Hermes
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44 minutes ago, NewEra said:
It is a lame concern…..but if he gets covid and misses the game….and we lose…..yeah
Diggs could sit this week and the Bills would still whoop the Chiefs. Grow up
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Bass is just drunk right now. He started celebrating early since he knew the team wasn't gonna need him.
Hopefully they don't trot Haack out there... 😅
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To me the Sunday 1pm game is for boring teams/games it's like @TheFunPolice was saying; the better the team the more primetime action and I want the Bills to get as much showcasing as they can stomach.
Also, the extra day of rest is really overblown by a large portion of fans, there's not many times when one extra day of rest/recovery keeps players out of games. In terms of game planning and schemes, the coaches aren't going to radically alter the playbook or add entirely new plays in between games. At his point it's about adding wrinkles to the game plan and expecting that the players, who know the system, can adapt and adjust.
For all of the fans who suffer from bbptsd(or whatever it's called) how cathartic will it be when the Bills crush the Patriots, in the playoffs, and in primetime. There's nothing I look forward to more as a fan of this team than the prospect of embarrassing the Patriots, and showing the league who's the class of not only the AFCE, but the entire NFL.
P.S.
Don't look now; but the Bills have won 3 in a row, and might quietly be, the hottest team in the league 😉
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2 hours ago, TheFunPolice said:
These threads are proof positive that the people who post here are a TINY fraction of Bills fans.
So many (on these boards) want to hide at 1PM and never have night games...
"We never win in Prime Time"
"I need to have my warm milk and be tucked into bed by 7:00"
THIS is Bills Mafia? The crazed fans who show up at the airport in the middle of the night?
LOL
If you want to be a real Super Bowl contender, you are going to have (lots) of night games because the entire country wants to see your team in Prime Time. The league wants to showcase your team and your QB. That's a good thing.
We had plenty of 1:00 games for 20 years.
I just think that threads like this (and the dome/no dome threads) make it seem like the majority want one thing, when it's the majority of a very small portion of the fanbase that still uses message boards, so it's deceiving.
Nothing against message boards, we all obviously enjoy these forums, but we're a handful of people in the grand scheme. Most sports fans WANT their team on prime time in the bright lights. Or else why bother?
Don't be afraid of being a top team! this is what we always dreamed of for 20 freaking years of watching drought era teams that struggled to score 17 points and when 200 yards passing for a game was a huge accomplishment.
Bring on a home playoff night game!
What a great sentiment. I have two young kids and staying up late to watch the game with my wife can be a hassle. But man, you just can't beat it. I get so pumped for those games and stay up way later thinking about it. I never regret it in the morning and win or lose I'm wearing my Bills gear proud the next day
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2 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:
I really dont want the Monday night game. That is probably why we will get it.
1 minute ago, Dablitzkrieg said:No
I'm curious why not?
I get the extra day of rest but I don't think that's a huge deal breaker. (I'd be curious to see how teams fare the following week after a Monday night game, a very brief Google search yield no results)
I can't imagine a better game for Bills Mafia to go absolutely mad for. Would Mac Jones even be able to complete a pass? How much extra juice would the defense get in front of the home crowd. What a fun game that would be
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Imagine if you will, it's 8 pm Monday January 17th 2022. The temperature is 17° with a wind chill of 12° the slight breeze feels bitter cold and there's a few flakes falling, a light dusting of snow coats the field. The Bills led by Josh Allen enter the stadium and the crowd erupts. The noise of the fans seems to be magnified by the Monday night lights and the frigid temps. The stadium is absolutely electric as the fans get ready for the show.
These Bills have been preparing for this moment for a long time. The quiet confidence they exude riles the fans up even more.
It's time for Bills vs Pats PT. III
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Week 17 bump. Edited OP. Added close to poll before kickoff Sunday
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22 minutes ago, QCity said:
So, you're theorizing that it's easier to win 5 in a row than 12 in row. Interesting.
Not necessarily that interpretation of it. Just that a team is less likely to win a particular game based on how long the winning streak is. So if all things were equal a team would have a lower chance of winning the further along in the streak they are. It would take some serious statistical analysis and a look at how likely a team is to win in a given week (DVOA?). Someone may have compiled the data I'm referring to but I'm not going to put in the effort to find it.
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1 hour ago, BigDingus said:
Chiefs: 8 game win streak, only AFC team to clinch playoff spot
Colts: 8-2 over last 10 games after starting 1-4
Dolphins: First team to lose 7 straight games, then win 7 straight games in the same season. In a more progressive future, they could be the first team to win 7 gay games too! (Stole that joke from Brandon Perna on YT 😂)
Bills: 2 game win streak...Yes, very quiet indeed!
The thing about winning streaks is that they inevitably come to an end. I'm not sure the statistics on it either, although it always seems that the longer the streak goes the harder it is to maintain. I.e winning the fifth in a row is easier than winning the twelfth, obviously the opponents have a lot to do with it but that's my perception of it
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@JoPoy88 @Chandler#81, et al. I've mulled it over today after lunch and I'm doubling down on my initial assertion that the Bills are quietly the hottest team in the NFL. After listening to some wgr and realizing just how proficient Josh has been along with the emergence of the run game and overall solid defensive play. The Bills have lost their last game this season and the win against the Pats in Foxborough is the type of game that defines seasons. The Bills are getting hot at the right time and the league is about to get put on notice
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33 minutes ago, JoPoy88 said:
Ah. So you are being intentionally hyperbolic and dishonest to stir discussion, but then you also castigate people for calling you out (correctly) as hyperbolic and dishonest and tell them “my thread, if you don’t like it, don’t reply.”
So you’re a troll, in essence and in fact.
If that's what you'd like to call me, so be it. If positivity and optimism are the triggers that get you and others upset, that says more about you and them than it does about myself. It's also interesting to me that, in this instance, I'm the troll when you come into a thread started by me and attack me personally while posting comments not relevant to the thread itself. If you don't like the content you can choose to disregard it.
With all of this said I am enjoying the banter we find ourselves in and I hope you are too
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6 hours ago, Norcalbillsfan said:
KC can still beat anyone at anytime. Dolphins are gaining popularity after their defense once again demolished an offense tonight. But I'm sorry tua just doesn't scare me yet. Maybe down the road, but he still makes really bad mistakes and hinders his team alot. And the Dolphins don't have a Henry or Taylor running game so the qb can do minimal and beat elite teams.
It's funny that everyone talks about the Bills lack of balance on offense yet the Dolphins passing attack isn't anything to write home about. The defense does so much for that team to stay competitive
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6 hours ago, FireChans said:
Why does obviously dumb stuff have to be upvoted?
Devin Singletary is better than Thurman Thomas. Upvotes because it’s a Bills board amirite?
You should have walked back to a reasonable perspective before hitting “post.”
If you don't like it, don't post in the thread. It's simple really. What I don't get is why you feel so compelled to get so upset about what someone else has to say on a message board. People are entitled to their opinions regardless of how you perceive them.
5 hours ago, JoPoy88 said:
so what’s with your title then, since you just directly contradicted it.It's called a hot take. Not sure if you've heard of them. They allow for discussions that might not normally happen because someone takes a stance that isn't necessarily popular or correct. Which I feel this thread has provided.
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3 minutes ago, ToGoGo said:
Why would a Bills fan get downvoted on a Bills board for posting pro-Bills stuff? Yeah it was a little pollyanna-ish but he's not totally wrong.
Weird vibes in Buffalo sometimes. When you can't knock the team, some people need to knock posters.
Honestly I make posts like these knowing that I'll face the vitriol of some board members, but I'm always more than happy to back up my opinions and even walk back to a more reasonable perspective depending on what other posters have to say
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5 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:
They just need to be on a 4 game win streak heading into the playoffs. That's all.
It's comforting to know that they're playing their best football heading into the postseason.
McD seems to get them right for the playoffs.
That's exactly how I'm feeling about it. As long as the Bills take care of business here they're gonna head into the playoffs with a ton of confidence, essentially winning 4 playoff games in a row to get to that point. Fingers crossed they finish the job the next two weeks.
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26 minutes ago, Ethan in Portland said:
But they didn't win the games. Look I'm not trying to be negative but you can't say they should have won games they didn't.
As for fearing Buffalo. I agree, but would say the same about Tampa, Green Bay, and KC because they all have top tier QBs. And that doesn't even include the Rams, Dallas, and Cincinnati all of which have at worst very good QBs. I dont see any team that does not have a flaw.
I get it and admittedly the Bills probably aren't the hottest team in the league. If I had to name one, it would probably be KC, Colts, Rams, or GB.
