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Welcome back to the Buffalo Bread podcast. You're here with Dan and subbing in for JJ

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as our good friend, frequent co-host, friend of the pod, not friend of the bills, Brandon

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Bennett, our resident Patriots expert. JJ dealing with some life stuff and some dad stuff. Also

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a big reason why we couldn't record last week, but we are back this week to unpack all of the

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feels about the bills lost to the Rams and then what is absolutely going to be a fierce test

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against the Detroit Lions. Brandon, I appreciate you joining the pod. Normally, we only bring you

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on to commiserate terrible things about the New England Patriots. Feel fortunate to have you

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here so that you can rub it in a little bit about the bills dropping one this past week. How are

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you feeling, sir? Good. I appreciate you having me back. Happy to be here at this very sensitive

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time for the bills mafia community. But should be some good banter today. So yeah, I definitely

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think so. All of the and you're not kidding about sensitive time. All of the McDermott must be fired

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guys are crawling out from the woodwork. And I will say that is a tough place for me and JJ to be

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in because we came out this year as you know what, we're cool if we move on from McDermott. But I

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got to tell you, Brandon, after this game, I don't know that you can chalk up the loss to the Rams

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solely on that decision to go for the sneak on the goal line, which is what a lot of people are

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doing. Yes, it felt very much so like the same bad late game decision making that has plagued this

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coaching staff for many, many, many seasons. But it also doesn't take away from the fact that this

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was a coaching staff, particularly on the defensive side, that adapted beautifully to the Kansas

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City Chiefs did some things that were very out of character for them to ultimately pull that game

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out. So I do think there has been growth that I don't want to ignore on this coaching staff. I mean,

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Brandon, I would love to get your take as a objective outsider. I feel like the bills lost this

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game to the Rams, because their dudes put it simply were better than our dudes. The Sean McDermott

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defense is an 80 20 proposition to me, it's going to beat 80% of the teams that get rolled out against

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it. But then there is an elite 20 that usually have some combination of all pro skill players and a

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above average QB that are able to exploit this scheme. Am I wrong in this observation, please,

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New England Patriots fan, tell me what you saw in this game. Yeah, I think the Rams scripted a

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very good game for the bills that the bills defense has been a story this year. And I don't know,

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make a very figured it out because Poco was cooking. Cup was cooking. And the Rams were able to,

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yeah, pick you guys apart, find holes, put up 44 points, which is a lot, right? And the bills hung

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in there with their own respectable 42 points, which in any NFL game is impressive. But yeah,

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I think McVay had a good scheme coming into the game, and was able to exploit the holes in the

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defense, which again, all year has been very, very good. Yeah, I mean, it has been good. But I think

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there are some things that came up from this game that were simmering weaknesses that because of the

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win streak, because of the early closure on the division, we were large by and large ignoring.

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One of those has been the rush defense. And God love Aaron Quinn from from cover one. He they he

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is doing God's work. I don't know if you follow him on threads or Instagram Brandon. But as a even

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as a non bills fan, his feeds are excellent data driven stats driven, it's wonderful. And he has

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been beating the drum that by success rate and EPA, this bills rushing defense is actually good.

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And it is particularly compared to some of the other squads that are struggling this season to

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stop the run. But I think what we saw with the Rams is that the cost of a good run defense

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is very, very high for this bills defense to play. For example, in the second half,

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they had to play a lot of single high dude. And you know this from the times you've been on the

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pod with us, the bills want to drop in his own, they want to play too high, they had to play a

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lot of single high, bring down an extra safety to try to fill a gap and stop the run, because their

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defensive line was getting no push. And that left their corners on an island against, as you mentioned

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one Pukinakua who was indeed cooking, Cooper Cup who looked the healthiest he's looked all season

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in that game. And yeah, they were able to stifle the run by yardage and yards per run in the second

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half, but a cost them in coverage. And that's the thing about this bills defense that I think

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often gets overlooked because of the advanced metrics. It is a give and take, like it's a zero

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sum game. If they're going to be good at covering the pass, they're inviting teams per the scheme

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to run the ball. And when they finally need to sit down and stop the run, it's often going to come

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at the expense of the coverage. So I guess, Brandon, what I'm contesting after this game is that the

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bills do have a good defense, but it is not a well rounded defense. It is a defense that has to

