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Speaker 1: This One Bill's Live presented by Kalida Health.

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Speaker 2: It is Friday One Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker

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Speaker 2: with you jam pack show for you today which will

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Speaker 2: lay out for you in just a second. But there

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Speaker 2: are some roster updates to pass along to you, most

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Speaker 2: of them pretty notable involving a handful of starting players

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Speaker 2: on Buffalo's roster. First and foremost the good news, day

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Speaker 2: Kwon Jones will be activated for Sunday's game. He is

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Speaker 2: expected to play. The actual transaction has not yet taken

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Speaker 2: place officially, as Bill's practice updates are presented by leecom

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Speaker 2: your Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. But Day Kwon

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Speaker 2: Jones coming off of IR and added to the fifty

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Speaker 2: three man roster, which has a roster spot open currently

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Speaker 2: due to the release of backup offensive lineman Jermaine Affetti yesterday.

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Speaker 2: So that will happen in due course here before Sunday's

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Speaker 2: game against the Patriots, and Daikwon Jones will take the

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Speaker 2: field with his Bill's defensive teammates for the first time

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Speaker 2: since week five.

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Speaker 3: Mcdermo was also quick to add, I mean like you

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Speaker 3: and I have been sitting here saying man they have

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Speaker 3: missed him inside and they have. But I think he's

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Speaker 3: right in saying right after he said he's gonna play

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Speaker 3: that we got to manage his expectations. I mean, DAYK

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Speaker 3: one Jones, isn't you know this magic wand that they're

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Speaker 3: gonna wave over and everything's gonna be fixed. You know,

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Speaker 3: you gotta he's gonna be a good player. You'd think

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Speaker 3: he's gonna be able to take some reps. I don't

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Speaker 3: know if he's gonna come right back snap one of

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Speaker 3: game one and play like he has played.

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Speaker 4: But it's a big.

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Speaker 3: Body and the thing that got me too in this

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Speaker 3: and Sean McDermott acknowledged it, and we talk about it

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Speaker 3: all the time and it was confirmed by the head

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Speaker 3: coach today. Game's brutal. It's brutal, and it was a

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Speaker 3: conversation and a quest for DAYK one Jones. They had

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Speaker 3: to find can he get better fast enough to help

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Speaker 3: this season? Will he rehab fast enough to be good,

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Speaker 3: will he be susceptible to reinjured? And does he want

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Speaker 3: to play? I mean, does the guy want to come

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Speaker 3: on ir I mean, he gets paid anyway.

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Speaker 4: It's hard and it's not a given. It's not a given.

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Speaker 3: And he we talk talk to him six weeks ago,

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Speaker 3: eight weeks ago, it was.

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Speaker 2: Always like a month away, a month removed from the

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Speaker 2: injury and the surgery.

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Speaker 3: He was like another three weeks away from getting out

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Speaker 3: of the sling. And he's like, he was like, no,

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Speaker 3: I want to I'll be coming, I'm coming back. I'm

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Speaker 3: coming back. He wanted to come back and and be

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Speaker 3: unwavering and to this week is going to be that week.

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Speaker 3: I think it's there's so much in people. We read

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Speaker 3: off the transactions and we talk about it, but it

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Speaker 3: is an ordeal when you get hurt during this season,

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Speaker 3: I've been through it. All these guys been, Matt Mlono's

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Speaker 3: still going through it, you know, all the guys around

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Speaker 3: the league that you hear about that you don't know,

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Speaker 4: It is an epic journey, even though.

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Speaker 3: It only took like a couple of months for Dayquan

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Speaker 3: to get back on the field, Like do you want

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Speaker 4: Is it? You know?

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Speaker 3: Do you what are the you know how do your teammate,

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Speaker 3: what's got you're asking him to do. And sure enough,

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Speaker 2: And you know, he's been practicing the last two weeks,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's I and plus getting a big body down

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Speaker 3: And it would be awesome if in a couple of

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Speaker 3: Then you'd have three big dudes down inside to rotate

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Speaker 4: Team front right there. Oh my goodness.

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Speaker 3: With aj Epodessa getting healthier and Rousseau and you know,

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Speaker 2: Yeah. The other player in a similar situation is Micah Hyde,

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Speaker 2: who head coach Sean McDermott said last hour when he

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Speaker 2: which means, you know, Taylor Rapp would go back to

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Speaker 2: so defense is getting healthier. The only other update that

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Speaker 2: healthy for the playoffs, and coach McDermot said, all indications

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Speaker 2: this season. So that's kind of the four to one

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Speaker 2: so we'll try to We'll obviously get an update when

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Speaker 2: the Friday injury report comes out, and at that point

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Speaker 2: his status for Sunday's game at all. Leonard Fournette also

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Speaker 2: But that's your update on practice. The one other note

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Speaker 2: that I should pass along as coach. McDermott also said

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Speaker 2: that aj Epenessa is close to returning, certainly closer than

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Speaker 2: day to day, so it sounds like it's a wait

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Speaker 3: I think it's got to be the best. You're thinking

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Speaker 3: it's a game day decision. Maybe he goes out, works out,

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Speaker 4: I don't know.

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Speaker 3: I think he's trending down, not trending down, trending up.

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Speaker 3: But I don't think it's fast enough to make this game.

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Speaker 3: It doesn't sound like we'll see.

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Speaker 4: We'll see.

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Speaker 3: I'm it's interesting to me though. This is this is

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Speaker 3: they were crescendoing at the right time. They're getting healthier.

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Speaker 3: Certainly they've lost, you know, guys for the entire seaton

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Speaker 4: Jordan Phillips will probably be back at some point.

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Speaker 3: I'm thinking if they can make the season last long enough,

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Speaker 3: unlike a lot of people, I believe Vaughan is crescendoing

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Speaker 4: In the coming weeks. It'd be cool to see.

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Speaker 3: But I do think they're trending in the right direction

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Speaker 3: see if it continues. I said before, it's five games

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Speaker 4: This is really hard to do.

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Speaker 3: To know with what they have left isn't so daunting.

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Speaker 2: The Patriots have some injury concerns as well. I'll just

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Speaker 2: briefly run down the major players to pass along to you.

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Speaker 2: So basically, Ezekiel Elliott, who has basically taken over as

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Speaker 2: Have not seen an update as to whether or not

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Speaker 2: get an update when their Friday injury report comes out.

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Speaker 2: Trent Brown, their left tackle, has had an illness and

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Speaker 2: he has mitched. He missed Wednesday and Thursday practice, so

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Speaker 2: maybe a stomach bug is going through that Patriots locker

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Speaker 2: according to a report from ESPN Patriots reporter Mike Reeese.

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Speaker 2: He said, they're both out there at practice. The level

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Speaker 2: Friday injury report on that Juju Smith Schuster receiver dealing

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Speaker 2: with an ankle injury. He was limited on Wednesday and

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Speaker 2: just some names to keep an eye on here as

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Speaker 2: the Patriots side of things as well. So those are

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Speaker 2: So I don't know, Steve, like you look at all

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Speaker 4: I guess it.

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Speaker 2: I'm not saying it makes them a different opponent because

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Speaker 2: I don't think it's really changed the philosophy of what

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Speaker 4: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: There's a lot that's different. Even their offensive tackles could

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Speaker 3: Yeah. And we had Dalton Kincaid in here early in

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Speaker 3: The Patriots are gonna come out and they're going to

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Speaker 4: Have to go.

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Speaker 3: They have the great ability as a defensive scheme and

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Speaker 4: They're really good at that. And that's always been.

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Speaker 4: Snap it off. You know you can't. You can't do it.

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Speaker 3: You can't get it done. Whether they've got Tommy Schmeg

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Speaker 4: Tough out, a tough out.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I hope they have Tommy Schmeg Mohoytan instead of Christian Barmore.

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Speaker 4: But I gotta die.

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't bank on it.

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Speaker 2: As we said, we've got a full show for you

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Speaker 3: Remember those days on Fridays, those were the days.

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Speaker 2: As we know, Bill's on the road in Miami next week.

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Speaker 2: Not that there won't be a ton of Bills fans

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Speaker 3: And it's gonna be interesting the Bills. You know, Bill's

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Speaker 3: don't you think, Browdie.

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Speaker 6: Oh my gosh.

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Speaker 2: It's at the same time, I know haven the same

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Speaker 3: You're gonna be calling play, but I'm gonna be back

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Speaker 2: Look at that photo CBS Park.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I still have that Parka. But I

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Speaker 3: Because it was just after the nineteen eighty nine season

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Speaker 3: twenty one years. Yeah, and now I'm escalated. Now I'm

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Speaker 2: That's nice, ye to say I've elevated my game figure,

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Speaker 3: two later offered me a position. Word of that got out,

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Speaker 3: and then ESPN had me into audition for them. Well,

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Speaker 3: I went straight from the Master's golf tournament because I

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Speaker 3: was watching it with but at like four am had

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Speaker 3: to buy a suit in a store in in Augusta, Georgia,

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Speaker 3: so I had something to wear. I go to ESPN

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Speaker 3: and I and I was like, I was half hard,

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Speaker 3: I half hearted it. They said thanks for stopping by.

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Speaker 3: I was like, fine, I'm it doesn't matter. I already

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Speaker 3: accepted the CBS thing anyway, thanks, you know. So that

448
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Speaker 3: was all I did at at ESPN, and I I

449
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Speaker 3: was with CBS for twenty one years. So and let

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Speaker 3: me say something. The CBS was off the charts. Awesome,

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Speaker 3: great company, great people, great job.

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Speaker 4: They was great.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I know when theyvement of town, they're always looking

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Speaker 2: for you. You know, you must have made a good impression.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but you know, I kind of the truth be told,

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Speaker 3: I kind of aged. I kind of aged out of

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Speaker 3: the job. You know, I got to be almost sixty,

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Speaker 3: and you know, there's always young guys, you know.

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Speaker 4: That's the thing with that.

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Speaker 3: You know, there's always you know, Peyton Manning's always retired.

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Speaker 3: And then it was it could have you know.

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Speaker 4: All over luck retired.

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Speaker 3: Well yeah, and and they're good and but you know,

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Speaker 3: like so they just wanted some younger guys, some more

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Speaker 3: current names in there, and that was time for me

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Speaker 3: to go. And I was I love those guys. I

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Speaker 3: still keep in touch with executives and all of that

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Speaker 3: stuff over there.

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Speaker 4: They're great.

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Speaker 2: So that was cool story.

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Speaker 4: I did not want to go into coaching people ask

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Speaker 4: that too.

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Speaker 2: I too many hours.

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Speaker 4: I've said it a million times. It's not a job coaching,

475
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Speaker 4: it is a lifestyle.

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Speaker 2: And I had not only yours, the rest of your family.

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Speaker 3: We had five We had five children, and we would

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Speaker 3: have been hop skipping and jumping around the country at

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Speaker 3: different jobs. And I just decided we would be better

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Speaker 3: off living here in Western New York where they were born,

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Speaker 3: all the kids were born.

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Speaker 4: And I we have not regretted it for a moment.

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Speaker 2: So all right, Well, congrats to Danielle. Good question, by

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Speaker 2: the way, too, so she'll get the random mystery box

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Speaker 2: and uh, I can't wait to see what she wins

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Speaker 2: by submitting that question. For excuse me, mister tasker. We

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Speaker 2: got a little time here to jump on the phones

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Speaker 2: on this obl fan mail bag Friday, and we lead

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Speaker 2: off with Doug in Elizabethtown. Is this New Jersey?

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Speaker 1: Doug, No, this is a Pa.

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Speaker 8: Okay, Central Pa. We're in the We're in the tank

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Speaker 8: of the state.

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Speaker 2: Okay.

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Speaker 8: I just want to tell you, guys, I've really enjoyed

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Speaker 8: the show this year. Uh A new listener first time

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Speaker 8: called no.

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Speaker 4: Thanks.

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Speaker 8: You guys are great. You guys are great.

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Speaker 7: I love it.

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Speaker 8: Steve, You're a great player.

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Speaker 7: I love you.

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Speaker 8: I want to go back to our rock and chair

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Speaker 8: memory of mind when I stood on the Bill's field

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Speaker 8: when it was the route, I believe. But the conditions

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Speaker 8: on the field, as far as gameplay goes, the only

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Speaker 8: thing I have to compare to is playing out of

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Speaker 8: high school teacher. The football field itself.

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Speaker 9: Are they all like that field of field in the NFL?

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Speaker 9: Or are some flatter? And how much does that play

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Speaker 9: into the game of homefield advantage. I know it's just

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Speaker 9: crowded field. I know it's go off, growing angles, kicking.

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Speaker 2: I think we're losing you here. You're kind of fading

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Speaker 2: on the same. But I think we got the general

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Speaker 2: gist of your question. So I'm gonna let you loose

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Speaker 2: because you were breaking up on us.

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Speaker 4: Did you cant?

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Speaker 2: He was talking about the field condition. He said he

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Speaker 2: was at the Ralph once when it was crowned.

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, and he's curried Ridge Stadium.

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Speaker 2: He was curious, now if field conditions are generally the same,

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Speaker 2: if crowns still exist in the league. They do not,

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Speaker 2: because the drainage systems are vastly superior to what they

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Speaker 2: once were.

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Speaker 3: The technology is caught up with it. They can flatten

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Speaker 3: the field and suck the water out of it from below,

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Speaker 3: and that's that's how they do it now. So, no,

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Speaker 3: the field is not crowned. Back when it was Rich

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Speaker 3: Stadium in the seventies eighties.

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Speaker 2: You could see the crown You could from even the stands.

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Speaker 4: From the from from the wall.

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Speaker 3: Now obviously the field is thirty feet away from the wall,

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Speaker 3: or more so if you go over to the to

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Speaker 3: the wall. When the field was crowned, you.

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Speaker 4: Couldn't see.

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Speaker 2: Below the kneecaps below.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you couldn't see from the knees or the middle

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Speaker 3: of the thigh down when they were on the sideline

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Speaker 3: on the other side, because it was it was a

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Speaker 3: arc and they did that for obviously for water drainage.

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Speaker 3: And you could see it too back in the day

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Speaker 3: when the old turf, when I first got here, it

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Speaker 3: would be wet, it would rain all the time. But

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Speaker 3: then when it dried out, it would dry out from

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Speaker 3: the middle out.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and it was like the parting of the rest.

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Speaker 4: Yes, exactly, So you're right.

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Speaker 3: No, the fields now are virtually all flat relatively, they're

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Speaker 3: very flat and uniform. Obviously, they're the same measurements and

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Speaker 3: all that, but the surface itself is the only thing

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Speaker 3: that's really different from field to field.

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Speaker 2: There are some fields that mix regular grass with turf.

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Speaker 2: They're obviously all turf surfaces, and there are all grass surfaces. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I mean, so aside from the material used on the

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Speaker 2: field dimensions lack of a crown, they're all the same.

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Speaker 2: Now the drainage systems are vastly superior to what they

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Speaker 2: used to be. We've got to take a break here

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Speaker 2: because when we come back, joining us is the guy

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Speaker 2: calling the game for the NFL on CBS. We're gonna

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Speaker 2: be joined by Kevin Hartlin, who'll be calling the Bills

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Speaker 2: Patriots game with Trent Green and Melanie Collins on CBS

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Speaker 2: next here on One Bill's Live, presented by col Out

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Speaker 2: of Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, welcome back

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Speaker 2: to One Bill's Live. Chris Brown, stay tasker with you,

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Speaker 2: and please to be joined now by the guy will

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Speaker 2: be on the call for the NFL on CBS on

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Speaker 2: Sunday for Bill's Patriots here in week seventeen, along with

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Speaker 2: Trent Green and Melanie Collins. It's Better in play by

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Speaker 2: playman Kevin Harland kind enough to join us here, Kevin,

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Speaker 2: Merry Christmas, Happy New Year. Good to have you with us.

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Speaker 2: It's an interesting rematch here because you know, the Patriots

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Speaker 2: pulled one over on the Bills back in Week seven.

