CincyBillsFan

Agree. Nothing has been set in stone for either the Bills or Patriots in November. In addition to the Bills history, where they have been in worse situations then they are now, Tampa won a SB in 2020 after starting 7 - 6. They were a wild card that had to play all 3 playoff games on the road. Cincinnati went to a SB in 2021 having to win 2 playoff games on the road. Last season the Lions roared to the #1 seed only to lose in round 1. The Ravens have specialized in gaining the #1 seed and not making it to the SB.

And don't forget that Hollins was a very good special teams player.

This is an eye opening stat.

Are you citing last nights game as evidence of this? NE is playing better then the Bills at this moment but that's not the same thing as saying NE is playing "light years" better then Buffalo.

IMO the MVP right now is Stafford, not Mahe. And NE is not "light years better" then the Bills.

So? Cooks fumble was brutal to. It happens and even the best players will make mistakes. I think some tend to focus on the rare exceptions as being evidence of a problem while ignoring the more fundamental issues troubling the Bills.

Those two toe tap catches along the sideline against the Colts in that playoff game were insane.

The look on Allen's face as the Chiefs first tied the game and then won it in OT was not so different then the one we're seeing now at times on the sidelines.

Go on Youtube and watch a bunch of game summary videos from 2020 - 2023 and one of the things that stands out was how often you see Davis either making a big catch to convert 3rd down or score a TD. And he did it in the playoffs to. I agreed 100% with Beans decision not to pay Davis 13 million per year. His production and other issues did not warrant that level of pay. But if he can return to near his pre-injury production then he will be the best WR on this years team. It's not saying much other then it would be a big upgrade from the current low floor.

With Palmer's injury Palmer/Moore have yet to replace the production and presence of Hollins & Cooper. T.Johnson has been a far less effective receiver then he was last season where he had multiple big time receptions down the field. Ditto for Cook. Kincaid is better then last year and Allen has a QB rating of 151.5 when targeting him. This means that Allen is exploiting Kincaid's jump as much as possible and the real question is why is Kincaid not on the field for even more targets? Coleman has regressed from last season where before his injury he was making big plays downfield. So I don't see how you can say there hasn't been a drop in receiving talent from last season to this season. Oh and last season it wasn't exactly a great WR room either.

Thanks. This is the perfect illustration of the variability in the performance of even the most elite players. The drop from 3 to 7 is likely a direct result of a drop in the receiving talent surrounding Allen.

Again, Allen didn't play great in those games and the Bills roster apparently can't win a game where Allen isn't great. Good thing for the Eagles that on a night their elite QB was misfiring through the first 3 quarters they had enough around him to eke out a win on the road against the Packers.

He got hurt so we'll never know will we. But 2 catches for 60 yards on 2 targets in the 1st quarter before he was hurt suggested Palmer was on his way to having a big game.

The posts would be become very tedious if I front and back loaded my comments with lots of "In my opinion" & "maybe" & "I don't have any inside knowledge but it's possible that"........................

And I can quote a much longer list where Allen has had exceptional plays this season. But what's the point? And for the record I took your Allen is "playing poorly" comment to be for the whole season not just the Miami game. BTW, which QB this season hasn't had a couple of clunkers? Again, Allen is on pace for a 4700 total yards; 41 total TD's with only 13 total TO's. That's a solid season and not a string of 4 yard pass completions. It is almost universally believed that Mahomes has been the best QB over the last 8 years. At the same time he has barely been a top 10 QB in a couple of those seasons.