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Speaker 1: join Sean McDermott once again. Sean recap the big win
Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh. It was the second primetime game you guys
Speaker 1: have had, the big Thanksgiving Day game and then of
Speaker 1: course the Sunday night football that was flexed in because
Speaker 1: everybody wants to see what you guys are doing here
Speaker 1: in Buffalo. Is it a kind of a statement win
Speaker 1: to show up on a night like that and get
Speaker 1: five turnovers defensively, hold that team to ten points and
Speaker 1: get the win. Yeah? I mean it was, and it
Speaker 1: is and I could use some rest. So no, we
Speaker 1: enjoy the prime time games. It's hopefully becoming more of
Speaker 1: the norm. It doesn't help coaches planning for the next
Speaker 1: week or getting rests. But it's good for our players.
Speaker 1: It's good to get recognized as an organization and to
Speaker 1: play well in those games. Well, you knew that they
Speaker 1: had a young, inexperienced quarterback going in, but they do
Speaker 1: have one of the best, most veteran offensive lines. And
Speaker 1: yet still your defensive front cranked out a bunch of
Speaker 1: sack four sacks, five turnovers, four or four more interceptions
Speaker 1: and held them to fifty one yards that rushing. You'll
Speaker 1: be really proud of your front, defensive front as well
Speaker 1: as your whole squad. It starts you hit it, Steve.
Speaker 1: It starts up front, right, and it's hard to play
Speaker 1: well as a defense or really as an offense if
Speaker 1: you don't play well up front. And the challenge was
Speaker 1: to our front, and they really responded at a high level. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and they came through some big plays and really set
Speaker 1: the tone. Or even on that opening drive it turned
Speaker 1: into kind of a long punt on that third and nine. Still,
Speaker 1: a turnover is way better than a punt return, isn't it. Well,
Speaker 1: I think a lot of ways, one of which for
Speaker 1: when you're going against a young quarterback that gets in
Speaker 1: his head a little bit, and I think it did,
Speaker 1: and it kind of just kind of just snowballed from there.
Speaker 1: You talk about that interception, just shout out to Trevis White.
Speaker 1: He had two interceptions on the game. I thought he
Speaker 1: was going to take one to the house. You know,
Speaker 1: his play has really been a cornerstone for what your
Speaker 1: defense has been able to do all over the field, right,
Speaker 1: And he's really taking a huge step this year as
Speaker 1: a pro. And that was a pivotal point in the game.
Speaker 1: They were driving a little bit. They may have been
Speaker 1: up at that point as well, and try Davis made
Speaker 1: a huge play, great call by coach Frasier, and we
Speaker 1: were one one away from scoring on defense. So that's
Speaker 1: still out there, right, We've got to do that this year. Right. Well,
Speaker 1: you're fourteen games into this season, fifteen weeks, and you
Speaker 1: got a quarterback in Josh Allen that got a lot
Speaker 1: of fourth quarter comebacks, got a great quarterback rating in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, doesn't throw interceptions in the fourth quarter,
Speaker 1: throw some touchdowns in the fourth quarter. I mean, he
Speaker 1: really seems to have that clutch gene. How much confidence
Speaker 1: does that give your team to have a young guy
Speaker 1: like that playing with such confidence it's at those critical moments. Well,
Speaker 1: it's huge for me in a lot of ways. For
Speaker 1: young players, there's there's boxes you want to be able
Speaker 1: to check and some of those critical moment games and
Speaker 1: having success in the critical moments of games, in this
Speaker 1: case the fourth quarter. You want to be able to
Speaker 1: check that early in someone's career, and we're able to
Speaker 1: do that with Josh at this point. And so much
Speaker 1: about what's talked about with this team is the culture
Speaker 1: you've built, and you got a chance to see a
Speaker 1: glimpse of it once again when Josh Allen found Tyler Croft.
