Nihilarian

Good lord, I hope you didn't just jinx them? Will Maye have a 300-yard game against Buffalo today...

Some Bills fans are never happy, even when the team has a big win; they still find things to complain about. For certain, the torches and pitchforks will be out if it's a loss.

The Patriots were 4-13 last year, and media types couldn't stop talking about how good Drake Maye looked on a bad team with a very bad offensive line. This year's Pats Coaching staff underwent a major overhaul, with a solid ex-Patriot player and ex-Tennessee HC who led his Titans to the playoffs a few years ago in Mike Vrabel. While the new HC has brought stability to the team with a solid culture to boot. The Biggest upgrades have been ex-NFL HC, now OC, Josh McDaniels, who was also Tom Brady's OC for a lot of those SB seasons. Their DC looks to be pretty solid, also. The problem with the Titans under Vrabel was the QB position with Ryan Tannehill, who was an ex-Dolphin and a middling QB. New England QB Drake Maye looks to be the real deal and could be a top NFL QB. It doesn't help Buffalo with all the injuries, along with their best CB being limited this week. Still nervous...

The last time these two teams faced each other in Buffalo, week 5, the Bills were 4-1, and the Patriots 3-2. Buffalo had 4 sacks on Maye, and Diggs went off on the Bills with 12 targets, 10 catches for 146 yards. I suspect this game, Maye will go to his TEs more. The Patriots' OC, Josh McDaniels had been setting up his young QB's game plans so much better than what the Bills have in Joe Brady. Both Bosa, Josh Palmer, and Bernard have all been limited this week. This game makes me nervous...

First of all, not every player who enters the NFL becomes a star right away. Some take years to learn and develop; that's just the way it is, so all this talk of what a bum Keon Coleman is as a second-round pick is lame. Some Bills fans here talk like he was a top ten pick, and even those don't always pan out. Some have mentioned Eric Moulds, a first-round pick (#24) who took three years to start shining. In his first two seasons, he had less than 300 yards receiving each year. Then boom, a few 1k seasons. In regard to Diggs, the guy was a diva in the Bills locker room and wanted every pass thrown his way. When that didn't happen, he had a bad attitude and hissy fits. The guy was great at first in Buffalo, and few DBs could contain him as he would literally juke them outta their cleats. As time went on, he wasn't as good against the better defenses and would earn his yards against the lesser teams. Then came the playoffs, and he became invisible. in 2020, he had 1535 yards, 8 TDs. In the playoffs that year, against the Colts, 128 yards, 1 TD. Against the Ravens, 106 yards, 1 TD. Against the Chiefs, 77 yards. In 2021, he had 1225yards, 10 TDs. In the playoffs that year, against the Patriots, 60 yards. Against the Chiefs, 6 targets, 3 receptions for 7 yards!!!! POOF In 2022, he had 1429 yards, 11 TDs. In the playoffs that year, against the Dolphins 114 yards. Against the Bengals, 10 targets, 4 receptions for 45 yards!!! POOF In 2023, he had 1183 yards, 8 TDs. In the playoffs that year, against Pittsburgh 9 targets, 7 receptions for 52 yards. against the Chiefs, 8 targets, 3 receptions for 21 yards!!! POOF So, basically, in the biggest games of the season where his play mattered the most, he disappeared. There was a real reason as to why Brandon Beane had the team eat 31 million in money charges.

I don't buy it. This team has enough good players on it to beat any other NFL team, "IF" everyone is healthy. The problem is and has been all season, the injuries with something like 38 players being injured over the course of this season. Yes, all teams have injuries, and the difference is that this team keeps winning. Josh Allen doesn't need to be Superman every game as the Bills have the #1 rushing team in the NFL and are currently #5 in points, #2 in yards. The defense is 14th in points allowed and #10 in yards allowed, and if you hadn't noticed, they are shutting down teams in the second half. The run defense has improved with Shaq Thompson starting. The New England Patriots just started getting hit with the injury bug, and because they played a 4th-place schedule is the reason as to why they are leading the division. Hopefully, this team gets healthy going forward and keeps winning in the snow/cold.

The Buffalo Bills had the #1 defense against the pass, and Joe Burrow and his receivers tore them a new one. Benford was covering Chase like a blanket, so it was mostly Higgins who made that huge dent in the Bills' pass defensive wall. Burrow is a glass QB, and needs a better O-line. Regarding the matter at hand, I would think that an OC like the Patriots have in Josh McDaniel's would do wonders for the supposedly inadequate Buffalo Bills receiver corps. What will also help greatly is having Josh Palmer back fully healthy. Interesting that Kincaid, 9 games played, Shakir, 13 games played, and Coleman, 11 games played, all share 24 first downs.

Naa, what some fans say is that "all" teams have injuries! What those fans don't get is that this team keeps winning! Even at 9-4 and after a huge win, some fans are still talking about replacing this HC or GM. Get a clue, fellas, as this owner isn't about to fire the best thing that has happened to this team in decades. He looks at his other team and says YIKES! For the life of me, I can't figure out why some fans talk like this.

That first game of the season against the Ravens, the consensus was that Peterman would get the start and Allen, being so raw, would sit out that season. The game was in Baltimore, and it was also played in heavy rain. Buffalo didn't even have a first down until the 3rd quarter. Alas, Peterman was so horrible in that first half that they threw Allen to the wolves in the second half. This was also the game that veteran CB Vontae Davis retired at halftime. LeSean McCoy had 7 rushes for 22 yards, 3 targets in the pass game for 1 reception for -1 yards. In that first half, Peterman went 5 of 18 for 24 yards, 2 INTs. 3 sacks and had a passer rating of 0.0. Allen went 6 of 15 for 74 yards and 3 sacks. Buffalo was so overmatched in that game, it wasn't funny. That first season for Allen, the O-line was crap, as were their WRs; their leading receiver was Zay Jones, along with WR Robert Foster, and WR Kelvin Benjamin. That 2018 season was funky in that the Bills started four different QBs. This was also Brian Daboll's first season as OC. QB Josh Allen went 5 of 6 in those games. Allen was injured in week 6 against Houston. QB Derek Anderson went 0-for-2. QB Nathan Peterman went 0 for 2. QB Matt Barkley went 1 and 0. Buffalo finished 6-10. Just sayin.

Anything that hurts the Chiefs is okay with me. If they get hot, they can beat anyone this year...anyone!

To da Chiefs!

Yeah, Chiefs, Cowboys, Houston, Denver...and Chargers WIN! We can kiss KC goodbye!

Ohh, but wouldn't Buffalo be behind LA then?

So, who do we want to win? I'm guessing squeegles?

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!