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Who & What to be Thankful For: Buffalo Bills Thanksgiving Special | DC · Disguised Coverage

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  Speaker 1: It's thirty eight. All bills can win In here, Wake
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  Speaker 1: puts it down, the kick is on the way, and
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  Speaker 1: d dock and the bill good one? How the hell
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  Speaker 1: that one.
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  Speaker 2: Home?
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  Speaker 1: How one? They were a party one not party way? Incredible?
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  Speaker 2: Why not combat by my bell?
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  Speaker 1: Jacksonville's perfect record on the line right here.
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  Speaker 2: Quick.
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  Speaker 1: Kicking, look excited.
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  Speaker 2: Touchdown Kyle Williams touchdound amazing, unbelievable. They puttied william who's
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  Speaker 1: What's good? Folks, Family, Friends, loved ones, enemies, friendemies, Wizards,
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  Speaker 1: which is Muggles, mud bloods, people of Middle Earth. To
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  Speaker 1: a Thanksgiving edition of Disguise Coverage. The only podcast that
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  Speaker 1: gives you an equal amount of blueberries in each muffin,
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  Speaker 1: Happy things Giving to all of you folks tuning in,
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  Speaker 1: whether you're watching live now, whether you're watching on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
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  Speaker 1: whatever have you. It is Thanksgiving week, a bit of
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  Speaker 1: a holiday theme in this episode tonight off of the
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  Speaker 1: regularly scheduled matchup episode that we do in season. But
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  Speaker 1: Happy Thanksgiving to all of you folks. Hope you are
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  Speaker 1: enjoying the week, if you observe the holiday and you're
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  Speaker 1: ready to cram in some football and some food and
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  Speaker 1: all of that good stuff. Thank you for tuning in again,
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  Speaker 1: whether you're watching live, watching later, listening, podcasting, gaps, platforms,
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  Speaker 1: all of that kind of stuff in this episode. Pretty straightforward.
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  Speaker 1: I think this is again. I thought it was a
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  Speaker 1: fun idea. I hope to kind of tie in the
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  Speaker 1: holiday and tye in really kind of how this Bill
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  Speaker 1: season has gone. Them sitting at nine and two coming
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  Speaker 1: out of the bye week, looking to course correct and
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  Speaker 1: kind of batting down the hatches for the regular season
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  Speaker 1: stretch and then push into the playoffs. I really thought
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  Speaker 1: there was a variety of outcomes that this team could have.
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  Speaker 1: I thought, of all things went well, I could see
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  Speaker 1: them being like a three or four loss team. I thought,
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  Speaker 1: of things didn't go so well, it'd be like six
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  Speaker 1: or seven losses. If things really went off the rails,
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  Speaker 1: maybe like eight or nine losses. But I thought somewhere
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  Speaker 1: between three to four losses all the way up to
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  Speaker 1: like six or seven. And you know, the injuries that
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  Speaker 1: this team has fought through the schedule that they've had,
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  Speaker 1: and what they've overcome, the new players coming in, new
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  Speaker 1: full time coordinators on each side, new position coaches on
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  Speaker 1: the entirety of the defensive side of the ball, all
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  Speaker 1: of the things that they've kind of been able to
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  Speaker 1: mitigate and piece together and put all into one to
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  Speaker 1: be nine and two with the spot of the season.
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  Speaker 1: I really hope I'm not jinxing them by saying everything
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  Speaker 1: I'm about to say. And I thought, given all of that,
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  Speaker 1: and given the potential of where they could be right
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  Speaker 1: now instead of being nine and two, all within this
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  Speaker 1: I haven't I've never said rebuild, but all within this
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  Speaker 1: kind of revamp type of year. This wasn't a full teardown.
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  Speaker 1: This wasn't a full rebuild or reset, but it was
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  Speaker 1: a bit of a revamp, changing and tweaking some body
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  Speaker 1: types and some philosophical and some identity pieces on both
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  Speaker 1: sides of the ball. Again, the new coaches, players, all
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  Speaker 1: of that stuff moving in that vein and in that direction.
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  Speaker 1: I think there was a realistic shot where you're sitting
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  Speaker 1: here eleven games in and you're not nine to two.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you're six and five, maybe you're seven and four,
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  Speaker 1: but I think things have gone relatively well. And I
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  Speaker 1: thought within that and within the Thanksgiving mood and theme
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  Speaker 1: of this week, I wanted to go through and kind
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  Speaker 1: of go with what I'm thankful for with this Buffalo
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  Speaker 1: Bills team, player wise, position wise, coaching pieces, structural elements.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna get through a bunch of it. And for
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  Speaker 1: those of you joining me live, I'd love to hear
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  Speaker 1: your answers as well. I want to make this as
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  Speaker 1: interactive as possible in the holiday episode. So if you've
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  Speaker 1: got things that you're thankful for in this team, whether
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  Speaker 1: it's a certain player, whether it's a position group, whether
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  Speaker 1: it's a certain moment in a certain game, anything and
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  Speaker 1: everything is available to be spoken about on this show.
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  Speaker 1: Put it up into the chat. I will bring them
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  Speaker 1: up as we go through. If you are not watching live,
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  Speaker 1: feel free to put your answers into the YouTube comments.
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  Speaker 1: Blue Sky, whatever have you. Feel free to put kind
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  Speaker 1: of whatever comments you want into there in terms of
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  Speaker 1: what you're thankful for. Yeah, and I think this would
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  Speaker 1: be a pretty fun episode. I'm kind of excited for.
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  Speaker 1: We'll get through. I'm gonna go through mine. I've got five,
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  Speaker 1: but they kind of are overarching a little bit. I
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  Speaker 1: tried to combine as many into broader terms and topics
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  Speaker 1: while getting into the details with bullet points rather than
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  Speaker 1: listening out like fifteen niche details or try to combine
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  Speaker 1: things as much as humanly possible in order to kind
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  Speaker 1: of streamline things here. If you are enjoying this episode,
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  Speaker 1: light on this video so we start to go forward here.
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  Speaker 1: I'm want to grab some comments already. Joe was the
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  Speaker 1: first one in here, and Joe says things, I'm thankful
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  Speaker 1: for the bills, cheesecake, play action, and the cheese, the
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  Speaker 1: sauce ratio, the cheese, the sauce ratio of course a
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  Speaker 1: reference to the sponsor of the show. Onepie Pizza, the
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  Speaker 1: best pizza in Buffalo, New York. Homemade blue cheese, great cheese,
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  Speaker 1: of sauce ratio on the pie cup, and char pepperoni.
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  Speaker 1: Just really tremendous stuff. Also in the middle of their
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  Speaker 1: Toys for Tots Drive, I will be oh pulling up
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  Speaker 1: a graphic for that later with the incentives and prizes
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  Speaker 1: and all that kind of stuff. Appreciate Joe being here
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  Speaker 1: and for showing some love in the inside Joke world
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  Speaker 1: for the sponsor, Kmorey say, I'm thankful for the equal
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  Speaker 1: number of blueberries, and each muffin is a person of
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  Speaker 1: Middle Earth. Well done. I appreciate you referencing the intro.
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  Speaker 1: I also appreciate love for the intro. I've gotten a cup.
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  Speaker 1: I think most people are cool with it. I've got
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  Speaker 1: some really negative and hateful comments towards the intro, so
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  Speaker 1: it's nice to kind of see where people are at
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  Speaker 1: our j saying happy Thanksgiving everyone. It would be amazing
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  Speaker 1: if the Bills could clinch the division on Sunday night.
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  Speaker 1: Oh I am up for I'm always torn a little
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  Speaker 1: I'm always up for clinching as early as possible so
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  Speaker 1: you can rest guys and take your foot off the
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  Speaker 1: gas where possible. But I also like the idea of
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  Speaker 1: kind of just staying sharp and having to play every
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  Speaker 1: week as if it's your last going forward. So I'm
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  Speaker 1: always torn a little bit, but you know, I'm a
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  Speaker 1: high four kind of guy. Take what you can get.
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  Speaker 1: If they could clinch as early as possible, I would
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  Speaker 1: love that. Charles coming in and saying thankful for Chromer,
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  Speaker 1: Brady and Babbage very fair. Ooh love this coming from
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  Speaker 1: Jonahs saying one pie is goaded. They absolutely are. Oh
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  Speaker 1: question here from aid and saying, how worried are you
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  Speaker 1: about a forty nine ers trap game? Sure they are hurt,
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  Speaker 1: but I think they should not be overlooked. I completely agree.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see how the injuries progress going forward. I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to talk about a couple pieces tonight potentially as we
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  Speaker 1: go forward, but I still don't think you can overlook them.
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  Speaker 1: There are quality players on both sides of the ball
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  Speaker 1: For the Niners. I know they have underachieved this year,
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  Speaker 1: and the injuries, like you mentioned, aiden have been a
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  Speaker 1: significant significant part of that. They haven't been as sharp
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  Speaker 1: schematically in a lot of areas. Again, I think that's
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  Speaker 1: tied to the injuries, especially upfront on the defensive line,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, the changes from last year who they
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  Speaker 1: are this year being banged up in the secondary different
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  Speaker 1: points then again offensively, and how that kind of ties
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  Speaker 1: in from a game script perspective. But yeah, I'm not
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  Speaker 1: overlooking the forty nine ers in any way, shape or form. Obviously.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think it's as tough of a matchup as
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  Speaker 1: I did when the schedule first came out. I was
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  Speaker 1: looking at this game as kind of the hardest game
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  Speaker 1: on the schedule really just from a you know, previous
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  Speaker 1: year going into this one. I you know, depending on
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  Speaker 1: how you look at Kansas City and San Francisco again
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  Speaker 1: coming into the season, but the Bills that had success
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  Speaker 1: against Kansas City, I really thought the Niners were a
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  Speaker 1: real strong squad on both sides of the ball. Potentially
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  Speaker 1: again defensively they changed coming into the season. And then
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  Speaker 1: I think it's like the after the schedule came out.
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  Speaker 1: We saw the changes they went through defensively, and things
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  Speaker 1: haven't really worked out for them on that side of
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  Speaker 1: the ball compared to the bar that I think is
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  Speaker 1: normally set for them. Then the injuries on offense and all,
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  Speaker 1: everything's kind of snowballed. I'm not overlooking them. I still
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  Speaker 1: think their team that can get you. Obviously, they're just
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  Speaker 1: not as strong as kind of the anticipation for them
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  Speaker 1: was earlier in this season. Daniels saying I think the
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  Speaker 1: Bills were six and five at this point last year
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  Speaker 1: says go Bills, Happy Thanksgiving Bills fans like that from Daniel. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think there were six and five, six and six,
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  Speaker 1: somewhere in that range. I remember them being six and
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  Speaker 1: six and then going on the wind streak coming out
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  Speaker 1: of the by, which is very nice. Ralph saying thank
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  Speaker 1: you for a great dead cap season. Hey, if you
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  Speaker 1: have a bunch of dead cap and a revamp and
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  Speaker 1: be nine and two and being, you know, the only
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  Speaker 1: team to knock off the Chiefs so far this year,
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  Speaker 1: I think that's not bad. Aaron saying thankful for the
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  Speaker 1: development of young talent that was either behind former starters
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  Speaker 1: or rookie rookies coming in. That's going to be happening
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  Speaker 1: in this episode. I'm going to speak on that. Aiden
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  Speaker 1: I'm thankful for any equal want of blueberries and each muffin.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely well done, well done, Kya Moury says and is
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  Speaker 1: thankful for how they defend Mesh on fourth down. I
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  Speaker 1: love the references to previous episodes and previous things that
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  Speaker 1: are that have happened, So I appreciate I appreciate you
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  Speaker 1: being here, Kaya Moury, and for obviously watching last week.
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  Speaker 1: That comment from Kayamory is a reference to one of
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  Speaker 1: the segments I did with Joe Marino last week when
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  Speaker 1: he was on the show. In terms of like favorite
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  Speaker 1: moments or plays from the year, My answer, along with Joe,
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  Speaker 1: was the Josh Allen run the scramble for the touchdown
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  Speaker 1: against Kansas City last week. But you know, just to
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  Speaker 1: kind of give a differing thought, you know, a little
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  Speaker 1: niche detail that I loved was, yeah, how they've been
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  Speaker 1: passing off Mesh when in cover one, no pun intended
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  Speaker 1: coverage there, and yet Joe kind of let me have
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  Speaker 1: it for being super detailed niche with that. But yeah,
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  Speaker 1: very very funny. Well done, Kate morey. I like that,
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  Speaker 1: thank you, Joe saying, I think I'll start with Shakir,
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  Speaker 1: thankful for him as both a safety blanket for Josh,
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  Speaker 1: but for also being a staple in an offense that
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  Speaker 1: has an identity of generating Yah. Yes, the bills are
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  Speaker 1: six in yards after catches, Joe indicates there Sequier has
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  Speaker 1: been a significant part of that. I'm gonna talk about
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  Speaker 1: Shaquir a little bit throughout this episode, but yeah, just
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  Speaker 1: seeing what he's seeing what he's become in terms of
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  Speaker 1: being an easy button. You know, Joe uses the Fray
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  Speaker 1: safety blanket there, whether it's easy button, safety blanket, go
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  Speaker 1: to guy. He really just has had such a strong
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  Speaker 1: impact on this offense. And in a year where kin
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  Speaker 1: Kaid has been banged up and hasn't produced at the
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  Speaker 1: level you wanted. Curtis Samuel got banged up, Keyon Coleman.
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  Speaker 1: You're wanting him to develop and refine and add some
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  Speaker 1: polish to his game in a multitude of ways. And
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  Speaker 1: then you bring in Amari Cooper. He's got to get
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  Speaker 1: adjusted to the playbook. He gets banged up. You know,
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  Speaker 1: Khalioshakir really has kind of been that stabilizing force on
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  Speaker 1: the offense along with the run game, but from a
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  Speaker 1: passing perspective, it's been Khalils Shakir and when you consider
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  Speaker 1: how low his average depth of target and average depth
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  Speaker 1: of catch are. Again, I'm going to go into some
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  Speaker 1: of these numbers because he's one of my pieces in
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  Speaker 1: this episode that I'm thankful for. He's really made a
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  Speaker 1: lot on his own, and Alan's been able to find
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  Speaker 1: him early and often Brady schemed him up, but so
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  Speaker 1: much of it is just Khalis Shakir doing Khalis Shakir
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  Speaker 1: things and make him place to the ball. And yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he's been a significant part of why the Bills are
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  Speaker 1: finally kind of generating some yards after catch and having
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  Speaker 1: more easy buttons and kind of ease in terms of
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  Speaker 1: being streamlined and flow for Josh Allen in this offense
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  Speaker 1: as a whole. Charles saying equal blueberries in each muffin,
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  Speaker 1: I was going considered reference absolutely that is from Casino.
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  Speaker 1: Casino is my favorite mob movie. It's one of my
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  Speaker 1: top five favorite movies of all time. Yes, equal blueberries
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  Speaker 1: and each muffin is one thousand percent of Casino Reference. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: very nice. Jordan Sane, thankful for Cover one you guys
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  Speaker 1: are amazing. Thank you, Jordan. That's awesome, Aiden saying, more importantly,
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  Speaker 1: have you tried the cinnamon toast crunch waffle variation? No,
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  Speaker 1: I have not. That sounds delicious. I didn't realize that
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  Speaker 1: was a thing. Oh, Cinnamonto's crunches doing a waffle variation.
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  Speaker 1: I gotta get on this. I have been a Cinnamonto's
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  Speaker 1: crunch forever. I mean I'm on a honey nut cherios kick,
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  Speaker 1: which I never was before, and I'm been riding that hard.
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  Speaker 1: Jason saying, we need to invent a cover one beanie
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  Speaker 1: for Aunt. I would take that. Yeah. I pretty much
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  Speaker 1: just rock Carhart beanies all the time and then I
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  Speaker 1: turn them now on purpose, but I was just kind
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  Speaker 1: of one of my beanies the logo to the side.
