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The premise is that it would be for more than just 3 games. This team actually has a chance at making legitimate playoff noise this year. Allen is still learning and growing and he's going to take his lumps, which only leaves us to look at improving play calling, offensive execution and offensive talent. Execution probably is what it is 13 games in. Play calling probably is what it is 13 games in. That leaves offensive talent for this stretch run and (I believe and hope) a multi game playoff run. Dropping 15% of the passes thrown to you is pretty bad for any NFL WR or TE.

Wow. Really idiotic. Especially now in a league that's pretty obviously veering strongly away from the statuesque QB and in a year when Brady blows.

Knox can't catch. That's one of just 2 critical components Stop being such a whiny cotton headed ninny muggins. I'm looking at this year. Duke can be cut in the offseason for all I care so long as we take care of the prerequisite qualifications. Stop focusing on your misconception that I'm comparing Duke Williams with Gonzalez and Gronk--which I'm not--and start focusing on our most disturbing issue... HIGHEST DROP PERCENTAGE IN THE NFL

No, I am not REMOTELY saying Duke Williams is on the level of one current 1st ballot HOFer and one future 1st ballot HOFer... but... When was the last time Buffalo had AND utilized a well known surehanded AND big bodied WR or TE? Pete Metzelaars???? I'm talking surehanded in the manner that Gronk's scouting report describes him, which is the description of "consistent hands and plucks the ball." Gonzales was the same player throughout his career. Is there any more important attribute as a guy who catches the football? Guys, the Bills have the HIGHEST drop percentage in the NFL through 13 games BY FAR!!! Has the Bills organization been overvaluing lesser important skillsets over the last 2+ decades? I feel like off the top of my head I can go through a BUNCH of NFL teams and find guys very recently that fit this category: Detroit had Megatron San Diego had Gates Tampa has Mike Evan's Pat's had Gronk Cardinals have Fitz Cleveland had Gordon (saw Pats and now Seahawks follow) Bengals have AJ Green Bears then Eagles had/have Jeffery Saints have Michael Thomas Saints then Eagles had/have Jimmy Graham Chiefs have Kelce (had Gonzalez) Falcons have Julio (had Gonzalez) Panthers have Olsen Honestly, do we have this guy on the roster? I truly think Knox could be that guy if he could learn to catch the damn football, but not right now. Maybe he gets with the jugs machine and wildly improves next year... happened with Gonzalez in the aforementioned show by his own admission. Truthfully, right now the closest guy we have is Duke Williams, who's inactive every week. This all just seems like a bad recipe for a team with a young QB who's been repeatedly advertised as "inaccurate." Again, the Bills have the 2nd highest total number of drops in the NFL but have the highest drop % in the NFL!!! This has been seemingly a trend with this team as we care about "versatility" and "athleticism"--see Charles Clay. Those are great traits unless they exist without the ability to reliably finish the play. I hope Knox becomes this guy next year, but he sucks for reliability right now. Time to activate Duke and start throwing it to him. Get a true #1 next year, but let's make sure we have all our best options actually active to start utilizing them so we can make some damn noise this year...and it starts Sunday!!!

Who on our roster? This is about this year. Duke is literally the ONLY big bodied sure handed receiving threat this team has. Unfortunately, that's including Tight Ends since Knox is Mr. Unreliable when it comes to catching the damn football. Duke has more catches and TDs than Foster does this year on just over half the targets. I like Foster, but he and McKenzie are interchangeable in this offense if Allen can't hit him on the deep balls and McKenzie is more elusive. Just activate Duke and use him situationally.

Why was he released?

Yes, he does rest his starters when they have nothing to play for. Look no further than the last time the Bills beat New England at Foxborough... it wasn't all that long ago.

Speaking as a poster on an Internet Message Board and not an athlete playing on the 53 man roster for the Buffalo Bills, thus having no control of whether this team wins or loses in any given week: What's the big deal? Yup... people are being a bit silly.

