Logic

Gun to yer head: Josh Allen or Matt Milano?

The only correct uniform rankings (not including the drought era or 90s sets): 1. All-White throwbacks 2. All-white away 3. Blue-on-white 4. Blue-on-white throwbacks (not used since 2010) 5. White-on-blue 6. All-blues 7. All-reds

This was the most aesthetically pleasing possible choice when going against the 49ers white-on-gold. I will note that it's interesting they've pivoted to more blue-on-white and white-on-blue this year after seeming to prefer the all-blues and all-whites last year. I wonder what changed.

I'm curious what hard hitting questions you would have preferred. Genuinely: If given press credentials in advance of the Bills' matchup with the 49ers, what question(s) would you have asked?

Now that we have the practice report (and granted it's only Wednesday), If I had to guess: Coleman and Brown will play. Milano will play. Kincaid will miss this week and next week. Carter will be active. Grable will be a gameday inactive.

If he was, you'd have to assume the ghost of Ralph Wilson would find a way to pull Flutie from the gig and insert Rob instead.

ME. I care. Seriously, I do. I'm sick and goddamn tired of Josh Allen not getting the credit he deserves as the best (or at the very worst, second best) football player on planet earth. He is an all-time great, a future Hall of Famer, and a player the likes of which we will probably not see again in our lifetimes. Give me one Josh Allen MVP and one Lombardi and I can die a happy man.

OMGGGGGG. BILLS BY A TRILLION!!!!!

Your source must've been pulling your leg. It's more like trying to find a cashew in a crow's nest.

Ugghhhh this just reminded me that I have to listen to Chris Collinsworth this week. I'm setting the over/under on the amount of times he says the name "Mahomes" at 4.5.

You could actually take a panel off the top and put the action figures inside at the little chess table. And you could open the cockpit and put two figures in there as well. Receiving this toy was the peak of life. All downhill from there.

100% The Pro Bowl is a joke. All Pro is all that matters. The problem is that the Pro Bowl doesn't specifically designate separate spots for slot receivers or nickel corners. It should, but it doesn't. It's positional allocation is antiquated. If there were slot and nickel allocations specifically, Shakir and Johnson would both merit consideration. But there aren't.

Not in my opinion. Ja'Marr Chase Zay Flowers George Pickens Garrett Wilson Brian Thomas Jr Are all ahead of Shakir in yardage and touchdowns, and all would get my vote for an AFC playoff spot over Shakir. I like Khalil Shakir. I also like James Cook. But if you want to give a spot to either of those guys, you have to tell me who you're taking out to make room for them, and I see lots of more deserving players ahead of both at their respective positions.

Raiders fans are definitely the biggest exceptions to my west coast vs east coast generalization. In my experience, most Raiders fans I've met are fiercely loyal, proud, are NOT fairweather fans, and proudly display their team's colors all year round. I'd tend to attribute it to the fact that the Raiders spent most of their existence in Oakland, a city which has a very blue collar east coast kind of feel to it. Then again, I know plenty of Raiders fans aren't from Oakland and have never been there. Being a Raiders fan is an identity unto itself, going back to the 1960s. Tough, hard nosed, fierce, rule-breaking, outlaw football. "The autumn wind is a raider", and all that jazz. Anyway...It's interesting being an east coast Bills diehard living in mellow, west coast, soccer fan country. People think I'm crazy. That's okay -- I probably am.

Since it will be December the next time our Buffalo Bills take the field, I thought I would post this stat that I found rather incredible, in hopes that you all may enjoy it as much as I did. We all know that it's important to playing your best football in December as the playoffs approach. Well...

As long as Woody Johnson is owner of the New York Jets, they will continue to be a laughingstock. He is a truly bad owner. Meddlesome, impatient, and impulsive. I hope that Woody Johnson continues to own the New York Jets until his dying day, at age 120.

If it were actually based on their level of play this season: Josh Allen Dion Dawkins Christian Benford Terrell Bernard That's it. No one else on the Bills this year reasonably warrants Pro Bowl consideration. What it will actually be based on how arbitrary and stupid Pro Bowl voting is: Nobody. Zero Buffalo Bills. Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, and Joe Burrow will all get voted to the Pro Bowl over Josh Allen. It's a broken and stupid and meaningless voting system, and its results have no bearing on reality. The All-Pro vote is all that matters any more.

Watching on Hard Knocks as they tried really hard to move up this year for Drake Maye but were unable to do so was painful. Then when Schoen announces to Daboll that they couldn't get a deal done and will be sticking with Daniel Jones, you can just tell that Dabes sees the writing on the wall. Hard to watch. Still surprised the Giants agreed to it, and I doubt any NFL team will agree to an offseason Hard Knocks ever again.

It's honestly the same up here in Portland, Oregon. Lots of Seahawks fans. When they're having a great season, you see all the Seahawks jerseys and "12" flags everywhere. When they're anything less than great? Not so much. Even this year, where they're leading the division, I haven't seen or heard much from Seahawks fans. I sorta think it's a west coast vs east coast thing. Whereas fans of teams like the Bills and Steelers live in cold weather, blue collar cities and live and die with their teams, fans of teams like the Seahawks and 49ers live in gentler climate cities with lots to do and lots of nature and sightseeing opportunities. In my experience, they just don't live and die with their teams the same way east coast football fans seem to. There are exceptions of course, but as a general rule, I've found that it holds pretty true.

I refuse to acknowledge the veracity of your thesis statement. Bad men, all.

The amount of GMs that could potentially be good at their jobs but get fired before ever finding out due to inability to procure a quality quarterback is crazy. Makes you wonder where Brandon Beane would be if the Bills had missed out on Allen and had to settle for, say, Josh Rosen or Mason Rudolph. Getting the QB is really THE thing for a GM. If he hits on a QB, especially a REALLY good one, he's got job security for quite a while. If he doesn't? Back to the unemployment line. Crazy thing with Schoen and Daboll is it seems they may not even get the chance to pick a guy. I mean...they re-signed Daniel Jones to a big contract, so I guess that counts, but...sheesh.

I don't agree that the line should be 2.5 or 3 if Purdy is playing. These aren't last year's 49ers. They're 5-6. The Bills are 9-2 and playing at home. The Bills are 22-4 at home the last 3 calendar years, and have lost two games TOTAL in the month of December since 2020 -- both of which came in 2021. Bills are very good. 49ers are not. Bills at home and in December are elite. Bills just beat the Chiefs -- who are objectively better than the 49ers -- by 9 points. Spread is where it should be regardless of QB, IMO.

I don't think that's fair. Chargers were a collection of great football talent last year and stunk. What did Michigan do before he arrived? San Fran? Stanford? I get your point. He chooses his jobs well. He's also a good coach, and the proof is in the pudding.