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  1. 19 minutes ago, PBF81 said:

     

    Oh, absolutely.  He owes that to the team that gives him what, something akin to $3M/game, if not the fans that essentially allow him to have all those endorsement deals.  

     

    I've remained relatively silent on the issue, but the offseason dating, golf, outtings with the boys, etc. alongside his "never been more focused," doesn't seem to jibe.  I suppose he deserved the benefit of the doubt, but that's gone now.  It was a short honeymoon by the media reaction, both regional (Bills) as well as national.  

     

    Those defending it are doing so on the merits that he'll be better in most games, which no doubt is true, but we need him to be his absolute best come playoff time when the only times we've won, all but one of the four anyway, have been because of him.  

     

    The Lombardi isn't a race to 40 TD passes, it's whether or not we can beat the best teams in the AFC in the playoffs, then the best that the NFC puts up.  So far we've not done that.  

     

    I realize that's preaching to the choir, just sayin'.  I doubt he'll "fizzle to mediocre" under any circumstances.  It's far more likely that he suffers a shoulder or other injury while trying to leap tall players in a single bound.  I suppose he could be mediocre after that if his recovery isn't perfect.  My position for years now is that he absolutely has to learn how to hit the high-percentage much easier short passes to players that are wide open yet can still make good gains and log 1st-Downs.  He has yet to demonstrate that he can do that for an entire season.  There's been stretches, but not anywhere approaching an entire season.  

     

    The best in the league do that second nature.  Brady thrived on it.  Take what the D gives you when it gives you something.  

     

    The fact that he's as good as he is, is a testament to his physical capabilities and athleticism.  I've never seen another QB in NFL history that does what he does not throwing.  Some have run, but not like he does.  

     

    We'll see how it unfolds.  But somewhere in that mix coaching, or not coaching, lurks.  The McD apologists are having a difficult time coming to grips with that.  

     

    And BTW, it's also not fair to his OL when he doesn't do that.  

     

     

     

    great post.  that performance didn't reek of a guy "more focused than ever" on the QB position in the NFL.  at least the second half didn't by any stretch.  look it was the first game, on the road, division rival, against a team that was THE offseason darling... that's buzzsaw of an environment to play, but knowing that, you'd think the recently focused Josh Allen would have realized this might be a game to be a little conservative.

     

    nobody questions he might be the most gifted QB in the NFL physically, but he needs to make strides in the game as a tactician.  its time to see even incremental progression, and we're just not seeing that yet.

     

    hate to see other guys load up on rings, wile our guy is always "if only..."

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  2. 14 hours ago, PBF81 said:

    If he's ignoring things then that's one thing.  

     

    If he's struggling with it, it's altogether another, and a more serious thing.  

     

    Curious what the issue is.  Reading D's has never been a strength of his.  Maybe he's simply never picked it up completely.  

     

     

     

    for a quarter of a billion dollar contract, he should be camping out in the film room, surrounded by the best people money can buy to help him become proficient, let alone elite at it.

     

    we can only question his commitment these days, and maybe the Diggs issue makes more sense in that context.

     

    I hope I'm wrong, I'd hate to see him fizzle to medicore

     

     

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  3. 16 minutes ago, Paup 1995MVP said:

    That's stupid.  He certainly was before injuring his knee last year.  Maybe not Bruce Smith good.  But still very good.

     

    I mean, he single handily ruined Cam Newton as a human being in 2015... he was playing on another level....

     

    in 2022 he is not the same player, but he's still one of the best defenders in the game... its a testament to how dominant he was in is prime.

  4. If this offense can find balance between grinding a run game, intermediate passing game and long ball, they simple can't be defended.  I think this year we will see game plans catered to the opponent and conditions... last year it was just "let Josh and Stephon do stuff".... it was crazy there were able to be a great offense doing that, but it was limited when it mattered most. 

     

    If Kincaid and get up to speed quick, this offense is gonna be donkey.....

  5. Its a mental game for this squad at this point.  If they improved their mental toughness from last year, no reason they can't be there at the end. 

     

    Champions overcome "injuries, being gassed, or being emotionally spent"....

     

    I like that we're not the talk of the offseason.... just go win, clean or ugly, don't care...

  6. I'd be reluctant to put a 1 year QB that high, but he's the darling, and so that what you get.

     

    Allen needs a ring.  Lets get him a ring.

    3 minutes ago, The 9 Isles said:

    The thing about this list is that they should take into account the ability of QBs to play in any system. 
     

    If Josh plays on any top five team they will all preform the same and probably better with Josh at the helm. I don’t think any one of them could do the same in Buffalo. 
     

