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Speaker 1: Good afternoon, Jim Murphy, Steve Tasker from our one Buffalo studio.

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Speaker 1: It is a nice day in Orchard Park. The temperature

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Speaker 1: for Sunday. Sunday Bills Chargers one o'clock, Steve, I can't wait.

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Speaker 1: I know that's your I knew, I knew you'd bounce back.

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Speaker 1: You were down on Monday. It was Yeah. I'm not

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Speaker 1: But I know those people are fun. They were there.

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Speaker 1: We should talk about your weekend because Steve, of course

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Speaker 1: is Lashawn McCoy, We like here from you a one

427
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Speaker 1: player on offense, one player on defense. Who do you

428
00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:48,720
Speaker 1: have on defense? Who holds the key for the Bills

429
00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,880
Speaker 1: defensively to get a victory this Sunday? What do you got?

430
00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,080
Speaker 1: We're getting a lot. I think I was gonna I

431
00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,840
Speaker 1: said Micah Hide to you in the in the office,

432
00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,560
Speaker 1: and I think that's a That's who came to mind

433
00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:02,120
Speaker 1: because I think turnovers are going to be a big

434
00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,040
Speaker 1: element of this. I think that secondary has got to

435
00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,040
Speaker 1: get lined up. It comes to Micah Hyde, Jordan Poor.

436
00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:08,240
Speaker 1: You're getting those guys lined up and being ballhawks. Because

437
00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:10,800
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers he threw it fifty times last week. I

438
00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,159
Speaker 1: don't know if they'll do that this week. Although I

439
00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:15,879
Speaker 1: think our run defense is a little better than than

440
00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:18,000
Speaker 1: people might think it is, so I think they are

441
00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:19,119
Speaker 1: going to have to throw it, and I think that

442
00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,320
Speaker 1: falls on Mica Hyde and this and the secondary to

443
00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:24,920
Speaker 1: get turnovers. You're going with yeah, And I was thinking

444
00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:28,320
Speaker 1: maybe Termaine Edmonds as well, maybe getting in the defensive

445
00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:30,200
Speaker 1: front or maybe a pass rusher. But I think Hide

446
00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,080
Speaker 1: and the secondary going to be the key. I think

447
00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:36,840
Speaker 1: I'd take Okay, I think because it is the safety's right.

448
00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:40,119
Speaker 1: That's an incredible passing attack. Led the league last year

449
00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:42,320
Speaker 1: in passing yards, lead the league right now after their

450
00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:47,560
Speaker 1: four last week. Yeah, um, Philip Rivers is dialed in.

451
00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:49,960
Speaker 1: I was quoting you. Who was I talking to about

452
00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,600
Speaker 1: what Frank Wright calling him a savant? Yeah? About Philip Rivers.

453
00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,760
Speaker 1: When it comes to protections, he's hard to get to

454
00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:58,200
Speaker 1: yea in the pass rush, even when you got guys

455
00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:01,439
Speaker 1: coming in free, He'll get rid of it. He gets

456
00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:05,560
Speaker 1: rid of it. And that's the thing that drives people crazy.

457
00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:09,120
Speaker 1: He gets sacked less than any quarterback in the league.

458
00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,880
Speaker 1: And it's not just because he's got a great offensive line.

459
00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,960
Speaker 1: That's not the reason. The reason is Philip Rivers. He is.

460
00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:17,879
Speaker 1: He's special player. He's a Hall of Fame caliber player.

461
00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:21,160
Speaker 1: He has been since you know, he first started playing

462
00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,840
Speaker 1: regularly in the league. He sat one year behind Drew Brees,

463
00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:27,680
Speaker 1: then took over the starting role and he's been great

464
00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,920
Speaker 1: ever since. And he is. He's special. There's just absolutely

465
00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,119
Speaker 1: no other way to put it. And he is the

466
00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,639
Speaker 1: reason he doesn't get sacked. It's not it's no scheme,

467
00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:40,280
Speaker 1: it's not the guys around him. It's him and those

468
00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:43,400
Speaker 1: guys don't come around very often. Old time builds. Fans

469
00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:45,919
Speaker 1: of my vintage will remember Dan Marino did the same thing.

470
00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,560
Speaker 1: He was impossible to sacked. Bruce would be coming in,

471
00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:52,520
Speaker 1: Bruce would literally be an arm length away from him,

472
00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:54,760
Speaker 1: closing fast, and Dan would have the ball at his

473
00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,560
Speaker 1: waist and get rid of it before Bruce could get there.

474
00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,320
Speaker 1: That's guys like that, or special Rivers end of a

475
00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:04,399
Speaker 1: very good offense coordinated by Ken wizzen Hunt. They use

476
00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:06,919
Speaker 1: the running backs a lot in the passing game, right,

477
00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,320
Speaker 1: and they're good running backs too. Two solid running backs

478
00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:12,920
Speaker 1: when you talk about Melvin Gordon and Austin Ekeler, and

479
00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,800
Speaker 1: those two make big plays in the passing game last week,

480
00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:17,680
Speaker 1: and Rivers knows where to go and he knows where

481
00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:19,719
Speaker 1: to go with it. So I'm we both think safety?

482
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Speaker 1: Do you think Hyde? I think pay or the key? Guys?

483
00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,400
Speaker 1: What do you think? Lines open eight oh three five

484
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Speaker 1: fifty toll free one eight eight eight five fifty two

485
00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,160
Speaker 1: five fifty. Who holds the key to will Bill's victory

486
00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,040
Speaker 1: over the Chargers? Try to boil it down, one player

487
00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:34,879
Speaker 1: on offense, one player on defense. Let's go to Gary

488
00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:36,840
Speaker 1: and Westfield. Gary start us off. What do you think

489
00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:41,760
Speaker 1: Gary him? Well, Steve Viewer received, I think Foster could

490
00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,600
Speaker 1: make a difference for us. We need to stretch the field.

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00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,520
Speaker 1: That's been our problem last year two. And he was

492
00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,879
Speaker 1: opened quite a bit in the preseason, and you know,

493
00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:55,680
Speaker 1: once Raveray gets back, I'm a Dalton those two on

494
00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:59,280
Speaker 1: deeper route. You know, with Allen's arm, you've got to

495
00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:03,920
Speaker 1: take advantage of it. Yeah, I mean that's and I'll

496
00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:05,560
Speaker 1: tell you what you know, Yeah, you're right. I mean,

497
00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,400
Speaker 1: if there's one thing that Josh Allen will do, he'll

498
00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:08,920
Speaker 1: be able. He'll be able to throw it over the

499
00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,640
Speaker 1: top and im and I've Murphy kind of half kiddingly

500
00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:13,119
Speaker 1: said this early in the week that I think the

501
00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,879
Speaker 1: first play that you see from Josh Allen is not

502
00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:18,200
Speaker 1: you know, you come out on your twenty yard twenty

503
00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:19,960
Speaker 1: five yard line in your own end and have Josh

504
00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:22,680
Speaker 1: throw it over the school and did it in press.

505
00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:25,639
Speaker 1: Not a bad idea though, And if they really get

506
00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:28,520
Speaker 1: their attention, Fosters the guy who could get open deep, right,

507
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:29,960
Speaker 1: He's the one you would look for there in that

508
00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,960
Speaker 1: Benjamin he can outrun people. Yeah, he can outrun people,

509
00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:35,280
Speaker 1: and I think he might be the only guy if

510
00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,199
Speaker 1: Josh Allen takes an extra hitch that could outrun Josh's arm.

511
00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:39,720
Speaker 1: I mean, he's gonna get out there and they're gonna

512
00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:41,879
Speaker 1: have to cover him. So that's a good that's a

513
00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:46,320
Speaker 1: good Gary, that's a good thought, because I do think

514
00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,600
Speaker 1: they're gonna be able to do a different type of

515
00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,399
Speaker 1: attack with Josh Allen. At least they'd like to with

516
00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,600
Speaker 1: Josh Allen um at quarterback rather than Nathan Peter. And

517
00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,160
Speaker 1: just because of his physical abilities. We've talked about Murphy

518
00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:00,600
Speaker 1: and I've talked about him old I mean all day

519
00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:02,480
Speaker 1: every day. When you sit there and watch him practice,

520
00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,440
Speaker 1: it jumps out at you. And that's that's a weapon

521
00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:08,760
Speaker 1: I think the Bills have to take advantage of. Thanks Gary,

522
00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,560
Speaker 1: here's Wally in Cheek Dwaga. Hello, whiley go ahead. You're

523
00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,840
Speaker 1: on the air. Hey guys, how are you doing? You're

524
00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,040
Speaker 1: looking for one player on each side of the ball.

525
00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:18,880
Speaker 1: But I think you've got to go back and look

526
00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,960
Speaker 1: at the two coordinators because last week one couldn't move

527
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,359
Speaker 1: the ball and one couldn't stop the ball. It starts

528
00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:28,080
Speaker 1: with it starts with the coaching. Yeah, yeah, what would

529
00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:30,920
Speaker 1: you like to see from the coaches aside from finding

530
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,640
Speaker 1: fault with what happened last week, what are you looking

531
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:37,080
Speaker 1: for from those coordinators? Then? Yeah, what kind of Yeah, Wally,

532
00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,680
Speaker 1: what kind of plan would you put in place? Just

533
00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,800
Speaker 1: generally speaking, like a sentence on offense, a sentence on defense?

534
00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:49,120
Speaker 1: What's your plan? Shotgun? Maybe on offense? Okay, shotgun? Last week?

535
00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:54,200
Speaker 1: What on defense? I think you got to put a

536
00:24:54,280 --> 00:25:01,280
Speaker 1: shadow on a quarterback? What's the term that they use? Uh, yeah,

537
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:03,760
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. Yeah, he's got to shadow

538
00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,280
Speaker 1: the quarterback. Maybe that would be I don't know. I

539
00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:11,239
Speaker 1: don't know, but I just don't think fer you mean

540
00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:15,439
Speaker 1: a spy. A spy? Yeah? Okay, Well, here's the thing

541
00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,320
Speaker 1: you and I get your Wally that there's no question

542
00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,639
Speaker 1: it's gonna take a great game plan to beat the Chargers.

543
00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,440
Speaker 1: And it's and not only that, and you talk to

544
00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:25,000
Speaker 1: the players. They don't care what the game plan is.

545
00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,000
Speaker 1: Whatever it is, they got to execute it and that

546
00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,520
Speaker 1: and there was a lot of that going around last

547
00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:31,920
Speaker 1: week where they had struggled executing the game plan. And

548
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:33,919
Speaker 1: I don't think you do. I gotta he don't put

549
00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,680
Speaker 1: a spy on Philip Rivers. He's not going anywhere. He's

550
00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:39,480
Speaker 1: not gonna run at all. You know where he's gonna be.

551
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,920
Speaker 1: Usually put a spy on a quarterback in case he

552
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,040
Speaker 1: pulls it down and takes off running. The spy is

553
00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,800
Speaker 1: there to mirror him and keep him from running down

554
00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:50,320
Speaker 1: the football field. You're not gonna need that against San Diego,

555
00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:52,760
Speaker 1: I mean against the Los Angeles Chargers. You're gonna need

556
00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:57,000
Speaker 1: that against somebody like Cam Newton or a Lamar Jackson

557
00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:59,560
Speaker 1: or somebody like that. On the tweet sheet, as we

558
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,760
Speaker 1: question who holds who holds the key to a Bill's

559
00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:06,480
Speaker 1: victory over the Chargers a tweet from Joe bad He says, offense,

560
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,000
Speaker 1: it's easy, Josh Allen. He has to play over his

561
00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,359
Speaker 1: head and use mobility to make big plays after the

562
00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:15,040
Speaker 1: line breaks down. Defense Starlo Tula to take two blockers

563
00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,160
Speaker 1: to free up linebackers to stop and run and free

564
00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:20,000
Speaker 1: up other defensive tackles to push the pocket on rivers

565
00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:24,280
Speaker 1: up the middle. Okay, Joe, thanks for participating. I wouldn't disagree.

566
00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:25,800
Speaker 1: I don't know if Josh Allen has to play over

567
00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:28,320
Speaker 1: his head. I do agree he has to use his mobility.

568
00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:33,440
Speaker 1: I think Josh Allen's mobility is a undervalued aspect of

569
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,680
Speaker 1: his game. Steve we sought a lot in preseason, a

570
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,080
Speaker 1: little bit even less week in Baltimore. He can move,

571
00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,199
Speaker 1: he can run, he can pick up first sounds. They

572
00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:42,520
Speaker 1: might be able to run like some read option plays

573
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:44,680
Speaker 1: with Josh keeping the ball and running. I know, and

574
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,639
Speaker 1: I get it they could. The thing that bothers me

575
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,480
Speaker 1: about that is, you know, look what happened to Carson Wentz.

576
00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:53,960
Speaker 1: You know all it was an innocuous tackle. He was

577
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:55,720
Speaker 1: just diving in the end zone, and all of a

578
00:26:55,760 --> 00:27:00,520
Speaker 1: sudden he's out. Until he's still out, you run the risk,

579
00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:03,160
Speaker 1: particularly when you've got one guy behind me. You don't

580
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,120
Speaker 1: have two. Uh, you know you're gonna run the risk

581
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,080
Speaker 1: of losing him if he comes out, Even if he

582
00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:10,320
Speaker 1: gets tweaked and he can come back in, if he's

583
00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,320
Speaker 1: out for half an hour, you know, then you're you're

584
00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:15,720
Speaker 1: without your number one quarterback until he gets back in.

585
00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,399
Speaker 1: So I'm not let him decide. When he used to

586
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,520
Speaker 1: give him some advice by watching films, say hey, you

587
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:22,879
Speaker 1: see this take off and slide here, but you got

588
00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,879
Speaker 1: to make sure he slides, gets down, gives himself up,

589
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:27,840
Speaker 1: and does not take a hit, and I don't know

590
00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,200
Speaker 1: if you can guarantee that when you start calling runs

591
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:32,719
Speaker 1: for him, I would build in some runs. I wouldn't

592
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:34,000
Speaker 1: do a lot of it, but I would build in

593
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 1: some runs for him. I think he's that good an athlete,

594
00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:39,320
Speaker 1: and he's big enough, dude, I think run people over

595
00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,320
Speaker 1: even when he gets outside what he got on the tweaks. Seriously,

596
00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,280
Speaker 1: I don't know, I'm not I would build in Again,

597
00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,920
Speaker 1: I'm not saying I don't have a problem showing that.

598
00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:49,680
Speaker 1: That's like you see him run two or three times

599
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,960
Speaker 1: I think in this game. All right, now, we'll have

600
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,440
Speaker 1: to talk further about that. If you take Nagger offense

601
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,080
Speaker 1: at Shady, you get him going, takes less pressure off alan,

602
00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:01,040
Speaker 1: less throws, less possible mistakes. On defense, it's Hughes. If

603
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,600
Speaker 1: the Bills have any chance of success against Rivers, they

604
00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,520
Speaker 1: have to pressure him. Hughes not only has to get sacks,

605
00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:10,119
Speaker 1: but also has to disrupt Rivers the entire game. And

606
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,639
Speaker 1: there's something to be said for that. Philip Rivers does

607
00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,600
Speaker 1: not run around. He might slide back and forth. But

608
00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:17,800
Speaker 1: if you can get pressure, pressure and get it quick,

609
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,960
Speaker 1: at least make him throw it before he's ready. To

610
00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:25,760
Speaker 1: throw it. That's that's that's a great recipe. And Jerry Hughes,

611
00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:27,240
Speaker 1: we saw it last week. He had a couple of

612
00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:30,000
Speaker 1: shots at Joe Flacco and just and missed if Flacco

613
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 1: slipped through him one time that I remember specifically. But yeah,

614
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:36,760
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to get pressure. I think Trent Murphy's

615
00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 1: gotta it's not gonna be a one man thing in

616
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:40,520
Speaker 1: that out in that regard. It's going to be a

617
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 1: team thing. But Jerry Hughes are gonna have something to

618
00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,480
Speaker 1: say about it. You know. Among the many things to

619
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:47,800
Speaker 1: like about Philip Rivers, among the many things to like

620
00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:51,840
Speaker 1: about his game, I think is how he doesn't take sacks.

621
00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:55,000
Speaker 1: You're already outline that. But his release point it can

622
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,320
Speaker 1: be anywhere, right, He'll just throw the ball. He'll find

623
00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,760
Speaker 1: a way to get the ball down field. No matter

624
00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:02,320
Speaker 1: where he's throwing it from, or what is what his

625
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:05,000
Speaker 1: platform is, or how much pressure is around him. You

626
00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,520
Speaker 1: can get rid of it from anywhere. Really, it's different.

627
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:11,360
Speaker 1: It's crazy. It's crazy talk now. Seventeen years later after

628
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:13,520
Speaker 1: he after he got her, fourteen years later, after he

629
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,040
Speaker 1: got drafted and was traded with Eli Manning straight remember

630
00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:19,080
Speaker 1: that big deal because the big knock on Philip Rivers

631
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 1: and the reason he wasn't the number one overall pick

632
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:26,160
Speaker 1: was because he had this funky delivery. Yeah, it's nuts

633
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:28,000
Speaker 1: to think about it now, It's like, what are you

634
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 1: talking about. He's the guy's like one of the great ones.

635
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,240
Speaker 1: Are he's He's like, he's like the modern Dan Marino. Yeah,

636
00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,760
Speaker 1: you know, Marino had that quick release and Rivers has

637
00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:39,479
Speaker 1: got what he does. And they're they're very similar players

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00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:44,480
Speaker 1: and numbers bear that out. They're both prolific passers with

639
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,320
Speaker 1: some of the all time greats. And to think back

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00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,360
Speaker 1: when he got drafted all this stuff, when we've been

641
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,560
Speaker 1: talking about quarterbacks for six months before the draft, it's

642
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:55,120
Speaker 1: crazy now and it all gets lost in the wash.

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00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:56,360
Speaker 1: But you're right, and that's one of the things that

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00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:58,520
Speaker 1: has made him so effective. He can he throws the

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00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:02,120
Speaker 1: thing's side arm over the top around guy throws it well, yeah,

646
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Speaker 1: side are yeah, I mean, it's it's nuts. It's very talented.

647
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Speaker 1: We're gonna talk more about this. We got lots of

648
00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:08,760
Speaker 1: time to talk to this first hour of the show

649
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:10,360
Speaker 1: to hear from you. We want to know from you

650
00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:13,040
Speaker 1: who holds the key to a Bill's victory over the Chargers.

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Speaker 1: Give us one player on offense, one player on defense.

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Speaker 1: We'll come back to talk about that. We're just getting

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Speaker 1: started here. One Bill's Live presented by Kalida Health. I'm

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Speaker 1: coming to you from One Bill's Drive and this is

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome back to the show. The show

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Speaker 1: is One Bills Live and it's Friday afternoon at One

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Speaker 1: Bill's Drive. John Murphy, Steve Tasker getting set for the

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Speaker 1: Bills home opener. Steve, you got me hooked. Diet doctor Pepper,

659
00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:49,480
Speaker 1: the drink of the day. You've had a couple already today.

660
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Speaker 1: You're going for the record. I understand for most Come

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Speaker 1: well on my way, and I think I'm gonna make it.

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Speaker 1: Our producer Ja Harris looked up. I think it was

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Speaker 1: the fastest doctor Pepper and how how long was it for?

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Speaker 1: One twelve ounce can? Five point three eight seconds? Oh?

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Speaker 1: I can do that. I could do that. Stick around, folks.

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Speaker 1: Two o'clock hour. Steve goes for the record quickest downing

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Speaker 1: of a diet doctor Pepper. This is my first year round.

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Speaker 1: You got it. You got me by a couple. You'll

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Speaker 1: never catch you. I can't look at this can without

670
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:27,480
Speaker 1: thinking of our buddy Wade Phillips. He down. He would

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Speaker 1: head down these one after another after another. He was amazing.

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Speaker 1: Will I take good care of us? Here, hold the

673
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:38,640
Speaker 1: doctor Pepper, you can swill down. Hey, we're talking about

674
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,120
Speaker 1: Sunday's game, and we're gonna talk about Mark Kelso at one,

675
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:44,600
Speaker 1: Greg co Sal at one thirty, Lorenzo Alexander two, Steve

676
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:46,920
Speaker 1: Burline at two thirty. So this is your chance now

677
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:48,840
Speaker 1: to let us know what you think the key guys

678
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:50,840
Speaker 1: for the Bills to come out with a surprise victory.

679
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:52,760
Speaker 1: I hadn't even looked at the point spread, all right,

680
00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:57,160
Speaker 1: I assume the Bills are are I think yeah, I

681
00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:01,480
Speaker 1: think significant. I think they're minus seven seven and a half.

682
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 1: Well they should be based on the way they played,

683
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,120
Speaker 1: all right. I think it's a Chargers minus. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

684
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:09,040
Speaker 1: So if the Bills are gonna win, it would be

685
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:10,840
Speaker 1: an upset. Who holds the key to that upset? What

686
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 1: do you think? Give us one player on offense, one

687
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:16,000
Speaker 1: player on defense. You can shoot it in on our

688
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Speaker 1: Twitter site at one Bills Live, or give us a

689
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Speaker 1: call eight h three oh five fifty or toll free

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Speaker 1: one eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty Jerry

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00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:26,440
Speaker 1: on the line in Webster. Hello Jerry, welcome to the show.

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00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:30,200
Speaker 1: Hi John II, Steve. Are you guys doing today? Great?

693
00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:35,960
Speaker 1: Doing well? Good? Um? I think McCoy on offense because obviously,

694
00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,680
Speaker 1: if we can get a running game going, our offense

695
00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,760
Speaker 1: is gonna open up. On defense. I picked fine Day

696
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:45,960
Speaker 1: Davis because our passing a defense last week. Oh my god,

697
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,680
Speaker 1: I've never seen people so wide open. Yeah, and a

698
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:53,080
Speaker 1: suggestion just as interest that probably they won't take it.

699
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:56,400
Speaker 1: Is there ever any chance that you put an offensive

700
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:59,440
Speaker 1: line guy in the backfield with the quarterback just as

701
00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:02,000
Speaker 1: extra section. I don't know. I'm want to hang up

702
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:03,840
Speaker 1: and I just want to hear your comments. Okay, guys,

703
00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,320
Speaker 1: thanks great? Yeah, interesting. Yeah. And they will put off

704
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,200
Speaker 1: extra offensive lineman. In fact, they did it last week.

705
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:12,880
Speaker 1: It was a run play, but they did put an

706
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,880
Speaker 1: They have a extra offensive lineman set where they bring

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00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,000
Speaker 1: an extra tackle onto the field and line him up

708
00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:21,160
Speaker 1: as a tight end. But don't forget if they if

709
00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:23,280
Speaker 1: they put an extra offensive lineman on, somebody's got to

710
00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:25,400
Speaker 1: come off. And that's that's where you start to question

711
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:26,840
Speaker 1: about what you're going to do on the play. If

712
00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:29,520
Speaker 1: you take a tight end off, or take a wide

713
00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:32,000
Speaker 1: receiver off, take a running back off, that's one player

714
00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:34,440
Speaker 1: from another position group that you can't use in another way.

715
00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:37,560
Speaker 1: So and it also and that tells the defense something.

716
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:41,720
Speaker 1: So M yeah, I mean that's yeah. I believe that

717
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:43,200
Speaker 1: the Bills have got the guys to do it. They've

718
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:45,760
Speaker 1: got ten offensive linemen on their roster right now, so

719
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:49,640
Speaker 1: you can bet they're scouring that group to find the

720
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:52,560
Speaker 1: bet five best guys. Not going to make too many

721
00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:54,600
Speaker 1: changes in the starting or any changes in the starting

722
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 1: lineup this week, but if you're looking for something, if

723
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:00,320
Speaker 1: you want to see what I'm looking for in this game,

724
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:01,960
Speaker 1: I want to see how those guys play up front.

725
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:03,640
Speaker 1: They've got to play better than they did a week ago.

726
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 1: There's no question about it. I'm not saying everything was

727
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,320
Speaker 1: their fault. I'm not saying the way Peterman played was

728
00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:10,440
Speaker 1: all their fault. I'm not saying any of that. But

729
00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:12,560
Speaker 1: I think they do have to play better. What to

730
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:14,120
Speaker 1: watch for it, Let's talk about that a little bit.

731
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:16,759
Speaker 1: So you're why are you putting the onus on the

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00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 1: offensive line to win this game for Buffalo? Is that

733
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,400
Speaker 1: what you're thinking is that what you're watching, I'll tell

734
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,560
Speaker 1: you I'm watching for him to play better. And here's

735
00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:26,719
Speaker 1: the thing too, and this is in conjunction with what

736
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,640
Speaker 1: I said about the offensive line. I want to know,

737
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,200
Speaker 1: if Josh Allen drops back to pass, how much time

738
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:35,320
Speaker 1: are you going to have? And then, in conjunction with that,

739
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,319
Speaker 1: if they do give him time, which I think at

740
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:41,279
Speaker 1: least on occasion they're going to, can he use it.

741
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:45,360
Speaker 1: Does he stand in there, look down the field, not

742
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:48,360
Speaker 1: think about the rush, and deliver the football to somebody

743
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:52,120
Speaker 1: who at least hopefully will be open. I don't know

744
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,400
Speaker 1: if he's That's what I want to see. Can the

745
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:57,239
Speaker 1: offensive line give him consistent time? And if he does

746
00:34:57,360 --> 00:34:59,160
Speaker 1: get that time, is he gonna have happy feet and

747
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:01,160
Speaker 1: pull the thing down and run out of there real quick?

748
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:02,600
Speaker 1: Or is he going to keep his eyes down the

749
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:05,800
Speaker 1: field and think about the rush. I think that's what

750
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:07,959
Speaker 1: I'm looking for. I don't know if all that'll happen,

751
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:09,319
Speaker 1: or any of it will happen, or it will happen

752
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,239
Speaker 1: some and not other times, or how much it will happen.

753
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:13,480
Speaker 1: That's what I'm really watching. I want to see if

754
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:18,680
Speaker 1: that is something you can say, yeah, they did, they

755
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,719
Speaker 1: did do that or if it's like, well, sometimes they did,

756
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,799
Speaker 1: sometimes they didn't. That's that's what I'm watching. The offensive line,

757
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:25,880
Speaker 1: how much time and whether the quarterback uses it when

758
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:27,560
Speaker 1: they do give it to him. Here's what I'm watching for.

759
00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:30,040
Speaker 1: The first thing on offensive I'm watching for is how

760
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:34,319
Speaker 1: big can Lashan McCoy's role beat? I mean, can they

761
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:35,840
Speaker 1: hand it to him twenty times and throw it to

762
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:38,000
Speaker 1: him six or eight times? I would hope so, right,

763
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:39,880
Speaker 1: I would hope. So I hope they can get twenty

764
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,480
Speaker 1: plus carries on the ground and you know, six, eight,

765
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:45,400
Speaker 1: ten catches even if possible, because I think he is

766
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,360
Speaker 1: by far the most accomplished offensive player they have on

767
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:52,160
Speaker 1: the roster. He is by far the most dynamic performer

768
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:54,480
Speaker 1: they have on the roster. This is not a great

769
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 1: Chargers defense, it's not. And I think Lashan McCoy in

770
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:02,520
Speaker 1: space against some of those line backers could be really

771
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:04,680
Speaker 1: pay some big dividends for the Bill. So how big

772
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:06,799
Speaker 1: can they make McCoy's role being? And I'm thinking about

773
00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 1: his workload, I'm thinking about the Chargers waiting now after

774
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:13,120
Speaker 1: a while for McCoy, they will pack the box early.

775
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:14,640
Speaker 1: So maybe the Bill's got to throw it to the

776
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:16,960
Speaker 1: Shady early in the game. But he, to me, is

777
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:20,040
Speaker 1: not just the key guy, but the extent of his

778
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:23,120
Speaker 1: role both passing and running the football, I think is

779
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 1: going to play a major role. That's one of the

780
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,319
Speaker 1: main things I'm watching. What's your what's your best case

781
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:30,719
Speaker 1: scenario for the number of touches he gets? Thirty? Yeah,

782
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:35,000
Speaker 1: you know, twenty two, six or eight catches somewhere in

783
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 1: the neighbor twenty twenty five carries, Yeah, six or eight

784
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:42,960
Speaker 1: maybe vacillating between five and ten catches. Heavy workload is heavy,

785
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:44,759
Speaker 1: but you know, I think that's what it's going to take.

786
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 1: And you know what you got contracts to last year.

787
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:51,400
Speaker 1: You have backups who can can spell him, right, Marcus Murphy,

788
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:55,240
Speaker 1: they can spell him for me. I think any carries

789
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:59,920
Speaker 1: that Mark Murphy or Ivory get I almost count those

790
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:02,560
Speaker 1: towards Shady as well. I mean, I just want him

791
00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:04,960
Speaker 1: to be able to, you know, hand it off and

792
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 1: be productive in that. Now, when Lashaun's in the game,

793
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:10,600
Speaker 1: he's got to be the focal point. But I think

794
00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:12,839
Speaker 1: he has to be for both teams. And I think

795
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,200
Speaker 1: that it's crazy to think that the Chargers aren't going

796
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,359
Speaker 1: to come in and put the crosshairs on him, right.

797
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 1: I know what you mean, but I do think there's

798
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:24,120
Speaker 1: a drop off in dynamic potential when McCoy is out.

799
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 1: You don't get the same threat from Marcus Murphy or

800
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,040
Speaker 1: Chris Ivory that you do from Leshan McCoy. Yeah, And

801
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:31,360
Speaker 1: I think that will change the way the Chargers and

802
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:33,359
Speaker 1: every Builds opponent will play him this year. It's always

803
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 1: interesting to me why and when offensive coordinators choose to

804
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: take their running back like Leshaun and put him way

805
00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:41,120
Speaker 1: out and put him way out wide. And I think

806
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 1: one of the things you watched for is when he

807
00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:46,279
Speaker 1: lines up in the backfield and moves out wide, what

808
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 1: the defense does to him? How they handle that. Do

809
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:51,400
Speaker 1: they pop the corner outside, Do they come off of

810
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:53,920
Speaker 1: Calvin Benjamin and put the corner on Shady and then

811
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,160
Speaker 1: put a safety down or a linebacker out on Benjamin,

812
00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 1: or do they do it in the reverse They keep

813
00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 1: the linebacker on Benjamin or the corner on Benjamin and

814
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,920
Speaker 1: move a safety or linebacker out on Lashawn McCoy. And

815
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:06,399
Speaker 1: that how they adjust to that is the big key.

