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Any QB will probably benefit from not playing in year one. Coaching, learning how to watch gamefilm etc is obviously helpful. At some point you have to play. You’re just not giving individual talent enough credit here. Smith with years of experience was unable to come close to Mahomes performance with largely the same cast. Some players are good and others are just great, at a completely different level. I doubt Josh Allen would be doing a Mahomes impression if he were in KC and sat a year. Four or five extra games sitting on the bench didn’t make Mahomes what he is today.

Worst thing is, going against his ex boss Belichick you’d expect he bring his best. If last night was Daboll’s best- limited cast and all- the Bills are in even worse shape than we thought.

Nowhere did I compare McD to Reid. Just pointed out that McD received a fair amount of criticism for making a decision most HCs wouldn’t make. Reid would be in the majority here. To think Mahomes became great through some sort of osmosis is just silly. Even Reid would admit he couldn’t have foreseen all time record setting success. Even when asked about about it he laughed and jokingly said “ sure, of course “. I don’t think he was just being self deprecating. You won’t be convinced, but your hypothesis doesn’t hold water.

Right! You know , Mahomes would have been awful if he was wearing blue. Can you imagine if he had to wear blue?

I doubt this. Very few HCs ( McDermott) will bench an established starter for a rookie during a playoff push. Mahomes was raw and shouldn’t have started right away, but there were reports of him even struggling in camp this year. Bottom line; there are some things even the most well trained eye cannot envision. Reid is a great offensive mind, but sometimes a player is better than you could ever imagine.

This^. Peterman lacks an NFL arm and simply cannot throw an out pattern vs regular season defenses. He just can’t play in the league.

Yep, vs Jets in ‘88 to clinch division title. Buddy and I both called in..from a pay phone right after the game lol. Damn that was a long freakin time ago!

He took a bad angle and paid the price for sure. That play plus the dropped batted ball by Milano changed the course of the game. The Bills are so offensively inept, they cannot win without takeaways. The margin for error is razor thin.

The team was winning , and though Smith had his ups and downs Reid wasn’t benching him for a rookie. Smith had earned the benefit of the doubt throughout his time in KC. That’s it. Mahomes probably benefitted somewhat from not having to play at the beginning of the season, but a player doesn’t “ become great “ sitting on the bench. Regardless of who is in front of them.

I don’t think this is true; even Ralph managed to have the Polian era. I’ll never be one to tell another fan who to root for, but if you truly believe your statement I feel for you. Your fandom is doomed to be a dark and gloomy time. The Pegulas as owners aren’t going anywhere in many of our lifetimes. I believe even through dumb luck they may get it right at some point. The drunkard in New England managed to stumble onto an unbelievable period of dominance. It can happen. I don’t know how I’d follow a team I didn’t believe could ever win.

Yep. That -210 low water mark on offense could be beaten by this years crew.

They need a vet WR or two and won’t be an attractive FA destination. A trade or two would make sense at that spot.

The only positive left would be Allen improving. Shutting him down makes no sense at this point.

Mentioned it right away in the gameday thread lol freaking classic

Historically bad. I’d guess no, and that’s saying something. The Bills all time worst point differential of -210 is within their sights.

Goes hand in hand with not having a QB

Pick sixes with Anderson come late. Pick sixes with Peterman happen from the jump.

Witten was right. Didn’t need the whole enchilada there and the Pats D was waiting for it... telegraphed the whole way by DA

And of course we broke their no defensive TD streak lol.... always the tonic for everything with that team

And that’s a wrap.... thankfully most football fans went to bed already

Anyway, what down was it

At least he acted like he made the catch.. never know with replay

Nope

Croom what a catch

Huddling up cuz the gameplan was to use all time. If they can get close they’ll have more urgency