Speaker 1: Twenty one seconds left, two time out. Slept for the Bills.
Speaker 1: They're down by four. They need a touchdown. Josh Allen
Speaker 1: ready to go. Now the snamp. Josh's gonna throw it,
Speaker 1: looks looks fires into the end zone. He's got time
Speaker 1: to crop open touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown Bills before yard torch.
Speaker 1: John having the time and crop pore the touchdown. Fifty
Speaker 1: chickens left on the clock, or don't you leave them
Speaker 1: hitting me? Yeah? Great victory, man, great victory. Three out
Speaker 1: one two three. But we're live right now. Hey, we're live.
Speaker 1: Everybody got me not Let's go bury. Every man do
Speaker 1: their job. What a love well caliber defense. Let's go
Speaker 1: no overthinking, right, go play some ball, Go play some football.
Speaker 1: It's an exciting time to be a Buffalo Bill and
Speaker 1: a fan of the Buffalo Bills. Welcome to Week four
Speaker 1: of the Sean McDermott Show, presented by Connors and Ferris,
Speaker 1: your workers camp Attorneys. Sean, thanks again as always for
Speaker 1: joining us and after the Rams getting back into the
Speaker 1: game after trailing twenty eight to three, Josh Adlon led
Speaker 1: the team back again to win it in the fourth quarter.
Speaker 1: Now you guys are atop of the AFC East, a
Speaker 1: top of the division. What's a win like this mean
Speaker 1: for your guys, Well, it means we're three and oh, Steve,
Speaker 1: and we're off to a good start, good solid foundation.
Speaker 1: I think the players have done a really good job
Speaker 1: as well as the staff of executing and critical moments
Speaker 1: of the game. And we feel really good about the
Speaker 1: plays we made at the end of the game and
Speaker 1: in the first half. Certainly a lot of work to
Speaker 1: do yet as we continue to grow and get stronger
Speaker 1: here now. Josh put up huge numbers again. He's off
Speaker 1: to a historic start, having a counter for twelve touchdowns
Speaker 1: over the first three games, ten through the air, two
Speaker 1: on the ground. What's been more impressive from Josh his
Speaker 1: overall production or his back to back fourth quarter comebacks. Well,
Speaker 1: I don't think you can annore it really either. As
Speaker 1: we look at his growth, Steve and what he's been
Speaker 1: able to do. It's one thing that can come from behind.
Speaker 1: It's another thing to to, you know, evaluate the total
Speaker 1: body of work and for us to get out in
Speaker 1: front like we've been able to do in the first half.
Speaker 1: I think really says a lot about where Josh is
Speaker 1: and the progress he's made them last season too. This Sason. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's not hold just about Josh. He's had some outstanding
Speaker 1: play from his supporting cast as well. Start with your
Speaker 1: tight ends. Lee Smith had the first touchdown of the game.
Speaker 1: Then Tyler Croft had two touchdowns, including the game winner.
Speaker 1: How great is it to see your tight ends have
Speaker 1: such an impact on the game with Dawson Knox out
Speaker 1: with an injury. Yeah, I'm a big fan of the
Speaker 1: tight end passing game, you know, I think it's the
Speaker 1: quarterback's best friend. Great to see Lee Smith, he you know,
Speaker 1: he had been inactive. He's one of our leaders man,
Speaker 1: and he's just persevered through it all and to come
Speaker 1: out and get the first touchdown and then to share
Speaker 1: that share the ball with the offensive line there and
Speaker 1: same thing with Tyler I mean he's been through countless
Speaker 1: times of adversity since he's been here, and whether it's
Speaker 1: last season, pushing through making the touchdown catch against Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: to get us into the playoffs, and then this game.
