00:00On the Bills' side, they're off to a great start. 5-1 is great. They've got their problems.
00:05Do you think that when this deadline comes, fans will be fully expecting slash demanding that Brandon Bean make some
00:16sort of move?
00:17And it's kind of the same thing for Yarmul. You've got to show us you believe in this thing and
00:23make that trade.
00:24Because no deal last year, of course, it was controversial and highlighted that it didn't happen.
00:28I get the sense that fans will be very much laser-focused on the Bills' GM to tweak something, to
00:35do something with this roster.
00:37Oh my gosh, yes. I mean, fans will be very, very upset if Brandon Bean doesn't make a move, for
00:44right or for wrong.
00:46Same as last year, it will be, and I view it as a little bit different though, Jeremy.
00:50The Sabres are kind of in the start of their window, but man, they were so good last year.
00:55You're riding this high. How could you possibly take a step back?
00:58No way. Come on. You're right there.
01:00You guys, Mike and you, you guys have made the right point of you've got a guy who wants to
01:04come to Buffalo,
01:05who's really good at what he's done.
01:06So, you know, there might be varying degrees, and we've heard that on, you know, how good Hellebeck might be
01:11or what the return is.
01:12But that, you've got to go out and strike now. Now is the time to do this.
01:16The Sabres are kind of the opposite, which is, you have Josh Allen.
01:19You haven't won yet.
01:20And he's 30 years old, and you're still one of the top teams in the AFC, which, oh, by the
01:24way, looks wide open once again.
01:26And your defense is not performing well.
01:29Secondary, especially.
01:30Like, how could you not improve that?
01:31Like, now is the time.
01:32You've got to go show that you want to win this thing.
01:35Go and improve the team enough to try to win this thing.
01:37So, I think, yes, the answer to the question, but I think for different reasons of where they are in
01:44their growth and timeline, and that's why.
01:46Yeah, I tend to agree.
01:48Like, it's not about, you know, we need something because everything's falling apart.
01:52Without this move, the team is sunk.
01:54It's just a matter of, you know, the defense has a level of expectation, and you've poured a lot into
01:59it.
01:59And whatever will fix it or get it to be maybe sustainably better would make a big difference.
02:04Sal, as the Bills head to the bye week, of course, you know, we would normally do an injury report
02:09here on a football Friday.
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02:141-800-8-Million.
02:16DJ Moore is the big name we're watching.
02:18Of course, he set out the last two games.
02:20Bye week, I would fully expect he's up and running.
02:23Any other names that came out of that Raider game?
02:26You know, the Bills go to the bye week.
02:27You want to be healthy going in.
02:29Of course, you love to be healthy coming out of it.
02:31How do they look to be healthy coming out of the bye week, do you think?
02:34The only two injuries during the game were Bradley Chubb with the ribs, who did come back into the game,
02:40and Dalton Kincaid with ribs, who did come back into the game.
02:44The fact that I believe Dalton Kincaid is the guest picker for college game day tomorrow is a good sign.
02:50So I think that he hopefully is okay.
02:52That came out from Pat McAfee and company yesterday.
02:55I believe he will be the – they must be at Utah, right?
02:57That's why they're going to be doing that.
02:59So Dalton Kincaid will be the guest picker.
03:00That's good news.
03:00So, yeah, I don't remember or recall any other injuries we got announced.
03:06So DJ Moore and Ed Oliver are the big ones.
03:10But you also have the Sam Franklin appeal of his suspension hanging, which obviously is impactful now the way I
03:18understand it.
03:18But the appeal was heard yesterday, Jeremy, but the – I want to say arbitrator or arbiter?
03:25I don't know which one there.
03:27Whenever that person decides to rule, we will find out.
03:31That could be today.
03:31That could be early next week.
03:32We don't know yet.
03:33Yeah, there's no rush because of the bye.
03:35I saw it because CJ Gardner-Johnson also appealed, and his was denied.
03:39That's correct.
03:40And let's remember, he was suspended several days ago.
03:41So Sam's came down – well, Sam was a day later, so maybe we heard something today.
03:46But anyway, that will impact it.
03:47And the other big one here is Jordan Hancock is eligible to qualify our next week.
03:53So as we talk about the safety position and the nickel position to Corey Couch is on the practice squad.
03:59He was practicing last week.
04:01You know, at least they have some options there with kind of the roster management.
04:05But we don't know where Jordan Hancock is if he's eligible.
04:08But anyway, or if he's ready, I should say, but he is eligible.
04:10Also, Sal, in the NFL last night, the Patriots lose to the Bears.
04:14Great game from the Bears.
04:15I mean, I thought they looked really impressive.
04:16I thought the Patriots looked pretty good, too.
04:18It was a game with two good teams, really.
04:20But that's a big loss in the standings.
04:22Like, the Bills can expect to be atop the AFC East for a couple of weeks for sure.
