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Alright, welcome back to the Buffalo Bread Podcast.

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We are entering our week 14 slate of games.

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The Buffalo Bills are leaving their buy to head down to Kansas City and face the hated

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chiefs, which is kind of an annual fixture at this point, heading down to KC.

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When are those fellas going to come up here is a great question we all ask every year,

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and every year the NFL answers, never.

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You're going to play at their house every year.

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As we all know, Sean McDermott is 6-0 coming off of a buy in his time in Buffalo, and all

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six of those games have been played at home.

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So we're going to test fate this weekend and see whether that trend continues and the

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Bills can continue on a start-hot run to the end, or if Bills Mafia collectively start

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looking at the draft this weekend.

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What do you think, Dan?

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JJ, all I know is I'm ready to be heard again.

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I can't wait.

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I've seen so many people posting memes to that effect.

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Like, well, the buy week is over.

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I'm ready to be heard.

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Exactly.

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Exactly.

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There feels like a positive energy for the most part coming into this game from some

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of our key contributors on offense and defense.

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But man, it's also been a wacky, wacky buy week for the Bills.

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A lot of some disturbing stuff in the vein of Von Miller, which I'm sure we're going

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to get into.

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Of course, the Tyler Dunn, Sean McDermott, expose for go long as well.

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It's made it a little bit hard, I know, for me to focus on the football aspects of the

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game coming up because there's so much swirling around here, too.

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But then also you've got Deon Dawkins chirping about how its killer be killed and the team

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feels locked in.

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Jordan Phillips doing his usual trash talk around the league during the buy week.

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So it's this weird mix of kind of surreal news coming from Bills camp, but also the

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players that are on deck seem to be handling it really well and seem to be focused with

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the task at hand, which is beating Kansas City.

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So we're not going to have an answer as to how much the offfield stuff with the Bills

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is a distraction until probably we get the result of the Kansas City game.

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So JJ, it feels a little bit difficult to kind of gauge where I should be at right now.

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Any other team in the league that had all the stuff swirling around it, I think I would

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be worried.

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But there is also an unusual sense of calm and confidence coming from the leadership,

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the player leadership of this club.

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So I don't know, I don't quite know how to feel, but I know I'm looking forward to seeing

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what the Bills do on Sunday for sure.

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I think that's a fair place to be.

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I think that's a lot of where Bills Mafia is, is that we saw two consecutive games

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where the offense looked like it's supposed to look against the Jets and then the Eagles

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and both of those being exceptional defenses.

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And so seeing an offensive performance against those defenses, you know, it was great.

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Unfortunately, the defense led by Sean McDermott could not get it done against the Eagles.

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And so, you know, we're really in a position where the big question comes, can the Bills

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do what they need to do to get a lead and hold it against these chiefs who have been

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kind of vulnerable in the second half of games.

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And the whole landscape is really wonky right now.

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The NFC is weird because there's like four front runners and everyone else is like two

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or three games behind.

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And so this weekend, likely in the NFC side of the slate, things are going to be locked,

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you know, some teams are going to clinch their playoff position, if not their position,

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the playoffs as a thing.

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And then in the NFC, I feel like it's going to cut maybe the top couple of seeds will

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get locked in prior to week 18, but I feel like four through seven will probably still

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be in play all the way through the end.

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And you know, we saw the Patriots, the two and, what, two and 10, two and nine Patriots

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beat the Steelers on.

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Two and 10 Patriots.

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Two and 10.

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Yeah, that's right.

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Helping them out, you know, after the bills help them out by giving them one win, which

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really you know, I presume I'm just going to play the conspiracy theory that the bills

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didn't want them to have a top five pick.

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And so they tried to help them with a win early in the season, not realizing that the

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season would fall apart and that it would become really important that they didn't

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lose that game.

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You know, they're playing for 40.

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Yes, exactly.

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Mental gymnastics man.

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And some 40 just they're trying to, you know, cripple draft down the line, you know, because

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they could get the leeway to give up games, which I didn't, I'm just lying.

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I'm just trying to justify I'm pleading with myself for a reason to make it make sense

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that the Steelers were a worse team than the Patriots on the field last night.

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However, the bills were a much better team on the field and somehow got worked by the

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now benched McCorkle Jones led Patriots.

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I don't know.

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Yeah, the NFL is just we got to accept that it is a week to week league and the things

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that you see in one week don't necessarily translate or carry over for a variety of different

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reasons.

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That's just the way the NFL is built this year.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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And so, so here we are.

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We have got a number of teams that we want to lose every game.

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We want dolphins to lose every game.

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We want the Steelers to lose every, but the Colts to lose every game.

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We want the Browns to lose every game.

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And the Texans Broncos, Bengals and Chargers also to lose all their games.

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We have the benefit of playing against the dolphins and Chargers as we close out the season

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for the Buffalo Bills.

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But everybody else, namely the Broncos and Bengals, we either have played and they've

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beaten us or we don't play.

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And so it's really not a situation where the Bills have totally their, you know, their

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destiny in their hands.

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They really have to get some help down the stretch in addition to winning out in order

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to have a good playoff position.

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Yep, there is no statistical projection, be it from the New York Times or ESPN or 538

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or any of these other the playoff, playoff number crunching predictors that have the

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Buffalo Bills in any scenario being a hundred percent lock, even if they win out and go

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11 and 6 this season, JJ, their highest potential to make the playoffs only hits 97 percent.

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So there is a pretty good though, pretty good, but there is still a scenario where the Bills

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could win 11 games and totally miss the playoffs as well.

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So the Bills have given up because of their poor play in these previous 16 weeks or six

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weeks, 12 weeks, wherever they are, because of because of their inconsistent play, they've

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really put themselves in a position where they don't totally control their own destiny.

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11 wins gives them the best shot, but you go from 97 percent according to New York Times

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playoff predictor at 10 wins, you are a coin flip if you're the Buffalo Bills.

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And at nine wins, unless some things really bend your way with a lot of these other teams

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you mentioned losing at nine wins, you are in the the low 40s is an opportunity.

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So the Bills are in win out territory if they want the most control over their circumstances.

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For sure.

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And the wild thing about it is like the AFC East is still in their grasp if they win out.

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You would think that they were completely cooked in the water, but they're in it.

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And this weekend, you know, just games to watch Bills Mafia.

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We already saw the Patriots get it done against the Steelers, which we wanted to happen.

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We want the Bengals to beat the Colts because the ideal is that all these teams that are

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like seven and four and a game ahead of the Bills and win the win column, we want to bring

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them all into the messy middle, you know, mud puddle with everybody else.

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Everybody wants to bring everybody close to 500 because that's where the Bills are so

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that when the Bills presumably, you know, ascend out of that depth and get plus, you

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know, above 500 that they're kind of riding high into into playoff ranking.

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We want the Jags to beat the Bronze because we want the Jags kind of run away with that

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division.

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We would like the Chargers to beat the Broncos again Broncos have a head to head on the

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Bills.

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And then finally Monday Night Football, the Titans to beat the Dolphins.

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This all means almost nothing if the Buffalo Bills cannot get it done against the Chiefs

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this weekend.

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And so that's kind of where we are.

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We will break down the Chiefs match up in just a minute, but I have two questions for

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you, Dan, and I'll start.

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The first one is who are some players down the stretch for the remainder of the season

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that you need to see something special from that we haven't yet seen to this point for

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whatever reason?

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I think I think you and I both agree, we're going to take Josh Allen off the table here

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because he's an obvious one.

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So I think we're talking more supporting cast.

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And here's where I'm going to go with this.

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There needs to be the emergence of a true number two pass catcher to Stefan Diggs, be

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a Dalton Kincaid or Gabe Davis.

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So I'm going to go Gabe Davis.

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He is in the last year of his contract.

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He is poised to be a free agent.

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He has put up inconsistent ball to say the least this season.

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And they really need him to kind of find his groove at the tail end of the season if they're

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going to make a run.

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The Buffalo Bills JJ have struggled when they cannot work in multiple pass catchers behind

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Stefan Diggs.

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Dalton Kincaid has done a great job here in the latter parts of the season with his effectiveness

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in the offense, both under Dorsey, towards the tail end of Dorsey's tenure and under

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Brady as he has gotten his tenure off to a great start.

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But Kincaid is a tight end, granted plays more like a wide receiver.

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But the Bills, if they're really going to hit those explosive plays and they're going

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to take the roof off defense as they need a more stable, solid number two option.

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Clueless Shakir has been great, but he brings a lot of value in the slot too.

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So that leaves us with Gabe Davis figuring things out on the outside opposite of Stefan

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Diggs.

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Listen, if there were a time for Gabe Davis to step up, it would be now he has had his

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best moments as a Buffalo Bills in clutch positions in clutch performances.

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And every game down the stretch is going to require that.

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So for me JJ, I got to see something from Gabe Davis.

