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I could have selected nearly anyone .. but good God an F. Josh Allen at the end of the first round of the playoffs will have the second most passing yards and by far the most rushing yards of any starting QB + the most receiving yards of any starting QB ... but let's dig deeper. I pulled the stats for the first playoff game of some of the great current QBs and many HOFers. I did not cherry pick .. I was actually surprised on the comparison. Player Passing Yds TD Int Rushing Yds Total Yds Age Peyton Manning 227 0 0 11 238 23.3 Drew Brees 319 1 1 17 336 25.4 Tom Brady 312 0 1 16 328 24.2 Jim Kelly 244 0 1 18 262 28.3 Aaron Rodgers 423 4 1 13 436 26 Josh Allen 264 0 0 92 356 23.2 Lamar Jackson 194 2 1 54 248 21.4 Ben Roethlisburger 181 1 2 30 211 22.3 Joe Montana 304 2 1 -9 295 25.2 Dan Marino 193 2 2 0 193 22.1 Patrick Mahomes 278 0 0 8 286 23.1 Cam Newton 267 1 2 54 321 24.2 Deshaun Watson 235 1 1 76 311 23.1 Mayfield, Darnold, Rosen TBD Josh was second in total yards. Investigate for yourself. Maybe I missed someone .. but seriously a little perspective would be good.

Actually as of the end of the Saint game .. for the 6 starting QBs Most Passing Yards - Josh Allen 264 Most Rushing Yards - Josh Allen 92 Most Receiving Yards - Josh Allen 16 Was he amazing .. no, but for his 1st playoff game ... I would say pretty darn good

I am looking for team "Brandon Beane and the scouts" to win the offseason.

It is sick .. I love the Buffalo Bills and I am disappointed when they lose and I can even get a bit angry when they do something stupid, but at the end of the day .. it is a game. I heard one time a great saying "Life is lumpy. However a lump in your throat, a lump in your oatmeal, and a lump in your breast are not the same lump. Learn to know the difference."

And this young team doesn't deserve people dumping on them .. let the people who want celebrate with them do so .. if you don't that is your prerogative.

They also don't appear to have the cupcake schedule they had this year....... - It is too early to tell, but yes it was a relatively easy schedule. And they barely beat the Jets the 1st game where they needed the Jets kicker to not be able to make a kick, - that is the NFL .. if John Brown gets his feet in on that one drive we have first & goal. If we hadn't gotten a phantom blocking foul on Cody Ford ... if ... you could do this all day. there's a good chance the Jets could have squeaked out a win in the last week too. - Really .. based on what? They rested their starters because it was a meaningless game. technically we were 10 - 5 with our starters. I know we should have been some number in your mind, but come on. Bill Belichick was an amazing 20 - 28 in his first three years as a head coach. Who cares if they 'almost' beat the Ravens and Pats, the end result was still the same, they were all losses.... - Teams that are growing. Would you prefer they couldn't stay on the field with them. Using your own logic there were many "one plays" in all three of those games where if the catch was made, the throw was better, the ... we would have won. If you are getting drubbed by the best teams the build has farther to go. You have the right to be a pessimist .. is is a free country, but the fact that others are optimistic as is our right as well .. and us optimists .. we are more enjoyable to be around Go Bills -- the 2020 - 2021 season is going to be great!

This is a bit of a response to the optimist thread that was closed and probably shouldn’t have been. People have a right o express themselves ..., Sobering thoughts for Bills pessimists 1) Josh Allen threw for more yards and ran for more yards ... oh yeah and caught more passes than Deshaun Watson who was playing in his second playoff game. 2) The Bills offense had 2 returning starters from last year 3) the Bills won 10 games and barely lost to the Ravens, and Pats twice .. and didn’t play the last game.,if they needed it are you delusional enough to think the Jets who barely beat our backups would have beaten our starters. 4) We lose almost nobody next year to Free agency 5) we have gobs of cash to spend in free agency to get better come off the ledge ... better days are ahead

I think you are underestimating the impact of this for the love of goodness .. if we had lost Josh Allen I would have been like no big deal .. but this is Robert Foster. Please tell me who is going to run down the kick returner after Duke Williams catches a TD... ?

