WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.480 Welcome back to the Buffalo Bread Podcast. I 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:05.799 am your host, Dan Roberts, rolling with one of 00:00:05.799 --> 00:00:09.279 our stable of highly reliable co -hosts today, 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:12.160 one Michael Kajowski filling in for JJ Bryce. 00:00:12.460 --> 00:00:14.759 As many of you listeners at home know, during 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:17.160 the course of the season, JJ and his family have 00:00:17.160 --> 00:00:19.440 been dealing with some private health issues. 00:00:19.579 --> 00:00:23.160 The good news is his family is on the mend. We 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:25.980 send Maya, we send Thea, we send JJ our love. 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:29.039 We send them our best as they heal up and get 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:30.449 through the the time that they're going through 00:00:30.449 --> 00:00:33.890 as a family. And JJ will be back post by on the 00:00:33.890 --> 00:00:36.590 pod to give you the awesome analysis that you 00:00:36.590 --> 00:00:38.869 all have been so used to over the past five years. 00:00:39.189 --> 00:00:41.729 But we're very fortunate today to have one Mike 00:00:41.729 --> 00:00:44.859 Kujawski here with us. And it's really, I think, 00:00:45.179 --> 00:00:46.759 appropriate, Mike, that you're joining us at 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:49.979 this time. Bill's Mafia, as you may know from 00:00:49.979 --> 00:00:53.740 reading the interwebs in the social media, we're 00:00:53.740 --> 00:00:55.880 in her feelings a bit. After two straight losses, 00:00:56.280 --> 00:01:00.000 one to not only a hated rival on the Patriots, 00:01:00.140 --> 00:01:04.000 but a hated rival that also basically is having 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:06.480 a better time with our ex -girlfriend than we 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:09.019 ever had with them when they were in our house. 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:12.950 Of course, I'm talking about Stefan Diggs. And 00:01:12.950 --> 00:01:15.269 then the dismantling that we all saw in primetime 00:01:15.269 --> 00:01:18.530 on Monday night at the hands of a young but highly 00:01:18.530 --> 00:01:22.489 talented, highly athletic Atlanta Falcons group. 00:01:23.299 --> 00:01:26.560 Kujo, we kind of joke offline that you are the 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:29.040 Mr. Bright side of Bill's mafia. Not only do 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:31.340 you bring a ton of energy to your fanship, but 00:01:31.340 --> 00:01:35.299 you are also very well known for like going into 00:01:35.299 --> 00:01:38.760 the depths of the worst places where you can 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:41.480 find Bill's mafia on social media and literally 00:01:41.480 --> 00:01:44.159 try to talk them off the ledge. So we thought, 00:01:44.280 --> 00:01:46.540 Rather than giving the typical analysis that 00:01:46.540 --> 00:01:48.620 you're getting out there from the Falcons game 00:01:48.620 --> 00:01:50.859 for the bills at the buy, where it's like trade 00:01:50.859 --> 00:01:53.340 for this guy trade for that guy, we wanted to 00:01:53.340 --> 00:01:56.400 bring in our own Mr. Brightside and you Kujo 00:01:56.400 --> 00:01:59.459 to help us talk nervous mafia off the ledge. 00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:02.120 All right. Now I want to jump right into it. 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:04.700 And I think before we do a little historical 00:02:04.700 --> 00:02:06.780 context is important to remind our listeners 00:02:06.780 --> 00:02:09.400 of the bills have been here before this is the 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:11.879 cycle of sort of this inevitability that they're 00:02:11.879 --> 00:02:14.580 in. where they start the season hot, they hit 00:02:14.580 --> 00:02:18.360 a two, three, even four game skid in the middle 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:20.319 of the season, the second quarter of the season, 00:02:20.340 --> 00:02:22.860 where everything looks like they're less talented 00:02:22.860 --> 00:02:24.500 than the other team. They've got worse coaching 00:02:24.500 --> 00:02:28.560 than the other team, the whole nine yards. Eventually, 00:02:28.939 --> 00:02:30.960 they pull it together post Halloween when the 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:33.139 football really matters. And then we've been 00:02:33.139 --> 00:02:34.719 fortunate enough to see the Bills on the playoffs 00:02:34.719 --> 00:02:38.259 for many consecutive years. So my first question 00:02:38.259 --> 00:02:42.240 for you, Cujo, as you begin the process, of working 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:45.300 bills mafia through our feelings. Is this the 00:02:45.300 --> 00:02:48.360 same old bill squad? And can we assume that they're 00:02:48.360 --> 00:02:50.360 going to get it together like they have in the 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:52.860 past few years? Or is this different for some 00:02:52.860 --> 00:02:55.379 reason in your mind? And is there actual peril 00:02:55.379 --> 00:02:57.620 ahead for this team? Great question, Dan. And 00:02:57.620 --> 00:03:02.000 hello, everyone. Great to be here again. I have 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:04.319 to say it's definitely not the same bill squad, 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:09.590 right? I think this year rolling in The vibes 00:03:09.590 --> 00:03:12.490 are really positive, whereas last year the vibes 00:03:12.490 --> 00:03:15.110 were, oh, this is definitely not their year. 00:03:15.389 --> 00:03:16.610 And then all of a sudden, by the end of the year, 00:03:16.689 --> 00:03:19.930 it was like getting to say, I told you so, and 00:03:19.930 --> 00:03:22.009 the famous video right before the playoffs, right, 00:03:22.009 --> 00:03:24.349 where they just recapped all the hate and all 00:03:24.349 --> 00:03:28.050 the talk. So I would say, quiet down the noise, 00:03:28.169 --> 00:03:30.930 Bill's Mafia, turn it down, turn off the feedback 00:03:30.930 --> 00:03:35.129 loops. Yes, we all need to vent, right? But let's 00:03:35.129 --> 00:03:38.580 separate that. From the perspective that we have, 00:03:38.900 --> 00:03:41.379 we still have Josh Allen. We still have James 00:03:41.379 --> 00:03:45.939 Cook. We still have four wins. The last time 00:03:45.939 --> 00:03:50.620 we went 5 -0. I looked this up before this pod 00:03:50.620 --> 00:03:52.340 because I'm not the biggest stats guy. I was 00:03:52.340 --> 00:03:54.699 trying to impress you, Dan. Last time we went 00:03:54.699 --> 00:03:58.919 5 -0 was 1991, right? We've gone 4 -0. I think 00:03:58.919 --> 00:04:02.719 that was in 2020. But we had to expect a loss 00:04:02.719 --> 00:04:10.490 coming up. So I think that this isn't as dangerous 00:04:10.490 --> 00:04:13.830 as it feels. I think the coincidence of losing 00:04:13.830 --> 00:04:16.029 twice in a row, those two things are related. 