Olliemets

Someone might win that division with 9 wins.

And as I stated in another thread looking at likely WC opponents.....I want Bungles out. Sundays going to be tough. Nip this in the bud right now. If Cincy wins Sunday, they have more than a punchers chance of winning the Division outright if they stay hot. they are 2 back of Steelers and Ravens, who play each other twice and have mostly tough opponents other 3 games. Could see both losing at least 2/3 more games. Assuming Bills make playoffs as a WC l don't want to go to Cincinnati WC weekend.

Good homework. I can't get too worked up thinking of permutations. Still have to win our games. Would be nice to have a desirable slot locked up Week 18 so as to rest people vs Jets. Let's start with beating Bengals this Sunday and extinguishing any hope they have. It won't be easy. They have 8 losses and unbelievably still have outside shot at Division. AFC North is weird and if Bengals somehow run the table, it's not inconceivable that Ravens and Steelers, who each have 6 losses, play each other twice. Pittsburgh remaining opponents- Ravens 2x, Dolphins, at Detroit, at Cleveland (never an easy game for them). Not inconceivable they lose 3 more games. Baltimore opponents- Steelers 2x, Bengals, Pats, at Green Bay. That's a rough schedule. They can lose 3. I'd rather go to Pittsburgh or even Baltimore over Cincinnati. Go beat Joe Burrow Sunday.

The 2 4th and 1 decisions set the tone for the game. On possession 1, keep the ball. You've got Josh Allen. After a 3 and out interception by Tua that was the time to establish, especially on a hot afternoon in Miami. Punting there allowed Fins to catch their breath and mount a 7-minute drive. The second time is all on the AWFUL play call. If he's going to fake it and roll out, then roll out and take the yard. I can forgive the turnovers later a bit. Cook was due and Jones made a great play as Cook tried to extend the play,as he always does. Josh reverted to hero Josh on that tush push, trying to do it all. Move the chains, get a fresh set of downs and go down.

I'd add Stafford to that top 5 , bumping Joe down the list

One concern is that if Jests have decided to tear it all down hope they don't screw everyone and send Breece Hall to the Chiefs

Frankly, aside from protecting our own position beating Mahomes Sunday improved our chances of not playing them twice this year. Chiefs at 4 losses and have challenging games coming up. I hope they get buried.

I watched the game with my son and 15-month-old Grandson. He needed help as his wife had to scramble to get a flight out of town today. So, I hopped in the car and drove the hour to his house. Nice day for just the guys watching football. My son laughs because I get so down on McDermotts D, the D Time-outs, etc I used very "colorful" language after the 4th and 17 play in front of the toddler🤣 My son reminded me..."Dad, it's Mahomes".

I was at NBC for 35 Years and I remember as a young guy in the 80s sitting in Meetings with Teddy Nathanson, the over EP for Football When NBC had the AFC Package. They' be divvying up the tech requirements for the "A", "B" and "C" games 2 to 4 weeks hence. Trump and Criqui were the B or C game usually and he'd be tossing the options around of which game they did. I met Trumpy a few times, a good guy who made the transition from player to TV pretty well. It's harder than it looks. A lot of these guys tried and flamed out early. Rest easy

What's Andy Dalton's charity again? I need to make a contribution

Missed PAT. Why can't we have nice things?

I went today...then drove 6 hours post game back to Westchester. Wasn't on the boards as I was there. So haven't drilled in to the chatter here yet I am still mystified about the clock management and play calls near end of game. Yes Bills were up by 2 scores but ... Had a chance to run a running play, get it down to 2 minute warning, then kick the FG after the 2 minute warning. Why ?? Bothered me the entire way down. This game had "Any Given Sunday" written all over it. Would have sucked to make that drive after a loss.

Nice not worrying about Xtra points on every conversion/PAT

Having worked at one of the Networks for decades, knowing people still inside there and in the league office I can tell you that the League discourages criticism of the referees by their "partners". It's even tracked and logged. The Networks/Streamers, having paid for the games are well within their rights to say what they want. But everyone wants the keep the relationship good. Criticism on every broadcast, even a regional "C" Game is noted. If the failing is egregious then there is no choice but generally the NFL wants the broadcaster to tamp down on all but the most egregious errors.

I've avoided sports radio, reading stuff online, and anything related to the Super Bowl. An occasional peek at these boards and I refocus towards Baseball and the rest of the Hockey Season. I'll turn on the TV at 6:30, and root for Saquon. As a downstater tough to root for any Philly Team Still disappointed obviously. Josh winning the MVP and the love/respect shown for him across a lot of the Country let alone WNY has eased the pain a bit.