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Speaker 1: Oh, good time, Steve Tasker teks time to time. Time. Oh,

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Speaker 1: let's getaway day here at the one Bill's Eye. You

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Speaker 1: can feel it in the air. Welcome everybody, Welcome to

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Speaker 1: Orchard Park. It's a beautiful day here, perfect temperatures, blue skies,

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Speaker 1: you can see the beautiful sunshine splash field across the

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Speaker 1: way across the parking lot here at newer Afield. Good afternoon,

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Speaker 1: and welcome to the show. I'm John Murphy. This is

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker here for the next three hours talking Bills

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Speaker 1: football in the NFL with you in this bye week

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Speaker 1: for the Buffalo Bill. Steve, I gotta say, I am conflicted.

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Speaker 1: I'm conflicted today. Oh what's allus bothering? Here's what It

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Speaker 1: doesn't bother me. But look, we're not at mid season.

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Speaker 1: Inner conflict is not good. You need to let that

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Speaker 1: out here. We are not at the midway point of

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Speaker 1: the buff Bill season. I know that eight sixteen game season.

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Speaker 1: Eight games is the mark. On the other hand, where

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Speaker 1: at the midway point of the work that's gone into

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Speaker 1: the season for players and coaches, and quite frankly, for

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Speaker 1: you and I, right, if you mark the start of

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Speaker 1: that was tomorrow. It will be eleven weeks ago. Oh really, yes,

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Speaker 1: eleven weeks and you know how they're much longer. There

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Speaker 1: we are at the midway point. I am reluctant. Here's

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Speaker 1: my conflict. Here's here's why I am conflicted. I'm reluctant

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Speaker 1: to make sweeping conclusions about the twenty nineteen Buffalo Bills

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Speaker 1: based on five games, essentially a third or last a

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Speaker 1: all about. That, my friend, is the source of my

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Speaker 1: lay back on the couch. Let me let me counsel

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Speaker 1: I always say, get it out. It's a week to

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Speaker 1: there's a six game losing streak of five game win streak.

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Speaker 1: Stuff happens in this league. Stuff changes, And yet I

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Speaker 1: You know things could change in the remaining eleven games. However,

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Speaker 1: I also feel like I know what they're all about

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Speaker 1: tell me what to do with it. All right, sit

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Speaker 1: back and let me give you therapy. Here's the thing.

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Speaker 1: very simple. You and I sit here every day, and

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Speaker 1: We get calls from them regular league. We get guys,

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Speaker 1: you know, the same guy calling in from where is it,

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Speaker 1: so we're in Wyoming. We get gifts Florida every play

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Speaker 1: So they call in, they listen to us every day,

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Speaker 1: We chew up every aspect of this organization, top to bottom,

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Speaker 1: that that's the problem, murf We know our guys, and

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Speaker 1: need two more field goals a game. Yeah, they gotta

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Speaker 1: a call. Let's discuss this. What are you most looking

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Speaker 1: forward to after the bye week, and maybe you've got

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Speaker 1: something else to talk about. Eight fifty toll free one

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Speaker 1: eight eight eight by fifty two five fifty. I'm looking

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Speaker 1: forward to all of that, Steve. Yeah, I think so too.

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Speaker 1: A great Twitter poll today, by the way, I got

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Speaker 1: a tip I had to Jay Harrison. We got a

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Speaker 1: little this is a shot at me because I wasn't

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Speaker 1: playing a tick. I got a contribution also from Jeremy Kelly,

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Speaker 1: and I was I was not involved. You were, you

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Speaker 1: got so much going on. I was just on the

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Speaker 1: phone all morning, so I was, No, it wasn't that important,

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Speaker 1: not really, but I just spent a lot of time

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Speaker 1: on the phone this morning. But I think the return

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Speaker 1: of the injured players and the uptick in the offense

441
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Speaker 1: are a little bit connected because of obviously Devin Singletary

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Speaker 1: and the offensive linemanhood are nicked up right now. Tyler

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Speaker 1: Croft could get back in the back in the mix.

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Speaker 1: We could see him for the first time and these games,

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Speaker 1: but also man, three straight home games Sunday one o'clock,

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Speaker 1: you're going to be in route a new era of field.

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Speaker 1: That's a nice stretch. Yeah, So I it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: this bye week, because, as you said, and I don't

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Speaker 1: know if fans realize it, from the time we started

450
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Speaker 1: preseason till now when training camp started until now, it's

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Speaker 1: exactly the halfway point with an eleven game stretch coming

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Speaker 1: up after the bye week, So it's it's it's the

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Speaker 1: middle of the work here anyway, it really is. May

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Speaker 1: be mid season, but the middle of the work here

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Speaker 1: for those players and coaches. I think this is it's

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Speaker 1: a lot of fun to think about what this bye week,

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Speaker 1: what's going to look like after this bye week. I'm

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Speaker 1: really hopeful and optimistic about this team. I have been

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Speaker 1: since early in the bye week. I mean early in

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Speaker 1: the offseason. I thought they've really put it together, and

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Speaker 1: I don't I have not changed. I'm very bullish on

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Speaker 1: this team. Well, all right, So when I was paying

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Speaker 1: attention this morning in our meetings, I suggested some kind

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Speaker 1: of a Twitter poll about expectations. And here we are

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Speaker 1: at the bye week with the Bills four and one.

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Speaker 1: I wonder two people expected that, because if you pick

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Speaker 1: them to win ten like I did, or eleven plus

468
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Speaker 1: like Steve did, you gotta figure they're gonna win early.

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Speaker 1: This part of the sketule, right, maybe win four of

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Speaker 1: those first five, So maybe you're not surprised. I'd be

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Speaker 1: interested to hear that too. Let's just throw that out

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Speaker 1: there as a secondary topic for discussion. Are the Bills

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Speaker 1: kind of where you thought they'd be at this point?

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Speaker 1: Are you surprised? Are you disappointed? That's hard to imagine

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Speaker 1: with just one loss for the first five games. And

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Speaker 1: as someone said, as many people have said, I've heard

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Speaker 1: this a lot this week. What if I told you

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Speaker 1: that the Bills that the bye would be four and

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Speaker 1: one and you know the things and their defense would

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Speaker 1: be great. Would you take that? Sure? You'd take that. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: you'd take that right. Oh yeah. And Plus the other

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Speaker 1: thing that's happened too is the landscape in the AFC

483
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Speaker 1: is not good. I mean it's good for if you're

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Speaker 1: trying to be the Bills and make the playoffs. But

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Speaker 1: you know the question people say right now repeat, are

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Speaker 1: the Bills the third best team in the conference? They

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Speaker 1: probably are based on what they've done so far. You

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Speaker 1: can look around and say what about them? What about them?

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Speaker 1: I mean, they're they're they're playing better than Cleveland. Cleveland

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Speaker 1: was supposed to be a playoff contender. Some thought a

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl contender, right, they're playing better than the Jets.

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Speaker 1: I recall just weeks ago going into the Jets game

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Speaker 1: thinking the Jets, you know, they made all those changes

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Speaker 1: in the offseason, the brand new coach. Maybe they got something. No,

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Speaker 1: they don't. The Bills are the third best team in

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Speaker 1: the conference right now. Did you expect that? I don't

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Speaker 1: know if I did. Now the Bills played. If you

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Speaker 1: put the Bengals, well, I guess you know you can't.

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Speaker 1: Really you got the Jets, Giants and Bengals, um. And

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Speaker 1: then they pushed New England to the brink, and then

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Speaker 1: they beat Tennessee, who, uh, you know, it's probably not

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Speaker 1: it's not a team like uh like the Jets or

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Speaker 1: the Giants were when the Bills played them. Were the

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Speaker 1: Bengals who are still winless. Um, not Tennessee, you know Tennessee.

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Speaker 1: And so you gotta think about this. The Bills lost

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Speaker 1: a close one to New England, they beat Tennessee. They're

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Speaker 1: one and one against opponents who have won some games,

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Speaker 1: who are supposed to be okay, pretty good teams. And

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Speaker 1: there was Patriots obviously better than that. That's what it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be. The Bills have got to play good against

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Speaker 1: good competitions. Certainly, they got to beat the likes of

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins, the Washington's of the world, but they have

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Speaker 1: got to They've got to play five hundred or better

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Speaker 1: football against the Philadelphias, the Dallas Is, the Patriots. Who

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Speaker 1: else is on the schedule there those teams, you know,

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Speaker 1: the good teams. They've got to play five hundred or

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Speaker 1: better football against the really good teams, the teams with

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Speaker 1: winning records, the teams that are five hundred. Baltimore is

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Speaker 1: who I'm saying. Pittsburgh's who I'm saying. Baltimore, Pittsburgh, New England,

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Speaker 1: Washington and Dallas. You know, you got to you gotta

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Speaker 1: play five hundred football against those teams and be competitive

522
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Speaker 1: in all of those games to kind of step up

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Speaker 1: to the plate and say, you know what we You know,

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Speaker 1: nobody wants to play us because we're a tough out

525
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Speaker 1: right now. Like I said, I think the Bills are

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Speaker 1: hard to beat, but they couldn't. They're not really considered

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Speaker 1: one of those teams that's really good because they haven't

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Speaker 1: blown anybody out. You know, they're not hanging thirty three

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Speaker 1: points on a Dallas team like Green Bay did you

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Speaker 1: know they're not They're not slapping anybody around like the

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Speaker 1: Saints are doing by scoring thirty five or forty points.

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Speaker 1: You know, they don't have those games under their belt.

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Speaker 1: They have skidded by to a one record. Whoever the

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Speaker 1: competition was, So this is look at, Yeah, four and

535
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Speaker 1: one is really really good, but you know, bounce to

536
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Speaker 1: the ball here and there and it's you're not four

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Speaker 1: and one. So that's that's why I think the Bills

538
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Speaker 1: have Other people outside of this fan base are having

539
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Speaker 1: a hard time throwing the Bills in with the Patriots,

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs and those guys. Well, I think they're right

541
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Speaker 1: after that, and people are coming around to that realization.

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Speaker 1: But we'll see, as we said, and thank you again

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Speaker 1: for helping me work through my conflicted nature because I

544
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Speaker 1: know the season. I know the season isn't really half

545
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Speaker 1: over yet. I know there are twists and turns and

546
00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,480
Speaker 1: unexpected things that are going to happen moving forward. But

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Speaker 1: I also think I have a pretty good sense of

548
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Speaker 1: who this team is and how they play. We'll talk

549
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Speaker 1: more about this as day goes along, and let us

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Speaker 1: know what you think. What are you most looking forward

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Speaker 1: to after the buye We're gonna get to your phone

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Speaker 1: calls on this. We will get to the tweet sheet

553
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Speaker 1: and talk more about this when we come back. We're

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Speaker 1: just getting started a three hour show here today, John

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Speaker 1: Murphy and Steve Tasker One Builds Live presented by Kalaida

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Speaker 1: Nothing comes close. Welcome back one BILS Live. John Murphy,

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Speaker 1: Steve Casker. We're just talking to hockey during the break.

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Speaker 1: Steve's all geeked at Cabot going to the Savers Canadian

560
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Speaker 1: tonight and we talk about why you know why and

561
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Speaker 1: with your seats especially, I had this experience this here.

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Speaker 1: It's a great sport to watch in person, and where

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Speaker 1: your seats are you get a great look at it,

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Speaker 1: at the speed and the size and just the things

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Speaker 1: happen so quickly. In the NHL, it's like we go

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Speaker 1: what right? And it's always it's an ongoing game. They

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Speaker 1: it's in my opinion, because of the structure the game

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Speaker 1: and the hostesses of all the fans, even the even

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Speaker 1: the triple. You know, the upper deck, it's closer than

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Speaker 1: the upper deck in a football game, and you can

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Speaker 1: be a mile away from the stadium from the action

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Speaker 1: in a football game, but that because of the proximity

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Speaker 1: the arena and all that and the nature of the game,

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Speaker 1: it's it may be it. I think it is. It's

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Speaker 1: the best sport to watch live and in person. I

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Speaker 1: think that there is. I think that's the best sport.

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Speaker 1: You look at me to agree with that. I don't

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Speaker 1: know if because I've never seen a real tennis match

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Speaker 1: or great tennis match, and I've never I've seen I've

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Speaker 1: seen baseball game. I've seen a lot of baseball games.

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Speaker 1: I've seen NBA. Now I'll say this, NBA's close. NBA's

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Speaker 1: pretty good. Right, So there's some there's some sports that

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Speaker 1: are pretty good. But hockey I think has its has

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Speaker 1: its own field, and I think that because of the

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Speaker 1: nature of the game, it's a lot of fun to

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Speaker 1: watch it. I'm not gonna try to I'm not gonna

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Speaker 1: kill your buzz today. Can tell you're all who are

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Speaker 1: you going the game with? YEA, yeah, yeah. We're the

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Speaker 1: guys who wrangle all the tickets and do the drawings

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Speaker 1: and all this hard work, which is why we get

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Speaker 1: all the playoff tickets. No, no, no, do I have

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Speaker 1: to get a lawyer to adjudicate this. Now you don't

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Speaker 1: have to. I told you we'll figure it out right.

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Speaker 1: Let's get to the playoffs first. Welcome to the show.

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Speaker 1: We're talking about the bills of course on this show.

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Speaker 1: We're here until three. We got a good guest lineup.

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Speaker 1: Field Yates ESPN NFL Insider joins us at one o'clock.

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Speaker 1: We're taking I assume we're getting we want to take

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Speaker 1: some fantasy football questions for Field I assume yes. So

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Speaker 1: if you have those, get them ready and phone them

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Speaker 1: in or tweet them in at one bills Live your

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Speaker 1: fantasy football questions for Field Yates and we'll talk about

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Speaker 1: more than fantasy with Field Yates and Great Cosell, our

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Speaker 1: normal Friday guests is going to join us today at

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Speaker 1: two o'clock to review what went on in the NFL

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Speaker 1: last weekend and what to look forward to this year.

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Speaker 1: We can't do a week without Great co Sell. In

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Speaker 1: the meantime, our topic, what are you most looking forward

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Speaker 1: to after the buy? Let us know eight o three

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Speaker 1: fifty toll free one eight eight eight five fifty two

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Speaker 1: five fifty. We'll read some tweet sheets in a moment,

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Speaker 1: but let's go to the phones right now, Pat and

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Speaker 1: north Tonawana. Hello, Pat, welcome to the show. Yes, taking

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Speaker 1: my call, guys. Sure, yeah, I'm looking forward to the

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Speaker 1: uptick in offense. But also, you know, you guys say

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Speaker 1: it's week week eleven that we're after a halfway point.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully you were not. Hopefully he will be playing into

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Speaker 1: into January, right, Yeah, that's right. Looking forward. I'm really

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Speaker 1: looking forward to all, you know, football in December, which

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Speaker 1: hasn't been a real you know, outside of the one

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Speaker 1: year it would come December and I just didn't have

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Speaker 1: much interest in it. Yeah, yeah, you're right. You know

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Speaker 1: what your buddy Jim Kelly has said, Stephen, He's right.

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Speaker 1: It's um home playoff games. Yeah, great, those are the

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Speaker 1: take a lot to get a home playoff game for

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Speaker 1: the Bills, that is, I think for for Bills fans.

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Speaker 1: That's the you know, the one thing that we haven't

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Speaker 1: seen here yet, well not in twenty over twenty years,

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Speaker 1: is a home playoff game. I remember I was part

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Speaker 1: of that team that had the first ever home playoff

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Speaker 1: game in rich Stadium. There were there were games in

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Speaker 1: the Rock Pile, but the Houston first playoff game against

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Speaker 1: I forced to fumble late to it to win it. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: but it was. It's a great game we beat in

635
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Speaker 1: my seventeen ten and that was often running to the

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Speaker 1: championship game in Cincinnati that year, So um, it was fun.

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Speaker 1: It is an absolutely unique and amazing atmosphere. You can't

638
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Speaker 1: get near the stadi and the tickets are gone. People

639
00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:33,440
Speaker 1: are absolutely out of their minds and they are all weak.

640
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:38,440
Speaker 1: So it's I really I think if I had one

641
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,160
Speaker 1: thing that I yearned for for this town, that would

642
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:43,160
Speaker 1: be it as a home playoff game. Do sama will

643
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,160
Speaker 1: be fun for the pills. We would think if things

644
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,040
Speaker 1: progress as they have been. You know, the Ravens um

645
00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,120
Speaker 1: are here. They go to Pittsburgh, won't be easy to

646
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:52,760
Speaker 1: win there. They go to New England, we know the

647
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:55,080
Speaker 1: story there and there they finished home against the Jets.

648
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 1: December could be fun here and and you would think

649
00:30:58,200 --> 00:30:59,760
Speaker 1: the way this season has started out, there is going

650
00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:03,400
Speaker 1: to be playoff issues during those four games, right, gotta

651
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 1: win this, gotta win that in order to clinch your playoffs, Right,

652
00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:09,000
Speaker 1: They've gotta be fun. They got four games in December

653
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:14,040
Speaker 1: starting on the eighth, and it goes Baltimore, Pittsburgh, New England,

654
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:19,640
Speaker 1: New York, the Baltimore Pittsburgh games. Um, and that's right

655
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,160
Speaker 1: after the Dallas Thanksgiving game. I mean, it's it's bit.

656
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:27,000
Speaker 1: It's gonna close with a flurry. And I remember, and

657
00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:29,720
Speaker 1: I told you this the other day. You got these

658
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,920
Speaker 1: games that all seem big or whatever the reward you get,

659
00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 1: and you get down in deep into sept December, and

660
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,160
Speaker 1: I remember thinking this, even as a player. You know,

661
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 1: we got this huge game this week. We're gonna play Dallas,

662
00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 1: and we gotta win to keep pace with the Patriots

663
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:44,440
Speaker 1: or back in night my day, we gotta keep pace

664
00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:46,960
Speaker 1: with the Dolphins. We gotta And then you win the

665
00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:49,120
Speaker 1: game and you're coming off and think, man, oh man,

666
00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,959
Speaker 1: now we got an even bigger game. Yeah. The reward

667
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,280
Speaker 1: for winning a big game is a bigger one. Yeah.

668
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:58,000
Speaker 1: And it is awesome. Yeah, it is awesome, man, it is.

669
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,000
Speaker 1: It's so fun to be a part of that atmosphere.

670
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:01,560
Speaker 1: And I and then you know, you wish that for

671
00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 1: this team and these fans, but you got to earn

672
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:08,120
Speaker 1: it now. In October November, a call here from Jeff

673
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,520
Speaker 1: in Buffalo. Hello, Jeff, Hi, guys, how are you doing okay?

674
00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:14,560
Speaker 1: What are the chances real quick that the build would

675
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:18,200
Speaker 1: finish with a better road record than home record this year? Well,

676
00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:19,800
Speaker 1: I don't know. You know, last year they won a

677
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:22,040
Speaker 1: total of two road games. They've already got three road

678
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:25,000
Speaker 1: wins this year, and there are tough road games coming up.

679
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:26,840
Speaker 1: We talked about a couple of them at New England,

680
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:30,360
Speaker 1: at Pittsburgh, at Dallas. I guess is difficult road game

681
00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:32,320
Speaker 1: in Cleveland. I don't know if that's a tough game,

682
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:34,240
Speaker 1: but I don't know what the chances are. What do

683
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,560
Speaker 1: you think you think that's likely to happen? Well, three

684
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,320
Speaker 1: in five to go. I think one and one at

685
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:45,400
Speaker 1: home possibility at least, you know, possibly six, that'd be great. Yeah,

686
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,680
Speaker 1: which home games do you think they will not win?

687
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,120
Speaker 1: I guess you're saying they won't beat Philly and they

688
00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:55,400
Speaker 1: probably won't beat Baltimore. Well, I don't know. They just

689
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:59,480
Speaker 1: seem to have a struggle at home these last few years.

690
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:02,120
Speaker 1: I don't know about that, you know, I don't know.

691
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:04,120
Speaker 1: I don't I don't know if that's true. I don't know.

692
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,280
Speaker 1: I kill eating now, but yeah, I don't think that's true.

693
00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:12,479
Speaker 1: What do you think their records con be now? You're

694
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:14,160
Speaker 1: now you're putting me on a spot. I don't know.

695
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:17,480
Speaker 1: I'm hoping maybe ten and six. Okay, as long as

696
00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 1: they gotta go that means they gotta go six and five.

697
00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:22,600
Speaker 1: The rest of the way doable. Do you know the

698
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:26,080
Speaker 1: Bills say the easiest remaining schedule left by opponent's win

699
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:29,440
Speaker 1: percentage of the opponents win percentage this year? Yes, yeah,

700
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:33,440
Speaker 1: Bills opponents remaining opponents win percentage of three forty six.

701
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,880
Speaker 1: Not good. Cleveland's next at three eighty, then Pittsburgh, then

702
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 1: Jets in Miami. Obviously the AFC East. Uh. You know,

703
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,520
Speaker 1: you got the Jets in Miami struggling, So those those

704
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,600
Speaker 1: games all factor into it. You also have the NFC

705
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,320
Speaker 1: East where the AFC East teams go up against and

706
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,480
Speaker 1: there's some there's some lesser legs. They're the hardest remaining,

707
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 1: most difficult remaining NFL schedules by opponents win percentage. The

708
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:59,600
Speaker 1: Bears have the toughest six twenty three win percentage, then Atlanta, Denver,

709
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,560
Speaker 1: Zona and others. But the Bills are the easiest remaining

710
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,920
Speaker 1: schedule by their opponents win percentage this year. We'll take it.

711
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,120
Speaker 1: Take that to the bank, take it let's go to

712
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,040
Speaker 1: where are we going? Rick and north Tonawanda. Hi, Rick, welcome.

713
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:15,960
Speaker 1: You're on the air with us, right. I hope you

714
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:20,239
Speaker 1: can hear me because I'm driving right. I see. What

715
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:23,759
Speaker 1: I'm excited about, actually is the improvement that I saw

716
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:27,360
Speaker 1: in Josh Allen from the New England Pantrans game to

717
00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:30,880
Speaker 1: the game with Tennessee. I mean, I really saw like

718
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:34,239
Speaker 1: one hundred percent turnaround. He learned a lot from the

719
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 1: debacle and New England, and I think that's shorting the side.

720
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:46,759
Speaker 1: That a real maturity, and I'm thinking that he keeps

721
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:48,960
Speaker 1: up with that. I think he's going to be one

722
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 1: of the best quarterbacks in the National Football League, and

723
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:57,200
Speaker 1: I look forward to I really excited about the Bills

724
00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,520
Speaker 1: because I think, for the first time a long time,

725
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:03,520
Speaker 1: probably think Jim Kelly, I think we have a quarterback

726
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,839
Speaker 1: that's a true franchise quarterbacks. Otherwise, he's done a lot

727
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:08,919
Speaker 1: to go to his head. I don't mean I don't

728
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:10,920
Speaker 1: think he will. Don't have any reason to believe that,

729
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,640
Speaker 1: but he doesn't need a lot more targets. I noticed

730
00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,200
Speaker 1: a lot of times that in the game against Tennessee,

731
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:19,880
Speaker 1: he was back there five seconds that he couldn't find

732
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,719
Speaker 1: anybody open. And what I did like about it tell

733
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:27,520
Speaker 1: he didn't he true one that interception, But that wasn't

734
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,879
Speaker 1: act Aga for actor because he came back and won

735
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,319
Speaker 1: the ball game in the last quarter. And I'm really

736
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:37,080
Speaker 1: excited about the Bills this year if it mainly because

737
00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 1: of Josh, but he does need some better receivers. Um

738
00:35:41,719 --> 00:35:44,879
Speaker 1: the other comer. I wanted to say, Dash Sudder show,

739
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:48,279
Speaker 1: say the forty nine ers are scary good. They may

740
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:50,600
Speaker 1: actually from what I saw, they may be the best

741
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:55,960
Speaker 1: team in the National Football League right now. All right, Yeah,

742
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:58,560
Speaker 1: there's a lot in there. Let me let me just

743
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,560
Speaker 1: go check on the on the forty nine ers because

744
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,640
Speaker 1: I heard some guys talking about that today. Their schedule,

745
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:10,120
Speaker 1: they beat Tampa Bay, they beat Cincinnati and Pittsburgh with

746
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 1: Mason Rudolph no this. Yeah, they are on the bye

747
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 1: on week four and then they just beat Cleveland. Coming

748
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:21,719
Speaker 1: off the bye, they're scoring some points. And it's like

749
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:25,000
Speaker 1: I said, Murph, when the team scores points, you always

750
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 1: give them that thing like, wow, they're really good. You know,

751
00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 1: whether their defense is good or not. Like last year

752
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:35,440
Speaker 1: the Chiefs outscored everybody, but their defense was horrific, but

753
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 1: they were a great team. You don't get that same

754
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:40,720
Speaker 1: benefit when your defense is really good and your offense

755
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:42,680
Speaker 1: is not that good. You don't They don't give you

756
00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:44,799
Speaker 1: the same benefit of the doubt, you know what I mean. Yeah,

757
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,479
Speaker 1: so it's kind of weird, but that's what the forty

758
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 1: nine ers look like right now. They're four and oh,

759
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,600
Speaker 1: they've had their bye week already. They just hung a

760
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:54,920
Speaker 1: big number on Cleveland thirty one to three. They barely

761
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:58,160
Speaker 1: beat the Steelers twenty four twenty. They crushed the Bengals,

762
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:02,320
Speaker 1: crushed the Buccaneers on opening They're good. You gotta say it.

763
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,759
Speaker 1: They look good the other night, Kyle Shanahan gives them

764
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 1: a chance. They're very talented upfront, defensively, and yeah, the

765
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:12,239
Speaker 1: forty nine ers look great. So I don't know that

766
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:16,919
Speaker 1: their schedule has been a real test yet, but they've

767
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:18,319
Speaker 1: won the games that are in front of them. Right

768
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,640
Speaker 1: It's just a lot like the Bills. Yeah, yep. Let's

769
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:24,879
Speaker 1: take a call here from Phil and Cheektowaga. Hello, Phil,

770
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:29,600
Speaker 1: good afternoon, Thank you for taking the call. I was

771
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,719
Speaker 1: telling the guy, I said, look, I'm a little bit

772
00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:36,040
Speaker 1: wondering how Steve feels being an ex player and everything.

773
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:39,480
Speaker 1: The bye week is a great thing, but sometimes teams

774
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:43,120
Speaker 1: can lose focus with that extra week off before they

775
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:46,480
Speaker 1: come back. I don't see that happening with our coaching

776
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:50,240
Speaker 1: staff hopefully, but in years gone by, I know there's

777
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 1: a kind of a left down. Plus the fact that

778
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:56,200
Speaker 1: I'm kind of wondering, I don't believe it will happen either,

779
00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 1: because I think we have a lot of character in

780
00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:00,920
Speaker 1: that room and the guys that won't let it happened.

781
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,440
Speaker 1: But could day possibly be looking what they call a

782
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:07,920
Speaker 1: trap game past Miami and looking at the game that

783
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 1: everybody thinks is going to be important today is the

784
00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:16,640
Speaker 1: Eagles considering it's between the Dolphins and the Redskins. Yeah,

785
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:19,960
Speaker 1: I mean there's a lot there, But yeah, I mean

786
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,760
Speaker 1: there's always that problem when you when you have some success,

787
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,000
Speaker 1: particularly this early in the season, then have your bye

788
00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:28,600
Speaker 1: week and you've got a young team, maybe like the Bills.

789
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,160
Speaker 1: Do you think, man, these guys are gonna go off

790
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:31,880
Speaker 1: the rails for a couple of days and come back.

791
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 1: They're gonna be a little bit out of shape, They're

792
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:35,040
Speaker 1: gonna be a little out of focus, and they're gonna

793
00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 1: have It's gonna be hard for them to get back

794
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:39,400
Speaker 1: into the routine of prepping. They're not gonna do it

795
00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:41,919
Speaker 1: quite as efficiently as they did before the bye week,

796
00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:44,759
Speaker 1: and they're gonna look flat coming out against Miami and

797
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:49,680
Speaker 1: maybe lose that game. It's a real concern. But the

798
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:54,719
Speaker 1: reason you build this culture and have this program in

799
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:57,720
Speaker 1: place here in this building is to keep that from happening.

