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Speaker 1: a treat for you, and then all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: on the screen is Damar Hamlin and he's flexing on

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Speaker 1: you from his hospital bid. Yeah, that's I can't imagine

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Speaker 1: how uplifting that is. Yeah, that's pretty big. You can

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Speaker 1: imagine what the room was like. I can imagine what

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Speaker 1: the room was like. Awesome not only for their about DeMar,

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Speaker 1: but also the affection they have for each other in

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Speaker 1: the room. Right then, So Yeah, those are that's pretty

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Speaker 1: good moment. That's pretty special moment to think about. As

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Speaker 1: Steve mentioned at the top of the show, there are

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Speaker 1: going to be special measures taken league wide to honor

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Speaker 1: Damar Hamlin for this weekend's games across the NFL, and

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Speaker 1: essentially there is going to be a pregame moment of support.

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Speaker 1: The NFL distributed a public address announcement that clubs are

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Speaker 1: encouraged to read prior to the national anthem as a

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Speaker 1: unified show of support for Damar, the first responders, and

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Speaker 1: the medical caregivers. Basically, it's gonna ask fans to honor

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Speaker 1: them in a moment of support and cheer, and you

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Speaker 1: know it's going to be allowed kind of moment of recognition,

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Speaker 1: cheering Damar's recovery as well as the medical people who

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Speaker 1: were responsible for saving his life as well as his recovery.

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Speaker 1: There will also be field painting. All clubs home and

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Speaker 1: away may outline the number three on each thirty yard

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Speaker 1: line number on the field in either Buffalo Bills red

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Speaker 1: or Bills Blue. We already saw the Jacksonville Jaguars tweet

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Speaker 1: out their painting of the threes on their field for

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Speaker 1: their home game this weekend. During warmups, all players throughout

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Speaker 1: the league will have the option to wear black Nike

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Speaker 1: T shirts displaying love for Damar three. During warmups. Here

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Speaker 1: in Buffalo, Bills players will wear a similarly similar Nike shirt,

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Speaker 1: but it'll be in the team's royal blue color, and

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Speaker 1: there will be new era hats embroidered with the three

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00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:43,359
Speaker 1: on them provided to Bills football personnel to wear during

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Speaker 1: warmups as well. And then, finally, number three jersey patches

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Speaker 1: will be worn by the Bills this weekend on their

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Speaker 1: uniform just below the shoulder. Fans across the league will

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Speaker 1: also continue to be in Ridged two support DeMars go

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Speaker 1: fund me fundraiser at his Chasing M's Foundation, which is

466
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Speaker 1: now over seven point six million dollars raised. Pretty remarkable. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: The only the only way this is gonna be any

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Speaker 1: more poignant is if the score ends up being thirty

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Speaker 1: three three. Oh my gosh, I'll take its thirty three

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Speaker 1: thirty three to three Bills, Okay, put it on a

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Speaker 1: white board, Yeah, put it on the white board. Um. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's h And I know the league gets criticized up

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Speaker 1: and down, I mean, because it's so big and so

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Speaker 1: prevalent and so much happens to it. But I gotta

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Speaker 1: say this is one of the times where they I

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Speaker 1: feel like they handled it really well. Um. I know,

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Speaker 1: it's it's our team and we talk about them all

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Speaker 1: the time and we cover them, but the league has

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Speaker 1: has jumped on board with it, and I think that

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Speaker 1: it's the right thing to do. So I'm I'm proud

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Speaker 1: of not only proud of the team like Brandon Bean,

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Speaker 1: but also a little bit of the NFL for jumping

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Speaker 1: through hoops on a very quick notice. And this league,

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Speaker 1: we all take it for granted. It's a behemoth and

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Speaker 1: to get anything done fast is really hard. Speaking of

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Speaker 1: getting things done fast, the AFC playoff seatings with an

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Speaker 1: amended procedure was approved. How close was the vote? We

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Speaker 1: will tell you when we come back. We have to

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Speaker 1: take a break here, but plenty more coming your way

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Speaker 1: here on One Bills Live, including some comments from players

491
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Speaker 1: today after practice, new players, not the ones we heard

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Speaker 1: from last night, to give us their feelings on what

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Speaker 1: happened in that meeting room this morning when all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden, Damar Hamlin's up on the screen flexing on him.

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Speaker 1: And we also have great co sell in our number

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Speaker 1: two to kind of dice up the x's and ows

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Speaker 1: on this Bill's Patriots meeting number two to close out

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Speaker 1: the regular season. It's all coming your way next here

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Speaker 1: on One Bills Live, presented by Kalid to Health, It's

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, welcome back to one Bills Live.

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you here on a Friday.

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Speaker 1: And in addition to all the positive news on tomorrow

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Speaker 1: Hamlin that continues to stream in how much to everyone's delight,

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Speaker 1: there is also league news concerning the AFC playoff seatings.

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Speaker 1: The league had to vote today on the proposal put

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Speaker 1: forth by Commissioner Roger Goodell last night after he announced

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Speaker 1: that the week seventeen game between the Bills and the

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Speaker 1: Bengals will be determined a no contest. It was canceled outright,

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00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:55,040
Speaker 1: wasn't declared a tie or anything. It basically doesn't exist anymore.

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Speaker 1: So with that in mind, we know the Bills and

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Speaker 1: the Bengals will be playing one less game than the

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Speaker 1: rest of the conference and the rest of the league

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Speaker 1: for that matter. So Commissioner Goodell informed all clubs of

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Speaker 1: that decision yesterday and then put forth a proposal of

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Speaker 1: amended playoff seating outcomes for the team's in contention for

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Speaker 1: the seven playoff seeds. Now, what I think prompted this

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00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:27,160
Speaker 1: was the fact that the Bills Bengals game had no

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Speaker 1: bearing on the teams that were qualifying for the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: Whether the Bills or Bengals won that game wouldn't eliminate

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Speaker 1: anybody from playoff contention and wouldn't bring anybody into playoff contention,

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Speaker 1: So that's why they scrapped the game. Then the resulting

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Speaker 1: inequities from the fewer number of games being played had

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Speaker 1: to be addressed, and essentially this was voted on today

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Speaker 1: and approved by NFL ownership. They needed twenty four of

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Speaker 1: the thirty two owners to vote yes for it. They

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Speaker 1: got twenty five yes votes, three or four of the

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Speaker 1: teams it's being reported, voted no, and the rest abstained

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Speaker 1: from voting all together. So they got the required number

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Speaker 1: of votes to put this adjusted playoff plan into action.

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Speaker 1: And it basically comes into play only in four different

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Speaker 1: scenarios of all, so in total, regarding Kansas City, Buffalo,

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Speaker 1: and Cincinnati, there are a total of eight possible scenarios

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Speaker 1: based on how each of these three teams fares this weekend,

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Speaker 1: and there are four total scenarios where a neutral site

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Speaker 1: would need to be put into place for an AFC

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Speaker 1: Championship game. It'll make your head hurt to think about it,

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Speaker 1: but what it says, and Tom Hollander, our guy out there,

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Speaker 1: just the ESPN put it like this, if Buffalo or

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati make it to the AFC Championship game as the

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Speaker 1: road team, that game will be at a neutral site.

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Speaker 1: That's what their thought was in making the rules like this.

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Speaker 1: If they're on the road in the AFC Championship, that

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Speaker 1: game is going to be at a neutral site. And

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Speaker 1: the reason that was determined is because in the absence

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Speaker 1: of last week's game, what was taken away from both

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Speaker 1: Buffalo and from Cincinnati was the chance to secure the

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Speaker 1: number one playoff seed. Cincinnati can't get it no matter

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Speaker 1: what now. Buffalo actually still has a chance to get

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Speaker 1: it if they win and Kansas City loses this weekend.

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Speaker 1: But what was taken away from Cincinnati, obviously was even

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Speaker 1: the remote chance, remote as it was to get the

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Speaker 1: number one seed. What Buffalo lost was control of their

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Speaker 1: own destiny by the absence of that game. Can they

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Speaker 1: still get the number one seed? Yes, but they need

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Speaker 1: help now to get it. Prior to the elimination of

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Speaker 1: that game, they had control of their own destiny and

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Speaker 1: did not need any help. So everybody has lost something.

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Speaker 1: Even the Ravens have lost the ability to win the

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Speaker 1: AFC North with the elimination of the of the game.

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Speaker 1: Because even if the Ravens can beat the Bengals this week,

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Speaker 1: they cannot beat them out for the division on a

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Speaker 1: percentage winning percentage. That even means that Baltimore, who swept Cincinnati,

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Speaker 1: well yeah, if they win this weekend, they win them

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Speaker 1: and they still won't win the division. Yeah. So and

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Speaker 1: you knew this going in. It's not it's not fair

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Speaker 1: for everybody. Kansas City, if they faced Buffalo or Cincinnati

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Speaker 1: at home in the AFC Championship Game, it's going on

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Speaker 1: the road for Kansas City. It's going to be an

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Speaker 1: neutral site. So Kansas City won't get a chance to

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Speaker 1: host the AFC Championship Game unless they get it against somebody,

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Speaker 1: unless they get against the four, five, six, or seven seed.

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Speaker 1: Well it won't be the seventh seed. Yeah, so whoever

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Speaker 1: it is. So yeah, I mean, you're looking far down

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Speaker 1: the road. There's a strong likelihood that the coin you know,

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Speaker 1: the neutral site amendment may not even be exercised like

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati has one. You know, they get to the championship game.

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Speaker 1: There's only one scenario in which a neutral site would

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Speaker 1: be involved for them, and that's if Cincinnati secures the

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Speaker 1: two seed by virtue of Buffalo losing this weekend. In

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Speaker 1: that case, they would get the two seed and leap

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Speaker 1: frog Buffalo, and if they have to face Kansas Citting

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Speaker 1: in the AFC Title game, they would get a neutral site. Otherwise,

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Speaker 1: under most of the other scenarios, they would go to

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Speaker 1: Kansas City. But they are up to four different scenarios

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Speaker 1: where Buffalo factors in and there could be a neutral

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Speaker 1: site AFC Title game. But that's a couple of rounds

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Speaker 1: down the road. I mean, you're assuming an awful lot

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Speaker 1: in all of those teams getting there. So I know

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati is not happy with this. They got a right

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Speaker 1: not to be. They've got a right to be unhappy. Well,

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Speaker 1: and the reason they're chiefly unhappy is they're not even

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Speaker 1: guaranteed a home playoff game under this scenario. And the

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Speaker 1: reason I say that is because even if they win

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Speaker 1: on Sunday and secure the division, I believe that is

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Speaker 1: still going to the coin flip. Did I read that correctly?

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Speaker 1: I think I did. If they play in the wildcard game,

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Speaker 1: right and they don't secure the top yeah, they can't

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Speaker 1: get the top seed, so they're playing wildcard round no

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Speaker 1: matter what. They'll do it as a division winner if

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Speaker 1: they win. But yeah, they're essentially saying, if Baltimore defeats

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati and we eighteen, it will have defeated Cincinnati a

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Speaker 1: divisional opponent twice, but they will not be able to

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Speaker 1: host a playoff game because Cincinnati will have a higher

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Speaker 1: winning percentage for a sixteen game schedule than Baltimore for

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Speaker 1: a seventeen game schedule. So because of that situation, they

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Speaker 1: would put that to a coin flip. And that's what's

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Speaker 1: going to happen. That's why Cincinnati is really hot, because

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Speaker 1: even if they have a better winning percentage and lose

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Speaker 1: to Baltimore and win the division, they're still gonna have

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Speaker 1: a coin flip as to whether they play a whole

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Speaker 1: playoff game or not. That's why they're mad. They yeah,

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Speaker 1: and they've been and we're voting against it. Yeah, Zach Taylor,

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Speaker 1: I actually said to their team has been fined for

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Speaker 1: and I don't know what he's referring to. They've been

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Speaker 1: fine this year because of the wording of the rules

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Speaker 1: and the rule book. And he says, well, if you're

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Speaker 1: gonna find us for the for the technicalities in the

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Speaker 1: rule book, why don't we follow the rule book in

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Speaker 1: this case too, when it actually matters on the field. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so they've got and you knew they Yeah, they got

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Speaker 1: a beef. They've got a beef. So does and even

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Speaker 1: so does Kansas City if if indeed it comes to

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Speaker 1: that down the road, there's a lot of stuff that

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00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:21,440
Speaker 1: has to happen before before they they'll go like, seriously,

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Speaker 1: but you knew it was gonna this game being taken

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Speaker 1: off the boards was gonna cause some problems, and the

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Speaker 1: league's doing their best to fix it in the most

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Speaker 1: equitable way they can because of what teams lost Cincinnati,

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Speaker 1: Buffalo and what it means for other teams, Kansas City

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Speaker 1: and Baltimore in this case, it's yeah, it's it's I

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Speaker 1: think the new thing's gonna happen. The thing that chaps

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Speaker 1: me the most is the team that comes out with

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Speaker 1: the most benefit here, the Kansas City Chiefs, because they

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00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:59,000
Speaker 1: were chasing Buffalo this whole time. Now they're the team

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00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:01,359
Speaker 1: that controls their own destiny. All they have to do

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Speaker 1: is win this week, and they have the number one seed. Now,

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Speaker 1: they do lose the possibility of hosting the AFC Title Game,

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Speaker 1: provided Buffalo or Cincinnati or the road team in the

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Speaker 1: AFC Title Game matchup. Beyond that, they lose nothing else,

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Speaker 1: including the bye. We got to take a break here

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Speaker 1: because when we come back, Dion Dawkins addressing the media

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Speaker 1: after today's practice, will get his thoughts on that surprise

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Speaker 1: visit from Damar Hamlin via FaceTime at this morning's team meeting.

