Georgia Bill

I wouldn't call it a potential trap game, but I think it would be unwise for the Bills to assume this is now an easy win. Their defense is still good and they may surprise us with the new look offense geared around whomever they start at QB. It certainly is not a "bye week" as some have suggested in prior posts. The Bills don't earn the win just by showing up.

We won't be even til we sweep them 10 years in a row. I remember the pain.

This isn't the Niner's defense we'll be playing. We just need to score more points then them. Nothing to be afraid of...

I missed it. Did she say playing for him or praying for him?

If the NFL wants the Bills to be the one seed, they'll have the refs do what they can today to help make it happen 😁

Assuming they both win their first playoff game, the answer is yes. Which is why I think the Bills will be very motivated to win tomorrow and prevent having to go back to the Bengals stadium this year.

If I've got this right: if KC wins, Bengals win, and Bills win, KC would be #1 seed, Bill's would be #2, and Bengals #3. Which would mean Bills and Bengals could meet in a divisional game (but not AFC championship) and it would be at Buffalo. if KC wins, Bengals win, and Bills lose, KC would be #1 seed, Bengals would be #2, and Bills #3. Which would mean Bills and Bengals could meet in a divisional game (but not AFC championship) and it would be at Cinci. I'm pretty sure the Bills don't want to have to return to that field any time soon which gives them a lot of motivation to win today. It's odd to me that the NFL did not assert that for either of those scenarios there would also be a neutral field - to add an additional layer of fairness to the situation.

Normally at this stage in the season - with playoff hopes and seedings on the line - games reach playoff intensity with lots of physicality and hard hits. No one knows if what happened to Damar is going to dampen some of that "hit 'em hard, make 'em pay" mentality or not. Not only on the Bills, but other teams as well. I could see the Patriots trying to hammer us with the run game early to see how tough the Bills will be. Even if it takes us a bit to get going full force, I think we will prevail.

Sorry, I misinterpreted your post (thx Taro), thought you were talking about him playing... You meant leading the charge - someone mentioned maybe they'd have him address the fans from his hospital room - whether live or pre-recorded that would be cool.

I'm not sure if you're joking or not. Seriously, we should just be really glad with the progress he's making without speculating about his future playing football. It's way too early for that.

I do think they need to modify the situation so that if any 2 of the 3 teams that could have qualified for the 1 seed (had the game been played) end up playing each other in the AFCG, it will be at a neutral site. They left out a potential Bills Bengals AFCG game when they talked about scenarios qualifying for a neutral site. The fact is it was possible that the Bengals might have beaten the Bills and ended up seeded higher (due to head to head), so it does not seem fair that the Bills could still get a home field AFCG against them. Nothing is perfectly fair, but that would be more fair.

I don't think they could have said teams that played an unequal number of games OR had a chance at the one seed. Because if they remove the AND, the OR opens neutral site for AFCG not only for those that had a chance at the one seed, but for everyone else that might end up playing either the Bills or Bengals in that game - because they'd qualify solely on the basis of the first clause (played an unequal number of games). They only want the neutral site AFCG situation to apply for Bills, Chiefs, Bengals because they are the only ones that had a chance at the one seed. If they are playing anyone else in the AFCG it would not be at a neutral site. Still they should have some wording in there for the (unlikely) scenario that the Bills play the Bengals in the AFCG. It would seem fair for that to be at a neutral site too, even though they did not play an unequal number of games. Perhaps they could have said that if the AFCG is between teams that both had a chance at the one seed, they should play at a neutral site. That way they could leave the "unequal games" part out of it.

I hadn't thought that part through properly - thanks. So basically only KC or the Bills can be one seed, and get the bye. KC get it with a win this weekend, and only way we can get it is if KC loses and we win. That does have to be painful for the Bengals - they might well have beaten us and if they had and KC lost, they'd be one seed, now they have no chance. Admittedly, our chances at the one seed went from fair to slim, and the Bengals chances went from slim to none.

Correction to last part. If KC loses and Bills lose, and Bengals win, Bengals get the bye.

KC if they win. Period. If KC loses and Bills win, Bills. If KC loses and Bengals win, Bengals. I think I got that right.

Since I live in Atlanta, I'd plan to be there cheering on our Bills.

Raiders might win - if the NFL / ref's will it to be so 😁

I don't think so. Only the 1 seed gets the bye, and Bills will only be 1 seed if they beat NE AND the Raiders beat KC. If KC wins they will be the # 1 seed and get the bye.

Thanks, but not here in Atlanta, no 4 pm game on Fox. Just Packers on CBS.

I wish they would switch over to the Niner's Raiders game, the Packer's Vikings game was over a while ago.

Why is that screwing us? We play Monday, and playing on Sunday night would give us a bit more rest time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlTJrNJ5lA

We can argue about who's the best team in the NFL all we want, but the only thing that matters from here on it is which team goes undefeated in the post-season. Winning it all makes all the other arguments a moot point.

It seems the other teams in the AFC East are getting closer to Buffalo and we are going to have a very competitive division for years to come. Which is why I really want us to secure the bye and win the SB this year. IF the East gets more competitive in the future it will be even harder to get the one seed and the bye. Of course you can still get to the big game and win it without the one seed, but it gets tougher. The time to strike is now.

Congrats to the Bills! Last week secured the playoff spot, this week secured the Eastern Division title. One week at a time boys - keep on truckin next week!!!