Ray Stonada

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I am confident the defense will not get shredded. They are playing solid football. On offense, I am confident in the young core: Allen, Diggs, Davis, McKenzie, Singletary, Dawkins, and Brown. Allen has to stay calm and within himself. The Bills have to keep adjusting to defenses, like they did the 2nd half of Tampa and ATL games. The power running, with six linemen and Knox, has to continue when needed. Could Buffalo beat NE, TEN, KC and GB in a row? Absolutely, but they will have to come together and play their best four game stretch of the season.

And... he's back! Per Buffalo News this morning: "The Bills have signed running back Antonio Williams to the practice squad and released wide receiver Austin Proehl."

Yes. And for once this season, Buffalo adjusted to the look we were getting, switched to power running, and dominated. To win 29-15 while turning it over 4 times, you gotta kick ### on both sides of the ball.

We’ve always had cold, windy games in December. I was at the home game in the 90s against the Jets, high of 0 with wind chill of -30. What’s new is all the rain in the October and November games. That’s a newer pattern.

Yep. However, I guess as Hoodie would say, in the end it’s the players making plays, coaches and game plans notwithstanding. Mack is the Buffalonian I would most love to see on the Bills.

Sounds great for Leslie, but tough for us. His Bills defense is as good as it gets with these pass friendly rules. The Bears team he started on was one of the two best defenses I’ve ever watched (other being Baltimore 2000), too.

The Bills could also run less RPOs and more straight runs. Some plays would work better without slowing down the back. On the RPO play with McKenzie, it looked as if he would break a long run if Josh didn’t keep it.

You love to see it. This is the missing ingredient! We can tear teams apart if our passing game and this running game coexist. PS nothing beat watching Thurman Thomas run counter gap plays. Patience and vision off the charts.

They used to put relevant stats on the screen a lot more. Like, they'd flash an RB or WR or DE or a defense's stats between plays because they were having a huge impact on the game. Nowadays, Fox just has a stat line for the offense's QB pasted permanently up there, even when that tells none of the story. Lazy.

Mitch Morse's better half also doesn't like it:

I wish McKenzie was getting more snaps at WR. Stevenson as a returner has looked tight, nervous and like the game hasn't slowed down for him--not that unusual for a rookie. He could improve a lot with some confidence.

All cool stories. The Bengals of Ickey Woods, Boomer Esiason, Tim McGee, etc., used to scare me back in 1988. They were like the Pistons to Buffalo's Bulls. It was so good to finally vanquish them.

That's what makes the Falcons game so big. If Buffalo can keep that kind of power running game going, it will solve a lot of problems.

Yep. Though I could also see Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase running wild and taking out KC again. PS apologies to everyone for the wrong bracket I originally posted.

Sorry, I pasted the wrong text. I fixed it above.

Most likely playoff bracket seems to be (edited as I pasted in the wrong thing): 1. Tennessee Titans (bye) 2. Kansas City Chiefs vs. 7. L.A. Chargers 3. Cincinnati Bengals vs. 6. Indianapolis Colts 4. Buffalo Bills vs. 5. New England Patriots

I can't wait till next week when we will know all the matchups for sure. Then we can start worrying accurately.

Yeah! Love to hear this. Rodgers is definitely playing the game at some kind of wizard level.

If this was a statement game then this is the statement: even if Josh Allen plays badly, Buffalo can dominate anyway. The Bills found a smash-mouth running game that is impervious to weather. That's HUGE. If Josh can trust that the team has his back without him having to press, he will be even better. Buffalo is growing abilities fast, just in time to peak for the playoffs.

Darn. Football means Sunday at 1pm. Don't like when they mess with that.

Agree with you, OP. That was a tough break. The Titans' record since Derrick Henry went out shows they are a very solid team. And Buffalo faced them at full strength. I am concerned that the Bills' passing attack doesn't look in sync--Rodgers to Adams last night looked psychic and unstoppable by comparison. However: if the power running game continues to emerge, the Bills' passing game will open back up.

Our offense is better with short passes to McKenzie who adds 10-15 YAC instead of Beasley sliding down after 3.

Singletary was Buffalo’s best player! It’s great to have more balance. Team has the ingredients to go on a huge run.

Singletary over 100. Yes!!!