BobbyC81

With Mayfield having small hands, I don't like the prospects of him playing in cold, bad weather. Allen hasn't shown enough so he's probably too risky, although he did play well in his bowl game in snow flurries. I do like the idea of Luke Falk, who's big (6-4, 223) and has played in bad Washington weather while still maintaining a completion percentage over 68%. Drawback on him though is playing in a Mike Leach system from which QBs have a big adjustment to the NFL. In recent years, there always seems to be a QB who moves up in the pack after all-star bowl games, the Combine and individual workouts (Ex: Flacco, Bortles, EJ Manuel, Wentz) so we'll have to wait and see.

Lol! Is there any doubt that if these Patriots had a Scott Norwood like FG miss in the Super Bowl that there would be a phantom call on the defense to allow for a rekick?

Miami is still a divisional opponent that the Bills play twice a year.

Sounds like Super Bowl XXVIII. Bills lead by 7 at the half. Thurman Thomas fumbles on the 1st play of the 2nd half and it's returned for a TD which ties the game. Thurman is inconsolable, the whole team gets deflated and game over. That team though had the heartbreak of the the 3 prior Super Bowls so it didn't take much for a "here we go again" outlook that perhaps affects these Bills when playing the Pats.

The Russians are now interfering in the results of NFL games? That’s been a common theme all season where the defense had takeaways to set up the offense in good to great field position and most of the time they’d get FGs

What’s also interesting is that, despite the Patriots being dominant in the regular season, every Super Bowl they’ve played in in the B.B. era has been decided by less than a touchdown. They’ve been in some of the best SB games and finishes.

Right now there are 15 teams with worse records than the Bills. So, without considering the tiebreakers with the other teams with 8-7 records, the best that pick could be is 16. A Bills loss to Miami and wins by the current 7-8 teams could improve on that pick. Of those 15 teams with worse records, we can figure that the Browns and Jets definitely need upgrades at QB. The Giants could look to grab a replacement for Eli but I don't know that it's a given. The Broncos have had poor QB play with 3 relatively young guys so who knows what they'll do. The Cardinals could look to get their replacement for Carson Palmer. By the time of the draft, the Redskins should've worked out with Cousins whether he's staying or leaving so they could be in play if he leaves. Bottom line is it's way too early to know but if the Bills really like a QB in the draft, staying where they are might not get him. Obviously, with the Chiefs winning their division, the pick from them will likely be in the low to mid 20s so they probably wouldn't want to use their own pick on another position and wait to use the Chiefs pick on the QB.

That is a great question. The Bills probably have one of the worst reputations in the NFL, especially with the highly publicized playoff drought. That’s why I really hope they can end the drought this year. The reputation makes it also difficult to attract free agents

So since Pittsburgh won today, Jacksonville has no shot at a bye so they could rest players in their matchup vs Tennessee. Bummer. Would Cincinnati have motivation to knock their division rival Baltimore out of the playoffs?

Scheme and play calling that effectively use the strengths of the players, putting them in the best situations to be successful (I.e.you don't run C J Spiller up the middle or Tolbert to the outside. When you have a 3rd and one, you don't have an empty backfield, telling the defense you're passing with no option and then throw a pass 20 yards down the sideline.

I find it funny when people talk about well conditioned 20 something professional athletes being worn down.

So why would they do that for broadcasting purposes? That leaves crappy matchups in the 1:00 games where only fans of those teams will watch while all the good matchups are in the later games. I was looking forward to watching the Bills in the early game and then root for the Raiders vs the Chargers in the later game.

Again, look at the Niners as the prime example of what impact a good QB can have. They started out 0-9, with 5 of those losses by 3 points or less but have now won 5 of 6 with Garappalo, with the last 2 over Tennessee and Jacksonville.

Watching Bills/Pats games fits the definition of insanity. We watch again and again, hoping for different results but, except for a couple games, results are the same. The whole CBS studio crew said it should've stayed as a TD called on the field. Some said replays verified it. Others said there wasn't enough to overturn it.

I think that's only if you're right-handed.

I don't know that Smith is that much better than Tyrod. Don't forget the Niners replaced him with Kap and now the Chiefs drafted Mahomes to replace him.

To quote him “Oh my!”

I’ve dealt with this for 30+ years living in California. Many people when I say I was from Buffalo comment on it being cold, even those from other countries. It just has more publicity as being a cold place than places like Minnesota that are actually colder. Yeah, what does a kicker know about football?

$100K isn’t much of a fine for a team. It will be interesting to see what they give Houston for letting Savage back on the field

He convinced Bills management he needed a better QB and got one in Orton so once Kyle quit, they probably would've got him another. The Clown Show that followed was also able to push for players he wanted, like Tyrod, but he was too defensive-minded. I like the Coach/GM tandem we have now and would like to see how they do with a couple more off seasons.

Kind of like Phil Jackson's championship success with teams with Jordan & Pippen and Shaq & Kobe. He never built a team. Then with the Knicks in a different role as GM he was not successful and started doing and saying crazy things to get himself fired.

Ha ha! Won't you be surprised when the Pats trade up with someone like the Browns and get one of these top college QBs. Maybe for the 1st pick to get Arnold or Rosen?

Well, the Broncos signed Jonathan Williams to their practice squad but eventually releases him. He then signed with the Saints, which seems strange considering their RB depth.

Hopefully ‘Coach’ watched the tape of the Pitts/NewEng game with Romo’s commentary, where he pointed out what many know that you can’t play zone vs Brady as he’ll tear it up. When Pitts played man-to-man, they did better, although just about no team has anybody to play man vs Gronkowski. Gotta come up with a great different game plan and not just what you’ve been doing. Mix it up. Show them something they haven’t seen on film.

Would also explain his sideline tirade directed at McDaniels. Healthy diet my butt!