Casey D

They have four shots to get a win before NYJ. Forget Cleveland, if they can't win one of four, they don't deserve playoffs.

All their receivers are hurt. He does not look great, but he has no one but Ertz to throw to and he is triple teamed.

The play I loved the most was the 3rd and 10 TD pass to Beasley. When Allen came to the line, he saw something in the defense and changed the play. I said to my buddy, "he thinks he sees something" right before the snap. Then he hung in the pocket and and threw a perfect pass and then getting hit. He's growing!

Ford is only in his second year playing tackle. Tough moving outside and he is holding his own. He'll be a beast in a year or so.

Ford looked really good yesterday. Miller was fairly quiet.

No. Ravens will have a bye wild card weekend. Wild card opponent will be Chiefs, Raiders, Colts or Texans, depending on who makes the playoffs, assuming the Bills make the dance, which is by no means assured at this point.

BN article by Kelly today. Hilarious how it captures the emotions on the board.

Are your frustrated with the offense? I mean he answered as best as anyone could, I'm frustrated if we are not moving the ball and scoring. Lot of scintillating journalism there.

The problem is that there is an underlying assumption that there are a boat load of guys out there ready to play QB at a high level in the NFL. There are not. If you want to give up on Allen already, what is the next flavor? There are only a handful of guys who can play QB well in the NFL, way less than 32. You have to make absolutely sure Allen is not it before moving on. And he has had no where near enough time yet, no matter how impatient some are. He is making slow, two steps forward/ one step back progress so far IMO.

You can't make a man understand what he does not want to understand.

Not a punctuation issue, it is being a Luddite and not understanding what I did wrong. I added the "and Allen" after I wrote the post to make the title clearer, and then did not go back and add a comma. My only defense is living under the pressure of a totalitarian regime. :-)

Don't think I agree. Allen took lots of shots on Sunday when he had open guys for short chain moving completions. He needs to continue to improve his reads, not just be a gunslinger.

Lots of things. I know you love to be negative, but Allen is far more intelligent-- look at his Wonderlic-- than his predecessors. He has a great work ethic. And if you look at his game by game progress he is getting better. It's not linear, he took a step back against Cleveland, but if you compare his first five games to where he is now, there is substantial progress. He needs to continue, but kicking him to the curb this early on is foolish IMO.

Applies both ways. Buffalo "won" a couple of games this year where the other teams' kicker was awful. Cleveland game was chickens coming home to roost.

Reading Jim Kubiak's weekly analysis of Allen's play in today's BN drives home that football is about mistakes and missed opportunities. Allen fumbled and missed several reads in the second half against the Browns-- mistakes and missed opportunities. The Bills lost the game, Cleveland did little to win it. That also explains why NE has been so good for two decades. It's not that they are perfect, but Belichick and Brady don't make mistakes and they take full advantage of the opportunities presented to them. Doing those two things leads to greatness. All this gives me hope for Allen. He is a smart guy and seems to work hard. Right now, he makes too many mistakes ,e.g., fumbling, and passes on too many opportunities, e.g., missed reads, but with his inherent intelligence, I am hopeful that all he needs is continued experience to get there. It is clear his skill set far exceeds past Buffalo QB failures, e.g. Tyrod, EJ, Losman etc., etc., and his problems seem like things that will get better as he gains experience. Certainly he deserves a much longer rope, IMO. I know we live in an instant gratification world, but I think patience is warranted here. Just my opinion

This is when it gets fun or things fall apart. Next two games are needed to get to 8-3, don't care how they do it, just do it. Then they get four real games to see if they deserve to get into the tournament. At NE Dallas and Pittsburgh, and home against Baltimore gives the team four chances to get a quality win as an underdog and show that they deserve to make the playoffs. One win should be enough out of those four to make it. If they can't win one of those games, they do not deserve to make the playoffs. Really that simple. But the next two games they are the better team and they need to take care of business. If they do, the last five weeks will be a blast.

Not in free agency. Most guys who hit free agency have flaws, that's why their teams chose not to hang onto them. But FAs get big money due to the market. The only way to get a DT better than Star is to draft, develop and keep. The grade A players rarely hit free agency, so what FAs get paid does not translate directly to the talent level.

Great stuff!!!

Actually Tennessee and the Eagles have the same record, save for the Bills game.

I think we tend to overestimate other teams, which explains the high percentage. If you play with it, the Browns game is not must win, but rather a win and the odds of the Bills not making the playoffs are very small, like 19%. In other words, a really nice game to win. Of course, you have to trust the simulations it runs. The chances of so many 10-6 teams are remote. This time of year it seems there will be a bunch of them, but it rarely happens. It does happen, however. The Pats were 11-5 with Cassell one year and did not make the playoffs. At 10-6, I'd say your chances are about 95%

Picked them all so the Bills would be 9-7.

According to this, if the Bills only beat Miami Jets and Denver, their chances of making the playoffs are 61%.

Of course not, there is tons, and I mean tons, of criticism of the Bills on the Board-- perfectly fine. But your posts a clearly troll-like, and designed to upset with little logic. It is sad that you are so unhappy you get joy from spreading misery.

Given your attitude, do you kick the space puppies?

That's so two weeks ago. :-) Check again.