Logic

If you want to say that you'll have some reservations/questions about McDermott if he continues to fail to beat the Patriots, fine. But to say that he should be "in hot water" or "on the hot seat"? Ridiculous. In the event of a loss, the Bills would be 5-3, leading the division, and still on track to make the playoffs, which would make it 3 out of 4 seasons here that McDermott brought the Bills to the playoffs -- mind you, they hadn't been once in the previous SEVENTEEN YEARS. At that all to the fact that the Pegulas just gave a contract extension and, well...yeah, your original comment was exaggeration/hyperbole/silliness. 100%

Isaiah McKenzie would be a sneaky big loss if he can't suit up. Those jet sweeps are just what we need against the weak edges of the Pats D. If McKenzie can't go, I hope they still run those plays. I know that Diggs or Beasley could effectively handle them.

Good enough. Whenever I'm back in Rochester, I order Pontillo's more often than not. I'm willing to drive further for pickup for superior quality product. Thanks!

Interesting. Do you happen to know which ones the family still owns? Which Pontillo’s locations are best these days? This is critically important to my future pizza and sandwich intake, please and thank you.

So a win won't make you mad, but it also won't make you happy? It doesn't seem like you have very much fun watching football. The cost of a high football IQ, I guess.

If I spent my work hours talking to some of the Bills fans Sal converses with on WGR and Twitter, I’d probably reach the same conclusion.

DiBella's has "everything bagel" sub rolls, which are just....wow. People outside of New York state don't know how good they have it in the sandwich game. DiBella's, Wegman's....doesn't matter. Both are outstanding. Come try to find a decent italian sub anywhere on the west coast and get back to me.

I don't buy this rumor at all. This regime JUST extended him and he's playing very well and they're in the thick of the playoff hunt. Why trade him?

Fair. Also in the spirit of this thread: The whole idea of diving with sharks seems nuts to me.

So much this!

Fair. I think they play the Pats similarly to how they played the Titans: Sell out to stop the run and dare Cam to beat you. The Bills effectively limited Henry in that game. Obviously, Tannehill was able to beat them through the air. Cam, however, is not even in Tannehill's universe currently in the passing game, nor are the Patriots receivers anywhere near as good as Tennessee's. Having Milano in the lineup and having Ed Oliver apparently back at full health will help. So will Pats guard Thuney missing the game.

Only if you eat pot gummies before we submerge.

Only two things worry me in this game: 1.) Belichick flustering and stifling Allen. He has done this more often than not throughout Allen's career thus far. 2.) Stopping the Pats offense on third down. Buffalo's 3rd down defense is atrocious this year. These points bring me back to my original statement: Run the ball and take care of the ball. When on defense, find a way to get off the field on 3rd down. As Marv Levy would say: "It's simple, but it isn't easy".

I've always known you were pretty open when it comes to eating nuts, but it's good to hear you re-iterate it.

I really hope the Bills watched and learned from the 49ers-Pats game. I know the Bills are the second most pass happy team in the league this year, and that's fine. But this is the week to practice what we preach with regard to Daboll's "each gameplan is a unique snowflake" statement. I want to see the Bills come out with a diverse, multi-faceted run game, and I want them to lean on that run game and really get it going. The Pats have big, slow, thumping linebackers, who can absolutely be beat to the edges. I know our running backs aren't the fastest, but we saw a couple of times against the Jets that Moss can get the edge, and I know Singletary can. Heavy diet of sweeps and orbit actions from McKenzie and, for the first time this season, get other guys involved in that, too. In my mind, Josh Allen throwing the ball 40 times is not going to win this game. This is an old school special: Run the ball, protect the ball, play smashmouth defense, force their offense to make mistakes. If we take care of the ball and run it with success, we win. If it has to be 100% the Josh Allen Show, I think we lose. Until proven otherwise, Josh has a hard time beating Belichick defenses through the air with consistency.

On pace for 90 catches and over 1,000 yards currently. Beast. Edit: Every time I think of the Josh Allen "mustache" video where Cole Beasley shouts "Dad?!" in that high-pitched, goofy voice, I crack up. 🤣

Wrong. The correct answer is “cashews”. We also would have accepted “filberts”.

There just legitimately aren't any improvements out there on the open market. The Bills will have to ride with Bass this year, and then see what a full, legitimate offseason (hopefully) can do for his game. I can't believe I'm sitting here having to defend a kicker that just set a Bills record for field goals made in a game, but here we are.

Let's just get ALL the over-30 DEs. All of them.

This ^ When teams faced the Bills last season, it was “stop the run and force Allen to play quarterback”. The first four opponents we faced this year did the same thing, only Allen responsed by playing quarterback at a high level and whipping their defenses. Now teams are taking the opposite approach: play soft zones and force the run game and short passing game to beat you. Don’t let Allen beat you long. That’s how teams are playing Mahomes now. Teams are defending Allen and the Bills offense the same way they defend Mahomes and the Chiefs. The easiest way to force defenses out of this approach and open the passing game back up is to run the ball well and for Allen to continue to be patient and smart.

Theoretically, that’s true. You’ll have to excuse me if I don’t see Brandon Beane trading for a $10million player when the Bills have only $3.5million in space and are going into a 2021 needing to re-sign Matt Milano and seeing a shrunken salary cap league-wide. I don’t think it’s realistic that a responsible and cap-conscious guy like Beane is gonna trade for a guy the Bills can’t rightly afford, let alone an over-30 D-lineman or TE — nor do I think those guys would be the saviors fans are hoping for. The most realistic trade scenario continues to be young guys on rookie deals. The Dalvin Tomlinsons and Josh Jackson’s. Even then, I don’t see it. I’m not saying I wouldn’t LIKE it, just that I don’t think it will happen.

Winning at Heinz Field on a Sunday Night to clinch the playoffs was a signature win. I don't care that it was Duck Hodges. The Steelers had a winning record and were favored to win that game. All of the experts picked them. It wasn't even close. The Bills went into hostile territory in prime time, and with the pressure on, they won. That was a signature win, and I will adamantly disagree with anyone who says otherwise.

I'm not really sure why, but I'm getting a "we think we're fine with the guys we have" vibe from the Bills. I don't expect them to make a trade. Part of the problem, it should be mentioned, is that they don't have the cap space to take on any big contracts. Anyone they trade for would have to be pretty cheap. Speaking specifically of some of the guys mentioned in the OP: We can't afford Atkins, Dunlap, or Rudolph. Maybe if we got someone to take Murphy's bad contract, but that seems like a long shot.

I have to admit I missed the origins of this "I have a crush on all the good white players in the NFL" schtick. I'm not sure how it started or what its deal is.