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I think 2 things: 1) Bills fans are spoiled. By objective measures this has been and continues to be an elite offense. 2) That said the offense is a work in process due to the change in coordinators. I expect the offense to look more coherent next year after Brady has the offseason to make it his own. Yes. The passing game is improving. It's trending in the right direction. Brady is incrementally adjusting things and Kincaid and Shakir are becoming bigger factors. IMO the thing that will make the passing game perform and look efficient is for Josh to continue to take the open layups. He's been getting better in this area since the Dorsey firing. Josh is a very underrated short thrower. He can throw wrist flick darts all day long if he stays disciplined. He can manage the short horizontal passing game very well and now that we've sufficiently replaced Beasley I expect to see higher completion percentages and fewer interceptions as we did in 2020 when Josh completed 69.2% of his passes and had an interception percentage of 1.7% (this year it's 3.1%, the highest since he was a rookie). The Bills offense is trending up and just in the nick of time because it looks like we'll need to win in a shootout to advance past KC. We have a winner. People get confused by the phrase "Let Josh be Josh." If it means running the ball... yes. If it means spraying low-percentage throws downfield... no. As a passer, Josh is most effective when he's disciplined and works short to long.

To the bolded... if that has to be explained to people they most likely won't understand the explanation.

Yes player evaluation is highly subjective... even for NFL coaches. Subjective even for NFLscouts and GMs. Pro scouts who work for NFL teams and scouting syndicates also don't usually know the play call. Dude is a meathead and he spurned the Bills so strikes 2 and 3. 1) One can't assume the competency of PFF evaluators. Some have worked at high levels in the NFL as coaches and players. 2) Your argument dictates that only the handful of people who know the play call are justified in judging the results. This argument then disqualifies NFL coaches and scouts who usually don't know the play call. Exactly. Correct. JJ Watt is Gronk without the rings. Andre Whitworth, Paul Alexander and Bobby Slowik? Not bad. Critics of PFF are assuming the caliber of the evaluators without actually knowing who they are. So PFF is the only entity capable of this type of error? How about QC coaches and advance scouts? Most scouting evaluations, including those done by NFL scouts are done without knowing for sure each players assignment. The same goes for esteemed and highly-credible evaluators like Greg Cosell. Critics of PFF seem like they don't understand the intrinsic nature of player evaluation... or maybe they just want to complain about something.

The Bills finished the last game playing their 5th and 6th linebackers and their 4th and 5th cornerbacks. That's not even including the Taron Johnson injury. The Chiefs have had 2 more days to recover and prepare than the Bills. The Bills, not the Chiefs are the vulnerable team. Victim much? You made a ridiculous statement and then you doubled down on it. The 90's Dolphins with Dan Marino at QB were coached by 2 Hall of Famers... Don Shula and Jimmy johnson.. Dude! I saw RR and started having Rex Ryan flashbacks. Be careful, please.

Khalil Shakir reminds me quite a bit of former Bills WR Robert Woods. They're very similar physically, both have that hunched over running style and are excellent after the catch. Both really good all-around receivers.

I love Nance and Romo for a few reasons. 1) They're good. 2) They seem like good people. 3) They're unabashed Bills fans... they don't even try to hide it. Because of the above I'm deaf to any criticism of them.

A few months before this revived topic I posted the above about AJ Klein. Yes, this is a look at me, I was right post. Sue me. I loved that tackle on Najee Harris... the one that looked like he was steer wrestling. I'm glad McDermott understands how to play to the strengths of his players and doesn't simply discard them as unfit for his scheme.

I expected Josh to play a virtually mistake-free game today. This belief was based partly on Josh's past playoff record as you guys point out. It was also based on the fact that he seems to be taking the layups much more than he was earlier in the season. I've said before that Dorsey's biggest failure as OC was his inability to reign in Josh's worst impulses. Joe Brady has Josh playing much more like he did under Daboll... maybe even more disciplined than that. Josh could do a Tom Brady impersonation all game long if he wanted to. He's deadly accurate in the short, horizontal passing game. On top of the fact that he was never a front runner for MVP. How many NFL GMs would take Lamar Jackson over Josh Allen? The answer is zero.

