Bills Fan in MD

Is it me, or is this game a microcosm of the past 16 years?

At this point, I'm almost hoping Jax just keeps running it up. Leave no shred of doubt that something has to change.

Yes, it most definitely can get worse.

Why Thurman? He's the DC in name only. This is Rex's defense.

As others have noted, this all assumes they beat Jax. If they make the necessary adjustments and win in a reasonably well-played game, people should definitely remain calm. If they lose, however, all hell will (and should) break loose.

Same here. Was worried when I saw offensive guys coming off the sideline to check on him. Looked for sure like it was season-ending.

I was really rooting for a new EJ to show up today, but now have officially moved on from having any hope that he's the one. Today wasn't all on EJ, but that doesn't mean much in light of the way both the D and STs performed. That said, and we'll never know for sure, Cassell wouldn't have been any better. Both of them are below average QBs.

If Clay doesn't make that play, would that have been a pick?

Yep. Was just about to post the same thing.

Sounds to me like they're "livin on a prayer."

Is that the eight pound, six ounce, newborn baby jesus sitting in his crib watching baby einstein videos?

I guess they really don't want Bryce Brown back.

Was about to make this exact point. The article says nothing about how he ranked his options -- only that he wanted to have more than one.

When was the last time that a team fired a coach mid-season and then saved their season? Mike Singletary came close in 2008, but even that team only finished 7-9. It's happened before in other sports (I remember when Jack McKeon won a World Series with the Marlins after taking over mid-season), but not in the NFL. If this is the case, it's hard to see this move as anything but laying the groundwork for next season.

One BILLION dollars. Seriously, though, are people really going to be stressing out about Roman's job status for the next 14 weeks??

He may not be the first to go, but I'm not so sure Lovie Smith's job is particularly safe.

Between this thread and the one about us being in salary cap hell next year (or even the one about losing Harvin next year), I'm really starting to think that this entire fan base is in need of counseling. Can't we just enjoy 2015 for now?

I guess we're just supposed to forget about all those things and focus only on Marv's ability to spout off random WWII quotes. . . I loved the guy as much as anyone, and his players clearly inherited his resiliency and competitiveness, but to suggest that they were well-disciplined and well-coached (at least from an Xs and Os standpoint), is laughable to many of us who distinctly remember those years.

I love the trolling and trash talking as much as anyone, but if the team doesn't back it up on the field this is all going to look really silly.

There's no chance of that. Dareus has surely had some issues, but they are mostly maturity-related. Haynesworth is simply a jerk - both before and after he signed his contract.

1. Da'rick 2. Da'rick 3. Da'rick

Wow. Kind of surprised the Falcons would want to take on that contract - even if the price for the trade itself was low.

Holy crap -- Joe Flacco uses apostrophes correctly in his Tweets! Good for him.

Um, so what happens the next time they are down by 1 with the ball on the opponent's 30 with seconds remaining in the game?

^^^This. Those cuts weren't regrettable because they hurt the team at the time, but it really sucked seeing those three in different uniforms -- namely TT.