Latest / The 3Ts: Tables, Tailgates, and Toploaders / Wild Card Week Game Preview: Bills at Jaguars
Transcript
- WEBVTT 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:13.759 What's up, friends? Welcome to a special game 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:17.199 preview of Wild Card Weekend. Bills at Jaguars, 00:00:17.260 --> 00:00:21.019 Sunday, January 11th at 1pm from Everbank Stadium 00:00:21.019 --> 00:00:24.079 in Jacksonville, Florida. Now... I usually start 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:26.399 these game previews with some news and notes, 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:28.239 and I usually start with the power rankings, 00:00:28.339 --> 00:00:30.960 but the regular season is over, so there are 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:33.340 no more power rankings to talk about. The field 00:00:33.340 --> 00:00:35.859 has been set, and things are about to get a bit 00:00:35.859 --> 00:00:38.700 crazy this weekend, so Mafia, you better buckle 00:00:38.700 --> 00:00:41.100 up. We got six games spread out over the course 00:00:41.100 --> 00:00:43.700 of the next three days, Saturday, Sunday, and 00:00:43.700 --> 00:00:46.200 Monday. We have two games coming at you on Saturday, 00:00:46.299 --> 00:00:48.039 three, including this Bills game we're going 00:00:48.039 --> 00:00:50.100 to talk about here, three games on Sunday, and 00:00:50.100 --> 00:00:53.439 the finale Monday night, which has... the Texans 00:00:53.439 --> 00:00:56.119 going to Pittsburgh. So it's going to be a fun 00:00:56.119 --> 00:00:58.380 weekend. I absolutely can't wait. It's going 00:00:58.380 --> 00:01:00.479 to be a lot of good football, I think, on the 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:03.100 horizon. Well, the Bills finished the regular 00:01:03.100 --> 00:01:05.959 season with a record of 12 -5. Where did this 00:01:05.959 --> 00:01:09.140 end us? This was good enough for second in the 00:01:09.140 --> 00:01:11.980 East behind the freaking New England Patriots. 00:01:11.980 --> 00:01:14.180 So fantastic. Great. Awesome. Congrats to the 00:01:14.180 --> 00:01:16.260 Patriots. You know, they played one of the easiest 00:01:16.260 --> 00:01:18.700 schedules in the NFL, and this is their reward 00:01:18.700 --> 00:01:21.239 for that schedule. So yes, they were good, but 00:01:21.239 --> 00:01:23.640 I still... I will still plant my flag that the 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:26.939 Patriots are a bit overrated. Anyway, 12 -5 is 00:01:26.939 --> 00:01:28.519 where the Bills finish. This locked the Bills 00:01:28.519 --> 00:01:31.599 into the sixth seed for the playoffs. And for 00:01:31.599 --> 00:01:34.560 those that are unaware how the NFL playoffs work, 00:01:34.659 --> 00:01:37.819 after every round, the playoffs do not recede. 00:01:37.879 --> 00:01:40.159 So the Bills came in at six and they will leave 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:42.980 at six no matter how many games, how many rounds 00:01:42.980 --> 00:01:45.739 they make it through. Who are the other six teams? 00:01:45.939 --> 00:01:48.620 Real quick, we'll just run through Broncos. The 00:01:48.620 --> 00:01:51.379 Denver Broncos, they secured the number one seed 00:01:51.379 --> 00:01:53.859 and they have a first round buy. So congrats 00:01:53.859 --> 00:01:56.920 to Bo Nix and their woeful offense. I don't think 00:01:56.920 --> 00:01:59.019 they're very good. I'm telling you right now, 00:01:59.079 --> 00:02:01.260 I do not think the Broncos are very good. New 00:02:01.260 --> 00:02:03.859 England has the two seed. Congrats to the Patriots. 00:02:03.859 --> 00:02:06.200 The Jaguars, who we will play here shortly in 00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:09.680 two days. The Jaguars are the three seed. Pittsburgh, 00:02:09.879 --> 00:02:12.300 shaking my head if you could see through the 00:02:12.300 --> 00:02:14.530 microphone. Pittsburgh is... Somehow the four 00:02:14.530 --> 00:02:17.250 seed because they won the AFC North after that 00:02:17.250 --> 00:02:19.509 crazy game against the Ravens. But yeah, they're 00:02:19.509 --> 00:02:21.569 sitting at the four seed and get a first round. 00:02:22.150 --> 00:02:24.949 home game. And then Houston is the five. They 00:02:24.949 --> 00:02:26.990 will play Pittsburgh. Buffalo's six, obviously 00:02:26.990 --> 00:02:28.990 going to Jacksonville. And the, I always want 00:02:28.990 --> 00:02:31.750 to call them San Diego Chargers, the Los Angeles 00:02:31.750 --> 00:02:33.930 Chargers. Geez, I can't even remember their freaking 00:02:33.930 --> 00:02:36.810 names. The Chargers are seven. So how, Mafia, 00:02:36.830 --> 00:02:39.229 how are we feeling about the Bills coming in 00:02:39.229 --> 00:02:41.770 at six? And the matchup with the Jags. This is 00:02:41.770 --> 00:02:44.789 the game I absolutely did not want to see in 00:02:44.789 --> 00:02:46.979 the first round. If I'm being honest, I think 00:02:46.979 --> 00:02:50.300 this is the toughest matchup for the Bills of 00:02:50.300 --> 00:02:53.259 all the teams. As I said on my regular pod, I 00:02:53.259 --> 00:02:54.699 think this is the hardest game the Bills will 00:02:54.699 --> 00:02:57.280 have in the AFC playoffs. And let's think about 00:02:57.280 --> 00:02:59.080 that for a minute. Let's break it down. I kind 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:01.319 of already poo -pooed on the Steelers, but are 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:04.639 we worried about going to Pittsburgh and playing 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:06.960 Aaron Rodgers? No, no thank you. New England, 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:09.319 you know exactly what you're going to get. The 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:11.620 last time we played them, they went up three 00:03:11.620 --> 00:03:15.009 tutties early and we came back and... smack them 00:03:15.009 --> 00:03:17.129 in the face. I don't think we ever go down 21 00:03:17.129 --> 00:03:18.870 points to the Patriots again. That's not going 00:03:18.870 --> 00:03:20.889 to happen. So am I worried about New England? 00:03:21.310 --> 00:03:25.389 No, not worried. I am not concerned at all. Houston, 00:03:25.469 --> 00:03:28.610 this is the only team that I would be worried 00:03:28.610 --> 00:03:31.629 about. I think they are a close second behind 00:03:31.629 --> 00:03:34.210 the Jags, but I think their offense is kind of 00:03:34.210 --> 00:03:37.069 trash. So the Jags, this is like the unknown. 00:03:37.229 --> 00:03:39.370 This is like flying blind. I don't know what 00:03:39.370 --> 00:03:41.889 really to make of this team. And as we go through 00:03:41.889 --> 00:03:44.550 this preview, you'll probably understand where 00:03:44.550 --> 00:03:46.710 I'm coming from. They are flying high right now. 00:03:46.710 --> 00:03:48.370 They have won eight straight games. They are 00:03:48.370 --> 00:03:50.770 the darlings of the league, if you believe all 00:03:50.770 --> 00:03:53.069 the talk. And they're coming into this game with 00:03:53.069 --> 00:03:55.710 a ton of momentum. They seem to be firing on 00:03:55.710 --> 00:03:59.289 all cylinders. So yeah, not ideal position to 00:03:59.289 --> 00:04:01.949 be in for the Bills to get this team right off 00:04:01.949 --> 00:04:04.009 jump street. I think it's going to be a dynamic 00:04:04.009 --> 00:04:06.069 matchup. I honestly think the winner of this 00:04:06.069 --> 00:04:09.129 game is going to represent the AFC in the Super 00:04:09.129 --> 00:04:12.389 Bowl. So wild card. Game one, whoever wins this 00:04:12.389 --> 00:04:14.650 game, I'm planting my flag. I think the winner 00:04:14.650 --> 00:04:18.009 of this game goes on to the Super Bowl. What 00:04:18.009 --> 00:04:19.610 else do we want to talk about as far as news 00:04:19.610 --> 00:04:22.269 and notes? More news. Bills signed defensive 00:04:22.269 --> 00:04:25.889 back Daryl Porter Jr. to the practice squad. 