816
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,320
Speaker 1: But I think the key for fans to watch is

817
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:13,480
Speaker 1: when the Bills come out and line up, and then

818
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:18,480
Speaker 1: after the defense gets set, then Lashawn moves. How the

819
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:21,040
Speaker 1: defense adjusts to that is what you should watch. Who

820
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 1: goes with him? And if nobody does, that's where you

821
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:27,960
Speaker 1: throw the football, you know, and if and if they

822
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:30,600
Speaker 1: do move out there with him, who they move out

823
00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:32,800
Speaker 1: there still doesn't take him out of that play. So

824
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:35,040
Speaker 1: I think that's one of the x is and no

825
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 1: things that the average fans sometimes doesn't think about. But

826
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:40,840
Speaker 1: that's it's done for a reason because here's what happens

827
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:42,759
Speaker 1: as an offense. When you go out and line up

828
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:46,520
Speaker 1: and have shady line up out there, the defense plays

829
00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 1: a different defense than it would if you line up

830
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:51,719
Speaker 1: in the backfield and then move him and shift to him.

831
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:55,360
Speaker 1: So the defense adjust differently to the same alignment depending

832
00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:57,440
Speaker 1: on how the offense gets there. And I think that's

833
00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:59,640
Speaker 1: one of the things that the average fans sometimes let's

834
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:02,360
Speaker 1: get him and if and you got to watch that

835
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:04,640
Speaker 1: stuff because it's really interesting to see how the defense

836
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:06,640
Speaker 1: and it'll tell you what they're thinking about that player.

837
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:10,120
Speaker 1: Chargers have a good potential matchup guy in their first

838
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:13,440
Speaker 1: round picked Ran James from FSU six two, two hundred

839
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:16,640
Speaker 1: and fifteen pounds pretty good cover guy, and he's very physical.

840
00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:20,479
Speaker 1: And if I'm Los Angeles, I'm just close to seeing

841
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:26,000
Speaker 1: San Diego. I said it earlier. He's the guy I

842
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:28,759
Speaker 1: would motion out on Shady when he lines up White,

843
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:31,560
Speaker 1: just because he's physical. He can jam him, and he

844
00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:34,400
Speaker 1: can run pretty well too. It's not a great matchup,

845
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:36,520
Speaker 1: but I think it might be. If he's six two

846
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:38,880
Speaker 1: two fifteen. I wonder if he can go sideways like

847
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:41,880
Speaker 1: Shady can. That's the thing. If he does that, then

848
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 1: you're gonna Yeah. Then you put him in a spot

849
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:46,280
Speaker 1: where he's got to stick with Shady on on a quick, breaking,

850
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 1: hard route where he's got to move and he's got

851
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:51,960
Speaker 1: to stick with Shady when Shady gives him. That himmy

852
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:55,480
Speaker 1: thing that he does. That's how you do it. When

853
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:57,239
Speaker 1: you get a big guy like that, a physical guy,

854
00:39:57,280 --> 00:40:00,800
Speaker 1: you gotta make him stop and go. That's how you

855
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:02,759
Speaker 1: That's the first thing you try against guys like that.

856
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:05,000
Speaker 1: There's some guy it's the NFL, and there once in

857
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:06,600
Speaker 1: a while you get a guy who's that big, who

858
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:08,920
Speaker 1: can do that, but you got to make him prove it.

859
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,160
Speaker 1: What to watch for Steven Defense? You're looking for the

860
00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:13,600
Speaker 1: Bills run defense to come up right. That's a key

861
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:16,280
Speaker 1: to this game for you. Yeah, I mean they held

862
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:20,480
Speaker 1: Baltimore in the run game. I mean that may be

863
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:22,399
Speaker 1: one of the bright spots. They did. Seventy five yards

864
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:26,080
Speaker 1: rushing is the number I remember. That was pretty good.

865
00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:29,120
Speaker 1: The rest of it, you know, with Joe Flacco throwing

866
00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:30,560
Speaker 1: the ball all over the joint, that was the thing

867
00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:34,400
Speaker 1: that gave him problems. It was his ability. And the

868
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:36,120
Speaker 1: one that got you was that early in the game,

869
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:39,400
Speaker 1: second and twenty seven where they got thirty one yards

870
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:41,440
Speaker 1: on it, and that was that was the crusher and

871
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:43,600
Speaker 1: that's when he should have had him off the field early.

872
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:46,200
Speaker 1: And then maybe it's a different game, but you know,

873
00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:49,800
Speaker 1: they didn't do it. So yeah, I think if the

874
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:52,560
Speaker 1: Bills deep run defense can put them in third and long,

875
00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:58,120
Speaker 1: third and eight plus situations on third down, yeah, that

876
00:40:58,239 --> 00:41:01,080
Speaker 1: gives you a chance for the incompletion to get off

877
00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:03,320
Speaker 1: the field. Here's what I'm looking for from the Buffalo defense.

878
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:04,920
Speaker 1: How do they match up? How do they line up

879
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,680
Speaker 1: at corner against the Chargers team that threw for four

880
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:11,120
Speaker 1: hundred forty yards last week. Tarn Johnson has not practiced

881
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:14,880
Speaker 1: all week. Last week's starter at the nickel corners, So

882
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,880
Speaker 1: what do they put Philip Gaines in there? Bonte Davis

883
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:21,279
Speaker 1: McDermot said today Davis will play this week, so what's

884
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:22,920
Speaker 1: his role. I just want to see how they line

885
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:24,840
Speaker 1: up because I think the pressure are gonna be on

886
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:27,759
Speaker 1: that defensive backfield. Though we steve picking like a hide.

887
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:29,960
Speaker 1: I picked Jordan Poyer as a key guy for the Bills,

888
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:33,359
Speaker 1: But in that defensive backfield, you know, guys are gonna

889
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:35,920
Speaker 1: have to step up to slow down this passing attack.

890
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:38,080
Speaker 1: Number one passing attack last year in the league and

891
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:40,520
Speaker 1: number one again so far this year. They're there talented,

892
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:42,040
Speaker 1: and I think one of the things you have to do,

893
00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:46,000
Speaker 1: and Todavious White does this once in a while, is

894
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:47,880
Speaker 1: you know, for a quarterback who doesn't get sacked like

895
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:51,000
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers, you need a dB that's good enough and

896
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:53,600
Speaker 1: can play in such a level as to scare him

897
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:56,439
Speaker 1: off the throw. When Philip Rivers goes to his first

898
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:59,080
Speaker 1: read and looks over there and he's not going to

899
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:02,000
Speaker 1: throw it there because he's covered, then he's got to

900
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:05,120
Speaker 1: come back and double hitch and find somebody else to

901
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:07,000
Speaker 1: throw the football too. And the moment he does that,

902
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:08,960
Speaker 1: it gives your pass rush a chance to get there,

903
00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 1: or he has to throw it quick or throw it away,

904
00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:14,200
Speaker 1: or force the ball into a bad spot, and it

905
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:16,360
Speaker 1: all goes hand in hand. He's hurt. Of the thousand

906
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 1: times when they cover well, the quarterback gets sacked. Philip

907
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:22,279
Speaker 1: Rivers is gonna find somebody. He's gonna throw it up,

908
00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:25,480
Speaker 1: and that's when you know Micah Hyde and Jordan Porio

909
00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:27,560
Speaker 1: hopefully can take advantage of that. So what's here from you?

910
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:29,360
Speaker 1: Who do you think the key players for the Bills

911
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,839
Speaker 1: one on offense, one on defense if they're gonna spring

912
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:34,040
Speaker 1: the upset victory this Sunday? Who are the key guys

913
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:36,120
Speaker 1: for Buffalo? Give us a call. We'll get some phone

914
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:37,880
Speaker 1: calls up. We'll go to the tweet sheet when we

915
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:40,319
Speaker 1: come back for the next segment. It is One Bills

916
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:43,120
Speaker 1: Live from One Bills Drive and this is Buffalo Bills Radio.

917
00:42:57,440 --> 00:43:00,360
Speaker 1: Welcome back. One goes live One Bills Drive. Bill on

918
00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:02,560
Speaker 1: the practice field, the practice should be over and is

919
00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:05,279
Speaker 1: we look on the MSG seven looks like gets over steven.

920
00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:07,400
Speaker 1: I don't see anybody on that field a new airfield,

921
00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:10,160
Speaker 1: do that makes sense? They started eleven probably wrapped it

922
00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:11,640
Speaker 1: up about an hour and a half or about twenty

923
00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:14,120
Speaker 1: minutes ago. Yeah, they got a game. Oh, they got

924
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:18,279
Speaker 1: a game. Yeah, it's Friday man. Yeah, Hey, who are

925
00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:20,760
Speaker 1: the key guys? The two key players, one on offense,

926
00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:22,400
Speaker 1: one on defense. Who do you think give us a call?

927
00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:26,359
Speaker 1: Eight oh three fifty toll free one eight eight eight

928
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:30,839
Speaker 1: five fifty two five fifty. Ryan calling from Kansas? Hello? Ryan?

929
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:35,080
Speaker 1: Are you from Leoti, Kansas? Where are you from? Her Selena, Kansas?

930
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:38,120
Speaker 1: Steve Selena? Oh yeah, I know he's been there up

931
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:42,480
Speaker 1: on NISH seven to go ahead. Yeah. I think, um,

932
00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:47,600
Speaker 1: the builds need to flip Marcus Murphy and Lacam McCoy

933
00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:53,719
Speaker 1: and the um either McCoy out wide and Murphy in

934
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:57,279
Speaker 1: the backfield or five versus us. They both need to

935
00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:01,520
Speaker 1: be on the field together on off and on defense.

936
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:08,400
Speaker 1: I think White needs to big garden Keenan Allen in

937
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:12,840
Speaker 1: the slot, follow him everywhere. Okay, those are good ideas.

938
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:15,160
Speaker 1: I guess what would it do to have Marcus Murphy? Well,

939
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:17,640
Speaker 1: it gives you. It gives you two really good players

940
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:20,680
Speaker 1: on the field together, no question. Um. I guess that

941
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:24,080
Speaker 1: means you go with just two wides and or maybe

942
00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:27,640
Speaker 1: two tights, two backs and one wide receiver if you want,

943
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:32,719
Speaker 1: um you can do that as well, but you gotta

944
00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:34,560
Speaker 1: have a plan to use him. I mean, you gotta

945
00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:36,560
Speaker 1: use both. Those guys. Gotta be viable. You can't be

946
00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:38,320
Speaker 1: just putting Marcus Murphy out so you can give the

947
00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:41,239
Speaker 1: ball to Leshawn Moore. The defense will catch on that

948
00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:43,200
Speaker 1: pretty quick. And Marcus Murphy isn't a guy that I

949
00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:46,200
Speaker 1: think can split out wide like Leshawn can, or at

950
00:44:46,239 --> 00:44:48,799
Speaker 1: least not as effectively. Now they still got to cover him.

951
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:51,680
Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean, I don't think you're gonna beat

952
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:56,960
Speaker 1: the Chargers running a trick offense. You gotta have an

953
00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:59,120
Speaker 1: offense that runs, and it can run do a lot

954
00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:01,040
Speaker 1: of things out of what ever set you're in, whatever

955
00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:04,320
Speaker 1: personnel you have, whatever people you have, whatever scheme you have,

956
00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:06,000
Speaker 1: you've got to be versatile. You gotta be able to

957
00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:07,239
Speaker 1: run out of it. You gotta be able to throw

958
00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:08,680
Speaker 1: out of it. You got to have to do it

959
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:10,880
Speaker 1: with different people on the field. You gotta do it

960
00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:14,640
Speaker 1: without different formations. So you're not going to be able

961
00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:17,680
Speaker 1: to go out there with a trick personnel combination and

962
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:19,560
Speaker 1: beat them. Now, you may get a play out of it,

963
00:45:19,640 --> 00:45:23,000
Speaker 1: and that's all well and good, but you're gonna need

964
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:26,120
Speaker 1: more than one play to make it worth it. So yeah,

965
00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:28,680
Speaker 1: I get it. You gotta try something new and different,

966
00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:31,800
Speaker 1: show them some things they haven't seen before. Absolutely, but

967
00:45:32,560 --> 00:45:34,319
Speaker 1: at some point you're gonna have to play your bass

968
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:37,160
Speaker 1: offense and your bass defense and beat them. And that's

969
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:38,680
Speaker 1: what you have to be really ready to do. Call

970
00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:40,640
Speaker 1: on the line from Wesley and Buffalo who has a

971
00:45:40,719 --> 00:45:43,239
Speaker 1: suggestion today? I think you agree with Steve. But let's

972
00:45:43,239 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 1: here at Wesley. Go ahead, welcome to the show. How

973
00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:49,600
Speaker 1: are you doing, John? I see him. I'm calling in

974
00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:56,920
Speaker 1: to say, Um, maybe Jason Chrome and Calvin Benjamin lined

975
00:45:57,040 --> 00:45:59,759
Speaker 1: up on the same side of the field and played

976
00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:06,920
Speaker 1: ball with all smaller defenders. Yeah. I like Croom and

977
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:10,160
Speaker 1: I also like Logan Thomas. Logan Thomas is really big.

978
00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:12,880
Speaker 1: So they've got three guys, particularly when you get down

979
00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:15,160
Speaker 1: to the red zone, which they unfortunately didn't do too

980
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:19,640
Speaker 1: much of last week. I think that's a great personnel combination. Croom,

981
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:25,880
Speaker 1: Clay Benjamin and Logan Thomas are four giants. Put them

982
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:27,600
Speaker 1: out there and have them picked one and have a

983
00:46:27,719 --> 00:46:29,680
Speaker 1: quarterback pick a guy to throw it too. Um. I

984
00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:32,239
Speaker 1: think it's a great idea. I think it's more of

985
00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:34,440
Speaker 1: a red zone thing, or maybe even a short yardage thing.

986
00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:36,120
Speaker 1: If you want to get out and you got a

987
00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:37,840
Speaker 1: fourth and two at midfield, you want to try and

988
00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:40,560
Speaker 1: pick up. It's a great formation to go to because

989
00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:42,320
Speaker 1: they got to defend it and you can just a

990
00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:44,359
Speaker 1: little five yard pass and it's a first down kind

991
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:47,400
Speaker 1: of thing. So yeah, I agree with you, and I

992
00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:49,399
Speaker 1: know a lot of people, a lot of Bills fans.

993
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:51,080
Speaker 1: We just had took two calls in a row about

994
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:54,680
Speaker 1: you know, what personnel combinations might give the Chargers problems,

995
00:46:54,719 --> 00:46:57,440
Speaker 1: and both of them would. But like I said, sooner

996
00:46:57,560 --> 00:46:59,320
Speaker 1: or later, you got to line up your best players

997
00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:01,880
Speaker 1: and go and win. And that's that's kind of way

998
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:04,759
Speaker 1: the way football's played. Who holds the key to the

999
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:07,239
Speaker 1: Bill's victory over the Chargers give us a call. We'll

1000
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 1: talk more about it. We'll talk with Mark Kelson when

1001
00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:12,000
Speaker 1: we return color analysts on the Bills Radio Network. We'll

1002
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:13,680
Speaker 1: get his thoughts on this, and he has some thoughts

1003
00:47:13,719 --> 00:47:16,480
Speaker 1: about offensive personnel that might help. We'll talk with Mark

1004
00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:19,239
Speaker 1: about that. One Bill's Life presented by Kalida Health, where

1005
00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:21,920
Speaker 1: we are at One Bill's Drive and This is Buffalo

1006
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:37,480
Speaker 1: Bill's Radio Buffalo Bill's Radio Network Stories update. The update

1007
00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:39,480
Speaker 1: from one Bill's Drive. The Bills have wrapped up their

1008
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:42,040
Speaker 1: practice in the stadium today. No practice for Shack Lawson,

1009
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:44,920
Speaker 1: he is not practiced all week with his hamstring. Cornerback

1010
00:47:45,239 --> 00:47:47,440
Speaker 1: Tarn Johnson did not practice the day with his shoulder

1011
00:47:47,640 --> 00:47:50,200
Speaker 1: and just limited work for wide receiver Ray Ray McCloud.

1012
00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:53,120
Speaker 1: Bills have got to work through some numbers at cornerback. McDermott.

1013
00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:56,279
Speaker 1: Sean McDermot says, VMT Davis will play Sunday. He was

1014
00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:59,680
Speaker 1: inactive last Sunday. So Buffalo has four healthy cornerbacks ready

1015
00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:02,560
Speaker 1: to go this Sunday. Bills and the Los Angeles Chargers

1016
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:04,839
Speaker 1: Sunday at one o'clock here on Orchard Park. We've got

1017
00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:06,799
Speaker 1: the cad of the game on our flagship radio station,

1018
00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:10,600
Speaker 1: WGR Sports Radio five fifty. Myself, Mark Kelso Salcapacho on

1019
00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:14,080
Speaker 1: the sidelines. Packers coach Mike McCarthy said today that Aaron

1020
00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:16,960
Speaker 1: Rodgers is still day to day and his ongoing recovery

1021
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:19,719
Speaker 1: from a nice brain he suffered on Sunday. McCarthy says

1022
00:48:19,760 --> 00:48:22,400
Speaker 1: the Packers will know no more about his availability for

1023
00:48:22,560 --> 00:48:25,880
Speaker 1: the game against Minnesota. After tomorrow's practice. The Packers did

1024
00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:29,560
Speaker 1: not practice today. Reports on NFL Network say Rodgers is

1025
00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:32,480
Speaker 1: expected to play against the Vikings. Andy Dalton threw four

1026
00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:35,239
Speaker 1: touchdown passes last night, three and them to AJ Green

1027
00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:37,520
Speaker 1: as the Bengals got ahead early and held on for

1028
00:48:37,600 --> 00:48:40,840
Speaker 1: a thirty four twenty three win over the Baltimore Ravens.

1029
00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:43,200
Speaker 1: It is a two and oh start for Cincinnati verse

1030
00:48:43,280 --> 00:48:45,160
Speaker 1: two and I starts since they won the division title

1031
00:48:45,239 --> 00:48:47,480
Speaker 1: three years ago. The Ravens dropped in one and one.

1032
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:51,279
Speaker 1: Linebacker Michael Kendricks released by the Browns after chargers of

1033
00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:53,560
Speaker 1: insigner training, is signing a one year deal with the

1034
00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:56,880
Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks. Kendricks pleaded guilty last week to the charges.

1035
00:48:57,160 --> 00:48:59,840
Speaker 1: Sentencing said for January twenty fourth. He signed a one

1036
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:03,040
Speaker 1: your contract with the Browns in June. Reportedly he used

1037
00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:05,480
Speaker 1: tipped from an acquaintance to make about one point two

1038
00:49:05,520 --> 00:49:09,360
Speaker 1: million dollars in illegal profits on four major trading deals.

1039
00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:12,520
Speaker 1: Dolphins got bad news today. Tests revealed that left guard

1040
00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:15,560
Speaker 1: Josh Sitton tore his rotator cuffin He will be out

1041
00:49:15,640 --> 00:49:17,880
Speaker 1: for the rest of the season. Buffalo sabers on the

1042
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:21,719
Speaker 1: ice for training camp practices today, officially opening yesterday when

1043
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:25,279
Speaker 1: players reported for physicals and testing. They continue through the

1044
00:49:25,360 --> 00:49:28,360
Speaker 1: weekend with practices at a harbor center open to the public.

1045
00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:31,520
Speaker 1: There is a sessions on Tomorrow morning and on Sunday

1046
00:49:31,560 --> 00:49:34,239
Speaker 1: a scrimmage starting at ten thirty. NAT's the update from

1047
00:49:34,239 --> 00:49:36,279
Speaker 1: One Bills Drive a couple of days for game Day

1048
00:49:36,320 --> 00:49:39,279
Speaker 1: here John Murphy, Steve Tasker with One Bills Live, joined

1049
00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:42,520
Speaker 1: by my broadcast partner on Sundays on the Bills Radio Network,

1050
00:49:42,680 --> 00:49:45,120
Speaker 1: call our analysts for the Bills Radio Network, and of

1051
00:49:45,200 --> 00:49:49,200
Speaker 1: course longtime Buffalo Bill Safety Mark Kelso in studio with us. Mark,

1052
00:49:49,640 --> 00:49:53,000
Speaker 1: good afternoon, Welcome you made it. You escape from rainy Carolina.

1053
00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:55,439
Speaker 1: Huh where you work during the rest of the week. Yeah,

1054
00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:57,400
Speaker 1: And a lot of concerns down there, certainly, And the

1055
00:49:57,480 --> 00:50:00,600
Speaker 1: coast coast is getting bad, pretty pretty significant right now

1056
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:03,120
Speaker 1: in Wilmington. And I don't think Charlotte's going to get

1057
00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:04,640
Speaker 1: the brunt of it. It seems like it's going to turn.

1058
00:50:04,680 --> 00:50:08,279
Speaker 1: It keeps changing direction and changing velocities and all kinds

1059
00:50:08,320 --> 00:50:12,080
Speaker 1: of different different weather anomalies. So but things seem okay

1060
00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:13,719
Speaker 1: in Charlotte at the moment. But there's a lot of

1061
00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:15,600
Speaker 1: people in North and South Carolina that are going to

1062
00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:17,880
Speaker 1: have some difficulties here this weekend. Not that it's the

1063
00:50:17,960 --> 00:50:20,560
Speaker 1: most important thing, but the Panthers play in Atlanta this week,

1064
00:50:20,840 --> 00:50:23,200
Speaker 1: so they don't have a home game to do. Yeah, well,

1065
00:50:23,239 --> 00:50:25,160
Speaker 1: and wouldn't think it wouldn't think that would cause any

1066
00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:27,080
Speaker 1: disruption with the game in Atlanta. But it was certainly

1067
00:50:27,160 --> 00:50:30,160
Speaker 1: probably not disruption if the game was in Charlotte, right,

1068
00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:31,880
Speaker 1: that was her point. If they were home, that wouldn't

1069
00:50:31,880 --> 00:50:34,640
Speaker 1: But they're not. And yeah, and it'll be supposedly cleared

1070
00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:37,360
Speaker 1: out by next weekend when they do play at home. Yeah, probably.

1071
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:39,239
Speaker 1: I mean it's it's it's settling on the coast a

1072
00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:41,160
Speaker 1: little bit. So I think they said it might settle

1073
00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:43,680
Speaker 1: there a little bit longer, might not hit Charlotte area

1074
00:50:43,760 --> 00:50:46,520
Speaker 1: until late Saturday or Sunday afternoons. Say, it may linger

1075
00:50:46,560 --> 00:50:48,040
Speaker 1: a little bit through the beginning of the week, so

1076
00:50:48,120 --> 00:50:50,760
Speaker 1: it may affect some of their practices. But but again

1077
00:50:50,880 --> 00:50:53,320
Speaker 1: that that's probably not the most The most significant concern

1078
00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:55,960
Speaker 1: and most significant concern is the safety of people there.

1079
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:58,480
Speaker 1: And they close schools and they've got some some schools

1080
00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:00,800
Speaker 1: that are that are acting as shew. There's just in

1081
00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:03,319
Speaker 1: case that the weather causes that kind of problem Mark

1082
00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:06,719
Speaker 1: to a much lesser extent. The rain in Baltimore didn't

1083
00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:09,760
Speaker 1: let up last week and the bill's opener against the Ravens,

1084
00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:14,400
Speaker 1: and and the storm has continued here and live till wednesday.

1085
00:51:15,640 --> 00:51:17,400
Speaker 1: If you hit a chance to review what went on,

1086
00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:19,160
Speaker 1: what went wrong this week, I mean, it was just

1087
00:51:19,239 --> 00:51:21,799
Speaker 1: an awful yeah, rain down. No, you know, honestly, I'm

1088
00:51:21,840 --> 00:51:23,440
Speaker 1: like the players. You got to turn the page. I

1089
00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:25,520
Speaker 1: mean you need to keep say, well, you need to

1090
00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:28,480
Speaker 1: think about it a little bit. You need to look

1091
00:51:28,520 --> 00:51:30,920
Speaker 1: there's a plan in a process, and not not to

1092
00:51:31,120 --> 00:51:34,200
Speaker 1: to use the current coaching staffs terminology, but there is

1093
00:51:34,239 --> 00:51:36,480
Speaker 1: a plan on the process to to to a defeat

1094
00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:38,240
Speaker 1: or a victory. I mean you if it's a victory,

1095
00:51:38,239 --> 00:51:39,759
Speaker 1: you got to enjoy it. You gotta look at it,

1096
00:51:39,800 --> 00:51:41,120
Speaker 1: and then you got to move forward. And if it's

1097
00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:42,960
Speaker 1: a defeat, you gotta look at it. You got to

1098
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:45,120
Speaker 1: own the mistakes. You got to realize how you're going

1099
00:51:45,160 --> 00:51:46,640
Speaker 1: to correct him. You got to coach him up on

1100
00:51:46,760 --> 00:51:48,759
Speaker 1: Monday afternoon. You got to take Tuesday off and you

1101
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:51,040
Speaker 1: got to go about your business on Wednesday, or you're

1102
00:51:51,040 --> 00:51:53,080
Speaker 1: gonna find yourself in the same spot come the next

1103
00:51:53,120 --> 00:51:55,920
Speaker 1: Sunday afternoon. You got to move forward. There were certainly

1104
00:51:56,040 --> 00:51:58,839
Speaker 1: some plays that were made on well, not a whole

1105
00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:00,640
Speaker 1: lot on the offensive side of the ball, but a few.

1106
00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:02,400
Speaker 1: I mean in the running backs. Marcus Murphy, I know,

1107
00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:04,919
Speaker 1: had a few plays and there were a couple throws

1108
00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:07,279
Speaker 1: down the field that they were pretty effective. But by

1109
00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:10,160
Speaker 1: and large, they did not play near their level of capability.

1110
00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:12,520
Speaker 1: And that's a pretty darn good defense. The Raven defense

1111
00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:15,200
Speaker 1: is good. And you talked about last night's game earlier

1112
00:52:15,239 --> 00:52:18,239
Speaker 1: in the segment with Cincinnati and Baltimore. Baltimore put up

1113
00:52:18,280 --> 00:52:20,680
Speaker 1: over five hundred yards yesterday as well, but they turned

1114
00:52:20,680 --> 00:52:23,120
Speaker 1: it over three times and put their defense in some

1115
00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:25,680
Speaker 1: difficult situations. I think that's why they lost that game.

1116
00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:28,800
Speaker 1: And I actually thought Baltimore would beat Cincinnati. But the

1117
00:52:28,920 --> 00:52:31,000
Speaker 1: Bills they got to go back to work. And this

1118
00:52:31,120 --> 00:52:33,600
Speaker 1: is a team that they lost to buy a significant

1119
00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:37,880
Speaker 1: differential last year. Tremendous offensive weapons on this team, future

1120
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:40,480
Speaker 1: Hall of famers and Antonio Gates, which isn't playing a

1121
00:52:40,520 --> 00:52:44,040
Speaker 1: whole lot, and of course Philip Rivers and he can

1122
00:52:44,120 --> 00:52:46,640
Speaker 1: sling it, and they've got some personnel that they can

1123
00:52:46,719 --> 00:52:49,279
Speaker 1: run some great routes and run some stem routes as

1124
00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:51,719
Speaker 1: Steve knows well, and tacking the correct hip of the

1125
00:52:51,760 --> 00:52:55,000
Speaker 1: defensive back to create some separation. And it's, uh, it's

1126
00:52:55,360 --> 00:52:58,279
Speaker 1: it's it's going to be a difficult task defensively because

1127
00:52:58,280 --> 00:53:01,160
Speaker 1: this offense is better, in my opinion, than the Baltimore

1128
00:53:01,239 --> 00:53:04,359
Speaker 1: Raven Clan that they faced last week. Yeah, yeah, well

1129
00:53:04,440 --> 00:53:09,040
Speaker 1: that's yeah, that's great to hear. Thanks. Well. The thing

1130
00:53:09,040 --> 00:53:11,319
Speaker 1: about you're saying about turning the page, and I told

1131
00:53:11,400 --> 00:53:13,160
Speaker 1: them if that on Monday, but there really is that

1132
00:53:13,800 --> 00:53:16,000
Speaker 1: you can't let last week's loss count for this week's

1133
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:17,920
Speaker 1: will loss. You know, you can't hang it over. You

1134
00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:21,160
Speaker 1: can't let one lass turn into two losses. Certainly, it

1135
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:23,520
Speaker 1: doesn't mean you've actually gotta you know, you decide to win,

1136
00:53:23,560 --> 00:53:26,120
Speaker 1: You're gonna win, but you gotta put forth a better effort.

1137
00:53:26,160 --> 00:53:28,520
Speaker 1: You gotta correct what happened last week, and not only

1138
00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:31,120
Speaker 1: correct the specific mistakes and you make on this play

1139
00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:34,560
Speaker 1: or that player or whatever, but also in your preparation,

1140
00:53:34,840 --> 00:53:37,560
Speaker 1: in your game plan, in what you know about your

1141
00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:39,160
Speaker 1: own team. And I think this at this point and

1142
00:53:39,760 --> 00:53:42,640
Speaker 1: you speak to this mark, This coaching staff still kind

1143
00:53:42,640 --> 00:53:45,040
Speaker 1: of getting to know exactly who can do what and

1144
00:53:45,160 --> 00:53:46,400
Speaker 1: what they can ask them to do and what they

1145
00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:48,319
Speaker 1: can't do, what they can't count on well, and still

1146
00:53:48,360 --> 00:53:50,960
Speaker 1: tweaking the roster. So obvious it's it's they have guys

1147
00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:52,919
Speaker 1: in certain positions that they're not even one hundred percent

1148
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:56,879
Speaker 1: comfortable with that situation, and how they compliment the entire

1149
00:53:57,200 --> 00:53:59,680
Speaker 1: the entire defensive or offensive scheme. So yeah, there's no

1150
00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:02,000
Speaker 1: question about that. I mean, you can't lament it because

1151
00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:04,319
Speaker 1: if you feel sorry for yourself, guess what charges are

1152
00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:06,279
Speaker 1: going to come in here and roll. So you better

1153
00:54:06,360 --> 00:54:09,080
Speaker 1: find a way to overcome it. And like this coaching

1154
00:54:09,120 --> 00:54:11,120
Speaker 1: staff says as well, it's got to be a growth mindset.

1155
00:54:11,160 --> 00:54:13,160
Speaker 1: It doesn't define who you are, it doesn't define you

1156
00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:16,280
Speaker 1: as a team. It's one game. It answered a few questions.

1157
00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:18,960
Speaker 1: In the negative. Unfortunately, the offensive line did not have

1158
00:54:19,040 --> 00:54:22,400
Speaker 1: a very good day. The receiving corps did not have

1159
00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:25,759
Speaker 1: a lot of production as well, and they've got to

1160
00:54:25,800 --> 00:54:28,400
Speaker 1: find some separations. So they certainly didn't help Nathan Peterman.

