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Jeremy White and Joe DiBiase are joined by Bills beat reporter Sal Capaccio to analyze the Bills 24-16 victory over the Chargers. The guys discuss the defensive performance, injury concerns, and more!
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00:00Sal Capaccio joining us on the Wester Hotline as we roll through this Buffalo Football Monday.
00:05A victory Monday.
00:07See what the Bills have to fix.
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00:12We Fix That.
00:13A game like this, maybe a bunch of stuff to fix.
00:16At least on the offensive side of the ball.
00:18But they got the win.
00:19They moved to 3-0.
00:20And we'll talk to Sal about everything that happened.
00:22Arrow up, arrow down.
00:23Mr. Capaccio, good morning, sir.
00:25Good morning, guys.
00:26Yeah, for sure.
00:27A lot of...
00:28It started poorly.
00:29I just wrote it.
00:30It started poorly.
00:31A lot of what is happening in the middle.
00:33And then it ended pretty well.
00:34It ended as it normally does.
00:36I mean, I'm not sure if Bills fans were, you know, woe is me, thinking they would lose.
00:41Games like this, it just felt like the Chargers, again and again, were not doing what you have
00:46to do to a team like the Bills here, right?
00:48Taking field goals and punting the ball away.
00:51And yeah, you get your five turnovers.
00:52But if you don't do anything with those five turnovers, you're going to leave a team like
00:55Josh Allen's Bills in it.
00:58You're going to probably lose the game.
00:59Yeah, for sure.
01:00They just kept sticking with it and hoping the defense could bail them out.
01:04And they did.
01:05And how about the defense stepping up and bailing them out?
01:07And that's exactly what happened in this one.
01:08And, you know, I mean, you look at the stats, the overall numbers.
01:11I mean, the defense gives up 348 total yards, but that's not the story.
01:15They were given short fields.
01:16They were given the ball back a lot of times to the Chargers.
01:18Obviously, the Bills turned the ball over five times.
01:20And, you know, the defense got stops at the ends of possessions.
01:24And that's what you needed.
01:25After the first touchdown by the Chargers, after the first drive, the Bills give them
01:29good field position, the fumble, score a touchdown.
01:32They don't see the end zone again.
01:34Punt, field goal, missed field goal, punt, end of half, field goal, punt, interception,
01:39downs, and field goal.
01:40Yeah.
01:40And we looked at this play or talked about this play a little bit earlier, Sal.
01:43And I went back and checked.
01:45The first drive, they're a Max Harrison dropped interception away from not giving up a touchdown
01:50in the entire football game.
01:52Yeah, you're right.
01:53You're right.
01:53And, you know, I think we all knew the Chargers were a bit depleted coming into the game.
01:59We all knew that they had a banged up offensive line and they're down some weapons.
02:04And we've expected the Bills to have a good day against them on defense, especially up front.
02:09I didn't think the Bills dominated quite up front as they should.
02:12And although Greg Rousseau, obviously, you know, had a pair of sacks, I think the secondary
02:16played well.
02:16I think they stepped up.
02:17You lose Christian Benford, Davis Enigma-Nosin comes in and plays well.
02:21I think Max Harrison played well.
02:22CJ Gardner-Johnson gets the interception.
02:24So, you know, give them credit.
02:25I think Doreen Williams led the team in tackles.
02:27He said, Mike, he was flying around.
02:28But, you know, the point is that even though the Chargers, you know, weren't the type of
02:34team, I think, that has this explosive offense that you had to hold back and you had
02:37opportunity, they still were given opportunities and you still did a nice job on the defensive.
02:42Sal, before we get to the nuts and bolts of this game, let's check in on the injury report
02:47because there could be some important news on this.
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02:56We might have to wait a couple days, but there's a lot of speculation.
02:59Let's just say that, Sal.
03:00Maybe a limp for Josh Allen and a knee injury.
03:02So what can you tell us from where you've been, who you've talked to, what you've seen,
03:06how much we should be considering this, thinking about watching this this week?
03:11Yeah, so, you know, when Josh kind of towards the end of the game, I don't know the exact
03:15play.
03:16Do you guys remember when he got hit in the knee that maybe people are pointing to?
03:19But it was later on in the game, but he finished the game.
03:21He never came out of the game.
