Assessing Bills’ Secondary Performance, Trade Deadline Ideas & Bobby Babich’s Job Security

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🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Buffalo Bills' defense under scrutiny as trade deadline looms. Can the secondary bounce back from recent struggles? Joe Marino dissects the Bills' defensive woes, focusing on key players like Taron Johnson, Christian Benford, and Tre'Davious White. He explores potential trade targets to bolster the secondary, including Xavier Woods and Justin Reed. Marino also evaluates Bobby Babich's performance as defensive coordinator and addresses the kicker situation with Matt Prater and Tyler Bass. Plus, get the latest injury updates on crucial Bills players. Tune in for an in-depth analysis of the Bills' path forward and discover why Marino believes it's too early to panic about the team's recent setbacks.

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0:00.0	Has the Buffalo Bill secondary really been that bad?
0:05.0	We're going to break that down and a whole lot more today on Locked On Bills.
0:14.9	You are Locked on Bills, your daily Buffalo Bills podcast.
0:20.4	Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:26.2	What's up, Bill's Mafia?
0:28.1	It's Joe Marino, author of the Heard Mentality Substack co-host of the Lockdown
0:33.0	NFL Scouting podcast, co-host of the NFL First Read podcast, and I'm your host of Locked-on Bills. I want to thank you for making Locked-on Bills your first listen every day, and a big welcome. And shout out to our everydayers. You know who you are, those of you who never miss a single episode. I appreciate y'all being here very, very much. Locked-on Bills is a proud part of the Locked-on
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1:07.1	across the app. Well, folks, welcome in. It's time for herd mentality, the weekly episode
1:12.4	where you control our discussion. And we have some good things to discuss. We'll talk a lot about
1:17.8	the Bill's defense. We'll talk a little special teams. And there are some big injury updates
1:23.8	that I want to get to later in our discussion. First one today comes from Mark, who says a lot of focus has been on Colbishop, but can
1:33.1	you discuss what you've seen individually on film from the other members of the secondary?
1:38.5	From the eye test, Trey White and Taylor Rap have had struggles, but also wondering what
1:44.1	you're seeing from Christian
1:45.2	Benford and Taryn Johnson. From what you have seen on film, how is each member of the secondary
1:50.8	playing through five weeks? Are they playing up to their expected level of play?
1:56.6	It's a good question. And I think collectively no, no, I don't think a single one of those
2:03.3	players outside of Cole Bishop is meeting expectations for what you think the player is supposed to be.
2:09.2	So we'll go through each one. Let's start with Taylor Rap, who's been a player I'm pretty frustrated with.
2:15.0	One of the best things about Taylor Rap and his career has been the tackling that he's given.
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