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Speaker 1: This these one Bill's Live presented by Calida Help.

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Speaker 2: Clocket Collapsing has to roll out to his right to

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Speaker 3: Looking downfield. He's got Dave Davis over the shoulder hove.

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Speaker 2: The fifteen and he drives his way into the end zone.

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Speaker 3: Pour the touchdown.

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Speaker 2: Wow, all I'm gonna keep it on a design run

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Speaker 2: and he's into.

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Speaker 3: The end zone. We're a two yard touchdown run. Here's

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Speaker 2: The staff works over the left side and the surge

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Speaker 3: The von Digg sickles touchdown.

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Speaker 2: The linesman comes into check and they call it a touchdown.

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Speaker 2: Josh Allen with his second rushing touchdown of the night,

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Speaker 2: and the Bills are up twenty to thirteen with an

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Speaker 3: Mark hick five passes up and it is good.

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Speaker 2: Twenty eight seconds left and the Bills are back in front.

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Speaker 2: Er Dick back to pass fires underneath. They're gonna run

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Speaker 2: the hook and ladder play.

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Speaker 3: Eckler has it.

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Speaker 2: He laterals back to stick, throws it across the field

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Speaker 2: to Ericson at the twenty out to the twenty five.

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Speaker 2: Still loose, nobody the lateral two, somebody's gotta tackle him.

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Speaker 2: the balls on the turf, and that will do it.

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Speaker 2: The Bills escape out of Los Angeles with a heart

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Speaker 2: stopping twenty four twenty two victory.

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Speaker 4: A two point victory by the Buffalo Bills. A win

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Speaker 4: is a win. It was a nail bier toward the

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Speaker 4: end there, but the Buffalo Bills got the dub, which

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Speaker 4: was important for all of us so we could enjoy

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Speaker 4: Christmas Eve and Christmas with what we like to call

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Speaker 4: stress free football. We hope you guys had a wonderful Christmas,

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Speaker 4: wonderful holiday. Mattie Glab alongside of Steve Tasker this afternoon.

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Speaker 4: Chris Brown will be back tomorrow. We've got a jam

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Speaker 4: packed show as we recap the victory over the Chargers,

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Speaker 4: kind of recap what went on this weekend. Games on Saturday,

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Speaker 4: games on Sunday, games on Monday. It was amazing and

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Speaker 4: we were talking about it earlier today. You know NBA

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Speaker 4: that it used to be their holiday Christmas. It used

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Speaker 3: I didn't really the only reason, the only reason I

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Speaker 3: play NBA ball on Christmas Asy, and good for them.

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Speaker 3: I hope they hope they play well. I just went

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Speaker 3: right to the NFL game. I all day. I mean, uh,

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Speaker 3: the Bills game obviously was fantastic on Saturday night, and

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Speaker 3: I had two games on Yesterday. It was at three

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Speaker 3: I don't I can't even remember now. Uh, football on

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Speaker 4: There's a one o'clock of four thirty yesterday and then

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yeah, another triple header. So it was it

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Speaker 4: Year, Christmas is on a Wednesday, so I don't think

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Speaker 4: Do you have a good Christmas? Even Christmas?

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Speaker 3: Which was great if you're traveling on on the holidays

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Speaker 4: So ten out of ten would not recommend spending more

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Speaker 3: Well, I mean, you could go to the anchor bar

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Speaker 3: The Bears are just like the Detroit Lions. They're in

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Speaker 4: Has it ever happened?

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Speaker 3: Was seventy years ago, nineteen fifty three. The last time

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Speaker 3: If he wants to play something as sign him. The

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Speaker 3: Ravens were shopping him, So stop dunking on all these

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Speaker 4: I love the season he's having I love what he's

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Speaker 4: AFC and the MVP conversations around Lamar Jackson pretty high,

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Speaker 3: Lamar also has fifty two point two percent of his

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Speaker 3: if you compare numbers with players, Lamar is not even

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Speaker 3: Well, here's the thing. In four of the games of

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Speaker 3: But Josh has given his team the lead with less

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Speaker 4: That's pretty pretty it's done.

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Speaker 3: Come on, and I get it. And the Bills that

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Speaker 4: Josh Allen leads the NFL with forty total touchdowns. You said,

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Speaker 3: different in their turnovers.

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Speaker 4: Josh leads the NFL in red zone touchdowns too, thirty one.

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Speaker 4: Lamar Jackson has nineteen of those. So it's they both

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Speaker 4: have the clutch gene in different ways.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, oh, listen, Lamar is a unicorn, just

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Speaker 3: like Josh's. And I'll say this too, Lamar is doing

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Speaker 3: things this year that a lot of people did not

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Speaker 3: think he could do, particularly the throwing game. Every time

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Speaker 3: he takes the field as a quarterback, he defies what

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Speaker 3: people were saying about him before he got drafted. You know,

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Speaker 3: the guy was the last player taken in the first round.

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Speaker 3: I mean, they nobody believe Lamar could play quarterback. And

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Speaker 3: of course, not only does he play the guy's a monster. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: he's a monster, same as Josh. Both those guys had

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Speaker 3: all kinds of naysayers and both of them have proven

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Speaker 3: everybody wrong and they continue to every week. So it's

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Speaker 3: not just because I think Josh is having a better

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Speaker 3: season than Lamar doesn't mean I don't think Lamar can play.

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Speaker 3: Because you know thirty one. Other teams might take thirty

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Speaker 3: Other teams might take him. But who doesn't take Lamar?

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Speaker 3: Like like this minute, Like the Chiefs don't, the Bills don't.

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Speaker 4: Chargers don't.

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Speaker 3: Probably maybe not their guy doesn't finish the season very much,

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Speaker 3: you know, maybe the younger Like maybe maybe the Texans

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Speaker 3: don't because they like Stroud.

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Speaker 4: Forty nine ers, what do you think?

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Speaker 3: Come on, forty nine ers would throw into a tree

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Speaker 3: grinder if they had a chance of Lamar Jackson today,

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Speaker 3: they would, I mean, come on, they would kick Rock

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Speaker 3: Purty to the curbs so fast. Now, I don't know

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Speaker 3: about the contract, because Lamar is making some money, they

467
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Speaker 3: wouldn't fit him in and all that stuff, and it'd

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Speaker 3: be a whole different set of problems for the forty

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Speaker 3: nine ers. But come on, so I yeah, I'm and

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Speaker 3: the Niners are getting a huge benefit from the fact

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Speaker 3: they've got an elite a guy playing at a high

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Speaker 3: level at quarterback for eight for less than a million

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Speaker 3: bucks a year. Yeah, that's huge for their roster. So

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Speaker 3: there is that, But there's not that many teams that

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Speaker 3: would not switch horses today. Bill Belichick would do it

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Speaker 3: in a heartbeat. The Jets would do it, even with Rogers.

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Speaker 3: Come on, what are you? What are they? There's no

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Speaker 3: other team, even the Baltimore I mean, the Carolina Panthers,

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Speaker 3: come on, Yes, maybe maybe Jacksonville would. I don't know

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Speaker 3: what kind of guy Trevor Lawrence is. I mean, but

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Speaker 3: he seems to have some talent and they like him

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Speaker 3: and all that, So that might be a tough one.

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Speaker 3: You think Tampa Bay buccaneer with a little hot streak thereon,

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Speaker 3: wouldn't throw Baker Mayfield into the Bay? Yeah, they would.

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Speaker 3: Arizona come on, yes, the Raiders, I mean there's team. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: now everybody wants Lamar because now he's proven it, he's

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Speaker 3: you know, he's all of that. But I still think

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Speaker 3: Josh is having the better year statistically. And if you'd

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Speaker 3: get down deep below, just below the surface of the

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Speaker 3: winds losses about what Josh did and those losses and

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Speaker 3: what he gave his team, And yeah, Josh is the dude,

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Speaker 3: and he when you look at it the way we've

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Speaker 3: just been talking about it, he's in the driver's seat,

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Speaker 3: I hope, and I think they do. MVP voters go

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Speaker 3: that deep when.

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Speaker 4: They look at it, and hey, I mean if if

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Speaker 4: Josh finishes the season, how we know he can the

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Speaker 4: regular season? I mean, they've got two games coming up,

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Speaker 4: one against the Patriots that you got to win and

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Speaker 4: one against the Miami Dolphins that you got to win.

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Speaker 4: And the last two games, sure, if you look at

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Speaker 4: a stat line, not incredible because other guys have have

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Speaker 4: been making things happen. James Cooked two weeks ago, Gabe

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Speaker 4: Davis a week ago. But Josh Allen has been very

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Speaker 4: meaningful in those games. I mean, you look at the

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Speaker 4: last drive that the Bills had to put together to

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Speaker 4: kick that field goal with twenty eight seconds left in

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Speaker 4: the game, and and Josh Allen was a technician on

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Speaker 4: that drive. Those two third down completions I think of

510
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Speaker 4: against or two Steph Diggs and two Kalo Shakir. Those

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Speaker 4: were great throws by Josh, great plays by the wide receivers.

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Speaker 3: He's been doing that all year and we've seen it

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Speaker 3: in you know, in the six losses they've had, like

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Speaker 3: I said, he's had, he's given him the lead with

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Speaker 3: less than two minutes to go, and you know, and

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Speaker 3: then because of the if you think the defense was

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Speaker 3: one hundred percent healthy, they would have won one or

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Speaker 3: two more of those games at least. But you go

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Speaker 3: with what you got. Josh has been really, really good

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Speaker 3: and it continues and he continues to play that way.

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Speaker 3: I'll say this, you get into that last if this continues,

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Speaker 3: if he has a good game against New England and

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Speaker 3: they get to they get to the Week eighteen game

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Speaker 3: in Miami and he does what we've seen him do

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Speaker 3: against Miami, this could be his year. It could be

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Speaker 3: because it's a regular season award they'll get. They'll make

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Speaker 3: that decision.

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Speaker 4: Josh stats against Miami are crazy. Oh he owns them.

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Speaker 3: Oh my gosh. Yeah. It's whatever reason the guy flexes

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Speaker 3: on that team.

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Speaker 4: You don't got to worry about whether either it's in Miami.

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Speaker 3: And I'll say, what if it's meaningful for the Bills

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Speaker 3: and not for Miami, meaning they're already and they did

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Speaker 3: they clinched yesterday. There were six teams who clinched and

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Speaker 3: if that mean game means like no thing. But what

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Speaker 3: the two or the three seed, and you don't know

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Speaker 3: who the four and the five and the sixth seed

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Speaker 3: are gonna be.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, for the Bills is probably the two seed or

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Speaker 4: the sixth seeds. So you're there's a big difference in

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Speaker 4: what you can get, that's right.

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Speaker 3: So the Cowboys, Niners, Eagles, Ravens, Lions, Dolphins all clinched

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Speaker 3: playoff birth either with the division or whatever. And the

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Speaker 3: Lions clinched their division. But the Cowboys, Niners, Eagles, Ravens, Lions, Dolphins,

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Speaker 3: two AFC teams, four NFC teams clinched this last weekend.

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Speaker 3: And then there were six teams or eight teams that

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Speaker 3: was the Panthers, Patriots, Jets, Titans, Cardinals, Commanders, Chargers, Giants

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Speaker 3: all got eliminated.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, pictures starting to starting to form, starting to

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Speaker 4: come together, come together, all right, we got to take

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Speaker 4: a break. Shout out to Toshiba for the game. Rewind Toshiba,

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Speaker 4: the official copier company of the Buffalo Bills. Coming out

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Speaker 4: at one thirty Eric Wood and then at two o'clock

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Speaker 4: dan or Lavski. We've got a lot ahead, so stick

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Speaker 4: with us here on One Bills Live or presented by

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Speaker 4: Clyde Health on Buffalo Bills. This week's Player of the

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Speaker 4: we're shout out Gabe Davis for his performance against the Charters.

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Speaker 4: Four catches for one hundred and thirty three one hundred

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Speaker 4: and thirty receiving yards and a touchdown. He had a

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Speaker 4: game he went off against the defense that is not

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Speaker 4: good against the pass. They allow big plays and the

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Speaker 4: Bills took advantage of exactly that. What do you think there, Steve, Yeah,

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Speaker 4: that's yeah.

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Speaker 3: And it was a timely performance. They needed it. That

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Speaker 3: all these games are must win and it's all hands

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Speaker 3: on deck. And like we said, I mean, Gabe has

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Speaker 3: been most notable for his inability to do it week

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Speaker 3: after week after week. But when he does show up,

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Speaker 3: it always says, be enormous, Right, It's enormous, and it's

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Speaker 3: a it's a pleasant surprise, even at this point of

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Speaker 3: his career. So having him have the kind of game

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Speaker 3: he did against that team, you know, at this stretch

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Speaker 3: of the season. I mean, he just can't ask from you.

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Speaker 3: Just wish you could do it, ye do it again

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Speaker 3: this week.

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Speaker 4: To discuss more about the win over the Chargers and

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Speaker 4: looking ahead down the stretch for the Bills, let's welcome

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Speaker 4: our friend Eric Wood into the conversation, Bill's radio color

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Speaker 4: analysts and former Bills center. He's also the host of

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Speaker 4: the Centered on Buffalo podcast. Eric Merry Christmas and almost

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Speaker 4: Happy New Year to you.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, Merry Christmas, guys. I hope you guys had a

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Speaker 6: great day yesterday.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was a good time.

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Speaker 6: Much.

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Speaker 3: How much football does Eric would watch over the Christmas weekend?

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Speaker 3: A lot?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, we had it on all day yesterday, one o'clock

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Speaker 6: through the end of it. So, uh yeah, it's it's

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Speaker 6: on at the house the entire day. We had, you

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Speaker 6: know whatever. It was, parades on in the morning and

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Speaker 6: some kiddie shows or Christmas movies. And my little boy,

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Speaker 6: he's almost six, he's getting into football, and and that's

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Speaker 6: what all the rest of the Wood crew wants to

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Speaker 6: watch with the family that we had over as well.

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Speaker 3: Tell me this though, I mean some of it, I mean,

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Speaker 3: because I mean if you got. If you have people over,

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Speaker 3: sometimes the football is in the background, you know, it's.

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Speaker 4: On sometimes trying to focus.

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Speaker 3: But it's a holiday, right, so everybody's kind of you know,

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Speaker 3: you pop the wron, the red wine is going, and

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Speaker 3: you're watching, you're eating, you're eating all day and all

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Speaker 3: that stuff, right, So it's a little bit of background noise, right.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, for sure. But you know that first game was

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Speaker 6: locked in on Raiders all Chiefs. You know AFC matchup.

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Speaker 6: Not a ton at steak for the Bills other than

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Speaker 6: the fact that they've now with the Raiders getting the win,

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Speaker 6: have an outside shot at getting that two seed, which

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Speaker 6: is nice and so and it's always fun to watch

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Speaker 6: Kansas City squirm and the way they did, And so

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Speaker 6: watch that one pretty intently. To start the day.

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Speaker 4: Yesterday, let's start with the Bills and the Chargers that

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Speaker 4: Saturday night game, and then we'll work our way forward

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Speaker 4: into Sunday and Monday games. What are your takeaways from

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Speaker 4: that two point victory against Los Angeles. It came down

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Speaker 4: to the wire there, but the Bills were able to

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Speaker 4: get the victory when their backs were against the walls

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Speaker 4: and when they lost the turnover battle three to nothing.

