00:00You could argue the biggest of the bunch was New England and Buffalo.
00:03And, again, you and I, we didn't get to do it on Sunday,
00:06but I knew which side you'd be on.
00:08I was on the other side.
00:09Were you?
00:10I really liked the number on New England.
00:12I actually thought it was a bit of a Bill's spot.
00:14I didn't think New England was going to sweep them.
00:17But New England being off of a bye at home, catching, you know what?
00:22I was able to get it at plus two.
00:23Obviously, it didn't make a difference.
00:24I was hoping it would somehow, some way.
00:26But I thought, man, it's too good to pass up on.
00:30And then it was 21-0.
00:32And, you know, I mean, that's when you put the running shoes on.
00:34It's time to victory lap, right?
00:36And to proceed to lose that football game, it's a season changer.
00:41I don't think that – now, New England is still 100% in the driver's seat
00:46because the Bills lost to the Miami Dolphins,
00:48and that should not be excused in any capacity.
00:51But I take New England so much less serious now after that game.
01:00I really – they, to me, now, Joe, feel like a prime round one exit candidate.
01:09Like, as a two or a three seed hosting the six or the seven.
01:12I mean, Drake maybe would be making his first career playoff start.
01:16You know, we've seen Herbert up until this point not win a playoff game.
01:19There's a lot of unknowns, even Bo Nix, right?
01:23So, again, that's why I like Josh Allen and Buffalo in the matchup.
01:27I just think, you know, again, with Pat Mahomes and basically Lamar now
01:32fighting for their playoff lives, this is a do-or-die season for the Bills.
01:36I don't care if the defense isn't elite.
01:38I don't care if the offense doesn't have playmakers on the outside.
01:42This is Josh Allen's year to just capture everything and get to the Super Bowl.
01:48And if he can't, then this team has a lot of questions to answer.
01:53For New England, Diggs had, what, 26 yards?
01:59Keyshawn Booty had one reception for 30 yards.
02:02They don't have elite talent on the outside.
02:04Demario Douglas is good.
02:06He's – I mean, he's not Justin Jefferson, Chase,
02:08or some of the other big ones, CD Lamb out there.
02:11I mean, this team is pedestrian outside, meaning the skilled players
02:16for the wideouts.
02:17But here's the thing.
02:19None of that matters.
02:21It was 21-0 at home.
02:24But they did it on the ground.
02:25They were doing it on the ground.
02:27What does that mean?
02:28No, nothing.
02:29I'm just saying –
02:29That's an unforgivable loss.
02:31Oh, absolutely.
02:31They clinched the division with that win.
02:33That's what –
02:3321-0 at home off a bye.
02:35But not only that.
02:35That's unforgivable.
02:36Isn't that why you got Mike Vrabel?
02:37Yeah.
02:38To close the door.
02:39He never lost a game off a bye.
02:40Right.
02:41And it was up 21-0 at home.
02:44Again, and, you know –
02:46But, yeah, I don't know.
02:47Like, again, if you're Vrabel in that spot.
02:49Sure.
02:50Don't take –
02:50One, you have to go for the killer.
02:52You have to knock out Josh Allen.
02:54You know he's not going to get shut out.
02:57I mean, and, again, is New England a dominant defense?
03:01Statistically, they're good, but they could be had as far as I'm concerned.
03:04Yeah, but the thing is, with New England and, you know, again, I look –
03:10You know, some of them are watching it.
03:11Ah, we didn't say we're going to win by a shutout.
03:13It's not that they had to pitch a shutout.
03:15But what actually ended up happening is after getting up, Joe, right,
03:19they had to drive to kick a field goal, right, go up 24-7.
03:23Their offense did nothing.
03:24Yeah.
03:25Three and out.
03:27Basically an arm punt.
03:29A – you know, an incredible Trevion Henderson, a 65-yard touchdown.
03:33Three and out, turnover on downs ends the game.
03:36They didn't do anything on offense.
03:38So, I think – so here's the – there's a big Buffalo piece of this,
03:43because today is the day, and I kind of – I could see this coming,
03:46and it was confirmed actually a little bit before our show.
03:49Buffalo is now back into full 100% darling mode.
03:53The most adored team in football is the Josh Allen Buffalo Bills, right?
03:57And they, to me, still displayed they shouldn't be trusted.
04:01Their defense is bad.
04:01And the only way they can win games is when Josh Allen is heroic,
04:06and, oh, my gosh, look at everything we're watching.
04:08And that's fine.
04:10That's not a sustainable way.
04:11Two of the three biggest Bills wins this season required outrageous comebacks.
04:15That's not a way to make a living, in my opinion.
04:17So, I – a lot of people will give New England grace.
04:23They go, hey, look, man, Bills are great.
04:25Josh is great.
04:26Hard to sweep.
04:27No.
04:2921-0 in your building off by.
04:31Unacceptable.
04:32That can't happen.
04:33No, it can't.
04:33And Mike Vrabel, to me, coach of the year, done.
04:37He has no case.
04:38No case.
04:39What is the case for Mike Vrabel?
04:42Because, oh, they were bad last year?
04:45Okay.
04:46Well, we all thought they'd be better this year.
04:48The schedule was a joke.
04:50And the quarterback has been getting most of the praise, along with the offensive coordinator,
04:54which isn't Vrabel's side of the ball.
04:56No.
04:56When you have guys like Kyle Shanahan, who spent four or five weeks with his backup quarterback,
05:01going.
05:02Mike McDonald, whose defense is aces.
05:04And has Sam Big Game Darnold as his quarterback.
05:07Liam Cohen has completely fixed Trevor Lawrence all of a sudden.
05:10Sean Payton's the one seed with Bo Nix.
05:12I could name five guys, Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams and that resurgence.
05:17He wouldn't make my top five list this Vrabel.