800
00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:02,400
Speaker 1: You get guys with the right stuff that McDermott refers

801
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:05,800
Speaker 1: to as DNA. They know it's important to be a

802
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 1: pro football player twenty four to seven during the season,

803
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 1: not and that includes the bye week. Certainly you can

804
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:13,359
Speaker 1: take a mental break, but you don't take a physical one.

805
00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:17,800
Speaker 1: You stay on it. And so that's I'm sure that

806
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 1: what this coaching staff has been pounding into these players about, hey,

807
00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:24,279
Speaker 1: come back, ready to get ready. I don't see the

808
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 1: trap game happening. I don't think a team built like

809
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:31,759
Speaker 1: the Bills, for what I'm saying is like with a

810
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,880
Speaker 1: great defense and a and a poor off you know,

811
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 1: poorer offense or an offense that's struggling. I don't think

812
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 1: overconfidence comes into play as much on a group that's

813
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:45,279
Speaker 1: built like that. I think if you have a great

814
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:48,360
Speaker 1: offense and a defense that doesn't matter if they stop anybody.

815
00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:50,400
Speaker 1: Like the Chiefs, I think they fall prey to that

816
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,520
Speaker 1: easier than the Bills do. Would you know, I know

817
00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 1: the Bills know that on offense they got to really

818
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:58,040
Speaker 1: click on all cylinders to get it done. The defense,

819
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:00,120
Speaker 1: you know, they don't let up. I mean it's it's

820
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 1: they turn it on quick in the defense because you know,

821
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:08,200
Speaker 1: they got people that are challenging them. Uh. And I

822
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:10,800
Speaker 1: think it's easy to keep your edge on as a defender.

823
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:14,600
Speaker 1: As a defender like in that situation, offensively, it's not so.

824
00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:16,560
Speaker 1: I think if you flip it around, like I said,

825
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:19,400
Speaker 1: and think about that where the Chiefs would be the

826
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 1: guys on that defense are saying, you know, listen, our

827
00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:22,880
Speaker 1: offense is gonna score thirty eight. We don't. You know.

828
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:24,440
Speaker 1: All we gotta do is get it like two stops

829
00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:26,359
Speaker 1: in this game when we're winning. You know what I mean? Yeah,

830
00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:29,560
Speaker 1: you know what's funny. Um. I don't think the Bills

831
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:31,960
Speaker 1: are as young as as many people think, including the

832
00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:34,439
Speaker 1: caller and said they're a young team. I saw stand.

833
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:36,080
Speaker 1: I was just looking for it. I'll find it. Maybe

834
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:39,960
Speaker 1: during the break the Bills are not really comparatively speaking,

835
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,080
Speaker 1: that young team. You know why. Obviously they got a

836
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:44,319
Speaker 1: thirty six year old Frank Gore and a what thirty five?

837
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:49,560
Speaker 1: Thirty six year old Lorenzo Alexander. Yeah, yeah, but read

838
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:53,000
Speaker 1: Ferguson as well, all those guys I think he is,

839
00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:55,000
Speaker 1: isn't he? Well, I'm gonna check it out. I think

840
00:40:55,160 --> 00:41:00,160
Speaker 1: now he got Foy insulted. But the point is, and

841
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,319
Speaker 1: you can only measure the numbers, and the numbers show

842
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 1: that the Bills are not. I think they're And in fact,

843
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:07,160
Speaker 1: it was Buffalo in Tennessee. And that's why I can't

844
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:08,560
Speaker 1: remember it. I had it at the tip of my

845
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:10,880
Speaker 1: fingers last week. Buffalo and Tennessee are two of the

846
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:14,359
Speaker 1: older teams in the league right now, more experienced teams.

847
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:16,719
Speaker 1: I'll find the number. Yeah, I read Ferguson's really old.

848
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Speaker 1: He's twenty five. Oh you're gonna pay for that. Now,

849
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Speaker 1: that's what are you looking forward to after the bye week?

850
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:24,040
Speaker 1: Let us know what you think. Does it seem like

851
00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:26,080
Speaker 1: he's been around for so long? I don't know, Steve,

852
00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:31,759
Speaker 1: I know he's old. It's me. Yes, we're back with

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Speaker 1: more of a moment one Bills live coming here from

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00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:48,600
Speaker 1: the Seneca studio on Buffalo Bills Radio. We got two

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Speaker 1: tweets sheets. Well that's for sorry, we're just taking care

856
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:54,480
Speaker 1: of business here. That one's for Field Yates Fantasy football.

857
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:56,279
Speaker 1: Oh all right, yeah, this is not a tweet sheet.

858
00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:59,040
Speaker 1: Came back too soon from the break. We're still talking

859
00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:01,279
Speaker 1: about our show. Welcome to the show, John murch who

860
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:03,600
Speaker 1: was Steve Tasker here until three. We're off on Devin mention.

861
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:05,880
Speaker 1: We're off Thursday and Friday this week and come back

862
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:08,200
Speaker 1: here on Monday. Hey, what are you most looking forward

863
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,560
Speaker 1: to after the bybe let us know eight three five

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Speaker 1: fifty toll free one eight eight eight by fifty two

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Speaker 1: five fifty. The calls are are lightening it up, Steve.

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Speaker 1: Let's go to Eric in Connecticut. Where in Connecticut are you? Eric? Hey, good,

867
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:26,120
Speaker 1: good afternoon, guys. I'm in Fairfield County, so kind of

868
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:29,879
Speaker 1: right in between Patriot and Giant Country. I know where

869
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:32,680
Speaker 1: Fairfield is. I did basketball games at Fairfield Universities. There.

870
00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 1: We are a little more south right off the ninety five.

871
00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:41,040
Speaker 1: Got you, yep, got you? Go ahead? Eric? What's on

872
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:44,879
Speaker 1: your mind? Well listen first and foremost love the show.

873
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:49,640
Speaker 1: Murf Future Hall of Famer. Tasker just really enjoyed the content,

874
00:42:49,719 --> 00:42:51,839
Speaker 1: and thanks Eric all the way out here. I can't

875
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:55,040
Speaker 1: watch the show, but I love listening. Don't never miss

876
00:42:55,080 --> 00:43:00,200
Speaker 1: the show. So Erks, how much to look at? You're okay? Um,

877
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:02,960
Speaker 1: it's it's it's kind of a bye week question. And

878
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:05,040
Speaker 1: to answer your question, it's got to be the three

879
00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 1: straight home games coming out after that bye you coming

880
00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:11,759
Speaker 1: up here for any of them? Erica. I have a

881
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:14,480
Speaker 1: season ticket. I go uh once or twice a year,

882
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:17,160
Speaker 1: depending and I think this year I'm probably gonna make

883
00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:25,759
Speaker 1: maybe four or five if my wife. But good stuff. Um,

884
00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:29,200
Speaker 1: it is a bye week question, so maybe Steve could

885
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:32,480
Speaker 1: answer this one. But during a bye week, we'll we'll dable.

886
00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:36,160
Speaker 1: Will the offensive coaches get together and maybe kind of

887
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:38,920
Speaker 1: do a recap of you know, wow, let's look at

888
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:41,359
Speaker 1: that Chiefs team, Let's look at the Patriots, Let's look

889
00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 1: at the high scoring rams, Like, what what concepts were

890
00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:49,520
Speaker 1: they doing? Can we integrate those into our offensive playbook

891
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:52,239
Speaker 1: or some sort of schemes? Does that happen? And are

892
00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:53,880
Speaker 1: we doing that? I think one of the things that

893
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,920
Speaker 1: really happens is they'll go in and look at the

894
00:43:57,200 --> 00:44:00,400
Speaker 1: teams that they're gonna play against and who has had

895
00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:04,160
Speaker 1: success against them, and dissect what they did and why

896
00:44:04,239 --> 00:44:06,160
Speaker 1: they did it and how it worked and why it

897
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:10,319
Speaker 1: worked and can we imitate that, and what will our

898
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:13,320
Speaker 1: future opponent do to stop teams from doing that to

899
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:15,279
Speaker 1: them in the future, And if they do this to

900
00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:19,520
Speaker 1: stop it, can we take advantage of that. All of

901
00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:21,399
Speaker 1: that goes into the mix. And Yeah, they will look

902
00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:24,120
Speaker 1: way ahead at all of these teams and try and

903
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:26,000
Speaker 1: dissect with or do and they do the same thing

904
00:44:26,040 --> 00:44:28,920
Speaker 1: to themselves. The self scouting. Yeah, it takes up a

905
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:31,520
Speaker 1: big chunk, absolutely, And and Sean McDermott referred to that

906
00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:33,000
Speaker 1: earlier in one of the interviews. I don't know if

907
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:34,640
Speaker 1: you heard it, Eric, he was talking about, listen, I'm

908
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:37,440
Speaker 1: going to self evaluate me and us and our coaching

909
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:39,840
Speaker 1: staff and everything the way we do things. They're always

910
00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:46,120
Speaker 1: trying to get better and maybe adjust their you know,

911
00:44:46,239 --> 00:44:50,960
Speaker 1: their program of preparation and self evaluation. And you know,

912
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:53,520
Speaker 1: they've got that growth mindset that he talks about, and

913
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:56,000
Speaker 1: they're going to apply that to themselves and the bye

914
00:44:56,040 --> 00:44:57,480
Speaker 1: week is a great time to do it. So you're

915
00:44:57,520 --> 00:45:01,520
Speaker 1: correct in your assumption they are going to do all that. Great. Great.

916
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:05,080
Speaker 1: I just it's it's a fun, exciting year. Tasking. You

917
00:45:05,239 --> 00:45:08,279
Speaker 1: mentioned a home playoff game, I got goose bumps. Like

918
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Speaker 1: you think this team, I mean, the schedule is you know, Murph,

919
00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:15,640
Speaker 1: you mentioned it before. We you know, everything works out

920
00:45:15,719 --> 00:45:18,760
Speaker 1: some years, and this is the year we got Miami,

921
00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:23,440
Speaker 1: I mean in Denver. You know, a questionable Pittsburgh team

922
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:26,279
Speaker 1: late in the season, like this could be. Don't chink

923
00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:32,919
Speaker 1: them now, Eric, I'm just I know I this every

924
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:35,360
Speaker 1: year and you sit back and start looking at wins

925
00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:37,560
Speaker 1: and loss you know. Yeah, it's easy to do, and

926
00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:39,880
Speaker 1: it's fun as part of being a fan, but um,

927
00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:42,040
Speaker 1: you know, when you sit back and really think about

928
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:44,360
Speaker 1: what it's gonna be, like, every game's gonna be a struggle,

929
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:47,480
Speaker 1: and it's some of them some of them you're gonna win.

930
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:50,920
Speaker 1: I anticipate this team at some point we'll put together

931
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:53,319
Speaker 1: a thirty point game and they'll win a game thirty

932
00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:55,800
Speaker 1: to ten. Uh. But they're also going to be in

933
00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:57,600
Speaker 1: a ton of games like they were last week, and

934
00:45:57,680 --> 00:45:59,200
Speaker 1: they're like they were in Week one where they had

935
00:45:59,239 --> 00:46:02,080
Speaker 1: to score sixteen points in the second, this last half,

936
00:46:02,160 --> 00:46:05,080
Speaker 1: the last quarter, the fourth quarter to win it, So

937
00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:07,160
Speaker 1: there's gonna be some of both of those games, but

938
00:46:07,239 --> 00:46:10,000
Speaker 1: it's I think if the rest of the year is

939
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:12,120
Speaker 1: anything like this first five games is gonna be a

940
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:13,759
Speaker 1: lot of fun to watch. It's been fun so far.

941
00:46:13,880 --> 00:46:15,759
Speaker 1: Why why would the fun end? You know what I mean? Right?

942
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:19,399
Speaker 1: It's been really and why should it? We deserve more fun?

943
00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:21,839
Speaker 1: Thanks Eric, thanks to your call. We're taking a break.

944
00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:23,880
Speaker 1: When we come back, we're gonna talk with field Yates

945
00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:27,759
Speaker 1: from ESPN near NFL coverage NFL Insider get his thoughts

946
00:46:27,840 --> 00:46:30,320
Speaker 1: on the Bills, the rest of the NFL, and fantasy

947
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:33,520
Speaker 1: football questions for field Yates as well. You can send

948
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:36,000
Speaker 1: those in by a Twitter at One Bills Live Field

949
00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:39,160
Speaker 1: Yates coming up next. One Bills Live from our Seneca,

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Speaker 1: in Casino. Nothing comes close. Bills Radio Network Stories update

952
00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:02,239
Speaker 1: from One Bilds. The bye week continues, Bills players off

953
00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:05,080
Speaker 1: until next Monday. They did make a roster move yesterday,

954
00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:08,160
Speaker 1: signing running back Sonars Perry for a second go round

955
00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:11,440
Speaker 1: with a team initially signed this past offseason as special

956
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:14,440
Speaker 1: team's help. Perry suffered a quad muscle injury in the

957
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:18,279
Speaker 1: preseason finale against Minnesota, went on injury reserve and then

958
00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:21,040
Speaker 1: released in an injury settlement. Six weeks later, he is

959
00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:23,640
Speaker 1: ready to return. He is another veteran presence of the

960
00:47:23,719 --> 00:47:27,799
Speaker 1: Bill's coverage units on special teams, especially punt coverage, where

961
00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:30,720
Speaker 1: they currently ranked thirtieth in the league. Sonar's Perry, running

962
00:47:30,719 --> 00:47:33,840
Speaker 1: back special teamer back with the Buffalo Bill, signed lead yesterday.

963
00:47:34,200 --> 00:47:36,800
Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey is back in Jacksonville. He's expected to be

964
00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:39,839
Speaker 1: a practice today. Unclear how much he will participate. He's

965
00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:42,280
Speaker 1: missed the last two games with a back injury. NFL

966
00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:45,520
Speaker 1: Network says it's expected Ramsey will practice on a limited basis.

967
00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:48,320
Speaker 1: Whether he's able to return this week for the Jaguards

968
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:50,359
Speaker 1: game against New Orleans will depend on how his back

969
00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:53,160
Speaker 1: feels as the week goes along. Steelers have yet another

970
00:47:53,239 --> 00:47:56,560
Speaker 1: injury to their offense. Receiver James Washington expected to miss

971
00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:59,520
Speaker 1: a few weeks with a shoulder injury he suffered on Sunday,

972
00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:02,360
Speaker 1: in the middle of his best season so far in

973
00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:05,160
Speaker 1: the NFL. Latest blow to a Seiler's offense, which has

974
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:09,240
Speaker 1: already seen Ben Roethlisberger, Jaylen Samuels, and Mason Rudolph suffer

975
00:48:09,520 --> 00:48:12,920
Speaker 1: some pretty serious injuries. Tampa Bay Buccaneers off for London

976
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:16,800
Speaker 1: for their game, but they leave linebacker Deone Buchanan behind.

977
00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:19,640
Speaker 1: The Bucks are releasing him. He signed a one year

978
00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:22,120
Speaker 1: deal in Tampa in March after five years in Arizona,

979
00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:25,440
Speaker 1: and the Bucks had decided to let him go. Sabers

980
00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:27,600
Speaker 1: tonight at home a three game home saying. Coming up

981
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:31,680
Speaker 1: Sabers home tonight against the Montreal Canadians. Evan Rodriguez scheduled

982
00:48:31,719 --> 00:48:34,080
Speaker 1: to play in his first game of the season. Connor

983
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:36,080
Speaker 1: Shery day to day with an upper body injury. He

984
00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:38,640
Speaker 1: will not suit up. Seven o'clock faceoff at Key Bank

985
00:48:38,719 --> 00:48:41,760
Speaker 1: Center tonight the Sabers and the Montreal Canadians in baseball

986
00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:44,560
Speaker 1: playoffs Tonight, a couple of games, Games five in the

987
00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:47,720
Speaker 1: National League Division Series. First up five o'clock this afternoon

988
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:51,160
Speaker 1: the Saint Louis Cardinals Atlanta, and then following at a

989
00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:54,800
Speaker 1: thirty Washington put Stephen Strasburg on the mound against the Dodgers.

990
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:57,560
Speaker 1: Let's the update from One Bill's Drive, John Murphy Steve

991
00:48:57,600 --> 00:49:00,520
Speaker 1: Tasker in our one Buffalo studio. We're talking football, We're

992
00:49:00,520 --> 00:49:04,120
Speaker 1: talking Bills. Football, and we're talking with NFL Insided from ESBN.

993
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:07,440
Speaker 1: Field Yates, the host of the fantasy focused football podcast.

994
00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:09,640
Speaker 1: Field Yates on the line with us for his regular

995
00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:12,319
Speaker 1: Wednesday afternoon stint. Good afternoon, Field, Welcome to the show.

996
00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:15,000
Speaker 1: Great to have you with us here today. Hey guys,

997
00:49:15,080 --> 00:49:16,719
Speaker 1: Happy bye week to you. I'd like to see the

998
00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:20,319
Speaker 1: dedication continuing on the team. Maybe off, the players may

999
00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:22,480
Speaker 1: be off, but you guys continue to roll through. I

1000
00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:25,600
Speaker 1: love it. Yeah, we're off tomorrow. We're off tomorrow and Friday.

1001
00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:28,080
Speaker 1: So there you go. You may want to You got

1002
00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:31,279
Speaker 1: that in right under the wire. Appreciate it. Yeah, what

1003
00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:35,080
Speaker 1: do you think of this Bills team? Field? I think

1004
00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:37,840
Speaker 1: the Bills are been playing football in January. That's what

1005
00:49:37,960 --> 00:49:40,480
Speaker 1: I think. And you know, I think I've said this

1006
00:49:40,600 --> 00:49:43,480
Speaker 1: every segment that I've come on with you guys so far.

1007
00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:47,680
Speaker 1: I was optimistic about the Bills this offseason. I felt

1008
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:51,320
Speaker 1: strongly about the personnel. I felt strongly about the development

1009
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:54,320
Speaker 1: of players. I felt most strongly about the culture and

1010
00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:58,879
Speaker 1: the direction under Brandon Bean, under Sean McDermott, the talent

1011
00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:02,080
Speaker 1: to front office Davis, the strong coach staff. They've assembled

1012
00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:04,920
Speaker 1: the young players in this roster that we're projecting to

1013
00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:07,879
Speaker 1: have a better year in year two or year three.

1014
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:14,240
Speaker 1: I'd say the advancement of Josh Allen and the defense

1015
00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:17,080
Speaker 1: already be an outstanding The Bills are going to play

1016
00:50:17,080 --> 00:50:18,960
Speaker 1: in January. I really believe that for one and one.

1017
00:50:19,080 --> 00:50:20,560
Speaker 1: Right now they look to be one of the best

1018
00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:23,600
Speaker 1: teams in the AFC. And I know coaches don't get

1019
00:50:23,640 --> 00:50:25,600
Speaker 1: too caught up into this stuff, and I understand that

1020
00:50:25,680 --> 00:50:27,640
Speaker 1: as well, But if you look at the schedule, I

1021
00:50:27,719 --> 00:50:29,719
Speaker 1: do believe that they have a good chance to take

1022
00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:32,760
Speaker 1: care of business against teams that they should beat based

1023
00:50:32,840 --> 00:50:35,520
Speaker 1: off of how that team has played so far this year.

1024
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:37,800
Speaker 1: So I think the Bills will be in the playoff

1025
00:50:37,840 --> 00:50:41,839
Speaker 1: picture when the AFC has whittled down to six teams

1026
00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:45,480
Speaker 1: come January. Heyfield, you mentioned culture and the structure that

1027
00:50:45,719 --> 00:50:48,600
Speaker 1: Sean McDermot and Brandon being have put together a together

1028
00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:51,440
Speaker 1: put in place here. And this is a discussion tap

1029
00:50:51,560 --> 00:50:53,359
Speaker 1: of for Steve and I a lot, because some people

1030
00:50:53,400 --> 00:50:56,240
Speaker 1: in town don't think that's important. How does that manifest

1031
00:50:56,320 --> 00:50:58,800
Speaker 1: itself in the middle of a season and the Bills

1032
00:50:58,840 --> 00:51:00,480
Speaker 1: four and one. Maybe it's our id he done it,

1033
00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:02,600
Speaker 1: or maybe it's still to come. But how does culture

1034
00:51:02,719 --> 00:51:04,800
Speaker 1: matter during the middle of a season, when you know,

1035
00:51:05,120 --> 00:51:09,959
Speaker 1: things change and sometimes things get more difficult. You know something, guys,

1036
00:51:09,960 --> 00:51:13,200
Speaker 1: I think that we have entered an era where there

1037
00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:16,440
Speaker 1: is more data available. There are more people with opinions

1038
00:51:16,480 --> 00:51:18,239
Speaker 1: than ever and that can be a good thing in

1039
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:20,520
Speaker 1: a lot of ways. But I think that in some

1040
00:51:20,760 --> 00:51:26,040
Speaker 1: ways we are so desperate to quantify and try to

1041
00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:30,880
Speaker 1: assume that we have intimate knowledge on the inner workings

1042
00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:33,359
Speaker 1: of a team day in and day out. We've got

1043
00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:35,440
Speaker 1: the access to the All twenty two film, You've got

1044
00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:38,760
Speaker 1: people that are in the building Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

1045
00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:41,640
Speaker 1: and Mondays too on some occasions to cover the team.

1046
00:51:42,320 --> 00:51:43,800
Speaker 1: And this is not a build thing, and this is not,

1047
00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:46,040
Speaker 1: you know, specific to the media. I'm part of that,

1048
00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:48,640
Speaker 1: we are both, we are all collected part of that. Yeah,

1049
00:51:48,719 --> 00:51:50,440
Speaker 1: But the reality is there's a lot that goes on

1050
00:51:50,600 --> 00:51:54,160
Speaker 1: behind closed doors, and there's a lot of camaraderie that

1051
00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:58,440
Speaker 1: contributes to special football. I think that as much as

1052
00:51:58,520 --> 00:52:00,279
Speaker 1: we may think we know a lot of about a

1053
00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:03,719
Speaker 1: particular player or players on teams, there's so much more

1054
00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:07,280
Speaker 1: that can only be understood and learn when you're practicing.

1055
00:52:07,400 --> 00:52:09,680
Speaker 1: When you're working out during the offseason, when you are

1056
00:52:09,760 --> 00:52:14,320
Speaker 1: breaking down film, and it sounds like cliches, but you know,

1057
00:52:14,440 --> 00:52:17,120
Speaker 1: many cliches exist for a reason because they've been tried

1058
00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:19,520
Speaker 1: and true. And I think that if you see how

1059
00:52:19,560 --> 00:52:23,200
Speaker 1: the Bills are approaching this season, how they appear to

1060
00:52:23,280 --> 00:52:25,920
Speaker 1: approach their craft, the amount of pride they have, and

1061
00:52:26,320 --> 00:52:28,200
Speaker 1: I think, to a degree, a chip on their shoulder,

1062
00:52:28,440 --> 00:52:30,719
Speaker 1: I think that all if you just sort of take

1063
00:52:30,719 --> 00:52:33,600
Speaker 1: a step back and figure out what has helped them

1064
00:52:33,680 --> 00:52:36,640
Speaker 1: to four and one, I think that has been a

1065
00:52:36,680 --> 00:52:39,200
Speaker 1: big part of it. There is a culture of belief

1066
00:52:39,360 --> 00:52:42,520
Speaker 1: in Buffalo, and that's not the case all over the NFL.

1067
00:52:42,680 --> 00:52:44,480
Speaker 1: You can see it with other teams. Right now that

1068
00:52:45,160 --> 00:52:47,240
Speaker 1: you know, it feels like they're already on the twenty twenty.

1069
00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:50,239
Speaker 1: You know, I'm so glad you said that, and you

1070
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:53,359
Speaker 1: expressed it much in a much more articulate manner than

1071
00:52:53,680 --> 00:52:55,440
Speaker 1: I feel like we've been able to do really good.

1072
00:52:55,440 --> 00:52:57,879
Speaker 1: I'm glad you said that, Thank you, And it's one

1073
00:52:57,880 --> 00:53:00,000
Speaker 1: of the things that has made this team feel different

1074
00:53:00,040 --> 00:53:02,239
Speaker 1: frontly for fans, and that's one of the things on

1075
00:53:02,360 --> 00:53:06,080
Speaker 1: our show and other shows throughout Buffalo, fans come in

1076
00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:08,080
Speaker 1: with the team has been four and one before, they've

1077
00:53:08,120 --> 00:53:12,239
Speaker 1: been five and one before. It didn't feel like this team.

1078
00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:14,840
Speaker 1: And one of the reasons this team feels differently is

1079
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:19,279
Speaker 1: one because they've got a phenomenal defense, and two, it

1080
00:53:19,360 --> 00:53:21,640
Speaker 1: feels like they've got a lot more under their hood

1081
00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:24,680
Speaker 1: offensively that they haven't shown or haven't been able to

1082
00:53:24,760 --> 00:53:27,120
Speaker 1: tap into just yet. At number three is the fact

1083
00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:29,280
Speaker 1: that it seems to be some sort of love fest

1084
00:53:30,440 --> 00:53:32,759
Speaker 1: in this locker room, where these guys really do have

1085
00:53:33,520 --> 00:53:37,120
Speaker 1: a sense of being greater than the some of their parts. Yeah,

1086
00:53:37,160 --> 00:53:39,000
Speaker 1: and one thing I want to say is that this

1087
00:53:39,239 --> 00:53:44,040
Speaker 1: is not just the twenty nineteen revelation. This is you know,

1088
00:53:44,120 --> 00:53:46,960
Speaker 1: these are the seeds that were planted multiple years ago

1089
00:53:47,080 --> 00:53:50,400
Speaker 1: by Sean McDermott and Brandon being together, and they went

1090
00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:52,480
Speaker 1: through some good times, I know, you know a couple

1091
00:53:52,520 --> 00:53:54,560
Speaker 1: of years ago when the Bills made the playoffs, In

1092
00:53:54,719 --> 00:53:56,759
Speaker 1: many ways, it was the greatest thing that could have

1093
00:53:56,840 --> 00:54:01,879
Speaker 1: happened to the franchise, snapped the drought, gave the entire

1094
00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:04,640
Speaker 1: Western New York area something he could cheer about, and

1095
00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:09,360
Speaker 1: that's needed. At the same time, I think that Bill's

1096
00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:13,000
Speaker 1: team was not as good as your average playoff team

1097
00:54:13,080 --> 00:54:14,680
Speaker 1: normally is. And I don't mean that as a slight

1098
00:54:14,719 --> 00:54:17,440
Speaker 1: at the team. What I mean why that's important is

1099
00:54:17,560 --> 00:54:21,480
Speaker 1: that it made some people believe that the trajectory was

1100
00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:24,000
Speaker 1: at a different stage than it really was. That was

1101
00:54:24,040 --> 00:54:27,560
Speaker 1: still a team that was needing to strip somethings down,

1102
00:54:28,600 --> 00:54:32,920
Speaker 1: you know, find the right fits, manage the cat more effectively,

1103
00:54:33,480 --> 00:54:36,640
Speaker 1: eventually find a long term option at quarterback that was

1104
00:54:36,719 --> 00:54:39,080
Speaker 1: great to make that make the playoffs last that that year.

1105
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:43,080
Speaker 1: But I wasn't surprised that my record standpoint, things went

1106
00:54:43,120 --> 00:54:46,040
Speaker 1: backwards the year after that, And now I'm not surprised

1107
00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:49,040
Speaker 1: now that what has really been a three year process

1108
00:54:49,760 --> 00:54:52,919
Speaker 1: by starting to rear itself. And you know, I could

1109
00:54:52,960 --> 00:54:56,400
Speaker 1: probably sit here and study each team's roster and figure

1110
00:54:56,440 --> 00:55:00,400
Speaker 1: out where the Bills stand one to fifty three impure talent.

