CincyBillsFan

Is Spags available? And why would I think an assistant GM would be better then Bean. I get that this is frustrating beyond belief and I have this sinking feeling that McD/Bean are never going to get the Bills over the hump BUT McD/Bean are at least a top 10 head coach/GM combo, and maybe even top 5. The problem is that the better combo's are making it to the Super Bowls (with the exception of the fluky Bengal's season). The odds that the Bills go backwards if they walk away from McD/Bean are pretty high IMO. But it's all a moot point given that there isn't a snowballs chance in hell that Pegula will fire McD/Bean. It ain't happening. I believe, maybe hope is the better word, that the Bills have reopened their Super Bowl window. They exceeded expectations this season and EVERYTHING is lining up for them to be in a better position next season - from a lot of money for signing players, to a lot of draft picks, a bunch of young improving players and 9 home games the Bills are in a great position for next season. So yea, we're back to "wait until next season".

That the Bills had not created a variation off the tush push in the event a team was successfully stopping it seems like football malpractice to me.

And if the Bills do trade Allen I can predict an outcome as certain as the sun rising in the East: Allen will get to and win multiple Super Bowls with his new team and the Bills will return to the irrelevancy of the lost years.

Here's the problem. All of us watching tonight were calling for McD's head right after the game but then I asked them who would you like to replace McD there wasn't a lot of answers. This week we saw 7 new coaches hired. The only one of those guys I might be interested in talking about would be Vrable. But he's another D minded coach who didn't do as well at TN as McD has done in Buffalo. I mean do any of you want Pete Carrol? The Detroit assistant coaches were the hot commodities but how confident are you that they're actually going to be any good? I'm not. Let's look at who is making the Super Bowls the last few years: * Chiefs: best coaches and 2nd best GM in football. * Eagles: average coaches but the best GM in football. * SanFran: 3rd best coaches and 3rd best GM in football. * LA Rams: 2nd best coaches and 4th best GM in the NFL * Bengals: Fluke. It's not insane to say that McD & Bean may be as high as the 5th best coach/GM in football. Without doubt they're in the top 10. Our only choice at this point is that the Bills have to make it work with McD/Bean. To part ways would be just to risky.

It is not reasonable to expect Allen to have to play his BEST game every week. It will never happen because IT CAN'T HAPPEN. Haven't you been listening to Greg Cosell? Allen played great tonight but he was Batman instead of Super Man. And hell if Kincaid holds on to the ball, as any NFL receiver should have, we would be calling Allen Superman. You better hope that Allen never figures out that the only way hes getting to a Super Bowl is to play like Superman in every playoff game. Because if he does he might decide to get out of town before he turns into Dan Fouts or Dan Marino.

With the exception of the 17 - 3 win over Baltimore in the 2020 playoffs the defense has been the primary cause of the Bills exits from the playoffs that last 6 years. And I include the Houston game where we blew a 16 - 0 lead late in the 3rd quarter.

Seriously who cares? Two shaky throws on the first series? BFD. Allen was making lemonade out of lemons all night long. After today's game Allen is 0 - 4 versus the Chiefs in the playoffs in spite of throwing 11 TD passes and only 1 INT. Allen can not be expected to do more then he's doing in these games.

You mean on the obvious incomplete pass? That was actually a great play on the ball by Bishop. I have a sneaking suspicion that next season Bishop will have a breakout year and become our best 2nd round pick of 2024. I also am nervous that Coleman is going to go in the dumpster. Allen and Brady are going to need to work with a lot in the off season.

This is a great point and a huge indictment of the defensive caching staff. To allow the opponent to score a TD on their opening drive in THREE straight playoff games is football negligence.

Brady was awful in the 2nd half. Sure that first TD drive featuring almost all runs was nice but in that critical 2nd possession when the Bills led 22 - 21 how could Brady NOT run play action passes taking advantage of KC selling out to stop the run? And I agree that Bean better take a long hard look in the mirror tonight. Watching Von Miller do absolutely nothing while Worthy eats us alive is a real problem.