00:04:25.990 --> 00:04:28.569 This is clearly in response to the Maxwell Hairston 00:04:28.569 --> 00:04:31.069 injury. This injury occurred in the fourth quarter 00:04:31.069 --> 00:04:34.259 of the Jets game. We were leading 35 -0, by the 00:04:34.259 --> 00:04:36.980 way. So yeah, this injury is really frustrating 00:04:36.980 --> 00:04:39.699 because I think he's going to be extremely missed. 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:41.899 He would have been a key player on the defensive 00:04:41.899 --> 00:04:43.699 side of the ball going up against this receiving 00:04:43.699 --> 00:04:46.959 core of the Jaguars. So we shall see if Porter 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:49.519 Jr. stays on the practice squad or if he is elevated 00:04:49.519 --> 00:04:52.240 for this game. Apparently, the Bills have already 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:54.860 signed Dane Jackson to the main roster. So most 00:04:54.860 --> 00:04:58.879 likely, if we need a fourth or fifth cornerback, 00:04:59.100 --> 00:05:02.050 Dane Jackson is going to be the fill -in. And 00:05:02.050 --> 00:05:05.470 then Porter Jr. takes his slot on the practice 00:05:05.470 --> 00:05:08.470 squad. So the bigger issue when we look at the 00:05:08.470 --> 00:05:10.490 cornerback room, I think this all goes back to 00:05:10.490 --> 00:05:13.639 the mishandling of the trade deadline. And shortly 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:15.759 thereafter, the trade deadline, we had the whole 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:18.360 Darius Slay fiasco. I don't remember if I talked 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:21.259 about this on the pod before, but we had claimed 00:05:21.259 --> 00:05:23.740 Slay off waivers or whatever the case may be. 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:25.759 And then he said, yeah, no, thanks. I don't want 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:28.100 to go play for Buffalo. I'm going to retire. 00:05:28.300 --> 00:05:30.740 So before he came out with that announcement, 00:05:30.899 --> 00:05:33.139 the Bills went ahead and cut Jamarcus Ingram, 00:05:33.259 --> 00:05:36.040 who was a cornerback. I think he was like our 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:38.139 fourth or fifth cornerback on the roster on the 00:05:38.139 --> 00:05:39.959 depth chart. We go ahead and cut him. Slay says, 00:05:40.100 --> 00:05:42.220 no, thanks. And now we're standing left. in the 00:05:42.220 --> 00:05:45.079 bag. And now we lose a significant depth piece 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:47.240 in the cornerback room. So yeah, once again, 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:51.319 great job, Brandon Bean. I don't know what you're 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:55.819 doing this year. If you listened to my last episode, 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:59.100 you know why he clearly won the I got you on 00:05:59.100 --> 00:06:02.480 my site. tb award for for the year so have no 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:04.980 fear mafia uh the other issue we're going to 00:06:04.980 --> 00:06:08.300 talk about is our awesome kicking uh fiasco our 00:06:08.300 --> 00:06:11.199 kicking scenario we have no kicker maybe we have 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:13.240 a kicker if we do have a kicker he's 42 years 00:06:13.240 --> 00:06:17.259 old what a mess right so have no fear the bills 00:06:17.259 --> 00:06:20.000 signed kicker matthew right to the practice squad 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:23.139 this i don't know i don't know i feel like Every 00:06:23.139 --> 00:06:25.319 time I come on here, there's either a kicker 00:06:25.319 --> 00:06:27.779 or a punter issue, and I have to talk about it 00:06:27.779 --> 00:06:29.680 for each and every game preview. This should 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:32.439 never be a highlighted point in a game preview 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:35.819 talking about your kicker. So in comes Matt Wright. 00:06:36.189 --> 00:06:38.949 He last kicked on November 16th. So what are 00:06:38.949 --> 00:06:41.769 the chances that he is locked in for Sunday? 00:06:41.949 --> 00:06:44.850 I mean, he's played, he's gone two months without 00:06:44.850 --> 00:06:46.769 a single game kick. I don't know what to say 00:06:46.769 --> 00:06:49.889 anymore. Prater, he claims that his hammy kind 00:06:49.889 --> 00:06:52.629 of tightened up on him because of the cold of 00:06:52.629 --> 00:06:55.060 the Jets game. The last game at Highmark, he 00:06:55.060 --> 00:06:58.319 says he should be, and I don't like the wording 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:01.019 he uses, but he says, I should be good to go 00:07:01.019 --> 00:07:04.100 for the game on Sunday in Jacksonville. Obviously, 00:07:04.139 --> 00:07:05.620 we're going to talk about the weather, but the 00:07:05.620 --> 00:07:07.500 weather's going to be like 65 degrees. It's going 00:07:07.500 --> 00:07:09.779 to be perfect. But he's saying he should be ready 00:07:09.779 --> 00:07:12.160 to go. Can you imagine if Prater is the active 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:14.319 kicker for this game and then goes and gets himself 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:16.379 hurt in the first quarter or the first half, 00:07:16.459 --> 00:07:17.939 and we have to go through the second half of 00:07:17.939 --> 00:07:20.170 this wildcard game with no kicker? I mean, that 00:07:20.170 --> 00:07:22.430 would just be about the most Bills -y thing that 00:07:22.430 --> 00:07:24.110 could happen. You know, just add it to the list 00:07:24.110 --> 00:07:26.850 of just ridiculousness that Bills fans have to 00:07:26.850 --> 00:07:28.870 endure. But anyway, this is a perfect segment 00:07:28.870 --> 00:07:31.750 for the next segment. I usually jump into injuries 00:07:31.750 --> 00:07:33.930 for the Bills. And as we just talked about, Matt 00:07:33.930 --> 00:07:37.089 Prater, he's considered day to day. And yeah, 00:07:37.149 --> 00:07:39.269 do we really want to hang our hopes and dreams 00:07:39.269 --> 00:07:43.439 on the foot of a 42 -year -old? kicker i i don't 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:45.220 know what what could go wrong right what could 00:07:45.220 --> 00:07:47.699 go wrong so never fear we're going to trade one 00:07:47.699 --> 00:07:49.860 mat for the next whether it's matt right or matt 00:07:49.860 --> 00:07:51.439 prater there's going to be a mat kicking for 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:53.930 us on Sunday, Maxwell Hairston, we just talked 00:07:53.930 --> 00:07:55.870 about him, considered week to week. He's not 00:07:55.870 --> 00:07:58.329 going to play. He's not going to play. It's not 00:07:58.329 --> 00:08:00.689 happening, which just sucks because I think we 00:08:00.689 --> 00:08:03.589 really could have used his speed, his athleticism 00:08:03.589 --> 00:08:06.110 to match up with this Jags wide receiving court 00:08:06.110 --> 00:08:09.050 because they are good. Who else? Terrell Bernard. 