OverDrive - Willson on the Bills' disappointing defeat, McDermott's dismissal and the Bears inability to close

Episode Date: January 19, 2026

TSN NFL Analyst Luke Willson joined OverDrive to discuss the headlines around the NFL Divisional Round, the Bears' defeat to the Rams and Caleb Williams' performance, C.J. Stroud's rough game, Josh Al...len and the Bills' defeat, Sean McDermott's dismissal, the interception and more.

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Starting point is 00:00:24 Powered by Fanduel, bringing you everything from the opening line of the final score. Brian Hasey, O'Dug, Jeff O'Neill, Jamie Noodles, McClennon. there he is Luke Wilson Nuddles, let's stay humble today. No matter what happens, let's stay humble. Shut up, man. It's so nauseating. It's worse than being a dick, like honestly.
Starting point is 00:00:43 Just shut up. Stay at home. Exactly. Be obnoxious, be loud. Ignore the noise. Let's stay humble, man. That's so accurate. Stay.
Starting point is 00:00:53 I was telling them last hour, the fact that you would say stay humble and then just a shot for Al's brother here. It's so gutless. It's so gutless. It is. And poor Al's brother, man. He is in a shell right now. Like, we're doing okay. Not well enough, evidently, but you guys are 5 and 0 on your picks.
Starting point is 00:01:14 We're 3 and 2. We bet against the Bears twice. And they've had two of the most miracle, outrageous backdoor covers in the history of the game. You got to chew on it. Credit to the Bears for covering and winning the first time, covering and losing the second time. But we still feel pretty good, right? I know you're Steve Kerr and Antonio Brown, you're in a weird place right now, but we still believe in you and believe in our process,
Starting point is 00:01:38 and there's a lot of points still up for grabs. Yeah, I will say this, boys, what's kind of been fun about this whole thing for me is just like how much it matters at this point, partially because we got Shell during the regular season. But like yesterday, if you can picture this, I'm sitting on Jay's desk, and it's fourth down, you know, those games end and we come on right away. and as soon as Caleb starts pure wedding out, I'm thinking
Starting point is 00:02:00 they covered. Yeah. You know, they covered. When they're chasing them out of the pocket, I'm like, done. And then all of a sudden, as soon as Kemet catches it, I'm actually cheering go for two. Not because I really want them to go for two. I just
Starting point is 00:02:14 know that if they go for two, the cover is safe either way. So can you speak to this? Like, I think most people understand. Brilliant play from Caleb Williams. I'm not taking anything away from elusive, imaginative, his arm to be on his back foot, throw that up. There was like an Aaron Rogers vibe to that.
Starting point is 00:02:33 But it's incredibly lucky. Like he wasn't saying, that wasn't a play. Like I'm going to scramble and find commit in the end zone. No, no, no. Broken down coverage. Everything was covered well. Everything was covered well. Early, I'm saying.
Starting point is 00:02:46 Yes. And then I don't know what the hell the defendant was doing. And it was a great pass rush by not just scared versus everything else. But the most impressive thing you saw on that graphic right there is that, The air yards is 51. Most people on planet Earth can't throw 51 yards crow hopping into it. Imagine sprinting backwards, going side to side, really, having Jared verse in your face and being on your back foot and being like, okay, here's 50 yards. Unbelievable play.
Starting point is 00:03:11 I can't take anything away from home. But there's some luck involved. 100%. You know what hurt is someone sent me a tweet right afterwards that reminded me of, I think it was the 14 championship game, the two-point conversion. To me. To you? Yes. From Russ, where Russ did the same thing, and the Packers, here it is.
Starting point is 00:03:29 Someone sent it to me, and I'm like, this is sickening because of who he throws it to, too. Because that's Russ. Like just, you know, you made a great play. It's a lucky catch. If we play this back, I don't know we can pause it. This is kind of a fun moment for me. If we can go back to the beginning and just not even roll it. Going into games, you'll appreciate this.
Starting point is 00:03:48 We had two two-point plays every week. And now if we needed more, we could obviously add more. But I remember being in the huddle when we scored. okay, we're going for two. One of the plays I was our first read and really our only read, this play, if you look at it, and it's actually a great job, I'm not even in the read. So what we wanted was Doug, so I remember being in the huddle being like...
