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00:00playing to the strengths but also protecting some of the weaknesses of the
00:03roster ultimately that's the job of the head coach and today he's done a great
00:09job Ray Davis getting some more carries now to be third down and short that's
00:14what Carolina is hoping for too right they've made another coaching change but
00:18a lot of coaches over the last seven eight years for Carolina so Canales and
00:22they drafted Bryce Young and they've tried to build around a minute it's not
00:26new there's a blueprint there's always been a blueprint but those are the
00:30headline marquee hires slash signings slash picks it's got to be head coach and
00:34quarterback that it starts with an end zone yeah and a lot of the investment on
00:38the Carolina side it has been on the offensive side of the ball right they
00:41have some of the highest spending especially considering it's not going
00:45to the quarterback position yeah they're one of the highest spending teams in
00:48the league on offense quick slant Coleman their big draft picks last season he's
00:54got the first down you know and I think over time Dan Morgan and Dave Canales I
01:00think we're gonna you're gonna continue to see a conscious effort to try to do a
01:04better job just continuing to acquire talent right they got Derek Brown on the
01:07front end that's an elite player they got JC Horn on the back end that's an elite
01:11player some of the roster depth on defense when you invest the draft picks and
01:16you address the free agency Dan Morgan there upstairs just you make the
01:20investments in free agency and the draft on the offensive side of the ball
01:24defensively you're gonna have to figure it out maybe without all the pieces
01:28right back to cook who's been running with purpose all day long 511 less than 200
01:35pounds and he pinballs his way to another 11 yard gain it is a new career high
01:41nearly 200 rushing yards today as well sitting at a hundred and ninety four now on
01:46the ground but a key defensive player we were just talking about the investment for
01:53Carolina that's one of their key pieces the third round pick from last year
01:57Trevin Wallace there's cooks numbers as he continues to get it done
02:04he's a Trevin Wallace 32 and that right arm kind of exposed watch 21 Nick Scott just
02:17kind of smashes into him there that's what had Wallace in some discomfort as he
02:22came off the field one of their key pieces has been so good during this three
02:26game win streak Allen checks to the second call which is a crack toss for James Cook
02:36and it was a good call it's a house call it's a touchdown over 200 yards James Cook for
02:43the first time in his NFL career I kind of had the feeling I was gonna say to you it
02:48almost feels like you just try to get James Cook to 200 and then take him out
02:53little do we know it was gonna be a 21 yard touchdown on his first touch after
02:58the break you mentioned Wallace went out his replacement Claude and Sherlis just
03:04watch him overrun and that's the cutback on the toss zone you don't have a lot of
03:11plays you haven't been in there all game you're standing around covering kicks and
03:15then Trevin Wallace your leader at the linebacker goes out you're cold and they
03:21go right after you a 30-point Buffalo lead and five to play here in the third
03:26we'll be right back after this message from a diamond is forever from the very
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04:01three weeks ago we saw the best rushing game by any individual back in the NFL
04:06Rico Dowdle against the Miami Dolphins ran for 206 Joe Brady's back James Cook today has surpassed
04:13that 214 yards on the ground for cook and a couple of scores yeah it's just been a dominant performance
04:22and now it's worth noting you know we came on to the broadcast saying it looks different it feels
04:28different maybe they don't have the perimeter receivers for the traditional drop back game we've seen
04:32we've seen obviously with Josh Allen and this Bill's offense for years but this feels like the type of
04:38offense if they can sustain this defense take the ball away critical moments wins red zone and then
04:44they can run the ball down your throat for chunk plays and 200 plus that feels kind of like a playoff
04:51formula right it's cold you're in Buffalo you're in Kansas City you're trying to win on the road like
04:55offense wins in the regular season especially the passing game the run game and defense matter more in the playoffs and
05:03that's obviously what matters in Buffalo they're not trying to win any more titles division titles
05:08they're not trying to worry about regular season record it is Super Bowl expectations in Buffalo
05:13they're up three they're up big the Panthers early miscues it felt like I mean they were right in this game
05:22the Dalton fumble certainly the pick that led to a Josh Allen rushing touchdown and then the disastrous end
