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Speaker 1: Welcome to One Bill's Light, the podcast that is the

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Speaker 1: Let's get roland at a Steve Tasker who has spread

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Speaker 1: We're not even in the stratosphere of normalcy, Chris Brown,

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you here on episode two of One

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Speaker 1: Bills Light. So Steve, it's Hatriot's week, and for years

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Speaker 1: this has been a week that builds fans often dread

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Speaker 1: because as much as they go into it wanting to

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Speaker 1: believe the Bills have a chance, the combination of the

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Speaker 1: best coach and best quarterback clearly of this generation and

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Speaker 1: maybe ever, has been the prevailing roadblock. So that roadblock

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Speaker 1: is now removed. We're looking at a much different Patriots

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Speaker 1: team that is uncharacteristically struggling. Easier for me to say,

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Speaker 1: I'm struggling too. But they've got many issues. Okay, inconsistent

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Speaker 1: quarterback play, undisciplined defense in the front seven, a lack

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Speaker 1: while everything on paper Steve says the Bill should win

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Speaker 1: this game, there is still a good deal of hesitation

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Speaker 1: because the results over the span of almost two decades

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Speaker 1: have been hard to forget. So, first, do you think

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Speaker 1: the Bills can think differently about this game? And if

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Speaker 1: they can, why, Well, well, I think they can because

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Speaker 1: this is a team in Buffalo that is clearly, maybe

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Speaker 1: for the first time in a long time, clearly more

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Speaker 1: talented than the Patriots are. I think they've got better

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Speaker 1: with Gronkowski leaving the fold over the last year or two,

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Speaker 1: this is a much different Patriots team. Plus the fact

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Speaker 1: that they had a bunch of opt outs this season. Now,

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Speaker 1: certainly the Bills did as well with his most notably

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Speaker 1: a healthy respect for everything that the Bill that Bill

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think this is as much a conversation

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Speaker 1: is about what looks to be or could be very

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Speaker 1: even if it wasn't on the scoreboard. Their defense finally

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Speaker 1: There are still some prevailing issues there that I think

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Speaker 1: the Belichick effect, I mean, one of the best NFL

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Speaker 1: But if they can still prove that they can take

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Speaker 1: it's time for our weekly dive into the numbers game.

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Speaker 1: Are you ready? Yeah? Okay, let's go all right, So

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Speaker 1: That gives you about what is that nineteen times second

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Speaker 1: But that is insane, isn't it. And to show you

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Speaker 1: what is that? Since two thousand and one? The team

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Speaker 1: the Patriots. There nobody's wasting this opportunity. Everybody. I think

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Speaker 1: Fifteen years it's been since they've been swept in a

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Speaker 1: season series. That would be incorrect, but you're not far off.

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Speaker 1: Nineteen straight seasons without being swept by a division opponent.

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Speaker 1: a regular season in nineteen stink in years. All these numbers.

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Speaker 1: You wonder why people think they don't they cheat? Well, yeah,

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Speaker 1: don't know why, but I just think the Bills are

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Speaker 1: streak does come to an end at nineteen years. Okay,

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Speaker 1: Bill Belichick now has as a head coach postseason victories?

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Speaker 1: because all of that Patriots successes in the past and

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Speaker 1: now for our interview of the week. We had an

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Speaker 1: Bill's Patriots in week eight. Welcome to the show, Charles.

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Speaker 1: because it's it's a different kind of narrative here or

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Speaker 1: we don't usually use adjectives like that to describe the Patriots,

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Speaker 1: That just tells you that we're talking about the Patriots

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Speaker 1: because they've made a career of doing that. How many

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Speaker 1: nothing counts. Sunday is a big, big game for Buffalo,

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Speaker 1: When you go win too something like that, because you're

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Speaker 1: I mean, this is just a really unusual set of circumstances.

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Speaker 1: And I don't think it's caused for alarm for Bills

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Speaker 1: We're not gonna just totally take him out of it.

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Speaker 1: on CBS, Bill's Patriots and Charles, why don't we expand

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Speaker 1: to do. Carry it to the basket and they'll get

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Speaker 1: yourself a lay up and get started again. Yeah. I

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Speaker 1: think for Cam getting back and being a bigger part

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Speaker 1: of the run game may help him get going again

431
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Speaker 1: so they can throw it because he was never at

432
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Speaker 1: his never better this year than the Seattle game, right,

433
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Speaker 1: throwing and running it. They've got to get back to

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Speaker 1: something like that, I believe, if he's physically capable of it. Yeah,

435
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Speaker 1: almost a way to get him into an early rhythm

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Speaker 1: that way. It's funny you mentioned that because last year,

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Speaker 1: I know Josh used to tell Brian Davill, hey give

