MJS

I don't think there is any reason to believe that the Bills definately would have beaten the Bengals the next week. The Bills have not shown that they can handle the Bengals, and that was the best version of the Bengals.

I think the 2021 team was the best so far in the McDermott era. They had a really good defense that year and the offense was really good as well. I think Tre White was hurt that year, wasn't he? So at corner we had Dane Jackson and Levi Wallace starting, and the defense was still really good.

Agreed. Bridgewater can claim whatever he wants. Funds going to underage school children need to be accounted for and properly documented to make sure claims are actually accurate. For all we know, he could have been paying for alcohol and parties, or incentivizing their play with lavish rewards. There is a process for paying for all the things he claimed to pay for, and he didn't follow that process, so how do we know everything was kosher? We don't. And that's the problem.

He was probably paying for a lot more than that. That is just what he admitted to. I don't think they really know or care to know. They just wanted to get their narrative across.

Allen had a lot of fun moments that year. That week 17 game against Miami was awesome. He accounted for 5 TDs and showed he could be patient and work within the structure of the offense. That was the game I knew he had the potential to be something special (well, that with what he showed in other games that year).

Plus, he was probably doing more than he publicly admitted to.

Why does everything have to be a conspiracy? Maybe he just broke the rules and got suspended for it.

The bulk of those off target throws they mentioned went to Kincaid. For some reason those two couldn't get on the same page. I bet they fix that this year.

I wasn't even making fun of them with my original comment. I just said I think it is risky to pay a WR before you have a QB. That's all. I think good teams are figuring out how to operate without the big money receivers because the contracts are getting too insane. Let then walk and then draft their replacements and sign mid market free agents until the receiver market cools down or the rest of the league inflates to their level. The team that went to the playoffs the year before was way different. They cut a ton of players to clear cap and get rid of dead weight. It was a transitional year. The oline was crappy, where the year before it was still pretty good. Josh had basically no weapons and no protection.

Not really. While they spend the next decade looking for their QB, Wilson will have an ok career and then leave and be just a footnote in the history of their franchise.

They traded for a WR with an already existing cost controlled deal that was not close to top of the market. And then that WR became elite. He was not elite before joining the Bills. And they did pay him later, and that pretty much blew up in their faces. Teams like the Bills and the Chiefs moved on from the elite, top of the market receivers and have been making it work with guys they sign and draft who aren't top of the market guys. Because the top of the market for receivers is overvalued right now. Destroy him and set him up for failure like they always do. It's the Jets.

And he'll keep helping them get to 6 or 7 wins a season.

For other positions, sure, but not WR with how their contracts have been skyrocketing and how dependent they are on the QB.

Paying a WR before you find a QB is kind of risky, in my opinion.

He is actually best used as a big slot where he can get free separation and use his athleticism and strength for run after the catch. But I'm not sure the Bills want to use him that way. You beat me to it.

Marv is still the best coach in franchise history. McDermott needs to get to the superbowl a couple of times and win one to surpass him.

Under. Maybe they can get over 100, but I don't see 120.

Most improved: Dalton Kincaid. He'll be the next Bills player to put everything together in his 3rd season. Regressed: Daquon Jones. He has already shown it, and I think he continues to until other players get a lot more playing time than him.

I mean, should we pull up a random play where Mahomes missed a receiver? Every QB has those.

Brees did throw it a TON. So his touches are probably super high.

Nothing good EVER happens after midnight. NFL players should make it a rule to be home by 11:59 at the latest. That would keep 95% of them out of trouble.

It makes it sound like some city sanctioned event or something until you read that it was after midnight in the street, so it was just him and some buddies being irresponsible, which is how all firework injuries happen.

Current Bills for sure. QB is everything in the NFL. Way better coaches now, too.

A short and husky Josh Allen?

He'd be even more in the lead, I'd bet.