Sean McDermott Show, Week 4

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your workers camp Attorneys. Sean, thanks again as always for joining us and after the Rams getting back into the game after trailing twenty eight to three, Josh Adlon led the team back again to win it in the fourth quarter. Now you guys are atop of the AFC East, a top of the division. What's a win like this mean for your guys, Well, it means we're three and oh, Steve, and we're off to a good start, good solid foundation.

I think the players have done a really good job as well as the staff of executing and critical moments of the game. And we feel really good about the plays we made at the end of the game and in the first half. Certainly a lot of work to do yet as we continue to grow and get stronger here now. Josh put up huge numbers again. He's off to a historic start, having a counter for twelve touchdowns over the first three games, ten through the air, two

on the ground. What's been more impressive from Josh his overall production or his back to back fourth quarter comebacks. Well, I don't think you can annore it really either. As we look at his growth, Steve and what he's been able to do. It's one thing that can come from behind. It's another thing to to, you know, evaluate the total body of work and for us to get out in front like we've been able to do in the first half. I think really says a lot about where Josh is

and the progress he's made them last season too. This Sason. Yeah, it's not hold just about Josh. He's had some outstanding play from his supporting cast as well. Start with your tight ends. Lee Smith had the first touchdown of the game. Then Tyler Croft had two touchdowns, including the game winner. How great is it to see your tight ends have such an impact on the game with Dawson Knox out with an injury. Yeah, I'm a big fan of the tight end passing game, you know, I think it's the

quarterback's best friend. Great to see Lee Smith, he you know,

he had been inactive. He's one of our leaders man, and he's just persevered through it all and to come out and get the first touchdown and then to share that share the ball with the offensive line there and same thing with Tyler I mean he's been through countless times of adversity since he's been here, and whether it's last season, pushing through making the touchdown catch against Pittsburgh to get us into the playoffs, and then this game. A great young man, great family, and always good to

see a guy that's work through things come out on top. Well, you also got a lot of outstanding play from the wide receiver group. Gabriel Davis had some huge catches, finishing with four catches for eighty one yards. Cole Beasley came up on a clutch last drive and finished with six catches for one hundred yards. How do you get and what does it mean to have such consistent production from so many different receivers. Well, and I think that's critical,

right to be able to spread the ball around. Look, as a guy with a defensive background, it's if you can target one guy and say we're gonna be able to take away by rolling the coverage to one receiver, one tight end, what have you. It makes a lot easier on a defense when you've got guys that multiple players that can make plays or whether it be wide receiver backs, tight ends, it makes that all that much

more difficult to defend. Yeah, this was the first time this year we've seen a Bill's running back over one hundred scrimmage yards. Devin Singletary had seventy one yards thirteen carries and fifty yards on four catches. Is that the kind of performance you expect out of him on a weekly basis? It is? I thought he played well. We gave him the game ball on offense and he had a big game and made big plays and big moments of the game, and so great to see him have

the success he had, especially with Zach Down. He's just great to see when guys have big games and then when guys that aren't normally in the starting lineup come in and they're well prepared and they play well. Well, Okay, you made some changes to your offensive line against the Rams and Cody Ford starting at left guard, Brian Winners came in at right guard. What goes into that decision

and how did it work out? Well, those aren't easy decisions, Steve, as you know, because people in this case, the guys that were involved, take a lot of pride in their work, and so those are emotional emotion coming to play unfortunately, and so those are sometimes tough decisions. But at the end of the day, we're always going to do what we feel like puts our team in position to be successful.

That's what we do, that's what that's what I owe our team and uh and I thought overall we played good upfront with with more work to be done, and so obviously going against a talent like Aaron Donald and their defense, they've got some good players on that defense. But we made we made we made one more play than they did, and I was glad to see it. Well, for two weeks in a row, now you faced an offense that climbed back into the game in the second half.