Saw that too .. with him and Gibson out their suspect secondary is much more suspect

Nice article just dropped by The Ringer that really speaks to the path forward for this team. Only 1 Defensive starter is an UDFA (Lorenzo Alexander) .. with Levi Wallace a RFA and no real high ticket-priced guys. This speaks to Beane (acquiring reasonable priced talent) and McDermott (getting the most out of them) https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2020/1/3/21048726/buffalo-bills-josh-allen-playoffs-wild-card-texans

Golic and Wingo had Jim Kelly on and he discussed Josh Allen a lot.

Here is the complete list that includes JJ Watt .. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/01/01/j-j-watt-limited-in-wednesdays-practice/ and this does not include DeShaun Gibson one of their starting safeties who went from starting last week to out for the year. Let's Go Bills!

Tashaun Gipson ... starting safety for the Texans unexpectedly placed on IR .. I hope he is better for next year .. but sooooooo glad he will be out for Saturday. Don’t care how we win .... just win!!!! https://www.si.com/nfl/texans/news/texans-will-have-to-get-creative-to-replace-tashaun-gipson-for-the-wild-card-round

On getupESPN they were discussing the need for a leader of men .. they threw out Jack Del Rio and Jim Caldwell and then Domonique Foxworth threw out .... Rex Ryan who happened to be sitting across from him. Rex mentioned something about .. yeah someone who could win playoff games. Oh my the Browns would truly be must-see TV. Here is the link for the comedic value.

Must watch Championship Calibre video from the Bills . narrated by Josh Allen ... at least sounds like Josh .....

It appears the Texans had their two Starting CBs and a backup safety injured .... here is hoping they have a delayed recovery ... :). https://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/texans/injuries/all/ and for those who believe in “I want to beat the opponent at their best” ... what key players were missing from the Super Bowls for the losing team in 2000-2009. Nobody knows and nobody cares. People just know who won.

Two updates from Rappaport .. Bruce Allen - President of the Skins is fired; Ron Rivera to be hired today. I think he has the right mindset to work in Washington .. but not certain Belichick could be successful with Dan Snyder.

If someone has been going to games since 1967 .. there is something to be said for not getting sick over a preseason game.

He wouldn’t cost much of anything as he would not be eligible for this weeks game ... so it would just be the standard playoff pay-out. If he signed it would be to help repair his image ... show he can be a team player and make plays ... Sean Payton has stated they will not be signing him at this point https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/12/27/sean-payton-on-signing-antonio-brown-not-now/

If the new breakfast cereal Frothing Flakes used the imagery I get it. I am certain the Bills thought he would not mind because it is in support of the team he loves as I am certain there have been many incidences of the Bills having pictures of their fans on their website .. most people love it. I 100% guarantee they will no longer use it and the only person who will be unhappy is Mr. Miller.

On the bright side that is the last time I will have to see the video of Mr. Miller frothing at the mouth ... saying something without substantive backing but with all the passion in the world

Just curious .. did you pay the Bills for the icon you are using for this site. Did Pinto Ron get paid for the BillsMafia video NBC recently did? Nope .. there are limitations. This was a fans rant caught on video .. he needs to chill.

Really good article on QB rankings with a solid several paragraphs on Josh with video breakdown on some of the good “what” plays and bad “what” plays ... he admitted that he is surprised by Josh’s development and points out he misses on key plays .. though he no longer makes the bad hero throws. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-week-17-qb-rankings-bills-need-more-consistency-from-josh-allen-to-make-a-deep-playoff-run/ A nice balanced analysis

But two play-off appearances .... had to throw that in

Merry Christmas .. A Buffalo Bills Christmas Carol from JibJab starring McDermott, Singletary, Kim Pegula, Josh, and Tre'Davious https://www.jibjab.com/view/make/a_christmas_carol/01c0a4bc-7112-47c6-b4b7-ac29461196ba