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Speaker 1: The One Bill's Live presented by Kalida Health.

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Speaker 2: Ah you're doing on this Hume Day, Wednesday, Chris Brown,

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Speaker 2: Steve Tasker with you. One Bill's Live is the show.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for making us a part of your day as

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Speaker 2: we'll be with you until three in the afternoon Eastern time.

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Speaker 2: And a lot to get to today. Yes, the players

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Speaker 2: are back on the practice field and it is a

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Speaker 2: healthier bunch out of the buy. We'll explain here shortly.

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Speaker 2: Brandon Bean also addressed the media earlier today, chiefly concerning

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Speaker 2: the von Miller situation. Will have comment from him on

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Speaker 2: that and also head coach Sean McDermott address that very subject,

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Speaker 2: so we'll have comment from him as well here shortly.

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Speaker 2: But first let's get to the roster situations first. As

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Speaker 2: you know, both Taylor Rap and Dane Jackson missed the

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Speaker 2: week twelve game against the Eagles. Dane Jackson in concussion protocol,

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Speaker 2: Taylor Rap with a neck injury. The good news on

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Speaker 2: those two, and we should tell you that Bill's Practice

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Speaker 2: updates are presented by Lee Coom Lake Erie College of

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Speaker 2: Osteopathic Medicine. Dane Jackson has cleared concussion protocol. He is

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Speaker 2: full go Taylor Rap has returned to practice fully as well.

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Speaker 2: Both of them back out on the practice field today.

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Speaker 2: More good news concerning a pair of players that have

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Speaker 2: been on injured Red Dawson Knox, who underwent wrist surgery

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Speaker 2: about six seven weeks ago, and Kyrie Elam who went

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Speaker 2: on IR a month ago with an ankle injury. The

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Speaker 2: practice windows for both players have been opened and they

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Speaker 2: have begun to practice today. So there is twenty There

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Speaker 2: are twenty one days that the Bills now have at

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Speaker 2: their disposal to have these guys ramp back up to

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Speaker 2: be ready for games again. Before anybody could ask coach

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Speaker 2: McDermott do either of these two players, Knox and Elim

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Speaker 2: have a chance to play on Sunday, Coach McDermott said,

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Speaker 2: we're just taking it a day at a time, And

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Speaker 2: that kind of makes sense, Steve, because you've got to

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Speaker 2: kind of see how they're looking. Do they look game ready?

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Speaker 2: Are they getting better and better with each passing day

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Speaker 2: this week? And then if yes, well then you can

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Speaker 2: make a hard and fast decision as to whether they're

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Speaker 2: going to help your football team this week against the Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: Right, and you know, maybe there is maybe there isn't gamesmanship,

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Speaker 1: there's no reason to say it before it becomes obvious.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, Elam and Knox knocks back from the wrist

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Speaker 1: surgery that he had or whatever it was, and and

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Speaker 1: this season. For sure. Elim for sure, I would think.

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Speaker 1: And given the fact that they've been fluctuating at corner

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Speaker 1: He's been neck deep in the system. You know, he's

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Speaker 1: got some athletic ability.

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Speaker 2: He can he can make, he.

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Speaker 1: Can go out and cover.

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Speaker 1: He to me, he's a stable upgrade from what you've

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Speaker 2: Well, I mean just just think of it this way.

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Speaker 2: going with Kyer Elam. I don't see any reason why

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Speaker 2: wherever you want to heart he can do those things too.

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Speaker 4: Obviously, we were made aware last Thursday about the situation

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Speaker 2: So clearly in the very early stages here, investigation is ongoing.

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Speaker 2: So really the league and the Bills are essentially in

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and certainly this is uh yeah, it's uncomfortable for

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Speaker 1: Vaughn going to participate taking a vet rest day. That

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Speaker 1: let the process take its course, and you gotta wait.

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Speaker 1: This is something that lead you know, bills can't get

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Speaker 2: And so taking that a step further, Brandon Bean was

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Speaker 2: So that's kind of where he left it. That then

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Speaker 2: what Brandon had to say about that.

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Speaker 4: Every week, we're trying to put the best forty eight players.

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Speaker 4: That's you know, doesn't matter what you know, name it

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Speaker 4: that will continue to be evaluated every week. And if

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Speaker 4: then that's what we'll do.

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Speaker 4: You can't really replicate a training camp, so you're trying to.

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Speaker 3: Work them back.

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Speaker 4: Yet practices are not like training camp practices, and then

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Speaker 2: And so that's kind of where he left it as

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Speaker 1: League, like you know, other than.

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Speaker 4: So we you know, we don't have We've not been

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Speaker 4: it's it's very early in the process and those people

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Speaker 4: And again, we'll we'll take the lead of the NFL

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Speaker 2: And that's kind of how most teams handle that. They

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Speaker 1: That's the way it always. The league takes the point

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Speaker 1: to find out as much as they can find out.

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Speaker 1: But as we know, it's it's never fast enough for

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Speaker 1: all of us. You know, we want to know right

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Speaker 1: now what the deal is and and we never get privy.

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Speaker 1: We're never privy to that until general public is so

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Speaker 1: where that's where it stands. Still a little bit up

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Speaker 1: in the air for this weekend, no question about it. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, listen, Brandon and I have already spoken to him. Again.

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Speaker 9: With respect to you, every time that you talk most times,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, John, that's really where where we are. That's really

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Speaker 6: Is there? You can't drop how much can you drop

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Speaker 6: And finally, what is there a level of encouragement to see,

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Speaker 8: Conversations with Joe Brady over the why how much do

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Speaker 8: Sure, I know the bye week is often self stout

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Speaker 1: You can sweek, How does.

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Speaker 8: Be with him, If that makes sense.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's you know, I don't. I think

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Speaker 2: How everything is still up in front of you, the

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Speaker 6: It's almost a playoff game every week?

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Speaker 3: Now, Well, that's where our focus is. Right every week

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Speaker 7: See even higher now.

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Speaker 3: My hope was that it was high in week one.

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Speaker 9: The season four.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean coach Baggs does a really good job.

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Speaker 10: Sean, Are there are any considerations to you know, the reports

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Speaker 2: So that's head coach John McDermot addressing the media today

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Speaker 2: Today, right, So that's kind of where things sit there,

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Speaker 2: and until there are further developments either a in the

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Speaker 2: investigation or b at the league level, it's status quo.

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Speaker 2: That's pretty much how this week is going to play out,

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Speaker 2: unless something changes with respect to the investigation or with

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Speaker 2: something that comes to at the league level where they

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Speaker 2: can then enact a decision on von Miller's status going forward.

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Speaker 2: A couple of notes to bring you from around the NFL,

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Speaker 2: presented by Kalida Health, the official healthcare system of the

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Speaker 2: Buffalo Bills. Zach Wilson is going to be the starting

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Speaker 2: quarterback for the Jets this week in their game against

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Speaker 2: the Houston Texans. So that decision was made and confirmed

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Speaker 2: by head coach Robert Salad. Down in New York, the

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Speaker 2: team is reeling. I think they've lost five in a row.

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Speaker 2: I want to say right now four and eight on

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Speaker 2: the season. Dolphins linebacker Jerome Baker has a knee injury

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Speaker 2: and he is considered week to week, but he is

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Speaker 2: not going to be put on IR. So that is

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Speaker 2: an interesting development down in Miami as they deal with

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Speaker 2: some injuries on the defensive side of the football. They've

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Speaker 2: already lost Jalen Phillips for the season with a ruptured

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Speaker 2: achilles and then we saw that the Minnesota Vikings, who

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Speaker 2: were up in the air on who to start a

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Speaker 2: quarterback after a four interception performance by Josh Dobbs, the

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Speaker 2: head coach there has decided Kevin O'Connell has decided that

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Speaker 2: it will be Josh Jobbs back in the starting lineup

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Speaker 2: this week, So for now sticking with Josh Jobbs instead

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Speaker 2: of going back to Jaren Hall, who had been out

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Speaker 2: due to injury.

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Speaker 1: I think Dobbs gives them some athleticism, and after you

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Speaker 1: have a game like that, you can I think anybody

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Speaker 1: can relate to this. After you have a bad outing

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Speaker 1: and anything you think Okay, Now I gotta cut that.

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Speaker 1: I gotta cut the bottom off of those roller coasters, right,

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Speaker 1: I gotta make it a little bit more stable. Just

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Speaker 1: throw it away, even if we punt it. Better than

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Speaker 1: turning it over. You get these quarters, like you know,

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Speaker 1: we saw Josh Allen do it in Week one. We've

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Speaker 1: seen Josh Allen do it throughout his career, and one

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Speaker 1: of the turning points of his career was after a

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Speaker 1: three interception game in New England five years ago where

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Speaker 1: he went to Sean and Brandon and said, I promise

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Speaker 1: you I'm I'm not doing that anymore. And he's off

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Speaker 1: on the run and running and in the MVP race

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Speaker 1: every year, in the conversation at some point every year,

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Speaker 1: So I'm I kind of get it where Minnesota's coming from.

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Speaker 1: The guy stunk last week, not the only one, and

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Speaker 1: it's there's two.

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Speaker 2: Of his four interceptions came off tip passes that went

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Speaker 2: off the hands of his own receiver.

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Speaker 1: And it seems to be he's running a little bit

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Speaker 1: for his life and teams are starting to get a

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Speaker 1: handle on what the Vikings are doing with him. So

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Speaker 1: it's getting tougher, but I think it's the right thing.

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Speaker 1: He gives you the best chance, particularly after a bad

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Speaker 1: outing where he's gonna say, Okay, I'm gonna calm down

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Speaker 1: a little bit. Then you got to I think it's

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Speaker 1: the right thing to do.

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Speaker 2: It's a big decision for them, there's no question about it,

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Speaker 2: because they are in the third teetering. They're six and six,

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Speaker 2: and in the NFC, you're in the thick of the

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Speaker 2: playoff race with that record as like you're in it.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, they got a big decision to make there,

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Speaker 2: and that's the decision that they made. They're going with Dubs.

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Speaker 1: They're the sixth seed they're in right now.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

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Speaker 1: So you know, in the other conference, the Bills are

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Speaker 1: tenth or eleventh, but.

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Speaker 2: You got the Packers breathing down your neck. Yeah, which

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Speaker 2: who's a division rival. So yeah, it's gonna be very

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Speaker 2: interesting to see how that plays out. We've got to

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Speaker 2: take a break here, but when we come back, we're

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Speaker 2: opening up the phone lines to take your phone calls

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Speaker 2: the Chiefs, Tom and the West Side's gonna lead us off,

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Speaker 2: in practice for the Bills today. Who is not participating

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Speaker 2: in Chiefs practice might be even more notable. Starting running

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Speaker 2: back Isaiah Pacheco not practicing today due to a shoulder injury.

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Speaker 2: Starting free safety Brian Cook carted off with an ankle

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Speaker 2: injury and last week's game against the Packers, not practicing today.

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Speaker 2: Starting left tackle Donovan Smith left last week's game with

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Speaker 2: a neck injury, not practicing today, and starting middle linebacker

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Speaker 2: Drew Trenkwell, injured on the first series of the game

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Speaker 2: after taking a knee to the head, is in concussion

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Speaker 2: protocol and not practicing today. So certainly some injuries to

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Speaker 2: keep an eye on going forward, as well as that

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Speaker 2: of linebacker Nick Bolton, who has been on injured reserve

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Speaker 2: but they opened up his twenty one day practice window

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Speaker 2: last week. Still may not be ready to return to

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Speaker 2: the lineup coming off of wrist surgery, similar to that

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Speaker 2: of Dawson Knox. We'll have to wait and see, so

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Speaker 2: something to keep an eye on, certainly through the course

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Speaker 2: But to the phones we go, and as promised to

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Speaker 2: Tom on the west side to lead us off today,

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Speaker 2: what do you got for us? Tom?

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Speaker 11: Good, Afternoon, Juns. The injury bug catches up there this

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Speaker 11: time of year. It happens the most teams that You're

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Speaker 11: very fortunate if it doesn't happen Neil, which happened to

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Speaker 11: us a couple of years ago, but it didn't really

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Speaker 11: benefit us. But anyway, with that set, zach Ertz is

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Speaker 11: out there on the open line, and he apparently he's

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Speaker 11: interested in Buffalo. Would you bring him in and sit

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Speaker 11: Quinton Morris? Or would you bring him in and maybe play?

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Speaker 11: Could you put four tight ends on the field at

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Speaker 11: the same time, and what would you call it? A

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Speaker 11: zero four?

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Speaker 1: It would be yeah, fourteen personnel if it's one back,

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Speaker 1: or it could.

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Speaker 11: Be well, you got to have one wide receiver, right, Well,

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Speaker 11: it could be.

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Speaker 1: A running back.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you don't have to.

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Speaker 11: So you could Okay, so it could be fourteen.

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Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, yes, Now, if there.

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Speaker 11: Was a class in college that they didn't offer while

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Speaker 11: you were in college, what class would that be?

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Speaker 1: What was his question? If you if there was a

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Speaker 1: class that they didn't offer in college that you could

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Speaker 1: take now? Is that what he said?

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Speaker 11: Yeah, yeah, create a class that you want to take

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Speaker 11: now in college that didn't exist when you were in college.

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Speaker 2: That's that's a pretty interesting question. I was totally unprepared

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Speaker 2: for it, so I don't know that I'm ready for

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Speaker 2: an answer.

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Speaker 1: I won't go back to college for anything. Yeah, I'm

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Speaker 1: done with school.

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Speaker 2: When I did four years got my bachelor's degree, I

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Speaker 2: was like, yeah, I'm good, I'm ready to work.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the same with me. I don't know what

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Speaker 1: about you, Tom.

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Speaker 2: Now we let Tom?

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Speaker 1: Let Tom go. I think he's after that question.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't. Here's the thing in my mind, the

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Speaker 2: Bills have two pretty darn good tight ends at the

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Speaker 2: top of the death chart, and Quentin Morris. You'd be

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Speaker 2: hard pressed to do better as a number three tight

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Speaker 2: end on your roster than Quentin Morris for this reason.

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Speaker 2: He can play a multitude of roles on special teams.

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Speaker 2: In a pinch, he can line up in your backfield.

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Speaker 2: He's not quite as versatile as Reggie Gilliam, but he's

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Speaker 2: not far off. And so with that in mind, I

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Speaker 2: think the only reason you would remotely consider zach Ertz

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Speaker 2: is if Dawson Knox is going to miss the rest

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Speaker 2: of the season. And I don't foresee that happening because

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Speaker 2: he's already back practicing today. So I think if the

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Speaker 2: Dawson Knox recovery from risk surgery was taking longer than anticipated,

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Speaker 2: maybe you considerate. But because you're probably gonna have Dawson

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Speaker 2: Knox back sooner rather than later, and you have a

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Speaker 2: healthy Dalton Kincaid knock one Wood, and you have Quinton

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Speaker 2: Morris in the fold. I don't know that you need

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Speaker 2: him because I don't think he's a difference maker for

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Speaker 2: you based on the talent you already have. Right, and

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Speaker 2: he's been talking the most, at least according to reports,

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Speaker 2: to the Philadelphia Eagles, who do not have Dallas Goddard

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Speaker 2: back and whose offense has looked decidedly different without him.

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Speaker 2: That's a team in my mind, that is more desperate

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Speaker 2: to add somebody like zach Ertz, not to mention the

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Speaker 2: fact they have a prior working history, because that's where

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Speaker 2: he started his career. So to me, if I had

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Speaker 2: to guess, I think that's where he lands ultimately, don't.

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Speaker 2: I think Knox is going to be back sooner rather

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Speaker 2: than later, And because of that, I think that takes

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Speaker 2: the zach Ertz question off the table.

