Richard Noggin

Chandler has receipts, folks! I effing love people who contradict themselves squirming when called out on their bullcrap. Just breathe: it's okay to be publicly wrong! However, it's never okay to be a Patriots or Tom Brady fan.

It's unfortunate how much fantasy football and stats in general can skew a person's perceptions of actual NFL football. Jefferson being an absolute statistical monster in Minnesota does NOT mean that Diggs is somehow less valuable in Buffalo. Hell, Cousins having GREAT stats yet again is obviously not connected at all to the reality of that franchise's fortunes, so MAYBE the collective national rush to see this very complicated game through the very reductive lens of statistical outcomes is misleading, at least... Diggs' talent, competitiveness, AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ALLEN carry value that transcends quantification. Suck it, nerds.

Haven't heard Daboll's name connected to any interviews yet, so hopefully we get his best work this week (wasn't his attention somewhat divided last year in the playoffs?). So far this season he has truly risen to the challenge of the Chiefs game and the 2nd Patriots game. I'd like to see that kind of opponent-specific and tendency-breaking offensive gameplan to roll out against Belichick for OUR 3rd MATCHUP IN UNDER 6 WEEKS?! That's just nuts.

The Pro Bowl is not relevant. It's just an online poll of NFL player Q Scores/Q Ratings. I.e., a popularity contest. Great for gathering marketing intel. Useless for rewarding on-field play.

You can really gauge each poster's age by the composition of their list. Lots of recency bias in the first page or two, but some solid all-time lists emerging in the last two pages. Difficult to judge the validity of anything comparing eras.

To be fair (cue the Letterkenny enthusiasts), if you give any franchise QB that kind of o-line and RB, they should do some winning...

Lest we forget our own Doug Whaley's self-proclaimed, retroactive draft wisdom.

Yeah! That's Josh Allen's job dammit!

Obviously.

So obvious and yet so...wise.

Okay, I'm listening. But you're being vague. How does a football stadium serve the community of Bills fans and the organization, exactly? Stadiums historically solve ZERO problems for the broader community in which they are built. They are expensive buildings where my favorite sport is played. And some overpriced concerts are staged. And a smattering of smaller, community-based partners hold fundraising events (which of course is a good thing). There is published support for this unfortunately skeptical position.

Oh, no. *buckles figurative seatbelt*

The "laugh" emoji isn't a strong enough reaction to this news. Because oftentimes the privileged rely upon well-established networks of privilege and pre-established protocols, rather than creative solutions to complex problems.

The expertise exists to build an open-air stadium that nevertheless mitigates (maybe not eliminates, but drastically reduces) wind. And we know they want to cover the majority of fans. Why is everyone so obsessed with a dome? The stadium they intend to build would have drastically improved this season's gameday conditions.

Speaking of bad GMing

I mean of course Dorsey would say Mayfield had no say in such an important decision. Whether it's true or not. It's bad GMing to admit fealty to a subordinate.

This point is ignored a lot this season: the bad weather for home games in 2021 essentially amounts to really bad luck. Plenty of glorious, mild weather in WNY all season, punctuated by some bizarrely isolated wet and/or windy and/or cold game days. Most seasons will have one or two notably bad weather home games. Can't catch a break this year, it seems.

So...situational football? Red zone is probably the most important "situation" in football. Has definitely been an issue in this team's losses. One could argue that the ability...and dedication...to run the heckin' ball in goal-to-go situations has been missing for much of the season, which then inarguably allows defenses to cheat against the pass. Mahomes and the Chiefs had to learn in 2021 how to be patient and physical on offense to beat the zone-heavy, deep safety looks. Allen and Daboll finally did it against the Patriots in Foxboro. And last week they ran the dang ball in the second half and especially in the red zone. Can they keep progressing in this way?

VIDS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN

Some brave admissions in this thread

I love every thing about this ride.

Right, so is the mental health circumstance resolved already? If the medical reason given (mental health) for his uncommon and expensive early-season leave of absence is true, then aren't there a number of questions that need to be answered before any team, including his own, pursues his on-field services? Seems like you're glossing over some essential human stuff in search of talent.

But do we have any idea what caused the player to just walk away from the season, and where things stand now? Your post seems to be ignoring some important questions...

Gotta be damn near a consensus among Bills fans, I'd think. Which is rare. Forget the run defense. Forget the weather. Forget the refs (although eff them, of course). The 2021 Bills can beat ANY team in the NFL when their offense lives up to (even a portion of) its potential. EVERY 2021 loss can be blamed on the offense, except probably/maybe the Colts game. One could still argue that if the Bills hadn't pooped the bed early, and especially hadn't turned the ball over (ahem, Isaiah, for example), that the game would have progressed differently. Either way. That's useless conjecture. 5 of their 6 losses this season involve the offense having a chance to win the game late and failing to do so. Not to mention any squandered drives and opportunities prior to crunch time.

I think this sentiment is true of any game the 2021 Bills play: if the offense really shows up, then they've got a chance to beat any team. The Bills lose when the offense sputters. Periodt.