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Speaker 1: You know a lot's been said about this Bills team.

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Speaker 2: I'm not intimidated by Buffalo and.

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Speaker 3: The Broncos is going to the chip.

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Speaker 4: They've been a since Superman.

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Speaker 2: Ask home, baby, I'm telling you I got mad love

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Speaker 2: for Josh Allen.

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Speaker 4: But the season ends Saturday Night.

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Speaker 1: Not their year, never gonna be their year. Shut up.

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you what I see. I see a bunch

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Speaker 1: of amazing athletes sometimes referred to as sickos.

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Speaker 4: We'll tell you what this football team.

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Speaker 2: It's tough as I've ever seen it, beaten, bruised, battered.

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Speaker 1: Do you think that keeps them from fighting through the pain.

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Speaker 1: Think again again.

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Speaker 2: If there's time on the clock, we truly believe that

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Speaker 2: we have chance.

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Speaker 1: They not only represent the team, they represent our city, Buffalo,

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Speaker 1: New York, baby, and we stand behind them every step

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Speaker 1: of the way. This is a chance to right all

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Speaker 1: the wrongs, to set the record straight, change the course

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Speaker 1: of our history. And you all know what I'm talking about,

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Speaker 1: to put on a show while the whole world is watching,

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Speaker 1: and they will be watching. This is the playoffs, and

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Speaker 1: we are no stranger to January Ball.

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Speaker 5: It's do or die.

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Speaker 1: Bring it on, Lawrence back to pass broken up, and

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Speaker 1: there's two gun slingers out there.

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Speaker 2: Denver's got one.

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Speaker 1: We got one too. Both of these guys were built

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Speaker 1: for playoff moments and two defenses both built for a

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Speaker 1: four quarter battle of the ages.

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Speaker 4: Just look at this.

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Speaker 1: Hit me, this story is not over. Because when the

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Speaker 1: light shine bright us and all you can taste is

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Speaker 1: stuff the moment, don't blink.

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Speaker 5: Holy Moley, am I amped up and ready to go?

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Speaker 5: Bill Ficker delivering that greatness to get us hyped up

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Speaker 5: before the game. Divisional Round weekend is official. Here. We

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Speaker 5: are just a day away from the Bills taking on

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Speaker 5: the Denver Broncos in the Divisional round. So excited for

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Speaker 5: that matchup. We're here to talk all about it. Maddi

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Speaker 5: glab here joined by NFL analyst Chris Trapasso for the

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Speaker 5: next two hours. Chris, so glad to have you here today.

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Speaker 4: It's great to be here. I mean we're out here

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Speaker 4: at Northtown Toyota, which is great to be on site

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Speaker 4: to just get a little change of scenery before what

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Speaker 4: I think is gonna be another wild game. Josh Allen heroics,

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Speaker 4: the defense playing really well and for me, even though

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Speaker 4: I know it's short rest for the Bills. I liked it.

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Speaker 4: This game is Saturday, so you don't have to wait

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Speaker 4: all the way until Sunday afternoon or Sunday night. Getting

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Speaker 5: I think you are in a minority when you say

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Speaker 5: I'm excited it's on Saturday. Yes, we don't have to

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Speaker 5: wait an extra day. But man, this week was a

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Speaker 5: behemoth inside of that building. To get the team healthy

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Speaker 5: to go for Saturday night, and just the team who's

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Speaker 5: putting everything together, who's delivering you the news, the videos.

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Speaker 5: We've been working around the clock ahead of this game,

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Speaker 5: but it's been such a fun week. As Chris noted,

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Speaker 5: we are at north Tone Northtown, Toyota today. If you

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Speaker 5: We also wanted to let you know that Northtown's second

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Speaker 5: sure to stop by any Northtown location and ask for

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Speaker 5: us as we get ready for tomorrow's big matchup. All Right, Christins,

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Speaker 5: you haven't been on the show in a couple months.

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Speaker 5: I want to go big picture with you. Yes, the

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Speaker 5: but I want to back it up even more. Where

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think what you just mentioned, I'm going to

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Speaker 4: the grit this Bills team. Josh Allen spoke about it

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Speaker 4: Those gritty type of you know, resilient games, I think

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Speaker 5: I love that you mentioned that about grit. It's something

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Speaker 5: Dian Dawkins said this, we're just a bunch of dogs

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Speaker 5: This is why we're working. We're working for greatness to

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Speaker 4: Right, absolutely, And I think grit can maybe get brought

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Speaker 4: it absolutely matters. And to piggyback off what you mentioned

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Speaker 5: And I thought that was hilarious. When White brought it up.

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Speaker 4: Well, this is something, Yeah, this is something that We're

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Speaker 4: going to touch on and dive a little deeper later

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Speaker 4: in the show, but I think Dalon Kin k Dawson Knox,

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Speaker 4: and Jackson Hawes my my Galaxy brain theory, which maybe

436
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Speaker 4: it's not Galaxy brain, but my take is the Bills

437
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Speaker 4: understand they don't have a true, bonafide, traditional number one

438
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Speaker 4: outside wide receiver, and certainly now with Gabe Davis injury

439
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Speaker 4: Tyrol shaved, it's gonna be tough. But what I've thought

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Speaker 4: is in the aggregate, when you have Dalon Kin Kate

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Speaker 4: and Dawson Knox and Jackson Hawes, their production has been

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Speaker 4: equivalent to a number one wide receiver. Now it's they're

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Speaker 4: not winning the same way. They're not getting open, they're not,

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Speaker 4: you know, on a routine basis, But the production that

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Speaker 4: they can get from the tight end position in a

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Speaker 4: game where they're facing a defense that has Patrick Stertan,

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Speaker 4: the reigning defensive Player of the Year at outside corner

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Speaker 4: and they're a little bit weaker at the linebacker position,

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Speaker 4: I think that will be key for the Bills in

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Speaker 4: this game to try to maximize the production that they're

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Speaker 4: getting from the tight ends, even if they can't get

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Speaker 4: it from a bunch of wide receivers outside of khalilsha Here.

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Speaker 5: One thing that I've heard a bunch from analysts and

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Speaker 5: you agree with, is, yes, Patrick Sirtan is this all

455
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Speaker 5: world player and does a fantastic job shutting things down.

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Speaker 5: But Cirtaan can't be on two ends of the field

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Speaker 5: at once. He is taking away one of your players.

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Speaker 5: And if you look at what type of offense Buffalo has,

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Speaker 5: they don't have that number one wide receiver who has

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Speaker 5: fifteen targets a game. Fine, take somebody away. They can

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Speaker 5: go to other people. They showed last week against Jacksonville

462
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Speaker 5: who took away their run game. We can win in

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Speaker 5: other ways and we can figure out a what makes

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Speaker 5: up for our loss of rushing yards With quick routes

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Speaker 5: to Khalilshakir twelve targets for eighty two yards, there's your

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Speaker 5: rushing yards right there.

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Speaker 4: And I think, not to disparage Stefon Diggs, but I

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Speaker 4: think part of why the Bills were okay just from

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Speaker 4: a football perspective, moving off of him a few offseasons

470
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Speaker 4: ago and they really embodied that everybody eats mentality was

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Speaker 4: exactly what you just mentioned. That they had two losses

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Speaker 4: in the playoffs to the Chiefs, where Digs for whatever reason,

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Speaker 4: did not have a big game, and the Bills offense

474
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Speaker 4: kind of cratered when that happened. So I think they

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Speaker 4: understood they self scouted after those losses in the playoffs.

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Speaker 4: The AFC title game in twenty twenty, when Diggs led

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Speaker 4: the league in receptions and receiving yards, he had like

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Speaker 4: two catches and it was like, oh man, what do

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Speaker 4: we do now. I mean, they had other weapons, but

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Speaker 4: Diggs was so much the focal point. And last year

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Speaker 4: the Bills got to the AFC Title Game where, like

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Speaker 4: you mentioned, you really didn't know who they were going

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Speaker 4: to throw the football to, and if they did face

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Speaker 4: a number one outside corner, the offense could still be

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Speaker 4: very productive. And I think that's why it actually bodes

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Speaker 4: well weirdly in this game that the Bills aren't leaning

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Speaker 4: on a true number one outside receiver.

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Speaker 5: Here's the bigger deal, I think, aside from who is

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Speaker 5: Patrick Shretan going to be up against and who is

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Speaker 5: he going to try to shut down, is the fact

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Speaker 5: that Buffalo is without two of their big blocking wide

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Speaker 5: receivers in Tyrrell Shavers and Gabe Davis. Who is going

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Speaker 5: to step up in their absence. Are you going to

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Speaker 5: go with a jumbo package and see a sixth offensive

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Speaker 5: lineman on the field more often to help in that

496
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Speaker 5: blocking Are you going to see some of the running

497
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Speaker 5: backs get a little bit DIRTI or is there going

498
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Speaker 5: to be a different wide receiver They signed Christian Wilkerson

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Speaker 5: to the practice squad, who is a bigger wide receiver.

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Speaker 5: Does he get elevated for that matchup? That's something that

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Speaker 5: I am very interested in and I think will play

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Speaker 5: a big part in this matchup because the Bills rely

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Speaker 5: on getting help in the blocking game from their wide receivers,

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Speaker 5: tight ends and running backs.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. Absolutely, And that's why I don't think it's out

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Speaker 4: of the question that Kaleki Latu could be called up

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Speaker 4: because I watched his film. I know it was against

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Speaker 4: the Jets in the regular season finale where maybe some

509
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Speaker 4: of those Jets players were checked out. He was a

510
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Speaker 4: monster in the run game, and he played against the Eagles,

511
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Speaker 4: he played against the Buccaneers. He has some reps and

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Speaker 4: most of them are just getting dirty in the run

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Speaker 4: game and showing that he can be a good blocker.

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Speaker 4: And we know that the Bills, especially Pittsburgh Steelers game.

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Speaker 4: They like to motion Tyrrell Shavers into the formation and

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Speaker 4: use him as kind of your first lead blocker. So

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Speaker 4: don't be surprised if Kalecki, Latu or it is a

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Speaker 4: bigger wide receiver who assumes that Tyrrell Shavers role, which

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Speaker 4: is not the flashiest role, but it certainly matters, especially

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Speaker 4: if the Bills want to be more efficient on the

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Speaker 4: ground than they were against the Jaguars. And I think

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Speaker 4: that will be an emphasis for James Cook and everything

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Speaker 4: that the Bills want to do up front.

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Speaker 5: I mean, who was in the game on that fourth

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Speaker 5: and inches play where the Bills had to have it

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Speaker 5: against Jacksonville. Tyrell Shavers was on that play on a

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Speaker 5: torn acl still making an impact. We have to take

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Speaker 5: a break, but coming up later in the show, we

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Speaker 5: wanted to let you know two o'clock we have Greg

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Speaker 5: co Cell joining to help us break down this huge

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Speaker 5: matchup against the Denver Broncos. We also will get to

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Speaker 5: your questions that you have from us. Friday fan mail

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Speaker 5: bag is open. If you want to give us a call,

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Speaker 5: you can definitely do so at eight oh three oh

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Speaker 5: five fifty. A lot more coming up next year, on

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Speaker 5: Divisional round matchup against the Denver Broncos. And the Bills

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Speaker 5: are wheels up already heading to Denver. We just saw

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Speaker 5: from the Bill's social media accounts photos and videos of

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Speaker 5: players heading to the plane to head to Denver. Get

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Speaker 5: all settled and get ready for a tomorrow afternoon game.

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Speaker 5: Really excited about it. And it's time for our Collision course.

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Speaker 5: It's presented by Gabe's Collision, Your Car's Best Defense, and

550
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Speaker 5: what we're calling as one matchup that you should watch

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Speaker 5: is Buffalo's tight ends, specifically Donkincaid against the Broncos linebackers.

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Speaker 5: We believe there could be some opportunities for Buffalo's offense

553
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Speaker 5: targeting the tight ends in the middle of the field

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Speaker 5: against this Broncos defense. Even though the Broncos defense is

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Speaker 5: the best in the league in a lot of different areas,

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Speaker 5: this is one area they've struggled in.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, we talked about it in the last segment,

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Speaker 4: and to dive a little deeper, I mentioned that it

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Speaker 4: kind of took the form of with this Bill's offense

560
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Speaker 4: understanding they don't have acknowledging they don't have a number

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Speaker 4: one receiver, and that the three tight ends became the

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Speaker 4: number one receiver. During the regular season, Dalton Kinkaid, Dawson

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Speaker 4: Knox and even rookie Jackson Hawes combined for ninety one

564
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Speaker 4: catches for eleven and seventy five yards in twelve touchdowns.

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Speaker 4: That's number one wide receiver type production. And now we

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Speaker 4: know that Dalton Kinkaid was wearing a boot right after

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Speaker 4: the game. Sean McDermott said after the Jaguars or the

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Speaker 4: win over the Jaguars that it was just precautionary. There's

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Speaker 4: no major concern that Dalton Kinkaid is going to be

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Speaker 4: hampered for this game going into it. So I think

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Speaker 4: absolutely when you see the production that the Bills tight

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Speaker 4: ends have had during the regular season, Dalton Kinkaid catches

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Speaker 4: the fourth quarter touchdown. He and Dawson Knox combined for

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Speaker 4: five catches for fifty eight yards and that score in

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Speaker 4: the win over the Jaguars. Yes, I absolutely think that

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Speaker 4: will be a point of emphasis for the Bills passing

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Speaker 4: game that they'll probably still Pepper Khalil Shakiir. Maybe they'll

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Speaker 4: try to involve Brandon Cooks down the field as they've

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Speaker 4: done since he arrived, But I think the focal point

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Speaker 4: when Josh Allen goes back to pass will be look

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Speaker 4: for the tight ends, try to scheme them open and

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Speaker 4: get them in those advantageous matchups against maybe not terrible

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Speaker 4: linebackers that the Broncos have, but it's certainly the weaker

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Speaker 4: personnel group of what is a very good defense.

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Speaker 5: One reason why linebackers have had a tough time with

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Speaker 5: tight ends Denver's linebackers, I should say, is because Denver

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Speaker 5: likes to play a lot of man coverage, and when

588
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Speaker 5: you're playing in man coverage, it's hard to figure out

589
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Speaker 5: who is going to line up with the tight end,

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Speaker 5: who's gonna run with the tight end, because you have

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Speaker 5: to have the size and athleticism to do so. And

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Speaker 5: normally on rosters you may have one guy who's capable

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Speaker 5: of lining up with a player like Dalton Kinkaid.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's pretty rare. And Dalon Kinkaid when he was

595
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Speaker 4: fully healthy earlier in the season and even since he's returned,

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Speaker 4: he's been the most efficient in terms of yards per

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Speaker 4: route run tight end in football, and a lot of

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Speaker 4: that is coming against man coverage where he's six y

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Speaker 4: three six four two hundred and forty pounds and he

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Speaker 4: is super smooth as an athlete. He has I think

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Speaker 4: deceptive acceleration. That was really the book on him coming

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Speaker 4: out of Utah that you know, you saw some of

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Speaker 4: those Travis Kelcey comparisons because of just how dynamic of

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Speaker 4: a route runner he was. I mean, that's funny and

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Speaker 4: it's kind of interesting and ironic that the Bills have

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Speaker 4: had this this bugaboo this season where they hate the receivers.

