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50 minutes ago, BillsPride12 said:
And the funny thing is we actually end up getting to host KC in the playoffs this year and it still didn't matter
Ah, I wouldn't spend too much time fretting that the Bills are inferior. I don't they are. I won't be winning any arguments because results are the bottom line, but just watch. As long as the Bills don't become a "I'm a loser!" head case like the Super Bowl Bills against Washington and Dallas, they'll win their share of championships. When KC and Buffalo play, it's a coinflip who will win; that's been the case for years. The flip just happened to come up Buffalo in the regular season matches and KC in the playoffs. Just about all of those games could have gone either way.
No, all else being equal (no small condition, I realize), we'll see a regression to the mean, and on two Lombardi trophies in Buffalo.
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8 hours ago, LEBills said:
Spagnola is the problem. Reid and Mahomes have had him as DCoordinator in every SB win. They have good players but his system gets the most out of them. Tough to beat Mahomes and Reid when you can only muster 22-24 points a game.
How come he never seems to get a HC offer? He's the DC I respect the most of the opponents the Bills regularly face. He just gets it, like blitzing on that key down late in the game last night to force the field goal try and get the ball back. McDermott might have blitzed, but he might also had played it safe with a soft zone, hoping no one breaks a tackle.
Maybe I'm misinformed, but I favor an aggressive offense and an aggressive defense. McD has his moments, but overall he seems to favor ball control, field goals, and "complementary football."🙄
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5 minutes ago, The Jokeman said:
Wash? Pahlease Davis has out played his draft position. Hardman is a definite bust.
Gabe Davis will always be a bust in my book, if only for his egregious drop of what would have been one of the most clutch passes in NFL history. Waning minutes of the Jets game last year, Allen--with a hurt shoulder--throws the ball 63 yards in the air right into Davis' chest, perfectly in stride. And he drops it.
I don't blame Beane for drafting Davis. But I do blame him for thinking Davis could be a WR2.
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15 minutes ago, The Jokeman said:
Give me Davis in the 4th over Mecole Hardman in the 2nd in the same draft.
I'd say that's a wash. They're both busts.
Speaking of which, is it a low blow to bring up Cody Ford, another bust Beane had too much faith in? Or Wyatt Teller, an all-pro Beane did NOT have faith in?
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1 minute ago, The Jokeman said:
Yeah and the Chiefs got Skyy Moore in Round 2 and we got Shakir in Round 5. Keep thinking we can't draft and KC can and I'll debate you.
I'll see your Skye Moore and raise you Gabe Davis. He was just a fourth rounder, but Beane doubled down on him instead of replacing him when it was obvious he couldn't separate or, you know, catch.
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1 minute ago, The Jokeman said:
He's a slot CB in KC. Is he significantly better than Taron?
I always compare him to Elam. The Bills evidently wanted McDuffie, but the Chiefs jumped ahead of them to grab him, leaving Beane to draft Elam. Chiefs got an All-Pro, Bills got a guy who can't tackle or play zone and doesn't even start.
Put that together with us choosing Boogie Basham and leaving Creed Humphrey, another All-Pro, to the Chiefs, and you begin to understand why the Chiefs and not the Bills are playing in the Super Bowl today.
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6 hours ago, loyal2dagame said:
As a player on the field, Mahomes is way ahead of Brady year for year.
As a winner, not even close. Brady did way more with less year for year.
How would you put those two considerations together? Sounds like if Brady had Mahomes' situation, he would have done even better than he did, is that right?
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On 2/8/2024 at 5:06 PM, 90sBills said:
Don’t you think that’s a BIG difference regardless of similarity in regular season stats? Playoffs is where it’s at and Mahomes separates himself from everyone else including Allen. Great players rises in the biggest moments. This is something Allen needs to work on imo.Can you specify how he should work on that? Having a future HOF WR and a future HOF TE to throw to behind a line with an-Pro line and a future HOF coach calling his plays,? That kind of work?
Yes, he should get right on it! Mahomes has clearly separated himself from Allen.
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1 hour ago, Billsatlastin2018 said:
Please tell us exactly when that turn around by Josh will occur under present leadership.
I don't have an answer for that one. I think Beane is as good as any GM in the game (despite his huge mistake re Gabe Davis). But McDermott is at best a neutral factor. I give him credit for helping to build the Bills, but he's holding them back at this point. He seems afraid to lose, in stark contrast to Allen's attitude, which is all about winning.
Allen has the heart of a lion. McDermott has the heart of an accountant.
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On 2/9/2024 at 9:30 PM, Patrick Fitzryan said:
He's only 27. Peyton Manning didn't win his first playoff game until he was two months shy of 28. Manning was 0-6 in his first six games against Brady; Allen was 3-3 in his first six against Mahomes.
I have my issues with how the team has been constructed since he was drafted, but let's not get crazy about any window being "wasted" or dwindling.
Agreed. It's like flipping a coin and deciding that three heads in a row is a sign from Satan, or shows that heads is better and will always win. The chest-beaters in KC will feel pretty foolish when Allen ends up with more SB victories than Mahomes.
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7 minutes ago, FireChans said:
You think the best player on the best team doesn’t have a case for being the most valuable player in the league just by virtue of being the best player on the best team?
Well, that status will assert itself anyway, right? If he's the best player on the best team, he'll very likely be a candidate for league MVP. There's no need to give him extra credit for being that person, or, worse, confining the award (in practice) to that person. No one else qualifies? Really?
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36 minutes ago, FireChans said:
“The most valuable player shouldn’t be the best and most important player on the team that wins the most!” - you, I guess?
Not sure I follow. Are you wondering if these are my words? But, no, for the record, I don't think the award should be the most valuable player on a single team. What's the sense of that?
Lamar was not the most valuable player in the NFL this year, nor the most talented, nor the most accomplished.
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6 hours ago, LABILLBACKER said:
The number 1 qualifier is that 1 seed.
Which puts the lie to the name of the award. It should be "The quarterback on the highest seeded team." That would also serve to highlight the idiocy of the award.
The quality of Allen's (or anyone else's) play matters only insofar as it helps his team win the top seed. Stupid award, with its pretense that it recognizes the best player in the league.
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I loved Kelly, but I don't think there's any question at all that Allen is a better quarterback in every respect. (I don't count hardware, never have.)
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44 minutes ago, eball said:
Interesting. We know fans aren’t always the best judges of coaching so I guess I’ll hope for the best. Maybe he’s better suited for the pro game.
I wonder if McDermott thought Butler didn't do a good job developing Elam. It does seem odd that such a physically talented player couldn't learn to play zone and tackle after two years of professional coaching--and an urgent need for him to contribute.
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1 hour ago, SoonerBillsFan said:
I take todays college athletes getting their panties in a wad with a grain of salt.
I need to some time to process this sentence.
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5 hours ago, NastyNateSoldiers said:
Now the Youth movement begins use free agency to add 2 new Safeties. The safeties market in free agency is loaded this yr u have players like Stone, Chinn, Savage, McKinney, Gardner Johnson & Whitehead available get a pair here and move on.
Don't forget Dugger from the Patriots. He'd be expensive, and he's a strong safety, which they have in Poyer, but he's a terrific player. From what I remember, McDermott wanted to draft him.
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On 1/30/2024 at 12:56 AM, Meatloaf63 said:
Me, i said no. I will watch the replay if San Fran wins. If not, i am done for the year.
I might watch the highlights, but no way I'm sitting through five hours of Mahomes glazing.
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13 hours ago, KentuckyBillsFan said:
I’m not right often but I was thrilled when we took him. His physical traits were elite. He just needed some refinement. People just listened to the “experts” on ESPN.
To be fair, Mel Kiper thought he was terrific. He was mocked by his colleagues for that stance, and they've never forgiven him for being right.
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9 hours ago, Chicken Boo said:
The worst team in the league would be the Carolina Panthers.
Mahomes with Thielen, Chark and Hubbard would have been battling for supremacy in the NFC South.
That's not saying much.
6 hours ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:Nobody says Mahomes is unquestionably better than Allen.
Everyone says Reid is unquestionably better than McDermott!
Count me in both camps.
I wonder if McDermott realizes he's just not in the front ranks of coaches. Pegula has to decide if it matter or not that he is. In short, is Allen good enough to overcome a middling head coach?
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1 hour ago, Chicken Boo said:
But he is unquestionably better. If they both retired today only 1 of them is going to the Hall of Fame in 5 years.
Can you imagine if roles were reversed and Chiefs fans were telling you that Mahomes is better than a 2x MVP, 2x Super Bowl Champion 2x Super Bowl MVP Josh Allen?
The game is about more than stats. Do you think Matt Ryan is better than John Elway because he has better stats?
Maybe a thought experiment would help convey my point: If Mahomes--the exact Mahomes who is revered today--were put on the worst team in the NFL and the team, not surprisingly, never made the playoffs, would he still be a HOF player? No way. But it's the same player! Football is a team sport, right? If the Bills had a better kicker, he might be playing Sunday instead of Mahomes. But he, too, would be the same player.
So, no, Mahomes is not unquestionably better. He is arguably better. He is unquestionably on a better team.
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3 hours ago, Pete said:
Diggs 44 receptions on 75 attempts, 8 yards per attempt under Joe Brady over 9 games.
Along with how many drops, fumbles, and disinterested play when he's not getting the ball?
To think he's due almost $28 million next year, same as Von Miller. Yikes.
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23 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:
Josh has the lowest interception % in the history of the nfl playoffs of qbs that have 20+ tds…mahomes is #2
pretty crazy when you factor in that 2 of those picks were 100% on the receivers and one was a meaningless late INT against cincy with the game already lost
Get this man a team, Beane!
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On 1/27/2024 at 12:44 PM, Lfod said:
I won't say much other than that KC game had to be humbling. I feel like he was featured heavily to start the game and it didnt go well.
I've been thinking he isn't a ture WR 1 for awhile now but I wasnt going to say it.
Don't see how he can complain he isn't getting targets, or that he makes the most of them. Neither are true, nor is the story that Dorsey went to him far more than Brady. The fact is, he dropped passes, fumbled, didn't appear to get open as often in the past despite single coverage, and overall did not perform like a WR1, especially a superstar one. Players do hit the wall. I remember when Lofton was suddenly not effective, and even Moulds and Reed fell off.
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What is your unpopular Bills opinion?
in The Stadium Wall
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Bills fans are hard on McDermott, Davis, Bass, etc., because they live vicariously through the Bills and they hate feeling like the almost-winners or losers they feel like they (not the Bills, they) might be.