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Week 13 Preview: Bills at Steelers · The 3Ts: Tables, Tailgates, and Toploaders

• WEBVTT 00:00:11.190 --> 00:00:13.089 What's up, friends? Welcome into another game 00:00:13.089 --> 00:00:16.070 preview episode of the 3Ts Podcast. I'm your 00:00:16.070 --> 00:00:18.329 host, TB. Thank you very much for stopping in 00:00:18.329 --> 00:00:21.890 and checking out the Week 13 game preview for 00:00:21.890 --> 00:00:25.629 Bills vs. Steelers. Coming at you live Sunday, 00:00:25.850 --> 00:00:29.710 November 30th at 425 from Acrisure Stadium in 00:00:29.710 --> 00:00:32.909 good old Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Now, we have 00:00:32.909 --> 00:00:34.729 a lot to get to, but I always start off with 00:00:34.729 --> 00:00:37.530 news and notes, and we start with the power rankings. 00:00:37.609 --> 00:00:40.130 The power rankings are out after 12 weeks, and 00:00:40.130 --> 00:00:42.869 Bill's Mafia. You might not like what you see, 00:00:43.009 --> 00:00:46.490 but we are plummeting down the rankings with 00:00:46.490 --> 00:00:48.810 each and every loss, just as I suspected. The 00:00:48.810 --> 00:00:51.909 kindest publication I found has us as high as 00:00:51.909 --> 00:00:54.859 seven, but... That's it. That's as high as we 00:00:54.859 --> 00:00:58.159 go. I've seen the bills plummet as low as 12 00:00:58.159 --> 00:01:00.780 on one site. The majority of publications have 00:01:00.780 --> 00:01:03.200 us sitting right around eight or nine, meaning 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:05.680 that there are a lot of teams, a lot of teams 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:07.280 that are better than the bills right now. And 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:10.120 I think that that notion is completely justified. 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:14.060 I tried to pick out the other AFC teams that 00:01:14.060 --> 00:01:16.579 were ranked consistently ahead of the bills, 00:01:16.659 --> 00:01:19.469 and I found three of them. Ready? So you got 00:01:19.469 --> 00:01:21.629 the Denver Broncos, the New England Patriots, 00:01:21.650 --> 00:01:24.530 and the Indianapolis Colts. So how do we feel 00:01:24.530 --> 00:01:27.489 about that, Mafia? How are we feeling about the 00:01:27.489 --> 00:01:29.329 rankings? Now, does it bother you that these 00:01:29.329 --> 00:01:32.370 three teams are ranked ahead consistently of 00:01:32.370 --> 00:01:34.329 the Bills? Are we worried? Look, I definitely 00:01:34.329 --> 00:01:36.629 get it, right? I've been one of the biggest critics 00:01:36.629 --> 00:01:39.450 of this team over the last month or so. If you 00:01:39.450 --> 00:01:41.349 don't believe me, check out the last episode, 00:01:41.489 --> 00:01:46.519 episode 31. Actually, 31, and you can see me 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:50.299 give a 28 -minute rant on this team. If I'm looking 00:01:50.299 --> 00:01:53.340 at these three teams and I'm trying to be objective 00:01:53.340 --> 00:01:56.719 about this process and I ask myself, am I really, 00:01:56.760 --> 00:01:59.019 really scared of any of these teams? I mean, 00:01:59.079 --> 00:02:02.140 scared like I don't think we have a chance of 00:02:02.140 --> 00:02:04.420 beating them if we have to go on the road into 00:02:04.420 --> 00:02:06.840 their buildings and play these teams. I'm not 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:09.520 saying the answer, I'm not saying the games are 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:11.979 going to be easy, but none of these teams like 00:02:11.979 --> 00:02:14.539 scare me. I'm just not scared of them. I don't 00:02:14.539 --> 00:02:16.360 know why. Maybe that will change over the next 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:20.639 few weeks, but if somehow. If the stars align 00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:24.280 and Joe Brady, of all people, can start to scheme 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:26.659 an actual offense, if the offense can somehow, 00:02:26.780 --> 00:02:29.120 someway get back on track and maybe find some 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:31.460 consistency, there's no chance I'm going to be 00:02:31.460 --> 00:02:34.300 afraid of the Broncos, the Patriots, or the Colts. 