Dr. K

I'm glad to be wrong about this game, which I fully expected the Bills to lose. I'll eat some crow on that one.

I don't care if you call it a "trap" game or not. I expect the Bills to faceplant against the 49ers today.

I don't care what you call it. I just know the Bills have a history of losing such games as this and I won't believe that history has changed until they show me.

I don't know if the Bills are looking past them, but the fans are acting as if beating SF and Miami is a done deal, and are looking forward to the rematch with New England. Tell me that's not the case.

J.P. Losman was drafted in the first round, as was EJ

This feels like a classic trap game for the Bills. Normally they come home from a road trip in this situation and fall flat on their faces. If they do not, I will begin to believe that something has changed. My expectations: 1) Bills fans lose their minds in abuse of Kaepernick about the national anthem protest. 2) He plays well, gives the defense fits. 3) Bills lose in humiliating fashion. I hope the Bills and their fans prove me wrong on these, especially on #1.

It is a fact that Blacks are pulled for traffic stops at a rate far beyond the rate that while drivers are pulled. "Driving While Black" is a real thing.

I suspect this may not work out well for the Bills. But at least it's a home game.

Let's see where we are in December. Meanwhile, I'm pleased to see them win. And I still think hiring Rex was a terrible mistake.

If Kap starts I think the 49ers win.

I hope he didn't eat all of the humble pie. Maybe just a small slice. And no ice cream.

Trump had no basis for saying that Curiel was "being racist against him" other than the fact that Curiel was of Mexican descent. He was assuming that, if the judge ruled against him, it was because of his race. If that's not racist, what is?

Two good games in a row after two terrible games. Let's see at the end of the season if we want him to stay.

Paranoid much? Your scenario for what happens if Clinton is elected is like a cheap dystopian novel. All you left out was the Antichrist and the Rapture. Plus, there is no apostrophe in a simple plural word. "Muslims," not "Muslim's" Sheesh.

Interesting. My guess was that most of the "leaning independent" voters in this election would be people who, if they ever had voted for one of the major parties, had voted for Republican presidential candidates, or if they had ever voted for a Democrat it was a long time ago. Just for the record: 2000: Gore 2004: Kerry 2008: Obama 2012: Obama Yes, I'm a liberal. Peace.

I'm curious about you folks who said in the poll you are leaning third party voters. My question is, in the 2004, 2008, and 2012 elections (I include 2004 in order to get away from any "Obama effect"), did you vote Republican or did you vote Democrat or did you vote some third way (or not at all)?

I sure as heck hope so. Why not get ahead of the curve and fire him now?

How about 18 games and two off-seasons of blowhard unfulfilled promises.

I said it at the time--hiring Rex when they should have kept Schwartz and hired and offensive minded HC was an idiot move. I still makes me sick to think that the Pegulas were so dazzled by Rex's personality and interview that they made this colossal blunder. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Hiring Rex guaranteed that they would change the defense, and Schwartz would leave.

Whaley? You point the finger at Whaley when the King of Clowns head coach walks the sidelines? Can't coach a defense, can't coach an offense, undisciplined play, disorganization, empty bluster, confusion, terrible clock management. Takes a number four defense and drives it into the ditch in a single season. His solution: he hires his failure brother to coach the defense, and when it gives up 500 yards of offense to a mediocre team he fires the OC. Yeah, it's all about Whaley.

I've been a fan of this team since 1966. I'm very close to concluding that Rex Ryan may be the worst coach this team has ever had, if you measure badness by the distance between his reputation when he was hired and the fundamentally abysmal way he has handled every part of his job except PR and press conferences. By far, and without rival that I can remember, except maybe Gregg Williams.

I wrote this last December 15th: My desire to see Rex fired has nothing to do with the 15-year drought. Normally, as you may see from my posts over the years, I am quite a patient fan. I've never been one to say "blow it up" after one bad season. But with Rex it's different. Hiring him, I suspected from the start, meant already blowing up the successful defense that Schwartz had put together with the talented players Whaley had assembled. I could see from the start that he was not Whaley's guy (though Whaley had to sign onto the choice and make the best of it) which was evident from the peculiar organizational structure with Rex and Whaley reporting separately to the Pegulas instead of Rex serving under the general manager as most other teams do. I did not care for his personality, his arrogance, his aggressive blockheadedness, his mediocre record with the Jets. The Bills under Marone blew his team to bits in both games last year. All the orgasms that Bills fans had over his hire left me cold. And Rex proved worse than I feared. I'd thought, well, he has great talent to work with; maybe he can maintain the defense's strength. Nope. He did not put the players into a position to succeed, instead he forced his system onto them even if their talents (like Mario's, and Dareus's, and Bradham's) did not suit the scheme. So now they have to get new players, and Dareus is going to either end up playing mediocre at nose tackle or playing great for some other team. His game management skills are weak at best. The lack of discipline on the team is appalling. The penalties--despite hotheads like Hughes, these same players did not commit anywhere near as many last season. It's left me furious at the Pegulas for hiring this clown, and in despair at the thought they will keep him on (and maybe fire Whaley instead). As I say, I have never had this reaction to any other coach the Bills have hired (and I've been a fan since the mid-1960s) with the possible exception of Gregg Williams, another man who was a legend in his own mind. I don't want to blow up the roster. I want to blow up Sexy Rexy and his freakin' pickup truck and sky diving and teeth whitener so that we can get somebody running this team who has a chance of making it better.

I said at the time that Rex was the wrong hire. I said at the time they should have either promoted Schwartz or hired a qualified OC as head coach with the proviso he would keep Schwartz. The defense was not broken, but by hiring Rex it was a foregone conclusion that he would try to "fix" it--and you saw the result Thursday night. I lay this whole mess at the feet of the Pegulas, for hiring Rex. Whaley did not want to hire him. Yet every yahoo on this board was having orgasms over the Rex hire.

His hiring Rex was the epitome of a knee-jerk reaction! The guy comes in for an interview and they are worried about letting him get out of the room before they sign him.

Pegs is the one responsible for hiring Rex. Whaley didn't want him. The Pegulas are part of the problem, not the solution.