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Don’t look now, but the Pats are a dark horse in the Caleb Williams derby…

Agreed. Would have expected Bills to be at least -6.5

Best thing about what the Bills are doing the last three weeks is that it is just good fundamental, balanced football that is sustainable against all opponents in all weather conditions. It doesn’t appear that there’s really any way to stop it, as long as we stay patient and stick with the plan. It’s a lot like what SF does, except we have Josh Allen, and they don’t.

Both appear to be fine

Division games are funny…

Yep, one of the surprise teams for me, along with Texans, Cardinals…very frisky

But should they be?

Reportedly, Adams wants to win…that rules out the Pats…

In 90 minutes, I have to board a 5-hour United flight to SFO. Any tips on how I might be a able to watch the game while in the air?

No

You just named a bunch of TV talking heads, not serious analysts, and you left off the dumbest one of all, Terry Bradshaw. What did you expect? There are literally dozens of excellent NFL analysts out there, most of whom do podcasts that are either team specific (Like Joe Marino), or more focused on the whole league, like Ross Tucker, Greg Cosell and Phil Simms. Hell, even Bill Simmons often does a nice job, even though he is a Patriot homer and dislikes the Bills.

That’s big

I actually love the Packers getting 2 at home tonight. They have an underrated defense and, as you say, getting Jones and Watson back is huge. I kinda like what I've seen from Love. In my mind, the Lions are still the Lions until proven otherwise and they've had very little success at Lambeau.

You said "let's wait for the adjustments" and my point was that the adjustments have already been made and the adjustments themselves are a problem. I guess we could argue about how big of a problem they are but that wasn't my real point...

As I understand the OP's point, the coaching staff has made adjustments for Brown, and it's those adjustments that are crippling us...

I think it's a mistake to count out the Bengals, too. They didn't look great last night, but they gutted out a win against a very frisky Rams team...they've started to right the ship, just like the Bills have after the Jets week one disaster. They just need to keep their heads above water until Burrow gets fully healthy.

Yep, places like Buffalo, Green Bay and Pittsburgh have huge diasporas in warm weather NFL cities and they show up for the games...

That was probably the best defense in Bills’ history.

Buffalo will always be Buffalo…DC has changed enormously since I was a kid growing up there…

You are absolutely right about the 1:00 games in Florida early in the season. Unfortunately, the NFL doesn’t give a f**k about the safety or comfort of fans (or players for that matter) as further evidenced by the fact that the league does nothing to minimize the number of outdoor night games in December in the Northeast and the upper Midwest, and continues to push the regular season deeper into January.

This is even more true late in the season…glad Bills are in Miami in December. It will be a 50/50 situation.

Why, though? Because that’s all these guys do in college?

Does anyone remember when shotgun was a formation that college and pro teams used to use to help out their undersized QBs who had trouble seeing (and throwing) past the line of scrimmage when under center? Doesn't seem to apply here...

As someone who grew up in DC and attended many games at RFK as a kid, it makes me sad to hear these stories about FedEx Field. RFK was such a great, atmospheric place to watch a game, and not a bad seat in the house. I hope we're not pining for old "Rich Stadium" in a few years...

Yeah, he's a really good number 2 receiver, but not a true #1. I don't think you trade a first for a guy like that, although he is only 26. I don't know if the Bears trade him for the Bills' 2, which is likely to be a late 2nd. The Bears are going to be absolutely loaded going into this draft. They have their 1 and Carolina's, both of which could be top three. Given the historic nature of this upcoming QB draft, they'll take their guy with the first of their first round picks and trade the other for a huge haul, so I'm not sure a late second from Buffalo moves the needle very much for them...