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Speaker 1: Next here on One Bills Live presented by Kalada Health,

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Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, welcome back to One

646
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Speaker 1: Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you here on

647
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Speaker 1: a Friday. We want to turn to the post practice

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Speaker 1: where Dion Dawkins is addressing the media. Man, we got

649
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:07,520
Speaker 1: our boy, man, you know what I'm saying. That's all

650
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Speaker 1: that matters. We got our boy. The excitement was beautiful,

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Speaker 1: It was amazing. Uh. It has given us so much energy,

652
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:18,399
Speaker 1: so much you know, bright, high spirits, whatever you want

653
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Speaker 1: to call it, it is given it to us. Us

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00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:24,839
Speaker 1: to see that boy's face, to see him smile, see

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Speaker 1: him go like this in the camera, it was it

656
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:31,000
Speaker 1: was it was everything so uh and then to hear

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Speaker 1: him talk to us, it was it was literally everything,

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00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:37,680
Speaker 1: And uh that's what we needed. Literally that's all we needed,

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Speaker 1: and it was time. Can you give us a sense

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Speaker 1: of truly almost the switching of the vibe and the

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Speaker 1: field with amongst you guys on the team from the

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00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:53,520
Speaker 1: uncertainty of certainly Monday, Tuesday to the update Wednesday, yesterday

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Speaker 1: and now today had just just how drastic of a

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Speaker 1: change your emotions and the feelings have been in that building. Yeah,

665
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Speaker 1: it's a it's a it's a roller coaster, but um,

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00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:06,919
Speaker 1: it's a roller coaster that has never been written. So

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00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:12,000
Speaker 1: uh it took us up. You know, it kind of

668
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:16,239
Speaker 1: went down and did it took us back up. So uh,

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Speaker 1: it's it was a it was a unique experience. It

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00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:24,960
Speaker 1: still is, like it's far from over. So um. But

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Speaker 1: the good thing about it is it's a positive energy

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00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:32,440
Speaker 1: right now for whatever roller coaster you want to call it. Uh,

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00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:36,840
Speaker 1: we're on a positive ride and right now where um

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00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,920
Speaker 1: we got to see our guy and uh we got

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00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:44,040
Speaker 1: to see three smile and that's literally all we wanted,

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00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:46,239
Speaker 1: you know, like he's here with us, and that's all

677
00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:49,040
Speaker 1: that that we can ask for, is that he's uh

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00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:52,440
Speaker 1: taken steps forward. So uh it's still very emotional for

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Speaker 1: a lot of guys, and we're happy, we're blessed and

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00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:59,400
Speaker 1: extremely thankful, you know, like all of the guys that

681
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:01,400
Speaker 1: that have been worked on them and taking care of

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00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:04,000
Speaker 1: them and all of the love and the prayers. It's

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00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:07,120
Speaker 1: been working. So uh it doesn't mean stop now, it

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00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:10,560
Speaker 1: means go even harder. So we just got to keep pushing,

685
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 1: keep prayer, keep that love, and uh, everything seems to

686
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:17,839
Speaker 1: work well when everybody is on the same page. So uh,

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00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:21,960
Speaker 1: let's keep working together from every part of this country

688
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:24,799
Speaker 1: and uh and and and get this man back to

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00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:33,279
Speaker 1: one hundred percent. Hey Dane, um yea, hey, Hey, how

690
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:37,040
Speaker 1: has it been to watch the entire nation and their

691
00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:41,200
Speaker 1: outpouring support for Damar, for your team, for you guys?

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Speaker 1: What has that been like to watch happen over the

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Speaker 1: last three days, from from support to prayers to that

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Speaker 1: girl from me even going well over seven million dollars.

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Speaker 1: It's super lit, Maddie. It is lit. If that's the

696
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:56,360
Speaker 1: word that we could describe it. It is lit It

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00:42:56,480 --> 00:43:01,040
Speaker 1: is a beautiful litiation. Uh. It is amazing that people

698
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:04,239
Speaker 1: choose to do something and they get it done. You know,

699
00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:07,440
Speaker 1: everybody took their hats off with oh, this is not

700
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:09,600
Speaker 1: our team, this is their team. Da allow just let

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00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:12,719
Speaker 1: them do it, and everybody just came together and uh

702
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:15,880
Speaker 1: it is a beautiful full sight. You know, chasing ms

703
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:20,400
Speaker 1: is is more so like chasing billions now so so

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00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:24,120
Speaker 1: so so so so it is a beautiful thing. Uh.

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Speaker 1: And it's amazing that he can you know, be aware

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Speaker 1: and see what's going on in his life because it's

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Speaker 1: a it's a drastic change, and uh it's a drastic

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00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:36,719
Speaker 1: it's a drastic change. And you know, like with his

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00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:39,759
Speaker 1: story and everything that's that's going to keep coming. With

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Speaker 1: what has happened. Uh, he's changed so many lives and

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00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:46,760
Speaker 1: he's opened up so many eyes of people to really

712
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Speaker 1: just understand that in a split second, life can be

713
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:52,520
Speaker 1: this or it can can be that. So hopefully people

714
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:55,600
Speaker 1: are walking with just a little bit more positive steps

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00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:59,359
Speaker 1: in their life because you know, um, it's a it's

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00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:03,040
Speaker 1: a it's a special thing to have and uh, we're

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00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:07,000
Speaker 1: all blessed to be like honest ones calls. So let's

718
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:09,880
Speaker 1: let's keep those high faiths and those high spirits and

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00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:13,760
Speaker 1: let's uh and let's keep God first, Dione, how close

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Speaker 1: is this team after what you guys have gone? Well,

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Speaker 1: if the team wasn't closer, if the team wasn't close

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Speaker 1: and before Maddie, Um, this just put the cherry on

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Speaker 1: the top in a positive way. Um, it is definitely

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Speaker 1: just made it a permanent glue, which you know was there,

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Speaker 1: but it just kind of just melted it down just

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Speaker 1: a little bit more. But we were already extremely close group,

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Speaker 1: but with something like this like happening, it like it

728
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:51,040
Speaker 1: just takes it, you know, too unexplainable place, honestly. And

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Speaker 1: then last one for me, we talked to Brandon Bean

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Speaker 1: earlier this morning and he said that he had been

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Speaker 1: in Cincinnati for a couple of days. DeMar and his

732
00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:01,280
Speaker 1: family chose to stay back. What can you say about

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00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:05,279
Speaker 1: what type of leader your general manager is to kind

734
00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:07,520
Speaker 1: of say, you know, I don't need to be in Buffalo.

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00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:09,960
Speaker 1: I can be in Cincinnati and that's where I need

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Speaker 1: to be. Like, I just think that that is a

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00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:19,080
Speaker 1: testament of our entire building because if we all could

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Speaker 1: have stayed, we would have stayed. So I think Brandon

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00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:28,080
Speaker 1: took that initiative to carry everybody on his back of

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Speaker 1: us being present there, you know, like Tabanni richards Richardson

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00:45:32,560 --> 00:45:35,719
Speaker 1: and was there, Nate and was there as well, and

742
00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:39,960
Speaker 1: our guys, you know, like it's a brotherhood, it's a family.

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Speaker 1: And I definitely tip my hat to every person that

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Speaker 1: has stayed back. And not to say that that is

745
00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:52,640
Speaker 1: a lot, but it's just saying that it's more than football.

746
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:56,560
Speaker 1: It's more than just saying all right, the medical staff

747
00:45:56,880 --> 00:45:59,640
Speaker 1: has it, let them do it, you know, like that's

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Speaker 1: like that extra bit of why Buffalo is so special.

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Speaker 1: So honestly, now when when uh, like I think is

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00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:10,080
Speaker 1: it more right? So like like now and when people

751
00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:13,000
Speaker 1: are like why Buffalo? Why? And Buffalo too? This is

752
00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:16,480
Speaker 1: that reason why. If this doesn't answer that question, then

753
00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:20,400
Speaker 1: you really don't know the true meaning of love because

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00:46:20,719 --> 00:46:24,239
Speaker 1: you know, Brandon, Bean and Nate and Tobanni has has

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00:46:24,239 --> 00:46:27,200
Speaker 1: all shown it. And uh, you know, I'm thankful to

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00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:29,799
Speaker 1: have a GM and I'm thankful to be in an

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00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:33,120
Speaker 1: organization like this because there's so many guys in this

758
00:46:33,239 --> 00:46:36,520
Speaker 1: building that poor love out every single day and to

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00:46:36,719 --> 00:46:39,760
Speaker 1: see the like one of the of our top peers,

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00:46:40,320 --> 00:46:45,040
Speaker 1: you know, use it and show the example of love

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00:46:45,560 --> 00:46:52,880
Speaker 1: like it's everything, truly is Yeah, for sure, Maddie NFL Network.

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Speaker 1: How are you what up already? From the car? It's Mike,

763
00:46:57,440 --> 00:47:02,279
Speaker 1: but it's all right. From the car. Hey, what I

764
00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:05,319
Speaker 1: wanted to ask you? You put Danny? You made him

765
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:09,640
Speaker 1: trend on Twitter. I mean, and I know it's a

766
00:47:09,719 --> 00:47:12,200
Speaker 1: horrifying scene of what happens, but can you just speak

767
00:47:12,239 --> 00:47:15,959
Speaker 1: to the job that they did too? As you said, yeah,

768
00:47:16,560 --> 00:47:20,960
Speaker 1: you got your boy, Yeah, Mike, so so truly. Um,

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Speaker 1: if you think about the actual work that goes into

770
00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:28,719
Speaker 1: doing that procedure, you know, it is extremely hard to

771
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Speaker 1: consistently do something over and over and over and over

772
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:35,160
Speaker 1: and over until it changes, like it could be two minutes,

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Speaker 1: and be three minutes, and be thirty seconds and be

774
00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:39,920
Speaker 1: ten seconds however long it is, like that's almost like

775
00:47:40,080 --> 00:47:45,000
Speaker 1: running a like a conditioning test. So when I see

776
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:49,560
Speaker 1: it like that, I see it for the physical amount

777
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Speaker 1: and the mental amount of strength that it took Danny

778
00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:55,440
Speaker 1: to continue to do it and do it and do

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00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:58,120
Speaker 1: it and not say I'm tired and somebody else switched

780
00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:01,839
Speaker 1: or or all of those other things. That I don't

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00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:04,719
Speaker 1: know that the medical staff has to learn to you know,

782
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:10,160
Speaker 1: attempt and perform. But um, it's it's amazing, like like

783
00:48:10,239 --> 00:48:14,080
Speaker 1: there's there's like that just shows right and and and

784
00:48:14,120 --> 00:48:17,359
Speaker 1: I'm so different like like in my mind, but but

785
00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:21,160
Speaker 1: it's like it just shows that there's so many different

786
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:24,719
Speaker 1: teams all in one. And that's what makes this this

787
00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:27,480
Speaker 1: organization is so special. Right, Like we have the football team,

788
00:48:27,719 --> 00:48:30,840
Speaker 1: we have the quarterback room that is in its own entity.

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Speaker 1: We have the old line that's in it old like

790
00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:36,920
Speaker 1: like like that that's in its whole, the strength staff,

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Speaker 1: the management, the priests, the doctors, the head trainers, the

792
00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:48,640
Speaker 1: young trainers. And with Denny and his crew doing that,

793
00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:51,640
Speaker 1: it just showed that they were ready for that moment.

794
00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:53,920
Speaker 1: They were ready when their number and was called. And

795
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:57,240
Speaker 1: we preached this every day, Uh do your one eleven

796
00:48:57,640 --> 00:49:01,160
Speaker 1: and coach preaches us and McDermott preaches us, and uh,

797
00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:05,840
Speaker 1: Denny for sure took his one eleven and scored that touchdown.

