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Buffalo Bills MNF Preview: Officiating Crew Breakdown, Friday Injury Report, TJ Parker & Khalil Shakir | The Morning Charge · The Morning Charge

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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Mafia. It's Saturday, October 10th. This is the
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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.
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  Speaker 2: Buffalo's first pick of the 2026 NFL Draft, T.J. Parker,
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  Speaker 2: sat down with Chris Brown of One Bills Live for
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  Speaker 2: an interview in the Fieldhouse. He was asked about the
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  Speaker 2: play that led to his first career half sack and
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  Speaker 2: forced fumble. He said, He said he just stared at
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  Speaker 2: the replay once he got to the sideline, taking in
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  Speaker 2: the fact that he got his first career half sack,
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  Speaker 2: splitting it with Ed Oliver. Parker said he watched the
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  Speaker 2: replay at home for a good two days. He watched
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  Speaker 2: it from every angle for a total of probably 10
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  Speaker 2: to 15 times. Parker described his first month in the
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  Speaker 2: NFL as exciting. He said, The game is a lot faster.
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  Speaker 2: For me, I like the mental part of the game.
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  Speaker 2: So for everything to be sped up, it kind of
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  Speaker 2: gives me a new challenge going into my first year.
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  Speaker 2: I get to work on processing a lot faster, being
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  Speaker 2: a lot quicker in my decisions, and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 2: When he was drafted to Buffalo, he knew the team
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  Speaker 2: had two paid guys in the room, in Greg Rousseau
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  Speaker 2: and Bradley Chubb, plus veterans like Michael Hoyt and Mike Dana,
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  Speaker 2: so he knew he'd have to show up every day
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  Speaker 2: and prove why he should be on the field. Parker
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  Speaker 2: has leaned on Chubb as a mentor, explaining that he
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  Speaker 2: took me under his wing since day one, teaching me
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  Speaker 2: what I need to know, saying what I need to learn,
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  Speaker 2: and how to go about things. I've just been trying
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  Speaker 2: to stay attached to him. Parker shouted out Rousseau, too,
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  Speaker 2: as someone he's learned a lot from. and gave the
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  Speaker 2: veterans props for being welcoming to him. Dion Dawkins spoke
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  Speaker 2: to the media yesterday, commenting on the matchup against the Rams,
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  Speaker 2: Aaron Donald's return, and playing next to Alec Anderson. He said,
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  Speaker 2: He said, saying that getting the opportunity to play next
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  Speaker 2: to him is the best thing that's ever happened to me.
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  Speaker 2: Dawkins compared Aaron Donald's return to the NFL to Michael
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  Speaker 2: Jordan coming back to play for an extra season, explaining
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  Speaker 2: that he loves the fact that one of the all-time
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  Speaker 2: greats wanted to come back to play an extra season.
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  Speaker 2: Kalo Shakir spoke to the media as well, explaining the
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  Speaker 2: mindset of the team following their first loss of the season.
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  Speaker 2: He said, we know that we're a really great team
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  Speaker 2: when we do what we're just supposed to do. We
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  Speaker 2: put in all this work throughout every single week, week
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  Speaker 2: in and week out, just keeping our heads down for meetings,
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  Speaker 2: translating onto the practice field, and focusing on the details.
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  Speaker 2: And we just wanted to reiterate, everybody take a deep
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  Speaker 2: breath and do your job and we'll keep flowing. He continued,
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  Speaker 2: it's the NFL. Anyone can win. Anyone can lose on
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  Speaker 2: any given day. That's the reality of it. So for us,
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  Speaker 2: it's just getting back to work and just focusing in
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  Speaker 2: on the details. He commented on the demeanor of the
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  Speaker 2: head coach, saying that that's a big influence for the
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  Speaker 2: team as well. He said that Joe Brady is the
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  Speaker 2: same person, and he thinks that that kind of triples
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  Speaker 2: on to the rest of the team as making sure
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  Speaker 2: no one's hitting the panic button and not thinking that
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  Speaker 2: everything has to be different now and everyone has to
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  Speaker 2: go out of their own body and do anything crazy.
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  Speaker 2: As we head into the weekend, let's take a look
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  Speaker 2: at Friday's injury reports for both the Bills and the Rams.
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  Speaker 2: Because it's a Monday night football game, Friday serves as
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  Speaker 2: the second official practice day of the week. with the
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  Speaker 2: final game status designations coming out following Saturday's practices.
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  Speaker 1: Starting with the Bills. Three players remain on the did-not-participate list.
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  Speaker 1: Cornerback Dee Alford, wide receiver DJ Moore, and defensive lineman
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  Speaker 1: Ed Oliver. Two players are listed as limited participants. Cornerback
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  Speaker 1: Christian Benford and wide receiver Josh Palmer showed up today
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  Speaker 1: with a shoulder injury. Defensive lineman Landon Jackson was upgraded
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  Speaker 1: from limited on Thursday to full participant on Friday. And
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  Speaker 1: here are nine other players who were listed as full.
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  Speaker 1: Linebacker Joe Andreessen, linebacker Terrell Bernard, outside linebacker Bradley Chubb,
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  Speaker 1: wide receiver Keon Coleman, running back Ray Davis, safety Damar Hamlin,
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  Speaker 1: defensive lineman TJ Sanders, linebacker Dorian Williams, and guard Armagi Reid-Adams.
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  Speaker 1: Turning over to the Los Angeles Rams, three players remained
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  Speaker 1: as did-not participants for a second straight day. Inside linebacker
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  Speaker 1: Grant Stewart, outside linebacker Josiah Stewart, and safety Quentin Lake.
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  Speaker 1: Three Rams players upgraded from limited on Thursday to full
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  Speaker 1: participants on Friday. Defensive lineman Aaron Donald, tight end Colby Parkinson,
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  Speaker 1: wide receiver Devontae Adams, and wide receiver Kanata Mumfield. Inside
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  Speaker 1: linebacker Nate Landman upgraded from did-not participant on Thursday to
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  Speaker 1: a limited participant on Friday. The officiating crew for Bills vs.
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  Speaker 1: Rams Monday night is going to be Scott Novak's crew.
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  Speaker 1: They currently lead the NFL in penalties per game, averaging
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  Speaker 1: 22 per contest through the first month of the season.
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  Speaker 1: There are three penalty trends to watch for in this game.
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  Speaker 1: Offensive holding. Novak's crew is number one in the league
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  Speaker 1: in holding calls, averaging 6.5 per game. The Bills enter
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  Speaker 1: Week 5 ranking as the top 10 worst team when
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  Speaker 1: it comes to being called for holding penalties. Defensive holding.
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  Speaker 1: Bills' defense ranks number one in the NFL in defensive
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  Speaker 1: holding calls called against them. And Devontae Adams and Pukunukua
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  Speaker 1: are physical wide receivers who will test the ref's willingness
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  Speaker 1: to throw these flags. Finally, unnecessary roughness. Novak's crew leads
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  Speaker 1: the NFL in unnecessary roughness by wide margin. Home teams
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  Speaker 1: are 44-66-5, 40.43% against the spread in Novak's career. And
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  Speaker 1: the Rams are 0-4 all-time when Novak officiates.
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  Speaker 2: Stat of the day. James Cook is currently third in
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  Speaker 2: the NFL in rushing yards over-expected. His 96 trails only
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  Speaker 2: Bajon Robinson and Kenneth Walker.
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