Livinginthepast

I predict the refs will call any Bill who so much as caresses Gronk with their breath for unnecessary roughness. I also will make the controversial prediction that the refs will miss calls that go against the Pats and then if the Pats are losing or not winning by enough to relax, invent new penalties against the Bills. Every positive pass play for the Bills will be overruled by replay when the refs see that every play was actually a dropped ball due to their ultra secret hidden ref cams.

I remember after Wade was fired that it was announced erroneously that he signed as our coach. He then signed with the Bengals. Hard to imagine what might have happened had he signed here. Would he have kept Flutie? would we have made the playoffs? or would the drought be the same? In the time he was with the Bengals , we have had 6 Head coaches!!!

He was a legend, one of the few broadcasters who I always liked. From the early days of paying attention to the NFL he was a fixture. Him and Don Criqui and Charlie Jones were the best of that era. He called some legendary games. god damn getting old sucks.

I was uneasy on the Rex hire after watching how bad those Jets teams were in the last 2 years of his tenure. The Bills game vs the Jets in Detroit was especially embarrassing. But like some people on here, I thought that Rex brought us some national credibility and possibly would attract players here that wouldn't have come normally. I also allowed myself to be swayed by the early Jets Rex who defeated the Pats in the playoffs. In the end, the disorganization that the Robey talks about happening was obvious for all to see. Constant penalties and boneheaded plays. The fact that Rex was swayed by the preacher on the sidelines to throw or not throw a challenge flag vs the Chiefs. Rex destroyed our superb D under Schwartz. I think you could argue that he destroyed Mario Williams career singlehandedly. Hiring his brother when he had failed so many places was just the last desperate move on Rex's part and exposed him as the fraud he was. All in all Rex was yet another completely forgettable coach in the drought era.

Watching that Bills era reminds me of why I am a Bills fan. I loved being confident about the Bills esp when they played the Dolphins. It was just such great football. Even though the stats are heavily in our favor, there are a lot of really good close games in that period vs the Fins. Somehow Kelly would always find a way to get it done. Miami had no run game and if we could get pressure or jam the receivers at the line, Marino would be crippled in his abilities. Great chess matches between Marv and Shula as well. Great memories. The season opener vs Miami in 1989 was the best game for me of this era:

I really feel bad for Cleveland fans. The fact they have had to endure such utter crap offered up by their football team for years is sad. Fisher will just be salt in the wound. Come to think of it , when Brady and BB are gone I hope NE becomes Cleveland and has the exact same experience. They are due.

There is no camera angle or picture that shows this. No evidence that it hit the ground at all. How can the refs or the replay guys up high argue this or possible justify irrefutably that it hit the ground? The only thing that might make me think that it hit the ground is the slightly guilty look on James's face when he gets up. The call of a Td should have stood.

I would love to make the playoffs and quash the curse. I don't care who we play, I think we can beat the Jags though. As we all know to our great pain, anything can happen in the playoffs. We have had some terrible luck in the last few playoff games, eventually the football gods will smile upon us.....I hope.

How is it that an NHL official can tell if a puck hits a stick at 100 miles an hour yet an NFL ref cannot see a guys head recoiling from a punch or a facemask on a running back?

How in the hell is that not illegal hands to the face?? That is a punch to the head!!! Full on intentional. Of course the idiot officials don't see it. How can that many people be that blind especially when the ball is right there !!!

Not true at all. The ball is bobbled but you can see it spin in James grasp (indicating it is still in contact with his left wrist). Even though it rolls out of his left hand his wrist is squeezing it into his right hand which is cupping the ball and cradles it. At no time does the ball fall through the hands and bounce on the ground. None of the replays showed this happening. The simple fact is that there is no definitive proof to show the ball hitting the turf and therefore the play should have stood as called. If we had a better view from the end zone cam near the goal posts then it would be definitive what happened. But that camera angle is obscured by Harmon and Smith Schuster.

I thought she was ok, that's about it. Feely was annoying. At first I couldn't figure out if it was a high voiced guy calling it. Then I thought it was Jodie Foster calling the game. I don't think she'll be getting a Pats game to call any time soon!

This is the key point. The NFL can talk all they want that the refs made the correct call on their stupid rule. However one of their other rules says that it must be irrefutable evidence to overturn the catch and TD. There is no irrefutable evidence on any of the replays to show the ball hitting the ground. It looks like the receiver's hands are cupping the ball and it looks the receiver's pinky is underneath. No team but the Pats gets that call...EVER.

