Josh Allen can ask for Jalen Hurts autograph.

Hurts is better than Allen…at keeping his composure in big moments.

Buffalo should replace McDermott with Vic Fangio. They need a different approach on Defense.

How does Buffalo cope with a continued empty trophy case.

Shhh.....

Is this a bit like a janitor and his fat and ugly wife having a laugh at a millionaire and his model girlfriend for getting his Escalade into a fender bender on his way to his multi million dollar beach house?

What a sad franchise. Literally nothing to talk about but us. I have never seen a more obsessed fanbase.

They'll be finger painting pictures of Buffalo on their hind feet. Gigging frogs on their igloo walls into the spring melt

Great analogy!

most Chiefs fans that I saw said good game to the Eagles and complimented their talented roster.

No such class would ever be shown from a bengal fan

Buffalo's weakness in the playoffs is always defense.

Conversely, the Eagles wouldn't have raped Buffalo's offensive line. The Bills were last in sacks surrendered and unlike the Chiefs, they can actually run the ball and have a solid line.

It would have been a much better game of course but the Eagles likely have their way with Buffalo's defense in a high scoring game.

The last twenty seasons
 

AFC
AFC
NFC
AFC
NFC
NFC
NFC
AFC
NFC
AFC
AFC
AFC
NFC
AFC
AFC
NFC
NFC
AFC
AFC
NFC

Next season is the Bills' seasom

No need to give them a taste of what we have. Just put a table at the bottom of the falls and those reeruns will start tossing kids over the side.

The bills get all their hard games at home next season

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">James Cook unfollowed the Bills and removed all his Bills posts. He also changed his pfp which was originally him in a Bills uniform. <a href="https://t.co/snCqZvAb1Y">pic.twitter.com/snCqZvAb1Y</a></p>&mdash; 𝔍𝔬𝔢𝔶𝔇𝔲𝔟🦬 (@17forMVP) <a href="https://twitter.com/17forMVP/status/1889899599739195829?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I'm not following the situation. So what's up with that?

He wants to get paid, but this really doesn't mean much.

James Cook "Tastes great!"
Sean McDermott "Less filling!"

Sounds irreconcilable.

His brother Dalvin also has been talking non-stop about him getting paid. It's clearly their main focus.

Cook kept that offense going this year many times. He's become a clone of his brother. If they lose him, it would be a big deal.

Josh Allen is better than Patrick Mahomes and it ain't even close. Our Joshie doesn't need what frog boy never had

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As a Josh Allen fan this one is painful. Could have played much better in the playoffs. But didn&#39;t. <a href="https://t.co/NKS2FEXrIW">pic.twitter.com/NKS2FEXrIW</a></p>&mdash; Computer Cowboy (@benbbaldwin) <a href="https://twitter.com/benbbaldwin/status/1890032283371045132?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

It appears Mahomes & Lamar will head into the 2025 season with new hair. Burrow will surely dump the frosted look. Does 2BD have artists' renderings of the new Josh look. -Offseasons take time to adjust to

That's pretty crazy because I said the super bowl was just like the Cleveland game except the defense didn't get a bunch of turnovers and sacks.

Apparently the Rodney Dangerfield of the NFL
 

Buffalo Bills News

Josh Allen can't stop getting disrespected despite winning the NFL MVP, and it's getting really old

I'm running out of ideas as to why people refuse to give Josh Allen the credit that he deserves. The guy finally wins his first NFL MVP, overcoming the "most overrated player" title from last offseason, and now a new ranking has snubbed him once again.

Why do people struggle so mightily with giving Allen respect?

PFF put together their top 101 players from the 2024 season, and the NFL MVP, Josh Allen, was ranked 6th. Hilariously, in their own graphic, they credited him with leading the league in big time throws with 43, while also having the highest rushing grade at the quarterback position at 93.6.

Take PFF grades for what they are, but his rushing grade of 93.6 was second in the entire NFL, running backs included, behind only Derrick Henry's 94.2.

If PFF graded him as the second best rusher in the entire league, while also making an argument for him being an elite passer, all while he was named the NFL MVP, then why is he at 6th in their own rankings? As the kids say, the math ain't mathing.

