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1. Talk to Pegula about buying the Bills as part of an investment group. Pagula has the money to do it. You can add others in the purchase as well. 2. repeat #1 3. repeat #1 4. repeat #1 5. Keep Nix, bring in Polian as President 6. fire Gailey

Dareus is not a problem.....they dont need to focus on DT in the draft. Part of the problem is Wanny's defensive system that does not play to this teams strengths. The D-coordinator they should have hired was the previous Giants D-coordinator, now Saints D-coordinator Spagnuolo. Gilmore is a rookie...it takes time to learn the game and that position.....without looking at game tape you cant always blame him for blowing coverage if he was expecting safety or underneath coverage help so he played him the way he did.

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE SCENARIO.... Had SD beat CIN and BAL beat PIT last week, and BUF won today you would have 5 teams tied at 6-7 for the final wildcard slot. Then going into week 17 you could have had the scenario where nobody controlled their own fate.

Playoff scenarios updated after the 1pm games..... I'm going to assume Miami loses to San Fran....I am also going to assume baltimore wins one more game and will win the division Baltimore has almost clinched a playoff spot.....the only way they wouldnt would be if CIN-PITweek 16 game ends in a tie. IF CIN-PIT ends with a team winning BAL will not fall below second place and thus with a worst case 8-4 conference record they would get a WC spot. It will be down to 4 teams in the AFC for 2 spots: Indy 9-4 PIT 7-6 beat jets and CIN (they play again in week 16) CIN 7-6 JETS 6-7 beat indy INDY has not clinched. If they lose out they will likely lose tiebreakers of head to head or conference record. A win and they clinch. As I said a long time ago...10 wins means wild card. If you want an interesting race I guess you need to root for NE beating HOU on monday thus making Houston needing to play out the rest of the season. IF MIA was to pull a big time upset today....it will be harder for them because of their conference record. They beat CIN but lost to IND. Their scenario is for them and CIN both in 2nd place in their divisions tied at 9-7 with IND 10 wins or more. A three way tie at 9-7 with IND will hurt then because CIN then gets in based on conference record, then IND gets in because of beating MIA. For the NFC ....its gotten murkier..... Giants lose tiebreakers with Dallas and washington if they lose to NO or if they end up tied with them in future weeks because of divisional record. 1. Atlanta 2 SF ** 3. GB ** 4. GIANTS ** Fror wild card: 8-5 Bears, Seahawks (assuming they win today currently up 31-0) 7-5 Giants ** 7-6 WASH, DAL, MIN WAS beat MIN, DAL (play again week 17) 6.5-6.5 STL 6-7 TB 5-7 NO ** SEA beat CHI, MIN, GB, and DAL. It could be interesting in week 17 with DAL-WAS and GB-MIN scheduled where in each the winners get the division title.. CIN-BAL also could be a game for the division title under some scenarios. Mathematically Buffalo is still alive......Buffalo wins out, JETS & MIA lose another game (including MIa today), and CIN go 1-2, PIT go 1-2 or both go 0-2-1 where they tie, and SD lose a game. SD has a better chance because of conference record and they have the head to head win over PIT.

If the kickoff is to be removed....then these changes need to be made.... 1. If not under 2 minutes to go in the half/game then under 1 minute to go....after every play the clock is stopped. Thus no need for time outs... 2. This means the time outs drop from 3 to 2 per half or 3 for the entire game 3. With challenges it means you get charged a 5 minute delay of game penalty instead of the time out.

Palmer is better than Fitz. The issue in Oakland is the OL and they have been hit hard at RB so they have little running game. They had their top two RBs they would be a much better team. For comparison purposes think of Buffalo without Freddy and CJ......

Thesenumbers are meaningless without understand more of how its calculated. One reason Fitz would be higher is that he doesnt get the league respect like Brady does. The DL know if they blow on Brees will get flagged but with Fitz they feel they can take a chance.

I agree....

this was likely done because they need to activate an OL from their PS. He is someone who is expendable that they arent worried if another team takes him.

Sanders was put on Buffalo's IR before the last cuts...he is still with the team. Asper is on the current 53 man roster for the Vikings.

With either Cincinnati or Pittsburgh...if they go 4-0 against NFC and end up in second place tied for 9-7 with Buffalo...Buffalo will have better conference record. With Cincinnati Buffalo would have a common game advantage if they are tied with the same conference record which is the same as they both go 3-1 against the NFC. with Pittsburgh they would have a tied common games record so it will come down to strength of victory. As far as i can tell their will be NO SCENARIO where Buffalo can go into week 17 with control of their own fate. An alternate what if universe..... Had Buffalo, New York, and Miami all beat New England in their close games against the Pats the division would be all tied at 6-6.

