[Game week thread - Bills at Texans TNF]

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Shakir excused from practice a second straight day for personal reasons. Online chitter chat is he may be celebrating the birth of his new baby. 

[Codrington Back on PS]

https://x.com/BuffaloBillsPR/status/1990827360891936896?t=D07ARvzu6g3J1KRNlad0rA&s=19

 

Insurance with both Hardman and Samuel with I jury concerns.

[Stroud ruled out for Thursday]

28 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

The Bills catch a break…

Not sure. Over the last 2 games Mills has actually played very well. They have won both games Stroud missed as well 

 

I think I'd almost rather take my chances with Stroud coming back, maybe a bit rusty/tentative over Mills who is dealing well 

2 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Anyone else only think of Marcus Stroud when you see the name “Stroud”? 

I do, and man could we use him right now

[Game week thread - Bills at Texans TNF]

26 minutes ago, Johnnycage46 said:

 

I really hope Coleman is inactive (not sure who would replace him with the injuries we have)...I think him not being out there was truly addition by subtraction. If he is again playing the most WR snaps like he had been all season, that is a bad move. If he is active, but has a reduced roll, that could work. I just don't want to see him leading the WR snap count.

 

Our secret plan!

I don't care how many snaps he sees. Snaps on the outside for him are basically wasted reps at this point. 

 

Now if Shakir has a setback and can't go, I would be interested to see what a WR group of Palmer/Davis outside and Coleman in the slot may look like. But doubt Brady will think of that 

[Game week thread - Bills at Texans TNF]

Sounding more like Samuel and Hardman are gonna miss Thursday... opening up the return bof Keon. 

 

Thrilling.

1 hour ago, hondo in seattle said:

 

I hope & pray you're right, but I don't see this as an easy victory.  

Nobody's hung 30 on the Texans yet this year, and most teams don't even reach 20.  

Considering how bad our defense is, we may need to score 30 to win.  

We have an ace up our sleeve. Say it with me. Keon Coleman:Slot Machine.

[Can the Chiefs miss the playoffs?]

Just now, mannc said:

I keep remembering the year we were 6-6 and everyone counted us out.  The Chiefs absolutely could go on a run.  I’d be surprised if they lose more than one more game.

Exactly. 

 

I have avoided watching them this year. Cannot stand looking at Mahomes faces or how he wears his helmet. So I'm not really sure where they are different from last year. Basically the same group of players. Same coaches. I just don't get how they are struggling so bad. 

[Game week thread - Bills at Texans TNF]

1 hour ago, Paul Costa said:

Hope Brady & JA17 remember last year @ Houston . I think we completed 9 passes. Many variables led to that ugly offensive performance. Pretty sure Shakir was out in that one. Hopefully we can have a solid offensive plan this time around 

It was ugly. Allen was 9/30 passing. Just 131 yards. He did add 54 yards on 4 carries. Our leading receiver was Coleman who had 49 yards on one catch for Josh's only TD. Cook played well having 99 yards on 22 touches and a TD. But even for how inept our offense was, it still took them converting an improbable 59 yard field goal at the gun to get the win.

 

As long as Allen doesn't 💩 the bed against them again, I believe we win this game easily. 

[Can the Chiefs miss the playoffs?]

19 minutes ago, JoshAllin said:

Yeah taylors good, but he's also a choke artist when it matters. I remember him fumbling their playoffs chance a few times. Just key in on him and they crumble

Easy to say if we had a normally functioning defense. Our defense has a better chance at letting him break the NFL Playoff record for yards in a game than causing him to fumble once. 

[Way too early Playoff picture]

47 minutes ago, dollars 2 donuts said:

 

 

I hear you, BBG, but please know this, which honestly sometimes people sleep on.

 

 

 

 

They are 5-5 for a reason.

 

 

Oh fully agree. They are having some issues this year. But wouldn't not be so like them to turn it all around at the worst possible time and go on a long winning streak?

 

 

[This (Texans) game is huge...]

11 minutes ago, Rigotz said:

https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/houston-texans/stroud-injury-update-pitre-ryans-bills-mills/

 

Sounds like it is fairly unlikely Stroud will play

That's not necessarily a great thing. Mills has been pretty good in the last 2 games. I almost wouldn't mind a Stroud coming back after a few games off from a brain injury. 

