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Speaker 1: so this is it's minor stuff. It's relationship stuff, and

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Speaker 1: you have no problem. You know that when you're gonna

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Speaker 1: need him, Digs is gonna be out there and he's

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Speaker 1: gonna be ready. So you know, he's just kind of

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Speaker 1: moving on and say, guy, I gotta do better. And

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Speaker 1: it's a twenty two point win. Yawn. You know. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: the wind, if anything, affect the kicking game more than

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Speaker 1: any other phase. At the game, niheem Hines was having

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Speaker 1: a devil of a time with punts and kickoffs as

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Speaker 1: the Paul was moving all over the place and Tyler

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Speaker 1: Vass was battling the conditions as well. The only guy

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Speaker 1: who was completely unaffected in the kicking game by the

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Speaker 1: wind was Sam Martin. What a game. That guy had

439
00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:55,280
Speaker 1: flipped the field a couple of times for the Bills

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Speaker 1: when they were in that lull in the first half,

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Speaker 1: offensively get backed up a couple of times. He had

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Speaker 1: that sixty two yarder that completely flipped the field. It

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Speaker 1: was a huge play that just kind of goes unnoticed.

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Speaker 1: You know a lot of people, unfortunately, and no offense

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Speaker 1: to you on this team, but a lot of people

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Speaker 1: when they're watching the game at home and the punk

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Speaker 1: team comes out, they get up and go get their

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Speaker 1: next snack when they're sitting at home. Yeah they had. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: sixty two yard punt was fantastic because it was into

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Speaker 1: the wind. Yeah. The Bills punted three times in the

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Speaker 1: whole game with a fifty three point seven average their

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Speaker 1: net their net punt in this game was forty nine

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Speaker 1: yard from forty nine point seven, almost fifty yards net punt. Right,

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Speaker 1: But I don't think the TV did justice to how

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Speaker 1: bad the wind was down there. The only the only

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Speaker 1: indicator that fans at home had of how bad the

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Speaker 1: wind was the were the pants of the officials that

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Speaker 1: were ripped, pulling in the wind like a flag on

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Speaker 1: the top of a flagpole. I know that a lot

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Speaker 1: of people were totally bummed that Hinds couldn't get up

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Speaker 1: to one of the short punts they the Bears punted

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Speaker 1: four times. He couldn't. I think it was maybe on

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Speaker 1: the first punt or maybe the second punt he tried

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Speaker 1: to run up on it and it dropped and it

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Speaker 1: rolled all the way down inside the right. Let me

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Speaker 1: say this, Job one in a special team's play is

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Speaker 1: that when it's over, your team has the ball. That's

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Speaker 1: job one. And if you're gonna go up and try

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Speaker 1: and dive or getting or bust through two guys that

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Speaker 1: are engaged trying that are the balls coming right down

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Speaker 1: near him, and you're gonna try and run up on

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Speaker 1: those guys and catch the ball at the same time.

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Speaker 1: That and plus the balls moving around in the wind

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Speaker 1: like it was. Yeah, he fought another one Hinds has

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Speaker 1: and yeah he dropped. He put a kickoff on the ground,

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Speaker 1: so it he gotta he gotta cut those guys some

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Speaker 1: slack and know that in the big scheme of things,

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Speaker 1: every punt and every kickoff ended up with job one happening.

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Speaker 1: The Bills had the ball when it was over, and

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Speaker 1: you take what you can get, no question. Hines did

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Speaker 1: have a nice I think I think he had one

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Speaker 1: pretty good return. He had three punts three punt returns

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Speaker 1: for twenty one yards, and he had four kickoff returns

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Speaker 1: for seventy five. So yeah, you know what I get it.

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Speaker 1: You don't want to give up that field position, but

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Speaker 1: you've got to end up with the ball and if

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Speaker 1: you're if it takes letting it drop and getting away

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Speaker 1: from it, do it. Nobody. It's the hardest job in

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Speaker 1: football for the most pressure packed got job in football,

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Speaker 1: because the whole team, like the Bills, could be playing

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Speaker 1: Gangbusters win the game by twenty two points, you could

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Speaker 1: lose it with a couple of bad decisions on punt return.

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Speaker 1: So I'm okay with Hines. I get it. The ball

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Speaker 1: was impossible to field at different times, so you kind

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Speaker 1: of got to shrug your shoulders say, that's where the

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Speaker 1: conditions really showed up right. And you know, you think

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Speaker 1: about the fact that the Bill had three giveaways in

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Speaker 1: this game, and again I'm going to point to the

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Speaker 1: defense who get full marks in carrying this team to victory.

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Speaker 1: In my opinion, three turnovers by the Bills. The defense

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Speaker 1: allows the Bears to score three points off those three turnovers.

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Speaker 1: Three and the best part for me, Steve, for my money,

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Speaker 1: was in the fourth quarter, because you know, you get

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Speaker 1: to the fourth quarter there and the Bears have the

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Speaker 1: ball and that was off of the Gabe Davis fumble

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Speaker 1: at the end of the third quarter. It spills, it

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Speaker 1: spills into the fourth quarter and they've got it at

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo twenty three yard line to start the fourth quarter.

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Speaker 1: After the turnover, they get to third and two, Shack

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Speaker 1: comes app up with a big tackle for loss on

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Speaker 1: David Montgomery for minus one. Now it's fourth and three.

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Speaker 1: The Bears decide they're going to go for it, you know,

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Speaker 1: because it's twenty one ten at this point in the

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter, and Fields hits Ryan Griffin the tight end

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Speaker 1: with that short pass Trey Whites and coverage. He tackles

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Speaker 1: him right at the line to game. It's ruled the

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Speaker 1: first down. Coach McDermott challenges it. It's reversed, so they

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Speaker 1: get the turnover on downs. And then Josh two plays

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Speaker 1: later throws a pick on a pass intended for Cook.

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Speaker 1: The defense got come right back out on the field again,

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Speaker 1: this time in the red zone at the Buffalo eighteen

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Speaker 1: yard line, and they still hold him out of the

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Speaker 1: end zone and force a field goal. I mean, you

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Speaker 1: and I, Steve, we're talking about four point plays on

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Speaker 1: our Bills by the Numbers podcast last week. That's a

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Speaker 1: that's a gigantic four point play there where the Bears

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Speaker 1: start the drive in the red zone and they lose yardage,

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Speaker 1: they go back two yards on three plays and they

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Speaker 1: only give up a field goal. I mean, it was big.

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Speaker 1: It lights out. It was a gargantuan defensive effort. Certainly

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Speaker 1: the Chicago team is str Glenn. They were three and whatever.

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Speaker 1: They were coming in this game, three and eleven, just

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Speaker 1: the opposite of the Bills, and you just you needed,

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Speaker 1: you wanted the Bills to flex a little bit in

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Speaker 1: this game. They did. They didn't have their best game.

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Speaker 1: They won by twenty two points, kind of going away.

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Speaker 1: They threw the Lake touchdown to Dawson Knox on a

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Speaker 1: fourth and short or on a third and short. They

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Speaker 1: just absolutely were they had too much for the Chicago

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Speaker 1: Bears to handle. They did. They played a little bit

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Speaker 1: conservative through the ball only twenty six times. The conditions

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Speaker 1: dictated that. Certainly they know that there was some you know,

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Speaker 1: the couple of picks by Josh and a fumble by

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Speaker 1: Gabe Davis. That's a big crusher. But that's all stuff

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Speaker 1: that's inside their locker room. It's not something they have

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Speaker 1: to worry about an opponent doing to them. And I

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Speaker 1: think that's the thing you take away from this and

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Speaker 1: the last month and a month or so, Brownie, before

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Speaker 1: we go to a break. This team, there's nothing that

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Speaker 1: any team has. Certainly there are great teams, and Cincinnati

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Speaker 1: Bengals are a great example of that. But The Bills

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00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,520
Speaker 1: can match up with anybody's strength, strength on strength, strength

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Speaker 1: on strength, strength on strength, but they also have the

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Speaker 1: ability to exploit whatever their team the other team doesn't

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Speaker 1: do well, and Josh is the great X factor on

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Speaker 1: top of that. That's why this team is the number

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Speaker 1: one seed going into this Monday night game. That's why

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Speaker 1: they're They've lost three games by total at eight points,

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Speaker 1: and two of those games they had no business losing

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Speaker 1: because of the conditions in Miami, and they got it.

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Speaker 1: You know, they had three game stoppers in against Minnesota

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Speaker 1: that went catastrophically wrong. That's where you're sitting with this team.

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Speaker 1: And that's the way a game against the Chicago Bears

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Speaker 1: team that's built the way they are right now, that's

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Speaker 1: exactly the way this game should have went. And it

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Speaker 1: did style points aside. That's the kind of game you

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Speaker 1: win going away, and the Bills did it right. And now, basically,

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Speaker 1: at twelve and three this season, combined with the four

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Speaker 1: wins at the tail end of last season, Bills are

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Speaker 1: killing it. Man. What'd you say, sixteen and four in

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Speaker 1: their last twenty Now they just added another win to

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Speaker 1: that total. Yeah, seventeen and four in their last Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and the losses were two an overtime loss in the

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Speaker 1: championship game or in the division round an overtime loss,

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Speaker 1: and three other wins by eight points total. And two

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Speaker 1: of those losses were serious, I mean unbelievable, like you

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Speaker 1: can't believe you lost him. So yeah, they're tough out

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Speaker 1: break time for us. Here when we come back, we'll

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Speaker 1: hear from some of the players and head coach Sean

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Speaker 1: McDermott in a fresh edition off of the win over

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Speaker 1: Chicago of Sound Bits. We'll bring that to NX. Here

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Speaker 1: on a Buffalo Victory Monday on One Bills Live, presented

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Speaker 1: by Collid of Health. It's Buffalo Bills ring to back

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Speaker 1: to one Bills Live. Brown Steve Tasker with you here

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Speaker 1: on a Buffalo Victory Monday, two days removed from Buffalo

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Speaker 1: thirty five thirteen win over the Chicago Bears on the

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Speaker 1: road in week sixteen, and it's time now for us

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Speaker 1: to bring you this week's edition of Sound Bits, presented

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Speaker 1: by Tim Horton's Here some of the top quotes from

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Speaker 1: head coach Sean McDermot and Bills players after their win

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Speaker 1: over the Bears to claim their third straight AFC East

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Speaker 1: division title. I'm really happy for the organization. Three three

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Speaker 1: AFCAST championships in a row, and it's hard to do.

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Speaker 1: It's hard to get one, let alone three in a row.

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Speaker 1: It shows a lot of you know, the mental toughness

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Speaker 1: that this team has um you know, being able to

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Speaker 1: deal with adversity and you know, it just shows that

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Speaker 1: you know, we got it. We got a lot of

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Speaker 1: great leaders on this team and a lot of young

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Speaker 1: guys that that has just bought into everything that we

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Speaker 1: do here. So it's pretty special. Like I said, you know,

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Speaker 1: we had a lot of football left. We want to

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Speaker 1: continue get better training to count. You know, that's our

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Speaker 1: first step. Like we want to win the division man

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Speaker 1: next you know, playoffs times and stuff like that. But

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Speaker 1: I mean it's just another first step where we're trying

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Speaker 1: to go to. So it's a great hunter. You know,

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Speaker 1: we got it on the role in the co environment.

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Speaker 1: We didn't let them face us at all. I mean

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Speaker 1: it's huge. It means everything to us and we know

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Speaker 1: we had to step up and that's what we're gonna

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Speaker 1: keep doing down the line. You know, we got to

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Speaker 1: finish this season strong and you know, we're excited for

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Speaker 1: everything that's coming coming our way in the future. We've

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Speaker 1: gotta keep working thinking in week by week, game by game.

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Speaker 1: The dude putting in this room, I mean the dudes

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Speaker 1: and staff, everybody in the building this day after day.

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Speaker 1: So I mean great to get it done for the

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Speaker 1: third time in the row. You know, that's just the

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Speaker 1: next step of where we wanted to be. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: have home playoff games, win the division, and now we're

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Speaker 1: just on the next step. So, um, that's the standard

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Speaker 1: we want to create for this franchise. So thankfully it's

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Speaker 1: nothing new to us. So we want to just keep

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Speaker 1: building on what we got right now. The standard always

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Speaker 1: been playoff caliber and after we know set a playoff birth,

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Speaker 1: then his championship caliber and championship calibers, winning the other

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Speaker 1: vision and winning winning outside and then obviously playing in

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Speaker 1: that game and winning that game. It's it's the next

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Speaker 1: progression in our in our goal. Um, actually playoffs division title.

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Speaker 1: You know, we know what the next one is. So

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Speaker 1: I got a couple more games to put our best

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Speaker 1: foot forward and just try to go execute to the

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Speaker 1: best of our ability. So that is soundbits presented by

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Speaker 1: Tim Horton's I thought Ed Oliver's responses Steve to the

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00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:40,960
Speaker 1: plan against Justin Fields was pretty straightforward. Keep him in

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Speaker 1: the pocket. I mean that's really all it was about.

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Speaker 1: That is. Yeah, it's interesting because you get the idea

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Speaker 1: because of what he said. I mean, they talked about

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Speaker 1: it a lot, and so you're you're thinking, Ed, is

641
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,160
Speaker 1: that they're saying, listen, this is the book on the guy.

642
00:34:57,239 --> 00:35:00,000
Speaker 1: If you keep him in the pocket, don't chase him around,

643
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:04,320
Speaker 1: make him throw from the pocket, You're gonna he's gonna struggle.

644
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 1: To me, the Chicago coaching staff at the end of

645
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:15,759
Speaker 1: the season or even now, makes makes Justin Fields listen

646
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,320
Speaker 1: to that. He's got to get better from the pocket.

647
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:21,000
Speaker 1: I mean that's if you want any idea. I mean,

648
00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:24,359
Speaker 1: that is part and parcel of what makes guys get better.

649
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:26,040
Speaker 1: They got to be willing to listen to that and

650
00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:30,120
Speaker 1: get better at it. Yeah. And I was actually incorrect

651
00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:34,400
Speaker 1: about my tackle for lotal loss total for the Bills

652
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,719
Speaker 1: in the game. It wasn't ten. They actually finished with

653
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 1: eleven tackles for loss, most of those were on fields.

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00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 1: Ed was actually pretty annoyed after the game that he

655
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,319
Speaker 1: didn't have two sacks he was credited with one. I

656
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,280
Speaker 1: was kind of perplexed by it as well, because Justin

657
00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:55,439
Speaker 1: Fields had an aborted snap and then tried to run

658
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:57,520
Speaker 1: back to the line of scrimmage and Ed got him

659
00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 1: before he got there, And I whom that would qualify

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00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:03,080
Speaker 1: as a sack. The only thing I can think is

661
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 1: he declared himself as a runner after the aborted snap.

662
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,160
Speaker 1: He's not a quarterback anymore. I mean he can still

663
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,640
Speaker 1: throw it. I was confused by that. And maybe they'll,

664
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Speaker 1: maybe the official scorers will change it back a twist

665
00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:17,120
Speaker 1: or two a sack. It was announced as a sack

666
00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:20,840
Speaker 1: in the press box. So right, Well, here's kind they

667
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:22,400
Speaker 1: got robbed of a sack in that game on the

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00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:25,239
Speaker 1: team on the on the NFL GESUS website that the

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00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:29,200
Speaker 1: tackles for loss and yardage in the run game alone,

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00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,800
Speaker 1: they only had six tackles for loss with the running

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00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:35,480
Speaker 1: backs or anybody other than the quarterback. The Bills had

672
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:37,640
Speaker 1: zero for zero. They never took a loss on a

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00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:40,560
Speaker 1: running play where they handed off. That's how we's kind

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00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,480
Speaker 1: of day it was. Yeah, you know, that's the kind

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00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 1: of day it was. And the reason there were so

676
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:49,160
Speaker 1: many other tackles was because they throw so many bubble

677
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:52,000
Speaker 1: screens and stuff. And to the credit of you know,

678
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:55,200
Speaker 1: the linebackers in the corners, they were making tackles at

679
00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:57,160
Speaker 1: the liner behind the line of scrimmage as well. That's

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00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 1: why they ended up with so much. It wasn't just

681
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,399
Speaker 1: the D line, it was the guys in the back

682
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:03,719
Speaker 1: seven as well. It was just front to back. The

683
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:08,360
Speaker 1: defensive performance was so solid, and I was I was

684
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:12,280
Speaker 1: happy for Leslie Frasier, you know, coming back to Chicago

685
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:16,120
Speaker 1: where he played his professional career. You know, that's the

686
00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:21,760
Speaker 1: that's the thing that really kind of had me happy

687
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:24,439
Speaker 1: for him, um, you know, going back to his old

688
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,960
Speaker 1: stomping grounds and getting that. So that's kind of where

689
00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:31,960
Speaker 1: it's at. Uh Wow. Some breaking news in the NFL.

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00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:36,880
Speaker 1: NFL networks, Tom Pellicero is reporting that the Broncos have

691
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:41,120
Speaker 1: fired head coach Nathaniel Hackett. I guess we have even

692
00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:44,000
Speaker 1: less of a chance of hoping that the Broncos can

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Speaker 1: beat the Chiefs next week or Steve does it work

694
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,920
Speaker 1: the other way? Are they more inspired to beat the

695
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:54,239
Speaker 1: Chiefs this week? Interesting to see and I we haven't

696
00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:56,319
Speaker 1: heard yet because we're just we're still we got this

697
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:59,319
Speaker 1: just like everybody else. Just this minute. It'll be interesting

698
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:03,120
Speaker 1: to see who then him. Guy is right, it's got

699
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:08,080
Speaker 1: to be somebody in the house obviously, sure, um and

700
00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:10,319
Speaker 1: I you know, you, I don't know who's gonna be.

701
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:13,200
Speaker 1: They also have you know, now everybody's you know, is

702
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:20,520
Speaker 1: there GM gonna go to? Oh, you know, who's gonna

703
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:23,520
Speaker 1: Usually that usually doesn't happen until after the draft, right

704
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:26,279
Speaker 1: because he's got other stuff he's gotta you know, you're

705
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:29,320
Speaker 1: not gonna acts at GM now, right like I wouldn't

706
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:32,080
Speaker 1: think Yeah, I don't think so. But there's no word

707
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:34,040
Speaker 1: in any of the stuff I'm looking at right now

708
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:38,080
Speaker 1: that George Patton. Yeah, George Patton. I've never I haven't

709
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:41,200
Speaker 1: seen anything yet on who's gonna be the intrim and

710
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:48,480
Speaker 1: I And you're right, Brownie, this actually to me, it

711
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:51,480
Speaker 1: almost makes it better for the Broncos going in against

712
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:56,319
Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Yeah, you know, because will be inspired this week, Well,

713
00:38:56,360 --> 00:39:01,040
Speaker 1: there'll be one week inspiration there. Every excuse is gonna

714
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:03,239
Speaker 1: be made. They have no consequences for losing this game.

715
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:05,759
Speaker 1: They're supposed to lose the game. Now, all they gotta

716
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:07,080
Speaker 1: do is go out and play free and easy and

717
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:10,360
Speaker 1: show off and play let's go. You know, it's to

718
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:14,560
Speaker 1: me This is everything that says, you know, hey, we

719
00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:18,920
Speaker 1: uh yeah, we're gonna go. We're gonna go play. I

720
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:21,920
Speaker 1: think it really relieves a lot of the pressure inside

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00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 1: the building when you fire a head coach like this. Yeah,

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00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:30,399
Speaker 1: there is other news in the NFL. Jets quarterback Mike

723
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:34,480
Speaker 1: White has been cleared by doctors today. He will start

724
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:39,600
Speaker 1: on Sunday against Seattle that's on the road. That's according

725
00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 1: to Brian Costello, who is a New York Jets beat

726
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:49,239
Speaker 1: reporter for the New York Post. Yeah, awesome, but it's

727
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:54,360
Speaker 1: too late. Well it's not. I mean the Dolphins lost again.

728
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 1: Well the door open. The Jets could get nine and eight.

729
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:04,719
Speaker 1: I squeeze in. I mean they need help, right right,

730
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:08,319
Speaker 1: they need help. But think about this, the Dolphins lose

731
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:14,239
Speaker 1: this week and the Jets win Week eighteen could determine

732
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:18,360
Speaker 1: whether it's the Jet the Dolphins getting the final seed.

733
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Speaker 1: What jas Jets, Jets jet man Steve Jets making it.

734
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Speaker 1: That's awesome, all right, So hold on, let's just throw

735
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:36,040
Speaker 1: this hypothetical out there. If we know the last playoff seed,

736
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Speaker 1: the seventh seed has a chance to be either the

737
00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:45,759
Speaker 1: Jets the Dolphins. I mean, we're all hoping that the

738
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:47,640
Speaker 1: Bills get the number one seeds, so they get the

739
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,160
Speaker 1: buy and then they wait and see who the Jets

740
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:54,200
Speaker 1: and or Dolphins would play, presumably Cincinnati or Kansas City

741
00:40:54,239 --> 00:41:00,640
Speaker 1: if it's not Buffalo themselves. The Bills got the Jets Miami.

742
00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:03,359
Speaker 1: I think Miami's the more dangerous team because they can

743
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:06,839
Speaker 1: keep up with those teams offensively. The Jets can't keep

744
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:10,439
Speaker 1: up with those teams. Well, their defense is great, but

745
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:14,600
Speaker 1: well that's the thing. Let me just let me just

746
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:20,160
Speaker 1: say this that opening say, say, for instance, it everything

747
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:22,640
Speaker 1: happens like everybody, all the critics are saying the Bill,

748
00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:25,200
Speaker 1: there's no way the Bills keep them one seed because

749
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:27,400
Speaker 1: they're gonna lose to Cincinnati and then beat the Patriots.

750
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:29,480
Speaker 1: It's gonna be the Chiefs, then the Bills at two.

751
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:31,600
Speaker 1: Then YadA, YadA, YadA, all the way down the line.