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rely a lot on game script, where if the bills are playing ahead, and the rush game is eliminated

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from the opposing teams playbook, then yeah, they can sink into where they're most comfortable,

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which is playing zone. When you take them out of that positive game script, though, and they're

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playing behind, you have the ability to dictate action and force them to make some sacrifices

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on the defensive side of the ball that ultimately compromise not just the scheme, but some of the

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players. I mean, dude, this was Resoul Douglas's worst game of the season by far. Christian

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Benford also did not cloak himself in glory in this game. You know, I mean,

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Yeah, I want to highlight something that Buffalo bread pod had posted on Instagram following the

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game, which is that the Rams did a very, very good job converting on third down.

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Incredible, right. And that was that was the key to their victory here. And I think where

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the bills defense really struggled. And they've struggled all season. That's a great point.

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The Rams came into this game with a 33% third down conversion rate. But the bills defense has

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struggled all season getting off the field on third down. And when you look at the third downs,

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they have the most trouble converting. It's those tweener downs where opposing teams have the

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ability to run if they want to run or they have the ability to pass. It's not often third and long

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third and long, this defense is getting off the field for the most part. It's those tween, it's

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those tweener third downs where it could be a mix of anything. Because again, the bills,

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by stats have a good rush defense and by stats have a good passing defense. But they cannot

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operate both of those elements of their defense at the same time. One comes at the cost of the

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other. And I think Brandon, as we get into our preview of the Detroit game, there's going to be

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another test this week against Ben Johnson and the way he schemes up that run game that will

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similarly make the bills make a choice. Do you want to be good against the run and David Montgomery

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and Jameer Gibbs or do you want to be good against the pass? So before we get to the Detroit game,

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I do have one other question for you. And again, you know that as a fantasy football player,

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I'm highly invested in James Cook. Can you tell me a little bit about what happened?

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45% snap chair the entire game. I have no idea. So the bills did struggle to get the

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design run game going early on in this game. And that's a credit to LA. Like I came into this game

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thinking that they have a really light defensive line, they don't have great linebackers, they're

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schemed and they're set up a lot like the Dallas Cowboys that really struggle to stop the run.

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They've got a lot of athletic defensive linemen, not a lot of big, large bodies. I think the

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largest guy is maybe Kobe Turner on that defensive line. And I think he's only like 309 something

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like that. I mean, he's basically like an ad Oliver who is a very, very light defensive linemen.

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So I was stunned at how effective the Rams were at taking away the designed run game. And then I

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think again, game script, meaning what it means to this bills team, the minute that got behind,

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Brady, it seemed was very, very keen on on going away from the traditional run game and just putting

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the ball on Josh's hands to get them back in the game. But to me, this has been kind of an ongoing

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frustration with the running back substitutions that this team tends to roll out. James Cook

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needs to be on the field more than 45% of the time. And I love Ray Davis. And I know Ty Johnson

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scampered in for that 51 yard or 41 yard touchdown pass. But James Cook, even if the run game is

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not working is equally effective out is equally effective out of the backfield in the passing

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game. Well, yeah, he's got to be the check down guy, right? Like, yeah, Josh goes through the coverage,

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right? It goes through the reads, not there. James Cook is good for, you know, a five yard

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reception and maybe he gets a couple of yak yards. You know what I mean? Absolutely. And I mean,

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honestly, with the way the offensive line was protecting Josh in the the pass game, like,

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I mean, he was clean in that pocket all day, you could have run a couple of wheel routes with James

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Cook given them time to develop and really tested this Rams defense deep. I mean, listen, that when

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you score 42 points and six total touchdowns, it is it's hard to critique the offense too much.

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But I do think this this coaching staff or whatever reason be it Brady, be it the running backs

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coach and the way he manages that rotation, I feel like when game script doesn't go their way,

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they're too quick to turn away from Cook. And to me, that is a mistake because he is a he's a star

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on this offense. And he's got a lot of juice. And he could have done some things out of the

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backfield in this game for sure. But they just didn't give him the opportunity, right? Right.

