harryS

Does anyone regret their prediction already? (Not me, as I had the Bills beating Carolina and KC as part of a long winning streak post-bye). Remember, PRIDE was on the line here. Does anyone already feel shame?

Same game parlay of Bills to win and game going under was cha-ching!

I am very proud of this answer.

Possibly. You would hope that a close win would still have resulted in changes during the bye but you never know. As of now, the losses to the Patriots and Falcons still endanger our seeding and division chances. We need to go on a long win streak before we can speculate that they were good things.

Bills 27-23 Game goes under the total Buffalo wings 1 KC BBQ 0

I think we win and will bet on it. The Bills should not be home underdogs to anyone.

Here's the article de-paywalled: https://archive.is/apPis Is it worth reading if, according to thread title, the main argument is that we don't have a WR problem? That's up to you.

Plus, since 0 Bills fans knew about this metric before opening the thread, it can't be the reason why we're concerned.

Oh, I've had Q39. It's one of KC's best restaurants for sure. Still, it doesn't compare to the brisket and beef rib at Goldee's outside of Fort Worth.

KC is allowed to beat us both this Sunday AND in the playoffs. There's no rule that says the teams have to split. You can root for the Bills this weekend with a clear conscience.

Exactly. Plus even if he didn't include "possibly" the odds are strong that reporters are just making things up or guessing anyway. Without the expectation of naming a specific source, who could resist?

Their BBQ is overrated in comparison to places like Texas.

I'm feeling good about this game. We're good at beating KC when it doesn't count. We've added speed and athleticism to the defense by finally being able to play Hairston, Hancock, Hoecht, and Ogunjobi. If we can get Daquan back soon and Milano / Bernard play at 80% of their previous selves (which seems doable), I don't rule out that we can play like a top 10 defense, as soon as this week.

Haha, relax. An honest assessment of the Carolina game tape would've meant being critical of Josh Allen's poor execution on many plays and dragging Beane for the lack of boundary WR talent. For the most part, coaches need to avoid criticizing others in press conferences. I guess you want Brady to say, "I suck" but that was never going to happen when the team scored 40 points off an excellent run game scheme. Nobody loathes McDermott more than me, but the one good thing he and his coaching staff does is blowing the media off with non-answers or unreal answers. If there are problems, you take care of it in private. Media are scum.

Which might be fine. We'd have to know how those rates differ among the great offenses in the league (e.g. Colts) to know whether we could optimize better. I pretty much guarantee no team is 50/50 run/pass out of shotgun, for example. 20% might be the right number to keep defenses honest. It reminds me of poker. Staying balanced doesn't mean you bluff half the time. You just have to bluff enough that your opponents know you are capable of bluffing in that situation, and sometimes they call you down when you have the goods.

If we get swept by them, we don't deserve to win the AFCE. And if we beat them in Foxborough, I suspect we'll be in good position to win the division and be a very high seed in the AFC. No need to worry about them at this point in the season, in other words, imo. Chiefs are next. Get your hate on for them.

He's in a small slump that he will probably break out of in a big way next game. Wouldn't surprise me if he caught fire in Nov/Dec/Jan as he's done before.

It sucks but the whole point of investing so much in DL depth is that you can survive a long-term injury to a very good player. We can't invest more there. Not over a WR that can stretch the D, imo.

Goatse-level prediction!

I'm exactly opposite. Very comfortable we'll win. Goatse-level non-puckering.

Maybe Beane see the BTJ's year 2 film and gets a stiffy. BTJ is probably still flashing too much talent but you never know

Even if that were true, do we think Josh isn't capable of admitting a mistake and figuring out "this guy just doesn't have it"?

Bravo, it's rare that I LOL.

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The results so far paint a skewed distribution, which is probably interesting for math dorks. I would've expected a normal distribution but the most popular pick (the mode) is 10-7 and yet very few people are picking 9-8.