Bobby Hooks
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4 hours ago, Rampant Buffalo said:
Hmm.
Take a guy like Alex Smith. He was a reasonably good QB for the 49ers. A respectable starter. Then he found his way to Kansas City. In his last year with the Chiefs, he averaged 8.0 yards per attempt. That's better than normal for Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers. Did Smith suddenly start playing a lot better than he had with the 49ers? Well, maybe. But if he did, it didn't last long. In his next two years, he was QB for Football Team. His yards per attempt was 6.6, then 6.3.
Another, perhaps more likely explanation was that everything in KC was set up for the QB to look good. Great offensive coaching, in the form of Andy Reid. Scheming guys open, so that the QB has ridiculously easy throws. One of the top three TEs ever, in the form of Kelce. Good overall offensive supporting cast. Pat Mahomes inherited all that when he became the starting QB for the Chiefs.
Compare that to Josh Allen. The offensive line he had his rookie year may well have been the very worst in franchise history. His two starting WRs were even worse than the OL: Kelvin Benjamin and Andre Holmes. For most of his career, his OL has been decent at best. In the most recent playoff loss to the Chiefs, Bills receivers had 160 yards of dropped passes. The last time he had an OC who schemed guys open, Daboll hadn't yet sat down with the NY Giants. Then there's the fact that Allen's defense has never generated more than 2 stops in a postseason game against the Chiefs or the Bengals. Several other defenses have generated 6 or even 7 stops in postseason games against the Chiefs.
The Chiefs have done everything they could to set Mahomes up to succeed. The Bills have done a lot to set Allen up to fail: dropped passes, failing to scheme guys open, and a defensive collapse literally every postseason game against the Chiefs or Bengals. Despite all this, Allen has kept the postseason games against the Chiefs close. Take Pat Mahomes away from the Chiefs and give them Alex Smith. Take Josh Allen away from the Bills, and give us another Alex Smith. You do that, and the Chiefs are steamrolling the Bills in the playoffs. It's not remotely close at all.
Okay…
but ask yourself this question, and be 100% honest with yourself. You have 30 seconds to go down a field and win the Super Bowl. You have a choice of Allen or Mahomes? Are you picking Allen?
My original post is not an indictment on Allen. Allen has Mahomes beat in almost all the categories for me (physically). I just think Mahomes has the ability to stay cool in any situation. He’s proven it time and time again.
You’re not turning on Allen or your Bills fandom by acknowledging the dudes really good at keeping cool.
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27 minutes ago, Gregg said:
Mahomes is the best QB in the league, but Allen is way better than Tua. Allen is #2 at this point.
I don’t know. Obviously Mahomes is great but I can’t say he’s better than Allen.
There’s things Allen can do physically that Mahomes can’t. There’s nothing Mahomes can do that Allen can’t.
Then again Mahomes stays cool under all circumstances, maybe that’s what he does better. Allen’s got the physical, Mahomes has the mental.
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21 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:
Dumb for him to hold out. I'm sure Miami's FO really doesnt want to give him $50-60M/year.
Maybe that's the issue. The offers from the Dolphins are lower than he expected.
If I were the Dolphins, I'd let him walk. But as a Bills fan I hope he gets himself a big contract there.
“Dumb for him to hold out” because Miami doesn’t want to give him a big contract?
That’s the entire reason why he or anybody holds out.
I’ll break it down… players want as much money as they can get, teams want to give that player as little as possible.
Player holds out because the team needs him now, team is then forced to give player more than they’d like because they need him to play.
Is the player as good as the contract will imply. Not typically, but for the team it’s either pay him, or find a new qb when your team is built to win now.
Just so I’m not accused of plagiarism, I got this from nfl hold outs for dummies.
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1 hour ago, BADOLBILZ said:
Yeah these 1st rounders are usually engaging/endearing with their attitude when they arrive. But as they fail to reach expectations they talk to the media less and blend back into the woodwork. Oliver, Rousseau, Elam.........people were gushing about these guys. Ed started getting chatty again once his play improved and he got extended. Hopefully Rousseau and Elam break out this year and get back to being those engaging personalities with feel-good stories they were right after the draft.
Yea, they’re talking because they’re given the podium when they’re drafted. Once games start it’s all about Josh and Diggs. I think you’re also taking away from Keon here. None of the players you mentioned have his personality. They were pretty bland to be honest. You’d better believe people will still want to talk to Keon even if he doesn’t have the prolific start we’re hoping for.