752
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,839
Speaker 1: It don't matter because whoever the chief the Bills play

753
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:38,400
Speaker 1: in that first round is gonna get thumped. The Bills

754
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:41,200
Speaker 1: are gonna show up in that game at home with

755
00:41:41,239 --> 00:41:44,840
Speaker 1: the Mafia, and they're gonna thump, whether it's the Dolphins,

756
00:41:45,239 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 1: the Jets, whether it's whether it's the Ravens, whether it's

757
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:59,000
Speaker 1: the Ravens, whatever, the Titans, the Chargers, Baltimore. Right now,

758
00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:04,000
Speaker 1: it's Jacksonville. Yeah, all right, it's not Jacksonville. But Jackson's

759
00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:08,040
Speaker 1: the four seed. Yeah, they're they're the divisions leader. Problem,

760
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:11,520
Speaker 1: that ain't that ain't the thing. The thing is the championship,

761
00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:14,200
Speaker 1: the division round and the championship game. That's the thing.

762
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:18,440
Speaker 1: That's the thing. If you're gonna if you're gonna go

763
00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 1: one and done in the playoffs this year, who cares

764
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:22,839
Speaker 1: whether you're the one seed or the or the four

765
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:26,799
Speaker 1: seed or the quick seven seed. Yeah, quickly, Steve. There's

766
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:33,320
Speaker 1: a statement from Broncos owner and CEO Greg Penner after

767
00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:37,520
Speaker 1: talking about how they're just dispatching of Nathaniel Hackett as

768
00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:41,239
Speaker 1: head coach following extensive conversations with George Patton in our

769
00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:43,680
Speaker 1: ownership group. That's the am we determine a new direction

770
00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:45,640
Speaker 1: would ultimately be in the best interest to the Broncos.

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00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:47,840
Speaker 1: This change was made now out of respect for everyone involved.

772
00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 1: Allows us to immediately begin the search for a new

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00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:54,239
Speaker 1: head coach. Um, I'm trying to see, Oh, here it is.

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00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:58,759
Speaker 1: I will lead our head coaching search. George Penner talk, Yeah,

775
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:01,480
Speaker 1: Greg Penner talking here, I will lead our head coaching

776
00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:05,520
Speaker 1: search with support from our ownership group and George, whom

777
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:09,080
Speaker 1: I have confidence in as our general manager. So the

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00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:12,120
Speaker 1: general manager staying put, it's just Hackett that's out the door.

779
00:43:12,719 --> 00:43:15,680
Speaker 1: I'm trying to see if they named an interim. Doesn't

780
00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:20,799
Speaker 1: look like they have, so we'll just keep our ear

781
00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:23,160
Speaker 1: to the ground to see if there's information on that

782
00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:26,640
Speaker 1: when we come back. Steve, in addition to talking more

783
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:29,080
Speaker 1: about the Bills win over the Bears, I'm going to

784
00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:33,560
Speaker 1: share with you a stat about the Miami Dolphins in

785
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:37,360
Speaker 1: the month of December. It's gonna make your head spin.

786
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:39,759
Speaker 1: We'll talk about it next here on One Bill's Live

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00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:58,120
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Speaker 1: over the Bear, Steve, was the unbelievably productive rushing attack

794
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:24,560
Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty four yards they averaged eight point

795
00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:27,560
Speaker 1: two yards per carry against the Bears. It was their

796
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:32,800
Speaker 1: most rushing yards in a single game since twenty sixteen.

797
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:36,320
Speaker 1: It illustrates what I was saying earlier in the show,

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00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:38,719
Speaker 1: and this is why I kind of got here over

799
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:42,799
Speaker 1: the weekend. If you if you have a team that

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Speaker 1: stinks in any area, maybe they've got a dominant pass rush,

801
00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:49,759
Speaker 1: maybe they've got a dominant secondary, maybe they've got a

802
00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:52,839
Speaker 1: great run defense, or maybe they've got one. All that's

803
00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:56,080
Speaker 1: well and good, but if you stink at anything in

804
00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:58,279
Speaker 1: your game, the Bills are good enough to exploit it

805
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:00,880
Speaker 1: and beat you with it. That's what they have proven

806
00:45:00,920 --> 00:45:02,919
Speaker 1: over the course of this season. The Bills run game

807
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:06,080
Speaker 1: has not been dominant. It's been an afterthought at times

808
00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:09,000
Speaker 1: during the season. It's been non existent at times, it's

809
00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:11,920
Speaker 1: been frustratingly bad at times. But if you stink it

810
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:14,239
Speaker 1: defending the run, the Bills are still good enough to

811
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:17,440
Speaker 1: beat you with it. If your secondary stinks, they can

812
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:19,440
Speaker 1: beat you with that. If you can't run stop, they

813
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:21,839
Speaker 1: can beat you if they eat all that stuff. That's

814
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:24,240
Speaker 1: what this is really illustrated to me. Down the stretch

815
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:27,000
Speaker 1: here over the last six or eight weeks, when when

816
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:28,560
Speaker 1: you're trying to get a hand on who the Bills

817
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:34,000
Speaker 1: really are, they match up better maybe than any team

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Speaker 1: in the NFL. You've got a team like Miami, They're

819
00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:38,480
Speaker 1: gonna beat you with a big They can win if

820
00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:40,680
Speaker 1: they can hit big plays on you, and it doesn't

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00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:43,719
Speaker 1: matter how the rest of their team matches up. Same

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00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:45,719
Speaker 1: thing with the Chiefs. They can score, they can you know,

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00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:48,880
Speaker 1: they always have been able to ye and they just

824
00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:52,600
Speaker 1: outscore you, forget it. The Bills match up with those

825
00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:56,719
Speaker 1: teams in those regards. So I think with the run

826
00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:58,399
Speaker 1: games showing up like it has in the last couple

827
00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:03,239
Speaker 1: of weeks, and if it shows that if if your

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00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:08,320
Speaker 1: team has weaknesses, the Bills don't, they'll exploit it. They're

829
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:11,640
Speaker 1: good enough in every aspect of football to beat you

830
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:14,000
Speaker 1: if you're bad enough, if you're bad in any area

831
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:16,759
Speaker 1: of your game. And that's that's really a testament to

832
00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:18,759
Speaker 1: the coaching staff and Brandon Bean and what we thought

833
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:20,480
Speaker 1: this team was going to be coming into this season.

834
00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:24,080
Speaker 1: Certainly it doesn't always look great, but the matchups are

835
00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:27,280
Speaker 1: always the Bills are always the superior team, or always

836
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:31,919
Speaker 1: you know, seem to be. That is true. That is true.

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Speaker 1: I will I will buy that for a dollar. That

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00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:38,439
Speaker 1: is New York Lottery's biggest gift. So yeah, I mean,

839
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Speaker 1: I don't I don't know that anybody thought the Bills

840
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:44,719
Speaker 1: couldn't run the ball. I was kind of encouraged. And

841
00:46:44,719 --> 00:46:48,160
Speaker 1: when Devin Singletary was at the postgame lectern after the

842
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:51,839
Speaker 1: game on Saturday, I asked him, Hey, you know last

843
00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:54,960
Speaker 1: year at this time, your run game really kicked into

844
00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:59,040
Speaker 1: gear and kind of made you an unstoppable force on offense.

845
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:01,520
Speaker 1: I asked him if he felt like it was getting

846
00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:06,279
Speaker 1: back to that again, and he wouldn't go that far.

847
00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:10,560
Speaker 1: And I think it's partly because they knew they were

848
00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:12,920
Speaker 1: playing an inferior opponent. I mean, the Bears have now

849
00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:17,279
Speaker 1: lost eight in a row. They arguably have half a

850
00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:20,680
Speaker 1: roster of real NFL players They're going to play in

851
00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:23,759
Speaker 1: this league for a while. The other half is going

852
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:26,400
Speaker 1: to be guys bouncing around on practice squads and stuff.

853
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:29,080
Speaker 1: It was a total teardown in Chicago, and then injuries

854
00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:33,520
Speaker 1: have only compounded it. So I think Motor was a

855
00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:37,960
Speaker 1: little hesitant to go that far, but certainly that performances

856
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:39,520
Speaker 1: step in the right direction. And I'm just going to

857
00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:43,640
Speaker 1: say this, about James Cook, he looks like he is

858
00:47:43,719 --> 00:47:48,200
Speaker 1: playing faster now with respect to his decision making. There

859
00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:50,279
Speaker 1: were times early in the season, and you expect this

860
00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:52,719
Speaker 1: from rookies to a certain extent. The game is still

861
00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:56,960
Speaker 1: a little fast for them, and so his decision making

862
00:47:57,000 --> 00:48:00,640
Speaker 1: with his cutting and stuff like that, sometimes he'd be

863
00:48:00,719 --> 00:48:03,880
Speaker 1: indecisive and get caught at the line of scrimmage or

864
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:06,680
Speaker 1: for a minimal gain. As a result, he was putting

865
00:48:06,719 --> 00:48:10,000
Speaker 1: his foot in the ground and going on Saturday. And

866
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:15,280
Speaker 1: when he does that, what a difference. Yeah, you could tell,

867
00:48:15,320 --> 00:48:18,719
Speaker 1: And you're right. The Bears aren't really the yardstick for

868
00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:21,880
Speaker 1: run defense in the NFL at this point in history,

869
00:48:22,239 --> 00:48:26,080
Speaker 1: no question about it. And I think that's why it

870
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:27,359
Speaker 1: was a little bit of a surprise. And I think

871
00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:31,799
Speaker 1: I'm with Devin as well. You could make an argument that,

872
00:48:33,719 --> 00:48:36,320
Speaker 1: you know, the things are happening in the way this

873
00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:40,920
Speaker 1: season is progressing exactly like they do every year. Teams

874
00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:43,120
Speaker 1: get a handle on who teams really are. They got

875
00:48:43,120 --> 00:48:47,840
Speaker 1: a whole list of games they can look at film

876
00:48:47,840 --> 00:48:53,120
Speaker 1: wise and evaluate aspects of the offense. And when teams

877
00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:57,680
Speaker 1: look at the Bills, it's hard to get around seventeen.

878
00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:01,359
Speaker 1: You know, it's hard to get your mind around coming

879
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:06,640
Speaker 1: up and matching up against Josh. So they start saying, listen, okay, oh,

880
00:49:06,719 --> 00:49:08,520
Speaker 1: if we do this, he does that. If we do

881
00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:11,560
Speaker 1: that and this, then we leave ourselves thin here, you know.

882
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:13,719
Speaker 1: So so I think teams are getting to the points

883
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:16,440
Speaker 1: say listen, if we can get him to run the

884
00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:19,759
Speaker 1: ball a little and make it possible in it for him,

885
00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:23,880
Speaker 1: at least Josh is not lighten us up, and the

886
00:49:23,880 --> 00:49:26,719
Speaker 1: game stays closer that way. And I don't know that

887
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:28,800
Speaker 1: I'm not going to give it all, you know, totally

888
00:49:29,360 --> 00:49:32,640
Speaker 1: say they've given into analytics and that's what says, you know,

889
00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:34,760
Speaker 1: it's the best way to match up with the Bills.

890
00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:39,160
Speaker 1: But that's what it looks like to me. They're getting

891
00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:41,319
Speaker 1: to the last month of the season, just like where

892
00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:44,280
Speaker 1: they were last year. They get to the New England

893
00:49:44,360 --> 00:49:48,720
Speaker 1: game last year, and the Bills light up New England

894
00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:50,720
Speaker 1: and that's kind of when they make that last offensive

895
00:49:50,760 --> 00:49:53,360
Speaker 1: line shift. Then the running game starts to be a

896
00:49:53,360 --> 00:49:55,400
Speaker 1: bigger factor, and then at the end of the season,

897
00:49:57,080 --> 00:49:59,440
Speaker 1: Buffalo turns it on him and starts lighting him up.

898
00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:03,160
Speaker 1: So yeah, it'd be great if that was the case

899
00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:07,879
Speaker 1: this year. But that may be a you know, an

900
00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:10,480
Speaker 1: answer for that, but I can't be I don't know that.

901
00:50:10,680 --> 00:50:14,800
Speaker 1: That's kind of my opinion. Right, we are up against

902
00:50:14,800 --> 00:50:17,359
Speaker 1: the break, so we will step aside here come back

903
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:20,919
Speaker 1: with our number two where we will not only talk

904
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:23,400
Speaker 1: more about the Bills win over the Bears and the

905
00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:28,680
Speaker 1: gigantic game now looming a week from today in Cincinnati,

906
00:50:28,840 --> 00:50:31,640
Speaker 1: Week seventeen, we'll take a closer look at the AFC

907
00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:35,840
Speaker 1: Conference race, both at the top which concerns the Bills

908
00:50:36,200 --> 00:50:39,560
Speaker 1: and the bottom. And we'll also get you some more

909
00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:43,279
Speaker 1: news on the firing of Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett

910
00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:45,640
Speaker 1: and who the interim might be and what led to

911
00:50:45,680 --> 00:50:48,239
Speaker 1: the firing. Ultimately, that's all coming your way next here

912
00:50:48,239 --> 00:50:50,560
Speaker 1: on one Bills Live presented by Kalida Health. It's Buffalo

913
00:50:50,560 --> 00:51:29,439
Speaker 1: Bills Radios. One Bills Live presented by Called Light to Health.

914
00:51:32,440 --> 00:51:37,919
Speaker 1: All Right, welcome to our number two Football Monday. Chris Brown,

915
00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:42,080
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you as we motor through the analysis

916
00:51:42,440 --> 00:51:47,040
Speaker 1: of Saturday's win over the Bears, giving the Bills their

917
00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:51,759
Speaker 1: third straight division title. Twenty twenty twenty twenty one now

918
00:51:51,840 --> 00:51:57,240
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, a FC East champs. And what also

919
00:51:57,360 --> 00:52:01,320
Speaker 1: happened over the course of the weekend was another playoff

920
00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:06,600
Speaker 1: spot was secured in the conference race in the AFC,

921
00:52:07,800 --> 00:52:13,319
Speaker 1: as there are now just two spots open. Baltimore by

922
00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:17,680
Speaker 1: winning this past weekend clinched a playoff berth. They still

923
00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:21,120
Speaker 1: have a chance to win the AFC North and Steve,

924
00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:25,880
Speaker 1: I'm telling you right now, if Baltimore and Cincinnati remained

925
00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:29,080
Speaker 1: within one game of each other, that is your Week

926
00:52:29,160 --> 00:52:33,480
Speaker 1: eighteen flex orama. Oh yeah, they play, because they'll play

927
00:52:33,520 --> 00:52:38,880
Speaker 1: for the division title. Let me say this, I'll watch it. Yeah,

928
00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:43,279
Speaker 1: and not only that, For those that don't know, Baltimore

929
00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:46,560
Speaker 1: beat Cincinnati nineteen seventeen in their first matchup, so they

930
00:52:46,560 --> 00:52:50,719
Speaker 1: currently have the head to head edge. And right now,

931
00:52:50,719 --> 00:52:53,359
Speaker 1: as we know, Cincinnati is the division leader eleven and four,

932
00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:56,359
Speaker 1: Baltimore right behind him at ten and five. And they

933
00:52:56,360 --> 00:53:02,839
Speaker 1: would play Week eighteen, that is juicy. And I'll say this,

934
00:53:03,560 --> 00:53:06,040
Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens are going to be standing on their

935
00:53:07,280 --> 00:53:13,120
Speaker 1: heads wanting to wanting the Bills to beat the Cincinnati

936
00:53:13,160 --> 00:53:16,239
Speaker 1: Bengals big time. They'll be rooting for us for sure.

937
00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:21,680
Speaker 1: One other follow up to the Broncos firing of Nathaniel

938
00:53:21,719 --> 00:53:25,439
Speaker 1: hack At this past hour, fired at just a four

939
00:53:25,480 --> 00:53:28,520
Speaker 1: and eleven record. Fifteen games is how long he lasted,

940
00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:31,239
Speaker 1: and he has been axed as head coach of the Broncos.

941
00:53:31,960 --> 00:53:35,040
Speaker 1: So Steve and I are secretly hoping for an inspired

942
00:53:35,080 --> 00:53:37,680
Speaker 1: Broncos team to come out and beat the Chiefs this weekend.

943
00:53:37,680 --> 00:53:40,239
Speaker 1: It might be a pipe dream, but can't get worse

944
00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:42,759
Speaker 1: on offense. It's just get worse. This is where you say,

945
00:53:42,840 --> 00:53:46,440
Speaker 1: let's ride come on. Thirty second in the league and

946
00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:51,440
Speaker 1: points scored, twenty seventh in total offense and twenty fourth

947
00:53:51,520 --> 00:53:55,440
Speaker 1: in passing. Yah and Russell Wilson did not look good

948
00:53:55,440 --> 00:54:00,000
Speaker 1: again last week. But here's what NFL Networks Ian Rappaport said,

949
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:03,400
Speaker 1: and following up on the Nathaniel Hackett firing, the product

950
00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:05,640
Speaker 1: on the field for the Bronchos was bad. The QB

951
00:54:05,800 --> 00:54:08,200
Speaker 1: play was bad. The fighting on the sideline was just

952
00:54:08,239 --> 00:54:10,279
Speaker 1: as bad, or maybe worse. To sign the coach had

953
00:54:10,320 --> 00:54:13,839
Speaker 1: no control over anything, Thus the firing of Broncos coach

954
00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:19,600
Speaker 1: Nathaniel Hackett. Now, the other thing here, Steve, is that's

955
00:54:19,640 --> 00:54:22,520
Speaker 1: the easier of the two moves, because they trade for

956
00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:25,960
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson and give a boatload of players in capital

957
00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:29,600
Speaker 1: to the Seattle Seahawks and their quarterback stinks, and they've

958
00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:31,560
Speaker 1: already signed them to one hundred and twenty five million

959
00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:36,480
Speaker 1: dollar extension. What happens if the new coach that comes

960
00:54:36,480 --> 00:54:41,280
Speaker 1: in can't fix Russ either. We talked about this, Steve

961
00:54:41,360 --> 00:54:46,200
Speaker 1: and the cap hit. We talked about this, right, Yeah,

962
00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:51,279
Speaker 1: they can't. They can't move often, That's right, That's what

963
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:53,320
Speaker 1: And I was reading to during the break, I was

964
00:54:53,320 --> 00:54:56,439
Speaker 1: reading to there's there's already a reporter out there who

965
00:54:56,560 --> 00:54:58,479
Speaker 1: is saying, you know, this might be the perfect landing

966
00:54:58,480 --> 00:55:01,279
Speaker 1: spot for a guy like Leslie Frasier. The Broncos have

967
00:55:01,360 --> 00:55:04,359
Speaker 1: hired first time head coaches the last three hires. None

968
00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:06,399
Speaker 1: of them have lasted into their you know, into their

969
00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:09,600
Speaker 1: fourth year, third year. But I think that speaks to

970
00:55:09,760 --> 00:55:12,359
Speaker 1: I'm with you, Brownie. I think this You're coming into

971
00:55:12,440 --> 00:55:16,000
Speaker 1: this with an entirely new offensive guy. Yeah, you need

972
00:55:16,239 --> 00:55:20,919
Speaker 1: somebody to pad your investment, give your two hundred million

973
00:55:20,960 --> 00:55:24,319
Speaker 1: dollars investment in Russ Wilson a chance to be successful.

974
00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:28,279
Speaker 1: I think the Broncos go totally offensive minded here and

975
00:55:28,360 --> 00:55:32,080
Speaker 1: it's you know, and I think it'll be a former

976
00:55:32,120 --> 00:55:36,040
Speaker 1: head coach. I mean, does Sean Payton want any of

977
00:55:36,080 --> 00:55:41,919
Speaker 1: this if he's watching it every week? He might not. Yeah, right,

978
00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:46,680
Speaker 1: and those are but that's your Russell Wilson too. Oh no,

979
00:55:46,680 --> 00:55:48,200
Speaker 1: you're one hundred percent right. It's going to be an

980
00:55:48,200 --> 00:55:53,160
Speaker 1: offensive minded head coaching. So that shortens the list. But yeah, precipitously,

981
00:55:53,200 --> 00:55:57,160
Speaker 1: it does. It does former offensive head coaches. Defense is

982
00:55:57,239 --> 00:55:59,640
Speaker 1: not the problem in Denver. That is not the problem

983
00:55:59,760 --> 00:56:04,720
Speaker 1: right now. And unfortunately, I think another thing that's working

984
00:56:04,760 --> 00:56:08,960
Speaker 1: against Leslie Frasier. No one will say this, but what

985
00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:12,040
Speaker 1: do owners tend to gravitate to. They tend to gravitate

986
00:56:12,640 --> 00:56:17,160
Speaker 1: to the up and coming young head coaching candidate. Like

987
00:56:17,880 --> 00:56:23,839
Speaker 1: perfect example, San Francisco's Damiko Ryan's the defensive coordinator there.

988
00:56:24,360 --> 00:56:27,000
Speaker 1: Damiko Ryan's probably gonna get a head coaching job in

989
00:56:27,040 --> 00:56:31,040
Speaker 1: the offseason this year. Why because he's like forty two

990
00:56:31,960 --> 00:56:35,760
Speaker 1: and he's got the number one defense in football and

991
00:56:36,120 --> 00:56:42,120
Speaker 1: people like his play calling acumen. Leslie Frasier's got ten

992
00:56:42,200 --> 00:56:44,520
Speaker 1: times the pelts on the wall that Demiko Ryans does

993
00:56:44,560 --> 00:56:51,319
Speaker 1: as a coach. But these owners want the guy that

994
00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:54,400
Speaker 1: seems to be the young, cutting edge coach well than

995
00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:56,879
Speaker 1: anything else. We see them gravitate to those guys all

996
00:56:56,920 --> 00:57:00,840
Speaker 1: the time. There's always this thought as well, what happens

997
00:57:00,880 --> 00:57:03,279
Speaker 1: if you hire Leslie Frazier and all your hopes and

998
00:57:03,360 --> 00:57:07,160
Speaker 1: dreams come true, and then five years down the road

999
00:57:07,200 --> 00:57:09,920
Speaker 1: he's like, Man, I'm done, I'm you know, I'm almost

1000
00:57:09,920 --> 00:57:15,279
Speaker 1: seventy right, yeah, get it. Then you're you. If you

1001
00:57:15,360 --> 00:57:18,240
Speaker 1: get him and he's great for five years, that means

1002
00:57:18,240 --> 00:57:20,680
Speaker 1: your first five year contract, you've signed an extension, and

1003
00:57:20,720 --> 00:57:22,360
Speaker 1: now you're gonna have the guy to retire on you

1004
00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:27,080
Speaker 1: and you're still owing money. Um. Yeah, that's a that's

1005
00:57:27,080 --> 00:57:29,880
Speaker 1: a thing as well. There's always that thought that if

1006
00:57:29,920 --> 00:57:31,840
Speaker 1: if you get a guy who's got enough skins on

1007
00:57:31,880 --> 00:57:34,400
Speaker 1: the wall and enough experience, all of a sudden, even

1008
00:57:34,400 --> 00:57:36,360
Speaker 1: if you hire him and he's the right guy, he

1009
00:57:36,440 --> 00:57:38,080
Speaker 1: may not have it left in the tank to give

1010
00:57:38,080 --> 00:57:40,040
Speaker 1: you all you you know, for the run of your

1011
00:57:40,160 --> 00:57:43,919
Speaker 1: even your great players. So for instance, like if if

1012
00:57:43,960 --> 00:57:47,280
Speaker 1: you hire a you know, a sixty five year old

1013
00:57:47,280 --> 00:57:50,959
Speaker 1: head coach and you draft Josh Allen, Josh is gonna

1014
00:57:51,040 --> 00:57:56,720
Speaker 1: last way beyond that coach. So yeah, it's a thought.

