks

1423
01:17:35,479 --> 01:17:37,960
Speaker 1: allows a Dolphins defense into a whole lot of things

1424
01:17:38,040 --> 01:17:41,080
Speaker 1: up front with their front seven in obvious passing situations

1425
01:17:41,080 --> 01:17:43,799
Speaker 1: where they'll line up six, seven guys at the line

1426
01:17:44,360 --> 01:17:46,240
Speaker 1: and then make the offense guess how many of them

1427
01:17:46,280 --> 01:17:49,080
Speaker 1: are coming, and one play it will be all seven

1428
01:17:49,160 --> 01:17:52,640
Speaker 1: might be coming. It could be three coming quarterbacks. Just

1429
01:17:52,760 --> 01:17:56,280
Speaker 1: don't don't ever know, and that's really helped create a

1430
01:17:56,360 --> 01:17:58,280
Speaker 1: lot of the havoc to Dolphin defense has been able

1431
01:17:58,680 --> 01:18:03,200
Speaker 1: to create the season. What we just got this before

1432
01:18:03,240 --> 01:18:05,920
Speaker 1: we went on the air, that it's being reported that

1433
01:18:06,040 --> 01:18:10,000
Speaker 1: Kenny Stills, who was a former Dolphin and was released

1434
01:18:10,040 --> 01:18:12,719
Speaker 1: by the Texans back after he got a quad injurying

1435
01:18:12,760 --> 01:18:15,639
Speaker 1: week eleven of this season, was released by the Texans.

1436
01:18:15,640 --> 01:18:17,479
Speaker 1: It was a mutual parting of ways. He was on

1437
01:18:17,520 --> 01:18:20,639
Speaker 1: a big contract, a thirty two million dollar contract. Cleared waivers,

1438
01:18:20,640 --> 01:18:22,720
Speaker 1: so the Bills can sign him for whatever they can

1439
01:18:22,720 --> 01:18:24,360
Speaker 1: sign him for. But he's in Buffalo. It looks like

1440
01:18:24,400 --> 01:18:26,439
Speaker 1: a deal is going to get done. What do you think?

1441
01:18:26,560 --> 01:18:28,479
Speaker 1: What do you remember about Kenny Stills being a Dolphin.

1442
01:18:30,840 --> 01:18:35,080
Speaker 1: He was a very good, very solid player. I think

1443
01:18:35,080 --> 01:18:37,880
Speaker 1: it's a fabulous pickup for the Bills. I mean, that's

1444
01:18:37,880 --> 01:18:39,960
Speaker 1: not like their offense really needed a whole lot of help.

1445
01:18:39,960 --> 01:18:41,840
Speaker 1: But he's a guy who absolutely will help. He's a

1446
01:18:41,880 --> 01:18:45,640
Speaker 1: great number two and number three wide receiver, had some

1447
01:18:45,760 --> 01:18:50,000
Speaker 1: good years with the Dolphins, was very productive. Had some

1448
01:18:50,040 --> 01:18:52,200
Speaker 1: sort of an issue the Dolphins wound up including him

1449
01:18:52,200 --> 01:18:55,880
Speaker 1: in the trade to Houston. That's Saint Larrymy Tunsil with

1450
01:18:55,920 --> 01:18:59,360
Speaker 1: a huge return coming back, including what's looking like might

1451
01:18:59,360 --> 01:19:02,240
Speaker 1: be the third overall pick in twenty twenty one. And

1452
01:19:04,120 --> 01:19:06,559
Speaker 1: to me and to pretty much everybody who covers the team,

1453
01:19:06,600 --> 01:19:09,080
Speaker 1: it was pretty obvious. It wasn't so much performance related.

1454
01:19:09,120 --> 01:19:12,040
Speaker 1: It was the issue in terms of him speaking out

1455
01:19:12,040 --> 01:19:17,759
Speaker 1: about the team owner, relating to the racial injustice issue

1456
01:19:17,840 --> 01:19:22,719
Speaker 1: and political stuff. But as far as as as a player,

1457
01:19:22,760 --> 01:19:28,120
Speaker 1: he was very impressive here, good solid veteran. Again, like

1458
01:19:28,120 --> 01:19:31,439
Speaker 1: I said, great pickup for the Bills. I'm just shocked

1459
01:19:31,439 --> 01:19:33,200
Speaker 1: that he's still only twenty eight years old. It feels

1460
01:19:33,240 --> 01:19:36,240
Speaker 1: like he's been around forever and he was a Bills

1461
01:19:36,439 --> 01:19:38,720
Speaker 1: killer when he was with the Dolphins. He had a

1462
01:19:38,760 --> 01:19:41,799
Speaker 1: lot of productive games against the Bills for the Dolphins.

1463
01:19:41,800 --> 01:19:44,760
Speaker 1: So yeah, I'm i'd be excited about it. I mean,

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01:19:44,760 --> 01:19:46,840
Speaker 1: you want to talk about loading it up for the postseason.

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01:19:46,920 --> 01:19:48,840
Speaker 1: My god, that's a that's a nice pickup if they

1466
01:19:48,840 --> 01:19:52,639
Speaker 1: can make that happen. Let's we're already on the third question.

1467
01:19:52,640 --> 01:19:54,720
Speaker 1: We haven't talked quarterback yet all so let's do that.

1468
01:19:55,720 --> 01:19:59,360
Speaker 1: Coach Flores has already said twa will start. We saw

1469
01:19:59,439 --> 01:20:01,200
Speaker 1: him get the look in the Denver game when he

1470
01:20:01,240 --> 01:20:04,200
Speaker 1: really wasn't performing up to what was necessary to try

1471
01:20:04,200 --> 01:20:06,800
Speaker 1: to win that game, and Fits got him down there

1472
01:20:07,080 --> 01:20:09,479
Speaker 1: to the end zone to try to tie the game

1473
01:20:09,479 --> 01:20:11,600
Speaker 1: with a two point conversion and a touchdown. Throws a

1474
01:20:11,640 --> 01:20:13,760
Speaker 1: pick at the end of that game. They don't pull

1475
01:20:13,800 --> 01:20:15,599
Speaker 1: it out, but he does pull it out last week

1476
01:20:15,600 --> 01:20:18,880
Speaker 1: in a giant way, getting his head spun around like

1477
01:20:18,960 --> 01:20:22,280
Speaker 1: he's the exorcist, you know, by arden Key on that play.

1478
01:20:22,360 --> 01:20:25,960
Speaker 1: But it looks like, or at least from the outside,

1479
01:20:26,000 --> 01:20:30,240
Speaker 1: it appears as though two and Fits are very comfortable

1480
01:20:30,840 --> 01:20:34,840
Speaker 1: with this relief pitcher type role that Brian Flores has

1481
01:20:34,880 --> 01:20:38,639
Speaker 1: put Fits in. I know two is starting this week

1482
01:20:39,439 --> 01:20:42,479
Speaker 1: knowing they need the game. Though how quick a hook

1483
01:20:43,200 --> 01:20:48,200
Speaker 1: does Brian Flores have this week? I would imagine it's

1484
01:20:48,320 --> 01:20:50,280
Speaker 1: very It's going to be a very quick hook because,

1485
01:20:50,520 --> 01:20:54,000
Speaker 1: as you mentioned, they can't afford to lose. If they lose,

1486
01:20:54,080 --> 01:20:59,840
Speaker 1: they need help from either Jacksonville winning at Indianapolis certainly

1487
01:20:59,840 --> 01:21:04,160
Speaker 1: a likely, Cincinnati beating Baltimore certainly not likely, or Pittsburgh

1488
01:21:04,160 --> 01:21:08,360
Speaker 1: beating Cleveland. And that's Pittsburgh minus Ben Roethlisberger and potentially

1489
01:21:08,400 --> 01:21:13,840
Speaker 1: one or two or three other frontline players. So it's

1490
01:21:13,920 --> 01:21:15,519
Speaker 1: kind of looking like the Dolphins are going to have

1491
01:21:15,560 --> 01:21:17,400
Speaker 1: to win to make the playoffs. Otherwise they're going to

1492
01:21:17,439 --> 01:21:19,840
Speaker 1: be on the outside looking in. And it's all fine

1493
01:21:19,840 --> 01:21:21,519
Speaker 1: and dandy that you want to give to a big

1494
01:21:21,560 --> 01:21:25,600
Speaker 1: game experience, but you're also trying to make the playoffs.

1495
01:21:26,160 --> 01:21:29,439
Speaker 1: And what TWOA does when he's in the lineup is

1496
01:21:30,000 --> 01:21:33,080
Speaker 1: careful with the ball, which works if you're playing a

1497
01:21:33,120 --> 01:21:35,080
Speaker 1: team against the Jets or the Bengals, who are not

1498
01:21:35,080 --> 01:21:38,120
Speaker 1: going to produce a whole lot offensively against this Dolphins defense.

1499
01:21:39,120 --> 01:21:42,160
Speaker 1: When you're playing against the Bills, if they wind up

1500
01:21:42,240 --> 01:21:45,800
Speaker 1: using all of their players, including and most importantly Josh Allen,

1501
01:21:46,920 --> 01:21:48,960
Speaker 1: don't think you can count on the defense holding the

1502
01:21:49,000 --> 01:21:51,559
Speaker 1: Bills to fourteen or seventeen points and win the game

1503
01:21:51,640 --> 01:21:53,760
Speaker 1: that way. So the offense is going to have to

1504
01:21:53,760 --> 01:21:56,519
Speaker 1: produce a whole lot more than it has most weeks

1505
01:21:56,520 --> 01:22:00,800
Speaker 1: with two at quarterback, and sooner rather than you'll see them.

1506
01:22:00,800 --> 01:22:04,240
Speaker 1: Go to Ryan Fitzpatrick, if what happened against the Raiders

1507
01:22:04,439 --> 01:22:08,240
Speaker 1: happened on Sunday, exactly explain what is the problem the

1508
01:22:08,240 --> 01:22:09,920
Speaker 1: two as you say is careful with the ball? Is

1509
01:22:09,920 --> 01:22:12,439
Speaker 1: this like a Tyrod Taylor kind of careful. He just

1510
01:22:12,439 --> 01:22:15,759
Speaker 1: doesn't want to pull the trigger, throws it away, scrambles around.

1511
01:22:16,680 --> 01:22:20,680
Speaker 1: He was criticized last week in the Vegas game for

1512
01:22:20,800 --> 01:22:22,880
Speaker 1: not pushing the ball down the field. I mean, what

1513
01:22:22,920 --> 01:22:24,599
Speaker 1: are we talking about a guy who's a little bit

1514
01:22:24,600 --> 01:22:28,400
Speaker 1: gun shy from pulling the trigger. Well, he even said

1515
01:22:28,400 --> 01:22:30,879
Speaker 1: it himself after the game because he was asked that question,

1516
01:22:31,120 --> 01:22:33,160
Speaker 1: and it's not the first time it's come up, and

1517
01:22:33,479 --> 01:22:35,600
Speaker 1: his answer has always been I'm gonna take what the

1518
01:22:35,640 --> 01:22:39,559
Speaker 1: defense gives me, whereas Ryan Fitzpatrick is going to be

1519
01:22:39,720 --> 01:22:42,320
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take what I feel like getting, even it

1520
01:22:42,360 --> 01:22:44,960
Speaker 1: involves some risk, and if it happens to be an interception,

1521
01:22:45,040 --> 01:22:47,040
Speaker 1: while so be it. I also hit three other big

1522
01:22:47,080 --> 01:22:50,920
Speaker 1: passes in the meantime. Tuar hasn't operated that way. And again,

1523
01:22:51,200 --> 01:22:53,360
Speaker 1: that's worked for the Dolphins most of the season because

1524
01:22:53,360 --> 01:22:57,439
Speaker 1: her defense has been so good at keeping opponents down

1525
01:22:57,479 --> 01:23:00,840
Speaker 1: and at creating turnovers. But I count on that every

1526
01:23:00,840 --> 01:23:03,360
Speaker 1: single solitary week, and this is where it becomes an issue.

1527
01:23:03,880 --> 01:23:09,160
Speaker 1: And I know two of defenders will say, well, he

1528
01:23:09,200 --> 01:23:11,160
Speaker 1: doesn't have great receivers to throw to while you still

1529
01:23:11,160 --> 01:23:13,320
Speaker 1: got to give him a chance to make plays. And

1530
01:23:13,360 --> 01:23:15,160
Speaker 1: he has been heard by some drops, but then again,

1531
01:23:15,160 --> 01:23:18,960
Speaker 1: so has Ryan Fitzpatrick. Yeah, there's been a lot of

1532
01:23:19,240 --> 01:23:23,360
Speaker 1: like shying away from taking shots down field to guys

1533
01:23:23,400 --> 01:23:27,120
Speaker 1: who aren't open, and that's an issue, particularly when you're

1534
01:23:27,120 --> 01:23:29,720
Speaker 1: dealing with a receiving core that's not necessarily great at

1535
01:23:29,720 --> 01:23:33,400
Speaker 1: creating separation. I know advanced stats at the Dolphins at

1536
01:23:33,439 --> 01:23:35,479
Speaker 1: some point in the season fairly late as one of

1537
01:23:35,520 --> 01:23:38,200
Speaker 1: the worst teams in terms of their receivers creating separation.

1538
01:23:38,920 --> 01:23:42,400
Speaker 1: So you're gonna have to take shots and then with

1539
01:23:42,479 --> 01:23:46,040
Speaker 1: some risk involved, and especially if you're trailing or in

1540
01:23:46,080 --> 01:23:48,439
Speaker 1: a tight game, it absolutely has to be done. And

1541
01:23:48,479 --> 01:23:49,760
Speaker 1: if two is not going to do it, then Ryan

1542
01:23:49,800 --> 01:23:51,920
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick will be put in there and you'll do it.

1543
01:23:52,080 --> 01:23:55,280
Speaker 1: Miami's got their share of injuries at the receiver position too.

1544
01:23:55,320 --> 01:23:58,200
Speaker 1: We know Jachim Grant is probably unlikely to play this week,

1545
01:23:58,280 --> 01:24:01,080
Speaker 1: DeVante Parker still trying to work his way back from injury.

