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Speaker 1: I mean, they he drops back, he just gets rid

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Speaker 1: the other thing, Steve, this offense is completely the same

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Speaker 1: half of the season. I've gotten some sense. But man

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Speaker 1: oh man, the Bills fans, even when this defense was

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Speaker 1: struggling or in the first half of the season, Poyer

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Speaker 1: was all over the place. Yeah, he was all over

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Speaker 1: the place. He was kind of he was kind of

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Speaker 1: the clue holding that thing together when Tremaine wasn't right right,

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Speaker 1: when Milana was out of the lineup, the front line

431
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Speaker 1: was not playing with gaff integrity. They had gotten that

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Speaker 1: guy was as dependable as anybody on the unit. He

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Speaker 1: was the guy. And it's I get it. I know

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Speaker 1: how that stuff works. I'm sure he does too, and

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Speaker 1: but that it's it's it's a bummer. You really wish

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Speaker 1: it for him because if there's a guy out there

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Speaker 1: who threw perseverance and doing the dirty work and showing

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Speaker 1: up every day and being the guy and being important

439
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Speaker 1: to the defense, nobody has been as important to the

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Speaker 1: Bill's defense as as Jordan Poyer has been all season.

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Speaker 1: Why has been wire to wire? Uh, you know, he's

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Speaker 1: made so many tackles and just you know, you just

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Speaker 1: hate for the guy to get forgotten like that on

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Speaker 1: a national level. Now, Um, I'm sure it helps that

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Speaker 1: they won the division. They're gonna be on the bigger

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Speaker 1: and better things. And you know, he can do some

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Speaker 1: things in the playoffs, and if he does, he will

448
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Speaker 1: carry over. Use it as fuel, man, Yeah, use it

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Speaker 1: his fuel, and he'll carry over in the next year.

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Speaker 1: If he has a big postseason and does some things

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Speaker 1: on that stage, that'll carry him over in the next

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Speaker 1: year and help him to get into next year's Pro Bowl.

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Speaker 1: But man, oh man, I'm with you, the one guy,

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Speaker 1: And as always, it does happen like this. Sometimes when

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Speaker 1: you get some guys that go to the Pro Bowl

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Speaker 1: and you're right, you're really happy for him, there's always

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Speaker 1: one guy that or two guys that are like, what

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Speaker 1: else do I have to do? I mean, he's done

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Speaker 1: this for four years. I mean I remember saying he

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Speaker 1: had a better you know, if you're I'm going to

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Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl, like this guy a better year than

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Speaker 1: I did, he's not going. And now this is a

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Speaker 1: high profile team, like all the more reason to give

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Speaker 1: a guy like this who's been playing like this for

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Speaker 1: four years the proper recognition. But unfortunately it doesn't always

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Speaker 1: work that way. Let's go to the phones. We'll go

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Speaker 1: to matt in NYC. Because He's got a comment on

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Speaker 1: Jordan as well. Matt, what do you have for us

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Speaker 1: year on one Bill's Live. Hey, guys, thanksfu lot for

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Speaker 1: taking my call. Love them so yeah, I was so

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Speaker 1: pleased to hear about the Bill's Pro Bowl selections being

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Speaker 1: announced last night. They're all great foot pick But yeah, However,

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Speaker 1: like you said, I won't repeat everything you just said,

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Speaker 1: but Jordan Poy are not making that list, man o man.

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Speaker 1: But my question is what is the voting process like

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Speaker 1: for electing a player. Is it just anyone on the

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Speaker 1: NFL website voting as many times as they want? No,

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Speaker 1: there are another source that, like with the NFL sports

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Speaker 1: writers or can you kind of break it down for me? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: well yeah we can do that. Yeah, no problem, And

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Speaker 1: thanks for the call, Matt. We appreciate it. Yeah. So

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Speaker 1: everybody is familiar. Fans are familiar with the fan voting,

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Speaker 1: and obviously you can vote as many times as you

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Speaker 1: want there. Because that is the case, I will tell

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Speaker 1: you flat out, fan voting does not count nearly as

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Speaker 1: much as the voting by players and coaches. It's counted

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Speaker 1: in the equation. But I've been led to believe anyway

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Speaker 1: that the voting that's done by the players and the

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Speaker 1: coaches carries more weight in the final determination as to

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Speaker 1: who the Pro Bowl players are going to be. Now

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Speaker 1: here's how it works. Bills players cannot vote for teammates

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Speaker 1: Bills coaches cannot vote for Bills players. You can only

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Speaker 1: vote for players or on other teams. You know, So

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Speaker 1: Sean McDermott cannot vote for Stephan Diggs. He can only

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Speaker 1: vote for players on other teams players the same way. So,

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Speaker 1: I know, back in the day, there used to be

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Speaker 1: a little bit of collusion. I know, Jim Haslett and

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Speaker 1: fred Smerlas, we're famous for calling other guys in the

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Speaker 1: league and say, hey, if you vote for our guy,

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Speaker 1: we'll vote for your guy, and do that thing is

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Speaker 1: But that only goes so far. It's not going to

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Speaker 1: tip the scales necessarily, and they probably found that out

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Speaker 1: sooner rather than later. But that's kind of how it works,

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Speaker 1: to paint the picture a little bit, because if you

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Speaker 1: could vote for your own teammates, everybody would vote for

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Speaker 1: their own teammates, and that just kind of defeats the purpose, right,

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Speaker 1: And yeah, yeah, there's all kinds of there's all kinds

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Speaker 1: of politicize when you start talking about guys. And the

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Speaker 1: way it used to work in our locker room was,

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm I have a vote, and they tally

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Speaker 1: up all the players votes on your all fifty three

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Speaker 1: or sixty five or how many guys you got, They

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Speaker 1: tally up all those players votes for each position. Right, Well,

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Speaker 1: the simple fact of the matter is, I don't know

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Speaker 1: who's the best defensive tackle. I'm a wide receiver and

516
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Speaker 1: a kick coverage guy. So the our offensive line picks

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Speaker 1: the defensive line Pro Bowl balloting, our defensive it tells

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Speaker 1: us all who you know, No, this guy's played better, dadda,

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Speaker 1: And you know, you have guys in the room that

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Speaker 1: are wise, and they tell you here, here's why this

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Speaker 1: guy's better, and that's who you vote for. They talk

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Speaker 1: about it and they tell you who who played against

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Speaker 1: the best against us, And ostensibly that's what it's supposed

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Speaker 1: to be. It may be a guy that's off the board,

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Speaker 1: but you know what, this guy lit us up. He

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Speaker 1: didn't do it any other game of the season, but

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Speaker 1: he did against us. Right, Yeah, he might get some votes.

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Speaker 1: So that's kind of the way it works. But for us,

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Speaker 1: you know, we just listen, who do I need to

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Speaker 1: vote like Kent Hull, who do I need to vote for? Bud?

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Speaker 1: And he goes, listen, here's how it goes. And I

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Speaker 1: thought that I'd vote for this guy and this guy.

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Speaker 1: This guy's this way, but this guy's this other way.

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Speaker 1: You can choose between those two guys. I don't know,

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00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,800
Speaker 1: but this is those are the two guys. So that's

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Speaker 1: the kind of the way it went. And you had

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Speaker 1: guys with some wisdom and some and some understanding that

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Speaker 1: would fill you in. So and even me, I was like, Dre,

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00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,040
Speaker 1: who's the best corner? I know, I didn't get to play,

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Speaker 1: I didn't play wide. I was telling me who was tough? Right?

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Speaker 1: Who do you want? Who are gonna vote for? That's

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Speaker 1: kind of thing. So there is a little bit of

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Speaker 1: that because you're asking, you know, a corner. You'd rather

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Speaker 1: have an informed opinion instead of just checking boxes, Like

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Speaker 1: you're asking a corner to vote for, you know, the guard,

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Speaker 1: the offensive guard on another team and he's like, I

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Speaker 1: don't know, I'm not within ten yards of that guy

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Speaker 1: at any point in football, I mean, And a little

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Speaker 1: bit of it. You you garner your voting with what

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Speaker 1: your coaches say about the guy on the weeks you're

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Speaker 1: game planning for that team, and like you know, you

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00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,960
Speaker 1: got I'm sitting there and you got Teddy Marchabrota, who

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00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:02,960
Speaker 1: you know, they'll and he'll tell you say, listen, they're

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Speaker 1: this guy. They'll they'll leave this guy on an island

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Speaker 1: by himself at corner all day and we would too,

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00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,160
Speaker 1: that kind of thing. You get the guy, you can

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Speaker 1: tell either he'll say this guy's good, you know, that's

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00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:17,360
Speaker 1: all you need to say, Orioles. You know, because of

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00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:19,280
Speaker 1: the way they say things the way we will say, wow,

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00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:20,880
Speaker 1: they got a lot of respect for that guy, and

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Speaker 1: I that's you know, that goes a long way for players.

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Speaker 1: Right break time for us. When we come back, we'll

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Speaker 1: set up the Twitter poll with you as the Bills,

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Speaker 1: and the number two seed is the question on the docket.

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Speaker 1: We will address just what that is one o'clock. Reuben

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Speaker 1: Brown gonna join us as he will be jumping on

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Speaker 1: the show in about a half hour's time, and then

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Speaker 1: in the third hour of the program about an hour

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Speaker 1: and a half from now, one Kyle Brand from Good

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Speaker 1: Morning Football making his weekly visit. Stay tuned for all

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Speaker 1: of that and more here on One Bill's Live presented

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Speaker 1: by Collid of Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio. Well, timing

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Speaker 1: is something special, Steve, as we all know. Steelers coach

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Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin is making his day after post mortem remarks

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Speaker 1: on the heels of the Monday night loss to Cincinnati,

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Speaker 1: which has vaulted the Bills into the two seed in

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Speaker 1: the AFC playoff race, and he was asked about Juju

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Speaker 1: Smith Schuster's antics pregame where he dances on the other

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Speaker 1: team's logo. Has been doing it all season long, apparently

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Speaker 1: for the benefit of his TikTok following, which has increased

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Speaker 1: by tens of thousands of viewers. So I guess he's

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Speaker 1: winning there. In any event, Mike Tomlin said he does

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Speaker 1: not think Juju Smith Schuster's pregame dancing has an effect

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Speaker 1: on the game, but he said, quote, I am aware

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Speaker 1: of it, and I do plan to talk to Juju.

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Speaker 1: It's about respect, so we'll have a conversation. So we'll

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Speaker 1: see if Juju's dancing continues this week when the Steelers, well,

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Speaker 1: they're at home, so it won't be on another team's

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Speaker 1: logo until Week seventeen. In what could be a very

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Speaker 1: pivotal game that could decide the division if Pittsburgh loses

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Speaker 1: to Indianapolis at home, which is a distinct possibility the

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Speaker 1: way Indie's playing and the way Pittsburgh's playing Week seventeen

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Speaker 1: could be for the AFC North Division. So we'll have

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Speaker 1: to see where that goes. We'll keep a casual eye

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Speaker 1: on that. Eight oh three five fifty one eight eight

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Speaker 1: five fifty two five fifty the number to get on

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Speaker 1: board with us as our Twitter poll two day deals

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Speaker 1: with the Bill's new positioning in the AFC playoff race,

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Speaker 1: now in the second seed via tiebreaker over the Steelers

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Speaker 1: after Pittsburgh loses to Cincinnati last night to fall to

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Speaker 1: eleven and three. They've now lost three in a row.

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Speaker 1: And so the question here is how much significance do

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Speaker 1: you give the second seed in the AFC playoffs for

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Speaker 1: the Bills. A A lot two home playoff games is

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Speaker 1: valuable or are valuable? Be somewhat important, nice to have,

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Speaker 1: but confident in this team home or away or see unimportant.

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Speaker 1: Home field advantage isn't what it used to be. And

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Speaker 1: the overwhelming response is over two thirds of the people

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Speaker 1: that have voted thus far say it means a lot

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Speaker 1: two home playoff games are valuable, so interesting because I

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Speaker 1: think it is a little bit different this year, Steve

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Speaker 1: home field advantage, it's not the same. And there's yeah,

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Speaker 1: you gotta win the first one first, well, correct, But

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Speaker 1: we're talking about playing out the string here these last

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Speaker 1: two weeks. You are holding the number two seed as

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Speaker 1: we speak right now. If you keep winning, you finish

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Speaker 1: with it. Yeah, then you only have then you only

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Speaker 1: have the eight. Well, not the same thing. For instance,

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Speaker 1: lightning strikes and Kansas City loses in the division round

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Speaker 1: after their bye week to whoever's still playing really well,

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Speaker 1: and there you go. I mean that now the championship,

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Speaker 1: if you can keep winning, the AFC Championship is in

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Speaker 1: right Bill Stadium. But the point here is you're in

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Speaker 1: the number two hole right now, and you control your

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Speaker 1: own destiny. You keep winning at worst, you are the

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Speaker 1: number two seat at the absolute worst, and you ensure

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Speaker 1: you will have two home playoff games. Now, in any

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Speaker 1: other season on the planet that this league has seen,

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Speaker 1: I would say, yeah, super important. Hold onto it because

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Speaker 1: you know fans in the stands, the home atmosphere here

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Speaker 1: with fans in the stands January, I mean, best of

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Speaker 1: luck visions. I still think it's important. I still think

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Speaker 1: it's so. And that's the question. I still do I

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Speaker 1: the travel, the logistics, um, the benefit, whatever it is

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Speaker 1: that you get from not having to travel, not having

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Speaker 1: to get in an airplane, go to a hotel, um,

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00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:17,839
Speaker 1: and it's it's you know, it's something in your own bed.

638
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:19,840
Speaker 1: And even if it is you know, an empty stadium

639
00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:23,400
Speaker 1: when you get there, Listen, you gotta do it. And

640
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:26,359
Speaker 1: and I know it's a risk. I know you risk

641
00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:28,880
Speaker 1: some physical you know, make some physical risk to some

642
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:32,479
Speaker 1: players that you know that you're pretty valuable. But that's

643
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 1: something you risk, even if if you're still pushing for

644
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:36,960
Speaker 1: the player, you're still putting those guys out there. You know,

645
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:38,960
Speaker 1: if it was huge, if the number one seed was

646
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 1: still on the table and you were in in a

647
00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:43,000
Speaker 1: neck and neck race, yeah, you're gonna put your foot

648
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:44,360
Speaker 1: on the gas. Wouldn't give it a second thought. So

649
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:46,799
Speaker 1: don't give it a second thought. Now, just go play.

650
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 1: You're playing a win. Just go play to win. You're

651
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,839
Speaker 1: keeping your foot. They may not have to because of

652
00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:55,160
Speaker 1: what happens around him, and certainly this weekend they'll have

653
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:58,839
Speaker 1: the benefit of everybody having made their case for this

654
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:01,279
Speaker 1: weekend with one game roomining, and you'll know a little

655
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:03,920
Speaker 1: bit clearer what it's going to take for you to

656
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:07,240
Speaker 1: retain the number two seed. But if it takes you winning,

657
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 1: you gotta win. I think yeah, I think you gotta win.

658
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 1: And we'll hear from coach McDermott, who addressed this very

659
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:21,240
Speaker 1: issue yesterday in his conference call with the media on Zoom.

660
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:25,279
Speaker 1: He was asked about this very scenario coming up and

661
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:29,400
Speaker 1: where he stood on the balance that a lot of

662
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:31,480
Speaker 1: head coaches often have to strike this time of year

663
00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:34,279
Speaker 1: when they are in playoff position. You know, do I

664
00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:37,799
Speaker 1: keep playing my regular guys or do I rest them

665
00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:40,320
Speaker 1: to avoid injury and not having them in the games

666
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:43,799
Speaker 1: that are even more important those being in the postseason.

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Speaker 1: Let us know how you feel. At eight oh three,

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Speaker 1: five fifty one eighty eight, five fifty two, five fifty

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Speaker 1: we go to Tony in North Carolina. Tony, what do

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00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:56,319
Speaker 1: you have for us? Welcome to one Bills Live. Yes,

671
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Speaker 1: I'm just calling to is my understanding that the first

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00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:04,240
Speaker 1: hybrid and if there is multiple teams tied is conference record,

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00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 1: and if the Bills, if the Indianapolis Colts beat Pittsburgh

674
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:10,440
Speaker 1: this weekend, Cleveland beats the Jets and the Bills beat

675
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:14,200
Speaker 1: the Patriots, they lock up the second spot because no

676
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 1: one else has They will have nine wins and the

677
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:20,480
Speaker 1: AFC everybody else will be eight or less, so that

678
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 1: they are in contention. So the Bills would be you know,

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00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:25,759
Speaker 1: it would have the best conference record, right, well, then

680
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:28,160
Speaker 1: then two, yeah, we'd have the best conference record. We'd

681
00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:33,319
Speaker 1: also have twelve wins and the other teams might not

682
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,439
Speaker 1: get to twelve wins. They can't tie it. They can't

683
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:38,799
Speaker 1: beat us. Yeah, they can't beat you. Right, Tennessee is

684
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:42,520
Speaker 1: your biggest concern in terms of catching you at this point.

685
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:44,759
Speaker 1: They are at ten and four and they have the

686
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:47,479
Speaker 1: tiebreaker over the Bills via head to head. That's that's

687
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:50,960
Speaker 1: They're the chief concern right now. Right. But if Cleveland,

688
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 1: but if Cleveland wins this weekend, there will autumn there

689
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:57,640
Speaker 1: will be for sure a three way tie, even if

690
00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 1: the Bills lose to the Dolphins, a three way tie

691
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 1: at the end of the season. For the the end

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Speaker 1: of this weekend, yeah, it would be Tennessee. It would

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Speaker 1: be Tennessee. Whoever wins between Pittsburgh and Cleveland and Buffalo

694
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:12,200
Speaker 1: would all be at twelve and four and that's the case.

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00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 1: Tenneth only has eight conference wins. Buffalo is night. Well,

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Speaker 1: I'd be eleven and four after this weekend. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: I get you, I get yeah. He's projecting right to

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Speaker 1: the end of the He's projecting to week seventeen. What

699
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 1: happens in week seventeen? Yeah, what happens in that last week?

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Speaker 1: No matter what the Bills do against the Dolphins, if

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Speaker 1: they beat the Patriots in Indianapolis, beats Pittsburgh, they lock

702
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:37,160
Speaker 1: up the second spot. Well, there you go, and I'll

703
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:40,320
Speaker 1: tell you it's interesting now. And maybe I'm asking you, Tony,

704
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:45,279
Speaker 1: what happens to Miami if they win this weekend and

705
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:50,120
Speaker 1: stay alive, then get to eleven and five and that

706
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:54,719
Speaker 1: game means something to Miami. That's will definitely mean something

707
00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:57,920
Speaker 1: to Miami because they would still be in the playoffs.

708
00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:01,480
Speaker 1: It would hurt Baltimore if where to happen. Miami's got

709
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:03,520
Speaker 1: to win this weekend because if they don't, they're going

710
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:07,279
Speaker 1: to be out correct. I don't I don't know if

711
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:10,040
Speaker 1: Buffalo locks up the two seed because of what Tennessee

712
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:13,440
Speaker 1: can still do. They don't have an AFC conference game

713
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:16,920
Speaker 1: this week. They are at Green Bay, but if they

714
00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:19,759
Speaker 1: win that game and then they win their last game,

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00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:24,319
Speaker 1: which is against Houston, and go twelve and four, and

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00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:26,520
Speaker 1: the Bills win this week and lose the next week,

717
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:29,360
Speaker 1: they're both twelve and four and Tennessee has the tiebreaker

718
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:33,880
Speaker 1: via head to head. So but I think that's another

719
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:37,200
Speaker 1: step that you have to add into your equation, Tony. No,

720
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:41,320
Speaker 1: but if Cleveland wins this weekend, both Cleveland and Pittsburgh,

721
00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:44,480
Speaker 1: whoever wins their division, will also be twelve and four.

722
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 1: So there's a three way. The three way takes the

723
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 1: head The three way takes the head to head out. Okay,

724
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:52,919
Speaker 1: I understand now what you're talking about. Okay, very good, Yeah,

725
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:56,200
Speaker 1: three way, yep, all of the and if all three

726
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 1: of the what's the next tiebreaker be trying conference wreckers

727
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:01,600
Speaker 1: at common game? What is it? It's usually Yeah, if

728
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:05,880
Speaker 1: it's not division teams, it's common games. After conference record,

729
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:08,640
Speaker 1: there's got to be a minimum of four common opponents,

730
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:12,240
Speaker 1: and there usually are. But that doesn't really matter because

731
00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:15,640
Speaker 1: the Bills will have nine conference wins and everybody also, yeah,

732
00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:18,520
Speaker 1: they'll they'll have him beat on conference record. It's Tony's

733
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:21,760
Speaker 1: point out. Yeah, So yeah, they're in a good spot.

734
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Speaker 1: So winning this week would be pretty important and would

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Speaker 1: afford you the opportunity to sit people in week seventeen. Yeah,

736
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:30,759
Speaker 1: so if Indie and Cleveland Bolts win and the Bills win,

737
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:34,040
Speaker 1: they can set anybody they wanted against the Dolphins. Right

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Speaker 1: all right, Tony, we thank you for crunching the numbers there.

739
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Speaker 1: We kind of we appreciate it. We kind of got

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Speaker 1: halfway there in the first segment. And then I'm just

741
00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:46,479
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be the first to tell you right now,

742
00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:50,480
Speaker 1: if I don't write it down on paper, picturing it

743
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:53,680
Speaker 1: in my head is impossible. Here's here's just why I

744
00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:56,680
Speaker 1: was questioning Tony, but he was right. Here's the thing too.

745
00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:58,760
Speaker 1: I got this, I've got the It's a four page

746
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:03,359
Speaker 1: document from the NFL about playoff scenarios. Right. Well, it's

747
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:05,920
Speaker 1: all well and good. Say, for instance, Cleveland, if Cleveland

748
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:08,800
Speaker 1: wins Baltimore, they can clinch a playoff birth Cleveland this weekend.

749
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:11,120
Speaker 1: If they win in Baltimore loses, or if they win

750
00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:15,799
Speaker 1: and Miami loses, if they win in Indianapolis loses, they

751
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,360
Speaker 1: need to win in one of the other playoff contenders

752
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:21,560
Speaker 1: to lose. That's all straightforward. The problem is I want

753
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:25,560
Speaker 1: to know what happens the next week. Yeah, you know what,

754
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:28,160
Speaker 1: then what is it? Because that's that's why very often

755
00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:30,400
Speaker 1: I don't worry about this stuff until I get to

756
00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:34,359
Speaker 1: about one week left, because let it, let it, let

757
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,719
Speaker 1: it play out, and let me figure out the if

758
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:40,680
Speaker 1: thens in week seventeen, there are considerably fewer now with

759
00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:43,640
Speaker 1: two games remaining than there were even a week ago. Yeah,

760
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,279
Speaker 1: but how about this, there's still a lot of permutations.

761
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:48,160
Speaker 1: I'll give you that. I'll give you why this stuff

762
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:50,279
Speaker 1: makes your head explode. Just bear with I'll give you

763
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:53,719
Speaker 1: a thirty second use if you want. This is why Cincinnati,

764
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:55,759
Speaker 1: this is about Cleveland. Let's just do this one. If

765
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 1: Cleveland Cleveland's playoff birth right, they can clinch a playoff

766
00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:04,760
Speaker 1: berth if if they win, Baltimore loses, or if Baltimore ties,

767
00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:08,800
Speaker 1: or if they win and Miami loses or ties, or

768
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:13,000
Speaker 1: if Cleveland wins and Indianapolis loses, or if they Cleveland

769
00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:16,800
Speaker 1: ties and Baltimore loses, or if Cleveland ties again and

770
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:20,399
Speaker 1: Miami loses. If you got to start throwing ties in

771
00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:23,400
Speaker 1: just yeah, you know, not a fan of this. Just

772
00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:26,239
Speaker 1: give me the pill. Break time for us when we

773
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:28,240
Speaker 1: come back, We'll get to more of your phone calls.

