The Sean McDermott Show, Week 6

camp Attorneys. I'm Chris Brown, filling in for Steve Tasker and pleased to be joined by head coach Sean McDermott, coach that went into Kansas City and dominated the Chiefs in prime time for what summer calling a watershed victory for your team, does the win mean anything in terms of your team's mental psyche knowing the Chiefs had kind of been a thorn in your side the past year or so, well, I think every year is different. Chris, Right,

it was a great win. And when you go on the road against a good football team in that type of environment, those are good wins and they're hard to come buy wins overall in the NFL, but in particular on the road and the environment we were in and the ebbs and flows of that game, I thought our guys did a tremendous job mentally sticking with it, and yeah, there is some residual to that that we can take

with this the rest of the season. Your quarterback Josh Allen out dueled former MVP and Super Bowl champ Patrick Mahomes Josh at three hundred and fifteen yards, three touchdowns through the air, sixty two yards and another score on the ground. How well do you believe Josh walked the line of improvising when necessary while also working within the confines of the game plan. Yeah, I mean, I think

you're spot on. He was aggressive in a calculated away and there's times when he was out of the pocket where he threw the ball away, and then there's times when he was out of the pocket where he made plays down the field and found open receivers. So I thought it was a real nice balance of aggressiveness and real responsible decision making on his part. Josh led your offense on a signature drive when the Chiefs started to

game some momentum back in the fourth quarter. Twelve plays eighty five yards lasted almost eight minutes, bringing your lead back to eighteen points and leaving less than six minutes on the game clock. On a critical third down, Josh hurdled that defender to extend the drive. Then he connected with Emmanuel Sanders for the second time to put the

nail in the coffin. Was there any message to your offense before they went out on the field for that drive, Well, there wasn't from me, but I know how they are, I know how coach Daves handles it over there, and I'm sure that there was a message of hey, we have to answer and respond because the momentum had shifted

a little bit there. And so I was very pleased with that drive and I thought it was a tremendous job by Josh Allen and two particular plays, both of which you mentioned, one on the third down where he hurtled the defender and then also to get us in the end zone. If we don't get in the end zone there, even though we take all that time off the clock, it's still a game, and so getting in

the end zone was critical there. Your defense is still leading the league now with fifteen takeaways, having produced at least three turnovers in each of the last four games, as you had four against Kansas City, including a pick six. You held the number one offense in KSE to just twenty points. That's their third lowest regular season total since the beginning of the twenty eighteen season. More importantly, you

kept both Travis Kelsey and Tyree Hill in check. What has raised the level of your defense to the best scoring defense in the league. Well, I think that our players embraced the overall team approach to playing defense. It's an unselfish approach, and I think that's what good defenses have. They have that one eleventh type of approach where they swarm to the football. They all try and do their job at a high level. They prepare like crazy during the week, and then they go out there and play

physical football. Dawson Knox led all receivers in the game with one hundred and seventeen yards against the Chiefs, all of which came on three huge receptions. His fifty three yard touchdown was his fifth of the season, leading all tight ends. What are the main factors that have led

to his breakout season this year in his third year. Well, and I think it starts in the off seat and Chris with his dedication to his craft, his investment in his career, and some of the things he did this offseason and then and once in Buffalo, the time he's been spending with Josh and with Rob Boris our tight

ends coach, who does a great job with him. I think he's playing at a high level and it's great to see us spread the ball around to not only the tight ends and the receivers, but also the backs. Speaking of breakout performance is Greg Rousseau at a sack and a huge interception in his primetime debut. He's played a significant role on your defense five games into the season here, how much have your expectations for Greg changed

from week one to now? Well, expectations change because he's no longer a rookie and no uncertain terms, so it's grow every week, embraced that growth mindset, get better and better, you know, as a rookie, and really for all of us, you go through ups and downs during the course of a season that you have to learn how to respond to and learn from, and I think he's done a good job of that to this point. All right, thanks

very much, coach. We'll catch you up with you later in the show to get your final thoughts on your upcoming matchup with the Titans on Monday Night Football. The game plan is presented by Energy Marketing, the official energy supplier to the Buffalo Bills game preview is presented by Independent Health. You deserve the red Shirt treatment Mattie glab here with this week's game preview. The Buffalo Bills are

getting ready for their second straight prime time matchup. Buffalo is first place in the AFC East and we'll head to Nashville to take on the Titans, who are first in the AFC South. Their offense goes through Derrick Henry, who has the most rushing yards in the NFL with six hundred and forty through five games. Henry also has

seven rushing touchdowns, which ranks first. The Titans are averaging twenty six point four points per game, which is good per tenth, and have the third best rushing offense, averaging one hundred and sixty seven point eight rushing yards per game. Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill hasn't been able to escape pressure this year and has been sacked twenty times, the most of any quack. Tennessee's defense is allowing an average of

twenty six points per game, good for twenty four. They have also allowed twenty three plays of at least twenty yards, which ranks twenty fourth as well. The Bill's offense has been off the charts. They're one hundred and seventy two points scored this season, makes it a new club record for the most points through five games. Buffalo's offense is number one, averaging thirty four point four points per game, and they have a plus one away point differential, which

is the best in the league. Buffalo's defense is also the best in the NFL, allowing only twelve point eight points per game, two hundred and fifty one point eight total yards per game, and a passer rating of sixty point seven. They're also taking the ball away at the highest rate, registering fifteen takeaways so far this season. That's this week's game preview, Chris, back to you, all right, thanks very much, Mattie, coach. You were able to avenge one of your losses from last year with the win

over the Chiefs. Now you have another opportunity here against the ten team that handed you one of your few losses last year on a game that got rescheduled more than once. How does the magnitude of this game compared to your game against the Chiefs this past week. Well, they're all different, but all the same in the sense that we're just trying to go one and know, every week we respect every opponent, and this is an opponent

that beat us last year. They've got a good football team, they're well coached, they have an influx of new talent this year. They're getting healthier. Now we expect to see both of the starting wide receivers out there who are forces to be reckoned with. So it'll be a big challenge for our football team going down there. After you're winning Kansas City, you said that you can get humbled

in this league pretty quick. How would you assess the humility of your team coming off that statement went over the Chiefs. Well, you know, I think every week you've got to start in a place of humility. And we have a group of veteran leaders on this football team that do a great job of leading by example in this case, and guys who are normally just naturally humble guys. So I think that's a step in the right direction,

first step. But I'll know a little bit more as we go through the rest of the week here as to where our team is and what they need most. All right, thanks very much, coach, good luck on Monday night. We'll be back after the bye week to recap your game against Tennessee and preview your Week eight matchup against the Dolphins, and to everyone at home, thanks for watching. The Sean McDermott Show presented by Connors and Ferris and as always, Go Bills. Final Thoughts is presented by Toyota,

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