Speaker 1: But we're live right now. Hey, we're live. Everybody got
Speaker 1: not Let's go bury. Everybody do their job. What hellove
Speaker 1: well caliber defense, Let's go no overthinking, right, go play
Speaker 1: some ball. We'll play some football. It's an exciting time
Speaker 1: to be a Buffalo Bill and a fan of the
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. Hello, everybody, and welcome to the first episode
Speaker 1: of the twenty twenty Sean McDermott Show, presented by Connors
Speaker 1: and Ferris. Your workers comp Attorneys were once again joined
Speaker 1: by Sean McDermott, only this year, we're gonna do things
Speaker 1: a little bit differently. With all the restrictions due the
Speaker 1: global pandemic, Sean and I are gonna stay completely apart.
Speaker 1: I don't want to be that guy, So we're gonna
Speaker 1: do things from zoom and I hope you guys can
Speaker 1: all bear with us throughout this season. Hey, coach, how
Speaker 1: has everything changed your approached everything headed into this season?
Speaker 1: What all has changed? And what do you continue to
Speaker 1: learn now? It feels like a lot's changed. Just obviously
Speaker 1: we're you and I are distant right now and virtual.
Speaker 1: But as much as its changed, it seems like a
Speaker 1: lot of stayed the same. And so we're still coaching,
Speaker 1: the players are still playing, and we're working hard over
Speaker 1: here and and uh, you know, we're getting ready for
Speaker 1: the Jets. The thing that really changed more than anything
Speaker 1: was your ability to evaluate the players on your team.
Speaker 1: You had to cut down the roster. I know that's
Speaker 1: always a difficult time. You know, how did that go
Speaker 1: and how was that process different than it has been? Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, I got a text the other day from
Speaker 1: one of our players that played here for a few
Speaker 1: my first couple of years, and he said, Hey, I
Speaker 1: appreciate you handling it the way you do, and and
Speaker 1: my response to him was, you know, even though I'm
Speaker 1: in year four and now I was a hey coach,
Speaker 1: those conversations don't get any easier. And I don't think
Speaker 1: I've found any better words to share with a guy
Speaker 1: in those meetings when we can tell them that we've
Speaker 1: got to go in a different direction. And so those
Speaker 1: are tough meetings, but obviously we've got to do us
Speaker 1: right for the team. And so I really appreciate Brandon
Speaker 1: support and his stat support as well as we moving
Speaker 1: forward to well, your quarterback, Josh Allen, He's coming off
Speaker 1: a great second year, a year when he took a
Speaker 1: real step forward. He you brought in some new offensive
Speaker 1: weapons to surround him with. What changes have you noticed
Speaker 1: in Josh and during camp and now that he's headed
Speaker 1: into his third year in the NFL. Yeah, and you
Speaker 1: hit the nail on the head Steve a third year,
Speaker 1: so there's a big jump between year two and year three.
Speaker 1: There was certainly a jump between year one and year
Speaker 1: two for Josh like there is for others. And very
Speaker 1: impressed with the way he's coming back, the way he
Speaker 1: worked over the offseason when he was away from us,
Speaker 1: and the way he's trusting his teammates. He does have
Speaker 1: weapons around him this year, and they've been a big
Speaker 1: addition to our roster, Stefan Diggs and a couple other
Speaker 1: guys on the offensive side in particular. But it all
Speaker 1: starts up front, as we know. It all starts up
Speaker 1: from We've got to have good protection and have the
Speaker 1: ability to run the ball as well. Well. You brought
Speaker 1: up his name, the new wide receiver, Stefan Diggs. You
Speaker 1: traded a first round pick plus some other stuff for
Speaker 1: him back in March. He's coming off back to back
Speaker 1: thousand yard seasons. What does Stefan Diggs bring to your offense. Well,
Speaker 1: I've been impressed, first and foremost Steve with the way
Speaker 1: he's integrated himself and earned the respect of his teammates.
Speaker 1: I think that speaks volumes about who he is. And
Speaker 1: then going forward, when you look at what he's been
Speaker 1: able to do on the football field, in the practice field,
Speaker 1: he works hard. He's a technician, you know, he understands
Speaker 1: how the game has played and how you have to
Speaker 1: play at this level to win games as the team.
Speaker 1: And so we're just looking forward to integrating him fully.
Speaker 1: Now we have a game this weekend into what we're
Speaker 1: doing offensively with the other weapons we already have. One
Speaker 1: of the foundational pieces of your defense has been your
Speaker 1: all pro cornerback Trey White. You're able to sign him
Speaker 1: to a long term extension. You're keeping them Buffalo through
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. What does it say about your process
Speaker 1: and your team and your culture locking up a guy
Speaker 1: of his caliber, who who began his career here in
Speaker 1: Buffalo now for this foreseeable future, he'll stay right here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: very very refreshing to to be able to do that.
Speaker 1: You know, it starts up top, It starts with terrying
Speaker 1: Kim's commitment to winning and doing the things necessary for
Speaker 1: us to continue to win. And so having said that,
Speaker 1: you know, but I thought Brandon did a great job.
