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As far as Super Bowls, for the last 8 years, no HOFers yet, as too many players are not eligible (still playing or recently retired). So, I won't add that into the data. From SB 1 (1966/67) to SB 50 (2015/16), the average number of HOFers on the Super Bowl winning team is: 5.92 HOF players. Now that number is skewed a little down as there are still a decent number of guys from those later years still to get in (Brady, Brees, Gronk, etc.). But, it is at the same time inflated a bit by teams like Pittsburgh that had 14 HOFers on each on their 4 Super Bowl wins in the 1970s. Teams back in the day seemed to be a bit more stacked (prior to free agency). For instance, in the first 14 Super Bowls (1966-1979), the winning team averaged 10.5 HOFers. From the start of heavy free agency (late 90s) until now, when all is said and done, my guess is that SB winning teams will have averaged more like 4.5 HOFers on their squads (in this era). https://www.profootballhof.com/football-history/hall-of-famers-in-the-super-bowl/ The below linked article shows how many Pro Bowlers or AP 1st-team All-Pros each Super Bowl winning team has had. [It doesn't separate PB/AP, if a team had either a Pro-Bowler or a 1st team All-Pro, they were included---but not doubled up.] I extrapolated some data from it: -The average Super Bowl winning team (all SBs included, 1966-present) has had 6.7 Pro Bowl or First-Team All Pro players. -However, over the last 10 years (2014-2023), the Super Bowl winning team has only averaged 4.3 Pro Bowl or First-Team All Pro players (SB winners were generally a little more stacked back in the day---as I previously stated). SB Winners with just 1 Pro-Bowler/First-team AP All-Pro (2): The 2007 Giants and the 2020 Bucs. SB Winners with just 2 Pro-Bowler/First-team AP All-Pro (2): The 2011 Giants, and the 2018 Patriots. SB Winners with just 3 Pro-Bowler/First-team AP All-Pro (4): The 1970 Baltimore Colts, the 2006 Colts, the 2008 Steelers, and the 2016 Patriots. SB Winners with just 4 Pro-Bowler/First-team AP All-Pro (5): The 2001 Patriots, the 2003 Patriots, the 2014 Patriots, the 2015 Broncos, and the 2021 Rams. 13 of 58 Super Bowl winners had 4 or fewer PB/AP players (or 22.4% of the Super Bowl winners) 16 of 58 Super Bowl winners had 10 or more PB/AP players (or 27.6% of SB winners) So, the bulk of teams (50%) had between 5 and 9 PB/AP players https://athlonsports.com/nfl/ranking-every-super-bowl-champion So, if going by Pro Bowl, All-Pro, HOF (as blue chip), I would say in the current era most Super Bowl winning teams have like 5 blue chip guys. If going by draft selection as blue chip (1st or 2nd rounder), well generally 48% of starters are from rounds 1 or 2, so about 12 players per team. If taking only first round starters as blue chip, then teams average about 7 first rounders starting on their team. The Bills only have 2 PB/AP selections (Allen and Dawkins) (as only 7% of previous SB winners). The Bills do have 8 First-Round draft selections on the team (Allen, Cooper, Kincaid, Miller, Oliver, Rousseau, Elam, and Trubisky---ok, not sure the last two really count since they're rarely on the field) and 10 Second-Round draft selections on the team (Bishop, Coleman, Cook, Dawkins, Epenesa, Johnson, Phillips, Rapp, Samuel, and Torrence). So, the Bills have like 13-14 1st or 2nd rounders starting or in heavy-rotation. They have 6 first rounders starting or playing significant minutes. How many future HOFers for the Bills when the history is written? Josh, Von...then anyone else? Cooper? Dion? Maybe Cook, if he keeps scoring 18 TDs/year, but probably not. Don't really see anyone else with a possible HOF trajectory. Could Keon develop into one? I don't know. So, probably only 2, maybe 3 HOFers on the roster. Though, looking at the more recent Super Bowls (1990 to present) there will probably be at least 20 SB-winning teams with 4 or fewer HOFers on their squads. Couldn't find any relevant information on Bills players coming out of high school (without looking up each guy individually). But on all of the lists I looked at of best HS prospects over the last 10 years, 20 years, all-time---I did not see any Bills players on those lists (but each list was only like the 20 best of the last 20 years or whatever, one list was 50 best---so by no means exhaustive lists). We know Josh wasn't a 4- or 5-star college recruit. But not sure about the rest of the guys.

