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You, a post ago, "correlation doesn't equal causation." You, now, "a lack of correlation equals a lack of causation." Back to stats 101, my friend. Saying nobody got it right when the GM made a desperate trade for a WR in October is very funny to me.

by being an internet bulldog. Here's the proof for anyone interested, courtesy of the internet archive: May 2024: Today:

Marlon Humphrey correlated with a primetime 21 point loss when he got to shadow Shakir instead of a boundary WR.

Even stupider, the article is WRITTEN after the Bills took Josh at 7. It’s the first paragraph. But they shadow edit the headline to “he’ll be a first round pick anyway,” like it’s pre-draft? I know I have too much time on my hands but still.

These jamokes have edited their draft article about Josh. The title used to be: “If Josh Allen succeeds, the Bills will have outsmarted basically all regular humans and the entirety of math itself” now it’s this: “Josh Allen’s college career wasn’t great, but he’ll be a first-round pick anyway” https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2018/4/24/17271686/josh-allen-nfl-draft-2018-stats-analysis-comparisons We see you trying to hide the evidence Jason Kirk!

Dominant WR1 and dictating coverage is not the same thing.

It means they didn’t quietly get better. They loudly got worse, which is why the GM traded a 3rd round pick for a WR in October. I guess Beano was wrong. WR’s don’t win championships or something. Dumb trade?

And none of that means our WR’s got quietly better lol. Unless we are arguing the Bills WR’s are better than Jamar Chase

How long is Justin Jefferson gonna have to wait to get in while Cooper, Coleman and Shakir all go?

The folks trying to victory lap are the ones with MULTIPLE posts of “here’s how Curtis Samuel will get 70 touches for ~900 yards” takes

Yup. Things I can confidently say I didn’t expect: Josh to play better than he ever has Joe Brady to be a better OC than I thought he was gonna be the OL shuffle post-Morse to be the best in Josh’s career. tbh, those things make the WR room and pass catching room less noticeable. And honestly good, because we needed to trade for Amari baseline and him and Coleman have been in and out of the lineup. And Samuel has been kind of a disaster. And Kincaid has been a disappointment too. But none of that made the WR room “quietly better.” lol.

Haha exactly If Penix doesn’t work out, then they definitely should have signed Kirk Cousins.

To play

??? They are currently top 2 in INTs and top 2 in NY/A. They have seen the 10th most passing attempts and allowed the 6th least passing yards.

He did this earlier this year vs the Bucs. He got carried off the field and was back in the game in like 1 minute. He's just hamming it up for the cameras.

I don't think it was the picks that did it, it was the narrative of the Bills are in disarray and the firing of the OC. Switch around the results of the 2 Pats games and the Broncos/Chargers games, Bills enter the bye at 8-4, finish winning 3 of their last 5, including, beating KC, winning the division and the 2 seed on the biggest game of week 18 and I think Allen runs away with it. That may be one of the worst explanations ever I have tried to make, but I felt like the circumstances of the team held back Allen's case far more than his stats did.

It's Stafford man. I'm so glad that dude got a ring. Stafford would have been talked about as another "what if" QB second only to Marino.

No but he's gotten worse, he has thrown 1 TD to 9 picks in his last 4 games and looks completely immobile out there. You can't say "any intention to get a 1st round QB" then talk about how 6 went in the first 12 picks. They had no guarantee that one of their top prospects would be there at #8. For all we know, Penix was their #3 QB on their board and when he fell, they had to get him. The reports out of ATL was that they completely fell in love with him pre-draft. Ultimately, it's working out for the Falcons. If they don't draft Penix, they have a 37 year old, declining Kirk Cousins under contract, another .500 record, and are poorly positioned to get another QB they may or may not even like in the upcoming draft. Today, they have a top 10 pick at QB who has been sitting and learning the system and hopefully is ready today. The way things played out, imo, strongly supports everything they did. Just like the Packers drafting Love, despite paying Rodgers. Obviously it depends if Penix works out, but they may make a lot of people look silly.

Better or more deserving of HoF? Better: Matt Hof: Kelly 1 off winners vs 4x loser.

A shiny new weapon at 8 wouldn't have helped them because Kirk has played terrible.... Prioritizing getting a good QB over more weapons for a bad QB who sucks is literally the best use of resources in the NFL.

I think it makes perfect sense now. They had a roster ready to compete for the playoffs. Kirk was the best FA QB on the market, but coming off injury. They double-dipped the most important position. This is exactly why you do that.

Very shocking. I initially was negative on drafting Penix after signing Kirk, but this is exactly why you do it.

Meh, Stafford was an iron-man until he was 100 years old and clear Kelly imo.

Wrong wrong wrong wrong. Everything I hated about the Pats with BB and Brady, I hate about the Chiefs (except for our regular season record). There is exactly 1 team from 2001 to 2019 that I rooted for to lose every game they played. Didn't matter who they were playing, when they were playing. I hate watched almost every one of their games. That was NE. Since 2020, there is still exactly 1 team that I root to lose every game. It's the Chiefs. I used to hate the Pats. Now, I nothing the Pats and I hate the Chiefs.