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Love JA! Love Stef! Love this team! We’re so lucky to have this generational duo locked down for the next several years. Go Bills! Happy Thanksgiving, Bills Mafia!

Happy Thanksgiving, Bills Mafia! May your day be filled with good food and great memories with family and friends. And of course, may all of us enjoy the Bills winning and getting to 8-3. Here’s some Thanksgiving food thoughts from the players: And finally, let Josh eat! Get us to 8-3. Go Bills!

The Lions have one of the worst defenses in the league and we have one of the best offenses in the league. This difference will determine the outcome of the game in our favor. The offensive player that is going to make the biggest impact is James Cook. He had a solid game last week and was part of the two headed monster that helped us have around 170 yards rushing in the game. With a weak Lions D, I see him having another solid game with 126 total yards making some noise in both the run and pass game. He’ll go for a score as well. Bills win the game and now all of us have another thing to be thankful for on Thanksgiving. Who ya got? Have a happy Thanksgiving everyone. May you be filled with great memories surrounded by family and friends, and of course, winning Bills football. Go Bills! PS- @muppy, two things: 1. Do you know if the local is open for the bills thanksgiving game tomorrow? We tried to call, but they weren’t open yet. Also, I can’t fully tell from online hours 2. And of course, who ya got?

@BigDingus, did you read my post or just the thread title? I never said we should be arrogant or that we’d blow out every team. Some of my main thoughts were that it's hard to understand why some will pick out one strength from the opposing team or one weakness from us and they’re worried about that instead of choosing to be confident in the nine strengths we do have going into a certain game against a middling team. We may even lose that type of game from time to time but it doesn't mean you can't have confidence. Or, some want to fire coaches (McD has the best winning percentage in our history currently) even though most SB teams have a rough stretch during SB seasons. As Von said, the Rams lost three in a row in their SB season. How many Pats teams started .500 but went on to win the SB or go far in the playoffs? Or, some want players dumped, traded or benched when even the greats go through rough patches every season. Just this year, PM threw a game sealing INT against us. People still know he’s great. The overreaches (not saying you're overreaching) seem a bit much with how good of a team we have. This team is at a level where we can have a level of confidence when we play inferior or average opponents (even though we'll lose these games at times). And, we're definitely a good of enough team to where everything doesn't have to be questioned or burned down because we go through a rough stretch in a season. That’s some of the points of the post and I think what @Big Turk is trying to convey as well. Big Turk, you can correct me if that’s not what you were trying to say. Hope that makes sense, BD. Go Bills!

Eligible to return on Dec. 18 vs. the Raiders. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35054677/patriots-place-dt-christian-barmore-ir-knee-injury

I believe the Bills would have won at home but I do believe being at a neutral site in a dome will be a big advantage for the Bills. While I think the Browns will do well in the run game, I’m not concerned about it because I don’t believe they’ll be able to keep up with our offense. The Browns only have three INTs on the year. This is going to be a get right game for JA and he’s going to rely on his best receiver to do it. I’m going with Diggs. He’ll dominate like he has the whole year. He’ll get a few clutch catches, move the chains, be Josh’s go to and pull in a couple TDs. It won’t be a blowout, but it’ll be a comfortable win. Who ya got? Go Bills!

JuJu out against the Chargers as well. He’s in concussion protocol. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35048154/kansas-city-chiefs-place-mecole-hardman-ir

I hear ya, bro (and I'm not just saying that). Some of my main thoughts were that it's hard to understand why some will pick out one strength from the opposing team or one weakness from us and they’re worried about that instead of choosing to be confident in the nine strengths we do have going into a certain game against a middling team. We may even lose that type of game from time to time but it doesn't mean you can't have confidence. Or, some want to fire coaches (McD has the best winning percentage in our history currently) even though most SB teams have a rough stretch during SB seasons. As Von said, the Rams lost three in a row in their SB season. How many Pats teams started .500 but went on to win the SB or go far in the playoffs? Or, some want players dumped, traded or benched when even the greats go through rough patches every season. Just this year, PM threw a game sealing INT against us. Nobody was thinking he still couldn't be a winner just because that happened. So to your point, you can be critical and confident but the overreaches (not saying you're overreaching) seem a bit much with how good of a team we have. This team is at a level where we can have a level of confidence when we play inferior or average opponents (even though we'll lose these games at times). And, we're definitely a good of enough team to where everything doesn't have to be questioned or burned down because we go through a rough stretch in a season. Hopefully that makes sense, bro. Good back and forth.

