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Remember the last time the Patriots made the playoffs without Tom Brady? Me neither. Hey, I LOVE that Fitz tackles and blocks and puts his head down and all that--- I LOVED it about Jim Kelly, too. I'm just saying it's well established that Tom Terrific is a fancy lad and doesn't get his hands dirty and it seems to be the accepted attitude of the entire organization that he need not make tackles. They aren't paying him all that money to make tackles, just like they aren't paying Vince Wilfork to throw touchdown passes. Also, I sure as hell love the fact that Brady looks like a well manicured pussycat, but I certainly understand why he plays that way.

That goes for Woody Paige as well--- there's a whole collection of TV Sports Analysts that have close to ZERO knowledge and simply sell whatever shards of their soul are left in order to keep their mugs on the boob tube. It's Sports Entertainment, essentially--- it's just like Entertainment News, and you know the saying about Entertainment News: "It's neither Entertainment nor News."

There were so many moments that built one upon the other, but as soon as Fitz took his first kneel down I said out loud: "They did it--- the game's over." Obviously, Lindell had to make the kick (and it got a little hairy there for a second when the Pats indicated Fitz had fumbled and the false start) but when it became evident that Brady wouldn't get another possession in regulation a calm came over me that was utterly surreal. Not only had they finally beaten the Patriots, but they'd done it in a fashion that can only be called out-Belichick-ing Belichick.

Amen! Today may have been the difference between supreme confidence and arrogance. After all, David didn't slay Goliath because Goliath knew the quality of his skill set and humbly tried to execute the playbook

Thanks, Simon--- and I was hoping Brady would get pummeled, too!

As much as I hate to say it, it was smart not only so as to avoid injury but because the Pats would immediately get the ball back--- at which point Brady knew he could just slice up our D like a hot knife through butter. Which is exactly what happened. No point in giving the Bills a few extra minutes of clock to kill before they punch it in from inside the 5. There were 10 minutes to go, but still--- he knew he could move the ball on us. But he's still a prissy pants

Definitely, I'm not sure the Bills have ever had such an intelligent group of players and coaches so in tune with one another.

This NESN article regarding Freddy's postgame comments on the Bills gameplan and how it was executed says it all about Gailey: http://www.nesn.com/2011/09/fred-jackson-bills-exploit-hole-in-patriots-defense-during-game-deciding-play.html

Simply outstanding, even with an injury to Urbik--- 86 pass attempts in the past 2 games against the likes of Richard Seymour, Tommie Kelly, and Vince Wilfork and 0 sacks. Simply outstanding.

Even Sully sounds giddy--- a pretty heatwarming piece with some interesting tidbits: "It was the first time the Patriots had ever lost a game after leading by 21 points in the Tom Brady era. It was the first time since 1950 — which is as far back as the NFL's records go — that any team came from at least 18 points behind to win in successive games." http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/columns/jerry-sullivan/article571225.ece Warm fuzzies from perhaps the coldest prickly in the history of Buffalo sports commentary!

Clearly, there's a great deal of logic to this... but Brady still comes off as having the velveteen touch of a dandy fop.

Absolutely agree with this, he had a good game and was repeatedly held. There was one rush where he came wide around Light and just barely lost his footing, and he just grabbed Brady around the knees while Marcia threw it away into the flat. If he didn't slip he would've completely blindsided Brady and probably crushed him. I know, it's a big "if" but he looked pretty good, not great, today.

Yeah, that was pathetic. One of the NFL's bigger douchebags, and not because he can't compliment the Bills after a big win and a strong start.

The importance of this win will be amplified or diminished depending on how the season goes and whether or not it was the catalyst to something bigger. I happen to BILLieve it will be

We essentially out-Belichicked Belichick with that maneuver at the end. I'm literally shaking I'm so happy!

I'd say send trannies over to the New England players' hotel the night before the game, but the Patrriots already bring their own.

I like to hear positive comments about the Bills from the national media but opinions like this truly exemplify how foolish it is to care what they say one way or another--- it's only Week 2, but isn't Fred Jackson the NFL's leading rusher with back-to-back 100-yard games? 190 yds per game as a team shows a clear commitment to the run... and shows just as clearly that these 2 knuckleheads only watched the highlights.

Not just magic... Fitzmagic.

If Parrish is only going to miss a few weeks, and Stevie's groin injury isn't major, I'm pretty sure we're fine at WR. Stevie, D. Jones, Nelson, Brad Smith, Roosevelt potentially brought back up for a few--- I'd also assume Spiller will see more action in the slot, and Chandler has lined up as a receiver, too.

I remember during the early to mid '90s the Dolphins were never outplayed by the Bills, according to the Miami players' postgame comments. They always seemed to beat themselves and let the Bills win. I could never understand why they'd do that, but it was considerate of them.

His teammates gave him the nickname, solely because of the beard. I'm not sure there's any intentional relation to the "Polish Rifle".

Did you drop the mic and walk away after posting this?

They'll be lined up alright... on the other sideline, Sunday around 1pm, wearing silver and black.

This poll thread won't make it official--- it's already as official as these things can possibly be.

I'm guessing 50-60 rushing yards by the Raiders as a whole would be generous. Considering they'll find themselves behind fairly early with all of Jason Campbell's turnovers and the ****ty Oakland secondary getting lit up. The Chiefs' effort in Week 1 will look like a contender by comparison. Bills 51 Raiders 3