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Speaker 4: They still found a way to win that one.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, we were talking about before the game, how you

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Speaker 6: avoid maybe a trap game, and you know, realistically that's

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Speaker 6: what it was. You have a head coach that got fired,

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Speaker 6: you have an interim head coach. They're likely going to

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Speaker 6: play hard for them early. But how do you avoid

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Speaker 6: that trap game? And the way you do that is

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Speaker 6: you take care of the football. Well, the Bills didn't

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Speaker 6: do that. You jump on them early and try and

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Speaker 6: get them to quit like they did against the Raiders

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Speaker 6: a week before, where they didn't do that either. And

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Speaker 6: then I thought if you were able to apply consistent

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Speaker 6: pressure on easton Stick, that you could force him into

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Speaker 6: mistakes and until really the second half, and a lot

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Speaker 6: of it was blitzing. Besides that late at Oliver sack

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Speaker 6: and maybe a couple of Foreman rushes, it was from

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Speaker 6: blitz is that they were finally able to get to

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Speaker 6: East and Stick and apply some pressure on them. Now,

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Speaker 6: you know, give Kellen Moore and the Chargers offense credit.

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Speaker 6: They were able to do some things offensively, mixing up

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Speaker 6: the tempo where a lot of times they were going

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Speaker 6: into a play with two plays called. And the reason

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Speaker 6: I was assuming it was two plays called and not

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Speaker 6: just simply getting back in the line of scrimmage and

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Speaker 6: calling a play. There was just really not a whole

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Speaker 6: lot of communication being done out there. It was they're

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Speaker 6: getting right back on the line of scrimmage, which avoids

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Speaker 6: Sean McDermott being able to get into his bag defensively

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Speaker 6: and either dialing up pressures or giving different looks or

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Speaker 6: maybe mixing in that dime defense on second and long.

651
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:42,160
Speaker 6: And so give Kellen Moore credit because they did some

652
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:46,120
Speaker 6: nice things offensively. They they threw the kitchen sink at

653
00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,279
Speaker 6: the Bills as far as trick plays and whatnot, which

654
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,840
Speaker 6: we assumed would happen, you know, in a nothing to

655
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:54,200
Speaker 6: lose situation. But all that being said, you know, the

656
00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:57,400
Speaker 6: Bills win an ugly one, which not all games are

657
00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:59,600
Speaker 6: gonna look like the Cowboys game. And and sure do

658
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:01,840
Speaker 6: we want to to, yes, but this is the NFL,

659
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:05,920
Speaker 6: and since twenty nineteen, teams with an interim head coach

660
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:08,040
Speaker 6: are seven and five, and those are teams that were

661
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 6: bad enough prior to get their head coach fired, and

662
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,920
Speaker 6: then in those next games they have an above fifty

663
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,600
Speaker 6: percent winning percentage. So for the Bills to go travel

664
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:18,879
Speaker 6: to the to the west coast with just six days

665
00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,719
Speaker 6: of rest. You know, I'm not shaking my head, you know,

666
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:25,360
Speaker 6: I'm not necessarily disappointed in their performance. Yeah, would we

667
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:28,759
Speaker 6: like them all to be easy, of course, But in

668
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,880
Speaker 6: the NFL, getting the win as all that matters.

669
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, And you think about what this game looked like

670
00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 3: after it was all over, this second game in a

671
00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:41,239
Speaker 3: row where Josh like threw twenty one times. Right now,

672
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 3: certainly the Chargers, you know, they won the time of possession,

673
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:46,359
Speaker 3: they played the kind of game they needed to play.

674
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,840
Speaker 3: They were plus three in the turnovers, the time of possession,

675
00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,279
Speaker 3: They had all that going for them. But when it

676
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:54,719
Speaker 3: push came, push came to shove, and that came down

677
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,080
Speaker 3: to the stretch. Josh opened up and made a couple

678
00:35:57,120 --> 00:36:00,960
Speaker 3: of incredible third down conversions, got them in, kicked the

679
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,239
Speaker 3: game winning field goal with virtually no time on the clock,

680
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,160
Speaker 3: or less, you know, half a minute left on the clock.

681
00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:07,840
Speaker 3: So it kind of went the way the Buffalo Bills

682
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,480
Speaker 3: wanted it to. But they played against a team and

683
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:14,120
Speaker 3: the Chargers, and they beat them kind of like left

684
00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:17,319
Speaker 3: handed right lost the turnover battle, and then only threw

685
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:20,239
Speaker 3: it twenty one times. So is the Bill's gonna win

686
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:23,440
Speaker 3: games like this down the stretch? Is this their new thing?

687
00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 3: What is this?

688
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,920
Speaker 6: I hope not right. It wouldn't be good for my

689
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:31,439
Speaker 6: blood pressure. But they showed the ability to be able

690
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:33,560
Speaker 6: to win like this, and I think part of the

691
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:36,480
Speaker 6: reason for it is I guess I'll call it the

692
00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:39,239
Speaker 6: resurgence of the defense, and I think it's more just

693
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:42,840
Speaker 6: getting used to playing without guys like Dai Kwon Jones

694
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:45,919
Speaker 6: who hopefully comes back this week, Matt Malon and Tredevius White,

695
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:49,520
Speaker 6: Micah had There's been so many injuries on this defensive

696
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:51,759
Speaker 6: side of the football. You add Russell Douglas, you add

697
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 6: Linval Joseph Well, you have to get them into the mix.

698
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:57,600
Speaker 6: Treell Dotson has a lot more experience. Now You've seen

699
00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:00,480
Speaker 6: guys up front of merge At Oliver's playing the best

700
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:03,759
Speaker 6: football of his career right now. And so I feel

701
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:06,719
Speaker 6: like there's kind of a resurgence of the defense to where, yeah,

702
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:10,040
Speaker 6: they had some rough points mid season. When you get

703
00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:14,080
Speaker 6: half of your defensive roster in, you know, four of

704
00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 6: your highest paid guys, if you include Von Miller who

705
00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:19,320
Speaker 6: was coming off ir you have four of your highest

706
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:21,680
Speaker 6: paid guys in the team that are missing those games.

707
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:24,680
Speaker 6: At Oliver misses the New England game as well, and

708
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,000
Speaker 6: so now you're kind of getting used to and Sean

709
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:30,320
Speaker 6: mcdermot's getting used to play calling for a defense that's

710
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:33,040
Speaker 6: without all of those guys, which wasn't what he anticipated

711
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:36,280
Speaker 6: in the preseason. Then offensively, yeah, you only have fifty

712
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:38,880
Speaker 6: one total plays in the game. Well, you have a

713
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:42,360
Speaker 6: fumbled punt return, and then the James Cook fumble and

714
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,920
Speaker 6: the Josh Allen interception both came early in drives, and

715
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:48,480
Speaker 6: so you turn the ball over early in drives and

716
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:51,239
Speaker 6: you force a punt defensively, and then you have that

717
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:54,480
Speaker 6: fumbled punt return. Well, that's how you get smashed on

718
00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:56,919
Speaker 6: the time of possession in a game. It's those time

719
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,719
Speaker 6: out of those turnovers early in drives. And because of that,

720
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,799
Speaker 6: you know, there just wasn't that much production offensively from

721
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:07,200
Speaker 6: a standpoint. You guys mentioned player of the game Gabe Davis,

722
00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:09,000
Speaker 6: and it was nice to see him step up. And

723
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:11,839
Speaker 6: you know what if Gabe Davis's role at this point

724
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,640
Speaker 6: of his career or this point of his time with

725
00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:18,400
Speaker 6: the Bills is hey, he is our number two receiver

726
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,960
Speaker 6: and the snap count would show is so. But he

727
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:24,520
Speaker 6: is a valuable asset on a down to down basis,

728
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:27,760
Speaker 6: whether it is his run blocking ability, whether it's creating

729
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:30,400
Speaker 6: space for other guys, or if it's a game like

730
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:33,880
Speaker 6: this one or a game like the Buccaneers where he

731
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:37,200
Speaker 6: does have favorable matchups or they're dedicating the defense to

732
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,560
Speaker 6: stop the run and bring the safeties down, then Gabe

733
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:42,680
Speaker 6: Davis can still be over the top threat, that big

734
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:44,960
Speaker 6: play threat that we've seen him be during his time

735
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:45,480
Speaker 6: in Buffalo.

736
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:47,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, it was great to see him get going in

737
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,359
Speaker 4: this one. I know we want to see more out

738
00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:51,600
Speaker 4: of him and hopefully that continues down the stretch. You

739
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:54,239
Speaker 4: got two games left in the regular season in the playoffs,

740
00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:57,160
Speaker 4: and who knows how Gabe can help this team. I mean,

741
00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,319
Speaker 4: we've seen how he can help the team before and

742
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:01,879
Speaker 4: hopefully he can continues to do that. We also got

743
00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:05,040
Speaker 4: a chance to see Leonard Furnett in his first game

744
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:08,800
Speaker 4: in a Buffalo Bill's uniform. Not any crazy stats, I

745
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:11,960
Speaker 4: mean five carries for twenty yards averages four yards carry,

746
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,360
Speaker 4: not a bad number there. What did you think of

747
00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:16,920
Speaker 4: your first look at him?

748
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:19,799
Speaker 6: Yeah, a nice little kick return as well, And you

749
00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:22,560
Speaker 6: know It's gonna take some time for him to, you know,

750
00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:25,400
Speaker 6: mesh with this offense and mesh with the offensive line.

751
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,000
Speaker 6: But I like that they got him some experience in

752
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,520
Speaker 6: this one. Ty Johnson out with the shoulder injury. Hopefully

753
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:33,520
Speaker 6: he's ready to go this week, because I do feel

754
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 6: like he brings some juice to the offense. And you know,

755
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:39,880
Speaker 6: to me, when I look at this running back depth

756
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:41,840
Speaker 6: right now, I love James Cook at the one and

757
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:45,239
Speaker 6: right now I put Ty Johnson too, and then to me,

758
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:49,760
Speaker 6: Murray and Fournette could kind of be interchangeable. At this point.

759
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:52,680
Speaker 6: Fournette has shown a little bit more than those three

760
00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:55,160
Speaker 6: behind James Cook throughout his career, really more than Cook

761
00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:57,719
Speaker 6: as well. But you're not taking James Cook out of

762
00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:00,640
Speaker 6: the lineup for anything right now unless it's to rest

763
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:04,760
Speaker 6: him in my opinion. And so who the two running

764
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:08,200
Speaker 6: backs active behind James Cook is each week will be

765
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 6: interesting once Todd Johnson comes back. But the fact that

766
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:14,200
Speaker 6: you got four Nette in there already and maybe get

767
00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:18,000
Speaker 6: him some action again this week is another piece. It's

768
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:21,120
Speaker 6: another piece to this Bill's offense. He's got tremendous size.

769
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:23,840
Speaker 6: He could be your power back. He's also great catching

770
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,640
Speaker 6: the football out of the backfield, and so it was

771
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:28,600
Speaker 6: nice to see him out there. And I know a

772
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:31,520
Speaker 6: lot of Bills fans who have been clamoring and all

773
00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:34,600
Speaker 6: in my mentions on X or Twitter or whatever you

774
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:36,040
Speaker 6: want to call it, we're happy to see him out

775
00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:36,520
Speaker 6: there as well.

776
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:38,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, and is this game this season rolls down to

777
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:40,920
Speaker 3: the playoffs and the Bills right now you know the

778
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:44,680
Speaker 3: sixth seed, and you know two weeks ago they were eleventh.

779
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:48,799
Speaker 3: There's an amazing rise and we kind of knew they

780
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,080
Speaker 3: had it in him, but they were struggling to finish

781
00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:53,640
Speaker 3: off games and win them. So here they are coming

782
00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:57,640
Speaker 3: down the stretch Steph Diggs. While this last game he

783
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:02,160
Speaker 3: had some good catches, question, but he's still you know,

784
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,960
Speaker 3: five catches for twenty nine's not kind of the game

785
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:09,040
Speaker 3: that we're looking for. But in the last couple of

786
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:11,440
Speaker 3: games when they've needed to catch man, the guy has

787
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:14,880
Speaker 3: come through. What's to say about where the offense is

788
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:16,520
Speaker 3: right now? I know we don't know that much about

789
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:19,319
Speaker 3: Joe Brady has been The results has been pretty good, right,

790
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:23,319
Speaker 3: but we're still looking for this offense, Like where did

791
00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:25,640
Speaker 3: Diggs go? What's Joe Brady gonna do. How are they

792
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:28,719
Speaker 3: going to incorporate his steph back into the offense, And

793
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:32,000
Speaker 3: of course gave Davis if he keeps having games like this, fine,

794
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:36,840
Speaker 3: nobody cares. So, you know, I still think this getting

795
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:40,399
Speaker 3: used to Joe Brady. I think they still are right.

796
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,319
Speaker 3: I don't think we know what this offense would look

797
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:45,400
Speaker 3: like in its best form under Joe Brady, particularly with

798
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:48,839
Speaker 3: Diggs and his inability to be consistently a big part

799
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:49,120
Speaker 3: of it.

800
00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:52,840
Speaker 6: Yeah, he just hasn't been targeted that much either, really,

801
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:55,560
Speaker 6: especially down the field. A lot's been in the screen

802
00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:59,600
Speaker 6: game slants, you know, some shorter third down plays just

803
00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:02,280
Speaker 6: past the sticks, and he has made some nice plays

804
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:05,239
Speaker 6: on those. Right after the game, Adam Schefter put out

805
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:08,880
Speaker 6: digs stat production under Joe Brady, you know, trying to

806
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:11,000
Speaker 6: stir the pod and you know, trying to get some

807
00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:12,799
Speaker 6: type of reaction out of Digs, And I thought it

808
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:15,279
Speaker 6: was really mature on his end to respond back to

809
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:18,320
Speaker 6: it and say, we're winning games and that's all that matters.

810
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:21,160
Speaker 6: And look, this time of year, that is all that matters.

811
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:24,480
Speaker 6: Does your number one receiver want the production? Yes? Is

812
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:27,800
Speaker 6: he likely a little frustrated by the lack of production

813
00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:30,680
Speaker 6: on his end and involvement of the offense, I'm sure,

814
00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:33,440
Speaker 6: but I don't know what's happening behind closed doors. And

815
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:36,799
Speaker 6: I understand that Joe brady'sm and it's been evident since

816
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,040
Speaker 6: they played the Jets and attacked those linebackers with the

817
00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:41,279
Speaker 6: run game and then got him matched up in manned

818
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:44,360
Speaker 6: and utilized James Cook and Todd Johnson. I mean, that's

819
00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:47,480
Speaker 6: that's our first sample size of Joe Brady as offensive coordinators.

820
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:51,320
Speaker 6: He's attacking matchups. Last week against the Chargers, it seemed

821
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:55,080
Speaker 6: like they were targeting number forty three, one of their corners,

822
00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:57,239
Speaker 6: and they had some different spots that they were just

823
00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:01,520
Speaker 6: trying to target against that defense. And so so I'd

824
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:04,000
Speaker 6: like to hope that, you know, when when the matchups

825
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:06,360
Speaker 6: are right, we'll get back to the twelve targets for

826
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:08,680
Speaker 6: Diggs and one hundred and fifty yards and a couple

827
00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:12,000
Speaker 6: of touchdowns. But right now, it's just it hasn't happened.

