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All Right, welcome to a Wednesday edition of One Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you, and game install will be happening tomorrow. There is just a a min what is it a rest day today and then full practice tomorrow. As playing on Monday night, the coaching staff decided to uh, kind of change the schedule around a wee bit. I think the players will probably be doing stuff of the walk through variety today in terms of what's going on. They're conducting a walk through practice today which is closed to the media, and then some players will talk after practice. But then full scale practice will be tomorrow, Friday, Saturday, and obviously the game on Sunday, so they pushed it back presumably after you know, playing Monday night, extra day of rest, that kind of thing, rest the bodies, but still go through the practice paces in a walk through fashion. So that's the approach of the Bills today. Head coach Sean McDermott is going to be addressing the media, if not yet, very very soon. We'll try to bring that to you if we can. Once he gets rolling. Get the updates on just about everything under the sun. Obviously, he spoke to the media yesterday and addressed the firing of offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey, and the general consensus Steve was that he felt the offense needed a dose of energy and needed to regain its confidence, and clearly he did not think that was going to happen under Ken Dorsey going forward.

All Right, welcome to a Wednesday edition of One Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you, and game install will be happening tomorrow. There is just a a min what is it a rest day today and then full practice tomorrow. As playing on Monday night, the coaching staff decided to uh, kind of change the schedule around a wee bit. I think the players will probably be doing stuff of the walk through variety today in terms of what's going on. They're conducting a walk through practice today which is closed to the media, and then some players will talk after practice. But then full scale practice will be tomorrow, Friday, Saturday, and obviously the game on Sunday, so they pushed it back presumably after you know, playing Monday night, extra day of rest, that kind of thing, rest the bodies, but still go through the practice paces in a walk through fashion. So that's the approach of the Bills today. Head coach Sean McDermott is going to be addressing the media, if not yet, very very soon. We'll try to bring that to you if we can. Once he gets rolling. Get the updates on just about everything under the sun. Obviously, he spoke to the media yesterday and addressed the firing of offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey, and the general consensus Steve was that he felt the offense needed a dose of energy and needed to regain its confidence, and clearly he did not think that was going to happen under Ken Dorsey going forward.

Yeah, and I think too that general consensus is, although note not everybody agrees with it. I'm kind of in the school of thought that there's not that much wrong with it, because they've got really good players in the room and there's enough under the hood to score thirty five forty eight points a game if they get it right. I think there was a sense that the offense isn't diverse enough or creative enough. At a certain time you only needed like a handful of plays a game to do it. And now, and of course all this stuff comes out after the fact, because so you know, I don't like, okay, where was it before? But you get these other everybody dredging up what has been said about it in the past by the opponents, and it comes across as being predictable. And once you're predictable, you're dead in the water. And that does kind of a lot go a long way towards explaining why it seems like it's a really tough slog playing offense for the Bills. You got all these great players and they're out there and it's just you know, you have to make Josh Is having to make incredible throws. You're having guys making incredible individual efforts to get any headway where you know, and it's obvious now it makes sense because the defenses kind of have a handle on what the Bills are trying to do in any given moment, and they're on top of it. When a defense anticipates what you're gonna do, everything gets really hard. And that's what it looks like. So we'll see if all that true proves to be true.

Yeah, and I think too that general consensus is, although note not everybody agrees with it. I'm kind of in the school of thought that there's not that much wrong with it, because they've got really good players in the room and there's enough under the hood to score thirty five forty eight points a game if they get it right. I think there was a sense that the offense isn't diverse enough or creative enough. At a certain time you only needed like a handful of plays a game to do it. And now, and of course all this stuff comes out after the fact, because so you know, I don't like, okay, where was it before? But you get these other everybody dredging up what has been said about it in the past by the opponents, and it comes across as being predictable. And once you're predictable, you're dead in the water. And that does kind of a lot go a long way towards explaining why it seems like it's a really tough slog playing offense for the Bills. You got all these great players and they're out there and it's just you know, you have to make Josh Is having to make incredible throws. You're having guys making incredible individual efforts to get any headway where you know, and it's obvious now it makes sense because the defenses kind of have a handle on what the Bills are trying to do in any given moment, and they're on top of it. When a defense anticipates what you're gonna do, everything gets really hard. And that's what it looks like. So we'll see if all that true proves to be true.

Head Coachean McDermott is addressing the media at this time. Let's go to the press conference.

Head Coachean McDermott is addressing the media at this time. Let's go to the press conference.

Now obvious, but between Joe and Josh Is it's something you obviously had to consider it making this movement. And how receptive is Josh Baddy to this geam?

Now obvious, but between Joe and Josh Is it's something you obviously had to consider it making this movement. And how receptive is Josh Baddy to this geam?

Yeah, he's been receptive, And you know that was that that connection is important, right, that they that they are connected, and then in particular now this new role Uh, that Joe is in that they're as connected as ever because now Joe is is the play caller and and that's an important relationship and and something that when you're on the same page with with total clarity and understanding of uh, what each other wants, what you're trying to get out of just whether it's a game plan or one play, that's that's huge for that alignment, huge for for production.

Yeah, he's been receptive, And you know that was that that connection is important, right, that they that they are connected, and then in particular now this new role Uh, that Joe is in that they're as connected as ever because now Joe is is the play caller and and that's an important relationship and and something that when you're on the same page with with total clarity and understanding of uh, what each other wants, what you're trying to get out of just whether it's a game plan or one play, that's that's huge for that alignment, huge for for production.

John, would you say that previously your your pre stamped.

John, would you say that previously your your pre stamped.

Stuff on offense maybe wasn't as diversified as it could have been. Maybe you're creating the less problem for a deep that's because you didn't.

Stuff on offense maybe wasn't as diversified as it could have been. Maybe you're creating the less problem for a deep that's because you didn't.

Do more pre staff Uh.

Do more pre staff Uh.

I mean I wouldn't disagree with you. I think that there's everything in moderation, right. Sometimes you can do too much to where to where you just want to try and run one play and you're and you're wearing your players out or doing too much behind a lot of scrimmage, pre snunt motion, what have you shifting, But it's everything in moderation. If you get too static, then it becomes a little bit easier to defend. And sometimes you know, as an offense, the more you do it can get in the way but it's a there's a sweet spot in there too as well as being too static, and then you allow the defense to do more. A good coach, an older coach who's now retired, once told me, from a defensive standpoint, the more they do, the less we can do.

I mean I wouldn't disagree with you. I think that there's everything in moderation, right. Sometimes you can do too much to where to where you just want to try and run one play and you're and you're wearing your players out or doing too much behind a lot of scrimmage, pre snunt motion, what have you shifting, But it's everything in moderation. If you get too static, then it becomes a little bit easier to defend. And sometimes you know, as an offense, the more you do it can get in the way but it's a there's a sweet spot in there too as well as being too static, and then you allow the defense to do more. A good coach, an older coach who's now retired, once told me, from a defensive standpoint, the more they do, the less we can do.

And so I think that applies in this case.

And so I think that applies in this case.

Think part of that is if you're trying in general to go up tempon no all versus slow now. But if you're going off type put a model, there's limits. You're going to have a smaller pack, right I.

Think part of that is if you're trying in general to go up tempon no all versus slow now. But if you're going off type put a model, there's limits. You're going to have a smaller pack, right I.

