WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.160 Welcome back to the Buffalo Bread Podcast. Dan, 00:00:02.359 --> 00:00:05.780 we were too excited. We were too excited to just 00:00:05.780 --> 00:00:08.019 to let this one sit until our usual Thursday, 00:00:08.060 --> 00:00:10.640 Friday, Saturday recording window. Breaking all 00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:14.580 the rules, man. Shattering expectations, just 00:00:14.580 --> 00:00:16.640 blowing up, you know, everything that has been 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:19.339 has been seen from us before. Because, you know, 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:21.719 it is it is just over 24 hours since the Buffalo 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:26.519 Bills defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars in Jacksonville 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:30.670 to the tune of a 27 -24 victory. All, seemingly 00:00:30.670 --> 00:00:33.509 all of it on the back, the knee, the head and 00:00:33.509 --> 00:00:36.250 the hand, all shattered parts of Josh. Don't 00:00:36.250 --> 00:00:37.829 forget the foot. Don't forget the foot he was 00:00:37.829 --> 00:00:39.950 limping in with. And the already broken foot 00:00:39.950 --> 00:00:42.409 of Joshua Patrick Allen. You know, there's a 00:00:42.409 --> 00:00:44.329 lot more in this. I think Trey White has something 00:00:44.329 --> 00:00:46.590 to say for this game. I think Cole, your boy 00:00:46.590 --> 00:00:48.750 Cole has something to say for this game. That's 00:00:48.750 --> 00:00:51.369 my dude, man. That's my dude. I've been on that 00:00:51.369 --> 00:00:54.450 bandwagon since the draft. The ageless wonder. 00:00:54.909 --> 00:00:57.170 Shaq Thompson has something to say for this and 00:00:57.170 --> 00:01:00.450 Greg Russo showing that he might be actually 00:01:00.450 --> 00:01:02.229 deserving of the contract I didn't think he was 00:01:02.229 --> 00:01:03.829 deserving of really showed out in this game We 00:01:03.829 --> 00:01:06.829 had a lot of a lot of guys to point to that made 00:01:06.829 --> 00:01:09.209 this thing happen. But most of all Josh Allen 00:01:09.209 --> 00:01:12.689 dance Where are you on the vibescape? vibes are 00:01:12.689 --> 00:01:15.609 high right now, and I'm also a little bit nervous 00:01:15.609 --> 00:01:19.049 because I said Openly on this preview pod that 00:01:19.049 --> 00:01:21.349 we did for this game that if the bills won this 00:01:21.349 --> 00:01:23.310 game They were gonna go to the Super Bowl like 00:01:23.310 --> 00:01:25.629 this is a team that is either gonna lose and 00:01:25.629 --> 00:01:27.650 wimp around the first round Or they're gonna 00:01:27.650 --> 00:01:30.209 go all the way now I am gonna watch with even 00:01:30.209 --> 00:01:32.230 more anxiety as I see the bills try to carry 00:01:32.230 --> 00:01:34.450 through on that particular prediction JJ I want 00:01:34.450 --> 00:01:36.290 to talk about all the guys that you mentioned 00:01:36.290 --> 00:01:38.290 because I think they were key cogs in this wheel 00:01:38.290 --> 00:01:41.150 I want to add one more and this is not one that 00:01:41.150 --> 00:01:43.489 we usually talk about on this pod in glowing 00:01:43.489 --> 00:01:47.480 terms Sean McDermott he was Nails is a decision 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:50.180 maker, absolute nails in this game. And I think 00:01:50.180 --> 00:01:52.439 he deserves some flowers for this too. But this 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:54.920 whole thing starts with Joshua Patrick Allen, 00:01:55.099 --> 00:01:57.500 man. We had talked in the pregame pod. We had 00:01:57.500 --> 00:01:59.780 both shown some concern because the last time 00:01:59.780 --> 00:02:02.400 that we had actually seen Josh play was that 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:04.799 Philadelphia Eagles game where we both thought 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:06.640 it was honestly his worst game of the season 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:09.139 from a decision making standpoint, from a mechanical 00:02:09.139 --> 00:02:11.560 standpoint, like he wasn't layering his throws, 00:02:11.699 --> 00:02:13.780 throwing with touch, missing open windows. And 00:02:13.780 --> 00:02:17.150 you and I Both have, always have hope that Josh 00:02:17.150 --> 00:02:18.509 Allen is going to be the one that'll lead this 00:02:18.509 --> 00:02:20.689 team to the promised land. But we both had, I 00:02:20.689 --> 00:02:23.030 think trepidation, I think rightfully so because 00:02:23.030 --> 00:02:25.990 we had yet to see him play a complete game over 00:02:25.990 --> 00:02:29.569 four quarters at any point this season. JJ, he 00:02:29.569 --> 00:02:32.370 played an efficient, complete game across all 00:02:32.370 --> 00:02:35.169 four quarters. This particular game against Jacksonville 00:02:35.169 --> 00:02:38.430 at the perfect time. Yeah. His, his, we joked 00:02:38.430 --> 00:02:40.550 a little bit about his self -scouting, his, his, 00:02:40.629 --> 00:02:42.770 you know, vision quest he went through to find 00:02:42.770 --> 00:02:46.680 his way. back to himself. His darkest retreat. 00:02:47.259 --> 00:02:50.300 I just pictured Josh Allen holding a steaming 00:02:50.300 --> 00:02:53.900 cup of some nondiscrete warm liquid and staring 00:02:53.900 --> 00:02:57.460 off through a rainy pane of glass and being like, 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:01.740 who am I? But it worked, right? It worked. He 00:03:01.740 --> 00:03:03.900 took those underneath throws. He took what the 00:03:03.900 --> 00:03:06.340 defense was giving him. He didn't have any turnover 00:03:06.340 --> 00:03:09.800 where the plays that I saw, except for when his 00:03:09.800 --> 00:03:12.110 knee got... turned inside out and he dropped 00:03:12.110 --> 00:03:14.030 the ball, but he was already down at that point. 00:03:14.689 --> 00:03:17.129 And the goal line, yeah, no, Josh Allen. looked 00:03:17.129 --> 00:03:20.050 like he was locked into kind of Superman mode. 00:03:20.250 --> 00:03:22.250 And if that is what we see throughout this playoffs, 00:03:22.409 --> 00:03:25.050 all he needs is a little bit of stoutness or 00:03:25.050 --> 00:03:27.229 some splash plays from the defense. And I think 00:03:27.229 --> 00:03:28.969 they could go all the way to the chip. And dude, 00:03:28.969 --> 00:03:31.310 that's the formula for this Buffalo Bills team. 00:03:31.530 --> 00:03:34.210 It is Josh playing with efficiency, taking shots 00:03:34.210 --> 00:03:36.330 when needed, making good decisions, taking care 00:03:36.330 --> 00:03:38.550 of the ball, which I know we had a turnover in 00:03:38.550 --> 00:03:40.169 this game, but that was on special teams with 00:03:40.169 --> 00:03:43.210 Ray Davis. The Buffalo Bills limited what had 00:03:43.210 --> 00:03:46.250 been a turnover hungry and turnover opportunity. 00:03:46.060 --> 00:03:48.539 cartoonistic defense in Jacksonville, all on 00:03:48.539 --> 00:03:51.219 the back of Josh making really sound and solid 00:03:51.219 --> 00:03:53.939 decisions. Got to give some credit to, I can't 00:03:53.939 --> 00:03:57.360 believe I'm going to say this, to his patience 00:03:57.360 --> 00:03:59.960 with the Joe Brady scheme in this particular 00:03:59.960 --> 00:04:03.099 game. Joe Brady calls, I think, a very deliberate 00:04:03.099 --> 00:04:05.159 game. I wouldn't call him creative. I wouldn't 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:08.719 call him like high variation. He is a guy that 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:11.620 plans progress into all of his game scripts though. 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:13.479 All that stuff that we talked about with regard 00:04:13.479 --> 00:04:16.850 to play action. for the tight ends, we didn't 00:04:16.850 --> 00:04:18.990 see it in any meaningful way until they needed 00:04:18.990 --> 00:04:21.129 it the most in the fourth quarter, right? And 00:04:21.129 --> 00:04:22.769 I think it's still valid to criticize some of 00:04:22.769 --> 00:04:24.509 that stuff. It's valid to bring up frustrations 00:04:24.509 --> 00:04:26.769 like, why can't we do both? Why can't we have 00:04:26.769 --> 00:04:30.149 a very intentional game plan that varies a little 00:04:30.149 --> 00:04:32.589 bit more frequently in the game as opposed to 00:04:32.589 --> 00:04:35.009 having these very clear benchmarks within the 00:04:35.009 --> 00:04:36.629 game script for when we're gonna change things 00:04:36.629 --> 00:04:39.269 up. And to me, I think from what I had seen, 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:41.879 That had been the biggest frustration for Josh 00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:44.079 at a lot of times is that he was not going along 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:46.839 with that kind of plotting path. This particular 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:49.899 game, he did what we asked him to do, dance with 00:04:49.899 --> 00:04:52.339 who got you there, do what got you guys there. 