Utah John

Thanks. I've tried to delete all memories of those years.

Wasn't Chan Gailey the OC while Spiller was here?

I read a preseason game by game prediction, I think in the Buffalo News, that predicted they'd lose to Miami. But it also predicted a loss to the Rams. The thing is of course that no one knows before the season which teams will suddenly get a lot better and which will get worse. Injuries, bad breaks, and bad play can afflict any team, and any team can catch a series of good breaks (ref: Jets).

Really the only good part of the Jets is their D line. But THAT is very good. If the Bills can block them up, they'll win easily. Are the Bills not God's favorites? Their run of lousy weather games brings to mind the "Protestant winds" that helped England defeat the Spanish Armada. Could it be God resents destruction of folding tables and abhors ketchup abuse? Or maybe this is just how God is toughening them up to win it all.

Frazier landed in a great situation here but he won't get that lucky twice. So he can remain as one of the all-time best DCs in NFL history. Or, if he gets picked as a HC somewhere, he can struggle for a few years, get fired, and retire.

6. The Packers could let defensive coordinator Joe Barry navigate the team bus to the Bills’ stadium through game-day traffic, causing the team to miss the kickoff because he failed to make adjustments along the way. Funny line. And it indicates the Bills' second half dominance will continue.

Enjoy today and this year and the next couple. The Bills are in the same situation as Carolina was several years ago, and they were riding high and enjoying life. Now they're fire-seling their only good player and looking into the dark tunnel of constant rebuilding. Let's hope McBeane are able to keep the good times rolling. Probably by holding on to draft picks and cash, to avoid breaking up our beautiful defense. SF needed CMC to get over the top. We didn't.

There is no point to disrupting the cohesion of the team. Bringing in an expensive rental like OBJ, or even a low-cost rental like CMC (both of whom are very good) would do more harm from disrupting the tightness of the team. Any spare cash the Bills have now should be conserved to pay for keeping Edmunds, and also Poyer if possible. The only reason to bring in someone new would be multiple injuries at the same position.

The only thing Allen got from the Wyoming coaches was an opportunity, which is still a lot. But they did not teach him how to be a good passer or a good QB.

I remember Toomay going NUTS over that call.

The Bills are set at WR and taking on a prima dona WR would push out one of the young guys, or Kumerow after he heals. The Packers could definitely use him much more than the Bills need him. Pass.

Jones just can't stand it that someone in the NFL has more power and influence than he does. Maybe he wants Goodell's job.

Lots of mutual respect, even love, between the two rivals. THIS is how it should be. And the play of the game was very clean, tough but clean (one tripping incident aside) which is also how things should be.

Don't sleep on the Jets. Their defense looks very very good, their rookie RB is playing great, and if they get decent QB play they'll be tough. When this year's schedule came out we all looked at the first seven games and figured that stretch would be the challenge. But the Rams and Titans were pretty bad when we played them (and we knew the Steelers wouldn't be very good). And now look. After Green Bay, which we thought would be a tough game, but is actually looking very winnable, we play the Jets (away) and the Vikings (at home). Those are going to be two tough games. After THAT, it finally gets a little easier. Unless of course the Pats new QB keeps playing so well.

There's no way to sugarcoat it. When the Bills or Chiefs are playing, the quality of play is just different. The two great QBs can do things mere mortals don't even dream about, and that opens up everything else. Watching any other teams play is just a let-down. It can even be boring unless it's a close game.

KC is supposed to have three really good O linemen, including their center. I don't think I heard his name called once after the pre-game introductions. You'd think if he'd made some good blocks on running plays, Romo would have mentioned it. OTOH the pressures against Mahomes were coming mostly from outside, primarily from Miller, so the center probably was doing well in pass protection. But the point about run defense is very valid. KC used to have Mahomes doing his thing, and then gash us with running plays. This time, Mahomes was still doing his thing, but no gashes. Great improvement. Oliver is a smallish DT, quick and able to penetrate. He was playing well in the Rams game before he got hurt. Now the Bills are big-body with the DTs, and looking for penetration from the edges. I don't know if Oliver is still a little hurt but he does seem to vanish from the action.

These were fun to watch, but since this is about an announcer's comments, I'm going to insert comments about Romo and Nantz's coverage of the game. Think about how Romo used to be when he started covering games. He was getting into all the subtle technical details of how both offenses and defenses were adjusting. It was like going to football school. He doesn't do that anymore. He does make very insightful comments, but usually about the players and the big picture issues. Sort of like John Madden used to do. But Romo doesn't get into the details anymore. I'm sure he still sees what's going on, but maybe CBS has told him to back off from the technical info that a thinking viewer would want. Now we get the party info a drinking viewer would want.

That was (a) something Kelce does all the time, and (b) something he's really good at doing just not quite enough to get called for, and (c) a good call when it happened.

Having KC screw up royally and repeatedly, as they did against Indy, is not a strategy. Beating KC when they're playing well is another matter. That DID require a creative and well-installed defensive strategy. It will be interesting to see if any of the Bills defenders get selected for the Pro Bowl, let alone All-Pro. The stupid and lazy electors just look at sacks and interceptions, and as a result the Bills D has never gotten the recognition its personnel deserved. This year, Von Miller and Jordan Poyer are probably getting penciled in, but Matt Milano won't get enough votes except from the teams the Bills beat.

Good luck to him.

Well, to be fair, if we loaded that guy up with all those things, to keep the average the same, the other guy would be small, slow, weak, and stupid.

Here's what the AFC playoff bracket would look like if the postseason started today: Buffalo Bills (5-1) Kansas City Chiefs (4-2) Tennessee Titans (3-2) Baltimore Ravens (3-3) New York Jets (4-2) Los Angeles Chargers (3-2) Indianapolis Colts (3-2-1) The COLTS would make the playoffs. Almost unbelievable. And the disappointing Chargers. The season has a long way to go of course. The Jets D looks very very good but their offense is built on running, and that's no formula for success in the league these days. The Ravens are collapsing, looking at each other for what's wrong instead of looking at themselves for how to close out close games. And the Colts, geez louise, they're bad.

When the schedule came out I was glad to see the only AFCW team the Bills would play, was KC. Not that KC would be easy, but that all four teams were being talked up. Turns out the other three teams are not playing well. The Chargers in particular ought to be a dominant team, and the Raiders looked nearly complete. So much for that. Instead we get the NFCN and AFCN which are overall having bad years. Finally a scheduling break.

Exactly. A team that's won because of turnovers can lose because of turnovers too. A team that wins with solid offense, defense, and STs will keep winning most of its games. He's not a dud, but he's way too inconsistent.

OK, so this is a response to the criticism of the Bills stadium's visitor's locker room. Of course the visitor's room will be smaller and not as nice as the home room, since the home team uses their room every day. But the visitor's room ought to meet some kind of league standards for space, showers, toilets, etc. Whether it's the Bill's stadium or any other, there's no excuse for treating professional athletes in a substandard way.