774
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:32,040
Speaker 1: We'll hit up the tweet sheet, and in about twenty

775
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:35,640
Speaker 1: minutes time one Reuben Brown, who knows the thing or

776
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:38,040
Speaker 1: two about Pro Bowls. He'll be joining us in the

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00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:40,719
Speaker 1: second hour of the show. All of that coming up soon.

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Speaker 1: Here on One Bill's Live, presented by KLATA Health, It's

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio Time for reads, Gens, Milestone, own Reeds.

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00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:04,000
Speaker 1: Jan's the official jeweler of the Buffalo Pills. Quarterback Josh

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00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:06,719
Speaker 1: Allen the first quarterback in NFL history to tally three

782
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:10,920
Speaker 1: straight seasons with seven or more rushing touchdowns. Alan has

783
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:14,320
Speaker 1: eight rushing touchdowns in fourteen games thus far this season.

784
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:18,800
Speaker 1: He had nine last year and eight in twenty eighteen.

785
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:23,520
Speaker 1: Alan with thirty nine total touchdowns on the year, counting

786
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:26,480
Speaker 1: those eight rushing touchdowns that he has this season. So

787
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:29,680
Speaker 1: good on him and congrats to him for his first

788
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:34,160
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl being named to the Pro Bowl for this year.

789
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:38,480
Speaker 1: There is no game this year due to COVID restrictions.

790
00:43:39,040 --> 00:43:42,319
Speaker 1: They're trying to work with EA Sports. I guess to

791
00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:47,560
Speaker 1: come up with some kind of virtual competition online. That's

792
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:50,480
Speaker 1: that's what the Pro Bowl should have always been as Yeah,

793
00:43:50,600 --> 00:43:56,960
Speaker 1: should be a meet and greet right with experiences and

794
00:43:57,120 --> 00:44:03,600
Speaker 1: experiences open. Okay, well there it is. You go, okay,

795
00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:08,719
Speaker 1: somewhere on a beach somewhere, sure, with stuff for the

796
00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:12,439
Speaker 1: kids to do. We will hit the tweet sheet here

797
00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:16,640
Speaker 1: and get things rolling. And the tweet sheets always is

798
00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:19,440
Speaker 1: brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the official equipment

799
00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:22,359
Speaker 1: moving company of the Buffalo Bills. How much significance do

800
00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:25,239
Speaker 1: you give the second seed in the AFC playoffs for

801
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:28,919
Speaker 1: the Bills? Nick says, with the two seed, it would

802
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:30,880
Speaker 1: be nice to avoid the Chiefs and have home field

803
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:34,520
Speaker 1: advantage until the AFC Championship game. But I'm more concerned

804
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:38,120
Speaker 1: with our first round matchup. I'd rather be a lower

805
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:41,600
Speaker 1: seed and get a favorable matchup than be a higher

806
00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:45,360
Speaker 1: seed but have to play a team like the Titans.

807
00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:49,160
Speaker 1: How's that one grab you. I'm not afraid of those teams.

808
00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:54,560
Speaker 1: Not afraid of those teams. I'll say this, Bills have

809
00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:57,080
Speaker 1: been pretty damn good on the road, not for nothing.

810
00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:00,839
Speaker 1: I mean I think they're even two on the road

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00:45:00,920 --> 00:45:03,919
Speaker 1: this year. Now, yeah, they beat the Patriots. They're six

812
00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:05,640
Speaker 1: and two on the road for the second season in

813
00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:09,600
Speaker 1: a row. Ye six and two, and now you're going

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00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:13,560
Speaker 1: to places with in most cases no fans or a

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00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:18,280
Speaker 1: smattering of fans. I'm not I'm not terribly worried about

816
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:20,399
Speaker 1: them on the road in the playoffs, to be quite

817
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:23,360
Speaker 1: honest with you. Now, in Kansas City, they do have fans.

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00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:26,440
Speaker 1: I believe it's seventeen thousand is the max for them? Yeah,

819
00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:29,200
Speaker 1: maybe it's eleven. I can't I'll have to check. Um,

820
00:45:29,239 --> 00:45:31,480
Speaker 1: they do have fans there, and you know, they make

821
00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:34,480
Speaker 1: a respectable amount of noise. But I know it sounds

822
00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:38,879
Speaker 1: like a like a high school slogan. But with this

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00:45:39,239 --> 00:45:43,000
Speaker 1: crew that they're sporting right now in Buffalo, anytime anywhere,

824
00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 1: or anybody kicking ass and taking it, let's go. Really,

825
00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:48,560
Speaker 1: I mean, that's we'll play here, we'll play there, it

826
00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:50,960
Speaker 1: don't matter. But if you can play here, play here,

827
00:45:51,239 --> 00:45:53,440
Speaker 1: because none of those teams matter, I don't care who

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00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:55,160
Speaker 1: it is. You're gonna you're gonna want to you're gonna

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00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:57,400
Speaker 1: want a shot at him, and you're gonna be probably

830
00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:00,920
Speaker 1: favored in most of the matchups you go into. Right now,

831
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:02,800
Speaker 1: And I know we mentioned this on the show yesterday,

832
00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:07,520
Speaker 1: but I saw a difference in demeanor from this team

833
00:46:07,640 --> 00:46:11,399
Speaker 1: on the field last Saturday. They went from being a

834
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:16,120
Speaker 1: team playing confidently to a team on a seek and

835
00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:20,359
Speaker 1: destroy mission. They are looking to bury anybody they play,

836
00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:24,760
Speaker 1: not just beat him, bury him, embarrass him, demoralize him.

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00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:27,160
Speaker 1: That's what they did with the Broncos last week. And

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00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:32,160
Speaker 1: I there's this. You remember, remember Marty Schottenheimer on those

839
00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:35,440
Speaker 1: NFL films. He's looking for that gleam. I want that

840
00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:38,719
Speaker 1: gleam in your eye. We saw some of that last

841
00:46:38,719 --> 00:46:42,600
Speaker 1: week in this Bill's team. I mean Josh Allen pointing

842
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:45,120
Speaker 1: up to the press box after that one touchdown. You

843
00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:47,600
Speaker 1: can't tell me it wasn't pointing to John Elway saying

844
00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:50,240
Speaker 1: you didn't want to draft me? How about them? Apple?

845
00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:52,960
Speaker 1: Why else is he pointing up in the press box?

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00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:55,920
Speaker 1: Who the hell else is it the game? Think about that,

847
00:46:57,840 --> 00:47:00,440
Speaker 1: Santa Claus. I mean, who else are we pointing time?

848
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:02,640
Speaker 1: Here's a holiday season. He might have been. He's pointing

849
00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:05,200
Speaker 1: right at John Elways. Let me just let me just

850
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:07,040
Speaker 1: remind He'll never admit it, but I think that's what

851
00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:13,840
Speaker 1: he was. Let me remind you. The bills last five

852
00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:22,600
Speaker 1: wins have been by ten, ten, ten, eleven, and twenty

853
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:28,520
Speaker 1: nine twenty nine. Meanwhile, and beat by a hail Mary. Meanwhile,

854
00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:30,680
Speaker 1: the Chiefs have won I think it's their last six

855
00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:35,480
Speaker 1: games by six points or less. Yeah, now that's a

856
00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:38,560
Speaker 1: dangerous game. I still hear my high school coach yelling

857
00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:41,359
Speaker 1: in my ear Now, don't go paper shooting. Yeah, don't

858
00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:43,120
Speaker 1: go looking in the paper and telling me how much

859
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:45,920
Speaker 1: you're gonna beat the next team by, because paper shooting

860
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:50,439
Speaker 1: will get you beat. But Kansas City is has got

861
00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:53,799
Speaker 1: some issues. Their offensive line is not protecting as well

862
00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:57,680
Speaker 1: as it was earlier in the season. Their defense some

863
00:47:57,719 --> 00:48:03,320
Speaker 1: weeks is just getting by. Wow. Um, they're not winning

864
00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:06,080
Speaker 1: as convincingly as they did last year. I'll say this though,

865
00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:09,000
Speaker 1: they're they're a little bit and and I'm not saying

866
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:11,040
Speaker 1: they are good. I mean, those guys, those jokers are

867
00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:12,960
Speaker 1: all of that. And one of the things that happens

868
00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:14,920
Speaker 1: is they start. There's no question that I think a

869
00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:18,680
Speaker 1: little bit of complacency is crypt That's why that's why

870
00:48:18,719 --> 00:48:22,320
Speaker 1: they're not winning big. But they they haven't been pushed

871
00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:26,480
Speaker 1: very much, and they are I think so supremely confident

872
00:48:26,520 --> 00:48:29,359
Speaker 1: in what they do, and for good reason. They just

873
00:48:29,560 --> 00:48:32,560
Speaker 1: they're not afraid of being in a tight game because

874
00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:35,239
Speaker 1: they know they've got a couple extra gears, and I

875
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:37,760
Speaker 1: think I think Andy Reid feels that way. I'm certain

876
00:48:37,800 --> 00:48:39,520
Speaker 1: that there's a number of their players that feel like, man,

877
00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:41,920
Speaker 1: these guys, they don't know when you're turning it on

878
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:43,560
Speaker 1: and turning it off, is it not? You don't have

879
00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:45,799
Speaker 1: any questions. Yeah, there's no doubt. But they're that good.

880
00:48:45,840 --> 00:48:47,400
Speaker 1: I mean, they've been able to turn it back on

881
00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:50,480
Speaker 1: when they need it, or at least stay engaged enough throughout.

882
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:53,560
Speaker 1: I don't think it doesn't look to me like those

883
00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:56,080
Speaker 1: guys have had any point this year. It's a testament

884
00:48:56,080 --> 00:48:59,000
Speaker 1: to Andy Reid and those mahomes and the crew they've got.

885
00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:01,919
Speaker 1: I have not seen them play once this year where

886
00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:06,240
Speaker 1: they were like where they were it just came across

887
00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:09,239
Speaker 1: as they had of having a sense of urgency. And

888
00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:11,680
Speaker 1: I can't remember all the way back to the the

889
00:49:12,080 --> 00:49:14,080
Speaker 1: the Las Vegas game that they lost. I can't even

890
00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:16,520
Speaker 1: remember that game. But it just never whenever I see

891
00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:20,479
Speaker 1: those guys play, they just don't seem to be under

892
00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:27,640
Speaker 1: any any tension, mental or whatever. They're just they just

893
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:30,560
Speaker 1: don't believe anybody's gonna beat them, and they come across

894
00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:32,719
Speaker 1: as a little bit nonchalant because and I'm sure that

895
00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:35,160
Speaker 1: you know they it's not all what I'm exactly how

896
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:38,680
Speaker 1: I'm portraying it because I'm a million miles away, But man,

897
00:49:38,680 --> 00:49:40,839
Speaker 1: old man, they just don't look like they've been put

898
00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:44,960
Speaker 1: under any stress. Break time for us. But when we return,

899
00:49:45,719 --> 00:49:48,680
Speaker 1: Ruben Brown it's gonna join us here on the show.

900
00:49:49,719 --> 00:49:52,520
Speaker 1: He of the what is it eight Pro Bowl? I

901
00:49:52,520 --> 00:49:56,719
Speaker 1: think it is nine? Nine Pro Bowls. He's familiar with

902
00:49:56,800 --> 00:49:59,200
Speaker 1: this week and getting good news. So we'll talk to

903
00:49:59,280 --> 00:50:02,319
Speaker 1: Ruben a about the Pro Bowl, about where he thinks

904
00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:06,080
Speaker 1: this Bill's team's headed, and get his thoughts on maintaining

905
00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:08,240
Speaker 1: the number two seed in the playoffs. When we return

906
00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:10,359
Speaker 1: here on One Bill's Live, presented by Kalaida Health, It's

907
00:50:10,360 --> 00:50:24,719
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio, Buffalo Bills Radio Network Sports Date. You're

908
00:50:24,760 --> 00:50:26,800
Speaker 1: a sports update from One Bill's Drive. The Bills with

909
00:50:26,920 --> 00:50:29,759
Speaker 1: another day off today before returning to the practice field

910
00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:31,960
Speaker 1: on Wednesday as they prepare for Monday night's game in

911
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:35,000
Speaker 1: Foxboro against the Patriots. We'll keep an eye on the

912
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:37,920
Speaker 1: status of wide receivers Stefan Diggs, who left Saturday's game

913
00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:41,080
Speaker 1: with an ankle injury. Head coach Sean McDermott told reporters

914
00:50:41,080 --> 00:50:44,280
Speaker 1: on Monday that he's not overly worried about the injury,

915
00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:47,479
Speaker 1: but we'll need to see how the practice week plays out.

916
00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:49,719
Speaker 1: Last night, Week fifteen wrapped up in the NFL, and

917
00:50:49,760 --> 00:50:52,640
Speaker 1: it was the Steelers losing their third straight game to

918
00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:57,040
Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bengals twenty seven seventeen. The Pittsburgh loss now

919
00:50:57,080 --> 00:50:59,799
Speaker 1: plays Buffalo as the number two seed in the AF

920
00:51:00,320 --> 00:51:03,600
Speaker 1: via tiebreaker. The twenty twenty one Pro Bowl rosters were

921
00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:06,360
Speaker 1: announced last night. Five bills on the list, Josh Allen,

922
00:51:06,680 --> 00:51:09,960
Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs getting the first ever Pro Bowl nods of

923
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:13,359
Speaker 1: their careers. They joined Tremaine Edmonds and Tradevious White, who

924
00:51:13,440 --> 00:51:17,280
Speaker 1: returned for a second straight year, and kick returner Andre Roberts.

925
00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:20,239
Speaker 1: Jordan Poyer shockingly left off the list. There will be

926
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:23,640
Speaker 1: no Pro Bowl game this season because of the COVID

927
00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:27,480
Speaker 1: nineteen pandemic. Some sad news, though, from the Football World

928
00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:30,600
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame linebacker Kevin Greene passed away on Monday.

929
00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:32,839
Speaker 1: He was just fifty eight years old. A two time

930
00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:35,960
Speaker 1: All Pro and five time Pro Bowl selection, green finished

931
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:38,840
Speaker 1: his career with one hundred and sixty sacks, which ranks

932
00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:41,600
Speaker 1: third and league history, behind only Bruce Smith and Reggie White.

933
00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:45,520
Speaker 1: No cause of death was given. That is your sports

934
00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:48,640
Speaker 1: update from one Bill's drive. Our number two of the

935
00:51:48,680 --> 00:51:52,919
Speaker 1: program underway between Steve Tasker and yours truly, Chris Brown,

936
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:56,279
Speaker 1: and joining us is my brother from another mother. It

937
00:51:56,480 --> 00:52:00,960
Speaker 1: is Ruben Brown, who knows all about are taking no

938
00:52:02,840 --> 00:52:05,480
Speaker 1: h and Ruben you know all about prout Steve, but

939
00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:08,239
Speaker 1: you know we can fit you in somewhere. Well. The

940
00:52:08,600 --> 00:52:10,680
Speaker 1: commonality you have with the man to my left is

941
00:52:11,000 --> 00:52:14,440
Speaker 1: multiple Pro Bowls. You guys got the nod several times

942
00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:18,359
Speaker 1: during this time of year. Uh and five bills going

943
00:52:18,400 --> 00:52:20,240
Speaker 1: through the Pro Bowl. I guess that's what you see, Ruben,

944
00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:25,000
Speaker 1: when you have a successful football team, right yeah, you know, um,

945
00:52:25,560 --> 00:52:28,120
Speaker 1: I was expecting a few of the offensive lineman they

946
00:52:28,200 --> 00:52:33,160
Speaker 1: get a nod. You know, the Josh is a great quarterback,

947
00:52:33,239 --> 00:52:36,359
Speaker 1: but he can't do it all by himself. Kenny, you

948
00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:40,080
Speaker 1: need some protection. What did that? What was that? What? Wet?

949
00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:43,000
Speaker 1: Five seconds? Forty five seconds in here with Ruben and

950
00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:46,360
Speaker 1: we've already got we've already got campaigning for the offensive lineman.

951
00:52:46,360 --> 00:52:48,279
Speaker 1: I can't say I'm surprise which guys on our Bill's

952
00:52:48,320 --> 00:52:51,000
Speaker 1: offensive line. Have you watched that you think has really

953
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:52,640
Speaker 1: had a nice year? And I know that one of

954
00:52:52,640 --> 00:52:54,680
Speaker 1: the problems the offensive line had, and I want to

955
00:52:54,680 --> 00:52:56,359
Speaker 1: ask you about that as well, is the fact that

956
00:52:56,640 --> 00:52:59,840
Speaker 1: you know, Feliciano wasn't there for a good portion of

957
00:52:59,840 --> 00:53:01,600
Speaker 1: the first half of the season, and then he had

958
00:53:01,640 --> 00:53:05,839
Speaker 1: baits and winters, and Mitch Morse was in and out

959
00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:07,480
Speaker 1: of the lineup a little bit, and they were shuffling

960
00:53:07,480 --> 00:53:10,000
Speaker 1: the guards and the centers all around. They never really

961
00:53:10,040 --> 00:53:12,839
Speaker 1: had the interior the line settled for the first half

962
00:53:12,840 --> 00:53:16,440
Speaker 1: of the season. But who has played well for you? Listen,

963
00:53:16,480 --> 00:53:19,560
Speaker 1: that's our guy Dawkins. How come he can't be mentioned

964
00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:23,880
Speaker 1: in the conversation? Is a guy that could be a

965
00:53:23,920 --> 00:53:28,719
Speaker 1: pro bowler. He should be probably eventually will be in

966
00:53:28,719 --> 00:53:32,680
Speaker 1: his career, But why not mentioning him right now, especially

967
00:53:32,960 --> 00:53:37,040
Speaker 1: in this situation. I think a lot of times, you know,

968
00:53:37,360 --> 00:53:42,640
Speaker 1: being a Buffalo playing for the Bills, you know, we

969
00:53:42,719 --> 00:53:47,200
Speaker 1: don't get enough media or enough media pull like Chicago

970
00:53:47,360 --> 00:53:51,080
Speaker 1: or Manhattan or San Francisco ATLA and all of these

971
00:53:51,120 --> 00:53:54,719
Speaker 1: other places, and we kind of get forgotten and think

972
00:53:54,760 --> 00:53:59,160
Speaker 1: it's a one horse town. Only the quarterback is the

973
00:53:59,239 --> 00:54:01,880
Speaker 1: only good thing there. But there's a lot of great

974
00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:06,360
Speaker 1: players on that team. I don't think this will set

975
00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:09,120
Speaker 1: any of them back at all by not being selected

976
00:54:09,160 --> 00:54:11,200
Speaker 1: to the Pro Bowl. But it's an honor. It's a

977
00:54:11,239 --> 00:54:14,880
Speaker 1: great honor to have and receive, and like Steve, you know,

978
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:19,120
Speaker 1: it's just a great feeling and a great accomplishment in

979
00:54:19,760 --> 00:54:22,239
Speaker 1: one's football career. I think one of the things that

980
00:54:22,360 --> 00:54:24,440
Speaker 1: makes it such a cool thing is the fact that

981
00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:26,440
Speaker 1: you know coaches and players of the guys voting. I'm

982
00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:28,440
Speaker 1: for the most part, and when I first started, that's

983
00:54:28,440 --> 00:54:30,360
Speaker 1: all it could vote. And then later on in my

984
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:32,279
Speaker 1: career they started letting the fans get in. They had

985
00:54:32,320 --> 00:54:35,200
Speaker 1: one third of the vote. But I think that's the best.

986
00:54:35,680 --> 00:54:37,840
Speaker 1: That's the most important thing to the players. Is it

987
00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:40,520
Speaker 1: not rubin that you know that your opponents and the

988
00:54:40,560 --> 00:54:42,799
Speaker 1: opposing coaching staffs are the guys that really put you

989
00:54:42,840 --> 00:54:47,759
Speaker 1: in you know. I hear the narrative, or I read

990
00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:52,400
Speaker 1: the narrative that being selected to an ap All Pro

991
00:54:52,480 --> 00:54:56,400
Speaker 1: team is more prestigious these days than being selected to

992
00:54:56,440 --> 00:54:59,640
Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl. I would have to beg to differ.

993
00:55:00,080 --> 00:55:03,880
Speaker 1: I think being selected to the Pro Bowl is probably

994
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:06,840
Speaker 1: the greatest honor, or one of the greatest honors you

995
00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:11,319
Speaker 1: can have as an individual in the NFL. Just think

996
00:55:11,360 --> 00:55:17,000
Speaker 1: about the coaches that vote, I mean during your time, Steve,

997
00:55:17,719 --> 00:55:21,000
Speaker 1: think of the coaches that voted you in or put

998
00:55:21,120 --> 00:55:23,920
Speaker 1: your name on a ballot. And a few of those

999
00:55:24,040 --> 00:55:26,680
Speaker 1: or quite a few of those guys are in the

1000
00:55:26,760 --> 00:55:30,400
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. And what's better than knowing that Don

1001
00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:34,560
Speaker 1: Shula was a part of voting you into the Pro Bowl? Right?

1002
00:55:34,719 --> 00:55:38,840
Speaker 1: You don't get that when it is the AP you

1003
00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:42,319
Speaker 1: got a writer from so and so town that you've

1004
00:55:42,360 --> 00:55:46,080
Speaker 1: never known, or whoever. But when it's the coaches and

1005
00:55:46,360 --> 00:55:49,719
Speaker 1: your opponents not And this is the part about the

1006
00:55:49,719 --> 00:55:53,960
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl, we should make clear. It's not other offensive

1007
00:55:54,000 --> 00:55:59,680
Speaker 1: lineman voting for offensive lineman. It's offensive lineman voting for

1008
00:55:59,840 --> 00:56:03,759
Speaker 1: the opponents. Right, So you have to vote for the

1009
00:56:03,840 --> 00:56:07,400
Speaker 1: guy that could have possibly kicked your butt, right, you know,

1010
00:56:07,840 --> 00:56:11,160
Speaker 1: or you know or you see him out there kicking

1011
00:56:11,239 --> 00:56:14,560
Speaker 1: butt on other offensive linement, So you have to write

1012
00:56:14,640 --> 00:56:19,400
Speaker 1: that guy's name in. Right. It is not a popularity

1013
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:23,000
Speaker 1: of contest guys. It's not. And I'll tell you why

1014
00:56:23,280 --> 00:56:25,839
Speaker 1: because when I said in that room my first year

1015
00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:29,920
Speaker 1: with Kent Hall. He made sure we went through the

1016
00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:36,560
Speaker 1: list and analyzed each guy. It wasn't foregone conclusion. Hey

1017
00:56:36,600 --> 00:56:39,680
Speaker 1: we're gonna put Reggie White in, which he wasn't in

1018
00:56:39,800 --> 00:56:43,160
Speaker 1: our in our division, but Reggie White in just because

1019
00:56:43,160 --> 00:56:45,560
Speaker 1: he's Reggie White. Is like, no, who did we play

1020
00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:50,040
Speaker 1: this year that gave us fits? All right, they're in next.