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I think it transforms this offense when there is a reliable outside threat opposite of Stefan

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Diggs on the other for the Buffalo Bills.

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And I would love it to be Clueless Shakir, but he to me means too much with his crisp

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route running and perfectly time releases.

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He means too much to keep the middle of the field to me alive for Allen.

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I want to see I want to see Davis step up.

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If not now when like do I think Gabe Davis no matter how well he plays will be re-signed

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by the Bills at the end of the season?

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So what I'm looking for is a pretty epic swan song from him to close out his Bill's

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career before he moves on.

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Well, and it makes sense to him, of course, as a player that, you know, he should turn

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in on this as a contract here.

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If he, I mean, the reality is if he doesn't make some hay in these last four games, five

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games, five games, five games, five games.

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I got it.

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That makes me feel a little bit better.

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I was worried it was only four.

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So in these last five games, if if Gabe Davis doesn't make some hay, he's in the he's in

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the world where he may be forced to take one of those Jordan Poyer insanely low deals where

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the bills are just like, those are your value.

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Good luck.

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See the market, you know, and then he has to sign for a wait last speak with the because

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I think there is a 10 to $14 million per year contract out there for Gabe Davis.

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If he can reliably get 60 to 80 yards per per game and one or two tuddies, right?

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Like that closing out the year with four touchdowns and averaging about 70 or 80 yards per game

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will get the contract I'm talking about, which is like three years, 14 million per year to

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be a teams one B probably.

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JJ, another player, and I'm going to kind of cheat with this one.

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I'm going to go to a and to be the Buffalo bills per DV away are 32 out of 32 teams when

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it comes to defending an opposing teams wide receiver to there are the worst teams statistically

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in the league when it comes to defending an opposing teams second option at wide receiver

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that is a direct indictment of Christian Benford when he was playing opposite Trey White and

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Dane Jackson who we have talked about his limitations at length on this podcast heading

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down the stretch the Buffalo and if the bills somehow miraculously make the playoffs, they're

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only going to face good teams with multiple pass catching options, including the likes

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of teams like Miami that have two very solid pass catchers on the outside.

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If the Buffalo bills are going to make a run, they need to figure out something between

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Benford and Jackson now that result Douglas to me feels pretty squarely like our CB one

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and they need to figure out how to write the ship when it comes to defending the second

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option the second outlet option for a lot of opposing teams.

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So I need one or two or ideally both of those guys to step up.

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I think that's a good one.

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I think that that kind of lends itself to one of my what I need to see better and more

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from picks for the rest of the season is I need Jordan Poyer and Mike a hide to both

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prove to prove to the bills, prove to the front office to their teammates to the locker

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room to you know us fans watching that it's worth keeping them on the books with kind

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of you know, super high but relatively inflated veteran contracts for what has been to this

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point.

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Occasionally, you know, occasionally good play, but rarely great play.

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I think that we've had we've seen flashes of Poyer down in the box doing the kind of

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big nickel, some backer type roles.

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And we've seen hide kind of roaming the deep middle of the field as he does.

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But he has looked a step slow and out of position too many times.

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Jordan Poyer has missed some tackles and missed some run fits and missed some opportunities

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with you know playing the ball that he usually would have come down with.

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And so really what I'm seeing from from Poyer and hide is they're getting older, they're

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getting slower.

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And I hope that the two of them can turn it on for the latter half of the year.

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You know the last quarter of the year to really make a push for this playoffs because I think

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that what you're saying about you know we need our CB two to step up to shut down that

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outlet option.

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I think that Poyer and hide can can help with that quite a lot, but they need to show better

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play, we need some splash plays we need them to look a little bit like the, you know, all

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propo and and Micah hide you know deep middle you know outfielder playing the ball you know

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over over his shoulder in the playoffs type of type of guy.

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So yeah I think we need to see a little bit more from them because I think that that's

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another component of covering that secondary option that is probably you know it's probably

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because some of time some of the times that the safety help design in the system is not

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getting there to help that CB when they know they have help you know.

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We know from the watching the Sean McDermott defense oftentimes it's a combination of

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coverages it's I'm a CB playing inside leverage.

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I'm using the boundary as a defender and then I'm letting the person go over top of

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because I know that's where I have help.

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That requires the safety to identify that route and squeeze down and how many times

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have we seen Poyer flying into the frame a step or two too late to break up a pass and

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sure they tackle the guy but he's already got the 17 yards for the first down at a long

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and late third down that they really needed to stop on so that kind of leads to one of

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my recommendations for a player we need to see more from.

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I'm actually going to flip back over because you had Gabe Davis I'm going to flip back

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over to the offensive side of the ball and I think we need to see James Cook firmly take

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a hold of the offensive backfield.

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I think that you know we've seen Latavius Murray eat into his touches a little bit we've seen

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Ty Johnson eat into his touches a little bit.

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I'd like to see James Cook hopefully get over some of the mistakes he's made in the last

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couple games mostly because they result in what I consider idiotic benching for portions

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of time because it just seems an inequitable response to one player making a mistake when

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that doesn't apply to the rest of the roster.

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But that aside I think that you know James Cook has all the skills needed to really step

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forward and kind of own this backfield and declare himself RB one and the bills have

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been averaging the second most gate rush yards per game over the last three weeks so I'm

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really hoping that that they are able to kind of continue that trend and develop the the

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run game because as we know you know as much as it might be boring and as much as people

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may like oh that's you know Sean McDermott's conservative approach is making sure you establish

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the run.

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We know what the run game can do in the playoffs we watched it happen to us when Cincinnati

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ran all over the bills in January last year we've seen it happen you know in multiple

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meetings with different teams that established the run on us and keep Josh Allen off the

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field and all of a sudden the you know the point squaring ability is neutered for the

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Yeah I like your pick of James Cook and I flirted with picking that for him for one

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of mine too.

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The only reason I didn't is because right now his the roof on his performance the ceiling

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on his performance feels stunted not by his own control but as you mentioned by the control

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of the coaches so unless there is something that is going to change with the way they

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manage that running back rotation and I'm hearing rumblings from a lot of Buffalo Buffalo

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reporters that you know Mick D is thinking about calling up playoff Lenny for this game

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to to further eat into the the snaps of the more dynamic James Cook but I think I think

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for it I think for that to happen to me that doesn't feel player controlled coaches need

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to on the staff need to stop our smarting themselves and just roll with a clearly more

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dynamic and potent player which is cook but I agree with you if he figured if he if we

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can figure it out for cook and he can become that dynamo in the past catching game in the

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run game that we know he can be the outlook of this offense and the ceiling and potential

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of this offense improves exponentially for the stretch run here.

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Yep. All right. Do you want to address I know we do you have any other players first before

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we move on to our next segment. Yeah. Somebody other than Leonard Floyd on the defensive

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line to sack the quarter. Anybody. Yeah. Can I get one? Anybody. And that's that's no shade

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at Rousseau because Rousseau's had a really good year and he is so he is so dynamic and

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stopping the run game as well. It's really something to behold. And we know at Oliver's

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been an absolute game wrecker. I mean a lot of his run stop win rates and past Russia

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win win rates despite the fact that he is still he is seeing more double teams now for

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obvious reasons that he did when Jones was on the lineup have still remained consistent

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since Jones went down. I mean Oliver is having just a hell of a season but we have said this

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before and it bears repeating when we go to play the Kansas City Chiefs pressure versus

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sacks pressure on QB's that are not Joe Burrow Patrick Mahomes Lamar Jackson can really affect

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other QB's. The problem is the down the stretch we're facing only good QB's with the exception

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of Bailey Zappi. We've got Patrick Mahomes who we know handles pressure really well.

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So if you want to you want to beat him you got to put him on the ground. Deck Prescott

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having a great year under pressure this season. You've got Justin Herbert who there are is

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an open question is he a really good QB or is he just a really fun QB to watch in highlights

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but he has also shown some promise against pressure to a tongue of the low who will see

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at the end of the season. Not great when not great when blitzed not great under pressure

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but he gets the ball out so quickly a lot of times it negates and it doesn't even matter.

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So the bills have to prioritize not just pressure they've got to prioritize bringing a lot of

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these QB's down to really rattle them out of their game plan. Leonard Floyd is doing

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it at a fantastic pace for the Buffalo Bills but he needs a partner in crime and I don't

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think that's going to be Von Miller this season. So it's got to be some combination of Greg

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Rousseau or AJ Abinazzo to really step up. Well and I agree and I think that that's going

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to you know we need to see something from Greg Rousseau. His fifth year option has to be decided

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on this off season and that's a I think it's a $14 million guarantee for that fifth year

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and so they have to decide on it in the fourth year for the fifth and so that's that's something

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that's coming up and then AJ Abinazzo is playing for a contract again he's in a Gabe Davis

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type situation where it's his time to show it. We know there's money there for defensive

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ends and he's putting together the stat package that'll him paid likely and out at the Bills.

