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My best guess is they were waiting to make a big announcement after the next win - and then the Bills reeled off 4 stinkers in a row, culminating in that MNF loss to Cleveland, and the fans' mood had soured so much the team just wanted to keep it under wraps. It was pretty asinine, whatever the reason.

I think you have a huge unexamined assumption underlying your own argument here, namely, that accurately predicting a bad record helps you feel better when it comes to pass. Guess what, I got more enjoyment out of the 2008 season when I thought the Bills were headed up and had those hopes dashed than I did in the 2009 season when I knew they were going to be terrible. Maybe for some people having that letdown is a bigger deal than it is for others. For me, it's not. I'd rather entertain dreams of playoffs (as ludicrous as it might sound) than preemptively brace for a comeuppance.

I sprained my undisclosed once, took me months to recuperate.

Big-time advantage for the Bills if the Pats have to bring in a punter off the street who won't have time to learn their plays.

I'm glad you're so impressed with yourself, but it might help to quote the person you're replying to.

For sure there's no reason why it should apply to only one side or the other. I just find it a fascinating concept that explains an awful lot. Personally, I'm just happy that (outside of a few games at the beginning and toward the end of last year) the Bills are playing entertaining, competent NFL football again. I try not to get too excited because the Pats* are probably going to bring this team back down to earth a bit, but then I think I should just go with it and have fun. So I'm biased toward the optimists.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger

Oh, I was all mixed up. Thanks for the correction. And sorry to PtP for an invalid criticism of your comment.

By "make a play for Brandon Meriweather", do you mean that the Bills should've offered to trade for him? Because he was picked up off waivers by Carolina, the Bills never had a shot at him at all.

A Patriots* player is the last person who should be accusing another team of faking an injury to buy time.

Martin was a UDFA.

Man, these professional athletes. You or I try to get away with that and we'd be arrested for sure.

http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/135061-congratulations-bills-fan-great-win/ He and Chronic each posted with congrats, haven't seen Bump though.

Who has never been in my kitchen?

The Upchuck

Sadly I'm forced to agree with you. But that Pats* defense is exploitable if the offense can keep up the play they've had so far this year.

Really? Winning the game doesn't count for anything? 35 points in the second half means nothing? I would've loved to see them go for it and get it, but they drove down, came away with points, and went on to win.

I've seen enough of the Bills dropping guys back into coverage against Brady. And based on the performance today, I can't say I'm a big fan of rushing 3 or 4 and letting him sit back there all day. Bring as many as you need to hurry him, hit him (legally) and try to shake him up a bit. Sure you're vulnerable to the big play, but what does it matter if your alternative is a 14-play TD drive?

Donald Jones was the best DB on the field today, breaking up that INT that would've won the game for the Raiders.

Can I just put in a big "screw you" to the NFL and its TV contract switching over to Pats/Chargers with 30 sec left in this game. Un-be-freakin-lievable.

I think it makes a huge difference in a backup's effectiveness, too, to sub in after the starters have shoved the offensive line around a bit as opposed to the other way around. I mean, those same guys were backups last year too (albeit inexperienced in the case of Carrington and Troup) but it couldn't have been too exciting to come in after watching the D give up 8 yard runs.

Why do you keep bringing up Corto? A backup safety getting paid league minimum doesn't have any connection with another player's salary.

If that's the case I'd rather they just go ahead and do it officially instead of by creeping rules changes.

Not sure why you're getting the negative responses, I appreciated your thoughts. I think some people need to stop being on hair triggers to shoot down any criticism of the team.

When a team has sucked for as long as the Bills have, it's always easier to bash than defend, so I'm not surprised that many people wouldn't feel like getting into a big argument over it. (That's not even to say that the bashers are wrong, just explaining how I see the dynamics.)