    Thus, Josh is Numbero Uno. 🎯

     

    Josh with Andy Reid his whole career is two rings deep right now, I have no doubt.  

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  7. 18 hours ago, Big Blitz said:

    Honestly don’t care for this.
     

    Why did we need strictly a runner - he offers nothing in the passing game.  
     

    Against an Allen offense you should be worried about every weapon on the field. 

     

    Perhaps the Bengals game in inclement weather gives some insight into the signing.... 

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  8. Allen to Elway is probably a better comparison, all around.  I think like Elway, Allen will win big when he is no longer carrying a team around on sheer talent and willpower.  Both guys, big arms, athleticism, etc.  Brady was more a finesse player.

     

    I do think the Bills tried to do this on Defense, but the results have been to crumple when the team needed a game closed out.  The 2015 Broncos and 2020 Bucs defenses won games with violent defenses.... The Bills have not been that deeper in the playoffs.

     

    With a demoralizing power running game Allen would nearly impossible to defend.  Need to put some resource into pushing team around.

     

    Brady is is a class of his own.  Simply incredible example of consistecy and patience. 

     

     

     

     

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  9. McDermott looks different with guys like McDaniels, Daboll, Phillips, Fangio, Evero as his supporting cast.  

     

    Dorsey and Frazier are merely pedestrian, with the former maybe a little worse than....

     

    If I were him, I'd want much more out of my staff than I'm currently getting...

  10. 48 minutes ago, Inigo Montoya said:

    Josh has been papering over deficiencies on this team the last couple of seasons.  It caught up with them last Sunday.  If the Bills are going to win a Super Bowl he is going to need some more help.

     

    Elway won his rings when he had a running game, and very pedestrian game stats.  Maybe we can figure this out before Josh is 37/38 years old....

     

    Outside of that he carried teams to wins and super bowl appearances for years....

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  11. 1 hour ago, Royale with Cheese said:

    I do when Von comes back.  Von and Rosseau are a good DE duo.  The upsetting part is that it seems Rosseau production drops a level without Von.  Not just Rosseau, the entire line.  We expected to have a fall back without Von but this line after he was hurt, was worse than last years and that's very disappointing.

     

    As long as Von is healthy, I'm comfortable with that.

     

    He's a 34 year old guy with 2 ACL tears to the same knee.  That makes me worry a bit, and I'd feel much better if someone had emerged and stepped up this season.  If he has lingering issues next season, we can't have no answers.   

  12. 19 minutes ago, Logic said:


    Your lips to God's ears.

    Two speedy, shifty running backs, and an offensive line who, for all their faults, are all very athletic and can move in space....and yet? No screen game.

    The Bills haven't had a good, consistent screen game in YEARS. I last remember seeing quality running back screens under Chan Gailey. That's ridiculous.

     

    The Bills offense felt lazy this year, and maybe its because we started so hot against some crumby teams- and were reading our press clippings as the annointed SB sweethearts.... but we never settled down and put the hard work into doing one or two things really well, and of those one or two things, that would work well in the playoffs when teams up their game.  We may have succumb to the "Let Josh be Josh" situation, and I think that's okay when your in a shootout on occasion, but when the margins get razor thin and the cream rises in the postseason, we needed more "Josh and offense that can beat you several different ways", and the coaching/ discipline to adapt the game plan as needed.

     

    We committed to game plan the back half of the year that wasn't totally bright for a QB with an injured elbow.  I blame that on leadership, and frankly, that on McDermott.

     

    Last I recall, CJ Spiller was featured in a competent screen game.  that seems like eons ago.  maybe I'm remembering that correctly... 

     

     

    18 minutes ago, Jerome007 said:

    I can't stand the "surround Josh with weapons" mantra. Besides the OLine, the Bills have way than enough talent. As if other teams were loaded everywhere! Look at the Chiefs, they lost Hill but not a step. The Bills' offensive SCHEMES were bad all year. At first, I was good with hiring Dorsey as OC and also was willing to give him time. But that bad scheming is not experience lacking, he just doesn't have it. The offense is so vanilla.

     

    Was it Burrows and Chase that whooped the Bills? No, it was the great schemes they used. They somehow had WRs mismatched all game, including Chase all alone for his TD. 

     

    If we're gonna go with "everybody go out for a pass" next season, a second capable receiver would be nice... lets hope we don't run that system again for god sake.

     

    Andy Reid- pretty sure we'd have a ring if he was the Bills coach.  He'd make our current weapons look like a ***** arsenal.

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