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:37.919 What else? So on Saturday, November 22nd, Josh 00:02:37.919 --> 00:02:40.569 Allen became the first player. in the history 00:02:40.569 --> 00:02:43.270 of University of Wyoming football to have his 00:02:43.270 --> 00:02:45.629 jersey retired. Now I saw this, I thought it 00:02:45.629 --> 00:02:48.949 was pretty cool. I know it has no relevance to 00:02:48.949 --> 00:02:51.250 the upcoming game against the Steelers, but I 00:02:51.250 --> 00:02:53.490 was trying to find some positive stuff to talk 00:02:53.490 --> 00:02:56.530 about once in a while with this team. So I figured 00:02:56.530 --> 00:02:58.849 I would throw this in here. And so there you 00:02:58.849 --> 00:03:01.530 go. It was nice to see Josh get out to Wyoming 00:03:01.530 --> 00:03:04.229 for this game, for this home game in front of 00:03:04.229 --> 00:03:07.669 the fans. He spent a good amount of time pregame 00:03:07.669 --> 00:03:09.800 just kind of walking around saying, high ticket 00:03:09.800 --> 00:03:12.680 pictures, signing autographs. It was good. It 00:03:12.680 --> 00:03:15.479 was good to see. So I think they definitely appreciated 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:18.000 it. It was nice to see him kind of get out of 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:21.020 town two days after getting pummeled by the Texans 00:03:21.020 --> 00:03:23.280 defensive end. So there you go. So how about 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:24.879 this next story, Mafia? Are you ready for this 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:27.860 one? Recently released Saints wide receiver Brandon 00:03:27.860 --> 00:03:30.800 Cooks. He spent about a week on the free agent 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:33.340 list before being signed by the Buffalo Bills. 00:03:33.419 --> 00:03:36.080 So he wasn't just signed to the practice squad, 00:03:36.180 --> 00:03:39.199 mind you. He is actually on the 53. man roster 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:43.319 so welcome i guess welcome who are we welcoming 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:46.240 we are welcoming 32 year old brandon cooks who 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:48.659 played 10 games for the cowboys last year and 00:03:48.659 --> 00:03:54.439 caught a career low whopping 26 passes uh yikes 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:57.400 i don't know exactly what i'm supposed to make 00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:00.479 of this if i'm being honest are we thinking that 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:04.060 this move somehow shakes up the old needle and 00:04:04.060 --> 00:04:06.620 uh are we thinking this improves the wide receiver 00:04:06.620 --> 00:04:09.770 room now What just came out literally minutes 00:04:09.770 --> 00:04:14.050 before I started recording this was the corresponding 00:04:14.050 --> 00:04:17.930 roster move was to cut Elijah Moore. So he's 00:04:17.930 --> 00:04:19.610 been on the field. He's been off the field. He's 00:04:19.610 --> 00:04:22.050 been extremely inconsistent. He's literally done 00:04:22.050 --> 00:04:24.649 nothing for the Bills since he was signed in 00:04:24.649 --> 00:04:26.750 the offseason. So Elijah Moore, it's been fun. 00:04:26.889 --> 00:04:29.050 It's been real. Can't say it's been real fun. 00:04:29.209 --> 00:04:32.389 But thanks for being a part of the Bills for, 00:04:32.529 --> 00:04:35.470 what, 12 weeks? So I don't know. Does this move 00:04:35.470 --> 00:04:38.089 the needle at all? I have no idea. Is he an upgrade 00:04:38.089 --> 00:04:40.050 to Elijah Moore? Is he an upgrade to Curtis Samuel 00:04:40.050 --> 00:04:42.709 who can't stay healthy? Is he better than benched 00:04:42.709 --> 00:04:46.329 Keon Coleman? I have no freaking clue. No clue 00:04:46.329 --> 00:04:48.350 at all. And you can look at this and say, well, 00:04:48.389 --> 00:04:50.329 at least the Bills are trying. Well, if you go 00:04:50.329 --> 00:04:52.230 back and listen to that rant that I just talked 00:04:52.230 --> 00:04:54.750 about, you know how I feel about just trying. 00:04:54.910 --> 00:04:58.709 They just have to go do. I'm sick of the trying. 00:04:58.810 --> 00:05:01.310 I just need them to do. So I'll reserve judgment 00:05:01.310 --> 00:05:04.850 on this. I don't have too high expectations that 00:05:04.850 --> 00:05:08.089 this is going to be the move that rights the 00:05:08.089 --> 00:05:10.769 ship. This is still a very underwhelming receiver 00:05:10.769 --> 00:05:14.230 core, and I'm just not sure that this is the 00:05:14.230 --> 00:05:18.110 needle mover some are hoping for or are expecting 00:05:18.110 --> 00:05:20.350 it to be. But anyway, so if you don't like that 00:05:20.350 --> 00:05:22.949 one. If you're also one like me who's sick and 00:05:22.949 --> 00:05:25.129 tired of the Bills constantly going to the well 00:05:25.129 --> 00:05:28.430 of older ex -Bills past their prime in hopes 00:05:28.430 --> 00:05:31.370 of helping the current roster, mostly on the 00:05:31.370 --> 00:05:32.990 defensive side of the ball, you are not going 00:05:32.990 --> 00:05:35.350 to like this one because free agent, defensive 00:05:35.350 --> 00:05:38.730 end, none other than Shaq Lawson, who has basically 00:05:38.730 --> 00:05:40.589 been sitting on his couch for the whole season, 00:05:40.629 --> 00:05:42.730 was brought into Buffalo on Monday for a workout. 