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It's just another good defense, no better or worse than Tampa's or Carolina's or Pittsburgh's. The Bills defense is better. That's not to say it will be easy because, again, the offensive line play this year is just so so bad.

Amen, brother. How many years has football commentary been obsessed with Brady? And with no end in sight! He's been the Messiah since the Kelly era, for god's sake. What a preening jerk, too.

Agree. The Bills won despite Brown, not because of him. Any holding or taunting call is killer; he had four.

Scrappy win. That offensive line, though, wow. I wonder if a playoff team ever had one with this many problems.

Spencer Brown basically scored for them.

Ford level. To think they're both on the same team...

The other Panther qb is going to appear soon.

Ok, likely not a star. But a quality back, good enough for a lot more carries. Not an afterthought/replace him guy.

If the Bills are going to the Super Bowl, it will because they discovered they had a great back in Singletary.

How do we know he's not a star? He doesn't get carries, and when he does, his own O line is in his lap. He may be the best back in the league for all we know.

Shades of the Jaguars game. Letting them hang around.

Spencer Brown contributing -15 yards and about seven pressures and hits on his quarterback. Might as well put Cody Ford over there.

Yes, I wish they had spent five of the last six top picks on defensive line. /s

Yes, in the draft and free agency the fans were screaming for OL and CB players, and Beane.... went another direction. But at least we have Rousseau and Basham pressuring the qb on every play, right?

Tampa Bay first half all over again. Daboll ignoring McDermott. Going to get himself fired.

I'm a little surprised. With Carolina thin at defensive tackle and strong at end, while the Bills are very weak at tackle, I thought they would try to run it down the middle and limit the passing. Maybe they're thinking screens, slants and passes in the flat. I sure hope Daboll isn't considering another all-pass day. Even Allen can't cope with swinging doors at tackle.

How many games will he have missed this year? Seven? You know the line is bad when you're frustrated such a mediocre guard can't play.

I realize there was a medical issue in Smith's case, but it he would have been a risk worth taking for a sixth-round pick. KC thought so, too, and they were right. Beane was wrong. Also, I didn't just cite the one example, nor did I claim he was a poor drafter necessarily. I think you need to have an understanding of the draft before you comment on it. You might also pick up some reading glasses while you bone up.

Just like the Titans without Henry. Live by the run, die by the run.

I just realized who Mac Jones reminds me of. Been bugging me. The monkey in Wizard of Oz!

Allen would have escaped that.

Yes, that hurts. KC chose Humphrey and Smith, both now excellent starters, and the Bills, picking before them, chose Basham and Doyle, both developmental projects. (They also chose Stevenson, Hamlin and Wildgoose instead of Smith.) Think about that next time someone lauds Beane's drafting prowess.

We lose Dawkins, they lose Brown. Fair enough. How come the Pats* never lose anybody, aside from a backup tight end? Could there be any wiggle room in the reporting requirements for Belichick to take advantage of?

He's been a disappointment, but only because of injuries and COVID. He's played exceptionally well when healthy, a key reason the defense was dominant earlier in the season. We missed him badly in the Colts and Pats game. I'd take another Ted Washington where the Bills will be picking.

In that case, I think they In that case, I think the Bills win easily against Carolina, prevail in a pretty close one in New England, sweep Atlanta and New York, and win at least the first playoff game. The Bills may have the worst O-line in the league, but they have heart, and they're not ok with losing. If they can beat Tampa--and they showed they're perfectly capable of that--they can beat anyone. I think you can chalk up most of their losses to bad breaks.