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:54.519 We don't agree with the scheme, but just buy 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:56.839 into it by taking the check downs. And I think 00:04:56.839 --> 00:05:00.399 most importantly, by just peppering Khalil Shakir 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:02.660 early and often in that game with some of those 00:05:02.810 --> 00:05:05.350 screen targets and things like that. It actually 00:05:05.350 --> 00:05:07.329 opened up a lot of the downfield shots we saw 00:05:07.329 --> 00:05:09.250 later in the game, particularly in the fourth 00:05:09.250 --> 00:05:11.629 quarter. And that screen game was so important 00:05:11.629 --> 00:05:14.810 here, JJ, because the linebacking core, the safeties 00:05:14.810 --> 00:05:16.810 for Jacksonville, they were so tight in the box. 00:05:16.970 --> 00:05:20.410 They were committed to. stopping the run. Kahlil 00:05:20.410 --> 00:05:23.750 Shakir basically became an extension of the run 00:05:23.750 --> 00:05:26.649 game and still allowed Brady's scheme to progress 00:05:26.649 --> 00:05:29.069 in the way it needed to, to unlock the opportunities 00:05:29.069 --> 00:05:31.170 he wanted too late in the game. And that is credit 00:05:31.170 --> 00:05:34.269 to Josh for buying in, playing within that particular 00:05:34.269 --> 00:05:37.910 scheme, playing on time and making sure that 00:05:37.910 --> 00:05:40.029 those opportunities availed themselves in the 00:05:40.029 --> 00:05:42.550 way the game plan was scripted. Yeah, absolutely. 00:05:42.910 --> 00:05:44.589 I think of it, I don't know how much experience 00:05:44.589 --> 00:05:47.160 you have with playing like like fighting games, 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:49.139 right? Like your Street Fighters. I have a lot. 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:51.459 Yeah, your Street Fighters, your Tekken, etc. 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:54.160 Your Mortal Kombat if you're into the, you know, 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:56.279 the gore. Super Smash Brothers if you're not. 00:05:56.339 --> 00:05:59.240 Super Smash Brothers if you're not, yeah. But 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:01.060 the Joe Brady scheme that we've seen over the 00:06:01.060 --> 00:06:03.600 full season, it feels a lot like you're building 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:05.819 your Super Bar, right? Yes. It's like, oh, I 00:06:05.819 --> 00:06:07.100 got to do this, then I got to do this, then I 00:06:07.100 --> 00:06:08.699 got to do this. I'm building up my Super Bar 00:06:08.699 --> 00:06:11.160 so I can unleash this, right? Yes. And that this 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:14.959 is like a one move combo that ends the match. 00:06:15.310 --> 00:06:18.149 And that was the Dalton Kincaid touchdown, right? 00:06:18.290 --> 00:06:21.110 It was, they faked the Khalil Shakir screen that 00:06:21.110 --> 00:06:23.170 at that point they, I think they had 10 targets 00:06:23.170 --> 00:06:25.850 to Shakira that moment in the game. They faked 00:06:25.850 --> 00:06:28.250 the Khalil Shakir screen. Dalton Kincaid looked 00:06:28.250 --> 00:06:30.670 like he just half -assed a block, but just slipped 00:06:30.670 --> 00:06:33.730 out into open space for that corner touchdown 00:06:33.730 --> 00:06:36.269 and Josh was over the back shoulder throw. The 00:06:36.269 --> 00:06:38.610 Superbar had been built. I think a lot of the 00:06:38.610 --> 00:06:41.810 times we've seen Josh Allen look inefficient 00:06:41.810 --> 00:06:44.639 this season so far, the games that he like, it 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:47.279 felt like the offense was mired in mud. He was 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:50.019 trying too hard to hit the decoys and not taking 00:06:50.019 --> 00:06:52.699 the design of the play to build the super bar, 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:54.720 right? Like he was like, okay, I'm just going 00:06:54.720 --> 00:06:57.240 to try to yoink this thing 40 yards down the 00:06:57.240 --> 00:06:59.620 field outside to Keon Coleman. Even though on 00:06:59.620 --> 00:07:02.220 that game or on that play in that route, Keon's 00:07:02.220 --> 00:07:04.920 job was to run off the safety, right? Like just 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:07.620 use, you know, too arrogant maybe with the ball 00:07:07.620 --> 00:07:10.360 to too much trust in some of the guys. But it 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:12.779 did look like in this game, he was trying to 00:07:12.779 --> 00:07:14.939 play within structure. That's never been his 00:07:14.939 --> 00:07:17.540 forte. So that's right. FTN has not released 00:07:17.540 --> 00:07:19.779 their full staff package at the end of this game. 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:22.360 I'm going to be very curious to see what his 00:07:22.360 --> 00:07:25.670 first read. First read throw percentage was because 00:07:25.670 --> 00:07:27.550 we talked about this pregame Trevor Lawrence 00:07:27.550 --> 00:07:30.529 was a QB who was masterful at the line of scrimmage 00:07:30.529 --> 00:07:32.310 or at least had been in the second half of the 00:07:32.310 --> 00:07:34.750 season and was Trusting within the scheme that 00:07:34.750 --> 00:07:36.810 Lee and Cohn built to the tune of having the 00:07:36.810 --> 00:07:39.529 third most pass attempts to his first read in 00:07:39.529 --> 00:07:42.410 the entire league Josh was 22nd in that particular 00:07:42.410 --> 00:07:45.089 category I will bet you though that his first 00:07:45.089 --> 00:07:47.189 read percentage takes a big jump in this game 00:07:47.189 --> 00:07:49.790 to your point because he was trusting the scheme 00:07:49.790 --> 00:07:53.519 he was trusting the ability of his primary weapons. 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:55.920 Like, yes, there were nine different pass catchers 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:59.000 that caught a ball, but these targets were funneled 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:01.800 to Khalil Shakir, Dawson Knox, who I think had 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:04.300 five targets, Dalton Kincaid, who I think had 00:08:04.300 --> 00:08:06.579 five or six targets in this game too, and then 00:08:06.579 --> 00:08:09.100 Brandon Cooks. on some of those key deep shots 00:08:09.100 --> 00:08:11.720 as well. He funneled those opportunities within 00:08:11.720 --> 00:08:14.279 the structure of the scheme and chose the absolute 00:08:14.279 --> 00:08:16.300 perfect moments to your point to unleash the 00:08:16.300 --> 00:08:18.620 super bar and unlock the latter parts of the 00:08:18.620 --> 00:08:21.720 scheme that Joe Brady had always intended that 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:23.959 Alan would eventually get to. Now, you can still 00:08:23.959 --> 00:08:26.779 criticize Brady for not building in more variance 00:08:26.779 --> 00:08:29.379 at other, like points count in the second quarter 00:08:29.379 --> 00:08:31.759 too. You know what I mean? Like, you can still 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:33.659 score touchdowns in the first and second quarter. 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:36.480 And I still think there's valid criticism there. 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:39.340 But this was the first time, I think, that I 00:08:39.340 --> 00:08:42.259 had seen all season that Josh committed to the 00:08:42.259 --> 00:08:45.860 structure and Brady felt comfortable unleashing 00:08:45.860 --> 00:08:48.440 that structure on his own timetable. Well, and 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:50.899 I think, too, that, you know, the thing that 00:08:50.899 --> 00:08:52.779 we're still looking for or we wish for, and we 00:08:52.779 --> 00:08:56.200 might never get from Joe Brady, is complexity 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:58.440 that's not on a linear scale. Because that's 00:08:58.440 --> 00:09:00.799 what this feels like. The offense feels like 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:03.860 it is a chunk of plays in a segment that build 00:09:03.860 --> 00:09:06.200 on each other, but it's like it's the blockchain. 