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Speaker 2: What peaks your curiosity the most with this one on Sunday?

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Speaker 10: Well, clearly, the Bills are in kind of an unfamiliar position.

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Speaker 10: Usually they've got things wrapped up with the playoff spot

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Speaker 10: and now just trying to secure the division, and usually

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Speaker 10: that has been pretty secure by this time. So it's

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Speaker 10: kind of a foreign area they're in right now. But

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Speaker 10: you know a lot of teams are kind of going

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Speaker 10: through this. Kansas City is one of them, Cincinnati clearly is,

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Speaker 10: and the Bills. These are three teams that have been

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Speaker 10: perennially the top teams in the AFC over the last

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Speaker 10: couple of years. So the Bills have work to do.

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Speaker 10: But boy, the path is pretty clear, isn't it. If

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Speaker 10: they win Sunday against the Pats, if they can beat

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Speaker 10: Miami on Sunday down there next week, they've got the division,

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Speaker 10: a high seed, and they are going in in a

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Speaker 10: very familiar way down the road. But it's one at

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Speaker 10: a time. Clearly, they can't overlook New England, who's you say,

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Speaker 10: beat them before? So they've got to keep on doing

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Speaker 10: what they've been doing, which is winning and finding a

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Speaker 10: way to win. No team is great, All teams are flawed,

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Speaker 10: and I speak with San Francisco and Baltimore in mind

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Speaker 10: with that. So the Bills, you know, have a chance

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Speaker 10: to really do something special. They've got momentum and we'll

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Speaker 10: see if they can continue that against a New England team,

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Speaker 10: which itself feels like they've got some momentum at this

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Speaker 10: stage of the season.

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Speaker 3: And it's interesting too, because we see this all the time,

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Speaker 3: and it's a week to week league, so we're all

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Speaker 3: about this week, this team's the best team that's ever existed,

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Speaker 3: and next week they can't. They stink, right, So we've

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Speaker 3: seen this. Miami came out of the gates very fast.

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Speaker 3: They hung seventy points on Denver. Then they came to

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Speaker 3: Buffalo and got smacked. And then you've got other teams

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Speaker 3: that are putting together strings during the season.

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Speaker 4: It's hard to keep doing it.

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Speaker 3: The Niners they went through a three game losing streak,

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Speaker 3: so did other teams. How important do you think it

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Speaker 3: is and how far how good do you have to

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Speaker 3: be to show enough that you can get it together

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Speaker 3: at the end of the season put together a run.

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Speaker 3: We've seen other teams do it in the past, but

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Speaker 3: how likely is it for a team, oh, like Buffalo,

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Speaker 3: they got to win five in a row at the

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Speaker 3: end of the season to get in and then just

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Speaker 3: keep it going for four more games.

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Speaker 4: I mean, that's a big ask.

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Speaker 10: It is, but a team like the Bills are built

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Speaker 10: structurally for it. Some teams are not, like Kansas City.

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Speaker 10: I don't mean to keep bringing them up, but they're

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Speaker 10: the defending champions and we know how strong they've been,

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Speaker 10: but the Bills did a pretty good job on them

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Speaker 10: earlier this year. I would say that that the things

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Speaker 10: that the boxes that need to be checked for the

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Speaker 10: Bills are checked. You know, if they get Micah back

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Speaker 10: this week, that'll be big, clearly. I think everybody thinks

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Speaker 10: that you know, Diggs has disappeared, but maybe they've used

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Speaker 10: them in a different way. I would think the Bills

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Speaker 10: best football is still ahead of them. And listen in

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Speaker 10: this conference more so than the NFC. Think of the

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Speaker 10: land mines that are out there. Think about if you're

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Speaker 10: playing a Buffalo or a Kansas City in Round two,

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Speaker 10: and maybe the Chiefs have got to go on the road.

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Speaker 10: The Bills may have to go on the road if

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Speaker 10: they're gonna make it all the way to the championship game.

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Speaker 10: I mean, there's just a lot here at play. Even

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Speaker 10: the Bengals could get in their nose their way in,

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Speaker 10: and Baltimore is the one team in the league among

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Speaker 10: the top teams that has not hit that trough. I

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Speaker 10: heard someone the other day talk about are they peaking

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Speaker 10: too early with that sensational win over San Francisco on

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Speaker 10: Christmas Night? I mean, to me, there are so many

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Speaker 10: avenues here for any of these teams to find their traction,

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Speaker 10: and why not the Bills They seem to be gaining

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Speaker 10: that kind of moment In fact, of all the teams

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Speaker 10: Baltimore aside they have, I think right now, as good

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Speaker 10: a shot as any is finding that that sweet spot

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Speaker 10: in terms of, yeah, we are hitting on all cylinders.

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Speaker 10: Everybody is healthy, we're continuing to move and ascending as

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Speaker 10: opposed to plateauing or trying to keep what we've got.

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Speaker 10: They to me, you know, I think there is nothing

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Speaker 10: more powerful than finding that momentum. At this time of year.

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Speaker 10: It's a whole new season, and the Bills seem to

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Speaker 10: be finding whatever it is they've lacked right now, and

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Speaker 10: whether it's the changing coordinator, who knows what it could be.

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Speaker 10: But the message is getting across and they're performing. So

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Speaker 10: there's all teams are flawed, but right now you look

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Speaker 10: for who's kind of got it together at this stage,

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Speaker 10: and the Bills are at the top of that list.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and Kevin. A month ago, you know, this team

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Speaker 2: was six and six, and even though Josh Allen had

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Speaker 2: been extraordinarily productive, he had been all but written off

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Speaker 2: as an MVP candidate for this league. But if this

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Speaker 2: team can clinch a playoff Berth get in, dare I

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Speaker 2: even say, win the division and you know, kind of

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Speaker 2: pull the rugout from under the Dolphins here right at

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Speaker 2: the end, does he have a chance to climb back

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Speaker 2: into that league MVP conversation? He leads the league in

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Speaker 2: offensive touchdowns? Could he steal it from somebody like a

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Speaker 2: Lamar or even a Christian mcaff free.

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Speaker 10: Oh yeah, no, he's right there. You know, I think

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Speaker 10: that no particular order. Jackson has done such a wonderful

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Speaker 10: job with Baltimore. But what Josh has done, and he

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Speaker 10: told us just this yesterday, and his teammates and his

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Speaker 10: coach said, right now, he is playing the best football

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Speaker 10: of his career.

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Speaker 9: Now.

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Speaker 10: I know they're looking at the interceptions, but you know

679
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Speaker 10: what this is. This is Brett Farv. This is a

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Speaker 10: modern day Brett Farv. And you guys have probably heard that.

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Speaker 10: But from a distance, I think people are saying, there's

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Speaker 10: going to be good and bad. There's going to be

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Speaker 10: a quarterback who is constantly pressing the boundaries, trying to

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Speaker 10: get to the precipice and figure out how far he

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Speaker 10: can step over it, you know, pushing the envelope. I'd

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Speaker 10: rather have a quarterback like that who's constantly doing these things.

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Speaker 10: You've already mentioned that, the combined rushing and passing touchdowns

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Speaker 10: he is producing, and he's right now, I think in

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Speaker 10: a very comfortable position. Of course, you don't want to

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Speaker 10: see all the interceptions. I think, like far it kind

691
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Speaker 10: of is part and parcel with who you are, what

692
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,840
Speaker 10: you are, who you are. You know, the way he's wired,

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Speaker 10: he is never going to turn down from a challenge.

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Speaker 10: And sometimes it produces something like you gotta hide your eyes,

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Speaker 10: and other times, most of the time, it produces how

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Speaker 10: did he make that throw, How did he pull off

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00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 10: that play? How did he get so close to the

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Speaker 10: to the sideline and complete the ball and score the

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Speaker 10: like it's it's amazing the thing that this guy can do,

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Speaker 10: so Lamar, because he's been so good throughout the season,

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Speaker 10: even though his numbers don't compare necessarily to what Josh

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Speaker 10: has done. Jalen Hurts at Philadelphia has got to be

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Speaker 10: on that same conversation, and Tyreek Hill, especially if he

704
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Speaker 10: gains over two thousand yards receiving McAffrey, as you mentioned,

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Speaker 10: you know those are the names right now. I will

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Speaker 10: tell you this, after every Monday night broadcast, I ask

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Speaker 10: Kurt Warner who's the MVP. Every week it has been

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Speaker 10: a different guy. And I think we're going to go

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Speaker 10: literally to the final snap of the final game of

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Speaker 10: the regular season before or anybody has a clear distinction,

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Speaker 10: And even then it may be a five or four

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Speaker 10: person raise to get it. It's probably gonna be about

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Speaker 10: as close voters as we've seen. But Allen, if he

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Speaker 10: can finish the way he's played and win these next

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Speaker 10: two games, absolutely, if he's not one, he's one A.

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Speaker 10: And if he's not one, he's a close number. Two,

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Speaker 10: and then I think it's a flip of the coin

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Speaker 10: when you look at the top guys. Clearly he is

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Speaker 10: in that running absolutely, if they can beat the Patriots

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Speaker 10: and if they can get that division, and even if

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Speaker 10: they don't get the division, but get in, he still

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Speaker 10: is in the conversation.

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Speaker 3: We started this season and the AFC just seemed like

724
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Speaker 3: they were really stacked with quarterbacks. I mean there was

725
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Speaker 3: a ton of guys. And now with Deshaun Watson going down,

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Speaker 3: now you got Joe Flacco thrown back into the mix.

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Speaker 3: Who's playing at a high level. But you know Cleveland

728
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Speaker 3: with Joe, even with Joe Flacco playing well, there's backup quarterback.

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Speaker 3: Jacksonville may or may not have a backup quarterback. This week,

730
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Speaker 3: Indianapolis lost their quarterback, Houston lost their quarterback. Now for

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Speaker 3: the last couple of weeks, Pittsburgh has been vacillating, vacillating

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Speaker 3: from Kenny Pickett to Mason Rudolph to who you know, Cincinnati,

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Speaker 3: Joe Burrows is down, Vegas has made I mean, they're

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Speaker 3: all the quarterbacks are all over the place. Now you

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Speaker 3: get into the playoffs and you're looking at Lamar Pat,

736
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Speaker 3: Josh Tua, I mean this, it's an old it's a

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Speaker 3: kind of an I may be oversimplifying it, but if

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Speaker 3: your quarterback stayed healthy throughout the entire year, it seems

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Speaker 3: like you've filtered to the top of the heap.

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Speaker 10: Well, Josh is indestructible, and Lamar is like he's like

741
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Speaker 10: Gumby right, like he can he can bend and twist

742
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:44,320
Speaker 10: and go and eight he's like a nunchuck. He's like

743
00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 10: eighteen different directions like you. You know, he's stayed healthy

744
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,480
Speaker 10: and it is paid off for the Ravens. Toua has

745
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 10: stayed healthy, maybe one of the more underreported stories. Has

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Speaker 10: a special helmet now designed just for quarterbacks to protect

747
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:02,920
Speaker 10: those that concussion string that he was going through. He

748
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Speaker 10: stayed healthy, taking every snap that's mattered, and it is

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Speaker 10: paid off. And look at the team. So all the

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Speaker 10: guys we thought would be there now Mahomes. Mahomes has

751
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Speaker 10: had the worst numbers of his career. Kansas City's clunky

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Speaker 10: Kansas City. They clearly are not what they've been. I

753
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:23,120
Speaker 10: don't know if it's if it's length of drive routines

754
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:25,759
Speaker 10: that they've had for four straight years. They've been right

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00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:29,640
Speaker 10: to the bitter end the seasons have been long. But

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Speaker 10: then you know, Josh has gone through long seasons and

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Speaker 10: now Burrow's gone clearly in Cincinnati, but that team has

758
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Speaker 10: gone through long seeds. There's that mental focus thing that

759
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 10: I think, that mental weight that these perennially good teams

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Speaker 10: carry that it weighs on them. And to have the

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Speaker 10: target on your back like Josh does, or Mahomes does,

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Speaker 10: or Borrow does or now Tua has every week Lamar,

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Speaker 10: I mean that wears on you after a while. It

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Speaker 10: is clearly, it is clearly worn on the Chiefs. They're

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Speaker 10: not the same team. They just aren't. But they don't

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Speaker 10: have a Digs and it looks like they don't have

767
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:10,000
Speaker 10: a Cook. And the quarterback for the Bills has been

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Speaker 10: better than the quarterback of the Chiefs. So yeah, I

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Speaker 10: mean the quarterbacks are there, but standing upright is huge.

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Speaker 10: Mahomes has not been injured. I mean, he's had the

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Speaker 10: knicks like all these guys, but he's not been injured.

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Speaker 10: But you've got to have a quarterback who's in the

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Speaker 10: driver's seat and has got his hands on the wheel.

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Speaker 10: You know, ninety percent of your season if you want

775
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Speaker 10: to be what you thought you were going to be

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Speaker 10: and Josh clearly has done that. And Mahomes I think

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Speaker 10: has just been kind of soiled actually by what's around him.

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Speaker 10: He's been failed by there's a lack of trust. There's

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Speaker 10: been a lot of drops. So the Chiefs aren't there.

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Speaker 10: Burrow is out, and now you've got Tua who is

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Speaker 10: standing on there. And like we said, it could become

782
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Speaker 10: a Bills versus Miami Dolphins final game of the season

783
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Speaker 10: for the division title. Todd games with two quarterbacks who

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Speaker 10: have had their hands firmly on the steering wheel all

785
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Speaker 10: season long.

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Speaker 2: Kevin, thanks for the time. We appreciate it. Safe travels

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Speaker 2: here to Buffalo and we'll see you on Sunday.

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Speaker 10: Look forward to it. Happy New Year, guys, Happy holidays.

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Speaker 10: Great to be on with you. Thank you so much

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Speaker 10: for having me.

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Speaker 2: Thanks to you as well. That's Kevin Harlan. You're going

792
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Speaker 2: to be calling the game for the NFL on CBS Sunday,

793
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Speaker 2: Bill's Patriots one o'clock kickoff, the first one PM game

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Speaker 2: for the Bill since Week seven, when they last played

795
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Speaker 2: the Patriots. That was their last one o'clock game. The

796
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:28,839
Speaker 2: last one o'clock game at home was back in Week

797
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Speaker 2: four against the Dolphins. We have to pivot here and

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Speaker 2: take a break because when we come back, it's time

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Speaker 2: for our lunch break, and we'll pass along the details

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Speaker 2: in just a second. Here on One Bill's Live presented

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Speaker 2: by Colt of Health, it's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right,

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00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:01,719
Speaker 2: welcome back One Bill's Live. As we told you before

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Speaker 2: the break, it is time for our lunch break, which

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Speaker 2: is always is presented by snap Dragon Apples, the official

805
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:10,160
Speaker 2: apple of the Buffalo Bills. And you know, Steve, it's

806
00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:13,120
Speaker 2: the holidays season. You may be partaking in a few

807
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:14,359
Speaker 2: extra libations.

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00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:16,200
Speaker 4: Yeah, Dragon coming through big time too.

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00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:22,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, we've got a peanut butter Dragon cocktail along with

810
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:27,640
Speaker 2: our charcouterie board featuring snack Dragon apples. Steve, I'm going

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Speaker 2: to tell you this Peanut butter Dragon cocktail, it's smooth.

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00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:38,520
Speaker 2: It is smooth, man, Yes, it is. Just so you know,

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00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:42,880
Speaker 2: these are really solid New Year's Eve options. You know,

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Speaker 2: you want to come up with something different, a fun

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Speaker 2: drink for your guests if you're hosting for New Year's Eve.

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Speaker 2: Peanut butter Dragon cocktail is pretty cool. Got a little

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Speaker 2: whiskey in there, little peanut screwball, Peanut butter whiskey along

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Speaker 2: with some Snapdragon apple juice. Of course.