1015
00:57:57,040 --> 00:57:58,720
Speaker 1: I don't know how much that goes into it. I

1016
00:57:58,720 --> 00:57:59,800
Speaker 1: mean if you get the right guy, you get the

1017
00:57:59,880 --> 00:58:01,480
Speaker 1: right guy you get if you get a world championship

1018
00:58:01,480 --> 00:58:07,080
Speaker 1: out of it, who cares? Right? So I think what

1019
00:58:07,160 --> 00:58:12,120
Speaker 1: happens is most of these most owners and ownership groups.

1020
00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:14,880
Speaker 1: Will you know, if you hire a consultant, people who

1021
00:58:15,000 --> 00:58:17,240
Speaker 1: head hunters or whatever you want to call it, say well,

1022
00:58:17,240 --> 00:58:18,840
Speaker 1: what do you want your head coach to do or

1023
00:58:18,920 --> 00:58:22,000
Speaker 1: be or whatever? They got to come up with the

1024
00:58:22,080 --> 00:58:24,120
Speaker 1: right answers and look for the right guy, because there

1025
00:58:24,120 --> 00:58:26,720
Speaker 1: will always be people who will fill whatever requirements they

1026
00:58:26,720 --> 00:58:29,840
Speaker 1: have in mind. So we'll see. But like you know,

1027
00:58:30,400 --> 00:58:33,080
Speaker 1: like we said, hearing people here in Buffalo have nothing

1028
00:58:33,080 --> 00:58:35,600
Speaker 1: but love and respect for Leslie Fraser, want nothing but

1029
00:58:35,640 --> 00:58:41,320
Speaker 1: the best for him, absolutely, and he would you there

1030
00:58:41,360 --> 00:58:42,920
Speaker 1: are a lot of teams out there who would benefit

1031
00:58:42,920 --> 00:58:47,280
Speaker 1: from him being their head coach. Yeah, the conference, Ray says,

1032
00:58:47,280 --> 00:58:50,680
Speaker 1: we mentioned at the top Steve is tight. It's tight

1033
00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:54,320
Speaker 1: at the top and it's tight at the bottom. There

1034
00:58:54,360 --> 00:58:59,120
Speaker 1: are now one, two, three, four, five teams in the

1035
00:58:59,160 --> 00:59:02,640
Speaker 1: AFC that are seven and eight, and then you have

1036
00:59:03,360 --> 00:59:08,000
Speaker 1: two teams with eight wins, the Chargers and Miami Chargers

1037
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:13,200
Speaker 1: play tonight. Um getting in at the bottom end of

1038
00:59:13,240 --> 00:59:17,320
Speaker 1: this it's a it's a horse race. I mean it is.

1039
00:59:18,480 --> 00:59:21,160
Speaker 1: You got half a dozen teams within a win or

1040
00:59:21,200 --> 00:59:23,360
Speaker 1: a loss of each other, and some of them play

1041
00:59:23,440 --> 00:59:26,240
Speaker 1: each other in the last two weeks. Yeah, Jacksonville is

1042
00:59:26,280 --> 00:59:28,920
Speaker 1: the four seed right now, they're seven and eight. They're

1043
00:59:28,960 --> 00:59:34,360
Speaker 1: ahead in the AFC South. But then you've got the

1044
00:59:34,440 --> 00:59:36,400
Speaker 1: Chargers in Miami who are ahead of them in the

1045
00:59:36,440 --> 00:59:40,240
Speaker 1: win loss column, but they're in the wrong division. New England,

1046
00:59:40,240 --> 00:59:45,920
Speaker 1: did Jets, Tennessee, Pittsburgh. Eleven teams have got a shot.

1047
00:59:46,240 --> 00:59:48,360
Speaker 1: I mean not just in the you know, the in

1048
00:59:48,440 --> 00:59:53,240
Speaker 1: the hunt thing. They're thinking, we gotta we can get in, right,

1049
00:59:53,720 --> 00:59:57,280
Speaker 1: eleven teams on. The problem is four of them are

1050
00:59:57,280 --> 01:00:00,959
Speaker 1: already in. But yeah, demand is outweighing supply here though,

1051
01:00:01,000 --> 01:00:03,800
Speaker 1: Because that's right, you've if the like we said at

1052
01:00:03,800 --> 01:00:06,800
Speaker 1: the top of the show, if the Chargers win tonight,

1053
01:00:08,000 --> 01:00:12,720
Speaker 1: yeah they're in. They're in because they needed three other

1054
01:00:12,800 --> 01:00:17,000
Speaker 1: teams to lose this weekend. They needed the Raiders to lose.

1055
01:00:17,680 --> 01:00:22,400
Speaker 1: They needed yeah, um, and I'm not gonna they need

1056
01:00:22,440 --> 01:00:26,200
Speaker 1: the Raiders to lose, Miami to lose. I think they

1057
01:00:26,240 --> 01:00:28,560
Speaker 1: I think they needed Miami to lose. Yes, And then

1058
01:00:28,560 --> 01:00:32,080
Speaker 1: there was one other AFC team that I think it was.

1059
01:00:33,120 --> 01:00:36,440
Speaker 1: Might have been the Jets, but no, I don't think

1060
01:00:36,440 --> 01:00:38,439
Speaker 1: it was. Or it might have been Tennessee or New

1061
01:00:38,440 --> 01:00:41,720
Speaker 1: England or Vegas. I don't know. No, it was Las Vegas.

1062
01:00:41,800 --> 01:00:44,720
Speaker 1: Las Vegas was one of them. The bottom line is

1063
01:00:44,760 --> 01:00:46,640
Speaker 1: they needed three teams to lose and they had to win.

1064
01:00:46,840 --> 01:00:49,880
Speaker 1: Those three teams all lost on Saturday and Sunday. So

1065
01:00:49,960 --> 01:00:55,600
Speaker 1: they beat the Colts tonight in Indy. They're in and

1066
01:00:55,640 --> 01:00:59,720
Speaker 1: they grabbed one of the they grabbed the sixth playoff berth,

1067
01:01:00,640 --> 01:01:04,240
Speaker 1: leaving one left for basically those half dozen teams that

1068
01:01:04,320 --> 01:01:07,919
Speaker 1: we mentioned. So demand is far outweighing supply in terms

1069
01:01:07,920 --> 01:01:12,400
Speaker 1: of player First, yeah, the Chargers win tonight, seven teams

1070
01:01:12,840 --> 01:01:18,480
Speaker 1: for three spots, seven teams for three spots, and they

1071
01:01:18,480 --> 01:01:21,400
Speaker 1: are all right there. Well yeah, but if the Chargers

1072
01:01:21,400 --> 01:01:26,160
Speaker 1: win tonight, it's six teams for one spot. I mean,

1073
01:01:27,680 --> 01:01:32,520
Speaker 1: let me fighting tooth and nail. There Among the teams

1074
01:01:32,520 --> 01:01:38,200
Speaker 1: in the best position, not counting the Chargers, Miami, who

1075
01:01:38,240 --> 01:01:41,760
Speaker 1: has a six and four conference record. They have the

1076
01:01:41,800 --> 01:01:45,880
Speaker 1: best conference record of those eight and seven slash seven

1077
01:01:45,920 --> 01:01:49,000
Speaker 1: and eight teams. Jacksonville also six and four in the conference.

1078
01:01:49,040 --> 01:01:52,320
Speaker 1: But Miami has eight wins, none of those other teams do.

1079
01:01:53,720 --> 01:01:58,640
Speaker 1: And I think Miami has the easiest road to the

1080
01:01:58,760 --> 01:02:01,560
Speaker 1: seventh and final player off seed if in fact, the

1081
01:02:01,640 --> 01:02:06,520
Speaker 1: Chargers nailed down their playoff ticket tonight with a victory.

1082
01:02:08,600 --> 01:02:11,440
Speaker 1: But stranger things have happened. And because there are some

1083
01:02:11,560 --> 01:02:15,240
Speaker 1: head to head matchups here in the final two weeks

1084
01:02:15,240 --> 01:02:18,840
Speaker 1: of the season, it's going to get very very interesting

1085
01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:23,280
Speaker 1: at the bottom of this playoff. Ledger and Miami in

1086
01:02:23,320 --> 01:02:28,240
Speaker 1: their final two weeks have two division games. They're at

1087
01:02:28,320 --> 01:02:32,560
Speaker 1: New England this week and they are hosting the Jets

1088
01:02:32,760 --> 01:02:37,960
Speaker 1: in week eighteen, right so, and and oh, by the way,

1089
01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:42,240
Speaker 1: they've lost four in a row, and they they beat

1090
01:02:42,360 --> 01:02:47,000
Speaker 1: New England on opening Day twenty to seven. Miami did, right,

1091
01:02:47,240 --> 01:02:49,640
Speaker 1: so they have that win in hand. And then they

1092
01:02:49,760 --> 01:02:53,520
Speaker 1: lost to the Jets though forty to seventeen. Yes, earlier

1093
01:02:53,560 --> 01:02:57,240
Speaker 1: in the season, but they did. Those two games are

1094
01:02:57,280 --> 01:03:05,200
Speaker 1: pretty big. It's two division games to finish the season, yowser,

1095
01:03:05,760 --> 01:03:07,800
Speaker 1: And we said we would talk about this, so we

1096
01:03:07,880 --> 01:03:12,720
Speaker 1: might as well do it here. Steve tah went kablua

1097
01:03:12,960 --> 01:03:18,000
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter in yesterday's game. They are ahead

1098
01:03:18,960 --> 01:03:22,120
Speaker 1: seventeen to ten. So they're up a touchdown in the

1099
01:03:22,200 --> 01:03:26,920
Speaker 1: first half, and I think late they were up twenty

1100
01:03:26,960 --> 01:03:31,320
Speaker 1: to ten at one point, and then Packers start chipping away.

1101
01:03:31,840 --> 01:03:36,800
Speaker 1: They get to the fourth quarter and Twa throws three interceptions,

1102
01:03:37,120 --> 01:03:40,440
Speaker 1: and I'm just gonna tell you right now, every one

1103
01:03:40,520 --> 01:03:44,360
Speaker 1: of them looked awful. And I remember we had Eric

1104
01:03:44,360 --> 01:03:45,800
Speaker 1: Wood on the show and he'll be joining us in

1105
01:03:45,840 --> 01:03:48,600
Speaker 1: the third hour today. We had Eric Wood on the

1106
01:03:48,640 --> 01:03:53,000
Speaker 1: show last week on Monday, and we were talking about

1107
01:03:53,000 --> 01:03:55,400
Speaker 1: two a little bit because we were on the heels

1108
01:03:55,400 --> 01:04:01,600
Speaker 1: of Buffalo's win over the Dolphins, and he compared the

1109
01:04:01,640 --> 01:04:05,960
Speaker 1: type of thrower that Tua has to be to Ryan Fitzpatrick.

1110
01:04:06,520 --> 01:04:09,600
Speaker 1: Guys that aren't blessed with a howitzer for an arm,

1111
01:04:10,400 --> 01:04:13,480
Speaker 1: and they're a timing and rhythm quarterback that has to

1112
01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:15,480
Speaker 1: stick their back foot in the ground at the top

1113
01:04:15,520 --> 01:04:19,000
Speaker 1: of their drop and fire the ball out with anticipation

1114
01:04:19,400 --> 01:04:23,960
Speaker 1: and timing. But the problem is sometimes the receiver doesn't

1115
01:04:24,000 --> 01:04:27,600
Speaker 1: see the same thing the quarterback believes he sees. The

1116
01:04:27,600 --> 01:04:30,800
Speaker 1: ball goes somewhere where the receiver is not, and you

1117
01:04:30,920 --> 01:04:34,360
Speaker 1: become prone to interceptions, and we witness that with the

1118
01:04:34,400 --> 01:04:37,880
Speaker 1: Dolphins in the fourth quarter on Sunday and it cost

1119
01:04:37,960 --> 01:04:42,520
Speaker 1: him the game. It's these guys and coaching staffs are

1120
01:04:42,680 --> 01:04:45,440
Speaker 1: such a high level in the NFL. If it's a

1121
01:04:45,440 --> 01:04:47,880
Speaker 1: lot like what we heard at Oliver talk about with

1122
01:04:48,160 --> 01:04:53,560
Speaker 1: Justin Fields after the game Saturday. Here's what this guy.

1123
01:04:53,720 --> 01:04:55,920
Speaker 1: We think this guy can do. Here's where he can

1124
01:04:56,000 --> 01:04:57,440
Speaker 1: hurt is. Here's what we're going to do to keep

1125
01:04:57,520 --> 01:05:02,880
Speaker 1: him from doing that. At Tua obviously is different than

1126
01:05:02,920 --> 01:05:07,040
Speaker 1: Justin Fields, but it's the same scenario. Here's what Tua does, well,

1127
01:05:07,160 --> 01:05:09,280
Speaker 1: here's where he can beat us. Let's do what we

1128
01:05:09,320 --> 01:05:11,919
Speaker 1: can in this manner to keep him from being able

1129
01:05:11,920 --> 01:05:14,840
Speaker 1: to do that. That's why a guy like Josh Allen

1130
01:05:15,200 --> 01:05:17,320
Speaker 1: when you go back and say, well, when he drops back,

1131
01:05:17,560 --> 01:05:20,360
Speaker 1: if we do this, oh well he could do that,

1132
01:05:21,040 --> 01:05:23,040
Speaker 1: he could do this other thing that will beat us.

1133
01:05:23,720 --> 01:05:26,120
Speaker 1: Or if we do this, he'll just throw make this

1134
01:05:26,200 --> 01:05:27,800
Speaker 1: throw and we can't do you know what I'm saying.

1135
01:05:27,840 --> 01:05:32,560
Speaker 1: There are no no visible weaknesses in his game like

1136
01:05:32,600 --> 01:05:35,080
Speaker 1: there are into it. There are certain throws you would

1137
01:05:35,120 --> 01:05:37,440
Speaker 1: like to it to make more often than he can't,

1138
01:05:37,720 --> 01:05:39,840
Speaker 1: or they don't want him to. There's none of that

1139
01:05:39,880 --> 01:05:42,840
Speaker 1: stuff going on with Pat Mahomes, Josh Allen, Joe Burrow,

1140
01:05:43,320 --> 01:05:47,240
Speaker 1: and Justin Herbert. You know those those throws don't exist,

1141
01:05:48,640 --> 01:05:50,800
Speaker 1: so you know, the book is different. You got to

1142
01:05:50,840 --> 01:05:53,320
Speaker 1: fool him with coverages like the Bears did with Josh

1143
01:05:53,320 --> 01:05:55,800
Speaker 1: on a couple of throws, you know, where you drop

1144
01:05:55,840 --> 01:05:59,480
Speaker 1: a guy from someplace out of the defense, slough off

1145
01:05:59,480 --> 01:06:01,800
Speaker 1: into the coverage, and all of a sudden he's someplace

1146
01:06:01,800 --> 01:06:04,120
Speaker 1: where nobody thought he was gonna be. And Josh made

1147
01:06:04,120 --> 01:06:06,480
Speaker 1: the throw already, so it's a turnover. That's what you

1148
01:06:06,480 --> 01:06:08,240
Speaker 1: gotta do to some of these guys. You gotta fool him.

1149
01:06:08,720 --> 01:06:11,120
Speaker 1: Well then okay, if he catches you before he throws

1150
01:06:11,120 --> 01:06:12,840
Speaker 1: it and you're trying to fool him, he just pulls

1151
01:06:12,840 --> 01:06:16,240
Speaker 1: it down and you lose anyway. That's the difference between

1152
01:06:16,360 --> 01:06:21,040
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, Pat Mahomes, Burrow, Herbert and guys like two

1153
01:06:21,120 --> 01:06:25,880
Speaker 1: and Ryan Fitzpatrick and at this point Russ Wilson, you know,

1154
01:06:27,120 --> 01:06:31,280
Speaker 1: the guys like you know, Mike White, Zach Wilson, Mac Jones.

1155
01:06:31,840 --> 01:06:34,520
Speaker 1: They can only beat you one way, and like we've

1156
01:06:34,560 --> 01:06:37,400
Speaker 1: been talking about, the Bills can beat you anyway. You're weak.

1157
01:06:37,720 --> 01:06:42,720
Speaker 1: They'll exploit it. Now, that's the way it is. Did

1158
01:06:42,760 --> 01:06:46,240
Speaker 1: you see that fourth quarter? Like, were you watching that game?

1159
01:06:46,520 --> 01:06:51,560
Speaker 1: I know I had to. I had, Like I told you,

1160
01:06:51,920 --> 01:06:54,960
Speaker 1: all three interceptions in the fourth quarter. I know, I listen,

1161
01:06:55,000 --> 01:07:00,480
Speaker 1: I read had three picks in twelve place well plays

1162
01:07:00,480 --> 01:07:06,880
Speaker 1: from scrimmage, he had three picks. It was an absolute collapse,

1163
01:07:08,440 --> 01:07:12,520
Speaker 1: a collapse. And now they've lost four in a row.

1164
01:07:13,680 --> 01:07:18,479
Speaker 1: Think about that. This team was eight and three, they're

1165
01:07:18,520 --> 01:07:21,360
Speaker 1: now eight and seven. They got beat by a thirty

1166
01:07:21,600 --> 01:07:26,280
Speaker 1: six year old quarterback who's been struggling all year. They

1167
01:07:26,320 --> 01:07:30,920
Speaker 1: got beat by Josh Justin Herbert and the San Francisco

1168
01:07:31,000 --> 01:07:36,240
Speaker 1: forty nine ers for really four pretty good teams. The

1169
01:07:36,320 --> 01:07:38,959
Speaker 1: Packers are back in it. They're playing much better now.

1170
01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:43,720
Speaker 1: But you know, four wins in a row, four losses

1171
01:07:43,720 --> 01:07:48,560
Speaker 1: in a row, I'm sorry. Yeah, yeah, that's this is

1172
01:07:48,640 --> 01:07:53,320
Speaker 1: really gonna test McDaniel and his ability to keep that

1173
01:07:53,400 --> 01:07:56,360
Speaker 1: locker room together. Right, and the Packers are right back

1174
01:07:56,360 --> 01:07:58,360
Speaker 1: in the mix for one of the final playoff season

1175
01:07:58,360 --> 01:08:03,520
Speaker 1: in the NFC because Seattle lost, Detroit lost, and Washington lost,

1176
01:08:04,080 --> 01:08:06,920
Speaker 1: so Washington seven seven and one, and now Seattle and

1177
01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:10,480
Speaker 1: Detroit are even with Green Bay at seven and eight. Yeah,

1178
01:08:10,520 --> 01:08:13,400
Speaker 1: there's three. There's ten teams in the hunt. Very I mean,

1179
01:08:14,200 --> 01:08:16,960
Speaker 1: like the AFC, there are four teams that have sewed

1180
01:08:17,040 --> 01:08:19,839
Speaker 1: up a playoff spot and a couple of division champions

1181
01:08:19,880 --> 01:08:22,680
Speaker 1: Minnesota and San Francisco have got their divisions wrapped up.

1182
01:08:22,720 --> 01:08:27,439
Speaker 1: SODA's Philly, so there's three of those. Dallas is in

1183
01:08:27,560 --> 01:08:35,480
Speaker 1: for sure. But then you've got Tampa Bay, the Giants, Washington, Seattle,

1184
01:08:35,720 --> 01:08:40,400
Speaker 1: and even Detroit and Green Bay are still in it. Yep,

1185
01:08:41,240 --> 01:08:43,519
Speaker 1: it's a it's a horse race at the end, but

1186
01:08:43,520 --> 01:08:45,320
Speaker 1: there's not. They're just running out a room, is what

1187
01:08:45,360 --> 01:08:47,840
Speaker 1: the problem is. There's just not enough slots for all

1188
01:08:47,880 --> 01:08:50,439
Speaker 1: these teams to make it. Yeah, but I you know,

1189
01:08:50,680 --> 01:08:52,439
Speaker 1: the fact that green Bay has hung in there as

1190
01:08:52,439 --> 01:08:54,800
Speaker 1: long as they haven't climbed back into it, good for them.

1191
01:08:55,680 --> 01:08:59,559
Speaker 1: And you could see going into that game yesterday, even

1192
01:08:59,640 --> 01:09:02,000
Speaker 1: from the distance that you and I are from the

1193
01:09:02,040 --> 01:09:06,479
Speaker 1: Packers and the Dolphins, I thought, I thought the Packers

1194
01:09:06,479 --> 01:09:09,120
Speaker 1: had a real chance in that game despite the down

1195
01:09:09,240 --> 01:09:11,680
Speaker 1: year that everybody kind of have that going on with him.