Josh Allen and the Bills were the only team to beat the Chiefs this season outside of the Philadelphia Eagles beating them in the Super Bowl. Allen also beat the Lions, the No. 1 seed in the NFC in the regular season.

Allen did the most with the least, passing for 4,367 yards and 32 touchdowns despite the team's leading receiver (Khalil Shakir) having only 821 yards. Second on the list was Keon Coleman with 556. See above — the Bills' top receiving duo was far and away the lowest producing duo of any team in the NFL playoffs, and Allen still had that team competing at a championship level.

Please stop besmirching the good name of Josh Allen, guys.

But what did the Bills do in the playoffs? Lost to the Chiefs AGAIN. That's what matters. The end.

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-pff-101...024-nfl-season

Lamar at 1 & Burrow at 4 with Allen at 6. Is keeping the Bills warm

"Did the most with least"

I'm sick of hearing this shit. He had a very good offensive line, two decent TEs, and a great running game.

Some QBs lay awake at night DREAMING of what Joshy poo was given on offense.

This is arguably the most Rainbarrel post from someone not named Rainbarrel I have seen in quite some time.

One of the top 3 olines in the NFL. Josh has plenty.

Yep.They have it backwards. Having a very good OL, like the Bills do, makes everything EASIER.

Pff is shit. ROFL

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">the Buffalo Bills last 5 yrs:<br><br>61 regular season wins (#2 in NFL)<br>7 playoff wins (#2 in NFL)<br><br>but<br><br>0 Conference Championships<br>0 Super Bowls<br><br>who is to blame?<br><br>hint: Josh Allen is the #1 most efficient QB in the playoffs the last 5 yrs<br><br>mind-blowing stats:<a href="https://t.co/OI2pQHh18v">https://t.co/OI2pQHh18v</a></p>&mdash; Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) <a href="https://twitter.com/SharpFootball/status/1892682823825268836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Shocker, the same bundle of sticks that was pushing the ref narrative is now sucking Josh Allen's dick and defending him like we didn't all watch him fail with the ball in his hands and a chance to win the game for the 2nd year in a row.

What's interesting is if you really analyze it closely, Josh and his teammates had about 4 turnover worthy plays in the Playoff game a year ago. This year's Playoff game against KC? Buffalo had 7-8 turnover worthy plays. They magically got away with all of them in BOTH games. It's pretty damn misleading for anyone to bring up efficiency stats while ignoring the luck factor that hides the turnover worthy mistakes.

Somehow in this year's game with 5 fumbles, Buffalo recovered 100% of them. 4 of those fumbles were by the Buffalo offense. A year ago Allen got away with 2 turnover worthy plays on the final drive, in addition to failing to take the easy checkdown for 15 yards with the game on the line. If that was Mahomes, the media would attack him for it instead of giving him a free pass.

Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Sapp made more than $58 million during his 13-year NFL career but will earn only $150,000 annually in his new entry-level coaching job at Colorado under head coach Deion Sanders, according to employment documents obtained by USA TODAY Sports," Schrotenboer wrote.Apr 3, 2024

Opportunities must be made sometimes

On a list of best owners(some odd site)Patriots, Chiefs, Ravens then Bills fourth. This is also going to be seen as disrespectful of Allen's greatness

This must be the off season theme
 

SI's NFL Power Rankings disrespect Bills in favor of NFC team
The Buffalo Bills finished behind two NFC teams in the post-Super Bowl hierarchy.
Ralph Ventre | Feb 21, 2025

Buffalo Bills

The Buffalo Bills defeated the Detroit Lions on the road late during the regular season and advanced one postseason round further than their NFC North counterpart in 2024.

Considering those facts, it is surprising to see Buffalo ranked behind Detroit in Sports Illustrated's post-Super Bowl LIX Power Rankings. While the world champion Philadelphia Eagles rightfully top the chart, the Lions sit at No. 2 overall ahead of the AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs, who were tabbed third.

The Bills landed at No. 4 in the rankings, one spot ahead of the AFC rival Baltimore Ravens. Buffalo edged Baltimore by two points in last month's AFC Divisional Round affair at Highmark Stadium.

It's certainly understandable for the Bills to rank behind the two current conference champions, but other than the Eagles and the Chiefs, the Bills were arguably the NFL's best in 2024. Buffalo benefitted from a MVP season from quarterback Josh Allen, consistently effective offensive line play and a defense that took the ball away 32 times (third most-frequently in the NFL).