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Speaker 3: So it's funny we were talking about screwball peanut butter

820
00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:04,600
Speaker 3: whiskey because when you're watching the highlights of the Bills

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00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:11,319
Speaker 3: Dallas game, uh, James Cook's touchdown catch the corner out

822
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:13,480
Speaker 3: to the to the scoreboard end to wait right far in.

823
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Speaker 3: When you're watching from the end zone, him coming towards you,

824
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:18,880
Speaker 3: screwball is all the way across the ribbon.

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Speaker 4: It's a huge advertisement, all right.

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Speaker 2: So essentially four ounces of Snapdragon apple juice, one outs

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Speaker 2: of screwball peanut butter whiskey, dash of cinnamon, and then

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Speaker 2: you drop a couple of Snapdragon apple slices in there

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Speaker 2: along with a cinnamon stick. Now, the cool thing that

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Speaker 2: they did was they melted some peanut butter around the

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Speaker 2: rim of the glass and then put some crushed peanuts

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Speaker 2: there with what they call sanding sugar. I think that's

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Speaker 2: a bartender term.

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Speaker 4: And it looks great.

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Speaker 2: You took a sip of it. I took a sip

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Speaker 2: of it.

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Speaker 4: This is smooth, it really is. It's good.

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Speaker 3: It's it's uh, you know, I'm not going to sit

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Speaker 3: here and start drinking. I'm not Howard Cosell here drinking

840
00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:59,520
Speaker 3: on the air, but we we did take it does

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00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:01,919
Speaker 3: taste good. It's an and it's that kind of year.

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00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:05,680
Speaker 3: I don't know about you, but Mike, this time of

843
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:09,560
Speaker 3: year between Christmas and New Year's it's like open bar

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Speaker 3: all the time.

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Speaker 2: Well that and I've already just in the places that

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00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:15,359
Speaker 2: I've been around through the course of the last holiday week.

847
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:19,719
Speaker 2: Here my charcoterie boards everywhere everywhere like.

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Speaker 4: It's happening charcooterie season.

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Speaker 2: But so when you've got like all those meats and

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00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:28,239
Speaker 2: cheeses on your charcooterie board, if you want to move

851
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:31,240
Speaker 2: from like one cheese to the next, the palate cleanser

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00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:33,600
Speaker 2: for me is the snap dragon apple slice. Like if

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00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:35,560
Speaker 2: you have some fruit on the plate, make it snap

854
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:38,080
Speaker 2: dragon apples, because you pop that in your mouth and

855
00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:40,520
Speaker 2: all of a sudden, your palate's clear and you can

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Speaker 2: try the next thing. Because as we know, there are

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Speaker 2: a cornicopia of different cheeses out there and meats, So

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00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:51,680
Speaker 2: I often hope to see like a snapdragon apple slice

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00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:54,239
Speaker 2: or something on a charcoteri board just to kind of

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Speaker 2: cleanse the palate a little bit move on to the

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00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:58,360
Speaker 2: next thing. Because I'm I'm not gonna lie. I'm a sampler.

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00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:02,959
Speaker 2: So we had we were at a family party during

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Speaker 2: Christmas weekend and they had a sharcouterie board shaped like

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00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:10,479
Speaker 2: a Christmas tree. Like, all the items on the board

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Speaker 2: were shaped like a Christmas tree. They did a nice

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Speaker 2: job with that.

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Speaker 4: Well that's good stuff.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, so this is sad for the Snapdragon people

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Speaker 3: for bringing this in force.

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Speaker 4: That's right.

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Speaker 2: So, as you know, Snapdragon apples available at your local

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Speaker 2: grocery store including Wegmans. And if you need the recipe

873
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Speaker 2: for this peanut butter Dragon cocktail, you can go to

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Speaker 2: Twitter or x at Snapdragon Apple all one word, or

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Speaker 2: you can go to Snapdragon apple dot com to get

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Speaker 2: this recipe. We've also tweeted it out on our Twitter

877
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Speaker 2: handle at one bills Live. So if you want to

878
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Speaker 2: come up with a unique drink that maybe nobody else

879
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:48,360
Speaker 2: has seen before, try this one because it's it's smooth.

880
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:51,279
Speaker 2: I gotta tell you you don't have to be like

881
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Speaker 2: a whiskey drinker to drink this this This is pretty smooth.

882
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Speaker 2: So I'd highly recommend it for your New Year's Eve holiday.

883
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Speaker 2: So try it on for size. I don't think you'll

884
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Speaker 2: be disappointed. We do have some phone calls that we

885
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Speaker 2: have to get to while we're enjoying these items here

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Speaker 2: courtesy of snap Dragon Apples and waiting patiently is Butcher

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Speaker 2: on the east Side. What do you got for his?

888
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Speaker 2: Butcher on one Bill's Live?

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Speaker 7: First of all, gentlemen, is so it's just good to

890
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:18,080
Speaker 7: talk to you. I definitely got to try that drink.

891
00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:20,680
Speaker 7: I'm not gonna try on New Year's but I am

892
00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:24,919
Speaker 7: going to try that. Look, I just wanted to say

893
00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:28,400
Speaker 7: this though, to both of you, and I'm really serious

894
00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:31,680
Speaker 7: about this, and I want y'all to really kind of

895
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:36,880
Speaker 7: understand what my passion is with it. I love Sean mcdermoy,

896
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:39,800
Speaker 7: I really do as a guy and as a coach,

897
00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:43,279
Speaker 7: but I do have a problem with him sometimes he's

898
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:48,040
Speaker 7: very friendly to his players. Right now, when I was waiting,

899
00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:50,840
Speaker 7: I was listening to your update about the players coming

900
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:53,919
Speaker 7: back off the you know, by being hurt and coming

901
00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:58,839
Speaker 7: back on the roster. Tara Rapp has been playing outstanding

902
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:02,719
Speaker 7: football for the Buffalo Bills. That's safety. Well, Mike, when

903
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:05,960
Speaker 7: when Michael Hyde went down, uh and prior to Michael

904
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:08,000
Speaker 7: Hide going down, when every time Taylor rep hiss to

905
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:11,760
Speaker 7: feel plays being made. I really believe that they should

906
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:14,399
Speaker 7: just stick with what they have and leave Taylor rap

907
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:17,920
Speaker 7: out there with Lewis. It's good to have high back,

908
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:20,400
Speaker 7: but fire is putting it right back into the to

909
00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:23,479
Speaker 7: the lineup. He's a few steps back. He's a little

910
00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 7: slower than he used to be, just like poyer Is,

911
00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:27,960
Speaker 7: and Poyety will pull you up in the inbox instead

912
00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:29,400
Speaker 7: you leave me in the back. He brought him up

913
00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:31,799
Speaker 7: some so he because he still could make plays, but

914
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:34,360
Speaker 7: he doesn't have that speed with those safeties, you know.

915
00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:37,840
Speaker 7: I mean, I'm sorry with those wide receivers going deep anymore.

916
00:46:38,120 --> 00:46:41,040
Speaker 7: And right now this game is very meaningful to the

917
00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:44,399
Speaker 7: Buffalo Bills. It's along with Miami when we go along

918
00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:46,319
Speaker 7: with the playoffs, try to get the Super Bowl rang.

919
00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:48,840
Speaker 7: Right now is not the time to do my to

920
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:51,000
Speaker 7: do a favorite for my friends saying well, you're not

921
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:53,399
Speaker 7: gonna lose your starting lineup because of injury. No, no, no,

922
00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:56,480
Speaker 7: we've passed that right now. I was the same thing

923
00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:58,960
Speaker 7: I said to you guys a few weeks ago about

924
00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:01,759
Speaker 7: when Dawson Knox was coming back about King K. I said,

925
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:04,080
Speaker 7: they're twelve package. We were going back and forth a

926
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Speaker 7: little bit. Now you see King K kind of phasing

927
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:08,839
Speaker 7: out a little bit. I need, I need, I don't

928
00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:11,560
Speaker 7: need my coach, who I love dearly, just to say, listen,

929
00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:14,240
Speaker 7: you know what, we're trying to win this chip. Listen,

930
00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:17,000
Speaker 7: you're gonna get reps in. We're gonna go with what

931
00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:19,560
Speaker 7: we got going right now and just get this chip.

932
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:21,440
Speaker 7: But now I'm gonna put that on the side. This

933
00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:23,880
Speaker 7: is what I called about, authentively, and I'm done to

934
00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:27,080
Speaker 7: thank you so much for taking my call authentively. I want,

935
00:47:27,239 --> 00:47:29,919
Speaker 7: I want, I want Brady to understand what he really

936
00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:32,440
Speaker 7: has on offense with Josh. All just go a little

937
00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:35,000
Speaker 7: now huddle, just like Steve and those guys used to do,

938
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:37,800
Speaker 7: just to get the rhythm going. We'll get the pressure

939
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:39,960
Speaker 7: going on on on New England deepens. Put the points

940
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:42,240
Speaker 7: up faster, just all, we're gonna go back the whole,

941
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:45,200
Speaker 7: keep that package where they can't substitute in and just

942
00:47:45,239 --> 00:47:47,879
Speaker 7: give it to them. That's it. But I love you guys, man,

943
00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:49,680
Speaker 7: But thanks for the drink. I'm going to do that.

944
00:47:50,080 --> 00:47:52,080
Speaker 7: And Happy New Year to man, Happy New Year to

945
00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:54,480
Speaker 7: Union family. I love each and every one of you

946
00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:56,400
Speaker 7: out there, and I love w gr and thanks so

947
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:57,480
Speaker 7: much for taking my car down.

948
00:47:57,480 --> 00:48:01,359
Speaker 2: All right, thanks, yeah, I get it. You know you've

949
00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:03,799
Speaker 2: been impressed with Taylor Rapp. That's fair. You're allowed to

950
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:07,240
Speaker 2: like who you like. I think there's a trust factor

951
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:10,600
Speaker 2: with Micah Hyde that naturally runs far deeper than it

952
00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:12,759
Speaker 2: does with Taylor Rap. I'm not saying they don't trust

953
00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:15,720
Speaker 2: Taylor Rapp. I'm just saying there is a foundation there

954
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:20,520
Speaker 2: and time on task in this defense running things on

955
00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:26,520
Speaker 2: the back end with Jordan Poyer disguising things effectively. They

956
00:48:26,520 --> 00:48:30,480
Speaker 2: have seven years together and that's not lost on coach McDermott,

957
00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:33,200
Speaker 2: and he feels that that can present an advantage for them,

958
00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:35,560
Speaker 2: especially against a young quarterback is only making his fifth

959
00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:40,080
Speaker 2: career start. I believe so. I think there are hidden

960
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:43,520
Speaker 2: advantages there that coach McDermott sees that he believes can

961
00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:48,240
Speaker 2: exploit Bailey's appy for the quarterback that he is, which

962
00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:53,120
Speaker 2: chief among them is inexperienced. And to me, that's why

963
00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:54,839
Speaker 2: you have a guy like Micah Hyde on the field,

964
00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:57,440
Speaker 2: a veteran player who knows how to fool young quarterbacks.

965
00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:01,440
Speaker 3: It's hard to pull off the the what you're asking

966
00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:05,040
Speaker 3: your I don't know accusing Sean McDermott of doing as

967
00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:07,000
Speaker 3: a head coach, if you're putting a guy in there

968
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:10,439
Speaker 3: who is less capable of winning than the guy that's

969
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:14,279
Speaker 3: already in there. If you think if that defense has

970
00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:18,080
Speaker 3: gotten better with Taylor Rap in there, Sean McDermott would

971
00:49:18,080 --> 00:49:22,560
Speaker 3: be hard pressed to make a change. If it's a push,

972
00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:25,920
Speaker 3: or if you think that Hide brings you something that

973
00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:28,360
Speaker 3: Taylor Rap doesn't, that's different.

974
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:29,759
Speaker 4: But you're right.

975
00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:35,080
Speaker 3: If somebody outside Sean McDermott's headspace, if the rest of

976
00:49:35,080 --> 00:49:37,640
Speaker 3: the coaching staff, if the players, if anybody over there

977
00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:40,000
Speaker 3: thought that this was it was a bad move to make,

978
00:49:40,719 --> 00:49:45,920
Speaker 3: they McDermott would know about it. They don't make changes

979
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:49,160
Speaker 3: like this just because. And the old adage and back

980
00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:50,799
Speaker 3: in the old days, it's like, well, you never lose

981
00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:53,600
Speaker 3: your starting position because of injury.

982
00:49:54,280 --> 00:49:56,600
Speaker 4: Please, that's not true. Yeah, that's not true.

983
00:49:56,600 --> 00:49:58,480
Speaker 3: It used to be true, and on some teams it

984
00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:00,399
Speaker 3: may still be true. But that is not how work.

985
00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:04,120
Speaker 3: It should work. Best guy plays And if this guy

986
00:50:04,160 --> 00:50:06,279
Speaker 3: comes off the bench when you pulled a hammy and

987
00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:08,080
Speaker 3: all of a sudden the defense is playing lights out

988
00:50:08,120 --> 00:50:10,560
Speaker 3: and he's playing all pro level. You don't get to

989
00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:13,520
Speaker 3: go back in just because your hamstring gets healthy. That's

990
00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:17,360
Speaker 3: the way it works. So when they make these moves,

991
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:19,799
Speaker 3: it's thought out on a lot of levels, not just

992
00:50:19,840 --> 00:50:22,840
Speaker 3: because he was hurt and now he's healthy.

993
00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:26,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, we've got to take a break here because our

994
00:50:26,560 --> 00:50:30,359
Speaker 2: number two. We'll begin with Greg Cosel, senior producer from

995
00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:33,160
Speaker 2: NFL Film's, co host of ESPN's NFL Matchup Show. We'll

996
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:35,440
Speaker 2: talk x'es and o's with him on Bill's Patriots. When

997
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:37,920
Speaker 2: we return. You're all One Bill's Live presented by Colida Health.

998
00:50:37,960 --> 00:51:52,400
Speaker 2: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio.

999
00:51:20,040 --> 00:51:24,200
Speaker 1: The One Bills Live presented by Kalida Health.

1000
00:51:25,080 --> 00:51:27,760
Speaker 2: We're number two on a Friday. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker

1001
00:51:27,800 --> 00:51:30,000
Speaker 2: with you and join now as we are every week.

1002
00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:33,200
Speaker 2: A senior producer from NFL Films, Greg co Cell, also

1003
00:51:33,239 --> 00:51:35,840
Speaker 2: co host of ESPN's NFL Matchup Show and Greg co

1004
00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:39,200
Speaker 2: Sal's appearance on the show, presented by Scott Lonyard, an

1005
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:43,800
Speaker 2: official commercial site work partner of The Buffalo Bills. Greg,

1006
00:51:44,480 --> 00:51:48,919
Speaker 2: Happy Holidays, Happy New Year. We're coming down the stretch here.

1007
00:51:49,080 --> 00:51:51,239
Speaker 2: Bills of one three straight, They got two more to

1008
00:51:51,320 --> 00:51:55,239
Speaker 2: pat in the bucket and They've got a Patriots team

1009
00:51:55,400 --> 00:51:58,840
Speaker 2: that surprised them back in Week seven. But as we know,

1010
00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:02,080
Speaker 2: a lot has changed with this Patriots roster, and not

1011
00:52:02,320 --> 00:52:05,840
Speaker 2: just at quarterback. Uh And Ramandre Stevenson even goes on

1012
00:52:05,960 --> 00:52:08,799
Speaker 2: i R this week, so he is officially done for

1013
00:52:08,880 --> 00:52:12,359
Speaker 2: the season. And even though Bailey Zappi has probably bought

1014
00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:17,200
Speaker 2: brought some functionality to this Patriots, to this Patriots offense,

1015
00:52:17,239 --> 00:52:20,160
Speaker 2: they are they are still last in the league in scoring.

1016
00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:21,960
Speaker 2: I know they've won two of their last three, but

1017
00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:25,720
Speaker 2: this this seems like a winnable game for the Bills

1018
00:52:25,719 --> 00:52:28,040
Speaker 2: if they just take care of their own business.

