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I mean those are two division winners. Bills got the Ravens when they were at their most desperate. The Bills got the Texans when they were at 100%. Allen had his worst two game stint in a long long time. Now: you can probably convince everyone that McDermott didn't do enough with dark magic. I mean Andy Reid is out there making the Raiders snap balls early, Broncos to not block on FGs, Falcons to not run up the middle, Likely having big feet. If McDermott fully embraced dark magic then the Texans kicker misses that FG and Nacua and Kupp drop some of those passes

I just looked at the Bills home games for next year. My God, I don't know if I've ever seen a tougher Home schedule. Dates with the Chiefs, Ravens, Bengals, Eagles and Bucs

Also. Since 2020 The Bills have been #1, #2, #3 and this year #13 in Defensive Spending. So the HC that got the job because of his Defensive Mind cannot figure out which players the Bills need to keep or let go. I've watched Dan Quinn turn the Commanders Defense better over the year, Zimmer with Dallas, Orr with the Ravens, Fangio with the Eagles but the Bills have a terrible scheme so let's just hope they don't get blasted in the playoffs like they always do. Give Me A Break

I mean.... I never brought up John Harbaugh once but sure let's go. #1 Harbaugh didn't have an elite QB. #2 Before Lamar, Harbaugh had a pretty solid record in the playoffs without an elite QB before the SB season. He had beaten the Brady Pats once and while he did lose to Big Ben twice and Manning. Those teams all had an elite QB while Harbaugh did not. He then lost to the Pats in the AFCCG after that Brady Drive when Lee Evans dropped a TD for the win late and his kicker missed a FG to tie. To quickly touch on something you said: I don't think one drive is a "McDermott collapse" unless that drive is pretty much exactly what in 13 seconds. What I do think is a McDermott collapse is when the Defense plays an elite QB and they always score 27 points at minimum (could have been more in both of those games because you know they both had the ball late) and in your last 4 playoff losses your Defense is giving up 33.5 points a game. In that game against the Pats the Ravens allowed 23. Now the thing about John is, he isn't a Defensive Coach like McDermott so if his Defense wasn't successful he could hire a new DC no problem. With McDermott the Bills are stuck with this flawed Defensive scheme. The Bills had no answers for the Chiefs the first two times and the Bengals. Last year I watched the banged up Dolphins Defense play better than the banged up Bills Defense and yet we continue to allow McDermott to have excuses for this Defense. #3 John then did end up winning when his QB caught fire and the Broncos misplayed a pass; now with Lamar, an elite QB, they are 2-4 together (they did lose the close game to the Bengals). HE does have a little bit more leash because he won one but if the Ravens lose to the Bills in the 2nd round I would 100% expect Harbaugh's seat to be warm going into next season. If a coach has an elite QB I expect results. Here are the elite QBs since 2000 imo: Brady, Manning, Rodgers, Brees, Big Ben, Mahomes, Allen, Burrow and Lamar. For me personally: if I don't reach the Superbowl within 5 years of you having one of those QBs: I move off you. Hell I'd say if I don't reach the Superbowl within 5 years of your last win I may move off you unless you because you don't elite QBs in their prime for long

You have to try something... or you settle on not winning. Right now the Bills are settling. Never in history has a QB and HC been together for this long and win their first Superbowl

I wanted Thomas Jr and was sad (and a little surprised) he went to the Jags. Ladd looks like Wes Welker out there and I always thought Welker was one of the truly under appreciated WRs. He was on that Pats team with Moss and he was arguably the more important WR.

For the Bills I think the best seeding would be: 5. Chargers 6. Steelers 7. Colts The Colt are just not good. I think the Steelers could potentially upset the Ravens if some things break their way and I think the Texans are trash but the Chargers could give the Chiefs a scare if the Bills and Ravens both win.

