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Speaker 1: player for you, Steve, Steve a blimp. We're not even

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Speaker 1: with you as we have real practice today. Yesterday was

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Speaker 1: I'd say across an added donut. An NFL practice field

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Speaker 1: you know. They do that. That happened over the course

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Speaker 1: know and then but you know, you've also got guys

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Speaker 1: like like Emmanuel Sanders, you know, guys like that, And

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Speaker 1: it's just we're talking about the wide receivers. There's a

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Speaker 1: lot of guys out there like this. But yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: I think when you get this deep into the season,

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Speaker 1: most and I know this for a fact, Mackenzie, Digs, Beasley, Davis,

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Speaker 1: they all love each other. They just they absolutely love

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Speaker 1: each other. They do anything for it, and they just

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Speaker 1: they hope for each other success because they know they're

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Speaker 1: all it's gonna rise the entire boat. That rising water

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Speaker 1: raises all boats. We're all gonna get uplifted by that

435
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Speaker 1: if if you have success. So they're all in it

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Speaker 1: with each other. It comes down to the coaching staff

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00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:19,120
Speaker 1: coming up with a ways with different ways to win games,

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Speaker 1: keep these guys sharp, and third, try and keep him

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Speaker 1: highly inspired and motivated to play even better. It's hard

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Speaker 1: because there's you know, like we say, you only have

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Speaker 1: you can only put eleven guys on the field, and

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Speaker 1: there's just a limited roster. Yeah that's the way it is.

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Speaker 1: I Yeah, I'd have a hard time not playing mackenzie.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to disrespect Beasley and what he's done

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Speaker 1: here the better part of the last two plus seasons,

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Speaker 1: because he's been extraordinarily productive. I gotta if I'm coaching,

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Speaker 1: I gotta find a way to put McKenzie on the field,

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Speaker 1: even if it's just a pack kid of plays. I

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Speaker 1: gotta put him out there. He's too much of a

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Speaker 1: mismatch to not put him out there. He might be

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Speaker 1: the fastest guy on the field, right I mean the separation,

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Speaker 1: I mean Miles Bryant could not cover him. I was

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Speaker 1: watching the miked up that our video team did here

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Speaker 1: He goes, they're still playing man on him. They can't

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Speaker 1: cover him in man covered. They can't cover him. Like

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Speaker 1: he's watching this happen. They had no answer. I like

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Speaker 1: guys that defenses don't have an answer for. And you know,

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Speaker 1: maybe Atlanta has a better answer, but their defensive rankings

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Speaker 1: wouldn't indicate that they're not doing too well, and we just,

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Speaker 1: you know, we just got this this little note from

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Speaker 1: our guy, Jeff coltonac Falcon's defensive coordinator Dean Peas. They

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Speaker 1: asked him to stop Josh Allen and he says, don't

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Speaker 1: let him off the bus. You know the words out. Uh.

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Speaker 1: This is a tough This this offense is a handful

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Speaker 1: and at some point in the next month or so,

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Speaker 1: next few weeks or so, this team is going to

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Speaker 1: have to figure out how to get around teams like

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Speaker 1: Tennessee in Kansas City, Cincinnati, the Patriots again, perhaps um

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Speaker 1: and the Colts again. Yeah, you're gonna have to start

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Speaker 1: coming up with a way to play better than you

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Speaker 1: did the first time around for a lot of those

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Speaker 1: teams and or continue to play well against them when

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Speaker 1: they've transformed themselves like you did at half time in

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Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay game. There. It's it's gonna come down

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Speaker 1: to a one game season pretty quick here. And you've

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Speaker 1: got that. You've got this guy in Josh Allen. And

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Speaker 1: I was thinking about this today, Brownie. And see what

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Speaker 1: you think. You see all these teams playing like Aaron Rodgers.

483
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Speaker 1: It's been Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers forever

484
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Speaker 1: for sixteen years, and you think, well, why haven't they

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Speaker 1: gotten back to once a Super Bowl? Why haven't they

486
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Speaker 1: been able to? I think it's because it's Aaron Rodgers

487
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Speaker 1: and a bunch of guys. I like Davante Adams. But

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Speaker 1: let me tell you something. Davante Adams on the Houston Texans,

489
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Speaker 1: you don't know who the heck he is. You've never

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Speaker 1: heard of him, really, never heard of him. He's pretty good, Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: he's pretty He's really good. You put him on a team,

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Speaker 1: you put him on You don't think Houston right now.

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Speaker 1: You don't think what would happen if Dante Adams was

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Speaker 1: on the New Orleans Saints roster right now, It wouldn't

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Speaker 1: even be a blip on the radar. All I'm saying

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Speaker 1: is this, My point is this, Aaron Rodgers, the others

497
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Speaker 1: on Aaron Rodgers team have never gotten. They've gotten the

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Speaker 1: NFC Championship game time and time and time again. It's

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Speaker 1: the others that are the difference makers. It's the other

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Speaker 1: guys on the roster. It's the other guys. For the

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Speaker 1: New England Patriots when they had Brady, it was the

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Speaker 1: other guys that elevated him the way they ran their

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Speaker 1: system with the Julian Edelmans and the Gronkowskis. You look

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Speaker 1: at all these other teams that have won it in

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Speaker 1: recent years. Even when Peyton Manning was there was Marvin

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Speaker 1: Harrison and and the running back. Yeah, you know, they've

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Speaker 1: had some guys. Who's gonna be that here? Who's that

508
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Speaker 1: guy in Buffalo? In Kansas City, it's Kelsey and Tyreek.

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Speaker 1: Now Mahomes is the guy, but they've got others. They

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Speaker 1: got others here too, which is we're trying to figure

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Speaker 1: out who to put on the field. Um, like a

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Speaker 1: quarterback controversy, if you if you don't have them, if

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Speaker 1: you had two quarterbacks you want to play. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's different at the other positions. I don't think it's

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Speaker 1: the same thing. Let's go to the phones and see

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Speaker 1: what you think. At a three five fifty, we go

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Speaker 1: to Andy and Buffalo here first, what do you got first? Andy? Hey,

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Speaker 1: you listen. I understand you coach the coach. He's got

519
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Speaker 1: a bad decision to make, but you gotta play with

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Speaker 1: your You gotta play with your head, not with your heart.

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Speaker 1: McKenzie is the man. He is definitely the man to play.

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Speaker 1: I said, Beasley's good for your five ten yard ors sometimes,

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Speaker 1: what man? McKenzie's been showing his stuff, so you'd so

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Speaker 1: you'd go with him, Andy, I would go with McKenzie

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Speaker 1: all the way. I'm just wondering. Does McDermot ever talk

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Speaker 1: to Alan and ask Kimon what do you think I mean? Knit? True? Yeah, Andy,

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Speaker 1: they talk fifty times a day about this exact subject. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they don't. They should never never stop. Yeah. Dable's Gonnables

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Speaker 1: that way. He's gonna assess his matchups and make his

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Speaker 1: plans accordingly. But he's gonna consult josh On and say, hey,

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Speaker 1: I like so and so in this matchup. Do you

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Speaker 1: feel the same. They talk about it on the practice

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Speaker 1: view when the guys doing it, he'll talk about that.

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Speaker 1: He'll talk about, hey, Bezi, he can do this and

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Speaker 1: this and this, and then when they come out and

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Speaker 1: it's and it's McKenzie, Well, like McKenzie do this and

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Speaker 1: this because he does that and that and that. Then

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Speaker 1: you go in you're watching it on film and you say,

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Speaker 1: like mcken like right here, I like McKenzie right here.

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Speaker 1: They talk talk about this constant. Would you like to

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Speaker 1: look at that play that we ran, you know, with

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Speaker 1: Beasley in practice. That feel good to you? And I

543
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Speaker 1: remember this. I remember Frank Wright talking to me one

544
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Speaker 1: time and he goes listening. He goes, I like this

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Speaker 1: better out of three strong, that same play out of

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Speaker 1: three strong, because then I got you know, I got

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Speaker 1: Carwell Gardner running the corner rather than you know, the

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Speaker 1: offensive lineman running it. Right. He goes, they think about

549
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Speaker 1: these plays even with different combinations and out of different formations.

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Speaker 1: Let's run this play out of three tight ends and

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Speaker 1: two backs instead of five wide. I like it out

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Speaker 1: of five wide, but let's run it out of tight

553
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Speaker 1: heavy format. And they're like, hey, that's a great you know,

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Speaker 1: these are the kind of conversations they have, and that's

555
00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:41,920
Speaker 1: a little that's a little hyperbole, but you get the idea.

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Speaker 1: I want it out of this personnel combination and this

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Speaker 1: formation rather than these people and that formation. Yeah. It's

558
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,959
Speaker 1: it's another level of offense that a lot of you know,

559
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Speaker 1: even media analysts never can get to because they don't

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Speaker 1: know the options. They don't know that, they don't know

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Speaker 1: the limitations. Break time for us year, because when we

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Speaker 1: come back, we're gonna be joined by ESPN NFL insider

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Speaker 1: Field Yates, also a fantasy football expert. It's gonna be

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Speaker 1: giving us his ultimate fantasy lineup, presented by fan Duel.

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Speaker 1: That's coming your way next here on One Bill's Live

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Speaker 1: presented by Klota Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio, Lord of Mighty.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to One Bills Live. There's Brown Steve task

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Speaker 1: you're with you. There is a show of shows that

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Speaker 1: happens off the air. It's a shame we can't bring

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Speaker 1: it to you. It's chock full of goodness. But we

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Speaker 1: got something else that's chock full of goodness. The Ultimate

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Speaker 1: Fantasy Lineup, presented by Field Yates, ESPN, NFL Insider and

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Speaker 1: fantasy football guru Field. I'm proud of myself. I'm in

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Speaker 1: the final this year. I'm a little nervous. I'm not

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Speaker 1: gonna lie, but I'm a but you know, fingers and

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Speaker 1: toes crossed here. We'll see how it pans out. We'll

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Speaker 1: let you know next week. But I got a good

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Speaker 1: look at it this week. What happened. Let me just

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Speaker 1: say it this way. I hope you choke and die. Wow,

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Speaker 1: Come on, Steve, I don't want Brownie nice. He'll be

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Speaker 1: he'll probably win it. I don't know. It's not even

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Speaker 1: in our little friendly control room league here where Steve

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Speaker 1: and I flamed out in fiery and horrific fashioned out

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Speaker 1: in September. Well, here ask you quickly before we get

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Speaker 1: into the daily fantasy lineup. Who do you need in

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Speaker 1: your season long line up to really come through for you.

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00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:40,560
Speaker 1: I have a strong lineup, which is surprising considering the

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00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,240
Speaker 1: fourteen team league that I am in, because it gets

589
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:46,800
Speaker 1: really thin, really fast. But I made a couple of

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Speaker 1: picks on down the road. Projection kind of looks like

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Speaker 1: I waited a long time on quarterback, but I got

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Speaker 1: Burrow in like the ninth or tenth round, and he

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Speaker 1: was my number one QB, and he panned out for me.

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Speaker 1: You know, a little bit of a slow start, but

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Speaker 1: he panned out well for me. Damian Harris kind of

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00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:10,120
Speaker 1: helped me at the right times this year, Chub. You

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Speaker 1: know Davante Adams, I had. I put together a pretty

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Speaker 1: good roster, but I did it with some bit of

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Speaker 1: projection to it ceedee Lamb. So I had the six

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Speaker 1: pick in the draft. I thought I did pretty well.

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Speaker 1: Love it. It's awesome to hear. I'm happy for yeah,

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Speaker 1: and very much looking forward to seeing how things go

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Speaker 1: this upcoming weekend. And I'm looking forward to in Joe

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Speaker 1: Burrow nine touchdown game. Yeah, there you go. Yeah, that

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Speaker 1: would work for me. I'd be happy with it. So

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Speaker 1: we're talking about your ultimate fantasy lineups, and I gotta

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Speaker 1: tell you, once in a while, it hasn't happened much,

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Speaker 1: but once in a while, you've had a lineup where

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm I get it. I mean, I'm all

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Speaker 1: about the Bills here in Western New York, and I

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Speaker 1: kind of focus on You got Matthew Staffords your quarterback,

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Speaker 1: seventy six hundred dollars. That seems like a bargain. We'll

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Speaker 1: get to the guy. I had to look up one

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Speaker 1: of your players. I just gotta admit it. I had

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Speaker 1: to look up one of your running backs. I didn't

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Speaker 1: know who he was. Okay, I love it. That's great. Okay.

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Speaker 1: So Matthew Staffords the quarterback at seventy six hundred dollars,

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Speaker 1: and Matthew Stafford plays the Ravens on Sunday. Now, people

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Speaker 1: are probably gonna note that Matthew Stafford did not play

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Speaker 1: well this past week when they're playing against the Vikings,

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Speaker 1: but I don't I don't foresee him having back to

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Speaker 1: back bad games. And you know, you get Barney was

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Speaker 1: just talking about how he needs Joe Burrow to go

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Speaker 1: off this weekend. Well what did Joe Burrow do this

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00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:29,080
Speaker 1: past weekend against the Baltimore Ravens. He completely decimated them.

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Speaker 1: That secondary has just taken such a hit this year.

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Speaker 1: So many different injuries have impacted Baltimore, not just injuries,

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Speaker 1: but also COVID list editions. The COVID editions are the

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Speaker 1: COVID list players are mostly finned out by now, but

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Speaker 1: I like Matthew Stafford seventy six hundred bucks. Now let's

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Speaker 1: move to running backs, because I know Steve wants to

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Speaker 1: know exactly who the heck it was that I picked

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Speaker 1: to have in my lineup. So, as always, there are

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Speaker 1: two running backs, and it would take a look at

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Speaker 1: the two running backs. The first one is darn excuse me,

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Speaker 1: Boston Scott for the philadel Helphia Eagles. Is that the

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Speaker 1: one that you were in his head? Okay, Boston Scott,

638
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Speaker 1: who sixth round pick at a Louisiana Tech a few

639
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Speaker 1: years back, A guy who has actually played a decent

640
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Speaker 1: amount for Philly and spot duty earlier on this year,

641
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Speaker 1: and we know that Miles Sanders is out for this week.

642
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Speaker 1: We also know that Jordan Howard is banged up, suffered

643
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Speaker 1: a stinger and is unlikely to play or at least

644
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Speaker 1: questionable to play on Sunday. As a result of that,

645
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Speaker 1: Boston Scott is the next man up. This Washington defense

646
00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:33,919
Speaker 1: has been decimated due to injuries and also the COVID list.