00:08:09.110 --> 00:08:12.430 He has been a did not practice label for the 00:08:12.430 --> 00:08:14.769 last two days, Wednesday, Thursday. He's dealing 00:08:14.769 --> 00:08:17.449 with the calf injury. And look, if I'm being 00:08:17.449 --> 00:08:20.180 honest. When he's on the field, it just drags 00:08:20.180 --> 00:08:23.160 down the defense. So I'm sorry, Bernard. We've 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:24.620 talked about this before. Your year has been 00:08:24.620 --> 00:08:27.000 trash. Let's just put you off to the side and 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:29.879 have you there as a break glass in case of an 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:32.700 emergency. I will roll with Shaq Thompson from 00:08:32.700 --> 00:08:34.840 here on out. And I do not want to have to rely 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:37.960 on Terrell Bernard to be the linebacker savior 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:41.240 for this group. Who else? Josh Palmer. Stop me 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:43.759 if you have heard this one before. Has anyone 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:47.360 heard the name Josh Palmer? Have we ever considered 00:08:47.360 --> 00:08:49.980 him a injury risk? I mean, how many times did 00:08:49.980 --> 00:08:52.340 we talk about him week to week? Josh Palmer can't 00:08:52.340 --> 00:08:54.580 stay, can't get, and can't stay on the field. 00:08:54.620 --> 00:08:57.399 So he was a did not practice designee. Again, 00:08:57.600 --> 00:08:59.860 he's dealing with an ankle injury. Yeah, I don't 00:08:59.860 --> 00:09:03.299 know. Josh Palmer, what are we doing? But the 00:09:03.299 --> 00:09:05.990 Bills have already said. McDermott came out early 00:09:05.990 --> 00:09:08.149 this week and said that they are not activating 00:09:08.149 --> 00:09:12.190 Ed Oliver off the IR. Now, DeMar Hamlin has been, 00:09:12.330 --> 00:09:15.529 he has had his practice window open. So he has 00:09:15.529 --> 00:09:17.830 been practicing with the Bills this week. People 00:09:17.830 --> 00:09:20.149 don't want to see him on the team. And this one 00:09:20.149 --> 00:09:21.889 I don't get. I'm not saying he's going to be 00:09:21.889 --> 00:09:24.879 the starting safety, but... He has a lot of game 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:27.139 experience and a lot of big game experience. 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:30.120 Plus, he is a special teams player. Look, it's 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:31.820 not going to hurt my feelings if he's the fourth 00:09:31.820 --> 00:09:34.740 string safety or the third string safety. And 00:09:34.740 --> 00:09:36.980 if something happens and he needs to step in, 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:39.139 he clearly knows the defense. He knows what he's 00:09:39.139 --> 00:09:43.759 doing. Is he an immense, huge upgrade over anyone? 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:46.299 No, he's a significant downgrade to Cole Bishop. 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:49.399 But at the same time, I would rather him be back 00:09:49.399 --> 00:09:51.379 there than some journeyman off the couch who 00:09:51.379 --> 00:09:54.220 hasn't played in... two months so let's pump 00:09:54.220 --> 00:09:56.600 the brakes with the demar hate i i understand 00:09:56.600 --> 00:09:58.419 where everyone's coming from if he's my starting 00:09:58.419 --> 00:10:00.679 safety yeah we have problems if he's my third 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:02.840 or fourth string safety i think we're fine so 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:05.149 just Just take it easy. But the Ed Oliver thing, 00:10:05.309 --> 00:10:07.250 he is not going to make his triumphant return 00:10:07.250 --> 00:10:09.549 for week one of the playoffs, and that sucks 00:10:09.549 --> 00:10:11.929 because I think in this game particularly, he 00:10:11.929 --> 00:10:14.350 would have been absolutely huge. Outside of that, 00:10:14.389 --> 00:10:16.450 there were so many starters who rested during 00:10:16.450 --> 00:10:19.070 the season finale against the Jets that I think 00:10:19.070 --> 00:10:21.809 most of the little ailments and other issues 00:10:21.809 --> 00:10:25.629 are going to be pretty good, specifically Josh 00:10:25.629 --> 00:10:28.789 Allen's foot. There's been zero reports that 00:10:28.789 --> 00:10:30.750 it's an issue, and even if it was an issue, I 00:10:30.750 --> 00:10:31.950 don't think we're ever going to hear about it 00:10:33.100 --> 00:10:35.779 or maybe we will once their season is over, hopefully 00:10:35.779 --> 00:10:39.200 in February. But you're not going to hear that 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:41.220 this foot is an issue, at least coming from his 00:10:41.220 --> 00:10:43.700 mouth or the coaches. So I think everyone who 00:10:43.700 --> 00:10:45.679 rested is going to be good to go. That's my best 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:49.340 guess. On the Jags' side of the ball, their offensive 00:10:49.340 --> 00:10:52.720 tackle, Cole Van Lannen, has the DMP label. He 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:55.639 did not practice on Thursday. Patrick McCurry, 00:10:55.779 --> 00:10:57.519 who is one of their guards, he's questionable. 00:10:57.820 --> 00:11:02.200 Those are two pieces to their O -line. Not sure 00:11:02.200 --> 00:11:04.299 what their status is going to be heading into 00:11:04.299 --> 00:11:06.740 Sunday. So let's turn our attention to themes, 00:11:06.860 --> 00:11:08.820 storylines heading into the game. Have you all 00:11:08.820 --> 00:11:11.799 been watching the sports talk, whether it's radio, 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:15.460 whether it's ESPN? Oh, my gosh. This game can't 00:11:15.460 --> 00:11:18.259 get here fast enough because the national narratives 00:11:18.259 --> 00:11:21.139 around this Bills team and Jags teams are just 00:11:21.139 --> 00:11:24.629 ridiculous. And I'm so... tired of it there's 00:11:24.629 --> 00:11:26.909 so many national narratives that are just crazy 00:11:26.909 --> 00:11:30.370 right some of the points i can try and get to 00:11:30.370 --> 00:11:33.210 but man some of these other ones and people's 00:11:33.210 --> 00:11:35.490 comments out there there's just no context to 00:11:35.490 --> 00:11:37.389 the things that they just decide to blast out 00:11:37.389 --> 00:11:40.129 for the world to listen to And we're supposed 00:11:40.129 --> 00:11:43.870 to take them as experts. And just because a dude 00:11:43.870 --> 00:11:47.289 played in the league a few years and he was whomever 00:11:47.289 --> 00:11:49.909 on whatever team does not make him an expert 00:11:49.909 --> 00:11:54.330 into the psyche of Josh Allen and the whole overall, 00:11:54.570 --> 00:11:56.929 I don't know, success of the Buffalo Bills. It 00:11:56.929 --> 00:12:00.269 just drives me crazy. But Wednesday, I heard 00:12:00.269 --> 00:12:03.669 on the radio. The Ravens had recently fired coach 00:12:03.669 --> 00:12:06.070 Harbaugh Tuesday, late, late Tuesday afternoon, 00:12:06.230 --> 00:12:09.029 early evening, right? So I'm in my car Wednesday 00:12:09.029 --> 00:12:12.389 morning and I hear this report that John Harbaugh 00:12:12.389 --> 00:12:14.850 is going to be a candidate for either the Packers 00:12:14.850 --> 00:12:17.789 or the Buffalo Bills because the thought was 00:12:17.789 --> 00:12:21.169 if either one of these coaches loses this weekend, 00:12:21.370 --> 00:12:23.029 they're going to be fired. And I'm just like, 00:12:23.149 --> 00:12:26.090 holy cow. Listen, I know there's a lot of you 00:12:26.090 --> 00:12:28.090 a lot of mafia out there that don't like Sean 00:12:28.090 --> 00:12:31.129 McDermott But can we zoom I always tell you guys 00:12:31.129 --> 00:12:33.590 zoom the camera out and really look at what you're 00:12:33.590 --> 00:12:37.009 looking at Josh Allen loves Sean McDermott. Those 00:12:37.009 --> 00:12:40.809 two are like locked at the waist, locked at the 00:12:40.809 --> 00:12:43.690 hip. If you really think Sean McDermott is gone, 00:12:43.870 --> 00:12:46.830 unless we see another 13 seconds game, or unless 00:12:46.830 --> 00:12:50.769 we see such blatant, drastic coaching failures, 00:12:51.070 --> 00:12:54.330 there is zero chance Sean McDermott is gone next 00:12:54.330 --> 00:12:56.570 year. And you want to bring in John Harbaugh 00:12:56.570 --> 00:12:59.070 to coach this team? Are you crazy? Look at all 00:12:59.070 --> 00:13:01.990 the missteps that he's had recently handling 00:13:01.990 --> 00:13:04.809 this Ravens team. How many games have they blown? 