PostGame Thread Suck it Buffalo

[Ross12]

Show the post where I said that Houston would win.



Dolphins were 7-10. Changing the win/loss with them wouldn’t change anything.

They play the Dolphins twice dummy. Because they're in the same division. You know, like the Bills? Do you watch football?

 

[GreenCow]

This soft schedule thing is 100% horsepucky.

It was not only the easiest schedules this season. It was one of the easiest schedules in the HISTORY OF THE NFL.

 

[GreenCow]

So then what does that make Buffalo? 5-12? Their schedule is much, much harder too.

I’m concerned about Buffalo too. Wouldn’t be surprised if we won less games. Coaching turnover, roster turnover, etc.

However, Buffalo was playing a 1st place schedule this year, and will be playing a 2nd place schedule next year. So they have that in their favor.

Buffalo also has a history of making the playoffs and being one of the top teams for the past 7 seasons. They weren’t 3-14 the year before.

Buffalo also has Josh Allen, who has never had a single postseason game as bad as Drake had this postseason. Everyone likes to laugh at “der, 4 turnovers”, ignoring that the QB analysts who watched the game said that he actually played really well and the turnovers were the only plays that were bad. Which is kinda like “duh”, you don’t score 31 points with 4 turnovers if you weren’t a machine outside of those 4 plays, but some fans don’t get it.

 

[upstater1]

It was not only the easiest schedules this season. It was one of the easiest schedules in the HISTORY OF THE NFL.

And it made absolutely no difference at all because even a tougher 1st place schedule is essentially a difference of just one game. So again, your post is nonsense. It completely disregards what I wrote. It actually reinforces my criticism, which is that people keep repeating that thinking it's like college. It's not. The difference between a 1st place schedule and a last place schedule is minimal. Even you made that mistake by calling it a college schedule. The funny thing in all this is people never mention the Bills and Broncos weak schedules.

 

[sb1]

Kacsmar lol.

Brady should unretire and get him all triggered. Lmao

 

[Rob0729]

No I didn’t. I said the Patriots would win that game. I said Houston has a really good defense but Pats would win fairly easily.



And that remains true.

The Patriots are back to 7-9 wins next season. And they have a pretty big question mark at QB.

LOL! How many teams with winning records did the Pats win in the regular season? I thought the narrative was the Pats didn't play anyone in the regular season. And are we not counting the running TDs Maye scored?

Remember how I said you like to use cherry picked stats to prove you are right when you are really wrong? You never let me down in that aspect.

And you said the Texans were a much tougher defense than the Chargers and Maye wasn't prepared for it, yet Maye played much against the Texans than the Chargers.

Again, stay in your lane. You are out of your depth here. I don't necessarily think I am smart, but I know I am smarter than you. You think you are actually smart, but we all know you are far dumber than you think you are.

 

[Ras-IR Dowling]

Show the post where I said that Houston would win.



Dolphins were 7-10. Changing the win/loss with them wouldn’t change anything.

Remind us how many times we play a division foe?

 

[Rob0729]

It was not only the easiest schedules this season. It was one of the easiest schedules in the HISTORY OF THE NFL.

You do realize that the Bills faced almost the same exact schedule minus a handful of games. And part of the reason why the Bills had a tougher schedule was because they played the 14-3 Patriots twice while the Patriots faced the 12-5 Bills twice?

I don't care how easy the schedule is, you don't go 14-3 (or 17-4 if you include the playoffs) unless you are a good team. Plenty of teams have had schedules similar to the Patriots' schedule and not even gotten to .500.

 

[GreenCow]

I don't care how easy the schedule is, you don't go 14-3 (or 17-4 if you include the playoffs) unless you are a good team.

You do when you have one of the easier schedules in NFL history.

It really isn’t that uncommon…

2019 49ers went 13-3 and then 6-10 the next year.

2018 Bears went 12-4 and then 8-8 the next year.

2021 Rams won the Super Bowl and then went 5-11 the next year.

2015 Panthers went 15-1 and then 6-10 the next year.

2017 Eagles went 13-3, won the Super Bowl, and then went 4-11-1 the next year.

Bills schedule was the same

lol. Maybe in some universe where the Pats playing Vegas and Tennessee is the same as the Bills playing THREE playoff teams the Pats didn’t play, including both teams in the Super Bowl last season.

 

[Rob0729]

Good teams are never built with free agency.



Two things.

1) I am concerned about Maye’s mental status going forward. What he did in the playoffs has ruined other QB’s, mentally, for the rest of their career.

