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The “Eric Bienemy for every NFL opening ever” crowd isn’t going to be happy with this...
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It’s supposed to be 13-16 mph winds throughout the game.
That shouldn’t affect anything.
I guess the snow scaries crowd have morphed into the wind worriers.
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AFCE QB’s
Josh Allen
Jimmy G
Sam Darnold/Justin Fields/Zack Wilson
Tua Tagavailoa
Yes please.
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Tough call on Sam if I was them. Sounds like they are keeping him, but he isn’t some guy you can evaluate for a few years...
They have a ton of cap space but can’t go crazy if they have to pay Sam his option or a new contract after this year.
Then if he doesn’t work out, chances are, they aren’t sitting at #2 next year.
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4 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said:
We know the Ravens will blitz. But you ask the key question: Will it get home?
The Bills have mostly, but not consistently, handled the blitz well this year.
Beside the obvious point of getting blocking assignments right, I think Josh will have to make good pre-snap reads. If he's scanning, scanning, scanning while being blitzed, very bad things may happen.
I hope Daboll's done a great job of studying, understanding, and predicting the Ravens scheme. If so - and if the wideouts are reasonably healthy - we can put up a lot of points despite the talent of the D.
How many times this year have we seen good pressure on Josh and good coverage in the secondary and yet the Bills still found the endzone? Sometimes being good just isn't good enough against this excellent Bills passing attack. When the Bills offense is clicking, it's hard to stop.
There is reason for concern against the Ravens - their corners will likely clutch/grab like KC does, and it seemed like our WRs had trouble with that early in the year (key: early in the year / we’re a very different team now)That being said.. Indy got pressure with 4 and Allen extended, still making plays downfield. If they blitz and don’t get home, Allen is going to make big play after big play, with his arm or legs, until they stop.
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Cardinals and Chiefs were the two games this year where I felt like every throw Allen made was contested or into an incredibly tight window.
Allen was hurt against the Chiefs and we’ve obviously grown a ton since that early season match up.
The Cardinals game was a turning point in our season that began our ascension.
I do not believe we are the same team that played in those games, but can the Ravens replicate what they did. Seems to me they will try. I remember a lot of clutch/grab/physical play in those games.
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11 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:
man, I really am praying for the wind to be pretty calm. It would royally backfire to have gotten home field advantage to only be done in by the Buffalo weather.
10-20 mph winds with the potential for snow showers shouldn’t be an issue for our passing game.
That being said, it’s on the edge of getting dicey if any heavy bands move through and winds tick up to 20+.
The hope I have is that by putting White on Brown, along with moderate winds (Lamar doesn’t have a massive arm), it could effectively take away their most explosive deep passing weapon. Then we’d be able to focus on the run game, Andrews and Snead/Boykin etc.
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It’s interesting to me, that with a week of (predominantly) Ravens hype, the betting line really hasn’t moved.
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2 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
To me, the interesting question is where was Brown last week and why was he such a non-factor?
Last year, the Ravens were very successful at limiting Brown and Beas by playing them very physical and bracketing them at times. McKenzie and Foster were not a challenge.
This year, if everyone is rockin', the Ravens got to pick their poison. Do they play to bracket or double and absolutely take away Beasley and Diggs? If so, then the question is do Davis and Brown and Knox step up or do they vanish in single coverage?
Just a point here that our own ST unit had something to do with pinning us deep. Hopefully they won't repeat that.
Good points.
Brown really needs to step up this game if they do focus on bracketing Diggs/Beasley.
As for Davis, he’s a guy I wouldn’t mind Allen throwing contested deep shots too, even if he doesn’t have much separation. He’ll likely have the matchup advantage out there with single coverage. My only hesitation on this is that, as a rookie, he has shown on occasion the lack of fight to come and get the ball... but he’s also “Mossed” a guy, so...
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Good analysis, albeit a bit simplistic on their defense simply needing to make sure our WR’s have to make tough catches.
Im sure every good defense we faced this year, after the first half of the year, realized our running game is simply for show and they need to either A) Get to Allen or B) lock up our WR’s.
