I made the mistake in late August (not long before the draft) of mentioning the heater that the Detroit Tigers were on. As soon as I mentioned it....they lost 3. So I backed away, when they soon after, got onto another one.
Well now I can shout! Tigers are in the playoffs! They end up going 31-11 down the stretch. Pretty awesome. A drought is over.
Speaking of droughts. How come no one has posted about the Sabres? They have smoked everyone in the preseason. The shots on goal differential has been crazy. They even put in the Rochester Amerks against Ottawa...and if it wasn't for Ullmark in net for the Sens it would have been a rout (Sabres/Amerks outshot them 41-16.)
Now I know it's preseason. But would you want the flipside? I'm taking this to be very positive and exciting. In fact, if you want to make a great return on a 6-month investment - bet the Sabres to end their playoff drought. Heck, the Tigers did.
Go Bills,
Martee
P.S. The Sabres may even win the Atlantic, nice odds there!
Brett Favre announces that he has been diagnosed with Parkinsons disease.
The next day Tommy Kramer announces that he has been diagnosed with dementia.
Anybody think these guys don't risk a lot to play this game??????
My judgment was clouded by past Jacksonville BS when I made my prediction. When I sat down in the stands and felt the energy in the stadium last night I knew it would be a blowout. Commish can verify - Jacksonville was a team that was SO ready to quit like dogs and they sure did. Instead of a desperate wounded opponent, we got a team that couldn't be bothered to show up. Pederson is toast. Lawrence looks broken. They're a bottom 5 franchise - totally screwed with a middling overpaid QB and no meaningful talent around him.
Gonna hold off on crowning the Bills for now - Jax sucks, we own Miami and the one solid team we've played this year gave us a close game at home. The next 3 games will be huge. GO BILLS!
ABCS
Edited: Mon Sep 23 10:24pm ET
Thorough beat down! Woof!
Something is amiss in Jacksonville. They should be better than they are but they are like 3-9 over their last 12. 3-10 after tonight. Buffalo 23 Jacksonville 16.
I watched that kicker from Matto's Cowboys nail a 65 yard FG yesterday like it was a routine 30 yarder...... are we ever gonna run Bass out in a situation like that??????? Not likely.......
Jags 21
As to uniforms I think they will stick with the traditional blue jersey white pants combo. Although I’m not ruling out the all blues combo.
Mot
Can't drop this game. We have had a long break off a huge win, and the Jags are 0-2 and desperate as Matto says. 0-3 and your season is basically over. Big potential for a letdown game tonight. Missing Bernard and Milano may finally hurt us this game (less concerned about Johnson being out with how well Lewis and Ingram have played). But no Engram for them is a big deal.
That said I feel like Josh should carve up a team that relies on man coverage with his running and looks to Kincaid. If he's truly "uncoverable" as I heard all summer then he should go off tonight.
Bills 26 Jaguars 17.
ABCS
The Jags are better than 0 and 2, they're desperate, and they always play the Bills tough. It'll be a battle all day. I'll still take the Bills to win, but not cover. Buffalo 24 Jax 23 with Bass sneaking one in just inside the upright from 34 yards to win.
Matto
Mot
