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More skilled based on what? Have you been at all of the practices this season? Pretty sure McD has seen more of the players than you have. Williams had one excellent half that intrigues most of us. I, and I'm sure others, are kind of hoping that he's active even if that means both him and Yeldon are. But, Yeldon has had good games as well in very limited use.

Maybe Marrone will finally get his dream job. Please, please let that happen.

I agree. The Bills had horrible field position all half and did nothing with it (except for the 85 yard drive which happened to be the best field position they had all half). I'm sure they expected to score a TD here and if not then the Bills wouldn't be able to do much. As the OP said, Reich also probably believed if they didn't score they'd even get the ball back. If they do score, either a TD or a FG, then there's a good chance the Bills will finally get good starting field position. The entire playbook would be open to the Bills with 105 seconds left. Better to have 7 points before giving us the ball back than 3. Here's the possibilities of what would happen in those last 105 seconds (110 seconds at that point - and yes, I know this is obvious). I suspect the last option at the bottom, the one that happened, they felt was least likely if they went for it. Scenario, Colts - Bills score Colts Points Bills Points They score TD/We don't score, Score 17-7 7 0 They score TD/We get a FG, 17-10 7 3 They score TD/We get a TD, 17-14 7 7 They score a FG/We don't score, 13-7 3 0 They score a FG/We get a FG, 13-10 3 3 They score a FG/We get a TD, 13-14 3 7 They don't score/We don't score, 10-7 0 0 They don't score/We get a FG, 10-10 0 3 They don't score/We get a TD, 10-14 0 7

He said he resigned, but since he was under contract, he couldn't resign. The Jets complained and Tagliabue agreed. The Cheats agreed to give the Jerks a 1st round pick for the right to hire the Cheater. This was the 1st time NE and BB were caught cheating.

Last one I remember was Bellicheaat from the Jersey Jerks to the Patsies.

What a great time to be a Bills fan!!! I almost forgot how fun this is. About today's game, I don't remember a game where offence, defense, and special teams all scored touchdowns. Anyone else? I can't imagine its happened often.

Yup. I was born in 1960 and always considered myself a Bills fan. I remember following them from '71 when they were 1-13, through the '70s when we were always Miami's b*the, even in the couple of good OJ years. Then the '80s, we were good a couple of years when Knox made us a real organization, so of course Ralph drove him away. I wanted to write Ralph a letter right after Knox quit saying I was done with the Bills, but of course I couldn't stop rooting for them even through another half decade of craptitude. Then of course the glory days with Levy/Kelly and then Wade before the drought came. We are due for this new era of continued success. We finally once again have a QB/coach/GM to make it happen and ownership that will support them.

Every year teams get in because of some luck or needing help to get in. So what? Kind of amazing we went so long without ever getting that luck. Of course, also pretty amazing how long from 200 through 2016 we went with only 2 winning records and both times the coach quit.

The only thing surprising is that someone in the media found out. Who would leak that? We all remember when things would leak from One Bills Drive all the time. Glad they put a stop to that.

Thanks for sharing. That Pats fan was spot on. Read several comments. Bills fans mostly loved it except a few who still thought Allen was a wasted pick. Most non-Bills fans thought the guy was crazy.

Nate Hackett sighting. Bet he doesn't mind that Marrone made him a scapegoat.

I don't care much who we play. But, on the other hand, wouldn't it be great if we avenged all of our regular season losses in the playoffs? In fact, if we rest starters in Week 17 and that allows the Dolfish to get in, could we play Fish, Titans, Chefs, and then in the Super Bowl the Cardinals? I realize very unlikely (at least for the Cardinals to make it that far), but it would be great.

That sucked.

Ben is horrible. Almost none of his passes have been cathable.

Someone already said it before, we need Titans to lose a game. They play Green Bay, so it's quite likely.

Dumb play, taunting

Since I moved back to NYS, in September I knew I'd buy seasons again (left in 93, the only year I had season tickets instead of going to a handful of games each year). Last week I heard an ad that they're taking reservations. I called up to buy 2 tickets. Got the 40 yard line row 35. An hour later called to get 2 more for a friend knowing there were 2 seats next to me. The 4 right behind were also open. Another friend called 2 days later and was told those were gone. I called back yesterday and was told the best available were near the end zone. He said the last 2 weeks have been going like crazy.

By firing Greggo they got rid of the only obvious interim replacement so at least Gase will likely last the season.

I pity you for following them during those years. I only remember two things from that era of the Bills. Watching them beat the Jets in 1968 for their only win of the season (the year the Jets went on to win SB III). And, that I had a Bills beanie hat. I walked to the corner store wearing the beanie and the owner said he'd give me the candy I was getting for free if I could name Dennis Shaw's backup, this must have been 1970. I don't think I even knew who Dennis Shaw was so I obviously wasn't really following them. The first I really remember being a diehard fan was OJ's 2000 yard season, 1973. I watched every game that was televised, knew all of the stats every week, and made sure to announce them in school Monday morning when Mr. Sealy asked how our weekend was.

Thanks for sharing. That was great. I was too young for the AFL championships, so that part was especially great to watch but I loved reliving the parts I remember seeing as well.

I never bought "the NFC was the much better conference" takes. The NFC those years had one team (Redskins then Cowgirls) that were far better than the rest. They blew out the Bills in SB 26-28, but they also blew out their competition throughout the playoffs. The Bills did well against their NFC teams in the regular season as I recall, including winning the first ever no punt game vs. the 49ers. They of course could have/should have won SB25. The Giants barely beat the 49ers in the NFC Championship game (winning on a last second 47 yd FG) and of course beat the Bills due to a last second missed 47 yd FG.

I had lived in Endicott, NY for 11 years since college. Finally in the spring I bought season tickets after having been going to between 2 and 4 games a year, I got a friend of mine to go in with me on either 2 or 4 tickets. Then, within a couple of weeks of each other, my friend Rob decides to move back home to Newburg and felt it's too far to go to games, and I took a job in California. Ended up selling all the tickets except for the season finally (to NJ Jerks, Dec. 24th). Never bought season's again since I'd been in CA ever since until two months ago when I took a job back in Central NY.

I really don't think it's about money. I think the primary reason that almost all coaches want to be head coaches is that you want to get to the top of your profession. That's being a HC, not a coordinator. Dabol left NE to become an OC instead of a position coach. Likely he'll leave us too if it means being a HC. Yes, occasionally they will not take the position that is from a crappy organization, but I think in general they do, especially for the first opportunity. Plus, for most, opportunities don't necessarily keep coming around. Although he didn't get any looks last year, many thought Frazier should have been a HC candidate based on the Bills defense. Now, there's little chance he'd get considered based on this year's play. Same could happen to the O. Although I hope he stays, I believe if he's given the opportunity, Dabol will be gone.

That was me that went to the bathroom just as the broncos lined up. Missed it! I was at the comeback game though and didn't leave. All the other plays you mentioned were great too. I'd probably choose the QB draw by Kelly vs. Dolfish.

While I agree they'd be a much better team with Garropolo, would he still be there? I thought NE never paid Brady top QB money. Jimmy G. was the highest paid QB at the time he signed his contract. Could you imagine them dumping Brady to pay so much more for Garrapolo? And, BB is saying that part of the problem is that they spent enough over the last several years so that now they don't have flexibility. At the time that they signed Newton, they had almost 0 cap space. Since then they freed up quite a bit. But, I don't think they could have afforded or been willing to pay Garrapolo's salary.