1 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:10,879 Speaker 1: At a Steve Tasker who has been all over the field. 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 1: Kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role 3 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: player for you, Steve, Steve a blimp. We're not even 4 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:24,959 Speaker 1: in the straded fear of normalcy here. Here we go 5 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: off into hyper space on a Wednesday, Chris Brown, Steve 6 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: Tasker with you. It is one Bills Live. We are 7 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 1: here until three and there's plenty to get to today. 8 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: We'll have Josh Allen's comments to the media today after 9 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: their walk through practice back on the field, but taken 10 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: it easy late in the season here, so we'll hear 11 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: from Josh a little bit later in the show, and 12 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: then second hour of the program, the Hall of Famer himself, 13 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 1: Jim Kelly will join us and we'll undoubtedly talk about 14 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: Josh among other things with Jim. So we look forward 15 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: to all of that. But we would be remiss if 16 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: we did not address right off the rip the passing 17 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: of John Madden. We know a lot of people have 18 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: done a ton of dedications and you know, memorium pieces, ESPN, 19 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: all the other networks have gone above and beyond the 20 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:19,479 Speaker 1: call of duty and remembering a broadcasting icon, but an 21 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: NFL icon really in the grand scheme of things, A 22 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: guy who helped shape the game and explained the game 23 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: to the casual fan. I think better than anybody else. 24 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: You have your die hard fans that are gonna watch 25 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: football no matter what. John Madden for the casual football fan, 26 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 1: I believe, because I remember him at my age more 27 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: of as a broadcaster than a coach of the Raiders. 28 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 1: I thought, better than anybody of his era, he made 29 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: football understandable for the casual fan enough to the point 30 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: where that casual fan would say, you know, that's pretty interesting. 31 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna watch a little bit longer, right, And oh 32 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: I get They're like saying, oh, I get it right, right, 33 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: And I kind of liken it to what the late 34 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: Tim Russert used to do with the election results. When 35 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: he's counting up electoral volts and everything. He used to 36 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: do it on a whiteboard. He put it in a 37 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: language that everybody could understand. He wasn't doing district breakdowns 38 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: and voting populations and you know, party affiliations and registered 39 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: voters from this party and that party in all different 40 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: counties of a given state. He just said, look, here's 41 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: where it is right now. That's how Madden did it 42 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: for football, right, and I think he grew the football 43 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: viewing audience to a level that now I think he's 44 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: partly responsible for growing the football audience to a level 45 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 1: now that will not be matched by any other sport 46 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: in this country. He was obviously a Super Bowl winning 47 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,799 Speaker 1: head coach and had a great win one loss record, 48 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: And when he got to the booth as a broadcaster, 49 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: most of us and me included when you got you 50 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: get that, go do that job. You kind of jump 51 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: in there and you kind of feel your way around 52 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 1: and say, okay, what are you? Just kind of ask 53 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: for direction, what do I do here? How do I 54 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: handle this? Out of that kind of he went in 55 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: and went right back into the product production truck and 56 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: started sitting down with every guy sitting at some cockamami 57 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,359 Speaker 1: machine and say what do you do? And how does 58 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: this work? Why do you do this? And what's going 59 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: on here? And he wanted to understand every aspect of 60 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: the business. And that's where he is the guy that 61 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: invented the telestrator, or asked him to develop the telestrator. 62 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: So you could draw a line and say, hey, this 63 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: guy right here is what I'm talking about. It's that 64 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: it was a simple innovation that he pushed for CBS 65 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: got it, got it for him and Presto Chango. It worked. 66 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: It was really his. And also he's the guy who 67 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: when they would come in and it's customary now when 68 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: you're an NFL analyst to come into a city and 69 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: you go to the home team. You get in on 70 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: a Friday and you go watch a Friday practice and 71 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: it's it's closed, but because you're the broadcast partner and 72 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: you're doing the game, the teams are allowed, you know, 73 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: they say, yeah, come on in, you can watch his practice. 74 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: So we're usually a walk through on Fridays anyway, or 75 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: a shorter, lighter practice anyway, but it used to not 76 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: be the case. And then you sit down with four 77 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: or five, the head coach, the quarterback, and a couple 78 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: of other guys and maybe a coach or two, and 79 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 1: you talk about the game that was never done until 80 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 1: John Madden said, you know, this would be a good idea. 81 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 1: It really make the game better for the fans. And 82 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 1: then he gets into the booth with that knowledge, and 83 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 1: also is the guy that you say and this guy 84 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: goes here and boom and this gold boom. His enthusiasm 85 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: transformed the way most people, not everybody, but most people 86 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: viewed the game, and he brought people who weren't interested 87 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: because it was it is a complex game. He brought 88 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: him in and said, oh I and let him understand 89 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 1: it better and have fun with it. Because he had 90 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: fun with it, and his credibilities of Super Bowl winning 91 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 1: coach and his ability to connect those who weren't into 92 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: football with the game is his lasting legacy. He just 93 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: opened it up and made it it's just not it's 94 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 1: a very physical and intimidating Portland, but it's not intimidating 95 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 1: now for all those people, it's it's fun, and it was. 96 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 1: It was a huge, huge step that he made possible. 97 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: I think the word ambassador gets overused for people that 98 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: are affiliated with a given sport or game. Sure, he 99 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: really fits the term ambassador for the game. I mean, 100 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: spend more than forty years in and around this sport, 101 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: but never stopped serving the sport. I guess is how 102 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 1: I would best put it. And I think that just 103 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 1: inherently makes him an ambassador of the game. And we're 104 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: our MSG viewing audience is seeing some clips of him 105 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: up in the booth, and one of the clips had 106 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: him with Vin Scully. Vince Scully, the Hall of Fame 107 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: broadcaster for the Dodgers for more than fifty years, who 108 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:15,720 Speaker 1: recently retired, tweeted last night thanking John Madden for helping 109 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: him to, you know, get acclimated to how a football 110 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: broadcast operates, because he was kind of a knee a 111 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: fight to play by play for football, and he gives 112 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: John a lot of credit for helping him with that 113 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 1: and getting him up to speed in doing those kinds 114 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 1: of broadcasts. So you know, this was a guy that, 115 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:41,239 Speaker 1: as you said, tried to make sure he learned every 116 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,840 Speaker 1: nook and cranny about a television production and then passed 117 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: it on when he had to. Even though Vince Scully 118 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: had more years in broadcasting than John Madne'll ever have 119 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 1: that it one of the cool things that happened to 120 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:55,919 Speaker 1: me while I was playing, because he was with CBS 121 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:58,359 Speaker 1: at the time, and back you know, twenty five thirty 122 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: years ago, the NFC and AFC television packages were very 123 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: separated and the only way you got to do a 124 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: game for one of the other conferences if you were 125 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: with CBS. You only did NFC games unless the NFC 126 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: team was on the road. And then you'd go do 127 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: that game in an AFC city, which is which made 128 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: it rare more rare for those teams, you know, those 129 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: broadcast crews to come to your c. So we got 130 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 1: a Dallas game here in Buffalo one time, or I 131 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: was a Dallas game or whatever, an NFC game, and 132 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 1: Madden Summer all did our game, and sure enough he 133 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: comes down on the field and on a Friday and 134 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: checking it out. Um. He also did a couple of 135 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: preseason games for US, And one of the cool things 136 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: happened to me was I he put me on his 137 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: All Madden team one year, yeah ninety one, all the 138 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: way back then, he'd put me on the All Madden team. 139 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 1: And they sent me like a sweatshirt, like an old 140 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: champion sweatshirt. I got a picture of it. I wore 141 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: that thing like constantly. I wore it everywhere. I wore 142 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: it all the time. I still got it. They were 143 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: showing it, showing a picture of it. Now I had 144 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: I had send me a I go take a picture 145 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: of that thing and say, I got a knew exactly 146 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: where it was unbelievable. In fact, in my house, I 147 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: got a wall. Yeah, I'm just I just made this 148 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: decision just now. Listen, here's what I'm gonna do. I'm 149 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: gona take that sweatshirt you're looking at right now. I've 150 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: got a place in my house where I've got jerseys hanging. 151 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:19,679 Speaker 1: I got my Pro Bowl jersey when I was MVP. 152 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 1: I got a Bill's Home jersey. It builds Away Jersey, 153 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: super Bowl twenty five jersey. That kind of thing I gotta. 154 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: I gotta my junior college and my Dodge City College. 155 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: I got my high school jersey at the Sabers gave 156 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: me an eighty nine jersey when I retired, and they 157 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 1: get so I got that, you know, jerseys like I got, 158 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 1: like I got nine jerseys up there, different things, right, 159 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,199 Speaker 1: I got an Oiler's jersey, Houston Oilers jersey and in 160 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: a Northwestern jersey. Okay, all right, forget that. I'm putting 161 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: that up there, right yeah, just have him pressed the 162 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: front into the frame there. I'm just gonna take one 163 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: of those jerseys out and put that with all the 164 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: shoulders back behind it, and you'll just like that. I'm 165 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: gonna put it in just like it is right there. 166 00:08:57,720 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: I should put that in there. That'll work. That's a 167 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: good one. I'm gonna do that. Did that tonight, Yeah, 168 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 1: before before I go to the Sales game. His All 169 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:07,679 Speaker 1: Man and Team was a big deal. It was before 170 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: the dawn of the internet when everybody puts together there 171 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: all whatever that was. It wasn't competent. They weren't like 172 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: two dozen of those kinds of teams. It was Pro Bowl, 173 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 1: All Pro and then All Man and the ALM and 174 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 1: it was it was nice. It was a nice honor 175 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: for me, but it was virtually it was a it 176 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: was an NFC team because that's all the guys in 177 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: broadcast games. Yeah, so you know, Marino, Elway, Jim you know, 178 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: a lot of those guys had no shot of me. 179 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:39,199 Speaker 1: It was always Aikman or Steve Younger, Joe Montana or whoever. 180 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: So it was, you know, it was a little bit 181 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: misconstrued because of that. But for me to get on 182 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 1: I was stoked and uh so I uh he came out. 183 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 1: It just he comes out to practice. He was one 184 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: of those times where it's like it's like the commissioner 185 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: showing up. Really and even even now in today's football 186 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:02,119 Speaker 1: at the highest levels with the commissioners and the committees 187 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: and you know, Troy Vincent, the Vice president of the 188 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:10,239 Speaker 1: you know, football operations for the league. They all revered 189 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 1: John Madden and I a number of issues. He has 190 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 1: a committee that is affiliated with the league and he 191 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:19,839 Speaker 1: chairs it, and it's it's eight NFL head coaches are 192 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: on it, and they run top flight issues past him 193 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 1: and his committee to get their take. They don't do anything. 194 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: There's a lot of stuff that they will think about 195 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 1: unless they get run it by him. Up until you 196 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: know today, at this point, they would always run really 197 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: big issues by him, and I think that's a testament 198 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: to how much credibility and how much respect the game 199 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: and the highest levels had for him. The other interesting 200 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: thing is I don't think he made He wasn't inducted 201 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 1: into the Hall of Fame until the Veterans Committee did 202 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 1: it for him as a coach one Super Bowl, but 203 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: as you mentioned, I think the highest winning percentage in 204 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:03,559 Speaker 1: the history of the league for a long time. I 205 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:05,679 Speaker 1: don't know if that's still one thirty two or one 206 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 1: twenty three, one three and thirty two. Unbelievable. Uh W 207 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: went to the Ultimate Game seven times, only one one, 208 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,559 Speaker 1: and people are like, yeah, only one out of six. Well. 209 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: He also coached during an era of the Pittsburgh Steelers 210 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 1: right and the Dolphins right when they were undefeated. So 211 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 1: the Dolphins won a couple of Super Bowls, the Steelers 212 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: won four during the same era when John Madden was 213 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:36,959 Speaker 1: coaching the Raiders. I mean, that's just a tough company. 