1546
01:24:01,080 --> 01:24:03,800
Speaker 1: Preston Williams is still banged up. Are we going to

1547
01:24:03,880 --> 01:24:05,880
Speaker 1: see any of those three guys in the lineup for

1548
01:24:05,920 --> 01:24:07,680
Speaker 1: the Dolphins? This week. Are they going to try to

1549
01:24:07,720 --> 01:24:12,599
Speaker 1: play hurt knowing the magnitude of this game. Well, Jakim

1550
01:24:12,640 --> 01:24:15,960
Speaker 1: Grant wasn't at practice today and there's a report out

1551
01:24:16,000 --> 01:24:17,920
Speaker 1: that he's not playing, that it's a high ankle sprain,

1552
01:24:18,000 --> 01:24:20,839
Speaker 1: which we know is not a warming field. Preston Williams

1553
01:24:20,840 --> 01:24:23,880
Speaker 1: hasn't practiced since November eighth, and he wasn't anywhere around

1554
01:24:23,920 --> 01:24:28,160
Speaker 1: at practice today, so he's not playing. Davante Parker has

1555
01:24:28,200 --> 01:24:32,760
Speaker 1: missed out two games with a hamstring injury. The pool

1556
01:24:32,840 --> 01:24:35,400
Speaker 1: report from practice with that he's that he was wearing

1557
01:24:36,200 --> 01:24:39,439
Speaker 1: some sort of sleeve around his leg, the injured leg,

1558
01:24:39,439 --> 01:24:41,760
Speaker 1: but that he was running well. One certainly would hope

1559
01:24:41,760 --> 01:24:43,400
Speaker 1: he would play out. My guess he's going to be

1560
01:24:43,439 --> 01:24:46,679
Speaker 1: limited in practice all week, listed as questionable, and there'll

1561
01:24:46,680 --> 01:24:49,360
Speaker 1: be no definitive answer on his status until Sunday morning.

1562
01:24:50,040 --> 01:24:52,880
Speaker 1: But at least there's some hope with him, whereas there

1563
01:24:52,920 --> 01:24:56,280
Speaker 1: really isn't with Grant or Williams. What's the vibe around

1564
01:24:56,280 --> 01:24:59,679
Speaker 1: the building, obviously I can kind of anticipate your answer.

1565
01:24:59,720 --> 01:25:03,479
Speaker 1: But if Miami wins, they're in. But if one of

1566
01:25:03,560 --> 01:25:10,120
Speaker 1: three other teams loses, which is in Baltimore, or Cleveland.

1567
01:25:10,479 --> 01:25:14,160
Speaker 1: If any of those teams loses, Miami's in. Now. All

1568
01:25:14,200 --> 01:25:18,000
Speaker 1: those teams are favored and they're playing like Cincinnati, Jacksonville,

1569
01:25:18,040 --> 01:25:23,240
Speaker 1: and Houston. So obviously, what's the vibe in not only

1570
01:25:23,400 --> 01:25:25,880
Speaker 1: within the building of Miami, but also in the fan base.

1571
01:25:25,960 --> 01:25:27,599
Speaker 1: How likely they think it is that they can get

1572
01:25:27,640 --> 01:25:33,920
Speaker 1: in well, as you can guess, since the Dolphins are

1573
01:25:34,800 --> 01:25:36,800
Speaker 1: and they might not like to hear this, but they're

1574
01:25:36,880 --> 01:25:39,160
Speaker 1: very patriot like in the way they approach things. It's all,

1575
01:25:39,240 --> 01:25:42,000
Speaker 1: we're not worried about anything other than the opponent at hand,

1576
01:25:42,040 --> 01:25:44,719
Speaker 1: and that's the build. We're not even worried about the playoffs.

1577
01:25:44,720 --> 01:25:46,960
Speaker 1: We control around the need b blah blah blah that stuff.

1578
01:25:47,720 --> 01:25:51,120
Speaker 1: As far as the fan base, I think there's a

1579
01:25:51,240 --> 01:25:53,559
Speaker 1: reality setting in that you can't count on help from

1580
01:25:53,560 --> 01:25:56,880
Speaker 1: any of the three teams that are facing the teams

1581
01:25:56,880 --> 01:25:59,280
Speaker 1: they need to lose, because not only are those teams favorites.

1582
01:26:00,400 --> 01:26:02,439
Speaker 1: Last I checked, all of them were by double digits.

1583
01:26:02,439 --> 01:26:04,880
Speaker 1: So I heard Cleveland might be down to a to

1584
01:26:05,040 --> 01:26:07,840
Speaker 1: a seven point favorite against the Steelers, and now they're

1585
01:26:07,840 --> 01:26:11,360
Speaker 1: dealing with some COVID issues with a positive test, so

1586
01:26:11,479 --> 01:26:13,599
Speaker 1: who knows how that affects things. But the Steelers again

1587
01:26:13,640 --> 01:26:18,000
Speaker 1: are not going with Ben Roethlisberger and Cleveland hasn't made

1588
01:26:18,040 --> 01:26:23,040
Speaker 1: the playoffs in twent two thousand and two, So yeah, yeah,

1589
01:26:23,120 --> 01:26:25,240
Speaker 1: it's kind of I would think the Dolphins and their

1590
01:26:25,240 --> 01:26:28,240
Speaker 1: fans realize that it's we have to win and can't

1591
01:26:28,240 --> 01:26:31,120
Speaker 1: count on anybody else providing any help, because that's unrealistic.

1592
01:26:31,439 --> 01:26:35,040
Speaker 1: Talking Alan Poopart, publisher of All Dolphins, editor of Dolphins Digest,

1593
01:26:35,479 --> 01:26:37,760
Speaker 1: and I wanted to talk to you a little bit

1594
01:26:37,800 --> 01:26:41,920
Speaker 1: Alan about the progression of their rushing attack. Obviously, they

1595
01:26:41,920 --> 01:26:44,320
Speaker 1: couldn't run the football for worth a lick for the

1596
01:26:44,360 --> 01:26:46,439
Speaker 1: first half of the season, maybe even longer than that.

1597
01:26:47,000 --> 01:26:50,120
Speaker 1: But they get Miles Gasking back last week, he has

1598
01:26:50,160 --> 01:26:53,719
Speaker 1: a breakout game. It looks like they may have found

1599
01:26:53,760 --> 01:26:58,240
Speaker 1: a good complimentary back in Ahmed. So where would you

1600
01:26:58,320 --> 01:27:02,680
Speaker 1: put the Dolphins running game now? Maybe in comparison to

1601
01:27:02,680 --> 01:27:07,519
Speaker 1: the struggles it was experiencing the first half of the season. Well,

1602
01:27:07,560 --> 01:27:10,120
Speaker 1: the last two weeks it's been like night and day.

1603
01:27:10,240 --> 01:27:13,040
Speaker 1: You mentioned what they did against the Raiders on Saturday

1604
01:27:13,120 --> 01:27:15,920
Speaker 1: night with Miles Gaskin coming back from the COVID list

1605
01:27:16,640 --> 01:27:20,520
Speaker 1: and rushing for eighty five yards eighty two yards receiving.

1606
01:27:20,960 --> 01:27:22,800
Speaker 1: The week before that was even better. They had two

1607
01:27:22,880 --> 01:27:27,040
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty yards against against New England and that

1608
01:27:27,240 --> 01:27:30,200
Speaker 1: came out of nowhere because they had been struggling on

1609
01:27:30,240 --> 01:27:33,400
Speaker 1: the ground and I mean bad for pretty much the

1610
01:27:33,520 --> 01:27:35,320
Speaker 1: entire season, and all of a sudden, out of nowhere,

1611
01:27:36,160 --> 01:27:39,840
Speaker 1: this rookie free agent Achmed has the first one hundred

1612
01:27:39,880 --> 01:27:43,120
Speaker 1: yard rushing performance by the Dolphins all year. Gaskin comes

1613
01:27:43,120 --> 01:27:44,800
Speaker 1: back as the big game and now, all of a

1614
01:27:44,840 --> 01:27:46,960
Speaker 1: sudden you're thinking, well, maybe they can do some things

1615
01:27:46,960 --> 01:27:50,120
Speaker 1: on the ground, And there's no rhyme or reason to

1616
01:27:50,160 --> 01:27:56,680
Speaker 1: explain it. Really, it's completely completely battling because there had

1617
01:27:56,720 --> 01:28:00,880
Speaker 1: been no signs that the running game would be able

1618
01:28:00,920 --> 01:28:03,080
Speaker 1: to be an asset at any point of the season.

1619
01:28:03,080 --> 01:28:05,320
Speaker 1: They were dead last in the NFL and rushing yards

1620
01:28:05,360 --> 01:28:10,880
Speaker 1: per attempt going into that New England game. Performance comes

1621
01:28:10,880 --> 01:28:13,720
Speaker 1: out of nowhere, and then they repeated not to the

1622
01:28:13,720 --> 01:28:16,799
Speaker 1: same level, but they still have another productive game against

1623
01:28:16,800 --> 01:28:20,760
Speaker 1: the Raiders. Now, how much can the Dolphins count on

1624
01:28:20,800 --> 01:28:24,639
Speaker 1: that producing on a weekly basis. I'm not sure I'd

1625
01:28:24,640 --> 01:28:27,400
Speaker 1: hang my hand on that, but at least we have

1626
01:28:27,520 --> 01:28:32,439
Speaker 1: seen that it can happen. What's what's chan Gailey's rhetoric

1627
01:28:32,600 --> 01:28:35,160
Speaker 1: been about Two and about fits and also about the

1628
01:28:35,240 --> 01:28:38,639
Speaker 1: running game, their offensive line. What's Chan Gailey's message been

1629
01:28:39,160 --> 01:28:41,560
Speaker 1: about his offense and maybe how it's evolved with the

1630
01:28:41,840 --> 01:28:47,880
Speaker 1: different quarterback they The thing that he keeps pounding on

1631
01:28:48,080 --> 01:28:51,960
Speaker 1: is game circumstances. He kind of defended two and not

1632
01:28:52,040 --> 01:28:56,479
Speaker 1: taking shots by suggesting that when Ryan Fitzpatrick was inserted

1633
01:28:56,520 --> 01:28:58,479
Speaker 1: into the game in the fourth quarter of the Dolphins

1634
01:28:58,479 --> 01:29:01,559
Speaker 1: were ketchup moment. Therefore, that's why they had to take

1635
01:29:01,600 --> 01:29:05,000
Speaker 1: more chances and check it a little bit more, except

1636
01:29:05,080 --> 01:29:07,160
Speaker 1: that when Fitzpatrick went into the game, it was very

1637
01:29:07,200 --> 01:29:09,120
Speaker 1: early in the fourth quarter and they were down by three,

1638
01:29:09,160 --> 01:29:14,559
Speaker 1: and I'm not sure that's desperation catchup mode. So again,

1639
01:29:14,960 --> 01:29:18,479
Speaker 1: I think they're very careful about not taking shots or

1640
01:29:18,479 --> 01:29:21,800
Speaker 1: criticizing Two or any player for that matter, and they

1641
01:29:21,880 --> 01:29:24,960
Speaker 1: keep going back to it depends on the circumstances. We

1642
01:29:25,080 --> 01:29:27,040
Speaker 1: do what we feel we need to do to move

1643
01:29:27,040 --> 01:29:30,080
Speaker 1: the ball. He did say something interesting on side Tuesday

1644
01:29:30,120 --> 01:29:32,880
Speaker 1: of this week, which was at their m and their

1645
01:29:32,920 --> 01:29:36,160
Speaker 1: preferences to have eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen play drives and

1646
01:29:36,200 --> 01:29:39,160
Speaker 1: control the clock that way, which he kind of views

1647
01:29:39,240 --> 01:29:41,680
Speaker 1: as another justification for two and not pushing the ball

1648
01:29:41,720 --> 01:29:44,960
Speaker 1: down field because they're okay with five or six yards

1649
01:29:44,960 --> 01:29:47,000
Speaker 1: a pop if it keeps getting first first down and

1650
01:29:47,040 --> 01:29:50,160
Speaker 1: helping them control the ball. All right, Alan, we're at

1651
01:29:50,160 --> 01:29:53,200
Speaker 1: a time, but thanks for providing the info. It should

1652
01:29:53,240 --> 01:29:55,240
Speaker 1: be one of the more intriguing games on the schedule

1653
01:29:55,280 --> 01:29:57,320
Speaker 1: this week, both on the Miami and Buffalo side for

1654
01:29:57,400 --> 01:30:01,320
Speaker 1: much different reasons. We appreciate the time. Thanks, Alan, got

1655
01:30:01,400 --> 01:30:05,680
Speaker 1: it all right? That's all. That's Alan Poopar, publisher of

1656
01:30:05,760 --> 01:30:09,479
Speaker 1: All Dolphins, editor of Dolphins Digest. He's he's He's covered

1657
01:30:09,520 --> 01:30:11,400
Speaker 1: that team for over twenty years. He knows his stuff,

1658
01:30:11,439 --> 01:30:13,360
Speaker 1: so I wanted to get him on to get the

1659
01:30:14,040 --> 01:30:16,080
Speaker 1: four one one on that team and how they are

1660
01:30:16,120 --> 01:30:19,760
Speaker 1: looking at this weekend's game. Obviously of monumental importance for

1661
01:30:19,840 --> 01:30:23,000
Speaker 1: them in comparison to the Bills, but that doesn't mean

1662
01:30:23,040 --> 01:30:25,080
Speaker 1: there aren't tough decisions on the Bill side as well

1663
01:30:25,120 --> 01:30:27,439
Speaker 1: as the Dolphins side. Should be interesting. We have to

1664
01:30:27,479 --> 01:30:29,680
Speaker 1: take a break, but when we come back, more of

1665
01:30:29,720 --> 01:30:32,320
Speaker 1: your thoughts on the tweet sheet and on how you

1666
01:30:32,360 --> 01:30:34,960
Speaker 1: would handle Sunday's game if you were Bill's head coach,

1667
01:30:35,000 --> 01:30:37,760
Speaker 1: eight three, five fifty the number to call there back

1668
01:30:37,800 --> 01:30:39,599
Speaker 1: with more and when we return here on One Bill's

1669
01:30:39,640 --> 01:30:55,000
Speaker 1: Live presented by Kalida Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Chris Brown,

1670
01:30:55,040 --> 01:30:57,640
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you. Closing up our number two of

1671
01:30:57,760 --> 01:31:01,160
Speaker 1: the program. And you know we heard the breaking news

1672
01:31:01,240 --> 01:31:04,759
Speaker 1: from Adam Schefter. He's reporting that free agent wide receiver

1673
01:31:04,840 --> 01:31:08,800
Speaker 1: Kenny Stills is visiting with the Bills and he is

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01:31:08,880 --> 01:31:12,479
Speaker 1: reporting that a deal is likely to get done, which

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01:31:12,479 --> 01:31:16,599
Speaker 1: would be tremendous depth to add to the wide receiver position.

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01:31:16,640 --> 01:31:20,160
Speaker 1: We do know that the Bills lost Jay Kumerou off

1677
01:31:20,240 --> 01:31:22,519
Speaker 1: waivers when they had to move him off the roster

1678
01:31:22,640 --> 01:31:25,000
Speaker 1: to add John Brown back to the active roster. The

1679
01:31:25,040 --> 01:31:27,960
Speaker 1: Saints picked him up because their injury riddled down there.

