Is this the best team in the Allen era?

[Wizard]

That would be the Bills who lost (well McDermott) to the Chiefs in the AFC title game with the nightmarish 13 seconds blunder.

 

Last year's team would be 2nd best in Allen Era followed by the Damar Hamlin year.

Edited November 5 by Wizard

[The Jokeman]

Cook/Davis/Johnson are better than any trio Allen's played with before or perhaps Brady best OC to develop a running game around Allen. Statistically our defense is not as good as we've seen but think Benford and Douglas are best CB pairing we've had under McDermott. 

[QCity]

1 hour ago, artmalibu said:

This yeas team has yet to beat a team with a winning record...

 

1 hour ago, Mikie2times said:

I think it’s the worst team in the Allen playoff era. We haven’t beat anybody who is an actual threat and we have looked sloppy in a large % of games vs bottom dwellers. Things can change, but that’s how I see it so far. 

 

This is where I'm at. It's really, really nice to have the division basically wrapped up in Oct, but I need to see some wins against playoff teams.

[Comebackkid]

13 minutes ago, JerseyBills said:

I laughed at that but what team was overall better? 

And why?

Which team was better and why?

2022 but I think part of it is how you look at it.   

Then we were established in exactly what we were doing on both offense and defense.   

With everyone healthy by end of year if Brady and Babbich get settled in then things might be more equal.   As it is I think both offense and D is to hit and miss so far. 

[DeepPass]

2 hours ago, JerseyBills said:

I think this is a fair and simple question, I immediately thought of 2020 , which is the obvious choice but we didn't have close to the OL and run game back then. 

 

This team just put up 30 without WR1 and CB1 against the top offense last year. 

 

Don't see any reason we can't win out , obstacles happen,  injuries happen but I see the most complete team I've seen in the Allen era imo

 

Just curious of the families thoughts of  why or why not they are or aren't 

 

GO BILLS

NO!

[GoBills808]

No

 

Luckily it's easily the weakest AFC east

[Lost]

31 minutes ago, QCity said:

 

 

This is where I'm at. It's really, really nice to have the division basically wrapped up in Oct, but I need to see some wins against playoff teams.

 

Having multiple games where our boundary receivers have less than 50yds combined doesn't sit well with me either.  That's not gonna work vs. Playoff caliber teams.

[Boatdrinks]

I’d have to say no. This team is not as talented offensively. Allen’s numbers reflect that. They are down pretty much across the board. 

[SCBills]

Best OL in Allen’s career (tied w last year)

 

Best RB room

 

Best TE room

 

WR room stills needs work, imo 

 

DL is not good enough (common theme)

 

LB “could” be great when Milano comes back 

 

Best CB room we’ve had 

 

S room is obviously not comparable 

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

The running game seems better than any of the four previous seasons that is for sure. O-line I think is also at least as good as any of the previous years as well.

 

Those are things that typically translate well in the postseason so I am hopeful.

 

 

[BillMafia716ix]

I think they are. They are more balanced on offense. Now they don’t need Allen to be Superman every game to win. 

[hondo in seattle]

In 2020, we had the #14 D and the #1 O.

In 2021, we had the #1 D and the #5 O.

In 2024, we have the #20 D and the #10 O.

 

This is not a great team.   

 

But if we get healthy for the playoffs, and other teams do not, we could make a very fun run.  

[CincyBillsFan]

1 hour ago, SCBills said:

Best OL in Allen’s career (tied w last year)

 

Best RB room

 

Best TE room

 

WR room stills needs work, imo 

 

DL is not good enough (common theme)

 

LB “could” be great when Milano comes back 

 

Best CB room we’ve had 

 

S room is obviously not comparable 

I agree on the first 3 points as this is the best O line, RB & TE groups.  But the WR's are probably the 2nd worst after 2018.  It's also the weakest defense the Bills have had in the Allen era. Fortunately though this is the best Allen we've had and that is making all the difference.

 

 

[Kenosha2Buffalo]

1 minute ago, hondo in seattle said:

In 2020, we had the #14 D and the #1 O.

In 2021, we had the #1 D and the #5 O.

In 2024, we have the #20 D and the #10 O.

 

This is not a great team.   

 

But if we get healthy for the playoffs, and other teams do not, we could make a very fun run.  

 

Analytics and fun stats like that  win championships forsure. 

[Real McClappy]

7 hours ago, SCBills said:

Best OL in Allen’s career (tied w last year)

 

Best RB room

 

Best TE room

 

WR room stills needs work, imo 

 

DL is not good enough (common theme)

 

LB “could” be great when Milano comes back 

 

Best CB room we’ve had 

 

S room is obviously not comparable 

Pretty much nails it and is my thought process overall as well.

 

Allen having his best OL to date alone could be the main and biggest difference of what team in Allen Era is best. 

If this team is healthy going into the playoffs and Cooper and Allen truly click = look out.

 

Statistically speaking on paper the Bills are on pace to score more points on O (PF) and less points on D (PA) than the 2020 squad. 

[Doc Brown]

6 hours ago, CincyBillsFan said:

I agree on the first 3 points as this is the best O line, RB & TE groups.  But the WR's are probably the 2nd worst after 2018.  It's also the weakest defense the Bills have had in the Allen era. Fortunately though this is the best Allen we've had and that is making all the difference.

It was worse in 2019.  I think Cooper/Coleman/Shakir/Hollins are better than Brown/Beasley/Duke Williams/McKenzie.  Once we got Diggs in 2020 (and drafted Davis) our offense took the league by storm.  We have better RB's and TE's now but that WR group in 2020 and 2021 was unreal.

[Matt_In_NH]

Other than Allen this team lacks super high end talent.  Chiefs have three.   You could argue the bills had two with Diggs but he kind of disappeared in the post season.  They don’t have a game wrecker on defense. 

[bmur66]

Maybe if the team could get healthy and stay healthy. Maybe lightning will strike and it will all comes together at the right time.

[NoName]

Definitely not. The defense might be the lowest ranked defense that we have had in the last four or five seasons.  
 

the offense is a bit bland and will struggle to get a win against a quality team if it has to play from behind.

On the plus side, we are significantly better at taking care of the ball.

 

[Sweats]

I think we're good, not great.

The AFCEast is a mess and the AFC in general is all over the place this year and in my eyes, this would be the perfect year to make a SB run, however, i still think we are trying to figure out all of the new working parts to this team and put it all together.

 

We'll see.....