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Wayne Arnold

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  1. Call me crazy, but I can't help but shake the feeling that the Bills are more likely to reach the Super Bowl as a 7 seed than a 2 seed. (6 seed and they'll be one-and-done - winning twice in KC isn't realistic IMO).

     

    As a 7 seed...

    • Bills would face Miami in the Wild Card round. I can't see the Dolphins beating them twice two weeks in a row, especially as banged up as they are.
    • They would then travel to Baltimore to face the Ravens in the Divisional Round. Lamar Jackson and some other key starters won't have played for three weeks. That hot streak they've been on? Probably dissipated. They'll be rusty. Not to mention no one will expect the Bills to win that game. That's the type of game they're most likely to win.
    • In the AFC Championship we may have to travel to KC. But considering how off the Chiefs seem to be this season, I wouldn't bet against the Texans or Browns being the opponent. I'm not scared of those teams, especially as a Bills team riding high feeling like they have nothing to lose. All the pressure will be on the Texans/Browns hosting an AFC Championship game they never expected to host.

    As a 2 seed...

    • Bills would most likely host the Texans in the wild card round. After an emotional win in Miami, coming back home and facing a up-and-coming Texans team? Ripe for an upset.
      • (Yes, they could face the Steelers or Jaguars - neither of which are that scary on paper but they're good defensive teams who've played well lately and the "ripe for an upset" statement still applies)
    • Even if they can get past the Wild Card round, they host what will likely be the Chiefs in the Divisional Round (I can't see the Dolphins beating Chiefs in KC). Beating Mahomes/Reid twice in one season? That is a tough ask, even at home.
    • Then if they get to the AFC Championship, they more than likely have to face the Ravens in Baltimore (unless the Ravens are upset). The rust will have been shaken off by then and the Ravens will be fired up and riding high. I don't see this Bills team capable of winning that one.

    We'll see what happens, but I've been thinking of this all week. All to say if the Bills are locked into the 7 seed with a loss going into the game Sunday night, I won't be feeling any nervousness at all at kickoff.

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  2. 24 minutes ago, Simon said:

     

    When you start publicly associating other people with pedophiles and imply they have something to fear.

    I don't give a damn who you like or don't like. That is a problem.

     

    I'm going to move this to OTW because it has nothing to do with the Bills or football. Anybody who drags their political bullshlt into it gets what they deserve.

     

    For proper context, Rodgers mentioned the Epstein list possibly being made public on McAfee's show last February. Never mentioned Kimmel. Kimmel proceeded to blast Rodgers on his show that night for being a wacko with CTE for even suggesting the list would come out.

     

    These weren't jokes - Kimmel was personally attacking Rodgers...why? For suggesting that a list of Epstein's close friends who made trips to an island where underaged girls were used for sex would be released to the public? It was a very strange reaction by Kimmel.

     

    So of course Rodgers is going to respond to that in some way. In this case, Rodgers said Kimmel wouldn't like the list to be released. Not because Kimmel is a pedophile, but because Kimmel would look like an idiot for blasting Rodgers as an insane conspiracy theorist with brain damage for saying it was going to be released nearly a year ago.

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  3. 4 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

    Voice of morality? He has a guy allegedly saying he’s a pedo. Those “young girls” on the man show were all in their 20s and you might want to read up on Karl Malone. 
     

    there are plenty of people I don’t like but calling someone a pedo without proof is a whole different animal. 

     

    Again, don't put words in people's mouths.

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  4. 2 minutes ago, ALLinALLEN said:

    You could spend 1 second to look it up and see that's what he did say...but nah. Too hard.

     

     

     

    I listened very closely and did not hear Rodgers say "Jimmy Kimmel will be outed on Epstein's black book". He simply said Kimmel doesn't want it to come out.

     

    Get your hearing checked.

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  5. 2 minutes ago, stuvian said:

    I don't watch Kimmel and don't necessarily agree with his takes but for Rodgers to say that he will be outed on Epstein's black book is out of the field of play

     

    That's not what Rodgers said. Not even close.

     

    Rodgers is an ass but Kimmel is the one who is full of crap in this case.

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    Interesting topic. When someone does something like Rice did, is it okay to forgive them? Are they allowed to be part of society and even recognized for past accomplishments? Or are they to be shunned by society forever? 