Mean it's yeah, well sometimes it limits the amount of stuff you can do pre snap. So it's you know, it's it's everything in moderation, right, Sean.

Mean it's yeah, well sometimes it limits the amount of stuff you can do pre snap. So it's you know, it's it's everything in moderation, right, Sean.

You've gone from a position coach to to a coordinator.

You've gone from a position coach to to a coordinator.

Is that is the biggest challenge going from kind of micro to macro?

Is that is the biggest challenge going from kind of micro to macro?

You know how how is that like how to bring more time you.

You know how how is that like how to bring more time you.

See things on?

See things on?

Yeah?

Yeah?

Well, I mean I just I feel strongly about this. That coordinator position, just like the head coach position, it's it's it's a leadership position. You better have the ex's and o's because the job really boils down to it's a leadership position, and that's where I mentioned about it being in the margins, and and all the intangibles that go with developing a culture are important, right, And it starts with it starts with with with the leadership aspect of the job.

Well, I mean I just I feel strongly about this. That coordinator position, just like the head coach position, it's it's it's a leadership position. You better have the ex's and o's because the job really boils down to it's a leadership position, and that's where I mentioned about it being in the margins, and and all the intangibles that go with developing a culture are important, right, And it starts with it starts with with with the leadership aspect of the job.

How much change are you looking for, Jordan ring schematically to the offense, especially understanding this point the season.

How much change are you looking for, Jordan ring schematically to the offense, especially understanding this point the season.

How if you are limited, maybe the time.

How if you are limited, maybe the time.

Is for major Yeah.

Is for major Yeah.

I don't want to get in John, I respect your question, but obviously that's a strategy thing at this point. So I would just tell you overall, his job is to put the players in a position just like my job is.

I don't want to get in John, I respect your question, but obviously that's a strategy thing at this point. So I would just tell you overall, his job is to put the players in a position just like my job is.

How have you seen the reaction from players so far?

How have you seen the reaction from players so far?

Yeah, they've you know, they've taken it and stride. I mean obviously you know, said at what had to be or what would become of it, and became of it. And but looking forward to a new beginning here and an opportunity to to you know, gain more production and on a more consistent basis.

Yeah, they've you know, they've taken it and stride. I mean obviously you know, said at what had to be or what would become of it, and became of it. And but looking forward to a new beginning here and an opportunity to to you know, gain more production and on a more consistent basis.

Really Sean Sean tears back to when you hired Joe.

Really Sean Sean tears back to when you hired Joe.

What appeal to you to help him to hire him in the first place.

What appeal to you to help him to hire him in the first place.

A year ago?

A year ago?

Yeah, I mean I'd never met Joe, but just heard good things about him.

Yeah, I mean I'd never met Joe, but just heard good things about him.

Right.

Right.

He obviously had had set in different seats along the way, position coach, different been around, you know, a environment from a standpoint of a good head coach and Sean Payton from an offensive standpoint. Back then he was in a an assistant to an assistant at times, and then in the assistant and then he moved to on the LSU we became the coordinator and and so you know that that resume, that experience, if you're if you're paying attention, can only benefit someone. And when you talk about in some of the traits of everyone talked about how smart he was now and how hard he worked, and I think those two combined can be dangerous in professional sports.

He obviously had had set in different seats along the way, position coach, different been around, you know, a environment from a standpoint of a good head coach and Sean Payton from an offensive standpoint. Back then he was in a an assistant to an assistant at times, and then in the assistant and then he moved to on the LSU we became the coordinator and and so you know that that resume, that experience, if you're if you're paying attention, can only benefit someone. And when you talk about in some of the traits of everyone talked about how smart he was now and how hard he worked, and I think those two combined can be dangerous in professional sports.

I've been a decision made of where he'll be.

I've been a decision made of where he'll be.

During the game and no, not that far land.

During the game and no, not that far land.

I'm curious, is there what is the benefit from your perspective what you've seen of calling plays and being down on the field, Like, what what do you get from the You know, I know you have to be down as you're the head coach, but in your experience, like, what are the benefits of being on the field.

I'm curious, is there what is the benefit from your perspective what you've seen of calling plays and being down on the field, Like, what what do you get from the You know, I know you have to be down as you're the head coach, but in your experience, like, what are the benefits of being on the field.

Versus well, yeah, I mean that's a good question. I've done both and and I can tell you what I came up around was on the field. The coordinator Jim Johnson I worked with and for was was down on the field, and and there's a huge leadership.

Versus well, yeah, I mean that's a good question. I've done both and and I can tell you what I came up around was on the field. The coordinator Jim Johnson I worked with and for was was down on the field, and and there's a huge leadership.

Aspect to doing it from from down there.

Aspect to doing it from from down there.

I started that way as a coordinator, and then I went upstairs. And at first I was like, oh, it's it's it's it's not the same vibe, right, But if you have people lieutenants down there that you can trust to get the pulse of the players, to you know, communicate up to you to me, upstairs is the best way to see everything. It's like landing in a plane, you know, coming in and you can see things that you didn't think you could see before, and you can see them clearly. And and so that's that's a huge advantage.

I started that way as a coordinator, and then I went upstairs. And at first I was like, oh, it's it's it's it's not the same vibe, right, But if you have people lieutenants down there that you can trust to get the pulse of the players, to you know, communicate up to you to me, upstairs is the best way to see everything. It's like landing in a plane, you know, coming in and you can see things that you didn't think you could see before, and you can see them clearly. And and so that's that's a huge advantage.

Energy and confidence or I mean, we all have our belief and or what those two things mean. But how do you go about building energy and confidence when, as what happened on Monday night, you have the confidence, you have the energy, and then all of a sudden there's a turnover and then another turnover.

Energy and confidence or I mean, we all have our belief and or what those two things mean. But how do you go about building energy and confidence when, as what happened on Monday night, you have the confidence, you have the energy, and then all of a sudden there's a turnover and then another turnover.

How do you, I.

How do you, I.

Guess, go beyond maintain go into maintaining that energy and confidence of those.

Guess, go beyond maintain go into maintaining that energy and confidence of those.

Things happen, right, and that they do affect momentum, which affects confidence. We're all human, right, so there is a mental aspect of that, the mental toughness of a in this case a unit, right, and then just the overall hey, you know, those are things you can't do to win games. But so that does that has gotten in the way, But that goes back to me to to process and making sure we're you know, we're emphasizing everything we need to emphasize, and then it's gonna happen. Mistakes are going to happen, right, and you're gonna have close games and good plays and bad plays. And at the end of the day, it's about the mental toughness, the grit, the resiliency of the unit to continue through all of that.

Things happen, right, and that they do affect momentum, which affects confidence. We're all human, right, so there is a mental aspect of that, the mental toughness of a in this case a unit, right, and then just the overall hey, you know, those are things you can't do to win games. But so that does that has gotten in the way, But that goes back to me to to process and making sure we're you know, we're emphasizing everything we need to emphasize, and then it's gonna happen. Mistakes are going to happen, right, and you're gonna have close games and good plays and bad plays. And at the end of the day, it's about the mental toughness, the grit, the resiliency of the unit to continue through all of that.

S what is the what has been the keyship brand Oliver to be more consistent in that.

S what is the what has been the keyship brand Oliver to be more consistent in that.