1196
01:09:11,760 --> 01:09:16,760
Speaker 1: Davante Adams isn't there, you know, Aaron Rodgers is this

1197
01:09:17,040 --> 01:09:20,360
Speaker 1: you know, like I call him this wild donkey. They

1198
01:09:20,360 --> 01:09:24,920
Speaker 1: are they're too good. Rogers is too good. They're coaching

1199
01:09:24,960 --> 01:09:26,840
Speaker 1: staff's too good. They got too much experience not to

1200
01:09:26,880 --> 01:09:28,760
Speaker 1: have a chance against a team like the Dolphins, who

1201
01:09:28,800 --> 01:09:37,439
Speaker 1: are becoming a one trick pony if not that already. Man, Yeah,

1202
01:09:37,479 --> 01:09:42,080
Speaker 1: it's I don't know. I don't know. Like Steve as

1203
01:09:42,120 --> 01:09:46,080
Speaker 1: you had said, our hope, as Bills fans, is for

1204
01:09:46,160 --> 01:09:47,840
Speaker 1: two of to be the quarterback of the Dolphins for

1205
01:09:47,880 --> 01:09:50,439
Speaker 1: the next ten years. I mean, I'm happy that they're

1206
01:09:50,479 --> 01:09:52,840
Speaker 1: sliding right now, but I don't want two of it

1207
01:09:52,880 --> 01:09:54,559
Speaker 1: to be the number one reason, because then they started

1208
01:09:54,560 --> 01:09:56,519
Speaker 1: looking for another quarterback. I want him to hold on

1209
01:09:56,560 --> 01:10:00,280
Speaker 1: to tour. You can have that guy. Listen playing with that, Okay,

1210
01:10:00,600 --> 01:10:03,280
Speaker 1: if you're a Dolphins fan, you hear Bill's talking like that.

1211
01:10:03,280 --> 01:10:05,360
Speaker 1: That's got to give you a reason to be hesitant.

1212
01:10:05,720 --> 01:10:08,599
Speaker 1: That's where I've been the whole time. I said, I Yeah,

1213
01:10:08,600 --> 01:10:11,920
Speaker 1: he's great, he too, is playing great. Good for him.

1214
01:10:12,000 --> 01:10:14,200
Speaker 1: You guys are really good with TWA go with him.

1215
01:10:17,280 --> 01:10:23,200
Speaker 1: It's all a ruse, it's true. Yeah, we don't need

1216
01:10:23,880 --> 01:10:30,400
Speaker 1: You want them to draft like Trevor Lawrence or Joe Burrow. Yeah, dude,

1217
01:10:30,640 --> 01:10:34,800
Speaker 1: they could have had Justin Herbert Herbert. Yeah, they could

1218
01:10:34,840 --> 01:10:40,360
Speaker 1: haved justin Herbert man that think about the AFC East.

1219
01:10:40,360 --> 01:10:46,760
Speaker 1: If that happens, it's back to Marino and Kelly every year. Yep.

1220
01:10:47,640 --> 01:10:50,080
Speaker 1: Now I say this after I'll say this after the

1221
01:10:50,120 --> 01:10:53,200
Speaker 1: Bills beat the Dolphins up here in that you know,

1222
01:10:53,320 --> 01:10:56,320
Speaker 1: in that night game. I'll say this, and I do

1223
01:10:56,439 --> 01:11:00,519
Speaker 1: believe it. The Dolphins Bill's rivalry is back on the

1224
01:11:00,520 --> 01:11:04,000
Speaker 1: front burner for Bills fans. Yeah, they'll be. That is

1225
01:11:04,080 --> 01:11:07,519
Speaker 1: the rivalry. That is the rivalry right now because the

1226
01:11:08,000 --> 01:11:11,040
Speaker 1: Patriots are are you know, they're struggling with Mac and

1227
01:11:11,080 --> 01:11:13,679
Speaker 1: their coaching staff and the whole situation up in New England.

1228
01:11:13,720 --> 01:11:17,760
Speaker 1: And the Jets, I mean they're they're loving life. That

1229
01:11:17,800 --> 01:11:22,400
Speaker 1: they got Mike White cleared for contact. So let's just

1230
01:11:22,439 --> 01:11:25,519
Speaker 1: wait for them till Yeah, they'll be mining. They'll be

1231
01:11:25,520 --> 01:11:29,120
Speaker 1: looking for another quarterback this offseason. Whether it's a veteran

1232
01:11:29,160 --> 01:11:31,080
Speaker 1: I think it could be a veteran player. Oh, I

1233
01:11:31,120 --> 01:11:33,280
Speaker 1: think because I think they I think they feel their

1234
01:11:33,320 --> 01:11:37,120
Speaker 1: defense is good enough to win a championship. Now. I

1235
01:11:37,160 --> 01:11:41,400
Speaker 1: think they feel they have a championship caliber defense. They

1236
01:11:41,439 --> 01:11:43,280
Speaker 1: just need an answer at quarterback because I think they

1237
01:11:43,280 --> 01:11:46,040
Speaker 1: feel They have enough talent on offense, you know, with

1238
01:11:46,200 --> 01:11:50,440
Speaker 1: Garrett Wilson and Elijah Moore and Tyler Cochlin's a serviceable

1239
01:11:50,520 --> 01:11:53,280
Speaker 1: tight end. You have the veteran receiver Corey Davis, and

1240
01:11:53,320 --> 01:11:56,080
Speaker 1: when Bruce Hall comes back off the knee injury. You know,

1241
01:11:56,160 --> 01:11:58,040
Speaker 1: logic says they got a running game to go with

1242
01:11:58,120 --> 01:12:00,800
Speaker 1: it too. They just really needs some fansive line and

1243
01:12:00,840 --> 01:12:04,160
Speaker 1: a veteran quarterback to run the show. I can't New

1244
01:12:04,200 --> 01:12:06,800
Speaker 1: York Jets general managers Joe Douglas? Is that right? Is

1245
01:12:06,800 --> 01:12:09,760
Speaker 1: that the right name? All right? If Joe Douglas were

1246
01:12:10,000 --> 01:12:14,120
Speaker 1: Brandon Bean, don't you think they sign somebody like as

1247
01:12:14,160 --> 01:12:15,960
Speaker 1: good as guys they can get, a veteran guys they

1248
01:12:15,960 --> 01:12:18,839
Speaker 1: can get make like a Tyrod Taylor or whatever, whoever's

1249
01:12:18,840 --> 01:12:24,000
Speaker 1: the thing about. Yeah, yes, exactly, and trade up as

1250
01:12:24,040 --> 01:12:25,560
Speaker 1: high as they can and get. Because it's supposed to

1251
01:12:25,560 --> 01:12:27,599
Speaker 1: be pretty good crop of quarterbacks coming out this year.

1252
01:12:29,320 --> 01:12:31,320
Speaker 1: Draft one of those guys as high as you can get,

1253
01:12:32,360 --> 01:12:35,719
Speaker 1: Let them sit behind a guy like Garoppolo for half

1254
01:12:35,720 --> 01:12:38,600
Speaker 1: a season and try and make it go, you know,

1255
01:12:38,680 --> 01:12:41,760
Speaker 1: try and get the right guy this time instead of

1256
01:12:41,800 --> 01:12:45,599
Speaker 1: the guy that got last time. I mean that's what

1257
01:12:45,640 --> 01:12:48,800
Speaker 1: you do. That's what the Jets have to do. I

1258
01:12:48,840 --> 01:12:52,160
Speaker 1: think this year they got to entice a veteran player

1259
01:12:52,479 --> 01:12:54,760
Speaker 1: to a two year or a three year contract for

1260
01:12:54,840 --> 01:12:58,599
Speaker 1: really good money. Get your rookie quarterback on his deal,

1261
01:12:59,240 --> 01:13:02,599
Speaker 1: high draft pick, groom him, let him learn and then

1262
01:13:02,760 --> 01:13:05,280
Speaker 1: and then go from there, try and win games until

1263
01:13:05,280 --> 01:13:13,000
Speaker 1: he's ready. Right, Yes, don't don't bring Nathan Peterman in.

1264
01:13:15,240 --> 01:13:16,960
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't think you have to work. That's

1265
01:13:16,960 --> 01:13:21,000
Speaker 1: where the Bills got stuck. I mean, Baroppolo is probably

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Speaker 1: going to be an option. You know, we'll have to

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Speaker 1: see what other quarterbacks shake loose out of the trees.

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Speaker 1: You know, where is Baker Mayfield? You know that kind

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Speaker 1: of stuff. Oh my god, can you imagine if Baker

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Speaker 1: Mayfield came to this division? Sam Darnold, No, he's not

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Speaker 1: coming back. That would be funny. We have to take

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Speaker 1: a break here, but when Steve and I come back,

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Speaker 1: it's time for us to go around the locker room.

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Speaker 1: We get some of the thoughts from the players and

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Speaker 1: maybe even head coach Sean McDermott on the win over

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Speaker 1: the Bears for their third straight division title. That's coming

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Speaker 1: your way next here on One Bill's Live presented by

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Speaker 1: Kalida Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome back to One

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Speaker 1: Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you here on

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Speaker 1: a Buffalo Football Monday, and it's time for us to

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Speaker 1: go around the locker room. Presented by Connect Life, Connect Life,

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Speaker 1: Your Blood and Organ Donor Network. Here are the Bills

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Speaker 1: talking about division title number three as they go back

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Speaker 1: to back to back. Kind of surreal. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: obviously first job's not finished. Yeah, it's awesome to to

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Speaker 1: win the AFC East once again. Um, you know, we

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Speaker 1: got a lot of football out to be played. We

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Speaker 1: want to continue to continue to get better. M Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean three row games in a row, you know,

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Speaker 1: Detroit twice and then going to New England. I think

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Speaker 1: it was a third Saturday night game, Thursday night game,

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Speaker 1: Thursday night game. Again. Obviously with the weather this weekend,

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Speaker 1: we left a little early and now we got to

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Speaker 1: stay out here tonight. So just it just shows a

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Speaker 1: lot of you know, the mental toughness that this team has, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, being able to deal with adversity, and you know,

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Speaker 1: it just shows that you know, we got it. We

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Speaker 1: got a lot of great leaders on this team and

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Speaker 1: a lot of young guys that that it's just bought

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Speaker 1: into everything that we do here. Um, so it's pretty special.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, you know, we at a lot of

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Speaker 1: football left and we want to continue to get better.

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Speaker 1: So player there, Steve, you know, talking about how they've

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Speaker 1: had relocated games, weather games, then the team got stuck

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Speaker 1: in Chicago and they overcome all of that stuff. I

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Speaker 1: think this team, with what they've been through the last

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Speaker 1: few years, including road game, playoff disappointment, is pretty battle tested.

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Speaker 1: And so any kind of perceived obstacle, whether it's high

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Speaker 1: winds and cold weather or having to move a game

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Speaker 1: because of snow like they did with the Browns game,

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Speaker 1: Guys like Poyor and the majority of that crew, this

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Speaker 1: is old hat. Yeah, they've had a rough schedule, a

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Speaker 1: very difficult schedule to win in the teams that they've

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Speaker 1: played have been really they've had a hard schedule. I mean,

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Speaker 1: they've had a brutal schedule. They've been injured as much

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Speaker 1: as anybody in the league. We talk about it all

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Speaker 1: the time. They've had all these games at different times,

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Speaker 1: and no like they've had like two Sunday one of

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Speaker 1: clock games or three not even a handful three Thursday games, right,

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Speaker 1: Saturday game, two Saturday games, I'm a couple of Monday

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Speaker 1: night games, Sunday night game, Thursday, all that stuff, and

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Speaker 1: they've overcome it all to thirteen and three and they're

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Speaker 1: still the team to beat in the league. And here's

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Speaker 1: where we're at. It doesn't matter if the Bills are

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Speaker 1: the best team in the history of the National Football League.

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Speaker 1: They're waiting on the now. We're waiting on the play

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Speaker 1: whether they get the number one seed or not, by

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Speaker 1: whatever circumstance befalls them coming down the stretch. They're going

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Speaker 1: to get in the playoffs, and that's what they're waiting on.

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Speaker 1: That's which you gotta wait on for Bills fans. And

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Speaker 1: as good as this team has been for the last

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Speaker 1: three years, it's still gonna come down to playing well

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Speaker 1: on the day that game happens. That's where they're at again,

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Speaker 1: That's where they're they've always been. This is where they're at.

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Speaker 1: If they can play their best on any of these Sundays, nobody,

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Speaker 1: and I mean nobody beats them. Yeah, but they got

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Speaker 1: you know, they're not playing in a vacuum, no question,

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Speaker 1: and their own mistakes will be magnified in certain playoff games,

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Speaker 1: in certain scenarios and all of that stuff. But if

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Speaker 1: the Bills come into this and they play their best,

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Speaker 1: nobody beats them. I would tend to agree, provided they

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Speaker 1: play their best on that given day. As you always say,

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Speaker 1: the run game was a pleasant surprise on Saturday, two

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Speaker 1: hundred and fifty four yards on the ground, their highest

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Speaker 1: total in six seasons. Here's head coach Sean McDermott's thoughts

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Speaker 1: on Buffalo's rushing attack Saturday. Credit to the offensive line

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Speaker 1: and motor and James. They did a great job. I

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Speaker 1: know James had the long one there and made a great,

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Speaker 1: great cut at the end to put it in the

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Speaker 1: end zone. And um, you know, I think that that,

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Speaker 1: you know, one two punch with the run game combined

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Speaker 1: with the past game, and it's just it's just better

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Speaker 1: complimentary that way. Everything starts up front, you know, really

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Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball. If we want to

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Speaker 1: play good, good football, it's got to start up front.

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Speaker 1: Got to control the line of scrimmage with great with

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Speaker 1: great pad level and great fundamentals and coming off the ball.

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Speaker 1: And we were able to do that at times, and

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Speaker 1: that was good at seeing pretty Uh interesting that coach

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Speaker 1: is just as impressed with James Cook as we were thought.

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Speaker 1: He ran better, more decisive, and you know, we've talked

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Speaker 1: about this steady progression of his snap count week by week,

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Speaker 1: and look, I don't know if this is ever going

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Speaker 1: to can change. And we've discussed this before on the show, Steve.

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Speaker 1: They trust deev In Singletary at the end of football games,

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Speaker 1: especially when they have the lead. But if they're behind

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Speaker 1: by one score and they need a play, James Cook

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Speaker 1: might be able to give you that play, and he

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Speaker 1: might be on the field if they're down a touchdown,

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Speaker 1: if they're up to a touchdown, or they're up ten

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Speaker 1: points and they're trying to assault the game away, it's

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Speaker 1: probably Devin Singletary, But if it's reversed and they're down

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Speaker 1: a touchdown, might be James Cook on the field now

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Speaker 1: down the stretch here, Yeah, Mike, And one of the

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Speaker 1: things I think it's interesting you look at the bills

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Speaker 1: and the past distribution and the touches. They had four guys,

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Speaker 1: five guys or four guys aside from Josh Allen carry

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Speaker 1: the football on handoffs against Chicago, and they had ten

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Speaker 1: guys ten guys targeted in the passing game. They are

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Speaker 1: coming into a spot where, yeah, guys like James Cook

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Speaker 1: is gonna get some opportunities, nahem, Hines is gonna get

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Speaker 1: some opportunities. Singletary, Digs, Knox, Davis b easily, all these

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Speaker 1: guys are gonna be called upon to help out. And

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Speaker 1: I'm telling it's really nice coming down the stretch, even

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Speaker 1: in these last couple of games. No matter who wins

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Speaker 1: or loses these last couple of games, look for this,

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Speaker 1: I think to continue. You're gonna get every guy eligible

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Speaker 1: on the roster on game day is going to be

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Speaker 1: targeted at some point in the game, and the defense

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Speaker 1: has to be ready for all of them, all of them. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and that like they were last year, They're coming into

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Speaker 1: this postseason, in this stretch, run last couple of games

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Speaker 1: right where they want to be if they can get

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Speaker 1: healthy and stay there. Yeah. And by the way, that's

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Speaker 1: around the locker room presented by Connect Life, Connect Life,

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Speaker 1: Your Blood and organ Donor Network. You know, Steve, you

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Speaker 1: mentioned the targets in the passing game in what was

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Speaker 1: a limited past attempt game, at least as far as

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen's standards, are concerned, and I'm reminded of the

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty season when what was it eleven twelve different

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Speaker 1: guys scored touchdown? Was in the passing game or fourteen? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, if I don't know, if we're there,

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Speaker 1: it should have been the record because because Taiwan had

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Speaker 1: one doink off his helmet in the Ziwan Jones, Yeah right,

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Speaker 1: he could have had the record for them. Yeah, I'm

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Speaker 1: wondering if we're getting back to that. To some extent,

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Speaker 1: We've seen Quintin Morris kind of flash a little bit

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Speaker 1: more in the passing game. Reggie Gilliam will be featured

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Speaker 1: now and again, you know, so he's an option that

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Speaker 1: defenses have to prepare for. I mean, let's not forget

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Speaker 1: he did have a touchdown catch even though it was

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Speaker 1: all the way back in Week two. So he's capable,

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Speaker 1: and it is more for these teams to think about.

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Speaker 1: Here's one that we need to think about in these

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Speaker 1: last two weeks. Bengals followed by Patriots. The Bills may

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Speaker 1: very well need both of those games to nail down

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Speaker 1: the top seat in the conference. You've got one more

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Speaker 1: free practice squad la for Cole Beasley and you have

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Speaker 1: one more free practice squad elevation left for John Brown.

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Speaker 1: Who do you elevate in which weeks in Week seventeen

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Speaker 1: and Week eighteen, knowing you only have one elevation left

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Speaker 1: for each of those guys. Yeah, that's a good question,

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Speaker 1: and I don't know that I could answer it accurately

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Speaker 1: because I don't know which guy is the better matchup

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Speaker 1: for Cincinnati and New England in respective of those teams.

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Speaker 1: I think it's a different guy for both weeks. Well,

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Speaker 1: it has to be just, but if you want to

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Speaker 1: keep them protected, right, I think I think that's I

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Speaker 1: think for the Cincinnati I don't know enough about Cincinnati's

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Speaker 1: defense right now to decide whether it's Cole Beasley or

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Speaker 1: John Brown, although I think it might be if you're

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Speaker 1: asking me past history, I think it's Cole Beasley for

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Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bengals this week, then John Brown weeks Week

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Speaker 1: eighteen against New England, because the speed would help you

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Speaker 1: against New England and the possession guy available would help

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Speaker 1: you against Cincinnati. Exactly. I was going to say the

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Speaker 1: same exact thing. Beasley should probably be the call up

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Speaker 1: this week because you need to give Josh easy answers

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Speaker 1: against the Bengals defense, which in my opinion is superior

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Speaker 1: to a New England defense. So Cole Beasley is a

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Speaker 1: guy that provides easy answers layups, if you will that

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Speaker 1: we want Josh to take more of. I think Beasley

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Speaker 1: is a better answer for what you need to beat

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Speaker 1: the Bengals and to foil them defensively. You know they've lost.

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Speaker 1: They did lose one of their corners to I R. Hidobi,

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Speaker 1: a woozy back in Week nine, and I don't think

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Speaker 1: he's coming back this season, if memory serves. So they

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Speaker 1: are down one guy in their secondary from who they

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Speaker 1: normally have. I mean it's not like they don't have

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Speaker 1: talented guys, but they do have a rookie playing the

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Speaker 1: starting corner opposite Eli Apple and Cameron Taylor Britt. So

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Speaker 1: their nickel guy is Mike Hilton, a veteran, the former

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steeler who came over in free agency for them

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Speaker 1: last year. Decent player, but certainly beatable for a guy

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Speaker 1: the caliber of Beasley. So I would play Beasley this

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Speaker 1: coming week and elevate him from the practice squad, and

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Speaker 1: then I would go John Brown the last week, as

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Speaker 1: you suggested. I think those are two better matchups for

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Speaker 1: those two teams. I think one of the things we're

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Speaker 1: seeing as well with teams just selling out to stop

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Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs. You know, Knox once again got a lion's

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Speaker 1: share of the targets in this game. He get all

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Speaker 1: of the Gabe Davis got the most with six, but

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Speaker 1: Knox had five. Nobody else had more than three Digs two.

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Speaker 1: But even so, you look at look at Diggs. He

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Speaker 1: gets two targets. He catches both balls twenty six yards boom.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, when you throw it to him,

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Speaker 1: he catch is it? But I think it's it's interesting

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Speaker 1: that teams are they know how good the guy is,

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Speaker 1: and so do the Bills. And you've got to be

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Speaker 1: a pretty inept coaching staff going to a Buffalo game

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Speaker 1: and not have a plan to double Diggs on every

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01:25:16,080 --> 01:25:20,639
Speaker 1: single snap wherever he goes. So you can see why

1474
01:25:20,720 --> 01:25:23,519
Speaker 1: the Bills are spreading the targets around every place else.

1475
01:25:25,640 --> 01:25:28,080
Speaker 1: But be that as it may, you've got to think

1476
01:25:28,160 --> 01:25:30,120
Speaker 1: too that in a game where the Bills only through

1477
01:25:30,160 --> 01:25:31,840
Speaker 1: twenty six times, if they go up and throw it

1478
01:25:32,040 --> 01:25:35,559
Speaker 1: thirty five times like they normally would, Diggs is going

1479
01:25:35,600 --> 01:25:38,880
Speaker 1: to get a bunch of those shares, so I we'll see,

1480
01:25:39,000 --> 01:25:44,599
Speaker 1: but I'm with you both these games are vastly different.

1481
01:25:44,640 --> 01:25:46,960
Speaker 1: The Cincinnati game in the New England game are vastly different.

1482
01:25:47,200 --> 01:25:50,160
Speaker 1: Beasley's the better option for this game, I believe, just

1483
01:25:50,360 --> 01:25:53,479
Speaker 1: like you do. Well, we'll take a break here, Steve

1484
01:25:53,560 --> 01:25:56,360
Speaker 1: and I will come back with plenty more, not only

1485
01:25:56,439 --> 01:25:59,160
Speaker 1: on the Bills, but the conference race as well. We

1486
01:25:59,479 --> 01:26:01,599
Speaker 1: will see on the other side. Here on One Bills Live,

1487
01:26:01,680 --> 01:26:17,599
Speaker 1: presented by KLATA Health, it's Buffalo Bills Radio. Back here

1488
01:26:17,640 --> 01:26:19,600
Speaker 1: on One Bills Live, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you

1489
01:26:19,680 --> 01:26:24,479
Speaker 1: on a Buffalo football Monday. Happy Boxing Day to our

1490
01:26:24,600 --> 01:26:30,200
Speaker 1: Canadian listeners, and Steve, we gotta talk AFC conference race

1491
01:26:30,280 --> 01:26:33,960
Speaker 1: here a little bit more. Just I think it's interesting

1492
01:26:34,040 --> 01:26:36,439
Speaker 1: to just kind of lay out what we could be

1493
01:26:36,600 --> 01:26:39,760
Speaker 1: looking at here. As we know, the Bills are playing

1494
01:26:39,840 --> 01:26:43,360
Speaker 1: Cincinnati on Monday night, a week from tonight. Kansas City

1495
01:26:43,439 --> 01:26:46,000
Speaker 1: has Denver next week, who just fired their head coach.