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Speaker 1: They have zero answers right now. Defensively, they have been

648
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Speaker 1: bad defending the run. So Boston Scott makes my list

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Speaker 1: price of just six thousand dollars this week for the Eagles. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: additional running back shaking his head, Yeah, Javonte Williams is

651
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:52,359
Speaker 1: an easy play as I see it. He's been right,

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Speaker 1: he's been really good, and you know, the feature extremely

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Speaker 1: bright for Javonte Williams. He's going to probably be the

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Speaker 1: starter at a full time player next year for the

655
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Speaker 1: Denver Broncos. In the meantime, he's sharing duties with Melvin Gordon,

656
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Speaker 1: an effective veteran in his own right. Javonte Williams, though,

657
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:12,879
Speaker 1: plays the Chargers on Sunday. The Chargers are but as

658
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Speaker 1: bad of a run defense as you will find in

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Speaker 1: the NFL right now. The Charger allowed forty one points

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Speaker 1: to the Houston Texans as past Sunday, including career day

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Speaker 1: for Rex burkead who had nearly one hundred and fifty

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Speaker 1: rushing yards two touchdowns. He was fantastic. I think Javonte

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Speaker 1: Williams and the Broncos, who guys, they don't throw the

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Speaker 1: football to their wide receivers at all. Jerry Judy, Courtland

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Speaker 1: Sutton and Tim Patrick are all highly compensated individuals just

666
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Speaker 1: not to catch the ball they're paid to block. Apparently

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Speaker 1: le Broncos want to run it, they will do so.

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Speaker 1: With Javonte Williams on Sunday, Let's get to our wide

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Speaker 1: receivers and the first one probably is very very obvious

670
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Speaker 1: to many. Santonio Brown for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He

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Speaker 1: is the only of the top three whiteouts in Tampa

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Speaker 1: that is currently available. Mike Evans on the COVID list

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Speaker 1: and then Chris Guy when it's out for the year

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Speaker 1: due to an ACL tear. Antonio Brown played last week

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Speaker 1: and he had up with for ten catches. He now

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Speaker 1: has more games with ten catches than any player in

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Speaker 1: the history of the NFL. Tom Brady looked at him frequently,

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Speaker 1: and frequently and frequently again. Tom Brady threw the ball

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Speaker 1: thirty times last week. Half of those attempts went to

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Speaker 1: Antonio Brown, just a ridiculous amount that played the Jets

681
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Speaker 1: on Sunday, obviously a very banged up and not talented

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Speaker 1: defense right now because of those injuries. I like Antonio

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Speaker 1: Brown even at the price point of eight thousand, five

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Speaker 1: hundred dollars. And then we moved forward to jail and Waddle,

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Speaker 1: a guy that you guys saw it earlier this year

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Speaker 1: on two separate occasions the Bills beat the Dolphins both times.

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Speaker 1: Talented player who's been really really busy as of late.

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Speaker 1: He's actually one of two rookies that I have in

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Speaker 1: my lineup amongst wide receivers. And I'll go ahead and

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Speaker 1: reveal a Monron Saint Brown for a very specific reason

691
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Speaker 1: is prior to this year, there had been just two

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Speaker 1: one rookie wide receiver, just one in the history of

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Speaker 1: the league to have eight or more catches four straight games.

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Speaker 1: That was Oldell Beckham junior back in two and fourteen,

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Speaker 1: Jalen Wattle and a Monros Saint Brown priced at seven

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Speaker 1: thousand and then six thousand, six thousand, nine hundred dollars

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Speaker 1: this week are each in the midst of a four

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Speaker 1: game streak of at least eight catches. Vanduel awards a

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Speaker 1: point for each catch that you have. The more catches

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Speaker 1: you have, the better outlook is, these guys are feasting

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Speaker 1: right now. It's not a ton of big plays, but

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Speaker 1: that doesn't matter. You just need volume. The volume those

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Speaker 1: to have is rare right now. Yeah, and I was

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Speaker 1: kind of surprised at the tight end spot here. We

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Speaker 1: know that the Texans did not have Brandon Cooks in

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Speaker 1: the lineup last week, and a guy like Brevin Jordan

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Speaker 1: had more opportunities with Davis Mills in there at QB.

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Speaker 1: So are you still riding that or what's the decision here? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Brevin Jordan's kind of an interesting player, guys. He's a

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Speaker 1: fifth round pick out of Miami, a guy who has

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Speaker 1: been a little bit of a revelation for the Texans

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Speaker 1: this year. I gotta tell you, I'm intrigued by what

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Speaker 1: Houston's doing. The resources they had this offseason were basically none.

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Speaker 1: They didn't have a first round pick or a second

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Speaker 1: round pick. They didn't hardly spend top money in free agency.

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Speaker 1: Basically everything they did was bargain hunting, right, I mean

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Speaker 1: it was guys making somewhere between one and three million

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Speaker 1: dollars per season. Reverend Jord has been a good little

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Speaker 1: player for them rookie and you mentioned that Brandon Cooks

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Speaker 1: does come backgroundie. I think though, that there's enough volume

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Speaker 1: for Brevin Jordan to continue to be a piece of

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Speaker 1: that offense. And then Davis Mills, say whatever you want.

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Speaker 1: I think it's pretty clear that Davis Mills has done

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Speaker 1: just as much, if not more, than other rookie quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: who were drafted in the first round. You know, Mac

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Speaker 1: Jones has separated himself from the rest of the rookie class,

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Speaker 1: but other rookie quarterbacks have struggled, and all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: Davis Mills looks pretty sharp. I think that Brevin Jordan's

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Speaker 1: should be a pretty useful play on Sunday tight end spot. Okay,

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Speaker 1: And then and we've seen this guy before in your lineup,

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Speaker 1: and we totally understand why Debo's doing it all for

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Speaker 1: San fran On out. Ebo is doing it all. That's right, Deebo,

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Speaker 1: Samuel and they play the text in so this is

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Speaker 1: a defense that was frisky last week, but a defense

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Speaker 1: that I think, speaking general, you can have your way

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Speaker 1: with Deebo. Samuel is a really talented player. The forty

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Speaker 1: nine ers leaned a little bit less on him as

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Speaker 1: a runner last week, and he was more involved as

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Speaker 1: a receiver again, which you'll take the yards no matter

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Speaker 1: how you can get them. But if you can get

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Speaker 1: the yards and the catches like you did last week

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Speaker 1: with Deebo Samuel, they'll pay off handsomely. We've been doing

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Speaker 1: this now for seventeen weeks, and you guys know my strategy.

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Speaker 1: I want as much of my money invested into my

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Speaker 1: top flight wide receivers as possible. As a result of

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Speaker 1: that debo, Samuel is in my flex spot I would

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Speaker 1: have normally had in my wide receiver spot, but I

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Speaker 1: wanted to make that note about Jail and Wattle and

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Speaker 1: a Monroe Saint Brown at the same time. So debo

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Speaker 1: slides down to my flex nine thousand dollars and a

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Speaker 1: worthwhile investment at that, and you finish it off with

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Speaker 1: the defense to the Tennessee Titans against Miami. It's an

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00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:06,040
Speaker 1: interesting too, because we're getting to the point right now

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Speaker 1: field where you've got some teams that are going to

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Speaker 1: be out of it and kind of done here in

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Speaker 1: week seventeen, Week eighteen. But this is a game both

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Speaker 1: teams need. You're gonna have two teams playing doing their

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Speaker 1: best to win, Tennessee trying to kind of hang in

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Speaker 1: there for the number one seed on the outside shot,

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Speaker 1: that's chances Kan City Chiefs stumble. So this is gonna

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Speaker 1: be a real battle against Miami for the Tennessee Titans.

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Speaker 1: But this is a Titans defense that's played very well. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: the Titans defense has played well up front of the

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Speaker 1: very least in Miami. As we know, it's won seven

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Speaker 1: straight games, guys, and winning seven games in the NFL

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Speaker 1: no matter who you're playing against is pretty darn impressive.

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Speaker 1: But they've done most of their damage on defense. Has

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Speaker 1: been a much more defensive effort than it has been

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Speaker 1: about the offense. They have virtually no running game. They

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Speaker 1: have other than Jayalen Waddle, not a bunch of difference

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Speaker 1: makers in the passing games. Offensive line has struggled all

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Speaker 1: year long. Tennessee's strength on defense. As their defensive line.

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Speaker 1: They get Denico Autry back from the reserve COVID nineteen

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00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:11,200
Speaker 1: list on Sunday that will make them whole saying, so,

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Speaker 1: I think there's a chance that his Titans defense affront

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Speaker 1: can control this game. You're right, Steve. This is a

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Speaker 1: really interesting last couple of weeks in both conferences. But

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Speaker 1: in the AFC, no seating has been decided or is

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Speaker 1: even close to being decided. If the Chiefs can't hold

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Speaker 1: up their end of the bargain on Sunday against the Bengals,

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00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:32,440
Speaker 1: the Titans have real life because if the Titans win

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Speaker 1: their final two games and Kansas City loses either this

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Speaker 1: weekend or next, Titans the number one seed. There's a

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Speaker 1: lot at stake. These past couple of years, it feels

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Speaker 1: like we've had a team that's been a runaway in

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Speaker 1: either conference. That is not the case right now in

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Speaker 1: either the AFC or the NFC. Yeah, no question about it.

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Speaker 1: All right. That is Field, Ya, It's ultimate fantasy lineup

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Speaker 1: presented by Fanduelil make every moment more all right, Well,

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Speaker 1: we're unfortunately at a time here Field we got an

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00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:02,960
Speaker 1: interesting debate going on about receiver playing time. With everybody

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Speaker 1: back on the active roster now for the Bills, it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be interesting to see how this coaching staff divvies

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00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:10,359
Speaker 1: it up. Isaiah McKenzie lit it up. Gabriel Davis has

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Speaker 1: been hot. Who's gonna sit down? We just we don't know.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be tricky. Yeah, really interesting, guys, And I

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00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:18,320
Speaker 1: think there are a lot of people that are wondering

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Speaker 1: if they can start Gabriel Davis in fantasy this week.

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Speaker 1: And that being said, Cold Beasley's played a ton of

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Speaker 1: snaps when he has been available for the Bills and

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00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 1: sounds like he'll be good to go on Sunday after

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Speaker 1: being activator from the COVID nineteen reserve list. It's it's

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00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 1: a good problem for the Bills. It's a not so

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00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:35,080
Speaker 1: good problem for those of us that are trying to

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Speaker 1: decipher who just starting fantasy. That kind of that kind

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00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:39,360
Speaker 1: of makes hands off for the Bills roster, doesn't it.

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Speaker 1: I mean, there's just no way to know which guy's

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Speaker 1: gonna get the targets. Yeah, it's Josh, it's Stopson Knox,

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Speaker 1: it's Stefaun, it's Devin Singletary right now, and then beyond that,

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Speaker 1: it's good luck. Yeah, thanks very much. We appreciate it

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Speaker 1: to you. We'll catch me the next week. You guys,

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Speaker 1: next week. Talk to you, Talk to you next year, guys.

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Speaker 1: That's right, that's right. New Year, Yeah, Happy New Year.

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Speaker 1: That's Field Yates joining us here on One Bills Live

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Speaker 1: with his ultimate fantasy line up, presented by Fan Duel.

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Speaker 1: Break time for us, but back with your phone calls

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Speaker 1: and your tweets. We'll see in a second here on

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Speaker 1: one Bills Live. Wellcome back to One Bills Live. Chris

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Speaker 1: brown Snaith Jasker with you, and motoring to the second

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Speaker 1: hour where we'll have one Thurman Thomas, the Hall of Famer,

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Speaker 1: joining us for his weekly appearance. But we want to

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Speaker 1: get to the phones here quickly, as we are asking

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Speaker 1: you in today's Twitter conversation, how should the Bills divvy

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Speaker 1: up the wide receiver snaps? Now that everybody is back

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Speaker 1: on the active roster and ready to roll here through

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Speaker 1: these final two regular season games, we go to the

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Speaker 1: phones and we go to Dave in Florida. Dave, what

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

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Speaker 1: How you doing, fellow us? Good? All right, listen, I'm

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Speaker 1: just hoping that the Bills don't play down to the competition.

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Speaker 1: I don't care who starts, who plays. They got to

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Speaker 1: play like they've been in the last two weeks. That's

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Speaker 1: my one problem. They played down sometimes. Yeah, yeah, you're

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Speaker 1: not wrong, Dave. I think you can wait. Yeah, okay,

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Speaker 1: what else? I have one question for Steve Tasker? Okay, Steve,

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Speaker 1: what is your resolution for twenty twenty two? Thank you fellas.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Dave, appreciate the call. You want to answer that one, Steve,

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Speaker 1: I thought I haven't thought about New Year's resolutions too

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Speaker 1: much yet. Smoke better cigars? Yeah, you know what, I

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Speaker 1: think You've got a pretty good stats. Well, yeah, I'm

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Speaker 1: kind of plowing through them though. Um it's been it's

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Speaker 1: been a long season. Um, yeah, it might be. It

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Speaker 1: might be an uptick, might be an uptick in my

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Speaker 1: cigar quality. Yes, I got. You know one thing I got.

845
00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:57,359
Speaker 1: I gotta move my humidor out of my office because

846
00:45:57,400 --> 00:45:59,319
Speaker 1: my office is too chilly and it's I can't keep

847
00:45:59,880 --> 00:46:02,920
Speaker 1: the right temperature. It's killing me. Yeah, first world problems.