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Speaker 4: Maybe they can't get open, they can't separate. They have

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Speaker 4: a tight end who can separate as good as any

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Speaker 4: tight end in football. And if the Broncos do want

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Speaker 4: to decide to let's play a lot of man, Let's

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Speaker 4: let's match up Alex Singleton or Drake Greenlaw or Justin

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Speaker 4: Sternad on critical third downs against Dalon Kincaid. The Bills

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Speaker 4: will take that because they probably understand that more often

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Speaker 4: than not, dalk Kin Kaid is gonna win those matchups

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Speaker 4: get open and Josh Allen's gonna, you know, find him

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Speaker 4: for big plays first downs to keep the ball moving.

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Speaker 5: According to Sharp Football Analysis, the Broncos play thirty two

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Speaker 5: point one percent in man. That's second most in the

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Speaker 5: NFL compared to their zone rate, which is more than

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Speaker 5: thirty two percent. But that thirty two percent number is

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Speaker 5: more than most of the league. When you're looking at matchups, Chris,

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Speaker 5: as we talk about this game, are there any other

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Speaker 5: matchups that you have your eyes on that you think

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Speaker 5: will be, you know, a big factor in who is

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Speaker 5: the winner in this one?

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Speaker 4: Are we talking individual matchups.

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Speaker 5: Or just stematic individuals schematically, whatever comes to mind in

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Speaker 5: terms of your research that you've been during this week

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Speaker 5: on the two teams.

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Speaker 4: Well, this is something that I want to ultimately ask

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Speaker 4: Greg Cosel when we have him on at the top

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Speaker 4: of the hour. Bo Nicks has been one of the

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Speaker 4: least effective quarterbacks against zone this year, and we know

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Speaker 4: that throughout the course of the Sean McDermott era, and

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Speaker 4: certainly this season, Sean McDermott wants to run zone and

636
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Speaker 4: he's gotten applauded rightfully so he and Bobby Babbage for

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Speaker 4: the ways that they kind of make those zone coverages

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Speaker 4: very complex and they disguise very well, so Bo Nicks.

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Speaker 4: You know, in terms of yards per attempt, he's thirty

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Speaker 4: eighth out of fifty qualify quarterbacks against zone during the

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Speaker 4: regular season. And you mentioned it off air to me.

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Speaker 4: I saw it too. Earlier in the week, Dan Arravlowski,

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Speaker 4: guest of the show, mentioned that he decent out a

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Speaker 4: tweet it was short and sweet and said, I would

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Speaker 4: be surprised if the Bills play more than five snaps

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Speaker 4: in man coverage in this game. That prompted me to

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Speaker 4: go do the research and saw, wow, there is really

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Speaker 4: a big disparity between Bowneck, who's like middle of the pack,

649
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Speaker 4: top third of the league against man and is one

650
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Speaker 4: of the you know, in the bottom fourth or one

651
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Speaker 4: of the worst quarterbacks when he has to make that

652
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Speaker 4: quick decision and think is that guy open or is

653
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Speaker 4: there another zone defender that's gonna step in front of it,

654
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Speaker 4: Like Shack Thompson did, and like we've seen Trey White

655
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Speaker 4: due down the stretch. So I think that is ultimately

656
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Speaker 4: a big matchup in this game. It's more schematic than individual,

657
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Speaker 4: but I would assume that Sean McDermott and Bobby Babbage

658
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Speaker 4: are going to be trying to dial up their most

659
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Speaker 4: disguised zone coverages in this game. For a second year quarterback, Yeah.

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Speaker 5: I think the Bills are going to major in disguise

661
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Speaker 5: coverages in this matchup. You're going up against a younger

662
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Speaker 5: quarterback who just has one game of playoff experience under

663
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Speaker 5: his belt. The stakes are high in a game like this,

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Speaker 5: and I think throwing some looks at Nicks that he

665
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Speaker 5: could get confused by is really going to help set

666
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Speaker 5: up what Buffalo's defense is trying to do. They've been

667
00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:22,240
Speaker 5: so good at mixing up coverages showing one thing, backing

668
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Speaker 5: out of it post snap throughout the second half of

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Speaker 5: the season and have really done it more than the

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Speaker 5: rest of the league. I was listening to Mina Kaimes's

671
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Speaker 5: podcast and she said, according to True Media, that the

672
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Speaker 5: Bills lead the league in disguise coverages. I figured it

673
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Speaker 5: was top five, but to know that they lead the league,

674
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Speaker 5: and I think says just a lot about Sean McDermott

675
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Speaker 5: and defensive coordinators Bobby Babache's capabilities to kind of dream

676
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Speaker 5: these things up and have a group who is all

677
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Speaker 5: about it, who wants to do it, who wants to

678
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Speaker 5: know more about how to do it, and who really

679
00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:58,440
Speaker 5: takes pride in this is our identity on defense. We

680
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Speaker 5: want to confuse the he got you and it's really

681
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Speaker 5: worked for Buffalo.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and I think it's big too because the Bills

683
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Speaker 4: pass rush on a just individual basis, it's not the

684
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Speaker 4: Broncos pass rush. But if you give Joey Bosa, Greg Russo,

685
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Speaker 4: maybe at Oliver being back day Kwon Jones, those horses

686
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Speaker 4: up front an extra half second or third of a

687
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Speaker 4: second where that quarterback is confuse and is wanting to

688
00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,719
Speaker 4: rip the cover two hole shot on the sideline, but

689
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:28,560
Speaker 4: it's actually cover three. That's when the Bills can generate

690
00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:31,360
Speaker 4: some pressure. And we've seen that routinely, not even just

691
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Speaker 4: against Trevor Lawrence last week, but down the stretch for

692
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,480
Speaker 4: this Bills team going nine to three after the bye

693
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:40,440
Speaker 4: week leading into this game. So much of that disguise

694
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Speaker 4: actually infiltrates down to the pass rush, where again you're

695
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Speaker 4: not necessarily thinking the Bills have all pros up front

696
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Speaker 4: that can get after the quarterback, but maybe if it

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00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:52,880
Speaker 4: does take them at that extra two tenths of a second.

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Speaker 4: The difference is that rotating safeties on the back end

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Speaker 4: that can confuse someone like Trevor Lawrence who's played a

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Speaker 4: lot of football, and you would I think we'll probably

701
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Speaker 4: at least make Bonnicks hesitate and not be so sure

702
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Speaker 4: if he can actually get the football out of his.

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Speaker 5: Hands, and that's all you need. And I'm looking to

704
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Speaker 5: a player like defensive end Joey Bosa in this matchup

705
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:16,040
Speaker 5: to really take it to the next level. Boso is

706
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:19,319
Speaker 5: really honest after the wild card round saying I did

707
00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:21,800
Speaker 5: not do enough. I didn't play my best game, and

708
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Speaker 5: I need to be better this weekend. I looked at

709
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Speaker 5: somebody like him to try to tee off on bo

710
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Speaker 5: Nicks as well as Greg Russo. I really hope the

711
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Speaker 5: pass rush can get after him with the coverage they

712
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Speaker 5: have on the back end. And speaking of that coverage

713
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Speaker 5: on the back end, with the defensive backs, how they've

714
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Speaker 5: been able to rotate and move things around while they're

715
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Speaker 5: doing that they're also giving each other help so that

716
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Speaker 5: the corners can really fly around, fly to the football

717
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Speaker 5: and no, I have somebody behind me to help me

718
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:52,320
Speaker 5: out if I can't intercept this ball or if I

719
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Speaker 5: can't tip it. We saw Tradevius White tip that final

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Speaker 5: Trevor Lawrence pass of the game, and who was there

721
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Speaker 5: to grab the interception?

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Speaker 4: It was cold bit Yeah, I mean Cole Bishop's maturation

723
00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:06,600
Speaker 4: process in year two it really hints that maybe he

724
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:08,120
Speaker 4: could have been doing this last year, but he was

725
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:12,080
Speaker 4: hurt so much like the vast majority of last season.

726
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Speaker 4: But that not only he has the size, the explosiveness

727
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Speaker 4: to speed, I mean he's got four to four speed,

728
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:22,439
Speaker 4: but now he really understands Sean McDermott's defense and where

729
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:24,360
Speaker 4: he needs to be. And I thought it was pretty

730
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Speaker 4: telling that when Trey White tipped that pass, you could

731
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Speaker 4: see him immediately look back and he's like, there should

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Speaker 4: be a safety right there, and he knew that Cole

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Speaker 4: Bishop was there. So I think this unit, even if

734
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Speaker 4: Damar Hamlin has to play, even if cam Lewis has

735
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:40,760
Speaker 4: to play, these are secondary members that know the Bobby

736
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,279
Speaker 4: Babbage and Sean McDermott defense. Like the back of their hand.

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Speaker 4: And I think in this portion of the playoffs, unless

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Speaker 4: you have seven doll pros that are just uber talented

739
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:52,719
Speaker 4: that give you that physical advantage, it's so important to

740
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:56,160
Speaker 4: have a pass rush and a coverage unit that are

741
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Speaker 4: married together that can understand, all right, I'm gonna rush

742
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Speaker 4: this way because it's going to force the quarterback that

743
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Speaker 4: way and that's where the trap is. Things like that

744
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:06,440
Speaker 4: I think are vital for this Bills team and it's

745
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:08,840
Speaker 4: really made this defense play a lot better than what

746
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Speaker 4: we thought and what we saw early in the season

747
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:14,000
Speaker 4: because some of these younger players along with the veterans

748
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 4: I think have really gelled to make this one of

749
00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:18,440
Speaker 4: the more difficult pass defense to go up against.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think the unit as a whole is really

751
00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:22,719
Speaker 5: committed to being the best they can be. I think

752
00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:24,759
Speaker 5: you have a lot of football nerds in that room

753
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:28,040
Speaker 5: who are willing to go to the next level, who

754
00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:32,040
Speaker 5: are willing to walk the tougher path, watch more film

755
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:34,439
Speaker 5: when they're at home to figure out where are going

756
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:37,360
Speaker 5: to where are there going to be these one or

757
00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:39,600
Speaker 5: two plays a game that I know if I see

758
00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:41,960
Speaker 5: this look, I can get a jump on the football

759
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:44,239
Speaker 5: or I can intercept the pass or I can force

760
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Speaker 5: a fumble, And I love that about the group. You've

761
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,120
Speaker 5: really seen it. And in terms of football nerds, we're

762
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,960
Speaker 5: going to get some nerds in this matchup. Sean McDermott

763
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:54,800
Speaker 5: and Sean Payton. They faced each other as head coaches

764
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:58,280
Speaker 5: or defensive or coordinators I should say offensive coordinator defensive

765
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:02,440
Speaker 5: quartered fifteen previous times in their careers. Peyton leads the

766
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Speaker 5: series eight and seven, which includes playoffs. You're gonna have

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Speaker 5: some masterminds dueling it out in this game.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely, And I know it's been kind of a sticking

769
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:15,879
Speaker 4: point for a lot of people not loving the wide

770
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:18,360
Speaker 4: receiver screen this season, although it was very effective against

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Speaker 4: It set something up and it set up that touchdown

772
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Speaker 4: in the fourth quarter. Yeah, you're gonna see a ton

773
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Speaker 4: of screens from bo Nix in the S game. That's

774
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Speaker 4: Sean Payton. That was really his MO. I mean not

775
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,000
Speaker 4: to say that Drew Brees wasn't a Hall of Fame

776
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 4: quarterback otherwise, but that was really his m O. The

777
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,360
Speaker 4: quick strike passing game in New Orleans when he was

778
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:38,080
Speaker 4: facing Sean McDermott as a defensive coordinator for the Panthers.

779
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:40,840
Speaker 4: So you're gonna see a ton of that and very quickly.

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Speaker 4: What I will mention a piggyback off your comment on

781
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 4: Joey Bosa that there were a few times where he

782
00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:48,920
Speaker 4: wasn't able to set the edge very well, and some

783
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:53,040
Speaker 4: of those outside runs from Travis CTN sprung for big gains.

784
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Speaker 4: I wonder if in this game not necessarily say that

785
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,080
Speaker 4: the Bills aren't gonna try to get after bo Nix

786
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Speaker 4: and sack him, but to have a similar philosophy to

787
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Speaker 4: cage rush, where you rush, but you don't let the

788
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Speaker 4: quarterback get outside of you, like they did against the

789
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Speaker 4: Chiefs when Patrick Mahomes came into that game as one

790
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Speaker 4: of the most effective scramblers, the most effective scrambler in

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Speaker 4: the NFL. In that win over the Kansas City Chiefs,

792
00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:21,360
Speaker 4: Patrick Mahomes only had one rush for five yards. I

793
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Speaker 4: think that will be more important that how often they

794
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,160
Speaker 4: sack bon Necks because his scrambling is a big part

795
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Speaker 4: of his game. Yes, and it's a big part of

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00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:30,320
Speaker 4: how the Broncos want to move the football.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Nicks has been really good on the run this year.

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Speaker 5: When you look at his statistics coming up in the

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Speaker 5: two o'clock hour, we have NFL Film senior producer Greg

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Speaker 5: we're really excited to hear his take on this game

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think we're going to see a lot of

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Speaker 4: Manka's around Western New York that have little bits and

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Speaker 4: I think it actually it's very It aligns with how

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00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:12,680
Speaker 4: connected the Bills are with this region and the fans

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Speaker 4: and being in that stadium.

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Speaker 5: So Buffalo, we love it. All right, We're gonna go

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Speaker 5: to the phones to Jared in Lockport, who's been hanging

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Speaker 5: on Jared.

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Speaker 6: How you doing well.

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Speaker 3: I'm doing good.

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Speaker 7: I've been watching your show since one.

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Speaker 5: I love it.

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Speaker 7: Thank you, thank you. It's really informative.

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Speaker 4: Like for me.

