Utah John

The picks would be nice but I'd rather have Frazier remain in the job. This is actually exactly what the NFL is trying for -- it's been very difficult for black coaches to move up to be coordinators, and most HCs are hired from the coordinator position.

The same sweatshirt I've worn during the last seven games. I'm not stupid.

The Pats team that traded Garoppolo away was a much better team all-around than the Pats team now. Jimmy G might have done all right with that earlier team, but I don't think any QB is going to fix their problems all by himself.

Maybe that's the x factor, but the y factor is SNOW. I can''t wait to see Lamar Jackson try to make some of his cuts

So maybe she was a great catch. Or maybe you're just cruel, and figured the game wasn't punishment enough.

I believe Wrecks Ryan is available. NOOOOOOO

That year the Bills started out as one of the worst teams in the league. They were consistently terrible. Then they played in Minnesota and upset the Vikings, with the famous Josh hurdle, then they went back to bad but got better during the year. The Process was underway but was incomplete. The plan was not to have Peterman or Allen as QB, but the expected starter hurt his back slipping on something, so it was the terrible veteran or the very raw rookie. Tough choice. Also the O line was terrible that year. After that year, Beane brought in almost a completely new line, and things really started to improve.

Any chance of the standing Buffalo helmets?

The Colts defense is at least as good as the Ravens', and probably better. And the Colts play great complementary football. Look at the field position battle they won for most of the first half. Except for one ill-advised kickoff return by Roberts which pinned the Bills back, all the other poor field position was due to Indy good plays. I don't think the Ravens are as well-disciplined as the Colts. They didn't adjust very well against the Steelers, and Pittsburgh was thiiiiiis close to getting back into the game. The Bills have a far better passing attack than Pittsburgh's, and probably a little better rushing attack (not saying much). And of course we have the weapon everyone knows about, Josh Allen, but just as important our secret weapon is Brian Daboll, who's probably already sitting up nights coming up with ways to attack the Ravens D based on what worked or didn't work against the Steelers.

There are no bad teams or even average teams left in the playoffs. It's going to be tough games every week. As it should be. I don't think the Bills have played in snow this year. Or the Ravens for that matter. It's too early to get an accurate weather forecast for Saturday evening, but if there's snow it could really impact the play.

Wyatt Teller, ex-Bill, made second team all-pro. Good for him and the Browns, not for us. Beane traded Teller based on his performance up to then, and it's hard to fault Beane for that. Our O line was pretty well set, not great but good enough. Teller was promising but not dominant. After the trade, Teller did a Josh Allen, drastically improving his body and his game. He's now one of the best guards in the game.

We're likely to lose two key offensive components -- Daboll of course, but also Daryl Williams. Williams has been a rock at right tackle but is likely to get a huge contract offer the Bills can't match. Josh Allen doesn't get to make a lot of his great throws if we can't replace Williams with someone good.

I should have connected with you two before I left SLC a couple of years ago... Pretty much the second half of the season. Last year and the first part of this year, the Bills would start out great, get a nice lead by halftime, and then try not to lose the rest of the way. We almost lost to the Rams and NE by doing that. Ever since the Arizona game, the Bills have just kept playing murder ball for 60 minutes.

The bright side is that the Bills are very healthy and are on a tremendous roll. If the Bills and Steelers both win this weekend, KC will play either Baltimore or Tennessee after several of KC's key players took two or three weeks off, and after KC pretty much coasted the last month, playing just well enough to win. There could be a big surprise in store.

If Gailey was fired, he would still collect the rest of the pay on his contract. If he resigned or retired, he won't. Seriously, if Daboll gets a HC job, we could do a lot worse than Gailey as OC. I don't think there's any possibility of Fitz coming back too, since he'll cost way too much for a backup QB, and the Bills seem fine with Barkley in that job.

The proof is in the pudding. I can't remember the last dumb mistake on a Bills special teams play, except the apparently unavoidable blocks in the back. And on the other side of the coin, the positive side, they have made so many great plays. Bojorquez has the tools to be a real weapon, instead of a cannon that shoots and we hope we know where it's going. If Josh Allen could make such big strides each offseason, perhaps Bojo can too. And the decision to cut Hauschka and go with Bass-O-Matic (you younger people should Google that) couldn't have been easy. Farwell and Hauschka were (are?) friends, but Farwell did what was best for the team, and now we're set at PK for a decade or more.

