Success

Such an unhealthy season. But I'll say it again - the only guy we're missing for the WHOLE year at this point is Hoecht (and maybe Rapp, though I think we're better at safety even w/ him out). If there is anything to "odds," we won't sustain many more serious injuries the rest of the way - and we'll continue to get guys back. We just have to find a way. Win however we can the next few weeks, and try to roar into the postseason healthier than we are right now, w/ hopefully Big Ed back for game 1 of the playoffs.

What team in the league has been better in December the last 5 years? It's a short list, if there even is a list. We're winning the AFC East.

I will choose to hold out hope for Keon. Imagine if he comes out & has a big day tomorrow? It would give all of us renewed optimism for the rest of the season. It could happen.

It's funny reading the comments of Steelers fans online. Pretty much a mirror image of our discussions here. Feels like most games, both fanbases are talking trash & beating their chests. We're having a doom-off w/ Pittsburgh fans.

The wheels aren't falling off. There is too much doom in here, because we happen to be missing 2 starters on the O line. Lots of teams have overcome that in the past. I saw Pitt fans saying that they faced 2 teams in the same situation already this year, and came up short. And the O-line is the one unit where we have built very capable depth. Faith, peeps. I thought this was "our year" in August - and I still feel that way.

I'd like to nominate you to be our new OC.

Just reading "in the hunt" has some PTSD implications for me. I did 20 years of "in the hunt." I need the Bills to win a title before we go back to that.

Done? I can't really relate to that. Maybe in a year when the Eagles or Chiefs looked like dominant teams. But man, every single team is seriously flawed this year. No matter what happens in the next month+, if we get in the tourney - I'll still have hope that for once, we're the team that gets hot.

Feels like we've lost a lot of speed w/ Samuel, Hardman out, and Moore cut. Not that we utilized any of their speed, anyway, but our WR corps seems to have gotten quite a bit slower.

The Samuel signing really wasn't a bad one at the time. He was a proven receiver. I remember KC fans saw getting Hollywood Brown as sort of a consolation prize - most of the fans I saw online wanted Samuel. It's a real bummer w/ him. I don't think we've ever seen him fully healthy for us.

The Steelers still aren't a very good team. We may not be either, but if the teams are basically equal, Allen gives the Bills a pretty big advantage. Our injuries really aren't that bad. We have good depth on the O-line, and Bernard hasn't really been good all season. If Kincaid & Palmer actually play, we'll be in pretty good shape.

In a way, I'm kind of encouraged that they didn't put Brown on IR. Maybe his injury isn't as serious as some have speculated? Losing guys like Brown & Oliver is huge and impactful, but if both are back by the playoffs, we just have to figure out a way to get there. And we do have depth, especially on the O-line. All teams are dealing w/ injuries this time of year. The Steelers are missing some key players also.

The injuries have been rough - but outside of Hoecht, we still can have an expectation of most of the guys coming back either in the next month or by the playoffs. Just get there. This is a year when no one is that good, and we can definitely make a run - even as a WC.

Have they given more official updates on Brown & Bernard? There was talk that they might be put on IR, but I'd have to think they would have done that by now. Would be nice to see both back in December at some point....

There are issues w/ our schemes on both sides of the ball. We complain endlessly about a lack of talent in this unit or that unit, or overall. And we don't have a lot of "pro bowl" caliber talent. But I will generally believe that we could be much better on both offense & defense if we had real coordinators who had a track record of success. We're not getting the most out of the talent we have.