1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,900 Welcome back to the Buffalo Bread podcast. 2 00:00:01,900 --> 00:00:05,800 Here we are on week 18 and I apologize to everybody 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:07,880 that we did not record last week. 4 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:10,340 Happy New Year, we're in the New Year. 5 00:00:10,340 --> 00:00:14,680 And 2024 was the year of general, 6 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:19,380 deathly ill sickness for the entire family under my roof. 7 00:00:19,380 --> 00:00:21,020 And this is the struck again. 8 00:00:21,020 --> 00:00:24,260 You know, I was counting it up and my young son 9 00:00:24,260 --> 00:00:28,860 has had four double ear infections, RSV, COVID, 10 00:00:28,860 --> 00:00:32,760 the flu and several colds just from August 5th to present. 11 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:37,800 And so we were down low again on the injured reserve list 12 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:39,240 for the last couple of weeks. 13 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,700 So thank you all for your patience. 14 00:00:41,700 --> 00:00:45,380 And we're glad to be with you here this week to preview 15 00:00:45,380 --> 00:00:47,980 what can only be described as a preseason game 16 00:00:47,980 --> 00:00:50,040 for the Buffalo Bills and then look forward 17 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,680 into the wildcard weekend and what that might 18 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:54,380 spell for our beloved bills. 19 00:00:54,380 --> 00:00:56,680 Dan, tell me you're healthy 20 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:58,780 because I need some good... 21 00:00:58,780 --> 00:01:00,920 I mean, I'm not sick. 22 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:02,760 I don't know if my doctor would say I'm healthy 23 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:04,220 but I'm definitely not sick. 24 00:01:04,220 --> 00:01:08,700 Man, shout out to Theo, little guy toughen it out. 25 00:01:08,700 --> 00:01:12,200 So he's in daycare, right? 26 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:13,840 Yeah, dude. 27 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:15,300 It's an incubator. 28 00:01:15,300 --> 00:01:17,140 I sent both of my kids to daycare, right? 29 00:01:17,140 --> 00:01:21,440 But by kindergarten, germs are gonna bounce off the kid, 30 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:22,780 right? 31 00:01:22,780 --> 00:01:25,340 Unfortunately, you and your wife, given your age, 32 00:01:25,340 --> 00:01:27,220 like me and my wife experience, 33 00:01:27,220 --> 00:01:29,180 your immune systems won't benefit 34 00:01:29,180 --> 00:01:30,560 from that type of exposure. 35 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:32,720 You're just gonna get sicker as you get older 36 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:33,960 because of the kid. 37 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:36,660 But the kid is gonna be impervious to germs pretty soon. 38 00:01:36,660 --> 00:01:38,720 Yeah, he's gonna be a walking antibody. 39 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:39,900 It's gonna be great. 40 00:01:39,900 --> 00:01:42,240 I'll take all of it as long as he's good. 41 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:43,560 He will be. 42 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:44,400 He's definitely gonna be good. 43 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:45,460 I wouldn't sweat it. 44 00:01:45,460 --> 00:01:47,300 Yeah, man, we got some catching up to do though. 45 00:01:47,300 --> 00:01:50,300 So I'm happy to report very briefly 46 00:01:50,300 --> 00:01:52,980 that one Brandon Bennett, friend of the pod, 47 00:01:52,980 --> 00:01:54,100 not friend of the bills, 48 00:01:54,100 --> 00:01:56,520 loved his time with Bill's mafia. 49 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:57,360 Awesome. 50 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,680 Dude, we hit Hammerslot. 51 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,380 We hit a bunch of different tailgate spots. 52 00:02:02,380 --> 00:02:04,720 I've never seen anyone, 53 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:06,580 and I've brought fans from opposing teams 54 00:02:06,580 --> 00:02:07,960 to those games before. 55 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:11,420 I've never seen Bill's mafia embrace 56 00:02:11,420 --> 00:02:15,560 an opponent's fan in the way I saw them embrace Brandon. 57 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:19,340 He just, we were carrying around a bunch of blue lights 58 00:02:19,340 --> 00:02:22,260 and we were shotgunning beers as a way to like, 59 00:02:22,260 --> 00:02:25,100 ingratiate ourselves to whatever crowd we were with. 60 00:02:25,100 --> 00:02:26,500 So I mean, we went through, 61 00:02:26,500 --> 00:02:29,700 must have gone through like a 30 rack or something like that. 62 00:02:29,700 --> 00:02:31,680 It was absolutely incredible. 63 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:32,520 He loved it. 64 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:33,660 He also found some of his people, 65 00:02:33,660 --> 00:02:36,260 not a lot of Pats fans out for this particular game, 66 00:02:36,260 --> 00:02:37,780 but he did find some of his people. 67 00:02:37,780 --> 00:02:40,220 And dude, it was a nail biter. 68 00:02:40,220 --> 00:02:41,860 It was a nail biting game. 69 00:02:41,860 --> 00:02:44,320 And I don't, it was a surprisingly good game 70 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:46,020 for what was thought to have been a blowout, 71 00:02:46,020 --> 00:02:48,940 even by Brandon, the Pats fan, the resident Pats fan. 72 00:02:48,940 --> 00:02:51,580 40 to six, they weren't gonna score a touchdown, 73 00:02:51,580 --> 00:02:52,580 that's what I'm saying. 74 00:02:52,580 --> 00:02:54,700 I know, and then when he, 75 00:02:54,700 --> 00:02:56,500 we were texting while you guys are in the stadium 76 00:02:56,500 --> 00:03:01,020 about the, at the midpoint of being 14 nothing Patriots. 77 00:03:01,020 --> 00:03:02,860 And I was like, this is icky. 78 00:03:02,860 --> 00:03:05,460 Hang on, you and Brandon have your own text chain? 79 00:03:05,460 --> 00:03:07,420 No, you're replacing me? 80 00:03:07,420 --> 00:03:09,380 On ours, you're on the chain, man. 81 00:03:09,380 --> 00:03:10,860 You just weren't paying attention. 82 00:03:10,860 --> 00:03:12,460 Oh, I probably wasn't just paying attention. 83 00:03:12,460 --> 00:03:14,100 I mean, let's go back to the part 84 00:03:14,100 --> 00:03:15,860 where I said we shotgun 30 beers. 85 00:03:15,860 --> 00:03:16,700 Right. 86 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:17,540 I probably wasn't paying attention. 87 00:03:17,540 --> 00:03:19,140 You may not have been in the state of mind 88 00:03:19,140 --> 00:03:20,700 to read at that point. 89 00:03:20,700 --> 00:03:21,540 Definitely not. 90 00:03:21,540 --> 00:03:23,100 That's fine, no worries. 91 00:03:23,100 --> 00:03:25,820 But yeah, I love that for him to be, 92 00:03:25,820 --> 00:03:28,300 and also, yes, Bill's mafia is wonderful. 93 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:29,340 We both know this. 94 00:03:29,340 --> 00:03:31,700 Brandon is also, I can say this, 95 00:03:31,700 --> 00:03:35,340 a relatively likable guy from anybody's outgoing 96 00:03:35,340 --> 00:03:37,820 and charismatic, so I think that helps for sure. 97 00:03:37,820 --> 00:03:39,260 Oh, absolutely, yeah. 98 00:03:39,260 --> 00:03:42,060 He was in his element, let me tell you. 99 00:03:42,060 --> 00:03:44,900 If Bill's mafia could have adopted Brandon 100 00:03:44,900 --> 00:03:47,140 as like a spirit animal that day, they would have. 101 00:03:47,140 --> 00:03:47,980 So yeah. 102 00:03:47,980 --> 00:03:49,580 It's a great time though. 103 00:03:49,580 --> 00:03:50,660 Token Patriots. 104 00:03:50,660 --> 00:03:53,740 It was a great time of the game, that's for sure. 105 00:03:53,740 --> 00:03:56,020 And to your point about the Patriots fans 106 00:03:56,020 --> 00:03:57,860 not being present at the game, 107 00:03:57,860 --> 00:04:01,140 they all, a vast majority of Pat's Nation, 108 00:04:01,140 --> 00:04:02,900 not Brandon, but others, 109 00:04:02,900 --> 00:04:05,140 they hung up their Brady jerseys 110 00:04:05,140 --> 00:04:09,380 and then put on their Mahomes jerseys in like 2019. 111 00:04:09,380 --> 00:04:11,780 Are you calling Patriots fans, fair weather fans? 112 00:04:11,780 --> 00:04:13,100 Oh yes, absolutely. 113 00:04:13,100 --> 00:04:17,180 The same as the magnificent proliferation 114 00:04:17,180 --> 00:04:20,620 of Chiefs fans on both coasts of the United States. 115 00:04:20,620 --> 00:04:23,220 Of this nation and all over the world. 