SageAgainstTheMachine

We'll see. I predict they finish 11-5 and we beat them at home.

I thought that San Diego's looked great. Denver's were meh, but the two of them combined were a good color scheme. I've hated pretty much all the other ones, especially Bills vs Jets. Christmas in Hell. There are no powerhouses in the AFC this year. The Pats* are obvious favorites right now, but even they don't seem as intimidating as they have before.

Except that Tyrod hasn't been turnover-prone at all.

Despite the terrible QB play, I actually find this type of game tense and entertaining. In the sense that whichever defense cracks first loses.

Jeff Triplett is a train wreck.

That was pretty awesome. If only Dez had seen it.

I think that was an optical illusion after the ball hit the upright. Still, terrible miss. Why exactly isn't Carpenter getting these reps?

Tyrod looks elite out there.

Well, in certain situations it would be ludicrous not to go for the extra point. But in general I agree. Score the first TD of the game? Why not be aggressive and try to grab an 8 point lead?

I always find it laughable when people assert that a team has "nothing to play for". Really? As if the playoffs become out of reach and the players say, "Oh well, see you next year for more football." Every player has hundreds of people ready and willing to replace them.

I'll also be a devil's advocate and say that I didn't love the pass break up. It worked, but he barely knicked the ball and almost let the receiver walk into the end zone. He had an easier opportunity to force Thompkins out at the 35 yard line, where the Jets still would have only had 17 second and no timeouts.

Except for Cousins, these QBs play for teams with very good defenses. Are you suggesting that Teddy Bridgewater or Brock Osweiler would have made the Bills a playoff team? On your list, I'd only take Wilson and Palmer over Tyrod.

And eradicating that type of behavior from happening in the first place will be priority #1 next season. No man prioritizes himself over the team.

Including on the ground, Tyrod scored 24 touchdowns and gave the ball away 7 times. That type of 3:1 ratio only leaves teams with terrible defenses out of the playoffs.

Anyone willing to bet that Tyrod ranks ahead of everybody else in the locker room right now? Watching him pull Jordan Mills by the ear back into the huddle was my favorite moment of the season.

In the 9 games after the bye week, Sammy went for 900 yards and 7 TDs. Especially considering the run-heavy offense in which he plays, is there a good argument against #14 as the NFL's best receiver in the season's second half? Frankly it's a travesty and a black mark on the defense that the team only went 5-4 during Sammy's amazing run. We should be talking about how he powered us into a wildcard slot.

In my opinion, Todd Bowles and Chan Gailey both did us gigantic favors. Bowles first, when he chose to kick an extra point and make the score 22-10 after the Marshall TD. Down by 19 points, the path of least resistance is two touchdowns with conversions and a field goal. The difference between 22-10 and 22-9 is relatively insubstantial. The difference between 22-11 and 22-10 is big. As (our) luck would have it, the Jets ended up in a situation where they had the ball deep in Buffalo territory and needed to score a touchdown instead of a field goal. Chan did us another solid and designed a 4th down play to his blocking tight end, Kellen Davis, who has one catch all year. Classic case of over thinking. Fitz and Decker (throwing a pick) did their parts beautifully, but the play failed because the Jets got fancy and went to their 9th best offensive weapon in the game's biggest moment.

The Jets were the physically superior team, but they turned the ball over 4 times and we didn't at all. That'll win you almost every game, though you'd hope by more than a few points. Credit to TT on never making a critical mistake amongst all the chaos.

I understand the cognitive dissonance. Both fan bases, including me, will feel like their team blew it if they lose (which obviously doesn't make a ton of sense).

Eh. In a typical season, how many starting QBs end up playing all 16 games? If we can get Tyrod back after the bye week, this is a pretty normal state of affairs.

There's also the fact that you can't read into short-term data for kicking. It's notoriously unreliable, especially because kicks are (pretty much) discrete and independent events. Imagine if a baseball team replaced a solid veteran because of a couple bad strikeouts.

This was a pretty unique circumstance, and I agree that it was a great signing by Whaley (although he probably had TT pegged as a backup, let's be honest). It's likely that Tyrod has been a better QB than Flacco for the last couple years...but what were the Ravens going to do? Replace their SB winning QB with the backup after a winning season...no way. Everybody gets fired if that plan fails. Good on the Bills for recognizing TT's capabilities and capitalizing.

Same. Despite how much of a gamble he is, I value him over re-signing Cordy Glenn right now. OG doesn't fetch as huge of a price as OT, but the line is remarkably improved with Richie in the mix. He's worth a lot to us, and the price tag isn't huge.

I don't doubt that Incognito will get paid by somebody if his spectacular play continues, but he will still be a 33-year old guard with an extensive history of trouble. Nobody will break the bank, and nobody will sign him for more than a couple years.

Tyrod gets the game ball, but a large handful of players had spectacular games. Tyrod, Incognito, Preston Brown, Harvin, Darby, Clay, Dareus, Karlos and Hughes all played like pro bowlers.