00:04:16.250 --> 00:04:18.790 And I really, what you said about Diggs and the 00:04:18.790 --> 00:04:21.810 ex -girlfriend, like I felt the knife turning 00:04:21.810 --> 00:04:25.389 when you said that in my side. Because yeah, 00:04:25.389 --> 00:04:27.930 it was like that. And I think that had something 00:04:27.930 --> 00:04:32.529 to do with it. I think his, his vibes, you know, 00:04:32.689 --> 00:04:35.129 sunk up the joint. And I think it was that combined 00:04:35.129 --> 00:04:38.769 with It was our Icarus moment. We got too close 00:04:38.769 --> 00:04:42.529 to the sun. Okay, we got too excited. We had 00:04:42.529 --> 00:04:45.189 all the reason to be excited. Like, if we had 00:04:45.189 --> 00:04:48.389 lost the first game of the year, you know, the 00:04:48.389 --> 00:04:50.089 tone up until that point would have been totally 00:04:50.089 --> 00:04:52.709 different. And even after we lost to the Patriots, 00:04:53.069 --> 00:04:57.230 if Kansas City had lost that same week, you know, 00:04:57.230 --> 00:05:01.089 we wouldn't have been as devastated again. So, 00:05:01.970 --> 00:05:04.829 be careful. You know, comparison's the theft 00:05:04.829 --> 00:05:09.779 of joy. And, you know, we still have so much 00:05:09.779 --> 00:05:12.500 going for us. And if anything, you know, the 00:05:12.500 --> 00:05:15.040 whole thing with digs in New England is like 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:17.660 a new storyline. It's like we needed a new villain. 00:05:18.259 --> 00:05:21.399 Miami was too easy. You know, it seemed like 00:05:21.399 --> 00:05:23.939 the Chiefs were falling apart and then the refs 00:05:23.939 --> 00:05:26.040 had to come back and help them again, you know, 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:28.800 and, you know, we got past Baltimore. So, you 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:32.420 know, we need a new we need a new enemy. We need 00:05:32.420 --> 00:05:35.300 a new. I don't want to say enemy, I want to say 00:05:35.300 --> 00:05:37.839 villain, because it's more playful, right? It's 00:05:37.839 --> 00:05:41.420 still football. Exactly. Your Icarus moment comment, 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:44.360 I think carries a couple of different meanings 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:48.420 for me. I mean, I think yes, I think, and we 00:05:48.420 --> 00:05:54.750 experienced this in 2021 or 2022. Where the bills 00:05:54.750 --> 00:05:57.149 were just bandied about is the Super Bowl favorites. 00:05:57.329 --> 00:06:00.470 The Vaude Miller signing comes through like they're 00:06:00.470 --> 00:06:03.189 everyone's number one team preseason and you 00:06:03.189 --> 00:06:06.110 could feel the weight of expectations kind of 00:06:06.110 --> 00:06:08.850 crippling that team. And I feel like it was the 00:06:08.850 --> 00:06:11.430 same thing this season add to the fact where 00:06:11.430 --> 00:06:13.829 we were kind of playing with fire through other 00:06:13.829 --> 00:06:17.189 than the Jets game. The remainder of the four 00:06:17.189 --> 00:06:20.040 games that we won. I mean, it wasn't convincing 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:22.920 against lesser competition. And you could see 00:06:22.920 --> 00:06:25.100 some of the warts on this offensive scheme. You 00:06:25.100 --> 00:06:27.399 could obviously see the issues game in and game 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:31.100 out on the defensive side of the ball. And I 00:06:31.100 --> 00:06:34.240 think I think to see it come crashing down in 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:36.300 the way that it did is why a lot of Bills fans 00:06:36.300 --> 00:06:39.019 are spinning out. But to your point, if you were 00:06:39.019 --> 00:06:40.819 paying attention through the first four games, 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:44.459 you saw the inevitability of this happening. 00:06:44.459 --> 00:06:46.240 And if you're paying attention to the way the 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:49.720 Bills play, play the game, the way they roll 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:51.819 out their scheme slowly throughout the course 00:06:51.819 --> 00:06:54.560 of the season on both the offensive and the defensive 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:56.579 side of the ball, you could kind of see this 00:06:56.579 --> 00:06:59.540 coming too. I also love the fact that you just 00:06:59.540 --> 00:07:02.240 used Icarus moment on a pot about football shows 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:04.800 how well educated you are. But again, you're 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:07.519 right. It's tough. It's tough to go undefeated. 00:07:07.610 --> 00:07:10.569 And there's a lot of parody in the NFL this season, 00:07:10.569 --> 00:07:13.250 and anybody can beat anybody. And we see it happen 00:07:13.250 --> 00:07:16.170 literally every week, right? The only winless 00:07:16.170 --> 00:07:18.870 team in the league right now is the Jets. And 00:07:18.870 --> 00:07:20.790 even they've come close on a couple of occasions, 00:07:21.129 --> 00:07:23.189 most notably in the first week against the Pittsburgh 00:07:23.189 --> 00:07:25.949 Steelers. So listen, man, everybody's going to 00:07:25.949 --> 00:07:27.490 get their win at some time. You can't always 00:07:27.490 --> 00:07:28.870 predict when it's going to be and everybody's 00:07:28.870 --> 00:07:31.430 going to take an L. It is hard to go undefeated 00:07:31.430 --> 00:07:35.569 for any stretch of time. And I think your words 00:07:35.569 --> 00:07:37.730 carry a lot of wisdom to it and that Listen, 00:07:37.750 --> 00:07:40.490 we've been here before. It's hard to go foreign 00:07:40.490 --> 00:07:42.870 to especially with the deficiencies the squad 00:07:42.870 --> 00:07:46.509 has. There is definitely a lot that you can isolate 00:07:46.509 --> 00:07:49.790 and take away that is positive. So that segues 00:07:49.790 --> 00:07:51.730 us into I think the next question I have for 00:07:51.730 --> 00:07:55.850 you. So we're not a reaction pod. But we me and 00:07:55.850 --> 00:07:58.509 JJ always like to break down some of the lessons 00:07:58.509 --> 00:08:01.110 learned. from the previous game the Bills played 00:08:01.110 --> 00:08:03.129 and apply it to the game they have coming up. 00:08:03.290 --> 00:08:04.970 Now this is a bye week for the Bills so there 00:08:04.970 --> 00:08:07.470 is no game preview this week. But I still think 00:08:07.470 --> 00:08:09.870 it's worth taking a look at that Falcons game 00:08:09.870 --> 00:08:12.589 from a 30 ,000 foot view. And I want to ask you 00:08:12.589 --> 00:08:15.629 this, is there anything despite kind of like 00:08:15.629 --> 00:08:17.870 your positive outlook that you saw during the 00:08:17.870 --> 00:08:20.740 Falcons game? that you think other teams are 00:08:20.740 --> 00:08:23.040 going to be able to replicate in order to handle 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:25.959 the bills? Or was this just a bad matchup, man? 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:28.519 I mean, listen, the Falcons have been drafting 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:31.980 at the top of the NFL draft for many, many years. 