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I was a bit lazy in my post. Watching the game again, I thought the defense did a better job than I thought, and the Bengals' success was more about Burrow and Higgins than any other factor. How do you stop accurate, quick passes to big tall receivers? Allen is the better quarterback because he's bigger, faster, more creative, and with a stronger arm and more dog in him. But Burrows' icy calm, uncanny accuracy and quick release are extraordinary. Reminds me of Marino.

There is if you believe what is posted here.

It's also on the NFL channel on Youtube

Agreed.

I think the pats lose to the ravens and possibly the jets but only if Tyrod plays Dolphins are possible If the Patriots beat Buffalo Sunday which is obviously possible, pats are getting the 1 seed imo

It’s all because of the JaMarcus Ingram situation. Tim Graham described McDermott as “seething” about it. I just can’t see a way that Beane releases Ingram for Clay without McDermott signing off on it.

Completely agree on Evan's trajectory. I probably mentioned this but over the summer I sat directly behind him at a Mets game. When I texted my friends they wanted me to slap him upside the head - which I was perfectly positioned to do, lol. On a humorous note I have a couple of Met fan friends who are highly reactionary and lean towards negativity. The group text this morning had some moments. One take was that it was Juan Soto's negative effect on the clubhouse that made Diaz want to leave. I had some fun with that one.

We’ve been pretty good with (Allen, Cook) Kincaid, Thompson (starting), Benford

Interesting. Wide receiver is Buffalo weakest area on offense. Buffalo only gets a handful of receptions out of their receivers anyway. Running back and tight end, along with Josh, of course, are the skill players carrying the Bills offense this season. Those realities, along with New England's strength at cornerback has got to inform and shape Buffalo's offensive strategy.

5th year option is a no-brainer. What Beane tends to do is to re-sign players they like after 3 seasons before the 5th year kicks in. I think they like Kincaid but I wouldn’t re-sign him to an extension until he can show he stay healthy.

I remarked in one of the other threads That again Cincinnati the bills were pulling out a Peyton Manning special Trap play action tight end crossface It really sells the run.. and it's a very highly effective play Peyton Manning and Dallas Clark perfected it.. Tom Brady and gronkowski stole it We ran it really well a few times... To Dawson Knox maybe once to Dalton We open that up and it's going to add a different dimension

You're claiming the regime is leaning away from Josh but it can easily be explained. The Diggs situation brought about a unique situation. They did draft Coleman - and I think he was slated as WR2. They brought in A Cooper, so last year they weren't leaving Allen totally bare. The last offseason was a miss on WR. The ugly Palmer deal. But once again tried to rectify it early season. This WR group would be much better with Waddle here. Beane said he tried. It could have been their plan all along that failed to materialize. So the alledged second window has really only been two years and in one of those years they did bring in A Cooper.

People want to trash McDermott and blame him for everything but he’s done a very good coaching job this season. I feel that internally they expected the defense to struggle with younger players needing to contribute. What they didn’t factor in was veterans like Rapp and Bernard struggling as bad as they did and the numerous injuries on the DL. We all know what the biggest problem. It’s the lack of talent at WR to stretch the field vertically. That’s not as much of a McDermott problem as much as it Beane and Brady. Not really… Watch the AFCCG last season.

I mean Mike McCarthy was a very good head coach for a solid stretch in there, he fell off hard after the 2016 season with 4 out of 7 seasons below .500 and poor postseason showings as head coach of the Cowboys. I think McDermott is more adaptable than McCarthy and more likely to make changes when not getting desired results. McCarthy failed to adjust as the game evolved and does not come across as a particularly strong leader of men. The Bills under McDermott are resilient and players vocally like playing for the team, even after having left the Bills. If McDermott's Bills start posting sub-.500 regular season records and/or start getting regularly bounced out of the Wild Card round with prime Allen playing, I'll be fully on board with him getting fired and a new regime getting brought in.

I wouldn't rule out that he's forgotten how to play. He looks lost at times out there. He's had a ton of concussions in his career but he usually(remarkably) cleared protocol and was back out there the next week. It's not just the bad shoulders and aging wheels he has been the antithesis of the heady player he used to be.

Sure, he says the same things about toughness after every game, but he says the other usual cliches after every game too. "All three phases playing together!" "Never quit." "Buffalo Bills style football!" "Organizational win!" "Stay humble!" "Something positive about the 2nd half coming together!" That's about all I can remember, but his speeches usually go the same way each time, followed by Josh coming in with a smirk, man of few words, then capping it off with "Win on 3! ONE-TWO-THREE-WIN!"

That yard per route run chart someone posted had me laughing pretty hard. That’s insane.

It is criminal that it took that long for Shaq to show up. Thank you, Johnny, for righting that wrong.

YES IT WILL

Fun read thanks brother.