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2 minutes ago, Tipster19 said:
This is the calm before the storm! If anyone thinks that Beane is just gonna let this whole Diggs thing go down without him having something up his sleeve than they are sadly underestimating him. Oh it’s coming, there’s no doubt in my mind. There’s a couple of speculations that I came across and 1 or 2 of them makes perfect sense so if if it’s either one of them than I’m quite confident it’ll be something of that magnitude. Look at Beane’s track record, he’s not afraid to make these shocking decisions and/or trades. It’s coming!
Thanks for the heads up, Tipster!
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This kind of stuff is so silly imo. The fact that this is an actual thing an adult person is contemplating makes me kinda sad to be honest.
You have some crummy humans, you have better than crummy humans, you have some great humans.
You think somehow we just happened by the best of the best regionally here in Buffalo? Ridiculous.
All fandoms have the good and the bad. Same as any group including human beings.
There’s no best. There’s no hierarchy. We all like a thing and that’s that. The fact that I have to even write this down is icky.
Also, I have a hard time believing the OP about ho many instances there were of bad Bills fans behavior. KC fans have become worse than Pats fans in the arrogant a-hole percentage and that’s saying a lot. I would imagine many if not all of them were egged on in some capacity.
Just another guy that moved away from Buffalo trying to look cooler than he is, imo.
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On 1/25/2024 at 9:24 PM, Einstein said:
Drafted by the Patriots last offseason, this is a player that the Patriots forum was very high on before and during the season.
Dude lost more than 80k at the end of the day. Obviously he didn’t have any insiders knowledge. Much ado about nothing, imo.
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On 1/5/2024 at 10:05 AM, Rigotz said:
Here's an idea...
How about comparing Dalton Kincaid to other Rookie Tight Ends, as it's one of the slowest developing positions.
Dalton Kincaid:
66 Receptions, 589 yards, 2 TD
Travis Kelce (didn't play rookie season):
2nd year -- 67 receptions, 862 yards, 5 TD
George Kittle Rookie:
43 receptions, 515 yards, 2 TD
Mark Andrews Rookie:
34 Receptions, 552 yards, 3 TD
TJ Hockenson Rookie:
32 Receptions, 367 yards, 2 TD
David Njoku Rookie:
32 Receptions, 386 yards, 4TD
Zach Ertz Rookie:
36 Receptions, 469 yards, 4TD
Jason Witten Rookie:
35 Receptions, 347 yards, 1TD
Antonio Gates Rookie:
24 Receptions, 389 yards, 2TD
Nice! Thanks for doing the leg work. This is awesome to see.
So… more yards and receptions than all of them except Kelce who was in his second year. Looks pretty dazzling to me!
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39 minutes ago, stuvian said:
You are already in the playoffs so your choices are:
- Play your best players for a shot at the AFCE banner, get a home playoff game but lose your starting QB, RB and WR
- Play your second stringers and lose the division but give your best players a week's rest for a road playoff game
You have a chance to go farther in the playoffs resting your starters against the Bills. I'd go option 2 unless you're sure winning the division gives you an easier opponent in your first playoff game.
Yeah, but this is coming from a fan of a team that’s been the afc east champion for a while.
They’re not thinking the same way.
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McDaniel is going for the AFC east crown.
Thus would be huge for him. He’s always trying to get his guys up for Bills week (the wish it was colder shirt, the 🤔 disrespect) He knows that until they beat us they’re second best.
He also knows that as long as they win this game, it doesn’t really matter what else they do. Obviously they’d like to go deep, and win it all. But the division title is still improvement over last year. So they can lose the first game in the playoffs but still have something to hang their hats on. It’ll still be an accomplishment.
We’re getting everything they’ve got. This is the game that was circled with a red marker when the schedules were released.
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We’re like the Colts during the Patriots years. I liked Manning, and I wanted them to get over the hump. I’d actively rooted for them.
I feel like a lot of people dislike the Mahomes/Chiefs and we’re the good guys to their bad guys.
If we won, the intrigue would die some, but I think most people would be genuinely psyched to see it play out.
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6 hours ago, KingBoots8 said:
Sorry, typing while working and not paying lol. Was trying to say Lombardi.
Don’t you dare apologize, that’s great! I’m using it from now on!
Go Bills, go get that Lombo!!
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1 hour ago, Alphadawg7 said:1 hour ago, Alphadawg7 said:
People dumping on Dalvin doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Breece was healthy and always gonna be the primary ball carrier. Dalvin was there to be another piece in a Rodgers based offense that could run and catch the ball out of the backfield. But Rodgers went down and all that was left was a terrible OL, QB, and OC. Dalvin doing little in a low use scenario on a truly awful offense doesn't mean he is shot and couldn't still have some value to a contending team.
