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Jeremy White and Joe DiBiase are joined by Buffalo Bills beat reporter Sal Capaccio to analyze the Bills 23-6 win over the Vikings that moved them to 7-1 on the season. The guys start by getting Sal’s general thoughts on the game, and he praises the offense’s ability to find a way to overcome an incredible defense. The guys then discuss how much easier Carson Wentz made the Bills' lives on defense as he really struggled to throw with accuracy.
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00:00Justin Jefferson three catches on 11 targets looking at that stat on the screen Sal Capaccio
00:06going to join us it is a football Tuesday bills win and go to seven and one in line for
00:14the ones
00:14here it's looking at the athletics playoff machine has the bills as a 40 percent chance
00:20probability to get the one seed next closest is Jacksonville at 17 percent so driver's seat
00:27nearing the halfway part halfway point of the season Sal Capaccio joining us on the Western
00:32hotline Sal good morning good morning how are you guys we're good Sal I thought that was a nice
00:37nice gritty dirty win for the bills you know they overcome a couple things the entire left side of
00:43the line missing and a tough defense a tough environment but they really you know they
00:50stuck with what they wanted to do I think Joe Brady gets deserves a lot of credit Josh Allen deserves
00:55a
00:55lot of credit as they you know come out with a workman like type win yeah for sure Alyssa I
01:01mean
01:01I know that everybody loved perfection and you know you have this incredible offense and when it's
01:06struggling like that it makes it even seem worse than it might be you know I'm watching the game
01:11and thinking I can't believe they can't run the ball like the Lions were 230 on this team last week
01:16Vikings did a good job you then credit for buttoning up on the things that you know they did not
01:20do
01:21particularly well last week against Detroit uh the bills had I think some concepts they could have
01:25gone to a little bit earlier uh they were just really trying to run the ball and they couldn't
01:29um and then it took a couple of plays here and there I thought Josh Allen's athleticism really bailed him
01:34out a couple of times especially on the you know throw the touchdown pass to Kaliki Latu and then
01:38later on a couple design runs by him in the end of the you know in the meantime I should
01:43say
01:43on the defense they they just um they didn't have much of a threat from from this particular
01:48offense and that's not their fault they did a nice job of knowing where they're supposed to be
01:51making the plays they're supposed to play uh but you know Carson Wentz obviously uh he's just not a
01:58capable enough quarterback to be able to move the ball and you know the bills needed that just that
02:02one touchdown to win the game ultimately because they only allowed seven uh six points yeah so on
02:07offense Allen got there right like I mean the run game did to some extent as well especially on that
02:14very last drive that 84 yard touchdown drive that they had but Allen in this game like what'd you
02:22think of it I guess it was a smart game right like really what you just don't need to have
02:26against
02:27Minnesota is like the big negative plays I thought we'd get there because maybe we're gonna get sugar
02:32high Josh trying to force it because things aren't working and it just that never really happened other
02:39than that fumble that almost happened at the one yard line yeah and even then I mean that was you
02:43know he
02:43he that was a sack right and uh the fumble the fumble you know you want him to take care
02:48of the ball
02:48actually wish I didn't love the throw the decision that would turn into an interception uh I thought
02:53maybe I think in that play I remember back I think they could have got some yards and maybe set
02:56up a
02:56field goal yeah it was it was third and third and 23 it was really long when he when he
03:00launched the
03:01ball I I kind of had that thought like you know what's the right play here you know right play
03:05for
03:05three but to get 10 yards and get a field goal range that's Josh Josh Josh sometimes yeah and and
03:10you
03:11know so so that was that decision but you know overall yeah I thought it was a pretty smart game
03:15and again I think his athleticism just go look at the number of times where it seemed like the
03:19Vikings were just really close to making a play but you know Josh steps out of it he just gets
03:23out of
03:23it just a little bit to make a play and was able to you know do something with his legs
03:27or throw the
03:27ball away or something like that and those plays mattered in this game and then they had to have a
03:31little bit of that you know the offensively the biggest issue I had offensively again I thought they
03:36should have ran the ball better but they're a good run team that'll be okay they were down two
