Logic

Eight defenders clogging passing lanes gives the DL more time to win their matchups. The Raiders also used a spy.

While getting their best pass rushers on the field more surely plays a part in this decision, I think it also means the Bills will be copying the Raiders’ strategy and dropping 8 all game long. Guessing it also means White and Milano play.

Patriots* are THIRD in the division as Halloween approaches. Is this real Life?

I am extremely excited for this game. Win or lose, it will be a great measuring stick for our team and for Josh. And don’t ask me why I feel this way, but I just have a gut feeling the defense is gonna have a much better game than people are anticipating.

Imagine thinking you know more about linebacker play and what's best for Edmunds and this defense than Sean McDermott, Leslie Frazier, and Lorenzo Alexander. The arrogance/silliness of some of the people on this forum, man...

If it’s an affordable one year deal, great. If he wants big money or a longer commitment, it’s a No for me.

Lived in St John, USVI for a few seasons. Saw nurse sharks regularly when snorkeling. Only once, when snorkeling by a rock formation further out at sea known as The Indians, did I see a "legit" shark, and I'm not gonna lie, it put a chill up my spine. It was too far away to know exactly what kind it was. My guess is a reef or bull shark. In any case, I was far enough out at sea and it was big and swift enough that I kind of went "oh *****". Luckily, it was swimming in the OPPOSITE direction as me and quickly disappeared out of view.

Does anyone know how much the Titans usually make use of their fullback, Khori Blasingame? I see that he is unlikely to play in this game as he has not yet been activated from the COVID Reserve list. Do the Titans usually use a lot of 21 and 22 personnel? Could the lack of healthy fullback negatively impact their running game, or is that just wishful thinking on my part?

BS. The slander of Tre White this week has been ridiculous. He’s been nothing but a model teammate and model citizen the entire time he’s been in Buffalo. He chose to play this year. He’s clearly a smart and thoughtful man. You think he didn’t know that he might have to play a COVID-impacted team at some point? You think the Bills are playing along and just lying to cover for him? This whole “Tre isn’t injured, he’s scared” conspiracy is dumb, insulting, and poorly thought out. Shame on the people peddling this nonsense.

Thanks for this. I believe the Bills best chance at victory is to come out throwing, just as they have in recent weeks. The Titans secondary was already struggling, and now it will be down two key players. Build a big lead and force the Titans to have to throw to catch up. Defensively — key on Derrick Henry and Johnnu Smith. Sell out to stop the run and defend the middle of the field. Lastly, based on average pass-rush and rn-stop win rates, I see that the Titans are better at stopping the run than rushing the passer. In terms of pass rush win rate, they’re ranked about even with the Dolphins and not as good as the Rams — AND they’ll likely be without Jeffrey Simmons. Throw the ball a ton, key on Derrick Henry, and force Tannehill to prove that he’s not the same guy that theBills used to whoop on regularly.

I’m officially done kvetching about “fairness” or schedule changes. The season is being played during a pandemic. There are 210,000 dead and millions out of work. The fact that we have a season AT ALL is somewhat of a miracle. We’ve seen enough game action this year to know that Josh Allen is a franchise QB and our team should be very good for years to come. Everything else from here on out is a bonus in this wonky season, as far as I’m concerned. Far too much going on in the world to spend much time pearl-clutching over how many football games I get to see or what day of the week they get played on.

All the people complaining about still being at work when the game starts have clearly never tried to be an NFL fan on the west coast. Monday Night Football and Thursday Night Football ALWAYS starts when people are either still at -- or are on their way home from -- work. Don't even get me started on London games.

Hopefully your league commish has put in contingency plans for this type of event. In my league, we announce by a specific deadline our "contingency players" at each position where a player's status due to COVID is in jeopardy. Then, if said player's game does end up getting cancelled, the contingency player's points get added into that spot instead.

I personally feel all the “motivation” stuff is overblown. Titans will be fired up, sure. But you think the Bills won’t ALSO be fired up to play a National night game against a team that has caused them disruption and uncertainty? Bills will be fine. Gonna be a tough game regardless.

THANK YOU!!! The conspiracy speculation about Tre White has been absolutely ridiculous and unnecessary this week.

It feels like a real coin flip to me. The Jaguars and Vikings both hung 30 points on the Titans, and the Bills have a better offense than both of them. Their defense is ranked 15th in points per game allowed. Middle of the pack. On the other hand, our defense is ranked even worse in points per game, and I'm not sure they'll be up to the task of stopping Derrick Henry. I'll say 30-29 Titans, with some sort of bogus call by the refs that infuriates Bills fans. Hope I'm wrong.

I feel like I can't accurately predict the score until I see what guys the Titans are likely to get back. A mostly healthy/cleared Titans roster has a much greater chance at defeating the Bills than one with the COVID guys still on the shelf. And is Tre White out for the game? That's also a big swing. I'll pick a score when I see what the Titans roster looks like, which should be tomorrow.

Agreed. Allen + Diggs = online domination.

4-0, Top five offense, best team In a quarter century...and we’re talking about the guard and WR that got away. Bills fans gonna Bills fan.

I don’t, or else I wouldn’t have asked.

Would you prefer that the Bills had picked him rather than Oliver?

Even if that’s the case, everything we know about the virus suggests there’s a good chance those guys aren’t at full strength, assuming they were symptomatic.

Dude got production out of John DiGiorgio. Don’t hate.

While most can agree Metcalf would have been a better pick than Ford, it’s important to note that Metcalf on the Bills likely means no trade for Diggs. Seeing how well Diggs is playing for the Bills, how much his presence improves the team overall, and that the Bills currently sit 4-0 and have a top 5 offense, I’m happy with the way things turned out.

I think that whatever psychological edge the Titans may have is mitigated by both the uncertainty/stress of the past two weeks (their friends/teammates contracting a potentially deadly virus), and the fact that the team hasn’t been able to practice at the facility in a normal fashion. Further, when it comes to mental and emotional preparation for a strange and uncommon situation, I’ll take the meticulously detailed, calm, and measured presence/approach of McDermott over meathead Vrabel any day.