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The D is getting old, though. I heard Hightower may retire; Chung & the McCourteys are getting up there. There is some question about whether they'll re-sign Gilmore (not their style to overpay for an aging CB). BB is the equalizer, of course. I'm convinced he could take any roster in the league and get to a .500 record at least. He did say at one time that he didn't want to be coaching in this 70's like Levy (or something like that). That's the hope; that he has another season or 2 like this, gets tired of it and heads off to do some fishing.

It really struck me watching them play tonight: - Huge uncertainty at QB - Good defense & special teams, good RB - All-pro punter - Can't consistently score points - JAG WR corps - Occasional amazing game to give fans hope, but in general maintaining a near-.500 record - Being just good enough to not make the playoffs & avoid the top 10 in the draft It's been weird reading their boards, too - the same playoff possibility conversations we used to have at this point: if x team loses twice, and beats y team, but if y team beats z team, etc. I must say - I'm liking the role reversal.

I don't care at all that it's a weird year. Watching the Bills win and have a promising future, while the Pats lose and flounder, is everything I ever thought it would be.

The Rams SHOULD win this game, and win easily. But Belichick still casts a spell on opposing teams. It's almost all psychological at this point.

LOVED Hausch, but felt like we had to get to the 25 to have a solid chance. Now, when the Bills are around the 40, I'm like, "okay, at least we've got 3." The man can kick the ball far.

Not only that - I remember convincing myself that we had found some sort of "hidden gem" in Tuel, especially when we were winning that KC game (just prior to the 100 yard pick 6).

It seemed like he was in on every play yesterday. He's a total disruptor.

The way this team is designed, actually getting playoff games in Buffalo in the worst months of winter could be a BIG negative. We aren't built to run, and as strong as Josh's arm is, it would still put us at a big disadvantage if there was bad weather. I'm all in on the dome. We should hopefully be hosting a lot of playoff games in the years ahead.

Those kinds of "ifs" are so ridiculous. Yeah, and what about if Davis hangs onto a fairly easy TD catch on the Bills drive before that? People did the same thing w/ the Rams game. "If the Bills didn't get bailed out by that PI call!" Meanwhile, the refs gave the Rams a phantom INT earlier in the game that completely changed momentum. Parcells was right - you are what your record says you are.

That's definitely my hope - and they should. But something weird happens to otherwise good teams and good coaches when they play against BB. I'm not happy w/ the Chargers - I feel like they folded and gave the Pats a lot of confidence heading into the final stretch.

This should be a really fun game. The Steelers certainly don't scare me, but I respect what they've done this season, and both Ben and their defense have been playing well. But it's a game I feel we should win. I don't feel like we're the underdog (though we are). Can't wait.

I'm actually hoping we can rest a lot of our starters in the final week. Back to back against a division opponent - and needing to win both - would be a negative. It really speaks to what the past 20 years have done to me that I'm still more worried about the Pats catching up to us than the Phins.

I've heard a ton of positive. I even heard Skip's thing (I don't usually tune in), and he was very complimentary - he said he'd still take Baker #1 in that draft, but it was close. Sharpe was saying that Allen would definitely be a #1 now - and would have been had he gone to one of the big power football schools.

It seems like every year, there is the best team, and then the team that no one wants to face. It's kind of cool being the latter.

Edelman is a good comparison. But Beasley is cool.

I really didn't like him with Dallas. It shows what a difference laundry makes. One of my favorite Bills of all time now. And that isn't hyperbole. Imagine if everyone played like Beasley. All out, all the time.

Anyone else drinking? I don't want to be the only guy drinking...

Allen is still in the conversation for MVP. Long shot, but it's not outrageous. Good things come to those who wait. Or something like that. 2+ friggin' decades - I'd call that a wait. But there really isn't another QB in the league I'd rather have than Allen.

Rookie mistake. I would have been much more upset if we were losing this game.

Bass is on a roll....

Finally - the heir to Kelly....

Berman is the man.

Do we have a franchise QB, or what?

Cole Beasley is my favorite athlete of all time.

Don't forget the hail mary once we squeak out a lead in the end...