Indy did one of the better jobs I’ve seen this year by getting pressure with their Front 4 and flooding coverage down the field, yet Allen still had a great game with some help from their special teams continuously pinning us deep.
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Who thinks we see more, the same, or less Allen runs from the WC Round?
I could see more.
Indy has a strong DL and flooded coverage with eyes on the backfield.
IF Baltimore plays man, that means if Josh Allen gets past the first wave of defenders, there aren’t too many people with eyes on him, especially if they are blitzing.
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21 minutes ago, The Wiz said:
Humble and hungry.
Pointing out something about a team doesn't mean we fear them, it's more of a sign of respect for what they have done.
Yea we all know it can end in an instant but I think most fans believe in our team even regardless of the situation.
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24 minutes ago, Process said:
The fear in this thread is out of control.
Bills fans have to be the most pessimistic fans in the league. 14 win team with a top 3 QB and we are scared ****less to play a team that just put up 20 points against one of the worst defenses in the league.
I can't take it anymore. See you all at game time. Get ready to SHOCK THE WORLD by beating a team we are 3 point favorites against. GO BILLS!!!
Well said.
Im not guaranteeing a victory, but we have an elite level QB, good OL and five playmaking WR’s. If our Defense steps up in any way, we should win this game.
Of course, some people still need to make known they’re scared as to provide themselves a defense mechanism resulting from the past few decades of pain.
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3 minutes ago, JGMcD2 said:
I am still looking for some clarification as to why the Ravens are better and more dynamic running the ball this year?
Clearly you haven’t watched the Lamar Jackson TD run from midfield enough.
Perhaps 20 more replays on ESPN will be enough to convince you.
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2 hours ago, FLFan said:
Schopp has no understanding if the game beyond fantasy, which he equates with knowledge and understanding. It is not. His opinions about football cannot be taken seriously, unless you are looking for advice on constructing your fantasy team.
He literally spent a segment, last year, stating that it is a legitimate question as to whether a team would rather build around Minshew or Allen.
I still remember that because it was when I first discovered the Radio.com app and was dumbfounded for a good 20 minutes about the nonsense I just heard.
Also, the whole “do you have any questions for us?” thing he does to their guests is so awkward.
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37 minutes ago, Since1981 said:
We have an NFL competitive advantage in Josh. The wind removes our advantage. To me, wind is the most important defense.
Wind >10 mph bills loss.
Wind <10 mph bills win.
We don’t want to openly admit it, but our boy blue is a competitive advantage. Our windy weather is NOT!!
I might be worried in greater than 20 mph winds, but winds in the teens are absolutely fine to throw in... especially for Josh Allen, Aaron Rodgers, Patrick Mahomes types. -
If he was a GM, with that Lamar over Allen take he just gave, he would be the only GM holding that view. (Including Baltimore’s).
His reasoning stretches back to Lamar’s time at Louisville... In case anyone wondered how sound his logic is.
We have some NFL execs debating Josh Allen potentially over Patrick Mahomes, but we get Schopp on our own network with clown takes.
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Schopp is insufferable right now about Lamar Jackson.
He would bet, long term, on Lamar over Allen because “there’s more evidence..”
uh, ok
Who did we hurt to have this guy forced on us?
Bulldog... thank you for defending, oh, you know, our MVP candidate (passing) QB.
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5 minutes ago, YattaOkasan said:
Couple thoughts.
See some talk about the Ravens only putting 20 up on Titans, but their D really held a good offense down. Thats what scares me the most. Whether its Titans play calling or OL worse at pass pro than run block or Ravens are that good I dont know, but thats what worries me the most. I am hopeful with the way we have been tested and responded all season (last week is a great example of a team that wont back down if things do go their way at all). On Simms and Florio, I like them picking against us. I think we have done well in those situations, and i saw rodney harrison (Dungy also eye rolled) correct Florio's line of "the Bills have to be second guessing themselves." Both teams got a big weight of their shoulders and will be playing loose. So excited for this game.
Ravens Defense is legit.
I have no clue what happened in the Browns game, but now that they're healthy, they have a strong DL only a notch below what we saw from the Colts and a secondary that is up there with the Rams & Dolphins.
