BigDingus

Trust me, I totally agree with you on YouTube related sports & Bills content, but discovered this guy during the offseason and now myself and a couple friends grew attached to his brand of humor & news. He's an unashamed Broncos homer, but CONSTANTLY goes to bat for the Bills & covers the fans and now I'm even watching his random news videos throughout the week. Here's his recap video for the early games yesterday (skipped to the Bills part) - The fact he barely even spoke about it made me laugh. That's the smallest amount of time he gave to the Bills or Broncos for anything this year, you can just tell how pissed he was. Anyway, I'd just recommend giving his videos a couple more views & seeing if they click with you. I really enjoy him, and like you, don't follow any Bills related/sports related stuff on YouTube at all. Also, here's his offseason Bills breakdown that got me interested in the first place:

I've been following this guy's videos for quite a while, he's a huge Broncos fan but covers the rest of the NFL. He frequently discusses the Bills too, as he loves Bills fans & their tailgating. He's a funny guy, figured I'd share in case anyone else was interested. He's definitely not your typical wannabe sports analyst, doesn't take himself seriously, and I honestly enjoy watching his videos more than traditional outlets recently. Figured I'd share this one for anyone who wants a laugh, and maybe you'll end up following his stuff too. He talks about the Bills enough, so couldn't hurt

The media HAS pointed out their soft schedule, many, many times. Maybe you just haven't been looking at Cowboys coverage... Also, I think it's pretty obvious why they're getting a lot of attention, and it's not just "media bias." Anyway, our schedule is still easier in comparison. Second, their offense is #1 in the league, and Prescott is playing like a true franchise QB. Lastly, even though our record is better, we haven't looked nearly as good in our wins as the Cowboys have in theirs. If we played like we did last week against the Dolphins all year, we'd be getting talked about just as much (especially if Allen was playing like Dak). I know we all hate the Cowboys, but their offense has looked great most of the year. Dak has hit the point where he can put the team on his back & carry the team himself, which is a huge sign that he's cementing himself as a true franchise guy. He's thrown for 400+ yards 3 x times (and threw for 397 another game), and that will get attention regardless of who it is against. Even if he is just beating up on lower teams, it's something many other QB's including Allen have shown they can't do yet, regardless of opponent.

Pitt is playing very well, and they've won 4 out of 5 already. After Ben went down in game 1, here's what their losses look like: Lost by 2 points against the currently 8-2 Seahawks Lost by 4 points against the currently 9-1 49ers (@ San Fran) Lost by 3 points against the currently 8-2 Ravens Lost by 14 points against the currently 4-6 Browns (@ Cleveland) So aside from last week's against the Browns, they've lost by an average of 3 points against 3 teams with a combined 25-5 record. That's without Big Ben. Their remaining schedule is: @ Bengals (0-10) Browns (4-6) @ Cardinals (3-7-1) Bills (7-3) @ Jets (3-7) @ Ravens (8-2) I don't see why people are so convinced the Steelers can't win out, or at least win 5 out of 6. Their chances are certainly better than ours for doing that. If they were playing the Ravens earlier it might change things up, but considering the Ravens will likely be resting starters week 17. Winning 9 of 11 wouldn't be that shocking, not at all. After their game 1 blowout, they had some very close losses to the best teams in the league. Since then, they've won everything aside from the Browns (which we also lost). So discounting their ability to win the rest of their games is weird to me.

Donovan McNabb, Warren Moon, Randall Cunningham, and even current players like Russell Wilson, DeShaun Watson & Lamar Jackson I'd put over most of those names.

But apparently we still need a #1 receiver... People won't be convinced we have a #1 WR until we get one who is doing minute long endzone celebrations, posting hundreds of nonsensical things on Twitter, and won't shut up to the press. Once he's officially pissing off our own locker room, only then can we say the Bills have a "true" #1 receiver!

I think he's in the 16-20 range, but putting him in the same category as Garapollo feels weird. I've watched quite a few 49ers games this year, and Garapollo definitely feels like he's playing at a higher level than Allen, Mayfeld, Tannehill, etc.

Sprite? ? I think a lot of that has to do with the plays being called for him. When he comes in, everyone knows his purpose & what the Bills want to do with him. The fans, the defense, the announcers, everyone. The majority of it has been on short yardage downs, just trying to bulldoze through to get the 1st. They could mix it up a bit more, but it seems they're saving that for Singletary.

The one guy that put them at #1 was probably just trying to skew the average, otherwise they're just insane. 12th is fair, nothing wrong with that. If we can beat either the Cowboys or Ravens and keep the other one close, we'll shoot up the rankings. If we lose both or get blown out in either, we'll probably sink to the 15th-18th range.

Fans wanted him fired, blamed all of Tyrod's failures on him (it's a common theme when the QB isn't executing or the team is losing), and Rex needed to fire someone to stay afloat. He was a solid coordinator, we just didn't have the right QB to go with his offense.

