Dan

Exactly. First things first. And first off, to be even having a discussion like this is incredible. So we should be proud of this team's effort regardless. Second, we concentrate all our collective efforts on beating the Titans. That's a game that we obviously need to win and should be able to win all things considered. Third, if we win, we then sit back and hope for a few other wins. Finally, we see what's on the plate for the final week. One heck of a fun ride I hope.

I thought 9-7. So, we're still within reach. However, all my predictions come with a +/- of 1 game, so I'm feely pretty clairvoyant. I must admit though, at the buy I thought there was no way we'd make 9-7. So, I'm greatly impressed with the late season progress. I must also admit that my 9-7 call was an optimisitic one, I would have been (and still would be) happy with a 7-9 finish. At 9-7, I had no thoughts of an extended season. So that possibilty is just making these last few weeks incredible. (still can't say the p word for fear of jinx)

I guess 3 pts are better than no points.

1 down.... 2 to go!!!

Is it just me, or does Pacman Jones have like a really big head? Or at least a really big helmet? I mean seriously, look at him. His head dwarfs his body.

Definitely cannot be discounted.

I was unsure of the Jauron hire. I lived, drunken and distorted, in the Sherman camp. But, Jauron is definitely appearing to be just what this team needed. I've been behind JP all along. Although, I still think it was dumb to get rid of Bledsoe and think JP was gonna do it all last year. I thought it would have been much more prudent to let Bledsoe ride it out 1 more year then give JP the reigns after 2 full years of watching. What do I know? Clements - I've been up and down on, currently I'm more up than down. Willis - I appear to be one of the few that's been behind him. Although, I still wish he and Travis could have played nice together. (Actually probably wouldn't have drafted Willis. At the time I thought we had much greater needs) Always on the bandwagon. There is no other bandwagon. Perhaps I don't always roll the windows down and play the music loud; but I'm on this ride till the bitter end.

At this rate, we'll never get that coveted #1 draft pick. Fire Marv now!

That was my game plan last year.

I agree. Another thought... why not tarp it off and put some huge ad space on there? Fewer seats, no black outs, increased advertising revenue.

Marv is on record on numerous, numerous occasions as saying: FA is not the way to build a team. (or something to that effect) It doesn't surprise me at all that Marv and Ralph talk more highly on the importance of the draft. It doens't mean we won't go after free agents. If I'm not mistaken we were among the most active teams last off season in free agency, in hires and salaries. However, Marv clearly has a different philosophy than a Snyder-type (for ex). when it comes to signing FAs.

I wouldn't say that... ever. I'm just describing my miserable existence.

Smokin Man retired to San Diego. Seriously though, these numbers bring up some very interesting questions about what constitutes a sell out.

In Ozy I trust! Go KC!

It's often made me wonder... what's a truer sign of a fan? Someone that buys season tickets? Or someone that listens to streaming ESPN radio for score highlights one week, checks all the furniture stores in town the next week (sports bars cost money and poor grad students don't have lots of money), and refreshes the NFL play-by-play the next week? I know we're all great fans!! But, it certainly takes a wierd kinda dedication when every week you have to piece together a new way to get the game info. I've often sat back this year and thought of how lucky I am to have DirecTV and Sirius radio (best birthday present I ever got!). For the first time, I've actually watched or listened to every game every week.

I'm still not sure I understand this whole Denver/KC thing. In my simplistic mind we want them both to lose. If KC beats Oakland, they move over Denver? But, how does that also mean we jump over Denver? Maybe I'm just getting dilerium from all the math and possibilites. What am I missing? For now, I'm thinking old school... if we win and everyone else loses; then that's good.

Do you realize how many fans rely on NFL.com play-by-play to "watch" the Bills? Or watch some other game, just to see the scores from other games scroll across the screen, hoping to see if Buffalo scored? Or try franticlly to stream some obsure radio station on the net? Or refresh this board frantically trying to piece together the events of the game from the game thread? I used to do all of those. Now, my fotunes have changed and between DirecTV and Sirius, I don't miss a game. But, to say the Bills aren't on TV; therefore, I find something else to do is just not an option. Not living in Buffalo, living in multiple states over the years, and having a job that has me traveling non stop have made following the Bills an ordeal. I could write a book about the ways that I have found over the years to follow this team and how it has evolved (one of my prouder moments was finding the game on in a furniture store in some distant town and watching the game there). But, to say there's something else to do is just not an option. When the Bills are playing, my sole purpose is to find a way to find out what's going on.

I'd argue that letting Clements go would be akin to when we let Pat Williams leave. The result would set the entire defense back. I think teams run on us so much because they can't pass and a good reason for that is Clements. If we keep Clements and shore up the run defense, we'll have an above average defense next year. As good as Youbuty may be, he's still a huge unkown and no one else has shown they can consistently stop a reciever like Nate has. I think it essential that we keep Nate on this team. On the other hand, I understand Nate may want to leave. He may want more money than is reasonable. But, I do think we should offer him top 3 money. If he demands to be the top CB in pay and doesn't budge, then I tag him again (despite the promise) and get a 1st round pick when he leaves. He's good and critical to our defense; however, is he the top CB in the league? That I'm not so sure about.

-- I can’t tell you how big that 10-yard run by McGahee was on 3rd-and-8 just before halftime. The Dolphins had two more timeouts left and the Bills would have had to punt into the wind. With great field position, the Dolphins could have gotten something going into halftime. But the defense couldn’t wrap up. Donnie Spragan had his arms around one of McGahee’s legs. Gotta make that play. Have to. =========== I completely agree. That may have been the play of the day. We were setting ourselves up for another miserable series just prior to the half ending in a punt and a garbage score to give the fins hope going into the locker room. That run was easily, Willis' biggest of the day.

Why can't we ever get the battered team that falling apart with injuries and player discontent? I swear it seems like every week we're playing the up and coming team. Is it just me or is our schedule this year turning out to be one of the toughest schedules in the league? I really thought the Jets game was going to be our toughest, considering how they were playing. We handled them well. Then, I thought the fins was going to be tough, considering they just shut out the Pats. We shut them out. Now, it seems like the Titans will be the toughest game of recent, considering they're on a roll and catching every break possible. I'm not to even thinking about the Ravens yet!

In my perfect little dream world, that doesn't happen until we beat the Ravens and JP is preparing for his first playoff game. (dreams are a wonderful thing)

All we have to do is beat the Titans this week. Do that, and just like Miami, we'll see their name drop off the boards and they'll be a mere afterthought in the 2006 season. Its that simple. Beat VY and JP will be the initials mentioned next week.

Simple solution. Tarp off 5-7,000 seats (ala Jax) and there ya go, instant sellouts.

For those of us that have never attended a game in Buffalo, not to mention a Bills/fins game, this post is priceless. I anxiously await your pics and live vicariously through this post. Thanks.

Friggin awesome response!