00:08:32.059 --> 00:08:35.179 They've got first round picks in Drake London, 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:37.879 Bijon Robinson, Michael Pennex, all who had their 00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:40.320 heyday against the Bills on Monday. And then 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:43.299 they've got several first round draft picks and 00:08:43.299 --> 00:08:45.759 savvy free agent signings like Jesse Bates all 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:47.600 over the defensive side of the ball as well. 00:08:47.909 --> 00:08:50.590 Is this just the case of the Bills running up 00:08:50.590 --> 00:08:53.250 against a more talented team or do you think 00:08:53.250 --> 00:08:56.169 there is something a larger concern to take away 00:08:56.169 --> 00:08:58.110 from the way the Bills got beat against the Falcons? 00:08:59.610 --> 00:09:02.210 I think the Bills beat themselves. Interesting. 00:09:02.330 --> 00:09:04.570 I think the Bills beat themselves both games. 00:09:04.789 --> 00:09:08.309 More clearly in the Patriots game but the penalties. 00:09:08.429 --> 00:09:13.129 Definitely. And the risks it felt to me is if 00:09:13.129 --> 00:09:16.490 we were taking big risks throwing the ball. when 00:09:16.490 --> 00:09:19.710 we had some easier decision making that would 00:09:19.710 --> 00:09:22.769 have. Can this on the field with a cap the momentum 00:09:22.769 --> 00:09:25.590 when i got the first downs and we were taking 00:09:25.590 --> 00:09:28.909 maybe it was i don't know what the process was 00:09:28.909 --> 00:09:32.669 was trying to get some bigger plays going but 00:09:32.669 --> 00:09:35.909 i think we beat ourselves. Despite that team 00:09:35.909 --> 00:09:38.669 having more strength than even i was expecting 00:09:38.669 --> 00:09:41.570 like i don't. think about the Falcons very much. 00:09:41.710 --> 00:09:44.129 I don't know too much about them as compared 00:09:44.129 --> 00:09:48.169 to, you know, teams in our division. So I think 00:09:48.169 --> 00:09:49.809 despite their strength, the Bills still beat 00:09:49.809 --> 00:09:51.789 themselves. And that's why we're all upset is 00:09:51.789 --> 00:09:53.730 because everyone still expected the Bills to 00:09:53.730 --> 00:09:57.429 win. You know, and I think coming off of another 00:09:57.429 --> 00:10:00.929 game that again, at home, we expected to win, 00:10:01.269 --> 00:10:03.269 you know, in our house, we're going to show digs 00:10:03.269 --> 00:10:06.730 what's up. You know, it's prime time and we ate 00:10:06.730 --> 00:10:11.110 it. I mean, Big time and that was I don't know 00:10:11.110 --> 00:10:13.149 the number of penalties, but that was it was 00:10:13.149 --> 00:10:17.570 11 in that 11 in the Patriots game Big ones too, 00:10:17.570 --> 00:10:20.009 but the injuries is also a big part of this story. 00:10:20.549 --> 00:10:23.909 So You know, we're banged up. We're real banged 00:10:23.909 --> 00:10:26.549 up and then you know, I know you and I were talking 00:10:26.549 --> 00:10:34.429 about this before So I think Cook, you know and 00:10:34.429 --> 00:10:40.080 some of the the fact that they didn't utilize 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:44.360 their weapons. They didn't tailor the playbook 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:47.120 enough for the weapons that they had left. That 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:50.360 piece, yes. They didn't make enough adjustments. 00:10:50.820 --> 00:10:53.919 Maybe they had a game plan and it had to change 00:10:53.919 --> 00:10:56.960 and they were forcing a square peg into a round 00:10:56.960 --> 00:10:59.659 hole. But there's something, man. Maybe Josh 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:03.480 and Haley are fighting. Something happened. That's 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:06.129 kind of my other secret philosophy. Josh is a 00:11:06.129 --> 00:11:08.629 married man now. It's like, you know, it's like 00:11:08.629 --> 00:11:11.370 stunt, like daredevils. It's like they don't 00:11:11.370 --> 00:11:13.129 have a family. They have no consequences. Then 00:11:13.129 --> 00:11:14.909 all of a sudden they fall in love and it's like, 00:11:15.230 --> 00:11:18.269 well, I can't risk it anymore. I can't be a race 00:11:18.269 --> 00:11:20.909 car driver anymore. Cause you know, I have something 00:11:20.909 --> 00:11:23.289 to lose now. You know, maybe he's going through 00:11:23.289 --> 00:11:26.909 that. It's tough being married first year and 00:11:26.909 --> 00:11:28.590 you're the star quarterback. And now you're on 00:11:28.590 --> 00:11:31.490 all the commercials too. Like, you know, it's 00:11:31.490 --> 00:11:33.250 even more pressure than he's used to handling. 00:11:33.669 --> 00:11:36.110 So. You know, yeah, maybe he cracked up a little 00:11:36.110 --> 00:11:38.970 bit, but he'll come back stronger and absolutely 00:11:38.970 --> 00:11:42.190 devastate. You know, dude, I love the, the top 00:11:42.190 --> 00:11:45.389 level psychoanalysis that's going on here. Um, 00:11:45.590 --> 00:11:48.870 and as a married man, as a married man, I can 00:11:48.870 --> 00:11:51.149 absolutely speak to the, yes, the minute you 00:11:51.149 --> 00:11:52.649 get married, you know, Josh has said this in 00:11:52.649 --> 00:11:55.090 his interviews too. Like you do start to think 00:11:55.090 --> 00:11:58.740 of yourself as something. that's a piece of something 00:11:58.740 --> 00:12:01.500 bigger than yourself, right? And he said as much 00:12:01.500 --> 00:12:03.360 he's like, you know what, maybe I don't just 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:05.679 need to be a football player. And I think that's 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:09.039 great growth for him. But dude, the point you 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:11.820 brought up about cook and not tailoring the playbook, 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:15.919 I think is, I think speaks so strongly to why 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:18.320 Bill's mafia feels so I don't want to say cheated 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:20.559 over the past two games. But it feels like we 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:23.679 left meat on the bone for sure. For sure. Dude, 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:27.860 me and JJ, we have been begging, begging for 00:12:27.860 --> 00:12:32.059 early down play action shots down the field to 00:12:32.059 --> 00:12:34.820 stretch out defenses and just decompress the 00:12:34.820 --> 00:12:38.399 line of scrimmage a little bit. First play of 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:41.679 that Falcons game. I literally levitated off 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:45.240 my couch with joy when I saw them roll out 12 00:12:45.240 --> 00:12:47.799 personnel and then take a play action shot on 00:12:47.799 --> 00:12:50.860 first down for 45 yards to Josh Palmer. I had 00:12:50.860 --> 00:12:53.659 an out of body experience. I was so happy. And 00:12:53.659 --> 00:12:55.460 then they just kind of left it on. They just 00:12:55.529 --> 00:12:58.169 left the rest of those pages of the playbook 00:12:58.169 --> 00:13:00.250 kind of somewhere else for the rest of the game. 00:13:00.669 --> 00:13:03.970 Same thing with James Cook usage, which I, I 00:13:03.970 --> 00:13:06.169 for his entire stretch with the Bills have not 00:13:06.169 --> 00:13:09.070 understood this running back rotation. I thought 00:13:09.070 --> 00:13:11.149 they had finally figured it out because he was 00:13:11.149 --> 00:13:13.730 playing more snaps in the first five games of 00:13:13.730 --> 00:13:16.429 the season. And then on that Falcons game, you're 00:13:16.429 --> 00:13:19.529 rolling out Ty Johnson in your third down package. 