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If you're watching Allen play, you would realize his WRs and TEs are probably the biggest reason for his low completion % along with the fact that he's always throwing down the field. Allen is a lot more accurate than advertised. Completion % doesn't equal accuracy.

Don't know if you're being facetious or not, but The Ringer has become pretty huge over the last few years.

Sorry if this is posted. Didn't see it. It's clear many are still pretty steadfast with one foot out the door on the Allen and use his "inaccuracy" as the excuse, but people are coming around to him being an incredibly unique, special talent. https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2018/12/7/18129857/josh-allen-buffalo-bills-rushing-quarterback Learning to Love Josh Allen, America’s Most Mobile Mountain We first learned that Allen had moves in Week 3 when Buffalo trounced Minnesota. That was when he hurdled Anthony Barr—typically a feat for 5-foot-9 running backs, not Allen, a giant football catapult. ... A big-bodied QB bulldozing defenders is one thing, but here’s a 45-yard run, the longest by any quarterback this season. ... Getting crossed up by a 6-foot-5 quarterback is embarrassing enough. But worse for Alonso? Allen routinely outran him in the open field. As middle linebacker, Alonso was the player primarily responsible for ensuring Allen didn’t bust out for any major runs. Allen basically pretended Alonso wasn’t there most of the time, busting out three 20-yard runs. Of Allen’s nine carries, seven went for first downs. ... I’m not quite sure where this came from. Allen displayed modest mobility in college, never had more than 75 yards rushing in a game, and ran a 4.75 40-yard dash at the combine. Combine speeds, of course, aren’t everything. But now he’s legitimately outsprinting pro linebackers in the open field. Watching Allen’s stunning running has been quite a trip for me, considering I bashed Allen repeatedly in the pre-draft process. But I still feel somewhat justified in that: Allen is exactly the passer we thought he’d be coming out of college. He’s capable of a few incredible throws a game—and holy cow, are they good throws. ... I thought Allen’s first-round draft status was a major disappointment, a failure of the league to properly interpret the data and information available to it. I was upset he was in the league at the expense of more talented players. But now that I’ve seen Allen run and fly, I’m willing to dial that back a notch. I still don’t think he’s good, but I’m certainly glad a player with these unique traits is in the pros.

Did anyone see Overlord? Any good?

Marvel is really just weaving such a brilliant literary tale. I know it's such a pop culture thing, but there's a reason the Franchise is so damn successful and is going to continue for years, maybe a decade+ even after some of our iconic and original Avengers die in the next movie. Super excited! But Captain Marvel first! Surprised she wasn't in the Trailer, though I bet that's going to be a huge reveal in Endgame. I know NOTHING obviously about the movie, but I can theorize that ultimately this movie is going to center around the remaining Avengers and Scott Lang and that they won't undo the snap until nearly the end or the very end of the movie. My guess is death, and a lot of it, for the original guys as we transition into Phase 3(?) of the Franchise, which will likely center around Spiderman, Black Panther, Antman, and Captain Marvel. And I think Hawkeye/Ronin dies. All just speculation.

Me too

McKenzie hurt. Not good. Guess McCloud's about to get a serious chance to redeem himself for being largely responsible for our loss to Houston.

Both he and Kyle should be able to keep playing for Buffalo if they want. And McDermott loves both guys, so I think they're back.

Agreed. Ravens actually have a tough schedule to close the season. They play on the road against 2 of the probably 5 best teams in the NFL right now. Honestly though, just looking at the Steelers situation right now, I think it's more likely the Steelers lose their last 4 than the Ravens losing 3 of their last 4, all against AFC teams. Yes, I know the Steelers play the Raiders this weekend and a disheveled Bengals team to close the season, but they always seem to play down to their opponents and they're just in shambles right now. For me, I'll root for another week and then another week until official elimination, but by and large Sunday's loss against the Dolphins put us out of any realistic playoff contention. But it'd be fun to go into Christmas Eve Eve playing the Patriots in Foxboro in a "meaningful" game.

Sorry you're right, I mixed up my games. I thought the Ravens played the Bucs this Sunday. They play the Chiefs at Arrowhead. Yes, if both the Ravens and Steelers win on Sunday, the Bills are eliminated from playoff contention even if they win. It's the Bucs game that the Ravens are "allowed" to win and the Bills would still be in contention.

No it wouldn't because if the Ravens then lose their last 3 to AFC opponents, we end up with the same conference record with them, and although they'd obviously beat us in a 2 team tiebreaker, as I was saying if the Jags and/or Bengals happen to also be in a 3 team tiebreaker with the Bills and Ravens, Bills could still win. So no, a Ravens win this weekend does not eliminate us. Also, you're forgetting the Steelers in this mathematical permutation. Even if the Ravens win their next 2 and the Bills can no longer catch them, if the Steelers lose their next 2, the wildcard is still in play.

