Sunday Football Open Thread

by Brian Galliford on Oct 12, 2008 11:28 AM EDT in Events Comment 23 comments

The Buffalo Bills are off enjoying their bye week, which means that most Bills fans are free to either enjoy a weekend of football in which their heart rates won't reach danger levels (that's my choice), or forego football altogether. This thread is for any of Sunday's goings-on that you feel like discussing, as there are plenty of intriguing games going on in the NFL today.

Speaking of intriguing, it's going to be an intriguing day in the AFC East. Obviously, the Bills, at 4-1, hold the division lead at the moment, but things could change dramatically today. By day's end, it's completely conceivable that every team in the division could have three wins. Here are the games that I'll be paying attention to today:

Miami Dolphins (2-2) at Houston Texans (0-4)
- The Dolphins have reeled off two straight wins - over the Patriots and Chargers, no less - and a win over the winless Texans would pull Miami to within a game of the AFC East lead. Fathom that. Houston played the Colts tough last week but found a way to lose; let's hope that the Texans get their first win today. Stopping Ronnie Brown would go a long way toward pulling that off.

Cincinnati Bengals (0-5) at New York Jets (2-2)
- The only non-silver lining of the Bills playing a weak schedule this year is that the rest of their division plays a weak schedule as well. The Jets are coming off of their bye week, and like the Dolphins, they're playing a winless team today. The Bengals will be without Carson Palmer, also. Cincinnati's played some close games (see: 3-point loss to the Giants and 9-point loss to the Cowboys, both on the road), but without Palmer, their chances of a win suffer.

New England Patriots (3-1) at San Diego Chargers (2-3)
- This is going to be a tough one for the Pats. They weren't overly impressive in a 9-point win over the 49ers last week, and they've spent the week out on the left coast in preparation for their second straight game three time zones away. That approach didn't help the Arizona Cardinals in a recent trip east, and against a pretty desperate and very talented Chargers team, it might not help, either. Still, you can never count the Pats out; this Sunday night contest should be a fun one to watch. (Go Chargers.)

Other games I'll be watching: Jaguars at Broncos; Cowboys at Cardinals

That's it. Keep an eye out on these AFC East matchups, and don't forget to set your fantasy lineups. I'll drop in from time to time, but I, like the Bills, will by and large be taking a bye week. Enjoy a relaxing Sunday of NFL football, folks.

0 recs | Comment 23 comments

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

Where is everyone?

BILLS RULE !

by chaosthepitbull on Oct 12, 2008 12:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Trying not to fall asleep watching the Bengals’ offense. Good Lord…

by Brian Galliford on Oct 12, 2008 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Looks like

the games pretty close though. Old reliable brett farve is having one of his turnover plenty days.

by jdol1568 on Oct 12, 2008 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Man that game was brutal

If the Bengals had to start Fitzpatrick for the rest of the season, they would go winless.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Oct 13, 2008 6:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Im betting Houston, Bengals, and Chargers are victorous

The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ

by NYTXFAN on Oct 12, 2008 1:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I would love it if that happened.

by BuffaloBrewed on Oct 12, 2008 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I HATE YOU ANDRE JOHNSON. YOU’RE KILLING ME!!!!

by Kurupt on Oct 12, 2008 2:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Can someone explain the NFL to me

How does Washington manhandle Dallas and Philly then get manhandled in turn by the Rams at home.