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Speaker 7: My one question for you guys is what do you

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Speaker 7: think Buffalo needs to do in order to I guess okay,

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Speaker 7: I'll put it like this, Buffalo needs more conversions on

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Speaker 7: thirds and fourth and ones. I don't like the fact

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Speaker 7: that they keep punting because at the end of the day,

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Speaker 7: if they can touch push to get across the one

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00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:53,279
Speaker 7: yard line at the touchdown, we shouldn't be punting the ball.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think. I mean, if the Bills are in

843
00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:01,800
Speaker 4: fourth and one type situation, I think everyone in the

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00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:05,040
Speaker 4: stadium and everyone all the thirty forty million people watching

845
00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:07,680
Speaker 4: the game knows what's coming, and it's just pretty hard

846
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Speaker 4: to stop that. Josh Allen being pushed by Reggie gilliam

847
00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:13,640
Speaker 4: and the Bill's offensive line that has become an unstoppable force.

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Speaker 4: Now you want to move the chains before that and

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Speaker 4: not be in so many of those fourth down situations.

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Speaker 4: So that's understandable. But I think the Bills understand, and

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00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 4: Sean McDermott has evolved so much in terms of being

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00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:28,920
Speaker 4: an in game manager with this that, Yeah, you have

853
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,320
Speaker 4: Josh Allen, you have the reigning MVP. You also have

854
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Speaker 4: the regular season rushing yard leader and a very very good,

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00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:39,160
Speaker 4: elite offensive line. Keep the football, don't pun it as much.

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Speaker 4: So I don't go into this game thinking that, Man,

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Speaker 4: I'm concerned about Sean McDermott or the Bills being overly

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Speaker 4: conservative fourth and two, fourth and three or less. I

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Speaker 4: think you're going to more often than not, almost every time,

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00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:51,719
Speaker 4: see the Bills go for it.

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Speaker 5: Thanks for the call, Jared, And yeah, they have people

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Speaker 5: on their staff that manage that major in analytics and

863
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Speaker 5: manage those situations things so that when they're in a

864
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Speaker 5: situation like that, depending where they are on the field,

865
00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:07,080
Speaker 5: do you know we should go for it here or

866
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Speaker 5: we should actually punt here. I think one thing that

867
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Speaker 5: is going to set up game flow in terms of

868
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:17,239
Speaker 5: being in third and short or fourth and short scenarios

869
00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:19,840
Speaker 5: is how they mix the run in the past at

870
00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:22,040
Speaker 5: the beginning of the game and how successful they are

871
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Speaker 5: in doing so. What do they go out with when

872
00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:28,120
Speaker 5: they're in their first drive on offense. Do they start

873
00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:30,800
Speaker 5: with running the football? Do they start with passing the football?

874
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:34,640
Speaker 5: How successful are they at running the football? How many

875
00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:37,080
Speaker 5: yards are they getting in some of those run plays

876
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:41,239
Speaker 5: against Jacksonville, you saw it was really a grinded out

877
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:43,880
Speaker 5: effort from James Cook and Josh Allen, who were the

878
00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:47,000
Speaker 5: only two rushers in that game. Both got sub fifty

879
00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:49,320
Speaker 5: rushing yards. Heading into that game. Josh Allen in the

880
00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:52,400
Speaker 5: playoffs was averaging over fifty rushing yards per game, and

881
00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:55,920
Speaker 5: it was really interesting to see Josh go under fifty

882
00:44:56,800 --> 00:45:01,080
Speaker 5: with what was his number, thirty three was his number

883
00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:04,200
Speaker 5: in that game. James Cook was at forty six, just

884
00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:07,880
Speaker 5: averaging around three yards per carry. So if you do

885
00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:10,759
Speaker 5: commit to the run early and you're not getting much,

886
00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:14,080
Speaker 5: you could maybe see Buffalo being in some of those

887
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:16,880
Speaker 5: third and long or fourth and short scenarios where you

888
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:19,360
Speaker 5: have to figure out what you want to do. But

889
00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:21,640
Speaker 5: if they're successful in mixing the run in the past

890
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:25,360
Speaker 5: early and are able to move the sticks doing so,

891
00:45:25,560 --> 00:45:29,160
Speaker 5: you're going to see them in advantageous down in distances

892
00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:29,719
Speaker 5: for sure.

893
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:31,759
Speaker 4: And I'll be quick on this, but this is to

894
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Speaker 4: show that I've evolved as an analyst too, just like

895
00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:37,320
Speaker 4: Sean mcdermot's evolved typically And maybe this is Brian Dable

896
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:39,279
Speaker 4: air where the Bill's run game was not as good

897
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Speaker 4: as it is now. I was always like, the Bill

898
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:43,719
Speaker 4: should be passing on every down. They have Josh Allen,

899
00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:45,520
Speaker 4: they have views that they have John Brown, they have

900
00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:51,680
Speaker 4: Dawson Knoxefon Diggs. Now with the rushing leader in James Cook,

901
00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:54,880
Speaker 4: any lead offensive line and being on the road, like

902
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:58,719
Speaker 4: what you're mentioning, to avoid those third and ninees or

903
00:45:59,160 --> 00:46:02,040
Speaker 4: third and tens, second and nine, the Bills have to

904
00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:04,880
Speaker 4: stay reasonably dedicated to the run game, and they were

905
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Speaker 4: against the Jack.

906
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:07,840
Speaker 5: I loved that they were. I know it wasn't getting

907
00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:09,200
Speaker 5: them a ton of yards, but I thought it was

908
00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:11,120
Speaker 5: important to still show we're gonna run.

909
00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:14,080
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that's very important because all it takes

910
00:46:14,239 --> 00:46:17,080
Speaker 4: is one well blocked run or the wrong call from

911
00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:18,839
Speaker 4: a defense and James Cook and hit a fifty yard

912
00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:22,560
Speaker 4: touchdown and it keeps the opposition's pass rush from really

913
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Speaker 4: being able to just pin its ears back in those

914
00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:26,560
Speaker 4: super obvious passing situations.

915
00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:29,399
Speaker 5: Definitely, we got to dig a break. But coming up next,

916
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Speaker 5: get ready because NFL Film Senior producer Greg Cosell joins

917
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Speaker 5: the show to help break down this division round matchup

918
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Speaker 5: against the Denver Broncos. Coming up next on When Bill's

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Speaker 5: Welcome to One Bill's Live. Hope you guys are having

922
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Speaker 5: a fabulous Friday. The Bills are already on their way

923
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Speaker 5: to Denver getting ready for that big Divisional round matchup

924
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Speaker 5: against the Broncos on Saturday afternoon. I'm Maddi glab here

925
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Speaker 5: be joined by NFL Senior films producer Greg co Cell

931
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935
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Speaker 5: how you doing.

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Speaker 2: I'm doing great, guys.

937
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Speaker 4: How are you?

938
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Speaker 5: We're doing good? Getting ready for this matchup, and before

939
00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:27,319
Speaker 5: we talk about the Bills and the Broncos, I want

940
00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:30,960
Speaker 5: to look back on the wild Card round matchup against Jacksonville.

941
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:34,759
Speaker 5: What was your biggest takeaway from Buffalo's win in that game?

942
00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:38,600
Speaker 2: I would say two things. One thing on each side

943
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Speaker 2: of the ball. I would say, I thought it was

944
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Speaker 2: one of the best games I've seen Josh Allen play

945
00:48:42,680 --> 00:48:45,560
Speaker 2: in his career because it wasn't a superman Josh all

946
00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:47,920
Speaker 2: and I thought he was methodical. I thought he was surgical.

947
00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:50,080
Speaker 2: I thought he was efficient. You know, we're used to

948
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:52,600
Speaker 2: when we say he had a great game seeing him,

949
00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:55,000
Speaker 2: you know, make a ton of plays where he runs

950
00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:57,080
Speaker 2: around and does you know what we all view as

951
00:48:57,120 --> 00:48:59,759
Speaker 2: Josh Allen stuff. But I didn't think that was this

952
00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:02,440
Speaker 2: game at all. I thought it was very methodical and surgical.

953
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:05,400
Speaker 2: On the other side of the ball, I thought that

954
00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:07,839
Speaker 2: and this is, you know, kind of a Sean McDermott thing,

955
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:11,759
Speaker 2: But I thought it played out really well. Foundationally, the

956
00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:14,480
Speaker 2: Bills are a split safety defense. They sort of play

957
00:49:14,520 --> 00:49:17,680
Speaker 2: out of a split safety shell, but there's deception in

958
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:22,400
Speaker 2: their concepts. They're not a stagnant split safety defense. And

959
00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:25,800
Speaker 2: I thought they did a really good job of showing

960
00:49:25,920 --> 00:49:30,160
Speaker 2: a lot of different things from their foundational split safety look.

961
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Speaker 2: Because all you're trying to do with that and when

962
00:49:32,480 --> 00:49:34,840
Speaker 2: I say, oh, I don't want to minimize it. It's

963
00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:38,480
Speaker 2: the key is have the quarterback just be indecisive for

964
00:49:38,680 --> 00:49:41,480
Speaker 2: you know, half a beat and that that's enough in

965
00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:44,440
Speaker 2: the NFL. So you know, those two things really stood

966
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Speaker 2: out to me, all right, Greg, I.

967
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:49,520
Speaker 4: Want to spin it forward to this Broncos game, just

968
00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:52,480
Speaker 4: because there's so much to get to to me. A

969
00:49:52,560 --> 00:49:55,760
Speaker 4: big takeaway. Despite how well Josh Allen moved the football

970
00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:57,759
Speaker 4: and the Bills scored twenty seven points on the road

971
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Speaker 4: against a good defense, the run game really was non existent.

972
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Speaker 4: Are there any schematic or philosophical nuggets that you can

973
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Speaker 4: give listeners and viewers as to how the Bills can

974
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Speaker 4: get James Cook, maybe even Ray Davis and Ty Johnson

975
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Speaker 4: if he plays back more and a prominent part of

976
00:50:15,960 --> 00:50:17,560
Speaker 4: this offense like it's been most of the season.

977
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Speaker 2: Well, you know, I think they played a good defense,

978
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:23,040
Speaker 2: and they're going to play a very good defense this

979
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Speaker 2: week as well, and that the foundation of what the

980
00:50:26,120 --> 00:50:28,279
Speaker 2: Broncos will do will be to stop the run first

981
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Speaker 2: and foremost. And I think sometimes in the playoffs when

982
00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:33,839
Speaker 2: you play better defenses, that does happen. Chris, Now, I'm

983
00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:35,880
Speaker 2: not you know, obviously they want to be able to

984
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Speaker 2: run the ball. That's not a profound statement, but you

985
00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:42,279
Speaker 2: know this is I guess it comes down to how

986
00:50:42,360 --> 00:50:44,799
Speaker 2: they see what their run games should look like, both

987
00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:49,040
Speaker 2: from a personnel standpoint and a formation standpoint, because if

988
00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:52,040
Speaker 2: they're going to line up with big people, that five

989
00:50:52,080 --> 00:50:54,880
Speaker 2: to two base front that the Broncos play is really

990
00:50:55,040 --> 00:50:58,040
Speaker 2: hard to run against, just because the people are good.

991
00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:02,399
Speaker 2: They're really good inside. So you know, I know last

992
00:51:02,440 --> 00:51:04,560
Speaker 2: week they tried a number of toss plays. I guess

993
00:51:04,680 --> 00:51:08,480
Speaker 2: is Cook's longest run was eleven yards on a toss play,

994
00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:12,520
Speaker 2: but they really struggle to run inside, and that's that

995
00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:15,279
Speaker 2: was a good Jacksonville defense as well. Then I would

996
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:17,759
Speaker 2: bet that they would struggle to run inside this week.

997
00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:18,120
Speaker 6: Now.

998
00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:20,120
Speaker 2: The one thing we do know about the run game,

999
00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:22,680
Speaker 2: and it always makes it can always make it seem

1000
00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:24,600
Speaker 2: like you have a better run game, is that if

1001
00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:27,680
Speaker 2: you break one particular runner, like let's say Cook breaks

1002
00:51:27,719 --> 00:51:31,040
Speaker 2: a fifty yard touchdown and it ends up, you know,

1003
00:51:31,160 --> 00:51:33,560
Speaker 2: twenty one for one ten, you could look at those

1004
00:51:33,600 --> 00:51:35,439
Speaker 2: stats and go, well, we had a really good game,

1005
00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:38,640
Speaker 2: but then it's it's twenty for you know, sixty on

1006
00:51:38,719 --> 00:51:41,440
Speaker 2: the other runs. You know, so, but because he's that

1007
00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:43,640
Speaker 2: kind of back, you know that that can be a

1008
00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:44,240
Speaker 2: big factor.

1009
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Speaker 4: You know.

1010
00:51:44,600 --> 00:51:47,040
Speaker 2: It's funny. I spoke to a defensive coach actually earlier

1011
00:51:47,120 --> 00:51:50,520
Speaker 2: this morning, and you know, he said to me that

1012
00:51:50,600 --> 00:51:52,920
Speaker 2: he thinks Cook is the best runner in the league,

1013
00:51:53,239 --> 00:51:55,839
Speaker 2: which you know I thought it was. And again people

1014
00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:57,479
Speaker 2: might say, oh, yeah, he led the league in rushing,

1015
00:51:57,560 --> 00:51:59,800
Speaker 2: but you know, Chris and Maddie, that's not what we're

1016
00:51:59,880 --> 00:52:03,360
Speaker 2: just talking about. And he said that his exceptional ability

1017
00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:07,120
Speaker 2: to see cuts almost so far in advance, and then

1018
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:10,759
Speaker 2: to be able to explode both laterally and vertically. Is

1019
00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:13,600
Speaker 2: kind of unmatched in the league. So you know, I

1020
00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:16,799
Speaker 2: think that's you know, he can break one at any time.

1021
00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:21,280
Speaker 2: But I don't think overall that the Broncos defense, particularly

1022
00:52:21,360 --> 00:52:23,239
Speaker 2: if it's base, you know, Like I said, then it

1023
00:52:23,320 --> 00:52:27,320
Speaker 2: comes down to personnel information. I know they're short on receivers,

1024
00:52:27,360 --> 00:52:29,040
Speaker 2: but do they feel like they want to play eleven

1025
00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:31,600
Speaker 2: personnel and try to at least get that defense spread

1026
00:52:31,640 --> 00:52:34,000
Speaker 2: out a little bit? You know, And again I don't

1027
00:52:34,040 --> 00:52:37,160
Speaker 2: know how you know, Aaron Kromer and Joe Brady see this,

1028
00:52:37,640 --> 00:52:40,160
Speaker 2: but it's not an easy defense to run the ball against.

1029
00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:44,120
Speaker 5: Yeah, In terms of that five to two look that

1030
00:52:44,239 --> 00:52:49,920
Speaker 5: you mentioned, those pass rushers love to attack the quarterback.

