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Browns have a tough decision. Before Baker got injured, he threw the ball just fine in the first couple games. He was spot on accurate. Then the shoulder injury, and he couldn’t throw anymore. Not sure why they even played him. If he does move on to another team, that club may be getting a pretty good QB assuming the surgery went well and he’s healed up.

The only thing I like about the Pro Bowl is that the Buffalo helmet always looks good with the AFC uniform color scheme. It always matches up nicer than any other AFC team, except maybe KC.

I’m convinced the only Asst coach movement comes from Buf, KC and the McVay/Shanahan trees

Ha. I was at that Super Bowl. But still recall not feeling all that confident at halftime.

Bruce has a good take on it. I recorded the game, just haven’t had the stomach to review and break it down yet. As i watched it live, i sorta had my hoodie tight over my head and was almost burying my face in disbelief. Maybe after the Super Bowl i’ll be ready to watch those last couple minutes and pay attention to what the Bills were doing.

Yeah i’m just going off what i read online about a week ago. I could be wrong, but thought it indicated Josh and the amateurs would play all 3 courses Thu-Sat. Too confusing!

I think there are 3 courses and all the Amateur participants were guaranteed to play through Saturday (each course). Then the field is cut down to the top Pro-AM scores for Sundays final round.

Allen is a stud, Allen is amazing. Now Josh Allen needs to overcome something that is hard to put your finger on. It's the penchant for the Bills (and Buffalo teams in general) to fail in the biggest of moments. They can get there....they can get to the brink of a Championship, but he has to figure out a way to kick the door down. This year, with his play in the playoffs,,,I feel that he kicked it down, but his coaches failed him.. Which again, circles back to a Buffalo sports intangible that he will have to overcome to get a Super Bowl.

on ESPN Get Up, they are debating whether Flores will still get a head coaching job in the NFL, maybe even this cycle. Um, I don't think so. You can't blame the Texans, Saints, Jags, etc... Why would they want to bring this drama into their organizations?

I don't doubt that minority candidates have a tough time landing head coach and executive jobs. It's a relationship business and there's a lot of nepotism involved. There's a lot of good white candidates that get frozen out too because they don't have an "in" with the right people. Bottom line, I think some of the issues happening to Flores are more about HIM, rather than his skin color. The whole thing about paying him to tank is on another level entirely and should be investigated by the NFL of course.

Just from my couch it seemed like the Bengals made Mahomes extremely uncomfortable in the pocket from that final 1st half play through the end of OT. It’s like the Cinci defense played a mind trick on Mahomes. The Bills defenders showed the KC receivers way too much respect in our game. That has to stop.

Jeez, you forget just how young Josh Allen is as he describes growing up in a SF 49ers house but never actually saw Steve Young play for the 49ers. he was just a little kid as Steve retired.

The Rooney rule to me always has been about "checking a box". But I also believe the cream rises to the top and the best, smartest and most talented people ultimately land in charge as head coaches, GM's, etc. Flores was already hired as a head coach, did ok, but was fired. It didn't make sense to me, i thought he did a decent job in Miami but it sounded like there was personality issues with him and that organization. I'm not so sure his situation is about skin color,,,, and not moreso about HIM.

People in the region are so bitter over this. There's no obvious nicknames like Caps, Nats or the Wiz.

Pretty crazy how this story hits the fan the day of Brady’s retirement. That’s now second page news, and of course Super Bowl festivities with all the NFL parties, etc.. what amazing timing for this sordid story to hit. And all this interview stuff rubbed me the wrong way when the Bills coaches were being interviewed in the middle of their playoff game preparations. Josh picked a great week to blow off NFL Pro Bowl stuff and go golfing .

This sure sucked the oxygen out of the Tom Brady- retirement story today.

I still can't get over the still picture image of Kelce running up the seam on the play just before the tying FG. He's wide friggin open,,,just uncovered. And Mahomes has a grand canyon sized throwing lane to toss him the ball. The defense really galls me on in those final seconds much more than the lack of squib kick.

To the OP, they aren't going to win every game. They are going to have a bad game here and there, and may lose focus for a time. That's the NFL. The key is to get hot after Thanksgiving or early Dec. and start stacking wins. You want to get to the playoffs on a roll like they did this year.

After two games, Allen was in the Top-5 playoff QB post season performances in the entire history of the SB era. And of the 5, he's the only one to NOT make the Super Bowl in that season (3 of the other 4 won it). That just goes to show how badly McD and Frazier eff'd up. Probably cost Allen his Lombardi trophy. As much as people want to say he will win it next year or whatever, it will be very difficult for Allen to reach that high level again, vs playoff teams. This was the year. Wasted.

I'm not agreeing that Allen will definitively have a regression next season...but i did take away something from Beane's presser. He indicated that they tried to dial back some of his running during the season to save his body. It was short lived as Buffalo was scrambling to lock in the playoffs, win the division in the final 5-6 games and Josh started running again like crazy. Then in the playoffs he said anything goes to try to win the games. I just think there will be a bigger emphasis on Josh to either run out of bounds or throw the ball away in 2022. Wouldn't be surprised if his stats are less impressive.

Payton is pointing out the obvious, but that's fine. McD and Frazier acted like a couple of clueless rookie coaches in the final seconds of that game. It's just awful and cost the Bills and Josh Allen a possible Lombardi trophy. It's so incredibly difficult to get back to that point, and we were there...and the game was blown.

Why am i suddenly feeling insecure that Buffalo is not that hot of a destination. Come to think of it, it can’t be all that fun to hang out on the sidelines in 40mph gusts or rain/snow going sideways. Although coaching/playing in NJ isn’t exactly South Florida either.

I did not realize that the Bengals are the only northern climate team that does not have an indoor practice facility. The ownership cheapness is legendary. But hey, they made it.

The Bengals are the hottest team in January and that’s indisputable. (despite the gawdy stats put up by Allen it’s a team game, all three phases).

Something i noticed while watching the 2nd half highlights.. not only was Mahomes blowing off some easy yards (not) scrambling... Kelce was loafing around and barely trying to get open on some of the plays when Mahomes was desperate to get rid of the ball. I mean against Buffalo these guys were so sharp and easily creating space. Cinci flustered them so much.. credit to them.