Inigo Montoya

If Josh Allen gets injured playing in a meaningless Week 17 game against the Dolphins, every post on this message board will be dropping napalm on McDermott. If there is nothing to play for, let the starters get in for a series, and then sit them just like last year. We didn't lose the Houston game because the starters rested the week before. We came out hot and got on top of the Texans early and only a comedy of errors and bad officiating cost us the game.

The Grinch who stole Christmas...

I'd go four or five wide and let Josh pick them apart until Bill cries uncle. I trust our wide outs to get a step of separation off the line. I trust Josh to make the right read and put the ball where it needs to go. Bill would like nothing better than to take the ball out of Josh's hands. We need to try and stop him from doing it. Just one man's opinion.

How do we do the dark mode? Sounds interesting...

I love it! My avatar picture looks wonderful. It's like I've had some work done and it's taken 10 years off my face!!! Inconceivable!!!

"Change is bad." Neanderthals

The strength of our offense in the passing game. The Bills need to come out and start throwing and play to our strength. If the Pat's defense can shut the pass down, then we can adjust to the run. No reason to go away from what has been working for us. You can over think things at times. You don't see Andy Reid game plan to minimize Mahomes. Why would he ever take the ball out of Mahomes' hands unless he absolutely had to? I think we are now in the same situation with the Bills. Why take the ball out of Josh's hands? He is the engine that drives this offense. Maybe New England can stop him. If so they'd be the first to do it in quite a while.

Cam doesn't care. Right now he's at a local Goodwill buying his post game presser outfit.

Didn't mean to get your blood pressure up. I'll stand by my take. We'll just have to agree to disagree on this one. I do agree with you 100% that what is most important is that our Bills are playing lights out. 🍻

The Bills are averaging 29.1 points per game this year. Thuman. Thomas. had 1000+ yards rushing each season from 1989 - 1996. During the four Super Bowl seasons he had; 1990 - 1,297 1991 - 1,407 1992 - 1,487 1993 - 1,315 Josh Allen's rushing offense this year? The Bills leading rusher through 14 games, Devin Singletary, has 644 yards. The Super Bowl Era Bills had a fantastic running game to compliment the fantastic passing of Jim Kelly. Josh Allen has essentially no running game. Almost all of the offense this year is the passing game. That was never the case with the Kelly Bills. They could run the ball with Thurman any Sunday. That's not the case this year. I'm not comparing the offense of the Kelly Bills to the offense of the Allen Bills, I'm compatring the passing offense of the two. I'll stand by my point that the 2020 Allen Bills is the best passing offense the Bills have ever fielded.

I stand by my point. This is the best passing offense the BIlls have ever put on the field. I'm not arguing that Kelly wouldn't ball out in today's NFL where QBs are protected and offense is encouraged. That's a totally different argument. To Bob in STL's point, we don't have a Thurman Thomas on our team which makes this team's ability to pass the ball all the more impressive. No defense game plans to stop Moss and Singletary, they game plan all week to stop Josh Allen and Diggs and Beasley and this passing offense. And no one can do it. I'm not crowning this team as better than the Kelly Era teams. Time will tell on that. That's a whole other discussion. I'm not saying that Diggs and Besley are better than Lofton and Reed. That's a different argument too. I watched all those Kelly Era games. I don't ever remember the Bills winning games when they only had three running plays in a half. We are scoring 30+ points a game with no running game this season. It's all about the passing game this year. We might just have to agree to disagree on this one guys. 🍻

This is the best passing offense the Buffalo Bills have ever had. Even back in the Kelly Era the Bills offense really ran through Thurman Thomas. I have never seen a Bills team throw the ball this much and this well. It just looks effortless. When we get John Brown back I don't know who can line up against this passing offense and stop it. I think we can go score for score with the Chiefs at this point. I think we can beat the Chiefs. I think this team can win the Super Bowl.

Town of Tonawanda raised, now living on the banks of the beautiful Ohio River in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Remember anxiously awaiting the start of this season and thinking that the Bills would go as far this year as Josh Allen could take them, and hoping Josh would take another step forward in his development this year? Imagine if someone would have told you then that heading into Week 15 of the season Josh Allen would be third in the MVP conversation?