1111
00:55:01,239 --> 00:55:02,960
Speaker 1: But part of the reason why I love football, and

1112
00:55:02,960 --> 00:55:05,520
Speaker 1: I think why all of us love football, is that

1113
00:55:05,600 --> 00:55:09,160
Speaker 1: it's the ultimate team sport, and no matter what's supposed

1114
00:55:09,160 --> 00:55:11,520
Speaker 1: to happen, no matter how close the game is or

1115
00:55:11,719 --> 00:55:13,920
Speaker 1: is not going to be, we can't predict it's going

1116
00:55:13,960 --> 00:55:16,200
Speaker 1: to happen on Sundays. And that's what I really enjoyed

1117
00:55:16,200 --> 00:55:19,480
Speaker 1: about this Bill's team is you know, they got two

1118
00:55:19,600 --> 00:55:21,799
Speaker 1: gutty road wins. I don't care who you're playing, Winning

1119
00:55:21,800 --> 00:55:24,239
Speaker 1: on the road in the NFL is difficult. They take

1120
00:55:24,320 --> 00:55:26,399
Speaker 1: care of business. Maybe it was a little bit less

1121
00:55:26,440 --> 00:55:29,719
Speaker 1: than spectacular in week three. They played the Patriots really tough.

1122
00:55:29,800 --> 00:55:32,520
Speaker 1: In Week four and they go to Tennessee and they

1123
00:55:33,120 --> 00:55:38,880
Speaker 1: match physical or physicality with physicality against the Titans, and

1124
00:55:39,320 --> 00:55:42,719
Speaker 1: you know, sloppy weather didn't deter them. They played their

1125
00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:45,480
Speaker 1: game and they went and I really appreciate and respect

1126
00:55:45,520 --> 00:55:47,759
Speaker 1: what the Bills were doing right now as an organization

1127
00:55:48,040 --> 00:55:51,000
Speaker 1: on the line with the field yate CSPN NFL Insider

1128
00:55:51,080 --> 00:55:53,600
Speaker 1: field you tweeted out this week and maybe this plays

1129
00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:55,800
Speaker 1: into the culture team as well. But just what a

1130
00:55:55,880 --> 00:55:58,480
Speaker 1: great story. The Duke Williams story was caught the go

1131
00:55:58,560 --> 00:56:01,120
Speaker 1: ahead touchdown past Sunday Tennessee. What did you take from that?

1132
00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:03,759
Speaker 1: What did you see there? I just think it says

1133
00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:06,160
Speaker 1: it all, and it's it's a Bill's story, it's a

1134
00:56:06,239 --> 00:56:08,320
Speaker 1: Duke Williams story. I think it's a sports store. I

1135
00:56:08,360 --> 00:56:11,120
Speaker 1: think it's a perseverance story. You know, we spent a

1136
00:56:11,160 --> 00:56:14,480
Speaker 1: lot of time analyzing players when they're fifteen, sixteen, and

1137
00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:18,640
Speaker 1: seventeen years old. Who has the most five star recruits,

1138
00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:22,080
Speaker 1: who has the best recruiting class, things of that nature,

1139
00:56:22,120 --> 00:56:23,400
Speaker 1: And I get why I trust me. I am a

1140
00:56:23,480 --> 00:56:26,560
Speaker 1: sucker for it as much as anybody you know. I

1141
00:56:26,880 --> 00:56:29,800
Speaker 1: am a My wife is a Boston College graduate. I

1142
00:56:29,840 --> 00:56:32,239
Speaker 1: went to Wesleyan University, so we don't we were were

1143
00:56:32,239 --> 00:56:36,320
Speaker 1: recruiting no star players, but my wife went to Boston College.

1144
00:56:36,360 --> 00:56:38,000
Speaker 1: And every once in a while check in and see

1145
00:56:38,080 --> 00:56:40,520
Speaker 1: what the recruits look like for that school. And if

1146
00:56:40,520 --> 00:56:42,800
Speaker 1: I see a five star guy commissed to Boston College,

1147
00:56:42,840 --> 00:56:45,560
Speaker 1: which rarely happens, it gets be fired up. At the

1148
00:56:45,840 --> 00:56:49,640
Speaker 1: same time, that's a sixteen year old or seventeen year

1149
00:56:49,640 --> 00:56:53,440
Speaker 1: old player being evaluated. So Duke Williams who entered college

1150
00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:55,520
Speaker 1: or eventually made his way to offer him with great

1151
00:56:55,560 --> 00:56:59,480
Speaker 1: fanfare and at some points was viewed as a potential

1152
00:56:59,480 --> 00:57:02,839
Speaker 1: first round nick It didn't happen, and Duke Williams goes

1153
00:57:02,880 --> 00:57:04,960
Speaker 1: to the Rams an undrafted free agent, and he's up

1154
00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:08,320
Speaker 1: in Canada and the CFLs a great, great league. But

1155
00:57:08,480 --> 00:57:11,239
Speaker 1: some people use it as their opportunity to just kind

1156
00:57:11,280 --> 00:57:13,360
Speaker 1: of make fun of football. Hey, so that that gimmicky

1157
00:57:13,440 --> 00:57:15,960
Speaker 1: league that takes place, you know, when the NFL is

1158
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:17,640
Speaker 1: not in full force for that league that you know,

1159
00:57:17,720 --> 00:57:20,160
Speaker 1: you turn on ESPN in the middle of you know,

1160
00:57:20,240 --> 00:57:23,000
Speaker 1: the random months when the NFL's in its offseason. Next

1161
00:57:23,040 --> 00:57:26,160
Speaker 1: thing you know, you're watching you know, Edmonton versus Winnipeg.

1162
00:57:26,360 --> 00:57:29,320
Speaker 1: But it's a developmental league, even if not by design,

1163
00:57:29,520 --> 00:57:32,480
Speaker 1: it does help develop players. Duke Williams could have done

1164
00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:34,440
Speaker 1: a lot of things. He could have quit football, he

1165
00:57:34,520 --> 00:57:36,480
Speaker 1: could have pouted. I love the fact that he went

1166
00:57:36,560 --> 00:57:39,480
Speaker 1: to work. I like the fact that he gave Canada

1167
00:57:39,600 --> 00:57:42,000
Speaker 1: a chance because Canada was willing to give him a chance,

1168
00:57:42,440 --> 00:57:46,240
Speaker 1: and the results is on Sunday a moment that, regardless

1169
00:57:46,240 --> 00:57:49,320
Speaker 1: of what happens with Duke Williams's career with the Bills

1170
00:57:49,520 --> 00:57:51,840
Speaker 1: or anywhere else, I think he's never going to forget

1171
00:57:52,280 --> 00:57:55,360
Speaker 1: all that time that touchdown, scored, those moments with the fans.

1172
00:57:55,720 --> 00:57:58,600
Speaker 1: I thought that was a really special moment for a

1173
00:57:58,680 --> 00:58:01,880
Speaker 1: player that I think really earned nothing. Players don't earn everything,

1174
00:58:01,920 --> 00:58:04,280
Speaker 1: but I thought that Duke Williams in particular earned his

1175
00:58:04,400 --> 00:58:06,440
Speaker 1: keep there. I think it's one of the interesting things

1176
00:58:06,480 --> 00:58:08,720
Speaker 1: about it that the culture we've talked about a little

1177
00:58:08,760 --> 00:58:11,960
Speaker 1: bit earlier. It manifested itself in Duke Williams. Not only

1178
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:13,760
Speaker 1: did he earn his way onto the field, but Zay

1179
00:58:13,840 --> 00:58:16,560
Speaker 1: Jones and essence earned his way off the field. They

1180
00:58:16,640 --> 00:58:18,640
Speaker 1: trade his spossess a Jones is no longer here. It

1181
00:58:19,600 --> 00:58:23,520
Speaker 1: lends itself to highlight the tinkering that this coaching staff

1182
00:58:23,840 --> 00:58:26,640
Speaker 1: are willing to do, even mid season, during the season,

1183
00:58:26,720 --> 00:58:28,880
Speaker 1: to try and get better and to help Josh Allen.

1184
00:58:29,040 --> 00:58:30,800
Speaker 1: What do you think is next for this Bill's offense

1185
00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:33,720
Speaker 1: and their attempts to get better. Well, first of all,

1186
00:58:33,720 --> 00:58:35,760
Speaker 1: it would be great to have Devin Singletary back in

1187
00:58:35,840 --> 00:58:38,200
Speaker 1: the lineup, which seems like it could happen next week.

1188
00:58:38,240 --> 00:58:40,880
Speaker 1: I don't I'm not reporting, just sort of speculating based

1189
00:58:40,920 --> 00:58:43,600
Speaker 1: off of what felt like the initial timeline, the fact

1190
00:58:43,640 --> 00:58:45,600
Speaker 1: that he's been quactionable for a couple of games in

1191
00:58:45,640 --> 00:58:47,960
Speaker 1: a row. Basically, I think he's kind of close to returning.

1192
00:58:49,400 --> 00:58:53,000
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary being back, I think the integration of Duke

1193
00:58:53,080 --> 00:58:55,720
Speaker 1: Williams even more. I know he played fifty one snaps

1194
00:58:55,760 --> 00:58:58,320
Speaker 1: on Sunday, so he's pretty much already become a full

1195
00:58:58,360 --> 00:59:01,240
Speaker 1: time player, or it was a full time player, I

1196
00:59:01,320 --> 00:59:04,680
Speaker 1: should say, but just further developments, you know, each week,

1197
00:59:04,720 --> 00:59:06,440
Speaker 1: and I don't want to make this so simple, but

1198
00:59:06,520 --> 00:59:08,320
Speaker 1: each week we're gonna have to step born more from

1199
00:59:08,400 --> 00:59:12,200
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, which I think we are. And I just

1200
00:59:12,320 --> 00:59:18,400
Speaker 1: say that, you know, when things are going great, I think,

1201
00:59:18,600 --> 00:59:21,160
Speaker 1: you know, character is examined. But I think when things

1202
00:59:21,200 --> 00:59:25,600
Speaker 1: aren't going great, character is revealed. And I think that

1203
00:59:25,880 --> 00:59:30,280
Speaker 1: the Bills it hasn't been easy to get to form

1204
00:59:30,360 --> 00:59:32,720
Speaker 1: one and nothing it's ever easy in the NFL. But

1205
00:59:32,840 --> 00:59:35,000
Speaker 1: I think that some of these grind amount wins, I've

1206
00:59:35,040 --> 00:59:37,520
Speaker 1: showed the character of this team and the offense I

1207
00:59:37,600 --> 00:59:40,720
Speaker 1: think is a chance to really really make some strides

1208
00:59:40,760 --> 00:59:44,080
Speaker 1: going forward. Talking to Field Yates of ESPN NFL Insider

1209
00:59:44,120 --> 00:59:45,800
Speaker 1: about the Bills and let me get you on some

1210
00:59:45,880 --> 00:59:48,640
Speaker 1: of the other NFL issues. Washington's coming here in a

1211
00:59:48,680 --> 00:59:51,520
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. Well, we assume Bill Callahan will be

1212
00:59:51,560 --> 00:59:53,479
Speaker 1: there coach when they're here. What do you think, Field,

1213
00:59:53,520 --> 00:59:55,960
Speaker 1: and where they going long term at the coaching spot

1214
00:59:56,040 --> 01:00:00,200
Speaker 1: with the Redskins. Yeah, I think I respected that. Bill

1215
01:00:00,240 --> 01:00:03,080
Speaker 1: Callahan said yesterday, Hey, I'm not you know, I'm coaching

1216
01:00:03,160 --> 01:00:05,120
Speaker 1: for myself. I mean I'm coaching for my team today.

1217
01:00:05,120 --> 01:00:07,760
Speaker 1: I'm not coaching for me, not worried about my long

1218
01:00:07,880 --> 01:00:11,440
Speaker 1: term status here, and people might say that's you know,

1219
01:00:11,720 --> 01:00:15,440
Speaker 1: it's it's lift service. I thought it was sincere. What

1220
01:00:15,560 --> 01:00:20,800
Speaker 1: I would say for the Redskins is that the hardest

1221
01:00:20,880 --> 01:00:25,000
Speaker 1: part of scouting, well, scouting is hard, but I think

1222
01:00:25,080 --> 01:00:30,760
Speaker 1: where you can really air is when you don't scout yourself. Well,

1223
01:00:31,280 --> 01:00:33,960
Speaker 1: it's really hard to scout guys on the outside. You

1224
01:00:34,080 --> 01:00:37,280
Speaker 1: have an exposure too, because you know, it's one thing

1225
01:00:37,400 --> 01:00:39,880
Speaker 1: when they're in somebody else's building, but to evaluate what

1226
01:00:39,920 --> 01:00:42,000
Speaker 1: they're going to be in your building is a tall task.

1227
01:00:42,120 --> 01:00:45,880
Speaker 1: Even quote unquote can't miss prospects or can't miss or

1228
01:00:45,960 --> 01:00:49,160
Speaker 1: can miss I should say whether it's someone like Trent Richardson,

1229
01:00:49,240 --> 01:00:51,240
Speaker 1: a number three overall pick as a running back in

1230
01:00:51,240 --> 01:00:57,120
Speaker 1: an example, or other players. But when you're not scouting yourself, well,

1231
01:00:57,240 --> 01:00:59,800
Speaker 1: that's a problem. And it feels as though the Red

1232
01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:04,000
Speaker 1: Skins have not scouted themselves well during this process. I

1233
01:01:04,120 --> 01:01:06,560
Speaker 1: believe that they need to take a long, hard look

1234
01:01:06,600 --> 01:01:11,360
Speaker 1: in the mirror and decide whether is right now the

1235
01:01:11,480 --> 01:01:14,800
Speaker 1: time to I don't want to say trip into the

1236
01:01:14,840 --> 01:01:18,960
Speaker 1: studs because what the Dolphins are doing is almost unlike

1237
01:01:19,000 --> 01:01:22,480
Speaker 1: anything we've seen the NFL in terms of, you know,

1238
01:01:22,600 --> 01:01:27,400
Speaker 1: shipping off many significant players basically for draft picks. But

1239
01:01:27,680 --> 01:01:30,400
Speaker 1: do you take a long term approach? I think the

1240
01:01:30,440 --> 01:01:33,520
Speaker 1: builds of that, and they've done so, you know, fairly masterfully.

1241
01:01:33,600 --> 01:01:35,560
Speaker 1: I know it's you know, there's still a lot of

1242
01:01:35,680 --> 01:01:37,800
Speaker 1: work to be put in, but what they showed is

1243
01:01:37,920 --> 01:01:41,480
Speaker 1: that you could have a forward thinking mindset and also

1244
01:01:41,800 --> 01:01:46,600
Speaker 1: still build character and you know, put the program in place.

1245
01:01:46,720 --> 01:01:49,600
Speaker 1: I think if I'm the Redskins, that's what my motivation

1246
01:01:49,760 --> 01:01:52,880
Speaker 1: is right now is find a way to identify the

1247
01:01:52,920 --> 01:01:55,920
Speaker 1: players that are pillars long term and then start to

1248
01:01:56,080 --> 01:01:59,160
Speaker 1: trim the edges so that you can have a clear

1249
01:01:59,320 --> 01:02:01,800
Speaker 1: long term and the most important thing you can remind

1250
01:02:01,840 --> 01:02:05,760
Speaker 1: yourself no shortcuts, don't try to buy your way into something.

1251
01:02:06,120 --> 01:02:08,200
Speaker 1: Take the time, because football takes a lot of time.

1252
01:02:08,440 --> 01:02:10,080
Speaker 1: What if they have one of their pillars, or what

1253
01:02:10,200 --> 01:02:11,880
Speaker 1: seems to be from the outside, one of their pillars,

1254
01:02:11,920 --> 01:02:14,600
Speaker 1: like a Trent Williams who doesn't want to play for

1255
01:02:14,680 --> 01:02:17,040
Speaker 1: them anymore. I mean that that does kind of short

1256
01:02:17,080 --> 01:02:21,120
Speaker 1: circuit the process. I have no idea what's going on

1257
01:02:21,240 --> 01:02:22,840
Speaker 1: with Trent Williams. So I mean, I do, I do

1258
01:02:22,960 --> 01:02:24,600
Speaker 1: know what's going on with Trem Williams. He's not there.

1259
01:02:25,600 --> 01:02:30,560
Speaker 1: And I understand that teams and the Jaguars might be

1260
01:02:30,600 --> 01:02:32,840
Speaker 1: an example of this with Saquon Bark. I'm excuse me.

1261
01:02:32,880 --> 01:02:38,680
Speaker 1: What Jalen Ramsey is that you can't always acquiesce to

1262
01:02:38,880 --> 01:02:41,680
Speaker 1: what the players want, because if you do so the

1263
01:02:41,800 --> 01:02:44,760
Speaker 1: first time, Let's say you you turn around and traded

1264
01:02:44,800 --> 01:02:48,120
Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey five minutes after he you know, thanks for

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Speaker 1: a trade. What if somebody else tomorrow decks for a trade.

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01:02:51,840 --> 01:02:53,720
Speaker 1: What if Gardner Minshew says, you know something, This is

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Speaker 1: so much fun, but I want to go play somewhere else.

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Speaker 1: It's about precedent, right. That being said, it also doesn't

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Speaker 1: make sense it's Trey Jalen Ramsey because he's twenty four

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01:03:04,720 --> 01:03:08,160
Speaker 1: years old. He plays a very difficulties to find and

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Speaker 1: he might be the best there is in doing so.

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01:03:11,120 --> 01:03:14,840
Speaker 1: But where the Trent will In situation is different is

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Speaker 1: that he doesn't really fit their timeline. Thirty one years old,

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01:03:18,800 --> 01:03:22,840
Speaker 1: it's got a year and eleven weeks left on his contract.

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Speaker 1: It's an expensive contract that if you move off of it,

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01:03:28,200 --> 01:03:31,240
Speaker 1: you would create catspace, which remember in the NFL, cat

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01:03:31,280 --> 01:03:35,080
Speaker 1: Fitz continually can be rolled over, so unused catch space

1278
01:03:35,440 --> 01:03:39,000
Speaker 1: is future savings. You can probably turn it into draft picks,

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01:03:39,560 --> 01:03:43,560
Speaker 1: you can. Definitely it's not getting rid of a problem,

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01:03:43,680 --> 01:03:46,360
Speaker 1: but what it is is your players are no longer

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01:03:46,440 --> 01:03:49,040
Speaker 1: answering to it or for it, you know. And I

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01:03:49,160 --> 01:03:52,040
Speaker 1: think that it doesn't make a lot of sense on

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01:03:52,400 --> 01:03:55,240
Speaker 1: the surface, and maybe it won't for quite some time.

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01:03:55,400 --> 01:03:58,080
Speaker 1: But if I were the Redskins, my primary objective with

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01:03:58,120 --> 01:04:00,520
Speaker 1: Trent Williams right now would be to try to find

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Speaker 1: maximum value for him. I feel words now, less than

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Speaker 1: three weeks away from the trade deadline with the unhappy receivers,

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Speaker 1: with Jalen Ramsey, maybe with Trent Williams. Do you expect

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01:04:10,200 --> 01:04:12,760
Speaker 1: expect the Florida of activity over these next couple of weeks,

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Speaker 1: you know? I think that I don't know if I

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01:04:16,640 --> 01:04:18,960
Speaker 1: don't know if they'll have a massive trade deadline. We

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01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:21,240
Speaker 1: actually have a pretty active one last year, which was fun.

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01:04:22,800 --> 01:04:25,880
Speaker 1: But what I do think we'll see is trades along

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01:04:25,920 --> 01:04:28,520
Speaker 1: the lines of the Zay Jones trade, which I think

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01:04:28,640 --> 01:04:32,080
Speaker 1: was originally reported by More on Monday night during the game.

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Speaker 1: So we'll see some of that, and not that that's

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01:04:34,800 --> 01:04:37,760
Speaker 1: not an important trade, but you know, a fifth round

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01:04:37,800 --> 01:04:40,000
Speaker 1: pick in twenty twenty one is different than maybe a

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Speaker 1: first round pick being trade or something like that. But

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Speaker 1: I expect there to be some trades. I think NFL

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01:04:44,360 --> 01:04:48,240
Speaker 1: teams have been pretty active over the past five years

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01:04:48,320 --> 01:04:52,000
Speaker 1: relative maybe the ten years before that, which I don't

1303
01:04:52,080 --> 01:04:56,480
Speaker 1: mean to be trite because I know it's livelihood's impacted.

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01:04:56,760 --> 01:05:00,040
Speaker 1: As a fan of the game, trades are interesting and

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01:05:00,240 --> 01:05:03,600
Speaker 1: sometimes fond and compelling because they give us the chance

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01:05:03,640 --> 01:05:05,919
Speaker 1: to think about the hypothetical. So I expect the trade

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01:05:05,960 --> 01:05:08,600
Speaker 1: deadline twenty days away to be a pretty big play.

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Speaker 1: All right, feel it's that time of the show where

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01:05:11,240 --> 01:05:13,600
Speaker 1: we've got people who have called in or sent us

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Speaker 1: some questions for you about fantasy football, and we always

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01:05:17,960 --> 01:05:19,840
Speaker 1: have to read these because Murph and I are not

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Speaker 1: absolute novices when it comes to fantasy And now I've

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01:05:23,760 --> 01:05:25,360
Speaker 1: now I can't hear it is I got it out

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Speaker 1: of here? We go, all right? First of all, let's

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Speaker 1: go with this and here's the question. Is it time

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01:05:30,920 --> 01:05:34,400
Speaker 1: to say goodbye to Stephan Diggs and start Adrian Peterson

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01:05:34,480 --> 01:05:39,280
Speaker 1: this week? Man? You know, I understand the desire to

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01:05:39,360 --> 01:05:41,880
Speaker 1: want is pretty Adrian Peterson because they play the Dolphins.

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01:05:42,680 --> 01:05:45,720
Speaker 1: I would go with Stefon Diggs though they played the Eagles,

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01:05:45,760 --> 01:05:47,800
Speaker 1: and the Eagles secondary gives whose I know are well

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01:05:47,880 --> 01:05:51,760
Speaker 1: documented they have really struggled to defend anybody whatsoever this year.

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Speaker 1: We have a tweet here from from Tick about fantasy football.

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Speaker 1: Tis writes a little bit of a quandary with Melvin,

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Speaker 1: Gordon Ekeler, Damian Williams. Do I start Gordon Eckler or

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01:06:05,920 --> 01:06:08,360
Speaker 1: Williams Eckler? I have Gurley and have to start two

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01:06:08,360 --> 01:06:10,520
Speaker 1: of those three. I hate to start two running backs

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01:06:10,560 --> 01:06:13,920
Speaker 1: from the same team. Which which is that? Which of

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01:06:13,960 --> 01:06:15,680
Speaker 1: those is the right move? This is why I don't

1329
01:06:15,680 --> 01:06:18,200
Speaker 1: play fantasy football field, because this is too complicated for me.

1330
01:06:18,240 --> 01:06:21,000
Speaker 1: I I can't even read the thing about This is

1331
01:06:21,160 --> 01:06:23,480
Speaker 1: where I love it when people say should I start Jones,

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01:06:23,680 --> 01:06:26,640
Speaker 1: Young or Williams, And I'm like, which Jones, which Young?

1333
01:06:26,760 --> 01:06:31,400
Speaker 1: Or because Jones or Young or Williams or James. It's

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01:06:31,760 --> 01:06:33,960
Speaker 1: alan it's hard to keep up with them all. In

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01:06:34,040 --> 01:06:36,000
Speaker 1: that case, I'd go with Austin Ekeler and I go

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01:06:36,080 --> 01:06:38,680
Speaker 1: with Damian Williams, two players who are the best chance

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Speaker 1: of catching a bunch of passes for the respective offenses.

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01:06:41,240 --> 01:06:42,680
Speaker 1: All right, that makes sense? All right? From Ben, we

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01:06:42,800 --> 01:06:46,320
Speaker 1: got one. Do you start or sit DeVante Freeman versus

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01:06:46,360 --> 01:06:53,040
Speaker 1: Arizona or Philip Lindsay versus Tennessee. That's an excellent roster

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01:06:53,200 --> 01:06:56,680
Speaker 1: Quandrey to have. I'm gonna go with DeVante Freeman, although

1342
01:06:56,760 --> 01:06:59,560
Speaker 1: Lindsay has been rock solid this year for the Broncos.

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01:07:00,080 --> 01:07:03,760
Speaker 1: It's almost a fifty fifty split in that backfield in Denver,

1344
01:07:04,080 --> 01:07:06,280
Speaker 1: like it's almost perfect in terms of the number of

1345
01:07:06,360 --> 01:07:08,640
Speaker 1: snaps he and Royce Freeman are both playing. So give

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Speaker 1: me DeVante Freeman. All right, here's a long one from Alex.

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01:07:12,800 --> 01:07:15,600
Speaker 1: These are fantasy football questions for our guest field yates

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Speaker 1: from Alex. Should I pick up Josh Gordon, Curtis Samuel

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01:07:19,200 --> 01:07:22,600
Speaker 1: or Courtland Sutton and drop Christian Kirk If it's Sutton,

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01:07:22,720 --> 01:07:25,920
Speaker 1: Do I sit either Cook's Hill or Gallup? Also start

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01:07:26,080 --> 01:07:29,320
Speaker 1: or sit Tyreek Hill coming back from injury. It's a

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01:07:29,360 --> 01:07:30,880
Speaker 1: lot there. Can you handle a lot of that field?

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01:07:31,040 --> 01:07:33,680
Speaker 1: Feel I can handle that. So first of all, if

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Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill plays, you play Tyreek Hill in your lineup.

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Speaker 1: That's the easy part. Okay, I would. I think of

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Speaker 1: those three players that were named, I would grab Courtland Sutton.

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01:07:45,440 --> 01:07:50,600
Speaker 1: I will be playing honestly though, grab Courtland Sutton. But

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01:07:50,640 --> 01:07:52,800
Speaker 1: I would keep Christian Kirks. But there's somebody else you

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01:07:52,880 --> 01:07:55,520
Speaker 1: can drop. I'd do that. If you have to drop

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Speaker 1: Christian Kirk for Courtland Sutton, I think it's defensible. But

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Speaker 1: I think I would just keep Christian Kirk and continue

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01:08:02,080 --> 01:08:04,200
Speaker 1: to play him, understanding that he's dealing with an injury

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01:08:04,240 --> 01:08:07,320
Speaker 1: issue right now. But if your team is so good

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01:08:07,400 --> 01:08:10,000
Speaker 1: that you can afford to drop Christian Kirk, you may

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01:08:10,040 --> 01:08:14,240
Speaker 1: not need my advice right there. I got another one here,

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01:08:14,280 --> 01:08:16,519
Speaker 1: and this is a quick one. Should he What about

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01:08:16,600 --> 01:08:18,800
Speaker 1: Mike Evans? Should you hang in there with him or

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01:08:18,880 --> 01:08:21,920
Speaker 1: stick it out? Or should you get rid of him? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: The hard part is that you really can't trade Mike

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Speaker 1: Evans for anything of consequence right now. It's close to

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Speaker 1: what you invested in him. I'd stick it out. He

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01:08:30,560 --> 01:08:33,200
Speaker 1: still has six end zone targets, which is tied to

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Speaker 1: the third most in the NFL, so he's getting some

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Speaker 1: of those money. Looks, I think there's any way that

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01:08:37,920 --> 01:08:40,600
Speaker 1: Mike Evans days down like he has and really the

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01:08:40,680 --> 01:08:42,519
Speaker 1: three out of the five weeks so far this season,

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Speaker 1: we'll get right. Okay, fantasy football question from Nando for

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Speaker 1: you field, who are the better wide receiver starts out

1379
01:08:48,680 --> 01:08:53,840
Speaker 1: of Juju, Julio, Jones, Cup and Shark. I think Juju

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01:08:53,880 --> 01:08:55,360
Speaker 1: will be the one that you sit and then the

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01:08:55,400 --> 01:09:00,360
Speaker 1: other three or absolutely play him all Julio, Cop Dark,

1382
01:09:00,800 --> 01:09:02,679
Speaker 1: play all three of those guys, and you gotta feel

1383
01:09:02,840 --> 01:09:04,640
Speaker 1: great about it. Yeah, I was gonna ask him, but

1384
01:09:04,760 --> 01:09:07,240
Speaker 1: what's the story with Juju and the offense there in Pittsburgh.