214 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 1: Was it John Madden's team when the Immaculate Reception occurred? 215 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:47,200 Speaker 1: I believe that is true, yes, because it was It 216 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 1: was just one of those games in the AFC playoffs, 217 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: or you knew the Steelers were going to play the 218 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 1: Raiders is going to be an absolute bar fight. I 219 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:00,080 Speaker 1: mean it was like an Old West saloon, bro. You know, 220 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 1: chairs are getting broken and tables getting smashed and people 221 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 1: getting thrown out through the doors. And so for me, 222 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:11,079 Speaker 1: as I said, I remember John Madden chiefly as a broadcaster, 223 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: and that was when CBS had the NFC and growing 224 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 1: up in New York, he was on every week because 225 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 1: the Giants were good, yes back then, and the NFC 226 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:28,320 Speaker 1: East kind of reigned supreme, with the exception of you know, 227 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: maybe the San Francisco forty nine ers at that time, 228 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,719 Speaker 1: and every week, primarily because I was in New York, 229 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: it was the Giants against some NFC East team. It seemed, 230 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: and I, yeah, you know, Madden would go on for 231 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 1: a quarter and a halt, like when the Hogs were 232 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: big in Washington. Oh my god, I heard Joe Jacoby's 233 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: name ten times a broadcast. How many times do you 234 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 1: hear a left tackle get talked about? He was Madden's 235 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: philosophy's a former lineman himself. I read his book after 236 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: he retired. This was years ago, and one of the 237 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:59,839 Speaker 1: things I took from that book was his philosophy about 238 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: what was important on a football team started and he 239 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 1: was an old offensive lineman, but it started. He said 240 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 1: the most important position on the field is the offensive line. 241 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,840 Speaker 1: And he got the job in Oakland as the head 242 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 1: coach because he and Al Davis would have these argue, 243 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 1: you know, obviously a philosophical arguments about what and Al said, now, 244 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 1: it's the cornerback position, that's the spot. And John Madden 245 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: said in his book that the reason he and Al 246 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 1: got along was because John thought that the second most 247 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 1: important position was a cornerback position, and Al thought the 248 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 1: second most important position was the offensive line. So they 249 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: both had him in their top two and they saw 250 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 1: it the same way and for the same reasons, and 251 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:46,319 Speaker 1: they got along great because of that. But you could 252 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 1: always get the feel for what he really thought about 253 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: something just by listening to him talk, whether he would 254 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: say I believe A, B and C. You would get 255 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: what he thought was important and new was important just 256 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:58,719 Speaker 1: by listening to him speak. And I think that's why 257 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 1: people were so drawn to him. He was He's one 258 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 1: of the few people that in an industry, in any industry, 259 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: but if there are people in the industry at the 260 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 1: grassroots level and the novices, like soccer moms, we're watching 261 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 1: NFL football because John Madden was doing the game. He 262 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 1: connected with them, as well as with the commissioner and 263 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: the head coaches and the owners and the players. At 264 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 1: every level, people felt like they that he got them, 265 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 1: you know, they connected with him. And I think that 266 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: was the gift that he gave the game that everybody 267 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 1: from the top to the bottom, to the disinterested to 268 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: the expert, and then he felt, you know, connected to 269 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: Then he connected with a whole other generation of football 270 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 1: fans through video games where is Matt. I mean, that's 271 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: how that's how our kids probably know John Madden primarily. 272 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: I mean through that, maybe your kids are a little 273 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: more institutionalized in the game of football and no John 274 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: Madden coach broadcaster. But kids my son's age, they didn't 275 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: see John Madden as broadcaster. They were too young. They 276 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: know who he is though, because of the man video 277 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: games um, which I think I heard on one of 278 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: the reports today sold over one hundred million copies in 279 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 1: the first ten years of its existence, which is just right, 280 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: that's just stupid. And the thing that I used to 281 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 1: always laugh about was when he used to get all 282 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 1: hung up on food, you know, especially during those things 283 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: giving games. Know how many times he's talking about a 284 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 1: big old turkey leg. And he was great, the great, 285 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: the one of the great minds. Ever, he was in 286 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 1: a production meeting with the producer Fred Goodelli. I read 287 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: that I reminded of this he I heard it somewhere 288 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 1: else and I was reminded of it on on social 289 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 1: media today. The guy they were in doing a Philadelphia 290 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 1: Eagles game. They were in the meeting the night before 291 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 1: the game. Then the guy comes back with some Philly 292 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: chee steaks and they were inferior. They were like they 293 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: were bad, Oh right, they were bad, and and they 294 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: everybody's like, where'd you you know? They were giving the 295 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: guy a bunch of trouble, you know. And John looks 296 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: at the producer and he says, you know what you 297 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 1: did wrong? He says, you send a skinny kid out 298 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: for food. The skinny kids don't don't care about food. 299 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: That was his line. He said, a skinny kid out 300 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: to get it, you know. And John was always a 301 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: big you know. It was one of the great lines ever. 302 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: That's the way he analyzed football too. It was great, 303 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: absolutely great. And he came in, He's the guy that 304 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 1: said one and one knee equals two feet, so if 305 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: the guy comes down, one knee equals two feet. It 306 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: was a great line, he says, And this is gonna 307 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: come down. Is it a right footed spot or is 308 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 1: it a left footed spot? Is he gonna put on 309 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: his right foot or his left foot? We're gonna know, 310 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 1: and whether it's gonna be a first down or not. 311 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: All the stuff he brought to the to the table 312 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 1: helped people to understand what they were looking at on 313 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: the television screen. And that's the real gift, is showing 314 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 1: people what they're looking at and explaining it to him 315 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: in a way they understand. So feel bad for John 316 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: Madden's family today, but a life well lived, passes away 317 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,400 Speaker 1: at age eighty five. I mean, the guy was even 318 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 1: a transportation It was unique in terms of transportation. The 319 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:13,159 Speaker 1: guy wouldn't fly because of claustrophobia, fear of heights, that 320 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,240 Speaker 1: kind of stuff. I heard an interview with Pat Some 321 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 1: are all who you know is no longer with us either, 322 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:22,440 Speaker 1: But I remember there was a final interview of him 323 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,120 Speaker 1: talking about the first time he and John did a game. 324 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:29,399 Speaker 1: He couldn't he couldn't believe how shaken he was with 325 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: his fear of heights, in addition to being claustrophobus. And 326 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 1: now you're up in a radio booth or a television 327 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:39,159 Speaker 1: broadcast booth, tight quarters and you're super high, you know. 328 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,640 Speaker 1: And some of the older stadiums, so yeah, he said 329 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: he was shaking like a leaf the first time. Some 330 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:49,159 Speaker 1: of those stadiums, Yeah, they were hard, right, and some 331 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: of them are even higher now with a lot of 332 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 1: the prime seating going to the fans. There is also 333 00:17:56,760 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 1: some news of foot concerning the Bills. Good news as 334 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 1: that is, four players came off the COVID reserve list 335 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:09,879 Speaker 1: this morning in the wake of the new protocols handed 336 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 1: down by the league in response to the CDC's new 337 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:18,439 Speaker 1: regulations that reduced quarantining from ten days to five for 338 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 1: asymptomatic people, you know that didn't have symptoms after five days. 339 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: So that enabled players like Colby's League, Gabriel Davis, John Feliciano, 340 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: and aj Epenessa to all be removed from the COVID 341 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:36,159 Speaker 1: reserve list. They have now been activated returned to team 342 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:39,159 Speaker 1: practice and you know, I mean they can be in 343 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: meetings virtually even if they have the virus, but when 344 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,440 Speaker 1: you're on COVID reserve, you obviously can't practice, be around 345 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 1: the team anything like that. And just so everybody knows, 346 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:55,200 Speaker 1: the players have been meeting virtually for the better part 347 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 1: of the last two weeks when this omicron outbreak started 348 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 1: as the team tried to midgate, you know, players getting 349 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:06,399 Speaker 1: it from one another and having a full on outbreak 350 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,119 Speaker 1: here at one Bill's Drive. Similar to some of the 351 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 1: other teams, the Packers are in the throws of it now. 352 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 1: They have twelve players on the COVID list, and head 353 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: coach Matt Lafloor at his press conference today said it's 354 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 1: probably going to be fifteen by tomorrow based on two 355 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 1: or three guys that tested today that apparently had symptoms. 356 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 1: So that list is going to get longer in Green Bay, 357 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 1: and we've seen long lists with other teams. The Bills, fortunately, 358 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 1: with these new guidelines, were able to reduce their list 359 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: considerably because now the only players still on the COVID 360 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: reserved list for the Bills from the active roster Cody 361 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:46,880 Speaker 1: Ford and Cam Lewis, who just went on the other day. 362 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 1: So that's good news. More good news, Star Latoula has 363 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:53,920 Speaker 1: rejoined the team after dealing with a personal matter that 364 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: kept him out of practice and last week's game in 365 00:19:56,280 --> 00:20:00,360 Speaker 1: New England. He is back with the team and from 366 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 1: what we know, was back out there on the practice 367 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: field today. It was just a walk through for today's practice. 368 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,639 Speaker 1: We imagine they'll kind of get going tomorrow. But coach 369 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:13,880 Speaker 1: and you know, the athletic training staff, the sports science department, 370 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:18,120 Speaker 1: they're working on load management here and they're backing them 371 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:19,920 Speaker 1: off here at the end of the season, especially knowing 372 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 1: there's one more regular season game to play. Steve. Yeah, 373 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,200 Speaker 1: and obviously, if you haven't heard, one of the reasons 374 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 1: these four guys came off the list was because of 375 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: the new COVID protocols. I don't know if you mentioned 376 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 1: that when you were explaining it, and sorry I was rambling. 377 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:34,880 Speaker 1: That changed. That changed everything for a lot of people 378 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 1: all over the league. They had one hundred and sixteen 379 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 1: guys going on this list and then they and they said, listen, 380 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 1: none of them are a large portion of these guys 381 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 1: are symptom free. And the thought is if if they're 382 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:53,399 Speaker 1: symptom free, and they let them play, and so if 383 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,639 Speaker 1: they go they give the five The CDC changed it 384 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 1: from ten days to five days, and they said, okay, 385 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 1: if it five days are up and they're symptom free, 386 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:01,719 Speaker 1: or they they've gone without a temperature for twenty four 387 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: hours and all that, let them back. You gotta still 388 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:06,160 Speaker 1: wear a mask. You wear a mask for another five 389 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 1: days after that. But here's the thing too, indoors. Yeah, 390 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 1: one thing that has not changed is if you've got 391 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 1: a positive test and you quarantine for the five days 392 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:15,399 Speaker 1: and then wear the mask for another five days, you 393 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 1: don't get tested for ninety days. So none of these 394 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: guys are even on the docket being tested positive. Right, 395 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 1: No COVID related issues going forward for any of these guys. 396 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:27,399 Speaker 1: They won't even get tested unless you know, if they 397 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,119 Speaker 1: get sick or whatever. I don't know, but that's the 398 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 1: deal with COVID. I think if for some reason they 399 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 1: have symptoms that are reminiscent of COVID, they would probably 400 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 1: get tested at that point. But barring that, yeah, they're 401 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: they're free to go for ninety days, which is going 402 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 1: to clearly take us through the Super Bowl. So all 403 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 1: of these players are good to go the rest of 404 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 1: the way, and a lot of teams are of the 405 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: opinion that hey, better to have it now than God 406 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: forbid when we're in the playoffs and we need everybody 407 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 1: all hands on deck kind of thing. So there's a 408 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,400 Speaker 1: good number of players that are free and clear of 409 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:06,920 Speaker 1: that concern going forward. So that's that's a good thing. Um, 410 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: we'll wait and see how it pans out, but obviously 411 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: it turned out a little better for the Bills now 412 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 1: that the new protocols are in places. The next day, 413 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 1: four guys come back and they're fully, fully ready to 414 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 1: go on a Wednesday, headed into the weekend. That's that's 415 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,160 Speaker 1: plenty of time to get up and run and get 416 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,160 Speaker 1: your feet under you. It's gonna be interesting to see. 417 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 1: And we've been talking. I was listening to gr earlier 418 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,919 Speaker 1: this morning and I'm I'm, you know, talking to all 419 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:33,440 Speaker 1: of us in the control room and out here is 420 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 1: we're getting ready for this show. I mean, who's gonna 421 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 1: who's gonna be? Okay, first of all, you got Felicianos available, 422 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:42,639 Speaker 1: a jap and s is available, Gabe Davis, Cole Beasley, 423 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:44,959 Speaker 1: they're all available when they didn't know if they were 424 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:51,239 Speaker 1: going to be. But now you've got Isaiah McKenzie and 425 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:56,160 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders back. You've got baits and in the offensive 426 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: line in the second half of that game yesterday, and 427 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: then in the game yesterday they played tod they played good, 428 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:06,160 Speaker 1: Bates played well. Bates played really really well. So what 429 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,919 Speaker 1: do you do if your your depth was tested to 430 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 1: such a degree you had to deep dig deep into 431 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:14,640 Speaker 1: your roster to get guys to play, and they came 432 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 1: through big time. Now, what who plays and who sits right? 