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I admit it. I thought this year was different. I thought that this team was about to turn the corner and be a contender next year or the year after. I thought this team was markedly better than the last few years but that it just wasn't showing up in their record yet because of injuries or inexperience or an unfair schedule or just plain old bad luck, etc. But now as I look back on the 12 games played I realize it's the same thing it always is. A few good wins splashed in with many more losses. Several "almost pulled that one out" and a few "every team has a few games like this". But the net result of all of that is the Bills are a bad football team. The locker room is teeming with losers like Stevie Johnson and Scott Chandler who don't have a clutch bone in their bodies. And losers play loser football. That's just what the Bills are doing yet again this year. I don't see where the improvement can come from. They were healthy yesterday and playing a terrible team. They actually played a decent game! And still lost. Losers lose. Maybe it's just that simple and we were delusional to make it more complex than that, to fool ourselves into thinking that things were just about to change. Any day now... They clearly need to overhaul the whole roster. 1 or 2 pieces isn't the difference between a loser and a winner, unless those pieces are HC or QB. And i don't think those pieces should change next year. But they won't overhaul anything. They will slightly tinker with failure yet again and the result will predictably be more failure. Getting almost boring. It's more fun to be delusional but I just can't lie to myself anymore.

I guess some people take longer to get the message. the bills are a bad football team dude. They ain't winning this.

Well you guys get your wish. Gilmore is dead.

Like fools we've been talking for two weeks about winning out. The Bills can't even win one game against a two win team!!

Wow, Geno Smith just had a wide open receiver on the side line and threw it 5 feet out of bounds.

Yes, grin and bear it.

I live in Albany and the one Fox game is the Bills at 4 pm. Surprised it wouldn't be on it Utica.

Each of these things happening is reasonable. I'm just not sure ALL of these things happening is reasonable. But that said, I completely agree that if the Bills win the next 3 they will likely still be in the hunt the final two weeks, and what's not to love about that?!

The only hesistancy I have in picking a comfortable Bills win is not wanting to be burned for being over confident. But, after reminding myself that what I predict has absolutely nothing to do with the result, I say Bills 28 Falcons 17. The Falcons have a superior passing game overall, but the Bills have a better run game and a better defense both with the run and pass. The Bills are also a much better team with turnovers, and I expect them to win that battle today to neutralize any advantage ATL has in the passing game. The Bills also have much more to play for right now, as the Falcons are completely out of the playoff hunt and there was even a report this week that they could be playing some rookies more to see what they have for next year. If there is any truth that this will be garbage time from the opening snap for ATL, the Bills have no excuse but to win convincingly. With the Jets-Fins at 1 pm, we have a great day of football lined up! Go Bills!

The Bills are being picked to win by approximately 80-90% of media "experts." Week 12 vs Jets? There were other reasons besides the weather of course, but one QB threw with ease into the wind and one side not.

This is a very interesting and informative post but it also does a good job of quantifying just how unlikely it is that the Bills will make the playoffs.

The Bills apparently practiced very well this week. Everyone was healthy. Practice was crisp and energetic. Hopefully that translates to Sunday. You worry about coming out flat after a bye, especially with a rookie QB and the up and down games they've played the last few games.

He's a rookie. This is what rookies do. Ups and downs. Especially considering it was his first start back after missing 4 weeks, it was to be expected.

To a man, the Bills have a better team than the Pats...except for QB and HC.

So far we are 1 for 1 and BAL has an early lead on PIT. So far so good.

The game will be televised in Albany! Things just got awesome for me.

I think 4 of these 7 are likely. 1 is possible. 2 are impossible.

Yes, a lot of teams can get in if they win out. But only one has the easiest remaining schedule in the NFL based on opponents' winning pct and that's the Bills. That's the reason why the optimism is at least somewhat rooted in reality this year.

The early line is Bills -3.5

Every game is huge. They can and should win the next 4 games.

The remaining schedule is not that easy for bad team. It is still an easy schedule for a good team. I guess we will find out which one the Bills are soon enough.

We have a very enjoyable "playoff possibilities" thread where it's okay unabashedly dream that the Bills will make the playoffs. I've posted in it several times. But I also wanted a refuge for those who see this as a rebuilding year only for the Bills and are not that caught up in playoff possibilties. For me, it depends on the day, but after that Brady performance last night I feel we are a few years away (at least) from the AFC East being anyone else's universe than the Patriots. From the beginning of the year, I said 8-8 would be a triumph for this Bills team and leave them in pretty good shape to contend for a playoff spot next year. We do have a rookie QB and rookie HC after all. Now I see 8-8 and doable, but 7-9 more likely. Considering that the Bills were 1-4 in games not started and finished by EJ Manuel, I think 7-9 is a sign of good things to come, as they would finish 6-5 in games EJ did play the whole game. I want to see EJ continue to develop as a QB and the team learn how to win close games more frequently. I look at the Panthers team as a model for what we can be in a couple years. I'm not saying EJ will be as good as Cam, but I think you can see some similarities in the types of games the teams play.

No, he's not. And at this rate it appears he will never be.

The broncos have 17 points and Manning has thrown for 14 yards and no TDs. Of course. Fumble number 4 for the Pats, but they recover this one.

"If the clock never hits zero, we never lose! The perfect plan!'