TheWei44

If the Rams keep playing well, watch out! Bills Rams Super Bowl?! : )

We certainly played poorly on D and special teams against the Rams - That said, I'd be cautious to equate or extrapolate that poor play to playoff games/must-win situations. I am cautiously optimistic that the level of play we'll see in the playoffs will be much improved compared to the Rams game. They needed to win; we didn't. Bills are undefeated at home this year - I expect us to get the 2 seed and have first game against Broncos or Chargers. We win and then maybe Pittsburgh comes to town and we win and either play at KC in championship game or host Ravens. At least one can hope! Go Bills.

Let's take care of our business and hope that the Chargers take care of theirs later tonight!!

Don't agree with this logic at all. The two games are basically independent events. Like flipping a coin. Only after two coin flips can we say "wow!" it came up heads twice (equivalent to two wins) but that is only a 25% chance. Just like the gambler's fallacy where if the roulette wheel lands on "5" or "black", you think no way it'll be "5" or "black" next spin. The odds don't change, though, so "5" is just as likely as before and the same for "black" . . . Rant over!!

Cook on offense (honorable mention to Knox) Groot on defense (honorable mention to Benford).

Bills 31; Rams 23

My take is that it's not a practice on the field with plays, contact, etc. but the teams still project the extent to which each player would actually practice if it were a regular practice.

In thinking about it, recording 2 TDs on one play was a practical decision for the sake of keeping stats sort of clean: Josh threw a pass that ended up being a TD; he also caught a pass that wound up as a TD. And you can't have 1/2 TDs. And you want to give credit where credit is due. So best choice is to record 2 TDs on one play which is highly unusual/unlikely but the best option given the circumstances.

How did Hyde perform last couple games of regular season and playoffs last year? Putting the benefit of rest/healing aside, that's a pretty good indication of how he'll play this year, including playoffs. I ask because it's kind of a blur to me - I vaguely recall him playing well and Poyer being way too slow!

Re the bolded, note that those are not "apples to apples" for many reasons, the most glaring that they play 16-17 games per season now vs. less in the past. A much better stat is "first 100 games played" or similar. That said, if Bills go 15-2, he's the MVP. And even 14-3 or worse, with solid play, gives Josh a great shot.

Agreed, doesn't seem his style. That LA area place is a great example of location, location, location (house itself is "modest" but location, including beach and privacy, is topnotch!).

Poyer and A Rodgers: Two dudes who should have retired before this season! Dumbasses! How many millions do you need?!

Allen's running is like a hybrid of Jackson and Henry - Shifty, quick, but also a big body that is tough to bring down//happy to run through you if necessary.

That stinks!

Went for a chilly walk (in Cincy), a bit of shopping, crossword puzzle, tracking the other games of interest online (and watching some of Jets/Seahags), twiddling thumbs. Basically, a bunch of nothing!

The one thing I hope would be different this year is say we had made the FG and KC got the ball with 1:40 on clock in a tied game. I would hope this year, in that sort of situation against KC and probably other teams as well, that we are very aggressive on D and do not go into a prevent shell. Pressure the QB, go down swinging, and let the chips fall where they may. None of the "prevent" crap!

Cook on offense. Bernard on D. Honorable mention to Knox and Groot

Bills 30, Niners 21

Ha, yep! And Bills by 9 and 3-5 feet of snow . . . Maybe a bit less than 3 feet though

I stand by my prediction that he sits.

Just need to string together 9 more wins this season/post season!!

I think I'd take the bye as well. If we're say 50/50 or even 45/55 to beat Ravens and 65/35 to beat two beatable teams, our chances of making it to the AFCCG are worse having to play two games (0.65*0.65 = 0.42) rather than one (0.45/0.50).

I guess if we're saying full integration of Cooper, we should also say same for D Hop. Spot on assessment, in my view.

Here are my predictions: Purdy won't play, Orchard Park gets 3-5 feet of snow but game isn't moved, Bills win by 9 points . . . But don't quote me on any of this!

If you only care about results, and ignore nuance and variables, why would you focus on the fact that it was a 4th down play? We only needed two yards and likely win even with just two yards on that 4th down play. Only one quality win? Second win against Miami wasn't a quality win? Seattle on the road wasn't a quality win? Even you acknowledged we've done excellent in the regular season - No nuance or context needed to explain our 9-2 record, right? I don't disagree that our performance in the playoffs has been lacking but some context/nuance there too is informative. Doesn't "excuse" or fully explain our performance but certainly helps explain outcomes.