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Speaker 1: Buffalo, Yeah, gris my personal affair, but you know he's available,

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Speaker 1: so right, there's nothing says you have to snatch him up.

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Speaker 1: Right now, Let's see how Dawson Knox comes back to

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Speaker 1: practices and to.

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Speaker 2: Replace him as your third tight end in favor of

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Speaker 2: Quinn Morris, to me, doesn't wash because your third tight

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Speaker 2: end has to play on special teams. He has to,

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Speaker 2: and I don't think zach Ertz plays on special well.

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Speaker 1: Even if he does, he didn't play as well as

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Speaker 1: Quinn Morris.

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Speaker 2: Ye, So to me, that's that's that's what makes it

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Speaker 2: a done deal, Lucille. Let's go to Dennis in North

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Speaker 2: Carolina next. Let me punch him up here. Hey, Dennis,

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Speaker 2: what do you got first? You're on one Bill's life

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Speaker 2: I have.

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Speaker 12: Let's say, uh, what's the update on Leonard from the

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Speaker 12: foodfore and some of the other free agents Buffalo signed

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Speaker 12: that could help us win? And do you think at

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Speaker 12: the end of the decisions do you think Buffalo will

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Speaker 12: get a defenser coordinator where Brandon me? I mean Sean mcdormott.

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Speaker 12: Can I step back a little bit and not have

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Speaker 12: a lot of pressure on him? And you know it's

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Speaker 12: every year everybody Buffalo is a contender for the Super Bowl,

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Speaker 12: and hopefully before I die that we can win the

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Speaker 12: Super Bowl.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you're You're not alone in that sentiment, Dennis, that's

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Speaker 2: for sure. Why don't I take the first part, and

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Speaker 2: Steve you take the second part. So I'll address poon

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Speaker 2: Afford and Leonard Fournette. You can address defensive coordinator and

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Speaker 2: where that goes maybe at the end of the season.

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Speaker 2: So poon Afford, I think is a capable run stuffer.

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Speaker 2: I'm all for him being on the game day roster,

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Speaker 2: and who knows, through the course of this bye week

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Speaker 2: self scouting assessing performance up front, maybe they determine that

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Speaker 2: poon Afford is a guy that should be up on

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Speaker 2: game day to help them in the run front where

658
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:55,000
Speaker 2: they had been giving up four and a half yards

659
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,800
Speaker 2: per carry, and maybe he is active this week instead

660
00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,319
Speaker 2: of being the odd man out in that number game

661
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:03,280
Speaker 2: that they have at the defensive tackle position. We probably

662
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:05,280
Speaker 2: won't know the answer to that until we get to Sunday.

663
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:07,320
Speaker 2: And then as for Leonard Fournette, we've said it on

664
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:11,920
Speaker 2: the show before. When you have a healthy Latavius Murray,

665
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:16,200
Speaker 2: James Cook, and now Ty Johnson who has emerged, let's

666
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:20,319
Speaker 2: give the kid credit. He's played well. Leonard Fournette becomes

667
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:23,839
Speaker 2: an insurance policy on the practice squad. So unless one

668
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:25,600
Speaker 2: of those three guys gets hurt and is going to

669
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:29,399
Speaker 2: miss some time, or one of their one of those

670
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:34,120
Speaker 2: players production drops off precipitously. I think Leonard Fournette remains

671
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:37,440
Speaker 2: an insurance policy going forward. Why don't you address defensive coordinator?

672
00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,319
Speaker 1: That'll be a really interesting question after this season's over,

673
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:45,120
Speaker 1: because it'll probably come down to how Sean McDermott felt

674
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,359
Speaker 1: about how he coordinated the defense and how it went,

675
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,120
Speaker 1: and whether it was made him deficient in other areas,

676
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:52,799
Speaker 1: particularly on game day obviously as a head coach. As

677
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:56,680
Speaker 1: a head coach, I would not be surprised at all

678
00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:00,440
Speaker 1: to see him do that grab a defensive coordinator, particularly

679
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 1: if there's a one that he really respects on the market,

680
00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 1: which there may be. There's always, you know, anywhere between

681
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:10,440
Speaker 1: five and eight head coach openings in the in the

682
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 1: league at the end of the season, so all those

683
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:15,120
Speaker 1: staffs will be on the street, and there'll be some

684
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:18,080
Speaker 1: guys you could you might like, he may have Ron

685
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:23,560
Speaker 1: Rivera come do his coordinate his defense after if he

686
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:25,759
Speaker 1: gets fired from the Commanders. He may have Jack del

687
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:28,440
Speaker 1: Rio come in and work his defense. He may have,

688
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:32,240
Speaker 1: you know, there's a number of named guys who would

689
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:35,080
Speaker 1: be available, who he has worked with before at some

690
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: level that he could call. It will come down to

691
00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:42,759
Speaker 1: his self evaluation of how this season went with him

692
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:46,319
Speaker 1: as coordinator and head coach, and whether he felt like

693
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,880
Speaker 1: it was if they can get better with a defensive

694
00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:52,480
Speaker 1: coordinator rather than having him do it. But I think

695
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:54,600
Speaker 1: it's a really interesting question and it'll tell us a

696
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:58,439
Speaker 1: lot about how this season's playing out. Certainly, it's hard

697
00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:01,279
Speaker 1: to coordinate a defense when you lose the middle of

698
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:04,880
Speaker 1: your defense at different times with Milano Day Kwan Jones

699
00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:07,840
Speaker 1: and then Trey White on the outside and at different

700
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 1: times Hide and Poyer and all that and Taylor Rapp

701
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:15,960
Speaker 1: and just go keep going, I guess. So, Yeah, it's

702
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,279
Speaker 1: been a difficult year to coordinate the Bill's defense because

703
00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:18,920
Speaker 1: of the injuries.

704
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:22,000
Speaker 2: I wouldn't rule out an outside candidate, as Steve has mentioned,

705
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:23,760
Speaker 2: but I think they might have one on their staff already.

706
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,960
Speaker 2: And Al Hulcombe, who was brought on staff just this

707
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:31,160
Speaker 2: past offseason. He's been a defensive coordinator before one year

708
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:36,360
Speaker 2: with the Arizona Cardinals, and then he was an interim

709
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:39,760
Speaker 2: defensive coordinator with the Panthers in twenty twenty two before

710
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:42,759
Speaker 2: joining the Bills staff in twenty twenty three. I think

711
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,719
Speaker 2: he would be a candidate. I think Eric Washington, the

712
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:48,760
Speaker 2: defensive line coach and assistant head coach, would be a candidate.

713
00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:52,719
Speaker 2: He's been a defensive coordinator before, so I think there

714
00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:58,759
Speaker 2: are internal candidates that would make the transition smoother if

715
00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:02,680
Speaker 2: coach McDermott sims it to be necessary. And I think

716
00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:06,040
Speaker 2: coach McDermott is a selfless enough person where he wouldn't

717
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,160
Speaker 2: if he believes it's what's best for the team and

718
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:10,920
Speaker 2: best for him to be the best head coach he

719
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:12,879
Speaker 2: can be for the team. I think he would make

720
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:15,359
Speaker 2: that move in the offseason and wouldn't even hesitate. But

721
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:17,400
Speaker 2: I think that's going to require some evaluation at the

722
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:19,520
Speaker 2: end of the season, and he'd go through with a

723
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:22,680
Speaker 2: fine tooth comb before making that call. But I guess

724
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:25,360
Speaker 2: the point I'm making is there are internal candidates that

725
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:27,560
Speaker 2: can be considered for that job as well, in addition

726
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:30,800
Speaker 2: to external. Let's go to Peter in Lockport next. What

727
00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:31,359
Speaker 2: do you got for us?

728
00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:31,560
Speaker 1: Peter?

729
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:34,200
Speaker 13: Hi, guys, how were you good?

730
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:34,600
Speaker 1: All right?

731
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:39,600
Speaker 13: Just hit a couple of quick things. Regarding von Miller.

732
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:44,600
Speaker 13: I think everybody needs to take a deep breath and

733
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:49,880
Speaker 13: back off a little bit. Let the process work. Itself out.

734
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:52,840
Speaker 13: Everybody's got opinions about this thing, and of course, if

735
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:56,480
Speaker 13: they are true, would be very serious. But if they're not,

736
00:39:57,280 --> 00:39:59,840
Speaker 13: you know, I mean, look what happened to Matt Riza.

737
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:04,360
Speaker 13: I mean the case in point, those turned out to

738
00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:08,200
Speaker 13: be false accusations. So we need to let the process

739
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:11,239
Speaker 13: work out, and everybody needs to just take a step back.

740
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:13,920
Speaker 1: On that issue.

741
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:16,520
Speaker 13: The other thing is as far as making the playoffs,

742
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:19,239
Speaker 13: I mean, at this point, the only thing we can

743
00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:21,919
Speaker 13: do is let the you know, one game at a time.

744
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 13: You know, if we we pretty much have to win

745
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:28,839
Speaker 13: out I think to make the playoffs. So we just

746
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:30,719
Speaker 13: have to look at one game at a time. We

747
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 13: can't be looking ahead past that point.

748
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think the healthy thing there, Peter, is

749
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:39,520
Speaker 2: that's kind of the approach that most NFL clubs take

750
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:42,920
Speaker 2: every week anyway. Don't focus on the game he got

751
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:45,040
Speaker 2: two weeks from now. Focus on this week, because next

752
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:46,480
Speaker 2: week's not going to matter if you don't take care

753
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:48,480
Speaker 2: of this week, especially now with the boat that the

754
00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:51,040
Speaker 2: Bills find themselves in at six and six. So that's

755
00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:54,160
Speaker 2: kind of the approach they have to take. And you

756
00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:57,560
Speaker 2: brought up mattter Riza and I understand why. And while

757
00:40:57,719 --> 00:41:00,799
Speaker 2: some people out there might say, well, the Bills made

758
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:03,040
Speaker 2: a quick decision on matt Ariza, what's the difference with

759
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:06,680
Speaker 2: von Miller. I think the difference is this, matt Eriza

760
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 2: was already facing charges and a criminal trial in addition

761
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:16,600
Speaker 2: to civil charges and an upcoming civil trial. And if

762
00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 2: you remember what Brandon Bean said at the time, he said,

763
00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:22,839
Speaker 2: we're going to release matt Riza so he can take

764
00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:27,839
Speaker 2: care of the priorities, which were active cases against him.

765
00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:32,040
Speaker 2: And so I think they saw that as, look, he's

766
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:34,440
Speaker 2: got a lot more on his plate besides his professional

767
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:38,719
Speaker 2: football career. Let's let him go handle that first and

768
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:42,680
Speaker 2: then he can kind of handle his professional life after that.

769
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:44,319
Speaker 2: That was kind of the approach that the Bills took

770
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:46,239
Speaker 2: in that situation. Right now, all we have is an

771
00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:49,759
Speaker 2: investigation with von Miller. It's a little different. Charges are

772
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:53,440
Speaker 2: just as serious, or accusation allegations, I should say, are

773
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:57,320
Speaker 2: just as serious. But you're much earlier in the process

774
00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:01,120
Speaker 2: now than you were with the situation with Arizon.

775
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:06,160
Speaker 1: Right, And it's and you're right, if that taught us

776
00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:09,200
Speaker 1: anything as serious as it was when it hit with Horizon,

777
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:15,200
Speaker 1: it still turned out to be nothing as far as

778
00:42:15,239 --> 00:42:20,200
Speaker 1: he was concerned. Right, So this is not that, but

779
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:22,440
Speaker 1: that should teach us a lesson about this.

780
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:25,800
Speaker 2: But every case is different, Every case is different. Break

781
00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:28,120
Speaker 2: time for us here more of your phone calls when

782
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:31,600
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788
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789
00:43:08,239 --> 00:43:10,440
Speaker 2: a back to practice Wednesday for the Bills as they

790
00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:15,960
Speaker 2: begin their preparations with game plan installation for the Kansas

791
00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:22,040
Speaker 2: City Chiefs here in week fourteen and encouraged to know

792
00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:26,640
Speaker 2: that the team is significantly healthier coming into this week's game.

793
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:30,200
Speaker 2: Dan Jackson is cleared concussion protocol. He is back practicing,

794
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:35,360
Speaker 2: and Taylor rap is fully recovered from his neck injury

795
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:38,080
Speaker 2: and he is one hundred percent good to go in

796
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:44,360
Speaker 2: practice as well, and then from injured reserve. You've got

797
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:50,759
Speaker 2: both Dawson Knox and Kyer Elam beginning their twenty one

798
00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:55,720
Speaker 2: day practice windows today and coach McDermott wouldn't say anything

799
00:43:55,840 --> 00:44:00,400
Speaker 2: regarding game status for Knox and Elam and other words

800
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:03,160
Speaker 2: coming off of IR because not only would they come

801
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:05,439
Speaker 2: off of IR, but you have to create a roster

802
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:08,920
Speaker 2: spot for them as well. So yeah, you'd have some

803
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:09,920
Speaker 2: other decisions to make.

804
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,759
Speaker 1: It's a ripple effect, no question about it. And the

805
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:16,520
Speaker 1: question is they're coming down the stretch they you to

806
00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:18,880
Speaker 1: me at this point of the season when all you know,

807
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:21,680
Speaker 1: a lot of teams you know, have had their buy

808
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:26,280
Speaker 1: or or a while back and are still riddled with injuries.

809
00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:28,120
Speaker 1: And you know, we saw it. You know, Trevor Lawrence

810
00:44:28,239 --> 00:44:29,960
Speaker 1: was in the litany of guys that are going down

811
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:32,239
Speaker 1: to injury. And you're getting a little healthier you can.

812
00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:33,880
Speaker 1: I think you got to get your best athletes on

813
00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:37,279
Speaker 1: the field and give them a chance to play, particularly

814
00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:41,479
Speaker 1: now in these games. So it'll be interesting to see

815
00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:45,120
Speaker 1: the roster and who gets a game jersey this Sunday

816
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:48,239
Speaker 1: for the Bills. I think we may see some guys

817
00:44:48,239 --> 00:44:49,680
Speaker 1: we haven't seen in a few weeks.

818
00:44:50,239 --> 00:44:52,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm actually trying to count them up right now

819
00:44:54,760 --> 00:45:00,160
Speaker 2: because nine forty forty one two three, four, five, six

820
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:04,799
Speaker 2: seven eight fifty one two three. So they do have

821
00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:09,239
Speaker 2: fifty three players on their active roster right now, so

822
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:11,919
Speaker 2: there isn't an open spot to be had. They would

823
00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:16,399
Speaker 2: have to make moves, and maybe that happens at linebacker,

824
00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:19,520
Speaker 2: you know where you're a little fat right now in

825
00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:24,239
Speaker 2: terms of players. Maybe you find a roster spot there,

826
00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:29,360
Speaker 2: and maybe you have to look at another position to

827
00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:35,560
Speaker 2: find another roster spot. But yeah, if Knocks and Elam

828
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:38,160
Speaker 2: are both ready to return to the fifty three man roster,

829
00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:40,560
Speaker 2: you're gonna have to move two people off that roster

830
00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:43,560
Speaker 2: to do it. And maybe you're fortunate enough to get

831
00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:46,880
Speaker 2: them through waivers if they're not a vested veteran, and

832
00:45:46,960 --> 00:45:49,160
Speaker 2: onto the practice squad, and maybe if it is a

833
00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:51,640
Speaker 2: veteran player, you can convince them to hang around and

834
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:54,719
Speaker 2: sign to the practice squad. So we'll have to wait

835
00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:56,960
Speaker 2: and see. But that's a long way off because coach

836
00:45:57,040 --> 00:46:01,760
Speaker 2: McDermott said a decision on those two players will likely

837
00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:04,120
Speaker 2: be made closer to the end of the week as

838
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:08,120
Speaker 2: they kind of see how they matriculate their way through

839
00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:11,640
Speaker 2: the practice week. Are they looking good, are they getting better?