1161
00:54:28,440 --> 00:54:30,360
Speaker 1: And in this week it'll be it'll be the rookie

1162
00:54:30,440 --> 00:54:32,560
Speaker 1: quarterback they've got to put him in situations where he

1163
00:54:32,600 --> 00:54:35,239
Speaker 1: can succeed, and that means in my mind, he's got

1164
00:54:35,360 --> 00:54:37,480
Speaker 1: to get rid of the ball quickly. So there's some

1165
00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:39,640
Speaker 1: ways that I think they can attack this charge of

1166
00:54:39,719 --> 00:54:42,320
Speaker 1: defensive unit that might be successful on Sunday afternoon, But

1167
00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:45,040
Speaker 1: they've got to execute seamlessly. If they do, they've got

1168
00:54:45,120 --> 00:54:47,359
Speaker 1: a chance. If they don't, they don't have any chance.

1169
00:54:47,480 --> 00:54:49,920
Speaker 1: With Mark Kelso color analysts on the Bills Radio Network,

1170
00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:51,760
Speaker 1: you are welcome to join us as well. Phone lines

1171
00:54:51,800 --> 00:54:55,000
Speaker 1: open eight oh three fifty and toll free one eight

1172
00:54:55,160 --> 00:54:57,520
Speaker 1: eight eight five fifty two five fifty. So it is

1173
00:54:57,600 --> 00:55:00,560
Speaker 1: johsh Ellen. You saw him three times in preseason, of course,

1174
00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:03,120
Speaker 1: less Sunday. He played much of the second half, most

1175
00:55:03,120 --> 00:55:04,920
Speaker 1: of the second half. What do you expect to get

1176
00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:06,920
Speaker 1: from him as a starter. What do you think the

1177
00:55:06,960 --> 00:55:09,279
Speaker 1: Bills are looking to get from Josh Allen in his

1178
00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:12,680
Speaker 1: first NFL start? Well, let me back up to talk

1179
00:55:12,680 --> 00:55:14,279
Speaker 1: about a little bit what I think the Chargers will

1180
00:55:14,280 --> 00:55:15,799
Speaker 1: do about him, and then I'll tell you what maybe

1181
00:55:15,840 --> 00:55:18,560
Speaker 1: we think we can expect from Josh Allen. It Ham

1182
00:55:18,719 --> 00:55:22,399
Speaker 1: springs their defensive units significantly without Joey Bosa. I don't

1183
00:55:22,440 --> 00:55:25,320
Speaker 1: think he's supposed to play, and that relegates them to

1184
00:55:25,400 --> 00:55:28,479
Speaker 1: a lot more zone coverage than man coverage because Ingram

1185
00:55:28,600 --> 00:55:30,920
Speaker 1: can pressure of the passer, but they don't have too

1186
00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:33,560
Speaker 1: many guys outside of Ingram that they can really affect

1187
00:55:33,600 --> 00:55:35,960
Speaker 1: the passing game and disrupt that timing of the offense.

1188
00:55:36,360 --> 00:55:38,720
Speaker 1: So now you have an opportunity to extend some plays

1189
00:55:38,760 --> 00:55:40,720
Speaker 1: down the field, but I still think they should protect

1190
00:55:40,800 --> 00:55:43,600
Speaker 1: Josh Allen when they do it. I think there's opportunities

1191
00:55:43,640 --> 00:55:46,239
Speaker 1: to run here and then off a successful run game,

1192
00:55:46,320 --> 00:55:49,200
Speaker 1: you can develop a nice, successful play action passing game

1193
00:55:49,239 --> 00:55:51,799
Speaker 1: and have guys down the field extending the field way

1194
00:55:51,880 --> 00:55:54,799
Speaker 1: down there with a post route and a flag route

1195
00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:57,320
Speaker 1: on the outside. So Josh Allen can just sling it,

1196
00:55:57,400 --> 00:55:59,080
Speaker 1: but it's got to be off a half sprinter. It's

1197
00:55:59,080 --> 00:56:00,759
Speaker 1: got to be off a bootleg where he can buy

1198
00:56:00,840 --> 00:56:03,960
Speaker 1: some additional time before he can throw it downfield. And

1199
00:56:04,040 --> 00:56:06,239
Speaker 1: the other thing, and we've talked about this over the

1200
00:56:06,360 --> 00:56:10,759
Speaker 1: years extensively, one thing that this Charger offensive unit does

1201
00:56:10,840 --> 00:56:14,200
Speaker 1: from the receiver position is block really well for Melvin Gordon.

1202
00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:16,759
Speaker 1: That's what the Bills receiving unit needs to do. They

1203
00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:18,719
Speaker 1: can line up in cluster. They can line up in

1204
00:56:18,800 --> 00:56:22,280
Speaker 1: an inverted wing with two tight ends on one side,

1205
00:56:22,560 --> 00:56:24,879
Speaker 1: but those guys have got the block and they've got

1206
00:56:24,960 --> 00:56:28,200
Speaker 1: the position themselves and leverage themselves so that they create

1207
00:56:28,280 --> 00:56:30,080
Speaker 1: space for the running backs. And if they do that,

1208
00:56:30,440 --> 00:56:32,680
Speaker 1: they'll be opportunities in the run game and in the

1209
00:56:32,760 --> 00:56:35,239
Speaker 1: play action passing game. The opportunities are there. But the

1210
00:56:35,280 --> 00:56:38,719
Speaker 1: Bills were so struggled so badly last Sunday to get

1211
00:56:38,719 --> 00:56:41,120
Speaker 1: the running game going. And I know it's a different opponent.

1212
00:56:41,960 --> 00:56:44,879
Speaker 1: Can they take advantage of those opportunities, I mean offensive line?

1213
00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:47,279
Speaker 1: Can they do that against this team what they could

1214
00:56:47,320 --> 00:56:49,360
Speaker 1: not do last week? Well, they have a little different

1215
00:56:49,400 --> 00:56:52,279
Speaker 1: configurations sometimes as well, because they'll line up their two

1216
00:56:52,360 --> 00:56:56,080
Speaker 1: linebackers in the sea gap and so white because you're white,

1217
00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:57,759
Speaker 1: imperimid will line up in the sea gap and they'll

1218
00:56:57,800 --> 00:57:00,279
Speaker 1: put how do you pronounce his name a day or day?

1219
00:57:00,520 --> 00:57:03,200
Speaker 1: The safety the safety, so the strong safety will not

1220
00:57:03,360 --> 00:57:06,680
Speaker 1: line up over at the tight end position a die

1221
00:57:07,080 --> 00:57:10,080
Speaker 1: well and he so he'll line up behind those guys

1222
00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:12,200
Speaker 1: that are about six yards so the linebackers are depth

1223
00:57:12,239 --> 00:57:13,640
Speaker 1: of five to five and a half, and he'll be

1224
00:57:13,800 --> 00:57:15,080
Speaker 1: in the right in the middle of those guys that

1225
00:57:15,080 --> 00:57:17,800
Speaker 1: are about six yards in certain situations, they are not

1226
00:57:17,920 --> 00:57:19,840
Speaker 1: going to let you run the ball inside. They want

1227
00:57:19,840 --> 00:57:22,680
Speaker 1: to prevent the inside running game, that inside zone play

1228
00:57:23,080 --> 00:57:25,800
Speaker 1: that little whether it's a we call it a g

1229
00:57:26,080 --> 00:57:28,640
Speaker 1: lead or a double lead or whatever it is between

1230
00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:30,800
Speaker 1: the tackles, they do not want you to run there.

1231
00:57:31,120 --> 00:57:34,280
Speaker 1: But their cornerbacks a lot, particularly without Joey Boza, they're

1232
00:57:34,320 --> 00:57:36,240
Speaker 1: going to turn and bail on the snap and they're

1233
00:57:36,240 --> 00:57:38,680
Speaker 1: going to be playing three deep. So the cornerbacks are

1234
00:57:38,720 --> 00:57:41,440
Speaker 1: responsible for about ten yards from the line of scrimmagine

1235
00:57:41,560 --> 00:57:44,439
Speaker 1: deeper on the defensive side of the football. So there's

1236
00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:46,720
Speaker 1: some opportunities on the edge if you can get to

1237
00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:48,360
Speaker 1: the edge, and I think that's where they need to

1238
00:57:48,400 --> 00:57:51,160
Speaker 1: attack him. Whether it's in this cluster formation or whether

1239
00:57:51,160 --> 00:57:54,880
Speaker 1: you line up with with Logan and Charles or whatever

1240
00:57:55,000 --> 00:57:57,040
Speaker 1: configuration a tight end you line up and one of

1241
00:57:57,080 --> 00:57:59,440
Speaker 1: the motions across to change the motion because now they

1242
00:57:59,480 --> 00:58:02,520
Speaker 1: can attack the underside of the front like we talked about.

1243
00:58:02,560 --> 00:58:04,160
Speaker 1: So they line up five guys on the line of

1244
00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:06,960
Speaker 1: scrimmage and they can attack the side where the no

1245
00:58:07,120 --> 00:58:09,640
Speaker 1: stack was not. I don't think he knows he knows

1246
00:58:09,720 --> 00:58:12,720
Speaker 1: We've been talking about it for thirteen years. He knows

1247
00:58:13,360 --> 00:58:15,840
Speaker 1: we've been talking about on the show about what one

1248
00:58:15,960 --> 00:58:17,680
Speaker 1: guy on either side of the football is going to

1249
00:58:17,720 --> 00:58:19,400
Speaker 1: be key for the Bills. And a lot of people

1250
00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:21,959
Speaker 1: have pointed obviously towards Josh Allen and how he plays,

1251
00:58:22,040 --> 00:58:26,360
Speaker 1: but also towards Lashawn McCoy a lot. You know, what

1252
00:58:26,640 --> 00:58:29,680
Speaker 1: is your best case scenario for how they use him?

1253
00:58:29,960 --> 00:58:31,880
Speaker 1: You know, we were talking about giving him thirty touches

1254
00:58:31,920 --> 00:58:34,320
Speaker 1: both run and pass. I mean, the more you give

1255
00:58:34,360 --> 00:58:36,960
Speaker 1: to him probably the better. It's going, no question about it.

1256
00:58:37,440 --> 00:58:40,240
Speaker 1: But by the same token, who else but Leshaun McCoy

1257
00:58:40,360 --> 00:58:43,760
Speaker 1: is really the Chargers defense concerned about? Well, so you

1258
00:58:43,800 --> 00:58:45,080
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. I don't know if they're overly

1259
00:58:45,160 --> 00:58:47,680
Speaker 1: concerned about any any other offensive personnel at this point,

1260
00:58:47,680 --> 00:58:49,400
Speaker 1: but they need some guys that need to step up,

1261
00:58:49,440 --> 00:58:51,640
Speaker 1: and they needed to do it at the receiver position.

1262
00:58:51,720 --> 00:58:53,520
Speaker 1: I really believe that. I mean, I mean, I do

1263
00:58:53,680 --> 00:58:56,880
Speaker 1: think Calvin Benjamin enjoys a significant size advantage and a

1264
00:58:56,880 --> 00:59:00,160
Speaker 1: wingspan advantage over some of those cornerbacks. And again the

1265
00:59:01,000 --> 00:59:03,760
Speaker 1: game last week, they played a lot of zone coverage,

1266
00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:06,200
Speaker 1: and if they're playing zone coverage. You've got to simplify

1267
00:59:06,280 --> 00:59:08,840
Speaker 1: it things for Josh Ellen. Now you can use Lashaw

1268
00:59:08,920 --> 00:59:11,280
Speaker 1: McCoy in an h read situation where he comes out

1269
00:59:11,320 --> 00:59:13,560
Speaker 1: of the backside with a receiver or a tight end.

1270
00:59:13,560 --> 00:59:15,560
Speaker 1: There's a little game that they can run. You can

1271
00:59:15,640 --> 00:59:18,120
Speaker 1: use him in a trip situation where two receivers come

1272
00:59:18,120 --> 00:59:20,680
Speaker 1: out and he's in the flat, or you can engage

1273
00:59:20,720 --> 00:59:22,800
Speaker 1: a cluster situation where you can run that way. So

1274
00:59:22,920 --> 00:59:25,200
Speaker 1: now you have a collection of three players there. You

1275
00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:27,440
Speaker 1: can run that direction because there'll be a lot of

1276
00:59:27,520 --> 00:59:30,400
Speaker 1: space because you can run those defensive backs off and

1277
00:59:30,480 --> 00:59:32,160
Speaker 1: at the same time, you can throw the ball in

1278
00:59:32,200 --> 00:59:35,000
Speaker 1: that situation. Now, Lashaw McCoy, he's not going to be

1279
00:59:35,120 --> 00:59:38,600
Speaker 1: matched up against a linebacker or a dime defensive back

1280
00:59:38,640 --> 00:59:40,920
Speaker 1: because they're playing a lot of zone. But that's the

1281
00:59:41,120 --> 00:59:43,480
Speaker 1: route he's going to be running against the areas that

1282
00:59:43,560 --> 00:59:46,360
Speaker 1: they're trying to defend, and he could have some positive

1283
00:59:46,400 --> 00:59:48,280
Speaker 1: effect down the field, there's no question. But it's all

1284
00:59:48,320 --> 00:59:50,400
Speaker 1: about you've got to get the ball out on time.

1285
00:59:50,440 --> 00:59:52,240
Speaker 1: You got to have a plan, and I think you

1286
00:59:52,320 --> 00:59:55,400
Speaker 1: have to simplify things for Josh Ellen. You have to say, hey, here,

1287
00:59:55,520 --> 00:59:57,760
Speaker 1: there's going to be guys in this spot, this spot,

1288
00:59:57,880 --> 01:00:00,400
Speaker 1: in this spot, and they made the numbers may change

1289
01:00:00,760 --> 01:00:03,280
Speaker 1: and the personnel may change, but there's gonna be people

1290
01:00:03,320 --> 01:00:05,600
Speaker 1: in these spots. And here's where you're gonna look first.

1291
01:00:05,600 --> 01:00:07,320
Speaker 1: Here's where you're gonna look second. And then you're either

1292
01:00:07,360 --> 01:00:09,120
Speaker 1: gonna be on the move or you're gonna get rid

1293
01:00:09,160 --> 01:00:11,720
Speaker 1: of the football. And if they can do that again,

1294
01:00:11,800 --> 01:00:13,880
Speaker 1: they can develop a little bit of a rhythm to

1295
01:00:13,960 --> 01:00:16,120
Speaker 1: the offense, and then they'll be able to execute some

1296
01:00:16,320 --> 01:00:18,880
Speaker 1: some play action pass and some draw and some screen.

1297
01:00:18,960 --> 01:00:21,360
Speaker 1: The screen game has gone away. I don't understand why

1298
01:00:21,400 --> 01:00:24,560
Speaker 1: it has not the best situation when a team's playing zone,

1299
01:00:24,560 --> 01:00:27,080
Speaker 1: because they typically defend a screen better when you play zone.

1300
01:00:27,120 --> 01:00:29,840
Speaker 1: But if they get into a tight situation, the other

1301
01:00:29,920 --> 01:00:31,760
Speaker 1: thing they do, which is going to be difficult for

1302
01:00:31,880 --> 01:00:34,600
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, is it's a creative rush package. So they're

1303
01:00:34,640 --> 01:00:37,200
Speaker 1: only gonna blitz four. But they might bring four guys

1304
01:00:37,240 --> 01:00:39,440
Speaker 1: off one side and drop guys out on the other side,

1305
01:00:39,480 --> 01:00:42,320
Speaker 1: and occasionally they'll they'll rush five, but they're not gonna

1306
01:00:42,360 --> 01:00:44,520
Speaker 1: rush six people because then they got to play all out. Man,

1307
01:00:44,800 --> 01:00:47,600
Speaker 1: They're gonna they're gonna limit that probably to five pass rushers.

1308
01:00:47,640 --> 01:00:49,840
Speaker 1: But again, they're gonna they may drop off. One time,

1309
01:00:50,120 --> 01:00:52,800
Speaker 1: I think it was Ingram. Ingram dropped back and played

1310
01:00:52,840 --> 01:00:55,600
Speaker 1: free safety in one particular coverage. So they're they're pretty

1311
01:00:55,600 --> 01:00:58,720
Speaker 1: creative on the defensive side to execute a zone scheme.

1312
01:00:58,760 --> 01:01:01,080
Speaker 1: But but I would say buying large, that's what Bills

1313
01:01:01,080 --> 01:01:03,400
Speaker 1: should expect on Sunday afternoon. Ingram Just for those of

1314
01:01:03,440 --> 01:01:05,560
Speaker 1: you don't, Ingram's are defensive end. Who's a really good

1315
01:01:05,600 --> 01:01:07,560
Speaker 1: pass rusher on the other side of Joey Bosa if

1316
01:01:07,560 --> 01:01:09,320
Speaker 1: you have him playing free safety. Yeah, they're trying to

1317
01:01:09,320 --> 01:01:12,600
Speaker 1: trick somebody. Yeah, exactly. Mark Kelso is with us the

1318
01:01:12,840 --> 01:01:15,240
Speaker 1: color analysts on the Bills radio network. So you see

1319
01:01:15,280 --> 01:01:19,080
Speaker 1: opportunities for the Buffalo offense against Los Angeles defense, flip

1320
01:01:19,160 --> 01:01:21,320
Speaker 1: it around a little bit. Is there anything the Bills

1321
01:01:21,360 --> 01:01:23,920
Speaker 1: can do to slow down that Chargers offense five hundred

1322
01:01:23,960 --> 01:01:27,360
Speaker 1: and forty yards in a loss last week? That's crazy? Yeah,

1323
01:01:27,360 --> 01:01:30,640
Speaker 1: And they Keenan Allen is really good at what I

1324
01:01:30,760 --> 01:01:33,600
Speaker 1: call just a stemming a route. So when you're running

1325
01:01:33,600 --> 01:01:36,400
Speaker 1: if you're running a ten yard outcut, when he's not

1326
01:01:36,480 --> 01:01:38,640
Speaker 1: going to run straight down the field vertically and then

1327
01:01:38,720 --> 01:01:40,640
Speaker 1: break ninety degrees to the left. I mean he's going

1328
01:01:40,680 --> 01:01:42,880
Speaker 1: to start inside and he's gonna go vertical. Then he

1329
01:01:42,960 --> 01:01:45,400
Speaker 1: might come outside a little bit and he's gonna push

1330
01:01:45,480 --> 01:01:49,680
Speaker 1: you and direct his path at your hip or different

1331
01:01:49,760 --> 01:01:51,800
Speaker 1: hips to try to move you and turn you spread

1332
01:01:51,880 --> 01:01:54,440
Speaker 1: your feet as a defensive back if you're playing man coverage,

1333
01:01:54,760 --> 01:01:57,160
Speaker 1: and then he's going to create some separation. He's got

1334
01:01:57,280 --> 01:01:59,680
Speaker 1: great hands. He can catch the ball outside his body frame,

1335
01:01:59,760 --> 01:02:04,240
Speaker 1: so he's he is really formidable and uh in running

1336
01:02:04,240 --> 01:02:09,480
Speaker 1: pass routes and they yeah, and it's just I mean

1337
01:02:09,600 --> 01:02:12,400
Speaker 1: he's not going to run over anybody, but he's just

1338
01:02:12,560 --> 01:02:14,600
Speaker 1: he does have some size and he's got some he's

1339
01:02:14,640 --> 01:02:16,240
Speaker 1: got a little little length to him as well. And

1340
01:02:16,320 --> 01:02:18,720
Speaker 1: then coming out of the backfield, Melvin Gordon is, I

1341
01:02:18,800 --> 01:02:20,680
Speaker 1: mean he's great last week. I think he caught what

1342
01:02:20,960 --> 01:02:24,280
Speaker 1: nine balls coming out, he's gonna he's gonna run circle routes.

1343
01:02:24,320 --> 01:02:25,920
Speaker 1: He's gonna run routes to the flat, and if you're

1344
01:02:25,960 --> 01:02:28,000
Speaker 1: not careful, he might just turn it up the sideline

1345
01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:31,040
Speaker 1: and and take opportunities there. But I do think there's opportunities.

1346
01:02:31,080 --> 01:02:33,000
Speaker 1: I think they want to run the ball inside. I

1347
01:02:33,080 --> 01:02:35,480
Speaker 1: mean they ran what we call that little jet sweep

1348
01:02:35,520 --> 01:02:37,520
Speaker 1: when they bring a receiver across and they just turn

1349
01:02:37,600 --> 01:02:39,480
Speaker 1: around hand it off to him as he's running full

1350
01:02:39,520 --> 01:02:42,920
Speaker 1: speed right and uh. And sometimes you can catch defenses

1351
01:02:43,280 --> 01:02:45,080
Speaker 1: or you can fake that play and then hand it

1352
01:02:45,160 --> 01:02:47,919
Speaker 1: off inside because it freezes the linebackers as they're trying

1353
01:02:47,960 --> 01:02:50,400
Speaker 1: to decide which path they're going to take to defend.

1354
01:02:50,480 --> 01:02:53,120
Speaker 1: And and then what happens with that is so they've

1355
01:02:53,160 --> 01:02:55,480
Speaker 1: run that, but they want to run the ball inside

1356
01:02:55,520 --> 01:02:58,080
Speaker 1: the tackles. They really do. So you got to force

1357
01:02:58,160 --> 01:03:00,560
Speaker 1: some outside the tackles, and you do that by playing

1358
01:03:00,600 --> 01:03:03,560
Speaker 1: a cover two situations and you force everything out to

1359
01:03:03,640 --> 01:03:05,840
Speaker 1: the edge. Now you can play some man if you want,

1360
01:03:06,280 --> 01:03:08,800
Speaker 1: but you can get those cornerbacks up, but the cornerbacks

1361
01:03:08,840 --> 01:03:10,960
Speaker 1: are going to have to tackle well and prevent him

1362
01:03:11,040 --> 01:03:13,600
Speaker 1: from getting to the edge as that interior of the

1363
01:03:13,640 --> 01:03:17,000
Speaker 1: Bills defense forces them that way. Yeah, you're looking at Keenan.

1364
01:03:17,040 --> 01:03:20,680
Speaker 1: Allen had at eight receptions last week, Melvan Gordon had nine,

1365
01:03:20,680 --> 01:03:24,840
Speaker 1: and then you had four other guys that got a

1366
01:03:24,880 --> 01:03:28,280
Speaker 1: bunch of targets, only a couple of receptions here and there.

1367
01:03:29,200 --> 01:03:32,840
Speaker 1: Eckler and Williams had five catches a piece, but he

1368
01:03:32,920 --> 01:03:35,040
Speaker 1: spreads it around women, you're gonna throw it fifty one times,

1369
01:03:35,040 --> 01:03:36,720
Speaker 1: you're gonna spread it around. He's more than one guy.

1370
01:03:37,120 --> 01:03:40,480
Speaker 1: But that's a question. They didn't try to run the football,

1371
01:03:40,520 --> 01:03:42,120
Speaker 1: of course, they were climbing out of a whole. Kansas

1372
01:03:42,160 --> 01:03:44,160
Speaker 1: City was running the football back on him all the

1373
01:03:44,200 --> 01:03:46,560
Speaker 1: time last week. But we've been talking a lot about

1374
01:03:46,600 --> 01:03:49,960
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers. You don't sack him very much. How do

1375
01:03:50,040 --> 01:03:53,040
Speaker 1: you get turnovers? And how do you get him to

1376
01:03:53,120 --> 01:03:55,200
Speaker 1: release the football? And you know what do you do

1377
01:03:55,240 --> 01:03:57,240
Speaker 1: it to him in coverage to give him problems? Yeah,

1378
01:03:57,280 --> 01:04:00,160
Speaker 1: it's really difficult. Again, you've got to put yourself off

1379
01:04:00,200 --> 01:04:02,640
Speaker 1: in my mind, you got to put yourself in a

1380
01:04:02,720 --> 01:04:05,600
Speaker 1: similar look, because if you have yourself in a different look,

1381
01:04:05,640 --> 01:04:08,680
Speaker 1: and the cornerbacks are i mean typically a cornerback, if

1382
01:04:08,720 --> 01:04:10,120
Speaker 1: he's playing his own, he's just going to be a

1383
01:04:10,160 --> 01:04:12,480
Speaker 1: little bit His knees aren't going to ben Is severely.

1384
01:04:12,760 --> 01:04:14,560
Speaker 1: If he's playing man, they're going to be ben a

1385
01:04:14,600 --> 01:04:16,960
Speaker 1: little bit more, a little closer than ninety degrees, you know.

1386
01:04:17,400 --> 01:04:19,960
Speaker 1: And so he's he'll he'll be he'll be more bent.

1387
01:04:20,080 --> 01:04:22,160
Speaker 1: If he's playing man, he'll be more upright if he's

1388
01:04:22,160 --> 01:04:24,000
Speaker 1: playing his own and if you do those things, Philip

1389
01:04:24,120 --> 01:04:26,160
Speaker 1: Rivers is going to know And I haven't studied to

1390
01:04:26,200 --> 01:04:30,320
Speaker 1: build his defensive backcorps on film to know what some

1391
01:04:30,440 --> 01:04:33,000
Speaker 1: of their tendencies are, whether if they do how they

1392
01:04:33,040 --> 01:04:34,680
Speaker 1: disguise man or his own. But so you've got to

1393
01:04:34,720 --> 01:04:36,520
Speaker 1: line up the exact same way every time, and then

1394
01:04:36,560 --> 01:04:38,760
Speaker 1: you've got to change it on Philip Rivers. On the snap,

1395
01:04:38,800 --> 01:04:41,000
Speaker 1: you've got to bring one of the safeties down into

1396
01:04:41,040 --> 01:04:43,880
Speaker 1: the box and you have to play robber coverage when

1397
01:04:43,920 --> 01:04:45,800
Speaker 1: one safety comes to the middle and tries to take

1398
01:04:45,840 --> 01:04:47,800
Speaker 1: a crossing Pennick because they run a lot of middle

1399
01:04:47,840 --> 01:04:50,760
Speaker 1: float as well, and so hopefully you can take one

1400
01:04:50,800 --> 01:04:53,560
Speaker 1: of those receivers force him to show throw short and

1401
01:04:53,920 --> 01:04:56,880
Speaker 1: uh and on the outside. Sometimes you need to step

1402
01:04:57,000 --> 01:04:59,400
Speaker 1: up on the outside and prevent that ball from being

1403
01:04:59,440 --> 01:05:01,520
Speaker 1: thrown on the side quickly if you're playing a cover two.

1404
01:05:01,560 --> 01:05:05,400
Speaker 1: But you've got to be multiple, multiple schemes defensively. But

1405
01:05:05,480 --> 01:05:07,160
Speaker 1: you got to give him a similar look so that

1406
01:05:07,240 --> 01:05:09,360
Speaker 1: he doesn't have an idea pre snapper. He's going to

1407
01:05:09,400 --> 01:05:11,160
Speaker 1: really hurt you. You're doing a favorite tell Mark what

1408
01:05:11,920 --> 01:05:15,000
Speaker 1: Frank Raich said about coaching Rivers. Yeah, he said, Philip

1409
01:05:15,120 --> 01:05:17,480
Speaker 1: Rivers is almost And when it comes to pass protection

1410
01:05:17,560 --> 01:05:19,400
Speaker 1: and where guys are coming from and what the defense

1411
01:05:19,520 --> 01:05:21,560
Speaker 1: is going to do, and it's front to rush the passer,

1412
01:05:21,880 --> 01:05:24,919
Speaker 1: he's almost a savant, so he never gets caught off guard.

1413
01:05:25,000 --> 01:05:28,280
Speaker 1: He knows where they're coming from before the snap, almost invariably,

1414
01:05:28,320 --> 01:05:30,840
Speaker 1: and he knows how to manipulate his protection to give

1415
01:05:30,920 --> 01:05:32,720
Speaker 1: him the best chance to get rid of it and leave.

1416
01:05:32,920 --> 01:05:34,520
Speaker 1: If they're going to bring an extra guy, he knows

1417
01:05:34,560 --> 01:05:36,160
Speaker 1: where he's going to come from, and he knows how

1418
01:05:36,200 --> 01:05:38,720
Speaker 1: long he's got and he can almost choose the guy

1419
01:05:38,760 --> 01:05:42,880
Speaker 1: he wants to leave free. And yeah, he said, he's

1420
01:05:42,920 --> 01:05:45,120
Speaker 1: just you can't sack him because he gets rid of

1421
01:05:45,160 --> 01:05:47,080
Speaker 1: the football and he knows where the rushers are coming from,

1422
01:05:47,160 --> 01:05:50,280
Speaker 1: and he manipulates his front to combat yours. He says,

1423
01:05:50,480 --> 01:05:52,840
Speaker 1: that's what the word he used. A savant. Yeah, Well,

1424
01:05:52,920 --> 01:05:54,840
Speaker 1: he's he's been doing it at a really high level

1425
01:05:54,880 --> 01:05:57,040
Speaker 1: for a really long time. And he has the right

1426
01:05:57,120 --> 01:05:59,840
Speaker 1: mentality as a quarterback because he escapes with the idea

1427
01:05:59,840 --> 01:06:02,600
Speaker 1: of delivering the football down the field. He'll he throws

1428
01:06:02,640 --> 01:06:05,080
Speaker 1: with a three quarter arm slot as it is but

1429
01:06:05,360 --> 01:06:07,720
Speaker 1: he and he rarely throws over the top, but he'll

1430
01:06:07,800 --> 01:06:09,840
Speaker 1: drop it down even to side arm if he has

1431
01:06:09,880 --> 01:06:11,880
Speaker 1: to to get it around and extend an arm with

1432
01:06:11,920 --> 01:06:14,680
Speaker 1: a defensive end or a defensive back. No, it's it's

1433
01:06:15,200 --> 01:06:18,240
Speaker 1: it's it's amazing that he throws like that, because it's

1434
01:06:18,360 --> 01:06:21,280
Speaker 1: unorthodox when you're when you're a free safety and you're

1435
01:06:21,400 --> 01:06:24,440
Speaker 1: you're backpedaling in a certain situation and coverage, you always

1436
01:06:24,480 --> 01:06:27,040
Speaker 1: look at that front shoulder or the quarterback. And he's

1437
01:06:27,080 --> 01:06:29,480
Speaker 1: the only guy in the league that can can have

1438
01:06:29,640 --> 01:06:33,280
Speaker 1: the front shoulder. It's not pointing to the wrong direction.

1439
01:06:33,480 --> 01:06:35,320
Speaker 1: It can't be pointing the wrong direction. But he can

1440
01:06:35,400 --> 01:06:38,000
Speaker 1: be pointing the shoulder directly up field and throw to

1441
01:06:38,120 --> 01:06:40,360
Speaker 1: the to his right side, which is your left which

1442
01:06:40,360 --> 01:06:42,040
Speaker 1: you think he has to throw the middle there. No,

1443
01:06:42,280 --> 01:06:44,600
Speaker 1: he doesn't have to do that because his hips are

1444
01:06:44,640 --> 01:06:47,160
Speaker 1: already open when he throws it. So it's a little

1445
01:06:47,160 --> 01:06:49,240
Speaker 1: bit different as a defensive back, and you've got to

1446
01:06:49,240 --> 01:06:51,720
Speaker 1: be aware of that. But you, I mean, guys just

1447
01:06:51,880 --> 01:06:54,560
Speaker 1: have to do their job, and they've got to again,

1448
01:06:54,600 --> 01:06:56,400
Speaker 1: they've got to be in a situation where he doesn't

1449
01:06:56,440 --> 01:06:58,240
Speaker 1: understand what the coverage is. So it gives him just

1450
01:06:58,640 --> 01:07:02,080
Speaker 1: another moment of hesitation before he tries to throw the football,

1451
01:07:02,280 --> 01:07:04,040
Speaker 1: and if that happens, you have a chance to get

1452
01:07:04,080 --> 01:07:05,360
Speaker 1: him on the move. And if you get him on

1453
01:07:05,440 --> 01:07:07,480
Speaker 1: the move, he's much less effective. Even though he can

1454
01:07:07,560 --> 01:07:09,840
Speaker 1: throw well on the run to his right side, he's

1455
01:07:09,920 --> 01:07:12,080
Speaker 1: much less effective, certainly that if you let him stand

1456
01:07:12,120 --> 01:07:14,040
Speaker 1: back there in the pocket and just move subtly to

1457
01:07:14,120 --> 01:07:16,880
Speaker 1: buy additional times. Take your call on Mark Kelsels with us,

1458
01:07:16,960 --> 01:07:19,280
Speaker 1: David and Wheatfield on the line. David, go ahead, Welcome

1459
01:07:19,280 --> 01:07:23,400
Speaker 1: to the show, Hi, guys. That's a pleasure to be

1460
01:07:23,520 --> 01:07:26,959
Speaker 1: on the air with several Hall of famers in my book,

1461
01:07:28,760 --> 01:07:30,720
Speaker 1: I had a comment to make about the offense, but

1462
01:07:30,840 --> 01:07:33,320
Speaker 1: I'm going to concentrate on defense because we have marked

1463
01:07:33,320 --> 01:07:39,919
Speaker 1: there now. And my question was our zone defense Last week?

1464
01:07:40,480 --> 01:07:44,920
Speaker 1: Flacco just picked them apart, and you know, I shudder

1465
01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:46,880
Speaker 1: to think what Rivers is going to do to them?

1466
01:07:47,920 --> 01:07:50,880
Speaker 1: Is there some way I think, like, I think our

1467
01:07:50,920 --> 01:07:53,440
Speaker 1: secondary is the strength of our team, and I'm wondering

1468
01:07:53,520 --> 01:07:57,840
Speaker 1: why we didn't play more man coverage, And then you know,

1469
01:07:58,840 --> 01:08:03,400
Speaker 1: following up on that, why is the coaching our defense? Well? They,

1470
01:08:03,480 --> 01:08:06,360
Speaker 1: I mean certainly have extremely capable guys, and Leslie Fraser's

1471
01:08:06,360 --> 01:08:09,960
Speaker 1: an outstanding defensive coordinator. And but I appreciate the sentiment,

1472
01:08:10,280 --> 01:08:13,240
Speaker 1: the well part of the I mean, it's it's a

1473
01:08:13,360 --> 01:08:16,640
Speaker 1: multifaceted problem. And I know fans get tired of hearing that,

1474
01:08:16,720 --> 01:08:18,280
Speaker 1: but but it is, it's just the way it is.

1475
01:08:18,360 --> 01:08:21,080
Speaker 1: I remember a time. I'll tell you just a story.

1476
01:08:21,120 --> 01:08:23,160
Speaker 1: Remember the one time when Bruce came into booth and

1477
01:08:23,280 --> 01:08:25,840
Speaker 1: we were talking about something and he said something, Yeah,

1478
01:08:25,840 --> 01:08:27,640
Speaker 1: all those sacks that you got, Mark were because of

1479
01:08:27,680 --> 01:08:29,519
Speaker 1: all the pressure I put on. And I said, well, Touchet,

1480
01:08:29,640 --> 01:08:31,439
Speaker 1: because all those sacks you guys because we had great

1481
01:08:31,439 --> 01:08:34,320
Speaker 1: coverage on the back end. And that's the way it works.

1482
01:08:34,680 --> 01:08:37,320
Speaker 1: And I mean, everybody has to be in the spot

1483
01:08:37,360 --> 01:08:39,000
Speaker 1: where they need to be. When you have young players,

1484
01:08:39,040 --> 01:08:40,760
Speaker 1: and I'm not saying they do this, I'm saying there's

1485
01:08:40,760 --> 01:08:42,960
Speaker 1: a tendency for them to do this. No, Tremaine Edmonds

1486
01:08:43,000 --> 01:08:44,760
Speaker 1: made a couple of plays in the passing game, But

1487
01:08:44,840 --> 01:08:46,880
Speaker 1: you got Tremaine Emonds and you have you have Matt

1488
01:08:46,920 --> 01:08:50,040
Speaker 1: Milano who are real young players, and you got Tredavious White.

1489
01:08:50,040 --> 01:08:52,960
Speaker 1: When you're playing zone more zone, and I think because

1490
01:08:54,200 --> 01:08:57,360
Speaker 1: because of Philip gains in there that that lends the

1491
01:08:57,439 --> 01:08:59,760
Speaker 1: defense more to what his skill set is, which is

1492
01:08:59,800 --> 01:09:02,720
Speaker 1: more zone than man probably, But when you bring man,

1493
01:09:02,760 --> 01:09:04,800
Speaker 1: you got to bring additional pressure. But when you drop

1494
01:09:04,880 --> 01:09:07,240
Speaker 1: in zone, you can't drop to a spot. And I

1495
01:09:07,280 --> 01:09:09,280
Speaker 1: think when you're a young player sometimes you still drop

1496
01:09:09,439 --> 01:09:12,080
Speaker 1: to a spot. Your spot has to be you have

1497
01:09:12,200 --> 01:09:13,760
Speaker 1: a spot on the field if you're dropping to the

1498
01:09:13,800 --> 01:09:16,160
Speaker 1: hook zone. So let's say the hook zone is defined

1499
01:09:16,200 --> 01:09:18,200
Speaker 1: as two or three yards outside the hash to just

1500
01:09:18,400 --> 01:09:21,400
Speaker 1: inside the numbers on whatever side of the field you're on. Well,

1501
01:09:21,400 --> 01:09:23,800
Speaker 1: if you're dropping to the hook zone, that's an eight

1502
01:09:23,960 --> 01:09:27,559
Speaker 1: yard area. So you needing to understand when a receiver

1503
01:09:27,720 --> 01:09:29,560
Speaker 1: comes to that area, where do I need to be

1504
01:09:29,680 --> 01:09:31,560
Speaker 1: on the inside of that receiver or the outside. You

1505
01:09:31,600 --> 01:09:33,120
Speaker 1: can't just drop to a spot four and a half

1506
01:09:33,240 --> 01:09:35,360
Speaker 1: yards between the hash and the numbers and think that

1507
01:09:35,400 --> 01:09:37,439
Speaker 1: you're defending the hook zone because they're going to stop

1508
01:09:37,520 --> 01:09:40,760
Speaker 1: and turn to the outside and Philip Rivers or as

1509
01:09:40,800 --> 01:09:42,920
Speaker 1: the case may be, Joe Flacco, they're going to deliver

1510
01:09:43,080 --> 01:09:45,640
Speaker 1: that football on time and accurate and you're not going

1511
01:09:45,680 --> 01:09:47,360
Speaker 1: to get there to defend. So it's more of a

1512
01:09:47,439 --> 01:09:50,519
Speaker 1: man to man attitude inside your inside your zone. That's correct,

1513
01:09:50,800 --> 01:09:53,519
Speaker 1: you know, defend the player in your zone and then

1514
01:09:53,640 --> 01:09:57,200
Speaker 1: until he leaves your zone and then impede his progress

1515
01:09:57,280 --> 01:09:59,280
Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage. You know, I've talked about

1516
01:09:59,280 --> 01:10:01,479
Speaker 1: that for years too. You have to find a way

1517
01:10:01,560 --> 01:10:04,400
Speaker 1: for those receivers. It's all predicated on timing. You've got

1518
01:10:04,479 --> 01:10:06,640
Speaker 1: to find a way to make them show up at

1519
01:10:06,640 --> 01:10:09,040
Speaker 1: a spot that the quarterbacks not expecting, or make them

1520
01:10:09,080 --> 01:10:11,519
Speaker 1: get there too early or too late. Then you have

1521
01:10:11,640 --> 01:10:14,559
Speaker 1: a chance to defend in that situation. Hey, Mark, you'd

1522
01:10:14,600 --> 01:10:16,760
Speaker 1: do it better than anybody. Break down the matchups go

1523
01:10:16,880 --> 01:10:19,280
Speaker 1: through the matchups on either side of the ball for

1524
01:10:19,360 --> 01:10:23,040
Speaker 1: the Bill's opponents. But it strikes me that this game,

1525
01:10:23,080 --> 01:10:25,720
Speaker 1: and I want your opinion about this, this game is

1526
01:10:25,800 --> 01:10:28,000
Speaker 1: as amount matchups, but it's also about the Bills just

1527
01:10:28,160 --> 01:10:30,800
Speaker 1: playing as up to their potential. You know what I'm

1528
01:10:30,840 --> 01:10:35,240
Speaker 1: saying that that was an awful performance last Sunday. I

1529
01:10:35,360 --> 01:10:37,479
Speaker 1: can't believe they're that bad. I don't believe they're that bad,

1530
01:10:37,520 --> 01:10:39,320
Speaker 1: and I don't think I'll ever play that poorly again.

1531
01:10:39,479 --> 01:10:41,320
Speaker 1: But how much of this game is about that? Just

1532
01:10:41,479 --> 01:10:44,160
Speaker 1: the Bills playing the way they're capable of as opposed

1533
01:10:44,200 --> 01:10:47,559
Speaker 1: to matching up against the Chargers, And from a psychological standpoint,

1534
01:10:47,600 --> 01:10:49,960
Speaker 1: it's it's a huge game because they go away on

1535
01:10:50,000 --> 01:10:52,080
Speaker 1: the road to Minnesota and they go on the way

1536
01:10:52,120 --> 01:10:54,799
Speaker 1: in the road to Green Bay and two very difficult

1537
01:10:54,840 --> 01:10:58,719
Speaker 1: places to play against against Arguably a team that's probably

1538
01:10:58,840 --> 01:11:00,600
Speaker 1: is favored by many people would at least make it

1539
01:11:00,600 --> 01:11:03,639
Speaker 1: to the NFC Championship game in Minnesota and green Bay,

1540
01:11:03,840 --> 01:11:05,400
Speaker 1: you're not sure what they're going to do, depending on

1541
01:11:05,520 --> 01:11:07,599
Speaker 1: the health of some of their guys like Aaron Rodgers,

1542
01:11:07,880 --> 01:11:10,720
Speaker 1: depending on how that situation unfolds. But so it's a

1543
01:11:10,760 --> 01:11:13,000
Speaker 1: critical game. They're back in their own building. They didn't

1544
01:11:13,040 --> 01:11:15,519
Speaker 1: play last week, and again it's you don't want to.

1545
01:11:16,120 --> 01:11:18,960
Speaker 1: I don't want to patronize it and patronize fans by

1546
01:11:19,040 --> 01:11:20,880
Speaker 1: saying it's well, it's not as bad as it looks

1547
01:11:20,880 --> 01:11:22,640
Speaker 1: on a film, and it's not as good. So the

1548
01:11:23,120 --> 01:11:25,280
Speaker 1: Ravens last week probably left some plays on the table,

1549
01:11:25,320 --> 01:11:27,680
Speaker 1: and the Bills didn't make some plays, but they made

1550
01:11:27,680 --> 01:11:29,479
Speaker 1: a few good plays, and if they would have done

1551
01:11:29,479 --> 01:11:31,760
Speaker 1: a couple other things better than maybe they would have

1552
01:11:31,800 --> 01:11:33,720
Speaker 1: had a chance to win that game. Probably not the

1553
01:11:33,760 --> 01:11:36,760
Speaker 1: truth because they really got taken to the woodshed last week.

1554
01:11:37,120 --> 01:11:40,519
Speaker 1: But everybody has culpability and everybody can play just a

1555
01:11:40,560 --> 01:11:43,240
Speaker 1: little bit better, and if they do that collectively, they

1556
01:11:43,320 --> 01:11:46,439
Speaker 1: have a much better opportunity here to play well against

1557
01:11:46,479 --> 01:11:48,439
Speaker 1: the Charges and come out with a victory. They'll enjoy

1558
01:11:48,520 --> 01:11:52,200
Speaker 1: the twelfth man advantage. They don't have to travel. Obviously,

1559
01:11:52,280 --> 01:11:54,240
Speaker 1: they've looked at the things that they've made mistakes on

1560
01:11:54,479 --> 01:11:57,000
Speaker 1: last week. Those younger players, I know Steve had a

1561
01:11:57,040 --> 01:11:59,240
Speaker 1: segment with coach McDermot earlier in the week talking about

1562
01:11:59,240 --> 01:12:01,280
Speaker 1: some of the young player as those younger players have

1563
01:12:01,360 --> 01:12:04,479
Speaker 1: another week of maturity, which is really important, particularly when

1564
01:12:04,520 --> 01:12:07,000
Speaker 1: you have a guy who's a rookie and he's leading

1565
01:12:07,040 --> 01:12:10,200
Speaker 1: your defense from that middle linebacker position. So another week

1566
01:12:10,280 --> 01:12:13,200
Speaker 1: of maturity there and they'll have an opportunity to do

1567
01:12:13,280 --> 01:12:14,880
Speaker 1: a couple little things differently and say, well, if I

1568
01:12:14,960 --> 01:12:17,240
Speaker 1: just would have done this a little differently, being in

1569
01:12:17,360 --> 01:12:20,200
Speaker 1: better position to make that play. So if again, if

1570
01:12:20,240 --> 01:12:24,960
Speaker 1: that happens collectively, then you have an opportunity in this game.

1571
01:12:25,040 --> 01:12:26,840
Speaker 1: But again it's going to be a difficult task. You

1572
01:12:26,920 --> 01:12:29,760
Speaker 1: can speak to the mindset though after that game last week,

1573
01:12:30,120 --> 01:12:33,920
Speaker 1: playing better, everybody that's job one. I mean, you got

1574
01:12:34,000 --> 01:12:36,080
Speaker 1: to forget about it even before they went and watch

1575
01:12:36,160 --> 01:12:39,160
Speaker 1: the film, flying home on the flight the night that

1576
01:12:39,320 --> 01:12:41,840
Speaker 1: after that night, and coming in on Monday, watching the

1577
01:12:41,920 --> 01:12:46,040
Speaker 1: game playing better than they did last week emotionally and

1578
01:12:46,400 --> 01:12:49,320
Speaker 1: individually was job one. I think coming into this week,

1579
01:12:49,400 --> 01:12:52,479
Speaker 1: those guys, there's no way they could watch that film

1580
01:12:52,760 --> 01:12:54,320
Speaker 1: or what to look at the scoreboard of that game

1581
01:12:54,439 --> 01:12:56,479
Speaker 1: or a stat or whatever. The way they look back

1582
01:12:56,560 --> 01:12:58,240
Speaker 1: or remember it, there's no way they can remember it

1583
01:12:58,320 --> 01:13:02,639
Speaker 1: any other way than saying to themselves, it ain't gonna

1584
01:13:02,640 --> 01:13:05,639
Speaker 1: happen again. Well, and yeah, and and but and there's

1585
01:13:05,640 --> 01:13:07,800
Speaker 1: a process to making that happen. You can't just like, well,

1586
01:13:07,840 --> 01:13:09,800
Speaker 1: you know, you just just happens, And you can't just say,

1587
01:13:10,520 --> 01:13:12,760
Speaker 1: happen again. It doesn't happen again. No, it's gonna happen

1588
01:13:12,800 --> 01:13:16,080
Speaker 1: again unless you take care of the things that enabled

1589
01:13:16,160 --> 01:13:17,800
Speaker 1: it to happen. And that's that's what we talk about.

1590
01:13:17,840 --> 01:13:19,880
Speaker 1: We talk about all those puzzle pieces and you got

1591
01:13:19,960 --> 01:13:22,080
Speaker 1: to fit them all together to create this nice whatever

1592
01:13:22,120 --> 01:13:24,519
Speaker 1: it is, a buffalo bill symbol or a w at

1593
01:13:24,560 --> 01:13:26,240
Speaker 1: the end of the game. But they've got to fit

1594
01:13:26,280 --> 01:13:28,720
Speaker 1: together seamlessly and if one's out of kilter and you're

1595
01:13:28,760 --> 01:13:30,200
Speaker 1: not sure what puzzle pieces you want to put in

1596
01:13:30,240 --> 01:13:33,120
Speaker 1: because they're still fluctuating personnel and still made a personnel

1597
01:13:33,240 --> 01:13:36,200
Speaker 1: change this week. I mean it changes. And guys, I

1598
01:13:36,240 --> 01:13:39,559
Speaker 1: mean you compliment each other as players. You know, when

1599
01:13:39,600 --> 01:13:41,360
Speaker 1: you when you understand what the guy next to you

1600
01:13:41,520 --> 01:13:43,920
Speaker 1: does and you can do some things that help out

1601
01:13:44,000 --> 01:13:46,840
Speaker 1: his situation and play to his skill set. And if

1602
01:13:46,880 --> 01:13:49,479
Speaker 1: you can do that, that's that's what makes the whole

1603
01:13:49,560 --> 01:13:51,439
Speaker 1: better than the sum of the parts. Thanks Mark, we'll

1604
01:13:51,439 --> 01:13:53,320
Speaker 1: see you Sunday. Thank you. Look forward to you man.

1605
01:13:53,400 --> 01:13:56,240
Speaker 1: Mark Kelso, color analysts on The Bill's Radio Network when

1606
01:13:56,280 --> 01:13:59,920
Speaker 1: we come back. Greg Cosal, analysts for ESPN's NFL met

1607
01:14:00,160 --> 01:14:03,320
Speaker 1: Up and longtime senior producer at NFL Films. More on

1608
01:14:03,360 --> 01:14:04,760
Speaker 1: the Bills game and the rest of the league with

1609
01:14:04,840 --> 01:14:07,880
Speaker 1: Greg Cosell. One Bills Live presented by Kalida Health from

1610
01:14:07,920 --> 01:14:23,680
Speaker 1: One Bill's Drive. This is Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back

1611
01:14:23,720 --> 01:14:25,920
Speaker 1: to One Bill's Live. From One Bill's Drive, John Murphy,

1612
01:14:26,040 --> 01:14:28,720
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker. We're getting some in depth analysis of this

1613
01:14:29,080 --> 01:14:32,400
Speaker 1: matchup seat from Mark Kelso, who's great and joining us

1614
01:14:32,439 --> 01:14:35,000
Speaker 1: on the subway Fresh take highline right now. Another great

1615
01:14:35,040 --> 01:14:38,760
Speaker 1: analyst who crunches video all week long. He is executive

1616
01:14:38,760 --> 01:14:42,559
Speaker 1: producer analysts for NFL Matchup on ESPM thirty nine years

1617
01:14:42,880 --> 01:14:46,000
Speaker 1: as a senior producer at NFL Films. Greg Cosell in

1618
01:14:46,120 --> 01:14:48,240
Speaker 1: for his regular Friday visit, Greg, John Murphy, and Steve

1619
01:14:48,320 --> 01:14:50,960
Speaker 1: up here in Buffalo. Thanks for joining us, Murph, Steve,

1620
01:14:51,040 --> 01:14:53,160
Speaker 1: how you guys doing doing well? I don't know if

1621
01:14:53,200 --> 01:14:56,439
Speaker 1: you've heard we had a quarterback switch. Not all that

1622
01:14:56,560 --> 01:14:59,040
Speaker 1: surprising given what happened to the Bills last weekend. What's

1623
01:14:59,040 --> 01:15:01,840
Speaker 1: your take on the switch to Josh Allen and what

1624
01:15:01,960 --> 01:15:04,120
Speaker 1: are your thoughts going into this game against the Chargers?

1625
01:15:05,680 --> 01:15:07,960
Speaker 1: You know, I'm never surprised by that, Steve. I mean,

1626
01:15:08,200 --> 01:15:10,960
Speaker 1: you can go back. You know what, it was a three,

1627
01:15:11,080 --> 01:15:14,160
Speaker 1: four or five years when Blake Bortles was drafted and

1628
01:15:14,360 --> 01:15:16,960
Speaker 1: Dave Caldwell there GM said there's no way he'll play

1629
01:15:17,000 --> 01:15:19,519
Speaker 1: his rookie year and he started Week three. You can

1630
01:15:19,560 --> 01:15:21,960
Speaker 1: go back till last year with Mitchell Trubisky. You know

1631
01:15:22,040 --> 01:15:24,320
Speaker 1: he won't play his rookie year. We signed Mike Glennon.

1632
01:15:24,760 --> 01:15:28,160
Speaker 1: When did he start we three? I believe maybe so.

1633
01:15:28,640 --> 01:15:32,960
Speaker 1: First I'm never surprised. I'm never surprised by that. We've

1634
01:15:33,040 --> 01:15:35,639
Speaker 1: discussed before how they traded up to get Josh Allen.

1635
01:15:36,200 --> 01:15:39,200
Speaker 1: As much as they may have liked Nathan Peterman, he

1636
01:15:39,360 --> 01:15:41,519
Speaker 1: was still what a sixth round pick, I believe something

1637
01:15:41,640 --> 01:15:46,400
Speaker 1: like that. So I'm not surprised at all anything at all.

1638
01:15:46,520 --> 01:15:48,680
Speaker 1: You can say from looking at the video of the

1639
01:15:48,760 --> 01:15:51,280
Speaker 1: Bills at Baltimore the issues for Nathan Peterman in the

1640
01:15:51,280 --> 01:15:55,200
Speaker 1: Buffalo offense, it was pretty miserable, as you know, Greg, Yes,

1641
01:15:55,360 --> 01:15:58,200
Speaker 1: I did watch the tape, and yeah, I was not

1642
01:15:58,280 --> 01:16:03,040
Speaker 1: an uplifting experience. If you're a Bill fan, you know,

1643
01:16:03,720 --> 01:16:06,280
Speaker 1: I think the old lines an issue. If they can't

1644
01:16:06,360 --> 01:16:08,479
Speaker 1: run the football, they're not going to be able to

1645
01:16:08,520 --> 01:16:13,040
Speaker 1: play offense. Peterman is the kind of quarterback that even

1646
01:16:13,080 --> 01:16:15,519
Speaker 1: if you like Peterman and think that he can play,

1647
01:16:15,920 --> 01:16:18,679
Speaker 1: he's the kind of quarterback that must have a clean pocket.

1648
01:16:19,680 --> 01:16:23,519
Speaker 1: I thought he missed some things as well. You know,

1649
01:16:23,640 --> 01:16:26,439
Speaker 1: I thought that he had an opportunity to hit Jason

1650
01:16:26,520 --> 01:16:29,280
Speaker 1: Krum for a touchdown on a seam ball in which

1651
01:16:29,320 --> 01:16:31,120
Speaker 1: he did not throw it to Jason Krum, but he

1652
01:16:31,200 --> 01:16:33,720
Speaker 1: looked at that side of the field and ended up

1653
01:16:33,760 --> 01:16:37,880
Speaker 1: throwing it I believe to Kelvin Benjamin. You know, I

1654
01:16:37,960 --> 01:16:41,200
Speaker 1: think Kelvin Benjamin needs to be more of a factor,

1655
01:16:41,400 --> 01:16:43,760
Speaker 1: and some of it is on him, I believe. I

1656
01:16:43,880 --> 01:16:46,800
Speaker 1: thought he looked a little sluggish in his movement. I

1657
01:16:46,920 --> 01:16:49,280
Speaker 1: think he needs to play with more tempo and at

1658
01:16:49,320 --> 01:16:51,719
Speaker 1: times some more competitiveness. When you have a big receiver

1659
01:16:51,960 --> 01:16:54,560
Speaker 1: like that, you're going to line him up, particularly is

1660
01:16:54,600 --> 01:16:57,320
Speaker 1: the single receiver you want to be able to get

1661
01:16:57,360 --> 01:17:01,880
Speaker 1: the ball to him in one on one coverage. I

1662
01:17:02,040 --> 01:17:04,320
Speaker 1: think that they wanted Peterman to be able to be

1663
01:17:04,400 --> 01:17:08,160
Speaker 1: a quick rhythm player off of run action to generate

1664
01:17:08,280 --> 01:17:11,400
Speaker 1: some sustaining consistency, and they weren't able to do that

1665
01:17:11,560 --> 01:17:14,639
Speaker 1: due to a combination of the Ravens very quick pressure

1666
01:17:14,720 --> 01:17:18,400
Speaker 1: at times and coverage. So everything that I think they

1667
01:17:18,479 --> 01:17:22,120
Speaker 1: attempted to want to do to get Peterman comfortable did

1668
01:17:22,200 --> 01:17:25,960
Speaker 1: not work. Yeah, everything basically. So now it's the rookie

1669
01:17:26,080 --> 01:17:28,760
Speaker 1: Josh Allen and how much how do we look at

1670
01:17:29,120 --> 01:17:31,240
Speaker 1: Josh Allen and as far as the Bill's decision to

1671
01:17:31,960 --> 01:17:36,800
Speaker 1: balance his inexperience and you know, is just arriving on

1672
01:17:36,880 --> 01:17:38,960
Speaker 1: the scene in the NFL, just getting this playbook. A

1673
01:17:39,000 --> 01:17:42,639
Speaker 1: couple of months ago. With his obvious physical strength, his talents,

1674
01:17:43,120 --> 01:17:46,200
Speaker 1: can his arm strength and his athleticism overcome some of

1675
01:17:46,200 --> 01:17:50,680
Speaker 1: the drawbacks to his game? Well, theoretically is athleticism can.

1676
01:17:51,280 --> 01:17:53,880
Speaker 1: But you run into an issue now with this and

1677
01:17:54,000 --> 01:17:56,080
Speaker 1: and this is something that I think they're going to

1678
01:17:56,160 --> 01:17:58,439
Speaker 1: have to be very careful about, Murph and work through.

1679
01:17:58,880 --> 01:18:01,040
Speaker 1: He's going to end up leaving the pocket a lot

1680
01:18:01,160 --> 01:18:05,280
Speaker 1: because of offensive line issues. So and he has a

1681
01:18:05,360 --> 01:18:07,840
Speaker 1: little of that in his DNA to begin with, as

1682
01:18:07,880 --> 01:18:10,960
Speaker 1: a movement player, a player that tends not to stay

1683
01:18:11,000 --> 01:18:14,000
Speaker 1: in the pocket late through the down. So the question

1684
01:18:14,120 --> 01:18:17,840
Speaker 1: becomes if he leaves the pocket early because he feels

1685
01:18:17,880 --> 01:18:20,160
Speaker 1: that he has to do just a survival and to

1686
01:18:20,280 --> 01:18:23,760
Speaker 1: try to make plays, where does he go with that development,

1687
01:18:24,080 --> 01:18:27,000
Speaker 1: Because ultimately, to play in this league, he's going to

1688
01:18:27,080 --> 01:18:29,240
Speaker 1: have to be able to sit in the pocket, go

1689
01:18:29,400 --> 01:18:33,400
Speaker 1: through progressions, and deliver the football. And you don't develop

1690
01:18:33,520 --> 01:18:37,120
Speaker 1: those skills if you're not using those skills. So it's

1691
01:18:37,360 --> 01:18:40,040
Speaker 1: a very fine line here. So he might be able

1692
01:18:40,080 --> 01:18:42,640
Speaker 1: to do more than Peterman simply because Peterman is a

1693
01:18:42,760 --> 01:18:45,920
Speaker 1: pure pocket player, and obviously Allen is just a more

1694
01:18:46,000 --> 01:18:48,960
Speaker 1: skilled guy with his movement and his arm, But the

1695
01:18:49,120 --> 01:18:53,320
Speaker 1: question is with Alan, how does that either help or

1696
01:18:53,439 --> 01:18:56,360
Speaker 1: hinder his development. One of the other things we wanted

1697
01:18:56,360 --> 01:18:58,519
Speaker 1: to talk to you about is that Bill's because of

1698
01:18:59,560 --> 01:19:02,160
Speaker 1: an injury to Shack Loss and they signed Nate Orchard,

1699
01:19:02,240 --> 01:19:06,760
Speaker 1: who fresh off the Cleveland Browns team and hard knocks up.

1700
01:19:07,680 --> 01:19:09,680
Speaker 1: What does Nate Orchard bring to the table. And we've

1701
01:19:09,760 --> 01:19:13,160
Speaker 1: seen and he seems like an athletic, kind of long,

1702
01:19:13,280 --> 01:19:17,600
Speaker 1: lean kind of pass rusher. How quickly can he get acclimated?

1703
01:19:17,600 --> 01:19:20,800
Speaker 1: In your opinion, did you've seen other guys try this? Well?

1704
01:19:21,080 --> 01:19:23,639
Speaker 1: I think they're different players, so I think Orchard if

1705
01:19:24,280 --> 01:19:26,880
Speaker 1: they're looking for pass rush, I believe. I think that

1706
01:19:27,040 --> 01:19:30,120
Speaker 1: Jerry Ughes is really their only true pass rusher. They're

1707
01:19:30,160 --> 01:19:32,720
Speaker 1: going to see if if Murphy can be that guy.

1708
01:19:32,840 --> 01:19:35,559
Speaker 1: But Murphy's track record is is he's a little more

1709
01:19:35,560 --> 01:19:37,719
Speaker 1: of a clean up guy than a true pass rusher.

1710
01:19:38,320 --> 01:19:40,720
Speaker 1: Orchard is not the kind of player Shack Loss is.

1711
01:19:40,760 --> 01:19:43,320
Speaker 1: I think Shack Lawson at his best is almost a

1712
01:19:43,400 --> 01:19:46,439
Speaker 1: strong side defensive end who plays the run well. He's

1713
01:19:46,479 --> 01:19:50,520
Speaker 1: not a particularly strong age pass rusher either. Orchard theoretically

1714
01:19:51,120 --> 01:19:54,000
Speaker 1: at his best would provide some pass rush, but he

1715
01:19:54,280 --> 01:19:57,400
Speaker 1: obviously got cut and now he's on his second team.

