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What an uncharacteristically awesome catch by Knox!

You know, you're right. Losing to the best team in the league really shows that we suck.

Sure, that was a soft roughing call, but they've been calling those all year, and we were the beneficiaries of a similarly soft call in the first quarter.

I don't know if people on this forum watch non-Bills games or not, but there is no way that PI is getting overturned into a penalty if McD challenges. The refs just aren't enforcing that rule.

It was on-target and would have been caught except for blatant PI.

Wow that was blatant PI.

Allen has been bad today, but goodness gracious he has gotten absolutely no help from any of his offensive teammates.

It was there if Ford doesn't get beat.

LOL @ Tre.

Well that was about the worst possible way to start the half.

You would think we were down 24-0 based on that halftime analysis.

Honestly, if you told me that we would be down 10-6 at halftime, I would have taken that. Given how ugly that first half was, we're fortunate to still be within a score.

Shouldn't have taken the TO there. Let the clock run.

Well, they certainly tried on that series. There's got to be a better way to get him open in space though.

This is frustrating -- it's like we're not even looking for blitz-beaters in the passing game.

New here?

My guess is that Carolina is in for a big disappointment when his trade value becomes clear.

This is a great opportunity to play against arguably the best team in the NFL right, and certainly the hottest. That said, a loss is no big deal which actually makes this weekend somewhat relaxing -- a win would be fantastic, but taking the expected loss doesn't hurt us much. There's nothing but upside for us in this one. Next week is a far more important game.

Favorite: Josh Allen. Seems like an all-around good guy, great attitude, great competitor. His teammates obviously love him. Honorable Mention: Tre White, Jon Feliciano, Cole Beasley, Dawson Knox

Ravens 27 Bills 20 The last drive of the game decides it one way or the other.

I don't have anything against either of these guys, but my two nominees are Scott Norwood (obviously) and Bruce DeHaven (cover the kickoff). Those two gentlemen headline a cast of characters that I associate with bad memories as a Bills fan.

Baltimore is probably the best team in the NFL, and there's no doubt that this is a tough game. But 5.5 point dogs win about a third of the time, so it's silly to write this off as a sure loss. It's pretty easy to see how we get a win. Our defense does enough to at least slow down / contain their offense, holding them to 20-24 points, and our offense continues their upward trajectory that we've seen the past several weeks to score 24-27 or so. We'll need to avoid turnovers and we'll probably need to take the ball away a time or two. That's probably not how the game will go and if I were a betting man I wouldn't bet on the Bills straight-up, but it's not like it requires a flight of fancy to imagine them pulling out a tight win. On a good day, with everybody bringing their A-game, there's nothing outlandish about any of this.

I didn't realize quite how bad Mariota was and I honestly never expected Tannehill to be an upgrade. It definitely worked out for them.

I fully expect to transition seamlessly back to doom-and-gloom if we lose a close game to Baltimore.

The same way that we've been (fairly) faded for not being as good as our record indicates, Pittsburgh is nowhere near as good as their record indicates. Yes, their defense is fine, but they're starting a third string UDFA rookie QB. That alone will get you beat against most teams in the league. And make no mistake -- Duck looked every bit like an UDFA rookie QB today. His WRs made several outstanding contested catches against very tight coverage. Those are high-variance plays and not a recipe for regular success in the NFL. If our playoff hopes come down to a road trip against this team, I'm good with that.