#178 - Buffalo Bills vs New Orleans Saints

The Buffalo Bills continued their thunderous start to the 2025 NFL season with a 31-19 victory over the New Orleans Saints at Highmark Stadium!
Ryan Wolfe and John Cimino, joined by Chris Downey, breakdown everything from the Bills victory.

Despite the victory, is this offense playing down to its opponents? Defensively, the run defense is beginning to raise a few red flags - is the answer inside the locker room?

Listen in!

Episode Transcript

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Speaker 1 (01:18):
John.

Speaker 2 (01:18):
The Buffalo Bills continue their strong start to twenty twenty five. Uh,
the twenty twenty five season, I should say, with a
thirty one to nineteen victory over the New Orleans Saints,
moving to four and over the first time since twenty
twenty is if anyone ever wants to relive that and
into sole possession of the number one seed in the
af scene. Now, before we jump in and you say
to me, why the hell do we care about that, well, John,

(01:41):
seventeen game season. We are four games into the season,
so we are at the quarter mark.

Speaker 1 (01:46):
Oh we are, we are?

Speaker 2 (01:48):
Indeed, well, I mean we are at the quarter. I
mean it would be like the quarter end of the
first quarter of the next game. But I don't really
want to pull stats and then like, yeah, don't don't
worry about it.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
I think they pick up what you're down. They meaning,
of course, our beautiful listening audience.

Speaker 2 (02:03):
Absolutely, you're feeling spicy today.

Speaker 1 (02:06):
I love it. I love it. Listen. I well, yeah,
just before we went on the air, the joke you
told kind of thank you. I'm still talking about it.
It's not one will repeat on air, but certainly one
that was hilarious. I'm glad, Thank you.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
Buffalo the only team of the National Football League to
score a touchdown on their opening drive every week this season.
It's fourteen straight home regular season victor's marking the second
longest streaking team history fifteen games from nineteen ninety to
nineteen ninety one. Buffalo is twenty five and two at
home since the start of the twenty twenty two season.
They've also scored thirty plus points in each of the
first four games of a season, for the third time

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in team history and the first time since nineteen ninety two. Also,
Simon absolutely Howard Simon on Twitter points out Buffalo ha
scored at least thirty points and thirteen of their last
fourteen regular season games with Josh Allen at quarterback. The
only game under thirty the regular season finale last year
with Mitch Trubisky under center, which again, as we know,
didn't really matter.

Speaker 1 (03:02):
That's I mean, that's wild though, when you think about
that's a very wild stat because scoring in the NFL,
like the margin of error between being a good team
and a bad team. In the NFL, it's not like
Major League Baseball, you know, where the margin between a
three hundred you know, a three hundred plus hitter and
like a one twenty five hitter is very like steep

(03:23):
right in the NFL, if you have a good system,
like these athletes are so elite that it can be
very it can't be understated how hard it is to
actually advance the ball and score just seven points, let
alone thirty in thirteen of the last fourteen regular season games.

(03:46):
Like that's a stat that I think, low key probably
a lot of people don't appreciate because they don't realize
exactly how evenly balanced a lot of the competition in
the NFL is. Don't worry about the records. We're talking
about just the athletes and what it takes to be
at that elite level. There's not a big margin of

(04:07):
error between the boat, you know, the good and the bad.

Speaker 2 (04:10):
I mean, right now, there are four teams the National
Football League that are scoring thirty point eight points a
game or more to Indianapolis, Baltimore, Buffalo, and Detroit. Right,
so like you are in you are in very good company.

Speaker 1 (04:21):
Right, and even the teams that aren't doing necessarily the
best are still putting up you know, fifteen to twenty
points a little bit more than that a game. So
it's it's definitely like it's a stat that I think, again,
goes underappreciated because you see it, You've seen it so
much that it's almost become commonplace. But when you gauge

(04:45):
that against the elite talent that play the game, that's
an impressive feat.

Speaker 2 (04:51):
Yeah, and we'll talk about it a little more because
understandably there were some there was some grumbling, there was
some misunderstanding about just how good this game was for
the Buffalo Bills, which we'll talk about again.

Speaker 1 (05:04):
Yeah, I would, I would need that understanding a little bit.
I'm not gonna lie. I was pulled away from the
game for a family situation. So when I came back
and I was able to see what was going on,
there were there were definitely some questions that I asked,
but I was not in the mindset to receive the answer.

(05:25):
So I'm hoping to learn something a little bit more
here as well as we go.

Speaker 2 (05:29):
Along before we move along to our big things. Milestone
watch Sean mcdermo eighty six and forty five. He's ten
wins away from one hundred career victories, the fastest coach
to reach ninety wins since George Seafort. I don't I
never kne if it was Seafford or Seifert. But either way,
leave it to me to mispronounced name on the podcast.
Twenty three wins away from one hundred and thirteen, which

(05:51):
would be the most all time as Buffalo Bill's head
coach Marv Levy understandably number one with one hundred.

Speaker 1 (05:57):
If you would have mispronounced his last name, I would
have said this podcast is over.

Speaker 2 (06:02):
That would have That'd be fair, That absolutely be fair.
So looking here now as well, the Buffalo Bills franchise
enters twenty twenty five of the record of four eighty six,
five oh five and eight. Right now, they are ten
wins away from five hundred career victories as a franchise.
And with that being said, John, we will roll over

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(07:05):
running down the offense here Josh Allen sixteen of twenty two,
two hundred and nine passing yards, two touchdowns, one interception,
and seven carries for forty five yards in a rushing
touchdown going into the half. It was very it was
very touch and go. New Orleans like any other football
team prepares for the Buffalo Bills as if it is

(07:26):
their Super Bowl, and we've seen this. Teams are throwing
everything and the kitchen sink at the Buffalo Bills simply
to try to win the game. I don't remember who
said it, and I'm sorry because it was a very good,
very good point to make. When it might have been
it might have been a friend of the Pod Victoria,
I can't remember, but it sounds like something that she

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would say. When teams play against the Buffalo Bills, they
need everything to go right because if they don't.

Speaker 1 (07:56):
He'll make it. They'll make you pay, They'll make you pay.

