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Speaker 1: Kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role

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Speaker 1: not even in the straded beer of normalcy. Chris Brown,

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker. A Wednesday edition of One Bill's Live broadcasting

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Speaker 1: from the Seneca Studio in Orchard Park. It's a little

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Speaker 1: bit of a cloudy day, but otherwise okay, a little crisp.

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Speaker 1: I supposed to warm up later in the week, but

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker and myself the last day of the week

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Speaker 1: for us as we are getting a much needed respite

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Speaker 1: on this bye week, much like the players are, so

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Speaker 1: this will be our last show of the week and

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Speaker 1: because of that, we've moved some things up on the schedule.

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Speaker 1: So welcome in and Steve will be will be answering

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Speaker 1: a slew of questions from Bill's fans today as we

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Speaker 1: have opened the mail bag a little bit earlier this week.

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Speaker 1: We usually do this on Fridays, but we won't be

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Speaker 1: for you to fire off your questions at will, and

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Speaker 1: Steve and I will address them in short order through

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Speaker 1: the course of the program, but kind of a it's

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Speaker 1: not a hump day, man, it's the end of the week.

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Speaker 1: Yeah it is, which is okay with me. I'll just

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Speaker 1: but yeah, the bye week is good for everybody, and

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Speaker 1: it's I'm excited to see this team bounce back after

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Speaker 1: the bye week, and in retrospect, you know, they still

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Speaker 1: got the division lead. I think it's okay with me

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Speaker 1: that they got a little bit of a fire lit

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Speaker 1: underneath them. I'm talking about the players, you know, a

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Speaker 1: fire lit underneath them. By losing a tough game like that,

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Speaker 1: they go in eight and two and all of the

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Speaker 1: in their front and center of the entire league's conversation,

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Speaker 1: and there's no escaping the success they've had and how

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Speaker 1: much they've improved, and how good they look, and how

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Speaker 1: the teams that they've beaten, and YadA YadA. It's going

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Speaker 1: to go on and on, and you know, that's a

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Speaker 1: you've got it done before you've got it done. So

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Speaker 1: I think to having the firelid under him and then

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Speaker 1: getting them healthy and refurbished for this run stretched down

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Speaker 1: the road stretched down the end of the season. I

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Speaker 1: last loss I think was the cherry on the cake

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Speaker 1: of their preparation for the final six weeks. Well yeah,

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Speaker 1: and I also think that they were hanging a little

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Speaker 1: and this is the latest bye week on the on

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Speaker 1: the schedule for any team, and there's three other teams

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Speaker 1: but that's a long stretch. So so getting this break

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Speaker 1: that's three days after Thanksgiving. So because next week is

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Speaker 1: And that's what's that's what's front and center right now

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Speaker 1: squad call up flexibility next year like you do now.

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Speaker 1: I mean, could you imagine what would have happened this season?

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Speaker 1: I mean, they have to call guys up from the

432
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Speaker 1: practice squad to the active roster and then decide are

433
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Speaker 1: we keeping him up here or are we going to

434
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Speaker 1: expose him to waivers and send him back down. I mean,

435
00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:14,040
Speaker 1: the roster flexibility has certainly helped the Bills cause with

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Speaker 1: respect to injuries or you know, lack of availability due

437
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Speaker 1: to COVID reserve list at the cornerback position. I'd be

438
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Speaker 1: inclined to take a corner somewhere in the first three

439
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Speaker 1: rounds this spring, just to fortify that position a little

440
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Speaker 1: bit more so. You know, you're not looking for guys

441
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Speaker 1: on the street. Right, it will get E J. Gaines

442
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Speaker 1: back in the fold. But Dane Jackson certainly has shown

443
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Speaker 1: some things. Cam Lewis has shown some things. You're right.

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Speaker 1: I think that's a position that you address in free agency,

445
00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:49,200
Speaker 1: and I think the Bills have done that. We don't

446
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Speaker 1: know about Daryl Whorley, although he's a five year vet,

447
00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,800
Speaker 1: he's got something to offer athletically. I still think, yeah,

448
00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:58,200
Speaker 1: you're right, But I think big guys, the big bodies

449
00:23:58,200 --> 00:23:59,919
Speaker 1: are harder to find, and you need to find one,

450
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Speaker 1: pick one that's that's right for you. You want to

451
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Speaker 1: top of the draft if you can get one. You

452
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Speaker 1: want a corner, and say it again, you want a

453
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Speaker 1: corner in free agency? Is that what you were saying. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's where I would start. I mean, if you can't

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Speaker 1: find one of the draft. But here's the thing. I think,

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Speaker 1: I go the big guys first at the top of

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Speaker 1: the draft, and when you get down through the third, fourth,

458
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Speaker 1: fifth round draft picks, and now we found our other

459
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Speaker 1: starting corner after the draft was over, right, Levi Wallace

460
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Speaker 1: is not even drafted, So there's a chance you could

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Speaker 1: do that again. And I think there are more athletes

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Speaker 1: out there than there are big bodies. You gotta take

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Speaker 1: your pick. But I don't go after draft. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: don't dispute that. That's why I was saying, get a

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Speaker 1: corner in the first three rounds. I don't somebody that

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Speaker 1: I feel good about who can be on the field

467
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Speaker 1: at some point in his rookie season, you know, and

468
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Speaker 1: can help you. Because I think the Bills and the

469
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:57,280
Speaker 1: Cardinals are an example of what's coming. I think with

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Speaker 1: all with the flood and the glut of fever talent

471
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Speaker 1: that seems to be increasing in number each and every year,

472
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Speaker 1: in the draft, there are gonna be more teams turning

473
00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:10,480
Speaker 1: to four wide receiver sets, and you better stock your

474
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Speaker 1: cornerback cupboard right now so you're prepared for that. So

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Speaker 1: I think cornerback is gonna be you're gonna have to

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Speaker 1: draft one every year. With the way offenses are going,

477
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Speaker 1: I think you just got to get one in the pipeline,

478
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Speaker 1: and you know, be grooming guys all the time because

479
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Speaker 1: of how many guys are gonna have to be on

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Speaker 1: the field to defend those guys every single week, not

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Speaker 1: to mention the fact that it's a high priced position.

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Speaker 1: I mean, even if you have two good starting guys

483
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Speaker 1: on their rookie deals, it's probably unlikely that you're gonna

484
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Speaker 1: keep both of them on a second contract because they're

485
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Speaker 1: gonna cost too much on your cap, so you probably

486
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Speaker 1: keep one part with the others. So you better have

487
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Speaker 1: another young kid in the pipeline to put in your

488
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Speaker 1: starting lineup. I just I think you got a draft

489
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Speaker 1: corner every year now because more of these teams are

490
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Speaker 1: gonna be going four wide sooner rather than later, and

491
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Speaker 1: you might as well be a head of the curve

492
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Speaker 1: instead of behind it. Yeah, but if you can find

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Speaker 1: a guy like like Dane Jackson or Levi Wallace or

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Speaker 1: who else we got down there. Yeah, Dane Jackson. You

495
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Speaker 1: got a guy that's playing well, and if you can

496
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Speaker 1: find one, it plays like Dan Jackson has been playing.

497
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Speaker 1: Why waste your draft picked get him after the draft's over. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I get that, and the Bills have been very good

499
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Speaker 1: at mining that kind of talent. I mean, cam Lewis

500
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Speaker 1: is another example of an undrafted guy. But I'm just

501
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,919
Speaker 1: looking for high end talent here because I don't know.

502
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Speaker 1: It just seems to me that league wide, the receiver

503
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:50,240
Speaker 1: talent is great is greater in skill level and pure

504
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:55,159
Speaker 1: talent than the cornerbacks across the league, and so I

505
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Speaker 1: think you should make an investment in that position going forward,

506
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,840
Speaker 1: where you're not saying to yourself, well, we can lock

507
00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:05,680
Speaker 1: up Tray on this side of the field, but over

508
00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:07,119
Speaker 1: here we got to play his zone because we're not

509
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Speaker 1: good enough to play anything else based on the talent

510
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Speaker 1: we're facing. I'd like to have the ability to give

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Speaker 1: my defensive coordinator the freedom to call just about any

512
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Speaker 1: defense he wants, because he believes that much in the

513
00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:25,639
Speaker 1: cover capabilities of both outside guys, not just one. And

514
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Speaker 1: I know that's sometimes hard to find, but if you're

515
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Speaker 1: drafting one every year, and I'm not saying first round,

516
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Speaker 1: draft one on day two, day three, I don't care.

517
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Speaker 1: But find a guy that you really like, that you

518
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Speaker 1: know can help you sooner rather than later, and get

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Speaker 1: him in the pipeline. Every single year, I'm drafting a

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Speaker 1: corner because we can all see where this league's going. Steve,

521
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:49,720
Speaker 1: you gotta get guys that can cover. I don't know.

522
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Speaker 1: I get you, and I would do that, but I

523
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Speaker 1: wouldn't do it before the fifth round. Wow, Okay, I

524
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Speaker 1: mean I get it. I mean I hear it. Now.

525
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Speaker 1: If there's a tray white out there and you've got

526
00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,000
Speaker 1: some guys if you like your D line stuff, But

527
00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:08,879
Speaker 1: right now, the Bills need big athletic bodies up front

528
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Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball. Well, they're not physical

529
00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:12,800
Speaker 1: enough on both sides of the ball up. Yeah, No,

530
00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,760
Speaker 1: I totally that's where you start. Yeah, I agree with that.

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Speaker 1: I haven't disputed that for a second. I just think

532
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:19,960
Speaker 1: you got to get a corner in here every single

533
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Speaker 1: year in the draft or right after the draft. But

534
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Speaker 1: but what happens on draft days? They come down there

535
00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:29,840
Speaker 1: and they think, well they'll after they get past the

536
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Speaker 1: third or fourth round, maybe they stopped doing it for

537
00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:36,200
Speaker 1: need and they're taking the best player that's there. Yeah, well,

538
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Speaker 1: no matter what position he's at, right, So I mean

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Speaker 1: I get that, But when you get down to the third, fourth,

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Speaker 1: fifth round, round now probably fourth, fifth, sixth round, and

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Speaker 1: seventh round, certainly you're just trying to look at a guy,

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Speaker 1: say who on the of these guys, whether it's a

543
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Speaker 1: corner here, a linebacker there, a wide receiver there, an

544
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Speaker 1: offensive lineman here, which one has a chance to be

545
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Speaker 1: a pro football player, And that's the guy you'd take,

546
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Speaker 1: no matter what position. I see your point, and I

547
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:06,280
Speaker 1: think you do that. You can sign fifteen corners that

548
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,280
Speaker 1: are going to be on the market during free agency,

549
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,120
Speaker 1: and they're all gonna have at least a year of experience.

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Speaker 1: So I think to me, you'll get more production there

551
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,440
Speaker 1: from guys with a year of experience than you will

552
00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:22,560
Speaker 1: drafting a kid and waiting two years to see if

553
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,240
Speaker 1: he can make your squad or you know or whatever

554
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,160
Speaker 1: you know, instead of being on the practice squad. Because

555
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,800
Speaker 1: you're right that, I think it's going to be interesting

556
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,440
Speaker 1: to see how they work the roster rules next year

557
00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:36,000
Speaker 1: compared to where they are this year. But if you

558
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:37,800
Speaker 1: think it's going to go back to where the way

559
00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:41,920
Speaker 1: it was, you need guys. You're gonna have to have

560
00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:44,000
Speaker 1: to get guys with some experience at that position. I

561
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Speaker 1: think rather than draft picks, all right, well, it's a

562
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,800
Speaker 1: conversation we can pick up um. I also think of

563
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,400
Speaker 1: bending the edge. True speed rusher would be nice too,

564
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:56,040
Speaker 1: but those aren't in a diamond though. You gotta get

565
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Speaker 1: those guys kind of early too, because if you're not

566
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Speaker 1: getting invest a corner, you better get me a speed

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Speaker 1: rusher off the edge to help those guys on the

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Speaker 1: back end, because you know, you've got two guys that

569
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Speaker 1: are still capable in Addison and Hughes, but they're they're

570
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Speaker 1: not blowing people's doors off and having people specifically game

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Speaker 1: planning for them. You know what I mean. You need

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Speaker 1: one of those guys, especially if you're not getting invest

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Speaker 1: early at the corner position. Help those guys on the

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00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:21,960
Speaker 1: back end a little bit more. But we have to

575
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Speaker 1: take a break, and when we return, we're gonna go

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Speaker 1: over some superlatives for lack of a better term. We're

577
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Speaker 1: ten games in, we're at the buy. I think it's

578
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,480
Speaker 1: time to assess what the bills have done extraordinarily well,

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Speaker 1: both from an individual player perspective and maybe from certain

580
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Speaker 1: units on this roster, and how they've performed. Steve and

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Speaker 1: I will weigh in with those when we return 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 Bill's Radio. Chris Brown Steve Casker are here with

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Speaker 1: you One Bills Live Wednesday edition, broadcasting live from the

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Speaker 1: Seneca Studios. At least I am get Steve on the

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Speaker 1: home front here. Wanted to get into a writeup that

587
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Speaker 1: we put together for Buffalo bills dot Com, which was

588
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Speaker 1: basically thirteen awards and superlatives for the Bills at the

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Speaker 1: bye week. We usually do this around midseason, but we said, hey,

590
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:30,680
Speaker 1: the bye is just a couple of weeks later, we'll

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00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 1: wait until the buy and throw it up. So I

592
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Speaker 1: put thirteen things together, and some of them are pretty

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Speaker 1: commonplace team MVP, Offensive, MVP, Defensive MVP, etc. Etc. And

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Speaker 1: Steve and I genuinely when we went over this list

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Speaker 1: in the morning, agreed with most of the choices in

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Speaker 1: terms of who they should go to, but there were

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Speaker 1: a couple where we differed a little, so we thought

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Speaker 1: we would review those with you the fan, and if

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Speaker 1: you want to check it out, you can go to

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills dot com. It's called thirteen Awards and Superlatives

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Speaker 1: for the Bills at the bye week. And so just

602
00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:08,520
Speaker 1: a review very quickly on the ones we did agree upon.

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Speaker 1: Team MVP was Josh Allen. I don't think there's any

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00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 1: explanation needed there. Offensive MVP Stefon Diggs. That's pretty self explanatory.

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00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:20,160
Speaker 1: Defensive MVP Jordan Poyer. I think Steve and I both

606
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 1: agree he's been the most consistent player on the defensive

607
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,720
Speaker 1: side of the ball. Special Team's MVP, Steve. We both

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00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:28,680
Speaker 1: gave it to Andre Roberts. But that was a close

609
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:34,040
Speaker 1: race because Tyler Bass's yeah, particularly particularly as were prisoners

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Speaker 1: at the moment watching him kick last week. Fifty one,

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Speaker 1: fifty eight, fifty four, fifty five. Yeah, that it was

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00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:48,640
Speaker 1: a fantastic performance. Plus, you know, he scored every point

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Speaker 1: in the Jets second game against the Jets, eighteen point.

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00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:52,920
Speaker 1: He was six out of eight. Obviously, he'd like to

615
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:56,280
Speaker 1: see him go at least seven miss maybe one a

616
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,000
Speaker 1: long attempt, but he didn't. He miss two of them.

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Speaker 1: But they win that game in a shut out, and

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00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,840
Speaker 1: then yeah, the game here. Plus he leads the league

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Speaker 1: in touchbacks and he's third in the NFL and scoring.

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Speaker 1: So Tyler Bass has acquitted himself extremely well, despite the

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Speaker 1: fact that you know, every time a kicker misses, he's

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Speaker 1: the worst thing ever, even if he's made every other

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Speaker 1: kicker in the game. So yeah, yeah, this is the

624
00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 1: way it goes. But yeah, he was in the running.

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Speaker 1: But I still think with field position and what he

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Speaker 1: has done, I think Andre Roberts has been the MVP.

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Speaker 1: The specialty is in the top five in both punt

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Speaker 1: return average and kick return average and has been basically

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Speaker 1: for the entire season. Unsung hero, though, is where we

630
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Speaker 1: differed a little bit. Why don't you give us your

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Speaker 1: unsung hero first? Here, Well, you've got the receiver on

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Speaker 1: the club that is leading the league in catches and

633
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Speaker 1: leading the league in targets, and he caught what everybody

634
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:55,320
Speaker 1: thought was the winning touchdown catch last week in Arizona

635
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Speaker 1: in crunch time. He has been consistently productive. That's Steph

636
00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:03,800
Speaker 1: Diggs so to me, and you look back at that game.

637
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Speaker 1: A guy who flies under the radars Cole Beasley, even

638
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:10,440
Speaker 1: Steph Diggs said, Cole Beasley's always open and Josh Allen

639
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Speaker 1: and crunch time. This last week found him. That last

640
00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 1: drive was the Cole Beasley Steph Diggs show, and Beasley

641
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:19,920
Speaker 1: was huge in that game, made some tough catches and

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Speaker 1: also made some key Keith conversions on third down. Of course,

643
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Speaker 1: he had the third quarter touchdown, which is like a

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Speaker 1: unicorn with this offense, a touchdown in the third quarters

645
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Speaker 1: like never happened, and Cole Beasley had one. So I

646
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Speaker 1: would say Cole Beasley because we'll get to more about

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Speaker 1: the passing attack and the wide receiving corps later in

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Speaker 1: this list. But I think he's been the most unsung

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Speaker 1: hero of this season so far. Yeah, I went to

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Speaker 1: give some credit to some offensive lineman here, so I

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Speaker 1: went to Darryl Williams on this one. I don't think

652
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Speaker 1: he's been all world, but I think he's been more

653
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Speaker 1: than steady. And part of the reason I gave this

654
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Speaker 1: to him, Steve, is because we remember last year, right

655
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Speaker 1: tackle was largely a platoon position. I mean, it was

656
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Speaker 1: still time at this point. Even at this point, well,

657
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,279
Speaker 1: tie In Secumun had the high ankle sprain. By this

658
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:12,080
Speaker 1: point in the season, he missed about six or seven

659
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Speaker 1: games down the stretch because of a high ankle sprain.

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Speaker 1: But prior to that, this was a platoon position between

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Speaker 1: and Ski and the then rookie Cody Ford, and nobody

662
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:25,120
Speaker 1: had staked definitive claim to the position. And so I

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Speaker 1: just think the steadying influence of just knowing this is

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Speaker 1: your guy at right tackle every single week. I think

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Speaker 1: that's an underrated quality and it certainly has benefited this

666
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Speaker 1: offensive line this season. When guard to guard, it's been

667
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:45,759
Speaker 1: a schmazzle since Week one. So I just look at

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Speaker 1: what he has provided in terms of stability, and he's

669
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Speaker 1: played pretty well for the most part. I know that,

670
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 1: you know, the statistics running to the right side are

671
00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:56,319
Speaker 1: not good this year. I don't know if I put

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Speaker 1: that on Darryl Williams as much as I put it

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Speaker 1: on the guard play, but that a whole nother story.

674
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Speaker 1: But I think that he has been a very steadying

675
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Speaker 1: presence on the right side of that offensive line, and

676
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Speaker 1: so that's why I gave it to him. Yeah, certainly,

677
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:15,960
Speaker 1: he's been steady, not spectacular, but very steady. Yeah, and

678
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Speaker 1: you like it, I'll tell you what. At least you

679
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:21,320
Speaker 1: like the continuity he's league. He's there every single week,

680
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,160
Speaker 1: and that goes a long way given what's happened in

681
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Speaker 1: the last year and a half, not only at the

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Speaker 1: right tackle with Tyanesseki going in and out and protuning

683
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Speaker 1: with Cody Ford, but also what's happening this year with

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Speaker 1: both guards in the center. Yeah, so having him be

685
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Speaker 1: able to line up every week is huge. Best single

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Speaker 1: game performance, I went with an individual. You went with

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Speaker 1: a group. So I went with Josh Allen and his

688
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Speaker 1: four hundred and fifteen yard performance against Seattle. And the

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Speaker 1: reason I picked this game because obviously he had another

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Speaker 1: game where he threw for exact same yardage against the

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Speaker 1: Rams and won the thing in overtime on a last

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Speaker 1: minute drive. So you're saying, well, why do you pick

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Speaker 1: the Seattle game over that game? The reason I picked

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Speaker 1: the Seattle game was because I thought it was not

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Speaker 1: only his most productive game, but it was also his

696
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Speaker 1: best decision making game from start to finish. In my opinion,

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Speaker 1: you were playing against a quarterback who is known as

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Speaker 1: one of the best decision makers in the league, and

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Speaker 1: you made better decisions than him from start to finish

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Speaker 1: over the course of that game. That impressed me, and

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Speaker 1: evidence of that is completing over eighty one percent of

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Speaker 1: his passes in that game, which he did. Yes, he

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Speaker 1: was helped by four takeaways. He got an extra four possessions,

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Speaker 1: which is going to help any quarterback. But the fact

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Speaker 1: that he clearly outperformed Russell Wilson in this game spoke

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Speaker 1: volumes to me. So that's why I chose that for

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Speaker 1: best single game performance so far. Yeah, for me, I

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Speaker 1: chose Devin Singletary Zach Moss against New England. They hung

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Speaker 1: up two hundred yards on New England on the ground.

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Speaker 1: It's a way that the Bills won that game in

711
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 1: a way that they hadn't even played well and still

712
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:01,920
Speaker 1: haven't played well since that one game, and particularly and

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Speaker 1: it was a division game against the team that had

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Speaker 1: dominated them. It's this coaching staff had never beaten New

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Speaker 1: England and they did large and large measure to Zach Moss,

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Speaker 1: Devin Singletary. They came from nowhere and got it done

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Speaker 1: against a team that they the Bills have not been

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Speaker 1: able to beat. And I thought that being that as

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Speaker 1: though it was because it was in a division game

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Speaker 1: against those guys at home in a season where you

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Speaker 1: need to win the division in a way, and they

722
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Speaker 1: tried to force the Bills to beat them. Did this

723
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Speaker 1: New England Patriots left handed, so to speak. They took

724
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Speaker 1: the ball out deliberately. New England took the ball, in

725
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Speaker 1: my opinion, out of the hands of Josh Allen and

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Speaker 1: the team won anyway because of Moss and Singletary. That

727
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Speaker 1: running that game was I think the most important victory

728
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Speaker 1: of the seven they've got so far because of what

729
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Speaker 1: it says about where they're headed. And Devin and Singletary

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Speaker 1: and Zach Moss were the difference. Both had over almost

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Speaker 1: identical numbers fourteen rushes for eighty one and eighty six

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Speaker 1: yards respectively. They were good and they and the Bills

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Speaker 1: needed it that day and they came through for him.

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Speaker 1: So I think that is the best single game performance

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Speaker 1: of the season so far. Mid season play of the

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Speaker 1: year I went Tyler Croft game winning touchdown catch against

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Speaker 1: the Rams on that final drive there to win thirty

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Speaker 1: five thirty two, caught that with fifteen seconds left. I

739
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:29,760
Speaker 1: just thought it was the most impactful play to secure

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Speaker 1: a victory this season. So that's the one that I

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Speaker 1: went with, But you went a different way there. I

742
00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:40,920
Speaker 1: went with the same game, a game saving tackle punch

743
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Speaker 1: out by Justin Zimmer the forced fumble on Cam Newton

744
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:47,359
Speaker 1: when he was going in gonna convert maybe a first

745
00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:49,600
Speaker 1: down on that end a round run. Justin Zimmer on

746
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:52,520
Speaker 1: a hustle play, punches the ball out and preserves the

747
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:56,160
Speaker 1: win for Buffalo because that was a division game. I

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Speaker 1: thought that was because against the same thing, because of

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Speaker 1: Zach Moss, Devin Singletary. The importance of this game and

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Speaker 1: the significance of it in the scheme of the division race,

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Speaker 1: I think it is absolutely huge. Yeah. Interesting note about

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Speaker 1: Tyler Croft. He's got only twelve receptions this year, steve

753
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Speaker 1: three of them or for touchdowns. Guy catches a touchdown

754
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:22,560
Speaker 1: pass every four receptions. That's crazy. Yeah, that's really productive.

755
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Speaker 1: And I think they throw it to him in crunch time.

756
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:27,400
Speaker 1: Josh isn't afraid to throw it to him when when

757
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Speaker 1: the chips are down. And that you're right, that winning

758
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:34,080
Speaker 1: touchdown against the was it in overtime? Did they go

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Speaker 1: to overtime in that game, as you said, No, it

760
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Speaker 1: was with fifteen seconds left. Yeah, fifteen seconds left. M Yeah,

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00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:44,799
Speaker 1: that come on huge And yeah, you need guys like that.

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Speaker 1: And in fact, you could mix what Tyler Croft does

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Speaker 1: as well and mix in with what Dawson Knox does, well,

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Speaker 1: you'd have an elite tight end. As it is, You've

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Speaker 1: got two pretty good ones. And I still have hope

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Speaker 1: for Zach for Dawson Knox as the rest of the

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Speaker 1: season goes, but I don't think he's gonna take the

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Speaker 1: number one spot away from Croft anytime soon. All Right,

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Speaker 1: we got time for one more most promising trend. I

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Speaker 1: went with the Bill's sack production as a as a

771
00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:21,000
Speaker 1: promising recent trend. They've got sixteen sacks in their last

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00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:23,600
Speaker 1: four games, which is a sharp spike from where they were.