05:28to the first half yeah it's just been a combination of issues and listen here's the reality yes Carolina's been
05:37playing better they've won three in a row they're significantly improved Buffalo is a different animal
05:42Buffalo is used to being one of the teams at the top of the league year in and year out
05:47has had another fumble oh boy they might let this play through and then figure it out later
05:52it's the rookie Deion Walker who's got the possession Michael Hoyt in his Buffalo debut
05:57swatted at the ball and knocked it free every turnover is reviewed they'll see if it's a
06:02fumble or an incomplete pass but if it stands the way they let it play out Buffalo gets another take away
06:09it would be its third there's Hoyt yeah and we've seen a couple times that ball's out
06:14that ball's out but we've seen a handful of times today Adam just pump fakes where Andy thinks he knows
06:20where he wants to go and then that window closes or he doesn't have the separation that he was expecting
06:25and looks to me like that ball is out of his hand before it comes forward and
06:33I really like Deion Walker third round pick rookie out of Kentucky he's kind of more of a run stopper
06:40big body in there he talked about Ed Oliver dealing with injuries so his early emergence
06:46his rookie year has really done wonders solidifying this front and came into the game saying this is a front driven defense
06:54some of their issues are more on the second and third level but when healthy especially getting
07:00Hoyt and Hogan Joby back this this defensive line has the potential to dominate a game that's their fifth
07:06sack here today they came into the game with 15 on the season so a third of their season total comes here in week eight
07:15and right back to cook hey what you wonder how many more calories he's gonna get
07:21that was his 19th carries well over 200 I think if I'm Sean McDermott and Joe Brady I'm taking them off
07:29there you go there he is I'm getting him a Gatorade I'm saying hey man go sit down take a blow
07:35take a blow you've earned it he's been the best player on the field the entire game and it's been a dominant
07:43performance by this entire Buffalo team the 12th player in Bill's history with a 200 plus yard rushing game
07:49by the way his new career high higher than Dalvin Cook's career high of 206 his older brother
07:55Shakir hit by Roseboom we get a hit from Pam Oliver down to the field yeah Adam two Panthers injuries to bring you
08:03you saw linebacker Trevin Wallace helped off the field and into the medical tent that is where he remains
08:09he is being evaluated for concussion on the other side rep right tackle Taylor Moten he is out with the knee injury
08:17back to you you know talk about two key players Pam Moten who's been so durable but has missed a couple of
08:23or missed a game this year which is rare to see and Wallace who became the green dot about a month ago
08:29and has handled it very well those are huge losses for Carolina if those are extended
08:35third and seven for Allen throws on the move past the sticks it's caught for a first down it is
08:43Jackson Hawes the rookie with his second catch of the day a 13 yarder to set up first and goal
08:49all we're missing now is we haven't even mentioned it's national tight ends day so one of these teams
08:55down here in the red zone dial up a tight end touchdown do my guy a solid in the fly guy a solid
09:01pause the rookie he gets down to the four yard line just couldn't quite keep his feet you gotta wonder
09:07do they have a heavy personnel package can they get multiple tight ends on the field and let them celebrate
09:13celebrate the best holiday across the NFL there's a tight end in motion it'll be a handoff instead for
09:21Davis started in 2018 with a kind of fun innocuous comment by George Kittle in a postgame interview
09:27yeah did a good job it's national tight ends day a year later it became a thing it's still a thing in 2025
09:33George Kittle by the way does have the San Francisco touchdown for the Niners today as they trail the Texans
09:39all right well they got multiple tight ends in well no they don't now they just took out Dawson Knox so
09:45they still got Jackson Hawes we're gonna say Gilliam is a tight end just in the event they do throw him the ball
09:53that's it that's you know you're hedging it right now there's probably an asterisk right here
09:59that was Hawes in motion it's a handoff to Davis
10:03wrapped up still pushing the pile they're gonna mark them just short it'll be third and goal from about
10:09a quarter yard line which feels like an oxymoron when you say quarter and yard in one sentence but nonetheless
10:15you guys know what I mean
10:18well we saw
10:19Josh Allen already go one version of the tush push
10:23earlier in this half
10:25cooks like give me the cook let me cook let me go this this looks a lot more tush pushish
10:30it is and Josh Allen is in for his second of the day his 70th rushing touchdown as a buffalo bill
10:42and it is being poured on by the bills today and another spike for Spencer Brown
