Sierra Foothills

I'm not falling for recency bias. Josh, Mahomes, and Lamar are head and shoulders above the rest.

Josh, Mahomes, and Lamar are head and shoulders better than the others.

Neither of these teams is impressive. At this moment there are only 2-3 impressive teams in the NFL... and there's not a clear best team in the NFL. It's wide open.

It's amazing. There's been enormous buzz about Jaden Daniels, CJ Stroud, Jordan Love, etc. etc. etc. All of these highly-touted QBs... guys that are supposedly gifted. I always come away underwhelmed. The specific reason for this observation is that there's absolutely zero way Josh would have been stopped on that 4th down. Zero. Josh really has me spoiled.

I don't watch Marino on a regular basis. I agree with lots of his stuff but not all of it. I'm not saying I'm right about Toohill but again, the times I've noticed him it's usually been favorable.

I don't watch the All-22 but I don't have faith in PFF and the like. The plays I notice him on the field he looks like he's better than what we had last year at reserve DE.

Another scenario is that Austin bobbles it up into the air where it's grabbed by Colts guard Tanor Bortolini who rumbles 65 yards but fumbles out the back of the end zone just before crossing the Bills goalline... Bills ball on their own 25 yard line. There's also a scenario where... Now you're really gonna get @LabattBlue super pissed off! This is incredible... where did you source this information? Toohill's back though and he's been a really solid addition. He seems very assignment sound.

IMO the Bills have as good a chance as any team to win the Super Bowl. As always injuries and luck will come into play.

FYI, the Lions play at the Niners on December 30th, two weeks after the Bills play at Detroit.

In theory this is an attractive game. I was looking forward to watching it but now that I'm watching it... not so much.

Firstly thanks for doing all of this work. In the last 3 years we're 4-2 against teams that made the divisional round? My glass is half full.

They shouldn't... but if they do the "guy who had a good run with us" should sit in a suite that looks like this...

No one is more thankful for the creation of lactose-free milk than am I!

Make mine a lactose free...

Simon was probably referencing Price being honored as a Legend of the Game. That's definitely a stretch.

Eagles to win, Commanders to cover.

that eerily resembles the Wycheck Homerun Throwback play...

Peerless Price wasn't bad. He was a shifty, finesse receiver who benefitted greatly from playing opposite Eric Moulds in the Bills offense. He parlayed a 1200+ yard 9 TD season into a big free agent contract with Atlanta. Maybe some here are butt hurt about that?

Siriusly? What you say is true however I believe Rousseau's strip/sack last week came when he was playing RDE. Thanks for posting. The Chiefs average margin of victory is 6 points. That's interesting. I think the main concern is that Cooper doesn't injure the wrist and make it worse. Probably they're most concerned about all the handfighting that receivers have to do when being pressed.

Or... we can just not show up, forfeit the game, and completely avoid any possibility of injury. Two week bye... well-rested team... SUPER BOWL!!! I think that's what @Nineforty meant by "strategic." Spleen I believe.

One example of a HOF Coach would be Joe Gibbs who won 3 Super Bowls with Joe Theismann, Doug Williams, and Mark Rypien as his QBs.

Besides every one of his catches being important and the above play you reference, he caught clutch catches at the end of both halves against Miami. After each catch he ran the ball down the new line of scrimmage and handed it to the back judge to spot to preserve time on the clock. Beyond that, his positive effect on locker room chemistry has been widely lauded by his teammates. Mack Hollins is having a major impact on the Bills success this year.

Will either team treat this as a "win at all costs game?" No. Winning the Super Bowl is the goal and winning this game at all costs doesn't increase the chances of winning the Super Bowl. In fact winning this game at all costs could be detrimental to winning the Super Bowl if you waste a good game plan, good trick plays, or if players get injured selling out for a game which strategically means little. This game will be hard fought due to the pride of each organization. But both sides are sure to hold something in reserve for the more important games later on.

I feel like it has to do with the Manning Passing Academy, Duke University, David Cutcliffe... this whole QB industry.

I'm optimistic that our O-line is better than last year's and that it'll make a difference when we play the Chiefs. We'll find out soon enough.