Where did I ever say blind fandom or even allude to that? I never said that we were above criticism or that we wouldn’t lose any more games. Did you read my original post?

Still here, bro. I’ve lived through the 90s SB disappointments, the Music City Miracle, the drought, the Hail Murray, the Jags game, 13 seconds and other brutal losses. So yes, I understand the pain. It doesn’t mean you can’t have confidence in this team and worry about every opponent like every opponent is the ‘07 Pats. As someone else has said, the combined record of the three teams we’ve lost to (by a total of eight points) is 23-7. And as someone else pointed out, every team that reached the championship games last year had a bad stretch of the season last year. Go Bills!

My wife’s birthday is on the same day as the Bills play the Vikings. Traditionally in our family when it’s someone’s birthday, they have say of what’s happening the whole day. Thankfully, my wife likes the Bills (cool wife) and we’ll be able to watch the game. After the game, we'll go out to celebrate her and her birthday. Hopefully the boys can pull out the win in honor of her birthday. If they win, credit my wife. 🤣😜🤣 Cheer your heart out, Bills Mafia! Let’s get to 7-2 and stay on top of the AFC. Go Bills!

Love the nickname, bro! Did you come up with that or does he already have that nickname?

Man, it’s been hard to pick these with all of our injuries this year. That said, I’m going with Matt Milano. Look for him to be a key piece in containing Dalvin Cook as well as close off the middle of the field in the passing game. Milano is one of our best defenders and I’m glad he’s back for this game especially with the uncertainty of JA at this point. Who ya got?

There’s two things that stand out to me on why I’m looking at our defense. First, in the last six games against the Jets they haven’t scored over 17 points per game. I realize that trends don’t always have to mean anything for the upcoming game but I see that trend continuing. Also, Zach Wilson is completing only 19% of his passes (yeah, you read that right) when facing pressure. We are one of the leagues best when it comes to getting pressure. If our d-line can get consistent pressure, I really think it’s game over, especially with how potent our offense typically is. I also think it will be important for a D line to have a game since Poyer is going to be out. They can help us on the back end by getting consistent pressure on the front end. I’m going with Groot. Look for him to be a disruptive force that rattles Wilson with pressures and sacks throughout the game. Hopefully we can make that 19% average against pressure even lower. Who ya got? Go Bills!

Our defense should do very well against A-Rod and his young, inexperienced WRs. While I do see Josh and his WR’s having a good game it could be a little bit of a stiffer challenge with the Packers pass defense. So, my mind turns to our run game versus the Packers #27 run defense. I’m going to go with Devin Singletary. With his limited touches throughout the season, he’s played pretty well. Against the Chiefs with more touches, he played really well. I think we’ll see some quick scores but also some clock burning drives where we trust #26 to get it done in the run game as well as our short passing game. Look for DS to have 120 total yards with a score or two. Who ya got, Bills Mafia?

Great question, Airseven. My intent of the question wasn’t from a place of 100% confidence all the time or no nervousness at all. Even with this team, they’ve lost in heartbreaking fashion. The intent wasn’t overlooking anyone either. That said, we’re at a level where fans don’t have to go in to every game (I get being nervous going into games against stiffer competition) as the “nervous” mafia. That was more my point as it seems like it still happens against middling teams. We’re even at a point where facing good competition should have us pretty confident as well. As I mentioned in my original post, it seems like some fans when facing a middling team will point out one of the opposing teams strengths or one of our weaknesses and not focus on the nine strengths we have going into the game. I attached part of my post below that will hopefully clarify. The intent was also about why some don’t give this team or the coaches the benefit of the doubt when we struggle for a quarter, a half, a game or even a stretch of the season. We’re way beyond that as a team. Many great teams still go through games and stretches where they struggle. Bills2022 and jletha, thanks for your thoughts. I wasn’t saying that there will never be nerves. I acknowledged that there will be especially against stiffer competition. I still get nervous before games and in games as well. I attached part of my post below that will hopefully clarify. “I think most fans get that we’re not gonna win every game and that the jags game or any given Sunday game could happen once or possibly twice a year. Why not go into some games (I say some games because I get being nervous going into a game like the Chiefs, Ravens or another good team but against teams like the Steelers, Jets or another middling team?) confident and then if there is an “any given Sunday” or “Jags game” outcome then just chalk it up as such. We’re at a level where we can enjoy this team without having to worry about every negative, weakness or game.”

