And guys.

I was able to talk to the Steelers defense this week, and they know they've got their hands full.

I talked to corner Mike Hill in one of the best blitzing corners in the league, and he says You can see on film the maturity, the growth, his ability to see the field so much better compared to the last time when they face.

And they say he's doing such a good job of standing in the pocket as mobile as he is.

And as much as the Steelers respect his escape ability, they say they can see that he wants to throw the ball.

But that's going to mean also, they're going to turn the pressure on today.

Yeah, no doubt about that.

I was distracted, Diana, when you were talking there last time we had Diana around Bills Mafia.

So weird to not see him out there.

They were like giving her Jell O shots.

It was a whole different scene that we just saw right there.

Rex, I want to go back to something Diana just said, because when she was talking about people comparing Josh to bend coming out.

He was kind of raising his hand in the corner like, Yeah, I did that.

What similarities are you seeing right now Between these two?

Well, it's so funny when they did come out because everybody is claiming.

Oh, yeah, I saw.

No, they didn't.

Okay, I saw because I went against Ben Roethlisberger.

One thing Ben did.

He led his team to championships.

Multiple championships.

That's about the only thing this young man needs to do in Josh Allen.

We're gonna see it today.

It ought to be a heck of a game.

I think.

The interesting thing for me, the comparison is like a lot of quarterbacks, you know, when the blitz is coming, they say, Oh, no, it splits.

And then there's some quarterbacks and say, Oh, good, it splits.

And I think you've been that way.

You know, you put the third down tape together, and everybody is talking about the chemistry between him and Stefon Diggs.

Man, please don't leave about what Cole Beasley has been doing in that offense.

But let me go back to his rookie year.

We had a Monday night and hey came up to me.

We were talking and and I was just talking about just being the face of the franchise.

A lot of rookie quarterbacks come in and not understanding what the face of the franchise really means.

That means that everything is is handed to you and when you look at it.

And Diana was just talking about his growth over the years, and I just told him that as quick, the quicker you become a student of the game, the quicker the success comes to you.

So when you look at how he's developed over the last couple of years, I'm not taking any credit for it for our tall.

But I do like that to see his growth and how he's put this team on his shoulders and he's trying to take him into the playoffs.

Maybe something deeper.

Yeah, the biggest words.

Improvement.

It's what he's been since his since his rookie year.

Those plays where we watch and it's like what was he thinking?

What are we doing?

I mean, what is he doing when he's trying to do so much?

Those just aren't there.

Diana brought up everything to me, okay, 17% increase in his completion percentage.

That's what it's all about that shows improvement, that third down aspect.

You're talking about his ability to run.

You guys see Roethlisberger.

I see a little more homes and you're right.

There's no armed.

Better, except for Patrick Mahomes.

Maybe, but Mahomes has done it on the bigger stage.

We'll see if he can do it on this big stage tonight.

Yeah, and, you know, match point about you evaluate quarterbacks, how they perform on third down.

The other key factor is Red Zone, and there's nobody better than Josh Allen in the league.

And let's give a shout out Brian Dabul, You mentioned him.

If there's a guy that should be on the top of the list of being a head coaching candidate, it's Brian Day ball.

We all want to get these young quarterbacks coming in league.

Well, nobody's done a better job than Brian Dabble with Josh Allen.

And to me, with with Josh Allen in all these wide receivers, those wide receivers air cast off easily came from, uh, the Cowboys.

John Brown came from somewhere else.

Stefon Diggs came from somewhere else.

I believe Josh Allen is the only first round pick on that offense, so I mean, he's doing it with.

He's not like buying his way to success like they've gone out.

Been a blue collar team, shoot their wide receivers.

All have Number's in the teens like 11 13, 15, 80 numbers in the wide receiver group.

So I agree.

Josh Allen does remind me of Patrick Mahomes.

I think Brian Dabul has done a great job 100% Rex.

This this is a This is a really, really good football.

It is.

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