HappyDays

I forgot he was on the team lol

Ugh that's a bummer

I don't want to overreact but we might have a player that ends up the best blocking TE of all time

Joe Brady masterclass so far

Play calling balance has been perfect. Totally unpredictable on every down

Lol Allen is playing his own game tonight. The rest of the field is just there along for the ride

A lot more play action tonight and it's been effective

I didn't panic after the 1st defensive drive because Tua can't execute after the scripted plays are gone.

The blocking TE has a nice pair of hands

Damn that was a dime

I'm loving Kincaid's sure hands in this one

Hopefully Miami would trade him to the NFC if given the chance. A few teams out there could use him. San Fran makes a lot of sense, they desperately need a WR and we know Hill works in that system. Seattle could use a Metcalf replacement. I could see LA or Washington going after him too to put themselves over the top. I wouldn't be so sure that KC will try to trade for him. That kind of move hasn't been their MO in recent years. It kind of flies under the radar but their ownership has not been willing to spend cash up front the way some of the other contenders have. They've let a few of their best players go because they weren't willing to pay them, Hill himself included.

Miami will give it their all in the 1st half. The players still have pride and know they need to put good tape out there regardless of how this season goes. The key is to be aggressive early on and build a two score lead. Give them a reason to lay down and die and they'll take it. Let them stay in the game and it could become a dogfight.

Jags fans are not happy with BTJ right now. All over social media I see them saying he has been playing soft and some are even saying he should be benched for a game to teach him a lesson. Liam Cohen was even asked about his lack of effort in the post game presser after the Cincy loss. Still very early in the season but if that problem continues that is obviously a big red flag. Extremely talented player but there were questions on his toughness coming out of LSU.

So I agree with this, Diggs should be counted as a 1st round investment. Yeah it's not exactly the same as drafting a rookie WR but it feels like pointless semantics to argue that it doesn't count. The combined offseasons of 2019 and 2020 was really the last time Beane made it a point to invest in the position. The result was a very effective three headed monster spearheaded by Allen coming into his own. Since 2020 though it's impossible to deny the lack of investment. I feel better about the strategy right now than I did 18 months ago but I definitely still have my doubts.

For me it's not about the total investment (or lack thereof), it's about the various times over the years where they had a chance to invest in one but didn't. The 2019 2nd round really sticks out, taking Cody Ford over DK Metcalf and AJ Brown, even Terry McLaurin. Last year when they took DeWayne Carter over Troy Franklin. Or this past offseason where they didn't trade for DK Metcalf and passed up on guys like Jalen Royals and Tory Horton on day three. None of this is based on hindsight either, plenty of us on here were calling for these moves when they were available. It feels like they've only invested in the position when absolutely necessary. Any time they have an opportunity to really stack the room they keep finding a reason to use the draft pick or the money on some other position. Beane can give whatever reasons he wants, it's a simple fact that he values the position less than any other GM in the league. This feels like a defining season to see if that strategy can really work to win a championship. The first 53 minutes of the Baltimore game kind of got erased from the fanbase's memory but there were real problems with the downfield passing offense in that game and it remains to be seen if that is going to be a fatal flaw of this team.

Do you believe Sam Darnold would have ended up the MVP if he had been drafted to Buffalo? Not a gotcha question, I'm genuinely curious what you think.

I don't think he is ever going to live up to his status as a 1st round pick at this point. The route running/pass catching abilities just haven't been as good as advertised. But he has been better this season as a blocker and is still a solid pass catcher at least. So at least he hasn't been a total bust like Elam was.

We need to wrap up the #1 seed by week 18 to give our defense two full weeks of rest. With our schedule and our division that is a very doable outcome if we stay focused and don't drop any stupid games.

I just couldn't disagree more with this. Daboll was a nobody that had spent his career as the OC for bottom ranked offenses. Allen's pass catchers were Kelvin Benjamin, Zay Jones, Andre Holmes, and Charles Clay. His starting OL was 2nd year Dion Dawkins, Vlad Ducasse, Russell Bodine, John Miller, and Jordan Mills. A lot of young QBs have a solid veteran in the room to help them learn - Allen had Nathan Peterman. We only retroactively say that the Bills set Allen up for success because he ended up a success. The reality is he had as bad a supporting cast as you could possibly formulate. Allen has a lot of superpowers that make him an elite QB. One that probably doesn't get enough credit nationally is his ability to confront his flaws and fix them ridiculously fast. Allen has had plenty of bad games throughout his career but he has very very rarely had two in a row. He completely rebuilt his mechanics from the ground up and recently changed his entire play style to fit a new scheme and philosophy. I credit McDermott and Beane for turning the culture around here but I don't credit them for Allen's ascension. His own mental and physical abilities made him who he is today.

He wears blue and orange. That makes it easy to dislike him in my book.

I think Mayfield is actually the perfect example of what I mean. He was not a bad QB in Cleveland, they just decided to move on because they have the worst owner in the NFL. And I think Mayfield himself would admit he wasn't really giving it his all early in his career. Not that he was especially lazy like say Jamarcus Russell was, but you didn't hear the stories of almost psychotic commitment to getting better like you heard with Allen or Mahomes or Brady. Did spending a year on the Panthers scout team turn his career around? Did Matt Rhule change the way he approached the position? Of course not. What happened is he put his head down and re-dedicated himself to his craft, then when opportunity knocked on a potential game winning drive for the Rams he was ready and seized his moment. Next thing you know Liam Cohen is getting the credit for "fixing" Baker Mayfield and gets a head coaching opportunity because they think he can "fix" Trevor Lawrence. Well, early returns on that aren't looking so great. The QB is going to have to fix himself. Nobody can do it for him. This conversation reminded me of a hilarious post I saw earlier: