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Everything is on the fly. There is no, "if this happens, we do this" set of guidelines. I mean, a pandemic is interfering with the season. Who could have foreseen that? (that's my best sarcasm, btw)

If Lock plays, the Broncos have a shot. They're not as bad as their record.

I lurk on one of the Pats boards. Don't ask me why; it's a weird thing. But the near constant mantra since we started hot is "the Bills have started hot before - they always unravel." I mean, some truth - but that was with a completely different team, coach, GM, owner, QB...the works. This is the same team in name only. But still....it worries me. Irrationally.

Yeah - I said walnuts....but it's really peanuts. It's almost like when someone asks me who my favorite band is. I take the Beatles out of the equation, because they're so far ahead that it isn't fair & it's not really that interesting to say them because they're so clearly the GOAT. I'll revise my answer to peanuts. I'm nothing without peanut butter.

We wouldn't have traded for Diggs. I love Diggs. Everything has been perfect.

Lynn didn't have a choice, and it's the right decision given how Herbert has played. But man, what terrible luck for Taylor. I know he's a wealthy man, but I still feel bad about the circumstances. I hope he gets another shot somewhere else.

LOL Those guys are like the Beatles. Whenever I have seen them show up at award shows or wherever, the screams are out of control. I'm like my Dad now. There are so many things were I just furrow my brow and say something like, "I don't get it...."

Walnuts. Love 'em in my oatmeal, in my chocolate chip cookies, and on apple pie.

Maybe I'm overthinking it, but I think this is where Josh Allen's pure love of the game gives us an advantage. Tuesday night, short prep time for the league's best team, general uncertainty - just observing him so far, I don't think any of it will bother him a bit. He strikes me as the kind of player that just wants to know when kickoff is & can't wait to get out there. That's really how the whole team has to be this season. No matter what happens, you just have to roll with it and play the game whenever they tell you to, and with whoever you have.

It's such a unique year. I shocked myself by actually having a teensy bit of sympathy for the Patriots w/ the way the NFL handled Pats/Chiefs and Cam. But my guess is that just about every team will have to make some compromises and quick adjustments before the season is through. It's the trade-off for actually having football - which is a trade-off I'll make any ol' time.

Zero complaints. The team that wins the championship this year is the one that can be pretty nimble and adjust on the fly. I'm glad we get Bills football this week & next. Are we the 1st ever Tuesday night football game?

I want to play, because I think we'd beat them. But getting the W by forfeit would drive Patriots fans bananas. So, there is some benefit there.

Any way they'd have to forfeit the 2000 game?

That's fair, and you're right - I'm not taking much of that into consideration. It's just frustrating for me as a fan. From the outside, it seems like they're just making it up as they go along, and hoping for the best. But I'm sure there is a ton that goes into it that makes things more complicated than I'm allowing for.

That was a BIG play in the game on Sunday. It came at a time when we most needed it. Special teams can be downplayed - especially both the return game, and punting. A great punt that pins an opponent deep can be just as impactful - we've been lacking that, but hoping it develops.

I have not. Is having foresight and doing some contingency planning a difficult thing, when a few billion $ are on the line?

True, but the NFL approached this whole thing from a position of maximum profitability - they weren't realistic about the situation and did no contingency planning (at least any that I can see). It shouldn't be a full season. They should have reduced it down to 12 or 14 games, built in extra bye weeks & more time at the end of the season for make-ups. There should be set thresholds for teams that have outbreaks: if x # of players get infected, the game goes on as scheduled, but if it exceeds that #, we postpone/reschedule. There should be more clear rules on the protocols and exactly what the consequences are for teams who break them. This is a multi-billion $ industry. This has been completely mismanaged, imo.

I'm genuinely embarrassed for the NFL. Here we are in October, in a pandemic, and they've had the benefit of seeing the other 3 major sports leagues resume seasons & all of the issues that can come up. And they're still in a mode where people have no idea what they're going to do to respond to one team breaking protocol & having multiple cases. There should be no doubt at this point. If x happens, we do y. Instead, it's all kinds of speculation, no uniform policy, no set guidelines & no flexibility built into the schedule to accommodate unpredictable events & outbreaks. Their entire COVID plan centered around wishful thinking.

We don't have that unstoppable pass rusher that we had. That's such a difference maker. Granted, there will never be another Bruce Smith. But we need someone on D who can take over a game.

When was the last time we started 5-0?

If you had told me a couple of years back that I would absolutely love Josh Norman, I'd have chuckled. Life can be mysterious.

I agree. It's time to see how we match up w/ the league's best, and see Mahomes & Allen head to head. That said, if it did happen & Mahomes couldn't play, Patriots fans would pull all of their hair out - they already think we've benefited from an easier schedule & timing.

A forfeit would finally right the injustice of the forward lateral that took the Bills out of the playoffs so many years ago and started the drought. I'm good w/ it.

I suppose - I shouldn't be too dismissive of them, especially after the last 20 years. But I disagree on the bolded. I have heard a lot of Pats fans saying that confidently online - but the entire dynamic changes w/ Cam in there. The assumption is always that everything will play out exactly as it did, and Cam wouldn't have fumbled or taken sacks like Hoyer, or thrown a pick 6. Their offense would have moved the ball better & probably scored more - but that would have cause KC to adjust and probably elevated their game. It might have been a real shootout, which I'd take KC in any day.

I was afraid the Pats might get Trevor and do the Favre/Rogers thing - glad to see that they're more middlin' than bad. Their fans still think the dynasty is alive. I don't see it. BB out-coaches everyone as he usually does, but they don't have the talent to really contend.