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That's 855-212-4CBS. You can also find me online. I am at JR Sport Brief. And I'm actually going to answer some of your comments and tweets that I've received so far tonight.

I have some questions here about Josh Allen. I know people have started to tweet me about I am legend. I'm also happy to be here in the studio in New York City tonight with super producer and host Dave Shepherd. Tomorrow, or depending on where the hell you live, a Tuesday, we're starting the Media for the Movement tour with the first stop being Fordham University in the Bronx, New York, somewhere that I grew up and spent my whole damn childhood, so I look forward to being at Fordham University tomorrow. Just spreading the great message of Special Olympics, inclusion, inclusive health, and thank you to my friends at Experian next week. I look forward to being in Philadelphia with my friends at Drexel. I know soon we'll be at Tulane.

I will be all over the country. If you want to keep up with me, social media, easy, at JR Sport Brief. So tonight, Monday Night Football, what took place? Blowouts. If I had to take a look and describe all of the games that took place on Sunday, it's comebacks. We saw the comebacks, right? We saw the New York Jets came back against the Browns. Just thinking about two teams like the Jets and Browns just gives me the shivers, but they did it.

It happened. Then we had the Cards. They came back against the Raiders. Watching that game is just like, wait a minute, is Derek Carr trying to give this one away? And I guess the Raiders did try to give it away, and they did.

And then a big comeback, I was watching this until the stupid NFL Sunday tickets stopped working. I was watching the Ravens beat up on the Dolphins and then I blink and it's just like, whoa, Tua Tonga Veloa, he has touchdowns for everybody. Tua Tonga Veloa running around saying, hey, I got four CDs in the fourth. It must be fun to just dump the ball off the waddle and say, hey, you go get the other 80 yards or to just bombs away to Tyreek Hill, who can just get down the field 80 yards in two seconds. And so Tua Tonga Veloa looking at that big old comeback, the Dolphins over the Ravens, he said, yeah, easy. We executed well in the fourth quarter. We were executing on all cylinders offensively. And then when there were times where we didn't execute, no one panicked. Everyone, you know, just came back into the huddle and we regrouped and we went back out there and try to execute whatever play we were given. Yeah. And so can we please, please give Tua Tonga Veloa a damn break?

Can we please let Tua Tonga Veloa live? I know there were a lot of people saying, oh, yeah, Brian Flores, Brian Flores holding this man back. Well, Mike McDaniel, he ain't holding him back.

He he got him out there ready to roll. And Mike McDaniel, he must think this NFL thing is easy. He's sending guys out there and boom, we beat you and beat you as in Bill Belichick. And now this go round, he beat another great quarterback, excuse, former quarterback, now coach in Harbaugh.

Must be nice. That's what Mike McDaniel had to say. I just challenged him to say that who cares what the score is? It's about our how we play football together. So this is an opportunity.

It's it's a tough one, but that doesn't matter. Let's go. Let's get something out of this game to feel good about in the second half and we'll worry about the score sometime in the fourth quarter. But let's just string some stuff together on both sides of the ball.

You want to talk about a measuring stick? Well. They got the Buffalo Bills next. And the Buffalo Bills are still out here beating the living snot out of everybody tonight. Monday night football.

The Buffalo Bills, they just took the Titans lunch money. And breakfast money, if it breakfast money shop, is there such a thing as I know lunch money, breakfast money, right? There is such a thing. Yes. Yeah. Most of the most important meal of the day from what I heard. Breakfast? Yes, sir. I feel like sometimes you got people who say, oh, no, breakfast is not the most.

There's so much science now. How about you just eat? How about that's good.

How about you eat and eat something healthy? So basically, the Buffalo Bills took all their food. Forty one to seven. And Josh Allen was out here tonight. He's just like, hey, Stefan Diggs, it's your time to shine. When LeBron went to Miami and he stood there with with Bosch and Wade, he said, not one, not two, not three.

I don't know when they stopped counting. But Josh Allen decided to to deliver three touchdowns to Stefan Diggs. How about this one? This was the first Bill's radio network takes a snap, takes the handoff. Josh rolling to his left, looks back, throws the other way to his right. Touchdown Buffalo. Touchdown Buffalo.

That was one. What comes after one? This Josh will take another shotgun snap, takes, takes a handoff, going to throw it. Looks downfield, looks downfield, fires downfield, looking for Diggs inside the five.

Dives for it, makes the catch and it is caught. Touchdown Buffalo. Josh Allen to Stefan Diggs. Touchdown, Bills. A forty six yard completion.

Now, I'm sick of saying it in English, less stress. Bill said Mackenzie and Kumaro lined up left side on second down. The snap to Josh, going to throw it to Diggs. Bobbles makes the catch into the end zone. Touchdown Buffalo. Stefan Diggs, the hat trick, his third touchdown for the Bills and they are rolling now.

Yeah, rolling, rolling like a river. Sean McDermott, head coach of the Buffalo Bills. He talked about their game plan after the win.

And I wonder how complicated this sounds. Yeah, I thought that both coaching staffs with the defense, offense, special teams, they did a great job. Good game plans.

Players executed. Thought it was good fundamental football. Thought we were a little maybe erratic early, you know, and we settled in and started playing good, good disciplined football for the most part. I should say fundamentally strong football. We still need to add some discipline into what we do there. Oh, a little bit of discipline never hurt nobody. Highly disciplined beatdowns that they're just handing out to these teams right now.

And the Buffalo Bills are absolutely dominant. And so this is the point where I look at Twitter at JR Sport Brief and I say to myself. We got a caller in earlier and hold on. I got to go through so many tweets. People telling me about I am legend.

What do we got here? The Adam at JR Sport Brief is something I said earlier on in the show. Please clarify what you mean by Josh Allen has to prove it in the playoffs. Dude played absolutely flawless last year.

The defense couldn't get a stop. Now, what do I mean by Josh Allen has to prove it in the playoffs? We had a caller.

I think it was Dave from Buffalo. And he pointed out the fact as I destroy things here in the studio. He pointed out the fact that Josh Allen is the best quarterback in the NFL. And I'm like, OK, yeah, sure, fine.

First two weeks here. Sure, fine. I'm not going to argue. Who cares? I want to see Josh Allen win it like this. I'm not interested in Josh Allen being the best quarterback. Josh Allen played like an MVP last year. We know he's good. We know he's great. We know he's one of the best quarterbacks in the game. Whether or not he finishes with the MVP award or people think he's the best or it don't matter.

I want to see you win it. There's a hump right there. A hump. We have seen Patrick Mahomes get over that hump. We've seen Tom Brady get over that hump.

Sometimes his ass fell off the side and now just wish he'd go away. But he's gone over that hump more than anybody. And now we have a new crop of quarterbacks who have almost tasted that that success. Lamar Jackson and the Ravens.

Yeah, the team that just lost here to Miami choked. They haven't gotten over that hump. And Lamar has run around with an MVP. He's about to run around with 50 plus million dollars. Get over the hump. I'm not interested in anything else.

I'm more interested in seeing how much money he gets than anything. We know he's good. And it's the same thing with Josh Allen. We know you're good, man.

Get over the hump. That's it. And he can do it.

It's absolutely amazing. And so I'm very interested to see what he does in the postseason. I don't care about this regular season stuff. This is a this is a rubber stamp, rubber stamp your way through the season, beat up on all these other touchdowns or excuse me, all these other teams and do something in the playoffs like like really win, like win a championship.

That's it. That's what I want to see. Congratulations, another beatdown, 41 to seven. And if you want to be interested in what Tennessee did, Ryan Tannehill just only threw for one hundred and seventeen yards. Two interceptions. And Derrick Henry, I guess with no real threat to receive the ball like in A.J.

Brown. Derrick Henry rushed for twenty five yards. He contributed their only score and Buffalo won forty one to seven. That's not the only Monday night football game that took place. Not too long ago in Philadelphia. I'll be there next week. The Eagles.

They beat Minnesota the final score there. Twenty four to seven. And I told you about to a tongue of a lower people giving him a break. Well, what about an old buddy of his?

I use his buddy loosely. What about Jalen Hurts? This man is also someone in the NFL right now who's having his own coming out party. Because tonight, as they beat up on Kirk Cousins, who couldn't throw the ball to his own receiver to save his life, Kirk Cousins had three interceptions. Jalen Hurts was just pushing the ball into the end zone, whether he had to throw it or whether he was dragging human beings into the end zone himself. Three hundred thirty three yards passing a touchdown.

He rushed for fifty seven yards in addition to two touchdowns. Hurts, he spoke to ESPN after the game and said, listen, we just need to go out there and play our game. And it all starts with me. Yeah, I think we just have to go out there and play our game.

And I know it all starts with me. So the preparation we had our week, it was excellent. We started off great. We got to do a better job of finishing, but we'll take the win.

Yeah. Just take the win, take the victory. The Eagles will move on.

They'll take on Washington. And I know for an entire week we had to hear about the the connection. Between Cousins and Jefferson and and even Aaron Rodgers is rubbing it in. Oh, Justin is the is the best wide receiver in the game, and he very well might be.

There's quite a few of them. He only was on the receiving end for 48 yards. I'm sorry, Justin Jefferson can't just catch 200 yards every damn week. And so it's nice to be in the NFL right now. And we know who the top QBs are.

But guys who were pretty much on the bubble, the question marks, the Tua Tonga below is the the hurts. It's nice to see them having great starts. The Philadelphia Eagles are 2-0 to start this season. The Miami Dolphins are 2-0 to start the season. The Buffalo Bills are 2-0 to start the season.

And it's lovely. It's really lovely to see Bill Belichick, you know, even in a victory, to know that he's not at the top of the AFC East. The Buffalo Bills are there. The Dolphins are there.

And they had to face a little adversity to keep the trainer rolling. Yeah, tonight, Monday Night Football, some boring ass games with a lot of blowouts. I mean, even Case Keenum came on at one point in time, the end of the game, to relieve Josh Allen. Because at the end of three, the score was already Buffalo 41, Tennessee 7. And then meanwhile, in Philadelphia, every time it looked like Kirk Cousins had any type of life, I don't know. He got picked off.

Darius Slay, he basically owns this man. This was Kirk Cousins' third INT of the game, his second to Slay. Reds out his wide receivers. Third goal from the line. Cousins is back.

Here comes the rush. He throws it high in the air, and it is intercepted. Third interception today.

Now Slay drops it, but he's down. He may be intercepted. Yeah, the Eagles Radio Network, they could have replayed that a couple of times because he just, he owned them.

It must be nice to beat Kirk Cousins. What a guy. Always giving to the other team. Quite hospitable.

It's the JR Sport Reshow here with you on CBS Sports Radio. I'm also going to be hospitable. I'm going to be charitable. I'm going to open up the phone lines and I'm going to give you an opportunity to talk, to chat with America. It's what I do a lot. How many shows actually let you talk to everybody, have an opinion?

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That's 855-212-4CBS. Monday Night Football is a wrap. We had a double header and we had double ass kickings. Philadelphia over Minnesota 24 to 7 and the Bills over Tennessee 41 to 7. AJ Brown. Tennessee needs you, man, but I know they love you in Philly right now. I'm going to take your calls on the other side. It's the JR Sport Reshow, CBS Sports Radio. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio. I'm at work doing security, man, and I listen to your show every night. Hey, man, I am new to your show, but I absolutely love it. It's awesome. This is the best sports talk radio show on the air for sure, bar none.

Call in now at 855-212-4CBS. It's the JR Sport Reshow here with you on CBS Sports Radio. Two for the price of one. Beatdowns for everybody. Monday Night Football, one game, Buffalo wins over Tennessee 41 to 7. The other game, the Eagles, they handle Minnesota 24 to 7. Jalen Hurts, he goes out there, he accounts for three touchdowns. And then you have Mr. Kirk Cousins, he accounts for three interceptions. And I told you, yeah, Darius Slay, he was able to go out there and snatch two off of Kirk Cousins, but you know, might as well show love. It's always fun to talk about a Kirk Cousins interception. Jordan Hicks, he got in on the action too. Here, take a listen, just for the fun of it, courtesy of the Vikings Radio Network. Hurts loops one over the middle, it bounds into the air and it's intercepted. Here comes Jordan Hicks, the former Eagle, nearside to the 15, to the 10, taken down at the 8.