10:49Spencer Brown just bounced that ball to Gastonia
10:52the ball just read about 40 marks watch out in Greensboro
10:59I'll tell you what they should be celebrating clearly a little gap here
11:03simple
11:04Allen's gonna just take it to that left a gap he knows it's soft in there and
11:09I know it might look different I know it might feel different to Bill's fans we've covered a lot of it but
11:15here today this has been as dominant as they've looked the entire season
11:22Josh Allen James Cook each with a couple of rushing touchdowns today
11:28third turnover by Andy Dalton
11:31and the Panthers have 17 points and a couple of big spikes off turnovers they're up 37
11:37well hanging with my guy Greg Olson on this national tight ends day nine seasons with the Carolina Panthers
11:48originally drafted by the Bears traded him to Carolina three times a Pro Bowl selection twice in all pro
11:55three straight thousand yard receiving seasons and more importantly one of the pro football Hall of Fame nominees
12:02first time five years out of the league you Steve Smith Luke Keekly all three of you former Panthers
12:07congratulations that's a big deal we're all really thrilled for you really proud of you man that's awesome
12:12appreciate that yeah it's cool I don't know how long they keep whittling it down I'm not sure how long it'll last
12:17but nonetheless pretty cool to make it to this point I gotta imagine my guy Luke I mean Steve obviously super deserving
12:24but Luke Keekly felt to me one of my best friends in the world like he was a first ballot Hall of Famer
12:29so it almost seems like he's a guarantee to make it this year which would obviously be incredible
12:34but to be able to be up with Luke and Steve guys that I played with guys that I call friends
12:39again my expectations are pretty low but hey it's fun while it lasts and I've been proud of what I was able to do
12:47it's a big deal you know you get out of the league five years go by and your first opportunity same thing with Luke
12:53you get your first chance to jump in to the Hall of Fame and very well deserved nominees
13:03like we were joking around about it a little bit earlier in the week and I said you know and you made the joke and it's a self-deprecating joke
13:09like who knows happy to be on the list but would nine-year-old Greg Olsen even ever consider the idea that he would even be on the list
13:17when you were just playing youth football trying to have some fun and maybe hang out with your friends and hang out with your pop or your family
13:24like did you ever think that 30 some odd years later that would even be the case
13:29No, never and I don't think anyone does in their right mind and
13:33listen I was fortunate to play with a lot of good guys I have a lot of
13:37self-reflection and a lot of self-awareness about my career and what we were able to do and
13:42I'm proud of it but there's a lot of guys who've played that position at a really high level that aren't in the Hall of Fame and
13:48I've certainly got a lot of respect for their careers and
13:51we'll see how it all plays out
13:53McMillan 19 yards on that catch
13:55and that could take us to the end of the third quarter
13:59we just showed Luke and you know obviously Panther linebacker it's gonna say Hall of Famer one day
14:03he's the middle school defensive coordinator for my Charlotte that's right
14:06that's probably got to be added there on the tagline
14:12undefeated
14:14season it's the most important thing he does
14:17there he is right there
14:19oh there is Luke does a great job of Jake DeLome and Anish Shroff on the Panthers radio broadcast
14:24and in the locker room right next to one of the tight ends Tommy Trembel and Jatavian Sanders there's Greg Olson
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15:12listen it's been a really good month for the Carolina Panthers
15:18they've been really good at home but they run into
15:20a refreshed Bills team out of the bye
15:23and it has been a struggle today at Bank of America stadium
15:27second down and seven for Carolina
15:31Dalton off the back foot right to the sticks
15:34it's caught for a first down by Coker
15:36Greg I love how much you've grown as a television broadcaster
15:38because you gave a great tease going to break about Charlotte Christian
15:42an undefeated season this year for you guys
15:45here in the Charlotte area
15:47I'll tell you what man I love calling games here on Fox
15:49I love calling games with you guys
15:51coaching my two boys with my dad
15:54here to in town locally
15:56it's probably the most fun thing I've ever done in my life
15:59Luke Keekly's on my staff my dad who was my high school coach for 40 years in New Jersey
16:03Hall of Famer Jonathan Stewart the long one of the best backs one of the best
16:07players in Carolina history and those are my two sons seventh and eighth grade still learning
16:12how to play real ball but
16:14it's fun man it's a blast these kids are incredible
16:17we love them we coached a heck out of them and