1680
01:31:29,120 --> 01:31:35,080
Speaker 1: And just for reference, last year's playoff game against the Bills,

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01:31:35,200 --> 01:31:39,040
Speaker 1: Kenny Stills four catches forty six yards on five targets,

1682
01:31:39,760 --> 01:31:43,320
Speaker 1: so with a long of twenty. Played the first ten

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01:31:43,360 --> 01:31:47,080
Speaker 1: weeks with the Texans this season before being released. He

1684
01:31:47,160 --> 01:31:50,080
Speaker 1: had an injury, right injured to say that that Stills

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01:31:50,080 --> 01:31:52,080
Speaker 1: had an injury. He had a quad injury this year

1686
01:31:52,120 --> 01:31:57,280
Speaker 1: at week eleven and surrounding that. In the last year

1687
01:31:57,320 --> 01:32:01,160
Speaker 1: of a thirty two million dollar deal of the Texans

1688
01:32:01,200 --> 01:32:05,160
Speaker 1: decided him part way. It was amiable. He was allowed

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01:32:05,160 --> 01:32:07,400
Speaker 1: to sign with a contender, which here he is, right,

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01:32:09,000 --> 01:32:12,000
Speaker 1: and I mean he's He's had some big games against

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01:32:12,000 --> 01:32:17,519
Speaker 1: the Bills. Twenty thirteen as a rookie with New Orleans

1692
01:32:17,560 --> 01:32:21,360
Speaker 1: three catches, one hundred and twenty nine yards, two touchdowns. Okay,

1693
01:32:21,439 --> 01:32:23,679
Speaker 1: that's the first game he ever had against the Bills.

1694
01:32:24,479 --> 01:32:27,880
Speaker 1: Next game he had against Buffalo, he's in Miami. Three

1695
01:32:27,920 --> 01:32:32,960
Speaker 1: catches seventy four yards. Was not healthy for the other

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01:32:33,040 --> 01:32:36,200
Speaker 1: game against Buffalo. Here's the one I remember twenty sixteen,

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01:32:36,720 --> 01:32:41,000
Speaker 1: Week seven, Miami beats the Bills twenty eight twenty five,

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01:32:42,200 --> 01:32:47,559
Speaker 1: five catches, one hundred yards and a touchdown. He has

1699
01:32:48,240 --> 01:32:52,799
Speaker 1: he has had good games against Buffalo in this offense.

1700
01:32:53,960 --> 01:32:57,800
Speaker 1: I'm telling you that guy could be a weapon for you.

1701
01:32:58,400 --> 01:33:01,920
Speaker 1: Even in twenty eighteen with Miami four catchers, thirty seven yards,

1702
01:33:01,920 --> 01:33:05,120
Speaker 1: but he had a touchdown. So he's been productive against

1703
01:33:05,120 --> 01:33:08,679
Speaker 1: Buffalo um in his career, which is probably the reason

1704
01:33:08,760 --> 01:33:11,920
Speaker 1: he's one of the reasons he's on their radar. Yeah,

1705
01:33:11,960 --> 01:33:15,400
Speaker 1: I mean they speed receiver. I know that seeing the

1706
01:33:15,439 --> 01:33:19,639
Speaker 1: Bills having reported interest in this guy prompts everybody to think,

1707
01:33:19,640 --> 01:33:22,639
Speaker 1: oh boy, you know, maybe this means Cole Beasley's injury

1708
01:33:22,760 --> 01:33:25,439
Speaker 1: is more serious than we thought. I don't know if

1709
01:33:25,479 --> 01:33:30,760
Speaker 1: this really correlates to that. The only reason, yeah, I

1710
01:33:30,800 --> 01:33:32,880
Speaker 1: think it's I think it's more because they're down a

1711
01:33:32,960 --> 01:33:37,679
Speaker 1: player in Kumaro than than it is Beasley's injury. Because

1712
01:33:37,920 --> 01:33:40,719
Speaker 1: Stills and Beasley are very different receivers. Wouldn't you agree

1713
01:33:41,920 --> 01:33:46,599
Speaker 1: downfield receivers, different field stretcher. I mean it's not like

1714
01:33:46,640 --> 01:33:50,680
Speaker 1: you would. I mean, I suppose the only way you

1715
01:33:50,720 --> 01:33:55,040
Speaker 1: could get to Beasley with this news is you say, Okay,

1716
01:33:56,240 --> 01:33:59,240
Speaker 1: you know, Beasley's nicked up pretty bad. We don't know

1717
01:33:59,280 --> 01:34:02,559
Speaker 1: if we're gonna have for the wild card game. Let's

1718
01:34:02,560 --> 01:34:05,439
Speaker 1: get Steals up to speed. We moved digs to the

1719
01:34:05,479 --> 01:34:09,160
Speaker 1: slot and put Steals outside opposite John Brown. I suppose

1720
01:34:09,400 --> 01:34:12,960
Speaker 1: that is something you know. But now you're going pretty

1721
01:34:12,960 --> 01:34:15,640
Speaker 1: far down the rabbit or yeah, yeah, if or you

1722
01:34:16,240 --> 01:34:19,320
Speaker 1: or you say you put Gabe Davis on and then

1723
01:34:19,439 --> 01:34:22,080
Speaker 1: and when we can go four wide like we were

1724
01:34:22,120 --> 01:34:24,280
Speaker 1: so good at early in the year, and we'll put

1725
01:34:24,320 --> 01:34:27,320
Speaker 1: your steals in the fourth guy and takes Gabe Davis's spot.

1726
01:34:27,360 --> 01:34:31,840
Speaker 1: You know that kind of thing. I know this, it

1727
01:34:31,880 --> 01:34:34,559
Speaker 1: never ends for Brandon Bean and whether Steals is in

1728
01:34:34,600 --> 01:34:38,479
Speaker 1: their plans at all this year is irrelevant. They good

1729
01:34:38,520 --> 01:34:42,320
Speaker 1: players make you better. And having him in the building

1730
01:34:42,439 --> 01:34:44,759
Speaker 1: and getting a chance to look at him and maybe

1731
01:34:44,800 --> 01:34:46,439
Speaker 1: get him to sign an extent, whether it's a one

1732
01:34:46,520 --> 01:34:50,479
Speaker 1: year deal or whatever, he's gonna help you because he's

1733
01:34:50,479 --> 01:34:54,240
Speaker 1: a good player. Yeah, break time for us when we

1734
01:34:54,280 --> 01:34:56,439
Speaker 1: come back, more of your phone calls at eight oh three,

1735
01:34:56,720 --> 01:34:59,519
Speaker 1: five fifty one, eight eight five fifty two, five fifties.

1736
01:34:59,560 --> 01:35:02,080
Speaker 1: We're asking you to put your head coaching hat on

1737
01:35:02,160 --> 01:35:04,800
Speaker 1: today and let us know how you would handle Buffalo's

1738
01:35:04,800 --> 01:35:09,360
Speaker 1: week seventeen situation with the Dolphins and the playoff seatings

1739
01:35:09,400 --> 01:35:11,760
Speaker 1: that are there for the taking. So you can give

1740
01:35:11,800 --> 01:35:13,240
Speaker 1: us a call there we have an open line, or

1741
01:35:13,280 --> 01:35:15,479
Speaker 1: hit us up on the tweet sheet. We'll also get

1742
01:35:15,520 --> 01:35:18,559
Speaker 1: to some comments made by Brian Dable and Leslie Frazier

1743
01:35:18,680 --> 01:35:22,080
Speaker 1: yesterday in their media sessions. Some interesting developments there, So

1744
01:35:22,120 --> 01:35:24,640
Speaker 1: stay tuned here to one Bill's Live presented by Kalota Health.

1745
01:35:24,680 --> 01:35:40,080
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio. Hello Bills Radio Network Sports Date

1746
01:35:40,200 --> 01:35:42,760
Speaker 1: your sports update from One Bill's Drives. Toe Fon diggs

1747
01:35:42,800 --> 01:35:45,360
Speaker 1: one hundred forty five yard three touchdown performance against the

1748
01:35:45,439 --> 01:35:49,360
Speaker 1: Patriots in Week sixteen has awarded him the AFC Offensive

1749
01:35:49,439 --> 01:35:51,800
Speaker 1: Player of the Week. Back to back weeks now, the

1750
01:35:51,840 --> 01:35:53,880
Speaker 1: Bills have brought home the honor. Josh Allen took it

1751
01:35:53,920 --> 01:35:57,160
Speaker 1: home last week for his performance against the Broncos. It's

1752
01:35:57,200 --> 01:35:59,439
Speaker 1: the fifth time this season the Bills have been awarded

1753
01:36:00,040 --> 01:36:04,280
Speaker 1: Offensive Player of the Week honors. ESPN's Adam Schefter is

1754
01:36:04,320 --> 01:36:08,080
Speaker 1: reporting that free agent wide receiver Kenny Stills is visiting

1755
01:36:08,160 --> 01:36:09,840
Speaker 1: with the Bills and that if he can get through

1756
01:36:09,920 --> 01:36:14,799
Speaker 1: COVID protocols, there is optimism a deal gets done. Stills

1757
01:36:15,000 --> 01:36:18,160
Speaker 1: was released by the Texans back in November. In ten

1758
01:36:18,280 --> 01:36:20,640
Speaker 1: games with Houston this season, he caught eleven passes for

1759
01:36:20,640 --> 01:36:22,880
Speaker 1: one hundred and forty four yards in a touchdown. His

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01:36:23,040 --> 01:36:26,080
Speaker 1: most productive season came in twenty seventeen as a member

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01:36:26,080 --> 01:36:28,439
Speaker 1: of the Dolphins, when he hauled in fifty eight catches

1762
01:36:28,479 --> 01:36:32,920
Speaker 1: for eight hundred forty seven yards with sixtds. Dwayne Haskins

1763
01:36:32,960 --> 01:36:35,320
Speaker 1: has officially become a free agent after going unclaimed on

1764
01:36:35,400 --> 01:36:39,840
Speaker 1: waivers Tuesday, Washington released Haskins on Monday, following a tumultuous

1765
01:36:39,840 --> 01:36:43,080
Speaker 1: week that included his second COVID nineteen protocol violation, a

1766
01:36:43,160 --> 01:36:46,719
Speaker 1: public apology, and punishment in the form of the loss

1767
01:36:46,760 --> 01:36:50,879
Speaker 1: of his captaincy and more than half of his week's salary.

1768
01:36:51,880 --> 01:36:55,400
Speaker 1: UB Bulls running back Jared Patterson announced Tuesday via his

1769
01:36:55,479 --> 01:36:58,519
Speaker 1: Twitter account that he's foregoing his senior season to declare

1770
01:36:58,560 --> 01:37:01,000
Speaker 1: for the twenty twenty one NFL Draft. The twenty one

1771
01:37:01,080 --> 01:37:03,519
Speaker 1: year old junior had a historic season in twenty twenty.

1772
01:37:03,840 --> 01:37:06,680
Speaker 1: In just six games, he rushed for one thousand and

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01:37:06,760 --> 01:37:09,240
Speaker 1: seventy two yards and led the nation with an average

1774
01:37:09,240 --> 01:37:11,839
Speaker 1: of one hundred and seventy eight point seven rushing yards

1775
01:37:12,240 --> 01:37:15,439
Speaker 1: per game. The Milwaukee Bucks crushed the Miami Heat and

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01:37:15,560 --> 01:37:18,120
Speaker 1: NBA Action Tuesday night in a rematch at last season's

1777
01:37:18,120 --> 01:37:21,759
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference Finals, breaking the record for most three pointers

1778
01:37:21,840 --> 01:37:25,160
Speaker 1: made by a team in a single game with twenty nine.

1779
01:37:25,680 --> 01:37:27,559
Speaker 1: While the Heat took the series to make the NBA

1780
01:37:27,680 --> 01:37:30,320
Speaker 1: Finals earlier this year, it was the Bucks that took

1781
01:37:30,360 --> 01:37:33,519
Speaker 1: the new season's rematch with a dominant one forty four

1782
01:37:34,000 --> 01:37:37,519
Speaker 1: to ninety seven victory. Twenty nine threes. Man that is

1783
01:37:37,640 --> 01:37:42,320
Speaker 1: crazy good on them man unbelievable. The question is, does

1784
01:37:42,360 --> 01:37:44,680
Speaker 1: Antetokumpo now have a three point game? I haven't been

1785
01:37:44,720 --> 01:37:47,120
Speaker 1: watching closely enough to see if he's added that to

1786
01:37:47,280 --> 01:37:49,680
Speaker 1: his arsenal on a consistent basis. I haven't taken my

1787
01:37:49,800 --> 01:37:52,120
Speaker 1: eyes off the NFL enough to watch the NBA. I

1788
01:37:52,200 --> 01:37:54,360
Speaker 1: would agree. I would agree I am in that same

1789
01:37:54,720 --> 01:37:57,840
Speaker 1: boat for sure. Welcome to the third hour of a

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01:37:57,960 --> 01:38:00,880
Speaker 1: Wednesday edition of One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker

1791
01:38:00,960 --> 01:38:02,800
Speaker 1: with you. We've been asking you to put your head

1792
01:38:02,840 --> 01:38:06,360
Speaker 1: coaching hats on as you decide how you would handle

1793
01:38:06,640 --> 01:38:09,719
Speaker 1: the week seventeen matchup for the Bills against the Dolphins,

1794
01:38:10,200 --> 01:38:12,679
Speaker 1: knowing that there is a two or three seed element

1795
01:38:13,200 --> 01:38:16,600
Speaker 1: to the playoffs at stake, and knowing that you're going

1796
01:38:16,640 --> 01:38:19,720
Speaker 1: to probably want to avoid the risk of injury this

1797
01:38:19,880 --> 01:38:23,000
Speaker 1: week to your key players in your lineup. So how

1798
01:38:23,040 --> 01:38:24,439
Speaker 1: do you handle that? You want to let us know.

1799
01:38:24,520 --> 01:38:25,800
Speaker 1: You can give us a call at eight oh three

1800
01:38:25,880 --> 01:38:27,800
Speaker 1: oh five fifty have an open line for you there,

1801
01:38:28,240 --> 01:38:30,000
Speaker 1: or you can hit us up on the tweet sheet.

1802
01:38:30,240 --> 01:38:33,120
Speaker 1: Steve and I also wanted to pass along some comments

1803
01:38:33,479 --> 01:38:37,080
Speaker 1: from defensive coordinator Leslie Frasier and offensive coordinator Brian Dable

1804
01:38:37,320 --> 01:38:40,799
Speaker 1: as they head into this regular season finale. We already

1805
01:38:41,439 --> 01:38:44,600
Speaker 1: heard from coach McDermott earlier in the program as he

1806
01:38:44,760 --> 01:38:47,240
Speaker 1: said that they do have a plan in place with

1807
01:38:47,400 --> 01:38:50,439
Speaker 1: respect to resting starters or playing them, but that he

1808
01:38:50,479 --> 01:38:53,519
Speaker 1: would keep that internal this week and not reveal those plans.

