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I can't imagine them trading him -- I am sure whoever they hire as their next coach will have the Watson seal of approval.

I only fear our guys getting lost in the moment -- second time in the playoffs, first time having fans all season, highest expectations for the team in most of theses guys lifetimes. These Bills have always risen to the challenge and moment but the margins keep getting smaller and the hype is only going to continue growing.

I think Mahomes gets a pass in part because his slump coincided with the Steelers complete collapse so the pressure was complete off the Chiefs for control of the conference and the Chiefs continued winning games. It also speaks to how high he set that bar that you could consider it a 'slump' while he still averaged 300+ yards a game with 2 TDs and an interception.

I'm not taking anything for granted -- they're a complete and veteran team with a good coach, with savvy veteran quarterback, and they play the type of physical style that wins playoff games in January. I'll be grateful for a win, regardless of what it looks like.

Agree this is a big mistake for the Colts. Allen is too complete a passer to spy with a linebacker. They need their D-Line to step up in a big way and close and keep Allen contained in the pocket while throwing everything at shutting things down downfield IMHO

It's because I've watched both them field returns and you can clearly see that Roberts is confident securing the ball, while McKenzie isn't and almost every time he fields a return the ball just isn't secure and is highly susceptible to being muffed or stripped. I love him as a player, and think he deserves to makes the roster next season on offense alone, but if you could get that fixed in the offseason and help him improve his instincts for the return game, I would be all for sending him back there and opening a roster spot at another position. At this moment though with a pro-bowl caliber returner in Roberts and the playoffs looming there isn't a reason to make a change.

This is great news -- the thought of all three of our top receivers healthy with the emergence of Davis and the growth of Allen over the second half of the season gives me a huge smile.

I don't fear Brady, but don't love the matchup on paper with the Buccaneers. They have a ton of great targets and Mike Evans is a nightmare with his size against anyone, including White. Their defense has a lot of top end talent -- particularly in the front seven. It's very lucky that they've not been able to put it all together consistently this season and will have to contend with Brady continuing to decline going forward, because they should be absolutely terrorizing teams.

I completely agree with you, it's clear if you watch closely that he's way less comfortable securely fielding the ball in the return game. It's an underrated part of Roberts value -- he's so confident fielding that ball that when other players would and probably should wave off a punt and let the ball hop five or ten yards, Roberts hangs in and secures the fair catch in traffic.

Finally dominate? Because Josh has such a long history of wildcard flops. JFC 🤦‍♂️

That's true of all models and a fair point. It still doesn't explain how they could only predict two teams above ten wins. That's historically completely unpredicted and suggests a major problem with their modeling.

The team certainly did and he had two great throws to Davis as you said mostly with the second team against the Dolphins starters. That said he was up huge, the Dolphins had all but given up, and they were keying aggressively on the running game. He threw a terrible interception, completed less than fifty percent of his passes, and outside of his two big shots to Davis (one of which required an incredible play from Davis) had less than fifty yards passing IIRC. If you combine that with his age and the way the cap is projected to drop this year, I don't see a downside in giving the rookie and others on veteran minimum type deals a shot in the pre-season next year.

They're probably looking to the offseason -- Matt Barkley by all accounts a great guy and he threw a couple nice balls Sunday but I wouldn't feel great about him going out there for any length of time if we had an injury, and I believe he is on the last year of his deal. If someone like Kelly has matured in the eyes of our ownership and is willing to sign a futures contract after the season I wouldn't have any complaints. There is definitely potential upside among Kelly/Fromm/Webb and would make for an interesting competition.

ProFootballTalk has him as executive of the year this year, but reads as though it's their executive of the year not the official award. Well deserved either way https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/01/05/executive-of-the-year-brandon-beane/

The Chargers had our number there for a few years dating back to that game where the power went out at the Ralph that we won IIRC. It was surreal to be there for that.

I did the exact same thing while watching Sunday Night Football -- the absolute begging that the Bills take Allen out of the game was spectacular. I also loved the homers there coming out of the woodwork on the first two series stalled only to be absolutely stunned into silence. I think I even saw someone worrying after they scored and were driving in the second half that Allen might come back into the game.

It seems like McDermott should win this -- Flores and Tomlin faded spectacularly down there stretch, and Arians big improvement is driven by Brady. Is there a team that has been a bigger surprise and as dominant as the Bills?

Exactly -- two Super Bowl appearances, one victory, and five playoff appearances in ten seasons as an executive. That's not bad at all, good for him and the Broncos to make a move to keep a franchise icon while shaking things up after a tough few seasons.

Very excited for all you guys, would have dropped some serious change to be there myself if it was possible. I'm very curious to hear all the details about how it comes together so please keep posting updates!

I don't recall that either -- there were definitely games where the offense stalled out and we settled for field goals instead of touchdowns but don't recall a game like the OP describes. This matchup is similar to the Steelers to me, I think our defense matches up well and if our offense is cooking it's going to be challenging for the Colts to hang with us.

*former top scoring defense we dropped them a whopping five spots to sixth with our performance https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/team/_/view/defense/table/passing/sort/totalPointsPerGame/dir/asc

I was too young to see those games in real time but you're one hundred percent right. This team is statically the better but the league has changed so much since those Super Bowl teams. Those Buffalo Bills squads were unicorns and ahead of their time and their peers in the AFC for years.

Welcome, you guys have a balanced and tough squad. It's too bad we face each other this first game -- I've been quietly rooting for you guys since one of our favorites became your coach.

I like the signing -- I just don't get the push from some to change something that's already working by benching some combination of Roberts, McKenzie, Davis, etc. for someone fresh off the street,

I would be stunned if we changed philosophies after this season and shocked if we didn't hire from within if Daboll departed.