Speaker 1: That's a great listen to. That's a great job, o, man,
Speaker 1: great job at home in January. Right, these games are
Speaker 1: gonna be tough, man, They're gonna be tough. Roll impressed
Speaker 1: by how we adjusted half the time. Right, Well, they're
Speaker 1: going our way. We lost them on Metam. You guys
Speaker 1: come in. You kept your boys, coaches to the great job.
Speaker 1: You guys executed a great freaking job. Man. Hey, welcome
Speaker 1: to the playoffs. Baby. That's one of our goals, right,
Speaker 1: That's what we set out early in the year. One
Speaker 1: of our goals win a division. We get a chance
Speaker 1: to do that at home. Hey. The blend of humility
Speaker 1: and confidence big time this week. But I'll be pretty
Speaker 1: Vivian's punch our ticket man, finding the way, finding the
Speaker 1: way every week, no overthinking. Right, go play football. We
Speaker 1: play the football. Exciting time to be a Buffalo building,
Speaker 1: the fan of the Buffalo builds. Welcome into Week eighteen
Speaker 1: of the Sean McDermott Show, presented by Connors and Ferris
Speaker 1: your workers Camp Attorneys. I'm Steve Tasker and I'm pleased
Speaker 1: to be joined by Sean McDermott coach. Thanks as always
Speaker 1: for joining us. You clinched your fourth trip to the
Speaker 1: playoffs in just five seasons of the Buffalo Bills head coach. Obviously,
Speaker 1: you're playing for the division title this coming week, but
Speaker 1: what does it mean to you to turn this franchise
Speaker 1: that struggled for so long into a team that really
Speaker 1: is considered a perennial playoff contender. Well, I think you know, Steve,
Speaker 1: I appreciate you saying that. It's it's humbling to hear
Speaker 1: you say that, and how time flies, right, I feel
Speaker 1: like it was just yesterday we arrived here. And it's
Speaker 1: really been a team effort from day one. With the
Speaker 1: resources and support that Terrying Kim give us, meaning Brandon
Speaker 1: and myself and our stabs respectively, and being able to
Speaker 1: do things with Brandon where we're aligned on things, and
Speaker 1: then the players and coaches and personnel department, and not
Speaker 1: just the football side of the building, but everyone chipping
Speaker 1: in and doing their part. It's been, as I said,
Speaker 1: a true team effort. Yeah, well, well said, And yeah
Speaker 1: this season, your rushing offense has been a topic at
Speaker 1: conversation all through the season, and now your team goes
Speaker 1: out and rushes for a season high two hundred and
Speaker 1: thirty three yards, four tds on the ground. You do it.
Speaker 1: Against Atlanta, Devon had his first hundred yard game of
Speaker 1: the year, had two rushing touchdowns of his own. How
Speaker 1: great is it to get Devin Singletary and your rushing
Speaker 1: offense going like this headed into the playoffs. It's big,
Speaker 1: you know, as you know, the weather here is not
Speaker 1: always eighty and sunny, and nor was it this past weekend,
Speaker 1: and it may not be this coming weekend. So you've
Speaker 1: got to be able to have that running game in
Speaker 1: tow and the point of attack physicality, and that was
Speaker 1: really good to see this past weekend. Now, Josh struggled
Speaker 1: through the air, but he was great running with the football.
Speaker 1: He had eighty one yards and two touchdowns on the ground.
Speaker 1: He became the first quarterback in NFL history with four
Speaker 1: consecutive seasons with six or more rushing touchdowns. How important
Speaker 1: is the running element of his game to your offense? Yeah,
Speaker 1: that'll be big. You know, you've got to be able
Speaker 1: to do that and got to be able to do
Speaker 1: it well this time of year. And I know Josh
Speaker 1: has mentioned this before. Even when they know that we're
Speaker 1: going to run it like we were in the formatted offense.
Speaker 1: At the end of the game, with roughly five minutes
Speaker 1: to go, we were able to put the game away.
Speaker 1: And I think that's a statement type of example of
Speaker 1: what we were able to do in the game. The
Speaker 1: first scoring play of the game was a safety, and
Speaker 1: then you guys responded with two straight touchdowns to take
Speaker 1: the lead. And then came the turnovers and you were
Speaker 1: trailing at the half, but you bounced back in the
Speaker 1: second half. And I want to ask you how important
Speaker 1: it was to see your team show that resilience and
Speaker 1: keep fighting back with the playoffs right around the corner. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's huge. And you know, you've been through a lot
Speaker 1: of playoff games and this time of year, and it's
Speaker 1: always going to be cold in most places you play,
Speaker 1: and it's going to be those close games that go
Speaker 1: back and forth, and a lot of times are decided
Speaker 1: by a big mistake on one side of the ball
Speaker 1: or the other. And so taking care of the football
Speaker 1: and having the discipline that you need to carry throughout
Speaker 1: four quarters is an important part of our team going forward. Yeah. Overall,
Speaker 1: your defense has really stepped up over the last three games.