798
00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:09,160
Speaker 1: And he scored that winning touchdown for our guy for

799
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Speaker 1: his life. And it is it could never fully be

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00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:16,799
Speaker 1: you know what is like like is the word like

801
00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:20,600
Speaker 1: it could never be fully re repaid because that's an

802
00:49:20,719 --> 00:49:24,600
Speaker 1: un priceable act, you know what I'm saying. So it's

803
00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:27,600
Speaker 1: it's it's a beautiful thing. It truly is. And if

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00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:30,520
Speaker 1: you can't see, I am so excited. I'm so thankful,

805
00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:33,279
Speaker 1: and uh, it is it is true, it really is.

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00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:37,040
Speaker 1: I think. All right, that's Dion Dawkins addressing the media

807
00:49:37,239 --> 00:49:41,840
Speaker 1: and if his if his emotions are a barometer for

808
00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:45,520
Speaker 1: that locker room, I think they're good going into this one. Yeah,

809
00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:48,680
Speaker 1: I don't think they're having a hard time finding the

810
00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:51,360
Speaker 1: joy in their work anymore. So, Um, it's good to

811
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Speaker 1: see and he you know, you just you could just

812
00:49:53,680 --> 00:49:55,800
Speaker 1: tell the elation on his face right when we started

813
00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:57,919
Speaker 1: them the sound bite there were from him. So good

814
00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:00,919
Speaker 1: for them, and I'm happy that that relief has come.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, it's good, definitely good. They'll be playing inspired

816
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Speaker 1: football on Sunday. For sure. We have to take a

817
00:50:07,719 --> 00:50:10,240
Speaker 1: break here because when we come back, we'll talk about

818
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Speaker 1: that game between the Bills and Patriots with our resident

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Speaker 1: X's and O's Guru, NFL Film Senior Producer Greg co

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Speaker 1: Sell Come on your way next here on One Bill's Live,

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Speaker 1: presented by Kalida Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. These one

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Speaker 1: Bills Live presented by called Light of Health. Here we

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Speaker 1: are our number two on a Friday, Chris Brown, Steve

824
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Speaker 1: Tasker with you, and we know what that means. It's

825
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Speaker 1: time to bring in senior producer from NFL Films, also

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Speaker 1: co host of ESPN's NFL Matchup Show, the One and

827
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Speaker 1: Only Greg Cosell, who's weekly segment is presented by Scott

828
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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. Greg, how are you doing well? I'm sure

830
00:51:32,960 --> 00:51:35,960
Speaker 1: it's just like you guys, a whole lot better now. Yeah, right,

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Speaker 1: great news really is. It is great news for us here.

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Speaker 1: And we were talking just before we came on, how

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Speaker 1: proud we are the organization, how they handled it, and

834
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Speaker 1: I think also for me and I know they always

835
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Speaker 1: get criticism, but the league at large handling it the

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Speaker 1: way they did and in subsequent days and hours, so

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Speaker 1: I thought it was surprisingly empathetic. So um, yes, and

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Speaker 1: now this week, now that Damar is doing very well,

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Speaker 1: it's it seems warranted. We're happy we all did it,

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00:52:05,719 --> 00:52:09,120
Speaker 1: so happy they did it that way, So I'm I'm

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Speaker 1: not I don't miss the Bengals Bills game. Like I

842
00:52:11,800 --> 00:52:15,560
Speaker 1: thought I might. At one point, it didn't seem quite

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00:52:15,560 --> 00:52:19,279
Speaker 1: as important. You know, it certainly didn't. Certainly not all right,

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Speaker 1: So let's let's try to shift gears here, Greg and

845
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Speaker 1: go to the game at hand. Seria, you will have

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00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:28,800
Speaker 1: a very inspired Bills team taking the field on Sunday

847
00:52:28,840 --> 00:52:32,440
Speaker 1: against the Patriots. If there's one thing about the Patriots

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Speaker 1: that is darn impressive, it is they're eight non offensive touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: seven on the defensive side of the ball, including one

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Speaker 1: again last week. Kyle Dugger, who had the thirty nine

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Speaker 1: yard interception return, now has three defensive touchdowns for his

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Speaker 1: team this season. I know you watch all the film.

853
00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:59,800
Speaker 1: How much have they just been anticipatory in nature? Obviously,

854
00:52:59,800 --> 00:53:02,799
Speaker 1: some times you get passes bouncing off the hands of

855
00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:05,920
Speaker 1: receivers and into the waiting arms of a defensive player.

856
00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:10,560
Speaker 1: Some of these, though, seem to be good anticipatory skills

857
00:53:10,600 --> 00:53:14,280
Speaker 1: by this new England defense. Yeah, I mean, I think

858
00:53:14,560 --> 00:53:16,560
Speaker 1: those are plays you have to look at, Brownie as

859
00:53:16,600 --> 00:53:20,239
Speaker 1: individual plays. I mean, that particular play was a disguised

860
00:53:20,239 --> 00:53:23,600
Speaker 1: coverage with a late movement and late rotation, and it

861
00:53:23,719 --> 00:53:25,799
Speaker 1: ended up Dugger was on the line of scrimmage to

862
00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:27,960
Speaker 1: start and it ended up being covered two. He ended

863
00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:30,640
Speaker 1: up being the middle Hall defender and covered two, And

864
00:53:30,880 --> 00:53:35,000
Speaker 1: clearly Teddy Bridgewater did not process the coverage. So plays

865
00:53:35,080 --> 00:53:37,719
Speaker 1: like that and certainly a team does not do that

866
00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:39,920
Speaker 1: every season. So that's why you kind of have to

867
00:53:39,960 --> 00:53:43,520
Speaker 1: look at it as individual plays and see why they occur.

868
00:53:44,080 --> 00:53:48,440
Speaker 1: You know, some some occur on tips, so you know,

869
00:53:49,719 --> 00:53:51,920
Speaker 1: there's no answer as far as I'm concerned to that.

870
00:53:52,840 --> 00:53:55,080
Speaker 1: You know, don't forget, as you guys know when you're

871
00:53:55,080 --> 00:53:59,560
Speaker 1: not forgetting. These teams played Week thirteen and Buffalo just

872
00:53:59,640 --> 00:54:03,160
Speaker 1: control rolled. Yeah, Buffalo controlled the game. They were in

873
00:54:03,239 --> 00:54:06,200
Speaker 1: forty five plays in the first half. Overall, they ran

874
00:54:06,239 --> 00:54:08,840
Speaker 1: over seventy They had the ball for thirty eight minutes.

875
00:54:09,080 --> 00:54:11,839
Speaker 1: They kind of lined up in that game, which does

876
00:54:11,920 --> 00:54:14,279
Speaker 1: not usually happen against the New England team, and said

877
00:54:14,320 --> 00:54:17,600
Speaker 1: we're physically better than you are on that side of

878
00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:19,680
Speaker 1: the ball, and here we are and you have to

879
00:54:19,719 --> 00:54:23,000
Speaker 1: stop us. And they couldn't stop them. And that rarely

880
00:54:23,040 --> 00:54:25,719
Speaker 1: happens against the New England defense. And you talk about

881
00:54:25,719 --> 00:54:27,880
Speaker 1: this the New England defense statistically, you look at the

882
00:54:27,960 --> 00:54:32,200
Speaker 1: rankings and the way they're as good as the Bills defense. Statistically,

883
00:54:32,239 --> 00:54:35,719
Speaker 1: I mean they right, they are a little different in

884
00:54:35,760 --> 00:54:38,759
Speaker 1: the points allowed at the bottom line and third down efficiency,

885
00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:40,400
Speaker 1: they're not quite as good as the Bills, but another

886
00:54:40,520 --> 00:54:43,640
Speaker 1: other category they are at or just a hair better

887
00:54:43,760 --> 00:54:47,839
Speaker 1: or right there with the Buffalo Bills statistically offensively, when

888
00:54:47,880 --> 00:54:49,960
Speaker 1: you look at these two teams, big difference, Bills are

889
00:54:50,080 --> 00:54:53,839
Speaker 1: much better, much more efficient offensively. And I think the

890
00:54:53,960 --> 00:54:58,320
Speaker 1: key matchup looks like it's going to be Bills offense

891
00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:02,240
Speaker 1: Patriot defense. How that looks. And you said the Bills

892
00:55:02,280 --> 00:55:04,719
Speaker 1: looked like they kind of just controlled the game, and

893
00:55:04,760 --> 00:55:06,880
Speaker 1: I remember thinking the Bills, the Bills kind of just

894
00:55:06,920 --> 00:55:09,479
Speaker 1: strangled the Patriots at the last second half end game.

895
00:55:10,360 --> 00:55:13,200
Speaker 1: And they also had a touchdown called back as you recall,

896
00:55:13,280 --> 00:55:15,560
Speaker 1: I'm sure with one of the Josh Allen plays when

897
00:55:15,600 --> 00:55:18,280
Speaker 1: Sweeney was called for holding one of those special Josh

898
00:55:18,320 --> 00:55:22,239
Speaker 1: plays that was I think forty plus yards. But you

899
00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:24,040
Speaker 1: know when that was the game, as you may recall

900
00:55:24,320 --> 00:55:26,560
Speaker 1: where they really whipped out the Pony package. There were

901
00:55:26,600 --> 00:55:29,520
Speaker 1: thirteen snaps or the pony package in that game, and

902
00:55:29,560 --> 00:55:32,360
Speaker 1: they haven't really used it to that degree since, and

903
00:55:32,400 --> 00:55:35,400
Speaker 1: it was really effective and successful in that game against

904
00:55:35,400 --> 00:55:38,240
Speaker 1: New England. Now, again, normally you don't do the same

905
00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:41,799
Speaker 1: thing against the same opponent, you know, twice, especially in

906
00:55:41,840 --> 00:55:43,640
Speaker 1: such a short period of time. It's not as if

907
00:55:43,680 --> 00:55:46,279
Speaker 1: that game was Week two or a Week three, But

908
00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:50,160
Speaker 1: you never know. I mean, it's you know, I imagine

909
00:55:50,200 --> 00:55:52,319
Speaker 1: none of us have a real feel for, given the week,

910
00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:54,440
Speaker 1: what Buffalo is going to do in this game. But

911
00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:57,839
Speaker 1: you know, they had thirteen snaps with both Hines, with

912
00:55:57,960 --> 00:56:00,719
Speaker 1: Hines and Cook played twelve snaps with the Pony and

913
00:56:00,840 --> 00:56:04,120
Speaker 1: Hines and Singleton one snap, and Cook had some really

914
00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:06,719
Speaker 1: good runs out of the Pony package in that game.

915
00:56:06,760 --> 00:56:11,040
Speaker 1: They ran the ball well, so we'll see what their

916
00:56:11,080 --> 00:56:14,920
Speaker 1: approach is. You know, the longest pass play in that

917
00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:17,319
Speaker 1: game was twenty one yards to Hines, and I think

918
00:56:17,320 --> 00:56:19,640
Speaker 1: that happened on the first or second possession on a

919
00:56:19,760 --> 00:56:22,279
Speaker 1: kind of a second reaction movement throw by Josh. So

920
00:56:22,560 --> 00:56:26,360
Speaker 1: that was not really a big passing game. So, you know,

921
00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:29,320
Speaker 1: I'm not sure the Bills want to play that way generally.