Unfortunately right after we lost the Cincy game I had a sinking feeling that we would somehow be one game short. I hope I am wrong but in typical Bills luck they have to play a Dolphins team that suddenly got their sht together and beat the patriots convincingly and we also need to be beat God's team, the Pats. As per usual though my delusions override my better judgement and just like Charlie Brown trying to kick that football. This time, yes this time we are going to do it.

Oddly enough the native guy crying over litter in the 70s aka "Iron eyes Cody" was ITALIAN!!!!!

Wait they still play the Talking proud song? Wow. This song really reminds me of the Buffalo of the early 80s. It was created to combat the national stereotype of Buffalo being a decrepit rustbelt toxic waste dump after the demise of the steel industry and Love canal. The shout song, I associate with the Kelly SB teams and of course animal house. Its cheesy but it works!

That's the irony of these Field turf surfaces. A much better playing surface than the old astro turf, better for the players , looks real etc. Their one major flaw seems to be snow , where they cannot be properly cleared. As a result you had abysmal conditions for footing on Sunday and a much greater potential for injuries. The Grounds crew really did seem baffled on how to proceed with snow clearing because they guessed (probably correctly) they would destroy the surface and make it even worse.

The Pats under Brady and BB always find a way to overcome these obstacles. They just plug someone else in and everything hums along as usual. But last night was something to see. I really think that Miami played their best game in years last night. Their offense clicked and their defense was immense. The Pats could not counter the pass rush and whatever those Fin Dbs were doing messed up the Pats routes. It was a brilliant performance and superb game plan. The Pats can be beaten, I just wish we could learn from the Fins success.

LOL, I think Paytoilet is a great moniker. The only thing worse than Patriots fans is perhaps having to pay to pee while visiting a European city. The indignity, the outrage of it all!!

why are those guys here? Its one thing to read a rival teams forums, but to join up and just post smarmy comments?? utter dbags.

Actually the one mistake he made (the bone headed head first slide) directly led to him losing his starting spot. He took a hell of a hit which I still cant figure out why wasn't a penalty. Helmet to helmet hits on purpose I thought were always called. He did a lot of decent things on the field, great pass for the TD. I wouldn't play him only because that looked like a big hit and he had his bell rung. I think he maybe still feeling the effects even next weekend.

I agree but I honestly don't think the Tv crew. spotters and especially Spiro and Co in the booth had ANY idea of the yard line either. Just a vague idea that they were in each others half or close to the end zone!!

Yes I saw this too!! I wondering if he was trying to throw off the snap count!! Like somebody loudly coughing or sneezing when someone is about to putt in golf!. I think they could have called the Bills for unsportsmanlike conduct for that! In fact I was just waiting for it!

I agree with most of this. The McD point I begrudgingly might concur. I am glad it worked out for him in the end. But it sure looked Jauron like for a few minutes. After watching this game I felt exhausted. It was a really horrible game and it played out almost exactly as that horrendous game in Cleveland in 2007. The Bills lost that game in arguably a worst snow storm and they were out of the playoffs after that. I remember feeling then that the NFL should have postponed the game or did what they did that time the Bills game was moved to Detroit. I don't enjoy the novelty of that much snow. it just negated most facets of the game. I was amazed that McCoy was able to do that well in the run game. There was at least 4-6 " of snow on the ground. How did he not blow out a hamstring? The pure ineptness of many plays in this game got me thinking to when the last time I saw an NFL game played so badly. It took me a while but it eventually came to me. The strike season with replacement players. Some of those games were embarrassingly terrible. Offenses were God awful just like today. I think after watching the game that the NFL should postpone games like this for one specific reason. These field turf fields are way worse in snow than the old astro turf fields of the 80s. At least those fields you could get a small plow with a blade to clear heavy snow. Or a plow with a brush? Not for these fields, I guess you would scrape up those rubber pellets?? I am amazed that NFL or even the players are ok with that much snow on the field. It may be nice for a soft landing but does Benjamin get injured like that without the snow? I'm Surprised there wasn't more injuries like that today.

The fans get the game ball for enduring that terrible weather, the cold and one of the most horrendously played and executed football games ever!!