848
00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:05,279
Speaker 1: I know. My at home human door just can't keep

849
00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:07,759
Speaker 1: the humidity. I'm striving for it. I'm sure it's a

850
00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:10,560
Speaker 1: problem a lot of us have. I'm sure I'm not

851
00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:13,120
Speaker 1: going in that. I'm just saying I had to, But

852
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:15,319
Speaker 1: here's the thing I had to float that. I had

853
00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:17,239
Speaker 1: to float that balloon out as to what where I'm

854
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:20,480
Speaker 1: gonna put the thing because you know, oh, for some reason,

855
00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:23,200
Speaker 1: the missure's not enough room at the tasker compound? Is

856
00:46:23,239 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 1: that what we're trying to say? The missus doesn't have

857
00:46:25,719 --> 00:46:27,880
Speaker 1: that quite as high on her priority lists of a

858
00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:29,600
Speaker 1: good place to put the human door as I do,

859
00:46:29,719 --> 00:46:32,680
Speaker 1: so I'm a little limited into where I will be

860
00:46:32,719 --> 00:46:35,040
Speaker 1: able to get where or where in the seventy five

861
00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:37,040
Speaker 1: hundred square feet are we're gonna put that. Well, it's

862
00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:41,600
Speaker 1: not that big, but yeah, you get my problem. All right,

863
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:44,920
Speaker 1: let's talk about Dave's other issue, which was playing down

864
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:48,480
Speaker 1: to the level of your competition point. The Bills have

865
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:52,280
Speaker 1: suffered at the hand of that very situation at times

866
00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:54,280
Speaker 1: this year. And I was saying the other day, Steve,

867
00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:57,279
Speaker 1: you can make the argument that the best start to

868
00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:00,720
Speaker 1: finish games that the Bills have played this year Kansas

869
00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:03,480
Speaker 1: City in Week six, probably in the New England game

870
00:47:03,600 --> 00:47:08,080
Speaker 1: last week, and maybe the Tennessee game. It didn't end

871
00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:11,520
Speaker 1: the right way, but they played pretty well through that

872
00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:14,920
Speaker 1: game for the most part. Yeah, those might be the

873
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:17,759
Speaker 1: best three start to finish games. And when you think

874
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:20,920
Speaker 1: about it, they had an axe to grind with the

875
00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:24,399
Speaker 1: Tennessee game. There was inherent motivation in the Chiefs game,

876
00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:27,040
Speaker 1: you know, slay the dragon kind of thing, and they

877
00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:29,880
Speaker 1: were still sore about losing to the Patriots here three

878
00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:35,200
Speaker 1: weeks ago. There was an inherent motivational quality to all

879
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:38,320
Speaker 1: three of those games. The question becomes, can they summon

880
00:47:38,440 --> 00:47:43,320
Speaker 1: up that kind of energy, anger, and physicality to play

881
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:45,640
Speaker 1: that way every week the rest of the way. I

882
00:47:45,680 --> 00:47:47,480
Speaker 1: think they can. I think this is a different team

883
00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:49,279
Speaker 1: than it was. Think about this. They lose to the

884
00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:54,120
Speaker 1: Steelers in Week one, and they're ticked right. They go out,

885
00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:57,520
Speaker 1: they beat the Miami Dolphins, who were, as we're finding out,

886
00:47:57,680 --> 00:48:00,480
Speaker 1: weren't quite the bad team we thought they were. They

887
00:48:00,520 --> 00:48:02,680
Speaker 1: beat him thirty five nothing. They come home to play

888
00:48:02,719 --> 00:48:06,160
Speaker 1: Washington and they absolutely obliterate Washington, score forty three points

889
00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:08,800
Speaker 1: on those guys, forty three twenty one, Washington's two touchdowns

890
00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:11,359
Speaker 1: because we turn it over in our own end, all right,

891
00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:14,440
Speaker 1: So they absolutely squash Washington. They come to Houston, Texans

892
00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:17,920
Speaker 1: forty to nothing. It's a laugher. Then you go in

893
00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:19,560
Speaker 1: and say, all right, now, we're gonna see what you

894
00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:21,920
Speaker 1: guys are really made of all, right, thirty eight twenty

895
00:48:22,320 --> 00:48:26,600
Speaker 1: over the Chiefs. So then they're gonna say, okay, here

896
00:48:26,600 --> 00:48:28,719
Speaker 1: we go to tennesse seasons. That team to beat us

897
00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:31,240
Speaker 1: last year. They played really well against it, and they're slipped.

898
00:48:31,480 --> 00:48:34,400
Speaker 1: There is slip and fall on a quarterback sleep sneak

899
00:48:34,680 --> 00:48:39,000
Speaker 1: away from winning that game, and that's a right. They

900
00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:41,839
Speaker 1: beat Miami again. So they get into this and all

901
00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:43,640
Speaker 1: of a sudden they get into this stretch of the

902
00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:48,440
Speaker 1: season where the Jaguars game is the absolute abarition of

903
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:51,520
Speaker 1: the entire season. You can't there's no way around the

904
00:48:51,560 --> 00:48:54,080
Speaker 1: fact that this offense did not show up in that game.

905
00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:57,480
Speaker 1: They just didn't play well. The Indianapolis Colts came in

906
00:48:57,520 --> 00:48:59,200
Speaker 1: here with the same chip on their shoulder that the

907
00:48:59,239 --> 00:49:01,239
Speaker 1: Bills had had. Again, it's Kansas City, you get that.

908
00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:04,040
Speaker 1: The Patriots come in here in forty mile an hour,

909
00:49:04,120 --> 00:49:08,040
Speaker 1: wins bad and the Bills can't make a single play

910
00:49:08,080 --> 00:49:12,560
Speaker 1: to win that game. They're still the same team. But

911
00:49:12,719 --> 00:49:15,200
Speaker 1: my point is they got into a point, particularly early

912
00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:17,920
Speaker 1: in the season, where they're hanging forty on team thirty

913
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:21,560
Speaker 1: eight forty three, forty thirty five and a four game

914
00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:24,360
Speaker 1: stretch and they're thinking we can turn it on whenever

915
00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:25,680
Speaker 1: they had it all figured out. And I think they

916
00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:28,640
Speaker 1: can probably hear me now, right, Yeah we can. I

917
00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:30,799
Speaker 1: can hear you. And so I think they got there.

918
00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:33,680
Speaker 1: I think we got to the point there where now

919
00:49:33,719 --> 00:49:36,120
Speaker 1: they know it's an every week thing, and I think

920
00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:39,520
Speaker 1: they know where they can see the process of the

921
00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:41,680
Speaker 1: process for a reason, and I think they got away

922
00:49:41,719 --> 00:49:44,960
Speaker 1: from it fair enough. Let's just hope now that they've

923
00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:48,239
Speaker 1: started to stack wins that they realize that process has

924
00:49:48,280 --> 00:49:50,080
Speaker 1: to remain intact no matter who they heck they're playing.

925
00:49:50,120 --> 00:49:53,520
Speaker 1: They's got a point though. That's a that's a it's

926
00:49:53,520 --> 00:49:56,520
Speaker 1: an that is the fear for Bills fans. Yeah, it's

927
00:49:56,520 --> 00:49:58,719
Speaker 1: a concern. I think there's any question. I think most

928
00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:03,120
Speaker 1: people in this side of the aisle believe that when

929
00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:06,319
Speaker 1: this team plays its best, they beat everybody. Yeah, they

930
00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:09,400
Speaker 1: beat everybody, and let's not forget yeah it's the Falcons

931
00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:11,080
Speaker 1: and the Jets. But they're still work to do to

932
00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:14,080
Speaker 1: clinch the division and to clinch a playoff Berth, you

933
00:50:14,160 --> 00:50:16,080
Speaker 1: need a win and a couple of teams to lose

934
00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:18,520
Speaker 1: this week to get in, and then you need another

935
00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:21,600
Speaker 1: win against the Jets to win the division. So the

936
00:50:21,680 --> 00:50:24,440
Speaker 1: work is not done yet in the regular season, and

937
00:50:24,560 --> 00:50:27,040
Speaker 1: I'm sure they're aware of that and they're focused on that.

938
00:50:27,640 --> 00:50:29,759
Speaker 1: Got to finish the job. Break time here for us

939
00:50:29,840 --> 00:50:33,480
Speaker 1: when we return the Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas joining

940
00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:36,080
Speaker 1: us next for our number two here on One Bill's Live,

941
00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:56,239
Speaker 1: presented by Kalid to Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. At

942
00:50:56,280 --> 00:50:59,800
Speaker 1: a Steve Tasker who has been all over the field.

943
00:51:00,239 --> 00:51:02,720
Speaker 1: Unique he was kind of a dual role player for you, Steve,

944
00:51:04,080 --> 00:51:09,480
Speaker 1: Steve a blimp. We're not even in the stragedyre of

945
00:51:09,600 --> 00:51:15,160
Speaker 1: normalcy all right. Here we are our number two on

946
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:18,080
Speaker 1: a Thursday, and you know what that means. Means we're

947
00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:21,400
Speaker 1: joined by the Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas and THURM.

948
00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:24,400
Speaker 1: I don't know if you're aware of this, but thirty

949
00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:30,880
Speaker 1: years ago today you were named NFL m v P.

950
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:38,040
Speaker 1: Do you remember that year ago today? Of course? He remember? Well,

951
00:51:38,600 --> 00:51:40,879
Speaker 1: what I mean by that, this is what I mean.

952
00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:43,560
Speaker 1: What I mean is I'm sure that the guys found

953
00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:45,719
Speaker 1: out in the locker room. You know, you come in

954
00:51:45,800 --> 00:51:48,759
Speaker 1: from practice, maybe you find out what would do you

955
00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:51,080
Speaker 1: remember what the locker room was like when you know

956
00:51:51,160 --> 00:51:54,200
Speaker 1: one of your teammates wins MVP Steve. What were people

957
00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:56,440
Speaker 1: reveling in this or no, I don't know how were

958
00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:59,799
Speaker 1: we see? You don't remember did Marv announce that? It

959
00:51:59,840 --> 00:52:03,920
Speaker 1: was like quiet, right, I don't remember anything. Well, I

960
00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:07,799
Speaker 1: don't remember anything either, to be honest with you, make

961
00:52:07,880 --> 00:52:10,719
Speaker 1: you guys make fun of me, and nobody remembers. It

962
00:52:10,760 --> 00:52:14,480
Speaker 1: wasn't a deal, right, was that it was a big deal,

963
00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:17,120
Speaker 1: but it wasn't a big deal, Like Marv didn't announce it,

964
00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:21,000
Speaker 1: and like right now, you know, Marv wasn't really in

965
00:52:21,400 --> 00:52:24,719
Speaker 1: the big announcements or anything like that. So, uh, you know,

966
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:27,160
Speaker 1: we just went about our everyday thing and I think

967
00:52:27,200 --> 00:52:30,719
Speaker 1: Scott Burstow got a hold of me and told me

968
00:52:30,760 --> 00:52:32,480
Speaker 1: that I wont mvpeople. But the only thing that I

969
00:52:32,480 --> 00:52:35,360
Speaker 1: would remember about that was that, you know, Jim Kelly

970
00:52:35,360 --> 00:52:37,200
Speaker 1: coming up to me afterwards and said, you know what,

971
00:52:37,360 --> 00:52:40,000
Speaker 1: I owned half of that because I handed off you

972
00:52:40,040 --> 00:52:41,759
Speaker 1: the ball and I threw the ball to you, So

973
00:52:42,200 --> 00:52:47,799
Speaker 1: half of that trophy, which yeah, close knit group even then, right, Yeah,

974
00:52:47,880 --> 00:52:50,759
Speaker 1: but I do Actually I remember I think Jim actually

975
00:52:50,920 --> 00:52:53,600
Speaker 1: finished second that year, so I mean obviously he had

976
00:52:53,600 --> 00:52:56,719
Speaker 1: a great year also, Yeah, we were pretty good or

977
00:52:56,840 --> 00:53:03,600
Speaker 1: you were pretty good. I had good seats. Yeah. Yeah,

978
00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:07,080
Speaker 1: just to let everybody know, fourteen hundred and seven yards rushing,

979
00:53:07,560 --> 00:53:10,440
Speaker 1: six hundred and thirty one yards receiving for a total

980
00:53:10,440 --> 00:53:12,839
Speaker 1: of over two thousand all purpose yards along with twelve

981
00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:14,920
Speaker 1: touchdown seven on the ground. Five years, you were in

982
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:16,719
Speaker 1: the midst of a four year run when you led

983
00:53:16,760 --> 00:53:21,520
Speaker 1: the league every year in yards from scrimmage correct. Yeah,

984
00:53:21,560 --> 00:53:23,759
Speaker 1: and you were the only persons you were the only

985
00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:27,880
Speaker 1: person since Jim Brown to do that. Yeah, and um, yeah,

986
00:53:27,400 --> 00:53:30,920
Speaker 1: I broke Jim Brown's record, who had the record of three,

987
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:34,160
Speaker 1: and went on to pass that record and break it

988
00:53:34,239 --> 00:53:38,239
Speaker 1: up four. And then you know, the fifth year was

989
00:53:39,120 --> 00:53:43,680
Speaker 1: really kind of the one that I wanted. But you know,

990
00:53:43,760 --> 00:53:47,960
Speaker 1: we were I don't know what the year brought, but

991
00:53:48,040 --> 00:53:51,920
Speaker 1: you know that year, man Emma Smith missed two games

992
00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:54,920
Speaker 1: and ended up beating me. That was a year that

993
00:53:54,960 --> 00:53:56,640
Speaker 1: he held out and we went down to Dallas and

994
00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:59,640
Speaker 1: right and beat him, and uh, you know, he held

995
00:53:59,719 --> 00:54:02,800
Speaker 1: out two years, end up you know, having a great

996
00:54:02,880 --> 00:54:07,640
Speaker 1: year that year and missing two games and still game

997
00:54:07,719 --> 00:54:10,000
Speaker 1: more yards than I did. So I mean that's right.

998
00:54:10,040 --> 00:54:13,600
Speaker 1: There was a great accomplishment by Emma Smith. If that

999
00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:15,799
Speaker 1: hadn't hadn't happened, you know, I would have made it

1000
00:54:15,840 --> 00:54:18,560
Speaker 1: five years. But hey, foar is enough for me. Yeah,

1001
00:54:18,640 --> 00:54:21,040
Speaker 1: well yeah, it didn't keep it from getting in the

1002
00:54:21,040 --> 00:54:24,319
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. That was awesome. And what do you think?

1003
00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:26,600
Speaker 1: We've been asking this question here about this team this

1004
00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:29,759
Speaker 1: year and they're coming down the stretch. They're they're gonna

1005
00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:32,920
Speaker 1: be in the playoffs, looks like for almost for sure,

1006
00:54:33,480 --> 00:54:36,720
Speaker 1: probably win the Division two. But they got this problem

1007
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:40,000
Speaker 1: that what I say, it's a problem. But Gabe Dave

1008
00:54:40,040 --> 00:54:42,879
Speaker 1: has been playing really good, Isaia McKenzie been playing really good.

1009
00:54:42,920 --> 00:54:46,040
Speaker 1: And Sanders and Cole Beasley. Sanders been hurt a little bit.

1010
00:54:46,080 --> 00:54:48,040
Speaker 1: Colebes has been on the list, he's off. Now they

1011
00:54:48,120 --> 00:54:50,600
Speaker 1: got these guys that have the hot hand versus the

1012
00:54:50,640 --> 00:54:55,799
Speaker 1: guys who have been proven trustworthy and productive. How do

1013
00:54:55,840 --> 00:54:58,799
Speaker 1: you handle only having to say, for instance, they only

1014
00:54:58,840 --> 00:55:01,360
Speaker 1: go three wide. How do you handle a rotation and

1015
00:55:01,440 --> 00:55:04,080
Speaker 1: giving guy rewarding guys for being productive and wanting to

1016
00:55:04,080 --> 00:55:07,200
Speaker 1: win the game first and foremost, and taking care of

1017
00:55:07,239 --> 00:55:09,360
Speaker 1: all these guys and giving them what they deserve, the

1018
00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:12,960
Speaker 1: kind of reps they deserve. Well, I think I hope

1019
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:15,920
Speaker 1: these guys know what Sex State here, and hopefully that

1020
00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:17,800
Speaker 1: will not be a problem in the locker room. I

1021
00:55:17,840 --> 00:55:21,120
Speaker 1: don't think it will be a problem because, first of all,

1022
00:55:21,120 --> 00:55:23,120
Speaker 1: like you said, you know, hey, the division at Sex

1023
00:55:23,160 --> 00:55:26,279
Speaker 1: State playing a home game is that state, And all

1024
00:55:26,280 --> 00:55:28,560
Speaker 1: those guys who are in that locker room now, who

1025
00:55:28,640 --> 00:55:30,719
Speaker 1: like Golden Beasley, is like, I didn't get the play

1026
00:55:30,840 --> 00:55:33,480
Speaker 1: last week. I need I need more reps or whatever.

