Logic

For those asking how long the extension is for:

Before this season started, I had five wishes: 1. Extend Tre'Davious White 2. Extend Dion Dawkins 3. Extend McDermott and Beane. 4. Josh Allen proves to be a franchise QB 5. Bills win the division So far, we have a big check mark next to four out of five. Only one left to go!

Steelers fan trying to jinx the Bills. Get bent.

I certainly won't say Allen as MVP is impossible, however unlikely it may be. In my opinion, it would require three things: 1.) Allen continues to play great games like the one he played on Monday night 2.) The Bills win out 3.) Mahomes and/or Rodgers have a stinker or two along the way If those three things were to happen, I could see it. The biggest problem is that MVP tends to go to the QB of the winningest team. I could see the Bills ending up with more wins than the Packers. It's hard for me to see them ending up with more wins than the Chiefs, though, and thus, Mahomes has to be considered the heavy favorite.

To be clear: I do not believe Josh Allen will win MVP. Mahomes and Rodgers would have to drop off the face of the earth for that to happen. Still...when your starting QB moves to third place in MVP odds this late in the season, it's certainly noteworthy, hence this post.

To be fair, he did state after the 49ers game that when its warm and there's no wind, he can really feel the ball coming off of his hand much better and he feels more in control of his passes. Now playing better in a dome -- which, again, most quarterbacks probably do -- is not the same as playing poorly in cold weather. That being said, I WOULD like to see him actually have a great game -- an "AFC Offensive Player of the Week" type game -- in cold weather, before I say that his play definitely doesn't suffer in cold weather. The one truly nasty weather game in which he DID play this season (KC) saw him post his worst performance of the season by far. Sunday night should be a good chance to see if the "cold weather" stuff is just a bunch of hot air (sorry, I had to).

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/12/09/josh-allen-passes-russell-wilson-in-mvp-odds/ Let Russ sink. The odds-on MVP favorite for much of the season, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson continues to slide in the betting odds for the league’s top individual award. Via PointsBet.com, Wilson has dropped from +700 last week to +2000 this week, putting him fourth on the list behind Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (-500, from -400 last week), Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (+460, from +600 last week), and Bills quarterback Josh Allen (+1500, from +3300 last week).

Just wanted to point out that I definitely believe Josh Allen is a franchise quarterback. Just look at my avatar. I made a post here after the Raiders game saying unequivocally that he is a franchise quarterback and that it should no longer be doubted. My wording in THIS post could've been better. I should have said "if he is have sustained success as the franchise QB in Buffalo, NY", but let the record show that I have no doubt that he is clearly the franchise. I DO think he plays better in warm weather and domes, but then, what NFL QB doesn't?

In looking at the graphic from which I pulled that stat, I see that it applies only to this season, which is clearly a small sample size.

I realize that more games are played in warm weather than cold weather. Nevertheless, this is something that Allen will need to fix going forward if he is to be the franchise QB in Buffalo, NY.

meh. Was hoping for all blue or blue-on-white. Oh well.

So far in Allen’s career, when the temperature at kickoff is 50 degrees or less, he averages just 144 passing yards per game. With a likely kickoff temperature around 40 degrees, I’m hoping Allen can overcome this trend.

I legitimately didn't realize it was the Thursday Night game. That's awesome! One worth watching (not always the case on TNF). Go Rams!

Fivethirtyeight.com has them with just a 14% chance of making the playoffs. They need to win out, for starters. I'm hoping the Rams just put them out of their misery this Sunday, but I have a feeling the Pats win that one.

I re-watched the game and came away even MORE impressed with Allen. Why? Because he was making off-schedule plays just as regularly and effectively as on-schedule plays. He ran the offense with command, poise, and precision, and on the few occasions where the 49ers called the exact right play and/or had him stopped dead to rights, he just rolled out and made something happen. He did this again and again and again. Must be very demoralizing for the defense. The smoothness/efficiency with which he ran the offense when things went right on a given play, combined with his effectiveness in improvising time and time again when things DIDN'T go right, made me feel that this was his best game of the season. The caliber of opponent and opposing defensive coordinator and the late season, primetime slot add to the impressiveness of his game. 32/40 for 375 and 4 TDs isn't just a good game. It's an absolutely AMAZING game, and it came against a good defense in a big spot. If you have the chance to re-watch the game, I suggest you do it. It's a real pleasure. Very, very optimistic about the present and future of Josh Allen after that game.

To me, the fact that the only three people listed as still talking smack about Allen this morning are all verified TROLLS -- that is, people whose "gimmick" is to say controversial stuff and get people riled up -- tells me all I need to know. When Skip Bayless, Steven A Smith, and Nick Wright -- actually, who am I kidding? No one knows or cares who Nick Wright is -- but those first two guys, when they're trash talking you after a big performance, it means you've made it. Don't forget, Skip Bayless is the dude who still trash talks LEBRON JAMES. Anyway...all NON-troll sports media outlets and personalities are pretty much universally praising Allen today. But the trolls? Well, trolls gonna troll.

Up until last night's fumble -- the first of his pro career -- Moss had arguably been the Bills best runner the past few weeks. He spent most of the rest of the game sitting in timeout. That's enough punishment. Players fumble. It happens. Moss will be back and hammering it up the middle in no time.

Good stuff. I thought the comments from all the 49ers players after the game were telling. They all said they knew what the Bills offense wanted to do and just couldn't stop it. That's "elite offense" type stuff. That's "K-Gun" type stuff. There are lots of things to talk about with the Bills right now. The defense rounding into form, Tre'Davious White being the most clutch defensive back in football, Daboll, McDermott...but for my money, the most interesting and important development of this season is this: Defenses are running out of ways to try to stop Josh Allen. He carves up man. He dices up zone. He beats the blitz. He sits back and picks apart soft, deep zones. Defensive coordinators keep coming up with new answers, and Allen keeps changing the questions. Last night was a great example. Saleh threw various well-disguised zone sets at Allen all night and he picked them apart. They finally said "ah, hell, let's go man", and Allen immediately through a TD to McKenzie. When they blitzed, he beat them. When they sat back, he beat them. Even if Allen has reached his ceiling, the Bills will be good for a long time -- but no part of me believes that he has reached his ceiling. Exciting for us, scary for the rest of the NFL.

I see a lot of nerves and “ill feelings” about this game in this thread. Let me just say...while I am ALWAYS nervous before Bills games, and even more so before prime time games....I think the Bills will take care of business tonight. McDermott’s Bills consistently beat bad QBs and losing teams. I can think of only one instance since 2019 of losing to a team with a losing record: the Browns. And I can’t really think of ANY instances of losing to a Nick Mullens level QB. I get the nerves, but....the Bills are gonna win this. They are.

Absolutely. Not only was the CALL inept, but the cornerback biting on the double move? Yikes. Just legendary ineptitude.

Riiiiiiight.

But just....why? Why would they do that? Gregg and Gase won't be there to take advantage of the high draft pick. What's the legitimate theory behind WHY they would do this? Guys like Williams and Gase have pride. Surely they don't want 0-16 on their resume. Besides, if losing is the goal, why stop the Raiders in the red zone on the previous drive? Why not let them score there?

Majestic. Barrel chested. The envies of all ornithologies.

This seems....like a really good sign.