It’s an absolutely beautiful weekend in Western New York, and the Buffalo Bills are on their bye week. That’s quite a gift for Bills Mafia to have no “football responsibilities” this weekend. Well, that’s only true if you avoid watching the rest of the action around the NFL.
Another gift for the week came this past Thursday, when the Chicago Bears handed the New England Patriots a 30-24 loss. That drops the Patriots to 4-3, and 1.5 games behind the Bills in the AFC East.
Early this morning for those
of us in the United States, the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the New Orleans Saints 16-10 in municipality of Saint-Denis, FR, effectively in northern Paris — the site of the latest NFL International game. Does the NFL’s core of fans really want more international games? Back to the matter at hand: That leaves the Steelers and 42-year-old quarterback Aaron Rodgers at 5-2, and angling for a postseason run.
There’s plenty more to take in, if you’re allergic to sunny, warm fall weather. Of utmost importance for Buffalo should be the scouting opportunity found in a spicy AFC North matchup.
NFL Week 7 1 p.m. EDT slate
Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals (No Lamar Jackson)
Houston Texans vs. New York Giants (J.J. McCarthy get the start for the G-Men)
Minnesota Vikings vs. Indianapolis Colts (Skol time)
New York Jets vs. Miami Dolphins (meh, but… go Dolphins?)
Tennessee Titans vs. Cleveland Browns (The Brownies are in first place?!)
Atlanta Falcons vs. San Francisco 49ers (RB fans’ rejoice!)
Carolina Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (meh)
NFL Week 7 4:05 p.m. EDT slate
Arizona Cardinals vs. Denver Broncos (can we get some offense, fellas?)
NFL Week 7 4:25 p.m. EDT slate
Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers (No, Pack, No)
Las Vegas Raiders vs. Los Angeles Rams (LasLos Bowl) (Wouldn’t it be fun if the Raiders won?)
With that, we turn things over to you this afternoon. Here’s your open thread for Week 7 of Sunday afternoon football. We’ll see the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Seattle Seahawks later in the day during primetime action. As always, be kind to one another — and in all things… Go Bills!
