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Sal Capaccio, Bills Beat & Sideline Reporter

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September 20, 2022 11:24 pm

Sal Capaccio, Bills Beat & Sideline Reporter

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September 20, 2022 11:24 pm

Sal Capaccio joins Zach to discuss how far the Buffalo Bills can go this season.

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They just destroyed the Tennessee Titans last night, but Monday night football with the 40 127 victory. Let's go out to Buffalo right now all committed a long time. Bills reported their sideline reporter is well-stocked about you.

It's always great to hear your voice. I recommend working on a couple hours sleep today, but it is always a lot to handle.

After a night like that one. What what it is like for you last now because the Brandon being we know is a great general manager Sean McDermott is a really good a coach you have one of the best quarterbacks in the league. It's it's weird because for the last 20 years. It was the bill stank.

The bills are good and now everyone's thinking they're going. The Super Bowl already and it's only September. Pretty amazing.

No, really, think about where the team was like six years ago really mean. Now it has been X about five years right Britta B took over, but really for 17 years napping in the playoffs. The drought that was the longest North American professional OC the drought and sports. It was pretty amazing. And honestly guys the last few times, Buffalo Bills fantasy and their team play a home game, the real in a real game of preseason was last year's wildcard against New England when it was just an absolute party next dated when they just rolled doing lead and then last night and it seemed like an extension of that game and what's ironic is these are the two teams doing for 20 years.

Essentially, an antenna fever last couple years. The bill for just that took out a lot of frustration on to be able to party and bask in itself.

I think that's what made it had a doubly sweet last night was the team that kinda held you back from some your goals the last couple years. Love to do that on top of what they did during leatherneck stadium at the end of last season was pretty special. We know Bill stands are extremely loyal but when you been bad for that long, and you also go back to the heartbreak of the four Street Super Bowl losses.

You wonder how they process that the success you should be confident but is there still some skepticism at all like something wrong is going to happen at some point during the season. While it there is a lot of dart built right at me.

No matter what any time you talk to.

I have some dumb people somewhere say wealth.

They will bill their sweet bread of the shoe to drop that to happen. They lose again when they lose a game they hear people saying that because that's what we've been through and this is a city that never one major professional sports title, at least not in the modern era right couple AFL title some lacrosse championships. No suitable makeup.

They come so close they pet heartbreak all the time we've been through it, you know, we we have not only to scar tissue, but we have your talk about it right. We know that we get back upper blue-collar legal backend again until it's going to happen so sure that is there, but I think for the first time in a really long time. There truly is a belief that this is going to happen sometime soon and hopefully this year I did people think it could happen this year but even if not, because if you have number 17 now that is going to happen at some point the quarterback just keeps on getting better and better.

I played better than last year. But what he's done these first two games has been really special. And the way that he's just developed for what he was when he was a rookie to now it is mesmerizing to watch because I tweet this last night. How you stop here fun to watch the unicorn. I mean honestly like to be a TV series on rely your letters remember it all in search of D boy and I think it's like that you could do it special in search of because teams are looking for that little looking for when Josh sounded incredible this that the size, the power, the strength, the ability to throw the weekend pretty amazing last night. He really was doing things that I sent Mike a one point like nobody else can do these things in the fleet that is not to take away from the incredible talent of the patent holder rent Aaron Rodgers. I mean this guy on top of throwing times 50 yards downfield. It completely accurate is also throwing all platform running the other way and a laser beam a couple of times to stop funding. He's running over people we see that every week he can run fast and get first downs when the other doesn't seem like there's a lot of room there. The things that he could do a pretty amazing and temperature remedies. I would say that Josh Allen could lay claim right now, to the best player in the quarterback.

You could say that and I know that you'd be okay that that's a fair thing that you also wild. I thought top 100 list is dopey, but now he was in the top 10 entering that season I got that one while. I think it might've been a little bit of a kneeling bills and fan 13, and that no the 13th thing last year right night I took that to get the Harlow been kind of felt ready. No disrespect made fun of in a lot of ways and animal Josh Schippers personally, but I know Bill Smith noted that so yeah you're right about that.

I look know my yearly predictions I pick it up and BT Super Bowl in.

I picked the bills went through. I do think of the best team in the league. I think they're trying that way right now. The showing that I did not pick Josh Allen to win MVP because I don't think you have to put the gas every single game and have to put up the kind of numbers, unity, and last night I was pulled before the end of the third quarter. I believe might've been right at the beginning the fourth. You might see that a few more times this year, which Josh might have this amazing here. We might not approach some of those MVP type numbers that we see from players in the past because of socks about you here with us what you think. This team learned from the final 13 seconds and is the devastating ending of what did transpire last year they have to close things out how you do that you go to guy like Von Miller hopefully close things out and he is a closer that's what it brought a bit of gondola.

I believe this organization believes that Yvonne Miller was on this team last year. They took where they would've gotten the Patrick homes either in that down second or the drive before that they scored the bills that come down. I think that's what they learn that they have to finish the game have to be able to do it with a defense we can get after the pastor to make sure that they don't give up what they gave up in the final two minutes of that game and if the perfect scenario right now because the bills undersell McDermott always had a blocky rotate about the blind and they don't really get more than 65% is a pretty high mark summing up lately thank Yvonne really pay a lot of money like I do that what here's how you do it. You have really big layoff. Many allow allowing to get a nice rest where the only place 50% of the snaps by Miller's not here to play 90%. He's here to be the closer you play a lot in a close game when you need him here really first Super Bowl on the play a lot when you get toward the end of the season and the playoffs talk about you here with us been a big believer in Brandon being clearly last few seasons we seen what he's been able to do. It's weird to say because he just one executive of the year.

I still feel like get enough credit nationally for what is been able to do with not only this team, but just the whole feel of the organization from where they were to where they are now. It's remarkable that look at me and go back to those suitable themes I I grew up.

I I went to games during those years that I I went through the 99 I went through the drought. I been here for a lot of regimes whether the fan or a professional covering 50 I seen it all and in the one thing that's really striking to me is truly how that matters help matters to have a buttoned up front office that is on the same page of the coaching staff on the same page of ownership on the same page of the medical staff and the training step. I think the biggest difference in this league so eye-opening to me back. To be honest with you like. I think that the biggest difference to the legal outside clean the winners and losers.

You have so much talent while they went their nonaligned are not structurally apparent that a lot of philosophical know that part of the organization to be able to do that the bills do start to print and shot working together in unison. They get what they want ownership. They have great communication and on top of it. We can they find players look up and down. Look at the traffic that look at the undrafted free agent guy they brought in the player development they have in this organization. Last night Reggie Gilliam Gilliam is the guiding they got into a two year contract extension back in training Because they know what they have and what you claim they developed an undrafted creation automatic, with having a quarterback. They drafted a kid in the sixth round out of Villanova with starting and playing lights out in the NFL over his first two weeks and be out there first trumpet Kyra Carter Elam, who by the way that optic that you don't become sick trumpet played really well. There's nothing that you done wrong.

It's wild so the bills are now becoming unattractive destination and other people in this league. I want to be a part of it, but they also want to take players and coaches and executives from that with just the way that we see this going to last for years. That's right the first time they really did lose some high-level guy okay now you get better, he would be the New York he hired Brian Gable comes over from the office recorded or the head coach. But let's go back to what you decide about bringing a little while ago that which is Brandon being so good here stable, front office personnel. He has built a great roster on the field also built a great roster off the field.

People don't realize they have guys like Terrence Gray Malika Boyd Brian Gaynor was a GM in this league that I think you think they have so many guys in this organization that they've had. You can leave a guys have come back to the organization guys they can tap into to basically fill those spots those boys when someone leaves and back. What makes it is a program now. Truly it is not just an organization. It's a program that keeps replenishing itself because they're so good at developing on and off the field. Also that dig straight now looking back at it.

I don't know if there's a more fair trade NFL history of the Diggs Jefferson trade unbelievable right you know I think the thing about traders. I think too many fans think you want to win the trade. I got beat this guy that's that's not what you want to do. Even Brandon would tell you it's win-win. You want the other team to get what they want.

You want to get what you want and everybody went and then everybody can prosper and that's what happened here with that Minnesota Vikings trade would Just ducks. We all how great Chuck is no doubt about it, but the bills need a guy like Stephan Diggs when they got beneath the guy who had already been in his development to step into an organization who was a pro and look credit Terrence Gray in the build organization like is that he was with the Minnesota Vikings. You will… He was there was Stephan. He knew his character or question about that. He said no no no no, he understood what he was all about so that trade is a great example of Brandon being working with another organization to make it work for both sides and obviously it has in the bills are being rewarded right now with a way to Stephan Diggs and his connection is Josh L lecture on the schedules also for the rest of this month and then go in New Orleans October the so the opponent this weekend.

The Miami Dolphins also really good start Howdy view the football team and what type of game you think it's good to the builder dealing with lot injuries after last night. I'm happy to report we all saw the scary scene last night on the field with Dean Jackson he was put into an ambulance immobilized the team didn't release a statement facing the Dean Jackson does not have a major neck or spinal cord injury. That's great news. He was actually at the team facility. Michelle McDermott in the training room.

So whatever that's worth. I don't know what is a short-term or long-term football future hold who knows me at this point could even play Sunday. I don't know but we are happy that that's the case, but besides that, my guide had a neck injury last night as well that Milano had a singer.

Jordan felt that a hamstring Mitch Moore asserted I was going there some injury here, but you talk talk with that second argument in this there not to have Dana back at Micah put a lot of those rookie corners right. We talked about the inland Bedford to go against hiring Hillandale model well say that the bills will have a plan of their deep and dealt don't know how something that they can try encounter with what the Miami dolphins are doing in II think that over the plate very well. Obviously, I think, to attend the Viola deserves all the credit he gets from last week's game. Man, those receivers are very tough to handle. I do wonder though how is Miami to stop the Buffalo offense they gave up a lot of points. The Baltimore Ravens and Josh Allen has had his best career numbers against the Miami Dolphins in any other state sounds about you now enjoy a patriots fan and it's kind of weird. I should be happy that the bills are doing well, but they have been a fun story to watch and there really a likable team with the way that they're plying. So enjoy the ride and will see how far does this your for the bills. Thanks a much. I anytime buddy. Thank you. There's talk about you joining us on the Zach Guild show on CBS portrait is the bills. The bills are really likable team. There's no reason if you look at this objectively disliked the bills and if those fans finally get a championship man, that's good to be some party in Buffalo I you can't even describe what that part is good to be like forget, just like the tables and everything and to be more than just tables. I'll tell you that when it's only September, but right now they were built is the best thing only and there's nothing I've seen so far to make me say yeah they're not to be that this will be fun this weekend against dolphins Zach Guild show CBS sports radio timeout will come back we go from good football, the bad football. The AFC South.

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