1809
01:38:53,920 --> 01:38:55,720
Speaker 1: So we're all in wait and c mode until we

1810
01:38:55,800 --> 01:38:58,800
Speaker 1: get to the inactive list and the actual game on

1811
01:38:58,920 --> 01:39:03,760
Speaker 1: Sunday at one o'clock here at Bill's Stadium. Leslie Frasier, though,

1812
01:39:04,360 --> 01:39:06,760
Speaker 1: is faced with a task this week, and that is

1813
01:39:07,280 --> 01:39:11,320
Speaker 1: preparing for two quarterbacks, not just one. We saw two

1814
01:39:11,360 --> 01:39:14,000
Speaker 1: Otana Violoa get pulled from the game last week against

1815
01:39:14,040 --> 01:39:18,519
Speaker 1: the Raiders. Fits goes fits magic and wins the game

1816
01:39:18,920 --> 01:39:22,200
Speaker 1: for the Dolphins over the Raiders. It's unbelievable to say

1817
01:39:22,200 --> 01:39:25,120
Speaker 1: it again. Here we are again. The guy did it.

1818
01:39:25,400 --> 01:39:28,360
Speaker 1: Here we are again. That's the statue too. It's gonna

1819
01:39:28,360 --> 01:39:31,040
Speaker 1: be his head on sideways with a guy's arm pulling

1820
01:39:31,080 --> 01:39:36,160
Speaker 1: his flailing the ball up and almost straight up into

1821
01:39:36,200 --> 01:39:41,439
Speaker 1: the air and completely. That is magnificent. That is the

1822
01:39:41,560 --> 01:39:44,720
Speaker 1: statue of Ryan Fitzpatrick. Right is a microcust It is

1823
01:39:44,920 --> 01:39:53,160
Speaker 1: absolutely that is absolutely on point, and it's it always

1824
01:39:53,200 --> 01:39:56,400
Speaker 1: happens to him. The guy's got something. There's something in that,

1825
01:39:57,040 --> 01:40:00,200
Speaker 1: there is some fits mad, there is magic in that, right,

1826
01:40:00,360 --> 01:40:04,599
Speaker 1: he's a magical guy. It's unbelievable how charmed that guy's

1827
01:40:04,640 --> 01:40:07,920
Speaker 1: life has been in that regard. It is um But

1828
01:40:08,120 --> 01:40:11,640
Speaker 1: here is coach Fraser on the task of preparing for

1829
01:40:11,760 --> 01:40:15,519
Speaker 1: both of Miami's quarterbacks this week. You're going to it

1830
01:40:15,600 --> 01:40:18,560
Speaker 1: if they've named two of the starter to prepare it,

1831
01:40:18,640 --> 01:40:21,519
Speaker 1: but knowing that it's could come in the game at

1832
01:40:21,560 --> 01:40:26,240
Speaker 1: any point, just like he has in a reliever's role,

1833
01:40:26,320 --> 01:40:29,800
Speaker 1: and really little fire into their their offense and their team,

1834
01:40:29,920 --> 01:40:32,920
Speaker 1: so you have to be aware of that. So you're

1835
01:40:32,960 --> 01:40:35,760
Speaker 1: really preparing in some ways for two quarterbacks that are

1836
01:40:36,160 --> 01:40:39,080
Speaker 1: really different in a lot of ways. So some extra

1837
01:40:39,160 --> 01:40:41,680
Speaker 1: work for that coaching staff and for the players who

1838
01:40:41,720 --> 01:40:45,240
Speaker 1: will be lining up. I will say this, people go

1839
01:40:45,360 --> 01:40:47,800
Speaker 1: off the rocker when they start doing this with quarterbacks,

1840
01:40:47,840 --> 01:40:49,360
Speaker 1: and I'm i gotta be honest with you, I'm a

1841
01:40:49,400 --> 01:40:51,760
Speaker 1: little surprised it didn't happen more often with young quarterbacks

1842
01:40:52,320 --> 01:40:54,519
Speaker 1: because you gotta know, and when we went through with

1843
01:40:54,640 --> 01:40:56,439
Speaker 1: Josh where you kind of go have this little roller

1844
01:40:56,479 --> 01:40:59,439
Speaker 1: coaster of a ride from game to game and sometime

1845
01:40:59,479 --> 01:41:03,080
Speaker 1: week to week, series to series sometimes right, and you've

1846
01:41:03,120 --> 01:41:05,479
Speaker 1: got a guy like Fitzpatrick who is a steady guy.

1847
01:41:05,560 --> 01:41:07,280
Speaker 1: You know what he's gonna give you and what he's

1848
01:41:07,320 --> 01:41:10,160
Speaker 1: not gonna give you, which is why he's a backup.

1849
01:41:11,240 --> 01:41:13,479
Speaker 1: But it seems to me, as as a young player

1850
01:41:13,920 --> 01:41:17,880
Speaker 1: roller coasters up and hopefully ratcheting up, getting better and better,

1851
01:41:18,439 --> 01:41:23,439
Speaker 1: that the steady baseline of the VET at times is

1852
01:41:23,479 --> 01:41:26,800
Speaker 1: above the line that your quarterback's given you. And I

1853
01:41:26,880 --> 01:41:29,679
Speaker 1: think it's more And everybody always thinks, okay, the switches

1854
01:41:29,800 --> 01:41:33,120
Speaker 1: this week. Now he's all of a sudden, tua, this

1855
01:41:33,280 --> 01:41:35,519
Speaker 1: little light switch goes off this week and week what

1856
01:41:35,680 --> 01:41:38,960
Speaker 1: was a week four, week five for the Dolphins. Now

1857
01:41:39,080 --> 01:41:42,920
Speaker 1: two is better, even though that we're on a three

1858
01:41:43,000 --> 01:41:45,160
Speaker 1: game or four game winning streak. They just got over

1859
01:41:45,240 --> 01:41:47,320
Speaker 1: five hundred. They were four and three, I think, right,

1860
01:41:47,360 --> 01:41:49,880
Speaker 1: so it's week seven weeks now two is better. He's

1861
01:41:49,920 --> 01:41:55,519
Speaker 1: the guy. I don't buy it. I mean, I like tuh,

1862
01:41:55,600 --> 01:42:01,000
Speaker 1: I like fits, and he's he's coming up. He's coming

1863
01:42:01,080 --> 01:42:03,519
Speaker 1: up nails on this whole thing. Every decision he's made

1864
01:42:03,560 --> 01:42:09,000
Speaker 1: has been because of that. What if if Fitz gets

1865
01:42:09,040 --> 01:42:13,360
Speaker 1: sacked and they lose, and they're nine and six now

1866
01:42:13,680 --> 01:42:16,560
Speaker 1: and out of the looking outside, on the outside, looking in,

1867
01:42:18,840 --> 01:42:21,360
Speaker 1: you know, it's still a team that was about where

1868
01:42:21,360 --> 01:42:23,519
Speaker 1: they expected him to be. Maybe a little better, maybe

1869
01:42:23,520 --> 01:42:28,000
Speaker 1: a little worse. Whatever. But there's huge doubts about Tuah

1870
01:42:29,360 --> 01:42:32,559
Speaker 1: if that's the case, huge doubts now because of fits

1871
01:42:33,439 --> 01:42:37,599
Speaker 1: completing this pass that we're looking at now two is like, well, man,

1872
01:42:37,640 --> 01:42:41,080
Speaker 1: you know maybe yeah, if the season ended last weekend

1873
01:42:41,439 --> 01:42:45,120
Speaker 1: and Miami would have lost that game two, it would

1874
01:42:45,120 --> 01:42:52,840
Speaker 1: have been hot garbage because of Fitz's throw. Yeah. Now,

1875
01:42:53,520 --> 01:42:55,679
Speaker 1: even me, I'm gonna say, I'm like, give the guys

1876
01:42:55,920 --> 01:43:01,680
Speaker 1: you're winning, let him develop, Let him develop. It's we

1877
01:43:01,800 --> 01:43:03,800
Speaker 1: are hard to do those two things at once in

1878
01:43:03,880 --> 01:43:07,920
Speaker 1: this league. It's very hard hard to develop and win games. Yes,

1879
01:43:08,080 --> 01:43:11,439
Speaker 1: you're absolutely right. I think it's really interesting. You gotta

1880
01:43:11,479 --> 01:43:13,880
Speaker 1: think where would you have really thought about the Dolphins

1881
01:43:13,920 --> 01:43:15,599
Speaker 1: if they get beat by a Vega. Now, Vegas team

1882
01:43:15,680 --> 01:43:17,200
Speaker 1: is not bad. I mean you want to talk about

1883
01:43:17,200 --> 01:43:20,160
Speaker 1: a tough schedule. They've got a really had their strength

1884
01:43:20,200 --> 01:43:22,000
Speaker 1: of schedules even higher than the Bills. It's like five

1885
01:43:22,200 --> 01:43:26,160
Speaker 1: fifty six. Well, they're playing, you know, the Chiefs twice

1886
01:43:26,320 --> 01:43:30,240
Speaker 1: the Chiefs, and they beat them on, they beat them once,

1887
01:43:30,280 --> 01:43:34,400
Speaker 1: they split with them. But it's amazing how much we

1888
01:43:34,680 --> 01:43:38,479
Speaker 1: generalize and all or nothing everything, and in this we

1889
01:43:38,560 --> 01:43:40,880
Speaker 1: have heard people talking about it how it's we're always

1890
01:43:40,920 --> 01:43:42,840
Speaker 1: in one extreme or the other these days. And I

1891
01:43:42,960 --> 01:43:46,920
Speaker 1: get it. Think of the extreme that the Dolphins would

1892
01:43:46,960 --> 01:43:49,599
Speaker 1: be finding themselves in going into this week, same scenario,

1893
01:43:52,160 --> 01:43:58,040
Speaker 1: you know, winning in but because of Fits completing that pass,

1894
01:43:58,320 --> 01:43:59,760
Speaker 1: now they've got a chance to win and in the

1895
01:43:59,800 --> 01:44:03,880
Speaker 1: playoffs and Tua gets back in the saddle as their

1896
01:44:03,920 --> 01:44:09,640
Speaker 1: starter after getting benched. Right, Ah, Man, I don't know,

1897
01:44:09,680 --> 01:44:13,000
Speaker 1: because here's the thing. It's uncommon. You just know, unless

1898
01:44:13,040 --> 01:44:15,880
Speaker 1: this game goes really south for Buffalo and Miami goes

1899
01:44:15,920 --> 01:44:18,400
Speaker 1: out and they're in it and playing well, no matter

1900
01:44:18,439 --> 01:44:24,559
Speaker 1: how two is looking, that fits, you're gonna see Fits

1901
01:44:24,880 --> 01:44:29,160
Speaker 1: at some point. Unless that happens, Yeah, you're gonna see

1902
01:44:29,160 --> 01:44:32,080
Speaker 1: I think everybody's expecting it, especially after what happened last week,

1903
01:44:32,120 --> 01:44:35,040
Speaker 1: so and knowing the stakes are even higher this week,

1904
01:44:35,120 --> 01:44:37,519
Speaker 1: and I get and it's weird and it's unusual, But

1905
01:44:37,720 --> 01:44:39,439
Speaker 1: like I said, I don't know why it doesn't happen

1906
01:44:39,479 --> 01:44:41,000
Speaker 1: a little more often than it does. I mean, it

1907
01:44:41,120 --> 01:44:42,760
Speaker 1: never happens we've had we haven't seen this in a

1908
01:44:42,880 --> 01:44:47,080
Speaker 1: long long time. Yeah, I tweeted this during the game

1909
01:44:47,400 --> 01:44:52,760
Speaker 1: Monday night. I tweeted that Matt Milano is the most

1910
01:44:52,880 --> 01:44:55,680
Speaker 1: active I have seen him in months. That is the

1911
01:44:55,800 --> 01:45:01,439
Speaker 1: most That was the aggressive playmaking open field tackle, missile

1912
01:45:01,520 --> 01:45:05,400
Speaker 1: like play that we're used to seeing for Matt Milana

1913
01:45:05,600 --> 01:45:07,400
Speaker 1: was the game we saw it on Monday night. Yeah,

1914
01:45:07,400 --> 01:45:09,760
Speaker 1: he was a real Matt Milano showed up Monday night,

1915
01:45:09,840 --> 01:45:13,000
Speaker 1: and I tweeted it because it was that readily apparent

1916
01:45:13,080 --> 01:45:16,320
Speaker 1: and obvious to me. So imagine how Leslie Frasier felt

1917
01:45:16,760 --> 01:45:19,439
Speaker 1: when he was reviewing the game tape in the wee

1918
01:45:19,520 --> 01:45:22,719
Speaker 1: hours of Tuesday morning. So when here is Coach Frasier

1919
01:45:22,760 --> 01:45:26,120
Speaker 1: when he was asked about Milano being a difference maker

1920
01:45:26,200 --> 01:45:30,200
Speaker 1: again on Monday night based on the way he performed

1921
01:45:30,280 --> 01:45:32,040
Speaker 1: last night. I mean, he did some things we hadn't

1922
01:45:32,040 --> 01:45:34,640
Speaker 1: seen him do since we got him back in the

1923
01:45:34,720 --> 01:45:38,920
Speaker 1: lineup and just been playing sporadically. We started him last

1924
01:45:39,000 --> 01:45:41,479
Speaker 1: night the Taples. He made the open field tackles against

1925
01:45:42,000 --> 01:45:44,559
Speaker 1: a really, really good back on James White, who who's

1926
01:45:44,720 --> 01:45:47,720
Speaker 1: one of the best past receiving backs that is in

1927
01:45:47,800 --> 01:45:51,559
Speaker 1: our league. That was really good to see his coverage

1928
01:45:51,560 --> 01:45:56,160
Speaker 1: on their tight ends, his his blitzing, but the tapling.

1929
01:45:56,280 --> 01:45:58,160
Speaker 1: That was the one thing I needed to see more of,

1930
01:45:58,360 --> 01:46:01,400
Speaker 1: and we saw that last night, so you know, we

1931
01:46:01,560 --> 01:46:03,840
Speaker 1: all feel good about where he is now. He read

1932
01:46:03,880 --> 01:46:06,839
Speaker 1: it going to the playoffs pretty soon, so it's exciting

1933
01:46:06,840 --> 01:46:10,000
Speaker 1: to having bet now. I know you don't hear it

1934
01:46:10,280 --> 01:46:12,640
Speaker 1: in Leslie Frasier's voice and you don't see it in

1935
01:46:12,720 --> 01:46:15,240
Speaker 1: his facial expressions because he's kind of a low key,

1936
01:46:15,400 --> 01:46:19,720
Speaker 1: chilled kind of dude. That guy's pumped right now. That

1937
01:46:19,920 --> 01:46:23,679
Speaker 1: guy is pumped should because he's got Edmonds and Milano

1938
01:46:23,800 --> 01:46:27,360
Speaker 1: back rolling and aj Klein incorporated in now with his

1939
01:46:27,439 --> 01:46:31,160
Speaker 1: ability to just plug in. Look out, dude, yeah, look out.

