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Did a good job catching up at least. Made the hit a bit too early which drew the flag.

Not worth a 2026 1st for Beane

Did we really not trade for Waddle because Miami wanted a 2026 1st and we would only give up a 2027 1st? I want to believe that isn't true.

I don't know maybe we'll still win this game but this is not a Super Bowl offense. We can't throw the ball forward. With Josh Allen we can't throw the ball forward. It's a historically bad team building failure.

Man we should have just gone for that 4th down. Can't rely on the defense in this one

Better go for it this time

This passing offense stinks. We can't throw the ball forward because we don't have WRs

He knows the defense is injured to hell so he takes the offense off on 4th and 1?

Hopefully McDermott now understands we can't play passive and win. They'll nickel and dime us all day. Need to keep the offense out there on 4th and short. Disappointing from a coach that until this year has done well on 4th down aggressiveness

Should have gone for that 4th down. Putting this decimated defense back on the field in the heat was a mistake.

Sigh you have to pick up 2 yards

Bishop again!!

Metcalf for a 2nd would have been a better value than Waddle for a 1st. That's the cost of waiting until the last minute to make a move. Even so if Miami wanted a 2026 1st you just have to do it for a player like that. What is the sense in drawing a line in the sand? I worry that the tagline of this regime will end up being "they never really went for it."

They got close with McGovern right before the season but the two sides couldn't come together on the guaranteed money so they tabled it until next offseason.

This is the part that's really frustrating me. Even people that didn't like him as a prospect agreed he was physical and had good YAC skills. But inexplicably even those positive traits have disappeared. His performance last year against Seattle was one of the more physical performances I've seen from a WR. What happened to that player? Now he gets bullied by the likes of Marcus Jones. Against Tennessee last year he caught a quick slant, made one move and almost took it to the house. Compare that to the quick slant he had against KC this past week where he was immediately brought down by a soft tackle. A player busting because they never overcome their negative traits, sure I can live with that, but I can't recall an instance like this where a player lost everything that was supposed to make him special. It would be like if Allen came into the NFL making inaccurate throws and horrible decisions, and then also started throwing low velocity ducks like Nathan Peterman. It's bewildering to me.

That isn't true. Philly beat Green Bay, LA, and Washington to get to the Super Bowl last year. They didn't have to "beat the best," they just had to win against tier 2 and 3 opponents. Our path by comparison was Denver, Baltimore, KC. Even if you skip the Denver game I'd still take Philly's path last year over ours 100 times out of 100. I don't understand Bills fans that worry about perception or narratives. The only narrative that matters is that we can't win a Super Bowl. Why are we being picky about what it looks like to get there?

We can beat KC on Allen's 2nd Super Bowl run. That run can be all nailbiters. I want the 1st Super Bowl to be as easy as possible. Screw all the narratives. Once we get the pressure off us it will be exponentially easier to win the next one.

Depends on how you assign win probability in those games. My take is Baltimore and KC are both 50/50 games. Let's say scenario B is Steelers, Colts, Broncos in whatever order. I'd say 75%, 60% and 75% win probability in those games respectively even assuming all are on the road. So scenario A is 25%, scenario B is 33.75%. That seems right to me. I'd rather have 3 easier games than 2 harder games.

No brainer, the 5 seed option. Super Bowl path of Jackson -> Mahomes, vs Rodgers -> Jones -> Nix. Not even a contest.

Meh. KC fans couldn't wait to get rid of him. He got 687 yards, then 315 yards, and then he was cut. He's a marginal NFL player that got overpaid based on potential that he never lived up to. Tyquan Thornton had a nice run with KC earlier this year because they had no other targets to get the ball to, and now with their WR room fully healthy he's doing nothing for them. That is basically what happened with MVS during that several game stretch with New Orleans. Not once did I ever regret letting him go or think we had misused him. Remember Isaiah Hodgins? Marginal players can have a few games where they produce above their weight class but in the end the ball doesn't lie.

Sometimes below average pass catchers just have an outlier season, and in MVS's case it wasn't even a full season it was a couple games. Mack Hollins had 690 yards with the Raiders in 2022. Our own Dawson Knox had 587 yards and 9 TDs in 2021. I don't think there's much to wonder about. Below average players always revert to their expected production. That's why MVS is now relegated to practice squads.

That's not true. They were definitely taking a WR that year. They decided to take the sure thing instead of the lottery ticket. Considering how well Diggs paid off I'm not remotely upset at them over it. To me the more depressing "what if" scenario is when we took Cody Ford over AJ Brown, DK Metcalf, and Terry McLaurin. That was Beane's biggest whiff IMO. Epecially since it isn't just hindsight, Brown and Metcalf in particular were seen as great prospects with uncoachable physical traits.

Not that I'm happy to see Benford likely miss this game, but the upside is that we'll probably see Hairston in a full time role. I'm excited to see what that looks like. It's been a while since a Bills rookie has been a legit difference maker. Beane may have found 2-3 from this class.

Bills 31 Dolphins 10 Miami is looking for any reason to mentally check out of this game, and I expect us to give them that reason by halftime. For some reason in recent years we've played them better in Miami than in Buffalo. I'll predict Allen scores all 4 TDs as he looks to build off an MVP performance against KC, especially with the likely return of Palmer and limiting Cook's snaps to recover from his ankle injury.

And honestly I'd like them to triple down. We tried opening up the pass against Atlanta and it went horribly. New England is our only opponent this year that has really managed to shut down our run. Other than that when we commit to Cook being the identity of our offense that is when we look our best. I'm not interested in getting any of these WRs more targets other than maybe Palmer when he's healthy. The offensive gameplan against KC was ideal - feed Cook, funnel the pass game through the TEs, pepper in some PA out of multiple TE sets, spam screens to Shakir and the RBs. If you consistently do all that, then you'll get the occasional downfield pass to a WR like we had to Moore because the defense is over committing elsewhere. I hope Brady keeps leaning into that identity because it's what our personnel is built to do. Forget all of the outside noise about the passing game. Commit to our strengths and live with the result.