Starting point is 00:04:09 Doug Baldwin. Yeah, Doug Baldwin. In the huddle, I'm like, please call my number. And then they call the formation, and I'm like, man, so Russ is rolling out to the right. We're hoping to have man coverage to the right, but the Packers pass it off. See how they pass up?
Starting point is 00:04:23 We're trying to go to Doug. I remember sitting there being like, oh man, this play's dead. Like there's no world. And when that ball was in the air, I'm like, Russ, there was no, no chance you threw this to me. And then obviously it ended up being a huge play because Aaron drove the field and tied the game up.
Starting point is 00:04:37 Right, exactly. And now the difference also, not that we need to review from 12 years ago, but you broke in that ball. Like, Komet kept running towards the back of the end zone and it hit him. But anyway, that... It was a gong show. Again, I... It's just, you know, sometimes you get lucky.
Starting point is 00:04:53 You get very lucky as an offense. It's kind of a prayer, Hail Mary, throw it up. I get why he went to commit because, you know, he's a bigger frame. But I think the Rams would have been pretty sick if they didn't, you know, crushing for the bears that they lose in overtime. Yes. And there's a lot of like conversation going on right now about whether or not if you win the coin toss, you defer or take the ball,
Starting point is 00:05:17 where I believe the bills won the toss, deferred, lost in overtime. I believe the Bears won in one the toss, deferred, lost in overtime. Yeah. Small sample size, but where do you stand on? I'm still on to take the ball second. Okay. I really am, and it's unfortunate, but I actually just went over this play kind of a, for more analytical thing.
Starting point is 00:05:42 I really think right now, if you're Ben Johnson, you're the Chicago Bears, the interception in overtime, which led to the, you know, field goal that you lost the game on. I don't know how they don't execute that. That has nothing to do with Caleb Williams. It has nothing to do with Caleb Williams. Zach Kalaris just kind of broke it all down for me. We had kind of the all-24 angle of it. It is maybe the perfect play call.
Starting point is 00:06:06 It is executed well. And like DJ Moore needs to come flat there. And it is a... Did he quit on that, right? I don't know. It's tough to say that. Or just like, it gets weird. Because it kind of indicated that during the fall.
Starting point is 00:06:20 It's bad when you see it from the other angle. He needs to be flat there. They have a clear-out with O'Donzee on the other side of it. It's open. Caleb sets the whole thing up, Ben Johnson, and that's the game. He catches that. I mean, assuming they make the field goal, that is the game. I still, I get that it worked out there the way both times,
Starting point is 00:06:40 but for me, I really like the idea of going second and overtime. Partsie, like how big are the round tables regarding their quarterback? like you saw in Houston with C.J. Stroud, like, they have to be looking at that guy. And maybe Caleb Williams to a certain degree where it's like, this guy can get us that far, but is he really going to be the guy to win us two more games? Is he capable of doing that? I think Hayes brought it up in the first hour. It's like some Buffalo fans must be saying about Josh Allen.
Starting point is 00:07:12 He's the best quarterback. He's the best football player in the world, but we don't know if he can win the big one. Yeah. So there's three guys you mentioned there, and I have some pretty strong stances on all three. I'll start with the most positive, which for me right now is Caleb Williams. You think he can be the guy? Yes, I do. I do because the things that I'd like to see him get better at are the easy throws.
Starting point is 00:07:36 You know that fourth and four is a prime example. I didn't tell Doug that he pulled this up. But there was a second and four on that drive where it's a quick little speed out, and he fires a fastball, I believe it was over Luther Burton's head. And if he's just accurate or the five-yard speed-out, six-yard speed out, we catch that ball, we get out of bounds, and now all of a sudden it's first 10 from, I think, to 12-ish, and the clock is stopped because we're out of bounds.
Starting point is 00:08:01 We don't need that miraculous finish. Those are easy to clean up. You saw the growth with this guy with Ben Johnson. As strange as Ben Johnson is with the handshakes with some of the off-the-field theatrics, I don't think there's any denying that he's an offensive guru. The talent, the arm talent, the escapeability, the athleticism, I couldn't be more brighter in the fact of Ben Johnson's error.