00:13:20.049 --> 00:13:23.600 Like the drop off between cook. Anti -Johnson 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:26.320 is so significant and add to the fact, as you 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:29.539 mentioned, they lost weapons throughout the game. 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:32.799 Um, Palmer goes out there. I didn't have Kincaid 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:35.539 in the game. Like at some point you've got to 00:13:35.539 --> 00:13:38.620 decide as a coaching staff, who are your weapons? 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:42.440 Who do you want opposing defenses to be afraid 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:46.539 of? And then how do you accentuate and take advantage 00:13:46.539 --> 00:13:50.320 of that fear? and scheme something for your top 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:53.700 weapons that is going to make defenses, put defenses 00:13:53.700 --> 00:13:57.059 in conflict. And Brady failed to do that. I feel 00:13:57.059 --> 00:13:59.779 like in the Pats game and then most noticeably 00:13:59.779 --> 00:14:01.940 in this Falcons game. Like at the end of the 00:14:01.940 --> 00:14:04.759 day, if you think Shakir and Cook and Coleman 00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:07.159 are your best weapons, figure out how to keep 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:08.759 them on the field together and figure out how 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:11.259 to maximize them. And I think that was the piece 00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:13.480 of frustration why we're all spinning out because 00:14:14.290 --> 00:14:15.830 Listen, there's been a lot of talk that we're 00:14:15.830 --> 00:14:18.090 devoid of talent. I don't think that's the case. 00:14:18.230 --> 00:14:20.169 I do think we're a guy short in the wide receiver 00:14:20.169 --> 00:14:25.649 room for sure. Right. But, but you're not maximizing 00:14:25.649 --> 00:14:28.210 the talent that's already on the roster. Like 00:14:28.210 --> 00:14:30.730 I had a great, great conversation on social media 00:14:30.730 --> 00:14:34.169 with a listener today who, um, you know, I just 00:14:34.169 --> 00:14:36.850 made this big argument, uh, laid out some stats. 00:14:36.950 --> 00:14:39.330 I was like, put Ken Coleman in the slot. He can't 00:14:39.330 --> 00:14:41.769 get off press coverage. You're using men in 84 00:14:41.769 --> 00:14:45.100 % clip. in a wide alignment on the outside, move 00:14:45.100 --> 00:14:47.440 them to the slot, put them in a stack formation, 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:50.360 get them off the line of scrimmage so that he's 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:53.120 not the first one receiving contact and press 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:55.840 from an opposing DB and give him a little bit 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:59.120 of separation room right off the line. And, you 00:14:59.120 --> 00:15:01.179 know, a person asked, I think it was a very valid 00:15:01.179 --> 00:15:03.960 question, like, okay, cool. But if he plays the 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:05.860 slot, like who's going to play on the outside. 00:15:06.100 --> 00:15:08.299 And I kind of ran through it. And at the end, 00:15:08.299 --> 00:15:11.049 I was like, listen, we're all clamoring. for 00:15:11.049 --> 00:15:13.210 the bills to trade for Chris Olave, the wide 00:15:13.210 --> 00:15:16.370 receiver from the New Orleans Saints. Olave only 00:15:16.370 --> 00:15:19.090 plays on the outside about 59 % of his snaps. 00:15:19.409 --> 00:15:21.740 So what? we're going to trade for him. And then 00:15:21.740 --> 00:15:23.960 we're going to put him on the X Island that we 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:26.559 have Coleman on instead, like a lot of is not 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:29.360 effective there either. So at some point, regardless 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:31.779 of whether it's not a dude you trade for, or 00:15:31.779 --> 00:15:34.019 a dude you have on the roster, there is meat 00:15:34.019 --> 00:15:36.259 still on the bone with this game and this playbook, 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:38.759 where you could be better maximizing the talent 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:41.059 that's already on the roster. And that piece, 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:43.259 the piece that you were speaking to earlier about, 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:45.620 I think is the thing that has has us crashing 00:15:45.620 --> 00:15:47.980 out so hard and why it has us crashing out so 00:15:47.980 --> 00:15:52.779 hard. But listen, maybe he's playing maybe he's 00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:54.700 playing 3D chess. Okay. Isn't this too bright 00:15:54.700 --> 00:15:57.500 side? Maybe he's playing 3D chess and maybe, 00:15:57.700 --> 00:15:59.980 you know, we just don't know the grand scheme. 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:03.519 And, you know, maybe there was a couple tricks 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:06.299 that didn't didn't pop. And so it just looks 00:16:06.299 --> 00:16:09.779 worse than it is, you know, maybe they were testing 00:16:09.779 --> 00:16:11.379 some stuff out and maybe they're come off the 00:16:11.379 --> 00:16:13.460 buy. I'll ask you this question. Do you think 00:16:13.460 --> 00:16:16.580 we're going to see a different look? Either defensively 00:16:16.580 --> 00:16:19.379 or offensively after the by like dramatically 00:16:19.379 --> 00:16:21.340 different where the other teams haven't seen 00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:24.419 yet this season I think I think on the defensive 00:16:24.419 --> 00:16:27.659 side of the ball. It's almost a definite because 00:16:27.659 --> 00:16:30.480 They've kind of been hedging their bets on the 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:32.860 defense that listen, you're not going to see 00:16:32.860 --> 00:16:34.580 the full version of what this bill's defense 00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:37.639 can do until they get all their pieces back after 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:39.840 the buy. Michael Hoyt, whatever you think he's 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:43.039 going to be worth. Larry Ogunjobi, who I don't 00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:45.419 have really high hopes for. But now, especially 00:16:45.419 --> 00:16:47.820 with Sanders on IR, he's an important depth piece 00:16:47.820 --> 00:16:49.960 on the defensive line. And then of course, our 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:52.720 number one draft pick this year, rookie Maxwell 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:55.559 Hairston. Hopefully we get to see him and a little 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:58.879 