00:13:05.029 --> 00:13:08.090 How many terrible performances have his teams 00:13:08.460 --> 00:13:10.480 put out on the field and you want to go from 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:13.580 McDermott to John Harbaugh, just make it make 00:13:13.580 --> 00:13:15.720 sense. I don't know. So I just feel like we have 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:19.399 such shark infested waters that we're treading 00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:21.879 in, that we're living in. I mean, the first round 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:23.860 isn't even over and you have people plotting 00:13:23.860 --> 00:13:26.659 the demise of two extremely successful head coaches 00:13:26.659 --> 00:13:29.500 in Sean McDermott and Matt LaFleur from the Packers. 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:32.279 LaFleur is good. McDermott is good. This is madness. 00:13:32.620 --> 00:13:36.379 I just, I know. McDermott isn't perfect he definitely 00:13:36.379 --> 00:13:39.159 has his flaws but are you serious like if you 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:41.320 think for a second Josh Allen doesn't have a 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:44.080 say in who his coach is you are delusional and 00:13:44.080 --> 00:13:47.059 like I said the only way the coach is gone immediately 00:13:47.059 --> 00:13:50.320 after the playoffs Like I'm borrowing some 13 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:53.519 second coaching debacle where it's clear to everyone 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:55.480 in the world that Sean McDermott is the reason 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:57.559 they lost this game. The only reason he's gone 00:13:57.559 --> 00:13:59.759 is if the team goes four and 13 next year. In 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:01.960 my opinion, Brandon Bean, Brandon Bean is way 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:03.960 more on the hot seat than coach McDermott way 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:06.750 more. So that's nonsense that coach. mcdermott 00:14:06.750 --> 00:14:08.690 is fighting for his job it's just ridiculous 00:14:08.690 --> 00:14:11.330 the other narrative is this pressure on josh 00:14:11.330 --> 00:14:13.830 allen thing and this just is crazy and and the 00:14:13.830 --> 00:14:16.750 the story is like the narrative is this josh 00:14:16.750 --> 00:14:19.169 has to win now because there's no lamar there's 00:14:19.169 --> 00:14:21.690 no patrick mahomes there's no joe burrow all 00:14:21.690 --> 00:14:24.090 three quarterbacks that are in the same you know 00:14:24.090 --> 00:14:27.169 tier as him if you want to call it that are are 00:14:27.169 --> 00:14:30.929 not in the playoffs and so this idea that Josh 00:14:30.929 --> 00:14:33.590 has all this pressure on him because these three 00:14:33.590 --> 00:14:35.929 other quarterbacks aren't in the playoffs. It's 00:14:35.929 --> 00:14:38.629 just kind of stupid too. I get it. But if you 00:14:38.629 --> 00:14:40.629 look at it, if you really look at it, do you 00:14:40.629 --> 00:14:43.409 think this Bills team is as good a Bills team 00:14:43.409 --> 00:14:47.669 as what we've had since 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024? 00:14:48.090 --> 00:14:50.190 If you ask me, this is probably the worst of 00:14:50.190 --> 00:14:53.509 the four. So yeah. And but at the same time, 00:14:53.570 --> 00:14:55.330 the same people saying Josh has all this pressure, 00:14:55.429 --> 00:14:57.370 then say the Bills have no chance to win this 00:14:57.370 --> 00:14:59.649 game. And we'll get to that in a minute. But 00:14:59.649 --> 00:15:03.669 it's crazy. They're like, oh, the Jags are flying 00:15:03.669 --> 00:15:05.750 high. They're going to beat the Bills. The Bills 00:15:05.750 --> 00:15:07.830 can't stop the run. It's like people just say 00:15:07.830 --> 00:15:09.350 whatever they want. They throw out these narratives 00:15:09.350 --> 00:15:11.149 and they don't really do their research. I'm 00:15:11.149 --> 00:15:13.230 not sure they watch half the games because the 00:15:13.230 --> 00:15:16.009 Bills clearly have stopped the run in the last 00:15:16.009 --> 00:15:18.990 quarter of the season. It's kind of crazy. But 00:15:18.990 --> 00:15:20.409 the Bills are like, oh, they can't stop the run. 00:15:20.490 --> 00:15:22.590 So here comes Travis Etienne. And I'm like, did 00:15:22.590 --> 00:15:24.570 he turn into Derrick Henry overnight? Did I miss 00:15:24.570 --> 00:15:26.870 something? Because the Jags don't run the ball 00:15:26.870 --> 00:15:30.470 well. And we play the pass pretty decently. Now, 00:15:30.490 --> 00:15:32.870 I'm not saying we're going to trounce them. But 00:15:32.870 --> 00:15:35.549 holy cow, you can't say on one side that Josh 00:15:35.549 --> 00:15:37.169 Allen better carry this team to the Super Bowl. 00:15:37.570 --> 00:15:39.750 It's now or never. And all the pressure is on 00:15:39.750 --> 00:15:41.110 him. And then turn around and say the Jags are 00:15:41.110 --> 00:15:42.970 going to beat him. I don't know. It's crazy. 00:15:43.129 --> 00:15:45.759 Some of the narratives out there. And then they 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:48.000 go, well, he needs to carry the team, but he 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:49.659 has no wide receivers. Well, make up your mind, 00:15:49.700 --> 00:15:51.779 which is it? So apparently he's just going to 00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:53.980 tuck it and run it for a tutty every single play. 00:15:53.980 --> 00:15:56.200 And which is fine if that's the way we want to 00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:58.299 win. Great. But yes, can Josh carry this team 00:15:58.299 --> 00:16:00.320 on his back? Absolutely. Sometimes he literally 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:02.860 just wills the bills to win the games. And his 00:16:02.860 --> 00:16:05.769 playoff record alone is almost flawless. And 00:16:05.769 --> 00:16:07.590 you can't attribute some of the losses to him. 00:16:07.690 --> 00:16:09.870 But he has a ton of playoff experience. But now 00:16:09.870 --> 00:16:11.889 it's go time. And this is going to take all 53. 