Peter

From afar, he seems like a guy who is all about Cam and easily would destroy our locker room. (I think back to that stupid Superman thing he did after he scored when the Giants were crushing the Panthers for example - as well as all of the other stories you hear about with him). I am sure that there are plenty of Bills fans on this board living in North Carolina who can weigh in on this based on better and more current information. In the end, if Carolina were to trade him, you know he is not worth the trouble.

There are times, like yesterday, that I feel I need to enter a 12 step program because of the Bills. I am not ready to stop visiting this board (although I should given its affect on my productivity and mood), I did have at least one resolution in the aftermath of yesterday's game: I am not going to let the Bills affect my mood any more. It used to be that a loss would affect me the entire week - especially when we used to be good and a win was huge for playoff (what does that mean?) positioning. Now, it is what it is. I made the mistake of allowing myself to get excited about the team during the off season. I thought that the defense was going to be great. I thought that the pass rush was going to put QBs (especially Brady) on their back and disrupt the backfield. I thought that Fitz -- being the Harvard man and under Lee's tutelage -- would not make bone crushing stupid mistakes and develop into at least a middle of the road QB. (PFF has Fitz ranked dead last). Oh well, at least the offensive line and running game are good. Hello, my name is Peter, and I am a Billsoholic . . . . Well said.

On the other hand, isn't Amherst one of the safest places in the US?

. . . after being GM for Carolina for 10 years.

I am not giving up on him. He has the ability. He needs to get his confidence back. CB is a tough position to play and you have to have a short memory. I have noticed that on various times that he gets beat, he is in pretty good position or sometimes he appears to be expecting help over the top. In any event, I suspect that, as our pass rush gets better, all our DBs will play better. I think that he will be fine. Just my two cents.

Bills were fined 20k.

Happy birthday . . . and MANY more.

Me too. It was an amazing moment.

I just watched the U2 clip again after I posted the link. I still get tears in my eyes watching and thinking back to it. It was almost part of the "healing" process. Bono's gesture at the end (what he did with his jacket - I will not spoil it for anyone who watches it) was very moving. I do not think I have ever heard a Super Bowl crowd react to U2 the way I heard them react and applaud at the end.

U2 was the best -- especially given the context and the scroll of the 9/11 names.

With the NHL lockout and Sully on leave, I guess Bucky had to turn his cynicism toward the Bills. I am surprised he was not able to find a way to include something about Zigomanis and fax machines or try to blame the Bills for the Sabres not re-signing Chris Drury. If and when the Bills lose again, he probably will demand that Lindy and Darcy be fired. The Bills beat a team that had a 8 game home winning streak and had already beaten the Pats, Seahawks, and Eagles (as well as the Dolphins). I am happy with the win. Was it a perfect game? No. Nevertheless, the Bills showed some heart coming back from two devastating losses and some of the hurdles they faced in the game.

Very cool. Thanks for posting.

The Cards did beat the Pats in New England and Seattle and the Dolphins at home (in addition to the Eagles). If the Bills beat the Pats, Seattle, and the Dolphins, I will be happy.

He may have thought he owned that locker room and that is part of why he rubbed people players the wrong way. I invite you to ask Bruce, Andre, and Thurman whether they thought Flutie "owned" that locker room and the ask them what they thought about him.