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  Speaker 1: I would take a cover one beanie absolutely, Jason saying, also,
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  Speaker 1: I'm expecting big things from the tree this year. Nice
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  Speaker 1: Thanksgiving theme right now. The regular season starts Friday, So yes,
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  Speaker 1: I had the fall thereame tree one. I want to
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  Speaker 1: give another shout out to the Halloween tree for October.
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  Speaker 1: That was one of my favorite. You know, the way
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  Speaker 1: it filled out, the way it looked, the garland, the aesthetic,
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  Speaker 1: everything came out really nice. Then we had a bit
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  Speaker 1: of a fall theme just in general with the garland,
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  Speaker 1: and then we changed it today. Actually I'll pull down
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  Speaker 1: the you know, the brand there, kind of changed it
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  Speaker 1: a little bit, added a different garland, the wife did it.
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  Speaker 1: Changed some things in the background with some more fall themes,
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  Speaker 1: some Thanksgiving themes. So yeah, I think it's a good
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  Speaker 1: look right now. I appreciate you recognizing that. Jason, ninety
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  Speaker 1: four point two percent of the reason why I do
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  Speaker 1: this show so I can show the tree on the
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  Speaker 1: background in the background. So yeah, absolutely absolutely. Jonah saying,
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  Speaker 1: please no Purty Bosa or Williams this Sunday. Let's clinch
• 13:45
  Speaker 1: the AFC East boys. I think it's close. Aiden saying,
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  Speaker 1: did you ever talk with the Buffalo plus guys? Would
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  Speaker 1: you ever do a collab with them? I think they
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  Speaker 1: have an interesting perspective being media on the field. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I always think there's you know, interesting perspective with anybody
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  Speaker 1: who's like a beat reporter and has that media or
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  Speaker 1: on field perspective. I'm always open, you know, to different opportunities.
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  Speaker 1: I have not done anything with them. I've talked to
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  Speaker 1: Feats every once in a while, but I haven't never
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  Speaker 1: done anything with them officially. Oh this is awesome, Jason
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  Speaker 1: saying thank you for the cover went film breakdowns. Now
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  Speaker 1: nothing bothers me on the internet because I know the
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  Speaker 1: truth and I don't need to care about false narratives.
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  Speaker 1: I have a new sense of zen as a fan.
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  Speaker 1: I like that. I like that a lot. That's awesome,
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  Speaker 1: Aiden saying honey nut cheerials with bananas. Yeah, I'll put
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  Speaker 1: some bananas and the honey nut ceials. I also like
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  Speaker 1: special k with the strawberries. Of course, I can't just
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  Speaker 1: have plain. I'll eat honey ut ceials by themselves, even
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  Speaker 1: sometimes not even in the milk. I just think they're
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  Speaker 1: good to like snack on. But yeah, honey nut cheerios
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  Speaker 1: by themselves or obviously with milk or adding some bananas
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  Speaker 1: or some fruit in there. All about that. Charles saying,
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  Speaker 1: how we cook in the turkey smoked oven or deep fried?
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  Speaker 1: Doing the oven turkey I've done. I've never done a
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  Speaker 1: smoke turkey, done the deep fried. I haven't done it.
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  Speaker 1: Family has done it, and it was good. I just
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  Speaker 1: don't think it was worth the effort for everyone to
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  Speaker 1: do the deep fried and you know, I've got you know,
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  Speaker 1: my wife and the other older relatives in my family
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  Speaker 1: who just cook a mean turkey in the oven. And
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  Speaker 1: so that's what we're rocking with again this year. In saying,
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  Speaker 1: what about a Josh leaping the tree ornament? I could
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  Speaker 1: add more ornaments to the tree. All I ever do
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  Speaker 1: is add the little topper. There's one on there right
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  Speaker 1: now that says we interrupt this marriage to bring you football.
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  Speaker 1: You just can't really see it. And then I'll do
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  Speaker 1: like obviously, like a Christmas type of deal. But yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I've never done an ornaments other than that. Consider that
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  Speaker 1: Joe's saying, since Cerea was brought up, top five cereals
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  Speaker 1: that I'm thankful for, honey nut cheerios, Reese's Puffs, cinnamon
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  Speaker 1: toast crunch, frosted cheerios, French toast crunch. That's a quality list.
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  Speaker 1: I've never had Reese's Puffs, I've never done frosted cheerios,
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: and I've never done French toast crunch. I love honey
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: nut cheerios, i love cinnamon toast crunch. I'm also a
• 15:56
  Speaker 1: big Frosted Flakes guy. But yeah, I've just been this
• 16:00
  Speaker 1: honey out cheals kick. I don't know why. They're just
• 16:01
  Speaker 1: like really good. They're simple, They're good. Yeah yeah yeah.
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: Oh Aiden likes your list. Joe, Yeah, Steve says, a
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: spatch cock and smoke the turkey. You will never eat
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: it any other way. I might have to bring this up.
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: I think it's too late to settle into that this year.
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: I might bring it up for next year. Yeah, I've
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: never had Reese's pop Cereal. I'm a big Reese's guy,
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: like the mini cups, not the big cups. I think
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: the peanut butter and chocolate ratio is better than the minis.
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: But yeah, uh kay. Morris had always been a corn
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: brand square guy. Very nice, very nice. Oh Charles saying
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: smoke turkey is the way to go. We do two,
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: one smoke and one in the oven. I like that,
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: actually kind of proposed that. I like where this is gone.
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: It's just pure Thanksgiving talk and Cereal talk at this point,
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: which is what everyone tuned in for. But I'm okay
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: with it. I like Jason saying I'm thankful for Aunt's
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: wife and the most respectful way possible. So cool to
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: have a partner who puts effort in the things that
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: matter to you. Thanks Bro, and just wore a wife.
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: I like that. Yeah, she's awesome. I appreciate the shout out.
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: She'll be pumped to see it. Joe saying Reese's puffs
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: are ten out of ten. Cannot recommend them enough. Actual,
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: I'm apparently gonna have to try Recis puffs and then
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to try a smoke turkey. I like
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: the idea, the smoke turkey. This is fun. This is fun.
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: I like this. I'm gonna throw up the banner for
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: the first Bills related topic that I am thankful for.
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: But folks, feel free whatever you're thankful for, Bills related,
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: serial things, anything else. This is one episode. Again. I
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: know what we normally do in season here with the
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: matchups and you know, breaking down the scheme structure, Xis
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: and knows all that stuff of what we'll decide who
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: wins each Bill's game. But I thought given the holiday,
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: you know, a little bit of a lighter mood atmosphere.
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: Plus I know a lot of people are traveling and
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: doing family stuff this week, so who's able to tune in?
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: Who's not to be a fun a little bit more
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: of a laid back type episode. So again, questions, thoughts, comments, concerns,
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: anything you got thrown up into the chat the first piece.
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: Then I'm gonna go through in terms of being thanking
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: for with related to this Bills team is is is
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: Yike's already sixteen minutes in. I've had two flubs already
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: valling apart. Bill offensive line coach Aaron Kromer. I talked
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: about it a bit in the offseason on this show,
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: on other shows that I appeared on. I felt like
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: last year the offensive line finally got to a spot
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: where they were good. They were competent, took good in
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: pass pro, and then we saw what they could be
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: on the ground, their ability to have success on the
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: ground from a non Josh Allen perspective, the diversity in
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: the run game that they had. I was really happy
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: with the offensive line and what it was last year.
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: And then you look at the depth. You know, having
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: Ryan Bates is kind of a super sub with what
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: he can do. Having David Edwards is a sixth offensive lineman,
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: and then that changed this offseason. Baits goes by by,
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: Mitch Morris goes by by. You take Connor McGovern, you
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: move from left guard to center, David Edwards becomes your
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: starter at left guard, and I thought Edwards would do
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: well and he has, I think for the most part.
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: You know, he was a starter on that Rams team
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: that won the Super Bowl. He is an Aaron Cromer disciple.
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: He knows what Chromer expects and what Chromer is looking for.
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: And he was again on the team last year and
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: in the system and did well. And mcgovernin it wasn't
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: the craziest thing to move him from left guard to center.
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: You know, we talked on the show and in the
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: film room about how he has traits and a skill
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: set that would work well at center, and that move
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: and the potential positives and pros that it could offer
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: this Bill's offensive line versus what Mitch Moore brought, even
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: though Morse was fantastic here. But I think you had
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: the potential for a bit of a drop off in
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: this offensive line this year kind of seeing you know,
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: just the new moving parts, the new pieces and kind
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: of how it all went together. But I think it's
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: been a seamless transition this year. Their top ten in
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: past pro efficiency. They're around or in the top ten
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: for most run game metrics accounting for Josh Allen and
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: not accounting for Josh Allen, if you're just looking at
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: running back carries and kind of seeing what they can
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: do in terms of EPA, per rush and DVOA and
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: all of these aspects. And then you combine that again
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: with being a solid group in terms of pass protection,
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: and you got to tie that to Aaron Kromer. And
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: I also think by extension, you see the tight ends.
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: You see guys like Dawson Knox who are exhibiting the
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: hand usage tech tchniques that he teaches to his offensive lineman.
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: So you're seeing that translate to Knox and some of
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: the other tight ends. It kind of like how you
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: saw it translate to Cooper Cup and Robert Woods when
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: Cromer was in LA with how they would block, especially
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: when they were attached to the line of scrimmage. And
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: then you look at the development pieces Spencer Brown, how
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: real how he's progressed technically, and you know his snatch
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: trap mimicking and mirroring Deon Dawkins is more often than
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: not the development and the trajectory that he's on. You
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: look at again and how seamless the move was for
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: Connor McGovern David Edwards Andersen's development into a real quality
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: six offensive lineman and how he's being able to be
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: used Ocyrus Torrens being able to kind of blend being
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: that physical, bruising type of maler but still being able
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: to move well enough and exhibit technique to the point
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: where he's not just vulnerable in a turnstile versus speed
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: or speed to power or agility on the inside. You
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: look at that grouping again this and also no jinks.
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: They've been very lucky that they've been healthy again and
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: for the majority of this year, like they were last year,
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: you had the same starting five for the entirety of
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: the year. We've had that this year again for the
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: Buffalo bill some you know, Spencer Brown out for the
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs game obviously, but you know, even Ryan
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: Vandermark going in and not being this huge vulnerability to
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: the point where you're noticing him on every rep and
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: on every snap. I think he had some more struggles
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: than were documented by most folks, and then necessarily the
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: metrics and numbers indicate I think he only if I
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: remember it correctly, I think he only registered like two
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: pressures of two QB hits. He had the second best
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: pass blocking efficiency of the starting five offensive linemen in
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: that game against the Chiefs. So I don't think he
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: played bad. I think he wasn't as amazing as kind
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: of people made it out to be. But the fact
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: that he was able to go in there and it
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: wasn't just like, oh man, Carloff, this has given him work.
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: Oh Man, they're lining up Chris Jones on him on
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: passing down. She's just going after him, or even you know,
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: Dana and ifj went after him, if they took Shanel
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: and just there wasn't anything crazy where you were like,
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: oh man, Spencer Brown is out, Ian Vandermark's in there
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: and I'm noticing it on every play because there's a
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: hole at right tackle, and just this offensive line has
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: continued to be a stabilizing piece for this team in
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: both the past game in terms of their pass protection.
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: I know they've gotten gamed up a bit at times,
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: especially against Baltimore, but what they've been in terms of
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: pass protection and what they've been on the ground game
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: has been tremendously important. And again, I think you have
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: to tie that into Aaron Cromer, especially when you start
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: to see his offensive line techniques and teachings starting to
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: bleed into other position groups, like the tight ends, which
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: mattered a lot in this offense with how much the
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: Bills go with those heavier personnel formations in attaching tight
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: ends to the line of scrimmage and increasing that surface
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: area to be able to get to more in the
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: run game. It's been a great piece. And again, Chromer
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: I think is one of the best in the business.
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: He doesn't get the love or the shy and the
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: Callahan gets, or stout Land gets, or even Andy Hack
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: up there in Kansas City. But man, just the job
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: that this Bill's group has done in terms of technique, diversity, versatility,
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: pass pro run game stuff, and just how they've solidified
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: again for the second year in a row and really
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: just improved year after year. It's been really nice to see.
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: And again I think you gotta tiper cap to the
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: players obviously, but Aaron Kromer is a huge piece of that.
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: I'm very thankful for him. Loved the signing when they
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: brought him in. Again, one of the best in the business,
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: just doesn't get the shine that others do. So yeah,
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: very thankful for him. Like this comment here from Jason
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: I was thinking about this earlier today. Jason says, I
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: think healthy is also technique. They aren't in bad body
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: positions and other dudes aren't failing their assignment and causing
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: D lineman to fall into their fellow offensive lineman, saying,
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: with the astors causing D linean, I knew CHI meant
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: at first. I thought I read it as coughing, and
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: I was like, no, he's got to be causing I.
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: You know what's funny is I thought of that earlier,
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: like not necessarily in the same vein, but the idea
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: of with how healthy they've been for the second year
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: in a row at a position that does not stay
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: healthy and again major no jinks here, You folks know
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: how superstitious I am. But with how healthy they've been
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: for the second year in a row at offensive line,
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: a position that it's just so easy to get bag up,
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: to get rolled up on lower body, upper body, it's
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: so easy. I was thinking earlier today when I was
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: putting this episode together or putting the finishing touches on it,
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: I should say I was kind of thinking to myself
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: of like, I wonder if there's something to it from
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: a technique standpoint, or just from a systemic or schematic
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: standpoint or structurally like how they operate that lends itself
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: to kind of naturally keeping them healthier and not suffering injuries,
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: because it's just unreal for two years in a row
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: at this point. Again, no jinks to not have any
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: injuries at that spot or any significant Once again, Brown
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: missed the KC game, but just you didn't really feel
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: it too much, which was one a good thing, but
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: two just yeah, like you're not missing all of so
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: and so it has been out for four games, or
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: they haven't had the whole right side of the line
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: for this many games, or they had to move these
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: people around because these two guys got hurt or one guy.
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: It's just, yeah, it's been really impressive to see how
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: they've been continuously healthy. And Jason saying, look is obviously
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: the main thing, but sometimes injury happens due to porplate.
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: No completely agree. If you get out leveraged, or if
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: your hands are in the wrong position or your feet
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: aren't in the right position and you get caught not
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: even somebody running into you, but if you get torqued
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: the wrong way or you have to you're out of
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: position to the point that you have to overcompensate with
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: another body part, and you're putting stress on ligaments and
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: tendons and muscles and joints to course correct for being
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: out of position like you are. I think that's actually
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: a very plausible thing, and not just saying it. So
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: I like that. I like that. I like that? What else?
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: What else? Let's go back and see some of another
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: one from Jason on the O line, saying, all the
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: questions we had about the changes to olne chromers clearly
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: listened to by the organization. Also big props last week
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: doing without Brown. The group has bought in. I would agree.
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: I would agree with that Joe Man saying Torrence gets
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: better and better. Yeah, a couple of really good reps
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: against Chris Jones. Jones got him a couple of times,
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: but he held his own the flexibility, I think, being
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: able to maneuver better with his size, being able to
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: take away Jones's momentum by changing his height and the
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: depth of his sets, and being able to kind of
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: stalemate him and take away his power while also sustaining
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: his Really nice to see, really nice to see from
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: Torrance in spurts and again that right side of the line.