2) He didn’t go from the most accurate to badly missing guys. He was never as accurate as you thought he was in the first place. He threw 2 (TWO) touchdowns all year against teams with a winning record. Which means he was beating up on bad secondaries. He played a college level schedule so of course his numbers will look good. Honestly, It’s such a ridiculously bad stat (only 2 TD’s against winning teams) I had to look twice when I saw the tweet.

I think McDermott figured him out in that second Bills matchup and then teams started copying that formula. In fact, a player from another defense actually mentioned copying Buffalo’s formula for Maye. After the Bills game, Maye had 9 TD, 5 INT, and 9 fumbles (not counting the Jets game, where even Mitch Trubisky feasted against).

Good teams build through a number of ways. The Pats are not exclusively building through free agency. I find it ironic that you would say that since the Bills have been mediocre drafters and have relied on players they either acquired through free agency or trades to be good like Diggs, Poyer, Bosa, Von Miller, etc.

He was never as accurate as we thought he was? He led the league in completion percentage. It was all a mirage? Stop it.

What happened in the playoffs was that the o-line fell apart. Part of it was on Maye for getting rattled. But he showed in the second half vs the Texans that he can be just as accurate as he ever was.

Give Maye a better o-line and better receivers and he will most likely be one of the most accurate QBs in the league.

 

[GreenCow]

Remind us how many times we play a division foe?

Fair enough. Now you and @Ross12 tell me what his stats were against playoff teams.

 

[upstater1]

Show the post where I said that Houston would win.



Dolphins were 7-10. Changing the win/loss with them wouldn’t change anything.

I hate to break this to you. Sometimes teams beat teams with winning records, sometimes teams lose to teams with losing records. WHat I wrote about the schedule is pretty easily to isolate without needless complications. The Patriots and Bills played 3 games that were different from each other's schedule. FOCUS ON THOSE 3 GAMES. A very simple thing to do. Because ALL the other games are alike.

Here are the half dozen+ times you said the Patriots are going to lose to the Texans:

There is NO WAY anyone who is knowledgeable in football can watch those teams play defense (Texans, Seahawks) and say “Seahawks are close to the Texans”. It’s like night and day.

You’ll see in 6 days time. If i’m wrong, call me out. But if i’m right, give me my due.

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NFL GAME DAY DISCUSSION Post in thread 'Wild Card Monday: Texans at Steelers'

Jan 13, 2026

Sorry, missing my point. There is definitely an argument to be made the Browns or Seahawks had just as good or better a defense as the Texans.

No there’s not.

Only if you go by EPA, which is a joke.

There is NO WAY anyone who is knowledgeable in football can watch those 3 teams play defense (Texans, Browns, Seahawks) and say “Browns and Seahawks are close to the Texans”. It’s like night and day.

You’ll see in 6 days time. If i’m wrong, call me out. But if i’m right, give me my due.

• GreenCow

That’s not what i’m concerned with. It’s that Texans defense.

Brady was bedder than Eli, but that Giants defense ..

I don’t think the Pats will win, but i’ll be rooting for you.

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NFL GAME DAY DISCUSSION Post in thread 'Wild Card Monday: Texans at Steelers'

Jan 12, 2026

Yeah, right, CJ Stroud is every bit within 1,000 miles of Drake Maye. Great analysis, bush.

Maye is much better than Stroud.

That’s not what i’m concerned with. It’s that Texans defense.

Brady was bedder than Eli, but that Giants defense ..

I don’t think the Pats will win, but i’ll be rooting for you.

• GreenCow

Pats are not as scary as Houston.

Straight up.

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NFL GAME DAY DISCUSSION Post in thread 'Wild Card Monday: Texans at Steelers'

Jan 12, 2026

Nobody is fooled by your backhanded compliments lol

Nothing back handed.

Pats are not as scary as Houston.

Straight up.

• GreenCow

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[GreenCow]

He was never as accurate as we thought he was? He led the league in completion percentage.

Playing one of the easiest schedules in NFL history…

After the Bills second game when McDermott figured him out and put it on tape for the league,
Maye had 9 TD, 5 INT, and 9 fumbles (not counting the Jets game, where even Mitch Trubisky feasted against).

So, it’s not even the playoffs. He started going back in mid December.

 

[GreenCow]

I hate to break this to you. Sometimes teams beat teams with winning records, sometimes teams lose to teams with losing records. WHat I wrote about the schedule is pretty easily to isolate without needless complications. The Patriots and Bills played 3 games that were different from each other's schedule. FOCUS ON THOSE 3 GAMES. A very simple thing to do. Because ALL the other games are alike.

Here are the half dozen+ times you said the Patriots are going to lose to the Texans:

So you quoted a bunch of posts where I said the Texans defense is great and said nothing about the Pats losing except for one post where I said i’m not sure the Pats would win, but then later said they would. Quite the smoking gun.

 

[upstater1]

So you quoted a bunch of posts where I said the Texans defense is great and said nothing about the Pats losing except for one post where I said i’m not sure the Pats would win, but then later said they would. Quite the smoking gun.

"I don't think the Pats will win."

"Youll see in 6 days time. If I'm wrong, call me out."

You still haven't addressed what I wrote about 1st place schedules versus last place schedules. There's a one game difference in the W/L column, AT MOST.

 

[Rob0729]

You do when you have one of the easier schedules in NFL history.

It really isn’t that uncommon…

2019 49ers went 13-3 and then 6-10 the next year.

2018 Bears went 12-4 and then 8-8 the next year.

2021 Rams won the Super Bowl and then went 5-11 the next year.

2015 Panthers went 15-1 and then 6-10 the next year.

2017 Eagles went 13-3, won the Super Bowl, and then went 4-11-1 the next year.

The difference between a top 10 easy schedule in history and the next few thousand easiest schedules in history is negligible. The difference between the Patriots' opponent's winning percentage last year and the Bills was 0.08%. The Pats' historic easy schedule is an overstated fact.

And lets go through some of your cherry picked years

2019 49ers starting QB was Jimmy Garoppolo. Their 2020 starting QB for most of the year was Nick Mullens (10 games). You think the fact that the 49ers had a back up who couldn't even cut it as a back up might have had something to do with the drop off?

The 2022 Rams had Stafford and Cooper Cupp each only play 9 games due to injuries.

The 2016 Panthers lost several key players from the 2015 season including Josh Norman and Jared Allen.

You want to try this again?

 

[Ross12]

Fair enough. Now you and @Ross12 tell me what his stats were against playoff teams.

Moving the goalposts again huh?

 

[p8ryts]

Good teams build through a number of ways. The Pats are not exclusively building through free agency. I find it ironic that you would say that since the Bills have been mediocre drafters and have relied on players they either acquired through free agency or trades to be good like Diggs, Poyer, Bosa, Von Miller, etc.

He was never as accurate as we thought he was? He led the league in completion percentage. It was all a mirage? Stop it.

What happened in the playoffs was that the o-line fell apart. Part of it was on Maye for getting rattled. But he showed in the second half vs the Texans that he can be just as accurate as he ever was.

Give Maye a better o-line and better receivers and he will most likely be one of the most accurate QBs in the league.

If you watched Evan's After Further Review, he highlights the throw to Hollins running left to right in the middle of the field. When the ball arrived, it seemed like there were 3 defenders around him and he caught it in stride. Looking at where Hollins and the defenders were when he released the ball the placement is amazing. All we need is another half second of time, (greedy, would like a full second) and he will continue to light them up. One caveat, we need that extra time immediately, so he doesn't get spooked. As much as I would like a couple more defensive players, sustained success relies on Drake, who relies on the OL>

 

[XLIX]

I’m concerned about Buffalo too. Wouldn’t be surprised if we won less games. Coaching turnover, roster turnover, etc.

However, Buffalo was playing a 1st place schedule this year, and will be playing a 2nd place schedule next year. So they have that in their favor.

It only impacts 3 games. Next year NE and Buffalo have the same schedule except NE gets Pittsburgh, Jax and Seattle. Buffalo gets Baltimore, Houston and LA Rams. I honestly consider that a wash. Pittsburgh and Baltimore couldn't be more alike. I'd rather play Jax than Houston, but I'd rather play LA than Seattle.

So if you're hoping Buffalo gets a couple easy wins that NE doesn't, then be prepared to be disappointed.

Buffalo also has a history of making the playoffs and being one of the top teams for the past 7 seasons. They weren’t 3-14 the year before.

Everyone is 0-0. Nothing that happened in 2024 is going to help Buffalo in 2026.

Buffalo also has Josh Allen, who has never had a single postseason game as bad as Drake had this postseason.

*****, Josh Allen turned the ball over 4 times against the Broncos. That is way worse than anything we ever saw from Maye.

Oh and don't think we didn't notice how you lied when you said you picked NE to beat Houston.

 

[GreenCow]

Moving the goalposts again huh?

Just a tad

But honestly point of the stat was not 8-9 vs 9-8, it was how does he do against good teams.