MrB1onde

I blame Bass for missing the kick, but the Chiefs were most likely going to score again even if he had made it. I think that either the coaches did not have/impart the right strategy for the last drive, or Josh simply didn't execute it. The Bills should have absolutely tried to make their last drive the last possession of the game and either score a TD or a chip shot FG with minimal time remaining. There were opportunities on 2nd & 3rd down to get chunks of yardage to burn clock and force KC to use its two remaining timeouts, but instead Josh went for the home run each time. Even if we had gotten a TD on one of those throw, KC is most likely getting the ball back with ~90 seconds and 2 timeouts, which would have been a huge risk.

I don't know if they were a SB contender, but I think we can agree that the surest way for a team to demonstrate it is not a SB contender is to not even make the playoffs 🤨

Not even close. It was a bad loss for sure, but there have been much worse, like: 2014: Losing 26-24 to a 3-12 Raiders team in week 15. I'm not 100% sure this loss cost the Bills the playoffs, as they would have been 10-6 along with the Ravens (who did get in) but losing all but guaranteed that the Bills wouldn't make it. Bills were favored by 6.5 2004: Losing at home 29-24 with the playoffs on the line to a Steelers team resting most of its key players. The Bills were 9.5 point favorites. 1992: Losing 20-3 to a 1-4 Raiders team, again as 9.5 point favorites. This loss cost the Bills two home playoff games.

I don't believe there can be a "4 way tie" for the playoffs between BUF/PIT/TEN/HOU all being 10-6 because either TEN or HOU will win the AFC South, so it would be a 3 way tie for the WC at most.

ESPN's playoff machine indicates that if Tennessee loses out, Ravens win out, the Bills win one/lose one, and the Chargers win out, the Chargers will beat us out for the 6 seed UNLESS the Chiefs also lose out, which seems unlikely

I try to reference recent developments, because I just don't think what McNabb did in the first half of his career has much bearing on what he will do in 2009, 2010, etc. I'm looking at trends, and McNabb is trending downward. Professional athletes decline with age. That's a fact. McNabb is no exception. Even if McNabb has had no talent at WR, so what? How would things be any different if he came here? Let's be honest, it's not like Evans and Reed (or Johnson, or Hardy) are much of an upgrade over Kevin Curtis and DeSean Jackson. Finally, you can already tell about how good Trent will be, huh? To that I tell you this: There once was an NFL QB who threw 46 interceptions against only 19 TDs his first two years. He was widely regarded as a bust. Then, a funny thing happened. He got better. Not just a little better. I'm talking three time Pro Bowl, four-time Super Bowl winner, Hall of Fame better. His name? Terry Bradshaw. So don't think it can't happen. McNabb isn't worth the risk

Hey, what do you mean, "you people?" Don't get too hung up on the idea of McNabb having "No talent at WR." Last I checked, McNabb has played with the best receiving RB in the league for the better part of his career. Few people would argue that he has had much more Tight End talent on his teams than have the Bills as well. I would not be surprised if the Eagles threw to running back more than any other team in the NFL. Given that those passes tend to be higher percentage, I would say that McNabb's completion percentage is artificially inflated (and it's still pretty low). If you are going to say we can't judge a QB based on a relatively small body of work (such as Warner), how can you possibly say we should already give up on Trent?

Top 5? Brady, Manning, Brees, Romo, Warner, E Manning, Roethlisberger, hell Matt Ryan is well on his way to being better than McNabb is now. McNabb is top 15 AT BEST, and in decline. McNabb's rating this year is 17th in the NFL. Trent's is 18th. Maybe, a big maybe, a conditional second rounder. But no more. The guy is injury prone, old, and chokes in the clutch. You are right that he has been pretty good for awhile, but that won't do the Bills any good. McNabb hasn't lasted 16 games since 2003. It's just not worth mortgaging the future.

Trent and a first for McNabb? That's insane. I wouldn't give up more than a third rounder for McNabb, with no guarantees that he'd be the starter.

I don't see the Jags putting 30 points on the board against this Bills defense, particularly with the Jags O-Line in such bad shape. If the Bills lose I think it will be more like 20-17.

If the Bills re-sign Evans, I don't think they do not need to draft a WR. Let's see what Hardy & Johnson can do first. Also, I think they need to acquire a QB, as Losman is likely gone after this season. I agree that TE may be the single biggest need on this team right now. Finally, you can never have too many lineman or cornerbacks. Here is what I'd do: Round 1: TE Round 2: LB Round 3: OL Round 4: DT Round 5: QB Round 6: CB Round 7: TE

Who the heck is Jeremy Jacobs? I know a Brandon Jacobs.

Memo to Sterling: It's DWIGHT Freeney, not "Duhwight"

So Willis Mcgahee didn't think much of the women in Buffalo, huh? Can you imagine if he DID like them? He'd probably have 3-4 more illegitimate children by now, instead of "only" three!

Least Favorite: RJ Favorite: Dwight Drane

Looks to me like he is on the decline, his numbers have dropped every season!

Who are the "Charges?" And what's a G.N.?

FWIW, I don't hate Willis, he's hardly alone among NFL players in this regard- it's just that he happens to be a Buffalo Bill, and I like to think of the Bills as one of the high-character teams in the NFL. Things like this don't help the team's image.

From today's Miami Herald: TRIPLE TAKE Bills' McGahee appears to be a real baby boomer Father knows best? A third paternity suit has been filed against Willis McGahee, 25, the Bills running back and former Miami Hurricane. Keisha Walls, 27, an elementary school teacher, says McGahee is the father of son Kai Walls, born April 19, 2006. McGahee also fathered Willis McGahee IV, born Jan. 6, 2006, to Chiniqua Smith, 26. And he fathered Bria McGahee, a daughter born Jan. 17, 2005, to Dorothy Doretha McNeil, 29. In the cases of Smith and McNeil, McGahee has been declared the biological father and is paying support. "He's an honorable person," says McGahee's attorney, Howard Rudolph. In Walls' case, the paternity issue has yet to be resolved. Walls met McGahee in Miami during a college break. In October 2003 she married Devino Walls, but she was estranged from him when Kai was conceived, she says. Her husband took a paternity test, which she said was negative. Says Walls: "I don't sleep around. It was Willis." The Wallses are now in divorce court. No wonder he wants a new contract; at this rate, he'll be putting a basketball team through college!

Ok, this is where you lost me. The words "great" and "Pinkston" do not belong in the same hemisphere, much less the same sentence.

San Francisco picks 6th, not Oakland.

The Clash is "New Wavey?" Since when?

The CareerBuilder commercial wasn't bad, but I'm not sure it was Super Bowl worthy.

How about Mike Patrick, after the fumble by Bryant- "The Steeler receivers have really hurt Trent Dilfer"

Case in point- towards the end of the game today, he uttered this gem: "Kansas City falls to 1-9 in Buffalo, AGAINST BUFFALO" Um, Randy, what other team would KC be playing in Buffalo? UB? Also he pushed hard for an intentional grounding call against Losman, then the ref explained Losman threw it over McGahee's head, and Cross carped, "Yeah, about 27 feet over his head."