SageAgainstTheMachine

Elimination games are never trap games for teams with even a modicum of discipline.

Honestly, if the Bills get to 10-6 with their remaining schedule and make the playoffs, they will have proven themselves SB contenders. GB, NE and Denver are the top 3 teams in the league, in some order.

Ha. If you say so. The Jets are a !@#$ing tire fire.

The Rams (sort of the Bills West, with a dominant front 7 and questionable QB play) handled Peyton with aplomb a few weeks ago and won. It wouldn't surprise me if the Bills (in desperation mode) knock him to the turf a few times.

Sully must be a good poker player. Always leaves himself an out.

What do we use to land Skelton, then?

Well, we matched out last season's win total in 11 games and I've always been a proponent of continuity. We've gone from sad-sack to competitive during Marrone's tenure. That said, Mike Pettine and Jim Schwartz probably have more to do with this turnaround than Marrone. It makes me sad that we could be wasting an all-time great defensive line unit.

It looks like Baltimore has the easiest remaining schedule and San Diego has the toughest, so it's probably worth rooting for SD in their matchup next week.

Screw the NFC South.

I believe 10-6 will be enough, even disregarding tie breakers. Every year, people think that 11 wins will be necessary and it very rarely is. Saying 'Period' doesn't make it true.

I bet Houston would take Sammy if there were a re-draft. Imagine him joining A. Johnson and Hopkins.

This game isn't a must-win, but if we lose it makes the next three games must-wins. I'm sure glad it's a home game.

Gah. Thanks for stressing me out!

No way. If they lose this week, they already have 4 losses and 5 very difficult matchups to go. I agree that they're a good team, but they've by no means separated themselves from the WC pack.

I think they'll whip the Dolphins again. They're looking like an above average team recently, but Ryan Tannehill has nightmares about our D-Line. The Chiefs game I am less optimistic about, because... 1) Their defense is as stifling as ours. 2) Alex Smith probably won't help us out with big mistakes like our last two opponents. 3) They have the best offensive player on the field. That said, we're at home off of a bye and the Ralph will be rocking. All combined, it feels like a coin flip game.

I was hardly mocking Benjamin by comparing him to Vincent Jackson. Vincent Jackson has had a great career...just short of elite. Like Jackson, Benjamin doesn't tend to get very open or separate from CBs, but he has the rare ability to dominate even when covered. That said, I'd rather have a guy with the freakish ability to get open in any situation. Too bad Chris Hogan had the nickname 7/11 taken.

Benjamin's upside is Vincent Jackson. Sammy's is Larry Fitzgerald or higher. I think all 32 teams would take Sammy over Benjamin.

"Playing not to lose" is such a fricking bad cliche, because it doesn't even mean anything. It means the exact same thing as "Playing to win". It's infuriating! If you mean playing more conservatively with a lead, then just say so. But you don't want to say that because that would highlight how logical it is to do so.

Sammy is already worth every bit of the 1st rounder we gave up for him. Not only does he have an elite future, but he's directly won us two games. No way do we beat Detroit or Minnesota with a lesser receiver. The best part? He's actually devaluing that draft pick week by week. There's not a chance in hell that Cleveland makes the same trade in retrospect. In fact, Sammy would probably go first overall in the case of a re-draft. As far as Whaley's moves go, this is second only to Hughes for Sheppard. Well done, Doug.

This is especially good satire because back in 2012 there was an anti-Mario thread every week that he didn't record a sack.

I'm doing a pretty good job.

Hell no. I want the division. Besides, how many times has that "nothing to play for" business ever helped us?

This is definitely a factor that worries me. I know that "experts" try to use bogus statistics to correlate a points surplus with winning, but the Bills have a long tradition of being out-scored. We gotta stick with what we do.

A loss this week means a decent 4-4 record and a hideous 1-4 record in the conference and 1-2 in the division. In other words, dead in the water as far as tiebreakers are concerned. It would basically eliminate the possibility of making the playoffs at 9-7, forcing us to finish the season 6-2 with games against the Pats, Packers and Broncos ahead. So...yeah. Things look pretty bleak if we lose this one. As soon as the Pats beat us, I knew that beating the Vikes and Jets had to be a package deal. We passed the first test by the skin of our teeth. I wanna watch them annihilate the Jets.

Similar to the phrase "flied out" in baseball.