1031
00:52:49,960 --> 00:52:52,759
Speaker 5: They're successful in doing so. They pressure out a top

1032
00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:55,360
Speaker 5: five rate, blitz at a top five rate. We know

1033
00:52:55,560 --> 00:52:57,840
Speaker 5: Josh Allen is a little bit nicked up from the

1034
00:52:57,960 --> 00:53:02,800
Speaker 5: last game against Jacksonville dealing with a foot injury, knee injury,

1035
00:53:03,239 --> 00:53:06,120
Speaker 5: finger injury. We know Alan is tough as nails and

1036
00:53:06,280 --> 00:53:08,600
Speaker 5: is going to play through anything, but protecting him is

1037
00:53:08,680 --> 00:53:11,960
Speaker 5: going to be so important. How does Buffalo do so

1038
00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:13,560
Speaker 5: against that five to two look?

1039
00:53:15,040 --> 00:53:17,360
Speaker 2: You know they're playing a team, and you know, with

1040
00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:21,640
Speaker 2: advanced Joseph defense, he's the coordinator that is, you pretty

1041
00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:23,440
Speaker 2: much know what you're going to get, which doesn't make

1042
00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:26,279
Speaker 2: it easy obviously, but you know when you play vance

1043
00:53:26,360 --> 00:53:28,359
Speaker 2: Joseph that you're going to get a lot of man

1044
00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:30,120
Speaker 2: coverage and you're going to get a lot of pressure,

1045
00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:32,920
Speaker 2: you know. And of course all this is situational, you know,

1046
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:35,080
Speaker 2: and nothing is one hundred percent, but you know what

1047
00:53:35,160 --> 00:53:36,520
Speaker 2: you're going to get now, you know. It's funny. I

1048
00:53:36,600 --> 00:53:38,440
Speaker 2: went back and looked and I know the game was

1049
00:53:38,480 --> 00:53:40,560
Speaker 2: in Buffalo last year, but I thought it was instructive

1050
00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:42,920
Speaker 2: to go back and look at the Wildcard game from

1051
00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:45,840
Speaker 2: a year ago, and I thought that that was another

1052
00:53:45,880 --> 00:53:48,560
Speaker 2: game where I thought Josh Allen was really really good.

1053
00:53:48,880 --> 00:53:51,840
Speaker 2: I mean, he was efficient in that game. And the

1054
00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:53,440
Speaker 2: thing that stood out to me was the use of

1055
00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:56,000
Speaker 2: tight ends, which could well be the case this week

1056
00:53:56,000 --> 00:53:59,400
Speaker 2: because they're down wide receivers because you know, Kincaid had

1057
00:53:59,440 --> 00:54:02,920
Speaker 2: some plays, had some plays they were able to create

1058
00:54:03,040 --> 00:54:05,600
Speaker 2: the matchups. See, I think one of the things you're

1059
00:54:05,600 --> 00:54:08,040
Speaker 2: trying to do in this game is you're trying to

1060
00:54:08,480 --> 00:54:11,719
Speaker 2: exploit their linebackers in coverage because their linebackers are not

1061
00:54:11,960 --> 00:54:14,720
Speaker 2: very good in coverage. That may be the one true

1062
00:54:15,120 --> 00:54:19,120
Speaker 2: weakness of this defense, the fact that their linebackers singleton'st

1063
00:54:19,120 --> 00:54:22,399
Speaker 2: are not If Greenlaw goes and plays meaningful snaps, they

1064
00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:25,719
Speaker 2: are not good coverage players. And if they're going to

1065
00:54:25,800 --> 00:54:28,279
Speaker 2: play a good amount of man, I think there could

1066
00:54:28,320 --> 00:54:30,800
Speaker 2: be some opportunities there. So it's you know, how do

1067
00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:34,680
Speaker 2: you get to those opportunities. Does James Cook become a factor?

1068
00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:37,719
Speaker 2: You know, in the past game, we've seen a number

1069
00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:40,399
Speaker 2: of times where he's kind of worked through the line

1070
00:54:40,440 --> 00:54:43,800
Speaker 2: of scrimmage and then run those wheel routes. Earlier in

1071
00:54:43,840 --> 00:54:46,640
Speaker 2: the season, the Eagles were able to get Barkley on

1072
00:54:46,760 --> 00:54:48,839
Speaker 2: a wheel route out of the backfield where they got

1073
00:54:48,920 --> 00:54:51,879
Speaker 2: him matched up on Singleton for I think a forty

1074
00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:54,520
Speaker 2: nine or fifty yard touchdown. You know, I think that's

1075
00:54:54,560 --> 00:54:57,319
Speaker 2: an area that, in addition to the tight ends, where

1076
00:54:57,360 --> 00:54:59,879
Speaker 2: they can really look to focus since they're obviously down

1077
00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:01,000
Speaker 2: wide receivers.

1078
00:55:02,480 --> 00:55:03,919
Speaker 4: All right, I want to jump back to the pass

1079
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:06,040
Speaker 4: rush because I think that I mean, Josh Allen against

1080
00:55:06,040 --> 00:55:08,279
Speaker 4: this defense, this pass rush is probably the biggest, it's

1081
00:55:08,320 --> 00:55:10,719
Speaker 4: like the most marquee element of this game. When I

1082
00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:12,840
Speaker 4: went back to watch the playoff game last year. I

1083
00:55:12,960 --> 00:55:15,480
Speaker 4: noticed that the Bills used like extra help like a

1084
00:55:15,600 --> 00:55:17,800
Speaker 4: chip or an extra offensive lineman tight end, you know

1085
00:55:17,920 --> 00:55:21,200
Speaker 4: Chip and Nick Bonito or Jonathan Cooper, like only thirty

1086
00:55:21,239 --> 00:55:24,080
Speaker 4: eight percent of the time against the Jaguars. Just last

1087
00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:26,759
Speaker 4: week the Bills went like max protect heavy. It was

1088
00:55:26,840 --> 00:55:29,960
Speaker 4: like seventy four percent of the time on Josh Allen's dropbacks.

1089
00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:33,200
Speaker 4: There was Dawson Knox chipping josh Heinz Allen. There was

1090
00:55:33,320 --> 00:55:35,640
Speaker 4: so much help to make sure. What do you think

1091
00:55:35,800 --> 00:55:38,640
Speaker 4: makes more sense for the Bills going into this matchup?

1092
00:55:38,719 --> 00:55:40,680
Speaker 4: Do they go back to what they did and was

1093
00:55:40,800 --> 00:55:43,759
Speaker 4: very effective a year ago against this same defense, or

1094
00:55:44,680 --> 00:55:47,040
Speaker 4: do they deploy what they did against the Jaguars and

1095
00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:50,480
Speaker 4: make sure and make it an emphasis a priority to

1096
00:55:50,560 --> 00:55:53,040
Speaker 4: have Josh Allen be max protected inside the pocket.

1097
00:55:53,760 --> 00:55:56,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's a great point. Now. They even

1098
00:55:56,239 --> 00:55:58,360
Speaker 2: used wide receivers last week as Chipper was quite a

1099
00:55:58,400 --> 00:56:02,920
Speaker 2: bit great call. So you know, the question is is

1100
00:56:03,880 --> 00:56:07,080
Speaker 2: Josh Allen's injuries, you know the quick you whether he's

1101
00:56:07,120 --> 00:56:09,080
Speaker 2: able to you know, move around the way that he

1102
00:56:09,200 --> 00:56:11,920
Speaker 2: normally does. You certainly don't want him hit a lot

1103
00:56:12,840 --> 00:56:15,600
Speaker 2: I would think Chris and Maddie that they probably be

1104
00:56:15,800 --> 00:56:19,360
Speaker 2: closer to what they did against Jacksonville because you just,

1105
00:56:19,520 --> 00:56:22,160
Speaker 2: you know, look, the last thing you want. I mean,

1106
00:56:22,160 --> 00:56:24,560
Speaker 2: you're dealing with two guys off the edge, and I

1107
00:56:24,680 --> 00:56:27,880
Speaker 2: know the tackles for the Bills are good. Obviously, Dawkins

1108
00:56:27,920 --> 00:56:31,000
Speaker 2: is an All Pro Browns a solid pass protector, but

1109
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:33,480
Speaker 2: you know, you're dealing with Benito, who is a truly

1110
00:56:33,640 --> 00:56:37,960
Speaker 2: explosive athlete. You're dealing with Cooper who's both explosive and

1111
00:56:38,120 --> 00:56:41,080
Speaker 2: has some speed to power strength. So you know, you

1112
00:56:41,200 --> 00:56:43,600
Speaker 2: just can't let them get fired up off the football.

1113
00:56:43,880 --> 00:56:45,600
Speaker 2: And you know the thing that the other thing they

1114
00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:47,840
Speaker 2: do really well the Broncos, that is, and you know,

1115
00:56:48,120 --> 00:56:49,799
Speaker 2: as you guys know, they led the league in sacks

1116
00:56:49,880 --> 00:56:51,759
Speaker 2: this year, they led the league in sacks last year,

1117
00:56:52,040 --> 00:56:54,880
Speaker 2: they led the league in sacks on third down both years.

1118
00:56:55,760 --> 00:56:58,920
Speaker 2: Is they create by their their front alignments a lot

1119
00:56:58,960 --> 00:57:01,800
Speaker 2: of one on ones. Because Zach Allen is another player

1120
00:57:01,880 --> 00:57:04,600
Speaker 2: that's really good, Franklin Meyer is really good. These guys

1121
00:57:04,680 --> 00:57:07,839
Speaker 2: can win one on one matchups and they dictate those

1122
00:57:07,880 --> 00:57:11,120
Speaker 2: one on one matchups by their front alignments. So I

1123
00:57:11,239 --> 00:57:15,240
Speaker 2: would think that protection is a major priority. In other words,

1124
00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:18,160
Speaker 2: very often, if Josh is healthy and being Josh Allen,

1125
00:57:18,360 --> 00:57:20,760
Speaker 2: you might think, Okay, if you get a little pressure,

1126
00:57:20,920 --> 00:57:24,280
Speaker 2: he can defeat the pressure because he's Josh Allen. But

1127
00:57:24,520 --> 00:57:26,479
Speaker 2: I don't know, if you know, based on the injury.

1128
00:57:26,560 --> 00:57:28,560
Speaker 2: So we don't know the answer to this obviously, But

1129
00:57:28,760 --> 00:57:30,720
Speaker 2: you know, you may not think that you want him.

1130
00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:33,120
Speaker 2: Maybe he's not going to move quite as well. You know,

1131
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:33,800
Speaker 2: you just don't know.

1132
00:57:35,760 --> 00:57:38,800
Speaker 5: We talked about some opportunities that Buffalo's tight ends may

1133
00:57:38,880 --> 00:57:41,880
Speaker 5: have in this matchup against the linebackers, But when looking

1134
00:57:42,080 --> 00:57:45,160
Speaker 5: at the Broncos defensive backs, you've got Pats or Tan,

1135
00:57:45,280 --> 00:57:47,160
Speaker 5: who's one of the best in the league and who

1136
00:57:47,240 --> 00:57:49,400
Speaker 5: can shut down a lot. You've got Riley Moss, who

1137
00:57:49,480 --> 00:57:52,160
Speaker 5: is also the most targeted player this year but came

1138
00:57:52,280 --> 00:57:56,280
Speaker 5: up with pretty good statistics. What will the opportunities be

1139
00:57:56,440 --> 00:57:59,600
Speaker 5: like for Buffalo's wide receivers in this matchup? Or do

1140
00:57:59,640 --> 00:58:02,520
Speaker 5: you feel like Riley Moss and Patrick Surtan are going

1141
00:58:02,560 --> 00:58:05,600
Speaker 5: to do a fantastic job of stutting down Buffalo's wide outs.

1142
00:58:06,160 --> 00:58:09,040
Speaker 2: Well, I'm kind of a believer, and maybe they're not.

1143
00:58:09,320 --> 00:58:12,480
Speaker 2: I'm always a believer that just because you're going against

1144
00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:14,320
Speaker 2: a great player, you can't take the approach We're never

1145
00:58:14,400 --> 00:58:16,320
Speaker 2: gonna throw the ball. Now, that doesn't mean you're gonna

1146
00:58:16,320 --> 00:58:18,520
Speaker 2: throw twenty balls at Patrick's air tan. But I don't

1147
00:58:18,520 --> 00:58:20,440
Speaker 2: think you can go into a game and say, well,

1148
00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:24,440
Speaker 2: we're gonna change our offense because of Patrick's air tan,

1149
00:58:24,800 --> 00:58:27,200
Speaker 2: you know, and you're going to have to throw the

1150
00:58:27,240 --> 00:58:29,600
Speaker 2: ball to the wide receiver somewhere along the line in

1151
00:58:29,720 --> 00:58:32,720
Speaker 2: this game. Now, there's obviously multiple ways to do that.

1152
00:58:33,600 --> 00:58:35,520
Speaker 2: You know, maybe you're not doing it by just lighting

1153
00:58:35,560 --> 00:58:39,520
Speaker 2: them up outside one on one, but you're gonna Even

1154
00:58:39,560 --> 00:58:42,040
Speaker 2: though I believe tight ends can be really critical in

1155
00:58:42,120 --> 00:58:43,840
Speaker 2: this game as they were a year ago in that

1156
00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:47,200
Speaker 2: in that wild Card game, I still think, look, Josh

1157
00:58:47,240 --> 00:58:49,480
Speaker 2: Allen's not going to drop back fifteen times in this game.

1158
00:58:49,560 --> 00:58:51,320
Speaker 2: That's not the way it's gonna play out. So if

1159
00:58:51,360 --> 00:58:54,120
Speaker 2: he drops back, you know, look, I don't know if

1160
00:58:54,120 --> 00:58:56,360
Speaker 2: people thought he'd have you know, thirty six thirty seven

1161
00:58:56,440 --> 00:58:59,640
Speaker 2: dropbacks against Jacksonville before that game and he ended up

1162
00:58:59,680 --> 00:59:03,280
Speaker 2: being super efficient. And we don't know how this game

1163
00:59:03,360 --> 00:59:05,800
Speaker 2: is going to play out, but you know, it's not

1164
00:59:05,920 --> 00:59:07,680
Speaker 2: going to be one of those games where he's elevens

1165
00:59:07,680 --> 00:59:10,600
Speaker 2: for fifteen and James Cook has thirty two carries. It's

1166
00:59:10,640 --> 00:59:13,080
Speaker 2: probably not going to play out that way. So you

1167
00:59:13,160 --> 00:59:14,560
Speaker 2: know you're going to have to throw the ball to

1168
00:59:14,640 --> 00:59:17,360
Speaker 2: your wide receivers somewhere along the line. And so now

1169
00:59:17,400 --> 00:59:19,160
Speaker 2: it's a function of you know, Joe Brady, how do

1170
00:59:19,240 --> 00:59:21,840
Speaker 2: you go about doing that? You know, as I said,

1171
00:59:21,880 --> 00:59:23,840
Speaker 2: I think the tight ends are critical. I think you

1172
00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:27,080
Speaker 2: can create matchups with your tight end your tight ends.

