RochesterLifer

I believe this is referred to as "whistling past the graveyard".

I am rooting hard for the Bengals, as we drive for home field advantage. Regarding the Fins, revenge is a dish best served cold, and the sushi will be delicious.

JK was our original swashbuckling bad-@$$ QB. We are blessed and can celebrate having both.

Oh yes, and our four year run of success certainly reflects these never-ending decision making failures. 🙄

Well stated, Mr. Montoya. You nailed it. While there is much to enjoy about our current Bills, likable players and an exciting style, it is the care and integrity of the Bills brand that I like most. The organization, built and led by McBeane, makes me proud. If I may add to your title, I would say the Bills are a player friendly franchise, where the Bills can grow as players and men. I am truly enjoying this ride.

That team was so offensively dominant, that every time they committed a penalty, my thought was, "Cool. more yards for Thurman's and Kelly's stats". Fun times....like now.

I'm supposed to be working right now. Instead, I'm hanging out on The Wall because last night in general, and specifically that drive, were just too good.

For the OP, who is "kind of over the Hines experiment", The Athletic reminds us as football is about all eleven performing together: The Cook and Hines package returns with a vengeance ...offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey may have been keeping it in his back pocket for the Patriots game, as they used Cook and Hines on the field together a whopping 12 times throughout the game. While it doesn’t seem like a lot, that’s far more two-running back sets than the Bills had ever run previously. The Bills effectively used Hines in a similar way Brian Daboll used Isaiah McKenzie as a gadget receiver several years ago. And despite some plays that were duds, it was highly productive with some chunk plays. The Bills gained 78 yards on those 12 plays, for an average of 6.5 yards each time. Considering the Bills only averaged 4.6 yards per play on their other 60 plays, that Cook and Hines group gave them a major edge as it was sprinkled in throughout the game.

The major difference is very simple - no interceptions. Last night's TD pass to Gabe Davis shows us that Josh hasn't lost his daring confidence. We couldn't ask for a better sign. We went through a couple of games where his gunslinging didn't go our way. It's not more complicated than that. It's all good. Go Bills.

June.

Edmunds haters, feel free to acknowledge we’re missing Tremaine right now.

😂 $5M or less?! And I thought Ralph Wilson was cheap!

Because, team. He is a core part of the Buffalo Bills, a centerpiece of their locker room brotherhood. The team relationship, the culture, matters.

To me, it's just another moment in the daily flow of a class organization. Take care of your people. Bring injured players back conservatively and put them in positions to succeed. Reading all the negative comments about the turf at MetLife stadium had me hoping Tre wouldn't play today.

Huh?

The ref could have children, nephews or nieces who are a fan. I don’t have a problem with this. To make this an issue is silly.

I had to move away for work. But, home will always be home. Side note: I live in Boston. Here, they have a term for us transplants, “NY State friendly” (notice, not NYC) - it makes me proud.

Gotta be The Harp. 😊 See ‘ya there tomorrow.

Unfortunately no. That was many years (decades!) and lives ago. As good a guy as Shane is, he wasn’t very entertaining. And, as my career change might indicate, I was not a very dynamic interviewer. Silly me, at a rock station, I just wanted to talk football. 😉

And now, we can be happy about everything today.

Yes. This team is deep and well coached. Except Josh, no single injury will slow us down.

Here we go. So predictable.

I guess we won’t worry about Davis anymore.

Cool! Something new to be outraged about.

This wasn't a chance meeting. But, I'll always remember Shane Conlan and his wife's "normal people" kindness. During the 90s Super Bowl run, I worked in Rochester radio and interviewed Shane every week for the 92-93 season. Conlan would call me on Wednesday afternoons. We would do a 15 minute, recorded interview and it would be played on the coming Friday morning show. One week, I accidentally erase the recording - total disaster. The show was sponsored - that meant $$s. I frantically called Shane's agent, who (in friendly fashion) gave me Shane's home number, but cautioned, "You can't make a 23-year-old millionaire do what he doesn't want to do". One of my favorites quotes ever. Then, I called the Conlan home. His wife answered. I began with an apology for disrupting her day and explained myself. She warmly responded, "Oh, Hi Dave! (we had never met before) How are you today? We're sitting down for dinner in about 30 minutes. So, you picked a great time." She then turned away from the phone, said, "Shane, it's for you." Shane got on the call and I again apologized, explaining the situation. He laughed and said, "Sounds like you fumbled." I laughed and responded, "In my world, this is a massive turnover." He then said, "Are you ready to start recording? Good, let's do this". All was saved. The Conlans were just a very nice next-door-neighbor type family, where the husband happened to work in the NFL. Later in the year, after the Houston comeback, Shane's wife came on the call for that week's interview to describe the scene of all the fans trying to get back into the stadium. We laughed and celebrated through the whole call. I look back on those days and feel very fortunate to have been able enjoy them the way I did. Go Bills