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Last great OL we had was during the SB years. Hull, Wolford, Ritcher, Ballard. Oh, wait, maybe THAT'S why we went to the Super Bowl. Call us nuts!

This team has reached its ceiling under McBeane. Beane's "solutions" via the draft are not solutions, and McD is incapable of out coaching the better coaches in the league. How long are we going to rest on comparisons to "the last 20 years." I mean if THAT'S the standard it's a ridiculously low bar. As to Beane, if Allen gets hurt we'll be right back there, maybe worse.

Average of 33 points per game (in regulation) allowed in four playoff games against KC (2), Miami, and Cinci. Two of those were home games

With a healthy Allen here, it can only be so bad. Alternate take: Without Allen here it's more of the same of "the last 20 years." This is a 5-12/6-11 team without Allen. It's not good otherwise. Allen is carrying ALL the coaches' water.

Not in the Front-4 he didn't. That's probably our biggest problem. Also, tag Beane here, the reason why we are limited to 2 LB sets is because on his watch we've never had more than two staring caliber LBs. Except for Bernard last year, Beane hasn't drafted one LB in his last 4 drafts on days 1 or 2. Given the complete vacancy in the starting role there ...

Broken-Record Response: They'll learn from it and move on. Funny thing tho, McD keeps saying that, but they never seem to learn anything from it. Groundhog Day.

Most 1Ds allowed all season 2nd Most Yards allowed 5th Most Passing Yards allowed 4th Most Rushing Yards allowed Fewest Points Scored all season 2nd Fewest 1Ds 3rd Fewest Yards gained Fewest Rushing Yards (by 27 yards) They're not THAT much better. We started our game vs. them IN Cinci better. This was a cataclysmic failure, the team came into the game completely unprepared. Coaching/Beane is clearly the primary issue. Remember, Cinci was playing with a patchwork OL, that played better than our starting OL. And if they are that much better, than this team will be incapable of ever advancing significantly in the playoffs

This is a perennial 5-12/6-11 team without Allen who shoulders more than any player in the history of the game.

And how many DEs/DTs do you take while expending only two Day 1/2 picks on OL-men. Ford and Brown. Both swings and misses.

We need to draft better, plain and simple. Then we don't constantly have to go after proven FAs at top dollar.

Marvin Lewis with Cinci.

Anyone else notice him grabbing his elbow on every play he was involved in late in the game? I suspect offseason surgery, which will mean what. (rhetorical)

BTW, even better if Carman plays LT. IMO the Bengals would be fools to do that, but maybe they have no other options. Carman was a turnstyle last week no matter where he played. I see Lawson even taking major advantage of that. Sheeeeet, I can see Lawson logging two or three sacks even.

My understanding is that Carman is playing G today. He did play LT last week, but he also played the interior, RG I thought. Perhaps he was so bad that they switched him around. I know that he's listed at G and I read somewhere that he was playing G today. Who knows, maybe the report was FoS, could have been. Either way, Rousseau, Oliver, Lawson, should all be able to take advantage. Besides, our guys line up all over the place, not always in their specified starting line-up spots, as you know. Point being, with three (3) of their OL-men out for today, and given the way that the Raven D essentially had their way with the Bengals OL, I'm hardly worried. In fact I'm looking forward for our entire DL having a fantastic day. Last week Burrow pitched for just over 200 and was sacked 4 times, and Mixon was held to 39 yards on 3.5 per carry. It's going to be a good day! GO BILLS!!!!

Should be a great game. I'm eager to watch Oliver, Rousseau, and our DL vs. their patchwork OL. Could easily be the story of the game. 34-23 Bills GO BILLS!!!

Cinci's OL is a mess. Watching Oliver over Carman today should be pleasantly interesting. Oliver may post a career day. Allen plays like slop, his highs are so high that I still have to pinch myself that he's out QB, and despite slop play from time to time, we still win. IMO our dropsies are far more critical, because in games where Allen plays sloppy, it's usually because of drops too. Need the receivers& Knox to step up big more than anything. Everyone's talking as if Burrow's been playing lights out ball recently, he hasn't been. OK, so what, he started strong in our canceled game, hardly meant he was going to play like that all game and log 600 yards and 8 TDs. Just sayin', I know we're all nervous, but relax.

Who cares, talk is cheap! Here's the thing, Burrow's issues, 3 OL-men out, are not correctable except by backups. That backup Carman got his ass handed to him last week, I mean it was pathetic. Allen's "issues" on the other hand, are correctable. Remember, we've had a pretty horrific month-plus with Damar, storms, relocation of a home game. It finally feels as if we've settled back in. Allen's incredibly bright. IMO he had TOs because we were up and he wanted to end the game and sit in the 2nd half and let Keenum play a little. I could be off, but the point is that Allen could have been more conservative. He seems to know when to be and when not to be. At the end of the day the Bengals are in trouble if they field the same OL as they did last week. We on the other hand will be fine. Allen's not going to be so carefree this week. (Notice I didn't say careless)

Not worry, but concern for having a team henceforth. I'll stop being concerned when the news of a lease extension comes out. Until then, it's a valid question as to why one hasn't been signed. Plain and simple.

Not so sure about that. Remember, the agreement that they had prevented Pegula from talking to anyone else outside of Buffalo. That expired in December as I understand it, after having twice been extended, from Sept. 1st and then again from Oct. 15th. Presumably he's now been allowed to talk to other locales. In many other locales the team instantly becomes worth more than it is in Buffalo. That's why Pegula's silence is so worrisome. I'd feel a lot better if he himself came out and said something. There are one too many similarities with what Modell did in Cleveland going on here for my comfort. I'd like to think that I'm worrying for nothing, but there are far too many loose ends, ends that we've been told are "so close" or almost done for many months now. If they were so close to being done, why aren't they done. Don't forget, we were told that this was "iron clad" last March. If it's iron-clad, then why hasn't a lease extension been signed and why are we talking about it like this now. But most importantly, why can't they in good faith, Pegula really, unless it's now the County holding it up, sign a lease extension, whether it be for one year, or the three/four that we'll need until a new stadium is up. What's the risk? I see absolutely none if the team truly is staying. There is none, again, if the team truly is staying as we've been assured. Once again, games for 2023 start in just over 7 months and we have no lease, nowhere for the team to play technically. I have to say that if nothing is formalized by the end of February, a mere less than 6 weeks from now, it may be time to start worrying. The most recent piece mentions 30-days for several things to occur now. We'll see. GO BILLS!!! Let's beat Cinci first!!!

So is the stadium lease extension not being signed because the County won't sign it, or because Pegula won't sign it. Initially we were told that Pegula won't sign it until the Stadium Construction Agreement is inked, which it isn't. Is it now the County that's holding this up?

LOL, no, there isn't. Just concerned. Remember, this was "iron clad" over 9 months ago. The narrative on what's been holding this up keeps changing. That has me thinking that there's something going on that we're not being told. Also, as some people have pointed out, factor in Kim's status and we have no idea what's going through Terry's mind either, and he's been conspicuously silent for months. I guess it call comes back to bad luck for us. "Homerun Throwback" (which was a forward pass), Henry Jones PI (never happened), Wide-Right, etc. I keep waiting for the next shoe to drop. LOL

I mean worst case, sign a one-year extension, what's the big risk? But Pegula won't sign anything until the greater Agreement gets done.

If it's a foregone conclusion, why not formalize it? I probably am worrying for no reason. I have to think though that if something isn't concrete and formalized by the end of February that there's cause for concern. I don't know, what are they waiting for? That's my question.

No, Erie County did not. Again, the NFL's owners can't extend the lease between Erie County and the Bills/Pegula. All they did was rubber-stamp it as a formality from their end. It means nothing in terms of us being able to use Highmark. Right now we do not have a lease to play there in less than 8 months. It's fine with the owners, which of course we knew, why wouldn't it be, but they vote on stuff like that. It has nothing to do with the actual lease itself.

The lease extension for Highmark shouldn't take much time. The greater Stadium Construction Agreement does, but not a simple extension for a stadium that they've been using for decades. They're two separate things. All I'm saying is that if "it's a done deal," then sign the lease extension, at least for 2023, this season, which begins play there in less than 8 months. I don't see why they can't do a series of one-year extensions for Highmark. Do this year's, we can worry about next year's later.