Casey D

Fitz at least is a man.

WRs get little separation. Like none most times.

I believe they gave up weeks ago.

What a defense--just the worst.

I was there and it is not accurate. Final drive the Titans had NINE guys in coverage, and everything was funneled into the middle.

Great post. Your point about all teams have weaknesses but winning makes people forget is spot on. And when you lose, you find exagerated views on the problem areas. Ravens looked awesome on Thursday, but have thrown in some absolutely horrible games. Why do you think that is so? Tannehill looked absolutely awful on Thursday against Texas. Why are you so sure he is the real deal?

+1

You should pony up and bet the Jets-- 8.5 is a bargain if you think 20 is not enough. Free money. Vegas is calling.

Fish 57, Bills 7. I think the Fish squeak into the playoffs at 9-7, and then watch them make some noise.

Exactly right. Defense and offense go hand in glove. If the defense keeps the score manageable, you can stick with the run, play action etc. You can't do that when the other team is scoring at will-- you are forced to try and keep up. If you are down 28-7 and the other team keeps scoring, 15 play drives that last 8 minutes will not win it for you. Maybe you lose 34-21 and the score is more respectable, but so what? All this talk about running and smashmouth and old time football is great, but not in a vacuum. To play that style, your defense has to give up no more that 21 or so points a game, and our D can't do that against a team with a decent offense. Miami is offensively challenged, so we may have a shot this week to stick with the run, and hopefully win... CD

Correct in theory, but not in practice when your opponent scores 28 points in their first 4 possessions.

Wow, we've fallen so fast we are now 2.5 point underdogs to the Dolphins.

I envy your ability to just quit cold turkey, walk away and not give a sh*t. Wish I could.

We got so far behind so fast that the run game was advesrsely impacted. When the other team scores one one or a handful of plays repeatedly, 13 play drives go by the way. It's the way it is for everyone. The Bills' defense basically took away our running game.

I can't listen to that stuff. And I agree with you, all the blame game is pointless. If we had some power to make decisions, then figuring out the problem might be useful--but we don't have that power. It's just amazing how many ways these teams can fail over so many years. Ever wish you were born in a town with teams that won something? 1965 is too long ago for me-- I can barely remember.

Being a Bills and Sabres fan. In the course of less than 24 hour we are vividly reminded of how foolish it is the be a fan of these teams. The Sabres turtle in the face of the Bruins, and the Bills continue to provide endless misery to their fan base. I try and keep this all in perpective-- I mean you have to if you have this curse of birth over things you have no control. But sometimes,like when you have to be up at 5 AM on Monday to catch a plane, you just wish that once in a while you could get more than repeated kicks in the gut from this endeavor of being a Buffalo fan. Just a touch of joy would be nice. Sorry to be whiny, it really is not my style. I don't know--it's just hard to take sometimes after 40 years of this. Just needed to get this off my chest... CD

fyi, it's intents and purposes...

Absolutely right! AND too many people(but not all) are just weenies who dribble down their pants when faced with difficulty, casting blame in machine gun like fashion and giving a heavy dose of "I told you so." That sums up the board. Who are you, Herman Cain's PR man? Guy did not blame the whiteout, he said that people got their expectations so high because of the big build up to the game--including the whiteout hype-- that people have lost perspective and are crashing too hard after a single game. I mean respond to his point-- don't set up straw men and then laugh and laugh and laugh at how absurd your own straw man is. Do you have good conversations with yourself?

Yes, I needed a good ass-kicking-- like My Cousin Vinny.

Yes. The Bills played their first poor game yesterday. Given the difficulty of their schedule thus far, playing 7 other solid games and winning 5 of them does not suck by any stretch. But, when you have not won in 11 years, no one knows where the bottom (or top)is with this team yet. When the 1991 Bills got clobbered in a game--well it was just a bad day because you knew they were good. Or like the Ravens the last two weeks before yesterday-- they were awful but no panic because they have a track record. With this team, people fear 2008. Until this team proves it is not 2008, you don't know it's not 2008. Until then, we are trying to find out what the baseline is for this team. In my judgment, they showed enough in the first 7 games against largely quality teams to indicate they are a decent team-- not a bottom feeder any longer. A good team should be angry and bounce back with a good effort this Sunday--hopefully a winning effort-- against a mediocre Dallas team. It should be fun to see, as getting knocked down happens to everyone, it's what you do about it that counts in football and life. The weaker fans are in the fetal position. I'm thinking the team itself is stronger than that and will dust itself off and fight on-- but we shall see... CD

The team sucked today. Hopefully this falls into "it happens" category-- like the Ravens the past two weeks. They have not laid an egg all year-- guess they were due. Let's see how they respond next week. Now need to win 2 of next 3 on the road and get to 7-4 for the final 5 games.

Doubtful. The Bills were underdogs in 4 of their first 6 games, and were favored only against Oakland and Cincinnati by 3. Bills are currently a 6 to 6.5 point favorite in Vegas, on what amounts to a neutral + field. So oddsmaker say this is our easiest game so far-- next closest would be Cincinnati.

Redskins are awful. 5-11 if lucky.

I don't think so. I see only one team coming out of the South-- so it will not have playoff implications. Given the Bills are likely to be competing for the wild card--if anything-- I think pulling against Oakland, NYJ and Pittsburgh is of greater interest, as those three teams will be offering some of the primary competition for a wild card berth IMO.