828
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:14,600
Speaker 6: And I'm not sure if that's by game plan or

829
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 6: how it's played out during the actual games. But yeah,

830
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,160
Speaker 6: I mean, and look, I'll be honest, I thought that

831
00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:23,319
Speaker 6: heading into the Chargers game, I thought that was going

832
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:25,880
Speaker 6: to be the Stefan Diggs get right game. Now you

833
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:28,480
Speaker 6: don't have you only have fifty one offensive plays as

834
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:30,600
Speaker 6: opposed to the Cowboys game where I believe they had

835
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:34,200
Speaker 6: over eighty and so you're talking about thirty less chances

836
00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:36,200
Speaker 6: to get them the ball in that game. But I

837
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:39,200
Speaker 6: truly thought that was going to be the get right game,

838
00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:41,560
Speaker 6: and I was kind of surprised it didn't happen.

839
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:43,960
Speaker 4: Who knows, maybe this week could be the get right

840
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,240
Speaker 4: game for Stephan Diggs. Is the Patriots have a pretty

841
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:48,600
Speaker 4: good run defense, one of the best in the NFL.

842
00:43:48,719 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 4: Not as good against the pass rank fifteenth against the

843
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:57,720
Speaker 4: pass rank, let's see second against the runs. So maybe

844
00:43:57,719 --> 00:43:59,920
Speaker 4: this will be Diggs's get right game as you have

845
00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:02,520
Speaker 4: into the end of that regular season and into the playoffs.

846
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:04,359
Speaker 4: Good thing is they can still rely on that guy

847
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:06,400
Speaker 4: when they need him most. I mean, he is one

848
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:08,800
Speaker 4: of the best wide receivers in the NFL for a reason.

849
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:11,280
Speaker 4: When you look at the game ahead the game against

850
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 4: the Patriots, what are some thoughts that come to mind?

851
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:17,480
Speaker 4: If the Bills win out and the Dolphins drop this

852
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:20,520
Speaker 4: week's game to the Ravens, the Bills could get the

853
00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:21,640
Speaker 4: number two seed here.

854
00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:25,919
Speaker 6: Yeah, so I'll start with my thoughts on the Dig

855
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:30,439
Speaker 6: situation for this week, because Diggs has been Bill Belichick's

856
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:32,520
Speaker 6: focal point. You know, he's always trying to make you

857
00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:34,960
Speaker 6: play left handed as an offense, He's always trying to

858
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:37,880
Speaker 6: take away whatever you do best and make everyone else

859
00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:40,640
Speaker 6: try and beat you. And that's been Bill Belichick's mL. Well,

860
00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:42,960
Speaker 6: if I'm looking at this Bills team right now, in

861
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:45,839
Speaker 6: this Bill's offense, I'm taking away James Cook. And so

862
00:44:46,239 --> 00:44:49,080
Speaker 6: is this the week that you know Digs can then

863
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:52,200
Speaker 6: get his touches and he can eat on the outside

864
00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:55,400
Speaker 6: because the focus becomes stopping the run and then not

865
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Speaker 6: letting Cook get those matchups on the outside. New England

866
00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:00,480
Speaker 6: run a good amount of Manda man defense, while when

867
00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:02,520
Speaker 6: the teams have run man a man defense against the

868
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Speaker 6: Bills as of late, it's been James Cook on wheel routes.

869
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Speaker 6: It's been a corner route against the Cowboys one on

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Speaker 6: one and utilizing his speed against linebackers. And so this

871
00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:13,960
Speaker 6: could be a game that we see Digs get some

872
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:17,640
Speaker 6: targets and get that production that we you know, expect

873
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Speaker 6: from him and he expects from himself and this organization

874
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:24,040
Speaker 6: expects of him as well. And then when you look

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Speaker 6: at how this could all play out this weekend, and

876
00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:29,919
Speaker 6: still can't believe the Dolphins get past Dallas. I can't

877
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Speaker 6: believe Tony Pollard. He's been a disappointment to me. I'm

878
00:45:32,239 --> 00:45:34,080
Speaker 6: a fantasy team all year, and then he doesn't get

879
00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:36,040
Speaker 6: that ball into the end zone. And this one, I'm like,

880
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:39,120
Speaker 6: that's is classic, you know, twenty twenty three Tony Pollard,

881
00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:41,160
Speaker 6: even though I do like him as a player. But

882
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:44,839
Speaker 6: when you look at this week, if the Ravens can

883
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Speaker 6: get the win, I mean, this is going to be

884
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Speaker 6: old school Steve Tasker Era Bill's Dolphins rivalry talks next week.

885
00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:55,839
Speaker 6: And look, I'm excited for it to be back. It's,

886
00:45:56,640 --> 00:46:00,719
Speaker 6: you know, two kind of polarizing teams. It was Marino

887
00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:03,560
Speaker 6: and that squad, and it was Jim Kelly and this squad.

888
00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:07,120
Speaker 6: It's the beach versus the Snow. It's you know, the

889
00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:09,960
Speaker 6: Southeast versus you know, everyone wants to call it upstate

890
00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:12,680
Speaker 6: New York, but it's Western New York. But you know,

891
00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:17,919
Speaker 6: you have these polarizing franchises almost built in different ways too.

892
00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:21,280
Speaker 6: You know, you have this high flying Dolphins team, tons

893
00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:25,239
Speaker 6: of star power. And you know, Josh Allen enders the

894
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:27,040
Speaker 6: league is a top ten pick, but the guy that

895
00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:30,799
Speaker 6: nobody wanted, and you know, you build organically for the

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Speaker 6: most part outside of a few free agents. And to me,

897
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Speaker 6: this is it could it could If both teams in

898
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:39,520
Speaker 6: the Ravens and the Bills take care of business this week,

899
00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:42,919
Speaker 6: it could be a very very fun week next week.

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00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:45,160
Speaker 6: I'm excited to see how this shakes out and then

901
00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:48,200
Speaker 6: even what day in time this game is gonna be played.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, thanks Eric, sounds exciting already. Thanks, Eric, appreciate the time.

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00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:55,880
Speaker 6: Yeah, absolutely. Merry Christmas, guys, Merry Christmas.

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Speaker 5: All right.

905
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:58,799
Speaker 4: That was Eric Wood, our Bill's radio color analyst and

906
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Speaker 4: former Bills center. He also is the host of the

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Speaker 4: Centered on Buffalo podcast Break Time for Us. When we return,

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Speaker 4: Allen became the second quarterback in NFL history with at

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Speaker 4: least fifty rushing touchdowns in his career. Cam Newton is

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Speaker 4: number one. He's getting closer to that number. Still some

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Speaker 4: time to go, but good on, Josh. Buffalo also improved

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Speaker 4: Hopefully they keep it going here with a couple more

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Speaker 4: over to Joe. What's up, Joe? How you doing? Let

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Speaker 4: me get this song for you.

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Speaker 7: All feeling pretty good after after the victory, But I

933
00:48:37,800 --> 00:48:42,200
Speaker 7: just have one or two things to I guess, complain,

934
00:48:42,719 --> 00:48:46,799
Speaker 7: complain about But to wonder about the one play that

935
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:49,439
Speaker 7: I can't stand that the Bills run, and they've run

936
00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:52,680
Speaker 7: it too many times as far as I'm concerned, is

937
00:48:53,480 --> 00:48:59,279
Speaker 7: the quick past that Digs on the sideline and it hey,

938
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Speaker 7: I think it's the else it's gained is maybe ten

939
00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:05,000
Speaker 7: yards in all the times they've tried it, and it's

940
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Speaker 7: just it drives me crazy. They and there again, I

941
00:49:09,560 --> 00:49:12,040
Speaker 7: believe it was the first play of the game. They

942
00:49:12,080 --> 00:49:16,600
Speaker 7: went to it and it was a dud. I'm just

943
00:49:17,360 --> 00:49:19,200
Speaker 7: I wish they'd throw that in the garbage can and

944
00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:21,880
Speaker 7: get rid of it, because it's just, you know, you

945
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:26,279
Speaker 7: depend upon the receivers to block, and our receivers just

946
00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:29,799
Speaker 7: don't do a very good job of blocking. So I'm

947
00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:32,160
Speaker 7: wondering why they keep going to that play. Do you

948
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:34,160
Speaker 7: guys have any comments comment on that?

949
00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:36,880
Speaker 3: Well, they go to it because it's worked against the

950
00:49:36,920 --> 00:49:40,360
Speaker 3: team that they're in play against. And I do know

951
00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:43,440
Speaker 3: this one time when they threw it to Diggs, he

952
00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:47,799
Speaker 3: snapped off a big play wasn't unsuccessfully brought he I

953
00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:49,560
Speaker 3: can't remember that. I could not tell you the game name.

954
00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:51,759
Speaker 3: It maybe the Tampa game or something like that where

955
00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:54,960
Speaker 3: Digs snapped off a twenty nine yard gain with that

956
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:58,960
Speaker 3: quick pass. They do it because it's it works in

957
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:02,040
Speaker 3: the NFL. There teams where it'll work against some yes,

958
00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:04,320
Speaker 3: some no, And you're right, it's up to those wide

959
00:50:04,320 --> 00:50:06,360
Speaker 3: receivers out wide to get a piece of those guys.

960
00:50:07,560 --> 00:50:09,160
Speaker 3: But you get the ball in the hands of your

961
00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:12,120
Speaker 3: best playmaker and give him a chance to run in

962
00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:15,000
Speaker 3: some space. Certainly, it's not gonna work every time. If

963
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:17,520
Speaker 3: they did, they'd never run anything else, but they try

964
00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:22,239
Speaker 3: and pick a spot where they do. Plus, when they

965
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:27,399
Speaker 3: run that thing a lot, you might remember they ran

966
00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:30,800
Speaker 3: it against the Kansas City Chiefs, had some okay success,

967
00:50:30,840 --> 00:50:32,840
Speaker 3: a little bit like what you're describing, a little just

968
00:50:33,120 --> 00:50:36,320
Speaker 3: limited success, and then they ran it and gave Davis

969
00:50:36,360 --> 00:50:38,800
Speaker 3: goes deep and they got gave Davis running by himself

970
00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:42,000
Speaker 3: down down the seam, and Josh never saw him. So

971
00:50:42,160 --> 00:50:44,759
Speaker 3: it does set up some other things. When a team

972
00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:47,520
Speaker 3: starts to jump and they see Steph Diggs back away

973
00:50:47,520 --> 00:50:50,000
Speaker 3: from the line and look at Josh, and Josh turned

974
00:50:50,040 --> 00:50:53,600
Speaker 3: towards him, everybody rushes to the line of scrimmage. There

975
00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:56,000
Speaker 3: are other things going on with other offensive players in

976
00:50:56,040 --> 00:50:59,680
Speaker 3: those plays sometimes too, where you might fake that play

977
00:50:59,719 --> 00:51:01,480
Speaker 3: and go back to something else and add a wrinkle

978
00:51:01,520 --> 00:51:03,759
Speaker 3: to it. So, yeah, you're right. It's pretty frustrating when

979
00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:05,640
Speaker 3: they run it a lot and it doesn't work very often,

980
00:51:06,680 --> 00:51:09,879
Speaker 3: but you can bet there's a thought process that goes

981
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Speaker 3: in behind it.

982
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Speaker 4: All right, Thanks for the call joke. Coming up next,

983
00:51:12,719 --> 00:51:16,120
Speaker 4: we've got Dan Orlovsky joining us, an ESPN analyst and

984
00:51:16,239 --> 00:51:20,400
Speaker 4: former NFL quarterback. We'll hear about his opinion on the

985
00:51:20,480 --> 00:51:24,080
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Speaker 4: thanks for being on with us today as we talk

998
00:52:45,719 --> 00:52:48,840
Speaker 4: about this Bill's victory over the Charters, the slay games

999
00:52:48,880 --> 00:52:51,319
Speaker 4: that happen this weekend, and kind of look ahead to

1000
00:52:51,600 --> 00:52:54,040
Speaker 4: what's up for the Bills this week as well as

1001
00:52:54,040 --> 00:52:56,080
Speaker 4: a bunch of other games going on, because there's a

1002
00:52:56,160 --> 00:52:59,040
Speaker 4: chance that the Bills could get the number two seed

1003
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:01,440
Speaker 4: if things go their way and if they went out,

1004
00:53:01,480 --> 00:53:04,520
Speaker 4: which is incredible to think about after they have jumped

1005
00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:06,680
Speaker 4: up from the number eleven seed just a couple of

1006
00:53:06,719 --> 00:53:09,080
Speaker 4: weeks ago. But how was your holiday weekend?

1007
00:53:10,760 --> 00:53:11,320
Speaker 6: It was great.

1008
00:53:11,480 --> 00:53:14,200
Speaker 5: You know, a lot of a lot of Christmas parties

1009
00:53:14,239 --> 00:53:16,800
Speaker 5: which has been awesome, and a lot of football watched.

1010
00:53:16,880 --> 00:53:19,000
Speaker 5: I actually liked the games being a little bit so

1011
00:53:19,120 --> 00:53:21,200
Speaker 5: spread out, to be honest with you, I thought they

1012
00:53:21,239 --> 00:53:24,080
Speaker 5: were a little bit easier to follow and really good.

1013
00:53:24,120 --> 00:53:25,319
Speaker 5: Failed me down, how about you guys.

1014
00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:27,960
Speaker 3: Everything's yeah, we had great. We had a little long

1015
00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:31,160
Speaker 3: weekend there, you know, this Christmas on a Monday with

1016
00:53:31,280 --> 00:53:33,400
Speaker 3: the Sunday game of the Bills on Saturday. Now, it

1017
00:53:33,440 --> 00:53:35,880
Speaker 3: was perfect. It was It was perfect, perfect for us

1018
00:53:35,920 --> 00:53:37,960
Speaker 3: here in Western New York. So it all worked out

1019
00:53:37,960 --> 00:53:40,239
Speaker 3: great for us, and it's good to see and I

1020
00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:42,879
Speaker 3: appreciate you taking a day after Christmas, come out, come

1021
00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:45,399
Speaker 3: on with us in your regular slot. I gotta tell

1022
00:53:45,400 --> 00:53:48,600
Speaker 3: you a ton happened in the league over the weekend

1023
00:53:48,600 --> 00:53:50,680
Speaker 3: because and I think maybe we're just more aware of

1024
00:53:50,719 --> 00:53:52,319
Speaker 3: it because we got a chance to see all these

1025
00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:56,040
Speaker 3: games end to end over three or four days. But

1026
00:53:56,320 --> 00:53:58,560
Speaker 3: you know, start with the Bills game on Saturday. Now

1027
00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:00,520
Speaker 3: you know they could the Bills. You want to get

1028
00:54:00,640 --> 00:54:01,839
Speaker 3: You want to get off to on a fast star.