Don't be surprised if KC or Balt sign him for the post season. He would have value on both teams right now.
James should be like “bro, at least go to an NFC team.”
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22 hours ago, Roundybout said:
Remember how this place acted when we drafted him? I ‘member.
I remember how Kyle Brandt acted when we drafted him.
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3 hours ago, Niagara Dude said:
Defence looks good enough to win a Superbowl, the problem is our passing game needs to be much better. Bills should bring Isabella or Shorter off the practice squad. We're just not getting anything from either Harty or Sheffield
100% Harty and Sherfield are wasted spots at this point.
Bring in some guys that might actually make a play or two.
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No it won’t. We always let teams storm down the field on us for big games on the first drive.
Then we button up and show them what’s what.
I believe our first offensive drive will tell the tale.
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3 minutes ago, Real McClappy said:
Well done OP as the Bills are 2-0 when creating this post. Good teams find ways to win.
I can remember so, so many ugly Patriots wins back when they dominated the AFC overall.
True. A lot came against us. They’d rally right at the end, just in time to rip our hearts out… again.
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I lived in Baltimore for 12 years. After this happened I went to a bar with a friend and saw a girl wearing a Rice jersey. My buddy asked the girl why she’d wear that and she had no clue what he was talking about.
Not sure what the point of the story is, but there were a lot of bandwagon fans in Ravens country. At work, they were allowed to wear jerseys on Friday. When I asked who they were playing, I’d rarely get the information I was requesting.
I’d say there will be a healthy amount of people cheering his name on gameday and not even know about his past.
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Being a Bills fan aside, I think it’s what you do on the field.
I don’t think Hamlin deserves it, especially since when he was on the field he literally cost us a win. Nothing against the guy, his story is a great one, but if last year didn’t happen, I don’t even think he’s on the team this year.
This should go to Flacco or Baker.
This is coming from someone who couldn’t care any less about any trophies outside of the Lombardi, and I guess mvp and heisman are pretty cool.
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I got a black corduroy Bills hat which I will never wear.
I’d add a pic but they’re always too large and I don’t want to figure out how to add it.
Edit: oh yeah, and Mafia sauce vodka from a white elephant.
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19 hours ago, BuffaninSarasota said:
Baltimore will NOT have a let down game. Playing at home for the #1 seed with a tough minded head coach and a very well rounded team. Not to mention, the Waddle injury will make the Dolphins easier to defend, and the Ravens are already stacked on D.
Yeah, but, if we have to face the Ravens in the playoffs it will be the same situation. All of the people will be saying the same things except we’ll be in the Dolphins shoes.
Will you agree with the analysts, etc. when they say that about us?
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3 hours ago, NakedSquid said:
I don't understand their cockiness. My best friend is a Dfan and he's talking all this ***** how they are going to win out. They finally/ barely beat a team with a winning record who's the worst road team. And they think he/they think they'll easily win out. Did they not see what Baltimore did to 49ers? When was the last time they beat the Bills without 100 degree heat? And both Wadle and Hill have ankle injuries.... I don't get it. Thanks for letting me vent ... Merry Christmas Bills Mafia!!!
He’s just a bad look fan. Every team has them. The kind that makes their fanbase look like a bunch of tools. The Bills have had A LOT of those the last few years talking about winning the Super Bowl in every social media post, etc.
Most reasonable fans know the wheels can fall off at any moment and are cautiously optimistic.
The problem is you have to actually talk to this person instead of just ignore their posts, etc. so he’s got you all riled up.
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11 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:
It’s a discussion board. People post opinions. That’s why the board exists.
Do you typically start discussions telling people they can’t admit reality?
If so, you probably don’t get much repeat business.
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Just now, Mr. WEO said:
well...they did have to battle that vaunted "interim HC energy"......
There were a lot of things in play against us yesterday. I’m actually encouraged they battled back. After those turnovers, I believe a lot of teams would’ve pack it up.
Maybe I’m crazy.
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Sure Miami fans are pissed at Poyer!
in The Stadium Wall
Posted · Edited by Bobby Hooks
That’s fair. But at the same time so is my question. Regardless of apples to oranges, I’m giving you that choice right now. Who are you choosing?
I know who I’m choosing. And guess what? My favorite player on this earth (Josh Allen) is not it.
It’s nothing against Josh, I think he’s great, the most entertaining player I think I’ve seen in my lifetime. Mahomes, imo, is better at staying cool. Is that really that bad? I mean, the guys great, what is so wrong with him being better at something?