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TMC - Saturday, September 19th · The Morning Charge

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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Mafia. It's Saturday, September 19th. This is the
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  Speaker 1: Morning Charge, your daily 10-minute or less Buffalo Bills news hit.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Aaron Quinn, here with Colin Ritchie, bringing you everything
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  Speaker 1: you need to know before you start your day. Let's
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  Speaker 1: get right into it. Bills fans got a massive sigh
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  Speaker 1: of relief regarding wide receiver DJ Moore. Following his shoulder
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  Speaker 1: injury against Detroit on Thursday night, Adam Scheffner reported that
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  Speaker 1: doctors do not consider the issue to be serious. He
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  Speaker 1: is officially being evaluated day-to-day with a chance to play
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  Speaker 1: against the Chargers, though reports caution that his availability for
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  Speaker 1: next week's game is far from guaranteed. Given how nasty
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  Speaker 1: the landing looked in the end zone when he headed
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  Speaker 1: back to the locker room for x-rays, avoiding structural damage
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  Speaker 1: or an IR stint is the best-case scenario. Plus, playing
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  Speaker 1: on a Thursday night gives DJ a full 10-day mini-bye
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  Speaker 1: rest to get the shoulder right before Los Angeles comes
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  Speaker 1: to town. Head coach Joe Brady met with the media
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  Speaker 1: following Thursday night's victory, and one of the biggest takeaways
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  Speaker 1: was how the staff navigated the pregame chaos surrounding defensive
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  Speaker 1: tackle Ed Oliver's injury. Brady revealed that the decision to
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  Speaker 1: rule Oliver inactive came down to the wire just minutes
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  Speaker 1: before the official inactive deadline. Because Oliver experienced pain late
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  Speaker 1: in warmups, the staff had to make a rapid call
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  Speaker 1: to get Mike Dana active so they wouldn't be caught
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  Speaker 1: shorthanded against Detroit's heavy run volume. Brady praised the quick decision-making.
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  Speaker 1: noting it felt like draft day in the training room.
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  Speaker 1: Looking at the offense, Brady highlighted the massive versatility and
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  Speaker 1: intelligence of his receiving and tight end room. With DJ
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  Speaker 1: Moore exiting early, Keon Coleman stepped directly into Moore's primary
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  Speaker 1: role without missing a beat, hauling six catches on six targets,
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  Speaker 1: including a massive third and seven conversion. Brady also noted
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  Speaker 1: that the offense deployed all four tight ends on the
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  Speaker 1: field simultaneously on two goal line snaps Thursday night, resulting
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  Speaker 1: in two touchdowns. Heading into the 10-day minibuy, Brady emphasized
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  Speaker 1: the coaching staff will use extra time for self-scouting, studying
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  Speaker 1: league-wide offensive trends, and cleaning up game management errors, specifically
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  Speaker 1: pointing to the end-of-half two-minute drive where Buffalo gave Detroit
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  Speaker 1: the ball back with time to score. Defensive coordinator Jim
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  Speaker 1: Leonard gave a candid film room assessment of where his
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  Speaker 1: defense stands after two weeks. Despite sitting at 2-0, Leonard
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  Speaker 1: described the unit's play as boomer bust and inconsistent. noting
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  Speaker 1: that through two games, drives have largely resulted in immediate
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  Speaker 1: three and outs or touchdowns. He stressed that while communication
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  Speaker 1: was significantly cleaner than week one, technique breakdowns on the
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  Speaker 1: early downs cost them against Detroit's explosive playmakers in space. However,
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  Speaker 1: Leonard highlighted several key individual performances that stabilized the game.
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  Speaker 1: With Ed Oliver sidelined, Deion Walker delivered a dominant performance
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  Speaker 1: up front. While Walker registered just one assisted tackle on
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  Speaker 1: the stat sheet, he impacted the pocket all night, generating
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  Speaker 1: three quarterback hits and swatting down two pass attempts on
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  Speaker 1: Detroit's critical late-game drive. Leonard also praised defensive tackle Dwayne
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  Speaker 1: Carter for stepping up under high-volume snaps, along with Gregory Rousseau,
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  Speaker 1: who has notched two sacks in two games while thriving
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  Speaker 1: in standing-up edge alignments as an outside linebacker, where his
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  Speaker 1: length creates mismatches. Leonard concluded that while the defense hasn't
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  Speaker 1: played its best football yet, Closing the gap between potential
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  Speaker 1: and reality during the extended break is the primary focus
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  Speaker 1: heading into week three. Offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael broke down
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  Speaker 1: the efficiency of Joe Brady's scheme following Thursday's performance. Carmichael
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  Speaker 1: pointed to the dominance on the offensive line and tight
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  Speaker 1: end unit, specifically calling out the sequence where Buffalo called
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  Speaker 1: the exact run play three consecutive times, resulting in James
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  Speaker 1: Cook breaking free for 135 rushing yards on the night.