1940
01:46:31,360 --> 01:46:33,920
Speaker 1: Milano was all over the field less night. He played

1941
01:46:34,400 --> 01:46:37,920
Speaker 1: like a guy who had been resting for two months now.

1942
01:46:38,040 --> 01:46:40,599
Speaker 1: He got shot out of a candy. He was all

1943
01:46:40,680 --> 01:46:42,360
Speaker 1: over the field. And I said it the other night

1944
01:46:42,479 --> 01:46:44,639
Speaker 1: on the radio broadcast as well. The thing that makes

1945
01:46:44,680 --> 01:46:47,080
Speaker 1: a great defense a great defense is not scheme or

1946
01:46:47,200 --> 01:46:50,800
Speaker 1: X's and knows it's more simple than that. It's the

1947
01:46:50,920 --> 01:46:54,439
Speaker 1: first guy to the football makes the tackle. All the

1948
01:46:54,640 --> 01:46:57,680
Speaker 1: great defenses are all like that. You never see a

1949
01:46:57,880 --> 01:46:59,960
Speaker 1: bunch of miss tackles. Bills had a ton of them

1950
01:47:00,280 --> 01:47:03,280
Speaker 1: early in this season, and it has followed them for

1951
01:47:03,360 --> 01:47:05,680
Speaker 1: a while. But as they have tackled better, as the

1952
01:47:05,760 --> 01:47:09,800
Speaker 1: season has worn on, their defense has gotten better. And

1953
01:47:10,120 --> 01:47:13,000
Speaker 1: the other night Milano back in the lineup. He made

1954
01:47:13,160 --> 01:47:15,639
Speaker 1: three open field tack that I can think of three

1955
01:47:15,720 --> 01:47:21,800
Speaker 1: tackles that were difference makers on drives. Just because he

1956
01:47:21,920 --> 01:47:23,679
Speaker 1: was the first one there boom guys on the ground.

1957
01:47:24,160 --> 01:47:27,040
Speaker 1: It was amazing, and because it was just that simple

1958
01:47:27,320 --> 01:47:30,719
Speaker 1: he got there, made the tackle, play over no extra

1959
01:47:30,880 --> 01:47:34,479
Speaker 1: yards after contact, broken tackles and so much ground. He

1960
01:47:34,640 --> 01:47:37,120
Speaker 1: was sidelined to sideline the other night, and I agree,

1961
01:47:37,160 --> 01:47:39,160
Speaker 1: And he was not only sidelined to sideline, he was

1962
01:47:39,200 --> 01:47:43,519
Speaker 1: also tough up inside. So I was he did flash

1963
01:47:43,560 --> 01:47:46,040
Speaker 1: to me. I was like, Wow, Okay, that guy's back

1964
01:47:46,080 --> 01:47:47,880
Speaker 1: in there. I wonder how And I didn't know how

1965
01:47:47,960 --> 01:47:50,760
Speaker 1: many snaps he got more than he had the past

1966
01:47:50,800 --> 01:47:53,160
Speaker 1: two weeks. Yeah, I thought, I wonder if he started

1967
01:47:53,200 --> 01:47:55,680
Speaker 1: the game right. And because two they played a lot

1968
01:47:55,760 --> 01:47:57,559
Speaker 1: of three line back, they played a lot of bass

1969
01:47:58,360 --> 01:48:01,040
Speaker 1: which is they never do, and they did it against

1970
01:48:01,040 --> 01:48:04,760
Speaker 1: the Patriots. So I was I was wondering how much

1971
01:48:04,800 --> 01:48:06,840
Speaker 1: he played because he was he saw him every play

1972
01:48:07,720 --> 01:48:10,040
Speaker 1: every place. So I'm with you, man, it was that's

1973
01:48:10,160 --> 01:48:13,679
Speaker 1: they got to just be pumped out play like that again,

1974
01:48:13,960 --> 01:48:16,160
Speaker 1: because we've been waiting a while to see that. On

1975
01:48:16,280 --> 01:48:18,560
Speaker 1: the other side of the ball, Brian Dable had to

1976
01:48:18,600 --> 01:48:20,840
Speaker 1: be pretty happy with the offensive performance. I mean, they

1977
01:48:20,880 --> 01:48:24,200
Speaker 1: wiped the floor with the Patriots defense. But even more

1978
01:48:24,240 --> 01:48:27,439
Speaker 1: important than that, Steve. That was his sound a game

1979
01:48:28,320 --> 01:48:33,160
Speaker 1: as we have seen from this Bill's offense, Steve zero

1980
01:48:34,120 --> 01:48:37,840
Speaker 1: pre snap penalties zero. It's not a lot of games

1981
01:48:37,880 --> 01:48:39,840
Speaker 1: we've been able to say that no turnovers with this

1982
01:48:40,000 --> 01:48:43,200
Speaker 1: offense and no turnovers. So here is Brian Dable on

1983
01:48:43,320 --> 01:48:48,080
Speaker 1: the offense playing sound football Monday night. I think we're

1984
01:48:48,160 --> 01:48:52,720
Speaker 1: playing good football. But again, you know, you can play

1985
01:48:52,760 --> 01:48:54,720
Speaker 1: good football one week that really has nothing to do

1986
01:48:54,800 --> 01:48:57,320
Speaker 1: with the next week. You gotta it's about what you

1987
01:48:57,479 --> 01:49:00,280
Speaker 1: do leading up to that game, all the work you

1988
01:49:00,360 --> 01:49:02,120
Speaker 1: put into it, which is a lot. It's a lot

1989
01:49:02,160 --> 01:49:04,400
Speaker 1: of work by the assistant coaches, it's a lot of

1990
01:49:04,400 --> 01:49:08,040
Speaker 1: work by the players, most mentally and physically and then

1991
01:49:08,040 --> 01:49:09,560
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, you got to go

1992
01:49:09,640 --> 01:49:11,360
Speaker 1: out there and execute it when the lights are on.

1993
01:49:11,520 --> 01:49:13,680
Speaker 1: And you know, again, credit to the players. They've had

1994
01:49:13,680 --> 01:49:17,080
Speaker 1: a really good mindset. They don't let bad plays affect them.

1995
01:49:17,800 --> 01:49:20,839
Speaker 1: They stick together, they work together, they have good chemistry.

1996
01:49:22,160 --> 01:49:24,600
Speaker 1: That doesn't guarantee you're gonna win or put up you know,

1997
01:49:25,000 --> 01:49:27,200
Speaker 1: forty points or whatever it is every week, but it

1998
01:49:27,280 --> 01:49:31,040
Speaker 1: certainly gives you a chance. And the mindset you know

1999
01:49:31,240 --> 01:49:36,439
Speaker 1: that they have. I certainly appreciate. Well, that's typical Brian Dable.

2000
01:49:36,520 --> 01:49:40,080
Speaker 1: He's not you know, it's good football. It's good. Doesn't

2001
01:49:40,080 --> 01:49:42,120
Speaker 1: mean Hillibeans for next week. That was last week. I

2002
01:49:42,160 --> 01:49:45,000
Speaker 1: mean Hillibeans for next week. That's right. He's right. Yeah,

2003
01:49:45,560 --> 01:49:48,439
Speaker 1: it never ends. And it's a grind. That's why it's

2004
01:49:48,439 --> 01:49:51,040
Speaker 1: a grind. You do all that cool stuff. You're playing

2005
01:49:51,080 --> 01:49:53,880
Speaker 1: better every week. You're getting you're hitting home runs, you're

2006
01:49:53,880 --> 01:49:56,280
Speaker 1: happy to speak, you're happy how you're scoring points, you're

2007
01:49:56,320 --> 01:49:59,160
Speaker 1: not turning it over, everybody's getting the ball, guys are

2008
01:49:59,200 --> 01:50:01,240
Speaker 1: making great play, these guys are doing school stuff. And

2009
01:50:01,640 --> 01:50:06,519
Speaker 1: then on Monday it doesn't matter on to the next

2010
01:50:06,600 --> 01:50:10,200
Speaker 1: because it's it was cool to be thirty eight to

2011
01:50:10,400 --> 01:50:13,080
Speaker 1: nine over New England on New England Patriot on Monday

2012
01:50:13,120 --> 01:50:17,640
Speaker 1: Night Football. But now it's Miami Tuesday, let's go and

2013
01:50:17,800 --> 01:50:22,519
Speaker 1: that that's a you kind of know what you sign

2014
01:50:22,640 --> 01:50:26,439
Speaker 1: up for. But oh baby, for from the outside looking in,

2015
01:50:26,560 --> 01:50:29,360
Speaker 1: that is a that is a hard church. Just churn

2016
01:50:29,439 --> 01:50:30,920
Speaker 1: in it, man, you don't get any You don't get

2017
01:50:30,960 --> 01:50:34,960
Speaker 1: a stop and enjoy it, revel in it. I mean

2018
01:50:35,040 --> 01:50:37,280
Speaker 1: even during the bye week, these guys are doing self scouting.

2019
01:50:37,360 --> 01:50:40,760
Speaker 1: Oh it's a grind, man. They you just keep going.

2020
01:50:40,880 --> 01:50:44,439
Speaker 1: You don't, you really don't linger on the good work

2021
01:50:44,520 --> 01:50:46,960
Speaker 1: that you've done the last one we had. I thought

2022
01:50:46,960 --> 01:50:49,040
Speaker 1: it would be interesting for Bill's fans to listen to

2023
01:50:49,720 --> 01:50:54,640
Speaker 1: for those that forget. Brian Dable was the offensive coordinator

2024
01:50:54,680 --> 01:50:57,439
Speaker 1: at the University of Alabama under Nick Saban when Tua

2025
01:50:58,040 --> 01:51:01,040
Speaker 1: was a freshman and came into that national championship game

2026
01:51:01,040 --> 01:51:03,559
Speaker 1: in the second half and helped them win the national title.

2027
01:51:03,680 --> 01:51:05,600
Speaker 1: Day Ball called the play the deep pass down the

2028
01:51:05,680 --> 01:51:08,160
Speaker 1: left side that won the game for him. Think about that.

2029
01:51:08,320 --> 01:51:11,679
Speaker 1: So here is Dayble on what it was like coaching

2030
01:51:11,760 --> 01:51:15,560
Speaker 1: Tah and the kind of person and player that Tah is.

2031
01:51:16,880 --> 01:51:22,200
Speaker 1: He was a true freshman. Um one, just a good person,

2032
01:51:22,760 --> 01:51:29,800
Speaker 1: really just a great family and very talented. Um you know,

2033
01:51:30,000 --> 01:51:32,120
Speaker 1: short short time I was around him, had a very

2034
01:51:32,160 --> 01:51:36,320
Speaker 1: good talent, accurate, a very instinctive player, had a good

2035
01:51:36,439 --> 01:51:40,479
Speaker 1: vision on the field. Um, someone his teammates and coaches

2036
01:51:40,520 --> 01:51:43,760
Speaker 1: had a lot of respect for, you know, and he

2037
01:51:43,920 --> 01:51:46,280
Speaker 1: was just you know, he was behind Jalen for a

2038
01:51:46,320 --> 01:51:48,320
Speaker 1: while and he came in that in that one game,

2039
01:51:48,400 --> 01:51:50,720
Speaker 1: and um, you know he played throughout the season a

2040
01:51:50,760 --> 01:51:54,559
Speaker 1: little bit. But just a really good teammate, good person

2041
01:51:54,960 --> 01:51:58,679
Speaker 1: on a good player. So that's Dayble's take on tah

2042
01:51:58,720 --> 01:52:01,880
Speaker 1: who the Bills will see on Sunday for the first time,

2043
01:52:02,400 --> 01:52:03,880
Speaker 1: because he was not in the line up all the

2044
01:52:03,920 --> 01:52:05,599
Speaker 1: way back in Week two. It was still Fits at

2045
01:52:05,640 --> 01:52:08,120
Speaker 1: the Helm, so this will be their first exposure to

2046
01:52:08,200 --> 01:52:11,519
Speaker 1: Tua this coming Sunday, even though he's played for about

2047
01:52:11,600 --> 01:52:15,120
Speaker 1: half the season to this point. So I don't know.

2048
01:52:15,280 --> 01:52:16,759
Speaker 1: I don't know if there's a whole lot of intel

2049
01:52:16,840 --> 01:52:19,519
Speaker 1: that Brian can give the defensive staff, but I'm sure

2050
01:52:19,520 --> 01:52:21,559
Speaker 1: if they ask, he'll provide what he can. The best

2051
01:52:21,640 --> 01:52:24,400
Speaker 1: intel is watching film right of watching him play against

2052
01:52:24,520 --> 01:52:27,840
Speaker 1: NFL defenses and watch and watching how other defenses attack

2053
01:52:27,960 --> 01:52:29,599
Speaker 1: him and what they did to him and what gave

2054
01:52:29,680 --> 01:52:31,960
Speaker 1: him problems and what gave him, you know, what allowed

2055
01:52:32,040 --> 01:52:37,320
Speaker 1: him to be successful. And yeah, it's yeah, I mean

2056
01:52:37,360 --> 01:52:39,200
Speaker 1: that's where it's at. It's it's it's getting to know

2057
01:52:39,320 --> 01:52:41,519
Speaker 1: him where he's at now. Certainly you can have a

2058
01:52:41,560 --> 01:52:43,360
Speaker 1: lot of respect for a guy and still want to,

2059
01:52:43,520 --> 01:52:45,360
Speaker 1: you know, make his life as miserable as possible on

2060
01:52:45,400 --> 01:52:48,400
Speaker 1: the football field, which is kind of where NFL coaches live.

2061
01:52:48,520 --> 01:52:53,760
Speaker 1: But um, I just don't think they're going to see

2062
01:52:53,960 --> 01:52:57,439
Speaker 1: him the entire game. I'm gonna see him. The interesting thing, right,

2063
01:52:57,479 --> 01:53:00,200
Speaker 1: and it's a little bit like every game from me,

2064
01:53:00,520 --> 01:53:04,240
Speaker 1: This game is it's about the Bills. Who's gonna be

2065
01:53:04,320 --> 01:53:06,280
Speaker 1: on the field for the Bills? How are they gonna play?

