Kirby Jackson

My argument is that it is totally irrelevant. I posted it in the offseason I think but 300 yard passers had a losing record last year. There is literally ZERO correlation between passing yards and winning. Gross stats in general don’t tell any story. Efficiency stats do.

I know that we disagree on this (although I’m a proponent of 8 teams). I don’t believe that there are even 4 teams that could win in this year. 4 on my list would be Alabama and they aren’t getting in. There’s no need to drag teams like Navy, Cincinnati and Iowa to the table when they have a 0% chance of running the table for a title. It’s only going to result in more injuries. Give me the 5 conference champs, highest ranked non-power 5 and 2 wildcards. This year it would look something like: OSU LSU Clemson OU/Baylor Utah Memphis UGA Bama/OU/Baylor/Auburn/PSU That’s fair to everyone. It doesn’t devalue the regular season. The entire country is represented. I can even take it a step further for an interesting twist. What if we added a relegation system like European soccer? The teams that play for the conference championships in group of 5 schools get elevated to the power 5 school that they are affiliated with and the bottom 2 teams in those power 5 conferences get relegated to the group of 5 school that they are affiliated with. It will have a similar impact to soccer. There’s never going to be a time that the big money clubs (or programs) in this case will be relegated. It gives teams like Memphis and UCF though an opportunity to play in a conference with an automatic bid instead of 1 bid from 5 conferences. It also takes the Rutgers types teams off the schedule and brings up stronger opponents.

I’ve been banging this drum for years!! It doesn’t matter!! If you want to see a winning recipe for QBs look at RZ performance, TDs to turnovers and 3rd down %. Do you make more plays than mistakes? Do you execute when you are close? Are you able to keep the chains moving?

This playoffs is shaping up pretty easily IMO. LSU, OSU and Clemson are in regardless of next week. They will, at worst, be one loss teams. Their loss, outside of Clemson, would be to a top 10 team in the conference championship game. Those teams have enough dominance across the board so far that they’ve already locked it up. Clemson is the only team that an argument can be made to hold out with a loss but they are going to win by 30. The 4th spot is UGA’s with a win. It’s Utah or the OU/Baylor winner otherwise. An OU win propels them into the playoff IMO. I think Utah would get in before Baylor but could be wrong there. Either way, unless it’s Georgia, that Big 12 / Pac 12 team is going to get destroyed.

I forgot to but in my handicapping!! Can I still submit on the 5 remaining games? Arizona Oakland Chargers Pats Seahawks

I’m not saying that they will win but there isn’t a definite loss on their schedule. I think we get to 10 at this point no matter what. If they do too we both go and we go as the 6 seed. It may not matter but we’d go on the road if we ever played them (and may have to go to KC round 1). I don’t think any other WC contender can get to the 5 seed. The flip side is Cleveland may be the only other WC team that can win a playoff game. It wouldn’t be the worst thing ever if they went in and knocked off KC. I don’t hate the idea of them getting in at all as long as we are the 5 seed.

Yeah, but they can certainly win that. They smoked them in Baltimore. The Browns have plenty of talent. They were just an undisciplined mess for a while. I’d like them to get to 7 losses so that they can’t tie us. I don’t fear Pittsburgh and Hodges at all.

This is how I lean as well. That Cleveland schedule is SO easy. They can run the table. We’d like another loss for them.

Welp, this Alabama team just isn’t the same as the last few years. There’s no defense. They didn’t deserve a spot with a win IMo. You can’t have 1 ranked win and get in with nothing else of substance on your resume. They ended up with no ranked wins.

I kind of prefer it too. We play both West divisions next year so we are definitely looking at a more diverse schedule time wise.

That’s an interesting thought. A lot of it used to have to do with the amount of Bills fans that travel for games. The Bills have a lot of season ticket holders that travel hours to games. They used to request that they be limited for that reason and they worried about flex scheduling for the same reason. I’d expect a couple next year.

Interestingly enough, I think that they were less than the Buffalo. It was like $8 or $9 for a beer. I got a hot dog, chips and 2 beers and it came to $30. I didn’t think that was bad at all.

It was tough to see as we were in standing room. We got there as the gates opened though so we had a view (most of the time). Those tickets were cheap (like $50). Everything else was crazy!! $400 to sit downstairs, $1500 clubs, etc..

Her stupid model. She had the Bills in the 40’s last week while everyone else was in the 80’s.

Cynthia Freuland’s model has the Bills playoff chances up to 18% with that win in Dallas

I agree, when he turned the corner last week I was like “damn.” He outran the angle. There may be a big play or 2 left for him this year. If he busts one of those in a 3 point game or something...

Prayers up for TP

It’s funny, my dad and I were talking about this yesterday. Foster could be a key moving forward. He may make a play that wins a game (or even a playoff game). His speed is elite and adds an element to the Bills offense.

I didn’t find them too bad. We got a handful of “eff u’s” after the game and some “go back to Buffalo.” It was pretty tame in general I thought. The highlight was after the game. The bathroom was packed (probably 70% Bills fans at this point) chanting and singing. Some Cowboy fan says, “I hope y’all remember the 90’s.” My buddy responded immediately, “I hope y’all remember today!!” The bathroom erupted in laughter.

Welcome to the last 10 pages of debate ?

It’s not drawing Attention to yourself, it’s drawing attention to us!! They were saying, “hey world, keep doubting us!!” They were running off the field talking *** to the cameras. This was their message to the world. You don’t win in football without an edge and swagger. The Bills have it now and McDermott embraces it. He knows how to get the most out of guys in 2019. We are forming an identity before our eyes.

I guess that we just disagree. If you dominate and talk trash, as the Bills did, you were dominant. If the Bills were humble after that game they were no less dominant. When they were mocking Dak and Zeke it didn’t impact what happened on the field.

But it is a big deal!!! This could be the biggest win the franchise has had in decades. We don’t need to pretend that it isn’t.

It’s emotion though. They heard all week how they weren’t good enough. They were a 7 point underdog and EVERYONE was picking against them. That’s where the chip on the shoulder comes from. They were disrespected by everyone. I’m not sure why they don’t have a right to say “I told you so?”

These aren’t kids though. These are grown men; this is their job. This isn’t a game to them. This is their livelihood. This is how they feed their family. They put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into it. I have no issue with the emotion.