bit of athleticism and that CB2 spot. opposite 00:16:58.879 --> 00:17:02.440 Christian Benford. So I think the Bills defense 00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:06.759 is going to look different just because A, it 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:08.579 needs to. It's looked terrible. It can't look 00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:11.779 any more terrible than this. But B, you are going 00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:14.079 to get pieces, I think, that are going to help 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:16.740 address some of the weaknesses they've had on 00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:19.880 defense. Like the advanced metrics say that the 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:22.220 Buffalo Bills defensive line for the most part, 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:25.039 the four -man rush in particular, has been really 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:27.059 effective this year. The problem is coverage 00:17:27.059 --> 00:17:29.099 isn't holding up. So what do you bring back? 00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:31.200 You bring back a chess piece and Michael Hoyt, 00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:34.640 who, I mean, the LA Rams dude, they did some 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:37.000 wild stuff with him, lining him up on the edge, 00:17:37.140 --> 00:17:39.420 lining him up on the interior, then dropping 00:17:39.420 --> 00:17:41.980 him into coverage because of his freaky athleticism. 00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:44.920 That's going to be a really fun piece for Babich 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:47.019 and McDermott to play with. And it's going to 00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:49.500 help that coverage game, especially if Milano 00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:51.980 continues to be hurt. I mean, I see Hoyt, despite 00:17:51.980 --> 00:17:55.279 his size is more of like a middle line, like 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:57.819 old school middle linebacker type. that the bills 00:17:57.819 --> 00:18:00.640 are going to like decoy at the line a lot of 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:03.359 times and not use him in straight pass rest situations 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:05.460 and instead drop them back to coverage. I think 00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:07.759 that's going to confuse a lot of guys and cloud 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:10.279 a lot of their looks for opposing QBs. And I 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:13.579 love that. Um, on the offensive side, it has 00:18:13.579 --> 00:18:16.700 to look different. It like, it just, like we 00:18:16.700 --> 00:18:18.940 said, they're not maximizing the talent they 00:18:18.940 --> 00:18:22.000 have on the roster, almost to a point of stubbornness. 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:26.240 I think you're going to see the snap share really 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:28.700 rain in. And I think you're going to see Shakir 00:18:28.700 --> 00:18:31.559 out there for more than just 49 % of the snaps 00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:33.880 per game. I think you're going to see Coleman 00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:37.079 in a different alignment across all the wide 00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:39.339 receiver spots. And I think you're going to see 00:18:39.339 --> 00:18:42.759 them try to push 11 personnel just a little bit 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:45.839 more with some version of Coleman, Palmer, and 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:48.930 Shakir out there. Um, and then concave hopefully 00:18:48.930 --> 00:18:52.109 back healthy as well. Um, they still have one 00:18:52.109 --> 00:18:55.150 of the top three highest EPAs per play out of 00:18:55.150 --> 00:18:57.930 11 personnel. They just, they don't roll it out 00:18:57.930 --> 00:19:00.349 all that much. Cause Brady loves these big condensed 00:19:00.349 --> 00:19:02.869 12 and 13 personnel packages and he loves to 00:19:02.869 --> 00:19:05.250 run the ball out of them. But at some point you 00:19:05.250 --> 00:19:07.069 gotta find a way to get your three best pass 00:19:07.069 --> 00:19:09.029 catchers out there or your four best pass catchers 00:19:09.029 --> 00:19:11.609 out there and 12 and 13 personnel aren't going 00:19:11.609 --> 00:19:14.630 to do that. So I am hopeful it is going to look 00:19:14.630 --> 00:19:16.829 different. because I think teams have kind of 00:19:16.829 --> 00:19:19.390 figured out this version of the Bill's offense. 00:19:19.710 --> 00:19:21.609 And if they keep running it back in this way, 00:19:21.609 --> 00:19:23.269 they're just going to run into that same wall. 00:19:23.809 --> 00:19:26.029 And there's a couple of teams, dude, that they 00:19:26.029 --> 00:19:27.869 can do what the Falcons did to us. They can do 00:19:27.869 --> 00:19:30.089 what the Patriots did to us coming up. Tampa 00:19:30.089 --> 00:19:32.690 Bay, I think is going to be a problem. Listen, 00:19:32.690 --> 00:19:34.990 we know the Chiefs in that history. We've got 00:19:34.990 --> 00:19:37.750 Philly down the line as well. I mean, it's going 00:19:37.750 --> 00:19:39.630 to have to look different. It's a great question. 00:19:40.789 --> 00:19:43.769 I want to flip this back on you and ask you because 00:19:43.769 --> 00:19:47.099 you are, again, Everything you say is so like 00:19:47.099 --> 00:19:50.460 soaked with this genuine positivity. Like what 00:19:50.460 --> 00:19:53.460 have you seen despite the struggles of the past 00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:56.380 two weeks that you think should give Bill's mafia 00:19:56.380 --> 00:19:58.740 hope? I think it's scheme changes. I think that 00:19:58.740 --> 00:20:01.700 stuff coming for you. What have you seen over 00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:05.259 the past two weeks that despite all the negativity 00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:11.339 should still give us optimism. Commercials. Commercials. 00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:15.240 Josh Allen is on TV. And guess what that means? 00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:20.140 That means somebody else isn't. It's not an all 00:20:20.140 --> 00:20:24.279 state commercial every single time. Right. So 00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:27.619 that gives me hope. Right. Seems like that in 00:20:27.619 --> 00:20:31.240 and of itself, despite when it's double edged 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:33.079 sword, it's amazing when we're winning and then 00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:35.099 the commercial breaks still Josh Allen. When 00:20:35.099 --> 00:20:38.960 we're losing, it hurts twice as bad. But, you 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:42.170 know, that's love, baby. You know, we love Josh, 00:20:42.190 --> 00:20:43.470 that's how it goes. But at least we don't have 00:20:43.470 --> 00:20:46.690 to look at Patti Mahomes as ugly mug anymore. 