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: Torrents and Brown are such a menacing duo when it
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: comes to the run game on zone or on duo
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: literally with double teams, which is how they can displace
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: guys on that right side. It really is beautiful. What
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: was Charles saying, I can't forget the Bills had the
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: Iron Man a QB. Very thankful for that. Josh Allen
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: will not be featured in this episode. That's a great
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: comment there from Charles, just because I think that's too
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: low hanging of fruit. You know, I'm just gonna leave
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: Josh Allen as his own things, similar to last week
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: when Joe and I were talking about, you know, the
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: MTAM MVP not named Josh Allen. Kind of obviously, I
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: think that's too low hanging fruit and a given some
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: kind of just put him outside into its own type
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: of thing. Just to Tippy Canoe saying we're all thankful
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: for Bruce Nolan, I think that's fair. I think that's fair,
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: Aiden saying, uh, snatch trap. Yeah, I don't know if
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: you're if you know what it is and it's just
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: funny verbage and you're asking a question. But just in
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: case people don't, so snatch trap. Deon Dawkins talked about
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: it on I Think Kay Adams is a show. He
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: calls it the ice pick. But it's pretty much known
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: as a snatchtrap across college of football. It's essentially when
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: it's a move Dawkins does all the time. You're seeing
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: Spencer Brown doing it more and again. You see it
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: across football a lot now because college end NFL. It's
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: essentially when a defender, if we're using Deon Dawkins as
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: an example, say the edge, you know, or the defensive
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: end is leaning too much into him. He comes off
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: the line, he gets that long arm into Dawkins. He
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: gets that extension when you feel as an offensive lineman,
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: too much of that momentum and that force and you
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: know that balance and weight being on that arm or
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: being on that upper body, they lean into you. And
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: that's when you'll see Dawkins when he'll snatch them down
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: at the elbow, chop them at the wrist, chop him
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: in the forearm, chop it again at the elbow, or
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: sometimes he'll get his hands kind of buy here and
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: into the collar and yank them down. Sometimes it gets
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: flagged for holding, but it's essentially too much momentum, too
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: much leverage being put into the arms or the upper
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: body of a defender, and so you snatch that momentum
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: and that leverage. They kind of fall down and then
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: you bury them into the ground where you quote unquote
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: trap them. If you actually search me on Twitter and
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: just type in like pro ant snatch trap, you'll see
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: it a ton, or you just type in pro aunt Dawkins,
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: you'll see it a ton. Yeah. Actually that's a good piece.
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: It's good piece. What else r J saying. I'm not
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: a big fan of Edwards, and I think McGovern has
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: issues with identifying free rushers. But outside of this, the
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: offensive line has been pretty good. I think it's tough
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: for you know, with free rushers. Some of that is
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: on Allen, some of that's on the running back, some
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: of that is on rules for the offensive line. So
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: you might see somebody coming through the A gap, for example,
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: and you're attributing that rusher to Well, McGovern's got to
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: get on that. But that's not necessarily McGovern's responsibility. There's
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: a lot when it comes to protections. I'm not saying
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: you're you're not right, but I think there's a lot
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: when it comes to who's responsible for this rusher, this
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: guy the pre snap protections and setting. Allen sets a
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: lot of the pre snap protections as well, so some
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: of that's going to be on Allen. It's a bit
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: muddy when it comes to who's responsible pre m post
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: snap for a lot of it. I do like Edwards though.
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: I think he's just solid. I don't think. I don't
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: think he does anything super sexy or super tremendous, but
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: I just think he's reliable and he's really cost effective.
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: He just does his job more often than not. Again,
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: has some has some rough reps every now and again,
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: but I think kind of who doesn't. Jordan's saying, what
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: happened to all those AFL throwback jers is we used
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: to wear it feels like two or three seasons now
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: since we won them. I just want the nineties throwbacks
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: for a couple, you know, weeks out of the year.
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: We got the creamsicles for the Bucks, we got the
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: Kelly Greens for the Eagles. Man, I just just I
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: just want those nineties bills ers. He's Jason saying this
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: organization has become incredible with developing talent and replacing talent
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: with drafted talent that has been developed one of the
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: most rare organizational traits in the NFL. I completely agree, well,
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: said John sat I'm thankful for the coaching staff's commitment
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: to player development. Give them a couple of years and
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: a willing player. Yep, yep, yep, yep yep. Charles Saint,
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: speaking of Cromer, how about the transition from mostly gap
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: runs to zone and now one of the best zone
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: run teams. I'm gonna speak about that next. So that's
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: actually a tremendous segue. I just want to grab this
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: com of here from Jason saying searching quote unquote pro
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: and snatch trap sounds like the kind of search I
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: would do on a different kind of website. Very fair,
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: Very fair. So Charles Sains, speaking of Chromer, how about
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: the transition from mostly gap runs to zone and now
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: being one of the best zone run teams. That leads
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: me into the second thing that I am thankful for
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: with this Buffalo Bill's team, and that is the run
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: game diversity. So, like you know, Charles mentioned, they were
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: almost evenly split last year when it came to gap
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: and zone runs, which is really saying a lot of
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: the majority of the league has been favoring zone runs
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: for years. I think the ratio last year was I
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: think it was fifty four to forty six zoned a gap,
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: which again almost being close to fifty to fifty is crazy.
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: They were third last year in terms of gap run rate,
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: and a lot of that was all you know, the
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: tackle poll stuff, dart where you're pulling Dawkins, you're pulling
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: Spencer Brown, or the long trap stuff again you're still
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: pulling Brown, you're still pulling Dawkins duo, which is a
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: run they leaned into last year as a concept that's
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: classified as a gap run. So they were a good
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: gap team last year. They're a good gap team. This year.
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: We've seen, like Charles mentioned, more zone worked in and
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: I think it ties into a lot of the you know,
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: the formations and the personnel that they've used more of
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: this year. So what you had last year, they are
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: three main concepts. You know, you had zoned, you had
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: you know, the tackle poll stuff, and then they'd work
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: in that mid zone run. This year, their mid zone
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: run has been their go to run, and then duo Dart, tackle,
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: long trap, all the tackle poll stuff. Both of those
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: have kind of been like, Okay, we'll pivot to them
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: if we need to, but we're really just gonna run
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: like midzone week and for those who don't know, midzone week,
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: it's just a zone run to the week side. The
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: mid zone aspect comes in when it's mid zone. That
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: just means the running backs aiming point the landmark when
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: they take off is essentially the inside leg of the
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: offensive tackle, So that's where you're looking at when it
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: comes into a mid zone run. I know we hear
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: verbiage a lot of times of you know, inside zone,
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: mid zone, outside zone. So inside zone, the aim point
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: of the running back. On inside zone it is the
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: inside leg of the guard. Mid zone, it's the inside
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: leg of the offensive tackle. Outside zone, inside leg of
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: the tight end. And then sometimes you'll have you know,
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: teams will also go wide zone, which is you know,
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: like that stretch play and that's a couple of yards
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: outside of that tight end. Just wanted to kind of
• 32:47
  Speaker 1: put that in there. But yeah, this year, midzone has
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: been their go to. I've talked about it on Twitter,
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: I've talked about it on shows. It's it's been Brady
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: to spam the hell out of it and usually how
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: he's spamming. It is a very presentation. Usually a three
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: by one set. He'll motion somebody from the three wide
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: receiver side in a jet motion across to create a
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: two by two, and then you'll run that mid zone
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: to that week side to the side that that receiver
• 33:15
  Speaker 1: is jet motioning too. He'll present it like that and
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: he'll spam it over and over and over again. What
• 33:20
  Speaker 1: he's done the past couple of weeks is start to
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: work play action off of that presentation to try and
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: break some tendencies and keep defenses guessing a little bit,
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: which has been nice. But I think the shift to
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: more zone this year coincides with the reduced formational with
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: and the personnel that they've gone with more You've got
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: six offensive linemen, you've got the tight ends that you
• 33:38
  Speaker 1: want to get on the field, and the bigger bodied
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: wide receivers. So even when you're going three by one
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: and you're in eleven personnel, meaning you got three wide receivers,
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: they're still close to the line of scrimmage. You've got
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: bodies near or around or attached to the line of scrimmage.
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: You're increasing that surface count on the line of scrimmage.
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: Those zone runs really pair well with the condensed formations,
• 34:01
  Speaker 1: heavier personnel, that type of look. If you want to
• 34:03
  Speaker 1: kind of put it in perspective, just think of, you know,
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: the Shanahan and mcvayh offenses for a while, the idea
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: of okay, here comes zone, zone zone, now here comes
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: the play action with the boot off of it. It
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: just marries the run in the past very well, the
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: play action off of zone runs. It's very easy to
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: make a play action play from a zone scheme look
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: exactly like a zone run. It blends and marries really well.
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: And so yeah, the Bills have pivoted a bit more
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: to that this year, but it's that diversity overall. You
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: have the ability to run that mid zone week, you
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: can go duo, and then you have the tackle pull stuff,
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: dart and long trap. You've got that ability at a
• 34:43
  Speaker 1: moment's noones and we've seen it this year. We saw
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: it in Week two against Miami where they were running
• 34:49
  Speaker 1: mid zone week and Miami keyed in on it, and
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: then Brady was like, okay, cool, let's pivot the duo.
• 34:54
  Speaker 1: We saw it a couple of weeks ago against the
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: Colts as well. They key in on a Zaire Franklin
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: attacks Quity paid, beats his man outside, they shut down
• 35:02
  Speaker 1: a mid zone run, and after that we I think
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: five out of the next runs were duo. Five out
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: of the next nine runs were duo. So that ability
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: to pivot at the drop of a hat and be
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: able to have multiple core runs schemes that you can
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: lean into based on opponent, based on game script, based
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: on matchup, and then be able to pivot if that
• 35:22
  Speaker 1: doesn't work, to be able to come into every week
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: and be like, now we're gonna stick with midzone, that's
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: our go to for this week, and then if it's
• 35:28
  Speaker 1: not working and be like, okay, cool, let's switch and pivot.
• 35:30
  Speaker 1: Like that's so tremendous. That run game diversity is so important,
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: and the fact that they can run the ball out
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: of eleven out of twelve, out of thirteen out of
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: their sixth offensive linemen sets, being able to do all
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: of that is really nice. And what's also a really
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: nice piece is how well that mid zone run also
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: pairs with duo, so duo is always run to the
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: tight end side, so it's always, you know, and with
• 35:53
  Speaker 1: all the bills align right, it's you know, majority of
• 35:57
  Speaker 1: the time they're run formations and a lot of their personnel.
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: Some formational stuff in general is you know, if you're
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: thinking about it in your mind, Dion Dawkins is the
• 36:05
  Speaker 1: end man over here to the left, it's you know, Dawkins,
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: Edwards McGovern, Torrence Brown, and then it's usually Knox Kincaid
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: or Anderson Knox Anderson Kincaid, or it's you know, a
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: couple wide receivers and knocks. So you have kind of
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: the offensive line into the tight end extra offensive lineman
• 36:25
  Speaker 1: wide receiver grouping. So when you run duo, you run
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: it to that tight end side, to that number side.
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: When you run midzone week, you run it to the
• 36:33
  Speaker 1: weak side, the non number side, And you can run
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: both of those runs out of the same formation with
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: the same presentation, with the same personnel, and all you
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: have to do is go left or go right, and
• 36:47
  Speaker 1: you can build that into the line with alan. You
• 36:50
  Speaker 1: can see the numbers here and say, you know, you
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: have a duo run called here. You can potentially package
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: that with you know, midzone week and go to that
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: opposite side or bake in the numbers adjustment pieces with
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: pass and run, and again there's less tells Also, when
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: you're kind of coming to the line, it's not like, Okay,
• 37:08
  Speaker 1: here's this formation, they're gonna run duo. No, it's here's
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: this formation. Oh, they could run duo or they could
• 37:15
  Speaker 1: run mid zone. Okay, you know they're more of a
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: mid zone team. Let's kind of counteract for that, and
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: then the play action comes, or then duo comes, or
• 37:22
  Speaker 1: something else happens out of that. It's a straight up,
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: you know, under center drop back pass, which doesn't happen
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: a ton for the Bills or really anybody nowadays in football.
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: But it's that diversity, it's that formational variability. It's that
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: multiplicity you have in the run game because of the
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: concepts you can run and the more bodies you have
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: attached to or around or hipped off the line of scrimmage,
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: the more you can get to in your run game.
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: That's a big part of the reason we I've been
• 37:49
  Speaker 1: talking about it for several years, the ideas of moving
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: toward reduced formational with condensed formations twelve personnel and having
• 37:57
  Speaker 1: true twelve personnel versatility where you're both your tight ends
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: can function as blockers in the run game or as
• 38:02
  Speaker 1: actual pass catchers in the pass game, it just opens
• 38:05
  Speaker 1: up so much of your offense because you don't have
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: to turn the page to access more of the menu
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: in both the run and pass. And yeah, that run
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: game diversity is something I'm extremely thankful for. Again, mid zone,
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: like Charles mentioned, mid zone, to the weak side has
• 38:19
  Speaker 1: been their bread and butter, their go to run this year,
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: and you'll see it a lot. Just agad. It's always
• 38:26
  Speaker 1: to that weak side. It could be to the left,
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: it could be to the right. It's always just to
• 38:29
  Speaker 1: whatever the weak side of the formation is. But knowing
• 38:33
  Speaker 1: that if that's not working, they can pivot to one
• 38:36
  Speaker 1: of these other two concepts. They have three core concepts
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: that you run really well. That's a really nice thing
• 38:42
  Speaker 1: to have. And again that also takes stress off of
• 38:44
  Speaker 1: Josh Allen. You don't have to always press the Josh
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: Allen button with his arm or with his legs. You
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: don't have to tax him too much because it's just like, Okay,
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: let's run these I don't want to say basic because
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: I think that has a negative connotation, but let's just
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: run these basic concepts, these basic schemes. Let's just press
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: these buttons and pull these levers and if they adjust
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: to it or they beat it. Cool, We'll push a
• 39:03
  Speaker 1: different button or pull a different lever. And that's a
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: testament to Brady again, another testament to Aaron Kromer, and
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: just with how this line is gelled, how they're able
• 39:10
  Speaker 1: to block, and then the tight ends functioning within that
• 39:13
  Speaker 1: run blocking aspect as well everything the marriage or the
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: run in the past, how you tie it all together,
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: really really real nice piece. Just the Tipkadu saying I'm
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: thankful JP Lostman is in our quarterback. Oh the lossman days.
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: Pop's saying, do you think McGovern Edwards has been better
• 39:30
  Speaker 1: than Morse and McGovern last year? Ooh, I think it's been.
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: I think it's different. I think McGovern and Edwards McGovern
• 39:40
  Speaker 1: is a different type of center than Morse. The longer arms,
• 39:44
  Speaker 1: the better anchor. I think it's different. And I'm not
• 39:47
  Speaker 1: trying to say that as a cop out. Like Mitch
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: Morris is one of the best movement centers in football.
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: You want to get going on a pin and pull,
• 39:53
  Speaker 1: or you want to use him on a full block
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: on some zone runs and getting out and scooping and
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: climbing to the to the second level and picking up
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: a line or anybody. Morse is legitimately one of the
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: best in the business. When it comes to that. McGovern
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: isn't a bad athlete, but he's not the same level
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: of mover that Morse is. Morse also isn't the physical
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: presence that McGovern is doesn't anchor as well. So I
• 40:16
  Speaker 1: think McGovern I'm confusing all the m names now. McGovern
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: I think has provided better security for the depth and
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: the interior of the pocket, and also is giving you
• 40:28
  Speaker 1: a little bit more downhill movement ability. Morse I think
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: gave you more from a movement standpoint, from an athleticism standpoint.
