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Clearly a doubter. The beauty of bad weather games is that both QBs on both teams need to play in the same weather. Allen is built for bad weather games. Our game against Baltimore was a bad weather game. He outperformed his competition... by a lot. We're good.

Big difference between playing psychic and predicting wins and being a "doubter." I know the Bills can win any game against any team in the NFL. They're a legit Super Bowl contender moving forward. That doesn't mean they'll win every game. I'm 100% circling the wagons... but sorry, I won't crown us Super Bowl Champs til we win it.

That should have been a TD. It's an easy catch compared to those 2 sideline catches last week.

I think some are being overly harsh in terms of Allen and especially Daboll vs. the Ravens. Daboll I generally understand the game plan and am fine with it. And I've been a huge critic of his for the last 3 years. But frankly, Josh Allen is the best player on the team and Diggs is the 2nd best player. Our OL has been quietly spectacular at pass blocking all season and not very good at run blocking. On top of that, we lost Moss last week, who was the better RB this season in an already below average RB corps. Once Yeldon was activated and the fan-favorite from week 17 Williams became inactive, it was pretty obvious we were going to come out passing. And you can argue that we shouldn't have called so many deep passes in the wind, but I think those shots ended up keeping the Ravens D honest and opened up the short to intermediate game, which was working well. The winds obviously affected the deep passes just like they affected FG kicking, but I'd guess Daboll was in Allen's ear that misses on the deep passes are fine as long as they aren't picked. And we were moving the ball fairly effectively in the 1st half against the best D I think Buffalo has faced all year and will face in the last game or (hopefully) 2 that they play. Davis should have had a TD. And the passing game in the first half opened up the run game a bit in the 2nd half, specifically for that first TD drive coming right out of the half. I wish we could run the ball, too. But I don't think we have the RBs or OL to do it very much. Daboll didn't call a flawless game, but he called a pretty darn good game against a great D. If I were to critique him--and this is a season long critique--it's that I think when he decides to commit a little more to the run, he goes to the well 1 or 2 times too often. Yesterday at one point in the 2nd half Singletary got a good gain on 1st down and then we ran almost the same play on 2nd down and he was stuffed. I understand the theory, but I think he should just count his blessings we got positive yardage and get the ball back in the hands of his most dynamic players. Allen I think I covered some of it above, but I was actually impressed by him. Yes he had another fumble, but this one wasn't really his fault the way it was against the Colts. He was otherwise incredibly careful with the football. I can't think of a single pass that was nearly intercepted, can you? All of his deep passes that he missed were out of reach of absolutely anyone, including the pass to Diggs in double coverage that I think a lot of people were highly critical of. I think I was expecting Allen to run the ball more, but there were a number of plays that looked like RPOs where he chose to pass instead of run or hand off and overall, they seemed to be good decisions. In the end, that wind just wreaked havoc on the game, but that wind was precisely the reason we drafted Allen in the first place. Other than those deep passes missed probably in part to the wind, Allen was fantastic in the short to intermediate passing game with some of his weekly "WOW!!!" passes like that one to Brown on the sideline that Al Michaels initially said was out of bounds. Heck, he completed 62% of his passes in that wind even with those deep misses while playing with an absence of 2 of his favorite targets in Beasley and Davis. He saw what our D was doing and did a good job in terms of finding a way to get a lead and then protecting that lead. I honestly went into yesterday's game thinking that we'd lose. I know that sounds bad, but I just thought the Ravens offense would be able to score against our D and that our offense hadn't seen a D as strong and intimidating as Baltimore's. I was wrong and am so glad I was. I won't doubt this team again. I wouldn't predict a Super Bowl win, but this team is ABSOLUTELY more than capable of beating absolutely ANY team remaining in the playoffs in the AFC or NFC. Welcome back to the AFC Championship game, Buffalo!!!!

Great find. Yes it's pretty clear he at least got a small piece of that ball, but I think Johnson was there to intercept it, regardless.

I don't follow any other teams closely enough to be able to agree that they're the closest team in the NFL, but I've been sayin for awhile that this team really and truly seems to love each other. From the high-pitched "WE LOVE YOU JOSH ALLEN!!" from Beasley and Feliciano to Dawkins CONSTANTLY talking about his love for Allen to Allen getting video-bombed by his teammates in almost every post-game on-field interview to that interview with Diggs and Allen yesterday... you can tell there's a lot of love with this team. Diggs and Allen legitimately look like they're best friends. In the end I think we'll all agree that Diggs is the best non-draft acquisition the Buffalo Bills have ever made.

Sounds right. I'm 39 years old and have been a fan for probably 31 or 32 years. My life essentially revolves around the Bills during football season. When they win, my entire week is good. When they lose, all I want to do is get to the next game to get that sour taste out of my mouth. Night losses are the worst because I can't sleep. I think tonight I won't sleep well no matter what. If we lose I'll be depressed playing the "what if" game in my head. If we win I'll be so excited playing a different "what if" game. I think being a Bills fan is just different.

