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The realistic options would be one or two of the following teams that do not draft a QB early this year: Cleveland NY Giants NY Jets Denver Arizona Washington Pittsburgh Jacksonville Buffalo Of these, I would cross Cleveland and NY Giants off the list. They will take QBs 1 and 2. I think Washington keeps Cousins so cross them off. But if they don't then cross off one of NY Jets, Denver, Arizona or Jacksonville. Pittsburgh depends on Big Ben retiring or not. Jacksonville, I think they stick with Bortles if Eli doesn't go there. So it comes down to the Jets, Denver, Arizona, Pittsburgh and Buffalo. But a couple of those teams could have newly drafted first round QBs. And figure at least one of Bridgewater, Bradford or Keenum will come on the market too which will also lower demand some.

Will we have a defense ranked in the bottom third of the league again for the fourth straight year? Probably yes then.

Statistically both the offense and defense are worst than last years team. The offense much more worse than last years squad. Yet this year we win two more games and make the playoffs. Go figure.

Not at all. I'm down for $17 to each charity for each game we play this postseason.

Just donated to Boyd's as well. His fundraising site has an automatic tracker. Looks like it is blowing up right now with $17 donations.

It sounds like you are blaming the near loss on our Special Teams specialist/back up WR? Shouldn't we blame Peterman for having the bright idea to dive headfirst into the defense with no back up QB on the roster?

Only good if we win OP. Then we get a presumably healthy Shady against New England. If he is looking pretty limited in warm ups I'd say keep him on the bench and call on him if we find ourselves down in a close game in the second half.

The Jags had issues with the Titans this year who like us have a mobile QB. How similar is our offense to the Titans offense? Could it mean success against the Jags? Jags have a good secondary but we don't really have a traditional passing game. No gun-slinging QB. Maybe that benefits us against the strength of their defense? I see Bortles killing us with is legs on a couple crucial plays though. Think McCown in the second Jets game this season.

Not really. Goff was viewed as a colossal bust going into this season. Nobody thought the Rams offense would be as good as they have been even with the upgrades because it's all about the QB position. I still think it is hard to quantify if we have really done more with less. Certainly we have less. But have we done more than the Rams? Rams were dominant this year and look like a team that will be in the mix for years to come.

I'm good for another $17 if we win this Sunday too. $17 per playoff game is a bargain.

I believe the two biggest improvements if we go by positional groups was Secondary and Special Teams. Safties and Kicker in particular. Even Schmidt seemed better this year and the CB play was better this year too. Hyde, Poyer and Hauschka were all obvious upgrades from last year. Taylor should also get a nod simply because of the importance of the position. This was not a situation where the QB was dragging down the rest of the team. This isn't Blake Bortles with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Taylor's never been supported by a top 10 defense, heck, not even top half of the league. Defensive Ranks: 2015 20th, 2016 19th, 2017 26th. Taylor was not without blame for some games but if you look at the season as a whole Taylor was definitely a benefit.

You mean Joe Webb. It's really a miracle we made the playoffs this year. I mean if Webb doesn't connect with Thompson late in that game we lose that game.

Hauschka? Seriously, he was clutch in some close games this year.

Just made my donation.

So I have McCoy, Gurley, Elliot and Collins. I drafted McCoy and Gurley 1 and 2 and picked up both Collins and Elliot a few weeks ago. I have to bench one of the three. I was leaning towards benching McCoy earlier in the week in favor of Collins easy match up against the Colts. Now I am thinking of reversing that. I think Elliot is a must start. Same for Gurley despite the tougher match up.

More like a raw Blake Bortles.

Hold him to 2 catches for 23 yards and no TDs while heading home to Buffalo with a W. That's how we should handle it.

It feels to me like we play closer games that at least stay more competitive for longer in New England vs in Buffalo. Of course one game didn't future Brady at all and one for only a half.

Anytime you have rookie in the running for DROY they should be an automatic for the Pro Bowl. That said, White will probably be snubbed but make it as an alternate.

This is one of the cooler things I have seen this year. Too bad you couldn't really hear it live with Aikman talking during the broadcast. Might be cool if you could hear more in the moment talk like that during the broadcasts.

I see that as subjective. How does one go about quantifying the success the Rams have had vs. the Bills. Rams have two more wins then the Bills on the season while playing a tougher SOS and having a higher SOV percentage. Rams are the highest scoring team in the league. (Bills 10th worst) Rams have the 5th best scoring defense in the league. (Bills right in the middle at 16) Rams have the best point differential in the league at +166. (Bills -42 is the worst of any team with a .500 record or better). While I agree it's probably a miracle this team is 8-6, I can't easily say McDermott has done more than McVay even factoring in the rosters. The Rams are completely dominating the league in some categories.

No. But McVay has actually built something in LA that will likely be very good for a number of years to come. IF the Bills make the playoffs, in a down year for the AFC, they surely won't be favorites to make the playoffs again next season.

Pretty much this. Which was fine at the time because we had Reed and Quinn Early combining for 1600 yards in 96 and 97.

But you know to make a fair comparison you would also have to get rid of all the non catch-able targets that the other rookies received. So after controlling for that, would Zay's numbers look pretty good for a rookie as you say? Seem doubtful. It's like the old, subtract the (Insert Bills QB name here) INTs that went off the receivers hands and his interception numbers compared to other QBs don't look to bad argument.

One more year vs. three more years is a huge difference in perception. I stand by the thought that he only needs one more year with us and he will be honored after he is inducted into the HOF.