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Joe Brady just gave us a tell on how
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he's going to use DJ Moore and what
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Bills fans can expect in terms of
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numbers. And not every fan's going to be
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thrilled about this, but I'm here to
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tell you why it's actually a very good
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>> Last week Joe Brady sat down with the
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Shout podcast and he was asked what
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player or players is he most excited
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about that might be going under the
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radar. Now, I don't know if DJ Moore's
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under the radar, but he mentioned Moore.
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And he said he's really excited to see
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what DJ Moore provides to the offense.
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And I would say, well, that reflects
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just about every Bills fan. Bills fans
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have been dying for a number one option
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for Josh Allen, certainly since Stefon
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Diggs left, but maybe even before that.
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A really dynamic wide receiver that Josh
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Allen could put up some big plays and
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big numbers with. And DJ Moore comes
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with big expectations. But, Brady
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tempered those expectations by saying he
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knows what's going to happen. The first
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time that Moore goes for four catches
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and 40 yards, there's going to be a lot
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of critics and a lot of grumbling about
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it. But, as long as a guy like Khalil
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Shakir finishes with nine catches and 90
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yards in that game, then DJ Moore
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provided more than just numbers. And I
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think this is really key here. I think
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Joe Brady is obviously aware. He knows
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Buffalo. He knows the fan base. He
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certainly has been keen on and aware of
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what's been happening the last couple of
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years. He knows that Bills fans are
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desperate for a wide receiver one. And
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in saying DJ Moore is going to be a guy
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that he's some most excited about, one
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of the guys most exciting, he knows
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there's a target on DJ Moore's back by
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saying that, but that it's naturally
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already there. It's okay
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if DJ Moore does go for four catches and
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other guys eat as well. And I think
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Bills fans are savvy enough to know
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happens throughout the entire
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off-season. But what I like from Joe
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Brady here is the awareness
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that DJ Moore is going to bring more of
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the table than just numbers. And that's
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okay. That's okay because even though
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they gave up a lot to get him, if Moore
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doesn't have 110 catches for 1,200
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yards, there are other ways he's going
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to benefit this offense. When you just
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look at DJ Moore's production. Look,
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last season, while being dropped in the
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pecking order of who was the priority in
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he only had 50 receptions for 700 yards.
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That would certainly be not a good
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for the Bills this season.
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Unless he's injured, there's no way if
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he plays 17 games, 50 catches with under
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700 yards is going to be palatable for
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any fan and I think for for Brady and
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But let's remember that that DJ Moore is
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29 years old. And in terms of
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thousand-yard seasons, you got to go
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I think Moore, because of his size, his
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speed, his hands, his total package,
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will draw more double teams or more
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defensive assignments away to create
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space around the middle for other guys
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and on the opposite side of the field so
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that Josh simply has more options.
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Too often in big games against really
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Bills fans were waiting for somebody to
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step up to make a big play for Josh. And
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so often it felt like Josh had to be
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perfect. And if he wasn't perfect
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through the air, he was going to have to
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make something with his legs happen.
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Which, of course, because Josh Allen is
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Josh Allen, he did so many times. But
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let's face it, last year there's a lot
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of moments where Josh didn't look like
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Josh Allen at his absolute apex. Now,
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some of that I think was definitely
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But a lot of part A lot of that I think
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was part and parcel to a quagmire that
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happened in front of him without having
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a wide receiver defenses really had to
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Really had to go, we got to go with him.
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Somebody's got to make sure we got him.
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You can't leave him. I think the Bills
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have really suffered from that. And
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a big part of this this year will be
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that. That his success will not
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necessarily be your fantasy points. His
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success will be opening things up so
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that there isn't the quagmire in front
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of Josh to make more plays and more
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space. But let's face it, as Josh gets
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his legs become less and less of a
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factor. Now, they are certainly a factor
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But what he was able to do at 26 years
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old is not what he's going to be able to
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do at 31, 32, 33 years old in terms of
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running the football.
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There has to be more space and that is
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ultimately the game in the NFL. So, I
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that Joe Brady understands both sides of
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this. Hey, there's an expectation by
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everybody in Buffalo that DJ Moore is
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going to have to get some numbers here,
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but that's not the only value he bring.
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I would also say, in terms of what a
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reasonable expectation is, again, you'd
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love to see DJ Moore with a 106 catches
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for 1,200 yards and 12 touchdowns.
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Possibly not realistic.
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But we can also all admit that Moore has
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never played with a quarterback like
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When DJ Moore got to Carolina, it was
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the tail end of Cam Newton's dynamic
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play. Really Cam's peak came in that MVP
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season 2015 when they get to the Super
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DJ didn't get there until a couple of
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years after that. DJ's seeing the tail
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of Cam's great play making. But you
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know, Cam was never a great passer.
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Cam was a force of nature athletically.
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He was incredible two-way dynamic player
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in terms of throwing and running. But he
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never had the passing acumen of Josh
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So, that's the first part. He's seeing
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the back end of Cam's greatness. And
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he's getting Teddy Bridgewater.
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He's getting a Sam Darnold year in there
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from Carolina. He's getting a poo-poo
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stopgaps post Cam Newton or when Cam was
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injured. Then in Chicago,
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remember, he's getting Justin Fields.
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And then finally, the coming of Caleb
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Williams, who is certainly not a a
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finished product. He's nowhere close to
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what Josh is at this point in time.
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That's got to be super exciting. That's
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got to be considered here.
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So, I believe that what is a reasonable
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expectation for a guy like DJ Moore if
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he plays all 17 games,
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I think you should be able to expect 70
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to 80 catches for about 1,000 yards. But
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that doesn't jump off the page, you
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know, because there's going to be guys
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like Puka Nacua and Jaxon Smith-Njigba
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and and many others that are going to
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put up bonkers numbers and he's not
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going to be near that. That's okay. He
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needs to be able to have those 75 to 80
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catches. Maybe more would be great, but
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where we know Josh is going to get him
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the football in space with some
7:51
opportunities, some jump balls,
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downfield shots six or seven times a
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game. Maybe if it's working, that
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becomes eight or nine.
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that also his effectiveness is not just
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showing up in the score sheet. And let
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us hope that that is enough for the
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offense to open up. I think it's really
8:11
interesting because, you know, Joe Brady
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now has some of the shackles taken off
8:16
on this offense. We spoke to Tyler Dunn
8:19
last week as as part of the Bill
8:20
Maddock. And you know, Tyler admitted
8:23
that there were fingerprints of Sean
8:25
McDermott on a lot of the big game
8:27
plans. And a lot of the big game plans
8:30
became very conservative offensively so
8:32
that they weren't in a blitzkrieg
8:35
shootout one-on-one with another great
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Well, that that might turn a little bit
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here this season with Joe Brady under
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under the the hood. And I think that
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could be a good thing. Because Josh
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Allen's one of the great weapons in
8:49
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