1019
00:52:28,480 --> 00:52:32,120
Speaker 5: I would I would think so. Despite the belly Zappy experience,

1020
00:52:32,200 --> 00:52:39,239
Speaker 5: I would agree. You know, the Patriots offensively Zappy. You

1021
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:42,840
Speaker 5: know he's a timing rhythm guy. He made you know

1022
00:52:43,080 --> 00:52:45,920
Speaker 5: he'll he'll throw the ball. He's actually a pretty aggressive

1023
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:49,480
Speaker 5: thrower when he sees it. But you know, he's certainly

1024
00:52:49,520 --> 00:52:52,040
Speaker 5: not a big time arm talent, but he will throw

1025
00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:54,719
Speaker 5: it and you have to be careful. He made a

1026
00:52:54,719 --> 00:52:57,200
Speaker 5: great throw last week's probably his best throw last week

1027
00:52:57,640 --> 00:53:01,399
Speaker 5: was versus believe it was covered or two and it

1028
00:53:01,440 --> 00:53:04,120
Speaker 5: was to the to the outside, but in the outside void,

1029
00:53:04,160 --> 00:53:07,680
Speaker 5: but he can, you know, and he's got some mobility

1030
00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:09,000
Speaker 5: to him as well. That's the other thing you have

1031
00:53:09,040 --> 00:53:11,960
Speaker 5: to be careful about. He does have some functional mobility

1032
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:14,480
Speaker 5: to him. You know here you're seeing it here, this

1033
00:53:14,560 --> 00:53:17,120
Speaker 5: is the touchdown to Koseki, which you know you see

1034
00:53:17,120 --> 00:53:17,640
Speaker 5: the movement.

1035
00:53:17,960 --> 00:53:18,839
Speaker 4: He can do that.

1036
00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:23,000
Speaker 5: But you'd be hard pressed to believe that this team

1037
00:53:23,160 --> 00:53:25,880
Speaker 5: offensively would put up a lot of points. So the

1038
00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:28,359
Speaker 5: question is, and you know, remember last week we talked

1039
00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:30,279
Speaker 5: about the Bills in their offense and they only put

1040
00:53:30,360 --> 00:53:33,520
Speaker 5: up uh, you know what was it?

1041
00:53:33,760 --> 00:53:37,319
Speaker 10: What was the final last twenty four? Four twenty four?

1042
00:53:37,440 --> 00:53:39,160
Speaker 5: But I mean it was a little bit of a

1043
00:53:39,200 --> 00:53:41,719
Speaker 5: struggle early, as it always seems to be for the

1044
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:43,520
Speaker 5: for the Bills.

1045
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:47,920
Speaker 3: What what is is athleticism The only difference or the

1046
00:53:47,920 --> 00:53:50,920
Speaker 3: biggest difference that Zappi brings to the offense over mac Jones.

1047
00:53:53,840 --> 00:53:57,759
Speaker 5: The only difference I would say to me again, you know,

1048
00:53:57,840 --> 00:53:59,400
Speaker 5: I'm not there in the building, so I don't know

1049
00:53:59,440 --> 00:54:02,360
Speaker 5: how they all see it. I think that he's a

1050
00:54:02,520 --> 00:54:06,080
Speaker 5: little more aggressive as a thrower. I think there are

1051
00:54:06,080 --> 00:54:10,200
Speaker 5: some balls he'll turn loose that I'm not sure that

1052
00:54:10,200 --> 00:54:12,560
Speaker 5: that mac Jones would so I think, you know, you

1053
00:54:12,600 --> 00:54:15,840
Speaker 5: want to be careful about that, you know, And and

1054
00:54:15,920 --> 00:54:22,400
Speaker 5: I think I just think that he's more willing to

1055
00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:25,719
Speaker 5: make some tougher throws. Uh. You know, he does see

1056
00:54:25,800 --> 00:54:27,960
Speaker 5: things well. He gets the ball out effectively in the

1057
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:31,240
Speaker 5: short and short to intermediate areas. He can make timing

1058
00:54:31,360 --> 00:54:34,960
Speaker 5: fade and seeing throws. As I said, he can hit

1059
00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:39,440
Speaker 5: the outside void in cover two. He'll certainly throw fades

1060
00:54:39,719 --> 00:54:41,920
Speaker 5: when it's one on one coverage. He you know, he

1061
00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:44,880
Speaker 5: hit He threw a couple last week against Patrick Sartan,

1062
00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:47,440
Speaker 5: who arguably is the best corner in the game. So

1063
00:54:47,640 --> 00:54:50,800
Speaker 5: you know he's willing to be aggressive throwing the football.

1064
00:54:51,120 --> 00:54:52,840
Speaker 2: Flipping it over to the defensive side.

1065
00:54:52,840 --> 00:54:53,120
Speaker 4: Greg.

1066
00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:58,360
Speaker 2: We know that Belichick and his defensive staff like to

1067
00:54:58,560 --> 00:55:01,960
Speaker 2: use players in a position fluid type of way, not

1068
00:55:02,040 --> 00:55:05,640
Speaker 2: at every position, but at some And I was struck

1069
00:55:05,719 --> 00:55:09,480
Speaker 2: by how much Miles Bryant was getting moved around. I mean,

1070
00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:12,439
Speaker 2: he played nickel corner, he played outside corner. He lined

1071
00:55:12,480 --> 00:55:16,319
Speaker 2: up at safety, and I'm thinking to myself, and I

1072
00:55:16,320 --> 00:55:19,480
Speaker 2: know they had some injuries at the safety position, and

1073
00:55:19,520 --> 00:55:21,160
Speaker 2: there are a couple of guys still on the injury

1074
00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:26,399
Speaker 2: report today for them at that spot, and maybe it's

1075
00:55:26,400 --> 00:55:28,719
Speaker 2: a byproduct of them being a little thin back there

1076
00:55:28,760 --> 00:55:33,040
Speaker 2: as well. What did you see that suddenly has made

1077
00:55:33,080 --> 00:55:36,640
Speaker 2: Miles Bryant this this versatile chess piece for them.

1078
00:55:37,040 --> 00:55:40,640
Speaker 5: Well, Brown, he's been doing that somewhat all season long.

1079
00:55:40,719 --> 00:55:44,359
Speaker 5: This is not just recent. He's played you know, at

1080
00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:48,200
Speaker 5: his core, he's their slot corner right at his but

1081
00:55:48,239 --> 00:55:51,799
Speaker 5: they do play him depending on personnel, depending on what

1082
00:55:51,880 --> 00:55:55,320
Speaker 5: the coverage call may be. They do play him at safety,

1083
00:55:55,560 --> 00:55:57,160
Speaker 5: so this is not something new.

1084
00:55:57,840 --> 00:55:58,040
Speaker 2: You know.

1085
00:55:58,120 --> 00:56:03,399
Speaker 5: They also play the rookie Mapu at safety and kind

1086
00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:07,120
Speaker 5: of linebacker as well. They do people around quite a bit.

1087
00:56:07,560 --> 00:56:11,600
Speaker 5: And our old friend, the former Bill's draft choice, Alex

1088
00:56:11,600 --> 00:56:14,280
Speaker 5: Austin has you know, played a ton of right corner

1089
00:56:14,400 --> 00:56:18,000
Speaker 5: last week for them, so, you know, particularly in dime,

1090
00:56:18,239 --> 00:56:21,040
Speaker 5: I mean, and he played a lot nickel as well

1091
00:56:21,080 --> 00:56:24,640
Speaker 5: because Sean Wade got hurt. And I remember liking Austin

1092
00:56:24,680 --> 00:56:26,800
Speaker 5: when he came out of college Argon State, I believe,

1093
00:56:27,040 --> 00:56:28,560
Speaker 5: and I think I even told you guys, I thought

1094
00:56:28,560 --> 00:56:31,640
Speaker 5: he had an NFL skill set. And obviously he's getting

1095
00:56:31,640 --> 00:56:33,480
Speaker 5: a chance to play in the league. He's got length.

1096
00:56:34,239 --> 00:56:36,400
Speaker 5: I would assume he's gonna play this week, depending on

1097
00:56:36,440 --> 00:56:40,680
Speaker 5: all their injuries. You know, Gabriel Pepper's got hurt last

1098
00:56:40,680 --> 00:56:43,040
Speaker 5: week and I think it's a hamstring, so I would

1099
00:56:43,040 --> 00:56:44,960
Speaker 5: think he's not likely to play.

1100
00:56:45,760 --> 00:56:48,719
Speaker 3: Right And you look at this defense, it's continued to

1101
00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:54,319
Speaker 3: play really well even with all these injuries going on. Offensively,

1102
00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:59,359
Speaker 3: they've had a lot less injuries and they still can't

1103
00:56:59,400 --> 00:56:59,920
Speaker 3: get it together.

1104
00:57:00,080 --> 00:57:00,759
Speaker 4: Why is it that?

1105
00:57:00,880 --> 00:57:02,759
Speaker 3: And a lot of people point to their rosters say

1106
00:57:02,800 --> 00:57:04,040
Speaker 3: they don't have enough good players.

1107
00:57:04,400 --> 00:57:05,520
Speaker 4: How can a.

1108
00:57:05,520 --> 00:57:10,520
Speaker 3: Team miss on one side of the ball with their

1109
00:57:10,560 --> 00:57:14,359
Speaker 3: personnel decisions and hit so well on their other side

1110
00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:15,920
Speaker 3: of the ball with their personnel decisions.

1111
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:17,000
Speaker 4: Is that the way you see.

1112
00:57:16,880 --> 00:57:19,440
Speaker 5: Talking about you're talking about their offense, now.

1113
00:57:19,360 --> 00:57:20,840
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm talking about both sides of the ball.

1114
00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:23,040
Speaker 3: Their offense, they don't seem to have any players good

1115
00:57:23,120 --> 00:57:25,880
Speaker 3: enough to play, no, And then I mean on defense,

1116
00:57:25,920 --> 00:57:27,560
Speaker 3: they don't have anybody good enough to play, but they

1117
00:57:27,560 --> 00:57:29,560
Speaker 3: can they play no matter who plugs in.

1118
00:57:30,680 --> 00:57:35,720
Speaker 5: Yeah, that's a great point. You know, Offensively, I think

1119
00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:38,480
Speaker 5: in some ways it starts up front. I mean, you know,

1120
00:57:38,840 --> 00:57:41,000
Speaker 5: look if you look at who they played last week,

1121
00:57:41,040 --> 00:57:42,800
Speaker 5: and a lot of these guys have played all year,

1122
00:57:42,880 --> 00:57:45,200
Speaker 5: so it wasn't just last week against Denver, by the way,

1123
00:57:45,520 --> 00:57:48,160
Speaker 5: but I mean they sort of rotated at left tackle

1124
00:57:48,440 --> 00:57:50,320
Speaker 5: with Brown who's been in the league a long time,

1125
00:57:50,360 --> 00:57:53,080
Speaker 5: and then Lowe, who is I believe a second year

1126
00:57:53,160 --> 00:57:58,120
Speaker 5: player out of Illinois. Then at left guard they had

1127
00:57:58,160 --> 00:58:02,680
Speaker 5: Fends who played force snaps and replaced by Mafi Andrews

1128
00:58:02,720 --> 00:58:06,200
Speaker 5: has been the starting center for years. Saw is at

1129
00:58:06,240 --> 00:58:09,320
Speaker 5: right guard, he's a rookie and when you use the

1130
00:58:09,400 --> 00:58:11,760
Speaker 5: right tackle, he's been around. But it's not a really

1131
00:58:11,800 --> 00:58:14,520
Speaker 5: good old line. I mean, it's tough to play in

1132
00:58:14,560 --> 00:58:17,040
Speaker 5: this league when your old line is not particularly good,

1133
00:58:17,320 --> 00:58:19,720
Speaker 5: and I think that's shown up quite a bit this year.

1134
00:58:19,960 --> 00:58:22,520
Speaker 5: You know, no matter what else you have, Steve, you

1135
00:58:22,600 --> 00:58:24,920
Speaker 5: know this, if your old line can't play real well,

1136
00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:28,000
Speaker 5: it's hard to run any kind of meaningful offense.

1137
00:58:28,640 --> 00:58:32,520
Speaker 2: Right Looking at that defensive front, though, the combination of

1138
00:58:32,560 --> 00:58:36,320
Speaker 2: Godshaw and Barmore was very effective last week, and you

1139
00:58:36,320 --> 00:58:38,040
Speaker 2: know they're number one in the league and yards per

1140
00:58:38,040 --> 00:58:41,040
Speaker 2: carry against number two in the league and run defense.

1141
00:58:42,480 --> 00:58:45,520
Speaker 2: Is this an example of you better get to the

1142
00:58:45,600 --> 00:58:48,480
Speaker 2: edges because running between the tackles is simply not going

1143
00:58:48,560 --> 00:58:49,680
Speaker 2: to happen against this group.

1144
00:58:51,360 --> 00:58:53,680
Speaker 5: They're not. They're really good. I mean, Gotcha is someone

1145
00:58:53,680 --> 00:58:55,400
Speaker 5: I noticed a couple of years ago and I said, well,

1146
00:58:55,480 --> 00:58:57,680
Speaker 5: this guy's a really good player. And Barmore of course

1147
00:58:57,680 --> 00:58:59,960
Speaker 5: came out of Alabama. He was a high draft choice.

1148
00:59:01,640 --> 00:59:04,560
Speaker 5: They have some good players, even with obviously Matthew ju

1149
00:59:04,600 --> 00:59:07,520
Speaker 5: Dunn out essentially for the year. You know, Keyon White

1150
00:59:07,560 --> 00:59:11,600
Speaker 5: has had some really good snaps, good reps, and he's

1151
00:59:11,600 --> 00:59:15,200
Speaker 5: the rookie from Georgia tech wise has always been a

1152
00:59:15,360 --> 00:59:19,600
Speaker 5: really really good player. So they're still really good upfront.

1153
00:59:19,840 --> 00:59:22,480
Speaker 5: I mean, you know, essentially a linebacker two. They've been

1154
00:59:22,520 --> 00:59:25,120
Speaker 5: playing the same two guys just about all season and

1155
00:59:25,160 --> 00:59:28,640
Speaker 5: Bentley and Jilani Tavai and they are good players too.

1156
00:59:28,920 --> 00:59:31,000
Speaker 5: And then they bring in mac Wilson depending on the

1157
00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:34,439
Speaker 5: you know, the situation, and he's a solid player. It's

1158
00:59:34,480 --> 00:59:36,480
Speaker 5: really on the back end where they've had to work

1159
00:59:36,520 --> 00:59:40,440
Speaker 5: through injuries and they've had some struggles. But Brownie, I

1160
00:59:40,440 --> 00:59:43,880
Speaker 5: think that front group is a solid, solid group and

1161
00:59:43,920 --> 00:59:46,360
Speaker 5: they are not easy to run against. As you said,

1162
00:59:46,600 --> 00:59:48,480
Speaker 5: certainly between the tackles.

1163
00:59:48,200 --> 00:59:52,360
Speaker 3: Has anybody had any sustained success against this defense? It

1164
00:59:52,400 --> 00:59:55,680
Speaker 3: seems like from from series to series they ads as

1165
00:59:55,680 --> 01:00:00,000
Speaker 3: well as any defense in the league as well. Yeah, yeah,

1166
00:59:59,440 --> 01:00:02,320
Speaker 3: So give us an idea about what teams have done

1167
01:00:03,080 --> 01:00:05,400
Speaker 3: that has been successful against the Patriots, because they have

1168
01:00:05,440 --> 01:00:06,360
Speaker 3: won very many games.