922
00:56:29,400 --> 00:56:31,920
Speaker 1: I think they're built a little more to sort of

923
00:56:32,160 --> 00:56:34,120
Speaker 1: push the ball down the field at times and create

924
00:56:34,160 --> 00:56:37,480
Speaker 1: some big plays offensively. But that game, look, they had

925
00:56:37,480 --> 00:56:40,120
Speaker 1: a fifteen play ninety six yard drive from the third

926
00:56:40,200 --> 00:56:43,000
Speaker 1: quarter into the fourth quarter. That usually doesn't happen against

927
00:56:43,040 --> 00:56:47,200
Speaker 1: New England. Right, what do you make of New England's

928
00:56:47,200 --> 00:56:52,640
Speaker 1: defensive front, Because in the first meeting, Barmore was a

929
00:56:52,680 --> 00:56:56,400
Speaker 1: still uninjured reserve. He's back. Now, how much of an

930
00:56:56,440 --> 00:56:59,200
Speaker 1: impact can he make in terms of changing the battle

931
00:56:59,200 --> 00:57:02,200
Speaker 1: at the line of scrimge do you think, Well, he's

932
00:57:02,239 --> 00:57:04,040
Speaker 1: got a lot of talent. I mean, he's a big kid,

933
00:57:04,120 --> 00:57:07,960
Speaker 1: he's long, he's athletic. Um. You know, that's hard to

934
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:11,000
Speaker 1: know exactly how he'll impact the game, but he's he

935
00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:14,359
Speaker 1: adds a good player to the mix, Brownie. So in

936
00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:16,200
Speaker 1: an ideal world, you look at and you say, they'll

937
00:57:16,240 --> 00:57:18,560
Speaker 1: be better in this game. You know. I guess my

938
00:57:18,640 --> 00:57:21,320
Speaker 1: overall thought before we switch sides of the ball here

939
00:57:21,640 --> 00:57:24,840
Speaker 1: is that I would be surprised if the game played

940
00:57:24,880 --> 00:57:27,480
Speaker 1: out the same way. You know, I think that, which

941
00:57:27,520 --> 00:57:29,840
Speaker 1: doesn't mean Buffalo can't win the game. You know, that's

942
00:57:29,880 --> 00:57:32,280
Speaker 1: not my point at all, But I don't think it

943
00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:35,680
Speaker 1: will be the same kind of game. Offensively, I think

944
00:57:35,680 --> 00:57:37,800
Speaker 1: the Bills were going to need some big plays in

945
00:57:37,840 --> 00:57:40,320
Speaker 1: the past game, and I don't know if they'll control

946
00:57:40,440 --> 00:57:43,000
Speaker 1: the ball quite the way they did that that that

947
00:57:43,120 --> 00:57:45,560
Speaker 1: to me had a little bit of an aberration feel

948
00:57:45,600 --> 00:57:47,840
Speaker 1: to it. That's an oppressive feel to it, but not

949
00:57:47,880 --> 00:57:49,560
Speaker 1: the way did you know, I would think it would

950
00:57:49,560 --> 00:57:51,720
Speaker 1: play out a second time. But that's kind of the

951
00:57:51,720 --> 00:57:54,080
Speaker 1: way the Patriots like to play, though they don't think

952
00:57:54,120 --> 00:57:58,479
Speaker 1: you can go fifteen plays and they want they kept

953
00:57:58,480 --> 00:58:00,360
Speaker 1: the lid on the big plays. I mean, kind of

954
00:58:00,360 --> 00:58:02,360
Speaker 1: the way they played the Bills. Like the Bills play

955
00:58:02,200 --> 00:58:04,920
Speaker 1: the Chiefs right or the Dogs right and keep a

956
00:58:05,000 --> 00:58:07,040
Speaker 1: lid on the you know, make you go the long way,

957
00:58:07,120 --> 00:58:10,240
Speaker 1: take the dink and dunk, and hope you get frustrated

958
00:58:10,360 --> 00:58:13,040
Speaker 1: or just make a mistake. And that's kind of what

959
00:58:13,120 --> 00:58:14,840
Speaker 1: it seemed like they were trying to do to the Bills.

960
00:58:15,920 --> 00:58:18,800
Speaker 1: And I think that's one area where Josh Allen has

961
00:58:18,840 --> 00:58:21,680
Speaker 1: really improved Steve. I mean there are times where I

962
00:58:21,720 --> 00:58:24,360
Speaker 1: see him drop back and I can tell immediately by

963
00:58:24,360 --> 00:58:27,440
Speaker 1: the coverage, the way they retreat, given the route concepts

964
00:58:27,440 --> 00:58:30,520
Speaker 1: and combinations that he knows he's not going to have

965
00:58:30,560 --> 00:58:33,200
Speaker 1: a route down the field and he throws it immediately

966
00:58:33,240 --> 00:58:35,400
Speaker 1: to the running back and he gets nine, ten, twelve

967
00:58:35,520 --> 00:58:38,120
Speaker 1: yards And those are good play They don't seem like

968
00:58:38,240 --> 00:58:40,160
Speaker 1: much in the course of a game, as you know,

969
00:58:40,400 --> 00:58:44,080
Speaker 1: because everybody's focused on explosives, But those are really positive

970
00:58:44,080 --> 00:58:46,680
Speaker 1: plays and why, you know, don't sit back in the

971
00:58:46,720 --> 00:58:48,880
Speaker 1: pocket and wait for something that you know is not

972
00:58:49,000 --> 00:58:54,840
Speaker 1: going to be there. Greg The biggest probably dichotomy between

973
00:58:54,880 --> 00:58:57,720
Speaker 1: these two teams is how good Buffalo's red zone defense

974
00:58:57,800 --> 00:59:00,760
Speaker 1: has been of late and how awful New England's red

975
00:59:00,840 --> 00:59:03,320
Speaker 1: zone offense has been. They are last in the league

976
00:59:03,320 --> 00:59:07,920
Speaker 1: and red zone touchdown efficiency. Is there a singular theme

977
00:59:08,600 --> 00:59:12,800
Speaker 1: running through this season for the Patriots offensive execution in

978
00:59:12,840 --> 00:59:16,680
Speaker 1: the red zone that stands out to you? Let me

979
00:59:16,720 --> 00:59:21,760
Speaker 1: expand that brownie and talk overall about their offensive execution overall,

980
00:59:21,800 --> 00:59:26,840
Speaker 1: it's been problematic. What has surprised me tremendously. And I

981
00:59:26,880 --> 00:59:28,600
Speaker 1: know there's a lot of talk in New England and

982
00:59:28,640 --> 00:59:33,120
Speaker 1: maybe you know throughout the media about you know, who's

983
00:59:33,160 --> 00:59:35,720
Speaker 1: coaching the offense in New England and you know all that.

984
00:59:35,960 --> 00:59:37,400
Speaker 1: You know, I don't get into that because I'm not

985
00:59:37,480 --> 00:59:40,720
Speaker 1: in the meeting rooms. But one thing that's really surprised

986
00:59:40,800 --> 00:59:44,160
Speaker 1: me watching their tape every single week is the number

987
00:59:44,200 --> 00:59:48,320
Speaker 1: of basic route concepts and reads that Mac Jones has missed.

988
00:59:48,640 --> 00:59:51,520
Speaker 1: I'm talking about basic stuff, you know, like if you

989
00:59:51,600 --> 00:59:54,720
Speaker 1: call curl flat or slammed flat to the boundary and

990
00:59:54,840 --> 00:59:58,160
Speaker 1: you have to read the underneath defender, he's just throwing

991
00:59:58,200 --> 01:00:02,080
Speaker 1: to the wrong guys. And and I'm really surprised by that.

992
01:00:02,080 --> 01:00:05,800
Speaker 1: That is not a function of Matt Patricia. That's day one,

993
01:00:05,880 --> 01:00:08,680
Speaker 1: day two install stuff. And now I'm not saying he

994
01:00:08,720 --> 01:00:10,720
Speaker 1: does that all the time. He has very good moments

995
01:00:10,760 --> 01:00:14,440
Speaker 1: as well. But this offense with mac Jones has missed

996
01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:16,959
Speaker 1: a lot of things and they have not been able

997
01:00:16,960 --> 01:00:19,439
Speaker 1: to compensate for it with a consistent week to week

998
01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:21,920
Speaker 1: run game that you know, and I think they felt

999
01:00:21,920 --> 01:00:24,160
Speaker 1: going into this season that they'd have a bit of

1000
01:00:24,200 --> 01:00:26,920
Speaker 1: a two headed monster in Stevenson and Harris and a

1001
01:00:27,040 --> 01:00:29,560
Speaker 1: really good run game that they could hang their hat

1002
01:00:29,600 --> 01:00:31,960
Speaker 1: on every week, that that would be an identity thing,

1003
01:00:32,560 --> 01:00:34,920
Speaker 1: and it hasn't been there. I know, Stevenson may get

1004
01:00:35,160 --> 01:00:38,000
Speaker 1: a thousand yards, but you know, we play seventeen games now,

1005
01:00:38,080 --> 01:00:40,960
Speaker 1: so a thousand yards is an automatically a sign that

1006
01:00:40,960 --> 01:00:44,800
Speaker 1: you've had a great year. But they just brownie. They

1007
01:00:44,840 --> 01:00:47,720
Speaker 1: have not been very good offensively at all. They don't

1008
01:00:47,760 --> 01:00:51,280
Speaker 1: hit explosives, very often. They don't run the ball particularly well.

1009
01:00:51,280 --> 01:00:56,520
Speaker 1: They don't sustain offense very well. It's quite frankly, at times,

1010
01:00:56,560 --> 01:00:59,439
Speaker 1: been a hard offense to watch. Yeah, and we've seen

1011
01:00:59,440 --> 01:01:02,360
Speaker 1: other media outlets and you know, they're criticizing and they

1012
01:01:02,360 --> 01:01:04,560
Speaker 1: say the same thing you do. They'll point out instances

1013
01:01:04,600 --> 01:01:09,479
Speaker 1: where the offensive line doesn't get a hat on a hat, right, Yeah,

1014
01:01:09,480 --> 01:01:12,000
Speaker 1: that where they the receivers. You end up with three

1015
01:01:12,040 --> 01:01:14,840
Speaker 1: receivers banging into each other running the same concept and

1016
01:01:14,880 --> 01:01:17,040
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, they're all three within three yards

1017
01:01:17,080 --> 01:01:24,240
Speaker 1: of each other or two. Right. That to me reeks

1018
01:01:24,240 --> 01:01:28,200
Speaker 1: of coaching. Okay, and maybe it is. I'm not good.

1019
01:01:28,280 --> 01:01:31,160
Speaker 1: Like I said, I know how hard I work, Steve

1020
01:01:31,240 --> 01:01:33,920
Speaker 1: watching tapes, so I know how hard coaches work. And

1021
01:01:33,920 --> 01:01:36,600
Speaker 1: I've always been in my career a very leery of,

1022
01:01:37,360 --> 01:01:40,560
Speaker 1: you know, ripping coaches, which is easy to do and

1023
01:01:40,680 --> 01:01:42,880
Speaker 1: not you. I'm not talking about you personally. You played

1024
01:01:42,920 --> 01:01:45,840
Speaker 1: the game, so you know, but I just you know,

1025
01:01:46,040 --> 01:01:48,680
Speaker 1: I'm never comfortable doing that because I always feel that

1026
01:01:49,000 --> 01:01:51,640
Speaker 1: you have to be there and be through the process

1027
01:01:51,920 --> 01:01:54,920
Speaker 1: to understand is that the coach is that the players,

1028
01:01:55,160 --> 01:01:57,880
Speaker 1: Because you know, Steve coaches coach, but once should step

1029
01:01:57,920 --> 01:02:01,240
Speaker 1: between the lines. The players play. So you could argue

1030
01:02:01,280 --> 01:02:02,840
Speaker 1: coaches have a lot of power, but they have no

1031
01:02:02,880 --> 01:02:06,320
Speaker 1: control because you guys play. You know, I mean how

1032
01:02:06,320 --> 01:02:08,720
Speaker 1: many times I know I've seen it here at films

1033
01:02:08,760 --> 01:02:10,840
Speaker 1: because we why are coaches and all that, you know

1034
01:02:10,920 --> 01:02:13,560
Speaker 1: up in the press box, how mad they get because

1035
01:02:13,680 --> 01:02:16,920
Speaker 1: the players are not doing what clearly they're supposed to

1036
01:02:16,920 --> 01:02:19,200
Speaker 1: be doing right. So, you know, I don't know where

1037
01:02:19,240 --> 01:02:22,800
Speaker 1: that balance lies. Yeah, I agree with you. It's not

1038
01:02:22,920 --> 01:02:26,080
Speaker 1: rocket science. But if you've got guys doing the wrong thing,

1039
01:02:26,160 --> 01:02:28,320
Speaker 1: it's because they haven't been taught to do the right thing.

1040
01:02:29,120 --> 01:02:32,640
Speaker 1: Certainly they can get beat physically, and certainly there could

1041
01:02:32,720 --> 01:02:36,120
Speaker 1: be a culture. I'm trying to, you know, jump through

1042
01:02:36,240 --> 01:02:38,200
Speaker 1: mental hoops here a little bit, because there might be

1043
01:02:38,280 --> 01:02:42,080
Speaker 1: a culture that has been pervasive in New England where

1044
01:02:42,080 --> 01:02:44,560
Speaker 1: they expect players to do certain things to get ready,

1045
01:02:45,000 --> 01:02:48,160
Speaker 1: and that culture may have shifted with Josh McDaniel's exiting.

1046
01:02:48,200 --> 01:02:51,520
Speaker 1: Now you've got players who don't know they're supposed to

1047
01:02:51,520 --> 01:02:53,960
Speaker 1: do that themselves. They're supposed to learn something on them

1048
01:02:54,200 --> 01:02:57,640
Speaker 1: their own. A lot of coaches say, listen, I'm gonna

1049
01:02:57,640 --> 01:03:00,680
Speaker 1: teach you everything you need to know, some guy, I say, listen,

1050
01:03:00,680 --> 01:03:03,439
Speaker 1: you should know, you know, do this in this way

1051
01:03:03,440 --> 01:03:05,640
Speaker 1: and the player does it the wrong way or the

1052
01:03:05,680 --> 01:03:09,200
Speaker 1: way that you know, the wrong technique. And I've had

1053
01:03:09,240 --> 01:03:11,360
Speaker 1: these conversations with coaches over the years, and I think

1054
01:03:11,360 --> 01:03:15,320
Speaker 1: you would agree. You know, just because let's say you

1055
01:03:15,400 --> 01:03:18,520
Speaker 1: are a defensive coach and you have been your whole

1056
01:03:18,520 --> 01:03:21,600
Speaker 1: life or vice versa, doesn't mean you know the other

1057
01:03:21,640 --> 01:03:24,480
Speaker 1: side of the ball. You know, you know the other

1058
01:03:24,520 --> 01:03:26,960
Speaker 1: side of the ball in a very general way, you know.

