One Fan's View: Stayin Alive and strutting my stuff

by Kevin Shenoy

The Buffalo Bills fan ride continues to be an exciting one. Again, I went into this game thinking, now is the time for the let down game, but this team is still riding high. Everything except the Broncos game worked out our way. I can’t believe that the Jags lost. How ridiculous is that? No, seriously, how ridiculous is that? I’m sure some of you read my “God is wearing a Bills Jersey” comment from last week and shrugged it off. But when the Texans traveled to Jacksonville and beat the Jags in a shutout. I don’t know how many more signs you need to be convinced. However I will try to spell it out for you.

I would have liked to see the Bills score a touchdown on defense or on special teams. You can’t win games solely depending upon your offense. I’m kidding. I’ve been harping about how the Bills offense has been bailed out by the defense and the special teams in this incredible run. I just wanted to see if I could irritate you by being hypocritical. This week, it was like playing a friend who hadn’t played that year’s version of Madden. “Sure, just push B. That does everything.” Meanwhile, you are using your set audibles and kicking onside kicks until your friend turns off the game and no one says anything for a few minutes.

The Bills offense really came to play. Pretty much anyone could have run for 5 yards against this team. I have to say as a 5’8” guy, it was pretty awesome to see Shaud do so well. I’m always very excited about the little guy showing it to the bigger guys.

On the passing side, I don’t think there was a play where there wasn’t a receiver open. When Josh Reed is catching multiple balls, things are going very well.

I only hope that all the teams that the Buffalo Bills play from here on out look as bad as the 49ers did on Sunday.

Kevin’s DVD Extras:

• Before the game, the Bills checked with perennial back-up Regis Philbin to see if he was available as a RB. Unfortunately he was doing the New Years Eve party. Subsequently, he would have averaged for 5 yards a carry had he played.
• Do you realize that Bledsoe is averaging like 5 yards a carry in the last 3 weeks on his run attempts? Quantum physics has made more sense to me than Bledsoe being mobile.
• Why did they put Matthews in? Was that part of his contract? Did he have to play like 5 minutes during the season? That seems like it would have been a good time to let J.P. air it out a little. Instead he was just handing the ball off when he got in. I don’t understand how that helps his development.
• I saw “Meet the Fockers” on Christmas Eve. Funny Stuff. I watched the 49ers play defense Post Christmas day. Funnier stuff.
• With the Moorman Pro Bowl snub rubbing me the wrong way, I had so much emotionally invested to see him complete that pass. He should be 2-2 for pass attempts. You hate to see a good man held down. However, I know by the time this is published, this stat will have been talked about ad naseum, but Moorman had a better QB rating than the two 49er QB’s.
• I’m proud to let you know that my dad received a Bills Jersey from me for Christmas. If you see the “Angioman” at the stadium, wave hello. So he joins the good ranks of myself and God to be proud Bills jersey owners. Not bad company if I don’t say so myself.
• Ref Report – non factor. When a team can beat itself as well as the 49ers, refs are never going to be a factor. It was nice to see a Bills game finish before other games with the same start time.
• Sports reporters are as useless as are regular reporters. You know how a lot of reporters are saying, “You know maybe we didn’t cover the beginning of the Iraq war well enough to give people the information they need.” A lot of people attributed it to reporters just being lazy. I think the same is true, perhaps more so, to sports journalists. Prime example, the Pats lay an egg in Miami, and everyone comes out of their foggy haze from sucking up to the Pats to realize, “this team has just been lucky as can be.” All week, every reporter was saying, “Perhaps we are too high on this team. They have a ton of injuries.” Why did it take this long? True, they beat the Jets. But who are the Jets? They won, 1 of 5 games that were “big” games. If you could reduce all the hype to simplest terms, it wasn’t any bigger than the Browns vs. Miami. In short, I’m just really excited that Charlie Weiss is out of the NFL and pretty boy Brady will be exposed as the hack he truly is.
• If the Jets lose to the Rams, a team that needs that win to make the playoffs and a coach that wants to hold onto his job that will feel so sweet. I’m sure I speak for all Bills fans located in NYC that going into the Office in the New Year will be so sweet if the Jets are knocked out. In fact, I am thinking about bringing my Bills Starter jacket and a boombox to the city after the Pittsburgh game. I will play “Stayin’ Alive” and strut everywhere I have to go. Hopefully, other New York Bills fans, will form the obligatory Michael Jackson Dance Triangle behind me as we overtake the streets. I’m sorry, I’m salivating just thinking about this. God, please let this be.
• I hope Indy plays Denver tough. Denver is just so bad. They are the least deserving of AFC teams that could be in the playoffs.
• Apparently, there are no shortage of combinations that the Dolphins have on ugly uniforms. That all teal situation made me sick.
• Do you think Ralph Wilson is still bored by the Bills? - They had the short 5 minute Reggie White segment prepared so quickly on Sunday, it just makes you wonder if they have these segments ready to go for every player.
• I wonder what Antonie Winfield would have said at 3-6. Do you think he would have said, “It’s over. We are out of the playoffs.”
• Eating Crow. If you look at my week 2 article, I said in the opening sentence, “The bills season is over.” I am Antoine Winfield. - However, to clear my good name, I did proclaim during the futile moments this year that we would get our day of reckoning where we would score almost at will. You win some, you lose some. And if you really are checking up on old articles, you’ll keep quiet the fact that I said that I don’t see it coming any time soon.
• So this may be one of the last articles written for the season. How do I feel about it? Well, I’m not going to focus on things I can’t control. I am just going to write the best damn articles I can and hope the other pieces fall into place.