1021
00:56:50,080 --> 00:56:53,840
Speaker 1: Who do we see in our league, in our area

1022
00:56:53,880 --> 00:56:58,040
Speaker 1: in the AFC that's given guys fits? Then that's in

1023
00:56:58,520 --> 00:57:01,879
Speaker 1: right after that. I'm sorry all my friends. I had

1024
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:05,799
Speaker 1: tons of defensive lineman that wish they were you know, hey,

1025
00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:07,880
Speaker 1: you're getting giving me a vote, and I'm like, no,

1026
00:57:08,280 --> 00:57:12,200
Speaker 1: because you're not that good. I'm only going to give

1027
00:57:12,280 --> 00:57:16,160
Speaker 1: you a vote if I think you're good. And I

1028
00:57:16,240 --> 00:57:21,120
Speaker 1: mean Tim Bowen's seven forty seven down there in Miami,

1029
00:57:21,200 --> 00:57:24,280
Speaker 1: he got my vote quite a few times. Richard Seymour

1030
00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:27,320
Speaker 1: got my vote. All of those got guys got my

1031
00:57:27,440 --> 00:57:30,520
Speaker 1: vote not because they weren't popular winning teams, but because

1032
00:57:30,560 --> 00:57:32,600
Speaker 1: I had a hard time block. Right, that's the and

1033
00:57:32,640 --> 00:57:34,840
Speaker 1: I think that's why. It's the ultimate show of respect

1034
00:57:34,840 --> 00:57:37,280
Speaker 1: when you can get a guy's vote. They're saying, if

1035
00:57:37,400 --> 00:57:39,120
Speaker 1: of all the guys I played against I wish this

1036
00:57:39,160 --> 00:57:43,960
Speaker 1: guy was on my team, and that's that's pretty cool. Yeah,

1037
00:57:43,960 --> 00:57:46,680
Speaker 1: I can't do it and that Yeah, and you guys

1038
00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:50,720
Speaker 1: make perfect sense with that, because you'd rather be named

1039
00:57:50,800 --> 00:57:53,720
Speaker 1: to a prestigious list like that by your peers and

1040
00:57:53,800 --> 00:57:56,080
Speaker 1: by people who know the game, play the game, if

1041
00:57:56,120 --> 00:57:59,880
Speaker 1: coach the game, spend hours upon hours every week preparing

1042
00:58:00,040 --> 00:58:02,000
Speaker 1: to play a game. I mean, those are the guys

1043
00:58:02,040 --> 00:58:05,000
Speaker 1: that know. I mean, there's no there's no other way

1044
00:58:05,040 --> 00:58:10,120
Speaker 1: to put yeah, as simple as that. Uh. I wanted

1045
00:58:10,160 --> 00:58:13,000
Speaker 1: to ask you, Rube, because this this was one I

1046
00:58:13,080 --> 00:58:15,040
Speaker 1: kind of filed away and I said to myself, all right,

1047
00:58:15,080 --> 00:58:16,480
Speaker 1: the next time we have rubenon, I want to ask

1048
00:58:16,520 --> 00:58:20,120
Speaker 1: him this one. So I think when John Feliciano came

1049
00:58:20,160 --> 00:58:24,280
Speaker 1: back to the lineup with this offensive line group, you

1050
00:58:24,320 --> 00:58:28,720
Speaker 1: could see a noticeable difference in the demeanor on the

1051
00:58:28,760 --> 00:58:32,280
Speaker 1: field with this group in terms of the weekly battle

1052
00:58:32,640 --> 00:58:35,880
Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage. He is a juice guy.

1053
00:58:36,120 --> 00:58:40,040
Speaker 1: He brings juice to that line. As Steve said one

1054
00:58:40,080 --> 00:58:41,840
Speaker 1: time on our show a little while back when he

1055
00:58:41,880 --> 00:58:44,040
Speaker 1: did come back to the lineup, If this guy is

1056
00:58:44,080 --> 00:58:46,280
Speaker 1: not the first to the fight, you know he's on

1057
00:58:46,320 --> 00:58:50,120
Speaker 1: his way. Um that that that defines John Feliciano as

1058
00:58:50,120 --> 00:58:52,600
Speaker 1: a player and his attitude on the field. My question

1059
00:58:52,640 --> 00:58:54,800
Speaker 1: to you is who was the guy with with your

1060
00:58:54,840 --> 00:58:57,160
Speaker 1: boys that that was that kind of guy If you

1061
00:58:57,240 --> 00:59:04,240
Speaker 1: guys had one back then, um well we uh. I

1062
00:59:04,280 --> 00:59:09,560
Speaker 1: remember when Joe Panos came over from the Eagles. Everyone

1063
00:59:09,680 --> 00:59:12,680
Speaker 1: hated him, so we would have to get in fights

1064
00:59:12,720 --> 00:59:17,360
Speaker 1: to help him, you know, because he would just fight anyone. Um.

1065
00:59:17,560 --> 00:59:20,520
Speaker 1: But other than that, you know, I played with a

1066
00:59:20,560 --> 00:59:23,960
Speaker 1: pretty calm and collective group. I think I was the

1067
00:59:24,040 --> 00:59:26,560
Speaker 1: guy that most of the guys had just spend time

1068
00:59:26,640 --> 00:59:31,120
Speaker 1: talking off the ledge from jumping into somebody's stuff, you know,

1069
00:59:31,320 --> 00:59:37,560
Speaker 1: opposed to John Fena, Jarius Strasky, kn't hole obviously, kent

1070
00:59:37,680 --> 00:59:41,120
Speaker 1: whole was veteran and just was savvy and every which way,

1071
00:59:41,440 --> 00:59:45,400
Speaker 1: you know, Glenn Parker, uh, you know, the list goes on.

1072
00:59:45,680 --> 00:59:53,640
Speaker 1: As we were we were brainy acs, they were brainy accs,

1073
00:59:53,680 --> 00:59:57,280
Speaker 1: and and I was a bit of the muscle you say,

1074
00:59:57,400 --> 00:59:59,800
Speaker 1: or the loose cannon in the group. But it was

1075
00:59:59,840 --> 01:00:02,160
Speaker 1: a easy for John Feena to just tap me on

1076
01:00:02,200 --> 01:00:03,960
Speaker 1: the show to or can't haul it, tap me on

1077
01:00:03,960 --> 01:00:05,840
Speaker 1: the showed. All right, We don't need that right now,

1078
01:00:06,560 --> 01:00:08,840
Speaker 1: that's over. Now, it's not the time. Yeah, what did

1079
01:00:08,880 --> 01:00:12,320
Speaker 1: your what's your what's your big takeaway from the Bills

1080
01:00:12,360 --> 01:00:14,600
Speaker 1: this year? I mean, what you've seen him and they've

1081
01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:16,800
Speaker 1: you know, they're a much different team even now in

1082
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:19,360
Speaker 1: Week sixteen than they were in week two, three, four,

1083
01:00:19,440 --> 01:00:21,040
Speaker 1: even when they were winning, going four and oh to

1084
01:00:21,040 --> 01:00:23,280
Speaker 1: start the season. But what's your big takeaway from this team?

1085
01:00:24,600 --> 01:00:27,200
Speaker 1: I would even go as far back as last year

1086
01:00:27,280 --> 01:00:30,520
Speaker 1: to this year, and what I saw last year made

1087
01:00:30,560 --> 01:00:34,360
Speaker 1: me nervous from the quarterback position in the sense that

1088
01:00:35,240 --> 01:00:39,840
Speaker 1: Josh would make some risky plays, really risky plays like

1089
01:00:40,040 --> 01:00:43,000
Speaker 1: Doug Fluty type risky play, you know what I mean,

1090
01:00:43,360 --> 01:00:47,080
Speaker 1: trying to make some magic. But this year I see

1091
01:00:47,200 --> 01:00:51,560
Speaker 1: him being I wouldn't say conservative. He takes the risk,

1092
01:00:51,640 --> 01:00:55,120
Speaker 1: he takes the chances, but he's not careless. I don't

1093
01:00:55,160 --> 01:00:58,680
Speaker 1: see a careless thing about him. I see him being

1094
01:00:58,760 --> 01:01:02,240
Speaker 1: deliver bread and and trying to extend plays, but not

1095
01:01:02,440 --> 01:01:06,360
Speaker 1: extending plays at the cost of turning the ball over.

1096
01:01:06,600 --> 01:01:09,440
Speaker 1: And number one turn not turning the ball over. Our

1097
01:01:09,520 --> 01:01:13,160
Speaker 1: quarterback is you know, doing what he is supposed to

1098
01:01:13,160 --> 01:01:16,680
Speaker 1: do at the quarterback position. You know, help matriculate the

1099
01:01:16,720 --> 01:01:19,959
Speaker 1: ball down the field, keep it in that possession when

1100
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:22,440
Speaker 1: we have it, don't turn it over to the other team.

1101
01:01:22,960 --> 01:01:26,959
Speaker 1: And he's done a fantastic job of that this year,

1102
01:01:27,160 --> 01:01:30,200
Speaker 1: opposed to you know, obviously the year before. He's younger,

1103
01:01:30,280 --> 01:01:34,760
Speaker 1: he's more mature. Now he's got some great coaching behind him.

1104
01:01:34,960 --> 01:01:39,120
Speaker 1: Really the quarterback play. Yeah, So Rube, I got to

1105
01:01:39,160 --> 01:01:43,000
Speaker 1: ask you. You know, we're asking our listeners today. You know,

1106
01:01:43,040 --> 01:01:45,120
Speaker 1: the number two seed is sitting there for the Bills.

1107
01:01:45,120 --> 01:01:47,000
Speaker 1: They are the number two seed. You know, you kind

1108
01:01:47,000 --> 01:01:50,680
Speaker 1: of finished. You don't lose again. You're the number two seed.

1109
01:01:51,160 --> 01:01:53,240
Speaker 1: There are other permutations where they could win one and

1110
01:01:53,280 --> 01:01:55,240
Speaker 1: lose one and still end up the number two seed.

1111
01:01:55,280 --> 01:02:00,400
Speaker 1: But looking at it, knowing that it ensures you two

1112
01:02:00,520 --> 01:02:03,360
Speaker 1: home playoff games if you finishes the number two seed,

1113
01:02:04,520 --> 01:02:07,800
Speaker 1: how important would that be for you as a player

1114
01:02:07,840 --> 01:02:11,640
Speaker 1: to have that, especially knowing this year you don't have

1115
01:02:11,760 --> 01:02:15,000
Speaker 1: the atmosphere, The crowd is not there to jack you

1116
01:02:15,120 --> 01:02:19,400
Speaker 1: up in a playoff like atmosphere. What's the significance of

1117
01:02:19,400 --> 01:02:21,120
Speaker 1: the two seed this year? Is it any less than

1118
01:02:21,160 --> 01:02:24,800
Speaker 1: it is any other year? Because of that? It means nothing.

1119
01:02:25,720 --> 01:02:28,120
Speaker 1: It means nothing. Line up in the parking lot and

1120
01:02:28,160 --> 01:02:32,720
Speaker 1: play play football wherever you may play. If you're the

1121
01:02:32,800 --> 01:02:36,480
Speaker 1: third seed, fourth seed, or whatever you're going to play.

1122
01:02:36,560 --> 01:02:39,520
Speaker 1: I'll put it this way. Once it's the playoffs, all

1123
01:02:39,560 --> 01:02:43,160
Speaker 1: of this power ranking, seeding and best of and all

1124
01:02:43,200 --> 01:02:46,240
Speaker 1: of that that's out the window, you know. I mean,

1125
01:02:46,320 --> 01:02:49,120
Speaker 1: guys are going for broke when it comes to the playoffs.

1126
01:02:49,120 --> 01:02:52,760
Speaker 1: This is it. There's no Tomorrow type feeling in there.

1127
01:02:53,080 --> 01:02:56,120
Speaker 1: So I don't care if the team is how many

1128
01:02:56,160 --> 01:03:00,960
Speaker 1: seeds are there are? Six, seven, seven, seven? Now, okay,

1129
01:03:01,000 --> 01:03:03,280
Speaker 1: if you're seventh seed, I'm walking in the door like

1130
01:03:03,360 --> 01:03:06,880
Speaker 1: I'm number one. You know I'm number One's get it

1131
01:03:06,960 --> 01:03:11,439
Speaker 1: just like number seven, So you don't It has no weight,

1132
01:03:11,680 --> 01:03:16,880
Speaker 1: no value. I would say this if the crowds were

1133
01:03:16,920 --> 01:03:20,880
Speaker 1: there playing at home, it's a huge advantage. I mean,

1134
01:03:21,080 --> 01:03:25,320
Speaker 1: it's it's nuts. Whenever the doors open again in Buffalo

1135
01:03:25,440 --> 01:03:29,040
Speaker 1: and then playing a playoff game, I suggest everyone in

1136
01:03:29,040 --> 01:03:32,440
Speaker 1: America tune in and check it out because Buffalo is

1137
01:03:32,240 --> 01:03:35,240
Speaker 1: as wild as it gets when it comes to the playoffs.

1138
01:03:35,240 --> 01:03:39,959
Speaker 1: I don't think anyone's better. So that so that part's missing. Yeah,

1139
01:03:40,080 --> 01:03:42,120
Speaker 1: So with that in mind, room, if you're saying, you know,

1140
01:03:42,160 --> 01:03:44,360
Speaker 1: you'll play anywhere parking lot, this, that or the other.

1141
01:03:44,920 --> 01:03:48,080
Speaker 1: How does that? How does that translate when it comes

1142
01:03:48,120 --> 01:03:51,320
Speaker 1: to maybe your approach to the last two regular season

1143
01:03:51,360 --> 01:03:53,560
Speaker 1: games for the Bills. Put your head coaching hat on

1144
01:03:53,680 --> 01:03:56,840
Speaker 1: here and tell me what you're doing with your roster

1145
01:03:57,480 --> 01:03:59,960
Speaker 1: this week and next week. If seeding in the play

1146
01:04:00,000 --> 01:04:03,200
Speaker 1: playoffs really doesn't have much significance this year, are you

1147
01:04:03,280 --> 01:04:05,720
Speaker 1: resting starters? Do you keep your foot on the gas?

1148
01:04:05,720 --> 01:04:09,720
Speaker 1: How are you doing that? Head coach Brown? You know,

1149
01:04:10,320 --> 01:04:15,280
Speaker 1: I've had this conversation with Ted Washington, and Ted said

1150
01:04:15,480 --> 01:04:19,040
Speaker 1: he loves to keep his foot on the gas. I

1151
01:04:19,200 --> 01:04:21,640
Speaker 1: like to take it off a little bit. If I

1152
01:04:21,840 --> 01:04:27,000
Speaker 1: have a veteran team all Steve's day, you know, the

1153
01:04:27,560 --> 01:04:31,080
Speaker 1: Bills from the nineties veteran team. All right, we can

1154
01:04:31,440 --> 01:04:35,000
Speaker 1: start resting a few veteran guys that have some knicks

1155
01:04:35,040 --> 01:04:37,880
Speaker 1: and things and stuff like that, and actually bring up

1156
01:04:37,920 --> 01:04:41,160
Speaker 1: some guys that hadn't gotten a lot of time. Um,

1157
01:04:41,360 --> 01:04:44,200
Speaker 1: so we get get their motor running, you know, get

1158
01:04:44,200 --> 01:04:47,880
Speaker 1: them on the same page. But if looking at the

1159
01:04:47,920 --> 01:04:51,400
Speaker 1: makeup of this particular team that the Bills have, put

1160
01:04:51,400 --> 01:04:54,080
Speaker 1: your foot on the gas and don't let up until

1161
01:04:54,120 --> 01:04:59,040
Speaker 1: you're through, gone through the super Bowl. Don't even don't

1162
01:04:59,080 --> 01:05:03,240
Speaker 1: even let up f to go through it. Mash the gas.

1163
01:05:04,440 --> 01:05:08,840
Speaker 1: I'm a motorcycle enthusiast and I collect motorcycles, and I

1164
01:05:08,920 --> 01:05:12,640
Speaker 1: can't take a motorcycle, ride it, throw it in the garage,

1165
01:05:12,840 --> 01:05:15,800
Speaker 1: and then weeks later come back, jump on it and

1166
01:05:15,920 --> 01:05:20,400
Speaker 1: ride it. Just like I before. I have to keep

1167
01:05:20,480 --> 01:05:25,840
Speaker 1: that motorcycle warm and I have to rev the engine

1168
01:05:25,880 --> 01:05:27,960
Speaker 1: every day. I might not take it for a hundred

1169
01:05:27,960 --> 01:05:30,200
Speaker 1: mile ride, but I have to warm it up and

1170
01:05:30,240 --> 01:05:32,800
Speaker 1: take it around the block at least. So that's what

1171
01:05:32,880 --> 01:05:34,880
Speaker 1: I would suggest with the team. Take it around the

1172
01:05:34,920 --> 01:05:37,600
Speaker 1: black play the players as much as you can, give

1173
01:05:37,680 --> 01:05:41,560
Speaker 1: work up a lather. But you know, let's keep the

1174
01:05:41,600 --> 01:05:44,600
Speaker 1: foot on the gas. You're winning, keep winning, right, And

1175
01:05:44,640 --> 01:05:46,480
Speaker 1: I'm a little bit I'm kind of with you on that.

1176
01:05:46,560 --> 01:05:48,919
Speaker 1: I think one of the things that even though there's

1177
01:05:48,960 --> 01:05:51,120
Speaker 1: no home field advantage, I do think there is something

1178
01:05:51,160 --> 01:05:53,680
Speaker 1: to getting making sure you play at home. You don't

1179
01:05:53,720 --> 01:05:55,480
Speaker 1: have to travel, you don't have to do all of that.

1180
01:05:55,600 --> 01:05:58,200
Speaker 1: Certainly the home emotion isn't there. But by this point

1181
01:05:58,240 --> 01:06:00,600
Speaker 1: of the season, these guys, all these as all these

1182
01:06:00,600 --> 01:06:03,800
Speaker 1: teams are okay with no fans very used. It's kind

1183
01:06:03,800 --> 01:06:06,560
Speaker 1: of a business as usual by this time of the

1184
01:06:06,560 --> 01:06:10,120
Speaker 1: regular season. But I will say this, I'm with you

1185
01:06:10,200 --> 01:06:13,840
Speaker 1: about the Bills. People are saying, wow, what happens if

1186
01:06:13,840 --> 01:06:15,760
Speaker 1: you get the two seed and you're playing this team

1187
01:06:15,840 --> 01:06:17,200
Speaker 1: or if you're going to the three seed and you're

1188
01:06:17,200 --> 01:06:20,760
Speaker 1: playing that team. To me, man, I don't care if

1189
01:06:20,760 --> 01:06:22,360
Speaker 1: you're in the suit, if you're in the playoffs, your

1190
01:06:22,400 --> 01:06:24,400
Speaker 1: thought is to beat every team in front of you.

1191
01:06:24,400 --> 01:06:26,720
Speaker 1: Even if it's a round robin tournament. You know you're

1192
01:06:26,720 --> 01:06:30,200
Speaker 1: gonna win and win and win, and whoever you're playing,

1193
01:06:30,280 --> 01:06:32,640
Speaker 1: you don't care if it's home or away, You're gonna

1194
01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:35,440
Speaker 1: show up and play your best. So I'm I've been

1195
01:06:35,480 --> 01:06:42,040
Speaker 1: saying today the matchups with you know, with Tennessee, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Indiana,

1196
01:06:42,280 --> 01:06:46,080
Speaker 1: it don't matter when the playoffs happen. You're gonna play

1197
01:06:46,160 --> 01:06:48,880
Speaker 1: those teams any or play somebody better. It don't matter

1198
01:06:51,520 --> 01:06:54,640
Speaker 1: I'm home or away, whatever teams match up with. You

1199
01:06:54,680 --> 01:06:56,520
Speaker 1: get the highest seed you can get so you can

1200
01:06:56,520 --> 01:07:00,800
Speaker 1: play at home and go from there. I can remember

1201
01:07:01,080 --> 01:07:04,560
Speaker 1: Marv always saying, championship team's gonna have to win on

1202
01:07:04,600 --> 01:07:08,720
Speaker 1: the road, you know. Yeah, so that doesn't so you

1203
01:07:08,800 --> 01:07:11,080
Speaker 1: have to put in your head, Hey, I want to

1204
01:07:11,120 --> 01:07:13,120
Speaker 1: play at home. Yeah, we all want to play at home.

1205
01:07:13,200 --> 01:07:15,000
Speaker 1: I want to play every game at home. I don't

1206
01:07:15,000 --> 01:07:17,640
Speaker 1: want to go out anywhere and play. But we have to.

1207
01:07:18,160 --> 01:07:23,000
Speaker 1: So let's be prepared to play. Just play and all

1208
01:07:23,000 --> 01:07:27,040
Speaker 1: of the rest the window dressing of where it is

1209
01:07:27,120 --> 01:07:29,840
Speaker 1: and what type of field it is and stuff like that,

1210
01:07:30,160 --> 01:07:33,120
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. Just play the game. Talking to Bill's

1211
01:07:33,120 --> 01:07:36,360
Speaker 1: former offensive lineman Ruben Brown joining us here on the show,

1212
01:07:36,400 --> 01:07:41,160
Speaker 1: and Rube, I know that the Chiefs are the Chiefs,

1213
01:07:41,640 --> 01:07:44,000
Speaker 1: Bills are the number two seed, as we mentioned, Is

1214
01:07:44,040 --> 01:07:47,840
Speaker 1: there another team in the AFC besides those two that

1215
01:07:47,920 --> 01:07:51,000
Speaker 1: has really impressed you with their play? Maybe over the

1216
01:07:51,080 --> 01:07:54,200
Speaker 1: last month or so. I think could give some teams

1217
01:07:54,200 --> 01:07:59,520
Speaker 1: some problems. I'm surprised about in Cleveland Browns. You know,

1218
01:08:01,680 --> 01:08:05,640
Speaker 1: that's a surprise. And you know what, Uh, finally all

1219
01:08:05,640 --> 01:08:09,040
Speaker 1: of the pundits are right. They've been predicting this for

1220
01:08:09,280 --> 01:08:15,800
Speaker 1: what six years, and now six years they Yeah, one

1221
01:08:15,840 --> 01:08:20,160
Speaker 1: of the six isn't bad, but the Browns I definitely

1222
01:08:20,240 --> 01:08:23,599
Speaker 1: be wary of them, you know, Um, I think they

1223
01:08:23,680 --> 01:08:27,200
Speaker 1: have some of their players coming back and becoming healthy

1224
01:08:27,320 --> 01:08:30,800
Speaker 1: and stuff like that. And the young quarterback is looking good.

1225
01:08:31,200 --> 01:08:34,720
Speaker 1: And I don't say that because you know, Alex fanpeld

1226
01:08:34,880 --> 01:08:38,920
Speaker 1: is working down there. But the team looks like it

1227
01:08:38,960 --> 01:08:43,559
Speaker 1: could be dangerous. Every team is dangerous in the playoffs, guys,

1228
01:08:43,920 --> 01:08:47,960
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't look at any team and say, hey,

1229
01:08:48,040 --> 01:08:51,840
Speaker 1: I wish we had them, or you know, had another team. Now,

1230
01:08:52,120 --> 01:08:56,320
Speaker 1: playoffs is a whole another game, a whole another game. Um.

1231
01:08:57,120 --> 01:09:02,879
Speaker 1: I harken back to when we played the Tennessee Titans.

1232
01:09:03,320 --> 01:09:06,560
Speaker 1: We went down there to play them in the playoffs.

1233
01:09:06,800 --> 01:09:09,960
Speaker 1: In the week before, we had a fantastic game. We

1234
01:09:09,960 --> 01:09:15,080
Speaker 1: were looking unbeatable and we were feeling unbeatable and felt

1235
01:09:15,120 --> 01:09:17,719
Speaker 1: like we should have won the game, which we did,

1236
01:09:18,200 --> 01:09:22,559
Speaker 1: and we went down there and we lost. So, UM,

1237
01:09:23,200 --> 01:09:27,920
Speaker 1: you can't overlook any team, whoever it may be. Let's say,

1238
01:09:27,960 --> 01:09:30,960
Speaker 1: if the Jets happened to show up, they just beat

1239
01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:34,120
Speaker 1: the Rams the other day, so they could That means

1240
01:09:34,439 --> 01:09:37,600
Speaker 1: in one game they could possibly beat your butt in

1241
01:09:37,600 --> 01:09:41,519
Speaker 1: the playoffs, So be prepared to take anybody out that

1242
01:09:41,640 --> 01:09:43,599
Speaker 1: shows up in front of you. Got you got six

1243
01:09:43,640 --> 01:09:46,400
Speaker 1: teams in the AFC with ten wins already with two

1244
01:09:46,400 --> 01:09:49,680
Speaker 1: weeks to go, six teams with ten wins already. I mean,

1245
01:09:49,720 --> 01:09:53,120
Speaker 1: you'll see football. Yeah, it's some really good football, do

1246
01:09:53,160 --> 01:09:54,880
Speaker 1: you Hey, I gotta ask you this one before I

1247
01:09:54,960 --> 01:09:57,400
Speaker 1: let you go last one. You look at the teams

1248
01:09:57,400 --> 01:10:00,960
Speaker 1: that are in Kansas City, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Cleveland, in Indianapolis, Miami.

