Sal Capaccio | Buffalo Bills Sideline Reporter

Celica pots here were always excited to have him and his time joining us from the Pacific time zone sow when Josh Allen says it's just another game.

Do you believe him tried hard to make it just another day right believe that but I keynoted not just another game rated the game is the opening of the article future economic report season, but it's definitely not treated like you know a Sunday early November is what you say about what yes let's say that way. Good point.

What's been like so far in LA with those Mafia and the buildup to the kickoff.

I mean, you know you know it is a myth created with driving the travel so well, they always do transplants everywhere. This is the destination city and game for a lot of people. It's either LA or Miami. I think this year the most road trip boat Road city tradition schedule this year or in the Northeast showed some going to places like Baltimore or Cincinnati or Chicago and notifying cities, but the bills off you get a chance to go to LA or down to Miami. That's like, okay, let's do that. So make LA the first game of the year I give people a chance to cannot live that up and think about it what it's like to go so five first time you see in that stadium for some people, including myself, there's a lot of people here. Lots and lots to build transit were estimating my personal estimation is probably over 10,000 mg in the stadium so Thursday night to be pretty crazy neurological on my flight status. While I normally fly a charter with the team get on the radio silent reporter.

I didn't get out of the strip. I came out a day early because my family came out, my wife, my son are here. They're going to the game you know that people make in a week out of it like we are doing is a big bills Mafia event down and not from Ocean Beach tonight. I was a part of that reason some money on some charity stuff see the people doing some radio work and now is just insane. It was just absolutely incredible tonight, why, why is excitement so high sow. While this is the right motive dissipated season in a quarter-century 25 years since the team went to chewable in the early 90s 9393 you know it's been a long long time and we know that they came very close last year to reading that she's in the house and Asa Ginger game. Many of us, including me, believe they do that we get to the Super Bowl. No disrespect to the bangles you did win in Kansas City. I understand that people think that know the bills were to bend that team presenting ASC if that was the case. The expectation is high. You have before you have the phone the blanket look at all like your buffalo is this team doesn't have it. What the bar is this winning Super Bowl party at is not a successful season a lot of ways now you can look at his Lotta factors right injuries things like that but is hitting me like this is the best roster in the NFL. I believe in many people do with maybe the best quarterback you cannot click shortly close to it in the NFL. David terrific coaching staff attribute for office is fine.if you walk into the Hall of Fame. Five years after his career retires to close out games and get to the quarterback and you don't make a move like that unless you doing it to get over the hump to finally when Lombardi bring a championship home and that's what this is all about this your first when using the same standard applied before 2020 kicked off in 2021 or is this really the culmination of what they've done over the past several seasons. No telling what a before 2020.

That was like people thought that to be really good to know. Hey what what you play with house money. Raymond Tina just broke in the playoffs throughout Wrangell years before that and then we get to the AC cabbage agreement 2020 was really it was remarkable was awesome and yet they were one of the best teams in ASC but was also season, the pandemic to work. Understand about different none there.

We said okay or cubicle 2021 and he already knew that they could get their I would like to take a break your break their still committed to the team to be guiding them once they got to Kansas City they lost the weight he lost was viewed as a disappointment like 13.

Second, you should close again while going the season. It was not the same.

It is weight is now now it's like you got you got you. You've reached a security ship game and 13 seconds before Asa Ginger game is no excuse now you been there twice you got to get over the hump and then you went get you what got Bob Miller, Angela Josh Ellis fifth year, you know, this is this is that there's no more taking a step backwards or falling short. Now it's finally getting over the hump and doing it or spending a few minutes with Bill sideline reporter sound to patio the bills radio network from LA from the LA area where it is party time for bills fans.

He says potentially 10,000 of bills Mafia will be in the stadium come Thursday night for kickoff against the Rams.

It's after hours here on CBS sports radio. I'm glad you brought up Von Miller. There may not be a bigger Von Miller fan in the country that me unabashedly a fan of Von Miller.

We saw what he did when he joined the Rams and that's an interesting dynamic brought to the table this far in terms of not just personality and leadership but also his skills. The whole package right talk to. I got on the field to go walking retires you know he's got a consult played a really high level. We talked about the age of 33 gone for six years will look at a little research.

After the age of 33 after the age of 33 Christmas so special at 79 fax his career right Reggie White still had over 60 sacks to think represent over 50 like you're a really good flavor that that position usually a long long time. While in your 30s and you can play a high level of pain, Manning was called Miller the greatest athlete of the plate was so accurate take care of itself. I'm not worried about the known bill transiently where nobody should be think about the contract. What is ages like you played still to be really really good building to find a way to incorporate him in their defense of age actually generally like to do rotate the way they can keep off the field for 35% of the plays because that's what they normally do. If you play 65% of the lot with ability to reclaim a little bit more but also that now claim 90, 95% mostly in trying have to figure that makes outliving more than anything is that personality that leadership is at cachet. He brings here's a guy that is one to chewable is going. Super Bowl MVP. He all right says I will be the first player ever to win three super Bowls with three different franchise amazing luck Matt Millan did that, but he was an active part I think is last one we play Washington of the 90s what he knows and Von know I love about Ron you look you love on you, but I love them to ignite never got to know until this year, but one of the reasons I love them is a student of the game. He knows his place will tell you about Bruce Smith, Reggie White, he'll tell you about know what's gone on before him. He knows his legacy and what it means he cares a lot about that and he thinking into him.

Part of that legacy. A big part is what he does with younger people to come after him. What he does and for him to pull along Greg Russo and Ajay Vanessa and Budge Basham and what he can do and to elevate the rest of the guys around him. It truly does mean a time to him and that's why he's so respected that locker room for the weight he could into be a mentor and a leader and put that that selfishness met that ego aside. A lot of times guys might have. We know there are a bazillion strengths we could last for the bills roster and maybe want the strongest rosters in the NFL. Certainly in the AFC. What are your weaknesses maybe Achilles' heel for this team to start out what could be there coordinator right now me the Condorcet coordinator but we don't know you know Joshua never had a new offensive coordinator Josh Ellis gone for years regarding table endorsee was correct close last three years. When are you elevating endorsee Thursday night through the first time you ever call plays and then I felt really talking about preseason and water that look like what what what happens when you only have 30 seconds to make an adjustment to make a call to get the play in about that dynamic work in the whole quarterback room has turned over you know you have running table Corvette resources to correct Cauchy tyranny and Davis web and Mitch Stravinsky all gone now. Right now you have endorsee and Joe Brady and Chase Kane on the Matt Barkley and that's a great room itself.

Thank you.

Nobody talks more about it, but it's a change writing that could be something that it's not working early the season. Maybe that's why religion adjustment that a Joshua never had to make this adjustment. Now we have many other one obviously for Dave is White's injury towards ACL and thanked on Thanksgiving night and it's been a really good battle at that spot for his starting spot. Melting Jackson will start at one corner spotting the third your players not super experience for those really liked me filled and well when freebies went out last year and legally fine opposite him. Its first trumpet tire you on six trumpet Christian Benford of Villanova, a fantastic camp and preseason what you think okay will shouldn't the first trumpet when that job. I would think you would think that will be the case but that's not been the case is not because he wasn't bad, necessarily, but even thinking about two rookies will now have to go against Alan Robinson Cooper cup that I refill a few weeks from now. What does that look like as the season was not put that copy somewhere which you could take take advantage of them.

You mean the roster may be loaded but just every now and then you could see where there could be a couple weaknesses out. The party was with us from LA getting set for kickoff on Thursday night against the Rams will be part of bills, radio, W, GR, 550 sports radio in Buffalo, but may not fan base is passionate and really it's Western New York as I know for my first commercial job that I had in Rochester New York, and I was told, I think I've shared the story with you before, but I was told no matter what else you screw up on Amy do not screw up on Bill's radio because I was running the board for bills games on Sundays. Do not screw up on that. Anything else we can overlook, but do not mess up Bill's radio or the people get very upset. I will tell you really don't. IIII my ninth year of the bill review number seven reporter, I threw up on the radio all the time to tell me that how do you the bills combat what they're going to see in Aaron Donald because depending upon who you talk to. Of course, there can be better defense of players but we know he is a wrecking ball, and it got so much experience, not to mention the competency comes with a Super Bowl ring. When I think knows I can't give you the secret posted on how to combat it because there is not right knows there was one he wouldn't be Aaron Donald Murray recognizes as baby the best player in the entire Nepal regardless of position which is insane to say but that's how good he is. But let me just throw this out there to think about those off of the line producer and Homer Homer was the Ellie Rams office of line coach for what to three years. Just a couple years ago you want to get turned down every single day of practice. He also Von Miller on their defense finally lined up next Aaron Donald perhaps season last year. Yes, at least have some guys in the building who may have a little insight into maybe some things that could challenge Aaron Donald little bit more about saying that to be done like that, that asking too much. But hey, when you have the opposite line) Homer who went against them every day he might see him and said look for some things that you do. Maybe we have a little more success but you can't do this that you correct that Yvonne Miller who get saved In the him say what gave you guys some trouble while you were there what the teams will get you where you said you know what those are the things that we struggled a little bit again. Think those are the kind of thing get the lien on my comes to him, but I mean he she so fantastic those are very good.

Center Mitch Morse line bases one guard that was on the other side larger sample letters that hold the garden played for the LA ramp so they have a little bit of I think Intel and insight into this Rams team simply from the personnel in the coaches that are around, but obviously you still got a glutton execute the guy is fantastic and he can be a game wrecker two years ago the Rams went to the bills goes with 25 points. The Rams came back and took the lead. If the bills didn't score in the end, it would've been.

I believe the worst comeback lost to those or have lonely there Brad in that game. The reason the Rams came back almost strictly because of her Donald that she completely dominated the football game in the second half.

Aaron Cromer was on the team on the Rams for that game and I would think Sean McDermott and other coaches would say what did you guys do in that second half to help you against us and maybe use that to a little bit of their advantage let you go south.

Who would you say are the top teams that will push the bills in the AFC HS stacked conference.

So where you see that the top competition for Buffalo while I'm taking I'm taking the bills when the conference but I'm picking them to beat the Chargers and a few championship I like the charters as West division champs Justin Herber could win the MVP even or Josh because I think that Josh might not have to put up the same numbers just like playing in that division were Josh really can you let the defense to do their thing a little bit more often but I love Justin Herber I love with the charters having that's a huge competitor. No way I can rule out that she's having. I was on the field with 13 seconds I know exactly what that can be like you can't rule them out.

Cincinnati is of course the defending a few champion. I was like the Baltimore Ravens you're getting healthy, getting guys back in the dynamic quarterback.

Of course Mark Jackson. I love John Harbaugh what they do in Baltimore. The front office to cook except I think they could be if you will be like was so I think those are probably the top teams to deal with the man. It is a loaded conference and you know if any at all.

It is hard to get through it. There's no doubt about that thing. One thing that does help goes all saviors. The West is a beautiful copper and with all the other six times right the bills only have one game against the West is again secure the city Chiefs so that might give them a little track to get that number one seed. Maybe because giving each other losses while they're not what they're playing Miami and New England jet and maybe that helps them get that extra winter to that the others don't have.

And then those teams up to come to Buffalo in the playoffs, which could be huge, sidestepping the West that is a big deal. Great point by Malcolm Potts you are you excited super excited and have never been so by Stadium my first time in almost every little statements when I haven't been to some superset that's likely down that field. Super excited to be a part of the pageantry really been looking forward to this. I work in the NFL. I looked on the on the sidelines rental games every Sunday you live in a dream you're be able to do that to be a part of pageantry. What's that like to be super: I got me out of some of the board jobs want to have to grow up without the… Nice