1385
01:09:07,240 --> 01:09:08,960
Speaker 1: You don't know who's gonna play quarterback from week to

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01:09:09,000 --> 01:09:12,840
Speaker 1: week at this point, and Juju was supposed to be

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01:09:12,880 --> 01:09:14,880
Speaker 1: the guy that was gonna like make it possible for

1388
01:09:14,960 --> 01:09:17,280
Speaker 1: them not to remember who Antonio Brown was, you know,

1389
01:09:17,320 --> 01:09:20,840
Speaker 1: And it's just none of it has come to fruition. Yeah,

1390
01:09:21,120 --> 01:09:24,479
Speaker 1: it's been a ridiculously bad year of injuries so far

1391
01:09:24,640 --> 01:09:28,760
Speaker 1: for the stealers Ben Roethlisberger, Mason Rudolph, James Washington, Jal

1392
01:09:28,840 --> 01:09:32,719
Speaker 1: and Samuels. So Juju, I think is in part limited

1393
01:09:32,760 --> 01:09:37,080
Speaker 1: by his quarterback play. You know. Obviously it's it's tough

1394
01:09:37,120 --> 01:09:39,439
Speaker 1: when you're playing with the guy in Devlin Hodges who

1395
01:09:39,520 --> 01:09:41,920
Speaker 1: was basically a camp arm when he was originally signed

1396
01:09:41,960 --> 01:09:44,120
Speaker 1: out of Stamford. He's been a great story since then.

1397
01:09:45,800 --> 01:09:47,559
Speaker 1: Just I just think the injuries caught up to them.

1398
01:09:48,200 --> 01:09:50,720
Speaker 1: I don't know that it's a massive schematic issue, but

1399
01:09:51,360 --> 01:09:53,880
Speaker 1: you're that banged up upping that many players that are

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01:09:54,000 --> 01:09:56,719
Speaker 1: on IR or could be I on on IR. Eventually,

1401
01:09:56,960 --> 01:09:59,160
Speaker 1: it's hard to keep up with that. One more, that's

1402
01:09:59,160 --> 01:10:01,679
Speaker 1: a fantasy foot question for you Field. Why do fantasy

1403
01:10:01,720 --> 01:10:04,639
Speaker 1: football players have so many questions? Why can't they trust

1404
01:10:04,680 --> 01:10:08,439
Speaker 1: their own judgment? Really, I'm not doubting your enteratise, but

1405
01:10:08,479 --> 01:10:10,640
Speaker 1: why do they feeple need to ask somebody else how

1406
01:10:10,680 --> 01:10:13,559
Speaker 1: to play the game. It's confirmation, It's I think that's

1407
01:10:13,600 --> 01:10:15,200
Speaker 1: probably the world you live in. You know, it's like

1408
01:10:15,280 --> 01:10:17,120
Speaker 1: you're making an investment in the stock. You always run

1409
01:10:17,240 --> 01:10:19,880
Speaker 1: by your stock manager or something like that. But my

1410
01:10:20,000 --> 01:10:22,280
Speaker 1: one piece of advice, more than anything else I tell

1411
01:10:22,360 --> 01:10:26,280
Speaker 1: people is it's your lineup. Ultimately, if you ask me

1412
01:10:26,360 --> 01:10:28,040
Speaker 1: a question and I don't give you the answer that

1413
01:10:28,120 --> 01:10:30,720
Speaker 1: you want, go with the answer that you had in mind.

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01:10:30,840 --> 01:10:33,479
Speaker 1: So if you disagree with my decision, play who you

1415
01:10:33,560 --> 01:10:35,000
Speaker 1: want to play. I think we ought to make you

1416
01:10:35,120 --> 01:10:37,200
Speaker 1: say that every time you come out and answer these questions.

1417
01:10:37,360 --> 01:10:39,920
Speaker 1: It's a disclaimer. You probably have heard from people who say, hey,

1418
01:10:39,960 --> 01:10:42,040
Speaker 1: you told me to sign this guy, right, you've heard that,

1419
01:10:42,600 --> 01:10:47,240
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, happens everything. Thanks Fields, great, We appreciate it

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Speaker 1: all right, guys, take care. Field Yates NFL Inside of

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Speaker 1: the host of the Fantasy Focused Football podcast, joins us

1422
01:10:52,760 --> 01:10:56,400
Speaker 1: every Wednesday at this time. Not just talk about fantasy football,

1423
01:10:56,439 --> 01:10:58,360
Speaker 1: right because now we bounced around the league first, and

1424
01:10:58,360 --> 01:10:59,960
Speaker 1: talk about what he thinks about the Bills. He's very

1425
01:11:00,200 --> 01:11:02,120
Speaker 1: high and has been very high on the Bills throughout

1426
01:11:02,160 --> 01:11:05,559
Speaker 1: the off season, and he's at this point he looks

1427
01:11:05,600 --> 01:11:08,640
Speaker 1: pretty smart doing it. Not all the national guys have

1428
01:11:08,800 --> 01:11:11,840
Speaker 1: been jumping on this bandwagon for very long. There's plenty

1429
01:11:11,840 --> 01:11:14,479
Speaker 1: of room on the bandwaglenty of room, as John Muckle

1430
01:11:14,600 --> 01:11:17,080
Speaker 1: used to see, plenty of room on the bandwagon. We're

1431
01:11:17,080 --> 01:11:18,680
Speaker 1: going to take a break. We come back. We want

1432
01:11:18,720 --> 01:11:20,680
Speaker 1: to get back to our topic of the day. What

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01:11:20,800 --> 01:11:22,880
Speaker 1: are you most looking forward to after the bye? We

1434
01:11:22,920 --> 01:11:25,680
Speaker 1: will recap the Twitter poll results, we'll read something from

1435
01:11:25,720 --> 01:11:27,439
Speaker 1: the tweet sheet. I don't think we've done that yet

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01:11:27,479 --> 01:11:29,760
Speaker 1: as far as that question, and take more phone calls

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Speaker 1: at eight O three five fifty and toll free one

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Speaker 1: eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty one Bills

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Speaker 1: Seneca Resorts in Casino. Nothing comes close. Halfway through the show.

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Speaker 1: It's halftime one Bills Live. Welcome. We should do that, Steve.

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01:11:58,080 --> 01:12:02,320
Speaker 1: You know, have like a halftime, have a mark be great.

1443
01:12:02,800 --> 01:12:05,719
Speaker 1: I have a band coming in here at halftime. Should

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01:12:05,720 --> 01:12:09,120
Speaker 1: have like different bump music at halftime, like the Did

1445
01:12:09,160 --> 01:12:11,960
Speaker 1: you see the Ohio State Marching Band on what they

1446
01:12:12,040 --> 01:12:14,560
Speaker 1: did the other day. I gotta tell you you know,

1447
01:12:14,640 --> 01:12:16,720
Speaker 1: I'm not a big marching band guy. I mean I

1448
01:12:16,760 --> 01:12:21,759
Speaker 1: think right, the Ohio State Band did a moon landing,

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01:12:22,080 --> 01:12:25,080
Speaker 1: one small step, one giant leap with the rocket, with

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01:12:25,200 --> 01:12:31,360
Speaker 1: the rocket taking off, Neil Armstrong coming off the landing module,

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01:12:31,880 --> 01:12:34,880
Speaker 1: planting the flag and having the flag unferral and the

1452
01:12:35,120 --> 01:12:38,200
Speaker 1: arm of the astronaut made out of human beings coming

1453
01:12:38,240 --> 01:12:41,240
Speaker 1: down and planting the It was unbelievable. It's yeah, you can.

1454
01:12:41,360 --> 01:12:43,439
Speaker 1: You can catch it on social media where they'll go

1455
01:12:43,560 --> 01:12:46,720
Speaker 1: back and look at it was. Yeah, they that was

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01:12:47,000 --> 01:12:49,519
Speaker 1: I was. I gotta, I gotta give a shout out

1457
01:12:49,520 --> 01:12:51,439
Speaker 1: to the Ohio State Marching band for that one. You know,

1458
01:12:51,479 --> 01:12:52,920
Speaker 1: it was a good They had a marching band in

1459
01:12:53,560 --> 01:12:56,519
Speaker 1: Nashville the other day. I think it was Tennessee State University.

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01:12:57,120 --> 01:12:59,880
Speaker 1: Huge marching band filled the entire field and they were

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01:13:00,080 --> 01:13:02,280
Speaker 1: great and they were dancing and it was a great

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01:13:02,280 --> 01:13:05,040
Speaker 1: halftime show. I love those. They used to have the

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01:13:05,320 --> 01:13:06,920
Speaker 1: marching bands here once in a while and I was

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01:13:07,120 --> 01:13:10,360
Speaker 1: you know, you find out stuff. Yeah, costs. It's hundreds

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01:13:10,400 --> 01:13:12,880
Speaker 1: of thousands of dollars to bring a marching band in. Yeah,

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01:13:13,240 --> 01:13:15,960
Speaker 1: you know why because it costs some tickets to have

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01:13:16,040 --> 01:13:17,800
Speaker 1: them sit in the stadium. Tickets. You gotta give up

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01:13:17,800 --> 01:13:20,080
Speaker 1: the tickets. I love and march and you know, pay

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01:13:20,120 --> 01:13:21,760
Speaker 1: for them to come up. You know. I'll I love

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Speaker 1: marching bands. I know they are really think about it.

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Speaker 1: It is a football only kind of deal, right, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: marching band. Hey, I'm kind of nostalgic. Yeah, maybe that's it. Hey,

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01:13:36,680 --> 01:13:38,600
Speaker 1: what are you looking for for the next rest of

1474
01:13:38,640 --> 01:13:40,880
Speaker 1: the season. Eleven games left. We're not at the halfway point.

1475
01:13:40,920 --> 01:13:44,519
Speaker 1: We talked about that. It's the halfway point for Bill's

1476
01:13:44,560 --> 01:13:47,040
Speaker 1: players and coaches and many of us who start when

1477
01:13:47,200 --> 01:13:49,360
Speaker 1: camp starts. It's eleven weeks in, eleven weeks more in

1478
01:13:49,360 --> 01:13:52,080
Speaker 1: the regular season, but still most of this regular season

1479
01:13:52,160 --> 01:13:53,960
Speaker 1: is still to be played. And we're asking the question

1480
01:13:54,000 --> 01:13:56,760
Speaker 1: on Twitter today, what are you most looking forward after

1481
01:13:56,920 --> 01:13:59,640
Speaker 1: the forward two after the bye week. We've got more

1482
01:13:59,680 --> 01:14:01,559
Speaker 1: than eight one hundred eighty votes in on the Twitter

1483
01:14:01,640 --> 01:14:03,240
Speaker 1: poll and it's a good one. What are you most

1484
01:14:03,320 --> 01:14:05,280
Speaker 1: looking forward to? Forty one percent of you say you're

1485
01:14:05,280 --> 01:14:07,599
Speaker 1: looking for an uptick in the offense. Who wouldn't right.

1486
01:14:07,840 --> 01:14:09,680
Speaker 1: They got to get better offensively if they're going to

1487
01:14:09,760 --> 01:14:12,479
Speaker 1: continue on this U you know, four wins out of

1488
01:14:12,520 --> 01:14:14,559
Speaker 1: five games. They got to get better on offense. Forty

1489
01:14:14,600 --> 01:14:16,120
Speaker 1: one percent of you say that's the place to go.

1490
01:14:16,520 --> 01:14:18,320
Speaker 1: Thirty four percent of you say you're looking for the

1491
01:14:18,439 --> 01:14:21,920
Speaker 1: return of injured players, and there are a couple notable

1492
01:14:21,960 --> 01:14:25,360
Speaker 1: injured players who should return soon. Twenty four percent of

1493
01:14:25,400 --> 01:14:27,519
Speaker 1: you say you're looking for three straight home games coming

1494
01:14:27,600 --> 01:14:29,920
Speaker 1: up right after the buy one percent of something else

1495
01:14:30,000 --> 01:14:31,720
Speaker 1: in mind. Let's talk about it. Give us a call

1496
01:14:31,800 --> 01:14:34,439
Speaker 1: eight h three oh five fifty toll free one eight

1497
01:14:34,640 --> 01:14:37,519
Speaker 1: eight eight five fifty two five fifty. Give us a

1498
01:14:37,600 --> 01:14:40,800
Speaker 1: call and we will discuss or we can we can

1499
01:14:41,160 --> 01:14:44,720
Speaker 1: read on the twitter TWEETE we got we had that

1500
01:14:44,840 --> 01:14:46,600
Speaker 1: question during the break, and I'm gonna let him in

1501
01:14:46,680 --> 01:14:50,880
Speaker 1: on our conversation. Were John Gruden was years ago, was

1502
01:14:51,000 --> 01:14:54,400
Speaker 1: coach of the Raiders, got traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,

1503
01:14:54,479 --> 01:14:56,760
Speaker 1: then played the Raiders that year in the Super Bowl.

1504
01:14:57,320 --> 01:15:00,679
Speaker 1: And we got on this because Bill Callah hand took

1505
01:15:00,720 --> 01:15:03,360
Speaker 1: over for John Gruden when he left the Raiders and

1506
01:15:03,640 --> 01:15:07,120
Speaker 1: coached them against Gruden in the Super Bowl. Now, Bill

1507
01:15:07,200 --> 01:15:10,320
Speaker 1: Callahan took over for Jay Gruden when he got fired

1508
01:15:10,360 --> 01:15:12,680
Speaker 1: by the Washington Redskins, Right, Okay, so we're like, well,

1509
01:15:12,800 --> 01:15:15,000
Speaker 1: didn't Gruden win the Super Bowl against the Bran? Yeah? Okay?

1510
01:15:15,000 --> 01:15:20,040
Speaker 1: And that Super Bowl was Super Bowl uh twenty thirty seven?

1511
01:15:20,200 --> 01:15:22,360
Speaker 1: That was Super Bowl thirty seven. Okay, the halftime Who

1512
01:15:22,439 --> 01:15:24,120
Speaker 1: was the halftime performer? I got it here? It is right,

1513
01:15:24,680 --> 01:15:30,920
Speaker 1: Shania Twain, no doubt and sting. Okay, that was that

1514
01:15:31,000 --> 01:15:33,719
Speaker 1: was a halftime Super Bowl. Did not care. The trivia

1515
01:15:33,960 --> 01:15:36,840
Speaker 1: just continues to pile up. I mean, like, you go

1516
01:15:36,920 --> 01:15:38,519
Speaker 1: back to the Super Bowl thirty seven, who is the

1517
01:15:38,560 --> 01:15:41,519
Speaker 1: halftime show that was? That's pretty good trivia field right there,

1518
01:15:42,560 --> 01:15:45,800
Speaker 1: right it is it's very trivial. That's minutia. Trivial is

1519
01:15:45,840 --> 01:15:50,519
Speaker 1: the word for that. Yeah, let's here, you got Hello Joe,

1520
01:15:50,560 --> 01:15:53,880
Speaker 1: Welcome to the show. Hey guys. Oh, I'm looking at

1521
01:15:53,920 --> 01:15:55,840
Speaker 1: the schedule and I'm looking for the Villas to go

1522
01:15:56,400 --> 01:15:59,840
Speaker 1: fourteen until, I mean the blowouts are gonna come. I

1523
01:16:00,040 --> 01:16:03,200
Speaker 1: mean I could just see it was with Tall Juke,

1524
01:16:03,280 --> 01:16:08,599
Speaker 1: Williams and Singletary coming back. Looking forward to the rematch

1525
01:16:08,680 --> 01:16:12,000
Speaker 1: with New England because that seems to be our only

1526
01:16:12,160 --> 01:16:16,400
Speaker 1: nemesis now. And uh question is, uh what are we

1527
01:16:16,520 --> 01:16:21,519
Speaker 1: looking forward to? Trade deadline? Nothing? Nothing that isn't hockey, Joe, nothing,

1528
01:16:21,840 --> 01:16:23,920
Speaker 1: you know what I and I know we're gonna get

1529
01:16:23,920 --> 01:16:26,080
Speaker 1: a lot of calls over the next three weeks because

1530
01:16:26,120 --> 01:16:29,120
Speaker 1: people have this like hockey mentality. Let's add this part.

1531
01:16:29,200 --> 01:16:31,800
Speaker 1: Let's add this part if they do find but look

1532
01:16:32,120 --> 01:16:33,960
Speaker 1: the bill. What are you laughing about? You're stepped all

1533
01:16:34,000 --> 01:16:36,840
Speaker 1: over Joe. I mean, shut up, Joe, I gotta tell

1534
01:16:36,840 --> 01:16:38,880
Speaker 1: you what they're gonna do. No, you don't need to

1535
01:16:39,240 --> 01:16:40,920
Speaker 1: spend the next two and a half three weeks. Again,

1536
01:16:40,960 --> 01:16:42,240
Speaker 1: what do we need? What do we need? Who's out there?

1537
01:16:42,280 --> 01:16:44,559
Speaker 1: Who are gonna get you know, you don't need Jalen Ramsey.

1538
01:16:44,760 --> 01:16:46,520
Speaker 1: I don't know if you need one of those receivers.

1539
01:16:47,080 --> 01:16:48,760
Speaker 1: M one of those guys. And on all of these

1540
01:16:48,880 --> 01:16:51,120
Speaker 1: big name guys who might be available in the trade

1541
01:16:51,400 --> 01:16:54,400
Speaker 1: have caused problems in their current situation. Right, do you

1542
01:16:54,560 --> 01:16:56,400
Speaker 1: do you want to bring a problem in? You got

1543
01:16:56,439 --> 01:16:57,920
Speaker 1: a pretty good thing going on here, you got a

1544
01:16:57,960 --> 01:17:01,160
Speaker 1: really good culture, you got you got people who care

1545
01:17:01,160 --> 01:17:03,880
Speaker 1: about what they're doing here, And I don't know, what

1546
01:17:03,960 --> 01:17:05,760
Speaker 1: do you think they need? What do we desperately in

1547
01:17:05,840 --> 01:17:07,559
Speaker 1: need of that We're going to talk about for three weeks.

1548
01:17:07,560 --> 01:17:10,360
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say it again. Nothing. What did I tell you? Nothing?

1549
01:17:10,520 --> 01:17:11,840
Speaker 1: Was that on the show? Or was it in our

1550
01:17:11,880 --> 01:17:14,400
Speaker 1: office when I said I told you going to confuse, Right,

1551
01:17:14,400 --> 01:17:16,240
Speaker 1: I was telling you. I said, I'm good with where

1552
01:17:16,280 --> 01:17:19,040
Speaker 1: they're at. Me too. They're good, They're good now, they

1553
01:17:19,160 --> 01:17:21,240
Speaker 1: got talent, now, they got depth now. And I know

1554
01:17:21,320 --> 01:17:25,040
Speaker 1: all these people, you know, they drool over the Julio Jones.

1555
01:17:25,160 --> 01:17:27,680
Speaker 1: Julio Jones just signed a huge contract with the with

1556
01:17:27,800 --> 01:17:30,600
Speaker 1: the Falcons and the whole run up before it, he

1557
01:17:30,760 --> 01:17:32,679
Speaker 1: wasn't gonna hold it. He didn't hold out, He didn't

1558
01:17:32,720 --> 01:17:34,759
Speaker 1: he went to training camp did every all the preseason.

1559
01:17:34,800 --> 01:17:37,080
Speaker 1: The deal wasn't done because he said, I'm going to

1560
01:17:37,240 --> 01:17:41,360
Speaker 1: retire of an Atlanta Falcon. The owner, Arthur Blank said,

1561
01:17:41,360 --> 01:17:42,920
Speaker 1: we're gonna get to take care of Julio because we

1562
01:17:43,040 --> 01:17:45,280
Speaker 1: want him to retire an Atlanta Falcon. You really think

1563
01:17:45,280 --> 01:17:48,840
Speaker 1: you're gonna trade for that guy now you're not gonna happen.

1564
01:17:48,840 --> 01:17:51,280
Speaker 1: You really want Jalen Ramsey, You really want to bring

1565
01:17:51,439 --> 01:17:53,040
Speaker 1: him in, the headaches that he would bring in, the

1566
01:17:53,360 --> 01:17:56,439
Speaker 1: salary impact he would bring in. Levi Walls has been

1567
01:17:56,479 --> 01:17:58,320
Speaker 1: one of the better players on the Buffalo defense. And

1568
01:17:58,360 --> 01:18:01,560
Speaker 1: you're not moving trade. This is not hockey. Let me

1569
01:18:01,560 --> 01:18:05,040
Speaker 1: say it again. You don't just send spare parks around

1570
01:18:05,040 --> 01:18:07,679
Speaker 1: the league before the trade deadline. Yeah, it's a deadline,

1571
01:18:07,760 --> 01:18:10,040
Speaker 1: and stuff could happen. I mean two years ago when

1572
01:18:10,040 --> 01:18:12,960
Speaker 1: the Bills were trying to shed cap, Brandon Mead Maine

1573
01:18:13,040 --> 01:18:15,240
Speaker 1: moves right, got rid of Marcel Darius at the deadline,

1574
01:18:15,240 --> 01:18:18,160
Speaker 1: brought in Calvin Benjamin. I don't see that happening this year.

1575
01:18:18,160 --> 01:18:20,720
Speaker 1: I could be wrong, and I would not approach it like, well,

1576
01:18:20,720 --> 01:18:22,240
Speaker 1: we gotta make some moves. We gotta make some moves.

1577
01:18:22,320 --> 01:18:23,880
Speaker 1: Need a receiver and need a corner. No, you don't.

1578
01:18:23,880 --> 01:18:25,120
Speaker 1: I don't think I need to. You know what, I

1579
01:18:25,160 --> 01:18:28,800
Speaker 1: wouldn't care if they did. If they brought in like

1580
01:18:28,920 --> 01:18:31,360
Speaker 1: a guy like Trent Williams got this year and one

1581
01:18:31,439 --> 01:18:34,519
Speaker 1: more on his contract, thirty one years old. That's right,

1582
01:18:34,640 --> 01:18:36,840
Speaker 1: come in, bring him on that one year deal. He

1583
01:18:36,920 --> 01:18:39,640
Speaker 1: can come in acclimate to this system, maybe takeover right

1584
01:18:39,680 --> 01:18:41,760
Speaker 1: tackle this next year, maybe even left tackle. Whatever you

1585
01:18:41,840 --> 01:18:43,880
Speaker 1: want to do is bring in him dead culture. That's

1586
01:18:43,920 --> 01:18:45,559
Speaker 1: the thing. I don't know the guy. If he does,

1587
01:18:45,640 --> 01:18:47,200
Speaker 1: that's great. If he seems to be one of those

1588
01:18:47,240 --> 01:18:50,720
Speaker 1: guys that's sharp, intelligent, got the right DNA. Yeah, I'd

1589
01:18:50,840 --> 01:18:53,599
Speaker 1: make a trade like that because you don't need him

1590
01:18:53,640 --> 01:18:56,479
Speaker 1: to come in and catch passes. You don't need him

1591
01:18:56,479 --> 01:18:57,840
Speaker 1: to come in, and you can come in and send

1592
01:18:57,920 --> 01:18:59,479
Speaker 1: him on the bench for three weeks until he gets

1593
01:18:59,479 --> 01:19:01,720
Speaker 1: acclimated in the offense, and then plug him in and

1594
01:19:01,800 --> 01:19:03,760
Speaker 1: spots and then maybe he takes over he plays well

1595
01:19:03,840 --> 01:19:05,960
Speaker 1: enough or whatever. It allows you to move Cody forward

1596
01:19:06,000 --> 01:19:08,479
Speaker 1: down inside. It gives you more depth on the offensive line.

1597
01:19:08,479 --> 01:19:12,439
Speaker 1: We lost two guys in one game and they finished up. Okay,

1598
01:19:12,560 --> 01:19:15,960
Speaker 1: I get it, but that's the one position group for

1599
01:19:16,080 --> 01:19:19,720
Speaker 1: me where you can't have too many good players, I hear,

1600
01:19:20,160 --> 01:19:22,560
Speaker 1: but that we don't need to do that. Let's go

1601
01:19:22,640 --> 01:19:26,920
Speaker 1: to Don and Eden. Don go ahead, you're in the air, yes, hi,

1602
01:19:27,000 --> 01:19:30,439
Speaker 1: guys him the first time caller, so be able to

1603
01:19:30,479 --> 01:19:32,280
Speaker 1: pay it at times. Sure. One of the things I'd

1604
01:19:32,280 --> 01:19:34,400
Speaker 1: like to see a little bit more on them with

1605
01:19:34,560 --> 01:19:36,599
Speaker 1: the Bills is, uh, first of all, Joss he'll want

1606
01:19:36,600 --> 01:19:39,200
Speaker 1: to get rid of the ball quicker and at times

1607
01:19:39,240 --> 01:19:41,720
Speaker 1: he stands are on holes in a mating river And

1608
01:19:41,800 --> 01:19:43,800
Speaker 1: I got you. Yeah, And that's that's a valid point.

1609
01:19:44,080 --> 01:19:45,640
Speaker 1: And I think it has a lot to do with

1610
01:19:45,840 --> 01:19:48,840
Speaker 1: the lack of separation by receivers. So let's go trade

1611
01:19:48,880 --> 01:19:51,200
Speaker 1: for Julio jump ho. I'm just kidding, but it doesn't

1612
01:19:51,280 --> 01:19:53,639
Speaker 1: you know. The receivers aren't aren't getting open right away.

1613
01:19:53,720 --> 01:19:56,599
Speaker 1: And and that's any quarterback we'll struggle with that. Go ahead,

1614
01:19:56,640 --> 01:19:59,360
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Don, But then just throw the ball away,

1615
01:19:59,400 --> 01:20:01,640
Speaker 1: you know, yes, yeah, And he does that. You know

1616
01:20:01,680 --> 01:20:03,360
Speaker 1: we've seen him kind of go up and down that

1617
01:20:03,520 --> 01:20:05,240
Speaker 1: sometimes he does that. He did it a couple of

1618
01:20:05,280 --> 01:20:08,639
Speaker 1: times against Tennessee. Um, he didn't do it enough against

1619
01:20:08,640 --> 01:20:11,760
Speaker 1: New England. Obviously, he has ups and downs like that.

1620
01:20:11,800 --> 01:20:14,000
Speaker 1: I wish you'd get more consistently good at that. Go

1621
01:20:14,040 --> 01:20:16,479
Speaker 1: ahead and what else, Bob Don, I'm sorry. I'd like

1622
01:20:16,560 --> 01:20:18,240
Speaker 1: to see him run a ball a little bit more

1623
01:20:18,240 --> 01:20:20,160
Speaker 1: of it, and they did kind of the second half

1624
01:20:20,200 --> 01:20:22,760
Speaker 1: of the Tennessee game. I didn't see him run it

1625
01:20:22,760 --> 01:20:25,599
Speaker 1: a little bit more. But I suppose now is Singletary

1626
01:20:25,600 --> 01:20:27,679
Speaker 1: is supposed to be coming back sooner. He was close

1627
01:20:27,840 --> 01:20:32,120
Speaker 1: last Sunday. Um he was. Dermot was asked about him Monday.

1628
01:20:32,520 --> 01:20:34,599
Speaker 1: Let me find the answer. Yeah, I mean he's close.

1629
01:20:34,640 --> 01:20:36,880
Speaker 1: I would anticipate and I don't know, but I would

1630
01:20:36,920 --> 01:20:42,559
Speaker 1: anticipate he would be back soon probably. Um right, Yeah,

1631
01:20:42,600 --> 01:20:44,439
Speaker 1: I'm looking for the answer. I can't find it here

1632
01:20:44,439 --> 01:20:47,280
Speaker 1: in the transcript, but I'm anticipating, Secretary, we'll be back

1633
01:20:47,320 --> 01:20:51,120
Speaker 1: for the Miami game. Okay, okay um. And one other

1634
01:20:51,200 --> 01:20:55,320
Speaker 1: thing was oh last week when when when one of

1635
01:20:55,400 --> 01:20:59,920
Speaker 1: the callers was hopping something for Julio Jones and stuffing

1636
01:21:00,320 --> 01:21:03,840
Speaker 1: and I'm and Steve got all pretty um wound up

1637
01:21:03,840 --> 01:21:05,519
Speaker 1: about it, and I was like, not as wound up

1638
01:21:05,560 --> 01:21:08,400
Speaker 1: as I got when they traded for when they traded

1639
01:21:08,439 --> 01:21:10,920
Speaker 1: two picks for Sammy Watkins, I thought that was crazy.