Speaker 1: You guys have been making a push for the playoffs. Now,
Speaker 1: And how do you think he added pressure of that
Speaker 1: playoff carrot out there elevated your defensive unit, and which
Speaker 1: players do you think have really improved their game down
Speaker 1: the stretch. Well, I think it has increased the urgency
Speaker 1: right in particular in the position we were in and
Speaker 1: what those guys then did and how they did it
Speaker 1: and how they executed at a high level the last
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. As you said, I think at Oliver's
Speaker 1: really shown through the last couple of weeks and two
Speaker 1: sacks in the last two games, and that pivotal moment
Speaker 1: in the game right after half where we turned the
Speaker 1: ball over unfortunately, agg came out and made a couple
Speaker 1: huge plays for us that change the momentum of the game. Coach,
Speaker 1: your team has had quite the journey to secure this
Speaker 1: playoff spot, and with one more regular season game to play,
Speaker 1: what would you like to see your team improve the
Speaker 1: most in before heading into the playoffs. Yeah, that's a
Speaker 1: great question, Steve. I think we've got plenty to work on.
Speaker 1: I mean, we've talked about ball security in taking the
Speaker 1: ball away on both sides of the football, and special
Speaker 1: teams that can be better from this past weekend's game,
Speaker 1: and then we're gonna need to be able to do
Speaker 1: things with more discipline and more detail at times on
Speaker 1: both sides of the ball. And it always comes down
Speaker 1: to the line of scrimmage. I mean, can you protect
Speaker 1: your quarterback, can you affect the opposing quarterback? And how
Speaker 1: well you play at the point of attack with your fundamentals.
Speaker 1: I think that'll be big force as well. Thanks coach.
Speaker 1: We're gonna catch up with you later in the show
Speaker 1: to get your final thoughts on your upcoming matchup with
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Speaker 1: Welcome to the final week of the regular season. Addie
Speaker 1: Glave here with your Week eighteen game preview. The ten
Speaker 1: and six Buffalo Bills will be taking on the four
Speaker 1: and twelve New York Jets. The FC East Division title
Speaker 1: is on the line, and with the win, the AFC
Speaker 1: East belongs to Buffalo. It would mark the first time
Speaker 1: winning the East in consecutive seasons since the Bills did
Speaker 1: it four years in a row from nineteen eighty eight
Speaker 1: to nineteen ninety one. While the Jets only have four wins,
Speaker 1: they have been tough to beat over the last few
Speaker 1: weeks and went tot to toe with the defending Super
Speaker 1: Bowl champions, losing by a last minute touchdown. The Jets
Speaker 1: average eighteen point eight points per game, which ranks twenty fifth,
Speaker 1: and average three hundred and twenty two total yards per game,
Speaker 1: good for twenty first in the NFL. Their most productive
Speaker 1: weapon is running back Michael Carter, who has nine hundred
Speaker 1: and forty five sperma yards and four rushing touchdowns. The
Speaker 1: Jets defense is allowing an average of close to thirty
Speaker 1: points and three hundred and ninety six total yards a game,
Speaker 1: both of which are the worst in the NFL. The Bills,
Speaker 1: on the other hand, are averaging close to thirty points
Speaker 1: a game, sitting at twenty eight and a half, which
Speaker 1: is good for third best. Josh Allen has forty total touchdowns,
Speaker 1: which is the second most in the NFL. The Bills
Speaker 1: also lead the NFL with a plus one seventy seven
Speaker 1: point frential, which is on pace to be the highest
Speaker 1: enfranchise history. Buffalo's defense continues to be toughest one by
Speaker 1: allowing just seventeen points and two hundred and eighty six
Speaker 1: yards per game, both ranked top two in the NFL.
Speaker 1: They've allowed only eleven passing touchdowns so far this season,
Speaker 1: which is the lowest amount in the league. The Bills
Speaker 1: leave the series against the Jets with sixty six wins
Speaker 1: and fifty six losses. With another win, they'll also sweep
Speaker 1: the Jets for the second straight season. That's this week's
Speaker 1: Gave preview, Steve, back to you. Thank you, Maddie. Coach.
Speaker 1: You're facing the Jets for the second time this year
Speaker 1: and they're coming off a last second loss to the
Speaker 1: defending champs. How much have they improved since the last
Speaker 1: time you've seen them. Well, I think they've improved a ton, Steve.
Speaker 1: They really have. And listen to that game that we
Speaker 1: played a month or so ago, or maybe even more
Speaker 1: than a month ago. Got a little bit lopsided, probably
Speaker 1: because of the ball, as we've already discussed here. So
Speaker 1: we expect them to come in and play with a
Speaker 1: lot of energy. And you're right, they took the defending
Speaker 1: world champs to the last minute of the game, and
Speaker 1: so I think they've got some momentum. They're gonna come
Speaker 1: in here, fire it up and want to go into
Speaker 1: their off season on a high note. Well, this is
Speaker 1: going to be the first time that you faced Zach Wilson,
Speaker 1: who missed the first game with an injury. What do
Speaker 1: you expect to see from him? He's the number two
Speaker 1: overall pick in the final game of his rookie season, right,
Speaker 1: you know? His season reminds me a little bit of
Speaker 1: Josh's season from the standpoint of being able to start
Speaker 1: a little bit and then come back and due to injury,
Speaker 1: watch things unfold from the sideline. There's a lot of
Speaker 1: growth sometime that comes when you're able to watch for
Speaker 1: a few games. And he certainly looks like he can
Speaker 1: make all the throws. He's mobile, can move in and
Speaker 1: out of the pocket and extend plays. It looks like
Speaker 1: he's off to a really good start, all right, coach,
Speaker 1: Thanks good luck on Sunday. We'll be back next week
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