Is it a concern to you with your defense's performance, Well, there's there's certain things that I am concerned about. Yeah, I mean, I believe we've been inconsistent, and that's probably the biggest thing at this point. You know, we're a different defense personnel wise than we were last year. And give the Rand's credit, they out executed us in the second half, and um, and so you know we've got

work to do. And UM, I think the biggest thing is just fundamentally going back and reteach or fundamentals starting from there and trying to execute at a higher level and develop into a more physical defense. Thanks coach, We're gonna catch up with you a little later in the show to get your final thoughts on your upcoming game against the Las Vegas Raiders. Chopping Wood is presented by Saint Bonaventure University, the official education provider of the Buffalo Bills.

It's time for another edition of Chopping Wood with our good friend Eric Wood. Eight. Josh Allen had another incredible performance with five total touchdowns, including four through the air, and while Diggs caught one of those touchdowns, Josh relied on some of his other offensive weapons when the game was on the line. What did you see from Josh's supporting cast against the Rams. We knew going into the game that Stefan Diggs may not have the same production

that he had to the last couple of weeks. They have an excellent cornerback in Jalen Ramsey, and he was going to give Diggs a lot of attention. John Brown also left with the cap injury. Well, the Bills have shown now that they had a lot of viable weapons on this team. Cole Beasley goes for one hundred yards, Gabriel Davis goes for eighty one yards, Tyler Croft catches two touchdowns. Devin Singletary productive running the ball and out of the backfield. This Bill's set of skill position players

is deadly for defenses. Well, let's start by talking about I'm looking at the thirty nine yard catch by Gabriel Davis. It happened to be the Bill's longest catch and the longest play of the game. Early in this game, I thought the Bills did a great job of moving the pocket when you're facing a defender like Aaron Donald, and he had two sacks in the game against the Bills, and I understand that one of them was unblocked later in the game, but early in the game, I thought

they did a great job of moving the pocket. Here they used hard play action and Gabe Davis runs a great route to get open along the sideline. I thought this was great awareness by him to toe taps and sometimes those college guys aren't used to getting both feet down and for a rookie receiver early in the season, great awareness there. Had he known he was uncovered where Fride Dave All knew it, they would have sent him more vertical and not towards the sideline because they left

him completely uncovered there. And now let's look at another one where the Bills are in an empty formation. It's second and six and Josh finds Gabriel Davis again. The Rams played a lot of zone early in this game, and I thought, here, Gabe Davis is a great job of finding the stop spot in the zone and making a play. And Gabe Davis has shown early in the season that he is going to be a great weapon for the Bills. He started the season, he had the first play of the season as a rookie, no free

season games. He definitely threw fall camp, the camp that we didn't get to see much of. He definitely impressed the coaches and earned a lot of their respect. Yeah. And then after that play, on the very next play, Josh found Cole Beasley. He got him involved with another zone beater. Yeah. Josh Allen makes an incredible throw here, and Cole Beasley said this ball essentially caught itself when

he was talking after the game. But Cole Beasley does a great job here of sitting right between the safety and the corner with which looks like a cover two look on that side of the field, and Josh Allen shows great awareness here to deliver this ball right on the money. Just a phenomenal throw. Josh Allen super hot right now, and this throw right here in the timing of it to be able to throw that ball pretty much flatfooted as well, just shows off incredible arm talent.

And then another weapon they got involved in the passing game was motor Devin Singletary, who had fifty yards on four catches thirty four of those fifty yards came on this play. Yeah, the Bills utilize a good amount of screenplays. You'll do that against a good pass rush. So when you're going against a team that's got a guy like Aaron Donald, you'd like to use the screen game, you'd like to use draws, flash and as much as you

can to mix it up. And Devin Singletary has proven throughout his short career with the Bills that he can make anybody miss here. He makes a ton of yards after the catch, and there's a lot of contributing factors that have gone into Josh Allen going over three hundred yards for three consecutive weeks, and the screen games definitely been one of them. Now, let's go to the fourth quarter with a game on the line. This is the play of the game, the third and twenty two and

