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    Ray Davis vs Braelon Allen

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    Davis and Cook are almost exactly the same age.  Cook is about six weeks older.  No telling which one wears out faster.

     

    (And Ty Johnson is two years older.)

     

    All three have good years, potentially, before age catches up.

    Is anyone else feeling mad at the Dolphins for ruining the rivalry?

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    6 hours ago, Big Turk said:

    I realized while watching the game last night that I don't even hate the Dolphins anymore.

     

    Honestly I feel pity for them because it's always the same thing...they play a good team, play in cold weather, play a prime time game and they get their doors blown off. Essentially, anytime the conditions aren't good and they are playing anything more than a mediocre team, they don't usually even look competitive.

     

    They have ruined the rivalry and I am actually angry at them for that.

     

    They are like your little brother that you know you will always win against when you play them.

     

    I mean, sure, every once in while they hit a lucky shot to win at the last second but most of the time the games aren't close and the result is already known.

     

    It just feels so weird after all this time to feel nothing for a team you grew up hating and have done so for 40 years...

     

    I hope they renew the rivalry at some point, because at this point it's dead.

    I take your points but you definitely need to be careful what you wish for.   

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    AFC playoff race

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    7 hours ago, amprov56 said:

    Think that ended yesterday!

    Miami's playoff chances took a hit but they still played pretty well from behind after Green Bay stomped them in the first half.  There's a pileup of mediocre teams at the end of the AFC playoff list, and Miami could still pull it out. But not if they can't learn to play in the cold, not with the three other teams in their division in cold-weather cities.

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    AFC playoff race

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    36 minutes ago, Eastport bills said:

    I’m know we’re a different team and I agree if healthy we’re a handful for anyone. The win against Baltimore 3 or 4 years ago also means nothing because they didn’t have Henry or the receivers.(Flowers, TEs)  They are unpredictable and inconsistent. We could get a version of them that would result in a shootout that might not end well. Give me the Chiefs any day. We matchup better against them. I think McDermott and Babich actually have a good defensive game plan for them.

    Beane built the Bills to beat the Chiefs.  Look at what the Chiefs do well, and then look at our defense.  Fast, on the small side overall, cohesive zone pass defense.  Not built to stop a Mack truck coming through the line. I don't think we'll face the Chiefs until the AFC championship assuming both teams make it that far, but I sure do hope some other team takes on Baltimore for us.
     

    By the way, in last night's game there was a Poona Ford sighting.  He was playing very well for the Chargers after what Joe Buck called a wasted year in Buffalo. What happened that held him back here?  He looks like the big body athlete we never seem to have at DT.

    These Amari Cooper quotes after the Chiefs game…it really IS special playing here…

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    5 hours ago, Special K said:

    Can't wait to see Cooper, Coleman, Kincaid, Shakir and a healthy Samuel on the field at the same time.....that's an arsenal that Josh Allen can lead all the way to the Superb Owl!!

     

    Go Bills!!

    You left out Hollins, who seems to make at least one critical catch every game.  Also Knox who stepped back up with Kincaid out against the Chiefs.

     

    There's a potential problem, a good problem but a problem anyway, that the Bills have too many B+ to A- receivers, so not everyone gets to have a big game every game.  Same thing with RBs, where Cook looks great but here comes Davis, playing so well he demands to be on the field, and then Johnson is playing very well too.  None of the receivers is Justin Jefferson, and none of the RBs is Derrick Henry, and they can't all be on the field at the same time.

     

    Just gotta ask, though -- is the Superb Owl a new bar on Chippewa?  Nice of Josh to take all the receivers there.  And I really like owls so I like the name...

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    These Amari Cooper quotes after the Chiefs game…it really IS special playing here…

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    Summers in Buffalo are glorious but unfortunately Cooper came in just when the weather was turning to *****, so that's what his impression will be.  Now he'll have to endure week after week of cold and rain or snow, and then....winter sets in.  

     

    Here's hoping the joy the team brings to his soul, outweighs the displeasure the weather brings to his body, and he eagerly signs up for a team friendly contract extension.  

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    Terrel Bernard Defensive Player of the Week!

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    On 11/20/2024 at 11:07 AM, C.Biscuit97 said:

    And there it is! Let’s celebrate a Bills player and crap on a former one whose crime was getting a bigger contract! 

    Edmunds' crime was always being in position to watch the opponent make a play, but never preventing it.  If he had turned into the player the Bills hoped he'd be as a first round pick, he'd still be here.  

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    December 15th at Detroit is the Game of the Year

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    1 hour ago, bills742 said:

    I believe this is a CBS protected game so it can't be flexed.

