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Ep. 60 - Buffalo Bills on the Prowl
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Join the boys as they celebrate jubilantly about the Bills trouncing of the Jaguars on Monday Night Football. We hit on some Sabres news and start to get prepared for the regular season (next week!). After our raucous celebrating, the boys get down to earth and preview a potentially tough matchup against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday night. Thanks as always for listening!
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Introduction & Podcast Details
00:00:25
Speaker
What's going on everybody you're listening to the let's go buffalo podcast your favorite podcast for all things bills and sabers with the pals nigel tom and jake episode 60 coming at you quick reminder folks you know the drill don't forget to follow the socials you can find us on all of them instagram x youtube tick tock ah We're on all of them with the handle.
Buffalo Bills' Dominant Win
00:00:53
Speaker
Let's go or excuse me at let's go buff pod that's buff with two F's at let's go buff pod and Let's see here. I've always get around and say hello hello to the guys first Tommy. How we doing?
00:01:07
Speaker
Hello. I'm fantastic, dude. I'm so good. Dude, you you little you'll ah bring on had a little extra juice tonight, huh? Well, you know, Tom, when you beat up an NFL team, the way that the Buffalo Bills beat up the Jacksonville Jaguars last night, it is really difficult unless you're a Jacksman to not walk around with a little extra pep in your step, dude.
Life Updates
00:01:27
Speaker
Oh, what my goodness gracious, dude. yeah The bills are crazy right now. The bills are crazy.
00:01:33
Speaker
And it's fun. Yeah, I agree. I had a nice. It is very fun on my face all day. Yeah, it's just, you know, you just get a little. Well, I don't know, man, I was a little rough today. I'm totally honest. I was hungover as fuck this morning. But yeah, I got after a little bit last night. ah You know, it was yeah when the the volume is three beers. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. These days kind of. Yeah. You know, Jake, what's going on, bro? I was ah feeling the pep in my step at halftime. I don't know about you guys, but dude, I'm great. Yeah. What a way to start to start the week.
00:02:03
Speaker
Yeah, not bad, right? Back from my little bit back for my journeys to New Amsterdam, as you guys shouted out last night, which. Yeah, dude. So tell us, man, how was it? It was it was great. Well, I was in the old Amsterdam. Sorry to give you a little shit there. The Elden. No, dude, it was it was great. It's a beautiful city. I love the Dutch people. It was a it was a good trip. It was a good trip. So happy
Podcast Banter & Drink Choices
00:02:25
Speaker
to be back. But yeah, it was nice. Yeah, that's awesome. Well, we're sharing fun life things. I wanted to I should have said this last week. I totally forgot. um But I became an uncle last week. It's sick. um Yeah. My my my nephew was was born super
00:02:40
Speaker
super healthy mom's doing great so shout out my lovely little sister Olivia and her amazing husband William um thanks thanks for doing that because uh my other siblings and I were starting through the pressure a little bit so and it's nice it's nice to get that off and uh he's absolutely perfect and handsome and he has Bill's hat on for the game last night so all good there but yeah pretty sweet pretty sweet being an uncle little baby. Repeat after me. Hey, I know. I know. I mean, he's he's officially a week old at this point. So I think he was asleep for the game. But no, he's fine. He's already he's already got it. Yeah, he's good.
Sabres' Preseason Performance
00:03:14
Speaker
It's all it's all good. I know what it is. Yeah, man. You know the life. All right, boys. What do you say? Should we get ourselves rolling a little bit here? How about a beverage to start? Are you ready for another one, Nigel?
00:03:24
Speaker
I am ready. Well, it's gonna be a little hair of the dog here, but anything for the pod, boys. We're ready. Here we go. Three, two, one.
00:03:37
Speaker
Jake, we missed you last week because our mics didn't don't pick up the pot very good. Yeah, not like yours, dude. But that's the that's the shitty quality. Mike picking up everything, I suppose. yeah Oh, Jake, what are you? Let's start with you, buddy. What are you drinking? Sure. Well, I'm drinking from grim flash frame. Flash. Yeah, it's an IPA. like I got a little ah Mount Holly lager. Hello, good pills from right around the corner for me. Yeah.
00:04:07
Speaker
And Nigel, are you drinking? What are you drinking, Nigel? I already spoiled it last week. This is my last one, though. and And my honey is out right now getting us some groceries. So I did ask her if she would so kindly grab me a new six pack of something. So told her to surprise me. So we'll see what happens. We'll see what I have next week. Watch her pick out the same six pack. Oh, but I did color anything with that one. And if she put it, let's say, or she forgot, i I wouldn't have the heart to be like, Oh, I can't drink it. yeah no you got yeah you Yeah. So did you like it enough where if she, if she didn't bring it, it was a good beer. Oh, it's delicious. Yeah. I w I will get more of these just to casually hang out and drink by myself. Oh yeah. So yeah, it was great beer. Cheers boys. Happy brisal Tuesday. Yep.
00:04:47
Speaker
Happy, happy, happy Victory Twiz Day. Speaking of victories, Sabres aren't the only team that's getting some dubs. I know it's only preseason for the Sabres, but Jake, we've been watching the boys put up some serious goals. You want to touch on some of these Sabres preseason games that we were able to enjoy?
00:05:05
Speaker
Yeah, before we before we dissect the bills, let's do a quick quick few minutes on the Savers update there because, like you said, training camp is over. They've ah had two games, one against Pittsburgh, one against Columbus. They put up 13 goals in those two games. Now, before we get to our head of ourselves, this is preseason. You can't read into it too much. They're playing Pittsburgh's BC team.
00:05:28
Speaker
afternoon D team. Yeah. And, you know, same with Columbus. They had a few NHLers on the ice, but the Sabres had a much, much stronger roster in both nights. So you like to see them go out and look like that. And they they did exactly that.
Sabres' Strategy Analysis
00:05:43
Speaker
7-3 over Pittsburgh and 6-1 over Columbus. And again, preseason, but I wanted to call out some prominent performers. um JJ Paterka put up five points, including a hat trick against Pittsburgh.
