Nephilim17

O-line and Shakir on offense. Benford on D.

Next to the Bills winning, the greatest football pleasure I take is in the Chiefs losing and Mahomes having a bad day.

I am now convinced Josh is not only a better QB but a better leader this year, and Steph is part of that equation on both counts.

Well, Beane's vision and the hope of many of us fans is bearing fruit, not only with our record, team chemistry, and Allen's personal production, but with specific metrics. In this case, explosive plays. Steph's now infamous tweet is one of the most delicious lines I can remember from a Buffalo diva and malcontent. Yes, Stephon. We are sure you are not essential to Allen's success. Very, very sure. Feeding a team of unselfish players who are good to very good but not great is yielding better results than forcing balls to a top-five receiver. Here are some highlights from a paywall article from Buff news: The Bills have 52 pass plays of 20 or more yards, which is tied with Detroit for second in the NFL. Last season, the Bills had 49 such passes in 17 games, which ranked 19th in the league. (Explosive pass plays are down a small percentage leaguewide this year.) Josh Allen has improved his yards per attempt average from 7.4 last season to 8.0 this season, the highest figure of his career. Allen is eighth in the league in yards per attempt. Allen’s yards per completion is 12.3, sixth best in the league and the best of his career. Allen was 12th in yards per completion last year at 11.3. The big increase in receiving yards this season has come from yards after the catch, led by slot receiver Khalil Shakir. He ranks second among NFL wide receivers in yards after catch at 588 yards, behind only Cincinnati’s Ja’Marr Chase (688 yards). https://buffalonews.com/sports/professional/nfl/bills/buffalo-bills-passing-game-joe-brady/article_850ccc26-bc96-11ef-b620-b34a05ec2150.html

Just wait till this young man can go through a couple offseasons of NFL training: he'll be a beast in two years.

I think playing for the 1 seed is worth trying to win the last three games. That extra game rest/prep is the difference, not just home field. But be reasonable about it. The starters should get a shorter leash, I think, and give the backups more time.

Beane deserves praise for JA's career year too by losing Diggs and giving Josh multiple weapons to spread the ball around to. I love that he's not forcing the ball to one guy and opposing D's can't key in on one player to neutralize our offense.

"Coach, I don't want to tell you how to do your job, but I think we're allowed a couple more players out there."

I edited my post once again. You are correct.

Yes, you are correct; I wrongly read the original article as "week" when he played "weeks" after the tragedy.

Well, well, well, when asked on X (Twitter) Diggs says Josh should win the MVP: Fan: Hows you healing? Think Josh is gonna get MVP this year? Diggs: On schedule… he should shorty balling fr [for real] Of note, Diggs does not offer a quoatable line ("Yes, Josh should win the MVP") but thats' what he means. The fact that I couldn't find a thread on this suggests that his line "he should shorty balling fr" was missed by many. Interesting. So Diggs acknowledges that Josh is indeed amazing without him now. https://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo-bills/2024/12/you-sure-stefon-diggs-says-buffalo-bills-josh-allen-should-win-mvp.html

Shakir. 110 yards, 2 TDs.

Love the comments from Kittle and Ward (who played a week after the death of his daughter). If this clown wants to retire in disgrace he's getting his wish.

Marino, whom I listen to often, highly recommended watching this and said Chris Long is perhaps the best football analyst out there. Of note, Chris calls Josh the "Best quarterback on the planet." Chris said it was MdD's worst game coaching wise of the year. Chris, FWIW, reallly, really was against the 1-yard run at the end.

Not trying to be difficult but I heard it was more than a yard... If so, does this stat qualify?

I heard or read (probably heard on a Marino podcast) that the Bills were 4/6 recently or something like that in this situation. In my head I was thinking that's a 2/3 chance of success and 1/3 chance of ending the game. I'd like to know where you got the 13/14 stat from; not saying you're wrong but cite your source here please. I would be shocked if it includes fourth and over a yard which was the case we are talking about. I would think 13/14 describes 4th and inches situations. Big, big difference trying a "tush push" for one foot and four or five feet. When I heard what I did the math that went through my head was this: We have a 1/3 chance of not making it and if we use the time out, that means we have a 93% chance of not getting the ball and thus losing. I didn't like those numbers at all and I'm an idiot layman fan, not a Moneyball stat whiz. Also consider this: Josh is not Kordell Stuart; Josh is both and elite runner and thrower. You always need 3 throw plays you feel good about in this situation. Leaving a roughly 1/3 chance of having a 93% chance of not getting the ball back should not a "gut" call — it needs to be rational thinking based on what's happened many times in the recent past.

Nine guys on the filed for the last punt of the game. Nine, not eleven, not even ten, but nine. That's coaching too. This gets uglier and uglier.

Why?

Awesome hit by Hart!

Ok, I hated the sneak call but McD says, "We'll go back and look at that play, I promsie you that." That kinda sounds like someone else made the call. He obviously is the final word but if he give his coordinators play-calling duties, perhaps the sneak wasn't his idea. Not exonerating McD but perhaps he's not a fan and defending his staff here. Not sure. I just never want to see it again in that scenario and repeating it is fireable. Josh Allen is not just an elite runner but an elite thrower. Have pass plays for the 1-yard line with time running out.

If the Chiefs are no longer great offensively but are defensively, I'm good with that. Much harder to maintain an elite D, I think.

Love that James hit on Mahomes.

I've been watching the Bills since about 1995. We have not one a single championship in that time. So I'll take any Bills-related highs I can get.

I'm shallow enough to want Josh to be recognized as the best player in the league. I want a championship more, but Josh winning MVP would still be great. Sorry, I'm so shallow.

Josh first player in history with 3 rushing and 3 passing TDs in one game. M... V... P...