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Seems like the Bills have a way of keeping games close that no one expects them to be competitive in, and suffer blowouts where expectations are high...really not sure what to make of this one but I still believe we can pull out a squeaker late.

Thanks @ShadyBillsFan that post made my morning as I’m heading out to do some last minute shopping ?—Merry Christmas!

Well, just move down south for awhile and you may learn to miss it. In point of fact, it gets plenty cold down here, just not cold enough to snow a lot. That's almost worse in my book. I have a buddy from college who's now lived in Singapore for the past 15+ years, and per him, being the weatherman over there has to be the most boring job in the world. Every day is 87-88 for the high, and 78-79 for a low, with scattered T-storms in the afternoons. Rinse/Repeat. I'll take a full 4 seasons please!

Back at ya Ice...Merry Christmas! Good luck rest of the way on your end of things to close out the season.

I never knew that eggs could be used so effectively in self-defense! Those guys were like the Houdini of physical comedy gold.

I shouldn't complain because my in-laws are actually pretty great, all things considered, but their gift giving skills could use some work--namely, every year by October sometime, they badger me into giving them a Christmas wish list (and I mean badger), and I inevitably look up what I emailed the year before, and basically cut and paste the same list over and over. Then on Christmas, I get something completely off the list. I mean, not even close! Like clockwork, and it's nothing I would've asked for. But again, please don't take this the wrong way--they are great in-laws and if this is the most I can complain about them, then I feel like I'm doing pretty good . That's a classic. Coincidentally, my wife's grandmother, the first time I met her at their family Christmas party after dating my wife for about 4-5 months at that point, gives me a ratchet set, saying everyone there was getting a gift, including me as the new guy. I'm probably even worse with tools than you are Johnny, trust me. My wife and I still laugh about it to this day as the set collects dust in the garage...but the thought was nice! She was a sweetheart right up until her passing several years back.

That is exactly my fear, yes. But I guess we'll just have to cross that troll bridge when we come to it.

Does this include a helmet throw and a heated exchange on the sideline between him and McDaniel or Gronk? Check that, between him and Hoodie?

Beware--Barkley will now officially become the knight in shining armor for all those 'wrong josh' members calling for a replacement the moment JA throws his first pick-6. That said, I love this move by the Bills to lockup the backup spot, plus he's a good guy to boot who doesn't mind helping out the younger #1 as much as he can--quality add! Good job McBeane!

I believe what you are feeling might be something along the lines of Stockholm Syndrome <sigh>. Fight it!

Hey man, aren't you glad that we have something positive to post about as opposed to the sheer misery that was 4 weeks of the mid-season this year, and the tail end of every single year in the drought until last year? Who wants to read non-stop messaging boards about how bad everything is with no hope for any betterment? No thanks, I'll pass. I'll tell you what, if you haven't watched the story about Super Cade and Allen yet, I'm re-posting it here, maybe that will help clarify part of what makes us so proud to have Josh as the face of the franchise right now. Oh, and he can play ball too. C'mon, that's just not right.

That's why fan is short for fan-atic I believe...also, I believe there are a few ex-GF's of mine who probably feel similarly about me now as we do about any of our scrap heap ex-QB's lol, I admit it. But anyway, right now I'm lovin' me some Josh Allen, no doubt about it, and am looking forward to what he shows us this week in NE--biggest (starting) test for him yet, IMHO.

Is there any light on what happened/when the MCL tear could've occurred? Also, haven't looked into it at all, but wouldn't this be a violation of league rules if the Pats don't list him on their injury report (provided they know about MCL)? At last check, Brady is not on the report at all. Just wondering aloud

Super Cade. Allen will leave it all on the field if nothing else because he knows that kid & his family will be watching. I get it @PatsFanNH --it's a tall order from the Bills' persepctive, and I totally agree that on paper at least, this has all the makings of a blowout loss for Buffalo. But the deck was stacked even worse against the Bills the last time these two teams played, and the Bills made a game of it up to the 4th quarter, playing behind a shell-shocked Derek Anderson manning some of the worst offensive ball that we've ever seen. IIRC, it was 9-6 at the half? Again, I agree with all of your points (except #1, because JA's running talent up to this point has been superior to even that of <gulp> Michael Vick, just ask Kiko Alonso about that), I just think it will end up being a closer game than expected, with one or two pivotal plays being the difference at the end.

My mom was always pretty open with us kids early on that this was all in good fun, and didn't try to threaten that St. Nick wouldn't show up for bad behavior, etc., so I never had "that moment" where it all came crashing down...just kind of knew all along as far as I can remember (probably helped along by the fact I was the youngest). But didn't change the fact that Christmas always was and still is, my fav holiday for many other reasons. That said, my wife has put knowledge of all of this on total lockdown in our house now, safer than Fort Knox with our kids. But my oldest who's about to turn 6, is sure asking a lot of problematic questions when it comes to Elf on the Shelf, and the whole thing may come to a screeching halt with her soon as a result . @Gugny is right, whoever invented that one needs a stern letter to the editor sent over.

Pluses: -The Pats have never seen a rookie quite like this, who at least on paper, matches up well against their D. -Brady appears to be succumbing from the same yips as any other mortal QB, when faced with the prospect of pressure in his face, and has aging mobility to improvise in such event. -All of the above. Negatives: -Hoodie. -Brady. -History in Foxboro.

Well stated Hap

Totally supported the call--how many times have we sat on the other side of the ledger, yelling at the TV for our coach(es) to just grow a pair and try to keep the pedal to the metal instead of always playing it safe, or not to lose, thereby seemingly letting chances slip past? Obviously context always matters, but with JA running like he has, and good field position regardless, I still liked it despite the fact it didn't work this time.

Post of the day @Rochesterfan, post of the day!

Sorry if this comes across as a bit of a LAMP posting--but I had to share with all of you one of the all-time best gag gifts I have ever received, just this morning (I also realize this is not part of the kid friendly theme of the original posting :)), if you're a fan of the movie "Anchorman" you'll totally understand why I had to post this:

Very emotional, I may or may not have had some trouble with my eyes welling up for some reason. It was heartfelt, genuine, and all around great story of grit and determination by a little boy who refuses to let his health realities define him. The fact that Josh so obviously cares enough about Cade to keep tabs on him even after making the big leagues and then provide him with the experiences that we saw, is in a word, priceless. You could tell this was something Josh wanted to do. That’s my quarterback, all day doggone it!

I like it—simple yet effective at addressing glaring needs early

So...his idiocy allowed him to run for YPA barely dreamed of even by running backs let alone QB’s and has avoided major hits in the process, but he’s so much safer behind our current line in the pocket...got it. Also, he did just fine in terms of smarts and production, especially for a rookie who’s started less than 10 games, when contained by Patricia’s D in said pocket. How revolutionary that he can hurt you both ways! But you stay on the Rosen attitudinal express, by all means.

I won’t re-hash what others have already pointed out to you with better eloquence than I could offer up. I’m just curious what exactly it will take seeing from Allen before you change your avatar handle as having been a painfully obvious error? Bonus question would be, what does Rosen have to keep showing you in order for you to objectively keep your handle as is? Finally, how long of a sample size do you anticipate needing as to any of the above?

Agreed. The knee jerk hot stove reaction to fire everyone, that was running rampant on the boards by mid-season, clearly hasn’t been aging quite as well. I was just as guilty of that as anyone else, where it concerned Culley and Daboll. Allen is making undeniable leaps and bounds (no pun intended) advances to his game week over week, and we would be foolish to tinker with whatever is working for him right now. Obviously we have to build up the talent pool around him, but I’m coming around as to his coaching/mentoring resources in place already.