Speaker 1: A great young man, great family, and always good to
Speaker 1: see a guy that's work through things come out on top. Well,
Speaker 1: you also got a lot of outstanding play from the
Speaker 1: wide receiver group. Gabriel Davis had some huge catches, finishing
Speaker 1: with four catches for eighty one yards. Cole Beasley came
Speaker 1: up on a clutch last drive and finished with six
Speaker 1: catches for one hundred yards. How do you get and
Speaker 1: what does it mean to have such consistent production from
Speaker 1: so many different receivers. Well, and I think that's critical,
Speaker 1: right to be able to spread the ball around. Look,
Speaker 1: as a guy with a defensive background, it's if you
Speaker 1: can target one guy and say we're gonna be able
Speaker 1: to take away by rolling the coverage to one receiver,
Speaker 1: one tight end, what have you. It makes a lot
Speaker 1: easier on a defense when you've got guys that multiple
Speaker 1: players that can make plays or whether it be wide
Speaker 1: receiver backs, tight ends, it makes that all that much
Speaker 1: more difficult to defend. Yeah, this was the first time
Speaker 1: this year we've seen a Bill's running back over one
Speaker 1: hundred scrimmage yards. Devin Singletary had seventy one yards thirteen
Speaker 1: carries and fifty yards on four catches. Is that the
Speaker 1: kind of performance you expect out of him on a
Speaker 1: weekly basis? It is? I thought he played well. We
Speaker 1: gave him the game ball on offense and he had
Speaker 1: a big game and made big plays and big moments
Speaker 1: of the game, and so great to see him have
Speaker 1: the success he had, especially with Zach Down. He's just
Speaker 1: great to see when guys have big games and then
Speaker 1: when guys that aren't normally in the starting lineup come
Speaker 1: in and they're well prepared and they play well. Well, Okay,
Speaker 1: you made some changes to your offensive line against the
Speaker 1: Rams and Cody Ford starting at left guard, Brian Winners
Speaker 1: came in at right guard. What goes into that decision
Speaker 1: and how did it work out? Well, those aren't easy decisions, Steve,
Speaker 1: as you know, because people in this case, the guys
Speaker 1: that were involved, take a lot of pride in their work,
Speaker 1: and so those are emotional emotion coming to play unfortunately,
Speaker 1: and so those are sometimes tough decisions. But at the
Speaker 1: end of the day, we're always going to do what
Speaker 1: we feel like puts our team in position to be successful.
Speaker 1: That's what we do, that's what that's what I owe
Speaker 1: our team and uh and I thought overall we played
Speaker 1: good upfront with with more work to be done, and
Speaker 1: so obviously going against a talent like Aaron Donald and
Speaker 1: their defense, they've got some good players on that defense.
Speaker 1: But we made we made we made one more play
Speaker 1: than they did, and I was glad to see it. Well,
Speaker 1: for two weeks in a row, now you faced an
Speaker 1: offense that climbed back into the game in the second half.
Speaker 1: Is it a concern to you with your defense's performance, Well,
Speaker 1: there's there's certain things that I am concerned about. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I believe we've been inconsistent, and that's probably
Speaker 1: the biggest thing at this point. You know, we're a
Speaker 1: different defense personnel wise than we were last year. And
Speaker 1: give the Rand's credit, they out executed us in the
Speaker 1: second half, and um, and so you know we've got
Speaker 1: work to do. And UM, I think the biggest thing
Speaker 1: is just fundamentally going back and reteach or fundamentals starting
Speaker 1: from there and trying to execute at a higher level
Speaker 1: and develop into a more physical defense. Thanks coach, We're
Speaker 1: gonna catch up with you a little later in the
Speaker 1: show to get your final thoughts on your upcoming game
Speaker 1: against the Las Vegas Raiders. Chopping Wood is presented by
Speaker 1: Saint Bonaventure University, the official education provider of the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 1: It's time for another edition of Chopping Wood with our
Speaker 1: good friend Eric Wood. Eight. Josh Allen had another incredible
Speaker 1: performance with five total touchdowns, including four through the air,
Speaker 1: and while Diggs caught one of those touchdowns, Josh relied
Speaker 1: on some of his other offensive weapons when the game
Speaker 1: was on the line. What did you see from Josh's
Speaker 1: supporting cast against the Rams. We knew going into the
Speaker 1: game that Stefan Diggs may not have the same production
Speaker 1: that he had to the last couple of weeks. They
Speaker 1: have an excellent cornerback in Jalen Ramsey, and he was
Speaker 1: going to give Diggs a lot of attention. John Brown
Speaker 1: also left with the cap injury. Well, the Bills have
Speaker 1: shown now that they had a lot of viable weapons
Speaker 1: on this team. Cole Beasley goes for one hundred yards,
Speaker 1: Gabriel Davis goes for eighty one yards, Tyler Croft catches
Speaker 1: two touchdowns. Devin Singletary productive running the ball and out
Speaker 1: of the backfield. This Bill's set of skill position players
Speaker 1: is deadly for defenses. Well, let's start by talking about
Speaker 1: I'm looking at the thirty nine yard catch by Gabriel Davis.
