But the Bills wound up with a field goal, keeping the early hole from getting too deep. That opens up a vast playbook of what you can do. You're just trying to get positive yards. You're not going to get 10 yards every time you run the ball. You've just got to keep pushing and keep pushing, and eventually, things are going to go.
Buffalo has a lot of pushing to do in the next three games, all against division rivals.
Wins against the Dolphins and Patriots at home surrounding one in New Jersey against the Jets puts the Bills at 9-3 and in the midst of the division title race heading into their bye week. Of course, the Bills have been here before. Earlier this season, they registered five straight wins, most of the fairly impressive variety, before fooling themselves into thinking Flutie could win games by himself. He couldn't, and Buffalo lost two straight. David Staba is the editor of the Buffalo Post.