Times down there?

Times down there?

Yeah, I think going you know, the word process, I already mentioned that. I think that's huge, right, you know, And then I would say, sometimes guys get paid and they go the other way and it's kind of the relaxation, the syndrome that sets in, and I know that sometimes what makes what makes you know, irritated with with certain situations.

Yeah, I think going you know, the word process, I already mentioned that. I think that's huge, right, you know, And then I would say, sometimes guys get paid and they go the other way and it's kind of the relaxation, the syndrome that sets in, and I know that sometimes what makes what makes you know, irritated with with certain situations.

But in this case, I think the contract.

But in this case, I think the contract.

Has helped him and you can ask him why. But he his process is as good as it's been, So his preparation is his detailed as it's been, and I think that's important and you're seeing the result. And I would say for some of those other guys up front as well that may not have been have not have performed up to the level what they are this year, those guys have all improved on their preparation.

Has helped him and you can ask him why. But he his process is as good as it's been, So his preparation is his detailed as it's been, and I think that's important and you're seeing the result. And I would say for some of those other guys up front as well that may not have been have not have performed up to the level what they are this year, those guys have all improved on their preparation.

Sean Hoek, you would, you know, get in the strategy as he would have.

Sean Hoek, you would, you know, get in the strategy as he would have.

Louse to earlier.

Louse to earlier.

But I mean you're very familiar with.

But I mean you're very familiar with.

This guests defense, what it's capable of the trouble and can give you guys and other teams to make a change like this going into a game like this. How much of a challenge is that against this particular defense, and maybe if there's some opportunity there too with the unknown.

This guests defense, what it's capable of the trouble and can give you guys and other teams to make a change like this going into a game like this. How much of a challenge is that against this particular defense, and maybe if there's some opportunity there too with the unknown.

Yeah, I'm not as you know, I acknowledge that they're a really good defense, you know, probably the most talented defense in the league, and they do a great job from a coaching end as well.

Yeah, I'm not as you know, I acknowledge that they're a really good defense, you know, probably the most talented defense in the league, and they do a great job from a coaching end as well.

And so there are a tough defense or tough challenge.

And so there are a tough defense or tough challenge.

I think more than anything, our our focus needs to be on us and and UH in particular on offense, but overall as a team as well, and getting us right right and getting us back to playing confident, playing playing with energy, building a like I said on our offensive side, building a little bit of a culture here, of a subculture of the bigger of the bigger culture of of the team. And and I think you saw some of that on on on Monday night with hey, we'd had some turnovers. Defense takes the field and and they go to work right, and they go to work with with grit and toughness and resiliency and and they're just staying after and so that that to me is infectious and that that is important as well as the exits and the o's all right.

I think more than anything, our our focus needs to be on us and and UH in particular on offense, but overall as a team as well, and getting us right right and getting us back to playing confident, playing playing with energy, building a like I said on our offensive side, building a little bit of a culture here, of a subculture of the bigger of the bigger culture of of the team. And and I think you saw some of that on on on Monday night with hey, we'd had some turnovers. Defense takes the field and and they go to work right, and they go to work with with grit and toughness and resiliency and and they're just staying after and so that that to me is infectious and that that is important as well as the exits and the o's all right.

That's head coach Sean McDermott addressing the media before their walk through session today with the players they'll be back to regular practice on Thursday. Part of the press conference. Who did not hear was the injury report, wide receiver Trent Sherfield, who left last week's game with an ankle problem, and defensive tackle Jordan Phillips notcticing today limited in practice today. Even though it's a walkthrough, you have to give a designation as if it was a full practice. Jordan Poyer, Micah Hyde, Christian Benford, Dorian Williams, and Cam Lewis all will be limited. So once again the secondary dinged up to no small degree. And then the other bit of news that came from coach McDermott before we joined the press conference, basically, offensive assistant Mike Shula will be around the quarterbacks a little bit more with Joe Brady moving up to the offensive coordinator position. He did not say definitively that senior offensive assistant Mike Shula is now the quarterbacks coach, but he will be filling some of the void left by Brady running the entire offensive unit now. So you're kind of brought up to speed on where things stand in terms of people filling roles going forward on the offensive side of the ball. And I don't think a lot of Sean's message today was all that different from what it was yesterday when he addressed the firing. He's clearly looking for to reinvigorate an offense that has looked rather stale and troubled with their execution, their production and he's hoping that this reinvigorates the unit to get back to the standard that we've all become accustomed to with its point production and its effectiveness.

That's head coach Sean McDermott addressing the media before their walk through session today with the players they'll be back to regular practice on Thursday. Part of the press conference. Who did not hear was the injury report, wide receiver Trent Sherfield, who left last week's game with an ankle problem, and defensive tackle Jordan Phillips notcticing today limited in practice today. Even though it's a walkthrough, you have to give a designation as if it was a full practice. Jordan Poyer, Micah Hyde, Christian Benford, Dorian Williams, and Cam Lewis all will be limited. So once again the secondary dinged up to no small degree. And then the other bit of news that came from coach McDermott before we joined the press conference, basically, offensive assistant Mike Shula will be around the quarterbacks a little bit more with Joe Brady moving up to the offensive coordinator position. He did not say definitively that senior offensive assistant Mike Shula is now the quarterbacks coach, but he will be filling some of the void left by Brady running the entire offensive unit now. So you're kind of brought up to speed on where things stand in terms of people filling roles going forward on the offensive side of the ball. And I don't think a lot of Sean's message today was all that different from what it was yesterday when he addressed the firing. He's clearly looking for to reinvigorate an offense that has looked rather stale and troubled with their execution, their production and he's hoping that this reinvigorates the unit to get back to the standard that we've all become accustomed to with its point production and its effectiveness.

We've seen this before where and for whatever reason, whether it whether the offensive coordinator is the answer or not. We saw this at the second half of last year when it started to go downhill, and then of course with you know, then the DeMar Hamlin thing happened, and you know, there's some injuries and stuff like that, so he didn't There was a lot of reasons why the team might have flattened out offensively last year, although they ended the year scoring number two in the league and all that stuff at the end of the regular season. This season, they started out first four weeks of the season, they played really well after opening game. After this they played this jet defense, they played extremely well. And then now all of a sudden, with most of the injuries being on the defensive side of the ledger, the Bills have struggled to kind of get it on track. They just seems like, you know, the the defenses are really getting the better of them, and so at a point where you're five and five on the season, you've got a really tough schedule coming up, it's time to shake it up. You've got this is this is an attempt to save this season, no question about it. And you feel like the players in the room are good enough at every position group to play way better than they have shown offensively. Now, I get it, they're playing against a tough schedule and it's it's very difficult defenses. But this is this is a nod towards it's us, not them.

We've seen this before where and for whatever reason, whether it whether the offensive coordinator is the answer or not. We saw this at the second half of last year when it started to go downhill, and then of course with you know, then the DeMar Hamlin thing happened, and you know, there's some injuries and stuff like that, so he didn't There was a lot of reasons why the team might have flattened out offensively last year, although they ended the year scoring number two in the league and all that stuff at the end of the regular season. This season, they started out first four weeks of the season, they played really well after opening game. After this they played this jet defense, they played extremely well. And then now all of a sudden, with most of the injuries being on the defensive side of the ledger, the Bills have struggled to kind of get it on track. They just seems like, you know, the the defenses are really getting the better of them, and so at a point where you're five and five on the season, you've got a really tough schedule coming up, it's time to shake it up. You've got this is this is an attempt to save this season, no question about it. And you feel like the players in the room are good enough at every position group to play way better than they have shown offensively. Now, I get it, they're playing against a tough schedule and it's it's very difficult defenses. But this is this is a nod towards it's us, not them.

