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I mean that the lack of respect for the Bills will drop them to the bottom of everyone if they lose a game, or worse if they lose 2.

16-0 has happened. This might actually be a year that it happens again honestly. It takes incredible luck, but this season more than any in the past will be predicated on luck. Injuries are always a concern, with the lack of a preseason, more are bound to happen. Covid infections have already dropped one top QB out of a big game, it’s possible a good team like the Seahawks, who’s biggest rival is decimated with injuries or the Bills who look to have enough talent to score with anyone, catch all the breaks and go undefeated. I highly doubt it, but I wouldn’t rule it out. With the Chiefs losing one, the Titans (or Bills) will be knocked out of the ranks this week, it’s getting thin, but anything can happen!

I think if they win the next 2 weeks there’s no denying they are the hottest team in the league. If they lose one or both, they won’t be in the top 10 😂

That would be great. If the Bills can go 6-0 with the Titans, Raiders and Chefs all in those wins, they are in GREAT shape for the playoffs, even with uncertainty left. That’s a big ole “IF”, but a man can dream.

Dawkins looks good out there 😂, super Smoooooth, actually looked like he has hands though! I’m quickly realizing, almost nobody on this board has a sense of humor, at all..

Yeah, but if you project it out, he’s only on pace for 70% passing, 5,300 yards, 48TDs and 4ints, that’s hardly going to get it done.

Both seem totally reasonable. Thinking about it more, maybe we can pull off a trade to get Gilmore back, he wants to play for a winner, and then he can point at Hill as he runs by him and act like it’s the safeties fault.

Better for injuries that way and we don’t need to be tipping hands before the AFC Championship game anyway, I say we do it.

Slightly better, hoping he can take the next step.

I hope they are getting McKenzie ready to match up with Tyreek Hill lol, nobody on this D can stay with him.

Josh has been on fire, Maholmes is flat out awesome, looking forward to next Monday!

we want Josh to win, no accuracy Element! Honestly though, I don’t think there is a bigger arm in the NFL (or probably anywhere) than Allen right now. Maholmes has a great arm, but he’s not as efficient as he could be and I think that limits him by like a yard or two in a max distance contest. Josh makes throws with the flick of a wrist that most NFL QBs need a solid base for. They are both absolutely next level athletes, but in an all out distance contest, I’ll bet on Allen. He’s ever so slightly more gifted in that regard. Both are amazing, Maholmes has obviously achieved a lot more thus far, but this could end up being a fun rivalry for years to come if the Bills can come out and put in a show next week.

My rebuttal would be simply an age check, and to say I’m not giving up a first round pick for anybody over 30 unless it’s a QB and one without an injury history. He’s been an injury waiting to happen and a lot of the pressure he has generated in his career actually came from lining up inside, working over the slower guards. He was a FORCE, when healthy, but his 2 sacks this year don’t get me super excited and honestly he hasn’t been the game changer since 2016. He was completely unblockable for a couple years, but he’s not that guy anymore.

I’m a huge Fitz fan, but be it coincidence or not, the guy he’s there to back up seems to get hurt an awful lot and we don’t need that, so purely out of caution, he’s not welcome here. That said, he’s awesome, I would absolutely love to have him back and he’s one of the best back ups maybe ever, say nothing about right now. From a talent stand point, you definitely want him. I guess I’m probably in the minority, but I’d see what Fromm has before getting too concerned. You can’t replace what Allen is doing, so any serious injury, it’s season over anyway. It’s always the hope, nothing happens to JA.

I cannot envision anybody in their right mind giving up a first for Watt with his injury history. I’m not going to jump into the numbers right now, but he’s going to be cut as soon as they can afford the dead cap hit, he’s a has been and hasn’t been in some time. EDIT: contract is not guaranteed so it’s better for an acquiring team, cap hit still there for Houston. He’s been healthy 1 year of his 6 year extension, just not worth it. I’m a little surprised they didn’t cut him this year, but probably delusions had O’Brien thinking he was making a championship run and Watt was a big part of it. He won’t be on that team next year.

I agree on any given Sunday, any given team can win. I feel with 7 teams in the mix, it’s already essentially half the Conference in the mix. If you really need more wins to break the top 7, sorry, not feeling for you. I agree it could suck if you have 4 bad teams left on the schedule and have played the best teams on the schedule, vs somebody that has the opposite fortune and then bam the season is shorted. It will be what it will be for this year.

Yeah, but he can slap 2 big runs in there and hit 200+ easily. What we don’t want is a grinding, hammer us for 5ypc, 30x, they will bury us then.

If a team has to rely on beating the bottom feeders to get their win total up to the level they need to get into the playoffs, what are the chances they are actually competitive enough to win in the playoffs? Right now the AFC MIGHT have a few teams that will miss the playoffs, but would beat the NFC representatives. That’s part of the deal though. The Raiders/Chiefs, Colts/Titans, Bills/Pats, Steelers/Ravens/Browns all look like pretty legit teams. Somebody is going to miss out; is there a chance of a good team not making it vs another good team getting in with less “credentials”? Yes, there always is. With 14 teams going in, I don’t think the concern is all that real. In the NFC, there’s really no reason to be concerned at all unless you are a 9ers fan and want to see them instead of anybody from the East and that’s a real possibility of a crap team knocking out a really good team that dealt with injuries.

For this D to genuinely be a championship level threat, you need more pass rush, a big upgrade at LB and probably another depth type corner that can step in and play on the outside with reasonable success. CB 2 was a question to start the year, injuries have made it a hot mess. If a decent LB is available, I’d go for it. I doubt you are getting massive impact players, but LB is a need. Klein is what I thought he was, and that’s not good.

If only they would see it with Edmunds and move him outside.

All great points.

This is a GREAT point by the OP. Allen is truly special. I’m still reserving judgement until we see a couple of season of this level of production, but he is making the WOW! plays and the basic ones now. Still makes some bad decisions and still throws some balls with no touch, but overall, he looks awesome out there. I commented to my wife “it’s nice to see 3rd and 13 and not feel like we should just send the punter out now”, of course they pick up 17 yards irrc and keep the drive alive. It’s amazing to know what other teams have felt like all these years lol.

I think you saw what it would be when you threw Josh out there his rookie year with no support. He can play Superman and put a team on his back. He’s a football player first and a QB second. Darnold has never shown me that kind of killer ability. That said, I would have drafted Darnold before Allen too because he looked to be the better QB prospect. I think on this team you are looking at Darnold as a possible pro bowler and probably 3-1 record as I don’t see Darnold leading the win with the Rams. Allen probably has 2 wins with the Jets, he has been a difference maker his whole career (sometimes not in the best of ways lol). Darnold still could shake out as a very good QB, if the Jets ever surround him with some talent / he leaves. The Bills hung Allen out to dry as a rookie, he was “meh”. They built up around him, he looks really good. The Jets hung Darnold out to dry, he’s dehydrated.. it’s a tough comparison.

Davis is what Zay was supposed to be, and he just completed his first Preseason. Nothing against Zay, he didn’t work out here and I don’t think his tenure in the NFL will be very long or very productive. He has that “potential” that gets everyone excited and that’s it. Physically, he’s what you want, but production, not so much.

I would rather he focus on playing QB and IF needed, he can take off with it. When the opening is there, go, but be the facilitator not the only playmaker as the primary option. With all the guys he has out there, no need for him to be getting hammered on. The WR core is at least 4 quality players deep and a couple of gadget/pure speed guys there too, so no need to make up that gap now. Knox is an animal, also definitely looked more cautious yesterday w ball control, and DS, looked great yesterday.