840
00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:14,840
Speaker 2: With each passing day, do they look game ready? You know,

841
00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:17,000
Speaker 2: can this guy give us twenty snaps in the game

842
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:19,560
Speaker 2: on Sunday? Do we need more than twenty snaps from

843
00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:21,480
Speaker 2: that player? And are they capable of giving us that

844
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:24,720
Speaker 2: after the layoff that they've had, Because there is something

845
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:28,239
Speaker 2: to be said about being on injured reserve for four

846
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:31,520
Speaker 2: weeks or in Dawson Knox's case, seven weeks. You know,

847
00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:34,600
Speaker 2: you've been out of the mix for a while. It's

848
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:37,759
Speaker 2: different than practicing every day for the last seven weeks

849
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:39,799
Speaker 2: when you're off here doing conditioning work on your own.

850
00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:43,440
Speaker 1: On the side, they're not showing up fat and happy. No,

851
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:45,879
Speaker 1: they've been out here. We've seen them. They've been working out,

852
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:47,520
Speaker 1: and they've been working out and doing stuff and getting

853
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:50,160
Speaker 1: ready as much as they can with their injuries, and

854
00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:53,280
Speaker 1: which is significant. I mean, you can do a lot around,

855
00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:56,200
Speaker 1: particularly a wrist injury in the case of Dawson Knox.

856
00:46:56,239 --> 00:46:58,840
Speaker 1: I don't know about Kyrie Elam because an ankle is different.

857
00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:02,480
Speaker 1: Running is the ultimate you know, must have if you're

858
00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:06,000
Speaker 1: an NFL football player. So but they, you know, we'll

859
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:09,000
Speaker 1: see how fast they can get acclimated. The only thing

860
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:11,440
Speaker 1: they have not been able to do is practice and play.

861
00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:15,640
Speaker 1: They've been able to meet, stay in the playbook, rehab,

862
00:47:15,719 --> 00:47:18,400
Speaker 1: work out, they just have not been able to play football.

863
00:47:18,480 --> 00:47:22,400
Speaker 1: So it's not a vast chasm, except when you talk

864
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:25,440
Speaker 1: about Dawson Knox, You're right, seven weeks is it's a

865
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:31,360
Speaker 1: long time. But if he is ready, who's going to

866
00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:33,759
Speaker 1: be fresher and ready more ready to go right? Same

867
00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:36,840
Speaker 1: thing with Elam. But these guys are gonna be like yeah, because.

868
00:47:36,760 --> 00:47:38,719
Speaker 2: You don't feel they feel fantastic, They.

869
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:44,799
Speaker 1: Feel like a million bucks literally. Yeah, So it's yeah,

870
00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:46,640
Speaker 1: you want to get like I said, get you know,

871
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:49,640
Speaker 1: get him on the field and let him. Let let him,

872
00:47:49,719 --> 00:47:53,920
Speaker 1: you know, those fresh legs go. Baby. It's a different

873
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:56,360
Speaker 1: world out there when you've had a seven week layoff

874
00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:58,799
Speaker 1: and you've come in and you have no aches and pains,

875
00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:00,360
Speaker 1: you're not dragging around any uggage.

876
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:01,640
Speaker 2: Say you feel light on your feet.

877
00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:03,640
Speaker 1: It's like opening day.

878
00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:08,319
Speaker 2: Really, yeah, you're ready to tear it up, Like, let's

879
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:12,200
Speaker 2: get going. Just to kind of give you an idea

880
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:14,520
Speaker 2: on what's coming your way. Here in our number two

881
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:16,600
Speaker 2: of the show. Here on a Wednesday edition of One

882
00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:23,160
Speaker 2: Bill's Live, we will have players at the post practice podium,

883
00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:26,279
Speaker 2: so they'll be addressing the media after practice is over

884
00:48:26,360 --> 00:48:29,080
Speaker 2: in about ten to fifteen minutes time. We will bring

885
00:48:29,080 --> 00:48:32,440
Speaker 2: you their comments here on the show in their entirety

886
00:48:32,760 --> 00:48:35,240
Speaker 2: in the Q and A sessions that they have. Among

887
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:38,680
Speaker 2: those expected to address the media today obviously quarterback Josh

888
00:48:38,680 --> 00:48:41,880
Speaker 2: Allen who does it every single week. Micah Hyde also

889
00:48:41,960 --> 00:48:45,200
Speaker 2: scheduled to address the media this afternoon, as well as

890
00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:49,680
Speaker 2: left tackle Dion Dawkins, who, as we mentioned on yesterday's show,

891
00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:54,680
Speaker 2: is the Buffalo Bill's nominee for the league's highest honor

892
00:48:55,239 --> 00:48:58,760
Speaker 2: off the field, the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award.

893
00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:02,520
Speaker 2: He is Buffalo's nominee for twenty twenty three. All three

894
00:49:02,560 --> 00:49:05,160
Speaker 2: of those players set to address the media in our

895
00:49:05,239 --> 00:49:07,520
Speaker 2: number two. As soon as they do, we will bring

896
00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:09,440
Speaker 2: their comments to you as they get ready for the

897
00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:12,480
Speaker 2: Chiefs here in week fourteen. But we take a break

898
00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:15,080
Speaker 2: here back with our number two when we return on

899
00:49:15,080 --> 00:49:17,840
Speaker 2: One Bill's Live presented by Cold of Health. It's Buffalo

900
00:49:17,840 --> 00:50:06,120
Speaker 2: Bill's Radio. This is One Bills Live presented by Calllia Health.

901
00:50:06,680 --> 00:50:09,240
Speaker 2: All Right, welcome to hour number two here on a Wednesday.

902
00:50:09,320 --> 00:50:12,720
Speaker 2: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you, we'll have some post

903
00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:16,520
Speaker 2: practice podium sound from the players. As soon as we

904
00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:18,520
Speaker 2: have that, we will pass it along to you. Get

905
00:50:18,560 --> 00:50:22,439
Speaker 2: the thoughts of Josh Allen, Micah Hyde and others on

906
00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:26,239
Speaker 2: the upcoming game against the Chiefs and coming out of

907
00:50:26,239 --> 00:50:28,920
Speaker 2: the buy what they feel they have to do that

908
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:32,400
Speaker 2: lies in front of them with very little wiggle room

909
00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:35,360
Speaker 2: regarding a playoff berth in terms of winning some games

910
00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:38,840
Speaker 2: and stacking wins down the stretch here to put themselves

911
00:50:39,239 --> 00:50:42,680
Speaker 2: in playoff position. Also wanted to mention to you that

912
00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:46,440
Speaker 2: our latest episode of our Bills by the Numbers podcast,

913
00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:50,799
Speaker 2: presented by FanDuel, is now available on Apples, Spotify, and

914
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:54,120
Speaker 2: Google Podcasts. You can also watch the podcast on YouTube.

915
00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:56,160
Speaker 2: Steve and I do it every week. It's a little

916
00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:58,440
Speaker 2: bit different from our daily show one Bills Live. We

917
00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:03,400
Speaker 2: focus on statistic, stickly based subjects, and this week's episode

918
00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:07,360
Speaker 2: focuses on maybe one of the most unheralded parts of

919
00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:11,880
Speaker 2: Buffalo's team and their performance this season, the offensive line.

920
00:51:11,920 --> 00:51:13,960
Speaker 2: So when you get a chance, check it out on

921
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:16,759
Speaker 2: whatever podcast platform you use. Just type in Bills by

922
00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:19,239
Speaker 2: the Numbers in your search bar and it should pop

923
00:51:19,360 --> 00:51:22,720
Speaker 2: up immediately, So check it out. It was a goodie.

924
00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:25,880
Speaker 2: This week. We also have fun quiz and Steve in

925
00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:29,000
Speaker 2: the numbers game every week with some Bills Chiefs trivia.

926
00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:31,560
Speaker 2: This week that was the subject. And then I'll just

927
00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:33,279
Speaker 2: say he fared relatively well.

928
00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:35,480
Speaker 1: I didn't knock it out of the park. I was

929
00:51:35,560 --> 00:51:38,440
Speaker 1: kind of disappointed, but he gave me some fluff balls.

930
00:51:38,560 --> 00:51:41,160
Speaker 1: I had, like, you know, is it Bills or Chiefs?

931
00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:41,359
Speaker 2: That are?

932
00:51:41,560 --> 00:51:44,480
Speaker 1: You know? I gave you a fifty chances and I

933
00:51:44,480 --> 00:51:48,000
Speaker 1: were like, I was right about half the time. Yeah, which.

934
00:51:49,239 --> 00:51:51,799
Speaker 2: You've done worse, and you've done that any in the

935
00:51:51,800 --> 00:51:55,840
Speaker 2: past dumb animal could have done. Leave it to Steve

936
00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:57,799
Speaker 2: to reduce himself to uh, you know.

937
00:51:58,600 --> 00:52:01,600
Speaker 1: You're the choices made Byghborhood's straight dog.

938
00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:06,080
Speaker 2: You remember when they used to remember back in like

939
00:52:06,360 --> 00:52:08,319
Speaker 2: the old game show days, they used to roll out

940
00:52:08,320 --> 00:52:10,560
Speaker 2: a primate to go up against somebody. It's just like,

941
00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:13,839
Speaker 2: what really are we seriously having? Or they'd have a

942
00:52:13,960 --> 00:52:18,160
Speaker 2: chicken pecking buttons, you know, or a monkey pulling levers.

943
00:52:18,440 --> 00:52:19,239
Speaker 1: I did not see that.

944
00:52:19,320 --> 00:52:22,560
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, they used to. Yeah, it's like, is Bob

945
00:52:22,760 --> 00:52:25,279
Speaker 2: smarter than a chicken? Let's find out.

946
00:52:25,520 --> 00:52:26,600
Speaker 1: Let's find out.

947
00:52:26,719 --> 00:52:31,640
Speaker 2: Then they have they have a chicken pecking buttons on

948
00:52:31,680 --> 00:52:38,080
Speaker 2: a lightboard unbelieved. We're sorry, Bob, no parting gifts because

949
00:52:38,120 --> 00:52:40,759
Speaker 2: you are not smarter than a chicken. Don't ever come

950
00:52:40,760 --> 00:52:43,760
Speaker 2: back to our show again. So we don't subject Steve

951
00:52:43,840 --> 00:52:49,120
Speaker 2: to the same punitive questioning. But it is entertaining, nonetheless,

952
00:52:49,120 --> 00:52:50,400
Speaker 2: So if you get a chance to check it out.

953
00:52:50,440 --> 00:52:54,000
Speaker 2: Bills by the Numbers podcast presented by A FanDuel on

954
00:52:54,080 --> 00:52:57,440
Speaker 2: any podcast platform you might use. Our phone lines were

955
00:52:57,480 --> 00:52:59,400
Speaker 2: open at eight h three oh five fifty one eight

956
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:01,560
Speaker 2: eight eight five fifty two five fifty if you want

957
00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:03,680
Speaker 2: to give us your thoughts on the upcoming Bills Chiefs

958
00:53:04,160 --> 00:53:09,560
Speaker 2: showdown at Arrowhead once again. Good lord. I was joking

959
00:53:09,560 --> 00:53:12,319
Speaker 2: with Steve before we came on the show today that

960
00:53:12,360 --> 00:53:15,840
Speaker 2: the Bills could quite literally set up a residency contract

961
00:53:15,920 --> 00:53:17,520
Speaker 2: like all these performers do in Vegas.

962
00:53:17,560 --> 00:53:19,240
Speaker 1: Billy Arrowhead Square Garden.

963
00:53:19,280 --> 00:53:21,480
Speaker 2: It's like Billy, Joel and Madison Square Garden, the Bills.

964
00:53:21,719 --> 00:53:25,680
Speaker 1: On in Vegas. Yeah, it's Wayne Newton in Vegas. It's

965
00:53:25,680 --> 00:53:27,919
Speaker 1: the same thing. Doesn't really live there, but that's where

966
00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:29,040
Speaker 1: he works all the time.

967
00:53:29,640 --> 00:53:32,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, actually I do think he lives this there yet,

968
00:53:32,200 --> 00:53:34,680
Speaker 2: probably now it's been decades. He's been doing it, right,

969
00:53:34,920 --> 00:53:36,920
Speaker 2: I've been doing it since he's like in his late twenties.

970
00:53:37,120 --> 00:53:40,680
Speaker 1: I remember hearing stuff about that. Sammy Davis said, yeah,

971
00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:43,799
Speaker 1: I did. I did three weeks at Vegas and they,

972
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:47,280
Speaker 1: you know, paid the guy paid some lee big money

973
00:53:47,320 --> 00:53:49,480
Speaker 1: and he left otum twenty five grand.

974
00:53:52,200 --> 00:53:55,560
Speaker 2: Brook Man, I like the slocks. What do you want

975
00:53:55,600 --> 00:53:55,840
Speaker 2: from me?

976
00:53:55,960 --> 00:53:57,399
Speaker 1: I love it? Yeah, there you go.

977
00:53:57,719 --> 00:53:59,480
Speaker 2: Or maybe he spent it all on jewelry. That guy

978
00:53:59,480 --> 00:54:02,440
Speaker 2: had more chain is hanging off his neck, eyes and open,

979
00:54:03,080 --> 00:54:05,759
Speaker 2: open button shirt. You have his shirt unbuttoned down to

980
00:54:05,880 --> 00:54:07,080
Speaker 2: like if you if.

981
00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:08,759
Speaker 1: You were in residency there, wouldn't you like get like

982
00:54:08,800 --> 00:54:11,040
Speaker 1: the big presidential suite and just not have a house.

983
00:54:11,120 --> 00:54:13,040
Speaker 1: Just say, listen, I'm gonna do it. You're gonna pay

984
00:54:13,040 --> 00:54:15,919
Speaker 1: me this much animal, see yeah, you're comping me my room. Yeah,

985
00:54:15,920 --> 00:54:18,200
Speaker 1: I get it. I'm not just it's not a hospital

986
00:54:18,280 --> 00:54:20,160
Speaker 1: room either, this baby. No, it's you know.

987
00:54:20,239 --> 00:54:23,439
Speaker 2: Juz at least sweet levels. Yeah, all that at least

988
00:54:23,480 --> 00:54:24,080
Speaker 2: sweet level.

989
00:54:24,120 --> 00:54:26,560
Speaker 1: Then you got house cleaning all that stuff every day too,

990
00:54:26,560 --> 00:54:28,440
Speaker 1: So i'd be nice people. That's what I'm thinking. Get

991
00:54:28,480 --> 00:54:32,040
Speaker 1: the James Bond suite and diamonds are forever, right, Yeah,

992
00:54:32,200 --> 00:54:33,160
Speaker 1: that's what I'm talking.

993
00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:38,040
Speaker 2: Apparently Steve already has a plan. Well, he's naming hotels

994
00:54:38,080 --> 00:54:39,000
Speaker 2: specific rooms.

995
00:54:39,040 --> 00:54:42,319
Speaker 1: I don't know my hotel or the room. That's what

996
00:54:42,320 --> 00:54:45,239
Speaker 1: I'm talking about. That you know that I've seen some

997
00:54:45,320 --> 00:54:47,440
Speaker 1: of this stuff. They got rooms out there with basketball

998
00:54:47,440 --> 00:54:50,000
Speaker 1: courts in them. Yeah, that's what I'm talking about, Okay,

999
00:54:51,080 --> 00:54:53,680
Speaker 1: because you're for me. For me going out, I think

1000
00:54:53,920 --> 00:54:57,880
Speaker 1: I would playing two sets of hit music a night, yeah,

1001
00:54:57,920 --> 00:55:00,319
Speaker 1: and then hit the golf simulator in your room, go

1002
00:55:00,360 --> 00:55:03,399
Speaker 1: out and swing a few and have you pops. That's

1003
00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:04,200
Speaker 1: what I'm talking about.

