Dr. K

This is my perception, too. So many people ready to jump off a ledge every week, no matter the result. So many people who are absolutely living in that last 13 seconds from the KC game last year.

All these games feel like playoff games now. High stakes and brutal. Expect another one next Saturday.

So many drops by our receivers. If Knox catches that surprise pass on the last Bills drive the Jets never see the ball again. I thought it was a bad call at first, but in retrospect I think it was a ballsy move to put them away. Bills were in a lot of third-and-long situations all day.

Do you have a daughter?

Does saying this mean it's okay to get her pass-out drunk and gang rape her? We don't know what happened. I don't know. You don't know.

No. They decided they couldn't prove it in a court of law.

I've felt this way for a while now--and I was extremely skeptical when McDermott took over. But what he's managed to do with the culture and preparation of the Bills is not something anybody should dismiss casually. Getting all these high ego players to function as a team, to put the welfare of the whole ahead of their individual success, is not an easy thing to do. We can point to eight or ten teams around the league that underperform because their coaches can't do this. Plus he's smart and adaptable and able to learn. I want McDermott and Beane to be here for a long time.

I liked Cook's performance yesterday, but I worry about the possibility of his fumbling. Unlike Singletary, he does not seem to me to "wrap up" the ball while being tackled. He also seemed to trip himself up a couple of times. Still, I liked the speed he brought to the runs he made.

The comma before "with Josh Allen as the center of their efforts" makes the sentence technically correct, separating the phrase from the previous one about the Dolphins. If the comma were not there, then yes, the sentence woudl be saying that Allen is the center of the Miami efforts. As it is, it is poorly constructed and somewhat ambiguous, but grammatically correct. I taught writing in a university for forty years, and I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express.

The gloom and doom on this board is so off-putting. I don't know if the Bills will win tonight or in any of the next five games. I believe they have the clear capability to do so. But I do know that wallowing in misery--because I've done it myself at times--is not a good way to live.

Interesting numbers. Yes, in raw numbers the #1 seeds have won the most Super Bowls since 1999 (if your numbers are accurate, which I assume they are). But in terms of percentages, the #1 seeds have the worst record of winning. #1 - 8 of 22, or 36% #2 - 5 of 10, or 50% #3 - 1 of 2, or 50% #4 - 3 of 7, or 43% #5 - 2 of 2, or 100% #6 - 2 of 2, or 100%

Let the Dolphins bandwagon get overcrowded. Who cares? I like it that the media are talking about Tua and the Dolphins, and Mike White and the Jets, and Joe Burrow and Cincinnati. They've all won some games, and some of the praise (I'm thinking the Bengals, who are coming into shape at the right time) is deserved. Pile it on. The Bills just need to get their house in order and win these last six games. We'll see.

Beat the Chiefs in the playoffs. But if they do that I will of course want more. I am another of those old dudes who would like to see them win a Super Bowl before I die.

I'm always nervous before games, but I think this is going to be a tough one. The Lions, right now especially, are not the pushovers they have been in the past, and the Bills are still fighting lots of injuries.

Plus you check to see that there are no penalty flags.

Actually, I am not somebody who goes into hysterical reactions one way or another based on a single game. You can check my history of posts for evidence. After the Bills loss to the Vikings, I did not come on here with my hair (what's left of it) on fire about either the Bills or the Vikings. My opinion about the Vikings is based on how they have played the entire season, their overall points scored vs. points given up, the number of times they have had to come from behind to barely squeak out a win. They obviously have some great players, most notably Justin Jefferson. Cousins can play well enough to keep them in most games. But I do not see their current success as sustainable. I phrased my original post to be provocative, but my basic point is they are nowhere near as good a team as their won-lost record would indicate. Sports Illustrated: "The Vikings now find themselves in weirdly rarified air. Kevin O'Connell's team is the first in NFL history to post a negative point differential (minus-2) across their first 10 games while still managing to win eight times. "

The Vikings are not a very good team. Their record is a mirage. Maybe I'm exaggerating in saying they won't make the playoffs--the chances of the Lions catching them are slim--but I don't expect the Vikings to win more than 2 or 3 of their last seven games, and they'll lose in the first round of the playoffs. If they played the Bills another ten times, they would lose eight of them.

It's possible, but they won't.

They've been pulling horseshoes out of their butt all season. Detroit will beat them in three weeks.

Their record is 8-2, but they have scored -2 points overall. It's all smoke and mirrors. I wouldn't be surprised if the Lions caught them.

Just had a look at the Chiefs remaining schedule. vs. Rams, at Bengals at Broncos at Texans vs. Seahawks vs. Broncos at Raiders I don't see any losses for them there except maybe against Cincinnati. The situation sucks, but that's just the way it is. The Bills probably have to win out just to have a chance at home field, and the Chiefs will have to lose in an upset.

Looks like the Vikings are done pulling horseshoes out of their butts.

I suspect your seat is always hot. Or your head.

I hope you are right. The Bills do seem to play it conservatively with injured players, so that suggests that Allen is not seriously hurt.