116 00:04:23,220 --> 00:04:24,180 It's just how it goes. 117 00:04:24,180 --> 00:04:28,860 Like every generation has had a team that gets super hot 118 00:04:28,860 --> 00:04:30,420 and people come out of the woodwork, 119 00:04:30,420 --> 00:04:32,300 oh yeah, I'm totally a Patriots fan. 120 00:04:32,300 --> 00:04:33,780 Oh yeah, I'm totally a Chief fan. 121 00:04:33,780 --> 00:04:36,060 Even now, I'm totally a Bill's fan. 122 00:04:36,060 --> 00:04:39,740 There are Bill's mafia wagoners for sure. 123 00:04:39,740 --> 00:04:40,780 Oh, absolutely. 124 00:04:40,780 --> 00:04:42,900 But for those of you in Patriots Nation, 125 00:04:42,900 --> 00:04:47,900 I'm happy to report there is no one more Boston than Brandon 126 00:04:47,900 --> 00:04:50,700 and he is for sure never straying 127 00:04:50,700 --> 00:04:52,580 from the path of the New England Patriots. 128 00:04:52,580 --> 00:04:55,140 And he's not, dude, he saw a lot to like with Drake May, 129 00:04:55,140 --> 00:04:58,140 the guys the Bill's are gonna be facing this week. 130 00:04:58,140 --> 00:05:01,180 But before we talk about the future of one franchise, 131 00:05:01,180 --> 00:05:03,380 shall we talk about the past of another? 132 00:05:04,420 --> 00:05:06,660 Shout out to the New Jersey Jets, 133 00:05:06,660 --> 00:05:08,820 oh and two against the Bill's this year. 134 00:05:08,820 --> 00:05:11,380 And Aaron Rodgers just looking worse 135 00:05:11,380 --> 00:05:13,140 with every subsequent game. 136 00:05:14,580 --> 00:05:16,380 Listen, I don't wanna spend a whole lot of time 137 00:05:16,380 --> 00:05:18,140 on this Jets game. 138 00:05:18,140 --> 00:05:19,820 I don't know that there's a lot to take away 139 00:05:19,820 --> 00:05:23,380 other than that is a franchise that needs to tear it down 140 00:05:23,380 --> 00:05:24,500 and rebuild it. 141 00:05:24,500 --> 00:05:27,260 And I don't think Rex Ryan is the guy. 142 00:05:27,260 --> 00:05:28,580 Do you? 143 00:05:28,580 --> 00:05:30,380 He's lobbying hard for that job, man. 144 00:05:30,380 --> 00:05:32,060 I don't think Rex Ryan is the guy. 145 00:05:32,060 --> 00:05:36,340 And it may be worthwhile for Woody Johnson's teenage son 146 00:05:36,340 --> 00:05:38,380 to rebuild it in Roblox or something 147 00:05:38,380 --> 00:05:39,980 and then see how that looks. 148 00:05:39,980 --> 00:05:41,700 God, that's awesome. 149 00:05:41,700 --> 00:05:44,020 Because of the news that came out 150 00:05:44,020 --> 00:05:46,380 that they snubbed a Cortland Sutton trade 151 00:05:46,380 --> 00:05:48,780 because Woody Johnson's son said his Madden rating 152 00:05:48,780 --> 00:05:49,620 wasn't very high. 153 00:05:49,620 --> 00:05:50,460 Which is just like. 154 00:05:50,460 --> 00:05:51,380 It was the Judy trade. 155 00:05:51,380 --> 00:05:52,220 It was the Jared Judy trade. 156 00:05:52,220 --> 00:05:53,060 Oh, it was Jared Judy. 157 00:05:53,060 --> 00:05:53,900 I thought it was Cortland's. 158 00:05:53,900 --> 00:05:56,380 I got the wrong Denver receiver. 159 00:05:56,380 --> 00:06:01,380 But it's just like, everything I hear about that franchise 160 00:06:01,420 --> 00:06:05,300 just makes me feel worse and worse for all 161 00:06:05,300 --> 00:06:06,620 of the Jets fans out there, 162 00:06:06,620 --> 00:06:09,900 the long suffering Jets fans and longer every day. 163 00:06:09,900 --> 00:06:12,340 There was a lot of quitting that team. 164 00:06:12,340 --> 00:06:15,620 I was watching that game and like the first couple 165 00:06:15,620 --> 00:06:18,500 of drives kind of went as we had predicted 166 00:06:18,500 --> 00:06:20,540 on our social medias, which is listen, 167 00:06:20,540 --> 00:06:22,020 Rogers is going to dink and dunk. 168 00:06:22,020 --> 00:06:24,380 He's going to find soft spots in the zone. 169 00:06:24,380 --> 00:06:27,540 Despite his like decrepit age and ability, 170 00:06:27,540 --> 00:06:29,500 he's still good enough to do that 171 00:06:29,500 --> 00:06:31,700 against an average NFL defense, 172 00:06:31,700 --> 00:06:34,020 which is what the bills are purely average 173 00:06:34,020 --> 00:06:35,500 and defense at this point. 174 00:06:35,500 --> 00:06:38,620 But the bills have a D did what it always does, 175 00:06:38,620 --> 00:06:39,980 get got turnovers. 176 00:06:39,980 --> 00:06:41,220 And after those first two drives, 177 00:06:41,220 --> 00:06:42,380 end of the way they did for the Jets, 178 00:06:42,380 --> 00:06:43,940 you could tell that team was ready to leave. 179 00:06:43,940 --> 00:06:45,380 Sauce Gardner said as much, he's like, 180 00:06:45,380 --> 00:06:46,620 listen, we're not going to the playoffs 181 00:06:46,620 --> 00:06:48,300 and there's definitely guys not giving it their all. 182 00:06:48,300 --> 00:06:49,540 I'm like, am I right? 183 00:06:49,540 --> 00:06:50,380 Yeah. 184 00:06:50,380 --> 00:06:51,220 Honesty. 185 00:06:51,220 --> 00:06:52,060 Honesty out of sauce. 186 00:06:52,060 --> 00:06:52,900 All right. 187 00:06:52,900 --> 00:06:53,740 All right, condiment. 188 00:06:53,740 --> 00:06:57,340 Well, so the thing that I'll say is like watching that game 189 00:06:57,340 --> 00:06:59,460 and I noticed watching the Jets game, 190 00:06:59,460 --> 00:07:02,260 there are two reasons that teams get chippy. 191 00:07:02,260 --> 00:07:04,060 And like one is like sincere hatred. 192 00:07:04,060 --> 00:07:05,580 I do think that there's some animosity 193 00:07:05,580 --> 00:07:06,980 between the Jets and the bills just because 194 00:07:06,980 --> 00:07:08,900 their confidence opponents to see each other, 195 00:07:08,900 --> 00:07:11,220 if Deondock and Squawkin and talking crap, 196 00:07:11,220 --> 00:07:12,060 which we all love. 197 00:07:12,060 --> 00:07:14,620 And so there is a little bit of that, 198 00:07:14,620 --> 00:07:18,220 but the two base reasons that teams will get chippy, 199 00:07:18,220 --> 00:07:20,580 one is that they're highly competitive 200 00:07:20,580 --> 00:07:21,860 and dislike each other. 201 00:07:21,860 --> 00:07:24,380 The second is that one team is so outmatched 202 00:07:24,380 --> 00:07:25,620 that it hates itself. 203 00:07:25,620 --> 00:07:27,540 And I think that's what we saw. 204 00:07:27,540 --> 00:07:29,420 The Jets players squawking after plays 205 00:07:29,420 --> 00:07:32,700 and getting in people's faces was their frustration 206 00:07:32,700 --> 00:07:34,900 at how abysmally their season went. 207 00:07:34,900 --> 00:07:37,460 A season of destiny where national pundits 208 00:07:37,460 --> 00:07:40,460 were saying that they were gonna take the East from the bills 209 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:43,380 and go to the playoffs and break their playoff drought. 210 00:07:43,380 --> 00:07:45,420 And here they sit at three and 13, 211 00:07:45,420 --> 00:07:48,180 are they three and 13, four and 12? 212 00:07:48,180 --> 00:07:49,860 They're four and 12. 213 00:07:49,860 --> 00:07:51,300 I think they're four and 12, yeah. 214 00:07:51,300 --> 00:07:53,380 So yeah, to have three times as many losses 215 00:07:53,380 --> 00:07:55,540 as wins on a season where they were supposed 216 00:07:55,540 --> 00:07:58,860 to be contending for a Super Bowl is, 217 00:07:58,860 --> 00:08:02,180 they were fighting because they were mad at themselves 218 00:08:02,180 --> 00:08:04,380 just as much as they were mad at the bills. 219 00:08:04,380 --> 00:08:08,500 Yeah, I mean, what is attractive about this job? 220 00:08:08,500 --> 00:08:10,060 Like I really do wonder. 221 00:08:10,060 --> 00:08:12,500 It feels like Garrett Wilson is gonna be 222 00:08:12,500 --> 00:08:16,100 the next wide receiver to ask for a trade this off season. 223 00:08:16,100 --> 00:08:19,260 He just seems really discontent with that franchise 224 00:08:19,260 --> 00:08:20,660 and how things are going. 225 00:08:21,860 --> 00:08:23,660 You've got Quentin Williams, 226 00:08:23,660 --> 00:08:25,980 you've got Will MacDonald, 227 00:08:25,980 --> 00:08:28,340 who has shown out this year as a really good edge. 228 00:08:29,540 --> 00:08:31,380 You've got Jermaine Johnson, 229 00:08:31,380 --> 00:08:33,380 depending on how healthy he comes back. 230 00:08:33,380 --> 00:08:37,060 DJ Reed is already like, yep, I'm testing free agency. 231 00:08:37,060 --> 00:08:39,980 I mean, you don't have a quarterback, right? 232 00:08:39,980 --> 00:08:42,180 You may not have a wide receiver one, 233 00:08:42,180 --> 00:08:44,900 depending on what the team does with Wilson and Adams. 234 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:47,340 What's attractive about this job 235 00:08:47,340 --> 00:08:49,700 other than it is one of 32, right? 236 00:08:49,700 --> 00:08:50,540 Like you could have said that 237 00:08:50,540 --> 00:08:52,340 about the Panthers job last year, 238 00:08:52,340 --> 00:08:55,300 but I would argue the Panthers at least at the time, 239 00:08:55,300 --> 00:08:58,940 they had a young QB, a pretty young defensive core, 240 00:08:58,940 --> 00:09:01,420 some stuff to build around, right? 