433 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,119 Speaker 1: That's a real question. Only a wide receiver, but in 434 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 1: the offensive line as well, and the defensive line, because 435 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,440 Speaker 1: the starting five will be different for yet another week 436 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 1: because Zike Butcker is out for the season right after 437 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 1: that's right, the Achilles injury, So you know, one of 438 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 1: the guard positions will undoubtedly be different this week. So 439 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 1: who is it? Is it Ryan Bates? Is it John 440 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 1: Feliciano After a long layoff. That's probably the only decision 441 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: you're making up front. The decisions at wide receiver, however, 442 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:54,439 Speaker 1: are going to be dramatically Yeah, well I shouldn't say 443 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 1: they're going to be different. We don't know that, but 444 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 1: the considerations are gonna be it. Guys are length fear 445 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,439 Speaker 1: than they might have been just two or three weeks ago, right, 446 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 1: because everybody's available. It's not only that Starlo tu Lala 447 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 1: has come back. Harrison Phillips had a dynamite game against 448 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 1: New England. He's played two or three he has played now, 449 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 1: he's had a month that may be his best as 450 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:17,880 Speaker 1: a Bill in the in the three or four years 451 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: he's been here. Um, so you got a lot of 452 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 1: design and granted, you know, you're managing the good things 453 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: that you got. You know, right, you're a good problem 454 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 1: to have, right, they're good problems to have, but there's 455 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: still issues. You got it sort through the problems that 456 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,399 Speaker 1: the Bills have. There's other teams that be envious to that. 457 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,400 Speaker 1: But you've even got another one at defensive end. AJP 458 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 1: and S is back in the fault Okay, great. You 459 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,640 Speaker 1: know who's emerged in the last two weeks. Fa Obada. 460 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 1: Yeah so aj epinessa could be a healthy and active 461 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:52,679 Speaker 1: saying back, and people will say, well, fa Obada. He mean, 462 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:54,119 Speaker 1: you know he had that roughing of Pastor Call. You 463 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: know why he got the roughing of Pastor Call because 464 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:57,679 Speaker 1: he was on a quarterback right before he threw it, 465 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 1: he was running free. He's you know, he's getting home. 466 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: He's getting home, right, those are and I and I 467 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,680 Speaker 1: we got a long way to go, a long way 468 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:12,119 Speaker 1: to go. We got another hopefully six games. But the 469 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 1: bottom line is this is a performance based business. Yeah, 470 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: Bill's gotta keep winning here. It's not like they're coasting 471 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 1: to the playoffs like they were last year's producing at 472 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,880 Speaker 1: this time you know they were, they were eleven and three, right, 473 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: It's a production based business. Isaiah McKenzie huge production when 474 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: he's been in there, And I think it's gonna come 475 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:34,640 Speaker 1: down to Brian Dable looking at the film and knowing 476 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 1: when he's got in Beasley, knowing when he's got in 477 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 1: Isaiah McKenzie, Sanders, Gabe Davis and saying, Okay, we're gonna 478 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:44,159 Speaker 1: play this at Atlanta. Here's what we might do. You 479 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 1: might say, listen, you know what, Um, We're gonna give 480 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:53,360 Speaker 1: McKenzie and Davis some more reps because you know, Emmanuel 481 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:56,679 Speaker 1: Sanders is thirty plus Beasley's thirty. Let's give them a 482 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 1: couple of weeks to sit back, get fresh, and when 483 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:01,239 Speaker 1: the playoffs it, we got all these guys going at 484 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,440 Speaker 1: full speed. I think Beasley's pretty fresh, He's had almost right. 485 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 1: Then there's that too. But also Beasley and McKenzie, while 486 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,639 Speaker 1: they both play the slot, McKenzie's different than Beasley. Beasley 487 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,360 Speaker 1: is a get open and he and he makes impossible catches. 488 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 1: Beasley makes impossible catches in tight windows. But McKenzie is 489 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 1: running deeper routes. I mean he's down the field on 490 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:27,120 Speaker 1: the fastest guys on the team. McKenzie's get a different dimension. Now, 491 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 1: is that a better combination? Which one of those guys 492 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:32,719 Speaker 1: a better combination? Playing against a team like the Atlanta 493 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 1: Falcons this week, because you gotta win this game, let's 494 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 1: do the give us the best combo that matches up 495 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 1: with Atlanta, and then the next week it's the Jets. 496 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 1: Who's the best combo for the Jets. We'll see, But 497 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 1: I think that's the questions you're talking about when you're 498 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:48,640 Speaker 1: talking about which of these wide receivers are gonna play, 499 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 1: which of the d lineman are gonna play. What's the 500 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 1: combination I think in the offensive line is a little different. 501 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,880 Speaker 1: Just give me five guys two weeks in a row. Yeah, 502 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 1: get us, give us a couple of weeks in the 503 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 1: regular season, and then hopefully they stay healthy all the 504 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 1: way through the playoffs and we get to the super Bowl. 505 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 1: Win it. Let's do that because the only constant in 506 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: the case, the only constant there has been changed. Yeah. 507 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 1: But we'll get into that conversation in more depth tomorrow, 508 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 1: but we want to discuss with you today concerns Josh Allen. 509 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:22,440 Speaker 1: What area of Josh Allen's game do you feel is 510 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 1: even better this year than last year. While Josh is 511 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,200 Speaker 1: probably still in the conversation for NFL MVP this year, 512 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:34,439 Speaker 1: there are most outside observers who say, hey, he's probably 513 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 1: not gonna get it just because of the up and 514 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,120 Speaker 1: down play of the team through the middle two months 515 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 1: of the season. That's going to hurt his chances, even 516 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 1: though his production is still right up there. But is 517 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:47,919 Speaker 1: there an area of Josh's game this year that you 518 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:51,200 Speaker 1: think is even better than when he was tearing people 519 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: up last year. Let us know at eighth three five 520 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 1: fifty one eight eight five fifty two five fifty and 521 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 1: we'll get your thoughts on the tweet sheet as well 522 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 1: at one Bills Live on that very subject. I said 523 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: yesterday Steve coming out of that game in New England, 524 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:12,360 Speaker 1: it was my opinion that that was start to finish 525 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,360 Speaker 1: his best decision making game that I've seen him play, 526 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,680 Speaker 1: certainly this season, and maybe even better than any game 527 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 1: he played last season. And the only reason I say 528 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:24,479 Speaker 1: that is because he had to put the team on 529 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:29,239 Speaker 1: his back offensively, but he did it without looking like 530 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 1: he was trying to play hero ball. He was measured 531 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:37,800 Speaker 1: in every decision that he made, from choosing to take 532 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 1: the checkdown immediately, not waiting for a bigger play to 533 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:43,920 Speaker 1: open up, and then going to the checkdown. He went 534 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 1: to checkdowns immediately. He recognized Blitz is quicker and took 535 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 1: off to run at the right times. He ran when 536 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 1: there was man coverage and there was nobody opening knew 537 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 1: everybody had his back, turn, took off and ran got 538 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:01,440 Speaker 1: important yardage. Think he wasn't afraid to go to targets 539 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 1: that weren't named Stefon Diggs if they were open. And 540 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:09,320 Speaker 1: even on those plays where there was nothing there, he 541 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 1: improvised and made the right decision down near the goal line, 542 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 1: taken off to run and then pitching it to knocks 543 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 1: in the end zone at the end of the game. 544 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 1: That was a great decision coming out on the bootleg 545 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,440 Speaker 1: on the fourth down play, the last one that he 546 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 1: converted and given Jamie Collins a little shimmy shake and 547 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 1: then slipping between two defenders. Every decision he made was great. 548 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,600 Speaker 1: I think that's where he's better this year. The things. 549 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: I'll give you three plays that I thought were difference 550 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 1: makers in that game that showed that he was a 551 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 1: different guy on Sunday than he had been one and 552 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 1: they were three throwaways. Two of the throwaways were on 553 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,560 Speaker 1: third down, I mean on second down that brought up 554 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,200 Speaker 1: a third and long, but he won. He was he 555 00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:58,600 Speaker 1: was going backwards, backward, backwards. He threw it out of 556 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 1: bounds on the Patriot's sideline. He did another one early 557 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 1: on in the game. He had a check down right 558 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 1: there and he threw it over his head into the 559 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,840 Speaker 1: bench area. Just let it go and the third one 560 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 1: was the one he threw out of the back of 561 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,920 Speaker 1: the end zone deep in at the end of the game, 562 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:14,040 Speaker 1: where they got a field goal out of it. Instead 563 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 1: of taking the sack he threw it away, he took 564 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 1: a field goal as a second field goal. I think 565 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 1: the Bills hit those three throwaways in a game where 566 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 1: he put the entire team on his back. Let you 567 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 1: know that he was at a different level. He wasn't 568 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 1: trying to tuck it down and run and make the 569 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:32,880 Speaker 1: you know, salvage. Every single play had to be a win. 570 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 1: You know, he threw the ball away three times in 571 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:39,480 Speaker 1: crucial moments where it was going to put him into 572 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 1: a deeper spot on third down. But at least it 573 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,440 Speaker 1: wasn't a deep, deep spot. Yeah, the one out of 574 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 1: the back of the end zone that he just chucked, 575 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:49,320 Speaker 1: he prevented himself from taking a sack and putting the 576 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,320 Speaker 1: team out of field goal range. That's a mistake he 577 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:53,480 Speaker 1: made four weeks ago. He's made it multiple times in 578 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:55,400 Speaker 1: his career, right, but he made it just four weeks ago. 579 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,160 Speaker 1: And my point is this is a better part of 580 00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 1: his game, I believe, But it wasn't at the beginning 581 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,760 Speaker 1: of the year. I think it's there is a maturation 582 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 1: and a learning curve here that happened in his fourth 583 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 1: season that's made him an even better quarterback right now 584 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:11,480 Speaker 1: than I think he was last year. We have to 585 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 1: take a break, but we come back. Josh Allen himself 586 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 1: will be talking. He's addressing the media after today's walk 587 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:21,480 Speaker 1: through practice. We'll bring his comments to you next here 588 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: on One Bill's Live, presented by Kalida Health. It's Buffalo 589 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:39,080 Speaker 1: Bill's Radio. All right, welcome back to One Bill's Live. 590 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,720 Speaker 1: Chris Brown speedcast review time now though for us to 591 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:46,640 Speaker 1: check in with Josh Allen, who addressed the media after 592 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:51,760 Speaker 1: today's walk through practice. He affected so many people throughout 593 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: his life, you know, for the better and you know 594 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:56,960 Speaker 1: he was one of the good ones. Keep saying great 595 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 1: things in upon his locker rooms, as have a good week. 596 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:06,440 Speaker 1: A Hey, Josh John Warrell, do you see war good seeing? You? 597 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: Um to pickyback off of your answer on the focus 598 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,280 Speaker 1: that you've had over the past couple of weeks. You 599 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:17,160 Speaker 1: know you're coming off in an emotional win, a big win, 600 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,520 Speaker 1: and how do you guard against or you know, how 601 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:23,080 Speaker 1: do you try to maintain that focus and guard against 602 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,880 Speaker 1: a letdown, you know at this crucial time, especially after 603 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,680 Speaker 1: the highs that you've got last weekend. Yeah. I mean 604 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:32,320 Speaker 1: we've talked about it before. Um, you know, every week 605 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 1: from here on out a playoff game. And that's how 606 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:38,000 Speaker 1: we're addressing this team. You know, this is this isn't 607 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 1: a team that it's gonna lay down. You know, they're 608 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 1: still in the playoff und as well. They're really good 609 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,480 Speaker 1: coach football team. They've got some playmakers on the defense. 