16:20we had a lot of fun times and a lot of hard work but
16:23it's blast
16:25second and six for Dalton here
16:28trying to get out of that pocket and you see the Bills swiping at the ball
16:32it ends up being Walker
16:34chasing him down
16:36will be third down coming up Walker has his first full sack now as an NFL player got some help from point in his
16:42Buffalo debut
16:44if you go to youth Inc. on Instagram and on YouTube like you guys have the really really fun like sound bites and like the mic dump segments and it looks really cool you and Luke there you go
16:52there it is there we go boys I went up to Luke before the games I watched one of your latest ones from the undefeated season and the thing I told him was listen I was a kid that wasn't big enough wasn't fast enough was not good at football but I loved playing and I love this sport and the way you guys coach the kids and how you guys encourage them is the most important thing I think we'd have a spot for you man we'd have a spot for you
17:14I think the size wise I probably fit in right with the sixth and seventh and eighth break I'm not the biggest kid by by any means but I just you and you got the way you guys encourage I would trust all parents who want to put their kids into football find a coach that encourages your kids the way that these guys encourage their players Brady Christensen is being tended to by the training staff the versatile offensive lineman I just I wanted to make sure I told Luke that before the game today
17:43is there on the radio broadcast we'll step aside nearly two minutes into this fourth
17:50so Brady Christensen who has played every position up front he can play all five spots he has to be carted off the field and Greg you said it it looked like he got caught on something and then he got up and you'll see him just feel it right away and you could tell something was wrong and he had to be carted off the field yeah he's trying to anchor there Jordan Phillips number 52
18:12he's just trying to bull rush him down the middle and you see got up and just immediately noticed something was wrong and it always stinks when the cart comes out you got to hope that's just for precaution
18:19Bill's mafia in full throat here in Carolina only get makes the catch a little back shoulder throw and he's got the first down to keep Dalton the Panthers offense on the field
18:26it seems like those have been the throws all day that Andy Dalton feels really comfortable throwing out routes breaking away they call them runaway routes and some of the other designs some of the things that are going to be in the field that Andy Dalton feels really comfortable throwing out routes breaking away they call them runaway routes and uh
18:46you know some of the other designs some of the other concepts just doesn't feel like he's seeing it or maybe guys aren't separating where he expects them to be and there's a lot of double clutch and pump fakes just not a lot of timing in the traditional drop back pass
19:01he gets first catch of the day now underneath for Sanders and he grabs it at the 20 second half on the season they had some early season comebacks made it close against Arizona after they trailed they have a huge comeback against Miami they played very well against Dallas a couple of weeks ago
19:25weeks ago there's Hubbard his second game back nice spin good surge first down 12 to play here Chris Thompson's got a game break CT I do Adam Eagles were up 24 to 13 Jalen Hurts gonna throw his third touchdown of the day his second to Dallas Goddard of course on national tight ends day but no one is more impressive at that position than our very own Greg Olson Eagles lead 31 13
19:50and Carissa how kind good stuff she's the best thank you Carissa most appreciate CT coming in with timely updates and she's the is she she's awesome teammate awesome friend we're thankful for all the great teammates we get to work with here we get with his second catch on this drive it's been a little bit of a war of attrition for Carolina today so Taylor Moten who's your best offensive lineman right tackle he had to leave the game
20:20offensive lineman he had to leave the game so you got per hand and Nyman in there and then Trevin Wallace your green down on defense I mean this is a brutal yeah to make matters worse you got to go to Lambeau and play the Packers next week so they got their hands full there's McMillan first down catch it'll be first down and goal we'll be up there next week Greg Pam and I and our great crew will head up to venerable Lambeau Field where they're getting ready for a very interesting Sunday night game with Aaron
20:50Aaron Rodgers returning how do you think that environment will be you know he said a lot of the right things this week and I think it's going to be a very warm welcome despite the the close to his Green Bay tenure a couple of years ago no question here's Hubbard that's a good sign for Carolina to see him get back into the end zone for a touchdown his first rushing touchdown of the season
