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My son and I were at that game. We were rethinking our decision to attend this one since by all accounts it looked like a total mismatch on paper, but the Bills are only in MSP once every eight years so why not. Obviously the game worked out well and we got to be there for The Hurdle. It was fun talking to other fans after game because literally nobody expected this one to even be competitive, let alone a rout in our favor.

Seriously? Our defense is still pretty good even with all these guys injured, and Tua is still just a somewhat-above-average QB. The Patriots and Ravens had no problem controlling this offense for 7 out of 8 quarters of play. We don't have to hold Miami scoreless. We just need to hold them to under 35 or so. I think we can do that pretty easily.

IMO, no. We have too many other guys at premium positions who either need to be extended/re-signed or who already have been. If I had to pick a position where we just "get by" with draft picks and mid-tier FAs indefinitely, it would be a) RB and b) safety. This is an unpleasant part of the business side of the league, but I think the right long-run move is to be ready to move on from Poyer and Hyde. Obviously these are two great guys who came along at just the right time for this franchise. I wish both of them well regardless of how things play out.

I know others are quibbling with this post, but I just want to say that I'm looking forward to talking about how we were missing (sort of) our entire starting secondary after beating them by 2+ scores.

The Bills are much better than either the Jets or Patriots. We should go 4-0 against those two teams, and we should cheer every time they upset some other AFC contender. It's fun to watch NE lose games, but it's more important than they hand out a few Ls to our rivals.

Sure, it would have been nice for Chubb to give himself up at the 1, but the Browns are still going to win 99%+ of the time whether he scores or not. And it's completely unrealistic to expect an NFL player to intentionally not score unless he's told to do so by a coach. Chubb's failure to make a smart play isn't a boneheaded play. His coaching staff should have been more situationally aware.

I'm really going to miss this guy until next summer when some other unknown player blows up in the preseason.

I don't think this offense can be held under 30 points by anybody. We can turn the ball over and get ourselves behind the schedule with penalties, but that's just us stopping ourselves. I mean, our defense is arguably the best in the league. Suppose Tre was back and everybody was at full health. I'd fully expect our offense to consistently beat our defense if they played against one another for real. That's just how the NFL is these days -- it favors the offense.

I take more pride in being so much better than our opponents that most games don't come down to just one score.

Having lived through the SB era and the drought, I've resolved never to complain about being stressed out on game day or the pain of losing a critical contest like, say, a divisional playoff game. Irrelevance doesn't hurt, but it's still worse.

Plus, he's a nice low-key feel-good story. Drafted in the 7th round, manages to stick to the roster, plays pretty well every time he's called upon, and finally gets a chance to start even though there are two youngins nipping at his heels. Hard not to root for a guy like that.

I don't know how to quantify or really even define something like this, but after two weeks it feels like this team is "dialed in" in a way I haven't seen a Bills team since the SB era. I'm talking here about guys playing with a very high degree of intensity, tackling consistently, hitting hard, taking full advantage of blocks, and generally doing the little things right that allow you to dominate instead of simply winning. It feels like everyone across the entire roster is playing with a sense of purpose, from our all-world QB down to the 53rd guy who was happy to dress this week. Everyone's turning up when called upon. Not sure if this is sustainable over an entire season, but if it is . . .

Miami has a good roster and a mediocre QB. Obviously if you let Tyreek Hill run free behind your secondary, you're going to pay. They'll be in the WC hunt, but they'll never get beyond that level with Tua.

Beat him up? Probably not. That's a 15 yard penalty and automatic ejection if he throws a punch. Stiff-arm him into oblivion? Of course.

It's not at all disrespectful to Mahomes to note that he was throwing to wide-open receivers against a terrible defense. He was playing on story mode last Sunday, while Allen and the Bills had to deal with Aaron Donald and Jalen Ramsey (who is good except when he plays us). Totally fair to take degree of difficulty into account when evaluating a player. I wouldn't get all excited about Allen hanging 40 points on the Lions, for example. We all understand that while our defense was good last year, their stats were inflated by getting to play against a parade of mediocre to terrible quarterbacks. It's not disrespectful to anybody to acknowledge as much. We can pay Mahomes the same courtesy when he beats up on a punching bag like Arizona's defense. Edit: Mahomes is an elite, top-notch player who should be in contention for MVP again this year. I like the guy, but I'm sure he would agree that Arizona didn't put up much resistance.

I love living in a world where we can say things like this and it's totally 100% serious and everybody who watches football would agree.

Well, the Titans are a significantly better team on paper than the Giants. If they play that game a million times, the Giants would lose a majority of the time -- probably like 70% or so. (I don't recall what the line was). When you have the inferior team, variance is your friend. That's why going for two at the end was such a good decision. Their odds of pulling off an improbable upset are quite a bit better if you roll the dice on one play from two yards out than if you play for overtime. As for the Titans missing a FG, Daboll doesn't play defense. He made a call that put his team in the best position possible to win the game. That's a good thing for coaches to do.

We play Miami in a couple of weeks. Any doubt about who is winning the division should be resolved then.

Good for Dabs.

Oh here we go.

Daboll getting kind of Daboll-y there.

Great catch by Adams gets Vegas closer.

Bills RBs better be working on ball security.

Also, Diggs was a known commodity. Jefferson wasn't, if we even get him which we didn't know we would necessarily. No worries on this trade at all. Good deal for both sides.