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Things like this aren’t important apparently. Everyone is supposed to be an All-Pro and make every play always, otherwise they have no value. Relationships aren’t important at all. It’s not like these guys have to respect each other and put their bodies on the line for each other for months on end. Those things don’t require strong relationships and strong leadership. Every team should just be built like the dream team Eagles and the 2020 Bucs... that’s the way to do it. No chemistry, no role players, just a bunch of individual superstars. I know people who know JA personally and I have plenty of stories that I can share with you.... well aware of the type of person he is. Did you watch the interview... I don’t think you’re realizing the context and the difference between the two statements... they’re not the same. He brought up Lee Smith unprompted when asked about who has influenced him the most... as opposed to a reporter asking him about how he feels about a specific played i.e. Spain. It’s not a judgement call, Josh literally spells it out for you.

Great, thanks. Not even close to the dialogue around Lee Smith. Josh was specifically asked a question about Spain, in which he replied. Josh was specifically asked who on the team he thinks is important/loves and without hesitation he replies Lee Smith before anyone else.

Well first you said what Josh said wasn’t anything out of the ordinary... just something he says about everyone... Your argument is that Lee Smith, per Josh Allen is a really important guy in the locker room, works as a liaison between the players and coaching staff but DOESN’T provide football value in a sport that relies heavily on relationships? A sport where camaraderie is something that is significantly important to a winning football team? Lee Smith doesn’t provide any football value at all...

You’re missing the point... go watch the interview in my post 2 posts above. He wasn’t just raving, he was specifically asked about who’s influenced him most in his career. wHo WOuLdN’T hE rAVe aBoUT?

31:00 minute mark until the 33:00 minute mark...let me know when Josh speaks about Spain the way he does Lee Smith and Derek Anderson here. He’s specifically asked who he’s been influenced by in his career and immediately brings up Lee Smith, followed by Derek Anderson.

Yeah, sure. Ship him out. Make sure you let Josh Allen know that he’s going too, because Josh raves about Lee Smith and his veteran presence. Talks about how Derek Anderson and Lee Smith are two of the players who have influenced him most in his pro career.

I just watched the Nick Wright segment out of curiosity. He is kind of a buffoon. His main point was the Josh started out hot and then verbatim was “terrible for two months straight.” Which I am going to need clarity on... he had two pretty bad games against the Titans and Chiefs and since then has been perfectly fine. I guess you could throw the Patriots game in there but he wasn’t asked to do much... He then said Baker was better than Josh... which is fine... you can believe that... but what about Baker’s 6 week stretch where he only completed more than 60% of his passes 1 time. Threw 6 touchdowns (5 of which came in one game against the Bengals) to 3 interceptions and threw for less than 150 yards 3 times! Josh’s worst game against KC, which was by far his worst game, was on par with what Baker did for 6 weeks straight.

He hasn’t been a DC for four years. He’s been a HC. He’s on record multiple times saying he spends as much time with every unit of the team... because he is the head coach... and that is what they do. He leads all of the men on the roster.... because he is the head coach.

That stats update is actually wrong... Josh has 33 total TD... they’re not accounting for his TD reception against AZ. He has 26 passing, 6 rushing and 1 receiving

Doesn’t matter... if someone does something bad one time they’re automatically just bad. It’s a law, like water or dinosaurs.

I love jacked up McDermott is, but the message was “we left a little meat on the bone.” I love it. Threw in a growth mindset too... they just want to keep improving.

Yes, I meant offensive line! I honestly haven’t watched any film this week, normally try to but I’ve been swamped with work. I don’t know exactly what they were doing, it just felt like someone was always in Josh’s lap. I noticed the same thing in the 2nd half of the AZ game. It’s been pressure on the edge primarily, with the occasional Winters blow up.

If the Steelers beat the Bills the end up being tied for a WC slot. Pittsburgh was sitting at 8-6... it was a pretty big game. Dallas also finished a game back of the division, they win that game and they’re tied. The context of when they played during the season matters a little bit... they also mean a little bit because it shows that they don’t collapse in prime time like you suggested. It’s not a problem having a dissenting opinion on the performance of the team. You should probably enjoy things a little bit though, if you’re going to be upset about 8-3 and controlling our own destiny in the division, which is an improvement over last year already, you’re never going to enjoy it at all. Division is close, but we beat both the teams trailing us, other than beating them... we can’t control what other teams do against them. 6/8 wins have come against teams that are .500 or better and our 3 losses have come against teams .500 or better. Find me another team who has played that level of competition this year and has continued to win, idc about the margin of victory. They’ve found a way to win against good teams, what’s so disappointing about that?

The way the Chargers attacked last week gave our defense line fits. It actually really all started in the 2nd half of the AZ game. Saleh is one of the best defensive minds in the game and will most likely find a way to do that again, if we continue to let that happen it’s going to put Josh in a position where he feels the need to make plays. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but if it’s too forced, that’s when the risky throws into crowds of people and sack-fumbles pop up. Defensively I am not too worried. I think we can confuse Mullens enough and as long as we rally to the ball and tackle we should be fine. Deebo and company seem to make their biggest plays after breaking tackles... so if we get sloppy there it’ll be an issue. It’s going to come down to fundamentals... our defense for 3 years was very good because they were always where they needed to be and made you beat them over and over again to score. It seems like that is back, but if the 49ers get rolling it’ll be because they’re back to being sloppy technique wise.