00:05:42.750 --> 00:05:44.970 And guess what? Mafia Tuesday, they went ahead 00:05:44.970 --> 00:05:47.709 and signed him to the practice squad. This will 00:05:47.709 --> 00:05:50.410 be Lawson's third stint with the team. And I 00:05:50.410 --> 00:05:54.009 am just so done with this crap. I am so tired 00:05:54.009 --> 00:05:58.029 of the retread players. They keep coming back. 00:05:58.170 --> 00:06:01.089 It's just getting so old. Is there no one else, 00:06:01.129 --> 00:06:03.389 literally no one else out there that we can try, 00:06:03.490 --> 00:06:05.670 that we can put on the practice squad? Is there 00:06:05.670 --> 00:06:08.089 no one else we can look at at all? No one else. 00:06:08.149 --> 00:06:10.269 I mean, really. The last time he was on the team, 00:06:10.350 --> 00:06:13.709 2023, he played a third of the snaps defensively 00:06:13.709 --> 00:06:16.189 and was graded as one of the least effective 00:06:16.189 --> 00:06:19.110 players on the entire defense. Are we going to 00:06:19.110 --> 00:06:22.350 be okay signing up for that? I mean, I just don't 00:06:22.350 --> 00:06:25.579 know what is happening just because... They have 00:06:25.579 --> 00:06:27.779 this mentality that they need to bring players 00:06:27.779 --> 00:06:30.220 back simply because they know the system. I mean, 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:32.480 what is the system at this point? Can they spell 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:34.819 the word Buffalo? Can they spell Bills? What 00:06:34.819 --> 00:06:37.060 is the criteria? What are we talking about here? 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:39.800 Because I'm just so tired of this explanation 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:41.860 of, well, they understand the system. Because 00:06:41.860 --> 00:06:44.500 if that's the case, hey, bring back Leslie Frazier. 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:47.879 Bring back Ken Dorsey, Cole Beasley, Kyle Williams, 00:06:48.139 --> 00:06:50.040 Calvin Benjamin, Jerry Hughes. Bring them all 00:06:50.040 --> 00:06:52.139 back. I don't care anymore. Just bring everybody 00:06:52.139 --> 00:06:55.149 who's ever put the Bills uniform on. Bring them 00:06:55.149 --> 00:06:58.029 all back to town. It's just so ridiculous that 00:06:58.029 --> 00:07:01.110 we have to keep doing this. I don't know. What 00:07:01.110 --> 00:07:02.689 else in the news and notes? I'm going to end 00:07:02.689 --> 00:07:05.209 the news and notes on a positive. So here you 00:07:05.209 --> 00:07:07.610 go, movie fans. If you missed it on Saturday 00:07:07.610 --> 00:07:11.300 night, the Hollywood. hollywood the holiday touchdown 00:07:11.300 --> 00:07:14.579 a bills love story premiered on the hallmark 00:07:14.579 --> 00:07:16.899 channel just two days after getting destroyed 00:07:16.899 --> 00:07:19.579 by the texans so there you go apparently there's 00:07:19.579 --> 00:07:22.600 all sorts of cameos with bills new and old as 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:25.740 well as members of the bills community so this 00:07:25.740 --> 00:07:28.300 is going to be uh Watched by me and my wife at 00:07:28.300 --> 00:07:31.300 some point. And she loves her Hallmark movies. 00:07:31.500 --> 00:07:34.000 Hopefully she will love this one with The Bills. 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:37.939 The Bills love story. I'm not sure how I'm going 00:07:37.939 --> 00:07:41.500 to view this movie. But yeah, maybe I'll do a 00:07:41.500 --> 00:07:44.300 special movie review podcast. Maybe, maybe not. 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:47.079 So, all right, let's move on. Injuries. What 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:49.220 are we looking at for The Bills? Buckle up because 00:07:49.220 --> 00:07:52.209 there's a lot going on. Dalton Kincaid. I don't 00:07:52.209 --> 00:07:54.569 know. He is still dealing with the hamstring. 00:07:54.629 --> 00:07:57.069 He's missed the last two games. We shall see. 00:07:57.110 --> 00:07:59.089 It looks like he's going to be a game time decision. 