Speaker 2 (07:58):
Whereas the Bills really only need things to go right
once or maybe once once, maybe twice, because they're that good,
they're that talented that it comes to them so naturally.
They're scoring thirty es thirty three second in the league.
I got the stat pulled up here for you, John,
second in the league right now, behind Detroit. Detroit's at
thirty four point three. Buffalo is at thirty three point
three points per game. Impressive, very impressive, and very impressive. Indeed,

(08:23):
when you see Josh Allen struggle only two hundred nine
passing yards, he did have an interception, he had a
couple more that frankly should have been interceptions if there
was one. He threw directly at a linebacker of the Saints,
and then in the Saint secondary played very well. Their
coverages were very well set up. I know the Buffalo

(08:44):
Bills did a lot of taking what New Orleans gave them,
but there were some times where you could tell either
Buffalo was trying something just to see how it would
work out against a specific defense, or they thought they
saw something and it didn't work out. There was I
felt like early in the game, John, that they were
buying into the hype that Josh Allen wasn't passing the

(09:04):
ball down the field. And they hucked at a few
times down the field, if you will, unsuccessfully, but again
once once they calmed down, things seem to go good.
And it's even it's the same thing. Before I get
your thoughts, you wanted a little more insight here, so
I wanted to make sure I got that.

Speaker 1 (09:21):
Sure. Sure.

Speaker 2 (09:22):
Sean McDermott also echoed this on Sunday. He said, quote
at halftime, I could tell he being Josh Allen was
he just had that look in his eye. It was
an incredible will to win in a spirit at bottom.
I love it, I absolutely love it. He had one
hundred passing yards one hundred plus passing yards in the
first quarter for the sixteenth time in his career, including
the playoffs. They are now Buffalo now fifteen and one.
When this happens. Josh Allen recorded his seventieth touchdown from

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scrimmage rushing and receiving combined, sur passing O. J. Simpson
for third all time in franchise history. Only Thurman Thomas
and Andre Reid, who are tied for first all time
at eighty seven touchdowns from scrimmage, hold the franchise record
and sit above Josh all Also, before I get you
thoughts on Josh Allen, because it is the quarter mark
of the season, major to grab some projections here. Josh
Allen right now on pace for a seventy point two

(10:09):
percent completion rate, four ninety seven passing yards, thirty passing
touchdowns and four interceptions with one hundred and thirty two
rushing attempts, which would be a career high. Six hundred
and seventy six rushing yards thirteen rushing touchdowns. Right now
he has three in four games, which is zero point
seventy five rushing touchdowns per game, which is how I
got that number. But John, not only in this game,

(10:31):
but so far in this season, how do you how
are you feeling about Josh Allen's performance?

Speaker 1 (10:35):
Well, I'm feeling like Josh Allen is. You know, like
I said earlier, the man can do no wrong. He's
got that killer instinct and he's got that team in
his vision and yes, overall McDermott's vision, but Josh is
QB one. He's the guy. He's the leader of that team,
and that team responds to him, and it says something

(10:59):
about this because I looking ahead here rewriting the record
books with Josh Allen. That's a new segment in the show.
And when you talk about just what he's doing body
of work, the Buffalo Bill should never be out of
a game, they should never be out of the division,
they should never be out of any sort of race

(11:20):
for playoffs or super Bowl. They're always going to be
there as long as Josh Allen is Hell, it is upright.
That man is doing things unlike the unlike we've ever
seen before. And each generation has their quarterback as ays, wow,
we've never seen this before. We've never seen this before,

(11:41):
but this is definitely uncharted waters Like, we're talking about
a guy whom eight years in is destroying long standing
team records, has won the MVP. He's got the Bills
playing at a pace that at would suggest a super

(12:03):
Bowl is not it is not an unlikely scenario at
some point during his career, if not this year, at
some point, the dude's gonna get over that hump and
get this team there. So I'm I'm like most of
the Buffalo Bills fans, really most of football fans. Whenever

(12:25):
this guy is on TV, it's appointment television, and you
watch because you never never know when you might see
play like this again, whether from a Buffalo Bill or
anyone in general on any team like this is this
is the stuff that you know, Hall of Famers are

(12:47):
are written about, you know what I mean?

Speaker 2 (12:50):
Yeah, absolutely, I agree with that. I mean, I think
the frustrating part about it on Sunday is a lot
of a lot of fans because I mean, we all
we all know at this point it's the regular season
is a dress rehearsal for the postseason. There are there
are pages and I would presume pages of the playbook

(13:13):
that don't get touched for quite some time if ever,
in the regular season. But also at the same time,
it is it is extremely frustrating to watch this Bill's
offense look inept at times because you know, they they
literally there was a driver. They literally ran it four
straight times and on fourth down right and didn't and

(13:33):
didn't get a first down, and you're just like, am
I crazy?

Speaker 1 (13:37):
Like am I Well?

Speaker 2 (13:39):
I think's going on here? But but then again, it's.

Speaker 1 (13:41):
That it's that margin of error again, like the difference
between a four and oh team and an oher and
four team is is the record in the in the
National Football League and coach and then that's I mean,
they're human and you don't want to give away the
farm every single chance you get. Like if you get

(14:02):
a comfortable leader or you're on pace, like you you're
controlling the game, you can operate a little bit more vanilla.
And one thing that I want to point the teams
want to be like the Bears. Now it's okay, but
you don't want to be like the Chicago Bears and
blow your load in the freaking first ten plays of
a game.

Speaker 2 (14:19):
And then the one thing that I want to mention
that you're you're getting to the one thing I want
to mention perfect example of that. For years now, the
tush push has been it has been just the bane
of every team's existence except for the Philadelphia Skulls. Right,

(14:39):
So finally, what do they do. They showed their hand,
They showed their hand on Sunday, they fake, They faked
the tush push, handed it off to Saquon Bark before
a touchdown. Now does that added dimension to that tush push?

Speaker 1 (14:52):
Sure?

Speaker 2 (14:53):
But does that also show you that like that's a
trick play that you you didn't waste, I mean, you
won the game.

Speaker 1 (15:01):
But you you you.

Speaker 2 (15:02):
Emptied that cartridge that you you pulled the trigger on
that one week four and you go eh, because like, again,
let's be honest, they you you don't call a play
to not be successful. But I think everybody in that
in that in that front or in that that locker room,

(15:23):
in that coaching coaching room had to know this play
has a knock down, drag out one hundred chance of
success because no one's good, no one's gonna bite, everyone's
gonna bite on the toush push. But then I guess,
like again, you look at you look at the Buffalo
Bills are doing, and and like yeah, they mentioned we'll
talk about James Cook in a minute. They mentioned, you know,
they've been running Cook a lot more than they want to.