In the head-to-head road win over Detroit, Allen became the first player since the NFL merger to pass for three touchdowns and rush for three touchdowns in the same game.

addition to being tied with the Ravens for the AFC's top point differential (+157), Buffalo defeated both the Lions and the Chiefs during a 13-win regular season that allowed the team to sit its starters in Week 18.

In the end, all that matters is the Bills weren't the one hoisting the Lombardi Trophy in New Orleans. The only spot that truly matters in postseason power rankings is No. 1. Neither Buffalo nor Detroit finished the job.

Just read he wants $15 million a year.

The Bills and their dick suckers in the media constantly act like winning shit in the regular season means anything.

"But they beat the Chiefs!"

How well has that worked out for them?

It's interesting that they point out the "disrespect" for the Lions being ranked ahead of the Bills, but not the "disrespect" of the Lions being ranked ahead of the Chiefs. Maybe because as Chiefs fans we don't really care, but the Bills fans do care because they're not getting the respect of having won the SB.

And, as SNR pointed out,

The football media seems to lack any understanding of the difference between the regular season and the playoffs. You only go all out to win a game in the regular season if your season depends upon it. If it doesn't, you don't sacrifice everything for the sake of that one game. I guess some coaches can take that approach, but it's not a good idea.

OTOH, once you're in the playoffs, your season is hanging in the balance in every single game. This is where you do whatever it takes to win because there is no next week for the loser.

Some of these people need to learn the concept of a "pyrrhic victory."

Reid coached the Super Bowl like there’s a game the week after.

There was plenty of blame to go around. Reid has proven himself to be an excellent coach. We can learn the lessons of why we lost without unnecessarily heaping blame onto any one person.

I agree. I was pointing out that Reid has done similar things that you posted about other coaches.

It’s not about the coaching, really. Every brilliant coach in history has had massive ****ups. Whatever.

It’s more about a prevailing attitude in the organization and the media surrounding them that the team is OWED success in some way.

“What do you mean they’re making us play mistake-free football?! We beat all those great teams in the regular season already!”

Their fans are definitely on board with this delusion.

Before the AFCCG all I heard was how they would be ok with losing because this was supposedly a step back year. Then after taking the L AGAIN, they were heart broken and thought this was somehow their “best shot” despite them getting us at home last year.

People love to point out that this was a reset year for Buffalo and cling to it as a beacon of optimism for years ahead.

The difference between their little rebuild and Kansas City’s post-Tyreek is the Chiefs actually improved the roster. The 2022 class came at the perfect time.

Buffalo lost a lot of vets last spring, but the problem I see is they didn’t supplement with many quality long term solutions. Now this is going to be another spring of departing veteran talent, and if you continue to miss in the draft…

You’ll find out what a real rebuild year looks like.

They have Joshua Alllen and a good Oline. They will be in contention every year as long as that’s truth.

It derails the bought ref talk. Which would lead to their front office being bought. As that looks to have a stronger case

I’d say this season is a potential reset year for KC as well. The thing with Mahomes and Josh are they can still carry a team through it. Lucky for Buffalol they still have a dysfunctional division. Ours is gonna be a bit more difficult than we’ve encountering in the Mahomes era.


I’m just hoping we didn’t lose a very important cog in our scouting department with Borgonzi. Veach hasn’t been great at drafting OL, or DL overall. But has made up for it in other areas. But also we have some HOF, and elite coaches that have probably helped to get the most out of some of the lesser players that have worked out for us.

Does anyone try to get the rules changed more than Buffalol? Guess they think they may have to face the Eagles next season?

Sean McDermott expresses safety concerns about the “tush push”
Of all NFL teams, the Eagles and the Bills have made the most effective use of the so-called “tush push” play. And, at a time when the Packers have proposed a rule prohibiting the move, Buffalo coach Sean McDermott has expressed concerns about the technique.

“To me, there’s always been an injury risk with that play, and I’ve expressed that opinion for the last couple of years or so when it really started to come into play the way it’s being used, especially a year ago,” McDermott said Monday, via Alaina Getzenberg of ESPN.com. “So, I just feel like, player safety, and the health and safety of our players has to be at the top of our game, which it is. It’s just that play to me has always been . . . or the way that the techniques that are used with that play, to me have been potentially contrary to the health and safety of the players. And so again, you have to go back though in fairness to the injury data on the play, but I just think the optics of it, I’m not in love with.”

McDermott is a member of the Competition Committee, which gives him a direct avenue for raising those concerns. The fact that his team uses it gives his position more credibility than a team that doesn’t.

Via Getzenberg, the Eagles and Bills have used the play 163 tush pushes over the past three seasons; that’s more than the rest of the league combined. Philadelphia and Buffalo have scored a touchdown or gained a first down 87 percent of the time. The rest of the league has a 71-percent success rate.

“We do it a little bit different than other teams,” McDermott said. “One team in particular, who does it a certain way, that’s the one that is really, there’s just so much force behind that player, but yeah, you try and keep . . . not try, you make number one always everything we do, fundamentals, what we teach technique, in this case, what we ask our players to do, health and safety number one.”

In the end, the rule allowing players to push the ballcarrier from behind will remain on the books unless and until 24 or more teams vote to change it.

He's actually right this time. The tush push presents a real player safety issue. It should be banned.

I’m 100% behind it as well. Just saying seems they constantly try to change rules. Will be interesting to see how Philly looks without the option of using it. That play is almost guaranteed when they run it, and that’s an easy call for Sirianni. But if it’s off the table, how does he react?

If Allen wouldn't have gotten stuffed on it twice (3 times?) McDermott wouldn't have shit to say about it.

The Bills are just ridiculous hypocrites with this stuff.

15 million a year for a guy who scored 4 TD LMAO

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bills?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bills</a> and WR Khalil Shakir agreed to terms on a 4-year contract extension worth up to $60.2M, including $32M guaranteed at signing, per me and <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TomPelissero</a>.<br><br>Deal negotiated by <a href="https://twitter.com/EquitySports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EquitySports</a> Co-Directors of Football Sam Mirza and Derek Hawkridge along with CEO Chris Cabott. <a href="https://t.co/aSxpLmRVbF">pic.twitter.com/aSxpLmRVbF</a></p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1894443494313164885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Oh I know they are. But the enemy of your enemy is your friend. The tush push needs to be banned. How it happens is immaterial to me.

If they keep it in, it’s absolute bullshit that the offense is allowed to push players but the defense isn’t.

They’ll never let the defense match force with force because “that would be dangerous!” so they need to scrap the whole thing.

Either you care about player safety or you don’t, NFL. Pick one

He's their main target.


My guess is they let Cooper walk.

This is where I have landed.

The QB sneak is a legitimate play.

The QB shove with multiple offensive players shoving the ball carrier is not, as the offense gains a significant advantage there (the ability to push from behind) that the defense cannot match.

Another really good argument I've heard on it is that its impossible to officiate.

You really can't make a forward progress call and determine with any certainty when/where it was stopped. You can't even SEE the ballcarrier most of the time.

The league had it right when they outlawed that 'assistance' stuff and for whatever reason got away from it. I don't get it.

We're good guys.

Check this out.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xzP4yUgzXLc

He's a pretty solid player. The receiver market is soon gonna be $40M per year with JaMarr Chase, so $15M per year doesn't seem that crazy for Shakir.

I think it's a pretty bad contract when you're $10 million over the cap LMAO

https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/buffalo-bills

MVP pushes Allen into a new deal. Couple years of cheap Josh

Came here to post this. Or maybe Allen got hurt when their ****tard asses failed against us.

They did pick.

They give absolutely less than no ****s about any player safety unless it's a QB. What they care about is selling a thing veneer of caring to not drive off casual fans. We are here for the duration. The half ass tune in on Sundays people that are quick to shut off if their feelings get hurt.

This is probably where it needs to be.

At one point during the season Shakir was top 3 in RAC. He’s also Allen’s favorite target.

$15m is a steal for a good WR these days anyway. IIRC, Christian Kirk got like $17m/year four years ago.

I won’t pretend that isn’t a solid deal for Buffalo. They get their money’s worth if he plays like he did last year.

This is it. I don’t know why we even bother getting riled up either way about these deals.

