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Pretty sure the Bengals steamrolled us with one or two starting offensive lineman left. Even if you're willing to chalk it all up to injuries at some point you have to consider if its systemic.

We have not faired well against Burrow or Mahomes in the postseason defensively. So while I recognize injuries play a role in some of these outcomes it appears to me like we underperform against divisional round competition or higher. Not just underperform based on it being a more difficult team but we play worse than what an average team would produce in such situations and we are much better than an average team in the regular season.

We never did in the playoffs. I do think it's important that we make some distinction between the two.

Why do you think we would have slowed the Chiefs offense down or do you think we would have won despite not slowing them down?

Trained with him last year as well

The Brahmas are coached by Wade Phillips and the defense is a lot of fun to watch. Wade can just flat out coach defense. I was curious what Bryce Perkins for Michigan would do until he went down last week. I enjoyed watching him at Virginia. Martinez can also be fun to watch. Really enjoy Hakeem Butler, former Iowa State player. The rules are different but I have come to appreciate them. No extra points is a really big deal. It creates tons of scoring combinations that can lead to more excitement. The onside kicks, super challenges, and level of access they give is really interesting. I'm a huge College fan so I like seeing these players. It's good football. I was surprised. This was my first year watching and I enjoyed it.

Michigan has 5 teams? Rutgers can even exist on this?

I was bullish since we signed him just because it was so out of character for us. He's young, that level of success at his age is hard. Sometimes people need to bottom out to rebuild themselves and sometimes you never really know where the bottom is. Happy we took a chance and look forward to seeing what he can do!

The rest of the NFL is 211-73 (74.3% winning %) since 2020 when they have a QB with a 65 or higher QBR on the year and at least 10 starts. The wheels are not coming off our AFC East dominance if we move on from McD. Andy Reid is 15-3 in the playoffs since Mahomes. Prior to that he is 11-13. What is the big breakthrough you expect we will see with McD in the playoffs to make his situation comparable to Reid? Then for my all time favorite we are eternally screwed stat of McD. Against Joe Burrow on opening drives Burrow is 14 or 14 for 181 yards and 3 TD's. Forget about how Mahomes QBR sky rockets against us at a much higher rate than other teams and even more so in the playoffs. Burrow becomes the baby of Joe Montana and Tom Brady. It's not like we don't have time to consider alternative strategies either. It's not like we don't have time to say, ya, this dude has literally killed us so lets try something totally different. We have had three different opening series and he is yet to throw an incompletion. Totally. Bengals had like 2 healthy offensive lineman when they ran us of our field in a blowout.

Well, just look at 9/11, that was the first time those guys had a chance to do what they did and they executed at a high level so I'm not sure experience plays as big a factor as some other people think....... Next Question...

The Bengals and Philly both had leads late in the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl. Are you really trying to say the WR’s they have are more of a reason why they didn’t win the Super Bowl vs a reason why they got there? Who cares about the Dolphins, horrendous QB play, inability to beat any quality teams. I’m not trying to argue either side but these examples don’t tell us anything.

People are debating if he can become an NFL starter. How about you argue if he can be more than Kameron Cline or Kendal Vickers, two players on our practice squad you can't name or make comparisons with because you didn't know they exist.

I didn't see Williams do very much that was designed. He was however a complete freak off schedule. To me he is a poor mans Josh Allen. Does not have all the athletic skill Allen has but a talented kid. Will he be able to reinvent himself to be more structured? Josh was able to do it enough.

He's not getting into X's and O's, mechanics, or overriding Brady with any frequency. He's not a QB coach and has no offensive experience. What do you think he is doing with Allen to impact that number so much?

I can validate 😆 I like Stone as well, food is decent, great vibe, and the beer is great.

It's not significant. What is significant is teams having a nearly identical regular season record as us with the QB play we had. Everybody wants to boast about our regular season championships and how we might lose that consistency if it weren't for McD. Our fan base is like a bunch of beaten dogs. McD gave us a treat for the first time in 20 years and and we didn't think we deserved more. Meanwhile the best window in this franchises history is going to pass us by as a result.

I mean, what exactly is flawed with looking at teams record with high performing QB’s? If you want to take it back prior to 2020 you can. It included over 20 qualifying teams. The fact is you just don’t lose a lot of games in this league when you get QB play at that level. It’s a huge advantage. Your baseline win% pushes 75% when you get that level of QB play. So it becomes really hard to parcel out what contribution your coach makes especially when your performance is so poor in the postseason and on the side of the ball he specializes in. How can you explain Burrows performance in 3 separate opening drives? Does that not shine a light on a deficiency in game planning and X’s and O’s? These are the teams that have faced KC multiple times in the playoffs during the Super Bowl run and how Mahomes has performed. KC is the best, but why are they just a little bit better against us? Our AFC east titles are built on facing teams without winning records and a team that can’t beat any teams with winning records. Our playoff appearance in 2017 built on a one more win than Rex Ryan accomplished. These are things to feel good about, sure. But are you carrying these trophies into games vs Burrow and Mahomes as evidence that we can even perform at an average level?

Come on now. Duke Williams was closer to Benjamin than Claypool. Neither are in the same ball park athletically to Claypool.

If the average winning % in the NFL since 2020 for teams that have a QBR of 65 or better on the season is 74% and we have had a 72% winning % then is that hard to determine what exactly this would look like with a replacement level coach? Allen has been over a 65 every year since 2020. This isn't that complicated. All these people defending our AFC east crowns and glory years as if that would just cease to exist are kidding themselves. This division sucks and we start every hand with an ace. Winning every year in this group is par for the course. Miami is the only scent of competition and they can't beat anybody who is .500 or better. McD is Jag and when we go up against strong competition he proves it time and time again. How is it even possible the Bengals have opened with three drives on us, over 150 yards, zero incompletions, and 21 points. You have multiple games to learn from your experiences and nothing. It is difficult to be that bad. Like REALLY difficult. If somebody asked me if a team would be able to open with 3 drives, 3 scores, and no incompletions on over 15 throws I would literally bet everything in my bank account that wouldn't happen. That's not even bringing up KC. That is the Bengals, the team nobody talks about because they're stuck on discussing why we were too injured to stand a chance against KC.

As they say timing is everything, best WR on our roster if the timing is right. You had to wonder why a team like Buffalo would consider him. That is why it peaked my interest. They had to have seen something to make them feel it would be different this time.

Maybe Tyreek and Brown can start a daycare. I would trust them.

McD the QB whisperer. By all means, don’t be afraid to discuss your thought process.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40187400/keon-coleman-buffalo-bills-friendship-bracelet Kid gets it.

I hate to sound like a broken record but if we don't get in by a miracle that season blends in with the rest pretty easily. Even worse by plenty of measures. Not enough to anoint the man and the records of teams with elite QB play is plenty to explain away our success. As I said earlier, teams with a QBR of 65 or higher have a better winning than we do in the regular season since 2020.

-The Bills are 48-18 since 2020 with a regular season win % of 72.7%. All 4 season Josh Allen posted a QBR of 65 or higher. -The rest of the NFL is 211-73 (74.3% winning %) since 2020 when a team has a QB with a 65 or higher QBR on the year and at least 10 starts.