1496
01:26:46,880 --> 01:26:52,000
Speaker 1: And then in week seventeen, as I pull it up here,

1497
01:26:53,000 --> 01:26:57,200
Speaker 1: week or sorry, week eighteen, not Week seventeen, the Bills,

1498
01:26:57,200 --> 01:27:00,519
Speaker 1: as we know, have the Patriots. The Bengals play the Ravens.

1499
01:27:00,840 --> 01:27:05,240
Speaker 1: That's in Cincinnati, and the Chiefs play on the road

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01:27:05,400 --> 01:27:12,400
Speaker 1: at Las Vegas against the Raiders. Any thoughts on opponents

1501
01:27:12,479 --> 01:27:15,680
Speaker 1: there that tickles your funny bone or something. Yeah, it's

1502
01:27:15,720 --> 01:27:18,640
Speaker 1: hard for me to Bengals Ravens probably the toughest one,

1503
01:27:18,760 --> 01:27:25,240
Speaker 1: right right, Baltimore has beaten the Ravens already once this year.

1504
01:27:25,280 --> 01:27:28,160
Speaker 1: You'd like to think that Lamar Jackson will be healthy

1505
01:27:28,240 --> 01:27:29,800
Speaker 1: enough to get back in there, but you and I've

1506
01:27:29,800 --> 01:27:32,000
Speaker 1: already had the debate as to whether how likely that is.

1507
01:27:34,080 --> 01:27:39,000
Speaker 1: The Raiders have been able to score points on everybody early,

1508
01:27:39,120 --> 01:27:40,960
Speaker 1: but then they blow the lead late. You would think

1509
01:27:41,080 --> 01:27:43,439
Speaker 1: that is the exact recipe that the Kansas City Chiefs

1510
01:27:43,479 --> 01:27:46,680
Speaker 1: would take advantage of. I don't. I don't have any

1511
01:27:46,760 --> 01:27:50,519
Speaker 1: confidence that anybody out there except Buffalo can beat them Chiefs.

1512
01:27:51,760 --> 01:27:54,200
Speaker 1: Maybe the Bengals can do it. Bengals did it this

1513
01:27:54,320 --> 01:28:00,400
Speaker 1: year already, so right, but that's it, that's it. I

1514
01:28:00,800 --> 01:28:02,920
Speaker 1: the chief You know, I'm like everybody else. I think

1515
01:28:02,920 --> 01:28:05,120
Speaker 1: the Chiefs are going to run the table. You know,

1516
01:28:05,160 --> 01:28:08,760
Speaker 1: They're faced Denver this week with a person we don't

1517
01:28:08,760 --> 01:28:12,559
Speaker 1: even know yet as head coach, and then they play

1518
01:28:12,600 --> 01:28:16,920
Speaker 1: the Raiders who will absolutely have the moving van packed

1519
01:28:16,960 --> 01:28:18,720
Speaker 1: and the engine running. They're re ready to get out

1520
01:28:18,720 --> 01:28:22,280
Speaker 1: of Vegas as fast as that game is over. So uh, yeah,

1521
01:28:22,400 --> 01:28:24,479
Speaker 1: the Bills have got to beat Cincinnati on Monday night,

1522
01:28:24,479 --> 01:28:26,280
Speaker 1: and then they've got to finish up against New England

1523
01:28:26,320 --> 01:28:29,920
Speaker 1: here at home on Week eighteen. Yeah. The only other

1524
01:28:30,000 --> 01:28:36,720
Speaker 1: team that has beaten the Chiefs the Indianapolis Colts in

1525
01:28:36,840 --> 01:28:43,160
Speaker 1: a weird anomaly of a football game, and so Steve

1526
01:28:43,320 --> 01:28:50,000
Speaker 1: basically the last six times that the Chiefs have lost

1527
01:28:50,160 --> 01:28:53,640
Speaker 1: a regular season football game, Okay, are you ready? M

1528
01:28:54,960 --> 01:28:59,040
Speaker 1: They They've lost to Cincinnati twice, They've lost to the

1529
01:28:59,120 --> 01:29:03,919
Speaker 1: Bills twice, they lost to Indianapolis, and they lost to Tennessee.

1530
01:29:04,120 --> 01:29:09,200
Speaker 1: Those are their last six losses over the last two seasons. Now,

1531
01:29:09,479 --> 01:29:11,840
Speaker 1: they did lose a couple early in the twenty twenty

1532
01:29:11,880 --> 01:29:14,240
Speaker 1: one season, if you remember they started one and two

1533
01:29:14,960 --> 01:29:17,639
Speaker 1: last year when they lost back to backs to Baltimore

1534
01:29:17,640 --> 01:29:19,960
Speaker 1: and the Chargers. But their last six losses two to

1535
01:29:20,000 --> 01:29:22,880
Speaker 1: the Bills, two to the Bengals, one to the Titans,

1536
01:29:23,160 --> 01:29:26,200
Speaker 1: and a wacky one to this year's Colts. That's it

1537
01:29:26,880 --> 01:29:29,400
Speaker 1: for Kansas City. Yeah, they lost by three to the

1538
01:29:29,760 --> 01:29:35,000
Speaker 1: They lost by three to Indie, four to Buffalo, ten

1539
01:29:35,160 --> 01:29:41,080
Speaker 1: to Jacksonville. No, I'm sorry, not Jacksonville three to the Bengals.

1540
01:29:41,080 --> 01:29:43,160
Speaker 1: So what do I say in ten to Jacksonville, three

1541
01:29:43,240 --> 01:29:46,679
Speaker 1: to the Bengals. Yeah, so they're the Chiefs are sitting

1542
01:29:46,760 --> 01:29:49,680
Speaker 1: there exactly like in the exact same situation kind of

1543
01:29:49,680 --> 01:29:53,559
Speaker 1: the Bills are because you can't run off and leave

1544
01:29:53,640 --> 01:29:58,000
Speaker 1: them correct, and they're gonna be in it at the end,

1545
01:30:00,160 --> 01:30:02,280
Speaker 1: and you got to you gotta defend them for sixty

1546
01:30:02,360 --> 01:30:05,439
Speaker 1: minutes or plus or you know, we're into overtime to

1547
01:30:05,560 --> 01:30:07,760
Speaker 1: beat them. They just don't go away. Same thing with

1548
01:30:07,800 --> 01:30:10,560
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. The only team that doesn't. And the

1549
01:30:10,600 --> 01:30:14,920
Speaker 1: team we're talking about Cincinnati. You know, they got off

1550
01:30:14,960 --> 01:30:17,759
Speaker 1: to a stumbling start, lost by three to the Steelers,

1551
01:30:17,840 --> 01:30:21,720
Speaker 1: three to the Cowboys, and two to the Ravens, and

1552
01:30:21,840 --> 01:30:23,960
Speaker 1: then they got the only other a loss they've got

1553
01:30:24,200 --> 01:30:27,200
Speaker 1: is they got thumped for some unknown reason by the

1554
01:30:27,280 --> 01:30:32,840
Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns. They lost by nineteen. I don't know how

1555
01:30:32,920 --> 01:30:37,800
Speaker 1: that happened. I don't either. What do we now? That's

1556
01:30:37,840 --> 01:30:43,400
Speaker 1: another weird one. To Sean Watson, who you know the

1557
01:30:44,880 --> 01:30:47,320
Speaker 1: Browns gave up the farm for and then handed two

1558
01:30:47,400 --> 01:30:53,000
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty million dollars fully guaranteed. I mean, he's

1559
01:30:53,000 --> 01:30:58,479
Speaker 1: stinking it up. It's bad. Yeah, I mean they're not

1560
01:30:58,560 --> 01:31:00,519
Speaker 1: going to go back to Jacoby Price at this point.

1561
01:31:00,520 --> 01:31:02,280
Speaker 1: I mean, but okay, they want the guy to play

1562
01:31:02,320 --> 01:31:04,760
Speaker 1: out of it. But the Cleveland Browns are six and

1563
01:31:04,920 --> 01:31:07,960
Speaker 1: nine thinking when DeShawn go they were you know, Deshaun

1564
01:31:08,040 --> 01:31:10,040
Speaker 1: comes back there and to go undefeated. Right, No, not

1565
01:31:10,160 --> 01:31:13,360
Speaker 1: so fast? They have have They won one game? Right?

1566
01:31:13,479 --> 01:31:17,400
Speaker 1: They beat the Ravens thirteen three two weeks ago in

1567
01:31:17,560 --> 01:31:20,839
Speaker 1: week fifteen. Yeah, I'm sorry. Oh when they beat Houston?

1568
01:31:21,000 --> 01:31:25,000
Speaker 1: Yeah too, didn't they? They beat Baltimore and then yeah Houston,

1569
01:31:25,000 --> 01:31:27,559
Speaker 1: I don't did Deshaun that was his first game back?

1570
01:31:27,800 --> 01:31:31,200
Speaker 1: Look Houston, remember that whole big thing. Yeah, they're two

1571
01:31:31,240 --> 01:31:37,719
Speaker 1: and two. They scored ten points against the depleted Saints team.

1572
01:31:39,080 --> 01:31:46,479
Speaker 1: And they can't beat Andy Dalton with Deshaun Watson. I

1573
01:31:46,560 --> 01:31:49,360
Speaker 1: mean that's just he threw for one hundred and thirty

1574
01:31:49,439 --> 01:31:53,200
Speaker 1: five yards and an interception. His passer rating was forty seven.

1575
01:31:53,520 --> 01:31:56,799
Speaker 1: All I'm gonna say is the Cleveland Browns deserve everything

1576
01:31:56,880 --> 01:32:02,320
Speaker 1: they get from this disappointment and more everything. I can't

1577
01:32:02,320 --> 01:32:04,880
Speaker 1: it's hard to disagree with you. I get it. I mean,

1578
01:32:05,280 --> 01:32:07,120
Speaker 1: he hadn't played in over a year, so I thought

1579
01:32:07,160 --> 01:32:10,920
Speaker 1: there would be been more than a year. Well, yeah,

1580
01:32:10,960 --> 01:32:12,679
Speaker 1: he hadn't played an over a year, so two years.

1581
01:32:13,200 --> 01:32:16,719
Speaker 1: It's been two years. Remember he sat out willingly before

1582
01:32:16,920 --> 01:32:21,479
Speaker 1: last year and then he last year was that last year? Yeah, yes, year,

1583
01:32:21,680 --> 01:32:23,760
Speaker 1: last year that he sat out willingly. He was the

1584
01:32:23,880 --> 01:32:27,719
Speaker 1: league's leader in passing yards in twenty twenty. Doesn't play

1585
01:32:27,800 --> 01:32:32,240
Speaker 1: for a year and eleven weeks and now it's like,

1586
01:32:32,320 --> 01:32:36,439
Speaker 1: you can't play anymore. It's unbelievable. We'll see he'll come

1587
01:32:36,479 --> 01:32:39,679
Speaker 1: back a little bit. I'm sure. I'm surprised it's taken

1588
01:32:39,760 --> 01:32:43,040
Speaker 1: this long. I mean he's just fifteen for thirty one

1589
01:32:43,200 --> 01:32:49,280
Speaker 1: for one thirty five and a pick like holy moley. Yeah,

1590
01:32:49,320 --> 01:32:52,800
Speaker 1: it's pretty bad. It's just it's just not there. All right.

1591
01:32:52,840 --> 01:32:54,920
Speaker 1: We gotta take a break because coming up an hour

1592
01:32:55,040 --> 01:32:59,200
Speaker 1: number three, it is Bill's radio color analyst Eric Wood.

1593
01:32:59,520 --> 01:33:02,480
Speaker 1: He'll give his thoughts from his view in the broadcast

1594
01:33:02,560 --> 01:33:05,720
Speaker 1: booth of Saturday's game against the Bears. That's coming up

1595
01:33:05,800 --> 01:33:07,960
Speaker 1: next here on one Bill's Live, presented by Callid to Health.

1596
01:33:08,040 --> 01:33:46,400
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radios One Bill's Live, presented by Callid

1597
01:33:46,439 --> 01:33:51,640
Speaker 1: to Health. All Right, welcome to our number three on

1598
01:33:51,720 --> 01:33:54,479
Speaker 1: a Buffalo Football Monday. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you,

1599
01:33:54,720 --> 01:33:58,160
Speaker 1: and pleased to be joined now by Bill's radio color

1600
01:33:58,160 --> 01:34:01,920
Speaker 1: analyst Eric Wood, as he does every Monday after Bill's games,

1601
01:34:02,160 --> 01:34:04,000
Speaker 1: at least when there isn't a Monday night game, which

1602
01:34:04,080 --> 01:34:05,920
Speaker 1: is the case next week, which we'll get into in

1603
01:34:05,960 --> 01:34:10,400
Speaker 1: a little bit, but Eric, let's begin here. I, as

1604
01:34:10,520 --> 01:34:12,280
Speaker 1: you know, as much as the offense was able to

1605
01:34:12,400 --> 01:34:14,679
Speaker 1: turn it on in the third quarter with that spurt,

1606
01:34:14,760 --> 01:34:18,000
Speaker 1: that really kind of surged into the lead comfortably, and

1607
01:34:18,200 --> 01:34:21,880
Speaker 1: it was pretty much a decided game. Even though it

1608
01:34:22,000 --> 01:34:23,680
Speaker 1: was still a one score game, you never felt like

1609
01:34:23,720 --> 01:34:26,320
Speaker 1: the Bears were going to climb back into it. Defense

1610
01:34:26,439 --> 01:34:30,439
Speaker 1: wire to wire really kind of carried this group on Saturday.

1611
01:34:30,479 --> 01:34:33,720
Speaker 1: I thought, yeah, they did. And that first possession was

1612
01:34:33,840 --> 01:34:38,400
Speaker 1: concerning because we saw this Bill's rush defense struggle against Miami,

1613
01:34:38,479 --> 01:34:41,320
Speaker 1: and then the first drive of the game, Chicago marches

1614
01:34:41,439 --> 01:34:43,599
Speaker 1: right down the field. Chicago comes in with the number

1615
01:34:43,640 --> 01:34:46,120
Speaker 1: one rushing attack in all the NFL, and you just thought,

1616
01:34:46,479 --> 01:34:50,920
Speaker 1: I hope this can't persist. Throughout the game. This defensive staff,

1617
01:34:50,960 --> 01:34:54,639
Speaker 1: these defensive players throughout the season have been They've proven

1618
01:34:54,720 --> 01:34:57,559
Speaker 1: that they can make adjustments in game. We just didn't

1619
01:34:57,640 --> 01:35:00,320
Speaker 1: see it against Miami. They continue to be to run

1620
01:35:00,360 --> 01:35:02,200
Speaker 1: the football for a majority of the game, and so

1621
01:35:02,360 --> 01:35:05,200
Speaker 1: when we saw Chicago come right out of the gates,

1622
01:35:05,320 --> 01:35:08,679
Speaker 1: it was concerning. I'm not gonna lie, you were thinking, Okay,

1623
01:35:08,960 --> 01:35:11,360
Speaker 1: we gotta come up with a different plan of attack here.

1624
01:35:11,400 --> 01:35:14,200
Speaker 1: The Bill started using more three linebacker seats, getting tearing

1625
01:35:14,280 --> 01:35:17,400
Speaker 1: off the field, and they I think they just kind

1626
01:35:17,439 --> 01:35:19,519
Speaker 1: of settled into what the Bears were going to try

1627
01:35:19,560 --> 01:35:22,400
Speaker 1: and do to attack this Bill's defense. And then for

1628
01:35:22,479 --> 01:35:24,880
Speaker 1: the remainder of the game, the clamps were down and

1629
01:35:25,400 --> 01:35:27,960
Speaker 1: you know, they score six more points throughout the game,

1630
01:35:28,360 --> 01:35:32,120
Speaker 1: three of which come on a turnover in their own end.

1631
01:35:32,160 --> 01:35:35,360
Speaker 1: And so it was a very impressive performance by this

1632
01:35:35,560 --> 01:35:38,560
Speaker 1: Bills defense, very dominant against the run. I mean, you

1633
01:35:38,680 --> 01:35:42,600
Speaker 1: talk about Justin Fields, who, yes, they came in with

1634
01:35:42,800 --> 01:35:45,639
Speaker 1: three wins on the season, eliminated from the playoffs. Would

1635
01:35:45,640 --> 01:35:47,640
Speaker 1: you have some young guys. Justin Fields talked throughout the

1636
01:35:47,680 --> 01:35:50,720
Speaker 1: week about how he is. He does recognize that he

1637
01:35:50,800 --> 01:35:53,080
Speaker 1: needs about two hundred more yards to break the single

1638
01:35:53,120 --> 01:35:56,160
Speaker 1: season rushing record for a quarterback. And he comes into

1639
01:35:56,200 --> 01:35:59,639
Speaker 1: the game over these path Three of his last five games,

1640
01:35:59,680 --> 01:36:02,960
Speaker 1: he's got runs over fifty five yards. He's crushing everybody

1641
01:36:03,120 --> 01:36:05,400
Speaker 1: he gets out in space. He's got those long strides,

1642
01:36:05,439 --> 01:36:07,439
Speaker 1: and he just takes it down the field and the

1643
01:36:07,560 --> 01:36:10,200
Speaker 1: Bills hold him to one point. I want to get

1644
01:36:10,240 --> 01:36:15,759
Speaker 1: this right. One point six yards per carry, seven rushes

1645
01:36:15,800 --> 01:36:18,639
Speaker 1: for eleven yards, hold him completely in check. And after

1646
01:36:18,760 --> 01:36:21,720
Speaker 1: David Montgomery starts the game extremely hot, he's under four

1647
01:36:21,800 --> 01:36:24,439
Speaker 1: yards per carry. Herbert we thought may give him fits

1648
01:36:24,439 --> 01:36:27,360
Speaker 1: because Herbert's a little closer to what most brings to

1649
01:36:27,439 --> 01:36:30,000
Speaker 1: the table with the Dolphins, and he averages one point

1650
01:36:30,040 --> 01:36:32,000
Speaker 1: two yards per carry on the game. That was a

1651
01:36:32,120 --> 01:36:34,920
Speaker 1: heck for performance by the defense. And when you're playing

1652
01:36:34,960 --> 01:36:38,800
Speaker 1: an inclement weather like they were, subzero temperatures, wind chill

1653
01:36:39,080 --> 01:36:42,120
Speaker 1: with the wind, oftentimes your defense needs to step up

1654
01:36:42,160 --> 01:36:44,760
Speaker 1: in those situations. It's been my point, and I don't

1655
01:36:44,760 --> 01:36:48,000
Speaker 1: know if you agree, and I've said it's kind of

1656
01:36:48,080 --> 01:36:50,759
Speaker 1: an illustration of why the Bills are the Super Bowl favorites,

1657
01:36:50,760 --> 01:36:53,759
Speaker 1: why they've won thirteen game or twelve games to this point,

1658
01:36:54,360 --> 01:36:58,519
Speaker 1: or whatever it is twelve games and is because whatever,

1659
01:36:59,280 --> 01:37:01,840
Speaker 1: they're good from top to bottom. That's why you get

1660
01:37:01,920 --> 01:37:03,960
Speaker 1: to the point where you're the super Bowl favorite preseason.

1661
01:37:04,000 --> 01:37:05,640
Speaker 1: That's why they've been able to overcome one of the

1662
01:37:05,680 --> 01:37:09,400
Speaker 1: most difficult schedules. They've been over tocome the injuries. They've

1663
01:37:09,439 --> 01:37:14,080
Speaker 1: been able to overcome the quirky games. They are good

1664
01:37:14,200 --> 01:37:18,720
Speaker 1: enough to exploit whatever team they faced. Most of them

1665
01:37:19,320 --> 01:37:23,320
Speaker 1: have some weakness, something they don't do well. They're good

1666
01:37:23,400 --> 01:37:25,920
Speaker 1: enough offensively to take advantage of it. Of a defense

1667
01:37:26,000 --> 01:37:28,960
Speaker 1: that doesn't do something well, they're good enough defensively to

1668
01:37:29,120 --> 01:37:32,240
Speaker 1: exploit a weakness that the offense doesn't do well. They

1669
01:37:32,360 --> 01:37:37,080
Speaker 1: have beaten teams in every possible way imaginable this season.

1670
01:37:37,880 --> 01:37:41,519
Speaker 1: That's why they're sitting at atop the conference because like,

1671
01:37:41,680 --> 01:37:45,200
Speaker 1: for instance, the Bears had several weaknesses, all of which

1672
01:37:45,240 --> 01:37:47,479
Speaker 1: were exposed by the Bills, and that's why they've been

1673
01:37:47,520 --> 01:37:50,400
Speaker 1: able to beat good teams as well. Yeah, you're a

1674
01:37:50,479 --> 01:37:53,400
Speaker 1: spot on there, Steve. And you know, thinking back to

1675
01:37:53,520 --> 01:37:56,519
Speaker 1: the Browns game where the Bills passing offense in the Dome,

1676
01:37:56,640 --> 01:37:58,679
Speaker 1: you thought, okay, this game gets moved to a dome.

1677
01:37:58,760 --> 01:38:01,120
Speaker 1: Here we go, here comes the past attack and whether

1678
01:38:01,160 --> 01:38:03,400
Speaker 1: it was the lack of practice, whether it's Josh's elbow

1679
01:38:03,479 --> 01:38:06,400
Speaker 1: bothering him, whatever it was, the passing attack wasn't there

1680
01:38:06,479 --> 01:38:08,960
Speaker 1: that day, and they crushed the Browns on the ground,

1681
01:38:09,400 --> 01:38:11,920
Speaker 1: similar to this game in Chicago where they needed the

1682
01:38:11,960 --> 01:38:14,559
Speaker 1: ground game to step up and it did. I'll tell

1683
01:38:14,560 --> 01:38:17,479
Speaker 1: you what I Devin Singletary has an excellent game. He's

1684
01:38:17,479 --> 01:38:20,120
Speaker 1: played a high level. We know what to expect from Devon.

1685
01:38:20,439 --> 01:38:23,760
Speaker 1: I'll say this from week one James Cook to now

1686
01:38:23,880 --> 01:38:28,720
Speaker 1: week fourteen James Cook. Week fifteen James Cook, I mean unbelievable.

1687
01:38:28,880 --> 01:38:31,559
Speaker 1: It's unbelievable, the progression that he's had through the season.

1688
01:38:32,080 --> 01:38:34,800
Speaker 1: You know, the days where he's tripping over his feet

1689
01:38:34,840 --> 01:38:37,240
Speaker 1: getting to the hole because his body's moving a little

1690
01:38:37,320 --> 01:38:39,960
Speaker 1: quicker than his mind or vice versa. Those days are

1691
01:38:40,040 --> 01:38:43,160
Speaker 1: over and when he sees a crease, that explosion that

1692
01:38:43,280 --> 01:38:45,840
Speaker 1: he has is evident. Josh sailed the one pass two

1693
01:38:45,880 --> 01:38:48,160
Speaker 1: him he goes for interception. I think James Cook does

1694
01:38:48,200 --> 01:38:50,519
Speaker 1: a great job of staying quarterback friendly in front of

1695
01:38:50,600 --> 01:38:54,519
Speaker 1: him to get proper jump downs, and to me, he

1696
01:38:54,800 --> 01:38:57,920
Speaker 1: is more than justifying as of late that second round pick.

1697
01:38:58,040 --> 01:39:01,360
Speaker 1: The Bills made him. And I'll tell you what, I

1698
01:39:01,479 --> 01:39:04,160
Speaker 1: almost think the turning point. The biggest turning point for

1699
01:39:04,280 --> 01:39:06,759
Speaker 1: me as I wrapped my mind around James cook season

1700
01:39:07,240 --> 01:39:09,599
Speaker 1: was that early carry against the Browns where he didn't

1701
01:39:09,600 --> 01:39:11,120
Speaker 1: get the first down on the toss and he had

1702
01:39:11,360 --> 01:39:14,439
Speaker 1: just an awful cut on that play, just an awful

1703
01:39:14,560 --> 01:39:17,680
Speaker 1: read of blocks on the outside. From that point on,

1704
01:39:18,439 --> 01:39:20,400
Speaker 1: I don't know how many cuts he's missed at all,

1705
01:39:20,720 --> 01:39:24,439
Speaker 1: and I say miss cuts oftentimes they're giving him zone

1706
01:39:24,520 --> 01:39:26,920
Speaker 1: runs where you kind of have the full line at

1707
01:39:26,960 --> 01:39:29,040
Speaker 1: your disposal. You could take it to the outside, you

1708
01:39:29,120 --> 01:39:30,760
Speaker 1: can cut it back and go all the way back

1709
01:39:30,800 --> 01:39:33,519
Speaker 1: across the formation. And he's just getting such a great

1710
01:39:33,600 --> 01:39:36,360
Speaker 1: feel for it. You'll talk about a weapon moving forward.

1711
01:39:36,439 --> 01:39:38,679
Speaker 1: You know, they bring in Naim Haines, they can maybe

1712
01:39:38,800 --> 01:39:41,280
Speaker 1: he's that role if James Cook can't come along. I

1713
01:39:41,320 --> 01:39:43,360
Speaker 1: don't know if that gives him a little extra nudge

1714
01:39:43,439 --> 01:39:46,040
Speaker 1: or what exactly happened to where it's clicking for him.

1715
01:39:46,360 --> 01:39:50,360
Speaker 1: He's been so impressive as of late. Yeah, and Nahem

1716
01:39:50,400 --> 01:39:52,679
Speaker 1: Hines made a nice play with that spin move after

1717
01:39:52,840 --> 01:39:54,920
Speaker 1: the catchup. What was that a swing pass or something?

1718
01:39:55,000 --> 01:39:58,080
Speaker 1: I think and got him deep in the red zone

1719
01:39:58,439 --> 01:40:00,920
Speaker 1: on a play as well. But right, I mean, Cook

1720
01:40:01,080 --> 01:40:06,080
Speaker 1: looks more decisive with his cuts and when he's just playing,

1721
01:40:06,840 --> 01:40:09,920
Speaker 1: that's when his rare physical ability can take over. And

1722
01:40:09,960 --> 01:40:11,960
Speaker 1: I made this argument with Steve earlier in the show. Eric,

1723
01:40:12,000 --> 01:40:13,960
Speaker 1: he tell me what you think of this. It's clear

1724
01:40:14,040 --> 01:40:16,400
Speaker 1: to me that later in games, when they have the lead,

1725
01:40:16,800 --> 01:40:20,040
Speaker 1: they trust Devin Singletary. He's the guy on the field.

1726
01:40:20,520 --> 01:40:22,360
Speaker 1: If this team's in a situation where they're down a

1727
01:40:22,439 --> 01:40:24,240
Speaker 1: touchdown at the end and they need a big play,

1728
01:40:24,800 --> 01:40:26,640
Speaker 1: something tells me it's gonna be James Cook that's on

1729
01:40:26,720 --> 01:40:29,439
Speaker 1: the field, especially as good as they are in two

1730
01:40:29,520 --> 01:40:32,360
Speaker 1: mid and putting pressure on teams. You know, you see

1731
01:40:32,400 --> 01:40:34,680
Speaker 1: what speed can do to a defense and what they

1732
01:40:34,720 --> 01:40:36,800
Speaker 1: have to do from a respect standpoint when you see

1733
01:40:36,840 --> 01:40:39,599
Speaker 1: teams play against the Miami Dolphins. I'm not saying James

1734
01:40:39,680 --> 01:40:43,680
Speaker 1: Cook has tyree killer or waddle speed on the outside,

1735
01:40:44,120 --> 01:40:48,160
Speaker 1: but that extra speed element scarce defensive coordinators. It makes

1736
01:40:48,200 --> 01:40:51,080
Speaker 1: them play a different way at times, and James Cook

1737
01:40:51,240 --> 01:40:54,240
Speaker 1: brings that speed element out. He's able to hit the

1738
01:40:54,280 --> 01:40:57,599
Speaker 1: home runs and look, Devin Singletary, he had long runs

1739
01:40:57,640 --> 01:40:59,800
Speaker 1: as well. He had that thirty three yarder for the touch,

1740
01:41:00,400 --> 01:41:02,880
Speaker 1: and he's looked great as well. Those two guys are

1741
01:41:02,920 --> 01:41:05,560
Speaker 1: a great compliment. And I was a touch concern with

1742
01:41:05,640 --> 01:41:07,800
Speaker 1: the offensive line heading into this game because they did

1743
01:41:07,880 --> 01:41:10,519
Speaker 1: not play well in the second half against Miami. Once

1744
01:41:10,640 --> 01:41:12,760
Speaker 1: Mitch Morris went out of the lineup, Well they get

1745
01:41:13,040 --> 01:41:15,479
Speaker 1: you know, Bates comes back in this game. He plays center.

1746
01:41:15,720 --> 01:41:17,800
Speaker 1: He actually has to miss a few snaps when he

1747
01:41:17,920 --> 01:41:19,920
Speaker 1: comes back with a little bit of a scare with

1748
01:41:20,040 --> 01:41:22,800
Speaker 1: that knee. Great to see Ike Bucker able to come

1749
01:41:22,840 --> 01:41:25,639
Speaker 1: in the game. You know, it was just very sparingly there,

1750
01:41:25,840 --> 01:41:27,880
Speaker 1: but he was able to play, you know, less than

1751
01:41:28,400 --> 01:41:32,479
Speaker 1: a year after that Achilles that he tore. But I

1752
01:41:32,600 --> 01:41:35,439
Speaker 1: was concerned about the offensive line, and they look, I'm

1753
01:41:35,479 --> 01:41:39,559
Speaker 1: a realistic I know this defensive front for Chicago isn't

1754
01:41:39,680 --> 01:41:42,120
Speaker 1: tops in the league. But they had a great day

1755
01:41:43,000 --> 01:41:45,160
Speaker 1: against a defense for the most part that knew they

1756
01:41:45,160 --> 01:41:47,840
Speaker 1: wanted to run the football based on the conditions. One

1757
01:41:47,880 --> 01:41:50,040
Speaker 1: of the other things we noticed about this game also

1758
01:41:50,360 --> 01:41:53,840
Speaker 1: was that Josh spread the football around everybody. I mean,

1759
01:41:54,160 --> 01:41:57,160
Speaker 1: you had like ten guys get targets in this game.

1760
01:41:57,280 --> 01:42:00,160
Speaker 1: Nobody really, nobody got more than six. Gabe Davis and

1761
01:42:00,240 --> 01:42:02,600
Speaker 1: they only threw the ball twenty six times, so I

1762
01:42:02,720 --> 01:42:05,240
Speaker 1: get that as well. But what does it say about

1763
01:42:05,280 --> 01:42:07,840
Speaker 1: coming down the stretch here where so many guys are

1764
01:42:07,880 --> 01:42:11,280
Speaker 1: getting a chance to to get the ball and I

1765
01:42:11,400 --> 01:42:13,800
Speaker 1: see that it hurts the defense, but you're trying to

1766
01:42:13,840 --> 01:42:17,519
Speaker 1: win the game too. What does it say about what

1767
01:42:17,720 --> 01:42:20,519
Speaker 1: the Bill's offensive staff will kind of mindframe they're in

1768
01:42:20,600 --> 01:42:22,640
Speaker 1: with all these guys getting targets. Yeah, they got a

1769
01:42:22,680 --> 01:42:25,280
Speaker 1: lot of weapons right now. There's a lot a lot

1770
01:42:25,320 --> 01:42:27,160
Speaker 1: of targets for the ball to go around to. It's

1771
01:42:27,200 --> 01:42:29,519
Speaker 1: not just the Stefon Dig show in the past game

1772
01:42:29,600 --> 01:42:31,560
Speaker 1: every single week, And I'm not sure if that's a

1773
01:42:31,560 --> 01:42:34,200
Speaker 1: concerted effort with load management. We'll never hear that from

1774
01:42:34,240 --> 01:42:37,040
Speaker 1: the staff. Maybe maybe after a hopeful Super Bowl, maybe

1775
01:42:37,080 --> 01:42:41,200
Speaker 1: we get that information mid February that yes, towards the

1776
01:42:41,280 --> 01:42:43,840
Speaker 1: end of the season, we understood that if we give

1777
01:42:44,160 --> 01:42:46,600
Speaker 1: Digs ten targets a game, that may hurt us in

1778
01:42:46,680 --> 01:42:49,320
Speaker 1: the postseason. But as of late, he's not getting the

1779
01:42:49,400 --> 01:42:51,879
Speaker 1: high number of targets that could be dictated by coverage

1780
01:42:52,280 --> 01:42:54,920
Speaker 1: or it could be dictated by just a little bit

1781
01:42:54,960 --> 01:42:57,120
Speaker 1: of load management. He didn't even have as many snaps

1782
01:42:57,160 --> 01:43:00,519
Speaker 1: in the last game, as gave Davis. So it appears

1783
01:43:00,560 --> 01:43:02,400
Speaker 1: that there's a concerted effort that we don't want to

1784
01:43:02,400 --> 01:43:04,880
Speaker 1: wear Digs out towards the end of the season, especially

1785
01:43:04,920 --> 01:43:06,400
Speaker 1: in a game where they're gonna be doing a lot

1786
01:43:06,400 --> 01:43:08,880
Speaker 1: of run blocking. Anyways, we don't necessarily need to get

1787
01:43:08,920 --> 01:43:10,840
Speaker 1: him dinged up on the outside. But I mean, you

1788
01:43:10,920 --> 01:43:13,240
Speaker 1: look at last game and you've got guys like Quentin

1789
01:43:13,320 --> 01:43:17,040
Speaker 1: Morris and James Cook catching touchdowns. In this week, get

1790
01:43:17,360 --> 01:43:20,000
Speaker 1: Gabe Davis with the receiving touchdown. That ball is getting

1791
01:43:20,040 --> 01:43:22,599
Speaker 1: spread around enough first play the game, and Knights pass

1792
01:43:22,640 --> 01:43:24,960
Speaker 1: the Dawson Knox who's coming alive in the passing game.

1793
01:43:25,320 --> 01:43:28,360
Speaker 1: It just seems like there's a lot more weapons coming

1794
01:43:28,400 --> 01:43:30,599
Speaker 1: to the scene right now. And Cole Beasley gets one

1795
01:43:30,720 --> 01:43:33,320
Speaker 1: catch in each of the last two games. He's a

1796
01:43:33,400 --> 01:43:35,720
Speaker 1: guy that I want to continue to see get more

1797
01:43:35,760 --> 01:43:37,880
Speaker 1: and more work. I just think he can be a

1798
01:43:38,080 --> 01:43:42,840
Speaker 1: valuable asset, especially moving forward. And we talked about this

1799
01:43:43,120 --> 01:43:44,640
Speaker 1: last week or maybe it was the week that they

1800
01:43:44,720 --> 01:43:47,680
Speaker 1: picked up Cole beasilely like, what, why exactly do you

1801
01:43:47,760 --> 01:43:50,639
Speaker 1: go out and get a Cole Beasley's It's when teams

1802
01:43:50,640 --> 01:43:53,839
Speaker 1: are playing zone. Let's call it second and ten yesterday.

1803
01:43:53,920 --> 01:43:56,680
Speaker 1: I believe it was a second in nineteen. Well, Cole

1804
01:43:56,760 --> 01:43:59,040
Speaker 1: Beasley gets you back to a third manageable and then

1805
01:43:59,040 --> 01:44:01,360
Speaker 1: you get the first down. That's the role that Cole

1806
01:44:01,439 --> 01:44:05,920
Speaker 1: Beasley can play moving forward, and I'm hoping personally, just

1807
01:44:06,160 --> 01:44:09,799
Speaker 1: knowing his potential and where his role in the offense

1808
01:44:09,880 --> 01:44:12,280
Speaker 1: can be that moving forward, he just gets more and

1809
01:44:12,400 --> 01:44:15,200
Speaker 1: more workload to where he's back on the exact same

1810
01:44:15,280 --> 01:44:20,519
Speaker 1: page as Josh. Come postseason, we were talking about the

1811
01:44:20,640 --> 01:44:25,519
Speaker 1: fact that the Bills have one more practice squad elevation

1812
01:44:25,560 --> 01:44:29,240
Speaker 1: available to them for Beasley, one more for Brown, so

1813
01:44:29,320 --> 01:44:32,400
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to kind of handicap the next two

1814
01:44:32,479 --> 01:44:35,000
Speaker 1: games with one of those two guys, presumably over the

1815
01:44:35,120 --> 01:44:38,400
Speaker 1: last two weeks. Steve and I were thinking, you play

1816
01:44:38,520 --> 01:44:43,320
Speaker 1: Beasley this week to give Josh the easy layups against

1817
01:44:43,360 --> 01:44:46,160
Speaker 1: the Bengals defense that's probably better than a Patriots defense,

1818
01:44:46,200 --> 01:44:49,479
Speaker 1: and then you play John Brown against the Patriots defense

1819
01:44:49,600 --> 01:44:53,040
Speaker 1: in week eighteen for his last call up, knowing he

1820
01:44:53,120 --> 01:44:56,760
Speaker 1: already played against them once before. What you think, Yeah,

1821
01:44:56,800 --> 01:44:59,040
Speaker 1: I think you're right in that assessment, and you know

1822
01:44:59,760 --> 01:45:02,360
Speaker 1: we're not hoping for injuries, but there could be injuries

1823
01:45:02,439 --> 01:45:05,280
Speaker 1: that happen that then it's a full elevation. You know,

1824
01:45:05,600 --> 01:45:07,599
Speaker 1: you just bring them up to the active roster come

1825
01:45:07,680 --> 01:45:10,439
Speaker 1: week eighteen. If somewhere happening injury wise, you play. In

1826
01:45:10,560 --> 01:45:13,280
Speaker 1: my opinion, you play Cole Beasley this week. You use

1827
01:45:13,360 --> 01:45:15,640
Speaker 1: that elevation and then see what happens from there, and

1828
01:45:15,720 --> 01:45:18,160
Speaker 1: then I believe you get unlimited call ups in the

1829
01:45:18,200 --> 01:45:21,519
Speaker 1: playoffs and you play with your best guys come that time.

1830
01:45:21,880 --> 01:45:25,840
Speaker 1: But yes, this is a Bengals defense. That is we'll

1831
01:45:25,840 --> 01:45:28,280
Speaker 1: see what the injury situation is with their defensive ends,

1832
01:45:28,760 --> 01:45:31,760
Speaker 1: but you know they're a load up front, and Cole

1833
01:45:31,840 --> 01:45:35,840
Speaker 1: Beasley becomes very valuable when a front can pressure and

1834
01:45:36,000 --> 01:45:39,160
Speaker 1: they can play coverage behind it. That's where he becomes

1835
01:45:39,200 --> 01:45:41,120
Speaker 1: so valuable. If you can get home with the four

1836
01:45:41,160 --> 01:45:44,720
Speaker 1: man pass rush, allow the Jets and play zone or

1837
01:45:44,760 --> 01:45:48,000
Speaker 1: complex coverages behind it, which Cincinnati can do, that's when

1838
01:45:48,040 --> 01:45:50,800
Speaker 1: a Cole Beasley becomes very valuable. What do you think

1839
01:45:50,840 --> 01:45:54,639
Speaker 1: going forward? Is the with the season two games left,

1840
01:45:55,280 --> 01:45:59,320
Speaker 1: the Bill's got a tough one Monday Night against the Bengals,

1841
01:46:00,120 --> 01:46:02,720
Speaker 1: But you look around and you know, certainly they've got,

1842
01:46:03,439 --> 01:46:07,759
Speaker 1: they're in the playoffs, they're not going anywhere. What about teams?

1843
01:46:07,920 --> 01:46:11,320
Speaker 1: You know, what's your best guess about how this thing?

1844
01:46:11,560 --> 01:46:13,960
Speaker 1: If you know, if the Bills went out a cool,

1845
01:46:14,080 --> 01:46:17,320
Speaker 1: let's let's play home games in Buffalo. But this is

1846
01:46:17,320 --> 01:46:21,000
Speaker 1: a team right now for the Bills. To me, certainly

1847
01:46:21,080 --> 01:46:25,080
Speaker 1: you want these games at home, absolutely no question. But

1848
01:46:25,240 --> 01:46:27,719
Speaker 1: nobody wants any part of this team coming into the playoffs,

1849
01:46:28,040 --> 01:46:30,599
Speaker 1: and the Chiefs included just like the Bills. No, it's

1850
01:46:30,640 --> 01:46:32,559
Speaker 1: going to be the Chiefs or nobody else coming down

1851
01:46:32,600 --> 01:46:35,320
Speaker 1: the stretch here. Now, certainly the Bengals are in that conversation,

1852
01:46:35,400 --> 01:46:38,240
Speaker 1: but really that's kind of where for me at this point.

1853
01:46:38,320 --> 01:46:43,120
Speaker 1: That week's sixteen seventeen. It starts with Bills, the Chiefs,

1854
01:46:43,320 --> 01:46:45,679
Speaker 1: and the Bengals coming down the stretch here. And whether

1855
01:46:45,720 --> 01:46:48,000
Speaker 1: it's on the road or at home, the Bills have

1856
01:46:48,080 --> 01:46:50,720
Speaker 1: proven their ability to win in any of those situations.

1857
01:46:50,880 --> 01:46:53,160
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts about you know, those games and

1858
01:46:53,200 --> 01:46:56,120
Speaker 1: how they're going to transpire. Yeah, I mean, you got

1859
01:46:56,200 --> 01:46:58,439
Speaker 1: Cincinnati and New England left you win both of those,

1860
01:46:58,520 --> 01:47:00,320
Speaker 1: your favorite in both of those. I know you're just

1861
01:47:00,400 --> 01:47:03,519
Speaker 1: favored just by a small margin against the Bengals. But

1862
01:47:04,040 --> 01:47:07,360
Speaker 1: you know that everyone talked about it this offseason. Their

1863
01:47:07,439 --> 01:47:10,200
Speaker 1: goal for this season was, yes, to make the playoffs,

1864
01:47:10,320 --> 01:47:12,600
Speaker 1: ys to win the division, but to host throughout the

1865
01:47:12,640 --> 01:47:15,080
Speaker 1: playoffs at home. They get knocked out at Kansas City

1866
01:47:15,160 --> 01:47:17,439
Speaker 1: the last two years. Their goal was to host these

1867
01:47:17,520 --> 01:47:20,120
Speaker 1: games at home, and they make them easier in the playoffs.

1868
01:47:20,200 --> 01:47:22,320
Speaker 1: And you know one thing that has held back this

1869
01:47:22,479 --> 01:47:25,320
Speaker 1: offense at times this season, let's call it Baltimore. Let's

1870
01:47:25,360 --> 01:47:28,559
Speaker 1: call it Kansas City early in games when teams are

1871
01:47:28,640 --> 01:47:30,280
Speaker 1: pressuring them and they can't check it the line of

1872
01:47:30,320 --> 01:47:33,360
Speaker 1: scrimmage because of the crowd noise. That has affected the

1873
01:47:33,439 --> 01:47:36,400
Speaker 1: offense greatly. If you can host those games in the playoffs,

1874
01:47:37,160 --> 01:47:41,600
Speaker 1: that that makes a big deal. You know, you know

1875
01:47:41,640 --> 01:47:43,960
Speaker 1: I watched the Bengals a lot. If the Bills are

1876
01:47:44,080 --> 01:47:46,519
Speaker 1: off on the weekend, we've had so many primetime games,

1877
01:47:46,520 --> 01:47:48,599
Speaker 1: I've got to watch a lot of their games. They're

1878
01:47:48,680 --> 01:47:50,200
Speaker 1: one heck of a football team. This is gonna be

1879
01:47:50,200 --> 01:47:52,680
Speaker 1: a heck of a matchup. I'll say this, I'd rather

1880
01:47:52,760 --> 01:47:56,200
Speaker 1: face them in Buffalo if they're facing off against the

1881
01:47:56,240 --> 01:47:59,639
Speaker 1: Bengals or Chiefs. Let them deal with the crowd noise.

