MikePJ76

have to root for the ravens. We need the bengals to be buried in losses and finish like 9-8 or something. Same with cleveland and pittsburgh. Let jax and baltimore win their divisions. that would leave an outside shot at the wildcard if it came down to it.

They are 5-4 and have lost to Carolina and Atlanta and you are jealous of them?

Central NY where I am from. Again, The property taxes in North Texas are ridiculous. I believe texas is like 6th or 5th ish in property taxes.

You must be unaware of the states current immense issue with property taxes. My property taxes here are absurd.

I will happily pay the income taxes in ny again in two years to gain The cheaper grocery prices, housing etc. and overall better environment to live in. A NY winter is more tolerable to me at this point than a North Texas Summer which never ends. not to mention to get to have a real fall again is just the greatest to me. I will admit I am going to hate the spring in NY.

I am sticking it out because I didn't want to pull my kids away from their friends in school. Son is a freshman in college and my daughter is a sophomore in high school. I would have never forgiven my parents had we moved away from my friends at that point in my life so we didn't want to do that to them. Both my kids want to go to college in the northeast...my son grad school anyway hopefully in the northeast.

I'm from NY and have lived in North Texas unfortunately for 20 years.

So your analogy is that Allen is not as good as Favre because Allen turns the ball over? this whole who are comparing allen to has come out of left field....I don't recall comparing him to anyone, I am debating the merits of labeling the teams most important player a Turnover machine responsible for all the bad things happening in Buffalo. Also I have been pointing out that the league which these guys currently play allows for teams to make repeated mistakes on offense because the game is setup for them to succeed.....so being really good late corelates to me more in winning than throwing early interceptions does to losing. again though if you are now saying Allen is never going to be an all timer because he turns the ball over and using Brett FRIGGING Favre as the bar to pass not to mention Peyton Manning....then....Good day sir.

Most importantly with him....He doesn't kiss any rings

Turnovers are the end result of the play and the statistic that goes into the game book, but they are not always made by the guy being assigned the TO. That is why equating a turnover in the first quarter to a PI in a critical moment of the final drive of the game is not equal to me. yes historically every coach ever is going to preach dont turn the ball over...play good special teams yada yada yada. Its just not the stand alone thing anymore in the nfl like it once was in what was a running league. That is why in today's nfl you want to be the team with the ball last even if you are losing and not the team protecting the lead late. The increased number of defensive penalties and the leagues insistence on offenses having the upper hand have made that traditional turn the ball over and lose scenario less relevant. if allen were throwing back breaking interceptions on final drives or in overtime I would be right there with you concerned that there is a problem and it might not be able to get corrected. However that is not the scenario I see happening and no matter what anyone says its a 60 minute game, if you throw a tipped ball interception in the first quarter and the other team does not get points out of it, then later you lead a game winning drive only to have the defense blow the game with missed tackles, mental mistakes and penalties......there is no way you can tell me the defensive mistakes in the final moments of the game are not the reason you lost. Its a team game and it takes 60 minutes to win. Neil O'Donnell level turnovers I am right there with you but Allen is a guy that with the ball late is going to go score and has proven it time and time again. in todays nfl we see it time and time again...teams make mistakes and get behind or play sloppy and then all of a sudden late they get it together and make plays and win nullifying the earlier mistakes. Its basically a constant every week. for instance what mattered more in the Jags Chargers Playoff game last year, Trevor Lawrence's 4 Interceptions or his 4 touchdowns... .Herbert threw 0 interceptions but also only 1 TD. Lawrence threw 3 first half interceptions and 3 second half touchdowns along with leading a game winning drive for a field goal. The jags defense gave up zero points in the fourth quarter and the offensive scored 11. The turnovers are forgotten because Lawrence threw a bunch of TD's and the defense made stops in the fourth quarter which is what todays nfl is all about. Allt the games will be close and you need to make those plays late now more than ever. The defense and special teams here have failed in critical moments this year irregardless of how anyone feels about the turnovers or the supposed turnover machine.....if the defense gets stops like they were setup to do then this team is 7-3 (8-2 via a miracle in Cincy) and the narrative is that Allen will beat you late even if he struggles early because that is who he is. The leagues leader in TOUCHDOWNS. or they could just trade him as I have read here this week many times to appease that portion of the fanbase and then draft another guy who will no doubtedly lead the league in Touchdowns and make play after play in critical moments.

