BillsShredder83

#1 Most Ideal: Bills Play MIA (MIA wins & Cinci wins). Baltimore draws Pittsburgh (my ideal draw for Baltimore). This is a bit complicated, I wont cheer on Cinci, but would be pleased if it happens this way #2 Ideal: Cinci Loses. While not my 'ideal' scenario, the one I'll be rooting for out of simplicity. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --Buffalo plays the 7th seed no matter what: which can only be Denver, , Dolphins, or Bengals. I'd prefer the Fins of the 3 teams.... so week 18 I'd be rooting for KC to beat DEN, and Fins to beat the Jets --Cinci Loss to Steelers is easiest/most preferred, I'd rather they dont get in... however If Cinci wins, Baltimore draws Steelers in the 1st Rd, which I like as the divisional opponent feels most likely to be able to knock them off, PLUS if the Fins Win, Cinci still misses playoffs. So while I think that's ideal, Id rather not play with fire and let Cinci off themselves. -Side Note: NE getting #1 or #2 overall pick. If we beat Pats, theyre locked into #1. However, if our backups lose (NE wins) AND the lose to HOU's backups (HOU is locked into #4 seed)... Titans get #1 overall and NE #2. While this might not seem like a big deal, if NE gets #1 I'd expect them to trade out of this spot for a Fat Package of Draft Picks, so Let's go TN!!! Who you guys rooting for? Quoted link: https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-playoff-picture-postseason-probabilities-entering-week-18-of-2024-season Playoff machine: https://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs/machine

damn you for making me even lust for this never happening idea

Seems like we'll see more 4-3 matchup that game and potentially throughout the playoffs. At least i hope thats the case

Yes! Who can forget those legendary, uhhhh, Dutch..... Orangemen? Lol sorry had to do it I get your point and flexible offense has been majorly impressive this year! Completely agree with the Ty Johnson Lion's game being the best executed gameplan of our season. Who the heck saw that coming? Even in hindsight Im blown away, but why not do that gameplan with Cook? Not criticism at all, just saying even with the power of hindsight, its unclear what his evil genius was doing that day. Bradys first season in Carolina was very much like this as well. Teddy B at QB. DJ Moore, Robbie Anderson, and Curtis Samuel were soooo close to each being 1k yard WR's, and none of them were considered ELITE at the time (DJ had a one 1100yd season before). Robbie Anderson was a bum on the Jets, and has not done chit since then. Oh they also did with with CMC missing all but the first 3 games of season. So while Im not sure its the greatest NFL performance of all time, I dont think we can call it a total fluke or say Josh did all the legwork for Brady. Cool post!

Yep! Especially that "drives" sequence. I cant remember if they got a first down before this or what, maybe I dont remember because the broadcast at the bar flipped right in time for final 4 plays..... but i remember 1st, 2nd and 3rd down just being a bumbling mess... either sack or TFL or a penalty in there, and my vibes were there is NO WAY theyre getting the first. funny looking back at how long that TD ACTUALLY was, as opposed to the vibe of it. In my head it always felt like a 60yard TD. I dunno if time slowed down and felt like he was running forever, or if it felt as probable of a play as a 60-70yd TD felt LOL but it was a much shorter TD than the way I pictured it being. Unreal moment! Watched this at a Bills Backer Bar in Nashville on mini vacation (my first BB experience), and that made it all that much cooler!! I remember it seeming like every other fan going through the same emotional roller coasting ride..... pure excitement on the run and catch, TD - whoaaaa that actually happened..... short Delay----- and then, a ton of happy tears and hugs. Just a mental slideshow of how bad it had been, and realizing it was finally over....... best part is at that moment, we had no clue that Josh was coming down the pipeline. Obv he didnt have that connection to us at the time, but itd be really cool to see his reaction to watching these videos. I bet he'd retroactively feel that moment with us, and knowing what that looks like is probably a driving force behind wanting to win us a SB

I don't mean every pick. Our OL is nasty and locked up for a while, fairly young. Think you should take some OL every draft no matter what. I just think this draft should invest heavily and/or early in this draft. DL 100% 2nd priority. Drafts -principally- should lean to 60/40 in favor of the offense. I cant justify constant high resources to DL and then having them completely neutralized by quick release guy. This very would could just be my frustration at our DL draft picks not getting the job done, especially in playoffs where we've had anemic pass rushing in playoffs. But sinking mega resources into a guy that can be neutralized by a Tua/Stafford type is frustrating and makes me feel you just focus on scoring 40/game

Crazy to see jets down there when they had all that ammo the year they got like 4 top 100 picks

Correct. That game is the 2nd to last tryout before he heads back into the OC market Didn't we just see a team trade up from #2 to #1 literally because of this. Team 1 calls team 2, hey were shopping this pick hard, if you want one guy you have to pay to come get him

Def nervous to overpay but a gnarly playoff run would ease that for me. Plus he seems like the team-first guy you want to openly reward in the locker room. Dawkins type mentality. Head down, plugging away, process & team. Not only do you want to reward a guy like that, but you want to see the lockeroom see the type of attitude and work that gets you extended in Buffalo. At the same time... we need to heavily invest in WR position from here out. Josh is going to raise the value of any WR on this team and there will be guys we can't or shouldn't resign, because of cap implications. I'm all for taking a WR high again this year. Then another mid to late rounds. We need to become "WR Univ" like Pittsburgh. Keep josh flooded with help. Keep that positions salaries in check, don't overpay the gabe davis of the world. Worst case you end up with excess talent in the room and you have some tasty trade bait. Keep. Going. To. The. WR. Well. Early & Often