610 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:48,440 Speaker 1: Inside of the ball, they've got you know, um, one 611 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:50,520 Speaker 1: of the great quarterbacks to play the game over there, 612 00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:53,680 Speaker 1: and Matt Ryan, who's um you have been playing really 613 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,320 Speaker 1: well as of late. And we gotta be we gotta 614 00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 1: be ready for whatever they throw at us, and we 615 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,400 Speaker 1: gotta put together an execute a good game plan in 616 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,440 Speaker 1: order to win this game. Because again it's a team 617 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 1: that they're hungry, they're going to be fighting. Um and 618 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,360 Speaker 1: uh again it's it's two teams that want something. We 619 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:14,120 Speaker 1: gotta go get it. And changing copics. Isaiah McKenzie. We 620 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:17,360 Speaker 1: all know his playful nature and you know him talking 621 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,800 Speaker 1: about being the face of the franchise and you're not 622 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:23,480 Speaker 1: and all this stuff, Um, what what does it say 623 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 1: about the confidence that he carries himself with it. I'm 624 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,680 Speaker 1: not saying he's overconfident, but just the confidence he carries 625 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 1: with himself, and how much you think it may have 626 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:34,600 Speaker 1: helped play a role in this up and down season 627 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:36,720 Speaker 1: that he had to be able to come off the bench, 628 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,320 Speaker 1: you know, after being bench two weeks to doing what 629 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:41,240 Speaker 1: he was capable of doing, to showing what he was 630 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:45,720 Speaker 1: capable of doing once again last weekend. Again, I think 631 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:47,880 Speaker 1: you've got to have a lot of confidence in yourself. 632 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 1: And he's one of those guys. I've got supreme confidence 633 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:52,400 Speaker 1: in himself and he's gonna let everybody know about it. 634 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:55,240 Speaker 1: But you know, as far as work ethic, you know 635 00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:57,960 Speaker 1: how he approaches his teammates, Um, you know, he's a 636 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,800 Speaker 1: he's a blue guy in the locker room. Guys love 637 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,440 Speaker 1: talking with him because he gets so key tod in 638 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,880 Speaker 1: arguments you know about basketball, football, baseball, you know, whatever 639 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:10,000 Speaker 1: you want to talk about, he's got to argue with you. Um. 640 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,440 Speaker 1: But again, he's competitive as heck, and that's what kind 641 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:15,760 Speaker 1: of makes him who he is. He's scrappy, he's hungry. Um, 642 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:17,520 Speaker 1: you know, he's got he's got a really cool upbringing 643 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:20,600 Speaker 1: and story behind him, and it's, uh, it's really cool 644 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:24,399 Speaker 1: when you see someone like that, Um, half success because 645 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:27,680 Speaker 1: again you find yourself rooting for for a guy like that, 646 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:29,839 Speaker 1: and um, he's been nothing but awesome. You know, he's 647 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 1: been here one, he's been one of my longer teammates here, 648 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,319 Speaker 1: you know, getting here my rookie year. Um, halfway through 649 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 1: the season and um, all he's done his work and 650 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,920 Speaker 1: put his head down and um, you know, take advantage 651 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:45,120 Speaker 1: of his opportunity opportunities. What does that mean to you? 652 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:47,960 Speaker 1: A blue guy? I mean I kind of I kind 653 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,120 Speaker 1: of have a definition of it myself. But you know, 654 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:52,239 Speaker 1: when it comes to Isaiah, who isn't you know, a 655 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:55,600 Speaker 1: star and yet wants to you know, every time he 656 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:57,200 Speaker 1: gets a chance, it seems to a show that he 657 00:34:57,600 --> 00:34:59,839 Speaker 1: can be a star. But what the glue guy part 658 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:03,440 Speaker 1: of And how important is that to have? What can 659 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:06,000 Speaker 1: you to find the quality? And how important is that 660 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:09,200 Speaker 1: to have that quality in that room? Yeah, it's extremely 661 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,880 Speaker 1: extremely important to have that. And the way I describe 662 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:14,480 Speaker 1: it is you can't walk in the locker room without 663 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:18,360 Speaker 1: hearing something from him. You know, he's constantly engaging with teammates, 664 00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:21,640 Speaker 1: having conversations and again Like I said, if you want 665 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:23,800 Speaker 1: to if you just want to vent and argue about something, 666 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,400 Speaker 1: you go to his locker and I'll argue with you forever. 667 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:34,320 Speaker 1: Great Tay, Josh, Hey, josh Um. You know Ryan Bates, 668 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:37,160 Speaker 1: he comes in and has the game that he had 669 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:39,680 Speaker 1: the other day. You've been around him a while since 670 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,400 Speaker 1: he's been here. What's it been like watching him kind 671 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:45,600 Speaker 1: of work while he waits his work ethic and then 672 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:47,839 Speaker 1: seeing it kind of play out the way that it did, 673 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:49,920 Speaker 1: especially given the fact that he had to move over 674 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:52,560 Speaker 1: to left guard halfway through the game. Yeah, I mean, 675 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:54,200 Speaker 1: you put me on the spot. He's sitting right next 676 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,200 Speaker 1: to me, So I guess I can't. I can't say 677 00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:58,680 Speaker 1: what I really want to say about this guy. No, 678 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:02,359 Speaker 1: m Bates is been awesome. Again, He's been been here 679 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:05,080 Speaker 1: a while learning the system and had, let you know, 680 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:07,000 Speaker 1: a little opportunity to go out there and kind of 681 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:09,400 Speaker 1: show what he's gotten. You know, it was awesome to 682 00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:12,560 Speaker 1: see him, as well as really the other four guys 683 00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:15,600 Speaker 1: go out there on this last game and put together 684 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:20,359 Speaker 1: a really solid I mean it was it was great 685 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,240 Speaker 1: to see how well those guys communicated and they played. 686 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:26,520 Speaker 1: But again, to your point, you know, with him how 687 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:28,440 Speaker 1: long he's been here and the opportunities that he's that 688 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:31,040 Speaker 1: he's gotten, and he to take advantage that opportunity this 689 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:34,279 Speaker 1: last weekend was huge and um, couldn't be happier for him. 690 00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:38,319 Speaker 1: And then from the quarterback position, how difficult is it 691 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,200 Speaker 1: for you, you know, having Isaiah have the game that 692 00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:42,960 Speaker 1: he has and probably wanted to get the ball more 693 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,560 Speaker 1: to him. With Cole being back, Gay being back, how 694 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:48,080 Speaker 1: tough is it gaming and game out to spread it up, 695 00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:52,560 Speaker 1: spread it around and get everybody involved. Um, you know, 696 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:54,800 Speaker 1: people want to make that a bigger deal than it 697 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:57,120 Speaker 1: needs to be. But whoever's on the field, you know, 698 00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:58,759 Speaker 1: if they're getting open, that's who we're gonna try to 699 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:02,600 Speaker 1: throw the ball too. And again, just finding ways to 700 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:06,480 Speaker 1: put our guys in successful positions and situations is you 701 00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:09,040 Speaker 1: know what Dave's is known for. And you know, our 702 00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:11,200 Speaker 1: guys are taking advantage of their opportunities. And again these 703 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:14,200 Speaker 1: next couple of weeks and leading into the playoffs, we've 704 00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:16,799 Speaker 1: got to be on top of our game. And you 705 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:20,360 Speaker 1: know it's it's it's playoff playoff season from here on 706 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,520 Speaker 1: out for us. And we know we understand that they 707 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,279 Speaker 1: jas can you hear me? Yep? I got you perfect. 708 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:27,400 Speaker 1: With all that Emmanuel Sanders has gone through in this 709 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,920 Speaker 1: past month, for him still to be able to contribute 710 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:31,799 Speaker 1: in this offense, what does that say about him as 711 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:35,520 Speaker 1: a pro and as a person. Yeah, he's again, he's 712 00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:38,080 Speaker 1: the guy in the locker room that he doesn't care 713 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:40,080 Speaker 1: about how many touches he gets, how many yards or 714 00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:42,640 Speaker 1: touchdowns he gets. You know, all he wants to do 715 00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:44,839 Speaker 1: is win football games and help this team win football games, 716 00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:47,440 Speaker 1: no matter what role he may play, you know. And 717 00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:50,640 Speaker 1: we've seen him this year be the first read and 718 00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:53,279 Speaker 1: a lot of routes and a couple of games, you know, 719 00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:56,800 Speaker 1: he's multiple touchdown guy and a hundred plush yard games 720 00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:58,680 Speaker 1: and then we've seen him kind of be the role player. 721 00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:01,439 Speaker 1: And again he's just he's here for whatever the team 722 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:03,640 Speaker 1: needs him to be. Um, and I love him. I 723 00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,080 Speaker 1: love his approach to the game right now. And um, 724 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:08,279 Speaker 1: you know, he's made me a better quarterback and he's 725 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:11,080 Speaker 1: taught me so many different things throughout this season and 726 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:13,120 Speaker 1: he continues to do so. And then we're gonna need 727 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:14,640 Speaker 1: him going forwar. We're gonna need all all of our 728 00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:17,879 Speaker 1: guys going forward. But him especially, thank you, Happy New Year, 729 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:21,719 Speaker 1: thank you as well. Yeah you hear me, Okay, yep, 730 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,840 Speaker 1: I gotcha, Sorry about that before my bed. Um you 731 00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:26,879 Speaker 1: talk about, you know, wanting to make or learning about 732 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,879 Speaker 1: getting to the checkdown receivers more. You did that real well, 733 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:31,680 Speaker 1: it's seemed like early in that Patrios game. Do you 734 00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:33,680 Speaker 1: think that's one of the best games you've had in 735 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:37,520 Speaker 1: terms of that particular discipline so far this year? I'd 736 00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:42,280 Speaker 1: say so, um, just in terms of targets, all placement 737 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:44,399 Speaker 1: and how quickly I got it to the running backs. 738 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:46,799 Speaker 1: But again takes two to tango. They were getting out 739 00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:49,040 Speaker 1: quick in this uh you know, the deep cover zones 740 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:51,480 Speaker 1: that they were playing, giving me good body language, and 741 00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:53,880 Speaker 1: when they were catching the ball, especially Motor, just the 742 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:56,480 Speaker 1: ability to turn and getting north as quickly as possible 743 00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:59,120 Speaker 1: and skips the third down. So um, that was really 744 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:01,400 Speaker 1: good to see that something we've been practicing for for 745 00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:05,040 Speaker 1: a while and to see Motor put that into actual 746 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:07,400 Speaker 1: game play. That's gonna be huge for us going forward 747 00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:10,160 Speaker 1: when teams want to start playing this deep zone and um, 748 00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:12,360 Speaker 1: you know, he's got to be a really big threat 749 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:15,480 Speaker 1: for us, and he was this last game. Sean pointed 750 00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:17,279 Speaker 1: out that first, I think the first or second play 751 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:19,480 Speaker 1: where where Motor caught the ball and then bowled over 752 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:21,759 Speaker 1: two guys on the sideline for first down. Sean called 753 00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:24,080 Speaker 1: it one of his favorite plays of the year for you. 754 00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:25,520 Speaker 1: You know what kind of a tone setter was that 755 00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,600 Speaker 1: in the game. And then also with Devin, you know, 756 00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:29,920 Speaker 1: what have you seen from the last couple of two 757 00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,359 Speaker 1: three weeks? That's you know, Sean said, he's elevated his game. 758 00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:34,759 Speaker 1: Where have you seen that as well? Yeah, I mean 759 00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:37,520 Speaker 1: again that that first second play, really but the first 760 00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:39,800 Speaker 1: touch that he got to catch the ball at a 761 00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:41,759 Speaker 1: yard deep and then to go get a first down 762 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:45,040 Speaker 1: with two or three guys trying to tackle him, I mean, 763 00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:47,279 Speaker 1: it set the tone for sure for us. We see that, 764 00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:49,360 Speaker 1: and we see how hungry some of our guys are, 765 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:53,040 Speaker 1: how much how much we wanted that game. And again 766 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:57,120 Speaker 1: these last three weeks four weeks, Devin's been just unbelievable 767 00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:59,319 Speaker 1: in terms of when he gets his opportunities, he makes 768 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:02,120 Speaker 1: the most of them. And I alluded to this after 769 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:05,200 Speaker 1: the game, but you watch Devin on any single play, 770 00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:07,720 Speaker 1: whether he has the ball or not, he is rushing 771 00:40:07,719 --> 00:40:11,600 Speaker 1: down field, he is finding work m blocking somebody following 772 00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:14,640 Speaker 1: the ball, you know, picking somebody up after the play, 773 00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:18,760 Speaker 1: like he just does everything the right way. And it's again, 774 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:20,120 Speaker 1: We've got a lot of guys on this team that 775 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,160 Speaker 1: do that, and you can't just be so happy when 776 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:25,839 Speaker 1: they have success and Motors definitely one of those guys 777 00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:28,520 Speaker 1: where again, he's not gonna complain if he doesn't get 778 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:31,640 Speaker 1: his touches, and he's not gonna cry when he doesn't 779 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:33,640 Speaker 1: get touchdowns. You know, all he wants to do is 780 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,040 Speaker 1: be on the field, make plays for this team and 781 00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:38,480 Speaker 1: celebrate with everybody in the end zone. Because you see 782 00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:41,319 Speaker 1: it time and time again. Hi Josh is Nick Carroll 783 00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:45,239 Speaker 1: from Sports Illustrated. Well, um, you're receiving depth. I guess 784 00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:48,080 Speaker 1: has been pretty obvious, especially these last few weeks. And 785 00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:51,600 Speaker 1: but now it looks like, you know, barring any kind 786 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,680 Speaker 1: of setback, you know you're gonna have everybody together maybe 787 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,960 Speaker 1: for the and you know, you're there's only one football 788 00:40:57,960 --> 00:40:59,560 Speaker 1: to go around. Is that kind of a challenge to 789 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,839 Speaker 1: try to, you know, keep everybody happy. I know you 790 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:06,000 Speaker 1: mentioned how unselfish these guys are, but um, and maybe 791 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,279 Speaker 1: this is more of a question for Daves, but uh, 792 00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:11,000 Speaker 1: you know, Uh, you're you're gonna be a full strength 793 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:12,680 Speaker 1: and now all of a sudden, you have you know, 794 00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:17,200 Speaker 1: Gabe and I say it and everybody else and uh 795 00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:20,040 Speaker 1: and you're you know, you're running backs and uh and 796 00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:23,200 Speaker 1: one football. Yeah, I mean, I think I don't know 797 00:41:23,239 --> 00:41:24,960 Speaker 1: the exact stat of how many times we threw it 798 00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:27,600 Speaker 1: last week, but I think it was upwards of forty 799 00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:30,520 Speaker 1: forty five times. And um, you know, we know that 800 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:32,520 Speaker 1: we're a team that likes to throw the ball. So 801 00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:35,200 Speaker 1: there's opportunities out there for everybody, and um, we just 802 00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:36,719 Speaker 1: got to make the most of them. You know, when 803 00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:40,920 Speaker 1: when guys are in certain plays, certain situations, Um, and 804 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:43,640 Speaker 1: they understand that. You know, I'm not trying to force 805 00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:45,759 Speaker 1: feed anybody. I'm just trying to find the open guy 806 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:49,280 Speaker 1: and give them a shot to make plays. So, um, again, 807 00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:51,600 Speaker 1: it's it's a luxury to have this type of many 808 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:55,000 Speaker 1: mini weapons, and um, guys that are able to make 809 00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:56,919 Speaker 1: plays and wanting to make plays. And I think that's 810 00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:58,839 Speaker 1: that's the main thing with guys that want to make 811 00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:01,040 Speaker 1: these plays, which I'd rather have it that way than 812 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:04,400 Speaker 1: the other way. All Right. That's Josh Allen addressing the 813 00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:07,160 Speaker 1: media after today's walk through practice. We have to take 814 00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:08,759 Speaker 1: a break. When we come back, we'll get to your 815 00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:12,160 Speaker 1: phone calls. At eight oh three five fifty, we're asking 816 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:15,760 Speaker 1: you what area of Josh Allen's game might be even 817 00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:18,640 Speaker 1: better than last year. We're back in a second here 818 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:20,480 Speaker 1: on One Bill's Live presented by Collot of Health. It's 819 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:36,960 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio Bills Mafia. 