Haslett_Stomp

To quote my 89 year-old mother - who raised a family in OP but could care less about the Bills - "it was a good game, the other team just made a great play at the end."

Yes. My friends and I used to yell "Marv Bateman!" every time one of us shanked a punt playing backyard ball.

Are you old enough to remember Marv Bateman?

^this. Thanks for another great writeup, Virgil and for taking the torch from NYC Bill over the past few seasons. I intentionally held off on reading "A Few Thoughts..." and the ROCKPILE Review until this afternoon and you captured my thoughts on the game perfectly. Keep 'em coming!

^ this. The book on Murray is that he is less effective when pressured so giving him all day to throw was not a good defensive call. That said, knock the damn ball down!

Prevent defense.

What will they be saying after the Fish lose to the Chargers?

Kenneth Davis with Roland Hooks a close second.

Biscuit. Got a great LB for an injury-prone RB.

Old "news"...

Great video, I watched it several times earlier today. I couldn't make out what Zimmer says that made everyone go crazy. Any translations? It sounded like "I love you guys."

Thanks Virgil. I look forward to your "thoughts" every week. Adding to point #2, I'm really impressed with Singletary's blocking. He leveled one of the Pats*** DL on one of Moss' bigger gains and consistently picks up the blitz.

True. Zolak, their radio color guy must have been hilarious. He is insufferable.

I listened to the Pats*** post-game show on the the way home from watching the game at a local eating and drinking establishment. The comments were glorious. The hosts were apoplectic and callers were calling for Belichik to be fired and for the Pats*** to tank their remaining games so they can get a quarterback in next years' draft.

As I said in another thread, Allen has not looked the same since he injured his shoulder. I wonder if he is playing hurt.

True, however the offense in general does not look good. Allen hasn't been the same since he injured his shoulder and the receivers are not getting open (aside from the Davis drop in the end zone). Plus, on 3rd down the receivers are consistently running routes short of the first down marker and have been for several weeks.

Because he gets tackled on the majority of passing plays.

If I remember correctly Poyer had a rough game against the Texans in the playoffs last season. Its a good thing they didn't move on from him this year given how he is playing. I agree with others that he and Hyde remain one of the best safety tandems in the league and expect that to continue.

With Moss back on the field I'd love to see Gilmore have to make a "business decision".

I just can't see this happening. With Brady and Edelman, the Pats*** would screen the Bills to death and then run it down our throats or Gronk would have a field day. Who do they have that will make the Bills respect the pass? Bills 30-10

If Hogan can do it Diggs certainly can.

Diggs is going to school Gilmore.

Queue a career day by Jakobi Meyers.

My family moved from Dallas to OP in 1974. I never looked back, though the Cowboys remained my 2nd favorite team until they screwed over Tom Landry. We lived several miles from Rich Stadium and if the wind was blowing just right could hear the announcer sporadically while in the back yard. Like others in previous posts, I listened to Van Miller call the games on the radio when the games weren't televised. My dad had tickets to a Sabres game the day of the Gary Marangi game against the Dolphins. We listened to the game on the radio on the way to the Aud and I remember the crowd groaning when the Sabres' announcer relayed the final score of the game.

NFL should either return to leather helmets or the single bar on the face mask to reduce the violent hits, if that is what they are trying to do. However, that would take a generation to implement, starting with Pee Wee leagues.