JujuFish

It's the third season and the next 3 after that will be in Buffalo, should they continue to finish in the same spots in their respective divisions.

I guess I'll be the dissenter and admit that I didn't like the call.

Oh, I'm sorry. When you only look at the last 5 games, they drop down to 7th fewest. What a tragedy.

If Statmuse is accurate, it's the 11th time it's happened in NFL history, and the first time since 2010. Not coincidentally, in 2011, they moved the kickoff spot to the 35 yard line.

The only team to allow fewer points per game is the 9ers.

I'm not superstitious, but if I were, I'd lean this direction. The season feels cursed. Losing Hyde and Von for the season, constant injuries to top players, Allen dealing with his elbow injury, now losing Hamlin in horrific fashion and losing control of our destiny for #1 seed. And, let's be real, if any sports city is currently cursed, it's Buffalo.

With 3 standout teams in the AFC, the 1 seed is more important than just the bye. The 2 and 3 teams have to play each other before playing the 1 seed (barring upsets, of course). So the 1 seed only plays one other "elite" team, whereas the 2/3 seed will play two.

It lowers the winning percentage for both teams. That in turn lowers their opponents' SOS and SOV

Week 18. But I was misreading what you meant.

With all the tickets sold and stadiums booked, I find the odds infinitesimally small.

And give every team except the Bills and Bengals a week to rest and recover. I don't see it happening.

I highly doubt the game gets made up. No time for it.

I can't watch because I'm at a New Year's party. How are they looking?

Screw that, let's control this game and win convincingly.

Silly NS, you underestimated the Bills. 35-13 😉 (Nice call, BTW)

Good statement to open the second half.

If it was a joke, it was a bad one. You said the person you quoted understood it was a joke, but I think they were just trying to defuse the situation by, you know, actually making a joke.

Whew. There we go.

Tonight, we get @nfreeman's 3-2 win, and Mitts gets the game winner. You heard it here first.

I was wondering about that and I was hoping you would know. Nice.

Love it!

I'm just gonna say it. I want to be above Deluca 500 for Christmas. Let's go, Buffalo!

It's a real possibility that Cincinnati doesn't take their division. If Baltimore wins their three non-Cincinnati games (@Cle, Atl, Pit), all very winnable games without Lamar, and if the Bills beat the Bengals in their week 17 match, then Baltimore takes the division even with a week 18 loss to Cincinnati, due to a better divisional record (5-1 vs 4-2).

The Bills are 2-2, The Dolphins are 2-1. With a Bills win, that becomes 3-2 to the Dolphins' 2-2. However, in order to end up tied in that scenario, the Bills would have to lose out (which means losing to the Patriots), bringing their divisional record to 3-3, and the Dolphins would have to win out (including beating the Jets and Patriots in the final two weeks), bringing their divisional record to 4-2. I do think Miami is likely to win out (vs GB, @NE, vs NYJ), but I find it incredibly unlikely that Buffalo would lose out (@CHI, @CIN, vs NE). Obviously Cincinnati will be a very tough game, but if they were to drop both games to Chicago and New England, I'd say they don't deserve to win the division.

That is the exact situation I'm talking about. If the Bills win next week and still end up tied, Miami takes the division.