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: Different so different skill sets, different traits, and how that
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: ties in schematically. I like what McGovern and Edwards has
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: been though I if I had to pick one, it's
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: tough to say who's been better. I really again, because
• 40:50
  Speaker 1: they're they're different. For me. It's like comparing, you know,
• 40:53
  Speaker 1: a home run hitter who's gonna mash forty homers but
• 40:56
  Speaker 1: back to sixty with a guy who hits three twenty
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: but only hits like twenty homers, and it's like, okay,
• 41:03
  Speaker 1: like which would you rather have? Type of deal? I
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: just think they're different with skill sets and traits and
• 41:07
  Speaker 1: how it ties in. But I've been pleased with mcgovernor
• 41:10
  Speaker 1: Edwards as a duo this year, Jason saying, Okay, serious question, though,
• 41:15
  Speaker 1: what do you make of their running back usage? Cook
• 41:17
  Speaker 1: clearly gets the majority, but it really seems situational the
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: use of the running backs. What do you think they
• 41:22
  Speaker 1: see that makes them do that? So one, I think
• 41:26
  Speaker 1: Ty Johnson, you know, kind of start from the bottom
• 41:28
  Speaker 1: of Ti Johnson is really good on third downs. He's
• 41:31
  Speaker 1: he's Ty Johnson's a good running back. I know he's
• 41:33
  Speaker 1: third on this step chart and really doesn't get talked
• 41:35
  Speaker 1: about a lot. Ty Johnson's a good running back man.
• 41:37
  Speaker 1: He's good on the ground, he's good coming out of
• 41:40
  Speaker 1: the backfield and catching the football by design or on checkdowns.
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: And he's also the best pass protector. The Bills have
• 41:46
  Speaker 1: it running back in terms of actually like being a
• 41:48
  Speaker 1: functional blocker, being able to pick up blitzes, but also
• 41:51
  Speaker 1: being able to recognize the blitz, being able to understand
• 41:54
  Speaker 1: who his assignment is, who he's supposed to pick up,
• 41:56
  Speaker 1: being able to scan, read, and react and then actually
• 42:00
  Speaker 1: function at the blitz pickup spot or rush pickup spot.
• 42:03
  Speaker 1: Ty Johnson is their best guy. Davis isn't bad. Cook
• 42:07
  Speaker 1: has made improvements, but Cook it's still not a strength
• 42:09
  Speaker 1: for him. And Davis is a rookie, although he's better
• 42:11
  Speaker 1: than Cooking that regard. So I think you have that
• 42:14
  Speaker 1: with Ty Johnson and then to go to the top
• 42:17
  Speaker 1: with James Cook. Cook just has more juice than anybody
• 42:20
  Speaker 1: in that running back room. And I've talked about it
• 42:23
  Speaker 1: on Twitter. I don't think I've talked about him. I
• 42:24
  Speaker 1: talked about a little bit on the show. Just the
• 42:27
  Speaker 1: physicality that he's added to his game this year, the
• 42:29
  Speaker 1: contact balance, the toughness, the power, the ability to consistently
• 42:33
  Speaker 1: fall forward. I think James Cooking I'm talking about him
• 42:36
  Speaker 1: a little bit in another segment here, but I think
• 42:40
  Speaker 1: James Cook has really done a good job in terms
• 42:41
  Speaker 1: of rounding himself out into an overall legitimate RB one
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: with what he can do on the ground, power, contact balance, speed, agility, vision,
• 42:51
  Speaker 1: gap zone in terms of scheme, and then also being
• 42:54
  Speaker 1: able to catch the ball at the backfield. The only
• 42:55
  Speaker 1: thing that's hurting from being a complete true or three
• 42:57
  Speaker 1: down back is the pass protection stuff. Ray Davis. I
• 43:01
  Speaker 1: like what he offers. Again, we've saw We've seen him
• 43:04
  Speaker 1: show those glimpses coming out of the backfield catching the ball.
• 43:06
  Speaker 1: Like I talked about when he was drafted out of Kentucky,
• 43:08
  Speaker 1: He's a good receiving back out of the backfield, more
• 43:11
  Speaker 1: of a hammer, more of a downhill threat, but still
• 43:13
  Speaker 1: enough juice and shake to him, but a bit more
• 43:16
  Speaker 1: ground and pound and downhill at you type of run.
• 43:20
  Speaker 1: I think when it comes to the usage, it's Cook
• 43:23
  Speaker 1: is the one. He can run every scheme that they have.
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: He's got that speed, you know, and I think that's
• 43:28
  Speaker 1: the difference that separates him and Ray Davis. Even though
• 43:31
  Speaker 1: I like Davis and I like Johnson as well. I
• 43:34
  Speaker 1: think the two touchdowns for Cook against Kansas City really
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: put that into perspective. The first one is a you know,
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: zone run to that week side and it's not blocked poorly,
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: but Casey has the number advantage on that side. They're
• 43:49
  Speaker 1: gapped out, and Cook just beats it to the corner
• 43:52
  Speaker 1: and scores purely because of juice and speed. That's it.
• 43:56
  Speaker 1: Then the second touchdown he scores on duo by running
• 43:59
  Speaker 1: through their safety and breaking a couple tackles and falling
• 44:02
  Speaker 1: forward and going through dudes to score like he has
• 44:05
  Speaker 1: that combination right now that makes him the one. So
• 44:08
  Speaker 1: when I'm talking running back usage, I think Cook is
• 44:11
  Speaker 1: the true one. Then you spell him with Davis, and
• 44:13
  Speaker 1: then when they need a third down back or more
• 44:15
  Speaker 1: of a passing down back, that is ty Johnson, just
• 44:18
  Speaker 1: based on how it shook out so far. But Joe
• 44:25
  Speaker 1: saying all the more reason that we hope Kinkate emerges
• 44:28
  Speaker 1: as a blocker later this season or the next compliment
• 44:31
  Speaker 1: that diversity by now enhancing the threat of Kincage's duality
• 44:34
  Speaker 1: as a tight end, I completely agree. I put out
• 44:38
  Speaker 1: a tweet and a blue sky post a couple of
• 44:42
  Speaker 1: weeks ago on a conversation that Nate Tys and I
• 44:45
  Speaker 1: had here on the show back in April of twenty
• 44:47
  Speaker 1: twenty two, and he and I were talking about, you know,
• 44:51
  Speaker 1: the future of offenses in twelve personnel and why it
• 44:54
  Speaker 1: was so important and so much of the value of
• 44:57
  Speaker 1: twelve personnel, and Dalt Kinkate in particular, so much that
• 45:00
  Speaker 1: value is tied to being a functional run blocker against
• 45:04
  Speaker 1: as many body types as possible. If Dalton can kid
• 45:08
  Speaker 1: and I'm not saying he can't, but if Dalton kinkaid
• 45:11
  Speaker 1: cannot function as a blocker against linebackers, edges from time
• 45:16
  Speaker 1: to time, bigger body types, then he's essentially just a
• 45:19
  Speaker 1: big wide receiver. If his only value as a blocker
• 45:22
  Speaker 1: is against nickel corners, he's essentially just a big body
• 45:26
  Speaker 1: wide receiver. Because you can get that type of blocking
• 45:28
  Speaker 1: from Shakir, from Hollins, from Coleman, from Samuel. You need
• 45:33
  Speaker 1: to be able to dig out safeties. You need to
• 45:35
  Speaker 1: be able to block or crack on a linebacker, or
• 45:39
  Speaker 1: base block a linebacker, or hold your own against a
• 45:42
  Speaker 1: defensive end. That's always going to be a mismatch, but
• 45:44
  Speaker 1: being able to hold your own enough to impede them
• 45:46
  Speaker 1: or provide an obstacle to them. If Kincaid can't do
• 45:50
  Speaker 1: that regularly, then again he's essentially just a big bodied
• 45:53
  Speaker 1: wide receivers and that big bodied wide receiver. And that's
• 45:56
  Speaker 1: not terrible, right, but it does limit his value because
• 46:00
  Speaker 1: part of the idea, like I've mentioned a little bit
• 46:02
  Speaker 1: ago with twelve personnel, is being able to go with
• 46:05
  Speaker 1: these formations and alignments and being able to access more
• 46:08
  Speaker 1: of the menu without turning the page. If he's not
• 46:11
  Speaker 1: a threat as a run blocker in a variety of ways.
• 46:14
  Speaker 1: That limits what you can get to, and it also
• 46:16
  Speaker 1: limits the dictation that you have to the defense because
• 46:19
  Speaker 1: now you're not necessarily forcing them into a bind with
• 46:21
  Speaker 1: their personnel, because it's not like, well, we got to
• 46:24
  Speaker 1: match with this personnel grouping, or we got to match
• 46:27
  Speaker 1: with three linebackers or this safety or this corner or
• 46:30
  Speaker 1: this nickel because of you know, they there in twelve
• 46:32
  Speaker 1: and they can get to anything in the run. In
• 46:34
  Speaker 1: the past, it just limits what you can do. So
• 46:37
  Speaker 1: I do think again, the good news with Kincaid is
• 46:39
  Speaker 1: he is a willing blocker. He's just not the most functional.
• 46:42
  Speaker 1: Part of it is how he's built, you know, size
• 46:44
  Speaker 1: and frame. He's you know, obviously got the size and
• 46:47
  Speaker 1: frame advantage against corners in most dbs, but it doesn't
• 46:52
  Speaker 1: hold up as much against bigger or more physical or
• 46:55
  Speaker 1: more violent or imposing type dudes like linebackers and defensive ends.
• 46:58
  Speaker 1: And again, a tight end against a defensive end is
• 47:01
  Speaker 1: usually always going to be a mismatch. But you look
• 47:02
  Speaker 1: at somebody like Josh Reynolds is a good example last
• 47:06
  Speaker 1: year for the Detroit Lions. Now he's on the Broncos.
• 47:09
  Speaker 1: You go to the NFC championship game against the forty
• 47:11
  Speaker 1: nine ers, and in their first couple of plays they
• 47:14
  Speaker 1: run crack toss and Josh Reynolds is washing Nick Bosa down. Again,
• 47:20
  Speaker 1: He's not annihilating Bosa. He's not you know, pancaking him
• 47:23
  Speaker 1: and drive him into the dirt. But he cracks on him,
• 47:26
  Speaker 1: holds his ground, and is able to get pushed and
• 47:29
  Speaker 1: get movement on him. That's the type of stuff you
• 47:31
  Speaker 1: want to see from Dalky Kate. It's not like, yeah,
• 47:34
  Speaker 1: he's gonna you know, base block Khalil Mack and put
• 47:36
  Speaker 1: him into the dirt or just place him and drive
• 47:38
  Speaker 1: him back five feet. He just needs to show more
• 47:41
  Speaker 1: functionality in those type of situations and in those roles.
• 47:44
  Speaker 1: And again the good news is he's willing, he's not soft,
• 47:47
  Speaker 1: He's not shy or scared of contact or scared to
• 47:50
  Speaker 1: kind of mash with dudes. He's just not functional there.
• 47:53
  Speaker 1: Part of it is size and frame and kind of
• 47:55
  Speaker 1: how he's physically built where he carries his weight. And
• 47:58
  Speaker 1: I also think part of it is technique based. And
• 48:00
  Speaker 1: again maybe Chromer you know, gets him in the gym
• 48:03
  Speaker 1: a little bit more and can kind of get him
• 48:04
  Speaker 1: on that Dawson Knox level. Knox has become a really
• 48:06
  Speaker 1: good blocker. He just has to, you know, pair it
• 48:09
  Speaker 1: with the technique and some physicality as well, or swing
• 48:12
  Speaker 1: it one way or the other. You don't have to
• 48:13
  Speaker 1: be the most physical or the most violent, but if
• 48:15
  Speaker 1: your technique is on point, you con mitigate it one
• 48:17
  Speaker 1: way or the other. Same thing. If your technique isn't
• 48:20
  Speaker 1: on point, but you're just violent you want to mash,
• 48:22
  Speaker 1: you can kind of do the job a little bit
• 48:25
  Speaker 1: aiden saying why are certain running backs better at blocking?
• 48:28
  Speaker 1: Is it just a size thing or a willingness? It's
• 48:31
  Speaker 1: a combination of those two and technique. I think with Cook,
• 48:34
  Speaker 1: some of it is size. He's not the biggest dude,
• 48:36
  Speaker 1: you know, listed around two hundred pounds. I don't know
• 48:38
  Speaker 1: what he is now. I think he's he looks thicker
• 48:41
  Speaker 1: this year, so I feel like he's like two poh seven,
• 48:42
  Speaker 1: two oh eight. So some of it is just size.
• 48:45
  Speaker 1: You know, if you're a two hundred and five pound
• 48:47
  Speaker 1: running back and a two even if there's a small linebacker,
• 48:54
  Speaker 1: say you're a two hundred and thirty pound linebacker running
• 48:56
  Speaker 1: downhill at a two hundred and five pound running back
• 49:00
  Speaker 1: that linebacker is twenty five pounds on your running back
• 49:02
  Speaker 1: and they're coming with momentum and speed. There the hammer,
• 49:05
  Speaker 1: you are the nail, So you don't necessarily have the
• 49:08
  Speaker 1: most size and willingness will tie into that a little bit,
• 49:11
  Speaker 1: but it's size, it's frame, and then it is technique
• 49:13
  Speaker 1: as well. You know, Johnson is a little stockier, a
• 49:16
  Speaker 1: little thicker, also more experienced, so the technique is going
• 49:19
  Speaker 1: to be better, but also size and frame kind of
• 49:21
  Speaker 1: lens itself. It can be a mixture of all three. Right,
• 49:23
  Speaker 1: If you're just super willing. Again, if you're super willing,
• 49:25
  Speaker 1: you're violent, you can get the job done. If your
• 49:27
  Speaker 1: technique is tremendous, you can get the job done. If
• 49:30
  Speaker 1: you're just a tank and your technique isn't great, you
• 49:34
  Speaker 1: can kind of just stonewall dudes because you're bigger than
• 49:36
  Speaker 1: they are, just as big as they are, and your
• 49:37
  Speaker 1: technique can be a little poorer because you have that size.
• 49:40
  Speaker 1: So it really is a combination of a multitude of
• 49:43
  Speaker 1: those things. That's a really good question, Puka saying Cook
• 49:45
  Speaker 1: has done a good job of taking his game to
• 49:47
  Speaker 1: the next level. I legitimately believe he has. I don't
• 49:50
  Speaker 1: really believe in getting giving running backs a second contract.
• 49:52
  Speaker 1: It has to be a real special situation. But I
• 49:55
  Speaker 1: think he's done a good job in kind of earning
• 49:57
  Speaker 1: him a next contract, whether it's with the Bills or
• 49:59
  Speaker 1: somebody else. He is and if he can just improve
• 50:01
  Speaker 1: that pass blocking a little bit, man, he can be
• 50:04
  Speaker 1: a real threat as a true three down back with
• 50:07
  Speaker 1: what he can do out of the backfield in a
• 50:08
  Speaker 1: multitude of ways. And watching impair that physicality with the
• 50:11
  Speaker 1: speed and the juice, it's nice. Ralph saying Cook is
• 50:14
  Speaker 1: watching Davi is starting to take notes on how to
• 50:16
  Speaker 1: lower his pads. I honestly think there's some of that
• 50:18
  Speaker 1: in there. I think Davis brought that hammer mentality and
• 50:20
  Speaker 1: Cook was like, all right, now I'm gonna bring that too.
• 50:23
  Speaker 1: I can also do that. Watch me, and it's it's
• 50:25
  Speaker 1: been really nice. Aiden saying Cromer has to booking Kaid
• 50:29
  Speaker 1: in a blocking boot cap this summer. I like that.
• 50:31
  Speaker 1: Aiden saying, does Kinka just need to put on more muscle?
• 50:33
  Speaker 1: It depends because you could add more muscle, But if
• 50:35
  Speaker 1: you add more muscle and sacrifice flexibility or appliability or
• 50:41
  Speaker 1: fluidity in your game, and just overall movement, then it
• 50:44
  Speaker 1: kind of becomes a loss, and then how much are
• 50:45
  Speaker 1: you sacrificing in the receiving aspect to kind of beef
• 50:48
  Speaker 1: up there? Again, I think a lot of it is
• 50:51
  Speaker 1: just technique based form. If he can add some more
• 50:52
  Speaker 1: muscle and thicking out a little bit while not sacrificing
• 50:55
  Speaker 1: too much from an agility and explosion and flexibility perspective,
• 50:59
  Speaker 1: I'm all for it, but it is a dangerous mix.
