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i understand your gripe regarding the injuries we sustained. We can only guess and speculate how the scores may have differed if the Bills were healthier. I wish I could find the Peter King quote from last off-season (think it was him). He basically pointed out that the Bills had beaten the Dolphins by an average of like 23 points ppg or something like that in the winning streak they had against them. And he said “Tyreek is a great player but i can’t see him making the Dolphins 3TD’s better per game” The Dolphins of course did end up improving by 3 TD’s per game against the Bills. I would say that is at least some sort of gap closed. IMO, a large one.

with respect because I often like most of your opinions even if I disagree with a couple, you seem to be making up a new ranking system here that nobody cares about. when has anyone ever given their rankings for teams and said “tied for 4th are team x and team Y” and “tied for 8th are teams a, b, c, d” I’ve never seen that on this board or heard it in the sports media. People always just give their top 10 with each team holding a specific spot in that ranking. I don’t see this factual ranking system of yours catching on anytime soon.

I thought the OP was trying to suggest the dolphins really didn’t close the gap as much as many think they did last off-season. I would say the OP is wrong IMO. I would certainly agree that this off-season there has been no change for either side. to me, whether or not the dolphins can close the gap further when it comes to the bills is about as relevant as whether the bills can close the gap further against the Chiefs. and I don’t believe either is relevant anymore.

Dolphins closed the gap last season. I thought that was the topic of this thread. with the OP referencing the games from last year. I’m not talking about this off-season. It’s clear they improve dramatically last year. The bills have not improved dramatically since 2020. it’s really not even debatable. We used to smoke the dolphins by an average of like three touchdowns a game, and now we beat them by three points or they even beat us.

they were top 4 off of seeding. I’m basically saying if you average all the metrics I think they have been a consensus top 5 team for at least three consecutive seasons. Doubt many would disagree with that. considering pre-season expectations, Vegas odds, regular season record and playoff performances.

that’s a failed comparison though. Is postseason success the only thing that matters in this comparison? And if you say yes then the Bills are still ahead of Miami based on last years postseason alone. compare the Bills regular season and post-season resume vs. the Dolphins for any time period you want since 2020. 1 year, 2 year, 3 years. The Bills are clearly at another level than the Dolphins by that metric and clearly in the class of KC and Cincy. Again Miami has closed on the Bills. But the Bills are still closer to KC than the Dolphins are close to the Bills. Depending on Rodgers, the Jets might be closer to the Chiefs than both.

The Bills have not improved considerably since before the 2020 season. They have basically stayed the same which has made them a top 3 -5 team in the league for four years running now. The Bills have had both gains and losses in all of the prior off-seasons since 2020. Keeping them basically where they are at which is fine. Miami made considerable improvements within the last year.

of course not.

The Bills have been really good for 4 seasons now. There hasn't been much room if any to get "considerably better as of late". While Miami has been able to compete with the Bills just recently. Unless "late" is a comparison going back to the Pre-Allen Bills, I would not say the Bills have gotten considerably better since say 2020 or 2021. Miami's offense is explosive. Can give any team trouble when they are on. Their defense appears to not be all that good. At least not at slowing down the Bills offense.

perhaps. But that’s only one side of the ball. And even then I still like our defense to handle the Chiefs more than the bengals.

I think the bills are closer to the Chiefs then the Dolphins are to the bills. But all the teams are pretty close. Does that basically mean the Dolphins are on the same level as the Chiefs? or is it all about matchups? I think it’s pretty clear the bills match up very well with the Chiefs. Not so well with the Bengals in my opinion. much rather see the Chiefs in the playoffs as opposed to the Bengals again.

The wildcard is Aaron Rogers. And if he regains his old form, the bills can still make the playoffs with two additional losses over expectations. I think two added losses, for the patriots would be hard for them to overcome and still win 9 games.

You think not only do they make the playoffs in the next two seasons, big IF, but they win a playoff game as well? I would bet against that. Just making the playoffs once in the next two seasons would be great for the Pats. No playoff win and they will have to post a double digit winning season plus a 9 win season for Bill to break the record. Or really overachieve in one season and win 11 or 12 games allowing for a losing season in the other.

another reason why he was brought in I guess. Take the physicality up another notch. take it and dish it out at the same time.

He dropped a big one in the playoff game against Miami. We’re not have sweated that one out if you hauled it in.

Latavius Murray is training camp sacrificial lamb. Brought in to be the punching bag by everyone else that will make the roster. of course, with the Hines injury, he could have an opening to make the roster may be.

sounds like more designed Allen runs out of that formation too. Hopefully the Allen runs are used in frequently and at the right times.

well, there goes the season. Maybe will address the o-line next off-season.

No reason why? Late season weather alone is a huge reason why we shouldn't expect Allen to lead the league in yards.

Davis just needs to get back to that 3rd or 4th option and he will be fine. The problem last year was his target workload was too high. He was more efficient when the slot had a healthy dose of targets, and we had guys like Sanders and Brown who could at least fill in on the outside for some snaps. A lot is riding on Kincaid being a high target receiver in the slot. Or Harty having a career year. The thing that sucks is that if Davis does go back to having an efficient year as our #2 starting outside receiver and 3rd or 4th in targets he will likely attract bidders in FA making him too expensive for the Bills to keep.

YOLO in Ohio

With the division being tougher now I think he'll need at least three more seasons to break it. Hard to imagine the Patriots having back to back winning seasons. Would be nice to see him fired though after two seasons and a couple wins shy of the record.

I agree Brady was by far the better of the two. The first few Super Bowl wins Brady was good, but not elite. So the hoodie definitely pulled his weight in those wins.

How bad is McCorkle? He has the GOAT coach and can't even crack the top 10?

At this point in the off-season? Nobody of substance.