03:23And it seemed like maybe he was, you know, limping a bit, not only towards the end of
03:27the game, but after the game itself.
03:28But he finished and then he did interviews and he came off the field.
03:32And I think some people noticed he might've been, you know, favoring.
03:34And that happens oftentimes, not just Josh Allen, but a lot of players, they're banged
03:38up, they're bruised.
03:40He did his post-game interview.
03:41He was in the locker room.
03:43We saw him.
03:44He was sitting there.
03:45To me, I did not see any medical like around him in the locker room, to be honest with you.
03:48I saw him talking with Brandon Bean a little bit later before Bean left the locker room.
03:52Like it just seemed like normal protocol.
03:54I'm waking up this morning and I'm now with last night, Matt Bovey and I did our podcast
03:58and there were definitely people.
03:59Now you got to remember, like a lot of people are watching on TV.
04:02They're seeing things.
04:03Maybe they're seeing some of the social media stuff.
04:04I hadn't seen any of that yet.
04:06Some people brought it to our attention, Matt and me about Josh, maybe having a knee injury.
04:11And I just basically stated what I just said to you guys.
04:13Didn't really see anything.
04:14I'm waking up this morning.
04:15I'm seeing some of the, you know, I guess Twitter doctors, doctors, people that online
04:20talk about these things and showing some possible, you know, concern that he gets hit here.
04:25He's favoring in the locker room as he's standing near Joe Brady during the post-game.
04:30So we'll see.
04:31I mean, again, he finished the game.
04:33He did media.
04:34There was nothing in the locker room that I saw that concerned me.
04:38I'm just going by what I'm seeing now from people saying, okay, let's see where this goes.
04:43What was odd to me, Sal, and this, I guess, wouldn't have been this injury related, if
04:47that's where indeed it happened, because you mentioned it was in the second half, that
04:50he didn't scramble at all in the first half.
04:53And I guess that could have just been the choices he made, but that's very, you know,
04:57rare for him.
04:59Yeah.
05:00There wasn't a lot of room out there.
05:02Well, I shouldn't say that.
05:04I thought he made a couple of poor decisions where he should have ran.
05:06The one he threw away in the back of the end zone, I thought, man, he had everything
05:11in front of them to try and, you know, get a touchdown there.
05:13And he didn't take off.
05:15So you're right.
05:16He didn't do that during the game.
05:18And then as the game went on, he had a little bit of that.
05:20And he got beat up pretty badly, I think, when he was out in open space a couple of
05:23times, including the time where he fumbled the ball.
05:26And, you know, there was a replay review and all that kind of stuff.
05:28Josh Allen overall, eight carries for 22 yards, which you're right.
05:31I have to go back and look at the splits.
05:32But it's felt like as the game went on, he did that a little bit more.
05:36So, again, we'll kind of wait to see where this goes.
05:39We all know that Josh is a really tough guy.
05:41He plays through a lot of stuff.
05:44We'll hear from Joe Brady a little bit later today.
05:46And I'm sure that's going to be a very important update.
05:49Other updates on potential injuries.
05:50Christian Benford left the game with a toe injury.
05:54Yeah, he was in a walking boot in the locker room after the game.
05:58And no update necessarily from the Bills on that.
06:00But we'll see where that goes.
06:01I will say he seemed like he was in good spirits.
06:03He was talking with his teammates and, you know, and smiling.
06:07And, you know, Christian Benford.
06:08And looking like Christian Benford to me from that regard.
06:12But he did have the walking boot.
06:13That's obviously concerning.
06:13He did not return to the game.
06:15It is a toe injury.
06:16As I just said, the Davis Zegmanosin stepped up.
06:19He played pretty well.
06:19But, you know, you hope that you don't lose Christian Benford here for any length of time.
06:23Did Keon Coleman go into the blue tent at one point?
06:28Maybe not Coleman.
06:29I don't think C.J. Garner Johnson did.
06:30C.J. Garner Johnson did with a back injury.
06:32And also Deion Walker.
06:34Maybe that's who I'm thinking of.
06:35Deion Walker did.
06:35Well, yeah.
06:37I mean, sometimes guys, like, honestly, they might go in because they have to, you know,
06:41go to the bathroom.
06:41I really don't know.
06:42Like, I don't know exactly.
06:43There was no update from the team on any of that.
06:45I'll say that.