00:05:54
Speaker
And then a couple of guys with three points in those games, cousins, Benson and Quinn, you'd like to see the young guys doing that in the preseason. So hopefully that continues. And the final thing that I wanted to point out is just that, you know, I only watched one of the games, admittedly, but watching the power play, that's where I had my eye with Seth Appert taking over and how disjointed it looked at times last y weren't phenomenal, but th Pittsburgh, one for four against columbus what what I'm looking at there is they scored a power play goal in each game
00:06:28
Speaker
Can't ask for too much more than that. And just in general, it didn't look quite as sloppy or uninspired as it did last year. There was a bit more puck movement and a lot more body movement in front of the net. And I really liked to see that. Nigel, did you catch any of the games? Anything else to add on preseason? I don't know if you guys can see me right now. If you're watching on YouTube, i'm sure I'm looking at my screen. I'm like, man, I'm kind of dark and I'm trying to get this thing back up in my window to open up my blinds a little. bit guys so that's what i'm doing so so he's locked in he's he' longer no um i'm always locked it i'm always locked in
00:07:05
Speaker
um Man, i I'll be totally honest as well. It's preseason hockey and I once I I was planning to watch the first one and then when I saw The who Pittsburgh was putting on the ice. I was like I whatever happens in this game You can't look into any of it, whether it's really good or really bad. Like you said, it's great that we go, that we handle our business, you know, like we should put up goals like that against Pittsburgh's D team. um the I guess the only other thing I would add, dude, UBL played in that game. Pittsburgh, that Pittsburgh team still scored three goals. And I got to be honest, bro, the goals that they scored
00:07:43
Speaker
real ugly like like stinkers that I would have liked to see UPL have um again preseason well let's equate this to you know um oh god tom bill center I'm having a brain fart Connor McGovern Connor McGovern yeah we'll we'll compare that to him you know now having great snaps with Josh Allen early right same kind of a thing has something to read into too too much but we're paying attention to I guess but Yeah, I think it's great when we we saw everything you said about the power play was was accurate. I think my favorite quote that I saw um about the power play from Appert was that like this power and it was actually felt a little bit like a shot almost. It was like the days of just putting Dave Thompson on that far circle and leaving him there are done. Yeah. Right. So it so it sounds like we're going to have a lot more motion to this power play.
00:08:32
Speaker
Which if we think back to last season when Bowen Byram came over, like watching him skate all over the ice and like being looking like looking at his teammates and being like, why aren't you guys moving? um like I think it's good that we're seeing some more movement. So hopefully it'll be more more productive. um Time will tell. i'm I'm not willing to give Seth Ebert too much credit just yet, just because of who the power play has
Buffalo Bills vs. Sabres: Tactical Comparisons
00:08:54
Speaker
faced. But it definitely it it did look nice, no doubt.
00:08:57
Speaker
For sure. Well, and to draw a Bill's comparison, for those of you who might not follow hockey as much, it's similar to what the offense last year and what the offense this year have looked like. You had Stefan Diggs, that was your primary target that you needed to feed the ball to. That's what the Sabres were trying to do last year was feed Tage Thompson on the side. And so now if you have good talent, spread the puck around, spread the chances around, just like the Bills are doing on offense. So hopefully we see more of that. Yeah.
00:09:20
Speaker
but sure Couple other notes before they left for Europe, Dalin did practice today in a non-contact jersey, said he felt good, and so yeah he he I'd be shocked if he wasn't ready to go for game one. And then finally, I just wanted to call out, Zach Benson has looked good in free season and...
00:09:37
Speaker
seemingly continue continues to develop. He's impressed, Lindy Ruff, and what I've been most encouraged about him is he's been on the second line there with Dylan Cousins and Jack Quinn. I wanted to see Benson there over New Edition Jason Zucker, so I'm happy to see that. yes Speaking of lines, I don't want to spend too much time on these because They're not set, but just they did they did release lines right before they left for practice. So it's exactly what you'd kind of expect up top. JJ Paterka, Thompson, Tuck. Great. Second line, Benson, Cousins, Quinn. Young line, but hopefully they can produce a bit more of this year. And then rounding out the roster on the bottom six, Jordan Greenway, McLeod and Zucker.
00:10:19
Speaker
Speedy third line and then Beck Malenstine Sam Lafferty and Nicholas Albert Kubele the one thing I did want to ask you about Nigel the Peyton Krebs not on the top four lines How much do you read into that and do you expect him to get into the action when they're over in Europe, man? I I'm not sure what to make of the Peyton Krebs situation right now and the way that he's been utilized um Now we did see wasn't he playing a little bit higher up in in the lineup in the night. He did. Yeah with with uh thompson and peturka against yeah and mean he looked good yeah that's pretty good right so i don't know man it's it's tough to yeah i would imagine he's gonna get some run right like i think like like i think baton grims is on this team and i don't think he's like the 13th forward
00:11:03
Speaker
right yeah I think right now, we talked about lines a little bit last week, Tom and I, and um I'm still right now seeing him on that fourth line somewhere. I'm i'm torn between who I think is going to center. I think it's either going to be him or Lafferty, um but I don't know what that looks like yet. My best guess right now is I'm predicting to see Krebsy on that fourth line in the center position, but it's tough to say, man. I don't, ah he, he still feels a little bit like the odd man out, doesn't he? In some ways.
00:11:31
Speaker
ah Agreed. Yeah, he's he's definitely younger than all those other guys, lacks the experience. And I think some of the sand sandpaper, he's he's not a you he's not a lay down and take it player, but some of those other guys are a little more established. So he could be the odd man out on game one.
00:11:49
Speaker
You could do a lot worse for a 13 forward than Peyton Krebs, though. So if if he is sitting out, um you know I think he cycles in throughout the year. Injuries happen and whatnot. But I think it's encouraging. you know Say Tuck goes down for 10 games. I feel comfortable with what I saw last night. I wouldn't feel great, but I feel comfortable with him slotting into a ah ah higher up the lineup role.
00:12:09
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know man. There's a part of me that just feels a little bit bad for Peyton Graves. I like he it feels like he's ah for some reason I feel like he's like right there. He just like can't quite carve out what his role is yet. Like I'm not even sure like I think he has an idea of what he wants it to be but He can't quite like perfectly get it to fall into place. I feel like I don't even know why I necessarily feel like that. It's just what my eyeball test shows me and what I see with the with where he is in the lineup sometimes. And I don't know, man, it's it's just kind of a weird situation, but time will tell. New coach could be could be totally different. It will. And he he
00:12:45
Speaker
he's a player that really wants to be here. I heard Elliott Friedman talking about the contract negotiations where Buffalo was was kind of considering trading him rather than signing him. And he asked his agent to kind of shut the shut that down. Not so much to say that Peyton Krebs can tell the Sabres whether or not to trade him, but he did not want those rumors getting out and having people think that he didn't want to be in Buffalo. So he went out of his way to to make that known. So, you know, that's a thumbs up. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, just as a fan like that,
00:13:15
Speaker
You know, ke it's not bullshit that Kevin Adams says he wants guys to be here that want to be here. It's just is that realistic all the time? I guess is the question. But when you got a guy that actively wants to be here and he's decent, fucking keep him. Yeah, exactly.