04:26New England gets its third loss.
04:27The Bills only have the one.
04:29So even though that loss is to New England, this is a common opponent, the Bears.
04:33And to see New England lose that game is good for the Bills' playoff – not just playoff,
04:37but division chances for sure.
04:39I really thought while watching that game that, oh, my God, the Patriots are actually going to win this.
04:44How are they going to win this?
04:45This is crazy.
04:46Some really tough decisions at the end.
04:48You know, in tough breaks, maybe, whatever.
04:51The bounced field goal, the doink, and then taking the sack right before the next field goal.
04:55They got it.
04:56But then how about the play before the half?
04:57Are you kidding me?
04:58I mean, like, how did that happen?
04:59With Armandre Stevenson just running through everybody on a dump down with no time left in the half.
05:06Yeah, I thought the Patriots played pretty well, but a couple mistakes by them, and it was too tough to
05:11overcome.
05:12And I'm going to look right now.
05:13Do you want to guess, where are the Patriots?
05:16What spot overall in the 16-team AFC?
05:19Officially right now.
05:20I know that going into the week, a 4-2 team was on the outside, so I bet they're in
05:268th.
05:27They're in 9th now.
05:289th.
05:28That's right.
05:299th.
05:30Cincinnati's in 8th at 3-2.
05:32New England's in 9th at 4-3.
05:34So as of right now, these New England Patriots will be out of the playoffs.
05:37So, yeah, a lot to see kind of what happens this weekend.
05:40And, of course, Kansas City plays Seattle Sunday night.
05:42Should be a really interesting week.
05:45And, you know, the way this works, you're kind of like me, Jeremy.
05:47I think about, like, how are Bills fans going to consume Sunday?
05:50I think you're trying to pick your feet up now and go, all right, well, you know what?
05:53Don't have to worry.
05:54It doesn't matter.
05:55Like, you can't get overtaken here.
05:57You get a week off.
05:58You get to next week, and if you can win there, I mean, you already have a two-game kind
06:02of cushion
06:03as far as losses are concerned against the Patriots.
06:06So, yeah, the Patriots have the Dolphins next week.
06:08Then their schedule gets a little bit harder.
06:09The Bills obviously have two very tough games coming up, Baltimore and Minnesota.
06:13So, this is going to be the long game here.
06:16Everybody's going to have to be kind of ready for this thing to, you know, kind of get tight
06:20and then maybe hopefully stay ahead of them.
06:22And then once they get together and play again in December, that could be pretty critical.
06:26So, Capaccio in the Western Hotline.
06:28Did you watch a lot of that game?
06:28Did you see some of the Caleb Williams plays?
06:30I mean, he's good.
06:32He's starting to look like the real deal.
06:34He is.
06:35He's really good.
06:36And, you know, the Bears, they finally, finally, you know, have a franchise quarterback, I think,
06:41after how many years of waiting.
06:43And, Jeremy, I don't think they've ever, ever had a 4,000-yard passer.
06:47Can I give you an amazing stat I just saw about the Bears in passing?
06:50So, Caleb Williams had back-to-back 300-yard passing games.
06:55It's the first time a Bears quarterback has done that since 2018.
06:58But that's not the stat.
06:59It's the first time a Bears quarterback has done that in back-to-back wins.
07:03300 yards and a win.
07:05300 yards and a win since 1947.
07:09Come on!
07:10Yeah, it's amazing.
07:11I didn't get to that part.
07:12That's crazy.
07:13Sid Luckman, 1947.
07:14Since 1962.
07:15Billy Wade, still.
07:1762.
07:17In 64 years since the Bears have had back-to-back weeks with a 300-yard passer that won both
07:24games.
07:25Nuts.
07:26Amazing.
07:26Absolutely amazing.
07:27I feel good for them.
07:28Yeah.
07:28What are you going to do during the bye week?
07:31Are you going to play golf?
07:32By the way, what is this Pinehurst thing I keep hearing about on the radio?
07:35Because I am very jealous now.
07:38I'm like, oh, Jeremy's going to be at Pinehurst.
07:41Luckily, I think that might be the week of the owners' meetings for me.
07:44So I'll be in Arizona.
07:45So I will at least say, okay, I can't join him and have that FOMO.
07:50But otherwise, I'm going to have FOMO with you.
07:53Well, you inspired me.
07:54You went to Italy, right, with listeners?
07:56You're taking all these trips.
07:57You're on these cruises.
07:59Yeah.
07:59Doing that again, too.
08:01I know.
08:01And I went to managers, and I said, we've got to take a golf trip, man.
08:03Let's take a golf trip.
08:04There you go.
08:05AAA.com slash Pinehurst.
08:06They had a buddy of mine call me yesterday and say, what's the deal?
08:09I just go to the site and I click it.
08:11I'm like, that's it.
08:12That's it.