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  Speaker 1: Carmichael explained that the perimeter blocking from the tight ends
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  Speaker 1: and wide receivers consistently left Cook with one-on-one situations against
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  Speaker 1: second-level defenders. Carmichael also commended Josh Allen's pre-snap processing against
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  Speaker 1: Denver's aggressive blitz packages. The Lions sent extra rushers on
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  Speaker 1: 55% of Allen's dropbacks, but flawless front seven protection calls
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  Speaker 1: allowed Allen to slice up the pressure, including a touchdown
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  Speaker 1: strike to Joshua Palmer where Allen rapidly adjusted to the
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  Speaker 1: pressure in the pocket. Additionally, Carmichael praised Dalton Kincaid's growth
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  Speaker 1: as an in-line blocker, noting that Kincaid's willingness to handle
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  Speaker 1: defensive linemen and play-action concepts is what allows Buffalo to
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  Speaker 1: seamlessly disguise their run-and-pass sets out of heavy 12 and
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  Speaker 1: 13 personnel looks. Okay, we mentioned it on yesterday's show,
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  Speaker 1: but just a reminder, there is a slate of games
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  Speaker 1: you're going to want to pay attention to on a
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  Speaker 1: stress-free Sunday where the Bills aren't playing. Let's go through
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  Speaker 1: what's available. The Cincinnati Bengals at Houston Texans, 1 o'clock
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  Speaker 1: on CBS. Green Bay Packers at the New York Jets,
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  Speaker 1: 1 o'clock on Fox. Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots,
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  Speaker 1: 1 o'clock on CBS. Jacksonville Jaguars versus the Denver Broncos, 4.05 p.m.
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  Speaker 1: on CBS. And then the Indianapolis Colts take on the
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  Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday Night Football at 8.20 on NBC.
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  Speaker 2: Your stat of the day. According to NextGenStats, Deion Dawkins
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  Speaker 2: allowed just one pressure on 38 pass-blocking reps against the Lions.
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  Speaker 2: Dawkins spent much of the night lined up against star
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  Speaker 2: pass rusher Aiden Hutchinson, who was responsible for the lone
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  Speaker 2: pressure Dawkins surrendered. There's a new face on the Bills beat.
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  Speaker 2: After ESPN reporter Elena Getzenberg announced last week was her
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  Speaker 2: last week with the company, Nick Suss has announced that
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  Speaker 2: he is taking over covering the team for ESPN. The
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  Speaker 2: Georgia native spent the last four years covering the Tennessee
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  Speaker 2: Titans as a beat writer at the Tennessean newspaper in Nashville.
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  Speaker 2: You can find him on X at Nick Suss. That's S-U-S-S.
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  Speaker 2: Around the NFL for some injury updates, Ravens wide receiver
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  Speaker 2: Zay Flowers is listed as doubtful for Baltimore's Week 2
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  Speaker 2: matchup against the Saints as he deals with a hamstring injury.
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  Speaker 2: The Texans have ruled out wide receiver Nico Collins for
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  Speaker 2: Week 2 with a hamstring injury. Houston takes on Cincinnati
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  Speaker 2: at 1 o'clock. The Vikings announced Carson Wentz will be
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  Speaker 2: their starting quarterback against the Chicago Bears while Kyler Murray
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  Speaker 2: continues to recover from the concussion he suffered in Week 1.
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  Speaker 2: Aaron Donald said yesterday, that the plan is for him
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  Speaker 2: to play on Monday Night Football when the Rams host
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  Speaker 2: the Giants.
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  Speaker 1: That's going to do it for today's edition of the
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  Speaker 1: Morning Charge. We're going to take tomorrow off, so make
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  Speaker 1: sure that you just enjoy a full slate of games
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  Speaker 1: on Sunday, and we'll be back with you on Monday.
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  Speaker 1: Colin Ritchie, I'm Aaron Quinn. Have a great day, and
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  Speaker 1: go Bills!