STRENGTHS and VULNERABILITIES: Breaking Down the Bills at the Bye as if They Were an Opponent

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🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Buffalo Bills face themselves in a crucial bye week analysis. Can they overcome their own weaknesses? Joe Marino breaks down the Bills' offense, defense, and special teams as if they were playing against themselves. He examines Josh Allen's impact, Joe Brady's offensive strategies, and Bobby Babich's defensive schemes. Key topics include the struggling run defense, Tre'Davius White's coverage issues, and the team's reliance on their star quarterback. Will the Bills "wake up" and dominate, or continue to underperform? Tune in for insider insights on Buffalo's path forward and strategies opponents might use to exploit their vulnerabilities.

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0:00.0	The buy week is for self-scouting, so let me tell you how to beat the bills today on
0:06.8	Locked On Bills.
0:12.9	You are Locked on Bills, your daily Buffalo Bills podcast.
0:18.4	Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:24.5	What's up, Bill's Mafia?
0:26.4	It's Joe Marino, author of the Heard Mentality Substack, co-host of the Locked-on
0:31.2	NFL Scouting podcast, co-host of the NFL First Read podcast, and I'm your host of
0:36.0	Locked-on Bills.
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1:07.0	Well, folks, welcome in. One of the things I love to do every year during the buy is the Bills versus Bills episode.
1:16.1	And the idea here is to replicate what I normally do for a Bill's opponent.
1:22.9	When the Bills are going to play whatever team, I do an episode where I really detail that football team and I give you my keys
1:30.2	for the bills against that team.
1:31.7	Well, today we are going to act as if the bills are playing the bills.
1:37.9	So I'm going to break down the bills just like I would, an opponent of the bills.
1:43.5	So let's do it.
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