fine. but the criticism should be above grade school level nonsense screaming he is a turnover machine because they heard it on espn or some dumb twitter guy who watches the all 22. Also view the games and the result in its entirety and do not cherry pick the spots where some peoples mistakes are catastrophic and others equal mistakes are just part of the game or in most cases simply forgotten because they don't do closeups of those guys when they make mistakes. Was allen's int before the half really a poor decision. Yes. did it cost them the game? NOPE. Does it warrant obsessing over and being used to scapegoat all the other problems....NOPE. Did a whole bunch of other people make mistakes in the game, YEP. Were there actual crucial mistakes made that cost them the game YEP.

its not true in any way. This offense will add a second wr next year and maybe a young center but the rest of it will be ready to go. Its a plug and play situation with a new coordinator and potential new scheme. The defense will be in transition because of the 1 year contracts....but even that is not that out of the ordinary in todays league. anyone who thinks the Bills are starting from scratch next year have no idea what they are talking about. also the other thing that no one mentions here about next year is that if this ship stays on the path its on....For the first time in a while it will not play a first place schedule. That is going to be a huge positive for a new staff...or new coordinator. Ironically next year the bills are scheduled to host the winner of the AFC West....its almost a travesty that it might be the chargers and not the chiefs.....the chiefs who they would not play. They could end up going to the 2nd or 3rd place finishers of the AFC North and NFC North. Playing the afc south next year along with the nfc west will be just what the doctor ordered for a turnaround. An away schedule that includes a bad pats team, the rams, colts, texans....possibly cleveland and GB or Minnesota is perfect. Home games vs the jags, niners and again potentially the chargers or raiders is a setup to a winning season. when the misery of this season is turned around...hopefully during the year or mercifully at the end of the year....The positivity towards this team should be off the charts. Possible new staff or just an offensive coordinator....the draft, free agency and favorable schedule will lead to all the positives coming back. A situation where they get a new OC with a proven system, a new #2 wr, maybe a new center and backup rb along with some new defensive players is going to be fun. I do not like it.

Please never ever ever again compare Donovan Mcnabb in any way shape or form to Josh Allen again...thanks.

Not in any way imaginable. Having to root for anything in Texas is a no any way shape or form.

Trevon Diggs. He is a new hire in the personnel department.

The first TO was a fumble by cook that led to a field goal. The Allen INT. in the first quarter led to no points for Denver and would have been a minimum of 3 for Buffalo. yes the interception vs new england led to a pats TD....then buffalo got the ball back and allen threw a TD pass that was negated because of an offensive pass interference call. they kicked a field goal. In the fourth quarter in the 4 minute drill Allen leads a go ahead scoring drive by running it in for a td to give buffalo the lead. The defense then blows the game......now the offensive pass interference call on Murray cost the bills 4 points.....they lost by 4 points, allen hit kincaid on the play for a td. At the most crucial times Allen led the team back to take the lead. You can make the case that the OPI was just as harmful as the int vs new england. No one will though because the narrative is Allen is a turnover machine because they heard it on espn. Turnovers are a part of the game, if you are going to have to pass to survive because you refuse to run the ball then the odds of turnovers happening is going to go up no matter who the qb is. you know what else are a part of the game? Takeaways. Yes the defense has killer injuries but allowing teams to control the clock and push them up and down the field and make big plays when they want is just as bad as any turnover from the offense. The defensive gaffes and penalties late in these games whether its missed tackles, dead ball mental mistakes or The P.I.'s are every bit and maybe more a problem than a few first quarter interceptions.