We won’t know if it was a good decision for another few years.

The Christian Benford concussion just fades into the fog

Bart Vorch on line one Mr Beane
 

Bills GM Brandon Beane lets NFL teams know he is open for business in potential blockbuster trade

fans have been devising mock trades for superstar edge rushers since the NFL season ended. More specifically, since Cleveland Browns star Myles Garrett requested a trade.

A star the caliber of a former Defensive Player of the Year would certainly not come cheap on the trade market, but we've seen Beane and the Bills get aggressive when it comes to making big trades. The Bills traded their first-round pick in a package to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for Stefon Diggs in 2020, and that obviously brought great results with it. Would Beane be willing to make another splash trade like that again? According to the general manager himself, the answer is yes.

Speaking at the NFL Combine on Tuesday, Beane was asked if he would be willing to trade the Bills' first-round pick in any potential trades this offseason.

"Anything that can help our roster, yes," Beane said.

For Buffalo fans wanting to see that big potential deal for Myles Garrett or Micah Parsons, hearing that the Bills would listen to anything even if it involves trading their first-round pick will get them very excited.

LMAO

The Myles Garrett trade isn't happening. It just makes no sense from Cleveland's side. They would reportedly have to cut/trade other good players too just to make the trade work.

It has always seemed to me like the Bills fans hatred of the Chiefs was a little overwrought. It's a bit more understandable now given the number of times we've beaten them in the playoffs recently, but in previous years it seemed overblown.

I was watching some videos of the Royals 2015 World Series run and it occurred to me what a big part of the reason is. Bills fans are mostly the same people as Blue Jays fans. They double hate us because of both the Royals and the Chiefs. I know this is not any keen insight, but having not really thought about it before, it helps to make more sense of the vitriol.

Browns will make them take Watson and his guaranteed salary for Myles.

But really, what amazing player aside from Josh do the Bills have to offer? Who’s their McDuffie, or CJ95, or Rice/Worthy lol? Who’s their bargaining piece player?

So, how does everyone feel about Buffalo’s offseason so far? Going to try to be as unbiased as I can be.

Let me start with what I like. I do think IF you’re set on paying your draft picks, you’ll generally come out ahead extending them early which is Beane’s fastball as a GM it seems. He really has a knack for getting his guys extended at reasonable contracts before they start the contract year.

However… because that’s his fastball, this has been an extremely predictable start to free agency for them. He extends Shakir ($15M per), Bernard ($12.5M per), and now Rousseau ($20M per). $47.5M in AAV value over the next three years.

Where I take issue is his approach has an insanity feel to it — that meaning, this is how he’s always built their teams and to date it’s never been good enough to get them over the hump.

Why not take some more risks? Why not explore what you could get back in trades for more players?

Maybe I sound petty — I just believe it’s a risky at best move to bring back a bunch of guys who haven’t done anything but fail vs. the Chiefs so far. And that matters. Because every year in the playoffs they meet again, it’s a bunch of guys who probably question if they even can beat Kansas City.

TLDR; I think Beane’s approach is a benefit to Kansas City.

Shakir was my guy the year we drafted Skyy.


He's not elite but he's a dog.

Man, they're damned close, though. I don't think I'd do anything drastically different. What they need is ONE really good draft and they could close the gap.

Lol at Rousseau for $20 million per.

May as well be Jean Jacques Rousseau

I like to think I'm not bias when making my Super Bowl predictions before the season starts. I have to see the full off-season before I stamp it. I had it right last year and if the season started today I'd say we're neck and neck with the Bills. If Lamar didn't have a dismal Playoff record I'd put them up there too.( Fortunately our defense still looks pretty good despite potentially losing Bolton.)

At a minimum the left side of our OL needs answers and fast.

You're not.

Sleep well.

Perhaps Beane's problem is that their media and fans. Hope he can swing another Stephon Diggs trade. Someone should take them back step by step and explain how this is not something to aspire too

Something tells me that no amount of calm rationale is going to get Bills fans to step back and take a realistic look at things.

They could learn a few things from Chiefs fans. All we expect is a Super Bowl appearance every year and winning it about 70% of the time.

The deals they did for Bernard, Rousseau and Shakir were excellent value deals that were by no means overpays.

That’s one thing Veach needs to work on