00:07:59.569 --> 00:08:02.620 McDermott really isn't making any. He's not really 00:08:02.620 --> 00:08:05.199 leaning one way or another, but I think it's 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:08.420 going to come down to seeing how he handles Thursday, 00:08:08.579 --> 00:08:11.240 Friday. Just cross your fingers because the offense 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:14.279 goes where Kincaid goes. If you look at the percentages 00:08:14.279 --> 00:08:17.079 when he's on the field, the games he's in, the 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:19.740 offense runs much better when he's involved. 00:08:19.959 --> 00:08:22.300 So just cross your freaking fingers. Who else 00:08:22.300 --> 00:08:24.579 we got? Christian Benford. He's still dealing 00:08:24.579 --> 00:08:28.100 with a groin injury. He's been limited. I'm not 00:08:28.100 --> 00:08:30.100 sure if he's going to suit up. Terrell Bernard. 00:08:30.970 --> 00:08:33.289 He's dealing with that forearm, that elbow injury. 00:08:33.590 --> 00:08:36.190 His arm was in a sling after the game, and that 00:08:36.190 --> 00:08:38.690 did not look good whatsoever. Spencer Brown, 00:08:38.850 --> 00:08:40.730 this is going to be a big one. He's dealing with 00:08:40.730 --> 00:08:44.289 that shoulder injury. Here we go with the coaching 00:08:44.289 --> 00:08:46.590 staff again. I just feel like they wasted so 00:08:46.590 --> 00:08:49.350 much time waiting to take him out of the game 00:08:49.350 --> 00:08:53.250 last Thursday. It was just... Crazy. He couldn't 00:08:53.250 --> 00:08:55.350 do anything, but he gutted it out. They finally 00:08:55.350 --> 00:08:57.289 took him out in the fourth quarter, and now it 00:08:57.289 --> 00:08:59.929 looks like he could potentially be placed on 00:08:59.929 --> 00:09:03.429 IR, but who knows? They're still debating that 00:09:03.429 --> 00:09:06.309 one. Maxwell Hairston, he's still in concussion 00:09:06.309 --> 00:09:08.629 protocol. I bet if I were a betting man, I think 00:09:08.629 --> 00:09:11.210 he's going to be good to go. Curtis Samuel, tell 00:09:11.210 --> 00:09:14.710 me if you're shocked. He is game time. Decision 00:09:14.710 --> 00:09:17.830 to still deal with elbow and neck issues. I don't 00:09:17.830 --> 00:09:19.409 know anymore. Thank goodness Brendan Cooks is 00:09:19.409 --> 00:09:22.990 in town because, yeah, now we have the Curtis 00:09:22.990 --> 00:09:25.610 Samuel direct replacement. Injuries to look for 00:09:25.610 --> 00:09:29.870 on the Steelers' side of the field. DK Metcalf, 00:09:30.090 --> 00:09:32.549 he is questionable. They're going to be missing 00:09:32.549 --> 00:09:35.350 two key tackles for them. Offensive tackle Broderick 00:09:35.350 --> 00:09:37.309 Jones is going to be out, and Derek Harmon for 00:09:37.309 --> 00:09:39.610 the defensive side, he's going to be out. Alex 00:09:39.610 --> 00:09:41.769 Highsmith, linebacker, he is questionable, but 00:09:41.769 --> 00:09:44.559 it looks like... Aaron Rodgers, who is dealing 00:09:44.559 --> 00:09:47.019 with a hand injury. It looks like Mike Tomlin 00:09:47.019 --> 00:09:50.059 says he should be good to go for the game. I 00:09:50.059 --> 00:09:51.600 don't know what his limitations are going to 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:54.000 be. I know last year Josh was able to handle 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:56.860 the hand injury. We shall see if Rodgers is able 00:09:56.860 --> 00:09:59.120 to do the same. So we'll turn our attention to 00:09:59.120 --> 00:10:01.600 themes and storylines heading into the game. 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:04.179 Number one, can the Bills offense get back to 00:10:04.179 --> 00:10:07.139 actually protecting Josh Allen? It's no secret 00:10:07.139 --> 00:10:10.029 he has gotten the crap. kicked out of him. He 00:10:10.029 --> 00:10:12.090 has taken quite a bit of a beating this year. 00:10:12.289 --> 00:10:14.210 Historically, the offensive line, plus Josh, 00:10:14.289 --> 00:10:17.250 in a way, he has an ability to escape and elude 00:10:17.250 --> 00:10:19.590 pressures. I mean, combined, they've done a great 00:10:19.590 --> 00:10:22.250 job keeping him upright, but as of late, this 00:10:22.250 --> 00:10:25.409 has become an extremely worrisome trend, if you 00:10:25.409 --> 00:10:27.830 will. So the way I see it, there are three things 00:10:27.830 --> 00:10:29.309 that need to be tightened up. Number one, the 00:10:29.309 --> 00:10:32.830 offensive line, obviously. Historically, they 00:10:32.830 --> 00:10:34.710 played really well, but they have not been locked 00:10:34.710 --> 00:10:37.580 up at all, as you hope they would be. It's not 00:10:37.580 --> 00:10:39.460 all their fault when Josh is holding on to the 00:10:39.460 --> 00:10:42.320 ball way too long, if you ask me. And the third 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:44.440 issue is the receivers can't get open. So when 00:10:44.440 --> 00:10:46.200 Josh doesn't have anyone to throw to and he's 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:48.360 running around like crazy, it's only a matter 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:53.580 of time before the line to disintegrate. And 00:10:53.580 --> 00:10:56.809 just at some point. they're going to get beat. 00:10:56.909 --> 00:10:59.409 So you can't expect them to hold up for four, 00:10:59.409 --> 00:11:02.490 five, six seconds, let alone 10 seconds like 00:11:02.490 --> 00:11:05.710 we saw Allen run around for, what, two weeks 00:11:05.710 --> 00:11:08.350 ago? So this week's not going to be any different. 