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Horrible clock and play calling there. Huddle, 45 seconds for a pass nowhere near the sticks?

Karlos hasn't scored all of those TDs rushing. NE has allowed 19 TDs this year, so allowing a 20th to Karlos won't break any big streaks.

Playing dirty cheap football is as bad as cheating other ways. I think they should play football and try to win at football. Going after him hard should be a strategic priority, but Greg Williams hasn't been in Buffalo for quite a few years, and I would just as soon not see our QB injured, our stars and coaches suspended, and our reputation ruined. Making pain and injury your priority is neither nice nor wise, and with both the league and the refs clearly interested in protecting QBs, would probably not increase our chances of winning this game by much, and very likely reduce our chances of winning some of our upcoming ones amid suspensions and more.

We don't get 4 or 5 more wins. We get our 6th win as soon as we can, and then worry about our 7th. We can start by trying to pull of the biggest upset in the toughest game of the season in New England. But after that I think we should be favored in all the games except Dallas, and have a good chance to win any of them we play well in and lose any we play poorly in.

Rex is 0-0 against the New York Jets in his career. So 60 football minutes away from a new narrative in one direction or another.

No Mangold and a lot of Dareus? Am I the only one who thinks Fitz will throw the ball to some players wearing Red? Their punter was 4 for 4 on extra points but didn't attempt a field goal. Not sure if they sign someone or roll with that, but either way it gives us an advantage in the kicking game.

I'm still really confused that anybody things tanking is a good strategy for improving your football team. I think they have bought in to the NFL hype that they use to market in the offseason. Maybe, just maybe, there is a situation every decade or so where losing a week 17 game improves your team, but year after year after year the draft has way too much uncertainty, and the top 10 is filled with QB busts and there are plenty of good QBs taken outside the top 10. Trying to win every football game you play, and trying to draft intelligently just seems to make so much more sense at every level. The reality is that it is much more important to get luck in the draft than to get Luck in the draft.

Actually a major desalination plant for San Diego will be going online later this year and reach capacity of 50 million gallons a day, about 7% of San Diego's use.

It has always been dry here, and our local rainfall is relatively unimportant. The core of the drought is the northern and mountain parts of the state where rainfall and snowpack accumulate and drive the agriculture in the middle of the state. In terms of building a new stadium with tax dollars and corporate suites, LA is a much better place to do that than San Diego, and Spanos has known this for a while. There are options here that would be worked out if LA wasn't so tempting, but I don't think San Diego is any more prepared to compete with LA right now than it was when the Clippers moved North years ago.

It is reasonable for him to be bothered, it is reasonable for him to respond, but the specifics here were a failure on his part and a bad idea. First, the big one, when responding publicly as an athlete, make sure you do some combination of taking the high road, or of narrowing your target to garner the support of the masses. Mention something about getting back up from an ankle injury to catch a crucial touchdown, playing through injuries, etc., but don't call out how pathetic the 9-5 job crowd is and how great you are. Second, I am not going to take a cheap shot at Clemson University, especially considering they have not given Sammy a diploma, but to make fun of how pathetic others are with such a poor command of the English language is pretty sad. And lastly, given the overall circumstances here (disappointing 3-4 team, playoff drought, lack of personal production, having called out his team to the press, his injury, and still having the best fans in the NFL), he probably should have deleted that post BEFORE hitting send, and said something cliche like "Thanks for the support from all the real Bills Mafia fans. They make it easy to laugh off those few idiots who don't know what it is like to play through pain. I can't wait to get back on the field and help the Bills get on a roll".

Down by contact?

EJ refusing to look at Watkins. Double move had his double team crushed. On the plus side we are clearly winning the field position batt...never mind.

I'm with Brooks on this one. Clearly letting PacMan know that he was stopped and tackled is more important than the Bills field position. I'm only sad he didn't taunt him more. He should be an honorary "knights who say ni"

I don't have a problem with him wanting or asking for more targets, and everything in his language is about helping the team, nudging his OC, and mostly telling his QB to trust him more and look for him more. That is all good stuff. While this could turn negative in some scenarios, every great WR needs to want the ball and demand it when not getting it. That doesn't mean the OC/QB have to make bad decisions to appease him, but decoy Sammy isn't cutting it, and he is an amazing talent that has been under utilized. I hope is calf is up for him to have a dozen targets on Sunday, and if so I expect him to prove he was right.

Or we struggle against multiple super bowl winning quarterbacks and do okay against never been close teams firing their coach and being bad enough to pick #2 a few months ago respectively...I think we are a better home team.

I think Cundiff is mostly until Carpenter gets healthy to be a second field goal option, and it is much less than 50/50 that Carp is the one released. But that said, kicker confidence is always a big thing, both for them and for the team around them. If Carpenter doesn't get back to being clutch once fully healthy, and Cundiff does well in his opportunities, I can see a surprise happening.

No offense Kiko. I really liked you, and am sorry your knees continue to give you trouble. But wow it is nice to have Shady instead.