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I think the Bills will have the opportunity by pulling some levers in the off season to

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free up some cap space and get one of Leonard Floyd or AJ Abinazzo back and I know that

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you do not like resigning elders to this defensive line but at this juncture I'd rather have

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Floyd than Abinazzo for a one or two year deal at most because he still has some juice

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but you know I think that it's a it's a it's a situation where I agree I think that somebody

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else needs to bring some heat and if that is you know at Oliver from inside I think

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that's an okay answer from two or some other alternatives in that way. So speaking of pass

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rushers we have the well we have a couple of things so we have a 911 call that resulted

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in Vaughn Miller being asked to turn himself in being charged and having an arrest warrant

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issued and then those claims recanted by the caller but the district attorney in Texas is

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still determining if there will be criminal charges. I think that's I think that's the

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summary right? Yes that is correct that is kind of where things stand right now with

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Vaughn Miller's situation from a league perspective the bills have stated they have no indication

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that he'll be going on the commissioner's exempt list which means he does still have

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the ability to play and be active and the bills have said that he will be active this

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Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs. JJ I we have we have not shied away from talking

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about off the field situations around the league and with this team and I listen there

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is a lot of I think toxic discourse that happens when situations like this come up and there

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is a lot of calls for due process and there is a lot of calls for innocent until proven

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guilty and all of those things and all those things which I absolutely believe are true

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but I also do think that as the process plays out it is fair to read a lot of the actions

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that were reported in the police report and draw some conclusions from that that while

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we do not have any final answer on what may have happened or what the legal process will

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bring to bear it is fair to say that football and football reasons for activating Vaughn

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Miller feel like cold comfort and small in comparison to the gravity of the situation

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that he is facing off the field and the questions that may pose to the Buffalo Bills franchise

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as a result of how the legal process may or may not play out. I am surprised quite frankly

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that the Bills are not showing more restraint in their actions towards Vaughn Miller right

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now. I am not saying they need to cut him I agree the process needs to play out but

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I am surprised that given the history of the Bills and how they have handled some of these

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off field situations with their players in the past I am very surprised that there is

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not there is not more restraint or caution being shown in this particular situation because

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again if you are to believe even some of what is in the police reports that are have been

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available as a result of the story breaking there are some allegations that I think is

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worth taking a pause and reflecting and asking ourselves is the football field in a prime

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game against Kansas City really where the Bills franchise needs to position Vaughn Miller

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right now. There are just some things that are bigger than football and I am surprised

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that the Bills are handling this with the I don't want to say carelessness but ambivalence

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that they are.

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Yeah, yeah really it is toneless for them to act as if the fact that a decision has

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been made in a court of law it is toneless for them to act as if that erases this as

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an incident that occurred in the world. You know like I think that there is still answers

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there is still answers to be had certainly legally but I think that the narrative of

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a person potentially assaulting and choking pregnant woman who is probably less than half

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of his size and being the aggressor of that situation even if it is just an allegation

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at this time even if that person for whatever their motives were recanted that claim there

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is still apparently audio recordings there is still apparently enough evidence of it

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because the call was made and the authorities responded that it is not outside the realm

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of rationality to say hey Vaughn why don't you sit down for this game there is a lot

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going on you are inactive it is essentially a paid vacation from the team for a little

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bit while this all you know we sort this all out because I think that I agree with the

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people who say you know do process you know this until proven guilty about you know him

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being immediately cut from the team I think that that would be a bridge too far but I

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do you know you know when they say that that is the wrong move I do believe that it is

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just having some distance and you know being able to say and like the other piece of that

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is Brandon B. Norr Sean McDermott was willing to speak a single word about this with any

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of their media availability in any terms other than we've spoken to Vaughn and we're just

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kind of waiting for the league to make a determined none of them were even able to speak out to

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say like listen the allegations of this are horrifying right like I think that's appropriate

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for a coach to say to say like we don't have answers or anything we're waiting for the

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league the allegations of this are horrifying like the fact that one of our players is accused

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of domestic violence is something that nobody in this building stands for I think is that's

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not you're not saying that this person's cut you're you're just saying like listen this

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is out there everybody's look knows it everyone's looking at it's pretending you don't know

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what the allegations are is it's just a bad look in my opinion.

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Yeah, no I mean there's no doubt and again it's given the track record of being in McDermott

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their prioritization of quote unquote character guys being on the team and things like that

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this feels like a little bit of a departure I'm not gonna lie it feel it and maybe this

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is naive and this is as I as I now formulate the sense in my head I definitely think it

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sounds naive it but I think we have put a lot of trust in these guys to not just steward

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the product on the field but the culture off the field as well and this really does feel

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like point of difference and variance from previous instances of how the bills have handled

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these types of situations it is probably largely motivated by the fact that McDermott feels

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like he is coaching for his job or at least a there is a a urgency of this team to quote

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unquote write the ship and get it right and they may look at Vaughn is and his eventual

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ability to play healthy is too important a piece to that and again I would say to that

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that is given the gravity of the real world situation that is happening that feels like

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a small view a small gaze and a narrow gaze on the true impact of the situation and listen

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there's these situations are complex and they are hard to unpack for a variety of reasons

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so we are not saying again cut or end his football career but we are saying that there

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needs to be time and space for that process to play out and it is hard to give that to

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the player and the other people that are involved when you are utilizing this player and and

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handling the situation and messaging the situation as if nothing happened and again the police

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report is not declarative and also the responded statements are not declarative as well there

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are a lot of reasons why someone in this person's position would recant a statement like that

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they're about to bear von Miller's child and there are thoughts of potential financial

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support that could go by the wayside how do I care for this child if the father is not

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in the picture there are a lot of really scary calculations that people in abused relationships

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make unfortunately because they are prioritizing something other than themselves in their own

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well-being often the well-being of a child in situations like this so again we don't

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that is all to say that we don't know what the outcome of this is going to be and anyone

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that purports to is lying to you but what it does mean is that there needs to be time

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and space for this process to play out and those things are not gained to me at least

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with the lack of restraint in patients the way the bills are handling the situation.

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Yeah, no, very well said and you know I think I'll kind of a final thought on the whole

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thing is the immediate feel I get from the way they are handling the situation is that

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depending on how big your contract is the variability of the bad shit you do is is

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lesser is worse or better depending on how big your contract is.

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If Von Miller if a person if Von was a fifth string you know defensive end not just playing

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like one but was also a practice squad defensive end he probably would have been released from

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the team already just on an allegation without any kind of legal process playing out.

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Yep for the for the first time it feels like the culture the McDermott and Bean have quote

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unquote created it feels like every other team's culture I think maybe for the first

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time is how I'm experiencing it right now but that's a tough one JJ and on the topic

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of McDermott he has also had a rough week for reasons unrelated to his handling of the

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Von Miller situation.

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How much do you want to get into this Tyler Dunn thing?

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I mean my read on this is that it is a Rorschach test for how you feel about McDermott one

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person may read this and feel like this confirms everything they have suspected and have seen

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of McDermott and his coaching and his handling of the media and his handling of post game

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conferences and all of that and then for others it could feel like a potential hit job full

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of lies and of disgruntled players and disgruntled employees who didn't fit with the winning

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culture that McDermott has brought to the team.

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So how much do you want to get into this and are you pro Tyler Dunn or are you anti Tyler

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Dunn that's where I want to know where you are right now.

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So I'll start by saying whether I'm pro or anti Tyler Dunn can live on its own aside

434
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:12,520
from whether I'm pro or anti this particular three article series 20,000 plus words on

435
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:13,760
McDermott.

436
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:15,000
I am pro Tyler Dunn.

437
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,960
I've liked the material that he's done.

438
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:22,440
I feel like he at times through his career has proven to be a capable journalist who

439
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:24,280
has you know occasion.

440
00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,240
I think this is the thing with Tyler Dunn.

441
00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:31,400
He has a bias to his to his voice when he writes an article he is trying to convince

442
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:38,760
you of something and as as a journalism major and undergrad I pick that up immediately right.

443
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:44,320
And so but that's that's not to say you know that's not an automatic condemnation of somebody

444
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:48,720
as a journalist because that is a lot of journalists that is a lot of journalists in the field

445
00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:55,120
that being completely impartial and just reporting the facts as they are in proper pros is very

446
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:56,120
difficult.

447
00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:59,880
And so you know there tends to be a little personality a little bit of bias in the way

448
00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:01,120
that right comes through.

449
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:07,600
So saying that I am a fan of Tyler Dunn because I think his approach to long form journalism

450
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:13,520
to kind of working sources and putting together narratives is something that is missing in

451
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:15,160
the sports in sports media.

452
00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:21,160
I think the quick you know five or ten sentence clips on like NFL you know rumors and stuff

453
00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:28,040
like that has become you know the 140 characters on X or Twitter is like what we count as was

454
00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:29,920
now and I don't think that's true.

455
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:34,200
I think there is a space for something in a little bit more in depth than nuanced and

456
00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:36,920
so I do appreciate Tyler Dunn for that.

457
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:43,960
How much I want to get into the articles I'll say you know I read I read every damn word

458
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:50,640
of them and as a person who has a long has has long been Sean McDermott defender has

459
00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:56,520
long been it can be so much worse if you get rid of McDermott person on the internet argument

460
00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:58,200
argument of things.

461
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:04,680
I think what I realized through reading was it's sort of like when you it's like when

462
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:10,520
you buy a car and then you just see that car everywhere when you're driving except what

463
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:16,360
I what I see that all this was revealed to me is confirmation of the of the thing I believed

464
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:21,840
about McDermott but wouldn't let myself verbalize which is that think that we have verbalized

465
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:26,880
on the pot a number of times but I think it's it's an endemic problem that I don't think

466
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:28,360
is going to go anywhere.

467
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:32,840
I don't think he's going to learn or grow past it and it's that he gets tight emotional

468
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:34,480
and coaches scared.

469
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:39,640
All know this he nailed 20 nailed out the end of the game 20 seconds left didn't let

470
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:44,960
let Josh Allen even try to get into field goal range like that that came through and spades

471
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:50,040
throughout all three articles was this sense of a person who is so micromanagey who is

472
00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:55,320
so tight to like that winning culture who also was referred to as like nobody in the

473
00:35:55,320 --> 00:36:00,520
building cares more about a championship cares more about working hard cares more about making

474
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:03,800
it happen for this team than Sean McDermott.

475
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:09,880
But that can come to bite him at times when the chips are all down and it's the darkest

476
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:15,080
and he grips too hard and that affects the sideline the people and then all of a sudden

477
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:19,960
you have people making mistakes missing tackles on key a third or fourth downs trying to trying

478
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:23,800
to get catch them take the interceptions that about the ball away all of a sudden it's a

479
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:30,000
hell Mary right like that is the kind of thing that the article came through with the number

480
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:34,880
of sources and almost every single one of them anonymous unless it's a retired player

481
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:39,160
who had really nothing to lose and usually was talking favorably about Dermott.

482
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:44,520
That's all to say reading through it all some of the stuff was like you know the big headline

483
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:48,360
that's making its way around right now is McDermott's failed attempt in the training

484
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:54,840
camp of 2019 to give a motivational speech about what a team can do can really accomplish

485
00:36:54,840 --> 00:37:00,320
if they put their heads together but he his his reference point was the 9 11 terrorists

486
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:05,360
and Kyle Williams tried to summarize to the players in the field after that happened as

487
00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:11,040
an already retired player. I think what I was trying to say is like imagine what these

488
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:18,440
dudes who are evil can accomplish in terms of calamity and terror and where are the good

489
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:24,040
guys imagine what we can do with our level of commitment to doing good and it's just

490
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:29,400
like that is not like Kyle Williams. Well and that's the thing is like that's Kyle Williams

491
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:36,240
incredible interpretation or translation of what was a far worse speech and so he's

492
00:37:36,240 --> 00:37:40,040
getting dragged in the media for that whole thing because it came out through that article

493
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:43,600
and like I guess a number of different sources confirmed that oh that absolutely happened

494
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:49,800
um but and he I mean McDermott all but confirmed that that actually happened too because he

495
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:55,320
even has said you know I you know regret making those sorts of comparisons and I didn't that

496
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:59,200
was not my best speech I was still learning to be a leader which I actually appreciate

497
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:03,680
him coming out and actually addressing something and taking some you know some culpability

498
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:09,200
but uh but it's really like you know top to bottom I think that the the thing I take

499
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:17,840
from it is I don't think it's lost with with Shawn McDermott I do think if he doesn't

500
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:24,800
figure out a way to not coach so scared and so tight in the biggest moments and they continue

501
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:31,000
to lose then he must we must move on from him as an as an organization and that's that's

502
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:36,320
it like they are seven and five in games where they have a between one and eight point lead

503
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:42,920
in the last two minutes and since 2021 that is the worst win percentage in that specific

504
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:48,080
scenario of any team in the NFL and that is Shawn McDermott.

505
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:55,440
Yeah, I I believe that teams take on the character of their coach and what is the thing that

506
00:38:55,440 --> 00:39:01,040
we have said about the bills in the McDermott era if they stopped beating themselves if

507
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:06,000
they would simply get out of their own way they would be gangbusters and the best team

508
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:07,720
in the league.

509
00:39:07,720 --> 00:39:14,520
I think this article to me encapsulated a lot of why the character of this team is the

510
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:20,560
way it is because Shawn McDermott is clearly a guy who is in his own head who is stuck

511
00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:27,040
in his own process oftentimes drowning in his own process and as a result of that he

512
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:36,640
tends to be his own worst enemy be it a horrid, horrid exercise in comparative analysis to

513
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:42,440
try to improve the communication skills of his of his squad or be it in game decision

514
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:47,960
making he is his own worst enemy clearly because of the mental process that he chooses to go

515
00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:52,760
through and chooses to not deviate from and the bills have taken on that character too

516
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:56,280
is a team that cannot get out of its own way in key moments.

517
00:39:56,280 --> 00:40:02,480
So to me the article I think encapsulated that for me in a large way.

518
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:08,520
I'm always hesitant with anonymous sources because there are you always have to be mindful

519
00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:15,360
that when you are in a position of leadership and power like McDermott is and he has the

520
00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:20,280
close proximity to the decision maker that he does with Bean and you're in that position

521
00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:26,120
for that long people are going to leave the organization be they coaches or be they players

522
00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:31,520
and eventually the cone of silence that you can create over one bill's drive is going

523
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:37,280
to break down and splinter slow slowly as people move away from that location.

524
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:43,880
And it is happening to McDermott because one I think there are some facts in the story

525
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:49,480
that bear reporting but two the opportunity to report them is increased because of the

526
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:55,600
long tenure that McDermott has in the trail of former coaches and departed players that

527
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:59,440
you leave behind in your wake when you have such a long tenure.

528
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:05,080
So the opportunity has presented itself the facts to me again other than the 9 11 story

529
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:09,920
which is just truly bizarre and I'm going to take McDermott is where that he was just

530
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:15,160
a lousy leader in that moment and he didn't recognize it immediately and corrected it.

531
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:21,080
But the story for me confirms I think more largely why the bills are the type of team

532
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:25,960
that they are because they have taken on the character of their head coach is as a guy

533
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:28,160
who cannot get out of his own way.

534
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:35,560
Yeah, and I think you know I think that the other the other piece of that that was sort of a revelation

535
00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:43,200
to me reading the article is a number of different points in time that were pointed out and they

536
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:48,920
were less you know ambiguous than anonymous sources because it was like specific pull quotes

537
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:53,240
from no press conferences and things like that after big time losses.

538
00:41:53,240 --> 00:42:01,480
The number of times Sean McDermott has either blamed nobody or blamed the offense for a clear

539
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:09,120
and complete you know collapse of his defense like that is that was the thing that to another

540
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:12,400
thing I took away from the articles where I was like ooh now I'm remembering these press

541
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:17,400
conferences and you're each time he says ooh execution or we didn't get it done and that

542
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:18,920
starts with me.

543
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:23,600
He never actually expanded on it that starts with me and my defense was called wrong he

544
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:27,560
would say oh you know we didn't get on and starts with me and then go on to blame the

545
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:32,800
offense for scoring too fast and giving Mahomes too much time like 13 seconds too much time

546
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:37,680
like that's it is just you know that's the thing that also worries me and like you said

547
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:42,520
a team takes on the personality of its coach and somebody who's unwilling to preach his

548
00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:46,880
accountability but then when his defense or his calls or 12 men on the field which is

549
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:53,960
ultimately his responsibility is a reason for a loss he does not take accountability

550
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:59,120
squarely on himself other than saying like weird platitudes and things about everybody

551
00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:02,720
needs to look in the mirror and try to get better like that's I think that's one thing

552
00:43:02,720 --> 00:43:08,240
I also took from it but that's that's what it is we hopefully won't see another massive

553
00:43:08,240 --> 00:43:16,960
um you know named end of a game horror show like we saw with 13 seconds or 12 men or whatever

554
00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:21,800
it might be this coming Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs do you want to get into

555
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:24,360
that match up a little bit Dan?

556
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:28,440
Yes but I feel like you've already put a hex on this game by saying hopefully we won't

557
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:33,520
see it because now I feel like it is assured that we will see some calamitous ending for

558
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:34,520
this game.

559
00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:38,440
And we know it's going to be tight I'm pretty sure of that I feel like this is going to

560
00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:42,520
be decided by six or less points is my opinion of this game.