Correct and to me, and I've said this for a couple of weeks now, it's not just the offense. Special teams has had a hand in this as well. Monday Night, they decide to kick to the best return man in the league both in kickoff return and punt return guys averaging over twenty yards of punt return. They punt to him and he returns two for forty four yards total, so he exceeds his season average against the Bills by two yards. He's averaging twenty point three return coming into the game. He gets twenty two on average in the game against Buffalo and also as a kick return for thirty one yards. He was instrumental in helping them flip the field and give short fields to their offense, and he's named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week as a result. Like you've been shaky on special teams for whatever reason. I just it didn't make sense to me to kick to him the entire game. I I just didn't get it.

Correct and to me, and I've said this for a couple of weeks now, it's not just the offense. Special teams has had a hand in this as well. Monday Night, they decide to kick to the best return man in the league both in kickoff return and punt return guys averaging over twenty yards of punt return. They punt to him and he returns two for forty four yards total, so he exceeds his season average against the Bills by two yards. He's averaging twenty point three return coming into the game. He gets twenty two on average in the game against Buffalo and also as a kick return for thirty one yards. He was instrumental in helping them flip the field and give short fields to their offense, and he's named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week as a result. Like you've been shaky on special teams for whatever reason. I just it didn't make sense to me to kick to him the entire game. I I just didn't get it.

Yeah, I would agree, it's I mean, I'm I I remember what it's like to go against the really good guys and they're really good and they're back there catching kicks in the National Football League. It's not just because they have good hands and they're back there. A guy like, he's back there because he's hard to catch. He's like, you know, he's like a frightened squirrel. You can't hm him in and don't just don't give him a chance, you know.

Yeah, I would agree, it's I mean, I'm I I remember what it's like to go against the really good guys and they're really good and they're back there catching kicks in the National Football League. It's not just because they have good hands and they're back there. A guy like, he's back there because he's hard to catch. He's like, you know, he's like a frightened squirrel. You can't hm him in and don't just don't give him a chance, you know.

And that's directional.

And that's directional.

Punting. The ball is a is a is not an exact Zach science, but man, oh man kickoffs, there's really no reason not to have Bass kick that thing out of the out of the.

Punting. The ball is a is a is not an exact Zach science, but man, oh man kickoffs, there's really no reason not to have Bass kick that thing out of the out of the.

And they did on a few occasions. But the punk, I guess what surprised me.

And they did on a few occasions. But the punk, I guess what surprised me.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. Conditions do say something about how you can kick and where it's going to go and all that, But you want to keep it away from him as much as you can. Bills have really struggled with field position this year. It's been a chronic problem, and their offense has had, you know, its share of success, but rarely have they gotten it it turned over to them on the other side of the.

Yeah. Conditions do say something about how you can kick and where it's going to go and all that, But you want to keep it away from him as much as you can. Bills have really struggled with field position this year. It's been a chronic problem, and their offense has had, you know, its share of success, but rarely have they gotten it it turned over to them on the other side of the.

Fifty well, and that's you know, the complimentary football that Sean McDermott talks about, and I know Bills fans are tired of hearing it. But when you have an offense that's struggling, and then you have a special teams unit that gives them the worst average field position over the last six weeks in the league, that's a fact. You make it doubly hard for them to put points on the board. And now your defense is playing from behind. I mean the Bills didn't. The Bills had a lead for about a minute and a half of that game on Monday Night. They didn't take the lead until one fifty five left on the clock. They trailed the entire game virtually except when it was zero zero and when it was tied at fifteen for a stretch. It's hard to play from behind when you have an injury, real defense, a special teams unit that can't flip the field for you. And an offer that's struggling to score points. It's a recipe for disaster.

Fifty well, and that's you know, the complimentary football that Sean McDermott talks about, and I know Bills fans are tired of hearing it. But when you have an offense that's struggling, and then you have a special teams unit that gives them the worst average field position over the last six weeks in the league, that's a fact. You make it doubly hard for them to put points on the board. And now your defense is playing from behind. I mean the Bills didn't. The Bills had a lead for about a minute and a half of that game on Monday Night. They didn't take the lead until one fifty five left on the clock. They trailed the entire game virtually except when it was zero zero and when it was tied at fifteen for a stretch. It's hard to play from behind when you have an injury, real defense, a special teams unit that can't flip the field for you. And an offer that's struggling to score points. It's a recipe for disaster.

Well, it's certainly a grind.

Well, it's certainly a grind.

And they're still only losing by a score.

And they're still only losing by a score.

It's hard to make big plays when the other team's not under duress in the NFL, because they're getting paid too. That's how you win. You get them in third and long where they're desperate to get a first down and they're going to put the ball at risk when they're behind. When they got to do that even on first and second down, when they put the ball at risk, when they can hand it off and stay ahead of the chains and get a grind a first down instead of trying to get the long pass for a first down, you know, you never get a chance to make a big play. And certainly unless you can get them off the field on third down. The time of possession once again this last Monday night was way out of whack. That's kind of change. That's that's a real problem. Field position and time of possession is a real problem. And I know too that those are symptoms of underlying issues. But man oh Man, I think this is a nod to that. I think there's a lot of things they can do inside this building that give themselves a better chance to be in a better position to win, and we'll see what happens offensively if that's the case. Now defensively, injuries are the issue. I mean, you can almost you can see a bar graph and see when the injury started to happen how the production went.

It's hard to make big plays when the other team's not under duress in the NFL, because they're getting paid too. That's how you win. You get them in third and long where they're desperate to get a first down and they're going to put the ball at risk when they're behind. When they got to do that even on first and second down, when they put the ball at risk, when they can hand it off and stay ahead of the chains and get a grind a first down instead of trying to get the long pass for a first down, you know, you never get a chance to make a big play. And certainly unless you can get them off the field on third down. The time of possession once again this last Monday night was way out of whack. That's kind of change. That's that's a real problem. Field position and time of possession is a real problem. And I know too that those are symptoms of underlying issues. But man oh Man, I think this is a nod to that. I think there's a lot of things they can do inside this building that give themselves a better chance to be in a better position to win, and we'll see what happens offensively if that's the case. Now defensively, injuries are the issue. I mean, you can almost you can see a bar graph and see when the injury started to happen how the production went.

But all that being said, they were the best unit on the field for the Bills on Monday Night by far. It wasn't even a contest. That's got to change. Also, your injury riddle. Defense can't be your best unit on the field on game day, cannot I mean, it's great if they play well, but to put in on them, to put the burden on them and try to win football games is flat out unrealistic, even against a team that is struggling mightily on offense like the Jets with Zach Wilson at quarterback. So the Bills are tied for second in the league in most giveaways. The only team with more is Cleveland with nineteen, Buffalo as eighteen, along with Las Vegas and Chicago, who are at the bottom of the league at minus seven and minus nine. In turnover differential, the Bills are a minus three. It makes it harder. You make the whole thing harder that way. Our question though for you and topic of discussion is as follows. Joe Brady is your new offensive coordinator going forward. How difficult a task will it be for Brady to turn around this Bill's offense? Eight oh three, five point fifty one eight eight eight five point fifty two, five fifty the numbers to get on board. We do have open lines for you, and we're wide open today for phone calls. So if you want to weigh in on this and give us your assessment as to how tough a task it's going to be for Joe Brady to turn this offense around, you let us know and we'll lead off on the phones today with Alex, who is out in Arizona. What do you got for us? Alex here on One Bill's Live.

