All_Pro_Bills

I go back and forth between optimism and pessimism. Right now it looks like the Bengals, Chiefs, and Ravens are going to miss the playoffs. So the teams we went into the season maybe fearing most are no threat. The Colts and Jonathan Taylor are fading. And with Jones hurt it looks over for that team. Denver, New England, Houston, and even Jacksonville look good. But the playoffs bring extra expectations and pressure. They're all pretty new to the dance. Experience is something the Bills have over them all. Still they have to play their best to win. Maybe get some players back healthy? And make a run. For this to work the defense needs to show up big. The Bills beating the Patriots next week would be huge. Planting the seeds of doubt for a potential playoff rematch.

And looking at this problem in practice, what does anyone expect the Patriots are going to scheme up on defense next Sunday? Everyone here can figure it out. They're going to look to take away the run by bringing the safeties down into the box and play press man coverage on the receivers. Brady better have his thinking cap on this week designing and developing a game plan to address what should be absolutely no surprise. If its me I would dial up a play action deep pass to Cooks on the first play of the game to let them know I'm ready. On the lighter side, the Bills will have a total of 6 timeouts. How many will McDermott call on defense after seeing how the offense lines up on some play? And will wasting these time outs ever work or will the opponent continue to always get a first down?

I think Beane overvalues his draft board vs. the grades given by other teams on certain players which has him consistently trading up and chasing a player and drafting for need. In the 2025 draft, he traded the team's 2 2nd rounders to Chicago for the 9th pick in the 2nd round to pick DT Sanders. He's been a serviceable rotational DT this year. The Bears used those picks on an OT, Ozzy Trapilo, and DT, Shemar Turner. A DT that graded out on par with Sanders. So in theory, staying at 24 and 30 the Bills could have filled the DT need and selected another player at another position. Only 1 other DT went in the 2nd round, at 11 to the 49ers, before the 30th pick. Its hindsight but its also a good example of the value of staying put and not spending premium picks on trade ups in the draft.

This I agree with. Almost every one of the Bills "big plays" on offense are off script plays, the result of Allen buying time, scrambling, then making a big throw to a receiver or running for a big play rather than the players executing the called play which more times than not the defense has covered. The throw to Shakir for a TD, the 40 yard TD run, the 3rd and 15 run to secure the win. Those kinds of "superstar" plays hide a lot of shortcomings elsewhere. Without Allen this team is a 5 or 6 win roster. And maybe you can say that about most teams that get elite quarterback play out of the position.

The game left me wondering how unstoppable Allen and the Bills offense would be with two WR's like Chase and Higgins.

It's is a hoax. The dispute between Washington and European leaders is no secret or grand conspiracy. Washington wants the war to end because continuing it is not in US interests and surrendering territory is an inevitable consequence of losing. For some reason Europe wants to continue the war. Russia is simply winning the conflict and point to me any conflict where the side clearly winning has made major concessions to the other side? It's unrealistic. Russia has also been critical of Trump's Venezuela aggression. Citing its destabilizing impact and pledging to stand by the Murdaro regime. If Trump's their asset why don't they just order him to stop? I guess they're just really sneaky. But thank goodness are those social media hacks you quote are onto their game!

The known facts to date don't support the premise of media reports claiming that unnamed FBI sources quoted Cole stated he was upset by the 2020 election results. He works for a family owned bail bond operation that sued the Trump administration over immigration arrests. The profile of his family screams leftist causes. Reports say he bought bomb components as early as 2019. How does that square with responding to 2020 election unhappiness? This guy is not MAGA. That is clearly a media hoax attempting to get in front of the story for the usual reasons.

Very soon European culture and society as we know it won't exist. Leaders there are obsessed with committing cultural suicide. And suppressing any dissent to their policies and practices. A comparison to the situation might be the experience of Native Americans when European explorers and settlers appeared on the scene. Soon enough their lands were seized, their customs erased, and their people killed. This is the fate of Europe at the hands of African and Middle Eastern "migrants". Europe will devolve into a 3rd world region. Was there ever a collective group of people claiming intellectual superiority over those protesting the path they've put their nations on that were more nefarious than leaders like Kerr Starmer?

I expect there is no "there" in regard to Cole's leanings to the Right. I'd put money on it. Because every time some nut case surfaces the usual suspects instinctively attempt to peddle the same story from the same playbook that the guy is pro-Trump. Seeing how things work if there was evidence he was pro-Trump he would have been arrested on 1/7 and that J6 committee would have certainly gone "there".

