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IT, BUNDLE UP .
>>> UPDATES BILLS FANS WAITING
ON REGARDING PATRICK MAHOMES
STARTING TO COME OUT TODAY.
THE CHIEFS QUARTERBACK LISTED
AS A LIMITED PARTICIPANT AT THE
FIRST PRACTICE OF THE WEEK.
IAN RAPOPORT SAID HE'S NOT
SHOWING ANY CONCUSSION SYMPTOMS
.
>> HE SAYS THERE'S OPTIMISM
THAT PATRICK MAHOMES WILL PLAY
BUT AT THE MOMENT HE'S IN THE
CONCUSSION PROTOCAL WHICH HE
HAS TO CLEAR TO PLAY IN
SUNDAY'S GAME.
WHILE HIS HEALTH OF COURSE IS A
BIG DEAL, HE'S ONLY ONE PART OF
THE GAME WE HAVE COMING UP THIS
WEEKEND.
>> A BIG PART OF IT AND A LOT
TO TALK ABOUT AND TO DO THAT WE
WELCOME BACK TO TOWN HALL IT
FROM THE BUFFALO NEWS WHO HAS
BEEN COVERING THE TEAM FOR A
LONG TIME AND HERE IT IS,
ANOTHER AFC CHAMPIONSHIP.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU AS
ALWAYS.
>> THE BILLS HAVE SEEN THIS
TEAM THIS YEAR AND PLAYED THE
CHIEFS IN OCTOBER AND DESPITE A
VALIANT EFFORT, THEY LOST 26-
17.
HOW HAS THE TEAM CHANGED SINCE
THEN AND DO YOU THINK THE
CHANGES COULD LEAD TO A
DIFFERENT OUTCOME THIS TIME
AROUND?
>> I THINK THE CHANGES ARE
LARGER THAN ONE PLAYER, BUT
THERE IS ONE TEAM PLAYER WHO IS
PART OF THIS GAME WHO WAS A
PART OF THAT GAME AND THAT IS
MATT MILANO, A LINEBACKER WHO
IS ASTOUNDING AND A 12-0 RECORD
WHEN MATT IS IN THE LINEUP.
AN OUTSTANDING PLAYER AND I
THINK HE WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED
TO THE EFFORT TO TRY TO STOP
THE RUN WHERESTRUGGLED AGAINST
THE CHIEFS AND HE CAN MAKE A
BIG DIFFERENCE.
OVERALL THEY ARE PLAYING BETTER
FOOTBALL ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
BALL , ESPECIALLY DEFENSIVELY.
>> SUCH A GREAT POINT.
YOU WROTE THIS WEEK ABOUT THE
DEFENSE PLAYING THE BEST GAME
OF THE SEASON AGAINST BALTIMORE
AND A GOOD TIME TO DO IT WHICH
IS WHY A LOT OF FOLKS ARE SAYING
THAT THEY COULDN'T CONTAIN
LAMAR JACKSON OF PEOPLE ARE
SAYING THE SAME THING ABOUT
PATRICK MAHOMES IS SO ASSUMING
HE PLAYS, HOW DO THE BILLS STOP
HIM LIKE THEY DID STOP JACKSON?
>> IT'S THE SAME BLUEPRINT. IT
IS CONTAINMENT.
IT IS DISCIPLINE AND WHAT IT
MEANS IS ESPECIALLY DEFENSIVE
LINEMEN OR THE FRONT SEVEN
DON'T GO SO CRAZY ABOUT TRYING
TO CHASE THIS GUY AROUND THAT
YOU MOVE YOURSELF AWAY FROM
SPOTS WHERE HE CAN TAKE OFF AND
RUN.
I THINK PATRICK MAHOMES MORE
THAN LAMAR JACKSON WILL BE
INCLINED TO MAKE THROWS INSTEAD
OF PULLING IT DOWN AND RUNNING.
BUT HE IS SELECTIVE ABOUT THAT
AND HE CAN TAKE OFF.