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Um, and I love that the thing that continues to connect us as friends is that you have James Cook

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on your fantasy team. I just want to point that out. I just want to point that out. It is the

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blue that holds this whole thing together. Literally, it's the only reason we talk to each

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other. If you don't draft him next year, I really do worry for like, the limited social

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connection will then have, it's really going to be sad. You just have to draft him every year so

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we can keep this thing going. I'll find some other prolific bills player to try to target

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in fantasy football. Not Dalton Kincaid. Let me tell you that. Yeah, that's strong, strong feelings

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about that dude, though he is, he looks like he is a full practice participant over the past

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couple of days, which is great, which means he might play against Detroit and Garner like three

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catches for 23 yards like he's been doing all season. That's one I can't figure out, but that's

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a conversation for another day. Any final observations, questions or thoughts branded on the Rams game

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before we get to the Detroit Lions? Yeah, I just want to say one thing. I texted you earlier this

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morning to ask you if Josh Allen is going to win the MVP this year. It's because of performances

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like what we've seen the last two weeks. Just really as a any team football fan, just really fun

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to watch what he does on the field. So is a red blooded American. Let me tell you,

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Josh Allen, he's my guy. But you did pose an interesting question. And I think my answer to

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you was something along the lines of, yeah, Josh is the MVP, but media needs clicks, they need

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takes, they need to continue to get views. And you can already hear the simmering undertones of,

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well, Joe Burroughs having a great statistical season as well. Why isn't he in the conversation?

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Like the reality is, is if this thing is wrapped up, heading into heading into this week, as a lot

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of people think it is, that's boring. That's boring content. No one else talk about that. They need

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controversy. They need something to create difference or dissension in order to keep people

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invested. And so I think you're going to hear a lot more over the next few weeks, especially,

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especially if Cincinnati goes on a run, you're going to hear a lot more about Josh Burrough,

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or I'm sorry, Joe Burrough getting MVP consideration, even though to me, even if Burrough

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statistically eclipses Josh Allen, for as much as I love the weapons that Josh has,

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he doesn't have anyone to pass to nearly as good as T Higgins or Jamar Chase. And not that good

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players should handicap good QB play, like just because that Steve Young had Jerry Rice doesn't

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make Steve Young any, any worse. But I do think part of the MVP narrative around Josh is that

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it became his team this year. They jettisoned veteran players, they traded Stefan Diggs,

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they did not have a true number one on the roster, they were going to put it all on Josh's

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shoulders. And the dude has responded. And right now, statistically, he's got more total touchdowns

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than anybody in the league. And he's on pace to eclipse 40 total TDs for the fifth straight season,

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which would in fact be a historic mark in an NFL record. So call it a lifetime achievement award,

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if you will. But to me, the narrative around Josh's leadership, his continued production,

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and where the bills are in the playoff standings, to me, put some heads and tails above everybody

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else. I think that's probably, I think that's probably a really good segue to talking about

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the Detroit Lions. Because they have their own MVP candidate in the mix and one Jared Goff.

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So Brandon, oh, go ahead. I want because I got a question for you to start. I think what the

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majority of America wants talking about red blooded Americans is a Lions bills Super Bowl,

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right? That's let's give the people what they want, right? It feels that way. So and that's

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a perfect segue to the question I have for you. Do you feel like this is a Super Bowl preview?

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Or are there other teams in both the AFC and NFC that you think might might break through

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over Detroit and Buffalo? Who would be your biggest challenges to these two guys in each

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conferences? Do you think? Yeah, I mean, to your first point, I really hope it is a preview

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of the Super Bowl. I think what the bells have been able to accomplish with the youth in the

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receiving core, bringing in a Mari Cooper, and then what Jared Goff is doing with Detroit to

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sort of earn over the hearts and minds of American citizens. It's just really fun, right? And let's

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all let's all unite and join hands over our shared hatred of the Kansas City Chiefs who nobody wants

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to see go for a third Super Bowl. You heard that right, Bill's Mafia. I'm right here with you.

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Nobody wants to see the Chiefs go to the Super Bowl again this year.

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So, yeah, I mean, I hope so. I think it will be a similar high scoring game,

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because Detroit is going to be able to look at what the Rams did and, you know, probably try to

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replicate that in some way with a lot of talent on the roster between Amon Ross, St. Brown,

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Jameson Williams, Jameer Gibbs is, you know, I think, topped here as a catching running back.