1004
00:55:04,520 --> 00:55:06,280
Speaker 2: It would have to be a smoking room for Steve

1005
00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:08,480
Speaker 2: or at least if Random Creek during the day on

1006
00:55:08,719 --> 00:55:11,279
Speaker 2: stage at night, and the simulator. Yeah, and then the

1007
00:55:11,480 --> 00:55:12,480
Speaker 2: veranda on which to.

1008
00:55:12,640 --> 00:55:14,719
Speaker 1: The very half a couple that's right to my own

1009
00:55:14,760 --> 00:55:15,799
Speaker 1: cigar lounge.

1010
00:55:16,520 --> 00:55:19,719
Speaker 2: Let's go you know you too well, but let's go

1011
00:55:19,760 --> 00:55:21,640
Speaker 2: to the phones at eight oh three oh five fifty

1012
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:24,440
Speaker 2: one eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty that's

1013
00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:26,400
Speaker 2: the number to get on board, or you can hit

1014
00:55:26,440 --> 00:55:28,319
Speaker 2: us up on the tweets sheet today at one Bill's Live,

1015
00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:30,200
Speaker 2: which is always open to you as well, if you

1016
00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:32,080
Speaker 2: don't have time to give us a jingle, But we

1017
00:55:32,120 --> 00:55:33,799
Speaker 2: go to Jeff in Buffalo next.

1018
00:55:33,840 --> 00:55:34,360
Speaker 1: What do you have for us?

1019
00:55:34,400 --> 00:55:35,440
Speaker 2: Jeff, you're on one Bill's Live.

1020
00:55:36,520 --> 00:55:40,480
Speaker 14: Hi, guys, I have a question about rules, and also

1021
00:55:40,520 --> 00:55:43,920
Speaker 14: I have another question. But the question about rules is

1022
00:55:45,080 --> 00:55:51,040
Speaker 14: the time clock the game game time clock continues to

1023
00:55:51,160 --> 00:55:54,720
Speaker 14: run when somebody steps out of bounds earlier in the game,

1024
00:55:55,440 --> 00:55:57,880
Speaker 14: and then it kind of then when you step out

1025
00:55:57,920 --> 00:56:01,160
Speaker 14: of bounds later in the game, you you know, the

1026
00:56:01,160 --> 00:56:04,920
Speaker 14: clock stops. And I'm wondering at what point the change

1027
00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:09,800
Speaker 14: takes place where you know, is there a specific time Yes,

1028
00:56:09,960 --> 00:56:12,120
Speaker 14: that that that's I imagine there is.

1029
00:56:12,400 --> 00:56:16,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, And during the regular during the regular game, when

1030
00:56:16,280 --> 00:56:18,480
Speaker 1: a guy goes out of bounds, the clock stops until

1031
00:56:18,520 --> 00:56:22,200
Speaker 1: the ball is spotted again. Then in the last two minutes,

1032
00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:23,719
Speaker 1: or maybe it's the last four minutes.

1033
00:56:23,480 --> 00:56:26,000
Speaker 2: So it's the last two minutes of the first half.

1034
00:56:25,920 --> 00:56:27,720
Speaker 1: Last two minutes of the first half, last four minutes

1035
00:56:27,760 --> 00:56:30,400
Speaker 1: of the fourth quarter, it stops until the ball is

1036
00:56:30,440 --> 00:56:31,800
Speaker 1: snapped in.

1037
00:56:31,800 --> 00:56:34,920
Speaker 2: In the second half, it's inside the last five minutes

1038
00:56:34,920 --> 00:56:37,400
Speaker 2: of the second half, inside the last five minutes second

1039
00:56:37,440 --> 00:56:40,759
Speaker 2: half quarter, first half, it's two minute warning, right, and

1040
00:56:40,800 --> 00:56:43,080
Speaker 2: then yeah, or after a change of possession.

1041
00:56:43,239 --> 00:56:47,040
Speaker 1: That's great. So yeah, they did that to to speed

1042
00:56:47,120 --> 00:56:48,400
Speaker 1: up the game a little bit, to get it in

1043
00:56:48,520 --> 00:56:49,560
Speaker 1: a three hour window.

1044
00:56:50,440 --> 00:56:54,520
Speaker 14: Oh okay, all right, great, I was wondering about that.

1045
00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:59,319
Speaker 14: Uh also uh, Ty Johnson, I mean he just hit him.

1046
00:56:59,440 --> 00:57:01,680
Speaker 14: He just hit a big game a couple of games ago,

1047
00:57:01,760 --> 00:57:03,640
Speaker 14: and then he just didn't come out on the field

1048
00:57:03,719 --> 00:57:08,080
Speaker 14: much last week. Wondering why stuff like that happens. It

1049
00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:11,880
Speaker 14: happened a couple of years ago with Antonio Williams where

1050
00:57:12,080 --> 00:57:15,080
Speaker 14: he had a big game against Miami and then that

1051
00:57:15,239 --> 00:57:18,960
Speaker 14: never showed up again after that too. I'm wondering why

1052
00:57:19,080 --> 00:57:22,360
Speaker 14: that happens. That's it. I'm done, Jeff.

1053
00:57:22,440 --> 00:57:24,360
Speaker 1: Yeah. The reason, well, it's.

1054
00:57:25,280 --> 00:57:28,200
Speaker 2: Sometimes it's flow of the game. Yeah, that can happen.

1055
00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:31,520
Speaker 1: One thing, too, is the reasons why he got the

1056
00:57:31,560 --> 00:57:35,200
Speaker 1: opportunity in the first place are changed. For instance, somebody

1057
00:57:35,240 --> 00:57:37,160
Speaker 1: gets hurt or somebody's not feeling it, or they have

1058
00:57:37,200 --> 00:57:39,880
Speaker 1: a matchup in the against the defense that they want

1059
00:57:39,920 --> 00:57:42,280
Speaker 1: to insert him into and exploit, and then the next

1060
00:57:42,280 --> 00:57:44,320
Speaker 1: week they're playing a different team that he's got no

1061
00:57:44,400 --> 00:57:47,960
Speaker 1: business in that matchup, right, So that kind of stuff changes,

1062
00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:53,800
Speaker 1: Plus if James Cookerlatavius Murray are injured or whatever, and

1063
00:57:53,840 --> 00:57:55,800
Speaker 1: in certain situations they don't want to go in or

1064
00:57:55,800 --> 00:57:58,120
Speaker 1: they don't want to put him in, you know, the

1065
00:57:58,160 --> 00:58:02,920
Speaker 1: next week they do. So it's the circumstances around the

1066
00:58:02,920 --> 00:58:05,880
Speaker 1: guy's performance, not his performance that keeps him off the field, obviously,

1067
00:58:06,320 --> 00:58:12,960
Speaker 1: and it's the coaching staff's knowledge about the probabilities of

1068
00:58:13,040 --> 00:58:15,440
Speaker 1: him being able to repeat that performance against a different

1069
00:58:15,440 --> 00:58:17,960
Speaker 1: opponent in a different game with a different offensive game plan.

1070
00:58:18,040 --> 00:58:19,840
Speaker 2: And it may have seemed different, but it wasn't all

1071
00:58:19,880 --> 00:58:22,760
Speaker 2: that different. He got sixteen snaps in the game against

1072
00:58:22,800 --> 00:58:25,520
Speaker 2: the Jets and he got eleven in the game against

1073
00:58:25,520 --> 00:58:29,800
Speaker 2: the Eagles, so it wasn't too terribly different. There was

1074
00:58:29,880 --> 00:58:32,200
Speaker 2: one specific play that was drawn up for him on

1075
00:58:32,240 --> 00:58:34,200
Speaker 2: a fourth and one against the Jets that results in

1076
00:58:34,200 --> 00:58:38,360
Speaker 2: a catch and run for a touchdown. So you notice him,

1077
00:58:38,840 --> 00:58:41,880
Speaker 2: I would venture to say he was probably not the

1078
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:44,840
Speaker 2: first option in too many plays that he was on

1079
00:58:44,880 --> 00:58:46,840
Speaker 2: the field against the Eagles, so you don't notice him

1080
00:58:46,880 --> 00:58:49,960
Speaker 2: quite as much. But the snap count wasn't all that different.

1081
00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:52,480
Speaker 2: It was a difference of five plays sixteen in the

1082
00:58:52,560 --> 00:58:54,560
Speaker 2: Jets eleven against the Eagles.

1083
00:58:54,840 --> 00:58:55,960
Speaker 1: Ye, so there you go.

1084
00:58:56,640 --> 00:58:59,920
Speaker 2: So it sometimes you just notice a guy more because

1085
00:59:00,080 --> 00:59:01,720
Speaker 2: maybe he's a bigger part of the game plan, and

1086
00:59:01,760 --> 00:59:03,640
Speaker 2: I think it was clear that he was against the Jets.

1087
00:59:03,680 --> 00:59:06,480
Speaker 1: Once you The telling thing about is when you start

1088
00:59:06,520 --> 00:59:09,720
Speaker 1: digging into exactly how many snapcounts, like Brownie does, well,

1089
00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:11,920
Speaker 1: you get into exactly how many snap counts, what they

1090
00:59:11,920 --> 00:59:16,480
Speaker 1: did on every snap, it becomes pretty evident as well

1091
00:59:16,760 --> 00:59:19,000
Speaker 1: why things are done, why they aren't, you know, the

1092
00:59:19,040 --> 00:59:22,680
Speaker 1: success on certain snaps, success out of personnel groups, success

1093
00:59:22,720 --> 00:59:26,439
Speaker 1: out of formations, all of that stuff. When you start

1094
00:59:26,440 --> 00:59:30,040
Speaker 1: breaking it down into those kind of blocks, things start

1095
00:59:30,080 --> 00:59:31,760
Speaker 1: to become clear as to why teams do what they

1096
00:59:31,800 --> 00:59:32,360
Speaker 1: do right.

1097
00:59:32,440 --> 00:59:36,400
Speaker 2: And for a guy at a skill position like Ty Johnson,

1098
00:59:36,960 --> 00:59:39,880
Speaker 2: at the end of the day, it comes down to

1099
00:59:40,920 --> 00:59:45,520
Speaker 2: gain plans specific and opponents specific. They might have liked

1100
00:59:45,560 --> 00:59:49,200
Speaker 2: some matchups for Ty Johnson against the Jets a whole

1101
00:59:49,240 --> 00:59:52,080
Speaker 2: lot better than maybe they did against the Eagles, and

1102
00:59:52,120 --> 00:59:53,680
Speaker 2: so they say, oh, you know what, let's have a

1103
00:59:53,720 --> 00:59:57,200
Speaker 2: package of plays here for Ty Johnson against the Jets

1104
00:59:57,240 --> 01:00:00,200
Speaker 2: and see how it works. And it worked probably even

1105
01:00:00,240 --> 01:00:02,360
Speaker 2: better than they anticipated. On that fourth and one play

1106
01:00:02,360 --> 01:00:05,760
Speaker 2: in particular, and then maybe they don't like the matchup

1107
01:00:05,880 --> 01:00:09,360
Speaker 2: with Ty Johnson specifically as much against the Eagles, and

1108
01:00:09,400 --> 01:00:11,040
Speaker 2: so they go in a different direction in terms of

1109
01:00:11,120 --> 01:00:13,600
Speaker 2: running back usage. Maybe they clearly felt Cook was a

1110
01:00:13,640 --> 01:00:16,400
Speaker 2: better option against linebackers matched up in the passing game.

1111
01:00:16,600 --> 01:00:19,160
Speaker 2: They had a touchdown ready to roll. He just didn't

1112
01:00:19,200 --> 01:00:21,080
Speaker 2: come up with the football and make the catch on

1113
01:00:21,160 --> 01:00:25,480
Speaker 2: that opening drive and so and it could change again

1114
01:00:25,720 --> 01:00:28,360
Speaker 2: this week against the Chiefs. Maybe they feel a bigger,

1115
01:00:28,400 --> 01:00:31,200
Speaker 2: more physical player with power is a better answer than

1116
01:00:31,280 --> 01:00:33,560
Speaker 2: maybe James Cook in certain down and distances and we

1117
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:37,280
Speaker 2: see him more. That's how fine they cut it. And

1118
01:00:37,480 --> 01:00:39,680
Speaker 2: it can change how much you see a player in

1119
01:00:39,680 --> 01:00:41,680
Speaker 2: a given game in a given week, from one week

1120
01:00:41,720 --> 01:00:43,960
Speaker 2: to the very next, sometimes from one series to the next,

1121
01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:46,640
Speaker 2: because you got to make adjustments within the game as well.

1122
01:00:47,080 --> 01:00:49,680
Speaker 2: Back to the phones and to Rob out in Hamburg,

1123
01:00:49,760 --> 01:00:50,320
Speaker 2: what do you got for us?

1124
01:00:50,400 --> 01:00:50,640
Speaker 1: Rob?

1125
01:00:53,920 --> 01:00:54,160
Speaker 11: Yes?

1126
01:00:54,640 --> 01:00:55,560
Speaker 2: Go ahead, Rob.

1127
01:00:57,720 --> 01:00:57,959
Speaker 11: Yes.

1128
01:01:00,160 --> 01:01:05,959
Speaker 15: Just wondering why we're not playing Leonard Fournette. I don't

1129
01:01:06,080 --> 01:01:09,640
Speaker 15: understand that we're trying to get to the playoffs and

1130
01:01:09,720 --> 01:01:12,960
Speaker 15: why aren't we using all hands on deck at this point.

1131
01:01:13,920 --> 01:01:15,160
Speaker 15: I'm struggling with that.

1132
01:01:15,280 --> 01:01:17,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, Rob, The thing that you only got fit forty

1133
01:01:17,200 --> 01:01:19,160
Speaker 1: eight guys you can dress on game day. So if

1134
01:01:19,200 --> 01:01:21,680
Speaker 1: you're gonna sit down Latavious Murray or Ty Johnson or

1135
01:01:21,720 --> 01:01:28,760
Speaker 1: James Cook, you can somebody. And plus, if you're gonna

1136
01:01:28,760 --> 01:01:32,000
Speaker 1: bench James Cook and bench Latavius Murray so that you

1137
01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:36,920
Speaker 1: can play Leonard Fournette, you must have a pretty high

1138
01:01:36,960 --> 01:01:41,200
Speaker 1: opinion of a guy we've never seen playing a Bill's uniform.

1139
01:01:41,800 --> 01:01:43,760
Speaker 1: They like the guys they've got on the field now,

1140
01:01:44,080 --> 01:01:46,560
Speaker 1: and certainly they wanted to make sure that if somebody

1141
01:01:46,600 --> 01:01:49,320
Speaker 1: went down at a critical moment, they had a really

1142
01:01:49,360 --> 01:01:51,640
Speaker 1: good player to put in. I would agree with you.

1143
01:01:51,760 --> 01:01:56,320
Speaker 1: His pedigree is impeccable. The guy is a big, powerful

1144
01:01:56,360 --> 01:02:00,160
Speaker 1: fast back. But if you're gonna put him in, somebody's

1145
01:02:00,200 --> 01:02:02,240
Speaker 1: gonna sit down, And that's where you start to ask

1146
01:02:02,560 --> 01:02:04,960
Speaker 1: have questions. And plus, if you're gonna put him in,

1147
01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:06,640
Speaker 1: who's not playing well enough to stay in?