1716
01:19:57,439 --> 01:19:59,400
Speaker 1: And I think he was a second round pick, so

1717
01:19:59,600 --> 01:20:02,200
Speaker 1: he was thought off pretty highly when he was drafted.

1718
01:20:02,520 --> 01:20:05,880
Speaker 1: But I don't think he fills the same role in

1719
01:20:05,960 --> 01:20:09,720
Speaker 1: the Bills defense as Shack Lawson. Of course, they go

1720
01:20:09,880 --> 01:20:11,840
Speaker 1: up against I would think one of the best arms

1721
01:20:11,880 --> 01:20:13,640
Speaker 1: in the game. They go up against Philip Rivers. Can

1722
01:20:13,680 --> 01:20:17,080
Speaker 1: you talk about his strengths and maybe any weaknesses from

1723
01:20:17,160 --> 01:20:21,519
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers? What have you seen over the years from him? Great? Well,

1724
01:20:21,960 --> 01:20:25,200
Speaker 1: I think Philip Rivers to me is a terrific quarterback.

1725
01:20:25,800 --> 01:20:28,880
Speaker 1: He's Peyton Manning, who doesn't get that kind of credit

1726
01:20:28,960 --> 01:20:31,439
Speaker 1: in the way he can control a game at the

1727
01:20:31,560 --> 01:20:35,479
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage and manipulated defense. He's really smart, knows

1728
01:20:35,560 --> 01:20:38,639
Speaker 1: exactly what he's seen. He's seeing now. For the most part,

1729
01:20:38,680 --> 01:20:41,920
Speaker 1: the Bills defense is not necessarily that multiple. They don't

1730
01:20:41,960 --> 01:20:44,360
Speaker 1: do a lot before the snap of the ball. But

1731
01:20:44,600 --> 01:20:47,880
Speaker 1: look these two teams played last year. Philip Rivers has

1732
01:20:48,120 --> 01:20:51,519
Speaker 1: a lot of weapons they've got. They go four deep

1733
01:20:51,560 --> 01:20:54,880
Speaker 1: and wide receiver with all the dimensions you could want

1734
01:20:54,960 --> 01:20:58,679
Speaker 1: at the position. They can run the football. Melvin Gordon

1735
01:20:58,800 --> 01:21:01,080
Speaker 1: is a very good receiver, were out of the backfield,

1736
01:21:01,360 --> 01:21:04,080
Speaker 1: as is Austin Eculer. He's a player that no one

1737
01:21:04,120 --> 01:21:07,120
Speaker 1: will talk about, but he is a really good third

1738
01:21:07,200 --> 01:21:09,400
Speaker 1: down back for them who can line up and be

1739
01:21:09,560 --> 01:21:13,439
Speaker 1: detached from the formation. So this is an offense that

1740
01:21:13,640 --> 01:21:17,519
Speaker 1: pretty much has every dimension that you look for. Rivers

1741
01:21:17,600 --> 01:21:19,960
Speaker 1: easily last week, if it wasn't for a few drops,

1742
01:21:20,000 --> 01:21:22,560
Speaker 1: could have thrown for five hundred yards. So this is

1743
01:21:22,640 --> 01:21:26,599
Speaker 1: a pretty challenging pass offense that the Bills defense will

1744
01:21:26,640 --> 01:21:29,679
Speaker 1: have to somehow slow down this week. Yeah, I was gonna.

1745
01:21:29,720 --> 01:21:31,200
Speaker 1: I didn't want to change the subject, but I think

1746
01:21:31,200 --> 01:21:33,599
Speaker 1: I will. That game they put up last week, I mean,

1747
01:21:33,640 --> 01:21:35,760
Speaker 1: they lit it up on the scoreboard. They scored only

1748
01:21:35,840 --> 01:21:38,879
Speaker 1: twenty eight points, although Philip Rivers had two touchdown passes

1749
01:21:38,920 --> 01:21:42,280
Speaker 1: that were dropped about. What about the Chiefs thrown up

1750
01:21:42,560 --> 01:21:46,720
Speaker 1: thirty eight points on the road in Los Angeles and

1751
01:21:46,840 --> 01:21:49,040
Speaker 1: then you look at Patrick Mahomes only through for two

1752
01:21:49,080 --> 01:21:52,120
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty six yards and completed just over half

1753
01:21:52,160 --> 01:21:54,040
Speaker 1: of the footballs he threw. I mean, how does that

1754
01:21:54,160 --> 01:21:58,240
Speaker 1: happen if you're the Chiefs? Yeah? I mean, you know,

1755
01:21:58,439 --> 01:22:02,200
Speaker 1: you know, Steve, Sometimes yards aren't necessarily there's not a

1756
01:22:02,320 --> 01:22:07,719
Speaker 1: direct correlation always between yards and points. Obviously, the Chiefs,

1757
01:22:08,000 --> 01:22:11,800
Speaker 1: you know, Mahomes hit some big plays. They scored He'll

1758
01:22:11,840 --> 01:22:14,679
Speaker 1: scored a touchdown obviously, which was not an offensive play

1759
01:22:14,840 --> 01:22:17,839
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill, and they hit a couple of big plays,

1760
01:22:18,200 --> 01:22:20,559
Speaker 1: and then Chiefs were very innovative in the red zone

1761
01:22:20,560 --> 01:22:25,000
Speaker 1: and scored two touchdowns that gave Mahomes two more passing touchdowns,

1762
01:22:25,040 --> 01:22:27,360
Speaker 1: even though they were really kind of cool innovative plays.

1763
01:22:28,479 --> 01:22:31,200
Speaker 1: But the Chargers are without Joey Bosa. Now you're talking

1764
01:22:31,200 --> 01:22:36,519
Speaker 1: about totally different offenses. I don't think my guests would

1765
01:22:36,520 --> 01:22:39,160
Speaker 1: be that the Bills are not going to come out

1766
01:22:39,240 --> 01:22:41,519
Speaker 1: and spread formations and try to throw the ball all

1767
01:22:41,560 --> 01:22:44,240
Speaker 1: over the yard. I don't think that's going to happen. Now.

1768
01:22:44,320 --> 01:22:47,680
Speaker 1: If they get behind, obviously that changes things. But what

1769
01:22:48,080 --> 01:22:50,479
Speaker 1: the Chiefs did to the Chargers and the way they

1770
01:22:50,560 --> 01:22:53,160
Speaker 1: went about doing it is not going to be the

1771
01:22:53,240 --> 01:22:56,360
Speaker 1: way the Bills come out and play this Sunday on

1772
01:22:56,400 --> 01:22:59,880
Speaker 1: the Line with Great Cosal executive producer analysts for NFL

1773
01:23:00,040 --> 01:23:04,160
Speaker 1: Matchup on ESPN, longtime senior producer at NFL Films, The Bengals,

1774
01:23:04,160 --> 01:23:06,040
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton two and Oh now, Greg, what do you

1775
01:23:06,080 --> 01:23:08,479
Speaker 1: think of Dalton started this season and what are we

1776
01:23:08,520 --> 01:23:11,160
Speaker 1: looking at a career a resurrection by Andy Dalton here?

1777
01:23:11,200 --> 01:23:12,800
Speaker 1: What do you what do you see? Well, you know,

1778
01:23:12,880 --> 01:23:17,360
Speaker 1: I think Murph Andy Daltons had a solid NFL career.

1779
01:23:17,439 --> 01:23:19,680
Speaker 1: I think he's one of those guys for many the

1780
01:23:19,800 --> 01:23:21,960
Speaker 1: narratives been written and they don't think he's very good.

1781
01:23:22,360 --> 01:23:24,360
Speaker 1: But it wasn't that long ago that he was viewed

1782
01:23:24,360 --> 01:23:27,400
Speaker 1: as an MVP candidate in the year that he got hurt. Obviously,

1783
01:23:27,479 --> 01:23:29,800
Speaker 1: this team hasn't made the playoffs in three years, and

1784
01:23:29,920 --> 01:23:32,800
Speaker 1: when that happens, that tends to reflect from a media

1785
01:23:32,880 --> 01:23:36,599
Speaker 1: standpoint negatively on a quarterback. But he's had a pretty

1786
01:23:36,640 --> 01:23:38,920
Speaker 1: good NFL career. This is a team with a lot

1787
01:23:38,960 --> 01:23:41,240
Speaker 1: of weapons. Now they can line up with two tight

1788
01:23:41,360 --> 01:23:44,040
Speaker 1: ends and Tyler Eiffert and Tyler Croft and be effective.

1789
01:23:44,280 --> 01:23:46,920
Speaker 1: They can line up with three wide receivers and be effective.

1790
01:23:47,320 --> 01:23:51,160
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon, to me, is a really outstanding back skill wise.

1791
01:23:51,520 --> 01:23:53,840
Speaker 1: I do not think there was much difference at all

1792
01:23:54,200 --> 01:23:55,679
Speaker 1: when they came and they came out in the same

1793
01:23:55,760 --> 01:23:58,160
Speaker 1: year between a Joe Mixon and a Dalvin Cook, and

1794
01:23:58,200 --> 01:24:00,120
Speaker 1: I would argue that Joe Mixon gives you more are

1795
01:24:00,160 --> 01:24:03,360
Speaker 1: in the passing game. So they are a talented offensive team.

1796
01:24:04,000 --> 01:24:07,519
Speaker 1: Think they're talented defensively too, aren't they. They've got a

1797
01:24:07,760 --> 01:24:11,639
Speaker 1: very good front four, particularly their nickel front four, where

1798
01:24:11,680 --> 01:24:17,639
Speaker 1: they usually will bring Michael Johnson inside and he rushes

1799
01:24:17,640 --> 01:24:20,360
Speaker 1: with Geno Atkins inside and they have carl Lawson and

1800
01:24:20,439 --> 01:24:24,519
Speaker 1: Carlos Dunlap rushing outside. That is a very very good

1801
01:24:24,680 --> 01:24:27,479
Speaker 1: nickel front four. Talk a little bit about the Baltimore Ravens,

1802
01:24:27,600 --> 01:24:29,880
Speaker 1: the guys who got beat by the Bengals last night.

1803
01:24:30,160 --> 01:24:32,160
Speaker 1: A little bit of a roller coaster this year. Certainly

1804
01:24:32,200 --> 01:24:34,439
Speaker 1: they had no problem with the Bills in Week one,

1805
01:24:34,479 --> 01:24:36,880
Speaker 1: and then they didn't look like the same team against

1806
01:24:36,880 --> 01:24:41,639
Speaker 1: the Bengals. No, and I'm struggling with their offense, Steven,

1807
01:24:41,680 --> 01:24:43,000
Speaker 1: And when I say that, I don't mean that I

1808
01:24:43,080 --> 01:24:44,920
Speaker 1: think that Marty morning When is doing a bad job.

1809
01:24:44,960 --> 01:24:47,360
Speaker 1: I'm just trying to figure out what they want their

1810
01:24:47,439 --> 01:24:50,559
Speaker 1: identity to be because they came out against the Bills

1811
01:24:50,880 --> 01:24:53,280
Speaker 1: and week one. You never know if it's a team's

1812
01:24:53,320 --> 01:24:56,240
Speaker 1: identity or if it's a function of the opponent. But

1813
01:24:56,360 --> 01:24:58,280
Speaker 1: as you guys know, they came out against the Bills

1814
01:24:58,520 --> 01:25:00,200
Speaker 1: and I don't think they handed the ball off three

1815
01:25:00,240 --> 01:25:03,080
Speaker 1: times in the first half. Joe Flacco dropped back over

1816
01:25:03,280 --> 01:25:05,840
Speaker 1: thirty times in the first half against you guys, you know,

1817
01:25:05,880 --> 01:25:07,960
Speaker 1: and then they sort of did much of the same

1818
01:25:08,160 --> 01:25:11,880
Speaker 1: thing against Cincinnati allotted. Now they got down, they got

1819
01:25:12,000 --> 01:25:16,560
Speaker 1: down early, but I'm not sure after two weeks what

1820
01:25:16,800 --> 01:25:20,280
Speaker 1: they see their offense. As Alex Collins was a very

1821
01:25:20,360 --> 01:25:23,080
Speaker 1: good back a year ago, they actually have some depth

1822
01:25:23,160 --> 01:25:26,320
Speaker 1: at running back. So to me, they've got to decide

1823
01:25:26,360 --> 01:25:28,839
Speaker 1: how they want to play. You can't have Joe Flacco

1824
01:25:29,200 --> 01:25:31,680
Speaker 1: dropped back as much as he's done the first two

1825
01:25:31,760 --> 01:25:34,679
Speaker 1: weeks on a regular basis. It worked against the Bills,

1826
01:25:35,120 --> 01:25:38,000
Speaker 1: It obviously did not work quite as well against the Bengals.

1827
01:25:38,320 --> 01:25:40,960
Speaker 1: That's a hard road to hoe with a quarterback who's

1828
01:25:41,000 --> 01:25:43,400
Speaker 1: a pure drop back player. Greg I got a Sunday

1829
01:25:43,439 --> 01:25:45,519
Speaker 1: matchup to ask you about in Steve's gonna be on

1830
01:25:45,520 --> 01:25:48,040
Speaker 1: the sidelines for this game for CBS, the Jets and

1831
01:25:48,080 --> 01:25:51,560
Speaker 1: the Dolphins and especially Sam Darnald. An amazing start to

1832
01:25:51,720 --> 01:25:54,120
Speaker 1: his career and how much of that is going to

1833
01:25:54,160 --> 01:25:55,439
Speaker 1: go away? How much of that do you think is

1834
01:25:55,479 --> 01:25:59,800
Speaker 1: really Sam Darnold. Well, the score made it seem that

1835
01:26:00,040 --> 01:26:03,920
Speaker 1: Sam Darnald was absolutely terrific, and he's been anointed and

1836
01:26:04,040 --> 01:26:06,240
Speaker 1: we do that. Everybody does that just like that. Sean

1837
01:26:06,280 --> 01:26:09,479
Speaker 1: Watson was anointed last year after six starts, as was

1838
01:26:09,600 --> 01:26:13,719
Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo. Donald I thought, I thought the coaching staff

1839
01:26:13,760 --> 01:26:16,960
Speaker 1: did an outstanding job really with the kinds of things

1840
01:26:17,040 --> 01:26:20,240
Speaker 1: they'd ask him to do, very basic, very simple, defining

1841
01:26:20,320 --> 01:26:23,200
Speaker 1: the reads. The one thing I thought Donald did extremely

1842
01:26:23,320 --> 01:26:26,479
Speaker 1: well was show patience in the pocket and not bail

1843
01:26:26,720 --> 01:26:29,120
Speaker 1: which he has a tendency to do. He did not

1844
01:26:29,280 --> 01:26:31,360
Speaker 1: do it very often, and he had a pretty good

1845
01:26:31,479 --> 01:26:34,639
Speaker 1: sense of where his bailout throws were. And I think

1846
01:26:34,720 --> 01:26:38,400
Speaker 1: that's really critical for young quarterbacks because otherwise you get

1847
01:26:38,400 --> 01:26:40,880
Speaker 1: too many negative plays. Yeah, how much and how much

1848
01:26:40,960 --> 01:26:44,080
Speaker 1: did Darnald? I mean, I said this earlier in the week.

1849
01:26:44,200 --> 01:26:48,280
Speaker 1: The Jets seemed to be energized by Darnald in his play.

1850
01:26:48,320 --> 01:26:51,720
Speaker 1: I mean, their offensive line played better than was advertised,

1851
01:26:51,960 --> 01:26:55,400
Speaker 1: the defense played better, got five turnovers. I mean, this

1852
01:26:55,560 --> 01:26:59,200
Speaker 1: looks like an entire team that looks to be rejuvenated

1853
01:26:59,320 --> 01:27:02,760
Speaker 1: because of a rookie quarterback. And then may well be true.

1854
01:27:02,800 --> 01:27:04,840
Speaker 1: I mean, I think, look, you're doing the game, You're

1855
01:27:04,880 --> 01:27:06,479
Speaker 1: gonna you know, I don't know if you've had your

1856
01:27:06,520 --> 01:27:10,120
Speaker 1: meetings yet and talked to the Jets, but that's something

1857
01:27:10,160 --> 01:27:13,120
Speaker 1: you'd have to be around the team to know often

1858
01:27:13,200 --> 01:27:15,880
Speaker 1: that can happen with a rookie quarterback. We'll see how

1859
01:27:15,920 --> 01:27:20,200
Speaker 1: it continues. That game played out beautifully for Sam Darnold. Obviously,

1860
01:27:20,280 --> 01:27:22,439
Speaker 1: the first throw was terrible, but then he was able

1861
01:27:22,520 --> 01:27:25,280
Speaker 1: to settle in, and then the score was such that

1862
01:27:25,800 --> 01:27:28,760
Speaker 1: he didn't have to do a lot. He only threw

1863
01:27:28,840 --> 01:27:32,080
Speaker 1: the ball I think twenty one times and the game

1864
01:27:32,160 --> 01:27:34,280
Speaker 1: got out of hand, so we didn't get into, you know,

1865
01:27:34,400 --> 01:27:37,400
Speaker 1: late third quarter, fourth quarter where he had to really

1866
01:27:37,800 --> 01:27:40,120
Speaker 1: execute at a high level and make the kind of

1867
01:27:40,280 --> 01:27:44,280
Speaker 1: stick difficult throws that he'll eventually have to make. Hey, Greg,

1868
01:27:44,439 --> 01:27:46,200
Speaker 1: thanks for this. We'll talk to you again next Friday.

1869
01:27:46,320 --> 01:27:49,760
Speaker 1: Have a great football weekend. We appreciate it. I appreciate it, guys,

1870
01:27:49,800 --> 01:27:52,919
Speaker 1: Thanks so much. Thanks great. Go Sal executive producer analysts

1871
01:27:52,960 --> 01:27:57,200
Speaker 1: for NFL Matchup on ESPN. He's also longtime senior producer

1872
01:27:57,240 --> 01:28:00,799
Speaker 1: at NFL Films. His show NFL Matchup on then Tomorrow

1873
01:28:00,880 --> 01:28:03,880
Speaker 1: one am on ESPN two and then Sunday six thirty

1874
01:28:03,880 --> 01:28:06,599
Speaker 1: am on ESPN, Steve and I back with morn A Moment.

1875
01:28:06,680 --> 01:28:09,600
Speaker 1: One Bills Live presented by Kalida Health Company from One

1876
01:28:09,640 --> 01:28:25,760
Speaker 1: Bill's Driving. This is Buffalo Bills Radio, One Bill's Live.

1877
01:28:25,800 --> 01:28:28,760
Speaker 1: Gwen Murphy, Steve Tasker from our one Buffalo studio. Thanks

1878
01:28:28,800 --> 01:28:31,560
Speaker 1: for tuning in today, getting set for the Bills and

1879
01:28:31,720 --> 01:28:34,400
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Chargers practices over for the day for

1880
01:28:34,439 --> 01:28:38,240
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. Trying to get your thoughts on a

1881
01:28:38,320 --> 01:28:40,280
Speaker 1: couple of key players who it might be for the Bills.

1882
01:28:40,439 --> 01:28:42,439
Speaker 1: Got a call from Dave in Florida. Dave, thanks for

1883
01:28:42,520 --> 01:28:46,360
Speaker 1: calling in Horrea, good night doing Mark Steve, Hey, Dave.

1884
01:28:46,760 --> 01:28:49,040
Speaker 1: An impact player in my opinion, is going to be

1885
01:28:49,360 --> 01:28:52,439
Speaker 1: Marcus Murphy. And the reasons I say that is you

1886
01:28:52,600 --> 01:28:55,080
Speaker 1: need to light him up in the back with shady

1887
01:28:55,920 --> 01:28:59,400
Speaker 1: and run Neil Sweet remember the juice with the electric company,

1888
01:28:59,640 --> 01:29:03,599
Speaker 1: Sure Bay Packers sweep to Cleveland, Browns sweep whatever happened

1889
01:29:03,600 --> 01:29:07,120
Speaker 1: to them days the Buffalo and this would open things

1890
01:29:07,200 --> 01:29:10,559
Speaker 1: up for Josh Allen. Maybe you know what's funny, Dave,

1891
01:29:10,600 --> 01:29:15,040
Speaker 1: because work did it open it up? Um Kelso talked

1892
01:29:15,040 --> 01:29:17,559
Speaker 1: about the opportunities to run the ball and not unlike

1893
01:29:17,560 --> 01:29:19,240
Speaker 1: what Dave, you said to run the ball against this

1894
01:29:19,439 --> 01:29:24,040
Speaker 1: chargers def outside the tackles. That's kinds and that's because

1895
01:29:24,040 --> 01:29:26,800
Speaker 1: they're set up to stop it inside and and you

1896
01:29:26,920 --> 01:29:29,960
Speaker 1: got to hit them where they're vulnerable, and that's it

1897
01:29:30,080 --> 01:29:31,800
Speaker 1: leads you to thinking they're going to run the sweep. Now,

1898
01:29:31,840 --> 01:29:34,519
Speaker 1: that doesn't mean, you know, Dave is thinking that. It's

1899
01:29:34,560 --> 01:29:37,960
Speaker 1: just something that was a philosophy back in the day. Uh.

1900
01:29:38,200 --> 01:29:41,160
Speaker 1: And yeah, all that stuff is on the table, and

1901
01:29:41,280 --> 01:29:44,640
Speaker 1: it works when the other team isn't set up to

1902
01:29:44,680 --> 01:29:48,639
Speaker 1: defend it. And Kelso's contention was, uh and probably rightfully.

1903
01:29:48,680 --> 01:29:51,559
Speaker 1: So they're set up because of the way what they

1904
01:29:51,640 --> 01:29:53,439
Speaker 1: like to do with their linebackers walking them up in

1905
01:29:53,479 --> 01:29:57,000
Speaker 1: the sea gaps, and it knocks that stuff off the table.

1906
01:29:57,080 --> 01:29:59,559
Speaker 1: You gotta go to the outside because obviously when they

1907
01:29:59,600 --> 01:30:02,040
Speaker 1: walk up in there, they're not they don't have any

1908
01:30:02,120 --> 01:30:03,640
Speaker 1: leverage to get out there. So if you can get

1909
01:30:03,680 --> 01:30:05,360
Speaker 1: to the edge, you've got to have some room out there.

1910
01:30:05,439 --> 01:30:09,400
Speaker 1: So yeah, it's it's on the table. You're the second

1911
01:30:09,439 --> 01:30:11,479
Speaker 1: guy that caller. Day was the second guy to Day

1912
01:30:11,479 --> 01:30:13,680
Speaker 1: to say we got to get Marcus Murphy and la

1913
01:30:13,720 --> 01:30:18,200
Speaker 1: Sean McCoy on the field. At the same time. Neither

1914
01:30:18,240 --> 01:30:20,479
Speaker 1: one of them for the same reason, But that seems

1915
01:30:20,479 --> 01:30:25,280
Speaker 1: to be a popular, popular remedy to maybe some of

1916
01:30:25,320 --> 01:30:28,160
Speaker 1: the problems to build experience last weekend and listen, it's

1917
01:30:28,280 --> 01:30:30,160
Speaker 1: very simple. You need your best players on the field.

1918
01:30:30,160 --> 01:30:32,280
Speaker 1: And if it's Marcus Murphy and Lashaw McCoy, yeah, you

1919
01:30:32,280 --> 01:30:33,800
Speaker 1: gotta get them on the field together. All right, we're

1920
01:30:33,800 --> 01:30:36,040
Speaker 1: gonna break. We've got Lorenzo Alexander coming up and see

1921
01:30:36,080 --> 01:30:38,439
Speaker 1: Burnline schedule to join us as well. One more hour

1922
01:30:38,520 --> 01:30:41,040
Speaker 1: Togo One Bill's Live from One Bill's Drive on Buffalo

1923
01:30:41,160 --> 01:30:56,080
Speaker 1: Bill's Radio. Hello Bills Radio Network. Sports update from One

1924
01:30:56,120 --> 01:30:58,360
Speaker 1: Bill's Drive. Bill's practice is over for the day. They

1925
01:30:58,439 --> 01:31:01,400
Speaker 1: practice inside New Era field. Check Lawson did not practice,

1926
01:31:01,479 --> 01:31:04,840
Speaker 1: has not practiced all week with his hamstring. Cornerback Aran

1927
01:31:04,920 --> 01:31:07,679
Speaker 1: Johnson no practice today with his shoulder, and wide receiver

1928
01:31:08,200 --> 01:31:10,720
Speaker 1: Ray Ray McCloud limited in practice. The Bills working through

1929
01:31:10,800 --> 01:31:13,519
Speaker 1: some numbers at cornerback. Bonte Davis is going to play

1930
01:31:13,560 --> 01:31:16,759
Speaker 1: on Sunday. According to Sean McDermott. He was inactive last Sunday,

1931
01:31:16,760 --> 01:31:18,720
Speaker 1: giving the Bills four healthy corners. We'll see how they

1932
01:31:18,840 --> 01:31:22,320
Speaker 1: line up. Bills and the Los Angeles Chargers Sunday, one o'clock.

1933
01:31:22,560 --> 01:31:25,000
Speaker 1: The game right here on our flagship in Buffalo, WGR

1934
01:31:25,040 --> 01:31:27,920
Speaker 1: Sports Radio five fifty. Aaron Rodgers still a question mark

1935
01:31:27,960 --> 01:31:30,760
Speaker 1: has to his availability for the Green Bay Packers game

1936
01:31:30,840 --> 01:31:34,640
Speaker 1: Sunday against Minnesota. Packers coach Mike McCarthy told reporters that

1937
01:31:34,760 --> 01:31:37,320
Speaker 1: Rodgers remains day to day as he recovers from a

1938
01:31:37,439 --> 01:31:40,200
Speaker 1: nice brain. No practice today for the Packers. They will

1939
01:31:40,200 --> 01:31:42,720
Speaker 1: be back on the practice field tomorrow. Andy Dalton threw

1940
01:31:42,760 --> 01:31:45,680
Speaker 1: four touchdown passes last night, three to AJ Green as

1941
01:31:45,720 --> 01:31:49,400
Speaker 1: the Bengals beat the Baltimore Ravens thirty four to twenty three,

1942
01:31:49,600 --> 01:31:51,840
Speaker 1: leaving the Bengals alone on top of the AFC North

1943
01:31:51,880 --> 01:31:54,080
Speaker 1: at two and oh. The Ravens dropped to one on one.

1944
01:31:54,360 --> 01:31:58,040
Speaker 1: Linebacker Michael Kendricks released by the Browns following charges of

1945
01:31:58,120 --> 01:32:00,360
Speaker 1: insider training. It's going to sign a one deal with

1946
01:32:00,400 --> 01:32:03,120
Speaker 1: a Seattle Seahawks. According to ESPN. He pleaded guilty last

1947
01:32:03,160 --> 01:32:06,320
Speaker 1: week to the charges. He'll be sentenced in January. Kendricks

1948
01:32:06,640 --> 01:32:09,080
Speaker 1: used tip from an acquaintance to make about one point

1949
01:32:09,160 --> 01:32:12,759
Speaker 1: two million dollars in illegal profits on four major trading deals.

1950
01:32:13,320 --> 01:32:16,360
Speaker 1: The Dolphins of lost guard Josh Sitton for the season.

1951
01:32:16,680 --> 01:32:18,920
Speaker 1: He tore his rotator cuff last week. He is out.

1952
01:32:19,000 --> 01:32:21,960
Speaker 1: He goes on injured reserve. They'll making a corresponding move

1953
01:32:22,000 --> 01:32:24,800
Speaker 1: before Sunday's game against the Jets. Vendoran guard Ted Larson

1954
01:32:24,920 --> 01:32:27,639
Speaker 1: scheduled to step into the starting lineup in Sitton's place.

1955
01:32:27,840 --> 01:32:29,960
Speaker 1: Buffalo Savers on the ice for the first time today

1956
01:32:30,000 --> 01:32:32,519
Speaker 1: and there are twenty eighteen training camp back on the

1957
01:32:32,600 --> 01:32:36,599
Speaker 1: ice tomorrow. The practices continue through the weekend at Harbor Center.

1958
01:32:36,800 --> 01:32:38,920
Speaker 1: Sessions tomorrow be again at nine forty five in the morning.

1959
01:32:39,000 --> 01:32:41,679
Speaker 1: On Sunday, there's a scrimmage that starts at ten thirty.

1960
01:32:41,960 --> 01:32:44,919
Speaker 1: The savers first preseason game is Monday night in Columbus

1961
01:32:44,960 --> 01:32:47,959
Speaker 1: against the Blue Jackets and Red Wings. Captain Henrik Zetterberg's

1962
01:32:48,000 --> 01:32:50,719
Speaker 1: back injury is ending his hockey career. He is thirty

1963
01:32:50,760 --> 01:32:53,479
Speaker 1: seven years old. That is the update from One Bill's Drive,

1964
01:32:53,560 --> 01:32:56,200
Speaker 1: John Murphy, Steve Tasker One Bills Live from One Bill's

1965
01:32:56,280 --> 01:32:59,160
Speaker 1: Drive and it's time to talk to our man, Lorenzo Alexander.

1966
01:33:07,720 --> 01:33:13,800
Speaker 1: How do you guys laugh? But we made it thrown

1967
01:33:13,840 --> 01:33:17,479
Speaker 1: on the now The lowdown with Lorenzo Alexander a regular

1968
01:33:17,520 --> 01:33:20,320
Speaker 1: Friday feature. He is in studio with us. Welcome Lorenzo.

1969
01:33:20,360 --> 01:33:22,120
Speaker 1: Good to have you here. Oh yeah, he's always always

1970
01:33:22,120 --> 01:33:23,600
Speaker 1: a pleasure to come in studio with you guys and

1971
01:33:23,720 --> 01:33:25,880
Speaker 1: hang out a little bit and talk some ball. Listen.