03:39offensive linemen of course that matter but finishing drives finishing drives was a real
03:42big issue especially early in the game when you have a team you're on the road like that hostile
03:45environment and you get that kind of field position your first three drives you got to put points on
03:49the board they didn't do that I think maybe the third drive they get the field goal whatever it was
03:52but you got to finish drives the first couple they uh they did not do that um but then they
03:56settled in
03:57and they got back to I think a lot of what they wanted to do and I also think that
04:01has to do with
04:02you having two backups guys I mean you know these guys don't play a ton together we're talking about
04:06Tylan Grable and um Austin Corbett and after the game Spencer Brown told us in locker room
04:11that Tyler Tylan Grable told he had never played left side like he can do it but he never had
04:15to
04:15do it in a game so you know that's that's a change and you know they weren't great in the
04:20run blocking aspect or the pass blocking aspect especially early in the game but as the game went
04:24on I thought they got a little bit better that the communication must have improved and that's to
04:28be expected so good job there and then you know defensively you can say all you want about the
04:32quarterback they played and that's real obviously but all you can do is control where you're supposed
04:37to be making the play you're supposed to play and that's two weeks in a row this defense has done
04:40that yeah so deadline day today we'll get your thoughts on that in a minute let's check in on
04:46the injury report though the Barnes Firm injury report uh brought to you by the Barnes Firm injured
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04:55Grable for a moment there I mean Spencer Brown took a couple of licks in this game right like
05:00he's one guy that we had to keep an eye on and I don't know he's been battling back spasms
05:04at it
05:05as it is so um in terms of the list of guys that made it to the blue tent who
05:09do we uh who do we
05:10wait for for an update today so Christian Benford did go off the field late in the half uh but
05:17he
05:18came back it was a wrist injury he was originally termed I think questionable to return um but then he
05:24showed up right away the next uh the next series I think it was or you know really coming out
05:28of the
05:28half DeMar Hamlin went in the locker room with cramping so that shouldn't be an issue he wanted
05:32to come in he did not start the second half you know stone did I did see Dalton Kincaid get
05:36rolled
05:36up on he didn't go to the locker room or the tent but he immediately went to the bench and
05:39got taped up
05:40and then he came back in the game um so I do wonder you know it's a short week if
05:44you get something on
05:44the injury report with that um we'll take a look at that I think other than that I don't believe
05:48there
05:48was any other injuries you know on the bill side Tommy Doman didn't get hurt in a giant collision
05:54that's that's good probably oh my gosh you know he um you know the other thing is too Tommy so
05:59I
05:59wrote arrow up arrow down everybody can look at that but I gave him an arrow down for punting I
06:03think it was a good day for punting for Tommy Doman um one he was rushed and you know you
06:06have to get
06:07the ball off but it wasn't a great punt there was another one that was didn't really I think get
06:11the
06:11distance he wanted he had five punts didn't put any in the 20 but then he gets an arrow up
06:15Tommy
06:15Doman the kicker got an arrow up because he was the kickoff guy last night and in case people didn't
06:20notice it wasn't Tyler Best with the kickoff it was Tommy Doman and did a really nice job including
06:24one where he landed it in the landing zone went through the end zone which means they get it at
06:29the 20 yard line I talked to both kickers after the game asked them what went into that and um
06:33they
06:33basically said you know hey that's what coach wanted they uh came to Tommy Doman said you're kicking
06:37this week and this is what we need from you and he did it yeah Sal on the defensive you
06:41mentioned
06:41arrow up arrow down like one thing you had in there was containing Jefferson and Doreen Williams who's
06:46right in coverage there like man though Wentz did not challenge them much like 38 off target like
06:55there were some plays to be made there where guys were open enough and Wentz just he was not gonna
07:02hit them yesterday I am yeah you're right about that it just felt like he compounded his own issues
07:09right I mean like he's not the most mobile guy in the world the Bills were doing a nice job
07:14of
07:14you know collapsing the pocket and then Carson Wentz even when he had time
07:19airmailed a few balls didn't put the balls in the didn't put ball in the right spot I mean
07:22this game could have been a different game I'm not saying it would have been a different outcome
