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Oh, well that sounds simple. Let’s get rid of the Chinese lantern flies while we’re at it.

I’d imagine if one looked at the stats over the past 5 years, zone coverage in general is increasing. For instance, back in 2020, we faced man 35% of the time, which was 5th in the league. That’s more than we’re even facing man today. That said, I’m thinking our running game is perceived as stronger than our WR group, so defenses are more frequently willing to go man to try and stop our run game? For those that know better than I, would 12 personnel or a 6th OL-man encourage defenses to go man against us more frequently too?

Do the burglars look like these guys?

Haha yes. This vote was after Week 3, so it’s very outdated now.

I know Burrow’s stat line is pretty decent, but I say no way he wins MVP. Most losses ever by an MVP was 7, when Barry Sanders ran for 2,000 yards in 1997. Only one player won MVP with 6 losses, when Adrian Peterson ran for 2,000 yards in 2012. Another loss or two for the Ravens, I’d say even Lamar gets himself out of the running and it’s down to Josh and potentially Goff. https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/nfl-player-with-most-losses-in-a-mvp-season

This thread ready to be moved to the politics section yet, before it’s longer than the Davante Adams thread?

He probably would and should still be at the top, but Lamar would be way up there at this point too. Week 3 v. now, a lot has happened.

Cook and Allen both made this week’s Angry Runs, deservedly so:

I’d only put money on Goff at 6/1 to catch Allen at this point. Yes, Lamar could take it right back, but he’s at like 2/1. And Lamar has a remaining schedule which includes Chargers, Eagles, Steelers, Texans and Browns, all of whom can be pretty solid defenses. Goff can catch Allen if Lions keep steamrolling, including beating the Bills. I think that’s more likely than Lamar outplaying Allen the rest of the way.

Yep, one week ago people were saying Lamar was a lock. Narratives can flip pretty easily. I do think if the Bills beat the Lions and 4 of the other 5 (14-3), there won’t be another player in the league with a better resume than Allen. Bills lose to Lions, really could put Goff to the top of the discussion, given he’s their QB and some really solid numbers he’s put up for most of the season.

I think it’d be close then. I’d say it would also depend how teams like the Lions and Steelers finish up. If Lions only lose to us, yet finish 15-2, they’ll have done so IN SPITE of Goff being their QB. In which case I think Campbell gets more credit than McD. If Steelers win their division, that vastly outpaces expectations AND Tomlin made the controversial move to bring Wilson in as starter over Fields. In that case, I think Tomlin gets COY over McD too. That said, I personally think this is McD and his coaching staff’s best season yet so far, but he’s up against some considerable foes and has the benefit of Josh as his QB, which works against the narratives.

Gotta be the Jests then? Just see them as a better longtime rivalry than the Pats. Unless of course the NFL views a Drake Maye matchup in Week 18 as potentially more spicy. Which divisional rival would we prefer to beat most in the last game at the stadium?

I’ve said the same. Bills/Giants were both 11-2 heading into that game. And ironically, it was on December 15th as well.

Except Miami, of course. Last regular season game at the stadium will probably be Jests or Miami, right? Have to cap off all these years against one of their longest rivalries, wouldn’t they?

No, meaning both teams were 11-2 heading into that game, and there was a lot of suspicion that could be a SB preview. Funny enough, that game was on Dec 15th as well. So another late in the season matchup that could be a SB preview.

Definitely could, the Chiefs D is probably a good comp with the Steelers D. When Josh is playing well, it’s hard for really any defense to slow him down. He offers so many ways to score against other teams.

The Jests gotta problem. Right @Jimmy Spagnola?

Right, no way 49ers would be favored at 5-5 with us coming off a bye, when we were just favored against the 9-0 Chiefs by 2 points and won by 9. If anyone can place a bet with the Bills getting points against SF, let me know what book is that dumb. Reminds me of when we played the NYG late in the 1990 season.

The definitely was set up for a nice win streak like the Bills have had, assuming they had their **** together and held up their end of the bargain each game. They still could have lost a couple in there, with games like Jets and Miami finishing as one possession games. I do agree that even though they’ve won 6 in a row, in theory that’s water under the bridge and they just need to take each one at a time. Just beat SF in the next game and go from there. Keep winning and maybe they can earn the 1 seed too.

If you’re able to place a bet today with the Bills getting points against the 49ers in OP, let me know where that is. My guess is those lines are from way earlier this season (maybe preseason) and not actually available anymore. For instance, when I go on DraftKings, the game isn’t even up to be bet on right now. When the game officially opens at this point in the season, the Bills are going to be favored.

Think about this - If the Bills win the next 3, they will be at 9, which is their second longest regular season winning streak EVER (had 11 in 1963-1964). I think we could lose to any of those teams if we don’t play well. Would love to get to that Lions game at 11-2 though, with a chance to knock off the league’s newest favorite in their own building.

Yea, no way 49ers will be favored over us in OP. If we can beat the 49ers, we’ll be at 10-2, and the Chiefs will likely be 11-1 by then. BUT, I agree their closing stretch of games should be much tougher than ours. We might even have wiggle room to lose one (ie Lions, although would love to beat them too), and still catch the Chiefs. In terms of the 1 seed, I’m thinking it will take 14 wins though, given where the Chiefs, Bills and even Steelers all sit today.

Technically 19-9 with Dorsey as OC. But do agree that Brady is running a better offense for this team than Dorsey was.