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Speaker 1: Now have twenty seven on the season. So, you know,

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Speaker 1: I think it was what was it, seven sacks in

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Speaker 1: the first seven games or something like that. It was

776
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Speaker 1: not it was not good, eleven sacks in their first

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00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:40,080
Speaker 1: six games. Now they've got sixteen in their last four

778
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:42,680
Speaker 1: and their sixth in the league in sack total and

779
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Speaker 1: sixth in sack percentage. So that's that's one that has

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Speaker 1: buoyed my confidence in what the defense can do going

781
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:52,719
Speaker 1: forward here down the stretch. What about you mine? Mine

782
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:55,879
Speaker 1: is kind of a reflection of exactly the same thing.

783
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Speaker 1: Not only getting more pressure, but they're getting more turnovers.

784
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Speaker 1: That trend. To me, the turnover, the forced fumbles, and

785
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:05,080
Speaker 1: the takeaways have been the most impressive trend theoretically, and

786
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:07,680
Speaker 1: hopefully it stays. The Bills are still only at plus

787
00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:12,120
Speaker 1: three on the takeaway margin for the season. The leaders,

788
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Speaker 1: I believe Pittsburgh with plus ten and you need you'd

789
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Speaker 1: love to be by the end of the season. If

790
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:20,760
Speaker 1: the Bills can get to double digits on the plus side,

791
00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:23,520
Speaker 1: stop turning it over and continue to get a steady

792
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Speaker 1: stream of turnovers. And I'm not saying they have to

793
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Speaker 1: get four turnovers like they did against Seattle, but two

794
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:31,920
Speaker 1: would be nice. That's huge, Yeah, and we'll see if

795
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Speaker 1: they can continue to do that. But I think that's

796
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Speaker 1: the most promising trend, I think because because it I

797
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:40,319
Speaker 1: think it's a symptom of a defense that's playing much better. Yeah,

798
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:43,879
Speaker 1: they had seven takeaways in their first six games. They

799
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Speaker 1: now have nine in their last four. So that's that's

800
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:50,840
Speaker 1: more on par with what Leslie Fraser in this defense

801
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 1: is looking for. That's a little bit more than two

802
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:54,840
Speaker 1: per game, and that's right where you want to be.

803
00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:57,960
Speaker 1: You'll win a lot of games, you know, doing that

804
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:01,440
Speaker 1: at that rate. All Right, those are superlatives at the

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Speaker 1: bye week and you can check that out on Buffalo

806
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Speaker 1: Bills dot com. For some of the other categories that

807
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:08,040
Speaker 1: we covered. We have to take a break, but when

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Speaker 1: we return, we'll take a couple of your phone calls

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810
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:16,239
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Speaker 1: In Section six, it's MADONNAH coach Eric Valley. Valley has

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Speaker 1: been on the coaching staff at Madonnah for twenty five years,

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Speaker 1: Coach Valley also brought unified sports to Medinah, coaching the

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Speaker 1: the varsity girls basketball team. He's also heavily involved in

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Speaker 1: the Madinah community. For Section five, it's Justin Man head

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Speaker 1: coach at Letchworth warsaw Man took over head coaching duties

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Speaker 1: Section five title both seasons. In addition to his coaching duties,

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Speaker 1: Man is working on getting a member of his staff

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Speaker 1: Back on the show here and we're going to go

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Speaker 1: we begin with Ken Lancaster. Can you're on one Bill's Live.

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Speaker 1: What do you have for us? Good afternoon, man, How

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Speaker 1: you doing good? Real quick? Couple of things we worry about.

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Speaker 1: You know, everybody worried about the last play of the game,

847
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:20,520
Speaker 1: and hey, the better athlete caught the pass. Whatever. But

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Speaker 1: you know, we we let them go down fifty sixty

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Speaker 1: yards and a couple of plays and they almost came

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Speaker 1: back to haunt us. Earlier in the year, we did

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Speaker 1: the same thing where they could have wined up in

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Speaker 1: a you know, to someone in the Dallas game, they

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Speaker 1: get the outside kick, they can come down and beat us.

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Speaker 1: I really think, you know, that part of the game

855
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:44,439
Speaker 1: frustrates me, where we give them the chance to win

856
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:46,839
Speaker 1: the game when they were they're never in the game.

857
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:52,360
Speaker 1: The other thing I was, you know, most not you, Steve,

858
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:54,320
Speaker 1: I know because you played, but you know most of

859
00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:58,080
Speaker 1: you guys that never played the game. Bring up these

860
00:45:58,080 --> 00:46:01,520
Speaker 1: guys ain't playing good because they're injured as well. Yeah,

861
00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:03,440
Speaker 1: And on the way it is, if if you get

862
00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:07,080
Speaker 1: in the game and you're injured, you either play up

863
00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:09,359
Speaker 1: to your potential or you should get out of the game.

864
00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:11,600
Speaker 1: And I mean that's the way it is. And you know,

865
00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:15,080
Speaker 1: in the game, if you play hurt you play. So

866
00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:19,960
Speaker 1: that's really all I got. Thanks guys, Okay, appreciate a call. Yeah,

867
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:24,359
Speaker 1: there's nothing more frustrating for everybody. And it's been a

868
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:29,200
Speaker 1: constant in the NFL. You see these teams go out

869
00:46:29,239 --> 00:46:31,120
Speaker 1: to a big lead and all of a sudden, you know,

870
00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:34,440
Speaker 1: with a minute, with two minutes, with thirty seven, with whatever,

871
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:39,839
Speaker 1: they back off and they give up yardage. And it's

872
00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:42,040
Speaker 1: hard for fans to get their mind around the fact

873
00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:44,879
Speaker 1: that if you play good defense for the whole game,

874
00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:46,759
Speaker 1: why can't you just play the same defense as and

875
00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:49,440
Speaker 1: force them to do that? And the simple fact of

876
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:56,080
Speaker 1: the matter is it as as obvious as it seems,

877
00:46:56,480 --> 00:47:00,440
Speaker 1: it's not obvious. And the clock. It's more about clock

878
00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:05,399
Speaker 1: than it is about yardage yardage, and most fans don't

879
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:08,680
Speaker 1: like that. It's not fun watching your defense get carved

880
00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:10,680
Speaker 1: up and giving up fifteen and giving up another ten,

881
00:47:10,719 --> 00:47:13,239
Speaker 1: and giving up another twenty and having the team moved

882
00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:16,759
Speaker 1: down down the field for one last desperation attempt. If

883
00:47:16,840 --> 00:47:19,759
Speaker 1: you give the bill, if most fans sat back and

884
00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:21,839
Speaker 1: took a deep breath, if they said listen, if if

885
00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:24,640
Speaker 1: every game, if we could have a four point lead

886
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:28,360
Speaker 1: with thirty four seconds to go and them having a

887
00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:31,800
Speaker 1: forty eight yard hail Mary chance or forty eight yards

888
00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:33,839
Speaker 1: to go on the down one play left, or maybe

889
00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:36,520
Speaker 1: even one point five if they can get it out

890
00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:40,000
Speaker 1: of bounds quick to score a touchdown, they'll take that.

891
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:42,520
Speaker 1: And they'll say, listen, heave it up. I don't care

892
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:47,440
Speaker 1: because you know intellectually the play is not going to

893
00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:50,080
Speaker 1: happen for him a lot. It's not going to come through.

894
00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:52,719
Speaker 1: Teams aren't gonna win a lot of games with that

895
00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:58,160
Speaker 1: chance to win it at the end. So yeah, it

896
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:00,840
Speaker 1: bit the Bills, no question about it. They've got a

897
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:02,920
Speaker 1: singular athlete on that end of the past. They can

898
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:05,680
Speaker 1: go up and get it against just about anybody. And

899
00:48:05,680 --> 00:48:09,360
Speaker 1: and I'll say it again, you'd be hard pressed to

900
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:12,960
Speaker 1: have three defensive backs that you would want more than

901
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:17,800
Speaker 1: those three guys defending that. So be that as it may.

902
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:20,920
Speaker 1: You know, it bit the Bills in this situation, and

903
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:23,920
Speaker 1: all in everybody like Ken from Lancaster can come in

904
00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:26,680
Speaker 1: and say, hey, they should have played it differently. Well,

905
00:48:26,719 --> 00:48:29,920
Speaker 1: no kidding, but if if that play goes away at

906
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:34,040
Speaker 1: ninety nine, others have gone, you're not saying that you

907
00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:35,560
Speaker 1: don't have any room to say it, and you're saying

908
00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:38,040
Speaker 1: the Bills shut them out exactly the way they should have.

909
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:41,440
Speaker 1: But because it happens, then they question everything, and that's

910
00:48:41,480 --> 00:48:43,440
Speaker 1: not the that's not the mindset you want to have.

911
00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:49,360
Speaker 1: Don't question everything because one lottery ticket went against you. Yeah,

912
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:51,120
Speaker 1: we go back to the phones and to Nick and

913
00:48:51,200 --> 00:48:52,759
Speaker 1: Ken Moore. Nick, what do you have for us? You're

914
00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:56,680
Speaker 1: on one Bills live. Hey, good afternoon. There's a lot

915
00:48:56,719 --> 00:48:59,960
Speaker 1: of guys that you know, we've been talking you guys

916
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:02,719
Speaker 1: been talking about and everybody. But there's one guy that

917
00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:05,640
Speaker 1: doesn't get called out. And I'm going to tell you

918
00:49:05,719 --> 00:49:12,360
Speaker 1: who it is. Tremaine Edmunds. Now, you're lost, in my opinion,

919
00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:16,040
Speaker 1: you're lost. You over run plays, you run out of bout,

920
00:49:16,280 --> 00:49:20,000
Speaker 1: you miss tackles. I like you as a player, and

921
00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:23,400
Speaker 1: I loved you last year, but here it is you.

922
00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:27,040
Speaker 1: He should not be the middle linebacker. Now. It would

923
00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:30,400
Speaker 1: be easier, I believe, in my opinion, if he was

924
00:49:30,440 --> 00:49:34,960
Speaker 1: the outside linebacker, because then that's easier. Cornelius Bennett, who

925
00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:37,640
Speaker 1: could have been a middle linebacker too, but he wasn't.

926
00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:41,160
Speaker 1: He was an outside linebacker because it was easier, and

927
00:49:41,239 --> 00:49:44,640
Speaker 1: he was he flourished, should be in the Hall of Fame.

928
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:48,759
Speaker 1: And I believe that you take milanol and put him

929
00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:52,000
Speaker 1: in the middle and aj Klein and I think it would.

930
00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:54,839
Speaker 1: I think you see tremin get more sex and it'll

931
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:59,200
Speaker 1: be just easier on him. Maybe I'm insane, but that's

932
00:49:59,239 --> 00:50:02,560
Speaker 1: the way I see. I don't understand, Like, he doesn't

933
00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:06,279
Speaker 1: look like the same player. Um, and nobody calls him out,

934
00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:11,160
Speaker 1: and I am. So that's what I believe. Tremaine Edmonds

935
00:50:11,320 --> 00:50:15,359
Speaker 1: looks terrible and he's a part of the problem, and

936
00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:20,080
Speaker 1: he's not. He hasn't done anything this year. I mean,

937
00:50:20,120 --> 00:50:25,880
Speaker 1: come on, really, what has he done? Nothing? Nada? So uh,

938
00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:31,240
Speaker 1: switched the position, maybe put him at maybe defensive Okay,

939
00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:34,920
Speaker 1: so we need rushers obviously on the defensive, we've been

940
00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:38,239
Speaker 1: talking about the defensive line and the linebackers. Maybe he

941
00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:44,040
Speaker 1: could play defensive end tack on, I get it. Let

942
00:50:44,040 --> 00:50:46,560
Speaker 1: me ask you this, Nick, Should they have switched him

943
00:50:46,640 --> 00:50:49,560
Speaker 1: last year when they were top three defense? No, he

944
00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:52,600
Speaker 1: was great last year, But now you're going to switch

945
00:50:52,680 --> 00:50:54,719
Speaker 1: him every year when the defense plays bad. You're gonna

946
00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:58,440
Speaker 1: switch Tremaine Edmonds into a different position. Because obviously the

947
00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:01,200
Speaker 1: middle linebackers the difference between the Bills being the twenty

948
00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:04,399
Speaker 1: second ranked defense and the number three ranked defense. If

949
00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:07,200
Speaker 1: you in one year they're the number three ranked defense

950
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:10,160
Speaker 1: in the league and it's not his fault, but the

951
00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:12,400
Speaker 1: next year with him playing the same position, it is

952
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:15,920
Speaker 1: his fault. That's your that's your logic, and you can

953
00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:18,080
Speaker 1: say it. I mean, I if you believe it, you

954
00:51:18,080 --> 00:51:21,800
Speaker 1: can own it. Go ahead, Okay, thank you, Steve. Yeah,

955
00:51:21,840 --> 00:51:26,319
Speaker 1: my logic is you don't. He doesn't look right where

956
00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:29,400
Speaker 1: he's at the position that he's at. Now, I'm not

957
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:32,680
Speaker 1: saying he's not a tremendous football player, and I know

958
00:51:32,719 --> 00:51:35,360
Speaker 1: he's in doesn't look right. You mean he's a different

959
00:51:35,360 --> 00:51:38,279
Speaker 1: body type or what. Oh no, No, I'm saying that

960
00:51:38,360 --> 00:51:42,120
Speaker 1: the way he's playing, Steve, he's over running. I watched

961
00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:44,520
Speaker 1: the game this morning. You're going to tell me that

962
00:51:44,600 --> 00:51:47,640
Speaker 1: this guy's not missing tackles and he doesn't look as

963
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:52,640
Speaker 1: as like the way he middle linebacker should look. And

964
00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:56,920
Speaker 1: one of my say, Nick, oh, yeah, I get you,

965
00:51:57,320 --> 00:52:03,120
Speaker 1: he's not playing well. But I'll say this, Edmunds, You're right.

966
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:05,759
Speaker 1: The defense is not playing the way it did last year.

967
00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:08,200
Speaker 1: Looks completely different. And Tremaine Edmonds is one of the

968
00:52:08,239 --> 00:52:11,320
Speaker 1: poster children for a guy who looks like he's making

969
00:52:11,360 --> 00:52:14,719
Speaker 1: tackles five yards down the field instead of two yards

970
00:52:14,719 --> 00:52:20,920
Speaker 1: in the backfield. That's completely different this year. The running

971
00:52:20,920 --> 00:52:23,959
Speaker 1: game for their opponents is finding gaps where they didn't

972
00:52:24,080 --> 00:52:26,560
Speaker 1: used to find gaps last year. Although last year they

973
00:52:26,560 --> 00:52:29,120
Speaker 1: weren't that good against the run, either they were better

974
00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:32,600
Speaker 1: against the pass rush or against the pass of their opponents.

975
00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:35,600
Speaker 1: They didn't give up very many yards in the passing game.

976
00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:37,799
Speaker 1: I think one of the things that gets lost in

977
00:52:37,840 --> 00:52:39,480
Speaker 1: this is the fact that last year, when they were

978
00:52:39,520 --> 00:52:41,640
Speaker 1: almost a number they were one of the top defenses

979
00:52:41,680 --> 00:52:44,640
Speaker 1: in the league. They weren't as concerned with the run

980
00:52:44,680 --> 00:52:48,200
Speaker 1: game as most teams who are top defenses are. They

981
00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:51,560
Speaker 1: wouldn't let you throw it on. That may be a

982
00:52:51,680 --> 00:52:55,680
Speaker 1: philosophical difference, but it certainly looks less effective this year

983
00:52:55,719 --> 00:52:57,560
Speaker 1: than it did last year. I just don't know that

984
00:52:57,840 --> 00:53:01,040
Speaker 1: Tremaine Edmonds, even as much as you see on the

985
00:53:01,080 --> 00:53:04,160
Speaker 1: film or on the game replays, I still don't know

986
00:53:04,200 --> 00:53:06,600
Speaker 1: that he is the glinchpin of the problems of the

987
00:53:06,600 --> 00:53:09,359
Speaker 1: Bill's defense. Yeah, and Leslie Fraser has even said as much,

988
00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:12,120
Speaker 1: because he said gap integrity and consistency has been a

989
00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:15,840
Speaker 1: problem upfront, and when they're not consistent upfront, it forces

990
00:53:15,880 --> 00:53:19,319
Speaker 1: the assignment for Tremaine Edmonds to change on the fly.

991
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:22,600
Speaker 1: So if that's the case, half the time he is

992
00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:24,360
Speaker 1: going to be late to plays because he's trying to

993
00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:27,560
Speaker 1: cover up for somebody else's mistake. And that's part of

994
00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:29,880
Speaker 1: the problem too. So if you don't know what the

995
00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:32,239
Speaker 1: play is, it's hard to make the assessment that was

996
00:53:32,280 --> 00:53:34,319
Speaker 1: being made there. We have to take a break. We're

997
00:53:34,360 --> 00:53:36,680
Speaker 1: way past a break. Time back in a moment with

998
00:53:36,719 --> 00:53:40,120
Speaker 1: Maddy Glab Here on One Bill's Live presented by Kalida Health,

999
00:53:40,160 --> 00:53:59,319
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Had a Steve Tasker who has

1000
00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:01,680
Speaker 1: been all over the fields kind of unique. He was

1001
00:54:01,719 --> 00:54:07,560
Speaker 1: kind of a dual role of pleasure for Steve a blimp.

1002
00:54:08,320 --> 00:54:11,480
Speaker 1: We're not even in the strated fere of normalcy. Here

1003
00:54:14,239 --> 00:54:17,440
Speaker 1: our number two of the Wednesday edition of One Bill's Live,

1004
00:54:17,520 --> 00:54:21,280
Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you, joined by our colleague

1005
00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:24,719
Speaker 1: Maddi Glab who is going to take a turn at

1006
00:54:24,760 --> 00:54:27,320
Speaker 1: the wheel of true false, which, as we know, is

1007
00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:30,880
Speaker 1: always brought to us by Yancey's fancy Yancey's fancy New

1008
00:54:30,920 --> 00:54:34,600
Speaker 1: York's artists and cheese. Maddy's putting us on the spot here, Steve,

1009
00:54:34,600 --> 00:54:39,160
Speaker 1: are you ready? Oh Steve, un mute your mic for

1010
00:54:39,160 --> 00:54:41,440
Speaker 1: goodness sakes. So when we were not allowed to know

1011
00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:43,920
Speaker 1: what was going to happen, at least Guy wasn't. That's right, No,

1012
00:54:44,040 --> 00:54:45,960
Speaker 1: we were left completely out of the loop. I think

1013
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:49,040
Speaker 1: they're looking for our Maddie's looking for organic responses here.

1014
00:54:49,120 --> 00:54:52,480
Speaker 1: So take it away, Maddie. I am. So these are

1015
00:54:52,560 --> 00:54:55,560
Speaker 1: in the realm of not really anything stat based. It's

1016
00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:59,400
Speaker 1: more just historical facts around the NFL, some fun facts

1017
00:54:59,400 --> 00:55:02,239
Speaker 1: about our players on the roster. So we'll start off

1018
00:55:02,280 --> 00:55:07,120
Speaker 1: with a roster question. True or false? A current Bill's

1019
00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:11,759
Speaker 1: wide receiver's mother once told an NFL GM that he

1020
00:55:11,840 --> 00:55:16,759
Speaker 1: should be fired, once told an NFL GM that he

1021
00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:23,480
Speaker 1: should be cured. A current NFL I'm gonna say, I'm

1022
00:55:23,480 --> 00:55:26,919
Speaker 1: gonna say true. Yeah, I'm gonna say true too, because

1023
00:55:26,960 --> 00:55:28,560
Speaker 1: I don't think that's something you just pull out a

1024
00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:31,919
Speaker 1: thin air, right, I know, right, I was. As I'm

1025
00:55:31,960 --> 00:55:33,880
Speaker 1: reading this, I'm like, hmm, this is kind of a

1026
00:55:33,920 --> 00:55:37,040
Speaker 1: really weird thing to make up, but it is true.

1027
00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:43,279
Speaker 1: Stefan digs. His mother, Stephanie, ran into the Ravens GM

1028
00:55:43,320 --> 00:55:47,080
Speaker 1: at the College Football National Championship in twenty seventeen and

1029
00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:50,399
Speaker 1: told him something along the line stuff, you didn't pick

1030
00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:53,960
Speaker 1: my son, you didn't draft him, so therefore they should

1031
00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:58,560
Speaker 1: fire you. And Stefan grew up in Maryland, played collegiately

1032
00:55:58,680 --> 00:56:02,520
Speaker 1: in Maryland, could have played for the Ravens maybe, but

1033
00:56:02,560 --> 00:56:06,560
Speaker 1: it just didn't happen. Not too many people go after

1034
00:56:06,600 --> 00:56:12,400
Speaker 1: Ozzie knews him. Yeah, I'll tell you what football moms do,

1035
00:56:12,480 --> 00:56:14,640
Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. What an't you gonna say? I mean,

1036
00:56:14,840 --> 00:56:17,480
Speaker 1: come on, well, she probably wanted to be able to

1037
00:56:17,480 --> 00:56:20,720
Speaker 1: go to his games in Baltimore, and when Ozzie Knewsom

1038
00:56:20,719 --> 00:56:23,839
Speaker 1: didn't pick him, she flipped out. I guess, so there

1039
00:56:23,880 --> 00:56:26,600
Speaker 1: it is. They probably they gotta they gotta be raven

1040
00:56:26,640 --> 00:56:29,200
Speaker 1: fans down there, right. Yeah, you would think you and

1041
00:56:29,320 --> 00:56:33,480
Speaker 1: you would think, yeah, you gotta vouch for your baby's

1042
00:56:33,640 --> 00:56:36,920
Speaker 1: crazy something that a mother would do, all right? Remember

1043
00:56:37,120 --> 00:56:40,960
Speaker 1: number two? Another another question about a guy on a roster.

1044
00:56:41,080 --> 00:56:46,440
Speaker 1: True or false? Mario Addison's favorite vacation spot is Germany.

1045
00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:52,759
Speaker 1: I'm trying. I'm gonna say false. I thought I heard

1046
00:56:52,760 --> 00:56:56,319
Speaker 1: a story about somebody's favorite vacation place, and I think

1047
00:56:56,320 --> 00:56:57,839
Speaker 1: I don't think it was rue. I'm gonna say false.

1048
00:56:58,920 --> 00:57:01,200
Speaker 1: There's there's a part of me that wants to say

1049
00:57:01,280 --> 00:57:04,120
Speaker 1: true here Steve, because he is a major gear head.

1050
00:57:04,719 --> 00:57:07,919
Speaker 1: He's big into cars, and we know, like you got

1051
00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:10,959
Speaker 1: the Autobahn, you can drive as fast as you want.

1052
00:57:11,160 --> 00:57:14,080
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna I'm gonna go with this. I'm gonna

1053
00:57:14,200 --> 00:57:18,640
Speaker 1: knowing he's a major gearhead, I'm gonna say true. All right, Chris,

1054
00:57:18,760 --> 00:57:22,640
Speaker 1: you are correct. It is true. His favorite vacation spot

1055
00:57:22,720 --> 00:57:25,440
Speaker 1: is actually in Frankfurt and he's been there a couple

1056
00:57:25,480 --> 00:57:28,800
Speaker 1: of times. And he's a total car guy. He wants

1057
00:57:28,840 --> 00:57:31,960
Speaker 1: to open up his own car shop once he's done

1058
00:57:31,960 --> 00:57:34,120
Speaker 1: with the NFL. So do you know if it has

1059
00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:38,120
Speaker 1: he ever been on the Auto bonn I don't know

1060
00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:41,200
Speaker 1: if he has. I have never been to Germany before,

1061
00:57:41,520 --> 00:57:43,880
Speaker 1: have you guys? No, I don't know. I've never been.