Speaker 1: It's a testament. I got to tell you to your
Speaker 1: coaching staff. You got a guy like Tyler Croft, got
Speaker 1: one target, hasn't contributed much, doesn't get many snapped, but
Speaker 1: when he gets in there, his number was called, he
Speaker 1: was ready. They executed game winning touchdown at the time
Speaker 1: when that's the only chance he got to contribute, and
Speaker 1: it was crucial. Yeah. And the two words really that
Speaker 1: come to mind with Tyler or resiliency and accountability really
Speaker 1: and his resiliency to come back from the injury, to
Speaker 1: continue to work even though he wasn't seeing the results
Speaker 1: maybe early on. Really attribute to him, and then the
Speaker 1: accountability really of the whole team to one another and
Speaker 1: the serve one another and be ready to go even
Speaker 1: though he maybe wasn't. His number hadn't been called to
Speaker 1: that point, Steve, when his number was called, he showed up. Yeah.
Speaker 1: And that's really the crucial port because when you get
Speaker 1: into the playoffs, and you're in the playoffs, now everybody's
Speaker 1: going to have to contribute, and even if they haven't
Speaker 1: had a chance or an opportunity, it comes up unexpectedly.
Speaker 1: You have to feel better or at least used Tyler
Speaker 1: Croft's contribution as an example of be ready at any
Speaker 1: time because your moment could come. Yeah, And we call
Speaker 1: it work while you wait, you know, and your time
Speaker 1: is going to come if you keep working. And that's
Speaker 1: true in life and it's true in this case in football. Sean,
Speaker 1: thanks for these insights. We're gonna come back and get
Speaker 1: your final thoughts later in the show and get a
Speaker 1: preview of the New England Patriots. Chopping Wood is presented
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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. Welcome back to the Sean McDermott Show. Everybody,
Speaker 1: We're here for the segment with Eric Wood in the
Speaker 1: segment we call Chopping Wood, where we're gonna break down
Speaker 1: the game tape of last week's win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Eric,
Speaker 1: last week, we spoke to Sean McDermott and he told
Speaker 1: us that, listen, we gotta win the turnover battles when
Speaker 1: you're playing playing a team like the Pittsburgh Steelers. And
Speaker 1: certainly the Bills defense showed up big on Sunday Night Football.
Speaker 1: They did, and coming to the game, a lot was
Speaker 1: made out of the Pittsburgh Steelers defense leading the league
Speaker 1: in sacks, leading the league in turnovers, and what the
Speaker 1: Bills were able to do in Pittsburgh where flip was
Speaker 1: flipped the script. They forced five turnovers, they sacked the
Speaker 1: quarterback four times. Yeah, and this is one of those
Speaker 1: games where it started right off the top, first series
Speaker 1: for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and it's Trey White on a
Speaker 1: third and nine where this turns into a little bit
Speaker 1: of a short punt for the Steelers. Nevertheless, it's a turnover. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Trey White has been having an absolutely incredible season. With
Speaker 1: two picks in Pittsburgh, he now ties for the league lead.
Speaker 1: And here you're right. This is this is basically a
Speaker 1: glorified punt. But coming into this game, Devlin Hodges he
Speaker 1: would throw a number of jump balls and he just
Speaker 1: wasn't punished for him. And what the Bills defensive backs
Speaker 1: were able to do, especially Trey White, was capitalized on those.