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:09.580 It all goes in one direction and there is, you 00:09:09.580 --> 00:09:11.000 know, you would want something where there's 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:13.419 multiple channels or there's different, you know, 00:09:13.419 --> 00:09:17.139 but it just feels like the offense is a streamed 00:09:17.139 --> 00:09:20.259 situation down its linear and it can come out 00:09:20.259 --> 00:09:22.019 of many different formations, but it's kind of 00:09:22.019 --> 00:09:25.100 simplified and it is intended to build on itself 00:09:25.100 --> 00:09:28.350 and have answers for After we hit the James Cook 00:09:28.350 --> 00:09:30.950 wide zone, oh my gosh, we have the counter to 00:09:30.950 --> 00:09:32.950 another running back who was just blocked, you 00:09:32.950 --> 00:09:35.269 know, to whomever. Ty Johnson in a different 00:09:35.269 --> 00:09:37.509 game this season, Ray Davis in another game this 00:09:37.509 --> 00:09:39.789 season, right? Like we have some plays off of 00:09:39.789 --> 00:09:41.190 it where we're going in a completely different 00:09:41.190 --> 00:09:43.009 direction and everybody's flowing in the way 00:09:43.009 --> 00:09:45.490 that they got killed the last time. we're not 00:09:45.490 --> 00:09:47.789 there, right? Like those magician balls look 00:09:47.789 --> 00:09:49.950 great, but you just wish you didn't have to get 00:09:49.950 --> 00:09:52.049 the 15 -yard gain on the previous play to unlock 00:09:52.049 --> 00:09:54.330 that alternate opportunity. Or that there was 00:09:54.330 --> 00:09:56.789 just different builds. Correct. And listen, it's 00:09:56.789 --> 00:09:59.509 going to present a problem against a team I would 00:09:59.509 --> 00:10:01.409 argue like Houston should we face Houston later 00:10:01.409 --> 00:10:03.659 on. Even a team like Denver who we have coming 00:10:03.659 --> 00:10:05.259 up this Saturday, and we'll talk about more in 00:10:05.259 --> 00:10:07.919 the preview, that doesn't need to load the box 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:10.460 so heavily like Jacksonville did to stop the 00:10:10.460 --> 00:10:13.080 run. If they can still free up linebackers to 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:15.659 dart out and take away the close Shakira screen 00:10:15.659 --> 00:10:18.120 while still shutting down James Cook, you know, 00:10:18.179 --> 00:10:19.919 that's when we're really going to see what Brady's 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:22.200 scheme is made of. But in this particular game, 00:10:22.340 --> 00:10:24.919 man, this was a legitimate, talented defense. 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:28.490 Josh trusted it. Brady executed it some flaws 00:10:28.490 --> 00:10:30.450 here and there and ultimately it got the bills 00:10:30.450 --> 00:10:33.110 a win against I would argue a team that was far 00:10:33.110 --> 00:10:35.570 more talented on paper and had a lot of schematic 00:10:35.570 --> 00:10:38.190 advantages in this game But we're able to overcome 00:10:38.190 --> 00:10:40.570 it because of the connection and the buy -in 00:10:40.570 --> 00:10:43.269 from the QB to the OC scheme Yeah, absolutely 00:10:43.269 --> 00:10:47.509 at this point when I look at the AFC field Broncos 00:10:47.509 --> 00:10:50.049 Houston, right? Like I I don't think there's 00:10:50.049 --> 00:10:52.129 another team other beyond those two that I'm 00:10:52.129 --> 00:10:54.129 really worried about the Jaguars one of the top 00:10:54.129 --> 00:10:55.610 three teams I was worried about in the matchups. 00:10:55.710 --> 00:10:58.120 I Everyone, I think, is afraid of Houston. I 00:10:58.120 --> 00:10:59.799 don't think the Bills are ever going to go into 00:10:59.799 --> 00:11:02.620 a matchup with Houston and spam the five man 00:11:02.620 --> 00:11:05.019 protections against that front like they did 00:11:05.019 --> 00:11:07.259 when they like they did when they were in Houston. 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:10.120 They seem to have learned from that massive mistake 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:12.360 later in the season when they met up with other 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:14.860 teams that had solid pass rushers like Pittsburgh 00:11:14.860 --> 00:11:17.659 and things like that. And they. did not leave 00:11:17.659 --> 00:11:20.480 their tackles on islands against elite pass rushers. 00:11:20.779 --> 00:11:23.019 Josh had seven guys in protection on some of 00:11:23.019 --> 00:11:24.779 these checks at the line this game, right? Like, 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:27.159 and that's the other thing, Josh was masterful 00:11:27.159 --> 00:11:29.100 with the line of scrimmage in this game. I don't 00:11:29.100 --> 00:11:31.159 think, I don't remember seeing on the broadcast 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:34.279 a free rusher get loose. Like Josh was a lot 00:11:34.279 --> 00:11:38.179 dialed in. Only on the huge play near the end 00:11:38.179 --> 00:11:41.080 to Brandon Cooks and that free rusher was intentionally 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:44.179 left. They slid protection deep. If he was going 00:11:44.179 --> 00:11:45.820 to come, Josh was going to replace the Blitz 00:11:45.820 --> 00:11:48.720 with the ball. And there was an open guy underneath. 00:11:48.779 --> 00:11:50.860 I don't remember who it was. It might have been 00:11:50.860 --> 00:11:54.279 Keon or Khalil. And Josh just went for the kill 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:57.340 shot, the 40 -yard bomb, right? Because it was 00:11:57.340 --> 00:12:00.559 there, man. It was there. Off his back foot with 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:04.100 a rusher coming free in his face, like just Superman 00:12:04.100 --> 00:12:07.120 stuff. But I don't want to gloss over. mentally 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:09.240 what Josh did in this game. He looked at lead 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:12.000 pre -snap. He really did. He called a great game 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:14.440 at the line. JJ, I want to move on. I want to 00:12:14.440 --> 00:12:16.580 talk about some of the other guys that contributed 00:12:16.580 --> 00:12:20.080 to this game. Old Man Trey White. I put this 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:22.820 out on social media. I was down on the Trey White 00:12:22.820 --> 00:12:25.240 signing. It felt like another retread. And in 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:26.779 fairness, in the first half of the season, he 00:12:26.779 --> 00:12:29.019 did not play great, right? He did not look like 00:12:29.019 --> 00:12:31.220 a player who had a whole lot left in the tank. 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:33.860 Second half of the season rolls around and... 00:12:33.659 --> 00:12:37.419 It is vintage Trey White. He had three absolutely 00:12:37.419 --> 00:12:39.679 massive pass breakups in this game, including 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:41.879 the one at the end where the ball gets tipped 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:43.860 to Cole Bishop, seals the deal, ends the game 00:12:43.860 --> 00:12:47.299 for us. Trey White, I would argue, is the second 00:12:47.299 --> 00:12:49.840 MVP from this game. Yeah, I would not disagree 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:52.860 with that sentiment whatsoever. He, yeah, like 00:12:52.860 --> 00:12:55.080 you said, vintage Trey White. He looked like, 00:12:55.500 --> 00:12:57.200 I don't remember who said it, but somebody was 00:12:57.200 --> 00:13:00.240 like, if Trey White didn't have injuries, and 00:13:00.240 --> 00:13:02.759 looked this good at this stage of his career 00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:05.700 without those gap years where he left in free 00:13:05.700 --> 00:13:08.039 agency and was dinged up, dinged up, dinged up, 00:13:08.139 --> 00:13:10.360 recovering, recovering, recovering. He'd probably 00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:14.159 be on pace for at least have another All -Pro, 00:13:14.259 --> 00:13:16.820 at least be in consideration for if the Bills 00:13:16.820 --> 00:13:18.899 get a championship with him on the team. Hall 00:13:18.899 --> 00:13:20.879 of Fame, right? Probably his interception numbers 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:22.700 would have been high in the seasons he was absent. 