241 00:09:01,420 --> 00:09:04,300 And then adequate draft capital and cap space. 242 00:09:04,300 --> 00:09:06,660 I mean, what are the Jets really have? 243 00:09:07,700 --> 00:09:09,740 Christian Gonzalez, I don't know. 244 00:09:09,740 --> 00:09:12,940 The Jets don't have anything. 245 00:09:12,940 --> 00:09:15,380 So the problem is, I think the biggest problem 246 00:09:15,380 --> 00:09:18,460 when you're a head coach looking for a position 247 00:09:18,460 --> 00:09:21,580 is you want to know that the front office is unified 248 00:09:21,580 --> 00:09:24,180 to let you do what you need to do to build a winner. 249 00:09:24,180 --> 00:09:26,220 And this team doesn't have that. 250 00:09:26,220 --> 00:09:27,580 They don't have strong leadership. 251 00:09:27,580 --> 00:09:29,300 They don't, I mean, I don't know 252 00:09:29,300 --> 00:09:31,540 that their owners even care about football really, 253 00:09:31,540 --> 00:09:33,660 like, because they don't seem to understand 254 00:09:33,660 --> 00:09:36,180 how to pick the right people to do the thing. 255 00:09:36,180 --> 00:09:39,660 And it even shows in their like weird, you know, 256 00:09:40,740 --> 00:09:44,860 getting a former GM to lead a search to find a new GM 257 00:09:44,860 --> 00:09:47,940 seems like a very strange approach. 258 00:09:47,940 --> 00:09:49,620 There's a reason that, yeah. 259 00:09:49,620 --> 00:09:51,900 Well, that's what I'm saying is there's a reason he's no, 260 00:09:51,900 --> 00:09:53,540 it's the reason it'd be like, 261 00:09:53,540 --> 00:09:56,420 oh, somebody even said this on X, you know, 262 00:09:56,420 --> 00:09:58,460 it's like having your ex-wife pick your new wife. 263 00:09:58,460 --> 00:10:01,220 Like that's, there's a reason that person 264 00:10:01,220 --> 00:10:03,060 might not have your best interest in it at heart. 265 00:10:03,060 --> 00:10:05,540 And it just seems, they're just silly. 266 00:10:05,540 --> 00:10:07,540 They just do Jetsian things all the time 267 00:10:07,540 --> 00:10:09,700 and poor, poor, long suffering Jared. 268 00:10:09,700 --> 00:10:11,460 I feel bad for him every time I see anything 269 00:10:11,460 --> 00:10:12,540 in the news about them. 270 00:10:12,540 --> 00:10:15,180 Oh God, thoughts and prayers for Jared, man. 271 00:10:15,180 --> 00:10:16,340 Like this season. 272 00:10:16,340 --> 00:10:18,500 But it went exactly the way he predicted it. 273 00:10:18,500 --> 00:10:20,420 I think of our friends of the pod, 274 00:10:20,420 --> 00:10:23,620 Brandon pretty much nailed the Pat season at this point. 275 00:10:23,620 --> 00:10:25,740 And as much as he enjoyed watching Drake May play, 276 00:10:25,740 --> 00:10:28,420 he's still like Drake May got the hell beat out of him 277 00:10:28,420 --> 00:10:30,940 this year, please leave him alone in week 18. 278 00:10:30,940 --> 00:10:32,060 Please don't play him. 279 00:10:33,540 --> 00:10:35,220 Jared nailed the Jets. 280 00:10:35,220 --> 00:10:37,780 Steve was the only one that was way, way off 281 00:10:37,780 --> 00:10:38,620 on his prediction. 282 00:10:38,620 --> 00:10:42,340 He screamed from the mountain tops, dolphin super bowl. 283 00:10:42,340 --> 00:10:45,460 Now in fairness, they still have a chance to squeak in, 284 00:10:45,460 --> 00:10:47,300 which we'll talk about here as we talk about 285 00:10:47,300 --> 00:10:49,420 potential bills opponents and the scenarios 286 00:10:49,420 --> 00:10:52,060 that they need in order to get a seven seed. 287 00:10:52,060 --> 00:10:56,820 But yeah, man, out of all of the coaching vacancies, 288 00:10:56,820 --> 00:11:00,420 this feels like the most full rebuild right now. 289 00:11:01,660 --> 00:11:05,300 Even if Jared Mayo gets canned in New England, 290 00:11:05,300 --> 00:11:07,740 you've got Christian Gonzalez on the defensive side. 291 00:11:07,740 --> 00:11:10,420 You've got Drake May on the offensive side. 292 00:11:10,420 --> 00:11:12,900 You've got a trio of young receivers 293 00:11:12,900 --> 00:11:14,700 that you can kind of do some stuff with. 294 00:11:14,700 --> 00:11:18,220 If you sign like a T Higgins, you've got cap space. 295 00:11:18,220 --> 00:11:19,780 You really just got to fix the offensive line 296 00:11:19,780 --> 00:11:20,860 in the pass rush. 297 00:11:20,860 --> 00:11:23,780 And that's a competitive team right away. 298 00:11:23,780 --> 00:11:27,460 The Jets, again, other than being one of 32, 299 00:11:27,460 --> 00:11:30,820 I mean, they seem very, very unattractive, 300 00:11:30,820 --> 00:11:32,540 particularly for a lot of the top candidates 301 00:11:32,540 --> 00:11:35,020 that are out there in Ben Johnson and Mike Rable. 302 00:11:35,020 --> 00:11:36,660 So I don't know, man. 303 00:11:36,660 --> 00:11:38,820 And now I realize that I said Christian Gonzalez 304 00:11:38,820 --> 00:11:41,820 when we were talking about the Jets, he's on the Patriot. 305 00:11:41,820 --> 00:11:42,660 Yeah. 306 00:11:42,660 --> 00:11:43,500 That's okay. 307 00:11:43,500 --> 00:11:45,380 You said at the very beginning of this, 308 00:11:45,380 --> 00:11:47,220 you have been illness addled. 309 00:11:47,220 --> 00:11:48,820 So it's so difficult for sure. 310 00:11:48,820 --> 00:11:50,620 Definitely have the flu right now. 311 00:11:50,620 --> 00:11:52,860 Let's be honest, other than the bills this season, 312 00:11:52,860 --> 00:11:55,060 all these AFC East teams kind of blend together 313 00:11:55,060 --> 00:11:56,180 with the same problems. 314 00:11:56,180 --> 00:11:57,180 Yeah, they do. 315 00:11:58,060 --> 00:11:58,900 They do. 316 00:11:58,900 --> 00:12:03,620 And, you know, we can roast Steve for his dolphins 317 00:12:03,620 --> 00:12:06,460 in the Super Bowl take if they get eliminated this weekend. 318 00:12:06,460 --> 00:12:07,580 But I think they're the only team 319 00:12:07,580 --> 00:12:08,940 that even looks differently. 320 00:12:08,940 --> 00:12:10,660 You know, they look competitive, 321 00:12:10,660 --> 00:12:13,220 but definitely the Jets and Patriots look, 322 00:12:13,220 --> 00:12:16,300 basically you just change the logos and I'm like, oh, okay. 323 00:12:16,300 --> 00:12:18,420 But I do think that there's so much more to see 324 00:12:18,420 --> 00:12:22,660 from the Patriots going forward than the Jets. 325 00:12:22,660 --> 00:12:23,860 The Jets are a mess. 326 00:12:24,940 --> 00:12:28,340 And I do think that talking about this weekend's 327 00:12:28,340 --> 00:12:30,220 upcoming matchup with the Patriots, 328 00:12:30,220 --> 00:12:34,580 should the bills win, bills backups win against the Patriots, 329 00:12:34,580 --> 00:12:36,420 the Patriots have locked in the number one 330 00:12:36,420 --> 00:12:38,140 overall pick in the draft, 331 00:12:38,140 --> 00:12:42,060 which if they trade even down to the second overall pick, 332 00:12:42,060 --> 00:12:45,580 could be worth like three number second round picks. 333 00:12:45,580 --> 00:12:46,420 Actually. 334 00:12:46,420 --> 00:12:47,380 Yeah, absolutely. 335 00:12:47,380 --> 00:12:49,340 That's the kind of ammunition you could use 336 00:12:49,340 --> 00:12:52,380 to rebuild an entire franchise in one draft. 337 00:12:52,380 --> 00:12:53,700 Oh yeah, for sure. 338 00:12:53,700 --> 00:12:57,020 If you feel like you got the right player personnel 339 00:12:57,020 --> 00:12:58,860 manager in there, which again, 340 00:12:58,860 --> 00:13:01,020 I don't think the Patriots know that they have. 341 00:13:01,020 --> 00:13:02,580 I mean, honestly, if I'm the Pats, 342 00:13:02,580 --> 00:13:04,060 what is stopping you from going out 343 00:13:04,060 --> 00:13:05,540 and hiring like a Lewis Riddick, 344 00:13:05,540 --> 00:13:08,220 who's had a really good run in this league? 345 00:13:08,220 --> 00:13:11,580 And then, or, you know, back up the Brinks truck 346 00:13:11,580 --> 00:13:14,940 for Mike Vrable, hope that he can, 347 00:13:14,940 --> 00:13:19,420 with his vast experience, hire the right offensive mind 348 00:13:19,420 --> 00:13:21,380 to work with Drake May, 349 00:13:21,380 --> 00:13:23,700 and then let him pick his GM of choice. 350 00:13:23,700 --> 00:13:25,660 I mean, at least be aligned, right? 351 00:13:25,660 --> 00:13:27,180 Like Kyle Shanahan. 352 00:13:28,540 --> 00:13:30,260 Oh God, now I'm gonna blank on it. 353 00:13:30,260 --> 00:13:32,260 Who's the, is it John Lynch? 354 00:13:32,260 --> 00:13:33,500 Who's the GM? 355 00:13:33,500 --> 00:13:34,860 John Lynch for the Broncos? 356 00:13:34,860 --> 00:13:35,700 Yeah. 357 00:13:35,700 --> 00:13:37,540 No, the GM for the 49ers. 358 00:13:37,540 --> 00:13:38,380 I think it's Lynch. 359 00:13:38,380 --> 00:13:39,860 Oh, is John Lynch the 49ers GM? 360 00:13:39,860 --> 00:13:41,580 Yeah, I'm almost positive it is, yeah. 361 00:13:41,580 --> 00:13:44,340 Former DB and big hit master, John Lynch? 