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USAWFL Buffalo Tournament 2023 Game 4
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Buffalo vs. Cleveland
Greater Buffalo Adaptive Sports hosts the USA Wheelchair Football League Tournament in Buffalo, NY. Falling short of a berth in the championship game, the Buffalo Bills’ final game of the tournament sets the stage for a clash of Lake Erie--a rivalry matchup against the Cleveland Browns.
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USAWFL Buffalo Tournament 2023 Game 4
1/29/2024 | 26m 39sVideo has Closed Captions
Greater Buffalo Adaptive Sports hosts the USA Wheelchair Football League Tournament in Buffalo, NY. Falling short of a berth in the championship game, the Buffalo Bills’ final game of the tournament sets the stage for a clash of Lake Erie--a rivalry matchup against the Cleveland Browns.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipBUFFALO TORONTO PUBLIC MEDIA PRESENTS THE USA WHEELCHAIR FOOTBALL LEAGUE TOURNAMENT IN BUFFALO NEW YORK BROUGHT TO YOU BY MOVE UNITED, GREATER BUFFALO ADAPTIVE SPORTS AND ALLIED MOTION.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ IT WILL BE THE CLASH OF LAKE ERIE FOR THE BUFFALO BILLS WHEELCHAIR FOOTBALL FINAL GAME THIS WEEKEND AS THEY LOOK TO FINISH ON A HIGH NOTE VERSUS THE CLEVELAND BROWNS IN THIS RIVALRY.
MOMENTS AGO I SPOKE WITH ASSISTANT COACH ANDY WADE ABOUT THE IMPENDING MATCHUP AS WELL AS THE HIGHLIGHT PLAY OF JOHN WILLIS, NUMBER 22.
>> WE ARE HERE LIVE WITH BUFFALO BILLS WHEELCHAIR FOOTBALL ASSISTANT COACH ANDY WADE.
YOU DROP INTO LAS VEGAS ONE MORE CHANCE TO DANCE WITH THE CLOWNS.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THIS BATTLE?
>> WE HAVE SEEN A LOT.
WE NOAH WE CAN DO.
WE HAVE BEAT THEM MOST TIMES WE HAVE PLAYED THEM.
BUT REALLY WE JUST WANT TO SEE THEM FINISH REAL HARD.
WE KEEP JUST TALKING ABOUT GETTING BETTER EACH PLAY, EACH DAY.
AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE ARE NOT PLAYING FOR A SUPER BOWL, BUT WE ARE PLAYING FOR THE DAY.
AND WE WANT OUR GUYS TO JUST GIVE IT THEIR ALL.
WE CAN BEAT CLEVELAND.
WE'VE DONE IT A FEW TIMES BEFORE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
>> LASTLY, WE SAW YOU HELPING DAVID CROSS STRETCH OUT.
WE KNOW YOU ARE A CHIROPRACTOR.
HOW DOES YOUR OFF THE FIELD EMPLOYMENT HELP YOU ON HERE FOR MAKING CONNECTIONS LIKE THAT?
>> YOU KNOW, IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS A LITTLE SLOW.
I ALSO HAVE TO BE AWARE OF WHAT TYPE OF CONDITIONS OR DISORDERS, I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, ANYTHING I CAN DO-- AND REALLY I WAS JUST TELLING SOMEBODY, MY MOTTO IS JUST HOW CAN I GET SOMEBODY FEELING A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
WHEN IT COMES TO JUST THERAGON AND STRAPPING THEM UP, BUT I USE WHAT I CAN.
IT'S THE LEAST THAT CAN I DO, USE WHAT I DO OUTSIDE OF HERE TO HELP MY OWN GUYS, MY OWN TEAM.
>> THAT'S NOBLE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH YOU GOOD LUCK ANDY AND FINISH STRONG HERE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET'S GET A WIN.
GO BILLS!
>> NICK HERE HAS MORE INFO ON THE HEAD TO HEAD MATCHUP.
>> THE SERIES TIED 2-2 BOTH TEAMS ACROSS LAKE ERIE LOOKING TO GAIN AN EDGE UP IN THE SERIES TO GO UP 3-2.
