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David - gotta catch that. Would love to see us run more, though.

Let's go! Tie this up and take over in the 2nd half....

If you're a CB, do not look around for a flag like you just committed a penalty and are hoping to get away w/ it...

He was lucky to just get rid of the ball there....

Not yet! It's looking bad though. But it's still 1st half. Just a 1 score lead. Let's see how this team can adjust.

Their pressure is crazy.

I really hate it when there are 4 Bills and 1 Steeler and the Steeler gets the fumble.

They look like the D of old. Kind of a silver lining

When you give away a free 5, you're generally giving away a 1st down.

Pitt has an excellent pass rush. It's working so far.

Mostly incidental contact. I'm glad they don't call stuff like that.

I know Allen is amazing - but whenever they show highlights, he's more amazing than I thought....

Oh, no - everyone is picking Buffalo. Except Rodney - thank you Rodney.

Gotta say say - I love seeing the "Playoff Picture" visuals in mid-December, and seeing the Bills in the 1st column of division winners, and not at the bottom of the last "in the hunt" column....

I feel like we were saying the same for years. I would agree that BB is the one who will keep them from falling as far as we did - but I'm curious how much longer he sticks around.

That was totally on my mind last night. It was almost Bledsoe-era Bills - fans wanting to believe a former #1 pick could save the team, and the punter being the best player on the field. Combine that w/ Josh being the best QB from his draft class and the Bills being a D-lineman or 2 away from being a juggernaut, and these are really good times.

I mean, that was deja vu, over & over & over again. The Bills would seem to do just enough to keep us interesting & hoping up until late November or even December - before lowering the inevitable boom. I think the punter is really what got me thinking. He was the best player on the field last night, just like Moorman was for us for years. All I need now is for BB to say "I thought we punted well...."

It's a cliche - but if it's wrong, I don't ever wanna be right...

That's conventional wisdom, and I don't necessarily disagree. But I've always thought it was BB that makes them well run - not so much the Krafts, who got a bit lucky w/ him and Brady (yes, they made the moves to get them - but they had no idea they were getting the GOAT's.) BB will be 70 next year. I also don't think he's all that as a GM - he benefitted for many years from Brady taking pay cuts, and also making average players look great. Can he do a rebuild in time to still be coaching when it comes to fruition? And so much comes down to QB. They might get lucky there, or not. They won't have a high draft pick to get one. They might be able to turn a QB like Darnold around, but who knows. I have found it kind of funny on the Pats boards - some of the younger fans say things like, "We have a good young core - all we need to do is add a franchise QB and we're right back on top!", like it's a "just add water" thing.

The D is getting old, though. I heard Hightower may retire; Chung & the McCourteys are getting up there. There is some question about whether they'll re-sign Gilmore (not their style to overpay for an aging CB). BB is the equalizer, of course. I'm convinced he could take any roster in the league and get to a .500 record at least. He did say at one time that he didn't want to be coaching in this 70's like Levy (or something like that). That's the hope; that he has another season or 2 like this, gets tired of it and heads off to do some fishing.

It really struck me watching them play tonight: - Huge uncertainty at QB - Good defense & special teams, good RB - All-pro punter - Can't consistently score points - JAG WR corps - Occasional amazing game to give fans hope, but in general maintaining a near-.500 record - Being just good enough to not make the playoffs & avoid the top 10 in the draft It's been weird reading their boards, too - the same playoff possibility conversations we used to have at this point: if x team loses twice, and beats y team, but if y team beats z team, etc. I must say - I'm liking the role reversal.

I don't care at all that it's a weird year. Watching the Bills win and have a promising future, while the Pats lose and flounder, is everything I ever thought it would be.

The Rams SHOULD win this game, and win easily. But Belichick still casts a spell on opposing teams. It's almost all psychological at this point.

LOVED Hausch, but felt like we had to get to the 25 to have a solid chance. Now, when the Bills are around the 40, I'm like, "okay, at least we've got 3." The man can kick the ball far.

Not only that - I remember convincing myself that we had found some sort of "hidden gem" in Tuel, especially when we were winning that KC game (just prior to the 100 yard pick 6).