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I'm glad the Front Office didn't make any dramatic trades to address the gap, as many on this board wanted.

While surfing today, I found a thread of Patsie fans with dreams of a KC--Pats matchup for the division title. Kubler-Ross describe five stages of grief: Denial – The first reaction is denial. In this stage, individuals believe the diagnosis is somehow mistaken, and cling to a false, preferable reality. Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance Poor SOBs are locked in the denial phase.

People who want to borrow from the future to pay for today --- Can I have just one peak at your personal finances?

I want you to be right.

Deep playoff run? Let's focus on immediate business. With their victory yesterday, the Patsies are on an upswing. They beat the Cardinals, we could not. They may be hopeless in their own playoff seeding. But they are well positioned to be the spoiler for the Bills and the Dolphins. The game in Foxboro will be a mini-playoff game. Miami's schedule has only two losses left: KC, Bills, Patsies ... pick two. 8-3 looks pretty haughty today. But this will be a slugfest until the end of the season.

I will embarrass myself further: the Bolts almost won. Herbert is one impressive QB. The accuracy he lofted that hail mary was impressive. Were it not for bad coaching and atrocious clock management, this could be a LA W. Point being, again: this win is no reason for confidence.

Yall can slice and dice the end of the LA game if you want. The point being it wasn't the decisive win advertised. LA Bolts almost won. Given that the Cards who beat us by a whisker last week just lost to the lowly Patsies.. it's hardly time to be gloating over defeating an inferior opponent. We just aint that good.

A 3-7 road team almost beat us in our own house. What game were you watching? 10 point lead isn't what it seems.

You described it perfectly. Thank you. Forgive us with PTSD from the Cardinals game.

I don't know about you. But I didn't find the game put away until the final buzzer. A late TD plus an onside kick would have been heart stopping, because the Bills D was porous at that point. Admit it: who wasn't thinking Cardinals 2.0 when that hail mary was caught?

After today's lukewarm effort from the Bills, won in the final seconds: I'd say it's a toss up who wins the division. Miami is doing well. I could imagine them tieing us for the lead in the next few weeks. Then the final game of the season will be the decision maker.

Well, he's doing his part time gig from State Farm. Ba dum tiss. Please tip your waitress.

Flores "stable genius" Nice mastery of the current zeitgeist.

Speaking of scoreboards... it's a damn shame that the Aud scoreboard isn't somewhere to see. Someone told me it fell onto the ice.

I became a Bills fan at 18. Just in time according to demographers. It was back in the day of when if 80,000 seats didn't sell out by Thursday, the game wasn't on TV. So a good portion of my football knowledge came from listening to Van Miller. Back to OP.. declining fans is a problem. NFL teams spend money like a drunken sailor, supported by an addiction to the TV contract. When fans decline the teams need other revenue. Right now there isn't much discussion of expansion but there will be in the future.

Don't F sluts.

The QB is critical, but how you handle it comes down to money. Aaron Rodgers is drawing big bucks all-Star QB money. That has a negative impact on the player quality he can be surrounded with. It's not that the Green Bay GM failed to add those magical pieces that causes GB fans to complain, it's that he couldn't afford to. On the flipside is Josh Allen. He's on his cheap rookie contract. That gave Beane the checkbook power to surround him with Class A talent. When Josh Allen gets expensive, and he will, Bills fans will be sitting back and complaining Beane isn't surrounding Allen with talent. I figure this moment is three years +/- away. One of the things that can save you from the money trap is excellent drafting. So far, Beane looks like an average drafter.

Bruce Smith was an avid student of game film --- Marv Levy caught him studying. That is a habit that would benefit AJ as well.

I expect the Patriots to be motivated against the Bills. Their pride is on the line. It's not going to be a cakewalk. I expect the Bills to win a one score victory with time running out for NE.

Run the ball, and stop the run. That's what it will take to win out.

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Ouch. The pain Brees must be under. I've had bruised ribs and had a hard time breathing. I can't imagine fractures and a collapsed lung.

OK.. Morse didn't start. But did he play?

I'm pleased you don't start threads often.