1059
01:03:27,200 --> 01:03:29,400
Speaker 1: I mean everybody can go up on the board defense,

1060
01:03:29,480 --> 01:03:32,720
Speaker 1: offense and draw route combinations that that's that doesn't mean

1061
01:03:32,840 --> 01:03:35,000
Speaker 1: you know how to coach a particular side of the ball.

1062
01:03:35,440 --> 01:03:38,480
Speaker 1: You know. And and offensive coaches guys who've been doing

1063
01:03:38,520 --> 01:03:40,960
Speaker 1: it ever since they got into coaching for fifteen, twenty,

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Speaker 1: twenty five, thirty years, you know they're offensive coaches. If

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Speaker 1: you've been an offensive coach and all of a sudden

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01:03:47,200 --> 01:03:49,080
Speaker 1: they tell you, hey, go and be the linebacker coach,

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01:03:49,440 --> 01:03:51,000
Speaker 1: you know, you got to learn how to do that.

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01:03:51,080 --> 01:03:53,400
Speaker 1: You don't just know that you know. Just because you

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01:03:53,480 --> 01:03:55,919
Speaker 1: might know how linebackers are supposed to react and cover

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Speaker 1: to three, that doesn't make you a linebackers coach right

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Speaker 1: Greg Another player who missed the first meeting between the

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Speaker 1: Bills and Patriots was Damian Harris. Yeah, he has historically

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01:04:07,920 --> 01:04:12,320
Speaker 1: been a Bills killer. In three games against the Bills,

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01:04:12,960 --> 01:04:16,320
Speaker 1: forty four carries, three hundred and sixteen yards, an average

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01:04:16,360 --> 01:04:20,640
Speaker 1: of seven point two per rush, and five touchdowns. How

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01:04:20,760 --> 01:04:25,280
Speaker 1: might he be able to diversify the Patriots run game?

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01:04:25,360 --> 01:04:28,440
Speaker 1: Knowing he's got a little more juice than Romandre Stevenson.

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01:04:29,160 --> 01:04:31,840
Speaker 1: I was just gonna say that, Brownie. You you took

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01:04:31,880 --> 01:04:34,560
Speaker 1: the words right out of my mouth. He's definitely got

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01:04:34,640 --> 01:04:39,640
Speaker 1: a more explosion and more juice than Stevenson, and he's

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01:04:39,680 --> 01:04:43,120
Speaker 1: just unfortunately been injured through much of his career. But

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01:04:43,440 --> 01:04:46,640
Speaker 1: he's a guy that when he hits the hole, he

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01:04:46,680 --> 01:04:49,680
Speaker 1: can get through a hole in confine space. And then

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01:04:49,760 --> 01:04:53,520
Speaker 1: he's got a reacceleration element that I don't quite think

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01:04:53,560 --> 01:04:56,760
Speaker 1: Stevenson has. Stevens is a bigger back and maybe a

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01:04:56,840 --> 01:05:00,960
Speaker 1: more physical back, but I think that has that re

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01:05:01,120 --> 01:05:06,000
Speaker 1: acceleration trait which is so important, and we've seen him

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01:05:06,040 --> 01:05:08,000
Speaker 1: do that. We saw him do that last year in

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01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:11,320
Speaker 1: that cold weather game. I remember, I guess it was

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01:05:11,360 --> 01:05:13,560
Speaker 1: two years ago where he scored maybe a twenty five

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01:05:13,600 --> 01:05:17,120
Speaker 1: yard touchdown or so against Buffalo, and you saw the juice.

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01:05:17,440 --> 01:05:19,640
Speaker 1: He can add a lot, you know, assuming they can

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01:05:19,680 --> 01:05:22,000
Speaker 1: get it all blocked up, because that's been another issue

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01:05:22,000 --> 01:05:24,120
Speaker 1: their old lion has not been. I think what they

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01:05:24,200 --> 01:05:27,240
Speaker 1: hoped it would be when the season started. All Right,

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01:05:27,600 --> 01:05:29,480
Speaker 1: we're a little bit of a loss today, is than

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01:05:29,520 --> 01:05:32,080
Speaker 1: we usually are because we don't have a Bills game

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01:05:32,640 --> 01:05:35,600
Speaker 1: to review, right and to see where they have Maybe

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01:05:35,600 --> 01:05:38,640
Speaker 1: it's you know, steadily evolved to But you go back,

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01:05:38,920 --> 01:05:40,920
Speaker 1: what do you expect? You said this game might look

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01:05:40,960 --> 01:05:43,320
Speaker 1: a little different than the Bills running forty five plays

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Speaker 1: and one a half getting out what. Yeah, Still, this

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01:05:47,640 --> 01:05:51,920
Speaker 1: is a game that is going to be really emotionally charged. Sure,

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01:05:52,080 --> 01:05:55,640
Speaker 1: but XS and oos wise and maybe tactically wise. What's

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01:05:55,640 --> 01:05:57,880
Speaker 1: your best guess about how this game plays out and

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01:05:58,120 --> 01:06:00,520
Speaker 1: what the Patriots might want the Bill to do or

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01:06:00,560 --> 01:06:04,440
Speaker 1: try to force the Bill to do offensively and defensively. Well,

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01:06:04,480 --> 01:06:06,440
Speaker 1: I think you did hit it on the head earlier

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01:06:06,520 --> 01:06:10,160
Speaker 1: in the conversation, Steve. You know Belichick is he does

1110
01:06:10,200 --> 01:06:13,280
Speaker 1: not want to give up explosives. No coach does, but

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01:06:13,320 --> 01:06:17,720
Speaker 1: Belichick certainly so. The question becomes now is he going

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01:06:17,760 --> 01:06:21,920
Speaker 1: to have bracket concepts versus Diggs because the reality is

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01:06:21,960 --> 01:06:24,800
Speaker 1: that there hasn't really been on a week to week basis.

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01:06:24,920 --> 01:06:27,680
Speaker 1: It's occurred at times a week to week basis, there

1115
01:06:27,680 --> 01:06:30,800
Speaker 1: hasn't been that second receiver that you say, wow, we

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01:06:30,880 --> 01:06:33,919
Speaker 1: know we can count on him. You know, even though

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01:06:33,920 --> 01:06:36,600
Speaker 1: it didn't work out in the first meeting, I think

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01:06:36,640 --> 01:06:40,760
Speaker 1: his approach, his approach tactically would be similar. Let's see

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01:06:40,800 --> 01:06:43,560
Speaker 1: if the Bills can go fifteen plays in ninety six yards,

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Speaker 1: you know, let's see how that plays out, you know,

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01:06:47,280 --> 01:06:50,520
Speaker 1: and the emotion part. None of us can answer that

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01:06:50,640 --> 01:06:55,080
Speaker 1: because we don't know. But you know, the Bills, the

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Speaker 1: Bills have been the best team in the NFL on

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01:06:57,320 --> 01:07:00,440
Speaker 1: third down. They're close to fifty percent, the number one

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Speaker 1: in the league. In the first matchup, they were nine

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01:07:02,920 --> 01:07:05,800
Speaker 1: for fifteen on third down conversions. They were three for

1127
01:07:06,000 --> 01:07:08,960
Speaker 1: three in the red zone scoring touchdowns. That was critical.

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Speaker 1: You know. I think third down is really really important

1129
01:07:13,400 --> 01:07:15,720
Speaker 1: in this is going to be really important in this game.

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01:07:15,880 --> 01:07:19,480
Speaker 1: And Belichick to me, just based on track record, he'll

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01:07:19,520 --> 01:07:22,320
Speaker 1: do something different on third down than he showed the

1132
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Speaker 1: Bills in the week thirteen game, and then it'll be

1133
01:07:24,880 --> 01:07:27,000
Speaker 1: up to Josh and the receivers to be able to

1134
01:07:27,040 --> 01:07:30,160
Speaker 1: work through that in the brief time you get once

1135
01:07:30,200 --> 01:07:34,880
Speaker 1: the ball snap. So but I think overall, he's he's

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01:07:34,920 --> 01:07:37,840
Speaker 1: going to think in terms of, hey, we're gonna try

1137
01:07:37,840 --> 01:07:40,320
Speaker 1: to make them go thirteen fourteen, fifteen plays to score

1138
01:07:40,480 --> 01:07:42,600
Speaker 1: a right, Greg, I know we addressed this prior to

1139
01:07:42,640 --> 01:07:45,600
Speaker 1: the first meeting between the Bills and the Patriots, but

1140
01:07:46,280 --> 01:07:51,560
Speaker 1: the New England defensive staff has very effectively used Josh

1141
01:07:51,680 --> 01:07:55,000
Speaker 1: Uch as a situational pass rusher as a book and

1142
01:07:55,280 --> 01:07:57,840
Speaker 1: to Jude On, I mean, this is a team that's

1143
01:07:57,840 --> 01:08:00,480
Speaker 1: now second in the league in sacks with fifty two.

1144
01:08:01,160 --> 01:08:04,080
Speaker 1: And yes, Ruche, even though he's a situational guy, he's

1145
01:08:04,120 --> 01:08:06,760
Speaker 1: up to eleven and a half sacks this season. Can

1146
01:08:06,800 --> 01:08:09,919
Speaker 1: you just maybe spell out the way in which they're

1147
01:08:09,960 --> 01:08:15,280
Speaker 1: deploying those two in pass rush situations. Well, I'd say

1148
01:08:15,320 --> 01:08:19,679
Speaker 1: they're predominantly edged players, but not exclusively. And don't forget

1149
01:08:19,680 --> 01:08:23,000
Speaker 1: in the first matchup, Dion Dawkins did not play, so

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01:08:23,040 --> 01:08:25,400
Speaker 1: he will play in this game because Quisenberry, as I recall,

1151
01:08:25,479 --> 01:08:29,360
Speaker 1: played left tack for that first matchup, and you know,

1152
01:08:29,400 --> 01:08:32,479
Speaker 1: obviously Dawkins is a better player, so you know. But

1153
01:08:32,600 --> 01:08:35,759
Speaker 1: one thing about Belichick, he can be very very multiple

1154
01:08:35,800 --> 01:08:38,880
Speaker 1: with his front looks given to down in distant situations,

1155
01:08:39,320 --> 01:08:42,920
Speaker 1: and very multiple with his pressure concepts. Which doesn't mean

1156
01:08:42,960 --> 01:08:45,719
Speaker 1: he's going to blitz a ton and rush five or six,

1157
01:08:45,960 --> 01:08:48,920
Speaker 1: although he can do that. But you know, I think

1158
01:08:48,920 --> 01:08:52,760
Speaker 1: Ouche and Judon both are guys you can use as

1159
01:08:52,800 --> 01:08:55,360
Speaker 1: what we call jokers. They can line up in different

1160
01:08:55,400 --> 01:08:59,720
Speaker 1: spots within the front, six, seven, whatever this situation is

1161
01:09:00,120 --> 01:09:02,880
Speaker 1: and rush from you know, different angles, and you have

1162
01:09:02,960 --> 01:09:05,880
Speaker 1: to be prepared for that. You know, uche is very

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01:09:05,880 --> 01:09:09,000
Speaker 1: good off the edge because he's shown both speed to power,

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01:09:09,080 --> 01:09:11,640
Speaker 1: and he's shown the ability to win, you know, on

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01:09:11,680 --> 01:09:14,559
Speaker 1: the high side clearing the ark. And Judon's just a

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01:09:14,600 --> 01:09:17,479
Speaker 1: really really good player, you know overall. I mean he's

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01:09:17,479 --> 01:09:20,200
Speaker 1: good against a run. He's he's a good pass rusher.

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01:09:20,400 --> 01:09:24,960
Speaker 1: So you know, you can't let these guys disrupt your

1169
01:09:25,000 --> 01:09:27,559
Speaker 1: passing game, especially when you get to third down, and

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01:09:27,600 --> 01:09:30,400
Speaker 1: there will be third downs. So look, there were fifteen

1171
01:09:30,439 --> 01:09:32,479
Speaker 1: of him in the first game, so there's going to

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01:09:32,560 --> 01:09:35,519
Speaker 1: be third downs and you cannot let the pass rush

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01:09:35,560 --> 01:09:39,680
Speaker 1: disrupt your your offense. Give us an idea of what

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01:09:39,760 --> 01:09:42,600
Speaker 1: you how you think they'll handle Josh. I mean, I

1175
01:09:42,640 --> 01:09:44,800
Speaker 1: know they won't just spy him the whole game. They

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01:09:44,840 --> 01:09:48,200
Speaker 1: won't rush three there, There'll be multiple as. You can say,

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Speaker 1: well what about overall, who has had and what kind

1178
01:09:51,960 --> 01:09:54,920
Speaker 1: of strategy has been the most effective against Josh Allen

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01:09:54,920 --> 01:09:57,880
Speaker 1: in your opinion, Well, they did spy him a bit

1180
01:09:57,880 --> 01:10:00,240
Speaker 1: in that first matchup. They use Bentley at time times.