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He's a gadget back and you combine him with the sheer brute force and momentous power of

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David Montgomery, right? Like, you know, they're a two hit combo that I think

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better than most that we've seen in the NFL, I think better than the golden days of Aaron Jones and

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AJ Dylan in Green Bay those years, you know what I mean? So, yeah, I think it's going to be a really

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fun game to watch. I was talking with folks at work and everyone thought that they would flex

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this game to prime time, right? I know, I wish they did. Yeah, and I'm surprised because I think

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there's a lot of football fans that are excited to watch this game. I agree. That's a such a nice

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tee up for this conversation too, because these two teams have really kind of captured the imagination

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of a lot of adversarial fan bases. Like, if you're a Jets fan or you're a Dolphins fan,

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you're probably not rooting for the Bills, but if you're a Raiders fan, right? Or if you're a

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Chargers fan, even though your team is still in it, you're probably like anybody but the

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Chiefs at this point. And that has in fact bonded a lot of people over the over the course of these

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two teams really, really pretty epic runs this year. I loved your comment about two hits, right?

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The two hit backfield. It reminds me of that. That motto in a lot of 90s tough guy movies,

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there's going to be two hits, me hitting you and you hitting the ground. And that's exactly what

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Gibbs and Montgomery is. Gibbs is going to hit you and Montgomery is going to make sure you're

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on the ground. I mean, in the way Ben Johnson dude tees up this rush game, they are as diverse

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a running team as any other in the league. And it starts with that elite offensive line.

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And you mentioned something about the Rams and how the Lions are probably going to replicate a lot

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of it. They are and they can replicate that better than even the Rams could because of their

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superior offensive line. Dude in that Rams Rams game, Greg Rousseau had zero QB pressures. Now,

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this is a guy who's been number nine in the league heading into that game in total QB pressures this

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season. He's having a great year and he's the only one on that defensive line for Buffalo that is,

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but he didn't get any against the Rams. And this week, he's going to go up against one

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budding all pro and pen a Sewell on the left side of that offensive line for the Detroit Lions.

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And everything that they do in the rush game begins and ends with that guy. They'll pull him.

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They'll tell him to get to the second level. Sewell can do everything they need him to do in

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them some. Now, Rousseau is objectively one of the best run stopping edges in the league. Sewell

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is one of the best road grading run blockers at tackle in the league. It is rare, dude, that I

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say I want to watch a match up in the trenches. That's usually JJ's territory on this pod,

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but I can't wait to see Rousseau and Sewell go up against each other.

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Do you have Amon Ross St. Brown on your fantasy team? Everywhere, every fantasy team.

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Everywhere. Yeah, he's a regular for you, right? So give us some insights based on what you know

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about his production and what you think he's going to be able to do against either Benford or,

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you know, if Douglas ends up playing Douglas. So the Detroit Lions really like to put

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Amon Ross in motion a lot. And I think, you know, testing outs, coverages, seeing again,

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you know, are they playing man? Are they playing zone? What's going on with him?

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He's, you know, you look at the stats over the season, often peppered with targets, but

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sometimes, you know, you're watching these Detroit games and there's two full quarters that

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Amon Ross will go without seeing a target. You know what I mean? And so, and then bam,

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the fourth quarter hits and a golf will target him three, four times consecutively in a drive.

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So I think it's, you know, really interesting how they utilize him because he's, without a doubt,

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they're their best offensive weapon. But I mean, Jameson Williams is a speed demon. So they,

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So good. Yeah. I mean, if he can catch the ball and turn like, you know, he's off to the races.

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So yeah, I think they do a lot of like disguises with Amon Ross to get him in open space.

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A lot of short yardage with him, which you kind of actually see very similarly with Cup. I think

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Cup gets a lot of the short yardage volume work. And I think Amon Ross kind of similar in that way.

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But Amon Ross done a really good job trying to stay healthy this year. I've seen a number of clips

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where he kind of just, you know, he gets the first down and then he's, you know, not to say

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gives up on the play, but he'll often go down if he sees a free safely barrel in towards him at

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full tilt. And, you know, we'll just call it good with the, with the first down there. So, you know,

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I think that's part of it too. He's been able to stay relatively healthy all season in preparation for

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an inevitable postseason. So yeah, absolutely. And the postseason for this Detroit squad is

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inevitable. I love what you said about motion because with a Ben Johnson coordinated offense,

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you're going to get a couple of, you're going to get a few things for sure. You're going to get a

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lot of motion and not just motion to, as you very nicely stated, to help Jared Goff understand what

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coverage he's looking at, but they also use motion to understand what leverage they can play inside,

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outside what level of the field their wide receivers or pass catchers are going to attack.

