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Buffalo Bills Beat Rams 37-34 in OT Thriller: Historic Rushing Night & Rousseau's Heroics | The Morning Charge · The Morning Charge

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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Mafia. It's Tuesday, October 13th. This is the
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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.
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  Speaker 2: The Buffalo Bills defeated the LA Rams 37-34 in an
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  Speaker 2: overtime thriller. Josh Allen got his first career OT victory
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  Speaker 2: in a shootout at SoFi Stadium. Buffalo's quarterback was just
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  Speaker 2: 12 of 19 passing, but had 210 yards and a
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  Speaker 2: touchdown through the air. He also ran 10 times for
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  Speaker 2: 121 yards and a touchdown on the ground. James Cook
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  Speaker 2: ran the ball 25 times for 111 yards and two scores,
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  Speaker 2: but fumbled the ball twice, including in overtime. The Bills
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  Speaker 2: recovered one of the cough-ups, but the more costly turnover
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  Speaker 2: in OT was recovered by Aaron Donald and the Rams.
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  Speaker 2: Kalo Shakir led the team with 80 receiving yards off
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  Speaker 2: of three targets, including a 57-yard catch-and-run in overtime. Keon
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  Speaker 2: Coleman had several receptions wiped out due to penalties, so
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  Speaker 2: his final stat line was just one catch for seven
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  Speaker 2: yards and a touchdown. The Bills got their running backs
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  Speaker 2: heavily involved in the passing game. Ty Johnson caught all
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  Speaker 2: four of his targets for 72 yards, including a 40-yard
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  Speaker 2: running back screen. Ray Davis turned his lone reception into
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  Speaker 2: a 31-yard play. Greg Rousseau saved the day in overtime
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  Speaker 2: by blocking LA's 47-yard field goal, which would have won
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  Speaker 2: the game after the Cook fumble. Dwayne Carter recorded his
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  Speaker 2: first career sack, the only time the Bills brought down
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  Speaker 2: Matthew Stafford. Tyler Bass went 3-for-3 on field goal attempts,
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  Speaker 2: including a game-winning 45-yarder. He did miss an extra point
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  Speaker 2: that forced the Bills to later attempt a two-point conversion.
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  Speaker 2: Dalton Kincaid came down with that for the team's first
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  Speaker 2: successful two-point conversion of the season. On the Rams' side,
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  Speaker 2: Matthew Stafford completed 40 of 54 passes for 383 yards
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  Speaker 2: and three touchdowns, torching Buffalo's passing defense. His favorite target
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  Speaker 2: was Pukunukuwa, who caught 17 passes for 138 yards and
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  Speaker 2: a touchdown. Tight end Tyler Higbee caught five passes for
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  Speaker 2: 83 yards, and Devontae Adams had five receptions for 51
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  Speaker 2: yards and two scores. Kyron Williams and Blake Corum both
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  Speaker 2: found the end zone on the ground for LA. The
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  Speaker 2: Bills were just two for seven on third down, while
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  Speaker 2: the Rams went seven for 14, and were also a
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  Speaker 2: perfect two for two on fourth down attempts. Penalties were
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  Speaker 2: a concern for both teams. with the Rams being flagged
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  Speaker 2: 11 times for 84 yards and the Bills being flagged
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  Speaker 2: 13 times for 112 yards. Injury Update Two notable Bills
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  Speaker 2: left the game due to injury. The first one was
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  Speaker 2: right tackle Spencer Brown, who injured his back in the
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  Speaker 2: first half and was originally questionable to return, although later
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  Speaker 2: downgraded to out. Cornerback Christian Benford injured his toe, an
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  Speaker 2: injury that forced him to miss the Bills' matchup against
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  Speaker 2: New England. but he was cleared to return later in
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  Speaker 2: the game and did. Post-game notes. Joe Brady said on
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  Speaker 2: Saturday that Maxwell Hairston would start opposite Christian Benford, but
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  Speaker 2: it ended up being rookie Davison Igbenosin out there for
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  Speaker 2: the majority of the game on defense, including the opening drive.
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  Speaker 2: He said in the post-game that they're going to continue
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  Speaker 2: to ride the hot hand and it's a situation they'll
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  Speaker 2: continue to monitor and look at. Look for a possible
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  Speaker 2: fine or even suspension from Rams left tackle Alaric Jackson
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  Speaker 2: in the coming days. After the game when players were
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  Speaker 2: on the field shaking hands, he got into a verbal
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  Speaker 2: altercation with Bradley Chubb and landed a punch on Chubb's
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  Speaker 2: face around midfield. Stats of the day. Josh Allen's 121
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  Speaker 2: rushing yards ranks second in his career, trailing only his
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  Speaker 2: 135 yards against the Dolphins back in 2018, his rookie season.
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  Speaker 2: Allen's 28.6 scramble rate is his highest since also 2018
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  Speaker 2: when he eclipsed 29.6%. Allen is the first quarterback in
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  Speaker 2: NFL history to record a rushing touchdown in each of
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  Speaker 2: his team's first five games of a season. Allen now
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  Speaker 2: joins Patrick Mahomes, Russell Wilson, and Tom Brady as the
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  Speaker 2: only quarterbacks in NFL history to reach 100 career wins
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  Speaker 2: in their first nine seasons. That includes the postseason. James
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  Speaker 2: Cook is up to 532 rushing yards, which ranks third
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  Speaker 2: most by a bill through five games in team history,
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  Speaker 2: trailing only OJ Simpson in both 1973 and and 1975.
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  Speaker 2: This is the first time in team history that the
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  Speaker 2: Bills have had a quarterback and running back both record
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  Speaker 2: 100 rushing yards in the same game. This is now
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  Speaker 2: the 15th regular season game in which both Allen and
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  Speaker 2: Cook recorded a rushing touchdown. That ties them for the
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  Speaker 2: most in NFL history by any duo with Dak Prescott
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  Speaker 2: and Ezekiel Elliott. On Khalil Shakir's 57-yard catch and run
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  Speaker 2: in overtime, he hit a top speed of 21.89 miles
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  Speaker 2: per hour, which is the fastest by a ball carrier
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  Speaker 2: this season. That's courtesy of Nate Tice and NextGenStats. This
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  Speaker 2: is the Bills' seventh win when allowing 30-plus points since
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  Speaker 2: the start of last season. Nobody else has more than
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  Speaker 2: three such wins. That's a stat courtesy of Carson Breber.
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  Speaker 2: Ray Davis' 70-yard kickoff return to start the game was
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  Speaker 2: Buffalo's longest kick return to open a game since Naheem Hines,
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  Speaker 2: had a 96-yarder against the Patriots in Week 18 of
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  Speaker 2: the 2022 season. That was the game after the DeMar
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  Speaker 2: Hamlin incident in Cincinnati. The last time the Bills blocked
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  Speaker 2: a field goal was last season in Atlanta against the Falcons.
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  Speaker 2: That kick was also blocked by Greg Rousseau. James Cook
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  Speaker 2: has now fumbled 11 times since last season. No other
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  Speaker 2: running back has more than six over that same time span.
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  Speaker 2: If you stretch that window back to 2023, He has
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  Speaker 2: 16 fumbles. The next closest running back is at 12.
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  Speaker 2: The Bills' defense had just a 21.8% pressure rate against
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  Speaker 2: the Rams. That's 7th percentile and easily their lowest of
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  Speaker 2: the season, according to Sumer Sports. The Bills' defense also
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  Speaker 2: had a 2.62 average time to pressure, which lands in
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  Speaker 2: the 28th percentile.
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  Speaker 1: Missed the postgame show late last night? Greg Thompson and
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  Speaker 1: I gave our instant reactions to the insanity in Buffalo's
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  Speaker 1: overtime win on the Cover 1 Buffalo postgame show. Watch
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