(15:44):
And and Ray Davis may not have may not be
as effective right now as the Bills would have hoped
or really need him to be. So he may be
getting more opportunities. Tad Johnson could be getting more opportunities
because they don't want to. They don't want to run
James Cook into the ground, which I'll tell you in
a minute. The stats are showing that he's heading in
that direction rightfully, so though.

Speaker 1 (16:04):
But.

Speaker 2 (16:07):
There there comes a time and place where you have
to take what the defense will give you. Not every
game is going to be hundred to zero. Not Josh
Allen's not sure to throw for four hundred yards every game, right,
But he's still Josh Allen, like you said, I mean,
look at.

Speaker 1 (16:20):
He's still Josh Allen. As long as that man is
on the field and upright, the Bills will always be
in the game. Like, there's just no way around. He's
that special, he's that good, he's that bad, He's the
bad man. He's now the bad man of this quarterback generation.
Speaking of the bad man, though, did you see and

(16:43):
the toush push as well? I think the greatest toush
push I've ever seen came this past Sunday morning in Dublin.

Speaker 2 (16:51):
Did you see did you see the Steelers toush push
Aaron Rodgers Rogers there with this he had zero inches,
He has his hand on the hips and was just
like there you go, Like that was the greatest touch
push ever. That is the he was the old though.
That's the football equivalent of letho weapon. I'm too old
for this. That's that's arren No. Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely you

(17:14):
want to call the play, great, I'm not. I'm not
a part of it. I'll be in the field.

Speaker 1 (17:17):
I ain't touching it. We write the right, let's rate them. Yeah,
I was gonna say, let's rewrite some record books.

Speaker 2 (17:23):
Run the same page here, brother, Well, with Josh Allen,
we we gotta say the title. We gotta say the
whole title. We know where we write these record books.
With Josh Allen two hundred and seventy two career regular
season touchdowns. That's uh two hundred, passing well more than
two hundred. I didn't update that part of it. He's
got two hundred and seventy two career regular season touchdowns,

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which is twelve more than an play in NFL history.
Through the first eight seasons, two hundred and seventy two
total regular season touchdowns have him tied for third most
with Dan Marino by an NFL player in the first
nine seasons, trailing only Peyton Manning at two hundred and
eighty eight and Russell Wilson at two hundred and eighty nine.
Please remember, though, Josh Allen currently only playing in his
eighth NFL season, so that record should be standing for

(18:05):
really not too much longer. Josh Allen became the sixth
quarterback and NFL history with eighty wins in his first
eight seasons. It's Allen's forty fifth career game with a
rushing and passing touchdown, Tyan cam Newton for the most
such games in NFL history. Alan is thirty six touchdown
passes away from two hundred and thirty eight career, which
would set the record for most all time and franchise history.

(18:27):
One hundred and ninety three passing yards away from surpassing
Joe Ferguson for second most all time in franchise history.
He is one hundred and forty five rushing yards away
from surpassing Joe Cribbs for fourth most all time in
franchise history. Josh Allen currently trailing Patrick Mahomes by twenty
eight hundred and eighty six total yards for the most
total yards in a player's first eight seasons. Allen is

(18:48):
currently seventh most all time, trailing Derek Carr by seven
hundred and seventeen total yards.

Speaker 1 (18:53):
Now looking at wild when you were rewriting the Bills
record book every other weekend, Tyne Cabinet for rushing passing touchdowns,
I mean the dude's a special player. He's in special company.
And we're very honestly, as not just a Western New
York area, but as a as fans of the game
of professional football, we're lucky to be seeing this. Absolutely.

Speaker 2 (19:15):
James Cook twenty two carries for one hundred and seventeen
yards and a touchdown, with three receptions on four targets
for eighteen yards. Speaking of rewriting the record books, rushed
for his rush for a touchdown in his eighth consecutive
regular season game, setting a brand new franchise record. Cook
became the fourth Buffalo Bills running back to record one
hundred plus rushing yards in three straight games, joining Fred Jackson,
Thurman Thomas and O. J.

Speaker 1 (19:35):
Simpson.

Speaker 2 (19:36):
Cook is the fourth NFL player since nineteen ninety to
begin a season with four games with one hundred plus
scrimageyards and a rushing touchdown. Right now, Cook is fourth
in the NFL and carries with seventy five, second in
the NFL with four hundred and one rushing yards, and
first in the league with five rushing touchdowns. Right now, John,
this is what I was talking about. Cook is on
pace for three hundred and nineteen carries. We know that's
like the uh, that's the no no number. Once you

(19:58):
pass over three hundred, that's when things start to get
a little hairy. Seventeen hundred and four rushing yards and
twenty one rushing touchdowns with fifty one receptions for three
hundred and seventy receiving yards and no touchdowns if James
Cook hits those numbers as projected by ESPN. All these
projections come from ESPN unless I have made them up myself,

(20:20):
which then I will explain you the math, because my
math sometimes doesn't math. But John hard to argue that
we know that running backs don't win the MVP. That
looks like an MVP campaign to me.

Speaker 1 (20:31):
Well, I will say he's quietly becoming the heartbeat of
this offense. You know, when you think the three straight
one hundred yard rushing games, it puts him in the
company of Therman Thomas and O. J. Simpson just in general,
like he's there and so young in his career, too
rare air in the lure of Buffalo history. But you
add in the touchdown streak and it's clear that defenses

(20:56):
can't just prepare solely for Josh allenmore. They have to
start factoring in James Cook on some of these On
some of these things, he's not just contributing, he's becoming
a tone center. You you could.

Speaker 2 (21:10):
Choose to only game plan for Josh Allen, but I.