If we beat the Steelers AND lose to the Patriots (of all scenarios and based on history... do we really disagree that's what's very likely to happen?), there's an EXTREMELY good chance we will be locked in at #5.

Considering where Buffalo stands right now, if we win either of their 2 upcoming games, we not only secure a playoff spot, but the #5 seed. No chance for any other seed, just the #5 seed. Yes, it's possible. Should we rest our starters? Will we?

I appreciate the analysis, but the way you're approaching this is that Allen is the same as he was when we drafted him and hasn't improved. Is that what you're saying? I believe he's already dramatically improved.

There have been a couple of those plays this year where Brown looked just lackadaisical on that exact pattern. I can't remember which games exactly, but it was like that exact same play we ran to John Brown and the DB did the exact same thing. I know I shouldn't read into body language or anything, but it also just looked like Brown didn't give a *****... he's been very good for us this year so I don't think it's fair to overly criticize him, but on that particular play and a couple early in the season running the exact same route, something is seriously missing. Those are the plays that make me desperately want a big WR and that make me wish we'd just have Duke Williams activated... I feel like he'd at least make an effort to reach out and grab the ball in mid-air.

https://theathletic.com/1445380/2019/12/10/bills-all-22-review-what-was-up-with-josh-allens-processing-time-and-that-final-fourth-down?source=shared-article 1) Allen’s processing time drifts back to early-season levels ... Allen salvaged his average processing time on the Bills’ final two offensive series. He looked more like the quarterback we saw in the team’s previous three outings and less like the player we saw in the first three quarters. Those first three quarters, however, are where the damage was done and the game was lost. The Bills were begging for anything from their passing offense. The Ravens caught Allen in a cycle of decisions that took far too long. Through the first three quarters, Allen took an average of 3.03 seconds to throw, run or get sacked on his first 33 dropbacks. Over his final 17 dropbacks on the last two drives, that time dropped to 2.71 seconds on average. ... 2) What went wrong on the final fourth down? Allen tried to force the ball into John Brown in one-on-one coverage, with cornerback Marcus Peters on Brown’s back running step-for-step with him. While there’s a slight case to be made for defensive holding here, it wasn’t blatant enough for the officials to make a potentially game-changing call. They had been letting that type of contact go all game long. What could have changed the outcome is Brown running a better route against man-to-man coverage. Brown is the best outside route runner the Bills have had since Stevie Johnson, but his execution on this play was lacking. Brown’s deception tactics — trying to get Peters to bite with three non-threatening stutter steps — were insufficient. ... Additionally, the offensive line protected well enough against an eight-man blitz that Allen had time to come off his first read. On the left side of the formation, the Bills used a route combination with Cole Beasley and Isaiah McKenzie to clear out the entire side of the field for Beasley. McKenzie took a deeper and delayed slant toward the middle of the field so that he wouldn’t infringe on Brown’s area and bring another defender with him, while also giving Beasley enough room to run his inside-out route. Beasley’s executed his route well against Marlon Humphrey. Beasley got Humphrey moving toward the middle, stuck his foot in the ground and cut back outside, giving him 2-3 yards of separation. Even though Allen thought he’d be under duress, more poise in that situation could have helped him get the first down, at least. If Allen sees he has time, spots Brown’s lack of separation and gets to his second read, an on-target throw likely has Beasley running into the end zone and a game heading into overtime. It was a massive opportunity for the Bills and they didn’t get the job done. 3) The unsung hero of the Bills defense vs. Lamar Jackson But one defender who made a ton of impact plays went relatively unnoticed. Cornerback Levi Wallace — and his run support, tackling and pass coverage — was one of the many reasons the Bills were able to limit Jackson’s impact. ... Some of his best plays were a result of his body positioning and taking away Jackson’s outside lane. While Jackson does his most damage as a rusher from the edge, Wallace helped redirect the quarterback inside to his teammates and limit the quarterback’s rushing yards. In pass coverage, Wallace didn’t fall for the receivers’ traps, even going move-for-move with Seth Roberts (sixth play in the video). 4) In one area, the Bills need more from Tre’Davious White the Bills needed more out of him in run support. There were too many instances when the Ravens got the ball to the edge and White effectively gave himself up to the blocking wide receiver. On a handful of those plays, White squared up against the blocker 15-to-20 yards down the field and didn’t make an over-the-top effort to get off the block or push the receiver back into the oncoming runner. ... To be a complete cornerback, especially in coach Sean McDermott’s scheme, White needs to pitch in on run support. Against Baltimore, he didn’t follow through on that defensive principle. 5) Dawkins’ season has been an overwhelming success The 2019 season is now 14 weeks old, giving us enough of a sample size to determine who is and isn’t having a good season. Through 13 games, we’re past the point of qualifying statements for left tackle Dion Dawkins, who’s completely turned around his career trajectory in his third year. ... On Sunday, he limited Matt Judon’s impact with his one-on-one blocking. The Bills feel comfortable enough with him in those situations that they can send help elsewhere. As a run blocker, Dawkins continues to show the ability to turn his opponent, which has led to some substantial gains on the ground. Dawkins will be entering the final year of his rookie contract next year, and with nearly a full season of assessment, the Bills shouldn’t delay. They should reward his great season with a long-term extension to make him the left tackle of the foreseeable future.

