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OBrien said the Texans will play to win next week vs TEN. Fwiw

Not part of the Raiders playoff scenario.

I believe it is due to a strength of victory tiebreaker .

I wouldn’t bet on it.

Yep. And underthrow there is an INT

Nice TD catch by Goedert. Can’t help but thinking if Allen throws that pass ( and it’s dropped) a chorus of posters say it was too high.

No thanks. I think a much more likely outcome would be NE being the beneficiary of TEN exploits and ending up with an extra home playoff game.

Dalton has a thing for week 17 games when the Bengals are eliminated

That’s one peeve I have with RZ, they spend a lot of time on the “ nfl game of the week” even though most everyone is seeing that game already on a network feed.

Didn’t look like he took a helmet shot there. He put the shoulder in and went midsection to jar the ball loose. Great football play that gets flagged too often imo. Not challengeable either, so good to see it not get flagged erroneously.

I really wouldn’t hate seeing TEN knocked out ( though it can’t happen this week) of the playoffs. They could do damage, and my #1 objective ( aside from Bills playoff wins) is always to keep NE away from the Super Bowl. TEN could potentially give NE a home AFC championship game again.

Can’t argue with this

What a classic hit by NO

This belongs in one of the other two “ rest starters” in week 17 threads.

Do we need 5 threads whose topic is the main reason the Bills lost the game ?

Not a surprise coming from him. Rex Ryan takes about it on NFL countdown. Said the coverage was a “ split fist” ( insert joke here). The safety had the deep outside and Ramsey was supposed to jam the WR in the allowable zone, then switch to a trail technique. He described Ramsey’s technique on the play as “ terrible “. Ramsey is a complete dill hole.

I agree. To read this board, you’d think every other offense and QB functions with precise, pinpoint passes dropping into wide open receivers hands at all times.

Wasn’t much scheming going on with the Pats* O yesterday, either. Just old school big boy football. The talking heads are drooling over how they threw an LB in to play FB. Big deal; same body type. Their most exotic scheme facet was the play action pass, which the Bills bit on more than the cameraman. Then they tried some blatant cheating out of pure desperation with pick plays, which amazingly were flagged by the incompetent officiating crew. Are you referring to the 4th down spot ? Good luck; those just don’t get overturned. Even BB lost that vs KC a couple weeks back. I was actually amazed Belly threw it, but he does strange things when faced with a likely loss.

Rudolph’s a bigger version of Duck, with a bit better arm. His decision making under pressure is just as bad or possibly worse.

I wouldn’t call it throwing a game by any means, but the defensive style was so different it was apparent. I just think they knew their chance at a division title was slim, and the chance of seeing NE again in the playoffs was greater. So it seemed they went with a simple game plan and showed none of what they might be working on for the playoffs yesterday. Everyone knows how Brady and his O line have done in the passing game this year, it’s all on film. The Bills did zero to exploit this, even when Newhouse came into the game. They wanted to win, for sure. Just not at the expense of getting wins in the playoffs.

Ravens beat NE, so they’d have to lose at home to PIT next week to lose the 1 seed. Not going to happen.

If they’re going to win in the playoffs ( especially beyond the WC round) , Daboll will have to open it up when they get a lead. The running on first down habit will have to go away as well. They can’t win when they’re in third and 6+ all day.

When the other team has the ball for 40 minutes, missed tackles are going to be a huge factor. The vanilla pass rush combined with the poor tackling conspired to limit the Bills offensive chances. Not comparing the offenses in any way, but think of what happened in SB XXV. If Belichick thinks you’re vulnerable in the ground game ( and is having trouble protecting his QB) that’s what you’re going to get. They were fundamentally sloppy, and it led to the loss.

Lack of running game is huge. The Bills need another effective RB. Singletary gets yards , but he doesn’t churn yards when creases aren’t there. They need a power back to compliment him, and Gore of 6-7 years ago would be that guy. Daboll puts his limited offense behind the sticks. They’re not good enough to overcome it consistently , and when the rush is in Allen’s face , he doesn’t set his feet right. That means short passes are low and others sail. Some first down passes will allow Allen to have an extra second and set his feet.

The Bills definitely have a ways to go to accomplish that. The other top teams in the AFC have closed the gap already, and the Pats sans Gronkowski et al are not the same at all.