DEALING WITH A BIT OF A
TOLL/HEEL INJURY FROM THE
CLEVELAND GAME REGARDING THE
CONCUSSION SO THAT MAY HAMPER
HIM A BIT BUT I THINK AS LONG
AS THE BILLS TRY TO CONTAIN
HIM, THEY DID A GOOD JOB AND
KEEP IN MIND THEY LOST IN
OCTOBER BUT NOT AN EMBARRASSING
PERFORMANCE BY ANY MEANS BY THE
BILLS OVERALL OR THEIR DEFENSE
IN PARTICULAR.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN COVERING THIS
TEAM FOR A LONG TIME AND THIS
LEAGUE AND FOR PEOPLE OUT THERE
WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN TOO YOUNG,
BLESS THEM, TO REMEMBER THE
SUPER BOWL YEARS, TELL THEM
WHEN THE COLLAR IS LEFT IN YOUR
BEAUTIFUL FACE ABOUT HOW BIG A
DEAL THIS SUNDAY'S GAME IS FOR
THE FANS?
>> THANKS FOR MAKING ME FEEL
OLD.
LET ME PUT MY CANE DOWN.
I THINK BACK IN THE DAY, IT WAS
SOMETHING SPECIAL.
I THOUGHT AND THIS OCCURRED TO
ME OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, IT
WAS A UNIFYING THING.
I FEEL THE TOWN IN GENERAL,
WESTERN NEW YORK AND THE WHOLE
FAN BASE HAS BEEN BROUGHT
TOGETHER.
IT'S A TIGHTER KNIT FEELING
BECAUSE OF THIS AND I THINK OF
ALL THE YEARS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
THROUGH ON ANY NUMBER OF LEVELS
AS A SOCIETY, I THINK THIS TEAM
HAS BROUGHT OUR GREAT FEEL-GOOD
FEELING AND A PRIDE FACTOR IN
ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
I SENSE THAT NOW.
IT'S A DIFFERENT GENERATION OF
FANS ENJOYING THIS AND THAT IS
ALSO A PLUS HERE.
WE OLD GEEZERS KNEW WHAT THE
90s RON WAS ALL ABOUT BUT IT'S
NICE THE YOUNGER ONES CAN ENJOY
A TOO.
>> SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.
VIC FROM THE BUFFALO NEWS,
GREAT TO SHARE TIME WITH US AND
GET YOUR INSIGHTS.
GO BILLS, THANKS, VIC.
>> MY PLEASURE.
>> WE HAVEN'T TRAVELED TO ANY
AWAY GAMES THIS SEASON, BUT
IT'S THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
AND LIKE SOME MEMBERS OF HILLS
MAFIA I WILL BE IN ROUTE TO
KANSAS CITY TOMORROW TO SAFELY
COVER THE EXCITEMENT IN KANSAS
CITY.
IF YOU ARE GOING WE WOULD LOVE
TO HEAR FROM YOU.
YOU SEE MY GMAIL ADDRESS AND MY
TWITTER ACCOUNT AND YOU CAN
TWEET AT ME.
IT WILL BE SOMETHING TO SEE.
>> WE BOTH TRAVEL LAST YEAR AND
SUCH A DIFFERENT VIBE THIS TIME
AROUND.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED IN HOUSTON WHEN WE
LOST THE WILDCARD GAME AND
THERE WERE 10,000 BILLS FANS
THAT GOT TOGETHER THE DAY
BEFORE THE GAME AND HAD A HUGE
PARTY.
THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN IN KANSAS
CITY.
SOME PEOPLE ARE MAKING THE TRIP
AND WE HOPE EVERYONE HAS A SAFE
TRIP.
I WILL BE SAFE AND WILL
QUARANTINE WHEN I GET BACK BUT
WE WANT TO BE THERE AND HOPING
IT WON'T BE THE LAST TRIP WE
TAKE BECAUSE TAMPA IS ON THE
HORIZON.
>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO CHATTING
WITH YOU WHILE YOU ARE THERE.
THANKS EVERYBODY FOR