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It bottles the mind how much we take for granite.

That, and iirc among the "big QB counting stats" like passing yards and TD's this has been Lamar's best year by far - and the first where he's actually exceeded Allen's AVERAGE for the last 5.

That's the point, Smith was denigrating Allen's "sprint for the last 4 weeks" while Lamar "has done it all year long," not understanding the reality of it is 180 degrees of the point he's trying to make.

Oh this is gonna be just swell. "Combined 7-9 in the playoffs, the two highest winning %ages to never win a SB" Mooch predicts Josh to throw 12 TDs this post-season FWIW. So that implies Allen's throwing 6 in each of the 2 games until Lamar and the Ravens eliminate the Bills, OR Josh is going to average 3 TD/game, which I can live with.

Steve Smith on NFLN I don't even know where to start with how willfully incorrect all of that is. "All season long" was 8-5 at one point, was it not? Who's been out there padding in the 4th quarter up 30 points in the "last 4 week sprint" and who's been sitting games and running preseason game plans after having clinched all the things?

Saw a mock draft with the Bills at 28 passing on Jack Sawyer who went the next pick. I hope not. That was a big game, and he wrecked it for Texas.

Now THAT is how you run a screen

Honestly, 1st team All-Pro, you have a very justifiable argument for Lamar. At his position, he or Burrow probably had the best season. You can argue Allen at 2nd team is a stretch even, and the Bills could very easily have 0 All-Pros. Counting stats are a big thing for this. For MVP though, it's Allen by every historical standard. I don't care 1st team QB has always been MVP. If that's the standard then MVP means nothing. Lamar arguably isn't most valuable player on his team. Burrow might be, but did that get the Bengals to the playoffs? Then how much was that worth?

In summary.

I'd say the most valuable player (MVP) is the player that, if an opponent dedicated all priority to shutting down and succeeded in producing from him a subpar performance, would most negatively impact that team's chances of winning the game. Which makes sense. But how do you quantify that? If you were a defensive coordinator it would be a question of: who is the #1 object of your weekly game plan for that team? The MVP voters aren't coordinators, they are game-watchers and stat-checkers. That said, if stats are your focus, the stats say the MVP of the Baltimore Ravens is Derrick Henry. When he's been contained as described above in 2024, the Ravens are batting .286, which is fine for the Orioles but illustrates a narrative requiring more than a modicum of doublethink to simultaneously claim Lamar is MVP of the league yet not even his own team.

If MVP is always a QB and the 1st Team All-Pro is by definition the best QB, then why have an MVP at all? They aren't the same thing. MVP was over after the 4 game run out of the bye. 3 statement victories and a whole lot of things never done before by anyone who had ever played the position - including the 3+3 TD loss to the Rams which makes one wonder how do the Bills win any games at all with that defense and special teams? Yeah. That. Exactly.

Nor do they have Solomon Wilcots, but that didn't stop them from overlooking many Buffalo Beeows.

That receiver was open enough for Lamar Jackson to throw a TD

You mean like the Bengals-Chiefs game?

Considering the egregious nature of some of the uncalled stuff against PSU the Irish are going to be ready to fight in the parking lot after that one.

That's a soft call on such a big play

Woo boi, some steaming hot piles of take in there!

Last time I payed close attention to Bonitto was August 2022 when Bobby Hart at LT beat his ass. I'm guessing he's improved since then.

Which group gets to run routes against 8 and 9 in the box all day? That might have something to do with it.

The sweep at 1:53... watch the block by Roosevelt Leaks #48. I think that Charger is still feeling it to this day.

Thanks for reminding me of the Leon campaign, it's as predictive as a Simpsons episode.