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TMC - VICTORY Monday, September 28th, 2026 · The Morning Charge

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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Mafia. It's Victory Monday, September 28th. This is
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  Speaker 1: the Morning Charge, your daily 10-minute or less Buffalo Bills
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  Speaker 1: news hit. I'm Aaron Quinn, here with Colin Ritchie, bringing
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  Speaker 1: you everything you know before you start your day. Let's
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  Speaker 1: get right into it. Five turnovers, quote, smoke detectors going
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  Speaker 1: off all afternoon, and the Bills still found a way
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  Speaker 1: to drag the Chargers out to the deep end and
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  Speaker 1: walk away 3-0. It wasn't clean, but winning ugly in
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  Speaker 1: this league counts just the same. Now look, if you
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  Speaker 1: just scanned the final score on your phone, you missed
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  Speaker 1: some of the grittiest, strangest games that the team has
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  Speaker 1: played in recent memory. The Bills turned the ball over
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  Speaker 1: five times, three lost fumbles and two interceptions, and gave
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  Speaker 1: up four sacks on Josh Allen. Historically, when you lose
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  Speaker 1: the turnover margin minus four, you're going to lose the game.
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  Speaker 1: But this Bills squad found a way to slam the
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  Speaker 1: door and win down the stretch. Through the air. It
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  Speaker 1: was an off day for 17. going 16 for 26
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  Speaker 1: for 204 yards and two interceptions. But inside the five-yard line,
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  Speaker 1: Allen was automatic, punching in two rushing touchdowns on the ground.
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  Speaker 1: When the passing game struggled, James Cook took over. Cook
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  Speaker 1: carried the rock 24 times for 154 yards and a touchdown,
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  Speaker 1: averaging 6.4 yards per carry and ripping off a game-high
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  Speaker 1: 23-yard explosive run. Greg Rousseau was an absolute monster off
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  Speaker 1: the edge, racking up another two sacks on the year,
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  Speaker 1: four tackles for loss, and three QB hits, and a
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  Speaker 1: number of run stops. Meanwhile, C.J. Gardner-Johnson returned a huge
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  Speaker 1: 41-yard interception to flip the momentum just as the offense
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  Speaker 1: stalled out. Turning to the podium, head coach Joe Brady
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  Speaker 1: addressed the media following the Bills' 24-16 win over the Chargers,
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  Speaker 1: delivering an honest assessment of the offense's five turnovers while
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  Speaker 1: praising the team's resilience. Brady opened by taking full accountability
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  Speaker 1: for the sloppy ball security. stating that turning the ball
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  Speaker 1: over five times is completely unacceptable and falls squarely on
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  Speaker 1: his shoulders. He emphasized that putting the kind of sloppy
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  Speaker 1: play on tape will get you beat almost every single
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  Speaker 1: time in the NFL, noting that a team can cannot
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  Speaker 1: simply gloss over any mistakes just because they walked away
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  Speaker 1: with a win. He revisited the ongoing quote smoke detectors
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  Speaker 1: comment from earlier in the week, pointing out that poor
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  Speaker 1: ball carrying habits had been showing up without consequence. But
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  Speaker 1: on Sunday, the fire alarms finally went off on ball
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  Speaker 1: security and Brady noted that while he never wants his
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  Speaker 1: players to stop fighting for extra yards, they have to
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  Speaker 1: protect the ball with both hands, reminding the offense that
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  Speaker 1: when they carry the football, they have the entire organization
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  Speaker 1: in their hands. Despite the frustration, Brady revealed that he
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  Speaker 1: told the locker room at halftime that the adversity was, quote,
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  Speaker 1: perfect for an early season test. He wanted to see
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  Speaker 1: how the squad would respond when things weren't going according
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  Speaker 1: to plan, praising the players for staying together and refusing
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  Speaker 1: to point fingers and battling for a full 60 minutes.
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  Speaker 1: Brady praised Jim Leonard's defense for repeatedly standing tall when
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  Speaker 1: their backs were against the wall in this game, highlighting C.J.