1173
00:59:27,120 --> 00:59:29,439
Speaker 2: I think you can create some matchups with James Cook,

1174
00:59:29,960 --> 00:59:32,560
Speaker 2: but you can't ignore your wide receivers.

1175
00:59:33,600 --> 00:59:36,200
Speaker 4: Flipping to the defensive side for the Bills. This is

1176
00:59:36,320 --> 00:59:39,000
Speaker 4: just a general question. You can take it wherever you want.

1177
00:59:39,480 --> 00:59:43,000
Speaker 4: In watching bow Knicks film this season, tell me both

1178
00:59:43,560 --> 00:59:46,439
Speaker 4: sides of this. Where have you seen bow Knicks take

1179
00:59:46,480 --> 00:59:50,600
Speaker 4: a stride from rookie year bo Knicks to second year Bonnicks?

1180
00:59:50,600 --> 00:59:52,880
Speaker 4: And where do you think he still struggles and he

1181
00:59:52,920 --> 00:59:55,440
Speaker 4: still looks like even though he's very experienced from college,

1182
00:59:55,640 --> 00:59:57,720
Speaker 4: he still looks like that second year quarterback, Like where

1183
00:59:57,720 --> 01:00:01,240
Speaker 4: are his weaknesses even at this stage of his It's.

1184
01:00:01,080 --> 01:00:03,040
Speaker 2: A great question, Chris, because I think he's been a

1185
01:00:03,080 --> 01:00:05,680
Speaker 2: little uneven this year. I think he's had some really

1186
01:00:05,760 --> 01:00:08,320
Speaker 2: good moments, but I think he's also had some moments

1187
01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:11,880
Speaker 2: where it appears that he's a little forre neetic in

1188
01:00:11,960 --> 01:00:15,560
Speaker 2: the pocket, that he's overreactive to what he perceives is pressure,

1189
01:00:15,920 --> 01:00:19,480
Speaker 2: and then he doesn't see it real cleanly. So you know,

1190
01:00:19,600 --> 01:00:22,760
Speaker 2: obviously pressure is always important no matter who the quarterback is.

1191
01:00:23,800 --> 01:00:25,480
Speaker 2: One of the things that you know, the Bills do

1192
01:00:25,600 --> 01:00:28,720
Speaker 2: exceptionally well because they're not a high percentage blitz defense.

1193
01:00:28,920 --> 01:00:31,760
Speaker 2: They'll blitz and they'll have some simulated pressures where they

1194
01:00:31,840 --> 01:00:33,760
Speaker 2: bring you know, one of the things they do really

1195
01:00:33,800 --> 01:00:36,800
Speaker 2: well is bring defensive backs as part of you know,

1196
01:00:36,960 --> 01:00:39,640
Speaker 2: simulated pressures where it's really a four man pass rush.

1197
01:00:40,520 --> 01:00:42,560
Speaker 2: You know, they play a lot of sort of non

1198
01:00:42,640 --> 01:00:45,600
Speaker 2: traditional cover too. They get to it through a lot

1199
01:00:45,680 --> 01:00:49,120
Speaker 2: of disguise in late rotation. You know, they play a

1200
01:00:49,200 --> 01:00:52,000
Speaker 2: lot of hybrid coverages where it's one coverage on one

1201
01:00:52,080 --> 01:00:54,400
Speaker 2: side and another coverage on the other side. I think

1202
01:00:54,440 --> 01:00:56,640
Speaker 2: you'll see a lot of that because that's the way

1203
01:00:56,720 --> 01:01:00,520
Speaker 2: you can slow down the processing for Bonnicks. And then

1204
01:01:00,560 --> 01:01:02,880
Speaker 2: when you do that, he obviously will move. And then

1205
01:01:03,000 --> 01:01:04,680
Speaker 2: because he does move well, then you've got to be

1206
01:01:04,760 --> 01:01:06,920
Speaker 2: in a position to deal with that. Now we know

1207
01:01:07,400 --> 01:01:09,880
Speaker 2: that they are a spy team, but you know you're

1208
01:01:09,920 --> 01:01:12,320
Speaker 2: not spying on first and ten, you're spying in pure

1209
01:01:12,400 --> 01:01:15,520
Speaker 2: pass and third down situations. But they will spy, and

1210
01:01:15,640 --> 01:01:17,600
Speaker 2: I think that you will continue to see because I

1211
01:01:17,640 --> 01:01:20,760
Speaker 2: think over the last two games they've played fifteen or

1212
01:01:20,800 --> 01:01:24,720
Speaker 2: sixteen snaps of that three three five, which as their nickel,

1213
01:01:24,920 --> 01:01:27,600
Speaker 2: which gets more speed and athleticism on the field.

1214
01:01:29,400 --> 01:01:32,640
Speaker 5: Yeah, it'll be interesting to see how Buffalo uses that

1215
01:01:32,800 --> 01:01:35,880
Speaker 5: three three five look against the Broncos. One thing that

1216
01:01:35,960 --> 01:01:38,760
Speaker 5: the Broncos have struggled with on offense as well, which

1217
01:01:38,800 --> 01:01:41,720
Speaker 5: is led by Bonnicks because he's at the quarterback position,

1218
01:01:42,280 --> 01:01:47,360
Speaker 5: is drives have stopped early. They have a high three

1219
01:01:47,400 --> 01:01:50,480
Speaker 5: and out percentage seven most in the league at thirty

1220
01:01:50,520 --> 01:01:53,200
Speaker 5: eight percent. They're not good at staying on the field

1221
01:01:53,320 --> 01:01:58,040
Speaker 5: and stringing together plays to get to scoring opportunities. So,

1222
01:01:58,520 --> 01:02:01,960
Speaker 5: when looking at how well the Broncos have struggled in

1223
01:02:02,120 --> 01:02:05,080
Speaker 5: doing so, who are some of those players that Buffalo's

1224
01:02:05,120 --> 01:02:07,720
Speaker 5: defense are going to have to have on notice, whether

1225
01:02:07,760 --> 01:02:10,680
Speaker 5: it be Cortland, Sutton or RJ. Harvey the rookie.

1226
01:02:12,440 --> 01:02:15,280
Speaker 2: Well, a couple of things, Number one. I think Sean

1227
01:02:15,400 --> 01:02:18,400
Speaker 2: Payton is going to try at least and see how

1228
01:02:18,480 --> 01:02:20,960
Speaker 2: it works to get the Bills out of that two

1229
01:02:21,120 --> 01:02:23,440
Speaker 2: shell that they always want to be in. And I

1230
01:02:23,560 --> 01:02:26,160
Speaker 2: think he might try to run the ball with big people.

1231
01:02:26,240 --> 01:02:28,240
Speaker 2: They do play with a fallback, they do play with

1232
01:02:28,360 --> 01:02:31,640
Speaker 2: multiple tight ends, you know, and he may see how

1233
01:02:31,720 --> 01:02:34,040
Speaker 2: that goes, because if he can, he would love to

1234
01:02:34,120 --> 01:02:36,960
Speaker 2: get the Bills out of that two shell structure, which

1235
01:02:37,040 --> 01:02:39,280
Speaker 2: you know we spoke about where they do so many

1236
01:02:39,640 --> 01:02:43,040
Speaker 2: things from a coverage standpoint where it's really multiple. And

1237
01:02:43,160 --> 01:02:45,160
Speaker 2: I think Sean does as good a job as anybody

1238
01:02:45,240 --> 01:02:48,919
Speaker 2: in the league in that regard. The player, I think

1239
01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:52,800
Speaker 2: you you know, besides the obvious ones you mentioned, you know, Sutton,

1240
01:02:53,200 --> 01:02:56,360
Speaker 2: I think Marvin Mims is an intriguing player here and

1241
01:02:56,640 --> 01:02:59,520
Speaker 2: he's not a volume target, but they use him. He's

1242
01:02:59,600 --> 01:03:02,400
Speaker 2: kind of the movement receiver. He kind of is there

1243
01:03:02,720 --> 01:03:06,160
Speaker 2: line up anywhere in the formation receiver, and he does

1244
01:03:06,320 --> 01:03:09,200
Speaker 2: have some speed, so you have to be careful with him,

1245
01:03:09,240 --> 01:03:11,880
Speaker 2: you know, because look, the last thing any defense wants

1246
01:03:12,000 --> 01:03:13,640
Speaker 2: is get to do is give up you know, the

1247
01:03:13,680 --> 01:03:16,400
Speaker 2: fifty yard touchdowns. You know that, And obviously the Bills

1248
01:03:16,400 --> 01:03:18,840
Speaker 2: are structured in such a way because of that two

1249
01:03:18,960 --> 01:03:21,240
Speaker 2: shell that they play in a sense top down, and

1250
01:03:21,320 --> 01:03:24,000
Speaker 2: they normally don't let people get behind them, so you know,

1251
01:03:24,360 --> 01:03:26,800
Speaker 2: that's kind of how it's structured. But I think Mims

1252
01:03:26,960 --> 01:03:28,400
Speaker 2: is just a guy. Like I said, it's not as

1253
01:03:28,440 --> 01:03:30,240
Speaker 2: if he's going to get twelve targets, But I think

1254
01:03:30,280 --> 01:03:31,600
Speaker 2: you just got to be careful about him.

1255
01:03:33,080 --> 01:03:36,320
Speaker 4: Last one for me, Greg, you mentioned the Bills are

1256
01:03:36,360 --> 01:03:38,720
Speaker 4: not afraid to use a quarterback spy. They have pretty

1257
01:03:39,040 --> 01:03:41,600
Speaker 4: athletic linebackers. We'll see if Terre Bernard plays or not.

1258
01:03:41,960 --> 01:03:45,040
Speaker 4: Do you think that is the ultimate way to kind

1259
01:03:45,040 --> 01:03:47,160
Speaker 4: of thwart some of what bo Nix wants to do?

1260
01:03:47,200 --> 01:03:50,120
Speaker 4: As a scrambler, he has a very low pressure to sacerate,

1261
01:03:50,200 --> 01:03:52,040
Speaker 4: he does not get sacked a ton, and he is

1262
01:03:52,120 --> 01:03:55,680
Speaker 4: pretty athletic. He's twitchy in the pocket and explosive. Do

1263
01:03:55,800 --> 01:03:58,200
Speaker 4: you think it's it's using a quarterback spy or do

1264
01:03:58,280 --> 01:04:01,360
Speaker 4: you think the defensive ends like Joey Bosa Greg Russo

1265
01:04:01,440 --> 01:04:03,600
Speaker 4: and Bosa admitted he did not have the best game

1266
01:04:03,680 --> 01:04:06,840
Speaker 4: doing this, utilizing some of those cage rushes where you

1267
01:04:07,480 --> 01:04:09,840
Speaker 4: keep the quarterback in the pocket, and that's maybe even

1268
01:04:09,960 --> 01:04:12,160
Speaker 4: more important than actually getting him to the ground.

1269
01:04:13,480 --> 01:04:16,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think they're going to do multiple things, Chris.

1270
01:04:16,080 --> 01:04:19,200
Speaker 2: I don't think there's just gonna have one tactic. But

1271
01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:22,320
Speaker 2: you know, it wouldn't surprise me if they do use

1272
01:04:22,360 --> 01:04:24,240
Speaker 2: a spy. But they're also going to use to what

1273
01:04:24,360 --> 01:04:26,000
Speaker 2: you said, and you know, try to keep him in

1274
01:04:26,040 --> 01:04:28,760
Speaker 2: the pocket, try to show looks as we've discussed on

1275
01:04:28,800 --> 01:04:31,040
Speaker 2: the back end where he just maybe he's not seeing it,

1276
01:04:31,440 --> 01:04:34,360
Speaker 2: you know, clearly, and then you start staying in the

1277
01:04:34,400 --> 01:04:36,880
Speaker 2: pocket longer, and then you know, quarterbacks start, the internal

1278
01:04:36,920 --> 01:04:39,120
Speaker 2: clock goes off and they want to move, and you

1279
01:04:39,160 --> 01:04:41,840
Speaker 2: know he can. I mean he's not I wouldn't say

1280
01:04:41,920 --> 01:04:45,280
Speaker 2: he's you know, explosively dynamic as a runner, but he

1281
01:04:45,360 --> 01:04:47,720
Speaker 2: can run for first downs. I mean, he can do

1282
01:04:47,880 --> 01:04:48,479
Speaker 2: that for sure.

1283
01:04:49,360 --> 01:04:50,360
Speaker 4: So you know, you you.

1284
01:04:50,880 --> 01:04:54,560
Speaker 2: Definitely want to have multiple plans by which you believe

1285
01:04:54,840 --> 01:04:58,400
Speaker 2: that you can control that. So that will be situational,

1286
01:04:58,520 --> 01:05:00,440
Speaker 2: that will depend on the personnel on field.

1287
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Speaker 4: But you know, the.

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Speaker 2: Defenses is it's not an easy The Bills defense on

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Speaker 2: the back end is not an easy defense to play

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Speaker 2: against because they have all these different looks and these

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Speaker 2: hybrid looks and these coverage rotations, and you know, I

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Speaker 2: mean they show you one thing. And you know, even

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Speaker 2: early in the game this past week when when they

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Speaker 2: ended up playing two man coverage and Bishop ended up

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Speaker 2: covering Myers on that out route which you know, theoretically

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Speaker 2: could have been caught, but it wasn't, you know, and

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Speaker 2: he lined up on the line of scrimmage, it looked

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Speaker 2: like he might be a blitzer, you know, and then

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Speaker 2: it became two man, you know, and then even on

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Speaker 2: the final play of the game where you know it,

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Speaker 2: you know, it looks like one thing and then all

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Speaker 2: of a sudden, Bishop is kind of a poacher or

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Speaker 2: a robber in the middle of the field. You know,

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Speaker 2: they just they just change up. The looks an awful lot.

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Speaker 2: And you know, I think that's you know, that's something

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Speaker 2: that's a staple of what of what Sean McDermott does.

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Speaker 2: And you know, because I think if one's being fair,

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Speaker 2: you could say they don't have a great pass rush.

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Speaker 2: They don't have that one guy that you go, oh

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Speaker 2: my god, we'd better stop him or else we're in trouble.

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Speaker 4: Now.

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Speaker 2: There have been games where the past rush has been

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Speaker 2: very good, but you know, I think it's for them,

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Speaker 2: it's more a combination of what they do on the

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Speaker 2: back end feeding the rush as opposed to the rush

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Speaker 2: dictating what happens on the back end.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it'll be very interesting to see how Buffalo mixes

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Speaker 5: things up and tries to confuse Bonix. Make him hold

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Speaker 5: onto the ball just a second longer so Buffalo's defense

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Speaker 5: can pounce. Greg, we want to thank you for coming

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Speaker 5: on the show and helping us break down this big

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Speaker 5: divisional round matchup between the Bills and the Broncos.