1882
01:47:59,720 --> 01:48:02,559
Speaker 1: Let him make it harder on them to be able

1883
01:48:02,600 --> 01:48:04,479
Speaker 1: to check at the line of scrimmage, because that just

1884
01:48:04,560 --> 01:48:08,240
Speaker 1: becomes a big factor. Yeah, And speaking of the Bengals,

1885
01:48:08,439 --> 01:48:11,160
Speaker 1: the thing that I feel like I've kind of nailed

1886
01:48:11,160 --> 01:48:15,760
Speaker 1: down somewhat with Burrow and how he plays is, yes,

1887
01:48:15,960 --> 01:48:18,880
Speaker 1: he's got an above average arm. He doesn't have a

1888
01:48:19,040 --> 01:48:22,560
Speaker 1: Mahomes or an Alan arm. Not many people do. And

1889
01:48:22,720 --> 01:48:27,800
Speaker 1: I think because of that, Burrows game resembles more of

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Speaker 1: a Tom Brady type approach. I mean, yes, he'll throw

1891
01:48:30,720 --> 01:48:33,600
Speaker 1: it down the field, but he'll it's death by a

1892
01:48:33,720 --> 01:48:36,240
Speaker 1: thousand cuts, if you know what I mean. He'll he'll

1893
01:48:36,280 --> 01:48:39,720
Speaker 1: just take the easy things that defenses give him the

1894
01:48:40,120 --> 01:48:43,400
Speaker 1: entire game. And I think sometimes Josh fights his own

1895
01:48:43,479 --> 01:48:46,680
Speaker 1: competitive nature and pushes it down the field even when

1896
01:48:46,720 --> 01:48:51,320
Speaker 1: he has the quote unquote layups sitting there in front

1897
01:48:51,360 --> 01:48:56,600
Speaker 1: of him, and Burrow I think is much more discerning

1898
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Speaker 1: in that kind of decision making, which makes so effective

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01:49:00,840 --> 01:49:04,479
Speaker 1: As a result. Do you feel he's that he's kind

1900
01:49:04,520 --> 01:49:06,880
Speaker 1: of a quarterback of that ill because he seems to

1901
01:49:07,000 --> 01:49:10,000
Speaker 1: take a lot of the layups that we saw Tom

1902
01:49:10,080 --> 01:49:14,240
Speaker 1: Brady take for twenty years. Yeah, and that's not you know,

1903
01:49:14,439 --> 01:49:16,880
Speaker 1: you're we're comparing him to the greatest of all time,

1904
01:49:17,000 --> 01:49:21,360
Speaker 1: but we're basically saying that he's more preparations, cerebral, make

1905
01:49:21,479 --> 01:49:24,320
Speaker 1: smart decisions as opposed to the talent. Now, Tom Brady

1906
01:49:24,360 --> 01:49:26,439
Speaker 1: has a lot of armed talent too, But we're in

1907
01:49:26,479 --> 01:49:30,519
Speaker 1: a generation of quarterbacks with Herbert Allen and Mahomes where

1908
01:49:30,560 --> 01:49:32,840
Speaker 1: if you don't have an absolute hose, if you can't

1909
01:49:33,320 --> 01:49:35,880
Speaker 1: run a four or five forty, then you're not on

1910
01:49:36,040 --> 01:49:40,439
Speaker 1: their physical echelon, and Burrows not. Now he's capable of

1911
01:49:40,560 --> 01:49:43,479
Speaker 1: making all the throws. But I think your rights, Chris,

1912
01:49:43,600 --> 01:49:45,800
Speaker 1: and you know, looking back to the Super Bowl last year,

1913
01:49:45,960 --> 01:49:47,960
Speaker 1: you know you got two weeks worth of media coverage

1914
01:49:48,000 --> 01:49:52,000
Speaker 1: and everyone was saying, you know, looking at Burrows game,

1915
01:49:52,200 --> 01:49:55,000
Speaker 1: he's gonna go at matchups here and Rams have talent

1916
01:49:55,080 --> 01:49:57,559
Speaker 1: at corner. Well, he's gonna attack the nickel, He's gonna

1917
01:49:57,560 --> 01:49:59,680
Speaker 1: attack the zone coverage of the Rams, and he did.

1918
01:50:00,200 --> 01:50:02,439
Speaker 1: Boyd had a great game. And that's what he can

1919
01:50:02,560 --> 01:50:05,120
Speaker 1: do is attack you in so many different ways. And

1920
01:50:05,240 --> 01:50:06,840
Speaker 1: he also gets the ball to the backs out of

1921
01:50:06,840 --> 01:50:10,240
Speaker 1: the backfield, whether it's Paene or Mixing, whoever is healthy

1922
01:50:10,280 --> 01:50:12,799
Speaker 1: and ready to go, they throw a decent amount of screens,

1923
01:50:13,080 --> 01:50:15,120
Speaker 1: and so those guys get a lot of production as well.

1924
01:50:15,200 --> 01:50:17,120
Speaker 1: They've gotten production out of their tight ends over the

1925
01:50:17,200 --> 01:50:21,799
Speaker 1: years with Burrow as well. Now, Burrow, like most quarterbacks

1926
01:50:21,840 --> 01:50:24,880
Speaker 1: in the league, becomes a lot more manageable to deal

1927
01:50:24,920 --> 01:50:27,519
Speaker 1: with when you can apply pressure on him. Think back

1928
01:50:27,560 --> 01:50:29,600
Speaker 1: that Aaron Donald in the Super Bowl last year and

1929
01:50:29,680 --> 01:50:33,000
Speaker 1: that interior pressure. He's not as mobile as a Mahomes

1930
01:50:33,400 --> 01:50:37,000
Speaker 1: or an Allen. Now they're without Lyle Collins the right tackle,

1931
01:50:37,439 --> 01:50:39,680
Speaker 1: and he went out for the season, yep. And so

1932
01:50:39,840 --> 01:50:43,160
Speaker 1: this is an offensive line. Yes, you feel better if

1933
01:50:43,200 --> 01:50:45,160
Speaker 1: you have Von Miller for these matchups, and this is

1934
01:50:45,200 --> 01:50:47,160
Speaker 1: what you brought him in for. But this defensive line

1935
01:50:47,240 --> 01:50:50,000
Speaker 1: is playing well right now. I mean Ajpanessa six and

1936
01:50:50,040 --> 01:50:52,000
Speaker 1: a half sacks in the season. Greg Russo is playing

1937
01:50:52,040 --> 01:50:57,080
Speaker 1: well at Oliver. He's supped three four third downs himself

1938
01:50:57,439 --> 01:51:00,720
Speaker 1: against Chicago, two sacks, two passes coflected at the line

1939
01:51:00,760 --> 01:51:05,320
Speaker 1: of scrimmage. He's playing great ball. And so giving a

1940
01:51:05,560 --> 01:51:08,280
Speaker 1: pressure on Joe Burrow with a four man rush, it

1941
01:51:08,479 --> 01:51:12,479
Speaker 1: makes those decision makers a lot more pedestrian. Yeah, And

1942
01:51:12,520 --> 01:51:15,280
Speaker 1: you get into these games with this and it's nothing

1943
01:51:15,400 --> 01:51:17,320
Speaker 1: changes when you get whether it's a big game or

1944
01:51:17,360 --> 01:51:20,280
Speaker 1: a small game, it's one upfront. I mean, your offensive

1945
01:51:20,320 --> 01:51:22,200
Speaker 1: line has to hold up to a certain extent, your

1946
01:51:22,240 --> 01:51:24,240
Speaker 1: defensive line has to hold the line of scrimmage. You've

1947
01:51:24,240 --> 01:51:27,439
Speaker 1: got to get penetrate all that stuff. You've got Ed Oliver,

1948
01:51:27,600 --> 01:51:30,840
Speaker 1: who has been, you know, at times this season, monstrous.

1949
01:51:32,840 --> 01:51:36,360
Speaker 1: Dan Jordan phillips to me, he made a nice couple

1950
01:51:36,439 --> 01:51:39,639
Speaker 1: of plays in this Bearer game. But that guy's playing

1951
01:51:39,800 --> 01:51:43,200
Speaker 1: with one arm, And if you watched the broadcast, he

1952
01:51:43,320 --> 01:51:46,519
Speaker 1: made a tackle for loss his right his right arms

1953
01:51:46,600 --> 01:51:49,200
Speaker 1: dangling the whole play and he brings the guy down

1954
01:51:49,280 --> 01:51:52,400
Speaker 1: for a tackle for loss. How effective he's gonna be

1955
01:51:52,520 --> 01:51:54,439
Speaker 1: down the stretch. He's gonna say a lot about how

1956
01:51:54,520 --> 01:51:58,920
Speaker 1: this goes. But you're the von Miller factor is not

1957
01:51:59,040 --> 01:52:03,040
Speaker 1: a factor anymore. How good can this d line be

1958
01:52:03,240 --> 01:52:07,200
Speaker 1: against somebody who's not the Chicago Bears. I think they

1959
01:52:07,240 --> 01:52:09,760
Speaker 1: could be great because they have been since von left.

1960
01:52:09,800 --> 01:52:12,720
Speaker 1: I don't know if it was them. Everyone's saying this

1961
01:52:12,880 --> 01:52:16,760
Speaker 1: defensive line is nothing without Vaughan and that's kind of

1962
01:52:16,880 --> 01:52:19,960
Speaker 1: the narrative around the country. Oh they brought in von Miller. Well,

1963
01:52:19,960 --> 01:52:22,040
Speaker 1: you know what we brought in four other free agents

1964
01:52:22,040 --> 01:52:24,400
Speaker 1: as well. A lot of these guys are early in

1965
01:52:24,479 --> 01:52:28,160
Speaker 1: their career and their high draft picks that developed through time.

1966
01:52:28,400 --> 01:52:30,479
Speaker 1: It'd be nice to get back Boogie Basham as well,

1967
01:52:30,520 --> 01:52:33,320
Speaker 1: and indications are over the next couple of weeks we

1968
01:52:33,479 --> 01:52:36,960
Speaker 1: will and so there's a lot of talent in that room.

1969
01:52:37,040 --> 01:52:39,599
Speaker 1: Still would love to see Jordan Phillips get back to healthy.

1970
01:52:39,600 --> 01:52:41,800
Speaker 1: I saw exactly what you did, Steve. You know, he's

1971
01:52:41,880 --> 01:52:45,840
Speaker 1: thrown almost a forearm shiver at guys with his good

1972
01:52:46,000 --> 01:52:49,360
Speaker 1: arm in order to make plays. But that's how talented

1973
01:52:49,439 --> 01:52:51,840
Speaker 1: that guy is that he could be effective with only

1974
01:52:51,920 --> 01:52:54,880
Speaker 1: one arm out there. But I truly do feel like

1975
01:52:55,280 --> 01:52:59,080
Speaker 1: this group is a defensive line that can win a

1976
01:52:59,120 --> 01:53:02,120
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. And I've said it on here before. You

1977
01:53:02,280 --> 01:53:04,760
Speaker 1: can be led on your defensive line in the pass

1978
01:53:04,880 --> 01:53:07,559
Speaker 1: rush by your three technique and at Oliver one thing,

1979
01:53:07,600 --> 01:53:10,720
Speaker 1: I will say, you're right. They lost Vaughan in the

1980
01:53:10,800 --> 01:53:14,960
Speaker 1: Detroit game, and since then they won that game. He

1981
01:53:15,000 --> 01:53:17,240
Speaker 1: couldn't finish, he got out, he was out just before halftime.

1982
01:53:17,680 --> 01:53:19,400
Speaker 1: They won that game, and they got a four game

1983
01:53:19,439 --> 01:53:21,320
Speaker 1: winning streak going on right now, and the D line

1984
01:53:21,320 --> 01:53:23,080
Speaker 1: has played well and all on that four games is

1985
01:53:23,080 --> 01:53:26,000
Speaker 1: a long time to keep it going without a key guy,

1986
01:53:26,120 --> 01:53:29,880
Speaker 1: So there is that still you'd love to have Vaughan,

1987
01:53:30,040 --> 01:53:33,280
Speaker 1: But you're right, the four game winning streaks not easy

1988
01:53:33,320 --> 01:53:36,960
Speaker 1: to do, particularly against the Patriots, the Jets, Dolphins, Bears

1989
01:53:37,640 --> 01:53:41,120
Speaker 1: not going against juggernaut quarterbacks. Right, they're not juggernaut quarterbacks.

1990
01:53:42,200 --> 01:53:44,360
Speaker 1: But they've been dominant in games where you think they

1991
01:53:44,400 --> 01:53:46,360
Speaker 1: should have been and I don't know that before von

1992
01:53:46,479 --> 01:53:48,639
Speaker 1: Miller they would have been able to do that even

1993
01:53:49,000 --> 01:53:52,160
Speaker 1: those It just like we talked about early in the

1994
01:53:52,240 --> 01:53:55,320
Speaker 1: season when the Bills were starting Benford and Elam and

1995
01:53:55,400 --> 01:53:57,840
Speaker 1: Dane Jackson, and the best friend for them is a

1996
01:53:57,920 --> 01:54:00,960
Speaker 1: great pass rush. Well, now you have Davias White back

1997
01:54:01,000 --> 01:54:03,519
Speaker 1: in the lineup. Dan Jackson's playing at a fairly high level,

1998
01:54:03,640 --> 01:54:07,719
Speaker 1: Kayer Elam's playing well, really well at times. Yeah, Tarn

1999
01:54:07,840 --> 01:54:11,639
Speaker 1: Johnson's playing well well. They can be the best friend

2000
01:54:11,720 --> 01:54:13,760
Speaker 1: of the pass rush for the remainder of the season.

2001
01:54:13,880 --> 01:54:17,080
Speaker 1: Estradavias keeps getting more and more comfortable out there there.

2002
01:54:17,160 --> 01:54:19,800
Speaker 1: You gotta shutdown. You have a lockdown corner out there.

2003
01:54:20,120 --> 01:54:21,960
Speaker 1: You have a nickel that has played well since the

2004
01:54:22,040 --> 01:54:24,800
Speaker 1: second he walked into the building. The other side, you

2005
01:54:24,880 --> 01:54:27,439
Speaker 1: have Kayer Elam, who you just assume will just keep

2006
01:54:27,640 --> 01:54:29,760
Speaker 1: getting better and better with reps, and he's played very

2007
01:54:29,840 --> 01:54:32,960
Speaker 1: well as of late. That can also assist this defensive

2008
01:54:33,000 --> 01:54:36,000
Speaker 1: line in their pass rush. Eric, thanks as always for

2009
01:54:36,040 --> 01:54:38,280
Speaker 1: the insight. We appreciate it. We're not going to see

2010
01:54:38,320 --> 01:54:40,920
Speaker 1: you before the New Year, so happy New Year. And

2011
01:54:41,600 --> 01:54:43,720
Speaker 1: I know you'll enjoy the drive up to the game

2012
01:54:44,000 --> 01:54:46,600
Speaker 1: this week on Monday, much better than the one you

2013
01:54:46,680 --> 01:54:50,360
Speaker 1: just undertook to Chicago. Absolutely very short commute for me.

2014
01:54:50,440 --> 01:54:52,520
Speaker 1: This week almost feels like a home game for me

2015
01:54:52,960 --> 01:54:57,600
Speaker 1: and and Marry Christmas. All those out there tuning in.

2016
01:54:57,840 --> 01:54:59,840
Speaker 1: I hope that you and your loved ones are safe

2017
01:55:00,040 --> 01:55:03,840
Speaker 1: everyone in Western New York. You know my family's thoughts

2018
01:55:03,880 --> 01:55:07,120
Speaker 1: and prayers have been with the community up there. Wish

2019
01:55:07,160 --> 01:55:09,040
Speaker 1: everybody a happy New Year, and hope you guys have

2020
01:55:09,120 --> 01:55:11,040
Speaker 1: a great rest of the week. All right, we'll catch

2021
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Speaker 1: up at the on the weekend. Thanks Eric. Yep, see guys,

2022
01:55:13,760 --> 01:55:15,760
Speaker 1: all right, that's Eric Wood joining us as he does

2023
01:55:15,800 --> 01:55:20,160
Speaker 1: every week after Bills games, usually on Monday's. Next week,

2024
01:55:20,560 --> 01:55:23,640
Speaker 1: he'll catch up with us on Tuesday because it's Bills

2025
01:55:23,760 --> 01:55:29,000
Speaker 1: Bengals on Monday Night football in week seventeen. That is

2026
01:55:29,080 --> 01:55:34,080
Speaker 1: gonna be a gigundo game for sure. We are going

2027
01:55:34,160 --> 01:55:36,280
Speaker 1: to take a break here. When we come back, it

2028
01:55:36,440 --> 01:55:38,920
Speaker 1: is tweet sheet time to get some of your thoughts there.

2029
01:55:39,400 --> 01:55:41,720
Speaker 1: As we were asking you on the heels of the

2030
01:55:41,840 --> 01:55:46,200
Speaker 1: Bills win over the Bears, what is the most important

2031
01:55:46,280 --> 01:55:49,560
Speaker 1: thing for the Bills with just two games remaining in

2032
01:55:49,640 --> 01:55:51,839
Speaker 1: the regular season. We'll get to some of those comments

2033
01:55:51,960 --> 01:55:54,160
Speaker 1: next here on one Bill's Live presented by Kalida Health,

2034
01:55:54,200 --> 01:56:07,120
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio. Steve Tasker with you as we

2035
01:56:07,320 --> 01:56:09,520
Speaker 1: go motor and home in this final half hour of

2036
01:56:09,640 --> 01:56:14,200
Speaker 1: a Bills football Monday and we wanted to get to

2037
01:56:14,280 --> 01:56:17,480
Speaker 1: the tweet sheet is we've been asking you what's the

2038
01:56:17,640 --> 01:56:22,240
Speaker 1: most important thing now for the Bills with two games remaining?

2039
01:56:22,320 --> 01:56:25,120
Speaker 1: Tweet Sheet is always brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems,

2040
01:56:25,520 --> 01:56:29,720
Speaker 1: the official equipment moving company of the Buffalo Bills, and Steve.

2041
01:56:29,840 --> 01:56:33,400
Speaker 1: We begin with the person named Foy who says no

2042
01:56:33,640 --> 01:56:38,760
Speaker 1: turnovers focused playing. They don't have to have home field advantage,

2043
01:56:39,080 --> 01:56:41,200
Speaker 1: they just have to win. And if it is on

2044
01:56:41,280 --> 01:56:47,480
Speaker 1: the road, so be it. Asking for no turnovers? Is

2045
01:56:48,400 --> 01:56:50,200
Speaker 1: I mean, that's kind of a weird thing because there

2046
01:56:50,240 --> 01:56:53,520
Speaker 1: are two teams playing the game, not just one, and

2047
01:56:53,680 --> 01:56:58,480
Speaker 1: turnovers are sometimes forced by your opponent. So yeah, but

2048
01:56:58,560 --> 01:57:00,800
Speaker 1: he's right. I get it. I know what he's saying.

2049
01:57:00,880 --> 01:57:02,800
Speaker 1: But yeah, if the Bills, if the Bills play clean,

2050
01:57:02,880 --> 01:57:05,760
Speaker 1: they're hard to beat and they're almost impossible to beat. Um,

2051
01:57:06,000 --> 01:57:12,440
Speaker 1: and it really narrows the margin of victory for their opponents.

2052
01:57:12,480 --> 01:57:17,000
Speaker 1: So I get it. And this home field advantage thing, sure, um,

2053
01:57:17,720 --> 01:57:23,280
Speaker 1: it's it's not vital the Bills of I mean they

2054
01:57:23,520 --> 01:57:26,080
Speaker 1: you know, last year is a great example. I think

2055
01:57:26,080 --> 01:57:29,800
Speaker 1: it's pretty important. It is. Well, here's the thing. It helps,

2056
01:57:30,480 --> 01:57:32,200
Speaker 1: but it's not the it's not the be all end all,

2057
01:57:32,280 --> 01:57:33,720
Speaker 1: be all end all is you got to play well,

2058
01:57:34,000 --> 01:57:36,920
Speaker 1: that's it. And they they're good enough to play well

2059
01:57:37,000 --> 01:57:39,160
Speaker 1: on the road and win beat anybody. So they've you know,

2060
01:57:39,200 --> 01:57:41,200
Speaker 1: they've proven that time and again as well. So I'm

2061
01:57:41,360 --> 01:57:44,480
Speaker 1: you know, and I know that the Twitter Twitter trolls

2062
01:57:44,520 --> 01:57:46,400
Speaker 1: will say, well, he didn't deal with they're playing that

2063
01:57:46,560 --> 01:57:51,120
Speaker 1: him for last year. But nevertheless, that's that's a pretty

2064
01:57:51,160 --> 01:57:53,720
Speaker 1: good football team. And the Bills have and and there's

2065
01:57:53,760 --> 01:57:55,720
Speaker 1: no reason to think they can't get to the Super

2066
01:57:55,760 --> 01:57:57,880
Speaker 1: Bowl with the two seed or even the three seed.

2067
01:57:58,280 --> 01:58:00,360
Speaker 1: I just want to see Pat Mahomes play a road

2068
01:58:00,440 --> 01:58:04,800
Speaker 1: playoff game. That's what I want. Yeah, because that's what happened. Happened.

