Utah John
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Going heavy for the Bills usually means pulling one or both safeties close to the line. They're not as big as most LBs but they, and Taron Johnson, tackle like fiends. It will be up to the Steelers to show us what we need to do. If they try passing a lot, then keeping the safeties back is a good idea with Pickens in the house. But if it's run run run, then I'd expect Hyde to line up closer to the LOS.
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My screen says the video is private. Not sure what that means. Clearly many others have been able to view it. Is there some technical trick I can try to view the video?
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If a team has won all its games, it's not undeserving, by definition. (If any team might be considered undeserving by the national fans, it would be Buffalo, which screwed around for three months before getting in gear.) So that takes out one part of your question.
As for obnoxious, well that's got to be either Miami or Dallas. I'll go with Miami.
(Again though, for the national fan base, I'm not sure how they feel about the Bills. I've read there's a lot of Josh Allen hatred out there. I don't know if that's true or why that should be the case. I would think he's wildly popular, based on his play and the way he interacts with everyone, but who knows what the national media have said about him. So the point is, they might think the Bills are the obnoxious team.)
2 hours ago, Robert Paulson said:how did Baltimore not make this list?
I guess there's no Ravens hatred, which is not surprising. They don't piss people off. They just win.
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Well that was fun.
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13 hours ago, SoonerBillsFan said:
Yeah Beane screwed the pooch hard on that one. I mean he only became an All Pro guard and all.
Beane acknowledges he pulled the plug on Teller too soon. Teller was a rookie and the Bills had some veteran guards they wanted to use. None of whom were anywhere near as good as Teller turned out to be.
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If there's one guy out there I'd like to consider, it's Wink Martindale, who resigned as DC of the NJ Giants. Not only is he an outstanding DC, he quit on Daboll, so McD might want Martindale just to piss off Daboll, who has not seen eye to eye with McD for some time.
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On 1/7/2024 at 6:50 PM, boater said:
Yeah, the college system can't produce enough quality QBs and HCs. I'd say there's enough talent for a 28 team league.
People, like Goodell, talking expansion are nuts.
They're not nuts, they're just greedy.
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About the second half last night...did Miami put out a missing persons report on Achane after halftime? He was tearing it up in the first half, and the Dolphins had the lead so they could have kept on running. Did McDaniel outsmart himself by moving away from the run?
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4 hours ago, Chaos said:
Dak does not fit in that first group.
And I think Stroud does. That kid's got an ARM.
7 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:I don’t have an issue with Tua at all, except for the fact that Miami fans all year were saying that he was better than Josh Allen
Josh Allen is a generational quarterback despite the turnovers. This guy literally can do things that nobody else in the league can do.
It’s not just the fact that he can make every throw
It’s everything else too
How many other QBs could make the run for a first down in the 4th quarter, that Josh did last night? NONE. How many would even try? Same answer.
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9 hours ago, corta765 said:
Apparently 80% of the NFL is built on native american burial grounds lol
Well, there have been Native Americans living (and dying) here for thousands of years, way before they were called Native Americans, and so there are probably a lot of burial grounds, most of which are totally forgotten. So odds are, you're right.
10 hours ago, Alphadawg7 said:So funny you posted this cuz I was over there laughing and just enjoying tasting their tears. They have soooooo much vile hatred of Bills, Josh Allen, Buffalo the city, Bills fans, etc...its crazy.
I find it funny when they talk about how "low class" Buffalo and the people who live there are when the majority of their posters sound like they didn't even get a G.E.D. let alone a HS diploma and try and talk all tough and street lmao. Especially when anyone I know who has gone to Buffalo will echo the same thing we felt when we were there...the city and near areas like Niagra Falls are beautiful, the people are incredibly friendly and nice, and the food is great.
Miami on the other hand is a cess pool while Buffalo is one of the fastest growing tech cities in the world and one of the fastest growing cities in the world of ages 18-35, a sign of a thriving city for youth and employment. And I am born and raised in CA, so I am not saying that as a homer as I have never lived in Buffalo.