>> CLEVELAND, JOSH GREEN QUARTERBACK AND SAFETY WILL BE LOOKING TO CONTINUE HIS DOMINANT PLAY THIS WEEKEND AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THE SAME FOR BUFFALO.
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON THE FIELD AIS WE SEND IT DOWN TO THE FIELD FOR YARM UPS.
>> EVERYBODY IS JUST ABOUT SET TO GO AND WE ARE READY TO THROW THIS THING OFF.
(WHISTLE BLOWS).
>> DAVID CROSS WILL LAUNCH IT DOWN THE FIELD AND IT WILL HEAD OUT OF BOUNDS FOR A FLAG RIGHT BY THE SCORER'S TABLE.
AND SO IT WILL BE POSSESSION A LITTLE BIT UPWARDS ON THE FIELD FOR THE CLEVELAND OFFENSE.
>> FREE KICK OUT OF BOUNDS BY RULE BALL IS PLACESSED ON THE 2-YARD LINE, FIRST DOWN.
>> STAFF GOES TO JOSH GREEN.
HE WILL LOOK AND FIRE AND IT WILL BE CAUGHT BY HIS WIDE OUT.
TRYING TO GET A JERSEY NUMBER ON THAT.
NUMBER 92 DAN BRENMAN.
[ CHEERING ] >> BRENNAMAN IN MOTION, SNAP GOES TO GREEN, FIRING AWAY CAUGHT 43 ROBINSON.
SENDS BRENNAMAN IN MOTION, JOSH GREEN RECEIVES THE SNAP, CLEAN ONE AT IT.
GREEN FIRES AWAY AND THIS WILL BE PICKED OFF ON DEFLECTION, MATT DANIELS, RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME FOR THE BIG FELLA AND HE IS ABLE TO HAUL THAT N. SO IT'S DAVID CROSS READY TO GO FOR THE BILLS ON OFFENSE.
CARY SNAPS IT TO HIM.
DAVID CROSS RECEIVES THE SNAP.
LOOKS AROUND, THIS IS GOING TO BE CAUGHT AND DROPPED!
JOHN WILLIS JUST COULDN'T GET A HAND ON IT.
SECOND DOWN NOW FOR THE BILLS.
THEY WILL SEND WILL NIS MOTION-- THEY SEND WILLIS IN MOTION.
THE SNAP GOES TO CROSS.
LOOK AND FIRE QUICKLY.
CAUGHT AND HELD ON TO BY JOHN WILLIS MAKING UP FOR HIS PREVIOUS ERROR.
A NICE CHANGE GAINED THERE FOR BUFFALO.
IN MOTION FOR THE THIRD PLAY IN A ROW.
HERE COMES THE SNAP, DAVID CROSS, LOOKS AND FIRES RIGHT AWAY, PERFECTLY PLACED MATT DANIELS!
READY!
SNAP GOING TO DAVID CROSS.
HEAL FIRE GETIEN.
THIS IS GOING TO BE DROPPED BY PAGE.
FLAG ON THE PLAY, HAVE YOU TO IMAGINE DEFENSIVE PASS INTERFERENCE.
WE'LL AWAIT THE RULING.
>> ILLEGAL CONTACT DEFENSE NUMBER 43.
FIVE YARDS FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN.
>> SO IT WILL BE A FIRST DOWN HERE FOR THE BILLS AS IT WAS AN INTERFERENCE BUT ILLEGAL CONTACT.
BILLS TAKE IT.
SEND ADAM PAGE IN MOTION.
THE THREE-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD CHAMPION, CROSS FIRES WAY INTO TRAFFIC THERE.
PRETTY RISKY CALL.
SNAP GOING TO DAVID CROSS.
LOOKING TO MAKE HIM NOT UNDER PRESSURE.
THIS WILL BE DROPPED ALMOST PICKED OFF.
MATT DANIELS HEADING IN MOTION.
SNAP WILL GO TO DAVID CROSS.
AND HE WILL HAVE TO FIRE KIND OF DOUBLE PUMPS AND IS PICKED OFF BY WARREN CRAIG.
