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Can’t tell anymore. Is this sarcasm?

So, let’s say Mahomes is traded straight up for Allen this offseason. Bills win the Super Bowl next year, right? Allen’s playoff numbers are great. In the last four playoff losses, the numbers for the Bills’s defense are staggeringly bad. If Allen and Mahomes had traded places five years ago, Allen would have a couple of rings and Mahomes wouldn’t have any. Mahomes may be better than Allen but the difference isn’t a gulf, it’s a puddle.

Realignment because Patrick Mahomes is too good? Eh, no. Realignment because present setup is stale? I’m open to that. How about geographic realignment (Pats, Jets, Giants, Eagles in one division, etc.). How about four 8 team divisions, 16 playoff teams (no byes!).

Quick reminder of Allen’s greatness, yes greatness in the playoffs: 10 games - passing 272.3 yards per game, 65% completion, 21 TD’s, 4 INT’s; rushing 563 yards, 6.8 average, 6 TD’s, 2 fumbles. Oh yeah, 1 reception for 16 yards and a TD. If the defense was average in the playoffs, Allen would have a couple of rings.

There isn’t any need for a “rebuild” next year. The offense is going to come back intact (except maybe Morse as a cap casualty). They will most likely add a WR in the first round. It has the potential to be great. Not good, great. Yeah, lot’s of questions on D but there is no way next year should be a rebuilding year.

Agree, other than, I don’t know, the 10 - 12 quality picks in the last three drafts. Ridiculous take.

I’d certainly add McVay to that list. Peyton? Tomlin is a McDermott clone with a SB ring.

Correcto Mundo! Staggeringly bad numbers.

Elway won two.

More fun facts: 24 regular season losses over the last five years. Of those losses, only six have been by more than one score. Five post-season losses. Two by more than one score. Zero and four OT record in regular season; 0 - 2 OT record in the playoffs. Only one regular season loss in the last three years by more than one score. That’s a really remarkable stat.

You could have had a genetic hybrid of Montana and Brady QB’ing the Bills in the Cowboy Super Bowls and you ain’t beating the Cowboys. Kelly was actually pretty good in the last SB. The loss certainly wasn’t on him.

This is sarcasm, right? Sometimes it’s hard to tell.

The quarterback debate is, well, stupid. It’s not Conners v. McEnroe. The question I always ask is if the QB’s changed teams would the outcome be different. If Manning and Brady changed teams would Brady still have six rings with the Colts? Of course not. How many would Manning have if he played for the Pats? A hell of a lot closer to six than the one he won for the Colts. Would the Bills have beaten the Cowboys if Aikman played for the Bills and Kelly played for the Cowboys? Of course not. Same with Allen and Mahones. Do you really believe the Bills win a Super Bowl if Mahones had been our QB the last five years? Do you really believe Allen doesn’t win a Super Bowl being coached by Reid and throwing to Hill and Kelce? The ongoing arguments are pretty damn stupid.

Name Impact Play #2 from Kelsey.

What if this is the deal - Terry Pegula is an awful owner and manager of a sports franchise (see Rex Ryan hire; 2012 - 2024 Buffalo Sabres). He did get very lucky once hiring McDermott, who is a good coach, and Beane, who is a very good GM. Do you really want him to be making any more decisions with the Bills? What if there is a team with a better coach and staff, make better personnel decisions and have a QB as good or better than ours? What if there is another team with an elite QB who presents a nightmare matchup for the Bills? It’s horrible. It isn’t fair but, personally, I keep McBeane in place and upgrade at OC and DC. Maybe that will be enough to get us over the hump.

I guess my point is that we shouldn’t be that quick to retain Brady as OC. The second half of both games was a failure of halftime adjustments and play calling. Let’s at least see if we can do better.

The win in KC. 14 - 7 at the half. Yards in favor of Bills 226 - 176. Bills dominate first half and could have come close to closing it out if not for a careless INT by Josh near the end of the half. Second half. Chiefs D completely throttles Bills’ O and Chiefs outscore Bills 10 - 6, win yardage by 170 - 101. Of course, Toney penalty wiped out additional Chiefs’ TD. Not saying Bills were fortunate to win. It was a tough, close game but Bills clearly outplayed in the second half. Sunday. Bills lead at half 17 - 13. Lead in yards 234 - 164. Second half, outscored 14 - 7, outgained 197 - 134. Again, tough, close game that could have gone either way. I firmly believe Bills win but for the injuries on D. Nevertheless, the drastic drop off on the offensive side of the ball in the second half of both games is stunning. Chiefs made adjustments, Bills didn’t. If they played five more times, I see it happening over and over. Yeah, it’s the coaching.

You know what would have been a great call on 2nd and 9? A screen pass to Cook. Safe play, would have killed clock even if it didn’t go anywhere, potential to break big. Plus, it would have caught the Chiefs totally by surprise because we haven’t run a GD RB screen all GD season.

You’re right that it wasn’t a significant game but if Clay makes the catch, that play would have been a candidate for play of the year.

I think this is pretty spot on. There isn’t going to be mass turnover as some are predicting.

Seven is awkward. Go back to six with two byes or eight with no byes. Seven gives too much of an advantage to one team.

Mercifully, no pundits stated what was obvious to all Bills’ fans. If Bass hits the FG, Chiefs march down for winning FG (99%). If Allen hits Shakir for TD, Chiefs march down for winning TD (90%). See above re 8.5 yards per play.

I know, I know. They’re Talking Heads. They need to talk about Josh Allen (is he really great or not, can he get over the hump, yada yada). I haven’t heard a single pundit talk about the Bills D in reference to the last four playoff losses (Orlovsky was the only one I heard mention the injuries on D in Sunday’s game). The stats are sickening. In the four playoff losses, Bills have surrendered an average of 33.5 points, 398 yards, have four sacks for 10 yards and forced two turnovers (one on special teams, zero interceptions). On Sunday, Bills gave up 7.7 yards per play. Excluding kneel downs, an astounding 8.5 yards per play. That’s a full three yards per play better than KC’s season average and a full yard better than their best game of the season against the Chargers. If Lamar Jackson and the Ravens win on Sunday, I guarantee that it will be because a great Ravens D shuts down Mahones and the Chiefs.

Is there an under the radar FA WR who wants a big pay day but needs to pump up his stats to get it, that is one year of Josh Allen throwing him the ball on a cheap one year deal? It’s nuts if Buffalo can’t attract quality FA WR’s. Of course, that would apply to KC and Mahomes. Crazy that their WR’s we’re as bad as they were this year.

Ironically enough, I look at this off-season as similar to the Sabres’ 22 - 23 offseason. Sabres were an up and coming team (of course that differs from the Bills who are an established playoff team) with well defined needs (veteran goalie, vet D man to partner with Power, add some grit up front). Kevin Adams failed miserably in the off-season and the Sabres have paid the price. Bills, like the Sabres, have well defined needs going into the offseason - WR, S, depth on the DL. I have no doubt that Beane, unlike Adams, will adress these needs in free agency and the draft.