00:13:23.629 --> 00:13:26.210 Yeah, it's so sad in the NFL to see players that 00:13:26.210 --> 00:13:28.649 like, you know, they have infinite levels of 00:13:28.649 --> 00:13:31.409 capability and talent, but it's just, you know, 00:13:31.549 --> 00:13:33.590 it's injuries. And so, yeah, no, Trey White looked 00:13:33.590 --> 00:13:35.909 amazing. He had, I think, three or four passes 00:13:35.909 --> 00:13:38.710 defensed. He tipped, of course, the game -winning 00:13:38.710 --> 00:13:41.509 interception to Cole Bishop was off of a Trey 00:13:41.509 --> 00:13:44.809 tip. And then he also appeared out of, I don't 00:13:44.809 --> 00:13:47.620 know, he like... Jumped in a portal on the right 00:13:47.620 --> 00:13:50.700 sideline and then emerged at another portal on 00:13:50.700 --> 00:13:54.500 the right hash to knock that tight end Pass away 00:13:54.500 --> 00:13:56.379 near the goal line. Yeah, Brett and strange pass 00:13:56.379 --> 00:13:57.960 to Brett and strange near the goal line That 00:13:57.960 --> 00:13:59.700 was just like I don't even know he shot out of 00:13:59.700 --> 00:14:03.059 a cannon threw a hand up I mean he looked like 00:14:03.059 --> 00:14:06.500 he was playing fast and we know Trey is not like 00:14:06.500 --> 00:14:10.139 he's never He was in that but he was never exactly 00:14:10.139 --> 00:14:13.559 compared to don't ever say compared to guys like 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:19.580 us Like I I have at times frequented like, you 00:14:19.580 --> 00:14:21.240 know gyms athletic facilities where people work 00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:23.460 out almost every person in there is faster than 00:14:23.460 --> 00:14:26.259 me and they're just like random civilians from 00:14:26.259 --> 00:14:30.860 my small town right like exactly did Find some 00:14:30.860 --> 00:14:32.980 other comparison. All right. We just want full 00:14:32.980 --> 00:14:35.659 context here Like yeah, we are two dudes that 00:14:35.659 --> 00:14:37.919 podcast from our living room saying that like 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:40.840 a supremely talented athlete is not fast but 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:44.000 like Not a shot. Like, relative to his peers, 00:14:44.179 --> 00:14:46.799 he is not fast. But it's always been the technician 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:49.840 side of him. And man, he knew a lot of these 00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:51.860 Jacksonville wide receiver routes better than 00:14:51.860 --> 00:14:54.500 the wide receivers for Jacksonville did. And 00:14:54.500 --> 00:14:56.879 he was jumping routes, he was trusting his instincts, 00:14:57.059 --> 00:14:59.899 and that allowed him to play at a faster level, 00:14:59.899 --> 00:15:01.919 I think, than we have seen him play all season. 00:15:02.220 --> 00:15:03.960 It was just very impressive stuff out of Try. 00:15:04.080 --> 00:15:06.100 And with him here on a one -year deal, you kind 00:15:06.100 --> 00:15:08.620 of hope that Bills gets something done if somebody 00:15:08.620 --> 00:15:11.809 doesn't entice him away. to keep him at the later 00:15:11.809 --> 00:15:14.049 stage. I don't think he would leave. I think 00:15:14.049 --> 00:15:15.730 this is the only place he wants to play. Yeah. 00:15:15.889 --> 00:15:18.549 He did a media hit with Matty Glab for the team 00:15:18.549 --> 00:15:21.370 team website. That was basically that. Like he 00:15:21.370 --> 00:15:23.429 was like, it's a dream come true that I'm back 00:15:23.429 --> 00:15:24.809 here. This is a place I love. I didn't want to 00:15:24.809 --> 00:15:26.830 leave, but I understand why I went, you know. 00:15:26.850 --> 00:15:29.789 And so, yeah, I think he would be back just for 00:15:29.789 --> 00:15:32.970 the pure purpose of. If there's another CB in 00:15:32.970 --> 00:15:34.750 the draft and then also Harrison's development, 00:15:34.929 --> 00:15:37.389 right? Like these young CBs have to be learning 00:15:37.389 --> 00:15:39.809 from him because he seems the type who take that 00:15:39.809 --> 00:15:41.990 on and be serious about it. Yep, without a doubt. 00:15:42.090 --> 00:15:45.889 Old man Shaq Thompson. Yeah. Yeah, I would argue 00:15:45.889 --> 00:15:47.990 the best offseason signing the Brandon B made 00:15:47.990 --> 00:15:50.990 and I put Joey Bosa in there too, who we should 00:15:50.990 --> 00:15:53.250 we should listen. It shouldn't be all positives. 00:15:53.250 --> 00:15:54.990 We should talk about like definitely some of 00:15:54.990 --> 00:15:56.750 the stuff that will need work heading into Denver. 00:15:57.029 --> 00:15:59.769 But man, Shaq Thompson, I mean, had the splash 00:15:59.769 --> 00:16:02.539 play, right? Mm -hmm with the interception. I 00:16:02.539 --> 00:16:04.259 think it was in the first quarter again. Yeah 00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:06.980 against second second drive second Yeah a second 00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:09.379 drive, but then again just all over the field 00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:12.700 the bills were the bills were not They were challenged 00:16:12.700 --> 00:16:15.740 to stop the run, but there was not a large Quantity 00:16:15.740 --> 00:16:17.379 of runs they needed to stop but he was everywhere 00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:19.679 He needed to be in past protection like this 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:22.559 what this is the 80 -20 Sean McDermott defense 00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:24.960 that they want to roll out where this is a defense 00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:27.740 that can stop 80 % of the QB's in the league 00:16:27.740 --> 00:16:31.129 and will be shredded by the elite 20 % I would 00:16:31.129 --> 00:16:34.330 argue there's not anyone in that elite 20 % other 00:16:34.330 --> 00:16:36.509 than maybe our guy who has left in this postseason 00:16:36.509 --> 00:16:39.690 though. And Shaq Thompson was just fluid and 00:16:39.690 --> 00:16:43.009 fluid in coverage. And that's big because Terrell 00:16:43.009 --> 00:16:45.029 Bernard, who is their best coverage linebacker, 00:16:45.029 --> 00:16:47.269 he is still not healthy at this point. So to 00:16:47.269 --> 00:16:49.230 be able to lean on a guy like Shaq Thompson, 00:16:49.289 --> 00:16:51.289 who was dinged up in and of himself, I mean, 00:16:51.429 --> 00:16:55.210 it just allows this scheme to work so well and 00:16:55.210 --> 00:16:59.409 pass protection shift looks. After the snap confused 00:16:59.409 --> 00:17:01.190 QB is what they're what they're seeing pre and 00:17:01.190 --> 00:17:04.349 post snap I mean it should not be undervalued 00:17:04.349 --> 00:17:07.490 what Shaq Thompson's Value to the scheme is when 00:17:07.490 --> 00:17:09.410 it comes to being able to do those things. Yeah, 00:17:09.410 --> 00:17:12.250 absolutely I think that the bigger piece with 00:17:12.250 --> 00:17:15.410 Shaq Thompson is that you don't have a vulnerability 00:17:15.410 --> 00:17:17.789 I think every other linebacker that they have 00:17:17.789 --> 00:17:20.269 presents some kind of vulnerability Matt Milano 00:17:20.269 --> 00:17:23.509 has lost a step with multiple injuries He is 00:17:23.509 --> 00:17:26.410 still great like his his read and react is probably 00:17:26.410 --> 00:17:28.730 one of the best on the team up there and maybe 00:17:28.730 --> 00:17:31.250 even surpassing Shaq Thompson, but he does not 00:17:31.250 --> 00:17:33.589 have the elite juice. He has sparks of it. You 00:17:33.589 --> 00:17:35.589 see it sometimes, but it's not always there. 