Speaker 1 (21:13):
Can, but then then then exactly exactly, And that's and
that's the thing too to your but to your point
though about that about the on pace there, I wonder
if if it starts to get that high in terms
of the carries, if we might see them scale back
a bit and start doing a little bit more play action,
donk and think and dunk to him to get him

(21:36):
some receptions as compensation to that. So it'll be interesting
to see down the stretch, when they start playing like
Philadelphia and all them and gearing up for the playoffs,
what the game plan will be for him. I'll be
curious to see that, because again, you're absolutely right with
running backs. When they hit that over, you know, three
hundred or more, that's that's kind of you know, you're

(21:59):
you're running that, you're you're driving, You've worn the tread
on the tires as much as you can, and now
you're just trying to get another extra month out of him.
And that could pose some problems, especially during the games
that matter in the postseason.

Speaker 2 (22:14):
It's it's like when it's like when I play mad
not easy, which again, no shame, that's the only way
to play it. It's not my job to stop people.
It's not my job to not score. It's other people's
job to stop me. So I look at it like this. Yeah,
it's you know, James Cook if he gets handled the ball,
he's going And I mean it's if the Bills want
to try to manage that workload. Is that what's best

(22:36):
for the team. I don't know, because again there as
long as they keep finding that balance, I think, well,
somebody has to somebody has to step up, because right
now there's a there's enough of a drop off. There's
a reason why James Cook is is getting so many carries.
The defenses are game planning for Josh Allen, which again
the tide will turn back. I think sure. I mean

(22:58):
I think for for James Cook. I really do think
that right now, the number for him that the Bills
probably want to hit his like twelve to fifteen carries
a game in more probably like ten to twelve if.

Speaker 1 (23:10):
They really could, Yeah, I would agree.

Speaker 2 (23:13):
But if he's if He's going off for one hundred
and seventeen yards on twenty two carries in a touchdown,
and he's part of the reason why you won the game.
Not going to argue because.

Speaker 1 (23:21):
Again, right we know win's a win.

Speaker 2 (23:24):
James James Cook could run for three hundred and nineteen
carries and come out ready to run three hundred nineteen more.
He could run out the next game and get hurt,
and that could be it. You can never predict this stuff,
you know, No, you can't.

Speaker 1 (23:36):
I mean we saw it just last night in Miami,
where you know you can't predict any type of crazy,
out of the ordinary injury to a star player like that.
But in the same you also couldn't predict Derek Henry
nearly eclipsing Dickerson's record last year or the year before.

(23:58):
I can't remember what it was, or Saquon doing it too,
Like just you never know. That's ryan why they play
the game.

Speaker 2 (24:09):
I was waiting for it.

Speaker 1 (24:10):
I really appreciate that.

Speaker 2 (24:11):
Hey, speaking of speaking up, I got really excited this
week because I know in this life, not even in podcasting,
in this life, I've known you long enough John that
there is not much you love in this in this
life more than guys talking about dudes. Yeah and coming
up and bringing up old football players.

Speaker 1 (24:34):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely so.

Speaker 2 (24:36):
On Sunday, okay, James Cook surpassed Antoine Smith for thirteenth
most rushing yards all time of franchise history. All right,
that's that's a name out of the past' that's a
blast from the past. I thought you might like that.
This one's a little a little before your time. But
he's eighteen rushing yards away from surpassing Cookie gil Chris
for twelfth most rushing yards all time.

Speaker 1 (24:59):
Cookie Cookie gil Christ. I wasn't around for Cookie Gail Christ,
but I have heard of Cookie Gilchrist and I like
playing the name Cookie Gilchrist. That's a good one.

Speaker 2 (25:08):
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Speaker 1 (25:18):
Got some great stuff.

Speaker 2 (25:19):
I've actually got a new Josh Allen the Winter Soldier
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Speaker 1 (25:24):
John.

Speaker 2 (25:24):
Oh yeah, check check him out. Very good local people,
great guy, Cookie gil Christ. I have a Cookie Monster
Buffalo Bills running back hand drawn card magnet.

Speaker 1 (25:36):
Now am I. Oh, that's awesome. That's awesome. I'm spoiler,
not a spoiler for those that know me, but I
am a cookie monster mark. I love the cookie monster
that that sounds pretty cool. You have to send me
a picture of that too. Absolutely well.

Speaker 2 (25:50):
I figured I could keep getting prints, but I was like,
I don't want to spend too much money. But I
did make sure to to, you know, at least get
some other stuff. Oh yeah, one hundred and thirteen yards
away from Devin Singletary a little bit, a little bit
more recent in our past, our friend, our old friend,
Devin Singletary still playing in the NFL, so we can
say that it's not a blast in the past, but

(26:10):
one hundred and thirteen rushing yards away from thirteen or
three and fifty tw rushing yards in his career, which
would be eleventh most all time in franchise history running
through the rest of the off and now is he
still with Houston? He's with the Giants now.

Speaker 1 (26:22):
Oh, he's with the Giants.

Speaker 2 (26:22):
Now, getting getting doing, he's doing anything good?

Speaker 1 (26:25):
There, Cam Scatabo, what's he look like this year? Let's
see yards fifty two yards in the season so.

Speaker 2 (26:35):
Yeah, I don't know if you saw Cam Scatabow when
he was playing in a in Arizona Sun Devil, that
man is that man is.

Speaker 1 (26:43):
He's a true man.

Speaker 2 (26:43):
Had he had his jersey they play on turf, you know, yes,
his jersey was just completely filthy. I think it's because
he wears his jersey so tight and it like rubs
up on the on the pads. But he's a he's
one of those old school dirt dogs, like he's okay, yes,
he's he's wild. He's gonna he's gonna fit that vibe

(27:04):
well in New York right into the rest of the offense.
Here Khalil Shakir five receptions and five targets for sixty
nine yards and one touchdown, on pace for sixty eight
receptions on eighty five targets, eight hundred and eight receiving
yards and nine touchdowns. Dalton Kinkaid one reception on one
target for twenty eight yards and a touchdown. A beautiful
play and nonetheless, that's his career high third receiving touchdown
of the season. So again, this on pace for sixty receptions,

(27:28):
seventy seven targets, seven hundred and sixty one receiving yards
and thirteen touchdowns. If that does happen, the Buffalo Bills
offense will go very far. Speaking of going very far,
Kean Coleman three receptions on four targets for forty five yards.
He's on pace for seventy two receptions on ninety four targets,
eight hundred and sixty three receiving yards and four touchdowns.
So again, looking like this offense is going to continue

(27:50):
to cook, no pun intended.

Speaker 1 (27:52):
Indeed, they're in there. Everybody eats.