But all that being said, they were the best unit on the field for the Bills on Monday Night by far. It wasn't even a contest. That's got to change. Also, your injury riddle. Defense can't be your best unit on the field on game day, cannot I mean, it's great if they play well, but to put in on them, to put the burden on them and try to win football games is flat out unrealistic, even against a team that is struggling mightily on offense like the Jets with Zach Wilson at quarterback. So the Bills are tied for second in the league in most giveaways. The only team with more is Cleveland with nineteen, Buffalo as eighteen, along with Las Vegas and Chicago, who are at the bottom of the league at minus seven and minus nine. In turnover differential, the Bills are a minus three. It makes it harder. You make the whole thing harder that way. Our question though for you and topic of discussion is as follows. Joe Brady is your new offensive coordinator going forward. How difficult a task will it be for Brady to turn around this Bill's offense? Eight oh three, five point fifty one eight eight eight five point fifty two, five fifty the numbers to get on board. We do have open lines for you, and we're wide open today for phone calls. So if you want to weigh in on this and give us your assessment as to how tough a task it's going to be for Joe Brady to turn this offense around, you let us know and we'll lead off on the phones today with Alex, who is out in Arizona. What do you got for us? Alex here on One Bill's Live.

Hey, Steve, Hey, Chris. I hope you guys are doing well. Love your show. Felt like I really needed to call in after his last game. I was thinking about it with my dad and we were I know when Brian Dable, when he first kind of became OC, he was kind of down on the field with the guys before he later moved up into the box and correct me if I'm wrong on that, But I believe that's how he started, and I think Ken Dorthy was just kind of always up in the box. So I'm just kind of curious how much of an effect that has on maybe like the chemistry between coordinator and the team when he's always sitting up in the box versus getting to know him down on the field, And how you think Joe Brady's gonna approach that aspect of the game. That's all I had.

Hey, Steve, Hey, Chris. I hope you guys are doing well. Love your show. Felt like I really needed to call in after his last game. I was thinking about it with my dad and we were I know when Brian Dable, when he first kind of became OC, he was kind of down on the field with the guys before he later moved up into the box and correct me if I'm wrong on that, But I believe that's how he started, and I think Ken Dorthy was just kind of always up in the box. So I'm just kind of curious how much of an effect that has on maybe like the chemistry between coordinator and the team when he's always sitting up in the box versus getting to know him down on the field, And how you think Joe Brady's gonna approach that aspect of the game. That's all I had.

Yeah, thanks, Alex, A good question.

Yeah, thanks, Alex, A good question.

It's kind of hard to say.

It's kind of hard to say.

We did.

We did.

Hear. Coach mcdermoy get asked about it at his press conference just moments ago that we carried on the air here Live, and he essentially said, there is something to be said for having that direct line of communication down on the sideline and leading your group by physically being there, he said, but it's unquestionably the best way to view the game is upstairs where you can literally see everything. Now, if you have coaches that you can trust that can be your eyes upstairs, you can do that and have somebody upstairs for you to kind of survey the field, chart what that defense is doing against your certain play calls and then compare them between series. So you say, Okay, they're gonna play us that way on that Well, I'm gonna run that play again later and we're going to do this against that defense and try to get them to change or we can get them here on this. You need somebody upstairs that knows what they're looking at and can chart and plan accordingly going forward and alert you to things. So while you're down on the field talking to your players, they're being your basically your your what's the thing I'm looking for? Your your intelligence, You're intelligent. They're your CIA in it up there.

Hear. Coach mcdermoy get asked about it at his press conference just moments ago that we carried on the air here Live, and he essentially said, there is something to be said for having that direct line of communication down on the sideline and leading your group by physically being there, he said, but it's unquestionably the best way to view the game is upstairs where you can literally see everything. Now, if you have coaches that you can trust that can be your eyes upstairs, you can do that and have somebody upstairs for you to kind of survey the field, chart what that defense is doing against your certain play calls and then compare them between series. So you say, Okay, they're gonna play us that way on that Well, I'm gonna run that play again later and we're going to do this against that defense and try to get them to change or we can get them here on this. You need somebody upstairs that knows what they're looking at and can chart and plan accordingly going forward and alert you to things. So while you're down on the field talking to your players, they're being your basically your your what's the thing I'm looking for? Your your intelligence, You're intelligent. They're your CIA in it up there.

Yeah, well here's the thing to you. I said this a little earlier too, when people were looking for a way to spark the offense of bringing maybe Ken Dorsey to out on the field that kind of thing. Day Ball was down on the field, but that's when he was working with Josh Allen as the first and second as a rooklayer. As a rookie, it was until Josh got to the point where he was developed enough to communicate in a level that made it possible for Daball to go upstairs. As soon as it was possible, Dabell moved upstairs. Almost every offensive play caller in the league is upstairs because of what Brownie said. They can see it and they it helps them have information that they need to call plays in the future, and you just don't get that when you're down on the field. Now, that doesn't mean it's the only way to do it, but it says something that almost every play caller in the league, except like Andy Reid head coaches who call the plays, those guys are on the sidelines obviously. But I think it had to do when when Daboll was on the sidelines. It had to do with where Josh was in his development, and I think that's why it is. He needed to be in his ear right. He needed to say down with him between series, look him in the eye, and have specific things on the surface that he could say, Hey, hear this, this and this. That changes as the quarterback gets more proficient.

Yeah, well here's the thing to you. I said this a little earlier too, when people were looking for a way to spark the offense of bringing maybe Ken Dorsey to out on the field that kind of thing. Day Ball was down on the field, but that's when he was working with Josh Allen as the first and second as a rooklayer. As a rookie, it was until Josh got to the point where he was developed enough to communicate in a level that made it possible for Daball to go upstairs. As soon as it was possible, Dabell moved upstairs. Almost every offensive play caller in the league is upstairs because of what Brownie said. They can see it and they it helps them have information that they need to call plays in the future, and you just don't get that when you're down on the field. Now, that doesn't mean it's the only way to do it, but it says something that almost every play caller in the league, except like Andy Reid head coaches who call the plays, those guys are on the sidelines obviously. But I think it had to do when when Daboll was on the sidelines. It had to do with where Josh was in his development, and I think that's why it is. He needed to be in his ear right. He needed to say down with him between series, look him in the eye, and have specific things on the surface that he could say, Hey, hear this, this and this. That changes as the quarterback gets more proficient.

