Success

Scoring drive needed.

Glad they didn't sneak it. I don't want Allen to be the go-to.

What a difference getting Singletary involved earlier & more often. All our offense needs to do is be top 15.

Anyone remember Dave Shula? Or was it Mike?

Good thread. The offense could do a 180 with A) More Singletary, and B) More long ball. We're really missing the long ball. That's a game changer in a few ways, and we haven't seen it at all. I have hope.

I feel that this is not the case. When the tale is told of the eventual Lombardi winner, narrators with deep, NFL-story-telling voices will come in dramatically at this point of the documentary, and say things like "with the loss to the Eagles, uncertainty ruled the day, and the Bills season hung in the balance," and "no one could possibly know the glory that was to come." True story.

We weren't a player away from contending. We MAY be a contender w/ what we have. It's really down to Allen. He need to play like he did on the 1st few drives last week all the time. He needs to be consistent; he needs to be better. I think he can, but it needs to start happening pretty quickly.

There have been other dominant teams in the past, but I can't remember one of them making the league as predictable & boring as the Patriots. They'll make the SB, and some NFC team will give them a fight, and then the season will end.

The loss was a bummer. But 5-2 is a good record. I'm cool.

I need help w/ the logic here.

Still the 2nd best record in the ol' AFC. Yeah, we benefit from an easy schedule, but I don't care. I don't think we're necessarily as good as our record, but I also don't think we're as bad as the team we saw today. Allen has to get better, though. The 1st half + was really good - he made some money throws on 3-4 key 3rd down conversions. Then it all seemed to come apart.

That's all it is. Everyone will overplay it - here, and nationally. We're 5-2. I'm all in on that.

Boy, I'm really looking forward to the media this week. Both local & national should be a real treat.

Prime example of taking a very winnable game and handing it to the other team. This was old Bills. "Billsy," as they say. Thought those days were behind us.

I never consider a win to be a bad day. Division games are always unpredictable. I hardly consider today proof that the Bills are "pretenders" or anything.

I keep going back to that call by Daboll. Oh, well. We'd have all taken 5-2 heading to the 'Skins game. Just a bad day.

Haven't you said that a few times?

The punter has to do better pinning teams deep.

a couple of huge 3rd down conversions on this drive...

It was worth giving up the TD just to offset the impact of that 2-point conversion.

We need games like this. Not ideal, obviously, but we have a half to overcome a 2 score deficit, at home. That's the kind of thing contenders do regularly.

Don't downplay it. It's much more serious than that.

How often do you see error-free games in bad weather, from either team?

I was happy. Now I am not. I hope I am happy again.

I'm just about done w/ Daboll. I'm not seeing it. He gets way too cute when it's okay to just play smashmouth sometimes.