Which is interesting after hearing what Sean Payton had to say after the Broncos game last week: "They’ve done a really good job in the last year of focusing on their run game, and then partnering that with the skillset that Josh has. I was more surprised at the effectiveness of it.”

That is a crazy stat. On the year, Buffalo is +24 in turnover differential. Baltimore was +6 in turnover differential (and turnovers ended up being a key part in the Bills playoff win over them). Kansas City is also +6 in turnover differential on the year (hopefully we can get them to cough up a couple too, despite their recent success holding on to the ball).

One of the often over-looked aspects of the Pegula ownership has been the video teams and social media teams that they have brought in/developed. The team videos are of the highest quality and the social media team knows how to play the game. Yeah, I may be a little old to appreciate the fast editing and weird references of vids like these, but I have to say I did laugh out loud watching the third video, at the "Will Clapp Moment of Appreciation." 😁

The holding call on Dion took us from a 1st and 10 at the Baltimore 39, to a 2nd and 22 on our own 43 (very difficult to convert---far from field goal range). That's huge. It killed the drive and kept Baltimore in the game. The score at that time was 7-7. With that first down, the Bills were like 4-5 yards away from a field goal. We had the momentum because the drive started off of Lamar's INT. If we score a TD there, momentum is on our side, and the crowd is going crazy (rather than silenced with a punt). And with the way the rest of the first half played out, we would have taken a 28-10 lead into the half, getting the ball out of the intermission. That would have been tough for Baltimore to overcome in that weather. That call totally kept the Ravens in the game. At best (if it was a bad call), the PI on Tre gave us 4 points. If they don't make the call, we're kicking the field goal to go up 17-10 at that point (as opposed to 21-10). On the holding call, we were going to at least get a field goal there, which would have given us a 24-10 halftime lead, a TD there gives us a 28-10 halftime lead. If the refs don't make either call, we have either a 20-10 halftime lead if we got a field goal on the holding drive (only 1 point less than what it was, 21-10), but if we got a TD there, we would have had a 24-10 halftime lead. Again could have been 28-10 if the refs still called the PI, but not the holding. And don't discount momentum or keeping the crowd in the game, etc. The two calls did kind of balance each other out a bit on the scoreboard, but I think the holding call on Dion definitely changed the course of the game much more than the PI call did.

[I posted the following in the Gameday thread, but thought it might get lost in there, so figured I would repost in this thread.] So, we keep hearing the better team lost. Baltimore was/is a better team than the Bills, but: -Head-to-Head: 1-1 -Record: Buffalo 13-4, Balt 12-5 (plus we purposefully pooched the last game of the year vs. the Pats---could have had two wins on Balt) -AFC seeding: Buffalo #2; Baltimore #3 -We scored more points than Baltimore this year (only by 7, but still) -Conversely, their defense only allowed 7 points fewer than the Bills defense on the year -So, the teams are tied in point differential on the year -The two teams scored the same number of TDs on the year That's about as evenly matched as two teams could get (with a slight edge to the Bills based on record and seeding), but then there is this too : -We had a +24 turnover ratio, the Ravens had a +6 turnover ratio (not surprising this was the difference in the game as it's one of the only stats with a major advantage to either team). -Josh Allen > Lamar Jackson Buffalo: Two best wins: KC (15-2), Detroit (15-2) Two worst losses (not counting week 17): Hoston (10-7, div winner, lost div round playoffs); Rams (10-7, div winner, lost division round of playoffs) Baltimore: Two best wins: Buffalo (13-4), Washington (12-5) Two worst losses: Las Vegas (4-13), Cleveland (3-14) The only place the Ravens had it over the Bills this year was total yards. They had 1,119 yards more than us on the year (or 65.8 yards per game). But all of those extra yards did not equate to more points or more wins than the Bills (again, the Bills turnover prowess is probably the reason for that---giving our offense more short fields). And more yards than the Bills in the playoff game didn't help them advance either, did it?. So, how is Baltimore the better team again? What metric are people using? Just total yards without looking at any other stat? Or is it just the popularity contest known as Pro Bowl voting?