1169
01:00:07,360 --> 01:00:09,120
Speaker 5: I'll tell you. I mean, to me, what I think

1170
01:00:09,160 --> 01:00:11,520
Speaker 5: you have to do is, I think you've got to

1171
01:00:11,560 --> 01:00:13,959
Speaker 5: work outside in the pass game. I don't think their

1172
01:00:13,960 --> 01:00:17,280
Speaker 5: corners are very good. You know, Jonathan Jones is playing

1173
01:00:17,320 --> 01:00:20,920
Speaker 5: outside simply because they have had so many injuries. And

1174
01:00:21,040 --> 01:00:25,320
Speaker 5: to me, he's a slot corner. You know, Wade's been playing,

1175
01:00:25,360 --> 01:00:29,360
Speaker 5: he got hurt. Now it's Austin. You know, at times,

1176
01:00:29,440 --> 01:00:32,600
Speaker 5: Brian may go out there. You know, I think there.

1177
01:00:32,960 --> 01:00:35,560
Speaker 5: I think this is a team that you can attack

1178
01:00:35,600 --> 01:00:37,960
Speaker 5: in the past game on the outside. I think that

1179
01:00:38,120 --> 01:00:41,680
Speaker 5: is their their weakness. And again, obviously you always have

1180
01:00:41,760 --> 01:00:44,480
Speaker 5: to protect, but I think that's the area where you

1181
01:00:44,520 --> 01:00:46,880
Speaker 5: feel when you look at this defense. And again I

1182
01:00:46,880 --> 01:00:49,080
Speaker 5: hope people understand I'm not saying you throw it every time.

1183
01:00:49,200 --> 01:00:51,560
Speaker 5: That's not my point. You know, you don't do one

1184
01:00:51,600 --> 01:00:54,360
Speaker 5: thing every time, no matter what the opponent's weakness is.

1185
01:00:54,800 --> 01:00:57,920
Speaker 5: But I do believe that they can work effectively on

1186
01:00:57,960 --> 01:00:59,880
Speaker 5: the outside in this game, and I think that's what

1187
01:01:00,080 --> 01:01:00,880
Speaker 5: they need to do.

1188
01:01:02,480 --> 01:01:06,040
Speaker 2: It's been about five games now, Greg, that Joe Brady

1189
01:01:06,080 --> 01:01:09,720
Speaker 2: has been the offensive coordinator here in Buffalo. It's still

1190
01:01:09,720 --> 01:01:13,919
Speaker 2: a small sample size, but I'm curious for your impressions

1191
01:01:14,080 --> 01:01:18,400
Speaker 2: of what he has done to maybe diversify the attack.

1192
01:01:19,120 --> 01:01:21,560
Speaker 2: It seems like every week a different player is stepping

1193
01:01:21,680 --> 01:01:25,840
Speaker 2: up and contributing in a big way. Gabe Davis last week,

1194
01:01:26,080 --> 01:01:30,160
Speaker 2: James Cook the week before, And you know, we kind

1195
01:01:30,160 --> 01:01:34,360
Speaker 2: of think that Brady does a good job of attacking

1196
01:01:34,960 --> 01:01:38,640
Speaker 2: the matchup weakness of the opponent each and every week.

1197
01:01:39,880 --> 01:01:42,400
Speaker 2: I'm curious for your impressions on what Brady has done

1198
01:01:42,680 --> 01:01:45,240
Speaker 2: for this offense here the last five games.

1199
01:01:45,720 --> 01:01:47,960
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I think there are some obvious things.

1200
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:50,240
Speaker 5: You know, certainly there's been a commitment to running the ball.

1201
01:01:50,320 --> 01:01:52,800
Speaker 5: There's been a commitment to getting James Cook involved more

1202
01:01:52,800 --> 01:01:57,000
Speaker 5: in the past game. You know, I still think, though, Brownie,

1203
01:01:57,000 --> 01:01:59,959
Speaker 5: they are struggling to generate explosive plays in the past.

1204
01:02:00,440 --> 01:02:03,280
Speaker 5: I'm talking about by design. I mean, we know that

1205
01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:07,040
Speaker 5: Josh Allen can make plays, but you know, even when

1206
01:02:07,080 --> 01:02:08,880
Speaker 5: he makes plays, like when he hit that fifty seven

1207
01:02:08,960 --> 01:02:12,440
Speaker 5: yard touchdown last week to Davis, I mean, he really

1208
01:02:12,480 --> 01:02:14,720
Speaker 5: had a throw within the structure of the of the

1209
01:02:14,720 --> 01:02:17,479
Speaker 5: play call, and obviously the result turned out to be great.

1210
01:02:18,880 --> 01:02:21,640
Speaker 5: You know, so I still think overall they're struggling to

1211
01:02:21,680 --> 01:02:24,200
Speaker 5: generate explosive plays. I think that needs to be the

1212
01:02:24,240 --> 01:02:27,360
Speaker 5: next step doing that through design and structure. It's been

1213
01:02:27,480 --> 01:02:31,080
Speaker 5: kind of an issue through much of the season. So

1214
01:02:31,320 --> 01:02:33,760
Speaker 5: we'll see how they attempt to do that this week.

1215
01:02:34,480 --> 01:02:36,360
Speaker 5: You know, because when you play teams, you're better than

1216
01:02:36,400 --> 01:02:38,680
Speaker 5: We talked about this last week, and the game played

1217
01:02:38,720 --> 01:02:41,840
Speaker 5: out exactly that way. I mean, look, if it wasn't

1218
01:02:41,840 --> 01:02:44,760
Speaker 5: for Josh making a Josh play to getting the Balta

1219
01:02:44,800 --> 01:02:48,040
Speaker 5: Shakir versus that blitz late in the game, they may

1220
01:02:48,080 --> 01:02:50,120
Speaker 5: lose that game. And you know, we talked about the

1221
01:02:50,120 --> 01:02:53,360
Speaker 5: fact that you can't keep bad teams hanging around. So

1222
01:02:53,720 --> 01:02:57,280
Speaker 5: you know, I just would like to see and maybe

1223
01:02:57,280 --> 01:02:59,320
Speaker 5: this is the next step. Maybe they're working toward this

1224
01:02:59,600 --> 01:03:01,760
Speaker 5: because ob Brady obviously he's only been doing it for

1225
01:03:01,800 --> 01:03:06,400
Speaker 5: five games, but I'd like to see some more explosive

1226
01:03:06,440 --> 01:03:09,280
Speaker 5: plays by design through orchestration in the past game.

1227
01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:12,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, and certainly when you look at the top guys,

1228
01:03:12,960 --> 01:03:15,640
Speaker 3: Mahomes can do it off script. Lamar does it off script.

1229
01:03:15,720 --> 01:03:19,400
Speaker 3: Josh certainly does it off script, and while it's great,

1230
01:03:20,080 --> 01:03:21,720
Speaker 3: you really need him to stand in the pocket and

1231
01:03:21,760 --> 01:03:25,520
Speaker 3: make throws. And ultimately, when you get into the playoffs,

1232
01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:28,360
Speaker 3: isn't that really what wins. I mean, certainly those hands

1233
01:03:28,560 --> 01:03:30,840
Speaker 3: you might need a handful or less than a handful

1234
01:03:30,880 --> 01:03:34,320
Speaker 3: of off the script plays, but ultimately, in this league,

1235
01:03:34,560 --> 01:03:36,800
Speaker 3: it's about a guy making the throws from the pocket.

1236
01:03:38,120 --> 01:03:41,400
Speaker 5: Yeah, And I think, look, you know, if we're being honest,

1237
01:03:41,400 --> 01:03:43,240
Speaker 5: and I'm being honest because I watch the tape and

1238
01:03:43,960 --> 01:03:46,880
Speaker 5: every summer I watch Josh Allen. As I've probably told

1239
01:03:46,920 --> 01:03:48,800
Speaker 5: you guys, I picked nine or ten quarterbacks that I

1240
01:03:48,800 --> 01:03:51,600
Speaker 5: watch about two hundred and fifty dropbacks, and Josh Allen

1241
01:03:51,640 --> 01:03:53,880
Speaker 5: I do every year because I enjoy watching him play.

1242
01:03:54,400 --> 01:03:57,479
Speaker 5: But I think the one area that he clearly needs

1243
01:03:57,520 --> 01:04:01,600
Speaker 5: to continue to improve is he does leave the pocket prematurely.

1244
01:04:01,840 --> 01:04:04,000
Speaker 5: And I think that he's a part of the fact

1245
01:04:04,040 --> 01:04:07,640
Speaker 5: that sometimes those explosive plays don't get made because he

1246
01:04:08,240 --> 01:04:11,800
Speaker 5: does leave the pocket prematurely and doesn't allow the plays

1247
01:04:11,800 --> 01:04:14,919
Speaker 5: to develop. So, you know, I think that's something that

1248
01:04:14,960 --> 01:04:18,200
Speaker 5: they need to work on as well, and ideally they

1249
01:04:18,240 --> 01:04:22,240
Speaker 5: are and ideally he understands that as well. But you know,

1250
01:04:22,320 --> 01:04:24,919
Speaker 5: that's really kind of the next step. And by the way,

1251
01:04:24,920 --> 01:04:26,840
Speaker 5: he's done this in his career, which is why I

1252
01:04:26,840 --> 01:04:29,440
Speaker 5: find it so interesting. You know, he's had stretches where

1253
01:04:29,720 --> 01:04:33,080
Speaker 5: he stood in the pocket and made unbelievable throws, which

1254
01:04:33,320 --> 01:04:35,280
Speaker 5: you know, as I've said many times, he's the most

1255
01:04:35,280 --> 01:04:38,160
Speaker 5: physically gifted quarterback in the league. To me, that's not

1256
01:04:38,240 --> 01:04:41,200
Speaker 5: even a question. But you know, I think he's part

1257
01:04:41,240 --> 01:04:44,320
Speaker 5: of that equation. He's got to stand there let the

1258
01:04:44,360 --> 01:04:48,320
Speaker 5: offense work for him instead, I guess the way to say,

1259
01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:50,800
Speaker 5: let the offense work for him instead of he being

1260
01:04:50,840 --> 01:04:53,440
Speaker 5: the offense, you know, and those are two different things.

1261
01:04:53,720 --> 01:04:55,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, totally get it.

1262
01:04:55,440 --> 01:04:55,720
Speaker 4: Greg.

1263
01:04:55,800 --> 01:04:57,720
Speaker 2: Thanks very much for the time. We appreciate it. Have

1264
01:04:57,760 --> 01:04:59,600
Speaker 2: a happy New Year. We'll catch up with you next week.

1265
01:05:00,520 --> 01:05:03,280
Speaker 5: Look forward to it, guys. Hope you guys get a

1266
01:05:03,320 --> 01:05:05,880
Speaker 5: little time off. You know me, I'll be here on Monday,

1267
01:05:05,880 --> 01:05:07,040
Speaker 5: grinding away.

1268
01:05:07,240 --> 01:05:08,840
Speaker 2: We got a show on Monday. We're working too.

1269
01:05:09,000 --> 01:05:09,520
Speaker 4: We'll be there.

1270
01:05:09,800 --> 01:05:12,400
Speaker 5: Oh good, Okay, glad that makes me feel better. I'm

1271
01:05:12,400 --> 01:05:13,000
Speaker 5: glad to hear that.

1272
01:05:13,160 --> 01:05:15,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, take care, Greg. That's Greg co Sale

1273
01:05:15,960 --> 01:05:19,000
Speaker 2: joining us here as he does every Friday. Well, I'm

1274
01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:22,920
Speaker 2: breaking down the x's and o's for Patriots and Bills.

1275
01:05:23,240 --> 01:05:27,280
Speaker 2: We have to transition now though to Collision Course, which

1276
01:05:27,320 --> 01:05:30,400
Speaker 2: is brought to you by Gabes Collision. Gabe's Collision, the

1277
01:05:30,400 --> 01:05:34,120
Speaker 2: official auto collision repair center of the Buffalo Bills get

1278
01:05:34,240 --> 01:05:36,760
Speaker 2: back in the game. And the collision course is the

1279
01:05:36,760 --> 01:05:40,360
Speaker 2: guy that we already mentioned. It's that Patriots defensive tackle

1280
01:05:40,440 --> 01:05:46,080
Speaker 2: Christian Barmore against Buffalo's offensive line, and he is coming

1281
01:05:46,120 --> 01:05:48,120
Speaker 2: off a whale of a game last week. He had

1282
01:05:48,200 --> 01:05:51,400
Speaker 2: three sacks in the Week sixteen win over the Broncos

1283
01:05:51,560 --> 01:05:54,200
Speaker 2: in Denver, has eight and a half sacks on the

1284
01:05:54,240 --> 01:05:57,480
Speaker 2: season now and really has that push up the middle.

1285
01:05:57,920 --> 01:06:00,560
Speaker 2: And we've seen it all year, Steve. This is a

1286
01:06:00,600 --> 01:06:04,040
Speaker 2: Bill's offensive line, particularly from guard to guard, that has

1287
01:06:04,080 --> 01:06:07,760
Speaker 2: done an excellent job of maintaining the integrity of the pocket.

1288
01:06:07,840 --> 01:06:09,800
Speaker 2: To let Josh step up in the pocket and make

1289
01:06:09,840 --> 01:06:12,440
Speaker 2: a throw when maybe pressure is coming from the edges

1290
01:06:12,800 --> 01:06:14,280
Speaker 2: that might be a challenge this week.

1291
01:06:14,360 --> 01:06:17,440
Speaker 3: This is I think a game where McGovern and torrents

1292
01:06:17,760 --> 01:06:21,520
Speaker 3: the guards and Mitch Morris earn it. Bar Moore is

1293
01:06:21,560 --> 01:06:25,720
Speaker 3: a big dude who's really athletic. He absolutely ran circles

1294
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Speaker 3: around the Broncos last week and has been doing it

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Speaker 3: all season. They've got to get a handle on where

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Speaker 3: he is and stop him. And it's not just him,

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Speaker 3: Devin Devon Godchow is also a guy who is really

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Speaker 3: tough down inside. Those two guys are the reason, are

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Speaker 3: the main reason that the New England Patriots are good

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Speaker 3: against the run, really good. It's a huge test for

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Speaker 3: the interior of the Bills offensive line. We'll see if

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Speaker 3: they're up to it right.

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Speaker 2: And they've faced some formidable defensive interiors before they face

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Speaker 2: this group back in Week seven, and we're still able

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Speaker 2: to score twenty five points. I think they want to

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Speaker 2: get off to a better start this week than they

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01:07:08,960 --> 01:07:11,120
Speaker 2: certainly did in Week seven, where they kind muddled their

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Speaker 2: way through the first half before they caught fire on offense.

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01:07:14,480 --> 01:07:17,720
Speaker 2: So obviously a faster start it would behoove them to

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01:07:17,720 --> 01:07:21,480
Speaker 2: do that. Uh And then maybe you know you don't.

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01:07:22,880 --> 01:07:26,920
Speaker 2: You don't have to play into their hands necessarily if

1312
01:07:27,000 --> 01:07:28,960
Speaker 2: you have to drop back and pass to God forbid,

1313
01:07:29,000 --> 01:07:31,000
Speaker 2: climb back into a football game, because before they knew it,

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01:07:31,040 --> 01:07:33,160
Speaker 2: they were down ten to nothing against New England and

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Speaker 2: they had to throw.

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Speaker 3: More, right, Yeah, turning the ball overs. You know, playing

1317
01:07:38,400 --> 01:07:42,200
Speaker 3: that complimentary football is going to be huge. But you

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01:07:42,280 --> 01:07:44,720
Speaker 3: do need Josh and this offense to score some points

1319
01:07:44,760 --> 01:07:46,520
Speaker 3: to put some pressure on the on the Patriots to

1320
01:07:46,560 --> 01:07:50,400
Speaker 3: get out and do something other than kind of scheme

1321
01:07:50,640 --> 01:07:52,040
Speaker 3: scheme their way down the field.

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Speaker 4: So we'll see.

