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They absolutely are. They are currently a Bills loss and a Raiders win away from being "in the hunt". The next two games could determine that. And the odds of going 0-2, 1-1 or 2-0 are all about 33% IMO.

Lots of 1 back and empty back sets. The Pats won't be expecting it given the weather conditions that are expected. Allen has a career high in rushing attempts.

He's only 3 or 4 points lower from where he was through 11 games in 2020. The idea that Allen has regressed is false IMO. Allen played exceptionally well down the stretch last year and his passer rating jumped up about 5 points. That may or may not happen again this year. The question we have to ask ourselves now is, okay Allen's passer rating is about 3 points lower from what it was last year through 11 games. What does that mean? Is that significant enough to mean anything? To me that is meaningless. Now if it were 10 points lower than it was through 11 games last year, I would call that a regression. But give or take 3 points? Seems meaningless.

I think of it in terms or paying for a Bills win rather than betting against the Bills. 5K is too rich for me. Thinking more $200 or $300.

Put a bunch of money on the Patriots and the points. That is what I like to do when I know a Bills loss when they are favorites would ruin my week. It is a small consolation prize.

They did play great against the Bucs and Cowboys. Well, their defense was great against the Bucs and their offense was great against the Cowboys. But their offense most recently didn't look that great against a questionable Falcons defense.

Would make sense to guarantee an AFC team every year.

Isn't that exactly what they are doing with Dane Jackson? He is the young player they have betting getting ready.

Rather than create a new thread I thought I would just bump this one. It likely won't happen but is it time to give Davis the majority of the snaps over Sanders? Sanders has been out snapping Davis by a significant margin this season. McDermott has not been afraid to shake up the lineups recently with inactivating Moss in favor of an increased work load for Brieda. I'm not saying make Sanders inactive. But I wouldn't mind exploring the option of flipping the play counts for Davis and Sanders. This last game Sanders was on the field for 51 snaps and Davis 28. I'm thinking maybe flip those numbers. I like both players I'm just not sure Sanders has warranted the significantly higher number of snaps he is getting over Davis. For what it is worth on the year Davis has both a higher catch percentage and higher YPR than Sanders. The one caveat though is I think it is much easier to tweak the RB personnel. That is more of a plug in and play position. Their is more nuisance to the receiving positions.

Their game plan will not change. They are a physical football team that wants to run the ball and hit the RB's and TE's in the passing game. I would expect them to throw in the occasional trick play with Bourne or one of their WR's throwing a pass deep down field. They seem to do that in at least one of the games we play them in every year. If they do change their game plan to use more WR's and run the ball less I got to believe that benefits the Bills defense even with White out.

A DB to do what though? Nothing all year just like Jones and Kumerow? This entire debate about DB depth makes no sense. Hindsight is always great when we now know which position may have suffered the season ending injury.

Only thing that concerned me was that it seemed like all of our punts were closed to being blocked. Thinking Belicheck will find a way to exploit that.

Exactly. Some folks just want more warm bodies on the sideline I guess. I don't get how that helps the Bills. Bills only play three CB's a game for the most part and all three are above average for their positions #1, #2 and nickle corner. Can't ask for much better than that while still needing to field a 53 man roster. Injuries happen in the NFL and now it is time for us to deal with one.

And yet we don't know if any of those depth options are better than Dane Jackson. They are cheap options for a reason. Bills heavily invested in the D-line rotation the last two years because, well the rotation sucked and we desperately needed a better pass rush. The super bowl was a glaring example of what a good pass rush can do for a team. The investment went to the d-line and I think pretty much everyone should agree with that decision. Whether the d-line is producing at the level we need is another story.

Especially when Wildgoose was signed off our ours by the Jets. Not sure if we signed anyone after that or not.

I agree. My gut tells me both Bills and Patriots get road victories against each other and end up splitting. I

He's in the conversation now because of how muddled the race is. If the season ended today I literally would not be able to pick a QB for MVP. Taylor would be the guy. But the expectation is that by the end of the season one out of the nearly 10 or so QB's in the running will rise to the top. If not it very well could be Taylor who wins. Bills and Allen win the next four and I don't see how Allen doesn't have it locked down. Then as long as the Atlanta game isn't a repeat of the Jags game he should win it.

Bills are still in fact in the running for that. And more important I think then top record in the league is the #1 seed in respective conference. Bills are more so in the running for the #1 seed still then they are say one of the two top records in the league. Both of those might come out of the NFC. Most likely candidates being Arizona, Green Bay and LA Rams. So many QB's have missed time and/or had bad games it seems like the perfect year for a Jonathan Taylor type to win it. He would be really deserving too if he can keep it up. Colts would just have to at a minimum make the wild card though for him to be eligible. I actually think Mahomes should be the sneaky favorite right now. If the Chiefs are able to get the #1 seed. That said, Allen has a golden opportunity to lock down the MVP over the next four games. If the Bills go 4-0 over the next four it will probably be the best 5-0 winning streak they have ever had considering the upcoming coemption and the stakes. I give the Bills about 20% chance of winning the next four so it won't be an easy feat.

Depends on how you look at it. I actually think it could be the other way around. First one was QB and WR not on the same page. That happens all the time. Usually it doesn't end in a pick but sometimes it does. Then the question is who read the play wrong, Diggs or Allen? The second INT you could argue Allen held onto the ball for a fraction of a second too long and he is to blame.

Exactly so what is the difference? It sounds like you just want a warm body on the roster but not someone that will actually play. Well, now we can go out and get that warm body. They still won't play over Dane Jackson in all likely hood. So where is the harm? Where is the foul by Beane here?

Football is such a funny game. Especially how the 2nd INT played out. Under the radar too is that Allen would have ended up setting the franchise record last night for completion percentage at 85% if our lineman doesn't have a mental error and get called for a penalty that was away from the play that wiped out the Knox TD. Instead that completion and TD are wiped out and the very next play Allen throws and INT that goes down as an incompletion. One of only 5 incompletion on the night for him but enough for him to only complete 82.1 percent of his passes as opposed to 85.7 percent. Congratulations Trent Edwards you still hold the record at 83%.

There better be unless the class was a complete bust. How many CB's are we talking here like 30 or 40?

Come on now. Klein has at a minimum proved to be at least decent at a minimum. Maybe better.

And have him not dress every game? A rookie CB wasn't going to play over white, wallace and johnson. Our CB depth is fine. The 5th and 6th CB's on the team were never going to be big names or good. Well, actually we don't know that, maybe Dane Jackson or Cam Lewis will prove to be just fine as a #2 CB. But literally no team out there has 2 legit #1 CB's and if they do they most certainly don't have a starting duo of safeties like the Bills have or an elite nickel corner. You can't have everything. There is a salary cap.

I’m confused by your assumption that the Bills went light at the corner spot. The Bills secondary in total has a lot of depth IMO. Wallace has been a rock solid #2 and Johnson is one of the best nickel corners in the game. The safety duo of Poyer and Hyde might be the best in the league. How many teams have depth at the corner position?