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I think good/great rushing teams alone are our Achilles heal. Just so happened that Stafford and his WRs decided to go supernova against us this week too, but I think getting beat in the air will be more the anomaly than a frequent occurrence. Hope Goff doesn’t prove me wrong 😬

To me if we can slow down Detroit’s run game enough and hold them to FGs, we have a great chance of winning. That’s a big IF for this team though.

AFC North is pretty much going to come down to the BAL/PIT game in Week 16. If Steelers win that, they win the division. Ravens win, their odds go up big time. And Ravens probably have the better chance of winning that game, given it will be in Baltimore.

So you’re saying this was inevitable, huh? 🙃

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I am biased, but I think Josh should get it. He did something only done once 70 years ago!

Just have to accept the NFL wanted the Rams to win this one. Hopefully we’re scripted to win this week and the eventual Super Bowl.

Are these people professional football coaches and experts, though?

Is my breath that bad?

That’s what I’m saying, hopefully light a fire under their *** for the rest of the season.

Maybe Josh liked the call too then

Spot on, man. People claim we never get stopped on these, but yet like you said, we’d gotten stopped on one in earlier in the game. Can’t take the chance of the clock running after the play like we did, should have been the pass/run option for first three downs at least. And btw, everyone questioning whether Josh should have audibled bc of the situational aspect. The coaches need to know better about the situational elements, Josh shouldn’t be expected to have to question all of the play calls too on top of everything. Yes, if something looks funny he needs to audible, but on a QB sneak, he’s likely going to think he can get there almost every time.

Aside from their integrity, what’s to keep each of these folks from either sharing their votes with each other and then passing along to friends to go place bets, or working with the books to throw out comments about certain players, to influence the betting markets?

This upcoming weekend will be Josh’s best chance to “extend” his lead over Barkley, in my opinion. Pittsburgh is Saquon’s toughest run opponent the rest of the way, whereas the Lions represent the biggest “challenge” for Josh the rest of the way. So if we can win while Saquon potentially gets slowed down and possibly loses, that would hopefully add to the separation and lessen the chance of Saquon reaching the rushing title while increasing our chance of 14-3. Past this weekend, I’m concerned the narrative could start to shift back towards Barkley in the last three weeks, given the poor run D’s he faces including his ex-team in Week 18. If Barkley reaches the rushing title, will be interesting to see if that matters to voters or not.

Exactly. Would we rather host a team like the Steelers, Ravens or Texans in the Divisional Round, or go to their place? And then there’s the chance of still hosting the AFCCG, like you said. I’m not conceding the 1 seed yet either. If we can beat the Lions next weekend, we’re then in solid shape to finish 14-3. KC could lose next weekend to the Browns, and then we’re back within a game, with three to go. With KC facing the tougher schedule.

As bad as the D was yesterday and as good as the Lions have been on offense, I’ll be surprised if the team allows more than 35 points two weeks in a row. Just think this loss will really sting and the team is going to come out with something extra to prove now. Although I could be wrong, as I thought the Bills would stop the Rams yesterday just fine 🙃.

Maybe it’s good that McD feels the heat a little bit heading into the final 4 games and the playoffs. Hopefully the embarrassment of yesterday will fuel him and the rest of the defense to step up going forward. Get that bad taste out of the mouth and take it out on our opponents moving forward. Lions will be a real tough first test.

Yeah, I’d spend the money trying to sign the likes of Benford, Bernard, Shakir, etc. to longer term deals before trying to re-sign Douglas at his age and potential price. Use one or two of our draft picks on getting younger and cheaper at the CB position, have that person compete with Elam next year (if Elam is even considered salvageable by this coaching staff, at this point).

He’s become a really critical target for Josh and just entering his prime, I think the Bills should be more than willing to prioritize the dollars for him. I’d pay close to $20M annual for him all day, when they’re paying Curtis Samuel almost $10M. It’s been proven that having an outlet like Beasley or Shakir helps Josh take his game to another level.

K well you said we lose to Detroit and win 3 of last 4, we’ll be 14-3. We’d be 13-4 in that case.

You’re saying if we win 3 out of last 4, we will be 14-3?

Don’t see how Josh isn’t going to win it two weeks in a row. Put up record setting stats this week.

If we win the Battle of Lake Erie and Cleveland does their part against KC, the tides will feel like they’ve turned.

@Low Positive Are you contemplating a user name change to High Negative?