I think Allen's ceiling is on the penthouse apartment of a very tall building. He'll pass through many lower ceilings as he continues to improve.

The more I learn about football, the more I realize there's so much I don't know. This year the Bills' offense has seemed like magic. I always wondered what the tricks were behind the magic.

No, I have to disagree. Andre Reed, James Lofton, Don Beebe, Keith McKellar, Thurman Thomas. Reed made his living going across the middle where most players feared to tread. Reed, Lofton, and Thomas all made the Pro Bowl in 1991. Thomas had 631 receiving yards. Al Edwards didn't start but he was a good player. If there's an advantage for this year's team, it's with the offensive coordinator. What Daboll comes up with is amazing. As for the HCs, both took lousy teams and, along with brilliant GMs, made them better quickly. Levy was able to keep a great team focused and together for years, and McD hasn't had a chance to do that yet. Levy had a team full of stars and had them working together. McD has a team of very good players and has them working together. I'll take either one, don't want to rate one above the other.

The NFL moved away from selling big hits, to selling high scoring, and also moved away from brain injuries to protecting players. The game has changed enormously. I think Madden had a lot to do with it -- Madden the game more than Madden the coach. People get used to seeing offensive production and they expect to see it on the field too.

Daboll has shown that if he's NOT given great players, he struggles (ref: last year), but when he gets great players to work with, he's extremely creative and has a lot of fun. So pay him, Pegulas, and convince him he's never going to get a situation more fun that this one, where he can live hear his grandparents and be loved by the community he grew up in, and continue to win because ALL the Bills' key offensive players are still growing into their prime. Well, except Diggs, whom we shouldn't reasonably expect to get any better than he already is. I learned in my own career, years ago, that if you go chasing prestigious job titles, you're going to struggle. If you find and take jobs that you find interesting, challenging, rewarding, and important, you'll be more motivated and more challenged and more satisfied. I hope Daboll feels the same way.

If you want to see why statistics really don't matter, take a look at the stats from today. Except for the turnovers, it looks like a pretty close game. The Dolphins actually had a substantial edge in time of possession. Big deal. Your eyes don't deceive. I had been a little concerned because it seemed that whenever we played a top defense, the other team was missing a key player or two. Was our offense really that good? As far as I know, the Dolphins had their whole defense available, and it was embarrassing to watch what happened to them. Fun, but embarrassing.

If Frazier gets a HC job and leaves, which is a real possibility, maybe we could get Schwartz back as DC. I think the personnel in Buffalo would fit his general model, and he could adapt his approach to the personnel as needed. If Frazier (or Daboll) leaves, the risk is that the replacement will be viewed as the guy who is now doing what Frazier would have done. I would like a proven coordinator who can take the reins and make changes as needed.

Things are lining up. It's very possible the Titans will get the fourth seed, or be the fourth-highest remaining seed after the first round, which puts them up against the Chiefs. That's going to be a barn-burner offensive show, except that Tennessee will control the clock. The Bills will play the Steelers in round two in Buffalo, and then host the Titans in the AFC championship game. In the SB, if the Packers can still get in without Bakhtiari, I think the Bills will be able to pressure Rodgers, Tre White shuts down Devante Adams and no one shuts down the Bills' passing attack.

I remember a time when a 300 lb player was viewed as enormous, and too big to do anything except kill the grass. Now every team probably has 10-12 guys well above 300 lbs. And a lot of them are pretty fast runners. I remember a time when a 4.4 40 was killer speed. Now there's someone faster than 4.3. How many players in the 60s could bench 225 fifteen times? Now, most of the players in the league can do that. I don't know if it's better conditioning, or better diets, or better training, or what, or maybe it's just the pro money is so good that athletes commit themselves to football at a young age and stay with it. The level of athleticism, strength, speed, and agility in the game now is astounding.