MDH

He’s not only All Pro, he’s likely to win defensive player of the year, and he’s deserving. He was lights out this year.

If I was starting a franchise the last owner I’d want running the show is Mike Brown. Unless they luck into a couple more fantastic drafts they’re screwed because ownership refuses to pony up the cash necessary to compete with the big boys.

How do we know it’s the early window?

Look for Ravens’ fans to come in with “but games played” thinking that’s some kind of flex.

Absolutely. We’re shortening the game for them. I get it, we want to run, but you can’t TOTALLY lean on it like we have been. We need a few chunk plays. Let Allen do his thing a little more in the 2nd half.

Leone is a master. He's known for his westerns but if you haven't seen Once Upon a Time in America I highly recommend it (if you've got 4 spare hours...)

Not counting sitting the starters last week the Bills are 19-4 in the regular season (and 20-5 overall) since the switch to Brady. Not bad considering they were 5-5 last season before the move.

2 voters gave Burrow 1st place votes for All Pro too. Doubtful they vote for him for MVP. I don’t think Allen wins but I can see it being closer than people think at this moment.

It’s not even an entire team, it’s one thing - the Ravens rushing attack. It’s just a bad matchup for this undersized D.

That’s actually good for the Browns. They took out an insurance policy on him and will get cap relief. https://sports.yahoo.com/browns-eligible-massive-insurance-relief-163727876.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAE1ESO8s2toA0o8RylmikMakWOdD44lXM8B71xLM7p8oLdt-4eVlzeYvP6fV_RWwad8pCNaOkz0lWZmUpDQSRykE2jGSPUuOmYQsuDhmXjv6ACevSLy3LJC5aSfmF70Fus7B6jbiY0yPyDArustE2KmS8_Z-a5EwVf1bMlCAeq1H

It's funny, the thing that made Baker the first pick of the draft was how many reps he had taken at QB throughout his life. HS, College, camps, etc. Allen was thousands of reps behind him. But if Allen had all those reps, he never would have been able to switch his throwing motion so quickly (if at all.) It's the fact that he didn't have them that allowed him to do so.

LaPorta was the 2nd TE taken in that draft, at the top of the 2nd round, with pick 34. Also, Groot is a difference maker. No, he’s not a tier 1 edge but he’s in the 2nd tier. Judging by how he is discussed on this board, Bills’ fans are going to be upset this offseason when he gets paid like it. Get him anyone else who can get pressure on a semi-consistent basis and the DL would start getting to the QB more regularly. When you’re the only guy, it makes it easy for the O.

Come for the Bills talk, stay for an argument about the definition of “household name.”

Yeah, I know, it’s become exhausting, I was just joking.

Not sure why they’d bother with that, Surtain doesn’t travel. I’d stick Keon/Mack on Surtain’s side of the field all day and never look in their direction while Coop has a 1 on 1 matchup with Moss all game.

You say while on page 97 of a message board thread discussing it…

Or…it perfectly illustrates what can happen in a one-and-dine tourney. The randomness and luck element of the game that many don’t want to acknowledge.

Yeah, this is the one thing that gives me pause. They’re the best in the league at WR screens and that usually kills us. Everywhere else I’m good with the matchups.

I can say with 100% certainty that if they can’t beat the Broncos at home in a WC game with a rookie QB they aren’t winning it all.

Bills 27 Broncos 17

I keep hearing from talking heads how the Broncos are playing “really well.” In one breath they’ll tell you the Chiefs loss doesn’t concern you about the Chiefs and then say the above. How were the Broncos playing before that? Two straight losses and allowed 30+ points in both. Against Cinci the Denver offense had two chances in OT against one of the worst Ds in the league and went 3 and out both times. The 2 games before that? Both Denver wins but the D allowed 500 passing yards to Jamis and allowed 150 rushing yards to the Colts while Nix had 5 INTs combined in those two games. The Bills can certainly lose this game but somebody needs to do some fact checking before they tell me how well the Broncos have been playing lately.

They’re a middle of the pack (or slightly worse) rushing offense. EPA they’re ranked 15th, YPR is 4.1 which is bottom half of the league and even by volume - total yards rushing- they’re 16th. Defensively this isn’t a bad matchup for the Bills.

Having Rousseau and Miller healthy and rested going into the playoffs is key to their success. They have no one else who has been getting consistent push and lack of a pass rush has killed this team in the playoffs. I’d rest Miller and give him his bonus anyway.

I think it should come into the equation. If this year is virtually a dead heat why would they give Lamar his 3rd MVP before the Allen gets one, when Allen has - easily - been the better QB during his career? These are legacy awards and the legacy they’re leaving doesn’t tell the actual story of their careers.