BUFFALO WILL SEND MATT DANIELS IN MOTION.
CARY FRANK SENDS IT TO DAVID CROSS WHO IS IN A LOG JAM.
HE THROWS IT AWAY.
NICE COMEBACK FROM JOHN WILLIS.
IT WAS ALMOST A LOG JAM.
JOHN WILLIS IN MOTION, DAVID CROSS AWAITING THE SNAP.
HE'LL TAKE IT.
CROSS FIRES AWAY AND IT'S BAUBLED AND CAUGHT FOR THE BUFFALO BILLS.
HERE IS DAVID CROSS ON THE SNAP.
HE WILL FIRE ALONG AND IT IS GOING TO BE CAUGHT FOR-- AWAITING A RULING.
NOT A TOUCHDOWN!
BUT A FIRST DOWN AT THE 2-YARD LINE.
CROSS TAKES THE SNAP AND FIRING IN THE CORNER OF THE END ZONE AND DROPPED BY JOHN WILLIS.
SENT IN MOTION BY BUFFALO.
CROSS RECEIVES THE SNAP.
HE WILL MOVE TO HIS LEFT AND KIND OF A SHOVEL PASS CAUGHT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
MATT DANIELS, THE FIRST SCORE OF THE GAME AND CROSS TO DANIELS, THE VETERAN CATCH AND BILLS 6-0 IN FAVOR OF BUFFALO.
SO WE HAVE CLEVELAND READY TO KICK IT OFF TO BUFFALO WHO WILL LOOK TO EXTEND THEIR LEAD TO DOUBLE DIGITS AND TWO POSSESSIONS ON THIS FIRST 2 THIRD QUARTER POSSESSION.
IT WILL BE MATT DANIELS WHO RECEIVES THE KICKOFF.
HE WILL WHEEL, Mr.
WHEELS, AS HE IS KNOWN AS, WILL WHEEL ABOUT AND GET TO ABOUT THE 15-YARD LINE OR SO FOR BUFFALO.
AND AS WE TAKE A BRIEF PAUSE, WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A THANK YOU AND SHOUT OUT TO NORM PAGE, GREATER ADAPTIVE BUFFALO SPORTS PRESIDENT WHO ORCHESTRATED THE TOURNAMENT BEING HERE IN BUFFALO.
HIS SON ADAM PAGE IS A MEMBER OF THE BUFFALO BILLS TEAM.
THANK YOU FOR ALL DO YOU AND YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
>> SUPERY NORM TO US HAVE THIS SET THIS UP AND SHOW THEM WHAT THIS SPORT IS ALL ABOUT IN BUFFALO.
>> TO HAVE PLAYERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IS A REALLY NEAT SIGHT TO SEE.
DAVID CROSS RECEIVING THE SNAP NOW.
NICE TIME GIVEN TO HIM, NICE TALL PASS.
ABOUT IT WAS INTENDED FOR MATT DANIELS.
BRENNAMAN ALMOST ABLE TO PICK IT OFF BUT COULDN'T GET A HAND ON IT.
THIRD DOWN FOR BUFFALO.
CROSS RECEIVES THE SNAP.
HE HAS TO HEAVE IT AND NOBODY TO BE FOUND IN THE AREA.
ADAM PAGE, THE CLOSEST RECEIVER.
SO CLEVELAND FORCES A THREE OUT, CROSS WILL CHUCK THIS THING AWAY.
GREAT THROW THERE DAVE CROSS ON THE PUNTING SIDE OF THINGS AND IT WILL TAKE A BUFFALO BOUNCE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 17-YARD LINE OR SO.
JOSH GREEN TAKES THE SNAP.
HE IS LOOKING AROUND FOR A TARGET.
AND HE WILL PASS IT OVER TO DAN BRENNAMAN WHO SNAGS IT AND WHEELS FORWARD FOR A SUBSTANTIAL GAIN.
JOSH GREEN RECEIVING THE SNAP ONCE AGAIN ON SECOND DOWN.
LOOKING AND TRYING TO FIND SOMEBODY.
DOESN'T LIKE WHAT HE SEES JUST YET, COMES BACK TO THE CORNER AND BRENNAMAN GETS A HAND ON IT.