I give Keon more than benefit of the doubt here. Look at his personality, he's like a puppy always smiley and playing around. The team has had 6mos to get to know each other, and his personality gets to do that. Especially after the game where he missed a fade, came back and hit it next play! This was excitement, firing the boys up. Now***** if Keon was say 2022 Diggs or Beasley at the end of covington season, sure I'd say that's bad. But Keon? Cmon dudes a baller

Certainly was. A part of me was certain they were about to try that exact route again. Coleman has elite hops, his td was unreal. A weapon type we haven't had before. I think Keon sh💩ts allllll overrrrrr a teams secondary come playoff time. I see a 8 catch 150yds, 2 tds game in wildcard or divisional round. !BanBet!

Nah this was a let's get em on the next play ra-ra-ra!! Keon has his own swag and is super upbeat. He's hyping the troops and working on chemistry. They're gunna end up a gnarly tandem

I'll be honest, I get why this takes skill and is uncommon, but I don't understand the practical use for it? I could see on passing downs it taking away sneaky inside moves. Anybody wanna clue me in

RobbingYaHood gets no business from me after colluding to turn the buy button off with Citadel around GME. they hired people around the casino industry to try and replicate that experience. As they make their money off frequency of trade more than anything else. Cool article

Dangggg I was looking for this all year lol I got some interesting futures alive n thriving. @Buffalo716 hows your year been??

He moves to WR and becomes our #1 high-pointing WR?

You dont like GRIT? lol idc how we win honestly, just want to win

Very noticeable, yet still kinda surprising. Dude very much has the hippy tree hugger vibes, but then brings aggression and grit to the field in spades lol interesting dude and much more appreciated in current role than being a #2 early season

Im a fan who wanted and still wouldve preferred a dome. However, we are not going into a stadium anything resembling our current spot. That stadium is known for crazy sideways snow and swirling winds in endzones. From my understanding the new spot is going to be closer to a sunroof, than it is 4 windows down in your car. Im def cool with that. Keeps the fans a bit more comfortable, as the wind in the cold kills you. Visually it should let some snow fall in straight down thats kinda pretty and not effect the passing game all that much

Sure you can say you're a bit disappointed with defense last week, it was classic trap game scenario sandwiched between kc win and Detroit, with a crappy west coast trip. But Josh did not have to wear a cape. We turned Josh up to 80% hero ball right at the sweet spot. Everybody else stepped up and made great plays, Brady had the boys prepared. What the heck did they see on film to make ty Johnson such a focal point coming into this game?!?! Johnson is solid and pretty good with the opportunities he's presented, but today wasn't him getting a few opportunities and making the most of it. Something they spent time making him a focal point coming into the week that paid off bigly. Cap tip to all coaches involved with this Defense made several stops in the first half though, and against the #1 offense, missing 3 starters in the secondary. Second half rolled around and we went into a prevent defense, helping to slow the game down a bit. Campbell (smartly) sped it back up with onside to start the 4th quarter. At the time I thought it was a bad call, too early... but then it played out some and I thought about it more, watching it play out. It was brilliant. They knew they couldn't get a stop, so speed up possessions, give yourself more time, and by putting us that close to redzone, forced us into 4 down territory, and 4 down territory inside a compressed field. Those 2 things increased their chance of getting a turnover and that was the only thing swinging this game back for them. The offense was prepared. We were in prevent defense a whole half. Feels like we could've changed it up if we needed, but whatever formula they had they felt comfortable letting play out. Game felt very in control all day. Good defense doesn't have to be 10points and under. It can be doing whatever keeps the game plan together. Had Detroit made a stop or forced a turnover, I think we could've changed up the defense to be more aggressive and handle it differently.... but Detroit is explosive, so slowing the game down, not accelerating total possessions, played into our lead. I'd like to see more pressure from our base defense, but I don't see 40pt games being our norm. I think they need to be above average for us to be a real legitimate threat. ID MUCH RATHER ROLL INTO PLAYOFFS WITH THE OFFENSE SMOLDERING AND DEFENSE LAGGING, THAN PREVIOUS YEARS OF THE OPPOSITE. WERE SO MULTIDIMENSIONAL, I FEEL OUR OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER IS SUSTAINABLE. THEY CAN BAIL US OUT MORE THAN A DEFENSE CAN IN THE PLAYOFFS

Owners cheap enough to believe this. How are you ok putting up a quarter billion a year salary and cheating out on a turf. That be like having a Ferrari and a gravel driveway. How much can it possibly cost? $5M??? How many hundreds of millions you think that thing has cost the league as a whole?

We probably offered to pay for it after those 2 weeks of hell in Satan's anus in 2022. It's hard to hate an inanimate object much more

Omg thank you!! I been b wording to everyone around me about that being the second highest knee killing surface in league. I would've absolutely hated being a fan for them with 8 home games. Theirs and Jersey's surfaces have astronomically higher knee injuries than every other stadium. % it was almost double the rate

Josh is pregnant?!?@?!

Who's Belinda lol