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01:10:00,520 --> 01:10:03,880
Speaker 1: I'm sure they'll do similar things depending on down in distance,

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01:10:03,920 --> 01:10:07,760
Speaker 1: Steve Um, You know, I think the big thing and look,

1183
01:10:07,840 --> 01:10:10,360
Speaker 1: we've seen the Bills have success doing this in various

1184
01:10:10,400 --> 01:10:15,280
Speaker 1: times with Josh being patient. But I think when all's

1185
01:10:15,320 --> 01:10:18,080
Speaker 1: said and done, that's the approach you have to take.

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01:10:18,120 --> 01:10:20,320
Speaker 1: You do not want to give up big plays. It's

1187
01:10:20,320 --> 01:10:23,439
Speaker 1: as simple as that. You can't do that. Um. So

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01:10:23,840 --> 01:10:27,760
Speaker 1: they'll do that and they'll see if if they can

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01:10:28,439 --> 01:10:31,960
Speaker 1: make them have to go distance. I'm curious to see

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01:10:32,000 --> 01:10:34,360
Speaker 1: what the Bills approach is, Steve. That's the other factor,

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01:10:34,640 --> 01:10:37,080
Speaker 1: you know. Will they come out and try to be

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01:10:37,160 --> 01:10:41,400
Speaker 1: aggressive throwing the football? Will they feel given the last

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01:10:41,400 --> 01:10:45,479
Speaker 1: game they played? Was was that the Bears game? What

1194
01:10:45,560 --> 01:10:49,920
Speaker 1: was the last last game? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, It's funny

1195
01:10:49,920 --> 01:10:52,759
Speaker 1: how you lose track of that. Um, No, Patriots just

1196
01:10:52,760 --> 01:10:53,960
Speaker 1: just got through at the door. Is that what you're

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01:10:53,960 --> 01:10:57,960
Speaker 1: talking about? The last Bills? Yeah? The Bears game. Yeah, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And obviously the Bears do not have a good defense,

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Speaker 1: and that was a really strong rushing performance by the Bills.

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Speaker 1: They had a very diverse run game to lay draw

1201
01:11:07,880 --> 01:11:10,879
Speaker 1: the same side power, They ran a lot of different concepts.

1202
01:11:10,880 --> 01:11:13,840
Speaker 1: They were very successful, you know. And obviously the weather

1203
01:11:13,920 --> 01:11:16,040
Speaker 1: was a factor in that game as well, So that

1204
01:11:16,120 --> 01:11:17,760
Speaker 1: was not a game to really come and toss it

1205
01:11:17,760 --> 01:11:20,760
Speaker 1: all over the yard. You know, the weather, from what

1206
01:11:20,800 --> 01:11:22,559
Speaker 1: I gather, is not going to be an issue this

1207
01:11:22,600 --> 01:11:26,559
Speaker 1: week at all. So you know, what will the Bills

1208
01:11:26,560 --> 01:11:30,800
Speaker 1: approach be? Will the Bills approach be, Hey, let's try

1209
01:11:30,800 --> 01:11:33,400
Speaker 1: to score early, get ahead and make them have to

1210
01:11:33,479 --> 01:11:36,519
Speaker 1: throw and then let our pass rush work against an

1211
01:11:36,520 --> 01:11:39,439
Speaker 1: old line that has not really been that effect of

1212
01:11:39,520 --> 01:11:43,120
Speaker 1: protecting the quarterback. So, you know, I'm very curious to

1213
01:11:43,160 --> 01:11:46,600
Speaker 1: see how the Bills come out, because the Patriots, to me,

1214
01:11:46,680 --> 01:11:49,840
Speaker 1: if you get ahead fourteen nothing, seventeen three, I'm not

1215
01:11:49,960 --> 01:11:54,719
Speaker 1: sure they're built right now to really play that way. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think you're right, Greg, thanks as always for the insight.

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Speaker 1: Enjoy the game on Sunday and we'll catch up with

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Speaker 1: you next week. It's playoff time, yes it is. Thanks guys,

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01:12:05,720 --> 01:12:07,760
Speaker 1: have a great weekend, all right, that's great. Co Sale,

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Speaker 1: ESPN's NFL Matchup Show. We do want to pass along

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Speaker 1: some news that the team did just announce, and it

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01:12:20,320 --> 01:12:24,280
Speaker 1: concerns our good friend and colleague and voice of the Bills,

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01:12:24,360 --> 01:12:27,200
Speaker 1: John Murphy. As you know, he was unable to do

1225
01:12:27,400 --> 01:12:33,479
Speaker 1: last week's game and basically his family has put out

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01:12:33,560 --> 01:12:37,000
Speaker 1: a statement that was released through the Bills organization. It

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Speaker 1: reads as follows. John Murphy suffered a stroke last weekend.

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Speaker 1: He is recovering at home with his family and making

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Speaker 1: progress every day. John and the Murphy family are grateful

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01:12:47,439 --> 01:12:49,680
Speaker 1: for the excellent care by the staff and doctors at

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Speaker 1: Buffalo General Medical Center. We appreciate everyone's support, and obviously

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Speaker 1: all of us here at One Bill's Live, a show

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01:12:56,960 --> 01:13:01,160
Speaker 1: that he used to host, certainly know John and wish

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Speaker 1: John all the best in his recovery, and it's good

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Speaker 1: to hear that he is making progress every day. So

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Speaker 1: keep up the good fight, Murph. We're pulling for you

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01:13:10,439 --> 01:13:14,920
Speaker 1: here on this end of things. I guess once again

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Speaker 1: the Bills community is going to have to rally together

1239
01:13:18,560 --> 01:13:22,280
Speaker 1: and send out prayers and thoughts. We spent an awful

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01:13:22,320 --> 01:13:24,559
Speaker 1: lot of time this week doing that on DeMar's behalf

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01:13:24,560 --> 01:13:27,000
Speaker 1: and continue to do that. We're gonna have to add

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Speaker 1: John Murphy to our prayer list this week for sure. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: rough week, So we will do that, and we're gonna

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Speaker 1: take a break here. When we come back, we're going

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Speaker 1: now by a man that you will recognize immediately. He's

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Speaker 1: also this week's Legend of the Game when the Bills

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Speaker 1: the man who wore twenty five, Lashawn McCoy, joining us

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Speaker 1: here on the line, shady. Good to have you. How

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Speaker 1: you been, man, you're all over the place. Yeah, I'm

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01:14:34,320 --> 01:14:37,760
Speaker 1: good man, I'm I'm the same old guy's having fun

1259
01:14:37,840 --> 01:14:40,200
Speaker 1: with it. I've just gotten to the media space, so

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01:14:40,680 --> 01:14:42,920
Speaker 1: it's been fun. It's been fun. How you guys though,

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Speaker 1: I haven't seen us so long. Yeah, right, Well, it's

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01:14:45,720 --> 01:14:48,160
Speaker 1: it's getting It's started out pretty rough this week, but

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01:14:48,240 --> 01:14:50,040
Speaker 1: now it's a lot a lot better now that we've

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01:14:50,040 --> 01:14:52,960
Speaker 1: got the good news about Damar Hamlin, and with the

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Speaker 1: final Week eighteen game coming up, we're kind of finally

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01:14:55,520 --> 01:14:57,640
Speaker 1: feel like we can think about the Patriots coming to

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01:14:57,640 --> 01:14:59,880
Speaker 1: town on Sunday, and now we find out today you're

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Speaker 1: I'm in the town too. That's gonna be awesome. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I can't wait the mars A Pit. Brother of mines

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Speaker 1: and uh, you know that brotherhood and um, whenever when

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Speaker 1: he went down, you know, I instantly, um, you know

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01:15:14,160 --> 01:15:17,160
Speaker 1: it's worried and hearing this good news. You know, it's

1273
01:15:17,200 --> 01:15:19,519
Speaker 1: cool because like I've been checking up a lot of

1274
01:15:19,560 --> 01:15:22,639
Speaker 1: my bills of X teammates and friends, and you guys

1275
01:15:22,640 --> 01:15:24,599
Speaker 1: don't have a lot of them, so I mean calling

1276
01:15:24,680 --> 01:15:27,840
Speaker 1: each to um any new news and I'm sure The

1277
01:15:27,840 --> 01:15:30,439
Speaker 1: first people that will find out will obviously be the

1278
01:15:30,560 --> 01:15:33,360
Speaker 1: Mar's family, and the second would be the Bills. And um,

1279
01:15:33,360 --> 01:15:37,000
Speaker 1: this haaring artist improvement. I'm so excited. Man. This shows

1280
01:15:37,000 --> 01:15:39,000
Speaker 1: you the type of character he really has. You know,

1281
01:15:39,760 --> 01:15:41,600
Speaker 1: when he was conscious the first team he said was

1282
01:15:41,800 --> 01:15:43,479
Speaker 1: did we win the game? That just shows you the

1283
01:15:43,520 --> 01:15:46,800
Speaker 1: love of the game, the love of your teammates. Um,

1284
01:15:46,840 --> 01:15:49,120
Speaker 1: hearing that brought me tears of joy. So I'm happy

1285
01:15:49,120 --> 01:15:52,559
Speaker 1: everything's doing well for him. Yeah, so shady. You know,

1286
01:15:52,640 --> 01:15:56,719
Speaker 1: you know that Sean is good about building a brotherhood

1287
01:15:56,720 --> 01:16:00,479
Speaker 1: in that locker room, and that bond, that bond that

1288
01:16:00,520 --> 01:16:04,400
Speaker 1: this team clearly has, is what made what happened on

1289
01:16:04,439 --> 01:16:09,000
Speaker 1: Monday night so jarring for the players in that locker room.

1290
01:16:09,080 --> 01:16:11,320
Speaker 1: I don't know if you can land a player perspective

1291
01:16:11,320 --> 01:16:15,240
Speaker 1: to this, but when you get that good news, just

1292
01:16:15,400 --> 01:16:19,679
Speaker 1: the ability to not forget about tomorrow but at least

1293
01:16:19,720 --> 01:16:23,400
Speaker 1: shift your focus to getting ready for a football game. Now,

1294
01:16:23,439 --> 01:16:26,320
Speaker 1: it's that much easier when you see he's doing all right,

1295
01:16:26,439 --> 01:16:30,120
Speaker 1: isn't it? Oh? Yeah, I mean, like the simple things

1296
01:16:30,120 --> 01:16:33,760
Speaker 1: that people don't even recognize, Like we take that for

1297
01:16:33,800 --> 01:16:36,559
Speaker 1: greeting when guys get carted off the field and they

1298
01:16:36,600 --> 01:16:39,599
Speaker 1: give you the thumbs up right, or they show you, um,

1299
01:16:40,080 --> 01:16:42,479
Speaker 1: you know, some motion. You know that they're that they're

1300
01:16:42,520 --> 01:16:46,400
Speaker 1: that they're still conscious. Um. You know, as players, we

1301
01:16:46,439 --> 01:16:49,160
Speaker 1: look forward to seeing that because now when our guys

1302
01:16:49,280 --> 01:16:51,880
Speaker 1: leaving my own calca cool. Okay, he's good, Okay, he'll

1303
01:16:51,880 --> 01:16:53,559
Speaker 1: be all right, he give us the time, he's good.

1304
01:16:54,320 --> 01:16:58,599
Speaker 1: But when you don't get that that insurance, you're always wondering, worrying.

1305
01:16:59,120 --> 01:17:02,400
Speaker 1: And and I was a worrying wreck. I'm sure a

1306
01:17:02,400 --> 01:17:05,200
Speaker 1: lot of his teammates were worrying wreck, you know. And

1307
01:17:05,479 --> 01:17:07,160
Speaker 1: a guy like Sharman dermot Man, I'll tell you what

1308
01:17:07,280 --> 01:17:10,559
Speaker 1: I buy him. I've been telling people on TV, and

1309
01:17:10,600 --> 01:17:12,800
Speaker 1: I'm been telling people just friends and guys around the

1310
01:17:12,840 --> 01:17:16,200
Speaker 1: NFL Sean McDermott when I got the Buffalo, he's changed

1311
01:17:16,200 --> 01:17:18,280
Speaker 1: the whole culture, not just in the locker room, but

1312
01:17:18,320 --> 01:17:20,720
Speaker 1: in the whole building. When you have a coach like

1313
01:17:20,800 --> 01:17:24,280
Speaker 1: that that puts the players first, that that that sets

1314
01:17:24,479 --> 01:17:27,160
Speaker 1: a goal that's reachable, you know, and he has everybody

1315
01:17:27,200 --> 01:17:32,240
Speaker 1: in the facility believing that's a real brotherhood. And Seandrever's

1316
01:17:32,240 --> 01:17:34,479
Speaker 1: type of a guy where he wasn't gonna play that game.

