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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 - All right, let's talk about Thursday night
00:05 in the B-Lo, the Buccaneers and Bills.
00:08 We've been talking about it earlier today on the show.
00:11 Let's get your angles.
00:13 - Yeah, and boy, it's really weird.
00:15 The Bucs have had this odd schedule.
00:17 They've played four home games, only two away games,
00:19 but the strangest, the strange part about it
00:22 is Baker Mayfield has played better on the road
00:24 than he has at home.
00:25 The last two games, he's not played well.
00:27 In games that Chloe should have won
00:28 where the schedule really lined up for him,
00:30 they just didn't win.
00:31 And you look at the Bills' situation,
00:33 we worry about their injuries.
00:34 We know about Dawson Knox.
00:36 He went on to use a reserve today with a wrist surgery.
00:39 Dalton Kakei, their first round pick,
00:40 where they traded up for a start for him.
00:42 And Oliver's a game time decision.
00:44 Let me explain what game time decisions mean.
00:46 It's not like it's done at 8.15.
00:48 It's done after pregame warmups.
00:49 Warmups are usually done around 6.30
00:51 and then they have to turn their inactives in.
00:53 But remember, Oliver didn't play last week.
00:55 Daquan Jones is out.
00:56 He was their best run, stop, and beat tackle
00:58 until at least the playoffs with a torn pectoral muscle.
01:00 This absolutely has impacted their push in the middle.
01:03 Quarterbacks, for all, hate when they get pushed
01:06 up front in the middle
01:07 'cause it makes them move off their spot.
01:09 So to me, that was an issue last week
01:11 and that's why Matt Jones
01:12 had perhaps his best game of the season.
01:14 He played really well last week.
01:15 Why?
01:16 He wasn't pressured.
01:17 The Bills have to figure out a way
01:19 to get more pressure on the quarterback.
01:21 With that line, I know the Bucks
01:22 aren't a great football team,
01:23 but the Bills are 9.5 and 43.5.
01:25 9.5 is a lot of points for a team
01:27 that's not playing well right now.
01:29 - How do you feel about this guy, Allen,
01:34 and what his problems have been so far this year
01:37 for the Bills?
01:37 'Cause there's something amiss.
01:40 - Forcing the football.
01:41 Here's another thing.
01:42 They need to find a number two pass target.
01:45 Gabe Davis is that guy.
01:46 Inconsistent.
01:47 He's a contested catch guy.
01:49 We just mentioned Dalton Kikade, pretty athletic tight end.
01:53 Depending on who you speak with before the draft,
01:56 I'll tell you it was either Dalton Kikade
01:58 or Michael Mayer, who you and I talked about,
01:59 who we both liked out of Notre Dame,
02:01 who was drafted by the Raiders in the second round.
02:03 But the bottom line here is Kikade's gotta be that guy.
02:06 They've gotta figure out a way
02:07 to spread the ball around more.
02:10 They could run the ball more effectively,
02:11 though the James Cookers look good of late.
02:13 That's really not been the problem.
02:14 But the other thing is they're not forcing
02:16 the amount of turnovers that we expected.
02:17 Why?
02:18 Matt Milano's out, the best linebacker,
02:19 perhaps their best defensive player.
02:21 The defensive line issues.
02:23 And by the way, the Bills are still looking
02:25 at the free agent market at linebacker.
02:27 Though they're trying their internal candidates,
02:30 but if they do anything to the trade deadline,
02:32 would not surprise me at all if they looked at a linebacker.
02:35 - Have you noticed this guy just overthrowing receivers
02:40 left and right in games?
02:41 Like he's missing his receivers by a mile.
02:44 - Yeah, the inaccuracy from Josh Allen.
02:46 He needs to settle down and again, spread the ball around.
02:51 Look, and also the defense can't carry him anymore.
02:54 There have been times when it'd be Allen carrying him
02:56 and the defense together.
02:58 It's not happening right now.
02:59 They're wildly inconsistent.
03:00 And by the way, the AFC East is completely up for grabs.
03:03 You saw what happened to the Dolphins.
03:04 They got taken to the woodshed against Philly
03:07 on Sunday Night Football.
03:08 So that division right now,
03:09 we didn't think it would be wide open for L,
03:11 but it sure is.
03:12 (upbeat music)
03:14 (bells chiming)