Georgia Bill

The optimist in me hopes we can look back at that drive and say it was the spark that turned the game and season around. I gotta dig deep for that kind of optimism...

You might as well add a bull sh-- defense...

Is there anyone on the board that thinks we should keep playing Trent tonight?

No doubt. Even a 3 and out and we could be right back in this, despite the amazing number of screw ups...

They do rattled. We ought to be owning the Jets

To be honest, I'm less interested in our ending record (assuming we get IN the playoffs), than I am about how well we are playing ball the last 4 weeks of the season. As proven by the Giants and Steelers, even wildcard teams can win Superbowls. Having homefield advantage is no guarantee of total success. If your team CAN'T win on the road, and CAN't play strong (get on a roll) going into the playoffs, you really don't have much chance of winning it all. I am hoping to see our team get stronger as the year goes on. 10-6, 11-5, 12-4, doesn't matter to me...

Weren't half the tickets to the Toronto game bought up by rich fans in Miami?

-4 turnovers to their 1, rare for any team to overcome that on the road. -Established a solid running game with opening drive in the 3rd, then seemed to abandon it. -McGee not ready to play. -Edwards was not as sharp as usual, - but we knew he'd have this kind of day eventually. Hope no one is panicking, we still control our own destiny. Jets next week and NE after are now obviously BIG games.

As long as we don't have a let down, we ought to be able to win all 3. Hard to imagine that 8-1 is seeming very do-able!

My desire to see the Bills get some respect in the media is completely selfish. I figure only then will I actually get to see them broadcast locally here in Atlanta. Today instead we saw the Steelers - Bengals - doh! Outside of that, let them make all the excuses for why we win that they want - as long as we keep on winning

Wow 5-1 baby! Who'd a thunkit! Congratulations - we WILL be getting some respect now!

I bet that was the best tasting crow you ever had!

Uh, maybe you'll say that was 2 Rivers screw ups - but I say - DEFENSE SAVED THE DAY!!! Go Bills!!

Way to go baby - that int was HUGE! Looks like Ralphie's going get a nice BDay present today!

Wow, this is shaping up to be a great 4th qrtr. Hope we finish the game w a great defensive stand to win.

In Atlanta, we get to see Pittsburgh - Cinci. Yippee. I don't know how these games get picked, but down here the Bills get zero respect. The ONLY time you see them is Sunday night, Monday night, Thurs night games - when they have to show them. Meanwhile freakin Dallas has been on 5 times already. Gag me!

Ladainian can't hear the crowd Here's a photo of Ladainian Tomlinson after scoring his 4th qtr TD at Buffalo in their 24-21 win, December 06. I guess he's doing the "I can't hear you now" pose for our crowd. I hope he hears us loud and clear Sunday!

More recently, the Bolts beat us at home 2 years ago 24-21 (December). I remember that game because we had a chance to win but in the fourth quarter their running game just wore the Bills out. The crowd was really pumped up, imploring the defense to get the much needed stop, but Ladainian Tomlinson just kept getting first downs. At one point, after a run he jumped up and cockily waved his arms, imploring the crowd to get louder. That really made my blood boil, but sadly, our D could not stop them. I'm looking forward to some payback. Go Bills

So, what you're saying is WE'RE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS, for the first time in, like, forever?!! I mean, 10-6 gets you in. I'm glad there's others here on the board that are confident (like me) that we'll get in this year. Keep the faith bro!

It is a very good time for the bye week indeed. Let's pray that Edwards concussion was not severe and that he is back in there for San Diego. What I fear a little is that once other teams see that a QB might be vulnerable to concussions, maybe they start going for the hard hits more than they would otherwise. Any idea how long QB's are typically out for a concussion?

Well, how about the Giants beaten 33-15 by the Niners, and 41-17 by the Vikings last year? Not exactly powerhouses there...

I still question why Jauron did not call for the play to be reviewed. In any event it was CLOSE. It might have been overturned, and we desperately needed to maintain possession to have a chance in this game. Poor judgement displayed there. In the end, it did not come close to costing us the game - but had our D being playing a little better it could have.

The game would have been closer with Trent in there, but I think we still would have lost. Remember, in our comeback wins, it was not only Trent leading the offense to direly needed scores, that had to be combined with at least SOME stops by our D. And that was just not in the Cards today.

I don't see how anyone in their right mind would try to pin this on anything but the defense. How many times did they punt for god's sake? Even w Trent healthy, w a defense that porous we'd have had to score on every possession to win, and that's just highly unlikely. Where was the pressure on Warner? He was just tearing us up with his 5-10 yard passes, all day long. I do hope Trent gets better soon. Maybe the defense felt deflated when he went down? It's still no excuse. Not the end of the world though. 1 loss against an NFC opponent. We're 4-1, and if you said before the season we'd be 4-1 I'd be elated.

Certainly this is a game we could lose without it hurting us much. Still it would be AWESOME to get the win. In fact, being 5-0 would seem kindof surreal. I'm concerned about whether or not Stroud plays. I haven't been able to find out much about his condition. If he plays a good bit - I think we have a good chance of winning. If he is out I'm not so sure - our D really seems to play much better with him on the field.