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Speaker 1: all cylinders of that position, you know, what does it

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Speaker 1: look like as far as reps for for Knox and Crofts.

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Speaker 1: It's good question. I think I'm glad you mentioned that

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Speaker 1: towards the end. I do believe they will ease yeah,

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Speaker 1: Tyler Croft into the into the action this week. I

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Speaker 1: don't know how many snaps will again, I'm sure they

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Speaker 1: want to see him. Dawson Knox has been in on

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Speaker 1: sixty percent of the offensive snaps so far, Tommy Sweeney's

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Speaker 1: been in on twenty five percent. I think primarily it'll

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Speaker 1: cut into Tommy Sweeney snaps yeah and well. And I

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Speaker 1: also think that Brian Dabele is a creative enough game

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Speaker 1: planner where if the matchups are there for him to

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Speaker 1: have Tyler Croft and Dawson Knox on the field at

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Speaker 1: the same time. You will see that where one of

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Speaker 1: him is detached and maybe one's up on, one's in line,

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Speaker 1: or maybe you have one of them on the move.

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Speaker 1: One of them could be in the backfield and motion

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Speaker 1: out of the backfield. There's a lot of things that

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Speaker 1: Brian Dabele can draw up where you can have both

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Speaker 1: of those guys on the field, especially if you feel

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Speaker 1: you have a size advantage against the defensive personnel that

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Speaker 1: you're facing. That's when you put both of those guys

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Speaker 1: on the field. You've got Tyler Croft at six six,

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Speaker 1: Dawson six five, two guys that can run despite their size,

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Speaker 1: and when you're in the red zone, I'm definitely putting

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Speaker 1: both of those guys on the field. You put those

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Speaker 1: two guys on the field with Duke Williams outside, you've

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Speaker 1: got a lot of big targets you can just throw

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Speaker 1: the ball up to and say, go make a play

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Speaker 1: for me. You can't double them all. So I think

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Speaker 1: there are going to be ways that Brian Dabele gets

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Speaker 1: both of those guys on the field to the point

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Speaker 1: where I don't think it's going to dramatically impact the

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Speaker 1: amount of playing time that you see Dawson Knox get.

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Speaker 1: And I believe me, I respect the fact of wanting

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Speaker 1: to bring Dawson Knox along, develop him, help him advance

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Speaker 1: his game, especially in light of the lack of playing

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Speaker 1: time and lack of offensive impact that he had at

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Speaker 1: all Miss So I get that being a part of

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Speaker 1: the agenda here, But the ultimate agenda is to win games. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and if Tyler Croft is going to give you a

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Speaker 1: more dynamic threat in the passing game, he's going to

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Speaker 1: play more, even if it is at the expense of

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Speaker 1: Dawson Knox. And I think this goes to the point

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Speaker 1: that we've kind of made all week and even at

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Speaker 1: this start of this show, about the options that these

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Speaker 1: additions and returns to the line up present for Brian Dable. Rights,

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Speaker 1: he can go three tinands to have Lee Smith and

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Speaker 1: there's a blocker easily. He's gone thirteen personnel already this year.

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Speaker 1: I just think it's a work in progress, this offense,

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Speaker 1: and it's been okay so far. And as Chris pointed

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Speaker 1: snap penalties and the turnovers, they'd be really good. They

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Speaker 1: are already the tenth ranked offense in the National Football League.

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Speaker 1: Now they get these weapons back, and now they get

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Speaker 1: Brian Dable gets a chance to kind of draw up

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Speaker 1: a new offensive scheme. I think it's almost like I

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Speaker 1: was thinking about it today, it's it's like, you know,

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Speaker 1: a rebirth of the Buffalo offense and let's start over.

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Speaker 1: Let's start with this group. Now we have a brand

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Speaker 1: new group we're on offense to work with, new weapons

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Speaker 1: to work into the into the mix, which I think

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Speaker 1: that's a good thing. And even if it comes at

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Speaker 1: the expense of some of the scent for Dawson Knox,

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Speaker 1: I think they know what they have there, and they're

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Speaker 1: gonna want to use him too, because it's all about

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Speaker 1: what the end game is. And the end game is

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Speaker 1: a w yeah, at the end of a Sunday game.

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Speaker 1: So focus on that first and foremost. We can worry

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Speaker 1: about development of players later. Chris gonna head out in

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Speaker 1: a second. They'll be coming off the field. They practice

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Speaker 1: right now at a new airfield on the stadium surface.

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Speaker 1: That's the practice. That's see what they do before they

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Speaker 1: play a home game on Friday, and maybe an update

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Speaker 1: on some of the injuries, Chris, and I know you're

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Speaker 1: going to ask coach McDermot about this, but I'm particularly

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Speaker 1: concerned about well, two guys, Matt Milano on defense and

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Speaker 1: John Brown on offense. Right right. I think the hope

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Speaker 1: is this that if Milano is really kind of questionable,

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Speaker 1: they're probably going to err on the side of caution.

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Speaker 1: They have done that all season long, especially with these

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Speaker 1: soft tissue injuries, the muscular injuries. You know, we saw

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Speaker 1: Arren Johnson and Devin Singletary, who I firmly believe probably

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Speaker 1: could have played in Week five against Tennessee, and that

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Speaker 1: was an important game, and they chose to air on

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Speaker 1: the side of caution and sit those guys. Fortunately they

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Speaker 1: won the game and so no harm done against this

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Speaker 1: Miami team, a team that you are clearly better than

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Speaker 1: and should beat. You know, if Milano is anywhere between

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Speaker 1: sixty and ninety percent healthy, I think he sits this week,

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Speaker 1: especially if Corey Thompson is ready to return from his

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Speaker 1: ankle scope procedure that he had last month. So if

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Speaker 1: he's ready to go, I think they air on the

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Speaker 1: side of caution with Milano. That's just my gut feeling

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Speaker 1: based on how they how careful they were with Terren Johnson,

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Speaker 1: and how careful they were with David Devin Singletary who

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Speaker 1: also had hamstring injuries. And the other thing I don't

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Speaker 1: think we should ignore is Matt Milano's chief problem in

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Speaker 1: terms of his injury history are hamstrings. So knowing the

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Speaker 1: history there, on top of the caliber of opponent you're facing,

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Speaker 1: I think they much rather sit Milano this week, have

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Speaker 1: him that much more ready to return next week against Philadelphia,

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Speaker 1: which is a far better offense, and have him good

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Speaker 1: to go there now. I don't know the severity of

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Speaker 1: Milano's hamstring injury. Was it a Grade one strain. Was

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Speaker 1: it a Grade two strain? Did he pull it really

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Speaker 1: well or really bad? These are all things that only

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Speaker 1: the athletic training and medical staff know, and that's ultimately

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Speaker 1: who's going to make the decision here. But we've seen

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Speaker 1: them mayor on the side of caution. It wouldn't surprise

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Speaker 1: me if they do that again. John Brown with a

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Speaker 1: growing he's been limited all week. Yeah, again, who are

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Speaker 1: we facing here? The Bills are facing a Dolphins defense

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Speaker 1: that gives up yards like Christmas gifts. So you know,

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Speaker 1: you could do a lot worse than Robert Foster. I

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Speaker 1: really think, especially if Xavien Howard doesn't play this week

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Speaker 1: for the Dolphins, that Robert Foster's going to make an

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Speaker 1: impact this week. That's just my gut feeling that there

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Speaker 1: will be plays to be made over the top of

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Speaker 1: this defense, and despite their best efforts, I think they

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Speaker 1: are susceptible to being beat in that fashion. So John Brown,

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Speaker 1: I think if he does play, it wouldn't surprise me

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Speaker 1: if he's on a rep count in terms of when

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Speaker 1: he's on the field and not on the field. I

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Speaker 1: don't think they want to overtax him. He's had a

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Speaker 1: high workload a high snap count all season long, and

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Speaker 1: knowing that he's got this little nagging thing that he's

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Speaker 1: dealing with. I think if he does play, his reps

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Speaker 1: are limited and he's probably only on the field for

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Speaker 1: important downs, whether it's red zone, third down, that kind

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Speaker 1: of stuff, and then Robert Foster fills in for the rest.

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Speaker 1: We'll find out. Maybe we'll get an update from Chris

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Speaker 1: says he heads out to the field to see what

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Speaker 1: coach McDermott says after practice. All right, we're just getting rolling.

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Speaker 1: Love to hear from you. What are you looking forward

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Speaker 1: He is out capturing the end of practice and trying

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Speaker 1: having everything's gone well. The Bills await the arrival of

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins. And I've heard it said that the Dolphins

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Speaker 1: are almost anticipating and maybe even expecting to let down

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Speaker 1: by the Bills in this game on Sunday. Do you

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Speaker 1: think that's true? Um, yeah, you know, saying the Bills are,

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Speaker 1: you know, flying high right now, playing good football, and

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins, you know, we reinserted Ryan Fitzpatrick as the starter.

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Speaker 1: We had the rows and run for a little bit

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Speaker 1: of Rosen Seems like he's still where he was in Arizona.

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Speaker 1: He's not ready to take over, seem right now. So, um, yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's a hope. I don't I don't know if the Dolphins,

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Speaker 1: the Dolphin brass are hoping to let down by the Bills,

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Speaker 1: because I think it's a bigger picture down here in

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Speaker 1: Miami speaking of two a tongue about lower in the

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Speaker 1: six year's draft, trying to get that high pick. But um,

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Speaker 1: you know those trap games. You know, coaches always going

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Speaker 1: to talk about trap games. So what the Bills doing is,

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Speaker 1: you know, is as good as they are this year,

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Speaker 1: playing great football, amazing defense, it would be one of

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Speaker 1: those trap games that fans are hoping for. Yeah, and Jenny,

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Speaker 1: what do you think, Um, you know, the approach to

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins brass has had obviously, uh trying to I

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Speaker 1: guess this man old the talent on that team to

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Speaker 1: look at next year's draft. What kind of an impact

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Speaker 1: do you think that has on those Dolphin players in

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Speaker 1: the locker room. It's tough on a player. Um. I

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Speaker 1: was one of a Ward of fifteen team in on seven.

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Speaker 1: We weren't trying to lose, but we were just bad.

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Speaker 1: But we had a bunch of injuries. But um, those

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Speaker 1: a lot of players. If you saw they got rid

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Speaker 1: of a lot of their veterans. They got a lot

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Speaker 1: of young guys just happy to be in the league. Honestly, down,

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Speaker 1: a lot of these guys that are on the Dolphins

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Speaker 1: roster aren't going to be in the league. Got much longer.

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Speaker 1: They really ripped it down, you know, wiring the first

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Speaker 1: taking Houston's two first runs for the next two years,

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Speaker 1: trying to build into the draft. You know, twelve picks

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Speaker 1: um one hundred and fifty million in salary cap. Like,

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Speaker 1: there running around like college. You know what's going on,

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Speaker 1: and it's guys really always tell them and people ask me,

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Speaker 1: how do you feel as a player on the you know,

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Speaker 1: and the Sky on Live John. You know how it goes.

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Speaker 1: You're you're you're your resume is every time that ball

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Speaker 1: snapped and you're one of goes eleven guys on the field.

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Speaker 1: So the players are going out there, they're trying as

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Speaker 1: picture on how they constructed the roster, and that's what

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Speaker 1: people talk about thinking or whatever you want to call it.

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Speaker 1: You can't tell a player don't cover him, don't tackle him,

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Speaker 1: don't play hard. You just put guys out there that

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Speaker 1: can't really compete against the guy in front of him,

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Speaker 1: and then one on one match up and channing the

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Speaker 1: the players. The players are telling media down here that yeah,

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins are after an on five start, but they say,

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Speaker 1: especially the last few games, the Dolphins have kept it

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Speaker 1: close in the at halftime anyway, and uh given them

642
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:15,280
Speaker 1: giving themselves a chance to hang in in the second half.

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Speaker 1: Has that been the case? Do you see that? Yeah,

644
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Speaker 1: the first couple of games, Patriot to do this, I

645
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Speaker 1: think it's forty three nothing. Um, first game was sixty nine,

646
00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:25,920
Speaker 1: the kids was a raving and then Dallas was safeteen

647
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Speaker 1: at ten and half. You know the targes, you know,

648
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:30,720
Speaker 1: single digits at half, So they aren't coming out with

649
00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,600
Speaker 1: a little more fire. It's stuff when when the teams

650
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:36,520
Speaker 1: go back in the locker room and they assessed though

651
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 1: one to one match up isn't on the job where

652
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Speaker 1: if people think it's the big overall change at halftime,

653
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,520
Speaker 1: but the coaches changed the game plan papers through them

654
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Speaker 1: there in the set, who has a who has a

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Speaker 1: mission match out there and offense ef it's taught to

656
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Speaker 1: take advantage of it. And I think that's when they

657
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:54,240
Speaker 1: started to struggle. But they are playing better ball in

658
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,239
Speaker 1: the first half. Last week, the Washington resident, they came

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Speaker 1: him out, and every time there's that two stick stuff

660
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:02,520
Speaker 1: and the you know, the long zone roll rounds and

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Speaker 1: speaking tight ends behind Atlantic sermons. And in the second quarter,

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00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:08,480
Speaker 1: the rest is says, who we're gonna do. We're gonna

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00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,520
Speaker 1: put three tight ends in the game. We're gonna put

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Speaker 1: Atrian Peters in eight yards to beat behind Kate Seenham,

665
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 1: and we're gonna run downhill here has fifty five yards

666
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:18,760
Speaker 1: in the second half. And that's kind of where the

667
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:21,640
Speaker 1: Dolphins get where one shop obsessed what's going on, and

668
00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:24,520
Speaker 1: you say, hey, they can't stop this runner. Hey this

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00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:26,920
Speaker 1: guy mclauran. Last week, we didn't have a guy in

670
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,440
Speaker 1: the field that could cover McLaurin, you know, the Washington

671
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:32,280
Speaker 1: best receiver. They just saw that, and they took advantage

672
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:35,080
Speaker 1: of those mismatches. So the Dolphins come out playing hard.

673
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Speaker 1: You know, I believe in Brian Floyd as a as

674
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 1: a is a good coach XT and O wise, you know,

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00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,480
Speaker 1: being with the Patriots for so long. But when when

676
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:44,479
Speaker 1: when when the coaches come out and see it, When

677
00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:47,080
Speaker 1: the Bills see what they're going again, they're going to

678
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:50,440
Speaker 1: figure out a hole here or they're defensively and especially

679
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:52,560
Speaker 1: in the front seven on both sides of the ball,

680
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,840
Speaker 1: our trenches are struggling right now here in South Florida. Hey, chanting,

681
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Speaker 1: what do you think the Dolphins get from the return

682
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:01,040
Speaker 1: of Ryan Fitzpatrick as earning quarterback and what are they

683
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:04,280
Speaker 1: looking for from him? We're hoping it's the fish magic.

684
00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,080
Speaker 1: We've had fift Patricks for a little bit. We're hoping,

685
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Speaker 1: you know, like last year with Tampa, he had uh yeah,

686
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Speaker 1: three three hundred yards plus games in a row earlier

687
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Speaker 1: in the season, was one of the front runners of

688
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,920
Speaker 1: the NFL in then became fittetric again. So we're hoping

689
00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:21,440
Speaker 1: that that fixth magic can come out. He goes out

690
00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:24,440
Speaker 1: get more addressed, to start going downfields. I was excited

691
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Speaker 1: about getting fiz Patrick, even with the approach of the

692
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:30,480
Speaker 1: teams ord there looking to the forwards, the suster I

693
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,360
Speaker 1: played against this patric I always saw him as a gunslinger.

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00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:35,280
Speaker 1: I always saw him as a guy. Hey, when the

695
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Speaker 1: play breaks down, I'm not some of the seven yard out,

696
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:39,920
Speaker 1: I'm going for the gospital. I'm letting the ball fly,

697
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:42,400
Speaker 1: like to get with Mike Everts last year. He did

698
00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:44,680
Speaker 1: not do that. When we started him early this season,

699
00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:46,959
Speaker 1: he was playing last two of the second third year

700
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,320
Speaker 1: guys trying to figure out the league. So hopefully not

701
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 1: I being ben for Rosen and for the Dolphins fans.

702
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,840
Speaker 1: He comes out with that fifth magic approach and starts

703
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 1: throwing the ball around to go, trying to make something happen.

704
00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:00,640
Speaker 1: Gun playing mentality and to be honest, only fence the

705
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:04,040
Speaker 1: Dolphins have to win. If this pass four three fists

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00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 1: to class three touchdown, a run game isn't doing much.

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00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 1: You know, we don't have a lot of commentent receivers.

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00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:12,120
Speaker 1: It was this path going out and really have one

709
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:14,520
Speaker 1: of those games that we've all seen for his sixteen

710
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,600
Speaker 1: year NFL career, one of those Matthew games around the

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Speaker 1: line with Channing Crowder, former Dolphins linebacker. He is the

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Speaker 1: co host of Hackman and Crowder on w QAM radio

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00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:26,080
Speaker 1: in Miami, talking about the Dolphins coming to town this week.

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Speaker 1: You know, I'm watching Dolphins games this week, Channing, and

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00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,400
Speaker 1: I was impressed by what I saw from the rookie

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00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:35,600
Speaker 1: first rounder Christian Wilkins, the defensive lineman from Clemson. That

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00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:37,960
Speaker 1: guy's vegan, He's quick, and it looks like teams have

718
00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 1: had to been forced to polis, have been forced to

719
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Speaker 1: pay some special attention on him. Huh oh, yeah, they

720
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,120
Speaker 1: have to double with him. He's has of a players

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Speaker 1: coming from that Clemson or you know, full four three front,

722
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 1: you know, players the path on the way, you know,

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Speaker 1: play the run on the way to the quarterback. I

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Speaker 1: propose get Off as amazing, very powerful young man, very

725
00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:59,520
Speaker 1: closest young man. They're transitioning. You know, we do a

726
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:01,920
Speaker 1: three four four three, you know conversion the same way

727
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,959
Speaker 1: the Patriots do it, but just with lesser talent. He's

728
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:06,480
Speaker 1: going to be a top player in the team. I

729
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:08,920
Speaker 1: love watching him. He's a very intelligent guy, and love

730
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Speaker 1: interviewing him. Loved us sitting down with him. We sat

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Speaker 1: down and had dinner together. When he got down here,

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Speaker 1: just as a veteran sitting down with a rookie and

733
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:18,160
Speaker 1: uh and just a great dude, great player. He just

734
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 1: needs to get some guys around him. To be honest,

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00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:23,960
Speaker 1: I'm interested in what would have happened if Jordan Phillips,

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Speaker 1: y'all sack leader was playing next to Christian Wilkins. He

737
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 1: got into with Adam Gays. When Adam Gaates doesn't like

738
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,640
Speaker 1: a player, you know, emotionally, he cut him. So he

739
00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:34,480
Speaker 1: did out a bunch of news down here. But if

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00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:37,040
Speaker 1: Kristin Wilkins tapped him some other players next to him,

741
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Speaker 1: divine got pals having it down year he was, he was,

742
00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:42,319
Speaker 1: We were excited about him. But to be honest, John,

743
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,600
Speaker 1: our edges are nothing like we have no pressure off

744
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,520
Speaker 1: the edge of salt Heiress not doing anything. We added

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Speaker 1: Taco Salton, who in three weeks is now leading the

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00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:53,800
Speaker 1: Dolphins and sacked. So he did get something out of

747
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:56,400
Speaker 1: Taco off that left fence. But once you don't have

748
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:59,000
Speaker 1: a dominant edge rusher, now you can sack the middle.

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Speaker 1: Now a guard all he's gonna have a hand at

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Speaker 1: least three hands old Christen, sometimes four hands old Christen,

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00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:07,279
Speaker 1: and he would be the main person to stop in

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00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:09,799
Speaker 1: that front four. So without the edge rush, I think

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00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: Christy has been you know now as they messed over

754
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:14,960
Speaker 1: because it was constructed this way. But he is, he is.

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00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,040
Speaker 1: He could do a lot better with a lot better

756
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:19,120
Speaker 1: taling around him in that front four. But he's gonna

757
00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:21,279
Speaker 1: be a great player moving for I'm excited about the

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00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 1: Christian Wilson's time. Hilf Jenny, It's interesting you mentioned Jordan

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00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,080
Speaker 1: Phillips Um had the Big three chet game in Tennessee

760
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:29,279
Speaker 1: a couple of Sundays ago, and there are people who

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00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,839
Speaker 1: break down film who think on this entire pretty solid

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00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,640
Speaker 1: Buffalo defense, he is one of the top performers. Were

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00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 1: there evidence? Was there evidence of that in Miami? Did

764
00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:40,200
Speaker 1: he flash like that when he was with the Dolphins

765
00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:42,920
Speaker 1: for a couple of years. It's the frontiest thing. I

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00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:46,279
Speaker 1: told the joke a hundred times when he was down here,

767
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:48,760
Speaker 1: and I haven't I haven't, you know, I'm gonna watch Sunday.

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00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:50,960
Speaker 1: IM gonna watch Jordan every play because I'm interested by this.

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Speaker 1: When he was there here, the joke on Jordan phillips was,

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Speaker 1: if you're asked him to play thirty plays, he's gonna

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00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:59,000
Speaker 1: play thirty if you ask him to sisty plays, he's

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00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 1: gonna play thirty. He was one. He was one of

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00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:04,560
Speaker 1: those type players in my m It seems as if

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00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:07,759
Speaker 1: maybe the relief, maybe he's a new scene made the

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00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 1: new defense to do coordinator. You know, just that that

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00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:14,719
Speaker 1: personality of um problem with him and Adam Gayson, the

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00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:17,040
Speaker 1: coachings that have part of effective have been a negative way.

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00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:19,480
Speaker 1: But now I'm just watching him play with the limited

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00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:22,239
Speaker 1: playing stuff. I haven't watched the Buffalo's defense, and he

780
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,600
Speaker 1: seems like he's going out there. He has more energy

781
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:26,680
Speaker 1: in him. He's trying to go out there. And let's

782
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,640
Speaker 1: be honest. He speaking towards that second contract time as well.

783
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,279
Speaker 1: I know I hadn't one of them. I hadn't one

784
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,319
Speaker 1: of my better years my fourth year in the league

785
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:36,040
Speaker 1: when I wanted to get that money. But uh, but no,

786
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:37,880
Speaker 1: that was the truth about him. He would play. He

787
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:41,120
Speaker 1: would he would play two, two or three snaps usually.

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00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:43,600
Speaker 1: It seems like now he got a little more mature,

789
00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:47,080
Speaker 1: he's understooding something. Maybe a guy like Rundo Alexander, who

790
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:50,120
Speaker 1: I love to death. I just love defensive guys. I'm

791
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,759
Speaker 1: a defensive guys. So like guys getting the ground. Guys

792
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:56,520
Speaker 1: like that much of hide. Guys that played every snap

793
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:59,239
Speaker 1: like the last staff of their life. They didn't want

794
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 1: Guys like that put a little suff in them through

795
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:04,200
Speaker 1: I'm excited about to watch George and fumbles too, to

796
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,960
Speaker 1: see the ex girlfriend doing well after we come to it. Yeah,

797
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:09,960
Speaker 1: you're right in fact of the Bills cap Jordan Phillips

798
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,040
Speaker 1: on account of about twenty five to thirty snamps per

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Speaker 1: game through the first five games this year. Last question,

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Speaker 1: Frey Channing, best chance for a Dolphins upset win today?

801
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,120
Speaker 1: What would have to happen on Sunday? I should say

802
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,000
Speaker 1: I said, we have to stop the run. I don't.

803
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:26,040
Speaker 1: It's gonna be tough, you know, like I stow our

804
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:28,440
Speaker 1: front four is not playing that well. And if you

805
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:30,399
Speaker 1: just get on them, you know, just get on top

806
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:32,359
Speaker 1: of them. They're not a Maybe you're not a powerful group.

807
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:35,080
Speaker 1: Christian Wilson wouldn't be the better guy there, But stopping

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00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 1: the run. If we can stop the run and we

809
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:38,480
Speaker 1: don't have to load the box, we don't have to

810
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:40,320
Speaker 1: blitz to stop the run, and we can stop the

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00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:42,719
Speaker 1: run of seven in the box, now you can leave

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00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,960
Speaker 1: safety back to help our corners who last week Xavian

813
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,960
Speaker 1: Howard didn't even play. We had guys like Ten West

814
00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:52,520
Speaker 1: recovering mclauran. We had you know, Bobby McCain going to

815
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,359
Speaker 1: an outside corner. We used to slot guy a free

816
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:57,560
Speaker 1: safety guy for us, Like we're trying to passwords that

817
00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:59,719
Speaker 1: deep in the secondary. So if we can stop the

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00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,239
Speaker 1: run without loading the box and blitzing, now you can

819
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:05,480
Speaker 1: leave safety deep and offensively, it's gonna have to be

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00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick. It's gonna have to be that Fitch match today.

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00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:10,719
Speaker 1: We can't really pound the ball. We're not a team

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00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:12,640
Speaker 1: that can run it till the times the game. We're

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00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:14,719
Speaker 1: running into a frick wall every time we run it.

824
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,640
Speaker 1: So if fitz Magic gets back there and they can

825
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:21,520
Speaker 1: give him some type of protection. We had five sacks

826
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:24,239
Speaker 1: in the first half against the Redskins last week. We're

827
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:26,400
Speaker 1: struggling in those trenches, like I brought up earlier. But

828
00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 1: if fitz Magic can come out and we stopped the

829
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:31,440
Speaker 1: build running game and Frank Gore one of my favorite

830
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:33,080
Speaker 1: players of all the time. I love Frank to death.

831
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Speaker 1: I talked to Frank Gored the other still. I actually

832
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:38,160
Speaker 1: coached it down here for University School and Davey and

833
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:42,200
Speaker 1: Frank Gore's stepson is my starting cornerback. So I sat

834
00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:44,200
Speaker 1: down with Frank last week and talk to Frank about

835
00:39:44,239 --> 00:39:47,920
Speaker 1: I'm talking about X and old four technique, three technique

836
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,640
Speaker 1: hero knows football for about an hour and a half.

837
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Speaker 1: Frank loves football, he loves playing. He's just the Hall

838
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:56,479
Speaker 1: of Famer that he is. So if we can slow

839
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:59,160
Speaker 1: Frank down and Fitzmagic can go out there and show

840
00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:00,799
Speaker 1: us a little something of us, some of that match

841
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:02,960
Speaker 1: that we've all seen, I think that's the best dance

842
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Speaker 1: office after win. Hey Channing, thanks for this, good to

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Speaker 1: talk for you. Thank you very much, Thank you so

844
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:10,600
Speaker 1: much any time. Okay Channing Crowder, former Dolphins linebacker, the

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Speaker 1: host of Hackman and Crowder on w QAM Radio in Miami.

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Speaker 1: Channing's Insiders Calls brought to you by Indeed Post a

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Speaker 1: job Today and Indeed dot Com Slash Higher. Okay Channing

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Speaker 1: Crowder with the update on the Dolphins. We've got more

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Speaker 1: coming up. Chris Brown is co hosting with us today

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Speaker 1: and we're back with more in a moment. One Bills

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Speaker 1: I presented by Kalida Health. Coming here from the Seneca

852
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Speaker 1: studio in Archard Park. This is Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back.

853
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:49,000
Speaker 1: It's One Bill's Live, John Murphy with Chris Brown. He's

854
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Speaker 1: in for Steve Tasker today. The Bills getting set to

855
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,280
Speaker 1: play the Dolphins. Chris were just out as the Bills

856
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:55,719
Speaker 1: came off the practice field, practicing inside the State. Even

857
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Speaker 1: the weather's good today, pretty good, little chili, but no

858
00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:01,759
Speaker 1: better than yesterday than I was chilled. Man out there.