2066
01:53:06,280 --> 01:53:07,800
Speaker 1: Are they gonna be ready? Are they gonna be able

2067
01:53:07,800 --> 01:53:09,439
Speaker 1: to compete with these guys? And what are we gonna

2068
01:53:09,439 --> 01:53:12,599
Speaker 1: see about it? Seeing it? The offensive line's a big

2069
01:53:12,680 --> 01:53:14,639
Speaker 1: question mark. Are they gonna rest guys on the offensive

2070
01:53:14,680 --> 01:53:17,120
Speaker 1: line or are they not? Are they gonna what's their

2071
01:53:17,200 --> 01:53:20,639
Speaker 1: rotation on defense? Gonna look like Us Milano gonna play

2072
01:53:20,640 --> 01:53:22,600
Speaker 1: a ton? Is Aj Klein gonna play a ton? Or

2073
01:53:22,640 --> 01:53:27,000
Speaker 1: are you gonna get you know, guys different. You know

2074
01:53:27,160 --> 01:53:30,240
Speaker 1: last year in this scenario where they decided they were

2075
01:53:30,240 --> 01:53:32,600
Speaker 1: gonna try and just stay sharp, but make sure they

2076
01:53:32,680 --> 01:53:35,960
Speaker 1: stay healthy. You know, all these guys sat down, they

2077
01:53:36,040 --> 01:53:37,720
Speaker 1: played a series or two, and there were some guys

2078
01:53:37,760 --> 01:53:39,680
Speaker 1: that didn't even see the field. They were inactive, right,

2079
01:53:39,760 --> 01:53:44,400
Speaker 1: Beasley Brown, Lawson, Andre Roberts, Dawson, Knox, Trade, Avious White,

2080
01:53:45,000 --> 01:53:48,720
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary. I wouldn't. I mean Davis White doesn't see

2081
01:53:48,760 --> 01:53:53,400
Speaker 1: the field. No, neither is Edmonds or Milano probably not

2082
01:53:54,680 --> 01:53:57,760
Speaker 1: have You know, you have Tyrrell Dodson healthy now he

2083
01:53:57,880 --> 01:54:00,320
Speaker 1: played against this but Elphins team in week two if

2084
01:54:00,360 --> 01:54:03,680
Speaker 1: you remember, because Malano and Edmonds were both out back

2085
01:54:03,720 --> 01:54:07,240
Speaker 1: in Week two. So you have options, and I guess

2086
01:54:07,280 --> 01:54:10,120
Speaker 1: that's what's most important. And it's an opportunity, like you

2087
01:54:10,200 --> 01:54:13,439
Speaker 1: were saying earlier, for these guys. You've worked hard all season.

2088
01:54:13,720 --> 01:54:16,280
Speaker 1: You're gonna get some major run in this game. And

2089
01:54:16,400 --> 01:54:18,640
Speaker 1: in a season where you had no preseason tape to

2090
01:54:18,680 --> 01:54:22,479
Speaker 1: put out, there is a huge opportunity. Yeah, huge, Yeah

2091
01:54:22,520 --> 01:54:24,960
Speaker 1: it is. And that's and I'm sure they'll see it

2092
01:54:25,000 --> 01:54:28,280
Speaker 1: at this And I think what I remember about games

2093
01:54:28,360 --> 01:54:31,839
Speaker 1: like this is that you go from standing there watching

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01:54:32,120 --> 01:54:34,720
Speaker 1: every game all year, maybe playing a snap here or

2095
01:54:34,800 --> 01:54:37,600
Speaker 1: snap there, toward to this game, a game like this

2096
01:54:38,160 --> 01:54:40,400
Speaker 1: where you play one hundred percent of the defensive snaps

2097
01:54:40,440 --> 01:54:43,200
Speaker 1: and fifty percent of the special team snaps, and it's

2098
01:54:43,640 --> 01:54:47,200
Speaker 1: you can hardly walk after the game. You're by the

2099
01:54:47,520 --> 01:54:50,800
Speaker 1: by the third quarter, you feel like you've just run

2100
01:54:51,000 --> 01:54:54,640
Speaker 1: a marathon and then got dragged by a truck and

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01:54:54,760 --> 01:54:58,760
Speaker 1: another marathon. You're just spent and you got you got

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01:54:58,800 --> 01:55:01,280
Speaker 1: another quarter and a half to play, so you know,

2103
01:55:01,720 --> 01:55:04,760
Speaker 1: and you're not coming out. That's a hard place to be.

2104
01:55:04,880 --> 01:55:06,600
Speaker 1: You gotta you're trying to win the game. You're doing

2105
01:55:06,680 --> 01:55:08,320
Speaker 1: really good, but all of a sudden, you just flat

2106
01:55:08,400 --> 01:55:10,200
Speaker 1: run out of gas. One of these guys, because it's

2107
01:55:10,200 --> 01:55:13,200
Speaker 1: just you know, you're playing, you're snaps and everybody else's

2108
01:55:13,200 --> 01:55:15,640
Speaker 1: snaps as well. So that's that's what a lot of

2109
01:55:15,680 --> 01:55:17,200
Speaker 1: these guys are gonna be looking at. Late in the game.

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01:55:17,200 --> 01:55:19,040
Speaker 1: You think, you look, think a guy like Duke Williams

2111
01:55:19,880 --> 01:55:22,000
Speaker 1: goes from zero to one hundred percent of the snaps

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01:55:22,040 --> 01:55:25,960
Speaker 1: in a game like this, and he's, yeah, you know,

2113
01:55:27,120 --> 01:55:29,400
Speaker 1: as hard as he practices, it's still not the same

2114
01:55:29,440 --> 01:55:31,480
Speaker 1: as a game. That's right. Yeah, let's go to the

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Speaker 1: phones eight oh three, oh five fifty and we go

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Speaker 1: to Jeff and Buffalo. Jeff, you're on one Bills Live.

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01:55:36,520 --> 01:55:39,680
Speaker 1: What do you have for us? Hey, guys. Hey, The

2118
01:55:39,840 --> 01:55:42,960
Speaker 1: last as we all know, Bill's playoffs I three was

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01:55:42,960 --> 01:55:48,400
Speaker 1: in ninety five, which was a wildcard game and the

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01:55:48,520 --> 01:55:52,600
Speaker 1: Bills flow up the Dolphins on Suba's last game. Great

2121
01:55:53,520 --> 01:55:56,240
Speaker 1: h less than two weeks prior to that, the Bill's

2122
01:55:56,680 --> 01:55:59,840
Speaker 1: played the Dolphins again at the stadium in one neck

2123
01:56:00,000 --> 01:56:03,280
Speaker 1: even a close team. Yeah. Then fast forward again, they

2124
01:56:03,320 --> 01:56:05,000
Speaker 1: were I think they were the number three seeds and

2125
01:56:05,120 --> 01:56:07,160
Speaker 1: they went on to Pittsburgh and were kind of blown

2126
01:56:07,160 --> 01:56:11,320
Speaker 1: out by the Steelers the Bruce Smiths uh flu game

2127
01:56:11,680 --> 01:56:13,720
Speaker 1: a fever or something, right, But I was kind of

2128
01:56:13,760 --> 01:56:16,360
Speaker 1: gonna ask, you see, was like, what it's kind of

2129
01:56:16,640 --> 01:56:20,040
Speaker 1: similar to what's setting up now? Could be maybe not,

2130
01:56:20,360 --> 01:56:23,760
Speaker 1: but how did they prepare for the Dolphins the second time?

2131
01:56:23,840 --> 01:56:28,120
Speaker 1: Playing them? Pretty much like thirteen days later on the

2132
01:56:28,200 --> 01:56:30,760
Speaker 1: thirtieth of December. Conscared too when he played them on

2133
01:56:31,960 --> 01:56:34,760
Speaker 1: you know, yeah, the seventeen it's a good question. It's

2134
01:56:34,800 --> 01:56:37,120
Speaker 1: a good question, Jeff. But here's the It's a little

2135
01:56:37,200 --> 01:56:43,000
Speaker 1: different because that game in December meant the division. Both

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01:56:43,080 --> 01:56:44,720
Speaker 1: teams were going to be in the playoffs, or felt

2137
01:56:44,760 --> 01:56:46,720
Speaker 1: that they were going to be in the playoffs, and

2138
01:56:46,920 --> 01:56:48,760
Speaker 1: the loser was gonna have to play their way back

2139
01:56:48,800 --> 01:56:52,200
Speaker 1: into the conversation and the winner was going to get

2140
01:56:52,240 --> 01:56:55,720
Speaker 1: the home gonna get the division title. So both teams

2141
01:56:55,800 --> 01:56:59,520
Speaker 1: had their foot completely on the gas in you know,

2142
01:56:59,600 --> 01:57:02,800
Speaker 1: in knowing that there was a chance that they were

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01:57:02,840 --> 01:57:06,480
Speaker 1: going to come back. In fact, there was hi we were.

2144
01:57:06,560 --> 01:57:10,720
Speaker 1: We were beating him it. Dan Marino was a guy

2145
01:57:10,760 --> 01:57:12,760
Speaker 1: who we treated like one of our play in the

2146
01:57:12,800 --> 01:57:14,400
Speaker 1: off season. He was always here in Buffalo, comes to

2147
01:57:14,480 --> 01:57:16,120
Speaker 1: Jim's golf term and all that. So we all have

2148
01:57:16,240 --> 01:57:19,480
Speaker 1: relationship with Dan off the field. So even back then,

2149
01:57:19,840 --> 01:57:22,640
Speaker 1: so Dan's running, He runs off to the Bill's sideline,

2150
01:57:23,280 --> 01:57:25,520
Speaker 1: scrambling with the ball in his hands, throws, the ball,

2151
01:57:25,560 --> 01:57:27,240
Speaker 1: gets battered down, bad play. He ends up on the

2152
01:57:27,280 --> 01:57:29,040
Speaker 1: ground right in front of our bench, and we're chirping

2153
01:57:29,120 --> 01:57:32,560
Speaker 1: at him right because we're we're gonna win this game

2154
01:57:32,600 --> 01:57:34,240
Speaker 1: and win the division. And he stands up and he's

2155
01:57:34,280 --> 01:57:36,880
Speaker 1: looking where the ball was and stuff, and without even

2156
01:57:36,960 --> 01:57:40,120
Speaker 1: looking at us, he kind of looked at us, he said,

2157
01:57:40,320 --> 01:57:42,200
Speaker 1: and we kind of quieted up because he's gonna say something.

2158
01:57:42,240 --> 01:57:43,560
Speaker 1: All right, what do you gotta say. He goes, I'll

2159
01:57:43,600 --> 01:57:49,800
Speaker 1: be back, and he walked off. That guy's a bad guy. Man,

2160
01:57:49,920 --> 01:57:53,080
Speaker 1: he's so bad. So yeah, he just did what I said.

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01:57:53,640 --> 01:57:57,360
Speaker 1: I can't understand J. C. Jackson doing right. Well, there

2162
01:57:57,400 --> 01:57:58,640
Speaker 1: you are. It was at the end of the game.

2163
01:57:59,240 --> 01:58:00,920
Speaker 1: It was at the end of the game and I

2164
01:58:01,000 --> 01:58:04,120
Speaker 1: go and we're a chirping name. He goes, I'll be

2165
01:58:04,240 --> 01:58:06,240
Speaker 1: back and he walked off the other field. Oh man,

2166
01:58:06,280 --> 01:58:07,760
Speaker 1: that guy, that's pretty cool thing to do. So he

2167
01:58:07,960 --> 01:58:09,720
Speaker 1: leaves so that the next time they come back, and

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01:58:10,640 --> 01:58:12,440
Speaker 1: you know, we lumped him up good on that game.

2169
01:58:12,480 --> 01:58:15,360
Speaker 1: But here's why. Both teams had their foot on the

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01:58:15,440 --> 01:58:17,600
Speaker 1: gas to win that game, and the Bills won. It

2171
01:58:17,680 --> 01:58:19,080
Speaker 1: was a tough game, it was. It was a very

2172
01:58:19,120 --> 01:58:22,200
Speaker 1: good game. They came back the next time, and we

2173
01:58:22,520 --> 01:58:25,160
Speaker 1: ran at him with a lot of the same formation

2174
01:58:25,280 --> 01:58:28,160
Speaker 1: shifts and personnel that we ran against him the first

2175
01:58:28,200 --> 01:58:32,080
Speaker 1: week of December and made it look like we made

2176
01:58:32,160 --> 01:58:34,280
Speaker 1: him believe like, all right, here comes that same thing.

2177
01:58:34,360 --> 01:58:36,680
Speaker 1: We're gonna be right. And then what we did was

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01:58:36,760 --> 01:58:39,120
Speaker 1: we threw a wrinkle in it was the same play,

2179
01:58:39,200 --> 01:58:42,040
Speaker 1: but oh it's not. And we we gashed him a

2180
01:58:42,120 --> 01:58:44,280
Speaker 1: number of different ways on plays that had hurt them

2181
01:58:44,320 --> 01:58:47,320
Speaker 1: in weeks before. And that's what we did. And so

2182
01:58:47,480 --> 01:58:49,560
Speaker 1: we would come out in the exact same in the

2183
01:58:49,640 --> 01:58:54,600
Speaker 1: formations and personnel, with emotions and give them what they

2184
01:58:54,640 --> 01:58:58,360
Speaker 1: had prepared for with a wrinkle that that caused them too.

2185
01:58:58,400 --> 01:59:00,160
Speaker 1: If they're going to play it and do the right thing,

2186
01:59:00,280 --> 01:59:02,600
Speaker 1: if they did the right thing, they were had And

2187
01:59:02,720 --> 01:59:04,280
Speaker 1: that's why we beat him the second time. That's why

2188
01:59:04,280 --> 01:59:05,720
Speaker 1: we kind of running up on him. You had over

2189
01:59:05,760 --> 01:59:07,800
Speaker 1: one hundred yards in that playoff game and a touchdown,

2190
01:59:07,840 --> 01:59:10,480
Speaker 1: a touchdown and a touchdown, So good showing by you

2191
01:59:10,560 --> 01:59:12,320
Speaker 1: in that one for sure. Yeah, the football is in

2192
01:59:12,400 --> 01:59:15,600
Speaker 1: my nephew's house. Now did he end up with it? Well,

2193
01:59:16,600 --> 01:59:18,480
Speaker 1: I got I had a couple of you're a giver,

2194
01:59:19,000 --> 01:59:21,400
Speaker 1: I'm a I'm a generous, great giver. Right, So one

2195
01:59:21,480 --> 01:59:24,360
Speaker 1: more call here before the break, Kyle in cheeked waga Kaya,

2196
01:59:24,400 --> 01:59:25,920
Speaker 1: what do you have for is you're on one Bill's Live,

2197
01:59:26,760 --> 01:59:31,600
Speaker 1: How going good good quick? Thing about the Kenny still

2198
01:59:31,840 --> 01:59:34,600
Speaker 1: actually is that it's more or allowed to look at

2199
01:59:34,640 --> 01:59:37,200
Speaker 1: for more information if he was injured earlier in the year.