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Speaker 1: me a design run. I need to get hit so

439
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Speaker 1: I can calm down a little bit, so I don't

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Speaker 1: start throwing rocket balls all over the place. Let me

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Speaker 1: take a hit so I can kind of get into

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Speaker 1: the flow of the game. I wonder if you know

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Speaker 1: Belichick turns around and does that with Cam, but taking

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Speaker 1: their passing game a step further Charles the Patriots, and

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Speaker 1: I know you know, you can slice these next Gen

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Speaker 1: stats anyway you want to. But next Gen Stats had

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Speaker 1: a number that said, since Week three, Patriots receivers are

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Speaker 1: only getting open. What their definition of open is, I

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Speaker 1: couldn't tell you, but they're only getting open thirteen percent

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Speaker 1: of the time, which is shockingly low. But it's not

451
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Speaker 1: like him has been getting a tremendous amount of help,

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Speaker 1: it seems from his receiving corps. But see this way,

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Speaker 1: if they were remaking the movie Invincible right now, you

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Speaker 1: would be over the stadium getting a try out if

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Speaker 1: you wanted one with the Patriots at receiver man. Because

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm not trying to be you know, I'm

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Speaker 1: not trying to go for the hot line or the

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Speaker 1: snarky take or whatever. But as you said, take those

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Speaker 1: numbers however you want. Bottom line has turned on the

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Speaker 1: tape and ask yourself who's open? Ask yourself who's getting open.

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Speaker 1: Julian Edelman's the number one receiver for them, but he's

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Speaker 1: playing hurt, so he's not even their number one guy.

463
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Speaker 1: Nikkil Harry's supposed to be a number one pick last year.

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Speaker 1: He struggled throughout the season for the most part, and

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Speaker 1: then he got hurt last week, so we don't know

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Speaker 1: if he'll go this week or not. Now you're talking

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Speaker 1: about Jakobe Myers demere Bird, who was never more than

468
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Speaker 1: a low complimentary piece in Carolina, but Cam seems to

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Speaker 1: trust him because he knows him from Carolina. But never

470
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Speaker 1: once were you ever thinking demere Bird would be a

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Speaker 1: huge part of your passing game. That's the struggle that

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Speaker 1: they have. And you can't turn to the tight ends

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Speaker 1: because Gronk left town and he didn't leave any someone

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Speaker 1: to tight ends who can catch the ball behind him

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Speaker 1: because they're not throwing in that direction either. So a

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Speaker 1: lot is going on there. Yes, Cam's struggling, but out wide,

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Speaker 1: not very many people getting open and helping out either.

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Speaker 1: So and I know your time is short here, So

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Speaker 1: the last one I have for you, Charles, And we're

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Speaker 1: talking to Charles Davis, NFL on CBS color analyst doing

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Speaker 1: the game with Iyan Eagle and Evan Washburn for Bill's

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Speaker 1: Patriots on Sunday for CBS. Where do you kind of

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Speaker 1: see this game going early? I mean, I'm anticipating that

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Speaker 1: the Patriots are probably going to try to get their

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Speaker 1: run game going since the pass game has not been

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Speaker 1: all that interesting or threatening. But I'm very curious to

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Speaker 1: see how the Bills play them defensively. Do they bring

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Speaker 1: eight in the box something they don't do a terrible

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Speaker 1: amount of to try to neutralize that. It's gonna it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be very compelling the first couple of series here.

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Speaker 1: What do you foresee? I remember yet, I met coach

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Speaker 1: Bill Parcels years ago when he was running the Miami Dolphins,

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Speaker 1: and I got a chance to talk to him at

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Speaker 1: a practice session, and he kept looking over at one

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Speaker 1: of his defensive wyman. He'd yell at hey, hey, and

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Speaker 1: then he'd make emotion on his pants like he was

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Speaker 1: tying up his pants. And I kept looking at him,

498
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Speaker 1: and he said, I'm telling him he'd better have his

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Speaker 1: big boy pants on this weekend because they're coming for it.

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Speaker 1: That's what I feel like. If you're the defensive front

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Speaker 1: of the of Buffalo, I definitely think big boy pants

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Speaker 1: this week. Because this will be the second week in

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Speaker 1: a row. I think New England will have their basic

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Speaker 1: starting offensive line together. You know, they got David Andrews

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Speaker 1: back at center tune he can go back to left guard,

506
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Speaker 1: Mason at right guard. You know Isaiah Win at left tackle.

