Mango

Since the beginning of the season that it’s a struggle to win post to post. When you’re the favorite or even a favorite the pass/fail line is set super high. You need to be great every week or you failed. It takes a special team/coach/QB to consistently be expected to win a SB and hold to those expectations for 21 games. I have kinda sorta preferred to go down the route of using the season as a tune up to figure out how to play well in all three phases. Then get hot and put it all together at the right time. The early aught Giants come to mind. I won’t say the quiet part out loud but this team has that vibe.

I actually don’t think this matters for players as much as fans/talking heads say it does. To start, most teams practice indoors most of the time. Even in wintery cities it’s great football weather through October and often pretty decent these days all the way up to Thanksgiving. Then it’s 5 weeks, half of which are on the road. There’s maybe 3 games that MIGHT be bad weather, snowy, wintery weather. And when the season wraps up just about every player in the league takes off to California or Florida for 6 months, only to return to their teams when the weather is really nice. I think some players are better in inclimate weather, but it has nothing to do with the city they play for.

I thought this would be our spot if we won. Buffalo v Pitt is probably the least compelling matchup on the slate. On the flip side if we won I thought we’d going back to Miami for the Monday night game which I would have absolutely hated.

It’s been some time, so I don’t have the data in front of me but this isn’t true. Brady and Bill had a higher win percentage vs the rest of the NFL than they did the AFCE.

Daboll is a blowhard. I think he’s a good football guy to have in the building, but as he moves up the ladder and has more control the worse that personality becomes for an organization. He’s likely best as some sort of OC, positional coach, or passing game coordinator kind of role. A position where he can be him and all the positives that come with it, but there’s some guard rails that prevent him from being the pulse and keep him in his lane. It’s certainly not a get out of jail free card for McD. Just my $0.02 on him.

I believe both Sherfield and Shakir can play inside and outside. Their versatility is part of their value add.

Not to derail the thread, but given the cost of NFL stadiums and the current trend for the GOV to fit the bill, I think any municipality that gives tax dollars to build one should always get games played in it broadcast for free. The new stadium is using NYS tax dollars, I think every home in NYS should have free access to broadcast. If a cent of federal money goes into it then every home in the country should receive free access to the TV broadcast. If the NFL, Peacock, Youtube, owners etc. don't like it, they are welcome to build their own $1.5B stadium and play gatekeeper to the TV rights.

I actually noticed that there were a lot of weird personnel decisions last night in terms of who was on the field when. My tinfoil hat said that as much as the Bills were trying to win this game, they were also aware that they had a playoff spot locked in. Hoping that stuff comes back in the playoffs.

Another apology from me, I said Miami fans would show up to this one. Super happy to be wrong about that one. A couple of favorites from me:

As somebody with no experience in meteorology but lived in OKC for years, it’s fine. Most of the locals talk about being teenagers, buying a case of beer, and chasing storms. I will say that locals have the same lack of urgency around tornados that we do around snow. But it’s not snow, it’s an effing tornado.

I guess that makes McDermott my favorite terrorist…

Quotes aside, I agree with you. Regarding the Davis block and Shakir, I agree. I actually think we have the right pillars in the offense we just don’t engage them properly. I’m not re-signing Davis for his cost but I do think he’s a grey piece BEHIND a core of Diggs, Kincade, and Cook as features pass catchers. I don’t view Davis as anything more than Shakir. Given his cost I don’t need to. The probem is the expectation for him to be Diggs lite.

Not to beat a dead horse but if Beasley did this instead of being an iron man on a broken leg, things could have been different.

One of the few measured responses from WGR. (paraphrasing) ”Conventionally you throw the ball inside” “Traditionally that’s on the QB” ”Bit we’ve seen this miscommunication between these two a lot. Unsure it’s on Josh or Gabe. But most would say the QB on individual plays” Josh was 90% good tonight which rocks. But the 10% he was off wasn’t missing a 3rd down it was head scratchers. If we win a SB it’s because he’s amazing. If we lose it will be something like him being 34/40 2TD and 2INT in FG range and lose by 3. I love Josh. He’s the best thing to happen to this franchise but he also keeps me up at night.

“They do much better than we did” -Mike McD. There is some hate on this guy. But by all accounts he’s a good dude and a good coach. Whether he works out as a HC or a HC at Miami for eternity is different. But he’s done a good job.

Jokes aside. Gaga is a flat out stud and super talented. With all the hype around (mentally ill) Britney Spears and Taylor Swift, Gaga a way bigger superstar that Steinfeld is. And Gaga is much closer to being committed to what she does in music compared to an NFL QB. (No hate on Taylor Swift)

Tua is a good QB who deservedly so will get a heavy contract. He’s a good player at the most position in sports. But if you swapped Tua and KC, KC would miss the playoffs and Miami would be the one seed. (Cap aside).

The offense has some kinks it’s a plus and a minus. We have seen Sherfield flash as a piece to what this offense can do. Too many turn overser’s. Josh was awesome for like 95%. But the 5% was borderline catastrophic. We should have won by more but theQB also was “OK”. In this season we need to clean it up. In the next 3-5 seasons, we’re at the start of being built like Brady/Welker/Gronk or Mahomes/Kelce/Juju. But we have growing pains. There are some growing pains. But growing pains are tomorrow’s excuses. Today we need to be better at some things. This team gives me early aughts Giants vibes.

It would be hilarious if the Bills brought TKO back for the KC game to make it up to him, only to put him back in the same suite, just this time with Taylor Swift.

This is a big game for reasons outside of the playoffs. The Bills are the big brother/father in the division. Everybody remembers the first time they beat their brother/dad in a race, basketball game, round of golf etc. Smack them down and keep them in their place for not just the playoffs, but the next season as well. I agree with part of this but not all of it. I am not sure Von would be active today had the Jags won today. Von gets one more bite at the apple because we some security.

With an obstructed view!

It’s actually bonkers he’s dressing seeing this. I’d rather have Murray or Joseph over an old with a limp.

Forget being away from people. As soon as they run out onto the field it will be on the scoreboard.

Let me start by saying every team in the league would love Miami or Cincinatti’s weapons. But once you pay your QB and that cap hit starts to come to life you can’t maintain that. That said, I believe that having Diggs, Kincaid, and Cook as your top 3 targets is a very good set up. The rest of the pass catching core should be role players. And honestly, Davis has had a few games now with almost no targets, and that’s a good spot for him. The issue is setting up Diggs, Kincaid, and Cook up for success. All three of those guys need to be featured on a regular and they’re not under either OC.