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Few are going to realize how great this is. Especially the younglings.

Nicely said, Sir. I like being positive, as well. We had a 35 million cheerleader through part of '21 and most of '22. Now we have a 40 million dollar cheerleader through part of '22 and most of '23. Love it, onward and upward! Seriously, though, I am not ruling out running the table. 14-3 is not impossible, at all. This...is the way we roll, Jelly. Let's GO!! GO BILLS!

Do you watch the way a modern edge rusher plays? That is not a knock on you at all and not a question, because I know you do. I'm just stating that the absolute stress undergone in some of the motions, and even the pivot change of directions, is tremendous. I didn't bring up Tre's injury, you did. I am not saying that they are all the same or even that they happen the same way. We have seen too many instances, otherwise. I also know the way Von's injury happened didn't occur exactly given my concerns. However, those were my concerns, especially with a guy as dominating and fast as Von.

To beguile you with my mastery of the obvious, before we run to the "next Bill up" or the "the younglings have to fly on their own", please note the sole reason this man was brought in, at 33, for 20 million per, with about 60 million guaranteed was to get this team to a Super Bowl. ...along with himself and not as a cheerleader. I think this team is great without him and they may still go, but this is literally crushing. I'll say it again...given the position he plays, his age, and the stress on the lower body getting to the QB this just seemed inevitable. However, how I would love to see the Bills win a SB without any hired guns to help pull them over the top. It would be sweet. GO BILLS!

Yeah, no, that's not how this work. With as hard as these guys cut ad stop on a dime, and at 33 years old and at risk for pile-ups, this event almost seems inevitable. Thank you, Greg. ...and regardless of my dramatics in my earlier post..let's be honest...that would pretty cool. 4 out of 5 years. Ugh, I hate this, though!

The Thanksgiving Day Massacre. Two straight years. The extremely-stitious nature of my personality hopes we avoid these turkey day games in the future.

If so, Jokeman, I'm thinking a bruiser at RB to go with Cook, right? EDIT: Not a pseudo FB, just RB with some speed who can inflict damage.

I am so completely fine with this for 2023: Round 1: Wide Receiver Round 2: O-Line Round 3: O-Line Round 4: Wide Receiver Round 5: O-Line Round 5: Safety

i don’t disagree with anything above, and yes, it is frustrating. Those losses that cost them can obviously be pointed to the results of the circumstances they found themselves in the playoffs…that and not being able to win on the road in January. However, that does not change my earlier comment. Right now they are on top. If you think they are going to lose I will not even argue with that. However, this is the first time this late in the season they have been the 1 seed since 1993. We have to beat the remaining teams, including the bengals to finish at 1…but the Bengals have to, as well, and they are in that position because of what they didn’t do earlier in the season. I can neither weep for them, nor be impressed, because they were without their starting wr for awhile. We have been devastated by injuries, we have had remarkable adversity. The storm was the s*** and the illness was crazy. We will play more road games this year than any team in nfl history that wasn’t going through a new stadium build, or dislocation due to damage. …and we sit at 1. All things considered I’m good and I am not looking with envy at the actions of other teams…coming in on Mondays because they are so hardcore.

Badol, given the OP if you want to give examples of the Bills not showing up, or not dealing with adversity, I am willing to listen.

Bills haven’t played anywhere near their potential…as they sit atop of the AFC and are getting healthier and ramping things up when they normally do in December. Thank you, but I’m sleeping very well at night.

I am asking for friends from South Florida. They want to to know whether they should bring a jacket, just incase it might be chilly. Please let me know your thoughts. GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been talking about this with friends sine the end of the Pats. It is a crazy interesting stat which I don't think has resonated in conversation. I am to think about the fact that seven teams make the playoffs and that one team has beaten every other team over the course of the season is remarkable...maybe even every team that ends up 2 through 8, as well. Yes...so much for weak schedule, indeed. EDIT: 2 through 9 if Cleveland rallies, as I believe they are going to do, even against halfway decent teams.

Also well said, and no real argument from me. That's where my respect for them comes from. Man, Greg...I just think the Jets have a nastiness about them that Miami doesn't have or can't muster, record compared between the two be damned.

Well said. It's weird, TFB, as I believe that Miami is the better of the two teams, but I still respect the Jets maybe more. I hate...hate our two losses to them, but right now at this point in time I believe the Bills are locking into their late season focus and...as such also at this point in time, and in the overall scheme of things, "the great worry" in the AFC East is not that the Bills have to play the Jets and the Dolphins... ...but that THEY have to play Buffalo. GO BILLS!