21:09as he continues to try to get healthy from that calf issue that kept him out for a couple of games returned last week and now he's back in the end zone and obviously the conversation
21:23sees knees that's a touchdown his knee was not down good shot there by our camera crew and you know a conversation that I don't think is going to go away it's just
21:33how does Dave Canales continue to balance Chuba Hubbard and his return clearly a captain paid him workhorse from a year ago and then in his absence earlier this season the emergence
21:45of Rico Dowdle who again it's a blowout maybe that's part of it he hasn't touched the ball in this entire second half Rico Dowdle
21:52you know we saw him after those back-to-back 200 plus yard games then last week in the return of Chuba
21:58he's got a lot of the kind of split carries and was still productive but not nearly to the degree he had been and
22:03he's pretty much just been on the sidelines standing there with his helmet on the entire second half
22:08that's off target from Fitzgerald only his third missed kick between P.A.T.s and field goals this season
22:21it's a 40 to 9 ball game Donald to the left Hubbard to the right
22:25series producing the show our great Fox Sports crew will take care of you along with our pregame crew
22:35there is Curtis Samuel the former Panther it's a good years flag is thrown on this return as he takes it
22:42to the 25 yard line and a lot of Buffalo Bills fans due to the proximity of Toronto and how close
22:52they are to Canada have taken themselves into Blue Jays fans for a long time
22:56it's a 10 yard penalty from the end of the run first down and Mitchell Trubisky is going to take
23:02over for Josh Allen so we'll cap Josh Allen's day today
23:06you see Trubisky coming in this will be just his second action of the season he was in that blowout win
23:14against the Jets earlier this year mostly was out there take some knees Allen is done two rushing touchdowns a passing touchdown today
23:23only had to throw the ball 19 times and gets to sit likely for the rest of this ballgame
23:28toss play here for Davis and a good stop made by Nick Scorton
23:39this is pretty cool over at Rogers Center earlier this year so Josh went to high school in Fireball California that's west of Fresno
23:48when he was getting towards the end of his high school career he was 6'3 180 pounds not getting a lot of love
23:54from some schools and he wasn't doing all the 7 on 7 stuff that a lot of the kids do now
23:59because he was playing baseball he was a 90 mile an hour fastball guy
24:03while he was the leading scorer for the basketball team and playing quarterback for the football team
24:08so maybe there wasn't enough
24:10certainly not enough eyes on Josh Allen then but he's obviously grown a lot over the years
24:16between his time at Wyoming and now in the NFL to become the MVP last season
24:20and worth noting now we got some new faces on this Buffalo offensive line
24:25left tackle they got Ryan Vandermark at center now they got Cedric Van Prand Granger
24:31the rookie number 62 right and at left guard they got Alec Anderson
24:35so they're emptying the bench here more than just Trubisky
24:38you saw Derek Brown on the sideline as well for Carolina
24:44he was being tended to
24:46Davis will run that one so boy we talked about the Panther injuries
24:52on both sides of the ball and if Derek Brown has to deal with anything
24:56that's as concerning as anything for this Carolina team
25:00we talked about the impact that he has made this year
25:03and certainly what they didn't have when he got hurt in the opener last year
25:07yeah that's a bad sign especially in a 31-point game
25:12you know it's always it's always so hard you hear coaches get asked a lot
25:15you know especially in the NFL you're up by a million
25:18when do you start taking guys out it's a very tricky
25:21first of all you only have so many subs right
25:23you're not carrying a hundred guys like in a college roster
25:26so somebody has to play and Dermott doesn't like it
25:30he's gonna take a timeout
25:31you know that's the problem
25:33it's such a small game day roster the 53 that gets cut down
25:37somebody's gotta play
25:38you don't carry 20 guys at every position
25:41so it's it's always a fine line between competing to the end
25:44and seeing what you guys have when you're down
25:47but also the last thing you want to do in any game
25:49is lose one of your best players
25:51and take a look what's happened today to Carolina
25:53four already ruled out
25:55Cade Mays the center
25:57Moten the right tackle
25:58you mentioned a few times here
26:00a few times here Trevin Wallace
26:02he's got this concussion
26:03he's their green dot leader
26:05and then Brady Christensen
26:06so three offensive linemen
26:08don't forget
26:10for the last pretty much the entire season
26:12they played without the big free agent acquisition of last year
26:16and Robert Hunt the starting right guard
26:18so
26:19the issues up front
26:21just from an injury perspective continue to mount for this Carolina offense
