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If you mean the offseason following 2017 when the Bills purged their roster of failed picks and contracts that enabled them to build the current roster, I think we all look back at the 6-10 2018 season with fondness. I also don’t recall Beane making the sort of disastrous decision with a top draft pick both the Rams and Eagles made (and will now pay for). Beane deserved the leeway to get the Bills’ cap back into shape and by all accounts he has done that. It is curious to me why you feel the need to snipe, even now.

Seriously, you have too much time on your hands.

While true to a certain extent, the Rams and Eagles will have the largest dead cap hits in NFL history.

Any minute now...

...teams should be looking at the Rams' and Eagles' rosters to pounce on what will most certainly be a number of cap casualties. The dead cap hits for Goff and Wentz are astronomical and with a reduced cap in 2021 those teams are going to have to release players they'd otherwise keep. It will be interesting to watch how this all plays out, and whether other teams can find some bargains as a result.

It's just my opinion. I said earlier up thread I understand if others see it differently.

Not saying the toe didn't affect him but the dude ran around for something like 475 yards...you'd think he would have tried to throw more quick passes and dink/dunk to those playmakers the way they did against Buffalo.

You see, there are always going to be comparisons between Allen and Mahomes because they are forever linked by those two drafts and the decision made by McDermott. You're going to frustrate yourself wishing they would go away. Reasonable arguments may be made that Mahomes is still better than Josh, but there are also reasonable arguments to be made that Josh is damn close to Mahomes' level. It just so happens that each QB's most recent performance gives us some insight into how they perform when everything else isn't perfect. In my opinion Josh handled a more "hostile" situation better, but I acknowledge others may take a different view.

No, but all I’ve heard is that Mahomes is some sort of wizard who makes the impossible, possible. All people want to do today is make excuses for him. Josh actually made some things happen in the KC game, and his coach took the ball out of his hands twice when he might have made another play. Mahomes didn’t make much at all happen last night except throw up a few desperation heaves.

I don't know that there's a "problem" but yes, I'd say you're a little sensitive on this issue. If Josh plays a game like Mahomes played last night he'd be eviscerated on this board and in the media. That's a fact. Mahomes gets every benefit of the doubt right now even when he lays a Grade A egg.

Dude, relax. I’m tired of all of the superlatives that get thrown around after the latest performance by all of these guys. Now Tampa is the greatest team ever and will dominate for years. Bottom line is Mahomes looked like crap last night, so everyone can take their foot off the “greatest to play the game” talk for a little while. Allen did more with less, that’s a fact.

And here’s the funny thing...Josh handled it better, on the road, with less support, than the new GOAT. How about that?

Something about this sounds creepy.

Another thread it’s fun to come back and revisit. This Super Bowl can be remembered as “The Mahomes Meltdown” — running backwards, making desperation heaves...and he STILL had Romo licking his balls. So much for “Mahomes is Mahomes because you’re never out of it.” Everyone watching that game knew it was over in the 3rd quarter. For someone talked about as the GOAT as regularly as Mahomes is, tell me the last time a “great” QB had a worse performance on the biggest stage of all.

So much fun to come back and revisit threads like this after ALL the results are in. Mahomes was freaking AMAZING last night — cool as a cucumber, making play after play when needed — oh wait, that was Brady.

All I ever hoped for was that Josh Allen would become a QB for the Bills who is annually in the “top 5” discussion. We’re there. Enjoy the ride.

Thanks for posting that.

I use the comparison because these are both 1st round QBs taken in the same year who have both worked with the same trainer. One could argue Sam had the better scenario by far his first year, yet look where we are after year 3. I completely understand where you're coming from but I think my assessment is just as likely to be accurate.

I think Josh Allen's success has caused other teams to remember that having a franchise QB is a very good thing in the NFL.

The lack of apparent development in three NFL seasons. Sam and Josh are by all accounts really good friends, and they both work with Jordan Palmer. Sam was a "chosen one" at the QB position, playing at USC and lauded as "the next best thing" as a freshman. It came easy to him, and I don't get the impression he is putting in the necessary work. It's really a study in contrast between a guy who has had to fight for everything (Josh) and one who has had a lot handed to him (Sam). Doesn't make him a bad guy, but how many uber-talented athletes never reach greatness because they just don't have the necessary drive? That's what I see in Sam. Do I know this for certain? Of course not, but it is my instinct.

One game? Look, we know why Gruden loves him. Playing the scout QB each week he gives the defense loads of confidence heading into Sunday’s game.

I’m tired of this crap. Call me a homer, whatever. Watch what Josh does over the next few years, and realize the difference between what Mahomes walked into and what Josh has developed. Mahomes is great, on a path to be a 1st ballot HOFer. Josh will be right there with him — he just got a late start.

Agree 100%. I also have come to grips with the fact that Brady is one of the all-time competitors and respect him for that. Does he push the boundaries of fair play with crap like the deflated balls and knowing the Pats*** organization is/was cheating? Sure. But the dude plays the game as well as or better than anyone has at the most crucial moments. It’s so funny. The divorce of Brady and Belichick has actually made me respect each more. And I now hate the Chefs.

Josh Allen is THAT stinking good.

1-3 in the playoffs (and 3 pts against a pretty mediocre Bills' D) says otherwise, unless they get that 2000 defense back.