Now, all that being said, when Joe Brady and for what it's worth, take this for what it's worth. When Joe Brady was in Carolina and he was hired as the offensive coordinator, he started upstairs, and then as he moved through his tenure, he eventually went down to the field. And he basically said he felt its streamline communication and he was able to feel the vibe of the players on the sideline better. And I would be inclined, based on that history and what Sean McDermott said and the need for energy and confidence that he needs an offensive coordinator that's going to lead the group by being present. So we don't know what Joe Brady's going to do, but based on Brady's history and based on what shaw nam Mareturmott just said in his press conference, I would be inclined to think he's going to be on the sidelines. That's my that's the field. That's the sense I'm getting.

Now, all that being said, when Joe Brady and for what it's worth, take this for what it's worth. When Joe Brady was in Carolina and he was hired as the offensive coordinator, he started upstairs, and then as he moved through his tenure, he eventually went down to the field. And he basically said he felt its streamline communication and he was able to feel the vibe of the players on the sideline better. And I would be inclined, based on that history and what Sean McDermott said and the need for energy and confidence that he needs an offensive coordinator that's going to lead the group by being present. So we don't know what Joe Brady's going to do, but based on Brady's history and based on what shaw nam Mareturmott just said in his press conference, I would be inclined to think he's going to be on the sidelines. That's my that's the field. That's the sense I'm getting.

And I'll say this too. It may start out that way and not end that way. Like you know, if the.

And I'll say this too. It may start out that way and not end that way. Like you know, if the.

Carolina right, they get acclimated, he.

Carolina right, they get acclimated, he.

May say, Okay, you know what we're doing it now, I'm gonna go upstairs. So because I want to see what the secondary's doing from upstairs, Yes, and I wouldn't. It wouldn't bother me either. Do what you gotta do, right.

May say, Okay, you know what we're doing it now, I'm gonna go upstairs. So because I want to see what the secondary's doing from upstairs, Yes, and I wouldn't. It wouldn't bother me either. Do what you gotta do, right.

Uh, whatever's going to make it look better. Please.

Uh, whatever's going to make it look better. Please.

The only thing you got to know is when these guys study the game, they look at film that is filmed virtually from where they're sitting in the box. It's from a sideline view. They can see everything in front of on the film, and then they show it from the end zone as well, which helps spacing and that kind of thing. But they study the game for hours and hours and hours and hours, and they break down defenses and offenses from hours and hours watching tape exactly like it looks from the booth. That's why it helps them because when they see it, they like they can pick stuff up just lightning fast because they've seen film a thousand times. They think, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, I got it. It's like watching the end of a movie. You know it. You've seen it a thousand times. So that's why they it's easy for these coaches in the environment that they work in every day to be upstairs when they see the stuff on the field. It's the game they watch and study and break apart. Now when they get down now when push comes to shove, and they got to start getting the little bodies on the field that they're watching from the booth to do the stuff they want. Sometimes it helps to go down there and look the kid in the eye and say hey, don't don't do this, do this, you know, look this way, and then go back and throw it the other way. I trust me it's going to be there. Those kind of conversations are more effective and the communication is better when you're just sitting there next to each other on the bench. It's hard, it's a hard balance. But the question then two, you got a quarterback that sees the game the same way you do from upstairs. If he was upstairs, he'd know it. So how do you communicate that. It's a it's a problem, it's a it's a challenge, and you've The good part is too, these coaching staff's got like fifty five guys on them, So there are guys up in that booth who also spend their days watching that film and they can see what the coordinator would see. Is there somebody on the coaching staff that Joe Brady trusts as much he trusts his own eyes where he can say, hey, you go up there, bro, bro, go up there, watch that second? Are you tell me if you see him doing this stuff and tell me so I can get it and tell Josh.

The only thing you got to know is when these guys study the game, they look at film that is filmed virtually from where they're sitting in the box. It's from a sideline view. They can see everything in front of on the film, and then they show it from the end zone as well, which helps spacing and that kind of thing. But they study the game for hours and hours and hours and hours, and they break down defenses and offenses from hours and hours watching tape exactly like it looks from the booth. That's why it helps them because when they see it, they like they can pick stuff up just lightning fast because they've seen film a thousand times. They think, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, I got it. It's like watching the end of a movie. You know it. You've seen it a thousand times. So that's why they it's easy for these coaches in the environment that they work in every day to be upstairs when they see the stuff on the field. It's the game they watch and study and break apart. Now when they get down now when push comes to shove, and they got to start getting the little bodies on the field that they're watching from the booth to do the stuff they want. Sometimes it helps to go down there and look the kid in the eye and say hey, don't don't do this, do this, you know, look this way, and then go back and throw it the other way. I trust me it's going to be there. Those kind of conversations are more effective and the communication is better when you're just sitting there next to each other on the bench. It's hard, it's a hard balance. But the question then two, you got a quarterback that sees the game the same way you do from upstairs. If he was upstairs, he'd know it. So how do you communicate that. It's a it's a problem, it's a it's a challenge, and you've The good part is too, these coaching staff's got like fifty five guys on them, So there are guys up in that booth who also spend their days watching that film and they can see what the coordinator would see. Is there somebody on the coaching staff that Joe Brady trusts as much he trusts his own eyes where he can say, hey, you go up there, bro, bro, go up there, watch that second? Are you tell me if you see him doing this stuff and tell me so I can get it and tell Josh.

But taking it a step further too, we've heard coach McDermott address Josh's confidence level, which seems to be a little fractured right now based on how things have been going, the turnovers he's been committing, etcetera, etcetera. To me, that's also another reason to have Brady down there to pat him on the back, you know, smack him on the behind, you know, just be in his ear and encouraging him, not from a telephone upstairs, but being right next to him, looking him in the eye and telling him, hey, man, you're the dude, go do it. You know it sounds trivial, but let's not make him Let's not make no mistake about this. This is a crisis situation. You made a major move on your coaching staff because you felt something big had to get fixed now. So if that's gonna make this much of a difference, you do it right. Because that guy is the most important person on the field for you. You got to get him right and fast. We have to take a break here, but when we come back, we're locked and loaded with your phone calls. So Stephen Rochester and others holding at eight h three oh five fifty, stay right where you are. We'll get to you when we return here. On one Bill's Live presented by Colida Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Uh Snap Snapdragon apples are now available. Fuel your game day adventures with Snapdragon Apples. Now available at Wegmans and other local retailers. Snapdragon Apples, the official apple of your Buffalo Bill is going to get right back to the phones at eight oh three oh five point fifty one eight eight eight five point fifty two, five point fifty is we are asking you today, with Joe Brady as your new offensive coordinator, how difficult a task will it be for him to turn around this Bill's offense. Back to the phones into Steven Rochester to lead us off. What do you have Steve?

But taking it a step further too, we've heard coach McDermott address Josh's confidence level, which seems to be a little fractured right now based on how things have been going, the turnovers he's been committing, etcetera, etcetera. To me, that's also another reason to have Brady down there to pat him on the back, you know, smack him on the behind, you know, just be in his ear and encouraging him, not from a telephone upstairs, but being right next to him, looking him in the eye and telling him, hey, man, you're the dude, go do it. You know it sounds trivial, but let's not make him Let's not make no mistake about this. This is a crisis situation. You made a major move on your coaching staff because you felt something big had to get fixed now. So if that's gonna make this much of a difference, you do it right. Because that guy is the most important person on the field for you. You got to get him right and fast. We have to take a break here, but when we come back, we're locked and loaded with your phone calls. So Stephen Rochester and others holding at eight h three oh five fifty, stay right where you are. We'll get to you when we return here. On one Bill's Live presented by Colida Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Uh Snap Snapdragon apples are now available. Fuel your game day adventures with Snapdragon Apples. Now available at Wegmans and other local retailers. Snapdragon Apples, the official apple of your Buffalo Bill is going to get right back to the phones at eight oh three oh five point fifty one eight eight eight five point fifty two, five point fifty is we are asking you today, with Joe Brady as your new offensive coordinator, how difficult a task will it be for him to turn around this Bill's offense. Back to the phones into Steven Rochester to lead us off. What do you have Steve?

