CincyBillsFan

It would be a farce if Jackson were to win MVP after today's performance. If they want to save the reputation of this award I hope they give it to CMC. In addition to his spectacular regular season with well over 2000 yards in 16 games he has had a very good postseason. Rushing = 37 carry's for 188 yards and 4 TD's and 11 catches for 72 yards. That's a total of 260 yards from scrimmage and 4 TD's in two playoff games.

It was a great defensive design. The Chiefs were very disciplined n their pass rush and didn't get out of their lanes. And notice that Jackson struggled to hit the open receiver even when he had all day to throw. And don't forget that the Chiefs #32 dropped an easy INT that hit him right in his hands and Jackson made a spectacular play on the batted ball that should also have been intercepted.

He'll take local heat because local fans actually know more about their teams then the national talking heads. But so far Jackson seems to be taking less heat from the national guys then Allen was taking immediately after last weeks loss. Maybe that will change tomorrow but I bet it doesn't.

Most of the national talking head "experts" on Fox, NBC, ABC, CBS & ESPN are football morons. It's amazing how dumb they are. At least Cowherd brings a lot of very knowledgeable football guys (like Cosell) on his show that provide excellent insight into players and games. But what really gets me is how the majority of the big time talking heads go after Allen and push a false narrative about his play. They just don't like Allen and I think a lot of it stems from their bad takes on him coming out of college and during his rookie season. It's like they blame Allen for not having he decency to suck so that their horrible takes would have been true.

Reid and Mahomes are complimentary to one another. That is probably the biggest difference between them and Allen/McD.

I've been checking in on some of those big time NFL talking heads and they seem awfully quiet about how poorly Jackson played today. Did you know the Ravens lost because of penalties & a fumble into the end zone. I can only imagine these same talking heads reactions if Allen played a game like the one Jackson did today. Wait, I don't need an imagination here. After last weeks game where Allen had 3 TD's and no TO's and played pretty damn well all I heard these people say is how Allen can't win the big games or beat Mahomes. It's amazing the difference in tone from these "experts" between this week and last. Here's the bottom line Allen is 5 - 5 with a defense that isn't even close to being as good as the Ravens has been. Allen has 27 total TD's and only 6 TO's and has played great in half his playoff games. Jackson is 2 - 4 with 9 total TD's and 9 TO's. Allen's worst playoff game is better then Jackson's play in 5 of his 6 playoff games.

Like Jones. In other words like crap.

Last week Green Bay dropped two Purdy INT's including a potential pick 6. Today Purdy is looking awful with a really bad INT. After Jackson's earlier playoff meltdown (his 5th in 6 playoff games) and what we're seeing out of Purdy so far I think some folks are going to to have to redo their top 10 QB lists.

It won't but it should. Image giving the award to Jackson after that performance on that stage. They would look like fools.

I just watched the CBS talking heads and the Fox talking heads and no one talked about Jackson's very bad game and very bad playoff record. I can't believe if Allen had a 2 - 4 playoff record and had 1 TD and 2 TO's in a home championship game they wouldn't be all over the guy.

That's two INTs he should have thrown.

This game is not over. It wouldn't shock me if Jackson and the Ravens came back big time.

That's quite a short lifespan.

Here's my issue with those claiming Allen could have just stepped up into the pocket on that play. If Dawkins was pushing Jones to the outside it would have been a simple matter of moving up into the pocket. But Jones was driving Dawkins STRAIGHT back into the QB. If Allen had stepped up into the pocket Jones disengages from Dawkins and tackles him as he steps up. I guess Dawkins could have held him and hoped the Ref doesn't see it but there is no way that an all pro like Jones isn't fully aware of Allen's threat to step up and throw or run the ball.

A lifetime to make that throw? Me thinks you exaggerate a bit here. It's actually insane the way Bills fans are analyzing this one play. It's obvious what happened: Allen choose to go for the TD hitting an open Shakir and missed the throw because the pass rusher pushed the tackle into him. An for this we've had a ten page thread. Nitpicking Allen seems to be a favorite activity for some Bills fans.

