The Buffalo Bills fell to 0-5 for the season on Sunday by losing to the Jacksonville Jaguars, 36-26, taking their place along with Carolina and San Francisco as the NFL’s only remaining winless teams. The Bills may not be the worst team in the league, but there’s no doubt that their defense, trying to transition … Read More
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NFL – Week Five Predictions
Last week was the first week for byes on the NFL schedule so there were only 14 games to pick. My final record for the week was 9 right and 5 wrong, bringing the tally for the year through 4 weeks to a respectable 36 right and 25 wrong. Here are my week 5 choices: … Read More
NFL – Bills Quarterly Report Card
With a quarter of the 16-game season now in the books in the NFL it’s time to give the Buffalo Bills their grades for the first portion of the season. With an 0-4 won-lost record and having given up 34, 38 and 38 points in their last 3 games, the overall grade is easy. It’s a well-deserved … Read More
NFL – Bills Game Review
The New York Jets’ 38-14 win over Buffalo on Sunday cemented 2 things – that the Jets indeed have to be taken seriously as a Super Bowl contender, and that the Bills may be the worst team in the NFL right now. Buffalo’s offense didn’t get much done but the defense they were up against … Read More
NFL – Week Four Predictions
If my week of predictions for week 3 were a football game, it would be one of those games that a coach says “we’re just going to burn the films of this game and move forward”. I wound up with only 6 right and 10 wrong, but would like to point out that I went … Read More
NFL – Tribute To Booker Edgerson
It’s long overdue, but on Sunday at Ralph Wilson Stadium, Booker Edgerson will finally be honored by having his name placed on the Buffalo Bills’ Wall of Fame. It’s safe to say that a lot of the fans in the stadium won’t have any idea who Edgerson is or what he meant to the Bills’ … Read More
R.I.P. George Blanda
It was really sad to hear of the passing on Monday of one of the great legends of pro football, George Blanda, at the age of 83. He retired from the game in 1975 and still holds or shares at least 10 NFL records, but rattling off statistics wouldn’t do Blanda’s story justice. His journey … Read More
NFL – Bills’ Game Review
Over the course of New England’s 14 straight wins over the Bills there have been games when Tom Brady looked like he was involved in a non-contact 7-on-7 practice drill rather than a live game, and yesterday was one of those games. During the broadcast the announcers said that the Pats focused all week on … Read More
NFL – Week Three Predictions
Things were looking bad last week as the results from the 1 PM games came in and I had barely a plus-side rating with 5 games picked right and 4 wrong. But I wound up going 6-1 for the 4 PM, Sunday night and Monday night games and rebounded to go 11-5 for the week, bringing the … Read More
NFL – Braylon Edwards’ DUI Arrest
The news came out on Tuesday morning that New York Jets’ wide receiver Braylon Edwards was arrested for driving under the influence, with his breathalyzer reading being twice the legal limit. Edwards was acquired by the Jets from the Browns last season after an incident outside a bar in Cleveland, with the Browns deciding to extract … Read More