NOT ABLE TO CORRAL IT.
NO INTERFERENCE CALLED SO IT'S THIRD DOWN FOR CLEVELAND.
JOSH GREEN ON THE SNAP, THIRD DOWN.
LOOKING SHORT.
NUMBER 43 DAM ROBINSON AND YOU CAN SEE HIM DEEPER THAN HE WOULD HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PREVENT A BIG PLAY AND CLEVELAND TAKING THAT AND USING IT TO THEIR ADVANTAGE, CUTTING IT DOWN THE MIDDLE.
>> ANOTHER SNAP, SIMILAR PLAY, ABOUT THE SAME PLAY NUMBER 43 DAMONTE ROBINSON,.
HERE IS JOSH GREEN ON THE SNAP.
HEAL FIRE HE WILL FIRE AGAIN MID RANGE TO DAN BRENNAMAN WHO USES THAT STRETCH MOVE TO FORCE EXTRA INCHES ON IT.
HERE IS THE SNAP TO JOSH GREEN.
PRESSURE COMING.
HE WILL FIRE MID RANGE DOWN THE FIELD.
ALMOST PLACED WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE, A LITTLE FAR SO LIT CHANGE TO FOURTH DOWN FOR CLEVELAND.
COME THIS WAY CONNER.
SENDS BRENNAMAN INTO MOTION AND THE SNAP TO JOSH GREEN, LOOKING FOR AN OPEN RECEIVER.
HE FINDS ONE IN NUMBER 5.
DOES FIND THE OPEN RECEIVER IN JOHN STONE, HOWEVER, IT WAS NOT ENOUGH AND SO IT IS A TURNOVER ON DOWNS.
THE BALL IN POSSESSION WILL GO BACK TO BUFFALO.
HERE'S DAVID CROSS.
SNAP COMES, HE HAS TIME.
HE HAS TO HEAVE IT.
DANIELS REELS IT IN AND PUSHES AWAY AND STOPPED AROUND THE THIRD YARD LINE BUT NOT AFTER.
THEY'LL SEND DANIELS IN MOTION NOW ON FIRST DOWN.
CROSS RECEIVES THE SNAP.
NICE JOB ON THE LINE.
HE TOSSES IT AGAIN, A LITTLE FARTHER FOR THE REACH OF ADAM PAGE.
BILLS WILL SEND JOHN WILLIS IN MOTION, SNAP GOES TO DAVID CROSS.
HE WILL WHEEL AROUND AND COULD TAKE THIS HIMSELF.
INSTEAD HE WILL THROW AND IT WILL BOUNCE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES WHERE DAVID CROSS IF HE TAKES IT HIMSELF, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT GAME.
A MENTAL ERROR THERE BUT BILLS WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE ON THIRD DOWN.
THEY WILL SEND WILLIS IN MOTION.
CROSS ON THE SNAP.
HE WILL MOVE TO HIS LEFT.
HAS TO RELEASE IT.
A WOBBLY THROW AND IT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE REELED IN BY WILLIS A.
CROSS ON THE SNAP HERE AND THE BILLS HAVE DECIDED TO PUNT IT.
BALL IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TOUCHED BY CLEVELAND.
A LIVE BALL.
WE'LL SEE WHO CAME UP WITH IT.
AND IT WILL BE BROWNS FOOTBALL.
THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION BUT IT WILL BE CLEVELAND FOOTBALL DEEP IN THEIR OWN TERRITORY WITH THREE AND A HALF MINUTES TO GO.
SNAP GOING TO JOSH GREEN.
LOOKS AND FIRES DOWN THE MIDDLE.
THIS GOING TO BE CAUGHT BY DAN BRENNAMAN.
TRIP TRIPLE COVERAGE.
SO SKILLED PLAY BY DAN BRENNAMAN.
BILLS WANT THEIR DEFENSE CHANTING GET GOING.
REFS THE SNAP, TOSSES IT AND IT WILL BE CAUGHT BY NUMBER 7, WARREN CRAIG.
