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On 3/21/2024 at 8:12 AM, KDIGGZ said:
Curt Cousins is not good and comes up short but he works probably harder than anyone in the league and is maximizing his potential, otherwise he might not even be in the league.
Conversely, Josh Allen thinks he's good enough and doesn't workout, doesn't watch film, these are his own words. Kyle Allen asked him his plans for the offseason on his podcast. It wasn't to get better and work on being the best QB and winning a championship. He said his plan was to play at every single PGA major golf course. What an absolute slap in the face to Bills fans. This guy wants to be Tiger Woods not Tom Brady. And we all know that he is now immersed into the Hollywood scene and all of those industry parties and such so that will be a whole thing as well.
Not so bold prediction: Josh Allen has already peaked and the Bills will never win a Superbowl. He has other interests and he is happy just showing up on Sundays and seeing what happens.
I kind of want to respond to this - but it actually leaves me speechless.
On 3/21/2024 at 10:50 AM, julian said:Certain fans who feel they’re owed a SB title will slowly start to blame the all world QB more and more with each passing year if no SB is obtained, even if that QB continues to dominate the league as Allen has the last 4 years.
Since they can’t really point to his on field performance as the reason for no title yet, they’re left with pointing the finger at the offseason routine, as though maybe playing one less round of golf, or one less week on the beach with his significant other will somehow activate this Bills defense into championship mode in the playoffs.
Absurd.
Thank you.
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I get the sentiments that we haven't taken a step forward either - and agree. But we didn't need to.
We're as good as anyone. Differences are marginal.
We need to figure out how to win playoff games. It has more to do w/ strategy & psychology than it does w/ talent.
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We had a really good team last season. I thought it was the best heading INTO the season that we've had in the JA era. After the weird Jets debacle, we looked it, too.
Injuries hit us hard in a short couple of weeks. We kind of got back on track, but never looked as dominant as we did prior to that. And then injuries hit us again at the end.
Playoff success this year will be more about staying healthy than the quality of the team. The latter is there just as much as it was last year.
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13 minutes ago, Einstein said:
The only way anyone could be happy with this Free Agency is if they expected literally nothing (as you said). As in, they somehow expected us to field a team of 42 players instead of 53.
We have acquired:
- Curtis Samuel- A defensive end with one of the worst possible grades you could ever imagine (Johnson)
- A LB whose former teams fans were celebrating him leaving (Morrow)- A backup center
- Mitch Trubisky
Maybe I missed someone?
We have signed scrap heap players.Wow, are those ever purposely negative characterizations.
You left out the players we re-signed.
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I expected nothing this FA period - we started out $40M+ over cap.
Beane has done a great job filling holes & setting us up for another season of being a contender.
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Poor return for a player of that caliber, imo.
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We'll be as good as anyone in '24. But we've been that for a few years now.
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I always love Beane's strategy here. Go into the draft w/ few holes to fill, even w/ depth - and then you can be flexible w/ who you pick, and focus a little more on BPA.
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As we know, it would take a king's ransom to trade up to get him.
But the upside is that the offense would be completely unstoppable.
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Just now, Gregg said:
Fair point. My thinking is if they score then Mahomes has 1:40 left or so and I didn't trust the Bills D to make a stop. It's a pick your poison situation.
Oh, for sure. I'd like to think they could buckle down at home and get the stop in that situation - but they really didn't the entire game.
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While I can't stand the Chiefs - I would never wish this on a fanbase. I hope this doesn't happen.
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6 minutes ago, Gregg said:
If I remember correctly on the play where Allen went for the TD wasn't Diggs open underneath. If it were me, I would have taken my chances by milking the clock and giving KC very little time left. At that point it was 4 down territory, and the Bills were moving the ball. Also, the Bills injury depleted D hadn't stopped the Chiefs all game and they probably don't if KC gets the ball back with some time on the clock.
This is kind of where I think analysis of that play goes a little over the top.
Just the idea that you can script a more methodical approach to that last couple of minutes, so you use all 3 downs for every first down, and time it more or less perfectly so that you finally break through and get a TD with just a few seconds to spare.
Football just isn't like that. Like I said in my previous post on this, once you get deeper into the red zone, D's tighten up. Especially a D as good as KC's. An open Shakir might have been the last good shot we had at a TD, without having to thread the needle or make a much more precise throw. And there are other risks to not taking that opportunity - maybe there is a holding penalty, or tipped ball for an INT, or sack.
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1 minute ago, H2o said:
The throw to Diggs on the other hand was just 2-3 yards beyond the LOS. And Bolton was already crashing down because he saw him. Diggs either falls on his own around the 20 or Bolton lights him up around the 20.
The microscopic dissection of that play has gone to absurd levels.
I had to tune out the national pundits after this game. Throwing a 25 yard pass to a wide open guy in the endzone on 2nd down is not "hero ball."
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21 minutes ago, muppy said:
fans expect perfection. Unrealized hopes and expectations must have a scapegoat. Let's pick our BEST player and drag him. @-@
Blame Josh Allen for not working hard enough. As if anyone here knows or sees what he does do off-season beyond what is shown on social media feeds.
You show me a perfect athlete and I'll show you a NFL cyborg. They don't exist.
Brady was pretty close to that. I remember thinking that watching him at times. A lot of these guys at the top are super-competitive, but Brady was obsessed. There was a chip on his shoulder from being picked in the 6th round that stayed there no matter how many rings he got.