561
00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:50,160
Yeah you know breaking down the numbers for this I could see that as a possibility but

562
00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:54,640
there I don't know I got a weird vibe on this game I got positive for the bills but

563
00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:58,240
let's dig into it so I can work my way through the rationale.

564
00:43:58,240 --> 00:44:03,600
Absolutely why don't we start with the the Buffalo Bill's defense versus this Chief

565
00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:08,160
offense because I think that's probably you know if we're going to talk strength on strength

566
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:14,200
it's probably bills O versus Chiefs D but I think you know the second tier of this this

567
00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:20,480
teams or these teams match up is really Buffalo Bill's injury riddle defense versus this

568
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:25,320
Chiefs offense that just can't seem to find its identity and we'll have an even harder

569
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:32,520
time of it um with you know breakout running back Isaiah Pacheco down for the game um out

570
00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:36,080
with a shoulder injury I believe.

571
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:40,600
Yes he will be out so I think they said McKinnon is going to get the start or is a Clyde Edwards

572
00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:42,080
a lair one of the two.

573
00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:43,080
One of the two.

574
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:47,600
Clyde this is one thing I'll say anybody who's like dragging the bills for missing the Kyrie

575
00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:53,160
Olympic the Olympic was around the same time that Clyde Edwards a lair was picked by the

576
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:58,280
Chiefs he's been almost a almost as bad of a bust in terms of getting things done in

577
00:44:58,280 --> 00:44:59,280
productivity.

578
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:05,240
That is a that is a long way to go you are you are doing some mental gymnastics that

579
00:45:05,240 --> 00:45:06,760
is a long way to go.

580
00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:08,240
I'm trying to justify every.

581
00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:12,160
Well and Elam's also not cooked yet too I still got a book for that kid.

582
00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:13,160
I know.

583
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:15,400
Yeah anyway I digress we can't do another Elam diatribe.

584
00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:17,720
No no no.

585
00:45:17,720 --> 00:45:22,880
So in so we are starting with uh the Chiefs offense and the Bill's defense and I'll tell

586
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:28,320
you this is right this is an interesting an interesting matchup from the standpoint that

587
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:33,040
it is simultaneously both strength on strength and weakness on weakness and something is

588
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:37,920
going to have to give and what I mean by that JJ is that the pass rush of the Buffalo

589
00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:43,560
Bill's as we have discussed while Leonard Floyd is the the the clear producer on that

590
00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:49,320
defensive line other guys have had have had some decent seasons in your so an Oliver and

591
00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:54,920
the Buffalo Bill's are third in pass rush win rate according to ESPN Stesson info they

592
00:45:54,920 --> 00:46:00,560
now go up against an offensive line in the Kansas City Chiefs that is first in past block

593
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:01,640
win rate.

594
00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:06,520
So this is the epitome line for line strength for strength when it comes to the Buffalo

595
00:46:06,520 --> 00:46:10,920
Bill's needing to do what they need to try to put pressure on my homes and bring him

596
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:12,080
down.

597
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:17,480
What I mean by weakness on weakness JJ is these two lines are also the bottom third of the

598
00:46:17,480 --> 00:46:22,640
league respectively in run stop win rate and run block win rate.

599
00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:28,040
So the Buffalo Bill's I think ranked 19th in run stop win rate and the Kansas City

600
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:32,280
Chiefs are 22nd in the league at run block win rate.

601
00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:38,260
So these are two teams whose strength is clearly engaging with the pass game and weaknesses

602
00:46:38,260 --> 00:46:41,800
on the line are engaging with the run game.

603
00:46:41,800 --> 00:46:46,640
It's going to be fascinating to see though the offensive approach that Andy Reed decides

604
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:52,160
to take even with Pachanko out because these with this wide receiver room for Kansas City

605
00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:57,880
I feel like it's fair to say is maybe the weakest they've had in the Reed Mahomes marriage

606
00:46:57,880 --> 00:47:01,080
and the drop rate for this wide receiver unit.

607
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:05,520
We make a lot of the big drops that we see in prime time but the drop rate for this unit

608
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:13,160
has been consistently high all season outside of Kelsey and maybe Rice the rookie rookie

609
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:16,120
wide receiver for Kansas City out of SMU.

610
00:47:16,120 --> 00:47:21,700
There are not a lot of options that Mahomes trust and he proves it with a lot of his decision

611
00:47:21,700 --> 00:47:22,700
making.

612
00:47:22,700 --> 00:47:27,120
He's no longer the point guard ball distributor that he was even last season their first season

613
00:47:27,120 --> 00:47:28,720
without Tyree kill.

614
00:47:28,720 --> 00:47:34,000
So there's got to be some sort of pressure release valve on Mahomes in this game that

615
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:39,400
I think is going to tempt Reed to engage with the run game a little bit more to see if the

616
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:44,160
weakness that he has in that area can at least be stronger than the weakness that the bills

617
00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:45,720
have in stopping it.

618
00:47:45,720 --> 00:47:50,440
I think back to that 2020 COVID game the one that got rescheduled between the bills and

619
00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:54,640
the chiefs and it was the last time I think the chiefs played in Buffalo.

620
00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:59,240
Andy Reed ran the ball in that game JJ 40 times.

621
00:47:59,240 --> 00:48:02,560
Andy Reed doesn't do anything in a game 40 times.

622
00:48:02,560 --> 00:48:05,680
He ran the ball 40 times in that game.

623
00:48:05,680 --> 00:48:10,840
And so I think what we're going to see in order to negate the strength of the bills

624
00:48:10,840 --> 00:48:14,720
but also engage one of their weaknesses is I think we're going to see a balanced offensive

625
00:48:14,720 --> 00:48:17,400
approach here even with Pachanko out.

626
00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:21,640
And I think we're going to see the chiefs break out some some interesting play selections

627
00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:23,000
when it comes to running the ball.

628
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:26,680
I don't think it's going to be 50 50 but I think the chiefs are going to focus in on

629
00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:32,240
the run and running at a higher clip to try to keep the bills offense off the field but

630
00:48:32,240 --> 00:48:35,920
also try to expose a potential weakness with this otherwise pretty stout defensive line

631
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:36,920
for the bills.

632
00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:40,640
Well, and I think the other piece of that is that you know if I'm the chiefs the way

633
00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:45,640
I want to attack the bills is establish a run enough that I don't think Patrick Mahomes

634
00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:48,080
doesn't do a lot of play action.

635
00:48:48,080 --> 00:48:50,640
No, they're not they're not gimmick.

636
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:53,920
They know he they don't yeah they don't do a lot of play action but I do think that

637
00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:57,840
that that's a perfect wrinkle to add to this game.

638
00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:03,200
Something you don't do a lot of have Kelsey you know the fake run block for two beats

639
00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:07,680
and then head out on a route and all of a sudden you have a great you know mismatch

640
00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:13,560
because Travis Kelsey versus either to Rear Bernard or even Tyrell Batson is a little

641
00:49:13,560 --> 00:49:18,400
bit of a size mismatch in terms of you know being able to break tackles and so I think

642
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:22,920
there's some opportunities that are you know just because I know that there are there are

643
00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:29,040
people that I hold near and dear that would be remiss if I didn't mention Taylor Swift

644
00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:31,920
will be in attendance for this game.

645
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:37,320
The chiefs are four and one at home when Tay Tay is there so just keep that in the back

646
00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:39,280
of your mind as well.

647
00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:44,760
Because we're talking about the chief so and you're on a heat you're on a heat tonight

648
00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:49,440
I will tell you you're pulling you're pulling these these engaging and exotic stats out

649
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:52,080
of nowhere exactly exotic stats.

650
00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:57,960
I'll give you an exotic stat this this marks the first start first career start for rookie

651
00:49:57,960 --> 00:50:00,880
tackle Wanya Morris.

652
00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:05,320
He'll be taking over for Donovan Smith on the left side which is Patrick Holmes is not

653
00:50:05,320 --> 00:50:07,200
a South Palsy.

654
00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:08,200
He is not.

655
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:13,840
Okay so that's his blindside so hopefully Leonard Floyd AJ Apeniza maybe Greg or so

656
00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:14,840
and some switch snaps.

657
00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:19,760
I'm looking at you guys get something done against a rookie in his first start start

658
00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:20,760
at left tackle.