Speaker 1: It happened to be the Bill's longest catch and the
Speaker 1: longest play of the game. Early in this game, I
Speaker 1: thought the Bills did a great job of moving the
Speaker 1: pocket when you're facing a defender like Aaron Donald, and
Speaker 1: he had two sacks in the game against the Bills,
Speaker 1: and I understand that one of them was unblocked later
Speaker 1: in the game, but early in the game, I thought
Speaker 1: they did a great job of moving the pocket. Here
Speaker 1: they used hard play action and Gabe Davis runs a
Speaker 1: great route to get open along the sideline. I thought
Speaker 1: this was great awareness by him to toe taps and
Speaker 1: sometimes those college guys aren't used to getting both feet
Speaker 1: down and for a rookie receiver early in the season,
Speaker 1: great awareness there. Had he known he was uncovered where
Speaker 1: Fride Dave All knew it, they would have sent him
Speaker 1: more vertical and not towards the sideline because they left
Speaker 1: him completely uncovered there. And now let's look at another
Speaker 1: one where the Bills are in an empty formation. It's
Speaker 1: second and six and Josh finds Gabriel Davis again. The
Speaker 1: Rams played a lot of zone early in this game,
Speaker 1: and I thought, here, Gabe Davis is a great job
Speaker 1: of finding the stop spot in the zone and making
Speaker 1: a play. And Gabe Davis has shown early in the
Speaker 1: season that he is going to be a great weapon
Speaker 1: for the Bills. He started the season, he had the
Speaker 1: first play of the season as a rookie, no free
Speaker 1: season games. He definitely threw fall camp, the camp that
Speaker 1: we didn't get to see much of. He definitely impressed
Speaker 1: the coaches and earned a lot of their respect. Yeah.
Speaker 1: And then after that play, on the very next play,
Speaker 1: Josh found Cole Beasley. He got him involved with another
Speaker 1: zone beater. Yeah. Josh Allen makes an incredible throw here,
Speaker 1: and Cole Beasley said this ball essentially caught itself when
Speaker 1: he was talking after the game. But Cole Beasley does
Speaker 1: a great job here of sitting right between the safety
Speaker 1: and the corner with which looks like a cover two
Speaker 1: look on that side of the field, and Josh Allen
Speaker 1: shows great awareness here to deliver this ball right on
Speaker 1: the money. Just a phenomenal throw. Josh Allen super hot
Speaker 1: right now, and this throw right here in the timing
Speaker 1: of it to be able to throw that ball pretty
Speaker 1: much flatfooted as well, just shows off incredible arm talent.
Speaker 1: And then another weapon they got involved in the passing
Speaker 1: game was motor Devin Singletary, who had fifty yards on
Speaker 1: four catches thirty four of those fifty yards came on
Speaker 1: this play. Yeah, the Bills utilize a good amount of screenplays.
Speaker 1: You'll do that against a good pass rush. So when
Speaker 1: you're going against a team that's got a guy like
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald, you'd like to use the screen game, you'd
Speaker 1: like to use draws, flash and as much as you
Speaker 1: can to mix it up. And Devin Singletary has proven
Speaker 1: throughout his short career with the Bills that he can
Speaker 1: make anybody miss here. He makes a ton of yards
Speaker 1: after the catch, and there's a lot of contributing factors
Speaker 1: that have gone into Josh Allen going over three hundred
Speaker 1: yards for three consecutive weeks, and the screen games definitely
Speaker 1: been one of them. Now, let's go to the fourth
Speaker 1: quarter with a game on the line. This is the
Speaker 1: play of the game, the third and twenty two and
Speaker 1: they go back to Beasley. Yeah, it's amazing, and you know,
Speaker 1: Rams fans and the Rams are kicking themselves today that
Speaker 1: they allowed this one and just a simple forman rush. Again,
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley has a knack for finding holes in the
Speaker 1: zone and on third and twenty two he releases and
Speaker 1: goes behind the linebacker. Death comes under the safeties, makes
Speaker 1: a huge play for the Bills to keep this game
Speaker 1: winning drive alive. And you've got to give it out
Speaker 1: to Tyler Croft who stepped up with Dawson Knox out
Speaker 1: of the game. And here it is. Here's the game winner.