1249
01:10:01,000 --> 01:10:06,840
Speaker 1: Of all those teams, the wins that buffalo have the

1250
01:10:06,880 --> 01:10:09,920
Speaker 1: strength of schedule wins Buffalo's opponents have been at a

1251
01:10:10,040 --> 01:10:13,160
Speaker 1: point five one win percentage. They're the only team in

1252
01:10:13,200 --> 01:10:17,280
Speaker 1: the playoffs that have they have the most difficult schedule.

1253
01:10:17,920 --> 01:10:19,960
Speaker 1: They've had the most difficult schedule of any team that

1254
01:10:20,040 --> 01:10:23,120
Speaker 1: is yet in the playoffs. Do you think that I'm

1255
01:10:23,160 --> 01:10:28,679
Speaker 1: thinking that kind of helps them because you know, they're

1256
01:10:28,720 --> 01:10:31,120
Speaker 1: battle tested. They've played in some tough games against some

1257
01:10:31,200 --> 01:10:34,120
Speaker 1: really talented teams who were playing well. How much do

1258
01:10:34,120 --> 01:10:36,840
Speaker 1: you think that will aid them when it comes to

1259
01:10:36,880 --> 01:10:38,920
Speaker 1: the playoffs, The fact that they've seen a lot of

1260
01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:43,719
Speaker 1: really really tough opponents, that's gonna be bode well for them.

1261
01:10:44,080 --> 01:10:48,160
Speaker 1: I mean, because we all know your competition is what

1262
01:10:48,400 --> 01:10:52,679
Speaker 1: really makes you a good player. You know, if you're

1263
01:10:52,720 --> 01:10:56,040
Speaker 1: practicing against the best guys. Then you're gonna go out

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Speaker 1: and you're gonna play, and you're gonna play your best.

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01:10:58,560 --> 01:11:02,120
Speaker 1: So eighth play some of the top teams in the

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Speaker 1: leagues and coaches and their staffs and the game planning

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01:11:05,439 --> 01:11:08,320
Speaker 1: and everything, and they've come out on top most of them.

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01:11:08,680 --> 01:11:12,920
Speaker 1: So I think they are the strongest team entering the

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01:11:12,920 --> 01:11:18,639
Speaker 1: playoffs and then and not only playing you know, really

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01:11:18,680 --> 01:11:21,599
Speaker 1: good teams. The one thing I learned about when I

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01:11:21,720 --> 01:11:25,760
Speaker 1: was playing streaks, how many runs did you have? I

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01:11:25,880 --> 01:11:29,639
Speaker 1: mean not runs as plays. I'm talking about winning games

1273
01:11:29,680 --> 01:11:32,639
Speaker 1: in a row. How many times have you done that?

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Speaker 1: And I think they are the strongest at the other

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01:11:37,680 --> 01:11:40,840
Speaker 1: than Kansas City. I mean, you know they have what

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01:11:40,880 --> 01:11:43,559
Speaker 1: they have, But I think the Bills are right there,

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01:11:43,800 --> 01:11:49,880
Speaker 1: and definitely, I guarantee you that anyone that sees the

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01:11:49,880 --> 01:11:54,840
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills on their schedule, they're they're shaking, ye shaking real.

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01:11:54,920 --> 01:12:01,800
Speaker 1: But good to see the man always Hey guys, you

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01:12:01,840 --> 01:12:05,519
Speaker 1: guys always have my time whenever you want. We'll catch

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01:12:06,640 --> 01:12:08,479
Speaker 1: Be careful what you say, man, we'll catch up with

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01:12:08,520 --> 01:12:12,080
Speaker 1: you sooner rather than later. Then we're family, man, you

1283
01:12:12,120 --> 01:12:14,760
Speaker 1: know we're family and we can do this whenever you

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01:12:14,800 --> 01:12:17,559
Speaker 1: want to do it. I love talking to you guys.

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01:12:17,600 --> 01:12:20,799
Speaker 1: I love seeing task or a young guy right there. Yeah,

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01:12:20,840 --> 01:12:25,120
Speaker 1: you know young man, so young, you still look young.

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01:12:25,280 --> 01:12:29,479
Speaker 1: He looks like a kid. And he's got he's got

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01:12:29,520 --> 01:12:33,760
Speaker 1: eighteen kids. You know, he's got grandkids now, no, I have, yeah,

1289
01:12:36,840 --> 01:12:39,840
Speaker 1: the same amount of kids. Yeah. I gotta tell you happy, right,

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01:12:41,560 --> 01:12:44,439
Speaker 1: I have a merry Christmas. Rude with your family. Man.

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01:12:44,880 --> 01:12:47,200
Speaker 1: I love you, love both of you. Man, can't wait

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01:12:47,240 --> 01:12:48,680
Speaker 1: to talk to you again. All right, We'll see you

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01:12:49,000 --> 01:12:52,920
Speaker 1: happy happy holidays. Yeah. That's Ruben Brown. Uh. He was.

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01:12:53,240 --> 01:12:56,080
Speaker 1: He was in his masterpiece theater mode I was. All

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01:12:56,080 --> 01:12:58,120
Speaker 1: we needed was a roaring fire behind him in a

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01:12:58,160 --> 01:13:01,280
Speaker 1: smoking jacket. Man, he was. He need a little a

1297
01:13:01,320 --> 01:13:06,479
Speaker 1: little merlat. That was. That was mellow Rube that we

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01:13:06,560 --> 01:13:08,719
Speaker 1: just talked to. That's my move, Mike, I have a cigar.

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01:13:08,840 --> 01:13:12,960
Speaker 1: He's got the merlot. Hang right. All he was visiting

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01:13:13,040 --> 01:13:15,439
Speaker 1: was the smoking jacket and the velvet chair. He had

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01:13:15,479 --> 01:13:17,880
Speaker 1: the raw brick. Oh my gosh. That was like, go

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01:13:18,760 --> 01:13:21,719
Speaker 1: for our For our listening audience on the radio side,

1303
01:13:21,720 --> 01:13:24,320
Speaker 1: that interview did not do it justice. The MSG viewers

1304
01:13:24,320 --> 01:13:27,040
Speaker 1: got the full the full picture there, and that was uh,

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01:13:27,400 --> 01:13:30,320
Speaker 1: that was Rubin, That was Ruben, and he in more

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01:13:30,320 --> 01:13:32,960
Speaker 1: ways than you'll know. You can just generalize them by saying,

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01:13:33,120 --> 01:13:37,519
Speaker 1: Rube is in a really comfortable, very comfortable, very comfort

1308
01:13:37,600 --> 01:13:39,920
Speaker 1: very comfortable in zones, but always good to talk to him.

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01:13:39,920 --> 01:13:42,759
Speaker 1: We intend to have Ruben on more as this season

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01:13:42,800 --> 01:13:45,519
Speaker 1: and postseason wears on, so we look forward to catching

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01:13:45,560 --> 01:13:47,599
Speaker 1: up with him more in the near future. Break time

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01:13:47,680 --> 01:13:50,080
Speaker 1: for us, but when we return, we're gonna play some

1313
01:13:50,160 --> 01:13:54,280
Speaker 1: comments from head coach Sean McDermott and his coordinators to

1314
01:13:54,360 --> 01:13:57,439
Speaker 1: get you updated on their latest feelings about their roster

1315
01:13:57,640 --> 01:14:03,480
Speaker 1: plans for certain players going forward, and coach McDermott's leanings

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01:14:03,640 --> 01:14:08,680
Speaker 1: perhaps on how he is going to approach playing starters

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01:14:08,760 --> 01:14:11,880
Speaker 1: resting starters over these final two weeks of the regular season.

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Speaker 1: Stay tuned for that. We'll have it when we return.

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Speaker 1: Here on One Bills Live presented by Kalid to Health,

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01:14:16,320 --> 01:14:31,320
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio, Chris Brown Steve Tasker, a second

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01:14:31,320 --> 01:14:35,240
Speaker 1: half of a Tuesday edition of One Bills Live underway

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01:14:35,320 --> 01:14:38,160
Speaker 1: Now Steve Tasker, Chris Brown here with you. Just got

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01:14:38,439 --> 01:14:40,840
Speaker 1: off the line with Ruben Brown, who I thought had

1324
01:14:40,840 --> 01:14:44,360
Speaker 1: a very interesting conversation with about the Pro Bowl and

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01:14:44,600 --> 01:14:46,439
Speaker 1: all the ins and outs, the honor that it is,

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01:14:46,520 --> 01:14:49,840
Speaker 1: and that is the reason, I mean something to guys. Well, yeah,

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01:14:49,840 --> 01:14:52,800
Speaker 1: and I'm glad that he panned the common refrain that

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01:14:52,920 --> 01:14:57,519
Speaker 1: it's a popularity contest. I think he really effectively painted

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01:14:57,560 --> 01:15:01,160
Speaker 1: the picture as to why it is not. It means

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01:15:01,240 --> 01:15:04,360
Speaker 1: more to players in this league to be named to

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01:15:04,439 --> 01:15:07,160
Speaker 1: a list like this by your peers and by coaches

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01:15:07,160 --> 01:15:10,880
Speaker 1: who know the game rather than journalists. No offension, no

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01:15:10,920 --> 01:15:13,439
Speaker 1: offense to journalists. But it just means more. Yeah, I mean,

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01:15:13,439 --> 01:15:15,120
Speaker 1: it's just the way it is. It means a ton more.

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01:15:15,400 --> 01:15:20,000
Speaker 1: And it was I think I went to three or

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01:15:20,120 --> 01:15:22,840
Speaker 1: I think I went to four Pro Bowls with fans,

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01:15:22,960 --> 01:15:26,280
Speaker 1: with player and coaches votes only, and it was during

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01:15:26,320 --> 01:15:30,320
Speaker 1: my time where they changed it over to they added

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01:15:30,360 --> 01:15:32,320
Speaker 1: they added the fan vote as a third of the vote,

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01:15:33,800 --> 01:15:37,800
Speaker 1: and I and I just remember, I think it was odd.

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01:15:37,880 --> 01:15:40,040
Speaker 1: I mean, I'll never forget getting told that I made

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01:15:40,080 --> 01:15:44,479
Speaker 1: my first Pro Bowl as a guy like that like me, Oh,

1343
01:15:44,520 --> 01:15:46,960
Speaker 1: there's nothing. There was nothing like it was. It was

1344
01:15:47,000 --> 01:15:53,000
Speaker 1: the absolute pinnacle of joy. I was so stoked, it

1345
01:15:53,040 --> 01:15:55,040
Speaker 1: was so unbelievable. And you know, I was on a

1346
01:15:55,080 --> 01:15:56,479
Speaker 1: good team and all, you know, all that stuff and

1347
01:15:56,720 --> 01:16:00,599
Speaker 1: it was so great. But man, old man, cool stuff

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01:16:00,640 --> 01:16:03,960
Speaker 1: for sure. So congrats again to the five Bills that

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01:16:04,000 --> 01:16:07,040
Speaker 1: did get named to the Pro Bowl last night. We

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01:16:07,120 --> 01:16:09,120
Speaker 1: did want to get to some comments made by head

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01:16:09,120 --> 01:16:12,719
Speaker 1: coach Sean McDermott, as well as defensive coordinator Leslie Fraser

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01:16:12,760 --> 01:16:16,680
Speaker 1: and offensive coordinator Brian Dable. We begin with coach McDermott,

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01:16:17,080 --> 01:16:22,759
Speaker 1: who did not provide an outright description of Stefan Digg's

1354
01:16:22,760 --> 01:16:25,960
Speaker 1: status coming off of Saturday's game, which he left early

1355
01:16:26,439 --> 01:16:29,439
Speaker 1: after getting his footstepped on and had a foot injury.

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01:16:30,160 --> 01:16:34,160
Speaker 1: It's been reported by outside sources as minor. Kim Jones

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01:16:34,240 --> 01:16:37,439
Speaker 1: from NFL Network the first to report that, you know,

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01:16:37,479 --> 01:16:39,960
Speaker 1: her sources were telling her it is a minor injury

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01:16:39,960 --> 01:16:43,200
Speaker 1: and should not impact him going forward. But coach McDermott

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01:16:43,240 --> 01:16:46,040
Speaker 1: was asked about Stefan Digg's injury status yesterday. Here's what

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01:16:46,080 --> 01:16:49,000
Speaker 1: he had to offer. The reports that I've gotten to

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01:16:49,080 --> 01:16:52,599
Speaker 1: this point are not overly worrisome, but just like with

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01:16:52,600 --> 01:16:56,240
Speaker 1: with Steph and kind of the other guys in that

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01:16:56,439 --> 01:16:59,160
Speaker 1: in that classification, just in terms of we've got some

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01:16:59,200 --> 01:17:01,639
Speaker 1: guys with some knicks and bumps and bruises and things

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01:17:01,640 --> 01:17:05,760
Speaker 1: and sore and and so you know, in fairness to

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01:17:05,760 --> 01:17:09,719
Speaker 1: to to you guys, trying to give you better clarity. Um,

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01:17:09,840 --> 01:17:12,720
Speaker 1: I just I don't have great clarity yet because we're

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01:17:12,720 --> 01:17:14,840
Speaker 1: not you know, we're not taking the field tomorrow yet.

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Speaker 1: So but i'll give you I think Wednesday, I talk

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01:17:17,240 --> 01:17:18,960
Speaker 1: to you guys again before practice, and I'll give you

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Speaker 1: what I know that. What does the coaches starting that

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01:17:21,479 --> 01:17:25,400
Speaker 1: playoff Beard? I think it's starting because he's starting the

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01:17:25,400 --> 01:17:28,400
Speaker 1: playoff Beard early. Well, everybody's out of the building right

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01:17:28,840 --> 01:17:31,040
Speaker 1: after the games, right, so he's at his house he's

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01:17:31,040 --> 01:17:33,320
Speaker 1: doing it and we and we hook up these zoom calls.

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01:17:34,360 --> 01:17:36,120
Speaker 1: He gets on the zoom call, you can't even see

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01:17:36,120 --> 01:17:38,600
Speaker 1: his face. He's like in witness protection. He's got a

1379
01:17:38,640 --> 01:17:41,200
Speaker 1: hat on, the camo hat on with the build up front,

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01:17:41,439 --> 01:17:45,479
Speaker 1: and his face is totally in shadow. And he's talking.

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01:17:45,680 --> 01:17:48,280
Speaker 1: You kind of recognize his voice, right, So he's talking

1382
01:17:48,280 --> 01:17:50,639
Speaker 1: to Oh, yeah, it's him, he did. I will say this.

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01:17:51,560 --> 01:17:57,240
Speaker 1: He seemed very serious yesterday. Yeah, very soon. I think.

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01:17:57,720 --> 01:18:01,639
Speaker 1: Well again, it's the twenty four hour windows up and

1385
01:18:01,960 --> 01:18:05,160
Speaker 1: he's already refocused on the next thing, which is the Patriots,

1386
01:18:05,360 --> 01:18:09,000
Speaker 1: right and so, but I thought he gave you more

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01:18:09,040 --> 01:18:12,200
Speaker 1: than he usually does, and saying it doesn't look overly

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01:18:12,240 --> 01:18:14,880
Speaker 1: worrisome for Stefon Diggs. And if you go back and

1389
01:18:14,920 --> 01:18:17,880
Speaker 1: look at the play, he's literally getting stepped on by

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01:18:17,920 --> 01:18:19,560
Speaker 1: an offensive lineman at the end of the play and

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01:18:19,600 --> 01:18:21,960
Speaker 1: it's the heel of the guy's cleat. So you get

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01:18:22,000 --> 01:18:24,120
Speaker 1: like a three hundred pound guy stepping on your foot.

1393
01:18:24,520 --> 01:18:28,679
Speaker 1: You know you're gonna feel that, So you know, hopefully

1394
01:18:28,720 --> 01:18:30,920
Speaker 1: it's just a bruise, you know, like a bone bruise

1395
01:18:31,000 --> 01:18:34,840
Speaker 1: or something, and not something terrible. And you know the

1396
01:18:34,960 --> 01:18:37,879
Speaker 1: reports out there, Kim Jones from NFL Network most notably,

1397
01:18:38,479 --> 01:18:40,719
Speaker 1: you know, or that it's minor in nature, so hopefully

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01:18:40,760 --> 01:18:46,040
Speaker 1: it's nothing that will keep him off the field going forward. Then,

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Speaker 1: Coach was later asked about balancing resting players versus keeping

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01:18:52,800 --> 01:18:55,320
Speaker 1: your foot on the gas and carrying the momentum that

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01:18:55,400 --> 01:18:59,240
Speaker 1: this team has, which is pretty significant into the postseason.

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01:18:59,320 --> 01:19:04,720
Speaker 1: So here was Coach's response to that question. Well, it's

1403
01:19:04,720 --> 01:19:07,320
Speaker 1: always important to to get his high as seat as

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01:19:07,360 --> 01:19:09,960
Speaker 1: you can. That's that's my firm belief. You want to

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01:19:09,960 --> 01:19:12,000
Speaker 1: get his highest seat as you can and play as

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01:19:12,040 --> 01:19:14,439
Speaker 1: well as you can and uh, and when the game's

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01:19:14,439 --> 01:19:17,080
Speaker 1: moving forward that you you can control. I just think

1408
01:19:17,080 --> 01:19:20,080
Speaker 1: we want to play our best football. I really believe that. Um.

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01:19:20,120 --> 01:19:23,200
Speaker 1: You know, we've got a competitive locker room, competitive coaches

1410
01:19:23,240 --> 01:19:26,120
Speaker 1: and staff and and uh we want to continue to

1411
01:19:26,120 --> 01:19:28,639
Speaker 1: do our best girls football team at the same time.

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01:19:28,640 --> 01:19:31,720
Speaker 1: And I think the guys would say the same thing.

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01:19:32,200 --> 01:19:36,000
Speaker 1: When you go out there, you want to win. So

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01:19:36,400 --> 01:19:38,439
Speaker 1: I mean we can read between the lines all we

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01:19:38,479 --> 01:19:42,080
Speaker 1: want here Steve that says to me, he's playing all

1416
01:19:42,080 --> 01:19:45,200
Speaker 1: the guys he's been playing that are healthy anyway. I

1417
01:19:45,240 --> 01:19:48,040
Speaker 1: mean maybe Daryl Williams who's not might not be ready

1418
01:19:48,040 --> 01:19:49,760
Speaker 1: to play with a groin injury. If he comes you know,

1419
01:19:49,800 --> 01:19:51,639
Speaker 1: he comes in, he can't practice, all right, the guy's

1420
01:19:51,680 --> 01:19:55,280
Speaker 1: not playing. Um, But guys with minor nicks and bumps

1421
01:19:55,320 --> 01:19:58,960
Speaker 1: and stuff, I think they're playing. I think it's part

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01:19:59,000 --> 01:20:01,200
Speaker 1: of the process. And I think guys want to play.

1423
01:20:01,360 --> 01:20:04,479
Speaker 1: Got players want to play, well, you want to stay sharp, right,

1424
01:20:04,720 --> 01:20:09,000
Speaker 1: They want to play. They they're getting paid to play.

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01:20:08,479 --> 01:20:11,560
Speaker 1: They they take the money because they would love to play.

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01:20:11,080 --> 01:20:13,519
Speaker 1: They stay with the game because they love to play.

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01:20:13,560 --> 01:20:19,439
Speaker 1: It's it's more rare than you would believe. Guys playing

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01:20:19,439 --> 01:20:22,720
Speaker 1: because they're getting rich doing it. Yeah, they play because

1429
01:20:22,760 --> 01:20:25,080
Speaker 1: they want Because I'll tell you what, they don't last

1430
01:20:25,120 --> 01:20:27,200
Speaker 1: long the other when they're playing for the money because

1431
01:20:27,200 --> 01:20:29,960
Speaker 1: of this. You know, when you walk down the tunnel

1432
01:20:30,000 --> 01:20:34,000
Speaker 1: for a game, it's gonna hurt, and it's gonna hurt.

1433
01:20:34,560 --> 01:20:36,320
Speaker 1: And when you know it's gonna hurt and you don't

1434
01:20:36,320 --> 01:20:39,000
Speaker 1: want any part of that, you play like that. You

1435
01:20:39,080 --> 01:20:42,880
Speaker 1: shrink from it. And when you're getting rich, not wanting

1436
01:20:42,920 --> 01:20:45,840
Speaker 1: any part of it, you're not playing anymore. You're done.

1437
01:20:46,400 --> 01:20:48,840
Speaker 1: They kick you out of there. They kick you out fast,

1438
01:20:48,880 --> 01:20:51,519
Speaker 1: as fast as they can raise their boot to kick you.

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01:20:53,520 --> 01:20:58,080
Speaker 1: That shows up in a huge way. You cannot deny

1440
01:20:58,479 --> 01:21:00,200
Speaker 1: what's going on when you see a guy playing for

1441
01:21:00,280 --> 01:21:04,840
Speaker 1: money because and that's what's different about football. It demands

1442
01:21:04,920 --> 01:21:09,880
Speaker 1: so much emotionally and physically. I mean, I mean sacrifice

1443
01:21:09,960 --> 01:21:14,759
Speaker 1: pain that these guys have to be fully invested, because

1444
01:21:14,760 --> 01:21:17,479
Speaker 1: once you're not fully invested, it begins to show and

1445
01:21:17,520 --> 01:21:20,320
Speaker 1: it manifests himself and it when you're watching film like

1446
01:21:20,360 --> 01:21:22,320
Speaker 1: these people doing, you're watching body language. You learn to

1447
01:21:22,320 --> 01:21:23,720
Speaker 1: see what guys are doing. And why they do it.

1448
01:21:23,760 --> 01:21:25,960
Speaker 1: And wait a minute, what's he doing here? Why is

1449
01:21:26,000 --> 01:21:29,479
Speaker 1: he doing this? What's what's going on here? Now, that's

1450
01:21:29,520 --> 01:21:31,240
Speaker 1: not the guy that we've been seeing for the last

1451
01:21:31,240 --> 01:21:35,360
Speaker 1: six weeks. He's hurt or not, or he's not invested, whatever,

1452
01:21:35,640 --> 01:21:38,280
Speaker 1: there's a reason he's playing like that. They know and

1453
01:21:38,360 --> 01:21:42,439
Speaker 1: they see, and that's when the clock starts ticking on

1454
01:21:42,479 --> 01:21:44,839
Speaker 1: how long you're going to be there. So it doesn't

1455
01:21:44,880 --> 01:21:48,400
Speaker 1: happen as often as most people would think guys playing

1456
01:21:48,439 --> 01:21:52,599
Speaker 1: for the money because you don't get away with it.

1457
01:21:53,600 --> 01:21:56,639
Speaker 1: You just don't get away. There are a few exceptions, certainly,

1458
01:21:56,840 --> 01:22:00,519
Speaker 1: I mean some people would argue, well, I mean, perfect

1459
01:22:00,520 --> 01:22:03,839
Speaker 1: example for this franchise would be Mike Williams, the offensive

1460
01:22:03,880 --> 01:22:08,519
Speaker 1: tackle that was taken with the fourth overall pick. Huge man,

1461
01:22:09,160 --> 01:22:13,719
Speaker 1: a great athlete, great athlete, nominal, tremendously strong, three sixty,

1462
01:22:13,960 --> 01:22:16,559
Speaker 1: bigger than anybody on the field and could move and

1463
01:22:16,640 --> 01:22:20,559
Speaker 1: he was an athlete. He what what what year was that?

1464
01:22:20,720 --> 01:22:25,439
Speaker 1: That was two thousand? That was the two thousand hold

1465
01:22:25,479 --> 01:22:29,439
Speaker 1: on a second two thousand two draft, Right, that guy,

1466
01:22:30,840 --> 01:22:34,360
Speaker 1: that guy, with the abilities he had, there's an outside

1467
01:22:34,400 --> 01:22:37,120
Speaker 1: chance he could still be playing. So one or two.