1640
01:21:11,240 --> 01:21:15,280
Speaker 1: But the thing of it is is um when and

1641
01:21:15,400 --> 01:21:16,880
Speaker 1: I'm sitting there saying it's all he had to do

1642
01:21:17,000 --> 01:21:18,960
Speaker 1: was make a trade within them, within their own system,

1643
01:21:19,000 --> 01:21:21,120
Speaker 1: and they did. They brought well, they didn't trade them.

1644
01:21:21,160 --> 01:21:23,680
Speaker 1: They didn't put Zay Jones on practice squad, but they

1645
01:21:24,200 --> 01:21:27,439
Speaker 1: basically wrought Duke Williams, in which I think he's better

1646
01:21:27,479 --> 01:21:29,280
Speaker 1: than Zay Jones. I don't think they would have been

1647
01:21:29,360 --> 01:21:31,920
Speaker 1: one of the interceptions on the New England game if

1648
01:21:31,960 --> 01:21:33,840
Speaker 1: they would have made that trade, and he would have

1649
01:21:33,880 --> 01:21:35,360
Speaker 1: been playing that game and said as a Jones, So

1650
01:21:35,800 --> 01:21:38,320
Speaker 1: all right, thank you very much. Let's get take a

1651
01:21:38,360 --> 01:21:41,360
Speaker 1: call here from Sean in Buffalo. Hello, Sean, you're on

1652
01:21:41,400 --> 01:21:47,120
Speaker 1: the air. Yeah, question my perdition, Well, here's my question.

1653
01:21:47,680 --> 01:21:51,439
Speaker 1: You do you think all our injury o our injured

1654
01:21:51,479 --> 01:21:55,080
Speaker 1: players are gonna come back sometime this week? Uh, sometimes

1655
01:21:55,280 --> 01:21:58,519
Speaker 1: in the future about all of them. But I think

1656
01:21:59,000 --> 01:22:00,479
Speaker 1: they're hoping that many of the them are back for

1657
01:22:00,479 --> 01:22:02,680
Speaker 1: the Miami game, but depends on when they'll all come back.

1658
01:22:02,800 --> 01:22:04,640
Speaker 1: None of these none of the injuries right now are

1659
01:22:04,760 --> 01:22:08,360
Speaker 1: very are critical or severe, but I don't know that

1660
01:22:08,439 --> 01:22:10,680
Speaker 1: they'll make it back till you know the Miami game

1661
01:22:10,800 --> 01:22:13,000
Speaker 1: right after the bye about you know, the bye week

1662
01:22:13,040 --> 01:22:15,880
Speaker 1: and that stuff. I think we're good. I think we

1663
01:22:16,000 --> 01:22:19,400
Speaker 1: win most of our games. I'm probably lose against the

1664
01:22:19,560 --> 01:22:23,920
Speaker 1: Patriots in New England in Dallas, but then we're gonna

1665
01:22:24,040 --> 01:22:29,439
Speaker 1: probably be twelveing for all right, Thanks Sean, Um, we're

1666
01:22:29,479 --> 01:22:31,240
Speaker 1: gonna break. We're gonna come back with more, and we

1667
01:22:31,320 --> 01:22:32,880
Speaker 1: do have to read some of these tweets because they're

1668
01:22:32,880 --> 01:22:34,720
Speaker 1: pretty good. One so come on back. One Bill's Live,

1669
01:22:34,800 --> 01:22:37,559
Speaker 1: presented by Kalida Health. We're live at the Seneca Studio.

1670
01:22:37,680 --> 01:22:54,080
Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bill's Radio. We'll come back one Tho's Live.

1671
01:22:54,160 --> 01:22:56,400
Speaker 1: John Murphy, Steve Tancer received a lot of We've had

1672
01:22:56,439 --> 01:22:59,800
Speaker 1: a lot of talk this week about the handshakes pre

1673
01:23:00,040 --> 01:23:03,160
Speaker 1: game handshakes all since was it Monday Night, No Sunday Night,

1674
01:23:03,240 --> 01:23:08,639
Speaker 1: Monday Monday Football, San Francisco, Cleveland Baker Mayfield. Apparently, according

1675
01:23:08,640 --> 01:23:11,840
Speaker 1: to Richard Sherman on Monday Night Tuesday morning, uh did

1676
01:23:11,920 --> 01:23:13,840
Speaker 1: not shake his hand. Turns out he did. We showed

1677
01:23:13,840 --> 01:23:17,200
Speaker 1: the video yesterday and now Richard Sherman appeared on Pat

1678
01:23:17,320 --> 01:23:20,360
Speaker 1: McAfee show and h admitted that he made a mistake

1679
01:23:20,479 --> 01:23:24,240
Speaker 1: and apologize listen to this, Richard Sherman, and that's this issue.

1680
01:23:24,720 --> 01:23:26,800
Speaker 1: It's definitely my bad. You know, you know, I never

1681
01:23:26,880 --> 01:23:29,160
Speaker 1: want anybody to have to deal with that. I mean,

1682
01:23:29,280 --> 01:23:31,360
Speaker 1: some stuff that they didn't say, they didn't do, you know.

1683
01:23:31,720 --> 01:23:36,040
Speaker 1: And so you know, the questions that he's gonna get

1684
01:23:36,120 --> 01:23:40,639
Speaker 1: an annoying nonsense questions about, um, some stuff that happened

1685
01:23:40,640 --> 01:23:43,439
Speaker 1: in a game that's already been done. You know, sure

1686
01:23:43,479 --> 01:23:46,280
Speaker 1: he'll get an apology for that. Um. I'll probably reach

1687
01:23:46,360 --> 01:23:50,160
Speaker 1: out to him via text or social media to actually

1688
01:23:50,160 --> 01:23:51,720
Speaker 1: get a hold of him and talk to him in person,

1689
01:23:52,040 --> 01:23:55,360
Speaker 1: I mean on the phone. But um, but yeah, yeah,

1690
01:23:55,360 --> 01:23:57,280
Speaker 1: because that that sucks. But first off, that was a

1691
01:23:57,320 --> 01:24:02,880
Speaker 1: great name y'all came up with, like dath Gay laughing.

1692
01:24:03,320 --> 01:24:06,519
Speaker 1: But yeah, yeah, he definitely deserves an apology. In he

1693
01:24:06,640 --> 01:24:10,519
Speaker 1: deserves an apology. Richard Sherman said, Well, here's what happened, aogy.

1694
01:24:10,600 --> 01:24:13,240
Speaker 1: It was, Yeah, it was exactly what I told you yesterday.

1695
01:24:13,960 --> 01:24:16,160
Speaker 1: Richard Sherman did what I told you. Thurman used to do,

1696
01:24:16,280 --> 01:24:19,240
Speaker 1: take one small thing that the opponent did and wind

1697
01:24:19,320 --> 01:24:23,240
Speaker 1: it up into this big thing. And what happened was

1698
01:24:23,479 --> 01:24:25,959
Speaker 1: they did shake hands when they first got out to midfield.

1699
01:24:26,160 --> 01:24:29,560
Speaker 1: They you know, Captain Mayfield, Captain Sherman, you know all that.

1700
01:24:29,800 --> 01:24:32,479
Speaker 1: Then they stepped stood apart, flipped the coin. When the

1701
01:24:32,560 --> 01:24:34,360
Speaker 1: coin was done, the official steps to one side and

1702
01:24:34,400 --> 01:24:37,000
Speaker 1: starts to say, this team will receive all that. And

1703
01:24:37,160 --> 01:24:39,920
Speaker 1: before he did that, Baker Mayfield just booked off and

1704
01:24:39,960 --> 01:24:42,800
Speaker 1: went to the sideline. When he went to the sideline,

1705
01:24:44,000 --> 01:24:48,240
Speaker 1: that's when Sherman took that. In his own mind, he said, look,

1706
01:24:48,280 --> 01:24:50,040
Speaker 1: you know what, you're not gonna shake her hands at

1707
01:24:50,040 --> 01:24:53,640
Speaker 1: the end, and there's film Sherman waves goodbye to him.

1708
01:24:53,760 --> 01:24:56,840
Speaker 1: So he noticed and he took that, balled it up,

1709
01:24:56,960 --> 01:24:59,400
Speaker 1: used his fire and picked him off during the game.

1710
01:24:59,479 --> 01:25:01,400
Speaker 1: And that was it. So then Sherman tries to relate

1711
01:25:01,479 --> 01:25:04,200
Speaker 1: what happened to some reporter who Mike Silver right, who

1712
01:25:04,240 --> 01:25:08,160
Speaker 1: gets it completely wrong. And that's that's where we sit

1713
01:25:08,280 --> 01:25:12,200
Speaker 1: with this this dap gate thing. It was it's one

1714
01:25:12,240 --> 01:25:14,320
Speaker 1: of the things that players do. They take a small

1715
01:25:14,360 --> 01:25:17,679
Speaker 1: thing that the opponent does, it's totally inconsequential to anybody,

1716
01:25:17,760 --> 01:25:20,280
Speaker 1: even to them, and then they bawl it up and

1717
01:25:20,360 --> 01:25:22,960
Speaker 1: they say, oh yeah, and they use it as fuel

1718
01:25:23,040 --> 01:25:25,720
Speaker 1: during the game. It's they take the stupidest stuff. I've

1719
01:25:25,760 --> 01:25:28,720
Speaker 1: done it, every player's done it. And that's what Sherman did.

1720
01:25:28,800 --> 01:25:32,479
Speaker 1: And he let a reporter in on that and had

1721
01:25:33,200 --> 01:25:36,839
Speaker 1: the reporter had no context, nothing to do and speute

1722
01:25:36,880 --> 01:25:39,240
Speaker 1: it out there. Well, there's video evidence of what everything happened.

1723
01:25:39,240 --> 01:25:41,080
Speaker 1: And then Sherman's got to say, oh, gay, wait wait wait, wait,

1724
01:25:41,120 --> 01:25:43,439
Speaker 1: hold on, it's now what happened. I apologize for it

1725
01:25:43,439 --> 01:25:45,479
Speaker 1: because Baker's get you know, our Baker's got to deal

1726
01:25:45,520 --> 01:25:47,519
Speaker 1: with all this now too. So that's where all that

1727
01:25:47,560 --> 01:25:50,760
Speaker 1: came around. Is crazy stuff. It's amazing. Now we've talked

1728
01:25:50,760 --> 01:25:53,360
Speaker 1: about a handshake, a pregame handshake for two days. Now.

1729
01:25:53,960 --> 01:25:55,200
Speaker 1: I got you know what I was thinking about the

1730
01:25:55,280 --> 01:25:58,599
Speaker 1: Browns the other day yesterday I was walking my nine

1731
01:25:58,640 --> 01:26:02,840
Speaker 1: holes yesterday, like you know, they went from one and

1732
01:26:03,240 --> 01:26:08,040
Speaker 1: fifteen oh and sixteen to having a target on their

1733
01:26:08,080 --> 01:26:12,640
Speaker 1: back faster than any franchise in NFL history, right, And

1734
01:26:12,880 --> 01:26:15,639
Speaker 1: can I say it's not their fault. No, it's media.

1735
01:26:15,720 --> 01:26:19,679
Speaker 1: It's hype. It's it's social media expectations. It's all hype. Yeah,

1736
01:26:19,720 --> 01:26:21,960
Speaker 1: And it's the players they got and the guys they got,

1737
01:26:22,000 --> 01:26:24,360
Speaker 1: the talent they acquired. They played five games this year,

1738
01:26:24,400 --> 01:26:26,680
Speaker 1: and three of them have been on primetime TV, right,

1739
01:26:26,800 --> 01:26:29,439
Speaker 1: and even Brown's think about it, they were they went

1740
01:26:29,520 --> 01:26:34,360
Speaker 1: from laughing stock to the target of everybody. Like in

1741
01:26:34,560 --> 01:26:37,760
Speaker 1: twelve months. It was like boom, everybody, let's go get

1742
01:26:37,800 --> 01:26:39,519
Speaker 1: those guys, you know, and that was it. That's pretty

1743
01:26:39,520 --> 01:26:42,840
Speaker 1: amazing now because they're they haven't won anything and they're

1744
01:26:42,880 --> 01:26:45,800
Speaker 1: the team everybody's looking to knock off because of the hype. Yeah,

1745
01:26:45,840 --> 01:26:49,560
Speaker 1: because of the crazy unsubstantiated hype. And that's snuts and

1746
01:26:50,120 --> 01:26:52,000
Speaker 1: it wasn't there, It wasn't their friend in this case,

1747
01:26:52,080 --> 01:26:54,479
Speaker 1: that's for sure much better atmosphere in other parts of

1748
01:26:54,520 --> 01:26:57,320
Speaker 1: the NFL where maybe not as much is expected after

1749
01:26:57,400 --> 01:26:59,160
Speaker 1: a six win season and all of a sudden you're

1750
01:26:59,160 --> 01:27:02,000
Speaker 1: four and one, everybody's like they might be all right, right,

1751
01:27:02,120 --> 01:27:04,680
Speaker 1: it's fine, right, right, that's a much better place to be.

1752
01:27:04,920 --> 01:27:06,960
Speaker 1: And yeah, like you think those guys are really good,

1753
01:27:06,960 --> 01:27:09,080
Speaker 1: I don't know. I just didn't watch them for a while,

1754
01:27:09,120 --> 01:27:11,720
Speaker 1: you know, right, I mean, nobody's like taking shoot and

1755
01:27:11,760 --> 01:27:13,880
Speaker 1: narrows at a score only eighteen points a game, Well

1756
01:27:13,920 --> 01:27:17,880
Speaker 1: they're not. Well, we got a chance against those guys, Hey, Twitter, Pole,

1757
01:27:17,960 --> 01:27:19,760
Speaker 1: what what are you most looking forward to after the

1758
01:27:19,800 --> 01:27:21,800
Speaker 1: Bills by week, let's get to the tweet sheet, brought

1759
01:27:21,840 --> 01:27:24,680
Speaker 1: to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the official movers of

1760
01:27:24,680 --> 01:27:27,519
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. Brian tweets this in on the tweet

1761
01:27:27,560 --> 01:27:30,320
Speaker 1: sheet From Brian, I'm looking forward to seeing and upticking

1762
01:27:30,400 --> 01:27:33,240
Speaker 1: the offense against the Dolphins. We moved the ball well,

1763
01:27:33,320 --> 01:27:35,360
Speaker 1: but haven't scored much. That has to end when the

1764
01:27:35,439 --> 01:27:37,360
Speaker 1: Finns come to town. We need to take care of

1765
01:27:37,400 --> 01:27:40,840
Speaker 1: the ball and dominate the scoreboard. Zero excuses against the

1766
01:27:40,920 --> 01:27:43,600
Speaker 1: worst team in the NFL. I'm good with that. I

1767
01:27:43,640 --> 01:27:45,599
Speaker 1: don't think they'll need excuses. I think they'll play well

1768
01:27:45,600 --> 01:27:47,840
Speaker 1: against Miami, right. I mean by week when you start

1769
01:27:47,920 --> 01:27:51,400
Speaker 1: making excuses is when you go seven and nine, eight

1770
01:27:51,439 --> 01:27:53,680
Speaker 1: and eight, nine to seven, Yeah, when you should have

1771
01:27:53,720 --> 01:27:56,200
Speaker 1: been eleven and five, twelve and four, ten and six.

1772
01:27:56,439 --> 01:27:58,439
Speaker 1: Now next week, at this time, we'll be saying, don't

1773
01:27:58,640 --> 01:28:03,040
Speaker 1: overlook that's ready got to somebody else. Max's chiming in

1774
01:28:03,120 --> 01:28:07,160
Speaker 1: as well, B and C. Which is I believe the

1775
01:28:07,240 --> 01:28:09,920
Speaker 1: return of injured players will play on offense. Yes, well,

1776
01:28:10,000 --> 01:28:11,960
Speaker 1: I'll believe the return of injured players will play a

1777
01:28:12,040 --> 01:28:16,639
Speaker 1: role in evolving the offense. Uh, Devin Singletary, motor Robert Foster,

1778
01:28:17,120 --> 01:28:19,519
Speaker 1: Tyler Croft should provide a spark and make some key

1779
01:28:19,600 --> 01:28:21,800
Speaker 1: plays as they integrate into the offensive game plan. I

1780
01:28:21,840 --> 01:28:26,960
Speaker 1: would expect to a concentrated focus on deeper passes and

1781
01:28:27,200 --> 01:28:28,920
Speaker 1: chunk plays, and I think that's one of the things

1782
01:28:29,040 --> 01:28:31,040
Speaker 1: that people are harping on. That's why we hear all

1783
01:28:31,080 --> 01:28:33,519
Speaker 1: this crazy talk about trading for a number one wide

1784
01:28:33,560 --> 01:28:36,000
Speaker 1: receiver and they've thrown out all these names, is because

1785
01:28:36,320 --> 01:28:39,200
Speaker 1: people are missing the big plays. I think one of

1786
01:28:39,200 --> 01:28:41,680
Speaker 1: the reasons people miss big plays from this offense is

1787
01:28:41,680 --> 01:28:44,360
Speaker 1: because that's the only tool they had in the toolbox

1788
01:28:44,479 --> 01:28:46,880
Speaker 1: last year, and then it's got to still be there. Right,

1789
01:28:47,360 --> 01:28:49,760
Speaker 1: Maybe it's not. Maybe that's not how they're gonna win games.

1790
01:28:50,080 --> 01:28:52,599
Speaker 1: They certainly hasn't been the way they've done it this year.

1791
01:28:53,000 --> 01:28:55,519
Speaker 1: It's been short passes, long runs like it was this

1792
01:28:55,640 --> 01:28:59,400
Speaker 1: last week against Tennessee with a little flip lateral to

1793
01:29:01,400 --> 01:29:03,800
Speaker 1: Isaiah McKenzie. You know, they got these guys that then

1794
01:29:03,960 --> 01:29:08,800
Speaker 1: a short pass, long run, Frank Gorb snapping off a

1795
01:29:08,880 --> 01:29:12,280
Speaker 1: long run. Devin Singletary when he was playing snapping off

1796
01:29:12,360 --> 01:29:14,519
Speaker 1: long runs and that maybe that's the big play that

1797
01:29:14,560 --> 01:29:16,439
Speaker 1: this team's going to have to rely on rather than

1798
01:29:16,760 --> 01:29:19,479
Speaker 1: throwing the football forty yards down the field. One more

1799
01:29:19,520 --> 01:29:21,840
Speaker 1: from the tweet sheet from sipping the kool aid. I'm

1800
01:29:21,880 --> 01:29:24,519
Speaker 1: most looking forward to the return of all the injured

1801
01:29:24,560 --> 01:29:27,920
Speaker 1: players and seeing singletaries impact of the offense. I'm also

1802
01:29:28,000 --> 01:29:30,519
Speaker 1: looking forward to seeing the team implement Duke Williams a

1803
01:29:30,520 --> 01:29:32,639
Speaker 1: little more in the offense. He makes a lot of tough,

1804
01:29:32,720 --> 01:29:37,840
Speaker 1: tight window catches. His hands are like vices. Hey, it's

1805
01:29:37,840 --> 01:29:40,040
Speaker 1: a pretty good point about Singletary, I gotta say. And

1806
01:29:40,120 --> 01:29:42,800
Speaker 1: as I read that, I think, Yeah, we saw Devon

1807
01:29:43,080 --> 01:29:44,960
Speaker 1: in a couple of games, and what ten carries in

1808
01:29:45,000 --> 01:29:47,040
Speaker 1: a couple of games. He's got a lot more to

1809
01:29:47,120 --> 01:29:49,400
Speaker 1: offer this offense. I think a lot more, like maybe

1810
01:29:49,479 --> 01:29:52,000
Speaker 1: ten carries per game, not ten carries in the first

1811
01:29:52,040 --> 01:29:54,240
Speaker 1: two games. And I really look forward to being around

1812
01:29:54,280 --> 01:29:55,560
Speaker 1: when he's ready to go, And it might be the

1813
01:29:55,640 --> 01:29:59,000
Speaker 1: Miami game. You think he's got a lot more to offer, right,

1814
01:29:59,439 --> 01:30:02,680
Speaker 1: I don't know. We'll see now because he's been out

1815
01:30:02,720 --> 01:30:05,480
Speaker 1: of there. Maybe that's why Dawson Knox has gotten some opportunity.

1816
01:30:05,520 --> 01:30:07,320
Speaker 1: Maybe that's you know, you find out some things they

1817
01:30:07,320 --> 01:30:09,479
Speaker 1: Maybe that's part of the reason it evolved over Now

1818
01:30:09,600 --> 01:30:11,800
Speaker 1: Duke Williams is on the roster. They needed something to do.

1819
01:30:11,960 --> 01:30:15,599
Speaker 1: They need some guys to throw to. But yeah, no question,

1820
01:30:15,720 --> 01:30:17,920
Speaker 1: he was fun to watch while he was in there.

1821
01:30:18,000 --> 01:30:20,200
Speaker 1: He gave him a little something. Some particularly think about

1822
01:30:20,240 --> 01:30:21,720
Speaker 1: it in the last half of that Jets game, the

1823
01:30:21,760 --> 01:30:23,240
Speaker 1: last quarter of that Jet game, and also in the

1824
01:30:23,320 --> 01:30:26,800
Speaker 1: Giants game, he was doing some things we haven't seen

1825
01:30:26,880 --> 01:30:31,240
Speaker 1: him since. And you know, let's face it, we all

1826
01:30:31,320 --> 01:30:33,760
Speaker 1: feel like this offense need some help, and yeah, that's

1827
01:30:33,800 --> 01:30:36,439
Speaker 1: the guy you look at. All right, a break. When

1828
01:30:36,479 --> 01:30:38,920
Speaker 1: we come back, it's our Friday guests. Normally, Great co

1829
01:30:39,040 --> 01:30:40,519
Speaker 1: Sell is going to be with us today because we

1830
01:30:40,560 --> 01:30:42,799
Speaker 1: don't have a show Friday. We're off Thursday and Friday.

1831
01:30:43,120 --> 01:30:47,000
Speaker 1: Great Cosell the executive producer and analyst of NFL Matchup

1832
01:30:47,040 --> 01:30:49,160
Speaker 1: on ESPN STAN. Anybody to join us after the top

1833
01:30:49,200 --> 01:30:51,160
Speaker 1: of the hour, come on back for that. John Murphy

1834
01:30:51,200 --> 01:30:53,280
Speaker 1: was Steve Tasker One Bill's Live, presented by a Lot

1835
01:30:53,360 --> 01:30:56,000
Speaker 1: of Health Company from the Seneca Studio in Archard Park.

1836
01:30:56,320 --> 01:31:11,080
Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bills Radio. Hills Radio Network Sports have

1837
01:31:11,160 --> 01:31:13,760
Speaker 1: the update from One Bill's Drive. Bills off today as

1838
01:31:13,840 --> 01:31:16,200
Speaker 1: the bye week is in full force. They did make

1839
01:31:16,240 --> 01:31:19,280
Speaker 1: a roster movie yesterday, signing running back Sonars Perry for

1840
01:31:19,360 --> 01:31:22,240
Speaker 1: a second go round. Initially signed this offseason as a

1841
01:31:22,320 --> 01:31:25,799
Speaker 1: special team's contributor, Perry got hurt in the preseason finale

1842
01:31:25,840 --> 01:31:28,840
Speaker 1: against Minnesota as he suffered a quad muscle injury. The

1843
01:31:28,880 --> 01:31:31,640
Speaker 1: Bills released him and then reached an injury settlement. Now

1844
01:31:31,720 --> 01:31:35,000
Speaker 1: that he's eligible to return. He does return. Sonris Perry,

1845
01:31:35,240 --> 01:31:38,639
Speaker 1: running back special teamer. Bills need some help with punt coverage,

1846
01:31:38,720 --> 01:31:41,040
Speaker 1: especially they ranked thirtieth in the league. That may be

1847
01:31:41,160 --> 01:31:44,439
Speaker 1: where Sonoras Perry fits in around the NFL. The Jaguars

1848
01:31:44,520 --> 01:31:47,160
Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsay back at practice today. He has missed the

1849
01:31:47,240 --> 01:31:49,080
Speaker 1: last couple of games with a back injury. The twenty

1850
01:31:49,120 --> 01:31:51,320
Speaker 1: four year old corner who has asked for a trade.

1851
01:31:51,360 --> 01:31:53,560
Speaker 1: He was in Houston Monday to see a back specialist,

1852
01:31:53,720 --> 01:31:55,799
Speaker 1: but he's on the practice field on a limited basis

1853
01:31:55,840 --> 01:31:58,800
Speaker 1: for Jacksonville right now. James Washington's gonna miss a couple

1854
01:31:58,840 --> 01:32:02,600
Speaker 1: of weeks from the fitz Steelers, another offensive performer on

1855
01:32:02,720 --> 01:32:04,880
Speaker 1: the injury list. He was on his way towards his

1856
01:32:04,960 --> 01:32:06,920
Speaker 1: best game as a pro last week, and then he

1857
01:32:07,000 --> 01:32:10,240
Speaker 1: exited Sunday's Pittsburgh lost to Baltimore in the third quarter

1858
01:32:10,320 --> 01:32:14,240
Speaker 1: after injuring his shoulder. Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a let

1859
01:32:14,320 --> 01:32:17,120
Speaker 1: go linebacker Dion Buchanan. He signed a one year deal

1860
01:32:17,200 --> 01:32:20,200
Speaker 1: in March with Tampa after five years in Arizona. Former

1861
01:32:20,280 --> 01:32:23,040
Speaker 1: first round picked by the Cardinals. Hockey Tonight, the Buffalo

1862
01:32:23,120 --> 01:32:25,720
Speaker 1: Savers opened up a three game homestand home to play

1863
01:32:25,800 --> 01:32:29,519
Speaker 1: the Montreal Canadian seven o'clock tonight. Evan Rodriguez scheduled the

1864
01:32:29,560 --> 01:32:31,759
Speaker 1: play in his first game of the season tonight. Savers

1865
01:32:31,800 --> 01:32:34,479
Speaker 1: forward Connor Sheery day to day with an upper body injury.

1866
01:32:34,720 --> 01:32:37,599
Speaker 1: He will not suit up tonight. Savers Montreal seven o'clock

1867
01:32:37,640 --> 01:32:41,120
Speaker 1: tonight at key Bank Center. And there's baseball playoff action

1868
01:32:41,200 --> 01:32:43,479
Speaker 1: a couple of games tonight five o'clock. Today it is

1869
01:32:43,560 --> 01:32:46,839
Speaker 1: National League Division Series Game five the Saint Louis Cardinals

1870
01:32:46,880 --> 01:32:50,200
Speaker 1: and the Atlanta Braves. That game starts at five o two.

1871
01:32:50,360 --> 01:32:53,120
Speaker 1: The series tied at one winnipiece. Jack Flaherty on the

1872
01:32:53,160 --> 01:32:55,479
Speaker 1: mound for the Cardinals that as Mike pulled Tenowitz on

1873
01:32:55,520 --> 01:32:58,080
Speaker 1: the mound for Atlanta, and then later tonight eight thirty

1874
01:32:58,200 --> 01:33:01,240
Speaker 1: or so It's Washington with Stevensburg on the mound of

1875
01:33:01,320 --> 01:33:03,960
Speaker 1: Dodger Stadium against La Walker. Bueller gets to start for

1876
01:33:04,000 --> 01:33:07,400
Speaker 1: the Dodgers. That series also tied two wins apiece. There

1877
01:33:07,439 --> 01:33:09,120
Speaker 1: you go to the update from One Bill's Live, John

1878
01:33:09,160 --> 01:33:12,200
Speaker 1: Murphy's team Tasker and our guests normally our Friday guest

1879
01:33:12,240 --> 01:33:15,760
Speaker 1: sees with us now. Great Coseell, executive producer, analysts of

1880
01:33:15,880 --> 01:33:20,000
Speaker 1: NFL Matchup on ESPN, NFL Film, Senior producer, co author

1881
01:33:20,000 --> 01:33:22,960
Speaker 1: of the book The Games That Change the Game. Great Cosell,

1882
01:33:23,200 --> 01:33:24,840
Speaker 1: Welcome to the show. Great to have you with us here.

