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Bills put Seahawks to SLEEP in SEATTLE. Breakdown of dominat win on the road
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Bills dominat Seahawks 31-10
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Jenna Cottrell
I feel like we're seeing him progress throughout the season and it's been fun to watch.
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Mike Catalana
He goes up and gets it. It's almost like Josh knows he can catch it. How about the touchdown when he scores and then he. Then he. He must know the defensive back because it almost looked like he patted him on the head a little.
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Jenna Cottrell
Brodom. All right, welcome Back to the Buffalo Plus YouTube channel. Please be sure to like, comment, subscribe, subscribe and share. That's Mike Catalana. I am Jenna Cottrell. The Bill is winning today. A dominant day against the Seahawks. The final score 31 to 10. Mike, I felt like from the start of this game as it also starts to rain, the Bills were in control of this one.
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Mike Catalana
Absolutely. Both lines of scrimmage. I mean they took it down the field and scored early, which was great. Everybody wanted to see that and they were able to do that.
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Jenna Cottrell
Yeah.
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Mike Catalana
But I thought the offensive line, if you could take away the pre snap penalties and the few holding calls, how good were they? How about that first touchdown drive? How often do you see two holding calls on a drive that take you back 10 yards and you still score a touchdown? Jenna, they had two drives of 90 plus yards. The Bills had not done that for two drives in a game of 90 plus since 1993. That's the old super bowl days. They controlled the game, especially on the offensive line.
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Jenna Cottrell
We can get to the penalties in a little bit, but let's stay with the positive because I think we've talked all this week leading into it about fast starts. You got to get out to a fast start, you got to set the tone, all this stuff to see the defense initially, I mean it felt like the Seahawks in the first quarter were on the field on offense for like a millisecond because of how dominant the Bills defense was. And then to have on the other side of the ball, Buffalo be able to capitalize that Keon Coleman one handed snag for the touchdown. I was just really impressed with what the Bills were able to do today. And it started with getting out out in front.
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Mike Catalana
Absolutely. The defense early. How about Greg Russo knocking down a couple of passes and then Rasool Douglas. Dan tweeted it out. At least once a game he makes one of those tackles. He's so aggressive on the edge. When it looks like a guy can get outside, those are little things that become big. Taron Johnson had a violent tackle early in the game and I'm looking going this team when you see tackling like that early, the Seahawks were behind the chains, the Bills were dominating, and then they go down and score the touchdown. I thought that was a great way to begin this game in a place you're down here, first time on this place. This can be a really tough place to play.
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Jenna Cottrell
It can, because A, it can be very loud and B, let's be real. The weather was a little bit all over the place today. I feel like if you rolled the dice, it would be whatever came up. Like it was sunny, then it was misting, then it was raining, then it was raining really hard, and then it was nice and then it was raining again. It was kind of all over the board. But offensively, you said it started with the offensive line doing its job. Then to see Khalil Shakir, you know, Josh Allen connect with him. Some really nice catches from Keon Coleman, James Cook getting going. We talked last week about Amari Cooper and what he could add for this offense. Obviously, he wasn't truly all that involved this week, but the Bills still didn't need him to be that guy because other players stepped up.
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Mike Catalana
In fact, Cooper was involved in really the only men negative play with the pass game where he sort of slipped. Josh didn't see the coverage. He finally threw an interception. Fine. Yeah, he's in the eighth game and they won the game 31 to 10. But the rest of them, I feel like Shakir is always open.
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Jenna Cottrell
I. He's always a fan of his and.
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Mike Catalana
Josh has great timing with him. He had one play and I'm gonna do this going that way where he caught him going across the field, field in perfect stride. But even on the other passes, Shakir makes something out of it. He went over 100 yards in this one. He made key catches for them. The run after the catch. I thought he was outstanding in this.
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Jenna Cottrell
Absolutely. I feel like you look at him and you hear the coaches say after the game, like, he's a footballer. Like, he is a guy. He's not the tallest, he's not the fastest, he's not the most agile. But, like, what he is able to do on the field. I feel like we're running out of ways to talk, talk about what he adds to this offense. Now, post game, he was asked about, hey, like, how's your ankle doing? At this point in the season, everyone's kind of dealing with something. But he talked about being able to be a little bit more shifty and feeling a lot better than he did a couple weeks ago. And today I think that showed. And just to see what he adds, this offense, someone asked if he's an even better Cole BEASLEY. And Sean McDouver was like, Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Like Cole Beasley. All pro. Like Cole Beasley is Cole Beasley. But what they've been able to see from Shakir really has been impressive.
