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Breida starts and plays well. moss plays his usual role. Singletary gets very few snaps today.

Nobody is going to remember them as the ‘85 Bears or ‘00 Ravens but this is a pretty darn good defense. I feel really good about them.

Nope. There are many teams with lines playing far superior to ours. Dallas, Baltimore, Cleveland, Zona, TN, and Rams to name a few.

Calm down? I’m sitting in my favorite chair with a smile on my face after sweeping our most long lasting rival. I’m the epitome of calm. also, you made my point for me. they didn’t even win the AFC championship last year due to their below average Oline, mush less the Super Bowl, which is what the title of this post is referring to.

No one in the AFC is better than the Bills. Although I believe the AFC playoffs will be a slugfest, I believe the Bills will emerge. However, the title of the post refers to winning the championship. I just think the Bucs, Pack, and Rams may be more than our Oline can handle after making it thru the AFC matchups with (likely) TN and Baltimore.

Bruised heel is keeping him out in 7 days? really??

Good to see Brady and Herbert both crap the bed in the 4th qtr of winnable games today. The GOAT and the “best” young QB give the game away while our guy plays turnover free ball and plays his best when it matters most.

Man I love this team. Big 2nd half today. The heart. The passion. Even the anger we saw today is a welcome sight. Tyler Bass is a stud. Coverage teams are great. This secondary is arguably the best in Bills history. Same with the WR Corp. (some may prefer Reed, Lofton, and Beebe. Flip a coin as far as I am concerned) Edmunds has finally started to play like the ProBowler he is and Milano is stud. The D-Line is more than serviceable and so are the RBs, Punting and Return game. Lastly, JA17 is in a hierarchy even Jimbo wasn’t in during his playing days. While I agree that it is too early to say the totality of Josh’s career will be hall-of-fame-worthy the way Kelly’s was I will point out that, at this moment of his career, JA17 is regularly discussed by national media as a “top 10 player in the NFL” and Jim’s name was never really involved in those discussions back in the day. (Those debates regularly included Rice, Montana, Marino, Emmitt Smith, Barry Sanders, Neon Deon, LT, Reggie White and maybe even Thurman and Bruce at times). All that leads me to my main point… This O-line is the one weakness this Bills team has and they are the reason I believe the Bills cannot win the SB this year outside of some kind of other-worldly string of performances by Josh and the Defense. Morse is the only consistent performer and even he is only slightly above average. I really thought this group was going to come off the bye with a “pissed-off-us-against-the-world” mentality against a 1-6 phins squad with the 31st ranked defense in the league. Instead, it took JA17 putting the entire offense on his back and willing them to victory all while taking far too much punishment along the way. Mongo and Dawkins are great teammates and no doubt they give their all for the team and ALWAY have Josh’s back but they just aren’t good enough. Williams is serviceable and it is admirable that he can swing between tackle and guard on a weekly basis. Ideally he would be a high level backup swing player. If healthy, Spencer Brown is likely going to be the best OLineman by the end of the season but that isn’t saying much and he’s still a rookie. Ike is serviceable and Ford is just a warm body occupying a roster spot. Playoff teams are almost always evenly matched and the games are usually won in the trenches. This Oline has yet to show anyone that they can be the reason the Bills are able to run out the clock during a tight game in the fourth quarter of a playoff game. Best case scenario? Dawkins rounds into the best version of himself going into the second half of the season. Brown comes back healthy and continues to improve. Williams and Mongo play above their ability as the line gels together as a complete unit. I just don’t see it happening. Which will be a shame because this is such a tight knit team and it would be such an amazing story to see this be the collection of players and coaches that finally bring a championship to WNY! Please, someone convince me I am wrong. I’ve never wanted to be more wrong about anything in sports!

sure wish our O-Line would get the same kind of push that the Ravens line gets.

What in the world does that even mean??

TIME! Time is what sets Brady apart. He’s still a top 2 or 3 player, playing the most difficult position, in the most intense team sport in the world - at age 44! Time is what clearly sets him apart from every other player wHo ever played. (QB or Non-QB). The only other player even close in this discussion is Rice but even he declined pretty dramatically in his last year or two. Brown played 9 seasons. He shouldn’t even be mentioned in the top 25. Taylor was a coke head who played 9 seasons as a difference maker and then declined a ton. Brady has done it the right way his entire career. No drama. Always taking discounts to keep his teams intact. The dude is the greatest winner in team sports since Bill Russell. As a lifelong Bills fan I have hated Brady as a player for most of the past 20 years but man do I admire what he has done and, in all honesty, I’m just glad I’ll get to tell my grandkids one day that I watched the GOAT play in person a few times.

Not saying he doesn’t have flaws but just curious… what are they?

This one was really close! Well played

this is the no-brainer to me. I'm not saying Moss & Singletary always hit the right hole but most of those short yardage issues are because the Defense is 2 yards in the backfield at the handoff. gotta find a way to dominate those 3rd/4th and 1 plays in the trenches before putting too much blame on the RBs shoulders. Antonio Williams could very well come into play next season as well. Not saying I wouldn't love to have Harris or Sermon on the Bills next year. I just don't think that is necessarily the answer to solving the run game issues.

it's a one game season from this point on. If he can go... we need him. Those option routes he runs are all about feel and reps developed over 2yrs of work with JA17. Can't replicate that.

I’ll argue with the notion that playing next week is better than a bye week. these guys have been playing every week since the Cards game as if each were a playoff game. a one week rest and recovery week would be super clutch right now. a bye is a guaranteed WIN. 3 consecutive wins in the NFL are much easier to come by than 4. everything else was spot on.

McKenzie on O Marlowe on D

It’s not a tough call and it’s not good analysis. Edmunds is 22 years old and a 2x pro bowler. He consistently makes plays, his teammates rave about his leadership on and off the field, he plays hurt and he is only going to keep getting better. does he miss a few plays every game? Yep. Let him go so he can become a perennial all-pro for the Pats or some other future opponent? Asinine! every year NFL front offices have to make hard decisions. Bringing both Edmunds AND Milano back is not one of those decisions.

I almost included Spiller but was he really a “closer” as the heading asked? I decided he was a speedster, a good receiver and returner but I wouldn’t classify him a “closer.”

100% on point. since Thurman we’ve had some really good RBs come thru here. Travis Henry, McGahee, Lynch and Freddie could all be considered top shelf “closers” of a much higher caliber than Moss at this point in his career. Give it a year or three and then let’s see if this is a legit discussion.

I’m hoping Diggs wins AFC OPOW and JA wins AFC OPOM. reward them both.

I couldn’t disagree more for this one reason... the NFLs top 3 TEs (Kelce, Kittle, Waller) were all 3rd rd or later draft picks. they were never thought of a the next “Kelce/Witten/Gonzalez” etc. McBeane need to continue to draft the best player available that fits the Buffalo Bills culture they have built. JA17 even mentioned postgame last night about how much talent Knox has and speculated about “if” Knox ever puts it all together how great he can be. Sure... if there is a stud TE available that fits the culture, by all means, draft him. But don’t go out of your way to find your “Kelce.” Sammy Watkins is a perfect example of that mentality not working out for the Bills.

Fans are only part of home field advantage. lots of other factors include: Being in their own homes till the night before the game. familiarity and routine. home locker/training rooms field conditions

Start? No chance Finish? Likely

Yep... just like the Falcons and Jets did yesterday against playoff teams. great take!