Hey Brownie, Hey Chris, good afternoon, and I love the show.

Hey Brownie, Hey Chris, good afternoon, and I love the show.

Thanks.

Thanks.

I have a comment about Unfortunately we're still talking about this. The twelve man on the Field prom I played football. I've been on the punt and field goal defense teams I know, and Sean McDermott said they practiced it during the week before Monday Night's game, and so the eleven guys that practiced it during the week should know who should be out there when the Broncos rushed off and those defense team rushed on. How does the twelfth guy who's now on the field bent over in his three point stance getting ready to rush the kick. How is he not telling himself, wait a minute, I'm not supposed to be out here. How does a player stand in the field rush that kick knowing that he did not practice that the whole week before the game, and that he's not on that team, and yet he stays out there all.

I have a comment about Unfortunately we're still talking about this. The twelve man on the Field prom I played football. I've been on the punt and field goal defense teams I know, and Sean McDermott said they practiced it during the week before Monday Night's game, and so the eleven guys that practiced it during the week should know who should be out there when the Broncos rushed off and those defense team rushed on. How does the twelfth guy who's now on the field bent over in his three point stance getting ready to rush the kick. How is he not telling himself, wait a minute, I'm not supposed to be out here. How does a player stand in the field rush that kick knowing that he did not practice that the whole week before the game, and that he's not on that team, and yet he stays out there all.

Right, Steve, I mean, let me just tell you, Steve, Listen, there are three different sets of eleven guys who go on feudal field goal defense in any given situation. So it's not just like it's not I'm sorry, it's not Pop Warner football. Well, yeah, eleven guys. There's like three different calls, four different calls. There's different personnel sets for field goal defense any given situation. And they got to the problem was they didn't communicate it to all those guys. So in some situations, eleven guys are out there. In another situation, a different eleven guys are out there. In another situation, a different eleven guys are out there. Plus you have to account for injuries too, right, and and somebody might have gone down as an injury and then had a substitute and and been available for field goal defense, but not for regular down and distance. It's that simple. It's complicated. It's that's why you get into the situations like this. It's not just the same eleven guys every single solitary time they kick a field goal that the same eleven guys are out there. Now, I know it sounds, you know, like, how can that be? Why why would you even do that? Well, the problem is you got other guys on the other side of the ball, get paid to and they come out and all of a sudden, you've got you know, Joe Schmoe Garden Chase, you know, Jamar Chase on a field goal. That's what happens, and you give up a touchdown instead of three points or you, you know whatever. You gotta have different personnel combinations. It's because teams will take every advantage and they'll get one. If they see you've got ten defensive linemen on the field, they'll put hell. They'll call everybody eligible and send out dbs and wide receivers across the line of scrimmage and then just run a rugby playing and you can't catch them. They're in the end zone. What are you gonna do if they line up to take an eighty five yard field goal. I'm exaggerating to make a point. You know they're not gonna kick it. It's a fake. What are you gonna do? You're gonna put a different eleven guys out there. That kind of stuff happens when you get tells, you put different players on the field. That's why when they talk about communication, it's not coach speak, it's real. You gotta get every single one of the eleven guys who's supposed to be out there, and every single one of the eleven guys who was out there the call, so they know who's supposed to be on and who's supposed to be off. And there's there's eighty two there's seventy two thousand people in the stadium screaming. There's one hundred and fifty guys on your sideline screaming. There's eleven guys on the field that are screaming, and there's eleven guys on their side of the field that are screaming along with their sidelines. And you got to get that over the top of that den and that noise in that commotion, the right call. Not everybody got it. It's that simple.

Right, Steve, I mean, let me just tell you, Steve, Listen, there are three different sets of eleven guys who go on feudal field goal defense in any given situation. So it's not just like it's not I'm sorry, it's not Pop Warner football. Well, yeah, eleven guys. There's like three different calls, four different calls. There's different personnel sets for field goal defense any given situation. And they got to the problem was they didn't communicate it to all those guys. So in some situations, eleven guys are out there. In another situation, a different eleven guys are out there. In another situation, a different eleven guys are out there. Plus you have to account for injuries too, right, and and somebody might have gone down as an injury and then had a substitute and and been available for field goal defense, but not for regular down and distance. It's that simple. It's complicated. It's that's why you get into the situations like this. It's not just the same eleven guys every single solitary time they kick a field goal that the same eleven guys are out there. Now, I know it sounds, you know, like, how can that be? Why why would you even do that? Well, the problem is you got other guys on the other side of the ball, get paid to and they come out and all of a sudden, you've got you know, Joe Schmoe Garden Chase, you know, Jamar Chase on a field goal. That's what happens, and you give up a touchdown instead of three points or you, you know whatever. You gotta have different personnel combinations. It's because teams will take every advantage and they'll get one. If they see you've got ten defensive linemen on the field, they'll put hell. They'll call everybody eligible and send out dbs and wide receivers across the line of scrimmage and then just run a rugby playing and you can't catch them. They're in the end zone. What are you gonna do if they line up to take an eighty five yard field goal. I'm exaggerating to make a point. You know they're not gonna kick it. It's a fake. What are you gonna do? You're gonna put a different eleven guys out there. That kind of stuff happens when you get tells, you put different players on the field. That's why when they talk about communication, it's not coach speak, it's real. You gotta get every single one of the eleven guys who's supposed to be out there, and every single one of the eleven guys who was out there the call, so they know who's supposed to be on and who's supposed to be off. And there's there's eighty two there's seventy two thousand people in the stadium screaming. There's one hundred and fifty guys on your sideline screaming. There's eleven guys on the field that are screaming, and there's eleven guys on their side of the field that are screaming along with their sidelines. And you got to get that over the top of that den and that noise in that commotion, the right call. Not everybody got it. It's that simple.

Let's go back to the phones and to Mike and Hamburg.

Let's go back to the phones and to Mike and Hamburg.

What's up Mike, Hey.

What's up Mike, Hey.

Guys, how are you good?

Guys, how are you good?

Okay? I got a couple of things. Number One, I don't think, uh, it's gonna be a real bad gaming for Brady because Britty was up at the coordinator at lsu WH when Burrow was there, and he did a pretty good job. I think that I think we needed a change. We were just very stagnant at this point.

Okay? I got a couple of things. Number One, I don't think, uh, it's gonna be a real bad gaming for Brady because Britty was up at the coordinator at lsu WH when Burrow was there, and he did a pretty good job. I think that I think we needed a change. We were just very stagnant at this point.

