Yeah baby!!

Bills win: a thorough spanking of the Arizona Cardinals today. Now what to make of this? The season is shot and we have all accepted that, but we knew that coming into the season, as evinced by my lack of Bills' posting this season.

In the Bills glory years and, with good teams in general, you win the games that you are supposed to win, i.e., against basement teams. Buffalo was 2-5 coming into this game and Arizona was 2-4. But the way the Bills handled the Cardinals showed that they were a notch above a basement team. The fact is that the Bills lost two games on last minute fluke-like plays and could be sporting a close .500 record. The team is not great, but it is good, or at least, not as bad as its record indicates.

The defense is a top 10 defense. Special teams is holding its own. The offense is the problem. We have one of the top receivers in the league in Eric Moulds. We have two star running backs in McGahee and Travis Henry and we have decent people in other slots. The x-factors have been the O-line and Drew Bledsoe. Bledsoe is simply average. However, given time to throw, he can still produce. The O-line has been horrendous, but it seems that they are starting to gel.



Weeks into training camp, we still did not have a starting five, which is pathetic. As a result, instead of the O-line geling in the four weeks or so of training camp, that process has been taking place during the season and we have paid the proce.

If the Bills can string together a few more solid performances, then we could be looking at a winning season. The playoffs are out of reach unless the Jets and New England collapse (it probably would be a frosty nite in Hell or Bush wins the election).

Anyway, the Bills win was a pleasant surprise and starts my week of good. Now, we all just need to come through for John Kerry and we'll be in good shape.