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01:22:37,160 --> 01:22:38,439
Speaker 1: I can't remember. See you think what I'm saying. He

1469
01:22:38,479 --> 01:22:39,760
Speaker 1: could have played at eighteen. He could have had a

1470
01:22:39,800 --> 01:22:43,759
Speaker 1: seventeen eighteen year career. He was he was a special athlete.

1471
01:22:43,800 --> 01:22:47,240
Speaker 1: The problem was he didn't have He didn't have in

1472
01:22:47,320 --> 01:22:49,800
Speaker 1: his heart. He didn't have a love a passion for

1473
01:22:49,840 --> 01:22:52,000
Speaker 1: the game. He was doing it because he was good

1474
01:22:52,040 --> 01:22:54,000
Speaker 1: at it and he was gonna get four years, four

1475
01:22:54,400 --> 01:22:56,599
Speaker 1: years later he was out of the league, came back

1476
01:22:56,640 --> 01:23:00,639
Speaker 1: briefly four years later in a comeback effort. Game demands

1477
01:23:00,680 --> 01:23:03,960
Speaker 1: too much. I think Mario Williams is another example that

1478
01:23:04,120 --> 01:23:08,479
Speaker 1: Mario Williams is a guy who is enormously talented, and

1479
01:23:08,560 --> 01:23:11,040
Speaker 1: his talent alone kept him in the league as long

1480
01:23:11,080 --> 01:23:14,240
Speaker 1: as it did. But you talk to coaches that coach

1481
01:23:14,320 --> 01:23:19,920
Speaker 1: that man, and they would say, talented player will get

1482
01:23:20,040 --> 01:23:23,280
Speaker 1: will make plays for you, But is he going to

1483
01:23:23,360 --> 01:23:25,599
Speaker 1: make him every single week? Is he going to make

1484
01:23:25,680 --> 01:23:29,120
Speaker 1: him every time you needed one and crunch time? Maybe not.

1485
01:23:29,920 --> 01:23:34,559
Speaker 1: You get a certain player who very intell, no question

1486
01:23:34,560 --> 01:23:39,519
Speaker 1: about it, very intelligent. They understand at what they have

1487
01:23:39,680 --> 01:23:42,719
Speaker 1: and this is why you always get this thing attached

1488
01:23:42,760 --> 01:23:45,920
Speaker 1: to him where there they could have done better. You're surprised.

1489
01:23:45,960 --> 01:23:50,120
Speaker 1: They went better because they're intelligent, supremely gifted, and they

1490
01:23:50,200 --> 01:23:53,360
Speaker 1: know by the atmosphere they work in and the things

1491
01:23:53,400 --> 01:23:55,240
Speaker 1: they see around him, that I have to play at

1492
01:23:55,280 --> 01:23:59,479
Speaker 1: this level to stay where and to still get my paycheck.

1493
01:23:59,760 --> 01:24:02,880
Speaker 1: And that's the level they choose to play at. That's

1494
01:24:03,200 --> 01:24:06,439
Speaker 1: the level they choose to play at. That's why when

1495
01:24:06,479 --> 01:24:09,320
Speaker 1: these guys come into the draft and they try and

1496
01:24:09,360 --> 01:24:16,680
Speaker 1: they have professional interrogators, they ask that professional psychiatrist, professional

1497
01:24:16,800 --> 01:24:18,680
Speaker 1: you know, people who know how to get inside a

1498
01:24:18,720 --> 01:24:21,639
Speaker 1: guy's head, say what I want to know what motivates

1499
01:24:21,880 --> 01:24:24,320
Speaker 1: the personality? Why does that kid? Why is he playing?

1500
01:24:24,479 --> 01:24:27,920
Speaker 1: And the guy goes, well, he's playing because it's he

1501
01:24:28,520 --> 01:24:31,120
Speaker 1: likes the fame, wants the money and as always and

1502
01:24:31,160 --> 01:24:33,840
Speaker 1: he likes wants to be famous as a football That's

1503
01:24:33,880 --> 01:24:37,000
Speaker 1: not that's not it. Yeah, it because he has a

1504
01:24:37,280 --> 01:24:39,720
Speaker 1: burning desire to be the best he's he can be

1505
01:24:40,040 --> 01:24:42,439
Speaker 1: in everything, not just as a student. But this guy's

1506
01:24:42,439 --> 01:24:45,559
Speaker 1: got leadership qualities. He wants to be a leader, he

1507
01:24:45,600 --> 01:24:47,040
Speaker 1: wants to be great, he wants to be part of

1508
01:24:47,040 --> 01:24:51,120
Speaker 1: something great. We'll take that guy. Yeah, that's and that's

1509
01:24:51,160 --> 01:24:54,720
Speaker 1: why they try, right, And he say like Josh sits down,

1510
01:24:54,720 --> 01:24:56,519
Speaker 1: they say. He says, I want to be I want

1511
01:24:56,520 --> 01:24:58,639
Speaker 1: to be one of the best quarterbacks in the National

1512
01:24:58,640 --> 01:25:01,200
Speaker 1: Football League during my career. I want to be the

1513
01:25:01,600 --> 01:25:03,639
Speaker 1: I want to be considered one of the best guys

1514
01:25:03,640 --> 01:25:06,720
Speaker 1: out there. White walked into the locker room as a

1515
01:25:06,840 --> 01:25:10,240
Speaker 1: rookie and taped a photo of a Hall of Fame

1516
01:25:10,320 --> 01:25:16,440
Speaker 1: gold jacket above his locker. That's hey, I'll take that guy. Yeah,

1517
01:25:16,479 --> 01:25:18,840
Speaker 1: that's that's why they try and get inside these guys head.

1518
01:25:18,960 --> 01:25:22,160
Speaker 1: And and I'll tell you why football is the ultimate revealer.

1519
01:25:24,320 --> 01:25:29,760
Speaker 1: It reveals who you are all the way to your core.

1520
01:25:30,479 --> 01:25:33,559
Speaker 1: That's why my ascid, my set of this, and people

1521
01:25:33,600 --> 01:25:35,800
Speaker 1: who listened to the show will know this my acid test.

1522
01:25:36,120 --> 01:25:37,880
Speaker 1: You see these guys out It's like Cam Newton's and

1523
01:25:37,920 --> 01:25:40,920
Speaker 1: the Dion Sanders and the Michael Irvins. And you also

1524
01:25:41,000 --> 01:25:42,960
Speaker 1: have guys like Mark Kelso, you got I Can't Hold.

1525
01:25:42,960 --> 01:25:45,400
Speaker 1: And you got guys like Rod Woodson, you got guys

1526
01:25:45,400 --> 01:25:47,479
Speaker 1: like Russell Wilson. You got all these guys who you

1527
01:25:47,640 --> 01:25:51,519
Speaker 1: kind of think. The acid test asked how do their

1528
01:25:51,520 --> 01:25:54,559
Speaker 1: teammates feel about him? What are their teammates really think

1529
01:25:54,600 --> 01:25:58,080
Speaker 1: about them? Yeah? What are they what are they like that?

1530
01:25:58,200 --> 01:26:01,800
Speaker 1: Because you can't hide and room or who I can

1531
01:26:02,400 --> 01:26:08,000
Speaker 1: completely naked through the room both every way physically and

1532
01:26:08,320 --> 01:26:11,400
Speaker 1: mentally and emote. They know you inside. They've seen you

1533
01:26:11,479 --> 01:26:13,720
Speaker 1: work when you don't feel good. They've seen you work

1534
01:26:13,720 --> 01:26:15,600
Speaker 1: when things are all going your way. They've seen you

1535
01:26:15,640 --> 01:26:17,760
Speaker 1: work when you get a bad break. They've seen you

1536
01:26:17,920 --> 01:26:22,639
Speaker 1: handle injustice. They've seen you handle love, hate and everything

1537
01:26:22,680 --> 01:26:26,800
Speaker 1: in between. They know you and that's why you these

1538
01:26:26,800 --> 01:26:30,280
Speaker 1: guys that just play for money, they may not admit

1539
01:26:30,320 --> 01:26:32,800
Speaker 1: it to themselves, but everybody else in the room knows it. Yeah.

1540
01:26:33,439 --> 01:26:36,200
Speaker 1: So that's why this, why this football game is, this

1541
01:26:36,680 --> 01:26:40,880
Speaker 1: was sport is so compelling. You get guys who like

1542
01:26:41,880 --> 01:26:43,519
Speaker 1: they got to make it work with what they got

1543
01:26:43,520 --> 01:26:45,120
Speaker 1: in the locker room. They none of these guys get

1544
01:26:45,120 --> 01:26:47,840
Speaker 1: to choose who's on the team. And that's it's an

1545
01:26:47,840 --> 01:26:52,640
Speaker 1: incredible group dynamic, exercising group dynamics about how guys handle it,

1546
01:26:52,880 --> 01:26:56,240
Speaker 1: what guys are completely difference makers, and what guys are great,

1547
01:26:56,280 --> 01:26:59,640
Speaker 1: but they're afterthoughts when guys talk about the team, you

1548
01:26:59,720 --> 01:27:02,400
Speaker 1: know what I mean, It's pretty amazing. And that's why

1549
01:27:02,439 --> 01:27:04,519
Speaker 1: one of the other reasons of the many that this game,

1550
01:27:04,640 --> 01:27:07,400
Speaker 1: this sport we talk about all the time, is so compelling. Yeah,

1551
01:27:07,439 --> 01:27:10,519
Speaker 1: it's so compelling. Break time for us. But when we

1552
01:27:10,560 --> 01:27:14,120
Speaker 1: come back, we'll hear from defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier on

1553
01:27:14,200 --> 01:27:18,160
Speaker 1: Jordan Poyer not making the Pro Bowl, on the importance

1554
01:27:18,240 --> 01:27:22,000
Speaker 1: of ramping up Matt Mulano's playing time, and on the

1555
01:27:22,040 --> 01:27:25,720
Speaker 1: difference between last year's defense and this year's. You don't

1556
01:27:25,720 --> 01:27:27,800
Speaker 1: want to miss that more when we return Here On

1557
01:27:27,800 --> 01:27:30,040
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1558
01:27:30,040 --> 01:27:45,559
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1562
01:27:55,280 --> 01:27:58,760
Speaker 1: Wide Receivers to Fon Diggs has now had nine or

1563
01:27:58,880 --> 01:28:02,920
Speaker 1: more receptions in three straight games, becomes the first player

1564
01:28:02,960 --> 01:28:06,760
Speaker 1: in Bill's history with such a three game streak. I

1565
01:28:06,800 --> 01:28:09,400
Speaker 1: think it's ten or more. Actually, I think it's ten

1566
01:28:09,479 --> 01:28:11,439
Speaker 1: or more in each of the last three games. I

1567
01:28:11,520 --> 01:28:13,559
Speaker 1: know he's got twenty one in the last two, which

1568
01:28:13,600 --> 01:28:15,920
Speaker 1: is too shy of the record that was previously held

1569
01:28:16,600 --> 01:28:19,160
Speaker 1: by Molds. But we want to get to some comments

1570
01:28:19,160 --> 01:28:21,360
Speaker 1: made by coach Frasier. We're a little short on time

1571
01:28:21,400 --> 01:28:23,160
Speaker 1: here because we have Kyle Brant coming up in about

1572
01:28:23,200 --> 01:28:28,479
Speaker 1: ten minutes. And basically, Leslie Frasier indicated that he talked

1573
01:28:28,479 --> 01:28:34,080
Speaker 1: to a low draft pick who did not get named

1574
01:28:34,080 --> 01:28:36,160
Speaker 1: to the Pro Bowl yesterday, talked to him on the

1575
01:28:36,200 --> 01:28:39,080
Speaker 1: phone and reminded him how important he is to this

1576
01:28:39,160 --> 01:28:41,400
Speaker 1: defense and everything. And then we find out Jordan Poyer

1577
01:28:41,520 --> 01:28:43,800
Speaker 1: was snubbed for the Pro Bowl. My guess is that

1578
01:28:43,880 --> 01:28:45,960
Speaker 1: was the guy he called and talked to on the

1579
01:28:45,960 --> 01:28:48,479
Speaker 1: phone yesterday because I think he, along with everybody else

1580
01:28:48,520 --> 01:28:52,760
Speaker 1: in that locker room, felt that Jordan was unquestionably deserving

1581
01:28:53,160 --> 01:28:56,000
Speaker 1: and just a shame that he was not named to

1582
01:28:56,040 --> 01:28:59,080
Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl. So he mentioned that he had talked

1583
01:28:59,080 --> 01:29:02,599
Speaker 1: to him about that. He also talked about Matt Milano

1584
01:29:02,760 --> 01:29:06,599
Speaker 1: going forward. Now, his playing time did not increase last

1585
01:29:06,640 --> 01:29:09,800
Speaker 1: week as it did from the first game back to

1586
01:29:09,840 --> 01:29:12,280
Speaker 1: the second game back. It actually went down down to

1587
01:29:12,320 --> 01:29:14,960
Speaker 1: about thirty seven percent of the snaps if memory serves.

1588
01:29:15,320 --> 01:29:18,759
Speaker 1: But here is coach Fraser on the importance of ramping

1589
01:29:18,800 --> 01:29:21,800
Speaker 1: up Matt Milano's playing time as we moved to the

1590
01:29:21,880 --> 01:29:25,519
Speaker 1: end of the regular season. That's the goals to get

1591
01:29:25,640 --> 01:29:29,320
Speaker 1: him back to playing ever down. I mean, we're we're

1592
01:29:29,320 --> 01:29:32,519
Speaker 1: giving him ecrements as we go. And the way he

1593
01:29:32,600 --> 01:29:35,800
Speaker 1: played this past Saturday and then previously in the Pittsburgh game,

1594
01:29:35,840 --> 01:29:38,800
Speaker 1: you know, we're getting hot hopes about how close he

1595
01:29:38,960 --> 01:29:40,880
Speaker 1: is to being one hundred percent. I don't know. I

1596
01:29:40,880 --> 01:29:42,479
Speaker 1: don't want to say one hundred percent. I don't know

1597
01:29:42,479 --> 01:29:43,840
Speaker 1: if he'll be one hundred percent for the rest of

1598
01:29:43,840 --> 01:29:46,120
Speaker 1: the season, but so close to being able to go

1599
01:29:46,160 --> 01:29:48,320
Speaker 1: out and play like we're a custom to seeing Matt

1600
01:29:48,439 --> 01:29:51,960
Speaker 1: Lee because he's such a key part of what we

1601
01:29:52,040 --> 01:29:56,240
Speaker 1: do on defense. But he's making great progress and we're

1602
01:29:56,240 --> 01:29:57,920
Speaker 1: gonna give him a little bit more, hopefully in this

1603
01:29:57,960 --> 01:30:00,240
Speaker 1: next ball game. As long as he comes back sorrow

1604
01:30:00,280 --> 01:30:03,639
Speaker 1: and steel feels good, there no residual effects from that game.

1605
01:30:04,479 --> 01:30:06,439
Speaker 1: We need him on the field as much as possible.

1606
01:30:07,680 --> 01:30:10,920
Speaker 1: It's pretty it's pretty telling. I mean. He also did

1607
01:30:10,960 --> 01:30:14,559
Speaker 1: explain how they didn't know how to play without Milano

1608
01:30:14,720 --> 01:30:17,240
Speaker 1: when he was first hurt early in the season, and

1609
01:30:17,280 --> 01:30:19,920
Speaker 1: it was evident now. It was also compounded by the

1610
01:30:19,960 --> 01:30:22,639
Speaker 1: fact that they didn't have Tremaine Edmonds either, particularly in weeks.

1611
01:30:22,680 --> 01:30:24,519
Speaker 1: It wouldn't. Yeah, it wasn't. He wouldn't. He was out

1612
01:30:24,560 --> 01:30:26,360
Speaker 1: for one game and wasn't one hundred percent from like

1613
01:30:26,400 --> 01:30:29,000
Speaker 1: three more games after that, And you're right, they tried

1614
01:30:29,040 --> 01:30:31,800
Speaker 1: to plug aj Klein in and have the defense run

1615
01:30:31,840 --> 01:30:34,000
Speaker 1: the way it did now Tremaine Edmonds wasn't one hundred

1616
01:30:34,040 --> 01:30:36,519
Speaker 1: percent and A J. Klein was not Matt Milano. And

1617
01:30:36,560 --> 01:30:38,559
Speaker 1: then as they got deeper into that and they realized

1618
01:30:38,560 --> 01:30:41,120
Speaker 1: they were going to have to embrace life without Milano

1619
01:30:41,200 --> 01:30:45,320
Speaker 1: for a considerable amount of time, they started to ask

1620
01:30:45,360 --> 01:30:48,000
Speaker 1: aj Klin to do different things they called different defense.

1621
01:30:48,040 --> 01:30:52,479
Speaker 1: They gave him different responsibilities, and he started playing much

1622
01:30:52,600 --> 01:30:54,599
Speaker 1: much better as a result of that. So they started

1623
01:30:54,600 --> 01:30:56,679
Speaker 1: to get their mind around what they actually had rather

1624
01:30:56,720 --> 01:31:00,920
Speaker 1: than trying to play with a missing piece, and that

1625
01:31:01,200 --> 01:31:05,960
Speaker 1: difference elevated aj Klein's play as well as the whole defense.

1626
01:31:05,960 --> 01:31:08,280
Speaker 1: It was almost the hidden, hidden benefit to it because

1627
01:31:08,280 --> 01:31:11,040
Speaker 1: they learned how to play without Milano and they were

1628
01:31:11,080 --> 01:31:15,160
Speaker 1: able to find out the best way to utilize aj Klein.

1629
01:31:15,280 --> 01:31:19,679
Speaker 1: Here's coach Frasier quickly about the difference he sees from

1630
01:31:19,720 --> 01:31:23,680
Speaker 1: this year's defense compared to last year's defense, just so

1631
01:31:23,720 --> 01:31:29,240
Speaker 1: many differences to compare twenty nineteen unit to the two

1632
01:31:29,560 --> 01:31:32,559
Speaker 1: twenty just too many variables involved. But what I can

1633
01:31:32,640 --> 01:31:36,120
Speaker 1: say about twenty and twenty as as the season has

1634
01:31:36,160 --> 01:31:39,759
Speaker 1: gone on and we've all become more familiar with one another,

1635
01:31:39,800 --> 01:31:43,519
Speaker 1: you can see the guys really trusting and gelling together

1636
01:31:43,600 --> 01:31:46,759
Speaker 1: as a group. And that's what it is really encouraging.

1637
01:31:47,479 --> 01:31:49,240
Speaker 1: One of the things that try to emphasize to our

1638
01:31:49,240 --> 01:31:53,560
Speaker 1: players early on, back in August and September, not with

1639
01:31:53,920 --> 01:31:57,960
Speaker 1: so many unknowns. The goal was just to keep improving

1640
01:31:58,040 --> 01:32:01,640
Speaker 1: as the year went on, and the guys listen to that,

1641
01:32:01,720 --> 01:32:03,439
Speaker 1: even though at times you know there was some bumps

1642
01:32:03,439 --> 01:32:06,400
Speaker 1: in the road for sure, but just get emphasized and

1643
01:32:06,400 --> 01:32:11,800
Speaker 1: the goal is to improve, improve some areas that we

1644
01:32:11,840 --> 01:32:13,479
Speaker 1: could pinpoint and say this is where we got to

1645
01:32:13,520 --> 01:32:15,519
Speaker 1: get better, this is how we're going to get better,

1646
01:32:15,720 --> 01:32:18,840
Speaker 1: and now let's work towards that. And fortunately we've got

1647
01:32:18,840 --> 01:32:21,439
Speaker 1: some high character guys that are really good guys, and

1648
01:32:21,439 --> 01:32:24,000
Speaker 1: they bought into that message and that we've seen that

1649
01:32:24,080 --> 01:32:27,439
Speaker 1: study improvement over time. So I think it's pretty telling,

1650
01:32:27,479 --> 01:32:30,080
Speaker 1: you know, just they didn't panic. I think that's the

1651
01:32:30,120 --> 01:32:33,679
Speaker 1: most important thing with this defensive staff. They didn't panic

1652
01:32:33,760 --> 01:32:35,920
Speaker 1: when things started to go sideways a little bit and

1653
01:32:35,960 --> 01:32:39,360
Speaker 1: didn't resemble anything close to the way this defense played

1654
01:32:39,560 --> 01:32:41,760
Speaker 1: the previous two years. They just said, all right, let's

1655
01:32:41,760 --> 01:32:45,120
Speaker 1: just calm down, to settle down and figure out what

1656
01:32:45,240 --> 01:32:48,120
Speaker 1: needs fixing, how we're going to go about fixing it,

1657
01:32:48,640 --> 01:32:51,320
Speaker 1: and then let's get to work. Let's get to work

1658
01:32:51,320 --> 01:32:53,760
Speaker 1: on doing that. And the interesting part about it is

1659
01:32:53,800 --> 01:32:58,000
Speaker 1: that the great part about it is they never had

1660
01:32:58,040 --> 01:33:00,479
Speaker 1: to panic. They got an offense that took. They were

1661
01:33:00,520 --> 01:33:03,040
Speaker 1: still winning. They had a huge took an offense with

1662
01:33:03,320 --> 01:33:06,120
Speaker 1: you know, okay, not even okay last year it was subpar.

1663
01:33:06,280 --> 01:33:09,640
Speaker 1: Last year, they couldn't score twenty points a game to

1664
01:33:09,720 --> 01:33:12,519
Speaker 1: a team that's now scoring close to thirty points a game. They're, okay,

1665
01:33:12,560 --> 01:33:14,200
Speaker 1: we got a margin of aera here. Let's start to

1666
01:33:14,240 --> 01:33:16,400
Speaker 1: grow into it and help these guys out. And that

1667
01:33:17,760 --> 01:33:20,000
Speaker 1: you know, margin of aera for their defense this year

1668
01:33:20,120 --> 01:33:22,000
Speaker 1: gave him a chance to not panic and say, okay,

1669
01:33:22,000 --> 01:33:24,080
Speaker 1: wait a minute, let's just fix this now. Yeah, and

1670
01:33:25,160 --> 01:33:27,200
Speaker 1: it was. It was worked. It worked, yeah, Because if

1671
01:33:27,200 --> 01:33:29,240
Speaker 1: they had this problem last year, they're probably not a

1672
01:33:29,240 --> 01:33:31,519
Speaker 1: ten win team. No, not even clear. They had that

1673
01:33:31,560 --> 01:33:33,559
Speaker 1: problem last year. They're not a ten win team last

1674
01:33:33,600 --> 01:33:36,880
Speaker 1: year and probably not in the playoffs. So fortunate the

1675
01:33:36,960 --> 01:33:39,200
Speaker 1: hiccup happened when you had an offense that was taken off.

1676
01:33:39,520 --> 01:33:41,680
Speaker 1: Break time for us, when we come back, it is

1677
01:33:41,840 --> 01:33:46,439
Speaker 1: Good Morning Football's Kyle Brandt, who will be talking to

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Speaker 1: us about a number of things, including Buffalo's hold right

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Speaker 1: now on the number two seed in the AFC and

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Speaker 1: what he thinks that means. Back with Kyle when we

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Speaker 1: return here on One Bill's Live, presented by Kalot of Health,

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Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio at a Steve Tasker who has

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Speaker 1: been all over the fields. Kind of unique. He was

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Speaker 1: kind of a dual role player for you, Steve, Steve

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Speaker 1: a blimp. We're not even in the credit fear of normalcy.

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Speaker 1: It's fun, it's real. It's sort of intoxicating because we've

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Speaker 1: seen it. Josh Allen has gone from being a talented

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Speaker 1: kid to a bad mother. Like there's no bs with this.

