meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
ESPN Daily

Buffalo Bills: Super Bowl Contenders?

ESPN Daily

ESPN

Sports

4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

As if 2020 couldn’t get any weirder....the undefeated Buffalo Bills sit atop the AFC standings. The Bills take on the Tennessee Titans tonight in a rare Tuesday evening game, the result of multiple recent positive COVID tests on the Titans. With a win on Tuesday, the Bills would join Seattle as the only 5-0 teams in the NFL, a feat that surprisingly has not been due to their highly touted defense, but rather from their the play of their offense, and its leader, QB Josh Allen. After several years of inconsistency, Allen’s play has improved dramatically this season, and he now ranks 3rd in the NFL in quarterback rating. ESPN Bills reporter Marcel Louis-Jacques makes the case for why these Bills could have what it takes to make a potential Super Bowl run. Then, Mike Schur, mind behind “The Office” “Parks and Recreation” and “The Good Place” remembers Reds legend Joe Morgan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Josh waiting. Now the snap. Josh going to throw it. Look, look, spires into the end zone. He's got Tyler cropped open. Touchdown! Touchdown! Buffalo! Are you kidding me? Something strange is happening in western New York, something not seen in a generation.

0:27.4

Slowly but surely, from Rochester to Lackawanna, Buffalo Bills fans are starting to believe.

0:35.9

It's an unfamiliar feeling for a fan base that's accustomed to heartache.

0:40.9

But after a 4-0 start behind a red-hot quarterback, Bill's Mafia is suddenly grappling with a new sensation.

0:50.0

Confidence.

0:51.5

Today, ahead of a classic Tuesday night football matchup against the Titans, we ask

0:57.3

whether 2020 can pull its biggest surprise to date. Buffalo Bills, Super Bowl contenders?

1:06.3

I'm Pablo Torre. It's Tuesday, October 13th. This is ESPN Daily.

1:14.9

Marcel Luis Jacques, I assume when you got into the business of NFL reporting, you always dreamed

1:21.4

of Tuesday night football. You know, I don't even know if I covered Tuesday night football back at the high school or youth football level.

1:31.4

So this is truly a unique experience.

1:34.4

Marcel Louis Jacques covers the Buffalo Bills for ESPN.

1:38.4

It is the third, I believe, NFL game on a Tuesday in 74 years.

1:43.1

And we are talking right now on Monday. And we're doing that

1:47.7

because there has been this steady drumbeat of positive COVID tests that we've seen from

1:53.8

the Tennessee Titans, the opponent of the Buffalo Bills on Tuesday night over the last couple

1:59.0

weeks. We're talking 24 positive tests between

2:01.5

players and team personnel. And it feels still, I presume, like this game could still get

2:07.2

canceled any time until the ball is actually kicked off. So what are you hearing from the

2:13.0

bill side? Are there concerns you've heard from players or coaches about fears around the virus going into

2:19.0

this Titans game? First of all, we haven't heard anything officially from the bills since Thursday.

2:25.6

They've been in limbo throughout the week and the weekend and are kind of letting that spill over

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from ESPN, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of ESPN and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.