Utah John

The AFCN is a complete jumble this year. Very unpredictable. All the teams are very inconsistent. I hope the Bills' euphoria over the Pats win doesn't prevent them from preparing properly for Atlanta. They don't play the Falcons often but they usually struggle when they do.

The Pats WRs aren't any good to begin with, and then they lost Agholor and also Bourne wasn't 100%. The Bills covered Myers as well as possible and took away the TEs. Poor Little Mac (the opposite of a Big Mac) had nowhere to go for a safe throw. This doesn't diminish the impact of the Bills' win. Every team has players out, the Bills no exception. It is the deepest, most complete teams that can continue to play well despite the loss of some of the best players.

Isn't it about time for Jonathan Taylor to get a positive covid test?

The Bills are in, ABC. All But Covid. I think that's the only thing standing between now and the AFCE.

Any injuries today that could affect the next two weeks? Other than Boettger.

He's a GM. Game manager. Not able to put a team on his back.

Bills win out, 11-6. Chiefs lose today and either at Cinci or at Denver (all possible) and the Bills are in play for the top seed.

Mach nichts. Take the INT and let victory formation take over.

OK, now I can relax.

I think that was sarcasm. I'm not sure Hodgins was even on the field.

Pats fans fleeing the stadium with two minutes left. Ahhhh.

Every time they show a closeup of Mac Jones I swear I'm looking at the Tin Woodsman in a helmet.

Anyone celebrating a win already hasn't suffered through the past 30 years. Chill.

Oh my God.

At the time, Allen was a huge risk. Darnold (and the other Josh) both looked to be NFL-ready while Allen clearly wasn't. Cleveland had fallen in love with Mayfield for whatever reason. It's a good think for all concerned that Allen came to the small-market, used-to-failure Bills. He could struggle his rookie year and no one fussed much. He had time to get his mechanics right while McBeane built the team around his arm. If Allen had gone to the Jets, he would have been ridden out of town on a rail. If Allen HADN'T spent so much time and effort during the offseason fixing his game, he'd be gone from the Bills. But that wasn't the Josh that McBeane drafted, knowing what kind of man they had. He is not only relentlessly competitive, he's also relentlessly dedicated to improvement.

It's hard to say whether the Browns today or the Bills against the Bucs got hosed worse. Both of them deserved to accomplish big comeback wins against a glamour team.

Thanks. There's no reason not to say that out loud as long as you do it correctly.

I don't understand this but I can't remember the announcers telling us the name of the Browns' kicker. Several people have pointed this out. What's the guy's name?

Only one can be the official mark. Otherwise one could be different than the other and who's to say which is right?

Someday look up some Montana-Rice connections.

If the Bills had Teller, Bitonio, and Chubb, WE'D be scary.

GB can't stop Cleveland's running game. If the Browns can score before GB does again, it's a game. Otherwise the Browns have to go away from the run, and GB will destroy them.

The Packers are making good plays, and the Browns are making some bad plays -- BUT -- I count three missed calls by the refs that helped the Packers. The first INT was because of illegal contact by the Packers DB. The sack on Mayfield before he threw the second INT was after no call on a clear face mask by the Packers. This reminds me a lot of the Bills going into Tampa Bay and trying to beat one of the darling teams of the NFL. Of course I'm delighted whenever another AFC team loses to an NFC team, but this is pretty stenchy.

This seems like an odd move. I wonder if they're not happy with Haack.

The problem this year is how good they were last year, and what our expectations were going into this year. There were entire decades during the drought where if the Bills had a team as good as this year's team is, we'd have been ecstatic. But we all spent the offseason dreaming of glory this year, and we're not seeing glory. Between other teams doing THEIR job and figuring out how to stop us, and rotten O line play on our part, and Josh just not being as consistent as he was, and the players simply committing too many mistakes and penalties, every week seems like either a cakewalk against a poor opponent, or a struggle leading to disappointment.