[This (Texans) game is huge...]

14 minutes ago, The Red King said:

I didn't think much of it, until I looked closer.  Yes, they're chasing us for Wild Card, but then I looked at other Wild Card teams in the standings.

 

We have a two-game lead on them, Chiefs and Ravens.  We already own tie-breakers with the Chiefs and Ravens.  With those tie-breakers, a win this Thurs. effectively gives us a three-game cushion.  More so, should we end up with a three or four way tie, we'd still own the tie-breaker, as we would have beaten all of them head-to-head.

 

Now, don't get me wrong, I still want the division, and haven't given up on that, but a win Thurs. would give us a lot of security for at least making the playoffs.

Obviously, we need to win the game. But it kinda sucks that beating the Texans helps move the Chiefs and Ravens closer to the playoffs. 

[How do the Bills fix their road game woes?]

9 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

And the Jets game. MetLife hasn't always been an easy place for the Bills as the two games vs Zach Wilson proved. 

That's where the nuance of football is. 

 

For a few years Josh struggled against the Jets defense. And the DC? Jeff Ulbrich. He has Josh's number. 

 

And this year, in the game in Atlanta? Guess who their DC is? That's right...Jeff Ulbrich. 

 

Josh never had a "Jet" problem...he has an Ulbrich problem. 

[Does Mecole make it to next week?]

24 minutes ago, PayDaBill$ said:

He had a period where he was productive but that was a few years ago.  Beane Bag and McClappy are desperate.  Their No 1 WR can’t catch a ball, runs like Forrest Gump and can’t find the meeting room but he looks good in a yellow parka and doing the Macarena.
 

Unfortunately while I hope he doesn’t kill us, it MH seems like a reach.

 

I'm sorry. Once you start using derogatory pet names for grown men you lose ALL credibility as far as I'm concerned. It comes across petty, bias, immature, and unintelligent. So this is where I bid you a fond day and Go Bills. 

[Way too early Playoff picture]

1 minute ago, Gregg said:

 

The Chiefs have a tough game with the Colts. They are home so that helps but Indy is more than capable of going there and getting a win. The Ravens are home to the Jets. They will win and win easily.

I don't have faith the Colts can win on the road. They still seem like paper tigers to me. 

 

Now, Johnathan Taylor may get hot and carry them, but I don't see them beating the Chiefs in KC. Hopefully, I'm wrong.

[Way too early Playoff picture]

41 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

After Week 11...

 

1. Denver Broncos (9-2) Up 1

2. New England Patriots (8-2) Up 1

3. Indianapolis Colts (8-2) Down 2

4. Pittsburgh Steelers (6-4) n/c

5. Buffalo Bills (7-3) Up 1

6. Los Angeles Chargers (7-4) Down 1

7. Jacksonville Jaguars (6-4) n/c

8. Houston Texans (5-5) Up 1

9. Kansas City Chiefs (5-5) Down 1

10. Baltimore Ravens (5-5) n/c

11. Miami Dolphins (4-7) Up 1

12. Cincinnati Bengals (3-7) Down 1

13. Las Vegas Raiders (2-8) Up 1

14. New York Jets (2-8) Down 1

15. Cleveland Browns (2-8) n/c

16. Tennessee Titans (1-9) n/c

 

Division Leader

Wild Card

Darn it. Us beating the Texans this week would help clear the path for Kansas City and Baltimore providing they both win. 

[Does Mecole make it to next week?]

4 minutes ago, PayDaBill$ said:

Lmao they also let him go and it’s not only fumbles it’s bad decisions.  We’ll see!

 

McD is aware that’s too funny.  Our wideout room is a disaster.

McDermott can be justifiably criticized for a good number of things. Justifiably so. Not being thorough and being blind to things like Hardman's fumble struggles is not one of them. 

 

And yes, the Chiefs let him go. Then they traded to bring him back at one point last year. Then they let him go again because unlike the Bills, they were successful in upgrading their WR room. That doesn't change the fact they won multiple Super Bowls with him on the roster. One of which he was a VERY key player in winning.