Nonsense. Allen threw a TD on 4th down to tie the game up, converted multiple 4th downs and kept the Bills in the game time after time. That end of the 1st half TD drive was the definition of a winning play. And on his last pass Allen put the ball on the hands of his TE at the KC 25 ad the ball was dropped. There is nothing a reasonable fan could have expected from Allen today. NOTHING. To suggests otherwise is to display a complete lack football knowledge.

Allen faces a terrible dilemma. He is so good that he can lead the Bills to 15 wins, the Division title and reach the AFC championship game with average coaching and an average front office. But will he ever get to a Super Bowl? If the Bills didn't have Allen this would be an 8 game winning, non playoff making team that more closely resembled a team from the Bills lost years then a genuine Super Bowl team. You can see that with just a little bit more the Bills are in the Super Bowl this year and probably 2 of the last 4 years. There is no dominant player on defense and outside of Cook no above average skill player.

I hope you're being sarcastic because otherwise this is an awful take.

Bishop had a good game tonight particularly against the run. Coleman was awful and has been since coming back from the injury.

We're still in the game but the more things change the more they stay the same: * Again the D has been terrible. Truly awful they have given up 21 points and 217 yards in the 1st half. The fumble recovery was a KC miscue NOT a forced fumble. Had the Chiefs not been careless with the ball they score TD's on all 4 1st half possessions. * The Bills pass rush has been anemic. Absolutely NO pressure at all. * I don't want to hear anyone blame Allen. The offense has scored 2 TD's and 1 FG and gained 183 yards. On almost every pass play the Receivers are not getting any separation. And the O line picked a bad day to have an average game. They need to step it up in the 2nd half. * The refs are doing it to us again. That pass to Worthy was incomplete. There should have been two penalties in the EZ - one on Kelsey for taunting and the one on Phillips.

I will never understand going into a prevent defense in the 3rd quarter - yet here we are.

Everything went right for the Skins on their first drive and all they got was 3. My guess is that it will get progressively harder for Washington to move the ball from here on out.

It's weird, but I was a lot more nervous about the game against Denver then I was about the game against the Ravens and I'm less nervous about this game then I was about the Baltimore game. My thinking is that a loss to the Broncos would have been unacceptable and spoiled the season. A loss to the Ravens would have been disappointing but still a good season. And a loss today would be sad but also the end of a great season in which the Bills reopened their Super Bowl window. But I just feel like the Bills are going to win today.

Not even in the same zip code. Allen overacts and has zero subtlety in how he reacts to these hits. Take the 1st hit by the DB in your video that is a late hit on the QB and then Allen probably lost the call with his ham fisted flopping. Mahomes on the other hand has turned the sideline dance into a high art form. No one and I mean NO ONE can get an extra 10 - 15 yards on a play along the sideline by pretending to go out of bound the way Mahomes does.

Nah, Allen is a rank amateur compared to Mahomes here.

Every second of every minute; every minute of every hour; every hour of every day and every day of this week.

Don't let the ankle biters get you down. This needed to be pointed out prior to the AFC Championship game not before.

As long as he wins the NATI for the next decade I can live with that. College football is now the Jr NFL and even THE GAME will fall victim to the playoffs as Michigan vs Ohio state will be nor more important then any other game. like the NFL, all that will matter is whether or not you make and advance through the playoffs. As an aside, the Buckeye's impressive romp (4 straight wins all by double digit or greater margins) through the playoffs has completely vindicated the expanded 12 game playoff field. After all in the old format the 2 loss, #8 ranked Ohio State never would have made the playoffs.

Allen because he scored 2 out of the 3 Bills TD's and was instrumental in enabling the Bills to score the other TD by converting a 3rd & 8 with a great 35 yard throw and converting a 4th & 2 with his legs on the drive that got the Bills their 1st TD.

No one is trashing Jackson TO PROP UP ALLEN. Be precise when quoting me please. You don't think Henry improved Jackson's play? Seriously? Jackson has never put up the passing numbers he has this year and you think it didn't have a lot to do with having a 2000 yard rusher in the backfield?