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Speaker 2: Thanks, guys, really appreciate it.

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Speaker 4: Thanks Greg.

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Speaker 5: All right. That was Greg co Cell, NFL Films senior producer,

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Speaker 5: also the co host of ESPN's NFL matchup Bill's Mafia.

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Speaker 5: It's tailgating season and there's nothing better than Pepsi zero

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Speaker 5: sugar to pair with your favorite tailgating food rituals before

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Speaker 5: the game. As the Great Josh Allen once said, Bills

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Speaker 5: fans deserve Pepsi. Make sure that you stock up for

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Speaker 5: game day. Go Bills. All right, We got a little

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Speaker 5: bit of time to go back to the phone lines,

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Speaker 5: so we're going to Tom in Wheatfield, who's been hanging

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Speaker 5: on for a while.

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Speaker 3: Tom, how are you doing good.

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Speaker 6: How you doing, guys, Happy Friday.

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Speaker 5: Happy slidate it.

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Speaker 6: Yeah right, it went fast.

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Speaker 3: Tomorrow's the game.

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Speaker 6: So I got a prediction and I got a really

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Speaker 6: click note on about the media.

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Speaker 8: First off, yep, I think if I'm looking at this

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Speaker 8: game like back in the in the early nineties when

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Speaker 8: we beat Miami on the road for the championship game

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Speaker 8: twenty nine to ten, I think it's gonna be a

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Speaker 8: methodical win. I'm saying twenty seven to ten as.

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Speaker 6: Long as we keep cash clean limit if not, eliminate

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Speaker 6: the turnovers and do okay with the penalties. I know

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Speaker 6: we're nine to two with the well with the referee.

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Speaker 6: I don't know who's the rest of the crew, but

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Speaker 6: that's my prediction. I'm just I'm feeling it, and uh,

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Speaker 6: I just I have a good feeling about it. Don't

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01:08:08,400 --> 01:08:10,960
Speaker 6: ask me why because I don't, but I just think,

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Speaker 6: Uh that combined with Sean Payton's media thing with the

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Speaker 6: with the reporter yesterday about downhill running, I don't think

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Speaker 6: that was very nice. Last thing I would say is

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Speaker 6: if you guys had a chance to see Steve Piscott,

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Speaker 6: he's uh press conference. This guy is like appointment radio

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01:08:30,760 --> 01:08:33,320
Speaker 6: or TV or whatever. This guy, he's hilarious. He's the

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Speaker 6: owner of the Ravens and uh, very interesting what he

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Speaker 6: says and how he says. It's just it was very entertaining.

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Speaker 6: I'll say that much. But uh, go Bells and uh

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Speaker 6: let's go.

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Speaker 4: I love it.

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Speaker 5: Thanks for the call, Tom, go Bills is right.

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Speaker 4: I think he was referencing Steve Ashatti. They made a

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01:08:52,960 --> 01:08:57,280
Speaker 4: mention like if the Tyler loop made the field goal,

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01:08:57,320 --> 01:08:59,599
Speaker 4: would John keep his job?

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01:08:59,680 --> 01:09:02,639
Speaker 5: And his said for for another week? For more week?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, And then they asked if Lamar Jackson would have

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Speaker 4: a say in who the next head coach would be

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Speaker 4: of the Ravens, and he kind of like said, I mean,

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01:09:09,840 --> 01:09:11,760
Speaker 4: he has a say, but he has no power. So

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01:09:11,960 --> 01:09:13,720
Speaker 4: that's an owner being an owner. He owns a team.

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Speaker 5: Hey, you own the team, you can make the decisions.

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01:09:16,680 --> 01:09:20,120
Speaker 5: All right, Let's go to Aaron who's been hanging on

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01:09:20,240 --> 01:09:22,000
Speaker 5: from Oregon. Aaron, how you doing?

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01:09:22,920 --> 01:09:25,000
Speaker 3: Hey, I'm doing great days. Thanks for stepping in for

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01:09:25,560 --> 01:09:29,680
Speaker 3: Stephen Chris. Hey, I wanted to check in on a

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01:09:29,760 --> 01:09:32,599
Speaker 3: couple of veterans that I think maybe good call ups

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01:09:32,880 --> 01:09:37,000
Speaker 3: to help us out this weekend. I was thinking maybe

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01:09:37,439 --> 01:09:41,360
Speaker 3: Nicole Hardman for his kick return part return abilities and

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01:09:41,600 --> 01:09:45,360
Speaker 3: then also to stretch the defense. And then also Matthew Judon,

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01:09:45,479 --> 01:09:47,360
Speaker 3: I know he's really good at setting the edge and

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01:09:47,960 --> 01:09:50,880
Speaker 3: and I think he could maybe help keep Bonix, you know,

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Speaker 3: contained a little bit. So I want to see, like,

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Speaker 3: who you think you know, I know it's kind of

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01:09:56,200 --> 01:09:58,720
Speaker 3: a number numbers game, but who you think maybe we

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01:09:58,760 --> 01:09:59,439
Speaker 3: should call up?

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Speaker 6: And and why?

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01:10:01,000 --> 01:10:03,120
Speaker 3: And if he could leave me on then I can

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Speaker 3: listen to you guys awesome.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Mikael Hardman, I think is a great player that

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01:10:09,960 --> 01:10:13,360
Speaker 5: you mentioned. I kind of was wondering the same just

1395
01:10:13,479 --> 01:10:18,479
Speaker 5: because Kalosha Kir had twelve targets in last week's game.

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01:10:18,640 --> 01:10:21,280
Speaker 5: If they plan to use him as much as they

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01:10:21,439 --> 01:10:23,800
Speaker 5: did in the wildcard round, I really think it makes

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01:10:23,840 --> 01:10:26,200
Speaker 5: sense to take the pressure off of him in the

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01:10:26,280 --> 01:10:30,000
Speaker 5: return game and use somebody else like McCole. Hardman. He's

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Speaker 5: been back from that injury long enough where I think

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01:10:32,400 --> 01:10:35,400
Speaker 5: he could be a factor in this matchup in a

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01:10:35,479 --> 01:10:38,439
Speaker 5: good way. And yeah, Matthew Judon, he's been on the

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01:10:38,520 --> 01:10:40,720
Speaker 5: roster now long enough where I think you have a

1404
01:10:40,800 --> 01:10:44,240
Speaker 5: good understanding of the defense and what you need to

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01:10:44,320 --> 01:10:47,160
Speaker 5: do within Buffalo's defense, and if they are looking for

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01:10:47,280 --> 01:10:49,719
Speaker 5: somebody to do a better job of setting the edge

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01:10:49,760 --> 01:10:52,600
Speaker 5: and believe that he can be a factor in doing so,

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01:10:53,080 --> 01:10:55,840
Speaker 5: I think Judon is a great option as well, you know,

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01:10:56,000 --> 01:10:59,880
Speaker 5: in his tenth year in the league. So we'll see

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01:11:00,040 --> 01:11:02,240
Speaker 5: at Buffalo has in story are there? What did you

1411
01:11:02,280 --> 01:11:04,360
Speaker 5: think of those players? Any other players that you think

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01:11:04,439 --> 01:11:06,880
Speaker 5: could be good call ups? Another person too that I

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01:11:06,960 --> 01:11:09,880
Speaker 5: think would make sense is Christian Wilkerson, just for his

1414
01:11:10,080 --> 01:11:14,000
Speaker 5: blocking ability. If they're looking for another Tyrell Shaver's Gabe

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01:11:14,040 --> 01:11:16,679
Speaker 5: Davis esque player and believe they really missed out, they're

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01:11:16,760 --> 01:11:19,040
Speaker 5: missing out on those two not being a part of

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01:11:19,040 --> 01:11:21,320
Speaker 5: the lineup, I think he could be important as well.

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01:11:21,520 --> 01:11:23,320
Speaker 4: Yeah, I agree with you on all that I think.

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01:11:23,880 --> 01:11:26,080
Speaker 4: I mean I mentioned Kalechi lot too earlier in the show.

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01:11:26,600 --> 01:11:28,400
Speaker 4: Not a receiver, he's a tight end, but he really

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01:11:28,520 --> 01:11:30,719
Speaker 4: likes to get after it in the trenches as a blocker.

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01:11:30,760 --> 01:11:32,759
Speaker 4: If the Bills wanted to try to deploy that bully

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01:11:32,840 --> 01:11:35,519
Speaker 4: ball and run the football more effectively and just put

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01:11:35,560 --> 01:11:37,439
Speaker 4: an emphasis on it, look out for him.

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Speaker 5: Yep.

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Speaker 4: What I wonder with Matthew Judon vers Andre Jones, who

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01:11:41,120 --> 01:11:42,920
Speaker 4: has been the call up from the practice squad at

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01:11:42,960 --> 01:11:45,240
Speaker 4: defensive end to kind of be that defensive end four

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01:11:45,920 --> 01:11:49,280
Speaker 4: on this roster. Andre Jones has played a lot down

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01:11:49,360 --> 01:11:51,640
Speaker 4: the stretch, and he played against Jacksonville. Now he is

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01:11:51,760 --> 01:11:54,720
Speaker 4: a practice squad guy. He wasn't lighting the world on

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01:11:54,800 --> 01:11:56,840
Speaker 4: fire in the game against Jacksonville. But this will just

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01:11:57,000 --> 01:12:01,000
Speaker 4: be someone that is familiar with, you know, game action

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01:12:01,160 --> 01:12:05,320
Speaker 4: and his game conditioned against Matthew Judah, who certainly has

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01:12:05,439 --> 01:12:07,720
Speaker 4: been in Buffalo long enough, but has not been with

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01:12:07,800 --> 01:12:11,200
Speaker 4: the team the entire season, only played a handful of

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01:12:11,280 --> 01:12:14,120
Speaker 4: snaps in the regular season finale against the Jets, but

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Speaker 4: he has so much experience. He's played in other playoff games.

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01:12:16,840 --> 01:12:19,120
Speaker 4: He's a ten year vet. Like you mentioned, I wonder

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01:12:19,520 --> 01:12:22,280
Speaker 4: what the Bills prioritize at this point. I would say

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01:12:22,920 --> 01:12:26,000
Speaker 4: more often than not. And we've talked about the cohesive

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01:12:26,080 --> 01:12:28,760
Speaker 4: unit that this Bill's defense has become. I think Sean

1443
01:12:28,880 --> 01:12:32,680
Speaker 4: McDermott and Bobby Babbage actually leaned toward the players who

1444
01:12:32,720 --> 01:12:34,760
Speaker 4: have been on the field and played more snaps and

1445
01:12:34,960 --> 01:12:38,439
Speaker 4: understand their specific role and how it impacts everyone else

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01:12:38,520 --> 01:12:39,040
Speaker 4: on the defense.

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01:12:39,120 --> 01:12:42,320
Speaker 5: Yeah, I agree, Tom, Thank you so much for that call.

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01:12:42,800 --> 01:12:44,880
Speaker 5: We got to take a break, but coming up next

1449
01:12:45,000 --> 01:12:47,439
Speaker 5: will answer more of your phone calls and head to

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01:12:47,560 --> 01:12:50,400
Speaker 5: our mail bag to answer those questions. Where One Bill's

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Speaker 5: doing with food. This first one is fantastic, Trey says,

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01:13:42,560 --> 01:13:44,600
Speaker 5: a chai latte. And then what are we gonna do

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01:13:44,640 --> 01:13:46,960
Speaker 5: after a chai late We're gonna go to the gym?

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01:13:47,240 --> 01:13:50,879
Speaker 5: What about after that? We're gonna hammer ten beers before kickoff?

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01:13:51,360 --> 01:13:54,360
Speaker 5: After that, embarrass my family during the game after that,

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01:13:54,760 --> 01:13:57,200
Speaker 5: and then either be the happiest or saddest person of

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Speaker 5: all time, depending on the outcome. That's like you are

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Speaker 5: about to go on a roller coaster, my friend, a

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Speaker 5: four hour roller coaster event.

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Speaker 4: So if we didn't have the name on this and

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Speaker 4: it says from Trey, I would have sworn that was

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Speaker 4: a few of my friends. That's a lot of the

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01:14:13,120 --> 01:14:16,120
Speaker 4: guys that I'm friends with from home are They're doing

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01:14:16,200 --> 01:14:18,280
Speaker 4: a lot of that same stuff. They're hyping up on

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01:14:18,400 --> 01:14:22,320
Speaker 4: caffeine in the morning, going to the gym, drinking, yeah,

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01:14:22,439 --> 01:14:26,880
Speaker 4: pretty heavily, and then they are riding their emotions on

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01:14:27,040 --> 01:14:28,760
Speaker 4: every single play, every single drive of this.

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Speaker 5: Mom Oh my gosh. I don't I know. I know,

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Speaker 5: I work these games, but I don't know if I could,

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Speaker 5: I could involve some drinks in.

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01:14:37,479 --> 01:14:39,360
Speaker 4: The mix, because I've flohol.

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Speaker 5: I just want to be sat for this matchup and

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Speaker 5: dialed in. Scott says he's going to enjoy some pizza

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01:14:46,320 --> 01:14:50,120
Speaker 5: and PEPSI those things go together perfectly, and then Jack says,

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Speaker 5: I'm heading to missus Jack's friends for the game, putting

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01:14:53,560 --> 01:14:56,920
Speaker 5: together a chicken bacon ranch dip with bugles for dipping,

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01:14:57,360 --> 01:15:00,280
Speaker 5: maybe some pretzels as well. Yum. I feel like this

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01:15:00,360 --> 01:15:02,320
Speaker 5: is going to be a low scoring game. Through three

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Speaker 5: quarters before a fourth quarter explosion. Bills by seven. I

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01:15:06,840 --> 01:15:09,200
Speaker 5: like Bills by seven, you know, just thinking, you know,

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Speaker 5: what do I think this game is going to end?

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01:15:12,040 --> 01:15:15,160
Speaker 5: And I like Bills by seven. I think we're gonna

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Speaker 5: see some fireworks in the fourth quarter. I think those

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01:15:17,640 --> 01:15:20,720
Speaker 5: fireworks could be from both teams. I think Buffalo comes

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Speaker 5: out as victorious. But Bo Nicks is a really good

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01:15:23,320 --> 01:15:25,640
Speaker 5: quarterback in the fourth quarter, just like Josh allen Is.

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Speaker 4: I totally agree and with Jack. I like that he

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Speaker 4: mentioned a dip. I'm a big believer that when you're

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01:15:31,360 --> 01:15:33,280
Speaker 4: watching a football game, there has to be at least

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Speaker 4: one dip available. I usually just go with my usual.