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  Speaker 1: Gardner-Johnson's 41-yard interception return as a massive momentum shift in
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  Speaker 1: the game. He addressed James Cook early fumble, clarifying that
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  Speaker 1: as soon as Cook came off the field, he pulled
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  Speaker 1: the running back aside to tell him that he had
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  Speaker 1: total confidence in him and he'd be going right back
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  Speaker 1: to him on the very next play. Cook rewarded that
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  Speaker 1: trust with anchoring the offense for 154 rushing yards on
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  Speaker 1: the day. When asked about the pass rush, Brady praised
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  Speaker 1: Greg Rousseau's two-sack performance, noting that Rousseau's transition from playing
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  Speaker 1: out of a two-point stance on the edge has given
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  Speaker 1: him tremendous confidence that will force opposing offenses to slide
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  Speaker 1: protection over his way. Finally, Brady touched on managing Josh
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  Speaker 1: Allen through a tough passing afternoon, explaining that being on
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  Speaker 1: the sideline allows him to communicate face-to-face with Allen and
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  Speaker 1: emphasizing that winning the game when your superstar quarterback doesn't
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  Speaker 1: have to be perfect speaks volumes to the character of
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  Speaker 1: the entire roster. Josh Allen press conference. The quarterback stepped
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  Speaker 1: to the podium following the win and admitted with a
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  Speaker 1: laugh that the Bills 100% felt like they stole the win,
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  Speaker 1: noting that teams rarely walk away victorious when turning the
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  Speaker 1: ball over five times. Allen echoed Joe Brady's sentiment of
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  Speaker 1: ball security, stating that despite the win, there was a
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  Speaker 1: lot of quote smoke detectors going off right now and
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  Speaker 1: that the offense must address this immediately. He credited the
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  Speaker 1: defense for continuously stepping up and giving the offense opportunities,
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  Speaker 1: while praising James Cook for running the ball relentlessly and
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  Speaker 1: not letting the early fumble derail him. When talking about
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  Speaker 1: the adversity, Allen admitted that going into halftime tied at
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  Speaker 1: 10 felt like a dream, considering the self-inflicted mistakes they'd made.
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  Speaker 1: He gave major credit to the Chargers defense for throwing
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  Speaker 1: complex pressures and poaching the middle of the field routes
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  Speaker 1: with the safeties, acknowledging that future opponents will put that
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  Speaker 1: exact film on tape and try to copy the blueprint.
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  Speaker 1: Allen singled out C.J. Gardner-Johnson's interception as the clear turning
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  Speaker 1: point of the game, emphasizing that it wasn't just the
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  Speaker 1: pick itself, but the long return out of a backed-up
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  Speaker 1: situation that set up his own red zone touchdown run.
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  Speaker 1: He praised veteran running back Ty Johnson for his clutch
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  Speaker 1: conversion on a fourth down, calling him, quote, the best
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  Speaker 1: third down back in the league for his ability to
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  Speaker 1: read pressure, adjust his route, and stay friendly for the
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  Speaker 1: quarterback when the primary option breaks down. Regarding his deep
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  Speaker 1: shot interception to D.J. Moore, Allen explained that he was
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  Speaker 1: taking a one-on-one shot against single coverages, noting that the
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  Speaker 1: ball simply tipped off the safety and didn't bounce their way,
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  Speaker 1: chalking it up as to the reality of taking calculated
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  Speaker 1: risks downfield. Finally, Allen said the offense needs to do
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  Speaker 1: a better job of getting the ball into Khalil Shakir's
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  Speaker 1: hands earlier in the game to utilize his run-after-catch ability.
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  Speaker 1: Despite the sloppy performance, Allen took a deep breath of relief, concluding,
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  Speaker 1: We're 3-0. It's not the game we expect to win,
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  Speaker 1: but we'll take them any way we can get them.
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  Speaker 1: let's dive deeper into some stats from yesterday's win. With
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  Speaker 1: his two rushing touchdowns, Josh Allen has tied Thurman Thomas
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  Speaker 1: and Andre Reid for the most scrimmage touchdowns in Bill's history.
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  Speaker 1: That's rushing plus receiving touchdowns. All three of them are
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  Speaker 1: at 87. Allen is up to 85 career rushing touchdowns,
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  Speaker 1: which ties Marshawn Lynch for the 17th most in NFL history.
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  Speaker 1: The quarterback also joined Jim Brown in 1958, Stephen Davis
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  Speaker 1: in 1999, and Priest Holmes in 2003 as the only
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  Speaker 1: four players now to open a season with two rushing
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  Speaker 1: touchdowns in each of their first three games. Allen's the
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  Speaker 1: first quarterback in the Super Bowl era with two rushing
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  Speaker 1: touchdowns in three consecutive games. James Cook's 154 rushing yards
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  Speaker 1: were the third most in a game in his career.
