Matt in KC

27-20 Bills And since we're just pulling random guesses from the air: I'll guess the Bills outplay the Jets most of the game, but the Jets pull close in the 4th with a defensive touchdown. The Bill however show discipline and ball control to close out the game with a very late field goal.

I'd say it is a marketing move, not necessarily to sell more jerseys, but to have more white uniform shots foirr the marketing material. It just never resonates as well if the pics have opponent colors or fans in the background (unless they are crying...).

You know your team is turning it around when other teams start picking up your cast offs!

Rock on! Thanks for the breakdown. I haven't been able to see the Skins yet this year, so I really appreciate the intell.

Wikipedia entry with more info on the free kick including every time it has been used in the NFL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_catch_kick And more here: http://www.aolnews.com/2008/11/23/what-in-the-world-is-a-free-kick/ And video of Rackers trying it in 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCBBUMnRqbo

Wow. Shocked to see this news.... Nice piece from Jerry Sullivan: http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/bills-nfl/article599109.ece

Bills 20 Giants 34 Our pass rush struggles and Nicks and Cruz eat us alive. I'd love to be wrong, of course. I just think the injury reports and past play are pointing to a down week. Now if they were playing at home.... I just hope to go into the bye week without any more significant injuries.

Not sure, but I think I've seen fines announced on Fridays past weeks, so may still be coming. (sorry, not time to check into it now...)

from Chris Brown press release:

Here we go again The new most-important game This time the Giants

That piece on Sunday Night Football did not show Rogers or Brady or any of them throwing the ball .27 or .3 seconds after the snap! The measurement was from the start of the throwing motion to the release of the ball.

Paul Hubbard? Felton Huggins? Justing Jenkins? Josh Reed? LOL @ EZC saying Drew Haddad. I assume the real answer is Aiken... Kamar that is, not Sam. Though I don't think he's really quite ready, but am eager to see what he can become. Too bad no Marcus Easley this year. (Any info on that heart ailment at all? That might be better next year somehow...?)

If I could choose, I'd prefer to sweep the AFC East....

I was just thinking the same thing. Do you think Keith Ellison would look out of place on this year's defense? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Buffalo_Bills_season#Final_roster Look at our end-of-yeear LBs 2 years ago! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Buffalo_Bills_season#Final_roster

Win when you're the underdog (vs Chiefs) ...check! Come back after being significantly down against a similar team ...check! Win a game against the evil empire, a game you're a significant underdog (...and add in a comeback to boot!)...check! Win against a team where you are favored ...fail (barely)! Bounce back from a loss ...TBD The most important game is always the game you're playing this week.

I am believing that Shawn Merriman for a breakout game too. But who knows on the sacks. Vick is the type of QB that may give us some sacks by running out of bounds, though I don't see our coverage holding for long against the Phili receivers.

I lost my longer response by clicking into the reply box and hitting the backspace (which activates the browser back button)... I think this is a dumb argument. The top 5 defenses based on scoring this year are a combined 16-4, and none are in the top 5 for offense. This is not much different than the 17-3 that was cited as evidence for scoring being key. Looking at last year to get more data, Atlanta was both 5th in scoring and preventing scores so I’ll toss them out an just look at top 4: Top Offenses: NE, SD, Phili, Indi. Combined record = 43-21 Top Defenses: Pitt, GB, Baltimore, Chicago. Combined record = 45-19 So, really, scoring more is the surest path to victory? I’d agree scoring more than your opponent is. I don’t see any substance to this argument.

I have little problem with the pink. I think it's a great campaign and is helping raise awareness, and looks like it will also directly raise significant money. Pertaning to earlier comments: Pink is not just a 'girl' color. Men and boys can and do wear pink as well, and that's just fine. Aren't there more important things than getting worked up over clothing color choice? Try not to be so small-minded. A boy "looking like a girl" is also not something that should be seen as an insult. Is there something wrong with being a girl? That is patently chauvinistic. I understand there is a cultural stereotype about pink. I just don't agree with it. On another front, confronting people and making them feel bad about themselves (for clothing choice or whatever) is reprehensible, and can be very damaging to children. If you act this way, you ought to really feel bad about yourself. I agree this is part of the NFL marketing to attract and broaden the female audience. The complaints that the pink made it harder to see the ball and might have effected the call on the Johnson reception are legitimate, and I agree with them. I think in that regard the pink is distracting and should be farther from the ball. Can anyone confirm that the pink will be this prevalent for the whole month? Didn't they do this last year (awareness month) but were only this saturated the first week, and more subtle after that?

I'm glad to see he caught on somewhere. This will keep him in shape in case we need to call him up! http://www.giantsfootballblog.com/2011/09/29/qb-perrilloux-released-from-ps-lb-coleman-signed/

I agree we eased up on KC (except for the bomb thrown to Parrish by Brad Smith). My point is "so what?". Do you want to adjust your personal forecast from the Bills being a 14 point favorite (or whatever you thought) to a 15 point advantage because the stats you value are skewed, or to 13 because they ease up when the game is in hand? Or do you think they now have a 68% chance of winning instead of 66%? So let's say the Bills advanced another 15 yard in the KC game and were the 2nd best offenses based on yards per game. How does that change your prediction? I understand fine, but really, so what? Sorry, I probably should have just read (or not) and not responded....

You're trying way too hard, Scrappy. KD is right. How the Bills and Bengals play Sunday will determine whether they win, not what happened in the past. If you pretend that all we had to go by were the stats, so it's really important to see the accurate numbers to know just how likely it is the Bills will win (or lose ) this Sunday.... Be sure to analyze all of the Bengals games as well to see if there's some reason that they could have looked better too. And, look at all the lucky plays the Bills have had and see what the stats look like if Fitz was intercepted or the long PI penalty hadn't been called etc.. S Does all this leave you somewhere different than you started?

These last weeks have been great, but definitely not as good as the comeback game for me. But, then and now I was sure the Bills ("we" if you prefer) would rally back and take a real shot at the game. In both games I counted how many scores we were down and looked forward with some certainty: "okay, we score a touchdown here, then we'll only be down by two scores and that's only one play away from tying it up (i.e. pick-6)." It was only because we'd rallied back previously that I had that feeling in the Oilers game. This game is laying the psychological foundation for this team to achieve great things. I will say though that this is as enjoyable a three-game span as I can remember.

It's called "basking in reflected glory". It is natural and psychologically healthy for people to associate themselves with others who are more successful, saying "we" and "us" etc. even when they didn't contribute to the success. Studies have shown that this is done less after a team's loss. "We won!" and "they lost!" is completely normal. What is abnormal is all of the fans who say "we" and "us" after the team loses, or loses for a long time....

You mean Lawyer Milloy?

As I remember it, Pat wanted to stay in Buffalo, but the Bills didn't end up offering him a contract at all.