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A ring for the king

It feels like fumbles used to happen a lot more in general than they do now. Guys almost never fumble now overall. I know it does happen, and did happen Championship game weekend to the Ravens in particular, but I mean especially RBs. Even the great ones put the ball on the ground (not often) but a lot more than you see now. Turnovers in general seemed higher. It's part of why a 14 point lead used to mean game over.

I don't get the love for Dan Quinn. At all. Mediocre retread. I was certain with all the HC openings that Florio would have been going ballistic in his annual demand that someone hire Eric Bienemy.

Cry like a blubbering baby then, marvel at the fact that Tom Brady, the monster under my bed, the bump in the night and the shadow in the hallway of my football fan life, called the Bills first Super Bowl win and very likely would be all excited for us. It's a confluence of Karma that is too strong to deny. Bills win the Super Bowl in New Orleans next season. This is the way it had to be. The bane of Bills fans existence providing the commentary for our first SB win.

Saw this and thought it was cool: https://www.wgrz.com/article/life/people/bills-mafia/t-shirts-for-a-good-cause-jason-kelce-patricia-allen-fund-buffalo/71-d25457e1-62e1-4ea0-b60a-56e814e0e507 Josh Allen, Bills fans, the team, and the city are well respected and loved throughout the league. We have something special here that not every team/fanbase has.

the NFL all star game should be played in March or something... or just do away with it completely

He has to be careful not to overplay his hand. Opportunity doesn't come along often.

it just hit me: February of 2025, Tom Brady is going to be calling the Bills 1st Super Bowl victory!

Terry if McDermott loses in the playoffs yet again without making the Super Bowl: We have the right coach in place, we've been knocking on the door, just need to find that last pieces or pieces to get over the hump Terry if the Bills miss the playoffs: McDermott has done a ton of winning here, changed the culture, deserves a chance to make up for 1 bad year McDermott is as secure as any coach in the NFL.

I get what he's doing, and it makes some sense. But remember when Brian Schottenheimer was too good to even interview for the Bills HC gig because he was such a hot HC candidate and had so many options?

it's just weird to me because it doesn't seem like Brady has any particular interest in doing TV stuff. I know he has his radio podcast once a week, but Jim Gray pretty much produces it and makes it easy for him by providing all the structure. Plus it's radio. Once a week. He barely needs to even prepare for it, let alone travel or be on camera. Peyton Manning was giving Gordon Ramsay a run for his money for a while there, being on every other show on TV. Brady has done none of that. Peyton even had some horrible show on History channel where they counted down the GOATS of different categories.. LOL We tried watching it out of sheer curiosity but wow...

love it! He has definitely earned it with the LB play the past couple seasons.

McDermott is here for the entirety of Josh Allen's career, so anyone thinking of Johnson coming here as HC should do themselves a favor and forget about it. He is as secure as any coach in the NFL. There's literally nothing other than a total collapse and missing the playoffs 2 years in a row that would even put him in danger of being fired.

Brady is single and ready to mingle...

I've always been a fan of Andy Reid and I cannot stand Belichick. Brady or anything that comes from the Patriots. I want the Bills there first and foremost, but failing that, anything that threatens the "GOATs" from NE is good with me. For me it's a simple question: what do Patriots fans want? I want the opposite.

Well, the Allen Favre comparisons are the best I think. Both are bonfires of a player who when at their best are basically unstoppable but also can be a bit up and down. That (and McDermott's obsession with paying guys on defense instead of offense) might limit Allen to a couple shots at the SB. Mahomes is a lot like Brady actually, just always there. Even in a down year he's in the SB. He'll have better weapons in the future. To get 7 rings you need to have a couple Panthers and Rams super bowl wins mixed in there, where you're kind of not the same team but win anyway. I just imagine the agony of Patriots fans and it pleases me. Allen will win at least 1 SB here, so I'll be fine personally.

even better, I hope Brady is calling the Super Bowl when Mahomes wins #7. If we're going to suffer at least Patriots fans should too. LOL

it's not a deep lake for all its size, and that troubles me

cool. As soon as the Bills are out from now on I want KC to win it all. I want Mahomes to tie Brady in rings if the Bills can't be in it.

IF the Chiefs win we're going to start getting into the Andy Reid GOAT talk. Here's where the GOAT scoreboard will stand: Age at start of 2024 season (next fall): Belichick 72, Reid 66 All time playoff wins in NFL HC history: Belichick (31), Reid (26) All time HC wins (regular season only): Shula 328, Halas 318, Belichick 302, Reid 258 Rings: Belichick 6, Reid 3 (as a HC, both have rings as assistants as well) So, Belichick has a stronger case, even with a KC win, but the gap is narrowing. Plus, Reid will (hopefully, because I like him a lot more than Belichick) continue coaching for a handful more years whereas Bill might be done. People forget, when Belichick was 65 (the age Reid is today) he also wasn't where he is now rings-wise or wins wise. Regular season HC wins: Belichick leads by 44. That's 4 typical seasons in KC and Reid will be ahead of him. If he coaches 6 more seasons he will have a shot at passing Shula for #1 overall. Super Bowl wins: Bill will probably always have this. I could see Reid getting to 4, but the AFC is too good for KC to just always make it (right?!). Coaching tree: Belichick's assistants have been a disaster as HC, except for Vrabel. Reid has a couple of SB winners (Harbaugh and Pederson) as well as fairly successful coaches like McDermott, Rivera, and even Bowles, whose team way overachieved this season. To sum up, ASSUMING 5 more years for Reid after this one, which would make him 1 year younger than Belichick is now: Rings: advantage Bill (probably, but 6-3, or 6-4) All Time regular season wins: Andy, almost certainly All time playoff wins: Andy, almost certainly (he'll need 5 to tie, so that's pretty realistic) Coaching tree: Andy by a mile Ability to adapt to today's game and players: Andy by a mile This will be a fun debate: Bill has the advantage in rings. Andy will have more regular season wins, more playoff wins, might be the #1 HC all-time in regular season and playoff wins, had over 60% winning percentage and 150+ wins before Mahomes ever played a down, won with 2 different teams, and has a coaching tree that consists of multiple successful and SB winning head coaches (including hopefully McDermott) Really, all anyone on the Belichick side will be able to say is "more rings." It's not nothing, but Andy will have him beat in every single other category.

The thing is, he doesn't seem able/willing to be flexible and adjust. It's "the Patriot Way" no matter what. Grumble grumble. Tisk. shrug. When it's working he's the evil Jedi master in the hoodie with glowing red eyes. When he has Mc Jones at QB and Matt Patricia as OC he's just a grumpy old man in a hoodie with a losing record.

everything about the Browns is gross.

There's like 3 AFC teams without a budding superstar QB, so we have to solve that one first.

I'm still not a believer, although you have to give Purdy credit for hanging in there and leading his team back when things looked hopeless. That said, 49ers got some lucky bounces and dumb Lions coaching decisions that if they don't happen, neither does the comeback. Great story, either way, no doubt about it!