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So you're going to see a ton of motion in this game. And the bills have really struggled

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with motion heavy teams with the exception being Miami this season. You're also going to see a heavy

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dose of the run game to set up play action. And this run game where he talked about is a two-headed

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monster, but they do a lot of what the bills like to do Brandon, which is they like to line up Jared

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Goff under center. This is actually the number three team when it comes to frequency of plays,

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run under center in the league. And that makes their play action way more effective. And then

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when they're into their play action bag, that's when you can hit Amon Ross St. Brown at any level

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of field, or you just see Jameson Williams streaking down the field, beating two safeties,

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and catching a 50 or 60 yard bomb. And everything that Johnson does for Goff,

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he makes it an easy decision, right? He give uses motion to give golf clues pre snap. And then Goff

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is so quick and is releasing so quick on his reads post snap, because this offense is so well

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coached and everyone is always where they need to be. And we haven't even talked about Tim Patrick

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in the red zone. He is a real red zone threat for them this season and got has been golfs go to

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when they're inside the 20s. And then dude, Sam Laporta is also starting to finally come on this

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year for them. And the Buffalo bills, they really struggle with opposing team tight ends. I mean,

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listen, if I had to come up with a formula for how the bills win this game on defense, it is to

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get the Lions off the field as quickly as possible to give Josh Allen the ball, and then let the

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bills basically take the air out of it and keep this Detroit Lions offense off the field, because

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I feel like that is the only way this bill's defense is going to save itself from being exploited.

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There's just not a lot that the bills in my mind are going to be able to do defensively,

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that is going to counter this very, very potent Detroit Lions offense.

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Yeah, I think that's a good take. I think I know the bills mafia hailed the return of

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Matt Milano. He's certainly going to be tested in this game. So,

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dude, and I listen, I love Matt Milano is our Bobby Boucher, right? He is our water boy. Like,

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he just decapitates guys when he is flying sideline to sideline. He is not just coming back

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from the bicep injury. He's coming back from last season's gruesome, gruesome season ending leg

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injury to, and you can just see it a little bit harder to see in the San Francisco game.

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His angles aren't as good because the speed isn't there. He's missing tackles.

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For my mind, Brandon, the thing that is most frustrating for me is I don't know why they

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have ramped up Milano to this level when clearly he is still working his way back, and they have put

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in mothballs their season leader in tackles and Dorian Williams. Now, Dorian Williams, listen,

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he worked his way into this lineup after Milano got injured and really improved throughout the

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course of the season. He is excellent, excellent as a run defender, and he has an absolute liability

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in pass coverage, particularly against play action. If I were Bobby Babbage and Sean McDermott,

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and I've been looking at the Milano film for the last two weeks, I would figure out a way

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to get Dorian Williams onto the field in those obvious rushing downs. Honestly, and the bills

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never do this because they're a nickel heavy scheme. They'll never play three linebackers.

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There's an argument to be made in this game, particularly when the Lions want to go heavy,

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of putting in Dorian Williams and playing a four three base set. Reason being, Taran Johnson,

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listen, he is an amaven at stopping the run game from that slot nickel position, but like you want

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him healthy for the playoffs, and they haven't had a fully healthy Taran Johnson in a really long

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time. And I was watching rewatching the Rams game. And I saw Taran Johnson coming out from his slot

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position, rushing the A gap in the run game against all these giant offensive and defensive

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linemen and making these very perilous stops against the Rams running game or against the Rams

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running backs. And he does it. And he does it well, but that stuff takes a toll with Dorian

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Williams on the roster. And Milano working his way back, you don't need to put Johnson at that

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kind of health risk at this point to me, roll out a base defense against some of these heavy 12

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personnel sets that Detroit's going to run out there and let Williams cook in the run game.