00:16:12.129 --> 00:16:14.409 Like I said, this roster of the last four years, 00:16:14.490 --> 00:16:16.490 I think this could be the weakest, specifically 00:16:16.490 --> 00:16:18.970 the wide receiver room. And once again, I know 00:16:18.970 --> 00:16:20.929 I'm beating a dead horse, but that falls directly 00:16:20.929 --> 00:16:23.830 on the shoulders of Brandon Bean. And it's just 00:16:23.830 --> 00:16:26.110 this idea that we live in an era where unless 00:16:26.110 --> 00:16:27.730 a quarterback wins a Super Bowl, they're just, 00:16:27.789 --> 00:16:29.889 they're terrible. They suck. And their whole 00:16:29.889 --> 00:16:32.070 career is... Garbage. And that's so frustrating 00:16:32.070 --> 00:16:34.169 because in the last 10 years, only three quarterbacks 00:16:34.169 --> 00:16:36.149 have ever come out of the AFC and gone to the 00:16:36.149 --> 00:16:37.970 Super Bowl. Three. Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, 00:16:38.070 --> 00:16:39.789 and Joe Burrow. And Joe Burrow's only done it 00:16:39.789 --> 00:16:41.970 once. So you take out Burrow, you have two quarterbacks 00:16:41.970 --> 00:16:43.809 in the entire AFC who have ever been to the Super 00:16:43.809 --> 00:16:45.889 Bowl in the last decade. But all the other quarterbacks 00:16:45.889 --> 00:16:49.029 are trash? Okay. Okay. Get out of here. Look, 00:16:49.049 --> 00:16:51.789 I want JA17 to lead this team to the promised 00:16:51.789 --> 00:16:54.470 land more than anyone else. But if he never does 00:16:54.470 --> 00:16:57.149 that, which will make me terribly sad, it doesn't 00:16:57.149 --> 00:16:59.289 mean that he wasn't one of the greatest to ever 00:16:59.289 --> 00:17:01.539 play the position. So I'm just tired of the argument 00:17:01.539 --> 00:17:04.240 that he's not great if he doesn't win the Super 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:06.880 Bowl. Whatever. And then the Trevor Lawrence 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:09.339 narrative. Look, I'm not going to crap on T -Law, 00:17:09.420 --> 00:17:11.700 okay? But you want to tell me that Trevor Lawrence 00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:14.000 right now isn't the biggest coin toss of the 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:17.099 game? Because I feel like where you land on your 00:17:17.099 --> 00:17:19.920 feelings for Trevor Lawrence kind of leads you 00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:22.240 to how you think this game is going to go. Now, 00:17:22.259 --> 00:17:25.079 the narrative on Trevor Lawrence is he has found 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:27.420 the answers. And all they want to look at is 00:17:27.420 --> 00:17:30.210 the last eight games. All wins, great, awesome. 00:17:30.430 --> 00:17:32.650 I'm not taking wins away from you. He has been 00:17:32.650 --> 00:17:34.710 great. He's accounted for 24 touchdowns over 00:17:34.710 --> 00:17:37.529 eight games. Not too shabby. But that's what 00:17:37.529 --> 00:17:40.210 everyone hangs their hat on, this single eight 00:17:40.210 --> 00:17:42.049 -game stretch. He has been in the league since 00:17:42.049 --> 00:17:44.710 2021, and they want to just hang all their hopes 00:17:44.710 --> 00:17:46.509 and dreams on this eight -game stretch. Yes, 00:17:46.569 --> 00:17:48.390 I think they're good. Yes, they have won some 00:17:48.390 --> 00:17:51.309 good games in this run. But look at how quickly 00:17:51.309 --> 00:17:54.029 we just pushed the entirety of the rest of his 00:17:54.029 --> 00:17:55.970 career off to the side. He's been inconsistent. 00:17:56.309 --> 00:17:59.019 Sometimes he's looked... downright dreadful yes 00:17:59.019 --> 00:18:01.960 he's shown flashes don't get me wrong but his 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:04.119 playoff record Let's talk about his playoff record 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:05.700 because we want to put T -Law against Josh Allen, 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:07.819 right? Because this is how we do it. We go, it's 00:18:07.819 --> 00:18:09.779 Josh Allen versus Trevor Lawrence. And everyone 00:18:09.779 --> 00:18:12.380 says, doesn't remember that there's actually 00:18:12.380 --> 00:18:16.079 defenses on the field. So yeah, Josh Allen versus 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:18.259 Trevor Lawrence. Well, one has played 13 games 00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:20.680 and has been one of the most successful playoff 00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:22.819 quarterbacks of all time. The other one, Trevor 00:18:22.819 --> 00:18:25.059 Lawrence, he's played two games and he never 00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:27.140 should have even gotten to the second game because 00:18:27.140 --> 00:18:29.740 he threw four picks in the first half of that 00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:32.849 first playoff game. Four picks against a Chargers 00:18:32.849 --> 00:18:35.500 team who... always want a charger and they blow 00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:37.799 it just like always. So the chargers got out 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:40.240 to this nice lead. Trevor Lawrence almost got 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:42.160 benched in this game. And then by some grace 00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:45.079 of God, they managed to pull out of the depths 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:46.759 of hell and come back and win that game. And 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:49.019 we're going to praise him for his career. Okay, 00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:50.920 fine. You want to just look at this eight game 00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:53.920 stretch? By all means, go for it. But y 'all 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:56.380 seem to forget the Trevor Lawrence of the last, 00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:58.599 what, five years? I'm not saying he's not good, 00:18:58.720 --> 00:19:00.500 but holy cow, can we pump the brakes a little 00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:02.299 bit? How is he going to perform in the playoffs 00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:04.660 against a veteran Bills team who has pretty much 00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:07.259 seen everything you can imagine throwing at them. 00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:09.960 Everything. The experience on both sides of the 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:12.759 ball sometimes just outweighs what people want 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:14.519 to consider a freight train. So let's just take 00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:17.539 it easy. Like I said, 18 playoff games. Allen 00:19:17.539 --> 00:19:20.539 has won seven of... of, I'm sorry, 13 playoff 00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:22.700 games and Allen has won seven of them. And sometimes, 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:24.460 sometimes the playoff pressure can get to you. 00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:26.559 So let's hope on Sunday that's the case. But 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:29.240 anyway, X factors to the game. Strength on strength 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:32.220 is what I wrote down first. And that is specifically 00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:35.500 the Jags defense. is pretty good statistically 00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:37.380 against the run. They're actually fantastic. 