"Josh Allen has gone unbeaten against top 10 defenses this season" https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/scouting-report-josh-allen-has-gone-unbeaten-against-top-10-defenses-this-season/article_c99bcb16-5747-11eb-b2b0-2f58b883e0a8.amp.html When the Bills throw: Josh Allen made plays outside of the pocket last week against the Colts. According to analytics website Pro Football Focus, Allen had 117 passing yards outside the pocket against Indianapolis, most in his career. Baltimore limited opponents to 4.79 yards per attempt on passes outside the pocket this season, which was third in the NFL, so Allen will be challenged. ... Prediction: Bills 27, Ravens 24.

Well this is just silly... especially in response to that post. If you believe what I just posted was antagonizing and the equivalent of fisticuffs on my part, then I guess I'd have to call you a snowflake. And if you view what I just said as antagonizing... you're an even bigger snowflake. "Over there" the issue was they could dish it out but couldn't take it. And I'm not talking about insults. I'm talking about disagreement or challenges to the veracity of an argument. Whatever is going on over there is a sad state of affairs likely being monitored by the Government right now because of a few bad apples allowed to remain. But hey, at least they kicked off any dissenting opinion. As for us going through "many" of the subjects posted before... I really don't think we have... or your definition of "many" is not mine. Buddy, you have a pattern of consistently deflecting. When someone points to 10 major flaws of Trump, you resort to "yeah but Biden lied about being valedictorian." Why do you consistently do that? Give @Foxx and @Buffalo_Gal my best on the other board.

But his loft isn't the same type of loft you'll see from the likes of Russell Wilson. Allen's deep ball still seems to cut through the air more rather than be a drop in the bucket the way Wilson does it.

Sounds perfect for Allen. He never lofts his passes... it's actually something I wish he would do more, but the way he throws cuts through wind.

This is why we drafted Allen. He has the arm strength to cut through those winds. Lamar does not. To me, this should make the Buffalo D that much more committed to stopping the Baltimore run with 8 in the box. I think the weather will help as long as our WRs are able to catch the ball.

He's also failed to deliver on many of those promises. Why wasn't Hilary locked up? Why did he only build a fraction of a new border wall that he promised? Why isn't Mexico paying for it? What happened to banning foreign lobbyists raising money for US elections? Where's that manufacturing he promised to bring back? It was in a recession as we ended last year and came into this year. Where was there ANY effort to improve our country's dilapidated infrastructure? What happened to his promise to grow the economy by not just 3%, but 4% and higher annually? All I heard during 2016 was "lock her up! lock her up!" What happened to that? What happened to that whole "I'm gonna repeal and replace Obamacare" thing? He said he was going to renegotiate the Iran Deal... what happened there? That whole "drain the swamp" thing sure didn't happen... he and his administration have been spending our tax dollars like its monopoly money... often for personal gain. I thought Trump was gonna get China out of the World Trade Organization... what happened there? That whole "birthright citizenship" is still goin, despite Trump's promise to get rid of it. One of my favorites is him promising to eliminate the Federal debt in 8 years.... bwahahahahaha!!!! He promised to release his tax returns... where are those? I mean no disrespect to you personally, but this is one of the dumbest reasons for voting for him and continuing to support him. Except its backfired. One of the central aspects of "American Pride" is being that shining "City on a Hill" that's the example for other countries. We aren't that anymore, and I don't know if we get it back. Part of American Exceptionalism isn't just our creativity and production, it's historically been our willingness to help others across the world. Well... the R population isn't workin or eatin enough now. And even before the Pandemic, the Trump economy was essentially piggybacking off the growth of Obama's economy. Yeah he did a great job driving up our National debt well before the Pandemic by giving his rich buddies tax breaks. And in the end, that's what he did. The tax benefits to the middle class was trivial compared to the richest of the rich. And I'm not speaking as a D here, I'm speaking as someone in the middle class. They really screwed a lot of us over with some of the things they got rid of. Homeowners got screwed in a lot of ways. And though it wasn't widely talked about, people are going to discover next year that his tax law also made it so employees who work from home can't claim the expenses of working from home. That's really gonna suck for most of the middle class who worked from home in 2020. Strongly disagree on all of this. Unfortunately I think this is one of those partisan issues that can't even be reasoned. Like I said, the judges thing was pure luck. It was nothing that Trump actually did. For this you should actually be kissing the feet of Mitch McConnell, not Donald Trump.

