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thewookie1

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  1. It depends on the money, if he’s near vet minimum with some incentives, sure. Rasul as a depth CB would be a coup for this team’s defense. He’s not a true starter at this point but he’s far better than trying to run a random young guy out there if we have multiple DB injuries. 
     

    That being said I’d wait until post-draft. I’d rather bring back him than reach on a pair of CBs for its own sake. I don’t want to pass on a top tier prospect at DL because we lack depth outside

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  2. In the end the matchups are very close and thus every ref related situation is magnified.  
     

    The refs missed calls on both sides

     

    The Bills got screwed on possibly 2 spots on one drive while up 1 in the 4th. 
     

    The NFL loves to message games to keep them close and interesting. In many ways both sides took some licks in that regard but the Bills took a serious shot upon that 4th and 1. I have zero doubt that the NFL marked it short to keep the game on a razor’s edge. If the Bills go down and score a TD and get the 2 on their 3rd try; the Bills are up 30-21 and puts Kansas City in a pickle depending on how long their ensuing drive takes. The NFL is hoping for a back and forth affair to the very end and OT if possible; especially after the NFC Championship was a blowout. You give Buffalo the opportunity to be up 9 with 12 left in the game; suddenly a different story is made. Instead of lead swaps you get Buffalo trying to hold off KC biting at their ankles and while fun; doesn’t bring the 13 seconds game level of drama. 
     

    If Allen to Kincaid works out; the Bills likely work down the field and eventually get screwed by the refs forcing the FG. Now you get the new OT between the teams who effectively caused the rule to begin with. 
     

    In the end they wanted the Chiefs to win the game because they get Swiftie viewers, who knows how long they’ll have that well to go to, and a 3peat dynasty narrative to yammer on about. 
     

     

  3. Allen has the clutch gene but to be clutch requires confidence. Mahomes has the clutch gene and when he pulls off a magic trick he’s rewarded with wins. Allen, on the other hand, ends up with some success, some mind numbing drops, and an occasional miss. For a QB to be clutch it requires himself and another most of the time to pull it off. Where they differ is as time has passed Allen has lost some faith in pulling off miracles whereas Mahomes is fully confident in the ability to do so. 

  4. 4 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

     

    too bad he moved right instead of left..... 

     

    Moving left puts him in a worse spot; he'd be chasing Shakir and drawing defenders with him while his other targets all our going right.

  5. Just now, Big Turk said:

    Not sure I have ever seen a team quit in a playoff game as a strategy by their coach with 8+ minutes left.

     

    This has been a disgraceful performance all around by the Vikings. Everyone gets an F in this game for them.


    Closest I recall was the Patriots against us; but that was the last 3 minutes or so

  6. 17 hours ago, klos63 said:

    A lot to unpack here.  But how do you know 'the media' hate the Bills and Buffalo? I guess if you ignore the praise the team gets and the praise the fan base gets,  yeah,  you're right. 

    The racism call is ridiculous.  Lamar is absolutely deserving of the mvp this season,  so it's Allen.  Are the Allen voters racist for not selecting Lamar.

    The voting hasn't taken place yet and you're whining about it.  If Allen wins, will you take back this all back?

     

    The hate for the team and city isn't blatant in the sense of outright saying it. But we are the only team with as much success as we have had recently to constantly receive a perpetual status of being usurped by our divisional opponents regardless of our dominance. There are certainly media fans of the city and its fans but many of the old crones with votes seem to scoff at any Buffalo player in regards to awards.

     

    Lamar has a claim this year but for the very same reason Josh did last year. It has more to do with media coverage and how many African American pundits became jingoistic about "Lamar for MVP" as soon as he even had a couple good games and seemed to actively target Allen with slander and libel

  7. There’s three reasons Josh isn’t getting MVP votes more than likely.

     

    1. Much of the media hate the Bills and Buffalo as a whole. Add to that many dislike Allen for actually making many of them look dumb and you have an easy anti-Allen group of voters. We have a handful of Buffalo backing or at least respecting reporters and many who wish we’d move. Meanwhile Allen winning any award would create a concrete example of their complete misjudgment of Allen at the draft.

     

    2. Moving goalposts - although Allen has fulfilled everything Jackson did last year and then some while having a great record too. Now they wish to go purely statistics based and ignore the record and the like. Allen having a great statistical year and solid record against a hard schedule last year was ignored but will be fully used to promote Lamar’s year.

     

    3. Lastly, as much as I hate to say it, racism does play a part as well. There is a block of voters in the group that are going to vote based on skin color alone. We know that based on the many talking head shows. The number of African American pundits that have actively campaigned for Lamar and/or degraded Allen over the past month or so is very apparent. When you hear them referring to Lamar and Barkley as a “brother” or other similar slang you can see a particular bias exposed. RGIII while not a voter likely isn’t the lone pundit that seems personally invested in Lamar beating Allen even if it means being hypocritical to last season’s vote. Hell, some of those talking heads complained he didn’t get a sweep of 1st place votes last year. Rarely do their arguments involve anything but claiming Lamar’s greatness and demean Allen’s performance while attacking other analysts liking Allen. Or you see those like Acho who have downplayed it to Allen will win purely due to voter fatigue. Frankly I only started to notice this point after Allen started getting seen as the favorite for MVP; suddenly a dozen or so African American analysts suddenly became defensive against Allen winning the MVP after seemingly being fine with it until after the Chiefs game. At first is was mainly Barkley talk but once Lamar had a couple good games it shifted more to him. 

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  8. Steelers, but only because of a combination between historical meetings of the two and Lamar’s lackluster playoff performances. It’s either going to be a Ravens blowout or a Steelers sneak a win by a field goal type of game. 
     

    As for the Bills game, I expect a nigh even 1st half and the Bills to stomp them in the 2nd with the help of turnovers. 

  9. 5 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

    I haven't had a chance to look myself.  What happened on the interception.  Did coleman get tangled up and fall down?  Was the throw a few yards short?

     

    Seemed like Josh was giving him a chance with his size and hoping for a catch or a penalty.


    One DB fought him to the back of the endzone while Keon did try to work back. Somehow no DPI. At the same time I think the weather played a small part in killing the distance a degree akin to how the kickers were struggling to get distance. 

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