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We will see if the pocket QB is a thing of the past or not. Mahomes mostly works out of the pocket. He runs not that often (has never had more than 300 rush yards in a season) and mostly uses his mobility to throw. The last few Super Bowl's before last year were mostly match ups featuring pocket passers. Brady vs Geoff Brady vs Foles Brady vs Matt Ryan Manning vs Cam Brady vs Wilson Manning vs Wilson Flacco vs Kap Eli Manning vs Brady That's 12 QB's not known for their mobility vs 4 that are. Even the 49ers last year made it to the Big Game with Jimmy G not exactly a mobile QB. So we will wait and see if the pocket passer is dead.

Every GM makes many mistakes or has missed opportunities. GM's make dozens of decisions and choices every off season. Several are bound to not work as intended. Beane however has had significantly more good and positive moves than negative ones. He deserves to see the next few seasons to see if he can take this team over the hump. That 30 million number is really only if the cap is set at the floor of 175 million. I think the cap will be above 190 million as they likely borrow from future cap increases to avoid having such a steep cut to the cap. So I expect that final cap space number to be in the 45 to 50 million range after all cuts and restructuring is done. They should give the front office enough money to resign Mongo, D.Williams and Milano (likely to a one year prove it deal.) And have a little bit of money left over to add a starter elsewhere to the defense. Then use the draft to get younger at critical positions on the defense (i could see the first three picks being at DE, CB and safety.) Smart to simply retain offensive talent and add some youth to a defense that could be aging soon.

I think it is a greater than 70% chance KC wins, but Miami has a tough defense so they have a punchers chance. I think Colts over Raiders is a nice one to have too as it would help push the Bills into sealing a playoff spot in a year where home field means less and there is only one bye just getting in the tournament is big.

The Rams beat the Pats so one for one this week. The big one to watch in my opinion is KC vs Miami, Miami has to lose this one. The Bills need to at the very least maintain a 1 game lead with a tie breaker in the back 3. KC winning gives that to the Bills at a minimum.

He is rated properly. I do think that several years ago he was a bit underrated but the past two seasons in my opinion have him as a properly respected coach. I personally have him as one of the elite coaches in the league and I think most analysts and fans do too. He got the Steelers to 8 wins last year with a third string QB and this year he has gotten them back to 11+ wins despite injuries and offensive talent issues. Tomlin will have the Steelers ready to play and I would be shocked if this game isn't a one posession game late.

Also why not opt out if you are a veteran player? Why put your body through the grind and expose yourself to Covid an illness that could infect a loved one and put your long term health at risk (as we don't know the long term complications for those who live.) You can literally roll over your contract for another season and rest your body. For a lot of these veteran players an opt out of this crazy season makes sense especially if you are on a team that isn't likely to go anywhere.

It all depends on if and how much he plays week 17. If that game is meaningless in terms of seeding then it will be unlikely that he will get some of these records. But I do think he will break the records for completion Percentage and QB rating regardless of playing week 17. If he does play week 17 then he should have a good shot at yards and passing TD's along with rushing TD's. The only one I think he has very little shot at is yards per attempt. But breaking 2-5 team records in one season is a good year esp if it comes with a division title.

We will see, this team will win about 7 games with a depleted roster due to covid opt outs and their cap crunch. With everything going against them they still are a 7ish win team. Let's see how they do when they get their players back and they have the cap space to add to their rosters holes. The biggest concern for them is QB. If they can't find a better solution at QB then they are unlikely to do much in the playoffs even if their defense can carry them to a good record.

Allen was a long shot MVP candidate after he hit his stat slump against KC and the Titans. Russell Wilson, Aaron Rodgers and Mahomes have the inside track on him. I just don't see Josh leapfrogging 3 other QB's esp in bad weather conditions.

This team went from 2000-2016 not making the playoffs in any season and having just 2 winning seasons along with no hope at QB outside of the fact that Tyrod Taylor was a decent low end starter and Drew Bledose and Fitz each had half a good season. From 2017-2020 this team has had 2 playoff appearances, is knocking on the door of a third, has had 3 winning seasons and looks like it has a franchise QB in his prime. Beane hasn't been perfect but he has made a perennial laughing stock into a legitimate contender set up for short term and long term success. Overall I am super impressed with the job both have done and they will be here the next 3 seasons no matter what.