2200
01:59:37,320 --> 01:59:42,520
Speaker 1: Is that really like a good idea? A well about that? Yeah,

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01:59:42,680 --> 01:59:45,920
Speaker 1: I mean when they're when they're considering a guy like this,

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01:59:46,160 --> 01:59:47,920
Speaker 1: just like any other player, they put him through the

2203
01:59:48,040 --> 01:59:51,560
Speaker 1: rigors of a full blown physical, especially a guy that's

2204
01:59:51,600 --> 01:59:55,040
Speaker 1: got an injury history like Kenny Still. So, um, yeah,

2205
01:59:55,080 --> 01:59:57,880
Speaker 1: it wasn't. It wasn't a blown knee was too injury

2206
01:59:58,000 --> 01:59:59,440
Speaker 1: and he was going to be out for a few

2207
01:59:59,480 --> 02:00:02,160
Speaker 1: weeks since probably it was a week eleven, So it's

2208
02:00:02,200 --> 02:00:05,320
Speaker 1: probably right now that he's probably getting healthier and can

2209
02:00:05,360 --> 02:00:07,440
Speaker 1: probably start training in Plus, not only does he have

2210
02:00:07,520 --> 02:00:09,280
Speaker 1: to go through the physical. And here's what it works.

2211
02:00:09,320 --> 02:00:11,240
Speaker 1: I mean, the Bills will send him to a doctor

2212
02:00:12,280 --> 02:00:15,480
Speaker 1: somewhere and say, give this guy a physical and tell

2213
02:00:15,560 --> 02:00:16,920
Speaker 1: us what he's like. And if he gives him the

2214
02:00:16,960 --> 02:00:19,160
Speaker 1: a okay, it'll be a doctor with you know, an

2215
02:00:19,200 --> 02:00:21,720
Speaker 1: athletic doctor. It's not one of the Bills doctors. It'll

2216
02:00:21,720 --> 02:00:25,200
Speaker 1: be somebody off site because of COVID. That guy give

2217
02:00:25,240 --> 02:00:27,720
Speaker 1: him the thumbs up. Then he's got to start getting

2218
02:00:27,760 --> 02:00:30,680
Speaker 1: through the protocols to get in the building because of COVID.

2219
02:00:31,360 --> 02:00:33,760
Speaker 1: And that's already on the map, and then they're in

2220
02:00:33,840 --> 02:00:36,760
Speaker 1: the meantime, you know, they'll be working him out. They'll

2221
02:00:36,880 --> 02:00:40,960
Speaker 1: either either have somebody off site work him out and

2222
02:00:41,080 --> 02:00:43,840
Speaker 1: that and that goes well. They'll start talking to his

2223
02:00:43,920 --> 02:00:47,520
Speaker 1: representation about what he's looking for in a contract. They'll

2224
02:00:47,560 --> 02:00:49,480
Speaker 1: get that under the thing, and then when he clears COVID,

2225
02:00:49,520 --> 02:00:51,600
Speaker 1: he can come immediately come in the building and start

2226
02:00:51,920 --> 02:00:54,920
Speaker 1: sitting in on meetings and learning the terminology. So yeah,

2227
02:00:55,000 --> 02:00:58,640
Speaker 1: they don't if yeah, if he's if he's not one

2228
02:00:58,720 --> 02:01:01,240
Speaker 1: hundred percent physically, he's not getting in the door to

2229
02:01:01,360 --> 02:01:04,440
Speaker 1: begin with. And they don't even worry about COVID. They

2230
02:01:04,560 --> 02:01:07,840
Speaker 1: go through all of those rigors with anybody they bring in,

2231
02:01:08,480 --> 02:01:11,160
Speaker 1: and because there's no sense in adding a guy to

2232
02:01:11,200 --> 02:01:14,080
Speaker 1: your roster if he's not physically capable of playing, you know,

2233
02:01:14,200 --> 02:01:15,760
Speaker 1: on a week to week basis and giving you what

2234
02:01:15,840 --> 02:01:18,240
Speaker 1: you're looking for. And he was. He was got the

2235
02:01:18,320 --> 02:01:22,200
Speaker 1: injury week eleven, and this is week seventeen, so it's

2236
02:01:22,240 --> 02:01:26,560
Speaker 1: been seven weeks and he's only been released probably for

2237
02:01:27,000 --> 02:01:31,000
Speaker 1: six or five weeks of that, and healing up, you know,

2238
02:01:31,120 --> 02:01:33,720
Speaker 1: took whatever time it took. So yeah, he's and depending

2239
02:01:33,760 --> 02:01:35,640
Speaker 1: on and if he was going to have an injury

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02:01:35,880 --> 02:01:38,320
Speaker 1: on a thirty two million dollar contract in a year

2241
02:01:38,400 --> 02:01:42,000
Speaker 1: where the CAP's going down and they're trying to cut corners,

2242
02:01:42,040 --> 02:01:44,080
Speaker 1: they listen, we're he's in the last year of his

2243
02:01:44,200 --> 02:01:46,440
Speaker 1: contract and he's out for six weeks and we're not

2244
02:01:46,520 --> 02:01:49,440
Speaker 1: going to the playoffs. Thanks for stopping by. Let's stop

2245
02:01:49,480 --> 02:01:51,280
Speaker 1: paying him now. Yeah, let's stop. Thanks for stopping by.

2246
02:01:51,320 --> 02:01:54,240
Speaker 1: We're gonna save ourselves three point two million dollars, two

2247
02:01:54,280 --> 02:01:56,680
Speaker 1: million bucks on your salary, and we're gonna thank you.

2248
02:01:57,120 --> 02:01:59,120
Speaker 1: And that's the way that went. And the Bills always

2249
02:01:59,200 --> 02:02:03,240
Speaker 1: have feelers out there. They do their due diligence with

2250
02:02:03,360 --> 02:02:06,800
Speaker 1: their front office people, and more often than not, they

2251
02:02:06,880 --> 02:02:09,640
Speaker 1: have someone who has a familiar year background with a

2252
02:02:09,760 --> 02:02:12,040
Speaker 1: player that they might have an interest in. And the

2253
02:02:12,120 --> 02:02:15,160
Speaker 1: Bills have that in many ways. They have Dennis Hickey

2254
02:02:15,360 --> 02:02:17,960
Speaker 1: and Joe Shane, who both spend time in Miami in

2255
02:02:18,040 --> 02:02:20,840
Speaker 1: their careers, and I believe there's some cross over there

2256
02:02:20,880 --> 02:02:22,960
Speaker 1: as to when Stills was down there with that club

2257
02:02:23,160 --> 02:02:27,879
Speaker 1: was drafting ten. You have Brian Gaine, who was in Houston.

2258
02:02:28,400 --> 02:02:30,760
Speaker 1: I believe for a year of the time period that

2259
02:02:30,880 --> 02:02:33,160
Speaker 1: Stills was over there, So They have people in their

2260
02:02:33,200 --> 02:02:35,120
Speaker 1: front office that have been around him for a good

2261
02:02:35,200 --> 02:02:39,040
Speaker 1: deal of time, so there is firm and concrete information

2262
02:02:39,160 --> 02:02:42,320
Speaker 1: on him. So I mean, believe me, this front office

2263
02:02:42,320 --> 02:02:44,480
Speaker 1: beats the bushes like no other I've ever seen. So

2264
02:02:44,920 --> 02:02:47,800
Speaker 1: they're not bringing anybody in on a whim. Yeah, that's right,

2265
02:02:47,840 --> 02:02:49,560
Speaker 1: that's what they do. They keep their antenna out. I

2266
02:02:49,560 --> 02:02:52,000
Speaker 1: they got guys that do nothing but watch film of

2267
02:02:52,080 --> 02:02:56,320
Speaker 1: other teams, looking for guys who are good enough or

2268
02:02:56,360 --> 02:02:58,320
Speaker 1: the right kind of guy, whether they're available or not.

2269
02:02:58,520 --> 02:03:00,440
Speaker 1: Break time for us. When we return, we'll have a

2270
02:03:00,480 --> 02:03:03,880
Speaker 1: little Christian Wade with Coffee with the Bills, and he's

2271
02:03:03,920 --> 02:03:06,680
Speaker 1: with rookie quarterback Jake from a guy we haven't really

2272
02:03:06,760 --> 02:03:09,400
Speaker 1: heard much from, so we'll be back to give you

2273
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Speaker 1: that when we return. Here on One Bill's Live presented

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Speaker 1: by Kalida Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome back to

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Speaker 1: One Bill's Live. Time now for Coffee with the Bills,

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02:03:27,720 --> 02:03:31,240
Speaker 1: presented by Tim Horton's Cafe and Bike Shop. Here's Christian

2277
02:03:31,320 --> 02:03:36,160
Speaker 1: Wade with Bill's rookie quarterback Jake from how you doing Buddy,

2278
02:03:36,560 --> 02:03:39,400
Speaker 1: I'm doing good, see way, Thank you for having lovely,

2279
02:03:39,560 --> 02:03:42,879
Speaker 1: lovely my soul. This is your first year, I'm Buffalo.

2280
02:03:43,640 --> 02:03:46,440
Speaker 1: How's it been going for you? It's been going good. Man,

2281
02:03:46,520 --> 02:03:49,680
Speaker 1: It's been awesome ride this season. You know, we place

2282
02:03:49,720 --> 02:03:53,920
Speaker 1: the AFC East and been excited especially this week, especially

2283
02:03:54,000 --> 02:03:57,480
Speaker 1: this morning. Waking up to about two foot of snow tough,

2284
02:03:57,520 --> 02:04:01,040
Speaker 1: getting much struck out this morning. That was interesting. Uh,

2285
02:04:01,240 --> 02:04:05,080
Speaker 1: definitely an eye opening experience. And yeah, man, that was crazy.

2286
02:04:06,000 --> 02:04:10,000
Speaker 1: So where are you from, Jake, I'm from the Great

2287
02:04:10,040 --> 02:04:13,520
Speaker 1: State of Georgia. See where he from the South. Yeah,

2288
02:04:13,840 --> 02:04:15,960
Speaker 1: we do have a big contingent of people from the

2289
02:04:16,040 --> 02:04:19,040
Speaker 1: South and our team. Um. So, like you said earlier,

2290
02:04:19,080 --> 02:04:21,880
Speaker 1: with the snow, this must be a massive shot. But

2291
02:04:22,000 --> 02:04:24,960
Speaker 1: have you ever experienced snow before? Have you driven in

2292
02:04:25,040 --> 02:04:26,640
Speaker 1: the snow? What? Would I tell me what I was

2293
02:04:26,720 --> 02:04:30,800
Speaker 1: been like? No, the most I've ever been in the

2294
02:04:30,840 --> 02:04:33,680
Speaker 1: snow or driven the snow. Um, I guess you know.

2295
02:04:33,720 --> 02:04:35,919
Speaker 1: When I was younger, we went to Lake Taho, California

2296
02:04:35,920 --> 02:04:37,920
Speaker 1: on the ski trip. You know, I was like eight

2297
02:04:38,040 --> 02:04:40,760
Speaker 1: nineteen years old. Um, snowboard a little bit. You know,

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Speaker 1: I really didn't know kind of what was going on

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02:04:43,040 --> 02:04:45,240
Speaker 1: or you know, the security of it. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: coming here, especially this morning, you know, coming to work. Um,

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02:04:48,560 --> 02:04:50,080
Speaker 1: I mean there's two for the snow on the ground.

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02:04:50,160 --> 02:04:52,520
Speaker 1: Can barely back in the truck up. The entire bed

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02:04:52,560 --> 02:04:55,120
Speaker 1: of my trucks filled up the snow. So it's crazy.

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02:04:55,160 --> 02:04:57,760
Speaker 1: It's been. It's been crazy. Um. And then something I've

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02:04:57,800 --> 02:05:01,000
Speaker 1: never seen before back in London if it snows even

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02:05:01,040 --> 02:05:05,360
Speaker 1: a few inches, which shut down for a week. Yeah

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02:05:05,640 --> 02:05:08,760
Speaker 1: no quick, no snow fowls and none pass stuff. Yeah

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Speaker 1: we should we shut down in Georgia for a chance

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02:05:11,160 --> 02:05:16,480
Speaker 1: or stuff. If there's a chance we shut down. That's crazy.

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Speaker 1: Being from the South and I've seen you a lot

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Speaker 1: of time with your camera gear, you know, your boots,

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02:05:23,040 --> 02:05:25,560
Speaker 1: you got the truck. I have to ask you, man,

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02:05:25,680 --> 02:05:28,880
Speaker 1: are you are you into your hunting? Oh yeah, I

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02:05:28,960 --> 02:05:33,520
Speaker 1: have to hunt hundred hundred every single day on the

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Speaker 1: bide we can see so yeah, it's I don't know, man,

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02:05:37,240 --> 02:05:40,360
Speaker 1: It's fun. It's peaceful. Um, it's it's something to do

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Speaker 1: a pair in Buffalo. Um, and it's spinaces. It's great

2318
02:05:43,720 --> 02:05:46,560
Speaker 1: enjoying God's creation, you know, going out and um and

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02:05:46,680 --> 02:05:48,360
Speaker 1: getting to have some good food you know from it,

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02:05:48,480 --> 02:05:51,320
Speaker 1: you know, like like like you know, yeah, because I

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02:05:51,400 --> 02:05:53,200
Speaker 1: know there's a couple of guys in the team you go,

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02:05:53,320 --> 02:05:55,920
Speaker 1: you know, go fishing, go hunting and stuff. So I

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02:05:56,000 --> 02:05:58,720
Speaker 1: had to ask you, Bro, you know, with the cameos

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02:05:58,880 --> 02:06:01,080
Speaker 1: and you know, the boots and all that stuff. I

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02:06:01,160 --> 02:06:03,400
Speaker 1: was like, yeah, he definitely has to be up there

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02:06:03,480 --> 02:06:05,680
Speaker 1: with the guys, you know, doing hunting, fishing, doing a

2327
02:06:05,720 --> 02:06:08,360
Speaker 1: lot of sort of stuff that's hurried anymore. Love that

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02:06:08,560 --> 02:06:12,320
Speaker 1: love guy. So here we go. I'm gonna hit you

2329
02:06:13,000 --> 02:06:17,200
Speaker 1: with I'm phrase that you would use back in England,

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Speaker 1: and I want you to tell me where you think

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02:06:19,080 --> 02:06:23,360
Speaker 1: it means. Yeah, all right, Bro, we can do that.

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02:06:25,760 --> 02:06:30,120
Speaker 1: I like it all right. Here we go. So phrase

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02:06:30,320 --> 02:06:37,640
Speaker 1: is I've had a stinker. Stinker? Yeah, a stinker, I've

2334
02:06:37,680 --> 02:06:42,840
Speaker 1: had a stinker. Well, I mean I would say, you

2335
02:06:42,960 --> 02:06:44,920
Speaker 1: know when you first hear it sounds like you just

2336
02:06:45,000 --> 02:06:54,160
Speaker 1: want bathroom? You want that? Said Bro said, I got

2337
02:06:54,200 --> 02:06:58,720
Speaker 1: it right, Nah, that was That's what I'll give you.

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02:06:58,800 --> 02:07:01,880
Speaker 1: I'll give you two more. Guess I don't know see

2339
02:07:01,880 --> 02:07:07,440
Speaker 1: where that I've had a stinker. Maybe I don't know.

