00:00Well, it's not the purple people eaters, Sal, and we want to get to the injuries, but you're bringing this
00:06up.
00:07What do you like or think is interesting about Minnesota's defense this year?
00:14They've given up 93 points only so far.
00:17We know about the blitzing.
00:19How big of a job is this team?
00:23What I really like and respect about them is they just kind of say, we're going to come after you.
00:28And they're going to play football in 2026 in a world where these quarterbacks and wide receivers can just throw
00:35the ball at you and be explosive and say, we're going to line up.
00:38We're going to come after you.
00:39It reminds me a lot of Houston last year.
00:41Houston really has more of the guys up front that just kind of do it themselves.
00:45Minnesota's like, we're just going to bring everybody at different times, but they're aggressive and they don't care.
00:49And that's their identity.
00:51And I think I respect when you want to have that identity and say, we're going to live and die
00:56like that.
00:57They mostly live like that.
00:59Look, I mean, the Bills have a tough task.
01:02If they don't have Deion Dawkins or Alec Anderson, you asked me how practice was, they were not out there
01:08again.
01:08So, you know, this is the second day this week.
01:10It's a Friday now.
01:11They could very well practice tomorrow.
01:13Tomorrow becomes like a normal Friday.
01:15We'll get the game designations on a Saturday.
01:17But, you know, neither of you are starting to let guys on the left side are available through the first
01:22couple of practices this week.
01:24They also are a defense, though, that can be had in the run game a little bit.
01:27And, you know, Detroit did that a little bit to them last week.
01:30Detroit did it by kind of, you know, going 12 and 13 personnel and big boing and say, we're going
01:36to block you.
01:36And you're not going to be able to pin your ears back.
01:38But you've got to put yourself in that position.
01:40You can't live in third and long.
01:42You can't live coming from behind against this team, right?
01:44I mean, it's just not going to happen.
01:46I asked Conor McGovern yesterday, what is a good way to describe their defense?
01:53And he goes, I don't know if there's really a good way.
01:55And then he actually gave a great way.
01:56He called them a Rolodex defense.
01:59Now, it's funny.
02:01I mean, Conor McGovern's in his 20s.
02:02Yes.
02:03They use Rolodex, right?
02:05The Bills have never sounded older.
02:07Right, right, right.
02:09But that's what he said.
02:09I'm like, I like that.
02:10I told him, I know that's a great way to describe it.
02:13He's like, you just, they can kind of just flip it and like, what do we want?
02:16What do we want here?
02:17What do we want there?
02:18They're going to have to really be buttoned up.
02:20It's a loud environment.
02:22And they're going to have to know where guys are coming from.
02:24But how do you counter that?
02:25You settle it down by making sure you're in manageable situations,
02:29not having to come from behind, not having to be in long yardage.