08:13That's it.
08:14I love it.
08:14If not now, when?
08:15Go play a course.
08:16They play the U.S. Open on the famous Payne Stewart.
08:21One of my favorite moments ever in golf was Payne Stewart and Phil Mickelson battling it out
08:25at Pinehurst down the stretch for the U.S. Open when Mickelson's about to have a baby.
08:29His wife's going to have a baby.
08:30He's got a pager on.
08:31He was going to leave the tournament.
08:33Stewart wins and goes over and says, you're going to be a dad.
08:36None of this matters.
08:37You're going to be a dad.
08:38It's the best thing in the world.
08:38Anyway, one of my favorite moments.
08:40And Pinehurst has always been, of course, on my list.
08:42I've been able to play Sawgrass and Pebble and a couple others like Spyglass, but Pinehurst
08:49was next up.
08:50So we're putting together a trip.
08:51We got like 30 spots.
08:53If you want to go, you're out there listening.
08:55I think that's the week of the owners meetings because Easter is early this year.
08:59Yeah.
09:00So I think, you know, it's in March.
09:01So the owners meetings is that week that you're going to the 21st.
09:04You said 21st or 24th.
09:05I think Easter is the following week.
09:07Yep.
09:07So the NFL owners meetings are that week.
09:09And then I get back.
09:10And then if people want to go on the cruise with me and Jordan Poyer and Lee Evans and
09:13Jordan's wife, Rachel Bush, and we got the Nerds Gone Wild coming on and, you know, that's
09:18going to be the following week.
09:19And that's going out of Fort Lauderdale for like three nights.
09:21So we're, man, yeah, we are rocking and rolling here on WGR is, you know, getting listeners
09:25together.
09:25I'm going to say like, if anyone out there wants to double dip, just go one to the other.
09:29That's right.
09:30Just go and then celebrate Easter.
09:32Come back for Easter or just go celebrate down there and do that.
09:34Are you going to the Syracuse basketball game tomorrow?
09:37Yes, I am.
09:38Yes, I am.
09:38Okay.
09:39Me too.
09:39We'll be there.
09:39I'll be there.
09:40Bring in, bring in the fam.
09:41We'll all be there tomorrow.
09:43And, um, I feel, I mean, I'll be honest.
09:45I feel kind of bad because, you know, Greg Paulus is a friend of mine, but he knows that
09:49I'll be, you know, wearing Syracuse orange at the game tomorrow and, you know, text him
09:53and said, I'll be there tomorrow.
09:54I'll see you, you know, or you mean Saturday.
09:56So I will go, go say hi, but you know, to my, my, my, uh, my buddy who played quarterback
10:02at Syracuse when I was the head coach at Niagara and, uh, still support, still support
10:06and root though, no matter what, all the, all the local teams.
10:08So how do we feel about, I didn't hear this.
10:10I didn't know about this until today that in Syracuse, it's being referred to as the
10:14McNamara.
10:16I saw that a couple months ago for the first time.
10:19And I, I, I had no idea someone came up with that.
10:22It's good.
10:23It's good.
10:24Yeah.
10:25I mean, could we possibly love him anymore?
10:27Please, Jerry, please find us.
10:30Just get us, just, just, just, just, just win.
10:32And just get us back.
10:33Just relevant again in the ACC basketball.
10:35Right.
10:36I would settle for being ranked in the top 15 again.
10:38I would just think that would be great.
10:42Let's just do that.
10:42Great.
10:43All right.
10:43So thanks, Sal.
10:44All right.
10:45Have a great weekend, man.
10:46I'll see you tomorrow.
10:46Maybe.
10:47Okay.
10:47Enjoy the bye week.
10:48All right.
10:49You got it.
10:49All right.
10:49Sal Capaccio.
10:50Yes.
10:50Syracuse and Niagara tomorrow at Key Bank Center, 3 PM for some basketball.
10:55I'll, I'll be there.
10:56Be there with some fam.
10:57Ready to root for the orange, you know, 803 05 50 to join us.
11:02Uh, 1 888 5 50.
11:04Not a number.
11:05I gave the second number.
11:05You know, Joe's got to be devastated.
11:07He's not here to tell me that I got it wrong again.
11:09Anyway, scores from around the league.
11:11We do that on a football Friday, driven by Mike Barney, Nissan, awesome cars, great dealership,
11:15lousy jingle one score from last night.
11:17And that's the bears and Patriots, which got weird at the end, 30 to 24.
11:23The bears beat new England in Chicago, Caleb Williams, 300 yards passing and some real nice
11:30play generally from him.
11:32What else is coming up?
11:33Vic Carucci at 30.
11:34We'll get back to, uh, you know, the savers talk if you want it, because I feel like
11:38it's, it's hot.
11:39It's what people want to talk about.
11:41We'll gladly do it.
11:42803 05 50 to join us here on WGR.