00:13:30
Speaker
he's Real quick, running through the deep hairs, Daliin and Yokee-Haryu, Bowen Byram and Power, Samuelson and Clifton, and then a few guys that are active 7, 8, and 9 defensemen for the trip to Europe. Nothing really surprising there. That's exactly what I was expecting to see. And then your goalies, UPL, Devin Levi, James Reimer. I did want to talk real quick about two quote unquote surprises. I'm not actually that surprised that they didn't make this team going to Europe, but Isak Rosan and Ryan Johnson.
00:13:58
Speaker
um I'll say real quick, Roseanne, it's getting to be
Josh Allen's Performance
00:14:04
Speaker
put up or shut up time. I mean, he's spent a couple of years. He was a mid, high to mid first round pick.
00:14:10
Speaker
If you're not cracking the NHL roster by the time you're 21, 22, or at least showing some flashes in the NHL, it starts to get a little concerning. um So he's somebody that I'm interested to see this year, how he progresses. And then on defense, Ryan ryan Johnson. Played in ah Buffalo quite a bit last year. I was a little surprised to see him not get the nod over somebody like Kale Clegg or Dennis Gilbert. Any thoughts on either of those two?
00:14:34
Speaker
um i I think Dennis Gilbert is is a lock to be that seventh defenseman, if not like the first guy like inter-rotation, you know, on a night where Lindy just maybe wants to shake things up. Dennis Gilbert, has he's ah he's a completely different playing style than several of the guys that we have. He's a prick to play against, not an offensive guru by any means, and he's a Buffalo guy.
00:14:56
Speaker
Um, I just I think he's gonna get the edge just speak with the experience, right? Like ryan johnson fits more into that henry yokey. Are you kind of a mold? He doesn't play the kind of game that a dennis gilbert does And you know if you're thinking skill versus more grit well defensively skill wise you got Dolls you've got bow and bottom you got yokey I guess I would put power in there I get and he's more so that then he is a great guy, right? Yeah i would he he's he He doesn't have the flashiest moves, but he is very offensively aware And i think yes and good out glass and then you got and then you got Sammy and Clifton who are your grit guys I would definitely prioritize another sort of you know, stay at home muscle you down defenseman as opposed to getting a fifth guy that I would put in that like
00:15:42
Speaker
more skill category, if that makes sense. So I think for me, that's why I'm fine with Johnson staying. I like him better than Kelclay. I'll be honest about that. That one, I have i put a question mark next to you for me. um Could just be an experience thing. Kelclay's older, more time on task. um But yeah, that's the only, that's, those are my feelings there.
00:16:02
Speaker
I hope what it is, is Kale Kleg is very unlikely to see any game time in Europe. I hope the intention is Ryan Johnson goes and plays these other handful of preseason games in North America that the the Buffalo Amorks are playing. um And then, you know, throughout the season, I think Ryan Johnson's first call up over Kale Kleg, especially if it's one of those, you know, top four guys that goes down. So yeah, yep I would agree with that.
00:16:26
Speaker
Anyways, folks, to put a bow on Sabres pre-season road ahead, ah the like I said, the Sabres B team or C team is now going to play a couple of North American games. I love it. Great chance for some young guys to get experience against NHL rosters as the regular season in North America ramps up. And across the pond in Europe, Buffalo will play an exhibition game against Red Bull Munich, a a team from the DHL over there. They'll do that next Friday. Sorry, this Friday. And then next Friday, ah the Savers will travel to Prague to take on the New Jersey Devils in a back-to-back on Friday and Saturday.
00:17:06
Speaker
So we'll go through the games in Prague in a bit more detail next week. But for now, that's the Sabres, boys. Let's move on to a real fun conversation. The Bills baby beat the absolute piss out of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
00:17:26
Speaker
47-10, it was over before it really even began. Josh had four passing touchdowns in the first half, ultimately ended up going 23 for 30 with six rushes for another 44 yards. My God, Tom, just tell me everything on your mind, buddy.
00:17:46
Speaker
Pants were fully off, boys. Just completely just this row. Didn't need them running down the street. It was this is everything we've wanted, right? who Really is who in their right minds decided it was a good idea to bait Josh Allen. Tell him he was the highest rated smack talker in the league and that he was overrated.
00:18:09
Speaker
What? I feel like playing with fire. It feels great. I just loved it to stir the pot, baby. Stir the pot. I freaking love it, dude. um ah He looked once again, once again, he looked absolutely unbelievable. Yeah. Like, dude, like, like.
00:18:26
Speaker
the the
00:18:33
Speaker
right and it's and it's not even the physical skills that look like they've taken a step it looks like it looks like they put peyton manning's head yeah on his shoulders and left the rest of the body Well, there's not enough room for that forehead, but yeah, like like, like, yeah, like the guy's just playing so smart. He's playing. It looks like he can go out and do whatever he wants to do. Right. And, and I think it's because this offense and honestly, the defense is putting this, uh, him in a place where he can just, he doesn't have to force it.
00:19:07
Speaker
Yes, he still has the um you know Uno reverse card in his back hands where he can go ahead and just, you know what? Fine. Fuck it. I'm going to do it myself. But he doesn't need to do that. He has so many options in so many different ways that this this offense can win that it's just opening him up and he's it's allowing him to play free and not press and avoid these big kind of silly sugar high Josh Allen mistakes that we've seen in the past. Now, I think we should put some expectations there. I don't think that's gone away. I think we will that will rear its head a couple times this season. And again, like we always say, that comes with the territory.
00:19:49
Speaker
That comes with this three game streak that we've already seen. He probably will do some kind of crazy over the top things at some point that maybe we kind of scratch our heads at, but that doesn't mean it's not elite MVP level. Number one quarterback in the league level play.
Buffalo Bills' Offensive & Defensive Strategy
00:20:07
Speaker
Yeah, dude. Yeah. I mean, uh, Josh Allen that.
00:20:11
Speaker
only has to throw the cape on like three to five times a game, that is a huge problem for the NFL because you everybody knows that he can do it at any time. and yeah But if he doesn't have to, because A, there's enough weapons where whatever you choose to take away, there are still options, or B, the running game continues to be what it is right now. ah Josh Allen that's winning without him being a psychopath,
00:20:43
Speaker
I'm sitting here with my mouth open. What do you do? Take your pants off, bro. Take your pants off and you dance, I guess. I don't know. i like and I'm legitimately sitting here wondering like like if you're a defensive coordinator, what is it that you're... like What are you hanging your hat on like as your plan to to stop him right now? I don't know. Because because there's no weakness to point to you right now.
