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"To the OP's point, there's only 16 games in the year, so a coach doesn't even think about this unless his team has a huge lead in the 2nd half." Thank you for replying to my post. Some people seem to be suggesting today's game vs. Raiders was a trap game. Huh????? And on Thursday if they're not focussed in a divisional road game that's their only national exposure of the year they're braindead.

Um . . . some of us live here. We enjoy that Thursday night glamour (glamour?) every week.

I'm seriously curious: Do you coach this game any different knowing you're playing again on Thursday? Baseball managers have to save pitchers for the rest of the schedule. Basketball and hockey coaches try to save legs when there's a game tomorrow. I suspect football coaches don't (can't?) do anything different but I wonder if they at least think about it. Maybe spell Shady just a little more? Step up the pace of line rotations so starters get a few less snaps?

Gotta turn that sarcasm detector back on, dude.

And around here our 1 pm Fox game is Jets at Cleveland. Looks like a great day for yard work.

What's Anquan Boldin doing these days?

Green seemed to think that pushing a ball forward = control. It's not. That was a good call.

As Yogi wisely said, "90% of this game is half mental." I agree there are occasional head-scratchers out there but you gotta give McD his props on the mental side. Penalties way down and it seems like everyone's head is in the game.

Is anybody else tired of Rich Gannon complimenting everyone on what a nice job they're doing? I mean, Jets OC Morton? Seriously???

The only surprise is Hauschka. I'm wondering how often a K gets named a permanent captain. And since (I think) McDermott takes this seriously, I'm guessing he's also some kind of locker room presence?

There's a tasteless James Hardy joke to be made here that I hope nobody makes.

They have to explain why Glenn's return would bolster the Offensive line?

The scheme will fit the personnel and the D will play hard. But it will also get exposed more and wear down as the season goes on because of injuries and opponents solving the so-so offense (meaning the D will be on the field a lot the later it gets in the season). If we're behind often in the second half the defensive passing stats won't be too bad because opponents will be running out the clock. So I think we'll "really" be in the top half of the league but statistically closer to 20 than 10. Like a lot of things, this question reminds me the Bills team to watch out for is maybe the 2018 club but definitely 2019. I should have read this before I put up my own post. I don't agree with everything PD says (so I deleted some of his post) but yes on all of this.

Legendary wisdom from I don't know how many coaches: The most popular guy in town is the #2 quarterback.

The usual WNY thin skin and rabbit ears. Maybe Watkins hated the place and he has every right to hate Rex for pushing him onto the field (I know, people here will argue otherwise) last year when he wasn't ready, but I don't remember him ever bad-mouthing Buffalo. I agree with posters who say he's talking about coming back from injury and not taking a parting shot at the people who just sent him to a better situation (being in LA, not being on the Rams).

Ironic that Frazier had his best career success as a player with the Bears under DC . . . Buddy Ryan.

Honestly I don't understand why this would pressure Boldin.

Howie Long Jerry Jones

That was the California Golden Seals, my friend!

First one must be that he makes the team.

These conclusions are absurd on so many levels. Flawed methodology, flawed assumptions. I know from personal experience (having lived there) that Patriot fans are bandwagoners. Boston has too many distractions. If, in 5 years, the Celtics and Bruins are killing it and the post-B&B Patriots are bad, the traffic jams out to Foxboro will be a thing of the past. Who rationally believes Dolphin fans are in the top half of the league??? They're notorious for coming late (if they come at all), leaving early, and blowing off games. Who rationally believes Viking fans or KC fans are in the bottom half of the league??? What does "Road Equity" have to do with a home fan base? Is KC penalized because locals don't fly out to Oakland or SD/LA? Or because Oakland has a smaller stadium and SD/LA has its own problems drawing? The Bills actually benefit from "Road Equity" because they play every year @ Jets and @ Pats, two large markets that sell out. The sellouts have nothing to do with the Bills being the visitor. Bad as the Browns are, they don't have great loyal fans??? Where is the metric for supporting a team that loses, which may be a better measure of fan loyalty.

Cookerly Al Cowlings was drafted a year after OJ Jack Kemp played for the LA Chargers in'60. Yes!

Al Meltzer. Azar didn't do play by play. Third man in the booth was Ed Rutkowski.

32 in the regular season, 36 in training camp when 32 belonged to Gary McDermott, who went in final cuts. Speaking of which: who was the Bills starting RB before OJ? Hint: #22.