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And then an obvious passing downs, get them off the field because he's an absolute liability,

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right. And but I just don't think they're going to do it. I just don't think they're going to do it

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because it's not a coaching stuff. It likes to do those things unless it's against the Kansas

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City Chiefs, which is the only time they've really adapted. So I don't know, man. I just think the

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defense is going to get worked in this game and there's nothing we're going to be able to do about

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it. So yeah, on the on the offensive side of the ball, I think this season there's been flashes of

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Ray Davis and what he could be for the bills as a compliment to James Cook. So

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so do you what role do you see him playing in this game against Detroit? I would love to see him

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play a role where he gets like 30% of the snaps because I want James Cook getting the rest of

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those. And you know, we have slept on the fact that James Cook has been an absolute monster

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in the red zone this season. Out of his 11 total TDs this season, 10 have come by either rushing

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or passing in the red zone. And this is a massive departure from last year where he was only on

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the field for a quarter of the Buffalo Bills red zone snaps. They trust him in the red zone this

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year. And to me, while Ray Davis is supposed to be that big burly get inside the 20s and hammer at

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home back, James Cook gives you a really dynamic playmaker when you get to that level of the field.

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And to me, he's had a lot to do with the bill's success in the red zone and converting those

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opportunities into touchdowns. So for me, I love Ray Davis, love Ray Davis. But in this game against

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this squad, you got to go with your dudes, you got to let your dudes win you this game. And James

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Cook is a dude. If I could put it as simply as I could. So let James Cook in this game and let Ray

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come in to spell him every now and then. But if James Cook has under 25 touches in this game,

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to me, it's a failure game planning. And that's despite the fact that Detroit is a really good

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rush defense, even though they've had all those injuries along the defensive line. Ali McNeill

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should be playing this game great against the run. Draft pick out of NC State from a few years ago,

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excellent defensive defensive linemen. We know they don't have Hutchinson, but they've got Zadaria

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Smith, who is not necessarily a minus in the rush defense game either. They've got the dudes that

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can stop it. I just think Cook is way, way more dynamic. And you can beat this team by rushing

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outside the tackles get a little outside zone going because Joe Brady can scheme up as diverse a

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rushing game as Ben Johnson can get a little outside zone going with James Cook and let the dude cook.

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So my Ray Davis answer, sir, is about James Cook. Yeah. Sound good. What other observations,

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thoughts or questions do you have about this Detroit game before we get to prediction? Sure

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to go wrong. Well, you said the word prediction. So for those listeners out there who are

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degenerate gamblers like you and I, give me a guaranteed touchdown from each offense.

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Like a guaranteed touchdown score. Yeah. Yeah. Who's going to score a touchdown for each team?

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I mean, David Montgomery is the easy one. And I haven't looked at the the anytime touchdown score

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rods yet. I got to imagine he's like a minus 400. He's just almost he's especially if the

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when the lines get into the red zone, he's almost a guarantee. He's a guarantee to get one.

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If I if you want me to get weird with it though and give you a non obvious one for Detroit,

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I'm going to go with Patrick, they're wide receiver. They have really utilized him well

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in red zone situations this year, as I mentioned before, but he's also be developed into a solid

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third option for them, especially as Laporta has worked his way back. And I got to imagine

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they're going to line up on Ross St. Brown the slot a lot over Taryn Johnson, which means Patrick

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is going to get a pretty favorable matchup against Jomarcus Ingram, if Douglas can't go.

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So I got to imagine Patrick's going to get one. So if I had to bet anytime touchdown score for

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Detroit, I would say it was going to be him. Yeah, you can't double cover on raw James and

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William Sam Laporta and Tim Patrick. And so or who and you got to be mindful of Gibbs and Montgomery

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catching out of the backfield to. So who's your anytime touchdown score for the bills?

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I mean, the obvious one would be Josh Allen, because I think they're going to use his legs in

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the red zone, right? That's a good answer. Yeah. If you wanted me, though, again, to give you like

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a weird one, I'll give you Dawson Knox, right? So Dawson Knox is a safety blanket for Josh and

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a lot of these big games and Detroit like Buffalo, they struggle to cover opposing teams tight ends.