00:17:35.890 --> 00:17:37.289 And then Terrell Bernard, as you mentioned, great 00:17:37.289 --> 00:17:39.730 coverage linebacker, gets caught up in traffic 00:17:39.730 --> 00:17:42.529 in the run too often, and I think has been injured 00:17:42.529 --> 00:17:44.450 the entire season, has been kind of struggling 00:17:44.450 --> 00:17:45.750 through injury. That's what it looks like, yeah. 00:17:45.769 --> 00:17:47.609 Yeah, I don't know that he'll be back either 00:17:47.609 --> 00:17:49.930 for next week. So yeah, I mean, and then you 00:17:49.930 --> 00:17:52.009 have the ageless Jordan Poirier who unfortunately 00:17:52.009 --> 00:17:54.990 tweaked the same hamstring that he had already 00:17:54.990 --> 00:17:57.740 injured and missed some time with. Worried about 00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:59.299 him. I think that they already rule. He's already 00:17:59.299 --> 00:18:01.220 ruled out for Saturday against Denver Yeah, I 00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:03.640 feel like they they have to take Hancock off 00:18:03.640 --> 00:18:05.920 the field and put Kam Lewis in for Jordan poor 00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:08.460 You read my mind I was gonna when we got to like 00:18:08.460 --> 00:18:10.720 some of the areas where we wouldn't need to adjust 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:14.000 for for Saturday, right? Yeah, stay on kudos. 00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:16.740 Yeah kudos, but then we'll get to Hancock both 00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:18.240 close it out We'll close it out with all the 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:20.000 bad stuff, which is the way that we do in this 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:22.900 pad. That's what we do, right? Compliment sandwich. 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:27.950 Yeah, exactly. Yeah, no I think in general, the 00:18:27.950 --> 00:18:31.029 coverage was connected. We've talked about that 00:18:31.029 --> 00:18:33.589 before too. When it was bad early in the season 00:18:33.589 --> 00:18:36.369 with pass defense, largely it was because they 00:18:36.369 --> 00:18:38.049 weren't connected. They weren't filling where 00:18:38.049 --> 00:18:40.009 they needed to fill. They weren't chained together 00:18:40.009 --> 00:18:43.190 and handing off receivers where they needed to. 00:18:43.369 --> 00:18:45.230 This game, they definitely were doing that. They 00:18:45.230 --> 00:18:48.289 were communicating in that environment. It's 00:18:48.289 --> 00:18:50.670 actually interesting. I think it might be a little 00:18:50.670 --> 00:18:52.509 bit easier in the NFL to play defense on the 00:18:52.509 --> 00:18:56.700 road because The stadium is quiet, right? They're 00:18:56.700 --> 00:18:59.380 quiet for their offense. And so their communication 00:18:59.380 --> 00:19:01.779 looked excellent the whole game through. Yeah. 00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.980 Who else do you want to get to? Rousseau, do 00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:04.460 you want to talk to Rousseau now? Yeah, I'll 00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:06.380 talk about Greg Rousseau because, I mean, he 00:19:06.380 --> 00:19:08.839 had a sack, right? But he was in the backfield 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:11.960 for the majority of this game. He was, he, I 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:14.140 know, listen, I know the Jags had a lot of success 00:19:14.140 --> 00:19:17.019 running to the outside tackles in this particular 00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:19.269 game. But a lot of that was, and again, I got 00:19:19.269 --> 00:19:22.049 to rewatch it, but by my count, just in my notebook, 00:19:22.089 --> 00:19:25.190 watching on the broadcast, that was almost exclusively 00:19:25.190 --> 00:19:27.589 to Joey Bosa's side of the field. He was getting 00:19:27.589 --> 00:19:29.869 out of position all the time. He was just like, 00:19:30.329 --> 00:19:32.369 he just could not keep contained in the run game 00:19:32.369 --> 00:19:35.150 at all. He was, have you ever seen the Dark Knight 00:19:35.150 --> 00:19:38.869 Rises? Yeah, yeah, you know the Bain line when 00:19:38.869 --> 00:19:40.630 him and Batman are fighting and like the sewer 00:19:40.630 --> 00:19:42.589 or whatever it is He's like you fight like a 00:19:42.589 --> 00:19:44.670 younger man with nothing held back. That's exactly 00:19:44.670 --> 00:19:47.109 what Bosa was doing, right? He was playing like 00:19:47.109 --> 00:19:49.630 a wild out -of -control rookie at a lot of times 00:19:49.630 --> 00:19:52.430 As if he had the recovery speed to correct all 00:19:52.430 --> 00:19:54.710 of the mistakes he was making with his rush choices 00:19:54.710 --> 00:19:57.269 Yeah, right, right, but so I mean but that that 00:19:57.269 --> 00:19:59.289 listen man people don't want to run a Gregor 00:19:59.289 --> 00:20:01.170 so side of the field That's great. You know what 00:20:01.170 --> 00:20:03.230 I mean, and then impact and then in pass rush. 00:20:03.410 --> 00:20:07.009 He won his one -on -ones against right? Not a 00:20:07.009 --> 00:20:10.069 not a elite, but I think a very stout group of 00:20:10.069 --> 00:20:11.869 offensive tackles in this game for Jacksonville 00:20:11.869 --> 00:20:14.910 Yeah, and I think that you know we can we can 00:20:14.910 --> 00:20:16.829 definitely on the preview show We'll talk a lot 00:20:16.829 --> 00:20:18.569 more about the Broncos that they're gonna have 00:20:18.569 --> 00:20:20.609 to step up even more. That's a different That's 00:20:20.609 --> 00:20:22.670 the best offensive line probably in the NFL. 00:20:22.809 --> 00:20:26.069 Yeah up there with the Bills and Seattle. I don't 00:20:26.069 --> 00:20:29.200 know. Who do you think is? I, yeah, no, I would 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:31.359 say, I would say Seattle, which is crazy to think 00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:32.799 about because they've never had a good offensive 00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:35.859 line. I would say Seattle. I would probably throw 00:20:35.859 --> 00:20:38.740 the LA Rams in there a little bit, right? Our 00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:42.059 guys and then yeah, Denver's clear, heads and 00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:43.920 tails in a roll. Yeah. So it's going to be different, 00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:45.599 but I do think, you know, I liked what I saw 00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:47.740 from Rousseau. I thought that Deon Walker had 00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:50.559 some good snaps. He was taking a snapshot over 00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:53.000 almost every defensive tackle in this game. So 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:55.299 he's sort of elevated, especially in a game where 00:20:55.299 --> 00:21:00.079 they... Joby's a healthy scratch. That's a crap 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:01.859 signing. That sure is. We're going to keep it 00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:04.740 positive, but that's a guy maybe after he was 00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:06.180 suspended. We probably should have got rid of 00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:08.940 him pre -season. Cut that contract up. Yeah. 00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:12.099 So what else you got to get to? We have to talk 00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:14.779 about McDermott man because he has caught flack 00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:17.680 everywhere in Bill's Mafia There are still people 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:21.380 after this game screaming fire McDermott Listen, 00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:24.819 I've got I have I have my own concerns if Joe 00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:27.619 Brady goes to a college coaching job And Sean 00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:30.160 McDermott is asked to pick the guy to rebuild 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:32.180 this offense for the fourth time. I've got real 00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:34.660 concerns about that I no longer have concerns 00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:37.559 about his game management. He was flawless in 00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:41.000 this game. He called a great game made all the 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:43.880 right decisions on challenges. I, I understand 00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:46.480 the argument for maybe fans wanting to take a 00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:50.039 knee on that first down just in the, for the 00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:52.660 go ahead possession where Josh Tush pushed it 00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:54.660 in. I understand wanting to run more time off 00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:57.279 the clock. But I think it is paramount that you 00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:59.599 score there. And I like the fact that McDermott 00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:02.200 ripped the Band -Aid off and then trusted his 00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:04.700 defense, which had been muddying the picture 00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:07.140 on Trevor Lawrence all day, trusting his defense 00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:10.440 to go out there and get 59 seconds to stop, knowing 00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:13.200 that the opposing team was in a must pass situation. 