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- riverside bring it radiers bills mafia carolin: Bill is four and one. We're headed in this Sunday, 4 30 in Las Vegas. Now time for bring it. Bills, Raiders, 4 30 Sunday. It's going to be a great matchup. We got a 4-1 Bills team versus a 3-2 Raiders team. Who a couple weeks ago, we thought maybe this would be a really clash of, you know, unbeaten or one loss teams. Raiders go into New England. They get smoked by the Patriots. So kind of how I predicted the Raiders would be here at this point, just kind of figuring out exactly what type of team they are. Can't overlook them, Mac. Max Crosby on the other side of that defense is gonna be a problem. So the Bills really have to shore this up. Just some quick hits here on this episode of bring it. A Raiders are allowing 140.6 rushing yards per game. If you're a Raiders fan, that is dangerous, especially with James Cook. However, with the fumbling issues that he's had, you're also looking at that piece, right? The turnover battle. So the Bills gotta r win the turnover, and Cook's really gotta keep the turnovers to a minimum. He's going to fumble the ball. It's just going to be the MO of defenses going forward. They're going to do that, peanut punch it. Look, I've heard all week about people wanting to just, you know, what is there to do with James Cook? There's nothing. There's nothing to do with James Cook. He's an all pro leading rusher last year. He's going to play the game. You're just going to have to live with that. So 140.6 yards rushing per game. So this could be a huge, huge James Cook game. Going into the bye week. Max Crosby, I mentioned it earlier. That's going to be the biggest threat for the Bills and pass protection is can the Bills offensive line hold them back or hold Matt Crosby back? I felt like the defense, the front seven has done really well for the Bills defense. And I know they're reeling right now on the secondary, but can they get enough pressure on Kirk Cousins to move him off his spot, which will help the secondary there? So I'm interested to see the pass rush from that point. Brock Bowers, he is a major, major, major test for the Bills here. He's their their tight end, but he's going to be the wide receiver. Red zones, that is going to be the key for the Bills. They've done a pretty good job this year, but the Raiders are allowing touchdowns on 77.8% of opponents' trips to the red zone. That is a huge number. So the Bills really do have to capitalize that. If the offense is on, they have a capability of putting a lot of points on. And I'm not sure, I'm not sure the Raiders are capable with Kirk Cousins to be able to do a shootout, especially like we saw in LA. DJ Moore, Ed Oliver, Josh Palmer, D. Alfred, T DJ Sanders, those going to be all questionable. So those are going to be guys that we're going to need to take a look at as we get into the game on Sunday. At the end of the day, Bills Mafia, this is a game. Buffalo should win. But I don't just want to see the win, right? And I don't think you guys want to either. I want to see this team start putting together a complete football game, especially defensively. You know, we're headed into the bye next week, and five and one would be a would be an awesome, awesome place to be, especially from the beginning of the season and the hire of Joe Brady. I wasn't really sure if we'd be in this spot at four and one. So if we can get into the bye at five and one, that would be a huge, huge start for the Bills with this new regime of Joe Brady. Alright, guys, that is it for the show. Bring it this week. Make sure you like, subscribe, follow, check out the website billsmafiaCTO.riverside. You can check out get it. Newsletter will be in there. You can get all of the episodes all year, this year, last year, preseason. Get it all there. Check me out on socials, insta at Bill's Mafia CTO. Bill's Mafia CTO on Facebook. And as always, be good. Do good, God bless, and go Bills! That's a wrap on today's episode of Bill's Mafia Carolina Takeover. Thanks for tuning in and repping the mafia with us. Don't forget to subscribe, drop your mafia mail, and join us next time as we bring the passion, the pride, and the power of the Buffalo Bills straight from the Carolinas. Let's go Buffalo.