So, we keep hearing the better team lost. Baltimore was/is a better team than the Bills, but: -Head-to-Head: 1-1 -Record: Buffalo 13-4, Balt 12-5 (plus we purposefully pooched the last game of the year vs. the Pats---could have had two wins on Balt) -AFC seeding: Buffalo #2; Baltimore #3 -We scored more points than Baltimore this year (only by 7, but still) -Conversely, their defense only allowed 7 points fewer than the Bills defense on the year -So, the teams are tied in point differential on the year -The two teams scored the same number of TDs on the year That's about as evenly matched as two teams could get (with a slight edge to the Bills based on record and seeding), but then there is this too : -We had a +24 turnover ratio, the Ravens had a +6 turnover ratio (not surprising this was the difference in the game as it's the only stat with a major advantage to either team). -Josh Allen > Lamar Jackson Buffalo: Two best wins: KC (15-2), Detroit (15-2) Two worst losses (not counting week 17): Hoston (10-7, div winner, lost div round playoffs); Rams (10-7, div winner, lost division round of playoffs) Baltimore: Two best wins: Buffalo (13-4), Washington (12-5) Two worst losses: Las Vegas (4-13), Cleveland (3-14) The only place the Ravens had it over the Bills this year was total yards. They had 1,119 yards more than us on the year (or 65.8 yards per game). But all of those extra yards did not equate to more points or more wins than the Bills (again, the Bills turnover prowess is probably the reason for that---giving our offense more short fields). And more yards than the Bills in the playoff game didn't help them advance either. So, how is Baltimore the better team again? What metric are people using? Just total yards without looking at any other stat? Or is it just the popularity contest known as Pro Bowl voting?

I think Brady is around Buffalo one more year. The 2nd half of our playoff game didn't help his cause. Nor did the fact that we won. Because he is off limits for at least another week, as the teams who already made the decision on their coaches are getting a jump start on hiring staffs, etc. The Bears were one of four teams that showed interest. So, they're out. The Jets have interviewed or are interviewing 17 different guys (plus I don't know Brady would accept that job---in the division, terrible ownership, big QB question/future). Joe already interviewed for Chicago, New Orleans, and Jax. He has not yet interviewed with the Jets, though he is on their list. There are also rumors that Aaron Glenn (DET DC) is the frontrunner for the Jets job. So the Jets don't really seem like a real possibility. That leaves the Jags and the Saints. The Jags are also interviewing: Steve Spagnuola (KC DC), Aaron Glen (DET DC), Patrick Graham (LV DC), Liam Coen (TB OC), Robert Saleh, Brian Flores (MIN DC), Todd Monken (BAL OC)---they had also interviewed Ben Johnson (CHI) and Kellen Moore (who looks to be getting the Cowboys head post). So, Brady is currently 1 of 8 remaining candidates. Jags are moving into second round of interviews (in-person). Apparently Johnson, Coen, Glen, and Saleh were the front-runners. Sounds like the Jags do want to go with an offensive guy. So, with Johnson gone, is Liam Coen the answer? Monken and Brady are the only other candidates on the offensive side of the ball. The Saints are also interviewing: Aaron Glen (DET DC), Mike Kafka (NYG OC), Anthony Weaver (MIA DC), David Shaw (former Stanford HC), Kliff Kingsbury (WAS OC), Mike McCarthy (former DAL/GB HC), and Darren Rizzi (NO interim HC). Again, they also interviewed Kellen Moore, but it looks like he's going to Dallas. So, Brady is again, 1 of 8 remaining candidates. Saints are also into second interviews and have them scheduled for Kafka, Weaver, and McCarthy. I think it will be one more year (if Buffalo continues to play well again next year and especially if we make/win a SB this year) before he gets the call. As for the Bears, great hire. It will be interesting to see if Johnson can get Caleb Williams and the Bears offense up and running...and conversely, it will be interesting to see what happens to the Detroit offense without him. Who will they hire to replace him? Can they keep it going? Was it more Johnson than Campbell with Detroit's success, or will Detroit just keep rolling (they still have some great players on offense).

