Utah John

I think this is right, that the rules are more complex. For every horrible call (Colts v Titans, Jets v Bengals, Ravens v Lions) there is an amazingly accurate real-time decision that shows these guys can generally do the job. But this is no excuse for the bad call. In fact it's a deeper indictment of the referees. They CAN do a good job, so why do they screw up so much?

That's true. Jerry only ties up one holder at a time. You never see an opposing O line dedicate two men to holding Jerry.

Call like the one you mentioned aren't just routine bad calls. They can change the outcome of games, and in a tough competitive league that can be the difference between a team making or not making the playoffs. The NFL is still a lot better than WWE but sometimes it's just laughable.

I think the Bills might have taken a look at Shaq after his time in Houston, maybe bringing him back, but there's no sense in doing that with a veteran when there are much cheaper rookies and second year players available who bring equivalent skills.

Let's put it this way. If the Bills ever have a statue of Hughes put up, it will have an arm of the opposing player across his neck. That's just how we see him most of the time.

About going for two on the last touchdown -- the Bills won by 15. What was the point spread? I think I saw it was 16. I could be wrong, and it could by one thing has nothing to do with the other. Maybe it was a case like someone else suggested, that the Bills took the opportunity to try something new. But that doesn't really make sense -- if you have a new play, you don't try it out so your opponents see it on film.

I think it was good news that the Pats beat the Chargers. The Bills should be able to win the AFCE going away, and I am not worried about anyone catching them. But I am worried about the other top teams in the AFC. The Bengals and Browns losing was great news. The one that really matters was that the Colts choked away a chance to hand the Titans another loss. We need the best record in the conference, and the Titans still have the edge on us.

Consider the possibility that Daboll had complete confidence we could come out and take over the game after halftime, so he used the first half to try things. Yeah I'm not really buying that either but it wouldn't be the worst idea in the world. Also if you remember the movie Seabiscuit, part of the strategy in the big race at the end was to let the other horse think he was going to win, and then to tear out his heart by winning going away while he can't do anything about it. Whether this was planned or not, it probably will have that effect on the Dolphins, who got themselves fired up for this game after being shut out by the Bills last time, and made a lot of good plays, and still were tied 3-3 at halftime. Then were gutted and roasted like a trout in the second half. At this point, if the Dolphins can't trade for Watson, they'll probably settle for Nathan Peterman.

Gotta have that .5

Does that mean the longest streak for the Bills beating Miami, or any team beating Miami?

Beane doesn't chase solutions to problems. He has been successively upgrading each position on the field. He's finally got the defense manned up the way he wants with the possible exception of CB2. Now he can move on to the O line. He found Brown this year and that's great, but guard play has been the weakest link. The Bills are solid enough everywhere that they can spend a first on a beast for a guard, the kind of mauler that Feliciano was before he went all Jenny Craig and got too light to be effective. So I expect the Bills to dance with the guys that brung ya. The team they started with is the team they'll stay with. Despite the O line being worse than average, everything else is considerably better than average. All teams have a weak link, and it might as well be that the O line is ours. With Allen's abilities the O line does not doom the Bills from success in the postseason.

I'd love to see a compilation of videos for all the snaps Hughes gets, and the number of times he's held or assaulted without a call. No sense sending something like to the NFL, which WANTS all the players to see what happens to a guy who complains too much. But put it on line and talk it up so it gets traction on the daily TV shows.

I think Tua is making a statement today, that he's not the problem for the Dolphins. He's been playing great, with accurate passes into small windows.

Oliver is playing great but he seems to be playing against air. What's the story with the Dolphins' O line?

How is that not grounding?

The Colts are much better than people realize.

NO PENALTIES

Sloppy so far, but they've switched from almost making plays, to making plays. Encouraging.

Those runs don't fool anyone anymore.

Exactly one effective offensive play so far, and that wasn't called.

Wow. Bass-o-matic.

Teams have seen Allen run that play enough times. It's not working anymore.

Not that much green grass for any Bills runner in that stadium? Why mention Thurman and Andre but not OJ?

Motor, Morse is a large person. How do you not see him?

There have already been three or four plays where the Biils NEARLY or ALMOST made great plays. In other words, they didn't make them. Gotta make the plays when they're there. The Dolphins are a professional football team and will make plays if they have a chance. Fortunately their kicker just bailed out the defense.