Bills vs Dolphins Week 12

Final Score Bills - 31 Dolphins - 14

No matter the state of the Bills, whether they are playoff bound or fighting for the first pick of the upcoming draft, it’s always sweet to beat the Dolphins. Even sweeter is when the Bills dominate the Dolphins by 17 points.

At this point, I’d argue that the New England Tom Bradys are the Bills’ bigger rival, but for the Bills fans, the Dolphins will always be enemy number one. The Dolphins owned our collective asses in the 70’s and 80’s, and during the 90’s the Bills turned it around and knocked the Dolphins out during the playoffs at nearly every turn. Even the cities are practically on different planets. Buffalo is cold, blue collar and Labatt Blue drinking. Miami is hot and full of beach bums and off-shore cocaine deals. This is the stuff rivalries are made of.

Two weeks under coach Fewell, and two weeks in a row that the Bills have played with some fire, they played to win and this time came out on top in convincing fashion. Do the Bills need a shake down of the front office? Without question; yes. Do the Bills need a coach change? Maybe. I’d still love to have Shanahan coaching the Bills next year, but it’s starting to look like it’d be a shame to lose Fewell, and Shanahan would almost certainly want to bring in his own defensive coordinator. When Fewell was promoted to head coach he said that, under him the Bills would play like hell to win. It seems Fewell is coaching like hell to stay head coach.

I doubt it needs to be said again for the 100^th time but Trent Edwards is done in Buffalo, and probably done as a starting quarterback. He’ll be a solid second stringer and that’s it. Speaking of position changes, Fred Jackson has no business being anything other than the starting running back for the rest of the season. Lynch may not be done in Buffalo but he’s sure playing like it.

Finally who’s this guy wearing number 81, and where was he during the first half of the season?

Some Other Games

The New England Tom Bradys got spanked by the future Super Bowl winner Saints, Once again always entertaining.

The Steelers defense is decidedly average without Troy Polomoomoo-coo-coo-ka-chu. He and his hair should retroactively named defensive MVP for the past two years.

The Sabres

After losing 4 games in a row, the Sabres have notched 3 wins although only 1 was against a quality team. Miller is probably going to single handedly carry the team into the playoffs. Behind Miller is a piece of Swiss cheese in a hockey mask though, the Sabres need to get a quality backup before the trade deadline.