00:11:08.700 --> 00:11:10.779 All three aspects, they all need to tighten it 00:11:10.779 --> 00:11:13.379 up. Allen needs to get the ball out quick. The 00:11:13.379 --> 00:11:15.220 line needs to hold up, and the receivers need 00:11:15.220 --> 00:11:17.679 to get open because going into Pittsburgh, it's 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:20.399 going to be a hostile environment, and it's probably 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:22.940 going to be back -up right tackle Ryan Vandermark 00:11:22.940 --> 00:11:26.179 who is going to go up against elite pass rusher 00:11:26.179 --> 00:11:29.179 T .J. Watt. So, yeah, we got to be ready to go. 00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:32.600 What else? We are looking at a very muddled AFC 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:34.879 playoff picture right now. And these two teams, 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:36.519 the Bills and the Steelers, they are kind of 00:11:36.519 --> 00:11:38.440 bringing up the back end of this whole mess of 00:11:38.440 --> 00:11:40.200 a picture. Right now, the Bills are sitting in 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:43.340 the seventh playoff spot. So wild card and the 00:11:43.340 --> 00:11:46.759 Steelers are looking right behind them, right 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:49.000 behind them. So if we zoom the camera out a bit, 00:11:49.039 --> 00:11:51.279 if we look at the whole AFC, I kind of talked 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:52.860 about this earlier, but is there anyone that 00:11:52.860 --> 00:11:55.360 I'm really fearful of playing? We talked about 00:11:55.360 --> 00:11:59.159 Denver and New England and Indy. I mean, my gut 00:11:59.159 --> 00:12:01.519 tells me, no, I shouldn't be scared of any of 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:03.500 these teams. Maybe I'm crazy, but I'm more concerned 00:12:03.500 --> 00:12:06.059 with the two teams currently behind us than in 00:12:06.059 --> 00:12:08.379 front of us. So behind us, we have Houston and 00:12:08.379 --> 00:12:10.240 Kansas City. Houston just showed that they can 00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:12.340 just whoop our butts up and down the field. And 00:12:12.340 --> 00:12:14.000 Kansas City, we don't need to talk about that. 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:15.600 But the two teams directly in front of us, the 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:17.919 Jaguars, Jacksonville Jaguars, and the LA Chargers, 00:12:17.960 --> 00:12:20.379 is anyone really afraid of those two teams? I 00:12:20.379 --> 00:12:22.940 don't know. I don't think so. Either way, I think 00:12:22.940 --> 00:12:25.299 this Sunday in Pittsburgh, it's kind of a must 00:12:25.299 --> 00:12:27.519 game for both Buffalo and Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:30.360 is fighting for their lives right now at 6 -5, 00:12:30.500 --> 00:12:32.940 and they could be in full desperation mode, and 00:12:32.940 --> 00:12:35.320 that kind of makes them pretty dangerous. So 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:37.960 if they drop to 6 -6, I think that they are going 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:40.580 to be in real trouble. The one saving grace for 00:12:40.580 --> 00:12:43.000 us, Bills Mafia, don't worry. The Steelers are 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:45.019 still coached by Mike Tomlin, and he is completely 00:12:45.019 --> 00:12:47.740 unwilling to ever take a single chance in a game. 00:12:47.820 --> 00:12:51.049 So there you go. X -Factors, do I dare start 00:12:51.049 --> 00:12:53.289 with the number one X -Factor that I've talked 00:12:53.289 --> 00:12:56.370 about week after week, Joe freaking Brady. By 00:12:56.370 --> 00:12:58.789 now, it's starting to become something of a running 00:12:58.789 --> 00:13:02.149 gag with part of this podcast. So sure, I'm going 00:13:02.149 --> 00:13:04.460 to start yet again. Yet again, here you go, Joe. 00:13:04.580 --> 00:13:06.659 You are on the clock. I have a very hard time 00:13:06.659 --> 00:13:09.220 believing that your playbook only consists of 00:13:09.220 --> 00:13:11.340 five plays that we have talked about time after 00:13:11.340 --> 00:13:14.340 time after time after time on the 3T. So how 00:13:14.340 --> 00:13:16.740 about we start to use some of the other plays 00:13:16.740 --> 00:13:19.519 in that playbook there? Can we possibly do that? 00:13:19.580 --> 00:13:22.639 Please, please just. Wipe the dust off the other 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:24.980 95 % of the playbook and, I don't know, roll 00:13:24.980 --> 00:13:28.120 the dice. See what happens. I mean, really, what 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:30.559 is the harm in trying out new plays? Anything. 