Speaker 1: But we're live right now. Hey, we're live. Everybody got
Speaker 1: me not Let's go by everybody to do their job.
Speaker 1: One love Wealth Calvert d But let's go no overthinker, right,
Speaker 1: go play some ball. We'll play some football. It's an
Speaker 1: exciting time to be a Buffalo Bill and a fan
Speaker 1: of the Buffalo Bills. Hey, everybody, welcome to the Sean
Speaker 1: McDermott Show, brought to you by ECMC and Kalidah Healthy.
Speaker 1: Official healthcare providers are the Buffalo Bills. I'm Steve Tasking,
Speaker 1: of course, I'm joined here by the head coach of
Speaker 1: the Bills, Sean McDermott. Shaan's great to see you back
Speaker 1: for another season. I'm looking forward to this one. We
Speaker 1: are too. We've had a good preseason and we're off
Speaker 1: to a good start. A lot of energy about our
Speaker 1: football team inside of our building as well as outside,
Speaker 1: and we're anxious to get going. I gotta tell you
Speaker 1: the congratulations on the four and o preseason. I know
Speaker 1: that the record doesn't mean much, but it had to
Speaker 1: tell you some things about your team, Well it did it.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, it's it's better to be four
Speaker 1: and oh than oh and four and have some concerns,
Speaker 1: but we still have concerns. Right, It's early in the season.
Speaker 1: There's some unknowns. There's unknowns about our opponent this week,
Speaker 1: and I think that's natural for every season. But how
Speaker 1: do we handle those unknowns. Is we get back to
Speaker 1: being who we are and being a good, fundamentally strong
Speaker 1: football team. Yeah, and you got a little vote of
Speaker 1: I don't know, confidence or a vote of encouragement by
Speaker 1: a lot of your players who couldn't make your team.
Speaker 1: We're playing for other teams. I mean, you almost led
Speaker 1: the league and guys who were claimed off the waiver
Speaker 1: wire because of your depth. And it really does say
Speaker 1: some good things about the roster you guys have put together. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it does. And that's what you want. I mean, going
Speaker 1: into our third season now, you want people looking at
Speaker 1: our roster and how we do things and whether it
Speaker 1: be on the field or off the field, and saying, hey,
Speaker 1: that guy can help us. And that may not have
Speaker 1: been necessarily the case in the early years, in the
Speaker 1: first two years, but each and every year you want
Speaker 1: people looking at not only are personnel, but also what
Speaker 1: we're doing schematically on the field and then off the
Speaker 1: field as well. When you turn things over. You've got
Speaker 1: new faces. And one of the things you've always said
Speaker 1: from the very beginning is you guys got to play
Speaker 1: like a group, like a family, got to be pulled
Speaker 1: in the same direction. But with a lot of new faces,
Speaker 1: that's always a huge, you know, hurdle to overcome. How
Speaker 1: is that going? And continuity was a challenge UM, and
Speaker 1: it's and it remains a challenge with some guys hurt,
Speaker 1: with some of the guys we had hurt in the spring,
Speaker 1: and and it's mostly been on the offensive side of
Speaker 1: the ball. But I like what we were able to
Speaker 1: experience together as a team this this preseason, with the
Speaker 1: with the trip to Carolina and how good that was
Speaker 1: for us, and and the challenge that that that posed
Speaker 1: to us as a football team. Then we were on
Speaker 1: the road again the next week UM in Detroit and
Speaker 1: a nationally televised game, and we were down early in
Speaker 1: the game. It was it was not the way we
Speaker 1: designed it, but we but we made it through. We
Speaker 1: pushed through it, and at half we were up. And
Speaker 1: so there are some really good situations we experienced as
Speaker 1: a team. And then to play the way we did
Speaker 1: UM with the back end of our roster against the
Speaker 1: Vikings in the fourth preseason game, and to win at
Speaker 1: home and the way we won just I think brings
Speaker 1: a lot of energy to our team and to this community.