1027
00:55:33,719 --> 00:55:35,839
Speaker 1: Guys shouldn't be thinking that way. Guys should be going

1028
00:55:35,840 --> 00:55:37,759
Speaker 1: out and try to get the ultimate goal, which is

1029
00:55:38,239 --> 00:55:40,799
Speaker 1: which I think is trying to put forty plus on

1030
00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:43,520
Speaker 1: the Jets and the Falcons on the last two ball games,

1031
00:55:43,640 --> 00:55:45,799
Speaker 1: forty plus points and get those guys out of there

1032
00:55:45,840 --> 00:55:48,359
Speaker 1: and get some rest for to make a run at

1033
00:55:48,400 --> 00:55:51,799
Speaker 1: the playoffs. So I think Sean mcdernald has been great

1034
00:55:51,800 --> 00:55:55,200
Speaker 1: about you know, when a situation like this has come about,

1035
00:55:55,239 --> 00:55:57,880
Speaker 1: and hey, look, the players have to put up on themselves.

1036
00:55:58,040 --> 00:55:59,640
Speaker 1: It's all about the team and not the end of

1037
00:55:59,640 --> 00:56:03,359
Speaker 1: the vision. When you're when you're this part down deep

1038
00:56:03,440 --> 00:56:05,200
Speaker 1: in the season, you have to worry about, you know,

1039
00:56:05,239 --> 00:56:07,399
Speaker 1: what's best for the team, man, And I think Cole

1040
00:56:07,480 --> 00:56:10,640
Speaker 1: Beasley was seeing Isaiah McKenzie, you know, doing his thing

1041
00:56:10,680 --> 00:56:12,920
Speaker 1: in the slot and really having i mean a career

1042
00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:16,480
Speaker 1: game last week against the Patriots. Hey, if he's a

1043
00:56:16,520 --> 00:56:19,800
Speaker 1: hot hair, right now, let him go. Let Isaiah McKenzie

1044
00:56:19,880 --> 00:56:22,840
Speaker 1: go and let him do his things, and and let

1045
00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:25,040
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley, you know, come in and sup for him.

1046
00:56:25,080 --> 00:56:27,200
Speaker 1: But I'm sure Cole is probably going to be the

1047
00:56:27,239 --> 00:56:31,160
Speaker 1: starter again come against the Falcons. That's I mean, as

1048
00:56:31,320 --> 00:56:33,600
Speaker 1: as easy as it is for us to say, it's

1049
00:56:33,640 --> 00:56:36,080
Speaker 1: kind of hard for a coach to put that into practice.

1050
00:56:36,120 --> 00:56:38,560
Speaker 1: You know that Cole Beasley is a prideful player, just

1051
00:56:38,600 --> 00:56:41,440
Speaker 1: about everybody is at this level. But at the same time,

1052
00:56:41,480 --> 00:56:44,600
Speaker 1: coach McDermott has always said, therm, you have to earn

1053
00:56:44,640 --> 00:56:46,520
Speaker 1: the right to win. You have to earn the right

1054
00:56:46,600 --> 00:56:49,319
Speaker 1: to get playing time. The last two times they've put

1055
00:56:49,400 --> 00:56:52,160
Speaker 1: McKenzie in a starting role, he's shown out. So you

1056
00:56:52,680 --> 00:56:55,480
Speaker 1: can't ignore that right and sit him back down just

1057
00:56:55,480 --> 00:56:59,719
Speaker 1: because these other guys. He's got to get on the field, right, Yeah,

1058
00:56:59,760 --> 00:57:02,600
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, having a career year in the

1059
00:57:02,600 --> 00:57:06,160
Speaker 1: biggest game of the year in the Buffalo Bills this year,

1060
00:57:06,560 --> 00:57:08,480
Speaker 1: he has to be out on the football field. I

1061
00:57:08,480 --> 00:57:10,360
Speaker 1: mean He's just another weapon that they have out on

1062
00:57:10,400 --> 00:57:13,439
Speaker 1: the football field. And I think Sean McDermott will stick

1063
00:57:13,440 --> 00:57:15,480
Speaker 1: to his word. I think he has earned the right

1064
00:57:15,520 --> 00:57:17,400
Speaker 1: to get more playing child. Now. I don't know if

1065
00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:20,040
Speaker 1: that's gonna be fifty fifty or seventy five twenty five,

1066
00:57:20,200 --> 00:57:23,920
Speaker 1: but I'll guarantee you that Isaiah McKenzie will be back

1067
00:57:23,960 --> 00:57:26,040
Speaker 1: on that football field a lot more than he has

1068
00:57:26,080 --> 00:57:28,600
Speaker 1: in the past for thirteen or fourteen games. I mean,

1069
00:57:28,640 --> 00:57:30,600
Speaker 1: he's earned the right to go out there and do well.

1070
00:57:30,720 --> 00:57:34,000
Speaker 1: And and you know what, maybe it's some of the

1071
00:57:34,000 --> 00:57:35,800
Speaker 1: things that he might be doing on special teams. I

1072
00:57:35,840 --> 00:57:38,040
Speaker 1: have no idea, but I think the guy when he's

1073
00:57:38,040 --> 00:57:41,400
Speaker 1: on the football field, he's electric, He's he makes plays

1074
00:57:41,400 --> 00:57:44,400
Speaker 1: all over the football field, and so obviously, you know,

1075
00:57:44,520 --> 00:57:46,600
Speaker 1: at the end of the season and go into the playoffs,

1076
00:57:46,960 --> 00:57:48,520
Speaker 1: he might have a bigger role than a lot of

1077
00:57:48,520 --> 00:57:51,320
Speaker 1: people think he might have. Yeah, I think the interesting

1078
00:57:51,360 --> 00:57:54,240
Speaker 1: thing is that when we start talking about comparing these guys,

1079
00:57:54,280 --> 00:57:59,280
Speaker 1: we put we're comparing Isaiah McKenzie to Cole Beasley, and

1080
00:57:59,280 --> 00:58:04,120
Speaker 1: we're also pairing Gabriel Davis to Emmanuel Sanders. Gabe Davis

1081
00:58:04,120 --> 00:58:07,440
Speaker 1: and Emmanuel Sanders seemed more closely related in their skills

1082
00:58:07,440 --> 00:58:12,720
Speaker 1: set than do McKenzie and Beasley. Beasley is a guy

1083
00:58:12,760 --> 00:58:18,000
Speaker 1: who's open, he's he's he makes incredibly difficult catches, you know, leverage,

1084
00:58:18,040 --> 00:58:20,480
Speaker 1: he goes leverage. He gets open to Josh, and Josh

1085
00:58:20,640 --> 00:58:23,680
Speaker 1: proved last week. He trusts both those guys. But McKenzie

1086
00:58:23,800 --> 00:58:26,760
Speaker 1: is a guy who you get the feeling he can

1087
00:58:26,800 --> 00:58:28,880
Speaker 1: snap off the big play from your own end. He's

1088
00:58:28,880 --> 00:58:31,440
Speaker 1: gonna go the difference, and he gives you that play,

1089
00:58:31,520 --> 00:58:34,280
Speaker 1: the Tyreek Hill kind of play where if you miss

1090
00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:36,360
Speaker 1: a tackle on him, there's gonna be six guys chasing

1091
00:58:36,440 --> 00:58:38,480
Speaker 1: him and they may run him out of bounds, but

1092
00:58:38,480 --> 00:58:40,480
Speaker 1: it's gonna be fifty yards down the field or he's

1093
00:58:40,480 --> 00:58:43,080
Speaker 1: gonna get a touchdown. That's something McKenzie gives you that

1094
00:58:43,320 --> 00:58:45,560
Speaker 1: Beasley doesn't. But on the other side, Beasley gives you

1095
00:58:45,640 --> 00:58:52,560
Speaker 1: quicker separation, better hands, whatever. And how do you mix

1096
00:58:52,600 --> 00:58:55,320
Speaker 1: all that together and say, listen, we gotta win this game,

1097
00:58:57,000 --> 00:59:01,480
Speaker 1: this game, yeah, yeah, Anna Founcus is the team that

1098
00:59:01,520 --> 00:59:03,800
Speaker 1: we gotta beat right now. And how do you go

1099
00:59:03,880 --> 00:59:06,320
Speaker 1: about determined and who gets more planning time? I have

1100
00:59:06,360 --> 00:59:08,800
Speaker 1: no idea. I think you will see a little bit

1101
00:59:08,840 --> 00:59:11,560
Speaker 1: more of the jet sweep that we've been talking about

1102
00:59:11,600 --> 00:59:15,800
Speaker 1: that we saw so well executed against the New England Patriots.

1103
00:59:16,280 --> 00:59:18,560
Speaker 1: But you know, hey, if you go back and look

1104
00:59:18,560 --> 00:59:21,360
Speaker 1: at all of the receptions that McKenzie had, I mean,

1105
00:59:21,400 --> 00:59:25,520
Speaker 1: these were some tough catchers, obviously, being a small guy

1106
00:59:25,520 --> 00:59:27,919
Speaker 1: who was very physical. I can't even remember who number

1107
00:59:27,960 --> 00:59:30,520
Speaker 1: forty one was for the Patriots, but I guarantee he's

1108
00:59:30,520 --> 00:59:34,720
Speaker 1: having nightmares right now, you know, and Gardy probably wished

1109
00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:37,520
Speaker 1: that Cole Beasley was in a game instead of Isaiah McKenzie.

1110
00:59:37,640 --> 00:59:40,640
Speaker 1: But now with the jet sweep and all that stuff,

1111
00:59:40,680 --> 00:59:42,640
Speaker 1: you have to put him in a game plan. You

1112
00:59:42,680 --> 00:59:44,120
Speaker 1: have to put him in a game plan and get

1113
00:59:44,240 --> 00:59:46,840
Speaker 1: get him the football as many times as you possibly can.

1114
00:59:47,040 --> 00:59:49,439
Speaker 1: I know it won't be that way this coming week,

1115
00:59:49,520 --> 00:59:52,920
Speaker 1: because hey, look, I look for Stefan Digg. I look

1116
00:59:52,960 --> 00:59:54,560
Speaker 1: for these guys to be out of the game by

1117
00:59:54,600 --> 00:59:58,240
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. Yeah, I get it. Let me throw

1118
00:59:58,320 --> 01:00:00,720
Speaker 1: one more thing at you on this third because the

1119
01:00:00,800 --> 01:00:04,280
Speaker 1: Bills are playing a Falcons team that is last in

1120
01:00:04,320 --> 01:00:07,280
Speaker 1: the league in sacks and they are like twenty eighth

1121
01:00:07,600 --> 01:00:11,320
Speaker 1: in pressures quarterback pressures. They're not even getting there to

1122
01:00:11,440 --> 01:00:17,320
Speaker 1: hurry throws. Would you be opposed to putting Beasley and

1123
01:00:17,480 --> 01:00:21,920
Speaker 1: Mackenzie double slot and then stick knocks out wide if

1124
01:00:21,920 --> 01:00:24,320
Speaker 1: you had a tight end on the field or Davis,

1125
01:00:24,360 --> 01:00:26,840
Speaker 1: depending on what you want to do there, Why couldn't

1126
01:00:26,840 --> 01:00:28,880
Speaker 1: you just go double slot put them both on the field.

1127
01:00:33,360 --> 01:00:35,800
Speaker 1: You're not facing Yeah, you're not facing a big pass

1128
01:00:35,880 --> 01:00:37,760
Speaker 1: rush team, you know what I mean. So I'm not

1129
01:00:37,800 --> 01:00:39,840
Speaker 1: saying the whole game, but you could have a package

1130
01:00:39,840 --> 01:00:43,280
Speaker 1: he plays like that. Yeah, I think if you look

1131
01:00:43,320 --> 01:00:46,160
Speaker 1: at that stat what you just said. I think Davill

1132
01:00:46,280 --> 01:00:48,360
Speaker 1: is looking at that. I think the offensive coaches are

1133
01:00:48,400 --> 01:00:52,240
Speaker 1: looking at that right now. And I've said it the

1134
01:00:52,320 --> 01:00:55,520
Speaker 1: last couple of weeks. Now, if you give Josh Allen

1135
01:00:55,720 --> 01:00:57,680
Speaker 1: enough time and you look at those stats that you

1136
01:00:57,840 --> 01:01:02,120
Speaker 1: just ran to me, the guys should probably have one

1137
01:01:02,160 --> 01:01:05,120
Speaker 1: four hundred yards by the third quarter. I mean, if

1138
01:01:05,120 --> 01:01:08,880
Speaker 1: you give him time to throw. And obviously these wide

1139
01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:12,080
Speaker 1: receivers are getting open, and defensive backs food Atlanta Falcons

1140
01:01:12,120 --> 01:01:14,560
Speaker 1: are not covering anybody. They're not getting any pass for us.

1141
01:01:14,680 --> 01:01:17,000
Speaker 1: I think Josh is one of the top quarterbacks in

1142
01:01:17,000 --> 01:01:19,440
Speaker 1: the National Football League. He will eat them alive. And

1143
01:01:19,720 --> 01:01:23,240
Speaker 1: so hey, look, I know you don't want to look forward,

1144
01:01:23,440 --> 01:01:25,640
Speaker 1: you don't want to look past Atlanta Falcons, because we've

1145
01:01:25,640 --> 01:01:28,680
Speaker 1: seen some crazy things happening in the National Football League

1146
01:01:28,720 --> 01:01:32,120
Speaker 1: this year. But yeah, I think this team is focused.