THAT WAS A CATCH WE DIDN'T SEE HAPPEN.
REGARDLESS, HAULED IN AND CLEVELAND KEEPS MATCHING DOWN THE PAVEMENT.
SNAP GOES TO JOSH IMREEN.
HE WILL LOOK AND FIRE AWAY.
THIS IS GOING TO BE CAUGHT BY NUMBER 92, DAN BRENNAMAN.
YOU'VE HEARD HIS NAME QUITE A BIT THIS GAME.
JOSH GREEN AWAITING THE SNAP.
HERE IT IS.
PUMP FAKE AND NOW FIRE.
BRENNAMAN ANOTHER PASS.
THIS IS PICKED OFF BY JOHN WILLIS!
JOSH GREEN KIND OF THREW IT INTO A SEA OF WHITE JERSEY DEFENDERS.
THEY'LL SEND JOHN WILLIS IN MOTION.
FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY JOHNSON, DUMPS IT OFF TO ADAM PAGE, HAS TO SPIN AROUND.
CARY FRANK READY TO SNAP THIS AWAY THROUGH DAVID CROSS.
THEY'LL SEND MATT DANIELS THIS TIME IN MOTION.
CROSS RECEIVING THE SNAP.
PLENTY OF TIME TO DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING.
PASS IT AROUND, NICE DEFLECTION FROM JOSH GREEN.
BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL STOUT WARRIOR.
IT WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA IF THEY SLOWED THINGS DOWN ON THIS ONE, MILK SOME OF THE CLOCK.
>> GET YOUR GAIN HERE, GET CLOSER TO THE MARKER.
EITHER GO FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN OR CONTINUE TO PLAY THE DEFENSE.
>> SNAP GOING TO DAVID CROSS, FIRES AWAY.
CAUGHT BY ADAM PAGE K. HE HOLD ON?
YES, HE CAN.
BUT IT DOES BRING UP FOURTH DOWN.
SNAP GOES TO DAVE CROSS.
AND IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THEY WILL PUNT.
TOSS IT AWAY AND IT'S-- IT SHOULD BE A LIVE BALL, HOWEVER DAN BRENNAMAN ON THERE TO SCOOP IT UP TO MAKE SURE NO MISS CUES HAPPEN AND IT WAS THE SECOND MUFFED PUNT BY ROBERT JOHNSON AND BRENNAMAN DAVID SAVED DATE WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER IF IT HAD GONE BACK TO BUFFALO.
JOSH GREEN WAITING THE SNAP.
HE LOOKS AND FIRES, INCOMPLETE.
INTENDED FOR DAN BRENNAMAN, JUST A LITTLE LOW FOR HIS REACH.
>> GOOD PRESSURE AGAIN ON THE QUARTERBACK, NOT ABLE TO GET THAT ALL THE WAY TO BRENNAMAN NUMBER 78, GETTING THE HAND IN THERE AND DISRUPTING THE THROW FROM GREEN.
SECOND DOWN FOR THE BROWNS.
SNAP GOING TO JOSH GREEN.
PRESSURE NOT TOO MUCH OF IT.
THIS ONE WILL BE CAUGHT BY NUMBER 7, WARREN CRAIG.
A CONNECTION THAT YOU HEARD A LOT OF IN THE FIRST HALF.
NOT SO MUCH HERE IN THE SECOND.
>> YEAH, CRAIG AND BRENNAMAN CRAIG DOMINATING THE FIRST HALF AND BRENNAMAN HAS BEEN TAKING OVER IN THE SECOND HALF.
IF YOU ARE CLEVELAND, HAVE YOU TO GET SOME STEADINESS GOING AND KEEP THE DEFENSE GOING.
>> THIRD DOWN FOR THE BROWNS.
THEY REALLY WANT TO CONVERT THIS ONE.
JOSH GREEN, HE LOOKS AND PRESSURE COMING.
RICHARD GETS, BEN RICHARD RECORDING THE SACK AS HE FLEXES ON THE CONCRETE.
THAT FORCES A FOURTH DOWN DECISION FOR THE BILLS.
WHAT A PLAY ON DEFENSE.
