Dan

Seemed odd... but you’re right the Bills haven’t won a road playoff game since 1992. All the more reason we need to stay focused and get the #1 seed!

Agreed. That, and limiting their own mistakes which largely comes down to Josh taking what the defense gives them. It was said up thread, but this game is critical! If we lose, the road to the SuperBowl becomes measurably more difficult, not only because they play an extra game, but the teams the face in each round are tougher. For a team thats been through so much, it seems, to get 6 straight wins; i hate to say it but this week is gonna be tougher. Hoping they have a good week of rest and preparation.

At the current pace... that’s 4 more years to get 32 more wins.

All I can say is... it was another messed up week of preparation, extreme weather game, and the Bills took care of business and found a way to win! This is exactly what good teams do. What an awesome time to be a Bills fan! And now.. another tough game in Cinci to keep the #1 seed. No time to rest, but i hope they do tomorrow.

That’s what i was thinking.. Pegula treat the boys right and take them all to the best steakhouse you can find. Enjoy the night as best you can away from your family. This team deserves it!!

Don’t forget we don’t even like Murph calling the games. There’s not much at all about this team that some folks like.

Yeah. Way back in the long ago... my sister and I would talk on the phone (texting wasn’t dreamed up yet) during games... her in new mexico, me in Rhode Island. The delays were apparent then! We used to joke that the pictures had to travel farther for whoever was delayed the most. It would take a few plays to see who was delayed, and how long. Then whoever was first would just have to hold our breath after a big play till the other screamed or cursed. The good old days! LOL Merry Christmas! And may the Bills give us all a happy one.

Agreed. I like apple products, always have. BUT... them getting it would have been horrible for the freeloaders. Apple would have imbedded something in the stream to force you to buy a new phone to watch it or some other such nonsense!

Games have been delayed like that for years.. decades. There’s various lags between the different network feeds, online streams, Sunday ticket. My family group text.. 6 of us spread pit around the country... has one rule... no texting during the Bills game. Because someone is always a play or so ahead/behind. So the lag isn’t an issue as I see it. I’ve tried all manner of free feed over the years. Some are good, they’ve gotten better; but all require some fidgeting to get a good stream that doesn’t crap out a few times a game. I currently found a site that shows replays of all the games a day later. Love that for rewatching the games. I don’t know anyone with YouTube tv. My sister has given me her direct tv/sunday ticket password for years. So i can stream those games, if needed. In return she uses my amazon and Netflix as she needs. Its worked pretty good. This year, the number of times i needed her sunday ticket to watch the games has dwindled significantly! With the Bills being good and on all the different days and time slots.. I finally hooked up a cheap digital antenna, used the ticket, her direc tv passord for nfl network and espn, my amazon, and one free site when i had “issues”... its been ridiculous piecing the season together!! But anyone thinking this deal will be good for them because google will offer packages that are cheaper, keep your dreams alive. The one thing, none of these corporations or the NFL care about is giving us a good deal. They’re gonna make their money, keep raising prices and working to make free loaders like me work harder each year! LOL. Its kinda like a challenge to stick it to the man at this point.

And leaving a day early... means that missing a day of practice? Unless they can do their walkthrough in the courtyard at the Mariott.

I wouldn’t use the word fear. Rather, our season has ended each of the last 2 years at Arrowhead. I think most people would just feel better if we break that ground hog day cycle.

In my mind, getting the #1 seed guarantees us one game closer to the Super Bowl, which is good! I agree the bye week doesn’t always help, but there is a mental aspect to consider as well. You get a break to get healthy, but for this team, it would have to be a relief to know you don’t have to go back to Arrowhead for a 3rd consecutive post season!

Agreed! Unless KC loses, we really need (or I hope) to win out. This weekend is huge to win the Division crown, win now and then the Bengals game looms larger.

Agreed! This game is huge! Its the last of a tough stretch of games and could set us up for an awesome run into the playoffs. With a win, we’re in the playoffs, have 99% chance of winning the Division (meaning 1 guaranteed home playoff game), amd retain the #1 overall seed for another week; all while beating the Dolphins! This is a big game and I’m looking forward to a beat down while the fans are going wild!

