Scott7975

I think the Bills drop 1 or 2 more. I dont think we win this week against the Bengals. Depending on how they look this week, I may not think we even beat the Pats. We shall see. Injuries all over the place. Including our best pass rushers and our best pass catcher. Defense is up and down. Offense is up and down. Its just too much variance for me to think the Bills can pull off winning out this year. Possible if they get their crap together but I dont see it.

You know they still actually practice in a walkthrough right? Its just no pads and no contact.

Didnt we use to have some of the best training staff and then a couple years in McD just fired them all? Maybe I am misremembering.

Watson is washed. At best they might surprise someone for a bit running a different type of offense or something.

Well if we win out then we wouldn't be clinching until week 18 either. You are right if they lose to miami or jets because they would have more conference losses. I dont see them losing to either team. Nothing indicates they would. We go through this every week. This past week people were trying to hype themselves thinking the Giants would beat them. Sure, one of those loses could happen but there is nothing to suggest it will. Just like there is nothing to indicate we will win out.

Its the NFL preview of the game. NFL doesnt allow YouTube embeds unfortunately, but you can click it and watch it on YouTube.

Yeah and I said this after the game and was told I was completely wrong. Two other football people have said it too, that I know of.

I'm not talking about the playoffs. I'm talking about winning the division. They aren't going to drop 3 games with their crap schedule. Thats assuming we even win out. As I said, on paper it could happen. Realistically, likely not. The division leader is currently 6-6. They play the Ravens again which they are 1-0 with and the Steelers they are 1-1 with and both those teams play each other. Its completely feasible for them to win the division if they win out.

Not me. I thought and think that Pitts was their typical mediocre team. I said early in the season that Rodgers is washed. They have a couple stars and thats about it. Personally, I don't think the Bills should have struggled as much as they did. As for the Bengals, they have a legit path to taking the division, as sick as that sounds its 100% true. They are going to play hard. Lamar sucked that game but some of it was caused by the Bengals D. I don't think their D is great or anything but they do have the ability to cause a bad play at the wrong time. Their offense is still elite and Burrow will have another week of practice. Higgins will probably be back as well. This is not a team that the offense can take a half of football to figure it out. Its not a team we want to play a close game with. We need to strike hard from the get go. When I say that, I dont mean they need to chuck bombs all over the field. I just mean that they need to score TDs by any means necessary. Whatever works, IDGAF. Just win the game.

I'm not saying your wrong. I actually agree that another position would have benefited us. However, I think they were enticed by the idea of 2 pass catching TEs that could also help block. Its actually part of Brady's system to show same formations with them in that could either be passing or rushing. DCs have figured this out though and good ones seem to know the tells too. All that to say is that I think they actually wanted Kincaid and it wasn't some panic spend like another poster suggested. I could be wrong, but thats what I think. Reason being is that they have been wanting to run the football since McD got here and couldn't figure it out and that was the answer to a better run game for them while also giving them a pass catching target.

Come on man. Just come to terms that NE is a damn good football team with a legit QB. It's ok bro. Every week people say NE could lose the game. This week people had the Giants beating them FFS. Like that was ever going to happen. I'm not going to sit here and say they won't lose another game but they aren't going to dump 3 games. Miami may have had a little streak but in years past we all know Tua and the fish dont play well in Dec/winter months. The answer is that on paper, no it isn't out of reach. Thinking logically about it is another story.

Two wins are not guaranteed to get us in. There are some scenarios where 10-7 doesn't work for us. Depends on other teams and I hate that. I'd say 3 wins to be safe.

I mean, they gotta do what they gotta do. If he is injured then he is injured. Not a good time for it. About to face an elite offense. Coverage will have trouble as it is. We have pretty much zero pass rush when he doesn't play.

People really underestimate how good Edelman was. Dude was a tough physical receiver that consistently found space to get open, had good hands, and was a great YAC guy. Maybe he isn't a HoF player but he is highly underestimated. In his prime, he would be a clear #1 on this team and no one would be even close.

Especially in run defense. They have been much better with Bernard off the field. He was excellent last year. Dunno what the problem is this year. Maybe just hampered by injury. I dunno, but his play does not meet his expectations this year. The defense was almost instantly better when he went out against HOU and that continued against PITTS.

Could be an indicator that Bosa is out.

As I told another poster, you are making that comment post games played. I made my comment pre games played. This stuff is going to change week to week at this point because everyone is so close in record. I already showed exactly that. Of course, as I said, that was pre games played. Now its a new week and the Bills beat Pittsburg which was my main contending point that having another team with a tie breaker would be bad.

The kid is legit. He has some elite skills. Whether he ends up in Josh/Mahommie territory, I think it's too early to say. We will get a better picture next season when he plays first place schedule and teams have more film on him.

The blocking should get more credit for Cook than people give it. We have a good line. We use more TE blocking sets, fullback blocking, WR blocking all probably more than any other team. I am not saying Cook isn't great. He is, but he isn't #1 in the league. A lot of his big runs are before contact. I was looking for another stat, that I didn't find yet, but I was surprised by this stat... Cook only ranks 15th at seeing 8+ in the box. I honestly thought it would be closer to the top but it isn't.

A lot of reshuffling is about to happen over these last weeks. I don't mind peoples optimism. Nor do I mind their pessimism. Good to have some balance IMO. Personally, I am not going to get too high over beating the Steelers. They aren't that good on either side of the ball. Bengals are at least good on one side. Pats arent great on either side but they are good on both. Browns are good on one side. Eagles, I dunno what the hell they are TBH. Then there is the Jets; a garbage team that would probably hope to lose for a better draft pick. I think the one seed is out of reach. I also think the division is close to out of reach. The way the games this week went, has me at least confident we get into the playoffs now though. Anything can happen in there.

Before all that, I wanted to kick the FG. I felt at the time that taking the points was more valuable given how the game was going. Just like in the HOU game, had we taken FGs instead of not making it on 4th downs, we probably win that game. Its not like this game was a shootout or even a team capable of doing what KC does with end of game scoring. In saying that, it was the false start that ruined that. They called TO either because they wanted to see their defense and put their best play in there or they didn't like the play they had called against the D they showed. Not sure. Either way, I am fine with that. I didn't need them trying to rush another possible score after another drive. Those things can result in picks or fumbles as well, which would just have given Pitts another score attempt chance. At the end of the day, people will criticize it no matter what they did in that situation.

He is definitely one of the best podcasters. I'd rather listen to him then the guys on WGR even. Locked On isnt even a Bills thing. There is one for every team. I think there is anyways. I've seen a few guys from some of the other teams. If they popped up in my feed during the game week, I would try and give those guys a listen as well. The other ones I have watched don't hold a candle to Marino either. I don't think Marino is always right though. Not even sure who you were commenting to but thought I would add my 2 cents.