00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:16.519 So I loved it. I loved it. How badly do you think 00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:19.220 Bill's Mafia would have unanimously pooped their 00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:22.559 pants if they scored and there was only 13 seconds 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:25.849 left after like a kneel? I was thinking about 00:22:25.849 --> 00:22:30.289 Team of Destiny. In that moment, I was like waiting 00:22:30.289 --> 00:22:32.490 for that to happen because I'm like, oh my, I 00:22:32.490 --> 00:22:34.769 won't be able to watch the last play. Right. 00:22:35.109 --> 00:22:37.329 Exactly. Exactly. No, it would have been Jacksonville 00:22:37.329 --> 00:22:39.329 as a Team of Destiny. They're the new Chiefs, 00:22:39.410 --> 00:22:42.319 right? It would be crazy. No, I liked it. I liked 00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:44.160 everything about how McDermott handled this game 00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:47.460 and he's he's winning challenges now Yeah, it's 00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:49.779 like a switch has flipped and all of a sudden 00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:52.299 like the man who hadn't won a challenge in his 00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:54.859 first like Decade in the league as a head coach 00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:56.839 now all of a sudden is on a little bit of a hot 00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:58.359 streak Which I love he's making great decisions 00:22:58.359 --> 00:23:01.059 think it's delegation I think they ended up just 00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:03.079 do you remember like because I don't know most 00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:04.940 bills fans don't pay this close of attention 00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:07.460 But I think we both do where like it's like blah 00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:10.220 blah blah is announced as the new like game day 00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:12.920 analysis assistant and like every year there's 00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:16.019 like a new hiring and you never see a firing 00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:19.480 i feel like there's a team of like 29 poindexters 00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:21.940 in a box somewhere just like crunching numbers 00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:24.180 and being like challenge it you know yep yeah 00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:26.779 go for it just go for it Good job delegating 00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:28.819 McDermott. Yes. Thank you, nerds. Thank you, 00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:30.720 nerds, for helping Sean McDermott. We appreciate 00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:33.039 you. But yeah, man, I mean, I think, and there's 00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:35.000 some other flowers to go around. Obviously Kahlil 00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:37.839 Shakir for his reliability in this game. I mean, 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:40.880 again, if he is not as effective at those four 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:43.819 yards, three yards, five yards, six yards on 00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:46.099 that peppering of screens, I mean, this game 00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:48.119 looks a lot different and a lot of these opportunities 00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:51.299 don't open up. So his ability to be a great pass 00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:53.940 catcher, a security blanket for Josh I think 00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:56.200 was a huge one too. And then, I mean, listen, 00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:59.220 credit to Dalton Kincaid and Dawson Knox too. 00:23:59.339 --> 00:24:01.140 Like they didn't hit the 11th, they didn't hit 00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:03.099 the over on the 11 and a half receptions I thought 00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:05.660 they would. I was a little bit surprised we weren't 00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:08.200 using tight ends more in this game. It might've 00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:10.779 made our life and Josh's life a little bit easier, 00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:14.640 especially early on, but they too secured all 00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:16.809 their opportunities. I mean. Dawson Knox has 00:24:16.809 --> 00:24:20.529 had big drop issues his entire career, and he 00:24:20.529 --> 00:24:22.869 proved to be really reliable. And then freaking 00:24:22.869 --> 00:24:25.569 Dalton Kincaid just streaking down the sideline 00:24:25.569 --> 00:24:27.490 on that on that touchdown of the fourth quarter 00:24:27.490 --> 00:24:31.009 was just poetry in motion that he looks like 00:24:31.009 --> 00:24:33.349 a great wide receiver. When I watch him play, 00:24:33.369 --> 00:24:35.710 I do not see a tight end. No, I know. Yeah, I 00:24:35.710 --> 00:24:38.849 know. He's he's especially talented. He feels 00:24:38.849 --> 00:24:40.950 like he feels a little bit like his story. I 00:24:40.950 --> 00:24:42.490 hope his story doesn't go the way of Tray whites, 00:24:42.490 --> 00:24:44.210 because that's the other thing is injuries have 00:24:44.210 --> 00:24:46.480 derailed so much of his potential. the bills 00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:50.200 put him on the shelf or snap limit him game after 00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:52.079 game because he's got this knee thing that's 00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:54.980 like recurring for two years now and then I continue 00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:57.799 to be worried about so at this time let's revisit 00:24:57.799 --> 00:25:01.640 our our predictions let's do it had we both picked 00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:04.559 the bills to win by three points I had 31 28 00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:08.230 you had 34 31 so pretty good Yeah, we were really 00:25:08.230 --> 00:25:10.930 close to the final score, just a little bit higher 00:25:10.930 --> 00:25:14.650 with production. Then I had Joey, Joey Bosa over 00:25:14.650 --> 00:25:17.250 one and a half sacks. He had no sacks at all. 00:25:17.930 --> 00:25:19.950 This was so, he was a tough watch. He had a bad 00:25:19.950 --> 00:25:22.690 game. This was a tough watch. Like he's been 00:25:22.690 --> 00:25:26.609 bad in run contain all season. Like he, I don't 00:25:26.609 --> 00:25:29.829 want to pin the run defense issues on him. Terrell 00:25:29.829 --> 00:25:32.190 Bernard stinks in the run. We've talked about 00:25:32.190 --> 00:25:35.009 this. Like, like there are a lot of big issues 00:25:35.009 --> 00:25:37.369 with the run game, but But the fact that teams 00:25:37.369 --> 00:25:39.450 feel so comfortable running to his side of the 00:25:39.450 --> 00:25:41.390 ball, knowing that he will not keep contained. 00:25:41.750 --> 00:25:43.569 I mean, even some of his like, even some of his 00:25:43.569 --> 00:25:46.230 pass rush reps, like I can't remember what quarter 00:25:46.230 --> 00:25:48.369 it was, but it's when we had Jacksonville backed 00:25:48.369 --> 00:25:51.170 up into their own end zone, right? And Bosa, 00:25:51.430 --> 00:25:54.930 like a man, had he just taken the outside loop 00:25:54.930 --> 00:25:58.230 against his assignment, easy safety. And instead 00:25:58.230 --> 00:26:03.549 he cuts it inside and leaves his entire assignment. 