00:20:47.230 --> 00:20:49.930 So that gives me more hope. Just that alone is 00:20:49.930 --> 00:20:52.430 like, let's count our blessings and take a moment 00:20:52.430 --> 00:20:55.710 to hold space for that, huh? Because how bad 00:20:55.710 --> 00:20:59.750 was that? Like now we can stomach a flash to 00:20:59.750 --> 00:21:03.829 T -Swift or, you know, Travis Swift or whatever 00:21:03.829 --> 00:21:07.289 is going on there. But, you know, so that gives 00:21:07.289 --> 00:21:10.869 me hope. Also, like Think of the other teams 00:21:10.869 --> 00:21:14.109 and you know what's going on with them. We could 00:21:14.109 --> 00:21:16.769 be the Jets, man. We're not thank you. Sorry, 00:21:16.930 --> 00:21:21.349 you know, sorry good Yeah, like we we still have 00:21:21.349 --> 00:21:24.430 a good coach and a good GM and we're gonna get 00:21:24.430 --> 00:21:29.369 a new stadium and XYZ like all that stuff still 00:21:29.369 --> 00:21:32.890 true. Yeah, we had two ugly losses and we wish 00:21:32.890 --> 00:21:36.609 we had him back, but it's going to be now the 00:21:36.609 --> 00:21:40.099 fodder And especially this new you know storyline 00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:43.059 with the patriots being you know like they used 00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:45.359 to be except they seem a lot more beatable now 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:49.359 despite the last game so you know now we've got 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:51.700 some more motivation where is we had a little 00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:54.440 bit of hubris and now we can replace that with 00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:59.839 that classic bills grind and grit and. I'm pretty 00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:02.900 excited to see you know how strong they can be 00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:06.200 off the bike well rested. you know, mentally 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:09.180 recharged and then with, you know, a lot of more 00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:11.640 depth. There's some good names in that list that's 00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:13.680 coming back. And even if we don't know what they're 00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:15.759 going to do, they're warm bodies that are not 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:19.200 injured. So it's going to help like no matter 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:23.680 what. Yes, I love that. Before we get into predictions 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:25.380 after the buy, because I mean, what would we 00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:27.299 be if we didn't do predictions sure to go wrong? 00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:30.759 Listen, again, your positivity is great. That's 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:32.660 exactly what we needed in this kind of recap 00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:35.920 episode here. But despite all that, as a fan 00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:38.680 watching the product on the field, there has 00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:41.700 to be something you think the bills need to tweak, 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:44.779 be it a personnel move, a scheme move. I mean, 00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:47.380 the AFC is so wide open this year, dude. Like, 00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:49.099 yes, the Chiefs offense, when they get Rishi 00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:51.880 Rice back, it's going to be an absolute wagon, 00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:54.279 or at least it looks like it is. But that defense 00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:57.240 is very, very gettable this year, despite the 00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:59.119 fact that Spags is still one of the best guys 00:22:59.119 --> 00:23:02.220 Colin plays in the league. The Ravens, like we've 00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:04.420 seen what the start to their seasons looked like. 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:07.579 I love what the Colts are doing, but Danny Dimes 00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:10.299 has been a journeyman QB for a reason. Like the 00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:14.369 AFC is so gettable this year. With all that in 00:23:14.369 --> 00:23:16.950 mind, are there some moves or are there some 00:23:16.950 --> 00:23:19.230 changes you'd like to see the bills make over 00:23:19.230 --> 00:23:21.289 the buy that you think will bolster their chances 00:23:21.289 --> 00:23:23.849 to stay in it and maybe ascend to the top in 00:23:23.849 --> 00:23:27.829 that one seat in the AFC? Absolutely. I mean, 00:23:27.990 --> 00:23:31.390 it's already theirs. It's theirs to lose. And 00:23:31.390 --> 00:23:35.089 we begged for Running game. We have a running 00:23:35.089 --> 00:23:38.230 game. Let's use it I think we get too hasty get 00:23:38.230 --> 00:23:41.049 a couple of jabs in we go for the big haymaker 00:23:41.049 --> 00:23:43.289 and we should you know Pepper up a little bit 00:23:43.289 --> 00:23:47.069 more. I think we could play We're scoring a lot 00:23:47.069 --> 00:23:49.589 of points early at least the first couple games 00:23:49.589 --> 00:23:52.690 but running the ball and having a Longer term 00:23:52.690 --> 00:23:54.930 game plan beating them up tiring them out and 00:23:54.930 --> 00:23:58.769 then having Josh just absolutely trample them 00:23:58.769 --> 00:24:02.369 You know instead of he was going back to superhero 00:24:02.369 --> 00:24:06.869 mode And. We've seen him do it alone okay but 00:24:06.869 --> 00:24:11.109 you know that's a riskier game plan and we prefer 00:24:11.109 --> 00:24:14.150 it when he doesn't have to be Superman Josh from 00:24:14.150 --> 00:24:17.490 the past it's exciting that's high risk high 00:24:17.490 --> 00:24:20.829 reward. Okay we've seen it when and now we've 00:24:20.829 --> 00:24:23.789 seen it like yikes you know that third interception 00:24:23.789 --> 00:24:27.609 yikes what you know but then you know rewind 00:24:27.609 --> 00:24:30.150 the first four games how good do we take care 00:24:30.150 --> 00:24:34.009 of the ball amazing so. It's not broken. Okay, 00:24:34.329 --> 00:24:38.049 just refocus. But I think we do need to make 00:24:38.049 --> 00:24:42.009 that adjustment for sure. Run. And maybe there's 00:24:42.009 --> 00:24:43.549 a secret injury we don't know about but run. 00:24:44.130 --> 00:24:46.410 Yeah, I think that secret injury might be Terrell 00:24:46.410 --> 00:24:49.630 Bernard. He looks I mean, the bills were objectively 00:24:49.630 --> 00:24:52.539 better. in that Falcons game when Bernard was 00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:55.240 off the field. I don't know if he's battling 00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:57.000 something nagging or not. It'll be interesting 00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:59.079 to see if he shows up on the injury report next 