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I'm a little confused on this one myself. I thought we already have that on the news page?? Or are you talking about something else?

What are you talking about "sucked as a receiver"?? Did you forget he is a Hall of Famer??? Rose Bowl Hall of Fame 😄 Naw but seriously, I don't think he sucked as a receiver, but I definitely agree with you that I don't care for him as a radio host, and he was a horrendous downgrade from Golic, I really liked his commentary.

Well said sir. I concur 100%. And I have no problem admitting that after the Patriots win, I was livid. I had never been mad after a victory in all my years as a Bills fan, and I let it be known, specifically to the tune of I was one who felt like Frazier needed to hand the play-calling duties over to McDermott. But thanks to my fellow TBD'ers, they helped calm me down and relax. Bottom line is, we have a GOOD football team that has the potential to be GREAT, and IMO, we still haven't played our best football! This has been one helluva season, and to be honest, no matter what happens the rest of the year, I'm doing just like you said....I'm enjoying the hell out of this ride!!

Same here. Makes me wonder, how far would the damn ball travel if Josh cocked back and put his everything into a throw? Might be like the Aaron Rodgers State Farm commercial where he's throwing the tennis ball with his dog, and on the last throw he chucks it and the ball disappears into the sky, and his dog just sits down. 😄

This x1000. My sentiments to the tee. I was commenting in the other thread similar to this one the exact same thing. Our narrative was almost always the same. Buffalo would string a few decent victories together, heads would start turning, and the media would start to come around and say, "hey how bout Buffalo?" We'd have a primetime game coming up, and all of a sudden people were on the bandwagon. We'd go into the game not only favored, but picked to win by most analysts. And then we would proceed to absolutely ***** the bed, and in impressive fashion. And then next morning's articles would read, "Same old Bills." Every time. I finally have confidence in this team that this year, we will finally show up in primetime, starting with the 49ers. I expect not only a victory, but a statement. But as far as us not getting that attention, that love, I'm good with that because we always seem to play better when we are the underdog.

I don't mean to jump off topic fellas, but you know another thing that I notice watching Josh sling the rock? And to be honest I've really been seeing it since week 2, although I'm sure he's been doing it all season. Josh barely flicks his wrist and the ball comes out on a frozen rope. I mean, damn near every throw, its like he's barely using any arm strength and the ball travels 20 - 40 yards like a LASER. I'll be a monkey's uncle if there's ANY other qb in the league who even comes close to Allen's arm strength. You know why there wasn't a throw off between Allen and Mahomes? Because it would've been an embarrassment to Mahomes. No disrespect, Mahomes is an absolute baller, but he couldn't touch Allen's arm strength with a ten foot pole. All of the improvements he made in the off-season, one of the most unsung, IMO, was him learning to take a little pepper off his fastball. And what is just effing insane? This kid is 24 freaking years old.....My God. Sorry for that little outburst. Back to our regularly scheduled topic. Yeah that was a great audible, rah rah rah...

Brother the game was terrible!! We lost the game, but had a chance to win it on a last seconds field goal, but Lindell missed wide right...talk about adding insult to injury... And I couldn't agree more....the best thing about that night was getting to my Uncle Reggie's house and seeing a table FULL of La Nova's chargrilled bbq wings and Leonardi's pizza!!!!

Excellent write-up Virgil. You echoed damn near all of my sentiments with regard to this game. I also didn't have alot of confidence in us winning the game. I knew how bad Seattle's defense was coming in, but I still didn't pencil in a W. Buffalo surprised the hell out of me. After a win like that, I've changed my prediction for the rest of the games this season. I can truly envision us going 13-3, with the only additional loss coming against the Steelers.

Agree 100%. If they would've tweaked it to this, it would be perfect IMO.

OMFG that is horrible. I don't agree with that at all. Call me old-fashioned or something, but I don't think there was anything wrong with the old seeding. If it ain't broke don't fix it! At least I didn't think it was broke.

In 2008, I decided to take my wife (then girlfriend) to Buffalo to meet my extended family. Conveniently, I made it the weekend the Bills were playing the Browns on Monday night football. It was November 17th. We got there around 5pm or so to start the pre-game festivities. The temp was around 32 or so degrees, and by kick-off it was down to maybe 28 or 29. I swear I haven't been that cold since. I had hand warmers inside my gloves, down in my underwear, and in my shoes. My poor wife is from New Orleans, and I remember looking over at her, and she looked so miserable...at halftime she said "I'm going to sit in the car." I couldn't be mad at her. Ever since that game I've never gone to a Bills game past October lol.

I'll be the first to admit I don't know jack about Vegas and the betting lines and such, but WHAT??? Underdogs? After the whoopin we just gave the Seahawks, better record, against better opponents, yet we still open as underdogs? I don't get it. But at the same time, I don't mind. We always seem to play better when we're not favored.

Wow, that totally stinks. I mean I get tweaking things this season due to the craziness with Covid and everything but yuck. That would only be for this season though right?