Starting point is 00:08:26 I could not be more, you know... Optimistic about his future. Bingo. So that would be my first one. You like where Williams is at. And he's only near two. I think you've got to give him more time. I do think this guy can go the distance. I'll go to the one that I have the most questions about, which is C.J. Stroud.
Starting point is 00:08:41 And what's strange here is you went from... AKA Al's brother. Dude, he looked like he had never played football yesterday. Well, dude, some of those hope plays where he was pressured and he was tossing it up in the air like a pee-wee football player. It was like, what are you doing, dude? Brutal throws. Bizarre. In Odog, what I'd say, you know, multiplies the absurdness of them is how great his defenses.
Starting point is 00:09:07 Yes. Yes. Where it's like, okay, like the one there, which was the pick six, I get that it sucks taking a sack. I get that you want to go make a play, but you have to have some sort of feel that you have a, what I would, you know, I hate using this term too often, but a generational defense on the other side of the ball. Dude, give him Joe Flackle quarterback,
Starting point is 00:09:28 and you're going to win a Super Bowl. You're up three points here in the second quarter. The touchdown New England scored was on somewhat of a busted miscommunication cover zero, which was still a bang, bang play. Will Anderson Jr. was destroying. Will Campbell. Yes, and Hunter was chasing. Oh my goodness.
Starting point is 00:09:48 He plays average. They win that game. Average they win. He spots them seven there. I thought too, some of the just misthrows from five yards. Hey, you know, it's first town. We have a wide open man and it's inaccurate or it's batted down. I'm like, man, these in a game like that, when you're in New England, it's bad weather.
Starting point is 00:10:08 There's two good defenses. Your defense is generational. Five yards matters. staying on schedule and being in second and five versus second and ten is a massive difference from the play caller. I worry about Stroud, you know, I do. I don't think the sky is completely fallen. You know, obviously there's a little recency bias because the last few games have been horrid. I think you can get this guy back on track, but I do think there needs to have some sort of conversation in the offseason with Nick Cayley, their new OC, being like, how do we develop this guy?
Starting point is 00:10:41 and I hate to bring this up, but it's like after his first year, he had Bobby Sloick as his OC. Everyone was like, hey, he was in the MVP chat in the year. The second year he regressed a bit, and everyone blamed Bobby Slowick. Let's bring in a new guy. And I didn't love that, you know, especially because Bobby Slowick was a guy that was potentially going to be head coach somewhere that year, was getting interviews. And certainly now you're probably sitting there thinking, hey, maybe it wasn't Bobby Slowick. It's trouble there. All right, let's get to Josh Allen.
Starting point is 00:11:12 He had some stupid comments earlier in the year where he felt like he said he was like feeling old. Yes. Yeah, bizarre. Not good. All right, Josh Allen. Let's get to the. Let's get to the meat. Interception, all of that.
Starting point is 00:11:25 Yeah, the whole nine yards. I don't love when they're like, these are things annoy me as an ex-player and they're like, oh, Josh Allen, four turnovers or whatever it was. Okay. Some of the turnover is his fault, 1,000%. The end of the half cannot happen in any situation. I thought that was a massive play, obviously, the three points jammed him in the end. There is the pick that was in Denver's end zone. Again, I actually went over that somewhat recently with Caleris.
Starting point is 00:11:50 It was the perfect greed. It was the perfect play call. It was the perfect throw as far as like we didn't force anything. He missed the throw. That is his fault. He missed the throw. That was not a stupid idea. We missed the throw by about five yards or all sets a touchdown.
Starting point is 00:12:04 Now we get into the one that I don't pin on him was when Bonito drilled him in the back. This is why I don't like when people just blanket statement. Oh, Josh had this many turnovers. You watch that playback. Shakir misses his chip. He's supposed to chip outside shoulder. Dawkins sets shallow because he's expecting this chip.
Starting point is 00:12:22 It's a waterfall effect here. You also have a guard sliding that way. Josh Allen steps back. He has a chip in two linemen pushing that way. He is not expecting to get drilled in the back. You cannot pin that on Josh. No. The sack fumble's not on him.
Starting point is 00:12:37 Not on him. And the last interception, maybe not on him. I mean, it's a battle. And it's the right throw. It's the right throw. So I don't think it's as egregious. Two of four, though, or on him. I agree.