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:33.440 Anything you got. Maybe we can take the car off 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:36.019 for a spin, get it out of second gear, open it 00:13:36.019 --> 00:13:38.139 up a little bit, you know, test out some new 00:13:38.139 --> 00:13:40.840 stuff. Please, Joe, for the love of God, pay 00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:44.100 attention to how the game is actually being played. 00:13:44.440 --> 00:13:46.360 played in front of you. Pay attention to the 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:48.679 flow of the game and be willing to make adjustments 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:51.120 as the game is actually happening. If you could 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:53.840 do that, that would be great. Thank you. Sincerely, 00:13:53.840 --> 00:13:58.059 a adoring Buffalo Bills fan. I mean, good Lord, 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:01.460 make adjustments. You are on borrowed time here, 00:14:01.500 --> 00:14:03.860 my friend. So why don't you try to make the most 00:14:03.860 --> 00:14:07.379 of it? Oh my goodness. Another X factor, defense. 00:14:07.659 --> 00:14:10.080 Defense, you're up. Do I dare ask for two things? 00:14:10.340 --> 00:14:12.659 Maybe show up and be ready to go in the first 00:14:12.659 --> 00:14:15.480 two quarters of the game. Please, can we show 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:18.120 up in the first half and play like we do in the 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:20.519 second half? Maybe learn how to make some tackles. 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:23.960 The run defense is absolutely putrid, and it 00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:26.259 wouldn't shock me to see the Steelers completely 00:14:26.259 --> 00:14:28.740 try to lean into this. Now, they're not a great 00:14:28.740 --> 00:14:31.139 offensive team by any stretch of the imagination. 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:33.379 They're okay at running, and they're slightly 00:14:33.379 --> 00:14:36.399 less than okay at passing, so I'm not scared 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:38.440 of this offense, but you know they're going to 00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:42.629 try to run the ball for... what 60 minutes of 00:14:42.629 --> 00:14:46.009 this football game so the Bills defense it ranks 00:14:46.009 --> 00:14:49.230 31st in rushing yards per play we are giving 00:14:49.230 --> 00:14:53.450 up 5 .3 yards rushing yards per play it is insane 00:14:53.450 --> 00:14:57.529 and we have also given up 48 plays 48 rushing 00:14:57.529 --> 00:15:00.990 plays of 10 yards or more think about that 48 00:15:00.990 --> 00:15:04.129 plays involving the other team running the ball 00:15:04.129 --> 00:15:06.990 for 10 yards or more that's absolutely brutal 00:15:06.990 --> 00:15:10.590 and It absolutely is also attributed to the fact 00:15:10.590 --> 00:15:13.230 that no one on the team can actually tackle. 00:15:13.389 --> 00:15:16.009 So I don't care what you need to do. Figure out 00:15:16.009 --> 00:15:18.769 how to get ready to play football for the first 00:15:18.769 --> 00:15:21.269 30 minutes of the game. Change up your warmups, 00:15:21.289 --> 00:15:23.529 put headphones on backwards, change up your music 00:15:23.529 --> 00:15:25.950 playlist, your pregame meal. I don't know. I 00:15:25.950 --> 00:15:28.210 don't care. Just figure out whatever you're doing. 00:15:28.289 --> 00:15:30.820 It's not working and do the. absolute opposite 00:15:30.820 --> 00:15:33.360 because the first halves of games have been abysmal. 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:36.559 Also, defensively, can we possibly get a pass 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:40.200 rush or no? I mean, Greg Russo, have you showed 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:42.620 up ever in the stat sheet? I'd never hear your 00:15:42.620 --> 00:15:44.899 name called. You just got paid a ton of money 00:15:44.899 --> 00:15:47.279 with an extension. Could you please go out and 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:50.559 possibly earn any of the money that you are being... 