Dr. K

Good to hear from you after so long. Congratulations on the addition to your family.

This seems about right to me. I had them at 9-7 before the season started. I'd wish for more than 10 wins, but not count on it.

I love you to death, Bill, but you've been banging this "Wilson forced Nix to draft Spiller" drum tiresomely for a couple of years. I've never thought this was a credible theory, but even if it is, is it possible there is anyone here who doesn't know your opinion on this? You have certain players (D. Bell is another) that I am convinced you will never feel good about no mater how well they play. You will never forgive Bell for not being Jason Peters, as if Bell himself sent Peters to the Eagles (where he has performed so stellarly). For whatever it's worth, I think Spiller has so far not given the team what you want from such a high draft pick, but I also think he may yet turn out to be a huge asset to the team. Focus on something else.

I'm glad it didn't come to us having to find out, and this can just be an academic conversation.

Great post.

A combination of players already on the roster. Add in Kamar Aiken. Not a FA. Forget T.O.

I agree 100%. Aiken looked much better than Martin did, IMHO, during pre-season. I hope whoever the Bills start is able to get on the same page with Fitz in short practice time. A lot of the passes are timing patterns and this will be vital.

Sure turnovers are stops. I didn't mean to minimize the accomplishment of the D in getting them. Especially since so many of them were not gifts but forced errors--the result of putting major heat on Vick or of ripping the ball out of the receiver's hands. Still, would you want to count on the Bills forcing another turnover in that situation? That was the only way they stopped the Eagles in the second half.

Regarding that fourth down play by the Bills at the end of the game, where they drew the defensive lineman off-sides. I'm glad it worked, but I think that happening was unlikely and the Bills were lucky. Here's my question: Assuming the Bills did not try that ruse, then what should they have done? I was watching the game with friends, and some of them were adamant that the Bills should punt it and put the game on the shoulders of the defense. I thought that, given the Bills had not stopped the Eagles other than by turnover (the Bills made them punt only once in the second half, Gailey should have had them go for the first down, try to make the few inches they needed, which would effectively end the game. It would be a risk, since if the Bills didn't make it they would give up the ball at midfield, but I thought it was a better option than putting the game on the shoulders of an exhausted defense. Make six inches and win the game, not make it and take your chances. What did you think?

I don't consider any of these picks whiffs at this point. Was Moulds a whiff at the beginning of his third year in the league? A lot of Bills fans (and others) thought so. I believe it was the Bears' HC (was it Dave Wanstadt?) at the time who said "I wouldn't want him on my team."

I like the Onion and I dislike Belichick, but this is way too much.

Yep, Nix should have known Troup would hurt his back and Easley would tear up his knee and then develop a heart condition. What terrible judgment. And get rid of Spiller. He hasn't replaced Jackson so he's never going to pan out. And that Moulds guy they drafted didn't do crap in his first two seasons. They should have dumped him instead of holding on, wishing he might turn into an adequate receiver.

If Kafka plays the Eagles will undergo a Metamorphosis. They will play like Hunger Artists once they are rid of that QB who spent the last few years In the Penal Colony. It will be a Trial for the Bills. But in the end they will prove once again that in America, the Ralph is their Castle.

As compared with the artistic genius of Hank Jr.

In my prediction for the season I had them at 3-1 at this point, beating KC and Oak, only losing to the Pats and beating the Bengals. I had them at 9-7 for the year. Before the season I had them losing the next two to the Eagles and Giants. But I think these games could go either way. i think we will learn a lot from the Eagles game. The Bills have usually done terrible against mobile QBs. If they can beat the Eagles--and I don't think it will be easy--then they will be set up well for the Giants.

A young team still learning. We'll see more ups and downs.

Transcendently stupid question.

I'm glad they're skeptical. They should be. The Bills have a lot of history to overcome, and the only way they are going to do it is by winning one game at a time. I'm sure that's the approach Gailey and the players are taking, and it's the approach they should be taking. All this talk, all the praise they Bills have gotten in the last two weeks, and the dismissals they got before then, is just that--talk. I would rather the Bills go into the Bengals stadium not even aware of what guys on ESPN are saying, positive or negative. I thought the pundits were wrong about the Bills before the season started, and I think the bandwagon jumpers are not any more knowledgeable than the denigraters were. Plus, the Bills do have to play the Pats in New England, and the Jets twice. They can win these games, but it is not going to be easy.

I think this year's team is better, but I agree with this post. We can't know anything absolutely. I think this team has played very well, shown heart, and has the potential to make the playoffs. But there are 13 games to play and injuries and luck play a large part in how that will end up. Besides, I'm enjoying watching this develop one game at a time. No need to get ahead of ourselves. This Sunday I'm going to watch to see how the Bills deal with prosperity, with a game they are going to be favored to win against a team they have dominated for years. Will they keep the pedal to the metal, or will they make a basket of errors and fail? I THINK they will stay focused, but that's the issue we'll see decided Sunday.

I sure liked watching Belichick with a grim look on his face and Brady sitting stone-faced and helpless ad they watched the Bills run out the clock. But for excitement, it's hard to beat the pick 6, or Freddie's catch and run down to the goal line.

This is exactly how I feel. I like this whole TEAM. It's good.

I also voted for Wilson's. Besides the reasons already given, it seems vital to me that it happend on a play that Brady has killed the Bills on for years--the skinny post by the tight end up the middle. This is the pass that beat the Bills in the NE game a couple of years ago after McKelvin's fumbled kickoff. It's always been a sure thing for Brady against the Bills, and to see him thwarted on it was beautiful. He could not have expected that in a hundred years.

I was thinking the same thing. And earlier on the drive, just before Fred made the run to the goal line, when teh Bills were on the Pats' 39, Jauron would have run the ball three times into the middle of the line and expected Lindell to make a 55-yard field goal.

YES. PAY FRED!

Where did I say they didn't deserve to be the favorite?