I’m sure they do. Imagine feeling pretty good about winning each week and then coming here and reading nothing but negative hot takes about how bad you are. You think you’re doing good at 10-3, but to read this place you’d think it was the height of the drought with how bad everyone plays. It does matter. I know people say it shouldn’t matter what is said online, but it does. I’ll never understand why its so hard to treat people with respect and why people have forgotten the most basic of advice for a public message board: if you cant say something nice, you shouldn’t say anything at all.

I truly don’t get it.

Why does every thread, every comment have to devolve into cheap shots at players? Dawkins doesn’t deserve that. It’s posts like this that make me really hope none of the players visit this board.

Well done!

I just read that. LOL. Wow is all I’m thinking. ...maybe a few months back when someone posted there was discord on the team, there was some truth to it? Josh wanted his receivers?? I dont know. But this move just got more interesting to me. I really hope Josh is right.

I think the FO is recognizing what has been quite apparent for some time... McKenzie is not a viable replacement for Beasely. He should be, but he’s just not consistent and we need a consistent slot WR. I’m glad they’re not too proud to recognize the mistake they made and are bringing Bease back. Off the field, he seemed like a douche, but what matters more is on field production. The questions it’ll be interesting to see answered: 1. Does Beasely have anything left in the tank? If so, I think he starts next week. 2. Does McKenzie play the role of a good teammate? If not I could see him getting cut. Its a Bold move, hut with the #1 seed on the line you need to make a frw bold moves some times.

With a big cold squish Another good Primetime Win Lets go Buffalo

LOL. Exactly. I think the negativity comes from a life time of the Bills letting them down, mixed with a twisted logic that pointing out faults makes them more astute to the imminent final loss, that 31 teams have every year.

I been thinking since last night, and I guess 10-3 should feel better than it does. But that’s not really got anything to so with the team or how they’re winning. Its more due to this board and the continual stream of negative opinions. After the win, I came here excited. I was anxious to read all the great takes on how awesome it was to beat the Jets. We’re 10-3 and taking care of the division 1 by 1. It was a good day! A bit nervous at times, sure. But we won and may have knocked the Jets starting QB out for a week or two. And, yet again, after another good win... there was already 6 pages of posts talking about how bad the game was, we looked terrible, this player or that sucks, and so forth. Within an hour after the good, divisional win; I was also just thinking of all the mistakes and how we barely won. Why? Because of all the negative, hyper critical, internet coaches who demand perfection and everything less is ..the worst. So, my advice, take a break from this place for a few days. Think about how we just kicked the Jets ass. Let that sink in. Then, start to feel the hype for stomping the Fins. We’re 10-3, on top the conference, and are in perfect position to control the division again! One more week, one more win, get it done! The score doesn’t matter. There are no style points. Just beat the fish on Saturday and keep the stranglehold on the division! It was a great, hard fought win yesterday, we’re 10-3, the #1 seed, and have another tough game coming up. Let that sink in. This has been an awesome season! We deserve this team and they deserve our support for playing so well through all they have. From all the injuries, missing key players each week, lost Hyde, Crowder, new punter a week before the season, Josh’s elbow, Poyer driving cross country to play, new OC, sick players, lost practices, tough schedule, through it all.... we’re 10-3. Let it all sink in and don’t let the demand for perfection take over. Go Bills!

So we beat a fired up division foe by 2 scores, and the Bills win is less impressive than the Chiefs surviving in Denver? If the Jets don’t get that safety, the game likely ends at 20-7. The Bills had a comfortable lead and were cruising to a win. That safety gave the Jets life and fired them up. But then the defense did what they needed to extinguish that spark... force a fumble.

We’re playing a tough schedule and I think many of the teams are better than we want to think. The Jets? The Lions? The Vikings? Next the Dolphins.. none of these are easy teams to beat. So, I agree, its been a lot of difficult wins against good teams. I’ll take it. I get critical review of the game. But what does get old is when players are called out as garbage and the hyperbole despite the win. If you read some posts, without knowing the score, you’d think we lost the last 4 games. So i guess perspective is missing by some? next week is huge!