1062
00:57:43,960 --> 00:57:45,920
Speaker 1: But I mean, I'm just thinking, if a guy that

1063
00:57:46,040 --> 00:57:48,640
Speaker 1: loves power and cars like that, I gotta believe he's

1064
00:57:48,640 --> 00:57:51,560
Speaker 1: gonna be well. Maybe he'll wait till he's retired before

1065
00:57:51,560 --> 00:57:56,680
Speaker 1: he gets highway somewhere I've been to Germany. I was

1066
00:57:56,720 --> 00:58:00,000
Speaker 1: there with the Bills, played a preseason games the Minnesota

1067
00:58:00,120 --> 00:58:03,760
Speaker 1: Vikings before the It was just after the wall came

1068
00:58:03,800 --> 00:58:07,919
Speaker 1: down and east we were in West Berlin, East Berlin. Yeah,

1069
00:58:07,920 --> 00:58:10,560
Speaker 1: it was. It was phenomenal. It's a great trip. That

1070
00:58:10,640 --> 00:58:13,640
Speaker 1: was the American ball, right, the language thing, and I'm

1071
00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:16,440
Speaker 1: like a typical you know, American pig. I don't like

1072
00:58:16,520 --> 00:58:20,040
Speaker 1: going to place I can't speak the language, and you

1073
00:58:20,080 --> 00:58:24,480
Speaker 1: can't speak German. German, right, So yeah, so it was

1074
00:58:24,520 --> 00:58:27,720
Speaker 1: good though. The city was fantastic. The architecture is phenomenal,

1075
00:58:28,080 --> 00:58:30,360
Speaker 1: and we we enjoyed it. There was great and of

1076
00:58:30,360 --> 00:58:33,920
Speaker 1: course we played in Olympic Stadium and practiced on the

1077
00:58:33,960 --> 00:58:38,960
Speaker 1: mayfield where Hitler used to give those huge emotional speeches

1078
00:58:39,280 --> 00:58:41,520
Speaker 1: in front of all those people. It was. It was historic.

1079
00:58:41,960 --> 00:58:45,720
Speaker 1: And uh, it was just after the Berlin Wall came down.

1080
00:58:45,800 --> 00:58:48,560
Speaker 1: East Berlin had not even I mean it was a

1081
00:58:48,640 --> 00:58:52,720
Speaker 1: stark line at night where East Berlin and West Berlin

1082
00:58:52,800 --> 00:58:58,000
Speaker 1: met because East Berlin was dark and West Berlin was

1083
00:58:58,080 --> 00:59:01,920
Speaker 1: lit up like like Vegas, you know, huge difference. It

1084
00:59:01,960 --> 00:59:05,840
Speaker 1: was pretty neat. So I but if you're a car guy, yeah,

1085
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:09,680
Speaker 1: I could see Germany being a favorite place. That's a

1086
00:59:09,720 --> 00:59:12,840
Speaker 1: good story. That's a good story. Okay, I'm down one

1087
00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:15,080
Speaker 1: now because Brownie got that right, your down run? Yes,

1088
00:59:15,120 --> 00:59:19,320
Speaker 1: I sobody keeps score plays all right? Number three? True? False?

1089
00:59:19,440 --> 00:59:23,240
Speaker 1: Aside from twenty twenty, Okay, aside from this year, there

1090
00:59:23,280 --> 00:59:26,320
Speaker 1: has been an NFL game played on every day of

1091
00:59:26,360 --> 00:59:31,760
Speaker 1: the week. True or false? In this did you say

1092
00:59:31,760 --> 00:59:35,760
Speaker 1: in this calendar year with it? No? With without even

1093
00:59:35,760 --> 00:59:39,560
Speaker 1: thinking about twenty twenty? Oh okay, so the Tuesday game

1094
00:59:39,600 --> 00:59:43,160
Speaker 1: goes gets thrown out. I'm gonna say, I'm gonna say false.

1095
00:59:43,240 --> 00:59:45,360
Speaker 1: There has not been a game played on every day

1096
00:59:45,400 --> 00:59:49,320
Speaker 1: of the week in the NFL. Yeah, I'm going that

1097
00:59:49,360 --> 00:59:56,480
Speaker 1: way too. I'm saying false. It is true. The one

1098
00:59:56,520 --> 01:00:00,360
Speaker 1: Tuesday game was due to a Pennsylvania blizzard. This single

1099
01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:03,440
Speaker 1: Wednesday game was because the NFL moved to Washington, New

1100
01:00:03,520 --> 01:00:07,240
Speaker 1: York Thursday night season opener so it wouldn't overlap with

1101
01:00:07,360 --> 01:00:11,960
Speaker 1: John McCain's speech at the Republican Convention. The Friday games

1102
01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:15,240
Speaker 1: were either Christmas or New Year's related, with at least

1103
01:00:15,320 --> 01:00:18,200
Speaker 1: one of those occurring after being moved up a few

1104
01:00:18,280 --> 01:00:23,160
Speaker 1: days because of a hurricane. Okay, crazy, how about. That's

1105
01:00:23,160 --> 01:00:25,280
Speaker 1: a good get, Maddie, because I was trying to think.

1106
01:00:25,320 --> 01:00:27,680
Speaker 1: I was trying to think, like Wednesday game. I can't

1107
01:00:27,720 --> 01:00:29,600
Speaker 1: think of a game ever being played on a Wednesday.

1108
01:00:29,640 --> 01:00:35,240
Speaker 1: But then that season opening, I do not know what

1109
01:00:35,400 --> 01:00:37,600
Speaker 1: year that was in a lot of these are coming

1110
01:00:37,640 --> 01:00:40,840
Speaker 1: from an article that is the one hundred and one

1111
01:00:40,920 --> 01:00:46,360
Speaker 1: most amazing NFL facts that will blow your mind. It's yeah,

1112
01:00:46,400 --> 01:00:48,480
Speaker 1: that's a good one. All right, What do we got next?

1113
01:00:48,480 --> 01:00:54,000
Speaker 1: All right? Number four? John Brown only had two scholarship

1114
01:00:54,120 --> 01:00:59,160
Speaker 1: offers coming out of high school. Lets to remember he

1115
01:00:59,280 --> 01:01:05,000
Speaker 1: played at PI State. Yeah, oh, in Kansas, the Fighting Gorilla.

1116
01:01:05,240 --> 01:01:07,920
Speaker 1: He only had two offers coming out of high school.

1117
01:01:08,920 --> 01:01:12,880
Speaker 1: I'll stay true, I'll say true. I'm gonna say I'm

1118
01:01:12,920 --> 01:01:15,400
Speaker 1: gonna say false. I don't know if he even had

1119
01:01:18,120 --> 01:01:21,000
Speaker 1: I believe me because I can relate because I had zero.

1120
01:01:22,240 --> 01:01:27,040
Speaker 1: And then look at your career, Steve, look at you now. Hey, Now,

1121
01:01:27,360 --> 01:01:29,240
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say, because I can, I can relate to that.

1122
01:01:29,280 --> 01:01:31,440
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna say that's true. He probably do. Okay,

1123
01:01:32,440 --> 01:01:36,440
Speaker 1: he actually only had one, so it's false. He had

1124
01:01:36,720 --> 01:01:41,840
Speaker 1: one from mars Hill University. He attended three colleges before

1125
01:01:41,840 --> 01:01:44,200
Speaker 1: he went to the NFL. He went to Mars Hill

1126
01:01:44,280 --> 01:01:47,800
Speaker 1: Coffee Community College and then ended up at Pittsburgh State

1127
01:01:48,040 --> 01:01:52,560
Speaker 1: before he went to the NFL. That's Coffeeville Community Coffeeville. Yeah,

1128
01:01:52,600 --> 01:01:57,160
Speaker 1: that was from my cuts in Kansas, isn't it? States

1129
01:01:57,160 --> 01:02:01,000
Speaker 1: in Kansas and Coffeeville Community College is in the UM

1130
01:02:02,080 --> 01:02:06,760
Speaker 1: Kansas Junior Kansas Jayhawk Junior College Conference. I think that's right,

1131
01:02:06,880 --> 01:02:11,880
Speaker 1: along with Dodge City, Garden City, Butler County, Wow, Cali County.

1132
01:02:12,000 --> 01:02:14,160
Speaker 1: Look at this. We are getting this. We are getting

1133
01:02:14,200 --> 01:02:18,880
Speaker 1: the one on one version of the Jayhawk Junior College Conference.

1134
01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:23,200
Speaker 1: You can't get this anywhere else. Ross Lee, that's my colleague.

1135
01:02:23,200 --> 01:02:26,040
Speaker 1: That's that's where I played, man, that's where I played.

1136
01:02:26,080 --> 01:02:28,400
Speaker 1: Mars Hill. Dude, I couldn't have named that if you

1137
01:02:28,440 --> 01:02:32,440
Speaker 1: gave me a hundred guesses. There are more higher There

1138
01:02:32,440 --> 01:02:35,520
Speaker 1: are more institutions of higher learning in the state of

1139
01:02:35,640 --> 01:02:39,040
Speaker 1: Kansas per capita than any state in the Union because nobody. Yeah,

1140
01:02:39,040 --> 01:02:41,880
Speaker 1: it's because you don't have a high population though. Yeah right,

1141
01:02:41,960 --> 01:02:48,320
Speaker 1: but they got yeah, the Kansas Junior Kansas Jayhawk JUCO Conference. Okay,

1142
01:02:48,360 --> 01:02:51,280
Speaker 1: so yeah, you can say whatever you want, Steven, we'd

1143
01:02:51,280 --> 01:02:53,440
Speaker 1: have no choice but to believe you, so call it

1144
01:02:53,480 --> 01:02:56,880
Speaker 1: whatever you want. One quick fact, quick fact I played

1145
01:02:56,880 --> 01:02:59,440
Speaker 1: against I played against the junior college football team that

1146
01:02:59,520 --> 01:03:03,440
Speaker 1: had in they're running back backfield, Mel Gray, who was

1147
01:03:03,480 --> 01:03:06,640
Speaker 1: a future Lions on the great punt kick returns and

1148
01:03:06,720 --> 01:03:09,480
Speaker 1: his running mate in the backfield was Microsier a year

1149
01:03:09,480 --> 01:03:12,040
Speaker 1: and a half before he won the Heisman Trophy. Yeah,

1150
01:03:12,040 --> 01:03:16,160
Speaker 1: because he went to Nebraska after that. Yeah, they beat us, Yeah,

1151
01:03:16,400 --> 01:03:18,720
Speaker 1: I would. I would think you ever want any facts

1152
01:03:18,840 --> 01:03:23,120
Speaker 1: about Kansas community colleges, just as I'm your guy, Steve

1153
01:03:23,240 --> 01:03:26,880
Speaker 1: is your guy. Is your dictionary, your encyclopedia? About that?

1154
01:03:27,200 --> 01:03:32,480
Speaker 1: All right? Next? Rest? Yeah. The first major exclusive rights

1155
01:03:32,560 --> 01:03:35,959
Speaker 1: broadcast deal in the NFL was in nineteen sixty two.

1156
01:03:36,400 --> 01:03:40,080
Speaker 1: This is the key, like little tidbit here, nineteen sixty two,

1157
01:03:40,520 --> 01:03:44,960
Speaker 1: the deal was less than four million dollars. True or false?

1158
01:03:46,080 --> 01:03:49,720
Speaker 1: The first major exclusive rights broadcast deal in the NFL

1159
01:03:50,520 --> 01:03:54,640
Speaker 1: nineteen probably was less than four million. I think it's

1160
01:03:54,720 --> 01:03:57,320
Speaker 1: probably true you think about it. Back in sixty two,

1161
01:03:57,480 --> 01:04:02,480
Speaker 1: there was no there was no well AFL, NFL, So

1162
01:04:02,520 --> 01:04:05,680
Speaker 1: there's only like what twelve teams, ten teams in the NFL.

1163
01:04:05,760 --> 01:04:09,160
Speaker 1: Twelve teams in the NFL that'd be like, what about

1164
01:04:09,160 --> 01:04:16,120
Speaker 1: a half million bucks apiece? Right? Sounds about it? Right, Well,

1165
01:04:16,120 --> 01:04:19,120
Speaker 1: it's less I'm gonna say. I'm gonna say that. I

1166
01:04:19,240 --> 01:04:22,320
Speaker 1: say it's true. Would you would you put a number

1167
01:04:22,360 --> 01:04:24,480
Speaker 1: on it? What do you think it was? If you're

1168
01:04:24,520 --> 01:04:29,920
Speaker 1: saying it's less than four million, I would say, if

1169
01:04:29,960 --> 01:04:32,440
Speaker 1: there were twelve what do you think they were? Twelve teams? Brownie?

1170
01:04:32,520 --> 01:04:37,560
Speaker 1: That's my guess, probably around twelve. So you cut you

1171
01:04:37,640 --> 01:04:43,600
Speaker 1: cut that in two? Half is six and half again

1172
01:04:44,520 --> 01:04:48,280
Speaker 1: three talking about three, I would say, and change for

1173
01:04:48,360 --> 01:04:51,680
Speaker 1: each team, say like three point five million or something

1174
01:04:51,680 --> 01:04:54,320
Speaker 1: like three point seven million, something like that. Yeah, it's

1175
01:04:54,360 --> 01:04:58,640
Speaker 1: about right. And it doesn't cover the NFL championship. This

1176
01:04:58,720 --> 01:05:01,880
Speaker 1: deal did not cover the championship game. Yeah, i'd say

1177
01:05:01,920 --> 01:05:06,960
Speaker 1: three point five. Then, So, Steve, what are you saying.

1178
01:05:06,960 --> 01:05:11,479
Speaker 1: You're saying false? It wasn't four million, he's saying. He's

1179
01:05:11,520 --> 01:05:16,000
Speaker 1: saying false it was He's saying true, it was less

1180
01:05:16,040 --> 01:05:19,960
Speaker 1: than four million dollars. That is it less than four million?

1181
01:05:21,400 --> 01:05:23,400
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say false. I'm gonna say that's right on

1182
01:05:23,440 --> 01:05:29,080
Speaker 1: the number. About four million. Yeah, you know what, Brownie,

1183
01:05:29,120 --> 01:05:33,280
Speaker 1: you're killing this because it was four point six five million,

1184
01:05:33,600 --> 01:05:38,400
Speaker 1: just over four million. CBS was the name of the

1185
01:05:38,440 --> 01:05:42,480
Speaker 1: station that paid for the first exclusive right deal, and

1186
01:05:42,520 --> 01:05:46,600
Speaker 1: then NBC was the station that ended up acquiring the

1187
01:05:46,680 --> 01:05:50,800
Speaker 1: Super Bowl for just under one million dollars, which was

1188
01:05:50,800 --> 01:05:53,600
Speaker 1: about the fourth the cost of what it will take

1189
01:05:53,680 --> 01:05:57,320
Speaker 1: to buy a thirty second ad at Super Bowl for

1190
01:05:57,480 --> 01:06:01,200
Speaker 1: Super Bowl commercials nowadays. So you want the whole broadcast?

1191
01:06:01,240 --> 01:06:05,520
Speaker 1: Do you want thirty seconds? What do you want? Yeah? Yeah,

1192
01:06:05,320 --> 01:06:08,200
Speaker 1: the going right now is five million plus for a

1193
01:06:08,240 --> 01:06:10,960
Speaker 1: thirty second add on a Super Bowl. Gosh, all right, maddie,

1194
01:06:10,960 --> 01:06:14,160
Speaker 1: we've got time for one more question here. All right,

1195
01:06:14,200 --> 01:06:17,520
Speaker 1: we've got time for one more. Should we do a

1196
01:06:17,520 --> 01:06:20,560
Speaker 1: player one or an NFL one? Guys, give us the

1197
01:06:20,600 --> 01:06:25,320
Speaker 1: one you like the best, Okay, all right? True or false?

1198
01:06:25,760 --> 01:06:30,640
Speaker 1: There are two former quarterbacks who hold an undefeated record

1199
01:06:30,760 --> 01:06:36,760
Speaker 1: in the playoffs with at least two wins. Undefeated record

1200
01:06:36,760 --> 01:06:41,240
Speaker 1: in the playoffs with at least two wins? Is that

1201
01:06:41,360 --> 01:06:46,520
Speaker 1: true or false? Former quarterbacks undefeated record in the playoffs

1202
01:06:46,520 --> 01:06:51,480
Speaker 1: with at least two wins. I'm trying to think of twos.

1203
01:06:51,320 --> 01:06:57,320
Speaker 1: Its a really good questions to two wins? Oh, I'll say,

1204
01:06:57,520 --> 01:07:04,480
Speaker 1: I'll say true. I can think of least one, okay, one,

1205
01:07:07,320 --> 01:07:08,800
Speaker 1: you know what, I'll say, I know one. I know

1206
01:07:08,880 --> 01:07:11,560
Speaker 1: Frank's I'm gonna say false, it's only one, and it's

1207
01:07:11,600 --> 01:07:14,720
Speaker 1: Frank Reich because Frank in the year when when they

1208
01:07:14,760 --> 01:07:17,120
Speaker 1: got to the he did the comeback game and then

1209
01:07:17,160 --> 01:07:19,680
Speaker 1: he beat Pittsburgh and then Jim won of the championship games.

1210
01:07:19,680 --> 01:07:24,840
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna say there's one Frank Reich. One man,

1211
01:07:24,960 --> 01:07:28,600
Speaker 1: there's just too many quarterbacks to run through to even know,

1212
01:07:32,400 --> 01:07:35,400
Speaker 1: because I was thinking Bradshaw, but he's probably been to

1213
01:07:35,480 --> 01:07:37,520
Speaker 1: playoffs also and not made it all the way and

1214
01:07:37,560 --> 01:07:40,400
Speaker 1: probably lost somewhere. Steve I can't. He probably doesn't have

1215
01:07:40,400 --> 01:07:44,720
Speaker 1: an undefined really good question. I can't. But then so

1216
01:07:44,760 --> 01:07:46,640
Speaker 1: then I'm thinking, well, maybe there's a guy that only

1217
01:07:46,640 --> 01:07:48,560
Speaker 1: went to the playoffs once, you know, like somebody like

1218
01:07:48,600 --> 01:07:51,880
Speaker 1: Trent Dilford. You know, I can't think about it. The

1219
01:07:52,200 --> 01:07:54,480
Speaker 1: Steelers went to four Super Bowls, but there were two

1220
01:07:54,560 --> 01:07:56,320
Speaker 1: years they didn't go between them and they were in

1221
01:07:56,360 --> 01:08:00,160
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Yeah, so now I'm wondering if they're there's

1222
01:08:00,160 --> 01:08:03,000
Speaker 1: a guy like, you know, Brad Johnson who went all

1223
01:08:03,040 --> 01:08:07,080
Speaker 1: the way with the Bucks, and then Neil O'Donnell. Well, yeah,

1224
01:08:07,120 --> 01:08:10,560
Speaker 1: but he lost to the Cowboys. So I'm gonna say,

1225
01:08:10,640 --> 01:08:17,479
Speaker 1: you got Brad Johnson, and I'm gonna say Trent Dilfer,

1226
01:08:18,600 --> 01:08:21,479
Speaker 1: And I'm gonna I'm gonna go against you, Steve. I'm

1227
01:08:21,479 --> 01:08:23,400
Speaker 1: gonna roll the dice here because I can't lose the

1228
01:08:23,400 --> 01:08:25,400
Speaker 1: game anyway. I'm too far ahead of you. Brad Johnson.

1229
01:08:25,400 --> 01:08:27,439
Speaker 1: Trent Dilfer is a good guest. Yeah, So I'm gonna

1230
01:08:27,560 --> 01:08:29,439
Speaker 1: So what am I saying here, Maddie? I think there

1231
01:08:29,479 --> 01:08:32,639
Speaker 1: are two? So I have to say you're saying true.

1232
01:08:32,840 --> 01:08:36,400
Speaker 1: You're saying true. You think there are two? Yeah, stevens

1233
01:08:36,439 --> 01:08:40,360
Speaker 1: saying false. There's only one. And according to this article

1234
01:08:40,640 --> 01:08:44,360
Speaker 1: and the fact check that I did, there is only

1235
01:08:44,439 --> 01:08:48,679
Speaker 1: one quarterback, And you are correct, Steve. It's Frank Bryke

1236
01:08:48,720 --> 01:08:51,400
Speaker 1: who went two and oh in relief of Jim Kelly

1237
01:08:51,400 --> 01:08:54,479
Speaker 1: in nineteen ninety three and helped pull off the biggest

1238
01:08:54,520 --> 01:08:57,920
Speaker 1: comeback of all time. He also did that in college

1239
01:08:58,000 --> 01:09:02,679
Speaker 1: at Maryland, So that's kind of not fair, Steve. That's

1240
01:09:02,760 --> 01:09:04,880
Speaker 1: that's a little bit of a ringer question for you

1241
01:09:06,800 --> 01:09:10,320
Speaker 1: freaking teammates. For God to say, it took me a

1242
01:09:10,320 --> 01:09:13,559
Speaker 1: minute to find Frank. I forgot about Frank until I

1243
01:09:13,600 --> 01:09:15,920
Speaker 1: was oh, yeah, that's right, So there you go. Yeah,

1244
01:09:16,040 --> 01:09:17,920
Speaker 1: that was It would be something like that though. You

1245
01:09:17,920 --> 01:09:19,920
Speaker 1: think about it now, Why I wonder what Trent Dilford

1246
01:09:19,920 --> 01:09:21,880
Speaker 1: did he go to the playoffs with another team and lose.

1247
01:09:22,479 --> 01:09:25,439
Speaker 1: He must have, yeah, he must have. And Brad Johnson

1248
01:09:25,520 --> 01:09:27,679
Speaker 1: same thing. Yeah, he must have lost a playoff game

1249
01:09:27,680 --> 01:09:30,160
Speaker 1: at the Vikings or something. He played for a bunch

1250
01:09:30,200 --> 01:09:35,040
Speaker 1: of teams. Yeah, I get it. Yeah, well those are good.

1251
01:09:35,240 --> 01:09:38,120
Speaker 1: Yeah man, you really think my brain's hurting now after

1252
01:09:38,160 --> 01:09:40,640
Speaker 1: all of that. But it was fun. So thanks very

1253
01:09:40,720 --> 01:09:43,160
Speaker 1: much for that, Maddie. That was a good game to play,

1254
01:09:43,360 --> 01:09:46,880
Speaker 1: especially right before we only goted like half of um

1255
01:09:47,240 --> 01:09:51,799
Speaker 1: I know, got to do this again. Yeah, all right, Maddie,

1256
01:09:51,800 --> 01:09:54,559
Speaker 1: thanks for the time and uh enjoy the time off.

1257
01:09:54,600 --> 01:09:58,040
Speaker 1: We will catch up with you early next week. You

1258
01:09:58,080 --> 01:10:02,000
Speaker 1: guys too, Have a good Thursday Friday off. Happy bye week, everybody,

1259
01:10:02,040 --> 01:10:04,360
Speaker 1: that's happy bye week. Indeed, all right, that's our colleague

1260
01:10:04,360 --> 01:10:07,680
Speaker 1: Maddy Glab helping us out with a special version of

1261
01:10:07,800 --> 01:10:10,320
Speaker 1: NFL True Falls, brought to you by Yancy's Fancy New

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01:10:10,400 --> 01:10:12,680
Speaker 1: York's artist and cheese Steve and I are back in

1263
01:10:12,680 --> 01:10:14,400
Speaker 1: a moment. We'll take your phone calls at eight oh

1264
01:10:14,479 --> 01:10:17,080
Speaker 1: three five fifty as the mail bag is open, and

1265
01:10:17,160 --> 01:10:19,679
Speaker 1: we'll check the tweet sheet as well for your questions

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Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio. Back to one Bills Live. Chris Brown,

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you and joined now by senior producer

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Speaker 1: from NFL Films, also the host of the ESPN NFL

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Speaker 1: Matchup show, Greg co Sell, making his weekly visit a

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Speaker 1: little bit earlier than usual on a Wednesday because we

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Speaker 1: don't have a show on Thursday or Friday. We're out

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Speaker 1: of here for the bye week. But Greg, we are

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Speaker 1: going to spend a very short amount of time on

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals Bills game because I don't know if fans

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Speaker 1: want to hear about it anymore in light of the

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Speaker 1: way it ended. But I did want though it was

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Speaker 1: a great game. I do want to get your thoughts

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Speaker 1: though on that final drive by Josh and the offense

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Speaker 1: where Cole Beasley pretty much put the team on his

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Speaker 1: back after John Brown had gone out with an ankle injury. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: Diggs made the big catch at the end, but just

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Speaker 1: the the exploits of one Cole Beasley specifically Greg just

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Speaker 1: from what you see on film from him, and the

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Speaker 1: freedom to improvise on his routes. Yeah, well, he's he's

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Speaker 1: one of those guys that's just so good working out

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Speaker 1: of the slot. I don't know. You guys may know more.

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Speaker 1: It's always tough to tell watching tape what kind of

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Speaker 1: freedom you have on on routes that are quote unquote

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Speaker 1: option or choice routes. Steve you may know that better

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Speaker 1: than I. But he is so good at working against

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Speaker 1: the leverage of those slot corners and then either breaking

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Speaker 1: outside or breaking inside. My guess is he does have freedom,

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Speaker 1: and obviously that takes time with the quarterback to to

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Speaker 1: understand how that's going to work because you have to

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Speaker 1: read the same thing. But he is so good at that.