If we can beat Miami this week we will be facing: a very shaky Giants team @ a team that picked #2 last year a pretty good Bengals team, but at home we have to be favored @Jax United...who knows, but we are the better team Fish at home - not going to lose that one @Jets (potential loss) @Patriots (toughest game of the year, but maybe Brady suspension and we are coming off the bye) @KC ... tough place to play and better than their record, but a winnable game. 0-2 Texans at the Ralph @Train Wreck Philly @Kirk Cousins Cowboys with Dez and Romo back, but at the Ralph in december. Jets at the Ralph with something on the line.. Even if @Pats, @Jets, and @KC all break away, I don't see where our fifth loss should be expected if we get on a roll and play well. So allowing for all three tough games to go against us and another unexpected loss to show up, it still is rosy. I usually never like to evaluate a schedule until the halfway mark because so much can change, but I think when all is said and done we will look back at a schedule that was easier than it initially seemed hitting us just as we are prepared to take advantage of it. I stopped betting money on the Bills after the fourth super bowl loss, but I'm with Steve, and think 11-5 is a very possible outcome, and possibly the most likely from 9-7 through 13-3.

We bought low on Shady no matter what, and this wasn't supposed to be an even talent trade. In a few years we will suffer some overpaid aging RB grief, but in the short run we took advantage of Chip wanting to make a move for Murray, not any pretense that Kiko's on field value was really Shady's on field value. But obviously the injury has us feeling lucky and never really knowing how it would stack up talent wise (just like if Shady had a season ender and Kiko played healthy). But even absent the injury angle, the first few years of this deal were definitely in our favor, and the "do we release an old McCoy" and "Kiko is a free agent" years coming up are somewhat irrelevant compared to 2015-2017 years where the substance of this deal matter. When Shady is at full strength and sharing workload with the two bruisers, I think we will be all smiles regardless of Kiko's health.

1) 61 drop backs, 1 sack, one (big) fumble, 59 passes thrown. Need more out of our D than that. Brady is the master of getting the ball out despite no mobility, and that happened big time today. 2) 13 yard short field, 30 yard short field as part of three touchdowns given up in six minutes. 3) I hope Aaron Williams is okay. 4) On to Miami and improving to 2-1

Boo! Get an impact player who is 27 for a player coming off a missed season with an ACL? This trade could certainly go either way, and you are right that time will tell, but we got talent on a discount because Chip Kelly wants to run every aspect of his show. As for the aging, we are all aging, but at 27 Thurman had the most carries of his career followed by three more 1000+ seasons in a row. Faulk went over 2000 yards from scrimmage at 27 and 28. I'm not betting on 30 year old Shady to be an impact player, but I'm excited about 27 year old Shady playing for us this year, and 28 year old Shady playing for us next year. If his total carries go down as part of a combo with Karlos, his production and longevity might both go up as a result.

Back to Gronk and the big game he had last week, he is a great player and is going to get his catches and yards, but boy Pittsburgh blew it with him. On his first touchdown they had him not covered at all, which won't happen against us. On his second they let him get through two defenders without getting bumped (the one I think would be most likely against us). On his big gain they had him outside with a LB who stopped in a zone and let him go into another blown coverage. And his third touchdown was single covered by a linebacker on a fade, something we won't do. He is a weapon, but I don't expect him to get these blown coverage plays against Rex. If Gilmore shadows him, which wouldn't be a bad move, then I'm a little bit concerned with Edelman who I think Gilmore would otherwise cover. But I think Aaron Williams can also blanket him much better than the Steelers did The key remains our secondary being physical at the line and defending the quick passes, because I don't think our D-Line will allow Brady enough time and our secondary enough separation for big plays.

Getting pressure on Brady is always the key. But Brady is the best at getting the ball out quick, and with a healthy dose of respect for our front four, I think their gameplan won't have a lot of Bledsoe five second drop backs. So I think in addition to the (Giants) cliche of generating simple pressure with your front four (rather than disguised, creative, blitz, etc), the number one key will be defending the quick passes, both on the outsides and slants. I think/hope/pray that Aaron Williams and Darby are two of the big performers in shutting down the quick passing game and if we get solid games out of them we will be in very good shape. I also think more power running with Karlos early will help open things up for Shady in the middle of the game and then let Karos come back late when the d starts to tire. Offensively, that chain of Incognito-Felton-Karlos I think can do more damage and control the ball early than we would normally see.

This is the downside, but obviously he had to go. I'm hoping that this sort of thing is in Rex's strategic plans, and what he can give up in such a scenario isn't that in depth, and the real secrets and plans start tomorrow. So not quite the Lawyer Malloy last second thing, but a normal pre-season pre-53 casualty with only so much to share. But as a former Patriot with them as a week 2 opponent, it seems pretty likely that he spends some time talking with them, unless a team like the Eagles signs him immediately.

I hate this news, but understand the NFL has moments like this. I hope he was treated with class behind the scenes and doesn't go to New England. It puts a lot of pressure on the third string RB to be useful enough to justify this. At the same time, given leadership, blocking, and fan favorite, I have to hope the talent evaluation difference was significant enough to justify messing with the Mojo. Thank you Fred. Truly a class act.