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Speaker 3: Uh, the defensive front for the Patriots I think is

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01:07:57,520 --> 01:08:00,520
Speaker 3: the engine of their whole team. Now, certainly there's only

1325
01:08:00,560 --> 01:08:02,840
Speaker 3: so much a defensive front can do, even if it's dominant,

1326
01:08:03,280 --> 01:08:06,800
Speaker 3: because their back end has got their like into cornerback

1327
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Speaker 3: number eight or something like that. On the year, I mean,

1328
01:08:09,400 --> 01:08:12,120
Speaker 3: they've had a ton of guys. They just they got

1329
01:08:12,120 --> 01:08:14,760
Speaker 3: guys on their depth chart that were on other teams

1330
01:08:15,160 --> 01:08:19,160
Speaker 3: four days ago. So that's been that kind of year

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01:08:19,160 --> 01:08:21,320
Speaker 3: for them. But they have continued to play extremely well,

1332
01:08:21,320 --> 01:08:24,360
Speaker 3: and it starts down inside with their inability to run

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01:08:24,400 --> 01:08:26,400
Speaker 3: teams inabilities to run the football against them.

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Speaker 2: We have to go from collision course now to Tailgate Friday,

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Speaker 2: which is presented by Highmark Blue Cross, Blue Shield, the

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01:08:33,160 --> 01:08:36,320
Speaker 2: official healthcare plan of the Buffalo Bills. Let's see what

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01:08:36,360 --> 01:08:39,160
Speaker 2: you've got on the menu this week for the last

1338
01:08:39,360 --> 01:08:44,880
Speaker 2: regular season home tailgate of the year and the last

1339
01:08:44,960 --> 01:08:47,559
Speaker 2: day of the year the calendar year that you'll be

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01:08:47,600 --> 01:08:50,559
Speaker 2: doing a tailgate as well. Elizabeth leads us off with

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01:08:50,760 --> 01:08:54,719
Speaker 2: going back to basics. Beefon weck, clam dip with Frank's

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01:08:54,720 --> 01:09:00,680
Speaker 2: hot sauce and veggies, slash bugles, cranberry bread, pudding and cheesecake.

1343
01:09:00,840 --> 01:09:04,680
Speaker 2: A little holiday flair there, choice of bloody Mary or

1344
01:09:04,840 --> 01:09:07,519
Speaker 2: whiskey sour Steve. I gotta tell you, I am a

1345
01:09:07,520 --> 01:09:11,080
Speaker 2: big fan of putting hot sauce on seafood. Do you

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01:09:11,120 --> 01:09:11,760
Speaker 2: do that much?

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01:09:12,040 --> 01:09:12,400
Speaker 4: Franks?

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01:09:12,479 --> 01:09:12,559
Speaker 7: Is?

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01:09:12,840 --> 01:09:13,720
Speaker 2: I do it all the time?

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Speaker 7: Yeah?

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01:09:14,920 --> 01:09:20,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, it goes on everything, right, So I am all

1352
01:09:20,120 --> 01:09:20,479
Speaker 2: for that.

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01:09:20,680 --> 01:09:23,080
Speaker 4: And it's not just Franks, but yeah, I love hot

1354
01:09:23,120 --> 01:09:24,360
Speaker 4: sauce on just about everything.

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01:09:26,960 --> 01:09:27,880
Speaker 2: It's a winner.

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01:09:28,080 --> 01:09:29,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, it is.

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01:09:29,600 --> 01:09:33,320
Speaker 2: Jack on Tailgate Friday says in the lot. This week,

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Speaker 2: my cousin is making some clam chowder and I'm grilling

1359
01:09:37,120 --> 01:09:41,080
Speaker 2: up Italian sausage A bombs that spicy sausage patties with

1360
01:09:41,160 --> 01:09:48,080
Speaker 2: grilled onion, hot peppers, mozzarella, and hot sauce. That sounds good, man. Oh,

1361
01:09:48,760 --> 01:09:51,000
Speaker 2: do you know what clam chowder does on a cold day?

1362
01:09:51,160 --> 01:09:52,519
Speaker 2: It just warms your insides.

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Speaker 6: It's good.

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01:09:53,520 --> 01:09:54,400
Speaker 2: It's so good.

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Speaker 4: I'll say this. We had this.

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Speaker 3: We did the same thing in one of the tailgates

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Speaker 3: I was at in one of the subsequent games. Was

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Speaker 3: the spicy Italian sausagep with the patties and you do

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01:10:05,400 --> 01:10:09,280
Speaker 3: them like a burger. Oh my gosh, so good.

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Speaker 2: That's what Jack's doing, thrilling onions, hot peppers, monzzarella, and

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01:10:12,600 --> 01:10:14,839
Speaker 2: hot sauce on top. He said, can't forget the pretzels

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Speaker 2: and cream ale. I'm currently looking for a ticket. If

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01:10:17,439 --> 01:10:20,519
Speaker 2: anybody has an extra, you can find Jack on Twitter

1374
01:10:20,560 --> 01:10:26,120
Speaker 2: out there. Meanwhile, Epp says smoked corn beef braised in

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01:10:26,320 --> 01:10:29,880
Speaker 2: Guinness with smoked sour kraut. I have never had smoked

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01:10:29,880 --> 01:10:33,360
Speaker 2: sour crowd. I am intrigued not only putting together rubens

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01:10:33,360 --> 01:10:37,760
Speaker 2: but also ruben egg rolls. What plus a stogy for

1378
01:10:37,840 --> 01:10:40,960
Speaker 2: dessert go bills. Oh, that's right up Steve's alley. Ruben

1379
01:10:41,160 --> 01:10:46,600
Speaker 2: egg rolls. That is that is fascinating because I like

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01:10:46,640 --> 01:10:50,799
Speaker 2: egg rolls and the ruben is my number one grilled sandwich.

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01:10:51,320 --> 01:10:54,519
Speaker 2: Put those two together. That's heaven. Good for you, Heaven

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01:10:54,560 --> 01:10:55,280
Speaker 2: on an egg roll.

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Speaker 4: That is.

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Speaker 2: I have never had smoked sour kroud though, I'm curious,

1385
01:11:00,120 --> 01:11:01,599
Speaker 2: so what that would taste like. You know, we always

1386
01:11:01,600 --> 01:11:03,880
Speaker 2: get the sour kraut right out of the bowl and

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01:11:03,920 --> 01:11:06,320
Speaker 2: you throw it on a hot dog. I've never had

1388
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Speaker 2: smoked sauer kraut. I'm curious as to what that would

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Speaker 2: taste like. And the corn beef braised in guinness, how

1390
01:11:14,760 --> 01:11:15,160
Speaker 2: about that.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that's good stuff.

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Speaker 2: Well done.

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Speaker 3: The creativity too, the stuff you've never heard about, and

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Speaker 3: it's just unique recipes.

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Speaker 2: It's fun, all right, So good job everybody for Tailgate Friday,

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Speaker 2: presented by high Mark, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, the official

1397
01:11:28,640 --> 01:11:32,679
Speaker 2: healthcare plan of the Buffalo Bills. Gotta take a break

1398
01:11:32,680 --> 01:11:35,040
Speaker 2: here because when we come back, our Legend of the

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01:11:35,080 --> 01:11:39,400
Speaker 2: Game will join us in studio, Lorenzo Alexander. It's like

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01:11:39,439 --> 01:11:42,799
Speaker 2: a low down reunion here on One Bill's Live, presented

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01:11:42,800 --> 01:12:00,000
Speaker 2: by Colida Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, welcome

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01:12:00,040 --> 01:12:02,080
Speaker 2: back to One Bill's Live on a Friday. Chris Brown,

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01:12:02,080 --> 01:12:04,679
Speaker 2: Steve Tasker. Happy to be joined at this time by

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01:12:04,760 --> 01:12:08,160
Speaker 2: this week's Legend of the Game. Perhaps you've heard of him.

1405
01:12:08,520 --> 01:12:12,280
Speaker 2: It's Lorenzo Alexander and the Legend of the Game is

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01:12:12,320 --> 01:12:15,040
Speaker 2: presented by the bfl O Store, the official retailer of

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01:12:15,080 --> 01:12:17,600
Speaker 2: the Buffalo Bill's coming Lorenzo at to signing at the

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Speaker 2: bfl O Store in Williamsville on Saturday from one to

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01:12:21,200 --> 01:12:23,040
Speaker 2: two pm. You can enter to win a two hundred

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Speaker 2: and fifty dollars bfl O Store gift card and a

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Speaker 2: football signed by Zoe. Just enter at Buffalo Bills dot

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01:12:29,479 --> 01:12:33,720
Speaker 2: com slash bfl oh Merry Christmas, Happy New Year. You

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01:12:33,720 --> 01:12:34,920
Speaker 2: get the whole crew in this weekend.

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Speaker 6: Huh yeah, Marry Christmas. Happy New Year to you as well. Fellas.

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Speaker 11: It's good to be back in studio. Yeah, back in Buffalo.

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01:12:41,520 --> 01:12:43,680
Speaker 11: Brought a little sunshine. It's not snowing, so that's a

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01:12:43,720 --> 01:12:45,439
Speaker 11: positive for me. Coming from Phoenix.

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01:12:45,680 --> 01:12:49,439
Speaker 2: There was fifty five no yeah, so you need.

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01:12:49,320 --> 01:12:51,280
Speaker 4: A break break from that sunshine manch no.

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Speaker 6: I actionally card to get up this morning. I I

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01:12:53,240 --> 01:12:53,559
Speaker 6: need it.

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01:12:53,600 --> 01:12:56,000
Speaker 11: I knew, yeah, it's part of me now, but anywow,

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Speaker 11: I'm glad to be back. I did bring the whole crew, wife,

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01:12:59,080 --> 01:13:02,000
Speaker 11: my three youngest children, Zoe, Mason and Miles.

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Speaker 6: And so they're how old are they? So Zoe's a

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Speaker 6: sophomore now she's fifteen.

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Speaker 4: They have clear memories of Buffalo.

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01:13:07,600 --> 01:13:11,280
Speaker 6: Oh yeah, they all three. Zoe once didn't want to leave.

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01:13:11,320 --> 01:13:13,080
Speaker 11: She wanted daddy to play a couple more years and

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01:13:13,080 --> 01:13:14,360
Speaker 11: continue to break myself down.

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Speaker 6: So you ask her, she's still about I don't care

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01:13:17,600 --> 01:13:21,240
Speaker 6: if I don't care, I want to stay in Buffalo.

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Speaker 6: But she loves it. She loves it, uh.

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Speaker 11: And I think a lot of that was because she's

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Speaker 11: older and so like a lot of the a lot

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Speaker 11: of my younger teammates we were just talking about this

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01:13:29,400 --> 01:13:32,559
Speaker 11: last night, were more closer to her, more her peer groups,

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Speaker 11: so they felt like older brothers, especially Eon Dawkins, like

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01:13:35,520 --> 01:13:38,360
Speaker 11: they talk all the time. She brought her him cookies, right,

1440
01:13:38,400 --> 01:13:41,120
Speaker 11: So it's more like a brother, big brother type of fast.

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Speaker 6: She didn't want to leave. Mason is thirteen, real good athlete,

1442
01:13:45,560 --> 01:13:46,160
Speaker 6: good student.

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01:13:46,439 --> 01:13:46,599
Speaker 3: Uh.

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01:13:46,680 --> 01:13:50,680
Speaker 11: So he's back loving life, doing doing things well. And

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01:13:50,720 --> 01:13:53,759
Speaker 11: then my baby is nine miles and so he remembers

1446
01:13:53,760 --> 01:13:55,920
Speaker 11: it as well. Not as much as those other two,

1447
01:13:57,120 --> 01:13:59,120
Speaker 11: but he you know, they all have friends and getting

1448
01:13:59,120 --> 01:14:02,000
Speaker 11: together and hanging out out, especially with the mcdermotts and

1449
01:14:02,040 --> 01:14:03,960
Speaker 11: the Babbages and kind of hanging out with that group

1450
01:14:04,000 --> 01:14:05,519
Speaker 11: that my wife was running close to as well.

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01:14:05,640 --> 01:14:09,679
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, we've you know, we've got a pass rusher

1452
01:14:09,720 --> 01:14:11,760
Speaker 2: who finally got a double digit SAX season. Since you

1453
01:14:11,800 --> 01:14:12,840
Speaker 2: were the last it.

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01:14:13,080 --> 01:14:14,479
Speaker 6: All right, I'm twenty sixteen.

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01:14:15,000 --> 01:14:17,479
Speaker 2: Well no, I mean they haven't got twelve and a half, right,

1456
01:14:17,800 --> 01:14:19,960
Speaker 2: Leonard Floyd's got ten and a half two games to

1457
01:14:19,960 --> 01:14:22,439
Speaker 2: play here. He's put a nice season together, kind of

1458
01:14:22,479 --> 01:14:24,320
Speaker 2: as a free agent signee, although you know it was

1459
01:14:24,320 --> 01:14:27,679
Speaker 2: a late signee in June, but he's been a huge

1460
01:14:27,720 --> 01:14:30,160
Speaker 2: boon to the pass rush here and you know, really

1461
01:14:30,240 --> 01:14:32,519
Speaker 2: kind of balanced it out, especially with Vaughn you know,

1462
01:14:32,600 --> 01:14:34,840
Speaker 2: coming back from the knee injury and doing that. So

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Speaker 2: I don't know, I don't know how many games you've caught,

1464
01:14:37,680 --> 01:14:39,320
Speaker 2: but they've been doing pretty good. Upfront.

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Speaker 6: You have been watching my fair share.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 11: It's kind of hard because I have the kids, as

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Speaker 11: I just mentioned, I coach them and everything. We do flag,

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Speaker 11: we do baseball, basketball, and so I missed some of

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01:14:48,320 --> 01:14:50,120
Speaker 11: the games and people are like, you're not watching, Like, nah,

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Speaker 11: this is my game now I'm going right in the transition.

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Speaker 11: One of the cool things I do have an ipass.

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01:14:54,840 --> 01:14:57,120
Speaker 11: I need to go back and watch the games, and

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Speaker 11: I catch some of the bigger games too.

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Speaker 6: So I got to see last week, you know.

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Speaker 11: Like Ed go out there and ball out pass from

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Speaker 11: the inside, and and so and keeping up with t

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Speaker 11: Dot right Matt before he got hurt, I was out

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Speaker 11: in London and catching some of those guys that I

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Speaker 11: played with. Mike got so I try to keep up

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01:15:12,520 --> 01:15:14,120
Speaker 11: and try to see what guys are doing out there

1482
01:15:14,120 --> 01:15:16,240
Speaker 11: and how well they're playing or where they can grow at.

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Speaker 11: And so that's always fun from a perspective when I

1484
01:15:18,720 --> 01:15:19,920
Speaker 11: got to play with these guys and you see how

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01:15:19,920 --> 01:15:21,559
Speaker 11: they're growing, the maturing and now a lot of these

1486
01:15:21,600 --> 01:15:24,080
Speaker 11: guys are old, old men, you know, right for the

1487
01:15:24,160 --> 01:15:26,680
Speaker 11: NFL leaders and kind of running the show. And so

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01:15:26,720 --> 01:15:28,160
Speaker 11: it's really cool to watch that as a guy that

1489
01:15:28,240 --> 01:15:30,559
Speaker 11: had a little smart part in some of these guys

1490
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Speaker 11: this process.

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Speaker 4: We've got this.

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01:15:32,040 --> 01:15:34,599
Speaker 3: We got this team got to six and six, which

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01:15:34,640 --> 01:15:37,000
Speaker 3: is a little surprising because they had those close losses

1494
01:15:37,280 --> 01:15:39,920
Speaker 3: a couple of games were you know, they shouldn't have lost,

1495
01:15:40,280 --> 01:15:41,120
Speaker 3: like two let's.

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Speaker 4: Say, yep.

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Speaker 3: But anyway, there's six and six and they got all right,

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01:15:43,479 --> 01:15:45,320
Speaker 3: here we go. We got to win five games at

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Speaker 3: the end of the season to get it. You were

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Speaker 3: there a couple of times, and right, yeah, and they

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Speaker 3: got in a ninety and in eighteen.

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Speaker 4: But seven seventeen. Right, but for a long time, you

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Speaker 4: never made it.