     

    3 minutes ago, PetermansRedemption said:

    I’m not sure how someone suggested Ray Rice as the legend of the game and then no one else was like “ehhh, maybe we should pick anyone else?” Same as when the Bills had Vick in for a training camp visit, you really couldn’t think of anyone else? 

     

    What's wrong with having Vick in for a training camp visit?

  7. On 12/24/2023 at 4:00 PM, Maine-iac said:

     Almost anyone can see that Allen turns the ball over too much.  Allen has a turnover in almost every single game.  His big play ability trumps some of it but if Allen would just learn to take the easy stuff a little more often and stop throwing 15 yards down field into coverage we probably aren't fighting 3 and 8 teams for wins in the 4th quarter as often. 

     

    On 12/24/2023 at 7:34 PM, FireChans said:

    Most important stat in football is points. Number 2 is turnovers. This has always been the case. 
     

    Turnovers will always matter. 

    Elite coaching the difference?

     

    Turnovers are so overblown it's really incredible.

     

    People truly equate turnovers and touchdowns as if they're even remotely equivalent in value. Comical.

     

    What's the difference between a turnover and a punt? Slightly worse field position? Whoopty-damn-doo.

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  8. 1 hour ago, FireChans said:

    That was to give you some much-needed perspective. 
     

    “no one loses head scratcher games like McD’s Bills.”

     

    ”well, here’s all the Chiefs weird losses too”

     

    ”YOU DARE COMPARE THESE TWO TEAMS!”

     

    lol

     

    Super Bowl rings tend to erase some of the sting from relatively meaningless regular season losses. 

     

    If you don't understand that, I simply can't help you.

  9. 12 hours ago, FireChans said:

    Okay. Let's compare it to.... the Chiefs

     

    2019: Head-shaking stinker to the Colts, lost 13-19 with Jacoby Brissett

    2020: Let the Raiders drop 40 points on them, and in the biggest game of the season, got blown out by the Bucs 31-9.

    2021: Started out the season 3-4, including an 18 point loss to the Bills and 27-3 loss to the Titans. Second half chokefest to the Bengals in the playoffs.

    2022: Inexplicable loss to the Colts, again, loss to the Bills, loss to the Bengals.

     

    You keep saying "no one loses like the McDermott Bills" and it continues to be the most myopic view in the NFL. This is arguably the second best team IN THE LEAGUE since 2020.

     

    Total nonsense.

     

    Laughable. The Chiefs have been three Super Bowls since 2019 and won two of them. To compare McDermott's Bills to Reid's Chiefs is - how'd you put it? - "total nonsense".

     

    "This is arguably the second best team IN THE LEAGUE since 2020".

     

    That's funny because there have been five teams who have participated in the Super Bowl since 2020 (three different winners) - and none are McDermott's Bills.

     

    And this season the Bills may miss the 14-team playoffs.

     

    Just get to the Super Bowl and win it. All doubts fade away. Until then, expect more of the same truths spoken about McDermott, as emotional as it seems to make you.

     

     

     

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  10. 2 hours ago, FireChans said:

    Follow up question, what current coach didn't have head-shaking stinker in the NFL? This team lost 3 games in the regular season last year.

     

    This is legitimate myopic, insane critique.

     

    Deep breaths.

     

    This team has multiple head-shaking stinkers every year under McDermott despite him working with the 1st or 2nd best QB on the planet and multiple stacked rosters over the last five seasons.

     

    Just a few examples:

     

    2019 - 2nd half collapse at Texans in the playoffs

    2020 - Losing to the Titans by 26 points, losing by multiple touchdowns to the Chiefs in McDermott's only AFC Championship appearance

    2021 - Season-opening loss at home to a mediocre Steelers team, losing to Urban Meyer, losing by 26 points at home to the Colts, choking to the Chiefs in the playoffs

    2022 - Losing to the Dolphins after winning the first two games by an average of 28 points, losing back-to-back games to Jets and Vikings, home playoff blowout loss 

     

    Underachieving / choking has become the new perception of this franchise among NFL fans. People blame Allen for this because he's the face of the franchise and one of the faces of the NFL but in reality the head coach is responsible for preparing the team week in and week out.

     

    Addressing your "this team lost 3 games in the regular season last year" point - yes, they lost three games in the regular season and then proceeded to get their butts kicked at home in the divisional round. The team looked unmotivated, out of synch, tight, etc.

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