26:25quite the juxtaposition for the offensive lines between these two teams
26:28as Trubisky throws downfield
26:30and connects that is a first down for Elijah Moore
26:34Carolina's offensive line they've had six different combos play 50 plus snaps that's by far the most in the NFL
26:40and then you look at Buffalo
26:41you know they got their second team offensive line in right now but their first team guys like
26:46it's almost always the same five that you see over the last twenty some odd games
26:49we spent so much time talking about quarterbacks and running backs and receivers
26:54I'll tell you what you want to find out what teams have a chance to compete when things get serious
26:58down the end take a look at who wins up front offensive defensive line now they got Spencer Brown he's normally right tackle he's lined up at left tackle for Buffalo
27:08there's Ty Johnson
27:11there's Ty Johnson
27:13pick up three it's been the ground game
27:17that was the marquee story
27:19for this ball game and it was James Cook who put together the best rushing performance by any running back in the NFL this year
27:25passing up what Rico Dowdle did three weeks ago
27:28there's three aspects to the run game that you want to be good at right so the before contact stats are related to the talent and the strength of the offensive line which we've covered now a lot
27:38and then of course the run design and the job that Joe Brady has done mixing personnel groupings using shifts and motions
27:44to build advantage and then the third part the magic of it all is that guy right there the ability to make more than is blocked for and
27:53they've checked all three boxes off today
27:55nice throw by Trubisky finds Keyon Coleman for first down as we approach the seven-minute mark
28:04so blocking scheme play calling and then pure talent and it's a lot of those things and
28:10sometimes they all work together on the same play and you get moments and days like James Cook is having today
28:16yeah and I probably need to add a fourth if we're talking because the game script also
28:21drastically impacts your ability to just run the ball time and score sure when you're
28:25defense takes the ball away three times and you come in and you can score 40
28:29all of a sudden now this run game gets to operate from a lead and
28:34that's the idea of complementary ball all working together
28:37I wonder if Spencer Brown right so he's the start and again I'm purely speculating right now in a 40 to 9 game so bear with me but
28:47every time they put Spencer Brown at left tackle they're running away from him I
28:51almost wonder if because again you only have so many subs you can't bring in five
28:55new linemen if you don't have 10 up but do you need your right tackle having the ball
29:00run behind him he's getting rolled up on he's getting I mean you don't want anyone to get hurt but
29:03particularly your starting right tackle who's still one of the few remaining
29:08starters in the game because he's in the huddle as the right tackle
29:12and then let's see let's see if my theory holds up here he's lined up on the right so
29:18now he's on the right side so if they run to the right my theory is a crock of nothing
29:22nope you're running away from him all right so your scientific method is sixth grade style is working
29:28at least at least through five plays I'm on to something good play by lathan ransom the rookie
29:34out of ohio state he gets the tackle for laws but it's smart listen yeah there's a lot of bodies
29:40it's four minute offense even though there's over four minutes to go you see him right here
29:44you just don't want him around the pile you don't want guys falling into his legs it's a really
29:49smart way of joe brady and mcdermott protecting a starter yeah who you just don't have another sub to
29:55get out of the game it's a great observation and which by the way that's the first point of the
30:00scientific method you have to observe something which just did until they run it to the right here
30:04and it's all for nothing well you had a question so you asked the question that's part two
30:09too tall from trubisky that time you're going to hypothesis you experiment you come to a conclusion
30:15and we find the result pam oliver we gave you a great lesson right there right oh yeah guys
30:20derrick brown he is up and about in the sideline he was in the medical tent for a brief time just
30:26saw him smiling giving andy dalton a big hug he does have a knee injury and is questionable okay that
30:33is something to keep an eye out for next week again we're all headed to lambo next week for
30:37derrick brown and the panthers as they have to go take on a green bay squad that's been playing well
30:42in a very difficult nfc north which now ski boots it away is etn on the return and a short one shy of
30:53the 20 that's hit by the rookie josh hancock so we're headed up to lambo here's what the rest of
31:00the slate looks like some key games speaking of the nfc north vikings and lions will square up texans