Already over .500. The win against Baltimore was his seventh. So, a 7-6 playoff record currently for McD. A 7-5 playoff record for Josh.

Great initial post Chandler! One of your best. Thanks for getting us started each week. We are ONE BILLS NATION tonight. Let's F'n Go Buffalo! Mafia Mount Up! GO BILLS!

Good...everyone get it all out before tomorrow...exorcise those demons.

Man I loved Joe Cribbs and Jerry Butler! And I enjoyed watching Fergy play (he was the QB of my childhood). He was never a top guy, but he was a very good QB---despite a lot of down years for the Bills during his career. He ranks 57th all-time in passing yards and 55th all-time in passing TDs. Funny enough, Josh Allen currently has just 1 passing TD less than Fergy. So, just two more passing TDs for Josh will move him ahead of Fergy in the Bills' record books. I remember being so upset when Chuck Knox left. But, I guess if he didn't, we might not have had Bill, Marv, Jim and the boys do what they did. The post-game interview with Reggie McKenzie @ 10:55 in the video is priceless. [Reminiscent of the feelings of the Bills breaking the drought in 2017.] And we often talk about the players/league being tougher back in the day. Well, apparently the refs were too. Check out the ref @ 43:19 in the video. We're Talkin' Proud!

So, according to the CBS Head Coah/GM hiring tracker: Joe Brady is being interviewed by 4 of the 6 remaining teams that still need a HC: the Bears, the Jets, the Jaguars, and the Saints. Dallas and Las Vegas have not requested an interview with Joe. The Bears are interviewing 18 candidates (14 done, 4 to go). Is it me or does that sound like an unusually high number? But then the Jets are interviewing 17 candidates (12 completed) The Jaguars are interviewing 10 candidates (6 completed) The Saints are interviewing 9 candidates (only 2 complete) So, a lot of interest for Joe...but he's up against a lot of other candidates too. As far as the NFL's interviewing process. I understand that if you were able to hire your coach now, instead of after the Super Bowl (Feb 10th), that is almost an extra month for the new coach to get started. That's a lot of time---in regards to the draft and him hiring his staff ahead of other head coaches, etc.. So, it wouldn't be fair to have teams wait until say after the Super Bowl to start interviewing. It would kind of put those teams in a bit of a hole. But, interviewing a playoff coordinator now, almost seems like just an elimination round. I mean, if you want one of those coordinators, you are going to have to wait for their team to be eliminated anyhow. Sure that could be today or tomorrow, but it could also be Feb. 10th. If you want one of those guys that bad, you know it and are ok to wait. If he's just one among many candidates, then you are probably not going to wait...unless he blows your socks off and is clearly the #1 interview. So, it almost seems silly for teams to interview playoff coordinators (while their team is still in it) unless they are pretty sure that they are the guy they want (or at least one of their top 2-3 candidates). When you are interviewing 18 guys, why bother with a playoff coordinator, unless you are pretty sure you want him? And why interview guys right before their game? Half the teams will be eliminated this weekend and you can interview them on Monday...the other guys you still have to wait for anyhow. It definitely hurts the coaching candidates to still have their team in the playoffs---and unless you are already a team's top 1 to 2 choices, you probably have very little shot of winning them over in an interview anyhow. Sounds like Brady is focused on the Bills and not all that interested in the available opportunities (or isn't really expecting to be hired by any of them). But, that is also a process in the NFL...interviewing for multiple teams over multiple years drives up your stock. So, you kind of have to take the interviews. And yes, some coaches spend a ton of time preparing for these interviews. But again, it sounds like Joe has the right perspective about it this year. Get my foot in the door and be seen, but not put too much into the interviews that it takes away from the team.

