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The best way to look at this is he's a Pro Bowl caliber player when healthy and hopefully our penchant for rotating guys will help stay healthy for a full year.

Frankly I just don't think the money was in our wheelhouse

And you know this how exactly?

While I don’t exactly disagree with much of what he said; I also can’t take anything a guy fired by McDermott and Dunne who hates McDermott says about this team.

I’d offer him 11.5 AAV with a nice bit of front loaded money and a couple void years at the end. 4 yrs 50mil 33mil guaranteed with 20mil up front. Effectively he’d get 20mil year 1, 13mil guaranteed year 2 and the remaining 17mil exists in the final 2 years. We give some nice incentives in year 2 and then renegotiate upon the following offseason

We likely do slightly better but get gashed by Barkley with us being forced to cover for Benford's spot. I do however think Allen does better if only because we have far better tackles and at very least similar interior line strength. Doubt we win though in large part due to the D being Swiss cheese though.

The whole overrated and most trash-talking points are more hilarious now then anything. Granted it was overblown regardless but the irony is spot on.

In the end the matchups are very close and thus every ref related situation is magnified. The refs missed calls on both sides The Bills got screwed on possibly 2 spots on one drive while up 1 in the 4th. The NFL loves to message games to keep them close and interesting. In many ways both sides took some licks in that regard but the Bills took a serious shot upon that 4th and 1. I have zero doubt that the NFL marked it short to keep the game on a razor’s edge. If the Bills go down and score a TD and get the 2 on their 3rd try; the Bills are up 30-21 and puts Kansas City in a pickle depending on how long their ensuing drive takes. The NFL is hoping for a back and forth affair to the very end and OT if possible; especially after the NFC Championship was a blowout. You give Buffalo the opportunity to be up 9 with 12 left in the game; suddenly a different story is made. Instead of lead swaps you get Buffalo trying to hold off KC biting at their ankles and while fun; doesn’t bring the 13 seconds game level of drama. If Allen to Kincaid works out; the Bills likely work down the field and eventually get screwed by the refs forcing the FG. Now you get the new OT between the teams who effectively caused the rule to begin with. In the end they wanted the Chiefs to win the game because they get Swiftie viewers, who knows how long they’ll have that well to go to, and a 3peat dynasty narrative to yammer on about.

Allen has the clutch gene but to be clutch requires confidence. Mahomes has the clutch gene and when he pulls off a magic trick he’s rewarded with wins. Allen, on the other hand, ends up with some success, some mind numbing drops, and an occasional miss. For a QB to be clutch it requires himself and another most of the time to pull it off. Where they differ is as time has passed Allen has lost some faith in pulling off miracles whereas Mahomes is fully confident in the ability to do so.

Moving left puts him in a worse spot; he'd be chasing Shakir and drawing defenders with him while his other targets all our going right.

While he hasn't had a ton of usage; his presence still draws defenders to him when he's out there which is certainly a positive.

Yes, which makes even more damning

Closest I recall was the Patriots against us; but that was the last 3 minutes or so

If I were a Vikings fan I’d be utterly disgusted by this game

The hate for the team and city isn't blatant in the sense of outright saying it. But we are the only team with as much success as we have had recently to constantly receive a perpetual status of being usurped by our divisional opponents regardless of our dominance. There are certainly media fans of the city and its fans but many of the old crones with votes seem to scoff at any Buffalo player in regards to awards. Lamar has a claim this year but for the very same reason Josh did last year. It has more to do with media coverage and how many African American pundits became jingoistic about "Lamar for MVP" as soon as he even had a couple good games and seemed to actively target Allen with slander and libel