1148
01:02:08,600 --> 01:02:11,320
Speaker 2: And clearly they feel that the three they have on

1149
01:02:11,320 --> 01:02:14,440
Speaker 2: the active roster are better options for them, more versatile options,

1150
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:17,240
Speaker 2: whatever description they choose to use, they clearly believe those

1151
01:02:17,280 --> 01:02:20,440
Speaker 2: three are better for them right now in terms of

1152
01:02:20,480 --> 01:02:22,880
Speaker 2: winning football games than for Nette. Could that change sure

1153
01:02:23,320 --> 01:02:26,000
Speaker 2: could change this week, who knows. But I'll also submit

1154
01:02:26,080 --> 01:02:29,520
Speaker 2: to you this. In the last three weeks, the Bills

1155
01:02:29,560 --> 01:02:31,960
Speaker 2: are averaging one hundred and sixty five yards on the

1156
01:02:32,000 --> 01:02:34,680
Speaker 2: ground per game. I recognize part of that total is

1157
01:02:34,760 --> 01:02:39,080
Speaker 2: Josh Allen, but pretty much up until the Eagles game,

1158
01:02:39,120 --> 01:02:42,840
Speaker 2: it wasn't all that much. And they're averaging one hundred

1159
01:02:42,840 --> 01:02:45,080
Speaker 2: and sixty five rushing yards a game in the last

1160
01:02:45,120 --> 01:02:48,640
Speaker 2: three games. The Bills are that's second best in the league.

1161
01:02:49,440 --> 01:02:52,200
Speaker 2: From weeks ten through twelve, second best in the league

1162
01:02:52,240 --> 01:02:56,200
Speaker 2: to only Pittsburgh. So I don't think they see a

1163
01:02:56,240 --> 01:02:59,480
Speaker 2: reason to change right now, even if it is Leonard

1164
01:02:59,520 --> 01:03:02,760
Speaker 2: Fournette on practice squad. So unless their run game production

1165
01:03:02,840 --> 01:03:06,120
Speaker 2: goes in the toilet and they feel they need a change,

1166
01:03:07,040 --> 01:03:10,320
Speaker 2: I'm not anticipating him getting called up and elevated, at

1167
01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:13,080
Speaker 2: least not right now. I could be wrong. Maybe they

1168
01:03:13,080 --> 01:03:15,760
Speaker 2: feel differently. Maybe something that they looked at through the

1169
01:03:15,800 --> 01:03:17,479
Speaker 2: course of their bye week when they had a chance

1170
01:03:17,480 --> 01:03:19,920
Speaker 2: to self scout, maybe has prompted them into a decision

1171
01:03:19,960 --> 01:03:21,920
Speaker 2: to say, you know what, let's make a change this

1172
01:03:21,960 --> 01:03:24,000
Speaker 2: week and see if it's better. But like I said,

1173
01:03:24,080 --> 01:03:26,560
Speaker 2: the last three games, second in the league and rushing.

1174
01:03:26,920 --> 01:03:29,000
Speaker 2: I can't imagine they're going to change that going forward.

1175
01:03:29,040 --> 01:03:31,000
Speaker 2: They got a lot of other things that they probably

1176
01:03:31,040 --> 01:03:35,040
Speaker 2: feel they need to fix before that. So that's just

1177
01:03:35,080 --> 01:03:36,560
Speaker 2: kind of where it's at right now. Those are the

1178
01:03:36,560 --> 01:03:39,600
Speaker 2: facts of the matter, and so I think, for lack

1179
01:03:39,640 --> 01:03:43,080
Speaker 2: of a better term, Leonard Fordnett is an insurance policy

1180
01:03:43,200 --> 01:03:45,880
Speaker 2: in case, to Steve's point, somebody does get injured and

1181
01:03:46,000 --> 01:03:48,640
Speaker 2: is going to miss some time. So that's kind of

1182
01:03:48,640 --> 01:03:51,320
Speaker 2: where they're at. They had good depth at the running

1183
01:03:51,320 --> 01:03:54,880
Speaker 2: back position before Damian Harris got hurt because back then

1184
01:03:55,400 --> 01:03:58,960
Speaker 2: it was Harris, Murray and Cook on the active roster

1185
01:03:59,040 --> 01:04:01,920
Speaker 2: and you had Tye Johnson on the practice squad. And

1186
01:04:01,960 --> 01:04:05,000
Speaker 2: then Damien Harris gets hurt, ty Johnson gets called up,

1187
01:04:05,280 --> 01:04:08,040
Speaker 2: and then Leonard Fournette has brought in to be the

1188
01:04:08,080 --> 01:04:12,480
Speaker 2: practice squad insurance, and that really hasn't changed, I think

1189
01:04:12,560 --> 01:04:14,560
Speaker 2: doing large parts of the production on the field that

1190
01:04:14,600 --> 01:04:17,240
Speaker 2: we've seen from the run game, particularly the last three weeks.

1191
01:04:17,320 --> 01:04:20,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I'll say this too, not for nothing, because

1192
01:04:20,400 --> 01:04:23,360
Speaker 1: I think push comes to shove. I think Leonard Fournette

1193
01:04:23,360 --> 01:04:25,880
Speaker 1: could probably today step on the practice field and be

1194
01:04:25,920 --> 01:04:27,800
Speaker 1: ready to go on Sunday. I don't think that's the

1195
01:04:27,800 --> 01:04:30,320
Speaker 1: issue now because he's been here. But when he came here,

1196
01:04:30,360 --> 01:04:32,360
Speaker 1: he says it's going to be a few weeks before

1197
01:04:32,400 --> 01:04:35,000
Speaker 1: I'm ready to pretended the passing concepts and all that is.

1198
01:04:35,080 --> 01:04:36,840
Speaker 2: There was a brand new scheme for him that he

1199
01:04:36,880 --> 01:04:38,920
Speaker 2: had not been exposed to at any point in his

1200
01:04:39,000 --> 01:04:39,680
Speaker 2: playing career.

1201
01:04:39,760 --> 01:04:41,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, he admits self admittedly says it's going to take

1202
01:04:41,680 --> 01:04:42,200
Speaker 1: a minute.

1203
01:04:42,560 --> 01:04:44,560
Speaker 2: So but I think he's ready now. I would month

1204
01:04:44,560 --> 01:04:45,760
Speaker 2: he said it was going to take him two to

1205
01:04:45,800 --> 01:04:47,760
Speaker 2: four weeks to get a handle on everything.

1206
01:04:47,440 --> 01:04:49,440
Speaker 1: And I think he's there now, I think, and it

1207
01:04:49,480 --> 01:04:51,360
Speaker 1: would take less than a pinch for him to be

1208
01:04:51,400 --> 01:04:53,360
Speaker 1: ready to go on on a game day like this

1209
01:04:53,400 --> 01:04:56,080
Speaker 1: game that he'd I think you're right. I think he

1210
01:04:56,160 --> 01:04:59,960
Speaker 1: is ready, Yeah, Robin Hamburg, I think there's no question

1211
01:05:00,040 --> 01:05:00,800
Speaker 1: he could go now.

1212
01:05:01,440 --> 01:05:03,720
Speaker 2: And like we said, coming off the buy and all

1213
01:05:03,720 --> 01:05:06,360
Speaker 2: this self scouting, maybe something does change and maybe he

1214
01:05:06,400 --> 01:05:09,560
Speaker 2: does get an opportunity. I have to wait and see,

1215
01:05:09,840 --> 01:05:11,959
Speaker 2: Like maybe he does get.

1216
01:05:11,880 --> 01:05:14,200
Speaker 1: A chance, particularly against a team like the Chiefs who.

1217
01:05:14,560 --> 01:05:16,960
Speaker 2: Are really good in the run front. Yeah, you know,

1218
01:05:17,080 --> 01:05:18,680
Speaker 2: guy that can get yards on his own with his

1219
01:05:18,680 --> 01:05:21,880
Speaker 2: own power, and whatever. But let's not forget this either.

1220
01:05:22,600 --> 01:05:25,640
Speaker 2: You have three backs on your active roster who are

1221
01:05:25,720 --> 01:05:28,880
Speaker 2: used to running behind this line and how blocks unfold

1222
01:05:28,920 --> 01:05:31,560
Speaker 2: and reading the guys in front of them. Fournette has

1223
01:05:31,680 --> 01:05:35,600
Speaker 2: very limited experience behind those guys. Just because Leonard Fournette

1224
01:05:35,640 --> 01:05:38,360
Speaker 2: may be in your mind, a more talented player than

1225
01:05:38,360 --> 01:05:40,040
Speaker 2: the three guys that they have on the roster at

1226
01:05:40,040 --> 01:05:43,439
Speaker 2: the position at running back doesn't mean it's the run

1227
01:05:43,480 --> 01:05:47,720
Speaker 2: games going to work better with him necessarily because he

1228
01:05:48,440 --> 01:05:52,440
Speaker 2: has less time on the job. With these guys as

1229
01:05:52,480 --> 01:05:54,880
Speaker 2: blockers in front of him. Now, it could all fit

1230
01:05:55,080 --> 01:05:58,600
Speaker 2: like a very nice puzzle together. We don't know, but

1231
01:05:59,320 --> 01:06:02,840
Speaker 2: who knows. Maybe something changes this week, but that's to

1232
01:06:02,840 --> 01:06:04,760
Speaker 2: be determined by the coaching staff, and we'll see if

1233
01:06:04,760 --> 01:06:07,280
Speaker 2: they decide to make that change. But like I said,

1234
01:06:07,280 --> 01:06:09,520
Speaker 2: with the second most productive running game in the league

1235
01:06:09,560 --> 01:06:12,960
Speaker 2: the last three weeks, I don't know if they're going

1236
01:06:13,000 --> 01:06:15,520
Speaker 2: to fix something that they don't believe is broken. So

1237
01:06:16,800 --> 01:06:18,560
Speaker 2: we'll see. We'll have to see what comes of it.

1238
01:06:19,440 --> 01:06:23,800
Speaker 2: We have we have word that practice has concluded. Players

1239
01:06:23,880 --> 01:06:27,280
Speaker 2: are at the post practice podium addressing the media and

1240
01:06:27,480 --> 01:06:30,200
Speaker 2: Josh Allen is up first, So I think we're going

1241
01:06:30,280 --> 01:06:32,560
Speaker 2: to go to the post practice podium now to see

1242
01:06:32,560 --> 01:06:35,280
Speaker 2: what Josh has to say about this upcoming game against

1243
01:06:35,280 --> 01:06:35,720
Speaker 2: the Chiefs.

1244
01:06:37,360 --> 01:06:39,600
Speaker 13: Success the Times in Kansas City out.

1245
01:06:41,320 --> 01:06:44,320
Speaker 16: This week against defense, Well, they're playing at a very

1246
01:06:44,400 --> 01:06:48,440
Speaker 16: high level. You know, it's a defensive coordinator that that

1247
01:06:48,560 --> 01:06:51,760
Speaker 16: knows me pretty well. You know, they've been switching it

1248
01:06:51,840 --> 01:06:54,360
Speaker 16: up just a little bit this year and doing some

1249
01:06:54,360 --> 01:06:56,959
Speaker 16: some different things. But I think they're playing at an

1250
01:06:57,000 --> 01:06:59,400
Speaker 16: extremely high level. They're one of the better defensive groups

1251
01:06:59,560 --> 01:07:02,120
Speaker 16: in the league. Anytime you have a quarterback in this

1252
01:07:02,200 --> 01:07:04,200
Speaker 16: side of the ball like that, too, makes it all

1253
01:07:04,240 --> 01:07:06,040
Speaker 16: that much harder to be the team like this. But

1254
01:07:06,600 --> 01:07:09,040
Speaker 16: you know, putting our heads down, going to work coming

1255
01:07:09,040 --> 01:07:11,720
Speaker 16: off of buye. You know, all we're trying to do

1256
01:07:11,800 --> 01:07:13,760
Speaker 16: is prepare and try to put our best football and

1257
01:07:13,760 --> 01:07:14,560
Speaker 16: field on Sunday.

1258
01:07:15,400 --> 01:07:19,280
Speaker 17: Good relationship with home the field, how would you describe that?

1259
01:07:20,480 --> 01:07:22,320
Speaker 16: Yeah, I mean I think it's uh, you know, it's

1260
01:07:22,360 --> 01:07:23,600
Speaker 16: it's it's pretty cool.

1261
01:07:25,080 --> 01:07:26,880
Speaker 5: You know, we everybody knows we go off a little

1262
01:07:26,880 --> 01:07:27,360
Speaker 5: bit together.

1263
01:07:27,400 --> 01:07:31,440
Speaker 16: And he still owes me, uh something for that Wyoming

1264
01:07:31,480 --> 01:07:34,480
Speaker 16: Texas Tech game, you know, So we'll figure that that

1265
01:07:34,560 --> 01:07:38,680
Speaker 16: out soon. But you know, he's he's one of one

1266
01:07:38,680 --> 01:07:43,200
Speaker 16: of the best quarterbacks at the position really to ever

1267
01:07:43,240 --> 01:07:45,640
Speaker 16: play the game. You know, already at such a young

1268
01:07:45,680 --> 01:07:47,880
Speaker 16: age for him, and he's already accomplished so much in

1269
01:07:47,920 --> 01:07:51,040
Speaker 16: his career and can't help but respect a guy like that,

1270
01:07:51,120 --> 01:07:53,439
Speaker 16: and you know he's an even better person off the field.

1271
01:07:53,800 --> 01:07:56,880
Speaker 17: You're not, you know, facing him obviously, you're the sidelined

1272
01:07:56,880 --> 01:07:59,120
Speaker 17: and probably worrying about their defense when he's out doing

1273
01:07:59,160 --> 01:08:01,400
Speaker 17: his thing. But is there something inside of you, Josh,

1274
01:08:01,480 --> 01:08:04,000
Speaker 17: that you know, intrinsically you kind of get motivated when

1275
01:08:04,040 --> 01:08:05,880
Speaker 17: you know that he's the guy on the other side

1276
01:08:05,880 --> 01:08:08,840
Speaker 17: of leading their offense for games like this does is

1277
01:08:08,880 --> 01:08:11,480
Speaker 17: there something inside you that just sparks sparks something in you?

1278
01:08:11,880 --> 01:08:14,600
Speaker 16: Well, I mean, I wouldn't say that it's just because

1279
01:08:14,640 --> 01:08:18,000
Speaker 16: we're we're playing him or them. You know, you should

1280
01:08:18,040 --> 01:08:19,639
Speaker 16: have that fielding every time you step on the field,

1281
01:08:19,640 --> 01:08:23,439
Speaker 16: that you know you're going out to prove yourself, every

1282
01:08:23,439 --> 01:08:24,840
Speaker 16: time you step on that field and every time you're

1283
01:08:24,960 --> 01:08:27,400
Speaker 16: in between those white lines, that you've got something to prove.

1284
01:08:27,479 --> 01:08:31,880
Speaker 16: So that's that's no different this week us.

1285
01:08:39,240 --> 01:08:40,920
Speaker 2: How you feel both I meant to be and.

1286
01:08:42,880 --> 01:08:44,879
Speaker 16: Yeah, you use it as a little bit of a reset,

1287
01:08:45,160 --> 01:08:47,040
Speaker 16: letting the body heel up a little bit. Obviously there's

1288
01:08:47,080 --> 01:08:50,560
Speaker 16: been some bumps and bruises along the way, so physically

1289
01:08:50,600 --> 01:08:53,640
Speaker 16: I think it really both physically and mental, I think

1290
01:08:53,640 --> 01:08:55,840
Speaker 16: it was the best best time for for this team

1291
01:08:55,880 --> 01:09:00,000
Speaker 16: and myself. You know, guys are our anxious, not ancient,

1292
01:09:00,120 --> 01:09:03,439
Speaker 16: but we're we're eager to get back to work or

1293
01:09:03,560 --> 01:09:06,040
Speaker 16: we're excited to be back here. We understand what's in

1294
01:09:06,040 --> 01:09:09,640
Speaker 16: front of us and in what situation we're in. But

1295
01:09:09,680 --> 01:09:11,280
Speaker 16: we got a lot of guys in this locker room

1296
01:09:11,320 --> 01:09:14,920
Speaker 16: that are are very excited to be back and have

1297
01:09:14,960 --> 01:09:16,920
Speaker 16: a very very good feel in this locker room right

1298
01:09:16,920 --> 01:09:18,200
Speaker 16: now for for what we need to do.

