Alphadawg7

Yeah but Lamar and the Ravens have never had the same level of Super Bowl hype the Allen led Bills have had at times, including being the betting favorite at times. When he has faltered it’s been less the let down than the Bills were to a lot of people. Expectations have been higher for the Bills most seasons than the Ravens. See my post above though…Lamar and Ravens haven’t as SB hyped as Allen and Bills have been

I mean to be fair, every time people start buying into the Bills they go out and blow it. People are getting a little bit of the "boy who cried wolf" syndrome on the Bills getting to the Super Bowl. So not a surprise they are not as gung-ho as we head into a game against a team that whooped our behinds already this season.

If you don't want them to show games of the Bills losing in the playoffs then tell the Bills to stop losing in the playoffs

Our friends who lost everything in the Pacific Palisades have already had their claim DENIED by the insurance company. There was a fine print clause that nullified fire coverage if there was a tree within a 100 feet of the house. Which includes any trees on any neighboring property or public property where they have no control of removing a tree. Not to mention, it was the Pacific Palisades where there were trees everywhere. They said they have other people they know who lost everything get the same denial notice from their insurance company. There are going to be a lot of law suits coming out of all this, things are going to get ugly and be even harder for a lot of people who thought they were insured and after losing everything finding out they have nothing coming to rebuild their lives despite paying astronomically high premium prices. Wasn't like they had some budget discount insurance either.

As much as I want Davis to be a go, I am also not nearly as concerned as I would have been earlier in the season with Ty emerging into a key role now to help spell Cook. But, with the weather this weekend, having a thumper to run the ball would be good, so fingers crossed he is a go.

I was telling my wife the other day, he is kind of like the Dennis Rodman of the Bills...unique personality who both loves and excels at doing all the dirty work others aren't good at or don't like doing that really help the team win, and then can still make plays when needed too. I just keep thinking back to all the flak and push back I got when I kept telling people this guy not only was better than what they think, but he was going to play relevant snaps here and have a real role this season. What was really unusual is that when I would say that, it would spurn two different camps and arguments. Some were pissed off seeing him as a waste of a roster spot and a scrub who wouldn't see the field (like Kumerow)...or others were pissed off that he was actually going to play and have a role here proclaiming he was a scrub and barely roster-able. It is nice to see the turn around on Hollins, and he earned that on the field. He isn't going to lead the NFL in receiving any time soon, but he is exactly what some of us said he was going to be. A dirty work specialist who is a more than capable receiver that is the 4th or 5th option. First half the season before I had a 2nd baby and moved across the state I was able to watch ALL22 each week. And Hollins was standing out a lot of weeks where he was affecting most big plays and scores either directly as a receiver or indirectly through things like key blocks or clearing out the coverage. With how the coaches and players feel about him, I would be a little surprised if he isn't back next year...and I personally would like to see him back. That does NOT mean I don't think we need to add more to the WR room, because I do think WR, DL and probably Safety will (and should) be the biggest priorities in the offseason.

Yup...that is exactly true around here unfortunately. Brady has been excellent. There is no perfect OC (or coach for that matter), people can point to plays at times during the season where maybe we should have or could have done something different, but that is true for every OC in NFL history. Not to mention, we don't know if Allen audible out of a play on any of those given moments either. But the bottom line is Brady has proven to be everything we hoped and needed him to be, for both the Bills and Allen. He has done an excellent job both under difficult circumstances last year and throughout this season. No matter what happens in the playoffs, I really hope the Bills find a way to keep Brady at least one more season, especially since there should be even more tools in the tool box for the full season next than he even had this year personnel wise as I expect some investment into the WR position this offseason.

Came here to say this, well said and totally agree with you. Baker was never a bust, but a bust of an organization thought they could do better and set their organization back instead of investing around their young QB. Its going to be interesting to see what Minnesota does...will they commit to Darnold or is JJ still their plans for the future.

💯 - Exactly. No doubt, this is spot on and perfectly stated.

And there are still people on here who will make it seem that we owe our whole season to Cooper and Hollins is still a bum.

Yeah you are right about him. Dareus was a cream of the crop level prospect that draft, so yeah, no team was going to take Watt over Dareus that year who was never going to get out of the top 5. But thats the draft...there are guys who are blue chip prospects, even "generational talents" that go bust, or maybe don't bust but never reach their potential and have underwhelming careers all the time.

Oh don't get me wrong, I feel better about our offense than our defense in this game. And what we have seen from the D the past 2 weeks as Milano gets more and more into form is encouraging. Just hard to get too hyped about that given the offenses we were playing were not too dangerous. I still think we can, and will, win this game...but admittedly, this is the one matchup that concerns me the most of anyone in either conference of the playoffs. IMHO - If we beat the Ravens, we will win the Super Bowl as I don't see us losing to KC (or Hou if they pull the upset) and we already beat the best team in the NFC.

