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What a disastrous team. Poor Trevor Lawrence. Dude is likely to be the next David Carr.

I also want to post this and direct everyone to minute 47 My only reason is that Chris Simms here breaks down a play that was a sack that I honestly thought was Allen’s fault. But just in slowing down and watching the play from behind, you can clearly see Spencer Brown simply didn't change his blocking assignment after Allen audibled. As I watched I admit to screaming at the TV to Allen asking how he could have missed that. He didn't. He trusted his protection. Interesting microcosm of the complexity of the whole blame game we always play. Also, every time he whiffs like that, Spencer Brown's new nickname is Esther

I get it, but I think McDermott would need to convince all of our offensive linemen that they need to carry Josh off the field once he starts playing.

Great! Josh is playing and sounds like the injury was mild, afterall! Whatever else he's saying here is just lip service because McDermott somehow thinks it's a competitive advantage to have the Panthers also preparing for Trubisky, which they aren't.

Can this happen to Tennessee, New England, Kansas City... basically any AFC team not named Buffalo, Jacksonville, or the Jets.

I've been discouraged, too. But if you have an Elite QB--which we do--anything can happen in the playoffs.

Click on the link. He claims to be the source.

That would be fantastic if true... but who is this guy? And how could he tell whether his foot was wrapped under pants and shoes?

Here's a pretty good image showing the remaining schedules (just ignore Week 14) of many of the remaining teams we're in contention with for the playoffs... namely the Browns, Broncos and Steelers... and here are their schedules: Browns: LV, @ GB, @ Pitt, Cin Broncos: Cin, @ LV, @ LA, KC Pitt: Tenn, @ KC, Cle, @ Bal Throw in the other 2 viable teams: Raiders: @Cle, Den, @ Ind, LA Miami: NYJ, @ NO, @ Tenn, NE Holy cow... just look at that. The Bills will have absolutely no one to blame but themselves if they don't get into the playoffs. I think it's almost a certainty they will just looking at that schedule and looking at the way Buffalo has played against the middling to worst teams in the NFL this year, save Jacksonville. There's no team in the AFC playoff picture with an easier schedule, and I don't think it's particularly close. Miami might be the next easiest. But sheesh... all the AFC playoff contenders are just going to beat up on each other in the next 4 weeks and in many cases it's almost not going to matter who wins for Buffalo's chances because another AFC team in the picture will be knocked out. And the only "meaningless" inter-conference games in there other than our own against Carolina and Atlanta are a game for Miami against NO (probably a Win... and I'm starting to think they're going to sneak into the playoffs, after all), the Titans play the 49ers, and Green Bay can help us with 2 wins against the Browns and Ravens, and the Ravens have another inter-conference game against the Rams. To all of the sudden doubters that Buffalo makes the playoffs this year, you can see above with your own eyes why it's still incredibly likely... even if we lose our lone remaining game against a real contender in the Patriots. Buffalo has beaten up pretty well on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th tier teams this year (again, minus the Jags), so I strongly believe we'll be in the playoffs, and I also think we could very well beat the Patriots in normal weather conditions and take the division and potentially still even the #1 seed. Crazy stuff with how I was feeling after that loss on Sunday.

Did it show the heart of the team or what we hope the heart of this team is?

See what I really want to know is what McDermott's influence was on our defensive turnaround. Everyone saw McDermott talking to Frazier on the sideline as we were getting gashed. Even Romo and Nantz noticed it and were talking about it. So what were the adjustments we made? Did McDermott tell Frazier to make all these adjustments? This is what I'd like to know.

I find this bizarre, too. The only explanation I can think of is that they don't trust him because of ball security issues. But he's generally an effective back we should be able to rely on for 10-15 carries every game.

This is good because it forces us to play Davis more. Sanders has been good this year, but he's played at the expense of developing Gabe Davis, who I think will be at least a really good #2 WR for us long term.

So turf toe is a toe sprain? Does it take longer to heal than an ankle sprain? To me a mild ankle sprain can heal in 1-2 weeks.

Not sure if it's been posted... but sounds like it's a mild case of turf toe Anyone know how that works? Can you stabilize it? Will it just inevitably get worse playing on it?

What terrifies me is Josh becoming essentially the next Aaron Rodgers or, worse yet, Dan Marino. I know that might sound nice, but let's be honest: Rodgers has underachieved as far as team accolades go. I understand that it's unreasonable for a Bills fan to expect this, but Josh should be able to get this team multiple Lombardis... yeah... get us one first... but Beane needs to do better to build up this team for more long term success.

I'm tired of all the what ifs at the ends of seasons... I thought we were done with them. But this year it really seems like they're warranted. Geez in yesterday's game alone there were so many: What if McDermott doesn't take Josh off the field to try a fake punt instead? What if McDermott chooses to go for it in the RZ? What if Daboll bothered with some Singletary/Breida runs in the 1st half? What if Dane Jackson can come down with that INT? What if the refs would have called that obvious DPI against Diggs? What if the refs didn't call that questionable-at-best DPI call on Wallace? What if there were a booth review of whether Josh actually stepped out of bounds while running along the sideline at the end of regulation? So many. And that's just one game. Can these tides turn for us please? If they do in the playoffs, I like our chances.

Okay, you aren't alone... but at least let's all talk about it in one place

Close? Brady and the Patriots were 14-2 in 2016 when Matt Ryan won MVP for the 11-5 Falcons. And there were 3 or 4 other teams also with better records. Allen isn't coming back from what? A Herculean performance on National TV? This isn't given out after week 14. But we all saw what happened this week, including Allen’s fantastic performance.

Brady is the frontrunner. Allen is still on his heels even with today's loss. We've established it's not given to the best player on the team with the best record. Murray won't get it because his team proved they could win without him in the multiple games he missed. It truly probably is down to Brady, Rodgers or Allen at this point. And Allen needs to win out. With this team, I'd never bet we win out. But Allen proved he's still in this conversation today. Doesn't matter that it's 6 losses. That's not how this works.

If Allen were to win MVP at this point, we'd need to win out. But today made it pretty damn clear that Allen is the MVP for the Bills... so much so that he has been forced to carry a team on his back much of this year. And it's killing him. Please get OL and RB help in the offseason! Please allow Daboll to find a HC elsewhere! I think we're still making the playoffs... but if Allen were to win MVP now, I admit we need to win out.