1029
00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:04,120
Speaker 3: We just had Eric Wood on the radio analyst. You

1030
00:54:04,160 --> 00:54:05,839
Speaker 3: wanted to get off to a fast start. I didn't

1031
00:54:05,920 --> 00:54:08,440
Speaker 3: quite do that. You wanted to, like not turn the

1032
00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:10,520
Speaker 3: ball over, and I didn't do that either. You want

1033
00:54:10,560 --> 00:54:12,520
Speaker 3: to just win the time of possession, grind it out.

1034
00:54:12,520 --> 00:54:13,759
Speaker 3: I just get out of there with him. Didn't do

1035
00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:16,760
Speaker 3: any of that. Your minus three on the turnover, Margine,

1036
00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:20,600
Speaker 3: you lose the time of possession. I mean, it couldn't

1037
00:54:20,600 --> 00:54:22,120
Speaker 3: have gone much worse for the Bills. And yet at

1038
00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:24,239
Speaker 3: the end of it, Josh puts together an unbelievable drive,

1039
00:54:24,280 --> 00:54:27,880
Speaker 3: gets the field goal, and presto chanjo they win the game. Anyway,

1040
00:54:28,480 --> 00:54:30,319
Speaker 3: there's a lot in to take away from this game,

1041
00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:30,759
Speaker 3: isn't there?

1042
00:54:32,239 --> 00:54:34,520
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think this game makes up for maybe the

1043
00:54:34,560 --> 00:54:39,920
Speaker 5: Philadelphia game or the Denver game. You know, probably should

1044
00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:43,840
Speaker 5: have won both those games and didn't. If we're being honest,

1045
00:54:43,960 --> 00:54:47,279
Speaker 5: probably should not have won this game and did right.

1046
00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:51,080
Speaker 5: You know, watching it, you know, I just with with

1047
00:54:51,120 --> 00:54:53,440
Speaker 5: some family and friends watching the game. I never felt

1048
00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:57,040
Speaker 5: like Buffalo was going to actually lose. But the game

1049
00:54:57,160 --> 00:54:59,480
Speaker 5: was unfolding in a way where you were sitting there going, well,

1050
00:54:59,600 --> 00:55:02,520
Speaker 5: can't do that. You know, I can't do that, and

1051
00:55:02,520 --> 00:55:05,760
Speaker 5: and to your point, started slow in the turnovers. But listen,

1052
00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:09,480
Speaker 5: the most important thing is and maybe it's a little

1053
00:55:09,520 --> 00:55:11,560
Speaker 5: bit of a break and they're playing against an Easton

1054
00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:13,680
Speaker 5: stick and not a Justin Herbert, but they win a

1055
00:55:13,719 --> 00:55:16,080
Speaker 5: game that you're not supposed to I say that every

1056
00:55:16,160 --> 00:55:19,080
Speaker 5: single year when teams go on runs near the late

1057
00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:22,160
Speaker 5: end of the season, I always say, you know, somehow

1058
00:55:22,160 --> 00:55:24,680
Speaker 5: teams separate themselves by winning a game that they're not

1059
00:55:24,960 --> 00:55:28,600
Speaker 5: supposed to win. And you know, given the way that

1060
00:55:28,960 --> 00:55:32,440
Speaker 5: the offense operated, specifically in the first quarter and the

1061
00:55:32,480 --> 00:55:36,080
Speaker 5: turnovers and then really not playing coverage wise as good

1062
00:55:36,120 --> 00:55:37,840
Speaker 5: as they had for the better part of a month,

1063
00:55:38,560 --> 00:55:39,640
Speaker 5: find a way to win a game.

1064
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Speaker 3: And that all.

1065
00:55:41,239 --> 00:55:43,839
Speaker 5: That's all that matters. And I think this this week

1066
00:55:43,920 --> 00:55:46,200
Speaker 5: is the same mindset for them, like just make Week

1067
00:55:46,239 --> 00:55:48,200
Speaker 5: eighteen what it's supposed to be. I don't care what

1068
00:55:48,200 --> 00:55:50,360
Speaker 5: it looks like this week, and this week would be

1069
00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:53,440
Speaker 5: a challenge for them. But I was impressed with the

1070
00:55:53,440 --> 00:55:56,799
Speaker 5: final drive. I was impressed with some of the playmaking.

1071
00:55:57,000 --> 00:55:59,759
Speaker 5: I thought that the pass rush was equally as good

1072
00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:02,960
Speaker 5: when it needed to be. And the most important thing

1073
00:56:03,040 --> 00:56:04,360
Speaker 5: is Week eighteen still matters.

1074
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Speaker 4: Gabe Davis had a game against the Chargers. It was

1075
00:56:07,560 --> 00:56:10,239
Speaker 4: nice to see him be a focal point of this

1076
00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:14,200
Speaker 4: offense because he hasn't been consistent so far this season,

1077
00:56:14,239 --> 00:56:16,400
Speaker 4: and you know, a lot of fans and we have

1078
00:56:16,560 --> 00:56:20,600
Speaker 4: wanted him to take another step forward this year. But

1079
00:56:20,640 --> 00:56:22,239
Speaker 4: he's been up and down a little bit. But when

1080
00:56:22,239 --> 00:56:24,719
Speaker 4: he's been up, he's been really high and it's been

1081
00:56:24,840 --> 00:56:27,440
Speaker 4: over one hundred receiving yards and it's been the touchdowns

1082
00:56:27,440 --> 00:56:30,440
Speaker 4: and it's been the incredible big catches that he had

1083
00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:33,000
Speaker 4: a fifty six or fifty seven yard or there for

1084
00:56:33,080 --> 00:56:36,280
Speaker 4: his touchdown, which was amazing to see against a pass

1085
00:56:36,360 --> 00:56:39,840
Speaker 4: defense that wasn't so great in the Chargers. Do you

1086
00:56:39,880 --> 00:56:42,960
Speaker 4: think they can start to put something together with him

1087
00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:47,520
Speaker 4: consistently as we close out the regular season. Why do

1088
00:56:47,560 --> 00:56:49,759
Speaker 4: you think it just hasn't worked out for him? This

1089
00:56:49,880 --> 00:56:51,759
Speaker 4: year's up and down. You know, you have a game

1090
00:56:51,840 --> 00:56:53,960
Speaker 4: under fifty receiving yards or you have a game of

1091
00:56:54,239 --> 00:56:56,120
Speaker 4: one hundred or more receiving yards.

1092
00:56:57,239 --> 00:57:00,279
Speaker 5: Yeah, Mattie, I'd say this. It feels like that is

1093
00:57:00,320 --> 00:57:03,120
Speaker 5: a little bit the definition of this offense this year.

1094
00:57:03,680 --> 00:57:06,200
Speaker 5: We know, we've talked about it almost on a weekly basis.

1095
00:57:06,239 --> 00:57:08,120
Speaker 5: Sometimes the offense is the best in the league, and

1096
00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:10,759
Speaker 5: sometimes it's had stretches where you sit there and go

1097
00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:15,560
Speaker 5: that doesn't necessarily operate in the same fashion. I think,

1098
00:57:15,920 --> 00:57:18,440
Speaker 5: and some people might view it as a negative that

1099
00:57:18,480 --> 00:57:23,000
Speaker 5: there's been this up and down from Gabe. I think

1100
00:57:23,040 --> 00:57:26,120
Speaker 5: it's the way I view a prison wise. Is like

1101
00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:29,400
Speaker 5: last week it was James and in the there's been

1102
00:57:29,440 --> 00:57:33,080
Speaker 5: weeks when it was Dalton Kincaid, and this past week

1103
00:57:33,080 --> 00:57:35,240
Speaker 5: it was Gabe. I think that's the beauty of this

1104
00:57:35,320 --> 00:57:38,560
Speaker 5: offense right now. And I think that that is the

1105
00:57:38,600 --> 00:57:42,160
Speaker 5: difference of this offense outside of how the offensive line

1106
00:57:42,200 --> 00:57:45,560
Speaker 5: is a focal point or a strength. The beauty of

1107
00:57:45,560 --> 00:57:48,760
Speaker 5: this offense as it sits right now is we don't

1108
00:57:48,800 --> 00:57:51,280
Speaker 5: necessarily know who the guy is going to be week

1109
00:57:51,320 --> 00:57:54,680
Speaker 5: to week to week, and does that maybe take some

1110
00:57:54,800 --> 00:57:57,360
Speaker 5: time for them to figure out who that person's going

1111
00:57:57,440 --> 00:57:59,640
Speaker 5: to be as the game goes on. Sure, and you've

1112
00:57:59,640 --> 00:58:01,640
Speaker 5: got to pla good football as a team to make

1113
00:58:01,680 --> 00:58:04,360
Speaker 5: sure it matters near the end of the games. But

1114
00:58:04,480 --> 00:58:08,480
Speaker 5: I think the fact that they have a multitude of

1115
00:58:08,920 --> 00:58:13,439
Speaker 5: versatile and reliable weapons, and I don't want to mistake that.

1116
00:58:13,840 --> 00:58:16,880
Speaker 5: You know, there's one dominant game by Gabe is making

1117
00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:19,600
Speaker 5: him the most reliable player in the NFL. But I

1118
00:58:19,680 --> 00:58:24,919
Speaker 5: do think that this offense weekly proves that it could

1119
00:58:24,920 --> 00:58:27,480
Speaker 5: be a different person that you have to try and

1120
00:58:27,560 --> 00:58:30,440
Speaker 5: slow down in that game, and that's only going to

1121
00:58:30,480 --> 00:58:33,680
Speaker 5: help others out. So I like the fact that they're

1122
00:58:33,720 --> 00:58:36,360
Speaker 5: not just focusing on one person like they have in

1123
00:58:36,400 --> 00:58:38,640
Speaker 5: the past. It's worked at times. I don't know if

1124
00:58:38,680 --> 00:58:42,040
Speaker 5: that's how they're constructed right now. So, but the more

1125
00:58:42,080 --> 00:58:45,360
Speaker 5: guys playing well over the next couple of weeks, it's

1126
00:58:45,360 --> 00:58:46,760
Speaker 5: going to be harder to stop for them.

1127
00:58:47,320 --> 00:58:49,240
Speaker 3: You talk about this game and coming up with against

1128
00:58:49,240 --> 00:58:52,560
Speaker 3: the Patriots. The Patriots have most of the time made

1129
00:58:52,560 --> 00:58:56,520
Speaker 3: the focal part of their defensive scheme Steph Diggs, Well,

1130
00:58:57,640 --> 00:59:00,120
Speaker 3: Steph really hasn't earned that right at this point. One

1131
00:59:00,160 --> 00:59:03,120
Speaker 3: of the sas maybe James Cook has, is this offense

1132
00:59:03,240 --> 00:59:06,919
Speaker 3: under Joe Brady strike you as being a different sort

1133
00:59:06,960 --> 00:59:10,960
Speaker 3: of animal. Now, obviously it would, but then it has

1134
00:59:11,080 --> 00:59:13,480
Speaker 3: been going in to face a New England Patriot team

1135
00:59:13,480 --> 00:59:15,800
Speaker 3: that is so good defensively and so good at taking

1136
00:59:15,840 --> 00:59:18,440
Speaker 3: what you do best away. What do you see is

1137
00:59:18,480 --> 00:59:19,840
Speaker 3: what the Bills are doing best? I mean, what are

1138
00:59:19,840 --> 00:59:20,720
Speaker 3: they gonna take away? First?

1139
00:59:20,800 --> 00:59:24,880
Speaker 5: Yeah, Steve, no question, I think what they're going to

1140
00:59:24,960 --> 00:59:28,320
Speaker 5: do New England. This is not going to shock anybody.

1141
00:59:28,640 --> 00:59:30,040
Speaker 5: New England is going to.

1142
00:59:30,280 --> 00:59:31,160
Speaker 6: Give up yards.

1143
00:59:31,320 --> 00:59:34,080
Speaker 5: They will not care about yards from the twenty to

1144
00:59:34,160 --> 00:59:37,520
Speaker 5: the twenty. They'll give Josh a ton of completions. They'll

1145
00:59:37,560 --> 00:59:39,840
Speaker 5: allow guys to make some plays in the open field.

1146
00:59:39,880 --> 00:59:42,280
Speaker 5: That's all they will care about is making sure that

1147
00:59:42,320 --> 00:59:44,720
Speaker 5: they don't give up big plays. And then they will

1148
00:59:44,720 --> 00:59:48,280
Speaker 5: try to play lights out red zone defense. And the

1149
00:59:48,360 --> 00:59:50,400
Speaker 5: thing that they're doing really good in the red zone

1150
00:59:50,480 --> 00:59:53,919
Speaker 5: is you don't know what they're going to call. They

1151
00:59:53,960 --> 00:59:57,800
Speaker 5: will give you certain defensive structures from the twenty yard

1152
00:59:57,800 --> 01:00:00,720
Speaker 5: line to the twenty yard line, You'll line up in

1153
01:00:00,760 --> 01:00:04,480
Speaker 5: a very similar personnel or formation group that you just

1154
01:00:04,600 --> 01:00:07,680
Speaker 5: were in and they will give you something completely different.

1155
01:00:07,720 --> 01:00:11,160
Speaker 5: Coverage wise. They will double team two or three people.

1156
01:00:11,240 --> 01:00:13,600
Speaker 5: They will double spy Josh in his legs.

1157
01:00:14,040 --> 01:00:14,720
Speaker 3: So it is.

1158
01:00:14,720 --> 01:00:19,959
Speaker 5: Gonna be huge this week that Josh and Joe kind

1159
01:00:19,960 --> 01:00:24,439
Speaker 5: of have two different mindsets and game plans. It's gonna

1160
01:00:24,440 --> 01:00:28,400
Speaker 5: be paramount for that game plan and mindset. Twenty to twenty.

1161
01:00:28,440 --> 01:00:31,640
Speaker 5: That's the middle of the field. That is just operation.

1162
01:00:31,920 --> 01:00:34,600
Speaker 5: We want to be very efficient. The ball's got to

1163
01:00:34,600 --> 01:00:37,320
Speaker 5: get out of our hands. We're not trying to force things.

1164
01:00:37,840 --> 01:00:40,200
Speaker 5: New England is not going to give you big plays.

1165
01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:43,040
Speaker 5: They're going to force you to be patient. You're gonna

1166
01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:45,360
Speaker 5: have to be efficient on third downs, and then when

1167
01:00:45,400 --> 01:00:48,000
Speaker 5: you get into the red zone, Josh is gonna have

1168
01:00:48,080 --> 01:00:52,720
Speaker 5: to have two or three moments where he picks and

1169
01:00:52,800 --> 01:00:56,200
Speaker 5: chooses the right time it's time to go make a play,

1170
01:00:56,560 --> 01:00:59,760
Speaker 5: you know, without without giving the ball away in those moments,

1171
01:00:59,800 --> 01:01:01,400
Speaker 5: but you're going to have to go make the play.