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:39.599 But on the flip side, the Bills are fantastic 00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:42.059 at running the ball. So who is going to blink 00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:45.259 first? This could be the key to the game. Do 00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:47.039 the Bills go at them with their absolute best? 00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:50.019 Do we see power on power Sunday afternoon at 00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:51.960 1 o 'clock? Do we see power on power? Do we see 00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:54.359 what happens? Or do they change up their scheme? 00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:56.839 Do they look to attack this Jags defense through 00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:59.359 the air? Look, the issue is this. Throughout 00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:01.019 the season, throughout the regular season, when 00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:03.400 the Bills, when they have needed it in the game, 00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:05.420 when the run game isn't working, when the teams 00:20:05.420 --> 00:20:07.759 make it their focus to shut down James Cook and 00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:10.440 they are able to do so, the times the Bills have 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:14.680 needed to heavily rely on the passing game, it's 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:17.000 been kind of a disaster. But look at the games 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:20.019 where they were forced into their pass. Who was 00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:21.680 the missing link? I've talked about this for 00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:24.730 months now. The caveat is that Dalton Kincaid, 00:20:24.750 --> 00:20:27.869 he is the key. He is the gatekeeper to this passing 00:20:27.869 --> 00:20:29.710 offense, and he has been hurt in the majority 00:20:29.710 --> 00:20:32.730 of those games. I feel like I am repeating myself. 00:20:32.829 --> 00:20:35.630 I feel like a broken record. Here I am yet again. 00:20:35.710 --> 00:20:40.710 The passing game runs through DK 86. Dalton Kincaid. 00:20:40.710 --> 00:20:43.049 He absolutely needs to be healthy. He needs to 00:20:43.049 --> 00:20:45.589 play more than 35 % of the offensive snaps. And 00:20:45.589 --> 00:20:47.430 when he's healthy, when he's available, he is 00:20:47.430 --> 00:20:50.509 a dominant threat in the middle of the field. 00:20:50.589 --> 00:20:52.869 What does that allow the Bills to do? If they 00:20:52.869 --> 00:20:54.509 feed him the ball, if they make him the focal 00:20:54.509 --> 00:20:57.150 point of this passing offense, I think it opens 00:20:57.150 --> 00:21:00.130 so many lanes for James Cook. And I think we 00:21:00.130 --> 00:21:03.029 can get rolling. So maybe the Bills, hey, if 00:21:03.029 --> 00:21:05.210 I'm... If I'm Joe Brady, and you all know how 00:21:05.210 --> 00:21:06.890 I feel about Joe Brady, if I'm Joe Brady, maybe 00:21:06.890 --> 00:21:08.529 they come out looking to establish the pass, 00:21:08.670 --> 00:21:10.990 work the middle of the field, and get the ground 00:21:10.990 --> 00:21:13.710 game flowing off that, not the other way around. 00:21:13.869 --> 00:21:15.650 People are expecting them to come out and just 00:21:15.650 --> 00:21:18.130 go right at the run defense, strength on strength. 00:21:18.309 --> 00:21:21.230 Hey, let's ebb and flow. Let's see how this works. 00:21:21.410 --> 00:21:23.289 Go at them with the pass, open up the middle 00:21:23.289 --> 00:21:26.130 of the field. Get those linebackers who are very 00:21:26.130 --> 00:21:28.049 good on the jack side of the ball. Get them to 00:21:28.049 --> 00:21:30.549 back up just a little and allow that breathing 00:21:30.549 --> 00:21:32.490 room for James Cook to go to work. And I think 00:21:32.490 --> 00:21:34.029 we're going to have success. So I think this 00:21:34.029 --> 00:21:36.869 is a chess game. I think it's fascinating. And 00:21:36.869 --> 00:21:39.349 I think this is a huge key. So flipping right 00:21:39.349 --> 00:21:41.390 off that, coinciding with this issue, Joe Brady, 00:21:41.569 --> 00:21:43.869 here we go again, old friend. You and me, we 00:21:43.869 --> 00:21:46.400 are talking about you again. Straight off being 00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:48.420 nominated for the illustrious I Got You In My 00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:51.400 Sights TB award, he makes the X Factor list yet 00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:53.319 again. I'm pretty sure if I went back and looked 00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:56.579 at every game preview I did for the season, I'm 00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:58.460 pretty sure he's been on this X Factor segment 00:21:58.460 --> 00:22:01.880 for every single game. Please, please, Joe, please 00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:04.440 don't turn into Sleepy Joe for this game. I need 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:07.240 you upright, fully aware of what's going on, 00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:10.140 fully functional. I want the guy who was in the 00:22:10.140 --> 00:22:13.960 booth smashing his clipboard on the table, throwing 00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:16.440 his headset. I want that guy. Thank you. I want 00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:18.420 to see the passion. I want that to come out for 00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:20.259 the playoffs. I don't want to see the five plays 00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:22.019 of doom. I don't want to see any more screens 00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:25.079 to Shakir or whomever. No more screens and pray. 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:29.000 No more screens and pray. It's time to go. You 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:31.259 pulled out a gem now and again over the last 00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:33.240 few weeks, but you've also dropped some pretty 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:35.759 big turds. For example, the Eagles game, the 00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:39.180 final drive, you start with a third and 10 screen 00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:42.480 pass. Oh my gosh. I wanted to put my fist through 00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:44.839 the television. Take that screen pass specifically. 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:48.779 on second and 10, third and 10, and blast it 00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:51.519 to the sun. He could be calling plays for the 00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:54.480 last time for the Buffalo Bills if he drops a 00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:57.309 big dud ski this Sunday afternoon. What other 00:22:57.309 --> 00:22:59.829 X factors? Defensively, we have got to generate 00:22:59.829 --> 00:23:03.150 a pass rush without bringing extra blitzers. 