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Buffalo was very competitive in both the NO and Atl games. Phat Pat's run-stuffing presence would have allowed our D to stuff the run more than they did. Since neither NO or Atl passed too well on us, my conclusion is that we could have prevented a score in each game. Hence, my belief that we would be at least 6-5 right now with PW.

True that.

That was rough, the worst day ever. But, in all fairness and as much as I loved those guys, the only one that had much left in the tank was Bruce. Phat Pat is playing at a pro-bowl level right now, and his loss could be directly attributed to at least 3 losses for the Bills this year. If we could stop the run a little bit, we beat NO, ATL and possibly either NE or Carolina. We'd be sitting at 6-5 or 7-4 and control our own destiny.

The term "re-building" implies that something was built in the first place. What has TD ever built, but a losing, non-playoff team?

RuntheDamnBall...where in Brooklyn? I'm in Bay Ridge.

Worst offseason move ever.

Fuggin TD doesn't think so....right from the his mouth!! It makes TD sound like the Iraqi information minister...the guy who claimed there were no American troops in Iraq, when we held Bagdhad airport...

This one makes TD sound like the Iraqui information minister...the guy who claimed there were no American troops in Iraq, when we held Bagdhad airport...

Since we're talking about this game (and I'd would definately stay away), the play on it is to tease Philly with the over. The o/u is 39, and Philly is a 3 point fav. Tease the o/u to 33 and take the over with Philly +3 or even Dallas +9 (tho road games can get away). If you really want to make a play, tease Browns/Steelers in Pitt. The line is Pitt -7.5, and the o/u is 34.5. I'd tease Pitt down to -1.5 and tease the o/u down to 28.5 and take the over.

AKC, thanks for a terrific post. So, in your opinion, do you believe that Mike Gandy could be a viable LT beyond this season? Also, great breakdown on Peters and Teague. I myself thought he'd be LT material. Apparently, I may be wrong. Perhaps Teague really does get an unfair rap on this board and from fans in general. Anyway, I hope Everett turns out to be a good blocker and that he can replace Neufield. Again, thanks for the great work.

I think your leading contender would be New Orleans.

Couldn't agree more.

I'm hearing a renewal of the BEST college football rivalry of the 80s at the Orange Bowl...Miami-ND. Thats must see TV.

Ummmm...if Willis McGahee doesn't get injured, Miami scores the TD and goes to OT again. There was no "ass kicking" in that game.

Totally agree with this.

I'm willing to say that Weis would be a HUGE success wherever he coached. You see it now with ND, and with NE coming back to the pack. Crennel, too soon, I agree. But I didn't think Cleveland would win 2 games this year and he's got that team fired up and playing well enough, given their dearth of talent.

The article stunk and was full of cheap shots. Anyone else coming up with the fact that the problem is not 1st time head coaches, but that TD chose the wrong one? He interviews John Fox, Marvin Lewis, Gregg Williams, Charlie Weis, Mike Mularkey, and Romeo Crennel. We end up with Greggo (bust) and Mularkey (too soon to tell). Every other guy TD interviewed is a damn fine head coach. The list is right, its just the final choice that was either wrong, or not sure yet.

His mother.

Yep.

A 5 man line. Nice. We used that in HS. Not sure if you have the personnel for it now, however. I would have loved to see it with Phat Pat in the middle, Adams and Edwards as the DTs, Fletcher & Spikes as the 2 backers. That would have been pretty sweet. The problem is guarding against the short-medium range passes, you have one less defender in space.

I really didn't think Joe Pendry was that bad. At least he ran the ball.

I really hope so, and that we get an OC who believes in running the ball.

Alright, putting on my rose colored glasses for a moment.... We'd have to beat KC at home. We could lose to SD on the road. We'd have to knock off Carolina at home. We'd have to win in Miami and then knock off the Pats at the Ralph, both possible. We'd have to either beat Denver at home or win on the road in Cinci, we could lose one of those games. Then we knock off the Jest in the New Years Day game. It IS possible, tho unlikely. The big one, as stated before, is KC at home. We win that one, and we may have a shot.

You know, I was thinking about our potential line next year, and it could be much improved. Think about it, if MW restructures and Peters can play LT, we'd have a huge and athletic left side. Preston, hopefully, can man the C spot. The right side would be Villy (who is a very good G when healthy, and nasty) and possibly a FA RT. They cost less than LTs, and it would free up our 1st round pick for DT, and later picks for LB and S. Our D would get younger and our line would be solid. maybe it would look like this.... LT Peters LG MW C Preston RG Villarial RT FA - Perhaps Jon Runyan who is a FA at the end of the year? He's a nasty blocker, paired with Villy would be awesome. I can dream right???

You forget how good that team was. That team was 11-5 and had won 5 road games that year. That Bills team could out-muscle just about anyone. The only team that could get as physical as we could was Tennessee. We had just smoked Indy 31-6 a week earlier & even Polian admitted the Bills were a bad matchup for his team. Yes, Indy beat us in the 1st game of the season at the dome , but so what. Also, Jax was on their way down, Tenn just beat them up. That 99 wild card game still is the most physical football game I had ever seen.