WEBVTT - Drive Time: Bills Perspective with Sal Capaccio 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:03.880 To on the move Darlan Deep Speedless Hell. 0:00:05.720 --> 0:00:10.400 From the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:18.400 This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. Please gotta my havans 0:00:18.480 --> 0:00:19.440 in the playoffs. 0:00:26.840 --> 0:00:30.880 What is up Dolphins? And welcome to the Draft Time Podcast. 0:00:31.200 --> 0:00:33.960 I am your host, Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, 0:00:34.440 --> 0:00:37.800 we're getting ready for Dolphins and Bills. Later tonight across 0:00:37.840 --> 0:00:40.400 the street at hard Rock Stadium. We're gonna welcome in 0:00:40.479 --> 0:00:44.080 Sal Capaccio to break down this matchup from the Bills perspective. 0:00:44.360 --> 0:00:45.960 We'll pick the week two games. 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:48.640 We'll also hear some soundbites from the Dolphins coaches and 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:52.240 players and react to those comments to those sound bites. 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:53.800 All of that and a heck of a lot more 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:57.440 from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:57.480 --> 0:01:03.960 This is the Draft Time Podcast. Joining us today on 0:01:04.000 --> 0:01:07.560 the Draft Time Podcast. Friend of the podcast, Sal Capaccio, 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:10.720 the host of Extra Point on WGR five point fifty 0:01:10.760 --> 0:01:13.560 in Buffalo. You can also catch him doing sidelines at 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:19.400 Bills games. Sal, here we go again, my friend. I 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:21.920 look forward to these games as much as I kind 0:01:21.920 --> 0:01:25.520 of loathe these games because they're tough, they're hard fought. 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:28.360 They usually come down to the end, and lately it's 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:31.919 been the wrong team winning. But man, here we go again, dude, 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:34.240 just getting ready for Dolphins and Bills once more. How 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:36.440 you doing out there from a beautiful Buffalo. 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:38.800 Yeah, Orchard Park right here at the stadium. The right 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:39.240 team as. 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:41.760 Far as we're concerned over here. It's out on top 0:01:41.800 --> 0:01:43.760 a lot of times here. But listen, you talk about 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:46.560 you loving them and loathing them. Yes, for me, same thing, 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:48.440 love hate relationship. This goes back to when I was 0:01:48.440 --> 0:01:50.680 a kid in the eighties and we all knew the 0:01:50.680 --> 0:01:52.800 scar tissue of the Dolphins being the Bills for twenty 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:55.280 straight times in the seventies, and then the Bills get 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:58.760 Jim Kelly and him and Marv Levy beat Dan Reno 0:01:58.840 --> 0:02:00.720 Donchulo quite a bit, and they had some back and 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:02.680 forth and even the playoff games, and then you have 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:05.920 the whole Brian Cox situation going against Bills fans. 0:02:05.920 --> 0:02:08.240 It's just been such a great rival. I'm glad it's back, 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:09.079 Glad it's renewed. 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:12.560 But man, so I think of an expectation from Bills 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:14.079 fans if you better beat the Dolphins, right it's what 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:16.280 you do, Josh Allen, but we all know it's not easy. 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:17.799 A couple of years ago, the Bills go down there, 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:20.480 they lose in the South Florida Sun and you know 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:22.000 they had to go down there last year and get 0:02:22.000 --> 0:02:24.640 a punt return from Deonta Hardy to win the division. So, 0:02:24.680 --> 0:02:27.280 by no means, I think that you could expect either 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:29.280 of these teams because they are two familiar opponents, they 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:30.959 know each other very well, and this is going to 0:02:31.000 --> 0:02:32.360 be a hard, bough game on a short week. 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:34.160 Yeah, you took it right into my first question here 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:37.600 about this game, because you say the expectation and why 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:39.880 wouldn't it be for Buffalo to come down here and 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:41.800 beat the Dolphins, because they've done that a lot in 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:45.280 recent years. But as I would kind of contend, as 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:47.320 this game sets up for the Dolphins, if you're going 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:49.680 to get this team, this is when you probably have 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:51.560 to do it because it is a short week at 0:02:51.600 --> 0:02:53.799 home earlier in the year when it's tough to get 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:56.519 yourself turned around four days later. I'm curious from the 0:02:56.520 --> 0:03:00.160 Buffalo perspective, the challenge of going on the road on 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:01.840 a short week just kind of take us through that. 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:02.280 If you can. 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:04.400 Yeah, for sure, it's a challenge. It's also one of 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:05.160 the longer flights, you know. 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:07.919 I mean people talk about long plights going east coast, 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:09.680 west coast and vice versa. This is a flight from 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:12.120 all the way up, you know, in northern America, basically 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:13.839 right in western New York to all the way down 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:14.680 to the southern Tip. 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:17.360 I mean, this is a three hour plus flight. 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:19.560 You say, there's not a lot of time on Wednesday 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:21.560 to get as much work in for the team. They're 0:03:21.560 --> 0:03:23.079 gonna have to get on the charter and fly down 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:25.400 there on Wednesday, get there Wednesday night, get ready for 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:27.680 a game on Thursday, dual walk through at the hotel. 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:30.600 A lot of challenges here, and of course that's recovery time, 0:03:30.639 --> 0:03:32.760 injury recovery time. You got some injuries we're dealing with. 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:36.080 We could talk about Josh Allen, Taron Johnson, Duwan Smooth 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:38.280 a few of those. But of course it's it's a challenge. 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:41.160 I do think though, that the fact that you know, 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:43.480 the two teams play each other every year, and they've 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:45.720 had the same coaches now for the last few years, 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:48.280 and the same personnel really over the last several years, 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:50.120 it really helps out I don't know. There's gonna be 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:52.120 a lot of surprises here, Travis, right. I mean it's basically, 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:53.880 you know what we do, we know what you do, 0:03:54.240 --> 0:03:56.560 maybe a wrinkle here or there, and we're just gonna 0:03:56.560 --> 0:03:57.640 get after it as best we can. 0:03:58.280 --> 0:03:59.120 I love it. 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:00.920 I think it makes the most sense, and from a 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:03.200 content perspective, not that anybody cares about that, but you 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:06.560 and I, I love this Thursday game in week two 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:08.280 opposed it any other time of the year because I 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:10.760 was able to get some work done on the front end. 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:14.560 We're the beneficiaries of this, Whereas the team can't afford 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:16.440 to look ahead to a Week two game a big one, 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:19.200 but we can from content creation standpoint, so I kind 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:21.240 of love it. But I also love the concept of 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:23.479 if we're going to have these Thursday games and they're 0:04:23.480 --> 0:04:25.320 great for the league. It's a product that you know, 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:27.400 gets a lot of money in our pockets, as it 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:29.800 were for the league. I love that they do it 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:32.960 from a divisional perspective because, like you said, the familiarity 0:04:32.960 --> 0:04:35.400 with each team I think on a short week makes 0:04:35.400 --> 0:04:37.880 the preparation a little bit easier. At least that's what 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:39.960 I would glean from the concept right, Like, it makes 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:40.760 sense that that's kind. 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:42.240 Of how it works out for sure. 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:45.279 And look, I mean I know that what's the cliche, 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:46.920 one game at a time, we're not thinking about the 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:49.159 last game. You know for sure that these two teams 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:52.160 were preparing for each other in their own way before this, right, 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:53.320 even before last week. 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:54.839 You have to there's no way you can't. 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:57.320 You have to have your practice schedule setup, You have 0:04:57.360 --> 0:04:59.240 to have a game plan already in as soon as 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:00.640 that game is over on so day, Bam, you're hiting 0:05:00.640 --> 0:05:02.520 the gun running on Monday. So I'm sure they've been 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:05.200 looking at well, I think in both cases here right, 0:05:05.320 --> 0:05:09.120 like new coordinators for both teams. Bobby Babbage obviously's running 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:11.120 Sean mcdermot's defense. But Joe Brady, what does he bring 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:13.240 to the table. I'm sure that you know, Anthony Weaver 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:15.000 is looking at that. I'm sure that Joe Brady's looking 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:16.720 at Okay, what do I know about Anthony Weaver For 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:17.880 a new defensive coordinator. 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:19.520 All those things have to be put in place before 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:20.440 the week starts. 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:23.400 And we heard from coach Weaver just a few minutes 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:26.920 ago tapping this podcast on Tuesday, talking about the challenges 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:29.440 of getting ready for a Jacksonville defense that, yeah, you 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:32.200 have tape on their personnel, and yeah, you have tape 0:05:32.200 --> 0:05:35.520 of Brian Nielson in Atlanta doing his running his scheme 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:38.360 in Atlanta, but you don't have a real concept of 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:39.840 what that looks like together, and so you. 0:05:39.800 --> 0:05:41.240 Have to make those in game adjustments. 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:42.840 I am curious who we get some of that here 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:44.599 with Dolphins and Bills on a short week here. Like 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:47.200 you mentioned Bobby Babbage, Anthony, we were both new pieces 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:49.800 of that puzzle. But of course the offenses have some 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:52.159 continuity there with Miami in their third year and the 0:05:52.160 --> 0:05:54.680 Bills coming into year two here with Joe Brady at 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:58.200 of offensive coordinator. What's been the early returns there on 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:00.080 Joe Brady and the way the system has gone. I 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:01.840 know it's only one game, but we saw them kind 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:04.279 of pivot in season. I have to imagine that's pretty 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:06.200 tough to put together kind of a new concept and 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:08.760 new like you know, scheme as far as Joe Brady's concerned, 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:10.360 or whatever you want to call it. But what are 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:12.839 the returns after a full off season, full training camp, 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:14.960 and now one game in on what the offense looks 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:15.880 like under Joe Brady. 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:17.320 Yeah. 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:18.919 I talk with Joe back in the off season at 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:22.039 the owners meetings about the combat excuse me about you 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:23.840 know that exact thing you just said, and trying to 0:06:23.880 --> 0:06:26.400 do that, and he said, look, it's not what it is. 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:28.120 Really, it's Josh Allen's offense. What he likes. 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:30.320 You have to mesh, you know, your concepts, what he likes, 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:31.680 and then at the end of the year you can 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:33.240 kind of put that all together a little bit more 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:34.919 and kind of expand what you want to do. 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:36.160 And that's kind of what we've seen here. 0:06:36.160 --> 0:06:40.760 And really the messaging that we've heard really was brought 0:06:40.760 --> 0:06:44.080 to light here on Sunday, which Travis is everybody eats. 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:46.000 That's their mantra. Everybody eats in this offense. This is 0:06:46.040 --> 0:06:48.520 not about one guy or two guys. Step On Diggs 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:50.640 at Gabe Davis, two hundred and forty one targets together 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:53.359 walked out the door, and you know, for different reasons, 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:55.360 this was not a team that was going to replace 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:58.520 those targets with two people. It's replacing them with four 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:01.640 or five people. That's what we saw on Sunday. The 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:04.240 Bills threw the ball to ten different players, nine of 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:06.640 them had catches. Every one of those nine had over 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:08.960 double digit and yardage. I mean, it's pretty amazing actually, 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:10.400 But that's what they want to be. They want to 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:12.080 be this team where they can go to anyone at 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:14.440 any time. It's not about forcing the ball to anyone. 0:07:14.640 --> 0:07:16.520 You know, step On Diggs, he's a great player, we 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:18.560 know that, but with him comes an aura of hey, 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:20.600 he's your number one, he's your alpha getting on the ball, 0:07:20.880 --> 0:07:21.840 just like Tyreek Killwood. 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:23.680 And there's nothing wrong with that. They're great players, I 0:07:23.720 --> 0:07:24.000 get it. 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:25.560 But I think that the Bills wanted to go to 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:27.720 this model where, look, we want to make sure that 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:29.800 Joshua has come to going to anybody at any time, 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:31.640 and we can spread the ball around. If you want 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:33.800 to shut somebody down, somebody else is open. And that's 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:35.960 what the Cardinals did. They took away what I think 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:38.840 is the Bill's number one target this year, daltonkin Cage. 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:41.080 I mean, he was getting double team, triple team, one 0:07:41.160 --> 0:07:44.320 catch eleven yards. Well, because of that, here comes Dawson 0:07:44.400 --> 0:07:46.280 Knox with a big twenty three yard game. Here comes 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:48.440 you know, Khalil Shakir with a nice game, and the 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:50.960 leading receiver for the team was rookie Keon Coleman. He 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:53.400 only had four catches for fifty one yards, but that's 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:55.800 because everybody else was also getting in on the act. 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:57.080 Yeah, if you. 0:07:57.120 --> 0:07:58.760 Mentioned that perfectly. The two tight ends there. 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:01.680 In Keen Kid Knocks and my preview podcast that came 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:04.200 out yesterday, I talked a lot about the matchup with 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:06.400 those guys and how tough they are to contend, and 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:09.560 I think that it almost lends itself, and I'd love to 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:12.559 hear your perspective on that. To Josh allen strengths, which 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:15.119 a lot of that is creating off script and running 0:08:15.160 --> 0:08:17.040 the football, Like I don't want this guy to ever 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:19.720 tucket and run because he makes plays when he does, 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:21.600 and he makes a lot of him against the Dolphins. 0:08:21.280 --> 0:08:21.720 When he does. 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:24.080 Do you find kind of feel like this, you know, 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:26.880 new wave of Bill's offense with James Cook in that 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:29.000 running game and these two tight ends who are both 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:31.080 damn good players. Do you feel like that kind of 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:33.160 more fits the mold of what Josh Allen does. 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:34.240 Well. 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:35.680 I think it fits the mold on what the Bills 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:37.920 want to do here at this part of Josh Allen's career, 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:39.959 So yes, it fits what he does because he gets 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:41.960 spread it around. We all know he's got the big arm, right, 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:45.120 but Josh is actually very good at dissecting defenses, finding 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:45.720 the open man. 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:47.680 He's a very high football IQ. 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:49.760 And if we're gonna spread the field fifty three to 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:52.280 third yards wide and you're gonna cover everybody, guess's gonna happen. 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:53.880 I'm gonna open run lanes, right, and I'm gonna be 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:55.760 able to get through those run lanes like he did. 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:57.240 It's so funny, Travis. 0:08:57.240 --> 0:08:58.840 You know that One of the talking points this week 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:01.400 here after Sunday was Bills fan saying, well, they needed 0:09:01.440 --> 0:09:02.480 Josh Allen to be Superman. 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:04.880 No, they didn't. Actually he just was. They actually were 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:06.880 very good on offense, even independent of what he did. 0:09:07.000 --> 0:09:08.400 He's just such a great player that if you look 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:10.120 at the box score and go, well, there's Josh Allen 0:09:10.120 --> 0:09:12.040 again run in twice and throw two touchdowns. Boy, he 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:13.480 had to put on the cape. He didn't have to 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:14.800 put on the cape. He just happened to put on 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:15.800 the cape because that's what he does. 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:16.600 He's a great player. 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:19.679 They actually played very well on offense. James Cook in 0:09:19.720 --> 0:09:22.000 the first half was averaging close to seven yards of carry. 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:24.520 I mean, in the second half, the Cardinals did a 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:26.800 nice job of shutting them down. Sure that lent itself 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:28.480 to Josh having to make a couple of plays here 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:28.920 and there. 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:31.040 I also think it's interesting. Brandon Bean was on our. 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:33.480 Radio program before the game on Sunday. He was asked 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:36.280 about one player position that he's really kind of high 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:38.040 on this year, and his answer was interesting to me. 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:39.400 He said, I think this is the best running back 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:41.800 room we've had since I've been here, and that just 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:44.280 tells me that they're going to lean on James Cook, 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:46.240 Ray Davis, and Ty Johnson to be a big part 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:46.840 of this offense. 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:49.360 And a couple of names though that I'm sure Dolphins 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:51.040 fans aren't really that privy to you there, but you 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:53.480 saw the success they had against the Cardinals and that opener, 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:55.199 and a big part of that, of course Josh Allen's 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:56.960 ability to run the football. But yeah, it sounds like 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:59.199 they kind of have this spread the ball around, spread 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:01.080 the wealth offense a kin to what the Dolphins have 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:02.640 in a lot of ways with two of in the 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:04.160 point guard stuff. And we saw a lot of that 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:05.840 on Sunday with how they were able to in the 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:07.800 first half, get the ball to different guys and then 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:09.760 in the second half go back to reek and waddle 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:11.840 for you know, both going over one hundred yards. That's 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:14.400 pretty fun too. Before our first break here, Sally, I 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:16.880 want to ask you, what's the word on Josh Allen's hand. 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:20.280 We saw him getting that tape job after the rushing touchdown, which, 0:10:20.520 --> 0:10:22.439 by the way, for a guy, a two hundred and 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:25.400 fifty pound guy to go I don't know, eight feet 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:27.760 in the air, however high he jumped and then land 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:29.680 on the hand and just be like the look on 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:31.320 his face as they were taping it up. I was like, 0:10:31.880 --> 0:10:33.880 is he not in pain right now? Like, how the 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:36.440 hell is that possible? What's the latest on Josh Allen 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:36.959 in that hand? 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:39.600 By the way, they make murals of those shots and 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:41.760 pictures of Josh here and Buffalo, like literally the side 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:42.200 of buildings. 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:45.959 He's jumping over things and people. They take those. It's crazy. 0:10:46.040 --> 0:10:48.880 Really, He's just he is such a special, special player, 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:49.840 but he's a little bit banged up. 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:51.200 He hurt that hand when he came down. 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:54.320 He had X rays after Sean mcdrrit Bill's head coach, 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:57.480 told us yesterday on Monday that Josh is cleared to play. 0:10:57.480 --> 0:10:59.520 So whatever happened with those X rays, you know, good 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:00.800 to go. And look, he did come back in the 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:03.679 game and he did run the ball. He did take center, 0:11:03.679 --> 0:11:05.959 snaps under center, he did take snaps in shotgun. He 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:09.480 did everything that a normal quarterback does. But hey, Jorenale's flowing. 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:11.520 You never know. He got X rays. He is cleared 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:11.960 to play. 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:13.800 But I still wonder, you know, a little bit about 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:17.200 ball security, especially if he's turning to his right to 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:18.680 hand off with his left hand. 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:20.839 I wonder if it's compromised at all. 0:11:20.880 --> 0:11:23.640 But obviously the Bills feel very confident about Josh Allen's 0:11:23.640 --> 0:11:25.240 ability to do what he needs to do on. 0:11:25.200 --> 0:11:27.000 Thursday night, great stuff so far. 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:30.199 My guest today is Sal Capaccio from WGR five point 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:32.520 fifty up in Buffalo, also the Bill's sideline. I'm gonna 0:11:32.520 --> 0:11:34.000 go ahead and take a quick break right here. I 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:35.680 have three more questions for you on the other side, 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:38.079 talking about this Bill's defense and a lot of new 0:11:38.080 --> 0:11:41.280 faces in blue on that defense. That's next Draft Time podcast, 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:44.000 your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation. 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:49.120 Picking it back up here on this Wednesday preview edition 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:52.120 of Dolphins and Bill's actually check that it's Thursday. Sala, 0:11:52.120 --> 0:11:54.040 My days are all off on the short week with friend. 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:56.120 I know you feel the same way, but get the 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:57.680 w out of the way on Thursday and then go 0:11:57.720 --> 0:11:59.880 into a long weekend and enjoy that. We're all hoping 0:11:59.880 --> 0:12:02.240 that that's the case here, both Buffalo and Miami fans. 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:04.640 Before I get to these two questions about the defense. 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:07.000 And for those of you that are all of you, 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:08.360 this is an audio platform. 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:09.360 You can't see. So right now? 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:11.880 Has the shades on right outside of high Mark Stadium. 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:14.240 They're an Archard Park. He's got the shades brocking a 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:14.800 beautiful tea. 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:16.360 By the way, Can I can I show you something here? 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:16.480 Real? 0:12:16.559 --> 0:12:16.760 Quock? 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:17.079 I go for it. 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:18.160 Yeah, I'm watching you. 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:19.560 See that over there? That's the new stadium. 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:21.319 There you go. How close are we on that? 0:12:22.040 --> 0:12:23.480 It's going to open in twenty twenty six? 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:25.200 And if you can see the cranes over there, yep, 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:28.360 So the new stadium for all your listeners, is this 0:12:28.400 --> 0:12:28.840 on video? 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:29.800 For people? Are just audio? 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:30.520 Just an audio? 0:12:30.880 --> 0:12:32.480 Oh man? Okay, so I'm showing it to you. 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:32.920 I'm sorry. 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:34.280 I apologize, I thought, but. 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:35.920 If people want to see it like it is, just 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:37.440 to give an update. If you're coming to everybody's coming 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:38.960 to Buffalo. We've got a lot of Miami fans to 0:12:38.960 --> 0:12:40.760 come here, a lot of a lot of Canadian Dolphin 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:43.720 fans actually that come down across the border, and they're 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:46.120 going to see this really big stadium that's going in 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:47.079 across the street. 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:49.120 And you, Travis, can see the lights behind me. 0:12:49.160 --> 0:12:51.120 The new stadium will be twenty feet higher than those 0:12:51.160 --> 0:12:51.880 lights at the top of it. 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:56.680 Wow, is that those lights dwarf the stadium? Yes, looking 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:59.040 at right behind you. That's a crazy, crazy stat there, 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:01.360 stadium stat Didn't know we those but really good stuff. 0:13:01.720 --> 0:13:03.800 And yeah, to your point about the Canadian Dolphins fans, 0:13:03.840 --> 0:13:04.800 that's the dam An Reno effect. 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:05.079 Baby. 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:06.840 Whenever you have a star player like that, you get 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:09.440 you get a generation of fans. That's where that comes from. 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:11.920 Speaking of lights, let's let's go ahead and start here 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:15.400 before the defense. Curious to get your perspective, the player's perspective. 0:13:15.760 --> 0:13:17.800 Just what do the Bills think about coming down here 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:20.080 this time of year? I mean, the game famously a 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:22.040 couple of years ago was hot and Muggy and the 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:24.640 guys were getting ivs. But now they catch their second 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:27.280 straight year of playing under the lights at hard Rock Stadium. 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:29.600 Are they excited about that? Do they talk about do 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:30.280 they care about it? 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:32.480 Just take me through their perspective on playing a night 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:35.240 game versus a day game here in hot, hot South Florida. 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:37.599 You know what, players are always going to say, it 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:39.320 doesn't matter what the conditions are, It doesn't matter when. 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:40.280 They tell us to play. We got to go down 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:42.360 to play. We'll be ready, we'll take care of our bodies. 0:13:42.880 --> 0:13:45.240 But I'm sure that you know the preparation for what 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:47.240 it takes to play in the South Florida sun in 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:49.679 the middle of the afternoon is probably a little bit different. 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:50.320 Eas of their mind. 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:51.880 A little bit about playing at night doesn't mean you 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:53.800 still have don't have to prepare, of course you do. 0:13:54.520 --> 0:13:56.240 So I'm sure that you know the back of their 0:13:56.240 --> 0:13:58.760 minds they'd rather be playing in this situation than on 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:03.160 a sunny, high scorching Sunday afternoon, just like Dolphins fans 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:05.640 would probably rather see the Dolphins play in Buffalo on 0:14:05.760 --> 0:14:07.920 November third, like they're gonna be playing here in Buffalo 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:10.960 instead of December twenty eighth or January first, or whatever 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:13.480 it is. Because you have much less chance, not no chance, 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:16.120 much less chance or some sort of snow precipitation. 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:18.480 I kind of feel like the rivalry should be play 0:14:18.520 --> 0:14:21.320 in Miami and September, play in Buffalo December. Let's let's 0:14:21.360 --> 0:14:24.520 maximize the polarization of this rivalry. To me, that's what 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:27.000 makes the game so great in so many ways. But 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:29.040 aside from the weather and the lights and the heat 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:30.520 and all that fun stuff, two. 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:31.480 More questions here for you. 0:14:31.760 --> 0:14:34.920 And every time I've asked to about the Buffalo defense, 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:36.560 going back to my first year with the team, his 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:39.200 first year in twenty twenty, it was always Poyed and 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:43.120 Higher sorry Poyer and Hide. But the guy that he 0:14:43.160 --> 0:14:46.200 would also direct me to was Tarin Johnson. Without him 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:47.640 in the game, We'll talk about the rest of the 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:49.320