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The “no excuses” people are out in force.
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It's also the drama from the past few years.
13 seconds. Damar Hamlin. Snowstorm. etc.
Hamlin was a global news story. So many people who have no interest in sports learned about the Bills.
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6 hours ago, theRalph said:
A hive mind is defined as a collective consciousness or intelligence that emerges from the coordination and cooperation of many individuals, similar to the behavior of bees in a hive. Without getting too deep, I submit that an organization as closely knit as the Bills has a Hive Mind. This post will be tagged as irrational homer reaching, so I won't be brief.
For practical purposes, the Bills' hive mind, or collective conscious, seeks the obvious goal of survival, defined in their case as a SB championship. Just like in nature, there are forces trying to prevent this—of course, their opponents—but also information, the access to which being at an all-time high.
After the defensive injuries of weeks 4 and 5, Allen's dinged shoulder in game 7 and the attendant losses in games 5, 7, 9, 10 and 12, the "information" in the form of narratives further developed: The Bills rely too heavily on Josh Allen. McDermott turtles at the end of games. The team plays the blame game for its troubles. The nadir was the ridiculous loss to Denver.
We all reacted to those narratives, but so did the Bills' Hive Mind. After consecutive losses, that Hive Mind has gone through several phases of discovery and has created game situations that have tested the team's capabilities in specific ways, like a computer app searching for viruses. Versus the Jets and the Eagles, it proved to itself that the offense was as capable as ever. Versus KC (after the bye and "The McDermott Problem") the ability to close out a game on defense was tested. Versus Dallas, the ability to rely on the run game was tested. Versus LA, the ability to win in the end after a mediocre performance was tested. And finally, versus NE, this testing became acutely obvious when the defense was able to win the game with very little help from the offense. A housed opening kickoff and three 1st quarter turnovers won by the D while Allen had his worst 1st quarter as a pro demonstrates this pretty clearly. This Hive Mind wants the trophy so badly, that it has tested the team against its own failure modes to such an extent that Bills fans are being put through hell every game. But just like the previous three games this one ended with the Bills in victory formation—like it was never in doubt. Josh Allen did not suddenly start to suck. It's all been about testing.
The testing is complete. Hive Mind now has the team ready to put it all together. For five games. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it. Let the attacks begin!!
#GoBills
Great stuff. Especially about testing against perceived failures like a computer program. Never thought of it like that. Intense QA testing before dynasty launch.
I suspect this post was not 100% made in jest. Let’s hope this is the year all tests are passed and Allen can finally become Joe Montana.
Also agree with the posters annoyed by the Schrödinger Cat poster. Stop trying to be smart and just be smart.
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People don’t like to be wrong.
They’ll always be too hard on McDermott no matter what.
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I knew before I clicked on it that Barnwell would exclude all serious Bills candidates and choose a random out of the way hipster Bills choice to show how much smarter and more knowledgeable he is than everyone else.
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1 minute ago, JerseyBills said:
talk about going off the deep end on conspiracy theories. I have an open mind and love to research conspiracies but this is way to far out there
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13 hours ago, Drew21PA said:
Well to be fair answer is easy on two of them
1 rbis patriots defense is actually REALLY GOOD
2 Dallas game we didn’t need to throw we ran all over them.
josh was off out west but we never travel out west and win so I’ll take it
Agree. There’s nothing wrong. We just ran into a gauntlet.
Great offense is back for Miami.
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6 minutes ago, steven50 said:
Wait what? I was told I was stupid for suggesting the Bills could still win the Division. 27 pages of ridicule followed. Whats going on did I enter the mult-verse???????
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Emotional and negative idiots.-
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It’s apparently everyone’s fault except the refs and the NFL.
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We’ll see an unexpectedly strong defensive performance from the Pats as Belichick figures out Brady easily.
However, our D will get turnovers and we win a nailbiter.
Bills 13-10
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If only the ignore button worked when posters made topics.
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This is going to be a tough game tomorrow. It’s Belichick and he can make your life miserable.
We were born deserving the playoffs and super bowls so I don’t want to hear that mess whether we win or lose.
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6 hours ago, transplantbillsfan said:
While I appreciate the effort, are we really trying to use a screenshot of YouTube comments as proof of public perception?
For that matter, if you went out and found every comment responding to an "Allen is MVP" post, do you really think they would confirm anything one way or another?
If you would answer "yes" to either of the previous questions, make sure you hop in and ask all those people to send you the news every day 'cause ya just don't trust it and need it from trustworthy sources who'll shoot ya straight like all those anonymous commenters on YouTube and Twitter....
Look I know you’re a big Allen guy, and you see the truth about him and the nonsense narratives.
And BigDingus, I would usually never agree with him on anything, but YouTube or Reddit comments are a good insight into the mind of the average fan.
If you really want to understand their views, gloss over the comments in the Sherman/Keyshawn video. Despite the video being about Allen, the majority of the comments only wanted to talk about Lamar or Purdy. And whenever Allen was mentioned his turnovers and record were brought up and laughed out of the room.
I want to make clear that you are right about Allen. He deserves MVP. But this is what we are up against. You can deny it and ignore it, but it is what it is. We’re living in bizarro world.
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8 hours ago, transplantbillsfan said:
Are you sure that's still the public perception?
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The INTs wouldn’t be such a big deal if it was a different QB.
It’s only a big deal because it’s Allen, and he brings out weird vibes from people.
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48 minutes ago, dma0034 said:
He hasn't been good since he's been a pro. He had a great half of last year. I hope the Jags pay him too. I think he's a mediocre QB masquerading as an Elite QB
Insanity. But I guess you’re just following the narratives.
We’ll see over the next few years.
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Lawrence has been playing hurt all year. Don’t downgrade someone for showing toughness.
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There’s good discussion here but in general the public perception is:
”Allen for MVP? Hahahahaha. They’re going to miss the playoffs because of his turnovers!!!”
That’s the level of discourse and thought we’re dealing with.
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11 hours ago, transplantbillsfan said:
What games?
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Notice it’s always the downer fans that tend to run to support opposing team QBs? Why is that? Maybe that’s the conversation we should be having.
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8 minutes ago, BuffBillsForLife said:
The Bills can beat anybody, at any time, and also lose to anybody, at any time. I have never seen a team so consistently inconsistent, or who so frequently plays to the level of their opponents.
That said, I do think the Bills should beat Miami, they've been very successful against them with Allen historically and whalloped them earlier this year.
Any team can lose to any team any given week. But very few can beat any team any week.-
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Mahomes getting a taste of what Josh Allen dealt with most of his career.
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24 minutes ago, MiltonWaddams said:
Nope. Everywhere it was widely known that Hasek was all-time incredible. On an interesting, and related, note, he stayed at a hotel I worked in back in 2000. I had heard that he was prickly and difficult, but he was anything but. Truly gracious and had a lovely family.
Here’s the 1999 issue of THN where they rank Hasek #95. This would’ve been near the end of his Sabres career and his NHL peak. He won a cup with the Red Wings in 2002 on a stacked team.
https://thehockeynews.com/news/the-top-100-nhl-players-of-all-time-throwback-style
Legacy scenario for Allen starting @ Miami
in The Stadium Wall
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Right?
How can OP say they wanted Josh Rosen without saying they wanted Rosen?
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As any NFL QB ever.