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Speaker 1: He had one I can't remember which one was where

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Speaker 1: he literally stopped on a dime and broke outside, and

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Speaker 1: that's his game. I mean, obviously the touchdown, I believe

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Speaker 1: that was man coverage and I believe Peterson was on

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Speaker 1: him and Peterson kind of passed him on thinking maybe

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Speaker 1: someone was going to cut his route, but no one did,

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Speaker 1: so that theoretically was a bust. But but Beasley is

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Speaker 1: a fun guy to watch. He just has such a

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Speaker 1: great feel and such a great understanding of the leverage

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Speaker 1: of the defenders. Now, before we get to the final drive,

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Speaker 1: I want to hear your thoughts on how effective they

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Speaker 1: were and Beasley and Steph Diggs coming through in a

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Speaker 1: big way. The one thing I want. I know you

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Speaker 1: don't look at the games in the terms I'm about

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Speaker 1: to put him, but the Bills have been accused by

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Speaker 1: their fans, and it's it's born out in the statistics

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Speaker 1: of coming out after halftime and stinking the place up

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Speaker 1: in offense. They can they cannot their halftime adjustments either

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Speaker 1: plus or minus or whatever. They can't move it. They

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Speaker 1: know they did score third quarter touch down with about

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Speaker 1: nine minutes to go in the third quarter this week,

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Speaker 1: but they have really taken a bath in the point

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Speaker 1: differential in the third quarter. Do you have any thoughts

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Speaker 1: on that? Is, why do you notice anything? I mean,

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Speaker 1: I don't necessarily look at games like that, so it's

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Speaker 1: hard for me to really have an answer for that,

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Speaker 1: you know, So it's it's yeah, I really don't, Steve,

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Speaker 1: I wish I did, obviously, it's something you want to

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Speaker 1: work on because that first drive of the third quarter

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Speaker 1: is viewed by pretty much every coach as really important,

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Speaker 1: particularly if you're getting the ball first. But I don't

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Speaker 1: have any tactical reason as to why that's the case.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about that final drive. The Bills

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Speaker 1: came through it. They needed it. I mean, the the

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Speaker 1: what a great drive it was. I mean, they converted

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Speaker 1: on a bunch of third downs. Cole Beasley was enormous

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Speaker 1: in that drive. And of course Steph Diggs. That last

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Speaker 1: throw by Josh to Steph Diggs from the angle we

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Speaker 1: were watching, that was a big time throw, big time throw.

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Speaker 1: I mean it was kind of it was almost like

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Speaker 1: a combination, almost like Evan you know, sale corner route.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I wasn't exactly sure how they would call

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Speaker 1: that route, but I mean he beat Peterson. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Alan made an excellent throw. Because one thing I look

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Speaker 1: at on throws like that is when the quarterback starts

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Speaker 1: his delivery, because you don't have a lot of time.

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Speaker 1: You can't wait to see what Diggs is going to

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Speaker 1: do there. Otherwise you're going to throw it to him

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Speaker 1: four yards at a bounds. So he starts his delivery

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Speaker 1: and you know this, Steve, he starts his delivery before

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Speaker 1: he even breaks And obviously, if you're throwing it to

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Speaker 1: the sideline, you're not worried about the interception. But that

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Speaker 1: was just a big time throw and a really good catch,

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Speaker 1: you know, to me on a play like that, taking

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Speaker 1: nothing away from Steph Diggs. So I did a piece

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Speaker 1: on in the Matchup show last week, and I think

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Speaker 1: is a great, great receiver. I think that play is

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Speaker 1: made more by the throw. I don't think there's a

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Speaker 1: lot of room for a throw like that, and you've

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Speaker 1: got to put it right there. Yeah, And Brian Davile,

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Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator, actually said that was a play that

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Speaker 1: they had only put in on Thursday leading up to

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Speaker 1: that game. They ran it to the other side of

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Speaker 1: the field, and they ran it against a different coverage

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Speaker 1: than he said that they got in practice, but he

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Speaker 1: said it worked for them well on Thursday, so they

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Speaker 1: decided to put it in and lo and behold it

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Speaker 1: becomes the past that many thought won the game for him. Well,

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Speaker 1: it's funny you say that because that coverage I'm almost

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Speaker 1: positive was Cover one, which is man coverage with a

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Speaker 1: single high safety if I remember the play, and I'm

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Speaker 1: not looking at it right now obviously who were speaking,

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Speaker 1: but it would strike me that when he said they

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Speaker 1: put it in for a different coverage, I think that

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Speaker 1: was a play you'd probably put in for zone because

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Speaker 1: I think it had a smash concept to it, Steve

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Speaker 1: if I if I correctly, they were nath so they

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Speaker 1: probably put it in more as a zone concept, which

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Speaker 1: is why when I saw it, I was trying to

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Speaker 1: exactly figure out what the route was, because that would

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Speaker 1: be my guess it was put into attack zone. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Diggs was the inside of a cluster formation tied to

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Speaker 1: the line, and and it's kind of irrelevant what those

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Speaker 1: other outside guys did because if it was a cover zero,

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Speaker 1: everything changes anyway. But you're right that Diggs was probably

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Speaker 1: not the guy they thought was going to get that

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Speaker 1: ball because it was a one by three set, meaning

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Speaker 1: that they were three wide receivers to the field and

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Speaker 1: the tight end was a nub tight end, a line

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Speaker 1: of scrimmage tight end on the other side. So you're right,

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Speaker 1: Diggs was the inside slot to trips. We saw Greg

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Speaker 1: that coach McDermott recognized it as a bye week priority

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Speaker 1: to address he feels they need more consistent production in

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Speaker 1: the run game. I think he's I think he fully

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Speaker 1: believes that, you know, the identity of this offense is

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Speaker 1: Josh in the passing game. But it's clear that he

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Speaker 1: wants a little more balance to their offense and he

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Speaker 1: feels that they do not have it right now. Going

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Speaker 1: into the bye, they've been a more successful team running

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Speaker 1: to the left then to the right. Their line's been

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Speaker 1: in flux from guard to guard all season long. What

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Speaker 1: would you say they're trying to uncover there to give

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Speaker 1: them answers to be more productive. Well, I'd answer this

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Speaker 1: question two ways. I'll start with the idea as to

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Speaker 1: and why I think they need to run more. I

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Speaker 1: think Josh Allen is really improving. I think he has

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Speaker 1: a chance to be special. But if you look at

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Speaker 1: the last two weeks, one was a victory, one was

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Speaker 1: a loss. He's been under a lot of durest. I

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Speaker 1: mean he was consistently under durest versus the Cards. Their

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Speaker 1: multiple pressure schemes had an impact. I thought on the

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Speaker 1: overall efficiency of Allen in the past game, and we

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Speaker 1: saw the week before, I believe wasn't he sacks seven times? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: And I know on the season, Greg, they've been blitzed

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Speaker 1: the third mode at the third highest rate all season long.

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Speaker 1: So it's not just that you want to run, and

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Speaker 1: we'll talk about that in a sack, but it's very

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Speaker 1: difficult no matter how special your quarterback is. And we

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Speaker 1: know that Josh can be just really special, making plays

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Speaker 1: outside of structure, improvising, beating pressure, getting away from the

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Speaker 1: pass rush. He can do all those things. But it's

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Speaker 1: a true mendous burden on both your offensive line and

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Speaker 1: just your offense as a whole to have your quarterback

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Speaker 1: drop back forty forty five fifty times on a weekly basis.

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Speaker 1: It's too hard in this league to do that and

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Speaker 1: be consistent. So now the run game, I guess in

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Speaker 1: a bye week what you have to decide And this

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Speaker 1: is why I would view it. I'm not a coach,

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Speaker 1: but I think you have to decide Number one, your

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Speaker 1: offensive line, how you feel the best block. Are they

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Speaker 1: best in the zone run game? Are they best in

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Speaker 1: the gap scheme run game? What do you want your

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Speaker 1: foundation to be? Not every run is the same run,

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Speaker 1: no matter what you think you're best at, but you'd

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Speaker 1: like to have a foundation that you feel, hey, we

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Speaker 1: can line up and we feel good that let's say

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Speaker 1: it's going to be the zone run game, Chris to

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Speaker 1: the left. If that's our foundation, we want to feel that, hey,

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Speaker 1: when we line up and call that, we can get

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Speaker 1: four or five yards, you know, and maybe once in

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Speaker 1: a while you get eight or nine, and once in

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Speaker 1: a while you get twenty. So you have to decide,

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Speaker 1: based on your personnel and your scheme what's best and

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Speaker 1: then start there and then work off that. But I

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Speaker 1: really believe, as they do from what you just said,

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Speaker 1: that they need more volume in the run game and

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Speaker 1: more productivity in the run game. Can you give us

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Speaker 1: a rundown starting with I don't know if you can.

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Speaker 1: You know the names off the top of your head,

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Speaker 1: Dion Dawkins, Cody Ford, Mitch Morris, Brian Winners, Daryl Williams,

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Speaker 1: all these good time to Secky, Brian Bates r. Butker,

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Speaker 1: give us a rundown on where you see these guys

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Speaker 1: falling into the talent level of where they should be,

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Speaker 1: whore because they've been shuffled so many times that it's

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Speaker 1: hard for us. Yeah, it's hard for us to even

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Speaker 1: get a handle on who plays well because we don't

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Speaker 1: know if they're playing well because they're in a new

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Speaker 1: position or an old position. And I'm not going to

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Speaker 1: sit here and tell you that I chart each offensive

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Speaker 1: line mun on every place, so I'm not going to

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Speaker 1: try to say anything I don't know. I think that

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Speaker 1: the shuffling of an old line definitely hurts your run game.

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Speaker 1: You know this, Steve, because what's the old line about?

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Speaker 1: The old line is about cohesion and unity, you know,

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Speaker 1: particularly in as own run game, where everybody has to

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Speaker 1: work together. You know, you work to the first level

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Speaker 1: and climb to the second level. That's all about cohesive,

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Speaker 1: you know, synchronization, working together. You know. I think in

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Speaker 1: the gap scheme run game, which is you know, a

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Speaker 1: man concept, it's a little different because you have the

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Speaker 1: double team to play side and ideally you can move people.

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Speaker 1: So maybe that's their best run. But I can't sit

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Speaker 1: here in all honesty and tell you how each guy

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Speaker 1: has played. But the number one thing and hopefully injuries

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Speaker 1: don't become a factor going forward. Hopefully there's no COVID

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Speaker 1: issues and they can get the five coming back from

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Speaker 1: the bye that they want to play going down the stretch.

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Speaker 1: Talking to Greg co Sale, senior producer of NFL Films

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Speaker 1: and Greg Two players on the defensive side of the

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01:20:46,160 --> 01:20:48,200
Speaker 1: ball for the Bills that have come under fire from

1477
01:20:48,240 --> 01:20:51,720
Speaker 1: fans are two former first round draft choices in Ed

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01:20:51,760 --> 01:20:55,760
Speaker 1: Oliver and Tremaine Edmonds. They don't see those two players

1479
01:20:55,760 --> 01:20:59,360
Speaker 1: making the same kind of splash plays that they made

1480
01:20:59,360 --> 01:21:03,000
Speaker 1: from times a time last season. Some people have attributed

1481
01:21:03,040 --> 01:21:04,680
Speaker 1: it to the fact that you know you're missing a

1482
01:21:04,720 --> 01:21:08,920
Speaker 1: player like star Latulalay to create better first level defending

1483
01:21:09,200 --> 01:21:12,000
Speaker 1: to help Edmunds be free to run and hit. Other

1484
01:21:12,040 --> 01:21:15,760
Speaker 1: people are saying the gap integrity is not consistent enough

1485
01:21:15,760 --> 01:21:17,920
Speaker 1: and that's forcing Edmonds to cover up for some other

1486
01:21:17,960 --> 01:21:20,320
Speaker 1: people's mistakes at the second level, and that's why he's

1487
01:21:20,400 --> 01:21:23,320
Speaker 1: late to tackles. What have you seen from those two

1488
01:21:23,360 --> 01:21:27,599
Speaker 1: players specifically? I can't believe you just asked me that, Chris,

1489
01:21:27,640 --> 01:21:30,360
Speaker 1: because I'm gonna read. I take really copious notes when

1490
01:21:30,360 --> 01:21:33,599
Speaker 1: I watched these games. So here's two things I typed

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01:21:33,840 --> 01:21:37,599
Speaker 1: back to back watching the Bills tape. I said, Bills

1492
01:21:37,680 --> 01:21:42,160
Speaker 1: d tackled struggle to control, stalemate, displace, and win at

1493
01:21:42,160 --> 01:21:44,040
Speaker 1: the point of the attack. In the run game. They

1494
01:21:44,080 --> 01:21:46,479
Speaker 1: did not make plays at the line of scrimmage and

1495
01:21:46,560 --> 01:21:49,800
Speaker 1: Oliver fits right into that. And the second thing I

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01:21:49,840 --> 01:21:52,719
Speaker 1: typed was my sense watching the tape was that Edmonds

1497
01:21:52,720 --> 01:21:54,960
Speaker 1: did not have a strong game. He was blocked too

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01:21:55,040 --> 01:21:57,639
Speaker 1: often on run plays. He did not read and avoid

1499
01:21:57,680 --> 01:22:00,960
Speaker 1: to be in position to make plays or physically defeat blocks.

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01:22:01,280 --> 01:22:04,960
Speaker 1: So I think what you just said is fair. Certainly

1501
01:22:05,000 --> 01:22:08,400
Speaker 1: in this game. That's certainly been true of Oliver throughout

1502
01:22:08,439 --> 01:22:11,280
Speaker 1: the season. And in fact, I think their D line,

1503
01:22:11,320 --> 01:22:15,000
Speaker 1: their D tackles in particular, to me, have really struggled

1504
01:22:15,000 --> 01:22:17,000
Speaker 1: to control the point of attack in the run game,

1505
01:22:17,160 --> 01:22:19,680
Speaker 1: and I think that's something that they need to get

1506
01:22:19,680 --> 01:22:21,760
Speaker 1: a handle on during the bye week as well. Can

1507
01:22:21,800 --> 01:22:24,760
Speaker 1: you conversations we've had, Is this go ahead, Chris? Yeah,

1508
01:22:24,760 --> 01:22:26,360
Speaker 1: I just want to follow up real quick, Steve, just

1509
01:22:26,400 --> 01:22:29,640
Speaker 1: with respect to switching gaps. You know, if you have

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01:22:29,720 --> 01:22:33,040
Speaker 1: a gap swap, can you just kind of break that

1511
01:22:33,120 --> 01:22:36,760
Speaker 1: down so fans can kind of understand what's involved there

1512
01:22:36,960 --> 01:22:42,000
Speaker 1: between a defensive lineman and maybe a linebacker. Well, and

1513
01:22:42,320 --> 01:22:44,719
Speaker 1: that all depends then on how you map out your fronts.

1514
01:22:45,560 --> 01:22:50,400
Speaker 1: Sometimes you just play it straight and the linebacker there's

1515
01:22:50,400 --> 01:22:52,200
Speaker 1: only a certain number of gaps as you guys know.

1516
01:22:52,600 --> 01:22:55,800
Speaker 1: So in a run defense, everybody has a gap. That's

1517
01:22:55,800 --> 01:22:58,839
Speaker 1: what they call gap integrity. Now you can switch gaps,

1518
01:22:59,040 --> 01:23:02,080
Speaker 1: so in other words, a defensive lineman can slant and

1519
01:23:02,200 --> 01:23:04,680
Speaker 1: go from one gap to another gap, and then the

1520
01:23:04,760 --> 01:23:08,920
Speaker 1: linebacker behind him takes the initial gap that the defensive

1521
01:23:08,960 --> 01:23:12,280
Speaker 1: lineman might have been lined up in. So all that stuff.

1522
01:23:12,280 --> 01:23:14,200
Speaker 1: It's we just spoke about the zone run game and

1523
01:23:14,200 --> 01:23:16,840
Speaker 1: how there has to be synchronization with offensive lineman. There

1524
01:23:16,840 --> 01:23:20,439
Speaker 1: has to be synchronization as well with your defensive line

1525
01:23:20,439 --> 01:23:23,040
Speaker 1: and your linebackers, whether they're playing it straight up and

1526
01:23:23,080 --> 01:23:26,680
Speaker 1: they've got clearly defined gaps that stay the same, or

1527
01:23:26,680 --> 01:23:29,960
Speaker 1: whether there's switching of gaps. But keep one thing in mind,

1528
01:23:30,280 --> 01:23:33,920
Speaker 1: and this is where teams struggle. Gaps are fluid when

1529
01:23:33,920 --> 01:23:37,120
Speaker 1: the ball is snapped, because you can have gaps, but

1530
01:23:37,160 --> 01:23:41,719
Speaker 1: then the offense runs a play and then gaps become fluid.

1531
01:23:41,960 --> 01:23:45,120
Speaker 1: You've got to move your gaps with the play, so

1532
01:23:45,320 --> 01:23:47,719
Speaker 1: you know, if it's his own run, you're not just saying, Okay,

1533
01:23:47,760 --> 01:23:50,000
Speaker 1: I've got this gap and I'm staying right here. And

1534
01:23:50,040 --> 01:23:51,960
Speaker 1: that's where a lot of teams get into trouble. I

1535
01:23:52,080 --> 01:23:55,559
Speaker 1: learned this from a defensive coordinator who's since passed away,

1536
01:23:55,680 --> 01:23:58,720
Speaker 1: who coached for fifty years named Rod Rust. I'm sure

1537
01:23:58,760 --> 01:24:00,880
Speaker 1: you've heard of him, you know, to come watch tape

1538
01:24:00,880 --> 01:24:02,759
Speaker 1: with me and he taught me so much about defense,

1539
01:24:03,120 --> 01:24:06,240
Speaker 1: and he explained the whole concept of gap fluidity and

1540
01:24:06,360 --> 01:24:09,720
Speaker 1: how that can really at times screw up the you know,

1541
01:24:09,800 --> 01:24:13,880
Speaker 1: defensive lines and linebackers. One of the things that the

1542
01:24:14,200 --> 01:24:16,400
Speaker 1: defense has. One of the guys who have played better

1543
01:24:16,439 --> 01:24:18,960
Speaker 1: than probably they did a year ago. Maybe a few

1544
01:24:18,960 --> 01:24:22,639
Speaker 1: guys defensively for the Bills have been Jordan Poyer. Got

1545
01:24:22,640 --> 01:24:25,160
Speaker 1: a ton of tackles, got you know, got a couple

1546
01:24:25,200 --> 01:24:28,040
Speaker 1: of sacks, got a couple of interceptions. They've really he

1547
01:24:28,120 --> 01:24:30,639
Speaker 1: has really elevated his game. And perhaps it's a good

1548
01:24:30,640 --> 01:24:33,360
Speaker 1: thing he has because of, you know the fact that

1549
01:24:34,120 --> 01:24:39,320
Speaker 1: upfront it things have changed. So what about Poyer and

1550
01:24:39,360 --> 01:24:42,200
Speaker 1: how do Poyer and Hide and those guys give us

1551
01:24:42,200 --> 01:24:44,920
Speaker 1: an insight as to how they're playing. I love Jordan

1552
01:24:44,960 --> 01:24:49,000
Speaker 1: Poyer's tape, love his tape. I think he plays down

1553
01:24:49,040 --> 01:24:52,599
Speaker 1: in the box more than Hide. But they are interchangeable players.

1554
01:24:52,800 --> 01:24:54,920
Speaker 1: My guess is that's all based on the front. I'm

1555
01:24:54,960 --> 01:24:57,200
Speaker 1: sure Leslie Fraser would say that it's all based on

1556
01:24:57,240 --> 01:24:59,599
Speaker 1: the front as to who plays down and who plays

1557
01:25:00,200 --> 01:25:02,160
Speaker 1: on the back end when they're in single high safety.

1558
01:25:02,400 --> 01:25:05,040
Speaker 1: But it seems to me, just from watching without charting,

1559
01:25:05,040 --> 01:25:07,599
Speaker 1: that Poyer plays down in the box more and he's

1560
01:25:07,920 --> 01:25:11,439
Speaker 1: extremely versatile. See. I think he's a complete safety. And

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01:25:11,960 --> 01:25:15,200
Speaker 1: you know, it's funny you watch tape and you know this, Steve,

1562
01:25:15,240 --> 01:25:17,639
Speaker 1: when you watch tape and you see things, and then

1563
01:25:17,640 --> 01:25:19,680
Speaker 1: you make a statement that the fan who doesn't watch

1564
01:25:19,720 --> 01:25:22,920
Speaker 1: tape things is bold and controvertial. I think Jordan Poyer

1565
01:25:23,000 --> 01:25:25,120
Speaker 1: is a better player than Jamal Adams. I think Jordan

1566
01:25:25,160 --> 01:25:27,720
Speaker 1: Poyer is a very complete safety. He can pretty much

1567
01:25:27,760 --> 01:25:30,200
Speaker 1: do anything. You can line him up in the box.

1568
01:25:30,360 --> 01:25:32,519
Speaker 1: He can play the run, he can blitz, he can

1569
01:25:32,560 --> 01:25:35,639
Speaker 1: play on the back end. He's incredibly savvy and aware.

1570
01:25:36,000 --> 01:25:37,800
Speaker 1: I think he's you know, again, I don't I'm not

1571
01:25:37,840 --> 01:25:40,400
Speaker 1: a list guy, so I don't sit here and ranked players,

1572
01:25:40,400 --> 01:25:42,360
Speaker 1: you know, one to five or one to ten. But

1573
01:25:42,479 --> 01:25:45,400
Speaker 1: to me, there can't be many more safeties playing better

1574
01:25:45,439 --> 01:25:48,040
Speaker 1: than Jordan Poyer is right now. Last one for me,

1575
01:25:48,680 --> 01:25:52,120
Speaker 1: Greg is the rookie seventh round pick who has been

1576
01:25:52,160 --> 01:25:54,519
Speaker 1: thrust into the lineup a couple of times this season

1577
01:25:54,600 --> 01:25:57,240
Speaker 1: for them at the cornerback position. Had to be put

1578
01:25:57,280 --> 01:25:59,519
Speaker 1: into the starting lineup this week because if yeah, guy's

1579
01:25:59,560 --> 01:26:02,800
Speaker 1: going on the COVID reserveless Dane Jackson. He's played in

1580
01:26:02,840 --> 01:26:05,479
Speaker 1: four games, Greg, He's had to start two of them,

1581
01:26:05,840 --> 01:26:08,880
Speaker 1: and he's got an interception and a fumble recovery in

1582
01:26:08,920 --> 01:26:12,920
Speaker 1: those two starts, and I thought his coverage was pretty

1583
01:26:13,000 --> 01:26:15,920
Speaker 1: darn good. I mean I remember distinctly a play in

1584
01:26:15,960 --> 01:26:18,160
Speaker 1: the end zone where he's covering Hopkins. Yes, and he

1585
01:26:18,200 --> 01:26:20,679
Speaker 1: broke that up. So I know there isn't a lot

1586
01:26:20,680 --> 01:26:23,040
Speaker 1: of tape on him, but just your initial thoughts on

1587
01:26:23,400 --> 01:26:26,800
Speaker 1: the rookie Dane Jackson, Well, it's funny you mentioned that

1588
01:26:26,920 --> 01:26:29,600
Speaker 1: because this was a game. See, as you guys know,

1589
01:26:29,680 --> 01:26:33,280
Speaker 1: Tredavious White has predominantly been the boundary corner. They've not

1590
01:26:33,600 --> 01:26:36,479
Speaker 1: necessarily used him as a matchup corner much of this year.

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01:26:36,800 --> 01:26:39,479
Speaker 1: This game they matched him up more. But here's the

1592
01:26:39,520 --> 01:26:41,840
Speaker 1: play you were speaking about. This game, they matched him

1593
01:26:41,920 --> 01:26:45,360
Speaker 1: up more to Hopkins, but there were snaps where Jackson

1594
01:26:45,479 --> 01:26:49,160
Speaker 1: was matched man to man on Hopkins, and the play

1595
01:26:49,240 --> 01:26:51,200
Speaker 1: we just saw on the end zone was a great

1596
01:26:51,240 --> 01:26:54,439
Speaker 1: example that they let him go one on one with

1597
01:26:54,479 --> 01:26:56,760
Speaker 1: no help at all on what they knew was going

1598
01:26:56,800 --> 01:26:59,240
Speaker 1: to be a throw to Hopkins. I actually think he's

1599
01:26:59,280 --> 01:27:01,640
Speaker 1: played well now. I don't know what their plan is

1600
01:27:02,000 --> 01:27:05,280
Speaker 1: when I guess Wallace and Norman are on the COVID list,

1601
01:27:05,320 --> 01:27:07,400
Speaker 1: so I don't know what their plan is after the buy,

1602
01:27:07,520 --> 01:27:10,599
Speaker 1: assuming both guys come back. But I agree with you, Chris,

1603
01:27:10,600 --> 01:27:15,280
Speaker 1: I think Jackson's tape has been pretty good. Well, Greg,

1604
01:27:15,560 --> 01:27:19,280
Speaker 1: last thing for me as this, you know, season rolls

1605
01:27:19,280 --> 01:27:22,080
Speaker 1: to a close and we get closer and closer to

1606
01:27:22,120 --> 01:27:23,880
Speaker 1: the end of it, and these, you know, the divisions

1607
01:27:23,960 --> 01:27:26,200
Speaker 1: tighten up. Is there a team that you have seen

1608
01:27:26,320 --> 01:27:29,640
Speaker 1: on tape that has set, you know, from where they

1609
01:27:29,320 --> 01:27:33,080
Speaker 1: started or where they're headed, with an extra playoff team

1610
01:27:33,200 --> 01:27:36,040
Speaker 1: that maybe will come out of nowhere, maybe to get

1611
01:27:36,040 --> 01:27:37,840
Speaker 1: into the playoffs, or maybe when a divisioned that kind

1612
01:27:37,840 --> 01:27:41,040
Speaker 1: of thing, well just to stay in your division. I

1613
01:27:41,400 --> 01:27:44,439
Speaker 1: think the Dolphins are fascinating, and of course everybody wants

1614
01:27:44,479 --> 01:27:47,519
Speaker 1: to talk about too, but I think their defense is

1615
01:27:47,640 --> 01:27:53,040
Speaker 1: really fascinating right now. And the way that Brian Flores

1616
01:27:53,080 --> 01:27:56,000
Speaker 1: has decided to use pressure schemes, the way he's decided

1617
01:27:56,040 --> 01:27:58,320
Speaker 1: to use zero blitz the way he's lined up now

1618
01:27:58,320 --> 01:28:00,880
Speaker 1: when Amba fronts and you don't who's coming and who's

1619
01:28:00,920 --> 01:28:04,040
Speaker 1: dropping out. This week, four times I believe he lined

1620
01:28:04,120 --> 01:28:08,240
Speaker 1: up with eight defensive backs on the field on third down. There.