2340
02:07:08,080 --> 02:07:10,120
Speaker 1: You message you you messed up really bad? Is that

2341
02:07:10,120 --> 02:07:14,960
Speaker 1: what it is? Bro? I'm gonna give it to him.

2342
02:07:15,240 --> 02:07:16,760
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give it to you, bro, that's that's a

2343
02:07:16,800 --> 02:07:19,280
Speaker 1: good that's a good guess. Okay, that's a good take.

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02:07:20,000 --> 02:07:22,920
Speaker 1: It just simply means, you know, I've had a stinker,

2345
02:07:23,000 --> 02:07:26,320
Speaker 1: Like you're supposed to do one thing or like all

2346
02:07:26,360 --> 02:07:29,560
Speaker 1: week you've him you know, preparing for this very moment

2347
02:07:29,720 --> 02:07:31,600
Speaker 1: and you messed it up, and you're like, mate, I've

2348
02:07:31,640 --> 02:07:35,320
Speaker 1: kind a stinker, like I've done completely the wrong thing.

2349
02:07:36,240 --> 02:07:37,600
Speaker 1: But you the thing is, you say you've had a

2350
02:07:37,640 --> 02:07:40,040
Speaker 1: stinker because you know that you've done the wrong thing.

2351
02:07:40,120 --> 02:07:41,840
Speaker 1: So it's not like you messed up and you're like,

2352
02:07:42,360 --> 02:07:45,080
Speaker 1: what what did I do? It's like messed up, so

2353
02:07:45,280 --> 02:07:48,080
Speaker 1: you don't know, you know, you as soon as you

2354
02:07:48,160 --> 02:07:50,440
Speaker 1: did it, as soon as like while it was happening,

2355
02:07:50,520 --> 02:07:53,760
Speaker 1: you knew it was over. All right, I'm gonna I'm

2356
02:07:53,760 --> 02:07:55,720
Speaker 1: gonna have to use that. See where I'm gonna take that.

2357
02:07:56,280 --> 02:07:59,120
Speaker 1: We'll bring it back one all right, man. So this

2358
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Speaker 1: is Coffee with the becausented to you by Tim Willens.

2359
02:08:02,200 --> 02:08:06,440
Speaker 1: I'm your host, Christian Wade. Thanks for listening, all right,

2360
02:08:06,520 --> 02:08:10,520
Speaker 1: Christian Wade with Jake from there as uh, Jake from

2361
02:08:10,720 --> 02:08:13,480
Speaker 1: is learning how to travel through snow? Now, how about

2362
02:08:14,080 --> 02:08:16,760
Speaker 1: has there anybody been lost and forgotten more than Jake

2363
02:08:16,880 --> 02:08:20,000
Speaker 1: from this season where he's been the COVID emergency break

2364
02:08:20,080 --> 02:08:25,600
Speaker 1: Glass quarterback emergency, Brake Glass cry, think about it. Him

2365
02:08:26,200 --> 02:08:29,880
Speaker 1: he is he can't even even the team has you know,

2366
02:08:30,320 --> 02:08:36,200
Speaker 1: sequestered him. Yeah, yeah, I mean and with good reason.

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Speaker 1: I mean we've seen other team what happened in Denver

2368
02:08:38,520 --> 02:08:42,160
Speaker 1: Broncos Exactly, they didn't have a quarterback separated from the

2369
02:08:42,240 --> 02:08:45,760
Speaker 1: rest of the bunch, practicing on a limited basis and

2370
02:08:46,160 --> 02:08:49,080
Speaker 1: going through all their meetings remotely to steer clear of

2371
02:08:49,120 --> 02:08:51,240
Speaker 1: the other guys in the quarterback room in case the

2372
02:08:51,680 --> 02:08:54,920
Speaker 1: God forbid COVID hits the quarterback room like it did

2373
02:08:54,960 --> 02:08:56,960
Speaker 1: in Denver. And what did they have to do. They

2374
02:08:57,000 --> 02:09:03,080
Speaker 1: had to start another on quarterback at quarterback who hadn't

2375
02:09:03,120 --> 02:09:06,960
Speaker 1: played the position since like junior high school. Right, So

2376
02:09:08,040 --> 02:09:10,440
Speaker 1: that was a disaster. They lost thirty one to three

2377
02:09:10,480 --> 02:09:15,200
Speaker 1: to the Saints that week. So yeah, it's being done

2378
02:09:15,280 --> 02:09:18,400
Speaker 1: and with good reason. Yeah. So that but as good

2379
02:09:18,440 --> 02:09:20,480
Speaker 1: as as the Browns found out last week. Actually no

2380
02:09:20,600 --> 02:09:22,840
Speaker 1: wide receiver. That is the first time I have seen

2381
02:09:23,520 --> 02:09:26,920
Speaker 1: like a picture or video or anything of Jake front.

2382
02:09:26,960 --> 02:09:31,760
Speaker 1: I haven't seen him since maybe a June media zoom call. Maybe. Yeah,

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02:09:32,200 --> 02:09:34,200
Speaker 1: that's about it for me. He's been a name on

2384
02:09:34,280 --> 02:09:38,600
Speaker 1: a list since then. Wow, there you go. But everybody's

2385
02:09:38,600 --> 02:09:41,760
Speaker 1: got a role to play and that's his, So we'll

2386
02:09:41,840 --> 02:09:43,680
Speaker 1: leave it at that. I guess. I mean, I don't know.

2387
02:09:44,400 --> 02:09:46,080
Speaker 1: Should we take a look at one or two more

2388
02:09:46,160 --> 02:09:48,320
Speaker 1: tweets here before we go to break? Let's get to

2389
02:09:48,480 --> 02:09:51,720
Speaker 1: a huddy on the tweet sheet, he says. I'm giving

2390
02:09:51,800 --> 02:09:55,080
Speaker 1: my guys until halftime. I'm going big and aggressive to

2391
02:09:55,120 --> 02:09:57,680
Speaker 1: put up points. If at any point the plan isn't working,

2392
02:09:57,760 --> 02:10:00,280
Speaker 1: I pull them out. I'm all about staying high with

2393
02:10:00,440 --> 02:10:05,240
Speaker 1: my starters going into the playoffs. Tiffany says the second

2394
02:10:05,280 --> 02:10:08,480
Speaker 1: seed would be nice. However, I would rather see them

2395
02:10:08,560 --> 02:10:11,240
Speaker 1: head into the playoffs as healthy as possible, avoiding any

2396
02:10:11,280 --> 02:10:14,360
Speaker 1: potential injuries. Give me a heavy dose of Matt Barkley

2397
02:10:14,440 --> 02:10:16,960
Speaker 1: and the rest of the backups. This team is primed

2398
02:10:17,200 --> 02:10:20,720
Speaker 1: to go into any stadium and beat their opponent. And

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02:10:20,840 --> 02:10:23,000
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna say this. We said this a little

2400
02:10:23,040 --> 02:10:27,200
Speaker 1: over an hour ago. Coach McDermott is going to have

2401
02:10:27,400 --> 02:10:31,760
Speaker 1: this team whoever's lining up, frothing at the mouth to

2402
02:10:31,880 --> 02:10:36,200
Speaker 1: win the football game. And go, you know, thirteen and

2403
02:10:36,320 --> 02:10:37,880
Speaker 1: three on the year. And let me tell you something,

2404
02:10:37,960 --> 02:10:40,400
Speaker 1: the guys who are gonna be going the most crazy

2405
02:10:40,560 --> 02:10:43,480
Speaker 1: are the team got the guys who are not playing. Oh,

2406
02:10:43,520 --> 02:10:46,880
Speaker 1: that's our biggest cheerleaders. You ever think Josh Allen wants

2407
02:10:46,920 --> 02:10:50,080
Speaker 1: Matt Barkley to throw for five bills. I mean he

2408
02:10:50,240 --> 02:10:53,520
Speaker 1: wants he wants them to play well. The receivers. They

2409
02:10:53,560 --> 02:10:55,560
Speaker 1: want Duke Williams to go out and knock it out

2410
02:10:55,560 --> 02:10:59,480
Speaker 1: of the park. They that this team it is so fun.

2411
02:10:59,640 --> 02:11:02,160
Speaker 1: I can tell. It's so fun to reverse the roles

2412
02:11:02,400 --> 02:11:04,800
Speaker 1: of being on the sidelines and hoping your guys play

2413
02:11:04,880 --> 02:11:07,000
Speaker 1: well because they you know, this team has been so

2414
02:11:07,120 --> 02:11:10,080
Speaker 1: supportive of each other throughout the regular season. These guys

2415
02:11:10,120 --> 02:11:12,000
Speaker 1: want to return the Josh wants to return the favor.

2416
02:11:12,440 --> 02:11:16,000
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary, you know, Zach Moss, they you know, Tyler

2417
02:11:16,080 --> 02:11:19,200
Speaker 1: Croft knocks. All these guys want to return the favor,

2418
02:11:19,280 --> 02:11:21,840
Speaker 1: you know. And and it's it's gonna be fun for

2419
02:11:21,880 --> 02:11:23,640
Speaker 1: those guys to be out there. It's gonna be there's

2420
02:11:23,640 --> 02:11:25,480
Speaker 1: gonna be a little extra juice on the sidelines for

2421
02:11:25,560 --> 02:11:28,480
Speaker 1: these guys. There just won't be as just won't be

2422
02:11:28,520 --> 02:11:31,760
Speaker 1: as much talent on the field, right, So, um, it'll

2423
02:11:31,800 --> 02:11:34,600
Speaker 1: be fun game, if you know, if it all happens

2424
02:11:34,680 --> 02:11:38,880
Speaker 1: like we think it's gonna happen. But yeah, I think

2425
02:11:38,880 --> 02:11:41,280
Speaker 1: it'll be refreshing for the starters. It'll be fun. It'll

2426
02:11:41,520 --> 02:11:43,840
Speaker 1: be a fun day for him, break time for us.

2427
02:11:43,920 --> 02:11:45,400
Speaker 1: But Steve and I will close it up when we

2428
02:11:45,520 --> 02:11:48,000
Speaker 1: return with what have we learned? Here? On One Bill's Live,

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02:11:48,080 --> 02:12:04,400
Speaker 1: presented by Kalid to Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. What

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02:12:04,680 --> 02:12:07,240
Speaker 1: have we Learned? Brought to you by Skyworks, the official

2431
02:12:07,320 --> 02:12:10,040
Speaker 1: construction equipment rental company of the Buffalo Bills. I think

2432
02:12:10,080 --> 02:12:12,640
Speaker 1: if there's anything we learned today, Steve, it's that there

2433
02:12:12,760 --> 02:12:15,320
Speaker 1: is still some mixed opinion as to the best course

2434
02:12:15,400 --> 02:12:17,760
Speaker 1: of action for this week's seventeen game between the Bills

2435
02:12:17,800 --> 02:12:23,040
Speaker 1: and the Dolphins. But I would say the majority are thinking, Hey,

2436
02:12:23,160 --> 02:12:27,440
Speaker 1: let's just rest everybody up, let's avoid injury so we

2437
02:12:27,560 --> 02:12:30,600
Speaker 1: can go full guns a blazing into the playoffs. Guys,

2438
02:12:30,640 --> 02:12:33,480
Speaker 1: where did the poll end up today in terms of

2439
02:12:33,520 --> 02:12:35,000
Speaker 1: the voting? If we can pull that up just one

2440
02:12:35,120 --> 02:12:38,360
Speaker 1: last time, I'm just curious of where are voting ending.

2441
02:12:38,440 --> 02:12:40,640
Speaker 1: Most people said, let's give him a chance. To stay sharp.

2442
02:12:40,760 --> 02:12:42,600
Speaker 1: But you know, don't let them play the whole game

2443
02:12:42,640 --> 02:12:44,800
Speaker 1: playing for aze or two and then I play him

2444
02:12:45,200 --> 02:12:47,960
Speaker 1: for me. I don't play them at all. Set them down.

2445
02:12:48,520 --> 02:12:51,920
Speaker 1: The Steelers are starting, Mason Rudolph, take your chances, and

2446
02:12:52,040 --> 02:12:53,880
Speaker 1: to me, I still think this is a team. I

2447
02:12:53,920 --> 02:12:56,520
Speaker 1: don't care who your play, or win or where. This is.

2448
02:12:56,560 --> 02:12:58,360
Speaker 1: The team's gonna be able to beat anybody in the

2449
02:12:58,400 --> 02:13:01,480
Speaker 1: playoffs they play. I'm not ducking anybody, not Baltimore and

2450
02:13:01,800 --> 02:13:05,760
Speaker 1: not Kansas City. I want to see that game. And

2451
02:13:06,040 --> 02:13:10,840
Speaker 1: home field, yeah, watch what you wish for? Right, home

2452
02:13:10,880 --> 02:13:14,080
Speaker 1: field advantage is not what it was. There's no fans um.

2453
02:13:14,200 --> 02:13:17,200
Speaker 1: So that's that's where I'm sticking. Rest these guys go

2454
02:13:17,280 --> 02:13:21,360
Speaker 1: into the playoffs with everything you've got in your favorite coach.

2455
02:13:21,440 --> 02:13:23,760
Speaker 1: Mcdermoy comes from the Andy Reid coaching tree, and Andy

2456
02:13:23,800 --> 02:13:26,640
Speaker 1: Reid did announce today. Now granted Chiefs are locked into

2457
02:13:26,680 --> 02:13:29,320
Speaker 1: the top seed, they have the buy anyway. He announced

2458
02:13:29,360 --> 02:13:31,960
Speaker 1: today Chad Henny will be starting at quarterback for the

2459
02:13:32,040 --> 02:13:34,520
Speaker 1: Chiefs this weekend. Right be interesting to see how many

2460
02:13:34,600 --> 02:13:37,240
Speaker 1: of their other starters will be sitting as well. First

2461
02:13:37,320 --> 02:13:41,760
Speaker 1: time since two thousand and six, eighteen teams have a

2462
02:13:41,840 --> 02:13:44,200
Speaker 1: shot at making the playoffs on Week seventeen. Yeah, the

2463
02:13:44,320 --> 02:13:46,960
Speaker 1: added playoffs seed certainly helps in that equation, but yes

2464
02:13:47,080 --> 02:13:49,800
Speaker 1: it is. It's gonna be a schmozzle this weekend, but man,

2465
02:13:49,880 --> 02:13:53,520
Speaker 1: it's gonna be fascinating. Steve and I back tomorrow as

2466
02:13:53,560 --> 02:13:56,400
Speaker 1: we continue preparations for this Week seventeen matchup in the

2467
02:13:56,440 --> 02:14:04,240
Speaker 1: playoffs that lie ahead. We'll see you tomorrow. Wait, beading

2468
02:14:04,680 --> 02:14:05,120
Speaker 1: beyond