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TMC - Monday, September 21st 2026 · The Morning Charge

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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Mafia! It's Monday, September 21st. 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. Turning our attention to Sunday's Week
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  Speaker 1: 2 action, the AFC landscape delivered plenty of headlines, while
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  Speaker 1: the Bills sat comfortably on their mini-buy. Let's start with
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  Speaker 1: the games that impacted Buffalo directly. In East Rutherford, the
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  Speaker 1: New York Jets dropped to 1-1 after blowing a 10-point
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  Speaker 1: fourth quarter lead and losing 20-17 in overtime to the
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  Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers. The Jets' offense stalled completely down the stretch,
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  Speaker 1: generating just three points in the second half before Green
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  Speaker 1: Bay booted a 26-yard field goal in overtime to seal it.
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  Speaker 1: Out in Santa Clara, the Miami Dolphins got completely dismantled
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  Speaker 1: 35-13 by the San Francisco 49ers. The Miami offense managed
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  Speaker 1: just six points through three quarters, turning the ball over
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  Speaker 1: twice and failing to keep pace with San Francisco's heavy
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  Speaker 1: personnel run scheme to fall to 0-2. Up in Foxborough,
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  Speaker 1: New England Patriots rebounded to move to 1-1, with a
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  Speaker 1: 20-3 win over Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers. New
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  Speaker 1: England's defense suffocated the Steelers, holding Pittsburgh to just three
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  Speaker 1: points and single-digit first downs. In Baltimore, we saw a
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  Speaker 1: wild upset. The Baltimore Ravens fell to 1-1, losing 24-17
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  Speaker 1: to the New Orleans Saints. Baltimore held a 14-3 lead,
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  Speaker 1: but New Orleans rallied behind a fourth-quarter surge, capping it
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  Speaker 1: off with a one-yard touchdown run, with one minute and
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  Speaker 1: 28 seconds remaining, before intercepting Lamar Jackson to seal Baltimore's
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  Speaker 1: first home loss of the year. Out in Los Angeles,
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  Speaker 1: Buffalo's Week 3 opponent, the LA Chargers dropped to 0-2
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  Speaker 1: after losing 26-14 divisional game against the Las Vegas Raiders.
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  Speaker 1: Jim Harbar's offensive line struggled to protect Justin Herbert under pressure.
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  Speaker 1: fumbling late in the fourth quarter as the Chargers stumbled
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  Speaker 1: to their second straight loss to open the year. Rounding
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  Speaker 1: out the AFC matchups, the Cincinnati Bengals surged to 2-0
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  Speaker 1: with a dominant 20-6 road win over C.J. Stroud and
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  Speaker 1: the Houston Texans, who are now 0-2, leaning on a
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  Speaker 1: relentless pass rush that sacked Stroud four times. Meanwhile, the
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  Speaker 1: Denver Broncos edged out the Jacksonville Jaguars 20-13, putting the
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  Speaker 1: Broncos at 1-1. The AFC picture through two weeks. Buffalo
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  Speaker 1: sits in sole position of first place in the AFC
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  Speaker 1: East at 2-0, with New England at 1-1, the Jets
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  Speaker 1: at 1-1, and Miami sitting at the bottom at 0-2.
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  Speaker 1: Across the conference, Buffalo and Cincinnati joined Las Vegas as
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  Speaker 1: early 2-0 pace setters, while major contenders like Baltimore, Houston,
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  Speaker 1: and the upcoming opponent, the LA Chargers, have all taken
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  Speaker 1: early stumbles. In connection around the league, the Carolina Panthers
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  Speaker 1: defeated the Atlanta Falcons 34-3. The Seattle Seahawks beat the
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  Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals 31-7. The Dallas Cowboys beat the Washington Commanders 37-20.