NICE TO CALL NUMBER 78'S NAME.
VERY SIMILAR TO THE MAN ON THE TURF KNOWN AS BRUCE SMITH.
HE WILL TOSS IT AWAY AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE BILLS WILL KIND OF LET THIS ONE BOUNCE AS THEY DON'T WANT ANY MISS CUES TO OCCUR.
LISTENING FOR THE CONVERSATION FROM THE REFEREES.
>> I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT IT HIT A BUFFALO PLAYER OR JUST THE WHEEL LOORKS LIKE IT NEVER MADE CONTACT WITH THE PLAYER AND WILL REMAIN BUFFALO FOOTBALL.
>> SNAP GOING TO DAVID CROSS.
NICE PRESSURE THERE.
AND IT WILL BE RULED AS A SACKS.
ADAM PAGE SENT IN MOTION.
HERE'S DAVID CROSS ON THE SNAP.
HEAL TOSS IT LONG AND OH ADAM PAGE WAS WIDE OPEN!
HE HAD MILES TO GO SNR.
MATT DANIELS SENT IN MOTION, CARY FRANK AWAITING THE SNAP TO DAVID CROSS.
LOOK AND FIRE.
CAUGHT AND DROPPED BY ADAM PAGE.
PAGE NOT ABLE TO SECURE IT AND SO FOURTH DOWN.
SHIRLEY THE-- SURELY THE BILLS WILL PUNT AND THE CLEVELAND BROWNS WILL GET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
BROWNS LINING UP TO RECEIVE THE PUNT.
THEY HAVE HAD SOME CLOSE CALLS WITH MUFFING AND MISHANDLING.
>> LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE DROPPING BRENNAMAN BACK TO REALLY GET UNDER THIS BALL.
>> THEY WILL LET IT GO OUT OF BOUNDS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT POSSIBLE TURNOVERS FROM MISHANDLING IT SO JOSH GREEN WILL LEAD HIS UNIT BACK ON THE FIELD IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOCK THIS THING UP AT 6.
JOSH GREEN WITH HIS WHITEOUTS AT HIS SIDE.
GREEN RECEIVES THE SNAP, SIDE ARM BALL CAUGHT BY WARREN CRAIG.
TWO GREAT PLAYS BY THE QUARTERBACK AND WIDE RECEIVER.
A SCOOT OVER BY WARREN CRAIG TO GET INTO POSITION TO CATCH IT.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE BILLS DEFENSE REALLY STARTING TO KEY IN ON BRENNAMAN AFTER HE WAS CUTTING HIM UP IN THE THIRD QUARTER AND NOW THAT OPENS UP THE FIELD MORE FOR WARREN CRAIG WHO WAS A FAVORITE TARGET OF JOSH GREEN THE FIRST HALF.
>> GREEN RECEIVES THE PASS.
NUMBER 57, HE WILL TOSS IT AGAIN.
HAULED IN BY KENNETH FURMAN AND THE SAME POSITIONING.
DIFFERENT FOR THE BROWNS.
THE BILLS MAY NEED TO ADDRESS THAT IN COVERAGE.
HERE IS JOSH GREEN RECEIVING THE SNAP.
PLENTY OF TIME.
TOSS IT AGAIN.
THIS TIME INCOMPLETE.
>> THE WIND IS STARTING TO PICK UP HERE.
YOU SIGH SIGNS DOWN TOWARDS THE END.
WE WILL SEE IF THAT BECOMES A FACTOR WITH PASSES BEING THROWN.
JOSH GREEN ON THE SNAP.
HEAL TOSS TO THE SIDE AND THIS ONE WILL BE INCOMPLETE.
HERE IS THE SNAP.
SEND THAT DANIELS IN MOTION AND DAVID CROSS AND IT WILL BE A PASSING ATTEMPT AS IT HAS BEEN MOST OF THE GAME.
THIS WILL BE PICKED UP AND CAUGHT BY MATT DANIELS.
NICE PLAY THERE TO MOVE THE BALL UP THE FIELD FOR BUFFALO.
JOHN WILLIS, THIS TIME IN MOTION.
DAVID CROSS COMES.
