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Any given Sunday (or Monday, or Thursday, or Saturday) ...

I wonder if they have a play call with the audible "Sean McDermott".

That's what she said. Bad joke #2: Good thing we have Wood on our team.

"That's NEVER happened to me before ... REALLY!"

I didn't go full-time, but I spent 9 and 1/2 years working on my doctorate, one class per semester, while working full-time. (Seven years on coursework; the rest for dissertation.) If you look at it as a whole, it seems overwhelming. If you take it a little at a time, and keep chipping away at it, you'll look back and be glad you did it.

In your best case scenario, if the Bills make the playoffs and win a game, I don't see them getting rid of Tyrod. They'll draft a QB either way, but they won't jettison the QB who ended the drought; they'll keep TT and let the rookie sit for a year.

McKelvin's fumble - and I had a bad flashback about that as Tre was running back the interception instead of just going down.

Yes, yes, and yes! The whole time he was running, I was yelling, "Get down!" Great pick, but c'mon, Tre - be aware of the situation.

At a minimum, they should allow a challenge if a penalty either results in, or negates, a first down. Just like challenging the spot.

Call me old school, but to me, the point of going to a game is to watch the game. A "stadium experience" only requires a game, seats, concessions, restrooms, a replay screen, and a scoreboard; anything else is a distraction. Just my opinion...

They were laying in the sunshine, which enhances the effect, but yeah, their coats are pretty shiny. We adopted Shadow seven years ago. He was three at the time. The shelter told us that his previous family moved to a place where they couldn't have a dog. He was in the shelter for about 3 weeks when we got him. He couldn't wait to break out of the joint; as soon as we opened the car door, he jumped right in. He made himself at home right away. Rocky's shelter name was "Earth." Someone brought in 3 puppies from the same litter; the shelter workers named them Earth, Wind, and Fire. They were taken from their mother too soon, so volunteers took them home and nursed them back to health. His siblings got adopted first. When we brought him home (4 years ago), he latched right on to Shadow, and Shadow played the big brother role instinctively. "Earth" liked to play-attack Shadow - he was pretty scrappy. His facial markings are a little raccoon-like, so that trait, coupled with his "fighting" nature, inspired his new moniker.

Rocky and Shadow. Both mixed-breed rescues.

Yeah, with everything Bills-related, I've decided to always think tentatively.

I was wrong to think that the TNF game was an anomaly. Apparently, it was the start of a pattern.

I didn't quit during the Jauron years - even when he got an extension for the sake of continuity - so I'm not giving up now.

The voice of that moped-riding hipster in the Verizon-Google commercial.

The season was over the minute the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor. But seriously, I came into the season with low expectations. New coach, new GM, new coordinators, defense going from 3-4 to 4-3, yadda, yadda - that's a retooling year, if not a rebuilding year. The first part of the season gave me hope - false hope, I now realize - but reality has finally set in. We're in full rebuild mode and it's showing. It's time for a toga party.

Nicely done - thanks! I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.

Yeah, I think that's the winner, at least in recent history.

Journey songs.

Hopefully February.

Even from week to week there's a certain rhythm. And whoever gets the start for the upcoming game would have to practice all week, so the team knows who the starter will be. Somehow, that information will leak. It also depends on a team having two competent starting QBs. Many teams can't even find one. And this plan doesn't mask a QBs weaknesses. At some point in every game, you need your QB to be a pocket passer, regardless of whether he's mobile. Likewise, your QB needs some mobility, unless you have an o-line that gives incredible protection.

QBs like to get into a rhythm. Constantly swapping back and forth doesn't facilitate that.

Good post, Virgil. Considering your history of jerseys, a superstitious person might ask you NOT to buy a Peterman jersey. ... but I'm not superstitious.

The best marketing move is to win games. You win games by making good football decisions. Therefore, it was both a football decision and a marketing move.