Thanks for the thoughts fellas. Ethan, hopefully this part of my post below will clear things up. I never said we’d go 17-0. I even mentioned that any given Sunday would most likely happen once or twice a year. That said, we’re at a level where fans don’t have to go in to every game (I get being nervous going into games against stiffer competition) as the “nervous” mafia. That was my point NOT an undefeated season. CAndK, it’s not about overlooking people, again, it’s just not about being the “nervous” mafia going into every game. This team is way beyond that. “I think most fans get that we’re not gonna win every game and that the jags game or any given Sunday game could happen once or possibly twice a year. Why not go into some games (I say some games because I get being nervous going into a game like the Chiefs, Ravens or another good team but against teams like the Steelers, Jets or another middling team?) confident and then if there is an “any given Sunday” or “Jags game” outcome then just chalk it up as such. We’re at a level where we can enjoy this team without having to worry about every negative, weakness or game.”

I’ve been holding off on this post for a couple days but this facetious Twitter post got me off the fence. I know it’s hard to tell tone in a post so please know this isn’t an angry or demeaning rant, it’s more of a curious rant. Why do some fans choose not to have confidence in this team? We’re the best team in the league and there’s still posts about “remember the Jags game”, “any given Sunday”, “this will be the game this team gets out of their slump”, “we don’t have tape on this rookie QB so he could torch us”, etc., etc., etc. Or, there may be posts that pick out one strength from the opposing team or one weakness from us and they’re worried about that instead of choosing to be confident in the nine strengths we do have going into that game. I’ll only mention this one thing about the game day posts because many times that’s when the worst comes out. There’s posts on there where we’ll have a rough start or a stalled drive or two and people are calling for the coaches’ heads. I think most fans get that we’re not gonna win every game and that the jags game or any given Sunday game could happen once or possibly twice a year. Why not go into some games (I say some games because I get being nervous going into a game like the Chiefs, Ravens or another good team but against teams like the Steelers, Jets or another middling team?) confident and then if there is an “any given Sunday” or “Jags game” outcome then just chalk it up as such. We’re at a level where we can enjoy this team without having to worry about every negative, weakness or game. We get critique but calling for the coach’s head when he’s the winningest coach in our history? -We’re the best team in football (we know there may be a game or two where it’s any given Sunday) -Someone in another post mentioned this already but we’ve beaten the #2 seed, #3 seed and #4 in our conference -JA is one of the best, if not the best, QBs in the league right now -We have the #1 defense and a top-three offense -Our point differential is the highest in the league and the next team isn’t even close -The average points we’ve beaten the Rams, the Titans, the Ravens and the Chiefs by is 15 points -We’ve blown people out and have won close games -We’re the #1 seed in the AFC, and again, the best team in football What more do you need to be confident going into games? If you’re one of these fans, I’d love to hear from you. Do you just find something to be nervous about, do you just not have enough confidence in this team, are you just trolling or…? I’d love to hear from a lot of Bills Mafia as well. Curious rant over. Go Bills!

I’m finding myself caring more about the outcomes of division leaders or potential division leaders than teams in our own division. Now, don’t take this too far (we have some bills fans on here that like to take thoughts to the extreme). I still care about the outcomes of our division teams as well. I just don’t see winning the division as much of an issue as getting the #1 seed. That’s the level that the bills are on now and I also believe we’ll take care of business when we play our division. I’ve even found myself a couple/few times this year wanting a division team to win over another division leader so that the division leader would have a worse record and make it harder to get the top seed over the bills. And of course, the Bills currently have a good starting lead from their own doing as well because of who they’ve beat along with their 5-1 record. Any of you having similar thoughts or do you always root against division teams no matter what?