We are getting healthier and playing better each week in all three phases of the game. We are peaking at just the right time. I don't think I'm being a homer when I say this, if we can stay healthy, I think we have a chance to win it all this year. I can't believe I'm actually saying that... If the Bills win the Super Bowl, Buffalo will look like St. Patrick's Day, Mardi Gras, Cinco de Mayo, and Chinese New Year all rolled into one.

I can't argue that the Bills front office has put Allen is a position to succeed and the Jets' front office has been inadequate in supporting Darnold's development. What I take issue with is that the guy doing the video above gives Josh Allen no credit for any of his improvement. His position is that the Bills made Allen, and while it's true that Beane, McDermott, Daboll, and Dorsey were all a part of the equation, the person most responsible for Josh Allen's success is... Josh Allen. That seems to get lost in the equation somewhere. Revamping the O-Line last year is not responsible for how Allen is now throwing the ball with touch and anticipation causing an almost 20% jump in his completion percentage from his rookie year. Bringing in Beasley and Brown is not responsible for Allen no longer playing Hero Ball causing turnovers and making cringe worthy plays weekly. Bringing in Diggs in not the reason Allen leads the entire NFL in 4th quarter winning drives and come from behind victories. There is just something in Josh Allen that drives him to succeed. Brandon Beane and the coaching staff didn't create that drive in him. Brown, Beasley, and Diggs didn't cause him to move and rent a house so he could be close to his QB coach during the off season so he could continue to work on his craft during the COVID pandemic. The revamped O-Line isn't the reason Josh is the first and last person in and out of the building everyday. Saying that the only difference between Darnold and Allen is the difference between the Jets and the Bills is overly simplistic and short changes the drive that Allen has to be the best QB he can be. Everyone says they want to be the best, very few have the drive to make that happen. Did Darnold get hosed going to the Jets? Absolutely. Would Allen find a way to get better and evolve no matter where he went? Absolutely. That is what the gentleman in the video above fails to acknowledge. It's time people start to acknowledge the simple truth, Josh Allen is the single biggest reason for Josh Allen's success.

Great write up as always Shaw. Couldn't agree more about Andre Roberts and what he has meant to the team this year. He is sure handed and consistently gives the Bills the best starting field position possible. Can't help but feel he is going to take one to the house before this season is over. I hope it's in the playoffs. Roberts is a real weapon and another feather in Beane's cap for going out and making special teams a priority. Beane's attention to teams is paying big dividends now.

Fair points all appoo. I want both of them on the roster next year. Let's hope we get more Magic Beane this offseason with his cap and roster moves.

Hey OP, I think you make a fair point. Our two point defense is pretty bad. Not sure it's my first take after this game, but it is a concern. It's especially confusing because our defense has had so many solid goal line stands this season. At the end of the day, I think it's just hard to stop an offense from gaining two yards on a set play that they have drawn up and practiced specifically for just that situation. I have no idea where Buffalo's rate of surrendering 2 point conversions is compared to the rest of the League. Might be interesting to see where they stand in comparison to other defenses.

