Generic_Bills_Fan

I think belichick probably said some off the record stuff about how he was proud of his defense and they made him look like an average qb in the first matchup. If you've ever seen a belichick press conference he is always very complimentary of the opposing team no matter how bad they are lol

Kc is in no position to be resting starters...they have not looked sharp in over a month. Couple different bounces here and there over the last few weeks and theyre the 2 seed right now

I think you don't invest in a good backup qb unless you think you have a guy that can actually take you somewhere in the playoffs if they have to step in so by definition our own organization doesn't think matt Barkley could beat anyone 🤣

Id give Tennessee/Baltimore a shot against kc but I think pit is gonna screw it up for us and lose to Cleveland and we'll get stuck with ten/Baltimore in round 2 after beating indy and kc will get Cleveland. I wouldve loved getting indy then pit

Browns and dolphins are pretty similar in talent level but i would want to play the team that needs to rely on a closer to come in and finish the game at qb every time Colts seem like theyre a tier above Miami/Cleveland

Its kind of a double edged sword though because quite often you see a team get stopped for a loss or a minimal gain running the football on first down and they are not in a good position to pick up the first. Theres a pretty good reason you don't see many ground and pound teams anymore its pretty difficult to sustain a drive that way compared to the passing game nowadays where tight coverage is often flagged as PI and you have to cuddle the qb to avoid a roughing the passer call haha if the ravens struggle in the playoffs again I think theyre going to have to take a good hard look at their offensive scheme I think we're selling our run d short...Henry didn't do much against us in the titans game. And against the chiefs we played a lot of cover 4 hoping Andy Reid would be too proud to run the football or something haha last night the pats had one nice drive running the football and scored 9 total points and had 200 ish total yards

Can't wait to hear about frank reichs time with the bills / a revenge game for us not hiring him for 3 straight hours 🤣 He must be running the scout team or something? I only knew about him cuz I live in Giants fan territory and he was supposed to be their next big thing when they drafted him lol

Instinctive might be the last word in the English language i would use to describe tuas play lol

Yea its really a semantics thing based on how you define 'elite' i would not at all argue we aren't a top 3 team right now. But this business is such a hindsight/revisionist history type thing where if we get bounced from the playoffs in the divisional round even the conversation becomes 'well were they really THAT good' when thats pretty unfair because it was still an impressive as hell regular season regardless of what happens in the playoffs. I think all these fans of other teams/pundits that are down on the bills are hoping for us to underperform in the playoffs so they can play the 'i told you so' card

Its really been the talent josh had to work with year 1 for darnolds entire career. As much as we all dislike the jets you've gotta feel bad for the kid

Haha I was checking out the phins and pats message boards last night and saw a lot of posts like that! That makes me want to register even more lol somehow the pats fans are even more insufferable now that they aren't good

I mean I kind of get what he's saying...elite is just a word really. I dont have much faith in any of these afc teams being good enough to win 2-3 playoff games against this tough afc field and that includes the chiefs. I dont think there really are any traditional 'elite' teams anymore that you just expect to roll into the super bowl. The changing of the guard at qb has a lot to do with that I think...drew and Tom are getting up there in age lol

Right its really a results driven business...that much is true so its hard to criticize him for something that hasn't hurt them yet. It just strikes me as 'lets develop our rookie qb and if we can win the game late with fitzpatrick we'll take that too'...seems like such an odd way to approach a playoff race. No doubt flores is doing a good job but if Tua struggles in a playoff game its gonna turn into a huge issue.

I'm sure none of us are truly unbiased and we really don't want Tua to be good but I have seen him a lot from watching nfl redzone and im pretty sure anyone would tell you that offense isn't even close to as effective as it is with Fitz starting. Had a debate with my giants fan friends about it...they said 'well tua doesn't turn the ball over as much so he gives them the best chance of keeping them in the game' but he doesn't do anything positive either. It really is exactly like the Tyrod situation like many others have said. If Fitz was starting I would definitely give them a chance in this game he neutralizes the pass rush by getting the ball out quick which always seemed to give us issues in the past. Although we had no trouble with the steelers who have been playing that way all season.

Phinsfaninpeace how do you feel about the split qb setup the dolphins are doing? I think Flores is doing a great job and has the team playing well but I just can't wrap my head around that lol

I am just blown away at how the media is so supportive of what flores is doing over there. Not starting Fitz should have cost them their season...it took an absolute miracle for them to win that raiders game. But somehow he is a genius for playing the worse qb 75% of the game and then pulling him

Or your division drew a schedule of really tough games...nfc east got the afc north this year. The bengals were a tough out even when burrow was healthy

Imagine the giants knocking out bradys team again lol

I think probability wise right now we're most likely playing the dolphins round 1...unless pit is sitting all their starters. If its just ben I think pit still wins that game and we probably beat miami

Their game day thread was hilarious...patriots fans complaining about the commentators only talking up the bills lol thats what we've been dealing with playing against them for the last 20 years

I dont think the ravens are a good comparison. The ravens aren't built anywhere near the same way as us and theyre quite one dimensional in a way that makes it difficult for them to come back when they fall behind. Plus that year they were rolling was Greg romans first year with the team. When they start seeing some of the best defenses in the afc in the playoffs they will always struggle. The bills are a bit more battle tested this year as it feels like we were playing tough defenses every single week

And the last time the non Mason led steelers played the browns the browns lost to duck hodges 🤣 Cleveland could easily lose this game

I would argue that josh allen alone deserves this specific award but mvp has now become synonymous with 'stat sheet stuffing' allen just straight up carried this team week in and week out with no running game or defense for at least half the season making nearly impossible plays look routine. Josh won't win it...but it honestly says more about the award in general than it says about him

The belichick/cam newton press conferences were both a thing of a beauty. Cant help but think Brian Griese and the gang shared belichicks off the record comments about Josh allen not being mvp quality on the air and he was just so confused when they asked him about it lol

Lol its possible someone hums Mr Blue Sky to themselves when they run the simulations 🤣 other than that no