Campbell is really good, but he's not Buckner, so hopefully our OL performs better than what we saw against Indy. Our tackles typically hold their own, but the interior seems to be where monster DT's can blow up the protection.
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12 minutes ago, RichRiderBills said:
We are talking about a few things here;
Cold weather...can be biggest factor, can demoralize and put folks in a sluggish mood, espc early.
Snow...light to medium snow in 20s or low 30s no big deal.
Snow in higher temp can mimic rain, and not talking sleet. Regular snow melting on surfaces can make slippery turf and ball control.
Heavy Snow, like 17 Colts game. This is a mire that changes a lot. It basically turns football into a differing game. It slows down everything. Gotta take short steps and reduces effectiveness of cutting and being elusive.
I know people talk about running game in snow, but in some ways all bets are off. Lamar likes to cut hard, take big strides, and has had traction issues before. I think he would be negatively effected, but not sure about the others like Dobbins.
Dobbins played at Ohio State so I would imagine he (maybe) has played in snow?
Regardless, he and Gus usually run downhill on their read option plays. I wouldn't expect that to be affected much for the runner.
The surface could make it more difficult for their OL to get push. Where our OL will typically sit back in pass pro and let the defender come at them, their OL will be pulling and driving out of their stance.
Lamar likes to ride the back and then go horizontal before getting vertical, that typically requires a hard cut.. The snow could play a factor in that.
They can also use the backs in more of an outside run scheme if they are good with their footing and use Lamar as downhill runner.
Lots of unknowns in how the snow will affect this game. Especially when we haven't seen Josh Allen play in snow either.
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1 minute ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
Question:
I know we have a good number of guys who played football in HS or college or semi-pro or "other", and also who have coached and scouted.
Were you ever, or was anyone you played with or coached ever, motivated by being "specifically reminded of a poor performance", especially a poor performance a year ago?
IMO, one of the reasons the Bills coaches are so successful is that they never "remind players of poor performance" or hold it over them except as a specific learning experience: "see, there is just this little tiny thing that led to that problem, and if you just focus on what we're telling you here, it's solved! And here are these 20 examples of where you successfully did just what we told you and it worked!".
Even in that game when Knox had an egregious drop, Daboll said his message to Rob Boras (TE coach) was "you better get to him right away because we're coming right back to him" . And by "get to him" Daboll clearly meant tell him to reset and refocus because there's plenty of game left and the team needs him. Bease said he told Knox "The great ones shake it off and make a play". Which he did.
I don't think coaches should bring it up, but great players self-motivate themselves. We know Josh is aware of how he played last year vs this Ravens squad. It's the Playoffs, so i'm sure focus isn't an issue, but if it ever was... reminding yourself of a prior struggle you want to overcome can help sharpen that focus.
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7 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:
Good point re grabby corners; the officiating crew we drew calls a boatload of penalties.
Do you think you all will blitz as much as has been suggested? The reality is that the best way to play pass D against Josh Allen (and pretty much every good QB in the league) is to pressure with only 4 and drop a bunch of guys into zone coverage.
This is why Indy had some success, and by some success I mean that our offense only scored 27 and were forced to punt quickly a few times.
They were able to get pressure with their Front 4 and then drop everyone back into coverage.
Most of the damage done was off of Allen improvisation.
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Can never know for sure - and we haven’t seen this revamped Bills Offense in snow - but light snow (relatively speaking), high 20’s/low 30’s and light to moderate winds would seem to be the best conditions we could ask for when playing against the most electric cut/juke/speed player in the league, while being a pass heavy offense ourselves.
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Just now, ScottLaw said:
Sure, but beating the Browns in Cleveland and Titans in Tennessee are very good wins.
Agreed.I amended my post to acknowledge that this doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be taken seriously.
They lit up the Browns, and while
the post I responded to was about their offense, their defense was really impressive against the Titans.
Why do I get the feeling our defense plays it’s best game of the season tomorrow?
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I was feeling pretty confident about the Defense heading into the Playoffs. They had been playing really well once getting healthy. Then our first home playoff game in my adult life they revert back to the same crap we saw first half of the season.
Really hoping they get their act together.