SageAgainstTheMachine

So Cordarelle Patterson. I can't think of any other examples of a skill player who was a highly touted first round pick, became a bust and journeyman and then suddenly an impact player in his 9th season on his 5th team.

I remember so many Bills games like this from the drought years where you had to talk yourself into thinking it was a good tight game, when really it was just a matter of who would implode worse.

I completely forgot that this was the Tevin Coleman revenge game. Now I understand why it was chosen.

Gotta say, this is an absolutely baller stadium.

I remain surprised that Epenesa got away with his rib-cracking hit on Tua. Mind you I think it's completely legal just like this one but at this point you're just not allowed to contact the QB with any force.

Jets/Falcons would have been a great matchup back in...no, this would never have been a good matchup.

Mahomes and Kelce are the best at their positions. Hill has a special skill set that fits Mahomes perfectly. I think probably Davante Adams is the NFL's best WR with Diggs second. All that said I think we have the far better 53 man roster now and that it will carry the day.

Thanks to the London game, it's football for about 14 straight hours today, each game better than the last. Cheers, men.

The funny thing is that their actual football team has gotten a lot better and more likeable these past couple years with the likes of Rivera, McLaurin, Gibson, Young, etc. But the franchise itself is still the biggest hot mess in sports.

Starvation mentality vs Abundance mentality. I'm not desperate for a Bills win tonight, I'm assuming one. And should they lose? They'll scrape themselves up and get even better again. I think back to Week 9 last year against the Seahawks when the predominant narrative was that the Bills were frauds at 6-2 and that that game would be the start of the spiral back toward .500. We had an impressive start at 4-0 but then got physically embarrassed by the Titans and Chiefs and scratched out a couple pretty unimpressive wins against awful Jets and Patriots squads. Next up were high flying offenses in Seattle and Arizona and the whole world, including this board, had us dropping to 6-4 and scrambling for a lower playoff spot. And what actually happened? We kicked Seattle's teeth in and went 7-1 the rest of the season and every single win was by double digit points. The last 3 games of the regular season we had a similar point differential to the one we've amassed these past 3 weeks. Just to be clear we have been habitually annihilating teams when we win for almost an entire season. We are 12-3 (including playoffs) since the start of that Seahawks game and 11 of those wins have been by 10 points or more. The only win by single digits was against the Colts when we got that playoff win monkey off our backs. I'm really enjoying Bills football now because I've gotten it through my head that the Bills with our triumvirate of Beane, McDermott, and Allen are a premier NFL franchise. After this season the world may see them as THE premiere NFL franchise.

I'm counting on McKittrick to beat up Tyreek Hill before the game, steal his uniform and tie him up in the basement.

When I saw G. Smith pop up in the box score yesterday I figured it was a QB they picked up in the later rounds of the draft or something. I had zero clue Geno was still kicking around.

Hope you take this advice in good faith - It's awesome to care about the Bills. I care too. Sundays at 1:00 in the Autumn are amazing. But if the most important thing in your life is something that you have no control over, pick something else that you have control over.

2 game lead over the whole division in early October. Feels good.

Almost hit Brown there, but really bad play calling to go for the end zone twice there instead of moving the sticks and using clock.

I know the Tom Landry look is dead and gone but Belichick Jr is the new standard bearer for sloppy looking coaches.

That Brady rollout was painful. I could hear his knees creaking.

Collinsworth: "Oh no! Is that...24?" Clearly waiting for an associate producer to tell him who 24 is in his ear.

Yawner of a game.

Really good drive by Jones to overcome the two holding calls.

There was a glimmer in McD's eye in the press conference when he got asked about Brown and responded about making decisions to make the team better. He's there to stay.

Root for a sprained ankle all you want but wishing major limb damage on an athlete you happen to dislike isn't great.

I just don't see a path for any of our division rivals to even get to 9 wins this season. Nothing's ever a given but the AFC East title will never get easier than this.

I was 100% sure that Josh would get us into FG range on that drive so long as his receivers held onto the ball. He was in total control.

Off the top of my head, the only guys who get 80% of their team's carries (when healthy) right now are Henry, McCaffrey and Mixon. Two of them are the biggest focal point of their team's offense and the other's backup is *checking notes* Samaje Perine. If you want to include pass catching opportunities I'm sure Kamara is out there 80% of the time. Moss doesn't need to be in this company when Singletary is off to a fast start and showing burst. 60/40 I could buy. I also think it was probably a mistake to make Moss a healthy scratch against Pittsburgh but Motor ran well in that game and we won't ever know McD's reason anyway.