Buffalo Bills Dominate Panthers: A Key Victory Analysis

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00:00Let's talk, though, Joe, about the reigning MVP,

00:02because it wasn't just Philadelphia who got themselves

00:04a big-time dominant win.

00:07The Buffalo Bills dominated the Carolina Panthers.

00:11And I know it would be easy to say, but it's Carolina.

00:16The Panthers had been playing some decent football.

00:19They'd been perfect at home on the year.

00:22And both sides of the ball, it was a calm effort for Buffalo.

00:27And Josh didn't even play well.

00:29That's about as low as a QBR you're going to find

00:31in a Josh Allen game where this team goes out there

00:34and looks like that.

00:34They scored 40 points.

00:36He had a 46.2 QBR.

00:37James Cook ran for 216.

00:39Again, he doesn't get enough talk in the O.P.O.I. conversation.

00:45I mean, really, this was a start-to-finish

00:48dominant Buffalo Bills effort.

00:50Yeah, and they got after it on the defensive side of the ball,

00:53Andy Dalton, and that offense for Carolina.

00:55But again, this is what you expected.

00:57The team had lost two straight.

00:59You say, okay, coming out of a bye week,

01:01can we get some mojo for Buffalo and this team as a whole?

01:05And they showcased that.

01:06And Josh Allen, when the chips were in the middle of the table

01:09and they were up only 12-3, he hits the big play,

01:13and all of a sudden things, they're on.

01:14Coming out of the half, Shakir, what a big touchdown catch.

01:18I mean, everything worked out what you would expect from this team.

01:22And now if they could play like that in the second half of the season,

01:26then they're going to be there as potentially the team to beat

01:30in the AFC coming into the playoffs.

01:32But again, we'll see.

01:33Can they maintain this from week to week?

01:36And then potentially, if they face Kansas City in a playoff environment,

01:40play like that defensively.

01:42So I think the reality for Buffalo, so next week they play KC.

01:47That is a big spot because –

01:51It's a gauge.

01:53Well, yeah, because look, you know, you go through the Bills' resume.

01:56Yeah.

01:56Right?

01:57We do this college football style, Joe.

01:59Their last year's Indiana.

02:00That's what they are.

02:01Except they have one of the three best quarterbacks in football

02:05leading the charge, so it's given a lot more grace.

02:09Because it's, ah, well, don't worry.

02:10At some point, Josh will be great, and then everything will be fine.

02:12Except Josh has been great, and things haven't been fine year in and year out.

02:16Right?

02:16When we talk about meeting the level.

02:17This is a team who spent weeks as the Super Bowl favorite just to watch it collapse

02:22and finds themselves in a divisional race.

02:25Let's be very clear.

02:26Right?

02:26We've spent multiple and understandably, you know, segments talking about Kansas City

02:32and the challenges that they're going to have in that AFC West

02:35just because Denver keeps stacking wins and L.A. has been able to stack some wins.

02:40The New England Patriots don't feel like they're going anywhere

02:42because the Bills having an easy schedule,

02:45that tune is no different for the Pats.

02:47The schedules are very similar.

02:49So a lot of it's going to come down to head-to-heads.

02:51Well, bad news, Buffalo.

02:52You already gave up one, and it was in your building.

02:55So every single time the Buffalo Bills play a good team,

03:00that is uber important.

03:02But due to how they entered the bye,

03:05they needed something that looked like what it looked like against Carolina.

03:08Yes, but if you were using the game against Kansas City as a gauge,

03:13you would almost, if you're a Buffalo Bill fan,

03:15want to lose that game in the regular season.

03:17Well, that's a problem.

03:18Dammit if you do, dammit if you don't.

03:19No, they are.

03:19Because if they dominate, they always dominate them in the regular season.

03:23Yeah.

03:24It's what have you done for me lately in January and February,

03:28and that's where Pat Mahomes owns Josh Allen,

03:31and Josh Allen can't build his legacy as an elite quarterback

03:34until he gets over the hump and he gets to a Super Bowl.

03:38It's the same question that we could say about Jalen,

03:40but Jalen answered the bell.

03:42He's a Super Bowl champion and he's an MVP.

03:45Until you do it when it matters, talk is cheap.

03:49Great.

03:49You do it in the regular season, but if you have to do it again,

03:52that's how the Bills will be judged.

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