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I'm positive we are hiding Benford on IR to sign the better player to the active roster. Great move.

Do you happen to have a clip? Not doubting you I would just like to hear exactly what he says. If he knows he'll be back playing within 2 weeks that is incredible news and our Super Bowl hopes are still alive.

He said he'll be back playing, or back in the building to test his knee out? Because the latest report is that they won't know how severe it is for another couple of weeks.

I don't think anyone has turned on Allen, but the expectations around him have definitely gotten out of control. He is still a human being, not a god. As usual I'm not sure how many people here watch other QBs across the league consistently. I hate always using Mahomes as the comparison point but Allen's game against Detroit was on par with Mahomes' games against the Titans and Chargers. In some ways Allen has become his own worst enemy in this conversation. We've seen him play historically elite football several times within the last year so anything less than that looks bad by comparison. I know I'm a little biased but I feel crazy reading some of the Josh Allen takes on here this week. There are people in this thread saying Allen has played like trash the last 4 games. I mean I thought he was excellent against the Lions and pretty much the only reason we moved the ball at all. Clearly in the 2nd half his elbow was affecting his accuracy, but that was far down the list of issues with the offense in that game. Poor pass protection, predictable route combinations, receivers not getting open, refusal to commit to the run even when Dorsey can see Allen's arm deteriorating - this is what Allen was dealing with while playing with an injured elbow in his throwing arm. What do people expect? I see so many comments trying to lump his red zone INT against Detroit in with the one he threw against the Jets, as if they are even remotely comparable plays. I see comments blaming him for the near-pick in Cook's direction even though the broadcast broke down exactly what happened. He also made a number of jaw dropping plays that many fans just gloss over because we're used to it. Not me. I'll never take those plays for granted. I guess I just wish people on here would stop trying to build some kind of 5 game narrative about Allen regressing. He actually was bad in the 2nd half against Green Bay and all game against the Jets, everyone knows it including him. What's happened the last 3 weeks is not the same thing. He's getting elbow injections before games and wearing a brace and still trying to rehab a small UCL tear instead of getting full practice time. Meanwhile the offense as a whole is going through a bit of a slump and almost nobody on that side of the ball is playing (or calling plays) to their fullest abilities right now. Some people just want to blame the QB because it's the thing to do. Try watching every play of other games with top tier QBs and pretend you're a fan of that team. You're almost never going to come away 100% satisfied.

I thought James Cook showed something in the previous several weeks, but unfortunately he regressed badly in this one. The dumb mistakes weren't even the biggest disappointment, it was the play where he caught a check down and immediately got taken down on a soft tackle attempt. The LB didn't truck him, he just got one hand on him and that was enough to take him down. If Cook had gotten away from it he had a lot of green grass in front of him. If you're going to be a productive RB in this league you have to make some tough plays once in a while. So far Cook hasn't shown any toughness, just burst. No amazing catches, no broken tackles, no ankle-breaking cuts to juke out defenders. All that plus he's inconsistent catching the ball and running routes. IMO his head isn't all the way in the game.

You don't seem to really enjoy football. Why do you spend so much time on a football forum?

Last week was great but everyone runs on the Browns. Today felt like a regression in the run game. Dorsey refuses to stick with it. Cook made a bunch of rookie mistakes and Hines is still an afterthought out there.

Please make this happen. I don't care what it takes.

I recall a similar throw to Diggs in the Colts playoff game. I'm glad Allen hasn't overcorrected too much to fix his interception woes, I was worried he would lose his ability to make plays like this.

I don't put much stock in Twitter doctors making diagnoses but here's a slow motion video of the injury.

Zero teams play mistake free football. This isn't Madden on rookie mode.

I'd like to see Rhodes signed to the active roster. He looked good in limited snaps last week. It can't hurt to try.

It's sad the number of Bills fans that have turned on him. He's playing through an injured elbow, his pass protection fails him, his skill position players let him down, his rookie OC calls predictable plays that the defense locks down easily. The whole offense once again is Allen. I just hope his elbow heals up enough by the playoffs to get his accuracy back to where it usually is. Not like our run game is suddenly going to carry the offense for him while he heals.

He's played clean football the past 2 weeks. Today's interception was bad luck and a good defensive play. If he keeps playing like this and his elbow heals up we'll be just fine.

It was the worst CB performance in the McDermott era. I think part of the problem is we've put our CBs on an island so much the past two weeks because we have to blitz to make up for our injuries up front.

The video shows his foot was planted in the turf at the same time. It's disgusting that the billionaires who own these teams don't pay to keep their multimillion dollar investments healthy.

Allen Diggs Oliver Remove one of these players from the game and we lose. This is the easiest selection of the season.

Our two superstars made the play when we needed it. But boy is there a LOT to clean up on both sides of the ball.

We called the TO too early, I don't get that at all.

Bass almost singlehandedly won us the game last week, maybe we can get off his case. He had made over 100 extra points in a row.

Jesus, Dane was cooked again. We just got lucky.

Hamlin isn't good enough. Hopefully Hyde gets cleared by the doctors in time for the playoffs. And we need to find a way to pay Poyer for next year.