Welcome back to the buffalo bread podcast. It
is NFL week one We are recording on Thursday
September 4th, which means there's actively a
Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys game going
on at this minute NFL football is back folks
Dan. How are you feeling? I feel blessed to be
alive at this moment in our in our sports timeline
where NFL football after seven months is back
on my television in a meaningful manner. And
I am stoked for the farewell season for the Ralph
man. I cannot wait to see kind of what what the
season looks like generally. But regardless of
where the season ends up, it's going to be an
emotional one for the Bills closing a closing
a big chapter in our fandom and hopefully opening
a new one next season. But I mean, we have to
stop. their start off the top with the most important
topic. What did you think of the crackle ice
uni combo that they're unveiling for that Patriots
game? The rivals? So good. You love them? The
cold front? Oh, I love them. That all white look
is so clean. The like textured crystallized bill
log bills logo on it. Honestly, it's perfect.
I would say out of all those cold front rivalry
uniform type deals, it's probably the best one.
And I like that as heads and tails above the
Patriots Blue Storm uniform, which is is god
awful. That's just like a really drab mix. Yeah.
And I would agree that the Bills is the best
of the AFC East. I don't think I like it more
than some of those NFC West teams. They got the
Rams is pretty sick. The Rams, the Rams, the
Seahawks. Some of those are pretty solid. I like
it. My initial reaction was it is boring. When
I first saw a photo of it, I was like, that is
so freaking boring. Oh, my God. The detail was
not that the detail was not perfectly apparent
on first look. And I was like, that's super lame.
And then. I got to see like the snow on the buffalo
fur shoulder feature, the crackle logo, like
you mentioned. I came around a little bit. I
think they're, they're pretty, they're pretty
cool. I think for me it was the fact that they
added buffalo instead of bills to the front.
There's like a lot of little touches that you
don't see on the first. blush that I on a second,
a second watch, I was like, all right, I can
see it. I think that they they were very meaningful
and thoughtful of putting in a lot of mafia friendly
touches into the thing to honor the stadium,
the people, the place. Um, and for that, I think
that they're really nice. I was ready to give
the NFL my money right then. I mean, I love that.
No, I love those things. I was immediately taken.
Didn't they delay the ability to buy them an
NFL shop? Yeah. Until September 10th, they're
going to sell out in literally one second. Yeah.
Um, and they are what? Like $250 or something
really like that. Yeah. September 10th is my
daughter's birthday. So she is getting the present
of a two XL Josh Hale and cold French. Happy
birthday, daughter. That's right. Oh, I got the
wrong size. It doesn't fit you. Geez. Yeah, this
is custom too. It says Dan on the back. That's
so weird. God, I can't believe I got that wrong,
but it's cool. They knew who I was. All right.
Right. All right. So we've moved on from number
one topic into maybe the second most important
thing, which is the Buffalo Bills are going to
play football in a few days on Sunday evening
against the Baltimore Ravens who have Claimed
this is a revenge game. They've got revenge on
the mind according to Lamar Jackson sure Where
do you want to start with this game this team?
The season to come the roster, you know, we haven't
talked since the cut down day. We can start there
as well Yeah, let's talk a little bit about the
roster as it stands now and unfortunately what
has been I think a sentiment for a lot of Bills
fans for the entire preseason is we should probably
start with the injury report and where things
are at there particularly at the CB2 position
for the Buffalo Bills Because right now Trey
white as we speak on Thursday was a do not did
not practice highly unlikely to go. Looks like
we're going to get something of either the Jamarcus
Ingram experience or the Dorian Strong is the
Christian Benford of this year also has late
legs entering the argument as well. Tyler Bass
and all the veteran kickers that the Buffalo
Bills have been trying out. They added I think
Matt Prater to the practice squad today. Tyler
Bass is an injury that concerns me. We all know
unfortunately at this point about Duane Carter
being done for the year. He has been officially
moved to injured reserve. Kian Coleman, limited
today, but then a little bit of bright news.
Christian Benford, our clear CB1 was a full participant
today. Kahlil Shakir for the second straight
day, also a full participant in practice. Looks
like we're going to get our top wide out, one
of Josh Allen's top targets and our top, one
of our top outside defenders back for this game.
But JJ, as we saw in As we have seen time and
time again, a lot of teams know how to target
where the Bulls are weak. And it looks like this
weekend, JJ, all conversations are going to start
with CB2, because that is going to be an area,
I think, that Lamar Jackson, Todd Munkin, and
the rest of this aerial attack for the Baltimore
Ravens are going to go after pretty significantly.
So what's your read? Jamarcus Ingram, Dorian
Strong, which way do you want to go? Or do you
think they're going to end up platooning? Um,
I think they're probably gonna go with Jamarcus
Ingram until he starts getting cooked If he starts
getting absolutely destroyed because I feel like
if if it you know, Todd Munkin good coach Harbaugh
good coach They are going to find him on the
field I always, when talking about team, if you
know what team I'm talking about, I'll just say
Harbaugh, because I cannot keep straight which
one's Jim and which one's John. John's Baltimore
and Jim is LA. So now I gave up my secret. Anyway,
Harbaugh. They will absolutely use matchup setups
to find Ingram and put Zay Flowers on him. I
think that... the problem with Ze Flowers versus
Jermarcus Ingram is Jermarcus Ingram is a physical
specimen at corner. He is tenacious. He is usually
in the good place. He's more of a zone trigger
downhill corner than he is a man match corner.
And Ze Flowers is an absolute root technician
and even faster, quicker in and out of his breaks.
He's going to eat Jermarcus Ingram alive. Mark
my words, if we see Jermarcus Ingram start the
game. I could see Zay Flowers going for like,
closing on 100 yards before the end of the half,
if they're finding that matchup. And if the Bills
don't have the capacity, because of whatever
they're playing, to give him enough safety help
to shut down that option. Oh, yeah. And Flowers,
too. Munkin is so good about freeing up Flowers
using motion as well and creating mismatches
for Flowers, particularly across the field. You
add to the fact that he can run clean routes,
get in and out of his brakes so quickly, but
that he's got that head of steam with all that
speed coming out of whatever motion packages
that Munkin's worked up for him. And Flowers
is going to be a tough matchup for anyone, right?
And this is really where you're going to see,
like, listen, the Bills drafted the fastest cornerback
in the in the at the combine and Maxwell Hairston.
