MJS

The Bengals have perhaps the worst defense in the NFL, have a record of 4 wins, 8 losses, and have a rusty QB who is still hobbled behind a below average offensive line. The Bills, an 8 win team, have the best running game in the NFL a a defense that has played pretty darn well the last few weeks. It's obvious the Bills should be favored, especially at home.

Maybe there is a front office change at some point. But they'll never let Allen go. It's also normal for teams, even with elite QBs, to have down years here and there as iterations of the teams age out and you have to have soft rebuilds.

Why wouldn't they be?

I think Jackson is already going into the downswing of his career. What makes him special are his legs. He is a good passer as well, but without the threat of his legs, which will become less and less special as the years pass, he just won't have the ability to get it done. That's how I see it. Allen will play his entire career in Buffalo.

Baltimore has significantly WORSE success in the postseason than the Bills. They can't even get past Buffalo, much less KC. Jackson plays significantly worse in the playoffs. He will never get past Allen, Mahomes, and Burrow to the superbowl. One or multiples of those QBs will always be there to get in the way.

Allen will be the only QB of those to go to or win a Superbowl.

Maybe the Bills already knew what needed to be done? It would be pretty lame of the NFL to wait for the Bills to just barely install a brand new field and then announce that it has to be torn out and redone.

I think offensive line play around the NFL is not as good as it was even just 10 years ago. There are very few dominant olines anymore in the NFL. The Bills had one last year, at least.

I'm sure the Bills can tweak anything with the field before it is all installed to be compliant.

Allen has not been as good avoiding sacks, and he is also the culprit for some of the sacks. But Dawkins hasn't been quite as good this year. He was awesome last year, and regressed a bit.

Like I said, I was against signing him to a 2nd contract. So, I agree with you. Rousseau is a good player, but not what we need. We need a sack specialist.

He isn't making top 15 money. He is the 16th highest paid pass rusher, and every season that ranking will go down. His pay might seem like a lot to you, but that is what the market is for a player the caliber of Rousseau. That being said, I was against signing him to a 2nd contract. I would have let him walk.

Rousseau isn't paid like a premier pass rusher, though. He is paid like an average starter.

Prepare to be disappointed. The Bills aren't all of the sudden going to play drastically different on defense. They'll play more man and probably blitz more, and maybe they'll have a wrinkle or two. You can't just change your defense mid season, though. It's not a videogame. Everything has to be installed, learned, and practiced by the players over weeks and months.

Slay is clearly an upgrade over Ingram, who is a borderline practice squad player. And what did the Bills invest in Ingram? He was an undrafted free agent. He has been a practice squad and bottom of the roster player for a couple of years. I'm not sure why anyone is getting worked up about him.