00:21:07
Speaker
the short game, the intermediate game, the deep game, the the the play action, like the the Joe Brady's so deep in his bag right now that like, I'm just like, I'm sitting there like, normally you can sit there like, okay, up to this season, right, you could say this, just make make Josh Allen be patient because we all know that he can't, right? and if And if a defensive coordinator said that was the plan to me last year, I'd be like, shit man, you might fucking win this game.
00:21:35
Speaker
But like, dude, I don't think they're doing that right now. Or they're trying. Go ahead, Jake. Go ahead. I was going to say, or if they are, like if they're fabricating a weakness, say they take away the run game. OK, then that probably opens up some lanes for Kincaid, Shakir, Samuel, like whoever it is, you know, like if you fabricate a weakness, then there are there's three other options that we can shift to without the need to funnel anything in any one direction.
00:21:57
Speaker
And what's completely bananas is that, yeah, Josh Allen hasn't had to put on the cape like crazy, but he's still putting up numbers like this, right? He's still playing. He should absolutely get AFC offensive player of the week. It should be him. Like no joke. No, no question.
00:22:13
Speaker
And I think there was only one moment he had to put on the cape last night. And it was that roll out to the right where he threw a touchdown to Dalton Kincaid. And he had to throw a pissed missile across into the back end of the end zone. And hes somehow Dalton Kincaid just glued itself to his hands because of the velocity. um That was the one time I think he had to like, okay, that was a Josh Allen, like he's rolling out doing what is you know crazy, extend the plays and catching somebody on a.
00:22:38
Speaker
in the back of the end zone. But other than that, he didn't need to. And he's still putting up crazy numbers and running this offense and a more efficient offense than we've seen. It's it's just bananas. How lucky are we to get to watch this, boys? It's a privilege every every game.
00:22:55
Speaker
It is a privilege and it's it idiot it right now is an absolute pleasure to watch the Buffalo Bills play football because all three phases are absolutely humming, dude. Like, and I just, I don't know, man. And then the defense too, like.
00:23:11
Speaker
You know, I know we keep giving, we give the offense flowers and there's more to come. We had a couple, you know, yeah, I'm with the first study and all that stuff, but like this defense dude with, with the injuries and Von Miller can't stop getting sacks. And it's like, I don't know, dude, like it's just like all so all of a sudden the puzzle pieces are like,
00:23:29
Speaker
I see the picture, right? Yeah. that It's just like the process. Here we are. it's It's just like, wow, man. Like, and yeah, like I know I'm going to sound like a bit of a broken record now, but like, okay. So Bill Belichick, the best defensive mind in the last 50 years and in in in the NFL, his whole thing is take away what, what the offense does the best. What are you taking away right now? If you're going against the bill's office?
00:23:54
Speaker
right like are you Are you choosing to take away the the running game? Are you choosing to take away the passing game? Are you choosing to you know make sure that Dalton Kincaid can't catch the ball or Khalil Shakir? What's your plan? What's viewed right now? I guess I'll ask this to both of you. what do you like what's What is viewed as the is the weak part of the Bills offensive game? It's not weak. It's it's the one place that you can make and where you can just you can just derail this Bills offense. It's Josh Allen.
00:24:22
Speaker
Can you somehow ruffle his feathers, do something to get him out of out of rhythm? That's where you can get it. But I don't know how you do that when you can just set up, OK, you know what? And this is going to be a James Cook game. Or OK, we're going to get him just rhythm passes in the short zone and just get the ball moving and get it out of his hands. would they I don't know how you do that, but that's the trick. Can you somehow get into Josh Allen's head and get him off his game? That's how you do it.
00:24:49
Speaker
He looks absolutely unflappable right now, dude. So I guess I guess good luck. Good luck. but But I could see that happening a lot more if they're down by a lot where he's trying to force plays a lot more. But week one against the Cardinals, they were down. Was it was it two scores or 10 points or something like that at halftime? And yeah he he was he was calm. He was ready. He made that fumble early on in the game. But after that, he was dialed in.
00:25:15
Speaker
Yeah, dude. So I think that's a good point, Jake, because you're right. If we get this defense, if you can somehow hang points and then make this offense have to play in a different way and kind of play with some urgency that could put more pressure. So that's a good point. I like that idea. But what are you going to do against this defense right now? That is that Sean McDermott and Bobby Babbage are just just serving, um just designing out of their minds. Just boys one hooking, dude. Well, leave you can.
00:25:43
Speaker
This yeah it is D-line, dude. I'm telling you right now, it's both the O-line and the D-line. Everybody's been, we've all kind of been up in arms sometimes scratching their head at Brandon Bean and vesting in the trenches, right? All these picks, all these free agents. And maybe it has that picture hasn't quite clicked in the last few seasons, but boy, oh boy, has it clicked this season of all the pieces that he has brought in and put together, the coaching staff, Aaron Cromer. Who's our D-line coach right now?
00:26:11
Speaker
um It's not Washington. He know you just left for Chicago. It's somebody new. But anyway, um if so if one of you guys could go look that up, because I'd like to shout him out, because I think he's clearly been a big made an impact here.
00:26:23
Speaker
um these This coaching staff is using their players and setting up a really intelligent ways. Ingram, Jamarcus Ingram, had a UDFA out of UB, which is kind of fun. Had his first career sack of the game yesterday. And I saw an interview. He was kind of talking about the play. And he had um his ah the DB's coach was working with them. Don't over pursue. Don't over pursue. So he said, in that play, he had the guy in the back of his head.
00:26:52
Speaker
Don't over pursuit. Don't go beyond. He pushed Travis ETN, didn't over go around him. And then they knew that um Trevor Lawrence was going to step up into the B gap. And boom, he was right there. And we set him up for the play. Like, bats that's the preparation. That's the dedication, the details. It's what we've seen Sean McDermott bring to this this ah team is this attention to detail, this focus on fundamentals. and Well, what do you do? What do you it's so cool. I just I know we keep we keep saying that. What do you do? Luckily, it's not up to us. um Tom, did you say did you say Jamarcus Ingram or Demar Hamlin when you were just talking about that? Jamarcus Ingram had his first career sack, but Mr. Demar Hamlin had his first career interception, which I think is absolutely worth a shout
Player Highlights: Demar Hamlin & Others
00:27:41
Speaker
out to. Yeah, um nicege you want to take that away? Yeah, dude, it's just I mean, just kind of a really amazing full circle moment a little bit, right? Like,
00:27:49
Speaker
everything the guy's been through, you know, earned a starting spot on this defense, which with, you know, Cole Bishop and Mike Edwards, I know they were injured and stuff, but I don't think they are now and and they haven't taken the job from him. So Mike Edwards with a healthy scratch.
