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But it looks like he is incapable of "cutting it loose" physically any more. He looks old and slow and almost all of the burst, quickness, and moves he had are gone. Hope you are right and I am wrong. He should take some kind of special energy supplement during the playoffs to end strong, as this is likely his last season.

They did not do this in the first half yesterday, got anxious when they fell behind and all but abandoned their best play--being a physical running team, and then the complimentary football improves dramatically from there. But they then returned to their base, the running game, and everything changed. And they threw the ball to their running backs, again, and more so. Keep doing that and this team is, like I have said, almost unbeatable. Great to see Brady is now doing what he has not done enough this year, and it is enabling the Bills to take that championship step forward.

The Bills continue to do what I have calling for them to do for the last few years, which I believe will make them a championship team--run the ball and use the backs more, all of them. Last week it was the run game that set up the pass game, as once they run very well, with one of the best quarterbacks to ever play the game, they are unstoppable, even with defensive limitations. This week I want more of the same. Ray Davis takes the lead? They have the best running backs in the league, and the best groups of receiving backs. THAT, as yet somewhat untapped potential, continues to be the recipe for domination--and growth. Bills 31, Pats 17, with lotsa big defensive plays at home as well.

Stroud has seemed a little on the feminine side to me, so I was not surprised at how emotional he became. While it does show that the team is close, or some of the team, it also was not a great look for Stroud in this important game, at that vital time in the game. Since Stroud repeatedly pointed to how much happier Diggs was now that he was in Houston I have less respect for him. But I think he will become a great player if he loses the emotion to some degree, though I am rooting for him less.

This post will continue to be as sharp and legitimate in the coming weeks, and months, and years, as it was on the day he posted it. Soo uncanny how the Bills blow literally almost every "game of the year." Year after year after year after.... Who could ever argue against it, that the Bills, when playing in what the media calls a "game of the year", have almost no chance to win? (Maybe just cut out "almost"?) And his choices for games of the year, such as the Hail Murray game, and Bucs game, though the Bills were @500 at the time, show just how objective, and astute, the OP is. No filtering his logic through hate and animosity as some tend to do on this board. Pure objectivity, just pointing out the obvious facts, facts no one can argue against. I cannot think of one game in the last five years under McClappy when the Bills won a so called "game of the year" in this span, including this year. They cannot win a big game under this coach if their lives depended on it. Time to have serious discussions now on whether the clap master will EVER win a big, important, "game of the year".

The scary thing is the OP very likely thinks this is real..

Yuk, what an awful thought, the Bills without the natural elements. It is part of this town, part of this team. Sooo happy the Bills made the right decision and kept the lid off the new stadium.

Last week I said the Bills needed to get "hit in the mouth", as they have not been challenged enough this year and need to toughen up for the playoff run. Hopefully it would come in a win. Their defense did get smashed in the mouth and the Bills lost. This week they need to prove that they can beat a high level offense, and on the road, and maybe the best team in the league. After last week the Bills looked like they needed several weeks to prepare for this powerhouse offense--but instead they lost a vital practice day and vital players. But it is HUGE game for the Bills, a team that I think has a dramatically better opportunity with a bye and home field advantage. I believe with a win today the Bills will win out and get the #1 seed. If not, if their defense cannot hold up, again, then it may be a short playoff run. Then a laser like focus on the defensive line in the off season. More running, more of all of the running backs, some big plays on defense, a key turnover or three, and the passing game will look good with key players back. So, Bills 31, lions 24

The article is wrong if it states that. In fact, it would probably not be a great fact for Ward if that were true.

I believe you are wrong, and that Ward took 4 games or so off. He did not play the week after that tragedy.

The Bills wisen up and finally actually commit to the run, and getting the backs more involved, and in more creative ways. Cook and/or Davis, though Johnson seems to make a very positive play every time he touches the ball.

I'm confused--did he give that poor woman a buffalo?

Wow, that is awful, exceedingly embarrassing, to the point I am shocked you posted it. My own embarrassing mistaken name confusion is not nearly as bad. Up until yesterday, with the announcement on here that it was Hailey Steinfeld's birthday, I had thought Josh Allen's girlfriend/finance was Jerry Seinfeld's daughter, and not the actress. She is a real actress, talented too. True Grit, Edge of Seventeen etcetera. And at over 22 million net worth is likely not into Josh because of his mega money. Go Josh!

Unfortunately your post loses credibility when you say Nakua is "not that good", but offer no support for that contention, a key element in your reasoning. He played one full year in the NFL and had 105 catches, 1,486 yards, at 14.2 yards per catch. By any objective standard that indicates he is an excellent receiver, and definitely no one who knows about football would ever say he "is not that good". He made many excellent catches, some superlative, and sometimes with excellent defensive coverage. Yes, the Bills definitely need to figure some things out on defense, and quickly, to play better defense against the best offense in the league this coming Sunday. But the Rams likely HOF quarterback and kick a** receivers played their best game of the year. Hopefully you don't also consider Kupp "not that good"!