362 00:13:44,340 --> 00:13:46,020 Yeah, that guy, yeah. 363 00:13:46,020 --> 00:13:48,980 So I don't know, we'll see, we'll see. 364 00:13:48,980 --> 00:13:50,860 But enough about talking about what's gonna happen 365 00:13:50,860 --> 00:13:52,900 in the off season with these teams that have been eliminated. 366 00:13:52,900 --> 00:13:54,740 We're gonna have plenty of time to do that. 367 00:13:54,740 --> 00:13:57,380 JJ, the bills do have a week 18 game, 368 00:13:57,380 --> 00:14:00,260 which they are more or less looking like 369 00:14:00,260 --> 00:14:02,180 they're going to treat as a buy. 370 00:14:03,260 --> 00:14:07,180 Josh Ailin will start in a very, very limited capacity 371 00:14:07,180 --> 00:14:10,220 to continue his consecutive start streak. 372 00:14:10,220 --> 00:14:13,020 And then I would imagine after the first series, 373 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:15,260 we're gonna see a lot of the starters pulled 374 00:14:15,260 --> 00:14:18,140 and get some rest as they gear up for whoever 375 00:14:18,140 --> 00:14:21,420 their wild card matchup is gonna be. 376 00:14:21,420 --> 00:14:23,820 JJ, I don't know that there's a lot of value 377 00:14:23,820 --> 00:14:26,060 in talking about keys to victory 378 00:14:26,060 --> 00:14:28,700 because I think both teams are probably in a place 379 00:14:28,700 --> 00:14:31,300 where they're gonna rest some of their injured starters. 380 00:14:31,300 --> 00:14:32,860 Bills with a look on the playoffs, 381 00:14:32,860 --> 00:14:35,340 Patriots with a look on next season. 382 00:14:35,340 --> 00:14:37,340 What are you expecting out of this game? 383 00:14:39,060 --> 00:14:41,500 I do expect Josh Ailin, there's three things 384 00:14:41,500 --> 00:14:43,540 that I think they were talking about pre-pod 385 00:14:43,540 --> 00:14:45,940 when we're getting ready to record 386 00:14:45,940 --> 00:14:47,380 that I think the bills are mindful of. 387 00:14:47,380 --> 00:14:50,980 They say that this week is we're trying to go one and O. 388 00:14:50,980 --> 00:14:52,620 We don't care about this, we don't care about that. 389 00:14:52,620 --> 00:14:54,940 But I do think they of course care about the start streak 390 00:14:54,940 --> 00:14:56,460 because McDermott has said as much, 391 00:14:56,460 --> 00:14:58,060 Josh Ailin has said as much. 392 00:14:58,060 --> 00:15:01,300 Currently Josh Ailin is 13th on the NFL 393 00:15:01,300 --> 00:15:04,500 all-time quarterback start streak list. 394 00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:07,580 And he's behind three Tom Brady seasons, 395 00:15:07,580 --> 00:15:09,980 three streaks that Tom Brady accomplished. 396 00:15:09,980 --> 00:15:13,060 Tom Brady holds the 10th, 11th, and 12th positions 397 00:15:13,060 --> 00:15:15,380 on the list with streaks of 110, 398 00:15:15,380 --> 00:15:17,260 Josh Ailin's current streak 111, 399 00:15:17,260 --> 00:15:18,500 and 112. 400 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:19,980 The thing that I think will be most funny 401 00:15:19,980 --> 00:15:22,060 is with this being the last regular season, 402 00:15:22,060 --> 00:15:23,900 because that's only talking about regular season, 403 00:15:23,900 --> 00:15:26,820 games in a row, with this being the last regular season 404 00:15:26,820 --> 00:15:30,060 game of the year, Josh Ailin will move up 405 00:15:30,060 --> 00:15:35,060 to tie Tom Brady at 11 with 111 with a start this weekend, 406 00:15:35,180 --> 00:15:37,020 and split up that block. 407 00:15:37,020 --> 00:15:39,180 So Tom Brady will be like 10th, 408 00:15:39,180 --> 00:15:42,500 tied with Josh Ailin for 11th, and then 12th and 13th. 409 00:15:42,500 --> 00:15:47,460 And so it's going to be an interesting thing, 410 00:15:47,460 --> 00:15:49,620 but that's gonna put Josh Ailin next season, 411 00:15:49,620 --> 00:15:54,620 could get all the way up to on the list with Joe Flacco 412 00:15:55,700 --> 00:15:58,660 being holding the streak of 122 games. 413 00:15:58,660 --> 00:16:01,380 And so it's an exciting time, I think they're gonna do that. 414 00:16:01,380 --> 00:16:03,140 That's one of the stats I think they're gonna be mindful 415 00:16:03,140 --> 00:16:07,180 of the second one is that James Cook is 19 yards away 416 00:16:07,180 --> 00:16:10,660 from two consecutive thousand yard rushing seasons. 417 00:16:10,660 --> 00:16:12,540 And so I think they're going to be thoughtful of that 418 00:16:12,540 --> 00:16:15,620 potentially, depending, I mean, if James Cook has anything 419 00:16:15,620 --> 00:16:19,020 going on medically, they'll sacrifice that particular 420 00:16:19,020 --> 00:16:22,020 statistical output for making sure he's healthy 421 00:16:22,020 --> 00:16:23,900 for the playoffs, but if he's good to go, 422 00:16:23,900 --> 00:16:26,180 I think that you might see Josh Ailin and the starters 423 00:16:26,180 --> 00:16:29,540 on offense get the first couple series with three, four, 424 00:16:29,540 --> 00:16:32,340 five, six handoffs to James Cook to try to get him 425 00:16:32,340 --> 00:16:33,700 those last 20 yards. 426 00:16:33,700 --> 00:16:34,540 Absolutely. 427 00:16:34,540 --> 00:16:39,540 And I would the third, just that third one is most different 428 00:16:39,540 --> 00:16:42,900 or most unique players on a team to catch a touchdown 429 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:45,380 in a season, the bills are tied with a bunch of other teams 430 00:16:45,380 --> 00:16:49,140 for 13, if they get a 14th player, a passing touchdown 431 00:16:49,140 --> 00:16:51,820 in this game, which is likely given that all backups 432 00:16:51,820 --> 00:16:54,900 will be playing that they would set an NFL record 433 00:16:54,900 --> 00:16:56,020 for a season. 434 00:16:56,020 --> 00:16:58,220 So let's do prediction sure to go wrong. 435 00:16:58,220 --> 00:17:00,220 Who is number 14? 436 00:17:00,220 --> 00:17:02,580 Has Reggie Gilliam caught one yet this year 437 00:17:02,580 --> 00:17:03,980 because he's my guy? 438 00:17:03,980 --> 00:17:04,980 He has not. 439 00:17:06,460 --> 00:17:09,140 I would put money that he has number 14 for sure. 440 00:17:09,140 --> 00:17:10,380 Okay. 441 00:17:10,380 --> 00:17:14,500 I say it's gonna be like a dark horse, like a KJ Hamler. 442 00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:18,220 Oh yeah, I could see that happening for sure. 443 00:17:18,220 --> 00:17:19,780 Cause he could be a call up for sure. 444 00:17:19,780 --> 00:17:22,780 Cause I think he also plays defensive, 445 00:17:22,780 --> 00:17:24,340 or he plays special teams. 446 00:17:24,340 --> 00:17:25,100 So. 447 00:17:25,100 --> 00:17:27,660 Yeah, so he's got some added value there. 448 00:17:27,660 --> 00:17:30,180 I mean, based on what I've been reading 449 00:17:30,180 --> 00:17:34,100 from reports around the team, they're very cognizant 450 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:37,340 of this record and wanting to own this record 451 00:17:37,340 --> 00:17:40,420 to really validate the everybody eats mantra. 452 00:17:40,420 --> 00:17:44,780 I just like, to me, Reggie Gilliam is the perfect guy 453 00:17:44,780 --> 00:17:46,700 that you want breaking that record. 454 00:17:46,700 --> 00:17:48,540 Some sort of little leak out of the backfield 455 00:17:48,540 --> 00:17:49,580 in the red zone, right? 456 00:17:49,580 --> 00:17:52,700 Gilliam time, I just let the dude do it. 457 00:17:52,700 --> 00:17:55,540 Let the dude do it and let him live on in the history books 458 00:17:55,540 --> 00:17:57,900 for the NFL and the Buffalo Bills forever. 459 00:17:57,900 --> 00:18:02,820 Well, one thing I love about the whole 13 different players 460 00:18:02,820 --> 00:18:05,700 that have a touchdown reception right now is that, 461 00:18:05,700 --> 00:18:06,700 well, two things I love. 462 00:18:06,700 --> 00:18:08,900 One is that Mack Hollins is number one on the list 463 00:18:08,900 --> 00:18:11,020 with five total TDs. 464 00:18:11,020 --> 00:18:13,380 And two is that Josh Allen is one of the players 465 00:18:13,380 --> 00:18:14,740 that has a receiving TD. 466 00:18:14,740 --> 00:18:16,020 Which is incredibly incredible. 467 00:18:16,020 --> 00:18:17,260 From the San Francisco game, yeah, 468 00:18:17,260 --> 00:18:19,700 like that's a really fun thing. 469 00:18:19,700 --> 00:18:21,180 It's just absolutely incredible. 470 00:18:21,180 --> 00:18:22,060 I freaking love it. 471 00:18:22,060 --> 00:18:24,020 Oh my God, unreal. 472 00:18:24,020 --> 00:18:25,660 But yeah, go ahead. 473 00:18:25,660 --> 00:18:26,780 Oh, I was just gonna say, 474 00:18:26,780 --> 00:18:31,100 my pick for that 14th touchdown is a fat guy touchdown. 475 00:18:31,100 --> 00:18:33,660 I think they have not, 476 00:18:33,660 --> 00:18:36,660 yeah, they have not done a tackle eligible leak 477 00:18:36,660 --> 00:18:37,780 in the red zone. 478 00:18:37,780 --> 00:18:39,060 And I could see that being a play, 479 00:18:39,060 --> 00:18:41,500 especially with somebody like Mitch Trubisky in, 480 00:18:41,500 --> 00:18:44,900 you could maybe an Alec Anderson or Ryan Van Damark 481 00:18:44,900 --> 00:18:46,420 who I think is six, seven, right? 