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I always wonder how the two Cowboy Super Bowls would have turned out if we had Charles Haley and Thomas Everett and the Cowboys did not. Bruce Smith on one side and Charles Haley on the other. Thirty years later still have no idea why the 49’ers would trade Haley, not only within the conference but to their main rival within the conference. Could have cost them a Super Bowl appearance or two.

Bingo. That’s a pet peeve. “We need to get a Kelce or Kamara or J.J. Watt or Bruce Smith.” Let’s just go out and get a couple of Hall of Famers or future Hall of Famers. That will fix our problems.

If you’re Houston, would you trade Watson to Miami for the 2 #1’s, 2 #2’s and Tua? Of course, the irony is that two of those picks are their own picks. I’d do that deal. Would Miami?

This is 1000% hindsight, but given how little Bills got from Espensa this year and how much J. K. Dobbins could have contributed to a Super Bowl run, I wonder if there’s regret not pulling the trigger on a running back a round earlier.

I remember listening to that game on the radio too. In one sense, in retrospect, happy we lost. KC was very, very good with a bunch of guys who would end up in the Hall of Fame and win a Super Bowl a couple of years later. Green Bay destroyed them in the first Super Bowl. I can't imagine what they would have done to the Bills. The Super Bowl that should have been was '64. Bills v. Browns would have been competitive.

Somebody help me out here. What is "10" personnel v. "11" personnel?

Does anyone remember Troy Aikman’s mediocre performance against us in Super Bowl XXVIII? Pretty sure he was concussed in the NFC Championship Game. No concussion protocols back then. Point is, even if Mahones plays, concussion could impact his game on Sunday. Oh sorry, his “pinched nerve.”

The '88 team should have won the Super Bowl. Lost #1 seed with inexplicable late season collapse losing to a couple of bad teams (started 11 - 1, finished 12 - 4). Needed better offensive and defensive coordinators (Marchibroda arrived one year too late; Corey was mediocrity personified). I've said it before, if they had used Steve Tasker as a slot receiver (Welker and Edelman before Welker and Edelman), they would have won multiple Super Bowls. Instead of Tasker, we were plowing Jamie Mueller and Carwell Gardner into the line a few times a game.

Yeah, they’re hot but the wins have been over Cowboys, Jags, Bengals, Giants and the Houdini escape act against the Browns. They did beat a good Titans team on the road and we didn’t play a great game against the Colts but if we play well, we certainly can win this game.

Yet another metric showing how great Allen’s season was. He put up his numbers playing top ten pass defenses in 7 out of 16 games (almost 50%), including 3 games against top four pass defenses. Simply amazing season.

I hate Brady as much as the next Bills’ fan but given the obvious deterioration in his physical skills last year and the fact that he is FORTY THREE YEARS old, I fully expected him to duplicate Peyton Manning’s last year or two in Denver. I absolutely hate to admit it, but what he has done this year really is remarkable.

TB put out word same day on Evan’s: no structural damage. I don’t see why they can’t say the same thing about Beasley (assuming it’s true).

Baltimore is one strange team. They look utterly invincible and unstoppable until they don't. Then they look very beatable. I can't think of another team past or present that fits that description.

So if we beat the Dolphins, we get MIA or IND as well as securing #2 seed. If we lose we get BALT or CLEV, two of the best running teams in the league. Holy crap, why wouldn’t we try to win this game?

Is the "difficult to beat a team three times in one season" trope an actual thing or an urban legend? Anyone have any stats to illuminate?

If you feature Pete Gogolak in your avatar, yeah you say "pound the rock". Granted it's a passing team but it's a good opportunity to do some things differently.

What I'd like to see next Monday night: 1. Pound the rock with Singletary and Moss. Pats have given up staggering 436 yards on the ground last two games. 2. Give John Brown some work if he's healthy. 3. Give Diggs the night off if he's not 100%. 4. Give Daryl Williams the night off if he's not 100%. 5. Experiment with Milano, Edmunds and Klein all on the field at the same time (a 4-3; revolutionary!) and see how it performs against NE run game. We may be up against run-heavy teams (TENN, BALT, CLEV) in the playoffs and having an extra wrinkle to throw at them may come in handy. 6. Win to move closer to #2 seed. 7. Leave healthy.

Isn't it great in and of itself that they are comparing Allen to Mahomes? I keep thinking about the hypothetical - would KC trade Mahones to Bills for Allen and White (basically the draft choice trades)? I think it has come all the way from "no way" to "no, but let me think about it".

Very good post, as usual. I echo your comments regarding reaction after Allen pick in draft. I was really upset it was Allen instead of Rosen for two reasons. I was firmly in the camp that (1) most important attribute of top tier NFL QB is accuracy and (2) you can't teach accuracy. (Plus, I'm a UCLA grad so there was a little alumni bias.) I came around pretty quickly, however, thanks to a bunch of posters who posted Allen's college highlights which showed his potential and showed that his college stats were somewhat misleading. The Senior Bowl highlights were impressive. Unlike the national pundits who blindly followed the "he's just not accurate" narrative, anyone who actually watched his games in his rookie season and second season could see the potential. I won't lie and say that I expected this kind of season but I did expect a continued upswing from last season. He's arrived as an upper echelon QB and hopefully will be for the next 10 - 15 years. How great a feeling is that?

Don't forget the 1964 squad - 12 - 2, 13 - 2 if you include AFL Championship game win over San Diego!

Was Ted Washington on any of the drought teams? If not, how about Pat Williams? Either of those two plugging up the middle we are odds on favorite to win the Super Bowl.

D. Williams for sure.

Oh by the way NE eliminated.

Thanks! Really would like to see him competing for starting job next year.

Really liked what I saw of Dane Jackson this year. I'm not familiar with reserve rules this year. Is he seriously hurt and on IR? If not, can some other team pluck him from our reserve list? Thanks for the help.