1972
01:33:25,920 --> 01:33:28,000
Speaker 1: I last yesterday I was saying, Hey, I'm gonna watch

1973
01:33:28,080 --> 01:33:31,560
Speaker 1: that game last night between Baltimore and Cincinnatti because you know,

1974
01:33:31,800 --> 01:33:34,200
Speaker 1: if Baltimore comes out and plays like Gangbusters, I'm gonna

1975
01:33:34,200 --> 01:33:37,680
Speaker 1: feel good about it because they are that good. And

1976
01:33:37,800 --> 01:33:39,360
Speaker 1: I watched it last night and I thought, Man, I

1977
01:33:39,439 --> 01:33:41,800
Speaker 1: even feel better about it now because there's a week

1978
01:33:41,880 --> 01:33:43,960
Speaker 1: to week league. He played good one week, you're bad

1979
01:33:44,040 --> 01:33:45,960
Speaker 1: that next week he played bad, you can play good

1980
01:33:46,000 --> 01:33:47,880
Speaker 1: the next week. And I know that that. I know

1981
01:33:48,040 --> 01:33:50,880
Speaker 1: that's true. Yeah, you experienced that, and I mean I've

1982
01:33:50,880 --> 01:33:53,720
Speaker 1: experienced throughout my career. I mean even looking at last year,

1983
01:33:53,720 --> 01:33:55,679
Speaker 1: I mean we started off hot and had a horrible

1984
01:33:55,720 --> 01:33:57,720
Speaker 1: three games and then came back and finished strong. So

1985
01:33:58,720 --> 01:34:00,880
Speaker 1: that's what the message is and what it has been

1986
01:34:00,920 --> 01:34:05,920
Speaker 1: all week, trying to compartmentalize that effort and performance that

1987
01:34:06,000 --> 01:34:07,760
Speaker 1: we put out and leave it and last week and

1988
01:34:07,840 --> 01:34:10,439
Speaker 1: really come out strong. For me, in my mindset, and

1989
01:34:10,520 --> 01:34:13,479
Speaker 1: this the message this week is starting fast. If I

1990
01:34:13,560 --> 01:34:16,240
Speaker 1: think about our four preseason games and including this last,

1991
01:34:16,479 --> 01:34:19,880
Speaker 1: obviously the opener in Baltimore, we haven't been able to

1992
01:34:19,920 --> 01:34:22,840
Speaker 1: come out fast and at first initial drive offense or

1993
01:34:22,960 --> 01:34:27,640
Speaker 1: defense and really establish the momentum and the dominance that

1994
01:34:27,720 --> 01:34:30,000
Speaker 1: we're about to play you guys for the next four quarters.

1995
01:34:30,080 --> 01:34:31,600
Speaker 1: And so that's what we need to be able to

1996
01:34:31,640 --> 01:34:35,400
Speaker 1: do this week, I think, to really put ourselves in

1997
01:34:35,439 --> 01:34:37,800
Speaker 1: a in a position where we can actually have a

1998
01:34:37,880 --> 01:34:39,240
Speaker 1: chance to win the game at the end of the game.

1999
01:34:40,000 --> 01:34:43,439
Speaker 1: Is a is a veteran, as a captain, as a leader,

2000
01:34:44,120 --> 01:34:46,280
Speaker 1: what did you take on your shoulders this week? Coming

2001
01:34:46,320 --> 01:34:48,160
Speaker 1: to work on Monday, they try to put last week

2002
01:34:48,200 --> 01:34:50,559
Speaker 1: behind you, and how did you, you know, practically speaking,

2003
01:34:50,600 --> 01:34:52,280
Speaker 1: how did you make that happen during the course? I mean,

2004
01:34:52,320 --> 01:34:54,040
Speaker 1: will you still approach it as the same week. I'm

2005
01:34:54,080 --> 01:34:56,400
Speaker 1: still going business usual. I'm not coming here with my

2006
01:34:56,520 --> 01:34:58,600
Speaker 1: head down or trying to change anything up, or with

2007
01:34:58,720 --> 01:35:01,920
Speaker 1: the panic in my voice or my actions. Because when

2008
01:35:01,920 --> 01:35:03,720
Speaker 1: you panic and people look at you as a leader,

2009
01:35:03,760 --> 01:35:05,640
Speaker 1: I think Leslie Fraser does a great job of this,

2010
01:35:06,040 --> 01:35:10,280
Speaker 1: especially in game. You don't want to create chaos around you,

2011
01:35:10,360 --> 01:35:12,800
Speaker 1: because if the leaders panicking, oh my god, it must

2012
01:35:12,800 --> 01:35:15,200
Speaker 1: be something really wrong here, right, So you know you

2013
01:35:15,840 --> 01:35:18,160
Speaker 1: stay course put things in perspective. It was the first

2014
01:35:18,240 --> 01:35:20,960
Speaker 1: game we didn't perform well at all. It was very disappointing,

2015
01:35:21,479 --> 01:35:23,040
Speaker 1: but it was one game. You have to take it

2016
01:35:23,160 --> 01:35:24,960
Speaker 1: like that. And I know it's cliche and people hate

2017
01:35:25,000 --> 01:35:29,519
Speaker 1: hearing it, but that's the and what task just referred to.

2018
01:35:29,640 --> 01:35:31,479
Speaker 1: That's the beauty of the NFL. It's a week to

2019
01:35:31,560 --> 01:35:35,599
Speaker 1: week league, and good or bad, that next week it's

2020
01:35:35,640 --> 01:35:37,240
Speaker 1: a whole new week. You can really go out there

2021
01:35:37,240 --> 01:35:39,840
Speaker 1: and redefine who you are and grow on good performances

2022
01:35:39,880 --> 01:35:42,760
Speaker 1: and change bad performances. Yeah, I was telling them if

2023
01:35:42,840 --> 01:35:45,880
Speaker 1: this earlier in the day. I remember getting embarrassed on

2024
01:35:46,520 --> 01:35:49,719
Speaker 1: a Monday night game and other games as well. There's

2025
01:35:49,760 --> 01:35:52,040
Speaker 1: nothing to motivate you like not wanting to go through

2026
01:35:52,080 --> 01:35:54,280
Speaker 1: that again. You know you got you gotta showed up

2027
01:35:54,320 --> 01:35:57,040
Speaker 1: probably on Monday Tuesday, and you're kind of looking around

2028
01:35:57,080 --> 01:35:59,400
Speaker 1: that locker room saying that not this week, right, it's

2029
01:35:59,439 --> 01:36:01,800
Speaker 1: time to go. Obviously, we all want to get this

2030
01:36:01,960 --> 01:36:03,519
Speaker 1: this taste out of our mouths, and the only way

2031
01:36:03,560 --> 01:36:06,320
Speaker 1: we can do it is going out there and doing it.

2032
01:36:06,880 --> 01:36:09,000
Speaker 1: You know, you know, and I'm a leader, but I'm

2033
01:36:09,040 --> 01:36:12,400
Speaker 1: not a big guy on talking and yapping and trying

2034
01:36:12,439 --> 01:36:16,200
Speaker 1: to you know, snop bubbles and tears. I'm gonna lead

2035
01:36:16,240 --> 01:36:17,600
Speaker 1: you to the water. This is what we need to do.

2036
01:36:17,720 --> 01:36:19,200
Speaker 1: This is what it needs to look like. But at

2037
01:36:19,240 --> 01:36:21,760
Speaker 1: the end of the day, every man on our football team,

2038
01:36:21,920 --> 01:36:24,599
Speaker 1: whether you're a practice squad guy or the star player,

2039
01:36:25,240 --> 01:36:27,080
Speaker 1: you need to bowl up this week. Get ready, be

2040
01:36:27,160 --> 01:36:29,120
Speaker 1: a man, prepare, and then we need to go out

2041
01:36:29,160 --> 01:36:31,280
Speaker 1: on Sunday and hit these guys in the mouth as

2042
01:36:31,320 --> 01:36:34,160
Speaker 1: soon as the first kickoff snap is taken and not

2043
01:36:34,320 --> 01:36:36,720
Speaker 1: wait for somebody else. Sometimes you get caught. Oh it's

2044
01:36:36,760 --> 01:36:39,439
Speaker 1: Garry gonna make a play in Shady gonna make a play. No,

2045
01:36:39,560 --> 01:36:41,320
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be the guy to make the play. Yeah,

2046
01:36:41,680 --> 01:36:44,120
Speaker 1: there is an emotional impact to it, though obviously it

2047
01:36:44,200 --> 01:36:45,800
Speaker 1: is about getting your work next, showing up with a

2048
01:36:45,840 --> 01:36:48,880
Speaker 1: new attitude and saying all right in buckling down. Because

2049
01:36:49,680 --> 01:36:52,439
Speaker 1: the games are one Monday through Saturday, and Sunday just

2050
01:36:52,560 --> 01:36:55,240
Speaker 1: tells you what it is. But this is opening day.

2051
01:36:55,640 --> 01:36:57,320
Speaker 1: Have you ever been able to relate to some of

2052
01:36:57,400 --> 01:36:59,559
Speaker 1: your team mates about what it's like to walk out

2053
01:36:59,560 --> 01:37:01,920
Speaker 1: the tunnel on opening day in the NFL. Yeah, I

2054
01:37:01,960 --> 01:37:03,960
Speaker 1: mean at home. I mean, I think there's nothing like

2055
01:37:04,080 --> 01:37:06,120
Speaker 1: coming out you know, obviously a new air of stadium.

2056
01:37:06,160 --> 01:37:09,439
Speaker 1: I mean, the Bills Mafia, that whole fandom, that group

2057
01:37:09,600 --> 01:37:11,800
Speaker 1: is if there's nothing else like it, So it's even

2058
01:37:11,840 --> 01:37:13,640
Speaker 1: hard to describe. They've gotten a little taste of it,

2059
01:37:14,240 --> 01:37:16,360
Speaker 1: but they won't really get the full effect until you

2060
01:37:16,439 --> 01:37:18,519
Speaker 1: walk out of there and you see sixty five seventy

2061
01:37:18,560 --> 01:37:22,040
Speaker 1: thousand crazy fans, you know, screaming and yelling. Now it's

2062
01:37:22,080 --> 01:37:23,559
Speaker 1: our turn to go put on a show for him

2063
01:37:23,600 --> 01:37:27,200
Speaker 1: and keep that energy going throughout the entire game. Sean

2064
01:37:27,280 --> 01:37:31,320
Speaker 1: McDermott spoke this morning about getting his leadership counsel. He

2065
01:37:31,400 --> 01:37:34,639
Speaker 1: called it together and talking about this week and responding

2066
01:37:34,680 --> 01:37:37,439
Speaker 1: to last week. What is that leadership counsel? And you

2067
01:37:37,479 --> 01:37:39,080
Speaker 1: don't have to give me a you know, I mean,

2068
01:37:39,160 --> 01:37:42,400
Speaker 1: it's just it's talk about it. It's guys that he's identified,

2069
01:37:42,560 --> 01:37:44,600
Speaker 1: you know, because captains is voted on players, but this

2070
01:37:44,760 --> 01:37:48,519
Speaker 1: leadership counsel are men that he's identified as leaders in

2071
01:37:49,000 --> 01:37:52,439
Speaker 1: probably each position group for the most part. Um and

2072
01:37:52,560 --> 01:37:55,280
Speaker 1: you're not necessarily captain to be on it because sometimes

2073
01:37:55,320 --> 01:37:58,320
Speaker 1: the captains, he can be a popularity contest and he

2074
01:37:58,479 --> 01:38:00,200
Speaker 1: comes to us and just to get a vibe, having

2075
01:38:00,240 --> 01:38:02,280
Speaker 1: to feel for the locker room, or there any concerns

2076
01:38:02,520 --> 01:38:04,920
Speaker 1: or is there anything that he can do better? Um

2077
01:38:05,840 --> 01:38:07,760
Speaker 1: and different things like that that has taken place, you

2078
01:38:07,800 --> 01:38:09,479
Speaker 1: know since I've been here with them, going back to

2079
01:38:09,600 --> 01:38:12,040
Speaker 1: last year. So we'll talk about various things. So there

2080
01:38:12,160 --> 01:38:14,400
Speaker 1: was nothing. Obviously we didn't want to play the way,

2081
01:38:14,439 --> 01:38:16,080
Speaker 1: but he just wanted to make sure is anything did

2082
01:38:16,120 --> 01:38:18,360
Speaker 1: you guys sense anything leading up that I can maybe

2083
01:38:18,479 --> 01:38:20,760
Speaker 1: change or speak to or that we can do better

2084
01:38:20,800 --> 01:38:22,439
Speaker 1: as leaders on the team so that we don't have

2085
01:38:22,520 --> 01:38:25,160
Speaker 1: the same performances last week. Since speaking of thing sensing

2086
01:38:25,200 --> 01:38:28,040
Speaker 1: things coming up, I know you're doing more than just

2087
01:38:28,160 --> 01:38:30,200
Speaker 1: sensing what the Chargers have on their side of the ball.

2088
01:38:30,240 --> 01:38:33,840
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers, all those guys, they got some guys talk about, um,

2089
01:38:34,080 --> 01:38:39,479
Speaker 1: you know, facing a really if yeahs Ian's river And

2090
01:38:39,560 --> 01:38:41,280
Speaker 1: I think this is why Bill's Mafia is going to

2091
01:38:41,320 --> 01:38:45,200
Speaker 1: be so important this week, especially on third downs really

2092
01:38:45,240 --> 01:38:49,080
Speaker 1: every dawn because he is the offensive coordinator and he

2093
01:38:49,280 --> 01:38:52,479
Speaker 1: takes the play clock down to almost you know, it

2094
01:38:52,560 --> 01:38:54,760
Speaker 1: says three seconds but it's almost running out each and

2095
01:38:54,800 --> 01:38:56,519
Speaker 1: every time because he feels that he's been in the

2096
01:38:56,600 --> 01:38:59,680
Speaker 1: league long enough and has the ability to get his

2097
01:38:59,760 --> 01:39:02,479
Speaker 1: line lined up, a diagnose whether we're blitzing with type

2098
01:39:02,479 --> 01:39:04,880
Speaker 1: of coveragry, and he's calling out all types of calls

2099
01:39:04,960 --> 01:39:07,280
Speaker 1: and has all these type of words. So that's why

2100
01:39:07,360 --> 01:39:09,200
Speaker 1: this week we can keep that crowd noise and we're

2101
01:39:09,200 --> 01:39:11,439
Speaker 1: out there playing well. That juice is flowing. He's gonna

2102
01:39:11,479 --> 01:39:14,400
Speaker 1: have a hard time getting his line set up or

2103
01:39:14,479 --> 01:39:16,800
Speaker 1: maybe audible into a screen because he sees sees us

2104
01:39:16,880 --> 01:39:19,120
Speaker 1: doing something. But he has that ability he has done

2105
01:39:19,160 --> 01:39:21,160
Speaker 1: at a high level. I'm watching the game last week

2106
01:39:21,280 --> 01:39:25,720
Speaker 1: versus Kansas City, uh de Ford is destroying everything in

2107
01:39:25,800 --> 01:39:28,000
Speaker 1: front of him and only I think they only come

2108
01:39:28,080 --> 01:39:30,640
Speaker 1: up with a one sack in that game because he

2109
01:39:30,720 --> 01:39:32,600
Speaker 1: knows where to get the ball out, he's quick with it.

2110
01:39:32,720 --> 01:39:34,640
Speaker 1: And but I do know one thing. He's gonna take

2111
01:39:34,680 --> 01:39:37,559
Speaker 1: about four or five shots down the field to Benjamin Um.

2112
01:39:37,640 --> 01:39:40,400
Speaker 1: So we have to eliminate that and not allow that

2113
01:39:40,479 --> 01:39:43,639
Speaker 1: to happen. And then also obviously Keenan Allen another golden

2114
01:39:43,680 --> 01:39:45,840
Speaker 1: bear out there balling that we're gonna have to make

2115
01:39:45,840 --> 01:39:48,040
Speaker 1: sure we keep our eyes on him number thirteen because

2116
01:39:48,080 --> 01:39:51,040
Speaker 1: he's been recond shot since he's gotten into the league.

2117
01:39:51,080 --> 01:39:53,160
Speaker 1: He doesn't him talent around him, and he spreads it

2118
01:39:53,240 --> 01:39:56,719
Speaker 1: around right, yeah, right, Yeah, you got Kennan, got Benjamin

2119
01:39:56,920 --> 01:39:58,360
Speaker 1: who I'm not sure it's gonna play a herd. He

2120
01:39:58,439 --> 01:40:00,960
Speaker 1: was in a boot. You got Gordon, you got Eckling,

2121
01:40:01,040 --> 01:40:03,280
Speaker 1: number thirty, young young running back light and then they

2122
01:40:03,760 --> 01:40:06,880
Speaker 1: got Gates back now, so definitely down the red zone. Um,

2123
01:40:06,920 --> 01:40:08,840
Speaker 1: so he definitely has guys, but his biggest thing is

2124
01:40:08,880 --> 01:40:11,360
Speaker 1: diagnosing it, taking the shots, and then he's not going

2125
01:40:11,439 --> 01:40:13,720
Speaker 1: to take a sack. He's dishing it out. I mean,

2126
01:40:13,800 --> 01:40:15,559
Speaker 1: like I said, I mean, guys are beating them left

2127
01:40:15,640 --> 01:40:17,400
Speaker 1: and right, and he just knows where to go with

2128
01:40:17,479 --> 01:40:20,080
Speaker 1: the ball immediately. So now instead of being you know,

2129
01:40:20,280 --> 01:40:25,120
Speaker 1: second in maybe fifteen, their second in six, which is

2130
01:40:25,160 --> 01:40:28,000
Speaker 1: a very manageable down, and they still have everything in

2131
01:40:28,120 --> 01:40:30,400
Speaker 1: their in their playbook that's accessible to him. So we

2132
01:40:30,479 --> 01:40:32,360
Speaker 1: have to make sure that we minimize those, make sure

2133
01:40:32,400 --> 01:40:35,240
Speaker 1: we tackle the checkdowns and don't allow those. It's amazing

2134
01:40:35,280 --> 01:40:38,120
Speaker 1: too he never gets sacked and really he doesn't run no,

2135
01:40:38,680 --> 01:40:41,439
Speaker 1: So it's so and I told murphus. It's him not

2136
01:40:41,520 --> 01:40:44,040
Speaker 1: getting sacked. It's more about him, yeah, than it's about

2137
01:40:44,080 --> 01:40:46,720
Speaker 1: his offensive line or the rush packages or anything like that.

2138
01:40:46,880 --> 01:40:49,599
Speaker 1: It's it's him, It is him, It's all him. I mean, guys,

2139
01:40:49,640 --> 01:40:52,200
Speaker 1: we're getting I'm literally getting beat left and right, I

2140
01:40:52,280 --> 01:40:55,439
Speaker 1: mean off the ball b line. But he knows where

2141
01:40:55,479 --> 01:40:57,920
Speaker 1: his checkdown. Even though they love shots, they always put

2142
01:40:58,000 --> 01:41:00,479
Speaker 1: an outlet pass either right there in front of him,

2143
01:41:00,560 --> 01:41:03,920
Speaker 1: maybe like a shallow crosser when they're going all going

2144
01:41:03,960 --> 01:41:06,360
Speaker 1: as three receivers going deep, he always has somebody he

2145
01:41:06,439 --> 01:41:08,280
Speaker 1: knows where to dump it or here, just throw it

2146
01:41:08,320 --> 01:41:10,040
Speaker 1: at the running backs feet or you know whatever, just

2147
01:41:10,120 --> 01:41:11,880
Speaker 1: to get rid of it. But he's not gonna allow

2148
01:41:12,000 --> 01:41:15,000
Speaker 1: negative plays at all. Lessons like I gotta have a

2149
01:41:15,160 --> 01:41:18,320
Speaker 1: type of situation. It's weird too. They scored twenty eight

2150
01:41:18,400 --> 01:41:20,920
Speaker 1: points last week, which is a lot, but their points

2151
01:41:20,960 --> 01:41:23,479
Speaker 1: don't match up with their offensive production. Sometimes they've read

2152
01:41:23,520 --> 01:41:26,439
Speaker 1: something where last season they were the fourth best offensive

2153
01:41:26,760 --> 01:41:29,719
Speaker 1: yards but down in towards the middle and points scored.

2154
01:41:29,760 --> 01:41:31,680
Speaker 1: So do they stall in the red zone typically or

2155
01:41:31,720 --> 01:41:35,360
Speaker 1: what happens? I mean at times, But I mean, I

2156
01:41:35,439 --> 01:41:37,640
Speaker 1: don't know what the sense of that is. So I mean,

2157
01:41:37,720 --> 01:41:39,400
Speaker 1: for us, we need to blow up in the rezon.

2158
01:41:39,439 --> 01:41:41,280
Speaker 1: I haven't really seen that because it's only been one game.

2159
01:41:41,320 --> 01:41:43,240
Speaker 1: It's not like I went back and looked at last

2160
01:41:43,320 --> 01:41:45,960
Speaker 1: year and saw what their issues were. But they're dynamic

2161
01:41:46,040 --> 01:41:48,280
Speaker 1: in the red zone. What we do know is in

2162
01:41:48,360 --> 01:41:51,240
Speaker 1: those situations, they're looking for thirteen. So I think teams

2163
01:41:51,320 --> 01:41:53,760
Speaker 1: tend to take him away and then their line maybe

2164
01:41:53,800 --> 01:41:55,439
Speaker 1: gets beat, so now he's forced to either throw it

2165
01:41:55,479 --> 01:41:57,240
Speaker 1: away and throw a quick check down where guys can

2166
01:41:57,280 --> 01:42:00,400
Speaker 1: maybe come up and tackle him. With Lorenzo Alexander Bills

2167
01:42:00,479 --> 01:42:02,599
Speaker 1: laying back of the lowdown every Friday at this time,

2168
01:42:02,880 --> 01:42:06,200
Speaker 1: let's back away from the Bills charges for a minute. Yesterday, Lorenzo,

2169
01:42:06,280 --> 01:42:07,600
Speaker 1: we got worded while we were on the ear that

2170
01:42:07,960 --> 01:42:10,559
Speaker 1: our buddy Steve here as well one hundred two Modern

2171
01:42:10,640 --> 01:42:13,120
Speaker 1: era nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class

2172
01:42:13,200 --> 01:42:15,719
Speaker 1: of twenty nineteen. You got right down at last tweek.

2173
01:42:15,880 --> 01:42:17,840
Speaker 1: You hear a tweet that went out about Steve and

2174
01:42:17,920 --> 01:42:20,320
Speaker 1: his chances. You're trying to campaign for him, Yeah, I am.

2175
01:42:20,400 --> 01:42:22,000
Speaker 1: I You know when you know people that are in

2176
01:42:22,160 --> 01:42:24,479
Speaker 1: that room and making calls, you know, so I hit

2177
01:42:24,520 --> 01:42:27,040
Speaker 1: my boy Jim Trotter up on Twitter because I know

2178
01:42:27,080 --> 01:42:28,639
Speaker 1: he's one of the voters. I say, man, you gotta

2179
01:42:28,680 --> 01:42:30,400
Speaker 1: get on the calls. Get on some calls for our

2180
01:42:30,439 --> 01:42:32,960
Speaker 1: special teams guys. Brian Mitchell is another guy that's on

2181
01:42:33,040 --> 01:42:36,000
Speaker 1: the obviously Steve Tasks or guys that are both deserving

2182
01:42:36,120 --> 01:42:37,640
Speaker 1: of being in the Hall of Fame. It's like, man,

2183
01:42:37,680 --> 01:42:39,240
Speaker 1: you gotta stay on the table for my guys. So

2184
01:42:39,400 --> 01:42:41,720
Speaker 1: let's start start the campaign. Now. Let me know what

2185
01:42:41,800 --> 01:42:47,240
Speaker 1: I need to do. Good luck. Hey, I know you're

2186
01:42:47,320 --> 01:42:49,479
Speaker 1: lock on to jone Hall, but I'm I'm knocking down

2187
01:42:49,560 --> 01:42:52,439
Speaker 1: the door for it. We gotta have more teams guys.

2188
01:42:52,479 --> 01:42:54,080
Speaker 1: They say it's a third of the game, but they

2189
01:42:54,200 --> 01:42:57,920
Speaker 1: never honor those guys that were dominant doing their tenure

2190
01:42:58,000 --> 01:43:00,639
Speaker 1: there ship. But I told m if the yesterday, Brian

2191
01:43:00,680 --> 01:43:03,599
Speaker 1: Mitchell is is a guy that I mean, I've heard

2192
01:43:03,600 --> 01:43:06,840
Speaker 1: about him the last year. That guy was for real. Yeah,

2193
01:43:07,240 --> 01:43:08,920
Speaker 1: you look at you look at and at one point,

2194
01:43:08,920 --> 01:43:10,400
Speaker 1: and I don't know if it's still this way in

2195
01:43:10,479 --> 01:43:14,120
Speaker 1: the in the NFL statistic book, all the guys with

2196
01:43:14,200 --> 01:43:16,120
Speaker 1: the most yards or the quarterback like Paid Manning with

2197
01:43:16,160 --> 01:43:17,960
Speaker 1: seventy thousand and he goes all these guys down through

2198
01:43:17,960 --> 01:43:20,120
Speaker 1: all this quarters. The first guy in the list who's

2199
01:43:20,160 --> 01:43:24,639
Speaker 1: not a quarterback is Brian Mitchell. Right, yeah, that's big, right,

2200
01:43:24,800 --> 01:43:27,000
Speaker 1: you know, that's I think that's significant. And I think,

2201
01:43:27,520 --> 01:43:28,920
Speaker 1: you know, a guy for a guy like him, because

2202
01:43:28,960 --> 01:43:30,920
Speaker 1: he was a kick returner, mostly in running back, in

2203
01:43:30,960 --> 01:43:33,880
Speaker 1: a receiver. He did all purpose yards. He punt returned,

2204
01:43:33,960 --> 01:43:36,240
Speaker 1: kick return and he played forever and he was very good.

2205
01:43:37,120 --> 01:43:42,120
Speaker 1: That to me is impossible to ignore. And and you know,

2206
01:43:42,439 --> 01:43:44,320
Speaker 1: and now it's the last year or two is the

2207
01:43:44,320 --> 01:43:47,600
Speaker 1: first time I've ever heard him actually getting mentioned, let

2208
01:43:47,680 --> 01:43:49,720
Speaker 1: alone nominate. They have to. I mean, the guys like

2209
01:43:49,840 --> 01:43:51,479
Speaker 1: Hester and some of these other guys now that are

2210
01:43:51,520 --> 01:43:53,920
Speaker 1: just strictly returners in you got, I mean b Mitch

2211
01:43:54,040 --> 01:43:55,600
Speaker 1: has to be one of those guys that need to

2212
01:43:55,640 --> 01:43:58,240
Speaker 1: go in because he was the game changer too time.

2213
01:43:59,320 --> 01:44:01,400
Speaker 1: I mean, certainly there's a lot of dangerous guys out there,

2214
01:44:01,439 --> 01:44:02,760
Speaker 1: but if the Hall of Fame is for a body

2215
01:44:02,800 --> 01:44:05,519
Speaker 1: of work, and look at that, I mean, that's pretty amazing.

2216
01:44:05,560 --> 01:44:07,160
Speaker 1: And that's why I'm knocking down the door for guys

2217
01:44:07,200 --> 01:44:09,360
Speaker 1: like that. Why is there a bias against special teamers?

2218
01:44:09,680 --> 01:44:11,920
Speaker 1: They just don't feel like they have an impact on

2219
01:44:12,040 --> 01:44:14,680
Speaker 1: the outcome of a game, which is ludicrous to me.

2220
01:44:15,200 --> 01:44:17,840
Speaker 1: It doesn't make sense because the field position is such

2221
01:44:17,880 --> 01:44:19,639
Speaker 1: an integral part of it, and when you have guys

2222
01:44:19,680 --> 01:44:21,960
Speaker 1: screaming down, you have to count for guys, double team them,

2223
01:44:22,160 --> 01:44:24,320
Speaker 1: triple team them, try to trap them, try to fool

2224
01:44:24,320 --> 01:44:26,000
Speaker 1: them if you have the game plan for somebody, which

2225
01:44:26,040 --> 01:44:27,400
Speaker 1: I know they have to do. For Steve and other

2226
01:44:27,439 --> 01:44:29,479
Speaker 1: guys that have played special teams in this league, I

2227
01:44:29,600 --> 01:44:31,720
Speaker 1: think you are dominant force and that's what your role

2228
01:44:31,840 --> 01:44:33,759
Speaker 1: was and what you were asked to do. You should

2229
01:44:33,800 --> 01:44:36,280
Speaker 1: be considered for the Hall because you did your your

2230
01:44:37,000 --> 01:44:40,200
Speaker 1: group at the elitist level possible, and now they just

2231
01:44:40,320 --> 01:44:42,880
Speaker 1: feel like, for whatever reason, it's not an It's a

2232
01:44:42,960 --> 01:44:44,960
Speaker 1: tough self for the old timers too, even for the

2233
01:44:45,120 --> 01:44:48,000
Speaker 1: Veterans Committee, because a lot of the veterans when they

2234
01:44:48,120 --> 01:44:51,160
Speaker 1: played the rosters were only thirty six forty two guys

2235
01:44:51,600 --> 01:44:55,880
Speaker 1: and they didn't have hardcore special teams guys because they

2236
01:44:55,920 --> 01:44:59,479
Speaker 1: were always the starters were playing special teams and for

2237
01:44:59,600 --> 01:45:01,479
Speaker 1: that and they feel like it was a throwaway down

2238
01:45:01,520 --> 01:45:02,840
Speaker 1: that was when they could get a break, you know,

2239
01:45:03,000 --> 01:45:06,120
Speaker 1: from playing offense and defense or whatever, and when the

2240
01:45:06,800 --> 01:45:09,960
Speaker 1: rosters started to expand, particularly when they expanded and then

2241
01:45:10,000 --> 01:45:13,400
Speaker 1: before the salary cap came into into play, it was

2242
01:45:13,479 --> 01:45:15,800
Speaker 1: really a golden era of special teams because then it

2243
01:45:16,000 --> 01:45:17,800
Speaker 1: was a third. It really was a third of the

2244
01:45:17,880 --> 01:45:22,519
Speaker 1: game because you had guys who were pro professional special

2245
01:45:22,600 --> 01:45:25,840
Speaker 1: teams players. Because there's no salary cap, they kept these

2246
01:45:25,880 --> 01:45:28,240
Speaker 1: guys around strictly for that the roster was big enough

2247
01:45:28,280 --> 01:45:29,960
Speaker 1: and they had room for those guys because if they

2248
01:45:30,000 --> 01:45:32,720
Speaker 1: weren't playing offense and defense, and the rosters were like

2249
01:45:32,800 --> 01:45:35,920
Speaker 1: forty five on game day, there was about eight guys

2250
01:45:36,000 --> 01:45:39,479
Speaker 1: on team who didn't see the field on offense or defense,

2251
01:45:39,560 --> 01:45:42,559
Speaker 1: so they were strictly special like me stretched special teams guys.

