Einstein's Dog

My condolences to you and your family. Stay strong.

Still in It!!!!!.......big drive needed here

I hate late flags

And for the record, during the Philly game they showed the play from an angle close to Hochuli.'s vantage point Hoch was viewing Josh from the front and from there you couldn't see the horse collar that occurred behind him. It was possible to think Josh was brought down by the shoulder. It was the rest of the cowardly crew who did not step up and call the obvious horse-collar. Now that has nothing to do with the additional nonsense on calling Intentional grounding call. That was just unnecessary.

Or, imagine deciding to punt and it's blocked. McDermott wouldn't hear the end of it. As to the OP, yes, I am no longer confident in Bass. I think it will/should start to be a factor in McD's game management (although I hope McD still opts to try 49 yd FGs). On a side note I was also disappointed with Bass in the New England game and his pathetic non-tackle of the kick returner. I know he's a kicker but still in the rare instance that he needs to be involved in a tackle I thought he would do it.

I think they should have been thinking of a new QB from the start of their regime. And to position themselves I thought they were going to do an in-season trade of Barkley to get more ammo and to get them out of being a team that pays big to RBs. Then in the draft get the best rated QB they could. That plan seemed dropped because of the early wins that season, a short term boost but mid to long term problem. IMO, they are suffering the consequences now.

I agree it's the pair Daboll and Schoen. It seems their early fluky success had them deviate from the plan they were part of with the Bills. The Bills made the playoffs in a fluke fashion but then cut the QB and refused to pay big money for an RB (Shady). The same thing needed to be done in NY - D Jones was not the answer and paying Barkley big money would be a mistake in this day and age. And yet that's exactly what they did.

I think we can turn the ball over, just don't do it three times and the game shouldn't be close. My fear is the Billls try and get too conservative in not having turnovers that they shy away from their normal game. We should be putting the ball in the air as usual. If we hit early it could get ugly for Pitt. People realize that the Bills hitting early is a distinct possibility that is why the point spread is around 10.

But then per game averages would be negatively affected - things like passing yards per game for his career.

I read they are sitting Mahomes for this game. No injury, just that it doesn't affect their seeding. Looks like KC has the 5th seed locked. *3rd seed

Looks like Mahomes streak is going to come to an end on Sunday, leaving just Josh as a starting QB every game since 2021.

I thought we were on the cusp of seeing an offensive identity that had Diggs/Kincaid/Shakir/Cook as the passing focal points with some Knox and Davis. I hope we go back to it.

It requires reallocating the cap spending. Shed some defensive spending in Tre and probably Po along with jettisoning Sherfield. IMO the WR hole is too important to hope a rookie can fill it. I believe there was real interest in the FO for OBJ and DHop but they dropped out at a certain price point. I wish they had been more aggressive and got one. I wonder if Beane feels the same way. My hope is a veteran WR for a 2 yr deal (to overlap Diggs) and get a rookie WR for the future. There are some good veterans DHop and M Evans. This should be the big FA spend.

Generally the draft is for the future and Free Agency (FA) is for the immediate concerns. I'm hoping the FO ponies up for M Evans and then drafts a WR early for the future.

Don't tell anyone.

Next thing you know they'll be telling us Diggs isn't 100%.

Didn't we win the last 4 games, so how much better position would we be in?

Done right, our SB window has another 7-10 years. Drafting Kincaid is right in line with that strategy, he looks like a good one. I'd like to see more out of Kincaid this year when he gets healthy. I think he should be the number 2 passing target.

Instant gratification, of course. Want the Mac Jones with his flashy rookie season instead of JA17? The draft is for the future. We did once pick the player (JA17) who is going to have the crazy, awesome career! I too would like more from DK2 but I think much like Diggs, DK2 is playing through an injury. The plan may have been to use him sparingly until he heals. On the positive side DK2's hands look great, he is fluid, and the future looks bright.

If you're going to go all negative nancy and try and figure "The not so far fetched way the Bills can miss the playoffs", it really should be the Bills lose the next two games. I don't like thinking about it, and don't like to go there but that is your most likely way to keep us out. If you assume the Bills beat the Pats on Sunday the odds are better the Bills can get the 2 seed than they are they will miss the playoffs.

At this point I think I'd be rooting for Fins in the playoffs through to having them come up to Buffalo. So far, the Bills routinely crush the Fins. Colts @ Bills Browns @ Bills Fins @ Bills

What? How soon we forget. Cook fumbled three times vs Denver, two that were recovered by Denver. That's a problem. Cook has lost the ball with fumbles on his first touch in a game twice so far (the Rams + Denver). In a little over 30 games he's done it twice. That is a record for anyone with over 30 games. Ball security has been an issue with Cook from day 1 and remains an issue today. He's not a big or strong guy who now has a reputation for putting the ball on the ground - he should know defenses are coming to take the ball away from him, but at times it doesn't seem like he gets the message (like Denver).

Harty has fielded the punts well- no muffs. I believe this was his first fumble and it was on the return. Harty wasn't worth the money but I at least trust him to catch the punt. Harty's fumble was a fluke. Lets not compare him to Cook. Cook is pretty much the opposite situation. Cook is a good valuable player who however, has very real ball security issues.

I feel so much better with the win! I would have been in a terrible, depressed mood through Christmas had we lost. Now I can watch the other football games with a lot of interest and in a good mood. On another note I didn't feel bad about this win at all until reading the negativity on this board. I didn't view this as the Bills getting lucky, I thought they won despite facing an unusual amount of adversity. The Bills overcame several tick tacky calls - one that negated the first interception and one that took away a nice gainer and pinned them back. They turned it over more than they should/usually do. Yet they still won. My view of the Bills as an incredibly dangerous team has not changed. I am hooked.

Yes, the 3 seed looks quite possible but would you really prefer it over the 4 seed? Both would get home playoff games for the first round but if form held up the 3 seeds second game would be in KC while the 4 seed game would be in Balt.