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That was the first year the Bills were really good, finishing 12-4, so nobody really knew what to expect. But the sense throughout the season (except for that Bucs game flop) was that they were one of the top teams and could play with anyone. Definitely belonged in the final 4 with the Bengals, 49ers, and Bears, although the Bills lost pretty handily to both the Bears and Bengals during the regular season. Both of those games were looked at as big tests for the young resurgent Bills, and they pretty much crapped the bed both times. Those were the only two losses of the season prior to the Bucs debacle.

Nope, 10-5. The only TD in that game was a run by Vinny Testaverde. Bruce got a sack for a safety in the second half. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198812040tam.htm The Bills were 11-2 going into that game, the Bucs 3-10. Bills had a total of 39 yards rushing against a crappy Bucs team. I vividly remember the front page of the Buffalo News sports section the next day, showing a picture of a victorious Eugene Marve, the LB who had been traded to the Bucs from the Bills before the season.

The one that immediately comes to mind is the 1988 loss to the Buccaneers, 10-5. Bucs sucked that year, and the loss basically cost us home field for the championship game against the Bengals, which of course we lost.

I think it's fair to say the win against the Rams is a good one against a strong team, but it's also hard to ignore that it required a last-minute comeback after an epic defensive collapse. That has to be part of the overall conversation.

I actually think McDermott is a pretty good coach and I'm glad we have him. However, it's increasingly difficult to overlook that he hasn't had a signature win against a top team since he's been here, when plenty of other new coaches have. Even Flores in Miami somehow was able to beat the Pats**** in NE last year in a game that meant a lot to the Pats***, something McD has yet to do. It's concerning, I'll admit. That, and some of the worst defensive performances in this team's history have been with McD at the helm just over the past 3 years. I could understand it in his first year, but it's not acceptable now. I think he'll end up being an excellent coach, but he really needs to figure this thing out soon. I just don't know what to think of this defense anymore.

She's plenty active on Twitter if you miss her that much.

At this point I imagine the Jets want to get as much draft capital as possible to attract a new HC next year. Unfortunately for them, they're selling low.

We were supposed to originally play today and the Chiefs on Thursday. If we learn today that the Titans game is cancelled and we play the Chiefs on Thursday, it would essentially be the same as originally planned in terms of prep for KC.

Nice write up, thanks. One thing I’ve noticed over the years that other teams have done consistently, that the Bills just haven't been able to do, is to get a few spectacular catches from their WRs when they need them. I’ve seen so many other teams’ WRs make ridiculous catches and have wondered, why can’t we have that? And now we do. I mean, each of our top three WRs made spectacular catches today...Beasley with the crazy TD catch, Diggs with the contested deep catch, and Brown with that absurd catch that should’ve been a TD. All in one game! And we’re seeing it regularly, week after week, including from the rookie. Finally! QBs look a whole lot better when they have WRs who can regularly make plays like that, and we seem to have it in spades now.

I deleted the fake tweet from my post, but it will still appear in the replies, FYI.

Duly noted!

Did I miss this posted already? *EDIT: fake tweet removed

Can't imagine they would drop the only Thursday night game scheduled that day.

One question about points expiring...how easy is it to keep track of things like [date of first points received] and [date of last points received]? If you can track that, then having them expire after X number of days since the last points received (I suggest 30 or 45) would be fine. I like the idea of a point system because it imposes a measure of consistency across different people, so some folks don't feel like they are being treated differently by different mods. I agree with others that the most points should be given for Abusive behavior (5), then Politics (3). Are you able to give points for both, such as when someone bring politics into a discussion in an abusive way?

A couple of times...once in Glacier NP, a grizzly was climbing parallel to us as we were hiking up to one of the glaciers, but far enough away to not be a danger. Another time just a couple years ago in Tetons NP, wife and I almost walked into one near Jenny Lake. Think it was a smaller black bear. Ignored us, thankfully. I think we were about 30 feet away from it.

I know this is a more humorous thread, but...

I appreciate the post...I remember when Allen was the pick I wasn’t sure what to think...I wasn’t thrilled that he was more of a high-ceiling project QB...I was hoping for someone who wouldn’t take several years to develop, but knew he had a chance. So I was more wait and see...one thing I love about Josh is that he’s just so damn fun to watch, even when he’s frustrating...you never know what he’s going to end up doing on any particular play, it could be head scratching or it could be spectacular, but always exciting...

You really couldn't have scripted a better start to the season for him. Hope he keeps it going.

Woo hoo!! That's good to hear. Either or both could still be held out, but it looks promising. Love being proven wrong! Honestly, the ability of these guys to come back from injury is astonishing.

My two takeaways from that awesome video: 1. I love Dawkins 2. WTF was up with Murph? Did he have indigestion that day or something? I always thought he was bad, but I can't imagine a radio announcer being any less enthusiastic about big plays from the team. The only one he got excited about was the Brown TD, the rest just sounded like "meh".

Yeah, that's what I was referring to in that statement about prior threads. Didn't know if anyone would get it.

Yeah, basically all opinions outside the organization on any issue are useless. So, hot take. Just giving you my opinion, not what I'd do if I was the coach. I know these guys play whenever they possibly can, and nobody is 100% once the season starts. But if there is any question about their health I'd say the prudent thing would be to hold them out this week, even though we'd all like to see them play.

Fair point! We'll see. As I said, maybe they'll be healthy enough to play. I hope so... Why hold them out because it's the Dolphins, but not the Rams? Dolphins game is far more important (divisional game and AFC game).

Awesome take, thanks. I know one has a shoulder injury that can impact tackling, and the other has a hamstring injury which tends to linger if it doesn't heal fully. So yeah, you do you.

Having 4 excellent WRs on the field is a huge advantage. It forces the defense to have more DBs on the field, which is great because (a) most DBs can't cover these guys, and (b) it opens things up for the running game since there are likely fewer LBs on the field. That includes running by Josh. Once this offense gets comfortable (especially the OL), I expect to see a lot of this formation.