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Crazy Jordan Phillips metric and how he has played since becoming a Buffalo Bill.

For all those that tend to find all the faults and warts this team has, I think you are truly missing the boat here. It's ok to criticize the team, but just enjoy what it is that us as fans have right now. Even though there hasn't been a SuperBowl championship that has been won yet, enjoy the moment. Enjoy what it is that we are witnessing here. We are going to miss having Josh Allen when he retires, we are going to miss all the plays that he makes, the character and leadership he has shown and the personification of what a Buffalo Bills play should be. I am savoring every moment I have while he is at the helm.

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Honestly, It may not even be a 49ers call this could be Purdy making a business decision. Purdy is one of those guys that could be on the cusp of a huge or a middling contract. Sorta like Mayfield a few years back, Mayfield was headed towards a top level contract and then he had subpar year (largely due to his injury that he played through) and since he was viewed (wrongly) by many as a borderline franchise QB he never got the contract he deserved. Purdy is in a similar boat, I think there is enough skepticism about him that if he were to suffer a significant shoulder injury he probably wouldn’t get a $55 M + a year contract. I wouldn’t blame him for waiting till that shoulder is fully healed before he heads out on the field. Too much money is at stake.

Beane once again is two steps ahead of just about everyone on this message board. Many people were crying over trading Diggs and it ended up being a fantastic decision. Beane ended up getting a valuable 2nd round pick, got to unload tons of money for 2025 and he got a #1 WR in Amari who is a better man to man beater than Diggs which is something that Diggs was not able to do when it counted most. On the other hand, Amari came up huge in two third down plays that both ended up in scoring drives.

This slot argument is silly as if there isn't big time value. Arguably 2 of the top 6-7 receivers over the past few years have been "slot" guys. Amon-Ra has played 60% of his snaps from the slot Cooper Kupp has played over 65% of his snaps from the slot. Characterizing a player as "well he's just a slot guy" as some some sort of pejorative is wrong-headed. There is a lot of value to players who know how to play the slot, talent is talent and if a guy can play both despite playing primarily from the slot at a very high level is more valuable than a quote unquote middling #1 WR. I would rather take prime Cooper Kupp or Amon Ra St Brown over Chris Olave, Brandon Aiyuk or a DJ Moore who are all seen as decent typical #1 WR's. Also, if you watch Ladd's speed it matches the 4.39 40 time he had at the combine. The dude is an absolute burner, defenders don't catch him and he accelerates as impressively as his top end speed. That's one of SHakir's strengths is his acceleration. But holy crap, Ladd's route running is already in the top 5-10% in the league as it is and he's only going to get better. Again, I am very happy with Keon Coleman and he is exactly what leadership wanted and I think he's a great fit, I'm just pointing out that Ladd has proven lots of people wrong who were down on him throughout the draft process. I was big on him during the draft and everything that I thought he could be is showing up now.

I love Keon and he fits right in with what Brady and Bills want to do but man, Ladd McConkey sheesh

I know he's not a Bills player any longer but this was one of the reasons why I liked him as a player.

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Disagree completely, his added presence has been noticeable and huge to this team. Honestly, I couldn't disagree with you more.

There are still 6 games to go where injuries could end up derailing the team similar to the string of injuries to our defense did last year, with that said everything just seems to be falling right in place. You have an ascending Curtis Samuel Milano will be back soon Keon will be back and he was really beginning to come into his own You have Kincaid coming back Spencer Brown will be back DeWayne Carter who was really coming into his own. And there are plenty of games for them to get reintegrated with the team. If we can be lucky and fortunate to have hardly any other injuries then this team has a real shot at winning it all.

We need DT's, massive ones at that. We need for Cole Bishop to take over one of the positions and if they don't believe he's the answer (which I believe he will be), they need to upgrade at that position. We will have James Cook for another year but he won't most likely be retained afterwards because of needing to sign Rousseau, Bernard, Benford and Shakir and unfortunately I don't believe Cook will make the cut. We will need to get another CB or two. I love Rasul Douglas, but there just isn't enough money to bring back everyone and replacing him will be paramount, specially with the prospect that Kaiir most likely won't be returning (which I think he should). I'm thinking CB will be one of the premium top 3 draft choices. DE/IOL/TE could be picks as well. I think Knox's contract is untenable with all the people that need to be signed. DE, the same in that Von Miller could end up being cut, my preference is that he plays one more year considering that he has playing at a good level. IOL would be good to have for depth purposes.

It is impossible to produce irrefutable evidence in this sort of hypothetical. However you can make a reasonable inference that if the Bills were healthy on defense that it very well may have determined the outcome. The game was a coin flip as it was with the depleted defense, if Allen had been hit by Tony Jones just 1/4 of a second later that’s a TD to Shakir in what could have been the game winner. So to believe that Bernard, Taron, a healthy Rasul, Milano among others wouldn’t have made a slight difference is silly. Bottom line they didn’t get it done but they lost by just a hair and the hypothetical being posed is if the Bills defense had been healthy they would have won, while there is no way of fully knowing, I absolutely do believe they would have won.

I thought the Chiefs had a really good defensive game, they were stout against the run and made the Bills earn every yard they got. It just happens to be that they ran into a very determined Bills and Josh Allen team that was able to execute on high leverage moments throughout the game in a manner they hadn't faced. Just a really gritty and gutty performance by the Bills and Josh Allen.

Don’t forget that we get back an ascending Dwayne Carter as well

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I can relate

I was just telling my brother that I’m really going to miss Josh Allen when he retires. The amount of joy and satisfaction he has added to me is immeasurable. It’s not just the winning which there has been lots of it over the past 5 years but the insane talent he out of this world plays he makes that very few if any can make. I know the Bills haven’t won the big one yet but I’m going to savor this victory because it was special.

We have a lot of internet tough guys who also seem to have lots of inside knowledge to the extent of his injury. He is wearing a cast of some sort which implies its not just pain. For those saying that he isn't playing because of it being the last year of his contract, that's preposterous. He's on the wrong side of 30 and this is his last chance at getting a big contract and if he doesn't play and perform then his contract will be much shorter and less lucrative than if he were to perform at a high level for the remainder of this year. From what I've read, Amari is a different sort of cat in the sense that his lack of emotion and demeanor can be misinterpreted. Whatever the case may be, if he doesn't play now, he'll play after the bye week and I'm ok with that.

Obviously would love to have him back for this game, but it's definitely not the end of the world or anything approaching it. He should be in a really good spot after the bye week.

I think you guys are going to be surprised, Benford will most likely be around the top CB pay. Somewhere between $22 - $24m a year. Rousseau will get his as well which will be around those figures. And the Bills should absolutely lock down both of them. They are a huge reason why the defense has overperformed this year. Just need to draft some behemoth sized DT’s and upgrade the safety play and this defense will be at an elite level.