00:28:05
Speaker
yeah so i mean you know it's i mean right now it's tomorrow's gig he's earned it he's playing well you just i don't know how you can sit there and and not be like wow that feels good right because it does feel good you know you watch the guy go through everything that he's been through and and not be given anything because of what he's getting through gone through, but went and earned it and is now making plays. And it's just, it's awesome. It's, you know, good for Demar Hamlin and good for Sean McDermott, you know, not giving up on the guy and and continuing to coach him up and saying with Babs and the secondary coach, by the way, Marcus West, the defensive line coach. So thank you. He deserves a shout out as well. um But yeah, dude, it's, it's just, you know, you'll love to see it for, for Demar. It's, it's amazing, dude. um Can I pivot us back to the offense for a second?
00:28:49
Speaker
Please do. So that you want to talk about what do you do? right These were the players with different touchstones last night. James Cook, Ray Davis, Khalil Shakir, Dalton Kincaid, Ty Johnson, Keon Coleman, and that was it, I believe here. I need more fingers, Nigel. Well, Tom, i here's the thing. Each one of those guys had one.
00:29:14
Speaker
Right. So like, yeah, it's just once again, like though we're not funneling anything through any any one guy. Like we've we've been saying in every podcast, everybody's eating, dude. Everybody's eating. So yeah, just another thing I want to point out, like, yeah, you want to eliminate the engage. Sure. OK, that's all the other guys we can make plays with. It's just another another way to paint that. Do you guys know which players which offensive receiving weapons did not catch a pass last night?
00:29:45
Speaker
Um, let's see. I think it would be Morris and, um, those are the two, those are the only two offensive players who are a offensive skill player who did not catch a pass last night. That's incredible. That's crazy. fullback Which makes sense. And your third string tight end, which makes sense, which also makes sense. like like again oh du hi awkward ah it's a snap yeah oh this first touch down too yeah but Yeah baby Keon Coleman getting this first study on a just once again a beautiful play call and design by Joe Brady. I don't know how much of that play you guys have watched but it's just the way that he designed those those um receivers to cross one another. It just created the most perfect natural rub for that defenseman that was covering Keon. Keon made his cut, was able to pull away. I said it last night in the group chat but I'm just gonna say it right here as Karen went the frog with my tee.
00:30:44
Speaker
for a guy that can't separate, he looked awfully, awfully open on that touchdown. I'm just saying, dude. Yep. And it helped the way that Josh threw him open too, right? Josh didn't yeah put it on him. He didn't put it behind him. He led him to the touchdown. If he had put that anywhere else, it either would have been a nice reception and then a tackle at the three. right This was a catch and run opportunity to then get to the end zone. So Josh's placement was beautiful as well.
00:31:16
Speaker
um We got to give Spencer Brown a little bit of love here. Tom, you took the time to find this stat. You want to read it to the crew? Yeah, this is cool. So this is from Next Gen Stats. and Bill's right tackle, Spencer Brown did not allow a single pressure on 35 pass blocking snaps. His third straight game. So all season without allowing a single pressure, a single pressure, not allowing us not, not on a sack, a pressure Brown is the only O-line league wide with at least 25 pass blocking snaps and zero pressures allowed. The guy's playing out of his mind. I mean,
00:31:56
Speaker
i don't even say this like as a joke or like as a homer do you get any better i mean i like like let alone not allowing sexck not even not even allowing pressure to that is Oh, just be the big boy. You know, just be the big old tree trunk out there. yeah I mean, but it's not it. But that's just not even it, dude. He's he's manhandling men. Yeah. I mean, he's shit it's like it's it's like if I were to literally be an offensive lineman against my nephew, that's one week old right now.
00:32:31
Speaker
He's like he's just like pick you up and put you out of the way. That's what that's what he's playing right now He's violent. He's athletic. He's strong. He's fast I mean were we're gonna this is gonna turn into a Spencer Brown podcast if we keep going like we are every we up well but it's You just you just want to give a guy like that a shout out because His resume is that long. His resume is resumes that long. You bet on the intangibles, right? You can't teach that size and athleticism and you just bet on your coaching staff to be able to do it. Shout out Aaron Cromer, right? Who's turned this guy into what looks like is going to be, I mean, we're you keep that up. You're looking at a Pro Bowl or ah all pro season.
00:33:13
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, I'm curious. Like so him and Dawkins are pillars on either side of that O line. If you're a defensive coordinator and you're looking at tape from the last three weeks, what what what are you thinking? Like, how do you combat that? Or is it just he's mismatching guys and in size? And that's all there is to it. You attack the middle.
00:33:32
Speaker
Yeah, you just you accept the fact that those tackles are absolute studs and and you know, I guess your other option would be stunts right or disguise disguise blitzes, right? Like so disguise blitz meaning you it lines up the same right? Like four if it's a four three defense four down lineman three linebackers unless you know get into semantics but four down lineman three three linebackers um it would still be four men that blitz but instead of being the four down defensive lineman it might be like defensive end skip the defensive tackle next defensive tackle and instead one of those linebackers comes
00:34:07
Speaker
Right. So with that, you can then run like stunts, which is usually which is like a crossing delayed bits blitz. Excuse me. So like on a stunt, if if I'm the lineman, the defensive lineman and Tom's a linebacker, what I will do is go and attack the guy that is on the opposite, like diagonal to me and then Tom on a little bit of delay. If I went right.
00:34:27
Speaker
He will then come kind of come around the back on the left and then he will go on a blitz. It's just, it's just all different ways to create motion and confusion. So the offensive lineman doesn't pick a guy up, right? yeah yeah But yeah, I think, I think at the end of the day, Tom is primarily correct because we've been watching guys or defenses run stunts and shit for the last three weeks and it's not working.
00:34:47
Speaker
So and and I think on the offensive line where they I mean and it's not even where they can be had because there's it's still three good players Yes, but that middle of the offensive line is is weaker than it is on the outside So and then the really fun part is then then you have Josh Allen back there, who is one of the least sacked quarterbacks in the entire league and can make things make magic happen. He can get ah get into space and roll out. And he's he's if you come up the middle, he's going to go either right or left. And he's more than happy to do it. He said, thank you. And here comes a big play.
00:35:19
Speaker
Yeah, or or a linebacker that gets like a free release is going to be so excited to sack Josh Allen and that they're going to come in completely out of control and Josh Allen is going to take a half a step to the right and they're going to be six yards behind him. Yeah. so So yeah, I just it's a it's a it's a system that is married really well.
00:35:39
Speaker
where right like they are they're setting themselves up for success because Josh can help the O-line and the O-line can help Josh, and and which is a really great space to be instead of one kind of holding the other back um or causing more, you know stress and in a and the kind of ah not making things work as well. It's it's just set up really well. so yeah they're playing from Tom, this this might be news to you. Khalil Shakir is a really fucking good wide receiver. Let's talk about some of the things that he's doing right now. Hey Nigel, how many catches has he ah dropped this season?