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Yeah, we 827 00:42:57,800 --> 00:43:00,279 Speaker 1: are not eligible, so get in on that while you can. 828 00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:02,200 Speaker 1: We want to go to the phones though, at eight 829 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:05,560 Speaker 1: o three oh five fifty one fifty two five fifty, 830 00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:07,839 Speaker 1: where you think Josh Allen's game is better this year 831 00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:10,640 Speaker 1: than it was even last year. We lead off with 832 00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:15,160 Speaker 1: Charles and Clarence. What do you got for us? Charles? Yeah, 833 00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:19,640 Speaker 1: I guys, um, I actually really believe it's his leadership, 834 00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:23,760 Speaker 1: in his in his fourth year and he set leadership. 835 00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:26,640 Speaker 1: But his growth rate really and everything and all his 836 00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:30,279 Speaker 1: skills has been tremendous. And that's something you know, it's 837 00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:32,640 Speaker 1: such a mystery when you drap somebody. Yeah, they have 838 00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:34,399 Speaker 1: all these skills, but are they going to get better? 839 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:36,560 Speaker 1: Are they going to grow in all these areas? And 840 00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:40,160 Speaker 1: this guy really has, He's chucked all the boxes. But 841 00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:44,120 Speaker 1: I heard Isaiah say something yesterday about going to war. 842 00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:47,000 Speaker 1: I think he said, I feel like we're gonna have 843 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:48,759 Speaker 1: some violence out there. I think what he was really 844 00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:50,879 Speaker 1: doing and Isaiah caught it, and I'm sure some other 845 00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:55,239 Speaker 1: clothes to two is that we set that bar really high. 846 00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:57,239 Speaker 1: He was going up there and you guys got to 847 00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:00,640 Speaker 1: come with me. And I think they did it, and 848 00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:02,719 Speaker 1: you know, I forgot to do that in year one, 849 00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:04,600 Speaker 1: Year two. You know, he made it a little bit. 850 00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:06,919 Speaker 1: But they've watched him though. They see what he gives 851 00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:08,759 Speaker 1: on the field and what he says, we're going out 852 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:12,080 Speaker 1: there and we're going to war. It means a lot 853 00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:15,880 Speaker 1: to him. And I think, so I think leadership is 854 00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:19,839 Speaker 1: really so he's really wanting to be a really great leader. 855 00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:22,440 Speaker 1: I think, yeah, all right, Charles, good call. I think 856 00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:25,440 Speaker 1: Josh has always had that in him. It comes to 857 00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:28,600 Speaker 1: him naturally, and having seen and covered a lot of 858 00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:32,440 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks that played here, that is not always the case. 859 00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:39,520 Speaker 1: J p. Lassman was a quarterback who was very talented, 860 00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:44,280 Speaker 1: but in terms of the leadership responsibilities of the position 861 00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:47,239 Speaker 1: a quarterback, I'm not saying he was put in the 862 00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:49,319 Speaker 1: best spot because he was a young guy with some 863 00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:52,280 Speaker 1: older players and it's tough to lead when you're unproven. 864 00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:55,480 Speaker 1: But I thought I always felt he struggled with that 865 00:44:55,719 --> 00:44:59,919 Speaker 1: part of the responsibility of playing quarterback. Trent Edwards saying, 866 00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:05,040 Speaker 1: problem really struggled handling the leadership in the room. Aspect 867 00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:09,480 Speaker 1: of being a quarterback for this football team. Ryan Fitzpatrick 868 00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:13,439 Speaker 1: came naturally to him right Gregarious in the locker room, 869 00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:17,440 Speaker 1: could relate to anybody offense, defense, special teams, defense, if lineman, 870 00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:21,000 Speaker 1: wide receivers, tight ends. He could interact with anybody and 871 00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:23,920 Speaker 1: make him feel like that guy's my bud, you know 872 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:27,040 Speaker 1: that kind of thing. Josh is the same way. He 873 00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:31,600 Speaker 1: can touch every part of this football team effortlessly, and 874 00:45:31,719 --> 00:45:35,759 Speaker 1: because of that relationship building, it makes it easier for 875 00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:38,720 Speaker 1: him to lead on the field. Now, obviously he's established 876 00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:41,480 Speaker 1: it's even that much easier. But that has to come 877 00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:45,000 Speaker 1: naturally to a guy, I think, because it can't. You 878 00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:48,200 Speaker 1: can't manufacture that, right. That's one of the reasons that 879 00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:50,720 Speaker 1: the team I was on got And you look back 880 00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:54,440 Speaker 1: across the years at different great quarterbacks, they all have 881 00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:58,239 Speaker 1: that about them. The way their team relates to them 882 00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:00,440 Speaker 1: is very important to their success, and it's one of 883 00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:03,360 Speaker 1: the big reasons for their contributing factors towards their success. 884 00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:08,360 Speaker 1: Jim Kelly in Buffalo, it was we just knew innately. 885 00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:12,799 Speaker 1: He worked really hard in practice, and he wore his 886 00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:18,160 Speaker 1: emotions on his sleeve, and but his whole personality was 887 00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:20,719 Speaker 1: rooted in the fact that he wanted us to us 888 00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:24,080 Speaker 1: to win. He wanted all of us to win. He 889 00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:27,359 Speaker 1: worked very hard at it and was not hesitant to 890 00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:29,480 Speaker 1: call somebody out for not playing well or doing this 891 00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:32,799 Speaker 1: because he and guys lived with it and loved it. 892 00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:34,880 Speaker 1: Because he'd do it to himself. He goes, He's the 893 00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:38,120 Speaker 1: only great quarterback I've ever been around at that time 894 00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:41,520 Speaker 1: I've ever been around that would say, oh, my gosh, 895 00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:44,279 Speaker 1: I screwed that up. That's my bad, my bad. As 896 00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:47,000 Speaker 1: a crap throw. That was a bad throw I shouldn't 897 00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:49,879 Speaker 1: have done. That's my bad' And that goes a long 898 00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:52,040 Speaker 1: way towards guys. Well, if he's taken ownership of it, 899 00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:54,840 Speaker 1: I will because I know this. I've I've seen it 900 00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:57,600 Speaker 1: and heard it from another a lot of quarterbacks back 901 00:46:57,640 --> 00:47:01,520 Speaker 1: in that era, from Dan Marino tol Way to Dan Fauster, 902 00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:04,360 Speaker 1: that go down the list, and it wasn't always the 903 00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:06,640 Speaker 1: case for them. They led a different way. Something tells 904 00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:09,480 Speaker 1: me it wasn't always Dan's fault very much, right, Dan, 905 00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:13,319 Speaker 1: We'll tell you that because I love Dan, but he's 906 00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:15,680 Speaker 1: that's the way he was and it worked for him. Okay. 907 00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:18,839 Speaker 1: But that's one of the things I think about that 908 00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:23,319 Speaker 1: is probably the most closely related between Jim Kelly and 909 00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:26,239 Speaker 1: Josh Allen is the fact that Josh is very self 910 00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:30,239 Speaker 1: aware those guys he'll put he'll put it on his shoulders. 911 00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:33,919 Speaker 1: He's I got, let's go, and the guys just want 912 00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:36,680 Speaker 1: to jump on with him. They just want to And 913 00:47:36,760 --> 00:47:39,359 Speaker 1: when he comes up short, he owns it. Yes, that's 914 00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:41,839 Speaker 1: the other thing that's exactly very self aware about where 915 00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:44,400 Speaker 1: he comes up short personally, and he's not afraid to 916 00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:46,360 Speaker 1: voice him. I mean, this story came to me, and 917 00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:48,680 Speaker 1: I'll tell you this. This is one legendary story that 918 00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:51,080 Speaker 1: this is the difference between being a great quarterback and 919 00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:54,319 Speaker 1: being a legendary quarterback. So I watched football growing up, 920 00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:56,400 Speaker 1: and this is my quarterback when I played was legendary. 921 00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:59,399 Speaker 1: Jim So I grew up and he were watching John 922 00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:01,759 Speaker 1: Elway watch and Dan Marino, and he got all these guys, 923 00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:04,200 Speaker 1: even warned Moon that I played with and Joe, all 924 00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:06,480 Speaker 1: these guys. Okay, so all these guys, Dan fouls, they throw, 925 00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:11,359 Speaker 1: they throw an interception, what do they do? Some of them, 926 00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:13,160 Speaker 1: like Dan, once in a while he'd be so mad 927 00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:15,720 Speaker 1: he'd just take his unsnap his chin strap. He's walking 928 00:48:15,719 --> 00:48:17,719 Speaker 1: off the field. The play still going on. You know, 929 00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:19,600 Speaker 1: guy's still trying to run it back. He's walking off 930 00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:23,000 Speaker 1: the field, disgusted. Dan fouls, He unsnapped the chin strap. 931 00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:26,560 Speaker 1: He's walking off. He's disgusted. He doesn't even look at it. 932 00:48:26,719 --> 00:48:30,439 Speaker 1: Elway he'll kind of jog halfway, jog over and kind 933 00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:31,880 Speaker 1: of like try and get the guy to corral. He 934 00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:33,759 Speaker 1: don't want to get it mixed up, right, he doesn't 935 00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:35,759 Speaker 1: want to do that right, All that stuff, all these 936 00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:38,200 Speaker 1: guys doing that, that's they're just so discussed. Was throwing 937 00:48:38,239 --> 00:48:40,279 Speaker 1: an interception on Let me just tell you a story 938 00:48:40,320 --> 00:48:42,600 Speaker 1: I saw on the internet the other day. I remembered 939 00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:44,319 Speaker 1: it because it happened right in front of me. Jim 940 00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:48,919 Speaker 1: throws an interception in this in high Mark. Guys coming 941 00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:55,480 Speaker 1: down our sideline, Jim breaks his leg, both bones and 942 00:48:55,520 --> 00:49:00,719 Speaker 1: his lower leg. Boom. That's legendary. He doesn't get off 943 00:49:00,719 --> 00:49:02,799 Speaker 1: and disgusted and walk off. He breaks the guy's leg. 944 00:49:03,360 --> 00:49:05,880 Speaker 1: That's the difference between being a great quarterback and being 945 00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:09,880 Speaker 1: a legendary. Okay, I'll buy that for a dollar. We 946 00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:13,640 Speaker 1: have to break here because coming up is that legendary 947 00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:15,759 Speaker 1: guy himself, Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly going to 948 00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:18,640 Speaker 1: join us next. We'll get his thoughts where he thinks 949 00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:22,319 Speaker 1: Josh Allen's game maybe even better this year than it 950 00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:25,160 Speaker 1: was last year. Jim Kelly, the Hall of Famer coming 951 00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:27,080 Speaker 1: up next year. On One Bill's Live, presented by Colli 952 00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:49,160 Speaker 1: to Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio at a Steve Tasker 953 00:49:49,239 --> 00:49:51,920 Speaker 1: who has been all over the field. Kind of unique. 954 00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:54,160 Speaker 1: He was kind of a dual role of leader for Steve. 955 00:49:55,560 --> 00:50:00,480 Speaker 1: Steve a blimp. We're not even in this trap tear 956 00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:06,120 Speaker 1: of normalcy. All right, here we are our number two 957 00:50:06,120 --> 00:50:08,600 Speaker 1: on a Wednesday, Chris Brown, Steve tasking with you, and 958 00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:11,239 Speaker 1: please to be joined at this time by the Hall 959 00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:15,359 Speaker 1: of Famer Jim Kelly joining us on the line now. 960 00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:19,120 Speaker 1: And Jim Steve was just talking about the difference between 961 00:50:19,200 --> 00:50:22,600 Speaker 1: quarterbacks being great and legendary, and then he immediately referenced 962 00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:27,080 Speaker 1: your tackle after an interception on one Anthony Phillips, which 963 00:50:27,120 --> 00:50:29,360 Speaker 1: is kind of appropriate considering the Bills are playing the 964 00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:32,680 Speaker 1: Falcons this week. This is back in ninety five. How 965 00:50:32,719 --> 00:50:37,640 Speaker 1: well do you remember the play? Well, the bad part 966 00:50:37,640 --> 00:50:41,560 Speaker 1: I remembered, but it was an interception, and of course, 967 00:50:41,600 --> 00:50:44,080 Speaker 1: you know, nobody, nobody ever wants to do something to 968 00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:48,279 Speaker 1: room somebody's career and offs monsters of injury. And I just, uh, 969 00:50:49,040 --> 00:50:53,680 Speaker 1: Steve well knows that when it comes to interceptions, I'm 970 00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:56,440 Speaker 1: not going to run away from it. I'm going at him. 971 00:50:56,440 --> 00:50:58,319 Speaker 1: I'm gonna try to stop him from doing what he's 972 00:50:58,360 --> 00:51:00,840 Speaker 1: got to do. And there's my fault if I threw it. 973 00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:02,840 Speaker 1: But you know, it was one of those things, and 974 00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:05,759 Speaker 1: that's one thing you never wanted to see. And that's 975 00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:10,719 Speaker 1: how out I had to turn my head but uh, yeah, 976 00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:13,080 Speaker 1: it is what it is. And you know, I'm just 977 00:51:13,160 --> 00:51:15,960 Speaker 1: glad I didn't have to do that a lot. Yeah, 978 00:51:15,960 --> 00:51:18,919 Speaker 1: exactly that. And I was just comparing it because there's 979 00:51:18,920 --> 00:51:21,200 Speaker 1: some of those some of the quarterbacks of our generation 980 00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:28,440 Speaker 1: like Dan and like like John elway Um earlier in 981 00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:30,640 Speaker 1: our careers with Dan Faux when he was still playing 982 00:51:31,239 --> 00:51:35,160 Speaker 1: even Montana, and nobody. None of those quarterbacks would chase 983 00:51:35,200 --> 00:51:37,520 Speaker 1: down it. They may would like move over there or whatever. 