RELEASE QUICKLY.
NICE CATCH BY MATT DANIELS TO KEEP THE CHAINS MOVING.
HE WAS COMING AROUND LIKE A RACE HORSE.
SNAP TO DAVID CROSS ON FIRST DOWN, BILLS LOOKING TO INCREASE THE MARGIN, CAUGHT BY JOHNNY WILLIS WHO TRIES TO TURN UPFIELD.
BUFFALO BREAKING OUT OF THEIR HUDDLE WITH 3:28.
LAST DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY THE STAFF.
>> YOU CAN HEAR THE STAFF IN THAT HUDDLE SAYING DON'T GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK IN THIS GAME.
IF HAVE YOU TO THROW THE BALL AWAY, THROW IT DEEP.
DON'T GIVE THEM EASY PASSES BACK INTO THE GAME.
>> HERE IS THE SNAP ON SECOND DOWN TO DAVID CROSS.
HE IS LOOKING FIRING QUICKLY TO JOHN WILLIS, PUTS IT IN HIS LAP AND WHEELS AWAY AND, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT EXECUTED BY MORE PLAYERS AS HE IS ABLE TO HAVE BOTH HANDS FOCUSED ON THE WHEELING PORTION OF THE PLAY.
CROSS TAKES A SNAP FROM CARY FRANK, WHEELS AROUND ON THIRD DOWN, TAGGED BY PRESTON RUSE, A NICE PLAY.
HE HAS MET HIS AVERAGE TWO TO THREE SACKS ON A GAME.
CROSS WILL LAUNCH IT DEEP.
THIS ONE WILL BE BOUNCED IN, TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF A CLEVELAND BOUNCE BUT HOLD ON TO IT AND THEY'RE TOUCHED RIGHT OW SIDE OF THEIR GOAL LINE SO IT'S A LONG FIELD TO WORK WITH FOR CLEVELAND.
THIS IS WHAT YOU SPEND TIME ON IN PRACTICE, TWO MINUTE DRILL AND NOW HERE IS A CHANCE TO EXECUTE.
LET'S SEE WHAT THE BROWNS HAVE IN STORE.
A SNAP TO JOSH GREEN.
TRY TO FIND A WIDE RECEIVER THAT MIGHT BE A DEEP PASS UNLESS HE CAN FIND SOMEBODY OPEN SHORT.
MID RANGE PASS WHICH IS GOING TO BE CAUGHT BY DAN SHAUNECY WHO IMMEDIATELY PUTS IT DOWN IN HIS LAP TO TAKE AWAY THE RISK OF IT BEING STRIPPED AWAY.
>> AS WE GET CLOSER HERE UNDER THE TWO MINUTE WARNING CLEVELAND WITH ONE TIMEOUT LEFT, SEE IF CLEVELAND CAN FIND A WAY BACK INTO THE GAME.
>> A SNAP GOING TO JOSH GREEN ON FIRST DOWN.
INCOMPLETE.
ALTHOUGH NO, LOOKS LIKE A SACK WILL BE THE RULING AS THE MAN ALREADY ON THE PAVEMENT SHOWING HIS EFFORT GOT TO HIM AND I THINK IT'S THE MAN THAT HAS BEEN INVOLVED ALL DAY LONG, NUMBER 7, IT IS, ZACHARY ANDREWS.
>> A HUGE PRESENCE FOR THE BUFFALO DEFENSE.
IN THE BACK FIELD ALMOST EVERY SINGLE PLAY PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE QUARTERBACK AND FINALLY GETTING TO HIM AND GETTING SACKED.
>> REPLAY.
GREAT JOB FROM ANDREWS.
THIS ONE WILL BE BAUBLED AND DROPPED BY JOHN WILLIS FROM INTERCEPTION STANDPOINT, AND SO IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN FOR CLEVELAND.
>> AND YOU CAN SEE THE MANNERISMS ON WILLIS KNOWING HE HAD THE GAME IN HIS HANDS RIGHT THERE.
NO REASON TO PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN AS THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WASTED DOWN FROM CLEVELAND AND GIVE YOURSELF THAT STILL BIG CUSHION, ONLY ON THE 15-YARD LINE FOR CLEVELAND.