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01:33:24,880 --> 01:33:27,840
Speaker 1: Thanks for shifting to Wednesday this week. Right, Oh Murth,

1884
01:33:27,960 --> 01:33:30,040
Speaker 1: how could I not? We got to talk about those

1885
01:33:30,120 --> 01:33:33,320
Speaker 1: four and one bills? You sincere about that. I don't

1886
01:33:33,320 --> 01:33:35,360
Speaker 1: know if I'm getting the full sincerity from you on that.

1887
01:33:36,640 --> 01:33:41,080
Speaker 1: I'm totally since here. Hey, Steve knows this, he played.

1888
01:33:41,360 --> 01:33:44,280
Speaker 1: You know that five games, they've won four of them.

1889
01:33:44,640 --> 01:33:47,680
Speaker 1: That's a good thing. I'm asking about your sincerity of

1890
01:33:48,160 --> 01:33:51,000
Speaker 1: how much you appreciate what's going on here? What do

1891
01:33:51,040 --> 01:33:53,080
Speaker 1: you think I mean? They don't want to tell you. Yeah,

1892
01:33:53,200 --> 01:33:56,840
Speaker 1: what I really appreciate is the defense of Sean McDermott

1893
01:33:56,840 --> 01:34:00,519
Speaker 1: and Leslie Frazier. That is a fun defense to watch,

1894
01:34:01,000 --> 01:34:04,439
Speaker 1: and just the fundamental execution, the little tweaks here and there.

1895
01:34:04,880 --> 01:34:07,600
Speaker 1: It's it's a really fun defense to watch. One of

1896
01:34:07,640 --> 01:34:09,600
Speaker 1: the things I've been describing, and I said, you know,

1897
01:34:09,680 --> 01:34:12,280
Speaker 1: it's hard not to say the Bills are a good

1898
01:34:12,320 --> 01:34:13,920
Speaker 1: football team. And I don't know if I'm really say

1899
01:34:13,920 --> 01:34:16,040
Speaker 1: they're good or great team. But here's the thing that

1900
01:34:16,120 --> 01:34:18,360
Speaker 1: I the way I characteristm greg and see what you think.

1901
01:34:18,680 --> 01:34:21,920
Speaker 1: I think they're a team good or bad. They're hard

1902
01:34:22,000 --> 01:34:24,880
Speaker 1: to beat because of their defense, and I think that's

1903
01:34:24,920 --> 01:34:26,800
Speaker 1: how I characterize it. It's hard to say they're really

1904
01:34:26,840 --> 01:34:29,320
Speaker 1: good because they have trouble scorn points, but they are

1905
01:34:29,600 --> 01:34:33,240
Speaker 1: very difficult to beat. That's a great point. And I

1906
01:34:33,400 --> 01:34:36,280
Speaker 1: think that you know, I've talked to NFL coaches offensive

1907
01:34:36,320 --> 01:34:39,160
Speaker 1: coaches who always tell me that going up against a

1908
01:34:39,200 --> 01:34:43,720
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott defense is a very tough assignment. And you know,

1909
01:34:43,840 --> 01:34:46,479
Speaker 1: you have Sean, you have Leslie Frazier, you have a

1910
01:34:46,560 --> 01:34:50,000
Speaker 1: lot of experience in that defensive room coaching staff, and

1911
01:34:50,160 --> 01:34:52,519
Speaker 1: this is a tough defense to play against. You know,

1912
01:34:52,600 --> 01:34:55,639
Speaker 1: it's a defense as you know guys that doesn't look

1913
01:34:55,720 --> 01:34:59,360
Speaker 1: exciting because it's not high percentage blitz. They don't bring

1914
01:34:59,479 --> 01:35:02,200
Speaker 1: people for all over the field. You know, they blitz

1915
01:35:02,360 --> 01:35:05,400
Speaker 1: here and there when it's they selectively blitz, and they

1916
01:35:05,400 --> 01:35:07,840
Speaker 1: can be very effective when they do that. But it's

1917
01:35:07,880 --> 01:35:12,000
Speaker 1: really a defense that lines up, plays plays really efficiently,

1918
01:35:12,360 --> 01:35:16,400
Speaker 1: doesn't make mistakes, is not out of position. You know.

1919
01:35:16,479 --> 01:35:19,559
Speaker 1: I love their safety's player and hide guys that probably

1920
01:35:19,640 --> 01:35:23,520
Speaker 1: don't get a lot of national recognition, but I guarantee

1921
01:35:23,560 --> 01:35:26,000
Speaker 1: that the offense is that game plan against the Bills

1922
01:35:26,280 --> 01:35:29,639
Speaker 1: know what they're doing. I love the little personnel wrinkles,

1923
01:35:30,000 --> 01:35:34,600
Speaker 1: playing Marlowe against twelve personnel, playing Neil against eleven personnel

1924
01:35:35,120 --> 01:35:38,120
Speaker 1: on first and second down, and then obviously Kevin Johnson

1925
01:35:38,200 --> 01:35:41,080
Speaker 1: comes in when it's your conventional nickel, you know. So

1926
01:35:41,280 --> 01:35:44,680
Speaker 1: little things like that can cause some issues for offenses.

1927
01:35:45,000 --> 01:35:46,560
Speaker 1: Great we were talking about, in fact, we did a

1928
01:35:46,600 --> 01:35:48,840
Speaker 1: Twitter poll yesterday or the day before on our show

1929
01:35:48,880 --> 01:35:53,000
Speaker 1: about this Buffalo defense is really devoid of any star power, right,

1930
01:35:53,080 --> 01:35:55,439
Speaker 1: and we ask people to name who's the best player

1931
01:35:55,520 --> 01:35:57,679
Speaker 1: on the Buffalo defense, and we had six or seven

1932
01:35:57,800 --> 01:36:02,240
Speaker 1: legitimate candidates for that that would be nationally Murph and again,

1933
01:36:02,360 --> 01:36:04,240
Speaker 1: you know, you grew up and you've been in Buffalo

1934
01:36:04,560 --> 01:36:06,960
Speaker 1: for a long long time. You know that that's a

1935
01:36:07,200 --> 01:36:10,040
Speaker 1: that's a national thing. You know, watching tape is a

1936
01:36:10,120 --> 01:36:12,920
Speaker 1: whole different animal. You know, Tremaine Edmonds has made a

1937
01:36:13,040 --> 01:36:16,120
Speaker 1: major jump from last year to this year. Matt Milano

1938
01:36:16,320 --> 01:36:19,840
Speaker 1: is a really really good player. Tredavious White is a

1939
01:36:19,960 --> 01:36:24,320
Speaker 1: top five corner in the league. So, you know, what

1940
01:36:24,520 --> 01:36:28,559
Speaker 1: they don't have is that Marquis pass rusher. Jerry Use

1941
01:36:28,600 --> 01:36:30,360
Speaker 1: has been a good player for a number of years,

1942
01:36:30,680 --> 01:36:33,200
Speaker 1: but you know people don't say Von Miller Jerry Use.

1943
01:36:33,560 --> 01:36:36,080
Speaker 1: So uh, you know, I think that they don't have

1944
01:36:36,240 --> 01:36:38,519
Speaker 1: the Marquis d lineman that you think of as the

1945
01:36:38,600 --> 01:36:41,759
Speaker 1: great rusher. But they've got a lot of good football players,

1946
01:36:41,840 --> 01:36:44,280
Speaker 1: and like I said, I think those two safeties are

1947
01:36:44,360 --> 01:36:46,679
Speaker 1: really really good. Well, who do you think the MVP

1948
01:36:46,800 --> 01:36:52,880
Speaker 1: of their defense is? Oh? Boy, that's a hard question,

1949
01:36:54,040 --> 01:36:58,000
Speaker 1: Leslie Frazier. Yeah it could be. Yeah. I mean, look,

1950
01:36:58,720 --> 01:37:01,360
Speaker 1: I mentioned this to you guys year before he got hurt.

1951
01:37:01,640 --> 01:37:04,720
Speaker 1: But I think Matt Milano is a really important piece

1952
01:37:04,760 --> 01:37:06,760
Speaker 1: of his defense. Now. I know he missed some time

1953
01:37:06,800 --> 01:37:08,559
Speaker 1: in this game as well, and they ended up playing

1954
01:37:09,080 --> 01:37:12,920
Speaker 1: Maurice Alexander, who's actually a former safety, and then they

1955
01:37:13,000 --> 01:37:19,600
Speaker 1: played Alexander Lamar Alexander in that role. But you know,

1956
01:37:19,680 --> 01:37:23,000
Speaker 1: I think that Milano to me is a really really

1957
01:37:23,080 --> 01:37:24,880
Speaker 1: good player, and you know, he's not a guy that

1958
01:37:24,920 --> 01:37:28,640
Speaker 1: gets talked about nationally obviously. With Greg Cosal, he is

1959
01:37:28,800 --> 01:37:33,080
Speaker 1: executive producer analysts of NFL Matchup on ESPN, longtime senior

1960
01:37:33,120 --> 01:37:35,560
Speaker 1: producer in NFL films. All right, let's talk about the

1961
01:37:35,600 --> 01:37:38,400
Speaker 1: Buffalo offense. Let's talk about Josh Allen, Greg and your

1962
01:37:38,479 --> 01:37:41,560
Speaker 1: review of his game against Tennessee. Josh mentioned after the

1963
01:37:41,600 --> 01:37:43,600
Speaker 1: game he thought it was his most complete game of

1964
01:37:43,680 --> 01:37:45,880
Speaker 1: the year. Did you see elements of that? What did

1965
01:37:45,920 --> 01:37:48,160
Speaker 1: you think of his performance? Yeah, you know, it's funny

1966
01:37:48,160 --> 01:37:50,120
Speaker 1: you say that because I thought there were a couple

1967
01:37:50,200 --> 01:37:53,479
Speaker 1: of throws in this game that were really the kinds

1968
01:37:53,520 --> 01:37:55,680
Speaker 1: of throws that you look at and say that's a

1969
01:37:55,800 --> 01:37:58,960
Speaker 1: step up. Now, look, he has to get rid of those. Well,

1970
01:37:59,040 --> 01:38:01,240
Speaker 1: let's put it this way. You walk a fine line

1971
01:38:01,280 --> 01:38:04,960
Speaker 1: with quarterbacks who have great second reaction improvisational ability, and

1972
01:38:05,160 --> 01:38:08,480
Speaker 1: ultimately what you hope happens is they learned from their mistakes.

1973
01:38:08,840 --> 01:38:10,840
Speaker 1: So obviously, the interception to buy or do you have

1974
01:38:10,960 --> 01:38:12,720
Speaker 1: to learn from that? You know, he had three the

1975
01:38:12,800 --> 01:38:16,080
Speaker 1: week before against the Patriots. You have to learn from that.

1976
01:38:16,479 --> 01:38:19,599
Speaker 1: But I thought there were some really really good throws

1977
01:38:19,800 --> 01:38:23,519
Speaker 1: in this game, where, by the way, against a defensive

1978
01:38:23,560 --> 01:38:27,000
Speaker 1: coordinator who's really really good. I mean, there was an

1979
01:38:27,040 --> 01:38:29,680
Speaker 1: eleven yard completion to Duke Williams on third and four

1980
01:38:29,760 --> 01:38:32,200
Speaker 1: in the second quarter where I thought that Alan showed

1981
01:38:32,240 --> 01:38:35,760
Speaker 1: tremendous patients in the pocket where he scanned from right

1982
01:38:35,840 --> 01:38:39,160
Speaker 1: to left and stayed very comfortable and poised in the pocket.

1983
01:38:39,479 --> 01:38:41,519
Speaker 1: You know, I thought that was a really good example

1984
01:38:41,800 --> 01:38:44,760
Speaker 1: of a play that showed improvement. You know, there were

1985
01:38:44,760 --> 01:38:46,679
Speaker 1: a couple of other players. I think he hit Brown

1986
01:38:46,960 --> 01:38:50,400
Speaker 1: on an out route a little later in the game

1987
01:38:50,479 --> 01:38:53,880
Speaker 1: where I thought he showed just it was a really

1988
01:38:54,439 --> 01:38:57,160
Speaker 1: he showed pocket movement. As I recall, he stepped away

1989
01:38:57,200 --> 01:39:00,800
Speaker 1: from the rush, stayed poised and composed, stayed balanced with

1990
01:39:00,920 --> 01:39:03,280
Speaker 1: a firm base, and made a really good throw. So

1991
01:39:03,400 --> 01:39:05,800
Speaker 1: there were a couple of plays snaps in this game

1992
01:39:05,840 --> 01:39:09,519
Speaker 1: where I thought the improvement was. Let's put it this way,

1993
01:39:09,560 --> 01:39:11,800
Speaker 1: where I hope he's trending in the right direction with

1994
01:39:11,960 --> 01:39:15,280
Speaker 1: more consistency. Yeah, we've seen him have games a little

1995
01:39:15,320 --> 01:39:19,080
Speaker 1: bit like this one before, but then he'll come back

1996
01:39:19,120 --> 01:39:21,800
Speaker 1: and have a game like he did against the New

1997
01:39:21,840 --> 01:39:24,519
Speaker 1: England Patriots where he'll throw three interceptions and they look silly.

1998
01:39:24,720 --> 01:39:27,439
Speaker 1: The one interception had in this game was much different

1999
01:39:27,439 --> 01:39:30,400
Speaker 1: than the ones he threw against the New England and

2000
01:39:30,520 --> 01:39:32,719
Speaker 1: that he tried to throw it hard down the middle,

2001
01:39:32,760 --> 01:39:34,439
Speaker 1: tried to gun it in and it was just too

2002
01:39:34,560 --> 01:39:37,479
Speaker 1: late in the route. Much different feel so that interception

2003
01:39:37,560 --> 01:39:38,880
Speaker 1: than there was the ones he threw it up for

2004
01:39:38,920 --> 01:39:41,320
Speaker 1: grabs in New England. Yeah, I thought the ones in

2005
01:39:41,360 --> 01:39:43,280
Speaker 1: New England. Steve, You're right, the ones in New England

2006
01:39:43,320 --> 01:39:44,840
Speaker 1: had a little bit of a panic feel. And I

2007
01:39:44,920 --> 01:39:46,759
Speaker 1: hate to use that word, but I'm just being honest

2008
01:39:46,800 --> 01:39:49,479
Speaker 1: based on I saw them live and then I watched

2009
01:39:49,520 --> 01:39:51,240
Speaker 1: the tape and they had a little bit of a

2010
01:39:51,320 --> 01:39:54,280
Speaker 1: panic feel to them. This particular one, he was moving

2011
01:39:54,360 --> 01:39:57,479
Speaker 1: to his left and the player who intercepted the ball, Bayard,

2012
01:39:57,600 --> 01:39:59,800
Speaker 1: came from the other side of the field and he

2013
01:40:00,120 --> 01:40:02,320
Speaker 1: just didn't see it. He was throwing, if I'm not mistaken,

2014
01:40:02,360 --> 01:40:05,320
Speaker 1: to Beasley, and I think Beasley had the defender on

2015
01:40:05,400 --> 01:40:07,760
Speaker 1: his back, so he thought he could stick it in there,

2016
01:40:08,040 --> 01:40:10,479
Speaker 1: but Bayard came from the other side of the field,

2017
01:40:10,840 --> 01:40:13,559
Speaker 1: and you know, it became you know, he just didn't

2018
01:40:13,560 --> 01:40:16,000
Speaker 1: see him, because you could. I mean, I guess we're

2019
01:40:16,040 --> 01:40:18,080
Speaker 1: looking at it right now, and there's no question he

2020
01:40:18,200 --> 01:40:21,519
Speaker 1: did not see Kevin Bayard at all. So, yeah, that

2021
01:40:21,600 --> 01:40:23,840
Speaker 1: one had a little different feel. It's still the kind

2022
01:40:23,880 --> 01:40:25,840
Speaker 1: of thing you have to learn from because you know,

2023
01:40:25,920 --> 01:40:28,680
Speaker 1: the old cardinal sin of quarterbacking as you can't throw

2024
01:40:28,760 --> 01:40:31,760
Speaker 1: the ball light over the middle. But ideally he learns this.

2025
01:40:32,280 --> 01:40:35,720
Speaker 1: But guys like that, to me, I'd be fascinated of

2026
01:40:35,880 --> 01:40:40,120
Speaker 1: how coaches go about coaching quarterbacks that do have great

2027
01:40:40,160 --> 01:40:45,000
Speaker 1: ability to make plays outside of structure improvisationally, because you

2028
01:40:45,040 --> 01:40:47,800
Speaker 1: don't want them to make mistakes, obviously, but you don't

2029
01:40:47,840 --> 01:40:50,000
Speaker 1: want to rein them into the point where they never

2030
01:40:50,160 --> 01:40:52,880
Speaker 1: do that. So I imagine you walk a really fine

2031
01:40:52,960 --> 01:40:55,479
Speaker 1: line and trying to deal with that. Hey, great, the

2032
01:40:55,600 --> 01:40:58,639
Speaker 1: Bills obviously like what they saw from Duke Williams on Sunday.

2033
01:40:58,680 --> 01:41:02,280
Speaker 1: They felt good enough to trade away he say Jones yesterday, Well,

2034
01:41:02,360 --> 01:41:04,760
Speaker 1: what do we expect from Duke Williams. What do you

2035
01:41:04,840 --> 01:41:08,439
Speaker 1: recall about maybe a pre NFL evaluation of his Auburn

2036
01:41:08,560 --> 01:41:10,960
Speaker 1: career and what the Bills might be able to get

2037
01:41:11,000 --> 01:41:14,360
Speaker 1: from Duke Williams the rest of the season. Well, I remember,

2038
01:41:14,520 --> 01:41:16,439
Speaker 1: if we talked about him quite a bit in the

2039
01:41:16,520 --> 01:41:18,840
Speaker 1: preseason because he got a lot of snaps and I

2040
01:41:18,960 --> 01:41:21,599
Speaker 1: even thought he'd make the roster, you know, coming out,

2041
01:41:21,680 --> 01:41:23,559
Speaker 1: and he didn't. He obviously was on the practice squad,

2042
01:41:23,920 --> 01:41:26,240
Speaker 1: but he's a big receiver. We talked about his red

2043
01:41:26,320 --> 01:41:29,439
Speaker 1: zone ability in the preseason. Obviously, the touchdown was a

2044
01:41:29,560 --> 01:41:33,760
Speaker 1: schemed play, so it wasn't a case where he you know,

2045
01:41:34,040 --> 01:41:36,040
Speaker 1: it was a contested catch or anything like that. But

2046
01:41:36,160 --> 01:41:40,000
Speaker 1: I think he provides third down ability. I mean, you're

2047
01:41:40,040 --> 01:41:42,920
Speaker 1: seeing a throw here where he's essentially covered and Allan

2048
01:41:43,000 --> 01:41:44,519
Speaker 1: made a good throw and he's stuck it on him

2049
01:41:44,520 --> 01:41:48,439
Speaker 1: and he's got a big body. And then again, you know,

2050
01:41:48,479 --> 01:41:50,280
Speaker 1: when you do get into the red zone, that's where

2051
01:41:50,360 --> 01:41:54,840
Speaker 1: receiver like like Williams becomes really a factor. I'm looking

2052
01:41:54,920 --> 01:41:57,360
Speaker 1: forward to seeing him with another week of practice, a

2053
01:41:57,479 --> 01:42:00,560
Speaker 1: week off, and you get to the next part of

2054
01:42:00,600 --> 01:42:03,519
Speaker 1: the season, and I think he can become a meaningful

2055
01:42:03,560 --> 01:42:05,760
Speaker 1: part of this receiver equation. Well, yeah, I was going

2056
01:42:05,840 --> 01:42:07,720
Speaker 1: to ask you about not only do we not know

2057
01:42:07,840 --> 01:42:09,400
Speaker 1: exactly what they're going to ask him to do, but

2058
01:42:09,520 --> 01:42:11,679
Speaker 1: I think the fact that he was in the game

2059
01:42:11,880 --> 01:42:15,000
Speaker 1: and Zay Jones was relegated out of the game that

2060
01:42:15,120 --> 01:42:18,360
Speaker 1: the evolution that happened in season You mentioned the evolution

2061
01:42:18,439 --> 01:42:21,120
Speaker 1: that happened after Taran Johnson went down at the nickel

2062
01:42:21,200 --> 01:42:23,240
Speaker 1: spot and how they're changing it with three different guys

2063
01:42:23,240 --> 01:42:26,799
Speaker 1: in different personnel versus different personnel groupings. I would expect

2064
01:42:27,280 --> 01:42:30,439
Speaker 1: Duke Williams and the wide receiver corps and all the

2065
01:42:30,479 --> 01:42:34,920
Speaker 1: guys available, we'll probably start rotating like that for these

2066
01:42:35,240 --> 01:42:37,679
Speaker 1: games in on the future, right. I mean, this shows

2067
01:42:37,720 --> 01:42:39,120
Speaker 1: that they're going to try and tinker with it to

2068
01:42:39,160 --> 01:42:42,080
Speaker 1: get better well. And I also think that someone like

2069
01:42:42,680 --> 01:42:45,120
Speaker 1: Duke Williams can be a factor in the RPO game

2070
01:42:45,439 --> 01:42:47,920
Speaker 1: because he's got the big body. You can run slants

2071
01:42:47,960 --> 01:42:49,840
Speaker 1: with him. I mean they started their second position with

2072
01:42:49,920 --> 01:42:52,639
Speaker 1: an RPO that was brown, but he also hit Williams

2073
01:42:52,680 --> 01:42:54,680
Speaker 1: on an RPO. I think we just saw it. It

2074
01:42:54,840 --> 01:42:58,040
Speaker 1: was seven yards in the second quarter. I think with

2075
01:42:58,200 --> 01:43:00,800
Speaker 1: that kind of big body, you work him from the

2076
01:43:00,840 --> 01:43:04,040
Speaker 1: slot on those slants in the RPO game. You know,

2077
01:43:04,120 --> 01:43:07,120
Speaker 1: so there's a place for Duke Williams as a receiver,

2078
01:43:07,200 --> 01:43:09,160
Speaker 1: and I think depending on how the next you know,

2079
01:43:09,560 --> 01:43:12,760
Speaker 1: when they start practicing again, how all that goes. I

2080
01:43:12,880 --> 01:43:16,160
Speaker 1: think his snaps could increase. Greg John Brown is off

2081
01:43:16,200 --> 01:43:19,040
Speaker 1: to the best start of his career so far. He's

2082
01:43:19,080 --> 01:43:21,320
Speaker 1: got twenty catches in five games. And we just talked

2083
01:43:21,320 --> 01:43:23,920
Speaker 1: about Duke and we know who Cole Beasley is. Do

2084
01:43:24,040 --> 01:43:25,880
Speaker 1: the Bills have enough at wide receiver? Are they going

2085
01:43:25,960 --> 01:43:28,719
Speaker 1: to get enough separation maybe to have a more effective

2086
01:43:28,760 --> 01:43:32,439
Speaker 1: passing game than what they've demonstrated through the first five weeks. Well,

2087
01:43:32,520 --> 01:43:36,160
Speaker 1: what they have is dimensions. So now you hope that

2088
01:43:36,280 --> 01:43:39,200
Speaker 1: that can play out over time as the season progresses,

2089
01:43:39,479 --> 01:43:41,680
Speaker 1: because Brown is obviously a guy that can be a

2090
01:43:41,800 --> 01:43:46,160
Speaker 1: vertical guy. He's got that kind of speed. Duke Williams,

2091
01:43:46,200 --> 01:43:48,720
Speaker 1: if he continues to play more snaps, you know, I

2092
01:43:48,800 --> 01:43:52,120
Speaker 1: think he'd be more of the short intermediate receiver. I'm

2093
01:43:52,160 --> 01:43:55,640
Speaker 1: still curious about where Foster fits into this equation. We

2094
01:43:55,760 --> 01:43:58,720
Speaker 1: know what Cole Beasley is, so they actually, Murph have

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Speaker 1: the dimensions that you want within their passing game. The question,

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Speaker 1: and you started with this is Josh Allen can he

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Speaker 1: become a more consistent week to week player so that

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Speaker 1: he could take advantage of these weapons and there's some

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Speaker 1: sense of stability and continuity to their passing game. That's

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Speaker 1: what you're looking for. Look every week, the targets can

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Speaker 1: be a little different, but good passing teams, you know,

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Speaker 1: and Steve can attest to this, you know that the

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Speaker 1: receivers are going to get meaningful targets. You know, you

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Speaker 1: don't want to be in a situation where one week

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Speaker 1: John Brown has two targets and then the next week

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Speaker 1: he has twelve targets. You know, that's not a consistent,

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Speaker 1: stable passing game. So you're working toward something that's more

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Speaker 1: consistent and that will be a function I think more

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Speaker 1: of Josh Allen and his growth well, so much of

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Speaker 1: the growth that Bills fans are looking for for this

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Speaker 1: team centers around the offensive side of the ball. They're

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Speaker 1: going to get Devin Singletary back at some point. Frank

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Speaker 1: Gore has been the most pleasant surprise I think of

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Speaker 1: the season offensively for the Bills offense. But when they

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Speaker 1: get Devin Singletary back, what do you think would be

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01:45:01,280 --> 01:45:04,080
Speaker 1: an effective way to integrate him back in? He showed

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Speaker 1: some things early in the season. But yeah, what do

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Speaker 1: you think this offense needs from Devin Singletary in relation

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Speaker 1: to Frank Gore t J Yell that announced Norris Perry

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Speaker 1: on the roster. Well, I think Singletary provides a little

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Speaker 1: more juice, a little more explosiveness. Look, we know what

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Speaker 1: Frank Gore is. Frank Gore can give you the tough yards.

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01:45:20,760 --> 01:45:22,519
Speaker 1: Look what he did on at the end of that game.

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Speaker 1: They didn't run the ball real well against a really

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01:45:24,800 --> 01:45:27,840
Speaker 1: good Titans defense, and then the yardage numbers increased at

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Speaker 1: the end of the game when they essentially were looking

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Speaker 1: to run out the clock and they did. But what

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Speaker 1: Singletary gives you is Singletary gives you some more juice,

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Speaker 1: explosive plays. He did that before he got hurt, and

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Speaker 1: I think that's what you're looking for. He can outflank

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Speaker 1: the defense, he can get on the edge. I think

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Speaker 1: ideally you'd like to get him more involved in the

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01:45:45,400 --> 01:45:49,720
Speaker 1: screen game as well, easier throws for Alan throws that

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Speaker 1: can then produce yards. I mean, I looked at the

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Speaker 1: Vikings this week and I saw three screens to Dalvin Cook,

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Speaker 1: all of them where I believe explosive plays because you

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Speaker 1: can get a dynamic player out in space. I think

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Speaker 1: you'd like to try to do that with Devin Singletary.

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Speaker 1: We're on the line with Great Cosell, Executive producer, analysts

2140
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Speaker 1: NFL matchup on ESPN. A lot of good games this week,

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Speaker 1: and it starts. It's an interesting game. I think tomorrow night,

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Speaker 1: the Patriots and the Giants. I guess I just wonder

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Speaker 1: if the Giants have enough offensive firepower to go up

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Speaker 1: against a great New England defense. What do you see

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01:46:21,920 --> 01:46:23,800
Speaker 1: there more night, Greig. It'll be tough, and I think

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Speaker 1: Evan Ingram might be out so and I can't imagine

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01:46:26,800 --> 01:46:29,960
Speaker 1: Barkley playing this week, either, So you know, I just

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Speaker 1: don't know if they do. And the Patriots play a

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01:46:32,520 --> 01:46:35,160
Speaker 1: ton of man coverage. They're really good at it. You know.

