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I DO get the feeling that we'll be seeing Allen vs Jackson for years and years to come. Throw in Mahomes, Mayfield, and Darnold, and we're looking at a really exciting AFC over the next decade.

Lots of great responses in this thread. A few I saw over and over were Tre White, Josh Allen, and Micah Hyde. Good choices, all. I hope Tre White gets some national exposure in the years to come. If he played literally anywhere other than Buffalo, he'd be a national star.

I know, I know. Difficult question, right? How are you supposed to pick just ONE favorite current Buffalo Bill? Not easy. There are only two rules to this. It's got to be a player currently on the roster or practice squad, and you can only choose one. If you name three or four guys you like, well, that's cheating! I'll start: My favorite current Buffalo Bill is Tre'Davious White. White is my favorite player for a ton of reasons. As the first draft pick of the McDermott era, he kind of set the tone and laid the mold for what McDermott wanted his Bills to be. On the field, he's money. He can play man or zone with great effectiveness, he can press, he can tackle. He is extremely versatile and can do absolutely everything you need a cornerback to do. He always makes clutch plays in the 4th quarter or when the game is on the line. He is a hard worker, an avid watcher of film, and he hustles and gives 100% effort at all times. Aside from what he does as a player, he also seems to be a great guy. He's a family man, a man of faith, and is active in the community. On top of all that, he's absolutely hilarious. His joyful presence brings some much needed light heartedness to the Bills locker room. Watching him dance always cracks me up. Oh, and I almost forgot: The dude's a great goalie. Didn't allow a SINGLE goal in college! Now you.

Nice post. You've already brought more to the table than the other Ravens fans who found their way over here this week. Hopefully you're back to talk ball on Monday if the Bills somehow find a way to win. As Whatdrought mentioned, even if the Bills lose, the silver lining for us Bills fans will be that it hopefully means the path to the Super Bowl goes through Baltimore rather than Foxborough. I would honestly sacrifice this win if it meant ultimately keeping the Patriots out of their fourth straight Super Bowl. One more thing: I expect that somehow, by hook or by crook, there will be a Ravens-Pats re-match in the playoffs. If that happens, I'd be very nervous as a Ravens fan. It's one thing to beat Belichick once in a given season. Doing it twice? Not so easy. Here's to a good game Sunday with no injuries.

Somebody named Christian Alamodis from something called Clutchpoints.com? Pardon me, but why should I give a hoot?

Outstanding post, thanks! I especially like the bolded parts, as it relates to the Bills. Tremaine Edmunds might play the part of the "speedy, agile" defender formerly filled by Kearse. As far as not wanting the QB to know what the coverage was going to look like until the last second -- the Bills defense is as good at disguising coverages as any team in the league. Should be a very interesting Sunday.

I also heard that Josh Allen always knows the EXACT location of Carmen SanDiego!

Cover 1 mentioned on Twitter that the last time Jackson came onto the field against the Bills -- and granted it was in garbage time in a Ravens blowout win -- the Bills came out in a 46 Bear front with Tremaine Edmunds in more of an edge/down-lineman role. Can't help but wonder if that's their plan to stop him this time around. Don't forget that Leslie Frazier was a member of the '85 Bears defense, and he knows the strengths and weaknesses and capabilities of that type of defensive front.

You originally stated that the Ravens have the best secondary in the league. I'm not sure if, with the statement above, you're trying to say that the outcome of ONE GAME is supposed to decide the matter. Is that what you're saying? If so, and if Josh Allen throws for more yards than Lamar Jackson, I assume you'll admit you were wrong? Deciding "best secondary in the league" based on one game is silly. There's a stat to decide the issue, and it's called "pass defense ranking". Bills 3rd, Ravens 13th.

Fair enough. Saying "the Ravens secondary is very good" or "the Ravens secondary has three excellent corners and two great safeties" is one thing. Coming onto the message board of the team with the 3rd ranked pass defense to state that your 13th ranked pass defense is the "best secondary in the league" is just, well...it's inaccurate fan hyperbole at best, trolling at worst.

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You can come in here with your freshly created account and spout lots of nonsense. One thing you can NOT say, though, is that the Ravens have the best secondary in football. The Bills have the 3rd ranked pass defense in the NFL. The Ravens? 13th. Nice try. By the way: I'm sure if the Ravens lose, you'll be sticking around on Monday to talk about it, right? ? Trolls gonna troll.

It's endlessly funny to me how worked up people get about uniform combos. I get it -- to an extent. We all (myself included) have our favorites and our least favorites. But without fail, every week, there are people getting straight up MAD about this stuff, and that makes me laugh.

Can anyone elaborate?

This has been known for at least a week now, since the Bills-Colts article came out and mentioned that Kim Pegula requested these jerseys for this game. Has to be my least favorite Bills uniform combo. At the end of the day, though, who cares? Just win, baby!

Totally true. You're right. Personally, I just don't see the clinch likely this week. Not only would the Bills have to beat the Ravens, but the three or four other outcomes that would have to happen just seem unlikely to me. I don't expect this week to be the week the Bills clinch. For all intents and purposes, the Bills just need to win one more game to assure playoffs. It may not technically, officially clinch for them, but it pushes the playoff odds above 99%, which is good enough for me.

I've said it before. It's really simple. The Bills need only win ONE of their remaining four games to have a >99% chance at playoffs. This according to FiveThirtyEight and the New York Times playoff machine. Just one game. Any one of the remaining four. Doesn't even matter which one. Just win one and they're a virtual lock.

Check his Twitter timeline. He has some.....interesting beliefs.

You're right. I am wrong. I stand corrected. Pot is much stronger these days.

But Kuechly has made has living as a WILL. Why make an All-Pro WILL linebacker change positions? And why ask him to do it in order to unseat a guy who is ALREADY playing well at MIKE for Buffalo? And what about the fact that your SAM usually comes off the field for about 40% of plays? And why would Kuechly choose Buffalo -- a team who, in your scenario, wants him to change positions -- over other teams that would let him play his natural position? So many questions.

The Cowboys, for instance, could likely have dominated the game against the Bills if they had simply FED ZEKE and stuck to the run. To the Bills great fortune, they did not. I definitely don't think just ANY team can beat Buffalo by running and running only. The Ravens, though, appear to be one such team.

Me either. It would really stunt his development, in my opinion. I just have to hope that Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane, being notoriously meticulous and well-prepared guys, have got a short list of OC replacements on hand, and that whoever they choose in this hypothetical scenario keeps things as similar as possible to Daboll's scheme. I suppose I'm getting ahead of myself with all of this, but it IS one of the risks of having a head coach whose pedigree is defense. Having one's DEFENSIVE coordinator hired away isn't as big of a deal. Having to make wholesale changes to OFFENSIVE systems, though? Not so easy.

This. Entirely this. When I take emotion and bias out of the equation and look at this game from a strictly matchup-based point of view, it doesn't look good for Buffalo. A middling (at best) run defense against an elite, Roman-schemed running team. And even IF you devote all of the necessary resources to stopping Ingram, Lamar will take it on a keeper and gain 20. The only way I see the Bills winning this game is by matching the Ravens score for score and being the last team with the ball as the game ends with a chance for a winning TD or FG. I simply do not see the Bills stopping the run or keeping points off the board. I hope, hope, hope I am wrong, but this has all the makings of an ugly one for Buffalo.

I considered it reasonably likely that Daboll would get poached. I had presumed that Dorsey would step into the OC role, making for a seamless transition. If BOTH get taken? No bueno.

If the Bills somehow end up losing both Daboll and Dorsey to other jobs this offseason.....Ouch.