And this is where you're going to see like where
they were figuring that speed was going to fit
into their scheme. When you see what flowers
is going to do particularly across the middle
of the field. You know one thing I think that
is gonna be a benefit for the Bills is that it
looks like Isaiah Likely may not go for this
game. He's a do not practice for Baltimore Yeah,
it is that's that's honor. Yeah. Yeah, it's it's
highly it's highly unlikely that he goes for
this one because he I think he had a surgery
a few weeks ago And so it's the kind of thing
where they're if they want him for the season.
They're probably not gonna play him this week
Probably not. Right. So, so again, 99 % that
likely doesn't go. And here's where that can
be a benefit with some of that scheme is because
likely they basically use likely as a, as a seam
wide receiver in this particular offense. He,
I think had the second deepest depth of target
out of all tight ends last season. They love
to use them to attack the second and even the
third level of the fields, which mandates safety
help across the top. And it's crazy when you
have to shadow across the top for are streaking
tight end, but that's the mismatch likely can
provide. Without likely on the field, you've
got Mark Andrews, you've got Zay Flowers, you
do have the ability to try to bracket, try to
cloud some sort of coverage towards Zay Flowers,
a la the cover four and cover six packages that
the Bills tend to roll out against the Miami
Dolphins. So you could see some of that schematic
sense applied here. Given the fact that you don't
have to worry about a target as unique as likely
streaking downfield and taking away resources
at the point of attack there so so the bills
Have a way to scheme for it But I think at the
end of the day it does come down to do you have
enough dudes to stop your dudes? And this is
an advantage for Baltimore. It's absolutely an
event advantage for the Baltimore Ravens I was
chatting with some bills fans friends. I the
way I described the roster matchup for this game
is that Baltimore has a supremely more talented
defense, a comparable offense, and that if the
Bills play mistake, if Josh Allen, the X factor
is Josh Allen is a much better quarterback than
Lamar Jackson. I'll say that. I'll go to my grave
saying that because look at, I mean, anyone wants
to say, oh, Lamar should have been the MVP last
year, Lamar's stats are better, et cetera. That's
fine. You can say that. All I will do is point
to the scoreboard of post -season play. Lamar
Jackson is a turnover machine, unreliable quarterback
in the playoffs. Josh Allen, comparably, is one
of the best quarterbacks in the playoffs, bar
none. Josh Allen playing with the Ravens defense
in any of the playoff runs that the Bills have
made would have ended in the Super Bowl. I can
almost certainly see it, right? Like it's a matter
of his supporting cast more than it is. One -on
-one talent. I think he's better And so that's
the X factor if he plays at the top of his ability
the bills can take this game If all other things
are equal and he and Lamar Jackson if similar
games the bills will lose Yeah, without a doubt.
I mean without a doubt and Because also you've
got a factor in The just the straight up traditional
run game that the Baltimore Ramons are bringing
to the table as well Not to mention the the misdirection
right and the sleight of hand that they do in
the backfield between sending Lamar on design
runs versus handing off to Derek Henry a lot
of the RPO stuff they like to do the bills are
simply going to if Unless they have all of a
sudden fixed all the issues on their defensive
line, which I think we all agree They haven't
there's still a lot to be seen from some of these
young D tackles in particular Like, they're going
to have to load up the box in a lot of situations.
I mean, last year in the AFC divisional round,
I think they played man against the Ravens at
a clip of like 49%, which was wild for a team
that was only at about 20 % man coverage during
the regular season. So they're going to man up
some of these wide receivers, right? They're
going to man up Mark Andrews, and they're going
to try to sell out to stop Derek Henry and try
to make Lamar Jackson as one -dimensional for
as best as they can. I will say this, even though
we don't think of the Buffalo Bills as a man
defense, Lamar Jackson's success rate and EPA
per play are much better against zone than they
are man coverage across the board against any
team that he plays. So there is something to
consider there as far as If you're going to make
Lamar uncomfortable, a lot of teams just try
to blitz Lamar and then, you know, Lamar is excellent
against the blitz because of his mobility and
his second reaction throws. But if you're going
to man up a lot of these guys, if you're going
to jam them at the line of scrimmage, which,
um, which is something I think the bills. should
probably look to do so they're not getting outrun
every single play. You can disrupt some of Lamar's
timing in this passing offense. So I would expect
that the Bills are going to roll out a lot of
man. And in the preseason, we saw them roll out
blitz packages that about 35 % clip much higher
again than last season. I think they're putting
a premium on getting to the QB. And I think despite
the fact that Lamar is so good at neutralizing
blitzes, I think they're going to mix in a lot
of man looks. And I think they're going to mix
in some exotic blitzes against Lamar just to
try to throw him off his game. Well, and I think
that, you know, I think that's absolutely true.
And the problem of comparing last year's divisional
playoff game to this year's opening game is that
the the Ravens came into that game with literally
Rashad Bateman and some practice squad receivers.
Mark Andrews, Rashad Bateman, practice squad
receivers. Players who I don't even know or I
don't even think are on the roster presently
for the Ravens. Wide receivers that you were
comfortable manning up, right? Yes. And that
is what I'm saying is that the Buffalo Bills
would never be considered a team in the NFL with
exotic or elite level talent at CB other than
Christian Benford. Christian Benford, no question,
top 10 CB in the league, can lock up anybody.
Trust that guy. But when you have three receivers,
when the Ravens added down Deandre Hopkins, they
still have Mark Andrews, they have Ze Flowers
and Rashad Bateman. Now Rashad Bateman is the
fourth, you know, best target in the game. Whereas
when they play them in the division round, he
was the number one target that Jackson had to
work with. And so I'm very, I'm very worried
and I'm worried that the Bills are going to come
out trying to protect Jamarcus Ingram, who I
mentioned before is a better zone corner by playing
some of their traditional zone looks. And that
is exactly what Jackson wants as a passer to
carve up because he's excellent at finding the
first and second windows, especially with players
like flowers, Hopkins running through those zones.
Hopkins has also had a very good track record
against the Bills when they play zone. He just
finds the open spaces. He bodies people. I don't
like a matchup where Taron Johnson is trying
to defend Deandre Hopkins in a crossing route
like that. Taron Johnson's a dog, but he cannot
out body somebody four inches taller and about
50 pounds heavier, so. Right, right. So I think
we both agree mismatches all across the field
before we switch to the offensive side of the
ball for the Bills What are you expecting to
see from? I mean these young kids are gonna play
right like Sanders is gonna play Walker is gonna
play This is a hell of a first test for your
first real pro action What are you expecting
to see from some of the young rookies on this
defensive line against the Baltimore Ravens?