07:26necessarily much different game though if the Vikings had a much more accurate quarterback because
07:32that was not Carson Wentz last night there was one play that you guys saw where Carson Wentz came
07:36came up limping I mean hey give Ed Oliver credit on that he walked his offensive lineman back
07:41and the offensive lineman stepped on Carson Wentz's toe and I thought that there was a lot of that
07:46that happened last night which is there were guys up front doing things that kind of didn't really
07:50show up on the stat sheet necessarily I think Ed Oliver was credited with three quarterback hits
07:54so was Greg Rousseau had a really nice game he had his eighth sack of the year obviously
07:59Terrell Bernard and Dorian Williams come up with interceptions the two linebackers Bernard should have
08:03had another one there they follow they did use Benford a lot to follow Justin Jefferson around
08:08wasn't all the time I noticed sometimes the Vikings would do a good job of lining him up outside and
08:13then moving him into the slot and in those cases Benford came off of him and someone else did so
08:17I thought the Bills had a good plan against him and obviously it worked out with uh 11 targets only
08:21three catches so the deadline is today of course we saw Jacksonville make their moves yesterday
08:26before we let you go do you anticipate the Bills will be adding today yeah I do um simply because
08:34I
08:34just think that it's felt like this for a while that just the signs coming out of Brandon Bean
08:39things that he's said kind of the way this season has gone that they're going to add to the secondary
08:43and they just cut CJ Jardin or Johnson who was their starting safety so now you know you don't have
08:47anybody in the roster replace him necessarily other than bumping guys up and that's what they've done so
08:52they could take a look at adding a starting caliber safety or they could look at adding some depth
08:57I do expect them to add I think the question is do you add to the top of the roster
09:01do you add to the
09:02you know middle of the roster and for depth purposes so I think that's the area he'll be
09:06looking I think it's safety I think it's corner um I wouldn't rule out offense necessarily I don't
09:11think that if anything glaring need um except if you believe that you know going on in the season
09:17is something you know if you're very confident that you're going to have DJ Moore and everybody
09:21healthy and close secure but all it takes is one guy and you know twist an ankle and miss a
09:24few weeks
09:25and that could be something where you want to add to the receiving core but I think that
09:28you're going to have to I think Brandon Bean's taking the mindset of you know looking at the
09:32defensive side and even pass rusher I wouldn't be surprised if you know that's an area they'd
09:35like to add to as well all right so Capaccio sell thanks we'll uh we'll check in tomorrow
09:41yep and uh 4 p.m today and I believe we will hear from Brandon Bean after the trade deadline
09:46with or without any deals made just so everybody's aware of uh of what's happening today all right
09:50very good what is it worth to Brandon Bean to not answer questions about how how come you
09:55couldn't get a deal done would he trade a fourth round pick to just not answer that question
10:02but you just can't you can't go out there and say well the cap well the prices last year it
10:10was
10:11fantasy football GMs he can't he can't do that he can't afford to I mean I guess he can he's
10:15not
10:15gonna get fired but would he trade a fifth round pick to just men in black flash everybody's eyes like
10:23don't get mad at me he'll do something he's got to do something even if it's just a pick swap
10:29trade
10:29where you get a guy that people have heard of and honestly it'll really won't it come down to the
10:34context of the day if three other contenders spend firsts and get big big pieces and he spends a
10:42fourth on a you know cagey depth move that'll be maybe good not not even saying like the result
10:49would be bad but the perception would be other GMs have have more guts than you how come you wouldn't
10:56do it how come how come I got Denver how come I got Kansas City and and we already have
11:02Cincinnati
11:03spending firsts and you didn't do anything you know like that again I don't expect that to happen
11:07but just to illustrate that the context of the day sure is a big part of the review of what
11:13the bills
11:13did in terms of their aggression yep 8030550 that's the phone number it's a victory Tuesday feeling good
11:20about the win on Monday Night Football see if the Vikings make a trade about this time yesterday was when
11:25Jesse Bates got traded so maybe we uh you know start to get some of these rumors this movement
11:31keep you posted 8030550 that's the phone number Jeremy and Sneaky Joe on WGR
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