TheFunPolice

We should be careful reading too much into this game. After the Texans game we were wasting Allen's prime, the coach's message was stale, Allen needed weapons, etc. That was 10 days ago. Now after smashing the Steelers we're the 85 Bears. Not many realize just how bad the Steelers actually are. They are 6-6 because NE and Indy threw up all over themselves and turned the ball over again and again and again. And NE still could have won that game. They also played the Bengals twice without Burrow and gave up 30+ to Flacco in a loss. It'll become apparent once the Ravens hammer them twice and they go on to lose a bunch down the stretch. I'm glad we won, but let's realize that the opponent basically gave up during the game because their offense cannot score 10 points.

I want KC in the playoffs, and I want to beat them. BTW, they are not totally out of it even with a loss this week. Too many are prisoners of the moment, like the AFC teams will all finish with 3-4 losses and some 10-7 or 11-6 team won't make it. Just mathematically there are a good number of losses coming to that group of teams. Every game played between AFC leaders means 1 loss someone has to take.

10 days ago the sky was falling because the Texans dominated the Bills offense. Now we're a Super Bowl team whose running game cannot be stopped. I'm always happy with a W but people have gone way too far overboard because of a bad Steelers team. The offense scored 19 points, even with all the running success. Luckily, Pittsburgh's offense is so bad they can barely score 1 TD per game. Against good teams with potent offenses that is going to be tough.

I want KC in the playoffs and I want to slay the dragon. But there are some AWESOME weeks of football coming up for fans of the sport in general, in addition to a bunch of big games for the Bills. I've been saying it for weeks, but there are a lot of losses to be earned in the AFC coming up. So far, these teams at the top have been feeding on bottom feeders or NFC teams. But now someone has to lose these games, and the AFC playoff picture is going to become wide open. Everyone in the AFC can't stay with 3 or 4 losses when they all play each other, sometimes twice, in the next handful of weeks.

Last night woke me up a bit as a fan. All season I've been sort of blah feeling. The games just haven't had the same juice for me. Then I'm watching the stupid Jaguars come back to beat the Cardinals and I'm slapping the floor in frustration while I watch Bills games like a zombie... It's been weird. But something about Foxborough, questionable refs, all the fawning over NE... it awoke a beautiful slumbering Patriot hate that had been dormant. I feel back in it as a fan. I want to see us go in there and smash their hopes and dreams, especially in the playoffs.

2 SB berths and one title in the past few years and they are still miserable.

I will say this: I do like the Patriots stadium landscaping in the background. Looks like a stadium in the woods

I literally LOLed at that .. they just knocked a Giants player into oblivion and it's ok because he's a runner...

Kickers tonight can't hit the ball...

Football is more fun with a true villain It makes for a better story Doughboy and Vrabel will do

What?

Oh I want these guys in the playoffs. I want to break hearts I've been feeling kind of meh all season because I don't feel the hate for KC. Ravens yes, but Patriots hate is special. Like Christmas snow. It's good to feel awake again!

He looks like a zombie

Feeling some real Patriots hate again almost seems right

Cover 2 shell. Whatcha gonna do?

They want Williams to be the MVP?

You can't throw downfield in today's NFL

I've watched RedZone every week for years not to mention every Bills game for 25+ years and I've never seen anything like that kick. Something stinks. This is a guy who was a top notch kicker for Atlanta for years.

When did the GD circus come to town? I didn't see no trucks

Would a Giants win tonight be a bigger upset than either of the NY NE Super Bowls? Stakes are lower of course, I just mean how shocking would it be?

I forgot the Chargers and Texans play too... That's what I meant above: lots of losses are coming for some of these teams in the near future and the AFC playoff picture will open up a bit

and Herbert just had surgery for a broken left hand today. Not his throwing hand, but still. I could see the Chargers and Colts fall out and the Chiefs and Texans go in. How wild would that be, given the Colts start? Forget playoffs, we are still very much in the division race! For some reason this season so many are prisoners of the moment. NE has BAL coming up, plus us. IF they lost tonight, then the AFC East race is officially on! Remember a couple years ago when the Titans (who stunk at the time) beat Miami to help us win the East? Crazy things happen every week. All we need is: 1. Win out 2. NE loses to NYG tonight (possible) 3. NE loses to BAL (BAL will be desperate so definitely possible) 4. We beat NE (see #1) None of that is crazy. NE could also lose a different game from either NYG or BAL. Just get them to 5 losses.

Heyward does this often now... I mentioned it elsewhere but I've been tortured by watching a number of Steelers games this season. They are terrible. NE and Indy literally gave them those games and they STILL almost lost those 2. But this behavior from Heyward has been going on all year, probably due to frustration because that defense gets bullied often and they think they're big and tough. Instead, they are old, tired, and past their primes and pride is messing with him I think. The dude gets bulldozed on a fairly consistent basis then gets up to get into someone's face because he is embarrassed I think. Not sure, but knowing you're a bowling pin just getting knocked over when you used to be a feared DL has to suck.

Garrett would be incredible. Imagine a player of that talent finally getting to play in games that matter...

It's going to be a great game, and I think we'll win it but it will be a nail biter. We're so up and down this year in terms of perception. Now the defense suddenly became great. I don't think people realize just how pathetic, pitiful, and wimpy the Steelers offense has been most of the season. They are abysmal. Their defense has also been bad all year. If a decent team throws up all over itself and turns the ball over 3-4 times they typically have a chance. If not they lose pretty handily. There is a lot of bad, sloppy football played around the league, which is how teams like Pittsburgh rack up some wins. But they are a pretender and even their own fans knew it before the game. Flacco put up 33 points on them. They are a joke. You can only beat who you play, but let's not get too ahead of ourselves. Records aside, the Bengals are by far a tougher opponent than the Steelers. It will be a good test and a fun game. BTW, Zach Taylor should be fired if they miss the playoffs. He has Burrow, Chase and Higgins and they keep missing the post season, mostly due to slow starts even with Burrow healthy.