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Playing the Pats will be a nice “get well” week for Tre at CB.

Awesome to hear that he is responsive and appears to be neurologically intact. For those that understand medical speak, can anyone comment on what “critically ill” means? Just trying to keep level expectations of where his health may be at, versus medical risks that may still exist for him.

I have to say, there’s several names in the list of donators that I’ve never been a big fan of. But definitely much respect to anyone compelled to show their support for Damar during a time like this.

If the Bills did lock up the 1 seed (would obviously need a KC loss too), maybe the NFL would assume Bills forfeit to Cincy, since the Bills’ seeding would not be dependent on that game. If the Bills don’t have the 1 seed locked up, NFL probably figuring they’ll cross that bridge when it gets here.

Yes, read the room.

$1.1M and counting will help pay for a staff, don’t worry. Maybe you could wait a hot second and settle down.

ABC in Rochester just said the team is still at the stadium, possibly staying at a hotel in the area tonight.

The Bills winning one game seems impossible to you, LMAO

One of my favorites was when Marv Levy was asked whether a certain game was a must-win. To which he replied, “This is not a must-win. World War II was a must-win”.

I’d be shocked if Oliver gets an extension before Edmunds. Beane HAS to make a decision on Edmunds this offseason or he’s gone. We still have the 5th year option on Oliver. Given Edmunds is entering his prime years and he’s having his best season, and is essentially the QB of the defense, I’d also be surprised if Beane and McD don’t do everything they can to retain his services.

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Agree, hammer the overs. Opponent, game script and weather all should support Allen needing to throw for more yardage than less. Not to mention he shows up in prime time, like you said.

Burrow’s O-line isn’t anything to write home about, either. I’m ultimately not worried about narratives flying around about Mahomes or Burrow, versus Josh. If the Bills win on Monday night, everyone will be reminded of Josh’s greatness. The longer the Bills play into the playoffs, the longer the media will talk about Josh versus others that are bounced early.

Cole is going to be our secret weapon for when we host the Chiefs and brutally blow them!

Totally agree with your points. Hoping it doesn’t play out this way, but if the Chiefs do end up with the 1 seed, they might not get an ultimate reality check until the conference championship hosting either us or the Bengals. Let’s not let them off the hook so easy!

Allen making it to the SB over Mahomes or Burrow this season would force narratives to change. That’s one thing those guys have that he does not.

I think the true test of whether these contracts are failures will be when their fanbases stop renewing season tickets and their revenue plummets. If you were a Broncos fan, how much would you pay to watch that crap?

I know it’s a pipe dream, but a perfect sequence this weekend would be Chiefs somehow lose to the Broncos, and then we beat the Bengals to clinch the 1 seed already. Isn’t Von big on speaking things into existence?

Correct, that was my only point the whole time. CincyBillsFan had questioned you about how much the one seed really matters.

Should be, but some need more spoon feeding than others.

Agreed my initial example was as simple as possible. I‘ll spice up the approach for you. Let’s say a home team’s advantage is an extra 5% chance of winning (55%). In addition, let’s say a higher seed is on average better by an additional 3%, per seed differential. So a 1 seed hosting a 2 seed gets an extra 3%, resulting in a 58% chance of winning (50+5+3). Then, let’s say the 1 seed’s path to the Super Bowl is to host the 4 and 2 seed. In the model, the 1 seed has a 64% chance of winning the first game, 58% chance the second. Odds of making the Super Bowl are 37% (even higher than the 25% in my original simple approach). Meanwhile, let’s say the 2 seed would need to beat the 7 seed, 3 seed and 1 seed. Odds to win each game are 70%, 58%, and 42%. Overall odds of making SB are 17%. Even relative to the 2 seed, the 1 seed’s chances of making the SB Bowl are more than double. And this still doesn’t account for the fact that the 1 seed heals up during the bye seed while everyone else further risks injury. Hope this further helps demonstrate why earning the 1 seed is a huge advantage.

Ah yes, I think that’d be one other possibility (improbable as it would be).