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:07.079 his entire field assignment open for Trevor Lawrence 00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:11.119 to scamper for 35 yards. I like what Bosa's brought 00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:14.119 to the table this year. I also think that dude 00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:17.420 needs to take a sleeping pill or a trank before 00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:19.519 a game and just bring it down a couple of notches. 00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:22.579 I think that we hope to see, so Bosa playing 00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:24.900 for the Chargers for so many years, we hope to 00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:28.579 see a rejuvenated and more dialed in Joey Bosa 00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:30.500 for this Denver game because this is a known 00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:33.539 opponent to him. for years in a known stadium 00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:36.059 for his entire career. Let's see what Joey brings 00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:39.220 in the Denver divisional round and before we 00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:42.339 stamp him a failure in the playoffs. And I know 00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:44.380 you weren't doing that anyway. Yeah, not doing 00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:46.839 that. But he's got a lot to clean up. He's always 00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:49.559 rushing the passer. Jacksonville could have been 00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:52.009 in the wildcat. and running out of the backfield 00:26:52.009 --> 00:26:53.849 with Travis Etienne, he'd be like, kill the quarterback, 00:26:53.930 --> 00:26:56.130 right? Like, he's just, he's got to modulate. 00:26:56.329 --> 00:26:58.430 Like, he's just got a situational awareness man. 00:26:58.430 --> 00:27:00.609 He runs away from the box to where Trevor Lawrence 00:27:00.609 --> 00:27:04.049 is lined up at the receiver and just like, pushes 00:27:04.049 --> 00:27:06.769 him into the sideline, right? Got him, right? 00:27:06.769 --> 00:27:09.230 Got him. No, he's a maniac, but in the wrong 00:27:09.230 --> 00:27:11.569 ways. You know who he reminds me of? Yannick 00:27:11.569 --> 00:27:14.369 Ngocwe. You remember that guy? That guy was, 00:27:14.670 --> 00:27:17.740 no matter what. He would just run, run to the 00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:20.599 QB in a straight line as humanly possible, right? 00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:24.079 Even E .J. Manuel could get him on a slip screen, 00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:27.200 right? Yes. Just, yeah. I mean, anything you 00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:30.579 want to do offensively, slip screen, the QB run, 00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:33.119 outside zone, just run it to both the side of 00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:34.539 the field because all he's thinking about is 00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:36.539 killing the QB. Yeah, no doubt, no doubt. Yeah. 00:27:36.670 --> 00:27:38.630 I will say, you know, on that, you mentioned 00:27:38.630 --> 00:27:40.869 the Bosa play where he had a sure fire safety 00:27:40.869 --> 00:27:42.549 if he just would have stayed in his rush lane. 00:27:42.789 --> 00:27:45.730 Mitch Wyshnawski with the freaking prettiest 00:27:45.730 --> 00:27:47.789 coffin corner kick I ever saw. I thought the 00:27:47.789 --> 00:27:49.430 refs messed that one up and it should have been 00:27:49.430 --> 00:27:51.670 spotted at like the half yard mark. But, you 00:27:51.670 --> 00:27:53.390 know, they they have a chip in the ball they 00:27:53.390 --> 00:27:56.410 don't use. So we'll we'll trust their eye, their 00:27:56.410 --> 00:27:58.950 old man eyeballs. Please get this right. Please 00:27:58.950 --> 00:28:00.809 get the spotting. Spotting the ball is a little 00:28:00.809 --> 00:28:03.150 bit rough in this game. Yeah, yeah. We kind of 00:28:03.150 --> 00:28:07.779 talked about Jordan Hancock. I. I'm 50 -50 with 00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:09.480 you that Kam Lewis should be getting more reps. 00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:12.599 I just think Kam Lewis has been an underrated 00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:15.160 piece of this defense, and I like it when he's 00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:17.259 on the field. And if we can get Johnson and him 00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:20.019 on the field together at some point, with Lewis 00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:21.960 in the safety role, especially now with Poyer 00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:23.900 ruled out, I like that, because we don't lose 00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:25.839 anything in run fits with Lewis on the field, 00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:28.200 and I do think he's plus in coverage. Part of 00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:31.119 me is like, do you let Hancock take his lumps 00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:34.660 in this particular case, but... I, it's the postseason. 00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:36.200 You got to pull out all the stops. I agree. I 00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:38.039 want to see more camp Lewis. Cause I think Hancock 00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:40.640 had a re he played like a rookie, like he had, 00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:42.619 he had a rookie game in the plan for the first 00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:44.559 time in the playoffs. He had a hard time. Yes, 00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:47.339 he really did. I mean, outside of that man. I 00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:49.319 don't have too many more complaints about this 00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:52.059 game. I mean, it was really solid. Really solid 00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:53.980 all the way around. We will do a preview pod 00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:56.140 for all of you listening at home here, and we'll 00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:58.440 fully dig into the Stem or Broncos game. But 00:28:58.440 --> 00:29:00.759 JJ, any early thoughts that you want people to 00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:03.980 keep in mind as we head into a week here as we 00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:07.960 prep for the pod? With my kind of Bill's Buddies 00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:10.700 Facebook Messenger group chat, which you would 00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:12.900 absolutely be part of if you use that particular 00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:15.599 social media app. What's the app? It's Facebook 00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:17.809 Messenger. I don't use that. Yeah, exactly. You 00:29:17.809 --> 00:29:20.569 don't use Facebook stuff. I am not on any social 00:29:20.569 --> 00:29:22.670 media. I just manage what we have for the pod. 00:29:22.789 --> 00:29:24.029 I don't have any personal social media. That's 00:29:24.029 --> 00:29:25.890 good for you. Yeah, you recommended a book to 00:29:25.890 --> 00:29:29.210 me about that and I never read it. So anyway, 00:29:29.569 --> 00:29:33.049 this is good. Thank you for your honesty. To 00:29:33.049 --> 00:29:35.230 get all the way in the longest way possible around 00:29:35.230 --> 00:29:39.269 to my point. Somebody in there was making fun 00:29:39.269 --> 00:29:42.380 of me as the. You know the scat man song like 00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:44.059 skit, skit, skit, dot, and boop, like that song. 00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:46.799 He sent a message and was like, huh, I don't 00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:48.519 know anything about these Denver Broncos. And 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:51.380 then started singing scat man at his desk at 00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:55.039 his work job until my message popped up because 00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:57.500 he changed the word scat man to stat man. Because 00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:59.400 that's my role in the group. I'm just like, well, 00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:01.880 let's dig into it. All right. So I checked all 00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:04.980 the defensive DBOAs, offensive DBOAs, and my 00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:07.980 assessment for everyone listening in the most 00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:10.539 simplified fashion. Denver is better as a pass 00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:12.880 defense, worse as a run defense, but only slightly 00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:14.619 because there's still a very good run defense. 