1172
01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:04,760
Speaker 5: I think that's going to be paramount, and because it's

1173
01:01:04,800 --> 01:01:06,600
Speaker 5: not going to be needed in the middle of the field,

1174
01:01:06,840 --> 01:01:08,840
Speaker 5: I think efficiency will be meet in the middle of

1175
01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:10,840
Speaker 5: the field red zone, Josh will have to have two

1176
01:01:10,880 --> 01:01:12,520
Speaker 5: or three moments and he's gonna have to pick him

1177
01:01:12,560 --> 01:01:14,800
Speaker 5: at the right time to be good. And see. The

1178
01:01:14,840 --> 01:01:17,360
Speaker 5: last thing I'd say about the offense is this, so

1179
01:01:17,760 --> 01:01:20,400
Speaker 5: you know in twenty I think nineteen when LSU and

1180
01:01:20,440 --> 01:01:22,760
Speaker 5: Joe Brady was the play caller for that college football team,

1181
01:01:22,800 --> 01:01:25,160
Speaker 5: I called a couple of you games that year I

1182
01:01:25,200 --> 01:01:29,280
Speaker 5: called the national Championship. The thing that was great about

1183
01:01:29,280 --> 01:01:32,240
Speaker 5: that offense was they spread it around, man, And I

1184
01:01:32,280 --> 01:01:35,200
Speaker 5: think that's kind of starting to reveal itself a little

1185
01:01:35,240 --> 01:01:35,920
Speaker 5: bit in Buffalo.

1186
01:01:36,640 --> 01:01:39,040
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean you say that, and we talked about

1187
01:01:39,120 --> 01:01:42,400
Speaker 4: already a different guy every week who's kind of had,

1188
01:01:42,600 --> 01:01:44,120
Speaker 4: you know, the tip of the hat. Hey, this is

1189
01:01:44,200 --> 01:01:46,760
Speaker 4: your game, go out and be great. The Patriots one

1190
01:01:46,800 --> 01:01:50,000
Speaker 4: of the best defenses in the red zone and on

1191
01:01:50,160 --> 01:01:53,800
Speaker 4: third down. Thankfully, Josh Allen leads the NFL in red

1192
01:01:53,880 --> 01:01:56,640
Speaker 4: zone touchdowns so far through this season, is kind of

1193
01:01:56,920 --> 01:01:59,440
Speaker 4: way above all of their quarterbacks too, by quite a

1194
01:01:59,480 --> 01:02:02,080
Speaker 4: few touchdown. When you look back at the slate of

1195
01:02:02,120 --> 01:02:04,240
Speaker 4: games that we had this weekend, what did you learn

1196
01:02:04,360 --> 01:02:07,280
Speaker 4: about the NFL this weekend as it applies to the

1197
01:02:07,280 --> 01:02:10,560
Speaker 4: Bills and their playoff chances. A lot of things went

1198
01:02:10,600 --> 01:02:13,320
Speaker 4: their way. You know, the Chiefs lost, you had the

1199
01:02:13,360 --> 01:02:16,160
Speaker 4: Browns win over at the Texans. You had a few

1200
01:02:16,240 --> 01:02:19,840
Speaker 4: games that went Buffalo's way. Steelers also won earlier on.

1201
01:02:19,960 --> 01:02:23,360
Speaker 4: So things are continuing to look good here for the Bills.

1202
01:02:24,480 --> 01:02:28,320
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it's specific to the AFC. I was

1203
01:02:28,440 --> 01:02:30,920
Speaker 5: very surprised by how Baltimore went to San Francisco and

1204
01:02:31,040 --> 01:02:36,440
Speaker 5: just absolutely hammered San Francisco. I think that and everyone

1205
01:02:36,520 --> 01:02:39,760
Speaker 5: knows my thoughts on Josh. I think Lamar probably took

1206
01:02:39,760 --> 01:02:42,400
Speaker 5: control of the MVP and it's probably his to lose

1207
01:02:42,400 --> 01:02:45,160
Speaker 5: over the next two weeks. Obviously a massive game this

1208
01:02:45,200 --> 01:02:48,200
Speaker 5: weekend for them versus Miami. I think the only person

1209
01:02:48,240 --> 01:02:51,400
Speaker 5: who could probably go take it away from Lamar is Josh,

1210
01:02:51,560 --> 01:02:53,720
Speaker 5: and I think Josh will have to go get forty

1211
01:02:53,760 --> 01:02:56,240
Speaker 5: five touchdowns total to do it, and I think they

1212
01:02:56,280 --> 01:02:58,320
Speaker 5: have to win the AFC East to do it. So

1213
01:02:58,400 --> 01:03:01,600
Speaker 5: Week eighteen votes for a I've said this almost the

1214
01:03:01,680 --> 01:03:06,080
Speaker 5: Heisman moment, but Baltimore. I think the thing that was

1215
01:03:06,360 --> 01:03:09,560
Speaker 5: not surprised that Lamar had somebody like above the extras

1216
01:03:09,560 --> 01:03:13,680
Speaker 5: and oh plays that defense is one of the most

1217
01:03:14,080 --> 01:03:18,800
Speaker 5: sound tackling defenses in football. They don't give you plays,

1218
01:03:19,080 --> 01:03:21,000
Speaker 5: you got to go earn him versus Baltimore, and I

1219
01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:25,360
Speaker 5: think that was surprising versus the San Francisco offense. There's

1220
01:03:25,440 --> 01:03:27,800
Speaker 5: no question about it that Miami is going to be

1221
01:03:28,240 --> 01:03:32,080
Speaker 5: a very legit threat Week eight team. The thing that

1222
01:03:32,160 --> 01:03:35,000
Speaker 5: I was most impressed of with their game in Dallas

1223
01:03:35,080 --> 01:03:38,280
Speaker 5: number one Mike McDaniel and the discipline of his play calling.

1224
01:03:38,520 --> 01:03:42,000
Speaker 5: He did not get pass happy. He stayed very committed

1225
01:03:42,040 --> 01:03:46,000
Speaker 5: to that too. Both Bradley Chubb and Christian Wilkins are

1226
01:03:46,920 --> 01:03:49,720
Speaker 5: two of the very most impactful pass rushers in football

1227
01:03:49,800 --> 01:03:54,360
Speaker 5: right now, and that they're playing outstanding. That secondary is

1228
01:03:55,560 --> 01:03:58,320
Speaker 5: at a very high level right now. So Miami, just

1229
01:03:58,600 --> 01:04:01,800
Speaker 5: the identity of the team is shifted in the last

1230
01:04:01,880 --> 01:04:05,840
Speaker 5: six weeks and I've been very impressed with that. And

1231
01:04:05,840 --> 01:04:08,960
Speaker 5: then in the NFC, I think the NFC is completely

1232
01:04:09,000 --> 01:04:11,560
Speaker 5: wide open. I do believe San Francisco is the best

1233
01:04:11,560 --> 01:04:14,800
Speaker 5: team in the NFC, and I think that Philadelphia Dallas

1234
01:04:14,840 --> 01:04:17,760
Speaker 5: can get them. I also think Detroit can and then

1235
01:04:17,800 --> 01:04:21,840
Speaker 5: Kansas City. I would say this, and I love Patrick.

1236
01:04:21,880 --> 01:04:25,160
Speaker 5: I think the world of Patrick. Two things. One, Patrick

1237
01:04:25,280 --> 01:04:27,959
Speaker 5: is playing the way I worried he would after week

1238
01:04:28,000 --> 01:04:32,360
Speaker 5: one at Kansas City Detroit drops and I said, the

1239
01:04:32,400 --> 01:04:34,760
Speaker 5: only thing that concerns me, and this was week one,

1240
01:04:35,720 --> 01:04:39,200
Speaker 5: was if they continue, does the only think of Travis

1241
01:04:39,280 --> 01:04:43,720
Speaker 5: Kelce that is happening is playing less because he only

1242
01:04:43,760 --> 01:04:46,640
Speaker 5: looks at Travis consistently. And the best person on the

1243
01:04:46,680 --> 01:04:50,080
Speaker 5: offense right now is Rashi Rice. That says everything.

1244
01:04:50,840 --> 01:04:53,160
Speaker 3: So you talk about this, you're right. Coming down to

1245
01:04:53,160 --> 01:04:54,880
Speaker 3: these last three weeks, a lot of stuff's going to

1246
01:04:54,920 --> 01:05:00,440
Speaker 3: be decided, and certainly after last night's performance, Lamar, you know,

1247
01:05:01,600 --> 01:05:03,720
Speaker 3: was a unicorn in that game. I mean he absolutely

1248
01:05:03,720 --> 01:05:06,040
Speaker 3: played lights out And you look at and I'm interested

1249
01:05:06,080 --> 01:05:08,240
Speaker 3: in your take, and you said it, Josh is probably

1250
01:05:08,320 --> 01:05:10,120
Speaker 3: the only guy standing that has a shot to take

1251
01:05:10,160 --> 01:05:12,480
Speaker 3: it away. And you look at we did this earlier

1252
01:05:12,520 --> 01:05:15,760
Speaker 3: in the show. Josh Allen has forty touchdowns, Lamar's got

1253
01:05:15,760 --> 01:05:19,840
Speaker 3: twenty four. Josh does have the eighteen turnovers, but Lamar's

1254
01:05:19,840 --> 01:05:24,360
Speaker 3: got thirteen. They're both completing sixty six percent of their passes.

1255
01:05:24,520 --> 01:05:27,320
Speaker 3: Josh has a hair more yards. Josh is a hair

1256
01:05:27,320 --> 01:05:31,600
Speaker 3: more completion percentage of hair more yards, much much bigger,

1257
01:05:31,760 --> 01:05:38,560
Speaker 3: much better, quarterback rating. Lamar's accounting for fifty two percent

1258
01:05:38,640 --> 01:05:42,320
Speaker 3: of their team's touchdowns, about half josh is eighty three

1259
01:05:42,400 --> 01:05:46,400
Speaker 3: percent of the team's touchdowns. In the games that the

1260
01:05:46,440 --> 01:05:49,720
Speaker 3: Bills have lost, four of those, josh has given the

1261
01:05:49,720 --> 01:05:51,240
Speaker 3: team the lead in the last two minutes and they

1262
01:05:51,240 --> 01:05:56,760
Speaker 3: couldn't hold it. It's I get Lamars, and it's and

1263
01:05:56,800 --> 01:05:58,600
Speaker 3: I hate it when you talk like this because it's

1264
01:05:58,640 --> 01:06:00,479
Speaker 3: like you don't think Lamar is a good player. Lamar

1265
01:06:00,600 --> 01:06:03,840
Speaker 3: is phenomenal, But I think if you're talking about a

1266
01:06:03,840 --> 01:06:06,360
Speaker 3: guy who means more to their their team and who's

1267
01:06:06,400 --> 01:06:07,919
Speaker 3: done more for their team, I think.

1268
01:06:07,840 --> 01:06:11,720
Speaker 5: It's josh Yeah, you know me. You ain't got to

1269
01:06:11,720 --> 01:06:14,840
Speaker 5: convince me, my Steed on this one. Man. You know

1270
01:06:15,000 --> 01:06:17,000
Speaker 5: I've gone to battle for this for the better part

1271
01:06:17,040 --> 01:06:19,160
Speaker 5: of two months. I don't have a lot of disagreement.

1272
01:06:19,560 --> 01:06:23,080
Speaker 5: You know, we the the best player, the most valuable player,

1273
01:06:23,120 --> 01:06:27,200
Speaker 5: who's performed the most for me this year? The MVP

1274
01:06:27,400 --> 01:06:32,000
Speaker 5: has settled into not who's playing the best, who is

1275
01:06:32,160 --> 01:06:37,160
Speaker 5: doing the most when little is presented to end or

1276
01:06:37,200 --> 01:06:40,240
Speaker 5: for them. I think both Lamar and Joshua at the

1277
01:06:40,360 --> 01:06:44,080
Speaker 5: very forefront of that. Both of those guys have made

1278
01:06:44,160 --> 01:06:48,920
Speaker 5: more out of nothing than anybody else in football. And

1279
01:06:48,960 --> 01:06:51,360
Speaker 5: that's why I sit here and I say one two.

1280
01:06:52,560 --> 01:06:55,840
Speaker 5: You know, why would I put Lamar probably ahead right now, Steve,

1281
01:06:56,240 --> 01:06:59,000
Speaker 5: if I'm just being honest, I've looked at it this

1282
01:06:59,120 --> 01:07:02,160
Speaker 5: year like the end, like the Heisman. Lamar had a

1283
01:07:02,200 --> 01:07:05,640
Speaker 5: moment last night. Josh is going to get his moment

1284
01:07:06,000 --> 01:07:07,040
Speaker 5: week eighteen.

1285
01:07:07,480 --> 01:07:08,200
Speaker 6: He is going to have.

1286
01:07:08,320 --> 01:07:10,160
Speaker 5: I think Week eighteen is going to come down to

1287
01:07:10,200 --> 01:07:14,600
Speaker 5: the division. So I think that he's going to have

1288
01:07:14,680 --> 01:07:18,280
Speaker 5: that moment. If they don't win the division and Lamar

1289
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Speaker 5: and Baltimore are the one seed, I probably lean towards

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Speaker 5: giving it Lamar just in the totality of what the

1291
01:07:25,200 --> 01:07:29,440
Speaker 5: performance means in or represents. But you do not have

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01:07:29,520 --> 01:07:33,080
Speaker 5: to twist my arm. I would, in the least bit

1293
01:07:33,200 --> 01:07:36,680
Speaker 5: be surprised if Josh Allen is the NFL MVP come

1294
01:07:36,960 --> 01:07:38,160
Speaker 5: the second week of January.

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01:07:38,320 --> 01:07:40,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, It'll be interesting to see how things shake out

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01:07:40,640 --> 01:07:42,960
Speaker 4: over the next two weeks. We're already kind of peeking

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Speaker 4: at week eighteen. We get to do that. The team

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Speaker 4: and the players need to focus on week seventeen here,

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Speaker 4: and as I talk about us already peaking at week eighteen,

1300
01:07:51,920 --> 01:07:54,840
Speaker 4: and what this game could mean against the Dolphins. Does

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01:07:54,880 --> 01:07:57,800
Speaker 4: Week seventeen then become a trap game for this team

1302
01:07:57,960 --> 01:08:00,640
Speaker 4: in the Buffalo Bills, It can be.

1303
01:08:01,160 --> 01:08:04,120
Speaker 5: It shouldn't be. With the leadership of McDermott and Josh

1304
01:08:04,160 --> 01:08:07,280
Speaker 5: and Steph and their offensive line and the defensive personnel,

1305
01:08:07,320 --> 01:08:12,520
Speaker 5: it should not be. Here's where New England right now is,

1306
01:08:13,120 --> 01:08:18,160
Speaker 5: you know, playing with a kind of a freedom and

1307
01:08:18,160 --> 01:08:20,920
Speaker 5: not a want to say, a negative carelessness. But they

1308
01:08:21,360 --> 01:08:24,639
Speaker 5: aren't afraid right now. If you go back last week

1309
01:08:24,760 --> 01:08:29,599
Speaker 5: versus Pittsburgh, Bady Zappi's two touchdown passes, he completely says,

1310
01:08:29,720 --> 01:08:31,280
Speaker 5: I'm just going to throw the ball to that guy.