I don’t completely disagree with the view, but those weren’t actual prime time games. Those were necessary because of COVID, they weren’t planned and almost every team in that situation has looked sluggish. Maybe historically they tank in prime time, but what do Dick Jauron’s collapses have to do with this team? They beat Dallas in Dallas on Thanksgiving and Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh on SNF last year. Not quite tanking in prime time. I’m concerned for tonight’s game for various reasons, but none of them are media driven storyline reasons like “Bad in prime time” or “Don’t have any blow out wins”

I normally never watch their Sunday Football Countdown, but I did yesterday out of boredom. Rex Ryan made the comparison between Taysom and Josh at one point when they were ragging on Taysom, he said something along the lines of “Taysom reminds me of a young Josh Allen, can hurt you with his legs, can make some wow plays... you just need to stick with him.” It was sort of a compliment, saying that Josh has graduated past that... it was an odd comp though.

[Do you feel bad for Gregg Williams?] It would feel bad if he had learned from his mistakes in the past. Unfortunately, he seems to have doubled down on all of them. Bountygate looms large and yet the Jets have an absurd amount of PF penalties on defense. You’d think he’d clean that up? He’s been seen as an egomaniac and does stuff that just makes it worse, he never tries to fix it.

Alright... I am going to need your help with the arithmetic here! Once you do, I’ll accurately be able to predict the Bills game tomorrow night! Dolphins beat the 49ers 43-17. Patriots beat the Dolphins 21-11. 49ers beat the Patriots 33-6. Bills beat the Dolphins 31-28. Bills beat the Patriots 24-21. Seahawks beat the 49ers 37-27. Bills beat the Seahawks 44-34. Who wins between the Bills and 49ers tomorrow?

I think they have a legitimate shot at 10 wins. LAR should beat them, but they've been turnover prone, if that turnover prone LAR team shows up... Tua was struggling to move the ball against CIN. He won't be able to do it against NE. Going to Foxboro is going to be tough for us, we should beat them, but the Pats are going to be hunting. NYJ should be an easy win, they took them to the wire the last time but I don't think that happens again.

Basically you’re telling us that because they’re losing revenue this year due to circumstances out of their control (and circumstances that are once in a lifetime), the NFL is going to decide to manipulate the outcome of games, which if discovered would jeopardize decades of future revenue?

Yeah, you’re right. I should clarify I meant a handful of guys I actually know sit down and watch like that on here. Also a great point, even watching the film you don’t necessarily know. It’s hard to tell unless you know the call and the assignments (I.e. you’re on the coaching staff and have 20+ years coaching defense and were the mastermind behind the 15-1 Panthers defense) I was just about to bring Chappy up... he was so matter of fact with that statement and still hasn’t replied... everyone gets notifications when they’re quoted... weird. Haha I agree with you... I try not to take it too extreme with that. I think there are a few knowledgeable fans that could work in front offices and be more successful than the folks there. At least in baseball, I know that for a fact, believe me I’ve come across some less than inspiring folks in my time! But more often than not, you’re right, fans don’t know all of the circumstances unfortunately and can’t be relied on for great decisions individually... but FanGraphs the baseball website “crowdsources” fans every year to find out what contracts they think FA will get... the large sample of fans are usually pretty close to the true value/value given out. Interesting enough the new Mets owner has been asking fans on Twitter who they want the team to sign. I think it’s an interesting tactic...

There are many issues when it comes to player evaluation on a message board. The first being nobody knows the assignments unless they break down the film. I can count on one hand how many people are sitting down and watching film in it’s entirety from all 16 games. They next is nobody really puts anything in context with the rest of the league. Most people go “I watch every Bills game, every week, all the way through! I know whether a player is good or not.” Which is great, I actually believe that’s important and you just pick up on a lot from seeing the team so much... but are those same people able to watch every other game, every week all the way through in order to pick up on the deficiencies of other teams and recognize their trends? I don’t think so... most folks see 3-4 games of a team and think they know a player and want them over who we have without knowing if they can actually do what we need them to do. It’s dangerous territory.

This is a continuation of my research into the topic. My posts are the beginning and end of Page 1 and beginning of Page 2. Curious to hear some thoughts and what this tells folks based on their feelings on the draft, free agency, the Bills and more!

Eye ball test is useful in some cases, I 100% agree. It is hard to do a full on comparison against the other 31 teams though... at least without it all written down, haha. Thanks for the kind words!

The file size was too big for one post, so here is the information for the NETDrAV in each round for 2017 and 2018 for each team. I will excluded 2019 for now because it's the least stable, but these give you an idea of how Buffalo did in the specific round compared to their peers. Buffalo is highlighted in yellow in each image. Please check out the posts on page 1 for greater detail... thank you!