1317
01:17:34,640 --> 01:17:37,439
Speaker 1: You know what his players witnessed when his players were

1318
01:17:37,439 --> 01:17:39,920
Speaker 1: going through We need to focus on Damar and that's

1319
01:17:39,920 --> 01:17:41,679
Speaker 1: what he did. And a lot of guys in locker

1320
01:17:41,720 --> 01:17:44,040
Speaker 1: room man the best person to handle that job in

1321
01:17:44,080 --> 01:17:47,000
Speaker 1: the situation in Sean McDermot. One of the things about this,

1322
01:17:47,479 --> 01:17:50,880
Speaker 1: this regime with Brandon Bean and Sean McDermott, has been

1323
01:17:50,920 --> 01:17:53,519
Speaker 1: that all of a sudden, a town like Buffalo who

1324
01:17:54,040 --> 01:17:57,799
Speaker 1: in decades past has been an afterthought for free agents

1325
01:17:57,840 --> 01:18:00,000
Speaker 1: and a and a likely landing spot for guys who

1326
01:18:00,000 --> 01:18:01,920
Speaker 1: were picking a spot. Now you got von Miller showing up.

1327
01:18:01,920 --> 01:18:04,639
Speaker 1: Now you got guys who were here before went away,

1328
01:18:04,680 --> 01:18:09,160
Speaker 1: got a big contract and wanted to come back. Explain

1329
01:18:09,880 --> 01:18:14,479
Speaker 1: why that happens because of an atmosphere or you know, facility,

1330
01:18:14,600 --> 01:18:17,960
Speaker 1: or you tell us why you think that has changed

1331
01:18:18,000 --> 01:18:22,559
Speaker 1: so much under Sean McDermott and Brandon being and this ownership. Well,

1332
01:18:22,600 --> 01:18:26,320
Speaker 1: I'll say this much. It's the winning. Oh no, right,

1333
01:18:27,439 --> 01:18:30,280
Speaker 1: it's that brotherhood. Everything you talk about. Players want to

1334
01:18:30,320 --> 01:18:34,559
Speaker 1: play for coaches that believe in them, that are fairst honest. Um.

1335
01:18:36,000 --> 01:18:39,000
Speaker 1: You know, like a von Millard, he could have went anywhere, right,

1336
01:18:39,040 --> 01:18:43,040
Speaker 1: he could have got a big concract anywhere. Probably could

1337
01:18:43,040 --> 01:18:46,040
Speaker 1: have with the Miami and save more money. But he's

1338
01:18:46,080 --> 01:18:48,600
Speaker 1: seeing the culture. He see what their ability. Right. We

1339
01:18:48,680 --> 01:18:51,040
Speaker 1: don't think about an organization. They have to do the

1340
01:18:51,120 --> 01:18:55,479
Speaker 1: right things right, like draft well, they draft well right,

1341
01:18:55,520 --> 01:18:58,560
Speaker 1: look at Josh Atwell. Everybody was so worried, Oh is

1342
01:18:58,560 --> 01:19:01,840
Speaker 1: he to write fitties from Riomi? And then the coach

1343
01:19:01,880 --> 01:19:03,439
Speaker 1: I do a good job. I'm not just drafting well,

1344
01:19:03,479 --> 01:19:06,400
Speaker 1: but development, and then you develop tient like that. Players

1345
01:19:06,479 --> 01:19:08,560
Speaker 1: want to be a part of it. Buffalo is a

1346
01:19:08,600 --> 01:19:11,160
Speaker 1: special place. When I got there, I don't know, I

1347
01:19:11,240 --> 01:19:13,160
Speaker 1: especially really was until I got into the locker room,

1348
01:19:13,360 --> 01:19:15,919
Speaker 1: until I see the communities. So I see the atmosphere.

1349
01:19:15,960 --> 01:19:18,280
Speaker 1: So I got to a game that and people love

1350
01:19:18,360 --> 01:19:21,040
Speaker 1: that they see on TV and playing bills. How some

1351
01:19:21,160 --> 01:19:24,639
Speaker 1: fans are getting crazy, jump through tables, tail getting all

1352
01:19:24,720 --> 01:19:27,959
Speaker 1: night all day. So players want to play for that's

1353
01:19:28,040 --> 01:19:32,879
Speaker 1: the atmosphere is Buffalo, and it's the coaching. So shady.

1354
01:19:32,960 --> 01:19:36,599
Speaker 1: As emotionally draining as this week may have been for

1355
01:19:36,720 --> 01:19:43,160
Speaker 1: the players, how much knowing Damar's situation is better now?

1356
01:19:43,400 --> 01:19:47,479
Speaker 1: Can they now use what happened as a galvanizing force

1357
01:19:47,600 --> 01:19:51,479
Speaker 1: and inspiration to kind of do it for Damar on Sunday,

1358
01:19:51,560 --> 01:19:55,479
Speaker 1: if you will, to be honest, I think so. I

1359
01:19:55,520 --> 01:20:01,200
Speaker 1: thought at first, we're not hearing you know how the

1360
01:20:01,640 --> 01:20:04,479
Speaker 1: improvement was coming along, right. It's hard to go out

1361
01:20:04,520 --> 01:20:08,639
Speaker 1: there not knowing the situation or the condition of your brother,

1362
01:20:09,120 --> 01:20:11,559
Speaker 1: right and then leaving the game high left the game.

1363
01:20:12,200 --> 01:20:15,960
Speaker 1: But now, oh man, they have all the motivation, right

1364
01:20:16,040 --> 01:20:18,599
Speaker 1: because I was reading things that his dad was saying,

1365
01:20:18,640 --> 01:20:22,040
Speaker 1: Demorrow's dad and this is what DeMar wants. Who wants

1366
01:20:22,040 --> 01:20:24,040
Speaker 1: the guys to go out there to compete played for him?

1367
01:20:24,520 --> 01:20:28,840
Speaker 1: And I think now that he's uh, you know, vocal, uh,

1368
01:20:28,960 --> 01:20:32,120
Speaker 1: he's reached out to the team, right, he's up, he's

1369
01:20:32,120 --> 01:20:37,080
Speaker 1: breathing by himself. You know, it's making tremendous steps um improvement. Yeah,

1370
01:20:37,120 --> 01:20:39,599
Speaker 1: I think the guys would be rolled up, oh man.

1371
01:20:39,640 --> 01:20:42,120
Speaker 1: And I'm sure once they win this game, they can't

1372
01:20:42,120 --> 01:20:44,439
Speaker 1: wait to call him FaceTime and make a video for

1373
01:20:44,520 --> 01:20:47,840
Speaker 1: him as a group, as a family, um. And I

1374
01:20:47,880 --> 01:20:49,680
Speaker 1: think that this will make him happy, right because this

1375
01:20:49,720 --> 01:20:51,639
Speaker 1: is what he wants to see. So yeah, I think

1376
01:20:51,640 --> 01:20:54,679
Speaker 1: this game, man, it's gonna gets carried for the other Patriots.

1377
01:20:56,000 --> 01:21:00,840
Speaker 1: Watch the last one for me, lesh moving forward, that

1378
01:21:00,840 --> 01:21:02,920
Speaker 1: game didn't happen. The league's not gonna make the game up.

1379
01:21:02,920 --> 01:21:05,200
Speaker 1: There's a hole in the schedule where the Bengals Bills

1380
01:21:05,280 --> 01:21:07,880
Speaker 1: game should have been. They're going up. They're talking about

1381
01:21:07,960 --> 01:21:11,720
Speaker 1: down the room mightbe a coin flip, neutral site playoff games,

1382
01:21:12,160 --> 01:21:14,680
Speaker 1: all of this stuff about you know, what might or

1383
01:21:14,720 --> 01:21:17,479
Speaker 1: could or should happen. We don't know yet because I'm

1384
01:21:17,479 --> 01:21:21,200
Speaker 1: gonna vote on it. What are your thoughts on on

1385
01:21:22,240 --> 01:21:24,599
Speaker 1: what happens? The playoff seed, what the you know, all

1386
01:21:24,600 --> 01:21:26,559
Speaker 1: of that stuff. It's kind of weird, and we've never

1387
01:21:26,640 --> 01:21:29,759
Speaker 1: been in this spot before, but it's kind of fun

1388
01:21:29,880 --> 01:21:35,479
Speaker 1: watching watching the you know, the machine move a little bit, right, Yeah,

1389
01:21:35,560 --> 01:21:38,280
Speaker 1: it reminds me of Friday night lights. Remember had to

1390
01:21:38,320 --> 01:21:42,479
Speaker 1: make the playoffs to the court. Yeah, you know, it's

1391
01:21:42,520 --> 01:21:45,240
Speaker 1: interesting because we've never been in a situation. We've never

1392
01:21:45,280 --> 01:21:48,040
Speaker 1: seen this, right, We've never seen that type of hit um,

1393
01:21:48,320 --> 01:21:50,000
Speaker 1: that type of injuriest to say, and then we never

1394
01:21:50,040 --> 01:21:52,439
Speaker 1: seen like it is canceled the game out. Let's think

1395
01:21:52,520 --> 01:21:55,799
Speaker 1: about it for a second. Even with the COVID right times,

1396
01:21:56,240 --> 01:21:58,280
Speaker 1: they massed him with every game if it was a

1397
01:21:58,280 --> 01:22:01,280
Speaker 1: Tuesday or Wednesday, it was the e may score. They

1398
01:22:01,280 --> 01:22:06,479
Speaker 1: played all the games, so it's different, right, and no

1399
01:22:06,560 --> 01:22:08,840
Speaker 1: on a guy like Andy Reid playing for him, he's

1400
01:22:08,840 --> 01:22:12,519
Speaker 1: so calculated, so he really wants to figure this thing out,

1401
01:22:12,640 --> 01:22:14,400
Speaker 1: you know. And then you got the Bengals to playing

1402
01:22:14,439 --> 01:22:16,680
Speaker 1: good ball this year, and then Charlotte Derms another guy

1403
01:22:16,680 --> 01:22:19,680
Speaker 1: that's calculated, so it's gonna be interesting. Everybody wants at

1404
01:22:19,720 --> 01:22:22,560
Speaker 1: home for advantage. I just think about nobody wants to

1405
01:22:22,560 --> 01:22:25,200
Speaker 1: play in Kansas City around the time, but listen, nobody

1406
01:22:25,240 --> 01:22:28,600
Speaker 1: wants to play in Buffalo, So I think the I

1407
01:22:28,640 --> 01:22:31,599
Speaker 1: guess the fair thing to do is the coin flip

1408
01:22:31,720 --> 01:22:34,519
Speaker 1: or maybe our new shoe site for all the teams,

1409
01:22:34,520 --> 01:22:38,000
Speaker 1: So we'll see what happens. Last one, Shady, I don't

1410
01:22:38,000 --> 01:22:40,120
Speaker 1: have to tell you how much emotion is going to

1411
01:22:40,200 --> 01:22:42,840
Speaker 1: be packed into the stands on Sunday, especially with all

1412
01:22:42,880 --> 01:22:45,720
Speaker 1: that the community and the team had to deal with

1413
01:22:45,760 --> 01:22:48,600
Speaker 1: this week with Tamar's situation. You're not gonna have to

1414
01:22:48,600 --> 01:22:50,559
Speaker 1: do a whole lot to get this group amped up.

1415
01:22:50,600 --> 01:22:53,960
Speaker 1: But knowing all the added emotion that got packed into

1416
01:22:54,040 --> 01:22:57,120
Speaker 1: this week, what are you expecting right before you hop

1417
01:22:57,160 --> 01:23:01,040
Speaker 1: on the mic and do your thing on Sunday? Oh? Man,

1418
01:23:01,920 --> 01:23:07,280
Speaker 1: I mean it's gonna be live, right, I can't wait.

1419
01:23:07,479 --> 01:23:10,000
Speaker 1: It makes me want to just ask a singletary. Listen,

1420
01:23:10,439 --> 01:23:12,920
Speaker 1: let me get two reps, right, let me get two reps.

1421
01:23:15,479 --> 01:23:17,280
Speaker 1: I'm gonna excited, try to be back in the house

1422
01:23:17,320 --> 01:23:21,240
Speaker 1: side to see my my friends and families, um and teammates, right,

1423
01:23:21,280 --> 01:23:24,320
Speaker 1: I call him out, my favorite, my teammates, um, you know.