>> DOWN NOW, JOSH GREEN ON THE SNAP.
HE WILL LOOK AND SACKED YET AGAIN AND THE ONLY ANSWER FOR WHO SACKED THE BILLS?
ZACHARY ANDREWS!
GREEN RECEIVES THE PASS.
HE IS LOOKING AND WHEELING AROUND.
HE WILL HEAVE IT THERE SEE IF ANYBODY IS THERE.
NO ONE IS THERE.
A TURNOVER ON DOWNS, THE BUFFALO WHEELCHAIR BILLS CAN TAKE OVER AND ESSENTIALLY RUN THE CLOCK OUT.
>> DEFENSIVE BATTLE HERE.
6-0 LIKELY TO BE THE FINAL SCORE BARRING ANY SET BACKS BUT A DOMINANT PERFORMANCE FOR THE BUFFALO DEFENSE TODAY.
13 POINTS GIVEN UP TO VEGAS AND NOW A SHUTOUT.
>> A NICE WAY TO END YOUR STAY AT THE BUFFALO TOURNAMENT.
CROSS WILL SET IT DOWN AND THAT WHAT IS WE CALL VICTORY FORMATIO >> GOING TO NEED ONE MORE TO PUT THIS DOWN.
AND THAT WILL BE A WIN HERE TO GO ON TOP IN THE SERIES 3-2 FOR THE BUFFALO BILLS AGAINST THE CLEVELAND BROWNS.
>> STORM BLITZ!
>> SNAP GOES TO DAVE CROSS.
SETS IT DOWN AND THE EXCITEMENT IS REAL AS THE BUFFALO BILLS COME OUT OF THE 2023 PORTION OF WHEELCHAIR FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT A WINNER AS THEY FINISH 2-2 WITH A SHUTOUT VICTORY OVER THE CLEVELAND BROWNS 6-0!
>> AND NOW WE WILL SEND IT DOWN TO THE FIELD WITH HUNTER TO INTERVIEW OUR PLAYER OF THE GAME.
>> WE ARE HERE WITH BUFFALO BILLS WHEELCHAIR FOOTBALL UTILITY MAN, WIDE RECEIVER LINEBACKER AND LINEMAN MATT DANIELS AFTER THE 6-0 BIN OVER CLEVELAND TO GO UP 3-2 IN THE HEAD TO HEAD SEASON SERIES.
YOU FINISHED THIS WEEKEND'S TOURNAMENT 2-2.
HOW-- 3-2.
HOW DOES IT FEEL BEAT A RIVAL.
>> A BRINGING SHOUTOUT TO CLEVELAND.
THEY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE.
THEY HAVE BEEN A GREAT TEAM.
GREAT SPORTSMANSHIP.
AND THEY'RE A FUN TEAM.
SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A NICE VICTORY OVER A RIVAL LIKE THAT.
>> THAT'S SOME NICE WORDS TO SAY ABOUT CLEVELAND, A RIVAL.
FROM KIND OF A GENERAL PERSPECTIVE, YOU HAVE HOSTED THIS TOURNAMENT WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO HAVE SO MANY PLAYERS COMING FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, ALL OVER THE PLACE, PLAYING NEW TEAMS?
WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO BE INVOLVED AND AT THE CENTER OF THAT?
>> WE ARE ALWAYS A VISITOR TO A TOURNAMENT SO TO ACTUALLY HOST ONE AND TO JUST SEE THE RESPONSE OF EVERYBODY AROUND, AND TO HAVE EVERYBODY IN YOUR HOMETOWN IN BUFFALO, OVERWHELMING FEELING AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL.
I HAD TO TAKE A STEP BACK YESTERDAY TO EVALUATE EVERYTHING GOING ON AND SAY LOOK WHERE WE CAME.
WE STARTED THREE YEARS AGO AND LOOK WHERE WE ARE AT.
WE ARE HOSTING A TOURNAMENT AND NOT ONLY THAT, WE ARE GETTING BETTER AS A TEAM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME AND WE WILL SEE YOU SOON.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>
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