659
00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:25,600
They're going to want especially if they don't have Pacheco they're going to want to get

660
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:32,200
Jerick McKinnon and Clyde Edwards-Elair going on screens so I think that those are two things

661
00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:37,320
that the bills have to look for looking for Russell Douglas turn Johnson to you know click

662
00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:41,800
and close because that's something they do very well in zone but the the chiefs will

663
00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:46,240
start to try to get them going on screens and get Pat on the ground is the other key

664
00:50:46,240 --> 00:50:49,920
to the game and I think you mentioned that as well as there is going to be some opportunities

665
00:50:49,920 --> 00:50:57,240
this bills past Rush defense is one of the better ones in the league the you know the

666
00:50:57,240 --> 00:51:00,680
chiefs are one of the better past blocking teams in the league but I think that that

667
00:51:00,680 --> 00:51:05,400
also takes into account having Donovan Smith at left tackle with you know the shuffle on

668
00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:09,520
the line there may be some opportunities around the edges for the bills the interiors just

669
00:51:09,520 --> 00:51:13,720
rock solid it's going to be really hard for the bills to make anything and even with as

670
00:51:13,720 --> 00:51:19,080
good as at Oliver's been playing going up the middle of it against Joe Tooney Creed Humphrey

671
00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:25,160
and Trace Smith is is a very very that's a tall task for anybody has an extraordinary

672
00:51:25,160 --> 00:51:32,160
burden at Oliver will be bearing their their pocket integrity is pretty excellent and so

673
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:37,080
Joanne Taylor right tackle has had a decent up and down season but certainly with Juan

674
00:51:37,080 --> 00:51:41,520
Nemours playing for the first time in the starting position at left tackles those those

675
00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:48,040
are the weaknesses but dude like I'm not a I'm Rishi Rice is a very smooth route runner

676
00:51:48,040 --> 00:51:52,960
and tends to make some things happen Justin Watson's a decent you know possession receiver

677
00:51:52,960 --> 00:51:59,360
Skymore up and down I just don't see any real threats on the outside other than Travis

678
00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:06,640
Kelsey and I think that they're they're running and screen game takes a huge hit without Pacheco

679
00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:14,200
in the game. Oh yeah this is an offense that can absolutely be had and I would even I would

680
00:52:14,200 --> 00:52:20,160
even be so bold as to use the term be shut down. Now the question is do the Buffalo

681
00:52:20,160 --> 00:52:26,600
Bills have enough healthy bodies on offense to do that and I think you're at your point

682
00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:31,080
about the chiefs using more play action I think is important because where the bills

683
00:52:31,080 --> 00:52:36,520
are weakest right now especially with the question the the open question about the remaining

684
00:52:36,520 --> 00:52:42,120
of efficacy of Poyer and Hyde is over the middle of the field and it has been it has

685
00:52:42,120 --> 00:52:49,080
been the case with Dodson replacing Milano since Milano went down so play action would

686
00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:55,240
really open up the middle of the field for Mahomes in a way that I think could really

687
00:52:55,240 --> 00:52:59,280
help them establish the passing game in ways that haven't been able to this season and

688
00:52:59,280 --> 00:53:04,440
potentially get into a groove against a team that is not the Las Vegas Raiders which seems

689
00:53:04,440 --> 00:53:10,920
to be the only team the chiefs have had any kind of passing success against so it'll

690
00:53:10,920 --> 00:53:17,760
be interesting to see because the chiefs JJ the chiefs don't do that 80 83% of Mahomes's

691
00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:23,040
dropbacks do not include play action or an RPO they are straight dropbacks that they're

692
00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:27,280
trusting the home to make the Mahomes to make the right read and make the right throw so

693
00:53:27,280 --> 00:53:32,920
if they add that wrinkle in and they get they they choose that little bit of creativity

694
00:53:32,920 --> 00:53:37,560
it it could be a long longer day than we anticipate for this bills defense for sure.

695
00:53:37,560 --> 00:53:38,560
Yeah.

696
00:53:38,560 --> 00:53:43,040
And if I'm the defense I'm trying not to use pressure looks I'm trying to get as much natural

697
00:53:43,040 --> 00:53:48,000
pass rush pressure as I can and cluttering the passing lanes because that's where we know

698
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:54,040
Patrick Mahomes will eat you alive if you have soft zones if you played man especially

699
00:53:54,040 --> 00:53:59,360
that is the area where Rishi Rice and Skymore crossing can like really really hurt you so

700
00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:04,200
I think that that's you know we we sort of got a blueprint for how we would expect one

701
00:54:04,200 --> 00:54:08,000
the chiefs to attack the bills if they want to kind of hit them in an unexpected way and

702
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:12,640
then to kind of the things the keys that the bill should should kind of put on their their

703
00:54:12,640 --> 00:54:16,920
platter for this game on defense against the chiefs do you want to talk about our Lord and

704
00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:18,720
Savior Josh Allen.

705
00:54:18,720 --> 00:54:24,200
I do and the place that I want to start is the is the I think the most obvious matchup

706
00:54:24,200 --> 00:54:29,600
that is Spags Steve Spagnola the defensive coordinator for the chiefs against Josh Allen

707
00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:38,040
Spags is known to run a multiple front and he will disguise looks he will bring pressure

708
00:54:38,040 --> 00:54:45,680
he will use odd odd man fronts he will do whatever he can to confuse and attack the opposing

709
00:54:45,680 --> 00:54:52,560
QB and while Josh in his last five games against the chiefs has been absolutely gangbusters

710
00:54:52,560 --> 00:55:00,440
to the tune of 14 TDs to only two interceptions he has struggled against this Spags led defense

711
00:55:00,440 --> 00:55:05,720
when the chiefs have chosen to blitz him now Josh against the Blitz is usually money but

712
00:55:05,720 --> 00:55:10,360
we have seen in stretches this season from the Jags game I think right up until the

713
00:55:10,360 --> 00:55:19,200
Jets game where the offense seem to finally right itself that Josh struggled at a an unlikely

714
00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:25,120
rate against the Blitz this season but consistently against the chiefs JJ he has struggled against

715
00:55:25,120 --> 00:55:30,400
pressure against them so against the Blitz in the five games that Josh has played against

716
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:38,560
the chiefs since 2020 he's only completed about 49.2% of his passes.

717
00:55:38,560 --> 00:55:42,800
Compare that when the chiefs choose not to blitz Allen and he completes his passes at

718
00:55:42,800 --> 00:55:51,080
about a 70% clip 69.9% to be exact and his average yards per attempt skyrockets from 4.9

719
00:55:51,080 --> 00:55:58,920
to 9.4 so if I am the bills I am expecting the chiefs to bring as much heat as possible

720
00:55:58,920 --> 00:56:03,640
and not only because it's proven to be effective in stretches against Josh when he has played

721
00:56:03,640 --> 00:56:09,200
this team but because the chiefs have struggled I think in recent weeks it's fair to say

722
00:56:09,200 --> 00:56:14,160
to generate pressure on the opposing QB. There's still I believe second or third in

723
00:56:14,160 --> 00:56:19,320
the league in overall sacks but when you look at their production via splits over the last

724
00:56:19,320 --> 00:56:24,200
three and five games they have really struggled in their pass block win rate but also in their

725
00:56:24,200 --> 00:56:28,680
sack production as well so this feels like a defensive line that for a lot of reasons

726
00:56:28,680 --> 00:56:34,600
is on the decline or teams have figured something out in their scheming to negate or at least

727
00:56:34,600 --> 00:56:40,120
stun this Kansas City Chiefs pass rush that was so effective earlier in the season so

728
00:56:40,120 --> 00:56:45,360
I think not just because it has been historically effective against Josh Spags is going to bring

729
00:56:45,360 --> 00:56:49,440
the blitz but I think if they're going to get any pressure on him at all it feels like

730
00:56:49,440 --> 00:56:54,160
the way this chiefs defensive line has been playing it's going to be a necessity.

731
00:56:54,160 --> 00:57:00,000
Yeah absolutely and I think maybe one of the things that you may have kind of uncovered

732
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:06,720
that has changed is that their middle linebacker Nick Bolton has been on IR with a wrist injury

733
00:57:06,720 --> 00:57:12,560
they had at surgery on kind of like Ardoss and Knox and so I think that might have taken

734
00:57:12,560 --> 00:57:17,760
a lot off of their pass rush because he is a middle linebacker who really works so much

735
00:57:17,760 --> 00:57:23,200
better playing toward the line of scrimmage and not necessarily dropping into coverage

736
00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:28,520
like his running mate the Sam linebacker Drew Tranquill who will be out with concussion

737
00:57:28,520 --> 00:57:33,200
this week which is an excellent opportunity for the Bills we can talk about in a minute

738
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:37,720
but I agree I think that if they you know if chiefs defense want to get anything done

739
00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:43,120
they have to get pressure on Josh Allen and thankfully the Buffalo Bills have the lowest

740
00:57:43,120 --> 00:57:48,080
sack percentage in the league they have one of the best pass rush or I'm sorry pass blocking

741
00:57:48,080 --> 00:57:53,960
win rates in the league and so hopefully can keep that going to hit some of those long

742
00:57:53,960 --> 00:57:59,920
you know long over the top and intermediate throws down the seam because the chiefs will

743
00:57:59,920 --> 00:58:04,340
be missing as I mentioned Drew Tranquill who is an excellent modern linebacker in terms