00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:01.819 week ahead of the Panthers game, but he he definitely 00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:05.240 doesn't look like himself. All right, sir. We're 00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:07.519 going to finish this thing up strong with our 00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:09.900 standard prediction sure to go wrong. I've got 00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:12.579 this in two ways for you first. I'm looking for 00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:14.720 a short -term prediction from you. So coming 00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:16.539 out of the buy, the Bills are going to have the 00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:19.559 Panthers right off the gate in Carolina. Then 00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:21.799 they're going to welcome the Kansas City Chiefs 00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:25.799 to Highmark Stadium for a late afternoon window 00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:29.779 game in Buffalo. So give me your prediction. 00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:32.900 Bills versus Panthers, Bills versus Chiefs. What 00:25:32.900 --> 00:25:34.700 are the outcomes of those games coming out of 00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:36.660 the buy? I think the Panthers games got to be 00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:42.210 a bloodbath. Like, it's got to be the blowout 00:25:42.210 --> 00:25:45.250 win that we wanted to see, I think, against the 00:25:45.250 --> 00:25:47.950 Pats. I think we wanted that blowout and then 00:25:47.950 --> 00:25:49.829 all of a sudden this quarterback that we weren't 00:25:49.829 --> 00:25:54.529 paying attention to, you know, showed up. So, 00:25:55.130 --> 00:25:58.210 I think Josh has got to be mad enough by now 00:25:58.210 --> 00:26:01.089 and everybody else has got to be motivated enough 00:26:01.089 --> 00:26:04.089 that. The discipline is gonna lock in and the 00:26:04.089 --> 00:26:06.190 pallies are gonna go away the bench thanks gonna 00:26:06.190 --> 00:26:09.450 be there and they're gonna go back to be to being 00:26:09.450 --> 00:26:13.329 overwhelming you know like coming off of the 00:26:13.329 --> 00:26:16.529 fourth game i heard people saying a bunch of 00:26:16.529 --> 00:26:20.470 naive bill stuff. Like the word you know unstoppable 00:26:20.470 --> 00:26:23.650 undefeated okay and i'm all about being positive 00:26:23.650 --> 00:26:27.450 but like let's manage expectations here. And 00:26:27.450 --> 00:26:30.039 be a little more humble but they're still. you 00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:32.980 know, immense amount of hope. And I think Panthers 00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:36.839 is, I think, hopefully a bloodbath, which then 00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:38.819 gives us the momentum we need to confidently 00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:43.099 face the Chiefs who, frankly, I'm not as scared 00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:45.019 of as Baltimore when they're really cooking. 00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:48.079 So, you know, I think the playoffs is a different 00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:50.079 story, but during the regular season, you know, 00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:53.000 it's gonna be a close game. But I don't know, 00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:55.700 didn't we like pull? pull Josh in the fourth 00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:57.000 quarter last time we played him or something 00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:59.279 like that. Like there was an easy game against 00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:02.259 them in the recent past. So I don't think we'll 00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:07.099 see that because they all of a sudden woke up 00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:10.259 from their slumber. So we'll see. They're inconsistent 00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:13.720 too. You know, they're not as the scary juggernaut 00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:16.319 that they once were that now that's us. And, 00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:20.299 you know, we have to rise to the occasion. Love 00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:22.740 that. No, I love that. All right, man. Final 00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:25.910 prediction. When it's all said and done, and 00:27:25.910 --> 00:27:29.009 the dust settles on the 2025 Buffalo Bills season, 00:27:29.609 --> 00:27:33.210 where do they end up? In the playoffs, one seed, 00:27:33.569 --> 00:27:36.069 division winners, where does it all end for the 00:27:36.069 --> 00:27:38.509 Buffalo Bills this season? Absolutely post -season. 00:27:39.470 --> 00:27:41.970 That's probably as far as I'm willing to go because 00:27:41.970 --> 00:27:46.710 I think at that point, it's any team's game and 00:27:46.710 --> 00:27:51.150 there's just so much that can change. But I think 00:27:51.150 --> 00:27:54.690 we... Here's what I think happens. I think we 00:27:54.690 --> 00:27:57.509 need somebody else to beat the Chiefs for us 00:27:57.509 --> 00:27:59.789 in the playoffs and we have them a better a good 00:27:59.789 --> 00:28:04.109 enough record To make that happen. I think we're 00:28:04.109 --> 00:28:07.589 on pace to have like To potentially clinch a 00:28:07.589 --> 00:28:09.509 number one seed. I don't know if we have that 00:28:09.509 --> 00:28:12.970 anymore So I think we're gonna I think we're 00:28:12.970 --> 00:28:17.309 gonna need Like a favorable playoff alignment 00:28:17.309 --> 00:28:20.410 if you will Like where someone else can maybe 00:28:20.410 --> 00:28:23.509 take care of our worst enemy for us. And if that 00:28:23.509 --> 00:28:26.730 happens, then I think we're in the big game What 00:28:26.730 --> 00:28:29.869 if not? I think it's a it's a it's a coin toss, 00:28:30.089 --> 00:28:34.569 baby. Damn. Yeah, I I think I agree. I think 00:28:34.569 --> 00:28:37.029 there's a lot of interesting teams in the AFC 00:28:37.029 --> 00:28:39.960 Pittsburgh. I mean they just I don't Listen, 00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:41.819 they're four and one and no one's talking about 00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:44.359 them because I think people are over the Aaron 00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:46.140 Rodgers thing But that's a squad that's playing 00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:49.640 really well, and that's great. It's a tough defense 00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:53.319 too, man And Rogers is still me. He's still laying 00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:57.019 it on guys and like impossible positions He also 00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:59.259 looks like he's having a great time. Yes, he 00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:01.720 looks here, which is not good for anybody. Just 00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:09.259 