00:15:51.939 --> 00:15:54.879 So, Epinesa, also, you've been a ghost the last 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:57.059 few weeks. You always do this. You start the 00:15:57.059 --> 00:16:00.279 season. You come out like gangbusters. And then... 00:16:00.750 --> 00:16:02.590 We don't hear from you for the next two thirds 00:16:02.590 --> 00:16:04.570 of the year. And everyone's like, why did we 00:16:04.570 --> 00:16:07.429 worry about keeping this guy on the team? It's 00:16:07.429 --> 00:16:10.129 so frustrating. Joey Bosa, while he's not playing 00:16:10.129 --> 00:16:13.370 great, at least he's given a effort and he's 00:16:13.370 --> 00:16:15.549 got one arm. So I don't want to hear what any 00:16:15.549 --> 00:16:18.230 of the other excuses are. So go make it happen. 00:16:18.330 --> 00:16:21.490 We need to generate a freaking pass rush. Okay. 00:16:21.990 --> 00:16:24.250 I can't believe I'm going to say this, but I 00:16:24.250 --> 00:16:26.950 will. If there are points to be scored, please. 00:16:27.649 --> 00:16:30.590 McDermott, take the points. I've never said this 00:16:30.590 --> 00:16:33.129 about a Josh Allen -led offense, but I need you 00:16:33.129 --> 00:16:35.250 to start kicking some field goals. Pittsburgh 00:16:35.250 --> 00:16:37.649 has not showed that they can boat race a single 00:16:37.649 --> 00:16:39.990 team on the offensive side of the ball, so we 00:16:39.990 --> 00:16:43.309 just need to score points. Any points on, what, 00:16:43.389 --> 00:16:47.889 75 % of the drives? I don't want turnovers. I 00:16:47.889 --> 00:16:50.669 don't want turnovers on downs. I don't want punts. 00:16:50.850 --> 00:16:53.370 Kick field goals, because if we kick field goals 00:16:53.370 --> 00:16:57.480 all day, the... Steelers can't beat us. So I've 00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:59.440 never said this. I probably will never say this 00:16:59.440 --> 00:17:02.460 again, but I am confident that we can beat the 00:17:02.460 --> 00:17:05.339 Steelers as long as we score points, any points, 00:17:05.380 --> 00:17:08.200 any points at all on most drives. All I care 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:10.339 about is the dub in this one. I don't care what 00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:13.660 it looks like. I don't care if we look fancy. 00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:17.430 Look, we can, we can. integrate cooks into the 00:17:17.430 --> 00:17:20.190 offense in another week. Let's just go out and 00:17:20.190 --> 00:17:22.809 just get some points and beat the freaking Steelers, 00:17:22.809 --> 00:17:25.049 please, for the love of God. Stress meter, okay, 00:17:25.109 --> 00:17:27.250 this year has been an absolute rollercoaster 00:17:27.250 --> 00:17:29.509 so far. I started out the year trying to tell 00:17:29.509 --> 00:17:32.170 myself, if you go back and listen to some of 00:17:32.170 --> 00:17:34.130 the early pods, one of the main goals I had as 00:17:34.130 --> 00:17:37.529 a fan was to simply sit back and enjoy the ride, 00:17:37.690 --> 00:17:40.049 enjoy watching this team, enjoy watching the 00:17:40.049 --> 00:17:42.390 players. Well, I can say with 100 % honesty that 00:17:42.390 --> 00:17:45.920 the ride so far, It has not been enjoyable at 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:49.480 all, at all. Yes, there were some flashes. The 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:53.299 last two minutes of the Ravens game, the Chiefs 00:17:53.299 --> 00:17:57.140 beat down and then the ability to hang in the 00:17:57.140 --> 00:18:00.059 game and actually pull away against the Bucs 00:18:00.059 --> 00:18:03.259 was fun. But I mean, it has not been enjoyable. 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:06.420 It's been an absolute roller coaster. And we 00:18:06.420 --> 00:18:09.319 have spent... 