I don't see Mahomes or any other athlete that way. There have been a lot of comments that Mahomes works harder, processes better, and is just generally better than Allen, but I don't see any significant gap between the 2. Mahomes has better coaching, and has achieved more as a result.
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17 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:
Sure. Because the lasting image of Tom Brady in big games isn't taking what the defense gives him in crunch time. It's not setting up game winning field goals or red zone TD's....... it's those deep TD passes to prevent defense's from tightening up on him in the red zone.
How have Mahomes last two SB wins ended? With a PI call and a short TD pass........both in deep in opponents territory. Not with hoping to complete the longest air yards pass of the season to a particular receiver(as would have been the case with Shakir).
You can disagree with it all you want but the play wasn't there to be had. The coverage was good and the pressure from Jones should have told Allen to take the first down. But he threw it anyway.
I love having Josh Allen as my QB. And if he just provides tons of fun moments over the next 8-10 years that's fine with me. I'm not a finish-line fan trying to get one SB win before I die. This is entertainment. Jim Kelly had greater flaws and I loved having him as QB too. But if the question is if Josh Allen is doing everything he can to secure a SB win..........I know that answer has been no.
The coverage wasn't good. Shakir was wide open.
And it was 2nd down. I have no doubt that if he went for Diggs & the pass was dropped, everyone would have been criticizing him for not getting the easy TD when he was looking right there.
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4 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:
Yes, notably as a passer compared to 2020.
He's a gamer and experience has improved him in some regards but he still makes a lot of bad "gunslinger" decisions. More than in 2020, when he was working to disprove the notion that he was a turnover machine, for instance.
And it's not just throwing 3 interceptions to the same guy on opening night. He's susceptible to critical mental mistakes even when his focus is seemingly great that day. That 2nd and 9 throw to Shakir with 2 minutes left against KC.........with Diggs wide open for the first.........was just an undisciplined mistake that ultimately got him beat despite a largely brilliant performance otherwise. The devil is in the details when it comes to being the best or just another excellent one.
Mahomes is focused. He's got a simpler life away from the field........his offseason life is largely about preparing so he's built a compound in Texas to train with his receivers there. He's on the hunt for Tom Brady's records/status.
Josh is not at that level as a competitor away from the field and now that he's 0-3 in the playoffs and 3 SB wins and 4 SB appearances behind Mahomes I suspect that only disincentivizes him a bit more. It's not like Brady being great made Big Ben or Aaron Rodgers elevate their games as leaders. They just kept doing what THEY do. And never won another SB after getting their wins early in their careers.
I'll always disagree w/ the bolded.
That play was designed for the shot to Shakir, and he was open. It's not undisciplined or even a mistake to throw to a wide open receiver in the endzone.
You may not get that again on that drive. Defenses tighten up once you get into the red zone, and having an easy opportunity for a TD is never a guarantee. Any good or great QB goes for Shakir there.
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Not much. If we stood pat right now, we'd be okay heading into the season.
Starters I would expect to see from the draft: WR2, Safety, & DT (someone on here said that DT3 is basically a starter in this scheme, which I agree with).
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Just now, Big Blitz said:
Chiefs fans replies says a lot about him
First thing I do when we sign someone is check his previous team's boards (as I'm sure many fans do).
They really liked this guy. Nothing over the top, but it sounds like he's a gamer who will fit in well here.
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Marino was a better pure passer than anyone who has ever played (imo).
But he could not run or scramble.
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1 minute ago, FireChans said:
I don’t believe that you believe that.
Rank these 3 QB’s.
Brady, Mahomes, Marino.
Believe what? That QB's aren't necessarily measured by titles?
Brady
Mahomes
Marino
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1 minute ago, FireChans said:
I’m not saying Allen isn’t a franchise QB. I’m not saying he’s not a HoF QB. Hell, I think Allen is WAY better than Kelly, and he has less playoff accomplishments.
I’m saying until he wins a Super Bowl, he’s not going to be mentioned alongside Brady, Mahomes, Manning etc. And those guys winning multiple, some with multiple teams, is what separates themselves from Marino and Tarkenton and Allen.
That’s it.
THAT is a fair take. SB champions get talked about way more, because titles are a bigger part of NFL history.
But that isn't as relevant to which QB's are actually better. I give Mahomes full props - but I just don't think he's significantly better than Allen. From my POV, I'd still take Allen over Mahomes. We still would have botched 13 seconds with Mahomes as our QB. Et al.
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Just now, KDIGGZ said:
The comments in this thread are embarrassing. He's as good or better than Mahomes? Josh is good enough so he doesn't have to work harder? What planet are you guys living on? This is the kind of thread that gets posted on other forums and those fans laugh at how delusional we are. The only thing Josh Allen has ever won in his life was a few division titles and the Idaho Potato Bowl. Get it together, you are embarrassing yourselves with your acceptance of mediocrity.
The bolded is....well, it's somethin'.
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Just now, FireChans said:
Choker, didn’t watch, choker, choker.
or, alternatively, not as good as the other all time greats x 4.
Unsurprisingly, part of approaching the best ever is playing your best in the biggest moments.
Still a team game. I don't agree w/ your characterizations, either.
I actually think coaching is the most important aspect of winning a championship. Reid is the best, and the "Mahomes is way better because he has 3 titles" argument basically ends there for me.
But it's not a savvy argument, regardless. In a team game like football, "x QB is better than y QB because of titles' is a poor take. Bradshaw had 4. Dilfer wasn't better than Marino. Many more examples.
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Tre White to the Rams - 1 year deal, $8M up to $10M
in The Stadium Wall
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Best of luck to Tre.