2252
01:45:42,880 --> 01:45:45,040
Speaker 1: So there was an a in there. But it's that's

2253
01:45:45,080 --> 01:45:47,400
Speaker 1: why it's a hard sell for special teams guys, because

2254
01:45:47,439 --> 01:45:50,080
Speaker 1: there's still that era of old timer who if you're

2255
01:45:50,080 --> 01:45:52,680
Speaker 1: playing special teams because you just weren't good enough, you know,

2256
01:45:52,800 --> 01:45:54,960
Speaker 1: And then there weren't there's no such thing as a

2257
01:45:54,960 --> 01:45:57,400
Speaker 1: professional special teams player unless you're a kicker punter, right,

2258
01:45:57,560 --> 01:46:00,880
Speaker 1: So that was it's a tough sell special teams. You

2259
01:46:01,000 --> 01:46:03,519
Speaker 1: got in on virtually half the place on defense and

2260
01:46:03,640 --> 01:46:05,479
Speaker 1: about half the place on teams last week. It was

2261
01:46:06,080 --> 01:46:08,000
Speaker 1: that's because we punted a lot. Hopefully I don't have

2262
01:46:08,040 --> 01:46:09,960
Speaker 1: to experience that because I'm only on punt. Just on

2263
01:46:10,120 --> 01:46:13,679
Speaker 1: punt and then go block. So a couple of tackles

2264
01:46:13,720 --> 01:46:16,000
Speaker 1: on punt coverage, right, yeah, I had three last week.

2265
01:46:16,240 --> 01:46:19,439
Speaker 1: Uh so, yeah, that's I love covering punts. So obviously

2266
01:46:19,560 --> 01:46:22,400
Speaker 1: kickoff now is almost a guaranteed touchback for the most part,

2267
01:46:22,479 --> 01:46:24,760
Speaker 1: So I actually enjoy going down when I have an

2268
01:46:24,760 --> 01:46:27,240
Speaker 1: opportunity to make a big head a player turnover something

2269
01:46:27,280 --> 01:46:30,240
Speaker 1: for our team, and also obviously creating a great field

2270
01:46:30,280 --> 01:46:34,200
Speaker 1: position with flipping the field. Yeah that's uh yeah, that's

2271
01:46:34,320 --> 01:46:36,360
Speaker 1: it's huge, And that was What do you think of

2272
01:46:36,680 --> 01:46:40,360
Speaker 1: Did you have any kind of interaction with h Briorches?

2273
01:46:40,880 --> 01:46:42,720
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, he never even strapped on him

2274
01:46:43,960 --> 01:46:46,200
Speaker 1: in the NFL game. He had the one moment where

2275
01:46:46,240 --> 01:46:48,400
Speaker 1: the you know, the ball was pouring rain and slipped

2276
01:46:48,400 --> 01:46:51,400
Speaker 1: through him, but other than that, had a huge net average. Yeah,

2277
01:46:51,640 --> 01:46:53,560
Speaker 1: not net a job obviously, right, yeah, if you know,

2278
01:46:53,760 --> 01:46:55,720
Speaker 1: obviously being out there for us first time, coming in

2279
01:46:56,560 --> 01:46:59,439
Speaker 1: um literally the week of the first game, preparing having

2280
01:46:59,479 --> 01:47:02,240
Speaker 1: to deal with the Danny Croftsman, which is no easy task.

2281
01:47:02,320 --> 01:47:04,600
Speaker 1: It his mind. He just coaches guy's hard. You know.

2282
01:47:04,680 --> 01:47:08,880
Speaker 1: He coaches guys hard. And that's why he's been in

2283
01:47:08,960 --> 01:47:10,679
Speaker 1: this league and been on his team and to survive

2284
01:47:10,840 --> 01:47:14,040
Speaker 1: what four head coaches now or something like that. He's

2285
01:47:14,080 --> 01:47:15,439
Speaker 1: one of the best in the league. So it's not

2286
01:47:15,520 --> 01:47:17,639
Speaker 1: a shot of him, it's just the just the dynamic

2287
01:47:17,720 --> 01:47:20,760
Speaker 1: of who he is as a football coach. Um, I

2288
01:47:20,840 --> 01:47:22,439
Speaker 1: thought he did a great job. You know, I haven't

2289
01:47:22,439 --> 01:47:23,920
Speaker 1: really got a chance to really talk to him, nor

2290
01:47:23,960 --> 01:47:25,720
Speaker 1: him obviously, he's a young kid and I'm an old vet,

2291
01:47:25,840 --> 01:47:27,280
Speaker 1: so I don't really get a chance to talk to

2292
01:47:27,479 --> 01:47:29,639
Speaker 1: him as much as I want to. But the times

2293
01:47:29,680 --> 01:47:31,560
Speaker 1: at lunch when I'm sitting down with some of the specialists,

2294
01:47:31,600 --> 01:47:34,679
Speaker 1: he seems really cool, really good. Dude has the funny

2295
01:47:34,720 --> 01:47:37,479
Speaker 1: thing about him, you know, this is the mustache that's

2296
01:47:37,520 --> 01:47:40,280
Speaker 1: on his face. You know, when um team meetings and

2297
01:47:40,320 --> 01:47:42,680
Speaker 1: he's introducing himself and it's about to sit down and

2298
01:47:43,280 --> 01:47:46,200
Speaker 1: and and then one and you know, do you have

2299
01:47:46,280 --> 01:47:50,760
Speaker 1: any Mexican or Hispanic in you? You know, yeah, he

2300
01:47:51,080 --> 01:47:54,400
Speaker 1: is so like, you know, culturally proud of who he is.

2301
01:47:54,479 --> 01:47:56,559
Speaker 1: So anybody that comes in that looks like they could

2302
01:47:56,560 --> 01:47:59,160
Speaker 1: be related to one. He's like, are you related to

2303
01:47:59,240 --> 01:48:00,880
Speaker 1: me in some type of So it just is just

2304
01:48:00,960 --> 01:48:03,560
Speaker 1: real funny man. I'm like, why he asking that? And

2305
01:48:03,600 --> 01:48:05,560
Speaker 1: then you can see the stash, a thick stash on

2306
01:48:05,680 --> 01:48:08,799
Speaker 1: his face. But great kid, you know, kind of quiet,

2307
01:48:08,880 --> 01:48:11,240
Speaker 1: but really like what he's going to bring to our

2308
01:48:11,240 --> 01:48:14,560
Speaker 1: team in his development this year. The lowdown with Lorenzo Alexander.

2309
01:48:14,560 --> 01:48:16,559
Speaker 1: All right, so let's get to the lowdown. Your keys

2310
01:48:16,600 --> 01:48:19,160
Speaker 1: and you already talked about it. A fast start is important,

2311
01:48:19,439 --> 01:48:21,400
Speaker 1: You're not just talking about you know, people think faster.

2312
01:48:21,479 --> 01:48:23,320
Speaker 1: They got to put up a touchdown early. You need

2313
01:48:23,400 --> 01:48:25,800
Speaker 1: a faster defensively too, right, he had both things. I mean,

2314
01:48:25,880 --> 01:48:27,920
Speaker 1: I thought last week we had our opportunities of getting

2315
01:48:27,920 --> 01:48:30,479
Speaker 1: off the field early. We let obviously like second in

2316
01:48:31,800 --> 01:48:34,320
Speaker 1: conversion to first play of the game. I should have

2317
01:48:34,400 --> 01:48:36,479
Speaker 1: finished better, should have had a strip sack later in

2318
01:48:36,560 --> 01:48:39,479
Speaker 1: that drive our strip. But we're all sides. So just

2319
01:48:39,720 --> 01:48:42,600
Speaker 1: those type of players that add up to changing the

2320
01:48:42,720 --> 01:48:45,080
Speaker 1: momentum and the dynamic of the game early. And then

2321
01:48:45,120 --> 01:48:48,000
Speaker 1: obviously offensively, you don't have to score the first time out,

2322
01:48:48,040 --> 01:48:49,680
Speaker 1: but getting the first couple of first downs, you know,

2323
01:48:49,760 --> 01:48:52,599
Speaker 1: so that we're not playing backed up football all the time,

2324
01:48:52,760 --> 01:48:55,160
Speaker 1: and also getting some confidence. Okay, we moved the ball

2325
01:48:55,200 --> 01:48:56,439
Speaker 1: a couple of times, and then let's come back and

2326
01:48:56,479 --> 01:48:58,920
Speaker 1: get some adjustments so that we can finish the next drive.

2327
01:48:59,040 --> 01:49:01,679
Speaker 1: Maybe especially import at home where you know the crowd

2328
01:49:01,840 --> 01:49:03,519
Speaker 1: saw what happened last week. They you want to give

2329
01:49:03,600 --> 01:49:06,320
Speaker 1: him something to yeah, because we just don't want to

2330
01:49:06,360 --> 01:49:09,560
Speaker 1: get booed at home. That's the worst feeling. Yeah, ever so,

2331
01:49:09,720 --> 01:49:12,720
Speaker 1: but yeah, this is creating great chemistry and momentum early

2332
01:49:12,800 --> 01:49:14,200
Speaker 1: so you're getting the flow of the game. You don't

2333
01:49:14,240 --> 01:49:16,000
Speaker 1: feel like you're just fighting this up feel bad, and

2334
01:49:16,080 --> 01:49:19,280
Speaker 1: then when that happens, you tend to trying to do

2335
01:49:19,439 --> 01:49:21,320
Speaker 1: too much. So we just want to get a nice flow,

2336
01:49:21,439 --> 01:49:23,960
Speaker 1: play good football early on, and they make our our

2337
01:49:24,000 --> 01:49:26,799
Speaker 1: adjustments and are checks as we go, and then obviously

2338
01:49:26,880 --> 01:49:29,240
Speaker 1: finish the game strong and figure out a way to win.

2339
01:49:29,320 --> 01:49:31,040
Speaker 1: And at the end of the day, I don't care

2340
01:49:31,160 --> 01:49:32,880
Speaker 1: how many yards we give up or how many yards

2341
01:49:32,960 --> 01:49:35,200
Speaker 1: we gain. I just want to dub you in our column.

2342
01:49:35,520 --> 01:49:37,439
Speaker 1: And that's what I think. That's the ultimate goal. And

2343
01:49:37,479 --> 01:49:39,000
Speaker 1: I think people are often times get caught up in

2344
01:49:39,040 --> 01:49:40,360
Speaker 1: stat but we want to try to figure out a

2345
01:49:40,400 --> 01:49:41,800
Speaker 1: way to win and get that nasty taste out of

2346
01:49:41,840 --> 01:49:44,280
Speaker 1: our mouth, and then that really creates great confidence and

2347
01:49:44,360 --> 01:49:47,719
Speaker 1: you start seeing guys rise as you start winning games.

2348
01:49:48,160 --> 01:49:52,639
Speaker 1: Low Down number two Lorenzo's key number two prevent explosive plays.

2349
01:49:52,640 --> 01:49:55,280
Speaker 1: You already Travis Benjamin has that kind of potential. Yeah,

2350
01:49:55,360 --> 01:49:57,200
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen does as well as well. So we have

2351
01:49:57,280 --> 01:49:59,799
Speaker 1: to have great awareness with those guys line up. Obviously

2352
01:50:00,120 --> 01:50:03,200
Speaker 1: understand the mindset of Philip Rivers where he's definitely a

2353
01:50:03,720 --> 01:50:07,400
Speaker 1: touchdown a checkdown style of quarterback. Everything that they line

2354
01:50:07,479 --> 01:50:09,760
Speaker 1: up with, like I mentioned earlier, is you know high

2355
01:50:09,880 --> 01:50:13,080
Speaker 1: sevens to seven routs by receiver scissors where one and

2356
01:50:13,120 --> 01:50:16,559
Speaker 1: two are crossing deep posts, a deep seven route all

2357
01:50:16,680 --> 01:50:19,679
Speaker 1: goals I mentioned earlier, three receivers going deep. So everything

2358
01:50:19,800 --> 01:50:22,240
Speaker 1: is built to go down the field chunk plays, and

2359
01:50:22,320 --> 01:50:24,320
Speaker 1: we have to understand that. I think Micah Enjoyed do

2360
01:50:24,360 --> 01:50:29,120
Speaker 1: a great job of understanding concepts and play deep to checkdown,

2361
01:50:29,160 --> 01:50:30,240
Speaker 1: and that's what we have to be able to do.

2362
01:50:30,320 --> 01:50:34,000
Speaker 1: And then you know Matt Milano Tremaine coming down and

2363
01:50:34,080 --> 01:50:36,800
Speaker 1: tackling that checkdown because guys like Gordon or whoever that

2364
01:50:37,400 --> 01:50:39,559
Speaker 1: X receiver is, they normally have some pretty good athletes

2365
01:50:39,600 --> 01:50:41,240
Speaker 1: that catch the ball and get some run after the catch.

2366
01:50:41,479 --> 01:50:43,720
Speaker 1: And then the last thing, of course, and you guys

2367
01:50:43,840 --> 01:50:46,280
Speaker 1: been doing this really all week, is respond to adversity

2368
01:50:46,280 --> 01:50:49,040
Speaker 1: because every right, no matter even the Boltimore Ravens will tay.

2369
01:50:49,040 --> 01:50:51,080
Speaker 1: There were times in that game last week where it's like,

2370
01:50:51,479 --> 01:50:53,800
Speaker 1: we gotta you know it's gonna happen. Yeah, I mean

2371
01:50:53,800 --> 01:50:56,439
Speaker 1: it always happens. They're EMBs and flows in games, but

2372
01:50:56,640 --> 01:51:00,280
Speaker 1: you can't allow the negative to like here we go again.

2373
01:51:00,400 --> 01:51:02,200
Speaker 1: Once you have that mindset and that seeps into your

2374
01:51:02,240 --> 01:51:03,920
Speaker 1: mind and you don't never really express it to anybody

2375
01:51:03,960 --> 01:51:05,479
Speaker 1: because you don't want to know how they're feeling. You

2376
01:51:05,520 --> 01:51:07,360
Speaker 1: can't allow those thoughts. If you do, you have to

2377
01:51:07,439 --> 01:51:11,240
Speaker 1: check and reset yourself immediately. And that's something again an

2378
01:51:11,320 --> 01:51:13,800
Speaker 1: individual has to take responsibility of how they're coming out

2379
01:51:13,840 --> 01:51:16,320
Speaker 1: and how they're preparing themselves because I don't know everything

2380
01:51:16,360 --> 01:51:18,559
Speaker 1: that's going through your mind and thinking, and I'm also

2381
01:51:18,600 --> 01:51:20,519
Speaker 1: trying to worry about myself. I can lead you, I

2382
01:51:20,600 --> 01:51:22,120
Speaker 1: can tell you what you should be thinking, how you

2383
01:51:22,160 --> 01:51:24,880
Speaker 1: should go, but we have to have a mindset collectively,

2384
01:51:24,920 --> 01:51:29,400
Speaker 1: and we're about regardless of what's happening, we're gonna just

2385
01:51:29,560 --> 01:51:32,080
Speaker 1: blow stuff up and then move on to the next

2386
01:51:32,120 --> 01:51:33,600
Speaker 1: play and then get things correct and we have a

2387
01:51:33,720 --> 01:51:35,639
Speaker 1: chance to go to the sideline. How did you think

2388
01:51:36,280 --> 01:51:38,080
Speaker 1: Edmonds did in his first NFL game? I thought you

2389
01:51:38,080 --> 01:51:40,080
Speaker 1: did a solid job, you know, watching some of the things.

2390
01:51:40,439 --> 01:51:42,760
Speaker 1: Obviously there's little things here and there that he's going

2391
01:51:42,800 --> 01:51:45,439
Speaker 1: to continue to want to work on and correct. You know,

2392
01:51:45,520 --> 01:51:47,720
Speaker 1: we had one set come out where we didn't work

2393
01:51:47,800 --> 01:51:49,680
Speaker 1: on the look the person there for the call that

2394
01:51:49,760 --> 01:51:53,160
Speaker 1: we got, and there was some hesitation, but you know,

2395
01:51:53,320 --> 01:51:55,120
Speaker 1: guys helped him out, Hey we're going to go rip

2396
01:51:55,200 --> 01:51:57,640
Speaker 1: and then we got it. So he'll be more demonstrative

2397
01:51:58,040 --> 01:52:00,320
Speaker 1: and decisive as he gets more comfortable. But he did

2398
01:52:00,360 --> 01:52:03,160
Speaker 1: an excellent job I feel, from start to finish. And

2399
01:52:03,640 --> 01:52:08,880
Speaker 1: obviously when he had a sack, force fumble, series should

2400
01:52:08,920 --> 01:52:11,200
Speaker 1: have had he should have had an interception. Yeah, you know,

2401
01:52:11,280 --> 01:52:13,840
Speaker 1: so we gave him a hard time about that all week. Um,

2402
01:52:14,080 --> 01:52:15,800
Speaker 1: so he's gonna he's gonna be a player in this league.

2403
01:52:15,840 --> 01:52:17,599
Speaker 1: Like I said, I mean, he's gonna continue to grow,

2404
01:52:17,680 --> 01:52:20,439
Speaker 1: continue to get better. Because he's still swimming a little bit,

2405
01:52:20,520 --> 01:52:23,240
Speaker 1: just because now from week to week we're changing stuff. Sure,

2406
01:52:23,479 --> 01:52:26,559
Speaker 1: so now you know our base fundamentals may be slightly different.

2407
01:52:26,600 --> 01:52:30,000
Speaker 1: Tweaked on the opponent we're playing. But he's gonna be great.

2408
01:52:30,160 --> 01:52:34,080
Speaker 1: He flies around, he's physical, he's mature, he doesn't allow

2409
01:52:34,120 --> 01:52:35,960
Speaker 1: stuff to continue to affect him if he does have

2410
01:52:36,040 --> 01:52:39,320
Speaker 1: a bad play. Uh, I mean, he's gonna like he's

2411
01:52:39,320 --> 01:52:40,880
Speaker 1: gonna be one of the best. I guess this talk

2412
01:52:40,960 --> 01:52:43,720
Speaker 1: great things all day about it, right, Steve's heard my rant.

2413
01:52:43,760 --> 01:52:45,760
Speaker 1: Earlier in the week. He set through my rant when

2414
01:52:45,800 --> 01:52:48,240
Speaker 1: they started talking about how people This week, media and

2415
01:52:48,320 --> 01:52:51,200
Speaker 1: even some of our callers started to write the story

2416
01:52:51,240 --> 01:52:54,400
Speaker 1: of the twenty eighteen Buffalo Bills the obituary, and I'm like, saying,

2417
01:52:54,600 --> 01:52:57,000
Speaker 1: what are you talking about. It's mid September, the fifteen

2418
01:52:57,040 --> 01:52:59,160
Speaker 1: games left. It's it's typical. You can't tell the story

2419
01:52:59,280 --> 01:53:02,040
Speaker 1: the NFL unlike you know NBA, and I think we're

2420
01:53:02,120 --> 01:53:05,840
Speaker 1: kind of talking about this MLB. There's sixteen games, so

2421
01:53:06,000 --> 01:53:08,360
Speaker 1: people live and died a week to week because there's

2422
01:53:08,360 --> 01:53:11,280
Speaker 1: nothing in between. So their highest when when we win,

2423
01:53:11,439 --> 01:53:14,600
Speaker 1: they think everything, oh super Bowl, and their loads like,

2424
01:53:14,760 --> 01:53:17,840
Speaker 1: oh man, we we're trash. We can't do nothing right.

2425
01:53:18,040 --> 01:53:22,200
Speaker 1: Everybody needs to go and they're so passionate. Fans are

2426
01:53:22,240 --> 01:53:25,519
Speaker 1: so passionate about their team, particularly in this sport, because

2427
01:53:25,560 --> 01:53:28,960
Speaker 1: you are invested in so few opportunities. They can't And

2428
01:53:29,000 --> 01:53:30,800
Speaker 1: I told Murph this, I don't you can't stand the

2429
01:53:30,840 --> 01:53:33,680
Speaker 1: pain when it goes wrong. The fans can't stand. They

2430
01:53:33,720 --> 01:53:35,719
Speaker 1: have to leave the room, they go down, they gotta

2431
01:53:35,720 --> 01:53:37,120
Speaker 1: go out in the tunnel, they gotta go get something

2432
01:53:37,160 --> 01:53:39,280
Speaker 1: to eat, they gotta leave the television set and go

2433
01:53:39,479 --> 01:53:43,800
Speaker 1: because they're invested in it emotionally like no other sports. Yeah,

2434
01:53:43,800 --> 01:53:45,960
Speaker 1: and I get it because and that's probably the worst

2435
01:53:46,040 --> 01:53:48,080
Speaker 1: type of pain that you can feel because you can't

2436
01:53:48,520 --> 01:53:50,960
Speaker 1: you can't control it, and you have no input. You

2437
01:53:51,080 --> 01:53:52,760
Speaker 1: have you you're not making you ain't going out there

2438
01:53:52,840 --> 01:53:56,040
Speaker 1: rushing no passes, you're not catching no balls. So it's like, oh,

2439
01:53:56,080 --> 01:53:57,960
Speaker 1: I love them so much and I can't do nothing.

2440
01:53:58,000 --> 01:54:00,640
Speaker 1: So it's so frustrating. And I completely we understand that.

2441
01:54:00,720 --> 01:54:03,120
Speaker 1: And that's why it's so important for this week, especially

2442
01:54:03,200 --> 01:54:05,160
Speaker 1: open it up in front of this crowd, that we

2443
01:54:05,280 --> 01:54:07,560
Speaker 1: give him something to cheer about and go home and

2444
01:54:07,640 --> 01:54:09,760
Speaker 1: start this next week to be proud about and happy about.

2445
01:54:09,880 --> 01:54:13,599
Speaker 1: See the campers already one down. They always start feeling up, Yeah,

2446
01:54:13,680 --> 01:54:15,679
Speaker 1: coming out. Yeah, it's because Steve to day, I'm gonna

2447
01:54:15,680 --> 01:54:16,960
Speaker 1: get over there and go hang out with some of

2448
01:54:17,000 --> 01:54:20,080
Speaker 1: these folks. You should keep it. Thanks Lorenzo. Great to

2449
01:54:20,080 --> 01:54:23,360
Speaker 1: see if Lorenzo Alexander with the Lowdown every Friday. Right

2450
01:54:23,400 --> 01:54:25,360
Speaker 1: about this time, we're coming back with more Steve and I.

2451
01:54:25,520 --> 01:54:28,800
Speaker 1: One Bill's Live from One Bill's Drive on Buffalo Bill's Radio.

2452
01:54:43,880 --> 01:54:46,520
Speaker 1: One Bill's Live from One Bill's Drive. John Murphy, Steve Tasker.

2453
01:54:46,600 --> 01:54:49,520
Speaker 1: We may get Steve Burline in here in the final

2454
01:54:49,560 --> 01:54:50,840
Speaker 1: half hour of the show. He is part of the

2455
01:54:50,880 --> 01:54:53,880
Speaker 1: broadcast crew for the NFL on Here's CBS. Here's how

2456
01:54:53,920 --> 01:54:56,400
Speaker 1: that works. I mean they come in, the broadcast crew

2457
01:54:56,480 --> 01:55:00,680
Speaker 1: comes in, uh, Steve Burline, Tom McCarthy crew I worked

2458
01:55:00,720 --> 01:55:02,680
Speaker 1: with for a year or two in the booth. We

2459
01:55:02,760 --> 01:55:04,640
Speaker 1: had a three man booth together. So I know those

2460
01:55:04,640 --> 01:55:06,800
Speaker 1: guys really well. They're here in the building. They'll come

2461
01:55:06,800 --> 01:55:08,680
Speaker 1: in and they get access. They'll get to watch practice.

2462
01:55:08,680 --> 01:55:11,560
Speaker 1: Even though Friday practices are closed to the media, their

2463
01:55:11,720 --> 01:55:14,600
Speaker 1: network broadcast crew gets to go and watch and they

2464
01:55:14,640 --> 01:55:16,560
Speaker 1: can talk to guys. You know, if they don't really

2465
01:55:16,680 --> 01:55:19,640
Speaker 1: interfere anything, but if they know anybody on the coaching

2466
01:55:19,680 --> 01:55:22,080
Speaker 1: staff or whatever, they can say hi to those guys.

2467
01:55:22,640 --> 01:55:25,560
Speaker 1: The general manager sometimes will be out there and they'll

2468
01:55:25,600 --> 01:55:29,600
Speaker 1: watch practice. Then they give the media relations crew with

2469
01:55:29,720 --> 01:55:32,040
Speaker 1: the Bills or the home team a list of guys

2470
01:55:32,080 --> 01:55:34,240
Speaker 1: they want to talk to as both coordinators, the head

2471
01:55:34,280 --> 01:55:38,600
Speaker 1: coach at quarterback, you know, an offensive player, defensive player man.

2472
01:55:38,720 --> 01:55:41,400
Speaker 1: A list of four or five guys, plus the coaches,

2473
01:55:41,600 --> 01:55:44,360
Speaker 1: and then they'll sit down one on one with those guys.

2474
01:55:44,760 --> 01:55:48,120
Speaker 1: It'll be the you know, play by play. Usually the analyst,

2475
01:55:48,840 --> 01:55:50,600
Speaker 1: in this case Steve Burline, he'll sit down and ask

2476
01:55:50,680 --> 01:55:53,040
Speaker 1: him some pretty specific questions about what he saw in

2477
01:55:53,120 --> 01:55:54,640
Speaker 1: film and what they're going to do and what they

2478
01:55:54,720 --> 01:55:57,400
Speaker 1: think about this and that and the other. And that's

2479
01:55:57,440 --> 01:55:59,640
Speaker 1: why we're still waiting on Steve Burline to show up

2480
01:55:59,680 --> 01:56:01,760
Speaker 1: here to on the radio with us, because they're still

2481
01:56:01,800 --> 01:56:04,520
Speaker 1: in those meetings after practice. What would you get out

2482
01:56:04,560 --> 01:56:07,560
Speaker 1: of watching practice on Fridays were doing You'll get some

2483
01:56:07,680 --> 01:56:13,200
Speaker 1: personnel combinations. I'll get a lot of really strong impressions.

2484
01:56:13,240 --> 01:56:14,840
Speaker 1: I remember there for you. One time we were in

2485
01:56:14,880 --> 01:56:17,000
Speaker 1: the AFC Championship game. This is back in the day

2486
01:56:17,080 --> 01:56:20,000
Speaker 1: when when Rex Ryan was with the Jets and Mark

2487
01:56:20,040 --> 01:56:23,400
Speaker 1: Sanchez was their Quarterback's is a long time ago. Sanchez

2488
01:56:23,480 --> 01:56:27,640
Speaker 1: was rookie year or second year and the Colts are

2489
01:56:27,720 --> 01:56:31,880
Speaker 1: in the championship game against the Jets in Indianapolis, and

2490
01:56:32,720 --> 01:56:35,200
Speaker 1: I'll never forget going to that Friday practice and watching it.

2491
01:56:35,320 --> 01:56:39,680
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning put his team through their Friday practice when

2492
01:56:39,760 --> 01:56:42,240
Speaker 1: they took over on offense and Peyton Manning was the

2493
01:56:42,320 --> 01:56:45,560
Speaker 1: quarterback the entire but it was an indoor facility much

2494
01:56:45,600 --> 01:56:47,280
Speaker 1: like here at one Bill's Dry They got this bit.

2495
01:56:47,320 --> 01:56:49,840
Speaker 1: They had a big field house in Indianapolis, too. Place

2496
01:56:50,000 --> 01:56:55,640
Speaker 1: was dead silent, I mean completely silent. There was only

2497
01:56:55,840 --> 01:56:59,640
Speaker 1: one voice in the That means Tony Dungee, the head coach.

2498
01:57:00,520 --> 01:57:04,480
Speaker 1: Everybody there's nobody spoke a word except Peyton Manning. And

2499
01:57:04,720 --> 01:57:06,840
Speaker 1: he not only called the signals in the huddle and

2500
01:57:06,920 --> 01:57:10,839
Speaker 1: did all that, he also set the personnel for the defense.

2501
01:57:11,240 --> 01:57:13,320
Speaker 1: He goes, I want this personnel package on the defense.

2502
01:57:13,400 --> 01:57:15,600
Speaker 1: You go in there, you come out, and then he'd

2503
01:57:15,600 --> 01:57:17,480
Speaker 1: show they'd show him the cart. He didn't run the play,

2504
01:57:17,840 --> 01:57:22,920
Speaker 1: and whenever they did an offensive series offensive period in

2505
01:57:23,000 --> 01:57:26,880
Speaker 1: that practice, that's the way it was. I mean he

2506
01:57:27,200 --> 01:57:30,400
Speaker 1: ran the practice from the quarterback spot. I mean he

2507
01:57:30,520 --> 01:57:34,680
Speaker 1: called the plays. He called the personnel combinations on both

2508
01:57:34,720 --> 01:57:39,080
Speaker 1: sides of the ball. Pretty impressive. Yeah, pretty impressive. Hey,

2509
01:57:39,120 --> 01:57:41,480
Speaker 1: a couple of loose ends from Lorenzo Alexander's appearance. He

2510
01:57:41,560 --> 01:57:44,400
Speaker 1: talked about Travis Benjamin and the Chargers are out with

2511
01:57:44,480 --> 01:57:47,840
Speaker 1: your injury report, which is interesting. Travis Benjamin, he's the

2512
01:57:47,920 --> 01:57:52,080
Speaker 1: former Cleveland Brown wide receiver specialist to return specialist. He

2513
01:57:52,560 --> 01:57:54,960
Speaker 1: ran back punts a little bit last week and he's

2514
01:57:55,160 --> 01:57:58,800
Speaker 1: very fast, good wide receiver. Travis Benjamin is questionable with

2515
01:57:58,960 --> 01:58:01,640
Speaker 1: that foot injury out for them. For the Chargers, his

2516
01:58:01,800 --> 01:58:04,880
Speaker 1: right tackle Joe Barksdale, he's had an injury also out.