482 00:18:46,420 --> 00:18:48,780 Like somebody like that who has some length 483 00:18:48,780 --> 00:18:50,300 could be sneaking out. 484 00:18:51,700 --> 00:18:52,540 We could see it. 485 00:18:52,540 --> 00:18:54,700 We could absolutely see it, that's for sure. 486 00:18:57,020 --> 00:18:57,940 All right, dude. 487 00:18:57,940 --> 00:19:00,700 I think we've, I think that satiates me 488 00:19:00,700 --> 00:19:02,900 for talking about this week 18 game. 489 00:19:02,900 --> 00:19:05,540 Cause in the regular season, we can button it up. 490 00:19:05,540 --> 00:19:07,100 We can absolutely button it up. 491 00:19:07,100 --> 00:19:11,700 It is 110% done for me. 492 00:19:11,700 --> 00:19:14,300 Wait, is Gilliam on the roster? 493 00:19:14,300 --> 00:19:15,300 Yes. 494 00:19:15,300 --> 00:19:16,540 Yeah, I'm looking at, 495 00:19:16,540 --> 00:19:18,060 I'm just looking at their active roster right now. 496 00:19:18,060 --> 00:19:19,860 I don't see him listed. 497 00:19:19,860 --> 00:19:23,740 He's listed, fullback is broken out from running backs. 498 00:19:23,740 --> 00:19:25,580 So it's probably a different line. 499 00:19:25,580 --> 00:19:26,580 I don't see him on there, 500 00:19:26,580 --> 00:19:28,140 but I know he's not the 53 man. 501 00:19:28,140 --> 00:19:28,980 Yeah, all right. 502 00:19:28,980 --> 00:19:30,260 I'm looking at the ESPN depth chart 503 00:19:30,260 --> 00:19:31,860 and he's definitely listed as a fullback. 504 00:19:31,860 --> 00:19:34,100 And he played, he's played way more snaps 505 00:19:34,100 --> 00:19:34,980 in the past three weeks 506 00:19:34,980 --> 00:19:36,460 than he did the rest of the season. 507 00:19:36,460 --> 00:19:38,700 I'm telling you, dude, they're lining it up for Reggie. 508 00:19:38,700 --> 00:19:39,700 Give it to Reggie. 509 00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:41,100 Let Reggie be the one. 510 00:19:41,100 --> 00:19:42,100 We, what do we want? 511 00:19:42,100 --> 00:19:43,420 Do we want to bet something on this? 512 00:19:43,420 --> 00:19:45,180 I feel like we should bet something on this. 513 00:19:45,180 --> 00:19:46,020 Yeah. 514 00:19:46,020 --> 00:19:46,860 Oh my gosh. 515 00:19:46,860 --> 00:19:48,260 See, this is tough because I don't know. 516 00:19:48,260 --> 00:19:49,420 I think I would only, 517 00:19:49,420 --> 00:19:52,780 I would only be betting either that it is 518 00:19:52,780 --> 00:19:53,860 or is not Reggie Gilliam. 519 00:19:53,860 --> 00:19:55,220 I wouldn't be able to put my money 520 00:19:55,220 --> 00:19:57,620 on any player of my own. 521 00:19:57,620 --> 00:19:58,740 I'll give that to you. 522 00:19:58,740 --> 00:20:00,420 I'll give you Reggie Gilliam or the field. 523 00:20:00,420 --> 00:20:01,260 I'll give that to you. 524 00:20:01,260 --> 00:20:03,580 I really do think it's going to be Gilliam. 525 00:20:03,580 --> 00:20:04,420 I like it. 526 00:20:04,420 --> 00:20:05,260 What are we betting? 527 00:20:05,260 --> 00:20:06,100 Is it bourbon? 528 00:20:06,100 --> 00:20:07,300 I think I'm right now, I owe you two 529 00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:08,140 and you owe me one. 530 00:20:08,140 --> 00:20:08,980 Bottle super. 531 00:20:08,980 --> 00:20:09,820 Yes. 532 00:20:09,820 --> 00:20:11,020 We still haven't settled that up yet. 533 00:20:11,020 --> 00:20:13,260 So it's a net gain of plus one for me 534 00:20:13,260 --> 00:20:17,020 and you owe me a wood chopping sword as well. 535 00:20:17,020 --> 00:20:17,860 Oh yeah. 536 00:20:17,860 --> 00:20:19,860 For, oh my gosh. 537 00:20:19,860 --> 00:20:22,660 Which I think is held up with customs right now 538 00:20:22,660 --> 00:20:24,660 for the last like six months. 539 00:20:24,660 --> 00:20:26,620 Cause they only make them in Siberia. 540 00:20:26,620 --> 00:20:28,620 There's like an old guy named Vlad 541 00:20:28,620 --> 00:20:30,540 who hand smiths them. 542 00:20:30,540 --> 00:20:32,980 It only cost me $100,000. 543 00:20:32,980 --> 00:20:33,820 Exactly. 544 00:20:33,820 --> 00:20:34,660 Thank you for that. 545 00:20:34,660 --> 00:20:35,740 You're welcome. 546 00:20:35,740 --> 00:20:36,780 So, all right. 547 00:20:36,780 --> 00:20:37,620 So, all right. 548 00:20:37,620 --> 00:20:38,900 I'll give you Gilliam or the field, 549 00:20:38,900 --> 00:20:40,580 bottle of bourbon, done and done. 550 00:20:40,580 --> 00:20:41,420 All right. 551 00:20:41,420 --> 00:20:42,260 Book it. 552 00:20:42,260 --> 00:20:43,100 All right, dude. 553 00:20:43,100 --> 00:20:45,940 So let's move on because we are not in a position 554 00:20:45,940 --> 00:20:48,620 where we can do a full wild card round preview 555 00:20:48,620 --> 00:20:50,580 cause we have yet to know who the bill's opponent 556 00:20:50,580 --> 00:20:51,580 is going to be. 557 00:20:51,580 --> 00:20:53,420 But there are options, JJ. 558 00:20:53,420 --> 00:20:56,260 There are options and going from least likely 559 00:20:56,260 --> 00:20:58,660 to most likely, this is what they are. 560 00:20:58,660 --> 00:21:00,460 We've got the Miami Dolphins. 561 00:21:00,460 --> 00:21:03,180 Which with a chief's win and a Bengal loss 562 00:21:03,180 --> 00:21:04,700 would find themselves in. 563 00:21:04,700 --> 00:21:05,860 So that's the- 564 00:21:05,860 --> 00:21:07,740 The Bengals are the least likely though. 565 00:21:07,740 --> 00:21:09,420 Oh, I thought the Dolphins were the least likely. 566 00:21:09,420 --> 00:21:12,860 No, cause the Dolphins get in if they win 567 00:21:12,860 --> 00:21:16,260 and Denver wins as long as the Bengals, 568 00:21:16,260 --> 00:21:18,980 no, they get in if Denver loses and they win. 569 00:21:18,980 --> 00:21:20,060 Denver's gotta lose. 570 00:21:20,060 --> 00:21:22,380 Even if the Bengals win. 571 00:21:22,380 --> 00:21:23,220 Right. 572 00:21:23,220 --> 00:21:24,060 Oh, interesting. 573 00:21:24,060 --> 00:21:25,380 So the Bengals need to win 574 00:21:25,380 --> 00:21:28,300 and have Denver and Miami lose. 575 00:21:28,300 --> 00:21:29,140 Yeah. 576 00:21:29,140 --> 00:21:31,820 Because of those, they have a strength of schedule, 577 00:21:31,820 --> 00:21:33,060 tiebreaker I believe. 578 00:21:33,060 --> 00:21:34,700 That's right, you are correct. 579 00:21:34,700 --> 00:21:38,340 Because the Bengal or the Dolphins had the privilege 580 00:21:38,340 --> 00:21:39,380 of playing the bills twice 581 00:21:39,380 --> 00:21:41,220 which boosts their strength of schedule quite a bit. 582 00:21:41,220 --> 00:21:42,140 That's correct. 583 00:21:42,140 --> 00:21:44,100 Even though they played the Patriots 584 00:21:44,100 --> 00:21:45,900 and Jets twice as well. 585 00:21:45,900 --> 00:21:48,060 Oh, and the Bengals got the Ravens 586 00:21:48,060 --> 00:21:49,540 and the Steelers and there as well. 587 00:21:49,540 --> 00:21:50,380 That's weird. 588 00:21:50,380 --> 00:21:51,340 Okay, anyway. 589 00:21:51,340 --> 00:21:52,740 Yeah, so all right, cool. 590 00:21:52,740 --> 00:21:54,980 So the Bengals, which seems to be the one 591 00:21:54,980 --> 00:21:57,540 Bill's mafia is most skittish about, 592 00:21:57,540 --> 00:22:00,620 they're not the one I want the most. 593 00:22:00,620 --> 00:22:03,620 But I wouldn't be afraid to play these Bengals. 594 00:22:03,620 --> 00:22:04,660 Just a different situation 595 00:22:04,660 --> 00:22:06,460 from what it was a couple of years ago. 596 00:22:06,460 --> 00:22:09,180 Then we have the Dolphins, familiar foe, 597 00:22:09,180 --> 00:22:10,980 which I wouldn't sleep on because, 598 00:22:10,980 --> 00:22:12,660 I mean, you know, Tua's not healthy 599 00:22:12,660 --> 00:22:15,860 but it is hard to beat a divisional opponent 600 00:22:15,860 --> 00:22:16,940 three times in one year. 601 00:22:16,940 --> 00:22:19,180 We have seen this happen in the playoffs before 602 00:22:19,180 --> 00:22:21,380 where an unlikely upset has occurred 603 00:22:21,380 --> 00:22:23,060 under these circumstances. 604 00:22:23,060 --> 00:22:26,060 Then we've got the Chargers 605 00:22:26,060 --> 00:22:28,380 and the only reason the Chargers are in, 606 00:22:28,380 --> 00:22:30,900 but they're a less likely seven seed 607 00:22:30,900 --> 00:22:32,740 based on their win scenario 608 00:22:32,740 --> 00:22:34,620 where they could go as high as the fifth seed. 609 00:22:34,620 --> 00:22:36,620 And then we've got the Denver Broncos. 610 00:22:36,620 --> 00:22:38,220 Am I missing anybody at this point? 611 00:22:38,220 --> 00:22:39,060 No, that's it. 612 00:22:39,060 --> 00:22:40,180 That's really it, right? 613 00:22:40,180 --> 00:22:44,620 So JJ, out of that foursome, that fearsome foursome, 614 00:22:44,620 --> 00:22:47,740 what's the team you would want to see the Bills face the most 615 00:22:47,740 --> 00:22:48,940 and what is the team you'd want to see 616 00:22:48,940 --> 00:22:50,820 the Bills face the least? 