This. Republican claims against impeachment because it would "further divide our country" is a Red Herring." Everyone at the capital that deserves it should be convicted just like Trump's impeachment is deserved. I've said many times that the words of the POTUS matter and this dismissive attitude of what he has said and tweeted for 4 years has been hard-headed ignorance. Yes of course Trump's words over the last 4 years has led to more White Nationalism. Yes of course Trump's words in the last year regarding mask wearing and "Covid-as-a-hoax" has led to more infections and deaths. Yes of course Trump's words on the 6th influenced the insurrection on the Capital. Letting him get away with it at this point isn't just about precedence for future Presidents, it's about precedence for his post-Presidency because at this point the man shouldn't just not be able to run for office again... he also shouldn't have political power over elected officials. Stripping him of any prospective future in office again will help a great deal with the latter.

How is it that no one is talking about this????? We lost 140,000 jobs in Trump's final full month as President. Our Unemployment rate is incredibly misleading and still really bad at 6.7% because it doesn't account for MILLIONS of workers (especially women) who simply dropped out of the workforce because they either gave up looking or had to take care of their families. Trump is going to leave office losing more jobs than he gained. When was the last time that happened? And even before Covid, the manufacturing industry was going into a recession late in 2019 into 2020. Donald Trump might be the worst President in American history.... too bad so many of the people who were in this thread talking about how great he is are no longer here to defend an economy in shambles largely because of him.

I disagree. I thought the Colts were the best matchup for us in round 1 and it played out that way for us, too. The Titans and Chiefs both have better ground games and mobile QBs. And we saw what Cleveland did to Pittsburgh in round 1, already knowing they have an incredible ground game with Chubb and Hunt. It's the playoffs and I'm just not expecting a blowout any week. I would love it every game were one, but it's just not realistic to expect that once we reach the postseason. The Colts are a really good team, but we were clearly better. I thought this little tidbit in the Buffalonews was interesting: https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/bad-field-position-bills-win-over-colts-was-one-for-the-millennium/article_5eb94098-541e-11eb-b0f3-03eb4f5b3647.html Add up all of the drives, and the Bills’ average start was 163 yards worse than that of the Colts. Despite that, the Bills won 27-24. According to Elias Sports Bureau, it’s the first time in 18 years a team had that big of a field-position disadvantage and won a post-season game. That was the worst field position game I think I've ever seen us play, yet we were in control for most of the game. We were up at the half and up by 14 in the 4th quarter. I kept praying Roberts would just take a knee in the EZ on kickoffs. I'm not saying coaching wasn't good, but it had it's flaws. I think Daboll stuck to the ground game for WAAAAAYYYY too long, for instance. But to me, this was all an insane game of utterly terrible field position for us. But we overcame that. Josh overcame that. I don't think we'll have that atrocious a field position game again.

This is a great point... Rivers has that vet savvy to get rid of the ball quickly. Jackson's strategy is often to hold onto the ball. I'm nervous about our pass rush, but our issues against Indy may have just been a product of going against a QB getting the ball out of his hands so quickly.

This year I've actually been getting irritated on almost every play Allen goes under center other than the 3rd and 4th and short where we QB sneak it. I feel anxiety because I anticipate handing the ball off to an RB. I'm sorry but this team wins or loses with Allen. Moss and Singletary just aren't very good and the 2 or 3 yard gains just don't net anything that Allen can do with his arms and legs. Keep an RB in the backfield and occasionally run it to keep them honest, but we ran the ball way too much in the first half against Indy. I also really wish we'd eliminate QB designed runs. RPOs are fine and tell Allen he should absolutely run on passing plays vs. man coverage if everyone's covered and he sees an opening. But our designed QB runs have NEVER been all that effective over the past 3 years. Of course... his designed QB runs have been more effective than running our RBs... so I guess there's that...

Why is Wade ineligible to be brought up? That special designation he had for the Practice Squad was last year, not this year. Am I wrong about that? I thought this year he's just on our normal Practice Squad. I don't think McDermott made a mistake.

Buffalo should win. I'm not supremely confident we will win, but we should. We're the better team in all 3 phases. Nonetheless I'm a longterm Bills fan and have a healthy amount of respect for any NFL team the Bills play.

Might as well beat the best if we wanna be the best. Let's be honest... if we're able to win the Super Bowl (please please please!!!) beating an underrated Colts team, the Ravens, the Chiefs, and whoever comes outta the NFC.., there's absolutely no questioning our legitimacy long-term.

I didn't want the Ravens in round 1 because I felt they were the toughest out other than Kansas City. However, that doesn't mean I think the Ravens are better than us. We really honestly should still win this game. I'm hoping the round 1 squeaker serves as a bit of a wake up call specifically for our D and our D gets back to the form it was in for the end of the regular season. Regardless, this might be the best game next weekend. Primetime on NBC????

Our D was underwhelming overall. He had a key tipped pass that led to an incompletion. This is a stupid thread. Milano is one of our 2 or 3 best defensive players.