May Day 10

Its finally happening!

This has probably cut the patriots' afc championship chances by more than half. Probably increased the likelihood of a brady divorce or something else major too

Im in shock at the patriots' meltdown

I think the titans would probably win. New england desperately needed that bye. They cant score on their defense and henry is going to run for 150 yards

IMO tennessee is a nightmare scenario for the pats.

Botterill is trash. Melon head has had 3 offseasons and they are still worse than they were under bylsma/murray.... and that is with a priming eichel. What a disaster this guy is

I saw the article in TBN right around the Dallas game and he was already angling about the Bills using his likeness and all that. Was a bit annoying. At least contact the team or something and see if you can finagle something out of them. Dunno. Passes, season tickets, a scripted appearance in a new commercial, team merch, or whatever. If he thinks he is positioning himself for a big payout or something, he is just going to humiliate himself and make people dislike him.

its not very disappointing to me they used the video

It just defies logic. A pudgy, unathletic nobody qb out of michigan goes on to this kind of career.... only spectacular because he "watches film" and is prepared? "Guesses" correctly out of the blitz like 95% of the time. 20+ game win streaks, edelman and brady like 42-1 at home (because those 2 are juggernauts i guess). This run of dominance does not make sense. Because they "prepare?" The fact that anyone out of belichick's coaching tree almost instantly becomes a clueless toad. These things that dont pass the smell test, along with all the allegations, and blatant cheating and lying (the slimy way they handled deflating footballs, nfl destroying spygate, etc) really adds skepticism Its because they "pay attention to detail"? No other team pays attention to detail? The patriots have been drafting poorly but dont pay a price? Still 13-3 or whatever.

The worst nightmare is we get a tedy bruschi game part 2

Loved that weird theilen off tackle run

Cousins is really terrible

That intentional grounding needs to be revised in the offseason IMO. Brady is the master at it, but it is really permeating through other QBs. It is pretty clear when a QB is between the tackles and 'turfs' the ball intentionally with no intention of completing a pass.

Fuller is key for them beating the Bills TBH. Without Fuller, the Bills have the upper hand IMO.

It was a smart move and an attempt to gain sympathy and/or sell it as a 'mistake'. The Patriots do the pick all the time and dare referees to call it. If the call is blown, a TD there means the end of the game and the Pats cruise to a victory. What annoys me is the 'all american', 'do everything the right way' mantra that gets levied on the Patriots all the time by the media. BS. Edelman is the most HGH hopped up, Oxycontin-fueled mess of a person, and he wont live to see his mid-50s. Who knows how Brady transformed from a pudgy reject from Michigan into this ESP-possessing QB (and apparently the only one who has discovered watching film which explains away the uncanny ability to "guess" correctly 98% of the time).

Buffalo 66 isnt exactly complimentary to buffalo, but its a fantastic movie

As far as mocking people for wanting coughlin here... Yes, i would have liked it. This franchise needed to be dislodged from brandon and whaley in the worst way. They were the "football minds" and ownership was inexperienced and continued a chronically dysfunctional front office full of 'lifers' who didnt football very good. Marrone's resignation was a powerplay to cleanse the football dept and he was correct. It turns out that McDermott was the guy to do just that, and i would rather have him and his culture than coughlin's culture from the 60s. I would still take coughlin-caldwell-marrone over brandon-whaley-whatever coach wants a job bad enough to work under those 2.

Yup, and id still take him over russ brandon and whaley

yeah, there is almost no way either team moves on at this point. I think we could almost lock Burrow in Cincinnati

Obviously, his 100-6 or whatever record and 6 titles in DIII was the main driver. I think he is good for UB. Even with the tough losses, this was a very impressive rebound off of last season's attrition and stumble out of the gate. Making a Bowl Game 2 seasons in a row is a program first. They are lined up to be a serious MAC contender for 2020. If they can be right there every/most seasons, that is great.

I like the train horn, to be honest. The sound of it is programmed in my brain to mean 'Bills game'. My kid will play Madden and I hear it and it brings me into the stadium. The shout song is a wild/funny tradition. It would be cool to have some sort of hype-song right before the 4th quarter. I think we would have trouble agreeing on what that was though. "Courage..." by the Hip would be awesome. Kickoffs would be cool to have something else perhaps. Seven Nation Army is unoriginal and we were very late to that party.

Rushing the field after clinching the Division after the Jets game is going to seal it

We will certainly see more primetime games. I predict 4. I do like the OP's idea of Pats @ Bills on the first Sunday. I also think Pittsburgh @ Buffalo will be on a Monday or Thursday. While I am kind of excited at the prospect of the novelty of primetime home games, I much prefer attending 1:00 games.

You can just tell that a lot of them pay almost no attention to 95% of the league (and why would they?). Their NFL experience of the past 20 years (or the extent of many's fandom) is watching the Patriots walk out and get a win most of the time and regardless of opponent. The season comes down to getting a 1st round bye, 2 playoff games and a Superbowl. They have no idea what its like to worry, watch their team grind it out, come in as underdogs, etc. Not to mention a season that is all but over in October. Lots of people are in for a rude awakening when New England becomes a 'typical' NFL team. It will probably not be fun for many of them and they will lose interest. Never has a group of fans gotten as spoiled and entitled as them.

I read through a thread for the game on a Patriots' message board. I guess it should be expected, but Im surprised at how many people still dismiss the Bills out of hand and expect this to be the game that Brady and the offense finally break out. There are a few reasonable posters who recognize this could be a really bad match-up at this point... and at least admit this could be a close game at a minimum.