859
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:04,319
Speaker 1: I felt bad for you. Well, here's the thing. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: John McDermott gives a little Friday post practice update on

861
00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:10,120
Speaker 1: injur was a little what'd you find out? It was

862
00:41:10,239 --> 00:41:12,840
Speaker 1: very brief, It was less than a minute. It was

863
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:16,480
Speaker 1: very clear that coach was basically saying that he's going

864
00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:18,920
Speaker 1: to try to play the weight and see game with

865
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Speaker 1: just about everybody. I think the safe bets are Singletary

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Speaker 1: and Taryn Johnson returning to the lineup. It was interesting

867
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Speaker 1: that he mentioned Tyler Croft, you know, basically saying I

868
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Speaker 1: want to wait and see how he comes through Saturday

869
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:38,480
Speaker 1: before I make any declarations on his status for Sunday's game.

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Speaker 1: So I think he wants to get through the whole week,

871
00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:42,799
Speaker 1: and some of that might be predicated on the fact

872
00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:45,960
Speaker 1: that the last time Tyler Croft looked ready to go,

873
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:49,319
Speaker 1: he had that one terrible ankle injury on Thursday leading

874
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,840
Speaker 1: up to the Bengals game, and then was gone and

875
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 1: no longer an option. So I think he's a little

876
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:58,520
Speaker 1: hesitant to commit in part because of that. With respect

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00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:00,719
Speaker 1: to Milano and Thompson, he said he wanted to wait

878
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:02,759
Speaker 1: and see you also, to see how they come through

879
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Speaker 1: tomorrow's practice, So I guess it's good that he's not

880
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,040
Speaker 1: ruling them out, but at the same time, he's not

881
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:12,840
Speaker 1: giving him a green light. And then with respect to

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00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:17,880
Speaker 1: John Brown, there was some light shed on his situation.

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00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:21,080
Speaker 1: He did say that John Brown did more today in

884
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:26,759
Speaker 1: practice than he did yesterday, and he's encouraged about his

885
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Speaker 1: availability for Sunday. So it sounds as though John Brown

886
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Speaker 1: will be a go. Whether he'll be a full go

887
00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:34,879
Speaker 1: or whether his reps will be monitored, it's probably something

888
00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:37,719
Speaker 1: we're not going to know definitively until we get to

889
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Speaker 1: the game on Sunday. It's funny I mentioned this to

890
00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:43,680
Speaker 1: you this morning when the first time I saw it

891
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:45,919
Speaker 1: this morning, Brownie, I think that's the healthiest to builds

892
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:47,799
Speaker 1: have been all year, and I believe that by now

893
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,520
Speaker 1: there's so a few nanging injuries. It's sort of lingering here, right,

894
00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:54,359
Speaker 1: you know, soft tissue injuries, hamstrings, Milano being chief among those.

895
00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:56,640
Speaker 1: You know, I mean that guy plays a ton of

896
00:42:56,719 --> 00:43:00,200
Speaker 1: reps on defense, and so if he cannot play, they

897
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:02,319
Speaker 1: decided to air on the side of caution, Wait another week,

898
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:05,480
Speaker 1: have him ready for Philadelphia. You know, now you're talking

899
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:07,839
Speaker 1: about mixing in guys like Correy Thompson, who hasn't played

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Speaker 1: in over a month. And more's Alexander, you know, a

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Speaker 1: veteran linebacker who is a prominent component of their special

902
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:18,719
Speaker 1: teams units and did fill in last week or in

903
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Speaker 1: the last game when Milano did exit. Although Lorenzo took

904
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Speaker 1: on most of Milano's reps on defense, Alexander was rotated in,

905
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Speaker 1: especially when they were in base personnel. So there could

906
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Speaker 1: be some mixing and matching there depending on Milano's availability

907
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:37,000
Speaker 1: comes Sunday. Is a catastrophic I would say against this offense,

908
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:40,520
Speaker 1: probably not so you if there was a week to

909
00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 1: not have a key player in your defensive eleven, this

910
00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:45,680
Speaker 1: is probably a good week to have it. Hey, you

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00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:48,360
Speaker 1: mentioned Tyler Croft and we had a caller last segment

912
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Speaker 1: a couple of segments ago about crofton what he will

913
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:52,920
Speaker 1: meet to the Buffalo offense. Tyler Croft talked to the

914
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Speaker 1: media this week in the locker room and just said

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Speaker 1: he was excited about an opportunity to return to the

916
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Speaker 1: Buffalo line up to Sunday. Here's what he said. Oh, yeah,

917
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Speaker 1: I'm really excited. I mean, I'll be able to keep

918
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Speaker 1: my emotions in check. I've played a good amount of

919
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Speaker 1: football games, but um yeah, I'm really excited to get

920
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:10,520
Speaker 1: back out there with We all know playing sports how

921
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Speaker 1: annoying injuries can be. To have the little setback after

922
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Speaker 1: dealing with the other one from can you put it

923
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Speaker 1: in their words? It just had to be just frustrating. Yeah,

924
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Speaker 1: I guess frustration. But at the end of the day,

925
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Speaker 1: I've always tell you got to come in, punch your

926
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Speaker 1: card every day and you're good to work. So he

927
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Speaker 1: can't can't hang my head. No one's gonna feel sorry

928
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Speaker 1: for him me. So you gotta come in and just

929
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Speaker 1: get ready to go and get better. What does it

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Speaker 1: say about the organization to pay the head you to

931
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Speaker 1: not put drump up and not put you on ir

932
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Speaker 1: going to stick with you through this time. Yeah, obviously

933
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Speaker 1: that gives me all the confidence in the world because

934
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Speaker 1: they trust and what I'm telling them in the feedback

935
00:44:41,719 --> 00:44:44,319
Speaker 1: and there's good open communication there and um, we're both

936
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Speaker 1: i think everyone's pulling the same way. So I'm glad

937
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Speaker 1: that they're in my corner that way. Obviously been chopping

938
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Speaker 1: at the bit to play. Do you use that for

939
00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:54,160
Speaker 1: extra emotions or do you keep them chapped and just

940
00:44:54,239 --> 00:44:56,439
Speaker 1: throw that aside, you know when game day comes to Yeah,

941
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Speaker 1: I mean, when game day comes, that'll be its own

942
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Speaker 1: and toy I'm just trying to folk us and just

943
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Speaker 1: stack days on top each other so he cannot be

944
00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:04,399
Speaker 1: good to go with us on the Tyler Crofts says

945
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Speaker 1: he getting ready to play a guy who's played in

946
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Speaker 1: fifty one NFL games, thirty five NFL starts, and yeah,

947
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Speaker 1: and the earlier caller mentioned, boy, you'd hate to lose

948
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 1: snaps for Dawson Knox, but the Bills have some skin

949
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Speaker 1: in the game with Tyler Croft free agent money for example,

950
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Speaker 1: and keeping him on the fifty three man roster, you know,

951
00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:24,799
Speaker 1: kind of nursing him through these five six weeks until

952
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Speaker 1: he's ready to play without putting him on ir spending

953
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Speaker 1: the money they spent. They have something in the game

954
00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:31,759
Speaker 1: here with Tyler Croft, and I'm sure they want to

955
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Speaker 1: get a look and I think they want to be

956
00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:35,319
Speaker 1: rewarded for the measure of faith they put in him

957
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:37,919
Speaker 1: doing the right things to get back on the field,

958
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Speaker 1: and he has done that to his credit, and so

959
00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:42,520
Speaker 1: now they're hoping to reach some rewards from that in

960
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Speaker 1: the passing game and maybe making them an even more

961
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Speaker 1: effective red zone offense. They've been effective. They're the number

962
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Speaker 1: one red zone touchdown efficiency team in the league, or

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Speaker 1: at least tied for first at seventy one point four percent,

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Speaker 1: which is one of the funniest numbers I saw this

965
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Speaker 1: week because their touchdown percentage is seventy one point four

966
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Speaker 1: percent scoring and Miami Dolphins red zone defense is giving

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Speaker 1: up touchdowns at sent and I was like, Wow, there's

968
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:08,240
Speaker 1: a match made in Heaven's right. But yeah, if Craft

969
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Speaker 1: can get on the field, and even if he's eased

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Speaker 1: back into the lineup, I think, as we suspect and not,

971
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Speaker 1: you know, don't go out there and play sixty reps

972
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Speaker 1: even if he's out there for twenty twenty five reps.

973
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Speaker 1: If you've got him out there, for red zone possessions.

974
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Speaker 1: I think he's a guy that the opposing defense has

975
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:28,080
Speaker 1: to be concerned about. He really is. So it's just

976
00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:33,200
Speaker 1: another element to add and diversify this offense that much further. Yep, Hey,

977
00:46:33,239 --> 00:46:34,799
Speaker 1: we got a lot more to talk about, and Great

978
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Speaker 1: co Sal's gonna join this next hour to talk about it.

979
00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:40,000
Speaker 1: From the NFL Matchup Show on ESPN, we'll talk about

980
00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:42,600
Speaker 1: the Bills Dolphins matchup and what's going on around the NFL.

981
00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:45,120
Speaker 1: We'll talk about Pat Mahomes as well with Great co Sell.

982
00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:47,480
Speaker 1: That's up next. Come on back, One Bills Live presented

983
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:50,480
Speaker 1: by Kalada Health Live from the Seneca Studio. This is

984
00:46:50,520 --> 00:47:06,839
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio Sadio Network. Story update comes from One

985
00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:09,080
Speaker 1: Bill's Drive where the Bill sit wrapped up there Friday

986
00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:11,319
Speaker 1: practice on the day getting set for the Dolphins game

987
00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:14,240
Speaker 1: on Sunday. Head coach Sean McDermott says he's in courage

988
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:16,640
Speaker 1: about the chance for wide receiver John Brown to play

989
00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:20,600
Speaker 1: in Sunday's game. He did more in practice today Danny

990
00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:24,120
Speaker 1: did yesterday. Brown kind of nursing himself through a growing injury.

991
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:28,839
Speaker 1: Limited work yesterday. Matt Malana, linebacker Tyler Croft Tine end

992
00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:31,920
Speaker 1: and Corey Thompson linebacker. They're gonna wait and see how

993
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:34,720
Speaker 1: they come through Saturday's practice before they make a final

994
00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:37,959
Speaker 1: determination on whether they can play against the Dolphins. Asked

995
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Speaker 1: for the Dolphins, they will be without Venteran safety Rashad

996
00:47:41,239 --> 00:47:44,000
Speaker 1: Jones in Sunday's game at Buffalo. They've also ruled out

997
00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:48,160
Speaker 1: center Daniel Kilgore. Dolphins head coach Brian Flores hopeful that

998
00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:51,120
Speaker 1: cornerback Xavian Howard will play. They don't want to have

999
00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:54,280
Speaker 1: a setback, though, and Howard miss last Sunday's game against Washington.

1000
00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:57,240
Speaker 1: The Bills have held opponents to seventeen points or fewer

1001
00:47:57,600 --> 00:47:59,600
Speaker 1: in every game so far this season, the first time

1002
00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:02,400
Speaker 1: in French sentory they've done that. One o'clock on Sunday,

1003
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Speaker 1: the Bills on the Dolphins here a new airfield. I've

1004
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Speaker 1: got the call of the game on the radio with

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Speaker 1: Eric Wood sal Capacho on the sidelines right here on

1006
00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:11,880
Speaker 1: our flagship radio station, w GR Sports Radio five fifty.

1007
00:48:12,160 --> 00:48:15,759
Speaker 1: NFL watching Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Of the

1008
00:48:15,840 --> 00:48:18,440
Speaker 1: report today from NFL Network is that Mahomes suffered a

1009
00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:23,200
Speaker 1: dislocated kneecap last night, but did not suffer significant additional damage.

1010
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:26,439
Speaker 1: According to an MRI conducted today, he will see seek

1011
00:48:26,520 --> 00:48:29,320
Speaker 1: additional opinions and the plan for him is to return

1012
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:32,680
Speaker 1: the season after a brief absence. Cincinnati Bengal is gonna

1013
00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:35,120
Speaker 1: play without Cordy Glenn for another week, the team announcing

1014
00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:37,680
Speaker 1: today they've suspended the former Bills tackle for one game

1015
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:40,960
Speaker 1: for internal disciplinary reasons. Cordy Glenn has been on the

1016
00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:44,160
Speaker 1: reserve suspended list and will not count against the fifty

1017
00:48:44,239 --> 00:48:47,080
Speaker 1: three player roster while serving the suspension. The Bengals say

1018
00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:49,960
Speaker 1: they have no further comment at all, and NFL players

1019
00:48:50,040 --> 00:48:52,520
Speaker 1: have signaled to owners that they would be open to

1020
00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:55,399
Speaker 1: discussing expanding the regular season to seventeen games as part

1021
00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:57,799
Speaker 1: of a new CBA, as long as the player's share

1022
00:48:57,880 --> 00:49:00,799
Speaker 1: of league revenue would be increased. Be Bulls play at

1023
00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:03,400
Speaker 1: Akron tomorrow, the Bulls are too important this season, and

1024
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Speaker 1: the Sabers California road trip moves on to play at

1025
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Speaker 1: San jose A tomorrow night. That's the update from One

1026
00:49:08,360 --> 00:49:11,279
Speaker 1: Bill's rib. John Murphy, Chris Brown is Chris Brown is

1027
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Speaker 1: with us to start our number two as Steve Tasker

1028
00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:15,800
Speaker 1: has the day off and We are joined on the

1029
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Speaker 1: line by executive producer analyst of NFL Matchup on ESPN,

1030
00:49:19,640 --> 00:49:23,080
Speaker 1: longtime senior producer for NFL Films, Greg Cozell. Hello, Greg,

1031
00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:26,879
Speaker 1: Hello to Chris Brown. It's being Chris Brown here today, Murf, Chris,

1032
00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:30,640
Speaker 1: how are you doing well? Thanks? Thanks for joining us. Hey, Um,

1033
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:34,120
Speaker 1: Chris and I were talking about this Bills Dolphins game,

1034
00:49:34,160 --> 00:49:36,120
Speaker 1: and it's Chris has said a couple of times, it's

1035
00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:38,080
Speaker 1: a tough sell. I mean, it's hard to convince people.

1036
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Speaker 1: It is. It's hard to convince people that the Dolphins

1037
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Speaker 1: should be taken seriously. I mentioned, Chris, It's been a

1038
00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:47,360
Speaker 1: long time since I've seen an NFL team so devoid

1039
00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:49,400
Speaker 1: of talent as this year's Dolphins appear to be. What

1040
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:52,680
Speaker 1: do you think I know, all honesty, I had to

1041
00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:55,239
Speaker 1: look at some of their players and see who they are,

1042
00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:57,920
Speaker 1: and that's very rare, murf with me, and I'm being

1043
00:49:57,960 --> 00:50:01,160
Speaker 1: totally honest, because I watched college players. I evaluate two

1044
00:50:01,239 --> 00:50:04,000
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty college players every year after the season.

1045
00:50:04,320 --> 00:50:08,120
Speaker 1: I'm very familiar with who plays in the NFL, and

1046
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Speaker 1: I had to truly look up a number of their

1047
00:50:10,680 --> 00:50:14,080
Speaker 1: players to see who they were playing and now we

1048
00:50:14,239 --> 00:50:16,640
Speaker 1: know that Rashad Jones is out one of the few

1049
00:50:16,719 --> 00:50:21,320
Speaker 1: recognizable players. Xavien Howard is a question mark for Sunday.

1050
00:50:21,719 --> 00:50:24,319
Speaker 1: I mean, that's a thin secondary and I'm not saying

1051
00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:26,239
Speaker 1: Josh Allen is gonna light them up and have the

1052
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Speaker 1: first three hundred yard passing game for this franchise in

1053
00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:33,239
Speaker 1: about forty games, but that certainly does not bode well

1054
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Speaker 1: for a competitive game by any stretch of the imagination,

1055
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Speaker 1: does it. No. But I will say this, and I

1056
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Speaker 1: think you guys will understand this. You know, Look, we've

1057
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Speaker 1: talked about the Bill's offense, We've talked about Josh Allen,

1058
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Speaker 1: and for the most part, I think Josh's has played well,

1059
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Speaker 1: and I think that he's improving incrementally. Obviously, the Patriot

1060
00:50:51,160 --> 00:50:52,600
Speaker 1: game was not a good game, but I think for

1061
00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:56,000
Speaker 1: the most part that there's been improvement. But I also

1062
00:50:56,120 --> 00:50:58,759
Speaker 1: think it is an offense that is not necessarily a

1063
00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:01,040
Speaker 1: lighted up offense. You know, it's not the kind of

1064
00:51:01,080 --> 00:51:03,160
Speaker 1: game where you just go into it now on a

1065
00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:05,319
Speaker 1: Friday saying, hey, they're gonna win this game thirty five ten,

1066
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:08,960
Speaker 1: no problem. And when games are close, you know, you

1067
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:11,879
Speaker 1: always have to be a little careful, so I would

1068
00:51:11,920 --> 00:51:14,440
Speaker 1: expect that their defense would have a chance to dominate

1069
00:51:14,520 --> 00:51:17,360
Speaker 1: in this game. But I still, you know, you just

1070
00:51:17,560 --> 00:51:20,040
Speaker 1: hope that you're not in the fourth quarter, Murph. And

1071
00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:21,959
Speaker 1: you know this, You've seen too many of these games

1072
00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:23,879
Speaker 1: in your years in Buffalo, or all of a sudden

1073
00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:26,160
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter, it's thirteen ten and you're in

1074
00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:29,719
Speaker 1: a nail biter where one play changes the whole game. Yeah, hey, Greg,

1075
00:51:29,960 --> 00:51:32,680
Speaker 1: and you've seen this Buffalo offense over the first five

1076
00:51:32,760 --> 00:51:34,640
Speaker 1: games this season. And I mentioned this to Chris and

1077
00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:38,040
Speaker 1: to Steve earlier this week. My senses with the players

1078
00:51:38,080 --> 00:51:39,719
Speaker 1: that they have a chance to get back in the

1079
00:51:39,800 --> 00:51:43,600
Speaker 1: lineup this week, including Devin Singletary, including Tyler Croft and

1080
00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:45,719
Speaker 1: might be his first game as a Buffalo Bill. Yeah.

1081
00:51:45,719 --> 00:51:47,080
Speaker 1: I don't know if we really have a good sense

1082
00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:49,600
Speaker 1: yet of the identity of this Buffalo offense. Things could

1083
00:51:49,680 --> 00:51:52,440
Speaker 1: change if these guys potential contributors come in and do

1084
00:51:52,520 --> 00:51:56,760
Speaker 1: their thing right. I mean, look, I always liked Tyler Croft.

1085
00:51:56,840 --> 00:51:58,520
Speaker 1: I remember when he came out of Rutgers. I thought

1086
00:51:58,560 --> 00:52:00,960
Speaker 1: he was a very athletic tight end, went to Cincinnati,

1087
00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:05,360
Speaker 1: has faced injuries throughout his career, But I think that

1088
00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:09,400
Speaker 1: ability wise, he gives you some dimensions as a receiving

1089
00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:14,239
Speaker 1: tight end. Yeah, no question, you know they'd like him

1090
00:52:14,280 --> 00:52:17,120
Speaker 1: to become a factor in what they do. I think

1091
00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:19,560
Speaker 1: the identity. I think they'd like to run the ball,

1092
00:52:21,160 --> 00:52:24,160
Speaker 1: you know. I think they'd like Josh Allen to probably

1093
00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:27,399
Speaker 1: be more settled as a pocket player and only move

1094
00:52:27,520 --> 00:52:31,360
Speaker 1: as a parachute as opposed to let's make scrambling a

1095
00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:34,560
Speaker 1: part of his game. Obviously, they will be designed runs

1096
00:52:34,640 --> 00:52:38,520
Speaker 1: depending on field position, feel, location, down in distance. But

1097
00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:40,839
Speaker 1: I think when all said and done, you know you'd

1098
00:52:40,880 --> 00:52:44,360
Speaker 1: like to keep working toward Josh being an efficient, effective

1099
00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:48,920
Speaker 1: pocket quarterback. So Greg with with Devin, Look, Devin Singletary

1100
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:50,520
Speaker 1: looking like he's going to be back in the lineup

1101
00:52:50,560 --> 00:52:52,120
Speaker 1: this week. I mean, I think we all know Frank

1102
00:52:52,200 --> 00:52:55,600
Speaker 1: Gore is a largely between the tackles type runner. How

1103
00:52:55,680 --> 00:52:59,320
Speaker 1: does Singletary getting back into the fold here kind of

1104
00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:02,400
Speaker 1: diversify their running game, if you will, based on what

1105
00:53:02,480 --> 00:53:04,319
Speaker 1: you may have seen from him the first two weeks

1106
00:53:04,360 --> 00:53:07,040
Speaker 1: of the season before he got hurt, well, Chris, I

1107
00:53:07,120 --> 00:53:09,160
Speaker 1: think what you look at is the kinds of runs

1108
00:53:09,239 --> 00:53:12,000
Speaker 1: they did with him, the runs they did with Singletary

1109
00:53:12,040 --> 00:53:13,960
Speaker 1: were outside runs which are not really going to do

1110
00:53:14,040 --> 00:53:17,959
Speaker 1: with Gore because they pulled the center and the guard

1111
00:53:18,120 --> 00:53:20,560
Speaker 1: or both guards. They got him on the perimeter on

1112
00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:22,880
Speaker 1: the edge, and I think that's what they'd ultimately like

1113
00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:25,600
Speaker 1: to do. You get what we call pin pull concepts

1114
00:53:25,640 --> 00:53:28,520
Speaker 1: where you pull lineman and then have your receivers blocked

1115
00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:32,399
Speaker 1: down inside and they pin inside. So I think those

1116
00:53:32,480 --> 00:53:34,919
Speaker 1: were the runs that were effective with Singletary. We saw

1117
00:53:34,960 --> 00:53:37,399
Speaker 1: that in the preseason. We saw that on runs before

1118
00:53:37,440 --> 00:53:40,480
Speaker 1: he got hurt. So he gives them a perimeter dimension

1119
00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:43,080
Speaker 1: and some speed on the edge, which every team wants

1120
00:53:43,120 --> 00:53:45,439
Speaker 1: to have. Greg. There was a great stat put together

1121
00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:48,320
Speaker 1: by your folks at the NFL matchup about kind of

1122
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:51,600
Speaker 1: go to receivers, and it showed that Josh cole Beasley

1123
00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:56,000
Speaker 1: as an eighteen percent reception rate and passes aimed, you

1124
00:53:56,080 --> 00:53:58,680
Speaker 1: know from Josh Allen in his direction. That tells us

1125
00:53:58,719 --> 00:54:00,920
Speaker 1: that Josh is a comfort. I'll already build up with

1126
00:54:01,040 --> 00:54:04,319
Speaker 1: the cole Beasley, doesn't it. Yeah, And I think if

1127
00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:07,120
Speaker 1: I remember correctly the last game, you know, you know,

1128
00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:09,680
Speaker 1: those kinds of throws are critical because those are the

1129
00:54:09,800 --> 00:54:12,320
Speaker 1: chain movers, Murph, you know, Obviously, Cole Beasley is not

1130
00:54:12,360 --> 00:54:15,280
Speaker 1: a vertical player. He's not going to average sixteen seventeen

1131
00:54:15,400 --> 00:54:18,080
Speaker 1: yards or reception. What you're counting on with Cole Beasley

1132
00:54:18,120 --> 00:54:19,960
Speaker 1: for the most part, if it's second and long or

1133
00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:24,160
Speaker 1: third and six, is that he works inside with pivot routes,

1134
00:54:24,200 --> 00:54:27,239
Speaker 1: with option routes, and that Josh Allen delivers the ball.

1135
00:54:27,640 --> 00:54:30,279
Speaker 1: You know, the key thing is when it's third and six,

1136
00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:33,040
Speaker 1: if Cole Beasley catches a pass and it's for eight yards,

1137
00:54:33,360 --> 00:54:35,840
Speaker 1: that's a good play. And those are the kinds of

1138
00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:38,320
Speaker 1: throws that we want to see Josh Allen make more of.

1139
00:54:38,640 --> 00:54:41,320
Speaker 1: And that's why Cole Beasley was brought in. There's no

1140
00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:44,040
Speaker 1: mystery toward Cole Beasley is that's the kind of receiver

1141
00:54:44,160 --> 00:54:46,680
Speaker 1: he is and flipping it around kind of to the

1142
00:54:46,760 --> 00:54:49,000
Speaker 1: other side of the ball for the Bills here, Greg,

1143
00:54:49,120 --> 00:54:51,440
Speaker 1: I mean another stat that you guys had brought up,

1144
00:54:51,480 --> 00:54:54,320
Speaker 1: and I think it's I think it's been documented before,

1145
00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:57,040
Speaker 1: just because they've had so much success, is the defense

1146
00:54:57,120 --> 00:55:00,160
Speaker 1: getting off the field after just three plays. I they

1147
00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:03,080
Speaker 1: have the second highest three A percentage in the league.

1148
00:55:03,800 --> 00:55:07,080
Speaker 1: Going against this offense of Miami. It figures to get

1149
00:55:07,120 --> 00:55:10,880
Speaker 1: even better at playing at home, right, You would certainly

1150
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:13,840
Speaker 1: think so, Chris. I mean, this Miami offense, the offensive

1151
00:55:13,880 --> 00:55:16,320
Speaker 1: line is kind of in a work in progress throughout

1152
00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:20,439
Speaker 1: the season, different guys playing different positions. They really haven't

1153
00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:23,759
Speaker 1: developed any kind of consistent pass game at all. So

1154
00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:26,120
Speaker 1: you would think that this Buffalo defense, which I really

1155
00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:30,319
Speaker 1: enjoy watching, they're so fundamentally sound, their execution efficient, they

1156
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:33,320
Speaker 1: don't make mistakes. You know, you would think that this

1157
00:55:33,520 --> 00:55:36,479
Speaker 1: defense would be in a good position to play well

1158
00:55:36,920 --> 00:55:40,440
Speaker 1: on Sunday and really not give Miami many chances to

1159
00:55:40,520 --> 00:55:43,640
Speaker 1: score or with great co sale Executive producer analysts of

1160
00:55:43,760 --> 00:55:47,279
Speaker 1: NFL matchup on ESPN, Senior producer NFL Films. So the

1161
00:55:47,360 --> 00:55:50,759
Speaker 1: Dolphins make them move to Ryan Fitzpatrick. Bills know him

1162
00:55:50,800 --> 00:55:53,239
Speaker 1: pretty well. Bills fans certainly do. What do you think

1163
00:55:53,320 --> 00:55:55,959
Speaker 1: Miami expects to get from Fitzpatrick that maybe they didn't

1164
00:55:55,960 --> 00:56:00,160
Speaker 1: get in the first two games this year? You know

1165
00:56:00,239 --> 00:56:04,160
Speaker 1: what your guests would be A yeah, yeah, I mean

1166
00:56:04,239 --> 00:56:07,680
Speaker 1: I think, look, you know, you know me well enough

1167
00:56:07,680 --> 00:56:10,000
Speaker 1: to know that I don't riff coaches. I never do

1168
00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:11,879
Speaker 1: that because I know how hard they work and they're

1169
00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:13,920
Speaker 1: oh and they're watching tape and they're doing what's best

1170
00:56:13,960 --> 00:56:16,160
Speaker 1: for their team. But it was a week ago that

1171
00:56:16,239 --> 00:56:18,320
Speaker 1: they announced that Josh Rosen would be the starter for

1172
00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:20,560
Speaker 1: the rest of the season, and then this week they

1173
00:56:20,600 --> 00:56:23,160
Speaker 1: obviously took Rosen out and put Fitzpatrick in and now

1174
00:56:23,280 --> 00:56:25,879
Speaker 1: named him the starter for Sunday. So I'm not sure

1175
00:56:26,080 --> 00:56:30,160
Speaker 1: what they're thinking, and I'm just being totally honest, you know. So, look,

1176
00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:33,840
Speaker 1: they're probably looking at him as a veteran quarterback playing

1177
00:56:33,920 --> 00:56:36,920
Speaker 1: against a defense that is really difficult to play against,

1178
00:56:37,239 --> 00:56:39,719
Speaker 1: and that a veteran would have a better chance to

1179
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:43,960
Speaker 1: execute their game planner against this style of defense than

1180
00:56:44,040 --> 00:56:47,440
Speaker 1: Josh Roseen. That would be my guests. And then I mean,

1181
00:56:47,800 --> 00:56:50,080
Speaker 1: as if they didn't have enough to deal with. You know,

1182
00:56:50,160 --> 00:56:52,879
Speaker 1: we see the news about Kenyan Drake and how he's

1183
00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:54,880
Speaker 1: on the trade block and how he wouldn't mind a

1184
00:56:55,000 --> 00:56:57,839
Speaker 1: change of scenery. He's probably not alone in that locker

1185
00:56:57,920 --> 00:57:01,000
Speaker 1: room and thinking that way. So how do you, as

1186
00:57:01,040 --> 00:57:03,160
Speaker 1: Brian Flores as a head coach, how do you kind

1187
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:05,640
Speaker 1: of keep this train on the track with all of

1188
00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:10,640
Speaker 1: his ancillary stuff going on? Oh that, you know what,

1189
00:57:10,880 --> 00:57:14,759
Speaker 1: that's way beyond my simple mind, Chris. My investment portfolio

1190
00:57:14,920 --> 00:57:16,760
Speaker 1: is not big enough to have to answer that question.

