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Just now, HappyDays said:
Assuming the current results hold, we need 4 of the following 6 things to happen to make it in as a wildcard at 10-7:
-Broncos lose 1 more
-Bengals lose 1 more
-Steelers lose 1 more
-Colts lose 1 more
-Texans lose 1 more
-Jaguars lose 2 more
The Colts and Texans still play so that's one automatic check for us.
Broncos: vs Pats, vs Chargers, at Raiders
Bengals: at Chiefs, vs Browns
Steelers: at Seahawks, at Ravens
Colts: Losing at Falcons, vs Raiders, vs Texans
Texans: Losing vs Browns, vs Titans, at Colts
Jaguars: at Bucs, vs Panthers, at Titans
Can see the Bengals, Steelers and obviously (hopefully no tie) one of Colts/Texans losing at least one more, as long as the Ravens have something to play for in Week 18. Not sure where the fourth defeat will come from. Would be great if the Pats can shock the Broncos later.
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Just now, Buffalo03 said:
Yeah, but them winning their division I think would be better. I don't wanna be going against any teams with head to head tiebreakers
True, and their relatively easy end of the season schedule (on paper) doesn't help.
If the Colts and Texans lose, and Jags win tonight, then they'll basically have two games on them, as they hold the tiebreakers as it stands.
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2 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:
I would rather have the Jags win since they have the head to head. Just allow them to win the division and we don't have to worry about them
They'd be a game behind the Bills, albeit with the Panthers and Titans to come.
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3 minutes ago, stevestojan said:
Dumb question possibly, but we want the Ravens to lose this week so they have something to play for next week, or no?
I'd say so. Though as long as one of the Dolphins or Chiefs win this week, there will still be something riding on next week.
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Just now, No_Matter_What said:
If Texans and Colts lose today, we only need Broncos to lose one of next two and Bengals loss (vs Chiefs) and Steelers loss (at Seahawks) and we will clinch PO before week 18.
So far so good.
The Broncos are the issue for me. Can't see them losing to the Pats and the Chargers. Especially as there will be more tape on the latter by the time they play them.
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1 minute ago, GottaRun said:
If the Browns lose don't we have a chance to overtake them both? Or is our conference record to weak to take the tiebreakers?
If the Browns win they'll have a 10-5 record, with conference record of 7-3. The Bills will be 9-6/5-5. If the Bills win out and the Browns lose both, could still overtake. But it may be a case of accepting the Browns taking up a place, and supporting them over the Texans and Bengals.
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1 minute ago, Chugga said:
Looks like the Browns are doing their job today. Just need the falcons and cowboys to do theirs too
Not their specials team unit.
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I was worried for a moment that penalty was going to be against Cooper.
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1 minute ago, oldmanfan said:
Good points. I admit I probably want more out of Josh than some. If he could play smarter and cut down the picks he’d be a Brady/Montana type. He’s more a Favee now who, while a first ballot HoFer, should have won more Lombardis than he did because he was reckless too much.
I've said all along that I feel Josh is, physically, the best NFL QB bar none right now, possibly even ever, but sometimes his mentality and reads can let him down. He can get the haunted look which I think causes panic in every Bills fan, or he doesn't quite see the field right - see the first drive yesterday where he was throwing to... who? Mind you, we blame Josh, maybe someone ran the wrong route? But it's part of being a QB to notice that. And to choose whether to throw on the back foot which could result in an underthrow.
I would argue Josh had a game of two 'halves' yesterday - pre and post interception. Pre-interception he had issues. Post interception he was good to great.
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"Josh sucked until the final drive..."
His passing record post interception:
- Successful 4-yard pass to Diggs
- Successful 6-yard pass to Diggs
- Successful 16-yard pass to Shakir
- Successful 36-yard pass to Davis
- Successful 6-yard pass to Cook (negated by penalty on Brown)
- Successful 28-yard pass to Davis (negated by penalty on Morse)
- Successful 17-yard pass to Knox
- Successful 8-yard pass to Diggs
- Unsuccessful deep pass to Diggs
- Successful 11-yard pass to Diggs
- Successful 15-yard pass to Shakir
Admittedly there were issues early on, but would disagree with him sucking until the final drive. Sucking up to and including the interception, yeah, can maybe accept that. Even the sack, I preferred him to protect the ball than air it. Martin then stepped in to help him out.
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Josh writes his narrative. Yesterday being a case in point. He is a rollercoaster this season in particular, the superb mixed with some dross. He won't win MVP because the TO start is against him; one which he has created.
McCaffrey or Hill should win it - as much as I like Purdy (more than most) a decent starting QB would be doing the same thing in that 49ers team. Take McCaffrey or Hill out of their respective teams and they look very different. And yes, to counter my first paragraph, the same goes for the Bills for Josh. He is the reason they are 9-6 this year, and not something like 4-11. But could also be argued he's the reason they're not 12-3 too.
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3 hours ago, Einstein said:
Was just listening to McD’s postgame press conference and he mentioned that the Chargers were doing some things they haven’t done all year. Wasn’t on film.
That’s another reason why teams get an interim coach bump.
The Chargers having a new coach was not the key change behind Harty and Cook fumbling, nor Josh underthrowing for an interception (or being off with his receivers). These have happened against teams who have not changed their HC coming into Bills week. It's a carelessness with the ball which has haunted them for most of the season and, as much as we hoped they would have learned from it, they simply haven't.
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1 minute ago, zow2 said:
Agree. You have a game like this, sloppy, minus 3 turnovers, penalties, inferior team leading late… McDermott will have their full attention this week, and it’s a revenge game for the Bills which we don’t have too many of these days.
I wish I was that confident. To be blunt, the Bills were sloppy from the Jags through to the Broncos. That’s six weeks on the spin. Being at Highmark should help next week but the weaknesses and issues have not magically disappeared with Dorsey.-
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You do realise they'll probably fumble the ball whilst trying to run the clock? Or have a bad snap?
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Phew, that was needed!
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That's all from the dreadful play calling for the first Steelers series of the half. Too many throws, not enough runs.
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Just now, stevestojan said:
You think we should?Should but will? Jets... Jags... Pats... Broncos...
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Just now, stevestojan said:
Bills are currently a 13.5 point favorite over the pats. Not that I’m looking ahead. But week 18 is potentially going to be ***** nuts.
Let's beat the Chargers first.
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What a catch from Pickens!
The Steelers are getting very lucky here. Bizarre play calling.
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And people say Josh flops. Hendrickson seemed to go down very easily there.
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Why have the Steelers stopped running the ball?
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Jason Bell on Sky in the UK saying it wasn't DPI on Porter.
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Just now, Dick_Cheney said:
Yeah that probably should have been PI.
It should; Bengals got lucky earlier and unlucky there.
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What kind of play call was that?!
Around the League Week 16
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Bearing in mind, with all of the Play Off combinations - the Bills still have to beat the Pats. The Pats would love nothing more than screwing the Bills over, even if it slightly affects their draft position.