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They finally connected on a vertical shot!!

I'm not mad at the defense, Dolphins offense is going to get their points eventually. I just can't get over the missed deep pass. Josh put no air under that one. Even an underthrow is fine there with how wide open Diggs got. And last year I feel like we hit a dozen of those. I don't get it.

That was actually a good INT, lost the Dolphins yards, but I think he bailed out of the pocket too early instead of hitting Kincaid to the left. That overthrow to Diggs sucks big time. I don't know why Josh can't hit any vertical passes in his direction this year.

Yes that is how option routes work... he has to trust his WR is on the same page and throw the ball with anticipation.

Wasn't a brain fart. He pretty clearly expected Davis to turn around and come back to that spot. Apple finished the route for him. Really can't wait for Davis to be elsewhere next year.

Another miscommunication between Allen and his intended WR, this time leading to an INT. So sick of this crap. And of course the DB makes a great catch off the turf because dropped INTs never help us.

Another miscommunication between Allen and his intended WR, this time leading to an INT. So sick of this crap. And of course the DB makes a great catch off the turf because dropped INTs never help us.

Would like to see Knox make the catch there. Tough, sure, but make it happen.

So far an excellent set of play calls from Brady. The right mix of easy plays and aggression.

It's so nice to have a real short yardage run offense this year

Villanova!!

A Commanders loss is a good thing. It keeps the Pats out of the #2 pick.

It feels like a better outcome for both sides if Buffalo wins tonight. I don't think either team or fanbase has an appetite for a rematch next week. Bills would rather play the Steelers at home, Dolphins would rather play the Chiefs even on the road.

I still can't believe Lawrence and Ridley didn't connect on that deep pass. Looked like Ridley slowed down a bit and didn't get himself in position to make the catch. But that's why QBs are supposed to underthrow the ball when a WR is that wide open... Increases the margin for error.

So ultimately the Titans are the reason we clinch a playoff spot early, and why we have a chance for the #2 seed tonight. Nice assist from former Bills great Deandre Hopkins. This game was huge. Now there is no pressure on the team tonight. That being said go in and knock the hell out of the Dolphins just for the fun of it.

I think Ridley lost track of the ball there

Jags wasted TO earlier is looming large... Pederson has badly mismanaged this game.

Steelers have had excellent turnover luck in this game. Typical. Still waiting for the first Josh Allen dropped INT of the year.

Word for word this could describe Mahomes and the Chiefs this year. But the narrative around the two QBs is for some reason entirely different. Mahomes and Allen are obviously not perfect this year, but they are the only reason their passing offenses are performing at a top 10 level over the course of the season. Them putting on their Superman cape from time to time is in fact the difference. Average OL play and a below average group of pass catchers is not conducive to elite passing offense, I don't care who your QB is. I'm surprised after the year Mahomes has had that this debate hasn't been closed once and for all. I think if Allen had the exact game that Mahomes had against us in week 14, there would be a lot of people on here saying that we would have won that game if Allen had played better. They would have pointed to the handful of missed throws Mahomes had and said "if your defense holds a top offense to 20 points, your QB has to find a way to get the win." But Bills fans don't watch other QBs with the same critical eye that they watch Allen. Every missed pass or bad read is treated like the end of the world on here, rather than the regular occurrence that it is for every single QB in every single game. I still see people blame Allen for the Eagles loss which is straight up unbelievable. I see people say things like "if Allen doesn't play like he did against the Dolphins this year (with his 158.3 pass rating), the Bills can't beat good teams" - and they say this is as a criticism of Allen. I see people say that if Allen doesn't play perfect for four straight games we have no chance at a Super Bowl, even though that has never been the case for any other Super Bowl winning QB. So the expectations for QB play have gotten obscenely out of control on here. Every time I watch any other great QB play a game I see plenty of missed passes or jitteriness in the pocket. It is in fact completely normal. Allen misses 4 passes instead of 2 in a game and all of a sudden he doesn't care about his mechanics anymore, he's gone Hollywood, etc. It can't just be the normal ups and downs of a QB's season. It has to be the end of the world. Also Gunner to your point on Cincy - I think talking about total investments made is a bit of a red herring. What matters is what's on the field. Cincy prioritized defense in the draft after giving Burrow an elite WR tandem. The Bills on the contrary have prioritized defensive line above all else every single year that McDermott has been here. They missed several opportunities to acquire top WR talent in the draft over the years. They failed to do what was necessary to pay for Hopkins this past offseason. At the end of the day the weapons they've surrounded Allen with this year have not been good enough, arguably worse even than what we had last year because Diggs is not performing like the true #1 he was last year. That's why our passing offense is where it is right now.

This shows that Allen is the best QB in the NFL against what PFF defines as perfect coverage.

He's sprinting away from two pass rushers with another LB bearing down on him... He isn't scanning the field at that point. I know Allen has done superhuman things but let's be fair about what he is physically doing on this play and not act like we're playing Madden. Diggs immediately goes into scramble drill mode and takes his route deep. Allen locks onto him because he's running out of time... The truth is a true alpha #1 WR turns that throw either into a crazy catch or a DPI and nothing in between. But Diggs hasn't been that guy lately. The throw highlighted in that picture was effectively a throw away. Diggs ran a post corner but was unable to separate and finish his route against 1v1 coverage so Allen just threw it over him to avoid a sack. At no point was that pass coming close to being a completion. If you watch that play on the all-22, the play to make was Shakir replacing the blitz on a quick slant from the right slot. I don't know Allen's reads on this play. If he is supposed to lock onto Diggs in 1v1 man coverage no matter what then the play failing is on Diggs for failing to separate. If Allen is supposed to replace the blitz with the throw then it's on him for not reading the blitz pre-snap and getting his eyes over to Shakir.

Hopefully someone takes him before our pick and takes the temptation away from McDermott and Beane. I remember feeling anxious as Christian Gonzalez slid last year and let out a sigh of relief when the Pats took him. It forced us to make a pick that clearly helped the team more now and in the future.

Fair to say that luck is involved in winning a Super Bowl. But with better coaching and/or roster management we would have at least come close to a Super Bowl win in three years of elite QB play. One blowout loss in the AFCCG is not close. I will consider the floor of success this year to be a close loss in the AFCCG without a dumb coaching error at the end that causes the loss. Getting to that point just once in four years is not a matter of luck.