Speaker 1: So he's playing off coverage here reads the route doesn't
Speaker 1: break onto the little stutter stead because he give a
Speaker 1: Washington some cushion there and he's able to come up
Speaker 1: with an easy interception. He actually bobbles it a little bit,
Speaker 1: does a great job of resetting his feed before rolling
Speaker 1: out of bounds to force the first turn over the day. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Of course, later at the end of the first half,
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh had a golden opportunity to swing the momentum. After
Speaker 1: a pick of their own, an interception and a long return,
Speaker 1: they get deep into Buffalo territory, but deep in their
Speaker 1: own end zone. It was Trent Murphy who stepped up
Speaker 1: made a huge play to keep the scores seven to
Speaker 1: three going into halftime. Yeah. So the Pittsburgh Steelers, because
Speaker 1: of their limited offense without Ben Roethlisberger, they've been implementing
Speaker 1: some wildcat in the wildcat if it's not your bread
Speaker 1: and butter. It's if it's not something you do all
Speaker 1: the time, it can be tough. Well, this place starts
Speaker 1: off on the wrong foot because of a snap well
Speaker 1: the running back James Conner. When you're in the wildcat,
Speaker 1: you'll generally line up at six yards instead of five.
Speaker 1: It causes a low snap if you're not careful of it.
Speaker 1: It's happened to me before in my career. The low
Speaker 1: snap causes, you know, a misfire with the running back
Speaker 1: on the read and Trent Murphy, who's in the backfield
Speaker 1: with a ton of penetration, able to get his hand
Speaker 1: on the ball before the running backs able to secure it.
Speaker 1: And then the Buffalo Bills rallied to the football, a
Speaker 1: team that's always hustling, and of course they're going to
Speaker 1: come away with the football. Fast forward to the third
Speaker 1: quarter to Davious White's game just got twice as nice
Speaker 1: as he basically runs the receiver's route for him. This
Speaker 1: almost was a complete pick six, but because of the
Speaker 1: angle of the offense, he couldn't quite get to the
Speaker 1: end zone. Tredavious White though this was a game changer.
Speaker 1: It was a game changer and Tredavious White makes another
Speaker 1: incredible play, and after he picks this ball up, the
Speaker 1: lead blockers out in front, Kevin Johnson just assumes that
Speaker 1: this offensive lineman at filer would not be able to
Speaker 1: track him down. Don't doubt these offensive lineman, Steve, some
Speaker 1: of them can run. I was known to track down
Speaker 1: an interception or two my day, and here he's able
Speaker 1: to force Trey White out of bounds, which ended up
Speaker 1: being a really big play for them to stay in
Speaker 1: the game at this point. But credit Tredavious White. He's
Speaker 1: been making a huge place for the Bills all season
Speaker 1: and here you see another one. Love the coaches trying
Speaker 1: to track him down the sideline. Eventually you just let
Speaker 1: him go because he's gonna outrun you. Now further down
Speaker 1: into crunch time, you got to give the Steelers credit.
Speaker 1: Still a one score game. But however, right after the
Speaker 1: two minutes real Jordan Poyer again he's around the football.
Speaker 1: He pulls down the third interception of the game, and
Speaker 1: this one very nearly could have ended it. Yeah, it
Speaker 1: could have. And this is another huge play by the
Speaker 1: Bills defense. The Bills ran this pressure a number of times.
Speaker 1: They lined up in a double a gap look and
Speaker 1: they would fire Tremaine Edmonds and he would create immediate
Speaker 1: pressure on the quarterback. The reason Tremaine Edmonds is coming
Speaker 1: here is because marquis pouncing the center. He slides to Milano,
Speaker 1: so at that point Milano will drop. Now they know
Speaker 1: James Connor has to pick up Tremaine Edmunds and now
Speaker 1: here comes the pressure off the left edge coming three.
Speaker 1: Deviln Hodges has to rush the throat to him. This
Speaker 1: play seems open, but it's not because you have ployer
Speaker 1: in the middle of the field playing center field. Initially
Speaker 1: he starts outside of the right hash well, it's what
Speaker 1: the safeties always do. They're disguising coverage. He retreats back
Speaker 1: to the middle of the field, able to come away
Speaker 1: with a fairly easy interception here for himself. Eric, thanks
Speaker 1: for your insight. Let's hope the defense continues this on
Speaker 1: slaughter turnovers. It's always a huge thing and a huge boost,
Speaker 1: particularly in New England, one of the most difficult venues
Speaker 1: for anybody to go into and be successful. Let's wish
Speaker 1: the Bills all the luck in the world this weekend.
