transplantbillsfan

We're all bracing for it, aren't we?

If the Bills make the playoffs and win a game or two and Taylor plays well, all bets are off regarding Taylor's tenure in Buffalo, but I think we still draft a QB in round 1. If we make the Super Bowl and Taylor plays well, he's probably getting a new deal and an extension and we might not actually draft a QB in round 1. If we win the Super Bowl and Taylor plays well, he gets the key to the city. This is what I think will happen.

There's no option to pick up. Taylor is actually under contract with us through the end of next season. For a while, I thought there was another option, too. But once I figured out that, in fact, Taylor is under contract through the end of 2018 and there will be a Cap hit (a not-so-terrible one if we cut him by the 4th day, I think, of the new league year) if we decide to cut him, I started thinking it much more likely that Taylor will be back next year, as much as some really hate that notion.

Stop trolling. I know that you're smarter than this.

McDermott would be responsible for telling Dennison he wants to run the clock and protect the football at all costs, yes. The Head Coach is going to dictate the in-game management, which includes the offensive approach, though not individual play calls, which are on the OC. This has been the pattern throughout the year when we get the lead. I'm just glad we had a 3 score lead rather than a 2 score lead, which is when the team has previously gone pretty conservative, otherwise we could have really been in trouble.

K, rooting for the Texans to lose.

He's been better recently... but he was really bad for a stretch, there.

I'm going to stop pinning 2nd halves on Dennison as much as McDermott. When we went into a shell in the 2nd half against the Dolphins, I'd say that's just Dennison following a direct command from McDermott to go uber conservative. I don't like that call, but it's worked so far... even if I think it fails if we take the same approach if we manage a lead in NE.

No, I meant where did they get their 2nd first round pick from?

Word... my bad

Who's the 2nd pick from, again?

He's been much better the last few weeks, that's for sure. Let's see how he closes out the season.

Taylor, Shady, Dennison's 1st half, Poyer

Link? That doesn't show Hawai'i.

No, we are not building around Taylor in the sense that the team is going to plan on him as our QB of the future. That doesn't mean that Taylor is going to be gone next year, as much as some may absolutely hate that. He might actually be our starter for another year. But we're going to draft a QB in the first round of the 2018 draft. It would be nice if we didn't have to trade up for that QB so we can use those other picks on other players, particularly an OL that's going to need to protect our young QB when he finally takes over. But no, unless Taylor takes us to a Super Bowl, don't expect him in Buffalo beyond next year and expect turn us to draft a QB in round 1 in about five months.

Brady and the Patriots have always gone for the jugular. The Rams did it the other day against the Seahawks. I think this is a case of overthinking for coaches who take this approach. If your team is in a groove on offense, moving the ball and scoring generally at ease, why mess up that rhythm? If we manage to go up 2+ scores on Sunday, I'll be terrified all the way until the clock strikes zero because of this approach.

Best is winning 2

This seems generally accurate as a breakdown by Joe B: https://www.google.com/amp/amp.wkbw.com/2433351543/2017-buffalo-bills-path-to-playoffs-cheat-sheet.html Seems like if we end up 9-7 having beaten the Patriots rather than The Dolphins, we have very little chance of getting in. How ironic would that be?

Now I absolutely know you're trolling. There isn't any possible way you could believe a QB who through five passes for 33 yards outperformed a QB who threw 25 passes for the 158 yards and a TD while also rushing for another 38 yards and a TD. Only a moron would say something like that seriously... and you're not a moron. This post just wreaks of your Troll manure, Shady. Shame on you.

Shady is the ONLY generational talent on this team. I desperately want to see him retire as a Buffalo Bill, but I think he'll go back to the Eagles for that. Regardless, he's still playing at such a high level that I'm gonna be so pissed if McBeane ship him off just for the sake of saving Cap space.

Yep. He asked for a west coast game Taylor has won in 3 years. He's only played 3 of them and he's 1-2 in those games, with one of those 2 losses being a primetime MNF road game that most would label as one of Taylor's 2 best performances. It was just a poorly thought post that was trying to insinuate that Taylor's history somehow proves that going to the west coast somehow made it that much more impossible for him to get a W.

Taylorism? I'm sorry, it doesn't have to be Taylorism to see that benching Taylor for Peterman was clearly a mistake. As for west coast games Taylor has won... 2016 @ LA Rams.

Well, considering you were on record saying we didn't have a chance to win against the Dolphins with Tyrod under center, let's all hope you continue to be wrong

Why in the world is it such a big if that the Chargers lose one road game on a West to East road game or one divisional game to close out the year? Personally, I think if you had to choose between EITHER the Chargers winning their next 2 OR not, you put money down on not. This is what amazes me... you don't go into games hoping for MORE outcomes... you hope for LESS.

No. You're playing a mathematical game and looking at schedules and penciling in Ws and Ls... one of the entire points I started this thread initially was because I think doing that is just foolish. It's the NFL and absolutely anything can happen. I'd love that phrase to transpire into 2 straight Ws for Buffalo, but knowing that we're unlikely to see that just given our history, we root for Ls in any given situation for the other teams competing for the Wildcard with us. Being happy that a team also competing for the Wildcard wins and keeps pace with us 3 games before the season ends, I would say, is just wrong. If these permutations occur, we can do that in week 17, but first and foremost I'm rooting for a Buffalo W this weekend, followed by an L by the Ravens, Titans, AND Chargers. I'm sure all 3 don't lose, but I'd also bet 1 or 2 of them lose.