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No doubt. Are people forgetting Cinci is a team that lost 4 straight including losses to Cleveland and Miami? They are no juggernaut despite a good win vs. the Giants. Taking a look at their schedule that's the only quality win they have. The others have come against Cleveland, Washington, Jax and KC. Much like the Bills their schedule is favorable but they've proven they can lose to anybody.

I'm talking scoring offense, not yardage. Of course, Seattle is even worse in terms of yardage ranked 26th. And they rank that low because their passing attack is the worst in the league.

Luck has proven to be a turnover machine so far this year. 12 INTs, 8 fumbles (4 lost). In the Bills 4 wins this year they've caused 10 turnovers. In their 6 losses only 4. When the D takes the ball away the Bills win- let's hope they do the job on Sunday.

The good news is they get to play some bad offenses from this point on. Of the teams left on the schedule most of them rank in the bottom third of the league in scoring offense: Ind - 21st Jax - 29th StL - 28th Sea- 24th Mia - 26th NYJ - 23rd Indy is the most dangerous offense but they also cough up the ball a lot.

It's funny that you speak of rudeness and respect for others but what you said to the woman was pretty rude and uncalled for unless you had made a request before and she ignored it. I don't have an issue with you saying something to her but something like, "excuse me, would it be possible to quite your child, my kid's up there and I'm having trouble hearing" would have been in line with the manners, respect and politeness you believe is missing from society.

I'm sure there are more oddities like that as the photo is actually almost 2000 pics stitched together.

The Bills weren't winning that first NE game even with that TD. It would have just made the collapse that much more epic. The other two games are tough to swallow though. Just win one of those and they would be right in the thick of things and still have some room to lose a game or two and still get into the playoffs. As it is now they can lose a max of one more game and that pretty much needs to be against Seattle so it's a non-conference loss.

UCLA did ND a favor by taking out Barkley, I doubt he plays next week after separating his shoulder yesterday. Without him I don't see how USC has a chance.

Well said. At the base level people should be able to do whatever they want as long as it doesn't negatively effect others or trample on their rights. Sadly, it's always the idiots who spoil it for everybody else. It's why I love going to baseball games more than NFL these days even though I like the NFL way more than MLB. At an MLB game I can drink some beers and so does everybody else - and it's a rarity if people get out of hand. I see games regularly in Philly (which has the reputation as having the worst fans in sports) and I've never seen any incidents. The difference is the tailgating. At MLB games nobody is sitting in the parking lot 4 hours early drinking before the game.

It's not the QB rating you're thinking of, it's ESPNs new QBR stat which is pretty much crap if you ask me.

What's this have to do with what Darin said? He's talking about him walling off the CB using his body to shield him so Chandler can catch the ball. Instead he let a smallish DB get in front of him to break up the pass. It was an pretty weak effort.

It's amazing how much better the LBs do when the DEs are setting the edge and Dareus is actually clogging the middle instead of getting taken out. That being said the Bills still need to address LB in the offseason. As for your Wood comment, he's also the one who recovered Freddie's fumble at the end of the game last week when Jackson got KO'd. The guy hustles downfield and is always looking to take on another defender which has put him in position to recover 2 fumbles in back to back weeks. I'm not sure how wise it is of Fitz to be consistently taking on defenders but it gets me pumped up when I see our QB trying to lay wood on guys then getting in their face afterwards. You're right, but thankfully the Bills don't play any good QBs the rest of the way unless you count Luck.

Almost a third of the Dolphins first downs were via penalty. That's...not...good. Though it could be said that at least the D was playing with aggression and the cost of that is going to be a few offsides penalties (Bruce Smith anyone?) It would be nice to get the best of both worlds though.

I'll play devil's advocate here. You mention the not going for it on 4th downs that resulted in FGs. In retrospect those were the right calls. If the Bills go for it and don't make it the Phins are down by only 2 at the end of the game and don't feel the need to force the ball upfield which resulted in Ints. They could have played it much safer and gotten a FG to win the game. If your D is struggling to stop your opponent you take more chances on offense because you have to. But the Bills D was dominant last night (I never thought I'd say that.) When the D is playing lights out you take every point you can get and you don't take many chances. That being said I'm not the biggest fan of Gaily's offense though. as mentioned, empty backfield on 3rd and 1 (Gilbride anyone?), wildcat on 3rd and 1 (and not even Brad Smith running it), and the reliance on way too many screen passes when they are facing a D that struggles in the secondary. And good as our RBs are I have no clue why we don't use more play action to free up the middle of the field?