Speaker 2 (27:54):
I mean, you're gonna you're projecting to have three receivers
with over eight hundred receiving yards on the season.

Speaker 1 (28:02):
Pretty impressive.

Speaker 2 (28:03):
That's that's why they that's looking at the rest of the.

Speaker 1 (28:07):
Team absolutely, you know, when you talk about what they
have there, Shaquille continues to prove he's reliable. You know,
the five for five and the score shows that the trust,
the trust that Josh Allen has in him and the
development that that's going on there. And then you talk
about Dalton Kincaid, you know, yeah, sure, one target, but
he made a count and that's kind of the thing

(28:28):
you're you know, this team needs they they don't necessarily
need him. Yeah, They don't necessarily need him to be
the you know, Travis Kelcey or the Tony Gonzalez type.
You know, received they need him to be that. That's
the type of efficiency you need. Cole. I'm still finding
his rhythm, but there's definitely potential there. He's on pace
for solid numbers and with Alan spreading the ball around,

(28:52):
you know he's going to get those reps throughout the season.
So he's got the opportunity to carve out a bigger
role as the season goes on. And it'll be good
to see that distribution happening because again, like you, and
that's why they're so consistent. They're so consistent with their game,

(29:12):
especially on offense, scoring thirty plus points. It's because of that.
You're not preparing for one receiver or one specific thing.
You've got to prepare and balance out against a very
very very balanced, coordinated attack from the Buffalo Bill's offense.
It's just it. It's going to be great to see

(29:34):
as this develops more and they start becoming more more
and more fluid and develop even greater. It's I think
the best is yet to come for this team. This
team is very young and it shows in some aspects.
But when again you got seventeen under center, so you know,

(29:56):
as those as as they age, I think I think
we're in for uh much more on the offensive stat
front there.

Speaker 2 (30:04):
I do love how you just kind of college essayed
me on that one because the point, John, you made
the point about Dalton Kincaid in very one, very succinct sentence,
but then you made sure hit the word count, which
I really appreciate.

Speaker 1 (30:18):
The hustle there.

Speaker 2 (30:20):
Literally literally he made his one catch count. That's what
Dalton k Kay does. He makes his receptions count. Not
that other players don't. This is all only about Dalton
Kincaid in in a in a in a nutshell, make
your reps count, hey, speaking of making feeling, feeling the pressure,
feeling reps count. The Bills were without Spencer Brown on Sunday.

(30:43):
He came into Sunday questionable after missing practice Thursday and Friday,
was limited on Wednesday, Thursday sorry, and then was limited
on Friday. His absence was painfully noticeable. Hopefully he gets
healthy very quickly and can play on Sunday night. Because
Alan Josh Allen sacked three times on Sunday, after being
sacked four times in total over Buffalo's first three games.
Speaking of injuries too, shifting over to the defense, players

(31:06):
appear to be getting healthier. At Oliver did miss Sunday
with his ankle injury. Matt Milano miss Sunday's game with
a pectoral injury. I just had the quote right in
front of me.

Speaker 1 (31:15):
Here, here we go.

Speaker 2 (31:16):
Sean mcdermays had Monday that Brown, Milano Oliver are quote
all heading in the right direction. The team will take
it one.

Speaker 1 (31:22):
Day at a time.

Speaker 2 (31:23):
Obviously, we don't at the time of recording have those
injury designations because they're not submitted until Wednesday, and it
is Tuesday night, so I can't make time go quicker.
But hopefully, hopefully at least one of Milano or Oliver
will be back. And dear Lord, please Spencer Brown get
healthy soon.

Speaker 1 (31:43):
Yeah. I mean, when you talk about Spencer Brown being out,
you could tell it was felt. You made the point
there to mention he went down three. Allen went down
three times in the game after going for you know four. Overall,
you know what I mean, It's a reminder that the
line has got to stay healthy if this offense wants

(32:04):
to keep humming. So obviously injuries you can't predict, but
certainly that it you know, with if you're a coaching team,
if you're the you know, the the athletic team, you're
wanting to make sure you're doing everything you can possible
to keep that offensive line healthy. So that way, when
Spencer Round does come back, you keep allen upright, Everybody

(32:26):
keeps eating, ship keeps moving.

Speaker 2 (32:29):
Yeah, I mean it's it's it was hard to watch
at times because you know how good this offensive line
can be.

Speaker 1 (32:35):
But the same thing with the defense. You know, yeah,
the defense is kind of a mixed bag though, because
i mean they when they when you force turnovers in
fifteen straight home games, that like, that's on paper, you're
looking at it, You're like, wow, that's a lead. That's yeah,
it's how you flip games. It's pretty good. But then
you give up one hundred and sixty five yards after
contact and that, that's right there, is not sustainable. That
if the run defense doesn't tighten up, teams are going

(32:59):
to ex bose that. And that's what there, and that
may be the achilles heel for Buffalo because currently right
now they're choosing the ground game against them and it's
clearly working.

Speaker 2 (33:10):
So I'm gonna I'm gonna move this around a little,
he really quick, because obviously, just looking here at the
Bills guys on Twitter, the average starting field position for
a New Orleans thirty nine yard line. They started in
Buffalo territory four times, but only scored a total of
six points. But then again, like you said, John, on
the flip side, New Orleans had one hundred and eighty
nine total rushing years, one hundred and sixty five coming
after contact, the third most by a team in the
games since at least twenty eighteen. The Buffalo Bill's tackling,

(33:33):
lack of a better explanation, was piss poor on Sunday,
Lots lots of arm tackles attempted, lots of don't I
you would see better tackling at in a in a
field on a on a Saturday morning with a bunch
of kids, no joke.

Speaker 1 (33:48):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (33:48):
The one thing, the one thing that our unpaid intern
Chris did ask via the Trust the text message Chane.
He said he heard it on WGR so this is
not an original thought, but he wanted to know what
we thought about. This is the answer for the d
in the locker room, per at yards per pass on
Twitter quote. The Bills defense is number one in the
league yards per pass attempt allowed at five point five

(34:08):
yards per attempt. Bill's defense is thirtieth in the league
in yards per rush attempt at six point zero yards
per rush. Teams have rushed one hundred and nine times
versus the Bills compared to one hundred and three pass attempts. Yes,
that is asked backwards for twenty twenty five, John, Before
I get into it, what do you think is the
answer in this locker room? Or should the Buffalo Bills
be going all in on the season and going to

(34:29):
find someone to bring into this locker room.

