Thurman#1

The Kincaid we saw when healthy in 2023? With the knowledge he's likely to have now? If healthy, I'd start him over more than half of them in the blink of an eye.

Take a look at the catchable ball percentage for Kincaid this year. Way way down from last year. As has been reported on here a lot. Here's more from the Rochester D&C on this: https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/football/nfl/bills/2025/02/13/dalton-kincaid-josh-allen-trouble-getting-on-same-page-2024/78462826007/ Yup, exactly, Doc. There's no such thing as a perfect stat or rating. They all need context. This one is indeed a useful tool, but should not be treated as the final and only necessary word.

What more could Josh have done? Thrown it a bit better. Seriously, Kincaid was past everyone and wide open, with nobody in front of him on that right side. Throw that ball five yards further right and it is probably a TD. And it wasn't as if he had to hit a small window. There was a huge window. Should Kincaid have caught it? Yeah. But it was a very tough catch. He was wide open with nobody in front of him and had to do a 180 to get within a tough diving try. Again, he should've had it. But it was not an easy play, and could've been an extremely easy play with a better throw. And yeah, Allen was under serious pressure. But you asked what more he could have done? He could have made it a very very easy catch. Would that have required a terrific play? Yeah, but we're used to Josh making those. It's kind of what he does. Smart defensive call. And they probably should have had a different offensive call. And as we've heard before, Josh was the guy who called the protection, which did turn out to be wrong.

He and that #1 QB had a greatly decreased connection. Yup, that QB is still #1. But no, he was not doing Kincaid any favors last year, he just wasn't.

Yup. It's a damn good organization. As attested to by the fact that near 100% of NFL teams are signed on for their content. It shows that teams have great respect for their tape-watching skills and ability to put together stats and percentages and to understand the situations they see on tape. Does this mean that all their opinions are the gold standard and may not be disagreed with? No, of course not. But it's equally as ridiculous to say PFF said it so it must be wrong as it is to believe every single iota of what they say. A lot of the PFF hate in Buffalo comes from them saying we weren't very good back in the drought years when we weren't very good.

In this one. Depends how much you weight each of his two years, but it's completely reasonable. His first year he was top ten in receptions and yards. As a rookie, that's terrific. No doubt not as good in the second year and that appears to be somewhat from injury and somewhat from something being off between Allen and Kincaid and the play-caller. Dude, what you've got there is an opinion, not a fact, full stop. And a horrible analogy as well. Watching tape and evaluating it isn't listening to the notes they're not playing. Is he getting open, is he blocking downfield? Is the defense's coverage of his routes helping get other guys open. Is he blocking on the LOS and wherever they ask him to? If it were that impossible to evaluate tape, nobody would bother doing it. And they do. With great results and understanding.

Sorry to be unclear. That analogy hits me all the time, but it's more a function of my warped mind than something that would occur to others. Sorry. The desperation to find a scapegoat always bemuses me. We all ache for a championship. It's natural. But having a real chance every single year is a huge joy, one that most fanbases could never imagine.

First, it's not the "psyche of the Bills fan base." It's just not. It's the psyche of a significant portion of them, yes. And it goes something like one of those scenes from the original Star Trek where the actors are all trying to synchronize throwing themselves from side to side on the set as if they're all being battered by huge explosions and Captain Kirk is spitting out, to nobody, his thoughts, "Must ... reach ... the phase shift ... dilithium ... button ... reverse the polarity ... find ... scapegoat ... blame Bills losses ... pitchforks ..." This is one of the most common, basic ways to handle loss and disappointment among human beings. And most of the time it doesn't make sense. It's just the comfortable response. It's not "everyone" who knows the defense is a "fraud." It's mostly a small group of very sad people. Who mistake the inability to stop one sensational offense with the greatest QB since Brady, a guy who's likely to enter the GOAT conversation, with being bad. They certainly weren't good enough last year. But overall, the past four years before that they were damn good. And again, they have actually been damned effective in the playoffs. Except against the Chiefs. You're right, it's not just you. But it's closer to "just you" than it is to "everyone."

And the playoffs too. It's only against the Chiefs during the playoffs we've had consistent problems. Damn it. Oh, my God! Yes!!!!! This!!!! It's easy to forget. Thanks for the much-needed reminder.

This is my best guess also, but if Hailee starts shooting a movie sometime soon ... Her schedule, like his, has dates where she absolutely must be there. And plenty of unscheduled time also. I'm sure her schedule will also have to be considered.

There's a guy lives near my house looks mean as hell. Snot's always flying, drool's dripping. Turns out he's just a messy eater without great hygiene. Runs away when threatened by little girls. That stuff means nothing. It's kind of a nice add-on in that it can put a bit of a chill down your enemy's spine, but that's about it. From what I saw, Bishop looked like a good tackler who wasn't yet sure where he was supposed to be. Once he does, IMO he'll be fine.

