Inigo Montoya

The game day thread is no place for the weak. That's why I avoid it..... 😳

I grew up in Tonawanda so any trip back to Buffalo means Ted's Hotdogs and Anderson's frozen custard on Sheridan Dr. Check out a Wegman's grocery store but don't blame me if you never look at your regular grocery store the same again. Duff's has good wings and we love Bocce pizza. The Canadian side of the Falls is touristy but nice. Need passports or birth certs for the kids, the customs people on the Canadian side of the Peace Bridge always seem to channel their inner Mossad when we go across. The Maid of the Mist is really cool. Hope you have a great time!

The Ravens were the better team last night but the Bills won. The Bills were a bit like KC a couple seasons ago who kept pulling out improbable wins week after week to earn the #1 seed. I have no desire to see the Bills face the Ravens again in the playoffs.

Schadenfreude; Watching the Dolphins get hammered.

I'm sure this isn't a new observation, but Cooks is likely to have a longer career playing in Buffalo where he is nota bell cow back. He was 22nd in RB touches and 19th in rush attempts last year, and still managed to score 16 TDs in the regular season. He runs behind a premier O-Line and has the best QB in the league on the field with him. They use him in a limited basis reducing the wear and tear on his body and he is put in position to be very successful and score a lot in this elite offense. I don't think he will find another situation that is as favorable. There is likely a $2-3m a year difference in what he wants and what the Bills will pay. Playing one extra season makes up for that.

Wish him nothing but the best. He needed a change of scenery. Hope it works out for him except when we're playing the Boys.

I think there is a lot of hate watching that the NFL counts on for ratings. A lot of people enjoy watching Jerrah and the Boys lose.

You don't get bonus points if a WR scores a TD. I just don't understand this "controversy" at all. If the Bills were struggling to score points I think it would be a valid criticism.... But they're not. In fact, their offense is prolific, elite, record setting, conference leading. Josh Allen is so good you can get by with less in the WR room and still score 30 points a game. Take the savings of not having a $25m a year WR on the roster and put those dollars into the defense which is clearly the weak link on the team. It isn't 3D chess, it's freaking checkers.

Josh Allen behind a solid O-line will score thirty points a game no matter who he is throwing the ball to. It's one of the benefits of having Josh Allen on your team, you can get by with less in the WR group and reinvest those resources elsewhere. The defense is what needs help.

After reading the reactions to this pick I'm throwing in the towel with the Bills and the NFL and I'm going to start following the premier Bangladesh Cricket League. GO CHITTAGONG KINGS!!!

For years I bemoaned no primetime games. Now I love 1 pm Sunday games. Why can't people be happy?

There may be a bit of passive aggressive Beane action here. Resign everyone who stayed off social media first. Beane says he doesn't care, but you know it has to rankle him a little bit. I think a deal will get done, but not before using it as a teaching moment for the rest of the roster. I suspect player agents will also take notice and advise their players to shut up with the social media stuff when dealing with Beane.

The offense they put out there last season was good enough to win a Super Bowl. Josh elevates his WRs and having a great O-Line and a real running game will get the job done on that side of the ball again. We need to build the defense this off season and that is where I hope Beane makes the big investments.

Can't afford to be down Benford and Rapp this week

My head explodes when it's 2nd & 1, 3rd & 1, or 4th & 1 and the Bills don't do the Tush Push. It's darn near automatic and they usually end up getting 2 or 3 yards on the play. That 4th quarter drive last night where they kicked the late field goal to go up 8 is a great example. They should have Tush Pushed and they probably are in the end zone and could have saved me the end-of-game angina. Don't get cute... Just run the Tush Push for the love of Almighty God!!!