Speaker 1 (34:32):
Well at four and zero right now and seemingly the
rest of the season to go marching ahead. I don't
think it would harm them to at least consider the
potential for you know, if there's a trade to be
made or someone is out there that they can pick
up to kind of help bolster. I would say all

(34:54):
options are on the table at this point. It's not
a scramble. I don't think the Bills need to actually
place a strong emphasis and and you know, make it
be you know, the be all, end all or whatever.
I think there's still a lot of room for them to,
you know, kind of sit and wait and see how
it all plays out before then, but it certainly wouldn't hurt.

(35:17):
And I think now at this point it's it's something
that it may not be necessary but could be a
nice compliment. You know, the sky's the limit for them
right now. They're they're in a very good spot right now.
If they were maybe two and two, I would probably
have a much stronger answer than my you know, marijuana
infuse kind of laid back like play it by ear

(35:39):
and see type thing. But I think they're in a
good spot to where if they did, it would only
benefit them, and if they didn't, I think they'd still
be Okay.

Speaker 2 (35:49):
I just did see something while I was scrolling through
here while we're talking that the Bills are encouraging fans
to wear white on Sunday.

Speaker 1 (35:57):
Are they going to do the white out? They're the
white out? Do the white out?

Speaker 2 (36:00):
But also because the Bills are playing in the rival reuniform.

Speaker 1 (36:02):
Oh yes, yes, Oh my god, I can't wait to
see that. I have in my cart I have a
Josh Hallen home jersey, the Home blue, and then I
also have the rival jersey as well. There it's in
my cart. I'm waiting to pull pull a trigger. I'm
not both at the same time. I'm I may be

(36:22):
j C money as a character, but but but Tariff's.

Speaker 2 (36:26):
Brother, you're your j C budget, your j C budget.

Speaker 1 (36:28):
I'm j C budget right now. But I really want
to see those the rivalry uniform. I actually didn't think
the Dolphins ones looked bad yet last night. You know,
I like them seeing seeing them kind of live as
opposed to just the picture. I really want to see
these Bills ones though, because they look real dope on
the picture. I'm a I'm a stickler for the scroll

(36:49):
of the name above the number in the front of
the shirt. I've never been a fan of that style.
Doesn't matter the team unless it's a basketball jersey. But
I still want to see it because I think it's
going to look pretty fricking dope. It would have been
real cool if the white outs were done during a
December game, you know, when it's the potential for snow

(37:11):
and stuff like that. But also it's gonna be close
to like I think, eighty degrees, so it's gonna be
like eighty on Sunday. Yet it'll beautiful. I think it'll
be I think it'll be nice. It's certainly gonna be
nice sitting in my garage having some pepsis watching.

Speaker 2 (37:26):
Yeah, I was gonna say, if you are in the
Western New York area, I will warn you Sunday, make
sure you get out. I know y'all love to watch football.
The Bills are playing on Sunday nights. So if you're
listening to this podcast, odds are you are a Bills fan.
So I will let you know get outside if you
live in the Western New York area, because this looks
like the last hurrah for the season, at least for

(37:47):
a while where it's gonna be really warm.

Speaker 1 (37:50):
So yeah, get out. I'm enjoying. I'm bringing I'm bringing
the TV outside to the patio and I'm gonna be
watching while, you know, pounding down some pepsis and enjoying
myself and hopefully not no, no, nothing will pull me
away this week.

Speaker 2 (38:08):
Well, I'm looking at for your sake as well. Yes,
looking for me to the Anthon locker room. I think so.
And I say this because, well, first off, people are
hurt and suspended. You've got Michael Hoyt, a stout run defender.
Last year, John among what was it here fifty one
qualified edge defenders with a minimum of six hundred snaps.

(38:30):
He ranked tenth. Pro Football Focus is run defense grade
of seventy three point five. Matt Mulano went healthy a
proponent of the run defense. At Oliver and Larry Ogunjobi.
Sometimes they have good, sometimes they have bad, but it
can never hurt to have big bodies who know who
are veterans in the national footbally. I mean at Oliver
goes without saying. Larry Ogunjobi we have not seen in

(38:52):
a Bill's uniform yet, but having guys like that, I
think will really help out. Also, on top of the
fact that we've seen the Buffalo Bills, Sean McDermott has
has started to It appears.

Speaker 1 (39:07):
Kind of work with the work with the.

Speaker 2 (39:09):
Depth chart a little right, looking at linebacker Dorian Williams
was getting a lot of playing time. Now we're seeing
a bit more Shaq Thompson over Dorian Williams. If I'm
not mistaken, I know I've seen a lot more Shaq
Thompson on the field, and I feel like when Milana's back,
we may see more Shaq Thompson and more Matt Malana

(39:31):
together I don't know. I'm just judging based off of
what I'm seeing here, but it seems like Shaq Thompson
went from hey, you're just going to be a deaf
guy here going to be a good locker room guy
because that's what he was and what he is. But
he was also a starter in Carolina for a very
long time, very effective player. I wonder if he's going
to start carving out a bigger role on this defense

(39:52):
just out of necessity, because also clearly love Matt Malano
very much, but he can't stay healthy for a full season.
I almost wonder if you bring Matt Malano back and
maybe you use him in situations. But again, I don't know,
it's too soon to say. But to answer your question
Chris specifically, you, I think help is.

Speaker 1 (40:14):
In the locker room.

Speaker 2 (40:14):
The answers in the locker room. But at the first
sign of anything, like if Milano goes down again, you
gotta go out and make a phone call. You got
to go out and try to get somebody, because at
this point in time, opportunities like this are not going
to continue to come around.

Speaker 1 (40:28):
I mean, the.

Speaker 2 (40:29):
Bills they drafted Dion Walker. He had three tackles two solo,
two tackles for loss. Right now among one hundred and
seventy eight defenders, he is a defensive interior. He's fifty
eighth at sixty five and a half on PFF like
he's he's making a difference that passing the eye test,
passed the Fantasy stats test. Joey Bosa three tackles, one solo.