1147
01:01:32,200 --> 01:01:34,840
Speaker 1: I think that the win over the Patriots last week

1148
01:01:34,880 --> 01:01:36,840
Speaker 1: will carry on for the next two games and all

1149
01:01:36,880 --> 01:01:39,080
Speaker 1: the way into the playoffs. I think these guys confidence

1150
01:01:39,640 --> 01:01:42,160
Speaker 1: so sky high right now that they're going to be

1151
01:01:42,200 --> 01:01:44,400
Speaker 1: a problem once they get into the playoffs. How much

1152
01:01:44,480 --> 01:01:47,360
Speaker 1: benefit is there for the Bills because you know what

1153
01:01:47,360 --> 01:01:50,160
Speaker 1: it's like, we you and I if you can remember,

1154
01:01:50,800 --> 01:01:52,840
Speaker 1: you go back and you get an idea of what

1155
01:01:52,960 --> 01:01:55,240
Speaker 1: you're looking at in your opponent. When you get the playoffs,

1156
01:01:55,320 --> 01:01:56,920
Speaker 1: you've got a whole season to look at, you know,

1157
01:01:57,120 --> 01:01:58,800
Speaker 1: kind of exactly who they are and what they do

1158
01:01:58,880 --> 01:02:02,120
Speaker 1: really well and who they're really good players are. How

1159
01:02:02,320 --> 01:02:04,840
Speaker 1: much benefit is there for a team like Buffalo who

1160
01:02:04,920 --> 01:02:08,280
Speaker 1: has Atlanta who's struggling coming in, and then the Jets,

1161
01:02:08,320 --> 01:02:10,960
Speaker 1: who's struggling coming in two straight home games. Can they

1162
01:02:11,000 --> 01:02:14,000
Speaker 1: get some benefit from saying, Okay, let's put it on

1163
01:02:14,040 --> 01:02:16,800
Speaker 1: ourselves to beat these guys a little bit left handed,

1164
01:02:17,360 --> 01:02:20,320
Speaker 1: put like like Brownie said, put double slot four wides

1165
01:02:20,360 --> 01:02:23,200
Speaker 1: out there. We'll run some other stuff that we're probably

1166
01:02:23,240 --> 01:02:26,960
Speaker 1: not gonna run in the playoffs or we haven't run yet,

1167
01:02:27,440 --> 01:02:29,520
Speaker 1: and we'll get some benefit in the playoffs because those

1168
01:02:29,520 --> 01:02:31,360
Speaker 1: teams are gonna have to prepare for stuff that we're

1169
01:02:31,400 --> 01:02:33,760
Speaker 1: probably not going to run against them anyway. But they

1170
01:02:33,800 --> 01:02:35,200
Speaker 1: got to look at it and say, Wow, they were

1171
01:02:35,280 --> 01:02:39,400
Speaker 1: killing that team with four wide We gotta get ready

1172
01:02:39,440 --> 01:02:43,080
Speaker 1: for that. What benefit is there towards lining it up

1173
01:02:43,120 --> 01:02:45,720
Speaker 1: like that as the end of the season. Well, I

1174
01:02:45,800 --> 01:02:49,960
Speaker 1: think it's some benefit. Obviously, you get the defenses that

1175
01:02:50,040 --> 01:02:51,880
Speaker 1: you're going to be facing in the playoffs. You might

1176
01:02:51,880 --> 01:02:54,000
Speaker 1: get a little bit more film studied from them. But

1177
01:02:54,520 --> 01:02:56,320
Speaker 1: I think it's a big benefit that you can throw

1178
01:02:56,360 --> 01:02:58,840
Speaker 1: out there anything. Hey, you know what, and just looking

1179
01:02:58,880 --> 01:03:02,320
Speaker 1: at the overall pitcher here, I don't know where Atlanta

1180
01:03:02,640 --> 01:03:06,120
Speaker 1: or the Jets are in rush defense, but this could

1181
01:03:06,160 --> 01:03:09,920
Speaker 1: be an opportunity for Zach morson Devil Singletary, you know,

1182
01:03:09,960 --> 01:03:12,000
Speaker 1: and Josh might not have to throw the ball forty

1183
01:03:12,040 --> 01:03:15,800
Speaker 1: or fifty times these last two football games. So um,

1184
01:03:16,280 --> 01:03:19,080
Speaker 1: you know what, It's an opportunity for a lot of things,

1185
01:03:19,080 --> 01:03:23,120
Speaker 1: for Brandable to to talk about, to think about what

1186
01:03:23,160 --> 01:03:25,000
Speaker 1: he's going to do and might not show his hand

1187
01:03:25,280 --> 01:03:27,320
Speaker 1: for the playoffs. But there's some things that you can

1188
01:03:27,440 --> 01:03:29,720
Speaker 1: work on that might not have worked early in the

1189
01:03:29,760 --> 01:03:31,880
Speaker 1: season for you, that you can work on right now.

1190
01:03:31,920 --> 01:03:35,360
Speaker 1: With the Atlanta Facts and New York Jets. The last

1191
01:03:35,360 --> 01:03:37,959
Speaker 1: two ball games, Yeah, Jets are thirtieth in the league

1192
01:03:37,960 --> 01:03:40,560
Speaker 1: against the ron Falcons or twenty seconds, So neither are

1193
01:03:40,920 --> 01:03:43,880
Speaker 1: yea terribly good And you know, the last time the

1194
01:03:43,960 --> 01:03:46,840
Speaker 1: Bills faced you know, a lower third of the league

1195
01:03:46,880 --> 01:03:49,680
Speaker 1: run defense was Carolina and that's when Singletary had a

1196
01:03:49,680 --> 01:03:53,439
Speaker 1: season high eighty six yards. So yeah, I just don't

1197
01:03:53,440 --> 01:03:55,800
Speaker 1: want it to be brown and tasted. I just don't

1198
01:03:55,800 --> 01:03:57,640
Speaker 1: want it to be like one of those games where

1199
01:03:57,960 --> 01:04:00,640
Speaker 1: I think, you know, when you think about these last

1200
01:04:00,680 --> 01:04:02,840
Speaker 1: two ball games, the first thing come to my mind,

1201
01:04:02,880 --> 01:04:05,240
Speaker 1: it's the Jacquelin Bille Jaguar. Even though that was a

1202
01:04:05,320 --> 01:04:07,600
Speaker 1: road game, They're playing these last two games at home.

1203
01:04:08,120 --> 01:04:10,760
Speaker 1: You don't want that, law, you don't want that. You

1204
01:04:10,760 --> 01:04:13,080
Speaker 1: you want to be out and you know they should

1205
01:04:13,080 --> 01:04:15,640
Speaker 1: have their best practices coming up these next couple of weeks.

1206
01:04:15,640 --> 01:04:18,240
Speaker 1: Man really to get to get zoned in, to get

1207
01:04:18,760 --> 01:04:21,600
Speaker 1: to get better prepared going into the playoff norm what

1208
01:04:21,760 --> 01:04:25,680
Speaker 1: sex stake. So I see this football team really coming

1209
01:04:25,680 --> 01:04:28,320
Speaker 1: out in these last two football games. Like I said,

1210
01:04:28,800 --> 01:04:31,240
Speaker 1: they should put thirty five or more points on both

1211
01:04:31,240 --> 01:04:33,600
Speaker 1: of these football teams in the last in the last

1212
01:04:33,640 --> 01:04:36,240
Speaker 1: two games and rest their starters in the fourth team. Now,

1213
01:04:36,320 --> 01:04:40,640
Speaker 1: it's interesting that you're you're thinking of that because a

1214
01:04:40,680 --> 01:04:42,800
Speaker 1: few minutes ago you were saying, how you think they've

1215
01:04:42,840 --> 01:04:45,440
Speaker 1: kind of captured something here in these last couple of games,

1216
01:04:45,840 --> 01:04:48,840
Speaker 1: the way they've played, the way they've put their opponents away.

1217
01:04:48,880 --> 01:04:51,200
Speaker 1: They finally stacked wins for the first time in the

1218
01:04:51,280 --> 01:04:54,320
Speaker 1: last two months. But that's still sitting in the back

1219
01:04:54,360 --> 01:04:56,560
Speaker 1: of your mind, as you know, an onlooker and a

1220
01:04:56,560 --> 01:05:00,760
Speaker 1: fan of this team. And it's interesting you say that

1221
01:05:00,760 --> 01:05:02,720
Speaker 1: because Steve and I were just talking about that therm,

1222
01:05:02,720 --> 01:05:04,920
Speaker 1: and what we were saying was, you can make this

1223
01:05:05,080 --> 01:05:09,120
Speaker 1: argument the best games they've played this year start to finish,

1224
01:05:09,120 --> 01:05:11,800
Speaker 1: you know, sixty minute ball games, the best performances they've

1225
01:05:11,840 --> 01:05:15,120
Speaker 1: had Kansas City, where they had an axe to grind

1226
01:05:15,200 --> 01:05:18,840
Speaker 1: from last year's AFC title game, the Tennessee Game, even

1227
01:05:18,840 --> 01:05:20,800
Speaker 1: though it didn't end the way they wanted that's probably

1228
01:05:20,840 --> 01:05:23,360
Speaker 1: one of their better performances start to finish. You know,

1229
01:05:23,400 --> 01:05:25,120
Speaker 1: they put twenty seven on the board and they're a

1230
01:05:25,120 --> 01:05:27,360
Speaker 1: fourth down sneak from winning. They had an axe to

1231
01:05:27,400 --> 01:05:30,000
Speaker 1: grind in that one after the game got rescheduled seventeen

1232
01:05:30,040 --> 01:05:32,880
Speaker 1: times and they lost last year. And then you had

1233
01:05:32,920 --> 01:05:35,600
Speaker 1: the game last week against the Patriots where they had

1234
01:05:35,600 --> 01:05:37,280
Speaker 1: an axe to grind because of the way the last

1235
01:05:37,320 --> 01:05:40,720
Speaker 1: game ended here in the windstorm. So it's fair for

1236
01:05:40,800 --> 01:05:43,520
Speaker 1: somebody like you looking at this team saying, well, they

1237
01:05:43,560 --> 01:05:46,520
Speaker 1: had extra motivation for those three games where they played

1238
01:05:46,520 --> 01:05:49,760
Speaker 1: their best from start to finish, sixty minute games. Are

1239
01:05:49,760 --> 01:05:52,520
Speaker 1: they going to be able to ramp it up for

1240
01:05:52,600 --> 01:05:56,080
Speaker 1: the hapless Atlanta Falcons and the sorry New York Jets

1241
01:05:56,120 --> 01:06:00,320
Speaker 1: the last two weeks? I think so. I think I

1242
01:06:00,320 --> 01:06:03,680
Speaker 1: don't And I think I think the offense will play well,

1243
01:06:03,680 --> 01:06:05,880
Speaker 1: but I think the defense will play even better. Um.

1244
01:06:06,280 --> 01:06:08,320
Speaker 1: I think these guys are really kind of rounding in

1245
01:06:08,360 --> 01:06:10,440
Speaker 1: the forum at the end of the year. They're getting

1246
01:06:10,480 --> 01:06:13,440
Speaker 1: healthy again. I just I would like to see a

1247
01:06:13,440 --> 01:06:15,680
Speaker 1: little bit more of the pass rush come to come

1248
01:06:15,760 --> 01:06:17,560
Speaker 1: to light in the first couple in the last couple

1249
01:06:17,600 --> 01:06:20,080
Speaker 1: of games against Atlanta, and the Jets. I think if

1250
01:06:20,080 --> 01:06:22,080
Speaker 1: you can get some sacks in there, you know what,

1251
01:06:22,440 --> 01:06:24,680
Speaker 1: you know, that'll give them guys a little bit more confidence.

1252
01:06:25,160 --> 01:06:28,120
Speaker 1: So I think, what stars coming back this week, right

1253
01:06:29,120 --> 01:06:31,560
Speaker 1: so you know they're getting healthy at the right time

1254
01:06:31,680 --> 01:06:35,120
Speaker 1: and so but I just really it all boils down

1255
01:06:35,160 --> 01:06:38,640
Speaker 1: to U Sean McDermott. I don't think him and Leslie

1256
01:06:38,640 --> 01:06:40,880
Speaker 1: Fraser and the quality coaches that we have on this

1257
01:06:40,920 --> 01:06:43,720
Speaker 1: football team. I guarantee you they're going into that meeting

1258
01:06:43,800 --> 01:06:46,560
Speaker 1: every every single day right now telling those guys they

1259
01:06:46,640 --> 01:06:49,680
Speaker 1: look guys, Yes there are the Atlanta Falcons, but this

1260
01:06:49,760 --> 01:06:51,760
Speaker 1: is the National Football League. They're gonna come out. These

1261
01:06:51,800 --> 01:06:53,919
Speaker 1: guys are playing for their jobs in these last couple

1262
01:06:53,920 --> 01:06:56,880
Speaker 1: of games on these football teams, and we cannot have

1263
01:06:56,920 --> 01:06:59,240
Speaker 1: a letdown. I guarantee you Coach McDermott and the rest

1264
01:06:59,240 --> 01:07:01,800
Speaker 1: of the coaches are putting this in these guys head

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01:07:01,840 --> 01:07:04,360
Speaker 1: that we cannot have a lapse on in these last

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01:07:04,360 --> 01:07:07,040
Speaker 1: two games. If you're asking, if you're looking at you know,

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01:07:07,040 --> 01:07:09,560
Speaker 1: you see Josh Allen and I was asking this about

1268
01:07:09,560 --> 01:07:11,200
Speaker 1: Brown and you see, you know Aaron Rodgers get to

1269
01:07:11,240 --> 01:07:13,560
Speaker 1: the championship game. The championship game the championship game. He

1270
01:07:13,880 --> 01:07:16,040
Speaker 1: never gets back to the super Bowl after getting there

1271
01:07:16,080 --> 01:07:20,800
Speaker 1: the one time, and you see other teams. What facet

1272
01:07:20,880 --> 01:07:23,880
Speaker 1: of this team do you feel like gives the Bills

1273
01:07:23,880 --> 01:07:26,320
Speaker 1: a chance maybe to be the championship team they dream

1274
01:07:26,360 --> 01:07:28,280
Speaker 1: of it. I know, obviously they got the quarterback. Josh

1275
01:07:28,360 --> 01:07:30,600
Speaker 1: is playing at MVP level. He can carry him on

1276
01:07:30,600 --> 01:07:32,720
Speaker 1: his back. But I think when you get to that level,

1277
01:07:33,520 --> 01:07:35,760
Speaker 1: you gotta have something else that helps you get over

1278
01:07:35,800 --> 01:07:37,680
Speaker 1: the hump. You gotta have something else that can beat

1279
01:07:37,720 --> 01:07:40,200
Speaker 1: another team. What do you think that's gonna be for

1280
01:07:40,240 --> 01:07:47,200
Speaker 1: this team. I think it's going to be um. I

1281
01:07:47,240 --> 01:07:49,320
Speaker 1: think it maybe be two things. I think it could

1282
01:07:49,320 --> 01:07:52,440
Speaker 1: be the defense getting some more turnovers, and I do

1283
01:07:52,600 --> 01:07:57,320
Speaker 1: think the offensive line playing like they played against New England.