1299
01:09:18,640 --> 01:09:19,760
Speaker 5: How do you approach.

1300
01:09:19,400 --> 01:09:22,080
Speaker 4: That knowing what's ahead of you and getting to that

1301
01:09:22,120 --> 01:09:23,599
Speaker 4: point of trying to make the playoffs in the.

1302
01:09:23,560 --> 01:09:25,519
Speaker 16: Situation, Yeah, I mean you take it one game at

1303
01:09:25,520 --> 01:09:27,160
Speaker 16: a time, But you rely on the leaders on this team.

1304
01:09:27,160 --> 01:09:30,519
Speaker 16: You rely on Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer. You know,

1305
01:09:30,560 --> 01:09:32,840
Speaker 16: you rely on on Mitch Morris and stuff on digs

1306
01:09:32,880 --> 01:09:35,479
Speaker 16: and guys that have been in these situations before, and

1307
01:09:36,880 --> 01:09:40,719
Speaker 16: you know, it's it's nothing that's super new to us. Obviously,

1308
01:09:40,760 --> 01:09:42,240
Speaker 16: we don't want to be in situations like this all

1309
01:09:42,280 --> 01:09:44,000
Speaker 16: the time, but we feel like we've been in this

1310
01:09:44,080 --> 01:09:47,680
Speaker 16: situation before and you know that's produced a lot of

1311
01:09:47,680 --> 01:09:50,320
Speaker 16: our best football. So you know, we've still got got

1312
01:09:50,320 --> 01:09:51,880
Speaker 16: a lot of games left, a lot of time left,

1313
01:09:51,880 --> 01:09:53,320
Speaker 16: but you know it starts on Sunday.

1314
01:09:54,479 --> 01:09:58,040
Speaker 3: We're seeing right now, knowing head to stage. You know

1315
01:09:58,040 --> 01:09:59,800
Speaker 3: where do you feel like you guys don't, especially after

1316
01:10:00,040 --> 01:10:00,720
Speaker 3: a little bit of time.

1317
01:10:01,720 --> 01:10:03,760
Speaker 16: Yeah, I think obviously we've got a lot of a

1318
01:10:03,760 --> 01:10:06,320
Speaker 16: lot of trust in this locker room, a lot of

1319
01:10:06,360 --> 01:10:08,719
Speaker 16: confidence in each other, and that's that's what it's gonna

1320
01:10:08,720 --> 01:10:11,120
Speaker 16: take going forward. We're gonna have to to believe it

1321
01:10:11,200 --> 01:10:13,519
Speaker 16: to do it, and uh, this is a team that

1322
01:10:13,560 --> 01:10:16,120
Speaker 16: I feel like believes it. So now we got to

1323
01:10:16,160 --> 01:10:17,559
Speaker 16: go out there next up, put the product on the

1324
01:10:17,560 --> 01:10:19,840
Speaker 16: field and like I said, take it one game at

1325
01:10:19,840 --> 01:10:22,640
Speaker 16: the time because I can't can't win can't win them

1326
01:10:22,680 --> 01:10:24,400
Speaker 16: all this week. You know, you can only win one

1327
01:10:24,400 --> 01:10:26,639
Speaker 16: this week and that's gonna be our focus going from

1328
01:10:26,680 --> 01:10:29,120
Speaker 16: here on out. It's essentially playoff time for us. We

1329
01:10:29,200 --> 01:10:31,680
Speaker 16: understand that. So you know, we got to play our

1330
01:10:31,680 --> 01:10:32,080
Speaker 16: best ball.

1331
01:10:32,640 --> 01:10:33,280
Speaker 10: How are you good?

1332
01:10:34,000 --> 01:10:39,959
Speaker 5: Approach it. Yeah, obviously we don't know all the details.

1333
01:10:40,000 --> 01:10:44,160
Speaker 16: And it being a legal dispute, you know, there's not

1334
01:10:44,240 --> 01:10:47,080
Speaker 16: much say that we have in it or or anything

1335
01:10:47,080 --> 01:10:49,200
Speaker 16: in that case. All we can do is support, support

1336
01:10:49,200 --> 01:10:52,320
Speaker 16: our teammate and be there for him as much as

1337
01:10:52,320 --> 01:10:52,599
Speaker 16: we can.

1338
01:10:54,600 --> 01:10:57,040
Speaker 5: Excited to playing for terror Swift as she shows up.

1339
01:10:58,720 --> 01:11:02,920
Speaker 16: I that that that crowd in Kansas City is always

1340
01:11:02,920 --> 01:11:05,800
Speaker 16: fun to play in front of. So you know, they

1341
01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:11,240
Speaker 16: get routy there. That's an extremely loud situation. So excited

1342
01:11:11,240 --> 01:11:13,720
Speaker 16: to play from those fans. I think obviously we've uh,

1343
01:11:14,520 --> 01:11:16,040
Speaker 16: we've been able to have a few good games there

1344
01:11:16,040 --> 01:11:18,200
Speaker 16: and a few not so good games, but you know

1345
01:11:18,240 --> 01:11:20,680
Speaker 16: those fans are are as exciting and as loud as

1346
01:11:20,680 --> 01:11:21,160
Speaker 16: they come.

1347
01:11:23,040 --> 01:11:23,320
Speaker 5: Today.

1348
01:11:23,320 --> 01:11:24,559
Speaker 1: We've always like all him.

1349
01:11:24,479 --> 01:11:25,080
Speaker 9: Back out there.

1350
01:11:25,360 --> 01:11:27,200
Speaker 2: What would it mean to get him back in the offense.

1351
01:11:27,760 --> 01:11:28,400
Speaker 5: It means a lot.

1352
01:11:28,479 --> 01:11:31,639
Speaker 16: I mean a lot of a lot of trust in him.

1353
01:11:32,080 --> 01:11:34,599
Speaker 5: You know, the the challenges that he presents for a defense.

1354
01:11:34,720 --> 01:11:39,120
Speaker 16: You know, he's been extremely extremely viable, not just in

1355
01:11:39,160 --> 01:11:41,240
Speaker 16: the passing but in the run game as well, and

1356
01:11:41,320 --> 01:11:44,439
Speaker 16: defenses have to take an account for that. So if

1357
01:11:45,040 --> 01:11:46,920
Speaker 16: you know, whether we're in eleven or twelve, and whether

1358
01:11:46,960 --> 01:11:48,599
Speaker 16: he's he's going a lot or a little bit, that's

1359
01:11:48,640 --> 01:11:51,439
Speaker 16: yet to be seen and yet to be known. So

1360
01:11:51,960 --> 01:11:53,640
Speaker 16: we're just gonna play by year, and the more that

1361
01:11:53,640 --> 01:11:55,559
Speaker 16: we can get him involved in this offense, the better

1362
01:11:55,560 --> 01:11:55,840
Speaker 16: we'll be.

1363
01:11:57,840 --> 01:12:00,000
Speaker 7: All the good football you guys have played this year,

1364
01:12:00,840 --> 01:12:03,280
Speaker 7: is it hard for you to leave your Chicki's like

1365
01:12:03,280 --> 01:12:06,120
Speaker 7: when you shop and think about you at this pointex say.

1366
01:12:06,320 --> 01:12:07,280
Speaker 5: What goes through your mind?

1367
01:12:08,240 --> 01:12:12,120
Speaker 16: Well, no, I wouldn't say. It's hard to believe. And

1368
01:12:12,920 --> 01:12:14,680
Speaker 16: you know, it's hard to win this league. That's one

1369
01:12:14,680 --> 01:12:16,559
Speaker 16: thing I do know. And you know I haven't played

1370
01:12:16,560 --> 01:12:17,920
Speaker 16: that long in this league, but I feel like I

1371
01:12:17,960 --> 01:12:20,360
Speaker 16: have a good grasp of it's hard to consistently win

1372
01:12:20,400 --> 01:12:22,439
Speaker 16: this league. And if you're not on your a game

1373
01:12:23,000 --> 01:12:25,080
Speaker 16: any given week, you can you can be beat or

1374
01:12:25,120 --> 01:12:29,120
Speaker 16: you can win. So you know, we gotta we gotta

1375
01:12:29,120 --> 01:12:30,880
Speaker 16: take it one game at the time and just continue

1376
01:12:30,880 --> 01:12:33,920
Speaker 16: to keep pushing, keep fighting for each other, and that's

1377
01:12:33,960 --> 01:12:34,519
Speaker 16: what we're gonna do.

1378
01:12:34,880 --> 01:12:37,800
Speaker 2: I have a lot of the same personnel on defense reproductions,

1379
01:12:37,880 --> 01:12:40,040
Speaker 2: but the lot of that this year, I mean, they've

1380
01:12:40,040 --> 01:12:41,120
Speaker 2: really good defense.

1381
01:12:41,200 --> 01:12:42,920
Speaker 1: But what if you see you how have.

1382
01:12:43,000 --> 01:12:44,360
Speaker 2: You seen them improve this season.

1383
01:12:44,840 --> 01:12:46,360
Speaker 16: Well, I think their d line is playing at a

1384
01:12:46,439 --> 01:12:51,759
Speaker 16: very high level. I think their cornerbacks have been playing

1385
01:12:51,880 --> 01:12:52,200
Speaker 16: very well.

1386
01:12:52,960 --> 01:12:53,120
Speaker 10: You know.

1387
01:12:53,240 --> 01:12:55,960
Speaker 16: They they're a physical group. They like to get up

1388
01:12:56,000 --> 01:12:58,800
Speaker 16: and jam and press. You know, they got some long

1389
01:12:58,880 --> 01:13:01,559
Speaker 16: speed there too. But anytime you got a d line

1390
01:13:01,560 --> 01:13:03,519
Speaker 16: that can go disrupt a quarterback, it makes a lot

1391
01:13:03,600 --> 01:13:06,800
Speaker 16: easier for the back end. So you know, they're bringing

1392
01:13:06,840 --> 01:13:09,640
Speaker 16: pressures from from different areas on the field. They'll bring

1393
01:13:09,680 --> 01:13:12,320
Speaker 16: a little bit of zero basically around the logo, and

1394
01:13:12,800 --> 01:13:15,439
Speaker 16: you know, got to have the situation, so we got

1395
01:13:15,479 --> 01:13:17,000
Speaker 16: to be prepared. You know, we got to be prepared

1396
01:13:17,000 --> 01:13:18,760
Speaker 16: for whatever they can bring. But you know, a good,

1397
01:13:19,120 --> 01:13:23,080
Speaker 16: good pressure package and make sure that we're I'm doing

1398
01:13:23,280 --> 01:13:25,320
Speaker 16: things correctly and making sure if I if I don't

1399
01:13:25,439 --> 01:13:27,960
Speaker 16: find in my answers as quickly as possible when you

1400
01:13:28,120 --> 01:13:29,320
Speaker 16: face the defense.

1401
01:13:29,000 --> 01:13:31,400
Speaker 2: That as you're saying, likes to bring pressure and do

1402
01:13:31,479 --> 01:13:32,200
Speaker 2: that type of stuff.

1403
01:13:33,120 --> 01:13:34,720
Speaker 10: You know obviously that will lead to the.

1404
01:13:34,840 --> 01:13:36,080
Speaker 2: Chance to make It's a big place.

1405
01:13:36,200 --> 01:13:37,880
Speaker 5: You look forward to those opportunities.

1406
01:13:38,320 --> 01:13:39,680
Speaker 16: Yeah, I mean, that's that's how you have to look

1407
01:13:39,720 --> 01:13:41,559
Speaker 16: at it is it is an opportunity. You know, if

1408
01:13:41,600 --> 01:13:45,800
Speaker 16: they're they're bringing one or two I means they're taking

1409
01:13:45,840 --> 01:13:48,040
Speaker 16: them from you know, where your receivers are going to be,

1410
01:13:48,200 --> 01:13:50,880
Speaker 16: so that that allows you to have some opportunities, whether

1411
01:13:50,920 --> 01:13:54,160
Speaker 16: it's downfield or or some short catch and run situations.

1412
01:13:54,240 --> 01:13:57,760
Speaker 16: So you know, that's that's where I got to be

1413
01:13:57,800 --> 01:13:59,400
Speaker 16: good at and make sure that I find my answers

1414
01:13:59,400 --> 01:14:01,519
Speaker 16: and hit our guys where they can catch the one.

1415
01:14:02,960 --> 01:14:03,360
Speaker 11: Right word.

1416
01:14:03,479 --> 01:14:05,840
Speaker 5: But when you say you're back short against does it

1417
01:14:05,880 --> 01:14:08,080
Speaker 5: feel like this team might be right in that must?

1418
01:14:08,280 --> 01:14:10,639
Speaker 1: I know in years past maybe that has been the case,

1419
01:14:10,720 --> 01:14:11,800
Speaker 1: But does it feel like this might.

1420
01:14:11,720 --> 01:14:15,400
Speaker 5: Be something that brings you together? I can think, I

1421
01:14:15,560 --> 01:14:16,680
Speaker 5: mean I think so. I think that.

1422
01:14:18,880 --> 01:14:20,519
Speaker 16: The guys that we have in this locker room obviously

1423
01:14:21,800 --> 01:14:23,680
Speaker 16: we're we're here for a reason. We've been brought here

1424
01:14:23,720 --> 01:14:24,240
Speaker 16: for a reason.

1425
01:14:25,040 --> 01:14:25,200
Speaker 5: You know.

1426
01:14:25,439 --> 01:14:28,240
Speaker 16: Being in Shawn saw something in in each and every

1427
01:14:28,280 --> 01:14:31,920
Speaker 16: one of us that has has brought us here, you know,

1428
01:14:32,000 --> 01:14:34,479
Speaker 16: and it's I'm not saying it's it's like whelming where

1429
01:14:34,520 --> 01:14:35,880
Speaker 16: a lot of guys didn't have a whole lot of

1430
01:14:35,920 --> 01:14:38,960
Speaker 16: options to go to, but it's it's a similar type

1431
01:14:38,960 --> 01:14:42,000
Speaker 16: of vibe here where you know, you know, we don't

1432
01:14:42,000 --> 01:14:44,519
Speaker 16: get always we don't always get the free agents in

1433
01:14:44,880 --> 01:14:49,000
Speaker 16: in free agency here in Buffalo, and the weather's not fantastic.

1434
01:14:49,120 --> 01:14:52,160
Speaker 16: We understand that it's not all this, you know whatever

1435
01:14:52,200 --> 01:14:55,679
Speaker 16: it is, So yeah, we we can embody that type

1436
01:14:55,720 --> 01:14:57,400
Speaker 16: of mentality, and I think that's something we've done in

1437
01:14:57,479 --> 01:15:00,519
Speaker 16: the past, and you know, maybe maybe that's what we need.

1438
01:15:02,200 --> 01:15:02,559
Speaker 5: I guess.

1439
01:15:03,160 --> 01:15:03,519
Speaker 6: All right.

