TheBrownBear

The remaining schedule does not give me the warm and fuzzies. Maybe I'm insane, but I can see 9-8 as a real possibility. I'm willing to pencil in the Browns and Jets as wins (should I even do that after yesterday???), but beyond that I can see the rest of those games going either way. Does 9-8 get us into the playoffs?

The offense was a dud in the playoff games against the Ravens (defense won that) and the first Chiefs playoff loss. He was at the helm for the Pats/Chiefs combo in 2021, sure, but we had some good offensive playoff performances under Brady too. Our current sense of desperation is sure bringing out the rose colored glasses. Seems we've completely forgotten beauties like this: https://www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/401326456/bills-jaguars.

I mean, we had a prime Diggs, Beasley, Brown, Emanual Sanders, a productive young Gabe Davis paired with an emergent Josh Allen. He wouldn't have nearly the same type of toys today.

Pats have the better coach and roster. We have the better QB for now. Feels a bit like watching the '94 Bills right now.

First off, the roster just isn't good enough in many areas, which is why you're seeing us get our teeth kicked in by mediocre teams. As for Josh, he isn't playing well. Part of me wonders whether Brady and McDermott's hyperfocus on limiting turnovers has pushed Josh from cautiously aggressive (last season) over into complete fear and indecisiveness this season. In the second half when desperation mode took over, the Bills racked up nearly 300 yards of offense. So they are capable of throwing the ball and moving it downfield when the shackles are off. I know the receivers suck too, but they sucked last year and we were mostly able to produce a consistent offense.

The offense is fine when we aren't turning the ball over. Josh needs to get rid of it quicker and we can't turn the ball over. (Don't get me wrong - I want better receivers too)

Moulds was a freak. Unless Coleman goes the Daryl Boston route, I'm not seeing it. Moulds is a bigger AJ Brown

@Draconator Obviously, all of us here at TBD are grateful for your friend's phone call! Happy to hear you're healthy and thriving. I was at a similar point 20 years ago. Had made up my mind to jump in front of a subway car during a mental health crisis in grad school. Luckily, a fellow classmate saw me at the edge of the platform with a glazed stare, grabbed my shoulder and asked me if I was okay as I hadn't been in class for a couple of weeks. I shrugged him off with an excuse, but it was enough of a speed bump to get me to reconsider it. Went home that night and shared my inner turmoil with my wife. Began counseling/treatment the next day and, while it hasn't always been easy, I haven't been back to that darkest of places since.

The guy is a dawg. Natural leader. Really hope he makes a full recovery and can give us something next year.

That's right. I met three of my ex-wives that way.

A lot of hot takes in this thread. I seem to recall Burrow going through our D like a hot knife through butter. Guy is damn good and we'd all be fearing the Bengals if he was healthy. Having said that, can you imagine Josh with Chase and Higgins? He could throw for 5500 yards.

The Colts saw their likely playoff opponents and knew that they absolutely needed someone that could lockdown Keon Coleman.

Can't believe we aren't even going to try and bolster the defense. We are another injury away from disaster on the front seven.

Probably Wilson and Hall to the Chiefs. Ha.

We could stagger them in a straight line formation with the fat one in front and call it the eclipse screen.