00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:18.579 They are better on offense with being balanced, 00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:21.000 not as much relying on the pass as the Jaguars 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:24.440 are. And Denver's outside receivers are not as 00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:26.960 skilled. Bo Nix is on the same level as Trevor 00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:29.500 Lawrence. That's my summary. That's a good summary. 00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:31.880 Much better offensive line. Their sack percentage 00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:34.740 is like less than half of Jaguars. Yeah, I don't 00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:37.299 think. Rousseau's not getting a sack against 00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:40.559 Denver Broncos. Right, I agree. It'll be interesting 00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:42.140 for me to see one of the things that I'm really 00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:45.519 going to dig into. Liam Cohen got a lot of, I 00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:48.759 think, criticism for not running the ball more 00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:51.680 when it was obviously working with Basial Tutin 00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:54.759 and Travis Etienne. I mean, I think together 00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:57.460 they only combined for something like 14 carries 00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:59.640 and they averaged close to 10 yards of carry 00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:01.880 combined between the two. I mean, just the run 00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:04.670 defense, our run defense sucks. I wonder. if 00:31:04.670 --> 00:31:07.549 Sean Payton is going to put Bonix in mothballs 00:31:07.549 --> 00:31:10.289 and just be like, especially in that altitude, 00:31:11.089 --> 00:31:13.930 gas this Buffalo Bills defense early by pounding 00:31:13.930 --> 00:31:16.809 the rock, take it all out of them, and then unleash 00:31:16.809 --> 00:31:18.670 Bonix a little bit in the second half of the 00:31:18.670 --> 00:31:21.369 game to kind of in a pull away situation, depending 00:31:21.369 --> 00:31:23.930 on where the game script is. I just, I still 00:31:23.930 --> 00:31:27.069 feel like the vulnerability of this team is an 00:31:27.069 --> 00:31:28.710 opposing head coach being like, you know what? 00:31:28.829 --> 00:31:31.690 This is QB optional today, guys, because if you 00:31:31.690 --> 00:31:36.150 can get 10 yards, seven yards a carry, that is 00:31:36.150 --> 00:31:38.950 as good, if not better than passing the ball 00:31:38.950 --> 00:31:41.930 on this Buffalo Bills defense, right? So why 00:31:41.930 --> 00:31:44.549 wouldn't you do, why wouldn't you in the yardage 00:31:44.549 --> 00:31:47.269 economy make that choice? So I feel like the 00:31:47.269 --> 00:31:48.910 team that, if there is a team that knocks off 00:31:48.910 --> 00:31:50.750 the bills, they're going to decide to just mothball 00:31:50.750 --> 00:31:53.190 their QB. And Liam Cohen didn't, and I get it. 00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:55.440 Again, we've been saying it, dance with what 00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:57.319 got you there. And this is a pass forward team. 00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:59.480 He's got a lot of confidence in his young QB, 00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:02.900 justifiably so. And Trevor Lawrence, outside 00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:05.000 of that pick at the end of the game, was pretty 00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:07.859 automatic in the fourth quarter. Like, had Josh 00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:09.819 Allen not done Josh Allen things at the end of 00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:12.259 that game, we might be talking about Trevor Lawrence 00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:14.599 with one of the better fourth quarter performances 00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:16.819 for a QB we've seen in a long time in the playoffs. 00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:19.779 Yeah, you were right before Travis Etienne and 00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:22.579 Bischel Tooten combined for 14 carries. Basial 00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:25.680 tootin average almost 13 yards a carry in Travis. 00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:28.259 He's had an average almost seven. So break, right? 00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:31.059 Yeah, they got away from it. And thank you team. 00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:32.599 Thank you teams. I think we talked about this 00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:35.079 in the preview pod. Thank you teams for getting 00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:37.119 for getting a little bit scared of Josh Allen 00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:39.799 and abandoning your run in the third and fourth 00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:41.859 quarters of games. Like that's a meat. Keep doing 00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:44.660 that. Yes, please do. Please ultimately do that. 00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:46.480 Yes, we appreciate you. But yeah, man, that's 00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:48.759 all I got. It was a great win, a gutty, hard 00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:51.460 nosed win. They're gonna need a couple more of 00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:52.960 these if they're gonna make it to the Super Bowl 00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:55.420 because it's it's just a hard hard road from 00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:57.579 here Going up against a defense's talented as 00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:59.400 Denver, but I'm looking forward to it man I'm 00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:00.700 looking forward to breaking it down on the preview 00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:02.799 pod as well two more games And then they could 00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:06.359 be in the Super Bowl one more two more games. 00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:08.559 Yeah, it's all we need Why do we just need one 00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:10.960 before we die? But there will be definitely more 00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:13.400 than one more episode of this pod coming up So 00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:15.140 for all of you listening at home like share and 00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:17.460 subscribe as always where we get your pods Hit 00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:19.819 us up on YouTube Apple and Spotify and as always 00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:20.960 go bills go bills