617 00:22:50,820 --> 00:22:53,940 So I would want to see 618 00:22:53,940 --> 00:22:56,740 probably, this is tough. 619 00:22:56,740 --> 00:23:01,740 I would want to see the Broncos the most, rookie QB. 620 00:23:02,220 --> 00:23:05,020 I would want to see the Dolphin the least, 621 00:23:05,020 --> 00:23:09,020 but that's very, it's a very close tie with the Bengals. 622 00:23:10,220 --> 00:23:12,220 Because, and here's the reason. 623 00:23:12,220 --> 00:23:15,420 So the Bengals have a terrible defense. 624 00:23:15,420 --> 00:23:16,540 They can't stop anybody, 625 00:23:16,540 --> 00:23:18,340 but they've been playing quite a bit better 626 00:23:18,340 --> 00:23:19,580 just the past few weeks, 627 00:23:19,580 --> 00:23:21,260 and I'll take the recency trends 628 00:23:21,260 --> 00:23:23,980 over the rest of the season, 629 00:23:23,980 --> 00:23:26,740 because seasons are long, a lot of things can change. 630 00:23:26,740 --> 00:23:28,940 I think that the Bengals offense 631 00:23:28,940 --> 00:23:32,140 is playing better than any of those four teams, 632 00:23:32,140 --> 00:23:34,940 and their defense is just doing enough to give them wins, 633 00:23:34,940 --> 00:23:36,340 because they're on a streak right now, 634 00:23:36,340 --> 00:23:38,460 and Joe Burrow is playing out of his freaking mind, 635 00:23:38,460 --> 00:23:40,940 and I'm most afraid in the playoffs 636 00:23:40,940 --> 00:23:42,940 of elite passing attacks, 637 00:23:42,940 --> 00:23:45,940 of which the Bengals have the most elite in the league right now. 638 00:23:48,060 --> 00:23:50,060 Okay, okay, I can go. 639 00:23:50,060 --> 00:23:53,460 Plus, for those who might be most afraid of a third matchup 640 00:23:53,460 --> 00:23:55,660 with the Dolphins who the Bills played tight 641 00:23:55,660 --> 00:23:57,180 in their most recent meeting, 642 00:23:59,180 --> 00:24:01,380 it would be in Buffalo, cold weather game, 643 00:24:01,380 --> 00:24:04,180 Tua is not good. 644 00:24:04,180 --> 00:24:05,780 Against a winning team, yeah. 645 00:24:05,780 --> 00:24:07,460 Tua's not good against a winning team 646 00:24:07,460 --> 00:24:08,980 in a very cold weather game. 647 00:24:08,980 --> 00:24:10,140 Right, absolutely. 648 00:24:10,140 --> 00:24:11,780 All right, interesting, interesting. 649 00:24:11,780 --> 00:24:14,260 Okay, so it's interesting, 650 00:24:14,260 --> 00:24:16,220 because the team you most want to play 651 00:24:16,220 --> 00:24:17,980 is the team I least want to play. 652 00:24:17,980 --> 00:24:20,220 Is it because Denver has an elite defense? 653 00:24:20,220 --> 00:24:22,820 So their pass rush is elite. 654 00:24:22,820 --> 00:24:25,620 I think they do have some, despite having Pat Sartan, 655 00:24:25,620 --> 00:24:28,460 I do think they got some holes in the secondary, 656 00:24:28,460 --> 00:24:31,460 but that pass rush is pretty elite. 657 00:24:31,460 --> 00:24:34,100 Their time to pressure, their getoff, 658 00:24:34,100 --> 00:24:37,060 and their sack percentage with organic, 659 00:24:37,060 --> 00:24:40,860 four down organic pressure 660 00:24:40,860 --> 00:24:44,660 is like somewhere between top five and top eight 661 00:24:44,660 --> 00:24:46,660 in the league in most of those categories. 662 00:24:46,660 --> 00:24:50,820 Their success rate on defense 663 00:24:50,820 --> 00:24:52,620 is also higher than you would expect, 664 00:24:52,620 --> 00:24:54,580 but dude, it's the offensive matchup. 665 00:24:54,580 --> 00:24:55,580 To me, that really scares me. 666 00:24:55,580 --> 00:24:58,380 This is not an efficient run team in Denver, 667 00:24:58,380 --> 00:25:00,380 but when it comes to the pass game, 668 00:25:00,380 --> 00:25:02,780 here's a couple of things I think we need to note 669 00:25:02,780 --> 00:25:04,060 about this squad. 670 00:25:04,060 --> 00:25:08,060 Their wide receivers are all big, fast, and tall, 671 00:25:08,060 --> 00:25:10,380 and our DBs for the most part, 672 00:25:10,380 --> 00:25:11,980 while they can play physical, 673 00:25:11,980 --> 00:25:13,500 they're a little bit undersized, 674 00:25:13,500 --> 00:25:15,260 and there's not a lot of difference 675 00:25:15,260 --> 00:25:16,820 between the two teams, 676 00:25:16,820 --> 00:25:18,660 but they're a little bit undersized, 677 00:25:18,660 --> 00:25:23,020 and there's not a ton of team speed in our secondary, 678 00:25:23,020 --> 00:25:24,660 outside of, I would say, Cole Bishop, 679 00:25:24,660 --> 00:25:27,060 who has really flashed the past couple of weeks. 680 00:25:27,060 --> 00:25:30,260 This is also, the Denver Broncos 681 00:25:30,260 --> 00:25:32,260 are the number three team in the league 682 00:25:32,260 --> 00:25:34,980 when it comes to getting wide receiver separation. 683 00:25:34,980 --> 00:25:37,260 Their wide receivers know how to separate 684 00:25:37,260 --> 00:25:39,060 and run crisp routes, 685 00:25:39,060 --> 00:25:41,460 which is another problem for us, right? 686 00:25:41,460 --> 00:25:44,660 And then finally, that offensive line pass protects, man. 687 00:25:44,660 --> 00:25:46,980 A percent of pressure allowed, 688 00:25:46,980 --> 00:25:50,460 a four bone necks is number four in the league. 689 00:25:50,460 --> 00:25:52,260 So they've got wide receivers 690 00:25:52,260 --> 00:25:55,140 that present individual matchup problems for us. 691 00:25:55,140 --> 00:25:57,780 They have a QB who's gonna have time 692 00:25:57,780 --> 00:26:00,220 to pick apart the zone when we lean on zone. 693 00:26:00,220 --> 00:26:02,540 He's got big targets to throw to, 694 00:26:02,540 --> 00:26:04,700 and listen, outside of Greg or so, 695 00:26:04,700 --> 00:26:07,740 our pass rush has been a problem all year. 696 00:26:07,740 --> 00:26:09,020 I don't care if it's a rookie or not, 697 00:26:09,020 --> 00:26:11,820 you give anybody three, three and a half seconds 698 00:26:11,820 --> 00:26:14,180 with those wide receivers that are gonna find targets. 699 00:26:14,180 --> 00:26:15,820 I think the Bills win that game, 700 00:26:15,820 --> 00:26:17,820 but I think it's like a 27, 24, 701 00:26:17,820 --> 00:26:20,620 and we're all like, Jesus, the season is over next week 702 00:26:20,620 --> 00:26:23,020 with whoever we play in the divisional rounds I became. 703 00:26:23,020 --> 00:26:25,820 So I don't wanna play Denver for those reasons. 704 00:26:25,820 --> 00:26:29,340 Counselor, I'd like to counterarguments 705 00:26:29,340 --> 00:26:32,780 with the Ed Oliver defense. 706 00:26:33,620 --> 00:26:35,300 He proved in the- 707 00:26:35,300 --> 00:26:38,100 This is a shaky defense, Counselor, but I'll allow it. 708 00:26:38,100 --> 00:26:39,740 I'll allow it. Thank you. 709 00:26:39,740 --> 00:26:42,660 He proved in the Lions game 710 00:26:42,660 --> 00:26:47,580 that he can make a fool of an elite interior offensive 711 00:26:47,580 --> 00:26:50,260 linemen when properly motivated, 712 00:26:50,260 --> 00:26:52,620 and I feel like this might be a game for that. 713 00:26:53,820 --> 00:26:57,100 Ragnar I think is as good or better a center 714 00:26:57,100 --> 00:27:00,820 than Denver has, and Ed Oliver was eating his lunch 715 00:27:00,820 --> 00:27:02,500 all day long. 716 00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:06,340 Plus the Denver Broncos have had great protection. 717 00:27:06,340 --> 00:27:09,060 They are good against organic foreman pressure, 718 00:27:09,060 --> 00:27:11,260 which is a problem for the Bills, 719 00:27:11,260 --> 00:27:14,100 but I think also the Bills playing seven in coverage better. 720 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:16,460 They play seven in coverage better than a lot of defenses. 721 00:27:16,460 --> 00:27:18,740 Even though they're middle of the pack statistically, 722 00:27:18,740 --> 00:27:21,100 I think when they have their preferred outside corners 723 00:27:21,100 --> 00:27:24,340 and all the starters that they expect to play at safety 724 00:27:24,340 --> 00:27:27,420 and linebacker, this team can hold up against 725 00:27:27,420 --> 00:27:30,700 a rookie quarterback, particularly because he has not, 726 00:27:30,700 --> 00:27:33,780 he's probably not seen a defense as multiple 727 00:27:33,780 --> 00:27:37,060 as Buffalo Bills can put on the field. 728 00:27:37,060 --> 00:27:42,060 And I like the Babbage and McDermott kind of approach 729 00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:43,820 to rookie quarterbacks. 730 00:27:43,820 --> 00:27:46,340 They blitzed the hell out of Drake May, 731 00:27:46,340 --> 00:27:48,540 and he handled it incredibly well. 732 00:27:48,540 --> 00:27:53,540 So I could see them learning maybe, 733 00:27:53,740 --> 00:27:55,940 you win or you learn, and they thankfully won the game, 734 00:27:55,940 --> 00:27:59,180 but also probably learned that potentially blitzing 735 00:27:59,180 --> 00:28:01,620 the hell out of bow nicks might not be the answer, 736 00:28:02,660 --> 00:28:05,860 and that instead cycling and confusing coverage 737 00:28:05,860 --> 00:28:08,380 might be a better solution with more things 738 00:28:08,380 --> 00:28:10,540 muddying the passing windows. 