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Speaker 1: I feel like when he came in the league, he

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Speaker 1: was like the labrador puppy. He wasn't really grown into

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Speaker 1: himself yet running around me. Now he's a killer and

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you you say that they're not satisfied. Peter

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Speaker 1: King has this quote this morning about you know, Josh Allen,

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Speaker 1: they win the East, he gets the hat and he

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Speaker 1: gets the T shirt. Josh s Allen says, quote, the

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Speaker 1: hat and shirts fine and dandy. I want the one

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Speaker 1: that says bleeping's super Bowl champion. And that is not

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Speaker 1: a bleeping He actually said the real word. Like he

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Speaker 1: is angry. He is determined. They don't give a damn

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Speaker 1: about the East. They don't want to win. They want

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Speaker 1: to win the super Bowl, not three years from now,

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Speaker 1: this year and Saturday night it was shock and awe.

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Speaker 1: If you weren't watching that game, you missed out on

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Speaker 1: a top three team the entire NFL with a superstar

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Speaker 1: quarterback who is a badass. Well, you must recognize that

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Speaker 1: voice if you listen to this show regularly. If you don't,

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Speaker 1: it is the opinings of one Kyle Brandt from Good

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Speaker 1: Morning Football, who is all aboard the Josh Allen hype train,

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Speaker 1: and with good reason, Kyle, welcome. That was a heck

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Speaker 1: of a soliloquy. And I don't think you're wrong, so

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Speaker 1: I will just agree with you flat out. From the beginning.

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Speaker 1: How'd you like that? I'm thrilled to talk to you guys,

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Speaker 1: and I'm thrilled to talk to your fans with their

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Speaker 1: blue collars and their rust belt. Oh there is this

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01:36:04,000 --> 01:36:06,840
Speaker 1: year we're not shown up to the playoffs with a

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Speaker 1: with a guest pass Oh my gosh, the disdain that

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Speaker 1: you have in your voice when you say in the

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Speaker 1: hunt and then when you say guests passed. I was

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Speaker 1: moved by it. Yeah, and you made a cameo in

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Speaker 1: there too with there was a line from you that

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Speaker 1: was in there as well. But I knowing you have

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Speaker 1: acting chops, Kyle, I need I need your best Ciskel

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Speaker 1: and Ebert on the Tasker performance. Okay, well, Ciskel and

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Speaker 1: Ebert would only bring out the heavy lumber when they

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Speaker 1: were really moved. I mean this had to be Good

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Speaker 1: Fellas or something. And I'm giving it not just two

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Speaker 1: but two very enthusiastic thumbs up. And yes, Steve, I

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Speaker 1: got so many questions. All right, first question, let's not

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Speaker 1: bury the lead here. Um at the end. Was the

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Speaker 1: wink your choice or was that direction given to you? Oh?

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Speaker 1: I was in the script. It was in the school

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, she yeah, Michelle had it all lined out.

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Speaker 1: She thought, uh, the win. We tried both ways, but

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Speaker 1: we thought, no, you gotta give a wink because it

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Speaker 1: you know, it takes it to a different level than

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Speaker 1: when you take the wink into it because it's you know.

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Speaker 1: But Steve did use some acting license. Okay, the cigar

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Speaker 1: was his idea. Oh that's great. Yeah, Steve, tell me

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Speaker 1: about that. You that was your creative choice for the

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Speaker 1: character was to bring the cigar. Yeah, I thought, yeah,

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Speaker 1: because they had this thing going, where's a little at

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Speaker 1: the end, there's a gravelly voice, you know, it's like

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Speaker 1: it might be chilly. And I said, if it's cool,

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Speaker 1: you know, and you got me in this, you got

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Speaker 1: me in the paperboy hat. Yeah, I gotta have a cigar,

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Speaker 1: right because I'm a cigar guy. Anytill moved by the

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Speaker 1: Steve that I did research on it and I was googling.

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Speaker 1: I was reading about how it was made. And in

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Speaker 1: the rite up of the production of this hype video,

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Speaker 1: which is incredible, it's talking about your wardrobe and it

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Speaker 1: says specifically, Steve had a quote an array of scarves

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Speaker 1: from which to choose. So you showed up with your

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Speaker 1: own cigar and your own array of scars for this,

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Speaker 1: you were prepared. I had five cigars. He's now he

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Speaker 1: is a cigar Aficianada. During the pandemic, Kyle, during the panic,

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Speaker 1: I have smoked more cigars in the Cuban army. So

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Speaker 1: I had, I had, I have a travel pack for

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Speaker 1: the cigars, and I brought and I live in Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: I got like nine thousand scarfs, so I brought, you know,

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Speaker 1: I didn't know muted colors, stripes, solid color, all that,

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Speaker 1: So I brought those and let let Michelle take care

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Speaker 1: of you know, I said which one she'd go with?

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Speaker 1: The red and uh, and I had, I had Steven.

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Speaker 1: There's there's a lot of certainly, so many people in

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Speaker 1: this Bill's organization, past and present, they could have chosen.

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Speaker 1: The fact that they cast you, I think was perfect.

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Speaker 1: And what was it like for you to get that call?

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Speaker 1: They cast me? Because I was the next man on

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Speaker 1: the list, and I was the first guy to say yes.

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Speaker 1: How many people said no? I don't know, I'm teasing.

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Speaker 1: I don't know they asked zero, But listen, it was like,

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Speaker 1: I think he's getting a callback, though, Kyle, it was

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Speaker 1: like a twenty four. It was like twenty four hours notice.

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Speaker 1: So I don't know how when they started thinking about

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Speaker 1: this month ago and when they finally got to ask

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Speaker 1: somebody to do it. I got the call about twenty

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Speaker 1: four hours before, like, because I'm always here and they

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Speaker 1: didn't need to you know, playing something special, schedule it

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Speaker 1: or anything. So yeah, and you're not flying any other

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Speaker 1: bills alumni in Yeah, they got to the point where

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Speaker 1: they waited till you know, we were all we had

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Speaker 1: to keep it very quiet because you know, it's like

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Speaker 1: saying the punter or the kicker is not missed a

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Speaker 1: kick in six weeks, right, right, And so they didn't

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Speaker 1: want us to have this video ready and then blow

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Speaker 1: the team's chances of actually closing the d Kyle. Just

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Speaker 1: to give you an idea on the frenzy that is

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Speaker 1: existing here now after the division to this video. In

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Speaker 1: the first forty eight hours, one million views um on

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Speaker 1: the team website alone. Forget about phones and everything else.

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Speaker 1: So just and you know what Brownie like, there's a

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Speaker 1: lot of hype videos on the internet, and there have

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Speaker 1: been for years. There's as many hype videos as there

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Speaker 1: are failed videos. It's just a thing that's ubiquitous now.

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Speaker 1: Every team, every season but this one is special. That's

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Speaker 1: my point. This sticks out. I've seen many of them.

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Speaker 1: I have no emotional attachment to it. I get through

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Speaker 1: thirty seconds to click next. I've watched this thing three

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Speaker 1: times and I've read about it. It was that good

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Speaker 1: and it feels that fun that they're making a Bill's

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Speaker 1: hype video, and I got a feeling to your point,

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Speaker 1: I don't think this is the last one of the season. Now, Kyle,

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Speaker 1: you mentioned in you know the clip that we played

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Speaker 1: this morning about your how you see a change in

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Speaker 1: demeanor with Josh. Now, I think this has permeated the

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Speaker 1: entire team because earlier in the year we saw a

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Speaker 1: team that was kind of gaining its confidence, starting to

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Speaker 1: play more confidently. Saturday in Denver, it was a seek

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Speaker 1: and destroy mission, Kyle. I mean seek and destroy. Step

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Speaker 1: on their throat. Nobody's hanging around. We're burying this team.

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Speaker 1: I was a full confession. I think we talked about

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Speaker 1: this little last week. I was nervous about this game

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Speaker 1: for the Bills, like it's legitimately nervous because A I,

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Speaker 1: in my opinion, from a spectator's perspective, I think Denver

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Speaker 1: is the hardest place to play you can talk Kansas

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Speaker 1: City or Seattle, but the elevation factor that it's just

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Speaker 1: it's a tough A lot of good teams have lost there.

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Speaker 1: And then the Broncos are young, emotional, they just came

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Speaker 1: off a win. Like I just I didn't like the

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Speaker 1: recipe at all. And I'll give you a full confession. Guys,

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Speaker 1: we've talked for a while. I only drink alcohol two

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Speaker 1: nights of the week, only Fridays and Saturdays. I'm very

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Speaker 1: strict like that. Sunday through Thursday, I never drink. So

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Speaker 1: Saturday night when this game was on, I've been into

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Speaker 1: a few, Like Steve, if you drinking smoking the cigars

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Speaker 1: is the Cuban Army, I think I was with with

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Speaker 1: the the Irish Army or whoever it was, somebody on

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Speaker 1: the other side of the ocean. I was feeling it

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Speaker 1: when they game started, and I didn't stop once it went,

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Speaker 1: and neither did the Bills. So I've never had more

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Speaker 1: fun watching a Bill's ass kicking as I did in

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Speaker 1: that one. And that's exactly what it was like. Denver

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01:42:11,520 --> 01:42:13,960
Speaker 1: didn't belong on the field with them. The funniest detail

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Speaker 1: of all was that there was it felt like there

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Speaker 1: were twenty seven touchdowns that were brought back yeah Patrick

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Speaker 1: to myself a refill, and I was like, all right, Buffalo,

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Speaker 1: this has gone from oh yeah, I win twelve games

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Speaker 1: in a playoff game. That's a nice season. So like

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Speaker 1: we may have to start thinking Tampa. It was that

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Speaker 1: big of a shot across the bout. I think the

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01:42:34,920 --> 01:42:36,840
Speaker 1: one that got me. And I was sitting there, I

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Speaker 1: was doing the radio call with Murph and it you

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01:42:39,560 --> 01:42:42,439
Speaker 1: know it. First it went from first and goal on

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Speaker 1: the five. Then it's first and goal on the thirty,

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Speaker 1: and I think, well, you know a list will come

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01:42:47,840 --> 01:42:49,600
Speaker 1: out with a field goal, right and they and they

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01:42:49,640 --> 01:42:51,680
Speaker 1: actually handed off. They get a nice little run up

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Speaker 1: the middle. It's second second goal on the twenty two

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Speaker 1: and Josh hits this sniper from twenty twenty two yards

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Speaker 1: out and just nails Jake Kumero, who is a special

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01:43:05,280 --> 01:43:08,200
Speaker 1: team guy. It's like it was unbelievable. It was an

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Speaker 1: absolute beatdown, an absolutely The Kumar thing was the best

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Speaker 1: because I think I have this right, you guys, would

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Speaker 1: I think this is his first catch as a bill Yes,

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01:43:16,840 --> 01:43:20,200
Speaker 1: And I mean I talked about this this morning. There's

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Speaker 1: this incredible record that this thing set where they just

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Speaker 1: tied the most players in NFL history to have a

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Speaker 1: receiving touchdown on one team, with thirteen players on the

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Speaker 1: Bills have caught it. And you know all the obvious

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Speaker 1: ones and digs and knocks and brown but you know, TJ.

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Speaker 1: Yelden has a touchdown reception. Lee Smith has a touchdown reception.

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Speaker 1: They tied the twenty sixteen Atlanta Falcons, the last Kyle

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Speaker 1: Shanahan coordinated team that went on to have the twenty

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Speaker 1: eight to three lead in the in the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: Tied them and we still got weeks to play. I

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Speaker 1: will not rest until they break this record. I want

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Speaker 1: Taiwan Jones to score one, somehow, some way, because that

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Speaker 1: is an awesome record. I looked it up. Thirteen players.

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Speaker 1: The Packers have had nine players, and these crazy, vast,

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Speaker 1: incredible offense that the Chiefs run with weapons, they've only

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Speaker 1: have eight, not thirteen players. That there's a special team, guys. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And just to paint that picture a little bit further.

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Speaker 1: When it was first in goal from the thirty, his

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Speaker 1: teammates said that Josh said in the huddle, Hey, everybody,

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Speaker 1: calmed down. We're still gonna score. Here's how he is

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Speaker 1: in the huddle. It's so cool. I mean it could

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Speaker 1: have been from their own thirty He's like, don't worry,

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Speaker 1: I'll chuck as seventy yards to Kumarro. And I don't

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01:44:33,080 --> 01:44:35,320
Speaker 1: know Kumro. He's having a moment right now because he

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01:44:35,360 --> 01:44:38,200
Speaker 1: caught the touchdown and who knows what Rolehill play moving forward.

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01:44:38,600 --> 01:44:40,160
Speaker 1: But you know the backstory on him. He was with

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01:44:40,240 --> 01:44:44,040
Speaker 1: Green Bay, Wisconsin guy, one of those Wisconsin colleges, and

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers has always loved Kumo. He says, like, I

1884
01:44:47,960 --> 01:44:49,920
Speaker 1: want to keep him here, do not let him go.

1885
01:44:50,080 --> 01:44:51,840
Speaker 1: He stuck his neck out to say, I want the

1886
01:44:51,960 --> 01:44:54,920
Speaker 1: organization to keep Kumarro. And when they didn't, he was

1887
01:44:55,000 --> 01:44:57,880
Speaker 1: not pleased, and he vocalized that he Kumar's guy. He

1888
01:44:57,880 --> 01:45:01,280
Speaker 1: absolutely loved and U now it's just like Josh Allen

1889
01:45:01,400 --> 01:45:02,880
Speaker 1: is just chucking it to him from thirty yards out

1890
01:45:02,920 --> 01:45:04,800
Speaker 1: like it's nothing. Yeah, it's just it's just one of

1891
01:45:04,840 --> 01:45:08,519
Speaker 1: these years where just everything is coming up bills and

1892
01:45:08,600 --> 01:45:10,960
Speaker 1: it's you've waited a quarter century and I'll and I'll

1893
01:45:10,960 --> 01:45:15,800
Speaker 1: add to the intrigue. His cousins are the bosses. Oh yeah,

1894
01:45:15,840 --> 01:45:18,720
Speaker 1: oh that's great. Yeah, their mom, his mom, and I

1895
01:45:18,720 --> 01:45:21,240
Speaker 1: guess the Boses moms are sisters. I think that's the

1896
01:45:21,320 --> 01:45:24,519
Speaker 1: relation there. So their cousins, these cousins, and we're so

1897
01:45:24,560 --> 01:45:26,879
Speaker 1: we're sitting here on a Tuesday and Monday night football

1898
01:45:26,960 --> 01:45:29,920
Speaker 1: was last night. So the Jets lose, the Jets actually

1899
01:45:29,960 --> 01:45:32,879
Speaker 1: beat the Rams. The Jets are not gonna get Trevor Lawrence.

1900
01:45:34,080 --> 01:45:37,599
Speaker 1: The Dolphins fall away from the Bills, and then they

1901
01:45:37,680 --> 01:45:41,320
Speaker 1: beat New England. New England's out of the playoffs. And

1902
01:45:41,360 --> 01:45:45,040
Speaker 1: then Pittsburgh loses last night and Buffalo is the number

1903
01:45:45,040 --> 01:45:47,840
Speaker 1: two seat in the conference behind Kansas City this morning.

1904
01:45:48,600 --> 01:45:51,200
Speaker 1: It was a pretty big weekend for Buffalo on a

1905
01:45:51,200 --> 01:45:53,479
Speaker 1: lot accounts. Of course, in the beatdown. It started with

1906
01:45:53,520 --> 01:45:59,320
Speaker 1: the beatdown of the Broncos on Saturday. This season, it

1907
01:45:59,439 --> 01:46:00,840
Speaker 1: started good. I mean they were four and no to

1908
01:46:00,840 --> 01:46:03,160
Speaker 1: start of the season. But it seems to be chriscendoing

1909
01:46:03,240 --> 01:46:07,879
Speaker 1: for Buffalo at at the best possible time. It's amazing,

1910
01:46:08,080 --> 01:46:10,400
Speaker 1: don't you think it's It's I just like to look

1911
01:46:10,400 --> 01:46:13,240
Speaker 1: around in December, once once Thanksgiving is over, you can

1912
01:46:13,280 --> 01:46:17,040
Speaker 1: really take stock, never mind necessarily wrecker. As you're standing

1913
01:46:17,120 --> 01:46:19,600
Speaker 1: just look around and see who's playing well, who is

1914
01:46:19,640 --> 01:46:22,640
Speaker 1: coming on right now. And you know you have some frontrunners.

1915
01:46:22,720 --> 01:46:25,479
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh was one of them for sure. Who just they

1916
01:46:25,560 --> 01:46:27,400
Speaker 1: kind of fall off and they don't play that well.

1917
01:46:27,439 --> 01:46:30,240
Speaker 1: I remember, you know, we're a month ago we're saying, man,

1918
01:46:30,320 --> 01:46:32,920
Speaker 1: these Raiders play great football and they run it and

1919
01:46:32,920 --> 01:46:36,080
Speaker 1: they play defense. And now that it's it's nothing. Even

1920
01:46:36,120 --> 01:46:37,960
Speaker 1: New England had its moment in the sun if you

1921
01:46:38,000 --> 01:46:39,960
Speaker 1: go far enough back with cam was great and the

1922
01:46:40,000 --> 01:46:43,000
Speaker 1: deep No look now, and this is why this is

1923
01:46:43,040 --> 01:46:47,880
Speaker 1: so exciting slash terrifying as a Bills fan. There are

1924
01:46:47,880 --> 01:46:49,880
Speaker 1: a lot of teams they have see we're playing really

1925
01:46:49,880 --> 01:46:52,120
Speaker 1: well right now, Like this thing is nuts. And I'm

1926
01:46:52,160 --> 01:46:58,559
Speaker 1: talking across the board. Baltimore, Cleveland, of course. I mean

1927
01:46:58,600 --> 01:47:01,799
Speaker 1: it's you could keep going. And Good Tennessee is terrified,

1928
01:47:01,880 --> 01:47:04,679
Speaker 1: the Colts. These are all the teams you're gonna see.

1929
01:47:04,800 --> 01:47:07,200
Speaker 1: The strangest thing, guys, is that if you could take

1930
01:47:07,200 --> 01:47:10,599
Speaker 1: your pick right now of the Bill's first round opponent,

1931
01:47:10,920 --> 01:47:13,120
Speaker 1: I think got a heartbeat you take Pittsburgh. I think

1932
01:47:13,120 --> 01:47:15,720
Speaker 1: teams are lining up to play Pittsburgh right now. They

1933
01:47:15,720 --> 01:47:19,360
Speaker 1: look totally lost and they just got crushed by Ryan

1934
01:47:19,400 --> 01:47:22,360
Speaker 1: Finley in the Bengals, So that's where it's gotten. AFC

1935
01:47:22,520 --> 01:47:25,160
Speaker 1: is loaded, and I think the most susceptible team is

1936
01:47:25,200 --> 01:47:27,400
Speaker 1: the one that started eleven or no. Yeah, I don't

1937
01:47:27,439 --> 01:47:29,360
Speaker 1: know if Pittsburgh is gonna win another game this year.

1938
01:47:29,400 --> 01:47:31,799
Speaker 1: They might go eleven eighty five, they might go eleven

1939
01:47:31,800 --> 01:47:34,160
Speaker 1: and five, and they might be coming here to play

1940
01:47:34,200 --> 01:47:37,679
Speaker 1: the two seed eleven and six. Yeah, and I mean

1941
01:47:38,000 --> 01:47:40,559
Speaker 1: see it later. And I don't know if you feel

1942
01:47:40,600 --> 01:47:44,520
Speaker 1: this strongly, Kyle, but they're looking at Roethlisberger in Pittsburgh

1943
01:47:44,560 --> 01:47:47,000
Speaker 1: and looking at Cam Newton in New England. I can't

1944
01:47:47,040 --> 01:47:50,519
Speaker 1: see either of those players with a starting job in

1945
01:47:50,560 --> 01:47:54,320
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, let alone in the league. Perhaps. I mean,

1946
01:47:54,360 --> 01:47:56,599
Speaker 1: they have completely fallen off the face of the earth

1947
01:47:56,640 --> 01:47:59,439
Speaker 1: as to what they used to be. It's weird, right

1948
01:47:59,479 --> 01:48:01,720
Speaker 1: because you all meanwhile you look at them and then

1949
01:48:02,160 --> 01:48:05,040
Speaker 1: you look at Brady or look at Philip Rivers and

1950
01:48:05,240 --> 01:48:08,840
Speaker 1: they're cruising. Really, I mean, Rivers is they've turned the corner.

1951
01:48:08,840 --> 01:48:10,560
Speaker 1: They're they're a great team. Rivers is gonna be in

1952
01:48:10,560 --> 01:48:11,920
Speaker 1: the playoffs this year. Brady is gonna be in the the

1953
01:48:11,960 --> 01:48:14,920
Speaker 1: playoffs this year. You know, Drew Breed is roll, He's

1954
01:48:14,920 --> 01:48:16,760
Speaker 1: been through, he's gonna be in the playoffs. But you're right.

1955
01:48:17,000 --> 01:48:20,080
Speaker 1: There's something about Roethlisberger where I feel, like three weeks ago,

1956
01:48:20,160 --> 01:48:22,120
Speaker 1: it's like he aged thirty years and I hate it

1957
01:48:22,120 --> 01:48:24,759
Speaker 1: because I love these old war horses. But he doesn't

1958
01:48:24,800 --> 01:48:27,320
Speaker 1: have it. Cam obviously doesn't have it. I don't think

1959
01:48:27,360 --> 01:48:29,640
Speaker 1: Cam will be the Patriots starting quarterback next year. But

1960
01:48:29,640 --> 01:48:32,840
Speaker 1: the Roethlisberger one is fascinating. I mean, it's it's tough

1961
01:48:32,880 --> 01:48:35,000
Speaker 1: to put those guys down. He battles and he's been

1962
01:48:35,000 --> 01:48:37,639
Speaker 1: there forever. But you're right, if there's not a pickup

1963
01:48:37,640 --> 01:48:39,240
Speaker 1: over the next few weeks, it never mind me or

1964
01:48:39,280 --> 01:48:42,240
Speaker 1: you guys. Roethlisberger said it routinely, as recently as two

1965
01:48:42,280 --> 01:48:44,559
Speaker 1: weeks ago. If I don't have it, it's time for

1966
01:48:44,600 --> 01:48:47,240
Speaker 1: me to hang him up. He's very self deprecating like that.

1967
01:48:47,520 --> 01:48:49,960
Speaker 1: So he doesn't have it right now. Maybe they'll turn

1968
01:48:50,000 --> 01:48:52,639
Speaker 1: it on, but this looks like a team that could lose.

1969
01:48:52,680 --> 01:48:54,160
Speaker 1: I mean, they're gonna sit there and lose the AFC

1970
01:48:54,280 --> 01:48:57,120
Speaker 1: North to the Browns, right, so as this season winds down,

1971
01:48:57,160 --> 01:48:58,840
Speaker 1: he got two weeks left. You're right, you can also

1972
01:48:58,880 --> 01:49:00,720
Speaker 1: get a sense of worth these teams have been during

1973
01:49:00,720 --> 01:49:03,760
Speaker 1: the year who which ones are imposters, like like Pittsburgh

1974
01:49:03,800 --> 01:49:06,400
Speaker 1: has fallen off and they've got their own problems, and

1975
01:49:06,760 --> 01:49:08,840
Speaker 1: you can also get a chance to see what these

1976
01:49:08,840 --> 01:49:11,479
Speaker 1: teams may be in the future. Bills fans are kind

1977
01:49:11,479 --> 01:49:13,599
Speaker 1: of terrified of what this season could be because they

1978
01:49:13,600 --> 01:49:16,320
Speaker 1: know that this is an opportunity where they they maybe

1979
01:49:16,320 --> 01:49:17,680
Speaker 1: have to shoot for the moon and go for the

1980
01:49:17,800 --> 01:49:20,240
Speaker 1: you know, start talking about the super Bowl. But also

1981
01:49:20,479 --> 01:49:24,240
Speaker 1: they're pretty comfortable feeling that this is a formula that

1982
01:49:24,280 --> 01:49:26,439
Speaker 1: they have in Buffalo that's going to be sustainable. This

1983
01:49:26,479 --> 01:49:28,479
Speaker 1: seems like the beginning of an era, much like it

1984
01:49:28,520 --> 01:49:32,719
Speaker 1: did in Kansas City two years ago, where you're beginning

1985
01:49:32,720 --> 01:49:36,439
Speaker 1: an era, not just having a nice year. Great coats,

1986
01:49:36,479 --> 01:49:38,760
Speaker 1: great quarterback will figure out the rest, right, I mean

1987
01:49:38,920 --> 01:49:42,240
Speaker 1: it's I wish it was that simple, but yeah, it's

1988
01:49:42,640 --> 01:49:44,880
Speaker 1: and I don't it feels a little different, Like you

1989
01:49:44,920 --> 01:49:47,639
Speaker 1: know that the Lamar thing was very exciting last year.