984 00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:40,000 Speaker 1: They never tried to make a tackle. They were always 985 00:51:40,040 --> 00:51:41,399 Speaker 1: ducking at it. You were the only one that kind 986 00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:43,480 Speaker 1: of went after the guy because it you were. You 987 00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:46,920 Speaker 1: were I think the angriest after interceptions of any quarterback 988 00:51:46,920 --> 00:51:48,680 Speaker 1: in the league. And I think that's why you ended 989 00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:53,040 Speaker 1: up breaking Anthony Phillips's leg. Well, you know, one of 990 00:51:53,120 --> 00:51:56,160 Speaker 1: the reasons I I, you know, always go after you know, 991 00:51:56,360 --> 00:51:59,640 Speaker 1: whether seerships or whatever, is because I grew up in 992 00:51:59,640 --> 00:52:03,279 Speaker 1: a fire, your six boys, and it didn't matter. You're 993 00:52:03,280 --> 00:52:05,359 Speaker 1: gonna get the fight a few times here and there, 994 00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:07,839 Speaker 1: and you just have to go back at it. And 995 00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:11,959 Speaker 1: I just know that I want you to do my part. 996 00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:15,120 Speaker 1: And I know nowadays J probably tell the quarterback just 997 00:52:15,520 --> 00:52:17,640 Speaker 1: get away from it don't even try to do that. 998 00:52:18,040 --> 00:52:19,920 Speaker 1: But back in our day, it's one of those things 999 00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:23,439 Speaker 1: where you through the interception. If you are able to 1000 00:52:23,480 --> 00:52:27,239 Speaker 1: stop a touchdown or a major game, then you will 1001 00:52:27,360 --> 00:52:30,799 Speaker 1: do that. And you're right, there's alway might have been 1002 00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:33,239 Speaker 1: able to do or he might have done that. Renoe, man, 1003 00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:36,720 Speaker 1: he couldn't catch a fly if you try. Montan pretty 1004 00:52:36,800 --> 00:52:39,960 Speaker 1: much the same way. But they're a quarterback. You probably 1005 00:52:39,960 --> 00:52:42,839 Speaker 1: would have done what I did, but not many. Yeah, 1006 00:52:42,840 --> 00:52:44,759 Speaker 1: and Joe was a little guy. He wasn't a big guy, 1007 00:52:44,760 --> 00:52:46,080 Speaker 1: so I don't think he'd want to be mixing it 1008 00:52:46,160 --> 00:52:50,360 Speaker 1: up too much. So, Jim, topic of conversation today that 1009 00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:54,600 Speaker 1: we're having with the listening audience, where might what area 1010 00:52:54,600 --> 00:52:57,839 Speaker 1: of Josh Allen's game might be even better this year 1011 00:52:58,600 --> 00:53:01,200 Speaker 1: than it was last year? Because I thought last week, Jim, 1012 00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:04,359 Speaker 1: that that Josh took a step that's the quickest I've 1013 00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:08,360 Speaker 1: ever seen him go to checkdowns. He threw the ball 1014 00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:10,680 Speaker 1: away when he was in trouble instead of taking a 1015 00:53:10,719 --> 00:53:13,439 Speaker 1: sack and moving his team out of field goal range, 1016 00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:15,600 Speaker 1: which is something he was still doing just a month ago. 1017 00:53:16,120 --> 00:53:19,120 Speaker 1: So where where do you think Josh's game maybe even 1018 00:53:19,160 --> 00:53:23,520 Speaker 1: better this year than last year. Well, it depends. At 1019 00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:26,440 Speaker 1: the beginning of the season, I'm like, Okay, what's you doing. 1020 00:53:26,520 --> 00:53:28,520 Speaker 1: I mean, take what they give you. I mean, always 1021 00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:31,200 Speaker 1: trying to get the big play. And then there'll be 1022 00:53:31,239 --> 00:53:33,560 Speaker 1: a couple of games that he didn't and then your 1023 00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:36,080 Speaker 1: couple games that he didn't do it. So I always 1024 00:53:36,280 --> 00:53:38,840 Speaker 1: was wondering which game was when he was going to 1025 00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:41,600 Speaker 1: step up and really understand what he's got to do. 1026 00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:45,520 Speaker 1: Number one, to stay healthy. I think when you are 1027 00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:50,279 Speaker 1: a quarterback and you start going through your progressions and 1028 00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:53,000 Speaker 1: you start dumping off when you have to, you don't 1029 00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:56,120 Speaker 1: have to worry about running it. But with Josh, he's 1030 00:53:56,160 --> 00:53:58,440 Speaker 1: such a great athlete. He knows it. He knows what 1031 00:53:58,520 --> 00:54:00,560 Speaker 1: he can do with his legs, and we all know 1032 00:54:00,600 --> 00:54:02,840 Speaker 1: what he can do with his legs. I think the 1033 00:54:02,960 --> 00:54:05,239 Speaker 1: Polish wants him to be able to come off that 1034 00:54:05,320 --> 00:54:08,440 Speaker 1: first one, pull it down and you know they can 1035 00:54:08,520 --> 00:54:10,680 Speaker 1: say what they want and Steve will be raised there 1036 00:54:10,719 --> 00:54:14,040 Speaker 1: with me. With this one. Every defensive prayer would love 1037 00:54:14,080 --> 00:54:17,160 Speaker 1: to hit him health as far as not dirty, but 1038 00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:19,520 Speaker 1: hard enough that would put him out of the game. 1039 00:54:19,719 --> 00:54:21,960 Speaker 1: There's no doubt. I mean, if anybody tells you that 1040 00:54:22,040 --> 00:54:25,640 Speaker 1: they would not try to hurt a quarterback, especially one 1041 00:54:25,719 --> 00:54:30,680 Speaker 1: with Josh as caliber. They are lying. I know that's 1042 00:54:30,680 --> 00:54:32,399 Speaker 1: the same way I was when I was whether it's 1043 00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:35,760 Speaker 1: high school, whatever, I when I played defense in high school, 1044 00:54:35,840 --> 00:54:37,719 Speaker 1: I wanted to hit that guy so hard it would 1045 00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:39,000 Speaker 1: knock him out of the game. You don't want to 1046 00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:41,840 Speaker 1: knock macho. You know. He missed the rest of the the season, 1047 00:54:41,880 --> 00:54:44,880 Speaker 1: but enough to know that he knows you are there. 1048 00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:48,040 Speaker 1: And I think Josh one of the things that he's 1049 00:54:48,040 --> 00:54:50,920 Speaker 1: getting better at is dumping it off when he has to. 1050 00:54:51,160 --> 00:54:54,040 Speaker 1: And sometimes I think the other I'm talking to him. 1051 00:54:54,160 --> 00:54:57,000 Speaker 1: Last week, I stopped over and I said, you know 1052 00:54:57,040 --> 00:55:00,440 Speaker 1: what starts giving it to the guys, or run after catches, 1053 00:55:00,480 --> 00:55:03,040 Speaker 1: you know, let them run with it after they've catch 1054 00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:04,600 Speaker 1: you. You You don't need to be run so much. Just 1055 00:55:05,600 --> 00:55:09,600 Speaker 1: doesn't only, I guess I should say, And not only 1056 00:55:09,719 --> 00:55:12,960 Speaker 1: frightens me sometimes, I'm sure every single person will watching 1057 00:55:13,320 --> 00:55:16,120 Speaker 1: they're part of Bills mafia. When it's you, Josh running, 1058 00:55:16,160 --> 00:55:19,000 Speaker 1: they're like, oh no, oh no, get down. So I 1059 00:55:19,120 --> 00:55:21,640 Speaker 1: did it? What do you you You've I don't know 1060 00:55:21,680 --> 00:55:24,680 Speaker 1: if you ever went through this too much, But the 1061 00:55:24,719 --> 00:55:27,719 Speaker 1: Bills ran three wides a lot. In the K gun 1062 00:55:27,760 --> 00:55:31,040 Speaker 1: you had Andre Beabs and James Lofton or whoever the 1063 00:55:31,080 --> 00:55:35,400 Speaker 1: combination might have been. But uh, the Bills right now 1064 00:55:35,719 --> 00:55:37,719 Speaker 1: have a problem. It's kind of a good problem to have. 1065 00:55:37,840 --> 00:55:40,160 Speaker 1: They got Cole Beasley, who has made who's contributed and 1066 00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:42,880 Speaker 1: made a lot of really tough catches as really dependable. 1067 00:55:43,160 --> 00:55:45,600 Speaker 1: You got Steph Digs, who's the top receiver in the NFL. 1068 00:55:45,800 --> 00:55:49,080 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders who's been a starter and progressing and contributed 1069 00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:52,239 Speaker 1: on a regular basis. Now you got Isaiah McKenzie and 1070 00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:55,080 Speaker 1: Gabriel Davis. Both those guys whenever they've gotten a chance, 1071 00:55:55,320 --> 00:55:59,239 Speaker 1: they have like almost overperformed when they've gotten in. It's 1072 00:55:59,239 --> 00:56:01,239 Speaker 1: been amazing to see how those guys have done it. 1073 00:56:01,640 --> 00:56:04,759 Speaker 1: What's your advice to either Brian Dave All, Sean McDermott, 1074 00:56:04,840 --> 00:56:07,640 Speaker 1: Josh all this. How do you handle the fact that 1075 00:56:07,800 --> 00:56:10,560 Speaker 1: you can only put three or four guys on at 1076 00:56:10,560 --> 00:56:12,439 Speaker 1: the same time? What do you do and how would 1077 00:56:12,480 --> 00:56:16,720 Speaker 1: you handle that? Bob Liners Josh has to feel comfortable 1078 00:56:16,719 --> 00:56:19,720 Speaker 1: with whatever receivers are in there, and if you feel 1079 00:56:19,840 --> 00:56:22,279 Speaker 1: the same about pretty much all of them, then you 1080 00:56:22,360 --> 00:56:25,959 Speaker 1: don't change one thing. I mean I've always knew old 1081 00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:29,200 Speaker 1: Stop Mkendy was a heck of a receivers quick. I 1082 00:56:29,320 --> 00:56:32,200 Speaker 1: still don't understand why they took him off the return 1083 00:56:32,239 --> 00:56:34,719 Speaker 1: because to me, he was unbelievable. I know there's some 1084 00:56:35,400 --> 00:56:37,480 Speaker 1: rumors out there the reason, but I'll tell you what. 1085 00:56:37,560 --> 00:56:41,040 Speaker 1: The kid is exciting he gets it done. Davis, I 1086 00:56:41,080 --> 00:56:46,000 Speaker 1: would just rotate, keep healthy, and keep a fresh wide 1087 00:56:46,040 --> 00:56:50,360 Speaker 1: receiver out there as long as you know Josh feels 1088 00:56:50,360 --> 00:56:53,200 Speaker 1: comfortable that they all are on the same page. And 1089 00:56:53,280 --> 00:56:56,480 Speaker 1: you know that's also Steves. You have to be on 1090 00:56:56,600 --> 00:56:59,239 Speaker 1: the same page with your receivers because if you're thinking 1091 00:56:59,239 --> 00:57:01,239 Speaker 1: you're gonna throw the back children passed to him and 1092 00:57:01,280 --> 00:57:04,600 Speaker 1: he's not ready for it and then wasted playing. I 1093 00:57:04,640 --> 00:57:07,080 Speaker 1: remember when andre Um gun Hunter, it was you and 1094 00:57:07,120 --> 00:57:10,880 Speaker 1: Billy Brooks came in and there was not one time 1095 00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:14,240 Speaker 1: where I thought, oh man, I can't believe this is happening. 1096 00:57:14,600 --> 00:57:16,360 Speaker 1: And Steve, I know you get tired of hearing me 1097 00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:19,080 Speaker 1: say this, but I wish you would have been one 1098 00:57:19,080 --> 00:57:22,280 Speaker 1: of my wide receivers and we would have ran for wide. 1099 00:57:22,320 --> 00:57:24,880 Speaker 1: You off. But the reason what he didn't be quite 1100 00:57:25,000 --> 00:57:27,440 Speaker 1: because we had such a good running game and we 1101 00:57:27,480 --> 00:57:30,240 Speaker 1: needed that tight end in in order to block. So 1102 00:57:30,320 --> 00:57:33,320 Speaker 1: we were more like, what sixty five thirty five something 1103 00:57:33,360 --> 00:57:36,280 Speaker 1: like that to run to pass or sixty five forty whatever, 1104 00:57:36,360 --> 00:57:40,360 Speaker 1: sixty forty, but to bomb Ryan, is they gay or blessed? 1105 00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:42,760 Speaker 1: They have a lot of receivers can step right in 1106 00:57:43,520 --> 00:57:46,280 Speaker 1: and that might be the biggest difference. You know, when 1107 00:57:46,320 --> 00:57:48,880 Speaker 1: people try to compare this offense to the offense you 1108 00:57:48,880 --> 00:57:53,920 Speaker 1: guys ran, their running game isn't as prolific as yours was. Um, 1109 00:57:54,240 --> 00:57:55,960 Speaker 1: you guys had a Hall of Famer running back. That 1110 00:57:56,000 --> 00:58:00,720 Speaker 1: always helps. But you know the situation here now, Singletary 1111 00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:04,320 Speaker 1: has kind of established himself as the primary ball carrier. 1112 00:58:04,360 --> 00:58:07,800 Speaker 1: It was big time committee stuff earlier in the season, 1113 00:58:07,840 --> 00:58:10,280 Speaker 1: and he's kind of emerged here. Jim. I know he's 1114 00:58:10,280 --> 00:58:13,680 Speaker 1: not getting a ton of carries now, but he's made 1115 00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:17,160 Speaker 1: the run game at least functional to a point where 1116 00:58:17,160 --> 00:58:20,680 Speaker 1: the defenses at least have to respect it. How much 1117 00:58:20,680 --> 00:58:24,920 Speaker 1: of a difference can that make for this passing game? Huge? 1118 00:58:24,960 --> 00:58:27,080 Speaker 1: And the thing is, I don't think they give him 1119 00:58:27,200 --> 00:58:31,000 Speaker 1: enough credit. I don't think they give him enough opportunities. 1120 00:58:31,400 --> 00:58:33,840 Speaker 1: I think if they did, I think they can get 1121 00:58:33,840 --> 00:58:36,560 Speaker 1: this running game going a lot better than a lot 1122 00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:39,440 Speaker 1: of people think. He is one heck of a back. 1123 00:58:39,520 --> 00:58:42,760 Speaker 1: He is quick, he's small, which is good because a 1124 00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:45,880 Speaker 1: lot of people he can disguise. I guess the word 1125 00:58:45,920 --> 00:58:48,560 Speaker 1: can be where he wants to go, whether he touts 1126 00:58:48,600 --> 00:58:51,520 Speaker 1: back or whether he goes, you know, a strong side, 1127 00:58:51,560 --> 00:58:53,720 Speaker 1: or whatever the case may be. I think for a 1128 00:58:53,840 --> 00:58:57,240 Speaker 1: defensive linebacker, when you're so small, sometimes you get lost 1129 00:58:57,320 --> 00:58:59,280 Speaker 1: in that shuffle when you have all those big guys 1130 00:58:59,360 --> 00:59:02,240 Speaker 1: up front show I think their running game could go 1131 00:59:02,280 --> 00:59:05,360 Speaker 1: a lot better if he were just given an opportunity 1132 00:59:05,520 --> 00:59:08,840 Speaker 1: and not just always rely on Josh's arm because those 1133 00:59:08,920 --> 00:59:11,280 Speaker 1: defensive line of the majority of the time they're rushing 1134 00:59:11,320 --> 00:59:14,560 Speaker 1: a passion on time, and I pushed so much pressure 1135 00:59:14,560 --> 00:59:17,960 Speaker 1: on the offensive line, especially the tackles done that they're 1136 00:59:17,960 --> 00:59:20,040 Speaker 1: one on one on the outside and you're gonna throw 1137 00:59:20,080 --> 00:59:23,000 Speaker 1: the football. The more you mix it up, the mortal 1138 00:59:23,040 --> 00:59:26,280 Speaker 1: show down that pass rush. That's my personal opinion. You know, 1139 00:59:26,320 --> 00:59:28,960 Speaker 1: I know I was blessed a Thurm, but I think 1140 00:59:29,000 --> 00:59:31,840 Speaker 1: single chier half about Moss is pretty good too. So 1141 00:59:32,320 --> 00:59:35,160 Speaker 1: give them more of an opportunity to show we have 1142 00:59:35,360 --> 00:59:37,800 Speaker 1: a running game. One of the things that surprised me 1143 00:59:37,840 --> 00:59:40,200 Speaker 1: about that game last week, Jim was that they went 1144 00:59:40,280 --> 00:59:42,360 Speaker 1: in and the offensive line was a real question mark. 1145 00:59:42,400 --> 00:59:46,080 Speaker 1: They had Buttker, they had moved Spencer Brown to left tackle. 1146 00:59:46,120 --> 00:59:48,240 Speaker 1: He had he got that game in the week before. 1147 00:59:48,280 --> 00:59:51,120 Speaker 1: It kind of was up and that pretty struggled mightily 1148 00:59:51,160 --> 00:59:55,160 Speaker 1: at times against Carolina. But the offensive line was shuffled 1149 00:59:55,200 --> 00:59:59,600 Speaker 1: once again. And then during the game, Butler goes down 1150 00:59:59,600 --> 01:00:02,320 Speaker 1: to as a Killes injury and they shuffle it during 1151 01:00:02,360 --> 01:00:05,000 Speaker 1: this during the game, and so now they got to 1152 01:00:05,040 --> 01:00:07,320 Speaker 1: finish up the game two and a half quarters of 1153 01:00:08,000 --> 01:00:11,680 Speaker 1: yet another offensive lineup and on top but on top 1154 01:00:11,720 --> 01:00:15,400 Speaker 1: of that, they played really well up front. In my opinion, 1155 01:00:15,440 --> 01:00:19,120 Speaker 1: this last week, what do you do going forward now 1156 01:00:19,120 --> 01:00:21,840 Speaker 1: that you've got you got Feliciano coming off the injured 1157 01:00:21,880 --> 01:00:26,439 Speaker 1: reserve or the COVID list. You've got Spencer Brown who's 1158 01:00:26,440 --> 01:00:28,400 Speaker 1: played right and left. Now now you've got a chance 1159 01:00:28,400 --> 01:00:30,160 Speaker 1: to get the five guys you thought you'd have at 1160 01:00:30,200 --> 01:00:33,080 Speaker 1: the beginning of the season on the field. Do you 1161 01:00:33,240 --> 01:00:35,080 Speaker 1: But do you change it from last week? Because they 1162 01:00:35,160 --> 01:00:38,520 Speaker 1: played so well? Bates is Ryan Bates had a game 1163 01:00:38,560 --> 01:00:42,000 Speaker 1: at offensive guard a lot like the game that Isaiah 1164 01:00:42,120 --> 01:00:45,560 Speaker 1: McKenzie had a wide receiver he overproduced. You know what 1165 01:00:45,600 --> 01:00:50,360 Speaker 1: I'm saying, You know what, Steve. The thing is, um, 1166 01:00:50,520 --> 01:00:52,320 Speaker 1: you know what, I don't look at you know, a 1167 01:00:52,400 --> 01:00:56,400 Speaker 1: film of course anymore. But I'm sure the coaches have 1168 01:00:56,440 --> 01:00:59,160 Speaker 1: a good indication where they should go, what they should do, 1169 01:01:00,200 --> 01:01:03,880 Speaker 1: and I'll leave that to them because as you well know, 1170 01:01:04,000 --> 01:01:06,320 Speaker 1: and I've talked to Tom Brady many times, you said, 1171 01:01:06,360 --> 01:01:09,480 Speaker 1: having the same offense line, having the same system under 1172 01:01:09,480 --> 01:01:13,480 Speaker 1: me year after year after year, makes everything so much easier. 1173 01:01:13,640 --> 01:01:16,280 Speaker 1: And I'm sure and Josh probably should say the same 1174 01:01:16,320 --> 01:01:18,600 Speaker 1: thing that he would like to have those five guys 1175 01:01:18,680 --> 01:01:20,560 Speaker 1: up front the same week in and week out. But 1176 01:01:20,600 --> 01:01:24,640 Speaker 1: as we well know, very physical game, you'd never know 1177 01:01:24,680 --> 01:01:27,560 Speaker 1: who's gonna be in there this week compared you know, 1178 01:01:28,160 --> 01:01:31,520 Speaker 1: especially with COVID now, you never know. But the thing is, 1179 01:01:31,560 --> 01:01:34,560 Speaker 1: you just have to continue to hope that these guys 1180 01:01:34,680 --> 01:01:37,560 Speaker 1: understand what their position is that they're playing to. They 1181 01:01:37,680 --> 01:01:40,600 Speaker 1: might move from guard to tackle, tackle left side to 1182 01:01:40,680 --> 01:01:43,240 Speaker 1: the tackle on right side. You never know from week 1183 01:01:43,280 --> 01:01:44,960 Speaker 1: to week what's going to happen. But this guy to 1184 01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:47,960 Speaker 1: feel comfortable as a quarterback. Talking with Bill's Hall of 1185 01:01:47,960 --> 01:01:51,040 Speaker 1: Fame quarterback Jim Kelly and Jim, I'd love to get 1186 01:01:51,080 --> 01:01:56,360 Speaker 1: your thoughts on this wacky AFC race, because I can't 1187 01:01:56,360 --> 01:02:00,720 Speaker 1: remember a time where we've seen it this tightly packed 1188 01:02:01,200 --> 01:02:04,280 Speaker 1: this late in the season. Usually somebody one or two 1189 01:02:04,320 --> 01:02:07,400 Speaker 1: teams emerge. You'll have like a two lost team late 1190 01:02:07,400 --> 01:02:09,720 Speaker 1: in the year. They've got the number one seed locked up. 1191 01:02:10,360 --> 01:02:13,800 Speaker 1: I mean, Kansas City is in good shape, but even so, 1192 01:02:14,520 --> 01:02:17,520 Speaker 1: I mean Tennessee's within a game of them. Cincinnati and 1193 01:02:17,560 --> 01:02:19,480 Speaker 1: the Bills are right behind. I ain't got a mess 1194 01:02:19,480 --> 01:02:23,400 Speaker 1: of teams that are still in the hunt here. Do 1195 01:02:23,480 --> 01:02:25,720 Speaker 1: you remember a time when you've ever seen it this 1196 01:02:25,880 --> 01:02:30,560 Speaker 1: tightly packed top to bottom? Well, not within the last 1197 01:02:30,600 --> 01:02:33,520 Speaker 1: twenties twenty seven years I have gone. And the thing 1198 01:02:33,760 --> 01:02:36,320 Speaker 1: Joe looked at that list, three out of the four 1199 01:02:36,480 --> 01:02:40,120 Speaker 1: from the AFC East and no Miami. Who ever thought 1200 01:02:40,240 --> 01:02:42,240 Speaker 1: that they would win shoving in a row? I think 1201 01:02:42,240 --> 01:02:45,240 Speaker 1: you're six, you're shoving or seven? Yeah? Are you kidding me? 1202 01:02:45,760 --> 01:02:48,840 Speaker 1: I can't believe that. And of course everybody knows new 1203 01:02:48,840 --> 01:02:52,160 Speaker 1: Internet any given week that Roger beat a team that 1204 01:02:52,280 --> 01:02:54,760 Speaker 1: they thought they were. So the Bills are it's in 1205 01:02:54,800 --> 01:02:57,800 Speaker 1: your own hand. They went out their champions. Yeah, and 1206 01:02:57,960 --> 01:02:59,760 Speaker 1: I think that's w Yeah, it's worthy want to be 1207 01:03:00,560 --> 01:03:04,080 Speaker 1: I don't know that, you know, at this point you 1208 01:03:04,120 --> 01:03:06,240 Speaker 1: even start to think about what the matchups might be 1209 01:03:06,320 --> 01:03:08,560 Speaker 1: down the road. But it's it's a good chance, a 1210 01:03:08,600 --> 01:03:12,080 Speaker 1: couple of chances that they may end up playing New 1211 01:03:12,080 --> 01:03:14,840 Speaker 1: England again back here in Buffalo in the first round 1212 01:03:14,840 --> 01:03:17,680 Speaker 1: of that wildcard round of the playoffs because of the 1213 01:03:17,720 --> 01:03:21,280 Speaker 1: percentages and the way things are gonna fall. What are 1214 01:03:21,320 --> 01:03:24,560 Speaker 1: your thoughts on three teams from the division getting