Casey D

Or put another way, if we go into Week 17 no more than a game behind the Dolphins, a win and the Division is ours.

The Bills are ranked between 6th and 9th in the major power rankings-- CBS, ESPN, USA Today, NFL and Washington Post. That's just about right, and plenty of respect from the chattering class. Why that matters I don't know, because they are just opinions. You are what your record says you are, and that's 6-2 with a fairly difficult schedule thus far. A laugher would be quite nice.

The line on this game is revealing. Seattle -2 1/2 seems like a MOTO-- master of the obvious. Every casual fan will bet the house on Seattle. This Board proves this fact, many writing how the line is crazy as the Bills will be slaughtered. But yet the line is -2 1/2 (down from 3), which means someone has been, and apparently will be, betting a lot on the Bills, and I doubt those people are morons. Just saying.

Seattle 3 point favs

That's an overly simplistic analysis. Of course it is a business. But there are vast differences in how employers treat their employees in business. That's why there are great places to work lists, and places to avoid. Some places don't give a rat's ass about employees, and it shows. Others do, and that shows too. They add humanity to the business, and not just the bottom line matters. It's a longer term perspective. OP is simply saying that the Bills seems to fall in the latter category. And I agree.

He looks like Putin

I did watch the whole game. Denver really dominated most of the game, and moved the ball easily between the 20s. Pats did play a good bend but don't break defense to keep Denver out of the end zone. Some ridiculous play calls by Denver on offense late let the Pats get back in it. But the Pats offense was inept most of the game, and their D was fortunate the score was not 26-3 late. But Denver's offense is not good.

Actually now it's 13-13 1/2.

But struggled mightily against Drew Lock.

Probably not. When Bills Mafia is depressed after a poor performance, there are two types of fans, people and writers. One group is like you, who tries to rise up from the depression and see what silver linings there are. There are, in fact, many. On the other hand, there are people who marinate in their grievances, and want to make everyone else miserable too. They jump into every thread, calling anyone who sees a positive a "non-realist." They love to call the team and its management stupid, soft and flaccid( no projection there). Everyone should be fired. "It is what it is" is the way of the angry world we live in. That includes Bills world. But don't give up or give in. Angry critics fix nothing, and really do nothing. Those in the arena fighting the good fight are the real warriors. Your attitude is refreshing beyond words. Keep it up!

No.

You are being kind.

Give me a break. Is your name supposed to be some kind of oxymoron?

Ding ***** the witch is dead-- for today!!!

Denver is just giving this game away. Why do coaches loses their mind playing the Pats, like ATL and SEA in the Super Bowl. Amazing.

Of course. But I think 10 wins gets you in. Only 9 in 2017.

Maybe. Prediction on North seems right. 2nd in East will be competing for slot likely against Raiders and Colts, neither of which are great and Bills already beat Raiders.

Looking at the schedule, Bills "should win" against @Jets, Dolphins, @Broncos and Chargers. That's 8. Should be able to win 2 or 3 of remaining 7. 10-6 11-5 could easily win division if Bills at least split with Pats. Nothing to panic about.

All this doom and gloom is depressing. It was a bad game last night, but it does not wipe away the 4-0 start. A few observations-- 1. On offense, the team found itself in a hole for the first time this year. Titans were playing D that gave up underneath stuff, not readily allowing some big plays so the team could jump back in the game. So needing sustained drives, too many mistakes-- drops penalties etc. Josh overcame it sometimes, like on the first TD drive. But then he started to force things to try and change the trajectory of the game, i.e., he tried too hard and that is when he makes mistakes. Still did some good things like TD pass to Yeldon--amazing throw-- but Titans scheme and falling behind did them in. 2. Mistakes. Too many short fields for the Titans. Got a lead and never had to get out of their comfort zone. Made them seem better than they are. 3. Defense was bad. They need to fix it. They have had stretches like this every year. I recall one 3 or 4 game stretch in mid-season 2017 including the Chargers where they gave up like 130 points in three games. Losing White in particular really hurt the schemes last night. I think they can get this defense back to mediocre, which should be good enough to make a run with the potential the offense shows. 4. It really was a piss poor game. But as somebody wrote above, it is never as good or bad as it looks. Need to see a better effort against KC, even if they lose. Get the Jets after that so 5-2 playing the Pats will be fine. That game will show us if the train is on the tracks. In the meantime, don't fret too much and enjoy the ride. Hell it seems the world is falling apart some days, keep football in perspective.

God, who would have thought that fans from a blue collar town could dribble down their legs after one loss and be such weenies. It's embarassing. Flush this game, move on and grow a set. Team is 4-1.

Bad night. Just flush it and move on.

Time for a Sunday KC game is undetermined at this time per media reports.

I don't agree. The extra point makes it an 8 point game, so you get two chances to stay ahead-- prevent a TD and prevent the 2-point conversion. It's a 50-50% chance, and I'd rather force the other team to do that, because worse case scenario you are tied and have the ball. I definitely see how you feel, and thought about it at the time but thought the Bills made the right call. But of course Bass missed the PAT so....

That was just excellent writing!!! Thanks for the read.

The corner was still holding/engaging Davis when the ball was in the air. Makes it PI.