1990
01:49:47,680 --> 01:49:50,080
Speaker 1: We'll see what he does. But I would also include

1991
01:49:50,080 --> 01:49:51,680
Speaker 1: them innute too. I think they're going to be back

1992
01:49:51,680 --> 01:49:53,759
Speaker 1: in the playoffs and you have the veteran head coach,

1993
01:49:53,840 --> 01:49:57,080
Speaker 1: So yeah, it's it's Steven's this, it's I keep saying

1994
01:49:57,080 --> 01:49:59,400
Speaker 1: everything keeps coming up Bills. It's like, let's forget how

1995
01:49:59,439 --> 01:50:01,639
Speaker 1: they could win the super Bowl this year, which they could.

1996
01:50:01,960 --> 01:50:04,080
Speaker 1: Let's talk for the next fifteen years. They're gonna be awesome.

1997
01:50:04,160 --> 01:50:07,360
Speaker 1: Let's go, right, super Bowl win. We might be looking

1998
01:50:07,360 --> 01:50:09,960
Speaker 1: at a dynasty like that's how exciting it is. And

1999
01:50:10,000 --> 01:50:12,719
Speaker 1: I don't even think that's absurd yet. I will point

2000
01:50:12,760 --> 01:50:15,719
Speaker 1: this out, and Steve, you've owned this as much as anybody,

2001
01:50:15,760 --> 01:50:18,800
Speaker 1: including in the recent hype video. Josh Allen doesn't want

2002
01:50:18,840 --> 01:50:20,320
Speaker 1: to be the guy who gets to the title game

2003
01:50:20,320 --> 01:50:21,880
Speaker 1: of the Super Bowl several years in a row and

2004
01:50:21,920 --> 01:50:25,360
Speaker 1: continues to lose. I mean, the Mahomes factor is very real.

2005
01:50:25,479 --> 01:50:28,120
Speaker 1: He's not going anywhere, and any super Bowls that the

2006
01:50:28,120 --> 01:50:29,519
Speaker 1: Bills are gonna get to will have to go through

2007
01:50:29,560 --> 01:50:31,960
Speaker 1: Kansas City for the next fifteen years. Right. A lot

2008
01:50:32,000 --> 01:50:35,200
Speaker 1: of people are making mention of this like it's a

2009
01:50:35,320 --> 01:50:38,040
Speaker 1: thing like, oh, well, you know, Kansas City. In their

2010
01:50:38,120 --> 01:50:40,519
Speaker 1: last six games, they've won them all by six points

2011
01:50:40,600 --> 01:50:43,040
Speaker 1: or less. You know, maybe they're not the same exact

2012
01:50:43,040 --> 01:50:45,720
Speaker 1: team as they were a year ago. And Steve and

2013
01:50:45,760 --> 01:50:48,120
Speaker 1: I were just talking about this on the show. We're

2014
01:50:48,240 --> 01:50:51,080
Speaker 1: kind of the opinion that they've just got the engine

2015
01:50:51,080 --> 01:50:55,559
Speaker 1: on idol right now. They're not they're not shifting it

2016
01:50:55,600 --> 01:50:58,679
Speaker 1: into fifth year yet. I feel like they've just got

2017
01:50:58,680 --> 01:51:00,439
Speaker 1: to sit there in idol and then they'll just step

2018
01:51:00,439 --> 01:51:02,040
Speaker 1: on the gas whenever they need to. I know that

2019
01:51:02,080 --> 01:51:04,519
Speaker 1: can be a dangerous game sometimes, but how do you

2020
01:51:04,560 --> 01:51:06,559
Speaker 1: feel about it with some of these close games they've

2021
01:51:06,560 --> 01:51:12,040
Speaker 1: been in. Any any slight that launched against the Chiefs

2022
01:51:12,160 --> 01:51:14,559
Speaker 1: is just someone trying to get bored with them and

2023
01:51:14,600 --> 01:51:16,840
Speaker 1: make things up. Listen, I know that I know what

2024
01:51:16,840 --> 01:51:19,960
Speaker 1: you're talking about. That margin of victory thing. There eight

2025
01:51:20,040 --> 01:51:21,320
Speaker 1: no on the road this year. They didn't lose a

2026
01:51:21,400 --> 01:51:23,800
Speaker 1: road game. I mean, they've played in some really tough

2027
01:51:23,880 --> 01:51:26,439
Speaker 1: places too. They're very good. The only thing that I

2028
01:51:27,040 --> 01:51:29,640
Speaker 1: don't like about them that is not imagined, and I'm

2029
01:51:29,680 --> 01:51:32,599
Speaker 1: not conjuring it up, that Edwards Hilaire injury. I mean

2030
01:51:32,720 --> 01:51:35,559
Speaker 1: that's big. And you know, the last I heard was

2031
01:51:36,040 --> 01:51:39,479
Speaker 1: maybe for the postseason, which sounds suspiciously like not. I

2032
01:51:39,520 --> 01:51:41,519
Speaker 1: heard ankle, and I heard one of my least favorite

2033
01:51:41,520 --> 01:51:44,719
Speaker 1: words for running backs, which is hip. So that looks bad.

2034
01:51:44,840 --> 01:51:47,640
Speaker 1: And now you say, okay, Levian Bell, he'll be the

2035
01:51:47,680 --> 01:51:49,559
Speaker 1: guy who's the star of the title game. We'll see.

2036
01:51:50,080 --> 01:51:52,479
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know. I've seen some pretty

2037
01:51:52,520 --> 01:51:54,599
Speaker 1: good football from him this year. I haven't seen anything

2038
01:51:54,640 --> 01:51:58,320
Speaker 1: spectacular or special. And I think Edwards Hilaire did a

2039
01:51:58,360 --> 01:52:01,160
Speaker 1: lot of things for that team a lot. So if

2040
01:52:01,200 --> 01:52:03,519
Speaker 1: that was the moment where oh my gosh, the Chiefs

2041
01:52:03,560 --> 01:52:06,120
Speaker 1: are cut and it's Drago below the eye, I don't know.

2042
01:52:06,400 --> 01:52:08,360
Speaker 1: They still have my homes and Kelsey and Hill and

2043
01:52:08,479 --> 01:52:12,920
Speaker 1: that may be all they need. They're they're classic Juggernauts.

2044
01:52:12,120 --> 01:52:15,280
Speaker 1: And now they're here and now the Bills are, you know,

2045
01:52:15,439 --> 01:52:18,200
Speaker 1: in there their preparation for the New England Patriots coming

2046
01:52:18,280 --> 01:52:20,880
Speaker 1: up this weekend. Bill Belichick's been a little bit coy.

2047
01:52:20,960 --> 01:52:22,920
Speaker 1: I was actually on the conference call with the Western

2048
01:52:22,920 --> 01:52:25,599
Speaker 1: New York media and Bill Belichick this more to listen

2049
01:52:25,600 --> 01:52:27,720
Speaker 1: to what he had to say. And he's still being

2050
01:52:27,800 --> 01:52:30,160
Speaker 1: coy as to whether maybe they need to find now

2051
01:52:30,160 --> 01:52:32,360
Speaker 1: that they're out of the playoffs, maybe they need to

2052
01:52:32,360 --> 01:52:34,360
Speaker 1: find out about Jared said, maybe they need to answer

2053
01:52:34,360 --> 01:52:36,680
Speaker 1: some questions about some guys on their roster. He's very

2054
01:52:36,720 --> 01:52:39,479
Speaker 1: coy about anything that he's gonna change coming into this game.

2055
01:52:40,000 --> 01:52:43,000
Speaker 1: What about the Bills. Do they shift gears and keep pushing,

2056
01:52:43,240 --> 01:52:45,040
Speaker 1: you know, pushing the gas pedal in a game that

2057
01:52:45,120 --> 01:52:47,960
Speaker 1: maybe meet because by Monday night everything else will take place.

2058
01:52:48,400 --> 01:52:50,160
Speaker 1: It may come to the fact that these last two

2059
01:52:50,200 --> 01:52:54,200
Speaker 1: games for Buffalo were virtually meaningless. But it's still the

2060
01:52:54,200 --> 01:52:56,960
Speaker 1: New England Patriots. What do you do? What do you do?

2061
01:52:57,000 --> 01:52:58,360
Speaker 1: You think you keep your foot on the gas? What

2062
01:52:58,439 --> 01:53:00,599
Speaker 1: are they? How do the Patriots handle that? And how

2063
01:53:00,600 --> 01:53:04,160
Speaker 1: do the Bills respond? Oh, it's the Patriots, Steve. I

2064
01:53:04,200 --> 01:53:06,360
Speaker 1: hope they put sixty points on him. I think they've

2065
01:53:06,360 --> 01:53:08,680
Speaker 1: earned it, you know, and this is the time to

2066
01:53:08,760 --> 01:53:11,320
Speaker 1: do it. And listen. It's just a strange. It's a

2067
01:53:11,360 --> 01:53:14,519
Speaker 1: strange topic, don't you think sitting here saying like Bill

2068
01:53:14,640 --> 01:53:17,800
Speaker 1: Belichick trying to play spoiler and seeing what he has

2069
01:53:17,880 --> 01:53:21,479
Speaker 1: for next year. It's surreal. It's really strange. I mean,

2070
01:53:21,520 --> 01:53:23,720
Speaker 1: even the year that Brady got hurt twelve years ago,

2071
01:53:23,720 --> 01:53:26,360
Speaker 1: they were still winning double digit there. We've never seen this,

2072
01:53:26,680 --> 01:53:28,920
Speaker 1: at least now, since I was maybe in a high school.

2073
01:53:29,280 --> 01:53:31,720
Speaker 1: Where what should Belichick do? Should they play this guy?

2074
01:53:31,800 --> 01:53:34,479
Speaker 1: That guy? Unbelievably strange And I think the Bills had

2075
01:53:34,520 --> 01:53:36,240
Speaker 1: a hand on that. And I say, yeah, I think

2076
01:53:36,280 --> 01:53:38,400
Speaker 1: they should put out jareds Toham A to see what

2077
01:53:38,439 --> 01:53:40,640
Speaker 1: he has and B because Cam doesn't have it. We

2078
01:53:40,760 --> 01:53:44,360
Speaker 1: know that, so listen. I hope the Bills fans enjoy

2079
01:53:44,439 --> 01:53:46,760
Speaker 1: this game against the Patriots because I think they're a

2080
01:53:46,760 --> 01:53:49,960
Speaker 1: so far superior team, and I hope they keep it going.

2081
01:53:50,120 --> 01:53:52,160
Speaker 1: I don't believe in pulling back the reins a lot,

2082
01:53:52,200 --> 01:53:54,200
Speaker 1: and especially still when you have some some things at stake,

2083
01:53:54,200 --> 01:53:56,200
Speaker 1: I would still play just rolling over. Let me ask

2084
01:53:56,200 --> 01:54:00,439
Speaker 1: you this, then, if Cam Newton doesn't sit down, Newton

2085
01:54:00,520 --> 01:54:07,559
Speaker 1: is the starter, how bad is Jared Stidham. Yeah, I

2086
01:54:07,560 --> 01:54:11,680
Speaker 1: mean it's it's a great question, and actually it's it's

2087
01:54:11,720 --> 01:54:14,439
Speaker 1: an easy question because it answers itself. If you're still

2088
01:54:14,479 --> 01:54:16,680
Speaker 1: putting Cam Newton out there, not only do you not

2089
01:54:16,680 --> 01:54:18,280
Speaker 1: want to win this game with Stidham, you have no

2090
01:54:18,320 --> 01:54:20,000
Speaker 1: future with him. I don't even know why stidhams on

2091
01:54:20,040 --> 01:54:22,640
Speaker 1: the team if they dislike him that much, and he

2092
01:54:22,720 --> 01:54:25,320
Speaker 1: must be he might my opinion, and this is a

2093
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Speaker 1: conversation for the off season. I think that what the

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01:54:28,240 --> 01:54:30,719
Speaker 1: Patriots will not do in the off season is nothing.

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Speaker 1: I think they will do something unbelievably bold at the

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Speaker 1: quarterback position, whether it is one of these old guys

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01:54:35,880 --> 01:54:38,320
Speaker 1: who changes teams, or whether it is something radical at

2098
01:54:38,320 --> 01:54:40,560
Speaker 1: the draft. Look what they did this year. That was

2099
01:54:40,600 --> 01:54:43,680
Speaker 1: a crazy thing that they signed Cam Newton. I mean,

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01:54:43,720 --> 01:54:45,520
Speaker 1: no one saw that come. We know what he predicted that.

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01:54:45,800 --> 01:54:48,040
Speaker 1: So it's a nice thing for Bill's fans to have

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01:54:48,080 --> 01:54:50,720
Speaker 1: the Patriots just dying on a vine. I think they'll

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Speaker 1: do something radical in the off season. Last one for me,

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01:54:53,320 --> 01:54:57,160
Speaker 1: Kyle is yeah, you know, dealing with home playoff games.

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01:54:57,160 --> 01:55:00,400
Speaker 1: The Bills obviously haven't had any since nineteen ninety. That

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01:55:00,440 --> 01:55:02,720
Speaker 1: was the last home playoff game Jim Kelly's last game,

2107
01:55:02,720 --> 01:55:07,200
Speaker 1: by the way, and coach McDermott was asked yesterday, you

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01:55:07,200 --> 01:55:09,280
Speaker 1: know what are you gonna do? You're gonna wrest starters

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01:55:09,320 --> 01:55:13,680
Speaker 1: play guys. He gave the indication they're gonna keep playing

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Speaker 1: a win. So it looks like it's, you know, business

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01:55:17,960 --> 01:55:20,920
Speaker 1: as usual for him. But my question to you is

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Speaker 1: does home field advantage in the playoff lose its luster

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Speaker 1: this year because there are no fans, there won't be

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01:55:27,000 --> 01:55:31,520
Speaker 1: the atmosphere that you can really take advantage of in

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01:55:31,560 --> 01:55:34,640
Speaker 1: the postseason. It's I mean, you mentioned how the Chiefs

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01:55:34,640 --> 01:55:36,640
Speaker 1: are eight no in their last eight road games. I

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01:55:36,680 --> 01:55:39,320
Speaker 1: mean the Bills if they win on Monday Night six

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01:55:39,360 --> 01:55:42,120
Speaker 1: and two the last two years on the road, it

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01:55:42,200 --> 01:55:45,000
Speaker 1: may not matter who they play or where is the

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01:55:45,040 --> 01:55:48,920
Speaker 1: advantage of home field in the playoffs. Less of an

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01:55:48,920 --> 01:55:52,680
Speaker 1: advantage that worth it? Is it worth it? Well? Yeah,

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01:55:52,800 --> 01:55:55,000
Speaker 1: First of all, I hate that the Bills fans can't

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01:55:55,040 --> 01:55:57,120
Speaker 1: be there. I mean everybody can share in that. It's

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01:55:57,120 --> 01:55:59,120
Speaker 1: absolutely drives me crazy that that can't be a thing

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01:55:59,120 --> 01:56:01,440
Speaker 1: that they attend. Some of these people have waited most

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01:56:01,480 --> 01:56:03,760
Speaker 1: of their adult lives to go to this game. But

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Speaker 1: I would just say, you know, we've played the clip

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01:56:05,680 --> 01:56:08,520
Speaker 1: at the beginning of this about how Josh Allen has

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01:56:08,560 --> 01:56:12,040
Speaker 1: become a bad mother and he has the badest mother

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01:56:12,080 --> 01:56:14,280
Speaker 1: of all time, his mother Nature. And I would be

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01:56:14,560 --> 01:56:18,080
Speaker 1: very pleased taking Philip Rivers or Baker Mayfield, the Ryan

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01:56:18,160 --> 01:56:23,000
Speaker 1: Tannehill and plucking them down inside Buffalo out of cold

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01:56:23,080 --> 01:56:27,440
Speaker 1: January with horizontal, wintry mixed precipitation. I don't care if

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01:56:27,440 --> 01:56:30,360
Speaker 1: there's nobody in the stands. Mother Nature attends every game

2135
01:56:30,520 --> 01:56:32,720
Speaker 1: and she gets pissed off around January. And I see

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01:56:32,760 --> 01:56:34,400
Speaker 1: some quarterbacks in the a FC that I don't think

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01:56:34,400 --> 01:56:36,680
Speaker 1: you're ready for it, right, Yeah, and it's you're right.

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01:56:36,920 --> 01:56:40,480
Speaker 1: We've it's a rough place in January. Yeah, it is.

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01:56:41,400 --> 01:56:43,840
Speaker 1: Kyle's great talking to you, man, Appreciate it, listen joy

2140
01:56:43,840 --> 01:56:45,480
Speaker 1: it while we can. We'll talk to you next week

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01:56:45,520 --> 01:56:48,200
Speaker 1: for sure, and hopefully we got even more to speak about.

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Speaker 1: I always love doing it. My advice to other AFC

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01:56:51,760 --> 01:56:55,720
Speaker 1: quarterbacks be ready. It might be the chillies. Have a

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Speaker 1: great Christmas. Kyle. We'll talk to you next week. Guys,

2145
01:56:58,560 --> 01:57:01,280
Speaker 1: see you all right. That's Kyle from Good Morning Football,

2146
01:57:01,760 --> 01:57:04,040
Speaker 1: and uh he brings up a valid point, you know,

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01:57:04,120 --> 01:57:10,040
Speaker 1: the weather factor, Um, you know for home playoff advantage. Um. Oh,

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01:57:10,080 --> 01:57:12,040
Speaker 1: I mean there's a part of me though that thinks

2149
01:57:12,040 --> 01:57:14,680
Speaker 1: about you know, how this Bill's offense makes its hey,

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01:57:14,720 --> 01:57:16,080
Speaker 1: and that is through the air, and that is with

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01:57:16,160 --> 01:57:19,160
Speaker 1: a passing game. Um. I mean I think there are

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01:57:19,160 --> 01:57:21,640
Speaker 1: other ways they can be effective, and I think Josh

2153
01:57:21,680 --> 01:57:23,320
Speaker 1: has the arm to cut it through the wind. But

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01:57:23,960 --> 01:57:27,560
Speaker 1: you get the right day. Yeah, he still could still

2155
01:57:27,560 --> 01:57:29,720
Speaker 1: take everybody. Yeah, He's still take the home field. And

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01:57:30,360 --> 01:57:32,800
Speaker 1: if the weather's bad, it's as bad for them as

2157
01:57:32,800 --> 01:57:34,680
Speaker 1: it is for you and their quarterbacks can have to

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01:57:34,760 --> 01:57:37,480
Speaker 1: deal with it as well. And um they've the Bills

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01:57:37,560 --> 01:57:40,640
Speaker 1: ran for one hundred and eighty two this last week. Um,

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01:57:40,760 --> 01:57:43,640
Speaker 1: they don't have any reason to think they're going to

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01:57:43,680 --> 01:57:45,960
Speaker 1: struggle to do that anymore than anybody else would. They've ran.

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Speaker 1: They ran for one hundred and ninety yards against the Patriots,

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01:57:48,640 --> 01:57:50,440
Speaker 1: and one hundred and eighty against the Broncos and a

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01:57:50,440 --> 01:57:55,120
Speaker 1: one hundred and forty against um, what was its Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 1: I mean they can get it done. So they can.

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01:57:58,160 --> 01:58:01,120
Speaker 1: They can win games a ball altitude of ways. There's

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01:58:01,160 --> 01:58:03,440
Speaker 1: no reason to be afraid of any matchup they get

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01:58:03,440 --> 01:58:06,040
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. Get the game at home. Let that

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01:58:06,120 --> 01:58:07,760
Speaker 1: other team and I'll tell you what. Can you imagine

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01:58:07,800 --> 01:58:12,600
Speaker 1: a team like Indianapolis or you name it, do team

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01:58:12,600 --> 01:58:14,840
Speaker 1: you're talking walking in here like a for instance, if

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01:58:15,200 --> 01:58:18,840
Speaker 1: Vegas had made the playoffs, team to walk in here

2173
01:58:18,840 --> 01:58:21,960
Speaker 1: and play in this place, forget it. You take it

2174
01:58:22,720 --> 01:58:24,800
Speaker 1: when here's another thing that gets lost in the water.

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01:58:24,800 --> 01:58:26,400
Speaker 1: You think going out on the field on Sunday and

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01:58:26,440 --> 01:58:28,720
Speaker 1: playing in the weather for these teams is a thing,

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01:58:28,760 --> 01:58:35,120
Speaker 1: and it is a little bit. It means way less.

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Speaker 1: It means nothing to a team that lives in it

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Speaker 1: every day. Yeah, I mean, you're in it. This is

2180
01:58:41,600 --> 01:58:43,480
Speaker 1: your home. You're here every day. You see it. It's

2181
01:58:43,480 --> 01:58:44,920
Speaker 1: not a shock when you get off the bus and

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01:58:44,920 --> 01:58:48,520
Speaker 1: it's like, oh my gosh, we're gonna play in this.

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01:58:48,920 --> 01:58:50,320
Speaker 1: It's like you get out and you think, yeah, I

2184
01:58:50,360 --> 01:58:52,560
Speaker 1: gotta get out, and I gotta clean my windows off

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01:58:52,640 --> 01:58:54,760
Speaker 1: my car, and I gotta go to work. It's a

2186
01:58:54,760 --> 01:58:58,040
Speaker 1: completely different mindset. So when you live in it every day,

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01:58:58,160 --> 01:59:00,360
Speaker 1: when you come into the stadium every day, these guys

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01:59:00,360 --> 01:59:03,560
Speaker 1: get they get COVID tested every day. They walk from

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01:59:03,600 --> 01:59:06,200
Speaker 1: the parking lot to the to the locker room every day.

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01:59:06,440 --> 01:59:08,880
Speaker 1: It's in the same building, the same locker room, the

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01:59:08,920 --> 01:59:11,480
Speaker 1: same parking lot every day. You just get out of them.

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01:59:11,520 --> 01:59:14,080
Speaker 1: You're just going to work. These guys get off the

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01:59:14,080 --> 01:59:19,240
Speaker 1: plane in Buffalo and they're like, oh my god, are

2194
01:59:19,240 --> 01:59:23,360
Speaker 1: you kidding me. It makes a difference. It makes it

2195
01:59:23,400 --> 01:59:25,959
Speaker 1: because you're you guys are ready to play. You're you're

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01:59:26,000 --> 01:59:28,040
Speaker 1: you got your mind around playing in it. You practice

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01:59:28,080 --> 01:59:30,200
Speaker 1: in it. Yeah, these guys getting off they're like, Okay,

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01:59:30,200 --> 01:59:32,080
Speaker 1: I gotta get geared up of this. And you know,

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01:59:32,520 --> 01:59:35,680
Speaker 1: even in those rough conditions, how those conditions play in

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01:59:35,720 --> 01:59:38,840
Speaker 1: your building. You know where does the wind come down,

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01:59:38,920 --> 01:59:42,000
Speaker 1: and you know blows diagonally across the field, as we know,

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01:59:42,120 --> 01:59:45,360
Speaker 1: from scoreboard end to tunnel end, you know, visitors side

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01:59:45,360 --> 01:59:48,480
Speaker 1: to homeside. That's kind of the flow that comes through

2204
01:59:48,520 --> 01:59:52,040
Speaker 1: there a lot. You know, you know those things, right,

2205
01:59:52,520 --> 01:59:56,120
Speaker 1: Your kicker knows those things, your quarterback knows those things.