There's still two weeks to go and the Bills could turn it on and look like world beaters, or worse, they could lose out and squeak into the postseason or miss it all together. While looking at the Bills objectively I'd prefer to stand on the positive side of things and make points to that regard. It's like you said all teams have flaws and to cast them aside because they afflict your favorite team is to wear the proverbial rose colored glasses.
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12 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:
Yes.
Oh ok. Well the idea is that the Bills are one of the hottest teams in the league based off of recent performances, even though they've lost.
6 minutes ago, FormerlyPT5P said:I wouldn't even say they're quietly hot. Everyone sees it but this message board 😮
They maybe were quietly hot before they played us and the amount of people bellyaching about how we lost to a "garbage team" was mind-blowing!
I'm not sure how many people were saying the Colts were a garbage team, but I don't recall much of that on the boards here. Honestly I remember a lot of 'I told you so's about the Bills run D and the team overall being overrated
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1 minute ago, BADOLBILZ said:
The Bills haven't really put together a great game on both sides of the ball in some time.
The offense was great yesterday but the defense gave up five 4th down conversions and yielded some very long drives and 3 TD's to a pretty punchless Patriots offense.
Lot's of room for improvement there.
That's a fair assessment. Honestly I still don't the the Bills have fully hit their stride. I mean they've played great in this one and against the Chiefs earlier this year but it still feels like they have so much more in the tank. I'm just waiting for the game where they finally turn it all on and never look back
8 minutes ago, Taro Nimbus said:The Bills win two games in a row and they are the hottest team? The Colts are playing great football, and hell, the Dolphins are about to win their 7th game in a row. Lay off the homerism a tad.
The Dolphins scare no one and the Colts are a legit team. My apologies for injecting some optimism into the aether. I should just wallow in the 6 losses the Bills have collected and accept they'll never be the perfect team all of us fans so truly deserve..
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3 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:
What?
? Do you have reading comprehension issues?
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11 minutes ago, Governor said:
Gave us problems? They destroyed us. Lol.
I highly doubt a game against them plays out the same as it did last time, everything went right for the Colts from the first snap and being a midseason game the Bills packed it in at the half. Another team who has given them trouble is the Titans. I'd honestly rather the Bills play the Chiefs than either of those two
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6 minutes ago, Ethan in Portland said:
I'd say Kansas City is by far the hottest team. They are destroying some teams and have solid wins over Green Bay, Dallas, and San Diego. They took the dead corpse of Pittsburgh and hammered them without their second best player on the field. This week they take on Cinci and it should be a good playoff type atmosphere game.
AFC Championship will run through KC again
Agree with others I would love to beat the dolphins for a third time in week 1 of the playoffs
There's a handful of teams playing good football right now and I'm just happy to see the Bills as one of those teams. Had the Bills won the two games mentioned they'd be considered by most as the team to beat in the AFC, again, they didn't, so the narrative is different. They'd literally have the same record as the chiefs with a H2H win against them meaning #1 seed in the AFC. Granted they lost both games in such dreadful fashion that most here hardly consider them a playoff team. So take from it what you will. I'm just saying there's no team in the NFL that wants to play the Bills in the playoffs!
16 minutes ago, HOUSE said:Well, the cat is out of the bag now....
*****! I should've kept my mouth shut!
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2 minutes ago, Warcodered said:
I mean sure the teams good looking but how do they play football?
Have you seen Josh Allen in shorts!?
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3 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:
The Colts have an argument.
You know what? I don't hate that take. They have a solid team and have been on a nice run themselves. It would be an interesting game against them to say the least, they're one of a few teams who've given the Bills problems lately
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2 minutes ago, Beast said:
True but.....
The only team of significance I see is the all-IR Ravens.. they're a feel good story but I'd love for the Bills to play them in the playoffs. Easy win!
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Stefon Diggs traveled to Texas to watch his brother Trevon play for Dallas
in The Stadium Wall
Posted · Edited by Hermes
I have no say in the matter of whether or not he suits up on Sunday. That means I'll just have to root for the players the are out there. I'm not saying that he doesn't help the Bills win that game. The Bills are the better team by more than Stefon Diggs and that's not a slight on Diggs either, the Bills just are a much better team based on the results of the season until now, and you might have noticed, the Bills WRs outside of Diggs are kinda good. He didn't even lead them in snaps last week