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Speaker 1: We've talked about the Patriots and how they're multiple with

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01:46:37,520 --> 01:46:40,160
Speaker 1: their fronts, and they're they're tough with their man coverage.

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01:46:40,160 --> 01:46:42,840
Speaker 1: And I think Daniel Jones, the Giants quarterback, has actually

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01:46:42,880 --> 01:46:45,080
Speaker 1: played really well. I thought he played really well even

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01:46:45,120 --> 01:46:46,840
Speaker 1: in the loss to the Vikings. You see a lot

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01:46:46,880 --> 01:46:50,280
Speaker 1: of really positive traits. They just don't have a lot

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01:46:50,360 --> 01:46:52,640
Speaker 1: of weapons right now and strolling Shephard will be out

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01:46:52,680 --> 01:46:54,960
Speaker 1: as well. I believe he got another concussion and they'll

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Speaker 1: be concerns for him because he's had too many already.

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Speaker 1: So the Giants just don't have enough weapon to match

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Speaker 1: up to the really good man to man coverage to

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Speaker 1: the Patriots. And giving a comparison here, we know the

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Speaker 1: Patriots are the best defense in the league. The Bills

2163
01:47:08,560 --> 01:47:10,560
Speaker 1: are right up there. What are the differences? I know

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01:47:10,600 --> 01:47:13,080
Speaker 1: there are considerable differences, But how much better I guess,

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Speaker 1: are the Patriots defense than the Buffalo Bills defense? What

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Speaker 1: do you think? Well, I think they're stylistically different, different

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01:47:18,960 --> 01:47:21,000
Speaker 1: or if that's the thing, I think you're dealing with

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Speaker 1: a Bills defense that is not I wouldn't describe their

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Speaker 1: fronts as overly multiple relative to the Patriots, And I

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Speaker 1: think that the Bills play much more zone coverage concepts

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Speaker 1: than the Patriots. The Bills certainly play man to man

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01:47:35,600 --> 01:47:38,320
Speaker 1: every team does, but I think they play more zone

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Speaker 1: concepts than the Patriots. The Bills are predominantly almost one

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Speaker 1: hundred percent, if I'm not mistaken, nickel sub defense, whereas

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Speaker 1: the Patriots will play nickel dime and at times seven

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Speaker 1: defensive backs. So you know, there are meaningful differences between

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Speaker 1: the two defenses, even though they're both very very good.

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Speaker 1: What do you I'm gonna move around the league a

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Speaker 1: little bit here. I'm gonna go down and talk about

2180
01:48:06,439 --> 01:48:09,360
Speaker 1: the the flavor of the month Gardner, Minshew. Do you

2181
01:48:09,479 --> 01:48:13,280
Speaker 1: think they can do? You think they stay with him

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Speaker 1: when Nick Foles comes back? Do you think this is

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Speaker 1: sustainable with Gardner? Minshew? Is Nick Foles better? I mean,

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Speaker 1: what's your what's your thought about the quarterback in Jacksonville

2185
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Speaker 1: and what they're gonna do when when Foles gets healthy.

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Speaker 1: That's a great question. Um. I think in some ways

2187
01:48:27,439 --> 01:48:31,839
Speaker 1: they're similar, you know, I think that uh there, you know, Minshew,

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Speaker 1: what he's really shown is a lot of refinement in

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01:48:35,280 --> 01:48:38,519
Speaker 1: his ability to eliminate what's not there and isolate what

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Speaker 1: is there within the structure of the play call. He's

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Speaker 1: shown some good pocket movement, He's been extremely accurate. Um,

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Speaker 1: he's an executor of an offense and he's been executing

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Speaker 1: very very well. Obviously, they want to run the ball.

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Speaker 1: They ran a ton of plays this week and Fournette

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01:48:56,640 --> 01:48:58,800
Speaker 1: had over twenty carries. I think they'd like that to

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Speaker 1: be the case every week. I think he's doing what

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Speaker 1: they theoretically anticipated nick Foles doing. I don't think anyone's

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Speaker 1: under the illusion that Nick Foles is a top five

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Speaker 1: quarterback in the league. He's another executor of an offense.

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Speaker 1: So I guess it depends on wins and losses. Steve,

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Speaker 1: you know, obviously they're paying Foles a lot of money.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what the contract looks like, Minshew, They're

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Speaker 1: not paying a lot of money. If they start, if

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Speaker 1: they win games and he remains consistent and productive, they'll

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Speaker 1: have a decision to make. And Greg, I want to

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Speaker 1: take you back to Sunday night football. You can imagine

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01:49:31,520 --> 01:49:35,519
Speaker 1: we're big Frank Reich fans here. We we love Frank

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01:49:35,560 --> 01:49:37,720
Speaker 1: Wich and root for him. And I thought that was

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Speaker 1: a great coaching job he did Sunday night, going to

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Speaker 1: Kansas City, taking advantage of what the Colts do best,

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Speaker 1: basically their offensive line, and cranking out the yardage on

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Speaker 1: the ground. What a great game plan and what a

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Speaker 1: great execution it was by Indianapolis. Sunday. Well, let me

2214
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Speaker 1: say this, I think that their defense, you know, was

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Speaker 1: probably to me, from a tactical perspective, more interesting. And

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you why, because Matt Eberfloss, who's the defensive

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Speaker 1: coordinator under Frank so Now, has been there for a season.

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Speaker 1: In five games, they have been a zone heavy defense.

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01:50:09,960 --> 01:50:13,559
Speaker 1: They probably play eighty percent zone, while in this game

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Speaker 1: they turned that around totally, which is leading people to

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Speaker 1: write that there's a blueprint to play the Chiefs, which

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Speaker 1: I don't believe for a second. But they played a

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Speaker 1: ton of man coverage. Now over the last two weeks.

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Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes has played in many ways like he did

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01:50:30,120 --> 01:50:32,479
Speaker 1: at Texas Tech. And this is what the film shows. Guys.

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Speaker 1: He's a little loose, he's a little undisciplined. He's missing

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Speaker 1: some throws. Look, there was some throws in this game

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Speaker 1: that he missed, and if he made them, they would

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Speaker 1: have lost. They would have won the game, and the

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Speaker 1: Colts would have lost, and we might be having a

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01:50:43,080 --> 01:50:46,519
Speaker 1: different conversation. Plus their old line had some issues in

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Speaker 1: this game. So I'm very anxious to see the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: going forward. But I thought the Colts game, Yes, the

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Speaker 1: offensive game plan was the correct one, but I thought

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Speaker 1: their defense really set the tone because they only nineteen points.

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Speaker 1: You know, normally we associate the Chiefs scoring far more

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Speaker 1: than nineteen points. Well, that's my question. Did they score

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Speaker 1: fewer points because they were caught off guard by the

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Speaker 1: amount of man and they were seeing a different defense

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Speaker 1: from the Colts and they had seen on film. Or

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Speaker 1: was it just that the Colts played extremely well? I

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01:51:18,600 --> 01:51:21,479
Speaker 1: would hope Steve. You know when you as a former player,

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01:51:21,600 --> 01:51:23,599
Speaker 1: that just when you go into a game, even if

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01:51:23,640 --> 01:51:26,479
Speaker 1: you anticipate in man a zone, that if you start

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01:51:26,560 --> 01:51:28,960
Speaker 1: seeing man, you're not at a loss. You're not oh

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01:51:29,000 --> 01:51:31,519
Speaker 1: my god, how can we play? They're playing man coverage.

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01:51:32,400 --> 01:51:36,759
Speaker 1: Keep a couple of things in mind. Mahomes overthrew Robinson

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01:51:37,120 --> 01:51:39,360
Speaker 1: wide open on a play that would have been a touchdown.

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01:51:40,200 --> 01:51:43,800
Speaker 1: Hardman beat rock your Sin on a deep sail route

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Speaker 1: wide open. The left guard, I believe blue is blocked.

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Speaker 1: So Mahomes was under pressure. So there's always those isolated

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01:51:50,920 --> 01:51:53,759
Speaker 1: plays in games. You know that if those plays happen,

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01:51:54,040 --> 01:51:57,080
Speaker 1: which is why I'm not in the bluepin blueprint business,

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01:51:57,200 --> 01:51:59,160
Speaker 1: because I don't think that you can just line up

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Speaker 1: and play man against the Chiefs and say, okay, no problem,

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01:52:01,840 --> 01:52:05,400
Speaker 1: we can now we defeat the Chiefs. Mahomes wasn't sharp.

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01:52:05,479 --> 01:52:08,439
Speaker 1: Old line struggled and they missed some things that were there,

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01:52:09,280 --> 01:52:11,760
Speaker 1: so I would sure hope that Andy Reid's not on

2259
01:52:11,800 --> 01:52:14,080
Speaker 1: the sideline going, oh my god, they're playing more man.

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01:52:14,120 --> 01:52:17,280
Speaker 1: I don't know what to do right exactly. And I

2261
01:52:17,360 --> 01:52:20,559
Speaker 1: got one question for you as well. Are the San

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01:52:20,600 --> 01:52:24,040
Speaker 1: Francisco forty nine ers are unbeaten? Are they really that good?

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01:52:24,920 --> 01:52:27,200
Speaker 1: They look good against Cleveland Bright. You know, I gotta

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01:52:27,240 --> 01:52:30,439
Speaker 1: tell you, I've been on I've talked about their defense

2265
01:52:30,520 --> 01:52:33,000
Speaker 1: since week one, and you know, everybody obviously wants to

2266
01:52:33,000 --> 01:52:34,640
Speaker 1: talk about the running game from the other night. And

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01:52:35,200 --> 01:52:37,040
Speaker 1: Kyle Shannahan to me, is as good as there is

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01:52:37,080 --> 01:52:40,240
Speaker 1: as an offensive guy. But I think their defense is

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01:52:40,360 --> 01:52:43,960
Speaker 1: really good. Their front seven is and their front six,

2270
01:52:44,120 --> 01:52:47,479
Speaker 1: because most teams play nickel all the time or sub

2271
01:52:47,560 --> 01:52:51,000
Speaker 1: all the time, their front six is really really good.

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01:52:51,400 --> 01:52:53,920
Speaker 1: They're down four, they can rush the quarterback with four.

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01:52:54,280 --> 01:52:59,080
Speaker 1: They're two linebackers, Fred Warner and Kwan Alexander. They are fast,

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Speaker 1: active and explosive. I mean, this is a fascinating defense

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01:53:03,439 --> 01:53:05,600
Speaker 1: to me. And and you know, we know what they

2276
01:53:05,640 --> 01:53:07,800
Speaker 1: can do on offense now. Now Kyle Hues checks out

2277
01:53:07,840 --> 01:53:09,720
Speaker 1: four to six weeks and this was a team that

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01:53:09,840 --> 01:53:12,679
Speaker 1: lined up with a fullback on the field approximately fifty

2279
01:53:12,720 --> 01:53:16,000
Speaker 1: five percent of their snaps, so their offense will look different.

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Speaker 1: Last thing I have for you, Greg, the Jets get

2281
01:53:18,920 --> 01:53:22,120
Speaker 1: their quarterback returning Sam Donald. It is hee enough to

2282
01:53:22,160 --> 01:53:26,360
Speaker 1: make a difference and maybe turn their fortunes around. Oh boy,

2283
01:53:27,160 --> 01:53:29,360
Speaker 1: I like Sam Donald a lot. I know you guys

2284
01:53:29,439 --> 01:53:30,960
Speaker 1: beat him week one. I think he's going to be

2285
01:53:31,000 --> 01:53:32,800
Speaker 1: a good player. I hope this is not a lost

2286
01:53:32,920 --> 01:53:37,560
Speaker 1: year for him. Their old line has been poor, they

2287
01:53:37,600 --> 01:53:40,960
Speaker 1: had to start a rookie at the right tackle. They

2288
01:53:41,040 --> 01:53:43,200
Speaker 1: don't really have much in the way of weapons, so

2289
01:53:43,439 --> 01:53:46,160
Speaker 1: it's been a really difficult go So I hope Donald

2290
01:53:46,240 --> 01:53:50,200
Speaker 1: just doesn't get caught in that avalanche of offensive problems.

2291
01:53:50,320 --> 01:53:53,840
Speaker 1: But you know, I think that. I think when all's

2292
01:53:53,840 --> 01:53:55,920
Speaker 1: said and done, Sam Donald's going to be a good

2293
01:53:56,040 --> 01:53:59,200
Speaker 1: NFL quarterback. I just hope this is not a lost year.

2294
01:53:59,280 --> 01:54:01,680
Speaker 1: I've gotten to meet and talk to Sam Darnald and

2295
01:54:02,120 --> 01:54:04,400
Speaker 1: he and actually he and Josh are represented by the

2296
01:54:04,439 --> 01:54:08,200
Speaker 1: same group, And you know, I like Sam Darnold and

2297
01:54:08,240 --> 01:54:10,960
Speaker 1: I'd like to see him do well. Last question for me,

2298
01:54:11,040 --> 01:54:13,400
Speaker 1: it's about the Cleveland Browns. What are the issues with

2299
01:54:13,520 --> 01:54:18,880
Speaker 1: their offense and Baker Mayfield. Well, you know, it's funny

2300
01:54:18,880 --> 01:54:21,240
Speaker 1: you say that, and Mayfield is seeing ghosts and he's

2301
01:54:21,280 --> 01:54:24,120
Speaker 1: perceiving pressure and he's moving far too much. But I

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Speaker 1: think that there's another offense that doesn't have much stability

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01:54:27,479 --> 01:54:29,920
Speaker 1: right now. What are they Steve? You know, they have

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01:54:30,040 --> 01:54:32,640
Speaker 1: a really good back in Nick Chubb. To me, I

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01:54:32,760 --> 01:54:35,120
Speaker 1: feel like their offense should start with Nick Chubb. And

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01:54:35,240 --> 01:54:37,400
Speaker 1: I know it's easy when you have Beckham and Landry

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01:54:37,640 --> 01:54:40,640
Speaker 1: and really good receivers and Mayfield, who at his best

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01:54:40,760 --> 01:54:44,440
Speaker 1: is a really fascinating player. But I think they have

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01:54:44,560 --> 01:54:46,240
Speaker 1: to sort of go back to the drawing board. You know.

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01:54:46,280 --> 01:54:48,320
Speaker 1: I made the point a week ago when they won

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01:54:48,400 --> 01:54:50,800
Speaker 1: that game against Baltimore that that was not a function

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01:54:50,880 --> 01:54:53,200
Speaker 1: of what they did. It was really poor defense by

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01:54:53,240 --> 01:54:55,760
Speaker 1: the Ravens. And then we saw them this week literally

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01:54:55,840 --> 01:54:58,000
Speaker 1: unable to move the ball against the forty nine ers.

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01:54:58,560 --> 01:55:01,200
Speaker 1: I just think that they're off fence needs to start

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01:55:01,640 --> 01:55:04,320
Speaker 1: with Nick Chubb. They need to come Baker may feel down.

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01:55:04,360 --> 01:55:06,680
Speaker 1: They need to channel him right now. As I said,

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01:55:06,760 --> 01:55:10,560
Speaker 1: he is seeing ghosts, he's moving. When quarterbacks move when

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01:55:10,600 --> 01:55:13,440
Speaker 1: they don't have to, that poses a lot of problems

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01:55:13,520 --> 01:55:15,560
Speaker 1: for the offense as a whole. Hey, Greg, Steve and

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01:55:15,600 --> 01:55:17,520
Speaker 1: I were thinking the NFL, the rest of the NFL

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01:55:17,640 --> 01:55:19,440
Speaker 1: is gonna miss the Buffalo Bills this week when they're

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01:55:19,480 --> 01:55:22,520
Speaker 1: on their by right, I'm gonna miss the Buffalo Bills

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01:55:22,560 --> 01:55:26,080
Speaker 1: this week. I'll tell you that we're glad every week off. Great.

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01:55:26,120 --> 01:55:27,640
Speaker 1: Thanks for this. We'll talk you again next week. We

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01:55:27,760 --> 01:55:30,400
Speaker 1: appreciate it. Thanks Greg. All right, guys appreciate it. Thanks.

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Speaker 1: Greg cosell is executive producer analyst of NFL Matchup Weekends

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01:55:34,320 --> 01:55:37,920
Speaker 1: on ESPN, Senior producer at NFL Films Judge us every Friday.

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01:55:37,960 --> 01:55:40,160
Speaker 1: We're moving up to Wednesday because we're off for a

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01:55:40,200 --> 01:55:42,240
Speaker 1: couple of days. Steve and I coming back with more

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01:55:42,280 --> 01:55:44,240
Speaker 1: though we got more work to do today. Come on back.

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Speaker 1: One Bill's Live presented by Collata Health on Buffalo Bills Radio.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the show. John Murphy s Tasker, a

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01:56:03,800 --> 01:56:05,760
Speaker 1: home stretch chair of One Days Live on on this

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01:56:05,800 --> 01:56:07,600
Speaker 1: Wednesday afternoon, and we're off for a couple of days.

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01:56:08,320 --> 01:56:09,960
Speaker 1: You want to get back into let me see you

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01:56:10,000 --> 01:56:11,400
Speaker 1: want to get back into our topic of the day.

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01:56:11,440 --> 01:56:13,200
Speaker 1: I think it's a good one, Steve. I think it's

2339
01:56:13,240 --> 01:56:16,600
Speaker 1: turned out to be extremely productive. What are you most

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01:56:16,640 --> 01:56:18,440
Speaker 1: looking forward to after the buy. Let's go to Tom

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01:56:18,520 --> 01:56:22,960
Speaker 1: in Fairport, New York. Good afternoon, Tom, Welcome to the show. Yeah,

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01:56:23,480 --> 01:56:28,000
Speaker 1: this is the first time caller great. I just get

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01:56:28,080 --> 01:56:30,839
Speaker 1: tired of people calling off basking about a number one receiver.

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01:56:33,000 --> 01:56:34,680
Speaker 1: I don't know if you've looked at the stats, But

2345
01:56:35,560 --> 01:56:37,880
Speaker 1: what do you think of what number one receiver should

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01:56:37,880 --> 01:56:40,000
Speaker 1: have at the end of the year. I don't know.

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01:56:40,080 --> 01:56:41,840
Speaker 1: I think you've got something to mind. Tell me what

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01:56:41,920 --> 01:56:44,680
Speaker 1: do you think? Well, right now, John Brown is on

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01:56:44,800 --> 01:56:48,600
Speaker 1: a pace for ninety plus catches at twelve or thirteen

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01:56:48,720 --> 01:56:52,320
Speaker 1: hundred yards. So if I started number one receiver, he

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01:56:52,440 --> 01:56:55,360
Speaker 1: saw a one A. Yeah, I liked what you're thinking.

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01:56:56,080 --> 01:57:00,080
Speaker 1: I'm the biggest John Brown fan in the building, and

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01:57:00,200 --> 01:57:02,280
Speaker 1: I was before he was a Buffalo Bill and yes,

2354
01:57:02,360 --> 01:57:05,160
Speaker 1: And we talked about this at training camp. I said, look,

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01:57:05,200 --> 01:57:07,160
Speaker 1: you want to number one receiver, you might have him.

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01:57:07,280 --> 01:57:09,080
Speaker 1: It might be John Brown. And I think that's the

2357
01:57:09,200 --> 01:57:11,480
Speaker 1: way it is played out over the first third of

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01:57:11,520 --> 01:57:14,600
Speaker 1: the season. You know, he he does everything you're looking

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01:57:14,640 --> 01:57:17,560
Speaker 1: for from a top receiver. I believe Steve to the

2360
01:57:17,640 --> 01:57:21,960
Speaker 1: last time a Billheader. You're right right, he is putting

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01:57:22,000 --> 01:57:25,040
Speaker 1: it up really, really productive numbers, no question about it.

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01:57:25,560 --> 01:57:27,640
Speaker 1: Um this last week in Tennessee, I thought he was

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01:57:27,680 --> 01:57:30,760
Speaker 1: invaluable to the offense. They moved the football he had

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01:57:31,640 --> 01:57:34,560
Speaker 1: in some crucial catches. I think a lot of people

2365
01:57:35,120 --> 01:57:37,440
Speaker 1: are getting too wound up by what they saw this

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01:57:37,680 --> 01:57:41,560
Speaker 1: offense do last year with a completely different cast of characters,

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01:57:42,160 --> 01:57:45,440
Speaker 1: with one thing they could do and do okay, which

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01:57:45,560 --> 01:57:47,440
Speaker 1: was the deep ball. And now everybody thinks they need

2369
01:57:47,520 --> 01:57:50,920
Speaker 1: to see the deep ball for this offense to be productive,

2370
01:57:50,960 --> 01:57:54,040
Speaker 1: and that that'll that'll cure everything that's not. I think

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01:57:54,080 --> 01:57:57,320
Speaker 1: the problems with his offense haven't been their play selection

2372
01:57:57,760 --> 01:58:00,240
Speaker 1: or choice of plays, or the game plans anyway, shape

2373
01:58:00,320 --> 01:58:02,600
Speaker 1: or form. I think it's boiled down to the problems

2374
01:58:02,640 --> 01:58:05,240
Speaker 1: have been Josh throwing too many interceptions. It's been turning

2375
01:58:05,280 --> 01:58:09,720
Speaker 1: the football over too much. Last year, we didn't have

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01:58:09,760 --> 01:58:13,480
Speaker 1: a number one receiver. Then, right, that's true, that's good point.

2377
01:58:14,280 --> 01:58:19,080
Speaker 1: They found Robert Foster on the bench and elevated him

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01:58:19,160 --> 01:58:20,960
Speaker 1: from the practice squad and got him on the field

2379
01:58:20,960 --> 01:58:22,880
Speaker 1: and he started going deep and they started working for

2380
01:58:22,960 --> 01:58:26,400
Speaker 1: him a little bit. But you're right, I'm I'm with you.

2381
01:58:26,520 --> 01:58:28,760
Speaker 1: I like the guys they've got on the field. Now,

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01:58:29,280 --> 01:58:31,080
Speaker 1: I think it's a good mix. I think when they're

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01:58:31,160 --> 01:58:33,520
Speaker 1: healthy and they're all ready to play and they can

2384
01:58:33,560 --> 01:58:35,480
Speaker 1: get prepared with a full week of preparation, I think

2385
01:58:35,600 --> 01:58:38,880
Speaker 1: this offense has a chance to be pretty good, much

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01:58:38,960 --> 01:58:41,920
Speaker 1: more productive, particularly when they don't turn it over. So

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01:58:42,840 --> 01:58:44,200
Speaker 1: I think it's you got to look at the big

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01:58:44,240 --> 01:58:46,360
Speaker 1: picture in this In this case, with this version of

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01:58:46,400 --> 01:58:48,280
Speaker 1: the Bills this year, I think you got to look

2390
01:58:48,280 --> 01:58:49,960
Speaker 1: at the whole picture. You can't just look at the

2391
01:58:50,080 --> 01:58:53,040
Speaker 1: offense or the passing game for that matter, and say

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01:58:54,080 --> 01:58:57,280
Speaker 1: that's the entire problem. But because I don't think at

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01:58:57,320 --> 01:59:00,840
Speaker 1: this point in history they've got that many glaring deficiencies

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01:59:00,840 --> 01:59:02,040
Speaker 1: other than the fact that they turn it over a

2395
01:59:02,080 --> 01:59:04,680
Speaker 1: little too much. John Brown is on pace to your point,

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01:59:05,000 --> 01:59:07,560
Speaker 1: tom By, mind quick numbers here. He's on pace for

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01:59:07,680 --> 01:59:11,080
Speaker 1: eighty four catches this year, and like twelve hundred yards.

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01:59:11,880 --> 01:59:14,000
Speaker 1: They've been in a twelve hundred yard receiver in a while.

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01:59:14,680 --> 01:59:17,400
Speaker 1: Eric Molds or Lee Evans did it in two thousand

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01:59:17,400 --> 01:59:20,560
Speaker 1: and six he had twelve ninety two. They've been in.

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01:59:21,880 --> 01:59:24,800
Speaker 1: Eric Molds two thousand and four had eighty eight catches.

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01:59:24,880 --> 01:59:27,480
Speaker 1: Brown's on that pace. I mean there are bigger years

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01:59:27,520 --> 01:59:30,320
Speaker 1: in Bills receiving history, but not in the last fifteen

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01:59:30,440 --> 01:59:32,680
Speaker 1: or twenty years. Yeah, that's why I think a number

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01:59:32,720 --> 01:59:36,240
Speaker 1: one receiver is really not well. Yeah, I mean, who

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01:59:36,280 --> 01:59:39,600
Speaker 1: wouldn't want Julio Jones Green and good players make you better,

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01:59:39,720 --> 01:59:40,880
Speaker 1: no question. I mean, if you can get one of

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01:59:40,880 --> 01:59:42,800
Speaker 1: those guys, he's for the right prize, he's the right guy,

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01:59:42,920 --> 01:59:44,720
Speaker 1: all lad. Yet, sure you get a good player that

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01:59:45,040 --> 01:59:47,920
Speaker 1: good players make you better. But I'm not sitting here

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01:59:48,000 --> 01:59:51,000
Speaker 1: thinking that that one good player is going to revolutionize

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01:59:51,080 --> 01:59:53,240
Speaker 1: this football team and make us from a four and

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01:59:53,360 --> 01:59:56,240
Speaker 1: one team into an eight and one team. I don't

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01:59:56,280 --> 01:59:59,040
Speaker 1: think that guy will do that. I think this is

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01:59:59,040 --> 02:00:03,280
Speaker 1: a team that's good now, and I think it has

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02:00:03,320 --> 02:00:05,840
Speaker 1: itself to blame for being four and one and not

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02:00:05,960 --> 02:00:09,160
Speaker 1: five and zero. Yeah. I like John Brown, and they

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02:00:09,240 --> 02:00:11,200
Speaker 1: have to play off him so he can catch the

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02:00:11,280 --> 02:00:15,680
Speaker 1: medium range pass two so and and thanks for your call,

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02:00:15,760 --> 02:00:18,520
Speaker 1: by the way, Tom, I think, um, you know it's

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02:00:18,560 --> 02:00:21,840
Speaker 1: a work in progress, right, Josh's as great, Cosell said,

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02:00:21,920 --> 02:00:24,360
Speaker 1: Josh's and we all know this. Josh can get better,

2423
02:00:24,440 --> 02:00:26,240
Speaker 1: and I think he will get better. That's part of

2424
02:00:26,280 --> 02:00:29,040
Speaker 1: the work in progress. I think the emergence of Duke

2425
02:00:29,120 --> 02:00:32,040
Speaker 1: Williams and now the absence of Za Jones means there's

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02:00:32,080 --> 02:00:35,440
Speaker 1: a new, probably expanded role for Duke Williams to play

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02:00:35,520 --> 02:00:37,400
Speaker 1: in the passing offense, which will make a difference for

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02:00:37,480 --> 02:00:40,760
Speaker 1: John Brown and others. And I do think Devin Singletary

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02:00:40,880 --> 02:00:43,840
Speaker 1: might be the wildcard here who has the most to

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02:00:43,920 --> 02:00:45,960
Speaker 1: say about how the offense, where the offense goes in

2431
02:00:46,000 --> 02:00:49,760
Speaker 1: the remaining eleven game. Steve with his dynamic playmaking potential

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02:00:50,320 --> 02:00:53,200
Speaker 1: in the running game, primarily, I think Devin Singletary motor

2433
02:00:53,480 --> 02:00:55,200
Speaker 1: might have the most to say about whether they do

2434
02:00:55,320 --> 02:00:56,920
Speaker 1: get their offense if you want to look at it

2435
02:00:57,040 --> 02:00:58,520
Speaker 1: this way, and I'm not I'm not saying I look

2436
02:00:58,520 --> 02:00:59,880
Speaker 1: at it this way. I just kind of occurred to

2437
02:01:00,120 --> 02:01:03,680
Speaker 1: me they're almost better fit now with so many guys

2438
02:01:03,800 --> 02:01:07,520
Speaker 1: who are waiting and eager to contribute, rather than having

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02:01:07,560 --> 02:01:09,760
Speaker 1: a guy like one guy out there, like a John Brown.