1501
01:15:36,920 --> 01:15:38,559
Speaker 4: I have it down. I can do it in my sleep,

1502
01:15:38,600 --> 01:15:41,800
Speaker 4: Buffalo chicken wing dip. I can eat the entire pie

1503
01:15:42,880 --> 01:15:45,120
Speaker 4: dish and I but I like to share it with everyone.

1504
01:15:45,439 --> 01:15:47,759
Speaker 4: So I think a chicken bacon ranch dip with bugles,

1505
01:15:47,800 --> 01:15:50,240
Speaker 4: which I've never really heard of. Dipping it in bugles

1506
01:15:50,400 --> 01:15:53,479
Speaker 4: actually sounds super good. So that's good on Jack. I mean,

1507
01:15:53,760 --> 01:15:58,280
Speaker 4: Scott and Trey very good recommendations too, especially Trey's. But

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01:15:58,880 --> 01:16:01,400
Speaker 4: I very much with Jack because I think when you're

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01:16:01,439 --> 01:16:03,799
Speaker 4: watching the game, maybe it's just like when you're anxious,

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01:16:03,840 --> 01:16:06,479
Speaker 4: you can just keep grabbing another bugle, keep grabbing another

1511
01:16:06,560 --> 01:16:09,040
Speaker 4: tortilla chip if it's buffalo chicken wing dip. I think

1512
01:16:09,120 --> 01:16:11,479
Speaker 4: it is a necessity when you're watching a football I've.

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01:16:11,400 --> 01:16:14,280
Speaker 5: Noticed for these playoff games, I feel like I just

1514
01:16:14,720 --> 01:16:17,120
Speaker 5: I don't want to eat at all. I'm not hungry

1515
01:16:17,280 --> 01:16:20,280
Speaker 5: at all. I'm way too locked in and your appetite

1516
01:16:20,280 --> 01:16:23,439
Speaker 5: is suppressed. Yeah, the emotions are, you know, in front

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01:16:23,479 --> 01:16:26,160
Speaker 5: of the appetite. So I feel like I'm almost a

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01:16:26,240 --> 01:16:28,400
Speaker 5: player who goes into battle and is like, I'm not

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01:16:28,479 --> 01:16:30,400
Speaker 5: going to eat anything before this game. You talk to

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01:16:30,439 --> 01:16:32,840
Speaker 5: a lot of our players about what their game day

1521
01:16:33,200 --> 01:16:35,920
Speaker 5: routine is, and if it's like a one o'clock game,

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01:16:35,920 --> 01:16:38,040
Speaker 5: a lot of these guys will just fast up until

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01:16:38,080 --> 01:16:41,240
Speaker 5: the game, maybe have something small because they feel like

1524
01:16:41,320 --> 01:16:43,960
Speaker 5: they play better when they don't have anything in their stomach.

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01:16:44,040 --> 01:16:45,960
Speaker 5: They feel like they're a lot lighter on their feet.

1526
01:16:46,600 --> 01:16:51,000
Speaker 5: So since it's an afternoon game, early afternoon Denver time,

1527
01:16:51,080 --> 01:16:54,000
Speaker 5: it'll be interesting to see what these guys do in

1528
01:16:54,080 --> 01:16:56,880
Speaker 5: terms of fueling their body ahead of the matchup. Back

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01:16:56,960 --> 01:17:00,519
Speaker 5: to the phones, we go, Curtis is on with us.

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01:17:00,640 --> 01:17:01,400
Speaker 5: Curtis how you doing.

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01:17:03,120 --> 01:17:05,679
Speaker 9: Hey, are you guys doing? Maddie? It is a pleasure

1532
01:17:05,720 --> 01:17:09,160
Speaker 9: to be on with you. I think that you know,

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01:17:09,240 --> 01:17:11,680
Speaker 9: we all love Steve, we all love Brownie, but you

1534
01:17:12,080 --> 01:17:16,360
Speaker 9: are the crown jewel of everything they do, so we'd appreciate.

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01:17:16,000 --> 01:17:19,960
Speaker 5: You, Maddie. Thank you so sweet. Appreciated. Curtis, how are

1536
01:17:19,960 --> 01:17:21,040
Speaker 5: you feeling about Saturday?

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01:17:21,240 --> 01:17:26,920
Speaker 9: Yes, Phil's Mafia, Bill's backers, I'm feeling great. I really

1538
01:17:27,040 --> 01:17:29,360
Speaker 9: think what's gonna come down is being tangible. So of

1539
01:17:29,400 --> 01:17:31,600
Speaker 9: course we're going to try to run the ball and

1540
01:17:31,800 --> 01:17:35,920
Speaker 9: use some of our short slants and drags with our

1541
01:17:36,080 --> 01:17:38,760
Speaker 9: tight ends and our running backs. But I think once

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01:17:38,920 --> 01:17:40,960
Speaker 9: they try to cheat up in the box and get

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01:17:41,000 --> 01:17:43,479
Speaker 9: out of their five to two, I think what's gonna

1544
01:17:43,520 --> 01:17:47,400
Speaker 9: be the X factor is either Keyon Coleman on nice

1545
01:17:47,520 --> 01:17:52,439
Speaker 9: Will Curls and also Brandon Cooks on a deep dive.

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01:17:54,160 --> 01:17:54,600
Speaker 1: I like that.

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01:17:55,080 --> 01:17:55,519
Speaker 4: I love it.

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01:17:55,640 --> 01:17:59,599
Speaker 5: Thanks for the call, Kurtish, Curtis appreciate it. Keon Coleman

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01:17:59,680 --> 01:18:03,080
Speaker 5: mentioned I like that he had a big catch against Jacksonville,

1550
01:18:03,800 --> 01:18:08,440
Speaker 5: And you know, without a Gabe Davis, without a Tyrrell Shavers,

1551
01:18:08,560 --> 01:18:11,720
Speaker 5: maybe Kean Coleman gets a few more targets in this

1552
01:18:11,920 --> 01:18:13,960
Speaker 5: matchup and really comes up big for Buffalo.

1553
01:18:14,160 --> 01:18:16,600
Speaker 4: And Curtis said something that I haven't spoken yet, but

1554
01:18:16,640 --> 01:18:18,320
Speaker 4: I wanted to when I was coming on the show today.

1555
01:18:19,040 --> 01:18:22,719
Speaker 4: Josh Allen starting a game with the high percentage short

1556
01:18:22,800 --> 01:18:25,599
Speaker 4: throws to get him into a rhythm. He started nine

1557
01:18:25,680 --> 01:18:28,160
Speaker 4: of ten against the Jaguars for like under eighty yards,

1558
01:18:28,200 --> 01:18:30,719
Speaker 4: So it's not about can they hit a huge eighty

1559
01:18:30,760 --> 01:18:33,400
Speaker 4: yard touchdown over the top. I always go back to

1560
01:18:33,479 --> 01:18:36,040
Speaker 4: the Cole Beasley, John Brown and Diggs days. It felt

1561
01:18:36,240 --> 01:18:39,400
Speaker 4: like when Josh Allen can settle in early, get the

1562
01:18:39,439 --> 01:18:42,599
Speaker 4: completetion percentage up six yard gain, five yard gain, nine

1563
01:18:42,680 --> 01:18:45,599
Speaker 4: yard gain, seven yard gain, that's when he ultimately plays

1564
01:18:45,640 --> 01:18:47,800
Speaker 4: the best, where he can really get into that flow state.

1565
01:18:48,120 --> 01:18:50,880
Speaker 4: He's not as concerned about the pass rush, which maybe

1566
01:18:50,960 --> 01:18:54,080
Speaker 4: leads into Greg's point that they're gonna max protect. But

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01:18:54,320 --> 01:18:57,240
Speaker 4: what Curtis just mentioned, getting the ball out of his hands,

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01:18:57,360 --> 01:19:00,240
Speaker 4: whether it's Khalil Shakira Bunch or whether it's the tight

1569
01:19:00,320 --> 01:19:02,479
Speaker 4: ends are the running backs, I think that is still

1570
01:19:02,600 --> 01:19:05,160
Speaker 4: going to be key for Josh Allen in the passing offense,

1571
01:19:05,560 --> 01:19:07,160
Speaker 4: just like it was last week against the Jet No,

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01:19:07,200 --> 01:19:07,519
Speaker 4: A lot.

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01:19:07,439 --> 01:19:09,960
Speaker 5: Of analysts have said that quick game for Buffalo is

1574
01:19:10,000 --> 01:19:13,920
Speaker 5: going to be important in this matchup against the Denver Broncos,

1575
01:19:13,960 --> 01:19:16,960
Speaker 5: and something else that Buffalo has had success doing so

1576
01:19:17,479 --> 01:19:19,720
Speaker 5: that you might see just to get Buffalo in a

1577
01:19:19,800 --> 01:19:24,040
Speaker 5: rhythm early offensively is going with a more no huddle look,

1578
01:19:24,760 --> 01:19:27,479
Speaker 5: trying to hurry up the Broncos defense, who they have

1579
01:19:27,600 --> 01:19:30,360
Speaker 5: on the field, what they're doing. Sometimes when Buffalo has

1580
01:19:30,400 --> 01:19:32,519
Speaker 5: gone to that, you've really seen Alan get in a

1581
01:19:32,560 --> 01:19:35,800
Speaker 5: good rhythm with his receivers, tight ends and running backs.

1582
01:19:36,040 --> 01:19:38,880
Speaker 5: Let's go to Stephen in Florida. Steven, how you doing.

1583
01:19:38,920 --> 01:19:41,439
Speaker 5: There's snow on the ground here. What's it like in Florida?

1584
01:19:43,320 --> 01:19:47,080
Speaker 10: It was in the thirties this morning. So I'm a

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01:19:47,120 --> 01:19:50,280
Speaker 10: Nadi of Buffalonian. Yeah, I'm a native Buffalonian. So I

1586
01:19:50,400 --> 01:19:53,679
Speaker 10: tell people here you don't know what cold is. Cold

1587
01:19:53,720 --> 01:19:56,280
Speaker 10: has with a twenty degrees and the wind chill makes

1588
01:19:56,320 --> 01:19:57,040
Speaker 10: it down to zero.

1589
01:19:58,080 --> 01:19:58,680
Speaker 6: I went through the.

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01:19:58,720 --> 01:20:03,000
Speaker 10: Infamous Blizzard of seven, so I know what cold is.

1591
01:20:03,120 --> 01:20:06,559
Speaker 10: But I wanted to say, first of all, I really

1592
01:20:06,560 --> 01:20:11,639
Speaker 10: appreciate WGR. When I'm watching the game, I will turn

1593
01:20:11,760 --> 01:20:15,719
Speaker 10: the sound down and turn up Chris Brown Eric Wood

1594
01:20:16,080 --> 01:20:19,680
Speaker 10: and Cell Capagio because they do a stellar job. I

1595
01:20:19,840 --> 01:20:22,559
Speaker 10: just really and Maddie, you do a great job as well.

1596
01:20:22,600 --> 01:20:25,720
Speaker 10: I gotta reflect with the last collar just said as well.

1597
01:20:26,640 --> 01:20:28,439
Speaker 10: But I wanted to say as far as this game

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01:20:28,560 --> 01:20:31,000
Speaker 10: coming up, I'm a whole lot less concerned the fact

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01:20:31,040 --> 01:20:35,479
Speaker 10: that I'm really feeling good about this game tomorrow. You know,

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01:20:35,640 --> 01:20:39,600
Speaker 10: people I think are forgetting that basically this the Broncos.

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01:20:40,040 --> 01:20:43,400
Speaker 10: This is pretty much the same team that Buffalo blew

1602
01:20:43,479 --> 01:20:45,400
Speaker 10: out last year. I think it was like thirty one

1603
01:20:45,520 --> 01:20:48,639
Speaker 10: to seven. So now I know it was at home.

1604
01:20:48,720 --> 01:20:51,479
Speaker 10: I understand that it was you know a lot, you know,

1605
01:20:51,600 --> 01:20:56,400
Speaker 10: the cold, with the snow, but still, you know, Buffalo's

1606
01:20:56,439 --> 01:20:58,840
Speaker 10: not going into an environment that they're not used to.

1607
01:20:58,960 --> 01:21:02,320
Speaker 10: The elevations higher. Sure, but here's the bottom line. You

1608
01:21:02,439 --> 01:21:05,360
Speaker 10: look at Josh Allen in that game last week against

1609
01:21:05,400 --> 01:21:09,160
Speaker 10: the Jags. He played a near perfect game, eighty percent

1610
01:21:09,320 --> 01:21:14,559
Speaker 10: completion rate. He was just on his game. And Okay, yeah,

1611
01:21:14,680 --> 01:21:17,439
Speaker 10: they they stopped the run game. You know we expected that.

1612
01:21:17,640 --> 01:21:20,160
Speaker 10: But still the way he was able to pass the

1613
01:21:20,280 --> 01:21:24,240
Speaker 10: ball and just hit his receivers and uh, you know,

1614
01:21:24,600 --> 01:21:27,320
Speaker 10: if you look back at this season, you know, here

1615
01:21:27,560 --> 01:21:30,080
Speaker 10: in the beginning was there was concerns about the defense.

1616
01:21:30,439 --> 01:21:33,320
Speaker 10: Then it's what's going on with Kean Coleman. Then it's man,

1617
01:21:33,400 --> 01:21:36,040
Speaker 10: what's going on with Josh Allen. But here's what I've

1618
01:21:36,040 --> 01:21:39,360
Speaker 10: been telling people all along. The first game of the season,

1619
01:21:39,680 --> 01:21:41,960
Speaker 10: I said, Buffalo is going to make a statement to

1620
01:21:42,080 --> 01:21:44,960
Speaker 10: the whole league. We are the team to beat and

1621
01:21:45,120 --> 01:21:47,600
Speaker 10: this year we're on a mission to take this franchise

1622
01:21:47,800 --> 01:21:50,320
Speaker 10: all the way back to the Super Bowl and win it.

1623
01:21:50,880 --> 01:21:52,960
Speaker 10: And so the thing is is that here you got

1624
01:21:53,040 --> 01:21:56,000
Speaker 10: the Bills. Now they're on a roll. I don't see

1625
01:21:56,080 --> 01:21:58,240
Speaker 10: them being beat in this game. In fact, I'm going

1626
01:21:58,320 --> 01:22:00,560
Speaker 10: to predict this. I think the bio are going to

1627
01:22:00,640 --> 01:22:04,960
Speaker 10: win this game thirty five to twenty four. That's my

1628
01:22:05,080 --> 01:22:08,040
Speaker 10: prediction for this game. But I've said all along, as

1629
01:22:08,120 --> 01:22:10,639
Speaker 10: long as Number seventeen as healthy and on the field,

1630
01:22:11,320 --> 01:22:14,240
Speaker 10: the Buffalo Bills, you never count them out and count

1631
01:22:14,320 --> 01:22:16,040
Speaker 10: on them winning. So go Bills.

