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They are 15-1 in the postseason against teams not manned by the GOAT QB of all time. it’s not just us man.

This is a complete misrepresentation of these player's values. Stefon Diggs was the 11th highest paid WR in 2019. He was traded for a first round and 4th round pick (with a discount because he was being his normal locker room cancer self). Of course, Diggs had just posted back to back 1000+ yard seasons. Brown and Beasley were the 24th and 29th highest paid WR's in football in 2019. Of the UFA WR's signed in FA that year, they were the 3rd and 5th highest paid WR's. FWIW, Curtis Samuel signed the fifth highest FA contract this year. Claypool doesn't appear on the list (lol). Samuel is the 31st highest paid WR in the NFL currently. And they added on a 4th round pick in Gabe Davis in 2020. Do they? Shakir is promising. Coleman is a second round pick, is he gonna be a legit top 30-40 WR right off the bus? Samuel and Kincaid are definitely NFL starters. Claypool is a lotto ticket and a bad one. He's on his 4th team in 3 years. The teams that spent a second round pick gave up on him, twice. How many of those players recover their careers ever? You say this, but literally the best year of Allen's career came when he had a great player that got the lion's share of targets and ALSO had a stable of other good receiving options. That was also coincidentally the farthest the Bills got in the playoffs. So what is the evidence for this? Besides "it's what the Bills are doing so let's hope for the best?"

This how you know they are teenagers. No Mularkey? No Perry Fewell? For shame.

I’m gonna sound like an old man but I love the chain. I think they already have a microchip in it, just keep doing that.

It’s hard for me to take a back seat on the discussion on WR’s. 2 years ago, I was worried about the depth of Jake Kumerow as our backup outside WR. I posted about addressing the position more. It ultimately didn’t matter because no outside WR was saving us in the Bengals game. So fine. Last year, I was worried about the depth of Trent Sherfield as our backup outside WR. I posted about addressing the position more (and to be fair to Brandon Beane, I think they did miss out on the run of WR’s and Addison may be a Bill today if he was within striking distance). This came to pass when we had Trent whiffing in the postseason. And imo, we are there again. 3 years running. All I know is that Josh Allen had his best year of his career when he had one star receiving option and 3 other legit NFL starters as receiving options. That group was able to ride out one of those receivers getting injured and missing part of the year in large part because they had quality players waiting in the wings. He has never been farther from that level of talent than he is right now. Jmo.

The reason NBA players can play in the NFL is because there are enough players with the size and ability that fits some position profiles in the NFL. The converse is not true. The OL guys are too short. The tall guys aren’t athletic enough. There are probably some exceptions but this is mostly true

It depends on how well the guys around him do. If everyone is a 600-800 yard guy and they get smoked in the playoffs because the guys can’t get open vs man, I’ll probably still call them JAGS. If a dude like Shakir drops a 1200 yard season on good efficiency, I’ll probably agree he’s a pretty good weapon.

I think there’s gonna be a lot of premature grave-dancing, just like there was with Kenny. Kenny started out with that blistering performance v the Rams and then later the league figured him out. The real test for Brady will be in the dog days of December and into 2025, not week 1 imo.

It’s not significant. So it’s basically the same as everyone else with great QB’s. So yeah, it’s a silly point. What do you expect? McD isn’t a HoF coach. Did you expect 6 titles by now? It’s pretty well-known that great QB + good coach is a recipe for playoffs every season. Great QB plus bad coach is how you get the Chargers. Sean Payton, a HoF coach, paired with prime Drew Brees, a HoF QB, missed the playoffs 3 straight years. Had multiple playoff choke jobs. You think TBD is a bunch of beaten dogs, I think you guys have really unrealistic expectations. We have the second best QB in the league paired with a top 10 HC. That doesn’t mean we are gonna be a dynasty. It’s the same people who bought the “win now and win in the future” garbage that Beane spewed. We were never gonna be the next Pats. That’s hard to hear but it’s the truth. It’s just not us. We are closer to the Steelers or Colts of that era. Peyton Manning didn’t win a Super Bowl til he was 30. I think we all agree there are some problem performances. some of us think it’s more the players and failed/disappointing investments on defense. Some of us think it’s the more the coaching. I think we also agree at a certain point of beating your head against a wall, sometimes you have to make a change. we just don’t agree on the why and the when lol

He might be! What if he’s one of those coaches that had to fail for a large part of his career and then turns it around and becomes a winner and a HoFer? What’s the standard deviation of wins? In a 16-17 game schedule, the difference between 74% and 72% is non-significant.

None of this has anything to do with what I said. He would still have broken the drought. Not to mention, this QBR “analysis” is terrible lol. Sorry.

Because he’s had an awful defense with a ton of talent (indicating a horrific coach) his whole career?

You asked what he would be. He would’ve been the HC of the most successful season in the last 17 years of Bills history.

Lots of tipped balls and contested passes when you play the big sized physical guys. Could be great. Could be INT city.

The 2014 Bills would have been a Super Bowl team with Josh. I think every single player on that team is better than the 2024 version, except maybe some OL guys and LB’s.

Meh. This season is all about Levis. It’s the “prove to us we shouldn’t draft a QB next year seasons. DHOP has no chance of being moved right now. By week 8, who knows?

Nah it’s a narrative award. The Bills narrative was doomed when we went 6-6 to start the season.

I don’t know if Josh will personally be better or worse. I think i could see his rushing totals be even better and his passing totals dip. I think there’s a strong chance for an MVP award. With the general consensus around the Bills offense being a bunch of JAGs and Allen, if he drags this team to the playoffs and a relatively high seed again, I think he’s an easy vote. +800 is good money rn

Not only that, but Philly won a Super Bowl way quicker.

To respond to your post, I personally think the only way we win a SB with McD/Beane is to just not face KC in the postseason. Probably a crappy way to look at it, but it reminds me of the Cavs/Raptors in the NBA a few years back. Lebron just destroyed them. Every year. They could have a great regular season, be the #1 seed and they had lost the mental battle before the first whistle blew. I think McD and the Bills in general (outside of Allen) are there. I'm not ready to put the Bengals in that rarefied air. But I get why you are.

Spags' posts are usually funny, but what gets me every time is how many people earnestly respond to it. It's like writing letters to Santa on TBD.

I know you say that but if the Bills lost a nailbiter to KC again in the playoffs, I think they are 100% safe. There is no bust in the equation imo.

The HC that broke the worst playoff drought in football with Tyrod Taylor at QB?

I’m talking about the Jets game. I answered your questions. In what world does a QB that leads the offense to a blistering 16 points, turns it over 4 times including with less than 5 min to go on our own 25, not near single-handedly responsible for a loss?