[Can the Chiefs miss the playoffs?]

1 minute ago, SoTier said:

 

I want the Chiefs out of playoff contention ASAP, and losing to the Colts is another nail in their playoff coffin.  Better Jones than Mahomes every day and especially on Saturdays or Sundays in the post season.

Yeah, I don't fear Daniel Jones. Now Johnathan Taylor on the other hand...

[Does Mecole make it to next week?]

14 hours ago, PayDaBill$ said:

Unfortunately the dude has a reputation as a fumbler and it sure as hell didn’t take him long to show it here!  He’ll end up killing us.

 

He’s probably gone sooner than later.  Fumbles and bad decisions are unacceptable.

 

He had fumbling issues and was mistake prone with KC and this year he was trying to make the Packers roster but;

 

“On one attempted return, midway through the second quarter, Hardman committed the cardinal sin of fielding a punt inside the 10-yard line. He took it at the 5, in fact, and was dropped immediately. That backed the Packers up against their own goal line, and three plays later, the Jets scored a touchdown on a sack and a fumble my Malik Willis.

On the next punt return try, Hardman let the ball bounce, then attempted to scoop it up and make a play. But he could not get a clean hold of it, and fumbled the ball away.”

 

 

I'm pretty sure Beane and McDermott were well aware he puts the ball on the turf from time to time. But he has speed that you cannot teach. There is a risk/reward with every player and they appear willing to take on Hardman's.

 

He's not going to kill us. The Chiefs were able to win championship after championship with him on their roster. Good teams can overcome.

[Week 12, Bills v. Texans, PREDICT THE SCORE!]

I think our momentum carries over and we get off to a fast start. 

 

Bills-34

Texans-16

[Game week thread - Bills at Texans TNF]

33 minutes ago, Richard Noggin said:

 

It was a list specific to 2023, no? Or that's how I was thinking of it. Wilson wasn't the same ferocity of tire fire he had been in 2022, but he still wasn't a top-10 guy in '23. 

I really don't think any of that mattered to Stroud when picking the listm

[Game week thread - Bills at Texans TNF]

40 minutes ago, Sierra Foothills said:

 

When Stroud came out with his list of top 5 QBs, what jumped off that list was that all 5 players are people of color.

 

I don't even have an issue about him naming people of color. If that's how he lists it's fine. But at least be humble and not include yourself after being in the league for a cup of coffee. 

 

Also, the most offensive thing to me is that if he wanted to name all people of color....pick better ones. Dak over Jordan Love is an abomination. Heck Russ Wilson has a better career resume than Dak. 

[MNF thread- Cowboys @ Raiders (no Bills stuff please)]

47 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

Carrol should be one and done

He should be gone tomorrow. 

[Bills Week 12 Rooting Interests]

Chiefs Colts is intriguing. 

 

On the one hand, this will be a VERY desperate Chiefs team facing a losing record for the first time in a really long time. 

 

On the other hand you have a Colts team that needs to prove they can beat talented teams. 

 

It should be a battle. I'm rooting for the Colts here. We need to take care of our own business of getting the division lead before I worry about seeding. Chiefs losing pushes us closer to a wild card spot if we can't catch up 

 

Jets/Ravens could be interesting. Our old buddy Tyrod is starting for the Jets. Obviously, we should be Jet fans this weekend. 

 

We should be wearing our orange and black stripes as well as we NEED Flacco to ball out and bet the Pats. Unfortunately, as slim as the odds were...they got slimmer with both Hendrickson ruled out and Chase scheduled for a one game suspension. Maye should put up some big numbers on that Bengal defense. Start ALL New England players in fantasy.

 

I'm actually hoping the Steelers beat the Bears. For the sole reason being, if they keep winning Baltimore can't pull ahead in the division. 

[MNF thread- Cowboys @ Raiders (no Bills stuff please)]

With Q Williams joining Kenny Clark I personally think Dallas has the best IDL in the NFL. 

[MNF thread- Cowboys @ Raiders (no Bills stuff please)]

39 minutes ago, Steptide said:

This is an awful Monday night match up 

Truth 

 

There are routinely long periods not the season I forget that the Raiders still exist. Which is a shame because they are a once great, historic franchise.