31:05have played well today against san francisco denver's got dallas today those two teams will
31:12square up we'll have panthers packers jags raiders saints rams in the late window you can check the
31:16local listings for the game in your area as we hit week nine and start up the month of november
31:23here's what's coming up and you're going to get even more difficult you run into a very good buffalo
31:28team packers we know are good falcons are an interesting team but that's a divisional game
31:33and then rams and the nfc west that's been a fascinating division so far san francisco for
31:40the most part has held its own because of all the injuries rams played well seahawks have looked good
31:46there's a lot of really good divisions in the nfc going right now
31:53now you see chuba he's on the sideline and rico dado he's getting i mean just this is the number to me
31:59they got to sort out yeah right they've got to figure out for every carry what's the explosive
32:05element no one had more 10 plus yard carries over the last three weeks than rico dado now
32:11really in meaningful moments he had seven carries that was his eighth here late in the fourth quarter
32:16of a blowout epinesa brings down andy dalton that'll bring up third down league average for yards per
32:23carries four three four point three so an average run is a good run you get four yards on first down
32:28that's pretty solid but you start to get up towards five and definitely towards six and anything beyond
32:34that we're talking about over the course of a lot of carries that means there are a lot of big play runs
32:38over the course of time and dowel has been as good as any back in the nfl for them remember big play runs
32:43are the only time that a run player is better than a pass yeah you know everyone gets so caught up in
32:49total yards it's really irrelevant it's your ability to get explosive runs which makes it the equivalent
32:54of a pass there is a pass to sanders and out of bounds that'll stop the clock at 326 third down coming up
33:06in the fourth down bigger part so they'll punt this one away and it will be the former bill sam martin
33:19josh allen will avoid the first three game losing streak of his nfl career
33:27shakir will head back of course the long snapper that will deliver this to sam martin is
33:31j.j jansen who's played in a record 268 games for the carolina panthers
33:41all consecutively since 2009 after he spent a little bit of time with green bay
33:46while we're talking about coaching youth sports j.j is actually one of my assistant coaches on my son's
33:51baseball team our two sons are actually playing local baseball so it's a family affair it's a panther
33:57affair we all played together a million years and now we can't get rid of each other well for good
34:02reason these are the friends that you keep for a long time he's one of the best to ever do it i mean
34:06that yep we always joke he's gonna play 30 years i mean he's the same exact guy as he was 10 years ago
34:11when i played with him and uh i never want to say how good his snaps are because i always feel like
34:17that's like the ultimate announcer oh sure sure sure sure he hasn't had it's like when you say a guy
34:22hasn't missed a kick and then he shanks it of course so i would never be able to look at him the same if
34:26i did that so i just stay away from it he's uh but he's as good as it gets you ever call him jeffrey
34:31just to mess with him a little bit no i i no he's jj even though the second j is just jansen so he yeah
34:37a little redundancy yeah because his name is jeffrey richard correct chances it's redundant j that
34:42might always get you that might be a fun nickname hey redundant jay gonna open a sports bar in south
34:47bend redundant jays there's ty johnson loss of a yard on the play rose booms there
35:04well josh allen's grandma will appreciate the day today more smiles on josh's face than
35:10they've probably seen the last couple of weeks
35:19see josh allen give ed oliver a hug he's in street clothes left with that bicep injury
35:27concern certainly hope he's all right injury issues in the past for oliver
35:34this will take us to the two minute warning but before that it's the perfect time to talk about
35:38titans listen i know they're not in the end zone but they're doing important work and they've done
35:42great work the entire season the one of the best personnel groups if not the best is their multiple
35:47three tight end formations jackson hawes the rookie they use gilliam as kind of a hybrid fullback and
35:52obviously dalton kincaid and dawson knox so they got involved in the passing game a little bit here's
35:59probably their best one of the day to kincaid but the three tight ends really we'll call it four
36:04four tight ends of this buffalo unit led by rob boris it's one of the keys to the success of this
36:10buffalo buffalo offense
36:16i always appreciate a good robert calmer drop anytime you want to throw that in over a fun
36:29package i'm sure the bills fans are loving what they've seen plenty of bills mafia made the trip
