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If anyone needs to bring themselves down after the uplifting win last night, just swing on by this thread.. There will be some Steelers fans, but 30% would be an absolute embarrassment and I'd be shocked if that happened. As far as the weather goes, this team very much remembers getting knocked out last year - in part - due to the opposing team handling the conditions better than us. At the very least, I think the staff and players will hammer home being prepared for the elements as to not let that happen again.

Commanders out here doing the most unimpressive trick plays all quarter.

Listening to WGR and it’s bizarre how confident they were that Tennessee wouldn’t blow this game. Was honestly infuriating to listen to, knowing this will come down to the wire with us all expecting the Jags to pull it out.

It’s to the point where you’d rather a team who could benefit you losing plays a bad to mediocre team last week of the season over a playoff caliber team due to situations like this occurring every year. It is what it is, and I’m not sure the Titans will beat the Jags, but I know we’re all much happier the Jags have to face them than the Chiefs or Browns .. who are also resting everyone.

Done rooting for Ravens. (flip switch) I hope Lamar and the Ravens get ROCKED in the Divisional Round.

Ravens are legitimately resting anyone they can. Backups everywhere. They punted on this game to the most extreme level possible.

If he’s truly dealing with an injury enough to the point where he’s barely out-snapping rotational WR’s, why is he practicing in full? If we’re limiting snaps, it seems it would be wise for him to take it easy at practice. Maybe it’s not something that can heal with rest like that, but if it is an injury, it’s clearly affecting his ability to play a normal snap percentage.

I hate that I’m getting involved in this argument, but this doesn’t make any sense. If our only path was Bills/Dolphins, Bills win and make the playoffs .. given the setting, injuries, meaning etc.. we, at least, have a 50/50 shot at winning that game and making the playoffs, correct? So, our game alone equates to a 50% chance. How do we lose probability by having two other chances, in addition to our own game, at getting in?

Make sure y’all say Go Bills!! to the 10 foot tall shadow aliens 👽

Definitely hope Morse is 100% by Sunday.. The pressure we’ve been seeing the last few weeks has largely come up the middle and looks to be making Allen skiddish in the pocket at times.

RD1 WR, double dip WR again in the first 4 Rounds. Then focus on the Defense with the remaining picks (DT, CB, S) I'd cut Poyer and Tre, and prioritize bringing back Jones and Floyd or AJE. Keep the DL a strength, and then with Milano, Bernard, Johnson, Douglas and Benford, we can allow for two new Safeties to learn throughout the season and reset the position with youth.

I think this is a somewhat valid statement, but it's too early to say that. The Bills caught fire two years ago and were probably the best team in the league when we got knocked out due to bad coaching and bad luck. Last year, we definitely ran out of gas... physically and mentally. We're lucky we didn't lose in the Wild Card Round to a backup QB. This year.. if we lose to Miami and don't make the playoffs or fall short in the playoffs with the offense looking clunky, it will once again seem like last year, where we just ran out of gas down the stretch... but we could also go the opposite way and make a run. TBD

Would love if the Bills can find a way to keep Jones and one of Floyd/Epenesa.. then I'd honestly go back to back RD1/RD2 WR with how insanely good this Draft is at that position, and the fact we're likely heading into the new league year with only Diggs, Shakir and Shorter.

We restructured him, so we can cut him post 6/1 and manage his cap hit, but more than likely he's a Bill next year and then we can reasonably move off him the following year.

McDaniel seemed to rule Howard out. Haven’t heard anything on Waddle, but they’d have to basically make that ankle completely numb if he’s truly dealing with a high ankle sprain only a couple weeks removed.

When did that flip for the Pats against anyone in our division with Tom Brady?

Bills Defense looks like what you need to win a Super Bowl in the modern era.. They may give up a couple big plays. Just like we saw against NE.. But they make up for it with pressure on the QB, negative plays and turnovers. When you play elite offenses, that’s how you beat them. That’s the difference between Bills Defenses of old against Mahomes or Burrow in the playoffs and this new version of the Bills Defense. Thing is.. this Defense comes with a price tag. Von Miller is eating up cap on the bench. Floyd & Poyer are on this defense and therefore DeAndre Hopkins is not on our Offense. With Daquan Jones back, and Rasul Douglas replacing Tre White, we’re truly only missing Milano. Look around the NFL… we’ll take it. I fully expect this Defense to be Super Bowl caliber and show it Sunday Night and into the Playoffs. If, and when, they do that. Props to McDermott. But this is when he needs to shine.

It’s really frustrating that two years in a row, we have massive WR questions down the stretch. Our most reliable weapons are a 2nd year RB, rookie TE and a 2nd year slot WR. We have a WR1 who can’t get open and takes himself off the field every other play and a WR2 who’s the same boom/bust guy he’s been his entire career. It didn’t have to be this way, but hopefully our defense carries us if the offense can’t get it together because all the potential WR money for someone like Hopkins is on that side of the ball in Floyd & Poyer.

If I’m a fan of Baltimore, I’d want them to rest the key guys. If I’m Harbaugh, I know we haven’t had a ton of success in the playoffs in the Lamar era and my QB is gunning for a personal achievement in MVP. I don’t think it’s clear cut they rest guys, given they have a Wild Card Round Bye Week, but anyone who’s dinged up isn’t playing and I think it’s 30/70 Lamar plays… and if he plays, probably a half. The good news is the Ravens/AFC North is a different animal. I’m guessing they still care about imposing their will on a rival and ending their playoff hopes. I also don’t think they care about losing on purpose with the hope Buffalo loses and gets left out. Might not be smart, but I don’t think they are wired that way.

This Hall guy at QB looks like a Vikings fan dressed up to play for them.

Diggs usage is bizarre and when he’s out there is a whole lotta meh. Runs a route and then comes off the field for the rest of the series. Davis is what he is. A great blocking receiver who is a legitimate deep threat. Not a reliable go to option / chain mover. Shakir is solid. We have nothing else. Sherfield is contractually obligated to not catch passes. Harty is a non-factor. But hey.. we all know Allen likes throwing to shifty separating WR’s, so here’s some Tight Ends. The neglect at WR has been insane.. called out every single year.. and hopefully it doesn’t doom this team. Diggs needs to figure out how to become Diggs again.. because lately the dude is basically Emmanuel Sanders of a couple years ago.

I don’t hate Kornacki, but I’m going to go ahead and assume his cult followers aren’t exactly avid football watchers. I say this because I know two of them. My cousin and his wife. Both in R&D for Pharma, both went to NC State. I figured I could talk to them about their football team. They countered with women’s basketball and how impressive the marching band has been. cool cool …

It’s wild watching the Chiefs and how the struggles they have seem so similar to what we deal with. The two teams with the two best QB’s in the league.

CMC… my goodness