Also not much risk of Buffalo being under water in 20 years. Also I'm pretty sure it's easier to get homeowner's insurance in Buffalo than anywhere in Florida.
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10 hours ago, msw2112 said:
I was thinking the same thing - what an idiot! He was in a walking boot yesterday and now, in the biggest game of the season, he's putting more pressure on his bad wheel by doing backflips. What a fool. I don't question his talent - he's arguably the best WR in the league when healthy, but what a jackass. He truly took stupidity to the next level. If a Bills player that was critical to the team's success did that on a bad ankle, I would have been furious.
In the summer of 2022 we were driving through Chiefs country in Missouri and I stopped for gas. Had my Bills hat on of course. The other guy at the pump had on a Chiefs hat and we had a really nice chat. He told me that Hill, who had just been traded to Miami, was a royal pain on the Chiefs and was well gone from their point of view. I always wondered if this was just sour grapes. I think the answer is that the Chiefs really miss Hill on the field, and the Dolphins are happy to have him on the field but who knows what he's like in the locker room. I didn't see any of the Dolphins players who watched Hill do his flip acting surprised or upset. This apparently was SOP for Hill, and they're just used to it.
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Criticism of Tua for not being Josh seems a little unfair. He's a very good Tua, really as Tuas go. He's in a system where he has a job to do, and he does it well, against weaker competition that can't figure out the timing of his offense. The reason he loses against winning teams is that the winning teams have better Ds and better DCs, and they're on to him.
In contrast to Tua Josh IS the system. Ever since Dorsey left and the Bills figured they might as well go ahead and use their best player, Josh has been Josh. Sometimes great, sometimes pretty bad (New England game), and sometimes both. Restraining him does not work.
You know the expression, "you pay your quarter and you take your chance"? We've paid our quarter and we're not switching now.
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13 hours ago, ganesh said:
HIs players collided with each other. I don't think the coach has anything to do with that punt return
Suggestion: Sneak onto the Miami board and post that, encouraging Miami to hold on to their very special Special Teams coach.
12 hours ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:If it’s unlikely they’ll beat the bills twice in a row I just don’t see how they make it out of @kc @bal. They seem to be much better at home too and we’re not great on the road. I think seeing us again in Miami was bad odds for them but their best odds at the same time lol.
The name of the game is def avoiding Baltimore as long as possibleI'm really hoping it works out that Cleveland goes into Baltimore and beats the Ravens, and uses up all their mojo doing it, before coming to Buffalo for the AFCCG.
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13 hours ago, RiotAct said:
yeah it’s pretty damn crazy how mediocre Bears QBs have been throughout history!
And yet that 85 team ...
13 hours ago, NoSaint said:
feels good that we aren’t posting fire Danny crossman anymore.Some really cynical Bills fan should sneak onto the Miami board and defend Crossman. Keeping him is subtraction by standing still.
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39 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:
I was just amazed at how bills fans invaded Miami for the game and a little participation that they had from their own fans
This was in all essence of playoff game, and you couldn’t even represent your own team
I can't imagine so many Miami fans following their team to Buffalo for a similar game. Of course a lot of the Buffalo fans were also there for a mid-winter weather break, but how was it possible for so many of them to get tickets?
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1 minute ago, Warcodered said:
The guy is locked on Kincaid and Josh the whole way, the moment Josh throws he's gone and it's either broken up or stopped short, maybe we get lucky and just works out, but that defender was anticipating that throw all the way.
I just don't think the defender would be able to catch up to Kincaid if the pass was out in front where it belongs. Kincaid might not get very far before being tackled, but I think it would be complete.
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19 hours ago, Nelius said:
I think this is the third time now this weekend that I’ve seen Fields tossed around as a solution for teams. Man it pays to be a C-level QB with some starting experience that can run. Years ago we called that Tyrod Taylor.