Josh's box score last night won't impress anyone, but if you watched the game, you could not walk away without seeing what a complete QB Allen has become. In the first half there were Steelers' defenders all over Allen. He never looked panicked or flustered. He didn't just take off and run as the first sign of pressure. He hung in there and continued to try and push the ball down the field. He had a pick but it was when his arm was hit during the throw. The end zone view of that play shows what Allen saw, Beasley had gotten behind the secondary and was streaking down the sideline. Allen is playing with so much composure this year. The pocket can be a mosh pit and he is still hanging in there making good calls. He's not seeing ghosts, tucking and running, or playing Hero Ball. What a difference. We watched the Bills' offense struggle to find a rhythm the entire first half. The same thing happened last week. Allen didn't let that affect him. He continued to battle. How many times in the past 20 years have we seen the Bills start a game poorly and it just snowballs? Not anymore. Sometimes we get off to a fast start, sometimes it's a slow start like last night, but Allen doesn't let it get in his head, he keeps grinding, and eventually things start to click and he starts moving the ball. I also think it's fair to say that he has exorcised the team's 3rd quarter demons. Josh has the mental toughness that you need to be a great QB. It never seems like the Bills are out of a game anymore. Josh is now manipulating defenses with his eyes and pump fakes and consistently finds the open man. How many times have you heard the announcers call out Allen for missing a wide open receiver somewhere? It just doesn't happen. This is two weeks in a row where he has helped get Gabe Davis open for a 20 yard TD with a pump fake to slow the secondary for just a split second to allow Davis to get to behind them and into the corner of the end zone. He is looking off safeties and he doesn't get fooled by coverages. He is executing the offense like a real franchise QB. This was only the second game this season when Allen had a completion percentage of less than 60%. Watching the Bills' offense struggle in the first half I didn't feel like it was because Allen was having accuracy issues. In the second half when the protection scheme was adjusted and Daboll shifted to shorter receiving routes and more of a rhythm passing attack to get the ball out of Allen's hands quickly, Allen and Diggs just took over the game. Allen just doesn't hit his receivers, he hits them in stride, leading them with the ball and allowing them to pick up YAC. That's a whole new level of accuracy from Allen. He isn't just getting the ball inside of the receiver's catch radius, he is putting it exactly where it needs to be to maximize the run after catch. Lastly, his leadership skills are incredible. Josh Allen is not hot and cold, jumping up and down with joy and then pouting five minutes later on the bench. He doesn't throw hand grenades during press conferences. He deflects all praise to his teammates and coaches and takes all the blame on himself when anything goes wrong. Even when it's not his fault. Even though this team's success is all about him, you never get the sense that Josh is full of himself. When asked about his game Allen always starts with what he needs to improve upon, not what he did well. Josh Allen has the temperament to be a franchise QB, unlike a mercurial QB from Cleveland. Sorry Skip Bayless, you common, ignorant, jerk. I think this team can beat the Chiefs. If we played the Chiefs 10 times I think it would be a 6/4 result. Not sure who has the 6 and who has the 4. The bottom line is that Josh Allen is playing at a level that puts the Bills in position to go to a Super Bowl this year. At the beginning of the season the prevailing opinion was that the Bills would go as far as Josh Allen could take them. Fourteen weeks into the season and the Bills are sitting at 10-3 after playing a much harder schedule than last season, and are a Hail Mary away from being 11-2 and competing for the Conference bye. Josh Allen has developed into an elite NFL QB and talk of a Buffalo Bills Super Bowl is neither unrealistic nor premature.

Beane will put the best O-Line he can in front of his franchise QB. He knows that as Allen goes, the Bills go. The O-Line is not the place to start pinching pennies. I'd rather they release John Brown (I'm sorry Smoke, I think you're great) and use that money to resign Williams.

Yinz guys have gone too far!!!

I've got a new statistic too: Most snarky takes on Josh Allen over the last 3 years that have proved completely wrong: 1. Pro-Football Focus - 1,246 2. Football Almanac - 879 3. Dan Le Batard and the cast of Highly Questionable - 812

I think the game plan for Sunday night will be a throw back to the last couple of years with designed runs for Josh and a game plan that gives him the green light to tuck the ball and take off if the safeties turn their backs on him. Use pre-snap motion to manipulate the defense and open up lanes for Josh to run. Jet sweep to the right and have Josh sneak out to the left. Run away from the side of the field TJ Watt is lining up on and see if their backup LBs can contain Josh. He doesn't need to run for 20 yards. He can break the Steeler's back with repeated 6-8 yard runs. If they start to spy Josh that's when Daboll should dial up a down the field shot. I expect Josh to rush for 75+ yards Sunday. Josh's legs will be the X-factor this week if the weather is as bad as predicted.

What has driven the NFL towards mobile quarterbacks is the advent of players like JJ Watt, Aaron Donald, the Bosa Boys, Khalil Mack, Myles Garrett and others who have made it very expensive for a franchise to put a statue behind their offensive line. Just like in nature, the QB position has adapted to it's changing environment and those QBs who can roll out and escape the pocket and make a penetrating defense pay have found a niche and are exploiting it. Twenty years ago defensive ends and tackles just weren't the athletes that they are today and that new level of athleticism has forced offenses to adapt. To date the most effective adaptation has been the introduction of the mobile QB. (The fact that the defense isn't allowed to decapitate QBs today also helps a little bit too...)