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01:59:56,120 --> 01:59:58,160
Speaker 1: Those are the guys that are dealing with the conditions

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01:59:58,160 --> 01:59:59,880
Speaker 1: more than anybody else. And once you get on the field,

2208
02:00:00,120 --> 02:00:03,600
Speaker 1: game kicks off, it's it's level the wins there, it's

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02:00:04,080 --> 02:00:06,360
Speaker 1: they get two quarters with the win and two quarters

2210
02:00:06,360 --> 02:00:10,120
Speaker 1: against it. They get you know, they get to you know,

2211
02:00:10,360 --> 02:00:13,720
Speaker 1: they get everything you get. So having your mind around

2212
02:00:13,720 --> 02:00:17,040
Speaker 1: it before the game starts makes a difference. Yeah, that's

2213
02:00:17,200 --> 02:00:19,240
Speaker 1: that's Marv's old line. When it's too tough for them,

2214
02:00:19,240 --> 02:00:21,560
Speaker 1: it's just right for us. That's a great one, man.

2215
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Speaker 1: I love that one. Break time here when we come back,

2216
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Speaker 1: more of your comments on the tweet sheet about the

2217
02:00:28,640 --> 02:00:31,680
Speaker 1: Bills sitting in the number two seed and the significance

2218
02:00:31,960 --> 02:00:35,800
Speaker 1: of home field advantage for not one, but potentially two

2219
02:00:35,880 --> 02:00:38,520
Speaker 1: playoff games. We'll get to your comments next here on

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Speaker 1: one Bills Live Presented by Kali to Health. It's Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bill's Radio. Chris Brown Steve cast their final half hour

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02:00:57,840 --> 02:01:00,480
Speaker 1: of a Tuesday edition of One Bills Live Back on

2223
02:01:00,520 --> 02:01:04,080
Speaker 1: the practice field tomorrow, when we will learn more about

2224
02:01:04,120 --> 02:01:06,360
Speaker 1: some of the knicked up Bills, several of whom came

2225
02:01:06,400 --> 02:01:09,840
Speaker 1: out of the game last Saturday night. Darryl Williams chief

2226
02:01:09,880 --> 02:01:13,520
Speaker 1: among them with a groin injury. Tredevious White suffered his stinger.

2227
02:01:14,560 --> 02:01:18,360
Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs obviously with the foot, Levi Wallace turned an ankle.

2228
02:01:19,280 --> 02:01:22,040
Speaker 1: There was a long list of guys coming out of

2229
02:01:22,040 --> 02:01:24,360
Speaker 1: that game last week. I think there's one other whose

2230
02:01:24,400 --> 02:01:26,480
Speaker 1: name is escaping me right now, but there was a

2231
02:01:26,520 --> 02:01:29,560
Speaker 1: handful of players they got nicked up in the game.

2232
02:01:29,640 --> 02:01:32,600
Speaker 1: So hopefully all those guys in beginning treatment through the

2233
02:01:32,600 --> 02:01:35,320
Speaker 1: weekend and most of them are able to return to

2234
02:01:35,360 --> 02:01:39,000
Speaker 1: the practice field tomorrow. I know you were in pressed

2235
02:01:39,000 --> 02:01:41,080
Speaker 1: coming out of the game with Ty and Seki's play

2236
02:01:41,120 --> 02:01:43,760
Speaker 1: at right tackle as a fill in after Williams left

2237
02:01:43,760 --> 02:01:47,240
Speaker 1: the game. Guys got mammoth meat hooks for ya. He's

2238
02:01:47,280 --> 02:01:50,520
Speaker 1: got all the physical tools to play, and he started

2239
02:01:50,600 --> 02:01:52,280
Speaker 1: last year and play, but I think you know because

2240
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Speaker 1: of his age, An experience, and the older you get,

2241
02:01:56,560 --> 02:01:59,400
Speaker 1: the kind of more fragile you are. He's a phenomenal

2242
02:01:59,480 --> 02:02:02,600
Speaker 1: swing to tackle, and so if one of the tackles

2243
02:02:02,640 --> 02:02:04,880
Speaker 1: goes down and SEC, he's the guy in there and

2244
02:02:06,560 --> 02:02:09,920
Speaker 1: he's good. I am. I have total confidence in him

2245
02:02:09,920 --> 02:02:12,200
Speaker 1: even going even if something happened to Dion Dawkins. I

2246
02:02:12,200 --> 02:02:14,000
Speaker 1: think in a sec he could go in play left

2247
02:02:14,040 --> 02:02:17,000
Speaker 1: tackle and you wouldn't miss a beat. The question is

2248
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Speaker 1: how long could he last. He's had something, he's been

2249
02:02:20,000 --> 02:02:22,680
Speaker 1: a little injury prone, and you don't want him to

2250
02:02:22,680 --> 02:02:25,000
Speaker 1: have to go long stretches. But he's a guy that

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02:02:25,040 --> 02:02:28,760
Speaker 1: can give you a short burst of close to elite

2252
02:02:28,760 --> 02:02:33,400
Speaker 1: tackle play. He's big, and he's technically sound, and he's

2253
02:02:33,520 --> 02:02:35,440
Speaker 1: you know, he's athletic. So it's his hands on you,

2254
02:02:35,560 --> 02:02:38,840
Speaker 1: it's over. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. For short bursts,

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02:02:38,840 --> 02:02:40,720
Speaker 1: he could be elite, an elite tackle for you to

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02:02:40,760 --> 02:02:43,360
Speaker 1: finish a game or whatever, or maybe even give you

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02:02:43,360 --> 02:02:45,880
Speaker 1: one like this week if if Darryl Williams can't go

2258
02:02:46,360 --> 02:02:48,360
Speaker 1: and then SEC he can give you the entire game.

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02:02:49,520 --> 02:02:52,280
Speaker 1: You're good to go. But like I said, he's just

2260
02:02:52,280 --> 02:02:57,080
Speaker 1: for short bursts, and so yeah, he was the deep.

2261
02:02:57,200 --> 02:03:00,840
Speaker 1: The depth they've showed on their offensive line and unfortunately

2262
02:03:00,840 --> 02:03:03,680
Speaker 1: have had to show on their offensive line has been

2263
02:03:03,680 --> 02:03:05,160
Speaker 1: a big plus for the team, and I think it

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02:03:05,200 --> 02:03:08,240
Speaker 1: serves them well now, particularly given the fact that they've

2265
02:03:08,280 --> 02:03:10,240
Speaker 1: been able to wrangle their way into the two seed.

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02:03:10,720 --> 02:03:14,400
Speaker 1: We've been talking about the number two seeds since it

2267
02:03:14,440 --> 02:03:17,400
Speaker 1: now belongs to the Bills in the AFC conference race

2268
02:03:17,480 --> 02:03:21,320
Speaker 1: after Pittsburgh's lost last night to the Bengals to drop

2269
02:03:21,360 --> 02:03:24,360
Speaker 1: their third in a row. How much significance do you

2270
02:03:24,400 --> 02:03:27,320
Speaker 1: give the second seed in the AFC playoffs for the

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Speaker 1: Bills A lot. It's somewhat important where you're not worried

2272
02:03:31,120 --> 02:03:34,160
Speaker 1: about them and home field advantage since there's no fans

2273
02:03:34,160 --> 02:03:36,680
Speaker 1: in the stands. So we go back to the tweet

2274
02:03:36,720 --> 02:03:40,400
Speaker 1: sheet and from Jack, he says, it's important that's our

2275
02:03:40,440 --> 02:03:43,240
Speaker 1: house and we can defend our dirt rather than play

2276
02:03:43,280 --> 02:03:46,200
Speaker 1: the seventh place team, and well end play the seventh

2277
02:03:46,200 --> 02:03:49,200
Speaker 1: place team rather than the fifth or sixth. That said,

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty, with no fans, it matters less. I

2279
02:03:55,360 --> 02:03:58,120
Speaker 1: don't think there's any debate that the atmosphere is different.

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02:03:58,560 --> 02:04:01,280
Speaker 1: But our poll is pretty interesting, Steve, because more than

2281
02:04:01,280 --> 02:04:04,919
Speaker 1: two thirds of those who have voted believe it matters

2282
02:04:04,960 --> 02:04:07,320
Speaker 1: a lot for the Bills to be the second seed

2283
02:04:07,360 --> 02:04:11,360
Speaker 1: and have two home playoff games, even though it's looking

2284
02:04:11,440 --> 02:04:13,560
Speaker 1: highly unlikely that fans will be a part of it.

2285
02:04:13,640 --> 02:04:17,839
Speaker 1: I'm I'm sniffing a pole here in the future, Brownie,

2286
02:04:17,880 --> 02:04:20,640
Speaker 1: because I know this right, because Bill, because Bills fans

2287
02:04:20,680 --> 02:04:23,520
Speaker 1: are true, and it's true. The atmosphere is, you know,

2288
02:04:23,560 --> 02:04:25,480
Speaker 1: you got to bring your own electricity. You know, you

2289
02:04:25,480 --> 02:04:30,200
Speaker 1: gotta bring your own fund to the bus. So I'd

2290
02:04:30,200 --> 02:04:33,240
Speaker 1: be interested to see what fans they what the problem?

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02:04:33,320 --> 02:04:35,880
Speaker 1: They got to have two answers? What's the probability of

2292
02:04:35,880 --> 02:04:38,280
Speaker 1: a win with fan total fans in the stands one

2293
02:04:38,320 --> 02:04:42,760
Speaker 1: hundred percent capacity? And what's that? What's their probability of

2294
02:04:42,760 --> 02:04:46,600
Speaker 1: a win with zero fancing. So basically, the percentage difference

2295
02:04:46,840 --> 02:04:49,280
Speaker 1: in having fans in your building for a playoff game

2296
02:04:49,400 --> 02:04:55,800
Speaker 1: versus not because he've a win probability increase. Right, Does

2297
02:04:55,840 --> 02:04:57,560
Speaker 1: it go? Does it go from if the fans are

2298
02:04:57,560 --> 02:05:03,040
Speaker 1: in the stands, particularly one million spent million, if if

2299
02:05:03,040 --> 02:05:04,960
Speaker 1: the fans are in the state, like for instance, they

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02:05:05,040 --> 02:05:08,200
Speaker 1: just say we're in an alternate reality for the first

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Speaker 1: playoff game coming in here against whatever. Say it's uh,

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Speaker 1: say it's Cleveland or whatever. Whoever say it's uh Indianapolis.

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Speaker 1: So Frank Reich's coming back with the Indianapolis Colts as

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Speaker 1: the eight seed or seven seed and we're the two

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Speaker 1: seed full capacity after being empty for the entire season.

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Speaker 1: What's the probability of a win in that scenario? Well?

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Speaker 1: I do like their chances anyway, but with fans on

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Speaker 1: top of it, you know, I probably go from like

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Speaker 1: seventy percent confident to about eighty to eighty five. It's

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Speaker 1: probably a fifteen percent bump. Yeah, where I would be

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Speaker 1: interested in seeing what fans say. I would say, do

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Speaker 1: we need to get our advanced analytics? Yeah, I kind of.

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Speaker 1: I'm kind of interested in this. How much it's rights

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Speaker 1: and do you think about the added It wouldn't just

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Speaker 1: be an environment, it would be the all time most

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Speaker 1: unbelievable electricity environment of all time, because after being out

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Speaker 1: of the building while your team goes twelve and a,

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02:06:09,360 --> 02:06:12,880
Speaker 1: thirteen and three, say home playoff games for twenty four years,

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02:06:12,960 --> 02:06:17,960
Speaker 1: right and then right, I mean shaking a bottle and

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02:06:18,040 --> 02:06:23,240
Speaker 1: popping the cork. So then what's you're at. It's it's

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Speaker 1: more it's more eighty percent. Bro, you're the two seed

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Speaker 1: and you've just won five games out of six by

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02:06:30,120 --> 02:06:35,080
Speaker 1: ten points or more. Yeah, maybe, well what did I get?

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Speaker 1: I said it was fifteen percent increase? You think it's

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Speaker 1: like twenty five? All right? Now, now we live in

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Speaker 1: this reality. There's not gonna be any fans in there.

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02:06:43,000 --> 02:06:45,160
Speaker 1: You're gonna have that and the same Coult team comes in.

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02:06:45,160 --> 02:06:50,360
Speaker 1: You still got to feel really good, right, what's the difference.

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Speaker 1: That's the poll I'm thinking of. We got to write

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Speaker 1: that down, Jay Bird. Okay, we're gonna do that. We'll

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02:06:55,240 --> 02:06:57,960
Speaker 1: do that. That's we're gonna save that elsewhere on the

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Speaker 1: tweet sheet from Herb. I have confidence this team can

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Speaker 1: win anywhere. I also believe two playoff games at home

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02:07:04,880 --> 02:07:09,280
Speaker 1: is extremely important. No road game. If Casey possibly loses

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02:07:09,360 --> 02:07:12,640
Speaker 1: in the wild card round, championship game could end up

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Speaker 1: in Buffalo. That is a scenario that you would be

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Speaker 1: a divisional round, not the wild card. But yes, yeah,

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Speaker 1: well yeah, But what he's saying is if you get

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02:07:19,360 --> 02:07:22,600
Speaker 1: the two seed and Kansas City stubs their toe all

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02:07:22,680 --> 02:07:25,000
Speaker 1: now your home all the way till the time to

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02:07:25,000 --> 02:07:30,280
Speaker 1: go down to Tampa Road to the Super Bowl goes through. Wow.

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Speaker 1: Wow wow, wow. All right, we're a little drunk here.

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02:07:36,040 --> 02:07:39,040
Speaker 1: We can't Yeah, just pump the brakes on the From Jason,

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02:07:39,560 --> 02:07:42,040
Speaker 1: my confidence in this team is at an all time high,

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02:07:42,080 --> 02:07:44,040
Speaker 1: and I think they have the ability to beat any

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Speaker 1: team anywhere. But what's better than a home playoff game?

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Speaker 1: Two home playoff games? Two for Yeah, for the price

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02:07:54,240 --> 02:08:01,400
Speaker 1: of one. It's true. Um, that's that's enormous. And I yeah,

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02:08:01,440 --> 02:08:04,360
Speaker 1: you want it to be here. You want it to

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02:08:04,360 --> 02:08:05,840
Speaker 1: be here, The team wants it to be here, the

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02:08:05,840 --> 02:08:08,000
Speaker 1: players wanted to be here, and it's within their grass

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02:08:08,120 --> 02:08:10,720
Speaker 1: to make sure it's here. And we'll wait and see

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02:08:10,760 --> 02:08:15,720
Speaker 1: if if all of that takes place. But I with

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02:08:15,800 --> 02:08:22,120
Speaker 1: no fans, the benefits are more, you know, I don't know.

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02:08:24,000 --> 02:08:27,920
Speaker 1: They're muted. You know they're muted. I think players would

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02:08:27,960 --> 02:08:30,800
Speaker 1: say some of them aren't tangible. Though there's a familiarity

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02:08:31,800 --> 02:08:36,800
Speaker 1: sleeping in your own bed, the routine is not disrupted

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02:08:36,880 --> 02:08:40,320
Speaker 1: as much because there's no travel. They are a little inherent.

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02:08:40,400 --> 02:08:42,760
Speaker 1: And here's the thing too. The benefits also are in

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02:08:42,800 --> 02:08:44,640
Speaker 1: the fact that what it does to your opponent they

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02:08:44,640 --> 02:08:47,640
Speaker 1: have to travel, they're in a strange place. It probably won't.

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02:08:47,680 --> 02:08:50,240
Speaker 1: It's not going to be a division opponent, probably unless

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02:08:50,240 --> 02:08:52,320
Speaker 1: it's Miami, but you know, so it's going to be

2364
02:08:52,360 --> 02:08:55,160
Speaker 1: somebody who didn't come here all that often, whoever's new

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02:08:55,240 --> 02:08:57,240
Speaker 1: on their team has never been here, princess. If it

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02:08:57,320 --> 02:09:00,240
Speaker 1: is Indianapolis, you think Philip Rivers, after being all that

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02:09:00,280 --> 02:09:02,960
Speaker 1: time in LA and playing in a dome, they playing

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02:09:02,960 --> 02:09:05,400
Speaker 1: at a dome this year, How what's it gonna feel

2369
02:09:05,400 --> 02:09:08,120
Speaker 1: like to him to come to Buffalo and playing this joint,

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02:09:08,680 --> 02:09:11,080
Speaker 1: you know, getting off that bus and I think about

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02:09:11,080 --> 02:09:18,280
Speaker 1: this every year. Six of well actually eight home games

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Speaker 1: in the dome, and then three more in Nashville Jacksonville

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02:09:25,640 --> 02:09:29,240
Speaker 1: and in Houston another dome. Yeah, that's eleven of r

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02:09:29,280 --> 02:09:35,960
Speaker 1: sixteen games either indoors or down south. Well yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: let me just I'll just go back and we'll just

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02:09:37,920 --> 02:09:40,600
Speaker 1: look at Indianapolis's schedule see if they've haven't actually had

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02:09:40,640 --> 02:09:42,320
Speaker 1: to play you're looking at that. I'm going to read

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02:09:42,360 --> 02:09:45,240
Speaker 1: Jeremy's tweet. He says two home games would be amazing.

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02:09:45,680 --> 02:09:48,160
Speaker 1: I think it would really help us despite no fans,

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02:09:48,480 --> 02:09:51,640
Speaker 1: simply due to less travel and just being at home.

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Speaker 1: This could be a huge in the push to get

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02:09:54,280 --> 02:09:58,560
Speaker 1: to the AFC title game. Yeah, what's their schedule look like?

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02:09:58,880 --> 02:10:02,400
Speaker 1: They were at Chicago in October early October, first weekend

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02:10:02,400 --> 02:10:05,240
Speaker 1: of October, right, that's nothing. At Cleveland the next week

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02:10:05,680 --> 02:10:12,360
Speaker 1: in October early October pre Halloween, Detroit indoors inside at Tennessee,

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02:10:12,360 --> 02:10:17,840
Speaker 1: as you said, at Houston at Vegas indoors again, and

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02:10:17,880 --> 02:10:21,440
Speaker 1: then this week they are at Pittsburgh. This is their

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02:10:21,440 --> 02:10:24,400
Speaker 1: first cold weather game. Okay, this is their first cold

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Speaker 1: weather game. So that's twelve. So eight home games inside,

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02:10:31,160 --> 02:10:35,280
Speaker 1: Houston inside, that's nine, Vegas is ten, Detroit is eleven.

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02:10:35,960 --> 02:10:41,560
Speaker 1: Eleven of their sixteen games indoors. Yeah, yeah, that is

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02:10:41,640 --> 02:10:45,560
Speaker 1: something from Steve on the tweet sheet. Considering we are

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02:10:45,640 --> 02:10:48,400
Speaker 1: six and one and will probably be seven and one

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02:10:48,480 --> 02:10:52,040
Speaker 1: after the Dolphins game at home, it is huge. But

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02:10:52,120 --> 02:10:54,360
Speaker 1: as close as the standings are in the AFC, I

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02:10:54,400 --> 02:10:57,400
Speaker 1: doubt any team six players for any game. We lose

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02:10:57,440 --> 02:10:59,920
Speaker 1: a game and we may be playing in Nashville, Cleveland,

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02:11:00,080 --> 02:11:04,480
Speaker 1: or Indie the second round. That's nuts. That's true. That's

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02:11:04,800 --> 02:11:08,920
Speaker 1: that's really true. So it is important. It's yeah, I've

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Speaker 1: been you know, I would prefer it too, I don't.

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02:11:11,240 --> 02:11:12,840
Speaker 1: I think we'd all be crazy not to want two

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02:11:12,840 --> 02:11:15,640
Speaker 1: home playoff games, But I'm seeing I'm more and more,

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02:11:15,680 --> 02:11:19,000
Speaker 1: I'm seeing the value even with no fans, And actually

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02:11:19,520 --> 02:11:22,800
Speaker 1: in Nashville and in Cleveland there have been some fans.

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02:11:23,120 --> 02:11:26,400
Speaker 1: So not all stadiums are created equal, so you may

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02:11:26,440 --> 02:11:28,400
Speaker 1: as well have them in your place. Break time for us,

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Speaker 1: Steve and I'll close it up when we come back

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Speaker 1: with what we have learned from today's show. Back in

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Speaker 1: a moment, One Bill's Live, presented by Collot of Health.

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Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio time for what have we learned?

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Speaker 1: Brought to you by Skyworks, the official construction equipment rental

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Speaker 1: company of the Buffalo Bills. Had one Rouben Brown on today,

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Speaker 1: who knows a little bit about the Pro Bowl, having

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02:12:03,520 --> 02:12:06,240
Speaker 1: been to nine of them, and I had an interesting

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02:12:06,320 --> 02:12:11,280
Speaker 1: take on the Pro Bowl selection process. I hear the

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02:12:11,400 --> 02:12:15,960
Speaker 1: narrative or I read the narrative, that being selected to

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02:12:16,080 --> 02:12:20,320
Speaker 1: an ap All Pro team is more prestigious these days

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02:12:20,440 --> 02:12:23,880
Speaker 1: than being selected to the Pro Bowl. I would have

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02:12:24,040 --> 02:12:27,440
Speaker 1: to beg the differ. I think being selected to the

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02:12:27,480 --> 02:12:31,040
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl is probably the greatest honor, or one of

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02:12:31,080 --> 02:12:33,960
Speaker 1: the greatest honors you can have as an individual in

2422
02:12:34,080 --> 02:12:39,160
Speaker 1: the NFL. Just think about the coaches that vote I mean,

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02:12:40,600 --> 02:12:44,520
Speaker 1: during your time, Steve, think of the coaches that voted

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02:12:45,120 --> 02:12:47,880
Speaker 1: you in or put your name on the ballot. And

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Speaker 1: a few of those or quite a few of those

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02:12:50,520 --> 02:12:53,000
Speaker 1: guys are in the Hall of Fame. When I got

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Speaker 1: voted in first time. Yeah, true words never spoken by

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02:12:56,600 --> 02:12:58,720
Speaker 1: Ruben Brown, Steve, I want to read one more tweet

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02:12:58,760 --> 02:13:01,600
Speaker 1: for you, because it's fun. From acts, I'd lean towards

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02:13:01,720 --> 02:13:04,920
Speaker 1: other if you had it as a choice. It's to

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02:13:05,120 --> 02:13:08,080
Speaker 1: be determined for me. If somehow fans are able to attend,

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02:13:08,400 --> 02:13:10,520
Speaker 1: then I go with A. It is important to have

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02:13:10,560 --> 02:13:13,200
Speaker 1: two mohole playoff games. If there are still no fans,

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02:13:13,280 --> 02:13:16,720
Speaker 1: I'd go with B. Somewhat important option. CE has some

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02:13:16,800 --> 02:13:19,360
Speaker 1: truth to it, but there is still some value to

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02:13:19,480 --> 02:13:23,840
Speaker 1: making teams come to Buffalo to play us. Quote might

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02:13:23,920 --> 02:13:28,440
Speaker 1: be chilli, might be chilly. That's a thing, Steve. That's

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02:13:28,480 --> 02:13:30,760
Speaker 1: gonna be your tagline the next time people are allowed

2439
02:13:30,760 --> 02:13:33,120
Speaker 1: to actually walk up to you in public. T shirts

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02:13:33,120 --> 02:13:35,440
Speaker 1: are on their way. Oh cool, I gotta get one

2441
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Speaker 1: of those. We have pat show tomorrow. We're gonna accelerate

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Speaker 1: some of our weekly guests into tomorrow show. Since it

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Speaker 1: will be our last one of the week before the

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02:13:46,080 --> 02:13:49,240
Speaker 1: Christmas holiday, we will have one great co sell from

2445
02:13:49,320 --> 02:13:52,160
Speaker 1: NFL Films joining us for an early scouting report on

2446
02:13:52,200 --> 02:13:54,800
Speaker 1: the Monday night game with the Patriots, so you don't

2447
02:13:54,800 --> 02:13:58,520
Speaker 1: want to miss that. Tune in tomorrow twelve to three,

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Speaker 1: one Bills Live, presented by a lot of health, It's

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio.