BILLS SQUAD SHOW: Is McDermott getting enough LOVE? Slay stays away; BUF/CIN Preview

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🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The Buffalo Bills face a pivotal moment as the team’s battered defense seeks answers before a showdown with Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals. Can Sean McDermott’s unit withstand the loss of Joey Bosa and a slumping pass rush, or will Buffalo’s playoff hopes falter amid injury adversity? The panel tackles Darius Slay’s surprise decision not to report, late-season roster roulette, and the need for Brandon Beane to work his roster magic. Jeremy White, Joe Marino, and Jerry Ostroski break down whether McDermott deserves more recognition for Buffalo’s resilient defensive performance—despite mounting injuries. Key topics include the emergence of Christian Benford and Cole Bishop, the critical Bengals matchup, and strategies to counter Burrow’s quick-strike attack. With Josh Allen and the offense heating up as December arrives, the dialogue explores whether the Bills can turn late-season momentum into playoff success—or if another stumble against an AFC contender looms.

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0:00.0	I'm Jeremy White, and it's going to be about having a better start against Joe Burrow.
0:08.4	I'm Joe Marino and with games against Joe Burrow and Drake May, the next two, and a slumping pass rush.
0:14.4	I'm pretty concerned.
0:16.3	I'm the big O'Jerry Ostrowski.
0:18.0	Do your eyes match what the EPA says about the Bill's defense?
0:22.7	This is the Locked On Network, and you're watching Bill's Squad.
0:25.8	Who's ready, Bill's Mafia?
0:28.0	It's the Bill's Squad.
0:29.9	Everything Buffalo Bills every week.
0:32.9	Breaking down the big hits and game-changing plays the way only the locked-on podcast network can nobody circles
0:40.0	the wagons like the buffalo bills so gear up and squad up the bill squad show starts now welcome in
0:52.9	bill's mafia good afternoon jeremy white joe marino and the big o jerry o's straskey here as you Welcome in Bill's Mafia. Good afternoon.
0:54.8	Jeremy White, Joe Marino and the big O.
0:56.6	Jerry Ostrowski here as your midweek Bill Squad episode is underway.
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1:09.0	Today, of course, we'll preview the bills and Bengals and get to some other things as well,
1:13.9	including the news that Darius Slay is not going to report to the Buffalo Bills.
1:20.0	That actually has just happened.
1:21.8	We've learned that in the last hour or so.
1:24.2	So something to consider that Darius Slay will not report to the Buffalo Bills because he's either going to retire or maybe thought he was going to go to the Philadelphia Eagles. So Joe, did you already put on a lockdown episode about Slay's impact and now we're going to walk it back. Listen, this is the rare win that I'm going to take. I didn't do any of that because it was crossover Thursday. And so that would have been something I captured in the
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