billsfan1959

I believe that begins at 4 PM EST.....

It's not even half the board. It's a small contingent. They just happen to flood the board with posts every time things don't go exactly how they want them to. It usually is some variation of: "I'm not happy about _______ , I need to let everyone know I'm not happy about _______, somebody needs to do exactly what I want them to do so that I can stop being unhappy about _______ , and if they don't, then they need to pay dearly for not doing what I want and for me still being unhappy about ________ ."

Right. If this team is in the AFCCG over the next few years and they don't get to the SB, then turn your anger on the guy that built the team to consistently get to AFCCG. Makes perfect sense...

Beane has built this team into a SB contender. I'm sure he has been working every day in an effort to see if there is anyone he can acquire before the trade deadline that would help this team. If it doesn't happen it will be because it isn't the best move for this team (for any number of reasons. Regardless of what you believe, he won't face severe consequences for not bringing you what you want....

I'm sure this is keeping him up at night....

The Bengals live or die by the big play… That is their offense.

I don't necessarily disagree with you. But hitting on those 5th and 6th round picks to develop is how you keep depth (and, in some cases, develop future starters or significant contributors) on good teams. Beane and McDermott are about winning now and in the future. If they do anything in the trade market, it will make sense for this year and beyond.

I believe they would have preferred to keep Wildgoose. The Jets signed him to their active roster off the practice squad.

You mean like Christian Benford?

So, you are insisting that McDermott to be made to answer for the unforgivable sin of winning 6 straight games coming off a bye week - and for the especially egregious offense of winning last night's game by only 10 points in such an important year?

I do not believe math is meaningless, nor do I believe group statistics are meaningless. I didn't say either of those things. I said that group statistics are meaningless in the manner you are trying to use them. In other words, group statistics have no predictive ability at an individual level. I can assure you that anyone who engages in statistical analyses for a living understands that.

Those statistics are meaningless in predicting whether or not any individual becomes a successful NFL QB.

You mean all the mistakes they made in the first half against KC? Or all the mistakes they made in the 1st quarter + against Baltimore? Yeah, it worked out fine…

Uh, that didn't happen last night. The Bills won. Honestly, they did. I wouldn't lie to you. Look it up....

Even when GB was running the ball, the Bills D was still primarily concerned with the pass. This wasn't a normal situation in which a team was set on running the ball and the defense tried everything they could to stop it - and couldn't. In the end, it allowed GB to only lose by 10...

So, in your mind, where you had plays ending differently, it was a nail biter?

A thought that, inexplicably, seems to be lost on a few people...

I understand the bad throws happened in the 4th quarter; however, they literally did nothing other than preventing the team from winning by 20 points instead of 10 points. They had much less of an impact on the outcome of the game than all the good plays he had last night. But, if that is what some people want to focus on, then so be it.

I don't know why it is being spoken about so much at all. It is not as if they happened with the game on the line, or at some critical point in the game, or if it was some kind of pattern with Allen. They literally happened with the team up by 17 points and on the opponent's side of the field. They didn't lead to scores by GB or a loss. He is having an MVP year. In the midst of all the MVP caliber plays he has displayed this year are probably 10-15 bad plays. It happens. You can find the same with Mahomes. Do you think Allen isn't aware of those bad plays? Why are you not talking about the beautifully thrown passes, escape from would be sacks, and great plays with his legs that led to a 27 -10 lead midway through the 3rd quarter that made those 3-4 bad plays in the 4th inconsquential?

Are you honestly concerned about Josh Allen?

You want to see awful QB play? Go watch the Pats - Jets game. Allen wasn't close to being awful. He took the team to five straight scoring drives and 27 points through the middle of the 3rd quarter. He had 3-4 bad throws over two drives in the fourth that, in all honesty, only kept them from scoring 34-37 points - not put them in danger of losing the game. He wasn't awful. He had 3-4 "awful" plays. There is a difference - and they weren't the first "awful" plays he has had this year. It happens.

No, the overwhelming majority of us would not be saying that.

Wake up call to what? It is the NFL. They are going to have plays, drives, quarters, halves, even games, when they don't play to the level of which they are capable - offensively and defensively. Every team does. Why does it have to be interpreted as anything other than what it was?

I expected them to be 6-1 after last night's game. They are 6-1. Expectations met.

Yeah, that is pure speculation - and not even speculation from anyone respectable. Nothing directly from Cook.