oldmanfan

But I have them winning the Lombardi. To amplify we tie with the Jets at 10-7 but they win the tie break. But we then beat the Bengals for the AFC and the Seahawks for the Lombardi.

10 and the wildcard

Oh yeah

Sorry, we beat Bengals!

AFC division champs: Jets: 11-6 Steelers: 10-7 Jags: 11-6 Chiefs: 12-5 Wild card: Bills (11-6), Bengals (10-7), Fish (10-7) Playoffs: Bills beat Steelers, Jags beat Fish, Bengals beat Jets Bills beat Jags, Bengals beat Chiefs Bills beat Bengals NFC division champs: Eagles (12-5), Lions (10-7), Saints (8-9), Seahawks (10-7) Wlidcard: Niners (10-7), Cowboys (10-7), Giants (9-8) Niners beat Saints, Seahawks beat Giants, Lions beat Cowboys Eagles beat Cowboys, Seahawks beat Niners Seahawks beat Eagles Super Bowl: Bills beat Seahawks

My apologies

Not upset. I just can’t understand the motivation

So you say you have no idea what players do in the off-season, then proceed to discuss and criticize what Allen does in the off-season. Thanks for verifying what I put in the opening post. I’m good thanks!

They are saying we haven’t gotten to a Super Bowl because our defensive coaching has let the opposition score too much, whereas Belichick’s teams did not. You really are clueless.

Who did?

He did not admit what you are saying. What the hell is wrong with you? Belichick us a defensive coach? My God. Go back and watch our first Super Bowl. What a moron.

I am saying I do not understand it. I do not understand why people will buy into any idiot Internet comment to be negative about a team that has been in the playiffs for several years. I don’t understand why people believe their star QB doesn’t work hard enough based on a columnist who the same day said everything he said about Diggs was just made up. Explain to me the rationale behind such thought.

No. When people choose to believe rumor mongers like Whitlock and criticize Allen because of it, that is absurd.

Not constant, but irrational to be sure.

If I was a Chiefs fan and people were constantly negative I would struggle to understand that too.

This is absolute utter horse crap.

That was in terms of workouts, not quality of play. Try to keep up

Where have I done that? I am not a fan of other teams. I am sure the same thing happens with other teams. Why is that important?

You want to be that way have at it. I don’t understand why.

Do you have any concept of sarcasm? Kidding in an interview? Just look at the guy. And if you look at guys like Brady or Manning, was it them being workout warriors that made them great? You are looking for reasons to be negative and critical. And I don’t understand why.

If you can look at that picture and say he’s not working out then you have absolutely no objectivity.

Someone posted a picture of Josh just to show you how fit he is, and you ignore it. Why? What possible reason do you have to do that? Really? Because the stuff about Edmunds has gone in all off-season. Where have you been?

I struggle to understand this fan base sometimes. Many seem to actively search for ways to downplay the team’s fortunes and/or denigrate specific players, management and such. Examples include: 1. Ragging on for years on Edmunds, then as soon as he leaves in free agency ragging on Beane for not resigning or replacing him. 2. Ragging on Beane for not having a veteran guy behind Brown at RT, then ragging on him because the guy he got retired (as if Beane should be Nostradamus) then ragging on getting Ifedi as if we were going to get an All Pro. There are many such examples. But the last 24 hours or so have taken the cake, because who are we negative on now? Josh Allen. And why? Mainly because of two articles from the gasbag known as Jason Whitlock, the first of which he said was a lie, then the second of which he claims Josh doesn’t work hard enough and it’s supposedly well known. Throw in an interview with MacAfee where Josh specifically states he watches a lot of film but qualifies what he takes from it, and all of a sudden it’s Josh that is why the Bills haven’t won a Lombardi. It’s Josh who drinks too much (one incident with Kyle Allen), Josh who doesn’t work out, Josh who doesn’t spend enough time on football in the off-season (put your TV on and measure in minutes how long till you see Mahomes in a commercial). Or Josh impregnating waitresses, which no reputable news source has validated. All this leads me to ask: what the hell is wrong with some people around here? I am not saying Josh can’t improve. He needs to continue learning to take the short routes, get the ball out quicker, etc. but to claim he is now somehow the problem, that it’s his work ethic, that as one person said here that they don’t like Josh personally as if he actually has ever met the guy? Come on. I have thought for quite a long time there are folks on this board that really want the Bills to lose so they can somehow crow on a message board that they were right. I think some of the stuff we’re seeing is some bizarre defense mechanism people throw up as a guard should the Bills not win it all. Me? I’ve been a fan since 1960 when I was 5 years old. I will do as I’ve always done, enter the season with optimism and then see how things go. Offer praise when merited as well as criticism when merited. But to actively seek out reasons for negativism, even to the point of believing nonsensical crap to do so? I don’t get it.

You don’t have the slightest clue about his workout regimen. None whatsoever. Someone posted a picture of him with Davis to show his upper body tone and you keep on with this crap. Allen can improve, as can any player. He needs to learn to take check downs, get the ball out quicker. But to suggest the Bills aren’t winning Super Bowls because Josh isn’t committed is just nuts.

Well stated as usual. I would add the term Middle LB implies you have two other LB, one on either side. Hard to have a MLB with just 2 LBs on the field.