Im in the don't pay big money to RB's crowd...but if we can keep him for under $10M I would be on board.

Im not gonna get too over hyped about middling offenses like the Jets and a rookie led Broncos in his first post season game on the road in Buffalo. Im encouraged, but still concerned about a Ravens team who dominated us in the trenches on both sides of the ball in week 4, and that was when their defense still sucked too and not since being the #1 D since shifting Kyle Williams. We have to win in the trenches for us to beat Baltimore.

The Houston game, I still say those passes were more on Allen than Hollins...but Hollins was still the whipping boy around here and a lot of people had not warmed to him yet so they blamed it all on him in the midst of what was easily Allens worst game since emerging and probably his worst game as a pro. First one was bad ball placement on what should have been an easy throw and the second one Allen passed up 3 wide open players (and where he was supposed to go with the ball) to take an ill advised, and unexpected by both the coaches and Hollins deep shot because Allen said he thought he saw something pre-snap there. And Allen took ownership of both those plays after the game. As far as the penalty today...I loved seeing the fire and swagger...but the flag was fair. What no one is even mentioning, is that the first contact is Hollins pushing Surtain's head into the ground as he first gets up before he even steps over him. So flag was fair but it didn't bother me and allowed us to chew more clock anyway. This team has needed more bravado, attitude, and swagger for years.

Did no one else catch Jim Nantz saying "getting f**cked" on the commercial about college basketball???? My wife and I were like whoa and we went back and listened again and he definitely does lmao. Found someone else who posted a recording of it on twitter

So...do people still not want to address defense this offseason?

This was the most obvious opening and hiring of the offseason, good hire by NE IMHO, not that there was ever any doubt

Totally agree...to be honest, I am not so sure they don't clean house this year had they not extended McDaniels before the season began.

Fair, but if you look at the state of the roster right now, its in pretty bad shape and headed in the wrong direction with the aging guys they went all in on declining and getting older (and wanting out like Hill), some other guys they are expected to lose too, the contracts they have, etc. Which is why I don't think Grier and McDaniels will be there much longer than this next season IMHO. Also fair, and that was the basis of really what my point was, they are poorly built and I don't see a quick fix for them...hence my expectation that Grier and McDaniels will be gone soon.

I see you guys trying to make a case for Tua and the Fins making the playoffs if Tua doesn't get hurt...but my question to is so what if they did, what does that change? You think they spent all that money to be a fringe playoff team each season with no chance to advance? They were the 7th seed in 2022 because Tua lost 5 straight to end the season making Skylar Thompson the savior for even making the playoffs when he stepped in on the final game of the season to snap the losing streak. Entering week 11 they had an almost unsurmountable 3 game divisional lead last year and again with Tua, blew that and lost the division to a team that was 5-5 at that time and just fired their OC. This year, 1-4 against winning teams with Tua. Not only did they choke in 2022 and 2023 with Tua, but in both seasons they had a better overall roster than they had this season. And heading into this offseason, that roster is in even worse shape as the all in aging guns for hire are getting older, less reliable and they are set to lose guys most likely as well. They still have OL issues which isn't ideal when your QB is injury prone and struggles under pressure, not to mention Tua may also lose Hill this offseason. So I just can't see how making the playoffs as the 7th seed would have even mattered or be seen as a successful season or how they can turn it around in one season.

They were losing before that game though lol. They had a massive 3 game divisional lead with just 6 games to go and blew it to a team that heading into week 11 was 5-5 and just fired their OC. Yet the only reason Miami made the playoffs was because of that backup. They lost 5 straight with Tua heading into the final game where its win or go home. Skylar snapped the 5 game losing streak to limp in and nearly upset Josh Allen at home. Why don’t you just admit these attempts to defend Miami is just a defacto defense of how you want Buffalo to spend on WRs. Because now you’re going to realm of ridiculous by even mentioning Josh Allen and the playoffs in the same post as Miami.

Tua was 1-4 against wining teams this year. He apparently can’t get over anyone Miami has just 4 wins in 3 years against teams with a winning record. But you think it’s about him not beating Mahomes? Lmao

On offense its gonna be Shakir and Ty Johnson...I think Denver corners will keep things locked down outside and we will keep moving the chains and picking at their D with short to mid strikes to guys like Shakir and Ty. On defense I am going with our LB's Bernard/Milano to keep Bo Nix for extending drives with his legs.

It really is, and I look forward to watching the inevitable 30 for 30 on it Sometimes Karma shows up and lets you know its still out there