Giuseppe Tognarelli

I don't like the Rams flying east against a desperate Ravens team trying to save its season. I also don't like Steelers matchup because it's also at home, the Ravens will be seeking revenge, and I think the Steelers will already be cooked (via Chiefs tomorrow).

Correct, assuming also that none of the 7-7 teams win out.

They won't. It's totally wasted energy to think about the Colts or Chargers, unless you're just worrying about seeding. They'll get Wild Cards, no question.

It means literally 1% to our playoff chances, dropping them from 77% to 76%. Massive! *eyeroll*

This is incorrect

This game is irrelevant. The Colts were never going to lose against the Raiders or Jags. Colts were always going to be 11-6 or 10-7 and get one of the playoff spots. The Bills need the Ravens or Bengals to lose two of three. Bills are currently at 77% for playoffs. Colts win puts them at 76%. Pretty much meaningless.

Excellent post.

? You were discussing opting out due to Covid. There was a deadline for that.

Too late. It's not possible. The deadline has passed.

Did I? I'm not sure that's true, but even if it is, I've certainly picked the Bills numerous times as well

Giving an honest prediction is not trashing the team. I am as big a Bills fan as they come. I just try to look at things realistically.

This is a team we need to win this Sunday. Everything seems to be aligning for the Bills to miss the playoffs at this point.

Meanwhile, the media and Patriots fans will totally ignore this and make judgments on the Bills based on this game. It's infuriating.

The Bills are *****.

It's really starting to simplify for the Bills. If they lose to NE, they're more than likely going to be looking at needing either BAL or CIN to lose two of three. BAL: @CIN LAR PIT CIN: BAL KC @CLE That's why this BAL-CIN game this week is so critical. Really need the Ravens to win. Then we would just need the Chiefs to beat the Bengals. If the Bengals beat the Ravens, I think the Bills will miss the playoffs. CIN will go 2-1 with wins over BAL and @CLE, and BAL will also go 2-1 with home wins over LAR and PIT to close the season.

I honestly don't think you can say it's superstition. This iteration of the Bills (2019 to present) is 1-6 (.143) in these games and 30-9 (.769) in all other games. When something stands out that significantly, you have to consider the possibility that there's something to it.

We're not coming off a loss

Things get very dicey for the Bills if they don't beat NE. It would probably come down to begging the Rams to beat Baltimore or the Browns to beat Cincy. I don't have a great feeling about this.

No Allen is disturbing. He was very high in fan voting, which means he was knocked down by players and coaches. Jackson over him is just inexplicably disgusting.

Yes. Agholor and Harry should be back; they had head injuries. Harris is back. And Bourne is asymptomatic and should be back. It looks cluttered right now, but they're all actually going to play.

Yeah, but it wasn't "win or else"

This

Belichick's record off of losses has been widely discussed, he's known to use bulletin board material, it's true that the Bills have sucked in swing games, the record in national windows has been abysmal, and our record in blue pants is abysmal... all legitimate stuff, as dumb as it may seem.