1284
01:07:58,440 --> 01:08:00,320
Speaker 1: I think, and I've said it over and over again,

1285
01:08:00,400 --> 01:08:04,720
Speaker 1: that if this offensive line gives Josh Allen enough time

1286
01:08:04,760 --> 01:08:08,720
Speaker 1: in the pocket, he can pick her part. So even

1287
01:08:08,760 --> 01:08:11,040
Speaker 1: back to when we were playing Steed, it was always

1288
01:08:11,040 --> 01:08:13,720
Speaker 1: predicated on our offensive line of what they do and

1289
01:08:13,880 --> 01:08:16,840
Speaker 1: how they do it throughout the entire football game. And

1290
01:08:16,880 --> 01:08:19,760
Speaker 1: the thing about that is that these guys were kit

1291
01:08:19,920 --> 01:08:22,160
Speaker 1: and all the rest of those guys were really good

1292
01:08:22,160 --> 01:08:26,840
Speaker 1: at pass blocking and run blocking. But in today's game

1293
01:08:26,880 --> 01:08:29,920
Speaker 1: and to Bill's offense right now with Josh Allen, the

1294
01:08:30,040 --> 01:08:33,680
Speaker 1: past blocking is the most important. I think. Now you

1295
01:08:33,680 --> 01:08:37,120
Speaker 1: can see some of the patterns that Stefan did is

1296
01:08:37,240 --> 01:08:41,200
Speaker 1: starting to run more down more downfield stuff, Isaiah McKenzie,

1297
01:08:41,439 --> 01:08:44,280
Speaker 1: more downfield stuff. You're starting to see that. And the

1298
01:08:44,360 --> 01:08:46,840
Speaker 1: one thing that I really liked about this last game

1299
01:08:46,920 --> 01:08:50,519
Speaker 1: is that when have we seen Josh Allen used to

1300
01:08:50,600 --> 01:08:53,760
Speaker 1: check now so many times to bring up second down

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01:08:53,800 --> 01:08:57,040
Speaker 1: into a second down in three. Using the check down

1302
01:08:57,280 --> 01:08:59,240
Speaker 1: and having an opportunity to get the ball in Devin

1303
01:08:59,320 --> 01:09:02,200
Speaker 1: Singletary and six or seven yards opens it up on

1304
01:09:02,240 --> 01:09:05,559
Speaker 1: the back, yeah, backside, so that these linebackers can't drop

1305
01:09:05,800 --> 01:09:07,800
Speaker 1: as deep as they normally could, and that gives the

1306
01:09:07,840 --> 01:09:11,479
Speaker 1: opportunity for sanders and knocks and digs and all those

1307
01:09:11,520 --> 01:09:14,040
Speaker 1: guys to get behind the linebackers. So I really do

1308
01:09:14,160 --> 01:09:17,320
Speaker 1: think it's a defense getting getting a little bit more turnovers,

1309
01:09:17,360 --> 01:09:20,400
Speaker 1: and Office m Lying doing an excellent job of giving

1310
01:09:20,479 --> 01:09:22,760
Speaker 1: Josh Allen a little bit more time last one. For me,

1311
01:09:22,920 --> 01:09:26,760
Speaker 1: thurm a guy that's kind of emerged the last couple

1312
01:09:26,800 --> 01:09:30,400
Speaker 1: of weeks on defense is fa Obada, I mean two

1313
01:09:30,439 --> 01:09:33,599
Speaker 1: sacks against Carolina. Yes, he has the roughing the passer

1314
01:09:33,640 --> 01:09:36,000
Speaker 1: penalty in the New England game, but he's getting pressure,

1315
01:09:36,479 --> 01:09:40,519
Speaker 1: he's moving the quarterback off his spot. It looks like

1316
01:09:40,560 --> 01:09:42,880
Speaker 1: they may have found a guy that they can rely

1317
01:09:43,000 --> 01:09:45,599
Speaker 1: on coming off the edge, which I think is pretty

1318
01:09:45,600 --> 01:09:49,240
Speaker 1: important here since some of the rookies have kind of

1319
01:09:49,240 --> 01:09:53,920
Speaker 1: fallen off in their effectiveness and productivity these last few games.

1320
01:09:53,960 --> 01:09:56,760
Speaker 1: So what do you think fa Obata can be here

1321
01:09:56,800 --> 01:10:00,479
Speaker 1: down the stretch and going into the postseason. I'll tell

1322
01:10:00,520 --> 01:10:01,920
Speaker 1: you what, if you gave us an effort like he

1323
01:10:01,960 --> 01:10:05,160
Speaker 1: did against the Patriots, against the Factors and the Jets

1324
01:10:05,160 --> 01:10:07,439
Speaker 1: and whoever we play in the playoffs, I guarantee you

1325
01:10:07,479 --> 01:10:09,439
Speaker 1: that frees up a lot more other guys to be

1326
01:10:09,439 --> 01:10:12,760
Speaker 1: one on one with offensive lineman. And hey, look, I

1327
01:10:12,880 --> 01:10:15,920
Speaker 1: know that we haven't got the pass rush that that

1328
01:10:16,000 --> 01:10:19,040
Speaker 1: we want so dearly, you know we want you know,

1329
01:10:19,479 --> 01:10:23,320
Speaker 1: I always we always talked about Bruce Smith in that situation,

1330
01:10:23,479 --> 01:10:25,640
Speaker 1: But hey, look, I think all these guys have to

1331
01:10:25,640 --> 01:10:27,880
Speaker 1: come together and be like, you know what, guys, we

1332
01:10:27,960 --> 01:10:30,040
Speaker 1: have to put a little bit more effort into get

1333
01:10:30,040 --> 01:10:32,479
Speaker 1: into the pass rush. And hey, Look, once you open

1334
01:10:32,560 --> 01:10:35,160
Speaker 1: up the outside, these inside guys should should free up

1335
01:10:35,160 --> 01:10:38,400
Speaker 1: a little bit more. I expect at Oliver to continue

1336
01:10:38,439 --> 01:10:41,280
Speaker 1: to get better and better at the end of the game,

1337
01:10:41,320 --> 01:10:43,160
Speaker 1: at the end of the season against Atlanta and the

1338
01:10:43,280 --> 01:10:46,040
Speaker 1: jetson continuing into the playoffs. I don't think we've talked

1339
01:10:46,040 --> 01:10:49,639
Speaker 1: about him enough. He's been playing really solid football pretty

1340
01:10:49,720 --> 01:10:51,920
Speaker 1: much the second half of the season and that's good

1341
01:10:51,920 --> 01:10:56,320
Speaker 1: to see. Firm congratulations on the thirtieth anniversary of your MVP.

1342
01:10:56,520 --> 01:11:01,360
Speaker 1: And even though neither one of us remembered it, Hey

1343
01:11:01,640 --> 01:11:07,559
Speaker 1: and you tomorrow, my dear friend, I'm looking for you

1344
01:11:07,600 --> 01:11:09,719
Speaker 1: to be on that final ballot. Oh all right, well yeah,

1345
01:11:09,880 --> 01:11:13,240
Speaker 1: finalist list comes out at five pm tonight. We've been

1346
01:11:13,280 --> 01:11:16,719
Speaker 1: here before. Bro, Oh my god, would you stop saying

1347
01:11:16,760 --> 01:11:20,840
Speaker 1: that you speak it into existing? Can't I can't. I

1348
01:11:20,880 --> 01:11:23,280
Speaker 1: can't get myself all wrapped up in that because you know,

1349
01:11:23,360 --> 01:11:25,479
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, I don't want to get your hopes.

1350
01:11:25,520 --> 01:11:28,360
Speaker 1: I just wait. All right, Well five pm is like, Hi,

1351
01:11:29,160 --> 01:11:32,240
Speaker 1: if I make the finalist, I'll I'll talk smack then

1352
01:11:32,640 --> 01:11:35,719
Speaker 1: right you go. That's all I wanted to hear. Ye okay,

1353
01:11:36,160 --> 01:11:37,920
Speaker 1: I wait to see that. Thanks for the time. Thurm

1354
01:11:37,960 --> 01:11:40,280
Speaker 1: will catch help me next week. Happy New Year, all right,

1355
01:11:40,560 --> 01:11:43,120
Speaker 1: see you? All right? That's Sermon Thomas the Hall of

1356
01:11:43,120 --> 01:11:46,639
Speaker 1: Famer joining us here on one Bills Live, and he's

1357
01:11:46,680 --> 01:11:49,519
Speaker 1: referencing the fact that the Pro Football Hall of Fame

1358
01:11:50,160 --> 01:11:55,400
Speaker 1: list of fifteen Modern Era finalists to be considered for

1359
01:11:55,439 --> 01:11:57,360
Speaker 1: induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame will be

1360
01:11:57,400 --> 01:12:01,479
Speaker 1: released at five pm this afternoon. Steve, as we know,

1361
01:12:01,800 --> 01:12:05,040
Speaker 1: is one of a handful of Bills on the semifinalist list.

1362
01:12:05,200 --> 01:12:09,880
Speaker 1: Believe Cornelius Bennett and maybe one other former Bill is

1363
01:12:09,920 --> 01:12:12,840
Speaker 1: on that list. And we'll see as the list gets

1364
01:12:12,880 --> 01:12:15,680
Speaker 1: whittled down to fifteen Modern era finalists, which will be

1365
01:12:15,760 --> 01:12:20,439
Speaker 1: lumped in with three veterans candidates for selection as well

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01:12:20,920 --> 01:12:25,799
Speaker 1: for the induction class of twenty twenty two. So fingers

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01:12:25,800 --> 01:12:29,840
Speaker 1: and toes crossed everybody out there. I know that the

1368
01:12:29,880 --> 01:12:34,800
Speaker 1: fans have voted in droves for Steve, that you have

1369
01:12:34,920 --> 01:12:38,320
Speaker 1: the most Pro Football Hall of Fame fan votes of

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01:12:38,439 --> 01:12:40,880
Speaker 1: any of the semi finalist candidates. How about that. I

1371
01:12:40,880 --> 01:12:44,080
Speaker 1: think it's over sixty five thousand Bills Mafia coming through

1372
01:12:44,120 --> 01:12:47,759
Speaker 1: big time, coming out in droves for Steve. That was cool.

1373
01:12:48,479 --> 01:12:51,599
Speaker 1: But we will take a break here. When we come back,

1374
01:12:51,720 --> 01:12:55,080
Speaker 1: we'll get to more of your phone calls as we

1375
01:12:55,120 --> 01:12:57,800
Speaker 1: want to find out from you your best solution for

1376
01:12:57,920 --> 01:13:01,400
Speaker 1: the log jam at wide receive and how you would

1377
01:13:01,400 --> 01:13:04,160
Speaker 1: divvy out playing time. Now that all the players are

1378
01:13:04,160 --> 01:13:06,479
Speaker 1: off the COVID reserved list and appear to be healthy

1379
01:13:06,800 --> 01:13:09,360
Speaker 1: for this weekend's game against Atlanta, give us a call

1380
01:13:09,439 --> 01:13:12,400
Speaker 1: eight three, five fifty or on the tweet sheet at one.

1381
01:13:12,439 --> 01:13:29,879
Speaker 1: Bills Live. Will be back in a second. Bills Mafia.

1382
01:13:29,960 --> 01:13:31,960
Speaker 1: You can win a trip to the Super Bowl on us.

1383
01:13:32,040 --> 01:13:35,200
Speaker 1: Just download the official mobile app of the Buffalo Bills,

1384
01:13:35,240 --> 01:13:38,040
Speaker 1: create a profile, fill out the entry form. Already have

1385
01:13:38,080 --> 01:13:40,320
Speaker 1: a profile, Just fill out the form in your app.

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Speaker 1: One lucky fan will win two tickets to the Super

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01:13:43,080 --> 01:13:47,639
Speaker 1: Bowl in LA, including flights and hotel. Don't miss out

1388
01:13:47,840 --> 01:13:52,200
Speaker 1: on this once in a lifetime experience talking with you

1389
01:13:52,320 --> 01:13:56,400
Speaker 1: today about the Bills log jam at wide receiver, everybody

1390
01:13:56,400 --> 01:13:59,839
Speaker 1: off the COVID list, seemingly everybody healthy going into Sunday's

1391
01:13:59,840 --> 01:14:02,559
Speaker 1: game against the Falcons. You got a red hot Isaiah

1392
01:14:02,640 --> 01:14:06,559
Speaker 1: McKenzie an ultra productive Gabriel Davis the last three games

1393
01:14:06,560 --> 01:14:09,680
Speaker 1: that he's played with four touchdowns and you got a

1394
01:14:09,720 --> 01:14:13,519
Speaker 1: healthy Emmanuel Sanders and Cole Beasley? What are you doing there?

1395
01:14:14,120 --> 01:14:16,000
Speaker 1: Let us know if you're the head coach this week,

1396
01:14:16,240 --> 01:14:18,960
Speaker 1: how are you divving up the wide receiver snaps. We

1397
01:14:19,040 --> 01:14:21,360
Speaker 1: go to the phones and we lead off here with

1398
01:14:21,439 --> 01:14:23,600
Speaker 1: Joe in Tonawando. Joe, what do you have for us?

1399
01:14:23,640 --> 01:14:28,400
Speaker 1: Joe on one Bill's Lives face, Christie, you killed everything.

1400
01:14:28,439 --> 01:14:31,120
Speaker 1: I was gonna say, oh sorry, I was gonna ask

1401
01:14:31,160 --> 01:14:34,960
Speaker 1: all we could have mckensley and Beasley play at the

1402
01:14:35,000 --> 01:14:38,120
Speaker 1: same time with dig Davis and Knox. We could actually

1403
01:14:38,160 --> 01:14:41,040
Speaker 1: do that, right, But hold on, here's the now. I

1404
01:14:41,120 --> 01:14:44,639
Speaker 1: got the bad stuff. I believe we were very fortunate

1405
01:14:44,800 --> 01:14:47,599
Speaker 1: that game because it seemed like the refs were kind

1406
01:14:47,640 --> 01:14:51,400
Speaker 1: of on our side with the calls. But that Jerry Hughes,

1407
01:14:51,479 --> 01:14:55,680
Speaker 1: the most experienced guy fip uh, you know, throws the

1408
01:14:55,760 --> 01:14:59,679
Speaker 1: guy out of bounds and the o'battle latehead that would

1409
01:14:59,680 --> 01:15:03,200
Speaker 1: have held us against a high scoring playoff team. Can

1410
01:15:03,200 --> 01:15:05,600
Speaker 1: you bring up all the penalties and who had the

1411
01:15:05,680 --> 01:15:10,880
Speaker 1: least you mean in the game on Sunday? I think

1412
01:15:10,880 --> 01:15:12,600
Speaker 1: he means in the game on Sunday, I can ye

1413
01:15:12,800 --> 01:15:14,880
Speaker 1: can pull up the Bills had more penalties than the

1414
01:15:14,880 --> 01:15:18,200
Speaker 1: Patriots did. They had five for sixty. The Patriots had

1415
01:15:18,240 --> 01:15:21,640
Speaker 1: three for something something we call many. I'll double check it.