They mentioned this in the broadcast of the game and it didn't seem right to me so I checked. This year Josh and Jalen tied for the regular season NFL record for QB rushing TDs with 15. Last year Jalen Hurts had 13 rushing TDs in the regular season and 5 rushing TDs in the playoffs... total of 18.

Big Jimbo fan but even he commented earlier this year that Josh is the best Bills QB ever. I was surprised the comments didn't get more play... probably local media trying to show Jimbo respect by not making a big deal about it. There are QBs whose stats make you think they might be better than they are (I'm looking at you, Tua and Justin H). Josh Allen is the opposite... a QB for whom stats don't even begin to reflect his greatness. One thing is for sure... Josh and Mahomes are the 2 best, head and shoulders. There are some QBs that are ascending as we speak but they are not yet in the same class as the Big 2. I've been following the Bills since 1968. I vividly recall Dan Darragh, Ed Rutkowski, Tom Flores, and Kay Stephenson attempting to impersonate a QB for the Bills. I would like to see a Super Bowl win as much as anyone but... Josh is my favorite Bills (and NFL) player of all time and I'm so appreciative that Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold were drafted so that we could have Josh as a Buffalo Bill. If they don't win one in my lifetime, I'll still be grateful for and fondly remember the Josh Allen era. It's been at least as exciting and enjoyable as the Super Bowl years.

Excellent. Strengthens my point. I'll add him.

Posted in another topic but worth repeating here: Injured LBs this season: Milano, Bernard, Dodson, Spector. We’re now playing our 5th and 6th LBs in Dorian Williams and AJ Klein. Injured CBs this year: Tre’Davious White, Christian Benford, Rasul Douglas. We’re now playing our 4th and 5th CBs in Dane Jackson and Kaiir Elam. Taron Johnson out so we’re playing Cam Lewis. How many NFL teams could be this deep into their roster and still field a respectable defense? BTW, I believe Von Miller crossed into a higher level of confidence today so we should have an improved pass rush for whatever remains.

Injured LBs this season: Milano, Bernard, Dodson, Spector. We’re now playing our 5th and 6th LBs in Dorian Williams and AJ Klein. Injured CBs this year: Tre’Davious White, Christian Benford, Rasul Douglas. We’re now playing our 4th and 5th CBs in Dane Jackson and Kaiir Elam. Taron Johnson out so we’re playing Cam Lewis. Impressive roster put together by Beane. I'm awaiting tomorrow's injury report with bated breath.

The only thing Fournette showed last week was that he was undependable as a pass blocker. He didn't give the Bills anything that Murray hadn't provided previously. If it's important to you, why don't you?

From Wiki: "Martz married his James Madison High School sweetheart Julie in 1971." Damn!

(clears his throat) ... Mike Martz!

Uhhh.... Bill Walsh?

TJ Watt and Myles Garrett don't disappear IMO. I think Max Crosby is a constant force too. Nick Bosa on the other hand definitely disappears.

He was asked to spell "Bill" and spelled it correctly with 2 Ls?

It was weird because they threw the ball on 2nd and 4 so you'd think they weren't running out the half. I don't think it's a matter of laziness. It's probably not about where geographically a city is... more likely a function of market size. The Bills punter Sam Martin won the Special Teams player of the Month for December.

Just now looking at the box score. I didn't know Stroud didn't play but I see that Nico Collins did.

He's only 58 years old... he might even get one more kick at the Head Coach can.

FWIW the Browns beat the Texans less than one month ago in this stadium, 36-22. Watching Flacco play I'm wondering what are the Browns gonna do with Deshaun Watson?