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Mike Catalana
I will say that we've all shied away a little bit of him as a number one receiver.
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Dan Fates
Right.
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Mike Catalana
Because there's a feeling that that guy has to be more dominant and sort of bigger plays.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Yeah.
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Mike Catalana
But honestly, he played today like a guy that you can count on in that spot. You know, we keep the comparisons of Monseigne Brown with the. With the Lions. Lions. Boy, he looked like that in this one. Then you add in Keon. He had quite a day today, did he not?
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Unidentified Male Analyst
He did.
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Jenna Cottrell
He made a couple of really nice catches, and I feel like we're seeing that process of him kind of grow throughout this season. Rookie year, your head's probably spinning. But for him to make some of these plays in back to back weeks. Obviously had the career week last week, had the touchdown this week. I feel like we're seeing him progress through throughout the season, and it's been fun to watch.
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Mike Catalana
Goes up and gets it. It's almost like Josh knows he can catch it. How about the touchdown when he scores? And then he. Then he. He must know the defensive back because it almost looked like he patted him on the head a little.
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Jenna Cottrell
Brodom.
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Mike Catalana
But what was funny is when he got the penalty for the hit or for the. When he shoved the guy into the bench on the sidelines.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Yes.
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Mike Catalana
He drove him all the way through. Now, we asked Dawson Knox about that and what it meant, and here's what he had to say.
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Dawson Knox
It's one of those where you're like, okay, don't get a penalty, but love the physicality. So we want to find that middle ground of let's not get the flag. But keep that same killer mindset of like, I'm going to, you know, whip you all game long.
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Dan Fates
Yeah.
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Mike Catalana
Keon has that. He does play with a little anger edge.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Yeah.
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Mike Catalana
Which I think was great. And Dan and I have often talked about the guy who gets you five and 70. He had five and 70 today, including a touchdown. I thought that was great.
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Jenna Cottrell
It was really impressive. Another guy, two touchdowns. James Cook.
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Mike Catalana
Over a hundred in this one. I thought he showed. And you're down here on the field. By the way, Jenna's got the hat on.
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Jenna Cottrell
She has sticking out in the weather. Because she was talking about all the weather.
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Mike Catalana
I mean, I saw it, but, you know, the press box Was.
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Jenna Cottrell
You did.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Yeah.
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Jenna Cottrell
You did bring me down a Kit Kat.
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Mike Catalana
I did.
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Jenna Cottrell
Which was very thin.
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Mike Catalana
They literally have a Starbucks in the press box.
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Jenna Cottrell
Yeah, it was pretty swag.
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Mike Catalana
They were making drinks for us. But I thought Cook showed great patience on the offensive line, waited for his blocks and then made a play. And he just was consistent the entire game, getting over 100 into the end zone twice. I mean, this is the way you need this offense to look luck.
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Jenna Cottrell
It was fun to watch. It was dominant to watch. And James Cook's second touchdown when he. When he ran into the guy and his helmet popped off.
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Dan Fates
Yeah.
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Jenna Cottrell
Like Josh Allen was asked after the game, he's like, he's got some boom. Like he's an angry runner. He's not the biggest, but, like, what he is able to add. And I think you see some of that fire that he plays with. But it was great to see. And the Bills were also super effective on first down. Like, they were able. Was it 29 first downs, I believe.
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Dan Fates
Yeah.
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Mike Catalana
And third down, they were almost 50% in the game.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Yeah.
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Mike Catalana
And you look at the difference between the two teams, the numbers are just staggeringly different. I mean, they were 50%. The Seahawks really struggled. They got a cosmetic touchdown late, but it really did not matter.
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Jenna Cottrell
Cosmetic touchdown. They got some work done.
