Success

Wow - nice run after catch by Evans for the TD....

Gotta say it...."The Bengals won their Super Bowl".....

Woods didn't step out of bounds there.. Not sure what the ref saw.

This is a genuinely bad Patriots team. It's surprising to see a BB coached team play such undisciplined, bad football.

Here's hoping that all of the last 4 are back. That, to me, is key to the potential for winning a title this season. If we can win enough to get in the playoffs, and hopefully win the division - then we get Milano or Jones, or both, back. Could be just the boost we need to finally make a real run.

Douglas, Jackson & Johnson should be able to hold down the CB unit this week, as long as they can stay healthy in the game. Our safety depth is pretty solid. No excuses this week. The offense should be able to score early & often, and even a banged-up D shouldn't have trouble with a team like Denver. They're playing better, but still a few tiers below the Bills in terms of talent.

I'll just cope it w/ the ol' "well, Cincy won their Super Bowl..."

I'll take anything that is NOT the normal routine. We all know this team is better than what we've seen since London. My own feeling over the past month+ can be summed up as sort of a, "snap out of it!" Maybe they will. Would sure love to see it.

Kelce is growing on me His commercials are funny too, and he was great on SNL. Seems like a cool dude.

I enjoy watching most of the national media, but I know what I'm getting. Hot takes and narratives that have a shelf life of a week or so.

People can say that 6 titles buys you a lot of leeway, but team owners aren't patient with losing teams - particularly when the arrow keeps pointing down and there is no clear path to get back to winning ways This reminds me a bit of what happened w/ Shula. It may sound cliched to say "the game passed him by" - but it did, and Miami kind of squandered having one of the best QB's in history. And Belichick's formula does not work anymore. He tried to zag the past few years, but the league is miles ahead of him at this point. That's a long way of saying that what is being speculated on would not shock me.

I have no idea how the rest of the season will go. But I know how it CAN go. We can get right against Denver with a lay-up win, avenge our earlier loss against a Jets team that is only solid on one side of the ball, and get our record to 7-4. We can take 1 of the following 2 (probably the Chiefs w/ the benefit of a bye). Then go on a magical run to the finish line to end the season at 12-5 and get a top 3 seed going into the playoffs. Yes, that can happen, and it's not that outlandish.

We really have to win the next 2. I can out-excuse anyone here, but there are no excuses if we're not 7-4 before that Philly game.

Paralysis by analysis. Everyone is overcomplicating things. This team has better talent than most teams in the league, and one of the best QB's. Know the secret? They need to have fun again. It's a game. Play it loose. Have fun.

Kind of hard to gauge. He has had very few runs in open space this season. I think he had 1 designed run against Cincy, and it was through a crowd, so it was more picking his spots than accelerating.

That's what is driving me bananas this year. This is the 1st year in awhile where it's kind of wide open. If we were having a good year, my optimism would be through the roof. Hard to figure out what happened, and what's happening. We lost important players on D, but it's really no excuse. This team should be more competitive than last year's, and it just isn't.

He's a boomer, but Martin IS much better in directional punts and pinning teams inside the 20.

One of those games that it's hard to get too excited about. They HAVE to win this one. And even if they win, it won't be too inspiring, unless it's by a few scores. That probably sounds spoiled, but I need a month of seeing the team I expected this season before I can start believing in us as a true playoff contender. We need Denver & the Jets - and I think we need one of Philly or Chiefs. If we're just going to beat the bad teams, who cares.

They took a huge risk not bringing an experienced OC on to a team that was already a contender. It's just not working out. When I watch our O, the word that comes to mind is "vanilla." Other offenses have much more creativity and unpredictability.

Both had enough of a body of work to determine that they SHOULD be a bigger part of this offense. I don't think Dorsey knows how to use them, or how to be creative enough on offense to work them in more. If Daboll was still here, they would have triple the usage & stats (imo).

The season will dictate how things go (I'm stating the obvious, I know). I don't see how they can retain him if we actually miss the playoffs. That would kind of shock me - and be a little depressing. I don't think we miss the playoffs, though. Then, it's more iffy. I think a 1st round exit would still leave things very much in doubt for his future here. But any kind of run, and he'll be back.

Miami is more of a pretender than we are, and they have almost as tough a schedule. If we aren't tied w/ them or still a game back when that game comes around, I'll be surprised. I think we'll still have a chance to win the division that week. The Bills did that after the Hail Murray that one year. Last year we started hot & ended cool. I think this team is capable of a strong run. But it's completely unpredictable as of today. They're in a funk that started in London.

Title runs come in all shapes & sizes. Sometimes, a team just rolls through the season, and it's almost like a coronation at the end. Other times, it's a struggle. Quite a few teams have looked lost and like they would surely miss the playoffs by this point, and then just got hot. The 2007 Giants come to mind (that was an incredibly tumultuous season for them, and fans were even calling for Eli to be benched at a point), but there have been others before than and since. As the OP said, I'm just going to enjoy it either way. I think we're still making the playoffs - but I have no idea how it's going to look. We may limp through the rest of the season and eek our way in for a 1st round exit, or go on a tear & come in as the hottest team, and make a real run. Gotta love sports.

If we judge by the moment - we probably end up 9-8 or 10-7, and lose in the WC. But I think we can turn it around. Another week of Joseph & Douglas learning the D will help - and who knows; we might get some bigtime reinforcements for the playoffs with Milano or Jones, or both. And Knox. So, I'll go 11-6, AFCCG. Not a SB or title year, but a deeper run than we'd expect right now. Laugh away.

Honestly, Wilson is turning into a decent QB. He's making some nice throws out there (and has been for a few weeks now)....