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  Speaker 1: The story of the defense is Greg Rousseau, who's now
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  Speaker 1: up to six sacks on the year. the most in
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  Speaker 1: team history through three games. Bruce Smith in 1990 and
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  Speaker 1: Bryce Popp in 1995 are the only Bills to have
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  Speaker 1: a three-game streak with two-plus sacks, aside from Rousseau. Groot
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  Speaker 1: is the third player ever to have three straight two-sack
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  Speaker 1: games to open a season, joining Mark Gastineau in 1984
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  Speaker 1: and Kevin Green in 1998. According to Nick Suss, the
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  Speaker 1: last time the Bills won a game with a turnover
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  Speaker 1: differential of minus four, was back in 1997 against the Colts.
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  Speaker 1: Of all people, current Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh was
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback for Indianapolis in that game. Joe Brady is
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  Speaker 1: the fifth youngest head coach in the Super Bowl era
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  Speaker 1: to begin his career 3-0. The Bills are the 10th
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  Speaker 1: team since the merger to open their season with three
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  Speaker 1: straight games against teams that finished over. 500 the previous
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  Speaker 1: season and win them all. Injury update. The most notable
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  Speaker 1: injury was to cornerback Christian Benford, who left the game
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  Speaker 1: with a toe injury and was later ruled out for
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  Speaker 1: the same reason. The only other player reported to receive
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  Speaker 1: medical attention was linebacker Dorian Williams, who was evaluated for
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  Speaker 1: a head injury but was cleared to return and did
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  Speaker 1: return for the rest of the game. Around the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: AFC check-in. The Baltimore Ravens pulled through with a 34-31
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  Speaker 1: victory over the Cowboys in Brazil that went down to
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  Speaker 1: the wire. Lamar Jackson found Zay Flowers down the middle
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  Speaker 1: for a 27-yard completion with one second remaining, setting up
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  Speaker 1: Tyler Loop's 56-yard game-winning field goal as time expired. What
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  Speaker 1: happened to Drake May? 199 passing yards and three turnovers
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  Speaker 1: against the Jaguars led to a 35-6 blowout in Jacksonville.
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  Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence threw three touchdowns in the win. Aaron Rodgers
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  Speaker 1: was another guy that threw three touchdowns on Sunday, and
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  Speaker 1: Chris Boswell made two kicks in the fourth quarter for Pittsburgh,
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  Speaker 1: leading to a 30-27 win for the Steelers over the Bengals.
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  Speaker 1: Both AFC North teams are 2-1 to start the year.
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  Speaker 1: Miami was able to hang around for part of the game,
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  Speaker 1: but the Kansas City Chiefs ultimately pulled away against an
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  Speaker 1: inferior opponent, picking up their third win of the season
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  Speaker 1: in a 24-10 victory over the Dolphins. The biggest storyline
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  Speaker 1: out of that game is star running back Devon Achan
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  Speaker 1: leaving with an injury that the Dolphins do not sound
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  Speaker 1: optimistic about long-term. The Texans start the year 0-3 as
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  Speaker 1: they fall to the Colts 19-17. The Lions picked up
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  Speaker 1: their second win of the year with a 31-24 victory
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  Speaker 1: over the Jets. Jameer Gibbs recorded 164 scrimmage yards and
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  Speaker 1: three touchdowns for Detroit. Deshaun Watson connected with Harold Fannin
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  Speaker 1: for a game-winning touchdown against the Panthers in the final minutes,
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  Speaker 1: beating Carolina 21-18 for their second win of the season.
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  Speaker 1: The Raiders were on the winning end of a 35-27
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  Speaker 1: shootout over the the Saints as Vegas is off to
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  Speaker 1: a 3-0 start matching Buffalo and Kansas City. Missed the
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  Speaker 1: postgame show yesterday? Make sure to check out Greg Thompson
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  Speaker 1: and Aaron Quinn's immediate breakdown and analysis of Buffalo's win
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  Speaker 1: on the Cover 1 Buffalo podcast. Watch on YouTube or
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  Speaker 1: listen wherever you get your podcasts. That's going to do
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  Speaker 1: Have a great day, enjoy the Victory Monday, and go Bills!