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Kind of an odd question IMO...most playoff teams aren't wanting to swap their coaches at all, so its not like they are sitting over there going well fingers crossed McD gets fired so we can fire ours and hire him. But...when you have a playoff team, hiring a proven HC often has more allure than an unproven first time HC. When you have a team ready to or close to being able to compete/win now, then its going to make a HC with a proven winning record and a reputation for locker room culture a very attractive option.

IMHO McD would be a top candidate for most teams if he had been available before any of the hiring took place. He is highly respected around the league and has one of the best winning % in NFL history in his first gig as HC with a franchise that was inept for almost 2 decades before him. And don't discount how important a culture shift is because its one of the hardest things to do in the NFL and its why so many hot OC candidates flame out as HC's.

Well said

Offseason priorities are likely in no particular order: WR, DL, S, and CB. I expect some of this to come from before the draft. That being said, I don’t think Tre solves much for the Bills. One of the reasons we drafted Elam was because we don’t have a lot of speed in our secondary. So far he hasn’t been able to get on the field outside as a backup, mostly because Benford has been so good and fits the scheme better too. I can’t see them going backwards and bringing in an aging vet who lost a step prior to age through bad injuries. I think we will see us add some youth and speed to secondary over a retread, even if that retread is a former Bills great who is beloved by the team and fanbase. Now internally, if they think he has FS potential, then maybe they bring him in and try him there, but feels unlikely IMHO even though Tre was always one of my faves.

We moved the ball fine, we had just marched the field the drive before. I have supreme confidence we win that game regardless of the 2 point conversion. Bills were doing fine until they got conservative and safe in 3rd quarter. They got back to what they do and moved much better in the 4th. The bigger question is does Bass make the kick (I think he does), not if we would have gotten into position or not. We never even turned Josh loose because we didn’t have to. It was crystal clear the game plan was long drives to keep the Ravens off the field. In poor throwing conditions weather wise and against a defense that has been the best in the NFL at defending the 20+ yard plays, they came out intending to let our OL work, control the LOS and slow the game down. Especially once we started winning the turnover battle and got to steal possessions. But in the 4th up just 2, they went back to opening up a little more and we were moving the ball better even though we still weren’t pushing anything really. This is exactly like last year when Bass missed the tying kick. KC and Mahomes had about the same amount of time left and there was no way they weren’t going to win that game as they would have gotten the FG. Allen is elite like Mahomes, he would have gotten us in range even if he had to put his Superman cape on. Especially given there isn’t even pressure, game isn’t on the line, only OT is.

Exactly the same for me. I have never been more confident ahead of a KC game than I am this year and Balt was the biggest matchup concern for me of anyone in the playoffs. I was nervous all week and during the game too. But now I have more excitement than nerves, at least today, as we get ready for KC. It just all feels different this year with this team too. After the game I was walking to the kitchen and just had this incredible vivid vision pop randomly in my head of the confetti coming down on Josh and McD in the Super Bowl after a win…so vivid it felt more like a glimpse into the future. Bills by 2 scores over KC! LFG!!!!

Im not saying they kicked it hoping Andrews has a bad drop. Just saying it’s hard enough to get a TD, but now you’re making them get a TD and a 2 pt conversion. Puts Ravens in a position where not only do they have to do the hard work of getting a long TD, but also they have only one shot at a 2pt conversion leaving no room for error. And we are at home with a defense that has already forced 3 turnovers. For me at 2.5 yards out, it’s a no brainer you take the points there knowing that even if your D allows the score and conversion you are at worst looking at OT, but also likely going to still give Allen a chance to win it in OT on a FG. Now that 3rd down call was atrocious by Brady though.

Cooper isn’t the blocker Shakir, Coleman and Hollins are and I think it limits his role in this offense when we are running a game plan like we did when we are looking to move chains and chew clock knowing the weather and opponent are going to make it difficult throw down field. Same for Samuel as well.