2069
01:58:05,000 --> 01:58:08,480
Speaker 1: And I'll say this too, I think Josh and Pat

2070
01:58:08,600 --> 01:58:10,680
Speaker 1: are you know, two of them, they're they're two tough

2071
01:58:10,760 --> 01:58:13,960
Speaker 1: guys to be. They're the guys who are the juggernauts

2072
01:58:13,960 --> 01:58:16,320
Speaker 1: of the league. Um, just because we haven't seen Pat

2073
01:58:16,400 --> 01:58:18,800
Speaker 1: Mahomes do it, doesn't mean he can't do it and

2074
01:58:19,120 --> 01:58:21,440
Speaker 1: doesn't mean and just because we haven't seen Josh Allen

2075
01:58:21,600 --> 01:58:23,839
Speaker 1: not do it yet, we saw a pretty good imitation

2076
01:58:23,880 --> 01:58:25,880
Speaker 1: of it last year with the thirteen second game. So

2077
01:58:26,600 --> 01:58:29,840
Speaker 1: both of those guys, you have every reason to think

2078
01:58:29,880 --> 01:58:33,880
Speaker 1: they can. They can waltz into any stadium and get

2079
01:58:33,920 --> 01:58:37,560
Speaker 1: to the super Bowl that way. Um. Yeah, So yeah,

2080
01:58:37,960 --> 01:58:40,080
Speaker 1: you love it and it's not so much I think,

2081
01:58:40,720 --> 01:58:45,680
Speaker 1: and I yes, home field is great. I think the

2082
01:58:45,840 --> 01:58:49,080
Speaker 1: best part about it, though by a little bit not

2083
01:58:49,200 --> 01:58:52,400
Speaker 1: a whole wide margin, is the bye week that they

2084
01:58:52,480 --> 01:58:57,320
Speaker 1: get because of it. Yeah, that's that is the the

2085
01:58:57,480 --> 01:59:00,640
Speaker 1: thing to me. Yeah, because no matter what, you know,

2086
01:59:00,760 --> 01:59:05,000
Speaker 1: you're going to the divisional round. Plus you get like

2087
01:59:05,120 --> 01:59:07,360
Speaker 1: what amounts to for these players at this point in

2088
01:59:07,360 --> 01:59:10,120
Speaker 1: the season. A month off, it feels like a month

2089
01:59:10,480 --> 01:59:19,480
Speaker 1: without a game at this point. M So that healthy, fresh, prepared. Yeah,

2090
01:59:19,960 --> 01:59:22,960
Speaker 1: that's the big part about it. The home field is important, yes,

2091
01:59:23,040 --> 01:59:24,840
Speaker 1: and it's not by much, but I would say the

2092
01:59:24,880 --> 01:59:27,600
Speaker 1: bye week is just as important, or even more important

2093
01:59:28,000 --> 01:59:30,840
Speaker 1: than having that game at home, because you know what

2094
01:59:30,920 --> 01:59:32,600
Speaker 1: happens if you go to a Dome game. If you're

2095
01:59:32,600 --> 01:59:36,360
Speaker 1: the Bills, then it's it's even better, you know, So whatever,

2096
01:59:37,080 --> 01:59:40,360
Speaker 1: that's what I think. Jim on the tweet sheet says,

2097
01:59:40,880 --> 01:59:43,960
Speaker 1: went out, put everything you've got into beating the Bengals,

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Speaker 1: rest a couple if needed for the Patriots, then week

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Speaker 1: off to get as healthy as possible for the postseason.

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Speaker 1: I'm kind of with him, Yeah, I am. I'm not.

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Speaker 1: I'm not resting too many guys against the Patriots unless

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Speaker 1: that game dictates it, because you need to win that too. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: as long as the Chiefs win this coming week, you've

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Speaker 1: got to win the last one, that's right. So you

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02:00:03,000 --> 02:00:05,920
Speaker 1: can't keep anybody on the sidelines. You gotta win. I mean,

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02:00:06,240 --> 02:00:09,080
Speaker 1: if you're up, you know, twenty eight to ten in

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02:00:09,160 --> 02:00:11,240
Speaker 1: the second half, all right, you know, maybe roll in

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02:00:11,320 --> 02:00:15,520
Speaker 1: some backups late, but yeah, absolutely, you got to win

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02:00:15,600 --> 02:00:18,680
Speaker 1: that one too if you want home field. Adam on

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Speaker 1: the tweet sheet says, beating the Bengals and limiting the

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02:00:21,960 --> 02:00:26,400
Speaker 1: penalty flags too many in Chicago some questionable. Sure, but

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02:00:26,520 --> 02:00:28,920
Speaker 1: when you're the team to beat, you may get more

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Speaker 1: calls against you. Huh. That's an interesting Yeah, I don't

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Speaker 1: know if that. Yeah, I don't either. Don't go into

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Speaker 1: a game worried about the officials game managing or something

2116
02:00:40,760 --> 02:00:43,440
Speaker 1: like an NHL crew. I mean that ain't that's not happening.

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Speaker 1: Just go in and play, And I don't. I don't

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Speaker 1: mind an extra penalty here and there if because you've

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Speaker 1: got to push the envelope all the time to help

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Speaker 1: win these games. Every game, teams get away with penalties,

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Speaker 1: and every game they get a soft call against them.

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Speaker 1: It's just the way it works. I've had since I

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Speaker 1: finished playing, I've had chances on occasion to be in

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Speaker 1: conversations with a crew that has just finished refereeing an

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Speaker 1: NFL game that I called as an analyst. The conversation

2126
02:01:18,440 --> 02:01:20,560
Speaker 1: and how they look at and talk about the game

2127
02:01:21,520 --> 02:01:25,680
Speaker 1: would be would go a long long way towards people

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Speaker 1: understanding how seriously they take it, how unbiased they are

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Speaker 1: attempted to be, and how much they want to get

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02:01:34,160 --> 02:01:39,840
Speaker 1: it right. You'd be shocked at how dispassionate and analytical

2131
02:01:39,960 --> 02:01:42,200
Speaker 1: they look at their own performance on the field week

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Speaker 1: to week. So take that to heart. Don't worry about

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Speaker 1: the officials. They're going to do the best job they can.

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Speaker 1: Look at their statistics going into the game. If you're

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Speaker 1: the team plan use it to your advantage if you can.

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02:01:53,160 --> 02:01:56,360
Speaker 1: But know that those guys aren't. They aren't about helping

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02:01:56,520 --> 02:01:58,960
Speaker 1: or hurting or doing anything but getting it right. So

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02:01:59,480 --> 02:02:02,800
Speaker 1: know that, and because I was taught that by listening

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02:02:02,920 --> 02:02:05,800
Speaker 1: to a conversation between these guys and how they think

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02:02:05,800 --> 02:02:09,040
Speaker 1: about it. So take that to heart. Yeah, and coach

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02:02:09,360 --> 02:02:12,280
Speaker 1: McDermott even after the game said, you know, there were

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Speaker 1: some stretches there where we were sloppy. Sloppy was a

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02:02:14,960 --> 02:02:16,560
Speaker 1: word that he used, and that was true. I mean,

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02:02:16,600 --> 02:02:19,720
Speaker 1: the second quarter was not anything to write home about,

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02:02:19,840 --> 02:02:23,480
Speaker 1: especially offensively. So they fixed it when they came back

2146
02:02:23,520 --> 02:02:25,600
Speaker 1: out of the locker room in third quarter, you know,

2147
02:02:25,640 --> 02:02:29,400
Speaker 1: and ripped off two straight touchdown drives. But they didn't

2148
02:02:29,440 --> 02:02:31,400
Speaker 1: come out of that game without some things to fix,

2149
02:02:32,120 --> 02:02:36,760
Speaker 1: for sure. Jeffrey on the tweet sheet says the offensive

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02:02:36,840 --> 02:02:41,839
Speaker 1: line staying productive. Ryan Bates was great Saturday. The pulling

2151
02:02:41,920 --> 02:02:45,480
Speaker 1: creates big gaps. Now you looked on the one touchdown

2152
02:02:45,600 --> 02:02:49,920
Speaker 1: run by Singletary, Spencer Brown has a huge kickout block

2153
02:02:50,000 --> 02:02:52,800
Speaker 1: where he just gaves the whole left side of the

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Speaker 1: line off. You know, he has that seal and Singletary

2155
02:02:56,560 --> 02:02:58,240
Speaker 1: runs right off his rear end and he's off to

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02:02:58,280 --> 02:03:03,960
Speaker 1: the races right. They the offensive line was outstanding on Saturday.

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02:03:04,600 --> 02:03:10,440
Speaker 1: They were outstanding, Bates, the whole crew. The Bears aren't

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02:03:10,480 --> 02:03:12,840
Speaker 1: a great yard stick to measure how good they could be,

2159
02:03:13,800 --> 02:03:15,920
Speaker 1: but they were good. They dominated a team they should

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02:03:15,920 --> 02:03:20,080
Speaker 1: have dominated. They are good. They and the Bills are

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Speaker 1: deep at that position. They've got guys that can swing

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02:03:22,280 --> 02:03:24,160
Speaker 1: in there. Kessonbury didn't even we didn't even need him.

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02:03:24,160 --> 02:03:26,680
Speaker 1: Bobby Heart's getting sprinkled in and the heavy packages. He's

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Speaker 1: doing a nice job. All these guys are playing well.

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Speaker 1: Bates at center, Van Rotten at guard, but ger getting

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02:03:33,400 --> 02:03:36,840
Speaker 1: a chance to you know, is getting close. So yeah,

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02:03:37,720 --> 02:03:39,960
Speaker 1: they played the game the way you would expect a

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Speaker 1: top notch offense to play it when their offensive line

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02:03:43,080 --> 02:03:47,800
Speaker 1: came in without their starting center, So yeah, that's they're

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02:03:47,880 --> 02:03:49,840
Speaker 1: right where they should be and they've got to stay

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Speaker 1: there for the next five to six weeks. Yeah, and

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02:03:53,680 --> 02:03:58,040
Speaker 1: the timing of Bucker's return was pretty fortuitous, knowing that

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02:03:58,680 --> 02:04:03,920
Speaker 1: we still don't have a prognosis on Mitch Morris and

2174
02:04:04,000 --> 02:04:05,920
Speaker 1: we probably won't get one because once a guy goes

2175
02:04:05,960 --> 02:04:12,640
Speaker 1: into concussion protocol, teams are prohibited from providing updates or progress.

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02:04:13,200 --> 02:04:16,160
Speaker 1: All they can tell you is he's still in the protocol,

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Speaker 1: and we really don't know anything beyond that, and you know,

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02:04:21,440 --> 02:04:24,360
Speaker 1: we can all speculate and wonder. We do know that

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Speaker 1: this is Morse's sixth documented concussion. That's a lot, and

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02:04:30,520 --> 02:04:33,200
Speaker 1: we don't know what that means, but you know, I'm

2181
02:04:33,240 --> 02:04:35,360
Speaker 1: assuming we'll find out in the coming weeks just what

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02:04:35,480 --> 02:04:37,880
Speaker 1: we could be looking at. And there's another guy where

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Speaker 1: if you can finish the regular season as the top seed,

2184
02:04:41,240 --> 02:04:43,280
Speaker 1: it gives that guy another week to try to get

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02:04:43,360 --> 02:04:45,480
Speaker 1: back in your lineup in in fact, he can't get

2186
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Speaker 1: back before the end of the regular season. That's right

2187
02:04:48,280 --> 02:04:51,520
Speaker 1: that the bye week is huge, and I'll say it again,

2188
02:04:51,560 --> 02:04:53,840
Speaker 1: I'll probably be saying this all for the next three weeks.

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02:04:54,520 --> 02:04:56,960
Speaker 1: It's the bye not home field that is just as

2190
02:04:57,040 --> 02:05:01,200
Speaker 1: important in that scenario. Yeah, Rick on the tweet sheet says,

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Speaker 1: health and smart decisions by Josh continue, strong defensive play

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02:05:06,000 --> 02:05:11,680
Speaker 1: and good solid play calling on offense, especially in critical situations.

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Speaker 1: You know, we go back to the final drive against

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Speaker 1: Miami last week and some of the play calling in

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02:05:19,400 --> 02:05:22,880
Speaker 1: the run game this week. Ken Dorris is doing pretty

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Speaker 1: good down the stretch here. Yeah, and you would expect it.

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Speaker 1: I mean it says a lot. They only threw the

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02:05:30,800 --> 02:05:32,840
Speaker 1: they only had to throw the football twenty six times.

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Speaker 1: They ran the ball really effectively. I love the fact

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Speaker 1: that they didn't like, say, okay, Josh, I know you're

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Speaker 1: you know, you're trying to get back in this MVP race,

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Speaker 1: but you know what we're gonna We're gonna run it today.

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Speaker 1: You're playing in sixty mile an hour wins or whatever

2204
02:05:46,120 --> 02:05:49,040
Speaker 1: breezy conditions. You can't throw the long ball as well.

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02:05:49,080 --> 02:05:50,960
Speaker 1: You can't loop these balls in there because the moot

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02:05:51,000 --> 02:05:53,240
Speaker 1: wins moving them all over the place. We got this

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Speaker 1: offensive line that's doing its thing. Let's do this, you know,

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02:05:58,880 --> 02:06:02,600
Speaker 1: spread the ball around different guys and let this offensive

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Speaker 1: line work and make it let them feel good about

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Speaker 1: each other, and that's huge coming in down the stretch.

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Speaker 1: You want these guys to have some confidence together, even

2212
02:06:11,320 --> 02:06:15,280
Speaker 1: with a rotation that was without its starting center. That's good.

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02:06:15,400 --> 02:06:18,120
Speaker 1: I mean, he's smart. I agree with all the stuff

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Speaker 1: that they're saying about it. Neil says, winning both games

2215
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Speaker 1: and getting the one seed with home field advantage. Jeremy says,

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Speaker 1: I think it goes without saying that the Bengals game

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Speaker 1: is a must win before the Patriots. The Bengals have

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Speaker 1: been impressive as of late, and this could be a

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Speaker 1: true test of a Super Bowl contender. I mean, everybody's

2220
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Speaker 1: talking about the Bills have won six in a row.

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Speaker 1: The Bengals have won seven in a row and eight

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Speaker 1: of their last ten. Right, I mean they're just as hot,

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02:06:49,920 --> 02:06:52,120
Speaker 1: if not hotter. Yeah, I mean, you look at it.

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Speaker 1: The Bills are number two in yards per game offensively,

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Speaker 1: the Bengals are seven. The Bills are number three in

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02:06:59,600 --> 02:07:03,760
Speaker 1: yards per play, the Bengals are twelve. But you go

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02:07:03,800 --> 02:07:05,600
Speaker 1: to the other end of it, passing yards a game,

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02:07:06,320 --> 02:07:10,840
Speaker 1: the Bills are seventh, the Bengals are fifth yards per

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02:07:10,920 --> 02:07:14,440
Speaker 1: passing yards per play passing seventh, and the Bengals are eight.

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02:07:14,520 --> 02:07:17,720
Speaker 1: These two teams are right there together. They are right

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02:07:17,840 --> 02:07:22,680
Speaker 1: there together. You know, the Bengals get sacked about twice

2232
02:07:22,720 --> 02:07:26,520
Speaker 1: as often as the Bills do it. Well, that's not true.

2233
02:07:26,560 --> 02:07:30,400
Speaker 1: The Bills are ninth ranked in you are, sacks per attempt,

2234
02:07:30,520 --> 02:07:33,360
Speaker 1: the Bengals are eighteenth, and sacks per attempt. Yeah, but

2235
02:07:33,480 --> 02:07:38,200
Speaker 1: first downs per game, first downs per game three and four. Yeah, yeah,

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02:07:38,960 --> 02:07:41,640
Speaker 1: it's you know, I mean, these two teams are tough, man.

2237
02:07:42,160 --> 02:07:46,280
Speaker 1: They are ranked statistically very close on offense anyway, they're

2238
02:07:46,440 --> 02:07:53,640
Speaker 1: down first and fourth. Yeah. Yeah, it's defensively ninth and sixth. Defensively,

2239
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Speaker 1: the Bills are seventh in yards per game, Cincinnati's thirteen

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Speaker 1: yards per play, Bills are eight Cincinnati's fifteenth. Rushing yards

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Speaker 1: per game, the Bills are fourth. The Bengals are seven

2242
02:08:08,200 --> 02:08:11,400
Speaker 1: yards per rushing per play, the Buffalo's twelfth. The Bengals

2243
02:08:11,440 --> 02:08:18,640
Speaker 1: are tenth. Buffalo's sixth in passing yards per play, Cincinnati's seventeenth.

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02:08:18,880 --> 02:08:21,240
Speaker 1: All that stuff. They're ranked very close all the way

2245
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Speaker 1: across the board, not out of the realm of you know,

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02:08:24,000 --> 02:08:27,520
Speaker 1: you're talking about fractions of yards here after you know,

2247
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Speaker 1: fifteen games. So yeah, it's gonna be interesting to see.

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Speaker 1: All right, we gotta take a break here. When we

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Speaker 1: come back, it's time for Vision to Victory. We'll tell

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Speaker 1: you what that is next. Here on One Bills Live,

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Speaker 1: presented by Kalida Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back

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Speaker 1: to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker Here on

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Speaker 1: a Buffalo Football Monday. Vision to Victory presented by at

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Speaker 1: I think the Vision to Victory, Steve, for me, it's

2256
02:09:06,080 --> 02:09:08,000
Speaker 1: still going to come down on the defensive side of

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02:09:08,040 --> 02:09:12,200
Speaker 1: the ball. You may feel differently, but those guys after

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02:09:12,320 --> 02:09:14,760
Speaker 1: that first drive, and we've seen this before in games

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02:09:14,800 --> 02:09:17,240
Speaker 1: from the Bills defense. The other team comes out with

2260
02:09:17,320 --> 02:09:19,760
Speaker 1: whatever their scriptive plays is to start the game. They

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02:09:19,840 --> 02:09:21,720
Speaker 1: might come down the field put points on the board.

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02:09:21,800 --> 02:09:25,400
Speaker 1: But then after that Coach Fraser and his defensive staff

2263
02:09:25,800 --> 02:09:28,800
Speaker 1: make the unnecessary adjustments and this group just goes into

2264
02:09:28,920 --> 02:09:31,880
Speaker 1: lockdown mode. And they did that on Saturday. There was

2265
02:09:32,080 --> 02:09:35,640
Speaker 1: literally no breathing room for this Bears offense. They never

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02:09:35,760 --> 02:09:37,520
Speaker 1: let them up off the mat the rest of the day,

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Speaker 1: and even when they were faced with defending some short

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02:09:41,320 --> 02:09:45,360
Speaker 1: fields off three offensive turnovers by Buffalo, they only give

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02:09:45,440 --> 02:09:48,240
Speaker 1: up a field goal, and that was only because the

2270
02:09:48,680 --> 02:09:51,080
Speaker 1: Bears got the ball at the Bills eighteen yard line.

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02:09:51,080 --> 02:09:53,240
Speaker 1: They actually went backwards to the twenty and had to

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Speaker 1: kick a field goal. So that's my vision of victory.

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02:09:55,440 --> 02:09:57,080
Speaker 1: I think I agree with you, except I would put

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02:09:57,160 --> 02:09:59,360
Speaker 1: more of it on complimentary football. The Bengals are a

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02:09:59,360 --> 02:10:01,160
Speaker 1: really good foot ball team. You've got to play well

2276
02:10:01,240 --> 02:10:02,760
Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball, and I think both

2277
02:10:02,840 --> 02:10:04,360
Speaker 1: sides are going to compliment. I think the Bill's got

2278
02:10:04,400 --> 02:10:06,600
Speaker 1: to score some points in this game. They've got to

2279
02:10:06,680 --> 02:10:07,960
Speaker 1: put the ball, and I think you're gonna have to

2280
02:10:08,000 --> 02:10:09,520
Speaker 1: put the ball in the air and put some touchdowns

2281
02:10:09,600 --> 02:10:12,520
Speaker 1: on the board. That will less less in the likelihood

2282
02:10:12,560 --> 02:10:14,720
Speaker 1: that the Bengals are going to run the football. If

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02:10:14,760 --> 02:10:16,720
Speaker 1: you can make them one dimensional, you've got a chance.

2284
02:10:16,760 --> 02:10:19,960
Speaker 1: And you've got to keep a lid on the big

2285
02:10:20,120 --> 02:10:23,520
Speaker 1: plays from Cincinnati. They've got so many weapons, they're so

2286
02:10:23,760 --> 02:10:26,560
Speaker 1: talented they have you've got to keep a li on,

2287
02:10:26,760 --> 02:10:29,880
Speaker 1: much like you do with the Miami Dolphins. Yeah, so

2288
02:10:30,040 --> 02:10:33,120
Speaker 1: that is vision to victory. Some final thoughts on the

2289
02:10:33,200 --> 02:10:36,320
Speaker 1: tweet sheet from Steve, continue to balance the pass and

2290
02:10:36,440 --> 02:10:39,160
Speaker 1: run game. Our playoff identity being run first would be

2291
02:10:39,240 --> 02:10:42,640
Speaker 1: like Rocky switching to Southpaw to fight Apollo. Creed. Joe

2292
02:10:42,720 --> 02:10:46,080
Speaker 1: says first round by slipping to three could mean Casey

2293
02:10:46,200 --> 02:10:48,440
Speaker 1: and Cincy back to back on the road to get

2294
02:10:48,480 --> 02:10:50,960
Speaker 1: to the super Bowl. You don't want the three seed

2295
02:10:51,480 --> 02:10:54,160
Speaker 1: from keV Chiefs getting upset by the desperate Broncos who

2296
02:10:54,200 --> 02:10:56,040
Speaker 1: played them tough last time. That us beating since he

2297
02:10:56,080 --> 02:10:58,760
Speaker 1: are giving three weeks rest to our starters, and then

2298
02:10:58,880 --> 02:11:01,880
Speaker 1: Jack says, they'll say the next game is not is

2299
02:11:01,920 --> 02:11:04,480
Speaker 1: always most important, but in this case it's true. They

2300
02:11:04,680 --> 02:11:06,960
Speaker 1: have to get the W against a team that's chasing them.

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02:11:07,280 --> 02:11:09,440
Speaker 1: We want to get that by and have the playoffs

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02:11:09,480 --> 02:11:12,320
Speaker 1: come through. Op Bengals are hard to defend, Josh and

2303
02:11:12,360 --> 02:11:14,160
Speaker 1: the offense will need to stay on the field and

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02:11:14,320 --> 02:11:16,800
Speaker 1: score a lot. Could be a shootout game a week

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Speaker 1: from tonight, Steve, Yeah, it could. We We'll talk about

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Speaker 1: it all week and gonna get started tomorrow. Yeah, We'll

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