Taylor is much smarter, Fields is much faster. Taylor had several shots at showing teams he could be The Guy, and never managed it. Fields was a bust the first couple of years but did well enough this year to tease the Bears. I have no idea what the Bears will do. They could trade Fields and draft Caleb Williams, which will keep them with a starting QB on rookie pay a few years longer but force a rising team to put up with rookie mistakes. I think they'll keep their money on Fields and let it ride.
2 hours ago, Taro Nimbus said:So it’s just as bad as this place after a loss.
Actually it's much worse in Miami. We never have anyone calling to cut or trade Josh Allen, or replace him with a flaky maybe-talent like Fields. The Bills are built on D to stop passing attacks like Miami's, and rushing attacks as well. Miami is not built to stop the Bills.
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8 hours ago, Warcodered said:
I mean there's a guy spying Kincaid the whole time, Josh throws that Miami has 6.
Well, the guy tracking Kincaid is downfield so if Josh leads Kincaid he catches it and gets the first down before being tackled. If Josh throws a flat pass, yep, it's 6 going the other way. My money is on Josh making the right pass. But who knows, maybe Kincaid drops the pass and the Bills punt and the Dolphins get it at the 20. We're better off with the INT. This was the second (maybe there were more) play this year where a Josh 3rd down INT turned into something better than a punt on 4th down.
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Half a second more and Josh sees that Davis is breaking to the middle of the field, and it's an easy TD. That half second was not there because Cook missed his block.
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15 minutes ago, SageAgainstTheMachine said:
I always wonder about this because you almost never see it...on those 4th down situations with a desperation heave why are DBs not just knocking the ball down to gain field position? Seems like you always see them go for the INT? In a league where no stone goes unturned is this not something that's taught?
Suppose the Miami DB had an incentive in his contract that he got a $XXX bonus for Y interceptions, and he had Y-1 going into the game. Even if not, these guys are rewarded for INTs far more than heads-up plays. The INT goes into his lifetime stats, the heads-up play gets a pat on the helmet.
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3 minutes ago, Strethor said:
He's getting hate because he's responsible for the personnel decisions that can't be overcome by Brady anymore. I don't think many people are doubting his coaching ability, you are right when he leaves they will miss him.
The biggest mistake for the Pats was in sticking with their lousy GM (Bill Belichick), who let the roster collapse. A competent GM plus HC Belichick would likely still have the Pats winning.
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52 minutes ago, DCOrange said:
Think I might argue for Washington. New owner who’s happy to spend a lot, I believe the most cap space in the league, #2 pick in the draft and like 5 top 100 picks, and some good pieces in place already.
Those are good points but the Commanders still have the Snyder Stink stuck to them. It will take a while for the bad mojo culture to go away. They have had some really good players they disposed of (Sweat, Young) and they've let so many fine coaches go somewhere else to thrive. It took lightning striking for the Bills to get out of the same pit, and that was largely due to a few high-character players still on the team (Kyle Williams, Lorax) whom the McBeane team turned to, to revamp the culture as well as the personnel. Plus Josh of course. I think the Commanders are stuck with too many holes to fix at once and no identity to rally around.
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17 hours ago, Herc11 said:
Las Vegas as well
That would be a shame. Their interim coach turned that team around.
Really the moral of the story is that you don't want to be the HC of a team that doesn't have a good QB. You can't win otherwise, and if you don't win you're out.
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11 hours ago, Simon said:
Both Guards struggled at times, Knox missed multiple blocks and we got a clearer idea of what Gabe Davis does do for this offense.
I've been saying most of the season that Davis is an offensive line player allowed to be downfield. He's better at blocking than anything else he's asked to do. Catching passes is just a bonus.
Taron Johnson Named 2nd Team All-Pro
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This is why I'm concerned that Josh won't make the HOF. Of course he deserves it, and people watching today see how good he is. But five years after retirement, I don't think people will remember so clearly, and they'll see the lack of those postseason honors and figure, nah, maybe the Hall of Very Good, but not the HOF. The only solution is to get a Lombardi or two or three.
Look at the rosters. Very few AFC players made it. The entire second team defense and special teams are from the NFC. I don't know how that happens, not with the AFC having such good teams.