744
00:58:04,340 --> 00:58:10,040
of coverage kind of getting to a spot a little bit lighter a little bit quicker and then

745
00:58:10,040 --> 00:58:14,640
they're also missing their starting free safety Brian Cook who's in his second year and there

746
00:58:14,640 --> 00:58:20,400
were a couple of plays a big got a habit throws that Jordan Love was able to make for the

747
00:58:20,400 --> 00:58:25,760
Green Bay Packers after Brian Cook left the field and Mike Edwards who replaced him was

748
00:58:25,760 --> 00:58:29,960
a little bit lost in the coverage and so I'm certain that with some more practice knowing

749
00:58:29,960 --> 00:58:33,720
he's coming in the starter Mike Edwards will will better than you looked in that Green

750
00:58:33,720 --> 00:58:39,040
Bay game because it was honestly a pretty massive liability with him in the deep third

751
00:58:39,040 --> 00:58:43,360
and so we'll see what happens and Justin Reed their other starting safety is very and will

752
00:58:43,360 --> 00:58:47,240
be there but he plays a little bit closer to the line often and so there's really some

753
00:58:47,240 --> 00:58:52,280
opportunities I think down the middle of the field the place that the bills will maybe

754
00:58:52,280 --> 00:58:56,880
struggle a little bit is with the outside receivers I know that Stefan Diggs is not

755
00:58:56,880 --> 00:59:03,000
afraid of Lageria Snead and everybody on the team is bigger than Tre- McDuffie but

756
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:08,880
um they're both pretty scrappy and they both will will play the point of attack pretty

757
00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:16,320
hard with the ball they'll come down and tackle too so um yeah I mean that's my my prescription

758
00:59:16,320 --> 00:59:22,160
for this you know a bill's offensive win is one let Josh cook right like let him pull

759
00:59:22,160 --> 00:59:26,040
it down and run it let him have a man advantage in the rushing game and kind of do some design

760
00:59:26,040 --> 00:59:31,240
stuff um attack the middle of the field again with the absence of Drew Tranquil and Brian

761
00:59:31,240 --> 00:59:36,240
Cook and then that when you're running the ball against this Chiefs defense which is

762
00:59:36,240 --> 00:59:40,360
very good against you know shutting down the run but very bad at the yards per carry for

763
00:59:40,360 --> 00:59:46,400
some reason it's one of those weird statistical confluences the bills have to which is they

764
00:59:46,400 --> 00:59:51,480
hold enough you know they they hold the other team to few enough rushes and make the other

765
00:59:51,480 --> 00:59:55,840
team pass enough that when they do pop one it's usually 18 yards or something and so

766
00:59:55,840 --> 01:00:00,120
it throws that whole yards per carry way off um because then their yards per game is is

767
01:00:00,120 --> 01:00:03,800
low and they're pretty good defense but um I will say if the bills offense is going to

768
01:00:03,800 --> 01:00:11,360
run at this Chiefs Chiefs either run directly at Chris Jones with a double team on him or

769
01:00:11,360 --> 01:00:17,040
run to the farthest possible gap away from him when I've been watching the film of games

770
01:00:17,040 --> 01:00:22,040
the Chiefs have have completely shredded the opponents in their attempts to run it's because

771
01:00:22,040 --> 01:00:27,960
the team is trying to do like a center gap or a guard gap that's adjacent to Chris Jones

772
01:00:27,960 --> 01:00:33,480
but not directly at him so he's one on one shedding the block tackle for loss fumble

773
01:00:33,480 --> 01:00:38,200
you know like there's a lot of different things happen there he's amazing and um there's

774
01:00:38,200 --> 01:00:41,920
only one way to beat him by running running the ball towards him and that's directly

775
01:00:41,920 --> 01:00:47,360
at him with a double team yeah and I would add one more prescription JJ to what you laid

776
01:00:47,360 --> 01:00:52,960
out for a successful Buffalo Bills offense offensive effort and that is play action the

777
01:00:52,960 --> 01:00:59,760
Green Bay Packers the Jordan Love Green Bay Packers um absolutely sucked in these backup

778
01:00:59,760 --> 01:01:05,800
linebackers and the backup safety for the Kansas City Chiefs utilizing what felt like

779
01:01:05,800 --> 01:01:11,520
every play a play action down play action rep they were sucking those guys so close

780
01:01:11,520 --> 01:01:15,400
to the line of scrimmage that it made some of those shots over the top that you mentioned

781
01:01:15,400 --> 01:01:22,640
possible on that Green Bay game and we know that Josh is the best QB this season statistically

782
01:01:22,640 --> 01:01:28,760
when he is running play action and the Buffalo Bills per success rate in the league are number

783
01:01:28,760 --> 01:01:35,120
two overall in the league um by a success rate when they run a play action pass so the

784
01:01:35,120 --> 01:01:40,760
Bills I think have an innate strength that they can use to expose what has become a massive

785
01:01:40,760 --> 01:01:45,800
weakness with the injuries this Kansas City Chiefs defense are facing in the play action

786
01:01:45,800 --> 01:01:50,840
game so I'd like to see them not only run the ball in some creative ways and maybe maybe

787
01:01:50,840 --> 01:01:55,760
some powerful ways right into the teeth of that defensive line but also use some of the

788
01:01:55,760 --> 01:02:00,360
run to set up some effective play action as well because I think I think this is a game

789
01:02:00,360 --> 01:02:03,760
where we're going to see the Buffalo Bills potentially take the top off this Kansas City

790
01:02:03,760 --> 01:02:08,440
Chiefs defense in the second half if they set it up the right way with their reps on

791
01:02:08,440 --> 01:02:14,600
the first and they will be gettable without you know uh Brian Cook in they there is an

792
01:02:14,600 --> 01:02:23,200
opportunity there oh absolutely yeah yeah this yeah I I feel good about this game probably

793
01:02:23,200 --> 01:02:28,360
because I'm a delusional Bills fan but yeah I think as we have broken it down offense

794
01:02:28,360 --> 01:02:35,360
defense there are more pluses for the Bills in the wind column than there are there are

795
01:02:35,360 --> 01:02:41,800
negatives for them on both sides of the ball agreed and uh the only side of the ball that

796
01:02:41,800 --> 01:02:46,800
I think that the Chiefs are invariably better in every possible way as special teams the

797
01:02:46,800 --> 01:02:52,080
Bills special teams has taken pretty massive downturn this year and been an unfortunate

798
01:02:52,080 --> 01:02:57,600
decider in some games or cause some games to be much closer or be losses you know at

799
01:02:57,600 --> 01:03:01,960
different times whether it's a missed field goal um you know a punt return touchdown and

800
01:03:01,960 --> 01:03:07,080
overtime like various places um the special teams needs to be better uh Harrison Butger

801
01:03:07,080 --> 01:03:13,520
for the KC Chiefs has not missed a single kick this year um which is impressive uh but it's

802
01:03:13,520 --> 01:03:17,880
just another kind of that's an area that they're they're doing so much better and it does matter

803
01:03:17,880 --> 01:03:23,160
that you know in the scheme of complimentary football yeah yeah absolutely and they are

804
01:03:23,160 --> 01:03:28,680
the Buffalo Bills meanwhile are 22nd in overall DVO way on special teams so this has not been

805
01:03:28,680 --> 01:03:34,360
a banner year for a team that uh prides itself on playing all three phases what about hitting

806
01:03:34,360 --> 01:03:39,760
some predictions sure to go wrong yeah absolutely I'm feeling very confident that uh when I'm

807
01:03:39,760 --> 01:03:46,280
about to say well absolutely be wrong let's start with sport yes um I've got so just so

808
01:03:46,280 --> 01:03:51,240
everyone is aware this game this line opened up at two and a half in favor of the Chiefs

809
01:03:51,240 --> 01:03:56,640
Chiefs minus two and a half this line as a 4pm today was all the way down to minus one

810
01:03:56,640 --> 01:04:01,360
for the Chiefs which basically means that on a neutral field the Buffalo Bills would

811
01:04:01,360 --> 01:04:06,240
actually be favored by about two points if you give three points to the home team so

812
01:04:06,240 --> 01:04:10,240
there is a lot of money going on the Bills this game I don't think there is a lot of

813
01:04:10,240 --> 01:04:14,480
confidence out there in the betting public with that this Chiefs offense is all of a

814
01:04:14,480 --> 01:04:20,240
sudden going to write the ship um this far into the season um this offense probably is

815
01:04:20,240 --> 01:04:25,720
what it is and the question that you have to answer is with this offense for Kansas

816
01:04:25,720 --> 01:04:30,440
City struggling so much even with some of the deficient parts the Bills have on defense

817
01:04:30,440 --> 01:04:36,560
do they have enough to slow it down and my answer to that is yes and more importantly

818
01:04:36,560 --> 01:04:41,440
I think the Bills offense will unquestionably be the best offense this Kansas City Chiefs

819
01:04:41,440 --> 01:04:47,600
defense faces all season and not that they have been untested but they haven't been tested

820
01:04:47,600 --> 01:04:52,320
by an offense the quality of the Bills at this point so I think the offense has a big

821
01:04:52,320 --> 01:04:57,320
day I think the defense has a surprisingly good day against my homes and I'm going to

822
01:04:57,320 --> 01:05:06,240
say Bills win and I'm going to say 34-21 they're going to win by a couple of scores.

