I Got a Feeling...

-Coast

Well, it wasn't pretty. The Bills stole a win at home vs. the allegedly terrible Oakland Raiders 24-23. Say what you will about Oakland, but a win is a win.

The Bills had no business winning this football game. They were 10.5 point favorites at game time and it got in their head. The played stupid for three quarters. They had two crucial turnovers, one by Evans at the end of the first half and another on an interception that led to a Raider touchdown. The Bills started five drives inside their own 13 yard line. They had awful field position the entire game. Leodis McKelvin somehow gets knocked out of bounds by Janikowski at the end of the half too. These are the kinds of games we would never have been able to win in recent years.

This years Bills team seems different though. Coming off a 4th quarter comeback against Jacksonville, the Bills faced a 2nd straight gut check down 9 twice in the 4th quarter against the Raiders. The Bills trailed 16-7 in the 4th until a Lynch TD cut it to 16-14. Then, with 73,000 plus on their feet screaming, JaMarcus Russel somehow hit an 85 yard touchdown pass on a slant. This should have been deflating and the nail in the coffin. Not this year though, not with this quarterback. The Bills answered with a quick march that resulted in a Roscoe Parrish touchdown and then forced a 3 and out. When we got the ball back with two and a half minutes left at our own 35 yard line down by 2, it seemed like there was no doubt we were going to drive the ball down the field and win the game...and we did.

On the Bills last three drives, all resulting in scores, Trent Edwards was 14-19 for 189 yards and a touchdown. That is what it is all about. Performing in the clutch. Obviously, Trent can do that. Back to back 4th quarter comeback wins.

For the first time since 2005, week 4, a team other than New England holds first place in the AFC East by themselves...and it is the Buffalo Bills. Buffalo is 3-0 and hold this spot because Miami throttled the Pats in their own yard 38-13. When you take a look around the conference, the juggernauts of New England and Indianapolis seem human. Indy lost at home to Jacksonville. Are the Bills contenders? Well, they seem like they could be. I know we just beat Oakland by 1 but it was the way they won it, by playing terribly and stealing it at the end.

The line vs. the Rams opened at 8.5. Let's see how we can handle being huge favorites on the road.