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I don't hate him, but I'm tired. I'll go w/ "anyone available." I think we're at that point in franchise's trajectory where we just need a change. He's a defensive coach, and our defense is our weak unit.

The bigger question - why did only 3 seconds run off the clock on a 5 second play?

Sometimes, getting a title is all about being resilient. I like their chances of pushing it to a game 5 w/ Rodon and then Schlittler, at home. Right now, it's about just getting it to game 5.

I'm guilty. I always think he's done a "good job." But we have so many players who are just capable. The lack of star talent gets more glaring every year.

I think the most disappointing thing is the realization that we're likely not going to have the same kind of lopsided record against the Pats that they had against us w/ Brady. I can see them being a split a lot of the years moving forward. They're more competitive than we were during the drought. It's kind of a silly, minor thing - just wanting to "even things up." But I can be petty.

They definitely have their guy for a good while. I just haven't seen enough to match the hype he's getting. He's top 15, maybe even top 10. Will he get to top 5? Hard to predict, but my guess is that he doesn't get to the top tier.

Feel terrible for Gibson, but not recovering that fumble was a biggie. The Patriots player was just in the exact right spot.

Feels like we gave more than enough points away: - We were rolling on the drive when we had the fumble on the cutesy play, and I think that would have been at least 3. - Coleman's fumble handed them 3. - We lost at least 3 on Josh's pick (set up by a soft call from that ref crew - without that, we're likely getting a 1st down inside the 6 yard line & at least a 50/50 TD). - The clock should have expired at the end of the 1st half - another 3 for them. - No call on Shakir on that last drive - would have at least extended the drive, allowing us to chew up most of the clock, and led to a possible TD. A cleaner, less flaggy game & it could have been a comfortable win in our favor.

Has anyone talked about the 5 second play at the end of the 1st half that somehow only took 3 seconds on the clock?

I'm going to choose to believe you. I have a hard time seeing 3 more losses on the Pats schedule, but I'm probably being too hot takey on that. They did lose to the Raiders & Pitt, and had a very close one w/ Miami. Unless Allen gets hurt, I do NOT see 5 losses on our schedule. Games get weird, but we should roll to a 14-3/13-4 record in normal circumstances w/ our schedule.

I think Prater has really proven himself. I think he has had one bad kick since he's been here. I just have more confidence when he comes out there to kick. His kicks are usually right down the middle or close to it - Bass's kicks always seem to fade right.

I could see losses to the Ravens, Bills & Bucs. I think the Bengals is a stretch, though - that's a bad team right now, and they won't have Burrow back by then (I don't think). I'm hoping a team like the Saints or even Jets can pull an upset (the only reason I'm even mentioning the Jets is because it's divisional, the Jets can be surprising at times). I'm sure you're not hoping that, but I'm kind of curious if we'll see that Pats team from yesterday against some of the lesser teams. They were so hyped for the game last night.

With the Pats schedule - every game we SHOULD win is now a "must" win. I'm assuming we beat them the next time, but they are likely going to win a lot of games. I think we could get away w/ losing to the Chiefs & Eagles. We need to win the basically easy ones, and probably beat the Bucs (or if we lose to the Bucs, beat the Chiefs or Eagles). 3 losses will win the division. 4 probably will, but it gets more iffy.

That is 100% true - but man would I be shocked if that team swept us. We made so many uncharacteristic errors yesterday, had a pretty bad ref crew, and they still needed a long FG to win. That kind of stuff could happen again, but I'd bet we win it next time w/ some comfort in the final margin.

I was pretty whelmed by how he played compared to much of the national reaction. We make so many bad QB's look good, and average QB's look great. I think Maye is above average, but we made him look great at times yesterday.

Yep. It's like the old adage that insanity is doing the same thing & expecting different results. We were outcoached last night. It's kind of a theme in bigger games that we lose, and certainly a theme in the playoffs. If we bow out early in this playoff year, I think we'd have to make a change and the timing would be right. Allen will be turning 30 and you can't wait much longer to make that kind of change. Obviously, I'm hoping we at least make it to the SB and it doesn't come to that. But if we have another bad exit, they have to consider it.

Sorry to hear that. Losing a pet is so hard.

Not a rookie, but really his 1st season - Gonzalez was the most impactful player on the field yesterday. He's an elite CB.

A couple of decades of success has really deluded that fanbase.

A relatively meaningless ranking at this point in the season. Literally, you're the 1st person I've seen try to argue that our defense is solid. I've been checking the Pats boards, and even most posters on those forums know our D isn't good. Clearly, last night was the 1st Bills game you've seen this year.

I haven't seen that AT ALL. On the general forums, it is widely acknowledged that Bills defense is downright bad. You seem detached from reality on this one.

The refs took over the game. No flow. Some of those calls were really phantom, too - and then they missed very blatant ones. That miss on Shakir near the end turned the game completely, and the narrative would be very different today if they called that PI. It was right out there in the open, and they missed it.

Are you trying to argue that we're above average? I think "average" is actually very generous for how this D has played so far this season. If you're not watching the games & just going by stats, you're kind of missing it.

To say it's the final year Buffalo will be favored to win the division - well, that's somethin'.

Some of the calls in that game - there were a couple that you couldn't even see on replay. They were so quick to pull the flag out all night. No fans want to see flags flying all over the place. That crew wanted to be the star of the game. I think we win that game w/ any other crew. One flag too many yesterday.