If the Bills ended up 8-8 with just the Ravens and Colts. Bills lose. If the Bills ended up 8-8 with just the Dolphins, Ravens and/or Colts. Bills lose. If the Bills ended up 8-8 with just the Titans and Ravens. Bills lose. If the Bills ended up 8-8 with the Ravens and the Jags and/or Bengals are somehow in the mix in any manner. Bills could win. If the Bills ended up 8-8 and the Ravens somehow (insanely) lose out and the Bills are there with any combination of the Colts, Titans and Jags. Bills should win because of the divisional tiebreakers applied first. Dolphins it depends on who they lose to, but if they lose to the Patriots this Sunday and then the Bills. Bills win in any tiebreaker with them. We could always root for the Steelers to lose out, which could potentially be a more likely thing to happen than the Ravens losing out. In any case, the Bills can't be mathematically eliminated from the playoffs this Sunday if they win, no matter what.

It's a 3 or more team tiebreaker, so the same tiebreaker apply to 5 teams that would for 3. 1st division tiebreakers apply if 2 teams are in the same division (us and Miami, Colts and Titans, Ravens and Bengals), then you go down the list from there. Crazy complications and the playoff machine just misses a lot of them. For example, the reason we lose a 3 team tiebreaker between us, the Ravens and Titans no matter what is because the Titans lost to both us and the Ravens.

Have you guys really not figured out in our years of doing this that the playoff machine is inaccurate as you get into the more intricate tiebreaker? If Baltimore ends up at 8-8 by losing their last 3 games to AFC teams, the Bills could win the tiebreaker, but it depends on the teams involved. Those teams would basically have to be the Bengals and/or Jags.

Wasn't there a deep throw early this year where the exact same thing happened with the WR starting to look back for the ball insanely early, obviously slowing down the WR? I think it was Foster on that play, as well. Wish I could remember the exact play or game.

So is this thread about you finding balance, Shaw? I feel nothing but excitement about Allen right now. And regarding that interception on the pass to KB, well, directly after the game you had McDermott say: and today, KB was cut. I don't think it's hard to read that comment largely as an indictment on KB's route. Same goes for the missed TD to Zay. Damn well wish he hit Foster on that bomb, but needing a 70 yard pass to be consistently on target for any NFL QB in the history of the NFL is unreasonable. Yeah, Allen's pass to Clay coulda been better. It also travelled 50+ yards to a TE giving him absolutely no help running back to him after running around probably for 30+ yards just trying to get the opportunity to throw it. The future is bright. Screw Bledsoe. Barring injury (God please help us!!!), I think we found our 10-15+ year Franchise QB!!!

Wow, guess for once we can really say they were.

Boy, I guess McDermott's choice of words there were quite intentional. Fat trimmed

I really think this team is going to be the most shocking team in the NFL next year. Beane is going to go out and seriously spend that $90 million in free CAP space in Free Agency. I expect we'll pursue a top tier FA WR/TE or two. We will (unfortunately) have what looks like a top 10 draft pick to grab an impact player. Plus, Beane and his college scouts look more than competent, so I expect we'll also find some late round gems like we did with Milano last year. And most importantly, Allen will have the benefit of a full NFL offseason to not just work on his game, but also his chemistry with his teammates. I think we would have made the playoffs this year if McDermott named Allen the starter early in Training Camp the way he should have. It's clear that plays like his missed TD pass in the EZ to Zay on Sunday are all about communication and chemistry. And Allen will have all this time to become that much more comfotable in Daboll's system. We will be in the playoffs next year. I think it will be a home game. And I think we will win at least 1 playoff game.

That's a pretty poor analogy considering you really aren't doing yourself harm maintaining hope in another week of a mathematical breath of life. Plus, how high is the window? People aren't exactly "free" to kill themselves in the legal sense of the word.

Not actually true. The playoff machine only really operates for the simplest tiebreakers, not the more complicated ones. If the Bills ended up 8-8 with any combination of the Ravens or Colts, Bills definitely lose that tiebreaker. Same record with Titans and Ravens, Bills lose that tiebreaker. Weird and unfathomable things could happen though once other potential 8-8 teams like the Bengals, Broncos and Jags are thrown in there. This isn't happening. Playoffs are just a virtual impossibility. But if you want to know if we can be eliminated this week even if we win: No, we can't. People are allowed to root for player development while also rooting for one more week to be mathematically alive. It might be delusionally hopeful, but delusional hope is largely what it means to be a diehard fan of a sports team. If we end up in a 3 way tie with them and the Broncos, Bengals or Jags, we might. Truth. Only in a 3 way tiebreaker.