Great topic, Alfa. First part of the name is obvious. The second part of my name is the area code I live in; San Diego. Go Bills!

It's a Bills mini-movie presented by the NFL of our win over the Chiefs. It's good. Here's the link - https://www.nfl.com/videos/mini-movie-bills-get-their-revenge-vs-chiefs-in-week-6-statement-win We have the best record in the conference at 5-1. We've beat the SB Champs. We've beaten every current division winner in the AFC. Get this one, JA has more TDs than TWENTY NINE other NFL teams. CRAZY GOOD! Here's the link for that - Enjoy the movie. Enjoy the bye. Go Bills!

…25 NFL teams do. On top of that, he has more offensive production in five games than the Bears offense has in SIX games. I’m sure it won’t hold up for the whole season but it’s pretty incredible. It dawned on me that it wasn’t too long ago that the Bills would've been the team in this stat instead of the Bears. We used to be on the wrong end of these types of things. So glad Beane, McD, JA and company has changed that narrative. Time to face KC fellas. Get er done. Go Bills! https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/10-wildest-nfl-stats-through-five-weeks-josh-allen-better-than-25-offenses-nick-chubb-matching-jim-brown/amp/

The Bills vs. the Chiefs. Our biggest game to date this season. Should be fun (and stressful at times 😂). As many have said, our advantage is our passing attack vs. their secondary. The Bills offense is going to get their points just like they did in both games last year. So, for my impact player, my sights turn to the defense. I'm going with the person we signed this offseason to be the difference maker in these types of games. Mr. Von Miller, I'm looking at you. VM is going to be motivated. He knows why he was brought in here and he's never beaten Mahomes when Kermit has started. Von will cut down the time Mahomes has to make some of his typical Mahomes like plays. Also, look for Von to make a couple plays (whether pressures or sacks) that end up stopping Chief drives. Also, the Von Miller effect will be in full force and will allow our other DL players the opportunity to disrupt and get home. These things will be enough to give us the edge on the scoreboard with the Bills winning by 7-10 points. Who ya got, Bills Mafia? Go Bills!

McD preaches complementary football. The Bills are playing on another level. It’s more like complementary domination so far. The Bills have a point differential of 91 points. To put that into perspective, the two teams with the second highest point differential are the Eagles and 49ers at 47 points. The Bills almost double that total. Get this, if KC wins by 21 points over the Raiders tomorrow their differential will only be 54 points. Our defense is tied with the 49ers for the lowest points surrendered in the NFL at 61 points. You could argue that if our offense didn’t gift the opposing offense two very short fields (starting inside the ten yard line both times) in back to back games that our defense would only have given up 47 points at this point. I digress though. Moving on. Our offense has scored 152 points. That’s an average of 30.4ppg vs. 12.2ppg. We’re outscoring our opponents by a 2.5 times margin. This is all being done while supposedly being in the harder part of our schedule. We’ve played the Super Bowl champs, the #1 AFC seed from last year (and still the current #1 team in their division) and also the current #1 team in the AFC North division. This is also all being done with the rash of injuries to start the season. Yep, complementary domination at its finest. Go Bills. Bring on KC.

JA had 348 yards in the FIRST HALF alone. The most yards in a single half in Bills history. He finished the game (more like 3/4's of the game) with a career high (and franchise high for a regulation game) 424 yards. He had eight plays of 20 plus yards. The 98 yard pass was the longest play against the Steelers since 1966. This is the worse loss in the Tomlin era. Not too shabby for a coach who has never had a losing season in his tenure. This is actually their worse loss since 1989 when they lost to the Browns 51-0. Gabe Davis had 32.1 fantasy points on three catches. The only other WR to do that since the merger? Randy Moss (39.3 fantasy points on three catches). Oh, and then there was this Total domination against a VERY proud franchise and fanbase. Well done, fellas. Well done. We're on to KC.