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Stop. Dropping. Easy. Catches.

I don't mind the play call at the end of the half. If Benjamin hadn't pushed with an arm he would have been able to turn and catch the TD. So far we're playing way better than the Jags. Bortles is still due for an interception.

Ugh how many times can people blame poor QB play on the O-line? THEY DON'T MATTER.

I hear things like this from Patriots fans a lot. When a blatantly biased call goes to their way, they'll say something like "well they've earned it." But no. They've earned Super Bowl rings, MVP trophies, first ballot hall of fame entry, gobs of endorsements, and eternal New England admiration. But they haven't earned the right to play by a different set of rules. That line of thinking shouldn't be acceptable to anyone, especially to the people who are constantly on the wrong end of it. It's reality, but that doesn't make it excusable. To the first point: he extended the ball and then pulled it back before his knee hit the ground. It's the same as if he gained the first down and then willingly ran backwards behind the first down marker before being tackled. Forward progress does not apply to backward motion if it is not caused by a defender. Second point: He tried to turn around, but the bear hug got in his way. Third point: True.

Unfortunately the Tom Brady / Bill Belichick dynasty makes a lot more money than Bills fans can undermine by boycotting TV subscriptions or merchandise. They will continue to get favorable treatment until Brady finally retires and Patriots fans go back to their holes until the next big thing. Or perhaps until they get caught cheating a third time. There must be a breaking point somewhere. Or not.

The problem is that the Bills got an extra fifteen yard penalty just for talking to the refs about it. When we end up on the short side for simply arguing the call, imagine what would happen if they took any action. We aren't allowed to do that, especially against the Patriots.

No, you should be banned because you are clearly a Patriots troll. You don't make points to agree or disagree with. It's just nonsense for the sake of confrontation.

People like to call out Hughes for his penchant for getting personal fouls, but he's never gotten one without being 100% correct in berating the referees. Fix the fixed system, and Hughes won't have anything to complain about. And who are these p***y referees that they need to call penalties for potty mouths and ignore the actual, relevant penalties that should be called on the field?

I am. He is a generational talent on the field and a hell of a personality in life. Dumb as rocks, certainly, but generally a pretty fascinating player.

I'm a fan of Gronk, and that was very out of character for him. But he still needs to be suspended for at least a game. That being said, everyone needs to acknowledge and be outraged by the fact that they called two personal foul penalties against the Patriots, including that absurd intent-to-injure against Gronkowski, and offset BOTH of them with one Bills personal foul, and then called an additional personal foul against the Bills that resulted in a fifteen yard loss. That is absolute horse****. How is this even allowed to happen? Because it's the Patriots.

I was a lot more excited to be flying to Buffalo for the Saints game before this debacle. Oh well. See y'all there!

I'm watching a delayed feed and that happened exactly as I was reading your post. It was trippy.

I don't think I said anything that crazy. Have you been watching this game?

Also: garbage officiating. I know it doesn't matter too much, but when you call a phantom offside on an onside kick, you're just being an insufferable A-hole.

I love that we're down 27 points in a game where Tyrod outplayed the opposing QB, and some people don't think there's anything wrong except our QB. Wish we had seen this passing offense earlier in the game. It's like our game plan is just running for negative yards on first down no matter what, and then hope Tyrod can escape a blitz on 2nd and long.

He didn't trade himself.

To be fair, the referees have been about as bad as our defensive line tonight. We're not getting any pressure, but we're also getting blatantly held every single play.

Probably when he stops getting 100+ passer ratings and we don't lead the league in 1st down runs for loss.

Two fumbles in two plays. This is all Tyrod's fault. He shouldn't have thrown to the middle. Everyone knows he can't make those throws.

And on that one, a three-man rush bulldozed our O-line and hit his arm as he was about to throw. That's why he tucked it instead of getting rid of it. That one is also on the line.

Skrine tripped him as he was getting beat on the route.

I have more confidence in McDermott to make halftime adjustments than any other coach during the drought. We're lucky to only be down by 3. If we can stop getting manhandled at the lines this will be a much better second half.

Dirty play by Skrine. Zay beat him and probably had a TD there. Our offensive line might as well just lie down on the field every snap. At least they couldn't get pushed into Taylor that way.

And instead of stepping up in a clean pocket, he shuffles directly into pressure on the right side. We disagree on a lot of things, but Tyrod being a long-term solution isn't one of them. I just wish coaches' hubris wouldn't cause us to go from top defense to bottom defense from one regime to the next and then above average offense to still-to-be-determined-but-not-promising from that regime to the current one. We know how to maximize a limited QB already, from prior experience. Maybe don't f with it just because you can. Edit -- Zay is not equivalent to Sanders yet. He looks very promising, but that's a silly comparison.

Obviously it's hard to watch as a Bills fan / player / coach, but they didn't deal him because they thought he lacked skill. They dealt him because they 1) succumbed to the typical "get rid of all the previous GM's "guys"" and 2) don't want to build a team around a player who may not play half the season. I get the trade, I supported the trade, I didn't necessarily like the trade. But yeah, we all have to grin and bear it when Watkins, Woods, and Goodwin all simultaneously perform at the highest level they ever achieved with the Bills, but for a different team. I really wish we would have been able to keep Woods at a modest salary. He was [mostly] solid, and would have helped Tyrod tremendously.