00:23:03.269 --> 00:23:05.730 T -Law, he's been good against the blitz, and 00:23:05.730 --> 00:23:08.309 their wide receivers are good. So, hey, you want 00:23:08.309 --> 00:23:10.130 to talk about the trade deadline? Jacoby Myers, 00:23:10.369 --> 00:23:12.869 they made the play for Jacoby Myers at the trade 00:23:12.869 --> 00:23:15.430 deadline, and he has completely revitalized, 00:23:15.430 --> 00:23:17.769 completely rejuvenated the wide receiver room 00:23:17.769 --> 00:23:20.390 in Jacksonville. Thanks a lot, once again, Brandon 00:23:20.390 --> 00:23:23.750 Bean. But he was brought in to be a complimentary 00:23:23.750 --> 00:23:27.619 piece, and he has... been crushing it. What he's 00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:30.720 done is he's kind of reset the whole depth chart 00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:33.359 to their wide receiver room. He has essentially 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:36.440 brought Brian Thomas Jr. down a peg, down a peg 00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:38.440 or two, which can be very scary because he's 00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:40.480 a great player. You slot him down and you take 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:42.400 some pressure off of him and now he can just 00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:45.460 do very specific things and look out because 00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:47.619 now you got kind of a deadly combination in their 00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:49.079 wide receiver room. They got a bunch of good 00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:51.420 guys who are excellent at catching the ball. 00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:53.759 The Bills D -line, they got to get after T -Law. 00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:55.400 They got to stay disciplined in their lanes. 00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:57.880 He has shown that he can tuck it. He can go. 00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:59.960 He can beat you with his legs. It's like playing 00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:02.319 Lamar Light. Obviously, he's not Lamar, but he 00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:04.759 can go. Don't over -pursue. Stay disciplined, 00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:07.059 and I think we'll be okay. Contain, right? What 00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:09.900 else? This leads right into the secondary. Christian 00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:12.839 Benford, Trey White, help us. You are our only 00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:16.900 hope. It's like the Star Wars line, right? Help 00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:20.029 us, Obi -Wan. Christian Benford, Trey White, 00:24:20.150 --> 00:24:23.750 we got no Maxwell Harrison. You two are it. It 00:24:23.750 --> 00:24:25.589 is time to go. Trey, this could be your last 00:24:25.589 --> 00:24:28.089 run at a title. You got to lock it down. You 00:24:28.089 --> 00:24:31.089 got to call upon all the experience, all the 00:24:31.089 --> 00:24:33.849 wisdom, all the knowledge. Cole Bishop, Jordan 00:24:33.849 --> 00:24:35.970 Poirier, you have been solid to great in the 00:24:35.970 --> 00:24:37.910 second half of the year. Keep it up for four 00:24:37.910 --> 00:24:40.210 more games starting Sunday at 1 o 'clock. What 00:24:40.210 --> 00:24:43.079 else? What other X factors? I got to talk about 00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:45.740 it, but the kicking game, holy cow, the Jags 00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:48.460 have such an advantage of every area of the kicking 00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:50.240 game. As soon as the offense takes the field, 00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:51.940 I feel like the Jags are in field goal range. 00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:54.819 This dude, Cam Little, well, this dude is like 00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:57.099 booming kicks from the Florida -Georgia line, 00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:59.180 and I'm not talking about the country duo. So 00:24:59.180 --> 00:25:01.599 if it comes out to kicker versus kicker, we are 00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:04.819 screwed because Cam Little will force Matt Prater 00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:07.880 into some retirement community before the afternoon. 00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:10.119 I am praying this game does not come down to... 00:25:10.509 --> 00:25:12.690 A kickoff between Cam Little and Matt Prater. 00:25:12.910 --> 00:25:16.549 We are Dunskies. What else? It's easy to say 00:25:16.549 --> 00:25:18.509 turnovers. Everybody says turnovers. It's like, 00:25:18.529 --> 00:25:20.430 don't turn the ball over and you're going to 00:25:20.430 --> 00:25:22.230 win the game. Yeah, but how about we turn back 00:25:22.230 --> 00:25:24.589 the clock instead? Let's turn back the clock 00:25:24.589 --> 00:25:27.410 and let's turn Trevor Lawrence, good old T -Law, 00:25:27.450 --> 00:25:29.789 back to his old self. Get him back into his old 00:25:29.789 --> 00:25:32.970 ways where he's anxious, where he's frazzled, 00:25:33.049 --> 00:25:34.750 where he's chucking the rock all over the field. 00:25:35.309 --> 00:25:37.490 the other team, force him into making stupid 00:25:37.490 --> 00:25:39.730 decisions that he's known for once or twice a 00:25:39.730 --> 00:25:42.690 game early in the season, last year, and the 00:25:42.690 --> 00:25:46.009 four years prior. If we can force, not turnovers, 00:25:46.029 --> 00:25:50.609 but force T -Law into old T -Law, I think we 00:25:50.609 --> 00:25:52.609 can make him make mistakes. And if that happens, 00:25:52.710 --> 00:25:54.690 I think we could get out to a lead. If we get 00:25:54.690 --> 00:25:56.289 out to a lead in this one, I kind of think it's 00:25:56.289 --> 00:25:58.130 over. Stress meter, I always talk about this 00:25:58.130 --> 00:26:00.609 each and every game. The stress meter, it's been 00:26:00.609 --> 00:26:03.269 a roller coaster as I have been looking at this 00:26:03.269 --> 00:26:05.109 game, as I've been breaking it down during the 00:26:05.109 --> 00:26:08.029 week. It started right around a five, I think 00:26:08.029 --> 00:26:11.210 by Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday morning, it got 00:26:11.210 --> 00:26:13.670 up to like an eight or a nine. I was buying into 00:26:13.670 --> 00:26:15.829 the hype. I was buying into all the hype and 00:26:15.829 --> 00:26:17.809 I was feeding into it and I was getting myself 00:26:17.809 --> 00:26:20.089 all worked up and I'm just like, hold on a second. 