He looked good tonight. I only saw a few plays where he was dominated at the point of attack. Most of the time he was in good position and he definitely goes 100% more than anybody not named Kyle Williams in the front 7. Let's hope he stays healthy.

The O looks a lot better when they split FJ and CJ - not sure which game you were watching.

These types of games scare the hell out of me. Total domination but because the offense couldn't finish drives Miami is still in the game. I don't trust this D to keep this type of play up the entire game.

Bills 31 Phins 27

The real question is - what will Reggie Bush's stat line be? If the Bills can contain him they'll win. If they get run all over they'll likely lose.

That's because you're under the mistaken belief that the QB alone controls wins and losses

Everybody could see the writing on the wall years ago, even before the Tebow trade. The lack of control Ryan has with his team and his mouth which he won't shut is all good when a team is winning and exceeding expectations. But once they start losing you knew it would be a sh*tstorm with the NYC media. Acquiring Tebow was just throwing a stick of dynamite on a powder keg.

That's where we differ. Fitz is nowhere near historically bad. Imo he's average to slightly below average for an NFL starting QB but people want/hope for an elite QB so they trash him. I understand wanting a better QB but people don't have to make him seem worse than he is to make that point.

Or you could say the Pats D stepped up in crunch time while the Bills D allowed more points. I can do this all day...

If he's having a bad game the only thing that allows him to be clutch at the end is that his defense has kept them in the game. Ben can throw an INT or two and still have a chance to win. Fitz can't. He has to be "good Fitz" for the Bills to have any chance. You're giving the D credit for keeping it close - but without Fitz being on fire the entire game they wouldn't have had any chance at the end. You said, "as poorly as the D played they still gave them a chance to win." I say "as poorly as the D played the Bills wouldn't have been in a position to win at the end had the offense not put up 31 points without the aid of a turnover." If the D hadn't pissed the entire game away an INT at the end of the game would have been meaningless. The D makes it so Fitz has to be perfect to win. I don't understand how people can't comprehend this. Your expectations must be really low if all your asking of them is to not allow another TD to go with the 4 they had already allowed. But no, let's give the D credit for "giving us a chance to win" for holding them to 3 and eating 6 minutes of clock. Hell, they didn't even force a punt - they allowed more points and you're still giving them credit? Had they forced a punt the Bills could have tied it with a FG instead of forcing the ball into coverage at the end of the game. My mind boggles at how people want to say the "D put them in a position to win." That being said I don't let Fitz or the O off the hook at the end. I'd like to see them put the team on their back and get a win and they should shoulder a bit of the blame. But the lion's share of mistakes that let to a loss on Sunday were made by the defense.

Not sure what you're referring to when you say, "Free Pass Freddy" as if he needs a pass. The guy has played very well since finally recovering from his injury. My issue is with people thinking it's a good thing that he's hurt and saying the team is better off. It's not. So what kind of numbers does Spiller have to put up? Since FJ's been healthy the Bills have put up some big numbers at the RB position. In 3 of the last 4 games they've come close to or went over the 200 yard mark in total yards. Against Arizona, Tennessee and New England CJ and Freddie combined for 192, 222, and 246 yards from scrimmage and helped the offense score 19, 35 and 37 points. So if the offense is truly "better off" without FJ (which is an unbelievably ridiculous statement) I'd say the guy has to put up over 250 total yards and help the Bills to score 30+ points (and pick up blitzes nearly at FJ's level.) Even then the wear and tear to CJ's body wouldn't even make those numbers worth it if they could get similar production with him splitting touches. Hell, I love CJ. I think he's a hell of a back. I just don't think he's a 20+ carry, he can shoulder the entire load type of back. I think he's better suited to getting 15 or so total touches and most of those in space - which is exactly how Gaily is using him and it's working very well. I actually think people will be disappointed tomorrow as I think Choice is going to get some carries. I'd be surprised if CJ gets 20+ carries even with FJ out. Just look at last year and this year when FJ went down - Spiller never got 20 carries and only had 2 with more than 15. I think he had only 2 games where he got more than 20 total touches.