00:00Two hundred and fifty and a half yards at Vandal to me is an extremely low number for a quarterback
00:07that has been slinging it and has admitted with Joe Brady, the now head coach and offensive coordinator still, that
00:17that was a priority this year, that they wanted to push the ball down the field.
00:22And I got to tell you, after watching them last night, last week, every first down felt like it was
00:30it was a pass.
00:32But it wasn't just like a dink and dunk. He averaged 12 air yards per attempt last week.
00:39In fact, Greg, you ready for this? Thirty nine percent of his passes went 15 or more yards downfield.
00:46Nearly 27 percent went 20 or more yards downfield. There's nothing dinking and dunking about, I think, what Buffalo is
00:53going to do here tonight.
00:55Now, if you think they're going to run the ball, well, then is it on both sides?
01:00You think they're going to run the ball or just cook or even Josh Allen? I don't know what his
01:04rushing prop is.
01:06So so here here's what I here's what I would add. OK, so what's the total for the yards tonight?
01:12Is that accurate or is it higher than that? Can you give me the exact one and a half?
01:15Half, I think. No, no, no. The the yards, please. The yards was that right, Joe?
01:21Two fifty and a half. That's the number. Two fifty and a half. Yep.
01:25OK, so let's let's play trivia with Joe Ranieri.
01:30OK, OK.
01:32OK, out of 17 weeks last season, how many times did Josh Allen go over that number?
01:44Well, they didn't pass the ball very much last year. That was the problem.
01:47I mean, last year. So, you know, so you think that that's not relevant?
01:51It's not relevant to this year. Seven, six.
01:55Oh, it's definitely not going to be relevant to this. Six. OK.
01:58OK. So that's what I would figure. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Close.
02:01So, look, I mean, I don't know about that. Like, it's not that I disagree with you.
02:06I just I don't know that that that's where that the Bills want to live all season long is just
02:15letting him do that.
02:16Like, I think there there have to be games on the schedule where Josh Allen is not chucking it a
02:22million times.
02:22Maybe I'll be wrong and maybe that's not the case. I just think that James Cook was given a big
02:29contract for a reason.
02:30I think he's a big part of it and I think he's going to be a bigger part of it
02:34tonight.
02:34Maybe both things can be true. Maybe Cook can get a lot of yards.
02:37Maybe he can make a lot of attempts and maybe Josh Allen could go over the total twice.
02:42Now, last year, Buffalo in the playoffs with Josh Allen flew over both of those numbers, those two fifties.
02:48One was 370. One was 300. But I recall that they fired the coach immediately after that.
02:55And maybe Joe Brady's job is to have Josh Allen throw more. Maybe that is the case.
03:00I personally think out of the 17 games this season, half the game's game plan is going to be him
03:05not doing that
03:06and making sure that he is healthy and good to go for the end of the season, as he always
03:11seems to be.
03:11He always seems to be. Whatever injury has, he always ends up playing the next week.
03:17So I'm sort of indifferent on that 250. But as I said, I don't look Detroit's run defense is much
03:25better than their past defense.
03:26Yes, I accept that. And I understand all that. I just think that that Buffalo cannot do that every week.
03:33What they did last week. They can't do it. I don't think it's sustainable over the course of a whole
03:37season.
03:37If it isn't, then hey, if you're right about that, Joe, it's possible. And then Josh Allen wins the MVP.
03:42And he goes over all the numbers that breaks every record in the book. If that's the case, he averages
03:46300 yards per game.
03:48I see this game in particular today as one that he's in that range, 250 to 300.
03:55But the rushing attempts are very high on the side of Buffalo, even included Josh Allen tonight.
04:01That's my direction that I'm going with it. That's my game narrative.
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