Speaker 1: You've done some revamping of the of the roster, particularly
Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball in particular. I'm
Speaker 1: going to get the offensive line in a minute. But
Speaker 1: your running backs are all new faces. Frank Gore the
Speaker 1: oldest of the old running backs. T J. Yelden, a
Speaker 1: proven veteran who's brings something to the tables, a five
Speaker 1: year guy. And then you've got a brand a newbie
Speaker 1: in Devin Singletary. You've got the spectrum of age covered
Speaker 1: in the running back room. But they're all new to
Speaker 1: your team, they are, and they all bring something just
Speaker 1: a little bit different one from the other. But Frank
Speaker 1: brings veteran presence, veteran leadership. He's hard to tackle, but
Speaker 1: he's also hard on himself, which is I don't want
Speaker 1: to say good to see, but it's it's it's no
Speaker 1: surprise when you get to know Frank why he's been
Speaker 1: so successful and has played as long as he's played,
Speaker 1: And to use that as an example to our young
Speaker 1: players in this case, Devin singletary, who's in the same position,
Speaker 1: meeting room, who watches Frank Frank's every move just about
Speaker 1: that builds well for Devon's development as well. And then TJ.
Speaker 1: You know, he had the early fumble in preseason. He
Speaker 1: paid the price for it. Didn't see the field after
Speaker 1: that that first preseason game, but what a great way
Speaker 1: he handled that. He came back in games two, in
Speaker 1: games three and really really played well. Yeah, you talk
Speaker 1: about the running backs playing well, but the offensive line
Speaker 1: has been a big part of It's been a big
Speaker 1: part of the focus in the offseason. Seven of ten
Speaker 1: guys that you kept them big number of offensive linemen,
Speaker 1: seven of them are brand new to the team. Four
Speaker 1: news starters. What are the traits that you were looking
Speaker 1: for in those guys? Certainly big, strong, physical athletes, but
Speaker 1: what about the the intangible side of it. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean guys that you know, not afraid to work hard.
Speaker 1: That they really, to me define what an offensive line
Speaker 1: should look like. Work ethic, blue collar, tough. Hey you
Speaker 1: hit me in the mouth, I'm gonna come back and
Speaker 1: hit you in the mouth. That type of mentality, that
Speaker 1: type of personality, and you saw some of that. I
Speaker 1: think at moments in the preseason. We saw it through
Speaker 1: the spring and through training camp on the practice field,
Speaker 1: but it came out in some games as well during
Speaker 1: the preseason game. So still a lot of work to do,
Speaker 1: but I like the direction we're headed up front. Okay,
Speaker 1: So last year one of the strengths of your team
Speaker 1: was your defense number two overall in the yards, giving
Speaker 1: up really a strong unit for you. You get ten
Speaker 1: of eleven starters back. How do you improve on that group?
Speaker 1: What's your plan for getting even more out of it? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think I think the key right now is, well, really,
Speaker 1: back when we started training camp, Steves, don't get comfortable
Speaker 1: just because we have the continuity. Don't get comfortable with that.
Speaker 1: I thought there were some moments where where we got
Speaker 1: the ball driven on us a little bit. And so
Speaker 1: it's still a lot of work to do, but again,
Speaker 1: I like the way that we're doing things on defense.
Speaker 1: I like the direction we were heading in and it
Speaker 1: all starts up front on the defensive line as well
Speaker 1: as the offensive line, as we talked about, and we've
Speaker 1: got to have a good defensive front to have a
Speaker 1: good defense. Okay, As a result, you got a new
Speaker 1: roster a bunch of new guys. Twenty five of the
Speaker 1: guys only your fifty three are their first two years
Speaker 1: in the National Football League. What's that say about your team?
Speaker 1: Is that a philosophical choice or did you just find
Speaker 1: twenty five guys you really like? Well, you know with
Speaker 1: young guys, there's a risk with young guys, right, or
Speaker 1: inexperience and that Look, it's true for all of us.
Speaker 1: There was a first time for me, and there's a
Speaker 1: first time for you, and and so there's no substitute
Speaker 1: for experience. But with youth comes energy, and with youth
Speaker 1: comes determination and a freshness to our football team. And
Speaker 1: I think that's good. Within that, though, we've got to
Speaker 1: have a kind of a layer of older, veteran, experienced
Speaker 1: players that have been around and because that's most of
Speaker 1: the time where your leaders come from and where the
Speaker 1: direction of the team and the ownership and the buying
Speaker 1: really comes from. Sean, thanks for taking a couple of
Speaker 1: minutes in a hectic week one of the regular season.
Speaker 1: Congratulations on a nice preseason. We're looking forward to a
Speaker 1: lot of weeks of wins and ups and downs, and
Speaker 1: we'll get through them all together. It's kind to be
Speaker 1: fun it will be fun. Thanks Steve. All right. Coming up,
Speaker 1: quarterback Matt Barkley asks his teammates about their opening weekend
Speaker 1: memories on Chill with the Bill. But next, Eric would
Speaker 1: helps me break down our Week one matchup with the
Speaker 1: Jets in the film room. Chopping Wood is presented by
Speaker 1: Saint Bonaventure University, the official education provider of the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 1: Welcome back, everybody to the Sean McDermott Show. Now the
Speaker 1: regular season is finally upon us, and we're gonna be
Speaker 1: here every week breaking down some game tape. And to
Speaker 1: help us do that is going to be a pro
Speaker 1: Bowl Center, Eric Wood. We're gonna call this segment chopping Wood. Eric,
Speaker 1: thanks so much for taking some time to be with us.
Speaker 1: This is my pleasure as a former player. I feel
Speaker 1: like I can give a little bit better perspective on
Speaker 1: these plays than maybe coach can because he's not trying
Speaker 1: to reveal schemes. He's not trying to reveal concepts, game
Speaker 1: plans and all that. I'm not sitting in meetings anymore,
Speaker 1: so I'm not spoiling the action. I'm not spoiling game plans.
Speaker 1: This is purely me and my knowledge of football, trying
Speaker 1: to get the fans some insights. Well, let's kick things
Speaker 1: off with some Josh Allen table. Take a look at
Speaker 1: him here. He's been working on his touch last year.
Speaker 1: We know he's got he showed off the big arm.
Speaker 1: One of his criticisms was how he handled touch passes.
Speaker 1: This corner route to Tommy Sweeney really shows that off.
Speaker 1: Tommy Sweeney, the rookie seventh round draft pick out of
Speaker 1: Boston College. He really showed his playmaking ability in the preseason,
Speaker 1: known more for his hands than necessary his playmaking ability
Speaker 1: as far as getting open, but he seemed to have
Speaker 1: found a knack for finding space. And Josh Allen releases
Speaker 1: this ball just as he's breaking out, puts perfect touch
Speaker 1: under it. And these types of plays with the way
Speaker 1: the Bills should be able to run the football this year,
Speaker 1: with their offensive line and the talent they have at tailback,
Speaker 1: Like right here, they have to Honor Singletary in the
Speaker 1: background on the play action. Well, then these throws, if
Speaker 1: Josh Allen can continue to progress and put touch on
Speaker 1: it like this, these will be very, very tough to
Speaker 1: stop as the year goes on. One more play on
Speaker 1: Josh Allen eric This time. He does show off the
Speaker 1: big arm that he has, but he also shows off
Speaker 1: his accuracy, which has always been a bugget who people
Speaker 1: say he can't put it in a tight window. This
Speaker 1: is a pretty tight window. It is a tight window.
Speaker 1: And the Carolina Panthers show a double a gap mugged look.
Speaker 1: This is something that Sean McDermott ran when he was
Speaker 1: at Carolina. It's four defensive linemen and the two linebackers
Speaker 1: sitting right in the a gap. The Bills run a
Speaker 1: three by one formation with three wide receivers up towards
Speaker 1: the top of the screen you see here, and just
Speaker 1: Tommy Sweeney down on the bottom side of the screen.
Speaker 1: And Josh Allen knows that if that linebacker fails out
Speaker 1: of that a gap on that side, depending on where
Speaker 1: he goes, that's where he's going with the football, and
Speaker 1: that guy fifty seven he goes towards the running back,
Speaker 1: and Josh Allen knows that Tommy Sweeney at that point
Speaker 1: has leverage on the defensive back to that side. These
Speaker 1: windows get tight as you get down towards the red
Speaker 1: zone towards this side of the field, these windows get tight.
Speaker 1: And this is great development from Josh Allen in year two.
Speaker 1: Let's transition to Sam Darnold. Let's explore some place he
Speaker 1: made in his loan start against the Buffalo Bills last season.
Speaker 1: Here's the first one. Yeah, Sam Darnold. He channels in
Speaker 1: his enter Fran Tarkenton. Here he is moving around the pocket,
Speaker 1: but he has his eyes down the field the entire
Speaker 1: time and Trey White, as you can see if you
Speaker 1: follow him throughout that play, it ends up being ten
Speaker 1: seconds from snap to throw, and Trey White stocks the
Speaker 1: very talented Robbie Anderson the entire time. But at the
Speaker 1: end ten seconds is way too long to be able
Speaker 1: to cover a guy. Kyle and Jerry run a stunt
Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage and almost get home. They
Speaker 1: flush him from the pocket. Kyle ends up taking a
Speaker 1: huge shot there and Tremaine Emmons almost delivers a huge
Speaker 1: flow to Darnald, but he keeps his eyes down the field,
Speaker 1: able to complete this for a touchdown on this final
Speaker 1: play less than two minutes left in the game. Big
Speaker 1: time throw from Darnold, and this was huge and giving
Speaker 1: the Jets a chance to win this game. It was
Speaker 1: a huge play and it was a huge throw and
Speaker 1: a huge catch and Trey White does an incredible job.
Speaker 1: It's a single high look. So if the Trey White
Speaker 1: is not going to give beat over the top and
Speaker 1: he stocks Robbie Anderson stride for stride, and Sam Darnold
Speaker 1: puts a perfectly placed ball and he gets some protection
Speaker 1: here you see at left guard there they had Spencer
Speaker 1: Long and new Buffalo Bills acquired into your offensive lineman.
Speaker 1: But he does a good job on Kyle and they
Speaker 1: end up getting enough time and he delivers a perfect
Speaker 1: pass to the sideline. Virtually uncomparable because Trey White was
Speaker 1: in absolute perfect position. If anything, potentially get his head
Speaker 1: around a touch quicker, maybe get his hand up. But
Speaker 1: these back shoulder throws right down the field like that
Speaker 1: away from the safety are extremely tough to defend. Eric,
Speaker 1: that's great stuff. We'really looking forward to having you. Thanks
Speaker 1: for being here, and I can't wait to break down
Speaker 1: more film with you in the weeks to come. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's my pleasure looking forward to the game this weekend
Speaker 1: and looking forward to breaking down more film in the
Speaker 1: future with you. Steve. After the break, Chill with the
Speaker 1: Bills takes us through our players first NFL game experiences
Speaker 1: later on, Sports Oology examines the science behind some of
Speaker 1: the most exciting plays of the preseason. Chill with the
Speaker 1: Bill is presented by fuck Light Game Day's favorite light
Speaker 1: locker What's Up Bill fans, quarterback Matt Barkley. Here we
Speaker 1: have our season opener coming up on September eight at
Speaker 1: med Lafe against the Jets. Let's take a look around
Speaker 1: the locker room see what guys had to say about
Speaker 1: their favorite memory from any season opener from high school, college,
Speaker 1: pro game. Let's hear what they have to say, favorite, top, best, ultimate,
Speaker 1: unique season opener. What you got got you? So my
Speaker 1: freshman year of high school, I had to start a quarterback.
Speaker 1: I was scared to death. He started at quarterback, not
Speaker 1: corn nerterback, quarterback again, and so I'm out there, probably
Speaker 1: about the third play of the game. They blitz I
Speaker 1: close my eyes. I throw the ball, touchdown, he catches it,
Speaker 1: runs about thirty yards. I just closed my eyes and
Speaker 1: he weren't even supposed to be playing. He tore a touchdown,
Speaker 1: touched out for drive of the game. And I was
Speaker 1: so scared. Close my eyes, man, that's what That's what
Speaker 1: happens when I'm at quick Please don't close your eyes
Speaker 1: this season opener and when you go to make a
Speaker 1: tackle for a loss. Okay, yeah, appreciate it all right
Speaker 1: here with John Brown aka Smoke because he's so fast,
Speaker 1: there's just a smoke trail wherever you go. Favorite game day,
Speaker 1: season opener? What's your favorite memory on? My favorite memory
Speaker 1: was my rookie year when I was in Arizona, played
Speaker 1: Monday Night and you know I started, you know, as
Speaker 1: a rookie. You know it was a tough game, and
Speaker 1: you know I ended up scoring the game winner. So
Speaker 1: you know that's a memory, you know, to always remember.
Speaker 1: We got we got Trey White imitating Smoke. What do
Speaker 1: you got? What do you got? This his favorite toughdown celebration.
Speaker 1: He caught the ball, he gonna it was perfect favorite
Speaker 1: opening day memory? What you got? I really wouldn't call
Speaker 1: him my favorite opening day But I remember my first
Speaker 1: ever time running out of the tunnel at USC or
Speaker 1: the coast, is that what it was? It was at
Speaker 1: cal Berkeley at home in the Memorial Stadium. You've been there,
Speaker 1: We've beaten you there. Um We're like we're like fifteen
Speaker 1: yards apart in age, so wow, we're runn running out
Speaker 1: of the first time a Memorial Stadium, and I was
Speaker 1: just dad tired for the first whole series because I
Speaker 1: screamed from one end zone to the other end zone
Speaker 1: and I was out of breath, just so hyped, just
Speaker 1: just hyped. And so now I don't do it anymore. Hey,
Speaker 1: let's bring that same hype this you'd open all right
Speaker 1: on the first play, do you. I just told you
Speaker 1: what happened. That's why I don't do it. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I won't. I won't be that hype, but I'll be
Speaker 1: I'll be hyped. Great memory. Thanks friend, Zoe, Thank you,
Speaker 1: thanks for that look into the locker room, guys. In
Speaker 1: a new segment to The Sean McDermott Show, we crunch
Speaker 1: the numbers on some of Buffalo's biggest plays of the
Speaker 1: preseason in Sportsology That's Next. When sports fans talk about football,
Speaker 1: the word physicality usually comes to mind, but fans rarely
Speaker 1: use the word physics. In our sports Oology segment, we're
Speaker 1: going to get into the science behind some of the
Speaker 1: biggest impact plays of the Bill's preseason. Bills. Sportsology is
Speaker 1: presented by ecmc bringing hope and healing to Western New York.
Speaker 1: Welcome to this week's sportsology, Let's begin by taking a
Speaker 1: look at the completion probability of a johns Allen passed
Speaker 1: a rookie tight end Tommy Sweeney against the Panthers. First
Speaker 1: and ten from midfield, Allan drives back six point seven
Speaker 1: seven yards. It takes the Bill's quarterback two point eight
Speaker 1: seconds to throw the ball. When Allan releases the past,
Speaker 1: there are two point nine eight yards of separation between
Speaker 1: Sweeney and the Carolina defender. By the time Sweeney makes
Speaker 1: the catch, the window is narrowed down to just point
Speaker 1: eight five of a yard. So what was the probability
Speaker 1: of completing that pass? Just thirty five point one percent.
Speaker 1: For our next play, we'll take a look at the
Speaker 1: top speed Christian Wade reaches in his first ever carry
Speaker 1: in an NFL game. First and ten from the Buffalo
Speaker 1: thirty five. Wade takes a handoff at the thirty yard
Speaker 1: length and immediately cuts to the right. The offensive line
Speaker 1: did a great job creating a hole that was ten
Speaker 1: point nine four yards wide for Wade to run through.
Speaker 1: He outraces the safety to the end zone, covering seventy
Speaker 1: eight point fifty four yards on the sixty five yard
Speaker 1: touchdown run. But what was Wade's peaked speed on the play?
Speaker 1: Twenty one point one miles per hour. With a look
Speaker 1: at this week's sports Aology, I'm John Murphy, coach, and
Speaker 1: I discuss how the team is preparing for its Week
Speaker 1: one matchup against the New York Jets. That's next on
Speaker 1: the Sean McDermott Show. Game Preview is presented by Independent Health.
Speaker 1: From here every day to your unexpected. That's the Red
Speaker 1: Shared Treatment. I'm Mattie, Glad you're this week's game preview.
Speaker 1: The Bills opened the twenty nineteen season on the road
Speaker 1: with a game against the Jets in Week one. The
Speaker 1: AFC FOE made several offseason moves in an effort to
Speaker 1: revamp their team, including hiring new head coach Adam Gaze
Speaker 1: looking at how the Jets spared last season, They finished
Speaker 1: fourth in the AFC with a record of four wins
Speaker 1: and twelve losses. The biggest addition to their roster has
Speaker 1: to be the versatile former Pittsburgh Steeler running back lady
Speaker 1: On Bell. When Bell lasted the field in twenty seventeen,
Speaker 1: he totaled one two hundred and ninety one yards on
Speaker 1: the ground and had eighty five receptions for six hundred
Speaker 1: and fifty five yards. The running back had eleven total touchdowns.
Speaker 1: The Bills also reworked their team and efforts to help
Speaker 1: the offense and second year quarterback Josh Allen. That meant
Speaker 1: adding targets like Cole Beasley and John Brown. Beasley played
Speaker 1: in two preseason games, catching all five targets for fifty
Speaker 1: seven yards. The former Cowboys will be a great asset
Speaker 1: to the second year QB. On defense, the Bills add
Speaker 1: first rounder Ed Oliver to their defensive line. Oliver is
Speaker 1: the third first round rookie to start in Week one
Speaker 1: in the McDermott era, next to Trey White and Tremaine Edmunds.
Speaker 1: When the two teams hit the field on Sunday afternoon,
Speaker 1: it's safe to say the too will look very different
Speaker 1: from last season. Steve back to you. Thanks so much, Mattie,
Speaker 1: appreciate it. Now let's gives a few last minute thoughts
Speaker 1: from sean coach opening day. You've had a ton of
Speaker 1: these in your career. Any really memorable opening game of
Speaker 1: your career? As if you remember, I remember my first
Speaker 1: one here as a head coach. I remember kind of
Speaker 1: the smell in the air coming out of the of
Speaker 1: the ad Pro Building and heading over to the stadium,
Speaker 1: and uh, I was I was nervous. I was anxious
Speaker 1: probably better said, and not knowing how it's going to go.
Speaker 1: And I think that's true. There's some unknowns every season.
Speaker 1: This season no different, and so but there is there
Speaker 1: is value and experience having been there before and and uh,
Speaker 1: I think that will help us going forward. Well, you
Speaker 1: get the Jets right out of the gate. It's an
Speaker 1: important division rival? Is that Is that a plus? Is
Speaker 1: that of mind? I mean you got to play him sometime? Well,
Speaker 1: division in the division, It's it's important right out of
Speaker 1: the gate. We get a division opponent at their place,
Speaker 1: and so they'll have the advantage as far as the
Speaker 1: crowd and the energy and all that type of stuff.
Speaker 1: And we know that and it's never easy going there.
Speaker 1: And they're a good opponent with some new pieces that
Speaker 1: that they went out and got this offseason. So um,
Speaker 1: we'll be challenged. This is your third season opener as
Speaker 1: head coach of the Bills. What's the biggest change. I
Speaker 1: would say probably the biggest change is our roster compared
Speaker 1: to that first year. Just a different team overall, and
Speaker 1: you're starting to see the culture willly come through in
Speaker 1: the standard. I think these guys have done. The players
Speaker 1: and staff have just done a phenomenal job in terms
Speaker 1: of establishing the standard and how that doesn't change no
Speaker 1: matter where we play or when we play. All Right, Sean,
Speaker 1: thanks so much. That's great insight. I can't wait to
Speaker 1: see you guys play on opening Day, and thank you
Speaker 1: everybody for joining us on The Sean McDermott Show. We'll
Speaker 1: be back next week. We'll recap the Jet game and
Speaker 1: look forward to the Week two matchup with the New
Speaker 1: York Giants. Have a great weekend, everybody. The Sean McDermott
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