• 51:01
  Speaker 1: You you know, kind of just need to get you know,
• 51:03
  Speaker 1: get some more saying to you in a little heavier
• 51:06
  Speaker 1: a little bit in terms of how you play, whether
• 51:08
  Speaker 1: it's literally or kind of figuratively good questions sarre, I
• 51:11
  Speaker 1: like that insane. Maybe put on some ankle weights from
• 51:13
  Speaker 1: run plays. Yeah, could be whatever gets the job done,
• 51:17
  Speaker 1: Whatever gets the job done. Next piece I want to
• 51:20
  Speaker 1: talk about here is uh, you know, I mentioned some
• 51:26
  Speaker 1: of these players earlier in a variety of forms, in
• 51:29
  Speaker 1: a variety of fashions, but I want to talk about
• 51:32
  Speaker 1: them in specificity now. Ba I tweeted this out earlier.
• 51:38
  Speaker 1: It was a little bit of a spoiler for kind
• 51:40
  Speaker 1: of some thoughts here in the show. The twenty twenty
• 51:42
  Speaker 1: two draft class for the Buffalo Bills. I am thankful
• 51:46
  Speaker 1: for that draft class because that group has really had
• 51:49
  Speaker 1: a significant impact on the team this year. Going through it.
• 51:54
  Speaker 1: Just for those who don't know, the twenty twenty two
• 51:56
  Speaker 1: draft class, Kyrie Elam in round one, James Cooking round two,
• 51:59
  Speaker 1: Terrell burn in round three, Khalil Secure in round five,
• 52:02
  Speaker 1: Matta Riza in round six, Christian Benford in round six,
• 52:05
  Speaker 1: Luke Tanuda in round six, Bayal Inspector in round seven.
• 52:09
  Speaker 1: So you had you had eight draft picks in that class.
• 52:14
  Speaker 1: That's what I thought. I just wanted to confirm. Sometimes
• 52:16
  Speaker 1: my math can be wrong. You add eight draft picks
• 52:19
  Speaker 1: in that class and four have been very legitimate hits,
• 52:22
  Speaker 1: and it become plus starters for you. James Cook, we've
• 52:25
  Speaker 1: already talked about next one. Terrell Bernard in round three,
• 52:29
  Speaker 1: the air traffic controller of the Bills defense, as I
• 52:32
  Speaker 1: always refer to him, extremely smart, good coming forward, a
• 52:36
  Speaker 1: good blitzer played in a very pro ready pro style
• 52:41
  Speaker 1: system at Baylor under head coach Dave or Randa. Understands
• 52:44
  Speaker 1: how to play the game from the neck up with
• 52:46
  Speaker 1: his intelligence and how to again quarterback of defense, coordinating everyone,
• 52:50
  Speaker 1: executing push calls, telling you know this, this is the
• 52:53
  Speaker 1: play that's coming or if they run this play, you're
• 52:55
  Speaker 1: doing this, I'm doing that, you're going over here. Just
• 52:59
  Speaker 1: a really altmit adjuster. But then the actual play understanding
• 53:03
  Speaker 1: you know, his size limitations, being able to slash and
• 53:05
  Speaker 1: shoot and trigger and make plays in and around the
• 53:08
  Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, make him plays and coverage. What he's
• 53:11
  Speaker 1: been has been a real strength for this Bill's defense.
• 53:14
  Speaker 1: Khalil Shakir talked him about, talked about him a little bit.
• 53:18
  Speaker 1: What he's become. I mean, you know through you know,
• 53:22
  Speaker 1: before week twelve through eleven weeks, amongst forty seven wide
• 53:25
  Speaker 1: receivers with at least fifty targets, he was ninth and
• 53:27
  Speaker 1: EPA per target, sixth in total EPA, third and success rate,
• 53:31
  Speaker 1: thirteenth in yards per target, seventh in yards per route run,
• 53:34
  Speaker 1: the lowest average depth of target out of those forty
• 53:37
  Speaker 1: seven wide receivers at three point five yards and the
• 53:39
  Speaker 1: lowest average depth of catch at two point six yards.
• 53:43
  Speaker 1: And he was third league wide in yards after catch
• 53:46
  Speaker 1: and second amongst wide receivers only to Jamar Chase, who
• 53:48
  Speaker 1: has had back to back weeks of just monster yards
• 53:52
  Speaker 1: after catch games. What Shakir has become in this offense
• 53:56
  Speaker 1: again a fifth round pick. I still don't understand how
• 53:59
  Speaker 1: we lasted to the fifth. I thought he would go
• 54:00
  Speaker 1: in round three, round four, to the latest, but you know,
• 54:04
  Speaker 1: lasted until round five. The Bill's got him. He has been,
• 54:07
  Speaker 1: like we talked about earlier, the security blanket, the easy
• 54:09
  Speaker 1: button for this Bill's offense, whether it's by design on
• 54:12
  Speaker 1: tunnel screens or taking advantage of space and leverage with
• 54:17
  Speaker 1: the RPO bubbles, the runs with the pass tags where
• 54:20
  Speaker 1: Allen is just reading numbers and spitting it out really
• 54:22
  Speaker 1: quick to secure, or it's something like you know, running
• 54:24
  Speaker 1: a little over the ball route and getting the ball
• 54:26
  Speaker 1: at five yards and shaking somebody and turning that five
• 54:29
  Speaker 1: yard catch into fifteen yards after or twenty yards after.
• 54:32
  Speaker 1: And the physicality that he shows when he has the ball,
• 54:34
  Speaker 1: and how he turns into a running back once the
• 54:36
  Speaker 1: ball is in his hands. With the contact balance and
• 54:39
  Speaker 1: the moves and the gate and the power and the
• 54:42
  Speaker 1: control all of it, what Shakira has been absolutely tremendous.
• 54:46
  Speaker 1: Christian Ben for six round pick in that year, I
• 54:50
  Speaker 1: think is a huge part of why you're not too
• 54:52
  Speaker 1: upset that Kyri Elam hadn't panned out as the first
• 54:55
  Speaker 1: round corner he was drafted to be. But even Elam
• 54:57
  Speaker 1: has been you know, again, it's not ideal. I understand
• 55:01
  Speaker 1: that from everyone. It's not ideal resource allocation to have
• 55:04
  Speaker 1: a first round pick that isn't a core starter for
• 55:07
  Speaker 1: you and it's more of a deaf guys like a
• 55:09
  Speaker 1: corner three or a corner four, position three, position four,
• 55:12
  Speaker 1: whatever it is. I understand that. But Elam isn't a
• 55:15
  Speaker 1: complete lost cause. He might be a starter for the
• 55:17
  Speaker 1: Bills next year. We might be sitting here at this
• 55:19
  Speaker 1: point next year talking about how Christian Benford and Kyri
• 55:22
  Speaker 1: Elam are this real solid corner duo because the Bills
• 55:25
  Speaker 1: didn't keep Rasul Douglas and Elam is kind of taking
• 55:27
  Speaker 1: that mantle. So who knows. You know, Elam looked good
• 55:30
  Speaker 1: in the preseason and look good in camp. Got burned
• 55:33
  Speaker 1: by Tyreek Hill against Miami, but overall had a fine game.
• 55:37
  Speaker 1: Aside from that, we'll see if Elam can become anything.
• 55:39
  Speaker 1: But even if Elam was a huge bust, which I
• 55:43
  Speaker 1: still don't think he is at this point, because again
• 55:44
  Speaker 1: I think depth is valuable. But again I recognize he's
• 55:47
  Speaker 1: not without what you drafted for the first round. I
• 55:49
  Speaker 1: understand that. But Christian Benford, just rounding into last year,
• 55:54
  Speaker 1: I thought he was a real quality cornerback two. He's
• 55:58
  Speaker 1: turning into a legit corner back one, especially in today's NFL.
• 56:03
  Speaker 1: These numbers again from go heading into the buy amongst
• 56:06
  Speaker 1: one hundred and four corners with at least fifteen targets.
• 56:08
  Speaker 1: Per Sports Info Solutions, Benford was seventh in EPA per target,
• 56:12
  Speaker 1: third in EPA thirty eighth and success rate, fifth in
• 56:16
  Speaker 1: yards per attempt, fifteenth in yards per target, eleventh and
• 56:20
  Speaker 1: quarterback rating against. And then he was second in HAVOC,
• 56:23
  Speaker 1: which is a metric per field vision that brand in
• 56:27
  Speaker 1: that company that accounts for scheme and adds that context
• 56:30
  Speaker 1: into it as well. So he's second in that metric
• 56:33
  Speaker 1: and in that regard, it's just man like what Benford
• 56:39
  Speaker 1: has become, what Shakir has become, what Bernard has become,
• 56:43
  Speaker 1: what Cook has become. Even Biglan Inspector seventh round pick
• 56:46
  Speaker 1: quality special teamer also is able to stem the tide
• 56:49
  Speaker 1: a little bit for Terrell Bernard when he went out
• 56:52
  Speaker 1: earlier this year. Having somebody like Specter who came in
• 56:55
  Speaker 1: and wasn't a complete liability as a seventh round pick
• 56:57
  Speaker 1: from a couple of years ago. You don't even know
• 56:59
  Speaker 1: if a seven round is going to make the roster.
• 57:01
  Speaker 1: You're just hoping they can provide some value on special
• 57:02
  Speaker 1: teams and if they become something else cool, even similar
• 57:05
  Speaker 1: for a six round pick. So Specter becoming you know,
• 57:08
  Speaker 1: some functional depth is cool, and that's still a win.
• 57:12
  Speaker 1: So there's four legitimate plus starters Cook, Bernard, Shakir, Benford.
• 57:17
  Speaker 1: Two of those plus starters, Shakira and Benford came on
• 57:20
  Speaker 1: day three, Shakira in round five, Benford in round six.
• 57:23
  Speaker 1: And then again you're adding Inspector and I think you
• 57:25
  Speaker 1: do add Kyrie Elam as well, both those guys being
• 57:27
  Speaker 1: various and differing levels of functional depth. I know Spector
• 57:30
  Speaker 1: looks better because he's a seven round pick. Elum the
• 57:32
  Speaker 1: first I know. I just want to keep saying in
• 57:34
  Speaker 1: case someone jumps in right now and wants to yell
• 57:36
  Speaker 1: at me, But yeah, that twenty twenty two draft class
• 57:40
  Speaker 1: really hit. Prospect evaluation is still very much an inexact science,
• 57:44
  Speaker 1: but getting four plus level starters out of eight picks
• 57:47
  Speaker 1: is a huge win. And then having two other guys
• 57:50
  Speaker 1: that are providing on the roster as depth on your
• 57:54
  Speaker 1: chart and being able to come in in a pinch
• 57:55
  Speaker 1: if needed is also a nice little cherry on top
• 57:58
  Speaker 1: as well. It's it. It's just been such a quality
• 58:01
  Speaker 1: group that they've been able to maintain from there, and
• 58:05
  Speaker 1: it's been one that they needed, you know, in this
• 58:06
  Speaker 1: revamp year, you need these guys that are cost affordable
• 58:12
  Speaker 1: to produce. You need to capitalize on these guys to
• 58:15
  Speaker 1: kind of maximize their output while not costing an arm
• 58:18
  Speaker 1: and a leg and you having to pay them the move.
• 58:20
  Speaker 1: So getting this out of Cook again Cook round two,
• 58:23
  Speaker 1: Terrell Bernard Round three, Collusia Cure round five, Christian Benford
• 58:26
  Speaker 1: Brown six, and then Elaman one specter in seven. Just
• 58:30
  Speaker 1: a real strong quality draft class. Will see who gets
• 58:33
  Speaker 1: paid and who gets resigned going forward and for how
• 58:36
  Speaker 1: much and what it shakes down to. But yeah, this
• 58:38
  Speaker 1: twenty twenty two draft class, they played well, you know
• 58:41
  Speaker 1: as rookies and some spurts depending on you know who
• 58:44
  Speaker 1: were really kind of Benford showing out and Cook flashing
• 58:46
  Speaker 1: a bit, and then more from Cook and Benford and
• 58:49
  Speaker 1: Bernard and Shakiir last year and then all formed of
• 58:52
  Speaker 1: again continuing to build like that new core, that new
• 58:56
  Speaker 1: nucleus for this Bill squad. Poyer's gone, Heide is gone,
• 59:00
  Speaker 1: Diggs is gone, Gabe Davis has gone. Like these previous
• 59:02
  Speaker 1: guys that were the leaders or the core they went out.
• 59:05
  Speaker 1: Who was that next group to kind of step in.
• 59:08
  Speaker 1: I'm really looking at that twenty twenty two draft class
• 59:10
  Speaker 1: in terms of leadership combination, but also that on field
• 59:13
  Speaker 1: production actual execution aspect. They have been absolutely huge and
• 59:17
  Speaker 1: absolutely tremendous. Charles saying Shakiro sixty four targets, hero drops, yeah,
• 59:24
  Speaker 1: part of it, I don't. I don't like bringing up
• 59:26
  Speaker 1: catch rate with Shakir because yes, he still has to
• 59:28
  Speaker 1: catch the ball, But like I mentioned, like his average
• 59:30
  Speaker 1: depth of target is three point five yards, which is
• 59:33
  Speaker 1: the lowest out of those forty seven wide receivers, and
• 59:35
  Speaker 1: his average depth of catches two point six yards, which
• 59:38
  Speaker 1: is also the lowest. So again, you still have to
• 59:40
  Speaker 1: catch the ball, and Allen can throw some bullets, so
• 59:42
  Speaker 1: if you're closer to him it might be a little harder.
• 59:44
  Speaker 1: But I don't think catch raight is the best thing
• 59:46
  Speaker 1: for Shakirir because so many of his targets are in
• 59:49
  Speaker 1: and around the line of scrimmage where it's just quick,
• 59:51
  Speaker 1: little like flips and hitters to him. But yes, he
• 59:53
  Speaker 1: is catching pretty much everything that's gone his way, which
• 59:56
  Speaker 1: is nice. And he's also showing that a little more
• 59:58
  Speaker 1: downfield as well. So you can kind of make argument
• 1:00:00
  Speaker 1: in case Bob's saying Josh deserves continuity at the wide
• 1:00:04
  Speaker 1: receiver position. One year deals hasn't panned out that well
• 1:00:07
  Speaker 1: except for Hollins, possibly Cooper Shakiir should get extended. Chemistry
• 1:00:10
  Speaker 1: can't be under value. I agree that cole securitis are
• 1:00:13
  Speaker 1: the contract ESSENTI will see kind of what that goes into.
• 1:00:17
  Speaker 1: Extra crispy saying Kali Secure kind of reminds me of
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 1: aman Ross Saint Brown, not quite as effective, but still
• 1:00:23
  Speaker 1: very good. I think that I don't want to make
• 1:00:26
  Speaker 1: this sound disrespectful to Secure, but yeah, I feel like
• 1:00:28
  Speaker 1: kind of the bargain bin a'man Ross Saint Brown, which
• 1:00:34
  Speaker 1: again I don't think is an insult to Secure, because
• 1:00:35
  Speaker 1: aman Ra is like one of the top five wide
• 1:00:37
  Speaker 1: receivers in football, especially with what he does as a blocker,
• 1:00:40
  Speaker 1: man like, and that's such an aspect of his game
• 1:00:42
  Speaker 1: that does not get enough credit. Obviously, if you're a
• 1:00:44
  Speaker 1: wide receiver, it's the pass catching stuff that gets you recognition.
• 1:00:47
  Speaker 1: His hands, his route running, the toughness after the catch,
• 1:00:50
  Speaker 1: the ability at the catch point. He can run anything
• 1:00:52
  Speaker 1: and everything, and just what he can do is awesome.