1311
01:08:31,320 --> 01:08:35,760
Speaker 5: Probably not great decisions, great throws even this past week,

1312
01:08:35,800 --> 01:08:38,639
Speaker 5: and some of the way that they played on offense

1313
01:08:39,200 --> 01:08:41,439
Speaker 5: this game, this game adding next week is going to

1314
01:08:41,479 --> 01:08:43,880
Speaker 5: come down to this. I just told you guys. Offensively,

1315
01:08:44,080 --> 01:08:45,960
Speaker 5: the focal point for Josh, it is going to come

1316
01:08:45,960 --> 01:08:50,639
Speaker 5: down to this. Defensively, early downs, They're going to have

1317
01:08:50,760 --> 01:08:53,320
Speaker 5: to make sure that that linebacker group does a great

1318
01:08:53,400 --> 01:08:56,000
Speaker 5: job of covering Ezekiel. Elliott Zeke is the person that

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01:08:56,040 --> 01:08:57,840
Speaker 5: they're trying to get the ball to in the past game.

1320
01:08:57,920 --> 01:09:00,719
Speaker 5: Right now, in the red zone cover of my Kasiki.

1321
01:09:01,479 --> 01:09:06,200
Speaker 5: If they do that consistently, they win the game. Now,

1322
01:09:06,240 --> 01:09:08,800
Speaker 5: if they struggle with that, if they don't tackle in

1323
01:09:08,880 --> 01:09:12,240
Speaker 5: space versus Zeke, if Kasicki kind of out competes them

1324
01:09:12,280 --> 01:09:14,519
Speaker 5: for a ball or something, then this is this will

1325
01:09:14,560 --> 01:09:18,320
Speaker 5: be a dogfight. Absolutely will be a dogfight. I don't

1326
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Speaker 5: expect them to overlook this game, knowing you come off

1327
01:09:23,240 --> 01:09:25,879
Speaker 5: last week and you over almost overlooked the Los Angeles

1328
01:09:25,880 --> 01:09:27,880
Speaker 5: and everything you've done over the past five weeks almost

1329
01:09:27,880 --> 01:09:28,439
Speaker 5: went to waste.

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Speaker 3: So give me an idea of Bailey Zappi. How he's

1331
01:09:31,800 --> 01:09:34,519
Speaker 3: playing quarterback right now for New England. I know, you

1332
01:09:34,520 --> 01:09:36,840
Speaker 3: know it's Mac Jones, it's Bailey Zappie. Now, Zappi seems

1333
01:09:36,840 --> 01:09:38,400
Speaker 3: to be the guy they're given the rest of the season.

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Speaker 3: Two Yeah, why is it? How is he playing?

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Speaker 5: He's playing solid football, Steve, I'd say he's not overly

1336
01:09:48,240 --> 01:09:52,200
Speaker 5: aggressive with the ball outside of the red zone. Red zone.

1337
01:09:52,200 --> 01:09:56,760
Speaker 5: He becomes very aggressive with the football early downs. It's

1338
01:09:56,840 --> 01:09:58,320
Speaker 5: just get the bottom of my hands. I just want

1339
01:09:58,360 --> 01:10:01,160
Speaker 5: to get completions, find out back, find a tight end

1340
01:10:01,439 --> 01:10:04,160
Speaker 5: if he gets Devonte Parker or Pop Douglas one on

1341
01:10:04,160 --> 01:10:05,920
Speaker 5: one more often than not, and he's going to give

1342
01:10:05,920 --> 01:10:08,240
Speaker 5: those guys a chance. Pop Douglas is a slot receiver

1343
01:10:08,320 --> 01:10:09,840
Speaker 5: for them that's doing a good job. He's got a

1344
01:10:09,840 --> 01:10:12,479
Speaker 5: lot of trust in him. DeVante Parker is a guy

1345
01:10:12,479 --> 01:10:14,519
Speaker 5: that he's just going to throw back shoulder balls to.

1346
01:10:14,880 --> 01:10:16,720
Speaker 5: That's all he wants to do. If he gets him

1347
01:10:16,760 --> 01:10:19,240
Speaker 5: in one on one, those corners on the perimeter, be

1348
01:10:19,320 --> 01:10:21,080
Speaker 5: ready for that back shoulder ball. And then in the

1349
01:10:21,120 --> 01:10:23,479
Speaker 5: red zone, he is very aggressive with the ball to

1350
01:10:23,560 --> 01:10:27,439
Speaker 5: get Sicky or Hunter Henry. He's very aggressive with the

1351
01:10:27,439 --> 01:10:30,559
Speaker 5: football to those guys. So those tight ends are going

1352
01:10:30,640 --> 01:10:33,439
Speaker 5: to be the focal point for Buffalo defensively and they'll

1353
01:10:33,439 --> 01:10:35,160
Speaker 5: have their chance to get their hands on the ball

1354
01:10:35,160 --> 01:10:37,000
Speaker 5: if they focus on those two guys.

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Speaker 4: Good to know. Thank you, Dan, thanks for joining us today.

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01:10:39,800 --> 01:10:44,640
Speaker 4: I appreciate you. Thanks Christmas all right, that's Dan Orlowski,

1357
01:10:44,760 --> 01:10:48,960
Speaker 4: former NFL quarterback and current ESPN analyst. Will have to

1358
01:10:49,439 --> 01:10:52,760
Speaker 4: watch the Patriots injury list because they had quite a

1359
01:10:52,760 --> 01:10:56,559
Speaker 4: few guys out for this past week's game, so something

1360
01:10:56,600 --> 01:11:00,360
Speaker 4: to monitor as we go forward here. The Bills will

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01:11:00,360 --> 01:11:05,920
Speaker 4: start practices for this Patriots week beginning tomorrow. Today is

1362
01:11:06,040 --> 01:11:08,679
Speaker 4: normally an off day for these guys, so usually Wednesday

1363
01:11:08,720 --> 01:11:12,599
Speaker 4: is when they begin again. So something that we'll look

1364
01:11:12,640 --> 01:11:15,880
Speaker 4: forward to is our injury report and their injury report.

1365
01:11:15,920 --> 01:11:18,599
Speaker 4: See if we can get a little bit healthier ahead

1366
01:11:18,600 --> 01:11:20,120
Speaker 4: of this one, which is what you want. You want

1367
01:11:20,200 --> 01:11:23,280
Speaker 4: day Kwon Jones to be a part of this defensive line.

1368
01:11:23,320 --> 01:11:26,360
Speaker 4: With Jordan Phillips out for you know, you would think

1369
01:11:26,400 --> 01:11:30,080
Speaker 4: more than one game as he had surgery. Sean McDermott

1370
01:11:30,080 --> 01:11:32,840
Speaker 4: called him week to week. Aj Epenessa also missed this

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Speaker 4: last game. Hopefully he can be back in the lineup

1372
01:11:35,680 --> 01:11:38,080
Speaker 4: as well. Mike A Hyde to among other players.

1373
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Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's it's gonna be interesting to see how

1374
01:11:40,640 --> 01:11:44,840
Speaker 3: this closes out. But the Patriots are going to give

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01:11:44,840 --> 01:11:47,639
Speaker 3: this team all they can handle. They're very they never

1376
01:11:47,680 --> 01:11:52,479
Speaker 3: miss a beat. Their defense is extremely capable and it

1377
01:11:52,960 --> 01:11:55,960
Speaker 3: and there. They're playmakers. They get down to the red

1378
01:11:56,040 --> 01:11:59,639
Speaker 3: zone and they force field goals. I think this game

1379
01:11:59,720 --> 01:12:01,360
Speaker 3: more so than any He's gonna put a lot of

1380
01:12:01,400 --> 01:12:03,599
Speaker 3: pressure and put a lot of guys on the defensive

1381
01:12:03,600 --> 01:12:06,240
Speaker 3: side of the ball. For the Bills in conflict, they're

1382
01:12:06,240 --> 01:12:08,439
Speaker 3: gonna have a hard time deciding what they're looking at

1383
01:12:09,560 --> 01:12:11,760
Speaker 3: and how well they do, that is going to have

1384
01:12:11,800 --> 01:12:13,760
Speaker 3: a lot to do with how this game goes on

1385
01:12:13,760 --> 01:12:18,599
Speaker 3: the scoreboard for the Patriots. You know, the Patriots are

1386
01:12:18,600 --> 01:12:20,120
Speaker 3: going to do just what they did in the first game.

1387
01:12:20,120 --> 01:12:21,960
Speaker 3: They're gonna try and hold you down, keep you to

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01:12:22,040 --> 01:12:24,240
Speaker 3: twenty points or less, and then try and find a

1389
01:12:24,240 --> 01:12:27,960
Speaker 3: way to score three touchdowns. If they can do that,

1390
01:12:28,000 --> 01:12:28,920
Speaker 3: they're going to be right in there.

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01:12:29,080 --> 01:12:31,120
Speaker 4: And like Dan said, I mean, this is a team

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01:12:31,160 --> 01:12:34,120
Speaker 4: that's four and eleven and the Patriots that they're playing

1393
01:12:34,160 --> 01:12:37,719
Speaker 4: with nothing to lose right now. Sure they're playing with Hey,

1394
01:12:38,160 --> 01:12:40,360
Speaker 4: let's go pick up a couple more wins this year,

1395
01:12:40,400 --> 01:12:43,240
Speaker 4: because why not. We can be aggressive because we don't

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01:12:43,280 --> 01:12:46,760
Speaker 4: have to. We're not vying to get in. We're not

1397
01:12:46,920 --> 01:12:50,200
Speaker 4: vying for the number two seed or the number six seed.

1398
01:12:50,600 --> 01:12:53,479
Speaker 4: We're just trying to mess other people's plans up at

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Speaker 4: this point. And you look at their offense and where

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01:12:56,240 --> 01:13:00,639
Speaker 4: they rank. This team is bottom of the NFL, near

1401
01:13:00,760 --> 01:13:04,160
Speaker 4: the bottom of the NFL, and every single offense is

1402
01:13:04,240 --> 01:13:07,960
Speaker 4: stat except one and that one is red zone. They

1403
01:13:08,080 --> 01:13:12,240
Speaker 4: rank eleventh in scoring touchdowns once they get into the

1404
01:13:12,240 --> 01:13:14,840
Speaker 4: red zone. And Dan talks about them being aggressive in

1405
01:13:14,880 --> 01:13:17,400
Speaker 4: the red zone, when they get there on defense. They're

1406
01:13:17,439 --> 01:13:21,720
Speaker 4: also one of the best red zone teams against opponents

1407
01:13:21,760 --> 01:13:24,960
Speaker 4: on offense, also one of the best third down defenses

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01:13:25,000 --> 01:13:25,320
Speaker 4: as well.

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01:13:25,560 --> 01:13:28,880
Speaker 3: Number they're number seven in red zone defense, or the

1410
01:13:28,880 --> 01:13:32,879
Speaker 3: Bills are and the Patriots. No, that's right. The Patriots

1411
01:13:32,880 --> 01:13:36,160
Speaker 3: are number seven in red zone defense. The Bills in

1412
01:13:36,240 --> 01:13:39,920
Speaker 3: red zone defense, if you're interested, are ninth. So they're

1413
01:13:39,920 --> 01:13:44,439
Speaker 3: not that much different. But man, oh man, it's you know,

1414
01:13:45,000 --> 01:13:47,679
Speaker 3: I'm still of that generation has a lot of scar tissue.

1415
01:13:47,720 --> 01:13:49,519
Speaker 3: When it comes to the New England Patriots. You just

1416
01:13:49,560 --> 01:13:53,280
Speaker 3: see them do things that make it really hard to

1417
01:13:53,320 --> 01:13:57,479
Speaker 3: beat them. So we'll see how that goes. Now playing

1418
01:13:57,520 --> 01:14:00,160
Speaker 3: them in Buffalo is going to make a difference. This

1419
01:14:00,240 --> 01:14:03,479
Speaker 3: is the sight of you know that quote finger quotes

1420
01:14:03,520 --> 01:14:06,240
Speaker 3: perfect playoff game that the Bills had two or three

1421
01:14:06,320 --> 01:14:09,440
Speaker 3: years ago when they beat him forty seven to seventeen

1422
01:14:09,560 --> 01:14:12,760
Speaker 3: or something, when they got every single possible yard they

1423
01:14:12,760 --> 01:14:15,839
Speaker 3: could get on offense because they never took a negative

1424
01:14:15,880 --> 01:14:20,400
Speaker 3: play and scored a touchdown on every drive. Pretty awesome stuff.

1425
01:14:20,560 --> 01:14:24,599
Speaker 3: That did not that did not remove this scar tissue

1426
01:14:24,600 --> 01:14:26,920
Speaker 3: from me. I'm still I still think this is gonna

1427
01:14:26,960 --> 01:14:29,080
Speaker 3: be I'm more worried about this game than in the

1428
01:14:29,120 --> 01:14:29,760
Speaker 3: Dolphins game.

1429
01:14:31,080 --> 01:14:32,719
Speaker 4: I think I would say the same.

1430
01:14:32,800 --> 01:14:34,760
Speaker 3: I am more worried about the New England Patriots game

1431
01:14:34,760 --> 01:14:36,240
Speaker 3: than I am the Dolphins game. As good as the

1432
01:14:36,280 --> 01:14:39,280
Speaker 3: Dolphins are top of the division, that's a game where

1433
01:14:39,320 --> 01:14:42,640
Speaker 3: the Bills notoriously play extremely well. New England is not.

1434
01:14:44,800 --> 01:14:46,920
Speaker 3: I'm more worried about this game than in the Dolphins game.

1435
01:14:47,000 --> 01:14:47,599
Speaker 3: Week eighteen.

1436
01:14:48,240 --> 01:14:50,000
Speaker 4: All right, we're gonna take a break. When we return,

1437
01:14:50,200 --> 01:14:53,160
Speaker 4: I'm gonna turn on the Maddie Awards. We're gonna give

1438
01:14:53,160 --> 01:14:56,560
Speaker 4: out some awards from the Bills win against the Chargers

1439
01:14:56,560 --> 01:14:59,519
Speaker 4: as we continue the conversation of Week sixteen. Look I

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01:14:59,560 --> 01:15:02,639
Speaker 4: Had Weeks seventeen. One Bill's Live is presented by Clyda

1441
01:15:02,720 --> 01:15:19,920
Speaker 4: Health on Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back into One Bill's Live.

1442
01:15:19,920 --> 01:15:22,759
Speaker 4: Matti Glab alongside of Steve Tasker, and it's now time

1443
01:15:22,880 --> 01:15:25,920
Speaker 4: for the Maddie Awards. They're presented by Energy Mark, the

1444
01:15:25,920 --> 01:15:30,400
Speaker 4: official energy supplier of the Buffalo Bills. We're talking the

1445
01:15:30,439 --> 01:15:34,000
Speaker 4: Bills getting a dub over the Chargers on Saturday night,

1446
01:15:34,040 --> 01:15:37,120
Speaker 4: reliving some of the best moments from that game. So

1447
01:15:37,240 --> 01:15:40,080
Speaker 4: we'll start us off with the hot Hand Award.

1448
01:15:40,720 --> 01:15:41,639
Speaker 3: Yeah, this is a good one.

1449
01:15:41,680 --> 01:15:43,720
Speaker 4: It's a good one. It goes to Gabe Davis for

1450
01:15:43,840 --> 01:15:48,400
Speaker 4: his hot hand against the Chargers with four catches, one

1451
01:15:48,479 --> 01:15:51,320
Speaker 4: hundred and thirty receiving yards, and a touchdown. I know

1452
01:15:51,439 --> 01:15:54,720
Speaker 4: he hasn't had the hottest hand game in game out,

1453
01:15:54,800 --> 01:15:57,760
Speaker 4: but hey, it was his turn to get the rock

1454
01:15:57,920 --> 01:16:01,400
Speaker 4: and when the ball was thrown his way, he caught it.

