ExWNYer

Huntley turning disaster into a beauty to Oliver. Wow.

Ravens get a big turnover!

Mike Brown is such a cheap bastage. The Bengals logo at midfield and the endzones look like they were painted in 1985 and not touched since. That's an embarrassing look for a prime time playoff game.

Nice drive by Baltimore to stay in the game...for now.

Tyler 'In The' Huntley...

'Opportunity cost'...how many 'Bildos' could you have bought with that $75?

A fitting end to the season for the ever-mediocre Kirk Cousins.

Please don't 'NUT'...

It's Nordic porn...

WTF was the DB Holmes doing putting the heel of his hand feebly on Hockenson's helmet when he's still fighting hard for the sticks?? What a low effort attempt. Just awful.

No kidding. That's for the fragile "we need to dominate!" crowd.

It's the playoffs. Just win and advance. 'Style points' are not needed.

Said Bob Kraft never....

BTW, it's official. Correa just passed his physical with the Twins. They'd better hope it works out because they can't absorb a financial blunder like Cohen. Caveat emptor, Minnesota.

Totally agree with the bolded in your posts. I was beyond excited when they signed Correa but I am now just glad that this is behind them one way or another and they can just move on to Spring Training. Too much drama, too much back-and-forth. I hope that Cohen has learned a painful lesson, too, and can keep his mouth shut and his statements off of social media until his potential players clear their medicals and all of the 'i's have been dotted and all of the 't's have been crossed. For someone so business savvy, that was a bush league blunder on his part. The fan in him got the better of the businessman. The fact that Correa was willing to jump wherever..."Oooh, yes the Giants...no, wait the Mets...oops, I meant the Twins!" tells me something about his character and Boras' undying need to bleed every last cent out of the sucker, er...team...willing to pay his ransom. Boras is great for his players, not so much for the fans, IMHO. I, for one, will not shed a tear when he is one day pushing up daisies. That said, good luck with your millions, Correa, because you're never winning a WS with Minnesota. Your Twins might want to try beating the Skanks for the first time in like a billion years while you're rolling around in a bed full of hundred dollar bills....

@Gugny Happy New Year, fellas. Everything I've read and heard from Mets insiders and reporters like John Harper is that they eventually expect a deal to get done. They seem to think that the parties are reworking the vast language of the contract which will take some time given the magnitude of the deal. Both sides want protections built in for themselves and no agreement is ever a walk in the park when Boras is involved. I think Boras wants to get this done with the Mets because he knows there will not be a bigger deal coming from anyone else and he probably doesn't want to risk alienating the biggest cash cow among owners. That last sentence is just my speculation/two cents.

@Gugny @SinceThe70s @Another Fan Hallelujah! For the infamous 'player to be named later'. If so, pretty close to my half-used roll of tape reference. "McCann has been traded to the Orioles along with cash considerations in exchange for a player to be named later, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports. The Mets have been shopping McCann around all offseason and have found a taker in the Orioles. New York will cover $19 million of the $24.3 million still owed to the catcher over the next two seasons, per Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. McCann will back up Adley Rutschman in Baltimore, so playing time figures to be sparse. The Mets still have Omar Narvaez, Tomas Nido and Francisco Alvarez as catching options." https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/orioles-james-mccann-headed-to-baltimore/

You're absolutely correct. He went to the Vikes after the Bills. I do remember being disappointed as a kid that the Bills did not keep him and remember my dad calling him 'Bobby Moore' before Rashad changed his name.

Chuck Norris is 82 years old. Odds are that kick would have landed to his ground-dragging nut sack...

I was excited when Jeff Nixon was drafted because he played here at the University of Richmond. As an alum of VCU and an avid Ram's basketball fan, I can't stand UR now but that's a story for another day. lol I was a huge fan of all of the guys you mentioned. Jerry Butler's career day against the Jest was a thing of beauty and, when the Bills acquired Diggs, it immediately brought me back to the day when they got Ahmad Rashad from the Vikings.

I wish some of the younger posters here could have seen good old #20 play. He was phenomenal. It's a shame that today's medical technology was not around for surgically repairing knees back in his day or he may have had a HoF...or at least a much longer...career. He was a special CB and is still one of my all-time favorite Bills.

@Virgil "Expectations might just be the worst part about being a sports fan. With a team that literally stopped punting, expectations couldn't be higher. Every win was by double digit points and we've been favored to win every single game. It's honestly crazy if you think about it. I've argued for years that one of my most enjoyable seasons was when the Bills went 3-13. There was no doubt the Bills were rebuilding, we expected to lose every game, and the 3 wins felt like playoff wins. You relish in those wins longer than you do when you are expected to win, and somehow, even after the drought, we can get too comfortable too fast. I say this as part of my excuse for not writing these as much recently, but that's not entirely it. I'm also trying to adjust the way I enjoy Bills games. At first, I thought taking notes throughout the games was diminishing the fun for me, but then I realized I was watching each game way to skeptically. I wasn't sitting back and enjoying the ride. I was instead looking for moments that would be interesting to write about, thus making basic plays seem pointless. I don't know what the future holds for me and these reviews, but it's been a nice little break." I completely understand where you're coming from here, Virg. When the Bills are really good, I find myself falling into a 'law of diminishing returns' mentality. While I love watching them and watching them win, I tend to get more angst from a loss than joy from a win. This was especially true during the Super Bowl years a couple of years in to it. The regular season became a necessary evil/exercise and I just wanted to get to the playoffs with everyone healthy and finally grab that elusive brass ring. I try to fight that urge now as I get older and try to soak in and appreciate just how special Josh Allen has become both on and off the field. If (when, hopefully), they finally get over the hump, I think it will be easier for me to just enjoy each game individually for the entity that it is. So many people that I love have passed and cannot witness what we have now, including my mom and, more recently, my dad in 2019. He only got to witness the tip of the JA17 iceberg. I hope I can witness the ultimate victory for all of them and share in it with my kids. I'm enjoying the ride and will take perennial winners over lovable losers every day of the week but I will agree that the lofty expectations of this team make the ride more stressful than anticipated. Some of the absurd comments on this board after a victory are proof of that. Have you ever considered recording the games and watching/enjoying live and then going back and watching again for your analysis/critiques/write-ups? It might be a less stressful and more enjoyable approach. Just a thought. Glad to see you 'back on the horse'. Go Bills!!!

I don't see Cohen running a Marlins-type 'win it and dump them' franchise. He didn't become the richest owner in baseball by just throwing away his money. They have said on more than one occasion that they will be doing this to win a World Series (or more) until they have a top farm system and are strong players in the international pool (Senga is already a sign of that). Even Cohen knows spending this much is not sustainable but this is how he wants to do it until they have everything in place where they can infuse homegrown talent with big acquisitions, as needed. I like that he has a vision and a possible successful business plan, unlike Fred & Jeff 'Coupon'. Whether it's money, a great farm system, or trades just use every means possible to win a ring(s). No other Met regime has ever done this. It's a new era. Move over Dodgers and Skanks. There's another big player at the table.