I have a sneaky suspicion that TJ Sanders lines
up next at Oliver to start over Daquan Jones.
Interesting. I think, I know that TJ Sanders,
of course, Daquan Jones was protected more in
the preseason, but I don't know that he was protected
by way of the pecking order. I think he was protected
by way of his age. You know, it's his 12th season
in the league. I think it's possible that TJ
Sanders showed enough to have them line him up
with Oliver as a pass rush heavy, especially
against this front, because The weakness of the
Ravens is actually Voorhees at left guard and
Falele at right guard. Falele is actually coming
off an injury, so he might even be a little bit
more hampered than he might usually be. And either
of them are average. Their center, Tyler Linderbaum
is awesome. One of the best in the league, probably
second or third best. And their tackles, you
know, Ronnie Stanley and Rosengarten on the right
tackle are elite. They're excellent. You know,
they're top. Top 20, top 30, Rosengarten's okay,
but Ronnie Stanley still in this advanced age
is an excellent tackle. So really it's going
to be on Oliver and Sanders to disrupt and make
things happen in those early downs in order to
stuff or stop Derek Henry in order to get after
the option game that Jackson might do or the
RPO game. And if they can do it, I think that
it's gonna make a difference. That's gonna be
an X factor for me too. That's a question mark
is what can even Dion Walker do? Is he going
to show up ragdolling guards like he was in the
pre -season when they're no longer third or fourth
stringers? We'll see dude. I'm telling you the
apology card You're gonna write this kid at the
end of the season is gonna be incredible not
even in the season I promise week four if he's
proven to me by week four that he is a Reasonable
NFL talent who we can count on for some excellent
snaps every game Card card will be in the mail.
I'll cook that thing up with my Toddler at his
little drawing table on the tiny little bear
chair, and we'll send that thing off You know
something that we have not talked a lot about
there's been so much focus on the secondary and
Cole Bishop and and Rap like are they gonna be
good to go as a duo was there too much duplicity
there redundancy Who is CB to what we have not
talked a lot about is that Matt Milano not only
had a healthy training camp and a healthy preseason.
But he looks very close to old Matt Milano when
you look at a lot of camp footage that we're
seeing. How does Matt and I can't believe that
we have to like make a special case to talk about
this. But what do you expect from Matt Milano
in this game? Because if we're seeing like 2022
Matt Milano or even 80 % of that, I do feel good.
about the Bills ability to at least take away
portions of the middle of the field in both coverage
and in some of that gap run game that the Baltimore
Ravens like to run. So what is your sense for
Milano's impact on this game? I think this is
just my gut reaction after watching the few snaps
he played in preseason and reading all of the
beat reporters coverage of practice. My feeling
is that Matt Milano is probably going to look
Probably like you'd mentioned 80 % of prime best
-case Matt Milano that we've seen in Buffalo
and that is a scary Matt Milano like when we've
seen Matt Milano play at his his best health
and Highest skill and he's getting a little bit
older He started the his career as a kind of
an older rookie as well. And so he's getting
a little bit later in his career even with not
as many years in the league. But I could see
him making a difference for sure. I think that
the thing that we were all so excited about last
year is a full season of Matt Milano and Terrell
Bernard next to each other. And then all of a
sudden he has the pectoral injury and training
camp doesn't come back to week 10, doesn't look
like himself until the playoffs, and then just
barely started looking like himself. So it seems
as if he is more back than he's been in three
seasons. And for that, I think that I'm really
excited. Bobby Babich during a presser this week,
when they asked about Matt Milano, he said, stay
healthy, he's awesome. That's all he had to say
about Matt Milano because that's the thing, right?
When he's 100%, there's few matchup linebackers
like him in the league who can make a difference
in splash plays, nose for the ball, ripping out,
fumbles, all the stuff that we love about Matt
Milano's play style, I think would really come
through. I don't know that there's many people
in the league that could like lay a lick on Derek
Henry, but I trust Matt Milano to try. Yes, absolutely.
You know, before while you were taking your hiatus
from the pod and I was doing some of my, you
know, god awful solo stuff. One of the questions
I posited was like, are we sure given that Milano
restructured his deal and that he is now financially
committed to this team next year? Are we sure
he is in line to be the starter or does he get?
the Joey Bosa treatment this year where we bring
him in, you know, in key clutch closing moments
and we kind of save him for a deeper run into
the playoffs. And, um, and I was like, you know,
this could be the Dory, the Dorian Williams ascension
year. Not only was that take proven completely
wrong, I'm not even sure how much I want to play
Dorian Williams in this game. He is, listen,
he is, he is a, he is a magnet in the run game,
right? Like he will heat seek on any running
back. that you put in front of him. The problem
is, is the Ravens are exceptionally good at not
putting stuff directly in front of you. Lots
of RPO, misdirection, play action, stuff that
Williams tends to bite on. I could really see
this being a game where it's Bernard and Milano
on an island out there, and I'm actually very
comfortable with that. I think Milano, where
his health is, Bernard also, knock on wood, had
a pretty healthy preseason and pretty healthy
camp as well. If those two guys are at 100%,
I feel better about our ability to stop the run,
give some of these rookie D linemen some support,
but also maybe take away key areas and coverage
across the middle of the field too. cover for
a guy like Jermarcus Ingram or Dorian Strong,
should they be out there in the CB2 capacity?
Yeah, I think I agree completely. I like the
I like the middle of the Bills defense in this
game. As long as everybody kind of stays up on
their feet and it's good. I can see the defensive
line. Bosa, Rousseau, Oliver Dequan, Jones or.
Oliver and TJ Sanders making a difference and
making it more difficult than the Ravens have
had against the Bills to establish the run in
this game. We have to remember the game last
year, early in the season where the Ravens absolutely
stomped the Bills. They were playing without
either of their starting. It was Bailen Spector,
Dorian Williams, and then Cam Lewis in the nickel,
right? That is not the middle of the Bills defense.
It's anyone who's like going to say that that
that's, oh, the Bills, their defense can't stop
the Ravens. No, the Bills backup defense like
preseason defense can't stop the Ravens in that
game. They beat the Ravens in the second game
because of outstanding individual plays by the
people who are missing. Taron Johnson, Terrell
Bernard ripping out a fumble, you know, like
all that stuff matters. The thing I'm most worried
about isn't even Jamarcus Ingram, because I think
that I think that Jamarcus Ingram can be helped.
The thing I'm most worried about is freaking
Cole Bishop and Taylor Rapp. Neither have been
healthy for more than three consecutive weeks
basically in the past year. And then on top of
that, they're the people we're counting on to
help Jamarcus Ingram or Dorian Strong if they
start getting tested. And I don't know if I trust
them to help. or know what to do to help, especially
Cole Bishop. Like he gets pretty he he has proven
even in the preseason on extended time when they're
like, finally, he's healthy. Let's get him in
there. He looked he was biting on a lot of stuff.
He was not in position a lot of times. He wasn't
playing his proper leverage in many coverages.
That all worries me. And that I think is part
of the reason that Damar Hamlin had so much play
last year. Is there a waiting for it to click
for Cole? And it didn't. I mean, his spot starting,
he has all the talent in the world. He's got
all the athleticism that you want for that position.
It's just, he doesn't seem to be clicking with
this defense. And whenever people are really
frustrated, oh my gosh, we brought back Jordan
Poirier for the practice squad. It's just another
attempt to try to get somebody to help teach
and train. He's just a tutor. He is in, he's
remedial in this defense and Jordan Poirier is
tutor. Like that's what's happening right now.
Yeah, a hundred percent. Oh God, I might come
to regret this. I'm less worried about Taylor
rap just because of his familiarity with the
scheme. And I mean, listen, these coaches, they
really like rap. And there is an argument to
be made last year that Taylor rap was actually
an underrated piece of this defense, not just
because of his havoc rating and his toxic differential
with turnovers and all that kind of stuff he
created. Like he, he is so essential. and coming
from deep coverage and running downhill to stop
crossing routes from being a 30 yard gain, he
stops him at 14, you know what I mean? A run
that he comes in and crashes for a seven yard
gain, as opposed to a 17 yard game. He really
is, in a lot of ways the teams choose to attack
the Bills defense, he really is to me a suitable
safety blanket for what they want to do. To me,
like the unanswered question, I agree is Bishop.
And I do, I do wonder if things are going poorly
in the first couple of drives for Bishop. I wonder,
I wonder how long it is before we see DeMar Hamlin
who is, he is not a risk taker in that secondary,
but he is perfectly capable of playing deep coverage.
perfectly capable of, of being your second guy
in a cover two situation. He knows all of the
second looks that that secondary wants to give
post snap. Like I could see the Buffalo Bills
going with a higher floor option, depending on
how things start out for Bishop. We'll see. We'll
see. Yeah. Hamlin, I think there's a lot of.
You know acid for Hamlin. I don't know why I
don't know him very he's like suitable. He's
good, right? Well, and then that's that that's
what I was gonna get to is I think that I want
better than I want an upgrade over to Mar Hamlin
talent -wise sure I think most people would agree
he is not a top 15 safety in the league Right,
but I think he's probably in the top 30. He's
a good starting safety every team needs to right
like and he is a reasonable starting safety in
the NFL, mostly because technically he knows
where he's supposed to be. He's sound. He has
enough athleticism to play the position. He is
a good teammate. He's a good communicator back
there. And I think that that's what they need
is because that position, especially in the Sean
McDermott defense and the people, people who
get frustrated about Damar Hamlin, like not being,
you know, an elite talent. Um, they have to understand
that part of it, you have to play the defense
that you have. Right. And the bills. the old
defenses of the defense relies on those safeties,
switching coverages, mixing and matching, handing
things off. And if you're not a heady player
who knows kind of what your keys are and where
to be, you're not going to succeed even with
all the elite physical talent in the world. And
so for all that, yeah, I think that it would
be a real, I'll have a real problem with it if
Cole Bishop leaves this game for Damar Hamlin
and not injury related because that. that says
something to me that says okay they might be
they might be pulling the ripcord on like almost
the entire class behind keon colman which is
like right like they already cut at a full on
olifocio olifocio yeah yeah they brought him
back to the practice squad he was our fifth um
they have moved on in a lot of ways from DeWayne
Carter, he was relegated to third string or worse.
Yep. Very likely going to be cut when Ogan Jobe
came back. Yeah. Yeah. It's not looking great
for that, the middle part of that whole draft.
It's not. And when you are paying a quarterback
what we're paying a quarterback, despite the
team friendly nature of the percentage of cap
hit year after year. And when you're paying a
wide receiver room, I looked this up the other
day on spot rack because I couldn't believe it.
The Buffalo Bills have the 18th highest salary
cap hit when it comes to their wide receiver
room this season and next season. And they're
spending, I think, the third most percentage
cap on the defense as well. Think about that
in relation to all the rookies that they just
drafted and are planning on playing, right? Like,
I mean, when you're in a situation cap wise that
the Bills are, you really can't afford to miss
on an entire draft class. So we hope Cole Bishop
shows up. We hope he is like this year's Terrell
Bernard, because listen, There are parallels.
We were saying this a lot after Tremaine Edmonds
left that, you know, Bernard, like another third
round linebacker that we decided to draft and
all this other kind of stuff, kind of undersized.
What's he going to do? And he came out like gangbusters
after not having a great preseason, right? Maybe
Cole Bishop does the same thing, you know, as
a second year player. I don't know. We got to
wait and see. But I think there's definitely,
definitely calls for concern on the defense.
But the reality is, is we're going to get some
answers because this is a real offense. They're
going to be facing in a real test for the bills.
Um, final thoughts on the defense or you want
to switch over the offense? Um, just one more.
And it's like not defense specific. It has a
defense flavor. Javon Solomon still, still may
get some snaps in this game on the roster in
the, in the team. Um, and I just had to look
back at the 2024 draft. They took 10 players
between the second and seventh round. And if
Keon Coleman, Cole Bishop, Ray Davis, Cedric
Van Pren Granger, if those four players hit and
then Tylen Grable looks like he's going to hit,
he's injured again. But so if they have that's
a 50 % hit rate on players that are reasonable
NFL starters, potentially, or at least, you know,
solid backups. I won't be absolutely, you know,
pitifully, pathetically sad about that draft
if those five players actually pan out. Yeah,
but I'm really sad about the Dwayne Carter stuff,
man. Yeah, I liked I think he's likable as a
player as a guy as a leader as a character person
Yeah, I just I wish he would have had a chance
to flip this narrative He cuz he was gonna they
were gonna have to give him some run in this
rotation Until Ogan Jobi came back and I love
seeing a homegrown product flip a narrative and
I know he didn't have a great Preseason and the
Bills were playing him for extended stretches
against scrubs just for him to show them anything,
right? So I know I know it wasn't looking good,
but I was still rooting for his success and this
Achilles injury kind of sucks. So yeah, for sure.