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Speaker 1: That's their basic and then they added the rookie on

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Speaker 1: Win who from from Michigan. This would be the second

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Speaker 1: week in a row they play together. They've got to

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Speaker 1: mask together and try and move people on the line

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Speaker 1: of scrimmage and get them back to basics. Because using

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Speaker 1: Damien Harris, James White, Rex Birkehead and Cam in the

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Speaker 1: run game, I think is their formula to try and

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Speaker 1: get going so they can create some space for those

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Speaker 1: guys on the perimeter who are having a hard time

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Speaker 1: winning on their own. So I would expect it to

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Speaker 1: be a very physical game right out of the gate.

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Speaker 1: And big boy pants are probably a good issue in

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Speaker 1: the locker room this week if you're playing on the

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Speaker 1: front of Buffalo. But I don't think that Sean McDermott,

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Speaker 1: Leslie Frasier, I don't think they'd listen to our show

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Speaker 1: and go man. That's a great idea from Charles Davis.

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Speaker 1: I think they're way ahead of us on that one.

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Speaker 1: Probably probably Charles Listen, We appreciate the insight. We look

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Speaker 1: forward to hearing you on the call with Ian Eagle.

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Speaker 1: Tell the bird Man. We said, Hi, he's a friend

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Speaker 1: of the show. We look forward to hearing you on

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Speaker 1: Sunday on CBS. Can't wait to get there, looking forward

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Speaker 1: to This is gonna be a fun one because there's

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Speaker 1: a lot that's backed into this game, isn't there? Oh,

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Speaker 1: would be a good all right? Safe travels and all

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Speaker 1: the best to you and your family there. Stay healthy

533
00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:13,240
Speaker 1: out there. Okay, same to you and yours and everyone

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Speaker 1: who can hear our voices. Everyone, stay safe and we'll

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Speaker 1: keep pressing forward. Thanks a lot. Can't wait to Buffalo, okay.

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Speaker 1: Always good to talk to Charles Davis. Pleasure to have

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Speaker 1: him on the show this week. So, Steve, we're gonna

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Speaker 1: review our best Twitter poll of the week, and it

539
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Speaker 1: was the one that asked how critical is Sunday's game

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Speaker 1: against the Patriots when it comes to the AFC East

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Speaker 1: Division race? And I know we talked about this at

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Speaker 1: length on One Bills Live this week, and we see

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Speaker 1: what our Twitter respondents felt leading the way was it's

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Speaker 1: a must win to keep our distance at the top

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Speaker 1: of the division. That got over fifty eight percent of

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Speaker 1: the vote. Where did you come down on this one?

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Speaker 1: I can see the logic of saying a must win

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Speaker 1: to keep the distance at the top. I think it's

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Speaker 1: more about I think it's more about c than it

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Speaker 1: is anything else. I mean, the Patriots and the Jets.

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Speaker 1: This does not seem to be a year where they're

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Speaker 1: going to be competitive. The Bills already have a win

553
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Speaker 1: over the Miami Dolphins, but and all of these teams

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Speaker 1: still have a gauntlet of the NFC West and the

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Speaker 1: AFC West to play through as well, so they all

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Speaker 1: have equally difficult schedules. The only difference mainly in these

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Speaker 1: schedules is the fact of who's playing each other. The

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Speaker 1: Jets have to play the Patriots, the Bills, and the Dolphins,

559
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Speaker 1: and the Patriots, Bills, and Dolphins get to play the

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Speaker 1: Jets twice. So that's the logic there. You want to

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Speaker 1: win this game because it does put another nail in

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Speaker 1: the coffin of the division. It's going to be really

563
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Speaker 1: difficult for teams to catch this catch the Bills when

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Speaker 1: they've got a ford four no division record headed into

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Speaker 1: the second half of the season with only two games

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Speaker 1: to play, and the best those teams can hope for

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Speaker 1: us a split. So yeah, I think it's a huge win.

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Speaker 1: They get a lot more out of it than they lose,

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Speaker 1: and I think That's why I think it's more of

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Speaker 1: a d question, not necessary because the division is weaker

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Speaker 1: this year. I think that's more the reality of the situation.

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Speaker 1: But man, oh man, you'd love to see him go

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Speaker 1: four and oh in the division. Well, yeah, and I'm

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Speaker 1: with you. I voted the same way. Need to sweep

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Speaker 1: the division. With the schedule coming up, You've got a

576
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Speaker 1: gauntlet on the way with a host of quality teams

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Speaker 1: that are all probably going to be in the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: whether you're talking about Seattle, Arizona, Pittsburgh, San Francisco. I mean,

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Speaker 1: these teams are thumping people right now and running it

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Speaker 1: up on the scoreboard. Your best path to the playoffs

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Speaker 1: is probably via your division record and winning the division.