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Mike Catalana
They used to joke, say it's a Maybelline touchdown to give them the ad, but it's cosmetic. It made it a 10 points. That was their one score. But the Bills were great in those circumstances. I thought they played well. The other two I wanted to mention, quick, great touchdown combination with Allen and Kincaid.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Yeah.
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Mike Catalana
And Dawson Knox, two catches for 50 yards, part of the passing game.
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Jenna Cottrell
Again, the big plays that we saw. I feel like we've struggled to see the Bills specifically with like Josh Allen. You could say he's connected on some other ones, but it was nice to see some consistency with that. And the long one to Knox and Shakir and Keon. So it was nice to see kind of that. That piece of the offense have some consistency because it's an area where Josh has struggled.
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Mike Catalana
Absolutely. Joe Brady, I thought, called an outstanding game.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Yeah.
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Mike Catalana
I thought the best call he had all day, and it's something I've never seen them do, was the Josh Allen fumble ahead to Ty Johnson. I thought they executed it perfectly for the first down. Have you ever seen that call before?
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Jenna Cottrell
It was funny when that happened. I was like, no, that's one way to get a first down. Like, it felt like everything was kind of going. The Bills, it felt like the Game was rolling downhill in favor of Buffalo.
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Mike Catalana
Now, they were the better team. They were the dominant team. They did get a couple breaks right here behind us. Geno has a snap. Go.
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Jenna Cottrell
Oh, yeah.
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Mike Catalana
How far over his head?
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Jenna Cottrell
Oh, my God.
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Mike Catalana
Yes. He went looking for it, ended up a field goal.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Yeah.
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Mike Catalana
And then on the fourth down, slips. Yeah. I think he caught the leg of his center, the guy who snapped it over his head.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Yeah.
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Mike Catalana
I think Jeremy White tweeted, is that center a mole for the Bills? And he's in there playing for it. But, I mean, it helped the Bills out a lot. Yeah, they played tough down near the goal line. That was after the interception.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Yeah.
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Mike Catalana
But to get them off the field then I thought was huge.
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Jenna Cottrell
No, I mean, and I think that shows the defense and. And they also got some breaks. Like we have to acknowledge that. But it just was a really awesome day to see from the Bills. And honestly, I just was impressed by how complete of a game it really was. And.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Yeah.
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Jenna Cottrell
And then also Austin Johnson getting in on the fun, having an interception.
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Dan Fates
Yeah.
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Mike Catalana
Talk to him afterward, big fella. First ever interception in an NFL game. And he says next time is going to be even more special.
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Austin Johnson
It was an awesome experience, especially in the NFL, getting to pick in the NFL. The fumble recovery was in college, but kind of checking that. Checking that box off is pretty awesome.
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Mike Catalana
Did you tell them the next time you're taking it to the house or whatever?
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Austin Johnson
Yeah, if there's nobody in front of me, I'm going.
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Jenna Cottrell
Let's talk a little bit about the penalties. Yeah, you had the stat. That was interesting.
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Mike Catalana
24 accepted penalties. That's the most in the NFL. We thought that jets game was.
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Jenna Cottrell
I was going to say, wasn't the jets the one that set the record and now this game.
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Mike Catalana
Yeah, it was. Look, that's hard to watch. It's hard for any rhythm in the game. I don't know what the NFL is thinking. It's just non stop throwing flags. They love holding calls. I mean, the Seahawks got calls against them. That penalty they took, which was a big play in the game after the Bills would have gotten stopped on the play. It was the late hit. They would have called two men in.
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Jenna Cottrell
Motion at the same time.
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Mike Catalana
Yes, it was two men in motion at the same time.
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Jenna Cottrell
I see you going for it.
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Mike Catalana
And then they called the late. Now, it was a hit on Josh Allen. No question. He sort of caught him under the chin and knocked him down. That was a huge call in the game. Yeah, the roughing, the passer call. But they were just non stop flags. I think it was over 30 some calls in the game, 24 accepted penalties. The issue for the Bills is the offensive line. As dominant as they were pre snap penalties, holding penalties, just too many of those. It didn't really cost them in this game.
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Jenna Cottrell
It did not. Obviously something that you want to clean up. And McDermott talked about that being the case, but they were able to use some of those penalties like the roughing, the passer, that type of stuff to their advantage. So that is something where. Okay, they check mark of the. The fast starts. Now you got to go and clean up the penalties.
