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Just for the record, he wasn't open in the middle because Tyrod doesn't have a middle of the field.

That should be Tyrod's last snap.

Because we would have stopped Bell? Thanks Tomlin. Giving us three more plays of false hope, but Tyrod with a chance. Just have to stop running Shady up the middle. Gillislie power up the middle and Shady on screens where he is wide before getting the ball and can make a single cut.

Coaches don't have a cap hit and the Pegulas are good for it. Time to pick a winner though as a replacement.

Could have had Schwartz and continuity...I brought as much optimism as I could to this, but hoping next up on the carousel is a winner.

Fire Rex. Bench Tyrod. Win three games. Sneak in at 9-7. Change course of franchise.

Bye bye Tyrod. Can't find Woods right there, can't play for my team. Done.

Tyrod and Rex scored a TD on their last career making drive. Not the same field position, but this drive again controls their future...tough to see us punt and win this game...need sustain and points or we can have the fire/bench Monday we have been talking about.

But, but, but...it's slippery! #SadFacsimileOfAFootballTeam

Not quite sure if it is the players or the coach, but not stopping Bell is a bad idea.

Career on the line and Tyrod actually makes a play. Keep playing football boys...for all the crap and bad play, just find a way today.

Gilroy! Playing hard for Rex and Tyrod!

Tyrod...your turn to play good football for a whole scoring drive like your career depended on it...because right now it probably fly does. Don't score points here and the game starts to slip away. Don't win this game and you don't get to be our QB anymore. Can't QB for the Bills and you can't play QB for anybody. Points Tyrod...right now...

Must win game for Bills, Rex, and Tyrod. I feel bad for Tyrod since this isn't the easiest environment to judge QB performance, but he had his chances and brought it to this. Rex of course can easily be judged by this and how he adjusts. Win this game or be fired...enough said.

Thursday's game doesn't impact our path to the playoffs, but the Steelers game is obviously a big key. 10-6 likely gets us in (11-5 Broncos, or 10-6 Fish AND 10-6 Broncos could keep us out). A 9-7 path after a loss to the Steelers is actually not that impossible, but more likely to tease us and keep hopes alive towards week 17 then actually get us in. In either case we are actually rooting for the Patriots a lot over the next few weeks, starting on Sunday...so too bad about Gronk in the end. So let's just beat the Steelers for the heck of it and take it from there.

This game is our season, and could be a pivotal moment for Rex and Tyrod, so it will be interesting to see how each rebounds from the implosion in Oakland. If we win out, our playoff chances are actually really good, and we need very little help. The hardest of our final games is this Sunday, so if we win this one it is very conceivable to win each of the other three. When we were 6-5 and looking at 10-6 and the playoffs, the hardest game and the most likely loss was Oakland, so the result of this weekend isn't what hurts us as much as it is the implosion and potential blow to confidence and momentum. But the reality of it is, the Steelers are a better team, playing outstanding football with a three game winning streak and a tough division race to finish up, and I think we are going to see a much better performance out of them than we saw out of the Raiders (who were poised for a trap game riding high and looking ahead to Thursday with the Chiefs). I don't like what Ben and Brown might do to us the way our secondary has been playing. Find a way to 7 and 6 with a win, and things aren't so bad. But the storm clouds are still darkening as Rex hasn't kept up with the last decade of football and his teams continue to underperform their defensive talent and the excuses run thin. And Tyrod brings excitement and fun, but continues to seem to be missing consistency and vision and just hasn't progressed in those areas this season, and leaves open receivers on the table game in and game out, and still fails to ever throw a medium range pass in the middle of the field. He has had his time to develop, and over these last four games the burden is on him. If he can't show some serious progress in these four games he becomes a stop gap contender fighting with Romo and whoever might be available to be the 2017 starter while we look for our next option elsewhere. The receiver injuries change the options on the field at each play, but his failure is to see the receivers running routes on each play, and accurately throw to the best choice, and that breakdown is completely independent of who is running those routes. Hoping they show something to push the balance back, but I'm 60/40 against Rex and Tyrod right now and think that could tip severely after Sunday. Edit: And I'm not remotely suggesting it will happen, but if we lose to the Steelers and win out for 9-7, the only "upset" help we need is the Bengals to beat the Ravens at home in week 17, which means regardless of what happens Sunday, if we then crush the Browns as expected, we host Miami for meaningful football on Christmas Eve.

Yep...his "comfort" is somehow more valuable than math and angles and geometry. It wouldn't bother me if he were perfect, it does when he sux.

Stepped on the sideline?

Powell with a high ankle sprain. How is our receiver depth?

Our lack of medium range passes in the middle of the field is really frustrating. Taylor can't be a good QB without this part of the game, and he has shown little interest or focus on it. But it sure is nice to have Watkins back...

This is going to be an ugly win, but find a way to 6-5 and regroup on Monday....

I'm a big Tyrod fan. But this is poor QB performance all the way around. Need to trust your arm once in a while.

6-5 isn't a pipe dream. Beat the Jags. #WeAreOnToJacksonville Big picture has a lot of possibilities, but the trip to Oakland is going to be very tough. However I think Oakland is a team that has been flying higher than their ability, and while they are going to win the division and are can make a playoff run, they also have had a lot of things work out and won a lot of close games that they could have lost. Starting three home games in a row at 7-5 would be a great place to be, and if Sammy and Marcel can return to being factors in the next two weeks, those are two huge pro-bowl caliber pickups for us.

I think our path to the playoffs needs us to be 6-5 a week from today, so on to Jacksonville. What we really need is to start seeing some losses out west which would currently have both wild cards...everybody else is within take care of our business territory. Chiefs play the Broncos twice starting this Sunday, and we likely need one of those teams to sweep those games and pull away...because otherwise they each get their 8th win in the split and push us towards having to make up ground on multiple teams. Obviously seeing losses for Ind, Mia, Den, Bal, Pit, Ten are all good things as things shake out, but the biggest thing is winning our sixth game.

Second and goal from the six. Great effort at times, but a lot of garbage mixed in.