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I'll say this, the Dolphins have some awesome WR talent. If they somehow draft/develop or acquire a very good QB, they will start becoming a threat. Until then, they seem like a 9-7 type of squad.

What's scary is that we won't really really hit the ground running until next year after our offense has had continuity with Dorsey. I have a feeling our offense is still half-Daboll and half-Dorsey.

Gene1973 HATES the idea of Allen winning MVP, or God forbid, the Bills winning a Super Bowl.

Let's all convince ourselves getting less than a 10 on a Wonderlic doesn't mean anything. Lamar will be remembered as a great runner who went to an amazing franchise who built the team around his limited abilities perfectly. He'll also be remembered as a dumbass.

It's a lot of in-season pressure to go undefeated which can be draining by the playoffs. Plus now it's 17 games to win. Let's focus on the 1 seed and home field advantage.

I think Dolphins fans, not incorrectly, sense the media ball-washing all of a sudden and hate it since it is a division rival. They are used to a baseline where the Bills and Allen don't get full respect, and think that things are out of whack. In truth, we are seeing a necessary correction. The accolades we are seeing now are a long time coming, even if it seems almost scripted.

Anything less than perfect, the haters will point their finger to. Then God forbid we actually lose. It's something they can point to all year. There are some fans here that get very uncomfortable when the Bills are dominant. They seem to have ulterior motives.

Allen is getting extreme, almost suspicious ball-washing lately. Like a script went out around the media that it's time to make Allen a superstar. I think this nonsense is just some of the dopes in the media not yet knowing anything about Allen or the Bills but needing to talk them up. But by the end of the year they'll all be Bills experts. Until the next narrative comes through their email.

I don't think they're continuing negotiation, at least not genuinely. I think this was the move to save face for the Poyer side since he sat out. Poyer wants to play, but father time is catching up and he's outplaying his contract. But cap issues are real and too many other guys to resign. It's not good business to resign him to a large contract nor pay him for retroactive performance. This was a goodwill gesture from the Bills. Here's a bit more money, go to the media and make it look like you didn't back down, let's win a Super Bowl this year, and you'll get a nice 2 or 3 year deal from the Jaguars or some other bottom feeder next year that you can spend the downside of your career with.

Bingo. He didn't have common sense. The NFL world will see it the next few years with the Giants before he's fired. Allen made him.

Burn It!

I think if we lose in the SB but get the #1 seed we'll be fine this year in terms of expectations. A little disappointing but people would realize it was a successful year and a step forward. After that though, every year would be SB or bust.

Is that not what we've been doing since 2019? If you want an example of team that has done nothing to deserve the hype, point at the Cowboys and Browns. We've done everything to deserve this. We just have one last thing to do.

They should include another column in that table that shows us which team they have money on!

They take that stuff seriously in soccer. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2085908-ghanaian-witch-doctor-claims-to-have-caused-cristiano-ronaldos-world-cup-injury https://apnews.com/article/soccer-sports-paris-international-world-cup-4b803a386a3e953c846756a2add4d204

I think right now, the fans and media are genuinely excited for Allen and the Bills. Allen showed the NFL world he was for real against the Chiefs and everyone was secretly upset we lost. Allen coming back and winning that game is a more heroic story than 13 second heartbreak. Mahomes hitting a couple quick 1st downs to Kelce and Hill is something America had seen too often. "A Star is Born" was a better story. America wasn't pissed about the coin toss because "Allen didn't get another chance", it was because America wanted him to win! Everyone loves the underdog, especially an incredible one like Allen. Reread game threads from around the league that day, the moment everyone decided it was the greatest game they ever saw was when Allen hit Davis with 13 seconds left. Everything that happened after was just goofiness and confusion. It was ticky tack football. Allen willing the Bills to 2 game winning drives against the evil empire on the road in front of the country was the type of stuff everyone grew up loving sports for. Look at our roster and our QB. We genuinely have the best team. We deserve this and even if we "choke" and backpedal into the playoffs at 10-7, it's good for the Bills brand to be seen in this light instead of "mediocre" and "overlooked". Allen is #1 in NFL jersey sales currently. The country WANTS a "Bills Mafia wins a SB" story. They want a superman QB in the NFL. Sports was best when it was all about folk heroes. Babe Ruth, Wilt Chamberlain, Jim Brown, Maurice Richard, Bo Jackson, etc. Tom Brady is BORING. Everyone knows it, that's why they have to constantly shove "GOAT" in our face every time they say his name. I've watched more of his games than the average casual fan since I'm in Buffalo and he was never exciting unless Moss or Gronk were catching his balls. Some media types love to "tear down", especially in places like New York, but I believe we're still in the honeymoon phase with the media and USA public. The media "tear down" will truly begin AFTER we win a SB. Anything before that is peanuts. Watch the Chiefs this year to see what a "tear down" is going to look like.

Kupp needs to prove it again this year. But recency bias is strong!

Thanks for this. I read what he wrote and it didn't make sense with what we've been seeing the last few years. Unless this is an Advanced Analytics bro who went all-in on Allen sucking in 2018. It sort of covers his butt. "Allen isn't a good QB, he's just has SUCH GOOD TOOLS it covers up for the weaknesses that I predicted in 2018. So see! I wasn't wrong!"

Interesting take from Rappaport. Reads to me like "stop getting better" or "you've already reached your ceiling buddy" I get what he's getting at. It's a shot at McDermott and the rest of the team, but I believe Allen has a higher gear than what he's shown. Another reporter trying to fit his narrative?

For you, it is.

Great conclusion.

I'd write a letter to Beane immediately and let him know. We still have a few days before the season begins. Please! The entire organization needs to be made aware of Toledo Bill's insight!

I know OP is being facetious, but a lot of advanced analytics come to the same crap kind of conclusions.

How much of his decline is due to not being able to steal play calls anymore? Every time I see fans praise Belichick or Brady, I cringe a bit. How can you cheat as much as they have, and still have any respect from other fanbases? I think it's ESPN/NBC/FOX brainwashing of fans. It's a constant feedback loop of "Brady is the GOAT" until fans start to regurgitate it. If the media treated Brady and Belichick with the permanent asterisks that they deserve, a lot less fans would place them so highly. Every time Brady turtles when he sees a DE near him I wince. That's the type of cowardice we place on a pedestal now? "It's smart! He can play longer". Whatever. He's a coward in my eyes. Do you know how many other QBs may have played until 45 if they believed they could play touch football in their later years? What's the fun in having the rules in your favor? Every time I used a cheat code in a video game, I quickly lost interest in the game. How does Brady continue to have interest in the game after so much cheating? It all seems very sociopathic to me. And not in a Jordan sort of way.

Wow. How fast did some fans go from "this coaching staff made Josh Allen" to "Josh Allen made this coaching staff". Just admit everybody is good here.