Flip Johnson

Also Ronnie's "catch" was a lot harder.

A truly wild take. I assume that you would think John Harbaugh should be fired as well? Teams were frothing at the mouth to hire Mike Vrabel this year. Imagine if McDermott had been available. You would be hiring a coach in February, choosing between the leftovers of the coaching cycle, and trusting Allen in his prime to A) someone learning how to be a head coach, B) a 75 year old man who adds nothing schematically or C) a retread with a much worse winning percentage than your old coach.

The 51yd FG was massive. The Bills probably don't win without that kick.

Not at all the same, not on the same level with McDermott who has a much higher career winning percentage and for all his faults has never had a down year. Vrabel gets a ton of credit for getting a #1 seed with Ryan Tannehill. That's great, but let's remember he had an incredible RB in his prime, a top 5 WR, and an excellent defense while playing in the AFC South. Tannehill was a top 12-15 QB at the time. It is not like Vrabel was adding anything schematically to that offense. Once Arthur Smith left and injuries hit his offense it was a bad team.

Solomon, Bishop, and Carter, just because they have a chance to actually matter in the postseason.

+23 turnover differential is incredible. 458 carries with zero turnovers is unbelievable. The ball security from JA and the RBs has been A+. If you knew at the beginning of the year that JA would only throw for 3,731 yards or that Kincaid would only have 44 catches for 448 yards you might assume that we had a disappointing offensive season.

Rapp is clearly the best safety on the team when healthy. We can get by with Hamlin. Bishop and perhaps Hyde have a couple weeks to show that they are a better option than Hamlin. It's a similar situation at LB. Bernard is obviously the best LB. Williams has flaws but there is proof of concept that we can get by with him. Milano has two weeks to show that he's a better option.

OJ had "off field issues"?

QB Josh Allen RB Thurman Thomas WR Stefon Diggs TE Dawson Knox OT Dion Dawkins/Howard Ballard G Billy Shaw C Kent Hull DE Bruce Smith DT Tom Sestak OLB Darryl Talley MLB Matt Milano CB Butch Byrd SS/FS Poyer/Hyde P Brian Moorman K Tyler Bass KR Terrence McGee Head Coach: Marv Levy

Smoot would matter for the playoffs. We need fresh bodies, plus Smoot can provide some depth inside.

We watched Benford and Douglas get beat in zone, we could have watched Elam pick up PIs in man. If you play Stafford and those WRs in a climate controlled environment and get zero pass rush you are going to get picked apart.

Those were all desperation moves because of injuries.

Whatever you think about Hamlin, Micah Hyde didn't leave San Diego and come back to Buffalo in December to run around on the practice squad and be ready in case someone gets hurt. He will be starting at safety in the playoffs.

How's Kyle Williams feeling?

This has the potential to massively change the way the game is managed by the Chiefs. Butker is an automatic 3pts if you get to the 40. Now they will be going for 4th down on anything but chip shots.