1191
00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:19,480
Speaker 1: I don't know the answer to that. I mean, you know,

1192
00:57:19,560 --> 00:57:21,760
Speaker 1: it's a tough deal. They're not a very talented team.

1193
00:57:22,600 --> 00:57:25,520
Speaker 1: They have a lot of injuries. Obviously, they did play

1194
00:57:25,560 --> 00:57:31,080
Speaker 1: a competitive game against Washington and lost. But I don't know.

1195
00:57:31,240 --> 00:57:32,840
Speaker 1: I don't know how you do that. You just look.

1196
00:57:33,040 --> 00:57:35,960
Speaker 1: We know coaches, You guys know coaches. Coaches don't think

1197
00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:37,720
Speaker 1: like that. They just come in and they grind and

1198
00:57:37,760 --> 00:57:40,360
Speaker 1: they work, and they put together a plan and they

1199
00:57:40,480 --> 00:57:43,080
Speaker 1: believe that plan will be effective against the given opponent.

1200
00:57:43,400 --> 00:57:45,680
Speaker 1: That's all you can do. Hey, Greg, let's get you

1201
00:57:45,680 --> 00:57:47,600
Speaker 1: into some of the other issues, some of the games

1202
00:57:47,640 --> 00:57:50,360
Speaker 1: going on in the NFL. And Pat Mahomes. We found

1203
00:57:50,400 --> 00:57:53,240
Speaker 1: out just moments ago, Mike, he's gonna miss some time.

1204
00:57:53,680 --> 00:57:56,520
Speaker 1: The MRI showed no real significant damage to his knee cap.

1205
00:57:56,680 --> 00:57:59,440
Speaker 1: But I heard it that you were indicating. I think

1206
00:57:59,520 --> 00:58:02,720
Speaker 1: on Ross Tucker's podcast, perhaps that with his earlier in

1207
00:58:02,840 --> 00:58:05,280
Speaker 1: dream Mahomes had not really been himself even before he

1208
00:58:05,320 --> 00:58:08,040
Speaker 1: got hurt last night. What did you see, Well, I

1209
00:58:08,120 --> 00:58:11,080
Speaker 1: can't speak to how his previous injury affected his play.

1210
00:58:11,120 --> 00:58:13,080
Speaker 1: I can only tell you what the tape showed and

1211
00:58:13,600 --> 00:58:16,760
Speaker 1: the last three games, teams had played high percentage man

1212
00:58:16,840 --> 00:58:20,240
Speaker 1: to man against the Chiefs, and the Chiefs had struggled

1213
00:58:20,240 --> 00:58:23,000
Speaker 1: a bit because when you play man, you're challenging an offense.

1214
00:58:23,040 --> 00:58:27,160
Speaker 1: You're challenging receivers to win and to run precise routes

1215
00:58:27,200 --> 00:58:30,480
Speaker 1: to create separation. You're challenging the quarterback to throw on

1216
00:58:30,760 --> 00:58:34,560
Speaker 1: time into tight windows with precise ball placement. Over the

1217
00:58:34,680 --> 00:58:37,560
Speaker 1: last three games, Mahomes had not done that. Mahomes had

1218
00:58:37,560 --> 00:58:40,720
Speaker 1: been very loose and a bit undisciplined with his mechanics,

1219
00:58:41,080 --> 00:58:42,560
Speaker 1: and I know there are a lot of people when

1220
00:58:42,560 --> 00:58:44,920
Speaker 1: he came out of Texas Tech that were concerned a

1221
00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:48,160
Speaker 1: bit about that that he was that style player. He

1222
00:58:48,280 --> 00:58:51,240
Speaker 1: also missed some wide open receivers. There were other times

1223
00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:55,200
Speaker 1: he didn't turn a loose two open receivers. So Mahomes

1224
00:58:55,280 --> 00:58:57,880
Speaker 1: had not played particularly well. You know, we don't know

1225
00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:00,400
Speaker 1: how it would have played out. Look, he's a very,

1226
00:59:00,560 --> 00:59:03,800
Speaker 1: very talented thrower, that is inarguable, but he had not

1227
00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:09,720
Speaker 1: played particularly well for the reasons I just suggested. He's human. Yeah,

1228
00:59:09,880 --> 00:59:14,760
Speaker 1: I mean, look, you know it's the one thing that

1229
00:59:15,080 --> 00:59:18,080
Speaker 1: has now become such a big issue when you evaluate

1230
00:59:18,160 --> 00:59:20,280
Speaker 1: quarterbacks when we see it with Josh Allen as well.

1231
00:59:20,840 --> 00:59:25,040
Speaker 1: Is the balance between playing with precision from the pocket

1232
00:59:25,120 --> 00:59:29,120
Speaker 1: within structure versus the ability to be a little looser

1233
00:59:29,560 --> 00:59:33,160
Speaker 1: and play outside of the structure. And there's a balance there,

1234
00:59:33,440 --> 00:59:36,160
Speaker 1: and the quarterbacks that can do it, my guess is

1235
00:59:36,240 --> 00:59:38,320
Speaker 1: you don't want to take that away from them, but

1236
00:59:38,480 --> 00:59:41,320
Speaker 1: you don't want that to be the foundation of their game.

1237
00:59:41,720 --> 00:59:44,840
Speaker 1: So there's a strong balance there. You know, when Pat

1238
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:48,600
Speaker 1: Mahomes makes great throws falling away or stepping into the

1239
00:59:48,640 --> 00:59:51,200
Speaker 1: bucket when he doesn't need to do you say to

1240
00:59:51,560 --> 00:59:54,520
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, hey, that's not good. We have to be better,

1241
00:59:54,800 --> 00:59:57,240
Speaker 1: or do you say great throw? I'm not a coach.

1242
00:59:57,320 --> 01:00:00,560
Speaker 1: I don't know the answer to that. And while mahomes

1243
01:00:00,600 --> 01:00:02,360
Speaker 1: goes out of the lineup for the Chiefs, it looks

1244
01:00:02,360 --> 01:00:04,840
Speaker 1: like Saquon Barkley's moving into the lineup for the Giants

1245
01:00:04,920 --> 01:00:07,439
Speaker 1: this week has the green light, and we haven't seen

1246
01:00:07,560 --> 01:00:11,040
Speaker 1: much of him with Daniel Jones together in the lineup.

1247
01:00:11,120 --> 01:00:13,880
Speaker 1: So how does that? I mean, obviously it's going to

1248
01:00:13,960 --> 01:00:16,200
Speaker 1: make life easier for Daniel Jones, I would think, because

1249
01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:21,200
Speaker 1: that we would expect, what more eight in the box, right, Greg, Well,

1250
01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:23,120
Speaker 1: I think you get that anyway. And you know again,

1251
01:00:23,480 --> 01:00:24,960
Speaker 1: you know the big myth is that you can't run

1252
01:00:25,000 --> 01:00:27,360
Speaker 1: against dat in the box. Obviously, good running teams always

1253
01:00:27,440 --> 01:00:29,760
Speaker 1: run against Day in the box because that's what teams play.

1254
01:00:30,160 --> 01:00:33,160
Speaker 1: And teams by formation know they're going to get eight

1255
01:00:33,200 --> 01:00:36,600
Speaker 1: in the box by personnel and formation. So that's one

1256
01:00:36,640 --> 01:00:40,160
Speaker 1: of those sort of gospel myths about the NFL that

1257
01:00:40,320 --> 01:00:44,840
Speaker 1: holds no truth whatsoever. But the Giants are going to

1258
01:00:44,920 --> 01:00:47,520
Speaker 1: try to run the ball and they'll use Barkley I

1259
01:00:47,600 --> 01:00:50,120
Speaker 1: believe in in the past game as well, both offset

1260
01:00:50,200 --> 01:00:52,720
Speaker 1: in the backfield and detach from the formation. He's an

1261
01:00:52,720 --> 01:00:56,240
Speaker 1: outstanding receiver and they'll make him a focus of what

1262
01:00:56,360 --> 01:00:59,120
Speaker 1: they do. Now Ingram is back as well, and Ingram

1263
01:00:59,240 --> 01:01:01,560
Speaker 1: is a very intrigue player because of how he can

1264
01:01:01,640 --> 01:01:04,120
Speaker 1: be used. Greg Coach settles on the line with us

1265
01:01:04,160 --> 01:01:07,520
Speaker 1: from ESPN's NFL matchup. Greg, another game that is interesting.

1266
01:01:07,600 --> 01:01:09,760
Speaker 1: I think it's the Colts who would like to make

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Speaker 1: a run at the Houston Texans in that division. But

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson's playing at virtually an MVP level right now,

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Speaker 1: isn't he. Yeah, And I like Deshaun Watson. But I

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Speaker 1: think one thing that's been overlooked Murph, because you know

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Speaker 1: Deshaun from the time he came in the league, he

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Speaker 1: was a big name. Deservedly so is this team's running

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Speaker 1: the ball very well. And first of all, they run

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Speaker 1: the ball and first down at a high percentage. People

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Speaker 1: might not be aware of that. Carlos Hide, because he's

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Speaker 1: been discarded from a number of teams and no one

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Speaker 1: thinks about him, has actually been a really important part

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Speaker 1: of what they do now. Watson certainly is a very

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Speaker 1: good player. He's only going to get better, obviously as

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Speaker 1: he gains more experience as well, and you know, he's

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Speaker 1: a good thrower. He can move. Their old line has

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Speaker 1: gotten significantly better, which I knew it would. They're playing

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Speaker 1: with three first round picks. One of them got hurt,

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Speaker 1: but he'll be back. And I have to tell watching

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Speaker 1: them last week against the Chiefs, Laramy Tunsel, he was dominant.

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Speaker 1: He looked like the absolute prototypical left tackle. And then

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Speaker 1: you know, going from a quarterback that's you know, taking off,

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Speaker 1: let's go to two that might be done. The top

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Speaker 1: two picks in the twenty fifteen draft, I mean Mariota

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Speaker 1: and Winston and the ironing of this for me, Greg

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Speaker 1: and I don't know how you feel about this, but

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Speaker 1: you have one guy, and Jamis Winston, who cannot avoid

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Speaker 1: mistakes and hasn't been able to his entire career, and

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Speaker 1: in my opinion, you got a guy like Mariota who,

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Speaker 1: if anything, has been too conservative through the course of

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Speaker 1: his career. I don't know how you feel, but these

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Speaker 1: guys might be at the end of their role here

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Speaker 1: as far as their NFL starting careers go. Maybe not

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Speaker 1: Winston as much as Mariota, because I think arians will

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Speaker 1: still look at Winston as a talented player who he

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Speaker 1: can fix. Mariota has had a number of issues throughout

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Speaker 1: his career, and he's had moments. Of course, he wasn't

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Speaker 1: number two pick in a draft, but he's a little

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Speaker 1: difficult to watch at times. His mechanics have been poor.

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Speaker 1: Lower body mechanics. I've always been a little poor. I

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Speaker 1: always sense watching him, Chris, that he doesn't have an

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Speaker 1: innate understanding of what would be viewed as open in

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Speaker 1: the NFL, and therefore he leaves a lot of throws

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Speaker 1: on the field by not turning it loose, which leads

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Speaker 1: to sacks, which automatically gets assigned to the offensive line

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Speaker 1: when they're not all the offensive line's fault. He's certainly

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Speaker 1: not a turn at loose thrower, and his accuracy and

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Speaker 1: ball placement has been very erratic and and consistent. Greg,

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Speaker 1: here's an interesting game late Sunday, the Ravens at Seattle.

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Speaker 1: You guys probably deal with that in the NFL matchup show,

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Speaker 1: and I, in fact I deal with it. Murph, you're

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Speaker 1: one hundred percent right. Good guess by me. Tell me

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Speaker 1: what you said in your analysis of the course of

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Speaker 1: action for the Ravens with the quarterback it Should they

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Speaker 1: let him run that much? Do you think? And should

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Speaker 1: they do it this week against Seattle? Well? I think

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Speaker 1: their offense, the foundation of it is the run game,

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Speaker 1: with Lamar Jackson being a significant part of that. They're

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Speaker 1: a pistol formation based offense. They like to run a

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Speaker 1: lot of bass plays from different formations in different looks.

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Speaker 1: They just get to base plays differently. Jackson's a meaningful

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Speaker 1: part of that. At this point his career, he's a

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Speaker 1: better runner than he is a thrower. And the Seahawks

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Speaker 1: will do what they've been doing all year. They're line

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Speaker 1: up in their base defense they're anathema to the rest

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Speaker 1: of the league. The Seahawks play in their base defense

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Speaker 1: about seventy percent of the snaps. No one does that.

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Speaker 1: It's more than twice any other team in the league.

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Speaker 1: And they're line up with a six one front, six

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Speaker 1: across and the one stacked linebacker Bobby Wagner, and they'll

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Speaker 1: try to keep Jackson from getting outside and outflank their defense. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: tell me your thoughts on the job that Greg Roman

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Speaker 1: has done with Lamar Jackson and that Ravens offense. I

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01:04:47,160 --> 01:04:48,720
Speaker 1: think he did a good job here in Buffalo with

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Speaker 1: less than optimal conditions, and it seems like he's kind

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Speaker 1: of hit a stride now with that team in Baltimore. Well,

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Speaker 1: I think he's playing to what his quarterback is. Don't

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Speaker 1: forget he was the OC in San Francisco with Colin

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Speaker 1: kap Bernick. So you understand the strengths of your quarterback

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01:05:02,560 --> 01:05:04,960
Speaker 1: and the limitations of your quarterback. So you play to

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01:05:05,040 --> 01:05:07,920
Speaker 1: the strengths, which involves them in the run game. And ideally,

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01:05:08,080 --> 01:05:11,040
Speaker 1: what that does is it creates some hesitation and decision

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Speaker 1: and confusion for certain defenders who are in conflict, and

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Speaker 1: it creates and defines easier throws by NFL standards. That's

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Speaker 1: what you're trying to do with quarterbacks who are not

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Speaker 1: great throwers like Colin Kaepernick and Lamar Jackson. And another

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Speaker 1: matchup that I know Bill's fans will have a secondary

1353
01:05:28,240 --> 01:05:30,919
Speaker 1: eye on is the Monday night game between their two

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Speaker 1: division rivals, the Jets and the Patriots. Everybody's gaga after

1355
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Speaker 1: Darnold's big game against Dallas in his return from mono,

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Speaker 1: but he's going against the number one defense in football

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Speaker 1: that has put a strangle hold on just about every

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Speaker 1: quarterback they faced this year. Should we expect Darnald to

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Speaker 1: maybe take a step back from what we saw him

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Speaker 1: do against Dallas last week? You know, Chris, you know

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Speaker 1: what's amazing to me. You know, I don't spend a

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Speaker 1: lot of time looking at stats because I try to

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Speaker 1: watch film and make my observations based on film. But

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Speaker 1: the Patriots have played six games. You know how many

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01:06:05,200 --> 01:06:10,040
Speaker 1: third down conversions they've given up in six games? That's ridiculous.

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Speaker 1: Ten And they line up. There's no mystery to what

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Speaker 1: they do from a coverage standpoint. They line up, they

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Speaker 1: play man to man. This will be a tough go

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Speaker 1: for the Jets because their receivers are going to have

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Speaker 1: to win and separate versus man. Maybe Darnold's going to

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Speaker 1: have to move around to try to create more time,

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Speaker 1: but it's going to be very difficult to execute against

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Speaker 1: this man to man coverage and they play man to

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Speaker 1: man a high high percentage of the time. Greg, one

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Speaker 1: more game to ask you about, team to ask you about.

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Speaker 1: At least the Rams said, how does Jalen Ramsey help

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Speaker 1: solve their issues? After you know their recent struggles? They

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Speaker 1: come he used to play the Falcons on Sundays. Jalen

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Speaker 1: Ramsey The answer for them, Well, I think if he

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Speaker 1: plays offensive guard or center, he would be right. Their

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Speaker 1: problems are on offense, aren't they. Yeah, I think they're

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01:06:58,160 --> 01:07:02,000
Speaker 1: having some offensive issues. I think defense they've been up

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Speaker 1: and down. I'm going to be very interested to see

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Speaker 1: what Wade Phillips does because he's been a predominant zone

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Speaker 1: coach this year. They play a lot of his own coverage.

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Speaker 1: Of course, the Jaguars did too. I think Ramsey has

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Speaker 1: ideal traits to play man to man, but the Jaguars

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01:07:16,600 --> 01:07:18,160
Speaker 1: didn't ask him to play a ton of man to

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Speaker 1: man either, So we'll see it. Because don't forget when

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Speaker 1: you play man, it's not just Jalen Ramsey. There's other

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Speaker 1: players that have to play man to man as well.

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Speaker 1: And now their corner opposite Ramsey is Troy Hill and

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Speaker 1: their slot is Nicole Robie Coleman, and they have to

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Speaker 1: line up and play man as well. So Wade Phillips

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01:07:35,560 --> 01:07:38,840
Speaker 1: and the defensive staff have to decide if hey man

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Speaker 1: is our best approach for everyone in the secondary or

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Speaker 1: if it's not, then we're still probably going to play

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Speaker 1: him own. Gonna be interesting. Hey, Greg, thanks for this.

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Speaker 1: We'll look for you this weekend and talk to you

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Speaker 1: again next Friday. Thank you very much. Thanks MURVH. Thanks Chris,

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Speaker 1: appreciate it. Thanks. Greg Cosell is executive producer analyst of

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Speaker 1: NFL Matchup on ESPN, longtime senior producer in NFL films.

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Speaker 1: Some interesting things to say about the NFL, and I think,

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01:08:02,920 --> 01:08:05,600
Speaker 1: like many of us, it's hard to find interesting things

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01:08:05,640 --> 01:08:07,560
Speaker 1: to say about the Bills Dolphins matchup, isn't it. And

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01:08:07,640 --> 01:08:09,480
Speaker 1: you could sense that talking to Greg a little bit

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01:08:09,600 --> 01:08:12,080
Speaker 1: with some of his answers. Yes, So that's why we

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01:08:12,120 --> 01:08:13,400
Speaker 1: went to some of the other games that are a

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01:08:13,400 --> 01:08:15,760
Speaker 1: little because there are some really attractive games on the

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Speaker 1: schedule this weekend, like some real entertaining potential there with

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Speaker 1: some of the matchups and even the Monday night game,

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Speaker 1: which everybody won't get a chance to watch. You know,

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Speaker 1: they won't be glued to their own team, including the

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Speaker 1: Bills fans here, and that'll be a game that Bills

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Speaker 1: fans will be interested in, you know, Ken Darnell do

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Speaker 1: something to at least make the Patriots defense look human,

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01:08:37,439 --> 01:08:40,160
Speaker 1: because they have just had it on full blown lockdown

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Speaker 1: since the start of the season. And really it's what's

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01:08:44,120 --> 01:08:47,360
Speaker 1: it's kind of buried the lead, which is Tom Brady

1420
01:08:47,439 --> 01:08:50,599
Speaker 1: doesn't look the same right, and that's been completely forgotten

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Speaker 1: because they're still undefeated, and it's all because of how

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Speaker 1: effective their defense has been. Their defense has been great.

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Speaker 1: Did you see this? Stant I wrote about it today

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01:08:57,920 --> 01:08:59,640
Speaker 1: in a piece it's up at Buffalo Bills dot com.

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Speaker 1: Patriots historically great start to the season defensively, allowing just

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Speaker 1: eight points per game through their first sixth game. That's

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Speaker 1: a record setting pace in the Super Bowl era. But

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Speaker 1: I found this interesting. Over the course of NFL history

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Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl era, anyway, five teams over those

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01:09:14,560 --> 01:09:17,240
Speaker 1: years have finished the season allowing less than ten points

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Speaker 1: per game. None of them have won a Super Bowl,

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Speaker 1: have gone on to win the Super Bowl. I think

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Speaker 1: a couple though, may have gotten there, right, got there? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: not win it? Right? Does defense win championships? That would

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Speaker 1: indicate no. Well, And it's interesting because we've had that

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Speaker 1: conversation with coach McDermott too, and his take on it

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Speaker 1: is you gotta be good at everything. Yeah, you gotta

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Speaker 1: be good at everything. You can't just yeah, you can't

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Speaker 1: just be some dominant defense and think you're gonna win.

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Speaker 1: And the reason why is when you get to the playoffs,

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01:09:46,240 --> 01:09:48,960
Speaker 1: everybody's good, like really good. I mean, you're talking about

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01:09:49,000 --> 01:09:50,960
Speaker 1: the top twelve teams in the league. In most cases,

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01:09:51,600 --> 01:09:54,200
Speaker 1: you know, maybe some team lucks their way in or

1444
01:09:54,280 --> 01:09:57,120
Speaker 1: backs their way into the postseason, but on the whole,

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01:09:58,080 --> 01:10:01,960
Speaker 1: those teams are usually lead at something but in most

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01:10:02,000 --> 01:10:04,680
Speaker 1: cases are pretty darn good at something else too. And

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01:10:05,320 --> 01:10:07,760
Speaker 1: you know, it all travels back to the mean when

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01:10:07,800 --> 01:10:09,639
Speaker 1: you get to the postseason. So you better be good

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01:10:09,640 --> 01:10:13,400
Speaker 1: at everything, or at least decent at in one of

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01:10:13,439 --> 01:10:15,400
Speaker 1: the three phases of the game and really good in

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Speaker 1: the other two. If you're going to advance in the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna talking more about this game as the show

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Speaker 1: moves along. We've got Lorenzo Alexander coming by a two.

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Speaker 1: Maddie Glamsanding Boy to join us when we return Bill's Dolphins.

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Speaker 1: We're bigger than cancer. We've got more coming up. Come

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Speaker 1: on back with us. One Bill's Live, presented by Klata

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Speaker 1: Health from the Seneca Studio in Orchard Park. This is

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio. We're going back to One Goes Live.

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Speaker 1: John Murphy, Chris Brown is in for the vacation in

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker so one day vacation and joining us in

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Speaker 1: studio right now is the Bills Reporter covers the Bills

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Speaker 1: and the Sabers for God to Sports and Entertainment. Maddie

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Speaker 1: Glab Hello, Maddie, how you been Hello, I've been good

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Speaker 1: most of Bills Tonight. Yes, and you got a show

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Speaker 1: coming up this Sunday night leaves Fred Jackson that airs

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Speaker 1: at eleven thirty on MSG. We also do a live

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Speaker 1: version and builds Tonight Digital that's right after the game.

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Speaker 1: That's where you can catch the press conference for head coach,

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Speaker 1: Sean McDermott and Josh Allen so shows up by Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: Bill's yeah. On social media so Twitter, Facebook, the app

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Speaker 1: so great. Back to work. What did you do on

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Speaker 1: the bye weekend? Bye week? I spent the bye week

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Speaker 1: in Buffalo, so I relaxed. I went to Toronto on Saturday.

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Speaker 1: I've never been in Toronto. The bye weekend in Buffalo

1476
01:11:39,479 --> 01:11:42,760
Speaker 1: well just one day. It was a day trip. So yeah,

1477
01:11:42,880 --> 01:11:45,360
Speaker 1: it was good to be around which is in Toronto.

1478
01:11:45,640 --> 01:11:49,479
Speaker 1: I loved it. It was very huge. It's so clean too.

1479
01:11:49,600 --> 01:11:52,040
Speaker 1: A lot of Bill's major metropolitan city, yes, yeah, a

1480
01:11:52,080 --> 01:11:54,719
Speaker 1: lot of Bills fans. Yeah. Yeah, Well, welcome to the show, Maddie.

1481
01:11:54,720 --> 01:11:56,840
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us. We'll see No, Maddie's here talking

1482
01:11:56,840 --> 01:12:00,280
Speaker 1: about a couple of things post bye week. It's right,

1483
01:12:00,439 --> 01:12:02,040
Speaker 1: what you're looking at? Tell me your approach to this.

1484
01:12:02,120 --> 01:12:04,439
Speaker 1: What have you been thinking about? So? I was thinking, okay,

1485
01:12:04,640 --> 01:12:07,439
Speaker 1: this this is a good team, this is a great defense. Obviously,

1486
01:12:07,600 --> 01:12:09,360
Speaker 1: we want to see the offense progress in a lot

1487
01:12:09,439 --> 01:12:12,160
Speaker 1: of ways. But if I was going to be nitpicky,

1488
01:12:12,439 --> 01:12:14,839
Speaker 1: and if we want the Bills to be a playoff

1489
01:12:14,880 --> 01:12:18,320
Speaker 1: contender that gets through the first round, we need to

1490
01:12:18,439 --> 01:12:21,080
Speaker 1: see a few things out of this team. Okay, I

1491
01:12:21,240 --> 01:12:23,040
Speaker 1: want to see hopefully they can do it. And this

1492
01:12:23,200 --> 01:12:26,880
Speaker 1: is me being very nitpicky and in things, so it's

1493
01:12:26,880 --> 01:12:31,080
Speaker 1: all the time around you. Yeah, but what do you

1494
01:12:31,120 --> 01:12:33,519
Speaker 1: want to see? Give us some of the So Number one,

1495
01:12:33,760 --> 01:12:36,200
Speaker 1: I think Josh Allen needs to build off his performance

1496
01:12:36,240 --> 01:12:39,840
Speaker 1: with the Titans. So we saw him have a better

1497
01:12:39,920 --> 01:12:45,599
Speaker 1: performance statistically UM ninety eight point three rating. He had

1498
01:12:45,880 --> 01:12:48,439
Speaker 1: confidence right out of the get go with those passing plays,

1499
01:12:48,479 --> 01:12:50,680
Speaker 1: some of those probably being scripted right off the bat

1500
01:12:50,760 --> 01:12:54,120
Speaker 1: to get his confidence going. He had that one interception

1501
01:12:54,280 --> 01:12:57,920
Speaker 1: that of course you can do without, but let's build

1502
01:12:57,960 --> 01:13:01,160
Speaker 1: off of that. Let's build off of completing those past

1503
01:13:01,240 --> 01:13:03,920
Speaker 1: plays that drive that first touchdown drive. I think he

1504
01:13:04,120 --> 01:13:08,000
Speaker 1: was six for six or something like that. So let's

1505
01:13:08,000 --> 01:13:11,880
Speaker 1: see him grow off of that run like he did

1506
01:13:11,920 --> 01:13:16,160
Speaker 1: in that game. He slid, he didn't push himself in

1507
01:13:16,240 --> 01:13:20,880
Speaker 1: that way, there was no concussions and you know, we

1508
01:13:20,920 --> 01:13:23,120
Speaker 1: could do without the interception. But I think that was

1509
01:13:23,320 --> 01:13:26,280
Speaker 1: a good a good performance for him, and I think

1510
01:13:26,320 --> 01:13:28,560
Speaker 1: we can see him grow from that. Let me just

1511
01:13:28,640 --> 01:13:30,240
Speaker 1: I'd say this, and Chris, you gotta get in on

1512
01:13:30,320 --> 01:13:33,000
Speaker 1: this too. I've said this to my partner Steve Tasker

1513
01:13:33,080 --> 01:13:35,519
Speaker 1: since the Titans game. And I love what Josh did

1514
01:13:35,560 --> 01:13:37,599
Speaker 1: against the Titans. I don't want to see him rein

1515
01:13:37,640 --> 01:13:39,200
Speaker 1: it in too much, though, you know, I want him

1516
01:13:39,240 --> 01:13:41,320
Speaker 1: taking chances with the ball once in a while. And

1517
01:13:41,479 --> 01:13:45,360
Speaker 1: I thought he was just slightly overly cautious against the Titans,

1518
01:13:45,760 --> 01:13:47,840
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, I just slightly right. But

1519
01:13:48,000 --> 01:13:49,960
Speaker 1: I think what you have to remember is who they're playing,

1520
01:13:50,000 --> 01:13:53,040
Speaker 1: and they're playing a team that was that is conservative

1521
01:13:53,080 --> 01:13:56,880
Speaker 1: by nature, especially on offense, and so you want to

1522
01:13:56,960 --> 01:14:00,120
Speaker 1: minimize your own errors so you don't beat yourself. I

1523
01:14:00,200 --> 01:14:03,719
Speaker 1: think we've had this discussion before. Through the first five games,

1524
01:14:04,360 --> 01:14:07,120
Speaker 1: the times when the Bills have had problems is when

1525
01:14:07,160 --> 01:14:09,679
Speaker 1: they've kind of stubbed their own toe or shot themselves

1526
01:14:09,720 --> 01:14:11,599
Speaker 1: in the foot, use whatever cliche you want to use.

