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Agree. When you lose each year against the same team, it's not close at all, even if each games are close. In a 4of7 like some others sports, it's a sweep.

Great post. On the bullseye.

Allen and our offense would destroy this bend but dont break. A walk in the park. Everbody know our defensive scheme, even my old neighboors and their little dog. Allen and the offense found a way to put 29 points on the board against that defense in their stadium even if Spagh really did his job and our offense was absolutely not ready for what they saw from that defense. 29 points in this circumstances, it's more than we can hope. We felt like it isnt enough, it wasnt perfect...only because our defensive scheme need the offense to be perfect to win those games. No QB in this league could be perfect in those circumstances. I'm sure Mahomes and his offense would also have a lot a troubles. Then, against our bend but dont break? It's a no contest.

And he found a way to put 29 points against a real good defense in their stadium even of Chiefs staff on defense totally won the check game with their gameplan. It wasnt pefect, but it will never be perfect for any QB when you are outcoach like that. 29 points in those circumstances, it's something. I really think some fans really begin to take his play for grant.

Agree...and i hope so..but i begin to think they dont care at all. Those calls or non-calls just totally change the outcome of a game. I hope we gonna see a real football game. Simply. Right on. It's insane. It has to be adjust.

Hope you're right, man. I hope he's changes at this point. We'll have our answers in a couple of weeks. Be sure i will be the first one to say i were wrong. Have fun.

I watched Bills games since the end of the 80's and he is a conservative HC. No doupt about it and it is so obvious...Your answer make me feel like i am in a cult. Then, i have absolutely nothing against him and i'm not in the board of Fire Mcdermott. Not at this point with what he accomplished. I think he is the first one to want to improve and yes, i saw some gutsy agressive calls this year. More than the others years. And, because he is conservative, he needed more guts than some coachs to make those calls. He did it and i credit him. But, let be serious: we can be a huge fan and being outside of a cult and in the real world: As a fan, i hope we gonna win it all with Mcdermott.but this team under Allen could win a lot of games also with a lot of NFL coachs. At the end, we will win or lose by our offense. Going on a 4 and short is a no brainer with our offense but i give credits to Mcdermott: He learns to make that calls and, hopefully, he could let our offense win the game even in a big game. I hope it's the way we will play in playoffs and our defense will help when this offense will need it.

You got it. They won the games they had to win against teams with losing record. The Bills are 3-3 against teams with a winning record. It's a great season in terms of Win-Lose...and now, they have to beat those winning teams 3 times in a row only to be in the Big show and 4 games in a row to win it. Having a 14 or 15 wins in a season is absolutely great. But, a 1-1 or even 2-1 in playoffs isnt enough with the QB and the offense we have. It's all about expectations. With a QB like Allen, we never know. Our conservative HC will have to not try to slow down our offense to help our defense. If our offense can score at will against those kind of teams, let them score. If we have to win, it will be by our offense. Let them score. Fast or not, let them score like they want to. I dont want to lose because our offense has to slow down because the defense needs help. I want to see them playing to win. I dont trust that bend but dont break at all against a good QB, a good offense and i just hope they could help our offense a little when they will need it. Let see in a couple of weeks. Go Bills.

First, Virgil, you have to know you're one of ma favorite on this board. I dont write a lot of posts (as a french canadian, my english is average at best!), but i read a lot and i almost always read your famous ---in no particular order--. Then, about the Chiefs, i disagre with you. They are absolutely not the Pats of Brady no matter how many SB they won. Most of the teams except the Benglas lost against them , but we had a better team. It's all about identity, coaching. They played to win all those years and we played to not lose. It is obvious. Last year, we had them. We had the ball for a 2 and 9 to go at the 2 minuts warning in their zone. We just blow it like we blow it in this 13 seconds game. In those games, even if those Chiefs with Mahomes are a great well coach team, the Bills had beat the Bills. We should had already beat them in playoff and we clearly can beat them. Like i said, they are not the Pats of Brady no matter the stats. It's all bout the eyes test. We just have to play to win, with no fear, no overthinking and soft defense. It's all about the identity. Others teams should feel fear when they play us. We should'nt. We have a heck of a team again thise year. This year, i feel a change. Even in that lost against the Texans, we played that game to win. It was not pretty at all. Allen threw 3 times far in our zone on the last drive without even taking some time on the clock, but, at the end, Mcdermott let the ball to our QB. A couple of first downs and we talked about how we could be in the FG range for the winning 3 points. They did it in this 4 and 2 against the Chiefs. It was easy to kick the FG and hoping our defense will stop the Chiefs. They go for win. And, in most of the game where we took the lead, we didnt play as soft this year as i saw my Bills under Mcdermott era. It's not that much, but enough to see a change. If we play to win like that in the playoffs, we have a real chance. If not...if we played soft to not lose, we gonna lose THE game again. When i saw my team lose a key game in playoff by playing soft and with fear, it's hard! If we lose by being agressive and trying to win, i can deal with it without any problem as a fan. The identity should be: Bring us those Chiefs. Mcdermott is a real good coach and a great humain being. I cross my fingers. We, Mcdermott-Allen-that team-the Fans, deserve it.

Oliver clearly has to contain-spy all the game. It was not flashing but he did a good job. Then, i dont know if it was a good idea. We totally lost his ability to disturb a play.

You got it, my friend.

Have to wait and see after all this draft, but i say no this morning. The Chiefs called for a trade in this draft? He should say: sorry, you have the wrong number, no matter what. We dont even steal a pick from them. If Beane traded up with a rival in the AFC to pick, let say, a Thomas JR, without even losing a single pick in our draft, we would all say he is a genius and we would all make fun of the other team. I have no doupt about it. At the end, it's his team and he is well paid to built it again around Allen. He does what he wants and i respect that. For all fans and his job, Mahomes-Worthy better dont beat us..but let say Beane has the balls to do what he wants.

I guess you're right. I just begin to understand we'll not go for it with our franchise QB and i'm afraid it's will be the end of his prime at the end of this new process. But, i undestand the point and i can deal with the fact that we try to be competitive. I could say we try to be competitive --only--, but it's not nothing after those 17 years.

Sounds good, but those players were part of the process in the Trust the process. So, the same Staff who bring them in this process will bring some others players and tell us to trust the new process again? I will be there and i will root, but sincerely, i dont know what's this process now. I guess it's a kind of -we'll try to be competitive and who knows if we could be lucky? - and nothing more than that.

Maybe the last one, they also had a chance. They lead the game at the halftime. They were in control. Then, the momemtum totally shifted and it was clear the first 3 lost were in their head.