into 1215 01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:26,880 Speaker 1: the tournament and what that might mean is how it 1216 01:03:26,960 --> 01:03:30,920 Speaker 1: washes out. While number one, I would love it. I 1217 01:03:31,000 --> 01:03:33,640 Speaker 1: would love to see New England come back to Buffalo 1218 01:03:33,760 --> 01:03:37,840 Speaker 1: and play Colds. I mean that's a given, but not 1219 01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:40,240 Speaker 1: whether like they had the last time he played them, 1220 01:03:40,240 --> 01:03:43,680 Speaker 1: and have them in our hometime. Can you imagine what 1221 01:03:43,760 --> 01:03:45,880 Speaker 1: that would do, not only for the players know that 1222 01:03:45,920 --> 01:03:49,400 Speaker 1: they're coming back here after they got beatis was a 1223 01:03:49,520 --> 01:03:52,520 Speaker 1: quarterback through the ball three times? Imagine what that would 1224 01:03:52,560 --> 01:03:55,880 Speaker 1: do to the Bill's mafia. Imagine how many tables will 1225 01:03:55,920 --> 01:03:58,440 Speaker 1: be broken out in the parking lot. I mean, I'm 1226 01:03:58,480 --> 01:04:01,640 Speaker 1: telling my nephew, zach Man, you can't break your table 1227 01:04:01,760 --> 01:04:04,120 Speaker 1: no more of their stuff. You have to you have 1228 01:04:04,200 --> 01:04:08,160 Speaker 1: to maybe watch, but don't maybe try to talk somebody out. 1229 01:04:08,240 --> 01:04:10,480 Speaker 1: But I would love to see that as long as 1230 01:04:10,520 --> 01:04:14,680 Speaker 1: the build. When YAF they went out, then I don't 1231 01:04:14,720 --> 01:04:17,800 Speaker 1: care who who would play. Yeah, And I know you 1232 01:04:17,880 --> 01:04:21,840 Speaker 1: and Steve are big proponents of home field advantage in 1233 01:04:21,880 --> 01:04:25,000 Speaker 1: the playoffs and we believe it has its advantages. Bills 1234 01:04:25,000 --> 01:04:29,160 Speaker 1: are four and three at home this year with one 1235 01:04:29,200 --> 01:04:31,240 Speaker 1: with a couple of home games to play. They get 1236 01:04:31,320 --> 01:04:36,320 Speaker 1: nine this year with the seventeen game schedule, but come playoffs, 1237 01:04:37,000 --> 01:04:39,240 Speaker 1: home field advantage no much. No matter what you did 1238 01:04:39,240 --> 01:04:42,440 Speaker 1: in the regular season still carries weight, right, I mean 1239 01:04:44,600 --> 01:04:47,760 Speaker 1: mentally it does. Yeah, there's no doubt. I mean mentally 1240 01:04:47,800 --> 01:04:50,520 Speaker 1: for a player, you always want to be at home. 1241 01:04:50,600 --> 01:04:52,240 Speaker 1: You want to sleep in your own bed to nine 1242 01:04:52,280 --> 01:04:55,000 Speaker 1: before or whether you don't want to have to be 1243 01:04:55,080 --> 01:04:58,240 Speaker 1: out of town. I think that just the fans all 1244 01:04:58,320 --> 01:05:00,680 Speaker 1: rolled up. Just try not to get two pumped up 1245 01:05:00,680 --> 01:05:04,080 Speaker 1: at anytime you had that. It's an advantage from the 1246 01:05:04,200 --> 01:05:07,560 Speaker 1: standpoint up for the opposing quarterback. If we can get 1247 01:05:07,600 --> 01:05:10,640 Speaker 1: to your fan, go trade you win whoever the team 1248 01:05:10,760 --> 01:05:13,320 Speaker 1: is coming in. If you're more of a passing team, 1249 01:05:13,560 --> 01:05:15,840 Speaker 1: then you want those fans to go trade to make 1250 01:05:15,880 --> 01:05:20,160 Speaker 1: sure that maybe that snap might be just a little 1251 01:05:20,160 --> 01:05:24,240 Speaker 1: bit late, that defensive alignment on ours can get up field. 1252 01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:27,920 Speaker 1: It's always an advantage, I think, especially in playoff time 1253 01:05:28,320 --> 01:05:30,880 Speaker 1: when it comes around to advantage with a fan because 1254 01:05:30,960 --> 01:05:33,240 Speaker 1: they make they do make a big difference. Jim, I 1255 01:05:33,280 --> 01:05:35,560 Speaker 1: know you watched all of last season when they were 1256 01:05:35,600 --> 01:05:37,560 Speaker 1: thirteen and three, and to coming into this year, there's 1257 01:05:37,680 --> 01:05:41,280 Speaker 1: high expectations and that the team has been a little 1258 01:05:41,280 --> 01:05:42,720 Speaker 1: it was up and down for a stretch. Now it 1259 01:05:42,760 --> 01:05:44,400 Speaker 1: looks like they're starting to find themselves a lot like 1260 01:05:44,440 --> 01:05:46,600 Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs did earlier in the season. You know, 1261 01:05:46,640 --> 01:05:49,120 Speaker 1: these teams find it that Colt's the same thing they 1262 01:05:49,120 --> 01:05:52,120 Speaker 1: started to slow start. They're starting to find themselves. What 1263 01:05:52,240 --> 01:05:55,440 Speaker 1: have you seen about this team this year? And maybe 1264 01:05:55,520 --> 01:05:58,880 Speaker 1: Josh or maybe something else that is different than it 1265 01:05:59,000 --> 01:06:00,920 Speaker 1: was a year ago when you know, they kind of 1266 01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:02,680 Speaker 1: we were all kind of surprised at how well they 1267 01:06:02,720 --> 01:06:05,440 Speaker 1: played last year. This year we kind of expected it. 1268 01:06:05,800 --> 01:06:08,000 Speaker 1: What have you seen that's been different about this year 1269 01:06:08,360 --> 01:06:09,880 Speaker 1: than it was last year when we were all so 1270 01:06:09,960 --> 01:06:14,080 Speaker 1: surprised at their success. Well, one thing is different is 1271 01:06:14,560 --> 01:06:16,880 Speaker 1: when you did not win the game, all the games 1272 01:06:16,880 --> 01:06:19,520 Speaker 1: that we should have won. You look at Jacksonville, you 1273 01:06:19,520 --> 01:06:21,240 Speaker 1: look at some of these teams that were you played. 1274 01:06:21,280 --> 01:06:23,280 Speaker 1: I mean, I know when you played some tough teams, 1275 01:06:23,320 --> 01:06:27,760 Speaker 1: and I understand that. But what you always said, I remember, Steve, 1276 01:06:28,160 --> 01:06:30,400 Speaker 1: when you never wanted to look forward. We always said, 1277 01:06:30,400 --> 01:06:31,760 Speaker 1: we got to take care of this is what we're 1278 01:06:31,800 --> 01:06:34,240 Speaker 1: supposed win. We've got to win this one. So you 1279 01:06:34,360 --> 01:06:38,400 Speaker 1: stay focused. And after that Jacksonville game, I said, I 1280 01:06:38,440 --> 01:06:40,560 Speaker 1: just hope later on down the road just doesn't come 1281 01:06:40,600 --> 01:06:43,520 Speaker 1: back to buy us, because those must win games you 1282 01:06:43,760 --> 01:06:46,360 Speaker 1: gotta win. Because everybody said, oh, we'll put that to 1283 01:06:46,440 --> 01:06:49,320 Speaker 1: the side, we'll move on. I did that. But when 1284 01:06:49,320 --> 01:06:51,240 Speaker 1: it comes to the end of the season, when you 1285 01:06:51,440 --> 01:06:54,080 Speaker 1: and another team with the same record, you look, the 1286 01:06:54,120 --> 01:06:56,920 Speaker 1: wins are lost, you look who won who look through 1287 01:06:56,920 --> 01:06:59,720 Speaker 1: your loss against those might come back to hunt you. 1288 01:06:59,840 --> 01:07:01,840 Speaker 1: I hope it doesn't. I hope some of these dames 1289 01:07:01,840 --> 01:07:03,560 Speaker 1: that when you lost, where we thought when we're going 1290 01:07:03,600 --> 01:07:07,360 Speaker 1: to win, Um, I just you know, I just when 1291 01:07:07,440 --> 01:07:09,400 Speaker 1: it happened, I'm like, oh no, I hope it doesn't 1292 01:07:09,440 --> 01:07:11,680 Speaker 1: come back to biders. But it is what it is 1293 01:07:11,680 --> 01:07:13,800 Speaker 1: to move on and as a player, you might think 1294 01:07:13,880 --> 01:07:17,200 Speaker 1: a little bit different than the Bill's Maffia. Thanks Week 1295 01:07:17,280 --> 01:07:19,560 Speaker 1: and week got I know for a fact what you do, 1296 01:07:20,080 --> 01:07:23,240 Speaker 1: but Doways don't shaved the right thing, especially when you're 1297 01:07:23,240 --> 01:07:26,280 Speaker 1: a former player. Jim. One last thing, thanks so much 1298 01:07:26,320 --> 01:07:28,000 Speaker 1: for being taken a minute to come in with us. 1299 01:07:28,000 --> 01:07:29,520 Speaker 1: I know we don't ask you too often, but when 1300 01:07:29,520 --> 01:07:31,360 Speaker 1: we do, you always You're always great about coming on 1301 01:07:31,440 --> 01:07:32,920 Speaker 1: the show. The last thing I want to talk to 1302 01:07:32,960 --> 01:07:36,760 Speaker 1: you about. Yesterday morning, John Madden passed away. And and 1303 01:07:36,880 --> 01:07:38,920 Speaker 1: for guys in our industry who've been in it like 1304 01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:40,960 Speaker 1: you and I have, I you know, thirty plus years 1305 01:07:41,000 --> 01:07:44,400 Speaker 1: for me and same for you once in a while, 1306 01:07:44,520 --> 01:07:46,480 Speaker 1: and you, as a Hall of Famer probably brushed up 1307 01:07:46,520 --> 01:07:49,520 Speaker 1: against him way more than I did. I knew him 1308 01:07:50,320 --> 01:07:52,400 Speaker 1: from his legacy as a broadcaster because I went with 1309 01:07:52,520 --> 01:07:55,680 Speaker 1: CBS and I heard story after story after story about 1310 01:07:55,720 --> 01:07:59,040 Speaker 1: what he contributed to the industry. Did you know him 1311 01:07:59,320 --> 01:08:00,480 Speaker 1: once you got in the hall all the fame that 1312 01:08:00,600 --> 01:08:01,960 Speaker 1: kind of thing? Did you have a cross paths with 1313 01:08:02,040 --> 01:08:04,880 Speaker 1: John Madden? What are your thoughts? Oh? Yeah, I have. 1314 01:08:05,480 --> 01:08:08,200 Speaker 1: I don't remember all the conversations. It was more like, 1315 01:08:08,440 --> 01:08:11,280 Speaker 1: you know, you know, one half of a career or 1316 01:08:11,520 --> 01:08:15,040 Speaker 1: even when we played, it wasn't like we saw him 1317 01:08:15,120 --> 01:08:17,200 Speaker 1: all the time, because you know, week in week out 1318 01:08:17,240 --> 01:08:19,840 Speaker 1: you're always with you know, a different broadcast crew. Not 1319 01:08:20,000 --> 01:08:23,880 Speaker 1: all the time, but class guy. He's one of those 1320 01:08:23,960 --> 01:08:26,479 Speaker 1: guys where you talked to whether it's a Dave Casper 1321 01:08:26,520 --> 01:08:29,559 Speaker 1: who went into Hall of Fame with me, Matt Millen 1322 01:08:29,920 --> 01:08:32,600 Speaker 1: saying that that that's a guy and anybody would love 1323 01:08:32,680 --> 01:08:36,439 Speaker 1: to play for. And uh, he's just one of those 1324 01:08:36,479 --> 01:08:38,320 Speaker 1: guys you just look at and smile and shape boy. 1325 01:08:38,360 --> 01:08:41,040 Speaker 1: Wouldn't have been awesome to play for him, even though 1326 01:08:41,520 --> 01:08:45,000 Speaker 1: we did have one of the best coach ever to 1327 01:08:45,160 --> 01:08:47,400 Speaker 1: play for now was Martin for Levy, but John Mannen 1328 01:08:47,600 --> 01:08:50,120 Speaker 1: was the league of his own. Just a different type 1329 01:08:50,160 --> 01:08:53,280 Speaker 1: of coach, you know, cliche a player's coach. And he's 1330 01:08:53,320 --> 01:08:56,639 Speaker 1: wondered you want to be around? All right, Jim listen, 1331 01:08:56,720 --> 01:08:59,519 Speaker 1: thanks for the time, enjoy the week and the game 1332 01:08:59,600 --> 01:09:02,200 Speaker 1: coming up against the Falcons, and I have a happy 1333 01:09:02,240 --> 01:09:04,439 Speaker 1: new year, all right, all our best your family, Yeah, 1334 01:09:04,680 --> 01:09:06,800 Speaker 1: take care, not gout you guys, love you guys, have 1335 01:09:06,920 --> 01:09:09,320 Speaker 1: a going in tasker. I did a big thing on you, 1336 01:09:09,439 --> 01:09:12,000 Speaker 1: making bro Football Hall of Fame you're in there, but 1337 01:09:12,360 --> 01:09:15,599 Speaker 1: I hope so coming up coming up this week. Yeah, 1338 01:09:15,720 --> 01:09:18,679 Speaker 1: all right, thanks Jim, appreciate the well wishes. Uh yeah, 1339 01:09:18,960 --> 01:09:21,600 Speaker 1: I mean it's uh, it's coming up tomorrow. You know, 1340 01:09:21,680 --> 01:09:25,639 Speaker 1: we'll all hope for the best that. Oh yeah, got 1341 01:09:25,680 --> 01:09:28,800 Speaker 1: the finalist list coming out and you're on the final list. 1342 01:09:28,920 --> 01:09:33,920 Speaker 1: So the Bill's Wednesday injury report, uh just came out. 1343 01:09:34,640 --> 01:09:38,280 Speaker 1: And aside from veteran rest days for a few guys, 1344 01:09:38,640 --> 01:09:43,280 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders was limited with his knee injury. Devin Singles Harry, 1345 01:09:43,320 --> 01:09:45,759 Speaker 1: who came out of Sunday's game with a slight ankle tweak, 1346 01:09:45,880 --> 01:09:48,840 Speaker 1: was a full participant in practice. So that's good news. 1347 01:09:49,040 --> 01:09:51,680 Speaker 1: Ed Oliver, remember he got his ankle twisted up in 1348 01:09:51,720 --> 01:09:55,680 Speaker 1: the game, finished the game. He was limited today, and 1349 01:09:57,320 --> 01:09:59,880 Speaker 1: Micah hide full participant. You remember he got his four 1350 01:10:00,080 --> 01:10:03,639 Speaker 1: arm knocked in the game, so he looks like he's okay. 1351 01:10:03,840 --> 01:10:08,200 Speaker 1: Dig his shoulder. Vernon Butler though, did not participate due 1352 01:10:08,240 --> 01:10:11,560 Speaker 1: to illness and we'll just have to see where that 1353 01:10:11,640 --> 01:10:13,120 Speaker 1: goes through the west of the week. And as we were, 1354 01:10:13,240 --> 01:10:15,320 Speaker 1: as we mentioned on the show today already, it was 1355 01:10:15,400 --> 01:10:18,080 Speaker 1: just a walk through practice, so I'm assuming this is 1356 01:10:18,400 --> 01:10:22,320 Speaker 1: an estimation of what each player's participation level would have 1357 01:10:22,479 --> 01:10:26,160 Speaker 1: been in a real pres in the Patriots game the 1358 01:10:26,960 --> 01:10:29,599 Speaker 1: time when the dB I think it was his number 1359 01:10:29,600 --> 01:10:32,559 Speaker 1: forty one, same guy that was Garden McK miles Bryant 1360 01:10:32,920 --> 01:10:37,240 Speaker 1: suplexed Diggs after a catch. I thought it was borderline 1361 01:10:37,360 --> 01:10:39,080 Speaker 1: gonna draw a flag because it was after you know, 1362 01:10:39,120 --> 01:10:41,000 Speaker 1: it was late in the in the tackle and he 1363 01:10:41,120 --> 01:10:42,840 Speaker 1: slung Digs the ground. Diggs had to come out for 1364 01:10:42,880 --> 01:10:45,679 Speaker 1: a player two. I was wondering if that was lingering. 1365 01:10:45,720 --> 01:10:47,040 Speaker 1: I guess it's not, because he's not even on the 1366 01:10:47,080 --> 01:10:49,600 Speaker 1: injury report. YEA good, So that's a good thing. We 1367 01:10:49,720 --> 01:10:51,400 Speaker 1: do want to get back to the phones where we 1368 01:10:51,479 --> 01:10:54,240 Speaker 1: are asking you at eight oh three oh five fifty 1369 01:10:54,560 --> 01:10:57,120 Speaker 1: one eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty what 1370 01:10:57,280 --> 01:11:00,920 Speaker 1: area of Josh Allen's game is even better then last year? 1371 01:11:01,320 --> 01:11:04,479 Speaker 1: And waiting patiently. There has been marking West Seneca. So 1372 01:11:04,880 --> 01:11:06,240 Speaker 1: we go to Mark. Now, Mark, what do you have 1373 01:11:06,320 --> 01:11:09,799 Speaker 1: for us? You're all one? Bill's live, Hey, Chris, Hey, Steve. 1374 01:11:10,360 --> 01:11:14,040 Speaker 1: A happy New Year? Yeah, Steve, break out the bailies. 1375 01:11:14,400 --> 01:11:21,439 Speaker 1: Only a couple of days away. I got a comment 1376 01:11:21,479 --> 01:11:24,720 Speaker 1: about Josh and another comment that I want to make 1377 01:11:24,840 --> 01:11:27,680 Speaker 1: that I've been holding onto for a while about New 1378 01:11:27,760 --> 01:11:30,080 Speaker 1: England and if you guys will give me that that 1379 01:11:30,280 --> 01:11:35,920 Speaker 1: leeway Josh. I think I've always said, obviously he has 1380 01:11:36,040 --> 01:11:39,360 Speaker 1: immense physical talent. We all know that, we've all seen it, 1381 01:11:39,520 --> 01:11:42,280 Speaker 1: we've all been witnessing it for four years. But I've 1382 01:11:42,320 --> 01:11:47,840 Speaker 1: always said, if his intelligence about the game, which we 1383 01:11:47,920 --> 01:11:50,880 Speaker 1: all suspect that he had, I've heard it said many 1384 01:11:50,920 --> 01:11:54,040 Speaker 1: times that he's a very intelligent young man catches up 1385 01:11:54,080 --> 01:11:57,519 Speaker 1: to his talent, watch out what a lethal combination. And 1386 01:11:57,600 --> 01:12:01,280 Speaker 1: I think what really I mean previous color alluded to 1387 01:12:01,600 --> 01:12:05,360 Speaker 1: his leadership. I call it field general. I can't remember 1388 01:12:05,400 --> 01:12:08,720 Speaker 1: the last time I felt that Josh was not in 1389 01:12:08,840 --> 01:12:12,200 Speaker 1: total control out there. I can't remember when. But I 1390 01:12:12,320 --> 01:12:14,160 Speaker 1: think what has gone away and we haven't talked about 1391 01:12:14,160 --> 01:12:16,800 Speaker 1: it in quite a while, is sugar rush Josh. And 1392 01:12:16,960 --> 01:12:19,479 Speaker 1: I think that's because the game is slowing down for him. 1393 01:12:19,880 --> 01:12:22,280 Speaker 1: I think he's ultra prepared week to week, and I 1394 01:12:22,360 --> 01:12:26,519 Speaker 1: think he's recognizing things much better pre snap. We very 1395 01:12:26,680 --> 01:12:29,000 Speaker 1: rarely see a throw. He's had some throws you go, 1396 01:12:29,040 --> 01:12:31,120 Speaker 1: oh my good, Descip could have been picked off, but 1397 01:12:31,560 --> 01:12:34,519 Speaker 1: very rarely is it like, why was he going there? 1398 01:12:34,840 --> 01:12:37,519 Speaker 1: Why was he going into two you know, three man 1399 01:12:37,680 --> 01:12:40,080 Speaker 1: coverage right there or whatever. You'd never see that kind 1400 01:12:40,120 --> 01:12:42,400 Speaker 1: of thing anymore, which to me alludes to the fact 1401 01:12:42,439 --> 01:12:47,599 Speaker 1: that he's recognizing things really, really well. That's the thing 1402 01:12:47,640 --> 01:12:49,640 Speaker 1: about Josh. The other thing I wanted to mention was, 1403 01:12:49,840 --> 01:12:52,519 Speaker 1: I know, we're looking forward and we're not looking back, 1404 01:12:52,560 --> 01:12:54,280 Speaker 1: but it's always fun to look back. When we beat 1405 01:12:54,320 --> 01:12:58,600 Speaker 1: New England and I thought it was hysterical. And I 1406 01:12:58,720 --> 01:13:02,440 Speaker 1: think you have alluded to, Chris, the lack of awareness 1407 01:13:02,600 --> 01:13:06,559 Speaker 1: of the Boston media, the Boston fans and New England 1408 01:13:06,600 --> 01:13:11,880 Speaker 1: fans in general about how dare they sit in wine 1409 01:13:12,160 --> 01:13:17,600 Speaker 1: about refereeing when they are probably the number one professional 1410 01:13:18,040 --> 01:13:22,160 Speaker 1: franchise not just football that over the last twenty years 1411 01:13:22,600 --> 01:13:27,439 Speaker 1: has benefited more from benefit of the doubt calls than 1412 01:13:27,600 --> 01:13:32,240 Speaker 1: anybody else in professional sports. I find that hysterical that 1413 01:13:32,439 --> 01:13:35,360 Speaker 1: they would have the audacity to sit there wine and 1414 01:13:35,520 --> 01:13:39,360 Speaker 1: cry and complain about refereeing in general. I just had 1415 01:13:39,400 --> 01:13:43,160 Speaker 1: to get that off my chest of again gold bills 1416 01:13:43,520 --> 01:13:46,080 Speaker 1: and go Josh. Thanks thanks for the call, Mark God 1417 01:13:46,120 --> 01:13:48,479 Speaker 1: call there. And not only the fact that they whine 1418 01:13:49,040 --> 01:13:52,280 Speaker 1: with you know, six super Bowls in their war chest. 1419 01:13:52,960 --> 01:13:55,760 Speaker 1: They also root for a franchise that has tried to 1420 01:13:55,840 --> 01:13:58,600 Speaker 1: circumnavigate the rules more than any other franchise in the 1421 01:13:58,680 --> 01:14:01,880 Speaker 1: last twenty five years. Throw that out there too, ever, 1422 01:14:02,120 --> 01:14:06,560 Speaker 1: not just a last quarter century. It's um. Yeah, And 1423 01:14:06,800 --> 01:14:09,679 Speaker 1: there's a lot of animosity between Bills fans and Patriot 1424 01:14:09,720 --> 01:14:12,880 Speaker 1: fans and all that. And and I think also, and 1425 01:14:13,040 --> 01:14:15,599 Speaker 1: I even retweeted one of the things I saw where 1426 01:14:15,880 --> 01:14:17,880 Speaker 1: and I get it. I mean, when you've had this 1427 01:14:18,080 --> 01:14:20,120 Speaker 1: the amount of success that the Patriots have had over 1428 01:14:20,160 --> 01:14:24,200 Speaker 1: the last two decades, I guess it's easy to become 1429 01:14:24,439 --> 01:14:29,120 Speaker 1: a glutton or drunk on all the success. And some 1430 01:14:29,240 --> 01:14:31,040 Speaker 1: of the stuff that I saw coming even from their 1431 01:14:31,120 --> 01:14:41,000 Speaker 1: media was over the top. Just I couldn't believe, you know, 1432 01:14:41,080 --> 01:14:44,000 Speaker 1: the lack of credit or the lack of respect or 1433 01:14:44,320 --> 01:14:47,240 Speaker 1: whatever they gave anybody, any other team, any of the 1434 01:14:47,320 --> 01:14:52,400 Speaker 1: franchise at all, any success anybody else had was almost 1435 01:14:52,800 --> 01:14:58,160 Speaker 1: non existent to the fact that their guys were, you know, 1436 01:14:58,640 --> 01:15:00,960 Speaker 1: just so much superior. The team was a period there 1437 01:15:01,000 --> 01:15:03,840 Speaker 1: couldn't see the first everything everything, everything was if it 1438 01:15:04,040 --> 01:15:06,519 Speaker 1: wasn't Patriots, it was the Patriots fault. It was nobody 1439 01:15:06,600 --> 01:15:10,800 Speaker 1: else was good enough that the thing I retweeted was 1440 01:15:10,840 --> 01:15:13,600 Speaker 1: a postgame show. It was after the first game, and 1441 01:15:13,800 --> 01:15:15,599 Speaker 1: here were they only threw it three times, only threw 1442 01:15:15,600 --> 01:15:17,840 Speaker 1: it three times, and you know, forty mile hour wins. 1443 01:15:17,840 --> 01:15:22,720 Speaker 1: They had a four point win uh in Buffalo, and 1444 01:15:24,120 --> 01:15:26,960 Speaker 1: the way they man it was like that was it, okay, fine, 1445 01:15:27,439 --> 01:15:31,360 Speaker 1: the Bills are never going to beat us again. They were. 1446 01:15:31,560 --> 01:15:33,680 Speaker 1: It was ridiculous to think last year was anything other 1447 01:15:33,760 --> 01:15:36,880 Speaker 1: than an aberration. There were radio show hosts talking about 1448 01:15:38,040 --> 01:15:40,519 Speaker 1: setting up on radio row at the Super Bowl after 1449 01:15:40,600 --> 01:15:42,840 Speaker 1: they beat the Bills fourteen ten. That's what they were 1450 01:15:42,840 --> 01:15:44,880 Speaker 1: talking about the following and they were also They've got 1451 01:15:44,960 --> 01:15:47,920 Speaker 1: people medium members saying there's no way they would ever 1452 01:15:48,040 --> 01:15:51,000 Speaker 1: take Josh Allen in the draft if if, if Mac 1453 01:15:51,080 --> 01:15:53,639 Speaker 1: Jones was there. Yeah, so you're telling me you're gonna 1454 01:15:53,640 --> 01:15:58,360 Speaker 1: take Mac Jones over Josh Allen. Yeah. So there's stuff 1455 01:15:58,360 --> 01:16:00,439 Speaker 1: like that going on. And I'm not saying Mac Jones 1456 01:16:00,439 --> 01:16:02,040 Speaker 1: won't ever be a good quarterbat any of that, but 1457 01:16:02,120 --> 01:16:04,479 Speaker 1: I'm telling you, you know, Matt Josh is in the 1458 01:16:05,240 --> 01:16:06,960 Speaker 1: right for the second straight years in the conversation for 1459 01:16:07,120 --> 01:16:09,599 Speaker 1: MVP again, right, and I and even to this point, 1460 01:16:09,680 --> 01:16:11,920 Speaker 1: he hasn't risen to the level of what Tom Brady 1461 01:16:12,160 --> 01:16:16,639 Speaker 1: was for the Patriots, not yet. Anyway. I hate Tom Brady. 