06:46I felt like, Sal, that when Benford went out, that the two corners together held up fine.
06:52I mean, you don't want Benford hurt, but Igbenosin played well.
06:56And Hairston, I had the stats last hour that he's allowed, like, four catches the entire season.
07:00So they were able to hold up.
07:03Agreed.
07:03And, you know, I heard that from you.
07:05And it's right.
07:06I think it's kind of a guy that, and of course, it didn't help yesterday with the interception.
07:09You probably should have had that, right?
07:11But you're right.
07:12I think that he's kind of, he's acclimated well here.
07:15And for a lot of talk about him and him being the guy where maybe Davis Igbenosin takes his spot,
07:20I think a lot more focus now in the last first three games has been on Christian Benford.
07:23He's getting targeted more.
07:24He's playing against higher-level receivers.
07:25We know that.
07:26But for sure, I think that Max Hairston has played pretty well here through three games.
07:31And that was a game yesterday where, overall, the defense, you know, after giving up 31-31
07:36to come out with a 16-point performance given up,
07:40is something very needed.
07:42We went all week.
07:43I said, all week, I said, look, if the Bills' offense has a bad day, I'm not going to worry
07:46about it.
07:47Like, the Bills have a great offense.
07:49They have Josh Allen.
07:50They're going to be fine.
07:51If the defense has a bad day, I'm going to be concerned because you shouldn't against this team.
07:54Well, the Bills' offense had a bad day.
07:56And I'm not worried.
07:57I'm not concerned.
07:58The only thing I'd be concerned about is if Josh Allen's obviously hurt.
08:01But on the other side, the defense had a good day.
08:04The numbers are a little tilted, but I think we all watch the game and know that the Bills' defense
08:08did a very good job.
08:09And they're, again, getting these, like, the sacks, like, that Rousseau is getting.
08:12He gets one on a third and nine to end a drive.
08:15There was another one to force a third and long.
08:18Like, he shows up again.
08:20And I think, Sal, they are getting pretty good pressure through these three games.
08:26Yesterday, too.
08:28But they're not, like, this is not the Brian Flores defense.
08:31Like, Jim Leonard didn't come in and he's blitzing nine guys or whatever.
08:34Like, they are getting a lot of these sacks when they're only rushing four guys.
08:39Yeah.
08:40And, I mean, Greg Rousseau, the numbers right now are just insane.
08:45So, and I wrote about the exact, like, stat here and my arrow up, arrow down.
08:49And just so everybody's aware of what Greg Rousseau has done and what he's doing statistically right now.
08:54All right.
08:55He had, yesterday, his fifth and sixth sacks of the season.
08:59He's the first Bills player to ever have at least six sacks in the team's first three games.
09:04Now, Bruce Smith had five.
09:05So, he tied him once he got his fifth.
09:07Once he got his sixth, that's something Bruce never did.
09:09Bruce did it twice.
09:11So, he's the only Bill to ever do that.
09:13He's also just the third player in NFL history, guys, from any team, ever, to have three straight games of
09:21at least two sacks at any point in the season.
09:24Mark Gasno and Kevin Green are the others.
09:26I don't care if it's week 10 through 12 or whatever it is, to have two sacks, two sacks, two
09:30sacks, three straight games.
09:31Greg Rousseau is one of only three players to ever do that.
09:34And he's the first player in the history of this league to have two sacks in the first three games
09:39of a season.
09:41It's going well.
09:42Defensive player of the year odds.
09:44It's going well.
09:45So, we're looking those up right now.
09:45You know, Sal, whether it's scheme or that he's taken a step forward or whatever it might be.
09:51It's exactly what the Bills have needed, is someone to make place on that side of the ball.
09:55So, we'll get Sal Capaccio's arrow up, arrow down, continue with more of that, but also get some of your
10:01calls in here as well.
10:02And Bob in Syracuse, Bob, you're up with Sal.
10:05Hey, how you doing, guys?
10:07And I was actually going to address the same thing.
10:10Obviously, I'm a little bit concerned about Allen.
10:14I did notice, I looked at that hit a couple times, and it did not look pretty.
10:19I saw his knee buckle a little bit, but, you know, thankfully, we have a grass turf, and I thought
10:25that helped him out because his foot slipped immediately.
10:28Otherwise, it could have been easily like a Jackson-Darth situation.
