GunnerBill

That shoulda been 6 and the game.

Love that Joe is just making them stop it.

Dion's best game for sure.

Got away with a hold on that Johnson run for sure.

It is disingenuous to suggest all his turnovers are from forcing it though. If he plays clean here we win.

Keep your discipline Buffalo. Let them ne the ones getting chippy.

Memo to Josh - DO NOT TURN IT OVER! No back breaking momentum changers here.

Okay happy to kneel on it from there.

Two nice plays by Cam Lewis there.

Terrific drive.

Milk the clock and score. Take the double dip out of play.

These officials love an appeal. Ask and ye shall receive.

Big play by Ed. Phillips should catch it.

Been saying it all season. James Cook is really really good.

Defensive line showed up there.

Josh has mastered the flop and I am here for it.

Good drive. Liked Brady sticking with the run even after a bust play on 1st down made it 2nd and 10.

I am streaming tonight so will be a bit behind and hence on here less. Let's gooo Bufffaaaalllooooo!

It is much more straigthforward on paper than this year.

I'd go a step further - there is only an extremely narrow path for the Bills to make the playoffs without beating Miami. They can lose to Dallas and still make it in as a 10-7 team but the chances they lose to Miami and make it in as a 10-7 team with 6 AFC losses are very slim.

I agree it is unlikely to change more widely. But I still think that is the best balance of fairness. The rule at the moment over favours the offense everywhere but through the endzone where it over favours the defense .

No I've said above I'd change it at the sideline too and have long been of this view. If the offense fumbles and does not recover that fumble there should be consequences for that. I'd go back to the line of scrimmage and treat it like an incomplete pass. If a defense forces a fumble they should get some benefit of that even if the ball goes out at the sideline. An unrecovered fumble out of bounds should essentially be a neutral play IMO. My only exception would be if a defense forced a fumble that went out of the back of the endzone untouched by another player in which case I would give them a safety not just a touchback.

So my answer on why not is becauae the offense has fumbled the ball and not recovered it. They should suffer some ill effect from that IMO. Hence I prefer the original line of scrimmage option. If the defense forces a sack fumble and the ball goes out of the endzone without another defensive player touching it (i.e. so a defender can't just knock it out on purpose) I'd award a safety.

It isn't an expanded number on this year, just a switch of one Germany game to Brazil. I am slightly surprised by that. Thought they'd want to tick the overall number up because I think the plan is that eventually everyone's 17th game will be a neutral game.

The next time someone says something completely hyperbolic about how bad McDermott is this game should be replayed to them. McDermott is a good football coach. His team hasn't lost a regular season game by more than a single score in over two years. He isn't perfect, and questions about whether he is the guy to win a Lombardi are fair and legitimate. But he is a good coach who does not deserve lumping in with clowns like Staley.