1621
01:28:08,320 --> 01:28:12,000
Speaker 1: They're a fascinating team to watch and two as a

1622
01:28:12,040 --> 01:28:16,160
Speaker 1: ball distributor. Their offense is kind of efficient, it's not

1623
01:28:16,280 --> 01:28:20,840
Speaker 1: necessarily explosive, but their defense is really fascinating and fun

1624
01:28:20,880 --> 01:28:22,960
Speaker 1: to watch for someone like me who loves all the

1625
01:28:22,960 --> 01:28:25,880
Speaker 1: tactical elements of the game. So they're one of those

1626
01:28:25,960 --> 01:28:30,839
Speaker 1: really intriguing teams going forward, and I think that they're

1627
01:28:30,840 --> 01:28:33,160
Speaker 1: a team to watch. Yeah, and they may be facing

1628
01:28:33,200 --> 01:28:35,519
Speaker 1: backup quarterbacks in each of their next two games, so

1629
01:28:35,640 --> 01:28:39,160
Speaker 1: that defense may get even more impressive in the next weeks.

1630
01:28:39,280 --> 01:28:42,200
Speaker 1: Edward that Lock's not going. It's not looking good for him.

1631
01:28:42,240 --> 01:28:45,960
Speaker 1: I saw that as early as this morning, so it's

1632
01:28:46,040 --> 01:28:49,960
Speaker 1: it's looking more and more like it'll be ripping for them.

1633
01:28:50,000 --> 01:28:52,400
Speaker 1: And then the next week, who knows if it's if

1634
01:28:52,400 --> 01:28:55,680
Speaker 1: it's going to be Darnald yet Flacco's playing this week.

1635
01:28:55,720 --> 01:28:58,040
Speaker 1: We'll have to see about next week. But the schedule

1636
01:28:58,080 --> 01:29:00,200
Speaker 1: is pretty soft the next three weeks for Miami, so

1637
01:29:00,560 --> 01:29:02,720
Speaker 1: they might be breathing down Buffalo's neck here by the

1638
01:29:02,720 --> 01:29:04,599
Speaker 1: time they get back from the Yeah, they could easily

1639
01:29:04,680 --> 01:29:07,519
Speaker 1: end up and again any given Sunday. We know that,

1640
01:29:07,600 --> 01:29:09,320
Speaker 1: but they could be nine and three after the next

1641
01:29:09,400 --> 01:29:12,120
Speaker 1: three weeks. Right right, Greg, We're out of time, but

1642
01:29:12,200 --> 01:29:14,320
Speaker 1: thanks for giving us some of yours. We appreciate it,

1643
01:29:14,360 --> 01:29:17,840
Speaker 1: and we'll catch up with you next week. Appreciate it, guys,

1644
01:29:17,880 --> 01:29:20,839
Speaker 1: Thanks so much, all right, Greg co Sell from NFL

1645
01:29:20,920 --> 01:29:24,160
Speaker 1: Film Senior Producer. They're also a host of ESPN's NFL

1646
01:29:24,360 --> 01:29:26,320
Speaker 1: Matchup Show. We have to take a break, but when

1647
01:29:26,320 --> 01:29:29,559
Speaker 1: we return, more of your comments from the obl mail

1648
01:29:29,640 --> 01:29:32,320
Speaker 1: bag and questions that Steve and I will be happy

1649
01:29:32,320 --> 01:29:34,680
Speaker 1: to answer back in a flash. Here on One Bill's Live,

1650
01:29:34,720 --> 01:29:50,120
Speaker 1: presented by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio, Chris Brown,

1651
01:29:50,160 --> 01:29:53,559
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker, One Bills Live. Closing up our number two

1652
01:29:53,560 --> 01:29:55,800
Speaker 1: of the program. Our last one of the week is

1653
01:29:56,080 --> 01:29:59,240
Speaker 1: we are enjoying the bye week off on Thursday and Friday.

1654
01:29:59,240 --> 01:30:01,519
Speaker 1: We'll be back here. You're in the same spot on

1655
01:30:01,600 --> 01:30:05,519
Speaker 1: Monday as we begin to get ready for the week

1656
01:30:05,560 --> 01:30:09,920
Speaker 1: twelve game against the Chargers. But in the meantime we

1657
01:30:09,960 --> 01:30:11,720
Speaker 1: are talking to you at eight oh three oh five

1658
01:30:11,800 --> 01:30:15,840
Speaker 1: fifty fifty two five fifty will be answering questions on

1659
01:30:15,880 --> 01:30:18,000
Speaker 1: the OBL mail bag. Shortly. We're gonna take a phone

1660
01:30:18,040 --> 01:30:21,400
Speaker 1: call right now as we go to Ted in Williamsville. Ted,

1661
01:30:21,439 --> 01:30:23,160
Speaker 1: what do you have for us? You're on one Bill's Live.

1662
01:30:25,080 --> 01:30:29,040
Speaker 1: I'm wondering why we still have Josh Norman on the roster.

1663
01:30:29,240 --> 01:30:34,000
Speaker 1: He seems like this year's Kelvin Benjamin with the rise

1664
01:30:34,080 --> 01:30:37,600
Speaker 1: of Dame Jackson and the player Levi Wallace at Lasters.

1665
01:30:39,479 --> 01:30:41,880
Speaker 1: Why do we have Josh Norman on this team when

1666
01:30:41,880 --> 01:30:45,479
Speaker 1: I watched Josh Allen destroyed him last year when he

1667
01:30:45,560 --> 01:30:50,360
Speaker 1: was with US Washington football team. UM, I'm just wondering

1668
01:30:50,439 --> 01:30:52,640
Speaker 1: how how much longer are we going to have to

1669
01:30:52,640 --> 01:30:56,639
Speaker 1: watch this guys play well? I mean the biggest problem

1670
01:30:56,680 --> 01:30:59,320
Speaker 1: is availability. I mean, he hasn't been on the field

1671
01:30:59,360 --> 01:31:01,240
Speaker 1: a whole lot, So I don't know how much you

1672
01:31:01,240 --> 01:31:03,800
Speaker 1: can criticize his play because he hasn't been on the

1673
01:31:03,800 --> 01:31:08,280
Speaker 1: field a whole lot. Derrick Henry's biggest highlight reel was

1674
01:31:08,600 --> 01:31:11,920
Speaker 1: flattening him and with a stepper right. He also he

1675
01:31:12,000 --> 01:31:14,280
Speaker 1: also had a key forced fumble in the Raiders game

1676
01:31:14,320 --> 01:31:16,800
Speaker 1: that sparked the comeback to win the football game in

1677
01:31:16,840 --> 01:31:20,519
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. Oh, right place, right time. I mean,

1678
01:31:20,600 --> 01:31:23,000
Speaker 1: if you're by that though, if you're gonna if you're

1679
01:31:23,000 --> 01:31:25,040
Speaker 1: gonna use that guy's highlight again, if you're he's Dereck

1680
01:31:25,040 --> 01:31:27,479
Speaker 1: Henry's highlight against him. Are you gonna cut Tredavious White,

1681
01:31:27,560 --> 01:31:29,960
Speaker 1: Jordan Poorer and Micah Hyde because they got highlighted by

1682
01:31:30,000 --> 01:31:34,599
Speaker 1: hop last week? Uh No, But I mean it's more

1683
01:31:34,640 --> 01:31:37,840
Speaker 1: than one play. I was watching them can get it

1684
01:31:38,040 --> 01:31:43,080
Speaker 1: last last year Josh Allen made Norman look like, uh,

1685
01:31:43,880 --> 01:31:46,559
Speaker 1: you know, he made him look terrible, and I'm thinking,

1686
01:31:46,560 --> 01:31:48,599
Speaker 1: I'm glad this guy's not on our team. Then there

1687
01:31:48,720 --> 01:31:52,720
Speaker 1: Carolina connection thing comes through and it just reminds me

1688
01:31:52,760 --> 01:31:54,879
Speaker 1: of the whole Calvin b Yeah. I mean I understand

1689
01:31:54,880 --> 01:31:57,439
Speaker 1: what you're saying to a certain extent here, Ted. I

1690
01:31:57,479 --> 01:32:00,559
Speaker 1: think Josh Norman was here to compete for a star job.

1691
01:32:01,880 --> 01:32:05,479
Speaker 1: I think had Levi Wallace remained healthy, he probably would

1692
01:32:05,479 --> 01:32:08,439
Speaker 1: have kept his starting job and Josh Norman would have

1693
01:32:08,479 --> 01:32:11,280
Speaker 1: been a reserve corner. I know they platoon them a

1694
01:32:11,280 --> 01:32:14,760
Speaker 1: little bit at one point in time, but I don't

1695
01:32:14,800 --> 01:32:16,559
Speaker 1: know that he's at a point in his career where

1696
01:32:16,600 --> 01:32:20,639
Speaker 1: he's a lock stock and barrel starter all the time,

1697
01:32:20,720 --> 01:32:24,960
Speaker 1: and so as a reserve, as a reserve player that

1698
01:32:25,040 --> 01:32:28,000
Speaker 1: you have for depth, I think you could do a

1699
01:32:28,040 --> 01:32:30,880
Speaker 1: whole lot worse than Josh Norman, to be honest with you,

1700
01:32:30,960 --> 01:32:33,679
Speaker 1: I mean, I respect your opinion, but I don't see

1701
01:32:33,680 --> 01:32:36,400
Speaker 1: them parting with him on the roster because you need

1702
01:32:36,439 --> 01:32:38,799
Speaker 1: depth right now at that position, which has been snake

1703
01:32:38,840 --> 01:32:44,040
Speaker 1: bit seemingly all season long. I don't know if you

1704
01:32:44,080 --> 01:32:48,040
Speaker 1: feel different, though, Steve no he's gone. Well, I agree

1705
01:32:48,040 --> 01:32:50,080
Speaker 1: with you completely. He's got a good point. And it

1706
01:32:50,120 --> 01:32:52,160
Speaker 1: may be that Josh Norman is a one and done

1707
01:32:52,200 --> 01:32:53,680
Speaker 1: for the Buffalo Bills. I don't think he was a

1708
01:32:53,720 --> 01:32:56,559
Speaker 1: long term answer. He's too long in the tooth for that.

1709
01:32:56,960 --> 01:32:58,920
Speaker 1: But and you know, for the way he played in

1710
01:32:58,920 --> 01:33:01,799
Speaker 1: Washington last year, the consensus was that he was playing

1711
01:33:01,800 --> 01:33:04,439
Speaker 1: in a system that didn't fit his skill set, that

1712
01:33:04,520 --> 01:33:07,200
Speaker 1: he was brought into play because they had changed head

1713
01:33:07,240 --> 01:33:09,240
Speaker 1: coaches and all of that and philosophy, so he was

1714
01:33:09,320 --> 01:33:11,880
Speaker 1: out of sort of out of position, even though he's

1715
01:33:11,920 --> 01:33:14,560
Speaker 1: still playing corner it was a different kind of cornerback

1716
01:33:14,680 --> 01:33:17,000
Speaker 1: skills that they wanted from their guy, and that's why

1717
01:33:17,040 --> 01:33:20,400
Speaker 1: he became a free agent. And the fact of the matters,

1718
01:33:20,400 --> 01:33:22,280
Speaker 1: I think we've seen all two little of him this year,

1719
01:33:22,320 --> 01:33:25,920
Speaker 1: and I would agree with you know the caller, he'd

1720
01:33:25,920 --> 01:33:28,679
Speaker 1: like to see more of him on the field. At times,

1721
01:33:28,680 --> 01:33:30,960
Speaker 1: he's been pretty good, and he made a couple of

1722
01:33:30,960 --> 01:33:33,400
Speaker 1: plays early on in the season that were difference makers

1723
01:33:33,439 --> 01:33:35,320
Speaker 1: for the team. And you know, the forest fumble you

1724
01:33:35,400 --> 01:33:38,160
Speaker 1: mentioned in Vegas was one of them, and it's been

1725
01:33:38,680 --> 01:33:42,280
Speaker 1: they have needed every able bodied corner. This last week

1726
01:33:43,200 --> 01:33:46,120
Speaker 1: isn't shiny example of that. So you're not going to

1727
01:33:46,200 --> 01:33:49,919
Speaker 1: get rid of a corner with the experience and savvy

1728
01:33:49,960 --> 01:33:53,559
Speaker 1: that Josh Norman has, even in you know, even if

1729
01:33:53,600 --> 01:33:56,479
Speaker 1: he's not hasn't played that much, or isn't as good

1730
01:33:56,479 --> 01:33:58,960
Speaker 1: as he used to be, you're going to need every

1731
01:33:59,000 --> 01:34:02,080
Speaker 1: able bodied corner during the season, like we've proven over

1732
01:34:02,080 --> 01:34:04,880
Speaker 1: the last three weeks. So while yeah, you might be right,

1733
01:34:04,920 --> 01:34:07,040
Speaker 1: he may never see the field again even if he's healthy,

1734
01:34:07,040 --> 01:34:10,559
Speaker 1: because if lead By Wallace stays healthy, if Dane Jackson

1735
01:34:10,880 --> 01:34:15,000
Speaker 1: continues to play well, all of that stuff, Josh Norman

1736
01:34:15,040 --> 01:34:16,400
Speaker 1: may go to the bottom of the depth chart, but

1737
01:34:16,439 --> 01:34:18,720
Speaker 1: theyn't getting rid of him all right, we have to

1738
01:34:18,800 --> 01:34:22,479
Speaker 1: take a break, but when we return, it is time

1739
01:34:22,560 --> 01:34:26,680
Speaker 1: for a middle of the week edition of The Lowdown.

1740
01:34:27,120 --> 01:34:30,320
Speaker 1: Lorenzo Alexander joins us next here on One Bill's Live,

1741
01:34:30,400 --> 01:34:46,080
Speaker 1: presented by Colli to Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radiofalo Bill's

1742
01:34:46,280 --> 01:34:50,639
Speaker 1: Radio Network. Sports Update Here a sports update from One

1743
01:34:50,680 --> 01:34:52,960
Speaker 1: Bill's Drive. As the Bills entered their bye week and

1744
01:34:53,120 --> 01:34:56,880
Speaker 1: some much needed time off, so too will our simulcast shows.

1745
01:34:56,920 --> 01:34:59,000
Speaker 1: Both the instigators in this show. One Bills Live will

1746
01:34:59,040 --> 01:35:02,439
Speaker 1: be off Thursday Friday on both MSG and WGR Sports

1747
01:35:02,520 --> 01:35:05,120
Speaker 1: Radio five fifty. Will return with a football Monday, One

1748
01:35:05,200 --> 01:35:09,679
Speaker 1: Bills Live at noon next week. Kansas City Chiefs expected

1749
01:35:09,720 --> 01:35:12,400
Speaker 1: to sign former Giants first round picked DeAndre Baker to

1750
01:35:12,439 --> 01:35:15,519
Speaker 1: their practice squad. News of Baker joining the Chiefs comes

1751
01:35:15,560 --> 01:35:20,040
Speaker 1: just a day following robbery charges being dropped against Baker

1752
01:35:20,240 --> 01:35:24,040
Speaker 1: in Florida. Tack McKinley's next chapter is on hold in

1753
01:35:24,080 --> 01:35:26,400
Speaker 1: the NFL. The defensive end failed is physical with the

1754
01:35:26,439 --> 01:35:30,479
Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals and has reverted to waivers. Cincinnati had claimed

1755
01:35:30,520 --> 01:35:33,719
Speaker 1: McKinley last week after the Atlanta Falcons waived the former

1756
01:35:33,720 --> 01:35:36,559
Speaker 1: first round draft choice after his eroics on the hill

1757
01:35:36,600 --> 01:35:38,960
Speaker 1: Mary passed that won their game over the Bills. Cardinals

1758
01:35:38,960 --> 01:35:42,880
Speaker 1: wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins named NFC Offensive Player of the Week.

1759
01:35:43,160 --> 01:35:45,280
Speaker 1: He had seven receptions for one hundred and twenty seven

1760
01:35:45,360 --> 01:35:48,759
Speaker 1: yards and the game winning touchdown. Sticking with the Cardinals,

1761
01:35:48,760 --> 01:35:51,679
Speaker 1: head coach Cliff Kingsbury announced that defensive tackle Corey Peters

1762
01:35:51,680 --> 01:35:54,040
Speaker 1: will miss the rest of the season after suffering a

1763
01:35:54,080 --> 01:35:58,480
Speaker 1: torn pateeller tendon in his knee against the Bills last weekend.

1764
01:35:58,760 --> 01:36:01,360
Speaker 1: And the UB Bulls ran to a three and oz

1765
01:36:01,520 --> 01:36:05,040
Speaker 1: start to their season after last night's forty two seventeen

1766
01:36:05,080 --> 01:36:09,240
Speaker 1: win over Bowling Green. Jared Patterson another record setting night

1767
01:36:09,680 --> 01:36:14,479
Speaker 1: a single game program record three hundred one rushing yards

1768
01:36:14,520 --> 01:36:18,360
Speaker 1: and four touchdowns on just thirty one carries, and his

1769
01:36:18,520 --> 01:36:22,719
Speaker 1: teammate added another ninety and a touchdown on fifteen carries.

1770
01:36:22,760 --> 01:36:25,280
Speaker 1: That was Kevin Marks. Next up, the Bulls host Kent

1771
01:36:25,400 --> 01:36:28,880
Speaker 1: State next Saturday at noon at UB Stadium. That is

1772
01:36:28,920 --> 01:36:31,880
Speaker 1: your sports update from One Bill's Drive. Chris Brown, Steve

1773
01:36:31,920 --> 01:36:34,720
Speaker 1: Tasker with you our number three of the program, and

1774
01:36:34,800 --> 01:36:51,799
Speaker 1: it's time for the lowdown. Lorenzo Alexander joining us earlier

1775
01:36:51,880 --> 01:36:55,200
Speaker 1: than his usual weekly visit as well, we got Thursday

1776
01:36:55,240 --> 01:36:57,719
Speaker 1: and Friday off, so figure we'd get him in before

1777
01:36:57,720 --> 01:37:00,479
Speaker 1: our week was out. So Lorenzo nice enough to make

1778
01:37:00,479 --> 01:37:03,479
Speaker 1: some time for us today. I guess the first question

1779
01:37:03,640 --> 01:37:07,360
Speaker 1: Lorenzo is, how was it taking in a game in

1780
01:37:07,400 --> 01:37:11,680
Speaker 1: a reduced capacity atmosphere like that? Because the players have

1781
01:37:11,760 --> 01:37:14,200
Speaker 1: all told us that playing with no fans is weird,

1782
01:37:14,280 --> 01:37:16,639
Speaker 1: I have to imagine being a fan with only four

1783
01:37:16,680 --> 01:37:19,080
Speaker 1: thousand other fans in an NFL game has to be

1784
01:37:19,120 --> 01:37:23,840
Speaker 1: equally as weird. Yeah, a little bit, but I don't

1785
01:37:23,840 --> 01:37:26,360
Speaker 1: have too much experience. Being a fan. Is my first real,

1786
01:37:26,600 --> 01:37:29,080
Speaker 1: true experience in high school that I've actually sat in

1787
01:37:29,120 --> 01:37:32,479
Speaker 1: the stands, and for me, I enjoyed it. I had

1788
01:37:32,680 --> 01:37:34,880
Speaker 1: to worry about anybody sitting behind me or in front

1789
01:37:34,880 --> 01:37:36,680
Speaker 1: of me. I can stretch my legs out, I can

1790
01:37:36,720 --> 01:37:40,080
Speaker 1: stretch my arms out, nobody right in my space. You know,

1791
01:37:40,120 --> 01:37:41,560
Speaker 1: I can see the game. I have to feel like

1792
01:37:41,560 --> 01:37:43,920
Speaker 1: I got to stand up the whole time. So for me,

1793
01:37:44,160 --> 01:37:45,640
Speaker 1: because of, you know, kind of where I come from,

1794
01:37:45,680 --> 01:37:47,800
Speaker 1: it was great. Obviously, fans love each other and want

1795
01:37:47,800 --> 01:37:49,760
Speaker 1: to high five and all that. I like to be

1796
01:37:49,760 --> 01:37:51,720
Speaker 1: able to focus and kind of see what's going on

1797
01:37:51,800 --> 01:37:55,920
Speaker 1: out there. But I'll say this, it was probably a

1798
01:37:55,920 --> 01:37:59,080
Speaker 1: little too soon for me to go to a game

1799
01:37:59,280 --> 01:38:01,559
Speaker 1: and be out there and actually watching and not and

1800
01:38:01,640 --> 01:38:04,959
Speaker 1: not because I wanted to play well, because I cannot

1801
01:38:05,479 --> 01:38:10,000
Speaker 1: stand when fans like echo players are talk trash, especially

1802
01:38:10,000 --> 01:38:11,880
Speaker 1: when they directed at me. So you know, I was

1803
01:38:11,920 --> 01:38:14,479
Speaker 1: gonna see me and my wife out there hanging out

1804
01:38:14,479 --> 01:38:16,120
Speaker 1: the game and had my kids, had my journeys on

1805
01:38:16,160 --> 01:38:19,080
Speaker 1: and like throughout the game. Alexander, you like that right,

1806
01:38:19,640 --> 01:38:22,080
Speaker 1: And so I still have the player inside of me

1807
01:38:22,120 --> 01:38:24,040
Speaker 1: a little bit, so a couple of times I looked back,

1808
01:38:24,600 --> 01:38:26,679
Speaker 1: checked him out. And then at the end of the game,

1809
01:38:26,760 --> 01:38:29,519
Speaker 1: after they were all quiet, after Josh it just went

1810
01:38:29,600 --> 01:38:33,360
Speaker 1: down and Sport a touchdown to Dicks quiet could hear

1811
01:38:33,360 --> 01:38:35,719
Speaker 1: a pin drop? And then as soon as Hopkins catching

1812
01:38:35,760 --> 01:38:39,000
Speaker 1: the ball, Alexander, what do you think about that? And

1813
01:38:39,040 --> 01:38:41,400
Speaker 1: then getting louder and louder, I had to stare him down.

1814
01:38:43,040 --> 01:38:44,639
Speaker 1: You need to chill out. I had to put him

1815
01:38:44,640 --> 01:38:46,240
Speaker 1: back in his shell a little bit. But I was

1816
01:38:46,280 --> 01:38:50,240
Speaker 1: close above to su for man, had it I should

1817
01:38:50,240 --> 01:38:53,000
Speaker 1: have started with a Bill's home game, first first game

1818
01:38:53,120 --> 01:38:55,280
Speaker 1: for Zoe of the stands, and he almost started to

1819
01:38:55,400 --> 01:39:01,600
Speaker 1: throw down. How awesome a brawl. Joe didn't get to

1820
01:39:01,640 --> 01:39:04,000
Speaker 1: see the end of the game as he got tossed. Nice,

1821
01:39:04,080 --> 01:39:08,559
Speaker 1: I've been there, bro, Yeah, I mean what still still

1822
01:39:08,600 --> 01:39:11,320
Speaker 1: the fantastic game to watch, even though you know it

1823
01:39:11,360 --> 01:39:13,320
Speaker 1: came down to the end no matter who you're rooting for.

1824
01:39:13,560 --> 01:39:17,360
Speaker 1: What a phenomenal game to experience. Yeah, most definitely. You know,

1825
01:39:17,400 --> 01:39:20,200
Speaker 1: I really love the experience being able to go and

1826
01:39:20,320 --> 01:39:22,120
Speaker 1: check out the guys got the way to something. We

1827
01:39:22,120 --> 01:39:24,320
Speaker 1: sat behind the Bills sideline, a lot of Bills fans.

1828
01:39:24,400 --> 01:39:27,960
Speaker 1: There's a huge Bills MANFIA group out here in Phoenix,

1829
01:39:27,960 --> 01:39:30,680
Speaker 1: and so they were representing big time and just to

1830
01:39:30,760 --> 01:39:33,120
Speaker 1: watch the ads and flow of that game, and you

1831
01:39:33,200 --> 01:39:36,400
Speaker 1: really see two contenders going toe to toe, the Arizona

1832
01:39:36,439 --> 01:39:39,960
Speaker 1: Cardinals obviously very dynamic to one number one offense Josh

1833
01:39:40,040 --> 01:39:41,560
Speaker 1: Allen and what they've been able to do and this

1834
01:39:41,680 --> 01:39:44,519
Speaker 1: them going back and forth tick for Tech was really

1835
01:39:44,680 --> 01:39:47,599
Speaker 1: was really a fun thing to watch, and you know,

1836
01:39:47,840 --> 01:39:50,360
Speaker 1: you had to stay engaged the entire game and really

1837
01:39:50,560 --> 01:39:52,200
Speaker 1: really enjoyed it. Even though we didn't come out on

1838
01:39:52,240 --> 01:39:54,360
Speaker 1: the on the winning end of it, but overall, we

1839
01:39:54,400 --> 01:39:57,160
Speaker 1: had a great experience of the parking lot, tailgating, seeing

1840
01:39:57,240 --> 01:40:01,360
Speaker 1: Bills fans and just really embracing them and having some

1841
01:40:01,400 --> 01:40:04,920
Speaker 1: type enormously going to a football game. You know, we've

1842
01:40:04,960 --> 01:40:07,320
Speaker 1: asked a couple of our guests this question this week, though,

1843
01:40:07,439 --> 01:40:10,479
Speaker 1: and since you can kind of give us the expert

1844
01:40:10,479 --> 01:40:12,759
Speaker 1: analysis on this, I'm going to throw it at you. Also,

1845
01:40:13,680 --> 01:40:16,120
Speaker 1: fans are a little bit down on Tremaine Edmunds and

1846
01:40:16,280 --> 01:40:18,120
Speaker 1: Ed Oliver. They look at them and they say, here's

1847
01:40:18,120 --> 01:40:21,799
Speaker 1: two first round draft choices. They should be making big

1848
01:40:21,880 --> 01:40:25,879
Speaker 1: impact plays. That's the expectation because of where they were drafted.

1849
01:40:25,880 --> 01:40:28,000
Speaker 1: And we understand it. I mean, Tremaine went to the

1850
01:40:28,000 --> 01:40:30,960
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl last year and they're not seeing that from

1851
01:40:31,000 --> 01:40:34,040
Speaker 1: them this year, and so they think something is wrong

1852
01:40:34,200 --> 01:40:37,640
Speaker 1: with both of those players. Now, I know there's a

1853
01:40:37,680 --> 01:40:41,400
Speaker 1: lot of stuff that gets baked into an individual player's performance,

1854
01:40:41,600 --> 01:40:44,920
Speaker 1: especially when you play a team sport like football. So maybe,

1855
01:40:44,960 --> 01:40:47,760
Speaker 1: as best as you can describe what you have seen,

1856
01:40:48,520 --> 01:40:53,880
Speaker 1: why might the impact play of Tremaine and ed maybe

1857
01:40:53,920 --> 01:40:58,080
Speaker 1: not be at the level where fans are expecting right now? Yeah,

1858
01:40:58,160 --> 01:40:59,760
Speaker 1: you know, well, the game has to come to You

1859
01:40:59,760 --> 01:41:01,200
Speaker 1: have to do your job at the end of the day,

1860
01:41:01,240 --> 01:41:02,920
Speaker 1: and some of that is kind of baked into that,

1861
01:41:03,000 --> 01:41:04,639
Speaker 1: and you have to know the call and see where

1862
01:41:04,640 --> 01:41:06,839
Speaker 1: guys are lined up. And I think if you ask Tremaine,

1863
01:41:06,880 --> 01:41:09,560
Speaker 1: like the totality, I've really watched him more than I've

1864
01:41:09,640 --> 01:41:14,880
Speaker 1: watched ed, and he's made some productive plays. Obviously, sometimes

1865
01:41:14,920 --> 01:41:16,960
Speaker 1: he doesn't make the tackle, but he's being disruptive in

1866
01:41:17,000 --> 01:41:19,439
Speaker 1: the backfield, and so you don't get the stat line

1867
01:41:20,040 --> 01:41:22,160
Speaker 1: like somebody else who actually makes the play, and so

1868
01:41:22,240 --> 01:41:25,639
Speaker 1: that sometimes from a fan perspective, all he only has

1869
01:41:25,960 --> 01:41:29,759
Speaker 1: two tackles, no sacks, but maybe he made the quarterback

1870
01:41:29,760 --> 01:41:31,519
Speaker 1: pull it down and somebody else got the sack. It's

1871
01:41:31,600 --> 01:41:34,200
Speaker 1: just as impactful when you watch the film, even though

1872
01:41:34,240 --> 01:41:35,759
Speaker 1: he doesn't get the stat line. As far as Tremaine,

1873
01:41:35,760 --> 01:41:37,840
Speaker 1: who I really watched, obviously, being in that room with

1874
01:41:37,920 --> 01:41:42,120
Speaker 1: him the last two years and seeing his development, I've

1875
01:41:42,120 --> 01:41:44,800
Speaker 1: watched him more closely, and if you ask him, he

1876
01:41:44,800 --> 01:41:47,599
Speaker 1: hasn't played up to his standard throughout the entire year.

1877
01:41:47,920 --> 01:41:49,479
Speaker 1: You know, a lot of that is baked into him

1878
01:41:49,520 --> 01:41:52,040
Speaker 1: being injured, balanced through that, trying to figure out how

1879
01:41:52,040 --> 01:41:55,000
Speaker 1: to make the plays, missing Matt Milano who helps him,

1880
01:41:55,000 --> 01:41:57,599
Speaker 1: and having that camaraderie. But I really feel, I really

1881
01:41:57,640 --> 01:42:02,360
Speaker 1: believe this. Watching his last probably three games and really

1882
01:42:02,400 --> 01:42:04,840
Speaker 1: including this one too, he's been very active all over

1883
01:42:04,840 --> 01:42:09,200
Speaker 1: the place, knocking balls down, making tackles, and I think

1884
01:42:09,240 --> 01:42:12,519
Speaker 1: he's got in. Especially when they lose, they're trying to

1885
01:42:12,560 --> 01:42:15,240
Speaker 1: figure out reasons why and the reasons why the defense

1886
01:42:15,439 --> 01:42:19,160
Speaker 1: hasn't been planed up to the standard that was established

1887
01:42:19,160 --> 01:42:20,880
Speaker 1: over the last couple of years, and so they're trying

1888
01:42:20,880 --> 01:42:22,840
Speaker 1: to point out guys, well, these are the first rounders.

1889
01:42:22,840 --> 01:42:26,400
Speaker 1: They're not making these splash plays, so it must be them.

1890
01:42:26,439 --> 01:42:28,000
Speaker 1: But you can't do that in football. You have to

1891
01:42:28,000 --> 01:42:31,200
Speaker 1: look at the totality of the group and seeing where

1892
01:42:31,200 --> 01:42:33,720
Speaker 1: the group is falling short that and obviously those guys

1893
01:42:33,880 --> 01:42:36,200
Speaker 1: want to make more plays, more splash plays. But I

1894
01:42:36,280 --> 01:42:39,080
Speaker 1: see Tremaine on the right trajectory as he's gotten healthy,

1895
01:42:39,360 --> 01:42:41,679
Speaker 1: as he's starting to get his confidence back to really

1896
01:42:41,720 --> 01:42:43,799
Speaker 1: fly around and make the plays that you want to see.

1897
01:42:44,080 --> 01:42:46,320
Speaker 1: And you know, ask me that question next week about

1898
01:42:46,439 --> 01:42:48,200
Speaker 1: Ed now I'll have a better answer for you. But

1899
01:42:48,240 --> 01:42:50,479
Speaker 1: I can definitely look at the film and be able

1900
01:42:50,479 --> 01:42:53,720
Speaker 1: to digest what he's done. But from what I've seen,

1901
01:42:53,800 --> 01:42:56,080
Speaker 1: he makes plays. Obviously he doesn't have his sack numbers

1902
01:42:56,080 --> 01:42:58,080
Speaker 1: like we want to see, but he does play interior line.

1903
01:42:58,960 --> 01:43:00,960
Speaker 1: He is missing Starlope lady. I think that makes a

1904
01:43:01,000 --> 01:43:04,360
Speaker 1: big difference. Um, you know, and this is a sophomore campaign.

1905
01:43:04,479 --> 01:43:07,000
Speaker 1: Some guys sometimes have a drop off because they're trying

1906
01:43:07,000 --> 01:43:09,120
Speaker 1: to figure things out. People have more film on them,

1907
01:43:09,439 --> 01:43:12,680
Speaker 1: and it's a growing experience. It's always it's fluid, and

1908
01:43:12,720 --> 01:43:15,120
Speaker 1: so even though he may not have the stats, you know,

1909
01:43:15,120 --> 01:43:17,360
Speaker 1: he's out there trying and working and working through some things.

1910
01:43:17,360 --> 01:43:19,160
Speaker 1: And so that's just it's just a process of football.

1911
01:43:19,360 --> 01:43:21,719
Speaker 1: You're not going to be a an All Pro every

1912
01:43:21,720 --> 01:43:24,400
Speaker 1: single play, every every single year, especially when you're young.

1913
01:43:24,720 --> 01:43:26,639
Speaker 1: You're still developing who you are and trying to figure

1914
01:43:26,680 --> 01:43:30,600
Speaker 1: out those little things that's gonna make you great. What

1915
01:43:30,760 --> 01:43:33,679
Speaker 1: did you take away from the from the Bills perspective,

1916
01:43:33,680 --> 01:43:35,400
Speaker 1: What did you take away from this game in Arizona.

1917
01:43:35,439 --> 01:43:37,799
Speaker 1: They're seven and three, they're at the top of the division,

1918
01:43:38,600 --> 01:43:41,479
Speaker 1: and they played really well out there, and they're they're

1919
01:43:41,479 --> 01:43:43,519
Speaker 1: continuing to play well. What's your takeaway from the Bills

1920
01:43:43,520 --> 01:43:48,000
Speaker 1: and going forward? What's your thoughts? Um? I think when

1921
01:43:48,040 --> 01:43:51,400
Speaker 1: you play better opponents, you can't make the mistakes of

1922
01:43:51,439 --> 01:43:56,960
Speaker 1: beating yourself. You know, whether it's turnovers, whether it's not

1923
01:43:57,000 --> 01:44:00,479
Speaker 1: executing on special teams when you're playing an opponent like

1924
01:44:01,280 --> 01:44:04,120
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray or any of these high pirate offenses, especially

1925
01:44:04,160 --> 01:44:06,559
Speaker 1: that you're gonna see when you play. You know, you

1926
01:44:06,600 --> 01:44:08,920
Speaker 1: think about the stealers or you think about the Kansas

1927
01:44:08,920 --> 01:44:12,720
Speaker 1: City Chiefs. You have to force them to teach. You

1928
01:44:12,960 --> 01:44:15,479
Speaker 1: can't give them opportunities to stay around in the game

1929
01:44:15,800 --> 01:44:19,400
Speaker 1: once you're up on them. And so nothing about this team,

1930
01:44:19,439 --> 01:44:21,760
Speaker 1: as far as the Buffalo Bills, has surprised me because

1931
01:44:21,800 --> 01:44:24,439
Speaker 1: I know what those men are capable of, But now

1932
01:44:24,479 --> 01:44:28,400
Speaker 1: they have to work on finishing games off and not

1933
01:44:28,640 --> 01:44:31,719
Speaker 1: allowing teams to stick around or give them life. Because

1934
01:44:31,720 --> 01:44:34,040
Speaker 1: they was in control of this game. That stadium was

1935
01:44:34,080 --> 01:44:35,920
Speaker 1: dead quiet. I think it was up twenty three to

1936
01:44:36,000 --> 01:44:38,080
Speaker 1: nine at one point. You have to learn how to

1937
01:44:38,120 --> 01:44:40,240
Speaker 1: finish those games off. And we saw this early in

1938
01:44:40,240 --> 01:44:42,320
Speaker 1: the year where they're able to find a win when

1939
01:44:42,320 --> 01:44:45,280
Speaker 1: they played the Rams up on them big, they battle back,

1940
01:44:45,640 --> 01:44:49,200
Speaker 1: and so that next step, because these teams get better.

1941
01:44:49,520 --> 01:44:51,800
Speaker 1: As the season goes along, you play better teams, and

1942
01:44:51,920 --> 01:44:55,240
Speaker 1: as the playoffs, you're gonna have teams that are gonna

1943
01:44:55,240 --> 01:44:57,840
Speaker 1: be confident and are able to fight through adversity. You

1944
01:44:57,840 --> 01:45:01,760
Speaker 1: can't give them any additional hope as you are dominating

1945
01:45:01,760 --> 01:45:03,240
Speaker 1: them early in games, you have to figure out a

1946
01:45:03,240 --> 01:45:05,280
Speaker 1: way to close them out and snuff it out as

1947
01:45:05,280 --> 01:45:07,280
Speaker 1: soon as possible. I don't know if you heard the

1948
01:45:07,360 --> 01:45:10,960
Speaker 1: quote from coach McDermott right after the game, but you know,

1949
01:45:11,040 --> 01:45:13,840
Speaker 1: naturally a lot of the questions for him were surrounding

1950
01:45:13,880 --> 01:45:17,160
Speaker 1: the last play of the game, but he insisted that

1951
01:45:17,400 --> 01:45:20,760
Speaker 1: they're going to learn from that play and coming out

1952
01:45:20,760 --> 01:45:23,360
Speaker 1: of the bye, he said he's confident that they are

1953
01:45:23,400 --> 01:45:26,719
Speaker 1: going to come back a stronger team than the team

1954
01:45:26,720 --> 01:45:30,719
Speaker 1: that went into that game. Knowing how he operates, knowing

1955
01:45:30,760 --> 01:45:34,840
Speaker 1: his kind of messaging, and knowing the way he assigns

1956
01:45:34,880 --> 01:45:38,320
Speaker 1: tasks to his players, what gives you confidence that that

1957
01:45:38,400 --> 01:45:40,360
Speaker 1: will in fact be the case coming out of the

1958
01:45:40,400 --> 01:45:44,680
Speaker 1: bye for this team because they consistently done it, you know,

1959
01:45:44,720 --> 01:45:46,880
Speaker 1: since he's been there, and they continue to grow. He

1960
01:45:46,920 --> 01:45:49,080
Speaker 1: has a growth mindset, and that's baking to the culture

1961
01:45:49,120 --> 01:45:52,120
Speaker 1: in the fabric of the Buffalo Bills organization. And so

1962
01:45:52,240 --> 01:45:54,360
Speaker 1: whether they win or lose that game, they're gonna they're

1963
01:45:54,360 --> 01:45:56,560
Speaker 1: going to be a better team. You learn from those experiences.

1964
01:45:56,600 --> 01:45:58,720
Speaker 1: You always he says, it's all the time too. You're

1965
01:45:58,840 --> 01:46:01,759
Speaker 1: a learning to win a loss, but you always constantly

1966
01:46:01,800 --> 01:46:03,559
Speaker 1: learning and trying to develop and trying to grow. And

1967
01:46:03,600 --> 01:46:06,080
Speaker 1: so the object is not necessary to have the best

1968
01:46:06,120 --> 01:46:08,640
Speaker 1: record in the regular season. The object is would be

1969
01:46:08,640 --> 01:46:10,479
Speaker 1: the best team as you entered the playoffs. And there's

1970
01:46:10,479 --> 01:46:12,759
Speaker 1: some goals that you would like to have to help

1971
01:46:12,760 --> 01:46:15,160
Speaker 1: you along that path and winning a super Bowl, but

1972
01:46:15,200 --> 01:46:17,160
Speaker 1: you want to learn every time you step on the field,

1973
01:46:17,160 --> 01:46:20,679
Speaker 1: and he'll, you know, pull up film, he'll go back

1974
01:46:20,680 --> 01:46:24,519
Speaker 1: and visit it. But you can't have any better situation

1975
01:46:24,560 --> 01:46:26,880
Speaker 1: to have your three best players around the ball. On

1976
01:46:26,920 --> 01:46:29,559
Speaker 1: the back end, you just had a guy that stood

1977
01:46:29,640 --> 01:46:31,760
Speaker 1: up and made a great play. Obviously we can see

1978
01:46:31,760 --> 01:46:34,479
Speaker 1: Poorer knocked off to Davis a little bit, and it

1979
01:46:34,560 --> 01:46:36,640
Speaker 1: was just it was a you know, a melting of

1980
01:46:36,680 --> 01:46:38,880
Speaker 1: everything that could go wrong on that play. And then

1981
01:46:38,880 --> 01:46:41,280
Speaker 1: you throwing a great talent like DeAndre Hopkins in the

1982
01:46:41,320 --> 01:46:44,840
Speaker 1: middle of it, and it happens. But I'll put these

1983
01:46:44,840 --> 01:46:47,240
Speaker 1: guys up. You know, you throw that ball, you know

1984
01:46:47,400 --> 01:46:51,360
Speaker 1: ten times, he makes that catch once and Tyler Murray

1985
01:46:51,360 --> 01:46:54,360
Speaker 1: threw this ball perfect. DeAndre didn't have to adjust. All

1986
01:46:54,360 --> 01:46:55,760
Speaker 1: he had to do was playing its feet and jump,

1987
01:46:56,120 --> 01:46:57,760
Speaker 1: which makes it even easier if he had to feel

1988
01:46:57,760 --> 01:47:00,360
Speaker 1: like he had to back up or come forward. You know,

1989
01:47:00,400 --> 01:47:03,040
Speaker 1: it's a margin of air there. So it just it

1990
01:47:03,120 --> 01:47:06,599
Speaker 1: just worked out perfectly. It happens from time to time. Um,

1991
01:47:06,720 --> 01:47:09,000
Speaker 1: and so they played well enough to win this game.

1992
01:47:09,000 --> 01:47:11,960
Speaker 1: Obviously didn't make enough place to do it. But moving

1993
01:47:12,000 --> 01:47:14,800
Speaker 1: forward they'll be they'll be fine, um, obviously, you know,

1994
01:47:14,960 --> 01:47:17,839
Speaker 1: just making sure they get past this. Don't think about it. Obviously,

1995
01:47:17,840 --> 01:47:20,840
Speaker 1: you gotta buye week, get your families, hang out, you

1996
01:47:20,960 --> 01:47:23,519
Speaker 1: away from football a little bit, come back energizing, ready

1997
01:47:23,560 --> 01:47:25,240
Speaker 1: to go, and just continue to put that work in.

1998
01:47:25,280 --> 01:47:27,080
Speaker 1: But this team is good enough to continue to win

1999
01:47:27,120 --> 01:47:29,760
Speaker 1: the games that they have. Uh. Coming ahead, they got

2000
01:47:29,760 --> 01:47:33,200
Speaker 1: some some some good matchups. But you know, I'm always

2001
01:47:33,200 --> 01:47:35,280
Speaker 1: gonna bet on Blue. One of the things that happened

2002
01:47:35,360 --> 01:47:36,880
Speaker 1: during this game in the lead up to a twenty

2003
01:47:36,920 --> 01:47:39,920
Speaker 1: four hours before they go to the game, Josh Norman

2004
01:47:39,960 --> 01:47:42,360
Speaker 1: on the COVID list, Tyler Cross on the COVID list,

2005
01:47:42,640 --> 01:47:46,120
Speaker 1: m Levi Wallace on the COVID list. You lost your

2006
01:47:46,160 --> 01:47:48,599
Speaker 1: number two and your number three corner going into that

2007
01:47:48,680 --> 01:47:52,080
Speaker 1: game and if Dame Jackson, Yeah, Dane Jackson gets thrust in.

2008
01:47:52,160 --> 01:47:55,040
Speaker 1: He actually made some plays and played pretty well and

2009
01:47:55,120 --> 01:47:58,720
Speaker 1: he got hurt. Yeah, that that changes things. I think

2010
01:47:58,760 --> 01:48:00,800
Speaker 1: in the back end for Buffalo. They start to have

2011
01:48:00,960 --> 01:48:03,439
Speaker 1: more guys. And I don't know how long Dane Jackson's

2012
01:48:03,479 --> 01:48:05,479
Speaker 1: going to be hampered by the injury or how serious

2013
01:48:05,520 --> 01:48:07,920
Speaker 1: it is, but with Josh Norman coming back with his

2014
01:48:07,960 --> 01:48:10,760
Speaker 1: experience level with Levi Wallace and the fact that he's

2015
01:48:10,800 --> 01:48:13,640
Speaker 1: the guy that is trying is the incumbent, and the

2016
01:48:13,680 --> 01:48:16,400
Speaker 1: way that Dane Jackson emerged in this last game, in

2017
01:48:16,439 --> 01:48:20,240
Speaker 1: this last week, and in the few snaps he's gotten, yeah,

2018
01:48:20,360 --> 01:48:23,080
Speaker 1: speaks pretty well to their depth in the back end. Yeah,

2019
01:48:23,080 --> 01:48:25,559
Speaker 1: and you mentioned it. I thought that was pretty significant

2020
01:48:25,600 --> 01:48:28,280
Speaker 1: in the game when when Dane went out, you could

2021
01:48:28,280 --> 01:48:30,680
Speaker 1: actually see them start to attack that side. And I

2022
01:48:30,720 --> 01:48:33,679
Speaker 1: forgot who came in, but he had probably limited raps

2023
01:48:33,680 --> 01:48:36,599
Speaker 1: for limited time for the team, and so just being

2024
01:48:36,680 --> 01:48:39,559
Speaker 1: a good offensive coordinator, Cliff decided to start attacking him.

2025
01:48:39,560 --> 01:48:41,240
Speaker 1: And then when Dane came back here, you can still

2026
01:48:41,240 --> 01:48:43,600
Speaker 1: see that he was hampered by the injury. So that

2027
01:48:43,680 --> 01:48:46,120
Speaker 1: made a significant impact. I mean, when you have your

2028
01:48:46,200 --> 01:48:48,400
Speaker 1: number one, number two corner out and now you're down

2029
01:48:48,400 --> 01:48:50,479
Speaker 1: to your third option, and then he gets hurt in

2030
01:48:50,479 --> 01:48:52,479
Speaker 1: the game, it gets hard. And I think they gave

2031
01:48:52,520 --> 01:48:54,400
Speaker 1: the Cardinals a little bit of life. They was able

2032
01:48:54,400 --> 01:48:56,479
Speaker 1: to extend some plays because I thought Jackson was playing

2033
01:48:56,560 --> 01:49:00,160
Speaker 1: very well before he went out with the injury. I'm

2034
01:49:00,160 --> 01:49:03,519
Speaker 1: in the game and so as you mentioned though, it

2035
01:49:03,600 --> 01:49:07,000
Speaker 1: builds depth, and so now that he's been put in

2036
01:49:07,000 --> 01:49:09,920
Speaker 1: that position, has gotten no additional reps if it happens again,

2037
01:49:09,960 --> 01:49:12,320
Speaker 1: because you know, COVID is crazy and it is ramping up,

2038
01:49:13,000 --> 01:49:15,720
Speaker 1: or if somebody ends up getting injured, because injuries has

2039
01:49:15,760 --> 01:49:19,000
Speaker 1: also been an issue during this season, especially on the

2040
01:49:19,000 --> 01:49:21,559
Speaker 1: back end. You at least have somebody that's viable, that

2041
01:49:21,640 --> 01:49:23,040
Speaker 1: you trust, that you know can go out there and

2042
01:49:23,040 --> 01:49:26,880
Speaker 1: make the plays, and now has a base that he

2043
01:49:26,920 --> 01:49:28,960
Speaker 1: can pull from as far as improving and getting better

2044
01:49:29,000 --> 01:49:32,519
Speaker 1: within the context of his defense. So Lorenzo Bye week.

2045
01:49:33,400 --> 01:49:35,400
Speaker 1: It's a little bit different for the players this time

2046
01:49:35,439 --> 01:49:37,519
Speaker 1: around because they got to stay here and test every

2047
01:49:37,520 --> 01:49:39,960
Speaker 1: single day. It's not like they're going off home for

2048
01:49:40,240 --> 01:49:42,840
Speaker 1: three or four days or catching up with family where

2049
01:49:42,880 --> 01:49:46,000
Speaker 1: they make their homes in the off season. It's it's

2050
01:49:46,040 --> 01:49:51,120
Speaker 1: a different thing this time around. How would you suggest

2051
01:49:51,640 --> 01:49:54,200
Speaker 1: is the I mean you lived here during the buy.

2052
01:49:54,280 --> 01:49:55,920
Speaker 1: I don't think you went home in the buys because

2053
01:49:55,920 --> 01:49:58,280
Speaker 1: your kids were in school, right, So how did you

2054
01:49:59,040 --> 01:50:01,880
Speaker 1: how did you kind of advocate? How did you navigate

2055
01:50:01,920 --> 01:50:05,280
Speaker 1: the bye week and really make sure you're unplugged at

2056
01:50:05,360 --> 01:50:07,920
Speaker 1: least for a couple of days, even though you stayed

2057
01:50:07,960 --> 01:50:12,840
Speaker 1: in town. It was easy for me, you know, I

2058
01:50:12,960 --> 01:50:15,080
Speaker 1: think the older I've got, I was able to compartmentalize

2059
01:50:15,080 --> 01:50:17,040
Speaker 1: it much better. But it just depends on where you're at.

2060
01:50:17,080 --> 01:50:19,160
Speaker 1: You know, some guys need to get away, not even

2061
01:50:19,200 --> 01:50:21,160
Speaker 1: go up to the facility. It's kind of clear their minds,

2062
01:50:21,200 --> 01:50:23,479
Speaker 1: spend time with their families and friends at and you

2063
01:50:23,520 --> 01:50:27,360
Speaker 1: know obviously safe at home, and so I don't think

2064
01:50:27,400 --> 01:50:30,840
Speaker 1: it would be the best thing is just to kind

2065
01:50:30,840 --> 01:50:33,040
Speaker 1: of stay in gage. I mean, it's week eleven. You

2066
01:50:33,120 --> 01:50:35,479
Speaker 1: need to kind of get away unplugged, as you mentioned,

2067
01:50:35,760 --> 01:50:37,680
Speaker 1: and this kind of refreshed. I mean, as much as

2068
01:50:37,680 --> 01:50:44,200
Speaker 1: you're getting physically physically, getting rested physically mentally, more than anything,

2069
01:50:44,240 --> 01:50:46,400
Speaker 1: it's probably the most important thing because the season can

2070
01:50:46,479 --> 01:50:49,200
Speaker 1: get long and kind of pile up on you. The

2071
01:50:49,280 --> 01:50:51,720
Speaker 1: team is winning, so that helps, but it is a

2072
01:50:51,760 --> 01:50:54,679
Speaker 1: long season obviously dealing with all these other things too

2073
01:50:54,760 --> 01:50:57,639
Speaker 1: in transition with COVID that probably even makes it feel

2074
01:50:57,680 --> 01:50:59,160
Speaker 1: like it's a lot longer than what it is. So

2075
01:50:59,400 --> 01:51:01,799
Speaker 1: I would reckon men guy's kind of getting getting away,

2076
01:51:01,880 --> 01:51:03,559
Speaker 1: you know, trying to stay a little bit active as

2077
01:51:03,560 --> 01:51:05,160
Speaker 1: far as working out. So when you cut back on

2078
01:51:05,200 --> 01:51:07,599
Speaker 1: that Monday or Tuesday whenever Sean has him coming back

2079
01:51:07,600 --> 01:51:10,280
Speaker 1: to practice, you don't feel like you've been, you know,

2080
01:51:10,439 --> 01:51:14,000
Speaker 1: doing absolutely nothing. But you definitely don't want to be

2081
01:51:14,040 --> 01:51:16,799
Speaker 1: you know, watching film or anything of that nature unless

2082
01:51:16,800 --> 01:51:18,479
Speaker 1: you're just one of those guys that has to do it,

2083
01:51:19,080 --> 01:51:23,200
Speaker 1: because getting back mentally it is just as important, if

2084
01:51:23,280 --> 01:51:25,280
Speaker 1: not more important physically, and this is the time to

2085
01:51:25,360 --> 01:51:27,439
Speaker 1: do it. And just hanging out with your family friends

2086
01:51:27,439 --> 01:51:30,400
Speaker 1: at the house and just kind of laying low. Yeah,

2087
01:51:30,439 --> 01:51:32,880
Speaker 1: that could be really talking about it. That could be

2088
01:51:32,880 --> 01:51:35,000
Speaker 1: your first lowdown of the week on a bye week, right,

2089
01:51:35,640 --> 01:51:38,120
Speaker 1: doing what you gotta do to recharge. Right, what is

2090
01:51:38,160 --> 01:51:40,120
Speaker 1: there a loaddown that you've got this week? You got

2091
01:51:40,120 --> 01:51:45,360
Speaker 1: three lowdowns for us on I really don't but for

2092
01:51:45,400 --> 01:51:48,960
Speaker 1: me it was always you know, getting away kind of

2093
01:51:49,040 --> 01:51:52,000
Speaker 1: just spending time with your loved ones, so your wife, girlfriend,

2094
01:51:52,080 --> 01:51:55,000
Speaker 1: or even another teammate. I don't know how that works,

2095
01:51:55,240 --> 01:51:57,200
Speaker 1: but just kind of unplugging and just spending this good

2096
01:51:57,280 --> 01:51:59,320
Speaker 1: quality time while us watching a movie at the house

2097
01:51:59,320 --> 01:52:01,680
Speaker 1: on Netflix or whatever that may be, or playing with

2098
01:52:01,680 --> 01:52:06,839
Speaker 1: your kids. Making sure that you stay active, so active

2099
01:52:06,920 --> 01:52:09,519
Speaker 1: rest which is hard, but doing pilates or something at

2100
01:52:09,560 --> 01:52:12,600
Speaker 1: the house, yoga at the house, staying moves, stay inflexible,

2101
01:52:12,960 --> 01:52:17,000
Speaker 1: getting a little cardio cardio in I think will probably

2102
01:52:17,040 --> 01:52:19,960
Speaker 1: be the top two. And then if you're injured, making

2103
01:52:19,960 --> 01:52:22,360
Speaker 1: sure that you you're back and ready to go when

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Speaker 1: it's time, so getting the necessary treatment and so those

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Speaker 1: will probably be my top three for this team during

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Speaker 1: this week. Real quick on the Dolphins, Lorenzo suddenly a

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01:52:32,040 --> 01:52:34,320
Speaker 1: half game behind the Bills and a chance to pull

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01:52:34,400 --> 01:52:36,280
Speaker 1: even with them, although the Bills would have the head

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01:52:36,280 --> 01:52:39,640
Speaker 1: to a tiebreaker as of right now if Miami was

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01:52:39,680 --> 01:52:42,360
Speaker 1: able to win this week. Two hasn't thrown for over

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01:52:42,400 --> 01:52:44,760
Speaker 1: two hundred yards and any of his starts, but they

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Speaker 1: are winning with help from the defense and the special teams,

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Speaker 1: who have scored touchdowns in each of their last three games,

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01:52:51,280 --> 01:52:52,680
Speaker 1: and it's a big reason why they're on a fur

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01:52:52,760 --> 01:52:55,920
Speaker 1: war game winning streak. So what kind of threat do

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01:52:56,000 --> 01:52:59,479
Speaker 1: you think they pose on going under the assumption that

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01:52:59,520 --> 01:53:04,760
Speaker 1: two will probably get incrementally better as they go along here. Yeah,

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01:53:04,800 --> 01:53:06,640
Speaker 1: I think that it's a viable threat. I don't know

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01:53:06,680 --> 01:53:09,280
Speaker 1: if they're ready right now to overtake Buffalo, because I

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01:53:09,280 --> 01:53:11,559
Speaker 1: think Buffalo is probably a step ahead as far as

2121
01:53:11,800 --> 01:53:15,080
Speaker 1: where they're at organizational wise. But if this defense continues

2122
01:53:15,120 --> 01:53:16,760
Speaker 1: to play the way they have, they can teem to

2123
01:53:16,800 --> 01:53:19,160
Speaker 1: find ways to create turnovers and score the ball. It's

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01:53:19,160 --> 01:53:23,479
Speaker 1: willing to special teams make big plays. It's gonna be

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01:53:23,560 --> 01:53:25,719
Speaker 1: very competitive. It's gonna be some good close games because

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01:53:25,800 --> 01:53:28,040
Speaker 1: right now they're not asking a ton from tour. And

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01:53:28,240 --> 01:53:30,240
Speaker 1: a lot of times when you see a rookie quarterback starting,

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01:53:30,320 --> 01:53:32,080
Speaker 1: you try to manipulate him and putting him in some

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01:53:32,160 --> 01:53:34,600
Speaker 1: spots where he has to feel like he has to

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01:53:34,600 --> 01:53:36,320
Speaker 1: win the game, And right now he doesn't feel that

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01:53:36,360 --> 01:53:38,639
Speaker 1: way because of what the other two phases are doing.

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01:53:38,720 --> 01:53:41,280
Speaker 1: So they play in the ultimate complimentary football right now,

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01:53:41,560 --> 01:53:44,200
Speaker 1: allowing him time to grow, gain experience without feeling like

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01:53:44,240 --> 01:53:47,200
Speaker 1: the pressures all on him. And so this team is

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01:53:47,640 --> 01:53:50,599
Speaker 1: definitely a threat. I would never wouldn't overlook him based

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01:53:50,600 --> 01:53:54,040
Speaker 1: on the way they've been playing, and this is gonna

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01:53:54,080 --> 01:53:57,160
Speaker 1: be I think one of the top tier matchups that

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01:53:57,320 --> 01:53:59,760
Speaker 1: you see in the NFL. I think over the next

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01:53:59,760 --> 01:54:01,479
Speaker 1: you know, two to three years, based on the way

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01:54:01,479 --> 01:54:04,280
Speaker 1: that you're decry had both these teams having their quarterback,

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01:54:04,400 --> 01:54:07,840
Speaker 1: having a strong defense foundation, and just the culture that

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01:54:07,920 --> 01:54:12,960
Speaker 1: both these coaches have as far as building organizations. It's

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01:54:13,000 --> 01:54:14,360
Speaker 1: going to be fun to watch as far as that

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01:54:14,400 --> 01:54:17,280
Speaker 1: competitive nature within the afcast over the next couple of years.

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01:54:18,160 --> 01:54:20,280
Speaker 1: What do you think about the way Josh Allen played

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01:54:20,280 --> 01:54:23,080
Speaker 1: in Arizona and has been playing. I mean, he's out,

2147
01:54:23,720 --> 01:54:26,639
Speaker 1: he has surpassed all the expectations we could have put

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01:54:26,640 --> 01:54:29,760
Speaker 1: out him reasonably before. Yeah, most definitely. Obviously he's played

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01:54:29,840 --> 01:54:32,760
Speaker 1: lights out. You know, he still had a couple of termovers,

2150
01:54:32,800 --> 01:54:35,320
Speaker 1: but he still didn't allow that to get him out

2151
01:54:35,320 --> 01:54:37,080
Speaker 1: of source to where he couldn't still put this team

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01:54:37,080 --> 01:54:38,760
Speaker 1: in a position to win the game by having that

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01:54:38,840 --> 01:54:41,320
Speaker 1: last two minute drive. And so it's really fun to

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01:54:41,320 --> 01:54:45,120
Speaker 1: watch him compete out there, throwing off the fenders, you know,

2155
01:54:45,120 --> 01:54:47,080
Speaker 1: stiff arming them things that you know, so telling them

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01:54:47,120 --> 01:54:50,200
Speaker 1: like don't do. But then you're screaming yes as he's

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01:54:50,360 --> 01:54:53,200
Speaker 1: out there making those type of big plays. So it's

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01:54:53,240 --> 01:54:54,880
Speaker 1: been it's been fun to watch and I would be

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01:54:54,920 --> 01:54:59,080
Speaker 1: even missed. I think my man water Cole Beasley gets

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01:54:59,120 --> 01:55:01,560
Speaker 1: lost in the shuffle a lot because of you know,

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01:55:01,640 --> 01:55:06,440
Speaker 1: Smoke Alan single Terry Diggs. But he has been a

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01:55:06,520 --> 01:55:10,360
Speaker 1: straight up baller for this team, and and you know

2163
01:55:10,440 --> 01:55:13,320
Speaker 1: obviously had a monster game last week. And so with

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01:55:13,480 --> 01:55:17,080
Speaker 1: those type of weapons that Josh has, including his work ethic,

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Speaker 1: it doesn't surprise me one bit what he's been able

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01:55:20,120 --> 01:55:23,240
Speaker 1: to do this year as far as be fish it,

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01:55:23,400 --> 01:55:27,360
Speaker 1: being pactful and put points on the board for this team. Zoe,

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Speaker 1: we appreciate the time, Sarah. Thanks for carving out some

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Speaker 1: time here on a Wednesday. We know we usually bug

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01:55:33,160 --> 01:55:36,480
Speaker 1: you on a Friday, so thanks for doing it now.

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01:55:36,480 --> 01:55:38,360
Speaker 1: I appreciate you. Guys, look forward to seeing you here

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01:55:38,440 --> 01:55:40,560
Speaker 1: sometime soon. Yeah, we'll catch up with you next week

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01:55:40,600 --> 01:55:43,480
Speaker 1: for sure. Thanks Joe. That's Lorenzo Alexander joining us here

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Speaker 1: for his segment known as the Lowdown. But we have

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01:55:46,640 --> 01:55:48,840
Speaker 1: to take a break. When Steve and I return, we'll

2176
01:55:48,920 --> 01:55:51,320
Speaker 1: hit the mailbag one more time. Here on one Bills

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Speaker 1: Live presented by Kalid to Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio

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01:56:05,960 --> 01:56:11,520
Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker Won Bills Live Wednesday edition, and

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Speaker 1: it is time to return to the obl mailbag and Steve,

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01:56:16,720 --> 01:56:19,240
Speaker 1: we are up to John here. He's got a question

2181
01:56:19,760 --> 01:56:23,200
Speaker 1: said last year the Bills, even the Seahawks had top

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01:56:23,240 --> 01:56:26,120
Speaker 1: flight defenses, especially at home. What level of impact do

2183
01:56:26,160 --> 01:56:29,200
Speaker 1: you think the absence of fans is having across the

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01:56:29,320 --> 01:56:32,600
Speaker 1: league from a defensive perspective. Now, we've already kind of

2185
01:56:32,640 --> 01:56:36,280
Speaker 1: shared with our listeners how the players feel. They acknowledge

2186
01:56:36,320 --> 01:56:40,720
Speaker 1: that it's weird. They have told us through the course

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01:56:40,720 --> 01:56:43,640
Speaker 1: of this season that they need to look to each

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01:56:43,680 --> 01:56:46,480
Speaker 1: other on the field as teammates to provide them with

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01:56:46,520 --> 01:56:51,160
Speaker 1: the juice to you know, have that wave of energy

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01:56:51,200 --> 01:56:53,200
Speaker 1: that they might need in a critical series or a

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01:56:53,200 --> 01:56:58,360
Speaker 1: critical down, and they've had to adjust emotionally without the

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01:56:58,400 --> 01:57:02,800
Speaker 1: fans there to provide that energy. How much do you

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01:57:02,840 --> 01:57:05,440
Speaker 1: think it's impacted home field advantage, which we already know

2194
01:57:05,600 --> 01:57:10,560
Speaker 1: is below five hundred right now league wide. I think

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01:57:10,640 --> 01:57:14,040
Speaker 1: the big effect is that it has not had an effect.

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01:57:14,160 --> 01:57:15,960
Speaker 1: I mean that's the big difference. I think there are

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01:57:16,000 --> 01:57:19,200
Speaker 1: certain times. And this is what we can all think

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01:57:19,240 --> 01:57:21,360
Speaker 1: of where a loud crowd makes a difference. It makes

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01:57:21,400 --> 01:57:23,720
Speaker 1: it just that much tougher to communicate offensively. And then

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01:57:23,720 --> 01:57:26,560
Speaker 1: this day and age Brownie, both sides of the football

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01:57:26,600 --> 01:57:29,000
Speaker 1: spend a lot of time communicating before the snap of

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01:57:29,000 --> 01:57:34,760
Speaker 1: the bowl. The offense checks motions, shifts, play checks, strength,

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01:57:35,400 --> 01:57:38,000
Speaker 1: all of the stuff that they connotate in their communication

2204
01:57:38,080 --> 01:57:42,360
Speaker 1: becomes impossible with a loud crowd, And the fact that

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01:57:42,400 --> 01:57:44,520
Speaker 1: it's not there means you got to play it honest

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01:57:44,640 --> 01:57:47,640
Speaker 1: all the way around, and you've got to not only

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01:57:48,640 --> 01:57:53,520
Speaker 1: be communicative, but you've also got to be dispising in

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01:57:53,560 --> 01:57:57,000
Speaker 1: your communications because teams will get a bead on what

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Speaker 1: your language is. So I think the biggest difference is

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Speaker 1: the fact that it has not made a difference, And

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01:58:02,960 --> 01:58:05,640
Speaker 1: I don't think that is the reason some teams had

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01:58:05,680 --> 01:58:09,240
Speaker 1: have had great defenses and now don't have great defenses

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01:58:09,440 --> 01:58:15,320
Speaker 1: statistically speaking, like Bills and Seahawks, as as John tweeted

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01:58:15,360 --> 01:58:18,960
Speaker 1: at US, I just think it's a difference that has

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01:58:19,000 --> 01:58:24,160
Speaker 1: to be noted that certainly it's strange, it's not what

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01:58:24,200 --> 01:58:28,000
Speaker 1: we're used to. But I think more so than anything,

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01:58:28,000 --> 01:58:30,120
Speaker 1: I don't think I think it's one of those situations

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01:58:30,200 --> 01:58:33,520
Speaker 1: where if there ever was a difference making crowd or

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01:58:33,560 --> 01:58:35,200
Speaker 1: a place where it was going to make a difference

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01:58:35,440 --> 01:58:37,400
Speaker 1: has totally been eliminated. And I think you got to

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01:58:37,440 --> 01:58:40,760
Speaker 1: play that way. Yeah, I think that's the biggest difference

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01:58:40,840 --> 01:58:43,120
Speaker 1: is the fact that the crowd can't make a difference. Yeah,

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01:58:43,120 --> 01:58:45,480
Speaker 1: and they do pump in artificial noise. And the reason

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01:58:45,560 --> 01:58:49,200
Speaker 1: that was permitted was because of coaches concerns about their

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01:58:49,240 --> 01:58:54,120
Speaker 1: calls being completely deciphered and you know, deconstructed by the opponent.

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01:58:54,400 --> 01:58:56,400
Speaker 1: So they said, can we at least put artificial noise

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01:58:56,440 --> 01:58:59,000
Speaker 1: in so our opponent can't hear what our exact calls

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01:58:59,160 --> 01:59:02,000
Speaker 1: or are, so they know what our language and our

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01:59:02,080 --> 01:59:05,400
Speaker 1: terminology is. So that's why we saw artificial noise being

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01:59:05,440 --> 01:59:07,600
Speaker 1: allowed up to seventy five decibels, and then it went

2231
01:59:07,680 --> 01:59:10,440
Speaker 1: up higher than that, I believe about a month ago.

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01:59:11,280 --> 01:59:13,880
Speaker 1: But it is artificial in every sense of the word,

2233
01:59:14,400 --> 01:59:16,920
Speaker 1: because that's about the only purpose it serves drowning out

2234
01:59:16,960 --> 01:59:20,400
Speaker 1: what the actual play calls are for the respective offense

2235
01:59:20,520 --> 01:59:23,880
Speaker 1: or maybe in some cases defense. From Rick in the

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01:59:23,920 --> 01:59:27,840
Speaker 1: mail bag. Normally, a home playoff game is a huge advantage,

2237
01:59:28,160 --> 01:59:31,360
Speaker 1: but with no fans, wouldn't another stadium with a chance

2238
01:59:31,360 --> 01:59:34,120
Speaker 1: of better field conditions for Josh and the passing game

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01:59:34,200 --> 01:59:37,640
Speaker 1: be a bigger advantage With no effective running game, typical

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01:59:37,680 --> 01:59:40,600
Speaker 1: Western New York January weather could really hurt us. And

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01:59:40,720 --> 01:59:43,000
Speaker 1: this is this is part of the reason that I

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01:59:43,040 --> 01:59:46,760
Speaker 1: was arguing for a more efficient running game to serve

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01:59:46,800 --> 01:59:49,400
Speaker 1: as a compliment to the Bill's passing game. I'm not

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01:59:49,440 --> 01:59:52,920
Speaker 1: only concerned about the amount of blitzing that opponents are

2245
01:59:52,960 --> 01:59:56,080
Speaker 1: doing because they're not really worried about Buffalo's running attack

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01:59:56,760 --> 01:59:59,800
Speaker 1: and they want to tee off on Josh, but also

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02:00:00,120 --> 02:00:03,000
Speaker 1: from from a secondary perspective, when you get to the playoffs,

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02:00:03,360 --> 02:00:06,240
Speaker 1: if the snow is flying here sideways in January, Steve,

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02:00:06,920 --> 02:00:08,800
Speaker 1: I mean you may you may have to rely on

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Speaker 1: a running game a little bit more than you have

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Speaker 1: so far this season. I kind of agree with the

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02:00:15,240 --> 02:00:17,000
Speaker 1: tweet it might be a great year to be on

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02:00:17,040 --> 02:00:21,080
Speaker 1: the road in the playoffs. You're not. It's not gonna

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Speaker 1: bother you. It's gonna be just another game. There ain't

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Speaker 1: gonna be any fans in the stands unless things changed draftly,

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Speaker 1: which they could by January. But I'm totally with him.

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02:00:31,640 --> 02:00:33,920
Speaker 1: I thought the Bills had a better chance of beating

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02:00:33,960 --> 02:00:36,720
Speaker 1: Arizona in Arizona this last week than they did about

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02:00:36,840 --> 02:00:40,200
Speaker 1: than beating them in Buffalo. They give, particularly given the conditions.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we had power outages. It was awful here

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02:00:42,840 --> 02:00:45,320
Speaker 1: in Buffalo. That would have really bothered the Bills. I

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02:00:45,400 --> 02:00:48,000
Speaker 1: don't know that it would have bothered a quarterback like

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02:00:48,280 --> 02:00:50,560
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray because he just pulled it down and run

2264
02:00:50,600 --> 02:00:52,080
Speaker 1: it and then you got to hm him in and

2265
02:00:52,160 --> 02:00:55,040
Speaker 1: chase him all over the yard. I think those conditions

2266
02:00:55,040 --> 02:00:57,680
Speaker 1: in Arizona greatly benefited the Bills, and I think it

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02:00:57,680 --> 02:01:00,160
Speaker 1: would be the same in a playoffs scenario where the

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Speaker 1: Bills would go down to Miami instead of playing here

2269
02:01:02,960 --> 02:01:09,200
Speaker 1: in Orchard Park, or going to Tennessee or you name it, Jacksonville,

2270
02:01:09,720 --> 02:01:16,120
Speaker 1: one of these Southern teams, San Diego, Houston, all those teams.

2271
02:01:16,160 --> 02:01:19,880
Speaker 1: And it's you're a slave to the conditions and the

2272
02:01:19,960 --> 02:01:22,440
Speaker 1: Bills the way they're running, the way they're running offense

2273
02:01:22,560 --> 02:01:24,680
Speaker 1: right now, it's better to be in good weather, even

2274
02:01:24,680 --> 02:01:26,280
Speaker 1: if it means being on the road. But because of

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02:01:26,320 --> 02:01:29,920
Speaker 1: there's no fans. Wow. So Steve Tasker, who way back

2276
02:01:29,960 --> 02:01:33,400
Speaker 1: in March or April was in had visions of a

2277
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Speaker 1: home playoff game with fans. Granted, you said, now with

2278
02:01:38,920 --> 02:01:42,160
Speaker 1: fans out the windows, Steve says, get out of Dodge,

2279
02:01:42,440 --> 02:01:44,320
Speaker 1: go to the better weather. Look at this. Look at

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Speaker 1: this one eighty by Steve Tasker today. That's more of

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02:01:48,320 --> 02:01:50,480
Speaker 1: a ninety degree than a one eighty. If you can

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Speaker 1: have fans, more of a pivot, you gotta play. If

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02:01:53,120 --> 02:01:55,280
Speaker 1: you're gonna have fans in the stands, you need to

2284
02:01:55,280 --> 02:01:59,080
Speaker 1: be in Orchard Park. There's no doubt about it. Whether

2285
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Speaker 1: it be to play that game, whether weather be damned,

2286
02:02:03,520 --> 02:02:07,600
Speaker 1: that's the difference. And here's the thing I think about it.

2287
02:02:07,640 --> 02:02:12,840
Speaker 1: I mean, until they establish a running game, they ain't

2288
02:02:12,840 --> 02:02:17,120
Speaker 1: got one. So if they hadn't one against New England,

2289
02:02:17,120 --> 02:02:20,520
Speaker 1: no question they ran it really well. They still continue

2290
02:02:20,560 --> 02:02:23,320
Speaker 1: to shuffle their offensive line, and I would anticipate after

2291
02:02:23,360 --> 02:02:27,200
Speaker 1: the bybe it's going to be yet another offensive line shuffling.

2292
02:02:27,240 --> 02:02:29,440
Speaker 1: It's going to be another different five. Now, certainly it

2293
02:02:29,440 --> 02:02:32,720
Speaker 1: should be better their best offensive line on the field

2294
02:02:32,800 --> 02:02:35,880
Speaker 1: this coming game against the Chargers in two weeks, because

2295
02:02:36,120 --> 02:02:38,880
Speaker 1: they should all be healthy and available. Then we might

2296
02:02:38,960 --> 02:02:41,080
Speaker 1: get an idea as to what they really think about

2297
02:02:41,080 --> 02:02:45,200
Speaker 1: the guys they've got playing up there, and maybe that'll

2298
02:02:45,280 --> 02:02:49,560
Speaker 1: change things for their running game. But as it sits

2299
02:02:49,640 --> 02:02:53,000
Speaker 1: right now, if there's no fans in the stands, give

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02:02:53,040 --> 02:02:54,920
Speaker 1: the Bills their best chance to go out in the

2301
02:02:54,960 --> 02:02:58,720
Speaker 1: good weather and play somewhere else. I mean that, it

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Speaker 1: makes no difference. You'll be sitting there in your home,

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02:03:01,120 --> 02:03:03,000
Speaker 1: in your living room watching the game the same way.

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02:03:03,040 --> 02:03:05,360
Speaker 1: It's not gonna It's nothing else different about it. So

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02:03:05,680 --> 02:03:08,560
Speaker 1: and believe me, Brownie, I was in the stadium this

2306
02:03:08,640 --> 02:03:11,360
Speaker 1: last weekend in Orchard Park when the team was in Arizona.

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02:03:11,360 --> 02:03:14,560
Speaker 1: We do the games from the booth in the stadium.

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02:03:14,720 --> 02:03:17,040
Speaker 1: You wanted no part of being in that. Bill wouldn't

2309
02:03:17,080 --> 02:03:21,000
Speaker 1: have been. It would not have been. It might have been,

2310
02:03:21,000 --> 02:03:24,320
Speaker 1: would have been six to three, maybe not even six

2311
02:03:24,400 --> 02:03:25,840
Speaker 1: to three. I don't know if anybody was kicking a

2312
02:03:25,880 --> 02:03:28,960
Speaker 1: field goal on Sunday here in Buffalo. My gosh, I

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Speaker 1: thought this studio was blown in. It was awful. It

2314
02:03:34,960 --> 02:03:36,800
Speaker 1: was awful, and that you know you gotta play it,

2315
02:03:36,800 --> 02:03:39,000
Speaker 1: and now so does everybody else. I get it. It's fair,

2316
02:03:39,520 --> 02:03:41,400
Speaker 1: but the Bills and and I know, Josh, you got

2317
02:03:41,400 --> 02:03:44,840
Speaker 1: this big arm and everything but man, oh man, come on,

2318
02:03:45,360 --> 02:03:46,800
Speaker 1: you want to You want to see your team get

2319
02:03:46,800 --> 02:03:49,680
Speaker 1: a chance to play their best, not be relegated to

2320
02:03:49,680 --> 02:03:51,840
Speaker 1: play whatever they can get away with in the weather.

2321
02:03:52,640 --> 02:03:54,960
Speaker 1: And that's what it would be have been last Sunday night.

2322
02:03:56,440 --> 02:04:00,360
Speaker 1: Uh oh bl Fan mail Bag Question four from Nick,

2323
02:04:00,560 --> 02:04:02,640
Speaker 1: and we remind you the tweet sheet brought to you

2324
02:04:02,680 --> 02:04:05,080
Speaker 1: by a Corrigan Moving System is the official equipment moving

2325
02:04:05,120 --> 02:04:07,960
Speaker 1: company of the Bills. I asked in a mailbag at

2326
02:04:07,960 --> 02:04:10,280
Speaker 1: the start of the year if not having a true

2327
02:04:10,320 --> 02:04:13,280
Speaker 1: fullback would hurt our run game. You both said no,

2328
02:04:13,400 --> 02:04:16,840
Speaker 1: and I agreed, But do you stand by your answers

2329
02:04:17,200 --> 02:04:19,440
Speaker 1: with our line currently unable to open holes for our

2330
02:04:19,520 --> 02:04:21,600
Speaker 1: running back. So I wonder if a classic lead blocking

2331
02:04:21,640 --> 02:04:24,960
Speaker 1: fullback would help. What you think about that one, Steve,

2332
02:04:25,920 --> 02:04:29,880
Speaker 1: It's a good question, but I help, Yeah, be a

2333
02:04:29,920 --> 02:04:34,440
Speaker 1: difference making, difference making don't know, yeah, because I mean,

2334
02:04:34,440 --> 02:04:36,160
Speaker 1: you put a fullback in there, you bring one more

2335
02:04:36,160 --> 02:04:38,920
Speaker 1: player into the box. You're not running twelve, You're not

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02:04:39,000 --> 02:04:42,760
Speaker 1: running eleven or ten personnel with a fullback, and they

2337
02:04:42,760 --> 02:04:45,960
Speaker 1: and they have run a fullback formation with a tight

2338
02:04:46,080 --> 02:04:48,520
Speaker 1: end a bunch of times. Dawson Knox in an offset

2339
02:04:48,640 --> 02:04:53,280
Speaker 1: pistol Gilliam. Gilliam in an offset pistol, they'll do that.

2340
02:04:54,440 --> 02:04:56,600
Speaker 1: It hasn't worked yet. I don't know why, you know,

2341
02:04:56,760 --> 02:04:58,840
Speaker 1: you think Chris DeMarco will be a guy that's going

2342
02:04:58,880 --> 02:05:01,000
Speaker 1: to come in and play fullback and do something different

2343
02:05:01,040 --> 02:05:04,400
Speaker 1: than Reggie Gilliam. So I'd have to say, well, it's

2344
02:05:04,440 --> 02:05:08,480
Speaker 1: a good question, and it bears some thought. I don't

2345
02:05:08,480 --> 02:05:10,360
Speaker 1: know that I've seen enough to make him make me

2346
02:05:10,400 --> 02:05:12,680
Speaker 1: think that one extra fullback or one more fullback is

2347
02:05:13,040 --> 02:05:15,160
Speaker 1: gonna make it a difference. I'm sticking by my answer

2348
02:05:15,200 --> 02:05:18,160
Speaker 1: as well, because this team hasn't shown a great ability

2349
02:05:18,200 --> 02:05:21,080
Speaker 1: to run effectively against the seven man box. I can't

2350
02:05:21,080 --> 02:05:23,480
Speaker 1: imagine just putting a fullback back there and running against

2351
02:05:23,520 --> 02:05:25,120
Speaker 1: an eight man box is going to be getting better.

2352
02:05:25,200 --> 02:05:29,480
Speaker 1: So yeah, I'm sticking by my answer too. From Steve.

2353
02:05:29,600 --> 02:05:32,680
Speaker 1: He says, Chris, You've always been a class act in

2354
02:05:32,720 --> 02:05:35,600
Speaker 1: respond to any question I throw at you. Steve, you

2355
02:05:35,720 --> 02:05:38,520
Speaker 1: threw me your hat in Indie in the nineties and

2356
02:05:38,600 --> 02:05:40,839
Speaker 1: I cherish the hell out of it to this day.

2357
02:05:41,200 --> 02:05:43,400
Speaker 1: Do you two ever really get mad at each other?

2358
02:05:43,720 --> 02:05:50,440
Speaker 1: You're both passionate. Do you ever leave work mad and upset. No,

2359
02:05:50,560 --> 02:05:54,480
Speaker 1: I don't do you, Brownie. No, if ever ticked you

2360
02:05:54,480 --> 02:05:57,120
Speaker 1: off to that point. No, I've had callers kind of

2361
02:05:57,160 --> 02:05:59,400
Speaker 1: get me a little annoyed, but I get over it

2362
02:05:59,400 --> 02:06:02,960
Speaker 1: pretty quick. You know. You saw me when I had

2363
02:06:02,960 --> 02:06:05,160
Speaker 1: to pass you the microphone and said, you gotta talk

2364
02:06:05,240 --> 02:06:08,960
Speaker 1: right now because I'm a little hot. Right. No, Brownie

2365
02:06:09,000 --> 02:06:11,400
Speaker 1: and I have these discussions because I know he knows,

2366
02:06:11,440 --> 02:06:13,240
Speaker 1: and I know that both of us come from a

2367
02:06:13,240 --> 02:06:15,880
Speaker 1: place where we have some belief like the discussion we

2368
02:06:15,960 --> 02:06:18,640
Speaker 1: just had about do you draft corners or you draft

2369
02:06:18,720 --> 02:06:21,640
Speaker 1: big you know, the discussion we had about draft philosophies

2370
02:06:21,640 --> 02:06:23,160
Speaker 1: a minute ago. I don't. I have all the respect

2371
02:06:23,160 --> 02:06:24,960
Speaker 1: in the world for Brownie and what he thinks about

2372
02:06:24,960 --> 02:06:27,560
Speaker 1: it because he spends a lot of time neck deep

2373
02:06:27,600 --> 02:06:30,240
Speaker 1: in the roster and how things work and why the

2374
02:06:30,360 --> 02:06:33,600
Speaker 1: decisions are made. So yeah, I mean, no, Brownie, I don't.

2375
02:06:33,680 --> 02:06:35,600
Speaker 1: I have never been mad at Brownie. I will say

2376
02:06:35,600 --> 02:06:38,120
Speaker 1: that he doesn't get mad angry with Steve gets mad

2377
02:06:38,200 --> 02:06:40,840
Speaker 1: at situations. I don't think he gets mad at people.

2378
02:06:41,040 --> 02:06:43,880
Speaker 1: I don't think that's in him really, um, unless somebody

2379
02:06:43,920 --> 02:06:47,880
Speaker 1: does something really stupid. Steve's just he doesn't get mad

2380
02:06:47,880 --> 02:06:50,880
Speaker 1: at people. Um, I've seen him getting sensed with things

2381
02:06:50,880 --> 02:06:53,840
Speaker 1: that have happened in football games, but I've never seen

2382
02:06:53,920 --> 02:06:55,680
Speaker 1: him get mad at a at a person and then

2383
02:06:55,720 --> 02:06:57,360
Speaker 1: hold a grudge on top of it. That's just not

2384
02:06:57,600 --> 02:07:01,640
Speaker 1: Watch just not Steve. Watch watch me in the radio

2385
02:07:01,680 --> 02:07:04,560
Speaker 1: booth sometime. Yeah, I got mad, you know what, I

2386
02:07:04,640 --> 02:07:08,080
Speaker 1: get madd essad in the booth when somebody doesn't down

2387
02:07:08,080 --> 02:07:13,680
Speaker 1: a bounce punt into the end zone. Yeah, that drives

2388
02:07:13,720 --> 02:07:19,720
Speaker 1: me bonkers. Yeah it's the it's yeah, it's the Yeah,

2389
02:07:19,720 --> 02:07:22,120
Speaker 1: it's the Yeah, that's what it is. I mean, that's

2390
02:07:22,240 --> 02:07:24,600
Speaker 1: what it is. You gotta try harder, you know. But yeah,

2391
02:07:24,640 --> 02:07:27,040
Speaker 1: I know Brownie and I know we we do not

2392
02:07:27,200 --> 02:07:29,320
Speaker 1: stay ups I don't even know that we've ever been

2393
02:07:29,400 --> 02:07:33,440
Speaker 1: upset with each other. We certainly had heated discussions, but yeah,

2394
02:07:33,640 --> 02:07:37,040
Speaker 1: so no, Yeah, I think he's I think he's got

2395
02:07:37,080 --> 02:07:39,480
Speaker 1: his pegged. I think we're both passionate about it. But

2396
02:07:40,160 --> 02:07:42,120
Speaker 1: I don't think we get to a point where, I mean, that's,

2397
02:07:42,200 --> 02:07:43,800
Speaker 1: come on, what are we talking about here. We're talking

2398
02:07:43,800 --> 02:07:48,080
Speaker 1: about football, not you know, nuclear fission or anything. I mean,

2399
02:07:48,120 --> 02:07:50,480
Speaker 1: it's that's not something you should be upset about. For

2400
02:07:50,560 --> 02:07:52,640
Speaker 1: very long we're not talking about the laws of physics.

2401
02:07:52,720 --> 02:07:56,920
Speaker 1: Yeah uh from Ultrasonic Beast. That's a heck of a

2402
02:07:56,960 --> 02:08:00,800
Speaker 1: Twitter handle. Good good on Ultrasonic East for coming up

2403
02:08:00,800 --> 02:08:04,760
Speaker 1: with that. Where the Bills involved in any trade talks

2404
02:08:05,280 --> 02:08:08,200
Speaker 1: for any specific players at the trade deadline? Are any

2405
02:08:08,200 --> 02:08:11,000
Speaker 1: free agents available that can help this team going forward?

2406
02:08:11,400 --> 02:08:15,240
Speaker 1: And this time a year, it's pretty slim slim pickens

2407
02:08:15,240 --> 02:08:17,640
Speaker 1: this time of year, especially when you consider the fact

2408
02:08:18,320 --> 02:08:21,920
Speaker 1: that most rosters have expanded practice squads. Now, you could

2409
02:08:22,040 --> 02:08:25,480
Speaker 1: poach somebody off another team's practice squad. But from what

2410
02:08:25,560 --> 02:08:28,600
Speaker 1: I've heard, because I've kind of thrown some phone calls

2411
02:08:28,640 --> 02:08:30,920
Speaker 1: out there just to see what the general thought is

2412
02:08:30,920 --> 02:08:33,600
Speaker 1: on this around the league, you know, you say, oh

2413
02:08:33,640 --> 02:08:36,120
Speaker 1: my gosh, you got these giant practice squads. There's more

2414
02:08:36,120 --> 02:08:38,320
Speaker 1: people to pick off of other rosters if you really

2415
02:08:38,360 --> 02:08:41,840
Speaker 1: need some help. And I found that the general consensus

2416
02:08:41,960 --> 02:08:46,120
Speaker 1: is players on practice squads are less apt to move

2417
02:08:46,600 --> 02:08:49,839
Speaker 1: because the likelihood of getting called up to active rosters

2418
02:08:50,000 --> 02:08:53,960
Speaker 1: is greater now than it's ever been before for every

2419
02:08:54,000 --> 02:08:57,800
Speaker 1: team across the league because of COVID on top of injuries.

2420
02:08:58,120 --> 02:09:02,800
Speaker 1: So most players on the squads nowadays are of the belief,

2421
02:09:02,840 --> 02:09:04,600
Speaker 1: and I think their agents are in the same boat

2422
02:09:04,680 --> 02:09:09,200
Speaker 1: here that you're better off staying where you are, where

2423
02:09:09,240 --> 02:09:12,200
Speaker 1: you know the system, and when you do get called up,

2424
02:09:12,360 --> 02:09:14,760
Speaker 1: you're ready. Instead of going somewhere else and having to

2425
02:09:14,800 --> 02:09:17,800
Speaker 1: do all of that preparation all over again, you're better

2426
02:09:17,840 --> 02:09:20,040
Speaker 1: to just stay where you are and wait for the

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02:09:20,080 --> 02:09:23,880
Speaker 1: other shoe to drop. So I don't think there are

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02:09:24,520 --> 02:09:27,760
Speaker 1: people out there readily available to help your roster number

2429
02:09:27,760 --> 02:09:30,440
Speaker 1: one and then number two. I think Steve and I

2430
02:09:30,520 --> 02:09:34,160
Speaker 1: we were here for the trade deadline show because it

2431
02:09:34,200 --> 02:09:37,040
Speaker 1: was during the week and it became more and more

2432
02:09:37,080 --> 02:09:40,040
Speaker 1: readily apparent that it was pretty quiet across the league.

2433
02:09:40,040 --> 02:09:42,920
Speaker 1: What do we have? Two total trade Steve on trade

2434
02:09:42,920 --> 02:09:47,360
Speaker 1: deadline Day? Yeah, and for Ultrasonic Beasts. Two questions, where

2435
02:09:47,360 --> 02:09:49,800
Speaker 1: the Bills involved in the trade talks for specific players?

2436
02:09:49,840 --> 02:09:52,040
Speaker 1: I would probably say, yes, we don't. We probably never

2437
02:09:52,080 --> 02:09:53,920
Speaker 1: know what they are because they never didn't take place.

2438
02:09:54,200 --> 02:09:56,160
Speaker 1: I would say the Bills probably did have their eyes

2439
02:09:56,200 --> 02:09:59,800
Speaker 1: set on some guys and made some inquiries, but nothing

2440
02:09:59,800 --> 02:10:01,520
Speaker 1: ever happened from it, so they're not going to do it.

2441
02:10:01,560 --> 02:10:03,640
Speaker 1: And the second question, or any free agents available that

2442
02:10:03,680 --> 02:10:05,320
Speaker 1: can help this team going forward? I would say no.

2443
02:10:06,000 --> 02:10:08,840
Speaker 1: So the two questions, yes, they probably were. You'll never

2444
02:10:08,880 --> 02:10:10,280
Speaker 1: find out who they were. And I don't know that

2445
02:10:10,320 --> 02:10:13,160
Speaker 1: they would have been difference makers unless they were really

2446
02:10:13,200 --> 02:10:15,800
Speaker 1: firing after maybe a star for another team and gonna

2447
02:10:15,840 --> 02:10:18,560
Speaker 1: make a big deal. I would say yeah, the Bills

2448
02:10:18,600 --> 02:10:21,000
Speaker 1: probably were picking up the phone during the trade run

2449
02:10:21,080 --> 02:10:25,000
Speaker 1: up to the trade deadline, but obviously nothing happened because

2450
02:10:25,040 --> 02:10:27,839
Speaker 1: the price was too high for the Bills to partake.

2451
02:10:28,480 --> 02:10:30,400
Speaker 1: And I don't think there are any free agents that

2452
02:10:30,440 --> 02:10:32,440
Speaker 1: are gonna help the Bills going forward. I really don't.

2453
02:10:32,480 --> 02:10:34,280
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna come from. I think they're guys

2454
02:10:34,320 --> 02:10:37,040
Speaker 1: who are already on rosters around the league and they

2455
02:10:37,080 --> 02:10:39,200
Speaker 1: won't come available until after the season's over in the

2456
02:10:39,240 --> 02:10:42,200
Speaker 1: new NFL years starts all right. Last one from the

2457
02:10:42,200 --> 02:10:44,640
Speaker 1: mailbag here from Jonathan. Is there a chance that the

2458
02:10:44,680 --> 02:10:48,560
Speaker 1: playoffs and the super Bowl gets postponed? It's possible because

2459
02:10:48,600 --> 02:10:51,400
Speaker 1: we don't know where COVID is headed, and COVID is

2460
02:10:51,400 --> 02:10:54,120
Speaker 1: the biggest obstacle right now, and because nobody can predict

2461
02:10:54,120 --> 02:10:57,000
Speaker 1: the future on the virus, I think you have to

2462
02:10:57,040 --> 02:11:02,880
Speaker 1: say yes, there's a chance. Yeah, three things this final

2463
02:11:02,960 --> 02:11:07,280
Speaker 1: bye week. If those four clubs, the Bills, the Giants,

2464
02:11:07,280 --> 02:11:09,120
Speaker 1: and a couple other teams I can't remember who it is.

2465
02:11:09,440 --> 02:11:11,200
Speaker 1: If the Bills and Giants and all these teams come

2466
02:11:11,200 --> 02:11:14,720
Speaker 1: out of the buys okay without having an outbreak, that's

2467
02:11:14,760 --> 02:11:19,680
Speaker 1: one obstacle. Thanksgiving week is another obstacle, and Christmas week

2468
02:11:19,760 --> 02:11:22,839
Speaker 1: is another obstacle. If you can make it through those

2469
02:11:23,520 --> 02:11:27,320
Speaker 1: situations roster wise and socially away from the football with

2470
02:11:27,360 --> 02:11:29,400
Speaker 1: your rosters, if you can keep the guys clean through

2471
02:11:29,480 --> 02:11:32,320
Speaker 1: those big moments, then we're going to continue to see

2472
02:11:32,360 --> 02:11:34,480
Speaker 1: it like it has been. A player here with a

2473
02:11:34,520 --> 02:11:36,560
Speaker 1: couple of contacts that are out of the game, a

2474
02:11:36,600 --> 02:11:38,520
Speaker 1: player there who the couple of contacts right out of

2475
02:11:38,520 --> 02:11:40,520
Speaker 1: the game, or maybe a couple of players with positives

2476
02:11:40,560 --> 02:11:43,080
Speaker 1: and their contacts out of a game, and then you

2477
02:11:43,120 --> 02:11:45,360
Speaker 1: know their out quarantine for a minute, and they'll be back.

2478
02:11:45,560 --> 02:11:47,600
Speaker 1: I think the league will chug along just like it

2479
02:11:47,640 --> 02:11:50,640
Speaker 1: has if they can get through those three barriers the

2480
02:11:51,040 --> 02:11:54,800
Speaker 1: bye weeks, Thanksgiving, Christmas. I think they got a chance

2481
02:11:54,840 --> 02:11:56,680
Speaker 1: to get to the super Bowl without it being delayed.

2482
02:11:56,760 --> 02:11:58,920
Speaker 1: All right, that's the mail bag, Steve and I back

2483
02:11:58,960 --> 02:12:01,080
Speaker 1: to close it up here on on Bill's line, presented

2484
02:12:01,080 --> 02:12:17,680
Speaker 1: by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. What have

2485
02:12:17,840 --> 02:12:20,440
Speaker 1: we learned from today's show, brought to you by Skyworks,

2486
02:12:20,440 --> 02:12:24,880
Speaker 1: the official construction equipment rental company of the Buffalo Bills.

2487
02:12:25,320 --> 02:12:27,800
Speaker 1: Well from the mailbag Steve, we learned that there is

2488
02:12:27,880 --> 02:12:31,040
Speaker 1: somewhat of a concern as fans look ahead to the

2489
02:12:31,200 --> 02:12:34,640
Speaker 1: possibility of a home playoff game that it may not

2490
02:12:35,480 --> 02:12:38,360
Speaker 1: be in tune with what the Bills do best offensively,

2491
02:12:38,720 --> 02:12:41,400
Speaker 1: and they're concerned chiefly with weather. And I know you

2492
02:12:41,520 --> 02:12:44,600
Speaker 1: kind of are in agreement with that, you know, unless

2493
02:12:44,600 --> 02:12:48,920
Speaker 1: this run game turns around dramatically. Yeah, I don't. If

2494
02:12:48,960 --> 02:12:51,200
Speaker 1: you're gonna go with what bring you need, you need

2495
02:12:51,240 --> 02:12:53,320
Speaker 1: the best conditions possible. I said it too. I thought

2496
02:12:53,320 --> 02:12:55,600
Speaker 1: the Bills had a better chance beating Arizona in Arizona

2497
02:12:55,640 --> 02:12:57,760
Speaker 1: this last week than they did beating them in or

2498
02:12:58,040 --> 02:13:00,840
Speaker 1: Are given the horrible conditions in Orchard Park on the

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02:13:00,880 --> 02:13:03,240
Speaker 1: game day in game afternoon. So I was perfectly happy

2500
02:13:03,280 --> 02:13:05,360
Speaker 1: to have that being away game in Arizona. I think

2501
02:13:05,400 --> 02:13:09,440
Speaker 1: that that continues down the stretch. The Bills need to

2502
02:13:09,680 --> 02:13:11,800
Speaker 1: get to some places where they can throw the football

2503
02:13:11,840 --> 02:13:15,760
Speaker 1: effectively until their offense and run game confined itself. Yeah,

2504
02:13:15,840 --> 02:13:19,200
Speaker 1: and we talked to Greg co Sell today who also said, yeah,

2505
02:13:19,000 --> 02:13:22,200
Speaker 1: you've got to get more efficiency in the run game

2506
02:13:22,280 --> 02:13:26,600
Speaker 1: for the Bills so that opponents can't tee off on Josh.

2507
02:13:26,640 --> 02:13:30,320
Speaker 1: The Bills right now blitz the third most in the

2508
02:13:30,480 --> 02:13:33,760
Speaker 1: league through ten games, so that's an issue. They'll get

2509
02:13:33,800 --> 02:13:38,520
Speaker 1: it though. That's a drill. They'll they'll have drill blitz drills,

2510
02:13:38,520 --> 02:13:41,360
Speaker 1: and they'll they'll they'll coach them up. They'll get used

2511
02:13:41,360 --> 02:13:42,760
Speaker 1: to it where they see it and expect it. And

2512
02:13:42,800 --> 02:13:44,480
Speaker 1: when that happens, then you can start to make hay

2513
02:13:44,520 --> 02:13:46,840
Speaker 1: against it and teams will have to stop it. We'll see.

2514
02:13:46,920 --> 02:13:49,560
Speaker 1: All right, no show for us on Thursday or Friday

2515
02:13:49,600 --> 02:13:52,320
Speaker 1: this week. Enjoy your bye week, Bills fans. We'll be

2516
02:13:52,360 --> 02:13:54,720
Speaker 1: back with you on Monday here in this very spot

2517
02:13:54,760 --> 02:13:58,360
Speaker 1: noon to three one Bills Live presented by Kalid to Health.

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Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio Weekend. Everybody, mm hmm