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I'll guarantee you that there are, at a minimum, five people who are keenly aware of this: Diggs, Allen, Daboll, McD, and Beane. If Diggs doesn't get six catches on Sunday I will be stunned.

Harbaugh is the exception.

Me too. The Bills are literally 2 or 3 plays away from being the #1 seed and preemptive favorite to win the AFC. They are a complete team — no glaring weaknesses. They are well coached and have a superstar QB. They play well on the road. What’s not to like? Which other team in the AFC has a more complete team/coaching combination? KC is very good but their D is still questionable. Indy is very good but they just lost a playoff clincher at home to Vegas (and they have Wentz). Tennessee is very good but not as complete. The Pats***? Please. This Bills team is better than last year’s team. They had their ups and downs this year, but something happened at halftime vs. the Bucs and they’ve been a different, ultra-focused group since then.

Josh doesn't need anyone "defending" his play. He made one really bad decision on Sunday and thankfully the 45 or so other decisions he made were pretty good and we won the football game easily.

Ha ha, awesome. Great story Matt. Just listened to the replay.

Yeah, that's kind of my thinking. The NFL loves stories, and a "rematch" in Buffalo on MNF after what happened a few weeks ago is a pretty good one.

We get Kevin Harlan for the finale! Love that guy's energy.

Love it. Regardless of what sort of career Echols carves out, he'll have that memory of intercepting the GOAT for all time. It was a total show of respect, and I'm glad Brady didn't turn him down.

The Baker situation is the easier one in my mind…the Browns should tell him to play out his 5th year option and then talk. He has some excuses (injury) and there’s no question he tried to tough it out for the team…probably to his detriment. But he wasn’t good and they shouldn’t pay him now. Both the Ravens and Lamar are in a pickle. The Ravens drafted him and then completely designed an offense around him. If the contract demands are “reasonable” then the Ravens probably extend him, but if Baltimore decides they want to go in another direction because his demands are too high where does he go? What other team is going to “blow everything up” and craft the offense needed for him to be successful? Lamar won an MVP and has had tremendous success (pre-playoffs). This year, though, the fear a lot of folks had has come to the forefront — namely, that he’s not a huge guy and that style of play is hazardous to his health. He also still hasn’t developed fully as a passer. Like the OP mentioned, we should be so happy not to be in either of these spots.

Just a little insight for people who don’t pay attention to the schedule rules or wonder why we seem to play certain teams outside the AFC East repeatedly… Aside from the divisional games, each division plays one other division in the same conference on a rotating schedule, but then you also face the two teams from the other same-conference divisions who finished in the same place in their division as you did the prior year. Next year the AFC East plays the AFC North, but if the Bills win the division they play Tennessee and KC because those teams also won their divisions. As long as Buffalo, KC, and Tennessee keep winning their divisions, they’ll play every year.

This is the scenario Bills fans should be rooting for. As for Cleveland-Cinci...if there is a nit to pick with the Bengals it seems as though Burrow does get hit a lot. Cleveland's D front is pretty good...they might have a puncher's chance...

Like I said...seriously injured. Anyway, the point is that Trubisky is as good as gone if he wants a chance to start. As for Covid...in 2020 there were no vaccines, lots of people dying, and we didn't know what we didn't know. Now there are vaccines and the latest variant is a significantly watered-down virus that has everyone changing the way we think about Covid going forward. Who said there is no planning? I'm just talking about reality.

Which odds are those? Some guys are injury prone, and some guys are freaks of nature. I happen to believe Josh is the latter. What about him leads you to the conclusion that he is likely to be seriously injured? If the Bills can bring back Trubisky that's great; but it is also highly unlikely if he is a guy who truly wants another shot at starting (for the reasons noted above). Covid won't be an issue next season unless a new, more serious variant emerges. And I continue to believe more and more folks will be vaxxed.

Yes, the infamous EJ Manuel “hard count” game.

Wow, Flores really knows how to get his team fired up for must win games, doesn’t he?

Tongue in cheek, man. You know I love the kid.

“our own team” Cool story bro…

I’m sayin’ Josh played like a rookie and we still won by 14.

I don’t care what mindset “the fans” have. I do think avenging that ass-kicking would be a strong motivational factor for the team.

What’s your take on the reported rumor that Ken Dorsey would follow Frazier if he lands a HC job?

I may be in the minority but I want to face the Colts again.

I think it’s correct. Because of all of the tiebreakers the Jets game is “the” game to make the playoffs, but winning both guarantees the AFC East and a home playoff game.

Bradley Gelber is a dork.

Translation: we like what we’re seeing out of Li’l Dirty and Gabe Davis so we’ll let Manny take a break.

Is this a serious post?