i don't know if this had anything to do with it, but might as well mention it.
yesterday was my 7th wedding anniversary. seven years ago, my wife and i spent our first married night in the hyatt in downtown rochester. the next morning was sunday, and it was opening day in 2012. the bills were playing the jets...in ny. we were all decked out in our bills gear, had breakfast with family, and went home to watch the game. the chan gailey led bills were destroyed that day. it looked like they didn't even show up.
to celebrate this year, we decided to stay at the same hotel, have a nice dinner and night away from the kids, and watch the game on sunday. when we left the hotel sunday morning, we saw people in their bills gear and excited. even the staff was wearing bills jerseys. had a conversation with a guy in the elevator about how excited we were, but i just didn't like the set up. we were leaving the same hotel, 7 years later to play the jets in their stadium. i mentioned this to my wife who doesn't really care, and her comment was, "it's the lucky number 7...they'll win this time". sure enough.
so maybe my wife made that happen.