I am starting a playoff scenario thread to talk about the playoff scenarios as of now. tie-breaking procedures. First sort teams within division before playoff spots determined. Head-to-head (best won-lost-tied percentage in games between the clubs). Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the division. Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games. Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference. Strength of victory. Strength of schedule. Best combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and points allowed. Best combined ranking among all teams in points scored and points allowed. Best net points in common games. Best net points in all games. Best net touchdowns in all games. Coin toss These sort division. For wild cadr from different divisions 2does not apply and #4 comes before #3. AFC New England has clinched East Denver has clinched the West Houston's magic number is 2 for division title...any combination of Houston wins and Indy loses. Baltimore can clinch the division with a win and loses by PIT and CIN . For the Wild Card slots Indy 8-4 PIT, CIN 7-5 BUF, MIA, NYJ 5-7 MIA beat CIN,, PIt beat NYJ, IND beat BUF and MIA, NYJ beat IND For Buffalo to make the wild card they need to finish 4-0, have CIN and PIT go 2-2 then it will come down to conference record and common opponents. Buffalo against NFC would go 3-1, PIT currently 3-0, CIN currently 2-0. With common games Buffalo would edge CIN 3-2 vs 5-0. Buf and Pit tie at 3-2 which would put the tiebreakers into strength of victory which Pittsburgh will likely be ahead. PIT: sd, at dal, cin. cle CIN: dal, at phl, at pit, balt NFC in case you were wondering...the SF tie is viewed as a half win and a half loss so they effectivly their record is 8.5-3.5 instead of 8-3-1 this season so far. Atlanta has clinched South...can clinch #1 with W and CHI, GB, Giants and SF ALL lose once. Green Bay leads North Giants lead East San Fran leads West For wild card Chicago 8-4 Seattle 7-5 DAL, TB, MIn 6-6 WAS 5-6 NO 5-7 SEA beat CHI, WAS beat DAL, NO., DAL& WAS beat TB, MIN DAL still plays WAs and NO. If CHI beats MIN next week Chicago will finish ahead of Minnesota. Thus this makes Minnesota's chances very difficult. Giants have one of the more difficult schedules left having to play( NO, at ATL, at BAL, PHL) so If WAS beats NYG tomorrow night I wouldnt be surprised if DAL-WAS week 17 is for the division.

I am not certain on the home/road NFC games ...i havent seen them formally announce those matchups. I know the pairings of teams are what they are where NEW Orleans/Tampa Bay is one pairing as Pitt/cle is another pairing where they either play both at home or both on the road. As for placement opponents it all depends on where they place. There isnt much separating teams in this league. The biggest factors by fair is health of the team players and confidence. Confidence is what is carrying Indy this year. In terms of the AFC North opponents---pittsburgh still is getting older...they dont intimidate me. Having Cincinati and baltimore at home is a plus.

Then why not he just go and coach in Cleveland?

no it wouldnt given who they were playing.....that had a weak schedule against the AFC South and NFC West. a 9-7 or better was expected.

Its the defensive system he is playing in now that is the problem....the defense is not designed to the defense's strength. Actually they didnt draft poorly..... The drafted based on what they thought about going to. Remember they had for a long time had a 4-3 defense. Had Gailey kept that defense and just focused on the offense the team would have gotten alot better. Instead he went to a 3-4 defense which meant they had to have the defense take a few steps back in needing to change all their defensive front 7. They picked the wrong 3-4 defensive coordinator for the job. 2 years later Gailey went after 2 yrs back to a 4-3 so now they have to rebuild the personnel to fit that. The problem area now is in LB.

Baltimore made a 4th and 29 with under 2 minutes left. It was a close call with poor angles to determine if he made enough. On top of that they moved the chains before the review was done. Thinking of a non hail mary 4th and long play that was made...they have been trying to research records for it. A few plays mentioned was an Eagles RB from about dozen years ago in the playoffs made a 4th and 26 play. Rob Johnson made threw to Perrless Price to make a 4th and 34.

Locker hasnt played enough. it does take most QBs some time to get used to the NFL play. The other factor is what sort of support system you have on the team you play.

Hall. Remind you of cam newton.... How was he last year? And this year?

The QBs arent going to fall that far. Berkley goes in the first round. I see Jones also going in the first round. I see Buffalo drafting 18-24 range. Any inside top notch ILB will not be available. I still could see them drafting a LB and QB in the first and 2nd. What I would see them doing is to trade down to lower part of the first then move up in the second round with what they acquired. Doesnt matter which order but one will be QB and the other LB.

Id rather have the Jets win. Buffalo needs NE to lose 4 times to get the division title. The stay have San Fran and Houston in foxborough. these two weeks they are at Jets then at the dolphins. then they close at Jacksonville and then host Miami. I doubt it but id like to see them lose 4 straight. Bills play the Jets to close the season so Bills win out they will finish at least in second place.

2004 playoff scenarios going into that game: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/football/nfl/12/28/bc.fbp.lgns.playoffberths.r/

They have resorted to purging people from the retirement land. Whats next Emmitt??? He got eliminated last night so he is available?

There really isn't much that separates teams in the NFL. Any team can best anyone else. What separates playoff teams frm the others are 1. Play execution 2. Confidence 3. Schedule friendliness 4. Health/ injuries to your team and your opponents A team like Cleveland currently at 2-8 could easily be 8-2.. 3 of their losses the had 4th quarter leads, the other 3 losses they had the ball with a chance to tie or take the lead from mid 3rd quarter on. In their other 2 loses ..one to the giants they got up 14-0 with a chance to go up by 3 scores....against cincinati there defense couldn't stop them.. In the second half it was browns score to make it a 7 pt deficit only to have the bengals come back and score to make it a two Possesion game. Atlanta at 9-1.....they easily could be 5-5 or 4-6. 5 of their wins they were trailing in 4 and tied in 1 at some point in the 4th quarter.

A qb alone doesn't win games.... Remember they havent had a RB this year. Then there is the defense that Stafford has no control of.