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  Speaker 1: The Philadelphia Eagles beat the Tennessee Titans 24-20. The Cleveland
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  Speaker 1: Browns upset the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-19. And the Minnesota
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  Speaker 1: Vikings beat the Chicago Bears 9-3. From the time of
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  Speaker 1: this recording, Indianapolis Colts and the Kansas City Chiefs are
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  Speaker 1: battling it out on Sunday Night Football. Some storylines from
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  Speaker 1: around the NFL in Week 2. After a record 791
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  Speaker 1: combined points in Week 1, Week 2 brought massive offensive decline,
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  Speaker 1: averaging under 40 points a game across Sunday's slate. Caleb
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  Speaker 1: Williams pulled up grabbing his right hamstring on wet turf
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  Speaker 1: at Soldier Field late in the fourth quarter against Minnesota
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  Speaker 1: and was carded to the locker room. Chicago managed only
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  Speaker 1: a single field goal and a 9-3 loss after putting
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  Speaker 1: up 59 points in Week 1. Jaden Daniels re-dislocated his
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  Speaker 1: left shoulder on the final play of the first half
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  Speaker 1: against Dallas, the same injury that sidelined him in 2025.
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  Speaker 1: He was carted off as Washington fell to 0-2. Jaden
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  Speaker 1: Reed was transported to a local hospital on a backboard
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  Speaker 1: after a heavy hit against the Jets. He has feeling
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  Speaker 1: in all of his extremities and was kept overnight for observation.
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  Speaker 1: David Njoku carted off with a knee injury against Las
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  Speaker 1: Vegas and ruled out. Saquon Barkley Barkley exited briefly with
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  Speaker 1: a stinger against Tennessee, but returned to action. Mike Owenu
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  Speaker 1: of the Patriots suffered a right leg fracture against Pittsburgh
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  Speaker 1: and is expected to undergo season-ending surgery.
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  Speaker 2: Stat of the Day On Sunday, the Houston Texans, Tampa
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  Speaker 2: Bay Buccaneers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears, Atlanta Falcons,
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  Speaker 2: Arizona Cardinals, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Miami Dolphins all combined for
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  Speaker 2: four total touchdowns. Josh Allen on Thursday night against Detroit
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  Speaker 2: scored five touchdowns. So Josh Allen single-handedly outscored nine teams
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  Speaker 2: from this Sunday in terms of touchdowns. Here's a look
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  Speaker 2: at some stats around the NFL. Dak Prescott tallied 279
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  Speaker 2: passing yards and four touchdowns against the Commanders. Wide receiver
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  Speaker 2: CeeDee Lamb was on the receiving end of two of
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  Speaker 2: those scores, finishing his day with eight receptions, 153 yards,
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  Speaker 2: and two touchdowns. No Sam Darnold, no problem for Seahawks
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  Speaker 2: wide receiver Jackson Smith and Jigba. He caught nine passes
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  Speaker 2: for 155 yards and three touchdowns from Drew Locke against
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  Speaker 2: the Cardinals, including an 82-yard score on Seattle's second play
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  Speaker 2: of the game. The defensive star of the weekend, was
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  Speaker 2: Panthers linebacker Devin Lloyd against the Falcons. The big-ticket free
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  Speaker 2: agent from Jacksonville finished with nine total tackles, one sack,
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  Speaker 2: and two interceptions, one of which he took back for
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  Speaker 2: a pick six. This week on Cover One, join Anthony
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  Speaker 2: Prohaska for disguised coverage on Tuesday night. And on Wednesday,
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  Speaker 2: join Greg Thompson and Aaron Quinn for the Cover One
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  Speaker 2: Buffalo podcast as they preview the Bills' Week 3 matchup
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  Speaker 2: against the LA Chargers. Tune in to hear from the
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  Speaker 2: team's experts to find out exactly what's going wrong with
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  Speaker 2: the 0-2 Chargers.
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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. Before we send you out, though, I do
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Quinn. This is The Morning Charge. Have a great day,
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  Speaker 1: and go Bills!