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The Giants aren't going to trade Barkley and they would be insane to do so for the awful compensation suggested. If they do take any of that, maybe we should get Jamarr Chase for a 5th and Pat Mahomes for Cole Beasley and a bag of footballs,

Milano is an impact player, but he didn't show up for us much when we needed him most.

As long as we're going to play a rush 4 defensive scheme, the answer has to be DL.Outside of a few select top-tier CBs, most can't lock down top WRs forever, so you depend on consistent pass rush to get there in order to force quicker throws. Yes, we've invested a lot in DL, but we haven't found our TJ Watt yet, so we shouldn't stop trying until we get one. MLB is is also a huge need in my book and if we let Levi walk, CB is also a need. All that said though, one dominant Dlineman makes everyone else on the defense better, so that's my pick.

This says everything there is to know about you.

And also runs through them.

You've chosen such a terrible hill to die on. People dump a pile of rational arguments in your lap and you can't get past 40 times which don't have very much to do with YAC. Something else worth talking about is that we ranked second in Air Yards per completion. While the aforementioned teams all were in the top 10 in that category, we had 3 receivers (Sanders, Davis, Diggs) in the top 38, more than any other team. The Rams pumped up their numbers because they got more help at the bottom of their roster while we had a 50% dropoff after Diggs to Beasley.

Imagine being 44 years old and still getting to credibly claim you went out on top?

3/4 1&2 seeds lost at home. The bills were the only road team that lost.

Today I learned that 4.4 40s are "slow". Neat.

Is he willing to play Defense full-time too?

McD is the offensive coordinator now?

Good. If I never saw another taunting penalty it would be too soon. Sack up.

I had no idea that he somehow caught 7 TDs against 210 yards with a 36% catch percentage. That's beyond weird.

This was the best game the Bills (or anyone) has ever played as far as I'm concerned. We had the perfect game the week before, but the pats no-showed, and we had the greatest comeback of all-time but the Oilers got complacent and it cost them. The Chiefs fought us tooth and nail and had the game gone on an hour longer, i doubt it would have been more than a 1 score game. I wanted them to win more than anything, but I haven't had that much fun watching football in over 15 years. I'd consider myself lucky if I got to see another game that good in my lifetime - even if it's another loss.

Tampa is going to fall apart soon. They'll be losing Godwin, Brady, Gronk, Suh, Arians, JPP, Fournette, Jones, Gholston. If Brady retires, look for everyone else to bail. They have no solution at QB barring a veteran move and those options won't replace what Brady did for them.

The hate was no less "rational" than the praise. There are QBs drafted every year, and often early int he first round. All the guys that draft them think they're going to be "the one". It's up the the players to go out there and do it. Some of the 1rst round guys flame out of the league in 3 years and some of the day 3 guys turn into Tom Brady and Russell Wilson. There's a certain element of it that's really just luck.

I was an all-time Allen detractor when he was drafted through most of year two - though I did like some of the things he did there. By the time year 3 was half over - if you were still hating the kid you were clueless. He still needed to be better, and then he did that this year. Now, I don't think he needs to be any better, but he still could be.

Sure, but isn't part of being a fan is playing the armchair coach/GM role?

I mean, the Browns, Jets, and Broncos front office all do this 24x7 and they were wrong too. Let's face it, even the Bills were kind of wrong. If they had any idea, they would have traded up to #1. If the Bills were so smart, they would have just drafted Mahomes the year earlier when he was on the board. The reality of the situation is that you do what you can based on measurables, interviews, game tape and gut. Josh Allen became a better pro than he was at any other point in his career. He clearly had the right mental makeup to get there, and I think a lot of that was coaching too. He was pretty bad his first two years in the league overall, despite the flashes of athleticism. What happened in year 3 - nothing like that has ever happened before. He took a really big jump in year 4 too with his judgement, touch, and protecting himself and the football, but that year 3 jump is something coaches and GMs will unpack forever.

The Rams are very good. Stafford is not in Mahomes league, but he has immense talent around there and is capable of huge games. Their defense has much bigger playmakers than ours, so if they can force some bad situations (turnovers, field position or just shut down drives with big TFL) they could very well win. It might be a better matchup than us.

Let's hope our pairing is that good. That would mean 7 years of division championships and a SB win. Where do I sign up?

People in high-performance jobs in their prime typically don't pass over promotions unless it's an awful situation. If he was in his 60's, maybe. You couldn't possibly pay him what a HC makes, and there's no way you could give him the prestige or the legacy.

Dude, we lost 4 super bowls. It couldn't possibly be higher than 5 based on that logic.

not when they just needed a field goal with 3 time outs with an MVP quarterback in a back and forth game.

If the Bengals find a way to win and then get blown out in turn by the Rams, this loss doesn't get looped every time Patrick Mahomes or Josh Allen plays a game. It gets remembered as a great, ultimately unimportant game, and that's the best we can hope for. They too can then play the "what if" game.