Disappointed... I really did think you had your smoking gun. Did we really need to do this ridiculous dance for the last 24 hours???? Good God man! You're so angry. I hope life gets better for you trying to ensnare posters into traps you think you've got them in. Oy. I'm going to go enjoy my evening now that that's settled. Go Bills!!!

I'm not going to call you a name. You guys throw out names here aplenty... I think you need some Aloha. I was being facetious.

An interview from William Barr??? You're using the President's lawyer here to prove something? This guy lost all previous credibility when he came out with his own summary that completely twisted the narrative of the Mueller report (which was obviously what happened, otherwise why the hell do you think Mueller would put out that public statement after as he did) waaAAaaayyy before it was released. Like how he doesn't know the difference between Wikileaks and Wikipedia, though.

I watched it. Nunes is just saying things I anticipate @Deranged Rhino believes is the smoking gun. Am I correct? If so, it's nothing I hadn't already read about. And I certainly don't think Nunes is the messenger you want here dishing out this kind of speculation.

That's exactly what this is. The hypocrisy here is so bizarre. Groundhog day I guess. I mean we get to see Trump voted out of office in 11 months, but he's done his damage to democracy, which is unfortunate. The Tribalism will continue.

End game, huh? Yep, no political bias drove the Investigation of Trump and that investigation was justified. End game it is, I guess

You say you're being objective here, but are you? So you trust Horowitz's findings that there were 17 blunders by the FBI... do you then distrust the underlying evidence that leads him to his ultimate conclusion that there was no political bias and that the investigation was justified? You're erring on the side of immediate distrust, admitting yourself that you haven't read the report. Don't you see the problem there? That's not objectivity. I haven't read the report and I won't. I applaud you for spending the time doing it. But the snippets of I've read along with what's reported tells me one simple thing: The OIG doesn't absolve the FBI of transgression NOR does it act as the smoking gun that Trump & Co. believed it would be in terms of showing an overt political effort by the FBI to oust an elected President... and so it continues.

When did I say it's not good evidence? I can't verify the veracity of it or not. I said I can't view it. You're portraying yourself as a very small man.

I'm telling the truth. No Youtube access. Get frustrated if you want, but that's the truth. Is Youtube really the place to go for this irrefutably sourced evidence?

No Youtube on my current server. What does it state?

What comments are those? Why are you running away from this? You clearly have plenty of time on your hands to educate me. So educate me. I don't have the time for this banter. I know who Joseph Misfud is. I'm not lying about that like you lied about what I said about only knowing about the guy from what I heard on Fox News. Don't know why you lied so blatantly like that. Disappointing. So, what am I missing? Please tell me what it is I need to know about him that will totally blow my mind and shift my perspective.