36:35down to charlotte i was flying in from chicago yesterday our pilot was a bills fan everybody that
36:40was sitting around me all had bills paraphernalia on fairly common that ball came out loose for elijah
36:46moore it'll be fourth down and seven one of the great rushing performances over the last half century
36:55by buffalo bill from james cook
37:00the defense played its best game by far this season for buffalo they had
37:04sixty percent of their sack total just today they came in with 15 they had seven sacks today
37:11they had five takes all season long they had three today
37:15by far the best performance that the bills defensively have put together and one of their
37:20strongest rushing games in a long time
37:23haven't mentioned bobby babbage he's the defensive coordinator at buffalo his dad was actually my first
37:28ever defensive coordinator all the way back early in my career in chicago he's grown up around the
37:34game taking over this defense in buffalo and you know we've spent a lot of time talking about the
37:39job sean mcdermott did over the break of the bye and obviously joe brady today putting up 40 but
37:45his defense the formula is clear rush the passer control the game with the front protect some of
37:50the elements in the back two levels that maybe aren't right now up to speed as far as what the
37:55defensive line can do but when you take the ball away as much as they have and you can get after
38:01the passer that's a formula you're going to win a lot of games especially with josh allen and
38:07the way this offense is played that's all those connections bobby babbage started his nfl coaching
38:12career in carolina in 2011 i was here with him he was an administrative assistant to the coaches that
38:17became a defensive assistant as you said yep that ball may have popped out now we've got bodies hitting
38:22the floor and flags flying in and hats coming off of refs and getting a little bit chippy at the end
38:28of the game as buffalo was looking for a takeaway to close this thing out hoyt was claiming that it
38:35was buffalo's ball curious to see look like ikea kwannu came in and took a shot hoyt threw a couple punches
38:46and ikea kwannu is let's take a look here at the right side yeah so he shoves
38:55mitchell evans in the top of the head and then ikea kwannu comes running in to defend his guy
39:00personal foul unless they're roughness defense number 55 it's a 50-yard penalty automatic first down
39:06so hoyt gets tagged yeah hoyt got up pointing the other way he thought he drew it but
39:11the official saw that he was the instigator and ikea kwannu just coming to the rescue of
39:17his young tight end here on national tight ends day
39:21point man he's got to be fired up to get back in there
39:24what he was able to do in his time with the rams on the ball played a little bit off the ball kind
39:29of a hybrid type of defensive player and they're certainly glad to add him to the mix
39:33yeah hoyt making his buffalo debut won a super bowl with the rams
39:40and joe brady still 90 seconds left you know i gotta get out of here we're we're good we're good
39:4540 points should be more than enough today right right we good okay one of his interns if whatever
39:49we get the ball back just call victory just take a knee i'll be in the elevator
39:56this is one of the better games they've played all year there's no question this
40:00this is the formula now the question is can you do it over long periods of time can you
40:08take it away at this rate can you run it at this rate like obviously if you can do it
40:14more power to you it's just a question of how long can you do
40:19there's etn with the first down and right on cue what comes next week the team that's knocked you out
40:25of the playoffs four out of the seven times that sean mcdermott has made it to the postseason as
40:31the buffalo head coach the chiefs have knocked him out four out of those seven times the bucks are good
40:35the texans are playing well today always tough to go to pittsburgh and take on his old buddy mike
40:40tomlin who he played college football with at william and mary both those guys have now each one
40:46nine consecutive games off a bye tomlin did it a few weeks ago mcdermott will do it today
40:52and that chiefs game next week will be another nice litmus test for a buffalo team that had dropped
40:58back-to-back games had to go into the bye week with a bad taste in their mouths joey bosa part of a
41:05seven sack performance for the buffalo defense and james cook and josh allen combined for four rushing
41:10touchdowns in this contest
41:15so the bills come away with their fifth win they keep pace with the patriots who are enroute to
41:20their sixth victory of the season cook had over 200 yards 216 to be exact on the ground dowdle
41:26had 206 a few weeks ago for greg olson pam oliver the wonderful women and men of our crew i'm adam
41:33adam amin sing so long from charlotte kevin burkhardt tom brady ea time
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