Georgia Bill

You missed one - the slightly consequential loss by the Dolphins 😁

I agree. No way they let the Pats sweep us. Bills know what's on the line and what's in front of them. In a must win game at home - we win in convincing fashion.

Really need Miami to lose to Baltimore (and of course us to beat NE) so that we can beat Miami for the AFC East crown. If things stand as they are now (with us at 6 and KC at 3), we'd have to go play the damn Chiefs in KC AGAIN. Don't want that...

Ahh yes, good time for rope-a-dope 😁

If those likely 3 items happen and we clinch next week, AND Miami manages to beat the Ravens next week (forgive me for the juju), it would seem we would have little to play for in Miami outside of some slight advantage in seeding, is that correct? Is it conceivable we would rest starters and essentially let Miami have the one seed?

Wow, I sure hope Josh doesn't read his appreciation thread. All the Negative Nancies jump in

Man there's no group that can put a Debby Downer on a player, a coach, or a team like some of our Bills "fans" can, even after a W. Get a grip. The only thing you're perfect at is bitchin.

Congrats James - a well deserved honor!

I'm one of the many that truly appreciates the team that we have. For how competitive they are, and for the greatness that is yet to come. Go Bills!

thanks - fixed that...

Last week when we won I felt relieved that we got the win in a tight game and lived to fight another day. This one is different - such a dominant performance against a top tier opponent has me thinking about more than just surviving our way into the playoffs. If we can keep this up we will be a force to be reckoned with - and it really does feel like all the pieces are coming together at the right time. I understand we have to play one game at a time but I'm certainly feeling way more optimistic now. Go Bills!

Kudo's to James Cook for a great game, also to the O-line who were blowing open holes, and to Brady for the willingness to stick with what was working! The significance of this heightened threat for opposing defenses is huge.

Cowboys fans having a raging debate about Josh Allen, some saying he's the best QB they'll see in the regular season and the Boys better be ready, and others saying he's in the top 10 but a turnover machine so they're not worried at all. Most though, acknowledge that the Bills are dangerous right now, with their backs to the wall - and that the Cowboys have not played their best football on the road.

We live to fight another day. Thank you Bills - fight on!

After all the media focusing on McDermott the last couple days, tomorrow we will find out the most important thing. How the players respond to all the criticism of their head coach. I expect them to ball out and win.

I agree that our D looked great against Philly til about the middle of the 3rd quarter, and things started going downhill. To your point we've seen the defense get soft at the end of games too many times before, leading to losses. I just wonder what the cause of that is - is it a conditioning issue (tiring out), or is it that the opposing team figures out what we're doing and adjusts? If it is the latter then what is apparent is that we don't counter adjust and then we get reamed. I'm mostly curious about your last sentence. If the defense is the problem - why do we need an offensive minded coach? We go through this a lot on this board : "it's the offense" or "it's the defense". Last year there was talk that we should just focus completely on making the offense so strong it couldn't be stopped. Now we're wanting the defense to be better. It takes a balance of both and we'll never be a great team with just a great D or great O if the other side is lacking.

I don't know the Eagles overall statistics on that push play but they've been successful every time I've seen it. Bottom line is it does make it tougher on defenses, because any down (including 4th) with a yard to go gets converted to a 1st. So really all they need is 9 yards in 3 downs and they're good to go. Like you I've been hoping someone could figure out a way to stop it - at least some of the time. I suspect they may ban it in the off-season, but we'll be dealing with it next Sunday.

They seemed to do a pretty good job against Kelce, who's no slouch. But I'm thinking that was because he normally is so much of the Chiefs game plan that they doubled him a lot.

We just CANNOT let the Jets sweep us. Bills have pride, we win.

It's going to be very interesting to see how the players respond this week against the Jets - the team we played when our season got off on the wrong foot and somehow turned into a chapter from "The gang that couldn't shoot straight"

It was a lucky break for Cinci, to be there with the punch at just the right time. But when you're flying through the air instinct says one arm is going to move out to save yourself a little on the landing. I haven't watched the replay but I think that was what happened. All in all I'm still happy that Kincaid looks like a bright spot for our future.

In this thread it was suggested by a few that maybe we should try letting Josh run the offense. Kelly did it pretty well, but my question is could Josh? Is Josh capable of rapidly detecting and understanding what the defense is doing and figuring out plays to call that would be successful? He'd probably need input from offensive coordinators who get a better view of the whole field, but I think it might be worth experimenting with at this point (doesn't seem it could hurt). What if you just let him start the game doing it and commit to letting him have at least a half?

Injuries guys. You can say "everyone has them" but without them we'd crush the Patriots and the Giants. You can't say "no excuses" when so many of your key players are out.

likely?

We should keep in mind that after the games play out today, the worst we can be is 1 game behind a maximum of 3 teams in the AFC. With 12 games to go, all is not lost.