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I think there's going to be opportunities, especially if Brian Branch doesn't play for Knox

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for Knox to get something going in the red zone. And like it's not going to be a spectacular stat

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line. It could literally be Knox two receptions, three yards and a touchdown. But I think Knox

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has the opportunity to break through in that way this game. Yeah. Awesome. Yeah. All right, man,

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you're right for some prediction. Sure to go wrong. Yep, sure. All right. So you're going to be on

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record. This is going to live on the internet forever. This is a for whatever reason this game

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opened at minus one and a half Detroit. Standard home field advantage for the home team is minus

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two and a half. So on a neutral field, the opening line suggested that the bills would be better

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than Detroit, which I do not believe for a minute. The line has gone in Detroit's favor, and they are

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now minus two and a half favorites to win this game over on around this game is 54 and a half.

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This is up from 53 and a half open. What is your final score prediction, Brandon? And do you think

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we're going to hit the over on total points in this game? Yes, I do think this game will hit the

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over score prediction. And I'm going to say I'm going to say Detroit, Detroit 37, Buffalo 29.

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Man, that's a really good that's a really solid score prediction. So you hit the over,

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you've got Detroit covering, and you've got Detroit winning. Listen, I also have Detroit

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winning this game. And I know JJ does too, even though he's not here to record with us. I just

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think Detroit can do too many things to put Buffalo into a negative game script that's going to

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force them to make those pick your poison choices on defense. And they're not going to be able to

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do enough to get this Detroit offense off the field and give Josh more opportunities to score

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touchdowns. I'm with you, I think Detroit lays a 30 burger on this Buffalo bills defense,

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because they do everything well to this Buffalo defense doesn't do well. I'm going to say Detroit

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35, Buffalo 31. I do think they're going to make it close because the bills other than the Ravens

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game this year have a history of playing really good teams tight. They got too much pride and

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they got a dog on the other side and Josh Allen. But I just think Josh will not have enough opportunities

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because of the defense is in effectiveness. All right, let's do a prop bet. You got a prop

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bet for me because I got one that I want to run by you. Why don't you go ahead? So this goes back

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to our Matt Milano conversation. And I'm hoping against hope that the coaching staff sees the

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same thing on tape that we're all seeing, which is that Milano is not 100%. Dorian Williams over

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under 25.5% of defensive snaps in this game. Now to be clear, he played zero snaps in the Rams game.

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So I'm saying this is a full about face for this coaching staff and they will realize that Dorian

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Williams against a run proficient team is going to be needed on the field. So what do you think?

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Would you say over under 25%? Yep, over under 25.5%.

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Oh, I will give you the over.

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I want to take the over to my heart wants to take the over my brain says it's going to be the under

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and they're going to keep this kid in mothballs. Unless there's an injury to either Bernard or

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Milano. So you take the over I'm going to take the under. I actually think they're perfectly happy

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to keep Williams on the sideline and let Milano work his way back no matter how ugly it is.

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You got prop that for me. I believe you can correct me if I'm wrong here, but I believe

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the most pass attempts for Josh Allen in any game this season is 40 or 41.

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I'd have to go back and look but I want to say it's like 41. Yeah. Okay. And against the Rams,

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I believe that number is 37. So Josh Allen over under 35 pass attempts.

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I kind of want to push because 35 feels like a good number based on how I think this game script

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is going to go. But just to make it juicy, I will take the over because I think Josh is going to

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have to chuck it. I think James Cook, like I said before, if they get the outside zone run game going,

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Cook's going to be effective. But otherwise, this is a really tough matchup to get the run game going.

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I think they're going to have to lean on Josh's right shoulder in this one. What do you think?

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Um, yeah, I think you're right. I would take the over. Okay. One final question for you.

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Over under 12 and a half times while you're watching this game, you hope Drake may develops into Josh

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Allen. Well, I wish I was that naive to believe that that was even in the realm of possibilities.

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Um, yeah, under for sure. I think Josh Allen, what we're seeing him do this season is special.

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And I'm not, I'm not at the point as a Patriots fan where I'm confident that Drake may is in the

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same conversation as what we're seeing from Josh Allen. So I would take the under on that.

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Yeah, cool. I think you guys bagged yourself, Justin Herbert, which is nothing to sneeze at.

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That is having a hell of a year. Right. I think that's actually a really good comparison.

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Yeah, I try. I try on the spot to make good comments. It's the one thing I'm the one thing

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I'm good at. All right, Brandon, listen, man, thank you for filling in. Appreciate it as always.

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but you can still find us on Apple and Spotify. And as always, go bills.

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Yeah.