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I think several teams have proved you don't need a downfield passing game to beat the Bills. You only need to pound it on the ground and eventually (sooner it seems rather than later) the defense will give up a big run. And the weather could be nasty in NE as well - won't know that for a few more days. Anyway, I don't see this as a win - like it or not, the Patriots, who I personally thought would suck for at least a couple years, are back.

Help me understand how the Bills will beat the Patriots? Very interested to hear that.

The most important statement to date - the kid will get destroyed in another year if the Bills don't shore up the OL.....

Very sorry to hear about Pike. Makes me feel old (which I am) when a player from 30+ years ago passes away.....

I guess we never got that collection taken up.....darn......

In a fairytale world, yes, they'd win out, and dominate the playoffs....but this is the Bills, where fairytales go to die. I still believe that this disappointing season will, in the long run, be good for the team as weaknesses are clear and can be addressed. Back in July and August when many respected experts had the team as a true SB contender, no one was flagging the weak offensive line, the inability to run the ball, the inability to stop the run, etc. I was thinking today about the three other times in Bills history that the team was pretty dominant (or at least made the playoffs: Mid 60's - the OL and DL dominated in the AFL and allowed the other talented players to be successful; early 70's - The Electric Company allowed OJ to run wild and the Bills were very competitive and finally the SB years - both the OL and the DL dominated the AFC and it allowed the team to run a very up tempo offense that was just so much fun to watch (a bit like last year). What made those OL's in particular great was that the players were highly skilled AND played together as a unit for multiple games/seasons at a time. I'm not sure that the same 4 OL have lined up in the same positions for more than a game or two this season.

If I recall, it does that in December in Buffalo, yes?

As someone else said already - the defense has done fine against the really poor teams (including JAX) but, and this is a big but - against winning teams not so much. I'm to the point now that even if the team limps into the playoffs I don't think they can get past the first round so not that excited. Can't imagine they'll beat NE twice or Tampa Bay. And they should win the other three but suspect they'll have a brain fart in one of those games. Next year though I bet they come into the season with a chip on their shoulder, stay focused, don't read their press and get down to business. This team reminds me so much of the '89 Bills. And we all know what happened in '90.....

Any chance the board here could get a collection together to donate to you so you DON"T attend the game? What's your price?

Could it be that the million different versions of the offensive line mostly suck? Hard to have any kind of offense when the OL is so weak.

The team is a couple of good offensive linemen and a solid running back away from going to the next level. The defense is quite solid enough. But when all else fails consultants can't hurt!

Not certain they can go 4-3 the rest of the way as I would expect the team to lose both NE games, the Tampa game and Thursday nights game. I mean the pattern to beat the Bills is now out there - lots of defensive pressure, don't worry about any running game, and against the Bills defense, run , run , run. But should the team make the playoffs it will be a short ride I would expect, given that they haven't beaten a team with a winning record yet (I don't count KC because at the time they didn't have a winning record). I do like your optimism though, we need more of that, but if you've watched this team as long as I have its hard not to expect the other shoe to drop....

This whole season has felt a lot like 1989 to me - Bills come into the season after losing the AFC Championship game (in a season when no one had the Bills doing anything), the team is stocked to the gills on offense (and had a terrific OL which the current teams lacks as many have noted) and then they just sort of went through the motions to a 9-7 season and lost in the divisional round to Cleveland. Maybe '21 is that season for this team, they went further than expected last year, read their press, and figured beating good teams would just magically happen. And so we can hope that next year is the year that the team licks their wounds, gets serious and goes on a nice run like the '90 Bills team did - they just kept their mouths shut and played terrific football. Here's hoping.....

This is exactly the point. Its pretty evident that to stop the all powerful offense a team needs only to pressure the OL. They fold easier than a cheap suit. And if JA doesn't have protection he can't do much with the elite receiving core. If you've been a Bills fan for more than a few years you've come to expect this kind of thing. I have no doubt they'll be in the playoffs but it will be a short ride and lets face it, anything less than the AFC Championship game will be a let down and I don't see that happening. The KC win may have been their peak....hope not, but they've been pretty mediocre since then.

No, its not blasphemy. I'd say he seems to be more "confused" this year in terms of what's going on, on the field. Reminds a little bit of Curt Gowdy at the very very end of his days of calling football.

Assuming you have a DVR in your cable box yes. What I do is run the pregame live and stop it as the kicker lines up. Then when Murphy says "so and so is about to kick off I start the TV again and its usually within +/- a couple of seconds. You can refine it from there. I watched the KC game without the benefit of synching (wasn't at home) and so the radio was behind by one play. Not too bad. Again, better than Collingsworth.

I'm jealous - you only had to take 4 years of Spanish 1? Anyway, I tend to listen to Murphy and Eric Wood and turn the sound off on the TV. There's generally a slight delay but I can usually get the TV and radio synched up....way better than CC....

Man, does that crow taste good.....

You said it....been puttering around, watching some old Bills highlights from the SB years on YouTube, took care of a few honey-do's and now I still have nearly four hours to go.....ugggg.....

if the Bills lose Sunday I don't think the road to the SB goes through WNY.....

Chiefs - 31 Bills - 16 Unfortunately I think the red zone issues will result in three FG's for the Bills. While the defense has been fantastic, they've faced three back up QB's. The team hasn't beaten a good team yet - their opponents so far are 5 - 11. I Think KC wants to prove that they're back, particularly on prime time.

O 4 the 7D's That was then - Bills back on track The Fish are fileted

Which people? A SB win is a SB win is a SB and in fact, winning as a Wild Card would be a great accomplishment....IMHO

I completely agree with you. Better to get the stinker out early.....Go Bills....

Gonna be a long drive back to Virginia tomorrow....uggg