I would pass on it, I think Russell Wilson or Rodgers is a better candidate for the Madden Curse I mean Cover...

In the end this mess of QB's since Flutie (who wasn't that great of a QB just competent enough to make a few big plays and get carried by an elite defense) and really since Kelly has been one of the largest obstacles during the drought years. The Bills took nearly every single approach besides taking a QB in the top 10. They took mid to late 1st round picks (Losman and Manuel), traded for a proven veteran (Bledsoe), tried a lower draft pick (Trent Edwards), tried a couple of veteran reclamation projects (Fitz and Orton) and tried to go with a long term backup from a winning organization (Tyrod.) Ironically Tyrod proved to be Flutie like as he was able to manage games, make a few plays with his legs and make a big play here or there just enough to be carried by a good defense to a decent record. But the rest had short term success at best and none were the solution. McD realized this pattern and while he passed on dipping into the QB draft class in 2017 he saw that 2018 was the more heralded class and set himself up to be a player in that draft class. They pocketed KC's first round pick in 2018 in the trade down, they traded Sammy and Darby for 2nd and 3rd round picks in 2018 and then traded Tyrod for pick 65 in that draft along with moving Cordy Glenn and pick 21 for pick 12. McD did what the Bills had never done and they finally took a QB up high, going from pick 12 to 7 to take Josh at a very high cost (picks 53 and 56) and the gamble has appeared to payoff. Just one of many reasons why the McD rebuild and the Pegula ownership have worked and resulted in 3 winning seasons, 2 playoff appearances and hopefully a third playoff appearance and division title.

Pass, I doubt that he is much better than Moss. I would rather just run with the young guns.

Trump out of office sadly will still be a huge power broker in the GOP. It is only if he goes to jail on tax/fraud charges when the GOP will fully turn on him. The bootlicking and sycophantic nature of the GOP to Trump will continue as long as he commands his insane base.

The injury concern is real but I also think that this team has two decent options behind him in moving Bates and Mongo in there. I think this team has a larger risk of missing his absence by cutting him than they do by him missing games due to injury. I think they easily rework his deal for a bit of cap relief and keep him in the fold.

I would just worry about winning the division first.

Why do people seem to hate Morse? He is a very very good center. I think he is an elite pass protector, a solid run blocker and is a great leader and communicator at a position where that is critical. I get that he might be a tad bit overpaid but they could easily just restructure his deal like they did with Star.

Given how much more dynamic this offense usually is when Brown is out there and the fact that he only has one more year left I think they hold onto Brown. Maybe they restructure his deal to give the team a slight cap cut of 1.5 million in exchange for fully gauranteing the money? But even with health concerns it would be foolish to cut Brown with one year left on his deal. I like Davis but why not give him and the other players you could develop one more year with a good vet in front of him?

He has been money recently. Great to see the Bills having a quality kicker and punter.

No ***** Tom Brady

For the first time this year I really thought he played with force and impact. He was really good against a decent 49ers O-line. If he steps up and finishes the year strong that could be the boost the defense needs.

It is such a huge game as Miami has finally hit the harder stretch of their schedule. The Fins have seemingly had a very soft stretch but now are finally hitting some other games that aren't gimmies. If the Bills can beat a good Steelers team not only would the team hit its confidence at the right time but it would most likely set up a scenario where 1 win in the next 2 games clinches the division.

A win against the Steelers and a Miami loss would put the Bills up 2 in the division with 3 games left to go. I don't know how the tie breakers would work but it could be possible with a win over the Steelers and Broncos the Bills would clinch as they would hit 11 wins and Miami would have 5 losses with a loss to KC. I do think that if the Bills beat the Steelers, Miami loses to KC and the Bills beat the Pats then the Bills would clinch as they would have the tie breaker over Miami and the Broncos and Fins games would be irrelevnat.

Bad weather and John Brown still being out does tighten this game for me. A sloppy turnover and letting up a big play could doom this team. If this was in a dome or in good weather I would be feeling a 2 possession margin for the Bills against a banged up team. But this type of weather will favor the team that isn't playing as well.

Good point, but the weather and John Brown being out could make this an ugly game where the Bills can't throw effectively and they need to run the ball which will help the Steelers survive the injuries to the secondary.