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Number Two, I think that Sean McDermott needs to be held accountable for the special team situations as far as the kicks and things. Uh. He's the head coach. The final decisions are come to him on a fourth and one. He's the one that makes the call on on big situations. He's the one that makes the call. He needs to start being held accountable. And last thing I have, which is very very important, is I think that there is a significant problem with the NFL because there are way too many defensive players getting hurt. And I think the reason that's happening is they are not practicing tackling during during practices. They do not know how to tackle properly. They're using their head. They're not they're not wrapping around, uh and and and digging in with your shoulder like they're supposed to. They're not hitting below the belt like they're supposed to. And they're getting major concussions and upper body injuries and lower body injuries because of that. Uh, they're playing out of control. They're not playing in control as fires as far as tacklings, they're they're out of control, and they're out of control because they don't know how to tackle properly. And I've been saying this for years, but I'm watching football this year and I see it. They're diving with their heads. Uh, you know, they're they're just not wrapping around like we used to do when we were playing football.

Number Two, I think that Sean McDermott needs to be held accountable for the special team situations as far as the kicks and things. Uh. He's the head coach. The final decisions are come to him on a fourth and one. He's the one that makes the call on on big situations. He's the one that makes the call. He needs to start being held accountable. And last thing I have, which is very very important, is I think that there is a significant problem with the NFL because there are way too many defensive players getting hurt. And I think the reason that's happening is they are not practicing tackling during during practices. They do not know how to tackle properly. They're using their head. They're not they're not wrapping around, uh and and and digging in with your shoulder like they're supposed to. They're not hitting below the belt like they're supposed to. And they're getting major concussions and upper body injuries and lower body injuries because of that. Uh, they're playing out of control. They're not playing in control as fires as far as tacklings, they're they're out of control, and they're out of control because they don't know how to tackle properly. And I've been saying this for years, but I'm watching football this year and I see it. They're diving with their heads. Uh, you know, they're they're just not wrapping around like we used to do when we were playing football.

All right, Mike, I appreciate the call. I mean, okay, to handle that all three things. Yeah, the offense need to change. Yeah, everybody is on that same page. Your offense. They want to shake the offense up. Every before the change of the coaching staff Will made, we were all talking about let's go no huddle, let's go fast, let's go slow, let's let's get under center, let's they were all we were all trying to come up with problem with fixes for what we thought the offense was doing. And and now obviously the head coach and the and GM and every they they agreed, let's let's shake it up. We're gonna get a different guy in there calling place. Second thing, held accountable for the for the twelve men on the field, Yeah he he Sean m You're right. I don't know what your idea of being held accountable is different than mine. But he stood up on right after the game and said it is inexcusable. He didn't make any excuses, it was. It was an absolute mistake that costs them the game. Now you can say there's a ton of stuff that could have made a difference in that game, but the final one where you can't recover anymore and finally just gifted them the game was the twelve men on the field on a missed field goal that they ultimately converted and they lose, even after all the bad stuff that went on. Yes, uh, and McDermott acknowledged it. There is that loss because of that twelve man penalty was inexcusable and he took accountability for it.

All right, Mike, I appreciate the call. I mean, okay, to handle that all three things. Yeah, the offense need to change. Yeah, everybody is on that same page. Your offense. They want to shake the offense up. Every before the change of the coaching staff Will made, we were all talking about let's go no huddle, let's go fast, let's go slow, let's let's get under center, let's they were all we were all trying to come up with problem with fixes for what we thought the offense was doing. And and now obviously the head coach and the and GM and every they they agreed, let's let's shake it up. We're gonna get a different guy in there calling place. Second thing, held accountable for the for the twelve men on the field, Yeah he he Sean m You're right. I don't know what your idea of being held accountable is different than mine. But he stood up on right after the game and said it is inexcusable. He didn't make any excuses, it was. It was an absolute mistake that costs them the game. Now you can say there's a ton of stuff that could have made a difference in that game, but the final one where you can't recover anymore and finally just gifted them the game was the twelve men on the field on a missed field goal that they ultimately converted and they lose, even after all the bad stuff that went on. Yes, uh, and McDermott acknowledged it. There is that loss because of that twelve man penalty was inexcusable and he took accountability for it.

So there's that, and there's been several times before after games where he said, we've got problems we've got to fix and it starts with me. And there are plenty of times where he said we didn't play well enough and we didn't coach well enough. So he's taken I mean, as far as head coaches go, I don't know if there is a guy that takes more accountability than Sean McDermott that's at least coach this team in the last several years.

So there's that, and there's been several times before after games where he said, we've got problems we've got to fix and it starts with me. And there are plenty of times where he said we didn't play well enough and we didn't coach well enough. So he's taken I mean, as far as head coaches go, I don't know if there is a guy that takes more accountability than Sean McDermott that's at least coach this team in the last several years.

And for the tackling thing, you know, Mike, Yes, you're right, defenders in the league don't tackle finger quotes the way they used to, the way you and I. You're probably my the way you and I grew up tackling. You go back and look at my football cards and you'll laugh at the size of the shoulder pads I.

And for the tackling thing, you know, Mike, Yes, you're right, defenders in the league don't tackle finger quotes the way they used to, the way you and I. You're probably my the way you and I grew up tackling. You go back and look at my football cards and you'll laugh at the size of the shoulder pads I.

Wore as big as your helmet.

Wore as big as your helmet.

I looked like a refrigerator. I mean I was a big, you know, big square thing, big you know Jack Lambert type shoulder pads, you know, I mean, these huge things that everybody used to wear. And if you look now, nobody wears nobody wears shoulder pads like that anymore. And there's reasons for that. You're not allowed to use them the way we used to use them. Your head and your shoulders back in the day when I played, were weapons. You come in and fly in their head first, shoulder first, right at the top of the guy's head, right into his face mask. Obviously, and for good reason. That's illegal these days. They're not allowed to tackle the way we used to tackle when I was a kid and when I was playing. Even professional football, it's just not allowed anymore because saying her head's prevailed. And you're talking about injuries, Yeah, guys go out with their different injuries now than there have been. And there are fewer concussions now than there have been in the past. Mostly we may hear about them more because they're a bigger deal now than they were. Concussions were not a game stopper for most guys. Just they just shook their head, wiped their helmet out with a towel and put it back put and put it back on, and went back on the field. I mean, we were in the dark ages. I mean, guys didn't let a concussion stop them from playing. Headaches didn't stop them from playing. Now it does, and it seems like to the you know, to us watching that. Wow, concussions are everywhere. They're actually way, way, way less than they used to be, and the reason is because guys aren't allowed to tackle the way they used to. And the game has changed away from being half a step away from a bar fight into a professional sport that the one that we all watch and enjoy. So, I mean, you go back and look at film from the nineteen sixties and seventies, and I'm telling you it is a bar fight. There ain't no two ways about Deacon Jones and Dick Budkus and those guys. It was a fight. And that's why you remember it used to see, like the old movie North Dallas, forty guys would have to work themselves into a rage to get mentally prepared to go out and play because it was a fight. It was nothing but a fight. There were no rules. Head slap, yeah, sure, punch a guys. Hey, it doesn't matter if it was open hand or closed fist they had he Hey, hey, hey, break it up. It didn't matter again, Quarterbacks standing in the pocket, clothesline that sucker. Take him off, take his helmet off, hit him in the side, knock him out there. You ain't gonna even get a penalty for it. Seriously high low guy blow his knees out. Ye, it was all fair game. It was all fair game. I'm telling you. It was nothing but a it was a street fight.