1527
01:14:12,120 --> 01:14:14,479
Speaker 1: And so I think there was a concerted effort to

1528
01:14:14,600 --> 01:14:17,280
Speaker 1: try to minimize that against the team that doesn't make

1529
01:14:17,280 --> 01:14:20,640
Speaker 1: a lot of mistakes themselves, and so it became who

1530
01:14:20,720 --> 01:14:23,639
Speaker 1: can be more error free? And all that being said,

1531
01:14:23,760 --> 01:14:25,439
Speaker 1: the Bills were still the only team that had a

1532
01:14:25,479 --> 01:14:28,320
Speaker 1: turnover in the game. You know, with the play that

1533
01:14:28,720 --> 01:14:31,960
Speaker 1: Mattiority referenced. So I think they felt if we can

1534
01:14:32,080 --> 01:14:35,960
Speaker 1: reduce our our errors, we should be able to out

1535
01:14:36,080 --> 01:14:39,280
Speaker 1: execute this Titans team because I think they feel they

1536
01:14:39,320 --> 01:14:42,280
Speaker 1: have the better quarterback and it seems like the truth

1537
01:14:42,320 --> 01:14:45,320
Speaker 1: has bared that out because Marcus Mariotte is in starting

1538
01:14:45,400 --> 01:14:48,640
Speaker 1: this week and Ryan Tannehill is for the Titans. So

1539
01:14:49,080 --> 01:14:51,000
Speaker 1: I think that's why they took the approach they did.

1540
01:14:51,080 --> 01:14:54,439
Speaker 1: I'm hoping they kind of get back to you, giving

1541
01:14:54,560 --> 01:14:56,560
Speaker 1: Josh a little bit more of the free reign, so

1542
01:14:56,720 --> 01:14:58,639
Speaker 1: to speak. But I think they're also trying to recognize

1543
01:14:58,640 --> 01:15:00,000
Speaker 1: the fact this is a guy that's kind of learned

1544
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:02,240
Speaker 1: and as he goes, he doesn't have it all mastered.

1545
01:15:02,280 --> 01:15:04,320
Speaker 1: You sixteen NFL starts, and let me say, man, I

1546
01:15:04,360 --> 01:15:05,680
Speaker 1: want to get you in on this as well. This

1547
01:15:05,920 --> 01:15:10,240
Speaker 1: point you to me. And I've thought a lot about

1548
01:15:10,240 --> 01:15:12,000
Speaker 1: the Titans game because that's the only game we've had

1549
01:15:12,000 --> 01:15:13,679
Speaker 1: to think about for a couple of weeks. The most

1550
01:15:13,720 --> 01:15:15,960
Speaker 1: important part of the Buffalo Josh and the Buffalo offense

1551
01:15:16,000 --> 01:15:18,519
Speaker 1: in the Titans game was the formatted offensive the fourth

1552
01:15:18,600 --> 01:15:22,200
Speaker 1: quarter with not your starting offensive lineman. That was great,

1553
01:15:22,479 --> 01:15:26,679
Speaker 1: cranking out first downs, spending the clock, making smart decisions

1554
01:15:26,680 --> 01:15:28,120
Speaker 1: with the ball that was the best thing to get

1555
01:15:28,200 --> 01:15:30,599
Speaker 1: offensively against. And he's been great in the fourth quarter.

1556
01:15:30,640 --> 01:15:32,280
Speaker 1: If you look at a quarter he needs to do better,

1557
01:15:32,320 --> 01:15:34,920
Speaker 1: and it's the third quarter. He's sixteen thirty in the

1558
01:15:35,040 --> 01:15:39,480
Speaker 1: third quarter, one forty yards, fifty three point three completion percentage,

1559
01:15:39,520 --> 01:15:42,200
Speaker 1: and three interceptions. So if you're going to look at

1560
01:15:42,240 --> 01:15:44,280
Speaker 1: a quarter that hey, we need to get better at,

1561
01:15:44,280 --> 01:15:47,600
Speaker 1: it's the third quarter. And that's translated to their point differential,

1562
01:15:47,640 --> 01:15:50,879
Speaker 1: because that is their worst quarter in terms of point differential.

1563
01:15:50,920 --> 01:15:53,240
Speaker 1: They're a minus seventeen this year. In the third quarter

1564
01:15:53,560 --> 01:15:56,320
Speaker 1: coming out of a locker room after halftime, they've given

1565
01:15:56,400 --> 01:15:58,600
Speaker 1: up twenty seven and I've only scored ten points in

1566
01:15:58,680 --> 01:16:01,040
Speaker 1: the third quarter. And I think she's numbers aren't kind

1567
01:16:01,040 --> 01:16:02,880
Speaker 1: of a reflection of that. All right, what else? You got?

1568
01:16:02,960 --> 01:16:05,080
Speaker 1: Many third downs? You see is an issue? Right? Yes,

1569
01:16:05,560 --> 01:16:08,080
Speaker 1: we are twenty fourth in the league and converting third

1570
01:16:08,120 --> 01:16:11,000
Speaker 1: downs thirty three point nine percent. At the time we

1571
01:16:11,200 --> 01:16:14,760
Speaker 1: convert third downs, we do have the lowest attempts of

1572
01:16:14,960 --> 01:16:18,080
Speaker 1: third downs in the league with sixty two. I also

1573
01:16:18,160 --> 01:16:22,000
Speaker 1: looked at third and long situations. We've been in third

1574
01:16:22,040 --> 01:16:26,639
Speaker 1: and ten or more eighteen times, which is fifth least

1575
01:16:26,720 --> 01:16:28,680
Speaker 1: in the league. So it's a good thing that we're

1576
01:16:28,680 --> 01:16:31,400
Speaker 1: not getting into third and long situations, but that means

1577
01:16:31,439 --> 01:16:33,519
Speaker 1: you should probably be converting more than you are. If

1578
01:16:33,560 --> 01:16:35,760
Speaker 1: you're not in third and long situations like that, you

1579
01:16:35,840 --> 01:16:39,640
Speaker 1: want to be up around forty percent to be consistent.

1580
01:16:39,800 --> 01:16:41,800
Speaker 1: I mean, if you're at least at the forty percent mark,

1581
01:16:41,840 --> 01:16:44,560
Speaker 1: you're somewhat consistent on third down in this league. And

1582
01:16:44,680 --> 01:16:47,679
Speaker 1: they're they're tracking behind that right now by a good

1583
01:16:48,040 --> 01:16:50,800
Speaker 1: six seven percent, So that's got to be better. Part

1584
01:16:50,840 --> 01:16:53,639
Speaker 1: of that. Part of the reason for that is because

1585
01:16:53,680 --> 01:16:56,760
Speaker 1: of their offensive pre snap penalty rate. Even being on

1586
01:16:56,840 --> 01:16:59,960
Speaker 1: the by last week, the Bills are tied for first

1587
01:17:00,160 --> 01:17:02,680
Speaker 1: in the league for pre snap penalties with twenty two

1588
01:17:03,560 --> 01:17:05,720
Speaker 1: and that's just way too many and they've got to

1589
01:17:05,760 --> 01:17:08,559
Speaker 1: trim that bag again getting out of their own way.

1590
01:17:08,640 --> 01:17:10,960
Speaker 1: We've talked about this. They've really got to reduce that number,

1591
01:17:11,000 --> 01:17:12,920
Speaker 1: and if they do, maybe the third and longs that

1592
01:17:13,000 --> 01:17:15,120
Speaker 1: they have had will be fewer in number because they're

1593
01:17:15,160 --> 01:17:17,680
Speaker 1: not facing a first and twenty after a holding call. Yeah, right,

1594
01:17:17,880 --> 01:17:19,880
Speaker 1: and maybe you're you're around to something is you know,

1595
01:17:19,960 --> 01:17:23,040
Speaker 1: this offense is ranked tenth in the league in terms

1596
01:17:23,080 --> 01:17:26,200
Speaker 1: of yardage produced. But the points are an issue, right

1597
01:17:26,280 --> 01:17:28,800
Speaker 1: and all of the things you've talked about, third downs,

1598
01:17:29,240 --> 01:17:32,280
Speaker 1: Chris's pre snap penalties, turnovers, Yeah, play into it. Really

1599
01:17:32,320 --> 01:17:35,679
Speaker 1: there all goes together. Yeah, you're we're averaging eighteen points

1600
01:17:35,720 --> 01:17:38,120
Speaker 1: a game. That's twenty fifth in the league. We're allowing

1601
01:17:38,240 --> 01:17:41,559
Speaker 1: fourteen points per game. That's a four point differential right there.

1602
01:17:42,520 --> 01:17:47,080
Speaker 1: We're first in red zone touchdown percentage, but we are

1603
01:17:47,160 --> 01:17:50,840
Speaker 1: twenty eighth in the league in red zone drives. We've

1604
01:17:50,920 --> 01:17:54,040
Speaker 1: been there fourteen times to be twenty eighth in the league,

1605
01:17:54,080 --> 01:17:56,160
Speaker 1: and red zone drives, that's something you want to see

1606
01:17:56,479 --> 01:17:59,360
Speaker 1: increase as the season goes on. If you're going to

1607
01:17:59,439 --> 01:18:01,320
Speaker 1: scorem op more points, if you're going to get in

1608
01:18:01,360 --> 01:18:04,320
Speaker 1: the end zone more, and hopefully that red zone touchdown

1609
01:18:04,360 --> 01:18:07,760
Speaker 1: percentage can stay that way. But scoring eighteen points a game,

1610
01:18:07,840 --> 01:18:10,679
Speaker 1: averaging that, you have to average more if you're gonna

1611
01:18:10,720 --> 01:18:13,240
Speaker 1: want to go deep into this season and deep into

1612
01:18:13,280 --> 01:18:16,280
Speaker 1: the playoffs. So yeah, you're and by the way, you're

1613
01:18:16,320 --> 01:18:19,120
Speaker 1: not picking nits here. These are all areas of improvement. Yeah,

1614
01:18:19,160 --> 01:18:20,920
Speaker 1: but now let's talk about the defense, and I fear

1615
01:18:21,000 --> 01:18:23,599
Speaker 1: that we might be really nitpicking here because this defense.

1616
01:18:24,960 --> 01:18:26,639
Speaker 1: Somebody asked me this more. I was on the radio

1617
01:18:26,680 --> 01:18:29,600
Speaker 1: Howard Simon and Jeremy White this morning, what can they

1618
01:18:29,680 --> 01:18:31,519
Speaker 1: do better on defense? And I had to pause and think,

1619
01:18:32,000 --> 01:18:34,200
Speaker 1: let me think about that for a second. It's right, fine, problem,

1620
01:18:34,200 --> 01:18:37,720
Speaker 1: it's hard. This is really nitpicking. But I want to

1621
01:18:37,760 --> 01:18:39,840
Speaker 1: see Ed Oliver get a sack. And I, Chris, I

1622
01:18:39,920 --> 01:18:42,479
Speaker 1: saw you tweet that he gets double teamed a lot,

1623
01:18:42,600 --> 01:18:45,360
Speaker 1: so that's definitely a reason why he hasn't reached the

1624
01:18:45,479 --> 01:18:49,479
Speaker 1: quarterback yet. But this team is ranked twenty third, tied

1625
01:18:49,520 --> 01:18:51,839
Speaker 1: for twenty third in total sacks so far with twelve.

1626
01:18:52,160 --> 01:18:55,320
Speaker 1: They're also twenty third with quarterback hits with twenty six.

1627
01:18:55,479 --> 01:18:57,800
Speaker 1: So you want to see this team gets sack in

1628
01:18:57,880 --> 01:19:01,840
Speaker 1: the quarterback more. And to do that at Oliver's gotta

1629
01:19:01,920 --> 01:19:04,160
Speaker 1: play in that game and get some sacks. So yeah,

1630
01:19:04,320 --> 01:19:08,000
Speaker 1: and you hope that you know him getting double teamed

1631
01:19:08,080 --> 01:19:11,560
Speaker 1: has admittedly created more opportunities for the other guys on

1632
01:19:11,600 --> 01:19:14,360
Speaker 1: the defensive line, and we saw that in the Tennessee game.

1633
01:19:14,640 --> 01:19:17,200
Speaker 1: Jordan Phillips explodes for three sacks. Well two of those

1634
01:19:17,280 --> 01:19:21,240
Speaker 1: were a direct cause and effect with Oliver gobbling up

1635
01:19:21,280 --> 01:19:23,719
Speaker 1: offensive Lineman and Jordan getting into one on one matchup

1636
01:19:23,760 --> 01:19:26,879
Speaker 1: and winning. And so now you hope that the pendulum

1637
01:19:26,960 --> 01:19:29,320
Speaker 1: kind of swings the other way for Ed, where people

1638
01:19:29,439 --> 01:19:31,360
Speaker 1: look at that film and Jordan Phillips and say, well,

1639
01:19:31,520 --> 01:19:33,479
Speaker 1: we can't leave this guy one on one all the time,

1640
01:19:33,800 --> 01:19:35,800
Speaker 1: and then maybe Ed sees a few more of those

1641
01:19:35,880 --> 01:19:38,800
Speaker 1: one on one matchups because in one on one situations,

1642
01:19:38,840 --> 01:19:41,640
Speaker 1: and we saw this to a certain degree in the preseason.

1643
01:19:42,040 --> 01:19:43,960
Speaker 1: I mean, he went one on one with Quenton Nelson

1644
01:19:44,120 --> 01:19:47,519
Speaker 1: and it was a stalemate. Yeah, and it's probably one

1645
01:19:47,520 --> 01:19:50,320
Speaker 1: of the two best guards in the entire league. So

1646
01:19:50,800 --> 01:19:53,040
Speaker 1: if he gets one on one matchups more often than not,

1647
01:19:53,240 --> 01:19:55,640
Speaker 1: he is going to win. It's just a question as

1648
01:19:55,680 --> 01:19:57,680
Speaker 1: to whether or not the pendulum has swung enough and

1649
01:19:57,760 --> 01:20:00,280
Speaker 1: the other guys around him have done enough to force

1650
01:20:00,560 --> 01:20:03,120
Speaker 1: opposing offenses to say, you know what, We've got to

1651
01:20:03,200 --> 01:20:04,720
Speaker 1: kind of spread the wealth with who we're going to

1652
01:20:04,800 --> 01:20:07,160
Speaker 1: double and win to give Ed those one on one

1653
01:20:07,200 --> 01:20:09,799
Speaker 1: opportunities to really make an impact on a game directly.

1654
01:20:10,200 --> 01:20:12,479
Speaker 1: All right, Maddie, here's something about the Bills defense. We

1655
01:20:12,600 --> 01:20:14,800
Speaker 1: had Levi Wallace on the show on Monday this week

1656
01:20:14,880 --> 01:20:18,400
Speaker 1: and talk with him about how he sees more balls,

1657
01:20:18,479 --> 01:20:21,559
Speaker 1: I mean than Tevis White does. Eventually that will pay

1658
01:20:21,600 --> 01:20:23,240
Speaker 1: off in terms of a pick. I would think, Yeah,

1659
01:20:23,360 --> 01:20:27,120
Speaker 1: it's time for leave By Wallacey an interception. Trey Whites

1660
01:20:27,160 --> 01:20:29,800
Speaker 1: had two. I think for this defense to continue to

1661
01:20:29,880 --> 01:20:34,439
Speaker 1: have success, he needs one. Tremaine Edmunds needs one. They're

1662
01:20:34,520 --> 01:20:37,040
Speaker 1: getting there and passes defended and things like that. They're

1663
01:20:37,400 --> 01:20:39,880
Speaker 1: high up there and I think they're top ten and

1664
01:20:39,920 --> 01:20:43,720
Speaker 1: pass defended. But I want Levi Walls in an interception.

1665
01:20:44,240 --> 01:20:46,960
Speaker 1: I do too. He does too. By the way, Well, yeah,

1666
01:20:47,280 --> 01:20:50,280
Speaker 1: he's doing really well. Yes, despite all the targets that

1667
01:20:50,400 --> 01:20:52,720
Speaker 1: he gets, because you know, trydevious. White is near the

1668
01:20:52,800 --> 01:20:54,120
Speaker 1: top of the league. I think he's third in the

1669
01:20:54,200 --> 01:20:56,800
Speaker 1: league right now in passer rating against. It's something like

1670
01:20:56,920 --> 01:20:59,920
Speaker 1: twenty seven point nine. It's a ridiculous number. But leave

1671
01:21:00,000 --> 01:21:02,879
Speaker 1: By Wallace, with all of the times that he's targeted

1672
01:21:02,920 --> 01:21:05,680
Speaker 1: in a given game, bigger body of work to have,

1673
01:21:06,400 --> 01:21:10,639
Speaker 1: he's still uh sixty nine passer rating against. That's really good.

1674
01:21:11,160 --> 01:21:13,719
Speaker 1: Um And granted they haven't gone against the best quarterbacks

1675
01:21:13,760 --> 01:21:16,240
Speaker 1: in the world thus far, but still in all I mean,

1676
01:21:16,320 --> 01:21:18,320
Speaker 1: for a guy that's getting targeted as much as he is.

1677
01:21:18,439 --> 01:21:21,160
Speaker 1: To have a passer rating against of under seventy collectively

1678
01:21:21,640 --> 01:21:23,880
Speaker 1: is pretty darn good, especially for a second year player.

1679
01:21:23,920 --> 01:21:26,680
Speaker 1: I would submit Levi Wallace, says the unsung hero of

1680
01:21:26,760 --> 01:21:29,479
Speaker 1: the Bill's defense so far. Yeah, he's only played twelve

1681
01:21:30,040 --> 01:21:33,639
Speaker 1: started twelve NFL games. We went to camp in July

1682
01:21:33,800 --> 01:21:35,840
Speaker 1: end of July, and people wondering who's going to start

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01:21:35,840 --> 01:21:37,519
Speaker 1: at that corner. Will it be Levi Wallace, Will it

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01:21:37,560 --> 01:21:39,880
Speaker 1: be Philip Gaines, Will it be Kevin Johnson. It was

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01:21:39,960 --> 01:21:42,680
Speaker 1: kind of he locked down that cornerback spot right from

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01:21:42,800 --> 01:21:45,080
Speaker 1: day one of training camp. Yeah. Yeah. And the other

1687
01:21:45,200 --> 01:21:48,280
Speaker 1: thing too, I mean, yeah, yeah, he is okay, and

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01:21:48,360 --> 01:21:52,840
Speaker 1: the other I mean the thing that amazing. The thing

1689
01:21:52,920 --> 01:21:55,559
Speaker 1: that amazes me about his game is there are times

1690
01:21:56,200 --> 01:21:58,720
Speaker 1: where the guy he's assigned to, whether it's man or

1691
01:21:58,760 --> 01:22:02,519
Speaker 1: somebody's in his own the player will look completely open

1692
01:22:02,640 --> 01:22:04,960
Speaker 1: and you'll watch the quarterback throw the ball and you're

1693
01:22:05,040 --> 01:22:07,160
Speaker 1: thinking to yourself, oh man, you're gonna make this play,

1694
01:22:07,479 --> 01:22:10,400
Speaker 1: and then, in like the last shred of a second,

1695
01:22:11,080 --> 01:22:13,560
Speaker 1: his arm is somehow in the passing lane and he

1696
01:22:13,680 --> 01:22:15,680
Speaker 1: knocks it away. So while he doesn't come up with

1697
01:22:15,760 --> 01:22:18,240
Speaker 1: the interceptions that Maddie is clearly craving here at this

1698
01:22:18,360 --> 01:22:21,640
Speaker 1: point in time that he does make the pass breakups,

1699
01:22:22,040 --> 01:22:24,639
Speaker 1: and yeah, an ideal world, you do want the picks,

1700
01:22:25,000 --> 01:22:27,800
Speaker 1: but if I'm happy to take the pass is knocked

1701
01:22:27,800 --> 01:22:29,880
Speaker 1: down too. I mean, we think about that one week

1702
01:22:29,920 --> 01:22:32,519
Speaker 1: one against the Jets. He is beat and he has

1703
01:22:32,560 --> 01:22:34,680
Speaker 1: to turn his back to the quarterback and somehow it

1704
01:22:34,760 --> 01:22:36,559
Speaker 1: gets back there and breaks that pass up that would

1705
01:22:36,560 --> 01:22:38,320
Speaker 1: have been a fifty yard pass play. When you agree

1706
01:22:38,320 --> 01:22:40,559
Speaker 1: with me, you gotta be more emphatic about it. Yes,

1707
01:22:40,720 --> 01:22:44,880
Speaker 1: that's right, you know. Okay, Well, our interceptions, we'll see

1708
01:22:44,880 --> 01:22:46,760
Speaker 1: if we can hire a lackey for you. Put him

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01:22:46,760 --> 01:22:49,120
Speaker 1: off in the corner. He'll he'll bang the gavel and

1710
01:22:49,320 --> 01:22:51,200
Speaker 1: bring the bell for you and do all oh the gong,

1711
01:22:51,280 --> 01:22:53,640
Speaker 1: we'll bring the gun, hey, Maddie. And this goes to

1712
01:22:53,760 --> 01:22:56,200
Speaker 1: your point about while it's getting interceptions, the Bill's gonna

1713
01:22:56,200 --> 01:22:59,240
Speaker 1: do a better job overall in the turnover takeaway most

1714
01:22:59,280 --> 01:23:01,760
Speaker 1: of that because it Yeah, we are minus three with

1715
01:23:01,840 --> 01:23:04,960
Speaker 1: our turnover ratio, tied for twenty third in the league,

1716
01:23:05,479 --> 01:23:10,000
Speaker 1: which is something you definitely want to improve. We've scored

1717
01:23:10,439 --> 01:23:14,640
Speaker 1: only three points off of our eight takeaways. That is

1718
01:23:14,760 --> 01:23:17,040
Speaker 1: not okay. You have to do better than that. If

1719
01:23:17,080 --> 01:23:19,080
Speaker 1: you have eight takeaways, you just to be scoring way more.

1720
01:23:19,360 --> 01:23:23,080
Speaker 1: The Ravens have thirty eight points off of eight takeaways

1721
01:23:23,200 --> 01:23:27,600
Speaker 1: or nine takeaways, which is it's amazing, yeah, right. And

1722
01:23:27,720 --> 01:23:30,400
Speaker 1: the reason they're minus is because of all the turnovers

1723
01:23:30,400 --> 01:23:32,720
Speaker 1: that you know, Josh was largely responsible for in the

1724
01:23:32,760 --> 01:23:34,519
Speaker 1: early part of the season. So if he can clean

1725
01:23:34,600 --> 01:23:38,320
Speaker 1: that up and the Bills defense can keep relatively the

1726
01:23:38,439 --> 01:23:40,200
Speaker 1: same pace. I mean, we're only a third of the

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01:23:40,240 --> 01:23:42,439
Speaker 1: way through the season, so you're probably talking about twenty

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01:23:42,520 --> 01:23:44,200
Speaker 1: four to twenty five takeaways by the time you get

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01:23:44,200 --> 01:23:46,160
Speaker 1: to the end of the year. That's pretty good. I know.

1730
01:23:46,240 --> 01:23:49,000
Speaker 1: In twenty seventeen, I want to say they had thirty

1731
01:23:49,800 --> 01:23:51,439
Speaker 1: and that's the last time they hit the thirty mark

1732
01:23:51,479 --> 01:23:54,160
Speaker 1: under coach McDermott. So can they get there? I suppose

1733
01:23:54,240 --> 01:23:56,200
Speaker 1: they could. It's supposed to be an easy schedule. The

1734
01:23:56,240 --> 01:23:58,520
Speaker 1: rest of the way says the strength of schedule percentages

1735
01:23:58,560 --> 01:24:03,280
Speaker 1: from twenty eighteen um. Again, get out of your own way.

1736
01:24:03,360 --> 01:24:06,280
Speaker 1: If they can avoid turning the ball over themselves, I

1737
01:24:06,360 --> 01:24:08,559
Speaker 1: think the defense will take care of that turnover margin.

1738
01:24:08,680 --> 01:24:10,760
Speaker 1: Many on your list of things and Bills can and

1739
01:24:10,800 --> 01:24:12,599
Speaker 1: should do better after the by I think you left

1740
01:24:12,640 --> 01:24:14,560
Speaker 1: the biggest thing for last. I think this is the

1741
01:24:14,600 --> 01:24:18,639
Speaker 1: most important. Yeah, let's eliminate those penalties. Forty two tied

1742
01:24:18,680 --> 01:24:22,040
Speaker 1: for eighteenth in the league. Like, no, let's let's do

1743
01:24:22,160 --> 01:24:27,160
Speaker 1: better with a capital And would you say twenty twenty

1744
01:24:27,200 --> 01:24:31,280
Speaker 1: two pre snap penalties leads and these are tied aoidable

1745
01:24:31,520 --> 01:24:34,840
Speaker 1: like these are things that are yeah more, well more?

1746
01:24:35,040 --> 01:24:37,120
Speaker 1: What is it? Forty two total? Yeah? Forty two totals?

1747
01:24:37,520 --> 01:24:40,799
Speaker 1: The Dolphins have twenty eight. They're tied for a second

1748
01:24:40,960 --> 01:24:44,160
Speaker 1: in the league with the least. All right, So this

1749
01:24:44,280 --> 01:24:47,479
Speaker 1: weekend you got the Bills tonight with Fred Jackson post

1750
01:24:47,560 --> 01:24:51,559
Speaker 1: game both on the Internet platforms Internet platforms and then

1751
01:24:51,600 --> 01:24:54,360
Speaker 1: the MSG at eleven thirty yea a full version out

1752
01:24:54,400 --> 01:24:56,920
Speaker 1: eleven thirty about an hour long. Shoves Mattie, thanks for this.

1753
01:24:57,000 --> 01:24:59,439
Speaker 1: You've managed to kind of center us as we approached

1754
01:24:59,479 --> 01:25:02,560
Speaker 1: the final eleven games. You found our quand we have.

1755
01:25:04,040 --> 01:25:08,240
Speaker 1: Thank you. Maddie. Mandy glad Bill's reporter on Forgogle Sports

1756
01:25:08,280 --> 01:25:10,040
Speaker 1: and Entertainment joining us and you can catch her, she

1757
01:25:10,080 --> 01:25:12,400
Speaker 1: said on Bills tonight on Sunday, Chris and I coming

1758
01:25:12,400 --> 01:25:14,360
Speaker 1: back one Bill's Live, presented by a Lot of Health

1759
01:25:14,680 --> 01:25:17,519
Speaker 1: from the Seneca Studios in Orchard Park. This is Buffalo

1760
01:25:17,600 --> 01:25:34,080
Speaker 1: Bill's Radio. We're just chugging through the show today. We're

1761
01:25:34,120 --> 01:25:36,800
Speaker 1: here untill three John Murphy with Chris Brown. He's here

1762
01:25:36,840 --> 01:25:39,400
Speaker 1: in place of Steve Tasker today. Steve, We'll be back

1763
01:25:39,439 --> 01:25:42,120
Speaker 1: on Monday. Chuck Chuck of motion right untill three o'clock.