00:36:15
Speaker
Um, let's see if my watch is correct. He has not dropped a single pass this year. Not one, not 100% catch rate. That's pretty good. Pretty good. You take all right. Yeah, man. This, this guy, honestly, I think he deserves to be one of the upper echelon wide receivers and to be recognized as an upper echelon wide receiver.
00:36:38
Speaker
I think the big issue is I don't know if he'll ever get the volume to really get there. I don't think he'll have a 1,400 yard 10 touchdown season. I don't think that'll happen just in the way that this offense operates. um But holy cow, a couple of fun stats here amongst 104 qualifying wide receivers, tight ends and running backs.
00:36:58
Speaker
Coleo Shakir is first in total receiving expected points added. So any time that he gets the ball, what is he on average adding to the the bill's scoreboard? He's first. First in expected points per target. 13th in yards per route run. So that's a stat where you're essentially how often is he going out for a pass and then also receiving the target. 12th in yards after catch.
00:37:26
Speaker
already said this one, but 100% catch rate. Just worth saying again. 18th and catch rate over expected, meaning is um statistically as that pass on that catch one that should be caught. He's 18th and then 31st in yard yards after catch over expected. So again, is what should he be able to do with this ball after he receives it? He's 31st amongst the league. That's of over the expectation of what he should get so.
00:37:54
Speaker
just he's such a great player. And you hear Josh Allen, I'm kind of just rave about the guy that he's just a football guy. He does everything right. He loves what he does. And holy cow, Khalil is just coming alive.
00:38:08
Speaker
i have I have a spicy Khalil Shakir take. so okay and and i it's It's spicy, dude, but i I dove into it the other day because i was cute because this was a player he reminded me of. I'm not going to sit here and say that I spent hours of you know my time watching film on these two players.
00:38:27
Speaker
But I see a lot of similarity, dude. and I think Khalil Shakir's every every bit as good as Alan Ross St. Brown. I really do. They're super similar players. They're incredibly good route runners. They're incredibly strong. I think I'm a Ross probably get a little bit in terms of size and strength, but not a ton.
00:38:46
Speaker
right Gritty guys, they don't go down without a battle. you know it's I think really I really do, man. And and you're right, Tom, the difference is the volume. right Because Amun-Ra is an unquestioned number one in Detroit. um and And I mean, we we could go back and we set it on the pod before the season started. We predicted Khalil Shakir to be the number one wide receiver. We still kind of put the onus on Kincaid to be the number one receiving option.
00:39:12
Speaker
I don't know about that one anymore. um not And this is not a knock against Kincaid. I have no issues with Kincaid. His touchdown reception last night was fucking incredible. with togan but But I'm just seeing, I mean, the yak and the volume with Khalil Shakir right now, dude, I think he's everybody as good as I'm and Ross St. Brown. I really, really do. Find find me find me the flaw.
00:39:35
Speaker
I see the similarity. Yeah. Now that you talk even just like how they play, you know, yeah and how they get themselves. I can see it. Yeah. it And it's volume, right? It's what I'm in. Ra has done it when he is the number one target and he receives that volume. So he has already done it. Kaleel is not. So I'm not going to put him on that same like pedestal. But boy, oh boy, would I want to? I think he could. But I just I think that the issue is, would could he do it if he was expected to be the number one target and get that volume to do it?
00:40:05
Speaker
and And I would love for him to see it, but yeah, I get it.
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00:40:10
Speaker
I totally get it. Yeah. I don't know, man. That's, that's just my eye test, but we can, uh, we can scooch. Was there anything else we want to talk about for the Jags game or should we move on to, uh, the Sunday night football game?
00:40:20
Speaker
We got a couple comments in here that I think we should touch on real quick. Shout out. Hello, brother Zach. What's up, buddy? ah Yeah. um Somebody told me that Buffalo is doing well despite the injuries because of the staff. That's absolutely true. It's the it's the coaching staff and what Sean McDermott is able to do with that defense with Teron Johnson, Terrell Bernard.
00:40:40
Speaker
Matt Milano out, that's like your entire linebacker core. You're starting linebacker middle of the defense and they're out. And it's absolutely what, um how they kind of approach things. So yeah, no, that's absolutely a great point.
00:40:53
Speaker
yeah sure question here. Are the staff part of the salary cap? No, they are not. They get paid by Terry Bagula right out of the big man's pocket and he can ban whatever he wants. And ah Sean McDermott is the one who hires his staff, but Terry Bagula is the one who pays them.
00:41:14
Speaker
That's a really interesting concept, dude. Like imagine if the coaching staff went against the the the salary cap, like, like, what's the salary cap look like for in, in Kansas city with Andy Reed and Patrick Mahomes, right? yeah Like, and what does a coach like Andy Reed make? Is he making 30 million a year, like these top receivers, or I don't know. I'm curious. That's a great thought though. Right. Yeah. That'd be kind of crazy. And last one here, uh, from Luke, Josh playing with the confidence because he doesn't have the pressure to throw to digs. What do you guys think?
00:41:41
Speaker
ah That would be a resounding yes for me. I yeah, I think I think when you take that pressure away, dude It's kind of okay Tom you can relate to this. This is how I can look at it, dude I remember teaching a high school band and when you have a kid that is way better than all the other students, right? You like like that kid like expects treatment and you don't want to give it to him But as a band director you also don't want your band to sound like shit. So you kind of need that kid and You'll kind of do it a little bit because you almost have to and you want to keep them happy. this is like and When that kid is gone, then you give your attention to all the all the other wonderful deserving students that make your day better because they're good kids and not just good players. right yeah this is I'm Josh Allen and the band is is is the receiving court.
00:42:29
Speaker
right like it's it's Yeah. there you know you take you take somebody like that and they're a bad egg and just it's so funny man but just touching on stepefan digs real quick houston fans are doing exactly what buffalo fans did when he first came over on twitter look at all these leadership examples and oh he's what ah what an inspiring speech when things aren't going well and oh this doesn't look like a shitty leader to me like i did all these tweets when he first came over and now i'm watching the houston fans do it and us and the minnesota fans are just like
00:43:02
Speaker
We'll just hang out here with our popcorn for a minute and you let us know when you figure it out. I've seen a few memes of the, the the you know, the now famous picture of Stephon Diggs looking at the AFC Championship celebration that the Chiefs had when we lost in that game. And he's standing there in the sideline all bummed. Ah, this is now now it's now it's Diggs looking at the at the Bills offense. Everybody getting the ball and humming.