On top of everything else mentioned, James Cook is starting to be a problem that teams may have to address in the near future. He can burn you with a long run through a small hole and he can be right there, annoyingly, 4 yards up the field for a pass that possibly becomes 8 when it is done.

I absolutely want the Dolphins to lose in LA next week, but I must admit the excitement level for us, and even the whole NFL, would be off the charts if they roll into Buffalo at 9-4 playing a 10-3 Bills team in a primetime game. As Apollo Creed would say "It's like a damn monster movie!"

🤣 Chandler, I was looking for my post in here. I thought "am I crazy?! I could have sworn I posted about this!" I did...just someplace else.

I am assuming he finishes this year at 720 career receptions. I honestly think that even if he drops off he is still good for at least 100 receptions a year for the next three years. let's give him...11 TDs per year in those years, to go with 4 more this year. Including his average per reception his numbers at that point would look like this: 11 years, 1,020 receptions, for 12,750 yards and 95 TDs Again, those estimates might be low, but he is getting a little bit older. Fantastic career that goes beyond the numbers. If he makes it to 13 years and can do some similar production (1,200 grabs, 15,000 yards, etc.) and wins a Super Bowl...absolutely.

As well check out the "EDIT" in the original post.

...He'll qualify for the all time NFL field goal percentage list. If he maintains his average (86%, it would be making 6 of the next 7), then he will be the 13th most accurate field goal kicker in NFL history. https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask?q=best+field+goal+percentage+for+nfl+kickers+all-time#:~:text=Justin Tucker has the highest,a kicker%2C hitting 91.0 percent. If he makes his next seven kicks his 87% would put him 8th. His average the last couple of years would have him in the top 4 or so. He has 1 more year left on his deal, so at least it is not something we have to worry about at the start of 2023. EDIT: By week 7 of his rookie season he was 12-17, for 70.5%. Since then he is 68-76 and a 89.5 Field Goal Percentage. He has a gaudy 8.5 point per game average in his career which, if kept up this season, would supplant his own Bills record of 141 with 144 points. He is likely to go over 400 points this year in just 3 seasons.

Thank you, Chand! Here's a little more rabbit hole stuff... Bills are 85-63 the last nine years. 2014: 9-7 2015: 8-8 2016: 7-9 2017: 9-8 (includes playoffs - IP) 2018: 6-10 2019: 10-7 (IP) 2020: 15-4 (IP) 2021: 12-7 (IP) 2022: 9-3 EDIT: Even excluding the 2022 playoffs if the Bills can run the table they can earnestly claim that they have averaged at least 10 wins a season for the last nine years. Josh is now 48-24 as a starter, including the games he started but did not finish (Atlanta, New England). He is 43-18 since 2019. So far this decade they are 36-14, excluding the playoff loss from the end of the 2019 season against Houston played on the 4th (side note: Texans since that game are 9-34-1). As WGR noted this morning he is the 1st player in NFL history to register 3 straight 25 passing / 5 rushing TD seasons. Diggs needs 9 more receptions for his 3rd straight 100 reception season, and 37 more to set the Bills singles season record of 127 receptions...his from 2020. As WGR also noted earlier one quarter of Cook's touches for the Bills this season took place last night. 14 rushes and 6 receptions for a total of 105 yards. From the NFL Channel ticker (I may have mentioned this the other day), Josh Allen is now only the 3rd QB to beat Belichek 5 times and the only of those to be .500 (they were wrong in indicating he would be 5-4 as they didn't include the start he got knocked out of). If he starts and wins the season finale he will obviously become the only QB with a winning record and at least five victories against BB (6-5, 6-1 in the last seven and winner of 3 straight seasons series (2-0, 2-1, 2-0). EDIT: The Bill my brother was most critical of last night and one of the first things he said after "great win" this morning...was Cook. 😐 he thought he was tripping over his own feet and can't stay upright when he runs. 🙄

4th straight winning season (5th in 6 years). first team to win 3 Thursday games in a season. first team to win all 3 thanksgiving time slots (and in four years). first team this season to get to 6 road victories (to hell with “that was a home game”). first team to win 3 games in 12 days. Damn, I am so proud of these guys.

This was the linch pin game. Moving forward… I don’t fear the Jets at home. I don’t fear the Dolphins at all at home. I don’t fear the Bears on the road. The only concern is the Bengals on the road, and we should be getting very important guys back (Von…possibly Hyde?) And I am more fearful about being carried away by army ants* than the Pats at the end at home. I honestly believe no worse than 13-4. Phins are very good, but they lose to us and they lose one more. In short, Gonzales is an idiot. * Credit to Bobcat G.

I know BF619’s original caveat. However, I can’t help but think that I need Josh to do a 325 yards passing, 60 rushing and 4 td night. Sorry.