I remember the outrage in Buffalo when the Bills opted to use the first overall pick on a defensive end from Virginia Tech instead of a certain diminutive Heisman Trophy winner.
I tend to agree with this…the analytics guys would argue that losing all five one-score games is more the result of blind luck than bad coaching, and that the Bills are due to revert to the mean…maybe even in these playoffs.
Gettleman’s career is evidence that a random assortment of casual football fans can outperform some absurdly highly compensated NFL General Managers. An empty suit…
And yet Thurman was a second round pick.
What’s stupid is pushing the season deeper into December and January in the Upper Midwest and Northeast. It shows blatant disregard for the game and the fans. There is no reason for the regular season to start after Labor Day.
It’s been a worse than normal weather year for Bills home games and it definitely hurt the offensive numbers, but the team’s (and Josh’s) worst performance of the year was on a picture perfect day in Jacksonville. Go figure.
Much rather play NE than the Bengals or Colts. Those are bad matchups for us, and I’d like to see those teams face each other in round 1, while we play the Pats.
With Josh Allen, I’ve come to believe you can just throw out the stats…to understand his value as a player you just have to watch the games…and that’s why he probably won’t be winning NFL MVP awards anytime soon, even though he should.
Josh made a few mistakes, but he did more for his team to win the game than Ryan did. And let’s be honest, those were awful conditions. Would any QB have had a really good day?