Starting point is 00:12:48 That's still a lot. And I thought what was a bigger issue was the two misthrows. One was the Dawson Knox in the seam. And then two was the McColl Hardman in overtime. Was that in the flat? It was kind of a corner. Okay. Because I thought the third down in the flight, he was getting rushed.
Starting point is 00:13:06 It led to the field goal. I can't remember. It was Palmer or Cooks? He threw it to. But he under threw it. Remember the guy picked it up, ran it into the end zone. Yes, yes, yes, yes. That was a bad throw. Yes. So we had a few of those. Yes. I mean, that's my concern. But is McDermott's taking a heat today? I didn't like McDermott's post game. Like maybe he was trying to save my job.
Starting point is 00:13:24 I had a lot of thoughts on that. I thought it was just excuse after excuse. What was me? Buffalo? Why can't we catch a break? He had three opportunities, Alan, to win that game. In my opinion, we came into the week. And I said it a million times. I've heard you say it. Everyone said it.
Starting point is 00:13:41 This defense and the special teams, everyone else on the team, the whole objective is to put the ball in his hands late and give them a chance to win it. Yes. When they're up 24-3, he could have won that game if he drives them into six. If they go up eight, I don't think Knicks is getting into the end zone twice. Because they would have to score a touchdown, then a two-point conversion. I'm not sure he does that.
Starting point is 00:14:00 At a minimum, if they tie it, balls in your hand. All you need some field go to win it. Couldn't do it. Late, obviously, in regulation. the throw to Knox was a bad throw. Was he pressured? Was there some arms up at the line? Yes, but still it's a feel throw and he couldn't make it.
Starting point is 00:14:15 And then in overtime, three and out, he's got the ball. He can't even put him in a position to kick a field goal. So it's McDermott's fault. It's Bean's fault. It's the defense's fault. Unfortunately, to me, they did everything they could to put him in an opportunity to have his Mahomes moment.
Starting point is 00:14:32 And he didn't capitalize. He didn't do it. And now you've got to have whispered. in Buffalo, does he have the clutch gene? Can he close? Okay. You have to have that whisper in the back of your mind. Everything you say, everything you said there, I agree with. Except the last part.
Starting point is 00:14:49 The whispers are very quiet. Are they? In my opinion, they should be very quiet. What more can the bills do to give him a Mahomes Brady opportunity than what they just be able? He was going to say, the roster. Right. Yes. Okay, you talk about Mahomes.
Starting point is 00:15:04 Okay. Knox ran the route, man. Okay, time out now. Let's get into this. So you talk about Mahomes. Mahomes in his early years, had Tyree Kill, who was phenomenal. And Prime Travis Kelsey, who there's an argument that he is the best pass catching tight end
Starting point is 00:15:22 in the history of the game. 100%. And they changed the rules because of that game, because of what for Josh Allen, because they're like, this isn't fair. Since they changed the rules, I believe he's 0 and 3. So the Knox thing? In the big overtime game. The Knox thing, I get.
Starting point is 00:15:36 And again, I just watched this where it's like, hey, he throws a little high, Knox goes a little flat. Yeah, I think that's one he's going to want back. Got to drop that ball. He's going to want back badly. But you mentioned overtime, and I'm pretty sure it was some McColl Hardman, and it was a little condensed formation, kind of smash concept, where that's one where I think he's expecting McColle Hardman to break that flat. And it's a Nicole Hartman's caught what?
Starting point is 00:16:03 Three balls in the guys here? He's on the practice squad like a week ago. You know, that's where you kind of need a guy that you've thrown the football to consistently. So I do get where you're coming from, but my whispers for Josh not having the clutch gene, just because this game he didn't have it. He has had massive clutch jeans and moments throughout the year and throughout his career. Yeah. I mean, he's eight years in.
Starting point is 00:16:27 Do you think the coach should have got the gate then? Me personally, so this is now, you guys know, I don't love throwing the conspiracy hat on. I do not love throwing it. But I've got it on today based on what happened. Okay, so after the game, this is the kind of stuff that I look into. I find very fascinating was you talk about the whole catch, no catch thing. And I'm not going to get bogged down on that minutia. But I thought it was very strange how he was like, I'm standing up for Buffalo.
Starting point is 00:16:54 I'm standing. I call it. And there's some reporter said that McDermott called him on the plane and was like, this is a catch. I'm looking at it right now. okay again let's go over this whole thing
Starting point is 00:17:08 sure if it's not clear like this isn't a hundred percent a catch okay I'm on the belief it's an interception
Starting point is 00:17:17 I am okay but either way it's like when a coach starts coming on here saying like I'm standing up for Buffalo I'm doing all these things
Starting point is 00:17:26 to me he's pandering to the fan days but exactly we lost the coin he's hanging on for dear life and at that point I'm like he must have known
Starting point is 00:17:32 what was coming. Now the fact that this is where my hat goes on, the fact that Bean was retained I found very strange and what I found strange about it is maybe this is like a Pete Carroll John Snyder thing
Starting point is 00:17:47 where McDermott had his hands on this roster more than the GM did. I have no idea. I'm not in there. But who in their right mind is going to be like this is McDermott's fault, not Brandon Bean unless McDermott
Starting point is 00:18:03 is the one pounding his fists on the table saying, I don't want these guys, I want the people I have in the room, I don't want to go make more changes. What are the philosophical differences that Brandon Bean had versus Sean McDermott? That's where I completely scratched my head and start to wonder what was going on behind the scenes.
Starting point is 00:18:22 Yeah, and that is a valid question. That's fair. You know, Bean didn't only stay. He got promoted. He got a new title in Buffalo. I, like that was, jaw dropping to me. Yeah. And the roster, it's been well documented.
Starting point is 00:18:37 Not good enough or, you know, decent roster, but could use improvement. He's taken a ton of heat in Buffalo for his, you know, lack of weapons he's surrounded Allen with. And I'll, we'll see what he does this offseason. Immense pressure. I just don't know who they're
Starting point is 00:18:53 going to hire. You know, who do you like there's, the favorite right now is Brian Brian Dable to come in and be the head coach. Yes, it is. Like on a lot of books, Brian Dable's the favorite, the takeover as the head coach of the Buffalo Bill. Luke, would you take Daible or would you take Tomlin? Wow, that's
Starting point is 00:19:09 a great question. Thank you. Wow, that's a great. That one stumped me right there. I don't want, listen, you've been trashing Daibble for three years. How could you be thinking about it? I don't know. I don't know if Tomlin is like the guy I would want in Buffalo either. Well, he's a McDermott vibe. Like he gives me a McDermott vibe, defensive, rah-rah guy that's going to get you to the playoffs. McDermott gets them to the playoffs every
Starting point is 00:19:32 single year. For that team, I would take Daibel. But I would prefer neither. I don't like Daebel as a head coach. Neither do I, but I mean that if you're making me either or. I'm pushing this. Little Mike McDaniel wheeling around with his glasses on and a took.
Starting point is 00:19:48 Go, Bill's goal. Here's a crazy one for you. Parts you like it, don't you? I do like it. I knew you would. I've got one crazy one for you. How can you say stop it? Look at how two will play this year. Could you imagine Mike McDaniel with Josh Allen. He's the offensive coordinator.
Starting point is 00:20:05 I love it. I can't have my theory on him stands. Think outside the boss. Let's get the weasel up here. I've got one for you, but this might be completely crazy and gone, though. What about the guy with the 24-year-old girlfriend? Bill Belichick comes out of retirement. Bill Belichick to Buffalo.
Starting point is 00:20:24 That's an organization that he has torched for 20 years. Noodles. Would you take Belichick back? Me personally, no, but I could see how Bill would want that job. Who wouldn't want that job? You walk into Josh Allen as your quarterback. And also for Bill, you know, the way it ended in New England. Oh, you love to take them out.
Starting point is 00:20:45 Listen, they got a real chance of winning a Super Bowl now in New England. With that defense, I worry about their offensive line a little bit. Yeah. But, I mean, you get Jared Stidham playing quarterback for the Broncos. That is crushing that Bo Nix immediately is done for the year with a fractured. ankle right after a game like that. Gary Stidham. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:21:06 Tough, man. I think you guys should give us that call. We might. I think you should get... Oh, dog's going to make that. Steve Kerr is making the call at the end of the week. You honestly call me Steve Kerr one more time. Can I go back to Steve Kerr?
Starting point is 00:21:18 I'm going to kick you right in the pills when I get into work. I just want to put some out there, you know, because we're saying humble. I just want to put some out there. Yeah. You know, you guys brought on a professional athlete. Yeah. You brought them on. Right.
Starting point is 00:21:32 You bring on professional athletes because in playoff time, a guy like Odog, my old partner, knows how to win. He has won multiple championships in this very format. What did you guys do? You discarded his opinion? Yes. Why did you do that? You know how the chain of command goes, Partsy?
Starting point is 00:21:48 How? It goes, me and Al's brother, we just have these thoughts. And he goes like this every time. Yeah, but I don't know. And then he just dismisses them. This is what I'd say right now. from an outsider just looking in, to me, you're Brian Lafleur. You know, specifically against the bears.
Starting point is 00:22:11 Specifically against the bears. You look great for three quarters. And then you're half Josh Allen, half Matt Lafleur. Listen, Brian. Great hair, lots of money, lots of respect. And a tiny tinge of C.J. Stroud in there. I got to say humble. I got to overcome that.
Starting point is 00:22:30 Listen, I understand it. I hear it. It's not easy to take. And even the Josh Allen criticism where I'm coming from, I love Josh Allen. I have pumped his tires more than anybody possibly on earth. And I'm amazed at the amount of people blaming McDermott, blaming the refs.
Starting point is 00:22:47 But like, Alan, you got to close there, man. The whole game is quarterback at the end. That's football now. Like at the end of the game, for the most part. Now, it is intriguing this year. Denver's defense, New England's defense. like there's some great defense is still playing. Seattle's defense is elite.
Starting point is 00:23:03 The Rams scare me a little bit. They look good last night. But this is modern football. From Brady to Mahomes, it's you get the ball late and you've got to close. You have to close. It's just the way it goes. I agree.
Starting point is 00:23:17 I agree, Hayes, where it's shocking to me. And I think it's even more heartbreaking for Bill's fans because usually it's been a lose even though Josh was unbelievable. Right. Mahomes, tops. them. And you're like, I can't believe it. Bowenix didn't top them.
Starting point is 00:23:33 You know, where it was like, now, again, I do think that there's... Maybe a flag there, but... Yeah, and this is what gets tough about the whole flag game. If I can just get to... Well, get to the refs, too, because that's a big topic of discussion. Hang on, let me just throw this in you before you get to the refs. I am done with the in-game rules official guy. I'm done with them. I don't want to hear them anymore.
Starting point is 00:23:53 Yeah. NFL game's rule official guys piping up. I don't want to hear it anymore. I've had it with that. They don't bring a ton to the table. Especially if it's wrong. Yes, they don't seem to ever like go against the referees. Never. That's their brotherhood. Correct.
Starting point is 00:24:07 So that's what is a bit tough about it. So I agree with you on that, O'Dog. Where I think the official thing is a bit of a weak argument from yesterday's game. Is it's like, okay, here's where I'm at on these calls. The first PI on the final drive, I thought was very, very soft. I thought that was very soft. Here you go. Okay.
Starting point is 00:24:27 what was not soft here, this is soft. 100%. Well, especially since they didn't call it the other way. Yes. Or you could have called the Cook's one. But what I didn't love, and this one is legit. I'm sorry, Bill's fans, you can yell at me all you want. He is early here.
Starting point is 00:24:43 You've got your hands wrapped around his waist. When you see this, look, ball's not there. Early, early, we're tackling him. Early is a penalty. But if you go back to that first one, what is being lost here. I love White. Yeah. Giving it to him.
Starting point is 00:24:56 What's being lost is, is what wasn't even debatable was the roughing the passer on Joey Bosa. You didn't like that call? That was 100% a good call. Yes, I agree with you. I thought you were going the other way. No. Because it was gone and it was like one, two, and then he smacked them.
Starting point is 00:25:11 I'm like, so I gave them a one's a penalty there. Yes, you're right. But if we start playing this what was called, what wasn't called. Yes, I think Denver then can go, the game should have been over and overtime when there's a hold in the end zone. And they missed that. Josh Allen, they were backed up. a safety would have ended the game. They missed, like, referees
Starting point is 00:25:30 miss games. This is what has been a bit annoying for me personally, if I can know on this personal thing, is it's like I get branded, like, three years ago, I was branded the anti-bills guy. And I think I've weasled my way out of that branding. And everyone's like, I mean, that's the thing. Correct. Now, like, he's an anti-bills
Starting point is 00:25:47 guy again. You said it. You want to start from me how they lost this game. It starts with the end of the half. Yes. Careless. No question. Careless. That is the main reason you lost the game. Now you go to the turnovers and the miss throws. That's two and three. Okay.
Starting point is 00:26:02 Sure. Now four, we can go into penalties. But penalties work both ways. The idea that this game, when you had the amount of turnovers you did, even what gets lost in this, the cook fumble early in the game, was such a momentum swing. Yeah. They were chugging.
Starting point is 00:26:18 It's like you guys had a chance to win. You had a chance to go to New England and have that showdown. against a team like Denver. And Buffalo, at the end of the day, it was Buffalo's fault. Not the referees. Think about this if you had the post-game reacts podium bingo card, Josh Allen crying and talking about five turnovers. Like, come on.
Starting point is 00:26:41 Who would have had that? No one. No one. And that's what I found so strange about McDermott's press conference when he was like, I'm standing up for Buffalo. I'm standing on. And I'm like, something's up here. Something's up.
Starting point is 00:26:53 My antenna went up right away. Well, the dolphins have hired Jeff Hathley, who was the defensive coordinator in Green Bay. No way, really? Halfley. Halfley's on his way to Miami, so they're going defensively minded. Yeah, they're going to flip, and we'll see that opens a D.C. spot in Green Bay. Do you think McDermott gets another job? Yeah, I do.
Starting point is 00:27:16 I think he should. I mean, he's had a great run. I get that he's got Allen as his head coach. I said earlier, the bills were the Jets before the Jets. like they hadn't gone to the playoffs in 18 years and they go every single year. And he's done a good job. Like they've won a bunch of games.
Starting point is 00:27:32 Yes. You know, the division almost every year, go to the playoffs every year. Yes, Alan's a big part of that. Yeah. But I think he deserves another job.
Starting point is 00:27:39 I wouldn't be shocked if he gets another one pretty quickly. Wouldn't shock me either. Yeah. The strange one's going to be Stefansky. Tafansky is a guy to me. I mean, you could argue that he, by Cleveland standards,
Starting point is 00:27:51 by Cleveland standards, which are not good. he had kind of a good tenure there. Dude, he had one of the coach of the year twice. Two-time coached the year. Where is he going to land? All right. Do you want to say anything to
Starting point is 00:28:03 partner, noodles? Let's just stay humble. Okay, job's not finished. Job is not finished. We got to just focus in on our pick this week. Let's just nail our pick. Then we go into the Super Bowl. Whatever happens with their pick,
Starting point is 00:28:16 they're going to be loud in the chat, a lot of barado. Doesn't matter. We've got to focus in on our pick. That's it. stay humble stay humble curzy you got anything on that curzy i'm gonna honestly kick you in the pills so hard when i see you if you call me
Starting point is 00:28:32 he was like he was ready to come back to us luke oh yeah just Antonio brown you during the game polite no no we're good thank you took his gear off and started running to the locker room the floating bag that's right you i almost put the floating like there was a balloon that floats i'm yeah put that in there but O-Dog, I am partial to you, man. I feel bad.
Starting point is 00:28:53 We love O-Dog. We would take it back. We would, man. I just wish they used your input, especially in crunch time. Well, we're going to do this. But don't worry. I'm going to gut it out. I'm going to gut it out with my new parties.
Starting point is 00:29:07 But I'm telling you next year, I got my own super team, and I'm not dealing with any of you. I got my own super team, and I know exactly who it's going to be. You're on the clock this weekend. Antonio Brown. Dave tweeting in San Diego. I agree with Luke and Steve. I'd like to see McDaniels in Buffalo. Who's Steve, Kurt?
Starting point is 00:29:31 So maybe you guys are on this. Dave tweeting it. Dave's a man of integrity. I agree with Luke and Steve. All right. Good seeing you guys. We'll do it again later in the week. Yeah, what?
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