(40:52):
He had a sacka tackle for a loss a quarterback.
Kitt He recorded his twenty first career force fumble, tied
for fifth most among active players. A j Apanessa came
into the game Sunday questionable with the pectoral injury. Appeared
to be physically limited during the game. John three tackles,
also had a tackle for a loss of quarterback hit.
The thing I want to talk about, Cole Bishop is
developing before our eyes. Five tackles for solo, pass deflection

(41:16):
and an interception, one of the prettiest interceptions I think
you'll see in a while, have seen it in a while,
and we'll see for a while. If that photo, if
that photo ends up getting signed out there, I may
have to get my hands on it. I know my
credit card has been locked away in a safe somewhere
because of my other purchases that we will be talking
about here soon. But is Bishop's first career interception, which

(41:39):
was on New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave, marking
the first Buffalo interception of a non quarterback since Chris
Draft intercepted Ricky Williams on November twenty ninth, two thousand
and nine, versus the Miami Dolphins. One more thing to
talk about before we move forward. The Buffalo Bills absolutely
will be looking for a new punter, at least for

(42:00):
the short term. Cameron Johnston two punts for eighty three
yards a forty one and a half yard average, but
his lower leg was absolutely obliterated on a running into
the kicker call late in Sunday's victory. Twitter doctors pointed
out that Johnston rolled his ankle, which may have saved
him a catastrophic the injury, which would have been his
second of his career. Johnston, though endearing himself to the

(42:24):
Buffalo area, they threw on a knee brace and he
ended up going out and holding for Matt Prater's onlyfield
goal attempt late in the fourth quarter. After the game,
Sean McDermott did say quote he will miss some time.
No word on the timetable exactly, will bring some punters
to take a look at them, and we'll go from
there on that. But again, much like you go, much

(42:45):
like Matt Prater endears himself to the Bills fans, I
think fans will appreciate respect. Cameron Johnston, that blue collar mindset,
I don't know, someone.

Speaker 1 (42:53):
Gets over very big in this neck of the woods.

Speaker 2 (42:56):
Heads up to Maxwell Harriston, cornerback, offensive lineman Tyler Grabel,
and kicker Tyler Bass are all eligible to return from
the IR this week and can have their twenty one
day practice window opened. Mcdermys said he wants all of
them back as soon as possible, but did not specify
how close they are to returning. Said quote, those decisions
what we've made at the right time. Conversations will we had,
so we'll go forward with that in mind. Uh So again,

(43:18):
we'll see how that goes. But I know what we're
gonna do right now, John, what are.

Speaker 1 (43:22):
We gonna do?

Speaker 2 (43:23):
Gonna take a quick commercial break, We'll be back with
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Speaker 6 (45:41):
Take it away, Chris, Ryan and John as always, thank
you and welcome to Week three of Around the NFL.
A week of late game field goals both made and
blocked on Sunday set the tone for the weekend, and
our Lake Erie neighbors in Detroit gave US Bills fans
a helping hand on Monday Night. Let's get right into it,

(46:03):
starting off Detroit thirty eight to thirty winners in Baltimore
on Monday Night football, two headed monster of David Montgomery
and Jamier Gibbs combined for two hundred and eighteen yards
on the ground and four scores Montgomery one hundred and
fifty one on just twelve touches in the win. Meanwhile,
Ravens running back Derek Henry rushed for just fifty yards

(46:24):
in the loss, scoring once, but also fumbling late in
the game once again. The loss helps Buffalo mentally in
the AFC standings, now holding a two game lead along
with a tiebreaker over Baltimore, essentially a three game lead
over the Ravens and it's only three games into the season. Now,
Let's look, I know I mentioned some field goals a

(46:47):
moment ago. We're going to do a blended best and
not so great performances this week surrounding these late game
field goals. Cleveland got its first win in the season
with a time expiring fifty five yard field goal at
home over Green Bay was in early scenes an upset
of sorts for the Packers, who they had a field
goal of their own blocked with twenty seven seconds left
in the game. Dicker the kicker won the game for

(47:09):
the Chargers with a forty three yard field goal as
time expired to knock off division vote Denver at home.
The Chargers moved to three and oh, and with the
tie breakers currently in place, they sit at top of
the AFC standings. Philadelphia, they trailed by nineteen early in
the third quarters, scored twenty six straight over the Rams
to take the seven point win. The last touchdown, a

(47:31):
block game winning field goal attempt by the Rams, was
returned sixty one yards for the scoop and score to
pad the Eagles lead. The defending champs moved to three
and oh. Well stay with that game though, and earlier
in the contest, the Rams were victims to another block
field goal. Yes, the game winning attempt as time expired
was not their first blocked field goal of the game.

(47:53):
Their first one happened a few minutes prior, late in
the fourth and would have put them up eight. And
it looks like the Rams we'll be focusing on protecting
the kicker. The Jets, they look the stun Tampa Bay
on the road, as they also blocked the late fourth
quarterfield well. The block kick was returned for a touchdown
to give the Jets the lead, but unlike the Rams,
the Bucks were able to protect their kicker for their

(48:15):
game winning field goal on their next drive as time expired.
Other notable games from the league forty nine Ers game
winning field goal of their own sixteen to fifteen win
over the Cardinals. In Mac Jones's start for the San
Francisco forty nine Ers, the Vikings, they didn't need a
game winning field well. They thrashed the Joe Burrow List

(48:36):
Bengals forty eight to ten and the Panthers. They shut
out the Falcons in their home opener thirty to nothing,
and it's their Panthers first win of the season. Now
let's look ahead to next week. Week four. We have
a few intriguing matchups for this week. In the NFL,
A pair of three to zero teams do battle down

(48:56):
in the Sunshine State. Eagles head to Tampa for a
one pm kickoff against the Bucks, and on the flip side,
a pair of O and three teams do battle of Houston.
There's the current occupant Texans do battle with the former
Tennessee Titans. Both teams again zero to three, looking for
their first win of the year, and in the four

(49:18):
to twenty five slot. An intriguing watch for the Bills fans.
Hopefully the Bills are just coming off a comfortable win
against the Saints. Tune into this game, is there, you know,
driving home or sitting on their couch. Kansas City hosts Baltimore.
Both teams are one and two. One's going to get
the five hundred. One's going to drop to one in
three barring a tie, and for rooting interests for Bills fans,

(49:40):
let's take a look at this as we chase the
top seed later in the season. Baltimore Kansas City have
been those teams something to look forward to. You want
a Baltimore win in this game the Ravens, they sit
two back of the Bills, but with the tiebreaker from
the season opening win for the Bills that is currently
three games. The Chiefs are still only two games back

(50:01):
at one and two, and they come to Buffalo later
this season, so you know they haven't we haven't played
them yet. Kansas City drops to one and three, however,
and the Bills again like I said, take care of
business against the Saints. That lead is three games just
a month into the season, a treat US Bills fans
will enjoy considering the last few years we've been chasing

(50:23):
the Chiefs and the Ravens. And you know, if you
told me at the beginning of the season, a month
and we'd be three games up on both of those teams, again,
I would have taken that any day of the week.
And with that, this has been your Week three recap
from around the NFL. Ryan and John take her home.

Speaker 1 (50:40):
Thanks Chris. That brings us to look ahead. Have to
every episode. I keep forget.

Speaker 2 (50:48):
This is only the second time, so I can't say
I keep forgetting, but I did forget, so I'll damn it,
damn it.

Speaker 1 (50:53):
Don't worry about it, because even if you don't remember,
I'm still gonna hit the button. What button? You ask
this one down? And also, I miss her and missus Downey. Hello,
we've been behaving ourselves lately. I hope you're probably we have.
We are.

Speaker 2 (51:10):
Our professionalism, our professional maturity is happening right before your eyes,
before your very eyes. Week five, The Buffalo Bills versus
the New England Patriots. The early season home stand wraps
up on Sunday Night Football Sunday, October fifth, eight twenty
pm on END Radio.

Speaker 1 (51:28):
Seactober Man.

Speaker 2 (51:30):
Yeah, I wonder what else that day could be. The
New England Patriots two and two, second in the AFC East.
They're the eight seed in the AFC. Last week a
forty two to thirteen victory over the Carolina Panthers. The
things we're looking at here, John quarterback Drake May sixth
the National Football with nine hundred and eighty eight passing yards.
Stefan Diggs's old friend coming back to Orchard Park. Nineteen

(51:51):
receptions for two hundred and thirteen receiving yards and no touchdowns.
I will say this, there is a one hundred percent chance,
and I would say a likelihood that Stefan Diggs gets
his first receiving touchdown of the season on Sunday.

Speaker 1 (52:08):
I would I would agree it probably will come in
garbage time. But nonetheless, hey, you can get I'm just
and the cat was doing something. I was trying to
figure out. Prediction time, She's.

Speaker 2 (52:21):
Taking a big old dump. ESPN as sixty eight point
seven percent of America predicting that Buffalo will defeat the
New England Patriots on Sunday Night Football.

Speaker 1 (52:30):
Jo, That's that's lower than I would expect. Don who
you got, So I'm gonna I'm just gonna be straight
up here. Patriots fans, y'all probably feel pretty good after
last week, justifiably so you won the game, but that
was Carolina. Buffalo's defense is forced a turnover in fifteen
straight home games, and James Cook is rolling with one

(52:50):
hundred plus scrimmage yards and four straight games. To me,
that consistency should is going to overwhelm the Patriots team.
That's quite frankly, in year one of Rabel still figuring
themselves out. I think Buffalo handles New England in primetime.
The Pats may hang around early with Drake may singing
he's pretty good. I'm not gonna I'll give him that.

(53:13):
But Allen's offense is to balance. In the defense, they
make enough stops shortcomings aside, they make enough to where
I think the Bills are going to comfortably win thirty
one to seventeen.

Speaker 2 (53:24):
Looking at this with how the Bills played against Miami,
with how the Bills played against the Saints last week,
they may have to step it up. They may have
to put it into another gear, maybe go from second
gear to third gear, not yet in fourth gear. But
Drake may is proving to for Bills fans, be a

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problem for the NFL, be a good thing because it's
always good to have young, talented quarterbacks in the league.
Of course, he gets it. It looks like and it
seems like this team is starting to build around the
Mike Rabel way. They're buying in the vibes appear to
be building. I think this one may end up being close,
closer than maybe we want it to be. But I

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do think the Bills ultimately do come out with a victory,
or it may may be closer for longer than we
want it to be. But I think either way, on
some day, rivalry uniforms white out at high Mark Stadium,
beautiful weather, fans are going to be very well hydrated.
Now said, it's going to be one hell of a time.

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I want to be there, wanted to be there, but
tickets are ridiculously expensive.

Speaker 1 (54:33):
I watched it from home, I bet, and you know what,
that's great, that's you know, economical savings there during a
turbulent time.

Speaker 2 (54:42):
I did, I did, I did mention, did fail to
mention that I did spend four hundred dollars on an
autograph Josh Allen sixteen by twenty vote. That is an investment,
not a purchase investment.

Speaker 1 (54:54):
Let's let's think about it like this. In this perspective,
that's a good investment. It would be a bad investment
if you say, if say you did that for Zach Wilson, Yeah,
you know what I mean.

Speaker 2 (55:09):
Like I could probably get Zach Wilson. I could probably
get Zach Wilson to come hang out with me for
four hundred dollars at this point, probably at this point.
It does remind me though of the time I bought
a Josh Allen card for twenty six dollars and it's
now worth roughly like eight hundred. That's all I did.
I did once by a hot water tank with autographed

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baseball cards. So you know, it's the sky is the limit.
Don't let your dreams be jarius. With that being said,
we go Boomer take it away. No one circles the
wagers like the buffalo bills for John Somino, for Chris Downey.
I am Ryan Wolf. As always, we are trust the podcast.

Speaker 1 (55:52):
You're not.

Speaker 2 (55:53):
We'll catch you, same time, same place next week.

Speaker 1 (55:57):
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (55:58):
To everyone for tuning in. We have hit the quarter
mark of the season.

Speaker 1 (56:02):
Love it.

Speaker 2 (56:03):
It's just getting started.

Speaker 1 (56:05):
We just getting started.

Speaker 2 (56:07):
Lock In, lock be gonna be a fun ride. As always, again,
thank you for tuning in always yeah, I was not
expecting that.

Speaker 1 (56:18):
Go Bills, and thank you downy by you down show
y'all what. The preceding presentation has been brought to you

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