AFC East Game Day – Week 8

How many of you are uber curious to see how this game goes? How many Bills fans Uber to games? Buffalo doesn’t seem like an Uber kind of joint. You take the family truckster down to the parking lot. Of course, you wear a Joe Ferguson road white jersey from 1980, yo. The George Foreman grill is in the back somewhere. That’s how Sunday at Ralph Wilson Stadium should go. But can the Bills Mafia see its team win with a hobbled LeSean McCoy (if he’s even active)? It’s going to come down to third down. Tom Brady has been the best in the bidness this year on pro football’s most important down, converting 53.6 percent into first downs. Moreover, the guy owns a ridiculous 149.3 passer rating on third down. Moreover, moreover is not a word we should use when chatting up the workmanlike Bills. Bad^*$ is a little better, because that’s what the defense is on third down in the red zone. Offenses have converted one of 12 third downs inside the Bills‘ 20. That’s no empty stat. That’s a four-point play, right? The Gronk/Bennett combo will be key. #NEvsBUF

Could this be the Browns‘ first win? No, unfortunately not. Who is playing quarterback? Potentially Josh McCown? Kevin Hogan? The latter performed admirably last Sunday, particularly with his legs (see: seven carries for 104 and a score), against a defense ill-prepared to confront his abilities. But those legs wouldn’t catch the Jets by surprise. And New York’s weakness is the secondary, anyway. That’s an area McCown would be able to exploit, in theory. If he doesn’t start or gets knocked out of the contest again — as has been the narrative for Browns QBs this season — it’s unclear what kind of passer Hogan could be with such little preparation as an NFL starter. But hey, Ryan Fitzpatrick has had a dozen years to prep and he’s been somewhere south of terrible for the bulk of this season. So there’s that. #NYJvsCLE