It was the start of doing the right thing - THE START. From 2019 - through the 2022 draft (4 drafts) how many high draft picks were spent on the offense? By high I mean 1st or 2nd round picks. A 1st to land Diggs and a 2nd for Cody Ford. Am I forgetting any? And for the record I liked the McGovern signing. It was a great VALUE signing that worked out a lot better then the previous years signing of Saffold. But again, from 2019 through the 2023 draft (5 drafts) the Bills spent two #2 picks and NO #1 picks on the O line. And the only high profile FA signing over that 5 year period was Morse. So yea when it comes to prioritizing the Offense and surrounding Allen with the best possible players the Bills have not put in much of an effort focusing instead on later draft pick projects and value FA signings.

McD's game plan depended on PERFECT performances by Allen & Brady. He almost got them to but depending on perfection in football is never going to work. Of course to make this statement you have to ignore that Jones pushed Dawkins into Allen impacting the throw. It was a great play by one of the best D linemen in the NFL.

It's simple the Bills did not try to surround Allen with the best available offensive players to fully exploit his skills. A secondary reason was that the head coach was not up to the task in later round playoff games against better competition.

Agree 100% here. And with 15 plays and over 6 minutes invested into that drive the odds of a sack or holding penalty or TO go way up. IMO the concept McD worked out with Brady to protect his defense was bound to fail. The only reason it came so close to working was Allen's otherworldly performance. A better plan would have been to wage a shootout with KC. We had the advantage of being at home and having as good if not better group of skill players then the Chiefs. I could have seen us winning such a game 38 - 34.

I think it strengthens the narrative that McD is not good enough to get the Bills to the SB. KC & Cincy have both put their offenses ahead of their defenses and both are coached by offensive minded guys. The Ravens made a decision to tear down and rebuild their offense to better compliment Jackson. They added a new OC and made a couple of splash draft/FA signings of offensive skill players. So after failing to make the playoffs in 2021 and a 1st round ext in 2022 (both years Jackson was hurt) the Ravens made major changes and they're now on the cusp of a SB.

There's a pretty simple explanation for this. Reid attacks when his defense is bad because he has an elite QB that he puts his trust in. McD on the other hand retreats and demands that Allen & the OC button up the hatches and hunker down. Run clock and protect the defense. Reid embraces the shootout in these situations and McD embraces a bunker down mentality. Both the Houston and 2020 KC championship game were examples of this. Remember those 2 FG's instead of attempted TD's (4th & goal from the 2 and 4th & 3 from the 8 yrd line) against the Chiefs in the Championship game? In the one playoff game they unleashed Allen and embraced the shootout in the 4th quarter of the 2021 playoff game Allen led the Bills to a 3 point lead with 13 seconds left. Only the extreme incompetence of McD and the defense allowed KC to win that shootout.

First off Allen would have walked into a situation with two first ballot HOF skill players to throw the ball to. Second, Reid would not put a governor on Allen in situations where he was trying to protect an ailing defense. Reid's response would have been to turn Allen lose and win a shootout. Third, Reid would have provided better play calling and play design throughout Allen's tenure. Fourth, Reid would have fielded a better O line throughout the last 6years. Imagine Allen with a fraction of a second longer on his passes. Fifth, Reid would have found ways to best utilize Allen's running ability and cannon of an arm.

Actually Wright's hatred of Allen only confirms that Allen is the only QB out there that Nick fears could be better then Mahomes under the right circumstances. As for Purdy, Wright is jealous that he has had an even better situation to start his NFL career then Mahomes did. And because of that Purdy may soon be hosting a Lombardi trophy and producing better SB stats then Mahomey. Nick Wright hates and trashes what he fears.

This would be an interesting interview. Last year I would have said "hell no" but Bienemy did a good job in Washington in spite of not having much to work with. For Bienemy it might be his best shot to parley this job into a head coaching job. I suspect that when Ben Johnson is hired by the Commanders Bienemy will become available.

When you consider the game plan the Bills used against KC, which clearly had McD's fingerprints all over it as it was designed to protect his injury ravaged D, it's Brady's job to lose.