Over the Last Five Years in the Regular Season: The Bills are 61-22 for a .735% win percentage (good for 2nd best in the league, only behind the Chiefs), so over those 5 years: -The Bills have the second most wins in the league -The Bills have scored the most points in the league -The Bills have the 3rd most yards in the league -The Bills defense has allowed the fewest amount of points in the league -The Bills defense has allowed the 2nd fewest yards -The Bills are first in defensive takeaways -The Bills are eleventh in sacks -The Bills are first in point differential with +912 points [The Ravens are second with +699, the Chiefs are third with +602] -5 of 5 eleven plus win seasons, three 13-win seasons, 5 AFC East titles, 5 playoff berths (four #2 seeds, one #3 seed) It's pretty crazy, when you lay it all out, just how good the Bills have been in the regular season. Glad you're coming around OP, but at least average is the biggest understatement I've heard in a long while. I mean honestly, as far as regular season goes, what more could you possibly ask for. Come on dude. That is just the nature of the playoffs itself. Unless you get to the Super Bowl, your playoff wins will be against lower seeds and your loss(es) will be to higher seeds (if you are often a #2 or #3 as Buffalo has been). I like how you went down to the 4th seed too, so you could include Houston. And for two of those years, there were only 6 seeds (so yeah, just by odds, we were going to lose to a 1-4 seed over a 5-6 seed, or even a 5-7 seed, if we didn't make the Super Bowl). Saying 0-6 against 1-4 seeds doesn't really add anything to the debate, it's still just, he hasn't made a Super Bowl yet. Plus, three of those losses were to the Chiefs. An all-time team (kind of like Peyton and the Colts behind Brady and the Pats). Two of the three years the Chiefs beat us, they made it to the Super Bowl. Last year, after beating us, they went on to win the Super Bowl. Our last two playoff meetings with this juggernaut team was a 6-point OT loss and a 3-point loss on a missed field goal at the end of the game. Some of you guys act like we get blown out of the playoffs every year. Or that Sean screws up every game with horrible decisions, etc. Outsie of 13 seconds, where are all of these major screw-ups? We have a 6-6 playoff record. A perfect playoff game. One of the greatest playoff games in history (regardlesss of the outcome). A win against Lamar, Harbaugh, and the Ravens. Despite our even record, we are still +38 points in playoff point differential under McD. Four of the six losses were one score games. Two of the losses were in Overtime. We have not been a bad playoff team by any means under Sean...we have just lost some heartbreakers (which happens to every coach, btw).

Nice article...thanks for posting. I'll give it a bump.

That's a great Comp. Hope he helps bring a ring to Buffalo like Dennis did for Detroit and Chicago.

I do agree with you that the Bye is a huge advantage. But so far, albeit with a very small sample size, it hasn't guaranteed Super Bowls. Since the new format started in 2020 (so only 4 years of data), 4 of 8 (50%) #1 seeds have made the Super Bowl. Only 1 of 8 thus far have won the Super Bowl. Two #1 seeds lost in the divisional round, two #1 seeds lost in their Conference Championship. But again, it's a small sample size. For instance in 2021, Tennessee was a very weak #1 seed. And two of the upsets were the year the GOAT took Tampa Bay all the way. So, hard to draw too many conclusions yet. But again, I do agree that I preferred when two teams got the bye. Definitely balanced things out a bit.

You kind of made it sound like many players said, McD's defense (overall) "wasn't good enough to beat one of the top college teams at the time." Jordan was very specifically talking about just the very end of that game against KC (the 13 seconds). And about how that all played out (the decisions made, the coverage used, the players on the field). He wasn't talking about the defense alone, or McD's defense as a whole over the years, he was talking about the end-of-game operation at the end of that one specific game. The end-of-operation at the end of that game wouldn't have been good enough to beat a TOP college team at that time. Look, we all know what happened with 13 seconds. It has been talked about on this board ad nauseam for 3 years. But, you seem to be extrapolating that quote out to view McD's whole career in someway. Here is the full quote from Jordan. And mind you, the interviewer asked if the fault was Leslie Frazier's for playing a soft zone: "Yeah, I mean you can point fingers here and there and elsewhere man...it was honestly that entire operation. There's really not one finger that you can point at all...because it was just the entire end of operation that was not...that wasn't good enough. To be honest, it might not have been good enough to beat one of the top college teams in the country at that time...just the way that happened. I mean that just shouldn't happen. We all made mistakes in that moment and again, shouldn't be one person to blame or the other. Like, I take ownership in making mistakes in those moments and everybody made mistakes in those moments." People really need to just let 13 seconds go (I hate even typing 13 seconds anymore). It was three years ago. We are a better team. McDermott is a better coach for it. Growth mindset: Learn from your mistakes, get better, and move on. All of the anti-McD sentiment still really just stems from that one game. There is almost nothing else that anyone can point to (except maybe the Bengals playoff game, but that's a pretty bad argument imo, people just like to ignore all of the crazy circumstances of that season).

I would like to see all of these quotes. Come on, deliver. I do remember earlier this year (can't remember which game it was) when THE GOAT was the color man for our game. And Brady spent much of the game talking about how difficult it was to play against Sean's defense, because of all of the disguises and versatile players, etc.. He played against McD's defense 8 times in his career. I know this may make things easier for you if we lose, because rather than dealing with disappointment, you can immediately go instead into anger at the coach. But can we at least wait until they play the game and see what happens? It's only a few days away. Sounds to me like you have already given up and are expecting a loss. Doesn't sound like a fun way to enjoy the pastime of football to me.

Well, we are home. I think that is a big plus for the Bills to start with. But, yeah, it's a tough match-up...which is why it should be a great game. Below are the team rankings (fyi). Points For: BUF 2 BAL 3 Yards For: BUF 10 BAL 1 Pass Offense: BUF: 9 BAL: 7 Rush Offense: BUF: 9 BAL: 1 Points Against: Buf 12 BAL 9 Yards Against: BUF 17 BAL 10 Rush Defense: BUF 12 BAL 1 Pass Defense: BUF 9 BAL 2 Baltimore leads in almost every category, which is a bit scary. But you could also take a different perspective by looking at the teams' best two wins and worst two losses. Bills best two wins: Kansas City (15-2), Detroit (15-2) Bills worst two losses: Houston (10-7, div winner, still alive in the playoffs); Los Angeles Rams (10-7, div winner, still alive in the playoffs) Ravens best two wins: Buffalo Bills (13-4), Washington (12-5) Ravens worst two losses: Cleveland (3-14); Las Vegas (4-13) Of course, Baltimore won the early head-to-head. But that was week 4 when the Bills were still trying to figure out who they were with all of the new and young players. Remember when the season started, Khalil was the only WR Josh had thrown to in a game. We had two new starting safeties. No Milano, no Bernard, no Taron Johnson for that first matchup. Baltimore doesn't scare me...I think this Bills team can beat anyone, especially at home. But I do expect a really hard-fought, great game. As most people have been saying...it feels like a coin toss game. who is gonna make that extra play, or fewer mistakes; who gets the lucky bounces, etc. Go Bills!

