Dr. K

In what possible way is this an unpopular opinion since it seems to be shared by half the people on the board?

I attended my first Bills game in 1966. Though I don't know how old you are, I suspect I've suffered with this team for longer than you've been alive. I recognize that the team has problems--a person would have to be blind not to see that. Find a post anywhere here when I ever said anything even approaching the words you are putting in my mouth. Read what I wrote, not what you assume about me. I wish you the best. I'm not interested in fighting with you about any of this.

I've been a member of this community since the very beginning, in 2001. Through the depths of the drought, I've never seen so much whining and anger and lashing out as what goes on daily on this board right now. Not everybody is guilty of this—there are a good number of eminently sane people who post here frequently—but the percentage of people acting like three-year-olds having temper tantrums is as high or higher than it has ever been. I went away for the last weeks since the loss to the Bengals thinking that of course people are going to act out their disappointment; it's natural, I thought, let them get it out of their system. But it's as bad this morning as ever. I've tried blocking the worst offenders but the list would be too long to comprehend at this point. If the Bills were to take one fifth of the hysterical suggestions that are made every hour on this board, they would be out of the playoffs for the next twenty years. I realize this is likely my problem, not yours. So I'm giving it a pass at least until the draft, and maybe until training camp. I hope some of you will get out of the house now and then and breathe some fresh air.

You do you. Go for it. I'm not stopping you.

Well said. In particular this: "For now, however, I think less than I used to about what went wrong and what needs to be fixed than in past years. I have developed a healthy respect for all of the things I don’t know about football, and I no longer can pretend that I see that one thing the Bills need to fix to get over the top. If it were easy enough for a guy sitting in his family room to figure that out, someone in Orchard Park would have done it already. " I've been avoiding this forum since the Cincy game because so many of the commenters here do not agree with this, and to read the angry back-and-forth that arises from those who are absolutely sure that they know who is to blame and how to fix it just wears me out. Thanks for posting this, and for your other comments throughout the season. Go Bills!

Whining about Chis Collinsworth is tedious in the extreme. Just watch the darn game.

Flores is a good coach who got screwed by Miami.

I see absolutely noting objectionable in this video. It's just a team that, rightly, is confident in itself—they have to have an attitude, some degree of arrogance, to win. The Bills are absolutely no different.

At the very least, when the opposing team gets the ball in field goal position, you would be insane to grumble about the defense allowing a field goal. To say nothing about touchdowns scored by the other team's defense.

The Dolphins' drives yesterday were: 38 yards (field goal--started the drive on the Miami 40 after Bass kicked off out of bounds) 18 yards (field goal--started drive on the Buffalo 48) 8 yards (field goal--started drive on the Buffalo 27) 18 yards (touchdown--started drive on the Buffalo 18) and in the fourth quarter 75 yards (touchdown--started drive on the Miami 25) plus the Miami defense scored in the third quarter on Josh's fumble. Conclusion: The Bills defense played an excellent game. They allowed one serious drive in the entire game. All the other Dolphins' scores came as a result of turnovers or starting their drives in Bills territory.

I was mad at McD for calling thst time out on the Fins failed pass, but in retrospect it is defensible. He noticed the defense was not priperly lined up for that play, and he was right—Waddle was open but Thompson overthrew him. If he had not, it would have been a TD, which McD’s TO would have prevented. It only looked bad because Thompson did not complete the pass.

I get it that the game was a nail biter. I was convinced, late in the 4th quarter, that they would lose. But the Bills played far from their best game, turned the ball over three times, and still scored 34 points. Those calling for Dorsey’s head are hysterical.

That was hard, but the relentless negativity in response is near pathological.

Doesn't sound like you have much appetite for crow. This is hardly a nibble.

Props to our Italian brother!

Air is undefeated all-time.

Interesting how canceling the Bills-Bengals game eliminated any possibility the Bengals would get the top seed, whereas the Bills are still alive for it. If I were a Bengals fan I would not be happy about that, or about the dumb idea that, even though they've won their division, they may have to flip a coin to decide if they play the Ravens at home or on the road in the playoffs.

I wouldn't have any trouble with the Bills forfeiting the game.

Postpone the game. I know that would be a mess, but how can they go on?

And solar powered android players with titanium knees.

Obviously I'd like to see the Bills get the #1 seed. And the path to the Super Bowl is harder if they don't get it. But if they lose tonight they are far from done. #1 seeds have won only seven of the last 22 Super Bowls. Getting the home field and the bye are absolutely no guarantee.

This is fantasy. Even if he's cleared to play, he can't play at his former level coming off almost a full season of not playing. In the current situation he would not offer an improvement to the defense.

I think I agree with you about Morse. Six concussions is not good. When I had a concussion, even after I felt completely normal months later, if I bumped my head I was as woozy as if I were back in the minutes after the concussion.

Pass blocking

In episode three of season one of the Apple TV series "Mythic Quest," the game company that is the setting of the series has to set up rules of behavior for people who sign on to the online game "Mythic Quest" that gives the series its title. They form a committee to decide what groups to ban from the game, playing one group of terrible people off against another in order to decide which group is the absolute worst. In the end they decide that Nazis are the worst, but it was close. Here's a screen capture of the final choice.