Jerry Jabber

You're absolutely right. Belichek was nothing special in Cleveland and also in NE before Brady fell into their laps. Any coach would look like a genius with a HOF QB.

I've been a fan since 1980, based off of 37 years of watching the NFL, Gilmore is not worth $15M a year. IMO, I'd rather have a great front seven that can generate pressure on the QB and LB's that can cover TE's, versus devoting a ton of money to the secondary. Byrd is another example. While I liked Byrd, he wasn't worth what the Saints gave him. So, you're saying the almighty Belichek never makes a mistake?

Amen!

I go by exactly what I see in the games. Apparently, thousands of other Bills fans feel the same way about Gilmore. Bandit loves stats to death and Belichek said it best "Stats are for losers."

Not all of the great Belichek's choices workout. I think it's great that Bill is now devoting $15M to a player on the secondary as it could impact other areas on the Patriots. I get that fans love certain players, but they need to get over when the team either cuts/trades or does not resign that player. Lee Evans is another one I can think of that Bills fans being butt hurt over. You're right, Bandits man-crush on Gilmore is comical. I wonder what Gilmore's excuses are going to be when he blows coverage and fails to tackle in NE? Is Gilmore going to blame others again like he did in Buffalo?

+1 Patrick, Bandit is by far the biggest Gilmore homer on here. Anytime someone says some negative about Gilmore, he's quick to respond. It's true, Bills fans over-value certain players and this guy thinks Gilmore is the best CB to ever play the game.

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😂🤣😅 You're funny! Keep the comedy going! The guy can't tackle and gets burned, but you keep going on like he's the best CB in the league. You sir are delusional!

Bandit would disagree and make some excuse for Gilmore

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Jason Cole‏ @JasonColeBR #Bears talks with CB Stephon Gilmore evidently not going that well for the moment. Team is calling agents for other CBs right now.

+1 Does this guy and Shazier both shave their eyebrows?

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The amount of times he talks to the media is completely irrelevant to me. I'm just interested in the Bills wins/losses and game day management.

I'd thought he'd go back to Van Halen instead

You're right, after the 1985 Superbowl, you guys did have bad QB's. I wish the Bills could luck out like you guys and have a lower round QB turn out to be a HoF QB. Congrats on the win Sunday!

Didn't say the Pats really aren't that good, just saying the division has been weak the entire time Brady has been the Patriots starter. How would the AFC East looked in the late 80's thru the end of the 90's if the Dolphins had the caliber of QB's they've had between 2001-2016 instead of Dan Marino and the Patriots had a scrub QB the caliber of what the Jets or Bills have had between 2001-2016? The Bills with Jim Kelly would have won the AFC East every year.

I agree that Brady is a great QB, but when the rest of the division is weak, it's easy to go 5-1/6-0 in the division every year.

Flacco had a bad knee injury in 2015, which usually takes time to recuperate from. The only QB that's had no noticeable side effects from a knee injury has been Brady. It took years off of Carson Palmer's career and altered Culpeper's career as he was never the same. And your argument about Flacco being good for one postseason is a terrible one. Here are the Ravens stats before Flacco's knee injury: In 2008, Flacco's rookie season, the Ravens finished 11-5 (2nd in the AFC North) and lost to a divisional rival [steelers] in the AFC Championship game (went 2-1 in the postseason). 2009, went 9-7, beat the Patriots in the Wild Card game and lost the following week (1-1 in the playoffs). 2010, 12-4 in the regular season, 1-1 in the postseason. 2011, 12-4 in the regular season, 1-1 in the postseason, lost in the AFC Championship game. 2012, 10-6 regular season, 4-0 in the playoffs, Superbowl champions. 2013, 8-8, missed the playoffs. 2014, 10-6 regular season, 1-1 in the postseason. So, the Ravens under Flacco went 72-34 during that time period, 10-5 in the post season, three AFC Championship appearances and one Superbowl victory. Back to the original topic, the Ravens did this while mostly finishing 2nd in the AFC North (finished 1st in the division once).

It's no wonder why the Pats have had such an easy time in division. When I was looking up the Pats record vs the AFC East, I came across the following article from a couple of years ago which is along the subject of this thread: http://archive.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2014/10/the_end_of_incompetence_the_patriots_dominance_in.html

If the AFC East had some other very good QB's since 2001, I can see the Patriots having fewer AFC East division titles. Granted, they would still have more than anyone else in the division, but it wouldn't have been a cake walk for them like it has since 2001. If the Jets had a very good QB during their two AFC Championship games instead of Sanchez, they probably would have went to the Superbowl and possibly won one or both. If the Bills had a very good QB when they had two years of having the #2 defense in the early 2000's and when they had the #4 ranked defense under Schwartz, they could have went deep in the playoffs.

The Patriots stretched the rule book on having the RB report as ineligible/eligible. The RB was supposed to report to the ref that he was an eligible receiver in enough time so the ref could tell the defense the RB is an eligible receiver. The Patriots in this specific game were telling the ref right before the ball was snapped which didn't give the ref enough time to tell the defense, which is why Harbaugh got P.O.'d and took a 15 yard penalty for coming onto the field. In that offseason, the NFL changed the rule so the Patriots and the rest of the league couldn't stretch that rule again.

+1 You got one thing right, their QB's stink! +1

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