10:31That guy was going right after his knee.
10:32I forgot who the player was.
10:34So, one of the things that concerns me most, if he is banged up, again, this is all speculation, but
10:41how long is this going to linger on?
10:42I mean, one of Allen's attributes, especially this season, is being able to not just escape the pocket, but use
10:48a quickness to avoid a hit
10:51and be able to contort his body, unbelievably, to try to be able to hit, you know, Cook out of
10:58the backfield, Johnson out of the backfield.
11:01It would just be disappointing if, you know, if he would have to change his game throughout the season.
11:06I think that could be a major impact.
11:09That could have major impact.
11:10But the second thing I wanted to mention is, what's wrong with Christian Bamford?
11:14I know he's hurt, and it sucks, and I hope he gets better quick.
11:16But it just seems like, the first three games, you know, he's getting beat regularly.
11:22And I know his responsibility is a little bit different than last year, but it just seems like he's having
11:28a real tough time adjusting to, you know, the new Leonard scheme.
11:34I'll get your thoughts on that.
11:35Thanks, guys.
11:35Have a great day.
11:37I don't think anything's wrong with Christian Bamford.
11:40I don't think he's, you know, taking time to get adjusted to the scheme.
11:42I just don't know if he's really the right fit for exactly how they want to run this scheme with,
11:48you know, physical man-to-man type of defense.
11:51It's not his game.
11:52He's very smart.
11:53He can run man-to-man with guys, but you're asking him to cover some of the better guys in
11:57the league through the first few games.
11:59So, certainly no one's going to shy away from him.
12:01And I'll tell you, like, he has not played his best football.
12:04And he's given up more than you want to see.
12:06There's no doubt about that.
12:07I don't think it means anything wrong with him.
12:09I just think that the Bills, Jim Leonard and Christian Bamford, have to figure out the right mix of how
12:15you need to use him and want to use him against whatever receivers and in this particular defense.
12:22Because, yeah, as the season goes on, if you're going to have him match up against some of the best
12:27receivers in the league, it's going to be a tough matchup for him sometimes if you're going to have him
12:31travel.
12:33But I think Christian Bamford's a good enough player where you could still rely on him to be, you know,
12:38one of your better players on the defensive side.
12:40He just has not been that so far through, you know, two and a half games that he's played.
12:44I also don't remember him really allowing anything yesterday.
12:47I've got the number.
12:48Two for 29 is what the stats said for him.
12:51But there wasn't a play cell that I thought about him yesterday.
12:54Like, oh, there he is again getting beat down the field or by Ladd McConkie.
12:58Like, maybe there was an important third down.
13:01But I didn't think this was a game where I was just, like, over and over thinking, man, Bamford just
13:05can't do it.
13:06No.
13:06And what did he play here?
13:07He played 75% of the snaps before he got hurt.
13:1152 out of 69 snaps.
13:13So he was on the field for quite a bit.
13:14So, yeah.
13:14And we talked about this going in where they didn't, the Chargers, that is, didn't have an Amon Ross St.
13:20Brown.
13:20They didn't have a Nico Collins, right?
13:22They have Ladd McConkie, who's in the slot.
13:24That's a different type of situation for the Bills.
13:27And then next week, no A.J. Brown for the Patriots.
13:31Mack Hollins is pretty much kind of their main ex-guy right now, I think, if I look back at
13:34them.
13:35And they're, did you guys see the stat on their offense right now, by the way?
13:39Yes.
13:39Holy cow.
13:39Yeah, it's the lowest scoring offense in the league.
13:42Well, not only that.
13:43It's also the, I have to find the exact stat, I believe, was something like, it's the, now I have
13:51to find, oh, they have the lowest points per drive through three games since Zach Wilson's Jets in whatever year
14:01that was.
14:02So to drive this home, so here's another one, Sal.
14:04Well, Doug Clawson, who does stats for CBS Sports, on Drake May and the Patriots offense, that he ranks 29th
14:11in EPA per dropback.
14:12Last year, he led the league in EPA per dropback.
14:16No quarterback has had a bigger slide, a September slide, in the history of the data existing.
14:22Like, so if anyone out there, like, oh, this is who he really is, like, maybe, but this is the
14:27biggest slide that stats have ever seen in what their offense has become.
14:32Here is the stat.
14:35You have, who did you?
