RJ (not THAT RJ)

Ha! Though I have heard such sentiments many times over the years in advance. Usually from posters who claim they "Demand Excellence" or some such BS while they are writing on a Bills message board during their work hours.

Well put. Listen, we all know that the He-Man Realists will find a way to be gloomy. It's what they do. Winning season? Bah, didn't make the playoffs! Make playoffs? Bah, lost in first round! Get to Championship game? Bah, didn't win the big one! Lose Super Bowl? Bah, same old, same old! Win Super Bowl? Bah, bet they can't repeat!

Maybe not. But they have another week of life. So that's better than the alternative. D had a performance to build on.

Playing on the road, there are no ugly wins.

It's the one where terrorists take over Alcatraz. Sean and Nic Cage have to save the day. Good movie, which was pitched as "Die Hard on Alcatraz."

None of it means anything man. Chest-thumping about nailing prom queens means even less. And is a lame ripoff of Sean Connery in the Rock. All but one team that makes the playoffs eventually loses in them. Doesn't make getting into them worse than not getting into them. Your mileage may vary.

I don't hate anything. Well, except when people say "I hate to break it to you..." or "I hate to be a downer..." No one in the history of mankind has ever meant that. Missing the playoffs sucks hard. Life goes on.

No you don't.

"Boon... you had a face like a pepperoni pizza. And what about stork here? Everyone thought Stork was brain damaged...."

Also true. 1966, that last playoff year in the AFL, was the last time the Bills did a lot of things: won on the west coast (until 1980, when they did it twice!) won a division title (also until 1980) won in the orange bowl (until 1983) beat Houston (also until 1983) won in Oakland (....)

Bills have not won in Oakland since 1966. It is definitely a house of horrors. But something has to give... right?

Excellent points. I will also add one observation: The Pats committed (or, rather, were flagged for) a surprising number of offensive penalties in this game—starting with the penalty on the first play to Hogan. That struck me as very odd, since the Pats are almost never called for holding, and certainly not at home. Leaving aside all conspiracy theories, I will say that is a real tribute to the Bills D, which put such pressure on the Pats OL that they had to hold on. What a lovely day.

Like so many national announcers, he just worships at the shrine of success.

OH please please please....

Like last year against the Bills... Jax gets big lead, then staggers... Luck is on his way to a comeback to polish his legend.

I quite agree. I wonder whether he looked good until his dancing with the stars routine in week 1 burst the bubble....

Makes me wonder what he has been showing (or rather, not showing) in practice.

I think Clowney has already proved that!

Well, they treat the Rookie Symposium with about as much respect as the treated their "courses" in "college." The whole system is built around telling athletes they can do whatever they want from about the age of 12. It's a wonder that so many of them show character at all.

Very fine coach, but the Marty comparisons are apt. His teams also had a surprising habit of coming up flat in big games. Even those great Bills teams of 1980 and 1981 laid some huge clunkers at times you wouldn't expect; in 1982 the team pitched two shutouts at home after the strike, but lost a bunch of road games in increasingly embarrassing fashion to miss the playoffs.

Spanos the Tamperer is also Spanos the Extortionist.

Come on Promo, you know that references to scoreboards and records only carry weight when they are used to play the Bills Fan Sad Trombone. Get with the program!

No, he was re-elected in a landslide in 1904, then announced he wouldn't run in 1908.

If anything, Arrowhead has less history. It's a year older, has hosted fewer playoff games, etc.

My guess is he will retire this spring. It's time.