The Andrew’s drop is the entire point of taking the points there. You force them to be perfect needing a TD and 2 pt conversion. Worst case, Josh Allen still had 1:31 left to go win the game in regulation with a FG

Yup this

Basically what came out after the game was that McD wanted a squib quick and when Heath huddled up the ST unit to deliver the message failed to notice that Bass was not in the group as he was still kicking balls into the net. So McD called for a squib and Heath told everyone but the kicker, which also why so many guys on the field were confused when there was no squib and Bass and kicked it out of the endzone. The other 10 guys were expecting to run down and cover a squib except Bass didn't know he was supposed to squib it. Rather than scapegoat him, McD never directly said anything about it and they let Heath step down and take a lateral move to Jags (although Bills to Jags feels like a step down regardless) without dragging him under the bus.

There is nothing to see here. The interview has no impact on the outcome of this game this week. Its not like Brady flew to Chicago for 2 days and nights to pitch himself and neglected the team or something. These happen every year in the postseason.

My comment wasn't a slight on hiring McCarthy. Hiring McCarthy now that he is available is a big difference than the previous rumors the Bears could look into making a trade with the Cowboys before he had been fired. Wasn't saying he would be a bad hire, saying trading for a guy who was likely getting fired would have been a dumb as trading up 1 spot to get Trubisky and paying a bounty when everyone and their mom knew SF was dead set on taking Solomon and wasn't going to move out the range to get him.

The issue is the insurance companies are cancelling or altering the policy after the mortgage has been underwritten and closed. Once the loan is in servicing these things are less likely to be noticed until later, if at all. Hopefully more regulation and oversight comes into play moving forward after the debacle of what is about to go do down happens.

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Well this thread was never Bills related, so you are doing fine discussing what you want to discuss. And I certainly hope that is what emerges from this too, significant changes to the shady practices of insurers who can drop you or change your policy without recourse any time they feel the risks have increased. So they are happy to take your very expensive premiums when the risks are lower and then pull the rug or alter your policy when the risk of having to honor the policy increase. It’s criminal and homeowners can’t stop it nor have any recourse or entitlement to a refund of all the money they paid into the policy. If you are going to cancel a home owners policy when risks increase for the need for the policy, then the homeowner should be entitled to a full refund of all the money they paid into the policy when it wasn’t being used immediately upon termination of the policy or immediately upon altering of the policy to nullify coverage. Insurance companies have some of the biggest, most funded, and most powerful lobbyists in the politics though. So common sense laws and swooping change feels like a long shot.

I certainly don’t disagree about how those suits will be hard to win and also will drag out a long time most likely without some sort of government involvement. But, on the other part, you can’t go bare unless you own your home free and clear which there are very few of those in these losses. No lender is going to allow a homeowner to go bare, and since my last post I also found out that they learned that it was a later addendum to the policy not the initial policy which is why the lender accepted it in the first place, otherwise the lender would have denied the policy and the loan would have fallen out before closing on the purchase without finding another suitable policy that had proper coverage. The insurance companies know this, which is probably why they choose to make these changes after the fact because the lender isn’t likely going to know once a loan is in servicing and those lenders are now vulnerable of losing hundreds of thousands to millions on each of those high value homes of real money they handed out. It to me appears to be an intentional shady practice, annd that’s going to be their best angle in my non-lawyer opinion. It helps that It’s not just going to be the homeowners who got screwed, it’s going to be all the banks and lenders too who have the resources to combat the insurance companies. End of the day…the lesson is ALWAYS read your policies and the fine print (which I admittedly haven’t done often enough myself)…but at the same time, insurance companies do their best to hide that and make as hard to find as possible when they make these shady changes. In industries I have experience in like the Cannabis industry and Mortgage industry, there are certain things and requirements that must not only be present in marketing (or packaging), but they also MUST be very visible and easy to read and find or you aren’t if compliance. Insurance companies should have to do the same and be prevented from altering after the fact and/or burying changes in fine print where they are banking on the high probability it will be missed by the policy holder.

And last year they made the AFCCG...which doesn't take as much flack when you reach the AFCCG and only lose to the reigning SB champions. The last time the Bills reached the AFCCG it was with our worst roster when we weren't ready. Since then, 3 straight 2nd round exits including back to back at home where we were the favorite and were a preseason favorite to win the SB and entering the playoffs the last 3 years as one of the hottest teams, if not the hottest team in the NFL. Bills let downs have been quite a bit more substantial and they have come up more short than Ravens have as well having not gone as far in any recent years since Allen reached elite status.

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.