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Yes, and now many Bills fans are miserable when we play a team that hasn't lost by more than one score all year and beat them by 10 (and was 17 until a garbage time touchdown) because we played terribly, never beat anyone convincingly, and must actually suck. I do get the appeal of lowered expectations.

A hamstring....or a shoulder, like this: Phillips belly flop

Yeah, do people want him to run after a QB and belly flop trying to make a diving tackle? We've seen that movie before.

11:30ish

Torn. I agree that Burrows is dangerous in the playoffs. However, would love to put more distance between Ravens for seeding...and also, and this can't be overstated, I really really don't want the Jets to make the playoffs. If Cincinnati is out there aren't many teams between the Jets and playoffs. If Bengals lose and Bills beat the Colts, and the Jets win, they would be tied for 8th in the AFC. They would only trail Denver...and I don't trust the Broncos.

I became worried when I learned he was out with turf toe LAST year. Sounds like, instead of being a new injury, it may have just been a case where the toe never healed. Some players get bad turf toe that they never seem to recover from. I worry that a player like Samuel who relies so much on quickness and abrupt cuts might never be right again.

I think it's actually on par with the game back in September. Achane was getting over 7 yards a carry and the Dolphins just didn't commit to it. They learned their lesson.

I don't believe in the conspiracies but it was PI. Look at the hand on the back of his jersey. He not only has a hold of it but his hand is wrapped in the jersey. He uses this hold to pull Coleman down to prevent him from catching it.

Maybe those who were at the game have a better sense of this but I was wondering if the sun was an issue on the Coleman drop that led to the interception. Cook had a drop with a ball at almost the exact angle a drive or two later. I know....it's cook...but they looked like very similar misses.

I don't think race is a factor here.

I'm never the "blame the ref" guy but those two plus the non-interference call against Coleman were atrocious. Incredibly bad and extremely impactful.

Wasn't there a thread after the first Miami game that was just quotes from their board and links to videos of fans melting down? We need one of those again.

NI know it's probably best for the Bills if Jets win but hate Rodgers and jets so much still want them to lose. Don't want any signs of life and the implosion to continue. My fantasy is Rodgers gets pounded, goes full Petrman in 1st half and does the retire at halftime thing.

You also have to consider that we just set a record for longest streak of games without losing by more than a touchdown. That means that, before Baltimore game, EVERY SINGLE ONE of our losses were in that group of one score games, while we had many wins that were outside the one score games. That skews things a bit. If they got blown out more often that would help that record.

Rex, is that you?

But I thought this was a must lose game because it's an NFC team. Winning will hurt our conference record.

I also think Brady scripts plays for a different reason. Dorsey and Dabol were focused on what WE do well in order to maximize our chance of scoring. Brady seems to want to use the first drive or two to figure out what THEY are doing in order to have success throughout the game. When he first took over I remember him starting the game with that terrible screen pass to Diggs that never worked but it showed how they were defending Diggs and helped him set up plays to take advantage of that defense.

I didn't realize he was having problems with a bad hip. I think that's what did in his dad, too.

The Jets lost to the Broncos. Would it be shocking if they were to lose to a team like the Colts? I don't think so. Also, though I think they are mediocre, I don't think the Jets match up well against the Steelers. It's a physical team with a very good pass rush. Every time Rodgers gets hit he seems to get up limping. I think there's an excellent chance he doesn't finish the season. If they lose Sunday, they already have five losses. Maybe they get in the playoffs with 8 losses, but good chance they can only lose 7. Not loving their chances.

I seem to remember what he did for the Cowboys offense when he was traded there and felt he had something to prove and wanted to get paid. If memory serves, he did very good things for the Cowboys that year. Looks like between Raiders and Cowboys he had about 1000 yards that year, but I think the Cowboys offense as a whole look much better with him in it. Hope the same thing happens here.

I think there's a bit of a delay between the defender going down and the pancake. Looked more like a WWE elbow drop to me. Also, the penalty was enforced on the kickoff. It didn't give Buff a first and goal because it was after the play. It's like when an unsportsmanlike penalty is called on the offense after the play where they've picked up a 1st down. They get moved back 15 yards, but it's still 1st and 10 because the 1st down already was completed.

Maybe while he is practicing a coach looks at one of the defensive players, nods towards Bass and whispers "sweep the leg."

Agree. I'd be curious to see how many drives in the 2nd were not stopped because of penalties. In other words, a situation where they had to get more than 10 for a first and failed to overcome it. Seems like very few if any. This offense is less equipped to overcome a 1st and 20 or 25. That said, in the past, and particularly against teams like the Jets with a good defense the offense would seem to get frustrated and then rush and become a bit panicky. Sometimes they would make the big play but lots of times they would make the stupid play that would give the other team the win. They didn't do that last night. Despite the frustration they stayed calm and kicked the punt or field goal when they needed to and it helped them secure a win. Now...key to that strategy would seem to be a reliable kicking game...and yeeesh.

To me, the issue is if the ball moves a bit as his elbow hits. Hard to see because it's under his body and a bit behind but I'm not sure he maintained control.

Exponential with the bump as exponent. Don't they teach kids bad juju mathematics anymore?