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Who is Benny the Butcher? This isn’t the worst thing I’ve ever heard, but I’m not sure that it needs to be played instead of the Shout Song.

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I feel like that’s been the story. No real training camp. No real offseason. No preseason. The defense plays different when he’s not in. Josh Norman, Dane Jackson, Daryl Worley, don’t have the technique that Wallace has. He’s a craftsman on the field in coverage, and it shows now that he’s healthy.

Nope, it’s a great thing. He’s another one that gets no love here, and he should.

This may sound like a cop out... I don’t find the Ravens to be a team that cares if they are forced into the pass. The Bills have a tremendous pass defense, but again, the RPO game is an absolute momentum killer. You could make a stop on 1st down, break up a pass on second, and now on 3rd and long, Jackson can break one off for 9 yards, and it’s 1st and 10. That sort of attrition can wear you out on the field. And before you know it, your 2 score lead is now a field goal loss. We’ve all seen that happen, and not just to the Bills. The league used to be about sustaining drives with consistent running, and throwing to keep the defense honest. Now it’s the complete opposite, on both sides of the ball. Timely and efficient running, can demoralize a defense, and force your offense out of its rhythm. I do like Daboll’s methodology of scoring fast and often and then grinding it out with the run game in the 4th. And let me add that, I do think the Bills can beat a team like the Ravens, I’d still rather play Indy or Cleveland. The Ravens defense is not anywhere near as intimidating as it has been in recent memory. But again, they are well coached and can turn it up if they have too. I do think that pass protection is absurdly good for Allen. It’s been unreal to see how much time he has in the pocket, and that alone could be the difference in sustaining a playoff run this season.

I think you’re onto something here.... but it seems like Josh Allen feels like his career will be defined by bringing The City Of Buffalo and the fans of this team, redemption. He has a very close relationship with Jim Kelly. It’s impossible that some of that regret hasn’t made its way through to Allen. That he can right all the mistakes of the past, doesn’t seem like a challenge too great for him. That’s impressive.

OP asked who we don’t want to see in the playoffs. I don’t want to play any team who’s strength is the Bills weakness. Yes, the Bills are 12-3. Yes the defense is playing great right now. All that can change in the playoffs. I’d rather face a team that can become one dimensional (like Indy or Cleveland), than a team that can draw you into making mistakes and over pursue. I think the Bills could beat the Ravens. It would be close and unpleasant, but I do think they could win. I’d rather see them play a team where their weaknesses wouldn’t be taken advantage of. And for the record, I’m a huge fan of Edmunds.

When was the last time we saw two players on the Bills offense that get better when opponents talk trash? Certainly not in the “high motor/lunch pail” years. Not in the Glory Days either. Those teams did the trash talking. I love it. It wasn’t flashy, no dancing. Just score, score again; and once more to remind them. Breaking records against the Patriots, what a Holiday Treat!

And the Bills still lost that game. It’s not just about the yards. It’s the types of runs, and the timing of them. We saw what the RPO did to the Bills in the Cardinals game. How many times in that game and last years Ravens game did we see Jackson keep the ball and get a chunk? Or extending a drive on 3rd and medium on a run up the gut? The Bills need to scheme to stop the run, and that can be deadly against RPO heavy offenses. Id much rather Indy or Cleveland, than the Ravens and Jackson. Even though those teams run the ball well, their QB’s are not as an immediate or a threat like Baltimore.

Ahhhh, the very heart of playoff football.

Yes. The one team I have zero interest in seeing the Bills play in the playoffs is the Ravens. They play exactly the kind of game that the Bills Defensive Line has had tremendous problems stopping.

Edmunds was terrible again? What game were you watching? Just because one player plays well statistically and the other doesn’t, means nothing. The goal should be to keep as much of the defense together as possible. Not get into the addition by subtraction nonsense.

Wow. Just watched that post game interview. wow. No bickering Bills here. These guys are pals. “He understands all my ins and outs...” ”Bruh...?” ”Ugh, I hate you.” That’s two pals at work, breaking each other’s stones. I love it so much. I don’t care who knows!

Listening to the post game now, and Nate was going over the game stats. I remember when the Pats ran 90 plays or something stupid like that during the George Edwards “hybrid thang” years. It’s so awesome to be on the other end, finally.

This.

I love that stat Two worst losses of Belichik’s career, both against the Bills. Eat it!

Ive been a big fan of Darryl Johnson. He’s got long arms and his hands are getting better every week. He needs some help in the run game, but as a pass rusher, he has some real potential.

It’s hard to believe they are talking about a Bills QB, the way they are talking about Josh Allen. I just told my family at bedtime: ”It’s been since High School, that they were THIS good.” I graduated St Joe’s in ‘95. Thats a long damn time. Good for all of us for sticking through it all and believing.

It’s still the 3rd quarter!!!! I love this.

Oh boy

Houston just has so little talent, no cap space (which i still don’t understand who they are paying) and they have limited draft capital. You need a franchise QB to win it all. But you need a franchise first, and Houston is a total mess. To me, Jacksonville is the team.

You don’t think that the league PR machine, which Kahn is a part of, would see the value in putting Bienemy and Lawrence together. Jacksonville is loaded with defensive talent. They need a coach and someone who has the confidence of the Kahn family, to do what’s been done in Buffalo. Bienemy has been ready to run a team, and groom a QB, for a few years now. It makes more sense there, than any other place for him.

That Eagles/WFT game is going to be atrocious. What a stinker of a game for that dope Collinsworth and Al Michael’s to end the season on.

If Saint Doug gets fired, that job belongs to Eric Bienemy and no one else. The league will do everything in its power to get him that job. He deserves it, if he wants it.

Great false equivalency.