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Thanks for the post. The bolded pretty much sums up my experience watching the Bills offense this year, too. I spend four quarters shaking my head, thinking it looks disjointed and ugly, wondering whether I should be more mad at Dorsey or Allen, pondering missed opportunities....then I look up and they've scored 30+ points and won the game. Then I check the year long stats and see that they're top five or top three in every major category in both basic stats and advanced analytics. Puzzling, indeed...but effective!

Based on what?

Benjamin Solak and Steven Ruiz and the rest of the Analytics Kids are just SO excited that Josh Allen has been turning the ball over and playing more erratically lately. SO excited. They had to sit quietly in a corner while Josh Allen became an elite, no-questions-asked top five quarterback in the league. Now that he has started turning the ball over a bit more and his completion percentage has dropped a bit? Oh man. They probably couldn't run to their keyboards fast enough to start writing these articles.

Sean McDermott, excellent at game management, confirmed.

I 100% want the Bills to spend their high picks on wide receivers and offensive linemen this offseason. With that said, Bijan Robinson is special. I didn't necessarily think Etienne or Javonte Williams or Breece Hall were special. Bijan Robinson? He seems special to me. I could see a scenario where he is the best player available for the Bills. And as has been pointed out year after year, Brandon Beane has specifically said that he wouldn't hesitate to draft a running back in the first round if he was the BPA, that he doesn't subscribe to the "never draft a running back in the first round" belief. I don't think Robinson will be a Bill. But even though there are more pressing needs that will more likely be addressed, it would be impossible for me to be mad about drafting Robinson. He's just too good.

Big Ed gonna be doing the lasso dance 2-3 times on Sunday.

I think there was an unreasonable expectation set by the two playoff games last year. The Bills offense was so unstoppable, so on fire, so historically great, that I think people expected that dominance to continue, even if subconsciously. Obviously, that's ridiculous. Such a high level of play was never likely to be sustained over the course of an entire season. After the incredible heights we saw this offense reach to end last season, they were almost set up to fail (at least in the eyes of many fans and analysts) in 2022. I'm not necessarily surprised to see that they were better this year than in 2021. I AM surprised to see that they ranked higher than they did in 2020, though.

Given all the talk of Dorsey being a step down from Daboll, the Bills lacking talent overall on offense, etc, I thought this was super interesting. In terms of DVOA, this year’s Bills offense was the best of the Josh Allen era.

I used to work at a big hotel near a convention center and arena, so we'd get a fair amount of famous guests staying with us. The one and only time I really got star-struck is when David Crosby rounded the corner from the elevator. I just froze in place and stared. I didn't mean to, but that's what happened. Absolute titan of music. You can't tell the story of folk and rock music in America without including a good bit about David Crosby. Legendary.

Absolute legend. Nothing I can really say to do him justice. RIP. https://nbc-2.com/news/entertainment/2023/01/19/legendary-musician-husband-father-and-friend-david-crosby-passes-away/ (AP) — Legendary musician David Crosby has passed away. A press release for the singer/songwriter stated: “It is with great sadness after a long illness, that our beloved David (Croz) Crosby has passed away. He was lovingly surrounded by his wife and soulmate Jan and son Django. Although he is no longer here with us, his humanity and kind soul will continue to guide and inspire us. His legacy will continue to live on through his legendary music. Peace, love, and harmony to all who knew David and those he touched. We will miss him dearly. At this time, we respectfully and kindly ask for privacy as we grieve and try to deal with our profound loss. Thank you for the love and prayers.”

Forgive me if this topic already exists. I did a quick search and couldn't find it. It seems like the era of excellent movie soundtracks is over. From the late 60s through about the late 90s, movie soundtracks had the potential to be some of the best collections of music to be released in any given year. I could list 10 different amazing soundtracks just from the 90s alone, but I'll start the thread with one that I really love: "You're Gonna Miss Me" – 13th Floor Elevators "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" – The Kinks "I'm Wrong About Everything" – John Wesley Harding "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" – The Velvet Underground "Always See Your Face" – Love "Most of the Time" – Bob Dylan "Fallen for You" – Sheila Nicholls "Dry the Rain" – The Beta Band "Shipbuilding" – Elvis Costello & The Attractions "Cold Blooded Old Times" – Smog "Let's Get It On" – Barry Jive & The Uptown Five (Jack Black) "Lo Boob Oscillator" – Stereolab "The Inside Game" – Royal Trux "Who Loves the Sun" – The Velvet Underground "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" – Stevie Wonder I mean...The Kinks, the Velvet Underground, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan, the Beta Band, Stevie Wonder, and even a funny/excellent rendering of "Let's Get It On" by Jack Black? Amazing track list. Elite. Your turn.

The amount of legendary music -- influential, classic, legitimately great music, with beautiful lyrics and incredible pop hooks -- that the Beatles put out in a roughly 8 year career is absolutely ridiculous. It will never be matched. The evolution the band underwent in that time is also impossible to overstate. They basically went from being a full-on boy band pop act to making some of the most nuanced, layered, artistically incredible music ever recorded, in just the span of a few years (and with the help of a few important substances). It would be something like the Backstreet Boys turning into Radiohead. Just wild.

Please be okay, DaQuan.

DaQuan Jones logging two straight limited practices with a "Calf" designation is a little bit concerning. Have to hope it's just precautionary. Jones would be a massive loss for this d-line if he couldn't go.

Fair point. Worthwhile reason to miss a game, though.

I don't think there's any reason to worry whatsoever. He just did that podcast last night talking about this potentially being his last game in front of Bills Mafia. Unless he sustained some injury between that podcast and today's practice, I can't imagine that his day off was anything other than a Vet Rest day.

That's not really how buying tickets to coveted events works.

Bob Dylan (greatest solo act and lyricist of all time) The Beatles (greatest band of all time) GOATs.

Here's something helpful I've learned: The fans that spend time discussing a sports team on social media and message boards usually are not representative of what the majority of that fan base as a whole is like in real life. I somehow doubt that the users on that Bengals forum are any more representative of the average Bengals fan than the users of Chiefs Planet are of most Chiefs fans. Ditto for the loudest and most well known fans on Twitter. Bengals fans mostly seem like good people from what I've encountered so far, and actually pretty similar to Bills fans, in terms of being passionate fans of a team that is JUST NOW becoming elite after years of bad football. Anyway, I wish Bengals fans all the best. They're gonna be mighty sad by 6:30pm Sunday evening.

Two things: 1.) The Bills -- rightly, in my opinion -- proposed a rule in recent years to disallow this type of thing. They proposed that all head coaching interviews should be held until after the Super Bowl. It was a logical, reasonable proposal, and it should have passed, but it didn't. 2.) Have to think "the hay is in the barn" by Saturday. That is to say, by that point, the gameplan is surely drawn up, the meetings have been held, etc. That said, the preparation and mental energy one theoretically has to expend in order to be ready for such an important interview seems notable, and that leads us back to point one. Unfortunately, this type of thing still IS allowed at the moment, and as long as the Bills continue to be one of the NFL's best teams year in and year out, it's going to keep happening and we just have to live with it.

Stubhub seems to have no shortage of tickets available. Obviously the prices are high because it's resale, but if one is so inclined...

10. Yes, I know that's weird. It's a gut feeling. It could be gas, but I don't think so. Bills are winning and advancing to the AFC Championship Game.