• 1:00:54
  Speaker 1: But he's a really good blocker. Like he's physical, he's nasty,
• 1:00:59
  Speaker 1: he can handle dudes that are bigger than him, like
• 1:01:01
  Speaker 1: various body types. Yeah, he's Yeah, he does a lot
• 1:01:07
  Speaker 1: RJ saying I still think Elon can be great. He
• 1:01:10
  Speaker 1: has more impactful splash plays than Trey White. Oh I
• 1:01:12
  Speaker 1: don't know about that, saying he's got more impactful splash
• 1:01:15
  Speaker 1: plays than Trey. I don't know if you can say that,
• 1:01:20
  Speaker 1: but to each their own. And even if he did
• 1:01:22
  Speaker 1: have more splash plays, Tray was so technically sound coming
• 1:01:26
  Speaker 1: out of the gate. Like that level of technique I
• 1:01:29
  Speaker 1: think goes so unappreciated because's again it's not the sexiest.
• 1:01:32
  Speaker 1: But yeah, Trey, I mean, Trey was locked down when
• 1:01:34
  Speaker 1: he was like when he was cooking, And it's a
• 1:01:38
  Speaker 1: shame that injury, kind of multiple injuries kind of took
• 1:01:41
  Speaker 1: him off track a little bit. But man, Trey was
• 1:01:43
  Speaker 1: something special. John's saying some take longer to mature than others, Like, yep,
• 1:01:49
  Speaker 1: you never know, maybe he catches on in year four
• 1:01:51
  Speaker 1: or further. Kind of go from there, Aiden saying, what
• 1:01:54
  Speaker 1: kind of contract do you expect Secure to get? Will
• 1:01:56
  Speaker 1: we be able to retain him? I think they will
• 1:01:57
  Speaker 1: be able to retain him. I haven't done any contractor
• 1:02:00
  Speaker 1: I got to take a look at comps and markets
• 1:02:03
  Speaker 1: and all that kind of stuff. If I take a
• 1:02:05
  Speaker 1: quick drink here, I'm so deep into scheme and structure
• 1:02:12
  Speaker 1: and looking at everything from a lead wide perspective on
• 1:02:15
  Speaker 1: the field and college stuff as well. I don't get
• 1:02:18
  Speaker 1: into contract things until the offseason, so circle back once
• 1:02:21
  Speaker 1: the season is done and I can dive into or
• 1:02:23
  Speaker 1: actually maybe I'll dive into it after this episode and
• 1:02:25
  Speaker 1: kind of go through it. But yeah, I gotta look
• 1:02:27
  Speaker 1: at comps and see what the market contracts were and
• 1:02:30
  Speaker 1: how that projects out. But I do think he can
• 1:02:32
  Speaker 1: be a realistic retention. I don't think he's going to
• 1:02:35
  Speaker 1: break the market or look to get like twenty million
• 1:02:37
  Speaker 1: dollars a year like. I think he'll be fine. Yeah,
• 1:02:40
  Speaker 1: And Aiden saying, just swap the Benford of the Olympics
• 1:02:41
  Speaker 1: and pretend you're happy exactly. Just just do that and
• 1:02:43
  Speaker 1: you're good. Oh, Pop's saying, Lad maconkey looks like he
• 1:02:47
  Speaker 1: could be a shakier Ladd is just Lad. Isn't the
• 1:02:49
  Speaker 1: yards after catch type of due that Shakira is. But
• 1:02:52
  Speaker 1: he's just such a good route runner, lad maconkie. I
• 1:02:55
  Speaker 1: said it coming out this past year in the draft,
• 1:02:58
  Speaker 1: like he's just such a professional route runner from day one.
• 1:03:01
  Speaker 1: I don't think the ceiling was super high, but the
• 1:03:03
  Speaker 1: floor was super high. He can run any route. He
• 1:03:06
  Speaker 1: understands pacing, deception, He's got a good release package. He's
• 1:03:10
  Speaker 1: good with his stems. He understands how to lie and
• 1:03:13
  Speaker 1: you know I'm gonna sell up field and pop out.
• 1:03:16
  Speaker 1: He's got good feed, he's got good hips. He understands
• 1:03:19
  Speaker 1: how to get in and out of breaks decisively and sharply,
• 1:03:22
  Speaker 1: how to set defenders up. I saw him in person
• 1:03:24
  Speaker 1: at the Senior Bowl and he did not disappoint. Yeah,
• 1:03:27
  Speaker 1: Lad McConkey is a Yeah. I think he's a different
• 1:03:29
  Speaker 1: kind of player than Shakir, but he's a professional from
• 1:03:32
  Speaker 1: day one, a professional route runner from day one. As
• 1:03:34
  Speaker 1: soon as he hit the field like that, there, let's
• 1:03:38
  Speaker 1: go into actually before we go into our next piece.
• 1:03:44
  Speaker 1: I got a couple more topics that I want to
• 1:03:47
  Speaker 1: get through here, but I like to bring it up
• 1:03:50
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, folks, very much for that. Next piece, let's
• 1:06:34
  Speaker 1: talk about in this show. Oh, this is awesome from
• 1:06:37
  Speaker 1: Jason saying, it is a special gift that is a
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  Speaker 1: human It can make us feel good to give things away.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for this, and now this is all one pie
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  Speaker 1: this type of generosity, in this type of kindness again
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  Speaker 1: throughout the entirety of the year. So that's awesome. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I'm very pumped to be able to do this every
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  Speaker 1: year for them, but I appreciate that, Jason, thank you
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  Speaker 1: very much. The next piece Taren Johnson and Rousseau. I
• 1:07:00
  Speaker 1: lumped them together because of what they mean schematically. Oh,
• 1:07:03
  Speaker 1: I gotta stop because we got a super chat. Carl says,
• 1:07:06
  Speaker 1: it's twenty nine days until Christmas. Where's your second tree?
• 1:07:09
  Speaker 1: I love the question, Carl. Haven't pulled out the second
• 1:07:12
  Speaker 1: tree yet because we haven't hit Thanksgiving yet. So next
• 1:07:16
  Speaker 1: week shows the full tree will be live and in effect.
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  Speaker 1: So I will take the littler tree, do some holiday
• 1:07:23
  Speaker 1: decor and decoration on it for Christmas. I'll move it
• 1:07:25
  Speaker 1: over to the little spot like you know, and then
• 1:07:27
  Speaker 1: I will take that bigger tree and plant it right there.
• 1:07:31
  Speaker 1: I always wait. That's the rule of the big tree
• 1:07:34
  Speaker 1: in the house in the living room goes up after Thanksgiving.
• 1:07:36
  Speaker 1: So this weekend that tree is going up this weekend,
• 1:07:39
  Speaker 1: and the other tree is gonna go up here. I
• 1:07:41
  Speaker 1: appreciate you keep me on my toest, Carl, and keep
• 1:07:43
  Speaker 1: me accountable. And thank you for being here as you
• 1:07:44
  Speaker 1: always are. And thank you for the super chat. You're
• 1:07:46
  Speaker 1: one of the most consistent contributors and donators and I
• 1:07:48
  Speaker 1: really appreciate it, and so does the brand. Thank you
• 1:07:49
  Speaker 1: very much for that. And good question. I appreciate you
• 1:07:51
  Speaker 1: appreciating the trees. But Daniel saying first spot track, Shakir's
• 1:07:58
  Speaker 1: market value is eighteen point eight million dollars per year
• 1:08:02
  Speaker 1: for what it's worth. Oh, I could see him. I
• 1:08:04
  Speaker 1: was gonna say. In my head, I was thinking fifteen million.
• 1:08:09
  Speaker 1: Actually the kind of number that I had in my head.
• 1:08:11
  Speaker 1: I don't know why the number. Let me see. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: the number in my head was sixty four million over
• 1:08:18
  Speaker 1: four years, which is like sixteen million per I'm thinking
• 1:08:21
  Speaker 1: you'd probably get lasting. I'm hoping like fourteen million per
• 1:08:23
  Speaker 1: maybe fifteen. I don't think he pushes twenty maybe if
• 1:08:28
  Speaker 1: he continues to ball out and he has some playoff moments.
• 1:08:30
  Speaker 1: But that's interesting that they market him around eighteen point eight. Yeah.
• 1:08:33
  Speaker 1: My thought is kind of like fourteen to sixteen million
• 1:08:35
  Speaker 1: per somewhere around that range. I wish it could be
• 1:08:37
  Speaker 1: like ten million per that would be amazing. Jason, thank
• 1:08:43
  Speaker 1: you well. I always appreciate you being here. You're awesome.
• 1:08:46
  Speaker 1: I just consistent presence every single week, which is great,
• 1:08:48
  Speaker 1: and your activity is awesome. I really appreciate and thank
• 1:08:51
  Speaker 1: you very much for the super chat. Thank you, And
• 1:08:52
  Speaker 1: Jason says, uh, thankful to you. Don't put pressure on
• 1:08:56
  Speaker 1: Ant's wife. Doesn't happen on our watch. I appreciate that.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for not pressuring my wife when it comes
• 1:09:02
  Speaker 1: to the tree setup and all the production things that
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  Speaker 1: happen behind me. I appreciate that. And then John coming
• 1:09:07
  Speaker 1: in saying, well, said Jason, that's awesome. Dominic, what's up?
• 1:09:11
  Speaker 1: Dom Dom says, I'm thankful for cover one in the
• 1:09:13
  Speaker 1: Goofy Discord Chat. Yeah, the discord chat is awesome. One
• 1:09:17
  Speaker 1: of the pieces we hang our hat on. I'm always
• 1:09:18
  Speaker 1: in the film the film chat. I post stuff a
• 1:09:21
  Speaker 1: lot of clips there, whether stuff I'm posting the Twitter
• 1:09:24
  Speaker 1: or stuff that's not. Yeah, so find me in the
• 1:09:27
  Speaker 1: film discord channel. But there's tons of different channels within
• 1:09:30
  Speaker 1: the discord, the Bills Chat, the college football chat, the
• 1:09:32
  Speaker 1: film chat. There's a multitude of things in a variety
• 1:09:36
  Speaker 1: of ways. Yeah, And it's like over five hundred people deep,
• 1:09:39
  Speaker 1: and the Bills Chat is always rolling. I feel like
• 1:09:41
  Speaker 1: it's so hard to just catch up and joining the conversation.
• 1:09:43
  Speaker 1: So I feel like I feel like the even though
• 1:09:45
  Speaker 1: the film is deeper, I gravitate more towards that. And
• 1:09:50
  Speaker 1: then because it's somewhat less active, I feel like it's
• 1:09:52
  Speaker 1: the kiddie pool and for in terms of engagement, and
• 1:09:54
  Speaker 1: it makes me not feel this overwhelmed as the giant
• 1:09:56
  Speaker 1: Bills Chat, which is always just hopping. But yeah, Dom,
• 1:09:59
  Speaker 1: you're awesome. Appreciate you for that. John saying I enjoy
• 1:10:04
  Speaker 1: the educated folks in the chat as do why Jason
• 1:10:06
  Speaker 1: saying I can't figure the slot wide receiver market due
• 1:10:08
  Speaker 1: to how much or due to how there is such
• 1:10:10
  Speaker 1: a mix in name modern NFL. Yeah, dude, I mean,
• 1:10:13
  Speaker 1: especially now with how much like wide receiver ones move
• 1:10:17
  Speaker 1: into the slot and like what you get from Aman
• 1:10:19
  Speaker 1: Ross Saint Brown, what you get from Justin Jefferson, what
• 1:10:21
  Speaker 1: you get from Cooper Cup and Pooka Nakoul and like
• 1:10:23
  Speaker 1: all these dudes like it muddies the whole waters out
• 1:10:26
  Speaker 1: of the slot Jamar Chase, Like all these dudes that
• 1:10:28
  Speaker 1: have inside outside flexibility and versatility, can align anywhere, can
• 1:10:31
  Speaker 1: run any route like move them, leave them stationary, slot
• 1:10:34
  Speaker 1: XZ backfield. Yeah, the market is wild now, but dudes
• 1:10:38
  Speaker 1: are getting paid so kind of hard to argue with
• 1:10:41
  Speaker 1: the guys chasing the bag top next topic of who
• 1:10:44
  Speaker 1: I'm thankful for, Taron Johnson and Greg Russeau wanted to
• 1:10:47
  Speaker 1: grab the comment for Joe saying I'm thankful for Rousseau
• 1:10:50
  Speaker 1: seemingly hitting his stride. Feels like this is the furthest
• 1:10:53
  Speaker 1: in the season. He's been healthy since his rookie year,
• 1:10:55
  Speaker 1: no jinks, and it looks like his past or skills
• 1:10:56
  Speaker 1: have improved too. Yeah, I think you know Rousseau starting
• 1:10:59
  Speaker 1: to have more of an inside move this year that
• 1:11:03
  Speaker 1: he's been dominant with When he's used it, it's worked.
• 1:11:05
  Speaker 1: And then him always being able to play with his length,
• 1:11:07
  Speaker 1: good hand placement, good punch, good pop, good strength, good leverage,
• 1:11:11
  Speaker 1: and just be one of the best run defending edges
• 1:11:15
  Speaker 1: in football consistently one of the best run defending defense
• 1:11:17
  Speaker 1: run run defending defensive linement. That is kind of hard
• 1:11:20
  Speaker 1: to say in the NFL. I wanted to tie him
• 1:11:22
  Speaker 1: and Taron Johnson together because I'm spoken about metrics for
• 1:11:26
  Speaker 1: both of them on Twitter, on shows. I wanted to
• 1:11:29
  Speaker 1: talk more about what they mean schematically and why I'm
• 1:11:32
  Speaker 1: so thankful for them. It's because of what they mean schematically,
• 1:11:34
  Speaker 1: especially in today's NFL, and especially with how good they're playing.
• 1:11:37
  Speaker 1: You know, Taron Johnson All Pro last year, Rousseau one
• 1:11:42
  Speaker 1: of the best run setting or edge setting run defending
• 1:11:45
  Speaker 1: defensive linement. Who I said it right, in all of football,
• 1:11:48
  Speaker 1: not just edges, anybody on the defensive line. They're so
• 1:11:51
  Speaker 1: important because of the buying that offenses want to put
• 1:11:54
  Speaker 1: you in today. The Bills especially, we know Nickel defense,
• 1:11:59
  Speaker 1: and they want to play with light boxes. They want
• 1:12:01
  Speaker 1: to only rush four, they want to play with light boxes.
• 1:12:04
  Speaker 1: They want numbers in coverage. They want to limit explosives
• 1:12:07
  Speaker 1: in the past game. They want to keep everything in
• 1:12:09
  Speaker 1: front of them. They want to squeeze passing windows, play
• 1:12:11
  Speaker 1: top down rally, tackle, create havoc turnovers, all that kind
• 1:12:16
  Speaker 1: of stuff. By the way to do that for them
• 1:12:18
  Speaker 1: is again having numbers in coverage. When I say numbers
• 1:12:21
  Speaker 1: in coverage, having seven in coverage. If you have seven
• 1:12:24
  Speaker 1: in coverage consistently, you always have the numbers advantage against
• 1:12:27
  Speaker 1: the offense because the most an offense can get out
• 1:12:29
  Speaker 1: into a route distribution is five. Seven obviously is greater
• 1:12:32
  Speaker 1: than five, but you can game them up. Sometimes they're
• 1:12:35
  Speaker 1: only getting four, sometimes they're only getting three. The Bills
• 1:12:37
  Speaker 1: want that coverage advantage from a numbers perspective, plus being
• 1:12:41
  Speaker 1: able to consistently drop seven into coverage means you can
• 1:12:44
  Speaker 1: get to more in coverage, both in terms of pre
• 1:12:46
  Speaker 1: and post snap disguises, rotations, all that stuff, but just
• 1:12:49
  Speaker 1: in terms of general coverages, what you can do, how
• 1:12:52
  Speaker 1: you can get to them non traditional stuff. You know,
• 1:12:55
  Speaker 1: who's a split field player, who's the pole runner or
• 1:12:58
  Speaker 1: the Tampa player, who's covered in the four, who's the
• 1:13:00
  Speaker 1: cloud corner, who's dropping, who's going here. If you have numbers,
• 1:13:04
  Speaker 1: you can play more games, and we've seen the Bills
• 1:13:06
  Speaker 1: do that more this year in order to play with
• 1:13:10
  Speaker 1: light boxes and combat the personnel groupings that you see
• 1:13:15
  Speaker 1: from opposing offenses in today's NFL, you need players who
• 1:13:21
  Speaker 1: can live against the run and the pass in a
• 1:13:23
  Speaker 1: variety of ways. When we'll start with Taron Johnson what
• 1:13:26
  Speaker 1: he is as a nickel, I know so much of
• 1:13:28
  Speaker 1: the conversation as Ben. You know, Okay, if they play
• 1:13:30
  Speaker 1: teams that go twelve or thirteen personnel or twenty one
• 1:13:33
  Speaker 1: and they're really mashing, you do you take out Taron Johnson?
• 1:13:36
  Speaker 1: You know, Dorrian Williams has really developed, So when Milanal
• 1:13:38
  Speaker 1: comes back, you take out Tarran and put Dorian in there.
• 1:13:41
  Speaker 1: So on and so forth. The idea of kind of
• 1:13:42
  Speaker 1: like more base packages or base personnel with three linebackers,
• 1:13:46
  Speaker 1: I understand it. But Taron Johnson's a really good run defender,
• 1:13:49
  Speaker 1: and his ability to function and coverage in a multitude
• 1:13:53
  Speaker 1: of coverage is in a multitude of responsibilities. Whether he's
• 1:13:57
  Speaker 1: the hook player or the Kurla flat player, he's dropping
• 1:14:00
  Speaker 1: as a split field safety at times, or if he's
• 1:14:03
  Speaker 1: coming forward playing the run, playing in the box, taking
• 1:14:06
  Speaker 1: up pulling linemen, triggering shooting gaps, making tackles in and
• 1:14:10
  Speaker 1: around the line of scrimmage, playing in the box, playing
• 1:14:12
  Speaker 1: at that apex, shooting off a variety of opponents right,
• 1:14:17
  Speaker 1: He's able to play like a linebacker and a nickel
• 1:14:19
  Speaker 1: corner at the same time, and that just increases the
• 1:14:22
  Speaker 1: flexibility and the variability for this defense. It allows you
• 1:14:26
  Speaker 1: to not be dictated to as much because you've got
• 1:14:30
  Speaker 1: somebody who can function legitimately function against the run and
• 1:14:33
  Speaker 1: also function against the pass. And then you take Greg Russo.
• 1:14:37
  Speaker 1: His ability is a game wrecker against the run. He
• 1:14:39
  Speaker 1: can cover like two gaps just by himself. You'll see
• 1:14:42
  Speaker 1: him cover that outside C gap, but then he has
• 1:14:44
  Speaker 1: the ability to stack shed and get those tree trunk
• 1:14:47
  Speaker 1: arms back across and into the B gap as necessary,
• 1:14:51
  Speaker 1: and make a tackle at the line of scrimmage. Like
• 1:14:53
  Speaker 1: His functionality against the run is part of what allows
• 1:14:57
  Speaker 1: the Bills to play light boxes and not get gouged
• 1:14:59
  Speaker 1: too much. Yes, they will get gashed from time to time.
• 1:15:01
  Speaker 1: We talk a bunch on this show about their run defense,
• 1:15:05
  Speaker 1: and their philosophy is very much like, we're gonna get got,
• 1:15:09
  Speaker 1: but we're also going to get you. You're gonna gash
• 1:15:10
  Speaker 1: us for six or nine or twelve. We're gonna get
• 1:15:13
  Speaker 1: you for minus four. We're gonna get you for minus two.
• 1:15:15
  Speaker 1: And when we get you in second and third behind
• 1:15:18
  Speaker 1: the sticks. That's when we capitalize, and that's when we pounce.
• 1:15:21
  Speaker 1: Russeau is integral to their philosophy and towards what they're
• 1:15:25
  Speaker 1: able to do and the numbers that they play in
• 1:15:27
  Speaker 1: the box or don't have to play in the box.
• 1:15:29
  Speaker 1: Being able to live in nickel personnel, being able to
• 1:15:31
  Speaker 1: spin a safety late, being able to have smaller, faster, rangier,
• 1:15:37
  Speaker 1: more trigger mentality. Linebackers like Bernard, like Malono, even Terren
• 1:15:41
  Speaker 1: Johnson to a degree with how he plays as a
• 1:15:43
  Speaker 1: quasi linebacker at times. Having somebody like Greg Russou up
• 1:15:47
  Speaker 1: front that can handle the run, that can maintain and
• 1:15:51
  Speaker 1: set the edge, but who can also penetrate. Who's great
• 1:15:54
  Speaker 1: with that bootleg, counter, reverse or run type of response
• 1:16:00
  Speaker 1: ability where he can move down the line and read, okay,
• 1:16:03
  Speaker 1: like let me watch for the cutback, Okay, here comes
• 1:16:05
  Speaker 1: the reverse. Okay, the quarterbacks keeping it. He's booting and
• 1:16:07
  Speaker 1: let me trigger on the QB. How sound he is
• 1:16:11
  Speaker 1: from an assignment and technique perspective against the run opens
• 1:16:14
  Speaker 1: up so much for the defense. Greg Russou is a
• 1:16:16
  Speaker 1: consistent force multiplier on this Bill's defensive line, whether he's
• 1:16:19
  Speaker 1: making a stop, whether he's not making a stop, whether
• 1:16:21
  Speaker 1: he's getting a sack, whether he's not. I still would
• 1:16:23
  Speaker 1: like his pass rush productivity to take another jump and
• 1:16:26
  Speaker 1: become a true overall, you know, edge one. But he's
• 1:16:31
  Speaker 1: so good against the run and has shown enough in
• 1:16:34
  Speaker 1: terms of pass rush that I think he's really kind
• 1:16:37
  Speaker 1: of coming into his own. And again, he's a force
• 1:16:39
  Speaker 1: multiplier and opens up a lot. He unlocks the defense
• 1:16:41
  Speaker 1: in a multitude of ways, and I think Taron Johnson
• 1:16:43
  Speaker 1: is in a very similar boat with how they both
• 1:16:45
  Speaker 1: allow the defense to play numbers and play coverage while
• 1:16:51
  Speaker 1: not being completely vulnerable or susceptible to the run game,
• 1:16:54
  Speaker 1: and just their read and recognition ability. Tarn especially on
• 1:16:58
  Speaker 1: the back end his communication, He's always been good with it,
• 1:17:01
  Speaker 1: but he's really stepped it up this year in the
• 1:17:03
  Speaker 1: absence of Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer Tarran and Greg Rousseau.
• 1:17:08
  Speaker 1: Really and again, there are numbers of metrics to speak to,
• 1:17:11
  Speaker 1: which is what they mean schematically as forced multipliers, as
• 1:17:15
  Speaker 1: unlockers for the rest of the defense, and how they
• 1:17:17
  Speaker 1: play philosophically and from an identity perspective really just honestly
• 1:17:21
  Speaker 1: means a lot. Jason saying, we talked about the quality
• 1:17:26
  Speaker 1: of Nathan Peterman is a scout team safety a few
• 1:17:28
  Speaker 1: days ago. That is the kind of quality depth you
• 1:17:30
  Speaker 1: get in the cover one discord. Never disappoints, never disappoints,
• 1:17:33
  Speaker 1: John Say, Oh, I missed that one. Jason says again,
• 1:17:36
  Speaker 1: our traditional opponents treat Tarran like another linebacker in the run.
• 1:17:39
  Speaker 1: The less knowing teams still think they can attack that
• 1:17:42
  Speaker 1: like he won't be able to handle their runner, and
• 1:17:44
  Speaker 1: it's a classic battle. Yeah, he's able to match up
• 1:17:48
  Speaker 1: against receivers in the run game, matchup against tight ends.
• 1:17:51
  Speaker 1: He can take on fullbacks. He can take on alec
• 1:17:53
  Speaker 1: Engold and not get mismatched. When the Bills play the Dolphins,
• 1:17:55
  Speaker 1: he'll take on pulling guards and he'll shoot underneath, you know,
• 1:17:58
  Speaker 1: and trying. He'll even try and stop him in the hole,
• 1:18:01
  Speaker 1: or plug a gap and force and fill or just
• 1:18:05
  Speaker 1: kind of get underneath someone to make a play. Terran
• 1:18:08
  Speaker 1: is at an absolute monster again All Pro last year
• 1:18:10
  Speaker 1: and very well deserving of it. One of the best,
• 1:18:12
  Speaker 1: if not the best slot corners and nickel dudes in
• 1:18:14
  Speaker 1: the entirety of the NFL. He and Greg Russo I
• 1:18:17
  Speaker 1: think are kind of somewhat mirrors in terms of how
• 1:18:20
  Speaker 1: they unlock the defense and what they mean schematically is
• 1:18:24
  Speaker 1: forced multipliers for the Bills defense. So yeah, very thankful
• 1:18:28
  Speaker 1: for them. This next piece, Bombo. It's been mentioned a
• 1:18:31
  Speaker 1: couple times in this episode by people in the chat,
• 1:18:34
  Speaker 1: which is awesome. But I labeled this depth and player development.
• 1:18:38
  Speaker 1: You could label it Brandon Bean, Sean McDermott, Bobby Babbage,
• 1:18:42
  Speaker 1: Joe Brady, the coaching staff, however we want. I just
• 1:18:44
  Speaker 1: labeled it depth and player development to kind of give
• 1:18:46
  Speaker 1: it a broader umbrella term, especially defensively, and what we've
• 1:18:51
  Speaker 1: seen this year, the defensive schematics, the player development consistently
• 1:18:56
  Speaker 1: being able to raise players floors and mitigate losses. Being
• 1:19:00
  Speaker 1: able to take your all pro corner in Taron Johnson
• 1:19:05
  Speaker 1: and remove him from the lineup and replace him with
• 1:19:08
  Speaker 1: Cam Lewis, who is like a safety slot hybrid, and
• 1:19:13
  Speaker 1: being able to mitigate that all pro loss and not
• 1:19:16
  Speaker 1: just be a hole and of vulnerability. Being able to
• 1:19:18
  Speaker 1: take your starting linebacker all pro linebacker Matt Malono, being
• 1:19:22
  Speaker 1: able to replace him with Dorian Williams, who had to
• 1:19:25
  Speaker 1: do a lot of learning on the job and who
• 1:19:26
  Speaker 1: still needs to do more learning on the job. I
• 1:19:28
  Speaker 1: still don't think he's there. I don't want to bash
• 1:19:31
  Speaker 1: him too much, but the progression that he's shown being
• 1:19:34
  Speaker 1: able to fill in for Milano I mentioned Specter earlier,
• 1:19:37
  Speaker 1: being able to step in for Torell Bernard. What we've
• 1:19:40
  Speaker 1: seen in a variety of spots, defensively but then again
• 1:19:44
  Speaker 1: even offensively, like the development of Khaliosha Kiir, even the
• 1:19:47
  Speaker 1: development of Keyon Coleman. What you've gotten from James Cook,
• 1:19:51
  Speaker 1: even from Ray Davis, like what you're seeing from Spencer Brown,
• 1:19:54
  Speaker 1: what you're seeing from os IRUs Torrants, like Dawson Noxy.
• 1:19:58
  Speaker 1: I knock my own chair down with my foot aways
• 1:20:00
  Speaker 1: played with the little lever, what you're seeing from Dawson Knox.
• 1:20:04
  Speaker 1: I still don't love the contract that knock Scott. I
• 1:20:06
  Speaker 1: am not a fan of it, and I don't think
• 1:20:10
  Speaker 1: he's become the past catching option that I think most
• 1:20:13
  Speaker 1: fans wanted him to be, given the potential or the
• 1:20:15
  Speaker 1: athleticism they saw on him, and given the contract that
• 1:20:17
  Speaker 1: he was given, I think he's would very much be
• 1:20:19
  Speaker 1: schemed open and his athleticism plays really well in the scheme.
• 1:20:23
  Speaker 1: Sale routes over routes crossers stuff where he can really
• 1:20:27
  Speaker 1: use that speed and pull away from defenders and stretch defenses.
• 1:20:31
  Speaker 1: That's he's tremendous on that because of his speed and athleticism.
• 1:20:34
  Speaker 1: I don't think he's necessarily a guy that can just
• 1:20:36
  Speaker 1: get you a bucket and win one on one like
• 1:20:37
  Speaker 1: Dalton k and Kate can, but he does enough in
• 1:20:40
  Speaker 1: the past, and he's become a very good run blocker
• 1:20:43
  Speaker 1: against a variety of body types and skill sets. Again,
• 1:20:46
  Speaker 1: not necessarily to the level of the contract that he
• 1:20:48
  Speaker 1: signed a couple of years ago, but just the development
• 1:20:51
  Speaker 1: they've had as a whole on this team, but especially
• 1:20:53
  Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball. Christian Benford we
• 1:20:56
  Speaker 1: talked about like getting these guys late and being to
• 1:21:00
  Speaker 1: turn them into quality dudes, and just consistently being able
• 1:21:03
  Speaker 1: to raise floors and even raise ceilings for a variety
• 1:21:06
  Speaker 1: of guys, whether they're a UDFA or a day one pick,
• 1:21:10
  Speaker 1: Day two pick, Day three pick, a free agent, a
• 1:21:12
  Speaker 1: one year guy, a three year guy. In terms of
• 1:21:15
  Speaker 1: free agency, the variety of players and skill sets that
• 1:21:19
  Speaker 1: they brought in and fit them into their philosophy and
• 1:21:24
  Speaker 1: their culture and their identity, and being able again to
• 1:21:27
  Speaker 1: provide quality depths, so when you have injuries, you have
• 1:21:31
  Speaker 1: the depth to be able to withstand that and be like, oh,
• 1:21:34
  Speaker 1: Taron Johnson's out, he's you know what I'm saying this.
• 1:21:37
  Speaker 1: Taron Johnson, I think is arguably the most important player
• 1:21:39
  Speaker 1: for the entire Bills defense. I think he and Greg
• 1:21:42
  Speaker 1: Russou are arguably the two most important players for the
• 1:21:44
  Speaker 1: Bills defense. And the fact that you can lose Taron
• 1:21:48
  Speaker 1: Johnson and still be okay is a testament to the
• 1:21:52
  Speaker 1: depth and the coaching and player development on this team.
• 1:21:54
  Speaker 1: Even similar to Matt Mlonald, Matt Malonald takes this defense
• 1:21:57
  Speaker 1: to another level when he's in there. You know Bernard
• 1:22:00
  Speaker 1: does to a degree as well. Being able to lose
• 1:22:02
  Speaker 1: those guys and still be okay. It's just wild what
• 1:22:06
  Speaker 1: they've been able to do this year and again calling
• 1:22:08
  Speaker 1: card for the past couple of years. But the depth
• 1:22:11
  Speaker 1: that this team has been able to build regularly and
• 1:22:13
  Speaker 1: the player development that they've hit. I know, in some
• 1:22:16
  Speaker 1: areas it's been lacking, you know, I know we haven't
• 1:22:18
  Speaker 1: seen the you know, defensive line consistency or productivity that
• 1:22:22
  Speaker 1: we wanted to see given all of the resource allocation,
• 1:22:25
  Speaker 1: financially and in terms of draft capital over the past
• 1:22:28
  Speaker 1: several years. But they just know how to raise floors
• 1:22:32
  Speaker 1: for dudes, and raise ceilings, and sometimes that ceiling isn't
• 1:22:35
  Speaker 1: necessarily what we want, or that floor isn't necessarily what
• 1:22:37
  Speaker 1: we want. But they more often than not get quality
• 1:22:39
  Speaker 1: reps out of a lot of guys. They're able to
• 1:22:42
  Speaker 1: stem the tide and stem the bleeding a little bit
• 1:22:45
  Speaker 1: when they lose their studs or they lose their star guys.
• 1:22:47
  Speaker 1: They're good at adjustments. And again, a lot of this
• 1:22:50
  Speaker 1: is on the defensive side of the ball, but you're
• 1:22:51
  Speaker 1: seeing some of it offensively too. Just very thankful for
• 1:22:54
  Speaker 1: that this year again, because you lose Matt Malano in camp,
• 1:22:57
  Speaker 1: you lose Taron Johnson early in week one, you lose
• 1:23:00
  Speaker 1: rel Bernard early in week two, and those guys came back.
• 1:23:03
  Speaker 1: But you're able to kind of just deal with that
• 1:23:06
  Speaker 1: and be okay with that. And Kyrie Eland played some
• 1:23:09
  Speaker 1: reps this year and just what you know, Spencer Brown,
• 1:23:13
  Speaker 1: we talked about it earlier. Spencer Brown goes down and
• 1:23:15
  Speaker 1: Ryan Vandermark just steps in and you're like, Okay, he's
• 1:23:17
  Speaker 1: not a whole, He's not a vulnerability like that depth
• 1:23:19
  Speaker 1: and that player development is so huge because dudes are
• 1:23:22
  Speaker 1: going to go down, dudes are going to get banged up.
• 1:23:24
  Speaker 1: You need to have somebody be able to step in
• 1:23:27
  Speaker 1: and not have the wheels fall completely off. And that's
• 1:23:29
  Speaker 1: what the Bill has been able to do this year,
• 1:23:31
  Speaker 1: which is so important, and again a revamp year where
• 1:23:34
  Speaker 1: you are changing a little how you operate schematically, what
• 1:23:39
  Speaker 1: the direction is, the culture, the identity on the field,
• 1:23:43
  Speaker 1: off the field, all of that stuff. Man, Like, the
• 1:23:49
  Speaker 1: depth in player development has shown a lot this year
• 1:23:51
  Speaker 1: and it's something that stuck out to me and I'm
• 1:23:52
  Speaker 1: really thankful for it. I'm very appreciative of it, and
• 1:23:55
  Speaker 1: I'm excited to see what it continues to be. It's
• 1:23:57
  Speaker 1: part of the reason why the draft is so exciting
• 1:23:58
  Speaker 1: for the Bills every year because they might get a
• 1:24:00
  Speaker 1: Christian Benford, a Round six, a Khalilsha k here in
• 1:24:02
  Speaker 1: Round five, like these guys that they can get on
• 1:24:05
  Speaker 1: day three and Day two, and it's exciting to kind
• 1:24:09
  Speaker 1: of see the what they blossom into. And again it's
• 1:24:11
  Speaker 1: not necessarily while they got this guy, I don't want
• 1:24:14
  Speaker 1: to set the table for that, like, well, they can
• 1:24:16
  Speaker 1: get all these All pros in round six because they
• 1:24:18
  Speaker 1: got you know, Christian Benford there. But man, they've done
• 1:24:22
  Speaker 1: a really good job with depth and player development and
• 1:24:23
  Speaker 1: being able to stem the bleeding and mitigate losses when
• 1:24:27
  Speaker 1: guys have gone down. And that's a huge, huge, huge
• 1:24:30
  Speaker 1: kudos and testament to the coaching staff, the scouting department, Bean,
• 1:24:36
  Speaker 1: everybody kind of putting the roster together and knowing what
• 1:24:39
  Speaker 1: guys can be, and then the coaching staff getting them
• 1:24:42
  Speaker 1: to what they can be and meeting some of those expectations.
• 1:24:45
  Speaker 1: So huge, huge, huge piece syl coming in and saying, Aunt,
• 1:24:48
  Speaker 1: you Be has an All American linebacker Sean Dolek. Doles
• 1:24:53
  Speaker 1: kid is gonna be a good one. I saw some
• 1:24:55
  Speaker 1: clips of him. I haven't watched any UB games this year.
• 1:24:58
  Speaker 1: I haven't paid attention to you Be in any way,
• 1:25:00
  Speaker 1: shape or form. Yeah, I know he bawled out last
• 1:25:02
  Speaker 1: week or a couple of weeks ago. I saw some
• 1:25:04
  Speaker 1: people talking about him. I hope, you know, good for
• 1:25:08
  Speaker 1: him if he does, that's cool. I haven't watched him.
• 1:25:09
  Speaker 1: I haven't seen him. I can't speak on him, but
• 1:25:12
  Speaker 1: I'll take your word for it that he's gonna be
• 1:25:14
  Speaker 1: a good one. I hope he does. Maybe he can
• 1:25:15
  Speaker 1: follow in the footsteps of Andreasen or even better, or
• 1:25:20
  Speaker 1: you know, maybe top I don't I don't think anyone's
• 1:25:22
  Speaker 1: ever gonna top Khalil Mack coming out of UB with
• 1:25:24
  Speaker 1: how good he was, but maybe kind of put himself
• 1:25:27
  Speaker 1: into that type of conversation for you know, best dudes
• 1:25:30
  Speaker 1: to ever come out of u B. I would thinking
• 1:25:31
  Speaker 1: about that the other day with Khalil Mack because I
• 1:25:33
  Speaker 1: lived near UB and I was driving by and just
• 1:25:36
  Speaker 1: I drove by the stadium and I was just thinking, like,
• 1:25:37
  Speaker 1: man like Khalil Mack played here. Just I wanted Khalil
• 1:25:41
  Speaker 1: Max so bad in that draft when they traded up
• 1:25:42
  Speaker 1: for Sammy, I really thought it was gonna be for
• 1:25:46
  Speaker 1: Khalil and it was not. So on and so forth.
• 1:25:50
  Speaker 1: I really thought they were gonna get good times Rex Ryan,
• 1:25:53
  Speaker 1: good times, good times with Rex. I'm gonna throw up
• 1:25:57
  Speaker 1: the band and this is tootles, folks, because I'm gonna
• 1:25:59
  Speaker 1: start to wind down and we're going to say goodbye
• 1:26:01
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• 1:26:52
  Speaker 1: extra ornament on ants Tree. I kind of should do that.
• 1:26:55
  Speaker 1: That's funny, But some of these shows get like a
• 1:26:57
  Speaker 1: couple hundred likes. I don't think I have enough ornaments listen. Really,
• 1:27:00
  Speaker 1: that'd be really finny. I kind of like this. I
• 1:27:02
  Speaker 1: like this a lot, Jason saying, I need to write
• 1:27:05
  Speaker 1: this down for when the draft comes to see if
• 1:27:06
  Speaker 1: this Buffalo, if this is Buffalo delusion or if he
• 1:27:08
  Speaker 1: is actually good. Yeah, yeah, I have to watch him.
• 1:27:12
  Speaker 1: I can't comment. I haven't seen any ub stuff this year. Again,
• 1:27:14
  Speaker 1: I always, even when I watch broadcast stuff, if I
• 1:27:17
  Speaker 1: haven't seen me all twenty two, I'm not really gonna
• 1:27:19
  Speaker 1: comment on somebody. There's too much highlight scouting on broadcast
• 1:27:24
  Speaker 1: and even all twenty two. People watch all twenty two
• 1:27:26
  Speaker 1: now just so they can grab highlights and clip stuff,
• 1:27:28
  Speaker 1: and they don't actually know what they're watching or talking about.
• 1:27:30
  Speaker 1: So I'm gonna I haven't seen them. I haven't even
• 1:27:32
  Speaker 1: seen them on broadcast, so I definitely got no comment.
• 1:27:34
  Speaker 1: But yeah, I've heard some really good things from some
• 1:27:36
  Speaker 1: Buffalo people. But to your point, it could be a
• 1:27:38
  Speaker 1: Buffalo delusion. I don't know. Oh question here, who do
• 1:27:41
  Speaker 1: you think will stay in free agency next offseason for
• 1:27:43
  Speaker 1: the Bills? I am not there yet in terms of
• 1:27:46
  Speaker 1: thinking who will stay, who's gonna go. I'm still analyzing
• 1:27:50
  Speaker 1: the Bills this year and a multitude of teams. I
• 1:27:53
  Speaker 1: am not in that spot, but I will be as
• 1:27:55
  Speaker 1: we go forward. I'm sorry that I don't have that
• 1:27:58
  Speaker 1: answer for you right now, but obviously I'll be in
• 1:28:00
  Speaker 1: to kind of preview that when this season ends, as
• 1:28:03
  Speaker 1: we get towards the end of twenty twenty four into
• 1:28:05
  Speaker 1: the beginning of twenty twenty five. Yeah, very excited for that.
• 1:28:09
  Speaker 1: I love off season time, loved it ever ever since
• 1:28:11
  Speaker 1: Madden Man, good times, good times. Yeah. But so that'll
• 1:28:16
  Speaker 1: do it for us here in this episode. I hope
• 1:28:17
  Speaker 1: you folks enjoyed it. I hope you folks have a
• 1:28:19
  Speaker 1: good Thanksgiving. I hope you would if you observe the
• 1:28:23
  Speaker 1: holiday and you know you have that kind of setup.
• 1:28:26
  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, no worries. I appreciate it. Yeah, I'm sorry,
• 1:28:29
  Speaker 1: didn't have an exact answer for you. I'm not in
• 1:28:31
  Speaker 1: off season mode yet in terms of looking here's these
• 1:28:34
  Speaker 1: free agents, here's what the cost is, the cap space,
• 1:28:36
  Speaker 1: all of it. I have to like physically turn my
• 1:28:39
  Speaker 1: brain that way with how x's and o's and scheme
• 1:28:41
  Speaker 1: and structure driven. I am within the season. But yeah, oh,
• 1:28:45
  Speaker 1: are you saying this year I made a point to
• 1:28:46
  Speaker 1: watch as many Bulls games as possible that linebackers, I'm
• 1:28:50
  Speaker 1: not gonna say his names. I don't know how to
• 1:28:51
  Speaker 1: pronounce it, it's definitely legit in my eyes. Cool, good to know. Oh,
• 1:28:55
  Speaker 1: this is awesome, Carl. Carl says, I'm thankful that you
• 1:28:57
  Speaker 1: An't and your family are happy and healthy. I am
• 1:29:00
  Speaker 1: also thankful that our entire Buffalo Bill's team is healthy
• 1:29:02
  Speaker 1: and that makes us all happy. Fingers crossed that they
• 1:29:04
  Speaker 1: stay healthy and happy. But thank you very much for that.
• 1:29:07
  Speaker 1: I appreciate that for me and my family. I hope
• 1:29:10
  Speaker 1: you and yours are doing well also now and throughout
• 1:29:13
  Speaker 1: the entirety of the year and the years to come.
• 1:29:15
  Speaker 1: Thank you very much. That's awesome, Carl. I appreciate you that.
• 1:29:17
  Speaker 1: Appreciate you for that. John's or Joe saying. Next thing,
• 1:29:20
  Speaker 1: I'm thankful for Dwayne Carter returning and reaching his potential.
• 1:29:24
  Speaker 1: I'm telling you, man, I just think his potential is
• 1:29:26
  Speaker 1: like a rotational body, which isn't bad. Yeah, I don't
• 1:29:30
  Speaker 1: think too highly and Dwayne Carter right now, but we'll see,
• 1:29:33
  Speaker 1: you never know, it's still early, even though it's also
• 1:29:35
  Speaker 1: kind of not because of his age and how much
• 1:29:37
  Speaker 1: he's played, and I think his ceiling is kind of
• 1:29:38
  Speaker 1: it is what it is, but we'll see, we'll see
• 1:29:40
  Speaker 1: fingers crossed and hope for mister Dwayne Carter. You never know.
• 1:29:43
  Speaker 1: He's got a good head on his shoulders, works really hard,
• 1:29:45
  Speaker 1: says and does all the right stuff. We'll see, well,
• 1:29:47
  Speaker 1: will see Jason saying ant's crushing dreams. Sorry, John saying,
• 1:29:53
  Speaker 1: is so if the Bills can't get a bye, is
• 1:29:54
  Speaker 1: that when they will rest everyone? They're going to need
• 1:29:56
  Speaker 1: everyone healthy as possible. Yeah, we'll see. We'll see if
• 1:29:58
  Speaker 1: they can't get a bye, if they only lie up
• 1:30:00
  Speaker 1: the two, if it's the two or the three or
• 1:30:02
  Speaker 1: something else. There's so much I don't want to say
• 1:30:04
  Speaker 1: anything in JINX anything, but I think there's so much
• 1:30:06
  Speaker 1: left to be decided with where they settle in, where
• 1:30:09
  Speaker 1: they fall in from a seed perspective, and then just
• 1:30:11
  Speaker 1: you know, bumps and bruises behind the scenes that we
• 1:30:13
  Speaker 1: don't know about that they potentially want to inner. So yeah,
• 1:30:16
  Speaker 1: we will, we will kind of see. Yeah, I'm sorry
• 1:30:18
  Speaker 1: Jason saying an crushing dreams right before the holidays. Yep,
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  Speaker 1: it's me dream holiday dream crusher. That's me. Appreciate you, Troy,
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  Speaker 1: I see that nice common think came through. Uh, thank
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  Speaker 1: you very much. Nice from Ralph saying Happy Thanksgiving to
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  Speaker 1: the mafia. Now let's carve up the Niners goal bills. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: enjoy your the rest of your Tuesday night, Enjoy the
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  Speaker 1: rest of your holiday week. Hope you have a great Thanksgiving.
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  Speaker 1: Enjoy the food, the family, the football. Not great Bears Lions,
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  Speaker 1: which I think would be fun because Kayleb Williams still
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  Speaker 1: does some fun things and the Bears do some fun things.
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  Speaker 1: The afternoon game sucks, Cowboys Giants, both those teams are brutal,
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  Speaker 1: Dolphins Packers Thursday night which could be kind of fun,
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  Speaker 1: and then some really great college football going over the
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  Speaker 1: weekend and some NFL stuff as well, So I'm excited
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  Speaker 1: for that. I appreciate the kind words from you. R
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  Speaker 1: J saying I'm thankful for yourself and and Cover one
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  Speaker 1: the Discord Chat, the show Chats. Hope everyone has a
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  Speaker 1: happy Thanksgiving. Joe saying, dream to crush Ratio is hi. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: One Pie is known for their great cheese, the saucer Ratio.
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  Speaker 1: I am known for the dream to crush Ratio. That
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  Speaker 1: is me, Jayson says, and is both my dream and
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  Speaker 1: my crush. I like that I live in the light
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  Speaker 1: and the shadows bit of both worlds. Yeah, Enjoy the
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  Speaker 1: rest of your night, Enjoy the rest of your week,
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  Speaker 1: Enjoy the holiday, enjoy the weekend, anything and everything in between.
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  Speaker 1: As always, I hope you and your family and friends
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  Speaker 1: and loved ones are all doing well and staying safe.
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  Speaker 1: Be kind of one another, take care of one another.
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  Speaker 1: I will see you tomorrow for another episode of the
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  Speaker 1: Cover One Film Room. If not there, I will see
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  Speaker 1: you next week for another episode of disguise coverage. Follow
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  Speaker 1: me on Twitter at pro Underscore, Underscore, and find me
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  Speaker 1: on Blue Sky at pro Ant, no wonderscores and that
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  Speaker 1: one on Blue Sky just pro Ant. If you need anything,
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  Speaker 1: get at me and the Cover One discord, get at
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  Speaker 1: me on Twitter, get at me on Blue Sky. I
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  Speaker 1: think that we'll do it. Go to one pie, get
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  Speaker 1: some food, donate to toys for toks. I'll see you
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  Speaker 1: when I see you, godspeed, and as always, go Bills.