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I only ask because we play them next week and he currently has no points on my fantasy team. That would improve our chances big time next week in Oakland.

They have played a very difficult schedule, by far the worst in the NFL. A couple of the wins they had were against some good teams on the road. I would say they look like a wild card team right now, certainly not a Super Bowl team.

I probably over estimated how much people want Drew back, but I still can't understand how people feel Drew has gone threw a metamorphous. I expected him to play really well in Dallas, he is a a very good QB for the players they have. Some people believe you can just plug and play a successful QB, or that a bad QB on one team will be a bad QB on every team. Maybe a few players fit that mold, but certainly not Drew, and certainly not the majority of the QB's. We never surrounded Drew with players that catered to his play, and while I fault TD for this I also factor in just how much Drew does need. Bottom line, he would be struggling big time right now if he was still in Buffalo. Perhaps even worse then he has in past years. The line has had a host of injuries, and has not been pass blocking very well, and TE's have been non existent.

Although that’s not the case within the division, it goes to common opponents after division record. Right now the Bills are 0-3 against teams New England has played or will play, with the exception of our divison oponents, and New England is 2-2 against teams we have played or will play. The AFC record is big for the wild card, and the must win the division mentality is getting a little overplayed here. The wild card spots aren't close to being locked by anybody right now, and with our AFC record we could certainly be in running if we improve.

For those getting a hard on for Bledsoe’s great start don't you remember a similar start for the Bills? Get over it people, he's not here anymore, and even if he was he wouldn't be putting up numbers anywhere close to what he is now. It's not like we didn't know he had a cannon or a pretty deep ball, when given time he has always been a solid player. When he's got a pocket he is a good qb, even his horrible tenure as Bills qb showed that. The problem is he is one of the leagues worst QB's when under pressure, not exactly a perfect fit for the Bills. We need a QB that gets it out quick, is accurate on short throws, and limits mistakes under duress. Drew has none of those qualities, Holcomb has them all, and JP has the potential to have them all. Drew could throw for 40 TD's this year and it still won't make the decision to release him a poor move. He just doesn't fit the personnel, and scheme of our offense. Pressure him and he will fold, it will happen in Dallas just as it happened in Buffalo. Just like New England fans told us, Drew will wow you only to break your heart time and time again. I wish him the best in Dallas, but he is just not a good fit for this team, and it's absurd that so many people are pining for him again after what we witnessed the last few years. BEAT THE JETS!!!!!!!!!

Update on the situation Apparently the mayor and police did recognize that this situation would escalate into violence. They warned the Nazi protestors that they could not protect them (only 20 people) and that if they went threw with the march they would be at serious risk. They decided to leave town, but that didn’t stop the people protesting the Nazi's from rioting themselves. The 600 or so people protesting the Nazi march had some time to kill so they decided they didn't like the police (quote from a witness) and rioted anyway. It was a pretty crazy scene from the footage captured. The protestors started throwing rocks and bricks at the cops and cop cars, and lighting cars and buildings on fire. I agree that this is exactly what the Nazi's wanted; to bad it had to come to this.

So I'm sitting at home watching the USC/ND game and the news flashes across my TV. A Nazi rally was to take place in North Toledo this Saturday, for those that don't know North Toledo is a primarily black area. Sure they have the right to rally, this is America and despite how ignorant your opinion is you’re allowed to scream it from a megaphone. My problem is this rally has been planed for weeks, and the location has been known. A three year old could tell this was going to be a very ugly situation, and it has developed into just that. At what point should you take preemptive action when violence appears to be inevitable? I'm sure some of you will say never, and I can't disagree with that stance. The ability to express different opinions is what makes this country great. But at the same token this rally was meant to insight people, and the violence and burning buildings were not exactly an unforeseeable event. Regardless of how you feel about the rights of these Nazis those peaces of sh-- got what was coming.

I think it comes down to one thing, and that is we must split with the Patriots. A sweep of Miami and New York won't be easy, it's possible because neither team is excellent, but we haven't exactly exhibited that quality either. If we improve steadily threw out the season I think we can sweep the Jets and Dolphins, but what about the pesky Patriots? Even missing both coordinators, and having a host of injuries this is still a very good team. As it stands we would lose both, and even with a ton of improvement against the Jets and Oakland I give us little chance to win Sunday night in Foxboro (what evidence do we have that any Bills team the last 5 years could win this game?). That said we get New England in Buffalo, in the winter. Not like the Patriots don't know how to play in a cold climate, but that kind of weather can really be a wild card. Besides the weather if the Bills are still in it by the second New England game that means we have improved dramatically. If we can beat the Patriots in one of the two, and go 5-1 in the division we have a decent chance at the playoffs. In the meantime we need to hope New England struggles against our common opponents, because in the event of a division tie, and record tie, within the division it comes down to common opponents, not AFC record. Right now Buffalo is 0-2 against teams New England has played, or will play, and New England is 2-2 against teams Buffalo has played, or will play. That excludes division teams, as the Division tiebreaker is before the common opponent tiebreaker.