14:37I think it was also Doug Clawson.
14:38Doug Clawson, same thing.
14:40Sorry, yeah, same guy.
14:41That's why I want to make sure it wasn't the same stat.
14:43Fewest points per drive, 0.97 by any team through three games since the 2021 Jets in the first three
14:50starts of Zach Wilson's career.
14:52And look, a few weeks ago, we've been talking about the Patriots, and I felt, and I said, I just
14:58don't, I like A.J. Brown on that team, and they definitely have more weapons, but it just feels like
15:02they're going to be a team where they're going to play a lot of games close to the margins.
15:06Then they lose A.J. Brown, and that becomes even more so for them, right, which is, Drake May is
15:13this very interesting quarterback who looked really good, you know, in his second year.
15:17It feels like they can't win with him carrying the team, you know what I mean?
15:22Like, Josh Allen didn't have these weapons, and you knew he could win still because of Josh Allen.
15:26And they also don't have necessarily this huge explosive running attack like the Bills have had, and I know that
15:30they have a really explosive runner in Henderson.
15:33But, like, look, if Josh Allen, let's go back to his injury, if Josh Allen is hurt at all, and
15:38he can still play out there, he's going to be able to, you know, make some plays.
15:41You can design a game plan around him not sitting in the pocket.
15:43He can also turn around and hand the ball off to the league's leading rusher in James Cook, who, by
15:47the way, had 154 yards yesterday.
15:49And who actually thought that until the game was over and you looked at the box store?
15:52Not me.
15:52It was crazy.
15:53I thought there was a middle of the game there.
15:56They were running him first down a lot, and it looked like, okay, he's getting four yards here, five yards
16:01there.
16:02But there weren't a lot of big ones.
16:04I was very surprised, Al, his stat line by the end of the game, even though he – I feel
16:09like a couple of his biggest runs maybe were in the fourth quarter, like when the game was tightest.
16:13Right.
16:146.4 yards a carry, though.
16:16You know, James Cook doing James Cook things.
16:19154 yards, and you're like, suddenly this guy is, you know, here we go again.
16:23And, you know, he's off to an amazing start.
16:25And, yeah, it's a nice thing to have when you can turn around and give the ball to James Cook,
16:31and it wasn't – even, I mean, the first run of the game when he fumbled, he actually was a
16:35decent run, right?
16:35And then he winds up fumbling.
16:36Right.
16:37And there were a few other really nice runs.
16:39It wasn't like he was getting these 40-yard runs.
16:41It was, oh, he's bussed off another 10-yard run.
16:43Oh, there's an 8-yard run.
16:44There's a 12-yard run.
16:45And at the end of the day, you look down and you go, holy cow, the guy ran for 154.
16:49Well, Sal, you know, I might want to put this on the – the way that they've played in the
16:53last five years maybe makes them uniquely able to deal with what happened yesterday.
17:00And what I mean by that is this.
17:02Cook fumbles on the first play.
17:03He goes to the bench.
17:04He sits there.
17:05And a couple teammates give him, you know, fist pump.
17:07Don't worry about it, man.
17:08We'll get it back.
17:09Dalton Kincaid fumbles in that moment, right?
17:11He might feel terrible in the moment.
17:12But they are a team that has Josh Allen and the offense that they have and a game like this
17:19one that just had.
17:21I don't know if they'll have another five-turnover game.
17:23There'll be another game where they have a bad turnover and the offense probably doesn't get down on itself or
17:28the player in question, whether it's Cook or whoever it is, doesn't get down on themselves because they know we
17:33actually do have a margin of error here.
17:35We'll be all right.
17:35You don't want to make mistakes.
17:37But you're talking about the Patriots here and how they don't have this margin.
17:39The Bills do have a very large margin for error on offense, and we consistently see they are able to
17:46overcome it.
17:47Yeah, you're right about that.
17:48And they're going to keep attacking, and they're going to play like that.
17:52I mean, a great example is Josh.
17:54And even he said he didn't throw it up because he thought it was a free play.
17:57He just thought DJ Moore, he was going to give him a chance.
17:59And he nearly caught it.
18:01And you know what?
18:02He already threw one interception.
18:03They'd already turned the ball over twice.
18:06They're down.
18:06And he's like, I don't care.
18:07I'm going to go deep here because I'm going to trust my guy.