1440
01:15:03,720 --> 01:15:06,599
Speaker 2: That's Josh Allen addressing the media post practice today as

1441
01:15:06,640 --> 01:15:08,519
Speaker 2: the team is back on the field for the first

1442
01:15:08,560 --> 01:15:12,240
Speaker 2: time coming off the buy Steve and I'll take a

1443
01:15:12,280 --> 01:15:16,439
Speaker 2: break here. Could be more post practice commentary from the

1444
01:15:16,479 --> 01:15:19,160
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1445
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Speaker 2: Buffalo Bills Foundation. Well, we just heard from Josh Allen

1452
01:16:00,479 --> 01:16:03,320
Speaker 2: as he addressed the media fresh off the practice field.

1453
01:16:03,920 --> 01:16:06,519
Speaker 2: Next up, on the defensive side of the ball is

1454
01:16:06,680 --> 01:16:10,000
Speaker 2: Captain Micah Hyde, who is speaking with the media as

1455
01:16:10,120 --> 01:16:14,000
Speaker 2: we speak. Let's go there now, this final.

1456
01:16:13,800 --> 01:16:16,600
Speaker 4: Stretching season, coming off of bye and they're getting to

1457
01:16:16,640 --> 01:16:18,080
Speaker 4: where you want to be in this situation.

1458
01:16:18,479 --> 01:16:20,519
Speaker 18: Oh yeah, number one, having a having a bye week

1459
01:16:20,560 --> 01:16:24,040
Speaker 18: to kind of get away, enjoy the family, enjoy the friends,

1460
01:16:25,479 --> 01:16:26,479
Speaker 18: do whatever, go back home.

1461
01:16:27,160 --> 01:16:27,800
Speaker 9: But the.

1462
01:16:29,479 --> 01:16:31,760
Speaker 18: The idea was to come back and be ready to

1463
01:16:31,840 --> 01:16:35,920
Speaker 18: go day by day, week by week, and and try

1464
01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:39,320
Speaker 18: to try to get this thing going. So, you know,

1465
01:16:39,439 --> 01:16:40,760
Speaker 18: I think each and every one of us came in

1466
01:16:40,800 --> 01:16:43,439
Speaker 18: today with a little more energy, a little more juice,

1467
01:16:43,479 --> 01:16:45,720
Speaker 18: and and you know, just carry that on throughout the

1468
01:16:45,920 --> 01:16:47,960
Speaker 18: next couple of days from.

1469
01:16:47,840 --> 01:16:49,200
Speaker 4: A couple of years ago when you guys were in

1470
01:16:49,240 --> 01:16:51,120
Speaker 4: a similar spot seven and six and knowing.

1471
01:16:50,960 --> 01:16:52,920
Speaker 1: You kind of had to go on a run to

1472
01:16:53,040 --> 01:16:53,280
Speaker 1: make it.

1473
01:16:53,760 --> 01:16:54,519
Speaker 5: Take anything from that.

1474
01:16:54,680 --> 01:16:55,240
Speaker 11: I mean, you can.

1475
01:16:55,760 --> 01:16:58,160
Speaker 18: Every season is kind of a learning experience, but at

1476
01:16:58,160 --> 01:16:59,640
Speaker 18: the same time, it's a total different teams to lit

1477
01:16:59,720 --> 01:17:02,400
Speaker 18: different Yeah, we know we've been there before, but a

1478
01:17:02,479 --> 01:17:04,000
Speaker 18: lot of guys in locker room weren't on that team.

1479
01:17:04,120 --> 01:17:06,559
Speaker 18: So you can only talk about it so much before

1480
01:17:06,720 --> 01:17:08,599
Speaker 18: you know, guys kind of get annoyed.

1481
01:17:08,600 --> 01:17:09,519
Speaker 1: Okay, okay, we get it.

1482
01:17:09,560 --> 01:17:11,000
Speaker 18: You guys have been here for seven years, and you

1483
01:17:11,040 --> 01:17:12,920
Speaker 18: guys have been here before, and you know, all these

1484
01:17:12,920 --> 01:17:16,559
Speaker 18: different type of situations, but just a different, uh different

1485
01:17:16,680 --> 01:17:20,720
Speaker 18: roster than than the year's past. But at the same time, yeah,

1486
01:17:20,800 --> 01:17:22,639
Speaker 18: like I said, just coming in today, having some juice

1487
01:17:22,680 --> 01:17:25,400
Speaker 18: and understanding where we're at six and six, and and

1488
01:17:25,600 --> 01:17:26,680
Speaker 18: uh it's time to go from here.

1489
01:17:28,960 --> 01:17:31,959
Speaker 14: Well sure, good, I asked.

1490
01:17:31,800 --> 01:17:33,960
Speaker 12: Josh, just about the confidence level of this team.

1491
01:17:34,040 --> 01:17:35,560
Speaker 7: Where do you think you guys are at having to

1492
01:17:35,640 --> 01:17:37,840
Speaker 7: buy a little bit of rest, but also being six

1493
01:17:37,920 --> 01:17:38,840
Speaker 7: and six, you know, only.

1494
01:17:38,840 --> 01:17:39,639
Speaker 2: On some kind of terms.

1495
01:17:40,800 --> 01:17:43,200
Speaker 18: Well, I think just you know, you're only as good

1496
01:17:43,200 --> 01:17:45,400
Speaker 18: as your last game. I think that going into Philly,

1497
01:17:46,800 --> 01:17:49,720
Speaker 18: you know, we we played pretty well. We played well

1498
01:17:49,760 --> 01:17:52,680
Speaker 18: enough to win the football game. You know, obviously it

1499
01:17:52,800 --> 01:17:55,320
Speaker 18: was a huge kick at the end of the game

1500
01:17:55,920 --> 01:17:58,800
Speaker 18: to send in an overtime, and you know, obviously you

1501
01:17:58,800 --> 01:18:00,519
Speaker 18: can play would it could have should have that kick?

1502
01:18:00,760 --> 01:18:03,479
Speaker 18: You know, missus, we're we're coming back from Philly on

1503
01:18:03,479 --> 01:18:05,320
Speaker 18: a high note going into the buy, so you know,

1504
01:18:05,400 --> 01:18:07,280
Speaker 18: we understand that and we we played well have to

1505
01:18:07,320 --> 01:18:09,280
Speaker 18: win the game. So that was a very good team

1506
01:18:09,360 --> 01:18:12,479
Speaker 18: at a very you know, hostile environment, so you know,

1507
01:18:12,560 --> 01:18:15,000
Speaker 18: you don't take uh, you don't, you don't you know,

1508
01:18:15,400 --> 01:18:18,439
Speaker 18: come home with losses and and and have confidence from it.

1509
01:18:18,479 --> 01:18:19,960
Speaker 18: At the same time, that was a good football team

1510
01:18:20,000 --> 01:18:21,800
Speaker 18: and and you know, we're just trying to build off

1511
01:18:21,840 --> 01:18:23,599
Speaker 18: of that each and every week. And like I said,

1512
01:18:23,640 --> 01:18:26,040
Speaker 18: getting away being you know, having some time with the

1513
01:18:26,080 --> 01:18:28,839
Speaker 18: family and friends and coming back here and having.

1514
01:18:28,640 --> 01:18:29,360
Speaker 1: Some juice.

1515
01:18:31,000 --> 01:18:31,840
Speaker 10: Sally on the.

1516
01:18:34,760 --> 01:18:37,519
Speaker 5: To be honest, I mean, it's I heard it, heard

1517
01:18:37,560 --> 01:18:38,880
Speaker 5: about it mid mid last week.

1518
01:18:40,120 --> 01:18:42,200
Speaker 18: None of my business, you know, none of none of

1519
01:18:42,240 --> 01:18:44,600
Speaker 18: our business, I guess, you know, just kind of you know,

1520
01:18:44,720 --> 01:18:47,439
Speaker 18: taking it day by day and and yeah, I mean,

1521
01:18:47,560 --> 01:18:51,600
Speaker 18: I honestly it's kind of you know, nothing that we

1522
01:18:51,640 --> 01:18:53,719
Speaker 18: can all talk about and just let the legal process

1523
01:18:53,760 --> 01:18:54,360
Speaker 18: work itself out.

1524
01:18:55,400 --> 01:18:57,360
Speaker 5: You're like, have met them out or what kind does

1525
01:18:57,400 --> 01:18:57,840
Speaker 5: that works?

1526
01:18:58,600 --> 01:19:00,599
Speaker 18: No, I mean we just like said, it was mid

1527
01:19:00,880 --> 01:19:03,280
Speaker 18: midweek last week, and some of us are in the building,

1528
01:19:03,479 --> 01:19:05,840
Speaker 18: you know, whether it was working out, getting treatment, we're

1529
01:19:05,880 --> 01:19:08,200
Speaker 18: doing whatever, So you know, some of us heard about it.

1530
01:19:08,280 --> 01:19:11,760
Speaker 18: And yeah, I mean just obviously you know, trying to

1531
01:19:11,760 --> 01:19:14,120
Speaker 18: talk to him today, see how he's doing. And but

1532
01:19:14,400 --> 01:19:16,759
Speaker 18: as far as you know what goes on off the field,

1533
01:19:17,560 --> 01:19:19,960
Speaker 18: Like I said, just let the legal process work and

1534
01:19:19,960 --> 01:19:22,080
Speaker 18: stuff out there's you know, it's none of my business

1535
01:19:22,080 --> 01:19:22,360
Speaker 18: for sure.

1536
01:19:24,760 --> 01:19:26,880
Speaker 4: For for that that Chiefs offense, you guys are quite

1537
01:19:26,920 --> 01:19:29,599
Speaker 4: familiar with them and their core group of guys.

1538
01:19:29,640 --> 01:19:31,479
Speaker 5: They've got some different guys though on the outside.

1539
01:19:31,680 --> 01:19:31,920
Speaker 6: Yeah.

1540
01:19:32,040 --> 01:19:36,360
Speaker 18: I mean, anytime you have some weapons outside for for fifteen,

1541
01:19:36,400 --> 01:19:38,519
Speaker 18: you know, he's gonna he's gonna make something happen. That's obviously,

1542
01:19:38,520 --> 01:19:40,120
Speaker 18: that's what they've been doing. Still has this guy and

1543
01:19:40,720 --> 01:19:43,760
Speaker 18: and uh and Kelsey still doing it at a high,

1544
01:19:43,840 --> 01:19:45,439
Speaker 18: high level. One of the best in the game. So

1545
01:19:46,600 --> 01:19:48,360
Speaker 18: you know, just forever and always going to be a

1546
01:19:48,439 --> 01:19:50,840
Speaker 18: tough task for us. Tough challenge going in there and

1547
01:19:50,960 --> 01:19:53,760
Speaker 18: having to play those guys obviously with a head coach

1548
01:19:53,800 --> 01:19:55,640
Speaker 18: and Andy Reid in a in a play caller, so

1549
01:19:55,960 --> 01:19:58,400
Speaker 18: it's always tough. And so you know, you got some

1550
01:19:58,479 --> 01:19:59,920
Speaker 18: young guys on the outside. He's getting the ball to

1551
01:20:00,200 --> 01:20:02,439
Speaker 18: and they're making plays, and obviously they're coming off a

1552
01:20:02,479 --> 01:20:05,800
Speaker 18: loss in Green Bay. But you know, say they played

1553
01:20:05,840 --> 01:20:09,040
Speaker 18: pretty well going back and forth with with Green Bay's offense.

1554
01:20:09,080 --> 01:20:10,680
Speaker 18: When I was just watching that, you know, kind of

1555
01:20:10,720 --> 01:20:13,240
Speaker 18: at the house and then rewatching it, you know, watching

1556
01:20:13,280 --> 01:20:13,880
Speaker 18: film and stuff.

1557
01:20:13,880 --> 01:20:16,160
Speaker 5: So you know, they got weapons, and.

1558
01:20:16,560 --> 01:20:18,040
Speaker 18: They got a lot of guys that can make plays,

1559
01:20:18,040 --> 01:20:19,680
Speaker 18: and so we're gonna have to really know where all

1560
01:20:19,720 --> 01:20:21,360
Speaker 18: the playmakers are at any given time.

1561
01:20:22,960 --> 01:20:25,800
Speaker 2: Yeah. So that's Micah Hyde addressing the media here this

1562
01:20:26,000 --> 01:20:30,200
Speaker 2: afternoon after practice today the Chiefs and we talked about

1563
01:20:30,240 --> 01:20:33,599
Speaker 2: this a little bit yesterday, Steve, but the Chiefs currently

1564
01:20:34,640 --> 01:20:37,479
Speaker 2: are going through a little bit of what Buffalo was

1565
01:20:37,520 --> 01:20:41,360
Speaker 2: dealing with for about a six week stretch with alternating

1566
01:20:41,439 --> 01:20:44,960
Speaker 2: wins and losses the last few weeks. They started the

1567
01:20:45,040 --> 01:20:48,479
Speaker 2: season six and one and have now lost three of

1568
01:20:48,560 --> 01:20:52,240
Speaker 2: their last five, trading wins and losses for each of

1569
01:20:52,280 --> 01:20:55,600
Speaker 2: the last four weeks. So you know, you look at

1570
01:20:55,640 --> 01:20:57,639
Speaker 2: that and you say, well, what is a foot here

1571
01:20:58,400 --> 01:21:01,200
Speaker 2: with the Chiefs, And is it anything they could immediately

1572
01:21:01,280 --> 01:21:04,320
Speaker 2: pull themselves out of against the team the caliber of

1573
01:21:04,360 --> 01:21:06,680
Speaker 2: the Bills. Sure, as long as you have Mahomes, you

1574
01:21:06,720 --> 01:21:09,360
Speaker 2: got a chance in just about any game, especially when

1575
01:21:09,360 --> 01:21:15,280
Speaker 2: Andy Reid is calling the plays. But look, I'm gonna

1576
01:21:15,280 --> 01:21:17,200
Speaker 2: be the last person to kick any dirt on the Chiefs.

1577
01:21:17,240 --> 01:21:20,280
Speaker 2: There's still a really, really good football team but how

1578
01:21:20,400 --> 01:21:24,120
Speaker 2: they win is death is unquestionably different than the way

1579
01:21:24,120 --> 01:21:27,160
Speaker 2: they were winning games in years past. They're doing it

1580
01:21:27,240 --> 01:21:30,800
Speaker 2: with defense now and holding teams off the scoreboard because

1581
01:21:30,840 --> 01:21:33,680
Speaker 2: their offense just flat out isn't scoring points the way

1582
01:21:33,720 --> 01:21:36,519
Speaker 2: they used to. Especially over the last six weeks, they're

1583
01:21:36,560 --> 01:21:41,320
Speaker 2: averaging nineteen points in game. The Chiefs are averaging nineteen

1584
01:21:41,479 --> 01:21:42,280
Speaker 2: points per game.

1585
01:21:42,360 --> 01:21:45,400
Speaker 1: It's a different world this year for a lot of reasons.

1586
01:21:45,640 --> 01:21:47,560
Speaker 1: And I think you've seen it, and I mentioned this

1587
01:21:47,600 --> 01:21:51,760
Speaker 1: earlier in the week in passing. You can say what

1588
01:21:51,840 --> 01:21:56,280
Speaker 1: you want about how many Tyreek Hill's gone. You got

1589
01:21:56,320 --> 01:21:58,880
Speaker 1: all these guys that left, and they've got Travis Kelcey,

1590
01:21:59,560 --> 01:22:04,120
Speaker 1: Isaiah Checko and Mahomes offensively, and you look at what

1591
01:22:05,360 --> 01:22:07,160
Speaker 1: you know. I think teams get to the point where

1592
01:22:07,200 --> 01:22:09,400
Speaker 1: they just know they've got a guy like Pat Mahomes

1593
01:22:09,680 --> 01:22:14,600
Speaker 1: is gonna elevate Billy Bag of Donuts, you know, and

1594
01:22:14,760 --> 01:22:18,040
Speaker 1: Tommy smigmhoyten over here. They're gonna elevate those guys. It's

1595
01:22:18,040 --> 01:22:19,960
Speaker 1: the same way that it's the same philosophy the Green

1596
01:22:20,000 --> 01:22:22,439
Speaker 1: Bay Packers had with Aaron Rodgers. They're gonna get him

1597
01:22:22,680 --> 01:22:25,439
Speaker 1: guys who are okay, but you're gonna make get a

1598
01:22:25,439 --> 01:22:27,679
Speaker 1: fourth round or fifth rounder and turn him into Devonte

1599
01:22:27,720 --> 01:22:29,720
Speaker 1: Adams because you got this guy throwing it to him.

