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I absolutely would but I live in Rochester. I have a portable sat dish and thought more than once about fixing up a rig to watch the games there. But it's so nice to be in my comphy chair, in my nice warm dry house, watching in HD and surround sound, enjoying as much of my reasonably priced beers and food as I like and not having to drive, and no commercials so it's done in 90 minutes or so (recording) That snaps me back to reality

Eh. One game. Looked to me like the Bills read too much of their press. McCoach can use the mistakes, including his own, and wake the team up. Yeah they sucked serious a$$ today, but all is not lost

Tua and the fish managed to beat the pats today. On paper the Bills win. But if the same Bills team as today shows up, 0-2.

2 easy wins for the Bills, sweet.

Because they make money on it. Pepsi paid $10mil and the talentless scrub paid $7mil. I think the ratings are partly due to the fact that in general, fan interest in the NFL product has gone down as well. In my unscientific personal example, among the people I know, interest in football in general is considerably lower than it was 10-20 years ago. Add to that the whole kneeling thing as well ticking people off. It's still the most watched sport in the US to be sure, but it isn't what it once was IMO.

Yeah losing to Brady again, in the SB, would have caused the suicide prevention hotlines in Buffalo to melt down.

Basically IMO the Bills are a pass only offense. The KC defense including coaching is very good against the pass. The Bills had no answer either game. And with Mahomes and the weapons he has, they were going to score. The Bills couldn't keep up and got frustrated. To compete with KC , and quite frankly take the next step, they will need to not be one dimensional on offense, get a running game (including the ability to run block) more than just Josh Allen. Josh Allen made incredible advances this past off season and that is the biggest reason for the teams success this season. To take the next step will require some GM and coaching advances this off season. Which I'm confident this team has the ability to do.

Plus if you look at the age of some of the weapons Mahomes has, they will be needing to retool in a couple years. Who knows what happens then.

I disagree with this. It was childish and showed a complete lack of discipline. In the big dust up I understand Feliciano's actions and excuse them for the reasons you stated because he likely did not see Josh instigating it, but only saw the KC player jawing at Josh. But Dawkins was inexcusable and he should have been ejected.

You make good points, but he was A problem, just not the only problem. He got torched much more than normal. But KC just has too much firepower.

That very true as badly as they were out played. But KC gifted the Bills 6 of the 12. If the Bills D can adjust they have a chance. If not, going to be a long 2nd half.

I read somewhere a while back that teams have been keeping the QBs apart during the week, not watching film etc together, in case one of them did test positive. Didn't Cam Newton test positive during the season but his backup played?

Still hoping for the best, but what a stupid time for it to happen in any event.

That is true if there is a point to winning the game like a higher seed. You don't want him rusty either so a little play is good. But I'm thinking coaches, players, owners, GM and fans all want this to be a "statement" game on the national stage against a hated team and head coach.

Do you think the MVP voters are looking at dropped interceptions? That they are pouring over stats down to that minutia? Touchdowns, game winning drives maybe, but I'd be shocked if they spent a lot of time researching season stats and go more by their gut feel of the season. Most improved, Allen hands down. Freaking guy re-learned how to throw a football this past off season, that's insane. MVP I suspect though goes to the "sexier" team situation and better known player who, as you say, has displayed "otherworldly talent" this season as well.

Also remember, the quality of the defenses are lower in Josh's college situation as well.

After the Fitz Magic performance this past weekend, I don't want the fish. Tuo is a kid who could go wild, Fitz could heave the ball 40 yards with a DE hanging off of his facemask. Give me a known quantity.

I should get my wife 1 for xmas ... but I just can't

Great job as always with the post @Virgil. Agree with the coach McD comments. But no mention of the 4th down mistake? Love him as a coach overall, and the team continues to play great for him, but man some of the in game stuff is frustrating. Up by 22 middle of the 3rd. 4th down close to the endzone. He decides to go for it and "end the game" when a field goal would have ended the game as well. Up by 25 would have meant even if Denver scored 3 unanswered TDs *and* managed to convert all of the 2 point conversions, the Bills are still up by 1 point. But he decides to do the macho thing that at least the drunk fans wanted him to do and go for it. Then compounds the mistake by challenging it. At 22 points and a potential momentum changer, it was still within reach by Denver. Fortunately the team bailed out their coach as he bails them out like what was mentioned in the OP regarding Josh and retaliation. Coach McD needs an assistant with a headset on telling him in game situations. I'd even prefer burning a timeout and having coach think about it to what happened. He lost a timeout anyway on the challenge. No harm this time, in the playoffs, who knows.

I was very glad after it happened. Color me paranoid, but I did not want to somehow run into Bellycheat in the playoffs.

We were commenting during the 2nd half what time in the next 24 hours Lynn gets fired.

Even if you couldn't cash it out without betting it again first, you'd still be playing with house money!

Geez you can't beat that deal. I'd even bet on football with those rules

Tell them not to watch any more games.

Poyer came in late and knocked a Bills defender off the ball. Certainly helped hopkins. They showed him after the game you could tell he was sick about it.