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Like him or not, the story of the Buffalo Bills can’t be told without him. And we might not have a franchise now had he not jolted the fan base and spurred the suite and luxury sales we needed to keep the team here. He’s welcome back, especially since it should help break the Flutie Curse (if one believes in such things )

This is all perfectly reasonable. I like the idea of playing with an extra DB. Get more speed on the field.

Possibly. Andrews strikes me as their catalyst, though. I’d be tempted to take him away and make Jackson throw to areas outside of his comfort zone.

We could see our exceptionally tall MLB shine in this one. I agree w all of the zone comments. Can’t turn our back to Jackson. Gap integrity and shutting down Ingram will be key. Jackson is going to get his yards; just want to minimize that damage and not let him throw easily. I think we’re going to see a heavy dose of big nickel this week, too. Not much Lorax save for obvious passing downs. To me Andrews is the guy that makes it work for them. Maybe Tre sees him on passing downs.

The bet here is that he will be a patriot.

Bledsoe to McGahee in 2004. Huge gain. We can run it once for a huge gain.

Not eager to take on the dogs and the horses I take it. It was pretty cool to watch the highlight shows yesterday and see the Bills win a big game at home in crummy weather as the sun was setting. The next sign that we’re on to something will be the appearance of the Sheriffs, the dogs, and the horses around the field toward the middle of the fourth quarter of an important home game, coupled with a PA announcement that trespassers on the field will be prosecuted. For those younger than 40-ish, that’s what it was like at a “clinching” home game in the late 80s and early 90s.

I think the last time it was ripped down (not 1988; I think it happened as recently as 1990) one of the uprights was detached from the crossbar and carried out of the stadium.

We have a winner. Also, FWIW, analytics doesn’t account for conditions on the date and time of the kick. The Bills should have known Hauschka’s max based on pregame testing. I can tell you for the Redskins it was 49 toward the tunnel end based on the fact that he kissed the crossbar short from 50. How it was 9 feet further this week on grass and on what looked to be a somewhat slick field with no wind advantage is beyond me. Morals of the story: Hauschka is nearing the end. The play call on third and four was stupid. And we deserved to lose for botching the sequence at the end. They do. Watch the warmups about half an hour before the game. All of this stuff is measured.

I think he might be done. I didn’t think of this until after today’s longer miss, but he was short from 50 toward the tunnel in warmups last week. Kicks from distance have been a problem for awhile I wonder if he’s simply losing a little leg strength.

Toronto is part of the Bills’ market. The NFL gave it to Ralph years ago. Nobody goes there unless they cut the Pegulas a share of the profits. (Kind of like Nats/Orioles).

Country road. It’s in the Orchard Park boonies. Probably a lot of land. Paid $650k for the house. Won’t reveal the road here bc these guys deserve to be left alone.

Oliver lives up by Chestnut Ridge (I know this only because the purchase price for his home recently was published in either the Buffalo News or the Buffalo Law Journal). It snowed heavily by the Ridge last night, but most of it didn't stick. Where I am near the village (and the stadium) the rain turned to snow around 10p, and we have some snow on the grass this morning. It probably will melt as soon as the sun peeks through, meaning that the field might be a bit slick today and, for those going to the game, the seats will be wet.

Couldn’t agree more. Longtime STH. Jets fans are obnoxious, Raiders fans look for trouble, and Pats fans are arrogant. Eagles fans are a combination of the Jets and Pats fans. I didn’t mind the Eagles before Sunday and was sort of happy for their fans when they won their Super Bowl. I’ll struggle to ever root for them again after last week’s display. While we’re on the subject, Steelers, Giants, and GB fans are great. Particularly the Steelers. They root for their team, but they’re very respectful. They’re an easy group to like.

With respect to the second statement, this is exactly what we were thinking inside the stadium yesterday. At one point the Eagles' leading ballcarrier had more carries than Gore, Singeltary, and Allen combined. With the wind being what it was yesterday, that was inexcusable. What cost use he game yesterday was the fact that we were pushed around on both sides of the ball. Some of the pass pro was decent, but they ran at will on us and we couldn't establish much of a run game against them. Cutting Shady was and is the right move, but we could really use a back with speed to attack the edges.

My view is that he wouldn’t be as valuable as a man corner or a bigger RB. Allen would be the worst player for us to lose, but if Gore it one of our outside corners gets hurt we will have a real problem. ** and I realize that we’re primarily a zone team. But we may need to press to win in the playoffs. That seems to be the formula to beat KC, for example.

I thought they needed a receiver, but I didn’t think Sanu would be the target.

Well said. We now have a modern offense. I’d go a bit higher, personally, because I think he deserves credit for smoothly assimilating a lot of new parts into a cohesive unit very quickly.

I thought it was forward watching it live. Didn’t even care about the return - I was thinking that the titans should run a lot and get nice and tired so they were gassed on the re-kick. I couldn’t believe it when the play stood. Darryl Porter was the sinner on that coverage. Didn’t stay in his lane. And Ronnie Jones was a horrible ST coach. Chris Mohr would run meetings to go over coverages bc Jones did t know what he was doing.

Kind of stunning they got as much as a 5th for him, even if it is in 2021. Good luck to the kid. I hope he turns his career around and finds success with the Raiders.

I hate to say it but I had the same thought knowing the risks involved. His talk this morning was powerful and heartbreaking. His strength is also incredibly impressive. To do what he and his wife did once is more than anyone can bear. To do it four times in succession is torturous. I wanted to vomit when I listened to him because I hurt so badly for them. I have two young kids, and there’s a lot about life that didn’t understand until we had them. I have a hard time relating to what I’ll characterize as the WGR listeners now. I don’t gamble on sports, I think fantasy football is a waste of time, and I don’t have time to drink or to play golf. A young family and providing for that family take precedent. I cannot imagine what it would be like to see the “other” side — That is, to have a child and then to lose that child — and go back to the trivialities of arguing about what is the best beer, the most favorable betting line, or which defense to start in fantasy this week. It would be beyond awful. My heart breaks for them and everyone who has been through it. If he reads this, maybe the one small consolation is that he obviously was one hell of a dad to those kids in their short time on the planet and he will be an amazing father to child #5 and beyond.

Its a much lower percentage throw that, if IIRC, was disrupted by pressure. Should have taken the easy money all day long in that circumstance. I stand by what I said. We agree to disagree on this one.

Thanks. I knew it was low, but was focused more on the huge amount of green and blue paint in front of Brown. That one hurt.

This isn’t an all-22 perspective. It’s lower bowl stadium visitors sideline view. Gore was, to quote John Murphy, wide-a** open b/c his man fell down at the top of his route open. Allen HAS to see that, and it would have been an easy, enormous gain.

No. And it’s not just Ford who struggled yesterday. Dawkins did not have a good day. Lee Smith (essentially an extra OL) was flat out awful. From my perch in the stadium (well away from this play) it looked like Feliciano was blown up on the 3rd and goal in which Gore was stopped for a loss. Morse took a penalty and was steamrolled into Allen’s lap at least one IIRC, too. Bad day at the office for the OL, but things will get better.