1764
01:25:42,160 --> 01:25:43,880
Speaker 1: Today feels good, doesn't it? Moving through the show like

1765
01:25:43,920 --> 01:25:46,519
Speaker 1: this because it's do it man a lot. Maddie brings

1766
01:25:46,800 --> 01:25:49,559
Speaker 1: her perspective, which is great. Lorenzo Alexander coming up at

1767
01:25:49,560 --> 01:25:51,719
Speaker 1: two o'clock time to talk with you about your thoughts

1768
01:25:51,760 --> 01:25:54,479
Speaker 1: on Sunday's game. And I get it. Chris, Okay, it's

1769
01:25:54,520 --> 01:25:56,479
Speaker 1: a tough sell. I'm pumped for it though, and I

1770
01:25:56,560 --> 01:25:59,080
Speaker 1: think most Bills fans coming or pumped for it. Supposed

1771
01:25:59,080 --> 01:26:02,680
Speaker 1: to be great weather too, sit low sixties and I

1772
01:26:02,720 --> 01:26:04,880
Speaker 1: don't think there's any pre sip in the forecast, which

1773
01:26:04,960 --> 01:26:06,760
Speaker 1: is certainly nice after what we saw in the middle

1774
01:26:06,760 --> 01:26:08,439
Speaker 1: of the week. What are you most looking forward to

1775
01:26:08,560 --> 01:26:11,200
Speaker 1: Sunday against the Dolphins? That is our Twitter poll today.

1776
01:26:11,240 --> 01:26:13,760
Speaker 1: You can phone in a response at eight o three

1777
01:26:13,840 --> 01:26:16,320
Speaker 1: oh five fifty or toll free one eight eight eight

1778
01:26:16,479 --> 01:26:19,240
Speaker 1: five fifty two five fifty. Phone line is open right now.

1779
01:26:19,520 --> 01:26:21,120
Speaker 1: You can send in a tweet, we'll read them on

1780
01:26:21,200 --> 01:26:23,240
Speaker 1: the tweet sheet, or you can vote in our Twitter poll.

1781
01:26:23,280 --> 01:26:25,840
Speaker 1: We got seven hundred sixty seven votes in the Twitter

1782
01:26:25,880 --> 01:26:27,960
Speaker 1: poll so far. What are you most looking forward to?

1783
01:26:28,200 --> 01:26:30,120
Speaker 1: Thirty seven percent of you say you're looking forward to

1784
01:26:30,160 --> 01:26:33,479
Speaker 1: the Bills run game, thirty two percent say Bills versus

1785
01:26:33,520 --> 01:26:38,280
Speaker 1: the point spread, twenty two percent say something else, and

1786
01:26:38,520 --> 01:26:41,439
Speaker 1: ten percent say you're looking forward to Ryan Fitzpatrick's return

1787
01:26:41,479 --> 01:26:43,800
Speaker 1: to Buffalo. Let's hear from eight o three five fifty,

1788
01:26:43,840 --> 01:26:46,920
Speaker 1: And that's pretty it is. I don't know what I'll

1789
01:26:46,960 --> 01:26:49,000
Speaker 1: be honest, I don't know what that means. Bills versus

1790
01:26:49,040 --> 01:26:51,560
Speaker 1: the point spread? What can they win by sixteen and

1791
01:26:51,600 --> 01:26:53,639
Speaker 1: a half? Is that what you're looking forward to? Hell

1792
01:26:53,760 --> 01:26:56,720
Speaker 1: cares about that? I don't know betters game, but yeah,

1793
01:26:56,720 --> 01:26:59,559
Speaker 1: I have laid money. I don't care about it. Well,

1794
01:27:00,040 --> 01:27:02,240
Speaker 1: let us hear from you eight three fifty toll free

1795
01:27:02,320 --> 01:27:04,960
Speaker 1: one eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty. The

1796
01:27:05,000 --> 01:27:07,800
Speaker 1: tweet sheet brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the

1797
01:27:07,840 --> 01:27:10,479
Speaker 1: official movers of the Buffalo Bills from William on the

1798
01:27:10,520 --> 01:27:12,880
Speaker 1: tweet sheet, he says, I chose other. I would love

1799
01:27:12,920 --> 01:27:14,720
Speaker 1: to see a blowout, but we know that is not

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01:27:14,880 --> 01:27:17,200
Speaker 1: how this team operates. Just want to see a great

1801
01:27:17,280 --> 01:27:20,280
Speaker 1: game by all three phases. Start off passing, get Josh

1802
01:27:20,320 --> 01:27:23,000
Speaker 1: in rhythm, and when they're up by halftime, run the

1803
01:27:23,040 --> 01:27:25,720
Speaker 1: ball and play keep away with Singletary, I hear you,

1804
01:27:26,040 --> 01:27:28,880
Speaker 1: and blowouts are not prevalent in the NFL. As we said,

1805
01:27:28,960 --> 01:27:31,120
Speaker 1: most games, more than half of the games are seven

1806
01:27:31,160 --> 01:27:33,880
Speaker 1: point margins or less. But I think they should start

1807
01:27:33,920 --> 01:27:35,639
Speaker 1: to run two by the way. I think start out

1808
01:27:35,640 --> 01:27:37,439
Speaker 1: by pounding the ball down their throat set they can

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01:27:37,479 --> 01:27:39,760
Speaker 1: stop you. I don't think they can because they're I

1810
01:27:39,800 --> 01:27:43,280
Speaker 1: mean they're giving up a ton yeah, tony yardage against

1811
01:27:43,439 --> 01:27:46,120
Speaker 1: on the ground. Where is it? It's um They're giving

1812
01:27:46,160 --> 01:27:48,400
Speaker 1: up one hundred almost one hundred and seventy yards rushing

1813
01:27:48,439 --> 01:27:50,640
Speaker 1: a game thirty second in the NFL. I mean that

1814
01:27:50,840 --> 01:27:52,760
Speaker 1: is just dreadful. Yeah, I mean that is a and

1815
01:27:52,880 --> 01:27:55,880
Speaker 1: the Bills are almost at one hundred and forty yards

1816
01:27:55,920 --> 01:27:58,639
Speaker 1: a game. So if Singletary's back in the lineup, yeah,

1817
01:27:58,680 --> 01:28:01,120
Speaker 1: I mean, run it left, run it right, running up

1818
01:28:01,120 --> 01:28:02,840
Speaker 1: the middle. Just run and run and run it. That's

1819
01:28:02,960 --> 01:28:05,160
Speaker 1: my choice in that Twitter poll. Is the Bills run game.

1820
01:28:05,160 --> 01:28:06,680
Speaker 1: I want to see what it looks like against the

1821
01:28:06,720 --> 01:28:10,040
Speaker 1: team that is obviously susceptible giving up yardage on the

1822
01:28:10,120 --> 01:28:12,960
Speaker 1: ground and again and by a team the Buffalo Bills

1823
01:28:13,000 --> 01:28:15,800
Speaker 1: will have kind of a new weapon returning to the

1824
01:28:15,880 --> 01:28:17,800
Speaker 1: lineup in Devin Singletary. I want to see how the

1825
01:28:17,880 --> 01:28:21,160
Speaker 1: run game adapts to abbing Singletary, how they portion out

1826
01:28:21,200 --> 01:28:24,400
Speaker 1: the snaps, how they portion out the touches. Right, we agree?

1827
01:28:24,479 --> 01:28:27,200
Speaker 1: I think all of us agree. Devin Singletary two games

1828
01:28:27,280 --> 01:28:30,040
Speaker 1: started the season, ten rushes. He needs to see the

1829
01:28:30,080 --> 01:28:32,400
Speaker 1: ball more and what does that what does that look like?

1830
01:28:32,520 --> 01:28:34,799
Speaker 1: That's what I'm most looking forward to with the Buffalo

1831
01:28:34,880 --> 01:28:37,360
Speaker 1: victory on Sunday, which is obviously job one, right and

1832
01:28:37,520 --> 01:28:41,000
Speaker 1: being out for what will amount to about a month

1833
01:28:41,160 --> 01:28:44,679
Speaker 1: of calendar time, well five weeks since his last game. Yeah,

1834
01:28:45,200 --> 01:28:48,320
Speaker 1: so even more than that, there's going to be a

1835
01:28:48,400 --> 01:28:50,640
Speaker 1: timing element that he's going to have to readjust to it.

1836
01:28:51,160 --> 01:28:54,360
Speaker 1: I talked to him, I talked to arn Johnson about

1837
01:28:54,680 --> 01:28:57,320
Speaker 1: how long it takes to get back up to speed

1838
01:28:57,920 --> 01:29:01,040
Speaker 1: literally with the speed of regular season game when you

1839
01:29:01,160 --> 01:29:04,519
Speaker 1: haven't been immersed in it week after week, and Taren

1840
01:29:04,600 --> 01:29:07,200
Speaker 1: told me it's gonna take a couple of series, maybe three,

1841
01:29:07,320 --> 01:29:10,360
Speaker 1: two or three series, you know where you're like, oh, okay,

1842
01:29:10,400 --> 01:29:11,920
Speaker 1: this is how fast we gotta go again, like that

1843
01:29:12,080 --> 01:29:15,080
Speaker 1: kind of thing. So hopefully it happens for them sooner

1844
01:29:15,200 --> 01:29:17,640
Speaker 1: rather than later when they're back in the lineup. Do

1845
01:29:17,720 --> 01:29:20,120
Speaker 1: you think there's any trepidation on the part of Leslie

1846
01:29:20,120 --> 01:29:22,639
Speaker 1: Frasier or Sean McDermott to go right back to Taron

1847
01:29:22,720 --> 01:29:27,000
Speaker 1: Johnson is the nickel corner, given how how good Sir

1848
01:29:27,120 --> 01:29:30,479
Speaker 1: and Neil and Kevin Johnson and even Dean Marlow have

1849
01:29:30,600 --> 01:29:33,160
Speaker 1: played kind of portioning out. Yeah, I meant to ask

1850
01:29:33,479 --> 01:29:36,679
Speaker 1: Coach Frasier that question earlier in the week and slip

1851
01:29:36,840 --> 01:29:40,560
Speaker 1: my mind because you're right, they have done well, and

1852
01:29:40,760 --> 01:29:43,200
Speaker 1: so do you just go back to what you had

1853
01:29:43,240 --> 01:29:45,280
Speaker 1: there in the first place? You only have a game

1854
01:29:45,320 --> 01:29:47,880
Speaker 1: of film to go off of it on. I don't know,

1855
01:29:48,520 --> 01:29:51,760
Speaker 1: It's it's certainly going to be interesting to see if

1856
01:29:51,840 --> 01:29:57,240
Speaker 1: they just make Taren Johnson a part of the equation there, yeah,

1857
01:29:57,720 --> 01:30:01,439
Speaker 1: or if he is the time nickel guy and everybody

1858
01:30:01,479 --> 01:30:03,840
Speaker 1: else kind of falls by the wayside. I think there

1859
01:30:04,000 --> 01:30:10,000
Speaker 1: is an element of that committee nickel that coach Frasier likes,

1860
01:30:11,000 --> 01:30:13,799
Speaker 1: namely Dean Marlowe when the other team goes heavy personnel,

1861
01:30:13,840 --> 01:30:16,160
Speaker 1: when they go twelve personnel on first or second down,

1862
01:30:16,240 --> 01:30:19,160
Speaker 1: Dean Marlowe is in the game because he's bigger, stronger,

1863
01:30:19,280 --> 01:30:22,679
Speaker 1: holds up better, and sirran Neil, to a lesser extent,

1864
01:30:23,040 --> 01:30:26,400
Speaker 1: much the same thing. Six foot guy, good size, good

1865
01:30:26,479 --> 01:30:29,600
Speaker 1: meat on his bones, you know, can hold up in

1866
01:30:29,720 --> 01:30:32,760
Speaker 1: the run front even when they go eleven personnel. So

1867
01:30:33,800 --> 01:30:36,800
Speaker 1: there's an element to that that kind of specializes the

1868
01:30:36,880 --> 01:30:40,240
Speaker 1: position that much further by using different personnel there. It's

1869
01:30:40,280 --> 01:30:44,160
Speaker 1: almost a counterpoint to the way offenses use different personnel groupings,

1870
01:30:44,760 --> 01:30:46,680
Speaker 1: you know, Leslie Frasier's kind of doing the same thing

1871
01:30:46,720 --> 01:30:49,720
Speaker 1: with his nickel peck. Yeah, I'll be interested. Watch that

1872
01:30:49,840 --> 01:30:52,640
Speaker 1: on Sunday, all right, the lowdowns coming up, Lorenzo Alexander

1873
01:30:52,640 --> 01:30:54,479
Speaker 1: when we return, come on back with us. An hour ago,

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01:30:54,760 --> 01:30:57,920
Speaker 1: One Bill's Live presented by Collided Health, Live from the

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01:30:58,000 --> 01:31:02,519
Speaker 1: Seneca Studio, Seneca Resorts and you know nothing comes close.

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01:31:15,120 --> 01:31:19,599
Speaker 1: Hello Hills Radio Network Sports that day comes from One

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01:31:19,640 --> 01:31:22,400
Speaker 1: Bill's Drive to Bills Friday practice is complete. They worked

1878
01:31:22,439 --> 01:31:26,600
Speaker 1: outside in the stadium, New Airfield today. Bill's got a

1879
01:31:26,680 --> 01:31:29,479
Speaker 1: little bit better day out of a wide receiver. UM

1880
01:31:30,800 --> 01:31:34,240
Speaker 1: help me out here, christmin Oh John Brown John Brown today,

1881
01:31:34,240 --> 01:31:36,000
Speaker 1: who had been limited all week. John Brown got a

1882
01:31:36,040 --> 01:31:40,120
Speaker 1: little bit better day today, and head coach Sean McDermot

1883
01:31:40,160 --> 01:31:42,439
Speaker 1: says he's encouraged about his chances of playing on Sunday.

1884
01:31:42,479 --> 01:31:45,960
Speaker 1: Still don't know about people like Matt Milano. The Miami

1885
01:31:46,040 --> 01:31:49,160
Speaker 1: Dolphins have injury list that does not includes a couple

1886
01:31:49,160 --> 01:31:51,559
Speaker 1: of starters who have been ruled out. Center Daniel Kilgour

1887
01:31:51,640 --> 01:31:54,960
Speaker 1: and safety Richard Jones both out. Dolphins coach Brian Flores

1888
01:31:55,120 --> 01:31:57,160
Speaker 1: is hopeful that Xavian Howard, the corner, will be back

1889
01:31:57,200 --> 01:31:59,160
Speaker 1: in his lineup. He did not play last week, but

1890
01:31:59,280 --> 01:32:02,080
Speaker 1: he says he doesn't want him to have a setback.

1891
01:32:02,120 --> 01:32:04,960
Speaker 1: The Dolphins allowing a touchdown pass on nine point nine

1892
01:32:05,000 --> 01:32:07,599
Speaker 1: percent of their opponent's pass attempts so far this year

1893
01:32:07,680 --> 01:32:10,320
Speaker 1: one of the reasons why they find themselves owing five

1894
01:32:10,600 --> 01:32:13,280
Speaker 1: Bills Dolphins coming up Sunday at one o'clock New Airfield.

1895
01:32:13,320 --> 01:32:15,120
Speaker 1: We got the call of the game on our flagship

1896
01:32:15,240 --> 01:32:18,240
Speaker 1: radio station here in Buffalo w GR Sports Radio five

1897
01:32:18,360 --> 01:32:20,519
Speaker 1: fifty the word from Kansas City on the injury to

1898
01:32:20,560 --> 01:32:24,000
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes. He suffered a dislocated kneecap that shown by

1899
01:32:24,040 --> 01:32:28,160
Speaker 1: an MRI today, but not significant additional damage. Reports say

1900
01:32:28,200 --> 01:32:30,400
Speaker 1: he will seek additional options to be sure. The plan

1901
01:32:30,560 --> 01:32:33,000
Speaker 1: is for him to return this season later the season

1902
01:32:33,080 --> 01:32:35,640
Speaker 1: after a brief absence. Mahomes got hurt last night in

1903
01:32:35,720 --> 01:32:39,040
Speaker 1: Kansas City's win over Denver on Thursday Night. Football Bengals

1904
01:32:39,120 --> 01:32:41,840
Speaker 1: have suspended offensive tackle Corty Glenn for one game for

1905
01:32:42,360 --> 01:32:47,000
Speaker 1: internal disciplinary reasons. He's been on the injury list all

1906
01:32:47,080 --> 01:32:50,280
Speaker 1: season long with a preseason concussion. He's thirty years old.

1907
01:32:50,360 --> 01:32:52,040
Speaker 1: The team set in the statement it will have no

1908
01:32:52,160 --> 01:32:55,200
Speaker 1: further comment regarding that suspension. College football, do you Be

1909
01:32:55,320 --> 01:32:57,759
Speaker 1: Bulls hit the road? They play at Akron winless Akron

1910
01:32:57,800 --> 01:33:00,560
Speaker 1: tomorrow at three thirty in the afternoon, in search of

1911
01:33:00,600 --> 01:33:02,880
Speaker 1: its first win on the road this season. The Bulls

1912
01:33:02,960 --> 01:33:05,439
Speaker 1: just one in seven in the history and games played

1913
01:33:05,520 --> 01:33:07,960
Speaker 1: at Akron. They ranked seventh in the nation in Russian

1914
01:33:08,000 --> 01:33:10,719
Speaker 1: attempts two hundred and ninety nine in their first six games.

1915
01:33:10,760 --> 01:33:13,360
Speaker 1: You'll be at Akron tomorrow and the Savers finish up

1916
01:33:13,360 --> 01:33:16,200
Speaker 1: their California road trip tomorrow night when they play at

1917
01:33:16,320 --> 01:33:18,559
Speaker 1: San Jose against the Sharks. Last night, they de few

1918
01:33:18,640 --> 01:33:20,320
Speaker 1: to the La Kings three to nothing on the road.

1919
01:33:20,360 --> 01:33:36,320
Speaker 1: And that is the update from One Bill's drive time

1920
01:33:36,360 --> 01:33:39,400
Speaker 1: for the Lowdown with Lorenzo Alexander, Buffalo Bill's lineback at

1921
01:33:39,439 --> 01:33:42,640
Speaker 1: Lorenzo Alexander in studio with us for his lowdown, his

1922
01:33:42,800 --> 01:33:44,640
Speaker 1: view of what's going to happen in Sunday's game. The

1923
01:33:44,680 --> 01:33:49,000
Speaker 1: Lowdown brought to you by Hutches Redefining City Dining. Welcome Lorenzo,

1924
01:33:49,040 --> 01:33:50,760
Speaker 1: good to see you. Hey, how you guys? Man? Good?

1925
01:33:51,000 --> 01:33:52,880
Speaker 1: All right? How would your buy break? It was great,

1926
01:33:52,920 --> 01:33:55,080
Speaker 1: was out in Arizona for the week, got some time

1927
01:33:55,160 --> 01:33:57,519
Speaker 1: to hang out the kids, enjoy some warm weather and

1928
01:33:58,280 --> 01:33:59,840
Speaker 1: chilling the pool a little bit. How warm was it.

1929
01:34:00,240 --> 01:34:03,280
Speaker 1: It's about ninety eighty five ninety degrees dry heat for Arizona.

1930
01:34:03,360 --> 01:34:04,599
Speaker 1: So it felt like, you know, if you ever been

1931
01:34:04,640 --> 01:34:07,160
Speaker 1: to San Diego, That's what it felt like, all right, though,

1932
01:34:07,200 --> 01:34:08,599
Speaker 1: I mean, you're the heat doesn't bother you out there.

1933
01:34:08,680 --> 01:34:14,800
Speaker 1: It wasn't hot San Diego weather, yeah, And Arizona is

1934
01:34:14,800 --> 01:34:17,240
Speaker 1: not hot. It's not hot at all. And you enjoy it.

1935
01:34:18,360 --> 01:34:20,479
Speaker 1: They love it. Yeah. Yeah, and they're like get here

1936
01:34:20,479 --> 01:34:22,599
Speaker 1: too though. They like the chill in the um. Yeah.

1937
01:34:22,600 --> 01:34:24,360
Speaker 1: I mean they like the seasons, they like their friends,

1938
01:34:24,400 --> 01:34:25,920
Speaker 1: they like wherever they're at. I mean they got friends

1939
01:34:25,960 --> 01:34:28,639
Speaker 1: all over the places. So they're easy, easy going. Yeah.

1940
01:34:29,040 --> 01:34:30,439
Speaker 1: What did you do just chill? I mean you had

1941
01:34:30,520 --> 01:34:31,800
Speaker 1: we were talking about before he came in there. You

1942
01:34:31,840 --> 01:34:34,320
Speaker 1: had a pretty heavy workload of plays in the Tennessee

1943
01:34:34,400 --> 01:34:36,320
Speaker 1: game a couple of Sundays ago. Yeah, just relaxed. I

1944
01:34:36,400 --> 01:34:38,559
Speaker 1: mean I still did some recovery stuff, got some physical

1945
01:34:38,600 --> 01:34:41,599
Speaker 1: therapy out in Arizona, probably a couple of workouts, got

1946
01:34:41,640 --> 01:34:43,960
Speaker 1: on my peloton. So you want to continue to move.

1947
01:34:44,000 --> 01:34:45,360
Speaker 1: I mean, the worst thing you can do when you

1948
01:34:45,439 --> 01:34:47,559
Speaker 1: have an off week is kind of just sitting be stagnant,

1949
01:34:47,600 --> 01:34:48,800
Speaker 1: and then you come back and you're a little bit

1950
01:34:48,840 --> 01:34:53,360
Speaker 1: more sore than than usual. So with respect to the

1951
01:34:53,479 --> 01:34:55,040
Speaker 1: game this week, I want to just jump right into

1952
01:34:55,120 --> 01:34:57,800
Speaker 1: this because you know, you look at this Miami team

1953
01:34:58,400 --> 01:35:02,040
Speaker 1: and they're having their shares of issues. There's you know,

1954
01:35:02,560 --> 01:35:04,720
Speaker 1: I don't know, you guys probably don't read as much

1955
01:35:04,760 --> 01:35:06,599
Speaker 1: as we do as we get ready for the game.

1956
01:35:06,680 --> 01:35:10,439
Speaker 1: But some consternation down there amongst the players. I just

1957
01:35:10,920 --> 01:35:13,439
Speaker 1: I just wonder from a player perspective, if you're on

1958
01:35:13,520 --> 01:35:16,440
Speaker 1: a team like that and you see pieces getting jettisoned

1959
01:35:16,479 --> 01:35:19,960
Speaker 1: off the roster, good quality talent that you know is

1960
01:35:20,000 --> 01:35:23,240
Speaker 1: being stripped from the team you're playing for. How do

1961
01:35:23,320 --> 01:35:25,840
Speaker 1: you wrestle with that and still be a professional about

1962
01:35:25,880 --> 01:35:27,640
Speaker 1: something like that? That's just you mean, if you're in

1963
01:35:27,760 --> 01:35:29,599
Speaker 1: that locker you're in that locker room and you see

1964
01:35:29,600 --> 01:35:33,080
Speaker 1: these pieces everywhere, that's definitely hard. I mean, I've been

1965
01:35:33,120 --> 01:35:34,960
Speaker 1: on some some teams that were bad, but I don't

1966
01:35:34,960 --> 01:35:37,800
Speaker 1: know if I've ever been in a situation where you're

1967
01:35:37,800 --> 01:35:40,080
Speaker 1: pretty much punting on the season and every and it

1968
01:35:40,160 --> 01:35:42,240
Speaker 1: feels like, you know, nothing can be right now. And

1969
01:35:42,360 --> 01:35:44,040
Speaker 1: you know, I played in Washington, and so we always

1970
01:35:44,080 --> 01:35:47,280
Speaker 1: had some type of drama. Um at the end of

1971
01:35:47,320 --> 01:35:49,560
Speaker 1: the day. Right at the end of the day, you

1972
01:35:49,680 --> 01:35:54,240
Speaker 1: have to focus on things that you can control because

1973
01:35:54,280 --> 01:35:59,000
Speaker 1: you are always getting constantly evaluated, regardless of whatever the circumstances,

1974
01:35:59,120 --> 01:36:02,000
Speaker 1: how bad it is. UM. So you're trying to prepare

1975
01:36:02,080 --> 01:36:04,519
Speaker 1: because you still have thirty one of the teams that

1976
01:36:04,600 --> 01:36:06,479
Speaker 1: are watching you. How you play on game day or

1977
01:36:06,520 --> 01:36:09,040
Speaker 1: you're taking it off because everything around you is chaotic.

1978
01:36:09,160 --> 01:36:12,160
Speaker 1: So now you're not going to play hard. Um um,

1979
01:36:12,280 --> 01:36:15,160
Speaker 1: you know, and this game is so hard to play.

1980
01:36:15,400 --> 01:36:17,680
Speaker 1: And so for a player, I'm still I still want

1981
01:36:17,680 --> 01:36:20,280
Speaker 1: to go out there and perform well and represent who

1982
01:36:20,360 --> 01:36:22,320
Speaker 1: I am and my family and all those things, and

1983
01:36:22,400 --> 01:36:24,160
Speaker 1: still play for my brothers that are on that team,

1984
01:36:24,200 --> 01:36:26,679
Speaker 1: regardless of what may be going on in the front

1985
01:36:26,720 --> 01:36:29,160
Speaker 1: office or what coaches and in the culture change that

1986
01:36:29,240 --> 01:36:31,720
Speaker 1: may be happening around me. Yeah. I think and I

1987
01:36:31,920 --> 01:36:35,719
Speaker 1: believe this. It's impossible to tank successfully in the NFL.