Speaker 1: Those things don't just happen over the course of a
Speaker 1: conversation or two. It takes a long time. And just
Speaker 1: great to be able to draft, develop, and then resign
Speaker 1: our part players. We want to we want to be
Speaker 1: able to know that and say that we do that.
Speaker 1: And these guys are homegrown and it's been great to
Speaker 1: see him make Buffalo his home and play at a
Speaker 1: high level and bring a lot of energy to our organization.
Speaker 1: It's been great for me too, and I can I
Speaker 1: can feel for you. That's awesome. Hey, we'll be back
Speaker 1: with you later in the show. You're gonna get some
Speaker 1: final thoughts about your Week one matchup with the Jets
Speaker 1: and all the other stuff that's going on. Thanks Sean,
Speaker 1: and we'll talk to you a little bit later. Game
Speaker 1: preview is presented by in Debt pending health You deserve
Speaker 1: the Red Shared Treatment Matti glab here with this week's
Speaker 1: game preview. The Buffalo Bills opened up the twenty twenty
Speaker 1: season with a home game against the New York Jets.
Speaker 1: While Buffalo returned several familiar faces, the Jets don't look
Speaker 1: nearly the same as last year. That might be a
Speaker 1: good thing for an offense that ranked thirty first in
Speaker 1: the league, averaging seventeen point three points per game. Quarterbacks
Speaker 1: Sam Donald enters his third season trying to stay healthy
Speaker 1: and build off last year when he threw for nineteen
Speaker 1: touchdowns and thirteen interceptions. Donald welcomes a cast of new
Speaker 1: weapons on offense, including receivers Forshad Perryman, first Hogan, second
Speaker 1: round pick Denzelman, and five new starters along the offensive line.
Speaker 1: Unlike the Jets, the Bills returned several starters. Quarterback Josh
Speaker 1: Allen heads into his third season coming off a year
Speaker 1: where he threw for twenty touchdowns and nine interceptions. Josh
Speaker 1: is looking to take a step forward with the addition
Speaker 1: of Stefon Diggs, who ranked fourth in the league last year,
Speaker 1: averaging seventeen point nine yards per reception and has scored
Speaker 1: twenty three touchdowns over the last three seasons. Buffalo also
Speaker 1: added two weapons from the draft, and why out Gabriel
Speaker 1: Davis and running back Zach Moss. The Bill's defense wants
Speaker 1: to take it a notch higher after their successful season
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen, where they bring third in yards allowed
Speaker 1: per game, in second and points allowed with sixteen point two.
Speaker 1: They allowed only fifteen passing touchdowns, good for second fewest
Speaker 1: in the league, and corner Tredavious White type for a
Speaker 1: league high six interceptions. That's this week's game preview, Steve,
Speaker 1: back to you. Thanks as always, Mattie and Sean. You
Speaker 1: always want to start this season on the right note.
Speaker 1: You've got the Jets coming into Bills Stadium into town
Speaker 1: on Sunday. How do you set the tone for a
Speaker 1: week one when nobody's even seen what their jerseys look like,
Speaker 1: let alone who's playing for them. There's a lot of
Speaker 1: unknowns every week one, Steve, as you know, particular this year.
Speaker 1: So we've got to control what we can control as
Speaker 1: a team and as a coaching staff and go out
Speaker 1: and execute at a high level like we've been to
Speaker 1: this point in training camp. Albeit it's it's been against
Speaker 1: one another, so there will be some newness to the situation.
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, the ball is
Speaker 1: kicked off, whether you're playing popcorner ball or junior high,
Speaker 1: high school, college, or in this case at the NFL.
Speaker 1: It's all it's football and uh and that's what we
Speaker 1: love to do. We're passionate about it. You can't wait
Speaker 1: to get out there and get it going well in
Speaker 1: a nod We all know this, and we're everybody's kind
Speaker 1: of holding their breath to Bill's mafia. Weren't be in
Speaker 1: the stadium on Sunday. You're gonna be there by yourselves
Speaker 1: and as you have no fans in the stands. Most
Speaker 1: of these guys have never played in an empty stadium.
Speaker 1: Maybe practiced, of course, but what's your message to your
Speaker 1: team gonna be when you go in there play a
Speaker 1: game that actually means something and nobody's gonna be there
Speaker 1: to watch. Yeah, I had a couple of the players
Speaker 1: come up and ask me jokingly, Hey, what's it like
Speaker 1: to play in an FT stadium? Because that's what I
Speaker 1: did in college. But but you know, so I appreciate
Speaker 1: the humor. They don't know my resume, I guess, you know,
Speaker 1: in terms of my playing career. But no, it's it's
Speaker 1: it'll be a challenge, but you know, we try to
Speaker 1: do our research, Steve and talking to different leagues that
Speaker 1: are out in front of it. By a couple of months,
Speaker 1: whether it be the NBA, Major League Baseball, professional soccer,
Speaker 1: so that we so that we are well versed in
Speaker 1: what to expect early on here. Thanks coach, We appreciate
Speaker 1: your time and we'll be back next week to wrap
Speaker 1: up the Jets game and look forward to the Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins in week two. On the Sean McDermott Show, Thanks
Speaker 1: for joining us, everybody, and go bills final thoughts. It's
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