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Joey B making mental errors. He’s gotta speed up that internal clock starting next series. Cinci needs to hit the short game and some draws.

Bease will restructure. I think McKenzie has earned a mult-year deal and Beane will get it done. Only way I see Sanders back is if he wants to make another run at a lower price with the understanding that Gabe will be phased in. That’s possible because if you listen to his interviews, he’s playing for the fun/ring now not the money.

It’s simple - If we get pressure and contain Mahomes with 4 D-lineman, we win rather convincingly If we don’t, it’s going to be a dog fight and come down to TOs

Any given Sunday. McD says this every season but some people refuse to listen. Every year the team starts from scratch. Every season the team evolves from beginning to end. It’s how you react to adversity during the season that determines how the team grows. This is a battle hardened team peaking at the right time. We lost to the Jags because we weren’t the same team then that we are now. That team was learning it’s way and dropped a stink bomb. This team is peaking and playing with and edge.

I know everyone is bemoaning the fact that for a play here or there, we’d have the 1 seed but idk I think we are right where we are supposed to be. Those mistakes/frustrations are what causes a team to overcome adversity. I’m not so sure this team is playing with the same fire and chip if they don’t go through that. Embarrassed by the Jags and first Pats* game, slipping against TN, Josh and the entire D getting snubbed by the pro bowl, etc. Incidentally, I like the pro-bowl snubs because 1) we know it’s total BS and 2) This team is PISSED and that’s part of it. Hughes was PISSED after that Pats* beat down. Love people referring to Josh as Pro-Bowl alternate Josh Allen hahah. Everyone knows it’s BS but you can bet he took that to heart. We are peaking at the right time with a team that’s playing with an edge. That’s how you go to the Super Bowl. I like our chances.

This pre-game thread is going to be filled with the verbal diarrhea of a few vocal posters suffering from severe anxiety disorder

Dak Prescott is one of the most over rated QBs in history. He sucks at football

I absolutely LOVE FitzMagic. I wish he had the skills to play longer for us. He would be a great backup QB for us for a year or 2. Josh is still growing and although he doesn’t need a vet QB anymore, having a guy like Fitz with his intelligence and experience could only help Josh especially if things get bumpy. Just like Josh, he’s a Buffalo guy through and through. It would be poetic to have him come back for a year and then retire as a Bill. Not just for the nostalgia factor, but I think if Josh were dinged for a game or 2 Fitz would be a solid fill in and can win a couple games.

I think McD and BB have a lot of respect for each other. I don’t think you can look at the handshake at the end of an absolute pummeling and passing of the torch and draw any inferences. Anyone see BB’s post game presser? That was a broken man. The Bills broke The Hoodie. He’s got no answers and limited time. He knows the Bills are going to be the team to beat for a long time and we gave those cheating bastards a taste of their own medicine with that absolute beat down. F them, and F their bandwagon crap fans.

Enjoy this feeling gentlemen. Savor it. I’ve been a fan for 50 years and although it’s not the biggest win we’ve had, I can’t remember a better feeling after a W. So many demons put to rest. We just blew up the friggin Death Star and the Patriot* dynasty is a smoking ruin. God I hate that team and this is the most satisfying win I can remember. Go Bills!

WTF are you guys smoking? Yeah, I said earlier Burrows is the real deal but better than Allen?? Give me a break. Joe is going to be around for a long time but he’s not the same player as Josh. He’s playing a great game right now but Josh has had plenty of those where he’s dropping dimes left and right, you just take it for granted now and if he doesn’t do it week in and week out it’s called a “regression”.

Burrows is the real deal. Kid is accurate, decisive and has a good arm

Love Brandt, love Top Gun (we named our company TGA, LLC for Top Gun). This one kinda sucked. It’s ok to say that. He’s had some good ones, this was a miss. No big deal.

Wow that’s two horrible plays already by the Raiders. Along with 3 false starts they look like crap coming out of the gates

I don’t think the team feels nearly the pressure against the Pats* that the fans do. We’ve got 20 years of trauma forming our opinions of this WC game. The team has been very successful against NE the past couple years and were at least competitive in the early McD years. I don’t think they feel anything other than the normal stakes of a home playoff game and in fact I think they are pretty confident going into this game. It’s going to be won or lost in the trenches, as games usually are but especially playoff games. I’ve been very critical of the soft line play for most of the season. I’m happy to see that for the past 4 games, they’ve gotten on a nasty streak and you can see it on both sides of the ball. In most phases of the game they are peaking at the right time. I just hope Josh gets hot again even though he’s shown he can lift a team when the passing efficiency isn’t as good as we’d like. If that happens, look out because we are going to the Super Bowl.

Oh look. Another nickname thread.

The Hoodie always has a spy on Allen, usually a LB. How does Daboll exploit that defender? There has to be a way to put him in conflict, like roll Josh out and at the same time have Knox or Bease from the backside enter that vacated area. IDK but its a strong tendency from a Belichick defense and we should be able to take advantage of that.

I’d agree with you that Bease has had a noticeable decline in perceived on-field production. I don’t care what the stats say, he’s lost a step and isn’t getting all the YAC he used to. That being said, I think he’s going to be key in getting third down conversions in that 3rd and 2-8 range especially against zone D. I’d love to believe McKenzie is ready to take the reigns but I can’t get there yet after 1 great performance against NE. Hopefully I’m wrong and they are going to unleash McKenzie in the playoffs and I’ll be pleasantly blown away. I really don’t care how we do it, just want the Ws and still think Bease can and will be a big part of that.

Oh so now Beasley is the new Edmunds. Got it. Clowns. Bease is going to be a key to our success in the playoffs. Yeah, he’s lost a step against man coverage but he definitely can still make clutch catches in clutch situations and you can bet teams will be scheming to take Diggs away. In fact I think it starts this weekend because no way The Hoodie is going to let McKitrick run roughshod over him again. I’d have a package with Diggs, Bease, McKenzie and Sanders on the field at the same time. I expect to see more zone than Pats* usually run because we marched up and down against their man defense and Hoodie don’t play that. Sanders, assuming he’s healthy, is going to be a playoff beast. This is is what we got him for, playoff football. All we need is for Josh to be above-average to great Josh making good decisions and catchable throws.

IDK how you can have the #1 D in a number of categories and even think about replacing the MLB who makes all the calls and adjustments. Yeah, I’d like Edmunds to be more of an impact, big play LB but he’s not right now and maybe never will be. I’ve said it a bunch of times, McBeane love them some Tremaine and he’s going to be here for a loooong time so just get over it already.

It’s possible it will be a close game because its the friggin playoffs and all the teams are good. If you take the emotion out of it, which I completely understand given they owned us for 20 years, the Pats* are probably the best matchup for us. Mac is the weakest of all the AFC playoff QBs. All Buffalo has to do is play decent and not have an offensive meltdown with turnovers. Mac Jones cannot lift a team by himself and have one of those other-worldly games like Mahomes, Burrow, Hebert (yes he’s not in), Car (rarely), and even Ben is better. Their D is good on paper but we match up well. Judon didn’t do crap, Barmore is probably out, their secondary is meh. If we get any semblance of a running game, which has been clicking lately, we win handily. Now I understand the fear of listening to Pats* fans for an entire offseason if we do lose, but this isn’t the old Bills. It’s time to continue our AFC East dominance and put our stamp on the AFC as a whole. Going through The Hoodie and asswipe Pats* fans will make it all the more sweeter.

What’s up with Duggar and Barmore? If those guys are out idk if Pats* have a realistic chance without a Bills offensive meltdown.

I always thought Flores was way over rated but Ross and Grier are an idiot combo. Miami is going to suck for years to come

I love how Mahomes has had two horrible decisions/throws and each time the announcer goes out of his way to blame the receivers

I never know who is calling the games and couldn’t care less. I get so much more timely, relevant info from following the twitter feeds of the game than anything on TV. Injuries, replays, flags, personnel changes etc all come across so much faster and accurately than the idiots in the booth Buffalo usually gets.