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    It’s Dallas week and the Division is on the line!

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    10 hours ago, Einstein said:

    If we beat Dallas this week, NOTHING will convince me that we aren’t taking the division.

     

    We are 1.5 games back of Miami and the Dolphins still have to face Dallas, Baltimore and the Buffalo Bills!
     

    What an incredible week. We got nearly all the help we wanted. The Bills can absolutely beat Dallas. The team is rejuvenated, they’re playing for each other as well as their head coach and leader, and Josh Allen is playing out of his mind.

     

    I want that 4th-in-row division banner!!!

    Einstein, that's the greatest thing you wrote since ...Power Discover GIF by Sweet Charee Gallery

    Bills/Cowboys early line opens at Bills -2

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    4 hours ago, buffalobillswin said:

    Who is else is ready for 3 hours of “Yeahhhhhh here we go”!

     

    kill me now 

     

    We had a Vietnamese technician working in our gang. Good natured guy, barely spoke English though. When we joked around and played practical jokes with him, he'd say ... HERE WE GO.

    So this brings back memories.

    We miss you Bahn Huyn ...

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    Mini-Rockpile - Bills Win Again at Arrowhead!

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    30 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:

    I won't take the time to write a full Rockpile Review today, but as I'm doing other things I keep having thoughts about the game that I want to share.

     

    My real bottom line from the game is that there are a half dozen or so really good teams in the league, and the Bills are one of them.  (Sorry, Bill Parcels, it's not as simple as you're as good as your record.  The Bills are better than their record.)   There are a half dozen or so teams in the league that present big challenges to any opponent, and the Bills are one of them.   The Bengals, the Eagles, and the Chiefs all thought the Bills were one of their toughest games (and they were), and the Cowboys and the Chargers and everyone else on the Bills schedule feel the same way. 

     

    Who are the others on top?   Eagles, Cowboys, Chiefs, 49ers, and pick a couple others.  

     

    My second bottom line is that they may have stumbled their way to the finish line yesterday, but the Bills finished first, on the road, against one of the other really good teams.  We never look at the Bills' bumbling losses from the opponents' perspective.   For example, there had to be a lot Eagles fans saying, "Yeah, it's nice we won, but it only happened because Allen and Davis couldn't figure how to complete an easy touchdown pass."  It's no different from Bills fans saying, "Yeah, it's nice we won, but it only happened because Toney lined up offside."   Well, guess what?  Close games against good teams almost always could have turned out differently but for one little dumb thing or another.   The object is to win, and the Bills did it.  Their last defensive stand may have been a little ugly, but they made the stand.   In particular, the pass rush showed up, sometimes with crazy all-out blitzes where guys either got home or at least pressured Mahomes, and sometimes with the front four making the most of their considerable talent.   Especially Miller.   Yesterday was the first time we saw Miller starting to play like Miller can, not every snap, but late in the game when it counted, he was after Mahomes.   He's something to look forward to in the coming weeks.  

     

    How close was the game?   Look at the team stats (Bills first).  First downs: passing - 12-14, rushing - 8-6, penalties -1-1.  Conversions:  Third down 6-15 vs 6-12, fourth down 1-1, 0-1.  Total yards: 327, 346.   It was two heavyweights slugging it out.   

     

    As the defenses around the league continue to get better at stopping the offenses, the games get messier, with more mistakes and missed opportunities, and the scores drop.  Romo said yesterday that earlier in the week Allen told him that the team that scored in the 20s would be the winner.   One, good for Allen for being that perceptive of the realities of the game.  Two, it's a measure of how the NFL game has changed - who would have thought a year ago that 20 points was enough to win a Mahomes-Allen battle?   

     

    My third bottom line is one that everyone talks about in one way or another:  Josh Allen is phenomenal.   Tony Romo talks about it as "putting on the Superman cape."  If at the end of every season you made a highlight reel of the six or ten greatest plays of the NFL season, Allen would make every highlight reel.  Allen rolling to his left, falling out of bounds and dropping a touch pass into Murray's arms is already on the 2023 highlight reel.

     

    I've given up pretending I understand the game, except in the most general terms.   I simply don't understand why practically every team in the league stops the Bills and everyone else on all those short receiver screens and rubs, and the Bills sit back in their zone and let teams take an easy seven yards.   I simply don't understand why, if teams are going to attack the Bills' short passing game like that, why the Bills can't find Diggs or Davis or Shakir or Sherfield or Harty or Cook or Kincaid or Knox (man, what a list!) downfield anywhere.   There are reasons, I'm sure, but I accept the fact that it's complicated.  

     

    It's too bad the Bills have six losses.  They never should have let that happen to themselves, but that's where they are.  If they can find a way to beat the Cowboys, there'll be no reason to keep looking in the rearview mirror.   If they can beat the Cowboys, they'll be 8-6 with their future in their hands.  

     

    GO BILLS!!!

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    "I simply don't understand why practically every team in the league stops the Bills and everyone else on all those short receiver screens and rubs, and the Bills sit back in their zone and let teams take an easy seven yards.   I simply don't understand why, if teams are going to attack the Bills' short passing game like that, why the Bills can't find Diggs or Davis or Shakir or Sherfield or Harty or Cook or Kincaid or Knox  ..."

     

    Good question 

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    Bills @ Chiefs Postgame Thread

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    2 minutes ago, DrPJax said:

    Wow, if not for that penalty , its was throwback 2. Holiday throwback.   Penalty saved mcd from infamy. Wouldn’t wish that on anyone . Esp us fans with kelce / swift replays forever.  Ghost of Christmas past,,,throwback past…..i almost saw my life flash in front of my eyes!  

     

    A couple of guys THUMBS DOWN on my comment. 

    It wasn't meant for any disrespect for Frank Wycheck. But the Home run throw back play flashed in front of my eyes. 

    May Frank Wycheck Rest in Peace 🙏 

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    Crazy !

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    3 hours ago, Italian Bills said:

    We are third in the Conference (5th in the entire League) in POINTS DIFF at 101 and yet we are 11th on conference standing… i guess it’s something nfl history material. 

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