    Maybe the players care about SNF, for bragging rights among the rest of the league.  Certainly many fans do too, as validation that their team is important.  But I don't.  The late game on Sunday, particularly if it's on the road, disrupts the schedule for the players and especially the coaches for the following week.  I would prefer it if the Bills got scheduled for 1 pm Sunday every game every year, except for the West Coast games.  

     

    The Bills next game is a MNF game at home against the 49ers, followed by an afternoon game in Los Angeles against the Rams, which screws up the prep for the big game against the Lions the following Sunday afternoon.  It could be worse (thank God some other unlucky teams have to play on Thursday night). After the NFC games, the Bills play the Pats and Jets at home, and the Pats on the road, with the first two on Sunday at 1 pm and most likely the final game also on Sunday at 1 pm.

     

    The schedule makers did the Bills right for their late season schedule.  The bye coming now is so much better than an early-season bye, and the Bills have only one long trip for an away game (Los Angeles).  

    December 15th at Detroit is the Game of the Year

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    Unless KC loses another game, the only reason the Bills have pressure to keep winning is to get the 2 seed or even the 1 seed over Pittsburgh, whom no one seems to be paying attention to.

     

    The Steelers have 2 losses too, but only 1 loss in the AFC.  The Steelers have three games left against tough opponents (Eagles, Ravens, Chiefs) and if they sweep those games plus the cupcakes, they'll get the 1 seed.  Frankly if the Steelers can sweep those three games this late in the year and finish 15-2 they deserve the 1 seed.  The Bills, Steelers, and Chiefs will all have 2 losses (in a best case scenario for the Bills, winning out) but the Chiefs lose tiebreakers to both others.  Even if the Bills win out and also finish 15-2 I think the Steelers will get the 1 seed by virtue of a better AFC record.  (Pittsburgh's easy games are division games -- two against the Bengals and one against the Browns -- and those are always tough, nasty, close games, so wins there are not a foregone conclusion.)

     

    The Chiefs have three walkovers (Raiders, Browns, Panthers), two who knows? (Texans, Broncos) and two tough games (Chargers, Steelers).  

     

    The Bills have three walkovers (Patriots, Jets, Patriots), two who knows? (49ers, Rams), and one tough game (Lions).  

     

    Of the three I think the Steelers and Bills are playing the best right now.  KC has been winning by force of habit, even games they should be losing.  They're an aging slumbering giant who roused himself to play the Bills but will have a tough time getting back up for all the remaining tough games, or even some of the others.  Mahomes isn't quite as good this year (still great) but Kelce has withered into a JAG -- KC has better TEs on their roster now.  

     

    Interesting coaching comparisons, too.  Reid >> his boy McDermott, and it shall ever be thus until Reid retires.  But McDermott and Tomlin are actually equivalent rivals (and good friends and former college teammates) so it's anyone's guess who's better.  I think the Bills beat the Steelers 7 out of 10 times, but it will probably come down to one game in the playoffs.  

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    Josh Allen Punched in the head two weeks in a row

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    1 hour ago, Augie said:

     

    Regardless of fact or intent, this is a play we will remember for a long, long time. The Chiefs, at home on a National stage on 4th and 2 late in the 4th quarter, and then THAT happened!

     

    I’m with Josh, it’s one game and things get real in the playoffs, but that was one to remember! 

     

    For some of you who might remember, it’s a little like Ahmad Rashad getting the TD to beat the Raiders late on Monday Night Football.  “WAIT! Did that REALLY just happen???” 

    I was at that game and saw the Bills come back twice to win.  It was a long time ago and I don't recall whether Rashad had to make a spectacular catch.  I know he used a very good move to get separation, and Ferguson hit him.

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    Torrance vs Jones

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    For pass blocking, the O line did great.  But for running up the middle, no team has stopped the Bills better than the Chiefs did.  Was that due to the Chiefs strong personnel, to the absence of Spencer Brown (this one gets my vote), to blocking schemes, or to the Chiefs mixing up their D line and LB assignments?

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    Head Coaching Vacancies - 2024/2025 Edition

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    Thinking Bills-centric as I do, my concern about HC vacancies elsewhere is the potential loss of our coordinators here, or our position coaches who move on to become coordinators for other teams when their coordinator job opens up.  During the Bills-Chiefs game, Romo said Bobby Babich is for sure a future HC. Really?  I think he and McDermott have done a great job re-engineering the Bills D, but he's been in the DC job only a short time.  Has anyone else heard that Babich might be moving up to a HC job somewhere else?  Similarly Joe Brady was considered damaged goods when he came to the Bills from Carolina, but he has the Bills offense working great.  

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