pisses me off I don't want Aaron Rodgers to have 00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:12.099 a good time, man. You know, the Colts, again, 00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:14.579 I think they've got really good personnel. They 00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:17.019 just have not been able, they've not been able 00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:19.319 to hit on the QB, but Danny Dimes is doing enough 00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:22.519 on Stike and Scheme. You know, I could, and the 00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:24.079 charges have already beat the Chiefs, even though 00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:26.259 they're really banged up, especially along the 00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:30.799 offensive line. I think Bill's Chiefs, neither 00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:33.660 defense is going to be able to stop the opposing 00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:36.789 team's offense. I just, they don't. The Chiefs 00:29:36.789 --> 00:29:38.930 don't have, despite having Chris Jones and Trent 00:29:38.930 --> 00:29:41.450 McDuffie, what the Falcons have along the defensive 00:29:41.450 --> 00:29:44.430 line, what the Patriots have along the defensive 00:29:44.430 --> 00:29:47.529 line, and in their secondary with Gonzalez and 00:29:47.529 --> 00:29:50.309 Davis, like I think, and I don't think the Bills 00:29:50.309 --> 00:29:53.880 have any chance of stopping. Rishi Rice, Xavier 00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:57.579 Worthy, and Hollywood Brown. And Ty Kwan Thornton, 00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:59.160 who's absolutely come out of nowhere for them 00:29:59.160 --> 00:30:02.960 is like their fourth best wide receiver and unbeatable 00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:05.920 deep threat for the Chiefs. So yeah, I agree. 00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:08.339 I think whenever it gets into shootout territory 00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:10.660 with the Chiefs, you've got to lean Chiefs because 00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:12.579 they've been in that situation for so long and 00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:16.019 they know how to pull it out. So yeah, I'm with 00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:18.960 you for the most part. For me, I still got my 00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:21.619 hopes set for Super Bowl, but I know realistically, 00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:24.140 It's probably going to be a solid playoff run 00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:26.059 and then, you know, someone else will be holding 00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:29.180 up the Lombardi. Um, but you know, that's also 00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:34.200 just me talking as I usually talk. That's how 00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:35.960 I talk. That's how I, that's how I talk this 00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:38.000 time of year. I'm not going to let us end on 00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:42.000 that because we have to believe and Hey, we've 00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:44.940 had way worse shots than this. So We have. We 00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:48.759 got a new stadium coming and we've got a lot 00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:52.059 of momentum. We're America's favorite team right 00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:54.160 now. That's my bold prediction. I really think 00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:57.359 we are. We're like lovable, huggable and people 00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:59.960 are tired of Kansas City. So I think there's 00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:03.900 power in the people. And I think, you know, the 00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:07.779 people will be victorious. Dude, that's that 00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:10.400 is Marley -esque to the point of perfection. 00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:13.019 I really appreciate that. All right, Kujo, before 00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:15.920 I let you go here, in addition to us working 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:18.759 together in the entertainment industry, you are 00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:21.980 also a professional musician. Would love to give 00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:23.539 you the chance to shout out a couple of your 00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:25.920 socials. How can people reach out to you if they 00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:28.880 ever want to inquire about your services? Yeah, 00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:32.650 thanks for that, Dan. I am a bassist, electric 00:31:32.650 --> 00:31:36.170 double bassist, band leader, spent a long time 00:31:36.170 --> 00:31:39.529 cruising the world playing bass and having fun, 00:31:39.589 --> 00:31:43.009 and I'm in Syracuse now. I'm doing freelance 00:31:43.009 --> 00:31:46.029 stuff, played funk and waffles, jazz jam, so 00:31:46.029 --> 00:31:48.009 jazz guys, if you're out there, I'm there a couple 00:31:48.009 --> 00:31:50.289 times a month usually, but you can find me at 00:31:50.289 --> 00:31:55.690 Kujo, K -U -J -O, Kujo Music. Most of my socials, 00:31:55.690 --> 00:31:57.930 you just type that in, you'll find me. Kujomusic 00:31:57.930 --> 00:32:01.910 .com is my website. You can see a bunch of my 00:32:01.910 --> 00:32:04.809 services, so I give lessons, I do arrangements 00:32:04.809 --> 00:32:09.170 for singers or bands, and a bunch of other stuff 00:32:09.170 --> 00:32:12.839 there. Yeah, if you just want to cruise around 00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:16.660 and see some fun stuff I did at CujoMusic .com. 00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:18.599 So yeah, thanks for the shout out, Dan. Yeah, 00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:20.339 dude, no problem. And listen, thank you for stepping 00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:24.400 up and listen, thank you for keeping Bill's Mafia 00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:26.720 level at this very, very difficult time we all 00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:28.579 going through. The positivity is always welcome 00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:31.400 on the pod, sir. We needed it. Hey, it took me 00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:34.390 a day or two, but it's there. Without without 00:32:34.390 --> 00:32:37.450 a doubt for all of you listening at home as always 00:32:37.450 --> 00:32:39.549 like share and subscribe wherever you get your 00:32:39.549 --> 00:32:42.849 podcasts We are back on YouTube as of this episode 00:32:42.849 --> 00:32:45.630 also find us on Apple and Spotify and as always 00:32:45.630 --> 00:32:46.190 go bills