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Dan Fates
Yeah.
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Jenna Cottrell
I have to talk about Bill's Mafia.
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Mike Catalana
Go ahead.
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Jenna Cottrell
So I'm down on the field and I was, you know, we were walking around Seattle. We saw some Bills fans.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Yeah.
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Jenna Cottrell
You know, and then getting here to the game, I was like, oh, there's a decent amount here. And then obviously Seahawks fans, they stayed actually later than I was expecting. But as the game started to clear out, it was very obvious that it Bills with a dominant win. I was so impressed by all the get a point. But out of the Bills tunnel, just how many fans were there? Screaming, shouting. It reminded me it was kind of reminiscent of last year in Miami. The Bills had wrapped up the division on that win, but just, you know, Josh Allen waving to all the fans, Sean McDermott shaking his hands, all the fans. It was really, really cool to see. And this is a far trip for a lot of fans.
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Dan Fates
Yeah.
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Jenna Cottrell
But I genuinely was impressed by how many fans came out and how loud they were here in the stadium.
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Mike Catalana
It's a combination of fans. When you come out west like this, there are Bills fans.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Yes.
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Mike Catalana
From Western New York that are going to make this trip. It's the Kind of the coolest trip. They are LA. It's different places. They've been to LA recently. They haven't been here since 2016. And then I met fans in the hotel. They're from Arizona and they come out once a year and they're like, this is great for us because the Bills are coming. So there are fans from all over the place. I will say one thing for this stadium and you probably noticed it. You could see, and I was thinking ahead to the new Bill Stadium where the top is partially covered and you could see all the ponchos out in the lower bowl. And then when you got to the certain point when you could tell that the overhang was protecting them, no ponchos, nobody.
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Jenna Cottrell
Like a line of demarcation.
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Mike Catalana
It really does protect a lot of fans from the elements. And so in does not protect the field, doesn't protect the photographers. You were down here. You had Dan Fatesweather for this.
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Jenna Cottrell
I did, but you know what? I was like, this is Seattle. It's kind of like quintessential Seattle. It really, it wasn't cold.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
It was.
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Jenna Cottrell
I don't know, it was fun. Like, I, I really did not mind.
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Mike Catalana
I want to add one other thing. It was so much fun. It's funny for us or anybody who follows the Bills to talk about the Patriots winning.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Yeah.
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Mike Catalana
But I love seeing the Patriots beat the Jets.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Yeah.
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Mike Catalana
Just because of Aaron Rodgers.
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Jenna Cottrell
Amazing.
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Mike Catalana
Then the Dolphins blew that game.
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Jenna Cottrell
I saw the Bengals lost too. Not that that matters in the division.
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Mike Catalana
But yes, the Bengals lost and the Ravens lost. Like a lot of good things happened for the Bills on this day. Afterward, I talked to Dion Dawkins and I. And I asked him, I said, if you look at the division, they really have a four game lead if you count the tiebreakers. Here's what Deion had to say.
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Deion Dawkins
You don't want to look at it and like that every game, the division games, they play as hard. So it's. The record is zero, zero every time. And we play the jets gonna play us hard, The Dolphins gonna play us hard. The Patriots are gonna play us hard no matter what. So we don't look at it like that. But it's a good feeling to be ahead. But we don't look at it as we're ahead. We look at it as equal playing field until. Until it's that time.
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Jenna Cottrell
All right, so now they are six two, Miami. Up next, a Miami team that's obviously hurting. Yeah, but where is this team at?
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Mike Catalana
Look, they're playing really well. I mean, the defense plays like this, without Terrell Bernard out there on the field, I thought was big. The offense is finding a real rhythm and I do think the running game, it. It comes from the running game that second and short. They were at second and six, second and five a lot of times when they would run and then all of the other players making plays. Amari Cooper will be fine. He'll make a lot of plays for this team. This one, he wasn't into it, but everybody else was making plays that travels, that works for this team.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Yeah.
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Mike Catalana
And Josh Allen, he turned it over.
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Jenna Cottrell
Once, like it's going to happen.
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Mike Catalana
But otherwise I thought he threw the ball so well, especially with the conditions.
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Jenna Cottrell
Absolutely.
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Mike Catalana
So it is hard to beat this. I thought McDermott. I thought they were aggressive. They went for it early a couple of times. I thought it worked. They scored before the half with some breaks. Like they really. Yes, they got breaks, but they absolutely took advantage of it. And they were clearly the better team in this one.
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Jenna Cottrell
Absolutely. It was. It was a fun game to watch. I want to give a couple shout outs. Jason from Toronto we saw at the hotel. He was awesome. I liked his shirt.
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Dan Fates
Yes.
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Jenna Cottrell
We appreciate you watching. And then I had someone come up to me. Flosson, Phil Lawson.
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Dan Fates
Okay.
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Jenna Cottrell
Fan here was very excited. We got a couple Bills, Buffalo plus shout outs. So that was always cool. We always appreciate that.
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Dan Fates
Yeah.
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Jenna Cottrell
It never gets old.
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Mike Catalana
Yeah, I. I really enjoy this trip.
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Dan Fates
It's.
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Mike Catalana
I haven't been here in a while. You got to see it for the first time.
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Jenna Cottrell
Really cool stadium.
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Dan Fates
Yeah.
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Jenna Cottrell
Really cool environment. A great game by Buffalo. It was. It hit all the. Check the boxes for me.
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Mike Catalana
Good day for Bill's football.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Yes.
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Mike Catalana
Big win. Other people losing. I mean, Baltimore lost like you said. I mean they really.
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Jenna Cottrell
Jamis.
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Dan Fates
Yes.
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Mike Catalana
They are really. They are really in a great spot right now. I know the Chiefs won. That's for later in the year. But to be in this spot dominating the division and still not playing their best because I think there is another level for this team.
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Jenna Cottrell
I agree.
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Mike Catalana
I thought was pretty impressive.
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Jenna Cottrell
Definitely. We want to give a quick shout out to Mr. Dan Fates.
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Dan Fates
Yes.
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Mike Catalana
Happy birthday.
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Jenna Cottrell
Happy birthday. It's Dan Fates birthday. We love you. We appreciate you. And honestly, I. It would have been fun if he made the trip, but I get it. He wanted to be home with his family and all that stuff and.
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Mike Catalana
And he sent the weather for you, which was good.
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Jenna Cottrell
Yes.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Please listen.
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Mike Catalana
Dan got sunshine and 70 plus last.
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Jenna Cottrell
Year shooting the game against Miami. So we'll see. Hopefully for his birthday.
- [18:23]
Dan Fates
Yes.
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Jenna Cottrell
Get some Good weather.
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Mike Catalana
Well, I'm sure he had a lot of fun with the family, but we'll all be back together this week. Plenty more coverage on Buffalo Plus.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Yeah.
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Jenna Cottrell
As we. This keeps on moving along. All right, Week nine.
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Mike Catalana
So we are. So halftime of the next game will be halfway through the season.
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Dan Fates
Right?
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Mike Catalana
That'll be eight and a half games into 17. It is flying. They're six and two. Be happy.
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Jenna Cottrell
Be happy.
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Dan Fates
Yes.
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Jenna Cottrell
All right. Anything else?
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Mike Catalana
I don't think so.
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Dan Fates
I think we're good.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Okay.
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Jenna Cottrell
All right. For Mike Catalana, I am Jenna Cottrell. Dan Fates. Happy birthday. Please be sure to, like, comment, subscribe and share. Share this with a fellow Bills fan.
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Mike Catalana
Yeah, they're all happy. I'm sure you're having a good Monday. If you're watching this on Monday, have a good Monday.
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Yeah.
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Dan Fates
Yeah.
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Jenna Cottrell
We should get business cards and hand it out.
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Mike Catalana
You think?
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Unidentified Male Analyst
Yeah.
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Jenna Cottrell
I feel like people say, still don't really know about us.
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Mike Catalana
I know. How do they not know? How do they not know? We can scan.
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Jenna Cottrell
Nobody's gonna know. That's true. All right, thank you so much for joining us. We'll catch you next time here on the Buffalo Plus YouTube channel, presented by Connors and Ferris. Thanks for watching. Enjoy your week.