To put up 41 points on the road against last year\u2019s division winner is no joke. Does it
\nmean we are playoff bound? Does it indicate that the tides have turned? Does it mean I
\nwas way off base in my 4-12 prediction? I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m weary. In 2003, we crushed the Patriots (which incidentally for the one reader of this
\ncolumn who doesn\u2019t know, that was the last time we beat the Patriots). In 2008, the Bills
\nbeat the Seahawks and started on a 5-1 record before only winning 2 of the last 10 games.
\nIf celebrity deaths have taught us anything, bad things happen in threes. Gulp!<\/p>\n
So while I was fairly impressed with the 60 minutes of domination, I am hesitant to
\nchange my initial prediction of 4-12. I may very well decide to say that the Bills are
\na legit team later down the road, but think of me like a rating agency. I\u2019ll give you a
\ndefinitive rating of the Bills well after the season is over when everyone else actually
\nknows what they know. \u201chey look at this, Kevin Shenoy has determined the 15-1 Bills
\nare a playoff team.\u201d<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t want to be like the 5th judge overseeing yet another drunken Lindsay Lohan trial
\nand make the judgement, \u201cYou seem to have rehabbed nicely from your prior 4 incidents,
\nI\u2019m sure you are going to stay out of trouble from here on out. I think this Dolce &
\nGabanna diamond-studded anklet tracker should prevent you from drinking rubbing
\nalcohol.\u201d So I recommend watching a couple more games before we pass judgment,
\nnamely the Patriots game.<\/p>\n
Having said that, if subpoenaed, the records would show that I sent two texts at the time
\nof the opening kickoff fumble recovery that said, \u201cHoly (expletive), Super Bowl is ours!\u201d
\nWhat was most impressive is that former Bills teams might have been blessed with that
\nluck in the past, but they wouldn\u2019t have been quite as decisive. They might not have gone
\nfor the kill so early. Remember Jauron\u2019s first game. They sacked Brady and picked up
\nhis fumble and scored a touchdown, but then fizzled down the backstretch allowing the
\nPats to do whatever they wanted. Maybe in years past, the Bills would have settled for
\na field goal, and perhaps getting a field goal after taking 3 penalties that made it a very
\nhard field goal. Instead, Freddy looked like he was greased up and shot out a cannon as
\nhe seemingly picked up yardage with ease. Fitz looked like he had some time and threw
\naccurately to a range of receivers.<\/p>\n
The defense didn\u2019t really have any amazing plays in the first half, but they were
\ndominant. I couldn\u2019t tell you who looked great because everyone did their part. It was
\ntelling that the series that Dareus was out was when the Chiefs scored. It didn\u2019t seem
\nto matter that Merriman was kept in check. Everyone else was in on the tackles. This is
\nwhat a team needs. Everyone doing their part.<\/p>\n
And finally, our fantastic special teams did not outshine the rest of the team. And this was
\nwith Moorman routinely pounding 50+ yard kicks, Roscoe scooting down the sidelines,
\nand even Fancy I made a legitimate NFL style tackle and not the typical, \u201cI want to make
\nthis tackle, but I thought I saw a 1910 Penny on the field so I bent over to get it.\u201d kicker
\nstyle tackle. I am hoping that Merriman shows Fancy I the \u201clights out\u201d dance. To have a<\/p>\n
kicker get up from a tackle and do the lights out dance would probably be an automatic
\nW for any team.<\/p>\n
I really thought that the Chiefs were a bad team getting lucky last year. Any team that
\nplayed the first half 2010 Bills and needed 5 quarters to win weren\u2019t very good. They
\nproved that on Sunday when they were in the hurry up and the punter came on the field
\nfor 4th down.<\/p>\n
It looks good so far, and I could certainly get used to more weeks like this. I hope they
\ngive the home opener crowd something to shout about!<\/p>\n
DVD Extras<\/strong><\/p>\n There were more articles about Romo and his inability to not suck than a capable To put up 41 points on the road against last year\u2019s division winner is no joke. Does it mean we are playoff bound? Does it indicate that the tides have turned? Does it mean I was way off base in my 4-12 prediction? I don\u2019t know. I\u2019m weary. In 2003, we crushed the Patriots (which … <\/p>\n\n
\nhave the Bills been terrible? I don\u2019t recall any station doing the sad face montage to
\nBills fans. I don\u2019t recall the camera panning over fans faces from different sections
\nof the stadiums showing our misery. Though, I will say, I enjoyed that immensely
\nbecause it\u2019s typically me that looks annoyed out of my skull. CBS did this several
\ntimes and it started early. But then they had the prolonged shot of the cars leaving the
\nparking lot en mass. That made the game even more satisfying, and I hold no ill will
\nto Chiefs fans.<\/li>\n
\nI don\u2019t really get it. But I\u2019ve started following a bunch of the Bills. I\u2019m getting the
\nsense that if Scott Chandler is going to be playing like the new Metzlaars, he is going
\nto be getting a lot more followers than the current 113 he had when I signed up.<\/li>\n
\nyear. I would have loved to see Donte Whitner cover Chandler.<\/li>\n
\nCity in the booth, looked like a man in over his head. I couldn\u2019t tell if he was asleep
\nor on the verge of tears. Either way, it was satisfying<\/li>\n
\nFitzpatrick claimed the thrown for at least one week. Since I feel like one game is
\nan adequate sample size, I have extrapolated his season ending stats for you. I see no
\nreason to believe this can\u2019t happen. He will throw for 3,328 yards with 64 TD and 0
\nINTs at this rate. Again, totally doable.<\/li>\n
\none inch line and taking back to back penalties was classic Buffalo. In a close game
\nagainst a good team, that would have caused us all to have a mini-heart attack. And
\nfor the record that second penalty seemed like BS. I thought I saw the snap with 1
\nsecond on the clock.<\/li>\n
\nwith the fact we scored the 2nd most points other than Green Bay, last year\u2019s Super
\nBowl winner, the national press still had almost nothing to say about the game.
\nESPN showed the Stevie Johnson touchdown and then moved to baseball highlight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\ngame that surprised everyone. If you had to tell me the following headlines on
\nSaturday before the games, \u201cRomo sucks yet again\u201d or \u201cBills blow out Chiefs\u201d, I would have found the second article more unbelievable and worthy of more press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"