they go back to Beasley. Yeah, it's amazing, and you know, Rams fans and the Rams are kicking themselves today that they allowed this one and just a simple forman rush. Again, Cole Beasley has a knack for finding holes in the zone and on third and twenty two he releases and goes behind the linebacker. Death comes under the safeties, makes a huge play for the Bills to keep this game winning drive alive. And you've got to give it out to Tyler Croft who stepped up with Dawson Knox out

of the game. And here it is. Here's the game winner. Tyler Croft, with the second touchdown of the game, comes across the formation on an over route. Him and Stefon Diggs running a high low concept there and they use hard play action. There's a jet sweep fake and Josh Allen puts enough touch on this ball to give Tyler Croft a catchable ball, and the Bills come away with the victory, a hard fought victory, a lot harder than they thought it was going to be. But good teams

make plays in the end. And the Bills have shown to complete our segment that they have enough weapons on offense that even on a day where Stefon Diggs is getting blanketed by Ramsey for a lot of the game and a game where John Brown goes out, they could still throw her over three hundred and put up thirty something points and get away with a victory. Great stuff to watch. Thanks for this, Eric. We'll catch up for you next week and we're gonna break down the Raiders game.

Thanks Stephen, looking forward to it. Game preview is presented by in Debt Defend in health You deserve the red shirt treatment. Next Sunday, the Bills played the Las Vegas Raiders five kickoff Maddie glam here with this week's game preview. The Bills will travel more than twenty two hundred miles to play the Raiders in their shiny new Allegiance Stadium.

Lost three no start as their second straight and third Enfranchise history, they head in No Vegas to take on a two and one team who just lost the Patriots. The matchup has the looks of another high scoring affair, as the Bills rand third, averaging thirty one points per game and the Raiders are tied for eighth averaging twenty

nine point three points a game. Raiders quarterback Derek Carr is completing seventy four percent of his passes, which ranks fourth in the NFL, and his team is converting fifty one point four percent of their third downs. Running Back Josh Jacobs has the fifth most rushing yards in the league with two hundred and fifty two. Bills quarterback Josh Allen posted another career game in the fourth quarter comeback

win against the Rams. Allen is the first player in NFL history with at least ten passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns in the first three games of a season. Receiver Stepan Diggs has been one of those big play machines, accounting for six so far this season. Diggs also ranks fourth in the NFL with two hundred and eighty eight receiving yards through three games. Buffalo's fourth ranked offense that's

averaging four hundred and thirty four yards per game. We'll try to take advantage of a weaker Raiders defense that's ranked twenty seventh allowing four hundred and six yards per game. That's this week's game preview. Steve back to you, Thanks, Mattie, coach. You're making your first trip to Las Vegas to face the two and one Raiders. You're going to be playing in a brand new allegiate stadium. Is the preparation any different for a road trip to a brand new NFL city?

I'm not necessarily. I mean, we've got to be road warriors when we go on the road this week. That's not easy to do. We were want to know on the road right now, and that's that's a different mentality when you go on the road and versus when you're at home. And and so you know, we've got some guys that are banged up. We've got to have a great week of practice and hopefully get some of those guys back and fresh so we can go out there

and play our best football. Well, you're off to a three and oh start for the second year in a row. You've used the term humble and hungry. How do you make that happen for your team going forward after a three no start? Well, I think it's all about the feedback.

When we can talk in a close setting here as a family we are and we could be honest with one another that when it was good and when it was up to our standard, we celebrate that, but also when it wasn't good and up to our standard, and we can be honest and point that out as well and use that as a benchmark for ourselves, because certainly every part of that game was not up to our standard. And so it's clear that we have plenty of work

to do as we move forward here. Sean, thanks a lot, good luck this week in Vegas, and we'll be back next week to break down the game with the Raiders in preview the Week five matchup with the Tennessee Titans. Thanks for watching The Sean McDermott Show, all of you out there, presented by Connors and Ferris, your Workers' comp attorneys, and we'll see you next week and go bills. Final thoughts. It's presented by your local Teyota dealers. The Sean McDermott Show.

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