18:10And, you know, that's just the mentality they're going to have all year, guys.
18:12And it's not going to work out all the time.
18:14And it didn't work out a lot yesterday.
18:16And then ultimately the Bills did enough to still, you know, win the football game.
18:20And that goes to exactly what your point is because their margin for error is way more than most teams.
18:25The team coming in next week doesn't have that margin for error.
18:27They're going to try and play this close game again.
18:29If the Bills do what they did yesterday against the Patriots, I don't think they'll win the game.
18:33You can't do that against, to me, a Mike Vrabel coach team.
18:36And they, maybe, I don't know, I guess because all these things we're talking about with their offense.
18:40But it just feels like that's not the recipe against them.
18:42But I think they'll have more opportunity next week to score more points and still have a nice day defensively.
18:50Looking at the, I just went to the league leaders for rushers.
18:53It's pretty crazy that the top names are all the top names of the league and running backs you'd expect.
18:58Ready?
18:59Here's the league's leading rushers right now in yards.
19:02Kenneth Walker, B. John Robinson, James Cook, Jameer Gibbs, Derrick Henry, Jonathan Taylor.
19:07Pretty amazing.
19:08Right.
19:09The other thing we talked about a little bit earlier, Sal, in this game is Harbaugh field goals, fourth down
19:15decision making.
19:16Brady, the Bills get a touchdown on a drive where they go for it on a fourth and seven.
19:21And meanwhile, the Chargers on the other side, they're just kicking these short field goals, fourth and short.
19:27I think the Chargers kind of shot themselves in the foot with that yesterday.
19:30And Joe Brady's had, I think, no really missteps on that through three games.
19:35Yeah, I think that's right.
19:36Feels like that.
19:36I didn't like the call and the Dawson Knox play under center.
19:41That was third, and then they went for it, I think, the next one with Josh.
19:45And that's why, Joe, I think you do that because you're like, okay, if we don't get it here.
19:49Right.
19:51Why, you know, don't put Josh in harm's way.
19:52We can do this.
19:53Something different.
19:53Cross them up a little bit.
19:54We don't get it.
19:55We're still going to get it on the next play.
19:56I guess that's the thought there, right?
19:57Yeah.
19:58I didn't love that call, but, you know, it wound up.
20:00They wound up getting the first down anyway in that situation.
20:04I felt the Bills forced a couple of things, play calling-wise and Josh Allen-wise, which is part of
20:09the reason they were in the situation they were in.
20:11I'll give you an example.
20:12There was a play-action rollout.
20:14Bills are going left to right here.
20:16Maybe second quarter.
20:17There's a play-action rollout.
20:20Josh has nobody.
20:21He looks for Jackson Hawes.
20:22Jackson Hawes down the field, right?
20:24Yes.
20:24And he throws the ball.
20:24And I'm like, to me, that was a play where they just said, who cares?
20:27We're just going to throw it.
20:28This play's going to work.
20:29Well, it was covered, and it shouldn't have thrown it.
20:31You know, but I think they just had the, this is going to work, and we designed it, but give
20:36the Chargers credit.
20:37Like, those are the kinds of things I would have liked to have seen buttoned up yesterday, which is, you
20:40don't have to force that.
20:41You don't have to say, like, that's the play we're going to run, and it's going to be open because
20:44we schemed it up, and we're confident.
20:46And good to the Chargers credit, like I said, for covering it up.
20:49Those were the kinds of things I didn't love yesterday as much.
20:52And you're right about the other side of the ball.
20:54It felt like the Chargers are, said this all week, guys, it doesn't feel like they're, what'd you use, in
21:01sync, earlier, Jeremy?
21:03They're not in sync.
21:04They're not in tune.
21:05They're playing a song, and they're out of tune.
21:08Yeah, they don't have, they don't have the right mesh, right, between what are their head coach to the offensive
21:12coordinator to the quarterback and what they're doing.
21:14I did, like, you know, I talked to some guys about this in locker room for the Bills after the
21:18game, and I tweeted this out during the game.
21:20They were trying to stretch the Bills' defense out.
21:21They were trying to get them to go sideline to sideline.
21:24And that's a Mike McDaniel staple.
21:26Like, that's what he does.
21:27When he was in Miami and had all that speed, that's what they did.
21:30But, you know, the Bills did a nice job.
21:32They have more athleticism now.
