The Red King

Keep in mind he was doing good with taking the short throws and checkdowns until injuring his elbow. Given the type of injury it was speculated that could have effected his shorter throws, which is why he went into "bombs away" mode the rest of the season.

Dear god, why? Those are horrible, in most every aspect.

The rest being awful drops, especially at critical moments?

I would have been very, very concerned if he hadn't at least considered it, tbh.

That seems awfully cold. You can't just tell our players "Whelp, s*** happens. Walk it off, we're resuming in five." I also remember when it happened, people were all, "I don't care about the season. I just hope he's alright!". Funny how out of the moment some people do a complete about-face.

I agree, and have called the O-line "The Turnstyle" in the past. My point is, while Burrow is good, he had far more time in the pocket then Allen did/does. People can't compare the two QBs based solely on personal performance against each other. Allen in his place that game likely would have annihilated the Bills D.

Burrow carved us up with an injured O-line because we still somehow couldn't manage a pass rush. Three cheerleaders, the punter and waterboy could have given Burrow enough time to shred us.

Did I misinterpret the tone of your post? Crap, sorry about that. Curse you internet. 😔

So, basically, you couldn't refute my last post in any way. I know, how dare I use things like examples and facts to make my point. Well, this has been entertaining, but check and mate my friend. To be fair I think we've derailed this post long enough as is, so it's time for me to move on now that we're done here.

I reiterate. According to what you've said I and others literally cannot say "Tom Brady won seven Super Bowls". Anyone that says that is completely wrong? That statement is incorrect?

This is objectively wrong. Teams are different. Putting the same guy on another team would yield different results. In some cases they may be similar, others more extreme. Some better, some worse. For example, would Mahomes on the Colts yield the same results as with KC?

Now you're just being silly. So you can't say Payton Manning won Super Bowls for both the Colts and Broncos? Or that Brady won Super Bowls for New England and Tampa? After all, according to you only a TEAM wins games, not players.

Lemmie change the phrasing. Had it not been for a last-second special teams debacle, he would have won a playoff game. Can't dispute that. We good now?

Point still stands. Had the ST covered the kickoff, which there is no excuse at all for ever not, he would have won a playoff game. Look, I think he was terrible. I'm not defending his overall performance at all. Just pointing out he should have won that game. And while his stats were terrible, he did lead the Bills on the last FG drive to take the lead. Again, guy was an absolute dud. Just giving credit where due.

Right, and we all say Josh won us that game and the D lost it. That's my point. For all of Rob's failings, and there were many, he at least had that playoff game won before the ST blew it.

Music City Miracle vs. Tenn. Had we simply covered the kickoff we would have won. And IIRC, Rob wasn't on the coverage team.

To be fair, Rob led the Bills to a road playoff victory. Sadly the Bills' Special Teams detoured them into a ditch at the last moment.

He thought Davis would clean up his drop rate and therefore be a perfectly good #2, so it's understandable. He was, sadly, wrong.

Bills will sign him on page 23^Z1. Bank it.

I think running is fine, gives the defense something else to worry about. But the rest, the hurdling, the bulldozing for an extra yard or two...yeah, that boy needs to learn how to slide.

No. He has key drops at the worst time. I don't care if someone has a 99% catch rate and 90 yrd avg per catch if they keep dropping the ones we desperately need and never fights for contested balls.

This is like going with your dad to the dealership for your first car, pointing to one, going "OMG, that one is amazing! I just gotta have that one, dad!" and leaving your poor dad to try and negotiate a deal with the salesman who just overheard everything.

Weren't people already saying last off-season that Davis would obviously improve his drop-rate issues this past season? 🤔

Again, a player is not a suit. It is not set at a fixed price and available to walk in and buy at any time. If, say, Hopkins simply did not want to play in Buffalo for some reason, there is literally nothing Beane could do to get him here. Should he be fired for that, should that happen?

There is a player involved in the process. You can't just say "Look, I'm a great GM so you're gonna join MY team and for THIS much money!". Also, the salary cap is a thing. If your post was sarcastic, then I apologize. It does seem over the top.