823
01:05:06,240 --> 01:05:16,640
I like it I like it um you got 34-21 I've got the Bills winning 28-18 and I'm hopeful

824
01:05:16,640 --> 01:05:21,840
for my workman like when yeah workman like when and I'm hopeful for my cardiac health

825
01:05:21,840 --> 01:05:28,280
that the 28 is like 28-10 late in the fourth and the eight is like touchdown with two point

826
01:05:28,280 --> 01:05:32,600
and they need like a onside kick with a minute left and it's really kind of out of hand and

827
01:05:32,600 --> 01:05:36,200
you know there's no way they're going to get two scores in the time that's left but uh

828
01:05:36,200 --> 01:05:40,360
we're all sort of gripping a little bit but not like we have been for some of these overtime

829
01:05:40,360 --> 01:05:43,680
games nonsense we've had to deal with this season.

830
01:05:43,680 --> 01:05:47,360
Yeah nice I like it I like it a lot.

831
01:05:47,360 --> 01:05:49,120
Any props you want a prop?

832
01:05:49,120 --> 01:05:54,760
Yeah Josh Allen over under 45 and a half yards rushing.

833
01:05:54,760 --> 01:06:02,560
Hmm 45 and a half I'm going to slam the over on because I think that that's a component

834
01:06:02,560 --> 01:06:05,120
of this offense for the rest of the run.

835
01:06:05,120 --> 01:06:10,720
Yeah I agree the we have always joked that Josh Allen running is like the brake glass

836
01:06:10,720 --> 01:06:16,960
in case of emergency option and we are in a state of freaking emergency with what we

837
01:06:16,960 --> 01:06:19,640
need to do in order to make the postseason here.

838
01:06:19,640 --> 01:06:24,720
The glass is crunching under panicked footsteps at this point because it's already been broken.

839
01:06:24,720 --> 01:06:30,000
Exactly and again if we expect Specs to bring the pressure packages that that he is known

840
01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:34,400
for Josh is going to have to buy time with his legs and potentially break the pocket

841
01:06:34,400 --> 01:06:40,840
when needed and maybe gain some very important yardage with his legs in this game so yeah

842
01:06:40,840 --> 01:06:46,800
I I I agree I'm going to take the over I think this feels like a 55 yard 60 yard rushing performance

843
01:06:46,800 --> 01:06:48,800
for Josh.

844
01:06:48,800 --> 01:06:55,480
I've got Stefan Diggs one and a half touchdowns over under under.

845
01:06:55,480 --> 01:07:00,120
Yeah I don't know the last time he had a multiple multi touchdown game against Kansas

846
01:07:00,120 --> 01:07:06,720
City but the second the site the outside corners are are excellent.

847
01:07:06,720 --> 01:07:11,880
I think he's going to get one digs always finds a way to get one and digs is a matchup

848
01:07:11,880 --> 01:07:18,680
nightmare I think for either Snead or McDuffie depending on who is on him but I don't necessarily

849
01:07:18,680 --> 01:07:23,240
think that this is going to be a game where digs is going to get multiple scores and I've

850
01:07:23,240 --> 01:07:29,560
got no good reason for thinking that other than Josh in the Brady Brady offense has been

851
01:07:29,560 --> 01:07:32,040
a great distributor of the ball all the way around.

852
01:07:32,040 --> 01:07:36,800
I could see multiple guys getting touchdowns for sure but I don't know if the target funnel

853
01:07:36,800 --> 01:07:40,360
to digs exists in the way that it did early in the season so I'm going to say under I

854
01:07:40,360 --> 01:07:41,920
think he gets one.

855
01:07:41,920 --> 01:07:42,920
Fair.

856
01:07:42,920 --> 01:07:45,040
All right do you have another prop.

857
01:07:45,040 --> 01:07:47,920
Wait what are you are you over run around that.

858
01:07:47,920 --> 01:07:54,040
Oh I'm over I proposed it because I think digs is going to have a two TD scoring game.

859
01:07:54,040 --> 01:07:55,040
No look at you.

860
01:07:55,040 --> 01:07:56,040
Look at you.

861
01:07:56,040 --> 01:07:59,680
I think he's going to he's going to come on you know and kind of assert himself you know

862
01:07:59,680 --> 01:08:03,840
those games that digs occasionally has where like the bills are kind of down and out and

863
01:08:03,840 --> 01:08:10,040
he like shows up and just roasts a DB that everyone thought was a was a you know absolute

864
01:08:10,040 --> 01:08:11,040
game breaker.

865
01:08:11,040 --> 01:08:14,440
Though that's what I'm looking for you know what and it doesn't even mean he gets like

866
01:08:14,440 --> 01:08:19,240
200 yards or something insane it just means he has like a good 60 or 70 yards but he goes

867
01:08:19,240 --> 01:08:23,160
for two scores and really kind of rubs it in the face of Lijerius Neeter whoever is

868
01:08:23,160 --> 01:08:24,360
covering him one on one.

869
01:08:24,360 --> 01:08:28,720
Yeah that would be amazing I'd love to see that that would be vintage digs for sure.

870
01:08:28,720 --> 01:08:29,880
Yes exactly.

871
01:08:29,880 --> 01:08:33,320
Do you have any defensive props or any other props.

872
01:08:33,320 --> 01:08:34,320
I do.

873
01:08:34,320 --> 01:08:39,720
Buffalo Bills over under two and a half sacks against Patrick Mahomes.

874
01:08:39,720 --> 01:08:40,720
Oh.

875
01:08:40,720 --> 01:08:49,360
I'm going to take a sad under because and this is why I think that Patrick Mahomes is

876
01:08:49,360 --> 01:08:55,600
like not as escapeable as Josh Allen but he's relatively close to that level and for some

877
01:08:55,600 --> 01:09:00,000
reason when the bills are they're like he's like Houdini when they try to get him on the

878
01:09:00,000 --> 01:09:05,120
ground so I'm thinking to but not over not over two and a half.

879
01:09:05,120 --> 01:09:09,360
Yeah I'm taking the under as well and it's for exactly the reasons that you mentioned

880
01:09:09,360 --> 01:09:14,160
Mahomes just is very evasive and this Buffalo Bills defensive line has had a really hard

881
01:09:14,160 --> 01:09:19,200
time bringing him down consistently over the course of this this mini rivalry that they've

882
01:09:19,200 --> 01:09:21,760
had since since 2020.

883
01:09:21,760 --> 01:09:24,520
I got one defensive prop for you.

884
01:09:24,520 --> 01:09:28,800
Bills over under half of interception off of Patrick Mahomes.

885
01:09:28,800 --> 01:09:34,040
Yeah I'll take the I'll take I'll definitely take the over on that so in so they've played

886
01:09:34,040 --> 01:09:39,800
five games since 2020 as I've said multiple times but Mahomes is actually thrown averaged

887
01:09:39,800 --> 01:09:44,720
one interception against the bills over his last four he's thrown four in his past four

888
01:09:44,720 --> 01:09:47,960
games so yeah I think the bills are going to take one for sure.

889
01:09:47,960 --> 01:09:51,480
Yeah great yeah that's that's the last prop I got.

890
01:09:51,480 --> 01:09:53,560
Yep all right excellent.

891
01:09:53,560 --> 01:09:59,320
JJ we covered a lot of territory in this particular pod but here is to hoping that this is the

892
01:09:59,320 --> 01:10:04,640
start of a glorious and amazing run for Buffalo Bills on the way to the postseason because

893
01:10:04,640 --> 01:10:10,560
if they don't pull it out in Kansas City this week our our hopes could be dashed more quickly

894
01:10:10,560 --> 01:10:12,840
than I think any of us are prepared for.

895
01:10:12,840 --> 01:10:17,640
So JJ thanks for podding with me for all of you listening at home like share and subscribe.

896
01:10:17,640 --> 01:10:22,120
Wherever you get your podcast Google Apple Spotify and as always go Bills.

897
01:10:22,120 --> 01:10:29,120
Go Bills.

898
01:10:52,120 --> 01:10:59,120
Go Bills.

899
01:11:22,120 --> 01:11:29,120
Go Bills.

900
01:11:52,120 --> 01:11:59,120
Go Bills.

901
01:12:22,120 --> 01:12:29,120
Go Bills.