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You must have too much time on your hands coming up with all that. I got a headache just reading it. That being said, regardless of if we get the #1 seed (which isn't going to happen) or the 7th seed. If we play well over the next 5 games, we will have as good a shot as any team to win the AFC, and get to the Super Bowl. Home field is overrated. We lost to Cinci in 2022 and the Chiefs in 2023 on our home field in the playoffs. (I think there is more pressure on the home team in the playoffs.) If Josh and the rest of the team get their confidence at peak level, I like our chances at anybody's stadium. Should be fun to watch it play out after curb stomping the mighty (LOL) Steelers.

That's a very intriguing idea SC. Do you really think we could get a 2nd for Dawkins at this point in his career? If so, I would do it in a heartbeat. Resign Van De Mark and maybe bring in someone (a rookie or lower price vet) to compete with him for the starters job. I think Kromer is our best coach on the roster hands down. He really gets the most out of each of our O linemen. Starters or backups.

Anderson and Vandemark are solid players. I would argue that either is at least as good as Dawkins at this point in their careers. (Dawkins is overrated. Has been his entire career. Now it’s just more because he is fatter and slower) We need Kincaid back. He is the only true receiving weapon we have. And he is good down the middle. Maybe Cooks can help. The rest look like they are in mud. Although it wouldn’t hurt to try and throw to Gabe Shavers and Coleman down the field some. And as long as we are paying Knox so much, send him down the field some too. He seems to know how to get open, despite his marginal hands. No reason we can’t win out. We just need guys especially on defense to elevate their games some like Benford did yesterday. Defense has looked better of late. More organized w lining up w Shaq Thompson calling the signals. And the coaching staff needs to draw up solid game plans each week based on our opponent. (Can’t do the same thing every week) We just need to be better than our opponent each week. (The NFL is a week to week league) And when Josh Allen is playing like he did yesterday, we are a tough out. I never agreed w the posters who said we should limit his running. The dude is a big man. He can take and dish out the pounding. He plays better that way.

Yes agreed. I would play those 3 over Bernard. Other than the late pick against Miami in week 3, I don’t know if Bernard has made a play all season. I have always said he is just too small to play NFL LB. Another 10-12 pounds would do him wonders. And he should learn from Shaq Thompson, who has been a revelation for us.

We just need to keep winning. Cinci and NE will not be easy. We take those and get to 10-4 w still playing Cleveland and the Jets, and a beaten down Eagles team. If we can find some passing game, we can run the table..

I think we are number 1 after today's performance. Or is Chicago after the embarasment they put on the Eagles on Friday?

Milano is so slow now. He is so not the player he was before his injuries. Williams needs to play more. He and Thompson are our best LB's. This is Milano's swan song in the NFL.

Agree totally. I was commenting during the game that the players looked much more organized and know where to line up when Shaq is on the field. He is better than Bernard as a player. And is a great leader on the field.

And how did we not realize that about this guy when we drafted him? That’s a huge fail by the organization. This isn’t romper room. We need grown men on the team. Not children. It would be one thing if this guy had uber talent that translates to a dynamic NFL receiver. You can deal with his immaturity then, like George Pickens. But Coleman’s game is of an undrafted free agent who played at a group of 5 school. With the drafting and bad contracts we have given out over the McBeane era, is it any wonder that we have not made the Suoer Bowl despite having a jewel in Josh Allen?!! In almost any other NFL city this side of Jacksonville, the media and fans would have run this group out of town. Did you see how pissed the Eagles fans were within 5 minutes of the game starting yesterday against Chicago? It was an ugly scene the entire game. And they have won 2 Super Bowls since 2017 including last year. McDermott and Beane are lazy and dim. And should be shown the door.

Cooks (especially) Samuel and Moore all have had solid to good careers before coming to the Bills. These guys were all high draft picks, so they have some talent. Samuel has been injured a lot. But we do not give many targets to any of our WR's since Diggs left. How is any player going to be productive getting 0-3 targets per game??? The scheme the Bills have run since Brady took over is absolute trash for WR's. Shakir can get down the field. He has under 4.4 speed. Yet we always throw to him behind the LOS. Its sickening what Brady has done to this offense. I hear some posters on the board talk about where we are in pts and yards/game. That means nothing. We have scored a lot in bunches mostly early in the season. Once our scheme was figured out we did nothing against New England Miami Atlanta and Houston. Amazing that we have an all time QB, and we have tried to play ball control and dink and dunk. And we can't even dink and dunk well with a nice screen game. That would have tore up the Texans pass rush. There is absolutely no accountability between coaching and management. They all do what they please in lockstep with each other spinning their wheels. Is it any wonder that we have the most regular season wins over a 5-6 year period without going to a Super Bowl. That is laziness and/or stupidity. Just not caring enough or being smart enough to get to the championship level. Which the Colts with Daniel Jones could possibly find before we do with Josh Allen. Everyone think about that for a second.

KJ, that's a great response. I loved the Steakhouse analogy. And the George Pickens reference. I think the key as you said is they do not value talent. And that is why our roster is what it is. Mediocre to poor in many positions. And a great QB and RB. With a good O line, that has seemed to sprung some big leaks of late in pass protection. Add in very mediocre to poor coaching. And a ton of injuries. And I think we are fortunate to be 7-4 this season. But I do not even feel like we are a solid 7-4 type team. As we have looked horrible in several games. (We will find out on Sunday if there is anything left in this reign.) Maybe the signing of Brandon Cooks will put a spark in the offense. And lets hope Brady can use him correctly.

KJ I respect your football acumen. What do you make of this Bills’ team? I am not impressed in the slightest. Josh seems to have lost his juice to a degree. Our receiver group is bottom 5 easily. Maybe bottom 3 w the Saints and some other scrub team like the Raiders and Browns. It’s really appalling w such a great QB and RB that we look overwhelmed in so many games. And the defense is a bunch of parts bought at the junk yard. You know how some people try and steal copper wire to sell for money. That fits Brandon Beane. Buying used players w no upside. I have been a fan since the 70’s when I moved to Buffalo New Years 1976. Haven’t lived there in many years. But all 3 of my kids are huge fans even though they have never lived in Buffalo. (They live in Miami and LA. But watch every game. And live and die w the team like their Dad.) Heck my ex wife is a big fan and she grew up in Texas. And my girlfriend is a big fan even though she is from the D and is a big Lions fan too. My mother is 84 and never misses a game. She used to drive down from Toronto w her boyfriend to every game. I bleed the Bills. And I am hurting. I hate McDermott. Don’t think he has the smarts, the moxie or the toughness to lead us to a Championship. My college team is the Michigan Wolverines. I love Sherrone Moore way better than McDermott. We aren’t great this year. But Sherrone has a presence, a plan and a confidence that we will be great again soon. And we will play Ohio State tough next Saturday if not best their ass. Because we have a pride and a toughness that is Michigan. And it should be the Bills too.

When is Kincaid coming back? I felt the same way watching the games today. Even Jacksonville and Arizona have guys that get open downfield.

What system? He plays D line. Get after the QB and hold your ground and occasionally penetrate against the run. McDermott makes things so difficult. That’s why Reid fired his ass. And hopefully Pegula will too.