Look out for the Dolphins, as much as that makes me want to throw up, they are playing pretty good.

by RabidBuffalo on Oct 12, 2008 3:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Turnovers

and at bad times….

by Kurupt on Oct 12, 2008 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Matt Schaub is awesome.

by Brian Galliford on Oct 12, 2008 4:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

So is Andre Johnson.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Oct 13, 2008 6:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Watched the last of Atl game

What a finish by the Falcons….

by Cinga on Oct 12, 2008 4:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Awesome finish

one of the best I have ever seen.

by RabidBuffalo on Oct 12, 2008 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

cant believe the texans pulled that one out. Kind of mad Kevin walter was 2 yards away from a 100 yd game tho. I started steve smith, roddy white, and K. walter this week at wideout woulda given me 3 100-yard recievers

by jdol1568 on Oct 12, 2008 4:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Thank goodness

they came back and got the Phins. Hate that team.

by RabidBuffalo on Oct 12, 2008 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

anyone feel a lil better

seeing as so far the cowboys offense is struggling against that cards def

Bills make me wanna SHOUT!

by silverstreak3k on Oct 12, 2008 4:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but where was this Cardinals offense last week? :(

by Brian Galliford on Oct 12, 2008 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yea

unfortunate we got the good warner

Bills make me wanna SHOUT!

by silverstreak3k on Oct 12, 2008 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

AZ def. looks like it is a real contender, they lost to the Jets but made a good comeback, just flat out stomped on the Bills, and currently giving the Cowboys a run for their money. With Edwards in that game we could have have won may be lost but it would have def. been a closer game. I all of a sudden dont feel so bad about the Bills loss to them seeing how they are playing against the Cowgirls. I hope our Oline is well prepared for the game against the Chargers and Edwards has no lingering effect from last week.

by Hassanali181 on Oct 12, 2008 7:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

me either

With good qb play, you can keep your D off the field and then limit the amount of scoring chances the other team has. Now, Dallas ha a better pass rush than the Bills (I think), but they had their starter Romo in there the whole game, and that is a big deal. I will stand by this until shown otherwise; the team looks to Trent for leadership. #5 IS THE LEADER, and when he went down, as did the team. It sucks, but it happens.

Great game tonight, let’s try and look at SD objectively so we can see how the Bills might exploit their weaknesses…even though I want them to win.

The Bills CAN win every game

by killascript on Oct 12, 2008 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fitzgerald is just a beast, and such a classy guy. Any new word on the possible Gonzo trade to Buffalo? looks like the Giants might grab him if he does get traded.

by Hassanali181 on Oct 12, 2008 7:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Good News, Bad News

Good News: The Patsies are getting absolutely hammered.

Bad News: Then again, don’t we get the Chargers next weekend?

"I could have conquered Europe, all of it, but I had women in my life." - King Henry II of England

by Calvert on Oct 12, 2008 10:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

So, just wanted to point something out, I went to the GB-Seattle game

And I got to sit and fume in the stands as I watched 2 players I desperately wanted on the Bills square off today in John Carlson and Jordy Nelson.

Nelson looks to be a stud, he is only playing as the #3 or #4 WR most of the game till late in the 3rd when he moved up to the #2 WR spot so they could start resting Jones and Jennings, and he was just flat out abusing the Seahawks DBs. He was beating them up on run plays with his blocking and his routes were really really crisp, he was just cutting past guys on his patterns. Made me really mad that we couldn’t bag him this past draft, he is far ahead of Hardy right now.

Carlson has hands that are almost velcro like. Frye kept going to him till finally the Packers started putting a safety and a LB on him to keep him away from the ball. He still made some really nice catches and he just abused the Packs D in the red zone on his TD. He also showed some real chops this game in run blocking situations when he was out there. It made me angry as well to see him running the routes that we have our guys do, and then actually catching the ball. Schouman I think will always be a decent #2 TE, but Carlson is a bona fide #1 by next season. Pity we missed on him as well.

Was glad to see the Phins lose, STUPID Bengals should have won that game you bums, glad to see the Pats gets get absolutely manhandled in the Red zone on O today by the Chargers D. I got a feeling we might be able to use this upcoming game to steal one from them. They expended a TON of energy whipping the Pats so I think we can bang one out against them. They are looking like the team that should go to the Champioship like everyone said. Crazy that they really should be 2 wins better, but thems the breaks.

Fear the mighty helmet wearing gopher, he is coming for your soul....

by WABillsfan on Oct 13, 2008 4:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs