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Spagnola is the right guy in the right place at the right time. I agree with much of what you say. But games are played by players and every coordinator struggles when he doesn't have good players on the field. It's true Spags was a bad head coach. But the last time he was a real full-time HC was 13 years ago. He may have learned something since. In any case, he plays a different role now. Spags success as a DC isn't owned by Spags alone. Reid builds the culture, authors the training schedule, and so on. But there's a saying that's been around since the pyramids that runs something like this, "It takes a village to build a SB team." Spags plays a vital role in that village. Any good team with good coaches can get lucky and win a Lombardi. The reason the Chiefs have won 3 recent SBs is because their village has Reid as the HC, Spags as the DC, and Mahomes as the QB. It's a deadly combo.

After all these years, I still don't really know what to say to that. No thanks are necessary but appreciated nonetheless. I give my thanks to all the guys who didn't come back alive and whole.

I thought this quote from the linked article was interesting. Does Dodson fit the Bills D better than the Hawk D? Do the Bills coaches do a better job of coaching guys and setting them up for success? HasDodson had personal, injury, motivational, or some other problems in Seattle?

I served my country because I believe in American values including the freedom of speech. I'm okay with Rich Eisen predicting the Bills would finish third. And I'm okay with you saying, "no thanks for your service." And I still thank you for posting a segment of The Rich Eisen show where they were all so very wrong in their predictions. It was amusing to watch.

I don't respect or disrespect people based on their football opinions. I went into war with Pats, Fins, and Jets fans. Respect for all those guys - especially today on Veteran's Day. But this is truly amusing. Thanks for posting.

Neither our offense, nor our defense, nor our special teams have played consistently good football this year. Yet, here were are.

This is an amazing stat. OJ may have been the best pure runner ever. Both he and Thurman are in the Hall of Fame as RBs. But Josh will end up with more rushing touchdowns and only a few of them are tush-pushes.

Can you blame me for thinking Bass might miss one???

The Bills were the Chiefs of their day (minus the rings) - the insurmountable AFC obstacle to getting to the SB.

It's weird. I don't even play golf. I have a screwed up back and can't twist without pain. But there's something about the mental & spiritual part of golf I find appealing which has led me to read books like The Legend of Bagger Vance and Golf in the Kingdom. As a non-golfing, non-kicking observer, it does seem there are strong parallels between FG kicking and golf.

I agree. But I think that's a consequence of the yips. You once had good technique but now your technique has become bad/inconsistent because of some mental issue. “Inside each and every one of us is one true authentic swing… Somethin’ we was born with… Somethin’ that’s ours and ours alone… Somethin’ that can’t be taught to ya or learned… Somethin’ that got to be remembered… Over time the world can rob us of that swing… It get buried inside us under all our wouldas and couldas and shouldas… Some folk even forget what their swing was like…” ~The Legend of Bagger Vance (Steven Pressfield)

Decent size. Strong. Very fast. The guy seems to have the physical tools.

How does a kicker go from good accuracy (Bass-O-Matic) to bad accuracy (Bass is still a big problem)? It's not age because he's still young. It's not physical talent because he's already demonstrated he possesses that. It's gotta be psychological, which is to say it's fixable. Maybe the game-winning 61-yarder cures the yips. Maybe it doesn't. Given the options available, I agree with Beane and McD in continuing to work with Bass through his issues for a little while more.

37.5 yard per reception in his career so far. If he keeps that up, I'll allow him a spot on the 53.

Offense: Kincaid become the focal point of the passing attack Defense: Groot makes life miserable for Flacco ST: Bass kicks a 61 yard FG to win the game

Whatever you think of Merriman, his praise for Bills fans was pretty cool.

I think of the shrimp cocktail as a relic of the 1970s - not really a thing anymore. It's weird that it's associated with Indy though the St. Elmo Steakhouse connection, I guess, explains it if that's one of the more famous dishes at one of Indy's more famous restaurants. I agree with Miyagi, if a town (especially a landlocked one) is claiming the shrimp cocktail as one of its signatures, it's probably not a foodie place.

Before the season began, I said the Bills would win the AFCE but bow out again in the playoffs before reaching the SB. I'm sticking with that as a prediction while hoping for something better.

The breaded pork tenderloin sandwiches made sense to me because there are a lot of pigs in Indiana. When AI told me shrimp cocktail was also big in Indiana, I discounted it. Indiana is far away from any ocean. But then I learned that there are a growing number of shrimp farms in the hoosier state, producing both saltwater and freshwater shrimp. So maybe it's legit to call the shrimp cocktail a regional food even if Indiana doesn't have an ocean and shrimp cocktails are served across the States.

I used AI and got this... Breaded Pork Tenderloin Sandwich: Often considered the quintessential Indiana dish, this sandwich features a pounded, breaded, and fried pork tenderloin served on a bun. I graduated from Purdue and remember nothing about the Indianapolis or Indiana food scene.

Bills 27 Colts 20

I'm in my sixties and can move faster than that.

Maybe you're right. But Beane is the guy who signed him and he doesn't seem like the type to promise a starting role.

Old turds like me will get this but for the younger fans out there who may not understand... Kenneth Davis was a backup RB for the Bills in the early 1990s. M*A*S*H was a TV show about an army medical unit that was on network TV back in the 1970s.

As it looks right now, the Bills will own the AFCE for years. But looks are often deceiving with the NFL so full of surprises that it's hard to be surprised anymore. Not long ago, out on the West Coast, the 49ers playoff chances were seemingly ruined when they lost their top two QBs to injury. Then soft-spoken, unheralded Mr. Irrelevant became an unlikely star. In Indy not many years ago, their QB threw for 39 TDs and then promptly retired at the young age of 29, stunning the football world. They haven't been relevant since. Personally, I wouldn't dare predict the future of the AFCE. Unforeseeable things will happen.