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Speaker 11: Like it's hard to win, win, win, stretching even in

1505
01:16:01,000 --> 01:16:03,559
Speaker 11: the you know, I was doing some radio and they

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01:16:03,560 --> 01:16:05,519
Speaker 11: were talking about, like the Chargers are coming up and

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Speaker 11: they're not good.

1508
01:16:06,160 --> 01:16:07,160
Speaker 6: They just fired a coach.

1509
01:16:07,240 --> 01:16:09,160
Speaker 11: I said, hey, first of all, if you got that

1510
01:16:09,240 --> 01:16:12,120
Speaker 11: mindset right, you're gonna probably lose the game anyway, because

1511
01:16:12,520 --> 01:16:14,800
Speaker 11: you don't realize how hard it is to win this league,

1512
01:16:14,880 --> 01:16:18,639
Speaker 11: regardless of all of the drama that's going around your opponent.

1513
01:16:18,720 --> 01:16:20,240
Speaker 6: Right, you always have to show up.

1514
01:16:20,240 --> 01:16:22,479
Speaker 11: And we saw the Charges come out and play a

1515
01:16:22,520 --> 01:16:24,639
Speaker 11: solid game and play well. Obviously that was a game

1516
01:16:24,680 --> 01:16:26,360
Speaker 11: that the Bill was able to finish off and find

1517
01:16:26,360 --> 01:16:28,800
Speaker 11: a way to win, which early on, to your point,

1518
01:16:29,080 --> 01:16:31,519
Speaker 11: they were finding ways or not making the plays to

1519
01:16:31,680 --> 01:16:33,439
Speaker 11: get over that humpet. So it's really good to be

1520
01:16:33,520 --> 01:16:36,559
Speaker 11: able to do that in December as you kind of

1521
01:16:36,640 --> 01:16:39,160
Speaker 11: rev up to be playing your best football right now,

1522
01:16:39,200 --> 01:16:42,200
Speaker 11: and right now what six wild card and having the

1523
01:16:42,240 --> 01:16:44,799
Speaker 11: opportunity to go to the playoffs, playing your good football

1524
01:16:44,880 --> 01:16:47,080
Speaker 11: and figuring out ways to win these close ones, because

1525
01:16:47,120 --> 01:16:49,280
Speaker 11: all the games for the most part, are going to

1526
01:16:49,360 --> 01:16:52,000
Speaker 11: be one one score games when it comes down to

1527
01:16:52,000 --> 01:16:52,599
Speaker 11: the fourth quarter.

1528
01:16:52,840 --> 01:16:56,120
Speaker 2: I mean you saw because you were there. You were

1529
01:16:56,120 --> 01:16:57,800
Speaker 2: in London in the week five, and you know you

1530
01:16:57,880 --> 01:17:01,599
Speaker 2: got starters going down. Matt day kwon, and the week

1531
01:17:01,640 --> 01:17:04,840
Speaker 2: before they had lost Tredavius for the year. Those aren't

1532
01:17:04,920 --> 01:17:07,720
Speaker 2: just like three role players in your defense, and those

1533
01:17:07,760 --> 01:17:10,280
Speaker 2: are like all Pro caliber players that they all lost

1534
01:17:10,280 --> 01:17:12,559
Speaker 2: in the span of two games, and it took them

1535
01:17:12,600 --> 01:17:15,400
Speaker 2: a while to kind of recalibrate with the people that

1536
01:17:15,439 --> 01:17:18,200
Speaker 2: had to fill those voids. Do you feel like this

1537
01:17:18,280 --> 01:17:23,200
Speaker 2: defense has now successfully recalibrated after trying to adjust to

1538
01:17:23,280 --> 01:17:25,920
Speaker 2: three sizable losses to their starting lineup.

1539
01:17:25,960 --> 01:17:26,519
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think so.

1540
01:17:26,600 --> 01:17:28,519
Speaker 11: And then you've had Michael go in and out as well,

1541
01:17:28,520 --> 01:17:30,559
Speaker 11: where you have to have some safety play come in, right,

1542
01:17:30,600 --> 01:17:33,519
Speaker 11: So there's been some injury bugs on this roster on

1543
01:17:33,520 --> 01:17:35,719
Speaker 11: the defensive side where you're trying to find spots, especially

1544
01:17:35,760 --> 01:17:38,840
Speaker 11: at that linebacker position when you lose right obviously.

1545
01:17:38,479 --> 01:17:41,160
Speaker 6: Tremaine wasn't here at all. Him and then Matt Mlana

1546
01:17:41,240 --> 01:17:41,719
Speaker 6: goes out.

1547
01:17:41,640 --> 01:17:44,680
Speaker 11: Right, essentially two Pro Bowl, all Pro caliber players, and

1548
01:17:44,680 --> 01:17:46,639
Speaker 11: then you have to figure it out with some younger guys.

1549
01:17:47,400 --> 01:17:49,519
Speaker 11: I really like what Tyrrell Dodson's been able to do,

1550
01:17:49,560 --> 01:17:51,679
Speaker 11: come in and learn both spots and play both spots

1551
01:17:51,720 --> 01:17:55,120
Speaker 11: really at a high level, right, and then Dorian came

1552
01:17:55,200 --> 01:17:56,920
Speaker 11: in was trying to figure it out. Still, a young

1553
01:17:56,920 --> 01:17:58,680
Speaker 11: player is gonna develop, I think, in a couple of

1554
01:17:58,760 --> 01:18:00,479
Speaker 11: years and be a guy that you can really lean on.

1555
01:18:00,840 --> 01:18:03,200
Speaker 11: But it takes some time, and especially upfront when you

1556
01:18:03,280 --> 01:18:05,160
Speaker 11: when you talk about Da Kwan losing him and then

1557
01:18:05,160 --> 01:18:08,000
Speaker 11: a shut down corner on the outside, when you talk

1558
01:18:08,040 --> 01:18:11,240
Speaker 11: about like key components of a defense right down a

1559
01:18:11,240 --> 01:18:13,200
Speaker 11: shut down corner and playing up front, that's where the

1560
01:18:13,240 --> 01:18:16,679
Speaker 11: games are won. Really now, it's really hard to overcome that. Initially,

1561
01:18:16,720 --> 01:18:18,840
Speaker 11: you have to figure out you're putting guys in or

1562
01:18:18,840 --> 01:18:19,519
Speaker 11: does he fit here?

1563
01:18:19,560 --> 01:18:20,639
Speaker 6: Does this scheme work for him?

1564
01:18:20,720 --> 01:18:22,519
Speaker 11: Do we have to change some things for this player's

1565
01:18:22,520 --> 01:18:25,240
Speaker 11: skill set versus maybe a Matt Mlonald who can do everything.

1566
01:18:25,280 --> 01:18:26,719
Speaker 6: So it really doesn't matter what we're doing.

1567
01:18:26,960 --> 01:18:29,200
Speaker 11: And it takes some times from a coordinator standpoint and

1568
01:18:29,240 --> 01:18:32,519
Speaker 11: a player's standpoint to figure out where your rhythm is,

1569
01:18:32,840 --> 01:18:34,840
Speaker 11: How can I operate a high level on execute? I

1570
01:18:34,880 --> 01:18:37,719
Speaker 11: do feel like they've turned that corner and they're moving

1571
01:18:37,720 --> 01:18:38,720
Speaker 11: in the right direction with that.

1572
01:18:38,840 --> 01:18:40,519
Speaker 3: So what's on your schedule now? You got to get

1573
01:18:40,560 --> 01:18:42,679
Speaker 3: a day off tomorrow. You're gonna do a signing or something.

1574
01:18:42,800 --> 01:18:43,759
Speaker 6: You have a signing.

1575
01:18:43,920 --> 01:18:45,720
Speaker 11: My wife is trying to go skin you know now

1576
01:18:45,800 --> 01:18:47,240
Speaker 11: that I'm not playing to do those type of things.

1577
01:18:47,280 --> 01:18:49,000
Speaker 11: Got a chance to ski for the first time last year.

1578
01:18:49,000 --> 01:18:50,160
Speaker 11: I know it hasn't been a ton of snow. I

1579
01:18:50,200 --> 01:18:51,960
Speaker 11: know it's supposed to snow hopefully, so we may go

1580
01:18:52,000 --> 01:18:54,240
Speaker 11: do that in the morning and then just kind of

1581
01:18:54,240 --> 01:18:56,160
Speaker 11: hang out hitting up all our good restaurants, you know,

1582
01:18:56,240 --> 01:18:59,360
Speaker 11: went to Kaylena's, went to ricks On, Maine, trying to

1583
01:18:59,360 --> 01:19:01,680
Speaker 11: get over to to the Grange community kitchen and to

1584
01:19:01,760 --> 01:19:04,160
Speaker 11: some of us the spots that we just enjoyed when

1585
01:19:04,160 --> 01:19:06,439
Speaker 11: we were here. So I had to make sure that

1586
01:19:06,479 --> 01:19:08,800
Speaker 11: I ate good right as far as healthy before I

1587
01:19:08,800 --> 01:19:10,040
Speaker 11: got out here, because I knew I was gonna hit

1588
01:19:10,080 --> 01:19:10,439
Speaker 11: about it.

1589
01:19:10,680 --> 01:19:13,760
Speaker 6: Ten different spots wagon and just go and go hard.

1590
01:19:13,640 --> 01:19:15,280
Speaker 11: Right and bar Bills is gonna be one of them too,

1591
01:19:15,360 --> 01:19:18,400
Speaker 11: actually standing near there in east of Roya. So it's

1592
01:19:18,880 --> 01:19:20,920
Speaker 11: it's fun and I really love coming back and catching

1593
01:19:21,000 --> 01:19:22,439
Speaker 11: up with folks.

1594
01:19:22,840 --> 01:19:25,479
Speaker 2: One other thing, you know, coach McDermott obviously took over

1595
01:19:25,520 --> 01:19:28,120
Speaker 2: play calling duties for the defensive side of the ball.

1596
01:19:28,439 --> 01:19:31,439
Speaker 2: You mentioned how the defense had to adjust and do

1597
01:19:31,520 --> 01:19:36,040
Speaker 2: different things, fit guys differently, you know, with Milano out.

1598
01:19:36,120 --> 01:19:38,880
Speaker 2: You know, Terrell Bernard's done a great job of running

1599
01:19:38,880 --> 01:19:41,839
Speaker 2: this defense this year at the middle linebacker spot, replacing Tremaine.

1600
01:19:42,080 --> 01:19:44,840
Speaker 2: But then coach makes a change and goes with more

1601
01:19:44,920 --> 01:19:48,400
Speaker 2: dime package, brings Taylor Rap onto the field, you know,

1602
01:19:48,560 --> 01:19:51,599
Speaker 2: takes a linebacker out for better coverage on passing downs.

1603
01:19:51,960 --> 01:19:53,840
Speaker 2: Just some of the things that you've seen from coach

1604
01:19:53,920 --> 01:19:57,599
Speaker 2: McDermott from a defensive play calling perspective where you said, oh,

1605
01:19:57,600 --> 01:19:59,160
Speaker 2: you know what, that is a good idea. Oh, I

1606
01:19:59,200 --> 01:20:00,960
Speaker 2: like what he's doing there. Like those kinds of things.

1607
01:20:01,000 --> 01:20:03,040
Speaker 11: Yeah, I think as a coach, the one thing I've

1608
01:20:03,160 --> 01:20:07,320
Speaker 11: always appreciated about Sean it wasn't about doing it his

1609
01:20:07,439 --> 01:20:10,880
Speaker 11: way or his scheme, but figuring out what's the best

1610
01:20:10,880 --> 01:20:13,719
Speaker 11: thing that we can do and operate with the players

1611
01:20:13,720 --> 01:20:16,000
Speaker 11: that he has right, and how can we go out

1612
01:20:16,000 --> 01:20:17,720
Speaker 11: there and put the best product on the field. Maybe

1613
01:20:17,720 --> 01:20:19,519
Speaker 11: not when I'm up, maybe comfortable with because I think

1614
01:20:19,520 --> 01:20:21,200
Speaker 11: if you ask him, probably don't want to necessarily have

1615
01:20:21,240 --> 01:20:23,439
Speaker 11: to play dime. But if that is going to give

1616
01:20:23,439 --> 01:20:25,479
Speaker 11: you the best opportunity, if that's what your personnel is

1617
01:20:25,520 --> 01:20:27,479
Speaker 11: saying we need to do, you're gonna go out there

1618
01:20:27,520 --> 01:20:29,080
Speaker 11: and do it. And that's what and I've loved because

1619
01:20:29,080 --> 01:20:30,679
Speaker 11: when I was here, it looked much different, right because

1620
01:20:30,680 --> 01:20:32,600
Speaker 11: I'm not gonna cover a whole bunch of people, so

1621
01:20:32,600 --> 01:20:34,800
Speaker 11: we have to figure out different ways to utilize my

1622
01:20:34,840 --> 01:20:37,400
Speaker 11: skill set. And now he's doing that same thing with

1623
01:20:37,439 --> 01:20:40,439
Speaker 11: his personal and so that's what I've always respected about him.

1624
01:20:40,760 --> 01:20:42,599
Speaker 11: And when you look around the league when you see

1625
01:20:42,720 --> 01:20:46,040
Speaker 11: high end coaches and you know, hate to mention his name,

1626
01:20:46,080 --> 01:20:47,639
Speaker 11: but Bill Belichick did just for years.

1627
01:20:47,680 --> 01:20:47,880
Speaker 4: Right.

1628
01:20:47,920 --> 01:20:51,240
Speaker 11: He uses his personnel in a way to really highlight

1629
01:20:51,280 --> 01:20:53,400
Speaker 11: their strength, and Sean is doing the same exact thing.

1630
01:20:53,439 --> 01:20:56,760
Speaker 11: And you figure out ways to mend things, make things better.

1631
01:20:56,800 --> 01:20:59,160
Speaker 11: And when you have young guys come in or guys

1632
01:20:59,200 --> 01:21:01,080
Speaker 11: go down like a Matt, you have to get creative

1633
01:21:01,360 --> 01:21:03,479
Speaker 11: with your personnel group to match up with how people

1634
01:21:03,520 --> 01:21:04,080
Speaker 11: are attacking you.

1635
01:21:04,120 --> 01:21:04,840
Speaker 6: And that's what he's doing.

1636
01:21:04,920 --> 01:21:08,720
Speaker 3: We've talked a lot about the difference in this season's

1637
01:21:08,760 --> 01:21:11,080
Speaker 3: defense as opposed to when it was under less Leer,

1638
01:21:11,080 --> 01:21:13,439
Speaker 3: when it was in years past. And one of the

1639
01:21:13,479 --> 01:21:17,200
Speaker 3: things that this defense has been better at is splash plays.

1640
01:21:18,040 --> 01:21:20,760
Speaker 3: They were solid, very solid, tough to move the ball

1641
01:21:20,760 --> 01:21:23,519
Speaker 3: against it, but they rarely got big timely plays. And

1642
01:21:23,600 --> 01:21:26,840
Speaker 3: because of the Dermott's play calling, and I think aggression

1643
01:21:27,240 --> 01:21:31,040
Speaker 3: at certain key points that has changed dramatically.

1644
01:21:31,439 --> 01:21:33,200
Speaker 11: That's great, and I know that was something that he

1645
01:21:33,240 --> 01:21:35,960
Speaker 11: always wanted more of. Right, that's his personality, you know,

1646
01:21:36,040 --> 01:21:39,160
Speaker 11: being a wrestler, being a safe. He likes being aggressive

1647
01:21:39,200 --> 01:21:44,280
Speaker 11: and dialing things up and really pushing the issue with

1648
01:21:44,680 --> 01:21:45,200
Speaker 11: the opponent.

1649
01:21:45,280 --> 01:21:45,400
Speaker 7: Right.