Yeah. Yeah. All right. Offensive side of the
ball. So a couple of things here real quick.
I want to tee up for you. I think the Ravens
are going to play a lot of man against the Buffalo
Bills. They're going to make Josh Palmer. and
can Coleman prove that they can beat their outside
wide receivers. And I think until they do, we're
going to see a lot of cover one and we're going
to see Marlon Humphrey, who was E of the third
highest havoc rating in the league last year,
wreaking havoc in the box, jamming, Dalton Kincaid
coming across the middle, doing everything he
can to stuff James Cook. Until either Keon Coleman
or Josh Palmer can prove they can beat one of
Wiggins or Alexander on the outside if Alexander
plays which I'm not a hundred percent Convinced
he is he was a full practice participant today,
but up until this point He hasn't really practiced
with the squad in like a month, right? Yep. So
so my take right here that I want you to weigh
in on is This game is going to be one, yes, in
the trenches and the Bills are going to have
some success running the ball more than likely.
But to me, to unlock this offense against this
potent Ravens defense, somebody's got to win
on the outside. That's the key factor for me.
Or Shakir has to win from the slot against the
arguably best safety in the league, Cal Hamilton.
I mean, and you know, here's the thing with that.
And like we all love Khalil Shakir, right. But
his man, his man success metrics, according to
Reception Perception, way, way below what his
own beater metrics are. Right. I mean, we love
Shakir and he's crafty and he's like very sudden
in his routes, but he's not a big time man beater.
Yeah. He's not a physical specimen and he doesn't
have the elite traits of somebody who can break
away from man coverage speed wise. Yeah. So,
and they'll, they'll put him in motion. Like
Brady will do some creative stuff, a la as a
flowers to, to get him some free releases off
the line. Um, but by the same token, I mean,
I think it was in the divisional game last year.
I was looking through some of my stats, uh, stat
packages, and I think he had eight targets and
man last year and only one reception versus zone
where he was seven for eight. I mean, listen,
close Shakira and man, man to man situations.
I almost want to see some of those, some of those
slots snaps go to Kia and Coleman. You know,
clearly Shakira is not going to be a 60 or 70
% snap guy anyway. I'd love to see something
creative where Coleman gets, gets into the slot.
We do some things pre -snap to free up Coleman
at the line because he is also not great at beating
press coverage off the line. Get him some free
releases across the middle and give Josh just
a big ass target to go against. And I like Coleman's
chances slightly better than Kyle Hamilton though.
Kyle Hamilton is better, better defensively than
I think we may have in that wide receiver room.
Yeah, and to your point before of like how much
the bill 19th most to the wide receiver room
it If if this and other games go very badly with
teams very easily Handling the bills passing
attack and man coverage setups. It's going to
prove That you know trading up, you know in the
draft for an elite wide receiver is not a fool's
errand and that Brandon Bean might have it wrong
right like not using prime draft picks and resources
or cap money to get one of the top receivers
is potentially a problem for this offense. I
think that that's the thing that they might encounter.
It's cute that they traded down a bunch and got
some extra picks and got Keon Coleman, but if
he turns out to be a dud on the outside and unable
to uncover against good coverage, That doesn't
help in the playoffs because it's a lot of good
coverage. And so, yeah, I think that there was
another bills media outfit that covered the fact
that the bills have the most, they pay the most
money to middle and bottom of the roster contracts.
And they have the biggest gap between their best
paid player and their worst paid player, which
you expect to see a major gap between Josh Allen
and literally anybody. And anybody. Yeah. But
the chasm is so big. And then the fact that they
most, a great majority of their actual whole
cap is paid to middle tier and below contracts.
You're going to get middle tier and below talent
for that, right? Like the fact that they're doing
this approach of like, we're going to give everybody
a reasonable, we're not going to overpay anyone.
We're going to give everyone a reasonable deals.
We're going to pay that's a one year deal to
try to redeem their career here. You know, if
it continues to not work, that might be Brandon
Bean. looking looking for a job down the line,
right? Like they're using the best years that
Josh Allen has and and using a completely different
approach from the rest of the NFL. Yeah. And,
you know, and those are all things that if for
whatever reason, Josh Palmer is not the the man
beater separation guy on the outside that they
have built him as and if can coma does they they're
not step. I think all of those things are a fair
game to talk about in this game in particular.
I'm very interested to see, A, does Jai or Alexander
play? Because if Alexander doesn't play, I do
think we could see some early reps from Josh
Palmer where they do take advantage of some of
his route running ability. I am not sold on him
as the elite separation route running specialist
that he is billed as. But I do know he's successful
on some in breaking routes, right? And the Bills
really could use that to open up the middle of
the field against this Baltimore Ravens defense
too. Um, and take some pressure off the boundaries
where they're going to, you know, put a couple
of guys on an Island against her white house
and see if they can win. Um, if Alexander does
play, I'll be interested to see what that matchup
looks like. If, if Alexander is following Palmer
or if he's solely on Coleman or if the Ravens
are like, Our dudes are better than your dudes.
It doesn't matter who we put on. Line up wherever.
Exactly. Right. Well, and I think that, you know,
just based on the way that they approach the
divisional matchup and the talent, the way the
talent stacks, I expect to see Jackson Hawes
and Dalton Kincaid in two tight end sets here.
Yeah. Attacking the with James Cook. They have
better tackles for the Bills. They have a reasonable
center and they have solid, but not spectacular
guards. I can see even against that front. I
mean, that front is stacked, right? Like Matabuike,
Jones, Washington up in the middle with Calvin
Noyan and Odafiyue Owe on the outside, Jason
Owe. And Mike Green, the Marshall kid they just
drafted. Oh, right. Yeah. They have they have
a stacked physical unit in the middle of their
their defense and the defensive line. But they
don't have. I mean, Rochon Smith is pretty awesome.
They have such good talent. It's, it's frustrating.
Malachi, Malachi Starks as a rookie free safety,
who I kind of wish that the bills had drafted
to like, it's just like Trenton Simpson's there.