00:26:20.210 --> 00:26:23.130 And now since I have like really started to think 00:26:23.130 --> 00:26:26.970 about this, And I've calmed myself back down. 00:26:27.170 --> 00:26:29.569 And now I'm right back around a five or a six. 00:26:29.670 --> 00:26:32.089 I respect this Jags team. I really do. But I 00:26:32.089 --> 00:26:34.329 also put a ton of stock in the playoff experience 00:26:34.329 --> 00:26:36.609 that the Bills are bringing to the table in this 00:26:36.609 --> 00:26:38.690 game. It's the playoffs. So this is a completely 00:26:38.690 --> 00:26:41.630 different scale, right? I don't see the stress 00:26:41.630 --> 00:26:44.170 meter going below a five unless we're playing 00:26:44.170 --> 00:26:46.670 the Steelers. So it's pressure time. We've waited 00:26:46.670 --> 00:26:48.970 all season for this week right here. It's the 00:26:48.970 --> 00:26:52.910 perfect ideal scenario. No, it's not. It's absolutely 00:26:52.910 --> 00:26:54.609 not. Like I said at the beginning, I think this 00:26:54.609 --> 00:26:57.130 is the worst of the matchups, but it is what 00:26:57.130 --> 00:26:59.390 it is. And this is what we're dealing with. There 00:26:59.390 --> 00:27:01.049 was talk at the beginning of the season and the 00:27:01.049 --> 00:27:04.029 off season, the drive was for the number one 00:27:04.029 --> 00:27:07.309 seed. The drive was to get that one, get that 00:27:07.309 --> 00:27:10.210 first round by and then just roll, right? That 00:27:10.210 --> 00:27:13.829 path was laid out with roses and the Bills decided, 00:27:14.029 --> 00:27:16.529 eh, I'm going to light that path on fire and 00:27:16.529 --> 00:27:18.950 I'm going to take a much more challenging, difficult 00:27:18.950 --> 00:27:21.250 way to do this. So let's do this the hard way. 00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:24.019 So what happened during the season? We saw stupid 00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:26.740 losses. We saw bad luck. We saw terrible performances. 00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:30.019 All that crap has led us to the sixth seed, led 00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:32.299 us to this point. But ultimately... Throw it 00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:34.000 all out the window. It's completely irrelevant. 00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:38.039 We are the sixth seed and it is time to see what 00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:40.720 we got. So it all comes down to this. Mafia, 00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:43.380 you know how I end these game previews. I always 00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:45.460 end them with a prediction. So here we go. The 00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:48.200 Bills are favored by one and a half points on 00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:50.740 the road in Everbank Stadium in Jacksonville, 00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:53.599 Florida this Sunday at 1 p .m. This game will 00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:55.980 kick off the first of three wildcard games for 00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:58.079 Sunday, and I think they all are going to be 00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:59.980 really, really good games. The forecast for this 00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:01.740 game from Jacksonville is going to be perfect 00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:05.930 for January. It is going to be 67 degrees right 00:28:05.930 --> 00:28:08.150 around there. No rain, no hurricanes, perfect 00:28:08.150 --> 00:28:10.569 weather. Let's go, right? The Bills will be rocking 00:28:10.569 --> 00:28:13.529 the white jersey, blue pants, and the white helmet 00:28:13.529 --> 00:28:16.109 as the visiting team. So what's the good call? 00:28:16.349 --> 00:28:19.029 Or what's the call? What do you think I'm going 00:28:19.029 --> 00:28:21.569 to say? Well, as I said, I've been kind of all 00:28:21.569 --> 00:28:23.309 over the map with this game. I think it's going 00:28:23.309 --> 00:28:25.009 to be a really good game. Like I said, I respect 00:28:25.009 --> 00:28:26.750 the hell out of the Jags. What they have been 00:28:26.750 --> 00:28:28.970 able to accomplish up to this point of the season, 00:28:29.130 --> 00:28:31.970 they played really well. But ultimately, I think 00:28:31.970 --> 00:28:33.890 all the... the freaking national Jacksonville 00:28:33.890 --> 00:28:36.289 love has gone way too far. And we want to talk 00:28:36.289 --> 00:28:37.970 about the eight game win streak. Well, let's 00:28:37.970 --> 00:28:39.690 break it down for a quick second. They beat the 00:28:39.690 --> 00:28:41.990 chargers to start the streak. Yeah, they beat 00:28:41.990 --> 00:28:44.670 the chargers, but I looked into the stats on 00:28:44.670 --> 00:28:47.509 this game and like the quarterback, he threw 00:28:47.509 --> 00:28:50.509 for like 60 yards. So, okay. Do you think the 00:28:50.509 --> 00:28:52.269 chargers would ever do that again? But okay. 00:28:52.329 --> 00:28:53.890 They beat the chargers. Who do they play week? 00:28:54.250 --> 00:28:56.529 The second week of the streak, the Cardinals, 00:28:56.589 --> 00:28:58.750 the Arizona Cardinals, they beat them by three. 00:28:58.849 --> 00:29:00.910 Then they played the Titans. Oh, congrats. You 00:29:00.910 --> 00:29:03.589 beat lowly Tennessee Titans. Then they go, I 00:29:03.589 --> 00:29:06.549 will say this is a good win. They beat the Colts. 00:29:06.549 --> 00:29:11.450 But again, this game was against 95 -year -old 00:29:11.450 --> 00:29:14.710 Phillip Rivers. So congrats. You beat an old 00:29:14.710 --> 00:29:16.670 man coming out of retirement. Then they beat 00:29:16.670 --> 00:29:19.170 the Jets. Congratulations. I will give them this 00:29:19.170 --> 00:29:21.549 one. They beat the Denver Broncos in Denver. 00:29:21.829 --> 00:29:25.180 And then they finished again. uh with the colts 00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:27.579 yet again and then another titans victory so 00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:30.940 you beat philip rivers old man philly twice and 00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:33.759 you beat the titans twice i don't know yeah there's 00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:35.920 some good wins in there but i'm not i'm not buying 00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:38.539 it i'm not propping them up on this pedestal 00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:40.680 the narrative of the bills demise has been way 00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:43.519 overblown and frankly i won't stand for it but 00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:45.240 i think right now i think this bills team is 00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:47.380 battle tested i think they have been preparing 00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:50.039 for this four game stretch since this time last 00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:52.500 year I don't think it's going to be a one and 00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:55.000 done in the playoffs for JA 17 and company. I 00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:56.799 have the bills winning this game on the road, 00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:59.680 35 to 24. I think they will go on to the divisional 00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:02.420 round and we will sit and wait patiently to see 00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:04.539 who we will play in round two. So there you have 00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:06.500 it. Thanks for tuning into the three T's and 00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:09.220 this wild card game preview. Enjoy the game on 00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:15.019 Sunday. And as always go bills. So until next 00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:17.779 time. Whether it's ripping packs, breaking tables, 00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:20.519 or dropping elbows, keep doing what you love. 00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:22.599 And as always, Go Bills!