MJS

Don't overreact to individual performances or especially individual plays. It's never as bad or as good as it seems. This game had poor weather conditions and multiple dropped balls by receivers (including another dropped TD). Two of Josh's INTs were tipped passes. Josh just needs to play in some more of these bad weather games to get a better feel for what he can and can't do. There's a real adjustment that needs to be made for these games. Receivers have cold hands and the ball is harder, so catching his bullet passes is a lot more difficult, receivers are slower out of their breaks because of poor footing, etc.

We aren't counting free kicks? Seems convenient.

Good teams don't need signature wins anymore. Signature wins are for those teams that have yet to prove themselves and are on the path to doing so. That was the 2019 and early 2020 Bills.

Josh Allen has proved to be a bit shaky in bad weather games. What does that tell me? He needs to keep playing in them until he is no longer shaky. Get more and more experience in the rain, snow, and wind and he will figure out what he can and can't do. It's a certainty that he will have to play in bad weather playoff games in the years going forward. Better for him to work through it than just hope to play in a dome.

So winning playoff games at home doesn't count? You think he needs to win a ROAD playoff game to prove he is a good coach? Just stupid how the goal posts keep moving. McDermott is a great coach and has built a perennially contending team. He got the team to the AFC Championship game last year. He has a really good win-loss record. He is widely respected around the entire league. He coaches a team with both a good offense and a good defense. People need to just appreciate what he has done and stop waiting for him to fail. Get over your Bills insecurities and realize what a special era this is for Bills football. Stop trying to undercut the man that brought this all to you. McDermott built all of this. Yes, he had help along the way, but this is his team, his culture, and everything goes through him.

If you think that you don't know his history. He has been crazy ever since college. He was kicked off his first team. Brown is just nuts. Getting hit in the head didn't help, I'm sure, but he is just a certifiably crappy person who has been selfish and self-destructive his entire life.

Penalty? Ok. But a fine for that? That's surprising.

Absolutely. It's just because of how it ended with him, but the majority of his time here he was an elite pass rusher.

Oh yeah, that would be great. I'll take 8-10 sacks in a heartbeat.

This will be an interesting off-season. With the vets gone in Hughes and Addison, the young guys will need to step up. Honestly, Obada has been promising the last few weeks. We've seen flashes from the rookies. I remember Bills coaches and players talking Epenesa up so much in the preseason, but he hasn't been a factor in the regular season. It is for sure disappointing. I agree completely. I do think it would be great to have that finisher. But I do think we have been affecting throws and causing discomfort. It's just been a long time since we had a guy who consistently brought the QB down. Probably Mario Williams was the last guy?

Wow, that's incredible. So proud of him.

Not a coincidence, but Dawkins seemed much more determined than in other games. He was fired up and throwing his body around. He needs to keep thay kind of play up.

Dang, the Dolphins have a ton of cap space. Maybe they'll spend it all on TE's and not use them much like New England did last off-season. Bates can play center...

I agree. My vote would be for CEH, but Singletary is a close 2nd. All of them were decent, though. I think if you get immediately tackled by the defender you supposedly trucked (Tua, I'm looking at you) you shouldn't win it, but maybe there weren't other quality candidates that week?

Yeah, but I'm pretty sure Jim just laughs about that now and has moved on. I'd be very surprised if he holds any resentment. I think Harbaugh is a good coach. He gets really animated, but I don't think all the hate he gets is warranted.

Where does the Harbaugh hate stem from? Just his sideline antics?

Seriously. This defensive run has been amazing: 2017: 26th 2018: 2nd 2019: 3rd 2020: 14th 2021: 1st Only poor year was 2017 in their first year here. We think of 2020 being bad, but it was actually average. We were just spoiled. The question is, how much do we attribute to Frazier and how much to McDermott? To muddy the waters even more, we have seen McDermott take play calling away from Frazier in certain games and the defense usually performs better when that happens. But Frazier usually calls plays. He deserves a lot of credit, I think, but this is McDermott's defense. Regardless, Frazier is a great coach.

Wow, if it is true that Dorsey has been groomed to be the next OC when Daboll leaves, that would suck. But this is what happens to the best teams. Coaches get poached. Players get overpaid in free agency. You have to overcome losing coaches and players and keep the ball rolling. It's why drafting and developing talent is so important. Hope Leslie Frasier and Brian Daboll get a real shot this year. They deserve it.

Bates is on the team because McDermott likes him. McDermott has built a perennially contending team. Maybe stop talking badly about the best coach we have had since March Levy. I wonder what the goal was there...

This is the worst finalist list I have ever seen.

I know he is a fan favorite, but he is a practice squad player. And no other team claimed him this season or last season. So, maybe Bills fans are reading too much into his one game performance.

Wow, 3 of 4 from the AFC East. What a sportsmanship powerhouse!

Bills in Space! A new hit Sci-Fi sitcom!

He can do better than SNL. He's actually funny.

It's a pretty small sample size for McKenzie. Only 23 targets on the year, and up until last game a lot of those were those tap passes that are basically runs. Not trying to take anything away from him. He did great and I want to see him more. But it stands to reason that if he gets more involved and runs more traditional routes, that number might come down a bit.