Like it's, it is a, it's a tough time to run
against them, but I can see the bills trying
it anyway. Cause they were, they were more successful
than almost any team last year. in facing this
Ravens defensive front and running on them. They
ran 36 times with James Cook and others in the
divisional game. And it worked for them to control
the clock and try to keep the offense off the
field for the Ravens. The Baltimore Ravens last
season, 2024, were the number one team in the
league in overall defensive rushing efficiency.
So it was a tough team for any squad to run on.
And I mean, not only have they Not only have
they returned a lot of guys from last year, but
they've bolstered it with some some really savvy
draft picks, too. This is going to be one of
those few matchups, I think, where in the rush
game, the Bills might be at a disadvantage offensively.
And they're going to have to. Again, to me, it
all goes to that whiteout room. They're going
to need somebody, somebody on the outside to
step up. They need a light in the box. Kyle Hannibal,
Hamilton and Malachi Starks playing up close
to the line. You're so toast if you try to run
on that front. Forget about it. Right. If you're,
if you're not able to stretch them out and send
them backpedaling in order to protect their,
their deep metal or deep, deep sidelines, you're
going to pay and your run game is never going
to get established. Yeah, this is a tough one.
And the Ravens, listen for all the Ravens quirks,
like this is a team that costs itself a lot of
games. And that's been something that's been
very consistent. you know, for as long as Harbaugh
has been the coach there. Like last year, they
lost by Isaiah Lakely's toe in the end zone.
You know what I mean? In the AFC divisional round,
you know, turnovers that, yes, you can give credit
to the Bills for generating, but also like Lamar
Jackson letting himself get helicoptered and
then losing the ball. I mean, you know what I
mean? Like this is a team that has a lot of talent.
but also lost to the Raiders in week two last
year. Like they are a team that has some really
frustrating kind of brain fart moments, particularly
early on in the season. And you got to hope.
And it's like, I know hope is not a strategy,
but it does make you wonder if some of those
habits. Not a bug but kind of a feature of how
this team plays because the Buffalo Bills are
the complete opposite of that they have become
a very disciplined outfit particularly when they
play at home and Like all games if this game
is close and it comes down to a game of inches
I really like the Bills in a close game more
than I like the Ravens in a close game Because
the Bills have shown they've got the chops and
they know how to win those games to me This is
this game is either a Ravens blowout or the Bills
want a really close one But I don't see a scenario
because of the Ravens track record where they
can eke out a really close game And they're going
through a lot of upheaval and special teams,
too So if it cut, you know, no more Justin Tucker
So if it comes down to a field goal situation
for the Ravens, too They've got some untested
talent at that position as well It's their rookie
cooker kicker versus a washed veteran for the
Bills and Matt Prater because I don't see Tyler
Bass going I don't think he's gonna play Exactly.
So, I mean, so this whole game, right? Should
it come down to those moments? Who do you trust
more? Do you trust the Ravens or do you trust
the Bills? And for me, it all comes down to kind
of what 2024 came down to, too. The Bills need
to control game script. They need the offense
to carry a lot of that load in controlling game
script. And they need some favorable situations
where they can get the Ravens away from the run
game. Because if they can't... I could see this
being a very long day for the Bills, a la what
they experienced last season. Yeah, early in
the season. I agree. I think that the real crux
of it's going to come down to who makes more
mistakes and can they force errors? If Josh plays
clean, he only threw for like 127 yards in that
divisional playoff game. They controlled the
game script. They kept it on the ground. It was
still super close. Two point win. Um, but they
had, they won the turnover battle three to nothing.
Like that was the difference. That's the recipe.
That is like that. Sadly, that is the recipe
is when you're facing a superior, talented opponent,
you may own, you may, you have to make them make
errors. I mean, it's, it's what the bills right
now feel like the Patriots during their dynasty
with Tom Brady being the one of one quarterback
in the league. And then the rest of the team
just being a bunch of guys but playing so disciplined
that they let the other team beat themselves
and Then it's it's it's a comparable. I hate
hate making that comparison because of the Patriots
But then we also haven't benefited from the Super
Bowls. They did right there and we also haven't
cheated That also true. Yeah, so also true. There's
been no proven cheating that was happening for
the bills, but But it's a similar recipe for
winning. It's basically play strong, disciplined,
and mistake -free football, have the best quarterback
in the league, and then let the chips fall where
they may, even if you don't have the most talented
roster. Right. Absolutely. And listen, the Ravens
have lots of matchup advantages up and down their
individual positional rooms versus the Bills.
So it's going to be, listen, I Was not excited
for this matchup in week one the first the first
game in the rel farewell tour I was like, uh,
and I was surprised when the bills opened his
favorites. I'm not gonna lie in this game But
that line has since since shifted which I think
is a good place for us to shift to Predictions
sure to go wrong my friend. Let's talk about
it. It is back, baby What is the what do we got
for the line Ravens one and a half? Okay. Yep
Ravens are plus one and a half here. That line
shifted today. The over -under on this game is
50 .5. So someone thinks this is going to be
a score galore type of game. So, you know, whatever.
Go ahead and make your prediction, sir. Listen,
don't hate me, Bills Mafia. I have only picked
against the Bills once, and they won that game.
and I never picked against them again. But the
Ravens, listen, the Ravens are to the Bills what
the Bills are to the Chiefs. The Ravens really,
really put together solid football against us
in the regular season. Can't seem to get over
that postseason help against the Bills. Whereas
the Bills are the same way with the Chiefs, right?
So there is a world where the Ravens are treating
this like their Super Bowl, because that's what
undisciplined teams tend to do. So, and the Bills
have their eye on a longer type of play here.
So I go Ravens, and you know, the Bills don't
get blown out a lot, but I'm going to go Ravens
27, Bills 20. Yeah. And I hate doing it. I hate
saying it. But I think the Ravens, uh, not just
cover their spread, but they, they win by a clear
touchdown and an extra point. Um, I will take
the under particularly because the weather is
looking cold in Buffalo that night. And we all
know that that plays a massive role in, in how
offensive, offensive play, uh, in that environment.
But I think the farewell tour for the Ralph here,
uh, gets off to a bumpy start, though I think
much more positive as the season goes on. Okay.