1424
01:23:24,400 --> 01:23:26,240
Speaker 1: And then and to see him all my old friends. Like,

1425
01:23:26,280 --> 01:23:30,080
Speaker 1: it's gonna be crazy and I can't wait. Good for Buffalo. Yeah,

1426
01:23:30,120 --> 01:23:32,400
Speaker 1: well we look forward to Samuel Lashawan. Thanks for the time.

1427
01:23:32,439 --> 01:23:35,840
Speaker 1: We appreciate it again, Lashawan McCoy. This week Legend of

1428
01:23:35,880 --> 01:23:38,160
Speaker 1: the Game when the Bills host the Patriots. Legend of

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01:23:38,160 --> 01:23:40,479
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1430
01:23:40,520 --> 01:23:42,680
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01:23:42,760 --> 01:23:44,640
Speaker 1: enter for a chance to win a two hundred and

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01:23:44,640 --> 01:23:48,400
Speaker 1: fifty dollars BFLO Store gift card and assigned Lashawn McCoy

1433
01:23:48,439 --> 01:23:51,840
Speaker 1: football Shady. Thanks. We'll see you Sunday. All right, guys,

1434
01:23:52,040 --> 01:23:54,240
Speaker 1: All right, that's Lashan McCoy joining us. We'll take a

1435
01:23:54,240 --> 01:23:56,080
Speaker 1: break here, be back with much more on a Friday

1436
01:23:56,200 --> 01:23:58,280
Speaker 1: edition of One Bills Live. Presented by Colloid of Health.

1437
01:23:58,280 --> 01:24:20,800
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio One, Girls Live, Chris Brown, Steve

1438
01:24:20,840 --> 01:24:25,520
Speaker 1: Tasker with you one item about show upkeep and housekeeping

1439
01:24:25,520 --> 01:24:28,280
Speaker 1: that we wanted to mention to you. The segment that

1440
01:24:29,000 --> 01:24:33,040
Speaker 1: you just heard with Lashawn McCoy was pre taped, and

1441
01:24:33,160 --> 01:24:36,080
Speaker 1: Steve and I did not want our upbeat nature with

1442
01:24:36,200 --> 01:24:40,240
Speaker 1: Lashawn to be construed as dismissive of the news we

1443
01:24:40,320 --> 01:24:44,439
Speaker 1: broke the segment prior, which was that played by play

1444
01:24:44,439 --> 01:24:47,920
Speaker 1: man for the Buffalo Bill's radio network, John Murphy, in

1445
01:24:47,960 --> 01:24:51,240
Speaker 1: a statement released by the team, suffered a stroke last

1446
01:24:51,280 --> 01:24:56,519
Speaker 1: weekend and will not be doing the game again this

1447
01:24:56,560 --> 01:25:01,080
Speaker 1: week because of his recovery from that situation. And Murph

1448
01:25:01,160 --> 01:25:03,679
Speaker 1: being a personal friend of mine, personal friend of Steve's,

1449
01:25:03,760 --> 01:25:08,400
Speaker 1: and former colleague here on this very show, we didn't

1450
01:25:08,400 --> 01:25:11,200
Speaker 1: want you to feel we were making light of Murph's

1451
01:25:11,240 --> 01:25:15,040
Speaker 1: condition with the segment that followed the announcement, right we uh,

1452
01:25:15,080 --> 01:25:18,160
Speaker 1: we yeah. We pre taped that segment before we knew

1453
01:25:18,120 --> 01:25:20,559
Speaker 1: any morning. We taped this this morning before we knew anything,

1454
01:25:20,720 --> 01:25:23,439
Speaker 1: and it sounded when we were out there talking about Murph,

1455
01:25:23,479 --> 01:25:28,400
Speaker 1: it sounds like we didn't acknowledge or you know, we didn't,

1456
01:25:28,400 --> 01:25:30,200
Speaker 1: and we didn't. We didn't know. It sounds like we

1457
01:25:30,240 --> 01:25:32,479
Speaker 1: didn't know him at that time. We did it, We didn't.

1458
01:25:32,520 --> 01:25:37,720
Speaker 1: But our friend and buddy Murph, and um, it's not

1459
01:25:37,800 --> 01:25:40,120
Speaker 1: doing so good and he's not doing the game again

1460
01:25:40,200 --> 01:25:42,760
Speaker 1: this week and he's had a stroke and our thoughts

1461
01:25:42,800 --> 01:25:45,040
Speaker 1: are with him, and and it bothers us the way.

1462
01:25:45,040 --> 01:25:47,360
Speaker 1: We didn't want to come off and particularly Murph's listening

1463
01:25:48,840 --> 01:25:52,080
Speaker 1: to him think that we weren't thinking about him. Um,

1464
01:25:52,160 --> 01:25:54,519
Speaker 1: we are. Yeah, we we just were worried that it

1465
01:25:54,600 --> 01:25:58,519
Speaker 1: came across as dismissive his condition, and that is not

1466
01:25:58,560 --> 01:26:00,639
Speaker 1: the case at all. We want to know that we've

1467
01:26:00,640 --> 01:26:03,080
Speaker 1: added him to our prayer list to be completely Yeah,

1468
01:26:03,080 --> 01:26:06,160
Speaker 1: we want John and Mary and Jack and Mark as

1469
01:26:06,160 --> 01:26:09,400
Speaker 1: well to know we're thinking about him, and as is

1470
01:26:09,479 --> 01:26:12,120
Speaker 1: everybody in the building. So we're there's a lot going

1471
01:26:12,200 --> 01:26:15,559
Speaker 1: on at one Bill's Drive these days and Murphy has

1472
01:26:15,560 --> 01:26:17,200
Speaker 1: always been a part of it and we're and we

1473
01:26:17,240 --> 01:26:19,439
Speaker 1: just want to keep it that way. And yeah, so

1474
01:26:19,600 --> 01:26:21,439
Speaker 1: in case you're just joining us and you didn't hear

1475
01:26:21,479 --> 01:26:25,000
Speaker 1: that news, John Murphy suffered a stroke last weekend. He's

1476
01:26:25,000 --> 01:26:27,360
Speaker 1: recovering at home with his family, making progress every day,

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01:26:27,360 --> 01:26:29,840
Speaker 1: which is good to hear. John and the Murphy family

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01:26:29,840 --> 01:26:31,880
Speaker 1: are grateful for the excellent care by the staff and

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01:26:31,920 --> 01:26:35,080
Speaker 1: doctors at Buffalo General Medical Center. We appreciate everyone's support.

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01:26:35,680 --> 01:26:38,679
Speaker 1: So for those of you that have had Damar Hamlin

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01:26:39,200 --> 01:26:42,000
Speaker 1: on your prayer list among Bill's mafia in the Western

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01:26:42,000 --> 01:26:44,759
Speaker 1: New York community, please add our good friend in colleague,

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01:26:44,800 --> 01:26:47,639
Speaker 1: John Murphy to that list, as we hope he makes

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01:26:47,640 --> 01:26:52,000
Speaker 1: a full and complete recovery. In the meantime, we'll all

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01:26:52,000 --> 01:26:56,400
Speaker 1: hold the fort here on his behalf. And yeah, that's

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01:26:56,600 --> 01:27:00,280
Speaker 1: that's basically where it stands. It makes you chase your

1487
01:27:00,280 --> 01:27:04,679
Speaker 1: heads sometimes. Uh, there's a lot going on. Yeah, there's

1488
01:27:04,680 --> 01:27:07,720
Speaker 1: only so many, so many hits that the Western New

1489
01:27:07,800 --> 01:27:10,600
Speaker 1: York community is going to be able to handle. Um.

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01:27:11,320 --> 01:27:14,920
Speaker 1: We'll we'll, we'll find our way through this one. Uh

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01:27:14,920 --> 01:27:18,280
Speaker 1: and support Murph and his family as best we can. Um.

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01:27:18,720 --> 01:27:20,720
Speaker 1: But if anybody out there is listening that has any

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01:27:20,720 --> 01:27:24,479
Speaker 1: power whatsoever, can we stop Can we stop the hits

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01:27:24,920 --> 01:27:28,360
Speaker 1: for Western New York. Um, there's just been way too

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01:27:28,400 --> 01:27:32,600
Speaker 1: many for us to overcome here. So hopefully this is

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01:27:32,640 --> 01:27:36,280
Speaker 1: the last of it going forward for a long long time.

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01:27:36,880 --> 01:27:40,920
Speaker 1: So uh So we um we get ready for this

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01:27:40,960 --> 01:27:42,920
Speaker 1: game now as best we can. Heck of a Friday

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01:27:42,960 --> 01:27:46,160
Speaker 1: show now too, started out with the news about Demor

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01:27:46,240 --> 01:27:48,120
Speaker 1: Hamlin that we all have been waiting on, and now

1501
01:27:48,120 --> 01:27:50,760
Speaker 1: we get this dropped on us about Murph and uh,

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01:27:52,040 --> 01:27:53,760
Speaker 1: he is at home though doing better, I guess so

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01:27:53,880 --> 01:27:57,160
Speaker 1: as from the making progress, making progress progress, that's to

1504
01:27:57,240 --> 01:28:01,320
Speaker 1: hear and you know the last there's a last show.

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01:28:01,320 --> 01:28:04,120
Speaker 1: And I'll say this too, Brownie, I appreciate you all

1506
01:28:04,120 --> 01:28:05,720
Speaker 1: this week. It's been a rough week for all of

1507
01:28:05,800 --> 01:28:08,760
Speaker 1: us here one Bills Live and one Bills Drive, and

1508
01:28:08,840 --> 01:28:10,759
Speaker 1: here in Western New York and Bills Mafia and everybody

1509
01:28:10,760 --> 01:28:13,759
Speaker 1: who listens and watches and follows our show and the team.

1510
01:28:13,760 --> 01:28:17,240
Speaker 1: It's been a rough week and we hope that this

1511
01:28:17,320 --> 01:28:20,000
Speaker 1: week leads to better weeks in the in the coming days.

1512
01:28:20,040 --> 01:28:22,800
Speaker 1: And we thank all of you for the callers and

1513
01:28:22,880 --> 01:28:26,000
Speaker 1: the support I've gotten on my phone. Brownie and I

1514
01:28:26,080 --> 01:28:32,000
Speaker 1: have not done any outside media appearances since Tuesday or

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01:28:32,080 --> 01:28:36,360
Speaker 1: since well me at all, and so and believe me,

1516
01:28:36,400 --> 01:28:38,519
Speaker 1: people have been wanting to find out our take on it,

1517
01:28:38,560 --> 01:28:40,200
Speaker 1: and it's been nice to not to have to do that.

1518
01:28:40,200 --> 01:28:44,320
Speaker 1: The club alleviated that responsibility from us. But this has

1519
01:28:44,320 --> 01:28:45,880
Speaker 1: been a rough week and I know all of you

1520
01:28:46,040 --> 01:28:48,360
Speaker 1: out there have gone through it with us, and we

1521
01:28:48,400 --> 01:28:52,360
Speaker 1: appreciate you, right, And I think that's what Buffalo in

1522
01:28:52,439 --> 01:28:55,360
Speaker 1: Western New York does best. Um. They're called the city

1523
01:28:55,360 --> 01:28:57,920
Speaker 1: of good neighbors for a reason. When there is a

1524
01:28:57,960 --> 01:29:01,160
Speaker 1: time of crisis that's affecting one person or many people,

1525
01:29:03,320 --> 01:29:07,040
Speaker 1: this community wraps its arms around those people like nothing

1526
01:29:07,080 --> 01:29:09,640
Speaker 1: I've ever seen before. I've spent more than half my

1527
01:29:09,680 --> 01:29:11,479
Speaker 1: life here. I know you have at this point too.

1528
01:29:12,320 --> 01:29:18,679
Speaker 1: We consider ourselves Buffalonians. So yeah, but it's always good

1529
01:29:19,240 --> 01:29:23,559
Speaker 1: time and again to see this community rally for people

1530
01:29:23,600 --> 01:29:26,800
Speaker 1: in need. And we've got those people now here in

1531
01:29:26,800 --> 01:29:29,000
Speaker 1: our own community, So be sure you do that. And

1532
01:29:29,040 --> 01:29:31,080
Speaker 1: if you're going to the game on Sunday, I know

1533
01:29:31,160 --> 01:29:33,160
Speaker 1: I don't have to tell you, be loud and be

1534
01:29:33,240 --> 01:29:38,240
Speaker 1: proud and rally this team to another victory. On Sunday,

1535
01:29:38,760 --> 01:29:41,200
Speaker 1: we're done here. We'll catch up with you on Monday

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01:29:41,400 --> 01:29:44,439
Speaker 1: at noon. We'll see it. Then enjoy the weekend and

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01:29:44,479 --> 01:29:44,840
Speaker 1: the game