Nihilarian

I suppose we will see...

The Bengals were about the hottest team in the NFL before this week, and Buffalo had the #1 defense against the pass. Higgins was out there playing with a concussion, and as someone else mentioned, he was literally playing out of his mind as he had 11 targets, caught 6 passes for 92 yards, and 2 TDs. Christian Benford had Ja"Marr Chase on lockdown as he had 8 targets, 5 receptions for 44 yards. If Buffalo had a defensive weakness prior to this game, it was their rush defense, and they held the Bengals lead RB Chase Brown to 12 rushes for 23 yards, which was a 1.9 yards per carry average. I read here so often Bills fans complaining about how bad the Bills GM is with signing these old players and what a bad job he has done. Let me say that the leading tackler in that Bengals game was Jordan Poyer with Shaq Thompson right behind him, and that latter signing has greatly improved the rush defense. Let's not forget that the Bengals put so much money into signing their receivers Chase, Higgins, and Gesicki. QB Joe Burrow took his team to the Super Bowl not that long ago. The one team that had most AFC teams that were afraid to face in the playoffs was Cincinnati. The Buffalo Bills did well to beat them, and as much as their superstar elite alien unicorn QB made some great plays, it was the Buffalo defense that really was the game breaker with the pick six by Benford and another INT right after by AJ Epenesa. Christian Benford had a game with the only sack on Burrow and a pick-six. Defense, yeah! Team effort won the game. My 2 cents.

Benford on him like a blanket! It also helped Buffalo that the Bengals are 32nd overall on defense in the NFL, and they didn't have their star pass rusher. You know, the one-star defensive player they chose to pay.

That and Higgins playing with a concussion.

Hey man, he is not elite as he failed to tackle Benford after that interception...the BUM!

As great as Josh Allen played today...it was that pick six by Benford that stole the show!

Don't be, Cincy fans can't help but be nice.

Josh Allen, the epitome of a franchise QB... no one better!!!

True that! The majority of the fans on this site were desperate for Beane to trade up with the NY Giants for the number two spot to draft Rosen. Thus giving up the farm for that guy! Then, after the Bills drafted Allen, so many here were crying like little children over the mistake the team made due to Allen's accuracy issues. I think many fans here fell in love with Allen in 2018 after that Minnesota game with his jumping over a LBer. One noted poster here who does his yearly NFL draft evaluation on all players, and in particular, the Buffalo players. He noted that he had a third-round grade on Josh Allen. The NY Jets, NY Giants, and Cleveland Browns were all bad teams then, and still are bad teams. So many Buffalo Bills fans here discount the change of culture that this current HC and GM have brought to this team since they were hired. It really is the difference, so now many, many NFL players want to come and play for this franchise. No knock on Josh Allen, I simply think that this team would have been successful in drafting Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, or even Lamar Jackson. Not as exciting or as loved here in Buffalo as Allen is, or perhaps not have won as many games.

It's Cleveland, they would have messed it up somehow. Just think, Cleveland has had 42 QBs since 1999, and several of them first overall. The Cleveland Browns gave up three first-round picks (2022, 2023, and 2024), a third-round pick in 2023, and a fourth-round pick in 2022 and 2024 to acquire Deshaun Watson from the Houston Texans. Additionally, they signed Watson to a fully guaranteed five-year contract worth $230 million.

No, it's cool. Just dissing the Browns and their stupidity in thankfully not drafting Josh Allen 2x. There was word that they really liked him at the #1 overall until someone made mention of Allen's sort of racial tweets when he was in high school....Brandon!

And, Miles Garrett is one of the best pass rushers in the NFL, and both play for a 3-9 team with no top QB... Now consider that the Cleveland defense is currently 14th in points allowed. Then their top receiver is Harold Fannin?

What's even crazier is that I believe that they were paying like five/six QBs at one time this season. Joe Flacco Dillon Gabriel Kenny Pickett Shedeur Sanders Deshaun Watson Bailey Zappe too? Just think, in the 2018 NFL draft, Cleveland not only passed on Josh Allen with the first overall pick. They also had a second shot with the number four pick. Baker Mayfield #1 and Denzel Ward #4. Thank you, Cleveland Clowns...the factory of sadness!

Good point! The way this team has so many injuries at the end of the season, t makes good sense to have decent back-ups ready JIC.

For those Bills fans upset that Buffalo didn't retain Stephon Diggs or Mack Hollins, or lamenting the current Bills offense. Then go take a look at the stats from the last few games of the New England Patriots games to discover that they are running an "everybody eats" style offense. Against the NY Giants this past week, 8 receivers were targeted and all 8 caught at least one pass. Diggs was the 6th leading receiver with 3 receptions for 23 yards. Hollins was next at 7th with 3 receptions for 23 yards, and their TE Hunter Henry was the #1 receiver who had 4 receptions for 73 yards...look familiar? 31 passes with 29 rushes. The week previous against Cincy, the Patriots had 9 receivers targeted with at least one pass, and their TE Hunter Henry was their leading receiver with 7 receptions for 115 yards. Diggs was 5th at 2 receptions for 20 yards, Hollins 2 receptions for 30 yards. 35 passes, 31 rushes. Now going back further against the NY Jets in week 11, Diggs was the leading receiver with 9 receptions for 105 yards, Hollings was #2 with 4 receptions for 64 yards, and Henry was 3rd with 4 receptions for 45 yards. 34 passes, 27 rushes. Against the Bucs, Hollins was the #1 with 6 receptions for 106 yards. Diggs was 3rd with 5 receptions for 46 yards. Henry was 5th with 1 reception for 9 yards and again, 8 receivers were targeted. 31 passes, 27 rushes. Going back further, it looks like the Patriots mix things up with their leading receiver week to week, which is smart, and it also looks like both Diggs, Hollins are fading towards the end of the season. More than anything, Diggs is the team's rah-rah guy, perhaps Hollins too.