739 00:28:10,540 --> 00:28:13,940 I do think the disguised coverage looks that the Bills do, 740 00:28:13,940 --> 00:28:15,420 and they're one of the best teams in the league, 741 00:28:15,420 --> 00:28:17,700 regardless of who's in there. 742 00:28:17,700 --> 00:28:19,260 I do think it'll matter, 743 00:28:19,260 --> 00:28:21,260 and I do think it'll have an impact, 744 00:28:21,260 --> 00:28:24,260 but at the end of the day, you've got to win matchups, right? 745 00:28:24,260 --> 00:28:26,740 And those are some big, fast, strong targets 746 00:28:26,740 --> 00:28:28,940 that he has to throw to their in space. 747 00:28:28,940 --> 00:28:31,220 I was watching some Broncos film, 748 00:28:31,220 --> 00:28:33,420 and the wide receiver trio, 749 00:28:33,420 --> 00:28:35,340 they were rolling out there, led by one court, 750 00:28:35,340 --> 00:28:37,300 and suddenly I'm like, they just look bigger 751 00:28:37,300 --> 00:28:39,140 than everybody else, what's going on? 752 00:28:39,140 --> 00:28:41,540 So I pulled their step, there's not a single person 753 00:28:41,540 --> 00:28:45,220 who's under six, three in their top four wide receivers. 754 00:28:45,220 --> 00:28:47,180 It's a huge wide receiver core, 755 00:28:47,180 --> 00:28:49,140 and they're not just possession guys, 756 00:28:49,140 --> 00:28:51,020 they got some speed guys there too. 757 00:28:51,020 --> 00:28:54,180 So listen, I hear all of that. 758 00:28:54,180 --> 00:28:57,380 On the Ed Oliver point, I think if Dan Campbell 759 00:28:57,380 --> 00:29:02,180 had to do it again, he would not put Ragnar on Oliver 760 00:29:02,180 --> 00:29:03,900 one on one as much as he did. 761 00:29:03,900 --> 00:29:06,340 So I mean, listen, Ed's been double teamed 762 00:29:06,340 --> 00:29:08,140 at a career high rate this year, 763 00:29:08,140 --> 00:29:10,020 which is why he's disappeared a lot. 764 00:29:10,020 --> 00:29:13,460 And because he is a lighter defensive tackle, 765 00:29:13,460 --> 00:29:14,940 he really does have a hard time 766 00:29:14,940 --> 00:29:17,020 if he doesn't have a really good get off, 767 00:29:17,020 --> 00:29:18,820 busting through a double team. 768 00:29:18,820 --> 00:29:21,660 I think Sean Payton is the experienced head coaches 769 00:29:21,660 --> 00:29:22,820 he is, is going to see that. 770 00:29:22,820 --> 00:29:25,060 He's going to be like, if Dequan Jones beats us 771 00:29:25,060 --> 00:29:26,900 on the inside, I can live with that. 772 00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:29,220 But if we allow Ed Oliver to do that, 773 00:29:29,220 --> 00:29:30,620 I would resign tomorrow. 774 00:29:30,620 --> 00:29:34,100 So I think Ed is just going to see a ton of double teams. 775 00:29:34,100 --> 00:29:36,340 But I want to get too far into a pregame analysis 776 00:29:36,340 --> 00:29:38,260 because we don't know if it's going to be the Broncos, 777 00:29:38,260 --> 00:29:40,860 though all they got to do is beat Carson Wentz 778 00:29:40,860 --> 00:29:43,500 and the backups for the Kansas City Chiefs and they're in. 779 00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:47,060 So they are the most likely seven seed for the bills to play. 780 00:29:47,060 --> 00:29:49,300 Let's talk a little bit about the Bengals. 781 00:29:50,580 --> 00:29:52,500 I put a comp out there on social media. 782 00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:55,340 The Bengals game would be a revisiting 783 00:29:55,340 --> 00:29:57,020 of the Rams game for me, 784 00:29:57,020 --> 00:30:00,140 where you've got two very vulnerable defenses, 785 00:30:00,140 --> 00:30:03,580 two elite QBs, and on the opposing side 786 00:30:03,580 --> 00:30:08,660 to all pro wide receivers and and Jamar Chase and T Higgins. 787 00:30:08,660 --> 00:30:10,900 Maybe for the last time is that dynamic duo 788 00:30:10,900 --> 00:30:13,460 in Cincinnati for Joe Borough to throw to. 789 00:30:13,460 --> 00:30:15,180 I feel that that game is a shootout, 790 00:30:15,180 --> 00:30:19,020 regardless of conditions, unless it's 70 mile an hour winds, 791 00:30:19,020 --> 00:30:23,220 that game becomes becomes the Rams game to me on steroids. 792 00:30:23,220 --> 00:30:27,460 And I worry about the bills in games like that 793 00:30:27,460 --> 00:30:29,220 in the playoffs, because we just haven't seen, 794 00:30:29,220 --> 00:30:31,260 we haven't seen them win a shootout 795 00:30:31,260 --> 00:30:32,940 against a really good team in the postseason 796 00:30:32,940 --> 00:30:34,020 in the McDermott era. 797 00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:37,580 Well, I think to, you know, the other thing that, 798 00:30:37,580 --> 00:30:42,460 and that's why that's my number one most worrying matchup 799 00:30:42,460 --> 00:30:45,220 is because Joe Borough is playing better than any 800 00:30:45,220 --> 00:30:47,860 of the other quarterbacks on the potential list 801 00:30:47,860 --> 00:30:51,540 and their outside weapons are the exact kind 802 00:30:51,540 --> 00:30:54,660 that have hurt the bills over and over throughout the season. 803 00:30:54,660 --> 00:30:57,580 Even if the bills haven't, you know, lost a lot of games, 804 00:30:57,580 --> 00:30:59,500 they have definitely given up a lot of yards 805 00:30:59,500 --> 00:31:02,620 and they've relied on turnovers and kind of fluky plays, 806 00:31:02,620 --> 00:31:04,900 penalties, different things to like give them, 807 00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:08,380 to either shut down drives, give them extra possessions. 808 00:31:08,380 --> 00:31:10,140 And that's the kind of thing in the playoffs 809 00:31:10,140 --> 00:31:12,420 we know you cannot count on. 810 00:31:12,420 --> 00:31:14,500 Teams play as clean as they possibly can. 811 00:31:14,500 --> 00:31:16,980 Refs tend to keep their flags in their pockets 812 00:31:16,980 --> 00:31:20,060 and, you know, the bills can't count on some randomness 813 00:31:20,060 --> 00:31:21,340 to save them. 814 00:31:21,340 --> 00:31:24,340 And so I'm most afraid of Borough and that offense 815 00:31:24,340 --> 00:31:27,780 coming into Buffalo and putting out a clinic 816 00:31:27,780 --> 00:31:31,900 because again, it's, you know, scar tissue, 817 00:31:31,900 --> 00:31:35,580 but the bills pass rush disappearing in big games 818 00:31:35,580 --> 00:31:38,460 and their coverage being too leaky, too soft 819 00:31:38,460 --> 00:31:41,620 in big games in the zone are, 820 00:31:41,620 --> 00:31:44,380 that's been every playoff exit to this point. 821 00:31:44,380 --> 00:31:47,700 So, yeah, that's why I'm really hopeful 822 00:31:47,700 --> 00:31:49,540 that Denver just takes care of business 823 00:31:49,540 --> 00:31:51,340 against the chief's backups 824 00:31:51,340 --> 00:31:53,900 and then they're walking into Buffalo next week. 825 00:31:53,900 --> 00:31:55,540 Yeah, yeah. 826 00:31:55,540 --> 00:31:57,260 I've got the bangles. 827 00:31:57,260 --> 00:31:59,060 I've got the bangles is number two 828 00:31:59,060 --> 00:32:01,180 that I wouldn't want to see on my list. 829 00:32:01,180 --> 00:32:03,260 I go Broncos, bangles. 830 00:32:03,260 --> 00:32:05,020 I'm not really rating the Chargers in here 831 00:32:05,020 --> 00:32:06,500 because I think the Chargers are gonna, 832 00:32:06,500 --> 00:32:09,980 I mean, again, they've got a chance to be a six or a five seed. 833 00:32:09,980 --> 00:32:12,620 There'd have to be some weird stuff happened in their game 834 00:32:12,620 --> 00:32:16,260 and the Broncos game for them to end up in the seven seed. 835 00:32:18,100 --> 00:32:20,620 I do it, I just don't want to play the dolphins, right? 836 00:32:20,620 --> 00:32:21,620 I don't want to play the dolphins. 837 00:32:21,620 --> 00:32:25,180 And it's not because they scare me for any particular reason. 838 00:32:25,180 --> 00:32:28,860 It is simply that they don't deserve to be there. 839 00:32:28,860 --> 00:32:32,500 They have shown all season they can't beat winning teams. 840 00:32:32,500 --> 00:32:37,060 I am sick of this team constantly chewing up media space. 841 00:32:37,060 --> 00:32:39,220 And because I have said all of those things, 842 00:32:39,220 --> 00:32:40,700 Karma will come to kill us. 843 00:32:40,700 --> 00:32:43,140 And the one win that the dolphins get this year 844 00:32:43,140 --> 00:32:44,460 will be in Buffalo in the playoffs. 845 00:32:44,460 --> 00:32:45,300 That's it. 846 00:32:45,300 --> 00:32:48,420 I'm just worried about my own negativity 847 00:32:48,420 --> 00:32:51,060 I've put into the universe and I want to play the dolphins. 848 00:32:51,060 --> 00:32:53,220 It is from a serious standpoint, 849 00:32:53,220 --> 00:32:55,860 two is not healthy, which is an advantage to the bills. 