A return of 21 yards by Jordan Hicks. Oh, Vikings Radio guys sound so sad. Well anyway, I'm happy.

I ain't got none to be mad about. 8-5-5, 2-1-2 for CBS, that's 8-5-5, 2-1-2 for CBS. It is oh so beautiful to look at an NFL world where we have quarterbacks who have emerged and continue to emerge.

And I'm not talking about some of the more established gentlemen. I'm talking about Tua Tongaveloa. Oh, Tua sucks. Tua's not going to do anything. Well, he threw six touchdowns and had four in the fourth quarter. Good for Tua. It's nice to see Jalen Hurts out here.

Oh, this is just another guy. Oh, he's going to do his run. Oh, he's going to do his run and the ball.

Well, damn it, yeah, he's running the ball and he's an improved passer. It's a beautiful thing to see. Nice to see progression.

Nice to see folks who bounce back against adversity and people who want to hate on their guts. 8-5-5, 2-1-2 for CBS. You can tweet me at JR Sport Reef. Let's go to Alabama. And let's talk to Dave. Dave, you're on CBS Sports Radio. It's a fun Monday night, JR. I loved it.

I was hearing it over the radio. I mean, the Bills just kicked in the door on the Titans, took everything of value, including the wife and the maid, and took Derrick Henry's milk bottle and his pacifier. And not only that, they took their intestines and beat them with it. And as for Philadelphia, oh, that was so lovely. I mean, they just outright impaled the Vikings and broke their necks.

They teach them to let them know, hey, we're not taking nothing off of nobody. I loved it. That was a fun Monday night. Wow, that was... Oh, that was a fun Monday night.

I loved it. You don't have anybody in your basement, do you? No. Oh, man. Wow.

You can't have a better Monday night than that. Okay. I'm afraid to ask you, I wanted to ask you if the Eagles impaled and did what?

They impaled the Vikings and broke their necks. Okay, yeah. Yeah, because these two teams are sending a message to everybody.

We're not taking nothing off of nobody. Yeah, I hear you. Well, it's nice to see the Eagles back on the up and up. I might have to bring out my Ricky Waters jersey over the next couple days. Hey, Dave, I appreciate you for calling from Alabama, man. Thanks, man. You have a good night.

You as well. Hey, Shep, I think we might have to contact some authorities, man. I think Dave's laugh is better. I think Dave's devious laugh is...

I know Halloween is what, a little more than a month away at this point? Yeah, I think Dave has the hot... We can probably plug him into Hallmark and put him in cards. We could probably put Dave on Cartoon Network and he could have a new living. Yeah, we could put him in movies. I don't know how scary he is.

Yeah, he's scary as hell. Let's go ahead and talk to Mike. He's calling from Miami. You're on CBS Sports Radio. Go ahead, Mike. How you doing, brother? I'm excellent. That last call is a hard act to follow, man, but I'm going to do my best to top that.

Please. So, great win yesterday. I would like your thoughts on, I mean, the small sample size, man, but here's what I'm gathering over the first two games. Tua looks fantastic, but once again, small sample size.

He bailed us out yesterday. The running game is a little concerning for me. You know, we didn't bring 100 yards to both games. We got Buffalo next week who looked absolutely incredible. Granted, the games in Miami, but we know they're going to bring the Heat.

They look fantastic. They're a Super Bowl contender, as we all know. I'm just, I'm a fan, don't get me wrong. I'm just not convinced quite yet. If Tua can do this against Buffalo, then maybe my eyes will be a little more wider, but I give him the heart.

I give him some credit. He came back against Baltimore, who's had a stingy defense over the years, and he just exposed him in the fourth. Where do you see Miami so far? Once again, granted, and there's a small sample size, only two games, but where do you think they're feeling 15? Playoffs, man. I see them going into the playoffs. Are they going to go ahead and win the AFC East? Probably not. We know that the Buffalo Bills are sitting right at the top of things, and I would take solace in the fact that they are a playoff team and that they should get in as a wildcard. Anything less than that would be a massive disappointment. I know the first thing that you mentioned was the running game.

I would not be all that concerned about it. Raheem Molstered has pretty much proven and shown that he is a viable threat. We have seen this man basically help drag the 49ers, and yes, they were a very good team, but Raheem Molstered was a central focus for that squad when they ran to the Super Bowl. And so here you have two starting running backs.

Raheem Molstered has a lot of versatility to his game. You have Chase Edmonds, and in both of these guys, I think it's a matter of health. Here's the other aspect that you have to think about when you look at this Dolphins offense. Is it your cookie cutter offense?

Is Tua going to drop back and just bombs away? No, he's not. The man just told you a couple days ago, hey, I could barely see over the offensive line. It is by no coincidence that you got Tyreek Hill on one side and then you got Waddle on the other side. These dudes are not just, they're not Megatron. They're not imposing figures. These are guys, you want to think about the potential lack of a rushing attack? Tyreek Hill getting the ball in the flat or getting a flip is just as good as any running back in the game.

They are built for yards, quote unquote, after the catch. And so I'm not all that concerned with their offense. If you want to be concerned at their defense, knowing that they got smacked around by one of the best quarterbacks, I would find a little bit more reason than that. But their offense, I believe, is going to do this all year long. And I see them going into the playoffs, something that I know everybody's waiting on. Are they the top of the AFC?

I'm not prepared to crown them all of that. But if you're a Dolphins fan, hey, be happy that you are better than Belichick. Be happy that you can go to the playoffs.

And I say, hey, one step at a time. Enjoy the ride, man. Oh, no, I'm very happy. Listen, we're 2-0. It's been a while since we've been 2-0.

I'm cherishing every second of it. Listen, if we lose the Buffalo, so be it. But I just, I hope we can give them a game.

I hope we can be like a 28, 25 type of game or anything like that. As long as we compete with Buffalo, I will have no arguments at all. But listen, JR, I love this show, man. Thank you for your insight. We appreciate it. And have a great rest of your night.

Thank you so much. You as well, Mike. Thank you for calling from Miami. It took a whole lot of pushing and nudging for Brian Flores to turn things around for the Dolphins last year just for them to finish above.

I don't think this squad is going to have the same type of issues or problems. And if you're a Dolphins fan, hey, I don't want to say you're stuck in the middle. You have a chance and an opportunity to kind of lay your claim if you can go up there and punch Buffalo in the mouth. And then at the same time, hey, listen, you're not as bad as the Jets. Be happy. And then you're better than the Patriots. Be very happy.

Enjoy the ride. This would be a disappointment if the Dolphins don't kind of ride this to the playoffs. That would suck. So the JR sport re-show here with you on CBS Sports Radio 855-2124 CBS. That's 855-2124 CBS. We have a man who hits quarterbacks for a living. He talked about the victory tonight. We're going to hear from Von Miller on the other side.

He spoke. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio. You are listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio. Best sports show in the country, my friend, JR.

Always a pleasure to talk to you, brother. Call in now at 855-2124 CBS. That's right.

It's the JR Sport Brief show here with you on CBS Sports Radio. Oh, yeah, we just are rolling. Yeah, and if you happen to be a fan of the Bills or the Eagles, you can go ahead and just pop your collar.

You got plenty of reason to do that. Tonight, Monday Night Football, Buffalo Bills 41 to 7 over Tennessee. Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, the Eagles, they had no problem with the Minnesota Vikings 24 to 7. It was a beat down. You know, we talked a lot tonight about Stefan Diggs and his three touchdowns. Well, he spoke to the NFL Network after the game.

And, of course, he was in an excellent mood. Listen. Feel good.

You know, put things in perspective. We had some plays that we wish we had back. Josh had a hell of a game, as usual. You know, I give all the quarterback love to him.

He threw some hell of a ball and found a way to win. What kind of zone are you and Josh in right now? We're getting there. We're working at it. I feel like it's a lot of turnover from practice. You know, the time that we put in, the consistency. We've been together for a couple of years now just trying to build off of it. I noticed on the first touchdown you hit it gritty.

Then you gave us, I think, a little Michael Jackson there, too. Genuine. Genuine. Genuine.

I'm sorry. Did you regret, though, using all the touchdown celebrations when you still had two more? Yeah, you never know.

You never know what's in the future, so sometimes you got to get them all out. I love the fact that Genuine is getting a lot of attention, mainly because he's still doing amazing shows all over North America. And that, yeah, people are looking at him going, he's an old man now, and he's just dancing and doing funny dances and looking like Quagmire. Yeah, good for Genuine. If you don't know Genuine's music, then I don't know what to tell you.

Find a pony, ride it, and be so anxious. Anyway, Von Miller, tonight, he didn't have a sack. He did have a tackle for loss. And Von Miller, talking about their defense, just shutting down Derrick Henry. Derrick Henry, only 25 yards rushing. And Ryan Tannehill, I don't think he ever needs help throwing an interception, but the defense kicked ass.

Listen to Von Miller. We just played our style of defense. We had so much respect for Derrick and that whole offense, that whole ring game, the whole passing game for Ryan Tannehill, that we really didn't, you know, leave any T uncrossed or any I undotted.

Coach Frazier, Coach Washington, Coach McDermott did a really good job of keeping everybody focused for this game. Von Miller sounded like he had to think about what he was trying to say there. You dot the I's and cross the T's. What are we going backwards here? It's okay. We all understood what he was saying. Von Miller could kick my ass if he wanted to, so I'm going to relax. So that's what took place on the Buffalo side. I want to share with you, you know, what went wrong, I could say, with Minnesota.

They certainly have their own thoughts as well. Let's hit the phone lines, 855-212-4CBS. Ezra, calling from Atlanta.

You're on CBS Sports Radio. Go ahead, Ezra. What's going on, JR? Great show.

Love it. Man, three things I'm going to take away, I took away from this weekend. One, you were right, man. I'm off the Trubisky train, man. That train ain't making no stops. It's time for the Kenny Pickett. You said that in June, you know, and I was just trying to be faithful and hopeful.

But it's time for Kenny Pickett. That's number one. Number two, I think it's crazy to me how the Raiders keep disappointing experts. They're owing to the Derek Carr years.

They're always picked to make the playoffs, Super Bowl, whatever. It's amazing to me how every year the Raiders, they really, really just sort of underwhelm everyone's expectations. And three, this is the last thing I took away from this football weekend. We had two Alabama quarterbacks that won the national championship. One in the first half, the other in the second, and Jalen Hurts and Tua. The fact that they hit the stage, national televised games, they won their games, and Alabama really, really has never produced a solid quarterback in the NFL since, don't name it.

I think that it was a good look, not only for Alabama, but just for the NFL to see these two kids that turned out, or it looks like they're going to turn out to be great draft kicks for their organization. Yeah, man. Well, let's slow down.

I hope, okay? I mean, see, this is what we have this season for. This is pretty much for both Tua Tongaveloa and Jalen Hurts. I think it's too early to say, oh, these are make or break seasons, but they are.

And we've seen guys who have been drafted ridiculously high. Come on, what's Baker Mayfield doing right now? He's two steps away by the time we get to the end of this season. He's probably going to be a backup somewhere, unless there's a team that says, oh, we want to give you another chance.

And it ain't going to be a good team. And so Tua has been beaten to shreds since he's been drafted into the NFL. People look at the success of Herbert. People look at Tua and his injuries. People look at... The hip, that hip injury, yeah.

Yes, but then it goes past that. People look at Brian Flores and saying, nah, nah, Tua, come here, man. We got to put Ryan back in the game. And so now Tua is having a chance to show what he has now that he's healthy and he has better weapons around him. In the case of Hertz, oh, my God, come on, this man was selected in the second round.

He had to get away from his school so he could get another chance to actually go out there and play. And if you think about it, he's had even more to prove than Tua Tonga or Loa because he's been putting that space of, oh, jailing Hertz is just another running quarterback. Well, damn it, we see that he can run. We see that he's a ridiculous athlete.

He's big, he's strong, and he's improved as a passer. And so this was his prove-it year for Philly before they said, all right, we might need to move on. And so I love the fact that right now, jailing Hertz is proving himself to be worthy of a starting job through the rest of this season. Last year, a little bit of a crapshoot.

But you are correct. There are two guys to come out of Alabama and show themselves it don't matter where jailing ended up. I'm glad that he's with the Eagles. I'm glad that he's starting.

And I'm very anxious to see what they look like the rest of the season. Yep, me too. As long as he ain't in my conference, I'm jailing Hertz all day.

I can dig it. Well, thank you, Ezra. Appreciate you for calling up from Atlanta, man. Thank you, jail. No doubt about it. Piece of cake. Alise calling from Miami on CBS Sports Radio.

My brother, my many blessings, yo. When it comes to that Dolphins game, man, I mean, the Dolphin organization that was historical. You know, we saw perseverance. We saw Dolphins team come back, you know, in the fourth quarter.

As it happens, you know, in 711 games, you know, going back to 2011. This is a season where we're actually going to show her the breakout. I really believe in Tua and where he's progressing. And to touch base on the last caller, man, when it comes to, you know, jailing Hertz, Justin Herbert, Gil Burrow, Tua has the most winning percentage overall. You know, Tua has, you know, say, improved and showed improved.

And now he has the opportunity to really, you know, show the real. When it comes to the Dolphins, I feel like our O-line development, especially the left side. We definitely got to really, you know, check ourselves when it comes to coming to Buffalo. We definitely have to have a strong O-line, right? That's my main concern is our offensive line. How do you feel about that? Well, listen, man, they were able to bring in Taran Armstead from the Saints.

That's going to take some time for everybody to get acclimated to each other. But I'd be lying to you if I sat down and said, oh my God, I'm overly evaluating the offensive line of the Dolphins. I mean, look, I see who they have brought in. I see what they've been able to produce.

And I'm going to tell you the same thing I told one of our prior callers. Yeah, you as a Dolphins fan, you can sit down and nitpick and pick apart everything that they're doing and you can look at the concerns. And I'm going to tell you, hey, I believe that they're going to go to the playoffs. And it's going to be a disappointment if they don't. And so it's been two games, two. They got more time.

I'm taking it very lightly myself. I'm very much, you know, looking at this as a perseverance game, as a game that, you know, we showed how we can come back, which is great. But there's a lot of things that we have to build on. I still feel that we could win the East, but Buffalo really seems strong. I get that. But I really feel that we have a better offense than Buffalo. Oh, wow.

That's what's going to one-up us on Buffalo to win that Eastern Conference. Okay. All right.

Thank you, Ali, for calling from Miami. You want to tell me how you're concerned about the offensive line, but then the offense of Miami is better than Buffalo? You going to be telling me that next week? Okay.

All right. I mean, we can look at Tua. And sure, you threw six touchdowns. Nobody could take that away from Tua Tonga below where you threw six touchdowns. You let a hell of a comeback.

Four of them in the fourth quarter. Okay, fine. I've seen what Josh Allen can do for several years now on a more consistent basis. And so am I going to sit around and drink the Tua Kool-Aid?

Not quite. I believe in him. I think he could be a good starter. I think he'd be more than good. Is he going to get that chance?

Is he going to get that opportunity? I'm not prepared to say that the Dolphins offense is better than the Bills. Let me know when the Dolphins are just blowing everybody out. I don't see it. Not yet. It's the JR Sport Reef Show here with you on CBS Sports Radio 855-212-4CBS.

That's 855-212-4CBS. We'll talk more Monday Night Football. Earlier in the show, we talked Tom Brady. We'll talk Brady. We'll get into some of these other games.

We're going to have some fun here. And oh yeah, by the way, some of the losers have spoken. Mike Vrabel, he's talked about what the hell happened with his team.

They got smashed. Kirk Cousins, he talked about why he sucked tonight. He does this quite frequently. And Kevin O'Connell, coming off of one victory and now his first career loss, he talks about what the Vikings need to do to get better. We're going to hear from the losers when we get back. And then our callers.

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