1462 01:16:16,840 --> 01:16:19,040 Speaker 1: I hated him every year he played for the Patriots. 1463 01:16:19,120 --> 01:16:21,400 Speaker 1: But at least I had enough presence of mind to 1464 01:16:21,520 --> 01:16:23,800 Speaker 1: respect the fact that he was an All World player. 1465 01:16:23,960 --> 01:16:28,200 Speaker 1: Sure like, I respect him as a player, hate his guts, right, 1466 01:16:28,640 --> 01:16:30,560 Speaker 1: but at least I have enough presence of mind to 1467 01:16:30,680 --> 01:16:33,320 Speaker 1: respect who he is as a player. It's a fantastic player, 1468 01:16:33,520 --> 01:16:36,840 Speaker 1: probably the best quarterback. At least I have. At least 1469 01:16:36,880 --> 01:16:40,439 Speaker 1: I have the common sense and decency to admit that. Yeah, 1470 01:16:40,560 --> 01:16:43,480 Speaker 1: as much as it pains me, it's amazing. It's amazing 1471 01:16:43,760 --> 01:16:46,800 Speaker 1: the posture that. And I know fans can do whatever 1472 01:16:46,840 --> 01:16:48,840 Speaker 1: they want. Man, they can say whatever they want, and 1473 01:16:48,960 --> 01:16:52,439 Speaker 1: I get it. But the media, I don't know. I 1474 01:16:52,560 --> 01:16:54,360 Speaker 1: just I just thought that you'd have a little bit 1475 01:16:54,439 --> 01:16:55,960 Speaker 1: more of a balance. Yeah, but you know what's at 1476 01:16:56,000 --> 01:16:58,280 Speaker 1: least a balance point of view, even as a Knicks 1477 01:16:58,360 --> 01:17:01,519 Speaker 1: fan growing up. I mean, I hated Michael Jordan because 1478 01:17:01,560 --> 01:17:04,280 Speaker 1: he's ruined our lives. Sure, year after you, but at 1479 01:17:04,320 --> 01:17:07,160 Speaker 1: least I had enough the presence of mind to respect 1480 01:17:07,200 --> 01:17:09,320 Speaker 1: that I was watching one of the best basketball players 1481 01:17:09,400 --> 01:17:12,240 Speaker 1: ever ever, because it wasn't. I watched him in person 1482 01:17:12,360 --> 01:17:15,800 Speaker 1: drop fifty on the Knicks in person, right, twenty one 1483 01:17:15,880 --> 01:17:19,080 Speaker 1: points in the fourth quarter, Like I hated it, but 1484 01:17:19,200 --> 01:17:22,479 Speaker 1: it was also like, damn, that's pretty impressive. Good. At 1485 01:17:22,560 --> 01:17:24,600 Speaker 1: least you can give it up to the guy, right, So, 1486 01:17:24,920 --> 01:17:26,880 Speaker 1: but at least you can see him doing it to 1487 01:17:26,880 --> 01:17:29,400 Speaker 1: everybody else. It wasn't just your guys. You know that's 1488 01:17:29,400 --> 01:17:32,800 Speaker 1: how great he was. So I'm with you, and you know, 1489 01:17:33,200 --> 01:17:35,519 Speaker 1: Mark cullinan from West Sending, You're right, and we and 1490 01:17:35,680 --> 01:17:38,160 Speaker 1: I know Bill's fans have been mixing up with Patriot 1491 01:17:38,200 --> 01:17:41,960 Speaker 1: fans for like a couple of weeks now, you know too, 1492 01:17:42,200 --> 01:17:43,840 Speaker 1: solid week and a half now that this game, and 1493 01:17:44,000 --> 01:17:47,439 Speaker 1: maybe a month now since that first game. And uh, 1494 01:17:48,640 --> 01:17:55,080 Speaker 1: it's just it boggles my mind how even the busting 1495 01:17:55,200 --> 01:17:59,120 Speaker 1: media is just off their rocker once in a while 1496 01:17:59,160 --> 01:18:01,040 Speaker 1: when it comes to object activity in any way, shape 1497 01:18:01,120 --> 01:18:04,120 Speaker 1: or form. And I know we're I know, listen, we're 1498 01:18:04,160 --> 01:18:06,880 Speaker 1: on the payroll. I get it, right, but even we 1499 01:18:07,040 --> 01:18:09,479 Speaker 1: come off and well, I mean, I max, might we 1500 01:18:09,520 --> 01:18:12,360 Speaker 1: give people their dear. I don't have a problem giving 1501 01:18:12,400 --> 01:18:14,479 Speaker 1: respect to these guys, These teams are playing these even 1502 01:18:14,560 --> 01:18:16,599 Speaker 1: when you know you beat the Dolphins thirty five nothing. 1503 01:18:17,360 --> 01:18:20,280 Speaker 1: We have Jonathan Taylor credit, right, I mean, he's a 1504 01:18:20,439 --> 01:18:24,400 Speaker 1: great player. I just it's been amazing for me. I'm like, 1505 01:18:25,000 --> 01:18:31,280 Speaker 1: are they saying that to reason? It seems though sometimes 1506 01:18:31,320 --> 01:18:34,160 Speaker 1: they're like, just wow, they are awash in it. We 1507 01:18:34,280 --> 01:18:36,320 Speaker 1: were blind to the break. We are very late. We 1508 01:18:36,439 --> 01:18:38,320 Speaker 1: have to break here. But when we come back, more 1509 01:18:38,320 --> 01:18:40,519 Speaker 1: of your phone calls at eight three, five fifteen. We'll 1510 01:18:40,560 --> 01:18:42,200 Speaker 1: take a look at that tweet sheet as well. What 1511 01:18:42,360 --> 01:18:45,400 Speaker 1: area Josh Allen's game is even better this year than 1512 01:18:45,439 --> 01:18:47,400 Speaker 1: it was last year. We're back in a flash year 1513 01:18:47,439 --> 01:19:01,880 Speaker 1: on one Bill's Live, stay tuned charter facing one Bills Live. 1514 01:19:02,000 --> 01:19:09,000 Speaker 1: The official league playoffs scenarios have been released, and the Bills, 1515 01:19:09,080 --> 01:19:11,240 Speaker 1: as we know, we knew this already and we were 1516 01:19:11,280 --> 01:19:13,160 Speaker 1: mentioning it to you earlier this week on the show. 1517 01:19:13,840 --> 01:19:17,080 Speaker 1: Buffalo clinches a playoff berth this week if they win 1518 01:19:18,560 --> 01:19:23,120 Speaker 1: and Baltimore loses, or if they win and both the 1519 01:19:23,280 --> 01:19:26,720 Speaker 1: Chargers and Raiders lose this week. Those are the two 1520 01:19:27,280 --> 01:19:30,799 Speaker 1: ways that the Bills can clinch a playoff berth this weekend. 1521 01:19:31,520 --> 01:19:35,439 Speaker 1: There are a list of scenarios after that in which 1522 01:19:35,520 --> 01:19:37,920 Speaker 1: the bills can tie that I'm not even going to 1523 01:19:37,960 --> 01:19:39,760 Speaker 1: talk about. Oh gosh, don't do it. You can get 1524 01:19:39,800 --> 01:19:42,280 Speaker 1: a headache. I told you. I say it again. When 1525 01:19:42,880 --> 01:19:46,320 Speaker 1: they start on television at this time of year, every broadcast, 1526 01:19:46,320 --> 01:19:48,400 Speaker 1: you know, they put on the here's the scenario for 1527 01:19:48,520 --> 01:19:51,240 Speaker 1: clinching a playoff, and who's clinch and who's not, and 1528 01:19:51,320 --> 01:19:53,920 Speaker 1: they put up all these scenarios if such and such 1529 01:19:53,960 --> 01:19:56,160 Speaker 1: wins and this guy loses, or if this person wins. 1530 01:19:56,160 --> 01:19:58,679 Speaker 1: And I said, you can do that, And I told 1531 01:19:58,720 --> 01:20:03,160 Speaker 1: ore the BA and the and the A D. Don't 1532 01:20:03,800 --> 01:20:08,400 Speaker 1: put in any scenarios with a tie involved. Just leave 1533 01:20:08,439 --> 01:20:10,559 Speaker 1: those out. They're so rare to begin. Just leave them 1534 01:20:10,600 --> 01:20:14,160 Speaker 1: out because once you'd start putting in ties, then it 1535 01:20:14,280 --> 01:20:17,320 Speaker 1: turns into war in peace. And it's a graphic that 1536 01:20:17,400 --> 01:20:20,560 Speaker 1: looks like the phone booth, the phone book, right, So 1537 01:20:20,880 --> 01:20:23,639 Speaker 1: just leave in wins and losses. Do not put any 1538 01:20:23,720 --> 01:20:27,640 Speaker 1: ties in the only other noteworthy clinching scenario for this 1539 01:20:27,840 --> 01:20:29,840 Speaker 1: weekend that we should mention before we get back to 1540 01:20:29,920 --> 01:20:34,000 Speaker 1: the phones is Kansas City can clinch the number one 1541 01:20:34,120 --> 01:20:38,080 Speaker 1: seed and the buy and home field advantage if they 1542 01:20:38,200 --> 01:20:44,799 Speaker 1: win and if Tennessee loses, Tennessee plays Miami, they play Miami, 1543 01:20:44,920 --> 01:20:50,719 Speaker 1: Tennessee plays leave. Tennessee plays Miami this weekend, so Kansas 1544 01:20:50,720 --> 01:20:53,360 Speaker 1: City can lock up the number one seed once again. 1545 01:20:54,000 --> 01:20:58,559 Speaker 1: Yes no, yes, no, yes, that's right. Yeah. If they 1546 01:20:58,640 --> 01:21:03,400 Speaker 1: win and Tennessee Tennessee, you can't see plays Cincinnati. Tennessee 1547 01:21:03,479 --> 01:21:05,960 Speaker 1: plays Miami, So that'll be one to keep an eye. 1548 01:21:06,080 --> 01:21:09,840 Speaker 1: Kansas City Cincinnati game turned into kind of a little 1549 01:21:09,840 --> 01:21:12,639 Speaker 1: bit of an interest interest for when with Joe Burrow 1550 01:21:12,680 --> 01:21:14,600 Speaker 1: throwing for five to twenty five last week and just 1551 01:21:14,760 --> 01:21:17,479 Speaker 1: lightening up the Baltimore Ravens. All of the Ravens are 1552 01:21:17,479 --> 01:21:20,240 Speaker 1: playing with Division two athletes at the moment in their 1553 01:21:20,280 --> 01:21:23,920 Speaker 1: secondary I'm it's hyperbole. They aren't. They're not. Those guys 1554 01:21:23,920 --> 01:21:26,120 Speaker 1: are good players, but they're not way down down the 1555 01:21:26,160 --> 01:21:30,000 Speaker 1: depth chart. So my so, Cincinnati has that enormous game 1556 01:21:30,640 --> 01:21:33,519 Speaker 1: walking into Kansas or Kansas Cities come into their building 1557 01:21:33,880 --> 01:21:37,200 Speaker 1: in Cincinnati. So it's gonna be quite the game for 1558 01:21:37,400 --> 01:21:40,240 Speaker 1: Kansas City to come in there and and have the 1559 01:21:40,400 --> 01:21:43,600 Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals going there and feeling really really confident. At 1560 01:21:43,640 --> 01:21:47,360 Speaker 1: the moment Tennessee plays home to Miami, that game is 1561 01:21:47,400 --> 01:21:50,000 Speaker 1: in Nashville. Let's go back to the phones, though, and 1562 01:21:50,240 --> 01:21:51,920 Speaker 1: we go to gym in Lockpoort. What do you have 1563 01:21:52,000 --> 01:21:55,640 Speaker 1: for us? Jim? He Happy new Year, guys, How are 1564 01:21:55,720 --> 01:21:59,000 Speaker 1: you good? Happy New Year? I got a question about 1565 01:21:59,040 --> 01:22:03,000 Speaker 1: officiating based on that debacle we had a few weeks ago, 1566 01:22:03,800 --> 01:22:08,840 Speaker 1: the inconsistencies of play calling. I might be wrong, but 1567 01:22:08,960 --> 01:22:15,840 Speaker 1: doesn't the NFL I are the referees? Yes, And isn't 1568 01:22:15,880 --> 01:22:22,560 Speaker 1: there some mechanism where either the either the NFL or 1569 01:22:22,600 --> 01:22:26,599 Speaker 1: the NFL can punish these guys or find these guys 1570 01:22:26,640 --> 01:22:30,040 Speaker 1: for being inconsistent and if not, why not? Yes, there is. 1571 01:22:30,320 --> 01:22:32,559 Speaker 1: There is a whole process. And Steve can explain, Yes, 1572 01:22:32,640 --> 01:22:34,519 Speaker 1: go ahead, what else now? I think that's all he had? 1573 01:22:34,560 --> 01:22:37,360 Speaker 1: That's all you have? Yeah, yes, there is. And what 1574 01:22:37,520 --> 01:22:40,719 Speaker 1: they do is they don't get to do playoff games. 1575 01:22:41,520 --> 01:22:45,439 Speaker 1: But here's the thing, folks, they don't have five hundred 1576 01:22:45,520 --> 01:22:48,840 Speaker 1: NFL officials. They got enough to feel that they got 1577 01:22:48,920 --> 01:22:52,880 Speaker 1: like one spare crew. They have seventeen officiating crews. Yeah, 1578 01:22:52,920 --> 01:22:55,960 Speaker 1: they got one spare crew maybe, And that's because those 1579 01:22:55,960 --> 01:22:57,519 Speaker 1: are the guys that are the alternate that are on 1580 01:22:57,600 --> 01:22:59,920 Speaker 1: the sidelines, helping the chain gang and doing all that, 1581 01:23:00,080 --> 01:23:02,960 Speaker 1: there's like that. Now you'll see this too when the 1582 01:23:03,040 --> 01:23:06,720 Speaker 1: playoffs come. And this is something that I wouldn't be 1583 01:23:06,760 --> 01:23:09,920 Speaker 1: surprised if this wasn't a Madden a John Madden idea. 1584 01:23:11,240 --> 01:23:15,599 Speaker 1: You will see on game day, particularly in the playoff. 1585 01:23:15,640 --> 01:23:20,960 Speaker 1: Only in the playoffs. I think like Sean McDermot will 1586 01:23:20,960 --> 01:23:22,680 Speaker 1: be standing there and you'll see a guy next to 1587 01:23:22,800 --> 01:23:24,880 Speaker 1: him that you will recognize as being a head official 1588 01:23:24,960 --> 01:23:27,760 Speaker 1: from one of the other crews. They put that guy 1589 01:23:27,840 --> 01:23:29,360 Speaker 1: on the sideline next to the head coach so they 1590 01:23:29,400 --> 01:23:32,040 Speaker 1: can the head coach because hey, can I can I 1591 01:23:32,280 --> 01:23:33,840 Speaker 1: challenge this? What's the deal? And the guy will be 1592 01:23:34,040 --> 01:23:38,320 Speaker 1: like his his consultant real quick. So the head referee 1593 01:23:38,439 --> 01:23:42,760 Speaker 1: conciliary right, Concieri right, So he'll come up so the 1594 01:23:42,880 --> 01:23:45,760 Speaker 1: head official they can keep going on the field and 1595 01:23:45,920 --> 01:23:48,080 Speaker 1: if there's a real question, this guy say, oh yeah, 1596 01:23:48,120 --> 01:23:50,120 Speaker 1: you know what, what if you think this happened, you 1597 01:23:50,160 --> 01:23:52,439 Speaker 1: should talk to him because or throw your challenge back. 1598 01:23:52,720 --> 01:23:57,400 Speaker 1: It's a consultant right there. It's like Mike Carey, Mike 1599 01:23:57,479 --> 01:24:01,200 Speaker 1: Pereira or Gene Sterator, the guys in the Ruth broadcast, 1600 01:24:02,160 --> 01:24:04,160 Speaker 1: they're right there in the head coach. Each head coach 1601 01:24:04,240 --> 01:24:06,920 Speaker 1: has one on either sideline, so they spread those guys 1602 01:24:06,960 --> 01:24:09,040 Speaker 1: out and give them playoff assignments so that they can 1603 01:24:09,120 --> 01:24:11,400 Speaker 1: talk to these head coaches and say here's but there 1604 01:24:11,560 --> 01:24:13,400 Speaker 1: is a way. You just don't get to keep continue. 1605 01:24:13,600 --> 01:24:16,000 Speaker 1: You don't get extra money, you don't get the press, 1606 01:24:16,240 --> 01:24:19,360 Speaker 1: and you know, whatever pecking order there is, you get 1607 01:24:19,640 --> 01:24:23,479 Speaker 1: notched down that pecking order for the inconsistency or the 1608 01:24:23,560 --> 01:24:27,360 Speaker 1: bad call good call that you get get you penalized for. 1609 01:24:28,040 --> 01:24:32,719 Speaker 1: I don't think there's a fine system, but I'm with you. Listen, 1610 01:24:32,760 --> 01:24:36,559 Speaker 1: I agree. I more. I'm all about full time officials. 1611 01:24:37,520 --> 01:24:40,320 Speaker 1: They should all live in NFL city where the league 1612 01:24:40,360 --> 01:24:43,040 Speaker 1: offices are, and they should watch film all all the 1613 01:24:43,160 --> 01:24:45,400 Speaker 1: time and get their consistencies right and that you know, 1614 01:24:46,520 --> 01:24:49,640 Speaker 1: that's where I think. There was an interesting comment by 1615 01:24:49,680 --> 01:24:53,760 Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs with the media today, so one of the 1616 01:24:53,960 --> 01:24:55,880 Speaker 1: media members asked him, Hey, you know he took some 1617 01:24:55,960 --> 01:24:58,439 Speaker 1: big hits in the New England game. You know you 1618 01:24:58,520 --> 01:25:02,040 Speaker 1: have an added who about playing physical and being able 1619 01:25:02,120 --> 01:25:06,280 Speaker 1: to take punishment. How are you And he said, I'm fine. 1620 01:25:06,880 --> 01:25:10,000 Speaker 1: I heal up quick. I heal up like wolverine, so 1621 01:25:10,040 --> 01:25:14,720 Speaker 1: I ain't got no issues. He took some shots in 1622 01:25:14,800 --> 01:25:18,680 Speaker 1: that game. Yeah, well the one that got me was 1623 01:25:20,160 --> 01:25:23,320 Speaker 1: the little flip player when Brant had him and supplexed him. 1624 01:25:23,360 --> 01:25:25,639 Speaker 1: That was and there was no call, and I don't 1625 01:25:28,520 --> 01:25:31,360 Speaker 1: you know, Yeah, it was a physical game, and I 1626 01:25:31,439 --> 01:25:35,000 Speaker 1: think I think Bill's fans, you know, certainly there was 1627 01:25:35,080 --> 01:25:39,120 Speaker 1: the little off the off the radar trip that you know, 1628 01:25:39,600 --> 01:25:42,599 Speaker 1: Judeon got Josh from behind and looked like he actually 1629 01:25:42,680 --> 01:25:45,559 Speaker 1: deliberately tried to trip Josh. Nothing was going to happen 1630 01:25:45,600 --> 01:25:48,360 Speaker 1: from his It was a simple play. But you know, 1631 01:25:48,680 --> 01:25:51,559 Speaker 1: that kind of attitude, you know, gets a fan base 1632 01:25:51,640 --> 01:25:56,080 Speaker 1: all stirred up. So, yeah, Diggs did take some shots 1633 01:25:56,120 --> 01:25:57,479 Speaker 1: in that game. And I think that's part of the 1634 01:25:57,520 --> 01:26:00,559 Speaker 1: plan that I think the Patriots, because of the way 1635 01:26:00,560 --> 01:26:03,879 Speaker 1: the first game went, they came out with the attitude 1636 01:26:03,920 --> 01:26:06,200 Speaker 1: the Buffalo was going to play soft. They were a 1637 01:26:06,280 --> 01:26:09,200 Speaker 1: soft team and you can see why. I mean, they 1638 01:26:09,240 --> 01:26:11,080 Speaker 1: couldn't stop the run. I couldn't get it right in 1639 01:26:11,160 --> 01:26:13,880 Speaker 1: the run game and the Bills weren't having it. And 1640 01:26:13,960 --> 01:26:16,000 Speaker 1: that's why I think it was important that Josh chose 1641 01:26:16,080 --> 01:26:18,600 Speaker 1: to say what he did before the game. He's in 1642 01:26:18,680 --> 01:26:21,120 Speaker 1: the locker room, he says fellas. I woke up this 1643 01:26:21,240 --> 01:26:24,760 Speaker 1: morning with violence on my mind. Yeah, because I think 1644 01:26:24,840 --> 01:26:26,640 Speaker 1: he and some other people in that locker room that 1645 01:26:26,680 --> 01:26:29,360 Speaker 1: are in leadership positions. No, there have been too many 1646 01:26:29,439 --> 01:26:32,160 Speaker 1: games this year where they did not bring a physical 1647 01:26:32,360 --> 01:26:34,960 Speaker 1: edge to their performance and it's cost them games. Yeah. 1648 01:26:35,200 --> 01:26:37,639 Speaker 1: He knew they had to be physical to win that game. Yeah, 1649 01:26:37,720 --> 01:26:42,840 Speaker 1: And I think the Patriots knew they weren't gonna be 1650 01:26:43,000 --> 01:26:48,040 Speaker 1: able to do what they did the first game, and 1651 01:26:48,160 --> 01:26:50,760 Speaker 1: the Bills, thanks in large part to the play of 1652 01:26:50,840 --> 01:26:54,639 Speaker 1: guys up front like Ed Oliver and Harrison Phillips, stopped 1653 01:26:54,680 --> 01:26:56,639 Speaker 1: the run game early. They faced a lot of third 1654 01:26:56,720 --> 01:27:01,240 Speaker 1: and long, second and long certainly, and you know, they 1655 01:27:01,320 --> 01:27:03,439 Speaker 1: put the game in the more in the hands of 1656 01:27:03,720 --> 01:27:07,599 Speaker 1: mc jones and he just wasn't up to it. Yeah, 1657 01:27:07,840 --> 01:27:11,719 Speaker 1: and getting up early helped to promote that goal because 1658 01:27:11,800 --> 01:27:14,400 Speaker 1: it did fall on Mac very quickly when they fell 1659 01:27:14,479 --> 01:27:17,720 Speaker 1: behind after it was initially tied seven seven. Break time 1660 01:27:17,760 --> 01:27:20,080 Speaker 1: for Steve and I here will close things up here 1661 01:27:20,160 --> 01:27:22,280 Speaker 1: for a Wednesday next on One Bill's Live, presented by 1662 01:27:22,320 --> 01:27:36,760 Speaker 1: Collide Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, Welcome back 1663 01:27:36,800 --> 01:27:39,080 Speaker 1: to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you. 1664 01:27:39,240 --> 01:27:41,760 Speaker 1: Steve's getting all amped up. He's going to the Savers games. 1665 01:27:41,880 --> 01:27:43,759 Speaker 1: I might have to buy eighty nine ers. He's watching 1666 01:27:43,840 --> 01:27:47,599 Speaker 1: Alexander mcgilney highlights. I'm telling you I was eighty nine. 1667 01:27:47,720 --> 01:27:50,679 Speaker 1: He defects from the Red Army, comes over. It's big buzz. 1668 01:27:50,760 --> 01:27:54,080 Speaker 1: He defected. Oh my gosh, came over, becomes that nobody's 1669 01:27:54,080 --> 01:27:55,800 Speaker 1: seen him because it wasn't like today, didn't have any 1670 01:27:56,000 --> 01:27:58,439 Speaker 1: social media. Nobody even seen him. I wouldn't have been 1671 01:27:58,439 --> 01:28:00,559 Speaker 1: able to pick him out of a lineup, right. Yeah. 1672 01:28:00,800 --> 01:28:03,240 Speaker 1: So I get to the game areas and he comes 1673 01:28:03,280 --> 01:28:05,960 Speaker 1: out twenty seconds into the game boom scores. It was 1674 01:28:06,400 --> 01:28:09,600 Speaker 1: the the old odd it. Oh my gosh. It was 1675 01:28:09,680 --> 01:28:13,160 Speaker 1: like a light switch going on. It was like because 1676 01:28:13,160 --> 01:28:15,800 Speaker 1: it was an unexpected the ball, the punk kind of puck. 1677 01:28:15,960 --> 01:28:18,760 Speaker 1: The punk kind of just popped out in front of 1678 01:28:18,760 --> 01:28:21,080 Speaker 1: the net real quick, unexpectedly, and he was there, boom in. 1679 01:28:22,360 --> 01:28:23,880 Speaker 1: It was like a light switch. It wasn't like you 1680 01:28:23,920 --> 01:28:26,000 Speaker 1: could feel it coming it all of a sudden. It 1681 01:28:26,040 --> 01:28:27,360 Speaker 1: was in the back of the net and he's the 1682 01:28:27,400 --> 01:28:31,400 Speaker 1: one who got it. Oh my god. It was awesome. 1683 01:28:31,560 --> 01:28:33,960 Speaker 1: So I'm going to the Saves game tonight eighty nine, 1684 01:28:34,000 --> 01:28:37,600 Speaker 1: back on the ice tuck oh okay, yeah, yeah, the 1685 01:28:37,680 --> 01:28:41,200 Speaker 1: new guy, that'll be cool, Paturka Thompson and yeah, they 1686 01:28:41,240 --> 01:28:43,320 Speaker 1: got a bunch of guys up from Roches. Gotta come 1687 01:28:43,360 --> 01:28:44,960 Speaker 1: up with it. I hope that hope it's so good 1688 01:28:45,000 --> 01:28:49,960 Speaker 1: they come up with a nickname for that line. We'll see. Okay, 1689 01:28:50,200 --> 01:28:53,680 Speaker 1: reinvent tucks and pucks. There you go. I like it. 1690 01:28:53,880 --> 01:28:56,879 Speaker 1: That's it for us today, Field Yates and Theraman Davis. 1691 01:28:56,960 --> 01:29:03,120 Speaker 1: Tomorrow we'll see. It was in sel out