850 00:32:55,860 --> 00:32:58,700 Snoop Huntley, I don't care who he's playing on the bills team, 851 00:32:58,700 --> 00:33:01,580 probably not beating that bill's defense 852 00:33:01,580 --> 00:33:04,220 in Josh Allen in Buffalo in the playoffs. 853 00:33:05,260 --> 00:33:07,620 And dude, the rush game, 854 00:33:07,620 --> 00:33:10,220 the big vulnerability of this bill's defense, 855 00:33:10,220 --> 00:33:12,980 the dolphins have just not been able to get it going this year. 856 00:33:12,980 --> 00:33:16,300 Now, Isaiah Wayne did make a recent return to that lineup. 857 00:33:16,300 --> 00:33:17,140 And while he is, 858 00:33:17,140 --> 00:33:21,300 while I think he's overrated a bit in past protection, 859 00:33:21,300 --> 00:33:22,700 he's a great run blocker. 860 00:33:22,700 --> 00:33:26,700 So he does make that that Miami Dolphins run game 861 00:33:26,700 --> 00:33:28,380 go a little bit better. 862 00:33:28,380 --> 00:33:31,500 I just I worry that divisional familiarity, 863 00:33:31,500 --> 00:33:33,500 those games are always weird. 864 00:33:33,500 --> 00:33:36,100 The dolphins have played, including the playoffs, 865 00:33:36,100 --> 00:33:39,500 several close games in recent memory in Buffalo, 866 00:33:39,500 --> 00:33:41,260 in adverse elements. 867 00:33:41,260 --> 00:33:43,580 And it's taken, I think, last second field goals 868 00:33:43,580 --> 00:33:46,500 the last two times to put that team away. 869 00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:49,180 I just I don't want that, man. 870 00:33:49,180 --> 00:33:49,980 I don't want that drama. 871 00:33:49,980 --> 00:33:52,020 I don't want divisional weirdness 872 00:33:52,020 --> 00:33:54,100 leaking into my wild card weekend. 873 00:33:57,780 --> 00:34:01,380 I hear you and I remember the bills playing 874 00:34:01,380 --> 00:34:05,020 against Skyler Huntley two years ago in the playoffs. 875 00:34:05,020 --> 00:34:06,100 Skyler Thompson. 876 00:34:06,100 --> 00:34:06,900 Skyler Thompson. 877 00:34:06,900 --> 00:34:08,620 Yeah. Oh, Snoop Huntley is the current backup. 878 00:34:08,620 --> 00:34:09,140 Yeah. 879 00:34:09,140 --> 00:34:11,300 I see who they played when Jackson got hurt 880 00:34:11,300 --> 00:34:13,380 a couple years ago in that COVID season in the playoffs. 881 00:34:13,380 --> 00:34:14,340 Yeah. 882 00:34:14,340 --> 00:34:19,980 But yeah, I remember them playing against Skyler Thompson 883 00:34:19,980 --> 00:34:20,980 when I was on vacation. 884 00:34:20,980 --> 00:34:23,500 I'm actually, you know, if God willing, 885 00:34:23,500 --> 00:34:25,140 everybody is healthy enough to travel. 886 00:34:25,140 --> 00:34:26,700 I'll be flying out on Monday. 887 00:34:26,700 --> 00:34:28,980 And so we'll be doing I'll be all of a different backdrop 888 00:34:28,980 --> 00:34:31,060 for the next pod. 889 00:34:31,060 --> 00:34:34,820 But but to the same vacation destination 890 00:34:34,820 --> 00:34:37,500 that we were at the last time the bills played 891 00:34:37,500 --> 00:34:39,940 the dolphins in the playoffs, which I hope doesn't happen again. 892 00:34:39,940 --> 00:34:42,540 That's that the strong hope because I again 893 00:34:42,540 --> 00:34:43,300 don't want to see the dolphins. 894 00:34:43,300 --> 00:34:47,500 My my list is number one least the least desirable team 895 00:34:47,500 --> 00:34:49,980 is Cincinnati to Miami. 896 00:34:49,980 --> 00:34:52,300 I don't really count the chargers because I think 897 00:34:52,300 --> 00:34:54,820 like you said, a lot of stuff has to go really wonky 898 00:34:54,820 --> 00:34:58,020 this weekend for them to end up being the seven. 899 00:34:58,020 --> 00:35:01,340 And so it's really Bengals, number one, dolphins, two, 900 00:35:01,340 --> 00:35:02,420 and then Broncos three. 901 00:35:02,420 --> 00:35:05,620 I'd most like to see the Broncos in the playoffs. 902 00:35:05,620 --> 00:35:07,580 Put the chargers between the Broncos and the dolphins 903 00:35:07,580 --> 00:35:08,420 if you have to. 904 00:35:08,420 --> 00:35:09,540 But yeah. 905 00:35:09,540 --> 00:35:12,740 But yeah, I do remember that game and remember thinking, 906 00:35:12,740 --> 00:35:18,100 wow, this team looked pretty terrible against a backup 907 00:35:18,100 --> 00:35:23,300 QB in at a home game that they should be just absolutely 908 00:35:23,300 --> 00:35:24,380 walking over. 909 00:35:24,380 --> 00:35:26,820 Dude, oh, God, that whole game was a mess. 910 00:35:26,820 --> 00:35:28,740 That whole game was a mess. 911 00:35:28,740 --> 00:35:30,180 But again, it's the curse of Planet 912 00:35:30,180 --> 00:35:32,980 Divisional opponent three times in a single season. 913 00:35:32,980 --> 00:35:33,500 It's tough. 914 00:35:33,500 --> 00:35:35,060 It's tough to go three and oh, man. 915 00:35:35,060 --> 00:35:37,100 Even Belichick's to come to it a couple of times 916 00:35:37,100 --> 00:35:37,940 in the postseason. 917 00:35:37,940 --> 00:35:39,740 So yeah, man. 918 00:35:39,740 --> 00:35:44,180 For me, it is least likely Denver. 919 00:35:44,180 --> 00:35:46,540 Bonix is not a traditional rookie QB to me. 920 00:35:46,540 --> 00:35:49,940 He's had some games where he has looked terrible this season. 921 00:35:49,940 --> 00:35:54,380 But great offensive line, great pass protection, wide receivers 922 00:35:54,380 --> 00:35:57,620 that are a matchup problem for our secondary, especially 923 00:35:57,620 --> 00:36:00,060 given what our health situation is right now. 924 00:36:00,060 --> 00:36:02,820 I just I don't want to see that team. 925 00:36:02,820 --> 00:36:04,340 Number two, the Bengals. 926 00:36:04,340 --> 00:36:05,860 I think it's a shootout. 927 00:36:05,860 --> 00:36:08,060 I'm hesitant to think the Bills can win a shootout 928 00:36:08,060 --> 00:36:10,020 in the postseason because I haven't before. 929 00:36:10,020 --> 00:36:12,980 But if there is a squad bill for it, it is this squad. 930 00:36:12,980 --> 00:36:15,660 And then the team I least want to see the Dolphins 931 00:36:15,660 --> 00:36:18,060 because I've talked so much crap about it. 932 00:36:18,060 --> 00:36:22,460 It is what Steve needs for his moment of redemption. 933 00:36:22,460 --> 00:36:25,140 Like all the Karmic forces are just 934 00:36:25,140 --> 00:36:28,300 coming into a really bad focus for us if that happens. 935 00:36:28,300 --> 00:36:30,860 I just really need Denver to take care of business, 936 00:36:30,860 --> 00:36:31,580 even though I don't. 937 00:36:31,580 --> 00:36:33,540 I just really need Denver to take care of business 938 00:36:33,540 --> 00:36:34,020 at this point. 939 00:36:34,020 --> 00:36:34,340 So yeah. 940 00:36:34,340 --> 00:36:34,820 Same. 941 00:36:34,820 --> 00:36:36,020 That's what I choose. 942 00:36:36,020 --> 00:36:36,420 Yep. 943 00:36:36,420 --> 00:36:36,780 All right. 944 00:36:36,780 --> 00:36:37,460 Cool, man. 945 00:36:37,460 --> 00:36:38,620 All right. 946 00:36:38,620 --> 00:36:42,460 Do we want to do we care about scores for week 18? 947 00:36:42,460 --> 00:36:43,220 I don't. 948 00:36:43,220 --> 00:36:43,900 I don't. 949 00:36:43,900 --> 00:36:45,020 It doesn't matter. 950 00:36:45,020 --> 00:36:45,780 No, I don't. 951 00:36:45,780 --> 00:36:47,020 It's not. 952 00:36:47,020 --> 00:36:48,500 This game is a chance. 953 00:36:48,500 --> 00:36:50,660 The only thing that matters for Bill for the Bills 954 00:36:50,660 --> 00:36:53,380 is to get because they have to dress some of their starters, 955 00:36:53,380 --> 00:36:55,420 get those guys out of that game healthy. 956 00:36:55,420 --> 00:36:56,860 And then quickly as possible. 957 00:36:56,860 --> 00:36:58,100 Yeah, as quickly as possible. 958 00:36:58,100 --> 00:37:01,140 I expect to see the Bills running the ball and punting a lot. 959 00:37:01,140 --> 00:37:04,060 And so, you know, yeah, we'll see what happens. 960 00:37:04,060 --> 00:37:06,460 So then the only thing we really have 961 00:37:06,460 --> 00:37:10,020 a prediction sure to go wrong about is who, if anyone scores 962 00:37:10,020 --> 00:37:12,380 touchdown number 14, I've got Gilliam. 963 00:37:12,380 --> 00:37:16,020 You've got the field more specifically. 964 00:37:16,020 --> 00:37:18,620 Six, you got a you got an offensive lineman, 965 00:37:18,620 --> 00:37:19,660 maybe Alok Anderson. 966 00:37:19,660 --> 00:37:23,900 Yeah, Asterix, my field to say potential, you know, 967 00:37:23,900 --> 00:37:25,980 tackle eligible play in the red zone. 968 00:37:25,980 --> 00:37:26,580 Sounds good. 969 00:37:26,580 --> 00:37:27,500 Sounds good. 970 00:37:27,500 --> 00:37:29,180 Well, we will see how it goes, sir. 971 00:37:29,180 --> 00:37:32,220 And then after this week, it is on to the postseason. 972 00:37:32,220 --> 00:37:33,700 So for all of you listening at home, 973 00:37:33,700 --> 00:37:36,020 like, share and subscribe wherever you get your podcast. 974 00:37:36,020 --> 00:37:39,780 Google, Apple and YouTube and Spotify. 975 00:37:39,780 --> 00:37:41,100 And as always, go Bills. 976 00:37:41,100 --> 00:38:06,100 Go Bills. 977 00:38:11,100 --> 00:38:21,100 Go Bills.