1455
01:16:01,720 --> 01:16:05,920
Speaker 4: Six targets, four catches, a buck thirty and a touchdown.

1456
01:16:06,320 --> 01:16:10,400
Speaker 4: His longest reception was that fifty seven yard touchdown that

1457
01:16:10,439 --> 01:16:12,640
Speaker 4: you're seeing right now if you're watching on MSG. And

1458
01:16:12,680 --> 01:16:14,519
Speaker 4: I love the little dance after. I don't know what

1459
01:16:14,560 --> 01:16:17,200
Speaker 4: it is, but yeah, Gabe Davis knows how to get

1460
01:16:17,200 --> 01:16:21,559
Speaker 4: after it. He's a dancer on the team. So kudos

1461
01:16:21,560 --> 01:16:24,840
Speaker 4: to him. He's our hot hand winner. Let's see what

1462
01:16:24,880 --> 01:16:27,439
Speaker 4: he has in store for the rest of the season.

1463
01:16:27,520 --> 01:16:30,360
Speaker 4: We talked to Dan r Lavski earlier in the show,

1464
01:16:30,400 --> 01:16:32,879
Speaker 4: just last segment. He said, Hey, this Joe Brady offense

1465
01:16:32,960 --> 01:16:35,960
Speaker 4: is kind of looking like every week it's a different

1466
01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:39,840
Speaker 4: person's turn. You had James Cook and then Gabe Davis.

1467
01:16:39,880 --> 01:16:43,280
Speaker 4: Maybe this upcoming week is is Stefan Digg. Diggs getting

1468
01:16:43,320 --> 01:16:46,599
Speaker 4: back into the groove of running one hundred receiving yard

1469
01:16:46,680 --> 01:16:49,960
Speaker 4: games because of what the Patriots might do to take

1470
01:16:50,000 --> 01:16:53,040
Speaker 4: away the run game that the Bills have gotten going.

1471
01:16:53,160 --> 01:16:56,000
Speaker 4: So shout out to Gabe and the game that he had.

1472
01:16:56,080 --> 01:16:57,760
Speaker 3: And then of course you stick with the different you

1473
01:16:57,760 --> 01:16:59,519
Speaker 3: get on the defensive side of the ball and one

1474
01:16:59,520 --> 01:17:02,080
Speaker 3: guy who's played, who's had an outstanding year, and it

1475
01:17:02,120 --> 01:17:05,040
Speaker 3: wouldn't surprise me if Ed Oliver ended up being All

1476
01:17:05,080 --> 01:17:07,599
Speaker 3: Pro this year a defensive tackle after signing the extension

1477
01:17:07,600 --> 01:17:10,000
Speaker 3: and have that. But the last so Legend award goes

1478
01:17:10,040 --> 01:17:10,400
Speaker 3: to Ed.

1479
01:17:10,520 --> 01:17:13,720
Speaker 4: The last old legend. He's our last so legend for

1480
01:17:13,800 --> 01:17:18,439
Speaker 4: his performance against the Chargers two sacks. Ed picked it up.

1481
01:17:18,920 --> 01:17:22,160
Speaker 4: He was there when the Bills needed him most in

1482
01:17:22,200 --> 01:17:26,200
Speaker 4: that final series that the Chargers had going on. They

1483
01:17:26,200 --> 01:17:29,599
Speaker 4: could have put something together there. You had some time

1484
01:17:29,640 --> 01:17:31,720
Speaker 4: on the clock. You had twenty eight seconds. Can you

1485
01:17:31,800 --> 01:17:33,879
Speaker 4: do something with twenty eight seconds?

1486
01:17:34,000 --> 01:17:34,200
Speaker 3: Well?

1487
01:17:34,400 --> 01:17:37,960
Speaker 4: Ed Oliver sacked Easton Stick on the first play of

1488
01:17:37,960 --> 01:17:41,320
Speaker 4: the drive for a loss of nine yards, which pretty

1489
01:17:41,360 --> 01:17:44,680
Speaker 4: much shut him out of trying to do anything. So

1490
01:17:44,840 --> 01:17:47,479
Speaker 4: kudos to Ed for being there when the team needed

1491
01:17:47,520 --> 01:17:49,800
Speaker 4: him to show up. For pressure in the quarterback. He

1492
01:17:49,880 --> 01:17:51,960
Speaker 4: picked up another one earlier on in the game, but

1493
01:17:52,000 --> 01:17:55,719
Speaker 4: he's just had a great season. Josh Allen was talking

1494
01:17:55,720 --> 01:17:57,519
Speaker 4: about him after the game when he was on the

1495
01:17:57,520 --> 01:18:00,400
Speaker 4: podium and said, I think Ed earned an incentive with

1496
01:18:00,439 --> 01:18:02,920
Speaker 4: the two sacks that he got, the total that he

1497
01:18:03,040 --> 01:18:05,320
Speaker 4: now has on the season, and you love to see

1498
01:18:05,320 --> 01:18:08,320
Speaker 4: that because he's proved that he's worth every penny he's

1499
01:18:08,360 --> 01:18:10,080
Speaker 4: talked about. You know, I want to go out there

1500
01:18:10,120 --> 01:18:12,080
Speaker 4: and i want to show people, you know that I'm

1501
01:18:12,120 --> 01:18:16,800
Speaker 4: worth it, that I'm worth what my price tag is.

1502
01:18:16,800 --> 01:18:19,559
Speaker 4: I'm worth what the Bills thought I would be worth.

1503
01:18:19,640 --> 01:18:21,960
Speaker 4: I deserve to be here. I'm playing at a high level.

1504
01:18:22,040 --> 01:18:24,160
Speaker 4: I want to see him in the Pro Bowl this season.

1505
01:18:24,160 --> 01:18:26,400
Speaker 4: I want to see him earn an All Pro because

1506
01:18:26,960 --> 01:18:31,280
Speaker 4: he's deserved it. He's earned it. I mean, he's such

1507
01:18:31,280 --> 01:18:33,280
Speaker 4: a big part of this defensive line that's kind of

1508
01:18:33,280 --> 01:18:36,280
Speaker 4: been shuffling here later on in the season with some injuries,

1509
01:18:36,320 --> 01:18:39,840
Speaker 4: and at Oliver has proved, you know, I'm healthy and

1510
01:18:39,880 --> 01:18:41,479
Speaker 4: when I'm in the game, I'm going to make an

1511
01:18:41,520 --> 01:18:43,679
Speaker 4: impact and they're going to need him going down the stretch.

1512
01:18:44,040 --> 01:18:47,240
Speaker 3: Absolutely, and the fact that we've talked about it a

1513
01:18:47,280 --> 01:18:50,439
Speaker 3: lot about how well he has played after signing an extension,

1514
01:18:50,439 --> 01:18:53,599
Speaker 3: which is by and large not It's kind of unusual

1515
01:18:53,640 --> 01:18:56,920
Speaker 3: for big dudes, so defensive tackles, Yeah, they make that money.

1516
01:18:56,960 --> 01:18:59,160
Speaker 3: It's hard to go in there and get beat up.

1517
01:18:59,200 --> 01:19:00,840
Speaker 3: And I think one of the reasons his style of

1518
01:19:00,880 --> 01:19:04,160
Speaker 3: play is such that he kind of delivers more contact

1519
01:19:04,240 --> 01:19:07,120
Speaker 3: than he than he takes a lot of those guys

1520
01:19:07,160 --> 01:19:08,600
Speaker 3: they come off the ball and they soak up that

1521
01:19:08,680 --> 01:19:12,360
Speaker 3: double team, and you know, it's a fight, you know,

1522
01:19:12,840 --> 01:19:15,000
Speaker 3: for the whole play until they get on the ground.

1523
01:19:15,000 --> 01:19:16,559
Speaker 3: Those guys take him down or you take the two

1524
01:19:16,560 --> 01:19:18,920
Speaker 3: guys down this double team, and you for Ed, he

1525
01:19:19,040 --> 01:19:22,320
Speaker 3: slices through and he's always fighting to advance, and I

1526
01:19:22,360 --> 01:19:24,120
Speaker 3: think that's one of the things that his style of

1527
01:19:24,160 --> 01:19:29,400
Speaker 3: play gives him, you know, the ability to be more

1528
01:19:29,400 --> 01:19:33,360
Speaker 3: aggressive in his mindset and well, he has really played

1529
01:19:33,520 --> 01:19:35,120
Speaker 3: extremely well, extremely well.

1530
01:19:35,200 --> 01:19:37,000
Speaker 4: His eight and a half sacks are a career high

1531
01:19:37,000 --> 01:19:40,800
Speaker 4: and rakes second among interior defensive tackles in the league

1532
01:19:40,800 --> 01:19:43,400
Speaker 4: this season. That sat was true heading into the Sunday

1533
01:19:43,439 --> 01:19:45,479
Speaker 4: and Monday games, so not sure if that's changed, but

1534
01:19:45,520 --> 01:19:47,560
Speaker 4: eight and a half is a great number for Ed.

1535
01:19:47,640 --> 01:19:49,439
Speaker 4: We'll see if he can get to double digits too.

1536
01:19:49,520 --> 01:19:52,160
Speaker 4: I think he's capable of doing so with two games

1537
01:19:52,479 --> 01:19:55,760
Speaker 4: left for the Buffalo Bills during the regular season. All right,

1538
01:19:55,840 --> 01:19:59,200
Speaker 4: next up, record breaker that is going to Josh Allen

1539
01:19:59,280 --> 01:20:03,640
Speaker 4: for the records he continues to make and break for himself,

1540
01:20:03,920 --> 01:20:06,759
Speaker 4: the latest one being that he became the first player

1541
01:20:06,840 --> 01:20:12,200
Speaker 4: ever with four straight seasons of at least forty touchdowns.

1542
01:20:12,600 --> 01:20:15,840
Speaker 4: That is wild. That's an incredible number to be able

1543
01:20:15,840 --> 01:20:20,400
Speaker 4: to get forty and four straight years. He also extends

1544
01:20:20,479 --> 01:20:25,000
Speaker 4: his games this season of eleven games with a passing

1545
01:20:25,040 --> 01:20:28,000
Speaker 4: and rushing touchdown. So nobody else he broke the record

1546
01:20:28,080 --> 01:20:29,600
Speaker 4: last week and then he.

1547
01:20:29,520 --> 01:20:31,720
Speaker 3: Nobody else in the history. Yeah, nobody else in the

1548
01:20:31,760 --> 01:20:33,679
Speaker 3: history of the game has more than nine. He's got

1549
01:20:33,680 --> 01:20:36,880
Speaker 3: eleven this year and in the total history of the league.

1550
01:20:36,920 --> 01:20:40,120
Speaker 3: So and certainly a couple of the guy likes Kyler

1551
01:20:40,200 --> 01:20:41,840
Speaker 3: Murray was on there, and a couple of other guys

1552
01:20:41,880 --> 01:20:44,719
Speaker 3: and kin you know, you go all the way matts

1553
01:20:44,760 --> 01:20:47,040
Speaker 3: guys like Steve Grogan had eight of them, you know,

1554
01:20:47,720 --> 01:20:49,920
Speaker 3: in one season. So you got to go back a

1555
01:20:49,920 --> 01:20:52,680
Speaker 3: long way to get into that conversation. Certainly, Josh's two

1556
01:20:52,680 --> 01:20:55,320
Speaker 3: games clear of the field and continues to play at

1557
01:20:55,320 --> 01:21:00,599
Speaker 3: a high level. Forty touchdowns, has eighteen eighteen turnovers. He

1558
01:21:00,720 --> 01:21:03,600
Speaker 3: is completing sixty six percent of his passes and he

1559
01:21:03,640 --> 01:21:07,439
Speaker 3: had seventy percent this last week, a seventy percent completion

1560
01:21:07,600 --> 01:21:11,000
Speaker 3: percentage against the Chargers this last week. And let's think

1561
01:21:11,000 --> 01:21:13,840
Speaker 3: about it. I think back when he's drafted, everybody was like, man,

1562
01:21:13,840 --> 01:21:16,719
Speaker 3: I just hope he can complete like fifty eight percent

1563
01:21:16,760 --> 01:21:19,799
Speaker 3: of his passages. Try Jay or sixty percent would be awesome.

1564
01:21:20,200 --> 01:21:24,280
Speaker 3: And certainly he's left that in the dust. What career

1565
01:21:24,280 --> 01:21:25,040
Speaker 3: he's in the middle of.

1566
01:21:25,320 --> 01:21:28,960
Speaker 4: Yeah, most definitely we're gonna need him going forward as

1567
01:21:28,960 --> 01:21:32,880
Speaker 4: the Bills close out the regular season. Next up, awards

1568
01:21:32,920 --> 01:21:37,120
Speaker 4: Billboard Top one hundred. I'm giving that to James Cook

1569
01:21:37,120 --> 01:21:39,640
Speaker 4: because he's now on the Billboard top one hundred my

1570
01:21:39,840 --> 01:21:43,160
Speaker 4: version of the Billboard top one hundred for his one

1571
01:21:43,200 --> 01:21:47,320
Speaker 4: thousand yard season that he's been able to have. He's

1572
01:21:47,360 --> 01:21:50,559
Speaker 4: the first Bills running back to do so since Lashan

1573
01:21:50,680 --> 01:21:54,880
Speaker 4: McCoy went over Oney and twenty seventeen. The Bills have

1574
01:21:54,960 --> 01:21:58,759
Speaker 4: not done it with Josh Allen as their quarterback, probably

1575
01:21:58,800 --> 01:22:01,040
Speaker 4: because Josh Allen runs the rock a lot, and he

1576
01:22:01,120 --> 01:22:03,720
Speaker 4: scores a lot of rushing touchdowns. But you see what

1577
01:22:03,880 --> 01:22:07,040
Speaker 4: can happen to an offense when you can rely on

1578
01:22:07,080 --> 01:22:09,400
Speaker 4: a running back like James Cook. It's kind of taken

1579
01:22:10,000 --> 01:22:12,120
Speaker 4: a little bit of the load off of Josh Allen's

1580
01:22:12,120 --> 01:22:15,080
Speaker 4: shoulders in a lot of ways. Because you saw that

1581
01:22:15,160 --> 01:22:17,639
Speaker 4: game that James Cook went out and had two weeks ago,

1582
01:22:17,920 --> 01:22:20,920
Speaker 4: and you looked at Josh's stat lines, and you if

1583
01:22:20,920 --> 01:22:23,639
Speaker 4: you're just zone in on Josh's stat line, you would

1584
01:22:23,640 --> 01:22:26,200
Speaker 4: have said, Nah, the Bills didn't win this game. Josh

1585
01:22:26,240 --> 01:22:28,160
Speaker 4: only threw it what fourteen times?

1586
01:22:28,280 --> 01:22:28,479
Speaker 5: Right?

1587
01:22:28,640 --> 01:22:32,240
Speaker 4: Well, James Cook showed up that game and he's proven

1588
01:22:32,360 --> 01:22:34,840
Speaker 4: to be somebody that they can lean on, somebody that

1589
01:22:34,880 --> 01:22:39,520
Speaker 4: they can go to. His vision, his awareness, his patience

1590
01:22:40,000 --> 01:22:44,200
Speaker 4: waiting for those holes to open up behind the offensive line.