00:43:24
Speaker
you know Yeah, absolutely. Man, thanks. Shout out to Zach and Luke for those questions. We appreciate it, y'all. Thank you so much for being here with us. Anybody else out there wants to throw some more up, we'll happy to discuss your thoughts. So thank you. We do appreciate it. Getting to the Ravens here, boys? Yeah, set us up here, bud.
00:43:41
Speaker
Sweet. So yeah, we get another prime time game here. Sunday night football. It'll be September 29th at 8 20 p.m. Eastern time. 7 20 for me here in Nashville. Gotta remember that. Playing the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore. um So obviously the Ravens not off to the start that that people expected and what they hoped I'm sure but finally got a win last week but I mean I don't know, man. Like, how did you guys feel watching that? I mean, they did their best to choke it away. I think they are. Well, they almost pissed it away. Yeah, they they they went up big and then it. would but
00:44:20
Speaker
nail biter that shouldn't have ever gotten to that point it shouldn't have should never have been have been close dude so like i don't know how boys lost that game more than the ravens won that game a hundred percent dude so i mean you know you always have your your key things you gotta worry about with the ravens right obviously the number one threat is lamar jackson and his ability to either throw or pass. Yes, I'm one of the people that does think Lamar is actually a good quarterback in addition to an elite um runner with the ball in his hands. um I think this is an area though where Sean McDermott has typically done well in the past Lamar.
00:44:58
Speaker
Knocking on wood. Lamar has yet to have one of those games where he you know runs for a trillion yards and all that stuff against us. The the name of the game with Lamar Jackson isn't so much sacking him. It's it's containing him. right def Defense events can't fly seven yards up the field. Hello, Von Miller looking at you. um Defensive fans can't go five yards up the field. you know Defensive tackles have to be responsible for their gaps, linebackers, same thing. So you know it's it's containing Lamar Jackson. and It's not getting the sacks.
00:45:26
Speaker
um Derek Henry is now the main running back in in Baltimore. Again, another guy that Sean McDermott has had success against as a head coach. He has a couple, I think maybe two, um like really, really, really long touchdown runs that he's had against Sean McDermott. But most of the time his stat line is mild for Derek Henry. um So, you know, you got to keep an eye on those guys. And then the speedy receivers, right? Speedy receivers in Rashad Bateman and Zae Flowers.
00:45:55
Speaker
two really good guys there, you know, you guys, you have to pay attention to. Um, and then Mark Andrews, who I still think for my money as a top, probably top three, four tight end of the lead. hey Tommy, egg you guys want to touch on those? ah Can you expand on Mark Andrews? Cause he, he looks like his wings are clipped right now. He, I think he had zero catches last week and he, I know, I know he doesn't look great right now, man. And I've seen his stat lines be ugly.
00:46:19
Speaker
I'm just I'm not ready to concede that he, you know, isn't something that we have to legitimately worry about the guy. I mean, you want to talk about an athletic freak. The guy is built like a absolute like Sasquatch, dude, super athletic. I'm just I'm not ready to say we don't have to worry about Mark Andrews. That's why I still put him in this category, because I think any game here you could see him pop off for, you know, triple digits and receiving yards in the touchdown.
00:46:48
Speaker
But I do recognize that you guys are absolutely right. He has not been great this so far this year. I don't know what that is necessarily. I don't know if it's him or if it's Lamar or if it's defenses for racing Mark Andrews. Tom, you look like you're ready to speak there. I'm looking up his snap count. Just one second. Oh, OK. Because I think it's it's more than just he's not playing well, it's their usage. And I have it right. Isaiah likely out snapping him.
00:47:16
Speaker
But it's a big list. It's a big list. It's a big list. And I'm looking at. That's OK, dude. That's all right. There's other things I can chat about here while yeah while you're checking that out. 21 snaps, only 33% of the snaps.
00:47:27
Speaker
this last week against ah i that the Cowboys. yeah So yeah it's just his room it's just his usage. right It's more than his his his what he's doing with it. It's, is he on the field? So I don't know. um My big thing, looking at this game, is you're right, Nigel, that we have done a good job of containing Lamar. We have got done a good job containing Henry. The last time he's had a big game against us was 2021, three years ago, which is a freaking like forever in a running back lifespan.
00:47:57
Speaker
But what happens when you have both of them, right? Which is exactly what the Ravens were thinking when they went out and signed Derek Henry is what happens when you have to du account for both the Mar Jackson and Derek Henry. So, but man oh man, if I trust anybody to figure that out, I trust John McDermott and Bobby Babbage. I i trust them to come up with a game plan to put them, to set up this defense to contain them and make the Ravens have to work for it.
00:48:24
Speaker
And we don't say that we don't say that because we're homers. We say that because the proof is in the pudding. Sean McDermott's resume involves, I'm not going to say shutting those guys down, but limiting them more than other defensive coordinators. right like his He's got a proven track record of doing that, both as a defensive coordinator and as the head coach of the Buffalo Bells. So like I'm not about to sit here and and be like, oh my god, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
00:48:52
Speaker
don't get me wrong But I'm not going to sit here and lose sleep over those two, because I know what the head coach has done against them in the past. right like it's It's just looking at the the larger sample size. And not to mention, the small sample size of those two playing together, hello, you're one in fucking two, and you're almost all in three.
00:49:11
Speaker
And you like lost lost to the Raiders and every game has been within five points. Yeah. Right. and and And I'm telling you right now, the Bills aren't going to try and make it a five point game. They're going to try and make it a 15 point game. So yeah what are you going to do when there's that when you're playing from behind or playing with a big, you know, like.
00:49:29
Speaker
a big disparity in points like I I just I'm yeah I don't know I think right now we are feeling ourselves because we're coming off this really fun way of course we are but yeah I don't know I I think I think this this Baltimore team is gonna be vulnerable the issue is we're also playing at their house on Sunday night football right that's up a big deal that's a loud house I I think here's if I was going to boil down the Bill's defensive keys to victory into one word. It would just be discipline, right? Because so much of that offense is predicated on those RPOs Lamar reading his keys and deciding whether or not to hand off or run. You have to be committed to your, to your gap in your lanes. And if you're not, they will bully you. But if you can stay disciplined in hand, do your one 11th, right? Not to use the, the Belichick cliche, but it's a real thing. You can do your one 11th and be responsible for your job. You're going to be fine. You're just going to be fine.
