Just in Atlanta

An automatic point? Why doesn't every team just get a magic point just for showing up? No thanks. I would be happier with more 2 pt conversion attempts, as well as more 4th down tries, and fewer punts, though.

We lost to backups. Good ones, OK. Maybe even great. We needed the win to get in. They were not only in but had homefield locked. End of story. No more excuses from this fanbase, please.

Fascinating. I pegged losses against Seattle and NYJ and still found a reasonable way to make it to a 6th seed (against Baltimore). It appears as if Indi is more crucial than I even thought before. Man, that Titans loss might really make a lot of us sick next month.

Run game sucks. Secondary, suspect. And the offense is basically M. Stafford throwing the bomb to C. Johnson. No rhythm to this offense at all with the games I've seen.

Thanks for this thorough analysis. Gives me hope that not only he can dominate, but that this team will have a shot at making a Wild Card. On another note, he may not be as impactful as Reggie White, but at $100 m, he sure ain't a "poor man's Reggie White."

That defense really fit it up. More please. (Who's Meatball? K. Williams?) Welcome! That D was what I was expecting in preseason. Could be the most fun game I've ever watched with no offensive TDs.

He had a monster game against a tough run defense. 4.1 YPC, 91 yards, 20 long. He tried to make some plays, and was shut down in only a few. When Freddie comes back, and getting 25 percent of the carries (hopefully), CJ's YPC will go back up.

We won a close, ugly game! Rare. Happy, though!

D is showing up. Hopefully, we can get the passing game going.

Bush: We know the truth. What's wrong with B-lo women? Nothing! You like dudes.

Unless miracles happen, our D isn't stopping Reggie Bush. Still think we pull off a win though. Gut feeling.

If Fitz could get better with downfield accuracy, I'd say yes. But I think this is as good as it will get. Either way, we're drafting a QB early next year, per Nix. Keep in mind he's pimping this game, too.

Like I said, he's a capable stopgap who can win games with a decent D. He will be a steller backup and mentor (hopefully for the Bills) when we draft a QB. Like the OP, I also love this QB. But clutch is hardly a descriptor of him. Roethlisberger is clutch. Even if he's playing a bad game, he will, 80 percent of the time, make the big play in the end to seal the deal. Fitz, even when he's playing good, will, 80 percent of the time, make a mistake to lose the game.

If our defense played at just a mediocre level this year, we would be 5-4, in second place, and in the thick of the playoff run. Fitz is a capable stopgap. He's a leader, but he can't be expected to put up 30-plus points a game.

We got the ball back at 2:04 or something like that. All I'm saying is that I was hoping at the time that we'd give it to CJ. We never did. And I'm not one to scream run the damn ball. I do think we should have tried once or twice with him, or most dynamic player.

I'm not one to second guess individual play calls. It annoys me to no end when fans do it--hey he should've done x, or y. But I remember asking myself why we weren't putting the ball in Spiller's hands on that last drive, package be damned. What I don't understand, though, is how rushing three (which the Pats were) isn't good for running the ball.

I also like the text messages. What's wrong with this dude? We live in a litigious culture. Yeah, if Wanny is on the defense team, they'll be paying for damages for the guy's entire life.

Wanny was the LB coach last year. LB is our weakest unit by far. Go figure.

Really? If they made it a long time ago, you'd think the roles would be reversed. Buffalo was supposed to be the good team. Don't usually let the media's ignoring or bashing of this team--it deserves it--bother me, but that tagline really got my goat for some reason.

I think the futility of this season sunk in when I saw that Thursday Night Football's theme was that the Bills play spoilers to the lowly Phins...at midseason. While our playoff chances became highly unlikely after Sunday's lost to the Pats*, a loss Thursday will make it impossible. More so in a long time, I hope we throttle the Dolphins in epic proportions Thursday.

It's the same mindset. Obviously it's not physical violence. If you're really that literal, don't know what to say. Let me rephrase it for you. We're duped week in week out by a team that rarely gives back. Better? We all deserve a break. (Took out the more offensive out of the two words, but the analogy still applies). Wish I could take a week off...but we have Thursday night, where we play "spoilers" to the Dolphins midseason.

We Bills fans, like no other NFL fanbase for the past 10 years, are like the victims of domestic abuse who still go back to their loser spouses insult after insult, beating after beating, because we just know they could turn the corner for the good any week now. It's a sickness, we know it's a sickness, we know far more often than not they're going to rip our hearts out in sickly fashion, we don't see any bright light in the near future, and we still can't stop.

Get the ball in Spiller's hands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just when they got a break...