Consistently ignoring all of the good in something to "so you can hope or believe in something" so consistently irrationally negative, is much worse than what you accuse the poster of.

How dare you offer a more realistic, positive, optimistic outlook, like the one above, in the face of so much irrational negativity in the wake of one loss? Shame on you.

What a silly willfully ignorant OP He chooses losses and calls all of those the "games of the year" and ignores the many actual games of the year, such as the one just a few weeks ago against the Chiefs, just to make the nonsensical bash-the- Bills point. And the game of the week last year, for the division against the Dolphins? And Etcetera etcetera etcetera..... The Bills come through over and over and over again under McDermott. But in this OP the games of the year are the Bills' few losses, that is how he determines if they are games of the year. Willful and comical ignorance. "Uncanny" only if you cherry pick in an extremely negative, illogical way. How the heck was the game against the Cardinals, the hail Mary game, a game of the year? No one was saying that at the time--NO one. Chosen here just because it was a Bills' loss. And redefined now as a "game of the year". Since 2020 the Bills have a 14-3 record in December, coming through almost every time, in one big, vital game after another. That is uncanny, not this drivel pushed in the OP.

Not true, not a done deal, but the OP states it definitively. Seems unlikely just based on that short reading on it. Very misleading.

STOP IT!!!!!!!!! You are ruining the Haters' fun! They are like hungry sharks, have not had almost anything to eat in months, with 7 wins in a row. They are in a feeding frenzy today, as they feel the entire ocean is full of chum today for them to feast on. Yum, yum, yum give me some more chum... They wait for and cherish the losses, which are few and far between since McBeane/McClappy arrived. But you just shove meaningful, relevant facts in their face?? It is Christmas, Kelly to Allen, so have a heart, feel some compassion for them. They don't get many chances to feed.

Wow to the OP, so true, so factual and so objective. I cannot think of any instances this year when the sub par talent on this defense has made a big, consequential play this season. None at all. Who cannot agree with the obvious factual statements in the OP, that there is "no elite talent on D to make a play from time to time when needed" and that "we have no one to [play above the scheme] do the same to them on D"? What a shame that this entire season has been lost because of such a horrible season by the defense. No big plays when needed. They never get a timely take away. Have not put any pressure on any QBs in timely situations. And have made no big stops when needed. How can McClappy call this an NFL defense? Almost like someone forget to tell Beane and McDermott. "Hey, how about we get a defense that can come through at least once in a while?"

No, no, no you just misunderstand... He is NOT "calling him washed", just throwing that out there in the ether, that idea, after Milano's two games. Just another objective, even handed post from a non hater. Just asking some questions, of course, nothing ultra negative there at all...

A tough one, as I want the Bills to get hit hard in the mouth in one of these games, though to also come out with a hard won victory. Why? There have not been the kind of challenges expected this year and I think they really need some good ones in the last 1/3 of the regular season. These will help them realize they need to keep becoming more aggressive, more physical, in all aspects of the game, to give them the best chance in the playoffs. Bills 27, Rams 17, but the game will be close until late. Hope the Bills do what they did last week, run and run and run some more, opening up the passing game for Cooper, Coleman, Knox, Shakir, and Samuel. And the run game should not be all about Cook, but Davis and Johnson too, with some great screens and such mixed in too. The Lions and the Eagles have great running games--the Bills need to move theirs to its potential more than they have so far--not even close to tapping into what it could be.. And stop the run, forcing the Rams into more of a one dimensional offense, where they can get pressure on Stafford and make lotsa big defensive plays. Then, tonight, go Chargers!

A great post. McDermott often says he is still learning, changing, just as he expects his players to always be doing so--no matter their stature, success. And he is not just talking, he clearly means it, clearly is a deep thinking, intelligent, objecitive thinker who knows he needs to constantly get better, grow. And you are right in the changes you have seen. Less apprehension, less playing it safe, more aggressive. I think he is hearing what Andy Reid has said about winning in the NFL--step on their throats, take the game into your own hands, that kind of thing. Our coach's philosophy is also now more in step with our quarterback's. This is a great thing, a championship thing... And your English is better than that of most native born English speakers.

Excellent point, analysis. Very true. Had more time to be on here the last few months. When I have encountered one of the haters I have sometimes looked at their past activity. Shocking, at first, that they literally hate on almost 100% of these threads, often moving into the most positive of threads to spread their crap. That in itself, the big picture, the unrelenting consistency, undermines almost any individual hate point they now make. It is all the same, just different facades . So your analysis fits in very well with the consistency of their hate--no matter what, even if there is clear evidence to refute their previous ultra negative comments, they will just change the facts, move the goalposts, and start a new line of hate. And, just like now, they get most aggressive when the Bills are most successful: 10-2, have won SEVEN games in a row, scoring 30 points in the last 6, and are clearly one of the top 2-3 teams in the entire league. (But if you read the haters' takes, you would think they are 2-10, have lost 7 in a row, and are one of the worst 2-3 teams in the league.) Can you imagine being like them, and not enjoying this great season?