Utah John

Josh has simply had too many ineffective games. Sorry, but face it. He's been too inconsistent. I'm less concerned about the interception total because only some of them were his fault, and only some of them hurt. I'm more concerned about drives that fail or don't get started at all because he misses an open receiver with a bad pass or doesn't see the open guy at all. He's just been off for at least five games, including the last two.

The Jets with their terrible O line were a bad fit for Cook. Even Breece Hall is seldom able to get going, and he's got a lot more tread left on his tires. Dalvin Cook probably is better than he looked this year. Last year he was still really good (remember him ripping off a long TD against the Bills for the Vikings?). In the right setting with a good O line he might be a valuable pickup.

One of the quiet events of this season has been the ascent of Brown. He was just terrible the last couple of years, but this year you almost never hear his name called in a game, a good sign for an O lineman. When they do mention him it's for a good block pulling around to the left, an impressive play for a huge man like that. Part of this no doubt is due to playing next to a competent guard for a change, but he does well with one on one pass blocking too. Also there's Kromer's teaching to recognize. The O line as a whole is hugely better than last year. In the Chargers game, I heard Khalil Mack's name once, when the teams were introduced. After that he vanished. The Pats D line didn't do much rushing Josh but their overall D was able to plug all the running gaps, which is why Cook didn't do well. Unlike Murray or Johnson, Cook can't make his own holes -- but unlike Murray or Johnson, if Cook can get through the line he's into the secondary in a flash so that's why he was still playing. If Josh had been playing close to his capability, the Pats' D would have had to back off from the line and that would have opened holes for Cook.

Yeah, that's what I thought. I had the Ravens-Dolphins game taped and watched it after the Bills game was over. Miami was matching Baltimore's offense until Tyreek Hill bobbled a sure TD pass, and the Fins had to settle for a FG. After that the Ravens kept scoring and the Dolphins sort of wilted. It was really over in the 3rd quarter. It was just plain stupid for the Fins to keep Tua and Chubb in the game in the 4th.

They get the 2 seed if they win and the 6 seed if they don't. That's enough motivation.

Hoping for the best but I still think karma will punish the Bills for the 12 men loss to Denver. The Dolphins have beaten exactly one team with a winning record when they played them, and that was the squeaker win over the Cowboys last week (even though the Bills would be in the same win and in, lose and hope for help next week if the Dolphins had lost). The Bills appear to be limping into the Dolphins game with no passing offense, and all I can hope for is that they didn't show everything they've got against the Pats. Except for the absence of Milano, the Bills D seems to be in as good a shape as they were when they beat the Dolphins earlier. We just need Good Josh to reappear.

The Fins were playing for a shot at the 1 seed. Kinda fell short. What's that going to do to Miami's self-confidence?

I like the Bills momentum IF Josh is not hurt. Watching him run off the field it doesn't look like he's favoring his left shoulder.

Nope. I'm watching on NFL ST.

Way to stay in bounds, Ty. Good job.

Shakir might be the best WR we have on the field today.

The Bills O line showing it's just not as good as we'd like to think.

I don't think there's been a PI call all game....

Ohhhhhhhhhh, damn

It's one thing if Belichick outthinks you to beat you. It's another thing if you beat yourself by trying to outthink Belichick.

Boy I am SURE I've seen this movie before. McD playing to win a nailibiter instead of winning by a lot.

BTW I don't blame McD for punting. The Pats have been stout against short runs.

The Pats stacked the line to stop the QB sneak. So there was NO room for Murray. But there were outside plays and passes available. Aim for foot, shoot.

The play clock was half a second ahead of the game clock at the end of the third quarter. The Bills should have had to run a play. I'm fine with the Bills running out the clock and all, but that just didn't make sense.

Kincaid is probably the best Bills draft pick since Josh Allen.

Jordan Phillips does well. I think he's better than Settle. We missed him last week.

That delay penalty against the Pats cost the Bills 31 yards in field position. Let's see a long drive to kill the clock and get another TD.

Shouldn't be surprised. Ever since the Bills embarrassed the Pats in the playoffs a couple of years ago, they've been hard to beat.

Seems like the Bills D gets a little tired if they don't get a three and out. If you get the first first against them, the drives keep going.

To give credit where credit is due, Zappe evaded a sack and threw a nice pass for the first down.