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Pit long pass 1 & 10 around 23 yd line

Pitts, Porter int. after Ravens int, no harm. 1st & 10 Pit 35

2-1-JAC 1 (8:38) D.Davis up the middle for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN. PENALTY on JAX-B.McCray, Personal Foul, 0 yards, enforced between downs.

TD pass to Plaxico 7-0

Don't: Jets & Pats both clinch positions with a tie & basically wipes us out of the playoffs. With Denver winning, our best chance is beating out the Jets. There's no way that Indy will need the game because they lose the tie breaker with NE & if the lose to SD they're locked into 4. Remember how many tank games Polian presided over as GM with the Bills when we had our playoff position locked up.

We need Antowain Smith to play out of his mind in the 2nd half.

I checked my programs from 1994 (The last time Christmas was on Sunday) & the majority of games were on Christmas Eve. I now remember going to a bar & watching us lose to Indy that year.

News conference @7:30 on ESPN News

Edited @ 7:20 Lenny P says he took the job.

I hope we don't get a home game on Christmas next year, but I'm torn because if the game isn't on local TV, the places to see the game on satellite will probably be closed. The best I can hope for is a road game vs the Jets so I'm guaranteed the game will be on TV in Albany... Or maybe we'll get lucky & have a national game on the road. I'm sure there's lots of mixed opinions, with those going back to WNY for the holidays more in favor of a home game. In 1995 we had a Christmas Eve home game & the place was deserted by the 4th quarter.

I've seen bits & pieces of it before, but today was the 1st time I ever watched it in its entirety. I couldn't stop laughing. Best Christmas movie I've ever seen.

I updated my spreadsheet to calculate the draft order. The results do not include yesterday's GB/Min game but I did adjust for Min to draft ahead of GB. Right now if we make the playoffs Dallas gets our pick @#25. If we don't make the playoffs then Dallas gets our pick @ #19: If Bills Make Playoffs Team Wins Opponents Wins 1 San Francisco 2 107 2 Miami 3 122 3 Cleveland 3 132 4 Tennessee 4 115 5 Arizona 5 101 6 Chicago 5 106 7 Tampa Bay 5 106 8 Washington 5 109 9 Dallas 5 115 10 Detroit 5 115 11 NY Giants to SD 5 118 12 Oakland 5 128 13 New Orleans 6 107 14 St. Louis 6 110 15 Houston 6 115 16 Cincinnati 6 121 17 Kansas City 6 125 18 Denver 8 110 19 Jacksonville 8 119 20 Baltimore 8 122 21 Carolina 6 115 22 Seattle 7 100 23 Minnesota 8 105 24 Green Bay 8 106 25 Buffalo to Dallas 8 113 26 NY Jets 10 113 27 Atlanta 11 94 28 San Diego 11 108 29 Indianapolis 11 111 30 New England 12 109 31 Philadelphia 13 98 32 Pittsburgh 13 108 If Bills Don't Make Playoffs Team Wins Opponents Wins 1 San Francisco 2 107 2 Miami 3 122 3 Cleveland 3 132 4 Tennessee 4 115 5 Arizona 5 101 6 Chicago 5 106 7 Tampa Bay 5 106 8 Washington 5 109 9 Dallas 5 115 10 Detroit 5 115 11 NY Giants to SD 5 118 12 Oakland 5 128 13 New Orleans 6 107 14 St. Louis 6 110 15 Houston 6 115 16 Cincinnati 6 121 17 Kansas City 6 125 18 Denver 8 110 19 Buffalo to Dallas 8 113 20 Baltimore 8 122 21 Carolina 6 115 22 Seattle 7 100 23 Minnesota 8 105 24 Green Bay 8 106 25 Jacksonville 8 119 26 NY Jets 10 113 27 Atlanta 11 94 28 San Diego 11 108 29 Indianapolis 11 111 30 New England 12 109 31 Philadelphia 13 98 32 Pittsburgh 13 108

Who says you can't beat a dead horse? Bills 23 Dead Horse 0

They can watch Denver Christmas (Saturday night). Denver & Baltimore will probably lose & Jacksonville will most likely win so it looks like Jacksonville @ Oakland will be on everyone's TV if we beat Pittsburgh.

I doubt it's on there by mistake. It was published before the season & except for Bowl games the season's over. Even so, it's good stuff.

I'm against interviewing candidates you have no intention of hiring. It's stupid & a waste of everyone's time (& the money of whomever is paying to get the person for the interview). I remember when for years the media would get on the NFL for not making Tony Dungy a head coach. I got a little tired of it when I noticed he was younger than any of the head coaches in the NFL and maybe he had more dues to pay because of his age. I also remember screaming at him from the upper deck at the then Rich that I hope he never gets a HC job, because he used to coach his defense to play dirty and his d took Kelly out of the game (& season) by going after his knee in a Vikings game in 1994. I also thought that Butler & Ralph could have found a better minority candidate when the hired Wade in 1998.

Although TD left on strained terms, I think MM & TC left on good terms & Cower wouldn't mind helping a couple of his former coaches beat out other teams for the playoffs.

There should be an exemption based on salary. If you hire a coach for more than $3 million or $4 million a year you are showing that the candidate is not equal to the rest of the field. If the candidate you deem superior happens to be white, then the minority candidates are sham interviews. I'd rather show some respect towards the minority candidates & not have them participate in a sham because of some stupid NFL rule. Anyone who believes there is a minority candidate who could have convinced Dallas to hire him over Parcells with his 3 Super Bowl appearances + Jets turnaround, convinced Detroit to hire him over local boy & multiple playoff coach Mariucci, and Miami to hire him over N. Saban with his Belichick backround in the NFL & national championship at the college level doesn't have a grip on reality. If Saban turns Miami down they'll be going through the whole process all over again. If Saban accepts, the Shell interview is a sham. No matter what happens, Shell ain't coaching the Dolphins next year.

I think the main reason Drew has taken a step backwards the past 2 games is he has no TEs left to throw to, especially in the red zone. The rejuvination of Bledsoe coincided with the use of Campbell & Euhus more. Bledsoe appears to be more comfortable with a tall target in the red zone when he's throwing near the end zone. The TEs also tend to get less coverage than the WRs. He's missed Moulds a few times on end zone passes since the TEs went out. If I'm right, Drew will struggle a bit the next 2 weeks (& beyond if we make the playoffs) but should be ok for next year.

Root for the Jets because if they beat NE, Pittsburgh clinches home field with a win against Baltimore & has nothing to play for on 1/2/05. Root for the Patriots because if we win out & the Jets lose to NE & St. Louis we have the tie-breaker.

I wonder if the Bills are getting more love on WFAN because they are winning or because Russo & Francessa are now also heard on 590 in Albany.

No team in the history of the Super Bowl has ever got to the game unless they were in 2 wins of best record in the conference. Washington is hardly the team that will end this sure fire method of picking Super Bowl teams going into the playoffs. All the NFC has past the Eagles & Falcons is a bunch of bad teams that won't be around on SB Sunday. There's no such thing as anything can happen in the playoffs, 38 years of history says otherwise.

It probably dates back to when his father-inlaw was dying & the press covered his illness when Pennington wanted them to leave it alone.

I'll be there. Petrino is doing an out & back with one of his friends from Albany driving, so he probably won't make it to the tailgate.

Leftwich is playing.