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Me too. That's why I don't live on the only island in the chain with an active volcano

Grew up in Webster, NY. I was 5 minute bike riding distance from Lake Ontario. Lake Effect snow is no joke. Now I live in Hawai'i for a reason 😎

There's something to be said about how a QB plays when the game is on the line and in 2023 in the 4th quarter, Allen has the 3rd highest Passer Rating among qualifying QBs (behind Purdy & Carr) and the best Completion %. Allen also has the 2nd most Game Winning Drives in the NFL IN 2023 with 4. Geno Smith has 5. Imagine if our D held against the Patriots, Broncos and Eagles? And overall, there's still the whole thing about Allen leading the NFL in total TDs AND total yards. Pretty much captures what I just said

Yeah and Eisen just said "we're keeping an eye on that situation"

I know we're all flipping out about the weather being an equalizer (and part of me feels the same way), but maybe, just maybe it separates these 2 teams even more. If the weather is as forecasted, Buffalo can concentrate almost strictly on stopping the run with only their RBs since their QB can't run. Meanwhile, the Bills can run with their RBs, run with Josh, and as the Bills learned in the Patriots hurricane game a few years ago, Josh can still actually throw in wind and snow. And we have guys like Kincaid and Shakir who played their college ball in the cold weather so they at least have some experience catching passes in inclement weather. Maybe this is just me trying to make myself feel better, but I think we should still win regardless.

You're looking at this the wrong way. The problem isn't production. Gabe is a more productive WR. But that neglects all the problems in our offense that frequently run through him. Josh's passer rating when targeting Gabe is flat-out awful! There's constant miscommunication resulting in (at best) incompletions and (at worst) interceptions. Gabe's catch % on balls when targeted are awful. Maybe Sherfield isn't targeted and therefore nearly as productive as Gabe... but maybe that's part of the point.

My thinking is that Josh has been forcing the ball to Gabe at times because they're close and Josh wants his friend to get paid. Josh won't feel that way with Sherfield and the Bills won't lose much if anything at all in WR blocking since Sherfield was the best blocking WR via PFF last season.

Sherfield was the best blocking WR according to PFF last season.

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2021 Allen???? Dude... did you actually watch the Bills in 2021??? Oh... and I call your bluff... I think it would really get under your skin if Allen wins MVP.

I dunno man. There's a middle ground here. You understand that Allen set another "no one's ever done this!" record on Sunday night, right??? As it is, I was intrigued by Joe Marino's All-22 analysis that I think you should listen to. He begins it by pretty seriously criticizing Josh for his 2 interceptions and then his end of half play. Then he goes in an interesting direction I didn't expect. Watch it and remember this is a guy who's actually making a living watching film, scouting players and talking about it.

Keep him out. I'm sick of the miscommunication between him and Josh. And it's happened so many times this season it's clearly very largely if not entirely on Gabe. Thanks for all you've done Gabe, but I hope you never suit up for the Bills again.

This probably could have been a joke or troll thread at some point this year, but I'm posting it because I absolutely think Sherfield will just be better than Gabe for the playoff run. Great run blocker like Gabe. Demonstrated the same sideline awareness Gabe has made himself famous for with that TD. And that just leaves the question of the communication... well, Gabe has shown 4 years of catching passes from Allen hasn't done anything for his understanding of things like what route he should run on a zero Blitz, so I'll put my money on Sherfield and his veteran experience.

Looked like a noncontact leg injury. Usually those keep players out several weeks. I'm not upset

Most important part of the forecast: No TJ Watt!!!

Every team does. We won. It's been do or die playoffs for 5 weeks and we've won 5 straight. As Josh and Diggs said to each other post-game... 4 more!

Stunk? Seriously????? Your standards are ridiculous if you think Allen stunk in the 1st half. Or you're stat watching. Allen’s worst 2 plays of the entire game were the play that ended the 1st half and his lost fumble. Otherwise, he was excellent. Throwing an interception on 4th down in the EZ that nets the team 15 yards looks bad on the stat sheet but wasn't a bad play given the circumstances and the 1st Interception was on Davis. I would think you would be able to acknowledge the context of these plays. Team won because of Allen. Even the drives we turned the ball over the offense drove the ball down the field to give the D a breather and then set them up to defend a long field.

Yes... sorry not sorry but I said out loud to my buddy that I hoped Gabe was out through the playoffs.

Wouldn't exactly call it a bad game. Allen obviously won't win even though he has 15 more TDs than the guy who eventually will. Anyone watching that game should understand the context of the turnovers by Allen. The lost fumble was stupid and 100% on him. The 1st Interception was pretty clearly on Davis, who (once again) should've read a zero blitz in his route. The other Interception was on Allen but was literally meaningless and actually a benefit for the offense since the defender chose to intercept a ball on 4th down... making for negative yardage for the Dolphin offense. Allen’s dumbest play tonight was the one at the end of the 1st half to Ty Johnson preventing points on the board. But all good... onto the playoffs!!!

This is something I posted about Sunday’s game in the MVP thread. Joe Marino did a full All-22 analysis of the game and largely concludes our receivers are letting Josh down. Bruce Nolan said the same thing in his Bruce Exclusive podcast this week. He emphasizes the team really needs 2 things we don't have: a field stretcher and someone who's dynamic with the ball in their hands.

Well FWIW Bruce Nolan--SUPER highly respected analyst and film guru--echoed Marino's sentiments about the passing game in his podcast yesterday. He put majority of the passing game struggles on IOL and the receivers. He also says it's pretty obvious that Brady's offense is setting the passing game up for success.

You're obviously right about the year I got wrong. It wasn't 2020. But it's also not 2019. It was 2021. We lost 34-31 And we had almost the exact same video of Bills fans on an airplane for that game.

This actually makes me superstitiously nervous. The last time I remember all the hype about Bills fans taking over a stadium and seeing an airplane video exactly like this was 2021 when we played at Tennessee. We lost 34-31. (Edited this because I obviously got the year wrong initially saying it was 2020 )

I was really posting that in the context of people like @BullBuchanan who are flipping out about Allen's play on Sunday.