The Colts game just before the Taron pick six game. Bills up by three and we get the ball back with 6 mins left in the game and the offense can't do much. The Colts get the ball back with 2:30 left and the defense strangled them slow, the drive ending at the Bills 47 as time ran out. In 2021 both units just dominated the Pats, but that certainly included the defense holding the Pats to three points till very late in the 3rd quarter. The 2022 Fins game where we won by three with the D stopping them on the last two drives. Our offense was great the first 33 minutes, but after that it was mostly up to the defense, and they came through. In the 2023 game against the Steelers, both sides of the ball looked terrific, defense just as much as the offense. In the Broncos game last year the D was every bit as good as the offense. The Baltimore game last year also. The pick and the three fumbles, two of them lost to the Bills, were huge in winning that game. The offense was also good, but not beyond the D. Outside of the Chiefs games, the D has mostly been a very good playoffs group. The Bengals game the whole team was running on emotional vapors. That certainly included the D, but it's not like the offense was good.

Mr. Rezhevski? It's been 17 weeks, sir. I know you're in there. Do I have to knock all day?

You might be right when you say, "I don't believe for one second that in stable organizations like the Baltimore Ravens that Eric Decosta has to sit down with Steve Bisciotti to for 17 hours, and watch every single snap from a QB prospect right before the drat in order to "get ownership behind" the GM and HC's pick for the QB position. " You might also be wrong. But you might be right. But nowhere did it say that the Bills did what you said they did either. It's you, not them, saying they "had to" sit Terry down for this. Nor did it say that the reason they did it was to get him behind their pick. That's simply your take. It could easily be that they wanted him to be behind their decision, whether or not he agreed, having seen that they spent a ton of time and thought on it. Wanting an owner to be behind your decision doesn't mean that you have to force the owner to have the same opinion. Could mean they just wanted him to see that they could defend their opinion. You're making your own happy assumptions here and treating them as fact. Also nowhere does it say that they had "to change Pegula's mind." Another belief by you with no particular evidence whatsoever. I don't know that you're wrong about any of this, but I don't see any evidence that you're right. So yeah, maybe the Ravens don't have to do that. But neither did the Bills. Did McBeane sit down with the owner and go through their decision-making process? Yeah. I'm betting the Ravens do that on their most important decisions as well.

This could really have some significance. Or not.

I like the Tasker and Chris Brown show when they have good guests, particularly Greg Cosell, weekly, "You know this, Steve," being his constant refrain, and a few other knowledgeable folks.

Nah, you're allowed to worry about it. Sensible people worry about everything on the team outside of QB1. It's the "the sky is falling" panic because we don't have a #1 that doesn't make sense. I'm not sure that 13 WRs implies an awareness of deficiency. But if it does, it's probably a deficiency at #4 and #5 and #6. Nobody thinks the last 6 or 7 of those WRs are going to become #1s.

May have been over-evaluated. May not. We just don't know yet. Overhyped? I don't see it. He really was terrific in college. Some guys start fast. Others don't. All of them are in different situations, and "situation" does not refer just to QB talent. It's way way more complicated than that. Aiyuk didn't do as well as Harrison his first year. Pretty good player, though. Yup. This.

Taron Johnson is elite, and terrific. So yes he has drafted an elite proven player besides Allen. Benford could indeed become elite soon. Same with Spencer Brown, really. And yeah, Benford is maybe arguable right now as well. With where they pick, that's a damn good record. Not the best in the league or anything, but damn good. If fans are losing patience, that's more on them.

A candidate? Without question. Certainly a reasonable possibility, if he doesn't start playing more like the old Daquan. But keeping him is also a very reasonable possibility.

I get that this is probably a joke about how people used to talk about how young he was, but at this point he's 27. Just sayin'.

I'd agree with all of that. Worth noting that Philly has had a few of those too. Jalen Raegor. Marcus Smith. Andre Dillard. Arcega-Whiteside. Sidney Jones.

That's nonsense. You're not 100% luck just because they didn't draft you in the first round. If it were luck, this would happen in a roughly even distribution between all teams. It doesn't. It was a damn good pick. Was some luck involved? Sure. Same with nearly every pick. But 100%? Um, no, not even close.

Um, no. First, Taron Johnson and Milano are All-Pros, that's fact. Josh Allen is also, not a first-teamer, but not because he isn't dominant or doesn't change games. Benford appears headed in that direction. Barkley was picked first overall and Jalen Carter 9th. How does that compare with Shakir, Cook and Oliver, you ask? Unfairly. Philly got them in trades, not drafts outside of Carter, and spent more resources on them. We have a ton of guys who are "A" types, including three All-Pros and two or three more guys who are in spitting distance. You don't have to be the best in the league at your position to make a difference. You just have to, well, to make a difference.

No, but he isn't a burner and that's what most people wanted. A closed mind is a terrible thing to try to change.