00:50:25
Speaker
Yeah, so so yeah, dude defensively a couple players we definitely have to worry about then the main one being Roquan Smith An elite linebacker both in pass cover or pass defense and run defense. He's crazy good super athletic plays violent um He's an absolute problem. No two ways about it The other one that I worry about is Kyle Hamilton. um Kyle Hamilton is essentially a better, younger, more athletically souped-up Jordan Poyer, plays downhill, um maybe sort of in that um that Derwin James, this fifty the charge just a big guy, plays downhill, plays heavily in the run game, um but can be a ball hawk too, will pick off the ball. He's got turnovers already this season so
00:51:08
Speaker
He's a guy to watch out for. um And then Odafe Owe seems to be finding his groove a little bit. His numbers in terms of sacks the last couple of years have been ah mid would be generous, but he's got two and a half sacks in three games here. um Whereas in the last couple of seasons, it's been you know five sacks and in 16 games or 17 games. So um he seems to be finding ah a groove as a pass rusher a little bit. I do worry about him. I i was high on him coming out of the draft.
00:51:36
Speaker
He was a guy, if you think back at the time of the draft, his name was Jason Oway. um Some people forget that he changed his, he did, I don't want to say one of those, but he took on his more authentic name um and got rid of the name that makes white people happy. So if you remember the name Jason Oway, it's the same as Odafe Oway. Yeah, I agree, Jake, applaud. um But yeah, he's he's a guy that is insanely athletic, is looking like he's figuring it out.
00:52:02
Speaker
Again, he's built tackles right now playing as good as we've ever seen them play. So who knows how much of a factor he is. Maybe this is the first game where he doesn't get a sack. But those three guys, you have to watch for him. No two ways about it. You could probably throw an honorable mention to mom and Humphrey. He's been a good quarterback in this league for a long time. But I'll be honest, I don't give a shit about any any quarterback in the league right now with the way this ah offense is playing. yeah I'm not going to lie.
00:52:27
Speaker
I was about to shout out the both Spencer Brown and Dan Dawkins for for OA. Do you know what side of the ball he plays on? I actually don't. umm I'm not positive. As the one I could think, OK, yeah, as good as Spencer Brown's been playing, I still think he is not on Dan Dawkins levels. So if he's playing on Dan Dawkins side, have fun. Yeah. Well, Dan Dawkins is as fast as Jason OA, or excuse me, O'Dofy OA is. Yeah. Dan Dawkins is still going to line up in line with the ball and just bank on his technique to make that.
00:52:55
Speaker
Little boy looks silly. I've been watching some clips of Dion, not to get we're getting off task here, but I have to say Dion, one of his favorite moves is this snatch grab where what happens is he they he lets the defender engage with him and then he just swipes his hands and just pushes the defender's arms off of him and they just face plant into the dirt. it's It's honestly it's so good.
00:53:22
Speaker
It's it's so good. Just go go to go to Twitter, go to go go to Google and just look it up, folks. Like it's Dionne, Doc and Snatch grab. It's it's so much fun to watch. And it's just it's just like it's just just getting thrown into the dirt. it's It's yeah, it's insane. For sure. Yeah. All right, boys. I I think that's I think that's all I have here in terms of the Raven stuff, unless you boys have anything you want to toss out there. Should we do some score predictions? Sure.
00:53:53
Speaker
Jake, you want to go first? Sure. I'm going to go. I'm not going to bet against the team until they tell me otherwise. So I'm going 30 to 20 bills come out on top.
Upcoming Bills' Games & Season Outlook
00:54:03
Speaker
Tom, we just made those notes. What are you doing?
00:54:08
Speaker
I was like, I'm glad I saw it in my head. So yeah, we have a shared planning doc and so we can all see it. But meanwhile, Nigel Nider's score footage was written down. Tom's in there with the backspace bar. Just deleting. Is this the score I just had written down? I think it is.
00:54:24
Speaker
I think so. um to's down i um i My prediction 28-17, I do think this is going to be a better, this is probably going to be the best team we've faced so far. I know they've had a rocky start, but on paper, this is a really good Ravens team. A Ravens team that has, you know, ah it's Super Bowl expectations, right? Like, absolutely so. um And it's a team that recognizes they haven't had the start that they want and We should expect them to be hungry, so I'm going to say 2817. I'm still I have no reason to think that the offense is going to come down. um So yeah, I'll say 2817.
00:55:01
Speaker
i't I'm not going to type anything into this document. I was waiting for it. I was waiting for it. You're too smart. I'm not touching it, um man. I think the bill is going to take care of business. I really do. I just, I can't, I'm with Jake. I can't, I can't count against this ah bet against this team yet. um I'm not, I'm not ready to do it. So I'm going to go, Jake, what was your score? I don't want to use the same one you said.
00:55:26
Speaker
I don't remember. talk I think it was 32 to 20 or something like that. Okay.
Conclusion & Listener Appreciation
00:55:32
Speaker
All right. Um, 31 20, I think is what you said 31 20. So I'm going to go also 31. I'm going to say 31 or 39 and I'm going to go 34 27 high score game. I think we're going to have to out. It's going to be, we're going to have to outscore these guys um and go, go in and take care of business, but it's going to be a good one.
00:55:50
Speaker
another prime time. And we have a, um, actually before we go out here, um, we have a little bit of a stretch and so far we're three and Oh, which is, I don't have to be honest, looking at what we did our schedule predictions. I don't think we were ready to say the bills were going to be three and Oh, in this stretch. Would you guys agree? Okay. I predicted us to lose to the Jags.
00:56:10
Speaker
So I'm going to give us the next couple games here. We got Bill's Ravens. Week after, we got Bill's Texans. Week after, we got Bill's at Jets. Then we're back home. Titans, Bills. We go out Bill's Seahawks. And then Bill's Dolphins. So that is one, two, three, four, five, six games. all We're three in all right now. I think ideally, we're at least four and two against that stretch.
00:56:41
Speaker
which puts us as seven and two. I was going to say seven and two would be my would be my guess through there. Right. Like that's and that is we're set up doing great nine games into the season going being seven and two. Right. Especially told me if we if you had told me we'd be seven and two nine games in I'm hammering that every time.
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Right. Like please. Thank you. So I think we have a little bit of a stretch here, but we're setting ourselves up for success, which I think is a good, a good place to be. So lots of games played. This is not the time that we we have not made the playoffs where this is not the super bowl. There's lots of games to be played, but boy, oh boy, is it fun.
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Yes, it is, Tommy. All right, buddies. Well said. I love you both. Let's get out of here. Here we go. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for spending some time with us. Please give us a like and a follow on Instagram, X, TikTok, and our YouTube channel at Let's Go Buff Pod. These are my pals, Jake and Nigel. My name is Tom, and you're listening to the Let's Go Buffalo podcast. We're sending you love wherever you are. Go Bills. Go Savers. Let's Go Buffalo.