Well, Bill's mafia, I'm not going to abandon
you like Dan. That's terrible. You've picked
against the Bills way more than I have. I know
I have. I know I have, but not this time, because
I've got that spirit of hope and positivity that
surrounds us all pre -season, even though most
of our secondary is injured and not playing well
together. And we don't know if we have any answers
at wide receiver. We don't know if anybody in
the wide receiver room is capable of catching
a pass over a good coverage person. And then
also, we don't know how we're going to run against
this front. So with that said, I can see the
Bills winning 24 -20. over the Ravens. I'm also
taking the under. I don't think this is going
to be a shootout type game. And my 2420 is built
on the foundation of the Bills forcing the Ravens
into mistakes and playing a very, very clean
game. And I think that, yes, the Ravens, like
you said, are kind of treating this like they're
Super Bowl. They're playing with all this emotion.
I think emotion can be a double edged sword in
a game like this. And if the Bills come in with
that kind of cold operator mentality and play
their their foot, their version of football,
they can come out, they can force some errands,
they can protect themselves from making errors
of their own. Because I think that the Bills
haven't been squawking in the media, but I think
they're also taking this very seriously because
they know from so many seasons past that. giving
up this game or giving up a game to the Chiefs
in the regular season, giving up a game to the
Bengals in the regular season. That's how you
lose the number one seed. And their goal is the
number one seed home field through the playoffs.
Let's send the Ralph, you know, into into demolition
with a winning postseason. And so I know that
they're locked in. I'm trusting them to be locked
in. I'm a little bit worried that this is the
first preseason that Josh Allen hasn't played
a single snap of live game, you know, action.
But we'll see how he does with that. I mean he
is the MVP, right? Mm -hmm. Absolutely. Absolutely
All right. So normally at this point JJ we would
do prop bets for the game But because to your
point we haven't really had a chance to connect
and talk about the Bills overview of the season
I want to take this opportunity to do some predictions.
I want to do a record prediction for the Bills
And then I want to do where we see the season
ending for the Bills. All right. So let's start
with record prediction. 17 game season. Where
do you see the Bills landing record wise this
year? I'm thinking they go 13 and four. All right.
Who are the four losses out of curiosity? I think
that they lose to the Chiefs, the Eagles, the
Jets, the Jets in the last game of the season.
It stinks to lose the last home game in the in
the Ralph or, you know, Highmark Stadium. But
I think that if they're going by my prediction,
13 and four, they're going to probably not. They're
going to rest all their starters, you know. And
so because there are more important things at
that point in time. So Jetson last game of the
season, Patriots, Eagles. And I'm trying to think
of another NFC foe. Maybe the Buccaneers. Yeah,
I think it's going to be Bucks. They're a good
team. Yeah, so yeah, I've got I also have the
bills losing one to the Patriots I've got the
bills losing one to the Jets to same thing that
last game. I've got them losing to the Buccaneers
the Eagles and then I Think that was it. Yeah,
my prediction was also My prediction was 12 and
five. I'm missing a loss. There's a loss you
the pet the so you had jazz Jets, Patriots is
a split. I had them losing to the Eagles, losing
to the Bucs. And then I had them sweeping the
Dolphins, even though, man, we got, at some point
we got to talk about the Dolphins. Maybe we got
to get Steve on here. That's like the highest
variance team in the league. Who knows what they're
going to be. I mean, no one knows. They don't
know what they're going to do, right? They could
be 11 and six. They could be six and 11. I have
no idea what that team's about. Who was the fifth
loss? Oh, I had them, I had them losing to the
Bengals too. Okay. Yeah. The Bengals have some
weird mojo about them that like the Bills just
don't haven't and not not once since McDermott's
been there have the Bills played the Bengals
very, very strong. Yeah, the Bills like, yeah,
the Bills versus the Bengals thing has been weird.
And Burrow is just not afraid of that defensive
front at all. And I love Christian Benford. But
when he's got a man up a Garrett Wilson or a
Jamar chase, like he, he has really struggled
on an island. Those are situations where you
see why he was a sixth round pick, right? Like
there's a reason there's a height, weight, you
know, speed type reason for somebody to drop
that far in the draft. And those are the times
that his tenacity can't necessarily overcome
someone's physical gifts. Yep. So I've got the
bills at 12 and five. Still a really good season,
right? Still making the playoffs and then still
winning the AFC East. So we both have the bills
in the playoffs. J .J., where does the playoff
run end or does it end? Is this finally the year?
This is finally the year. I truly believe I got
it. I got it. All my eggs are in this basket.
If this doesn't go well, I it's just been a shit
year. My mental health is right All well -being
I have is wrapped up in this football team and
how they end the season every bit of it Absolutely.
No, I'm the the fan in me is like a hundred percent.
This has to be the this is the year This is that
this has has to be the one before I die, right?
Yes because if it's not There's a lot of uncomfortable
questions the bills have to ask themselves at
the end of this year. So especially if it ends
to the chiefs again, who, for whatever reason,
people are sleeping on the chiefs. And I think
the chiefs are going to be a good team, but we'll
see. Yeah, we'll see. All right. I'm not sleeping
on the chiefs. I am. Bullish on the AFC West
bringing more thunder to that division than they
have in the past four or five years I like I'm
really trusting the I'm trusting the Broncos
to do some business next you're trusting bonus
Yes, I'm trusting the Broncos to get some stuff
done I'm trusting Justin Herbert to finally like
slay that dragon a little bit and even if they
split with those teams You know each of those
teams and I have a couple couple losses here
or there I think that the bills can overcome
that the Raiders are gonna be feisty that offense
with Chip Kelly Uh, Gino Smith and, uh, and genti,
the running back. That's gonna be interesting.
Well, don't they, they also have Brock Bowers
who's a fledgling star. Yes, absolutely. Um,
I think, and Chip Kelly learned a lot from his
first stint as a play caller in the NFL. He's
just doing some funky stuff at Ohio state last
year. So I think that could be interesting. I,
um, I don't know, man, we do have to do like
a quick NFL roundup at some point when we get
a chance. I don't know that. Don't know. I don't
know anything about football, but yet I do this
but like Bo Nix was good against bad teams and
bad against good teams And I don't know if that's
over simplistic But he's the second year QB and
I don't know what they're gonna do to make him
good against good teams And the Broncos are playing
a tougher schedule this year. So and for me,
it's not even about Bo Nix Causing the problems.
It's that the Broncos defense added some pretty
good pieces and they were one of the best defenses
in the league. And that can be enough. If you
have a game managing quarterback and your defense
is ferocious, look at the Minnesota Vikings going
like 12 and five last year. That was purely built
on an okay quarterback and offense plus a sick
defense. And they have Justin Jefferson. It's
just a defensive coordinator who knows exactly
how to cover up the weaknesses on his defense
by creating chaos. Like Brian Flores is that
dude. Bills could use a little of that this year.