Yeah... Allen didn't really prove Jalen Ramsey wrong or anything, so not sure what that's about. C.Biscuit is right though, Josh has been good at just ignoring that outside chatter & just playing the game. Harris would probably be happy if Allen started chunking up passes left & right, but that hasn't really been one of his strengths. Just take what the defense gives him, hope the run game steps up, and don't turn the ball over. I'm sure Allen will look to run a decent amount, so here's hoping he's learned to hang onto the football.

Yeah, why have MVP level talent like Mahomes or Jackson when we can have mild success at the position & maybe in a few years, moderate success?! Sure glad we got at Allen instead too.

OJ ran for 2,000+ yards in a 14 game season, averaging 6.0 yards per carry. Hell, he ran for 250 against the Steel Curtain with no threat of a passing game whatsoever. Barry Sanders deserves similar praise for being the entire focus of opposing teams, yet still putting up insane numbers. He deserves a top 3 spot easily, as he was still killing it when he retired, with no end in sight. He also ran for 2,000+ yards in a season...just one season before he retired! His final season he rushed for 1,491 yards. If Sanders just played 1 more season, he easily could've surpassed the all time rushing record (just getting his career yearly average too), and it would've been 2 seasons earlier than what it took Payton. OJ was easily the best RB of his era, just like I believe Sanders was the best of his. And both played on teams where there wasn't much of a supporting cast. They were the offense, and they were what other teams game planned around.

Jim Brown Barry Sanders OJ Simpson Not sure the order, but I'd say those are top 3, with Walter Payton a close 4th and Emmitt Smith at a definite #5.

Wait what?! This team has "had an issue" with the Jets, the Bengals, the Titans, the Dolphins, the Eagles, and the Browns, yet they won't have an issue with any of the other teams outside of NE & Baltimore? Where does that confidence come from? Clearly not what has transpired on the field, otherwise you wouldn't be saying that. The Cowboys blew out the Eagles (who blew us out), and have the NFL's top ranked offense. They also have one of the best running backs in the game, and we've had trouble stopping the run (yes, we stuck it to the Dolphins last week, yay). We lost to the Browns on the road just 2 weeks ago...they only have the 16th ranked defense. The Broncos on the other hand have the 4th ranked defense, and we're not going to have an issue playing them at Mile High? We already "had an issue" against the Jets, so just assuming that won't happen going forward is pretty unfounded as well. * * * That leaves the Steelers, a team that is 4-2 at home and has won 4 out of their last 5 games. Looking at their schedule, they're just as likely to have won 7 of their last 8 by the time we play them (their next 3 games are against the Bengals, Browns & Cardinals). Since Big Ben went down in week 1, they've only had one game they lost by 7 or more points. They lost to the Seahawks by 2, lost to the 49ers by 4, lost to the Ravens by 3 and the Browns by 14. Think about that, they only lost by an average of 3 points to 3 of the BEST teams in football. But the Bills will be the team to just handle them? And on the road? Based on what again? Handing it to the Dolphins last week? C'mon man... Seriously, I do not understand where we get off being so cocky.

9-7 will have to be good enough. That Browns loss is really going to come back & bite us in the a**. There's no way we beat the Pats on the road, and we're probably going to get killed by the Ravens. Greg Roman has designed the perfect offense for Lamar Jackson, and he looks insane right now. The Steelers game is going to be very tough. Sure, they're only 5-5, but they're 4-2 at home, and 4-1 over the last 5 weeks. The Cowboys have the #1 offense in the league and the #7 defense. Can we go there & beat them? Sure, but only if we can put up points like we did this week against the Dolphins. The defense will get moved on no matter what, so this is one of those games where the offense is going to NEED to carry the burden. We absolutely have to beat the Broncos & Jets, but neither of those games will be easy either. Broncos have the #4 ranked defense, only suffering 1 blowout this year against the Chiefs. The Jets are 3-3 since Darnold's return, and you never really know what you'll get from them. All we know is that we struggled bad against them week 1, so hopefully it'll go better in week 17. I would be shocked but thrilled if we went 3-3. I think 2-4 is more likely, and can even see 1-4

The fact you had to wait until 11 weeks into the season to be able to post this speaks volumes. Yes, "detractors" (aka people who are just discussing what they've seen each week) can admit he had a very good game. So did Sam Darnold. Here's his stat line: 19/30 for 293 yards, 4 TD's & 1 INT, 121.3 rating. Does one good game mean they've arrived? Allen beating the lowly Dolphins & Darnold beating the lowly Redskins is certainly impressive, but are you able to admit that for 9 other games this season Allen hasn't played a single complete game, that he wasn't able to complete a deep pass to save his life, took a ton of bad sacks, has a fumble problem, disappears for a couple quarters per game, and generally had accuracy problems, missing open targets often? I don't even disagree that Allen is showing growth, only stating how ridiculous the idea behind this thread is. "HOLY CRAP! Allen beat the DOLPHINS! Ha, told ya! FRANCHISE GUY SUCKAS!" ?