85 % of the year complaining about 00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:12.059 everything. So even with the 4 -0 start, this 00:18:12.059 --> 00:18:14.819 team has showed plenty of flaws, and now these 00:18:14.819 --> 00:18:17.519 flaws are more prominent than ever before. So 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:20.160 if every announcer, every talk show, everyone 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:24.400 around the planet is going on whatever platform 00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:26.960 they have and just ranting about your flaws, 00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:29.660 you know that they are... problems because if 00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:31.740 everyone else can point them out and you can't 00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:34.559 we we need to figure out a way to get up to speed 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:37.180 buckle up because i don't think the rest of the 00:18:37.180 --> 00:18:39.500 season is going to be a enjoyable ride i think 00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:42.180 it's pretty freaking bumpy so just buckle up 00:18:42.180 --> 00:18:45.349 and get ready for A bumpy ride the rest of the 00:18:45.349 --> 00:18:47.789 way. That being said, I think this is a very 00:18:47.789 --> 00:18:50.670 important game. I think it's very important and 00:18:50.670 --> 00:18:52.910 meaningful to the rest of the season. So my stress 00:18:52.910 --> 00:18:55.789 meter, I would say it's rocking at a five. It 00:18:55.789 --> 00:18:58.069 is right down the middle of the meter. And I 00:18:58.069 --> 00:19:00.329 hope that's where all the Matt Prater field goals 00:19:00.329 --> 00:19:03.279 will be going this Sunday, right? down the middle. 00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:05.160 So prediction, here we go. The Bills are favored 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:07.519 by four and a half points on the road in Akershire 00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:09.660 Stadium in beautiful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:13.460 this Sunday afternoon at 425 p .m. Truth be told, 00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:16.769 I... I actually really like Pittsburgh. I love 00:19:16.769 --> 00:19:19.009 the city. I think it's really cool. I do live 00:19:19.009 --> 00:19:21.670 in Pennsylvania, and if I'm being honest, it's 00:19:21.670 --> 00:19:23.730 actually one of my favorite big cities to visit 00:19:23.730 --> 00:19:26.170 because it's not terribly far away. I wish I 00:19:26.170 --> 00:19:27.829 could be at this game, but I will be traveling 00:19:27.829 --> 00:19:31.730 home late Sunday after visiting my son, who is 00:19:31.730 --> 00:19:35.069 currently in the Navy down in sunny Florida. 00:19:35.650 --> 00:19:38.849 Florida will be much more enjoyable than northwest 00:19:38.849 --> 00:19:41.769 PA because Pittsburgh's not going to be sunny 00:19:41.769 --> 00:19:44.450 at all. The forecast is rain. possibly some snow 00:19:44.450 --> 00:19:48.509 we're looking at high of 30 high 30s maybe and 00:19:48.509 --> 00:19:51.970 rain and snow mix it's kind of going to be crappy 00:19:51.970 --> 00:19:55.549 so really nice beautiful northwest pa weather 00:19:55.549 --> 00:19:59.210 at the time i am putting this together the uniform 00:19:59.210 --> 00:20:01.970 combo has not been revealed but i don't care 00:20:01.970 --> 00:20:03.390 what they're wearing because i don't think it's 00:20:03.390 --> 00:20:05.609 going to matter i think we are going to go to 00:20:05.609 --> 00:20:07.450 pittsburgh and win what i think is going to be 00:20:07.450 --> 00:20:10.049 a pretty ugly game And I think your MVP of the 00:20:10.049 --> 00:20:12.490 game is going to be Matt Prater. Yeah, so I am 00:20:12.490 --> 00:20:14.390 sticking with the field goal theme. I think he's 00:20:14.390 --> 00:20:15.670 going to be the star of the show. I think he 00:20:15.670 --> 00:20:17.769 kicks four field goals. I think he's perfect 00:20:17.769 --> 00:20:20.289 with his extra points. And I have the Bills winning 00:20:20.289 --> 00:20:23.130 this one, folks. 26 -17. I think they're going 00:20:23.130 --> 00:20:25.240 to cover the... four and a half points they're 00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:26.660 going to move on to eight and four and they're 00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:28.900 going to come home to await the cincinnati bengals 00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:31.980 and possibly joel burrows return we shall see 00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:34.059 so there you have it thanks for tuning in to 00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:36.140 the three t's thanks for checking out this game 00:20:36.140 --> 00:20:40.019 preview i hope you enjoy bills at steelers on 00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:42.920 sunday and as always go bills i thank you all 00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:49.339 very very much so until next time Whether it's 00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:52.019 ripping packs, breaking tables, or dropping elbows, 00:20:52.339 --> 00:20:55.700 keep doing what you love. And as always, Go Bills!