Just create a lot of chaos and cover up your
CB2 situation. Well, and I mean, that is a question
too, is like that's a big question mark for this
season is this is the second full year. Of the
bills offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator
and joe brader joe brady and bobby babbage Can
they get it done? Right? Like are they are they?
The at the end of the season when this all wraps
up, especially if they have a super bowl victory
I think both probably are gone But I think brady
has gone Unless the bills have this massive offensive
regression. I think brady is probably gone. No
matter what no matter what. Yeah, I think babbage
You know, Babich was a hot D .C. coordinator
when the Bills decided to elevate him a couple
of years ago. I think if the Bills' defense improves
and the Bills take home the Lombardi, I don't
know that Babich has gone necessarily, but I
definitely think Brady has probably gone, again,
no matter what. Yeah, it's always tough for a
D .C. who has a head coach who's a defensive
former D .C. to get a head coaching position
because the question always is, was it you or
was it your head coach? Was it your boss? Exactly.
Yeah. So we'll see. I mean, lots of juicy stuff
to talk about, man. I've got a really important
Bills full season outlook question for you. OK.
The season ends. The season ends. Who on the
Buffalo Bills has the most sacks and how many
is it? Greg Rousseau, nine. OK, like I I. I don't
know what we're getting out of Sanders or Walker.
I don't think we're getting another 10 sack season
out of Oliver. Dequan Jones ain't that dude anymore.
And Joey Bosa, I could see having a really solid
season, but they're saving him for something
bigger, right? So I could see the pass rush being
improved from a pressure perspective this year.
But as far as like getting home and massive sack
totals, I think Greg Russo probably leads it
with nine. Bosa trailing with like eight, eight
and a half. Okay. My guess for this is TJ Sanders
with 11. Dude, TJ Sanders on the interior is
a rookie? Double digits. Yeah. Dude, that's defensive
rookie of the year. I got a lot of hope for him.
Well, he just looks special. He looks special.
In the preseason, and we might have mentioned
this on a previous pod, in the preseason, they
were literally putting him out there for like
a series. He was wrecking it. And then they were
just pulling off the field. So like that... There
I think they got a guy here. No, I I think we
both agree. They got a guy I don't know if they
got an 11 sack guy, but damn. I love your optimism,
dude. I We will mark that down. We'll mark that
I wrote I'm writing it in the prediction sure
to go wrong Good got a new pod liner new liner.
Yeah. All right Here's one for you and we'll
close on this one Do the bills have a thousand
yard pass catcher? I say pass catcher to include
the Titans Huh? Yes. And that person is Khalil
Shakir for me. Yeah, right. Because I think it's
volume -based. I think he's average is like 11
yards per reception, but he has so many targets,
right? Yep, I think oh god. I want to say yes,
but they've got this everybody eats mentality
They've added Josh Palmer to the mix. I mean,
I think they're top targeted wide out last year
was wasn't it Matt Collins Yeah, no, right. He
was the top tight. He was the top touchdown getter
I think Shakira got the most targets though Shakira
got the most targets and hop but Hollins let
in snap share last year. Okay. Yeah I don't know,
man. They do weird things with this wide receiver
room as far as the groupings they run out there.
We haven't even talked about Curtis Samuel or
Elijah Moore either or Tyrell Shavers, right?
I know, seriously. But I would love to see like
a jumbo wide out unit where you've got Palmer
Coleman in the slot and you've got Shavers in
the X, right? And just make some hay with that.
I don't think the Bills get a thousand yard wide
receiver because they've proven that they can
be an absolute wagon on offense without one.
But I'll be interested to see like again Do they
have a X receiver? Do they have an outside guy
that can step up? I don't care who it is They
can step up this year and pull some of these
these defenses out of man coverage against the
bills, right? I Mean that brings me to one final
question Does does Dalton concave prove his draft
draft pedigree in this this season? I think so
like I I think a lot of people He had such lofty
expectations heading into year two. Diggs is
gone. And I think we forget that before he got
hurt, he was getting number one wide receiver
coverage looks early on in the season. Like he
was getting bracket coverage. He was getting
double teamed. Like he was getting jammed at
the line of scrimmage. Like people are taking
advantage of the fact that he's a undersized
tight end, right? But he was absolutely getting
number one target type of coverage. And then
he got hurt. Right. And he didn't fully recover
from that. And then he ended the season on like
a tragic note with that drop pass and the AFC
championship game. And I think the combination
of teams over emphasizing him early on to lock
him out of the game plan and the lack of expectations
management for him really left a lot of people
sour on him. I think he's a good player. I like
his athletic profile, and I absolutely think
he's got the chops to be tight end one this year.
What does tight end one look like on this team?
I would take a 750 yards, six or seven touchdown
season out of the kid, right? And I would say
that's good for me. OK, yeah. I don't think it
happens. And and that's not just being pessimistic.
I'm just like, I don't understand what. About
the Josh Allen Dalton Kincaid chemistry is so
broken or was last year other than we know he
was dinged up We know he was playing on probably
two bad wheels that can change your timing that
can make a huge impact I'm hoping that was so
off with him. I'm hoping that was just it right
like but if he has no reported injuries or reason
for Whatever it is and they still look like Josh
can't throw him a catchable ball at that point.
I'm like what What is the problem here? Like,
why can it not work? Because you can see it.
You can see as a pass cutter how talented he
is. You can see as a route runner how talented
he is. If he can't connect with his quarterback,
then I don't know where we go from there. So
I'm very hopeful. But it seemed weird last year
that even when he was healthy, they didn't seem
to connect very often. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, we'll
see. I think I'm higher on him having a bounce
back year than you are. And I think a lot of
Bill's fans have kind of written him off. But
damn, man, that dude had a really good preseason.
Like the blocking still is not all the way there.
But Listen, that's not what we're paying the
man to do. Right. Go go catch a couple of scene
balls. That's that's why we draft. That's why
I drafted. What was his name? Hayes Jackson Hawes
Hawes Jackson Hawes, who is going to be targeted
four times, but is going to play 700 snaps blocking
as the Alec Anderson extra offensive lineman
who could possibly get one, you know, like look
out red zone, six, six, baby. We deserve it this
year. Absolutely. Excellent. Cool, man. All right,
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