Actually, I love Canada and Canadians. I have spent A LOT of time in Canada. My point regarding that (because you seem to have missed it) was that there were many Canadian Flutie fans (because of his time in the CFL) who were Flutie fans first and foremost rather than Buffalo Bills fans. Your win/loss stat is a corollary of that "Flute just wins" that the Flutopians always would say back in the day, which is a corollary of Flutie's use of the pronouns "I" after wins and "we" after losses. That is why he was not particularly well liked by several Buffalo Bills at the time. In case you did not read my posts, I have stated that Flutie had some good games for the Bills. He also had some flaws. RJ also had some flaws. I had hoped that RJ would be able to develop into the kind of QB some of us thought he could be. That turned out not to be possible with Flutie on the team -- especially given that segments of the "fan" base were so wrapped up with Flutie they cheered when he got hurt. The subject of the original post was Wiley's (Flutie's friend) comments about the Titans playoff game. RJ played well enough to win. We did not "lose" the game because of RJ. No one can say that we would have won that game if Flutie had played. In fact, Flutie showed the year before that, notwithstanding the "Flutie magic," it was possible for the Bills to lose a playoff game with him as the QB -- especially when he fumbled the ball at the most critical time of the game. If RJ had done the same thing in the Dolphin playoff game, that is all the Flutopians would be talking about (as opposed to the contrived argument that it had to be all Thurman's or Ostroski's fault). To use your stat, both Flutie and RJ had the same playoff record with the Bills: 0-1. I appreciate what Flutie did on the field for the Bills. I do not appreciate some of the things that went on behind the scenes or the hatred that many of his followers had/have for RJ. Say what you will about RJ, the guy showed a lot of courage getting the **** kicked out of him only to have some "fans" cheer when he got hurt. At the time, I wondered what his mother who was from Buffalo thought about that. We had two good QBs who brought different talents to the game. One would have thought it would have been a good thing for the team. Instead, it was destructive -- so destructive that we are still arguing about it. The sad thing is that I would take either of those QBs now rather than what we have now given Fitz's performance so far this year. I can only hope that Fitz somehow returns to what we saw at the beginning of last year - hopefully beginning Sunday. Just my two cents.

Flutie had all the time he needed. As the video shows, he even pump faked. Certainly, he should have seen the Dolphins best rusher coming at him from his non blind side. I also find it odd that you and at least one other person would attempt to blame this all on Thurman. Flutie had all the time that he needed. The Flutie magic pixie dust was not there. By the way, that mid ranked Titans defense (or as the Canadian Flutie fans say "defence") held the 13-3 Colts to 16 points a week later on the road in the Divisional playoff game, the 14-2 Jaguars to 14 points two weeks later in the AFC Championsip game on the road, and held the "Greatest Show on Turf" to only 23 points in the Super Bowl. The Titans were undefeated at home that year and also had 54 sacks. By contrast, our offensive line was really banged up going into the game (Fina, Hicks, and Ostroski), and, our starting left tackle, John Fina had to leave the game after just two series. For the record, I am not saying that RJ had a great passing game. Neither QB did. It was that kind of game. RJ played well enough under difficult circumstances to win the game. The point is that people (including Flutie's friend Wiley) repeatedly say - "If only we played Flutie, we would have won the game." That is BS. We had the game won without Flutie. We did not "lose" the game because Flutie did not play. Flutie's fumble the year before showed that it was possible to lose a playoff game even with him at QB notwithstanding the magic pixie dust.

If Chan had not made him the starter, Fitz never would have had the opportunity to sign that contract at the absolute zenith of his market value.

. . . or would our defense be world class. This is one of life's riddles.

Fitz owes Chan BIG time. Because of Chan, Fitz and his family are multi-millionaires and will never have another financial concern.

Bills 27 Cards 17 Mario has 2-3 sacks. Probably wishful thinking on my party given the past two weeks, but I have to believe that this is the week that our defense puts heat on the opposing QB given all of the problems that the Cards have had protecting the QB. My concern (in addition to all of the other concerns I have had watching this team play this season) is Kyle Williams is dinged and Anderson is out. On the other hand, with Anderson out, maybe we will start blitzing.

You guys know exactly why I asked the question and that is why none of you have answered it even though I have asked it several times. Steve McNair was an NFL MVP and three time pro bowl selection. I dare say that just about everyone would agree that McNair had a much more successful NFL career than either Flutie or RJ. McNair's stat line for the game: 13 completions, 24 attempts, 1 interception, 76 gross yards, and 55 net yards. I think McNair's stats put the game and conditions in perspective. Neither QB had a great stat line. There is no way that anyone could say -- as many here seem to say time and time again -- that we would have won that game if only Flutie and his magical pixie dust had played in that game. At the same time, these same people always seem to forget that Flutie and his magic pixie dust went missing when the game was on the line a year earlier when we were just a few yards from the Dolphins' end zone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=k-gRYXg7D08

Pun intended? Mark (Anderson) it down.

. . . and yet the SF safeties seemed to have no respect for any deep passes. I have not watched the all 22 yet, but my recollection is that SF was far more concerned about stopping the run than worried about RF going over the top.

Kyle Williams also not practicing. http://blogs.buffalobills.com/2012/10/10/kyle-williams-not-practicing/

I suspect we are going to see a lot of eight men in the box to stop our running game unless and until we can prove we prove we can throw the ball farther than 10 yards. I feel sorry for CJ and Fred.