1988
01:36:35,880 --> 01:36:37,880
Speaker 1: And even if you're going to get a better draft pick,

1989
01:36:37,920 --> 01:36:40,400
Speaker 1: and what now they have what the five first round

1990
01:36:40,439 --> 01:36:42,720
Speaker 1: picks over the next couple of years around defense? Yes,

1991
01:36:43,240 --> 01:36:46,040
Speaker 1: So what I mean, you've you've already changed the culture

1992
01:36:46,080 --> 01:36:48,840
Speaker 1: of your locker room when you deliberately at the top level,

1993
01:36:49,040 --> 01:36:51,200
Speaker 1: I'm down. You're deliberately trying not to win, right, You've

1994
01:36:51,200 --> 01:36:54,200
Speaker 1: already altered what people believe in that locker room. Yeah,

1995
01:36:54,280 --> 01:36:57,800
Speaker 1: and this and this, it's a very difficult situation because

1996
01:36:57,840 --> 01:37:01,280
Speaker 1: I I you know that front office are thinking about

1997
01:37:01,320 --> 01:37:03,240
Speaker 1: the future, and if they figure that they may not

1998
01:37:03,400 --> 01:37:07,760
Speaker 1: be able to win immediately. There has to be some

1999
01:37:07,880 --> 01:37:10,200
Speaker 1: type of transition period, and it even happened here. It

2000
01:37:10,320 --> 01:37:12,439
Speaker 1: never got bad culturally to where you see guys want

2001
01:37:12,439 --> 01:37:14,679
Speaker 1: to get out of town. But we were trading away

2002
01:37:14,760 --> 01:37:17,679
Speaker 1: pieces and that you thought were very talented and didn't

2003
01:37:17,760 --> 01:37:19,840
Speaker 1: sign guys back that you thought was going to be

2004
01:37:19,960 --> 01:37:23,120
Speaker 1: good in this league, but they didn't fit with the

2005
01:37:23,640 --> 01:37:25,800
Speaker 1: future or the mindset of what Sean and Brandon had

2006
01:37:25,880 --> 01:37:27,960
Speaker 1: envisioned for this team. But I think we did a

2007
01:37:28,040 --> 01:37:30,679
Speaker 1: great job of that transition. I think Sean never made

2008
01:37:30,720 --> 01:37:33,000
Speaker 1: it feel like we were trying to punt the games away,

2009
01:37:33,120 --> 01:37:35,240
Speaker 1: but even though they made it. But it's just hard

2010
01:37:35,360 --> 01:37:37,960
Speaker 1: because there has to be a transition. But you still

2011
01:37:38,200 --> 01:37:39,680
Speaker 1: know you got to honor guys that in that locker

2012
01:37:39,760 --> 01:37:41,200
Speaker 1: room because they want to play and want to win,

2013
01:37:41,920 --> 01:37:44,680
Speaker 1: and you know, it's a very delicate balance, and I

2014
01:37:44,720 --> 01:37:47,120
Speaker 1: think Sean did probably a great job of making that

2015
01:37:47,200 --> 01:37:49,360
Speaker 1: transition and it's been successful. We were able to get

2016
01:37:49,360 --> 01:37:51,639
Speaker 1: through that time and now we have a pretty solid

2017
01:37:51,680 --> 01:37:54,200
Speaker 1: team that has a bright future. And that proved to

2018
01:37:54,240 --> 01:37:57,439
Speaker 1: be a difficult balance for coach Flores because he said

2019
01:37:57,479 --> 01:38:01,479
Speaker 1: the quarterback situation was settled last week, went said Rosen's

2020
01:38:01,520 --> 01:38:03,880
Speaker 1: gonna be playing the last twelve games of the season,

2021
01:38:04,640 --> 01:38:07,000
Speaker 1: and it's less than a week later and he doesn't

2022
01:38:07,040 --> 01:38:10,120
Speaker 1: want eighty and now Fitz is starting this week. So

2023
01:38:11,040 --> 01:38:13,160
Speaker 1: what And I'm not gonna ask you because you're not

2024
01:38:13,280 --> 01:38:16,000
Speaker 1: down there, but what does how does Fitz change the

2025
01:38:16,160 --> 01:38:18,920
Speaker 1: dynamic for you guys just being the veteran who you

2026
01:38:19,040 --> 01:38:20,960
Speaker 1: know is gonna get the ball out. And I think

2027
01:38:21,840 --> 01:38:24,360
Speaker 1: I think that's the biggest thing. I mean, Fitz has

2028
01:38:24,400 --> 01:38:27,000
Speaker 1: played a ton of ball and has been good throughout

2029
01:38:27,040 --> 01:38:28,680
Speaker 1: his career. I mean, I think it's his biggest thing.

2030
01:38:28,720 --> 01:38:31,320
Speaker 1: That you can probably criticize the amount of turnovers he's

2031
01:38:31,320 --> 01:38:33,639
Speaker 1: head and that's just the way he plays. He's fearless.

2032
01:38:33,640 --> 01:38:35,320
Speaker 1: He's gonna go out there and try to make plays.

2033
01:38:35,360 --> 01:38:37,960
Speaker 1: He's not gonna play tight. He's gonna play loose and

2034
01:38:38,040 --> 01:38:39,920
Speaker 1: try to win games. And if you turn a ball

2035
01:38:39,960 --> 01:38:41,920
Speaker 1: over in that he trusts his defense or his team

2036
01:38:41,960 --> 01:38:43,240
Speaker 1: to maybe help him out and get him out of

2037
01:38:43,280 --> 01:38:45,920
Speaker 1: those type of situations. But he's been great. He gets

2038
01:38:45,960 --> 01:38:47,840
Speaker 1: the ball out of his hands. Um, he has the

2039
01:38:47,880 --> 01:38:50,560
Speaker 1: ability to make plays with his feet and you know,

2040
01:38:50,680 --> 01:38:52,920
Speaker 1: like I said earlier, he has like this it factor.

2041
01:38:53,040 --> 01:38:56,599
Speaker 1: It is dust that he rolls out, stumbles, gets up

2042
01:38:56,640 --> 01:38:59,559
Speaker 1: and find somebody down deep and makes his magical play.

2043
01:39:00,040 --> 01:39:02,760
Speaker 1: And I think guys really rally around him. He has

2044
01:39:02,760 --> 01:39:04,840
Speaker 1: like a Galvin Nisen sense. And I never played with him,

2045
01:39:04,880 --> 01:39:07,800
Speaker 1: but talking to guys, their team seem to compete better

2046
01:39:07,840 --> 01:39:09,760
Speaker 1: when he's when he's in games, and he's even when

2047
01:39:09,760 --> 01:39:12,200
Speaker 1: he's in Tampa when he was here. Now obviously with Miami,

2048
01:39:12,240 --> 01:39:13,720
Speaker 1: with the way they was able to come back last week,

2049
01:39:13,760 --> 01:39:18,280
Speaker 1: where's Washington and so um? From my point of view,

2050
01:39:18,320 --> 01:39:21,560
Speaker 1: when when um Miami decides to start fits, they have

2051
01:39:21,720 --> 01:39:24,040
Speaker 1: the intent of we want to win this game. It's

2052
01:39:24,040 --> 01:39:25,960
Speaker 1: not let's see what we have in our quarterback, our

2053
01:39:26,000 --> 01:39:28,320
Speaker 1: young quarterback, let's try to develop and get through this game.

2054
01:39:28,640 --> 01:39:31,120
Speaker 1: It's like, we want to win. Jo Xanders with us

2055
01:39:31,160 --> 01:39:33,439
Speaker 1: for the lowdown on this Friday. I mentioned that Chris

2056
01:39:33,520 --> 01:39:35,960
Speaker 1: here Lorenzo earlier that and you've been here throughout Sean

2057
01:39:36,040 --> 01:39:39,120
Speaker 1: mcdermot's tenure. I can't recall a game where coach McDermott

2058
01:39:39,600 --> 01:39:43,040
Speaker 1: had a team that overlooked an opponent or took them Lately,

2059
01:39:43,120 --> 01:39:45,120
Speaker 1: and in the two plus years he's been here, I

2060
01:39:45,160 --> 01:39:47,280
Speaker 1: haven't seen that at all. Right, you know nothing at all,

2061
01:39:47,280 --> 01:39:49,000
Speaker 1: And I think Sean probably has done the best job

2062
01:39:49,080 --> 01:39:51,720
Speaker 1: I've ever seen from a coach to to really address it,

2063
01:39:51,840 --> 01:39:55,040
Speaker 1: because oftentimes I think coaches assume you shouldn't take anybody

2064
01:39:55,080 --> 01:39:58,519
Speaker 1: for like norm and and don't really address the issue,

2065
01:39:58,560 --> 01:40:00,160
Speaker 1: and then you come out and your flat it's like, oh,

2066
01:40:00,200 --> 01:40:03,120
Speaker 1: I should have said something, And so I think Sean

2067
01:40:03,200 --> 01:40:04,960
Speaker 1: has done a good job just setting that tone early

2068
01:40:05,000 --> 01:40:08,640
Speaker 1: in the week, just really challenging everybody for a man,

2069
01:40:08,720 --> 01:40:12,000
Speaker 1: not to really look at Miami's record or what you

2070
01:40:12,080 --> 01:40:15,000
Speaker 1: might they see on field necessarily, but just focus on us,

2071
01:40:15,080 --> 01:40:17,400
Speaker 1: because there's a ton of things, especially coming off a bye,

2072
01:40:17,880 --> 01:40:20,360
Speaker 1: that we can improve on as a football team. And

2073
01:40:20,439 --> 01:40:21,920
Speaker 1: if we go and take care of our business and

2074
01:40:22,000 --> 01:40:23,920
Speaker 1: going to play our football, our style of football and

2075
01:40:24,000 --> 01:40:26,920
Speaker 1: not worry about who we're playing, that we should be

2076
01:40:27,000 --> 01:40:29,000
Speaker 1: able to go out in Kulp four w And that's

2077
01:40:29,040 --> 01:40:31,360
Speaker 1: what it's all about. Murph and I were talking before

2078
01:40:31,400 --> 01:40:36,599
Speaker 1: you came on about the multiple guys that are being

2079
01:40:36,720 --> 01:40:41,519
Speaker 1: cycled through at the Nickel position. Yeah, based on personnel

2080
01:40:41,560 --> 01:40:44,200
Speaker 1: grouping that you guys are facing and such, and I

2081
01:40:44,240 --> 01:40:46,040
Speaker 1: don't want to get into the xs and owes about it.

2082
01:40:46,120 --> 01:40:47,880
Speaker 1: What I want to get into about it with you.

2083
01:40:48,160 --> 01:40:53,360
Speaker 1: Is or is that a sign that NFL defenses are

2084
01:40:53,439 --> 01:40:57,360
Speaker 1: maybe moving in the direction that we see offenses operate

2085
01:40:57,479 --> 01:41:00,759
Speaker 1: under every given week with these different person old groupings

2086
01:41:01,080 --> 01:41:04,120
Speaker 1: where it gets so specific, Yeah, that you might see

2087
01:41:04,200 --> 01:41:06,840
Speaker 1: if a team's deep enough, like your defense, is that

2088
01:41:07,000 --> 01:41:10,160
Speaker 1: there might be specialized guys for specialized roles. Is it

2089
01:41:10,240 --> 01:41:13,080
Speaker 1: getting more specialized on defense? Yeah, I mean you always

2090
01:41:13,120 --> 01:41:15,880
Speaker 1: trying to use your roster and if you have guys

2091
01:41:16,000 --> 01:41:19,200
Speaker 1: that can play that are not starters, you want to

2092
01:41:19,200 --> 01:41:20,720
Speaker 1: get them in the game to make them feel a

2093
01:41:20,800 --> 01:41:24,160
Speaker 1: part of the team and the defense and where we're

2094
01:41:24,200 --> 01:41:27,000
Speaker 1: going and pass special teams with a lot of those

2095
01:41:27,000 --> 01:41:29,320
Speaker 1: guys play special teams as well, and they earned the

2096
01:41:29,439 --> 01:41:31,400
Speaker 1: right to play. I think that was kind of birthed

2097
01:41:31,400 --> 01:41:34,080
Speaker 1: out of Tarn Johnson going down and not being available.

2098
01:41:34,160 --> 01:41:36,040
Speaker 1: But it's worked well, and it has worked well, and

2099
01:41:36,160 --> 01:41:38,880
Speaker 1: those guys have shown the ability to come out and

2100
01:41:38,920 --> 01:41:41,000
Speaker 1: compete and play at a high level. We're talking about Sarran,

2101
01:41:41,120 --> 01:41:44,599
Speaker 1: Neil de Marlowe, Kevin Johnson and have kind of man

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01:41:44,800 --> 01:41:48,360
Speaker 1: that positioned by committee. But as obviously Tarn comes back,

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01:41:48,840 --> 01:41:51,040
Speaker 1: those guys I have to either change their roles a

2104
01:41:51,120 --> 01:41:53,280
Speaker 1: little bit, you know, play more teams, but you still

2105
01:41:53,320 --> 01:41:55,760
Speaker 1: want to keep them involved because they've proven that they

2106
01:41:55,800 --> 01:41:58,000
Speaker 1: can play and have shown up and showed out one

2107
01:41:58,040 --> 01:41:59,880
Speaker 1: So you never want to just because a guy comes back,

2108
01:42:00,280 --> 01:42:01,960
Speaker 1: well you got to go back and not play at all.

2109
01:42:01,960 --> 01:42:03,559
Speaker 1: You still want to try to use their skill sets,

2110
01:42:03,600 --> 01:42:05,720
Speaker 1: which I'm pretty sure we'll do over the course of

2111
01:42:05,760 --> 01:42:08,040
Speaker 1: the season. I'm just wondering if there's like this wave

2112
01:42:08,400 --> 01:42:12,320
Speaker 1: of new thinking or is that just by circumstance. I

2113
01:42:12,400 --> 01:42:15,400
Speaker 1: think it's circumstance kind of birthed it. But and then

2114
01:42:15,439 --> 01:42:18,280
Speaker 1: once those guys can show and they're proven, then as

2115
01:42:18,360 --> 01:42:20,640
Speaker 1: a as a defensive coordinator, you're thinking, oh, man, I

2116
01:42:20,720 --> 01:42:24,519
Speaker 1: can use these guys in different packages. We will come

2117
01:42:24,560 --> 01:42:27,040
Speaker 1: out with, you know, six dbs on the field this

2118
01:42:27,160 --> 01:42:29,320
Speaker 1: week and show a different package, you know, And I

2119
01:42:29,400 --> 01:42:31,200
Speaker 1: think that can kind of come as you as you

2120
01:42:31,280 --> 01:42:33,479
Speaker 1: trust guys and they showing that they can play, that

2121
01:42:33,600 --> 01:42:35,760
Speaker 1: you want to try to utilize their talents given, you know,

2122
01:42:35,840 --> 01:42:37,880
Speaker 1: whatever the matchup may be that week or you know,

2123
01:42:38,000 --> 01:42:39,599
Speaker 1: down the road, you always have something in your back

2124
01:42:39,640 --> 01:42:42,280
Speaker 1: pocket that you can kind of pull out. Talking Lorenzo

2125
01:42:42,320 --> 01:42:44,880
Speaker 1: Alegender yesterday, Lorenzo on the show. Right here we had

2126
01:42:44,920 --> 01:42:49,439
Speaker 1: the Olympic wrestler Jordan Burrows cold medal winner, and that

2127
01:42:50,680 --> 01:42:55,000
Speaker 1: um his whole thing was was talking about um complacency.

2128
01:42:55,080 --> 01:42:57,080
Speaker 1: And the only time where he ever felt that he

2129
01:42:57,439 --> 01:42:59,240
Speaker 1: wasn't at his best or he lost a master that

2130
01:42:59,280 --> 01:43:01,120
Speaker 1: he know he should have one, is when he was

2131
01:43:01,320 --> 01:43:03,800
Speaker 1: being complacent. And so it goes to speaking to that

2132
01:43:03,880 --> 01:43:06,160
Speaker 1: thing again. Shan was very intentional this week and making

2133
01:43:06,200 --> 01:43:08,880
Speaker 1: sure that guy's minds were locked in. And you bring

2134
01:43:08,960 --> 01:43:10,640
Speaker 1: out a guy that is at the you know, the

2135
01:43:10,760 --> 01:43:13,120
Speaker 1: top of his field, you know, obviously an Olympian, a

2136
01:43:13,200 --> 01:43:15,479
Speaker 1: gold medalist, and he's speaking to you and talking to

2137
01:43:15,560 --> 01:43:18,360
Speaker 1: you very real. It's great speaker yesterday, like many are

2138
01:43:18,400 --> 01:43:20,840
Speaker 1: you right? So it just adds to that, to that

2139
01:43:21,800 --> 01:43:23,760
Speaker 1: mindset or that point that Shan was trying to make

2140
01:43:23,800 --> 01:43:26,920
Speaker 1: that we cannot take him Miami Dolphins lightly. This is

2141
01:43:26,960 --> 01:43:29,400
Speaker 1: a professional football team. By the way, he has been

2142
01:43:29,439 --> 01:43:31,880
Speaker 1: in every game at halftime. They just haven't been able

2143
01:43:31,920 --> 01:43:34,479
Speaker 1: to finish games for you know, whatever the reason, lack

2144
01:43:34,479 --> 01:43:38,400
Speaker 1: of execution, turnovers or whatever it may have been. But

2145
01:43:38,800 --> 01:43:43,080
Speaker 1: if you allow them to come in here and get

2146
01:43:43,200 --> 01:43:47,040
Speaker 1: some confidence early, this team can beat you. And that's

2147
01:43:47,040 --> 01:43:50,160
Speaker 1: pretty much the you know, the foundation of what he

2148
01:43:50,240 --> 01:43:52,519
Speaker 1: was talking about yesterday. And then I know, before the

2149
01:43:52,600 --> 01:43:55,080
Speaker 1: game comes on Sunday, you've got a busy weekend because

2150
01:43:55,120 --> 01:43:57,920
Speaker 1: you've got your tournament coming up. Is that right? Yeah, well,

2151
01:43:58,000 --> 01:43:59,640
Speaker 1: you know, just having the privilege of being able to

2152
01:44:00,240 --> 01:44:03,600
Speaker 1: stay a corn hole tournament or fundraiser really in the

2153
01:44:03,640 --> 01:44:06,719
Speaker 1: field house here tomorrow. And it's really just in connection

2154
01:44:06,760 --> 01:44:09,760
Speaker 1: with the crucial Catch Awareness Month the NFL host every

2155
01:44:09,840 --> 01:44:13,040
Speaker 1: year to bring awareness to various forms of cancer. This

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01:44:13,200 --> 01:44:15,880
Speaker 1: one on my tournament tomorrow is going to benefiting no

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Speaker 1: varying cancer. I have a relationship with two Bills Mafia sisters,

2158
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Speaker 1: Mary who's actually who has a varying cancer and her

2159
01:44:23,520 --> 01:44:26,400
Speaker 1: sister Patty. But they're great, they support the Bills, they

2160
01:44:26,439 --> 01:44:29,200
Speaker 1: supported me on and off the field, and so this

2161
01:44:29,400 --> 01:44:32,120
Speaker 1: is really in their honor, in conjunction with another relationship

2162
01:44:32,160 --> 01:44:36,200
Speaker 1: I have with Collin's Dream and that's a foundation that's

2163
01:44:36,240 --> 01:44:38,880
Speaker 1: based out in Arizona that I have a connection to

2164
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Speaker 1: as well that raises money for a varying cancer. So

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Speaker 1: tomorrow we're gonna be doing this all together in partnership.

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Speaker 1: You can still sign up You can come out tomorrow

2167
01:44:47,960 --> 01:44:50,080
Speaker 1: as well and donate ten dollars if you want to

2168
01:44:50,120 --> 01:44:52,360
Speaker 1: just come out and hang out, watch here music, watch

2169
01:44:52,439 --> 01:44:55,600
Speaker 1: people play bien on some of the side things. But

2170
01:44:55,680 --> 01:44:57,679
Speaker 1: it's just a great way to give back to Western

2171
01:44:57,760 --> 01:45:01,519
Speaker 1: New York families that have supported me and that are

2172
01:45:01,640 --> 01:45:05,400
Speaker 1: battling ovarian cancer. UM. Something that doesn't get talked about

2173
01:45:05,439 --> 01:45:08,960
Speaker 1: a lot, but it's definitely a horrendous ideal to kind

2174
01:45:09,000 --> 01:45:11,559
Speaker 1: of go through how's your how's your cornhole? I can

2175
01:45:11,640 --> 01:45:13,200
Speaker 1: play a little bit. I mean, I'm not gonna play

2176
01:45:13,240 --> 01:45:15,000
Speaker 1: too much tomorrow. I might get out there and mess around.

2177
01:45:15,080 --> 01:45:16,600
Speaker 1: I know my kids are playing in the team and

2178
01:45:16,720 --> 01:45:18,600
Speaker 1: some other people that are coming out, but I'll be

2179
01:45:18,680 --> 01:45:19,920
Speaker 1: out there for a little bit. A couple of my

2180
01:45:20,080 --> 01:45:22,040
Speaker 1: team other teammates may stop by just to say a low.

2181
01:45:22,080 --> 01:45:23,920
Speaker 1: But obviously a day before a game, it's really hard

2182
01:45:24,000 --> 01:45:28,000
Speaker 1: for us to be out there entire tournament. Yeah you can,

2183
01:45:28,080 --> 01:45:29,800
Speaker 1: you gotta. You gotta get off your feet. You gotta

2184
01:45:29,840 --> 01:45:32,080
Speaker 1: get off your feet. You know, have you seen these

2185
01:45:32,240 --> 01:45:35,800
Speaker 1: professional leagues that are out there ESPN nine and ten.

2186
01:45:36,200 --> 01:45:39,720
Speaker 1: Oh my god, they trash talk during the like they're

2187
01:45:39,800 --> 01:45:42,320
Speaker 1: like pointing at each I'm like, guys, this cornhole, Like,

2188
01:45:42,360 --> 01:45:45,880
Speaker 1: what are we doing here? They are serious. You can

2189
01:45:45,960 --> 01:45:49,000
Speaker 1: talk trash and anything that's competitive. It doesn't matter if

2190
01:45:49,000 --> 01:45:53,040
Speaker 1: you can pee. That's a I thought that's something different

2191
01:45:53,080 --> 01:45:54,880
Speaker 1: that that's the one you throwd like the frisbee at

2192
01:45:54,920 --> 01:45:58,280
Speaker 1: the pole. I forgot what that's called ultimate frisbee. No, No,

2193
01:45:58,479 --> 01:46:00,920
Speaker 1: it's it's similar to cam damn, but it's it's a

2194
01:46:01,000 --> 01:46:03,160
Speaker 1: different spin off. It's like a pole you stick in

2195
01:46:03,240 --> 01:46:06,519
Speaker 1: the dirt and you have a bot. I guess I

2196
01:46:06,560 --> 01:46:09,240
Speaker 1: don't think that's what my game is called Polish horses Shoes,

2197
01:46:09,600 --> 01:46:14,360
Speaker 1: but I don't know. But yeah, you put a bottle

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Speaker 1: on top of the stick and you throw a frisbee

2199
01:46:16,320 --> 01:46:17,680
Speaker 1: and try to knock the bottle off. You get like

2200
01:46:17,760 --> 01:46:20,040
Speaker 1: three points and this, but I can't think of the

2201
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Speaker 1: name of the game. Sinc Cornhole U sink Cancer with

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Speaker 1: Cornhole taking still available tomorrow to show up twelve thirty

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Speaker 1: pm and the tournament starts at one thirty pm. And yeah,

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Speaker 1: it supports over area in cancer research coming up tomorrow.

2205
01:46:31,920 --> 01:46:33,600
Speaker 1: It's a family thing. It's a family thing, you know,

2206
01:46:33,680 --> 01:46:35,640
Speaker 1: to bring the kids out, you know, the family, and

2207
01:46:35,720 --> 01:46:37,200
Speaker 1: then you can't do it online. You don't have to

2208
01:46:37,240 --> 01:46:40,040
Speaker 1: wait to tomorrow, but you know sync cancer dot eventbright

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Speaker 1: dot com to sign up right now and coming hang out.

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Speaker 1: We do have some door prizes be giving out a

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Speaker 1: Tremaine at Miss Jersey at Josh Allen Jerse and ros

2212
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Speaker 1: Alexander Jersey. I'll get an autograph for you. So that's

2213
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Speaker 1: a little extra benefit from shinning up as well. Right,

2214
01:46:53,120 --> 01:46:54,880
Speaker 1: let's get to the low down. Your your keys to

2215
01:46:54,960 --> 01:46:57,800
Speaker 1: a Buffalo victory Sunday against the Miami Dolphins. What do

2216
01:46:57,840 --> 01:46:59,479
Speaker 1: you got? What's yeah? And a lot of stuff we've

2217
01:46:59,560 --> 01:47:01,360
Speaker 1: kind of already really talked about us the essence of

2218
01:47:01,439 --> 01:47:04,000
Speaker 1: this week of not buying into the national narrative of

2219
01:47:04,640 --> 01:47:07,400
Speaker 1: facing an O and five team who's had kind of

2220
01:47:07,479 --> 01:47:10,040
Speaker 1: like a quarterback Carrousale, not quite sure what they want

2221
01:47:10,040 --> 01:47:12,920
Speaker 1: to do there and just haven't hasn't played well all season.

2222
01:47:13,000 --> 01:47:15,800
Speaker 1: And so for for a mind set, especially coming off

2223
01:47:15,840 --> 01:47:17,800
Speaker 1: of buy a Week in Love, well, we got an easy,

2224
01:47:18,000 --> 01:47:20,479
Speaker 1: easy win here, and and that's when it comes up

2225
01:47:20,520 --> 01:47:22,880
Speaker 1: to bite you, because you gotta understand those guys in

2226
01:47:22,960 --> 01:47:25,680
Speaker 1: that locker room, even though they may be going through

2227
01:47:25,720 --> 01:47:28,800
Speaker 1: some turmoil right now with you know, coaching and guys

2228
01:47:28,880 --> 01:47:30,920
Speaker 1: not being on that team, and it seems like the

2229
01:47:30,960 --> 01:47:32,960
Speaker 1: team doesn't want to win. Those guys in that locker

2230
01:47:33,040 --> 01:47:34,519
Speaker 1: room want to win. I've been on the team like that.

2231
01:47:34,920 --> 01:47:36,559
Speaker 1: They want to come out here and compete because at

2232
01:47:36,600 --> 01:47:38,920
Speaker 1: the end of the day, you're very prideful as an

2233
01:47:39,000 --> 01:47:41,439
Speaker 1: NFL player. And and and any team can win on

2234
01:47:41,520 --> 01:47:45,080
Speaker 1: any Sunday if you allow them the confidence, um in

2235
01:47:45,680 --> 01:47:47,519
Speaker 1: in the hope that they maybe can win. So we

2236
01:47:47,600 --> 01:47:49,719
Speaker 1: have to come out and start fast. There was angry

2237
01:47:49,800 --> 01:47:55,920
Speaker 1: frustration coming out of the Dolphins after the loss. I mean,

2238
01:47:56,000 --> 01:47:57,920
Speaker 1: it does. I mean, especially when you're right there and

2239
01:47:57,960 --> 01:47:59,840
Speaker 1: obviously in that situation, you're trying to go for the win.

2240
01:48:00,040 --> 01:48:02,400
Speaker 1: You know, two point conversion. I'm just lost by one point.

2241
01:48:02,479 --> 01:48:06,800
Speaker 1: But you are competing to win, regardless of what people

2242
01:48:06,840 --> 01:48:09,360
Speaker 1: may think. You know, um, everybody in that locker room,

2243
01:48:09,479 --> 01:48:10,680
Speaker 1: you want to get a win and you want to

2244
01:48:10,720 --> 01:48:12,680
Speaker 1: get that nasty taste out of your mouth. And so

2245
01:48:12,880 --> 01:48:15,200
Speaker 1: for us, we don't want to be that team they

2246
01:48:15,680 --> 01:48:17,880
Speaker 1: they break that streak or find their first win against

2247
01:48:17,920 --> 01:48:20,320
Speaker 1: And so we have to go out there with the

2248
01:48:20,439 --> 01:48:23,599
Speaker 1: mindset of let's jump on these boards early, get them

2249
01:48:23,640 --> 01:48:25,960
Speaker 1: out of the game. And and and and continue that

2250
01:48:26,120 --> 01:48:31,320
Speaker 1: until the fourth quarter. H Lorenzo's lowdown number two. This

2251
01:48:31,479 --> 01:48:34,200
Speaker 1: is interesting. Get back into the process, right, yeah, up,

2252
01:48:34,240 --> 01:48:36,719
Speaker 1: say that we all understand what the process. The process

2253
01:48:36,840 --> 01:48:40,519
Speaker 1: is really just another way of saying your routine, um,

2254
01:48:40,960 --> 01:48:43,760
Speaker 1: coming off of a bye week, uh, sometimes there's a

2255
01:48:43,840 --> 01:48:46,920
Speaker 1: little bit of um lag, Like you take a vacation,

2256
01:48:47,040 --> 01:48:49,120
Speaker 1: you know, you come in on Monday, just you kind

2257
01:48:49,160 --> 01:48:51,080
Speaker 1: of ease your way into it. And so some of

2258
01:48:51,160 --> 01:48:54,120
Speaker 1: these have have had already taken place, And I think

2259
01:48:54,120 --> 01:48:55,800
Speaker 1: that's why it was so great that Sean addressed it

2260
01:48:55,880 --> 01:48:58,120
Speaker 1: on Monday. So guys weren't kind of easing the way

2261
01:48:58,160 --> 01:48:59,960
Speaker 1: back into the week. Now we're back at work, it's

2262
01:49:00,080 --> 01:49:02,680
Speaker 1: time to focus back in. Let's, you know, get the

2263
01:49:02,760 --> 01:49:05,599
Speaker 1: information from ourself scout correct these issues that we've had.

2264
01:49:05,720 --> 01:49:09,160
Speaker 1: You know, whether it's been turnovers, um, you know, um

2265
01:49:09,439 --> 01:49:13,439
Speaker 1: third third uh, pumps blocked on special teams, the way

2266
01:49:13,479 --> 01:49:15,960
Speaker 1: we've played the screen. Let's make sure that we self

2267
01:49:16,080 --> 01:49:18,400
Speaker 1: scout ourselves and get back and fix that on Monday.

2268
01:49:18,800 --> 01:49:21,360
Speaker 1: And then let's jump on these Miami dolphins and see

2269
01:49:21,400 --> 01:49:23,240
Speaker 1: what they do. Well, Let's see where we can attack

2270
01:49:23,320 --> 01:49:28,120
Speaker 1: them and whether you lift weights wherever your recovery process

2271
01:49:28,200 --> 01:49:30,160
Speaker 1: looks like how you watch film. Get right back into

2272
01:49:30,200 --> 01:49:33,360
Speaker 1: that routine. So now your body knows, okay, when Sunday comes,

2273
01:49:33,400 --> 01:49:35,240
Speaker 1: it's time to go, and you're hitting back on fire,

2274
01:49:35,240 --> 01:49:37,680
Speaker 1: and you don't have like this loll in the first quarter, like, man,

2275
01:49:37,760 --> 01:49:40,800
Speaker 1: why are these guys playing so sloppy? Yeah, you can't

2276
01:49:40,840 --> 01:49:42,880
Speaker 1: have that. No, not at all. And number three is

2277
01:49:42,920 --> 01:49:45,560
Speaker 1: get off to a fast start. Yeah, and and and

2278
01:49:45,680 --> 01:49:48,479
Speaker 1: that's all about. Um, we don't want them to get

2279
01:49:48,520 --> 01:49:50,960
Speaker 1: any momentum at all coming into our house. Obviously, we

2280
01:49:51,040 --> 01:49:52,960
Speaker 1: know Bill's mofi is going to show up. So using

2281
01:49:53,000 --> 01:49:56,280
Speaker 1: that energy and really right off the bats, the offense

2282
01:49:56,360 --> 01:50:00,160
Speaker 1: or defense, who's starting the game, really the special we

2283
01:50:00,280 --> 01:50:02,000
Speaker 1: saw them, Let's start hit him in the mouth early

2284
01:50:02,320 --> 01:50:04,479
Speaker 1: and play good sound football and finish them off and

2285
01:50:04,560 --> 01:50:06,599
Speaker 1: don't allow them to get any hope to where they

2286
01:50:06,640 --> 01:50:10,040
Speaker 1: think they can maybe squeak out a win. Um. We look,

2287
01:50:10,080 --> 01:50:12,000
Speaker 1: we were talking about the snap counts before he came

2288
01:50:12,000 --> 01:50:14,320
Speaker 1: out of the ear and you're basically through five games

2289
01:50:14,400 --> 01:50:17,559
Speaker 1: playing about fifty percent of the defensive snaps and virtually

2290
01:50:17,640 --> 01:50:20,800
Speaker 1: all of the special team snaps. At age thirty six,

2291
01:50:20,960 --> 01:50:23,800
Speaker 1: I'm good, Are you sure? I'm built for. That's the

2292
01:50:23,840 --> 01:50:25,600
Speaker 1: way I conditioned myself. We got to get out of

2293
01:50:25,600 --> 01:50:28,960
Speaker 1: the mindsets that thirty six is old. That's just the mindset.

2294
01:50:29,040 --> 01:50:30,559
Speaker 1: You know. I've been doing this for a long time

2295
01:50:30,600 --> 01:50:32,880
Speaker 1: and I feel good and my body understands how to

2296
01:50:32,920 --> 01:50:35,000
Speaker 1: get through things. So I'll be fine. Eleven games left.

2297
01:50:35,200 --> 01:50:37,280
Speaker 1: You give up the space for eleven games always. You

2298
01:50:37,320 --> 01:50:39,720
Speaker 1: wouldn't ask a twenty one year old that, would you? No?

2299
01:50:39,840 --> 01:50:41,519
Speaker 1: I would not. I know. So why are we asking

2300
01:50:41,560 --> 01:50:43,439
Speaker 1: me this? I mean, I think it's something ages I'm

2301
01:50:43,479 --> 01:50:45,640
Speaker 1: going on. I don't know why. I mean, why are you?

2302
01:50:45,840 --> 01:50:47,679
Speaker 1: Why are you asking me? I am the biggest victim

2303
01:50:47,680 --> 01:50:49,720
Speaker 1: of ages? Why? Why? Why are you asking me this?

2304
01:50:50,600 --> 01:50:52,920
Speaker 1: Because Chris Powder report that I was tired after the

2305
01:50:53,000 --> 01:50:57,599
Speaker 1: game after after I laid it on the line and humidity. Yes,

2306
01:50:57,920 --> 01:50:59,840
Speaker 1: the reason he was gas was because he was filling

2307
01:50:59,840 --> 01:51:03,000
Speaker 1: in for mad Yeah, laying everything on specialty. You got

2308
01:51:03,080 --> 01:51:05,000
Speaker 1: to lay it all out there. They talk about it.

2309
01:51:05,080 --> 01:51:06,840
Speaker 1: I actually do it, you know. I lay it all

2310
01:51:06,920 --> 01:51:09,040
Speaker 1: out there. I'm not leaving nothing back. Stop walking. I

2311
01:51:09,120 --> 01:51:10,840
Speaker 1: walk in the locker room. He's sitting on the chair

2312
01:51:10,920 --> 01:51:13,560
Speaker 1: and he's got his legs like straight out probably so

2313
01:51:13,720 --> 01:51:15,760
Speaker 1: he doesn't cramp up or something because he's so low

2314
01:51:15,800 --> 01:51:20,360
Speaker 1: on fluids. Yeah, and he's like, man, I'm tired, and

2315
01:51:20,439 --> 01:51:24,920
Speaker 1: I'm like, all I know, but I think everybody knows why.

2316
01:51:25,040 --> 01:51:27,560
Speaker 1: I mean, he's playing three of the four units on

2317
01:51:27,680 --> 01:51:30,840
Speaker 1: special teams, so he's basically running gassers during a game

2318
01:51:30,920 --> 01:51:34,320
Speaker 1: while playing defense. So come on now, that's all, it's all,

2319
01:51:34,479 --> 01:51:37,120
Speaker 1: It's all relative. I mean, I'm tired for a reason.

2320
01:51:37,760 --> 01:51:40,599
Speaker 1: Nothing to do with has nothing to do with a right, Lorenzo,

2321
01:51:40,600 --> 01:51:42,880
Speaker 1: I have fun at that cornhole tournament tomorrow. Thanks for

2322
01:51:42,960 --> 01:51:45,160
Speaker 1: joining us, say we appreciate I appreciate you. The lowdown

2323
01:51:45,200 --> 01:51:47,479
Speaker 1: with Lorenzo Alexander. He'll be with us again next Friday.

2324
01:51:47,560 --> 01:51:49,439
Speaker 1: Chris and I coming back with more with some special

2325
01:51:49,520 --> 01:51:52,000
Speaker 1: guests when we return. Come on back One Bill's Live,

2326
01:51:52,120 --> 01:51:54,240
Speaker 1: presented by Collat of Health, coming to you from the

2327
01:51:54,439 --> 01:51:57,519
Speaker 1: set of studios in Archer Park. This is Buffalo Bill's Radio.

2328
01:52:15,200 --> 01:52:17,679
Speaker 1: We're back One Bill's Live. John Murphy with Chris Brown,

2329
01:52:17,760 --> 01:52:20,920
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker vacation today and some special guests today are

2330
01:52:20,960 --> 01:52:24,080
Speaker 1: the NFL on CBS broadcast team for Sunday's Bills game

2331
01:52:24,080 --> 01:52:26,479
Speaker 1: against the Dolphins, who are happy to have Andrew Cantlin.

2332
01:52:26,520 --> 01:52:28,439
Speaker 1: Do you know him from the Bills preseason telecast? And

2333
01:52:28,479 --> 01:52:30,080
Speaker 1: of course he'll be doing the play by play the

2334
01:52:30,120 --> 01:52:31,800
Speaker 1: Bills and the Dolphins. And this guy is a Pro

2335
01:52:31,960 --> 01:52:36,960
Speaker 1: Football Hall of Famer, No big deal. Really agreed to

2336
01:52:37,000 --> 01:52:39,559
Speaker 1: come on because Tasker's not here. That's right, Well, good

2337
01:52:39,600 --> 01:52:41,360
Speaker 1: found there. We have many guests today who said the

2338
01:52:41,400 --> 01:52:43,760
Speaker 1: exact same thing. James, welcome back to Buffalo. You had

2339
01:52:43,800 --> 01:52:45,240
Speaker 1: to have many good years here were the Bills and

2340
01:52:45,280 --> 01:52:46,800
Speaker 1: a couple of good years I did. And we were

2341
01:52:46,840 --> 01:52:49,760
Speaker 1: talking about being grandparents, so we have to continue that.

2342
01:52:50,479 --> 01:52:52,680
Speaker 1: One of the best lines is that if I had

2343
01:52:52,760 --> 01:52:55,519
Speaker 1: known grandkids were this much fun, i'd had him first.

2344
01:52:57,120 --> 01:52:59,120
Speaker 1: I can see that. I can see that. And you've

2345
01:52:59,160 --> 01:53:00,880
Speaker 1: got three, you said, I have three of my oldest

2346
01:53:00,920 --> 01:53:04,240
Speaker 1: son David has all three, and uh, it's funny they're

2347
01:53:04,240 --> 01:53:07,080
Speaker 1: already in sports, huh. And so it's it's kind of

2348
01:53:07,120 --> 01:53:09,960
Speaker 1: fun watching that kind of turnover and the interest and

2349
01:53:10,040 --> 01:53:11,680
Speaker 1: all that you were telling Andrew, how you and I

2350
01:53:11,800 --> 01:53:14,200
Speaker 1: go way back to the early nineties, which James is

2351
01:53:14,600 --> 01:53:16,680
Speaker 1: twenty five years ago now. But James and I did

2352
01:53:16,720 --> 01:53:18,360
Speaker 1: a radio show every Monday night for a couple of

2353
01:53:18,520 --> 01:53:20,240
Speaker 1: What was the title of that show was James James

2354
01:53:21,320 --> 01:53:22,960
Speaker 1: was really? I think it was. I don't think so

2355
01:53:23,120 --> 01:53:25,160
Speaker 1: what was it? I don't know. Catching up on the bills,

2356
01:53:25,479 --> 01:53:27,479
Speaker 1: who knows. I'm pretty sure it was a James Lofton show.

2357
01:53:27,640 --> 01:53:29,320
Speaker 1: It was good show though, right, It was good for both.

2358
01:53:29,479 --> 01:53:31,760
Speaker 1: It was a lot of fun. It launched one great

2359
01:53:31,840 --> 01:53:37,080
Speaker 1: career in yours Yes, okay, and yours too, like you're

2360
01:53:37,120 --> 01:53:39,000
Speaker 1: back to see Yes for the third or fourth. Yeah,

2361
01:53:39,000 --> 01:53:42,320
Speaker 1: and it's amazing that still in this business. Uh, you know,

2362
01:53:42,360 --> 01:53:44,720
Speaker 1: I had a James Lofton TV show. Van Miller was

2363
01:53:44,880 --> 01:53:48,959
Speaker 1: my Ed McMahon. That's right. So it was a tremendous

2364
01:53:49,000 --> 01:53:50,920
Speaker 1: amount of fun and a great time being here. You

2365
01:53:51,120 --> 01:53:53,360
Speaker 1: benefit from all of that experience we gave James. Right,

2366
01:53:53,400 --> 01:53:58,240
Speaker 1: he's great to work with right now. It's awesome. He's

2367
01:53:58,240 --> 01:54:01,080
Speaker 1: our third year together. As you mentioned, I just think

2368
01:54:01,120 --> 01:54:03,320
Speaker 1: back to the first year and then you know that

2369
01:54:03,439 --> 01:54:05,840
Speaker 1: chemistry is a slow start. You know, I never met

2370
01:54:05,920 --> 01:54:08,240
Speaker 1: him before, but now in our third year, we have

2371
01:54:08,240 --> 01:54:09,600
Speaker 1: a lot of fun. I make fun of him on

2372
01:54:09,640 --> 01:54:11,479
Speaker 1: the air, yes he does, and he brings a lot

2373
01:54:11,520 --> 01:54:12,960
Speaker 1: of great insight to the game. So it's a lot

2374
01:54:13,000 --> 01:54:16,160
Speaker 1: of fun. This game difficult to do, James, I'll start

2375
01:54:16,200 --> 01:54:18,160
Speaker 1: with you because of the nature of the Dolphins season

2376
01:54:18,240 --> 01:54:21,320
Speaker 1: so far a little bit because as you are studying

2377
01:54:21,320 --> 01:54:23,240
Speaker 1: a team, you're looking for things that they do well,

2378
01:54:23,320 --> 01:54:26,720
Speaker 1: and that they do well continually. They have moments where

2379
01:54:26,760 --> 01:54:29,400
Speaker 1: they look like this is not a bad team, and

2380
01:54:29,560 --> 01:54:31,960
Speaker 1: then they kind of unravel a little bit, so you're

2381
01:54:32,000 --> 01:54:34,840
Speaker 1: wondering that that trend is going to continue. And as

2382
01:54:35,520 --> 01:54:38,640
Speaker 1: doing this game as a former Bill, I don't want

2383
01:54:38,680 --> 01:54:41,520
Speaker 1: to tend to jump on the Buffalo Bill's bandwagon too much.

2384
01:54:41,800 --> 01:54:43,600
Speaker 1: And I don't want to throw out, well, we should

2385
01:54:43,680 --> 01:54:45,640
Speaker 1: run the ball here, or we should do this, because

2386
01:54:46,000 --> 01:54:48,160
Speaker 1: that's not the way you're supposed to call the game.

2387
01:54:48,760 --> 01:54:50,880
Speaker 1: Andrew played by play guy that you are. I always

2388
01:54:50,920 --> 01:54:53,840
Speaker 1: tell people my favorite games are the AFC East games

2389
01:54:53,840 --> 01:54:56,880
Speaker 1: because you have a familiarity with the Bills AFC East rivals.

2390
01:54:57,200 --> 01:54:58,760
Speaker 1: I can't say that this week, this is a whole

2391
01:54:58,800 --> 01:55:01,160
Speaker 1: new cast of characters on the doll Yeah, totally different.

2392
01:55:01,360 --> 01:55:03,480
Speaker 1: And that rivalry is so cool though, even though that

2393
01:55:03,840 --> 01:55:06,360
Speaker 1: the players have changed. And I think my most fond

2394
01:55:06,480 --> 01:55:09,760
Speaker 1: moment as an NFL broadcaster for CBS was the game

2395
01:55:09,840 --> 01:55:12,839
Speaker 1: that they beat Miami week seventeen with Kyle Williams touchdown

2396
01:55:14,200 --> 01:55:16,520
Speaker 1: the playoffs. That was so much fun. But You're right,

2397
01:55:16,600 --> 01:55:19,680
Speaker 1: this is a different Miami team. But I really feel

2398
01:55:19,880 --> 01:55:21,880
Speaker 1: I'm fired up for this game. I think the crowd

2399
01:55:22,000 --> 01:55:24,320
Speaker 1: is going to be awesome coming off the buy four

2400
01:55:24,400 --> 01:55:27,240
Speaker 1: and one. I think it's a lot of fun comes Sunday.

2401
01:55:27,400 --> 01:55:30,680
Speaker 1: Just from what tape you've watched, Andrew, knowing that you

2402
01:55:30,800 --> 01:55:33,600
Speaker 1: do the preseason games here for the Bills, has there

2403
01:55:33,680 --> 01:55:36,800
Speaker 1: been a morphing or a changing that you've seen with

2404
01:55:37,000 --> 01:55:39,720
Speaker 1: this roster for maybe back in August, maybe getting a

2405
01:55:39,840 --> 01:55:41,840
Speaker 1: chance to look at them in week five as late

2406
01:55:41,880 --> 01:55:44,320
Speaker 1: as Week five here, Like, has there been any kind

2407
01:55:44,360 --> 01:55:47,320
Speaker 1: of morpher change that you've seen, Because we're like Bill's

2408
01:55:47,360 --> 01:55:50,000
Speaker 1: myopia here, So I'm just curious if there's anything from

2409
01:55:50,080 --> 01:55:52,440
Speaker 1: your perspective that you've seen that's different. You know, I'm

2410
01:55:52,480 --> 01:55:54,800
Speaker 1: not really surprised by this start. I think we all

2411
01:55:54,880 --> 01:55:57,080
Speaker 1: kind of sensed it over the summer. This could be

2412
01:55:57,240 --> 01:55:59,520
Speaker 1: something special. The way they play together. To me, the

2413
01:55:59,600 --> 01:56:02,000
Speaker 1: offense of line improvement has been a big story in

2414
01:56:02,120 --> 01:56:04,400
Speaker 1: my mind compared to last year, and you look at

2415
01:56:04,400 --> 01:56:06,920
Speaker 1: the schedule that's set up nicely as well. You know,

2416
01:56:07,000 --> 01:56:08,360
Speaker 1: I kind of had a feeling they were going to

2417
01:56:08,440 --> 01:56:10,040
Speaker 1: get off to a good start. Now four and one.

2418
01:56:10,080 --> 01:56:11,920
Speaker 1: I was thinking maybe three and two, four and one.

2419
01:56:12,160 --> 01:56:14,880
Speaker 1: Here they are four and one, feeling good, They're healthy.

2420
01:56:15,040 --> 01:56:18,640
Speaker 1: That's a good sign. I'm not surprised, Chris. I kind

2421
01:56:18,640 --> 01:56:20,560
Speaker 1: of had a good feeling being around this team over

2422
01:56:20,600 --> 01:56:23,240
Speaker 1: the summer. James, We've been talking on this show all week,

2423
01:56:23,280 --> 01:56:27,280
Speaker 1: really how the Bills can almost reset their offense this

2424
01:56:27,400 --> 01:56:30,440
Speaker 1: week with the returning people, with Devin Singletary, with maybe

2425
01:56:30,560 --> 01:56:33,200
Speaker 1: Robert Foster has a bigger rule to play, Tyler Croft

2426
01:56:33,360 --> 01:56:35,720
Speaker 1: maybe expected to play it. I don't know if we've

2427
01:56:35,760 --> 01:56:37,520
Speaker 1: seen the full picture yet what the Bills might be

2428
01:56:37,560 --> 01:56:40,360
Speaker 1: offensively this year, and I think it is more team

2429
01:56:40,480 --> 01:56:44,520
Speaker 1: football than anything else. Frank Gore obviously the superlatives you

2430
01:56:44,600 --> 01:56:47,960
Speaker 1: can't stop with him, fifteen thousand yards rushing on the

2431
01:56:48,040 --> 01:56:50,960
Speaker 1: mountain rushmore of running backs, But then you take a

2432
01:56:51,040 --> 01:56:53,160
Speaker 1: look at all the other guys who are going to

2433
01:56:53,240 --> 01:56:55,560
Speaker 1: touch the football. I won't say skill position players, because

2434
01:56:55,600 --> 01:56:58,280
Speaker 1: offensive linemen are very skilled, but the guys who are

2435
01:56:58,280 --> 01:57:00,960
Speaker 1: going to touch the football. You have a collection a

2436
01:57:01,160 --> 01:57:04,480
Speaker 1: grab bag of guys who are hungry about contributing to

2437
01:57:04,600 --> 01:57:07,160
Speaker 1: this team. And I think that's the most important thing

2438
01:57:07,240 --> 01:57:09,960
Speaker 1: because it doesn't matter who gets the credit as long

2439
01:57:10,000 --> 01:57:12,080
Speaker 1: as you're stacking up to W's and then on the

2440
01:57:12,160 --> 01:57:15,560
Speaker 1: defensive side, Andrew. You know again, you guys have that

2441
01:57:16,000 --> 01:57:18,440
Speaker 1: more more of that national perspective than we do. People

2442
01:57:18,480 --> 01:57:21,520
Speaker 1: here don't have it. Well, I mean, there's a there's

2443
01:57:21,520 --> 01:57:24,400
Speaker 1: a great respect. There's a great respect for the defense

2444
01:57:24,520 --> 01:57:26,800
Speaker 1: here in town. Yeah, they know what this defense is

2445
01:57:26,840 --> 01:57:28,760
Speaker 1: because they saw it last year when they finished second

2446
01:57:28,800 --> 01:57:31,160
Speaker 1: in the league and first against the past. But it

2447
01:57:31,240 --> 01:57:34,840
Speaker 1: seems like there is this national momentum of respect for

2448
01:57:35,160 --> 01:57:37,680
Speaker 1: the defensive unit that the Bills have put together here

2449
01:57:37,680 --> 01:57:39,880
Speaker 1: in Buffalo. Which are you sensing that? Are you seeing that?

2450
01:57:39,960 --> 01:57:42,000
Speaker 1: Are you hearing that in your travels? Yes? And our

2451
01:57:42,000 --> 01:57:44,360
Speaker 1: producer Steve McKees standing it over here, and we talked

2452
01:57:44,400 --> 01:57:46,680
Speaker 1: about the opening coming on the air on Sunday, and

2453
01:57:46,720 --> 01:57:48,520
Speaker 1: I think the first thing has to be the defense.

2454
01:57:48,560 --> 01:57:50,760
Speaker 1: I mean, is everyone's talking about it and what I

2455
01:57:50,880 --> 01:57:52,960
Speaker 1: like about it? You guys just had Lorenzo Alexander on.

2456
01:57:53,040 --> 01:57:54,880
Speaker 1: We met with him a short time ago as well.

2457
01:57:55,360 --> 01:57:57,600
Speaker 1: It doesn't matter who makes the play. As long as

2458
01:57:57,680 --> 01:58:00,600
Speaker 1: somebody makes the play. It just seems like anyone could

2459
01:58:00,600 --> 01:58:03,120
Speaker 1: be the star of the day on defense on this team,

2460
01:58:03,160 --> 01:58:05,520
Speaker 1: and I think that's what makes it special. Hey James.

2461
01:58:05,920 --> 01:58:08,400
Speaker 1: Going into this year, there was concern among Bills fans

2462
01:58:08,480 --> 01:58:10,720
Speaker 1: like they don't have a number one wide receiver. Who's

2463
01:58:10,760 --> 01:58:12,760
Speaker 1: the number one guy? And I kind of thought all

2464
01:58:12,800 --> 01:58:14,480
Speaker 1: along it could be John Brown And here we're a

2465
01:58:14,560 --> 01:58:17,000
Speaker 1: third of the way through the season. Does he qualify

2466
01:58:17,040 --> 01:58:18,840
Speaker 1: as a number one or what? Do what do teams

2467
01:58:18,920 --> 01:58:20,520
Speaker 1: need when they talk about we need a number one

2468
01:58:20,600 --> 01:58:23,080
Speaker 1: wide receiver. When I had the coach chance to coach

2469
01:58:23,120 --> 01:58:25,760
Speaker 1: for a little while coaching San Diego Chargers, and we

2470
01:58:25,920 --> 01:58:29,200
Speaker 1: really don't have a quote number one receiver, a fantasy

2471
01:58:29,240 --> 01:58:32,280
Speaker 1: football guy that people are talking about drafting. But did

2472
01:58:32,320 --> 01:58:34,120
Speaker 1: you realize that the ball when it's in the air

2473
01:58:34,760 --> 01:58:37,120
Speaker 1: doesn't deter from you if you're not the number one receiver.

2474
01:58:39,240 --> 01:58:41,720
Speaker 1: Every guy, when the ball is thrown to him should

2475
01:58:41,720 --> 01:58:43,760
Speaker 1: feel like he's the number one receiver and attack that

2476
01:58:43,840 --> 01:58:46,520
Speaker 1: ball aggressively. Be the guy in the pattern. So you

2477
01:58:46,600 --> 01:58:48,560
Speaker 1: don't have to have a guy who's necessarily going to

2478
01:58:48,640 --> 01:58:51,520
Speaker 1: catch one hundred and ten passes in a season. You

2479
01:58:51,600 --> 01:58:54,560
Speaker 1: want guys who contribute, guys who make timely plays. You

2480
01:58:54,640 --> 01:58:56,040
Speaker 1: move the ball down the field. What do you think it?

2481
01:58:56,120 --> 01:58:59,920
Speaker 1: John Brown? Who is he? I love him his quick

2482
01:59:00,280 --> 01:59:02,920
Speaker 1: You know he has the nickname Smoke because he's so fast,

2483
01:59:03,440 --> 01:59:05,720
Speaker 1: but I think that doesn't tell the whole story. He's tough.

2484
01:59:05,800 --> 01:59:07,840
Speaker 1: He'll catch the ball coming to the inside in between

2485
01:59:07,840 --> 01:59:09,800
Speaker 1: the numbers, so he can do a lot of the

2486
01:59:09,880 --> 01:59:13,000
Speaker 1: things that he quote a number one receiver can do. Yeah, Andrew,

2487
01:59:13,120 --> 01:59:17,800
Speaker 1: is there a thing with Josh's game that you kind

2488
01:59:17,840 --> 01:59:21,960
Speaker 1: of see making incremental advances here? It was funny because

2489
01:59:22,440 --> 01:59:24,440
Speaker 1: after they beat the Titans, he comes to the podium

2490
01:59:24,880 --> 01:59:28,080
Speaker 1: and he says, when I when we have one turner

2491
01:59:28,240 --> 01:59:30,080
Speaker 1: over or less in my starts, we're eight and one

2492
01:59:30,200 --> 01:59:32,000
Speaker 1: like he had it on the top of his head,

2493
01:59:32,720 --> 01:59:36,040
Speaker 1: and we see, if this offense can just get out

2494
01:59:36,080 --> 01:59:39,080
Speaker 1: of their own way, they're probably going to score more

2495
01:59:39,120 --> 01:59:41,320
Speaker 1: than the eighteen points per game that they're averaging right now.

2496
01:59:41,400 --> 01:59:44,120
Speaker 1: The question is can they get there? Do you think

2497
01:59:44,160 --> 01:59:46,920
Speaker 1: that they can get there on the track they're currently on.

2498
01:59:47,200 --> 01:59:48,960
Speaker 1: I do. And we just met with Josh Allen for

2499
01:59:49,000 --> 01:59:51,000
Speaker 1: our production meeting for CBS, and I thought he said

2500
01:59:51,040 --> 01:59:53,440
Speaker 1: something really interesting, James. We haven't even talked about this yet,

2501
01:59:53,480 --> 01:59:55,520
Speaker 1: but he said that against Tennessee it was the first

2502
01:59:55,560 --> 01:59:58,880
Speaker 1: time he was not thinking how do I score a touchdown?

2503
01:59:59,000 --> 02:00:01,280
Speaker 1: He was thinking how do I I make a first down?

2504
02:00:01,600 --> 02:00:04,800
Speaker 1: And just that thought process, I thought showed me a

2505
02:00:04,880 --> 02:00:07,280
Speaker 1: lot of maturity for Josh compared to last year and

2506
02:00:07,280 --> 02:00:09,360
Speaker 1: getting a normal a little bit. And I think, look

2507
02:00:09,440 --> 02:00:12,200
Speaker 1: five games in, I think Duke Williams now being on

2508
02:00:12,280 --> 02:00:14,640
Speaker 1: this roster is going to help them score even more

2509
02:00:14,680 --> 02:00:16,000
Speaker 1: in the red zone, even though they've done a good

2510
02:00:16,080 --> 02:00:19,000
Speaker 1: job of that, and Josh's continued development, I think there's

2511
02:00:19,000 --> 02:00:21,280
Speaker 1: a lot of good signs on offense, James. There was

2512
02:00:21,400 --> 02:00:25,400
Speaker 1: a great quote earlier this week when Ryan Fitzpatrick was

2513
02:00:25,480 --> 02:00:28,520
Speaker 1: named the Dolphins starter when he talked about playing here. Obviously,

2514
02:00:28,600 --> 02:00:30,560
Speaker 1: he played here for the Bills, he's played against the Bills,

2515
02:00:30,720 --> 02:00:33,040
Speaker 1: but he talked about how it's a different atmosphere here

2516
02:00:33,360 --> 02:00:35,360
Speaker 1: in Buffalo and Archard Park. You guys do games all

2517
02:00:35,360 --> 02:00:38,440
Speaker 1: over the league every week, obviously, and it does feel

2518
02:00:38,480 --> 02:00:41,200
Speaker 1: different here, doesn't it. Fitzpatrick was talking about how these

2519
02:00:41,280 --> 02:00:43,520
Speaker 1: people really watch the game and pay attention to the game.