1632
01:22:17,560 --> 01:22:20,400
Speaker 5: I love it. Thanks for the call. Steven In the

1633
01:22:20,600 --> 01:22:23,479
Speaker 5: thirties is what he thinks that Buffalo is going to score.

1634
01:22:24,040 --> 01:22:24,720
Speaker 5: I would love that.

1635
01:22:25,040 --> 01:22:25,120
Speaker 1: Uh.

1636
01:22:25,360 --> 01:22:26,680
Speaker 4: I was more surprised. He said it was in the

1637
01:22:26,760 --> 01:22:28,320
Speaker 4: thirties in Florida, this morning.

1638
01:22:29,120 --> 01:22:31,559
Speaker 5: Holy as we go on in the week, I mean,

1639
01:22:31,560 --> 01:22:34,680
Speaker 5: I've always felt good about this matchup. I know the

1640
01:22:34,800 --> 01:22:38,040
Speaker 5: Denver Broncos have a good defense, but just in doing

1641
01:22:38,160 --> 01:22:42,439
Speaker 5: research and hearing from analysts, I think everybody's on a

1642
01:22:42,560 --> 01:22:46,040
Speaker 5: similar page and that Buffalo will have opportunities against this

1643
01:22:46,160 --> 01:22:49,759
Speaker 5: Broncos defense and in some areas matchup really well against

1644
01:22:50,200 --> 01:22:54,400
Speaker 5: the Broncos. One thing that we haven't brought up that

1645
01:22:54,520 --> 01:22:57,760
Speaker 5: I think is important to this matchup, and you dove

1646
01:22:57,800 --> 01:23:01,040
Speaker 5: into some of these numbers, is how the Broncos defense. Wow,

1647
01:23:01,120 --> 01:23:03,000
Speaker 5: if you look at their season as a whole, you know,

1648
01:23:03,400 --> 01:23:05,800
Speaker 5: you know, top ten, top five across the board in

1649
01:23:05,880 --> 01:23:09,880
Speaker 5: several statistics, but they have taken a pretty big step

1650
01:23:10,000 --> 01:23:13,200
Speaker 5: back in the final six ish weeks of the season.

1651
01:23:14,520 --> 01:23:17,840
Speaker 5: They were facing some backup quarterbacks in those matchups and

1652
01:23:17,920 --> 01:23:21,960
Speaker 5: in still struggled. Yes, they were winning games, but defensively

1653
01:23:22,120 --> 01:23:25,080
Speaker 5: in different categories, took a step back. And it'll be

1654
01:23:25,200 --> 01:23:29,080
Speaker 5: interesting to see what defense shows up tomorrow against the Bills.

1655
01:23:29,200 --> 01:23:31,160
Speaker 4: Yeah, jumping back to the offense quick, that was a

1656
01:23:31,400 --> 01:23:33,360
Speaker 4: very good point because it has not been the same

1657
01:23:33,439 --> 01:23:36,160
Speaker 4: Bronco's defense down the stretch. In those last two games,

1658
01:23:36,560 --> 01:23:41,000
Speaker 4: Chiefs Chris Oladokin and Chargers with Trey Lance, and they

1659
01:23:41,040 --> 01:23:43,960
Speaker 4: won those games twenty to thirteen and nineteen to three,

1660
01:23:44,080 --> 01:23:47,439
Speaker 4: so they didn't necessarily, you know, totally dominate offensively, and

1661
01:23:47,520 --> 01:23:51,439
Speaker 4: they did get two like preseason level quarterbacks that they face.

1662
01:23:51,640 --> 01:23:53,479
Speaker 4: But I want to say one thing that that last

1663
01:23:53,520 --> 01:23:56,840
Speaker 4: caller mentioned. It's I think a fascinating point to hear

1664
01:23:57,040 --> 01:23:59,320
Speaker 4: something that a player says during the week and then

1665
01:23:59,400 --> 01:24:02,280
Speaker 4: see it bear out on the field. Before the Jaguars game,

1666
01:24:02,360 --> 01:24:05,600
Speaker 4: Josh Allen said Joe Brady had me self scout and

1667
01:24:05,760 --> 01:24:08,960
Speaker 4: he admitted he came out and said, I was blown

1668
01:24:09,000 --> 01:24:12,920
Speaker 4: away by how many easy underneath throws I was passing

1669
01:24:13,000 --> 01:24:14,880
Speaker 4: up and I was missing. And we heard so much,

1670
01:24:15,360 --> 01:24:19,320
Speaker 4: justifiably so about Josh Allen going from fourteen sacks during

1671
01:24:19,439 --> 01:24:23,080
Speaker 4: last regular season to forty this year. And it kind

1672
01:24:23,120 --> 01:24:26,519
Speaker 4: of to me hearing and watching Josh Allen say that

1673
01:24:26,640 --> 01:24:29,559
Speaker 4: that he self scouted all of his dropbacks and understood, man,

1674
01:24:29,600 --> 01:24:32,559
Speaker 4: there's so many open throws. And in the playoffs, getting

1675
01:24:32,600 --> 01:24:35,000
Speaker 4: to second and six is not bad. Getting to third

1676
01:24:35,040 --> 01:24:36,599
Speaker 4: and two is not the worst thing in the world.

1677
01:24:36,640 --> 01:24:38,920
Speaker 4: It's better than taking a sack and then see him

1678
01:24:39,240 --> 01:24:43,360
Speaker 4: play hyper methodical, super precise, take the underneath throws when

1679
01:24:43,400 --> 01:24:46,240
Speaker 4: it's there, be okay with second and five and okay

1680
01:24:46,320 --> 01:24:48,719
Speaker 4: with third and one. I think was a huge step,

1681
01:24:48,960 --> 01:24:52,040
Speaker 4: not necessarily for his development, but to have the in

1682
01:24:52,320 --> 01:24:57,120
Speaker 4: season or before the playoff adjustment was huge for Josh Allen,

1683
01:24:57,160 --> 01:24:58,840
Speaker 4: and I think that will continue to bear out in

1684
01:24:58,920 --> 01:24:59,479
Speaker 4: this game and.

1685
01:24:59,520 --> 01:25:01,479
Speaker 5: Even take not a step further. I think it was

1686
01:25:01,640 --> 01:25:05,719
Speaker 5: huge that Allan was able to be so methodical against

1687
01:25:05,720 --> 01:25:08,639
Speaker 5: the Jacksonville Jaguars and go through his reads, making sure

1688
01:25:08,720 --> 01:25:12,200
Speaker 5: he's choosing the right receiver, tight end, or running back

1689
01:25:12,400 --> 01:25:16,000
Speaker 5: when he wasn't feeling one hundred percent. Usually, if you've

1690
01:25:16,040 --> 01:25:18,400
Speaker 5: got a knee injury, if you've got a foot injury,

1691
01:25:18,479 --> 01:25:20,679
Speaker 5: you might want to hurry up in the pocket because

1692
01:25:20,720 --> 01:25:23,680
Speaker 5: you feel the defense breathing down your neck and you're like,

1693
01:25:23,840 --> 01:25:26,040
Speaker 5: I do not want to get hit by one of

1694
01:25:26,120 --> 01:25:28,559
Speaker 5: these defenders. I need to get the ball out quick.

1695
01:25:28,600 --> 01:25:30,599
Speaker 5: You saw Alan still take the time in the pocket

1696
01:25:30,840 --> 01:25:33,120
Speaker 5: to make the right decision. We got to take a break,

1697
01:25:33,200 --> 01:25:36,519
Speaker 5: but when we return, our vision to victory is coming up.

1698
01:25:36,600 --> 01:25:38,800
Speaker 5: As we close things up here on one Bill's Live,

1699
01:25:38,840 --> 01:25:55,000
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1700
01:25:55,080 --> 01:25:59,000
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1701
01:25:59,160 --> 01:26:01,719
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1704
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Speaker 5: Buffalo Bills. It's time for our vision to victory. Its

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1706
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Speaker 5: the Buffalo Bills. Chris, how are the Bills going to

1707
01:26:19,000 --> 01:26:19,799
Speaker 5: get a victory?

1708
01:26:20,479 --> 01:26:22,320
Speaker 4: I think what is the most important thing? We've talked

1709
01:26:22,360 --> 01:26:24,800
Speaker 4: so much about Josh Allen against the Broncos pass rush.

1710
01:26:25,240 --> 01:26:27,680
Speaker 4: I still think Josh Allen, the Bills offense, the run

1711
01:26:27,760 --> 01:26:31,240
Speaker 4: game will do enough. I want to see this Bill's

1712
01:26:31,760 --> 01:26:35,360
Speaker 4: disguise coverage zone coverage against Bonnix. I mentioned at the

1713
01:26:35,400 --> 01:26:37,160
Speaker 4: outside of the show that if you look at a

1714
01:26:37,200 --> 01:26:39,599
Speaker 4: lot of the advanced stats, bo Nix has been one

1715
01:26:39,600 --> 01:26:42,840
Speaker 4: of the least effective quarterbacks when facing zone coverage, and

1716
01:26:42,920 --> 01:26:47,280
Speaker 4: he's seen more zone coverage plays than any other quarterback

1717
01:26:47,320 --> 01:26:50,000
Speaker 4: in the league this year, which would maybe tell you that, hey,

1718
01:26:50,040 --> 01:26:51,760
Speaker 4: maybe he has got a lot of experience, But to me,

1719
01:26:52,360 --> 01:26:56,120
Speaker 4: It makes it seem like teams understand that he's not

1720
01:26:56,360 --> 01:26:59,439
Speaker 4: as effective when he has to decipher coverage against zone,

1721
01:26:59,479 --> 01:27:01,400
Speaker 4: so they run a lot of zone against him. So

1722
01:27:01,520 --> 01:27:05,160
Speaker 4: I think Bobby Babbage and Sean McDermott getting in their bags,

1723
01:27:05,479 --> 01:27:09,240
Speaker 4: rotating those safeties, rotating the linebackers, dropping a defensive end

1724
01:27:09,280 --> 01:27:11,760
Speaker 4: every once in a while, or a defensive tackle into

1725
01:27:11,800 --> 01:27:15,879
Speaker 4: coverage to confuse Bo Nicks, to keep this Broncos offense

1726
01:27:16,680 --> 01:27:18,760
Speaker 4: under twenty points, and I think the Bills ultimately win.

1727
01:27:19,479 --> 01:27:22,760
Speaker 5: I'm going with the battle in the trenches. I think

1728
01:27:22,840 --> 01:27:26,040
Speaker 5: that's where it all starts and ends, is how Buffalo's

1729
01:27:26,160 --> 01:27:30,240
Speaker 5: offensive line and additional help can keep the pocket clean

1730
01:27:30,400 --> 01:27:34,040
Speaker 5: for Josh Allen against the Denvers five to two. Look

1731
01:27:34,120 --> 01:27:36,479
Speaker 5: that they love to use top five and blitz rate,

1732
01:27:36,800 --> 01:27:40,000
Speaker 5: top five and pressure rate. They lead the NFL in sacks.

1733
01:27:40,080 --> 01:27:41,960
Speaker 5: I really think it's going to be important to keep

1734
01:27:42,040 --> 01:27:44,920
Speaker 5: Josh Allen clean in this game and give him the

1735
01:27:45,040 --> 01:27:48,720
Speaker 5: time that he needs. And another way to keep your

1736
01:27:48,840 --> 01:27:51,640
Speaker 5: quarterback clean is to run the game early and have

1737
01:27:51,800 --> 01:27:55,680
Speaker 5: success doing so. If you do that, the defense has

1738
01:27:55,800 --> 01:27:58,200
Speaker 5: to be more honest. They can't tee off on the

1739
01:27:58,280 --> 01:28:01,920
Speaker 5: quarterback every single play, so I think some James cook

1740
01:28:02,080 --> 01:28:04,200
Speaker 5: usage early and often will help as well.

1741
01:28:04,600 --> 01:28:07,760
Speaker 4: Yeah, and I think to that point, it's interesting for

1742
01:28:07,840 --> 01:28:10,040
Speaker 4: a team like the Broncos. You think of their pass

1743
01:28:10,120 --> 01:28:12,400
Speaker 4: rush and it is ferocious. You know, most sacks in

1744
01:28:12,400 --> 01:28:14,439
Speaker 4: the league, highest sac rate in the league. But I

1745
01:28:14,479 --> 01:28:18,040
Speaker 4: think they're very pass rush dependent when they're not generating

1746
01:28:18,080 --> 01:28:21,439
Speaker 4: a ton of pressure against lesser quarterbacks. It's a defense

1747
01:28:21,479 --> 01:28:24,400
Speaker 4: that I wouldn't call bad or super susceptible. But when

1748
01:28:24,479 --> 01:28:26,800
Speaker 4: the quarterback is able to stay clean, and we know

1749
01:28:26,920 --> 01:28:28,800
Speaker 4: Josh Allen is one of the best quarterbacks when he

1750
01:28:28,880 --> 01:28:31,160
Speaker 4: is clean, I think there are big plays to be

1751
01:28:31,240 --> 01:28:33,000
Speaker 4: made and the Bills can score over thirty points in

1752
01:28:33,040 --> 01:28:33,320
Speaker 4: this one.

1753
01:28:33,400 --> 01:28:35,920
Speaker 5: The Broncos also haven't been great at taking away the

1754
01:28:35,960 --> 01:28:39,360
Speaker 5: football this year. They only have fourteen takeaways that ties

1755
01:28:39,439 --> 01:28:42,479
Speaker 5: for twenty sixth in the league, not a great number.

1756
01:28:42,600 --> 01:28:45,280
Speaker 5: So if Buffalo can have the advantage there in the

1757
01:28:45,400 --> 01:28:48,000
Speaker 5: takeaway battle, I think that will be a big help

1758
01:28:48,360 --> 01:28:51,479
Speaker 5: as well. A really big matchup coming up tomorrow between

1759
01:28:51,520 --> 01:28:54,519
Speaker 5: the Bills and the Broncos in the Divisional Round. With

1760
01:28:54,720 --> 01:28:58,040
Speaker 5: a win, the Bills would advance to the AFC Championship Game.

1761
01:28:58,120 --> 01:29:01,800
Speaker 5: In the second consecutive season and third time since twenty

1762
01:29:01,920 --> 01:29:04,559
Speaker 5: twenty would be the eighth time in franchise history. Thanks

1763
01:29:04,640 --> 01:29:06,880
Speaker 5: for tuning in, We'll see you on Monday.