[LOMBARDI: your current odds]

A lot of people seriously do not understand probabilities.  

[MNF Games - Vikings/Bears/Falcons/Raiders]

This is a big time season of the haves and the have nots.  7 teams are 10-4 or better and 9 teams are 4-10 or worse.  I don't have the data but it feels like the league has been short on wild upsets.

[Josh 17 throws fastest 50 yard ball on record]

Hopefully no game this season comes down to it but...I wonder what yard line we would attempt a Hail Mary from.  Our own 35?

[McDermott victory speech after Lions win]

6 minutes ago, Joe Mama said:

I had a problem kicking off to the end zone with 2:03 on the clock. It had the effect of giving the Lions an extra TO; making them field the KO should take at least 3 seconds eliminating 2 minute warning on next play from scrimmage.

I totally disagree because a long return has a risk of ruin factor that a single play from the 30 yard line doesn’t.  The only truly unacceptable outcome there is that they score and make it 48-42 with enough time to kick back off to us and use their timeouts.  Any version of them kicking onside is a win.

[Best Player in Bills History]

Josh is a few more great seasons from becoming known as the single most potent offensive weapon the NFL has ever seen, something that will be further acknowledged as football shifts toward efficiency metrics.

[To rest or not to rest the starters, that is the question]

You don’t sit your important starters for almost a month and then expect them to come back in rhythm.  It’s a complete non-starter of an idea.

[Josh Allen has lost a step.]

Bump

[It's still entirely Josh Allen]

There were actually tons of contributors to this win.  

The O-line is an incredible unit, Spencer Brown in particular playing like an animal.  Cook with 100 yards and 2 TDs (13 on the season!) Shakir was great.  Ty Johnson with a career game.

 

We might lose the game if Knox doesn’t make that fingertip catch on 3rd down.  We might lose that game if Hollins isn’t so sure handed on the onside kick.  Or if Benford doesn’t hassle St Brown into fumbling, or if Oliver doesn’t force two three and outs to begin the game, or if Taron doesn’t cover the final onside.

 

How about Joe Brady calling a hell of a game and going toe for toe with Ben Johnson?
 

The funny thing is that you know for a fact that Josh loves and respects his teammates and coaches but this board is a bunch of absolute misers about it.

[12/15/24 Week 15 Bills @ Lions Game Post Game Thread]

Just now, mannc said:

Detroit is now in a position where they may have to beat Minnesota in the season finale in order to get a home playoff game…this was a big loss for them.

Imagine winning your division and having to play that team in the wildcard round haha.

[Mahomes week to week, injured ankle]

Just now, RiotAct said:

not really. They’ll be fine with Wentz for a couple games if needed.

They finish the season against three playoff teams.  They can absolutely lose two of those.  Not saying likely, but it wouldn’t be some miracle either.

[Mahomes week to week, injured ankle]

Not counting on it, but this plus our win vs Detroit cracks open a door to the 1 seed that I was convinced closed after we lost to the Rams.

[12/15/24 Week 15 Bills @ Lions Game Post Game Thread]

3 minutes ago, folz said:

So, let me get this straight.

 

We get a big win in a game against the team that everyone has been saying is the best team in the league. On the road. In their building. With them coming off of a mini-bye with extra time to prepare. A team who is averaging 34 points a game and has scored over 40 points 5 times this season. Heck, they've scored over 50 points twice this year. They have a 183+ point differential on the year. 183! And against this juggernaut offense, we are missing 3/4s of our secondary, and then lose Cole and Milano during the game.

 

And people are complaining about the head coach and the defense? 🤦‍♂️

 

Guys, we won. 

 

Go Bills!

A lot of this board is an emotionally scarred bunch that was happier with the thought of us being a 9-8 team in a semi-rebuild mode because then they wouldn’t have to face the specter of being let down.

[12/15/24 Week 15 Bills @ Lions Game Post Game Thread]

KC and Detroit are 25-1 against all other opponents and 0-2 against the Bills.  

[Niners scorn 'selfish' De'Vondre Campbell's refusal to play]

Bartleby the Scrivener

[Gripe: Why should I care who the opponent is if the Bills make the Super Bowl???]

While I'd want to avoid major structural asterisks (For example, there are no baseball fans who take the Dodgers' 2020 WS seriously), hell yeah, bring on the easiest road possible.

[Joe Brady Josh Allen Dynamic]

I think this has merit.  On the Brady Bunch, the family was really close and they would always use one another's first names instead of just saying "Brady".  The maid would refer to Mr. Brady and Mrs. Brady sometimes but with the children she always used first names.

[Micah Hyde is BACK- Signed to PS]

I also think Hyde is coming back to compete with Poyer who has contributed to two Bills victories.

[Micah Hyde is BACK- Signed to PS]

14 minutes ago, Process said:

I don't know how much stock i'd put into the idea that he would only leave sunny California for snowy buffalo if he was promised playing time. 

 

He's going to be here two months max, as one last hoorah. It's not like he's committing to being here for 5 years. 

 

I do expect him to start at some point but also wouldn't be surprised if is okay with coming along for the ride and seeing what happens.

There’s also a chance that he sees himself staying in football and using the Bills organization to climb the ladder.  He’s got a head coach personality.

[Micah Hyde is BACK- Signed to PS]

There’s absolutely no way he would sign unless he’s been promised that he’s replacing Brandon Beane as GM by Week 16.

[Josh needs 13 more TD’s to keep the streak alive - Will he do it? (UPDATE: It was inevitable.)]

He may need to score 5 or 6 to beat the Lions, so I could see it.

[Antonio Brown says a little girl thrown down stairs at Bills??]

Day 3 of Kid-got-bumped-into Watch.

[McD: Has your view changed?]

7 minutes ago, notpolian said:

The Bills have just been too successful to make changes.   But I'm a #4 until the postseason outcomes change.  It would truly be fantastic if he could follow the Andy Reid trajectory, without having to change teams.

I feel like the Andy Reid comparison is the best reason to keep him.  13/14 playoff teams’ seasons end with a loss every year in a game that’s just wild with randomness.  So it’s illogical to think a coach has some ineffable inability to win, rather than that it simply hasn’t happened yet.

 

Rewind to 2004 and you’ll hear a lot of passionate Eagles fans INSISTING that Reid doesn’t have the stuff it takes to win.  Good coach but a loser in the big moments. 
 

Fast forward.  Whoops.

[Antonio Brown says a little girl thrown down stairs at Bills??]

The level of public inebriation that some fans display is embarrassing.  I marvel at the people I’ve seen who bother to pay for an NFL ticket and then sit there half blacked out in a puddle of puke.

 

I also think it’s fine that there are spaces in this world that aren’t designed as fun for the whole family, and anyone expressing upset over this, whatever actually did happen, is faking the indignity.

[Dec. 3, 2017 - NE @ Buffalo - Gronk’s Dirty Hit]

I was at this game, the first live one I’d attended in a couple years.  The Gronk hit really distracted from what was otherwise the most boring game in football history.

[Tyrod Taylor eviction drama]

1 minute ago, SoMAn said:

Tyrod was an upgrade from the previous batch of nobodies. That's all.  He was manageable. The 2017 Bills reached the playoffs not so much because of him, but more likely in spite of him. Truthfully, the defense, Shady, and Andy Dalton got us there.  What's Tyrod done since? Just your basic journeyman QB. Doesn't suck, but there's nothing particularly remarkable about him either. The most likely answer to the question as to why he's been mostly forgotten - Josh Allen.  Enough said.

Oh I understand and agree.  I was just saying it’s interesting because back then people really thought that only the next franchise QB could break that drought.