No ofcourse not. If you change a coach and they get worse results obvious it's not successful. What I'm saying is if you are afraid of taking the big swing you'll always settle for being a loser. In my opinion McDermott will never lead the Bills to the Superbowl (not even talking about winning, just getting there) because 1. He makes questionable decisions in game 2. He coaches scared a lot (not taking risks when the team absolutely has to; playing to not lose/get blown out when he is losing) and 3. his defense is never prepared to stop one of the elite passing QBs. I think the Bills will end up losing to the Ravens unless they lose in the first round or weather hampers Lamar's throwing and allows the Bills to focus exclusively on the run game. When that happens the Bills will be 1-5 against the other 3 elite QBs in the AFC (with a 6th loss to Watson when he was an elite player).

I don't know but I would hope my goal is to win the Superbowl and I would 100% make that change and live with the results even if it means worse results.

I have a question for you: If you had the power and you knew after 1990 the Bills would go to three more Superbowls and lose them all, nothing else given.... would you have fired Levy? Because that's how I feel after 13 seconds except the Bills don't even make it to the Superbowl.

My roommate says the same thing and this is incorrect. Obviously last game he had a monster game. Outside of that he's had one long run (when Poyer took the wrong angle) These are his rushing totals in the 6 games against Buffalo: 56, 78, 57, 143 (76 on one run), 25, 199. So he averages 93 yards (72 before the last monster game).

I think about how unlucky the Bills have gotten with the removal of the 2nd seed bye. I believe this is the 4th time the Bills have gotten the 2nd seed after they removed it (which is ironic because the Chiefs went to the Superbowl the year before as the 2 seed with a bye). I mean I like to blame McDermott as much as the next person. I'm already pre-planning my yearly "Fire McDermott for his crap Defense" for when they let up 35+ to the Ravens or Chiefs. That said: he doesn't call the Offense so you really can't blame him for the Texans game and while he had some questionable decisions in the Rams game ultimately the Rams were just hot that game (as seen by them scoring the same amount of points in that game as their next 3 combined). I don't think if the Bills went 15-2 with a win over the Rams that they'd get the 1 seed. In my opinion it's going to have to be the Bills or Ravens to knock out the Chiefs and ofcourse they'll have to play in the 2nd round.

Da'Rick Rogers is also starting at WR for them

It's like a 98% chance. It would come down to Strength of Victory and they need like 3 wins the next two weeks from the Bills, 49ers, Cincy, Cleveland, and Minny. Even if those teams fail the Seahawks would need a bunch of things to go right for them to edge out the Rams. This is one of the more situations where a team could win and not win their division until other teams not in the division determine the result

Rams get the pick, the win and the division

I wonder how long before Burrow requests a trade. If I'm Chase I don't sign. I play out the inevitable franchise tag and get out of there. Both are having possible career best years and they aren't going to make the playoffs and have no realistic chance at winning a Superbowl with Lamar, Allen and Mahomes having better teams every year.

Ummm... their passing Offense is perfectly fine. They haven't lost with Hurts since September

Not going to lie: the best thing about this game was that it ended

Manning won the Superbowl in year 9. He was a 2 time MVP and a 3-6 postseason record. Lamar is in Year 7 and is a 2 time MVP with a 2-4 record. *throwing out their rookie years. Manning averaged 31 TDs a season and Lamar 26.5 (10 less games). 46 picks for Lamar 92 for Manning. In 6 season Manning has 5k more throwing yardage (again with 10 more games played) but we aren't even going to bring up Lamar's rushing stats.

Reminds me of when Peyton Manning lost in the playoffs a lot early in his career and then never won the Superbowl.... oh wait

Ravens backup WRs are wide open If they won they'd be the 3 seed

Texans = Dolphins They beat the tomato cans of the NFL. It took Josh Allen's worst day for them to win with a walk off 59 yarder. The Lions tried to give them the game with 5 picks and they still lost. Their wins: Colts x2, Bears, Jags x2, Cowboys, Dolphins, Patriots and sadly the Bills

I'm not sure about that. The Chiefs are a bad matchup for the Ravens. The Chiefs are great against the run. They are weak in the secondary but it would mean Lamar would have to beat them by passing in the cold. Then you have Mahomes and the Chiefs Offense that has been low-key heating up. I think the Vikings are the absolute nightmare team for the Ravens.

Did you see Detroit's Defense?