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Despite having his day in court to present his evidence about 50+ times he wasn't able successfully prove any significant claims by any objective measure. He then keeps up the claims that the election was illegitimate gathering his supporters together during a joint session of Congress to march on the Capitol where he has told them and they believe that an illegitimate election is being finalized. You also left out the part where Trump said "If you don't fight like hell you won't have a country anymore" among other inciting rhetoric. He also has speakers at his rally that speak such rhetoric as "Lets have trial by combat" and repeatedly told a crowd that an election was stolen and illegitimate. You don't have to literally say riot at the Capitol in order for it to be incitement

Early in his career Burleson was a bit more of a burner, in his first two years he was averaging about 15 yards a reception. But I believe he got hurt in his third year and he never quite got back to that style of play, most of the rest of his career he was in the 10-12 yards per reception range and played as more of a possession type.

The Dolphins only hope if they want to be anything more than a good but not great team is if they either go all in on a trade for Watson or if they manage to draft another QB and hit. I am not sold on Tua and even if they go out and use their first 3 picks and some cap space on offense to help him out I just don't see it working beyond maybe winning 11 games and a playoff game before falling to an elite team.

Davis actually reminds me of Burleson a lot. Burleson was a big receiver with very good body control who had good but not great hands and solid but not fantastic speed (Burleson ran a 4.43 forty time and Davis ran a 4.54.) Davis seems like he is going to have a similar type of career. I think him being in the WR fold is great for the team long term. Brown is older and often hurt and Beasley will be 32 next season. Having a solid young WR behind those two is a good thing for the roster as this team needs younger talent to start to replace the older more expensive talent.

Anything under 55 in decent weather I am pretty confident in Bass and I think 55 to 62 he has a decent shot at if the weather is decent. Hopefully his leg holds up in the snow. But I am happy to have him locked in as the kicker. He just needs to lower his angle on extra points in order to avoid good kicks that get called wrong.

Tough game, Ravens defense is for real and the Ravens offense can run the ball well. This is a true toss up game. Bills will need to get up early and force the Ravens to throw the ball more.

I would love to see the Browns in the AFCCG. For one it would mean a third home game for the Bills (and the Bills beat the Ravens) and the Browns would be a better story than KC. I also think the Bills have a better shot against the Browns than against KC. But sadly I do think the Browns run ends against KC. Away game against Mahomes? That's a tall order. However the Browns do have some good tools (a dominant ground game) to pull off an upset.

These jobs aren't that undesirable. The Jags have Lawrence and a ton of cap space, their ownership is not cheap. They also have an extra 1st in 2021 from the Rams. The Chargers have a promising young QB and solid pieces. The Jets have pick 2 and Darnold along with a pair of extra firsts from Seattle and ownership that isn't cheap. Houston has one of the top QB's in the game and low short term expectations. I agree that some of these situations that aren't the best. Philly and Detroit are bad situations in my opinion. Philly has an odd QB situation and they are really cap strapped. Detroit has a average vet QB with a bad cap situation, not exactly thrilling. Atlanta has a better than average vet QB but their cap situation is a mess. Houston has one of the best QB's in the game but they have no picks in the first two rounds and their cap situation isn't that great. Overall I think that there still are only 32 of these HC jobs and you might be hot as a coordinator one year and then fall off in the next. I do agree Daboll has no issues staying with Buffalo if he doesn't like the fit but I think he would take 3-4 of these situations.

I have a feeling he goes to Jacksonville. I think they want a QB guru up and coming offensive coordinator from a quality organization. Daboll fits that description. I hope Daboll stays put, since he will likely take some other coaches and staff with him to another org. But that is the cost of success.

I would be surprised but not shocked to see Frazier get a HC gig. I just don't see Frazier's resume being all that impressive. Yes the Bills defense has been top 10 or close since 2017 and he has been a part of that. However McD is the architect of the defense so Frazier isn't the sole generator. But his resume as an HC doesn't impress me and he is 61 going on 62. I don't see him as being a good fit for any team out there. He has a good pedigree and HC experience but I just don't see it with him. If I were an owner I would rather go with an up and coming younger coordinator.

The Fins won't have an issue with bottlenecks on contract extensions in my opinion, even if you have 9 to 10 picks every year including 4-5 in the first 2-3 rounds there is still a high bust rate in the NFL so the possibility of having so many players hit that it becomes an issue is improbable and a good problem to have anyway. My thinking with the Fins is that they are in a position where they need to go all in for a QB and they have the assets and cap space to get a top QB. If Watson wants out the Fins are in the best position to offer the best package of picks and fully absorb the contract. I agree that a Watson trade is unlikely as. you don't give up on a top 5 young QB with plenty of years on his contract. But if this situation gets ugly the Fins could easily swoop in and offer 6-7 top flight picks and other mid round selections for Watson.

