JohnNord

I’m not crying about Xavier Worthy. He’s a good gadget player and we all knew Reid would utilize him well, which he has especially around the goal line. But he’s far from setting the NFL on fire and shouldn’t be someone you pine over like this. He’s mostly catching shorter passes like a gadget guy would. As far Coleman, informed fans knew he was a workin progress. If you thought he’d step in as a rookie and light the NFL up, then your expectations weren’t realistic. He needed a LOT of work on his route running and that would take time. But I found it fascinating that Keon beat one of the best man corners in the NFL over the past two months in Christian Gonzalez on a fly route. Still Keon has almost as many yards and TD’s as Worthy does despite playing 5 fewer games and getting half as many targets: Worthy 59 REC 638 YDS 10.8 YPC 6TD Coleman 24 REC 498 YDS 20.8 YPC 3 TD So I’m not sure why you’re carrying on like this. Dry your eyes, solider

I’m usually wrong so I don’t get a chance to take a victory lap but I was pretty spot on when it came to Houston. This is a team that was considered to be a AFC contender and some regarded their QB among the top 5 best in the NFL 🤣🤣🤣 Despite their record - due mostly to playing in the worst conference in the AFC - they were never serious. Whenever they had to show they were a great team they pupped the bed. Their best win was Week 4 against Buffalo and took some bad play calling and a 59 yard FG to win that game. Also Josh and the offense was severely hindered by his receivers. Aside from that you have the win against 7-8 Miami. Countless bad performances this season against Minnesota, Detroit, NYJ, TEN, KC and now BAL. They had some tough injuries on offense with Collins, Diggs, and Dell all out at different times. Every team has injuries. It sucks but not bad enough to get spanked 31-2 in a “playoff” atmosphere. Houston might be the 4th seed but they are probably the weakest team in the playoffs and are poorly coached…and yes horrendously overrated. Bobby Slowik, DeMeco Ryans, and CJ Stroud. Three most overrated players on the Texans and in the NFL Or Ryans just plain sucks as a head coach?

This is exactly right. Results from past games don’t usually indicate future performances - especially in the playoffs

Yes they totally can. Each game will be tough. Even if Denver gets in, I feel that Sean Payton is going to try his damndest to exploit the weakness of the Bills defense - as will every other OC. It won’t be easy but it can be done. Also the same people who can’t see Buffalo getting by Baltimore were the ones who said they Bills couldn’t beat the Chiefs. And the ones who said Buffalo couldn’t run the table last season

TBH I feel the talent on the respective teams along with team record is the needle mover with MVP. Everyone knows Lamar plays at MVP level. Josh had been close proved it this year. I think he edges Lamar this season but we’ll see.

If Josh wins MVP great. If he doesn’t. Great. 1 accolades trumps them all…Super Bowl champion

I tried tell you all they were an overrated defense. I said they were two weeks ago and you debated me on that. Besides, I thought injuries were no excuse when Buffalo was missing 3/4 members of their secondary

How bout that Houston defense though 🤣 Come on man, they suck big time

Well looks like Buffalo will have beat the best to be the best. Baltimore and KC…. Here we come

I would like that award, yes.

Yes @Mikie2times and @LABILLBACKER were fighting me on this.

I tried telling you all that Houston sucks

I’ve said this for weeks now. Houston’s defense is an overrated piece of snot.

Yes… LAC, BAL and DEN have to win out. PIT loses out and drops to #7 behind DEN (6) and LAC (5)

LOL I was told McDermott’s defense hasn’t beaten any good offenses this season and that Kansas City doesn’t count!

Merry Christmas to everyone here…including the select few that disagree with my Bills takes! It’s all good here. Enjoy talking football with this group

Surely he will check his bank account the next Bills playoff game versus a good QB, then go to the Sportsbook and bet 2X that amount on Buffalo losing. He has seen the outcome already.

The 3 Ghosts of Defense: @Mikie2times @LABILLBACKER @SoCal Deek

Pretty sure I mentioned Spector. Maybe it was in a different thread. NE definitely went after Spector, but they also targeted Bishop and Elam as well. I don’t think either of these instances had anything to do with Spector’s struggles

Finally a logical well-balanced take

To everyone that wants to pretend that the issue is the scheme or play calls on defense, here’s what Joe Buscaglia saw when he reviewed the tape and revealed why Buffalo struggled against the run: It certainly begins up front, and while the defensive tackles likely get most of the attention for run defending, the defensive ends need to be on top of their games too — especially because teams have liked to use wide rushes to test the Bills’ linebackers and safeties. At defensive tackle, it was not a good week, almost across the board. DaQuan Jones was the best of the bunch, though his impact wasn’t felt nearly as much as earlier in his Bills career. Ed Oliver went from playing with his hair on fire against the Lions to being kept in place or even pushed off his spot in run defending versus the Patriots. They need more out of Oliver as a run defender, as that has been a strength of his game his entire career. The top substitutes, Austin Johnson and Jordan Phillips, both struggled at the point of attack. On top of that unit, the Patriots took advantage of three defensive ends in particular in the running game: A.J. Epenesa, Dawuane Smoot and Von Miller. Baylon Spector got the spot start with early-down duty in place of Matt Milano, and it was a struggle right from the beginning of the game. Spector left with a calf injury, and once Dorian Williams began to get every down work, the outside linebacker position immediately improved in run defending. But it wasn’t just Spector. Middle linebacker Terrel Bernard has been on a rough run-defending stretch since that began after the bye week against San Francisco. Bernard has shown difficulties in getting away from blocks, and those blockers drive the linebacker up the field far too often. Bernard’s first two seasons have been all about flash plays, which can help change a game, and plays that he deserves credit for making. But in the consistency department, particularly as a run defender, he has left a bit to be desired now, almost two full seasons into his career. He shows flashes of being a better run defender, but they have been too infrequent, specifically over this four-game stretch. So it appears that this is everything Bobby Babich said in his press conference. They struggle because the front 7 loses one-on-one matchups. It has nothing to do with playcalling or scheme as it does with them getting their asses handed to them In the trenches.

You don’t play on 4 teams in 1 calendar year if you CAN still play. He’ll be a non-factor is Houston as he was in Baltimore

Correct… his whole .660 winning percentage comes from feasting on bad QB’s…got it

If you actually watched the game, instead of just guessing, you’d see there were multiple adjustments in the 2nd half. Sadly none of them worked.

You gotta think he takes the spot from Spector