MJS

Winter Soldier is pretty awesome. I forgot about the Mandalorian. Freak from Firebaugh is interesting.

I'm not proposing us manufacturing any. I was more curious where "General" came from and what others people are hearing.

Pro Football Reference is a great website for looking up stats on players and teams. They also keep track of nicknames for the players, which they list in parentheses right after their real name (I have no idea what sources they use). For instance, Patrick Mahomes has the following nicknames associated with him: Grim Reaper, Showtime, Magic Man, The Musician, Fatrick, The Gunslinger, or Mahomeboy. For Ryan Fitzpatrick they list "Amish Rifle" and "Fitzmagic". Here is Tom Brady's nicknames: TB12, Tom Terrific, Touchdown Tom, GOAT, The Pharaoh, Comeback Kid, or Sir. For Josh Allen they only list one, and it's not one I even see being used anywhere: "General" I see people use others like The Unicorn, JA17, and even The Winter Soldier has been thrown around a few times. Where did they get "General" from? Does that stem from college or something? I found this reddit poll, which was interesting: https://www.reddit.com/r/buffalobills/comments/scf6j0/josh_allens_nickname/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Yes. He is "Right Josh". That is his official name.

I'm sure he said more. But yeah, not surprising people don't like him if he spoke bad about the city when he left. I don't care myself. I've only been to Buffalo one time.

Didn't he trash the city when he left?

More respectable than robbing people, I suppose...

Forcing a fumble is not luck. But once the ball is out, it can bounce anywhere and anyone can recover it. That's the luck piece. Bills have had horrible, rotten luck in the fumble recovery space all year. Almost all our forced fumbles have bounced right back to the opposing team, and almost all of our fumbles bounce to an opposing defender. That's bad luck. Spencer Brown recovering that one fumble was huge.

Did he leave the field on certain run plays?

The Patriot way.

All the speculation is silly. Just wait and see what happens. We'll know when we know.

Just in time!

Um... no thanks. He has turned into a real head case. He will sign for someone, I'm sure, but I would not be a huge fan of the move if the Bills were that someone.

I haven't, but I would guess it is the same thing. All it takes is one or two times for it to happen and then it becomes a fan narrative that isn't actually supported by the data in the long-term. Thinking about trap games, fans naturally ignore when it doesn't happen like that, just chalking it up to the better team overcoming the potential for a trap game, but those rare times when they do lose, fans jump on it and see it as proof of the trap game, even though they have many examples to the contrary.

No doubt. It's really a mental toughness and confidence thing. Once you drop a couple of passes, it can get in your head and you start focusing on it, which can make it worse. Plus, I think the speed and physicality of the NFL game was a big adjustment for Zay Jones. He kind of came into the league bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

That's basically all that was said.

He must have matured as a player and is more consistent now. It wasn't all bad here with him, but he just made bone-headed mistakes sometimes and had bad drops.

Trap games don't exist. They have done analysis on this and they are simply a figment of fan imagination.

I hope all the fans who are hard on this coaching staff and team go watch the Chiefs game. Going to overtime against the worst team in the league, and only winning it because of an absolute 1-in-a -million miracle of a blunder from the other team... And yet the fans bash our own team relentlessly for winning game after game, against some quality opponents. I just don't think some Bills fans understand NFL football anymore, and just how razor-thin the margins between the talent levels of these teams are, or how subjective opinions are on coaching decisions or play calling. I'm just really fed up with how thankless and spoiled some fans are now. It's just disgusting.

It was perfectly reasonable and turned out well for the Bills. Better to run out the clock and trust your players to get a very manageable field goal. And that's exactly what happened. All of this criticism for the coaches and play calling is getting ridiculous. This might be the best team we've ever had.

You are acting like they were throwing rocks. Snowballs are not dangerous.

Screw all the haters in the game day thread! Turn in your fan card and go root for the Chiefs, you crap fans!

We are the worst. They were good for the first couple of weeks, but have been horrible since then. Only Edmunds and Oliver have an acceptable missed tackle rate.

Bills - 24 Dolphins - 13

But not ludicrous to prefer Allen.