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I've been a critic of the OL for the past couple years. But at the end of the regular season they started to play well. And then last night they manhandled New England. I'm not a OL savant so I'm not sure what happened exactly. But whatever it is, I like it!

Thanks for the kind words. Hope to see you in the Super Bowl!

We had all second teamers in at the time. Clearly Beane is failing to build depth in the defense and McD & Frazier didn't have the backups ready to play.

I envy all you guys who were at the stadium but THANK YOU for all the noise and energy! I think you helped the team and repped the city well!

I missed the 51-3 game. I was in Saudi futzing around on some adventure. My best offensive memory is the No Punt Game but we turned the ball over in that game. Today's Bills were perfect. It was mind blowing!

Yep. "The Perfect Game"

Other than The Comeback, the No Punt Game is/was my favorite Bills game ever. Sorry you missed it though an evening in the Gross Anatomy lab sounds equally exciting. The game I most regret missing - even though we lost - is the first Bills Super Bowl. I was someplace deep in Arabian Desert playing soldier.

Those 1992 Bills seemed unstoppable. Today's Bills were literally unstoppable.

1992 versus the 49ers. Look up "No Punt Game" on Wikipedia.

The No Punt game?

5 degrees out. Not expecting great QB performances. Josh was amazing. One of the best shows I've ever seen from a Bills signal caller!

I'm ashamed I once thought there might be some truth in this. Very, very happily ashamed.

9 of the top 10 passing teams are in the playoffs. 7 of the top 10 running teams are in the playoffs. That's not much different. But every one of those top 'running teams' earned more yards through the air than they did on the ground. In fact, 70% of yards gained by offenses this year were through the air. I do agree it's better to be multidimensional. But, for us old timers who remember some older cliches - "three yards and a cloud of dust" and "you need to pass to open up the run" - it very much is a passing league now.

We've had so many bad coordinators over the years, that I'm spectacularly thankful for Frazier and Daboll even while they both sometimes frustrate me. Granted, Daboll has Allen to help him look good. But Daboll is also working with a poor offensive line. Yet the Bill have - again - one of the best offenses in the NFL. I won't minimize that accomplishment. Just curious... When was the last time you sat down with McDermott and talked to him about modern NFL offenses? What criteria did you use to evaluate his expertise?

That's an oath for an offensive lineman. Here's my Saturday oath: The game gathers and my watch begins. I have readied myself for the combat ahead. I have donned my Bills sweats and my Kyle Williams jersey. The wings are on the fire, the sauce prepared. I will not leave my assigned position in front of the television. I pledge not to leave my post until the conclusion of the day's bloody contest.

I'm guessing you have Covid and you're not going to work. So with all that spare time on your hands, you decided to do this. It is interesting, though, because I wouldn't have guessed the Bills ranked so high. You should send this to Beane to let him know he's doing a good job! I haven't looked at PFR's Approximate Values enough to know how much I trust them, though. Hope you get well soon!

One of the assumptions is that "the offensive line is exactly as good as the offense." 'Approximate Value' doesn't try to evaluate offensive lines. Long story short, the methodology hurts Allen's rating because he's disadvantaged by a poor OL. Yet Allen still has the highest Approximate Value in the league.

As we used to say in the military: Let the Pats f**king whine about the weather. The Bills should embrace it as their friend. Who's tougher? Who's mentally stronger? Let's find out, losers!

Good to see Poyer getting the recognition he deserves. Can't believe none of our Offensive Linemen are on this list!

Using a perfectly executed swim move, the defender evades the offensive lineman and comes charging like a mad bull straight toward Josh Allen. Josh deftly sidesteps his opponent but soon two more defenders come steaking toward him. As he runs toward the sideline, he attempts an impossible throw which is caught - but out of bounds. Passer rating will count this as an incomplete, as will QBR. Yet, I count it as a positive 9 yard play for Allen because a lesser QB would have been sacked for a 9 yard loss. The next play, Allen avoids a fierce rush again, breaks two tackles while scrambling for his life before being brought down for a 1 yard gain. I would count that as a positive 10 yard play for Allen. Passer rating won't take this play into account at all. And QBR won't give him much credit for a mere 1 yard gain. Right now, Passer Rating has Allen as the 16th best QB in the league. By QBR, which includes running, Allen's 6th. But neither system truly captures Allen's contribution to the Bills. If Allen is flushed out of the pocket 10 times and completes 5 of 10 passes for 50 yards while scrambling, both his passer rating and QBR will be hurt. Yet he miraculously avoided 10 sacks and even got us some positive yardage on broken plays. He ought to get credit, not have his rating go down. Making nothing out of something bad is a praiseworthy skill. Allen does it better than anybody. And often he transforms something bad into something good.

Yeah. So anxious to break a story, he broke it before there was a story. Poor journalism

With such a similar football mind, you should be the next HC of the Pats.

I'm confused. What backlash? I just think Josh's cold weather performance makes for an interesting conversation.

#1 in yardage differential as well as #1 in point differential. Those are very meaningful stats. But I'll grant you that W-L records are also meaningful stats - the most meaningful of all. Still, the Jags loss - or any of our other losses - won't mean nada if we go on a winning streak starting right now. And we just might be talented enough to do that.

Actually, I get this. We're fans. It's part of the fun to have opinions, even uninformed ones.