Dan

Agreed. Give most all the starters the week off and treat it like the bye. BUT…they can do that and still let Josh start, hand it off a few times to keep his Ironman streak alive. I would do that… and try to get Cook his yards to get him to 1000. The only caveat to not giving the starters the week off would be.. do you do some light practices with plays for the playoffs? And essentially give the Pats game zero thought or prep.

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Exactly. Thats been his season.

Right!? just let it go!! OP. Maybe wait till later tomorrow night after we beat the Jets… then start a new fire McD thread and give us the lame coach that should replace him.

How Many Super Bowls have the Bills played in this year? Gotta be at least 7? Jets 1 Doiphins 2 Rams Niners Detroit Pats 1 Texans? What has Samuel really done all season? He’s this years Sherfield. I really don’t care if he plays or not.

Here's my issue with ALL the posts like this…. So we want someone that can knock off the Ravens or the Chiefs, so we don't have to face them. But then, we'd be facing a team good enough to beat them? So how is that an easier path?

When you add other teams to this platform, and start charging a subscription fee. As you absolutely should, assuming its actually this good. (unless I missed the live link here) ..My suggestion is you keep it free for registered members of TBD. Show us some hometown love.

At this point… I’m ready to get to the playoffs! It doesn’t matter who we draw. I don’t think Josh will be denied… he’s just playing too good. It’s all going to come down to the defense. Keep whoever we play under 30 and Josh will do the rest.

I’ll say it again. All this MVP talk is just hype. The media needs something to talk about. That’s it. And the only reason Lamar is in the conversation is because they gave it to him when he clearly didn’t earn it… now that he has better stats. In the end…. Just beat them all in the playoffs. Thats all that really matters.

We heard all season.. they were lucky and would lose. Now all we have to hang our hats on us they’re gonna rest starters and be rusty. Someone is going to have to go to arrowhead and beat them. And there’s only 2 more teams that will have a shot to do it. I hate that they always seem to get a cakewalk to the championship game. But they do because they’re a good team. Sucks that as soon as we started being great KC is always just a bit better.. and only one team gets the bye now.

Agreed… and I have no idea how you can give a guy a 3rd MVP when he has a generational talent like Henry running wild and his team still may or may not even win their division. The only reason Lamar is even in the discussion is because his numbers are better this year than last year. But that’s more a reflection of how poor a decision that was.. not how good he is this year.

Agreed. I don’t expect full scale testing of the starters.. maybe in the final game if the seeding is set. BUT I do think they will.. and should.. rest anyone that’s nursing an injury. Hence Douglas, Rapp and Hamlin have missed the last 2 games. There is zero reason to play banged up players and further aggravate injuries. We have enough depth at each position, to manage the roster and let guys get healthy for the playoffs, while letting them get ..some.. play in; ala, Williams in the last 2 games.

Seems like last year one of the arguments was you had to be good and all.. but you also had to be the QB of the #1 seed (the Bills were still very much on the edge of #2 through 7). That and not have a lot of turnovers. Not to mention those that argued it was really his surrounding cast (Diggs) that lead to his success. A year later… everyone had moved the goalposts and apparently that’s all out the window. I’ll just say this… if Josh doesn’t get the MVP this season… even if he sits these last 2 weeks.. then we can all just chalk this award up as another popularity contest. Josh has played heads and shoulders above every other player while leading the Bills to all time offensive success and securing the division earlier than anyone since Peyton played. I could go on like beating the 2 best teams in each conference and all, but that’s all largely irrelevant. I think the only reason, personally, any of this is even being discussed, is because there’s still several more weeks of football to be played and all the talking heads need something to fill the airwaves. They can’t all just agree that the race is over because then what do they talk about.

Next week… if possible, I’d start Douglas, Rapp, Hamlin and Milano for at least a half. Rest Bernard, Benford and Johnson. Let them get some time to heal. And keep rolling the dice with the 2nd stringers. If KC wins and we have the #2 seed locked down for the final week. I’d forfeit the game.. stay home and make your own bye week. And coaches prepare for the playoffs.