1416
01:15:21,720 --> 01:15:23,080
Speaker 1: I get it back and I'll get the game book

1417
01:15:23,120 --> 01:15:27,800
Speaker 1: and look at it real quick. But that's the Yeah,

1418
01:15:27,880 --> 01:15:29,640
Speaker 1: and I and I heard that. You hear that from

1419
01:15:29,680 --> 01:15:33,280
Speaker 1: Patriot fans as well. I don't know that that makes

1420
01:15:33,360 --> 01:15:36,080
Speaker 1: the difference in that game. I don't believe it does. Yeah,

1421
01:15:36,120 --> 01:15:40,400
Speaker 1: they were all up in arms about the push late

1422
01:15:40,560 --> 01:15:44,160
Speaker 1: hit out of bounds on Bills five for forty five,

1423
01:15:44,280 --> 01:15:46,960
Speaker 1: Patriots three for thirty. Yeah. And I think the one

1424
01:15:47,040 --> 01:15:50,760
Speaker 1: the penalty out of bounds that where he got him, Um,

1425
01:15:50,840 --> 01:15:52,880
Speaker 1: Jerry's trying to hold pull him back up. He did.

1426
01:15:52,960 --> 01:15:55,679
Speaker 1: He also game a little forward one. I mean, shouldn't

1427
01:15:55,680 --> 01:15:58,800
Speaker 1: even be there. Yeah, you could see that. You can

1428
01:15:58,840 --> 01:16:00,559
Speaker 1: see that being called on. Say, if if that happened

1429
01:16:00,600 --> 01:16:04,400
Speaker 1: to Josh Allen, we'd be screaming, but we'd be screaming

1430
01:16:04,400 --> 01:16:08,760
Speaker 1: about it. Um. Some of the other penalties that the

1431
01:16:09,120 --> 01:16:12,559
Speaker 1: roughing the passer on Obada they called, yeah, helmet to helmet,

1432
01:16:12,600 --> 01:16:14,960
Speaker 1: that was helmet to helmet. That was, yeah, that's why

1433
01:16:15,000 --> 01:16:19,320
Speaker 1: they call he was too high. Um. Yeah, that so

1434
01:16:19,479 --> 01:16:22,439
Speaker 1: you can yeah, I don't think the roughing the passer

1435
01:16:22,560 --> 01:16:26,800
Speaker 1: call would have been a game changer. Certainly it didn't

1436
01:16:26,800 --> 01:16:32,000
Speaker 1: put Mac Jones in any danger. Um. So yeah, mate,

1437
01:16:32,040 --> 01:16:34,000
Speaker 1: all right, so we gotta call. Listen, you're gonna have

1438
01:16:34,040 --> 01:16:36,240
Speaker 1: a hard time selling us getting a call, Bills getting

1439
01:16:36,240 --> 01:16:38,960
Speaker 1: a call in any game after what they've been through

1440
01:16:39,000 --> 01:16:41,200
Speaker 1: this year with the Tampa Bay game and all of that.

1441
01:16:41,320 --> 01:16:46,760
Speaker 1: So um, yeah, I mean, okay, they that's one they

1442
01:16:46,800 --> 01:16:51,000
Speaker 1: called the Obada penalty. So we got the that, you know,

1443
01:16:51,040 --> 01:16:53,320
Speaker 1: everything else. I don't know what you're yeah, so that

1444
01:16:53,320 --> 01:16:56,080
Speaker 1: that was not a game changer for me. Yeah, And

1445
01:16:56,479 --> 01:16:59,519
Speaker 1: while they could argue yardage all they want, you know,

1446
01:16:59,560 --> 01:17:02,960
Speaker 1: they were still down in the game at that point

1447
01:17:02,960 --> 01:17:07,120
Speaker 1: in time. And while the artist difference was due in

1448
01:17:07,160 --> 01:17:11,600
Speaker 1: part to the flag pickup on Jerry Hughes, you know

1449
01:17:11,600 --> 01:17:15,840
Speaker 1: they also had an instance in that game where you know,

1450
01:17:16,120 --> 01:17:19,200
Speaker 1: Trent Brown is mouth and off after a play and

1451
01:17:19,280 --> 01:17:24,479
Speaker 1: gets flagged for taunting and wipes out a fifteen twenty

1452
01:17:24,560 --> 01:17:28,960
Speaker 1: yard play off the board for them. So you want

1453
01:17:28,960 --> 01:17:31,080
Speaker 1: to talk about lack of discipline, that was New England

1454
01:17:31,520 --> 01:17:34,640
Speaker 1: uncharacteristically doing that as well. You know, Trent Brown got

1455
01:17:34,640 --> 01:17:37,479
Speaker 1: flagged for taunting, and so did David Andrews. Remember David

1456
01:17:37,520 --> 01:17:41,320
Speaker 1: Andrews gotten the face of got in the face of

1457
01:17:41,400 --> 01:17:43,439
Speaker 1: one of the defensive players for the Bills. He started

1458
01:17:43,479 --> 01:17:47,719
Speaker 1: gapping right. He got flagged, but Trent Brown got knocked two.

1459
01:17:48,360 --> 01:17:51,679
Speaker 1: He got hit for one also, who didn't Trent Brown?

1460
01:17:52,479 --> 01:17:55,640
Speaker 1: He it was after the play? What the heck was

1461
01:17:55,680 --> 01:17:57,640
Speaker 1: that it was at midfield? It was after the It

1462
01:17:57,680 --> 01:18:01,519
Speaker 1: was after the the the rough and call. No, it

1463
01:18:01,600 --> 01:18:06,120
Speaker 1: was it was Matt. It was Matt Milano came up

1464
01:18:06,160 --> 01:18:09,559
Speaker 1: and hit and got a flag for roughing the passer,

1465
01:18:09,640 --> 01:18:12,320
Speaker 1: and they got offset because Trent Brown because then Trent

1466
01:18:12,400 --> 01:18:15,720
Speaker 1: Brown came in and uh well started mouthing off at him.

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01:18:17,120 --> 01:18:19,120
Speaker 1: I can't remember what it was. It was. It was

1468
01:18:19,160 --> 01:18:22,639
Speaker 1: a series of penalties that were personal. Matt Milano got

1469
01:18:22,640 --> 01:18:25,640
Speaker 1: a roughing the path or unnecessary roughness penalty because he

1470
01:18:25,680 --> 01:18:28,479
Speaker 1: hit the quarterback when he slid, and their offensive lineman

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01:18:28,520 --> 01:18:32,000
Speaker 1: came in and leaned in on Matt milanou so they

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Speaker 1: both got another penalty. I can't remember exactly how they

1473
01:18:35,160 --> 01:18:37,400
Speaker 1: played that out, but I think they got the gain

1474
01:18:37,479 --> 01:18:41,960
Speaker 1: on the play and it off. The post post play

1475
01:18:42,080 --> 01:18:46,280
Speaker 1: penalties offset each other weirdest thing ever. Yeah, But my

1476
01:18:46,360 --> 01:18:51,600
Speaker 1: point there is, you know, Trent Brown gets unsportsmanlike conduct

1477
01:18:52,680 --> 01:18:56,519
Speaker 1: on a second and three play. That's what it says

1478
01:18:56,560 --> 01:18:58,800
Speaker 1: here that I'm looking at it right now. So that's

1479
01:18:58,800 --> 01:19:02,639
Speaker 1: the play after the flag got picked up on Jerry.

1480
01:19:03,640 --> 01:19:06,919
Speaker 1: So the flag gets picked up on Jerry. Next play,

1481
01:19:07,200 --> 01:19:10,880
Speaker 1: Trent Brown unsportsmanlike conduct because he's dropping f bombs right

1482
01:19:10,920 --> 01:19:13,960
Speaker 1: in front of the ref and gets killed on that.

1483
01:19:14,280 --> 01:19:17,839
Speaker 1: So that wasn't the next player was the same play?

1484
01:19:18,520 --> 01:19:21,439
Speaker 1: It was between the plays? Oh well it listed it

1485
01:19:21,520 --> 01:19:24,080
Speaker 1: here is second and three in any in any event,

1486
01:19:24,320 --> 01:19:26,760
Speaker 1: the Bills got called for an offensive pass interference. Remember

1487
01:19:26,760 --> 01:19:30,240
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders got flagged for that. So I mean you

1488
01:19:30,280 --> 01:19:32,040
Speaker 1: could say the refs were on the Bill side in

1489
01:19:32,080 --> 01:19:34,400
Speaker 1: your opinion the way you saw it. But there's a

1490
01:19:34,439 --> 01:19:36,360
Speaker 1: couple of different ways to look at that. Let's go

1491
01:19:36,400 --> 01:19:38,519
Speaker 1: to David in South playing. David, what do you have

1492
01:19:38,600 --> 01:19:43,000
Speaker 1: for us? You're on one Bill's Live. Yes, I agree,

1493
01:19:43,080 --> 01:19:46,000
Speaker 1: we have to, like Thurman Thomas says, as a team,

1494
01:19:46,040 --> 01:19:48,519
Speaker 1: we have to rely on our coaches and whatever decision

1495
01:19:48,560 --> 01:19:51,679
Speaker 1: they make on who starts, you cheer on that player

1496
01:19:51,760 --> 01:19:55,080
Speaker 1: and be ready when we call your number out. And

1497
01:19:55,200 --> 01:19:59,360
Speaker 1: just to remind you, when Bill Policheck was on the

1498
01:20:00,520 --> 01:20:03,960
Speaker 1: rocking the passer and he was on the sidelines in

1499
01:20:04,080 --> 01:20:06,800
Speaker 1: the field, actually he should have got a call on

1500
01:20:06,880 --> 01:20:09,960
Speaker 1: that too. That's my feeling about the whole situation. And

1501
01:20:10,080 --> 01:20:14,120
Speaker 1: thank you and good luck Steve. Thanks Bill Belichick should

1502
01:20:14,120 --> 01:20:16,439
Speaker 1: have got a call a penalty on him when he

1503
01:20:16,520 --> 01:20:19,360
Speaker 1: thought he was on the field arguing and whatever. They'd

1504
01:20:19,400 --> 01:20:21,559
Speaker 1: never throw the flag on that unless the guys out

1505
01:20:21,560 --> 01:20:28,240
Speaker 1: past the numbers, his most passionate and out of control

1506
01:20:28,360 --> 01:20:33,000
Speaker 1: self on the on the on the sidelines, he's not

1507
01:20:33,080 --> 01:20:36,280
Speaker 1: even in the He is still number thirty two at

1508
01:20:36,320 --> 01:20:39,559
Speaker 1: being the most demonstrative head coach. He is like he

1509
01:20:39,720 --> 01:20:44,200
Speaker 1: is like a flatline cotone face. Unbelievable. It's unbelievable. That's

1510
01:20:44,200 --> 01:20:46,120
Speaker 1: why it was such a so delicious when he threw

1511
01:20:46,160 --> 01:20:48,640
Speaker 1: the phone last year. Yeah, he just never he was

1512
01:20:49,000 --> 01:20:51,799
Speaker 1: He wasn't happy about the flag getting picked up on Jerry.

1513
01:20:51,840 --> 01:20:53,559
Speaker 1: He's like, what is that when he's picking it up?

1514
01:20:53,600 --> 01:20:55,160
Speaker 1: Why picking Why are you picking up him? And how?

1515
01:20:55,240 --> 01:20:56,720
Speaker 1: And now we got it and now you've given us

1516
01:20:56,720 --> 01:20:59,000
Speaker 1: a penalty like he had right, I mean I could

1517
01:20:59,080 --> 01:21:01,799
Speaker 1: see that. But even then he was like, what now

1518
01:21:02,000 --> 01:21:04,600
Speaker 1: what He's like, I just want to know what you

1519
01:21:04,600 --> 01:21:06,240
Speaker 1: could read his lips. I just want to know what's

1520
01:21:06,280 --> 01:21:09,920
Speaker 1: going on, right, Yeah, I don't know that you're gonna

1521
01:21:09,960 --> 01:21:12,759
Speaker 1: throw a penalty on that. Yeah, most of what gets

1522
01:21:12,840 --> 01:21:16,200
Speaker 1: a penalty throne on in those situations would would make

1523
01:21:16,240 --> 01:21:20,519
Speaker 1: your grandmother blush. But you know that didn't seem to

1524
01:21:20,600 --> 01:21:22,439
Speaker 1: be it. So I don't know if I guess I

1525
01:21:22,560 --> 01:21:26,120
Speaker 1: disagree with you, Dave about Belichick deserving a penalty. There

1526
01:21:26,800 --> 01:21:30,760
Speaker 1: we have players addressing the media now the practice is

1527
01:21:30,840 --> 01:21:35,839
Speaker 1: over for the day. Up addressing the media is Micah Hide.

1528
01:21:35,880 --> 01:21:39,840
Speaker 1: So we go now to the practice field where we

1529
01:21:40,000 --> 01:21:43,760
Speaker 1: hear from Micah addressing the media via zoom. We saw

1530
01:21:43,880 --> 01:21:46,520
Speaker 1: just about an hour ago, I believe it was Cody

1531
01:21:46,680 --> 01:21:49,400
Speaker 1: and Tim Lewis come off the COVID list, and it

1532
01:21:49,439 --> 01:21:51,720
Speaker 1: looks like this will be the first time that you

1533
01:21:51,760 --> 01:21:54,200
Speaker 1: guys do not have any active players on the list

1534
01:21:54,280 --> 01:21:57,720
Speaker 1: since early November, And I'm just curious, what have these

1535
01:21:57,760 --> 01:22:00,559
Speaker 1: last couple of months been like? But also the same time,

1536
01:22:00,560 --> 01:22:02,880
Speaker 1: how do you make sure that as a team you

1537
01:22:02,920 --> 01:22:06,280
Speaker 1: continue to stay cautious with what's going on around the league. Man,

1538
01:22:06,400 --> 01:22:09,879
Speaker 1: it's been it's uh, it's been chaos. It's been chaos.

