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It's kind of like the Pats with me. I never "hated" the Patriots. What BB & Brady accomplished is pretty amazing if you're a fan of the game. It's always the fanbases that are intolerable. I'm sure we would be too if we won a bunch of titles, though.

Meyers would move the needle more than Shaheed. He's not a huge upgrade - but he's a "good enough" upgrade, imo. He would demand some attention and make everyone else just a bit better. If we got him & Gabe could regain some of his old form, we'd be in business.

I'll take that. I wasn't expecting Palmer or Jones this week, and having both Milano & Bernard going full is pretty big.

It's pretty rare that teams get to that part of the season without some injuries. We were pretty healthy last year. Other years, not so much. To this point, unless I'm mistaken, we haven't lost anyone for the season. Even Ed has a shot to come back. My hope is that the injury bug caught us early and we end up relatively healthy by January.

Pats will very likely have a worse record next year than what they have this year. They've had a good month against some of the worst teams in the league, except for us - and that game was kind of silly w/ the turnovers & refs.

It's a more important game than I thought it would be at the beginning of the season. I figured we could mark it as an "L" and it wouldn't matter much, because our schedule was pretty easy and I'm almost tired of the storyline that we always beat them in the regular to lose to them later. But losing to the Pats and Falcons - in addition to now being 2nd place in OUR division - has changed my outlook on this one. We have left ourselves little margin for error if we want to win the division, and get one of the top seeds. I think we can have a strong playoff run as a WC, but it would be much more uphill going that route.

McDaniel would be a MASSIVE upgrade at OC for us.

The Pats have an easy schedule - but that's still a pretty middlin' team. They could lose to anyone in the division. They could lose to the Ravens, Bucs, Bengals, even the Falcons. If they really do rip through their schedule like everyone thinks, it will be a bit like defying gravity. They're just not that team yet.

I wonder if we'd really use Shaheed correctly. I mean, we DO have speedsters on the roster. I know Samuel has been hurt, but Moore is also fast, and it seems like we rarely ever utilize either to really stretch the field. The Saints do that w/ Shaheed - but would we?

Shaheed would fine - would love to see that speed, and hopefully more long balls in the gameplan.

It's more exciting just to look at that. Though, who knows what Davis has these days, and so much depends on IF we trade for a WR, and who that is.

The Chiefs looked really good tonight. Gotta give 'em props - they seem to be rounding into form as the season progresses.

Question for anyone who wants to answer: Objectively, are we a bottom 5 WR corps in the league?

Yeah - I was irrationally stoked when I saw that, thinking it would eliminate human error.

Wow! What a pick.

You're a Pats fan, I take it? Whatchya doin' here?

That was a nice hit by the defender to hold them short.

Ugh. And I say that w/ real sincerity.

It hurt worse than I thought to read this. Truth.

Seems disengaged - but I also don't want to read too much into it. I get pretty lost in thought sometimes, and it could be no more than that.

I'd be excited for Meyers. Like you said, he's an upgrade, and the attention defenses would give him might open up things for the other receivers a bit more.

It's funny - I just saw a Pats fan on another board talk about how "unbearably cocky" we are (yes, a Pats fan). They should read this thread. Or really, this whole board.

It seems like timetables in general are getting shorter on big injuries, in every sport. But the Bills are so cautious. I could see him back for the playoffs - or yesterday being his last game until September.

It would probably also mean no upgrade at WR. I'd have to question that kind of move (though of course it would be cool to see that headline).

Hope the surgery goes well at least. I'd love to think that he could be back for a playoff run. What's the scoop w/ Sanders & Jones? Any timetables for either's return?