Speaker 1: Tyler Croft, with the second touchdown of the game, comes
Speaker 1: across the formation on an over route. Him and Stefon
Speaker 1: Diggs running a high low concept there and they use
Speaker 1: hard play action. There's a jet sweep fake and Josh
Speaker 1: Allen puts enough touch on this ball to give Tyler
Speaker 1: Croft a catchable ball, and the Bills come away with
Speaker 1: the victory, a hard fought victory, a lot harder than
Speaker 1: they thought it was going to be. But good teams
Speaker 1: make plays in the end. And the Bills have shown
Speaker 1: to complete our segment that they have enough weapons on
Speaker 1: offense that even on a day where Stefon Diggs is
Speaker 1: getting blanketed by Ramsey for a lot of the game
Speaker 1: and a game where John Brown goes out, they could
Speaker 1: still throw her over three hundred and put up thirty
Speaker 1: something points and get away with a victory. Great stuff
Speaker 1: to watch. Thanks for this, Eric. We'll catch up for
Speaker 1: you next week and we're gonna break down the Raiders game.
Speaker 1: Thanks Stephen, looking forward to it. Game preview is presented
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Speaker 1: Raiders five kickoff Maddie glam here with this week's game preview.
Speaker 1: The Bills will travel more than twenty two hundred miles
Speaker 1: to play the Raiders in their shiny new Allegiance Stadium.
Speaker 1: Lost three no start as their second straight and third
Speaker 1: Enfranchise history, they head in No Vegas to take on
Speaker 1: a two and one team who just lost the Patriots.
Speaker 1: The matchup has the looks of another high scoring affair,
Speaker 1: as the Bills rand third, averaging thirty one points per
Speaker 1: game and the Raiders are tied for eighth averaging twenty
Speaker 1: nine point three points a game. Raiders quarterback Derek Carr
Speaker 1: is completing seventy four percent of his passes, which ranks
Speaker 1: fourth in the NFL, and his team is converting fifty
Speaker 1: one point four percent of their third downs. Running Back
Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs has the fifth most rushing yards in the
Speaker 1: league with two hundred and fifty two. Bills quarterback Josh
Speaker 1: Allen posted another career game in the fourth quarter comeback
Speaker 1: win against the Rams. Allen is the first player in
Speaker 1: NFL history with at least ten passing touchdowns and two
Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns in the first three games of a season.
Speaker 1: Receiver Stepan Diggs has been one of those big play machines,
Speaker 1: accounting for six so far this season. Diggs also ranks
Speaker 1: fourth in the NFL with two hundred and eighty eight
Speaker 1: receiving yards through three games. Buffalo's fourth ranked offense that's
Speaker 1: averaging four hundred and thirty four yards per game. We'll
Speaker 1: try to take advantage of a weaker Raiders defense that's
Speaker 1: ranked twenty seventh allowing four hundred and six yards per game.
Speaker 1: That's this week's game preview. Steve back to you, Thanks, Mattie, coach.
Speaker 1: You're making your first trip to Las Vegas to face
Speaker 1: the two and one Raiders. You're going to be playing
Speaker 1: in a brand new allegiate stadium. Is the preparation any
Speaker 1: different for a road trip to a brand new NFL city?
Speaker 1: I'm not necessarily. I mean, we've got to be road
Speaker 1: warriors when we go on the road this week. That's
Speaker 1: not easy to do. We were want to know on
Speaker 1: the road right now, and that's that's a different mentality
Speaker 1: when you go on the road and versus when you're
Speaker 1: at home. And and so you know, we've got some
Speaker 1: guys that are banged up. We've got to have a
Speaker 1: great week of practice and hopefully get some of those
Speaker 1: guys back and fresh so we can go out there
Speaker 1: and play our best football. Well, you're off to a
Speaker 1: three and oh start for the second year in a row.
Speaker 1: You've used the term humble and hungry. How do you
Speaker 1: make that happen for your team going forward after a
Speaker 1: three no start? Well, I think it's all about the feedback.
Speaker 1: When we can talk in a close setting here as
Speaker 1: a family we are and we could be honest with
Speaker 1: one another that when it was good and when it
Speaker 1: was up to our standard, we celebrate that, but also
Speaker 1: when it wasn't good and up to our standard, and
Speaker 1: we can be honest and point that out as well
Speaker 1: and use that as a benchmark for ourselves, because certainly
Speaker 1: every part of that game was not up to our standard.
Speaker 1: And so it's clear that we have plenty of work
Speaker 1: to do as we move forward here. Sean, thanks a lot,
Speaker 1: good luck this week in Vegas, and we'll be back
Speaker 1: next week to break down the game with the Raiders
Speaker 1: in preview the Week five matchup with the Tennessee Titans.
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