If Cole was associated with Trump supporters or sympathetic to MAGA he would have been arrested on January 7th. End of story.

That is one plausible scenario. I'm going to wait before embracing any motivation story. 1st for a Grand Jury to hear evidence for an indictment.

What's you're guess on the J6 bombers motivation to plant pipe bombs at both party HQ locations? And the previous administration lack of motivation to find him?

Nice little summary about the impact of the J6 bomber. https://www.kunstler.com/p/cold-case-heats-up

The MSM will avoid asking why the Biden DOJ/FBI having most of the evidence failed to act. They won't be able to hide this story. But they're hesitate to show the suspect's photo. And will describe the suspect as a "dark skinned white male". If you need a clue about media bias just listen carefully how they describe a story, What words they choose to use and those they avoid and leave out while adding closers such as "despite a lack of evidence" or "while not providing details".

I think you're right about the conversation. Because in the grand game of life nothing anyone here says is going to materially change anything. PPP is just a place to share views and opinions and then agree or disagree about them. Everyone has their own unique perspective and experiences. Some take it seriously, others not so much. And I believe that if everyone agrees on everything then nobody is thinking. Same with the stadium wall. Over there we've got lots of expert GM's and coaches that know what needs to be done to fix problems, draft player and sign free agents. Sometimes including me! A lot of them might be right but nobody is putting them in charge.

Wondering what left leaning NGO funds this operation?

Republicans against Trump? The might as well call themselves "Chronic losers that are content with finishing in 2nd place in a 2 horse race". While I like Rand Paul he's too much of an idealist. And in my experience idealists don't get much done.

Protect the football. In 4 losses the Bills have turned the ball over 11 times (NE = 3, Atl = 2, Mia = 3, Hou = 3). That's losing 11 possessions and scoring opportunities and giving the opponent points of turnovers chances. 2 of 4 of the losses were one score games. Lose the turnover battle on the road in the playoffs and its an early off season.

Every game is different. And sometimes the result is unexpected. Look at the Rams on Sunday. Who had the Panthers here? Honestly, I thought the Bills were going to lose to Pittsburgh. So I didn't expect the Bills would be able to run all over the Steelers defense and I didn't expect the Bills defense to be so good against the run either. Maybe the 10 day mini-bye gave the defense time to iron out all their problems? If they perform down the stretch the same way then good things can happen. The Bengals are 31st against the run but seem to be trending up a bit. The Bills 30th and looking the same. And obviously their passing game with Burrow back and Higgins and Chase at WR will be superior to the Steelers offense. To win I expect the Bills will need to be efficient in the run game but the passing game needs to contribute a lot more. I'm not sure what the status is for Kincaid's availability, or Dawkins, Brown, Palmer, or how much a week more of time for Cooks to come up to speed on the offense will do. A big question is how the pass defense plays against top-end WR's. The weather forecast for Sunday is cold, cloudy, and not a lot of wind so that might not be a factor. I think its critical the passing game becomes at least functional before the playoffs to have a chance of advancing past the wild card round.

And nobody I know is cheering on these speed boat attacks.

Not that I knew much of anything about him or was ever a fan, but that's the way the the most rabid and politically indoctrinated on the left reacted to Charlie Kirk's murder. The public record of their blood-lust is undeniable. So who does that 1984 quote really describe?

An interesting question. But I could pose the exact same question to the anti-Trump folks here. Isn't it risky to criticize an authoritarian dictator that sends "Nazi death squads" out into the night to eliminate his detractors and political enemies? Why are the group of six that dare to question the orders given by the supreme ruler even still alive? Shouldn't they, at a minimum, be in some interment camp undergoing re-education? Why are these anti-ICE demonstrators still out on the streets? Causing trouble for the regime's terror squads in the round-up of innocent "brown people". Shouldn't 21st century Hitler have given the "illegal order" to eliminate them in a hail of gunfire or ship them off to some secret concentration camp? And gotten away with it all because, well he's a dictator?

It works pretty well for the drug dealers. Do you understand In their business showing compassion and empathy is a sign of weakness?

Sometimes understanding a person's motives for saying something is more important than what they say.

Posters understand that legal concept. But no war or conflict involving armed forces anywhere, ever, operated with legal counsel driving missions in the field. And what concepts do the drug cartels operate under? Many here demand mercy for people that would show them none. Amusingly naive. Their argument is 90% it's Trump doing it.