Pretty much sums it up

[bnice]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/don_banks/11/07/bills-pats/index.html

[shelby]

Nice find.


At 5-3, with consecutive division losses to Miami and the Jets marring their hope-filled 5-1 start, the Bills may not be facing a must-win this week at New England, but I think it's fair to say they are in a must-respond situation. Either the Bills return to the form they displayed in becoming one of the league's most improved teams in the season's opening seven weeks, playing with confidence, crisp execution and a sense of resiliency, or they risk slipping back over that invisible line that separates the contenders from the pretenders.
Will the season be over in Buffalo if the Bills lose on the road to the Patriots and fall to 5-4? Absolutely not. Especially since their schedule holds three imminently winnable games in the coming three weeks: home against Cleveland, at Kansas City, and home against San Francisco. They could easily be 8-4 at that point, and set up nicely for a December drive to the playoffs. Don't forget: The entire AFC East is currently separated, top to bottom, by one game.
But from a tone-setting perspective, this is, undeniably, the most critical game of Buffalo's season thus far. Perhaps even more important than winning this week is how the Bills play at Gillette Stadium, a venue they've never won at since it opened in 2002. A strong showing against the team that has beaten them nine consecutive times and 14 out of the past 15 and the still-maturing Bills will at least have something to build on as they embark on the season's second half. Being competitive in New England will re-enforce the positives that were so squarely on display in going 4-0 and 5-1, and build back some of the feeling that Buffalo is indeed a team on the rise rather than a perplexing version of the same ol' Bills.

[mybills]

You're too nice, let's panic.

"Will the season be over in Buffalo if the Bills lose on the road to the Patriots and fall to 5-4? Absolutely not. Especially since their schedule holds three imminently winnable games in the coming three weeks: home against Cleveland, at Kansas City, and home against San Francisco. They could easily be 8-4 at that point, and set up nicely for a December drive to the playoffs."