I don't know, I feel like announcers spend at least a quarter of each game talking about how great a player & teammate Frank Gore is. Seriously, just wait until he has his first run. Nobody on the Bills gets even close to the amount of attention, no matter what they're doing on the field lol

How do you not get tired of weekly predictions that THIS is the week the Bills are going to blow someone out? Nothing ScottLaw said was even remotely "crap," nor was it unreasonable. Saying "I just don't trust the Bills offense to put up points and our defense to shut any offense down," is NOT far-fetched at all. The offense hasn't had ONE SINGLE GAME where they played well for the full 60 minutes. Not one. There have been large stretches that have spanned at least an entire quarter or 2 where they struggle to even get a 1st down, let alone put up a FG. Often times the defense will even give them extra opportunities, or special teams will set us up in great field position, only for the offense to go backwards (whether via penalties, sacks, fumbles, etc.), turn it over or go 3 & out. And everyone knows we're having these struggles against the league's worst teams! It's not like these are hard fought battles against dominant opponents on the road...instead they're against teams like the Bengals, Browns, Titans, Jets, Dolphins, etc. and they're happening at home too! So why anyone would get upset when someone doesn't just automatically assume we're going to dominate an opponent every week is beyond me. What we have shown is that we're going to struggle offensively each week, and that our defense will do its bend-don't-break routine. We'll play neck & neck with bad opponents, and hope that we can do just enough by the end to escape with a victory. Anyone who predicts that should not be criticized at all. Just saying "I expect us to put up a bajillion points & Allen will have his first 300 yard game!" each week doesn't make it more likely to happen. You can't wish it hard enough into existence, so being critical of those who aren't saying absurdly optimistic/unrealistic things is just rude.

Sounds more like his take is something you don't like hearing... And a lot of Bills fans this season have had AWFUL takes, blaming everyone & their mother for why we're struggling against awful teams, why we lose, and what needs to be done...but not Allen! So yeah, Allen needs to improve dramatically, he's hasn't had one full game where he's played well the entire season, and he has a lot of glaring issues, not the least of which being his propensity for fumbles, being the worst deep ball passer in the league for the 2nd straight season, taking bad sacks, struggles reading defenses, trouble figuring out how to beat a pass rush, trouble with timing routes, etc. He hasn't been awful, but to pretend he's proven to be a franchise guy, or worthy of a high 1st round draft selection is far from the truth. We have been blessed with a very easy schedule this year, but the record won't always be this favorable. If Allen plays like he has this year next season, you can be certain the Bills will be looking for a new QB going into the 2021 draft. He's shown that if the defense can either play lights out or keep us in the game, he can do just enough to possibly help us escape with a win against weak opponents. But if the offense is ever in a game where they need to keep pace with an opponent who is showing they're going to keep scoring on us, you know Allen can't put the team on his back & will us to victory.

Knew it. There was no way he was coming back this season

It will be the rest of the season, for certain. It'll likely extend into next season. Honestly I think it'll go at least 10 games into next season though it might go the entire year barring appeal. But the outrage from all over is so strong, the remainder of this year is a certainty. All of next season seems realistic too, but we'll see. I just don't see any way he's on the field you start the 2020 season. Seifert believes it deserves a record setting punishment - https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28083617/myles-garrett-suspension-steelers-browns-fight-why-deserves-record-punishment-helmet-swing I think it will. None of the other acts people are bringing up will serve as good comparison except Haynesworth, but even this looked more criminal. Seifert believes it deserves a record setting punishment - https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28083617/myles-garrett-suspension-steelers-browns-fight-why-deserves-record-punishment-helmet-swing I think it will. None of the other acts people are bringing up will serve as good comparison except Haynesworth, but even this looked more criminal.

Peerless Price definitely wasn't "one-hit," but he certainly had only one truly standout season back in 2002, where he had 94 receptions, 1,252 receiving yards, 9 TD's & a 63.5% catch%. He played opposite of Eric Moulds who had nearly identical stats that same year with 100 receptions, 1,292 yards, 10 TD's & a 55.6% catch%. Unfortunately for him, he never was the same again after that season, while Moulds had a productive career before & after 2002, especially considering the crappy QB's he was anchored with. But yeah, not a "one hit wonder," but definitely a dude that flashed greatness, then disappeared.

I mean, if he can continue playing even close to how he is now, absolutely. Even if he only has a couple years left, the chance at a single Super Bowl is more than worth it. Doesn't matter if we can't build around him or create a dynasty, if we won a Super Bowl none of it matters. It'd be like the Toronto Raptors & K. Leonard. Even if he was gone after a year, he still helped get them a Championship which is more than they ever had in their entire franchise history, so money well spent.

Aside from a handful of plays, Tre looked great against OBJ. And considering how great a player OBJ is, keeping him from having a huge day is big enough. Don't have to hold him to 0 catches to have been successful in the matchup.