1650
01:21:45,439 --> 01:21:47,120
Speaker 11: A lot of people like to sit back, play coverage,

1651
01:21:47,120 --> 01:21:49,639
Speaker 11: don't let anythings get beat, right, That's all fine and Danny,

1652
01:21:49,640 --> 01:21:51,679
Speaker 11: but at some point let's be the aggressives and forced

1653
01:21:51,720 --> 01:21:55,040
Speaker 11: them into some mistakes as well. And I think, you know, obviously,

1654
01:21:55,040 --> 01:21:56,960
Speaker 11: with his personality is a little bit different than what

1655
01:21:57,040 --> 01:21:59,320
Speaker 11: Leslie was, neither is better. But I think that's what

1656
01:21:59,400 --> 01:22:01,680
Speaker 11: your team start to become. And then I also will

1657
01:22:01,720 --> 01:22:05,160
Speaker 11: say this, you know Bobby Babbite who's moved to the

1658
01:22:05,200 --> 01:22:08,880
Speaker 11: linebacker corps, right, helping those young guys understand how to

1659
01:22:08,960 --> 01:22:12,880
Speaker 11: fit like the passing and route concepts a lot better, right,

1660
01:22:12,920 --> 01:22:15,599
Speaker 11: That allows you to make a quarterback throw the ball

1661
01:22:15,600 --> 01:22:16,840
Speaker 11: a little bit more air on it so you get

1662
01:22:16,880 --> 01:22:18,960
Speaker 11: an interception, or maybe those linebackers are getting picks and

1663
01:22:18,960 --> 01:22:21,240
Speaker 11: getting their hands on balls and just in a better position.

1664
01:22:21,479 --> 01:22:24,080
Speaker 11: And of course, as guys get older, we think about

1665
01:22:24,080 --> 01:22:26,280
Speaker 11: like a Taron Johnson, guys that are always around the ball,

1666
01:22:26,320 --> 01:22:28,360
Speaker 11: they just have that much more experience that they're gonna

1667
01:22:28,400 --> 01:22:31,120
Speaker 11: put themselves in a position to make those splash plays

1668
01:22:31,200 --> 01:22:33,240
Speaker 11: versus reacting when you have a young guy out there

1669
01:22:33,240 --> 01:22:35,719
Speaker 11: who may not quite understand what's going on around him.

1670
01:22:35,520 --> 01:22:38,920
Speaker 2: And coach Babbitts probably deserves some credit for this, but

1671
01:22:39,320 --> 01:22:41,920
Speaker 2: when you think about the fact that tore Elbert are

1672
01:22:42,080 --> 01:22:44,400
Speaker 2: got limited time on the field as a rookie on defense,

1673
01:22:44,960 --> 01:22:49,200
Speaker 2: then missed the entire preseason game schedule with a hamstring injury,

1674
01:22:49,439 --> 01:22:52,519
Speaker 2: and then gets plugged in Week one and has done

1675
01:22:52,600 --> 01:22:55,320
Speaker 2: the job that he has done. And I don't know,

1676
01:22:55,320 --> 01:22:57,200
Speaker 2: but you, Lorenzo, you could probably speak to it better

1677
01:22:57,280 --> 01:23:00,519
Speaker 2: than I can. But he just comes across such an

1678
01:23:00,560 --> 01:23:04,880
Speaker 2: instinctive player, like he's an anticipatory player, right, maybe more

1679
01:23:04,920 --> 01:23:07,120
Speaker 2: than anything else, just speak to what you've seen.

1680
01:23:06,920 --> 01:23:08,800
Speaker 11: From him, and I think again to your point, a

1681
01:23:08,800 --> 01:23:10,680
Speaker 11: lot of that comes from Bobby Babbage and what he's

1682
01:23:10,720 --> 01:23:12,759
Speaker 11: been able to take from, you know, being with Micah

1683
01:23:12,760 --> 01:23:15,320
Speaker 11: and Jordan in the back end and bringing that aspect

1684
01:23:15,360 --> 01:23:20,360
Speaker 11: as a linebacker, like really understanding how what offensive sets,

1685
01:23:20,520 --> 01:23:22,760
Speaker 11: what do they look like, what are the top route

1686
01:23:22,800 --> 01:23:24,519
Speaker 11: concepts you're going to get out of those those type

1687
01:23:24,560 --> 01:23:27,000
Speaker 11: of things, and then communicating in a way where his

1688
01:23:27,040 --> 01:23:29,880
Speaker 11: players understand, receive it, and retain it and then are

1689
01:23:29,880 --> 01:23:31,599
Speaker 11: able to go out there and play at a high level.

1690
01:23:31,880 --> 01:23:33,960
Speaker 11: And I think that is has been a real good

1691
01:23:34,000 --> 01:23:37,200
Speaker 11: key for a young linebacker really group overall to have

1692
01:23:37,280 --> 01:23:39,080
Speaker 11: a guy that has that type of in that has

1693
01:23:39,080 --> 01:23:41,320
Speaker 11: that type of knowledge in Bobby Babbage that's been around

1694
01:23:41,360 --> 01:23:44,200
Speaker 11: the DBS, to now bring that to you because this

1695
01:23:44,280 --> 01:23:46,479
Speaker 11: game has changed so much, and to be able to

1696
01:23:46,520 --> 01:23:49,320
Speaker 11: have linebacker coaches to be able to teach linebackers those

1697
01:23:49,400 --> 01:23:51,920
Speaker 11: route concepts so we can get in passing lanes, we

1698
01:23:51,960 --> 01:23:54,760
Speaker 11: can knock balls down, make quarterbacks put air on the ball.

1699
01:23:55,160 --> 01:23:58,720
Speaker 11: It's probably a little bit behind, I think, across the

1700
01:23:58,720 --> 01:24:00,320
Speaker 11: board in the league because it is such a new

1701
01:24:00,320 --> 01:24:02,439
Speaker 11: thing and so you get linebackers that haven't typically had

1702
01:24:02,479 --> 01:24:04,720
Speaker 11: to really understand that at a high level, and he's

1703
01:24:04,760 --> 01:24:08,759
Speaker 11: really helped that that transformation and having these linebackers almost

1704
01:24:08,800 --> 01:24:12,439
Speaker 11: become suito DB's in the league that we're playing with

1705
01:24:12,479 --> 01:24:13,280
Speaker 11: a lot of passes, have.

1706
01:24:13,240 --> 01:24:14,160
Speaker 4: They started to get them?

1707
01:24:14,320 --> 01:24:17,240
Speaker 3: It seems to me now players are coming out more

1708
01:24:17,280 --> 01:24:19,800
Speaker 3: polished than that because of the because of the high

1709
01:24:19,880 --> 01:24:22,360
Speaker 3: level of passing offenses in the in the college.

1710
01:24:22,439 --> 01:24:24,479
Speaker 11: Yeah, well you see it all the time, but I

1711
01:24:24,600 --> 01:24:26,920
Speaker 11: still think that, you know, from a coaching aspect and

1712
01:24:27,000 --> 01:24:29,720
Speaker 11: really understanding the why behind it. I think Bobby does

1713
01:24:29,720 --> 01:24:32,320
Speaker 11: a great job there is making them understand that, and

1714
01:24:32,360 --> 01:24:34,599
Speaker 11: then also never really getting away from because you know,

1715
01:24:34,640 --> 01:24:35,760
Speaker 11: Bob Babbage's his dad.

1716
01:24:35,800 --> 01:24:37,400
Speaker 6: That was the linebackers that I had.

1717
01:24:37,640 --> 01:24:40,439
Speaker 11: Never getting away from being able to use your hands,

1718
01:24:40,520 --> 01:24:42,880
Speaker 11: being aggressive when the run occurs, because we think about

1719
01:24:42,920 --> 01:24:45,479
Speaker 11: what is really been kind of like the Achilles Hill,

1720
01:24:45,520 --> 01:24:47,160
Speaker 11: is this defense over the last two or three years,

1721
01:24:47,200 --> 01:24:50,519
Speaker 11: it's been able to stop the run in January in

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01:24:50,600 --> 01:24:53,280
Speaker 11: the playoffs when it's cold outside and people are gonna pounded,

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01:24:53,400 --> 01:24:55,840
Speaker 11: right and still having the ability to not only stop

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01:24:55,920 --> 01:24:57,320
Speaker 11: the pass, but when come down to be able to

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Speaker 11: stop the run as well, which I think they've done

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01:24:59,080 --> 01:24:59,960
Speaker 11: a much better job.

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Speaker 6: But I think just a front seven this year as well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and with Dayqwon Jones coming back this week from

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01:25:05,000 --> 01:25:08,960
Speaker 2: ir might be even looking better against this Patriots team.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for the time stopping by, Lorenzo. Good luck on Sunday,

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01:25:12,040 --> 01:25:13,519
Speaker 2: getting everybody amped up always.

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Speaker 6: You know how about that part, I got.

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Speaker 2: Faith, I got faith in you. I never had a

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01:25:17,560 --> 01:25:21,400
Speaker 2: doubt for sure, Lorenzo Alexander this week's legend of the game.

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Speaker 2: So look for him right before kickoff down in that

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Speaker 2: corner down at the tunnel end. He'll be getting you

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Speaker 2: amped up. And come meet Lorenzo at the signing at

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Speaker 2: take a break step and I close things up for

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Speaker 2: have available. All right, Steve, what do you got vision

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Speaker 2: to victory for the Bills over the Patriots Week seventeen.

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01:26:36,600 --> 01:26:39,120
Speaker 3: I think the Bill's run game is for real. I

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01:26:39,120 --> 01:26:41,800
Speaker 3: think the Pats run defenses for real. But you got

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01:26:41,800 --> 01:26:43,960
Speaker 3: to make him prove it. I think you got to

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01:26:44,000 --> 01:26:45,679
Speaker 3: try and go at them and use some play action

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01:26:45,800 --> 01:26:48,799
Speaker 3: off of that. I think you gotta get Josh outside

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01:26:48,800 --> 01:26:51,080
Speaker 3: the pocket, let him run for four or five yards

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01:26:51,120 --> 01:26:52,920
Speaker 3: and slide use him in the running game in that

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01:26:53,120 --> 01:26:55,680
Speaker 3: In that way, get Josh out of the pocket, let

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01:26:55,720 --> 01:26:59,200
Speaker 3: him run, let him run, take positive plays, do not

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01:26:59,280 --> 01:27:03,120
Speaker 3: turn the football all over, and stay on the field offensively,

1764
01:27:03,320 --> 01:27:05,559
Speaker 3: and you win this game for me.

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01:27:06,040 --> 01:27:11,960
Speaker 2: On offense, get the athletes in space, James Cook receivers.

1766
01:27:12,680 --> 01:27:16,240
Speaker 2: Get those guys out in space where they can maximize yards.

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01:27:16,280 --> 01:27:20,040
Speaker 2: After the catch, and I think they can out athlete

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01:27:20,720 --> 01:27:24,519
Speaker 2: the back seven for this Patriots defense. That's what has

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01:27:24,560 --> 01:27:27,680
Speaker 2: to happen on offense, I believe. And then defensively, I

1770
01:27:27,720 --> 01:27:33,080
Speaker 2: think it's two things. One neutralize Ezekiel Elliott. He is

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01:27:33,160 --> 01:27:35,880
Speaker 2: clearly the engine of that offense right now. He is

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01:27:36,120 --> 01:27:39,080
Speaker 2: leading the team in receptions and he is their feature

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01:27:39,120 --> 01:27:42,479
Speaker 2: running back with Ramandre Stevenson now on injured reserve. You

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01:27:42,560 --> 01:27:46,080
Speaker 2: neutralize him, you put the game all on Bailey Zappi

1775
01:27:46,640 --> 01:27:49,799
Speaker 2: And so then part two of that equation becomes muddy

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01:27:50,200 --> 01:27:53,200
Speaker 2: the looks. And with Micah Hydeback, I'm confident that he

1777
01:27:53,880 --> 01:27:57,200
Speaker 2: and Poyer can really orchestrate that and muddy the pre

1778
01:27:57,320 --> 01:28:01,200
Speaker 2: snap to post snap looks for Zam so he does

1779
01:28:01,280 --> 01:28:03,240
Speaker 2: not know what he's looking at. They did an excellent

1780
01:28:03,320 --> 01:28:06,240
Speaker 2: job of that in the Cowboys game. Dak Prescott was

1781
01:28:06,240 --> 01:28:09,080
Speaker 2: back there patting the ball. He had no confidence in

1782
01:28:09,120 --> 01:28:11,200
Speaker 2: what he was looking at. You duplicate that against this

1783
01:28:11,280 --> 01:28:14,519
Speaker 2: young quarterback Baill exactly. I think you. I think you

1784
01:28:14,600 --> 01:28:16,479
Speaker 2: go a long way to putting yourself in position to

1785
01:28:16,479 --> 01:28:21,120
Speaker 2: win this football game comfortably? Comfortably? Am I asking too much?

1786
01:28:21,800 --> 01:28:22,320
Speaker 2: I'd like him?

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01:28:22,880 --> 01:28:23,320
Speaker 4: Last week?

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01:28:23,360 --> 01:28:25,280
Speaker 3: I mean they gave us a Christmas present. I told

1789
01:28:25,280 --> 01:28:29,280
Speaker 3: Matty in the post game it was rapped horribly and

1790
01:28:29,560 --> 01:28:32,679
Speaker 3: so yeah, it was great, a great win. And they've

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01:28:32,800 --> 01:28:34,920
Speaker 3: they've got three in a row. The we needed five

1792
01:28:34,960 --> 01:28:37,320
Speaker 3: in a row. This is number four. Just go one

1793
01:28:37,400 --> 01:28:39,880
Speaker 3: to know this week, find a way to win. It

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01:28:39,920 --> 01:28:42,719
Speaker 3: would be nice if we got up ten to nothing

1795
01:28:42,760 --> 01:28:45,479
Speaker 3: on this team instead of vice versa and not throwing

1796
01:28:45,479 --> 01:28:49,120
Speaker 3: a pick on the first possession. That would be nice.

1797
01:28:50,400 --> 01:28:53,800
Speaker 3: But somehow, some way, scratch, claw fight your way to

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01:28:53,840 --> 01:28:54,160
Speaker 3: a win.

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01:28:54,960 --> 01:28:57,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know they've won three in a row. Now,

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01:28:58,520 --> 01:29:01,320
Speaker 2: they did that one other time this season between weeks

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01:29:01,320 --> 01:29:04,320
Speaker 2: two and four. We know they got to win two

1802
01:29:04,360 --> 01:29:06,679
Speaker 2: more here to really kind of put themselves in prime

1803
01:29:06,760 --> 01:29:11,280
Speaker 2: playoff position. And I am putting you completely in charge, Steve.

1804
01:29:11,360 --> 01:29:15,160
Speaker 2: On Sunday of scoreboard watching, I need you to keep

1805
01:29:15,200 --> 01:29:18,000
Speaker 2: tabs on Raven Dolphins.

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01:29:18,040 --> 01:29:21,080
Speaker 3: Raven Dolphins game on on my on my laptop, and

1807
01:29:21,120 --> 01:29:22,160
Speaker 3: we're gonna be more.

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01:29:22,200 --> 01:29:23,640
Speaker 4: I'm gonna be sitting pretty.

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01:29:23,800 --> 01:29:26,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, Okay, I need you on top of that.

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01:29:26,800 --> 01:29:27,800
Speaker 4: I'll get I'll do it.

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01:29:27,840 --> 01:29:30,760
Speaker 3: I just you know, yeah, no, Bet, just don't ask

1812
01:29:30,800 --> 01:29:32,200
Speaker 3: me to come down and talk into your micro.

1813
01:29:32,360 --> 01:29:34,080
Speaker 2: No, no, I'm not looking for that. I'm looking for that.

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01:29:34,120 --> 01:29:36,080
Speaker 2: Maybe a test here or there that would be great.

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01:29:36,280 --> 01:29:37,559
Speaker 4: Have a great weekend, man.

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01:29:37,600 --> 01:29:39,680
Speaker 2: Enjoy the game on Sunday, Steve and I'll be back

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01:29:39,680 --> 01:29:42,320
Speaker 2: here on New Year's Day for a three hour program

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Speaker 2: noon to three. We'll see you then