1600
01:22:30,000 --> 01:22:32,640
Speaker 1: That's kind of where the Chiefs are to me. They

1601
01:22:32,760 --> 01:22:35,200
Speaker 1: know Mahomes is gonna elevate and make some plays on

1602
01:22:35,320 --> 01:22:37,519
Speaker 1: some guys. And plus you've got a guy like Andy

1603
01:22:37,640 --> 01:22:40,680
Speaker 1: Reid who's scheming stuff up. Somebody's gonna be doing what

1604
01:22:40,800 --> 01:22:42,920
Speaker 1: they do best against somebody who's not doing what they

1605
01:22:43,000 --> 01:22:44,479
Speaker 1: do best, and you're gonna have a guy get open.

1606
01:22:45,560 --> 01:22:46,920
Speaker 1: So you got that guy. So I think there's a

1607
01:22:46,960 --> 01:22:49,720
Speaker 1: little bit of that going on in Kansas City. And

1608
01:22:49,880 --> 01:22:52,680
Speaker 1: because of where they were at certain points during their

1609
01:22:52,720 --> 01:22:58,360
Speaker 1: successful years offensively, they spent some draft capital on the

1610
01:22:58,479 --> 01:23:00,960
Speaker 1: defensive side. It's particularly you know those young rookies in

1611
01:23:01,000 --> 01:23:03,320
Speaker 1: the defensive back then, and they hit on them, they

1612
01:23:03,439 --> 01:23:05,680
Speaker 1: hit on them, and now they're exploiting that strength of

1613
01:23:05,680 --> 01:23:07,760
Speaker 1: their team. That's what good coaching staffs do.

1614
01:23:08,080 --> 01:23:12,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, Trent McDuffie, Josh Williams, Jalen Watson all play cornerback.

1615
01:23:13,720 --> 01:23:15,599
Speaker 2: They all came to the team in the same draft

1616
01:23:15,920 --> 01:23:18,880
Speaker 2: last year. One was a first round pick, another was

1617
01:23:18,920 --> 01:23:21,000
Speaker 2: a fourth round pick, and another was a seventh round pick,

1618
01:23:21,040 --> 01:23:22,719
Speaker 2: but they got three corners who were on their active

1619
01:23:22,800 --> 01:23:26,160
Speaker 2: roster and all of them play. And I think maybe

1620
01:23:26,240 --> 01:23:28,680
Speaker 2: the interesting thing to me, and not that this is

1621
01:23:28,760 --> 01:23:32,080
Speaker 2: terribly surprising, but we heard dan Orlowski, who we spoke

1622
01:23:32,160 --> 01:23:35,160
Speaker 2: to yesterday in his weekly appearance here on One Bill's Live,

1623
01:23:35,720 --> 01:23:37,800
Speaker 2: and he was talking about how the Chiefs are going

1624
01:23:37,840 --> 01:23:39,479
Speaker 2: to come after you. They're going to load the box

1625
01:23:39,560 --> 01:23:43,280
Speaker 2: in the run front, they will run blitz, and they'll

1626
01:23:43,360 --> 01:23:47,160
Speaker 2: also blitz in the passing game. Right now, after twelve

1627
01:23:47,280 --> 01:23:51,559
Speaker 2: games played, the Chiefs defense has the fourth highest blitz

1628
01:23:51,640 --> 01:23:55,200
Speaker 2: rate in the league, thirty nine percent. That is a

1629
01:23:55,400 --> 01:24:00,240
Speaker 2: high figure. I'm trying to remember the team, Oh Bucks,

1630
01:24:01,000 --> 01:24:04,000
Speaker 2: the Bucks blitz. The Bills came into the game with

1631
01:24:04,080 --> 01:24:06,800
Speaker 2: a blitz rate of forty percent, even higher than that,

1632
01:24:06,960 --> 01:24:09,679
Speaker 2: and the Bills were able to handle that and still

1633
01:24:09,760 --> 01:24:12,120
Speaker 2: put points on the board, particularly early in that game.

1634
01:24:12,600 --> 01:24:14,360
Speaker 2: You would hope they can do the same thing against

1635
01:24:14,400 --> 01:24:17,919
Speaker 2: the Chiefs here, knowing their blitz percentages are pretty comparable.

1636
01:24:18,120 --> 01:24:20,960
Speaker 2: The only thing is I'm not convinced they're going to

1637
01:24:21,000 --> 01:24:23,320
Speaker 2: play the Bills the same way right because it's Josh

1638
01:24:23,360 --> 01:24:27,200
Speaker 2: Allen at quarterback, Because they play thirty nine percent blitz rate.

1639
01:24:28,080 --> 01:24:32,000
Speaker 2: Listen to this, single high safety sixty nine percent of

1640
01:24:32,040 --> 01:24:36,599
Speaker 2: their defensive snaps single high, and man coverage thirty six

1641
01:24:36,680 --> 01:24:38,800
Speaker 2: percent of the time. That's eighth in the league. And

1642
01:24:38,880 --> 01:24:42,599
Speaker 2: they play single high safety the second second most, second

1643
01:24:42,680 --> 01:24:44,840
Speaker 2: highest percentage in the league. I can't see them doing

1644
01:24:44,920 --> 01:24:48,320
Speaker 2: that against Josh and the Bills, right like, not at

1645
01:24:48,360 --> 01:24:50,280
Speaker 2: that not maybe some, but not that much.

1646
01:24:50,439 --> 01:24:52,560
Speaker 1: They go single high safety and go man on the

1647
01:24:52,640 --> 01:24:57,240
Speaker 1: outside and maybe try and help Digs wherever Digs lines up,

1648
01:24:57,280 --> 01:25:01,559
Speaker 1: given you roll coverage towards to him, or just roll

1649
01:25:01,600 --> 01:25:06,880
Speaker 1: an extra defender there. It seems to me that they're

1650
01:25:06,920 --> 01:25:10,760
Speaker 1: also gonna want to him Josh in the pocket. They're

1651
01:25:10,800 --> 01:25:12,960
Speaker 1: gonna want to keep him where he's at. They don't

1652
01:25:12,960 --> 01:25:17,160
Speaker 1: want Josh breaking contain. And if they go zero, if

1653
01:25:17,160 --> 01:25:19,160
Speaker 1: they go man coverage with a single high, that means

1654
01:25:19,160 --> 01:25:21,800
Speaker 1: they got a guy free, so they the quarterback is

1655
01:25:21,840 --> 01:25:25,479
Speaker 1: the free guy on offense. Offense, the safety is the

1656
01:25:25,520 --> 01:25:28,000
Speaker 1: free guy on defense. Everybody else is matched up. There's

1657
01:25:28,120 --> 01:25:31,000
Speaker 1: there's a same number of guys on both sides. Now,

1658
01:25:31,040 --> 01:25:33,679
Speaker 1: if you only rush four, there's an extra offensive lineman

1659
01:25:33,720 --> 01:25:35,719
Speaker 1: out there. Okay, so now you've got an extra defender.

1660
01:25:36,479 --> 01:25:38,280
Speaker 1: What do you do with that extra defender. You're gonna

1661
01:25:38,280 --> 01:25:40,040
Speaker 1: put him on a receiver and double up on a

1662
01:25:40,080 --> 01:25:43,280
Speaker 1: guy like Digs, or you're gonna spy the quarterback who

1663
01:25:43,400 --> 01:25:45,719
Speaker 1: might break contain and run up behind the receivers. Everybody

1664
01:25:45,720 --> 01:25:47,040
Speaker 1: else has got to be in a man you can't guard.

1665
01:25:47,080 --> 01:25:49,320
Speaker 1: That's why plays own and and that math equation.

1666
01:25:49,640 --> 01:25:52,599
Speaker 2: That's why I'm thinking. After Josh ran for eighty one

1667
01:25:52,680 --> 01:25:54,679
Speaker 2: yards in the last game against the Eagles, I can't

1668
01:25:54,680 --> 01:25:57,360
Speaker 2: see Spagnolo taking that approach right at least not at

1669
01:25:57,360 --> 01:25:58,360
Speaker 2: the percentages we've seen.

1670
01:25:58,439 --> 01:26:01,479
Speaker 1: We've seen Josh, because listen, Josh is a vet. He

1671
01:26:01,680 --> 01:26:04,320
Speaker 1: knows he'll know before the ball is snap, you're gonna

1672
01:26:04,360 --> 01:26:06,400
Speaker 1: play that. If I'm seeing this and you're gonna play that,

1673
01:26:07,200 --> 01:26:09,439
Speaker 1: I'm thinking about right before I get the snap, I'm

1674
01:26:09,439 --> 01:26:11,759
Speaker 1: thinking about pulling this down and running.

1675
01:26:12,040 --> 01:26:15,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, especially if everybody's turning their back, yeah, and.

1676
01:26:15,080 --> 01:26:16,720
Speaker 1: You got the He's just He'll just make a call,

1677
01:26:16,880 --> 01:26:18,960
Speaker 1: make sure all the receivers take an outside release, and

1678
01:26:19,040 --> 01:26:20,880
Speaker 1: the corners that are gardener will turn their back to

1679
01:26:21,000 --> 01:26:25,280
Speaker 1: Josh and I'm and he's putting footprints up their butt. Yeah,

1680
01:26:25,439 --> 01:26:27,000
Speaker 1: you know. I mean he's running right up their back

1681
01:26:28,160 --> 01:26:33,240
Speaker 1: and they don't even know. So it's a problem. But

1682
01:26:33,400 --> 01:26:35,680
Speaker 1: Spagnolo has got some guy like Chris Jones. Is no,

1683
01:26:35,960 --> 01:26:38,559
Speaker 1: that guy is elite. Yeah, you gotta have a plan

1684
01:26:38,680 --> 01:26:43,360
Speaker 1: for that, so you know, they got you know, it's

1685
01:26:43,400 --> 01:26:45,479
Speaker 1: gonna be interesting because and they won't do They can't

1686
01:26:45,520 --> 01:26:47,840
Speaker 1: do the same thing every snap, right, They got to

1687
01:26:48,000 --> 01:26:48,320
Speaker 1: change it.

1688
01:26:48,400 --> 01:26:50,800
Speaker 2: Up, and Spagnola is good at doing that, very good.

1689
01:26:50,840 --> 01:26:53,080
Speaker 2: But I was impressed with the game plan that Lafleur

1690
01:26:53,200 --> 01:26:56,600
Speaker 2: put together against Spagnolo in the Chiefs defense because he

1691
01:26:56,720 --> 01:26:59,800
Speaker 2: seemed to be one step ahead of them throughout most

1692
01:26:59,840 --> 01:27:02,519
Speaker 2: of that game. And it results in a nine point

1693
01:27:02,600 --> 01:27:04,680
Speaker 2: victory when all is or an eight point victory when

1694
01:27:04,680 --> 01:27:07,240
Speaker 2: all is said and done. Gotta take a break here, Steven,

1695
01:27:07,320 --> 01:27:09,240
Speaker 2: otta close things up. When we return on one Bill's

1696
01:27:09,280 --> 01:27:28,160
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1697
01:27:28,360 --> 01:27:31,000
Speaker 2: you know, Bill's fans, it is Chiefs week as the

1698
01:27:31,080 --> 01:27:34,400
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1701
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Speaker 2: you up to speed on what we'll have on the

1702
01:27:47,080 --> 01:27:50,840
Speaker 2: docket for you. Tomorrow, Thursday edition of One Bill's Live

1703
01:27:50,920 --> 01:27:53,920
Speaker 2: at one pm, we will have our weekly appearance from

1704
01:27:54,160 --> 01:27:58,920
Speaker 2: ESPN NFL Insider and fantasy football guru Onefield Yates with

1705
01:27:59,040 --> 01:28:02,400
Speaker 2: his ultimate fantasy lineup for Week fourteen. We'll see if

1706
01:28:02,400 --> 01:28:05,360
Speaker 2: any Bills are a part of his lineup this coming week,

1707
01:28:05,880 --> 01:28:09,320
Speaker 2: and then we will also have in studio with US

1708
01:28:10,000 --> 01:28:13,720
Speaker 2: Bills cornerback Rasul Douglas. Will finally catch up with him

1709
01:28:13,760 --> 01:28:18,080
Speaker 2: after his arrival here in Buffalo following the trade deadline

1710
01:28:18,160 --> 01:28:20,760
Speaker 2: deal with the Packers that brought him here. Has four

1711
01:28:20,960 --> 01:28:25,040
Speaker 2: takeaways in three games played for Buffalo, so off to

1712
01:28:25,120 --> 01:28:28,240
Speaker 2: an awfully good start, and we'll see what he thinks

1713
01:28:28,640 --> 01:28:30,840
Speaker 2: of the upcoming matchup against the Chiefs as well. Be

1714
01:28:30,920 --> 01:28:32,760
Speaker 2: good to catch up with him for the first time

1715
01:28:33,200 --> 01:28:35,479
Speaker 2: since he's joined the Bills, so that'll be a good

1716
01:28:35,520 --> 01:28:40,240
Speaker 2: conversation that we will have after practice is over tomorrow, Steve,

1717
01:28:40,360 --> 01:28:45,320
Speaker 2: is there anything that sticks out to you going into

1718
01:28:45,400 --> 01:28:48,040
Speaker 2: this game? Is it injuries? Is it how the Chiefs

1719
01:28:48,040 --> 01:28:50,720
Speaker 2: are different than what they used to be? What is

1720
01:28:50,800 --> 01:28:53,679
Speaker 2: the overriding thing that has you thinking this game could

1721
01:28:53,680 --> 01:28:55,559
Speaker 2: play out differently than maybe some of the ones we've

1722
01:28:55,600 --> 01:28:56,320
Speaker 2: seen in the past.

1723
01:28:57,200 --> 01:29:00,439
Speaker 1: I think this is going to be a subte game.

1724
01:29:00,840 --> 01:29:03,759
Speaker 2: Oh, low scoring, yeah, for both teams.

1725
01:29:04,040 --> 01:29:05,679
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be very I think it's gonna

1726
01:29:05,720 --> 01:29:11,560
Speaker 1: be very few possessions, tight and tight. Yeah. Yeah, I

1727
01:29:11,640 --> 01:29:13,080
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be hard. They're gonna be hard to

1728
01:29:13,120 --> 01:29:13,960
Speaker 1: get up on in.

1729
01:29:14,000 --> 01:29:15,360
Speaker 2: A span of fifteen seconds.

1730
01:29:15,360 --> 01:29:19,960
Speaker 1: But I think I think upfront were better on both sides. Well,

1731
01:29:20,120 --> 01:29:21,360
Speaker 1: then I think that'll carry the day.

1732
01:29:21,920 --> 01:29:24,600
Speaker 2: Yeah. The tackle position on the offensive line for the

1733
01:29:24,680 --> 01:29:27,240
Speaker 2: Chiefs a little nicked up right now, especially with Donovan

1734
01:29:27,439 --> 01:29:30,080
Speaker 2: Smith injured. We'll have more updates tomorrow. We'll see it

1735
01:29:30,160 --> 01:29:30,320
Speaker 2: won