On Allen’s interception… what happened to Coleman in the endzone? On the TV, I just saw him on the ground as the defender is catching the ball. I assume there was no obvious penalty… no one has talked about it. But did Coleman slip?

Williams is clearly the best LB on the roster not named Bernard. I don’t have a problem getting Spector and Milano reps in these last couple games.. but come playoff time… it’s gotta be Williams starting. Right? Am I the only one wanting them to take a shot at 3rd and short at the end, just to try and get the TD and keep the 30pt stream alive? Hope everyone gets healthy.

Why do so many QBs play the game of their career against us? Or at least it feels that way

Nope. If the Bills lose… we have 4 losses. KC could drop their last 2 and still would only have 3 losses. Only shot we have to get the #1 seed is we win these final 3. And, now, the Chiefs lose their final 2. If they win either game. OR we lose any one of the 3, we're #2 seed.

Did we all ..know.. it was broken? Was it reported by anyone as that was the injury? Or was it said that he ..may.. have fractured something. I consume a decent amount of Bills news, and this is the first time I've seen someone (other than a random twitter guy just talking) report that he has been playing with a broken hand. i think we all suspected. I think we all expected news like this to come out…eventually. But to say its been known and widely reported as a definite? I don't think you can say that. Granted i can enjoy a night at the strip bar as much as the next guy… but i only frequent strip bars with Bills games on replay on the corner TVs.

Agreed. They show him rushing.. and the QB moves up in the pocket and completes a pass. So that’s a “win” because he affected the QB and made him move. ?? what? If that’s considered a pressure or win rate or whatever PFF stat ..I would say it explains why a lot of very average players are ranked so high. I’m not saying Von Is washed up. I’m just saying ..making the QB move before he throws should not be the goal of a pass rusher! I’ll wait till after the playoffs before I form an opinion on Von. But, at this moment, I’d say his value is minimal at best.

Just wanna say.. I am so grateful for Terry Pegula. Good bless him and his family.

I don’t normally watch any of the Thursday night games because the game usually sucks, and now I really don’t like the games being on Amazon. However, beyond all that.. I can remember a time not terribly long ago when the Bills were not very good. We’d get the very occasional prime time game. It was a big deal! For me, the fan; for the City; for the team. Remember when they first announced every team would get a Thursday night game.. I was so excited. I was guaranteed to see the Bills once a year. How would any of us felt if that one time all season we got to see our team “shine”, the NFL flexed the game? Nope. You suck, you don’t get to be on prime time.

I would just like to add… this can still suck for fans watching on TV. Especially now that game are on different subscription services. We factor the number of games we’ll get to see into whether we buy these subscriptions. Not to mention game day parties, plans with family around the holidays, apple picking excursions. We all have lives. It affects everyone involved in the game, going to the game and watching it at home. The NFL needs to just stop. This moving of games adds nothing to the game itself. The only ones that benefit are the tv and ad execs. Thats it. We all have to reshuffle our lives so they can make a few more dollars. The NFL really does do everything they can to screw us all over.

I’ve never played professional football. But these practice videos always seem so… not like practice. LOL

This is such a crazy year. The Bills have beaten last year’s Super Bowl teams. Beaten the 1 loss Lions, arguably the best team in the league this year. Josh is currently the consensus league MVP. We have the 2nd best record in the AFC, and are the eastern division champs. … and there’s 3 more games still to be played in the regular season! It’s just ridiculous. I just hope the team can maintain focus and play to their standard and not down to the Patsies or Jets standards. And, of course, stay healthy. This is unfamiliar territory. Every week brings risk.. I just hope the Bills play focused, play hard and keep this rolling. One thing I liked about the Lions game that I don’t think is being talked about much is the Bills offense put a lot of new looks on tape. How can anyone play the bills and not pay attention to the running backs? Hopefully we can continue to put new looks on tape and continue to give our opposition in the playoffs to think about them they can handle while continuing to win. Go Bills!