continue to be among the best teams in the NFL, two of
the best teams in the AFC getting together on Sunday in
Baltimore, Buffalo Bills at the Baltimore Ravens,
and Peter. Let me start here
because you made the excellent point earlier about
the Dolphins. And
they had to turn it around pretty quickly
and get to Cincinnati and play on the road. I mean the bills
had to go home after that exhausting ordeal in South
Florida. They get the extra
time
to recover.
But it really is hard not to wonder whether what happened on
Sunday will Echo into this Sunday because we saw how
physically draining it was for those players
and they've got to turn around, they got a face, a great
Baltimore team. Now the defense isn't great this year but good
luck. Slow down. Lamar Jackson for anybody who may be facing
it.
Yeah, I wouldn't call Baltimore a great team right now,
I'd say that,
you know, I don't think any team that gives up 28 points in
the fourth quarter to, anybody can be called a great team and
they did that obviously to Miami
two weeks ago. But I mean Baltimore is a good challenge
especially on the road
and especially against Lamar Jackson,
but, you know, Mike
and again, I am not discounting the importance of this game
at All. But what I am saying is, I still think Baltimore's
the best. Our buffalo. Excuse me
is the best team in football. They'll get a challenge from
Philadelphia to be sure, but I think buffaloes, the best team
in football there. The deepest team in football and they lost
a game under extremely adverse circumstances
with their two, best defensive tackles out of the game.
There to Pro Bowl, safeties out of the game, starting to
rookie. Cornerbacks including a sixth-round pick from Villanova
against an incredible set of receivers in Miami on Sunday.
So and again we can all make excuses for whoever but all I'm
saying is,
I still think Buffalo is the best team in football
and look,
that can change any week. It could change this week, but if
you gave me right now Buffalo
and or if I could take Buffalo or
The field to win the Super Bowl this year.
I'll take Buffalo,
I'll take the field. Oh, I'm always taking the field.
Are you kidding me?
Because we saw it happen. Look, Peter, here's the challenge for
the bills. They dominated the Dolphins on Sunday, but they
still lost the game. They are own seven since the start of
last season. In one score, games, Owens 7, all other
games,
14 and 10
in seven and one score game. I think that's one of the reasons
why we saw Ken Dorsey blowing, Basket. At the end of that
game,
there's pressure on them to win close games. They can't win
close games. And at some point, it's not just a fluke
at some point. There's something that's failing
in the Machinery.
That is causing them
to either think too much. Try too hard. Get too caught up and
and and I think this is one of the reasons why I like to come
out and kick the crap out of here early like they did to
the Titans
in week 2 like and they didn't really do it.
The Rams, it was ten ten and half time but they
put the foot on their throats in the second half and it
wasn't even a contest. They need to figure out how to win
these close games, and it should have even been close
40 minutes. Time of possession,
90 plays 239, nearly 500 yards, 200 and change low change
that it's amazing. They lost that game. But that's where you
find the silver lining, if you're the bills.
How many days are we going to have? Like this, where we don't
actually win the game by 20 points?
Yeah, I guess I would say this and you're right. I think
not being able to win close games.
Could be a symptom of a problem.
On the other hand,
playing
beating a Bill. Belichick team 47, 27.
It would it be better to beat them 6:47? No, of course not,
but I understand what you're saying,
but I just don't have a lot of worry about it.
Team that is phenomenally beat up early on
getting most of those guys back. At some point has very
good depth of roster knowing that you have the quarterback
in the NFL that may be other than Patrick Mahomes.
I have absolutely zero questions about right now.
I just, I just think they're going to be fine.
Oh, I think they'll be fine but if you're going to go bills of
the field for Super Bowl champion, here's why I'm going
to feel. This is the main
reason.
Once we get to the playoffs and we know there's kind of a lot
of tasks in a, I get it. Well well no, there's going to be
a game because it all resets the regular season window. Excuse
me, the regular season record goes out the window or
the regular season window. Goes out the record whichever you prefer
but but
when the bills getting a close game divisional round
Championship or so
Super Bowl. They're going to feel that weight of the world
on their shoulders,
all that pressure. All that expectation. And the history
can we get it done in this moment? Can we do justice to
everything we accomplished this year in the regular season?
That is where the pressure is going to be the highest that it
ever can be
on the Bills coaches
and players and we'll see they'll have the chance. Can
they deliver in that moment? I'm not sure. They can because
I'm not sure anyone can perform under that kind of pressure.
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