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There wasn't really a proper reaction emoji to this ... not much need for a "too bizarre for the real world" emoji. Even the Bills in their deepest, darkest years of the Drought, never f'd up picking a great QB when they had a real opportunity to grab one. - In the 2004 draft, the Bills wanted Roethlisberger but the Stillers took him 2 spots before the Bills' turn. The Bills traded back into the first round to take Losman who was the only other QB considered a first round prospect in that draft. IMO, with a different FO and better coaching than Dick Jauron, Losman might have become a decent starter. - In 2017, the Bills swapped their first round pick (#10) to the Chiefs for their 2017 first rounder (#21 IIRC) plus KC's first rounder. The Chiefs drafted Mahomes, but the Bills used their draft capital to take Allen.

Why do so many Bills fans have to hate on former Bills players? You sound like a bunch of embittered high schoolers dissing their exes. Just move on.

Even badly wounded, Detroit's D is still considerably better than the Giants' D.

They also have a game to lose in the race for the #1 seed, so sitting Mahomes against the Texans makes real sense. The Texans have a mean defense -- they are one of the leaders in rushing the passer I think -- so it's really risky to put a gimpy QB out there against them. Giving Mahomes 2 weeks makes him much more likely to play well in the final two games.

Really? How can you possibly know that with any kind of impartiality? Statistics, which we use so extensively to measure QB performance, won't work because of the differences in the game.

I "watched back in the day", and your statement is simply untrue because of the differences in the game today and back in the 1990s simply make comparisons of the QBs of those two eras impossible. Kelly was drafted in the great QB draft of 1983 (41 years ago) along with Elway and Marino. Marino was the last of the QBs to retire, lasting until 1999. That was 25 years ago. The game today is much different today than it was in the 1990s just as the game in 1994 was light years different from how the game was played in the 1950s and 1960s. What was/is valued -- and needed -- to be a great QB in the 1960s or the 1990s or the 2020s means that it's likely that few QBs could be successful if they were somehow transported to thirty years to the future or the past.

The next three weeks should enable the Bills to get all the youngsters/subs on both sides of the ball some real game experience.

I would prefer that the Ravens be a wild card, so they have no chance of hosting a home game, so I'll root for Pitt. The Stillers are my second favorite team, too. If KC is the #2 seed, then I want the Ravens to be the #7 seed. If the Bills are the #2 seed, then I want the Ravens to be #5 or #6.

If the Stillers have Watt and Pickens, the Chiefs will have a struggle whether Mahomes plays at 100% or not.

If the Vikings FO guys are smart, they've already decided to re-sign Darnold and let their rookie QB sit another year. He's not going to spoil sitting another year ... as Green Bay has shown with both Rodgers and Love, and that team is really good now, so carpe diem. The Bills also let Stephon Gilmore walk in FA in 2017. He went to make All Pro with NE and won at least one Super Bowl -- and not for just being on the team.

I think that Miami's real problem is philosophical: they've put all their eggs in the single basket of a high powered, precision timing passing offense. The Fins' aim is to get a big lead and never look back. That works pretty well against poor teams. It works decently with some middling teams, but it falls apart when they face talented, well coached teams. The Fins' inability to beat good teams is a fact. Miami didn't lose to GB on Thanksgiving because Tua didn't like the cold; they lost because the Packers derailed their passing game. The result would have been pretty much the same if the game had been played in Miami.

The Ravens defense is not nearly as good as it was last year. They lost some key defenders in FA as well as their DC, Mike Macdonald. Their pass defense is abysmal which is why they have 5 losses and are chasing the Steelers in the AFCN.

CBS News always has positive stories in the last 10 minutes or so of their nightly news, so I frequently flip there to see that part of the news which is why I caught the original airing of the piece on Davis.

I think if they can stay healthy (ie, about like they have been in the last couple of games), the Bills have a real chance to win it all. It could be worse. You could have predicted the Jests winning the Super Bowl and Aaron Rodgers winning MVP. 😁 I actually don't think that anyone on TSW predicted that but others, including some in the national media, jumped on the Jests bandwagon big time. OTOH, I doubt that many of even the most positive Bills fans, thought they would be 11-2 at this time in the season.