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02:01:09,800 --> 02:01:12,280
Speaker 1: If John Brown was a different guy, like a John

2441
02:01:12,320 --> 02:01:14,840
Speaker 1: Brown who says, listen, we've got to target John Brown

2442
02:01:14,960 --> 02:01:18,320
Speaker 1: doubled it ten times this game. The way the offense

2443
02:01:18,480 --> 02:01:21,840
Speaker 1: is now with this quarterback of this group, it's Devin

2444
02:01:21,960 --> 02:01:26,960
Speaker 1: Singletary Dawson Knox, it's Tommy Sweeney, It's Cole Beasley, John

2445
02:01:27,040 --> 02:01:31,000
Speaker 1: Brown and Duke Williams. It's all of these guys and

2446
02:01:31,080 --> 02:01:33,520
Speaker 1: you could target and I think they don't have any

2447
02:01:33,560 --> 02:01:36,160
Speaker 1: problem target any of those guys. And I think that's

2448
02:01:36,200 --> 02:01:42,320
Speaker 1: a much more difficult offense to defend mentally, for a

2449
02:01:42,440 --> 02:01:45,560
Speaker 1: defense than having one guy who you're gonna dip, double

2450
02:01:45,600 --> 02:01:48,480
Speaker 1: team wherever he goes, and then do what you can

2451
02:01:48,600 --> 02:01:50,520
Speaker 1: with the rest. I think the way the bills are

2452
02:01:50,520 --> 02:01:52,960
Speaker 1: constructed now in some respects makes them a little bit

2453
02:01:53,040 --> 02:01:56,280
Speaker 1: more difficult to defend because they'll throw it to anybody.

2454
02:01:56,280 --> 02:01:58,760
Speaker 1: They draw plays up for everybody in this offense, and

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02:01:58,800 --> 02:02:01,000
Speaker 1: I think that's a kind of an nice place to be. Steve,

2456
02:02:01,000 --> 02:02:04,240
Speaker 1: you're ready to do lunch, late lunch, lunch. Yeah, let's

2457
02:02:04,480 --> 02:02:06,880
Speaker 1: let's do lunch. And that's what we do. It's in

2458
02:02:06,960 --> 02:02:10,080
Speaker 1: the E block and you run down there. What's for lunch?

2459
02:02:10,200 --> 02:02:12,320
Speaker 1: Past it? We ask a bunch of questions and it's

2460
02:02:12,360 --> 02:02:14,120
Speaker 1: an option. What do we choose? Do you want that?

2461
02:02:14,720 --> 02:02:16,320
Speaker 1: If you're watching on TV? Do you want a nice

2462
02:02:16,320 --> 02:02:18,720
Speaker 1: looking chicken wing or a piece of carp between two

2463
02:02:18,720 --> 02:02:21,480
Speaker 1: slices of wonder bread? Nice choice. All right, here we go.

2464
02:02:21,640 --> 02:02:24,080
Speaker 1: Are you ready? Here's your first and the first one

2465
02:02:24,120 --> 02:02:26,320
Speaker 1: plays right into what we're talking about. First first item

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02:02:26,360 --> 02:02:28,160
Speaker 1: on the menu, it's about injured players. Who are you

2467
02:02:28,240 --> 02:02:31,080
Speaker 1: more eager to see return to the field, Tyler Croft

2468
02:02:31,160 --> 02:02:32,600
Speaker 1: or Devin sing I don't know, if you think about it.

2469
02:02:32,640 --> 02:02:34,920
Speaker 1: We just talk about a motor Singletary has a lot

2470
02:02:34,960 --> 02:02:37,000
Speaker 1: to offer this offense, not that Tyler Croft does not.

2471
02:02:37,120 --> 02:02:39,240
Speaker 1: But I want to see Singletary back. I'd like to

2472
02:02:39,280 --> 02:02:41,520
Speaker 1: see him for the Miami game and throughout the rest

2473
02:02:41,560 --> 02:02:43,520
Speaker 1: of the season if he's healthy. I think he can

2474
02:02:43,600 --> 02:02:45,640
Speaker 1: do something for the running game and the passing game.

2475
02:02:45,680 --> 02:02:48,360
Speaker 1: He'd be the guy. And look, again, nothing against Tyler Croft,

2476
02:02:48,440 --> 02:02:50,760
Speaker 1: but I do think there's a bigger role for Dawson

2477
02:02:50,840 --> 02:02:53,400
Speaker 1: Knox to play, and maybe a role for Tommy Sweeney

2478
02:02:53,440 --> 02:02:55,360
Speaker 1: to play. And we all know what Lee Smith's role

2479
02:02:55,400 --> 02:02:57,880
Speaker 1: will be blocking with you know, one or two touchdowns

2480
02:02:57,920 --> 02:03:00,800
Speaker 1: a year last year, But no Singletary. This is a

2481
02:03:00,880 --> 02:03:02,880
Speaker 1: no brainer. Single. They're kind of happy with the tight

2482
02:03:03,000 --> 02:03:05,480
Speaker 1: ends and Tyler Croft he hasn't been on there, so

2483
02:03:05,560 --> 02:03:07,960
Speaker 1: we don't really miss him. Devin Singletary, we've gotten a

2484
02:03:08,040 --> 02:03:10,000
Speaker 1: taste of what he could give us, and it was

2485
02:03:10,040 --> 02:03:12,000
Speaker 1: taken away. So I think Devin Singletary is the more

2486
02:03:12,040 --> 02:03:14,360
Speaker 1: intriguing guy to get back on the field. Tyler Croft,

2487
02:03:14,400 --> 02:03:15,680
Speaker 1: we don't even know what he can do. We haven't

2488
02:03:15,680 --> 02:03:18,760
Speaker 1: seen him play as a Buffalo Bill at all. So

2489
02:03:19,040 --> 02:03:21,320
Speaker 1: I'm it's much more about Devin Singletary for me, not

2490
02:03:21,400 --> 02:03:22,880
Speaker 1: that Tyler Croft might come in and all of a

2491
02:03:22,880 --> 02:03:24,840
Speaker 1: sudden it's like, oh wow, if we'd have had him

2492
02:03:24,960 --> 02:03:27,960
Speaker 1: right It may happen that way, But for right now,

2493
02:03:28,040 --> 02:03:30,000
Speaker 1: I think Devin Singletary is the guy that we miss

2494
02:03:30,680 --> 02:03:32,800
Speaker 1: because Tyler Croft we've never had him, to get to

2495
02:03:32,880 --> 02:03:35,040
Speaker 1: know him. Next thing on the menu, All right, next Bill,

2496
02:03:35,080 --> 02:03:37,800
Speaker 1: All right, here we go. We saw Jordan Phillips get

2497
02:03:37,840 --> 02:03:40,240
Speaker 1: three sacks against the Tennessee Titans this last weekend. Who's

2498
02:03:40,240 --> 02:03:42,400
Speaker 1: the next Buffalo Bill defender to get three sacks in

2499
02:03:42,440 --> 02:03:44,640
Speaker 1: a game? Is it going to be a Jerry Hughes

2500
02:03:44,840 --> 02:03:47,560
Speaker 1: or b At Oliver. That's a really good question. That

2501
02:03:47,680 --> 02:03:49,920
Speaker 1: is a good question. I'm gonna go with Jerry Hughes,

2502
02:03:49,960 --> 02:03:53,280
Speaker 1: though I think Jerry Hughes will get three look teams

2503
02:03:53,640 --> 02:03:56,040
Speaker 1: still and I saw Sunday they still double up blocking

2504
02:03:56,280 --> 02:03:59,840
Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes. Eventually guys like Jordan Phillips have a big game,

2505
02:03:59,920 --> 02:04:02,440
Speaker 1: or even on the other side to even Vam Johnson.

2506
02:04:02,520 --> 02:04:04,520
Speaker 1: The time they start having big games, that will change.

2507
02:04:05,080 --> 02:04:07,760
Speaker 1: I'm saying. I'm saying Jerry Hughes will get three sacks.

2508
02:04:07,920 --> 02:04:10,400
Speaker 1: I'm I'm thinking at Oliver. And here's why I think

2509
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Speaker 1: it might happen in this next game. At Oliver, and

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02:04:13,440 --> 02:04:18,200
Speaker 1: I think the Miami Dolphins offensive line is is is

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02:04:18,320 --> 02:04:20,920
Speaker 1: ripe for the Bills to get some sacks against. I

2512
02:04:20,960 --> 02:04:22,920
Speaker 1: think they're gonna be struggling with the quarterbacks and with

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02:04:22,920 --> 02:04:25,400
Speaker 1: their offers, the shape of their offensive line at all

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02:04:25,440 --> 02:04:27,280
Speaker 1: of this could be a time when at Oliver uses

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02:04:27,320 --> 02:04:29,280
Speaker 1: his quickness to get into the backfield and reek havoc.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna say at Oliver, in fact, and I'm calling

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02:04:31,480 --> 02:04:34,280
Speaker 1: it too, it might happen against the Dolphins. That's that

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Speaker 1: You're You've got You taught Jerry Hughes. Next guy to

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02:04:36,360 --> 02:04:38,280
Speaker 1: get three sacks, I took at Oliver. Okay, who will

2520
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Speaker 1: get their next item on the menu? Who will get

2521
02:04:40,280 --> 02:04:48,000
Speaker 1: their first win of the season first? You're ready? Yep, Jets, Dolphins, Bengals,

2522
02:04:48,240 --> 02:04:54,960
Speaker 1: They're Redskins. There's four teams that haven't won yet. Jets, Dolphins, Bengals, Redskins.

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Speaker 1: We hope it's not the Dolphins. Well, the Bengals are

2524
02:04:57,640 --> 02:05:00,200
Speaker 1: playing at the Ravens this week. That does not look good, right,

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Speaker 1: We hope it's not the Dolphins. But the Dolphins are

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Speaker 1: home against Washington this week, and the Jets are home

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Speaker 1: against the Cowboys. And who's my other choice? Redskins Washington

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Speaker 1: and the Dolphins play. Yeah. Look, I'm gonna go with

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02:05:16,840 --> 02:05:20,360
Speaker 1: the Dolphins because they're home. But I would not take

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02:05:20,440 --> 02:05:21,880
Speaker 1: that to the bank, and I would say this. I

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02:05:21,920 --> 02:05:24,880
Speaker 1: would give the Jets a chance, a chance against the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys this weekend, their home late game MetLife Stadium. I

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02:05:28,280 --> 02:05:29,840
Speaker 1: would give them a chance. But I'm gonna say the

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Speaker 1: Dolphins or the Redskins. Dolphins will get the first win

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02:05:32,720 --> 02:05:36,000
Speaker 1: of that group, that terrible group. I'm gonna say the

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02:05:39,200 --> 02:05:41,680
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say the Redskins beat the Dolphins instead of

2537
02:05:41,680 --> 02:05:43,160
Speaker 1: the other way around. I think they'll get a fresh

2538
02:05:43,200 --> 02:05:46,800
Speaker 1: breath of air with Bill Callahan as their their head coach.

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02:05:46,880 --> 02:05:48,560
Speaker 1: I think that'll clear the air a little bit. Let

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02:05:48,600 --> 02:05:50,880
Speaker 1: those guys in the end, because that takes, let's face it,

2541
02:05:51,560 --> 02:05:54,040
Speaker 1: changing head coaches this early in the season for the Skins,

2542
02:05:54,120 --> 02:05:56,400
Speaker 1: that takes a little pressure off these players. They're gonna

2543
02:05:56,400 --> 02:05:58,920
Speaker 1: play a little freer, a little easier. The pressures are

2544
02:05:59,040 --> 02:06:01,240
Speaker 1: nobody expects them to do anything. Now. It's all about

2545
02:06:01,280 --> 02:06:04,040
Speaker 1: the head coaching surge. It's all about everything that's going on.

2546
02:06:04,520 --> 02:06:06,680
Speaker 1: You might get Dwayne Haskins in there, they might rally

2547
02:06:06,720 --> 02:06:09,640
Speaker 1: or I think they're gonna rally around him and Bill Callahan.

2548
02:06:09,760 --> 02:06:11,520
Speaker 1: I think the Redskins will play a little bit freer

2549
02:06:11,560 --> 02:06:13,680
Speaker 1: and easier and be able to beat the Dolphins this week.

2550
02:06:13,760 --> 02:06:18,800
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna say Washington gets their their first win first. Okay,

2551
02:06:19,000 --> 02:06:21,720
Speaker 1: all right, all right, now hold on him to pick

2552
02:06:21,760 --> 02:06:23,360
Speaker 1: a good one. Can we get time for one? All right?

2553
02:06:23,400 --> 02:06:28,960
Speaker 1: Here we go, let's do this. Next NFL coach to

2554
02:06:29,040 --> 02:06:32,080
Speaker 1: be fired, there's two quite two choices. This is the

2555
02:06:32,200 --> 02:06:35,600
Speaker 1: last item on them, and this is dessert. Dan Quinn

2556
02:06:36,760 --> 02:06:40,960
Speaker 1: in Atlanta or Mike Vrabel in Tennessee. Quinn's got a

2557
02:06:41,000 --> 02:06:44,520
Speaker 1: Super Bowl appearance on his resume. Much more stable ownership there,

2558
02:06:45,120 --> 02:06:49,480
Speaker 1: much better general manager there. I just think Atlanta's and

2559
02:06:49,640 --> 02:06:51,480
Speaker 1: they're not playing well, but they're in all around better

2560
02:06:52,120 --> 02:06:54,760
Speaker 1: and well structured franchise. I think they have good leadership.

2561
02:06:54,800 --> 02:06:57,360
Speaker 1: I can't say that about Tennessee. I think that's a

2562
02:06:57,480 --> 02:07:01,000
Speaker 1: bad situation with kind of ownership that's new to the game,

2563
02:07:01,640 --> 02:07:04,800
Speaker 1: general manager who's new to that post. I think Vrabel

2564
02:07:04,960 --> 02:07:08,120
Speaker 1: made some questionable decisions this past week, quite honestly, and

2565
02:07:08,160 --> 02:07:09,720
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised. You know what, it might happen

2566
02:07:09,720 --> 02:07:13,080
Speaker 1: before Vrabel gets fired. They might switch quarterbacks, they might

2567
02:07:13,120 --> 02:07:15,040
Speaker 1: go to Tannehill, and if that doesn't work, then they

2568
02:07:15,080 --> 02:07:17,680
Speaker 1: fire Rabel. But I'd say Vrabel would be the next

2569
02:07:17,720 --> 02:07:20,360
Speaker 1: head coach to be fired. I agree before Dan Quinn anyway.

2570
02:07:20,360 --> 02:07:22,480
Speaker 1: I think I think Arthur Blank has learned a few

2571
02:07:22,560 --> 02:07:25,200
Speaker 1: things in the National Football League. He knows it's difficult

2572
02:07:25,240 --> 02:07:27,080
Speaker 1: to get to a super Bowl. Dan Quinn has done

2573
02:07:27,080 --> 02:07:29,080
Speaker 1: it for him. I think he's a loyal guy. I

2574
02:07:29,120 --> 02:07:31,160
Speaker 1: think Mike Vrabel had more to prove as a first

2575
02:07:31,200 --> 02:07:36,200
Speaker 1: time head coach, and quite frankly, I don't think the

2576
02:07:36,280 --> 02:07:38,720
Speaker 1: team has blossomed under him or gotten better under him. Certainly,

2577
02:07:38,760 --> 02:07:41,640
Speaker 1: you can point to the quarterback and Marcus Mariota say

2578
02:07:41,680 --> 02:07:43,920
Speaker 1: that's the reason, But I think the head coach holds

2579
02:07:44,000 --> 02:07:45,800
Speaker 1: that bag. And I think if you're gonna pick between

2580
02:07:45,880 --> 02:07:48,080
Speaker 1: Dan Quinn or Mike Vrabel, I think you're right. I

2581
02:07:48,120 --> 02:07:50,440
Speaker 1: think it's Mike Vrabel that's lunch and that's deserted. So

2582
02:07:50,520 --> 02:07:53,480
Speaker 1: I think Mike Vrabel's him thinner ice than dan Quinn.

2583
02:07:55,600 --> 02:07:58,600
Speaker 1: That's lunch. Steve just called an end to lunch. All right,

2584
02:07:58,640 --> 02:08:00,400
Speaker 1: we got more coming up on the show. Come on back.

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Speaker 1: One Bill's Live, presented by Kalida Health Company from the

2586
02:08:03,240 --> 02:08:23,120
Speaker 1: Seneca Studio in Orchard Park. This is Buffalo Bills Radio. Okay,

2587
02:08:23,320 --> 02:08:25,800
Speaker 1: So what have we learned from today's show? Brought to

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Speaker 1: you by Skyworks, the official construction company of the construction

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Speaker 1: equipment rental company of the Buffalo Bill. Skyworks, what do

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Speaker 1: we learn from today's show? A good show? Today? A

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02:08:37,080 --> 02:08:39,520
Speaker 1: Field Yates joined us from ESPN gave us his overall

2592
02:08:39,600 --> 02:08:42,000
Speaker 1: thoughts on the Buffalo Bills as they hit the buy.

2593
02:08:43,880 --> 02:08:45,960
Speaker 1: I think the Filds have been playing football in January.

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02:08:46,640 --> 02:08:49,200
Speaker 1: That's what I think. And you know, I think I've

2595
02:08:49,200 --> 02:08:51,800
Speaker 1: said this every segment that I've come on with you

2596
02:08:51,920 --> 02:08:56,040
Speaker 1: guys so far. I was optimistic about the Bills this offseason.

2597
02:08:56,400 --> 02:08:59,640
Speaker 1: I felt strongly about the personnel. I felt strongly about

2598
02:08:59,680 --> 02:09:02,800
Speaker 1: the elements of players. I felt most strongly about the

2599
02:09:02,920 --> 02:09:06,760
Speaker 1: culture in the direction under Brandon Bean, under Sean McDermott,

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02:09:07,440 --> 02:09:10,400
Speaker 1: the talent in front office. They've assembled the strong coach staff,

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02:09:10,400 --> 02:09:13,280
Speaker 1: They've assembled the young players in this roster that we're

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02:09:13,320 --> 02:09:16,320
Speaker 1: projecting to have a better year in year two or

2603
02:09:16,440 --> 02:09:22,240
Speaker 1: year three. I'd say the advancements of Josh Allen and

2604
02:09:22,800 --> 02:09:25,760
Speaker 1: the defense already be an outstanding The Bills are going

2605
02:09:25,840 --> 02:09:28,560
Speaker 1: to play in January. I really believe that. Wow Field

2606
02:09:28,640 --> 02:09:31,640
Speaker 1: Yates from ESPN says that we had our buddy Great

2607
02:09:31,680 --> 02:09:34,280
Speaker 1: co Sell on the show earlier this hour from ESPN

2608
02:09:34,400 --> 02:09:38,000
Speaker 1: NFL Matchup, long time senior producer at NFL Films. Now,

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02:09:38,040 --> 02:09:39,720
Speaker 1: we did this as a Twitter pole the other day.

2610
02:09:39,720 --> 02:09:41,680
Speaker 1: Who's the best player on the Buffalo defense? The very

2611
02:09:41,720 --> 02:09:44,760
Speaker 1: good Buffalo defense. We asked Great co Salva answer that question.

2612
02:09:44,840 --> 02:09:48,840
Speaker 1: Here's what he said. You know, watching tape is a

2613
02:09:48,880 --> 02:09:51,720
Speaker 1: whole different animal. You know, Tremaine Edmonds has made a

2614
02:09:51,840 --> 02:09:54,919
Speaker 1: major jump from last year to this year. Matt Milano

2615
02:09:55,080 --> 02:09:58,600
Speaker 1: is a really really good player. Tredavious White is a

2616
02:09:58,720 --> 02:10:03,080
Speaker 1: top five point in the league. So you know what

2617
02:10:03,280 --> 02:10:07,320
Speaker 1: they don't have is that Marquis pass rusture. Jerry Use

2618
02:10:07,360 --> 02:10:09,120
Speaker 1: has been a good player for a number of years.

2619
02:10:09,440 --> 02:10:11,960
Speaker 1: But you know, people don't say Von Miller Jerry Us.

2620
02:10:12,320 --> 02:10:15,040
Speaker 1: So you know, I think that they don't have the

2621
02:10:15,200 --> 02:10:18,000
Speaker 1: Marquis d Lineman that you think of as the great rusher,

2622
02:10:18,440 --> 02:10:20,600
Speaker 1: but they've got a lot of good football players. And

2623
02:10:20,840 --> 02:10:23,320
Speaker 1: like I said, I think those two safeties are really

2624
02:10:23,400 --> 02:10:26,080
Speaker 1: really good. And we do two back to Field yates.

2625
02:10:26,400 --> 02:10:29,160
Speaker 1: You know, if Field had a fair flair for the dramatic,

2626
02:10:29,240 --> 02:10:30,840
Speaker 1: he would have said Bills are going to be playing

2627
02:10:30,840 --> 02:10:32,400
Speaker 1: in January, he would have hung up the phone and

2628
02:10:32,440 --> 02:10:36,360
Speaker 1: just watching, right, and he said it like that, like hey,

2629
02:10:36,520 --> 02:10:39,920
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say something that's gonna get your drop mic Man. Right, Yeah,

2630
02:10:40,480 --> 02:10:42,080
Speaker 1: but he didn't. He stayed with us for twenty minutes

2631
02:10:42,080 --> 02:10:44,280
Speaker 1: after that. But it is significant, you know, and we've

2632
02:10:44,320 --> 02:10:46,240
Speaker 1: detected it. We were kind of joking about it, the uh,

2633
02:10:46,720 --> 02:10:50,120
Speaker 1: the slow appreciation for what's going on here through and

2634
02:10:50,160 --> 02:10:52,200
Speaker 1: it's only five weeks what's going on here so far?

2635
02:10:52,760 --> 02:10:55,880
Speaker 1: And I get I mean, McDermott said he doesn't care

2636
02:10:56,120 --> 02:10:59,080
Speaker 1: if there's national recognition for what the Bills have done

2637
02:10:59,280 --> 02:11:01,120
Speaker 1: or what is to come. Right seven the other day

2638
02:11:01,160 --> 02:11:03,120
Speaker 1: and they shouldn't. I mean, they got they got their own,

2639
02:11:03,320 --> 02:11:05,680
Speaker 1: they got their own battles to fight. I mean the quote,

2640
02:11:05,680 --> 02:11:07,840
Speaker 1: it was a great one. Yeah, yeah, I read it.

2641
02:11:07,920 --> 02:11:11,720
Speaker 1: It's really good. Our focus really is on what happens

2642
02:11:11,760 --> 02:11:14,160
Speaker 1: inside these walls. We're just focusing one week at a time.

2643
02:11:14,200 --> 02:11:17,840
Speaker 1: Everybody says that, so that's all we can control. McDermot says,

2644
02:11:17,840 --> 02:11:19,960
Speaker 1: we're a whisker away from being five and oh, but

2645
02:11:20,200 --> 02:11:22,560
Speaker 1: we're four and one with a lot of room for growth.

2646
02:11:22,840 --> 02:11:24,840
Speaker 1: Got to continue to work and grow as we move forward.

2647
02:11:25,040 --> 02:11:27,320
Speaker 1: And you can shrug and say, hum, there's McDermot not

2648
02:11:27,400 --> 02:11:29,960
Speaker 1: say anything. No, he's telling you about his approach and

2649
02:11:30,040 --> 02:11:32,640
Speaker 1: what his team's approaches. Like, say what you want about us,

2650
02:11:32,640 --> 02:11:34,720
Speaker 1: we don't care. He got to get better. And it's

2651
02:11:34,760 --> 02:11:37,160
Speaker 1: not just him telling that the media. When he goes

2652
02:11:37,240 --> 02:11:40,720
Speaker 1: into team meetings, when he goes in has his position

2653
02:11:40,800 --> 02:11:43,360
Speaker 1: coaches break down with their defense and when their position

2654
02:11:43,400 --> 02:11:47,080
Speaker 1: of groups they're they're preaching this to their guys. They listen,

2655
02:11:47,120 --> 02:11:49,160
Speaker 1: and they pointed out on films they listen, you need

2656
02:11:49,200 --> 02:11:52,600
Speaker 1: to do this better right here, and here's what makes

2657
02:11:52,680 --> 02:11:54,480
Speaker 1: football players great. And I know I was with a

2658
02:11:54,520 --> 02:11:56,080
Speaker 1: bunch of Hall of famers in my career. And this

2659
02:11:56,200 --> 02:11:57,920
Speaker 1: is what they did. They looked at themselves. They had

2660
02:11:57,960 --> 02:12:00,400
Speaker 1: coaches who they were willing to listen to, and the

2661
02:12:00,440 --> 02:12:02,280
Speaker 1: coach said, you need to do this better, this better,

2662
02:12:02,360 --> 02:12:05,200
Speaker 1: and this better. And so they went out and worked

2663
02:12:05,240 --> 02:12:06,960
Speaker 1: on the things they didn't do well. They didn't go

2664
02:12:07,000 --> 02:12:09,000
Speaker 1: out and run through the stuff they did well. They

2665
02:12:09,160 --> 02:12:11,560
Speaker 1: worked on the stuff they weren't good at, and pretty

2666
02:12:11,600 --> 02:12:14,600
Speaker 1: soon the stuff they weren't good at they were pretty

2667
02:12:14,600 --> 02:12:17,920
Speaker 1: good at. Right, And now they got like I got

2668
02:12:17,960 --> 02:12:19,400
Speaker 1: a whole bunch of my friends who were in the

2669
02:12:19,480 --> 02:12:22,879
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame because of it. That's what the mindset

2670
02:12:22,920 --> 02:12:24,880
Speaker 1: they're trying to instill in every single guy in the

2671
02:12:25,000 --> 02:12:27,320
Speaker 1: roster in here, and they don't let up. It will

2672
02:12:27,360 --> 02:12:30,680
Speaker 1: continue through the bye week. And that's why you know

2673
02:12:30,720 --> 02:12:33,280
Speaker 1: they've grown so much from one year ago this time

2674
02:12:33,320 --> 02:12:36,360
Speaker 1: to this time. It's it's a whole different. It's a

2675
02:12:36,480 --> 02:12:38,920
Speaker 1: it's a really good atmosphere to be working in. We're

2676
02:12:38,960 --> 02:12:40,680
Speaker 1: gonna let up for a couple of days, no show

2677
02:12:40,760 --> 02:12:43,280
Speaker 1: until next Monday. You got hockey tonight. You got some

2678
02:12:43,440 --> 02:12:47,960
Speaker 1: other plans, big plans for the Thursday. Care to share

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02:12:48,000 --> 02:12:51,880
Speaker 1: them with their audience? You're signing cards anywhere, Grandma and

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02:12:52,000 --> 02:12:55,560
Speaker 1: grandpa and grandkids. Oh, perfect, all day, every day. Excellent. Yeah,

2681
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Speaker 1: it's gonna be fun. There's some small mouth bass alert,

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02:12:58,360 --> 02:13:01,520
Speaker 1: some smallmouth bass and kuka that are in danger and

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02:13:01,720 --> 02:13:04,520
Speaker 1: dire jeopardy as we speak. No, I probably we'll fishing

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02:13:04,560 --> 02:13:07,080
Speaker 1: their Saturday. Do you tell me it's you? Do you

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02:13:07,160 --> 02:13:10,720
Speaker 1: use a net or a fishing pole? And use a pole? Okay, worm,

2686
02:13:11,560 --> 02:13:14,600
Speaker 1: I've got relacens in my wallet. Have a great weekend,

2687
02:13:14,680 --> 02:13:16,480
Speaker 1: have a great name. But everybody, we'll see you backer

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02:13:16,520 --> 02:13:20,240
Speaker 1: on Monday. Production assistance George Blast, Jeff Colton and Thomas

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Speaker 1: honald Or, Kelly Rude, JJ Turito, Kevin Carter, James robel

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Speaker 1: Our producer Jay Harris. We're back on Monday. No show Tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: No no show Friday. Back on Monday at twelve noon,

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Speaker 1: getting ready for the Dolphins that day. Join us in

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