21:33They have more speed now.
21:34They run five-man spacing.
21:36So it's tougher to get outside on the Bills than it used to be.
21:39And, you know, the Bills, I thought, did a really nice job of that.
21:41The other thing was, did you guys expect to see, who was the running back?
21:46Keaton Mitchell.
21:47Keaton Mitchell, as much as they did instead of Hampton?
21:50That goes to the point I think you just made about, like, trying to stretch the Bills' defense.
21:54Like, he's the speed back.
21:56He gets 11 touches.
21:57And, like, there was a story in the offseason where, like, McDaniel was saying, like, I had his poster in
22:03my room.
22:03And, like, I was telling, like, the GM, like, I need this guy.
22:07And, like, I'm thinking, like, well, he wants him to be his Devin Achan.
22:10And that's the – he's not as good.
22:11But that was the role I think they were trying to put him into yesterday.
22:15No, that's right.
22:15So, yeah, I think – yeah, I think the Bills' defense did a really nice job, though, to kind of
22:20feel their way through that one and get their stops they needed.
22:24Sal Capaccio.
22:25Sal, you'll be out and about today, huh?
22:27Out at Northtown Hyundai, 3675 Sheridan Drive from 10 to 12 for the Northtown middays.
22:34Tim and Brad are on from 10 to 12 in studio.
22:37You're out at Northtown Hyundai.
22:39Yeah, and we're going to have just a regular, you know, post-game recap, like, last week.
22:44Last week we were at Northtown Volkswagen, this week at Northtown Hyundai.
22:48Come on by.
22:48I'll be on 10 to 12.
22:49Brad and Tim will be in studio.
22:50You can come by.
22:51You can say hi to me.
22:52Join me.
22:52And free Paula's Donuts while supplies last, guys, of course.
22:55We had that last week as well.
22:58And they did coffee there last week.
23:00They had Paula's Donuts last week.
23:01Got WGR merch there.
23:02So, come on by.
23:03Say hi.
23:03It will be at Northtown Hyundai today.
23:06And I'll be live from 10 to 12.
23:09All right.
23:10Very good.
23:10Thank you, Sal.
23:11You got it.
23:12Catch Sal's arrow up, arrow down piece at our website, WGR550.com.
23:17Jeremy and Joe, happy Victory Monday.
23:20Eagles and Bears tonight.
23:22Case Keenum.
23:23No Caleb Williams.
23:24It's unfortunate.
23:25Yeah, because this game just got a lot more unwatchable.
23:28Yeah.
23:31Next week, the London games start.
23:34Nice.
23:349.30?
23:35Yeah.
23:36Is it a good one?
23:39I could check.
23:40Let's see.
23:41Next week.
23:43Because, you know, we could do better than Thursday.
23:45Although, did Thursday Night Football just get a little bit more watchable with Browns and Steelers?
23:49Maybe.
23:50They're both 2-1.
23:51That's what I mean.
23:52Like, they both are gross.
23:53Imagine the Browns being 3-1.
23:56Man.
23:57They're both 2-1.
23:58Colts Commanders is Thursday from London.
24:01I don't know how you feel about Colts Commanders.
24:03It feels like a London game between two teams that I usually don't want to watch, but I guess they
24:09both won yesterday.
24:10Bills-Patriots, of course.
24:11The biggest game for us to all keep an eye on next week is probably Jaguars-Bengals.
24:21Yeah.
24:22Okay.
24:23Jaguars-Bengals.
24:24Chiefs-Raiders is a matchup of 2-3-0 teams.
24:28Right.
24:29I know it's the Raiders.
24:30They're going to need the Chiefs to lose a couple games here at some point for one-seed purposes.
24:34Yeah.
24:34And then Broncos-Niners is also out there.
24:37Yeah.
24:37So, some good games next week.
24:39Jets and Bears?
24:41I mean, we're not worried about the Jets, right?
24:43For the Bills?
24:44No.
24:46That coach would not...
24:47Even if they had the roster that was up to it, I just don't believe that coach would keep them
24:53in a race like that for an entire season.
24:54He will lose them games.
24:55Should New England...
24:56He kind of did against the Packers.
24:57Right.
24:58Should New England be worried about the Jets?
25:00Maybe.
25:01Yeah.
25:01Like, maybe.
25:03All right.
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