Peter

Just ask his brother?!?

Your post actually made me very sad. Being a Bills and Sabres fan is part of my DNA. My father was a founding season ticket holder of both teams, and we would go to the games as a family. I have lived in Miami for several years, but as I say, you can take the boy out of Buffalo, but you cannot take the Buffalo out of the boy. Fast forward. I have two sons. One is 15 and the other is 21. Growing up, neither one was much of a sports fan. Of course, neither the Bills nor the Sabres was particularly good for most of their younger years. They would check with me on how the Bills, Sabres, or Arsenal (my other “football” team) are doing during the course of a game on television. They did enjoy going to Sabres games live in Buffalo (we would usually sit in a suite because of a connection I have so that was part of it). As time wore on, they became marginally more interested. Yesterday, my 15 year old wanted to spend the night with me rather than with his mother because . . . he wanted to watch the Bills game with me. That was the first time that ever has happened. You do not know how happy that made me. I wanted the Bills to win yesterday’s game for a variety of reasons but most of all so that my son would experience the excitement of a Bills playoff victory and with me. It was that aspect of the loss that was most depressing for me. In any event, I can appreciate how you feel. My best advice is to love your son unconditionally but also to lead by example and let him see how passionate you are about the Bills without forcing him. I think your son may come around, but even if he doesn’t, life goes on . . . and there also is the silver lining of not having your week ruined by a Bills loss. Be well my friend. All the best to you, your son, and your family.

For better or for worse, we probably are better off keeping him (and his contract) and hoping that he returns to form given the salary cap implications of letting him go. The same thing with Diggs . . . provided he and his brother don’t try to be distractions.

There is a benefit to McD of going back to Carolina . . . He would not have to trade for or claim any Panthers anymore because his new team would be full of them.

Thanks for posting. That explains that. Not Josh’s fault.

I agree. We also missed Stefon Diggs.

Diggs is a shadow of himself. He has been playing like a middling WR since about week 10. Unless he is hurt and that is the reason why he has been so poor, we are stuck with a horrible contract.

Belichick has shown he can beat McCoach with a poor QB and lesser roster. If they switched places in those games, Belichick would have beaten McCoach with our QB and roster and handily. I get it. Let’s ignore the fact that we are not even in the playoffs or in the game without Josh. Interesting take.

Except that we would not even be in the playoffs or that game without Josh Allen. Take away anyone else from McCoach to Diggs to Von to anyone else. Without Josh, this team and the coaches are middling.

I presume we are stuck with McD but I wouldn’t have any problem if the Bills hired someone else. The players clearly are not inspired by his 9/11 speeches anymore . . . .

There is a coach out there that knows how to win superbowls with a great QB and is a defensive genius . . . . The same guy probably would like to stick it to his old team as well. Just saying . . . .

Diggs is the most overpaid player on the team together with Von.

Josh makes everyone around him look better than they actually are . . . Including our head coach.

*****!

Sadly, nothing good has come from throwing to Diggs for so long. Does this mean he is due?

Diggs has been a liability.

Putin

I cannot believe that we had to stop them twice on third down. Good job defense!

Let’s see if our defensive coordinator can show that he deserves his job.

That is the worst rule in the NFL but I LOVE it right now.

McD is so lucky that he has Josh Allen.

Idiotic

If they truly want to mirror what our offense does, the key missing element is Josh Allen, and he is not going anywhere.

Josh juked the defenders and ran past defensive backs to score the TD and people are trying to claim that he did a fake slide. As a former RB in high school, I can tell you that what happened on that play was in NO WAY a fake slide. In the words of Vic Fangio: Josh is a dude. It is amazing how some come out of the woodwork to criticize Josh -- in many instances to push some other agenda. We are VERY fortunate to have Josh as our QB. He also is perfect for Buffalo. Go Bills!

We better get healthy very soon. Mason Rudolph has done well. I cannot imagine what Mahomes would do against the guys on the field right now. 🙏🙏🙏