1591
01:22:44,240 --> 01:22:46,559
Speaker 4: A lot of this award also goes to the offensive

1592
01:22:46,600 --> 01:22:49,320
Speaker 4: line for what they've been able to do this season.

1593
01:22:50,080 --> 01:22:52,280
Speaker 4: They're a big part or the offensive line is a

1594
01:22:52,320 --> 01:22:54,880
Speaker 4: big part of why James Cook has been able to

1595
01:22:55,000 --> 01:22:58,040
Speaker 4: rush for over a thousand yards, why he has over

1596
01:22:58,160 --> 01:23:02,280
Speaker 4: fourteen hundred screaming scrim yards on the season. And this

1597
01:23:02,320 --> 01:23:05,760
Speaker 4: is a guy who defenses have to account for now,

1598
01:23:05,800 --> 01:23:08,040
Speaker 4: you have to put him a part of your game plan.

1599
01:23:08,320 --> 01:23:10,479
Speaker 4: The Patriots might go out this week and say, our

1600
01:23:10,560 --> 01:23:13,360
Speaker 4: number one priority is to stop James Cook.

1601
01:23:13,479 --> 01:23:15,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, and that's and his last couple of games have

1602
01:23:16,439 --> 01:23:19,960
Speaker 3: been the reason Josh Allen has hasn't even thrown the

1603
01:23:19,960 --> 01:23:23,040
Speaker 3: ball forty times in the over the combined in the

1604
01:23:23,080 --> 01:23:25,920
Speaker 3: last two games. Some you know, there's been games early

1605
01:23:25,960 --> 01:23:27,760
Speaker 3: on where Josh was thrown it forty times a week.

1606
01:23:27,880 --> 01:23:29,560
Speaker 3: This one. The last two games, they haven't thrown it

1607
01:23:29,640 --> 01:23:32,240
Speaker 3: forty times combined. So James Cook is a reason for that.

1608
01:23:32,280 --> 01:23:36,519
Speaker 3: In his productivity, it's been it's been great to see

1609
01:23:36,560 --> 01:23:39,799
Speaker 3: him emerge, and his explosiveness certainly has been a factor.

1610
01:23:39,840 --> 01:23:41,880
Speaker 3: And you're right, it is going to be interesting to

1611
01:23:41,920 --> 01:23:44,080
Speaker 3: see what the Patriots think of James Cook and how

1612
01:23:44,080 --> 01:23:46,600
Speaker 3: they defend the Bills with him in the backfield.

1613
01:23:46,640 --> 01:23:49,640
Speaker 4: Yeah, all right, Next up, we got a couple more ahead.

1614
01:23:50,320 --> 01:23:52,640
Speaker 4: This one is called coming in clutch. I'm giving it

1615
01:23:52,680 --> 01:23:55,280
Speaker 4: to a few guys for the way they came in

1616
01:23:55,479 --> 01:23:59,240
Speaker 4: clutch in the final couple minutes of the game against

1617
01:23:59,240 --> 01:24:02,599
Speaker 4: the Chargers. That was Ed Sack when the Chargers had

1618
01:24:02,640 --> 01:24:04,840
Speaker 4: the ball with twenty eight seconds to go. First play

1619
01:24:05,120 --> 01:24:09,519
Speaker 4: of that series, Ed sacks easton stick for a nine

1620
01:24:09,600 --> 01:24:12,679
Speaker 4: yard loss, which kind of shut the Chargers out from

1621
01:24:12,680 --> 01:24:16,200
Speaker 4: trying to do anything on that final drive of the game.

1622
01:24:16,520 --> 01:24:20,000
Speaker 4: Solidified Buffalo's victory right there. And then when the Bills

1623
01:24:20,040 --> 01:24:23,000
Speaker 4: had the ball and they needed to score down a

1624
01:24:23,040 --> 01:24:28,280
Speaker 4: couple points, needed a field goal to go ahead, Josh

1625
01:24:28,280 --> 01:24:32,719
Speaker 4: Allen was clutch, Khalil Shakir was clutch. Stefan Diggs was clutch.

1626
01:24:33,080 --> 01:24:35,080
Speaker 4: You get the ball there and you have five minutes

1627
01:24:35,120 --> 01:24:39,000
Speaker 4: and twenty six seconds left on the clock, and the

1628
01:24:39,040 --> 01:24:43,400
Speaker 4: Bills went thirteen plays, sixty four yards and almost five minutes.

1629
01:24:43,640 --> 01:24:46,320
Speaker 4: They took off the clock and they were able to

1630
01:24:46,640 --> 01:24:49,400
Speaker 4: get it within a distance. Twenty nine yard field goal

1631
01:24:49,479 --> 01:24:53,360
Speaker 4: for Tyler Bass, easy, peasy, lemon squeeze. But you wouldn't

1632
01:24:53,360 --> 01:24:56,000
Speaker 4: have had that if you didn't convert some of those

1633
01:24:56,040 --> 01:24:59,759
Speaker 4: third downs, And one of those was an eleven yard play,

1634
01:25:00,000 --> 01:25:02,800
Speaker 4: eleven yard passover to Stefan Digs on third and eight

1635
01:25:03,560 --> 01:25:06,799
Speaker 4: with just under three minutes to play. And then again

1636
01:25:06,880 --> 01:25:10,960
Speaker 4: you had another big conversion by Khalil Shakir to move

1637
01:25:11,120 --> 01:25:13,840
Speaker 4: the sticks. That was the touchdown that was called back,

1638
01:25:13,880 --> 01:25:15,880
Speaker 4: and I remember we were watching that together, Steve, and

1639
01:25:15,920 --> 01:25:18,000
Speaker 4: you said, hey, this might be a good thing that

1640
01:25:18,040 --> 01:25:20,200
Speaker 4: it's called back. You can you can milk some time

1641
01:25:20,280 --> 01:25:22,519
Speaker 4: off the clock here and maybe you can kick a

1642
01:25:22,560 --> 01:25:24,200
Speaker 4: field goal and maybe that's all you need.

1643
01:25:24,400 --> 01:25:26,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's yeah. It was one of those moments in

1644
01:25:26,920 --> 01:25:28,680
Speaker 3: the game management at the end of game where you

1645
01:25:28,720 --> 01:25:31,640
Speaker 3: got the timeouts and the clock to think about the

1646
01:25:31,680 --> 01:25:35,160
Speaker 3: two minute warning. You didn't need the touchdown. In fact,

1647
01:25:36,240 --> 01:25:39,920
Speaker 3: they you know, they didn't score touchdown here, right, they

1648
01:25:40,000 --> 01:25:41,640
Speaker 3: kicked the field goal or they didn't.

1649
01:25:41,840 --> 01:25:43,680
Speaker 4: No, they kicked the field goal because it.

1650
01:25:43,640 --> 01:25:44,400
Speaker 6: Was third and four.

1651
01:25:44,600 --> 01:25:48,479
Speaker 3: John, glad they did because I just thought that, man,

1652
01:25:48,520 --> 01:25:52,160
Speaker 3: maybe if the time is more valuable than the bigger

1653
01:25:52,240 --> 01:25:56,840
Speaker 3: lead is, you know, and certainly calling it back it was.

1654
01:25:57,640 --> 01:26:00,760
Speaker 3: I mean, it's amazing what we what we take for

1655
01:26:00,840 --> 01:26:04,280
Speaker 3: granted these days. Back in the day, none of this

1656
01:26:04,360 --> 01:26:07,800
Speaker 3: replay stuff in the super slow motion high definition replays

1657
01:26:07,840 --> 01:26:10,320
Speaker 3: were available and you said, okay, you just lived with it,

1658
01:26:10,320 --> 01:26:12,679
Speaker 3: and he just moved on. Whatever. Now they go back

1659
01:26:12,720 --> 01:26:14,760
Speaker 3: and it changes the outcome and the end of how

1660
01:26:14,800 --> 01:26:17,720
Speaker 3: this game is played out because of that technicality of

1661
01:26:17,800 --> 01:26:20,439
Speaker 3: him being barely touched just before his knee rose off

1662
01:26:20,439 --> 01:26:23,920
Speaker 3: the ground. I mean, the whole game is affected by

1663
01:26:24,120 --> 01:26:27,000
Speaker 3: the ability to replay this stuff and have that replay

1664
01:26:27,040 --> 01:26:29,360
Speaker 3: effect what happened and the way the play was ruled.

1665
01:26:29,360 --> 01:26:33,839
Speaker 3: Its Yeah, you think about that. Those are crucial moments

1666
01:26:33,840 --> 01:26:36,920
Speaker 3: that we all take for granted these days. That it's

1667
01:26:36,920 --> 01:26:38,600
Speaker 3: fun to think about and of course it went in

1668
01:26:38,640 --> 01:26:41,960
Speaker 3: the Bill's way and with Bill's favor. When the end

1669
01:26:42,400 --> 01:26:45,200
Speaker 3: comes out, they win the game anyway without the touchdown,

1670
01:26:46,240 --> 01:26:48,360
Speaker 3: but everything's different if they don't have that replay and

1671
01:26:48,400 --> 01:26:50,800
Speaker 3: it's high def four K right on the money.

1672
01:26:50,880 --> 01:26:51,120
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1673
01:26:51,280 --> 01:26:54,479
Speaker 4: So those were the Maddie words. Presented by Energy Mark.

1674
01:26:54,520 --> 01:26:57,120
Speaker 4: We're taking a break, but don't go anywhere because we

1675
01:26:57,160 --> 01:26:59,240
Speaker 4: still have a couple more minutes left on this show.

1676
01:26:59,240 --> 01:27:01,719
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1677
01:27:01,800 --> 01:27:18,679
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1678
01:27:18,720 --> 01:27:22,400
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1679
01:27:22,920 --> 01:27:27,360
Speaker 4: of the NFL. And Steve, as we wrap up today's show,

1680
01:27:28,040 --> 01:27:30,120
Speaker 4: how do you feel about how the Bills are sitting

1681
01:27:30,200 --> 01:27:30,719
Speaker 4: right now?

1682
01:27:31,400 --> 01:27:33,679
Speaker 3: They're right where you want to be. I mean, unless

1683
01:27:33,680 --> 01:27:35,160
Speaker 3: they were you know, it could be the one seed

1684
01:27:35,240 --> 01:27:37,439
Speaker 3: or whatever. Certainly a couple of the wins early in

1685
01:27:37,479 --> 01:27:40,200
Speaker 3: the season would change their all this dramatically, But you

1686
01:27:40,200 --> 01:27:41,559
Speaker 3: know they're going to get in the tournament. This is

1687
01:27:41,560 --> 01:27:44,559
Speaker 3: where we wanted to be. I think every team goes

1688
01:27:44,600 --> 01:27:46,160
Speaker 3: into the seat and just want just get us to

1689
01:27:46,200 --> 01:27:47,880
Speaker 3: the playoffs and give us a chance. That's where the

1690
01:27:47,880 --> 01:27:51,320
Speaker 3: Bills are. I'm confident they're going to be in that

1691
01:27:51,479 --> 01:27:56,000
Speaker 3: tournament at the end of the season. And then once

1692
01:27:56,040 --> 01:27:59,519
Speaker 3: you get there, this team, with what it's got under

1693
01:27:59,520 --> 01:28:01,880
Speaker 3: the hood off and the way their defenses come together,

1694
01:28:02,120 --> 01:28:04,080
Speaker 3: they think they're going to be crescendoing at the right moment.

1695
01:28:04,560 --> 01:28:07,000
Speaker 3: There's every chance too, they might get a little healthier

1696
01:28:07,040 --> 01:28:09,760
Speaker 3: than some of the other teams they're facing might be. Yeah,

1697
01:28:09,800 --> 01:28:12,320
Speaker 3: and the fact that they've come through offensively with the

1698
01:28:12,360 --> 01:28:15,719
Speaker 3: fewest fewer injuries than we thought most teams would get,

1699
01:28:16,280 --> 01:28:19,280
Speaker 3: Like all five offensive linemen are still healthy, Josh is

1700
01:28:19,280 --> 01:28:22,360
Speaker 3: still healthy, Coke is still healthy, all that stuff, Diggs

1701
01:28:22,439 --> 01:28:25,200
Speaker 3: is still on all that stuff. The key ingredients now

1702
01:28:25,880 --> 01:28:28,320
Speaker 3: Knocks and Kincaid have been nicked a little bit of late,

1703
01:28:29,360 --> 01:28:31,479
Speaker 3: but crescendoing at the end of the season and getting

1704
01:28:31,479 --> 01:28:33,040
Speaker 3: into the tournaments exactly where they want to.

1705
01:28:33,000 --> 01:28:34,479
Speaker 4: Be Yeah, I was going to say sound like a

1706
01:28:34,479 --> 01:28:37,200
Speaker 4: broken record here, but the fact that this team could

1707
01:28:37,240 --> 01:28:40,599
Speaker 4: be continuing to get healthy, they're in a decent spot

1708
01:28:40,680 --> 01:28:42,760
Speaker 4: right now. You would hope a couple guys come back

1709
01:28:43,240 --> 01:28:45,720
Speaker 4: for this game against the Patriots, or at least the

1710
01:28:45,800 --> 01:28:49,160
Speaker 4: final game of the regular season against the Miami Dolphins.

1711
01:28:49,200 --> 01:28:51,320
Speaker 4: It's going to be hard this week not to just

1712
01:28:51,439 --> 01:28:55,599
Speaker 4: look ahead to Week eighteen, because as we sit right now,

1713
01:28:55,680 --> 01:28:59,000
Speaker 4: that game is going to be so important for this team.

1714
01:28:59,200 --> 01:29:01,800
Speaker 3: Well, we said a couple got eighty seven percent chance

1715
01:29:01,840 --> 01:29:05,200
Speaker 3: of meaning something for both teams. And we're gonna find

1716
01:29:05,200 --> 01:29:07,360
Speaker 3: out what time exactly it's gonna kick off here in

1717
01:29:07,400 --> 01:29:09,760
Speaker 3: the next day or two as well. We don't know yet.

1718
01:29:09,760 --> 01:29:13,200
Speaker 3: It's TBD, so keep your antenna up to find out

1719
01:29:13,200 --> 01:29:15,920
Speaker 3: when the Dolphins Bills kick off next and two weeks.

1720
01:29:15,920 --> 01:29:18,479
Speaker 3: But for now, let's think about the Patriots. We'll start

1721
01:29:18,520 --> 01:29:19,960
Speaker 3: talking about them and Ernest tomorrow.

1722
01:29:20,120 --> 01:29:24,800
Speaker 4: Yeah, definitely tomorrow. We have practice a regular week to

1723
01:29:24,880 --> 01:29:28,519
Speaker 4: begin practices against the Patriots. We'll hear from I would

1724
01:29:28,560 --> 01:29:31,919
Speaker 4: guess Sean and players as well. Chris Brown is back tomorrow.

1725
01:29:31,920 --> 01:29:34,360
Speaker 4: You will also hear from Thurman Thomas on one bill's

1726
01:29:34,400 --> 01:29:36,559
Speaker 4: line from one to two, have a good day, guys,