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Allen seems quite aware of what running has been doing to his body even if we fans don't notice it. That said, I thought I remembered seeing a study a few years ago that running QBs are no more likely to get hurt than pocket QBs. Of course... look at Lamar Jackson who might fall apart young like Cam Newton. I just think Allen needs to be a smarter runner. Last week on that 3rd down run where he dove for the 1st down I loved the effort but was terrified because I thought he was wincing from an injured shoulder. No easy answer.

Well when asked about fixing the running game this week... here's what he said... and the last 2 sentences to me are evidence that he doesn't want a finesse running team: “We’re gonna try our darndest to fix it. It’s tough. I’m not gonna sit up here and lie to you guys. To fix that part of your game this time of year is tough,” he said. “That’s why we try like heck to do it in training camp. That’s where you develop the toughness of the football team. That’s why we run the football in training camp.”

Is Williams even on the active roster? How would this work? With the new rules we have the ability to bring up PS guys and activating them without cutting anyone? Is that it?

Yeah I read the article and agree. The OL has an identity problem. It seems like McDermott wants grinders, but that's not what Morse is. Ryan Bates wants to be a Center in the NFL and this regime seems to like him a lot. Why not give him a shot moving forward?

I'm a big Singletary advocate, but did you watch the Vikings vs. Steelers game last night? Both RBs in that game for both teams were better than Singletary. And Minnesota has a pretty spectacular WR corps to go along with it especially when Thielan's healthy. Like I said, Singletary would be a good #2 in a 1-2 punch. I really wouldn't mind seeing what Antonio Williams has. Running Backs are one position where they can come out of nowhere.

Matt Ryan won it in 2016 on an 11-5 Atlanta team. If Buffalo loses 2 more, he's not getting it. With the added game this season and with general mediocrity across the NFL, he can afford to go 4-1 and still be very much in the running. And contrary to what you said earlier, Brady doesn't need to fall apart. Right now Josh has 200 fewer total yards and 6 TDs fewer than him. They also have the same number of Turnovers. He's not that far behind the GOAT right now. And if Buffalo wins in a head to head matchup this weekend and Josh plays well, that probably goes a long way for him.

Singletary would be a good #2 RB. We need a #1

Yes we'd win the tiebreaker if we lose to TB and win out because we'd have a better divisional record. They lost to Miami early this year.

Do you not see how ridiculous and contradictory your logic is? On the one hand, you're saying that when we beat the 2-2 Kansas City Chiefs who will end up with a winning record at the end of the year, but they were a different team. For that matter, I'd throw in the Miami Dolphins and Washington Football Team (sorry guys... I called them the Redskins before) who I think will end up with winning records at the end of the year. And we CRUSHED both teams... the Dolphins twice. But those teams we crushed were different teams than they are now. Okay... perhaps I can see that logic. And yet, the Bills are static and can not change or turn a corner or go on a winning streak with 5 games left?

Tailspin? Stop being ridiculous. We're in a win one lose one pattern. We just lost one after utterly dominating another team which was after losing one which was after utterly dominating another team which was after... well... you get it. 5 games left we're due 3 more wins by the logic of your tailspin. Who says we'll be "in the hunt" at the end of the year? The team with the most wins this year so far won multiple games without their supposed MVP. After them the Bills are 2 games within every team. 4-1 would do it What reality?

Any news on Feliciano?

Getting down by a couple scores wouldn't be ideal, but even though Allen doesn't have the GWDs and 4QCs this year, he's shown he's more than capable of bringing Buffalo back from deficits in the past. It's not like he's Lamar Jackson

Likely? You're saying this team will likely lose more games than they win to end the year. That's a pretty damn big IF that you're projecting onto a team that's been inconsistent but still pretty clearly is capable of winning a game against just about anybody. Maybe it's time for you to take a break from this thread. It's clearly distressing you.

What record? 5 losses? Best record in the NFL is the Cardinals and Kyler Murray ain't winning MVP because of missed games and the team still winning. Bills beat Bucs this weekend and Josh is 1 loss behind Brady. You're right... if we have this record at the end of the year, Josh won't win. Fortunately there are still 5 games.

And none of those guys can objectively be considered so far ahead of Allen that Allen can't leapfrog them in the next 2-3 games. If we beat the Bucs on Sunday on Allen’s arm, he jumps right back to the front of this conversation with Brady.

Who ya got ahead of him?

I don't have to take logic far at all. Diggs was turned around and looking at that ball for a significant enough amount of time that he should have caught it. You're going in a ridiculous direction at this point. My guess is you'll blame Knox's 2 drops on Allen because Allen threw the ball too hard

Or how about a few more @VW82 scroll to minute 4:30 in the highlights. At 5:30 left in the first half going against the wind Josh has a 3rd and 19 from the 50 and throws an on target throw to Knox at the 20... at the very least at the fringe of a FG attempt even in that wind. DROP. Or 6:30 into the video on a 3rd down Allen rolls right and throws a catchable ball to Beas to get inside the 10. And just rewatch that pass on 3rd and long to Knox. All he has to do is come back for the ball so that the defender can't even make a play on the ball. And even with the defender making the play, he still could have caught it. Knox's first drive-killing drop isn't even in there.

It's a drop. Diggs was turned around for awhile... it's not like he had to turn at the last minute. That was a pass that was as much in his bucket as you could have gotten on that night. I bet Diggs would tell you he should have caught it.

If Diggs catches that TD do we win?

I'm alleging that you're claiming there were no easy throws sprinkled in when there were... ala Knox's first drop.

We did have those throws... but they were dropped. These are NFL WRs and TEs paid millions to catch the ball... so CATCH THE DAMN BALL!!! Or catch the damn game winner!!!

Yes. That was another of the 5 passes I was thinking of that were dropped. Also Knox dropped 2 and just got outmuscled in the EZ for what should have been a TD to win the game. What Josh did in this game was pretty amazing. So much went wrong for Buffalo in that game that doesn't normally go wrong (Bass missing a chip shot FG that would have made it so we only needed a FG rather than a TD to win it) that the game itself doesn't make me feel worse about Buffalo as a team. However, I still truly wish Daboll called more--more than ZERO--designed runs for Allen.

It's a ball Diggs normally catches. And that was a money throw by Josh. There were at least 5 drops in that game. If only half of those are caught, Bills win. Heck... if Diggs makes that catch that he normally makes, Bills win. I'm over my Pats hangover. I feel pretty good going into our week 16 matchup given that conditions won't be those once in a decade conditions for an NFL game.