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Speaker 1: It's not by trying to beat all the heavy hitters

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Speaker 1: on what is a gauntlet of a schedule. I mean,

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Speaker 1: if the Bills win this week and beat the Patriots,

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Speaker 1: go four and on the division, and they're six and two,

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Speaker 1: they can run through this five game gauntlet, which includes

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Speaker 1: all those teams I mentioned, go two and three and

588
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 1: still come out of it eight and five and be

589
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:07,640
Speaker 1: okay with you know, those easier division games down the stretch.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I'm with you, man, they need to sweep

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Speaker 1: the division with the schedule ahead, So I'm all for

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Speaker 1: going four and oh this week because that affords you

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Speaker 1: a little more margin for error with this gauntlet coming up.

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Speaker 1: Follow up question for you, Steve, should there be any

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Speaker 1: concern about the Dolphins, who are a game back in

596
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:33,800
Speaker 1: the lost column? Now turning to tah, I would say, yeah,

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Speaker 1: We've seen young quarterbacks come in and have some pretty

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Speaker 1: good success. And the Dolphins under Brian Flores in the

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Speaker 1: second half of last year and in the years he

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Speaker 1: has coached them, they're a lot like the Bills. They

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00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,720
Speaker 1: get better as the season rules on, their talent develops.

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00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:50,200
Speaker 1: They play hard for him. That last year they finished

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Speaker 1: very strong, and I think by going to toa that's

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00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:54,960
Speaker 1: going to give them a little bit of a boost.

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Speaker 1: They did it just if you look at it in

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Speaker 1: positive spin. They did it at just the right time.

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Speaker 1: With a bye week coming up too, has got a

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Speaker 1: little time to get acclimated. This is a team that's

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Speaker 1: going to rally around this kid. That's what That's what

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Speaker 1: he brings to the table as it maybe better than

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Speaker 1: some veterans do. The ability to get guys to play

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Speaker 1: hard around him. He's a well liked guy. They want

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Speaker 1: him to be successful. The organization wants him to be successful.

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Speaker 1: They're counting on him to be successful, and they're going

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Speaker 1: to support him in every way they can. And he's

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Speaker 1: got a great understudy in Ryan Fitzpatrick who's going to

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Speaker 1: give him some help on the sideline between series so

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Speaker 1: and now. Certainly it's a little early to say whether

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Speaker 1: they're going to be whether we should be concerned about

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins turning to Tua, but I think they've got

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Speaker 1: a lot of reason to be optimistic about how he's

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Speaker 1: gonna play. Yeah, I know a lot of people think

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Speaker 1: he's just gonna take off and be like perfect. I

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Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know if they're assuming he's gonna

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Speaker 1: be like Justin Herbert was in La or how Joe

626
00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,280
Speaker 1: Burrow has gotten off to a good start because they're

627
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Speaker 1: from the same draft class. And I understand the first

628
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Speaker 1: time he stepped into a college game, it was in

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Speaker 1: the National title Game, and he performed there and basically

630
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Speaker 1: won the game for him. I guess they're expecting a

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Speaker 1: repeat here in Miami. But I just think the NFL

632
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:06,920
Speaker 1: is a different animal, and they're going against a pretty

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Speaker 1: good defense with one of the best players in the

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Speaker 1: game and Aaron Donald this week against the Rams, I

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Speaker 1: don't know if it's going to be a walk in

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Speaker 1: the park for him at all. So I expect some

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Speaker 1: speed bumps here along the way for him, and I'm

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Speaker 1: hoping it's enough to allow the Bills to keep their

639
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Speaker 1: distance from him in the division. I think you might.

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Speaker 1: I think you're right. I think that's gonna be a

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Speaker 1: really important game for him. I think it's I don't

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Speaker 1: want to make sound like an old guy who's better,

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Speaker 1: but I think it's easier to play quarterback in the

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Speaker 1: NFL now than it has been because of the quality

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Speaker 1: of guys, because of the preparation the upper college levels

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Speaker 1: give these guys coming in. I think Tua is gonna

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Speaker 1: it's not gonna be too big for him, and I'm

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Speaker 1: really anxious to see him play. And of course, you know,

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Speaker 1: except for the fact that he's in the division, you'd

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Speaker 1: kind of like to see him come in and overcome

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Speaker 1: that injury. But before that injury, he was gonna be

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Speaker 1: Joe Burrow. He hadn't gotten his hip hurt. He would

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Speaker 1: be playing in Cincinnati right now, and Joe Burrow maybe

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Speaker 1: in Miami or justin Herbert might be in Miami. Two

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Speaker 1: of was the guy in this draft class of these quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: and because of his injury, teams shied away from him.

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Speaker 1: All right, that's all the time we have for this

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Speaker 1: episode of One Bill's Life for Steve Tasker. I'm Chris Brown.

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Speaker 1: And remember when there isn't enough time for one Bill's Live,

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Speaker 1: there's always time for One Bill's Life, which lasts about

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