It did have the motion of a hyperextension, but I just thought it stretched a little past that. I would say the best case scenario is 5 weeks.

He's playing REALLY well though this season, and after watching a few Steelers games is a huge part of that team. People used to say Brady was overrated, and it was the system, But he just kept winning and Big Ben is doing the same thing. As for Maddox he didn't even come in when Ben got hurt, Batch did. So who knows what the deal is With Maddox right now.

Last minute of the Chargers game a helmet goes right on his knee. Looks like he tore a ligament for sure, that could really hurt the Steelers chances.

-Brian Finneran has got to have the best hands on the NFL. He's a very underrated player, reminds me a lot of Ed McCafrey -Drew Bledsoe is a great QB when he has time, but one of the worst when he doesn't. For those wishing he was still here consider the pressure being put on our QB's the last 6 weeks. -The win felt nice, and Holcomb played well, but despite his horrible play to much blame has been placed on JP. If you give this team the support of 18 penalties and 5 turnovers in New Orleans/San Antonio they probably win that game. Point is it's a team game and neither Holcomb or JP are good enough to win by themselves -The NFC South might force the NFL to change its playoff format. I know they probably won't change it, but the winner of this division won't be .500. It will be a disgrace for anyone of those teams to make the playoffs. They should have a rule that you need to be at least .500 to get in, and if not an additional Wild Card should be awarded. -Unless a college QB comes polished and "NFL ready" no team should take a QB in the first round. By polished I'm talking about only five or six guys deserving of that status in the last 5 years. Bring in a veteran and draft a QB in round 3 or later. Let him ride the pine, and develop in a pressure free environment.

This was a turning point kick for my confidence in Lindell. Even after the hot start he still wasn't kicking anything past 45, and none of the kicks were late pressure kicks. Then he missed last week and I really felt it killed any confidence the lackluster offense had. But his 47 yarder today accomplished two things, for one it was a distance he has struggled at, and two we had a ton riding on the kick. Big props to Lindell today

3 points is a general rule of thumb but not always the case. For a really strong home team, or public team, you might see that figure raise a little, visa versa with a weak team. You also need to remember that the books job is not to accurately predict the outcome of the game; it's to predict what the public feels the outcome of the game will be. Public perception for both the Jets and Bills went up this weekend.

My guess would be Bills -3.5 After the TB win the Jets have about as much creditability as the Dolphins in the Publics mind. Factor in Holcomb getting the Win and it should boost the line up a point or so from the Dolphins game.

The Jets defense is still good, and you know Martin will see about 30 touches. I can't see Vinny doing much but the Jets are capable of beating us based on the first two things I mentioned. It's certainly a winnable game, and is a must win if we want to make anything of our season.

Most that stuff happened in week 1 and we scored 22. I'm not discounting Kelly's play, he was very accurate, and moved the ball effectively especially in the first half. But he was also on the receiving end of the help you mentioned, and won't make enough of a difference if the Bills return to their form from weeks 2-4. My two main concerns with Kelly at this point is can he throw downfield, and will he have the arm strength to be effective in the windy cold days the Ralph always has late in the year.

It's been awhile since I heard the announcer stutter when talking about the distance on Moormans kicks.

I never said I expect us to go two deep across the board, but having 1 backup guard and tackle that is a proven fill in is not going overboard. Preston seems like a serviceable G for the time being, and will probably start at C next year. But given how fragile the Tackle situation was to begin with I would have expected the Bills to have a serviceable back Tackle.

I've got three of those bastards if you need to borrow one.

It could have been, and had they called him down at first I'm sure the refs wouldn't have overturned it. The video was not conclusive enough to say if it was a fumble or not, so the call on the field prevailed. THANK YOU NFL GODS!!!

No doubt the defense made the play, and I credit them for that. I'm not tying to discredit the win, I just was getting that nauseas feeling Bills fans know to well. To take it a step further without the fumble JP might be starting again. The NFL is truly a game of inches.

Given the performance in the first 6 games it's difficult to get excited about the rest of the year. That said everybody was going Bills crazy during the win streak last season and the situation looked much worse. I just want to be able to watch meaningful games for as long as possible, and despite what we looked like so far the Bills could be tied for first next week and perfect in tiebreakers. If you would have told me at the start of the year that the Bills would be in that situation after 7 weeks I would have been a pretty happy about it.

A win is a win and it feels damn good especially against the Fish, but IMO without the fumble at the end the Dolphins score and win the game. The way that drive was going it just felt like it was destined to go against Buffalo, circa Jacksonville 2004, or the Tony Banks led drive from years ago. In your opinion does Buffalos defense still hold or would of the fish gone on to score without the fumble?

We did upgrade it, TD brought in Mike Williams (Hurt), Chris V (Hurt), Jonas Jennings (Gone), Bennie Anderson (Sucks), and Mike Gandy (decent at times, killed today). I'm not worried, we can just ignore it again this off-season and hope Jason Peters can turn things around.