Bills three games out in division after bye

by Brian Galliford on Nov 8, 2009 4:55 PM EST in Buffalo Bills News

No matter what happened on Sunday, the Buffalo Bills - enjoying their bye week this week - would have technically remained in last place. So, even though the New England Patriots held home field advantage and handed the Miami Dolphins their first division loss 27-17, the Dolphins' 3-5 record bests the Bills' 3-5 record because of Miami's 38-10 walloping of Buffalo in Week 4.

The Dolphins did, however, flex their muscles at Gillette Stadium, imposing their will for stretches and playing the Patriots as tough as expected. In a quarterbacks' league, however, Tom Brady will always trump Chad Henne, particularly when New England's passing weapons are much better than Miami's. Brady made a few big throws, Henne didn't, and the rest is history.

The New York Jets (4-4) joined Buffalo on the bye this week. New England now has a two-game lead over the Jets in the division, with the Bills and Dolphins three games out. Only the Patriots (2-1) and Dolphins (3-2) have multiple wins in the division, with the Bills (1-2) and Jets (1-3) bringing up the rear. The standings as the second half of the season commences:

#	Team	Rec.	Div.
1	Patriots	6-2	2-1
2	Jets	4-4	1-3
3	Dolphins	3-5	3-1
4	Bills	3-5	1-2

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And the world is once again at peace..........

Things are as they should be.

Pass the chocolate cake!

by norcaliangelsfan on Nov 8, 2009 5:13 PM EST reply actions

with the Bills in the cellar?

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by Patssuck456 on Nov 8, 2009 6:23 PM EST up reply actions

pretty much......

thats the way its been.

Pass the chocolate cake!

by norcaliangelsfan on Nov 8, 2009 7:19 PM EST up reply actions

i was pulling for the phins

a win would have made a division race at least fathomable…..

To me, the sucker is the person who runs when there’s trouble, especially when this situation was so easily foreshadowed….

by poz on Nov 8, 2009 5:16 PM EST reply actions

And it would have gained you ground on me in the pick’em. :)

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by Brian Galliford on Nov 8, 2009 6:49 PM EST up reply actions

also true haha!

To me, the sucker is the person who runs when there’s trouble, especially when this situation was so easily foreshadowed….

by poz on Nov 9, 2009 3:07 AM EST up reply actions

I want to sell the rest of my season tickets off.

But they aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

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by BillsNYC on Nov 8, 2009 7:34 PM EST reply actions

How Cheap?

I might be interested if the price is low enough…..think $10 a ticket if you can’t bear to witness the pain.

There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.

by The Buffalo Kid on Nov 9, 2009 2:08 AM EST up reply actions

I'd give a little more

for premium seats.

I know alot of people in Buffalo with season tixs, so I usually get a few freebies a year, but if you really want to sell to save on making the trip and recop a portion, im a ticket buyer, my rule is no matter how bad the Bills are, i’ll go out the stadium for a $10 ticket,

There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.

by The Buffalo Kid on Nov 9, 2009 2:17 AM EST up reply actions

should have said

go out to the stadium for a $10 ticket, for $10 per ticket, i will surely take them off your hands, if you have premium seats, ill offer more.

There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.

by The Buffalo Kid on Nov 9, 2009 2:21 AM EST up reply actions

getting something for unused tickets.

is always better than letting them go to waste by not going.

There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.

by The Buffalo Kid on Nov 9, 2009 2:27 AM EST up reply actions

One last thing.

The Bills have a .900+ winning percentage when i’m in the house.

I have lived in Western NY for 37 years.

There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.

by The Buffalo Kid on Nov 9, 2009 2:33 AM EST up reply actions

Well get going to more games. They lose when I go.

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by MattRichWarren on Nov 9, 2009 7:25 AM EST up reply actions

That figures

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by Kurupt on Nov 9, 2009 3:21 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

So you go to 1 game a year?

All your tshirt needs.

by twoeightnine on Nov 9, 2009 5:28 PM EST up reply actions

That is the most optimistic Bills headline of the last month (and perhaps decade) given the circumstances.

by bluecollarbuffalo on Nov 8, 2009 8:44 PM EST reply actions

If Leodis didn't butterfinger the Partriots kickoff.

We would probably be 4-4 with a 2-1 division record.

While the Patriots would be 5-3 with a 1-2 division record.

If we make any kind of late season push, Leodis is gonna be my new Ronnie Harmon if we don’t make the playoffs.

There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.

by The Buffalo Kid on Nov 9, 2009 2:05 AM EST reply actions

I wouldn't count on it

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by Kurupt on Nov 9, 2009 3:22 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

That’s a tricky game to play. The Bills are a botched FG by the Jets away from being one game worse in the division too. It’s not like the Bills have won games in convincing fashion while losing heartbreakers. I don’t think this is a season where we can play around with what ifs because they’ve won some close ones that they maybe didn’t deserve to win and they’ve lost some close ones that they maybe didn’t deserve to lose.

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by kaisertown on Nov 9, 2009 6:21 PM EST up reply actions