Great. So go ahead and get rid of Josh Allen because of some interceptions and ignore all the other stuff he does, including playing hurt all the time. When this team turns into a ball control running team and limits possessions and plays lights out defense with the intent to win 17-14 like the 90 Giants you can get back to me about ball security. for now, the turnovers are something that is happening amongst a bevy of things that have been out of whack. They are not back breaking mistakes and for the most part, sans the jets game are not late ints to end the game. Even with the interceptions the team has not lost directly because of them. The jets game was lost on a kick return, the pats game because the defense can not get a stop late same with Denver coupled with another special teams mistake. Denver was dropping 7 in coverage monday night on every damn play seemingly begging allen to try to fit balls in. That is a tough ask of any quarterback.....in the end he led a game winning drive inside 4 minutes and ran the damn go ahead score in. The defense let them down again.

My thoughts are this, Josh Allen is the villain and the reason for the losing narrative is making me mental. An interception in the first quarter is no more harmful to the outcome of the game than a Pass Interference penalty on the most crucial play of the game or an inexcusable 12 man penalty on a field goal, Its just easy for the narrative to be fed to the simpletons who watch football that the qb is the problem. Pass goes right through the hands of Gabe Davis and is intercepted in the redzone costing the team a minimum of 3 points and more realistically 7 points......Davis is the culprit yet the tv cameras show close up shots of Josh Allen, then they show his interception numbers and Joe Buck and Troy Aikman say he is the reason for the teams troubles and say he throws the ball too hard. The simpletons at home gobble it up and take the easy road and blame him. in the most crucial moment for the offense in the fourth quarter Allen made a huge pass play and then ultimately ran in the go ahead score. Just like vs NY, Tampa, New England, the playoffs at KC, playoffs vs Miami...etc. John Elway once said "they pay me to win on third downs and score td's in the red zone" Its time this organization lines up behind him and stands with him. When star players brothers are saying he is nothing without his brother.....this is a serious red flag. This type of stuff needs to be stopped. Everyone on the staff and most of the players here are replaceable....think you can't find another stephon diggs? James Cook? Ed oliver? etc.....nonsense.....Josh Allen....you might wait 25 years or more for another one. Allen will outlast the staff, the front office and the roster. The organization needs to end all this talk in the media and the BS narrative about this player. He needs to know he is not going to be leveraged here into new jobs for coaches and as a scapegoat for other players to shed their share of blame. To quote Bill Parcells, "This is a replacement business" another quote from parcells on qb's...."you can't just dial 1-800 quarterback and get another one" Bills fans and the local Bills media need to really take that to heart. What is going on right now with the narrative is insanity to me.

The hot candidates are all going to be defensive coordinators except Ben Johnson. The old school era of head coaches are all retired. There are only a few of the guys left who were coaching in this league when it was different in the late 80s and 90s. Reid, Belichick and Carroll. Having a young energetic staff like the eagles two years ago is really appealing at the same time it is so risky going with the unknown inexperienced who have limited exposure to other coaches and no gameday or season experience of being in charge. I believe above all else if their is a vacancy in Buffalo every available coach will be lined up ten deep to coach Josh Allen and this team with this fanbase. The new stadium coming and a really solid group on offense that can be molded to whatever the new coach wants make Buffalo an incredible position to obtain. The Bills should not wait and miss out. The front office should be quietly finding everything they need to know about each of these candidates so they can make a swift change and get on with the business at hand of the salary cap and the roster while preparing for the draft. I am fan of Brian Flores but he would have to completely redo the defense, the retreads like Jim Schwarz, Dan Quinn etc...are not as appealing to me. You will not get one of the younger OC's. The Ben Johnson thing because of the upbeat environment, the blue collar environment of Dan Campbell who he has been around for all his pro career essentially is really really appealing. He could bring that running game here, with the know how of what it takes to create that mindset while also bringing a new energy. Pairing him with a veteran DC and Veteran ST coach along with maybe an assistant HC who is a Veteran would be a great situation to me. A scenario like Ben Johnson HC_OC_Play caller with Brandon Staley as DC and A vet ST coach could be something interesting. The flip side, someone like Mike Macdonald would bring that young energy to the team and the defense and could be paired with a veteran OC like Pete Carmichael JR. or if Kevin Stefanski becomes available or maybe even Todd Monken if baltimore would allow it...make him OC/Assistant HC. The final option is probably the most realistic, Mcdermott hires a new OC. If the browns go in a new direction...( I don't think they will) Kevin Stefanski makes perfect sense. Great job with Qb's in the past, has coached every position, been a head coach and called plays. Has a scheme. He worked with Leslie Frazier in Minnesota. again, to me Coaches will be lined up ten deep to coach allen and this offense. The Bills have to get it right.

Tomlin is so overrated. He has basically no post season wins since Bill Cowhers players left. He is always put in that category of great coaches yet never gets any scrutiny for lacking post season success. They have won like 3 playoff games in 10 years and he has had a ton of above average players.

Good grief now you are comparing Allen to Winston. That is enough of this place for me until sunday.

seemed the only road was the division before last nights game and now it seems they would need the dolphins to completely fall apart to catch them. Its still possible of course and I think Buffalo will play well against Dallas, KC and Philly but its a long shot for the division. I honestly think with the quality of play from the offensive line that we are seeing they can attack Dallas and Philly's weakness. Dallas can be beat in the running game and Philly is going to get beat in the second half of the season when teams start throwing more on them. You can throw on the eagles. I guess we have to root for the dolphins to fall apart somehow.

It was the most frustrating thing about the season so far to me. A light should have been going off in the staffs mind last night when seeing Denver line up down after down. It should have been run the ball until they commit to stop it. instead they killed drives trying to throw the ball.

New coaches come into organizations and improve the results with the current roster and a few changes all the time. Look at how much better the minnesota vikings defense is this year with Brian Flores. Geez, look at Denver yesterday. Sean Payton came in with a plan and a proven track record of how to operate and they look to be getting better. McDermott's time has run its course here. There is no shame in it and they have a good team and a good roster. Coaches will lineup ten deep outside the facility if their is an opportunity to come here and work with Josh Allen, Stephon Diggs a good offensive line and a solid defensive roster. The Bills should have their pick of any coach they want. they have to get it right. Allen and this team deserve a coach on the level of a Belichick, Reid or a Sean Payton. Lions offensive coordinator is going to be the big name this winter. I bet he would give anything to come and get to coach this unit. He would bring the toughness element that is missing also to a good group. A guy like Jones could then go hire a veteran defensive coordinator to be his guy. this has worked in SF, KC, MIA, CINCY, MIN etc.... Or go the other way, Hire a guy like Mike Macdonald in baltimore and then bring in another like minded young OC. This kind of setup would bring a lot of energy to the team. These guys are 37 years old. and there are always the retreads.

The over reaction is calling him this childish simpleton Hollywood garbage. yes he needs to improve as all quarterbacks strive to do but the reality is a better offensive with a better coordinator making the decisions is what is needed. He should have thrown like 10 to 15 passes last night and they should have run it about 45 times. and i love the fact that Allen again is a villain here this morning. He made one bad pass for an INT and missed a wr for a first down. The ball slipping out of his hands on the handoff is just a fluke thing and happens all qb's at times, much like a bad snap, or a lineman stepping on the qbs foot when he is dropping back etc.. I think there are people here who think he is the reason they lost last night or something. meanwhile the defense was given another lead late in the game and came up small yet again. Put the Jets game on Allen. His turnovers in the second half were critical mistakes. he is not doing that week in and week out however. Bottom line, you want less turnovers Run the ball more. Get diggs open in space quicker and play better defense in critical 4th quarter situations. for all the problems and troubles of the team, if the defense gets a stop vs New England and Denver they are 7-3 with a bye in a few weeks to get refreshed and make some changes on offense if they want. Instead critical penalties, missed tackles and dead ball penalties have made them 5-5. When the head coach is a Defensive Coordinator (who has never won a championship by the way with his defense) and most of the resources go to defense, you can not blame the quarterback when said defense can not make the critical game winning plays late. Tom Brady made a career of going down and scoring late to get leads for the first 6 or 7 years of his career before they became a passing team and the defense would play smart and get stops and they would win. this is how the nfl goes. its a 60 minute game, you can not tell me that an interception in the first quarter is more of a critical error than a terrible penalty and a brain dead, dead ball penalty giving the other team another opportunity to kick a game winner in the most critical moment of the game. So keep calling him Hollywood Allen all you want its a reflection on you and not my over reaction to it.