Always love reading your recaps Shaw. Excellent post as always. 👍 I've been rewatching the highlights a bit and wanted to make a bit of a silly, but honest comment, I guess here is as good a place as any. The Three Prettiest Things in the Win Over the Broncos: [Not necessarily the best, or most important, etc.---the "prettiest".] 1. Jimbo Cook turning the corner. He makes it look so easy. The speed, angle, and smoothness are all at an elite-level. He just flows like surging water around a bend in the river. Beautiful. His patience, following his blockers, has become top-tier too...like a prime Leveon Bell. 2. Khalil "Tupac" Shakir "a, his hips don't lie." The spinning pinball finding extra yards every time he touched the ball. Definitely a thing of beauty. His spin move is a killer. 3. Maybe it was the orange pants, but Riley Dixon's punt mechanics. He just looked so smooth, soft, with great extension, etc. I don't really know how good a punter he is overall (can't believe it's his 9th year in the league and I haven't really been that aware of him), and again, maybe it was partly the uniform, but his punt motion is very balletic.

One of my friends was at the game yesterday. She and her son were in the same suite as Dalvin Cook and the Cook family. She happened to be wearing a James Cook jersey (not knowing she'd be in the same suite as his fam). She said they were awesome and it was a blast. I can imagine, with the day that Jimbo had.

Game Balls: Josh Cook Samuel Johnson Shakir (for WR play and taking over punt return duties) Honorable mentions: Milano, Groot, Von, Bernard, Mack, Dawkins

Hey Broncos...this is Bills Country. And we're Talking Proud! We Defend Our Dirt, because when it's Too Tough for You, it's Just Right for Us. We are Humble, but oh soooo Hungry...with a bit of a chip on our shoulders. And in our place, good luck hearing your snap counts because it will be Fandemonium in there. Because Mafia Means Family and there is no where we'd rather be than Right Here, Right Now. We have Trusted the Process, we Billeve, and we're ready to SHOUT!. Oh, and btw, Nobody Circles the Wagons Like the Buffalo Bills! LET'S GO BUFFALO!

We proved that we could beat KC and Detroit. So, they shouldn't scare us. But no question, if the Bills make it through, KC in KC would probably be the hardest game. The Bills are going to have to not be in their heads about losing to them 3 times in the playoffs (like the 90s teams got in their heads about playing poorly/losing in SBs by the 3rd and 4th ones). The Ravens game was in Baltimore and was early in the season (week 4) when the Bills were still trying to figure out who they were, and they were playing a lot of first-time starters or players new to the team (Hamlin, Rapp, Dorian, Spector, Hollins, Samuel, Davis, Keon, MVS, Bishop, Carter, etc.). I think we are a much different team now (adding Cooper, getting Milano back, the season-long experience for the new and young guys, etc.), so as long as we don't give up an 87-yard TD run to Henry on like the first play of the game, I think we can minimize the damage (not stop it) of their run game (especially if we can get out to a lead and force them to go away from it). So, no question, it wouldn't be an easy game by any measure...but I don't know if the Ravens scare me. I think we're still the better overall team...especially at home. Henry is definitely a scary player, especially with our style of defense, and he did crush our defense for 199 rushing yards and 2 TDs earlier this year. But, McDermott's defense has actually fared better than you'd think over the years vs. King Henry (albeit when he was on the Titans and not the Ravens, and we had different players on Defense). Sean has faced Henry six times with Henry's stats looking like this: 2024: 24 for 199, 2 TDs 2022: 13 for 25, 1 TD 2021: 20 for 143, 3 TDs 2020: 19 for 57, 2 TDs 2019: 20 for 78, 1 TD 2018: 11 for 56, 0 TDs But, anyhow, the Bills are good enough to beat any team in the league this year. They just have to go out and do it.