SinceThe70s

My first impression about this thread was it's wishful thinking But in terms of timing, Belicheat to the Giants (if any of the other stuff has merit) is very believable. Reminds me of JR being the first I saw to suggest Harrison to the Pats. Probably too good to be true, but the Giants angle gives me hope.

Well done, the overall tone was perfect IMO, thanks for sharing. Great point regarding whether it was click-bait or the writers real opinion. As you noted, it doesn't really matter, the editor chose to run the story. P.S. - I play Pokemon...but I don't get too excited....usually

I differ, I don't think it's ending.

It's a process of elimination for me: Top 10 most hated teams in the playoffs: 1. Pats: die you gravy-sucking pigs 2. Chiefs: we have their 1st rounder 3. Jaguars: Marrone and to a lesser extent Dareus 4. Rams: Sammy, F'n crazy man and I'm jealous they turned it around so quickly 5. Panthers: no love for Cam, keep him off the podium 6. 7. 8. Eagles, Titans, Vikings: nothin I particularly like or hate about any of them 9. Falcons: make it this far purely out of pity from last year. 10. Steelers: I like Tomlin, but they've won enough So if it's not the Bills its the Saints for me. I have a guy I worked with for 3-4 months in the mid 90's who is a big Saints fan. Cool guy, lived through the Aints, we still stay in touch even though I haven't seen him 20+ years. But really, eff em all. Go Bills!

I listened to that on the radio in the car coming back from my grandfathers funeral. As I recall they were in the game but there were some late penalties (Bruce with an unsportsmanlike?). Those were the two years I was referring to, but I think you have the years backwards.

What the younger generation may not be as familiar with are the two years before the Super Bowl run. The Harmon drop against Cleveland was excruciating, but those teams had Kelly, Bruce and others and you could see it coming. This is different. Been a fan since , um, well you know. Teams were bad much more than they were good and sometimes God-awful. But we'd make the playoffs every so often. The 17 year drought was epic, I have all the respect in the world for everyone here who has stuck through it without a taste of the playoffs. Hard core!

Screamed at the top of my lungs. I'm usually very quiet and reserved and my 11 year old told me later that it scared him a bit. The moments from when the pass was caught and it looked like they were going to OT to the realization they were taking the lead was unbelievable. That's why I watch sports and the reason I'm able to put up with a 17 year drought. What a pay-off! I was more nervous about the extra point. Once they made that I was feeling pretty good, not over confident, but pretty good.

Saw that too, we talked about it all game. Reminded me of a line from the Andrew Dice Clay movie Ford Fairlane: "Who was that smiling snapperhead?"

I left that out cuz i figured it would have it's own thread. WTF was the call? I think "out of bounds" had something to do with it but I didn't see why they called it that way,

My 11 and 14 year olds were all over that. I'm glad we can laugh about it. The Fins got called for a ton of penalties....to the point that I started questioning whether we had an unfair advantage from the refs.

My boys were mocking the fact that he needed a guy to tell him the names, numbers and penalties. And they still got it wrong. Cheech and Tripplette?

Awesome story! I have a box of Flutie Flakes that I only take out for big games (i.e - not many) . Maybe I was lazy, maybe I was expecting the worst (scratch that, I was). Whatever, I didn't add it to the shrine of Bills stuff today in front of the TV today. I worried that my sloth might lead to a loss, but it didn't. I'm not sure where to go from here. Eat the cereal, burn the box, leave it where it is? I'm all in for whatever it takes to stop the new drought.....our last playoff win since 1995 if I'm not mistaken!

How would gloating ever play into todays win? If it were against Cutler? Tannehill? Marino? Griese?

The more I see Kiko the less I respect him. Punk you-know-what you-know what Landry is who he is. Any questions? Ask AW. If there's anything surprising about this game to me it's that Suh wasn't involved in the BS. Unless I'm mistaken they originally announced that 64 on the Bills was ejected and they changed it to 32 on the Dolphins. BTW, has anyone mentioned how Tripplette had a feces-eating grin on the whole game? He seemed to think every penalty had an element of humor to it. It was bizarre.

Cool post from abroad! Happy New Year!

Agreed. I've just heard too many remarks from media and friends assuming we would have won if TT started. We got killed that day by a hot team. But yup, starting Peterman was a gross and scary miscalculation by McD and staff. Good news for McD is he didn't lose the team. There were some great team moments this year like the Tate first down celebration against the Raiders and todays Kyle TD and celebration.

I didn't agree with starting Peterman against the Chargers either and it was clearly a disaster, but from what I saw of that game I think we would've lost with TT starting. It's a popular opinion in the media and among my (non-Bills) friends, but IMO, tying that loss to what it took us to make the playoffs is flat out wrong.

What an amazing moment. My boys are 11 and 14 and will probably remember this forever. I almost missed the play thinking they were going to commercial and needing some liquid encouragement.

Best afternoon of football in waaaaaaaay too long! My two boys got to see the Bills make the playoffs for the first time in spectacular fashion...oh yeah, me too! Kyle TD, overturned 99 yard TD, player ejections, onsides kick, Bengals 4th and 12. That was a whirlwind.

You had to love his emotion when he knew he was done for the day. I assumed it was a break and done for the year based on his reaction. Between that and the Kyle TD and celebration, great stuff. Honestly I thought those would be the consolation prizes we'd be talking about when I saw the Ravens go ahead in the 4th.

Tyler Boyd was 5 and Andy Dalton was 12. Would've been cooler if Boyd was 4. 4th and 12 baby!!!!!!!!

Pointless? At first I thought you meant Cowboys/Eagles. 0-0 at the half. My wife gives me a dirty look every time I tell her this.

I started the countdown the minute I woke up. 6 hours to go. Reminds me of how torturous the lead up on Super Bowl Sundays was during the 4 year run. The holiday clean up will be part of my day. Tree goes to the curb tomorrow. I also made unexpected vacation plans in the past two days and will spend time surfing the intrawebs to plan that out.

I'm not from WNY but me and my two boys can't wait for tomorrow afternoon and I'm hoping they get a memorable Bills day! Love your attitude! Go Bills!

As I read through, I was thinking the same about not answering OP's question. Draft vs. UFA is a much easier decision if we had a top 3 pick as opposed to having to pay a kings ransom to get there. I can easily understand both sides of the argument, but in the end Cousins doesn't strike me as a guy that will ever be a long term answer. If he was, wouldn't Washington lock him up? When I look at the top QB's in the league, most were draft picks. Brees is an exception but weren't there injury concerns (as I recall Miami went with Culpepper instead of Brees due to injury concerns). I'm on board with spending our draft capital to move up and take a chance on a QB, no doubt it's risky and the price may be through the roof but we need a long term answer at QB.