If I were Miami I would be offering the farm for Watson. I would offer up pick 3, 20, and 35 along with a mid round pick in 2021 and a 1st and 3rd in 2022 and a 2nd in 2023. The Dolphins have the cap space to absorb Watson and the draft capital to push for him. The Texans won't get a better haul of picks, 3 premium selections in 2021, two top picks in 2022 and a pick in 2023. If the Texans lose Watson that haul of picks will help greatly in a rebuild. The Fins are a QB away from being a serious contender. Watson would immediately make them a contender long term.

Winning that game I hope gets the Bills to play less tight and play better and more loose. I could tell late in the game esp after that Josh fumble they really had the feel of them choking but they pulled through. Hopefully the coaching and the players perform better knowing they can win against a good team.

It tested the limits of what you can do to benefit yourself draft stock wise. You can't purposefully bag a game and keep your locker room. You can sits guys who are hurt and even sit a few vets to get the younger guys some snaps. But you can't bench your second round QB for a non-factor QB with the game on the line all for 3 spots in the draft.

The trenches are the fulcrum of the game as the trench play most impacts the QB play. If your defensive line is dominating your opponents offensive line you put your opponents QB under consistent pressure and that makes them less effective and it makes running the ball nearly impossible. If your o-line is protecting your QB and opening running lanes then even an average QB can carve you up.

Moss was a small addition granted but in my opinion a positive one. Whereas I look at Williams and Diggs as pieces that were elite that helped Josh take that next step. Without a stud WR1 like Diggs this isn't the same offense.

I think he completely lost the locker room after what he pulled in week 17. I think had he just had a regular bad season and they won 4 games and 1 tie they would have brought him back. He had made the playoffs every year from 2017 to 2019. He won the Super Bowl in 2017 and the Eagles won a playoff game in 2018 too. But that week 17 ***** probably really pissed off the players and they aren't going to be able to fully overhaul a roster with a lot of high paid players and an owner looking to compete. I expect Pederson to go to the Jets which wouldn't be the worst move.

In 2018 the offense was a bottom 2 offense in the league, probably only AZ was worse, certainly not more than 2 offense worse. They literally had 1 decent O-line player (Dawkins) and a very raw young QB. In 2019 the McBeane really did a number to rebuild the offense into a respectable unit around Josh (Completely rebuilt the O-line, signed Beasley and Brown to make the WR corps respectable, and added some young skill position players in Knox and Singletary.) They then added an elite piece of talent in Diggs in 2020 and Moss in the backfield and the rest fell into place. Overall it is shocking to see the offense go from bottom 2-3 in 2018 to lower mid level 18-22 in 2019 to a top 5 offense in the league. All the while the defense has at least stayed a solid unit and the special teams taken a very positive progression. It shows you how good the Bills defense was in 2018 that the team somehow won 6 games with literally one of the bottom 2-3 offenses in the league. As much praise as the 2019 defense gets the 2018 defense was about just as good

The Bills offense needs to be prepared to not have many possessions and that they have to capitalize on each scoring opportunity. In order to put up a lot of points on a high caliber defense they need to get Brown and Beasley going. Diggs will get his but he can't be too heavily relied upon. If Brown get 6 catches 70+ and Beasley at least 6 catches 60 yards that's enough to open up the offense and not have Diggs have to have a monster game in order to have a great offensive day. If Beasley and Brown combine for 130 yards then Diggs can get 80 yards, Davis 40 yards and then you can cobble together 50 yards from Knox, Singletary and Mac and others. That gets you to 300 yards. But overall this team has to be prepared to punch the Ravens in the mouth. Hopefully they can do it. Tough matchup but it is the playoffs they are all tough matchups.

They need Brown to step up and make plays. But the Colts game was only his second week back from injury. I think he still has some rust to shake off. Hopefully against the Ravens he is locked and loaded because when he brings that speed element to the offense the offense is virtually unstoppable.

I could see this happening oddly enough.

Fear no one

Indy plays Cover 2 as a base defense (the defense Josh seems to have most trouble with) and they got some pressure on Josh. I think it is more so a matter of Indy playing the Bills tough and Josh executing just enough. It's the playoffs no games are going to be easy.

His first 3 years in my opinion were the growing pains of a unexperienced coach. Game management wasn't really ever bad with McD but it was average at best. He has become a lot stronger in that respect. He developed a bit of a cautious nature his first three years which really manifested its self in the 2019 playoffs (which made sense given that Josh was still growing and Tyrod was the QB in 2017) but he has since corrected that in 2020 and developed his team to have a killer instinct. I think he has developed himself into being a good head coach. I hope he has that killer instinct to win in the playoffs.

I liked the hire. I always prefer to go after an up and coming coordinator than a tired retread. In my years as a Bills fans I hated when they hired Jauron, Gailey and Rex all tired retreads (Although I liked Rex the most out of those three.) I know retreads like Billy B have done well but I tend to feel like retreads are bad hires more often than not. I liked when they hired Gregg, Mularky and Marrone and my opinion was similar for McD, I didn't know enough about him but it seems like he was a solid up and coming coordinator. I wasn't sure it would be a super successful hire but I thought it was the right type of hire philosophically.