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Jets. Fitz is so cool. Plus they might make the playoffs. Bills, ugh...no.

Amen! That is SO true. Random horribly bad calls are now a part of every game I watch. It is dreadful. I've almost gotten to the point where they don't piss me off anymore but for a Bills Super Bowl game, that would be impossible.

My complaint is that they needed 1 stop from the defense to win that game. 1 stop. EJ or not. The D had jax controlled the whole second half but could not stop them to win the game. That is an awful loss.

Not with this defense. Mushrooms? LSD? Double and Triple IPAs? Please let us know what the hallucinogen of choice was tonight!

Need a Steelers loss desperately to Cinci. Damn Jax game was a killer!

Watch the Jets claim Mulligan and make him a captain for the Bills game. In any event, I still think they are going to re-claim Mulligan, if he clears waivers, once Karlos is deemed healthy and waive Gillislee.

My prediction is Gillislee will be let go once Karlos is deemed OK and Mulligan will be re-signed (unless he is claimed). If so, Mulligan will be active on game day and play his normal role. O'Leary will be inactive unless there is an injury and we won't see O'Leary till OTA's.

Yes, I have had enough of this D. At least they rallied in the 2nd half vs Houston to play OK. Every game though the other teams are near 400 yards of offense even with average at best QBs.

On the hold, the official that threw the flag got fooled by the Texan player falling down. It looked like he fell on his own but in real time, with the contact between Brooks and that player, it looked like Brooks threw him down. Sort of like when they call holding in interior line play when a guy goes down after being touched. It looks bad but when the replay is shown, the lineman just fell or was headed down anyway. The bad thing is that it had zero effect on the punt return. None.

I just wish TT would look at Clay in the middle of the field more. I like that he found Hogan there occasionally. Could they use Sammy on something besides go routes? He seems to run a ton of them. The O Line, if Incognito and Glenn leave, will be a disaster. The right side, while not quite a disaster, are substandard already.

While the Bills are at "trying to get better' and "focusing on what is ahead" could they spend 20 minutes or so on running new 2 point conversion plays? Ones that don't involve Taylor rolling out if at all possible since it seems every team sort of knows that? Oh yeah, also work on having a tight end help out with Watt. TT seems like a nice young man. I'd like to see him live through the next game.

Totally agree. Bad defensive game plan (reminded me of that no pressure game vs Cinci where Dalton just sat back and picked his receivers out all day long...looked identical). Bad challenges/no challenges. Bad 2nd half offense with no Watkins. Better team won. KC played pretty much mistake free and were aggressive from the end of the first quarter on. Bills fans deserve better than what this team is offering. There are some years when they've had very little talent and you can understand the results. That is not the case this year.

Sometimes what a team does the week before doesn't mean much of anything the following week. But when a team performs really well for 4 straight weeks like the Chiefs, well they have my attention.I know they don't have a ton of stars on offense but they don't turn the ball over much and find ways to score. They have a very good defense, especially the front 7. Smith is the type of QB that seems to drive the Bills nuts with misdirection plays and screens and draws all over the place. The Bills are on a short week, still banged up some, playing in a loud hostile stadium in a different time zone and I just don't think they have a QB yet that can win a big road game by making plays (it's been forever since they did). I like the Chiefs 23-10.

I know they aren't overwhelmed with big name talent but the Chiefs are averaging 32.5 points per game their last 4 games. They've only had 2 games all year where they've scored less than 20 (weeks 4 and 5 vs Minn and Chic). Whether Kelce is there or not you have to respect their production and the fact they are playing at home where they tend to have a big advantage.

The record for teams playing their 3rd straight road game is not good in the 3rd game. Coming off a short week with travel I presume makes it even worse. (I can't find definitive numbers on either of these propositions so if anybody else can find them, either positive or against it, by all means post it).

KC would be 2 games ahead (1 victory plus we'd have to overcome the tiebreaker we'd be down so in effect 2 games) with 5 to play. They have Cleveland, Bmore without Flacco, SD at home and 2 Raiders games. I don't think they lose many of those! This game is HUGE if the Bills are to legitimately contend. Perhaps they could root for the Steelers to fade but KC would have a very clear and direct route to the playoffs with a win on Sunday.

Basically if they lose to KC, they need a 5 game winning streak and likely nothing else will do it

Actually, no. Everyone just disagrees with you.

He's the best safety they have at the moment. The Bills have a number of problems (consistency on either side of the ball being primary to me) but Graham is not anywhere near the top of this list.

Jets 27-17. I have no confidence in the Bills D. Jets better coached and more cohesive than Miami and have enough on D to de-rail Bills O. Bills D has no answers with this scheme. Playing on Thursday tough on the Bills walking wounded too.

OK. I'll give you that. This defense is below average and above terrible.

The title of this thread is Defense is Still Average. I don't think they are that good. Mediocre would be my word. Every QB that comes into the Ralph is good for 300+ with a total offense near 400. That is mediocre. I'm glad the Bills won but I have very little confidence going forward. That sieve like defense that can't pressure, cover in the flat or stop screens is going to hold them back for sure. Totally agree with the post above.

Totally agree. There is a tradition to blue whether people want to acknowledge it or not. I don't want us to look like the AZ Cardinals or throwback Patriots. My fondest first memories of the 1960's teams, when I first started watching the Bills, was those beautiful blue uniforms against the green grass of War Memorial stadium.It's a distinctive color as it differs from all the other blues in the league (including the Giants which I guess would be closest). Even the switch to the battleship blue bugged me and I was so glad they canned those. Maybe I am just old but I'd like the tradition of this team to mean something. Giving in to these "third jersyies" to me is just a money grab by a team and leaguer that really don't need it. At least the Jets got to keep their green unis.

Well if they can wear red unis they can wear anything

Anybody know what combination the Bills are wearing Sunday? I know it's not that important but I'm just curious.