Speaker 1: Thanks Eric, absolutely thanks for having me Steven game preview
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Speaker 1: this week's game. Pres In Week sixteen, the ten and
Speaker 1: four Buffalo Bills head to Foxborough to take on the
Speaker 1: AFC East leaders in the eleven and three New England Patriots.
Speaker 1: The division is still up for grabs, and it all
Speaker 1: begins with the Bills beating the Patriots. This matchup is
Speaker 1: the latest the division has been decided since two thousand
Speaker 1: and eight. The Bills will face another stellar defense as
Speaker 1: they take on a top ten defense for the fifth
Speaker 1: straight week. They allow the least total yards per game,
Speaker 1: the fewest first downs, and allowed just twelve point nine
Speaker 1: points per game. The Patriots have a plus twenty four
Speaker 1: turnover ratio, the best in the league. Quarterback Tom Brady
Speaker 1: hasn't been his normal self in the last six games,
Speaker 1: as he has had a tough time connecting with his receivers.
Speaker 1: Brady ranged thirtieth in the NFL, completing just fifty four
Speaker 1: point one percent of his passes in the last six games.
Speaker 1: On Buffalo side, Over the last six games, the Bills
Speaker 1: offense is averaging more than the Patriots, scoring twenty three
Speaker 1: point three points per game. Tredavius Wife recorded two interceptions
Speaker 1: against the Steelers, making it his second I Think game
Speaker 1: with two interceptions this season. That brings us total to
Speaker 1: six on the season, which is tied for the most
Speaker 1: in the league. Jordan Phillips has helped his secondary get
Speaker 1: interceptions with the pressure he brings, recording nine and a
Speaker 1: half sack so far, which leads the team and is
Speaker 1: the second most by any defensive tackle. That's this week's
Speaker 1: game preview. Steve back to you, thanks again, Mattie and coach.
Speaker 1: You had a chance to win an in and you are.
Speaker 1: You're in. You won that game, and you know, it's
Speaker 1: always quite a moment, particularly when you do it in
Speaker 1: week you know, fifteen to the season, where you got
Speaker 1: two games left and you're already in the playoffs, got
Speaker 1: the five seed, all wrapped up with bigger things perhaps
Speaker 1: on the horizon. Give us an idea of what that
Speaker 1: was like for your team to react to the fact
Speaker 1: that they've accomplished at least that at this point, and
Speaker 1: the fan reactions been phenomenal. Yeah, awesome, Just you know,
Speaker 1: we had an opportunity to clinch, and you always want
Speaker 1: to clinch, as soon as you can clinch, right, and
Speaker 1: so you can, you know, take a lot out of
Speaker 1: that time a game and that type of maturity and
Speaker 1: growth from our football team, from our young football team
Speaker 1: in particular on being able to perform like they did
Speaker 1: in that game and then moving forward, how that should
Speaker 1: help us? How do you handle these last two weeks?
Speaker 1: I mean, you certainly can't be satisfied with getting into
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Your team has bigger goals and you've grown
Speaker 1: to a point where you should expect bigger things. How
Speaker 1: do you handle it when you've got two weeks of
Speaker 1: football left and you're just kind of waiting for the
Speaker 1: tournament to start. Well, you know, it's about competing too.
Speaker 1: I mean, the tournament will start in a couple of
Speaker 1: weeks here, and we're in it. That's the only thing
Speaker 1: that's guaranteed right now. But outside of that, it's how
Speaker 1: do we continue to grow between now and then? And
Speaker 1: that starts with this week against New England. Sean, congratulations
Speaker 1: on the playoff birth, thanks for being with us today
Speaker 1: and thank you at home for watching us today. We're
Speaker 1: going to come back next week recap the New England
Speaker 1: game and also look forward to week seventeen, the final
Speaker 1: regular season game of the year against the New York Jets.
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