We would be AFC East champions for the first time in TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, and we would be the number 3 seed, guaranteeing a home playoff game. I don't know about you guys, but after seeing today's convincing and complete beatdown of one of the best teams in the league and the consensus MVP front-runner, division champ and one home playoff game just doesn't seem to quench my appetite anymore. I try my best not to get too angry and emotional after a loss, and not to get too excited after a win, so I decided to wait a few hours before starting this topic. After having had a while to come back down to earth, I can legitimately say that a 13-3 record at the end of the regular season is not as lofty a prediction as it might've been a few weeks ago. Here's how I see the final games shaping up now: @Cardinals- even with them losing to the Dolphins today, they're a pretty solid team especially offensively. Murray can definitely beat you with his arms and legs, but he's young and prone to mistakes, and the blueprint we created today in containing Wilson should be even better against a young more inexperienced Murray. In the dome, with all his offensive weapons healthy, PLUS an o-line who's now had two games to settle in, no way Josh doesn't light it up again. W Chargers- fresh off the bye, at home, team should be healthy and ready to roar. I don't give a damn if it's Rivers or Herbert behind center. West coast team coming east gets an epic beatdown. W @49ers- primetime Monday night football. We've already gotten our signature win of the year, but this is the week McDermott and Allen show the country just who the Bills REALLY are, and we finally dominate on primetime TV. Plus 49ers injury situation is way worse than ours. W Steelers- the best team in the NFL comes into Orchard Park for our second primetime game in a row, and obvious game of the week. I think their defense forces a few turnovers, and our defense struggles stopping Big Ben, and the Steelers sneak out of OP with a win. L @Broncos- Thin air be damned. The whole team comes into the mile high city pissed off after letting last week's game slip away from them, and the Broncos pay the price. Bills dominate the game from start to finish. By game's end Matt Barkley will be handing off to Taiwan Jones. W @Patriots- Bellicheck will have already mailed it in, and even though they have nothing to play for but pride, it's not enough. Buffalo is in straight up business mode with their eyes on a first round bye, and sweeps the New England Patriots for the first time since I was a junior in college. Which was 1999 lol. W Dolphins- I'm predicting that by this time, the Bills will control their destiny for the number 2 seed and that coveted yet elusive first round bye. The Dolphins make the playoffs with a win and a loss by the Colts. Final game of the season, at home, temps in the 20's and light snow. During pre-game while the Dolphins are on the field by themselves warming up, Jerry Hughes, Mario Addison, Milano and Tre White all come out of the tunnel wearing just tank-tops....(props to those of you who get where that came from 😉 ) and the Bills proceed to beat the living daylights out of the Dolphins to the tune of 37-6. And our beloved Buffalo Bills secure the number two seed in the 2020 NFL playoffs....13-3 Who's with me???

Absolutely. I'm really coming around on this pick. He seems like he's getting more and more comfortable week to week. Kick had plenty of distance.

As my uncle Reggie used to say.... "Let's line em up and lay the wood to em!"

Well said, very well said indeed. I felt the same way, it almost came off like he was, dare I say, scared of the Chiefs or something. To me when I hear "we wanted to keep it within striking distance", it screams of resignation to defeat. Just my two cents.

Come on bro, don't think like that. Don't give up on Gase just yet. He can turn things around for you guys, and be an excellent mentor for Trevor. Give Gase an extension, give him a chance to right the ship! I'd say a 5 year extension at a minimum.

I'd definitely pick them this week......if I hadn't been eliminated in week ONE 😳

I have no problem being honest here. After the Pats game I was livid. I even posted that that was the most upset I'd ever been after a Bills victory. But then several posters pointed out that facts, that we finally beat a team that's owned us for the past 20 years, that regardless of the Pats record, they are still a division rival, plus the fact that they had lost 3 straight, were basically playing for their season, and we were going to get their best. And even though it took Lady Luck smiling on us and putting us on the winning side of a play that historically went against us, the bottom line is we still WON, and that was the only thing that truly mattered. So I said all that to say, I don't think my confidence in the team is shaken, but I call a spade a spade, and this is a team with some serious defensive shortcomings. And until they are addressed, I don't believe we are a legitimate SB contender. I do believe we have a solid team, and that in the playoffs anything can happen, but I think we'd be a longshot to make it to the AFC championship or the SB...

Thanks for taking the time to post this. I don't know why but I have a feeling Dallas beats Pittsburgh tomorrow. Steelers are obviously due for a loss, and nobody thinks the Cowboys have a chance. That's my upset special. I also have Arizona beating Miami.

Spot on. One of the things that I commented on in another thread was that one of the biggest things that has impressed me about Allen's big improvements this season has been the patience he has exhibited that he had very little of last year. That was the first time this season that I observed him forcing balls into tight/double coverage, taking several unnecessary deep shots...I'm guessing he probably felt like he had to take things into his own hands and because we trailed most of the game he was just trying to do to much. And to be honest, I'm glad it happened, because since that game, I have rarely seen him trying to force balls into double coverage. Even though his numbers don't reflect it, he has played well within himself, and Daboll's gameplan, and has looked just as impressive throwing for 240 yards and a TD then he did throwing for 400 and 4 TD's.

Guys, we all know this game has all the ingredients for a delicious, TD-filled afternoon, where we might not even see either punter. The Bills are finally getting as close to healthy as they've been all season as we could see the likes of Feliciano, Ford, Brown, and Knox all back in the starting lineup. With the weather forecasted to be sunny and 70, I fully expect Josh to have an absolute career day. With his full compliment of offensive players back, expect to see Daboll open up the playbook and get creative, but not cute. Allen and Co. absolutely shred what will be the worst defense they've seen this year by a country mile. Get your popcorn ready for this offensive explosion of a game.. Bills 6 Seahawks 3

True indeed. Unfortunately, by this time in the season everybody is dealing with some nagging injury/issue. I just hope he's as close to 100% as possible, because you are absolutely right, we are a different offense with him in there.

I just don't see it happening. If we can't score against arguably the worst defense in the league, at home, on a day predicted to be sunny and 70 degrees, then we're in trouble. Plus, we may have both our starting guards and our starting TE back in the lineup. It'll be as close to 100% healthy as it's been all year. Predicting a big day for Josh and Co.