1539
01:22:09,880 --> 01:22:12,960
Speaker 1: And since that, um, you never know what to expect,

1540
01:22:13,320 --> 01:22:16,080
Speaker 1: um kind of, you know, we learned we learned a

1541
01:22:16,120 --> 01:22:18,599
Speaker 1: lot last year as all this stuff that's going on

1542
01:22:18,680 --> 01:22:21,840
Speaker 1: and you know, guys are in and out because of

1543
01:22:21,880 --> 01:22:24,320
Speaker 1: COVID and all that. So you know, this year is

1544
01:22:24,360 --> 01:22:28,479
Speaker 1: just the next minute mentality like the boys had and um,

1545
01:22:28,520 --> 01:22:30,599
Speaker 1: you know, guys have been stepping up and you never

1546
01:22:30,640 --> 01:22:33,040
Speaker 1: really know what to expect. So all you can do

1547
01:22:33,240 --> 01:22:34,960
Speaker 1: is just you know, put your head down and keep working,

1548
01:22:35,240 --> 01:22:37,760
Speaker 1: all right. And this is a very different question, but

1549
01:22:38,080 --> 01:22:40,160
Speaker 1: we talked to we talked to Jordan a little bit

1550
01:22:40,200 --> 01:22:42,800
Speaker 1: about Kyle Pitz yesterday and obviously he seems to be

1551
01:22:42,840 --> 01:22:45,799
Speaker 1: having a very strong year, especially you know, consideratis a rookie,

1552
01:22:45,960 --> 01:22:48,240
Speaker 1: so as somebody as a team who have played a

1553
01:22:48,240 --> 01:22:50,960
Speaker 1: lot of really top end tight ends this year. I

1554
01:22:51,000 --> 01:22:53,599
Speaker 1: guess what is the I don't want to say the secret,

1555
01:22:53,680 --> 01:22:55,679
Speaker 1: but what is like the game planned or the mindset

1556
01:22:55,720 --> 01:22:57,519
Speaker 1: when dealing with the tight end that does have some

1557
01:22:57,760 --> 01:23:01,320
Speaker 1: just really special traits. Well, I think tight ends in

1558
01:23:01,400 --> 01:23:06,080
Speaker 1: general are um, you know, freaks of nature. Um, you know,

1559
01:23:06,120 --> 01:23:10,200
Speaker 1: guys that can just obviously block and and helping the

1560
01:23:10,280 --> 01:23:13,360
Speaker 1: run game. UM. But in the past game they're able

1561
01:23:13,400 --> 01:23:18,559
Speaker 1: to you know, create mismatches on UM linebackers, safeties. Um,

1562
01:23:18,840 --> 01:23:20,680
Speaker 1: you put a corner on them, the two big for them,

1563
01:23:20,760 --> 01:23:22,680
Speaker 1: so you know, tight ends in general and in in

1564
01:23:22,760 --> 01:23:26,280
Speaker 1: today's NFL, UM you know, or toughs of guards. So

1565
01:23:26,320 --> 01:23:29,800
Speaker 1: you got a guy, you know, rookie coming in that's that's. Uh,

1566
01:23:29,880 --> 01:23:32,479
Speaker 1: he's a beast, he's big. Um, you can go up

1567
01:23:32,479 --> 01:23:34,559
Speaker 1: and get the ball. You know, he can do it all.

1568
01:23:34,600 --> 01:23:36,439
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be a tough challenge for us. And

1569
01:23:36,439 --> 01:23:40,599
Speaker 1: and uh, you know he's a young guy. That's that's

1570
01:23:40,600 --> 01:23:43,200
Speaker 1: getting better each and every game. Cool. Thanks Michael, Happy

1571
01:23:43,240 --> 01:23:48,400
Speaker 1: New York, Happy New York. What's up, Mica, Good to

1572
01:23:48,439 --> 01:23:53,240
Speaker 1: see you. Um. So you know, such a bummer on Sunday.

1573
01:23:53,760 --> 01:23:55,719
Speaker 1: It was a good day for you guys. But obviously

1574
01:23:55,760 --> 01:23:58,640
Speaker 1: like your EWA brother going down, what was that like

1575
01:23:58,760 --> 01:24:01,760
Speaker 1: for you guys, because like he's to me, Ike's one

1576
01:24:01,800 --> 01:24:05,439
Speaker 1: of those guys that really epitomizes you know, you guys,

1577
01:24:05,520 --> 01:24:07,439
Speaker 1: like you know the story of how he's kind of

1578
01:24:07,439 --> 01:24:09,840
Speaker 1: worked for everything he's earned and see it go down.

1579
01:24:09,840 --> 01:24:11,720
Speaker 1: What was that like for you guys. Uh, you know

1580
01:24:11,720 --> 01:24:15,280
Speaker 1: it's it's said, it's said. Um, you know, just not

1581
01:24:15,280 --> 01:24:18,800
Speaker 1: even talking about football, Ike as a person is one

1582
01:24:18,840 --> 01:24:21,439
Speaker 1: of the best human beings I've ever met. Um. And

1583
01:24:21,520 --> 01:24:23,679
Speaker 1: I could say that was confidence, Like Ike is my boy.

1584
01:24:23,840 --> 01:24:25,920
Speaker 1: Like I I walk in the locker room or I

1585
01:24:26,080 --> 01:24:28,160
Speaker 1: walk in cafeteria, whatever, and I see Ike, It's just

1586
01:24:28,200 --> 01:24:30,200
Speaker 1: an automatic smile, no matter if I'm having a bad

1587
01:24:30,280 --> 01:24:32,360
Speaker 1: day or not. Like he's just a good dude. He's

1588
01:24:32,360 --> 01:24:34,680
Speaker 1: a good dude. And I'm a little biased because he's

1589
01:24:34,680 --> 01:24:39,280
Speaker 1: an Idola guy. Um, but you know, just down to earth, humble, UM,

1590
01:24:39,400 --> 01:24:42,439
Speaker 1: always willing to work. Um. And you know, I guess

1591
01:24:42,479 --> 01:24:45,720
Speaker 1: that is an iola guys, I think, but um, you

1592
01:24:45,720 --> 01:24:47,720
Speaker 1: know it's so it's it was sad to see him,

1593
01:24:47,800 --> 01:24:51,439
Speaker 1: you know, go down talk to him the day after. Um,

1594
01:24:51,479 --> 01:24:52,920
Speaker 1: you know it was there for him. Just told him

1595
01:24:53,000 --> 01:24:55,840
Speaker 1: anything you need, We're here for you. And um, you know,

1596
01:24:55,920 --> 01:24:58,800
Speaker 1: beautiful family and and I know I know Ike's man.

1597
01:24:58,920 --> 01:25:01,040
Speaker 1: You know, he's a man. Take this all season to

1598
01:25:01,080 --> 01:25:05,320
Speaker 1: get better and um, bounce back this year. And then

1599
01:25:05,320 --> 01:25:08,400
Speaker 1: in terms of the Falcons, um, you know, Cordarell Patterson,

1600
01:25:08,439 --> 01:25:11,320
Speaker 1: he talked a lot about him already this week. Unbelievable season,

1601
01:25:11,400 --> 01:25:14,600
Speaker 1: so much danger as a runner, as a receiver. What

1602
01:25:14,720 --> 01:25:16,679
Speaker 1: does he present in terms of the challenge you guys

1603
01:25:16,680 --> 01:25:21,360
Speaker 1: prepare for him watching them peace. He's a beast. You know.

1604
01:25:21,360 --> 01:25:23,760
Speaker 1: We came in together thirteen. I was in Green Bay,

1605
01:25:23,800 --> 01:25:26,200
Speaker 1: he was in Minnesota. So I've had a lot of

1606
01:25:26,200 --> 01:25:29,840
Speaker 1: games against him. Um. Actually, I think our first game

1607
01:25:29,920 --> 01:25:32,120
Speaker 1: we played against each other, he took the opening kickoff

1608
01:25:32,120 --> 01:25:35,000
Speaker 1: back one hundred and nine yards and I was the

1609
01:25:35,040 --> 01:25:38,040
Speaker 1: only personal um that I had an opportunity to tackle him,

1610
01:25:38,080 --> 01:25:39,640
Speaker 1: and I went to a tackle him low and I

1611
01:25:39,720 --> 01:25:42,719
Speaker 1: just bounced right off him. Um. I returned to favorite

1612
01:25:42,720 --> 01:25:45,880
Speaker 1: body returning to punt. But that's beside the point. Uh.

1613
01:25:45,960 --> 01:25:48,439
Speaker 1: You know, it's just one of those guys that anytime

1614
01:25:48,479 --> 01:25:50,360
Speaker 1: the balls in his hands, he's hard to bring down.

1615
01:25:50,520 --> 01:25:53,000
Speaker 1: You really have to gang tackling him, and solo tackling

1616
01:25:53,080 --> 01:25:56,400
Speaker 1: him is really not an option, um, because he's he's

1617
01:25:56,479 --> 01:25:58,960
Speaker 1: he's a lectric from the balls in his hand. And uh,

1618
01:25:59,280 --> 01:26:01,360
Speaker 1: there's song that he had to always know where he's at.

1619
01:26:01,400 --> 01:26:02,800
Speaker 1: And you know, you see what they're doing with and

1620
01:26:02,880 --> 01:26:04,800
Speaker 1: they put him in the backfield. They put him, Um,

1621
01:26:04,800 --> 01:26:06,439
Speaker 1: they were on screens and him, they put him a wide,

1622
01:26:06,439 --> 01:26:09,280
Speaker 1: he's running roused. They put him in you know, uh, mismatches,

1623
01:26:09,439 --> 01:26:13,040
Speaker 1: mismatch opportunities against linebackers. So they're doing a good job

1624
01:26:13,080 --> 01:26:15,760
Speaker 1: moving around and uh, you know, just another challenge for

1625
01:26:15,840 --> 01:26:18,880
Speaker 1: us this week. Thanks man having new year. Happy new year.

1626
01:26:20,600 --> 01:26:24,120
Speaker 1: Hey Mike, A question for you when this obviously when this,

1627
01:26:24,439 --> 01:26:27,080
Speaker 1: when Trey went down about a month ago, you know

1628
01:26:27,120 --> 01:26:29,519
Speaker 1: there was you can't replace him that you guys all

1629
01:26:29,560 --> 01:26:31,280
Speaker 1: talked about that that sort of thing. How do you

1630
01:26:31,320 --> 01:26:34,439
Speaker 1: feel like this secondary has responded over the last month

1631
01:26:34,560 --> 01:26:36,960
Speaker 1: in terms of not having him and how you've kind

1632
01:26:36,960 --> 01:26:40,120
Speaker 1: of filled that void. Well, I think that we all

1633
01:26:40,120 --> 01:26:42,680
Speaker 1: just understood that you know what type player Travis is,

1634
01:26:42,680 --> 01:26:44,799
Speaker 1: and you know he's I guess he's like you just mentioned,

1635
01:26:44,800 --> 01:26:47,840
Speaker 1: either a placeball, you can't, you can't, um, you know,

1636
01:26:47,960 --> 01:26:49,720
Speaker 1: plug somebody in. It's going to do what he does

1637
01:26:49,800 --> 01:26:51,760
Speaker 1: and what he's been doing in the league for a

1638
01:26:51,760 --> 01:26:54,479
Speaker 1: long time. So, UM, I guess we understood that we

1639
01:26:54,520 --> 01:26:57,000
Speaker 1: all had to elevate our game individually to to be

1640
01:26:57,000 --> 01:26:58,840
Speaker 1: able to you know, bring this secondary and bring this

1641
01:26:58,960 --> 01:27:01,800
Speaker 1: defense to we want to go. And so you know

1642
01:27:01,840 --> 01:27:04,439
Speaker 1: I can I could obviously say the guys that have

1643
01:27:04,520 --> 01:27:07,200
Speaker 1: stepped in and and some some of the guys that

1644
01:27:07,200 --> 01:27:09,400
Speaker 1: you don't even see, you know that out here practicing

1645
01:27:09,439 --> 01:27:11,960
Speaker 1: every single day that are put in the work. Um,

1646
01:27:12,000 --> 01:27:14,800
Speaker 1: you know, our group, our secondary group is obviously one

1647
01:27:14,800 --> 01:27:16,320
Speaker 1: of the kind. You know, I love the guys that

1648
01:27:16,360 --> 01:27:19,280
Speaker 1: we have. And and whether it's d Jack or you

1649
01:27:19,320 --> 01:27:22,200
Speaker 1: know camp stepping in on special teams or you know

1650
01:27:22,320 --> 01:27:26,000
Speaker 1: Levi Um making some big plays. Uh, you know Sarran

1651
01:27:26,120 --> 01:27:28,600
Speaker 1: coming in, it's just guy after after guys coming in

1652
01:27:28,720 --> 01:27:32,320
Speaker 1: trying to compete. And that's all we can ask. All right,

1653
01:27:32,360 --> 01:27:35,760
Speaker 1: that's Micah Hyde addressing the media here after practice. We

1654
01:27:35,840 --> 01:27:38,000
Speaker 1: have to take a break and when we come back,

1655
01:27:38,040 --> 01:27:39,960
Speaker 1: we will close things up here on One Bill's Life

1656
01:27:40,000 --> 01:27:56,840
Speaker 1: presented by Collid to Health, it's Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome

1657
01:27:56,840 --> 01:28:00,200
Speaker 1: back to One Bill's Life. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you.

1658
01:28:00,600 --> 01:28:03,120
Speaker 1: How should the Bills divvy up the wide receiver snaps

1659
01:28:03,120 --> 01:28:05,240
Speaker 1: With everybody healthy and ready to roll here for these

1660
01:28:05,240 --> 01:28:08,280
Speaker 1: final two weeks, we go to the tweet sheet brought

1661
01:28:08,320 --> 01:28:11,200
Speaker 1: to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the official equipment moving

1662
01:28:11,200 --> 01:28:15,599
Speaker 1: company and the Buffalo Bills, and Jay mad says they

1663
01:28:15,680 --> 01:28:18,599
Speaker 1: need to find a way to get Davis and McKenzie

1664
01:28:18,680 --> 01:28:21,599
Speaker 1: more involved. Maybe run sets with Beasley and McKenzie both

1665
01:28:21,600 --> 01:28:24,120
Speaker 1: in the slots from time to time, and at this

1666
01:28:24,160 --> 01:28:26,720
Speaker 1: point I would try to get Davis more involved than Sanders,

1667
01:28:26,760 --> 01:28:32,200
Speaker 1: who has disappeared the last few weeks. Dean says, go

1668
01:28:32,439 --> 01:28:37,799
Speaker 1: five wide, three receivers, bunch and two inside and out

1669
01:28:37,840 --> 01:28:41,640
Speaker 1: on the other side, Diggs, McKenzie, Beasley, Sanders, Davis in

1670
01:28:41,680 --> 01:28:45,400
Speaker 1: the bunch or sorry, Diggs and McKenzie and then Beasley,

1671
01:28:45,400 --> 01:28:48,240
Speaker 1: Sanders and Davis in the bunch. Knocks added anytime they're

1672
01:28:48,280 --> 01:28:51,639
Speaker 1: thirty yards from the end zone, they can't cover them all.

1673
01:28:51,680 --> 01:28:53,760
Speaker 1: If the line can play as well as they did

1674
01:28:53,800 --> 01:28:56,920
Speaker 1: against New England, and as I mentioned, Steve, this is

1675
01:28:56,960 --> 01:28:59,400
Speaker 1: not a good pass rushing unit for Atlanta. That gives

1676
01:28:59,439 --> 01:29:01,040
Speaker 1: them a chance. And you've got to use all that

1677
01:29:01,080 --> 01:29:03,200
Speaker 1: to your advantage because you will get some benefit down

1678
01:29:03,240 --> 01:29:04,880
Speaker 1: the road because teams have got to prepare for these

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Speaker 1: personnel sets and those set those formations and personnel combinations.

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Speaker 1: So if it works, great, but it's all about winning

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Speaker 1: this game. You got to win the game and then

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Speaker 1: you can do all this other stuff, do whatever you want.

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Speaker 1: To do but win the game. Make sure you win

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Speaker 1: the game first and foremost. Steve and I back tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: Big Friday Show, Fan Friday mail Bag, Greg co Sale

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Speaker 1: will see it won