2517
01:58:04,920 --> 01:58:07,240
Speaker 1: Did you know Joey Bosa will not play and back

2518
01:58:07,280 --> 01:58:10,040
Speaker 1: up defensive back Craig Major is out. So their injury

2519
01:58:10,120 --> 01:58:13,120
Speaker 1: report is out. There's significant names there, Steve. They're starting

2520
01:58:13,200 --> 01:58:16,040
Speaker 1: right tackle, Joey Bosa is out, and Travis Benjamin is

2521
01:58:16,120 --> 01:58:19,800
Speaker 1: question Travis Benjamin had one carry for nineteen yards last week,

2522
01:58:19,840 --> 01:58:22,680
Speaker 1: it was and then he had one catch for one yard,

2523
01:58:24,160 --> 01:58:26,480
Speaker 1: so's they used him sparingly, didn't give him too many

2524
01:58:26,480 --> 01:58:29,440
Speaker 1: opportunities last week, but he was targeted five times in

2525
01:58:29,520 --> 01:58:31,840
Speaker 1: the passing game. He's a deep threat. Yeah, they're gonna

2526
01:58:31,840 --> 01:58:33,600
Speaker 1: throw at him. I think when when you talk about

2527
01:58:33,600 --> 01:58:36,280
Speaker 1: it and Lorenzo Alexander said, you know, they anticipated Philip

2528
01:58:36,400 --> 01:58:40,080
Speaker 1: Rivers going deep four or five six times during the game,

2529
01:58:40,160 --> 01:58:42,200
Speaker 1: that which is a little bit more than once a quarter,

2530
01:58:42,840 --> 01:58:46,320
Speaker 1: probably three times a half to go deep at least

2531
01:58:46,360 --> 01:58:48,520
Speaker 1: when and that's something quarterbacks like to do just to

2532
01:58:48,600 --> 01:58:50,400
Speaker 1: make sure the defense knows that they've got it in

2533
01:58:50,480 --> 01:58:53,200
Speaker 1: him and that keeps him honest. Here's another leftover from

2534
01:58:53,280 --> 01:58:57,160
Speaker 1: Lorenzo's appearance. We talked about how Lorenzo was actively lobbying

2535
01:58:57,240 --> 01:59:00,640
Speaker 1: on Twitter for special teamers like Steve to be in

2536
01:59:00,680 --> 01:59:02,520
Speaker 1: the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Bills have a

2537
01:59:02,600 --> 01:59:04,960
Speaker 1: number of players among the list of one hundred two

2538
01:59:05,280 --> 01:59:07,960
Speaker 1: nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Modern era

2539
01:59:08,120 --> 01:59:10,040
Speaker 1: nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Steve is

2540
01:59:10,080 --> 01:59:11,840
Speaker 1: one of them as a special team or some of

2541
01:59:11,920 --> 01:59:14,800
Speaker 1: the others former Bills nominees this year. Among the one

2542
01:59:14,880 --> 01:59:20,080
Speaker 1: hundred two, linebacker London Fletcher, fullback Larry Centers, center Kent Hull,

2543
01:59:20,480 --> 01:59:24,960
Speaker 1: linebacker Cornelius Bennett, linebacker, Chris Spielman, linebacker Takio Spikes, linebacker

2544
01:59:25,080 --> 01:59:28,000
Speaker 1: Daryl Talley, and safety Troy Vincent. That's a good crew,

2545
01:59:29,040 --> 01:59:31,480
Speaker 1: legitimate Hall of Fame chances there, Steve, you of course

2546
01:59:31,560 --> 01:59:34,920
Speaker 1: have a legitimate shot. Who would be the next likeliest

2547
01:59:34,960 --> 01:59:38,320
Speaker 1: guy in that group. I think Cornelius Bennett is probably

2548
01:59:38,360 --> 01:59:42,080
Speaker 1: the one who had the most impressive career Spielman had.

2549
01:59:42,360 --> 01:59:45,200
Speaker 1: Spielman had a very good course a couple of years here, yeah,

2550
01:59:45,280 --> 01:59:47,360
Speaker 1: just a few years here, although you know, it was

2551
01:59:47,440 --> 01:59:49,880
Speaker 1: hard for him to get noticed nationally because he played

2552
01:59:49,920 --> 01:59:51,440
Speaker 1: in Detroit and they didn't you know, they were never

2553
01:59:51,520 --> 01:59:54,640
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. Troy Vincent had a pretty impressive career

2554
01:59:54,760 --> 01:59:57,000
Speaker 1: now as a vice president with the National Football League

2555
01:59:58,000 --> 02:00:01,000
Speaker 1: players Safety and I'm not sure what his what his

2556
02:00:01,560 --> 02:00:03,520
Speaker 1: title is, but he was the guy that put together

2557
02:00:03,600 --> 02:00:06,680
Speaker 1: the entire summit for the new kickoff rules. They're in

2558
02:00:06,720 --> 02:00:09,760
Speaker 1: New York, so he's very well, very respected around the

2559
02:00:09,840 --> 02:00:12,480
Speaker 1: National Football League. So Troy Vincent there, and of course

2560
02:00:12,920 --> 02:00:15,720
Speaker 1: here in Buffalo, Kent Hall and Darryl Talley are two

2561
02:00:15,800 --> 02:00:19,160
Speaker 1: guys that I you know, would personally and Cornelius and

2562
02:00:19,240 --> 02:00:22,480
Speaker 1: Biscuit would, I would personally love to see any one

2563
02:00:22,480 --> 02:00:26,000
Speaker 1: of those. I'm picking Tally and Bennett and Kent and you,

2564
02:00:26,360 --> 02:00:28,440
Speaker 1: I know you haven't been on this list before. Right

2565
02:00:28,480 --> 02:00:31,080
Speaker 1: then I'm yes, yeah, So I don't know, it's got

2566
02:00:31,160 --> 02:00:32,400
Speaker 1: to get to the next step. I think, what did

2567
02:00:32,400 --> 02:00:36,080
Speaker 1: we say? Eighteen eight eighteen finalists come up and in

2568
02:00:36,160 --> 02:00:38,400
Speaker 1: December and then it's voted on first week of February,

2569
02:00:38,440 --> 02:00:40,640
Speaker 1: and they talked what I guess what I've heard? Yeah, well,

2570
02:00:40,640 --> 02:00:42,480
Speaker 1: Peter King, we have on this show once a week

2571
02:00:42,520 --> 02:00:45,440
Speaker 1: he come, He'll tell you about they'll they'll email and

2572
02:00:45,480 --> 02:00:48,400
Speaker 1: they'll chit chat back and forth between guys around the country.

2573
02:00:48,440 --> 02:00:52,080
Speaker 1: But then when they all get together, they I think separately,

2574
02:00:52,160 --> 02:00:55,040
Speaker 1: they put their top guys in on a list, and

2575
02:00:55,160 --> 02:00:58,160
Speaker 1: then the results of that vote puts the final eighteen

2576
02:00:58,240 --> 02:01:02,160
Speaker 1: together and they start actually hashing out pretty seriously. After that.

2577
02:01:02,280 --> 02:01:05,280
Speaker 1: Well again, congratulations, we'll see how that works out. We've

2578
02:01:05,520 --> 02:01:07,560
Speaker 1: started the day and we continue now talking a little

2579
02:01:07,560 --> 02:01:10,120
Speaker 1: bit about a lot about Sunday's game, and who are

2580
02:01:10,280 --> 02:01:12,440
Speaker 1: two key players for the Bills and Sunday. We want

2581
02:01:12,480 --> 02:01:15,040
Speaker 1: you to pick one on offense, one on defense. The

2582
02:01:15,200 --> 02:01:18,000
Speaker 1: key absolute key players. Steve and I both agreed that

2583
02:01:18,160 --> 02:01:22,440
Speaker 1: Lashawn McCoy is probably the keiest guy. On offense. You

2584
02:01:22,520 --> 02:01:24,760
Speaker 1: went with Micah Hide, I go with Jordan Poyer. Essentially

2585
02:01:24,800 --> 02:01:27,200
Speaker 1: the same thing on defense, because those safeties are going

2586
02:01:27,280 --> 02:01:28,880
Speaker 1: to have to play well for the Bills to come

2587
02:01:28,920 --> 02:01:30,920
Speaker 1: out of here with the victory for a Buffalo victory.

2588
02:01:30,960 --> 02:01:33,200
Speaker 1: Who who holds the key? Give us one on offense,

2589
02:01:33,240 --> 02:01:35,760
Speaker 1: one on defense. Phone lines open eight oh three, five

2590
02:01:35,840 --> 02:01:38,880
Speaker 1: fifty and toll free one eight eight eight by fifty

2591
02:01:39,000 --> 02:01:42,320
Speaker 1: two five fifty. Call on the line from Joe in Lockport. Hi, Joe,

2592
02:01:42,360 --> 02:01:47,360
Speaker 1: go ahead, you're on the air with us. Yes, mister tasker. Yeah,

2593
02:01:48,560 --> 02:01:52,120
Speaker 1: question for you, sir, okay, why aren't you still playing?

2594
02:01:54,720 --> 02:01:59,440
Speaker 1: Because I'm old right now? You can't do any worse.

2595
02:01:59,440 --> 02:02:01,760
Speaker 1: I mean, I know that you gained a couple of years,

2596
02:02:02,520 --> 02:02:04,880
Speaker 1: but I mean you probably could do I'll do. Half

2597
02:02:04,920 --> 02:02:08,080
Speaker 1: of these rookies well from what they did last week.

2598
02:02:08,120 --> 02:02:09,960
Speaker 1: A lot of people, a lot of people are discussed

2599
02:02:10,000 --> 02:02:12,440
Speaker 1: with how they looked last week, and not the least

2600
02:02:12,440 --> 02:02:13,880
Speaker 1: of which is the guys in the locker room and

2601
02:02:13,920 --> 02:02:15,880
Speaker 1: the coaching staff. They know they got to play better.

2602
02:02:16,800 --> 02:02:21,840
Speaker 1: I appreciate the sentiment, I mean, but um, yeah, I. Yeah,

2603
02:02:21,920 --> 02:02:24,120
Speaker 1: they've got to believe me, they're gonna play much better

2604
02:02:24,240 --> 02:02:26,840
Speaker 1: this week. Still, even if they play way better than

2605
02:02:26,840 --> 02:02:29,000
Speaker 1: they did last week, there's no guarantee there I'm gonna

2606
02:02:29,040 --> 02:02:32,960
Speaker 1: win this game, but certainly I would be shocked if

2607
02:02:33,000 --> 02:02:34,800
Speaker 1: they come out and layd egg like they did on

2608
02:02:34,920 --> 02:02:39,240
Speaker 1: opening day. Asking my questions were, is this again another

2609
02:02:39,320 --> 02:02:43,440
Speaker 1: we've building year? And second is when are they going

2610
02:02:43,480 --> 02:02:47,240
Speaker 1: to start drafting for an offensive line to protect our quarterbacks?

2611
02:02:47,360 --> 02:02:50,880
Speaker 1: Because apparently we've been going there. See what a couple

2612
02:02:50,880 --> 02:02:52,840
Speaker 1: of years ago we are Number one. I said, now

2613
02:02:52,920 --> 02:02:55,760
Speaker 1: we've dropped and the quarterbacks have taken such a beating

2614
02:02:56,600 --> 02:02:59,240
Speaker 1: that now they're gonna start ailing. And for some reason,

2615
02:02:59,280 --> 02:03:02,160
Speaker 1: if he gets her, I'd rather ask him have played now,

2616
02:03:02,320 --> 02:03:05,440
Speaker 1: jumping into the circus. Let him play, and then if

2617
02:03:05,480 --> 02:03:07,520
Speaker 1: he gets art early, then a new sea could leave on.

2618
02:03:08,120 --> 02:03:10,160
Speaker 1: But you keep going to this and how much more

2619
02:03:11,120 --> 02:03:14,400
Speaker 1: can the offense and the fans shake? We keep waiting

2620
02:03:14,480 --> 02:03:16,880
Speaker 1: for this and waiting for this. Yeah, well, they made

2621
02:03:16,880 --> 02:03:19,760
Speaker 1: the playoffs last year. They drafted an offensive lineman a

2622
02:03:20,000 --> 02:03:22,920
Speaker 1: third rounder last year, Dion Dawkins, who's a starter and

2623
02:03:23,000 --> 02:03:24,880
Speaker 1: a pretty good win. They drafted one this year as well.

2624
02:03:24,960 --> 02:03:27,320
Speaker 1: So they're trying, they're trying. We're gonna break. We got

2625
02:03:27,360 --> 02:03:29,400
Speaker 1: Steve Burline standing by, he'll join us next. I'm on

2626
02:03:29,520 --> 02:03:31,800
Speaker 1: back for that. One Bills Live from One Bill's Drive.

2627
02:03:31,880 --> 02:03:48,600
Speaker 1: And this is Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back. It's One

2628
02:03:48,680 --> 02:03:50,960
Speaker 1: Bills Live from One Bill's Drive. It's the Friday before

2629
02:03:51,000 --> 02:03:53,240
Speaker 1: the home opener. The Bills have finished up practice, a

2630
02:03:53,680 --> 02:03:55,520
Speaker 1: new air of field, getting setting out of kicking off

2631
02:03:55,520 --> 02:03:58,560
Speaker 1: one o'clock on Sunday, the Bills and the Los Angeles Chargers.

2632
02:03:58,600 --> 02:04:01,120
Speaker 1: The game televised by the NFL on CBS. Part of

2633
02:04:01,160 --> 02:04:03,680
Speaker 1: that broadcast crew in studio with us right now, John Murphy,

2634
02:04:03,920 --> 02:04:06,880
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker, joined by Steve Burlin, long time NFL quarterback.

2635
02:04:06,920 --> 02:04:09,440
Speaker 1: He'll work with Tom McCarthy on the broadcast. So welcome

2636
02:04:09,440 --> 02:04:10,920
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Steve, you've been I refore. You've done a

2637
02:04:10,920 --> 02:04:12,840
Speaker 1: lot of Bills games over They've done many Bills games

2638
02:04:12,880 --> 02:04:14,400
Speaker 1: over the year. And my might good to be back

2639
02:04:14,400 --> 02:04:16,600
Speaker 1: in my old part. Yeah. We're stood beside each other

2640
02:04:16,640 --> 02:04:19,200
Speaker 1: in the booth for came full of years. Yeah, three years. Yeah,

2641
02:04:19,400 --> 02:04:21,240
Speaker 1: and we missed you a big boy. Yeah. For most

2642
02:04:21,280 --> 02:04:23,840
Speaker 1: people in Buffalo, that don't know this and haven't forgiven him.

2643
02:04:23,840 --> 02:04:26,200
Speaker 1: He was also Troy Egman's backup in Super Bowl twenty six.

2644
02:04:26,400 --> 02:04:28,680
Speaker 1: That's right, we talked about that. I do have the ring.

2645
02:04:28,720 --> 02:04:30,840
Speaker 1: If you was twenty six or twenty eight, twenty six

2646
02:04:30,920 --> 02:04:33,000
Speaker 1: or twenty eight, uh one of them, I don't know.

2647
02:04:34,120 --> 02:04:38,960
Speaker 1: Twenty seven, twenty seven, you didn't ring the rings years

2648
02:04:39,600 --> 02:04:41,600
Speaker 1: twenty Actually have it in my bag. Okay, Yeah, if

2649
02:04:41,640 --> 02:04:46,760
Speaker 1: you want to see it, keep unbelieving. Talk to us

2650
02:04:46,760 --> 02:04:48,280
Speaker 1: a little bit. You're prepping for this game. It was

2651
02:04:48,360 --> 02:04:50,240
Speaker 1: absolutely was a disaster for the Bills in a week

2652
02:04:50,320 --> 02:04:53,960
Speaker 1: one and then uh you know, and for the Chargers

2653
02:04:54,000 --> 02:04:56,000
Speaker 1: and when Philip came out and could not have played

2654
02:04:56,120 --> 02:04:58,960
Speaker 1: much better and they come away with a loss. Yeah,

2655
02:04:59,000 --> 02:05:02,920
Speaker 1: he threw for four in twenty some yards and had

2656
02:05:03,360 --> 02:05:07,280
Speaker 1: three or four more big plays drop. Yeah, two of

2657
02:05:07,360 --> 02:05:09,760
Speaker 1: him could have been more touchdowns for the Chargers. But

2658
02:05:10,440 --> 02:05:12,880
Speaker 1: he's gonna he's gonna bring his game. You know, he's

2659
02:05:12,920 --> 02:05:16,000
Speaker 1: gonna show up, and he's gonna be the coach on

2660
02:05:16,080 --> 02:05:17,680
Speaker 1: the field and always trying to get him in the

2661
02:05:17,760 --> 02:05:20,800
Speaker 1: right right situation to right play. It is what it

2662
02:05:20,920 --> 02:05:23,840
Speaker 1: is with Philip Rivers. But I'm really excited to see

2663
02:05:23,920 --> 02:05:27,280
Speaker 1: your young guy go this weekend. I personally, I was,

2664
02:05:27,680 --> 02:05:30,760
Speaker 1: you know, I was hoping it wouldn't come around this

2665
02:05:30,920 --> 02:05:33,520
Speaker 1: early for his career development. I thought he'd benefit from

2666
02:05:33,840 --> 02:05:36,440
Speaker 1: from sitting a little bit longer than a week two.

2667
02:05:37,160 --> 02:05:40,280
Speaker 1: But selfishly, now that it's our game, it's a lot

2668
02:05:40,360 --> 02:05:41,960
Speaker 1: to talk about it. It's going to be exciting to

2669
02:05:42,040 --> 02:05:44,280
Speaker 1: see how he does out there, and it seems like

2670
02:05:44,400 --> 02:05:47,920
Speaker 1: everybody really has seen a lot of very positive signs

2671
02:05:47,960 --> 02:05:50,120
Speaker 1: out of him. We were out of practice today. He

2672
02:05:50,240 --> 02:05:52,280
Speaker 1: moves really well. The ball comes out of his hand

2673
02:05:52,880 --> 02:05:55,640
Speaker 1: very very nice. You know, he can make all the throws,

2674
02:05:56,120 --> 02:05:57,840
Speaker 1: and he seems to have won everybody over to this

2675
02:05:57,920 --> 02:06:01,120
Speaker 1: point with his attitude. So it'll be exciting to see. Yeah,

2676
02:06:01,120 --> 02:06:02,440
Speaker 1: but you know as well as I do. I mean,

2677
02:06:02,960 --> 02:06:04,360
Speaker 1: there are a lot of guys that look the part,

2678
02:06:04,520 --> 02:06:06,840
Speaker 1: and he does. Believe me when when you see him

2679
02:06:06,880 --> 02:06:08,880
Speaker 1: step out there and make all the throws. But so

2680
02:06:09,000 --> 02:06:11,840
Speaker 1: much about playing quarterback. I mean, you played for seventeen years,

2681
02:06:12,640 --> 02:06:15,000
Speaker 1: so much of it is from the neck up. There's

2682
02:06:15,040 --> 02:06:17,640
Speaker 1: no doubt. And that's you know, I'm not sitting here

2683
02:06:17,680 --> 02:06:19,520
Speaker 1: saying that he's going to step on the field and

2684
02:06:20,200 --> 02:06:23,120
Speaker 1: take it over. Very few quarterbacks have been able to

2685
02:06:23,160 --> 02:06:26,080
Speaker 1: do that at this level. Dan Marino is the only

2686
02:06:26,160 --> 02:06:28,360
Speaker 1: one that really jumps out of me that from his

2687
02:06:28,480 --> 02:06:31,640
Speaker 1: rookie year came out ready to play. You can find

2688
02:06:31,720 --> 02:06:34,560
Speaker 1: examples of guys that had success in their first year,

2689
02:06:34,600 --> 02:06:36,800
Speaker 1: but they had really good teams around him if they

2690
02:06:36,840 --> 02:06:39,880
Speaker 1: were in that position. You know, this situation with Josh,

2691
02:06:39,960 --> 02:06:43,000
Speaker 1: I think everybody would have loved to have had him

2692
02:06:44,320 --> 02:06:46,360
Speaker 1: have a little bit more time to develop and kind

2693
02:06:46,360 --> 02:06:49,760
Speaker 1: of learn and get comfortable. But you know, as Brian

2694
02:06:49,840 --> 02:06:51,720
Speaker 1: Dabble just told us in our meeting, he just said,

2695
02:06:51,920 --> 02:06:53,720
Speaker 1: it is what it is. I mean, we're we're in

2696
02:06:53,800 --> 02:06:56,600
Speaker 1: a situation where would it be great to have a

2697
02:06:56,680 --> 02:06:59,440
Speaker 1: veteran quarterback that maybe we could let ride this a

2698
02:06:59,480 --> 02:07:02,800
Speaker 1: little bit, or maybe someone for him to bounce, bounce

2699
02:07:02,880 --> 02:07:05,760
Speaker 1: ideas off of and support him from that position. Well,

2700
02:07:05,760 --> 02:07:08,200
Speaker 1: we don't have it. The bottom line is here we are.

2701
02:07:09,240 --> 02:07:12,440
Speaker 1: He's a tremendous talent. We're going to bring him on

2702
02:07:13,080 --> 02:07:14,440
Speaker 1: and give him a chance to play and see what

2703
02:07:14,520 --> 02:07:16,160
Speaker 1: he can do. And there are going to be bumps

2704
02:07:16,200 --> 02:07:18,400
Speaker 1: in a road. They know that, and it's a matter

2705
02:07:18,480 --> 02:07:21,160
Speaker 1: of just not making those big mistakes to lose ball games. Yeah,

2706
02:07:21,200 --> 02:07:24,880
Speaker 1: it's interesting too. No matter who that veteran might have

2707
02:07:24,960 --> 02:07:27,000
Speaker 1: been playing last week, if they played like they did

2708
02:07:27,120 --> 02:07:29,600
Speaker 1: last week, it doesn't matter who was ahead of him.

2709
02:07:29,640 --> 02:07:31,360
Speaker 1: It was time for him to play. It was And

2710
02:07:31,640 --> 02:07:35,000
Speaker 1: I wouldn't consider Nathan Peterman a veteran of you know,

2711
02:07:35,160 --> 02:07:38,120
Speaker 1: he's only only made a few starts in his career. Um,

2712
02:07:38,400 --> 02:07:40,880
Speaker 1: you know, it's a very young quarterback room, and and

2713
02:07:41,040 --> 02:07:42,840
Speaker 1: that's that's hard when you got to learn on the

2714
02:07:42,920 --> 02:07:46,160
Speaker 1: move like that as a young quarterback. But I know

2715
02:07:46,880 --> 02:07:51,000
Speaker 1: that the coaching staff and Brian Dable in particular, has

2716
02:07:51,000 --> 02:07:53,960
Speaker 1: spent a lot of time with Josh and they've they

2717
02:07:54,120 --> 02:07:56,600
Speaker 1: really are are trying to get in sync on the

2718
02:07:56,720 --> 02:07:59,920
Speaker 1: same page, and Josh feels very comfortable going to this game.

2719
02:08:00,000 --> 02:08:02,720
Speaker 1: I'm sure it's going to be an abbreviated game plan.

2720
02:08:02,760 --> 02:08:04,800
Speaker 1: They're probably gonna try to move the pocket a little

2721
02:08:04,800 --> 02:08:09,200
Speaker 1: bit with his his his athletic ability and get him

2722
02:08:09,240 --> 02:08:10,520
Speaker 1: out on the edge and try and give him some

2723
02:08:10,640 --> 02:08:13,640
Speaker 1: easy reads and easy completions to to kind of get

2724
02:08:13,680 --> 02:08:16,520
Speaker 1: that confidence going. And hope the defense plays really well

2725
02:08:16,600 --> 02:08:18,360
Speaker 1: with Steve Berlin, who's got the call of the game

2726
02:08:18,440 --> 02:08:20,280
Speaker 1: on CBS on Sunday. I was going to ask you

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Speaker 1: about that abbreviated playbook. Is there a percentage? I mean,

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Speaker 1: how much of the playbook can they open up for

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Speaker 1: for Josh Ellen this week? Is he dealing with fifty

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Speaker 1: percent of at twenty five percent? What do you think

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Speaker 1: it's It's hard to tell a percentage. What it is

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Speaker 1: is he's not going to have the same resources or

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Speaker 1: the same h depth of of of options as that

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady would have h you know, and these are

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Speaker 1: we talk about some of the different quarterbacks that that

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Speaker 1: Brian Dablos has worked with over the years. They you know,

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Speaker 1: with a young quarterback he has, he still doesn't understand

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Speaker 1: NFL defenses yet at this point. So to put new

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Speaker 1: packages offensively out there on the field, you've got to

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Speaker 1: be able to understand how it applies to the defense

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Speaker 1: and where the checks go and where the protection needs

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02:09:05,680 --> 02:09:07,960
Speaker 1: to turn. And you know what your first read is

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Speaker 1: and if they give you a different look, your first

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02:09:09,600 --> 02:09:12,440
Speaker 1: read is totally different depending on the defensive look that

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Speaker 1: you get. That would overwhelm him at this point right now.

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Speaker 1: I think they want to keep everything as simple as

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02:09:17,680 --> 02:09:20,240
Speaker 1: they can. They understand they've got to get the run

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Speaker 1: game going. It's a lot of it's going to fall

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Speaker 1: in Sean McCoy this week. The offensive line has to

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02:09:25,200 --> 02:09:28,520
Speaker 1: step up and take great care of him, give him

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Speaker 1: the time to get through his reads. But it's it's

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Speaker 1: not gonna be a wide open, air it out type

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Speaker 1: of an attack. Let's talk a little bit about the

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Speaker 1: big picture. I've made this assertion when earlier in the

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Speaker 1: week and we didn't know if he was actually going

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Speaker 1: to get the call to start, if they were going

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Speaker 1: to try and put Nate Peterman back out there and

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02:09:44,800 --> 02:09:47,400
Speaker 1: give him more time to watch. But I think once

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Speaker 1: you make this move, and I've told this to Murph

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Speaker 1: and you understand where I'm coming from, I think you've

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Speaker 1: got to support him. He stays out there unless he's hurt.

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Speaker 1: He's got to stay in the game and learned. No

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Speaker 1: matter as bad as it may go, you gotta say, hey,

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02:10:01,560 --> 02:10:03,680
Speaker 1: we expected this, this is way You're okay. You know

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02:10:03,760 --> 02:10:05,560
Speaker 1: you got to get him through that and build him

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02:10:05,600 --> 02:10:08,560
Speaker 1: up enough to where he doesn't think he'll never get it.

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Speaker 1: I agree. I think that now the decisions made, Uh,

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Speaker 1: this is the way it's got to be. Unless an

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Speaker 1: injury occurs. Or unless it gets to the point where

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Speaker 1: he is completely overwhelmed out there. Uh, that would be

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Speaker 1: something that the coaches would have to identify and deal

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Speaker 1: with at that point. But I don't think Josh is

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02:10:29,240 --> 02:10:30,960
Speaker 1: going to be that kind of a guy. I think

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Speaker 1: that he has a lot of confidence in himself that everybody,

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02:10:34,680 --> 02:10:36,800
Speaker 1: everybody that described and said the same things. He's got

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02:10:37,280 --> 02:10:41,880
Speaker 1: a short memory. He's very tough, tough minded, he's intelligent.

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Speaker 1: I think he knows he's gonna make some mistakes and

2778
02:10:45,280 --> 02:10:47,360
Speaker 1: he's gonna get out there and just say it's all

2779
02:10:47,440 --> 02:10:49,640
Speaker 1: part of the deal. Let's get out there and hope

2780
02:10:49,680 --> 02:10:51,600
Speaker 1: we don't make another And that's critical too. You got

2781
02:10:51,720 --> 02:10:54,040
Speaker 1: to say, listen, you don't expect to be great, but

2782
02:10:54,160 --> 02:10:55,720
Speaker 1: you do expect to get better, and you got to

2783
02:10:55,800 --> 02:10:58,480
Speaker 1: learn things. And I and I keep saying, going back

2784
02:10:58,480 --> 02:11:01,360
Speaker 1: to Peyton Manning, tell him he after in his second

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Speaker 1: year when he's going thirteen and three instead of his

2786
02:11:03,600 --> 02:11:06,560
Speaker 1: first year he went three and thirteen. He said, I

2787
02:11:06,720 --> 02:11:08,960
Speaker 1: learned a lot of great football lessons in the fourth

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02:11:09,040 --> 02:11:12,160
Speaker 1: quarter or some bad football games my first year. And

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Speaker 1: if you're gonna sit him down every time things go back,

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02:11:15,400 --> 02:11:17,280
Speaker 1: he'll never learn those lessons in the fourth quarter of

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Speaker 1: bad football games, you know, And so he got to

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Speaker 1: kind of be willing to stand over there and just

2793
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Speaker 1: watch him, even if it is tread and water. You know,

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02:11:24,720 --> 02:11:27,520
Speaker 1: you gotta let him do it. I agree, And that's

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Speaker 1: that's the situation that this organization finds itself in. They draft,

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Speaker 1: they trade it up for him because they liked him

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Speaker 1: and they felt that he could be the quarterback for

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Speaker 1: long term. Everybody, all the pundits, myself included, thought that

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Speaker 1: he'd benefit from sitting for a year. It's a newt point. Now.

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Speaker 1: The bottom line is he's out there on the field

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Speaker 1: on Saturday. We all get to witness his first game,

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Speaker 1: and hopefully one day down the road, we'll look back

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Speaker 1: and say, I was there when it all started, you know,

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02:11:53,640 --> 02:11:55,760
Speaker 1: and what a great story it turned out to be

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Speaker 1: because I was there when Ben Rossberger started his first game. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: same thing. Did we just have about thirty seconds that

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Speaker 1: But it strikes me that the bigger challenge for the

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Speaker 1: Bills is on the other side of the ball, trying

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Speaker 1: to slow down seeing Los Angeles offense. Yeah, they're they're loaded.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you look at what they did last week

2811
02:12:12,640 --> 02:12:15,320
Speaker 1: and they just can keep throwing new receivers out there,

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02:12:15,400 --> 02:12:18,080
Speaker 1: and they've got two or three running backs that that

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02:12:19,080 --> 02:12:21,520
Speaker 1: can hurt. You're both running the ball between the tackles

2814
02:12:21,800 --> 02:12:25,200
Speaker 1: getting to the edge, and the passing game. Uh, they've

2815
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Speaker 1: got some playmakers out there. And then they brought back

2816
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Speaker 1: Antonio Gates for the red zone. Uh, you know, they'll

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Speaker 1: find a way to work him into the picture if

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Speaker 1: they get into the red zone. So yeah, a lot

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Speaker 1: of skill position players with a quarterback that knows how

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Speaker 1: to work that that package pretty effectively. So can the

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Speaker 1: Bills beat them? Can the Bills beat them? That's that's

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Speaker 1: you're putting me on the spot. Yes, it can happen, Yes,

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Speaker 1: it can happen. Uh, it's gonna be the defense playing

2824
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Speaker 1: super super well and Josh Allen not making any mistakes. Okay, Steve,

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Speaker 1: thanks for this. Have a great broadcast with Tom McCarthy

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. Thanks. We're looking forward to it, guys. Good

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Speaker 1: see man. Steve Burline from the NFL on CBS joining

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Speaker 1: us here in studio as we wrap it up on

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Speaker 1: this Friday. Steve Tasker and I back Monday at twelve noon.

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Speaker 1: Don't forget Steve's got the Dolphins and the Jet. Steve

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Speaker 1: Tasker The Dolphins and the Jets on CBS this Sunday

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Speaker 1: as well, Nichourt, you can catch our game on the

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Speaker 1: radio side coming up on Sunday at one. Why don't

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Speaker 1: thank our production assistant George Blasteff, Colt, Nick Thomas, Honolder,

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Speaker 1: Kelly Rude, j J. Turto, Kevin Cartis, James Robol our

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02:13:24,440 --> 02:13:26,960
Speaker 1: producer James Harris. That will do it for us. We're

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Speaker 1: back on Monday to recap the Bills and the Los

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Speaker 1: Angeles Chargers Monday twelve noon to three pm. Right here,

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