SageAgainstTheMachine

Still, if that's the case...why would they do that make up call if they wanted the Bills to fail? Most NFL players are about 17 years old mentally and emotionally. The suggestion that thousands and thousands of them keep a secret every year about signing off on rigged game scripts except for Benny Cunningham sending out a tweet is preposterous.

Every single gameday thread there are a massive number of statements about the refs intentionally screwing us over. It was particularly bad yesterday (probably due to our anxieties about the game and the refs being generally worse than usual) but it happens literally every week. Lots of people seemed to think that the NFL wouldn't tolerate the Chiefs falling to 2-3. I'll start by saying that I think a few more bad calls went against us than against the Chiefs. And if they had made a comeback it would have been due in part to getting bailed out on a couple key 3rd downs. Those were bad calls. Here's the thing, though - how could it possibly be true that the refs were instructed to let the Chiefs win when they called that questionable RTP to extend the eventual game-sealing drive? I mean, really think about it. If the refs were being given orders to let the Chiefs win or on Vegas' payroll to make them cover the 2.5 points, the stupidest thing they could possibly do is throw a flag against the Chiefs in that situation on a non-obvious call. In my opinion this call means there was a 0.0% the rigging complaints were true. Now I understand that there's no way to prove things are above board in a professional sporting league. Sketchy stuff happens. I immediately think of the Lakers/Kings series. But I really think our anxieties about this are a projection of small-market insecurity, ie. the NFL thinks they will get more advertising dollars by getting the big city teams in the big games. I don't think we need to worry about this at all based on being small-market. The Bills are in positive headlines perhaps more than any other team these past two seasons and Josh Allen is among the top 5 faces of the league. Take a quick look around national sites and you'll see Josh's face probably 3rd most after Mahomes and Brady. In the NFL the big money is where the popular QBs are. Indianapolis is hardly a glistening metropolis but the Colts were league darlings when Manning was the face of the league. Green Bay is a tiny market even when you consider Milwaukee and the Packers are enormously popular due to always having elite QB play. It's just how it works. The NFL also doesn't have some incentive to make sure that popular teams rack up wins. The discussion about why the Chiefs are struggling is drawing as many eyes and advertising dollars (perhaps more) than them continuing their winning ways. The refs don't do their jobs well but remember Hanlon's Razor - "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."

I forgot Zay Jones existed til now.

The 6 SBs thing is tilting at windmills. It's been well-documented that the Brady/Belichick tandem was unbelievably lucky as well as good. That said I'm going to predict that Josh's career with the Bills includes no fewer than 2 rings. And yes, he's a god.

Sure, the team has to. But I certainly don't

There's an incredible buy-in from every single man on this team. Our SB window started late last season and goes for whatever length of time we have McD, Allen and Beane.

We have the same lead we had at halftime and the ball. We got this!

Andre Smith and AJ Klein have some hard work ahead of them. Glad Taron and Poyer are in.

We thought we had it bad for a while but Falcons fans are the most scarred in the league at this point. They blow big leads like nobody else.

Stoppable force vs Movable object.

I agree that he did. My point is that Wilson's futility so far is even worse.

I think his elbow went down before he rolled over. Knee and leg definitely weren't.

You know how bad the flag is when they don't even show the replay.

Josh got roasted by the media after his first season when he threw 10 TDs and 12 INTs with fat Kelvin Benjamin as his #1. Wilson is currently at 4 TDs and 8 INTs and it's game 5.

I think a lot of first-time NFL head coaches learn how much more fun it is to be a coordinator on a good team.

Never a bad time seeing another AFC East team getting beat bad.

I think Saleh's going to do a good job in his tenure there but he's really got to learn to start clapping after 3 and outs.

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.