2520
02:00:43,560 --> 02:00:46,560
Speaker 1: They're there to see football. There are thirty two different

2521
02:00:46,600 --> 02:00:49,800
Speaker 1: fan bases in the National Football League. Some of them

2522
02:00:49,880 --> 02:00:52,760
Speaker 1: travel go places. You see him on the road. A

2523
02:00:52,840 --> 02:00:54,840
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago, the Pittsburgh Sealers went out to

2524
02:00:54,880 --> 02:00:57,800
Speaker 1: play the Los Angeles Chargers, and that small stadium in

2525
02:00:57,880 --> 02:01:01,200
Speaker 1: Los Angeles was all black and gold. When you come

2526
02:01:01,280 --> 02:01:04,760
Speaker 1: to Buffalo, very rarely do you notice the colors of

2527
02:01:04,840 --> 02:01:07,600
Speaker 1: the opposing team. People in Buffalo, I don't know if

2528
02:01:07,600 --> 02:01:09,640
Speaker 1: they don't want to sell their tickets, if they're mad

2529
02:01:09,680 --> 02:01:11,320
Speaker 1: at the people who are trying to buy their tickets.

2530
02:01:11,680 --> 02:01:14,800
Speaker 1: They show up for the game. They are loud and proud.

2531
02:01:14,920 --> 02:01:17,320
Speaker 1: They do all the things that you want your fan

2532
02:01:17,440 --> 02:01:20,080
Speaker 1: base to do. They're noisy at the right times. They're

2533
02:01:20,160 --> 02:01:23,240
Speaker 1: encouraging at the right times. They even do the wave

2534
02:01:23,320 --> 02:01:25,680
Speaker 1: once in a while, at the right time in a while,

2535
02:01:25,760 --> 02:01:28,040
Speaker 1: flipping it a round. Note to the Dolphins, guys, and

2536
02:01:28,280 --> 02:01:29,840
Speaker 1: either or you can take this. I know you guys

2537
02:01:29,880 --> 02:01:32,280
Speaker 1: haven't talked to them yet. You will this weekend, presumably

2538
02:01:32,880 --> 02:01:36,760
Speaker 1: when they get into town. Where do you How curious

2539
02:01:36,800 --> 02:01:40,160
Speaker 1: are you to get Flora's kind of explanation about the

2540
02:01:40,240 --> 02:01:43,760
Speaker 1: one eighty at quarterback? I mean a week ago he

2541
02:01:43,880 --> 02:01:46,800
Speaker 1: said it is settled, it's rosen for the last twelve

2542
02:01:47,480 --> 02:01:49,720
Speaker 1: and now less than a week later, well maybe they're

2543
02:01:49,760 --> 02:01:53,600
Speaker 1: going to make the playoffs and they'll have that twelfth game. Okay, okay,

2544
02:01:54,040 --> 02:01:56,560
Speaker 1: but I mean we don't see that kind of a

2545
02:01:56,720 --> 02:01:59,560
Speaker 1: change all that often when a coach and we know

2546
02:01:59,680 --> 02:02:02,520
Speaker 1: coach speak and how it exists, and it's so prevalent

2547
02:02:02,560 --> 02:02:06,200
Speaker 1: in this league. But when he was an okay, yeah,

2548
02:02:06,400 --> 02:02:08,760
Speaker 1: when I mean he was Adam and he said it's settled. Yeah,

2549
02:02:08,800 --> 02:02:10,360
Speaker 1: and now here, I mean, there has to be some

2550
02:02:10,480 --> 02:02:13,360
Speaker 1: other elements at work here, whether it's players threatening a

2551
02:02:13,440 --> 02:02:15,680
Speaker 1: revolt in the locker there's something else there. Right Well,

2552
02:02:15,720 --> 02:02:17,920
Speaker 1: I think going back and watching the game last week

2553
02:02:17,960 --> 02:02:21,560
Speaker 1: against Washington, you saw that as soon as Ryan Fitzpatrick

2554
02:02:21,640 --> 02:02:24,440
Speaker 1: came in in the fourth quarters, a whole game change.

2555
02:02:24,480 --> 02:02:27,560
Speaker 1: The players were fighting for him. There was this intangible,

2556
02:02:27,680 --> 02:02:30,800
Speaker 1: this spark that Fitzpatrick provided. How do you go back

2557
02:02:30,880 --> 02:02:32,920
Speaker 1: in your locker room this week and say, hey, you know,

2558
02:02:33,000 --> 02:02:35,280
Speaker 1: I know we had two touchdown drives with Fitzpatrick, but

2559
02:02:35,320 --> 02:02:37,840
Speaker 1: we're going back to Josh. That's a tough sell in

2560
02:02:37,880 --> 02:02:40,240
Speaker 1: the locker room. And look, the narrative that they're tanking.

2561
02:02:41,000 --> 02:02:43,520
Speaker 1: That's from a personnel standpoint, if you want to rip

2562
02:02:43,560 --> 02:02:45,960
Speaker 1: them for that. But Brian Flores is trying to win

2563
02:02:46,040 --> 02:02:48,520
Speaker 1: every single game. Those players are fighting hard to win

2564
02:02:48,600 --> 02:02:50,680
Speaker 1: every single game. They don't buy into that narrative, and

2565
02:02:50,720 --> 02:02:51,960
Speaker 1: I think that's why he kind of has to go

2566
02:02:52,040 --> 02:02:55,400
Speaker 1: back to Fitzpatrick. Andrew, this is your crew's first Bills game, right,

2567
02:02:55,440 --> 02:02:57,760
Speaker 1: but you had the Dolphins earlier? Yeah, we had him

2568
02:02:57,800 --> 02:03:01,560
Speaker 1: week one against Baltimore. What a what a horrible start

2569
02:03:01,600 --> 02:03:03,360
Speaker 1: to that game, right, Yeah, I'm sure you try to

2570
02:03:03,400 --> 02:03:06,200
Speaker 1: forget it since then, Well, we don't try and forget it.

2571
02:03:06,520 --> 02:03:10,240
Speaker 1: The Dolphins try and forget We're undefeated, Mary, they haven't

2572
02:03:10,280 --> 02:03:11,960
Speaker 1: lost the game yet. Have to check the rankings of

2573
02:03:12,080 --> 02:03:14,320
Speaker 1: these guys, see where they're about. It was brutal right

2574
02:03:14,360 --> 02:03:16,880
Speaker 1: from the start. Yeah, I think I think they Ravens

2575
02:03:16,880 --> 02:03:19,440
Speaker 1: scored like four times the first four times they touched

2576
02:03:19,480 --> 02:03:21,760
Speaker 1: the ball, scored touch. We had a lot of filler

2577
02:03:21,840 --> 02:03:24,240
Speaker 1: material for that second half. Are they better now than

2578
02:03:24,280 --> 02:03:25,760
Speaker 1: they were back in Week one? What do you think?

2579
02:03:25,880 --> 02:03:28,240
Speaker 1: I think they are? If you look at their defensive

2580
02:03:28,640 --> 02:03:30,880
Speaker 1: points that they've given up, it's come down every game.

2581
02:03:31,640 --> 02:03:37,000
Speaker 1: Fifty nine forty three thirty one thirty seventeen really can't

2582
02:03:37,040 --> 02:03:41,840
Speaker 1: go up though, Kenn James, But they really have improved

2583
02:03:41,920 --> 02:03:44,640
Speaker 1: each and every game, and they've been in the last

2584
02:03:44,680 --> 02:03:47,320
Speaker 1: three games. They've been in the games at halftime. And

2585
02:03:47,440 --> 02:03:49,920
Speaker 1: then they've added a couple of people too. Taco Charlton

2586
02:03:50,000 --> 02:03:52,400
Speaker 1: on defense, that's a bonafide player that they can put

2587
02:03:52,480 --> 02:03:54,160
Speaker 1: on the help them set the edge, get a little

2588
02:03:54,200 --> 02:03:56,920
Speaker 1: pass rush. And then the Walton kid that they picked

2589
02:03:57,000 --> 02:03:59,800
Speaker 1: up off waivers from Cincinnati. He's a guy that called

2590
02:04:00,040 --> 02:04:02,080
Speaker 1: hi last week in the game against Washington. What do

2591
02:04:02,160 --> 02:04:03,839
Speaker 1: you think? Yeah, I think in the two point conversion

2592
02:04:03,880 --> 02:04:05,960
Speaker 1: they said they wrapped it all week to Walton, but

2593
02:04:06,040 --> 02:04:07,720
Speaker 1: he was nicked up at the end, could not be

2594
02:04:07,800 --> 02:04:10,560
Speaker 1: out there to it to Drake instead, and he dropped it. Yeah.

2595
02:04:10,560 --> 02:04:13,280
Speaker 1: I also think Fitzpatrick changes the dynamic of this game

2596
02:04:13,320 --> 02:04:16,040
Speaker 1: a little bit. I think with what Josh Rosen has shown,

2597
02:04:16,120 --> 02:04:18,760
Speaker 1: if if he was the starter, it's it's a little

2598
02:04:18,800 --> 02:04:21,080
Speaker 1: flat there. I think Fitzpatrick brings a little juice to

2599
02:04:21,200 --> 02:04:23,560
Speaker 1: this game, and he's not going to be a shy,

2600
02:04:23,680 --> 02:04:25,280
Speaker 1: He's not gonna be afraid. He's still gonna throw the

2601
02:04:25,320 --> 02:04:26,960
Speaker 1: ball over the field. Even if he does turn it

2602
02:04:27,040 --> 02:04:28,920
Speaker 1: over five or six times. That'll be fun. You guys

2603
02:04:28,960 --> 02:04:30,520
Speaker 1: are gonna have a great broadcast. We thank you for

2604
02:04:30,600 --> 02:04:33,200
Speaker 1: coming in. You're seeing you guys, Thank you, thank you.

2605
02:04:34,040 --> 02:04:36,760
Speaker 1: Thanks Chris and your Candlon James Lofton's Chris and I

2606
02:04:36,760 --> 02:04:38,600
Speaker 1: are coming back to wrap things up. One Bill's Live

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Speaker 1: presented by Klata Health, coming from the Seneca Studio in

2608
02:04:41,480 --> 02:04:59,720
Speaker 1: Archard Park on Buffalo Bill's Radio. Okay, so I want

2609
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Speaker 1: to bring learned from today's show. It is brought to

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Speaker 1: you by Skyworks, the official construction equipment rental company of

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bill. Skyworks thanks again to James Lofton Andrew

2612
02:05:09,360 --> 02:05:11,760
Speaker 1: Catalan for joining us. By the way, great guys who

2613
02:05:11,800 --> 02:05:13,000
Speaker 1: are here to do the game for the end of it.

2614
02:05:13,080 --> 02:05:14,800
Speaker 1: Was good to see this guy, yep, great to have

2615
02:05:14,920 --> 02:05:16,440
Speaker 1: him here with this today. All right, what do we

2616
02:05:16,560 --> 02:05:19,760
Speaker 1: learned from today's show? So I fire up the computer. Um,

2617
02:05:20,320 --> 02:05:22,280
Speaker 1: what have we learned that you got it? There? Let

2618
02:05:22,320 --> 02:05:24,160
Speaker 1: me see if I've got it? I think I am it. Sure,

2619
02:05:24,360 --> 02:05:27,680
Speaker 1: I'll help you out. Uh. Channing Crowder was on the

2620
02:05:27,760 --> 02:05:30,120
Speaker 1: show while I was getting the injury update. He was

2621
02:05:30,480 --> 02:05:33,480
Speaker 1: joined by you as you were firing questions off at

2622
02:05:33,560 --> 02:05:36,600
Speaker 1: him about the Dolphins, and he's kind of he commented

2623
02:05:36,640 --> 02:05:41,760
Speaker 1: on the Dolphins dismantling of the roster. It's a couple

2624
02:05:41,800 --> 02:05:43,880
Speaker 1: of player. Um, I was one of a one of

2625
02:05:44,000 --> 02:05:46,200
Speaker 1: fifth same team in Old seven. We weren't trying to lose,

2626
02:05:46,520 --> 02:05:49,040
Speaker 1: but we were just bading. But we had munch of injury.

2627
02:05:49,120 --> 02:05:51,200
Speaker 1: But um, those a lot of players, and he saw

2628
02:05:51,280 --> 02:05:53,280
Speaker 1: they got rid of a lot of their veterans. They

2629
02:05:53,360 --> 02:05:55,240
Speaker 1: got a lot of young guys just happy to be

2630
02:05:55,320 --> 02:05:57,240
Speaker 1: in the league. Honestly, down, a lot of these guys

2631
02:05:57,280 --> 02:05:59,200
Speaker 1: that are on a Dolphins Rocks aren't going to be

2632
02:05:59,240 --> 02:06:01,880
Speaker 1: in the league that much longer. They really ripped it down,

2633
02:06:01,960 --> 02:06:04,240
Speaker 1: you know, acquiring the first round drafted for Making bit

2634
02:06:04,320 --> 02:06:07,360
Speaker 1: Patrick to the Steelers, acquiring another two first round draft

2635
02:06:07,400 --> 02:06:10,400
Speaker 1: pick for Lar mccunsell. You know, taking Houston two first

2636
02:06:10,440 --> 02:06:13,280
Speaker 1: rounds for the next two years, trying to build into

2637
02:06:13,320 --> 02:06:16,000
Speaker 1: the draft. You know, Coil picks next year, I think

2638
02:06:16,080 --> 02:06:19,280
Speaker 1: seven in the first ninety picks, one hundred and fifty

2639
02:06:19,320 --> 02:06:22,680
Speaker 1: million in salary cap. Like, the players aren't dumb nowadays. Man,

2640
02:06:22,760 --> 02:06:24,800
Speaker 1: You're not just out there running around like Hoyle. Did

2641
02:06:24,840 --> 02:06:28,840
Speaker 1: you know what's going on there? You go Channing Crowd

2642
02:06:28,880 --> 02:06:32,000
Speaker 1: are also on the show today. Great Cosal from ESPN's

2643
02:06:32,080 --> 02:06:35,040
Speaker 1: NFL matchup, Greg Cosell talked to us about what the

2644
02:06:35,120 --> 02:06:38,160
Speaker 1: Bill's offensive identity might become as they evolve over the

2645
02:06:38,200 --> 02:06:40,880
Speaker 1: next few weeks. His Great Cosell, I think they'd like

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Speaker 1: to run the ball, you know. I think they'd like

2647
02:06:44,960 --> 02:06:47,920
Speaker 1: Josh Allen to probably be more settled as a pocket

2648
02:06:47,960 --> 02:06:51,640
Speaker 1: player and only moved as a parachute as opposed to,

2649
02:06:51,880 --> 02:06:55,280
Speaker 1: let's make scrambling a part of his game. Obviously, they

2650
02:06:55,480 --> 02:06:59,360
Speaker 1: will be designed runs depending on field position, fuel location

2651
02:06:59,480 --> 02:07:01,880
Speaker 1: down in sin But I think when all said and done,

2652
02:07:02,480 --> 02:07:04,720
Speaker 1: you know, you'd like to keep working toward Josh being

2653
02:07:05,080 --> 02:07:10,800
Speaker 1: an efficient, effective pocket quarterback. Pretty simple. Hey, let's get

2654
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Speaker 1: to you too. Our weekend look at it today. It's

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Speaker 1: presented by Amtrak on Amprak Get Carried Away. A look

2656
02:07:15,840 --> 02:07:17,800
Speaker 1: ahead at what to expect from the Buffalo Bills and

2657
02:07:18,000 --> 02:07:20,080
Speaker 1: some of the rest of the NFL this weekend. It's

2658
02:07:20,120 --> 02:07:22,720
Speaker 1: a post that I wrote on Buffalo bills dot com.

2659
02:07:22,800 --> 02:07:25,879
Speaker 1: One Up this morning, Chris. One thing as we returned.

2660
02:07:26,200 --> 02:07:28,760
Speaker 1: As Steve and I returned to the show over the

2661
02:07:28,840 --> 02:07:30,680
Speaker 1: last week or so, it's pretty evident that the Bills

2662
02:07:30,720 --> 02:07:33,800
Speaker 1: with their foreign one start, have elevated expectations. We had

2663
02:07:34,280 --> 02:07:38,360
Speaker 1: Kyle Brand from NFL Network flatly state to us on Tuesday,

2664
02:07:38,400 --> 02:07:40,560
Speaker 1: They're going to the playoffs. He said, unless there's some

2665
02:07:40,640 --> 02:07:43,280
Speaker 1: sort of a terrible meltdown or a bad rash of injuries. Yeah,

2666
02:07:43,320 --> 02:07:46,240
Speaker 1: and I get that. I realized why network commentators might

2667
02:07:46,320 --> 02:07:49,080
Speaker 1: feel compelled to say that. The only caveat I would

2668
02:07:49,120 --> 02:07:50,960
Speaker 1: say is that there's a long way to go. There's

2669
02:07:51,000 --> 02:07:53,200
Speaker 1: two thirds of the season left to play, right, And

2670
02:07:54,160 --> 02:07:57,400
Speaker 1: I think the other thing that has the expectations raised

2671
02:07:57,600 --> 02:08:01,040
Speaker 1: indirectly is what has happened in the rest of the AFC,

2672
02:08:01,320 --> 02:08:04,480
Speaker 1: whether it's Ben Roethlisberger being out for the year, Patrick

2673
02:08:04,560 --> 02:08:06,680
Speaker 1: Mahomes gets hurt last night and it is probably gonna

2674
02:08:06,720 --> 02:08:09,480
Speaker 1: miss three to four weeks and be out of the lineup.

2675
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Speaker 1: What's that going to do for the fortunes of the

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02:08:11,600 --> 02:08:15,560
Speaker 1: chief season As they sit at five and two, The

2677
02:08:15,720 --> 02:08:17,760
Speaker 1: Chargers are still trying to climb out of their two

2678
02:08:17,800 --> 02:08:21,680
Speaker 1: and four hole. The Jaguars have underachieved despite the fact

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02:08:21,720 --> 02:08:25,040
Speaker 1: that they have a wildly easy schedule. Yes, Minshew has

2680
02:08:25,040 --> 02:08:28,880
Speaker 1: been nice, but Foles is out, so there and Andrew

2681
02:08:28,960 --> 02:08:31,800
Speaker 1: Luck retired. Oh, by the way, So there's a lot

2682
02:08:31,880 --> 02:08:35,560
Speaker 1: of things on the landscape in the AFC that have

2683
02:08:35,720 --> 02:08:38,720
Speaker 1: also indirectly benefited the Bills even though they're not playing

2684
02:08:38,800 --> 02:08:41,680
Speaker 1: any of those teams. And so I think that, combined

2685
02:08:41,720 --> 02:08:44,640
Speaker 1: with the Bills four and one, start as people saying, Wow,

2686
02:08:44,680 --> 02:08:46,000
Speaker 1: the Bills are going to have a good look at this.

2687
02:08:46,440 --> 02:08:48,440
Speaker 1: They are, I believe they are. And if they get

2688
02:08:48,480 --> 02:08:51,400
Speaker 1: to five and one, they have a seventy or eighty

2689
02:08:51,440 --> 02:08:54,520
Speaker 1: three percent chance of making the playoffs. They were five

2690
02:08:54,560 --> 02:08:57,400
Speaker 1: and one eleven years ago though, and finished with seven wins,

2691
02:08:57,480 --> 02:09:00,920
Speaker 1: So yep, it can happen. We remember that, and Fits

2692
02:09:01,040 --> 02:09:03,320
Speaker 1: was the quarterback. Yeah, another thing to look ahead. And

2693
02:09:03,400 --> 02:09:06,120
Speaker 1: I think this is maybe other than a Buffalo win.

2694
02:09:06,160 --> 02:09:07,480
Speaker 1: I said at the top of the show, the return

2695
02:09:07,520 --> 02:09:10,400
Speaker 1: of Devin Singletary I find intriguing. You know, the motor

2696
02:09:10,600 --> 02:09:13,120
Speaker 1: is coming back, he would think. I think he presents

2697
02:09:13,160 --> 02:09:15,720
Speaker 1: an opportunity for the Bills to sort of redefine their offense,

2698
02:09:15,800 --> 02:09:20,080
Speaker 1: to redo their thinking offensively. He's a dynamic outside running

2699
02:09:20,120 --> 02:09:22,280
Speaker 1: presence that they really haven't had, and they've done without

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Speaker 1: for the first five games so far at the season.

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02:09:24,520 --> 02:09:25,800
Speaker 1: But I think he has a lot to offer in

2702
02:09:25,840 --> 02:09:27,640
Speaker 1: the running game, especially maybe a little bit in the

2703
02:09:27,680 --> 02:09:30,960
Speaker 1: passing game is too. Josh Allen, talking about him this week,

2704
02:09:30,960 --> 02:09:33,400
Speaker 1: said he's an explosive player on the way he sees

2705
02:09:33,480 --> 02:09:35,720
Speaker 1: and reads fits and how he attacks the hole. And

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02:09:35,800 --> 02:09:37,880
Speaker 1: I think that will go a long way towards helping

2707
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Speaker 1: this Buffalo offense, which can get better, but it hasn't

2708
02:09:40,280 --> 02:09:43,040
Speaker 1: been awful through five games. And when we say explosive,

2709
02:09:43,720 --> 02:09:47,680
Speaker 1: I think we should probably specify what we mean by

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Speaker 1: that because he only runs a four six six forty

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Speaker 1: straight line speed. This guy is not pulling away from

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02:09:53,680 --> 02:09:58,440
Speaker 1: people for sixty yard touchdowns. But in short areas, this

2713
02:09:58,600 --> 02:10:01,000
Speaker 1: guy's slippery man. Yeah, I mean he gets in and

2714
02:10:01,080 --> 02:10:03,680
Speaker 1: out of tight areas and people can't lay a hand

2715
02:10:03,800 --> 02:10:06,440
Speaker 1: on him. And his vision is so good that I

2716
02:10:06,600 --> 02:10:10,200
Speaker 1: think it gets him to places faster than a normal

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02:10:10,280 --> 02:10:13,000
Speaker 1: four to six six forty guy would. He sees it

2718
02:10:13,160 --> 02:10:16,520
Speaker 1: so early that he can step that direction that much

2719
02:10:16,640 --> 02:10:20,000
Speaker 1: quicker than most can. Because his vision is so elite

2720
02:10:20,680 --> 02:10:23,640
Speaker 1: that he almost plays faster than the watch says he

2721
02:10:23,960 --> 02:10:26,280
Speaker 1: is yep looking ahead and this is longer than a

2722
02:10:26,320 --> 02:10:28,760
Speaker 1: weekend look ahead, and this is a result of where

2723
02:10:28,800 --> 02:10:31,480
Speaker 1: Miami finds themselves, right, they find themselves in this oh

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Speaker 1: and five hole with very limited prospects of winning this

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Speaker 1: weekend anyway. And yet they can probably console themselves, at

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Speaker 1: least at the top end of the Miami franchise, thinking, well,

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Speaker 1: our drafts are gonna be good. They've got picks now

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Speaker 1: thanks to the trade, and say they have five first

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Speaker 1: round selections to make in twenty twenty and twenty twenty one.

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Speaker 1: They've got a total of nine picks in the first

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Speaker 1: two rounds of those drafts. They can look at what

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Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns. Did you know? The Browns had five

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Speaker 1: first rounders in twenty seventeen and twenty eighteen. They got

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Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, Miles Garrett and some other good players. So

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Speaker 1: does tanking work. I don't think so. But the Dolphins

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Speaker 1: will be in position through because of their trades and

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Speaker 1: because they've dismantled this thing. They'll be in position to

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Speaker 1: take advantage in the draft the next couple of years. Right,

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Speaker 1: and they still have to make the right decisions they

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Speaker 1: have to make. They have to hit on those or

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Speaker 1: at least a majority of those. You have five first

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Speaker 1: round picks in the next two years, you better hit

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Speaker 1: on at least three of them, probably four of them,

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Speaker 1: if you're going to turn this thing around sooner rather

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Speaker 1: than later. And if you look, I mean, Channon Crowder

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02:11:30,480 --> 02:11:33,200
Speaker 1: said it. We just heard the SoundBite. There's some guys

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Speaker 1: on this Dolphins roster they're just flat out aren't even

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Speaker 1: going to be in the league next year because they're

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02:11:37,280 --> 02:11:41,920
Speaker 1: just not good enough. So it's not like you're supplementing

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Speaker 1: your roster. You are rebuilding it from the ground up,

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Speaker 1: and that's not just going to happen in one year's

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Speaker 1: time two years time. I mean, look at the Bills.

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Speaker 1: The Bills are successful now, but that's because of the

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Speaker 1: building blocks that they put in place and the pieces

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Speaker 1: they removed into seventeen and twenty eighteen to get to

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Speaker 1: where they are now. And I think some people would

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Speaker 1: argue they're still not even at critical mass or where

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Speaker 1: their peak performance level will be, maybe even a year

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Speaker 1: from now, when Josh has another sixteen games under his

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Speaker 1: belt and is that much better as a quarterback. So

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Speaker 1: the building process here for Miami is going to be long, arduous,

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Speaker 1: and for fans, it's probably going to be painful well

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Speaker 1: through twenty twenty. Lessing Chris, and this is looking ahead

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Speaker 1: to this Bills game. We're even asking folks what they

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Speaker 1: do want to see. I'll tell you what I do

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Speaker 1: not hope to see this weekend in the Bills game.

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Speaker 1: Is officiating controversy and brutal. It's been talked about. It's

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Speaker 1: been talked about a lot over the past week. I

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Speaker 1: believe that maybe the Bills and other coaching staffs are

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Speaker 1: at the point where, like, I don't know whether to

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Speaker 1: challenge that or challenge this defensive pass interference because I

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02:12:48,560 --> 02:12:50,960
Speaker 1: have no idea whether they'll get it right on the challenge.

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Speaker 1: I think that's how bad it's been through the first

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Speaker 1: I just want them to effectively count eleven players on

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Speaker 1: the field, because that was a problem last week too,

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Speaker 1: in a game where they flag one team for having

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Speaker 1: twelve men on the field, and then the other team

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Speaker 1: had thirteen men on the field and they didn't. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you don't even have to count them up. You see

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Speaker 1: thirteen guys on the field, perfect, you should be able

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02:13:09,880 --> 02:13:12,520
Speaker 1: to you can just you could just see there's too many. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you don't have to count thirteen. Come on, all right, Chris,

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Speaker 1: say thanks thanks for saving you to the very end

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Speaker 1: of the show to the last minute the show, Chris

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Speaker 1: Brown filling in, we got it, Asker Steve and I

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Speaker 1: will be back on Monday at twelve noon. Enjoy the game, everybody.

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Speaker 1: We got coverage of the game on our flagship radio station,

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Speaker 1: w g R Sports Radio five fifty coming up on

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Speaker 1: Sunday one o'clock kickoff. Myself, Eric Wood and Sam will

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Speaker 1: be on the side nights. I want to thank our

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Speaker 1: production assistant George Blast, Jeff Coltonick Thomas Hommelder, Kelly Rude,

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Speaker 1: j J Tarito, Kevin Cargis, James Robell, our producer Jay Harris.

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Speaker 1: See him Monday at noon. One Bills Live presented by

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Speaker 1: KLADA Health from the Seneca Studios at one Bills Drive.

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