TPS Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Pittsburgh's defense is 31st against the run; Buffalo's offense is 6th in the run game. This bodes well for an away game--more running, less passing. Pittsburgh's strength on offense is the passing game under Roethlisberger, but they've also given up 31 sacks. Buffalo's pass-D has improved with Byrd and Gilmore back.. They should be able to win this with either EJ or Lewis at the controls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Pittsburgh's defense is 31st against the run; Buffalo's offense is 6th in the run game. This bodes well for an away game--more running, less passing. Pittsburgh's strength on offense is the passing game under Roethlisberger, but they've also given up 31 sacks. Buffalo's pass-D has improved with Byrd and Gilmore back.. They should be able to win this with either EJ or Lewis at the controls. There's an argument they "should" have won 7 of their first 9 games. Two angry teams going into this game -- the difference is one knows they're better than their record and the other is just red-faced with embarrassment. It goes without saying the Bills need this W or the season can officially be written off (from a playoff perspective) -- but a convincing win would be even more important to give the Bills confidence going into the following week's rematch w/ Gangrene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 SHOULD be, but they won't. We don't match up well with their blitzing defensive scheme (they are still highly rated in total D), and Big Ben will negate our rush as we don't tackle that well in the backfield. A Smith got away several times and Ben is a tougher guy to bring down. I see a 24- 16 type loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Cubed Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 SHOULD be, but they won't. We don't match up well with their blitzing defensive scheme (they are still highly rated in total D), and Big Ben will negate our rush as we don't tackle that well in the backfield. A Smith got away several times and Ben is a tougher guy to bring down. I see a 24- 16 type loss. First, I don't really think their blitz is working a whole lot this year, considering they only have 13 sacks. They can blitz all they want, they're giving up 131 yards average running per game at 4.2 yards a carry and 12 rushing TD's. The Bills will just run it down their throat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 SHOULD be, but they won't. We don't match up well with their blitzing defensive scheme (they are still highly rated in total D), and Big Ben will negate our rush as we don't tackle that well in the backfield. A Smith got away several times and Ben is a tougher guy to bring down. I see a 24- 16 type loss. I agree. I hate this match-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 First, I don't really think their blitz is working a whole lot this year, considering they only have 13 sacks. They can blitz all they want, they're giving up 131 yards average running per game at 4.2 yards a carry and 12 rushing TD's. The Bills will just run it down their throat. Yeah I see a 55 carry game from our backs again. I wouldn't be surprised if we rushed for 300 yards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Caveman Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 (edited) Well, it's better than looking back at Kansas City. Edited November 4, 2013 by Captain Caveman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBaumer Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Well, it's better than looking back at Kansas City. Amen, and to add to that, let's get the win and have a meaningful game vs the Jets. The season dies at 7 losses and we are not there yet..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Cain Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 I think a road game anywhere is a tough task. Factor in this happens to be Pittsburgh & I get nervous. Also did I mention we are playing against a QB who has gone to 3 Super Bowls and won 2. I see Tomlin & Labeau embarrassing us in a 31-10 beat down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 I think a road game anywhere is a tough task. Factor in this happens to be Pittsburgh & I get nervous. Also did I mention we are playing against a QB who has gone to 3 Super Bowls and won 2. I see Tomlin & Labeau embarrassing us in a 31-10 beat down. You should watch the steelers sometime before sunday. They are bad and old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 I agree. I hate this match-up. Yep. And be prepared as EJM is going to be thrown into the lion's den, so fans will be screaming about him not being better than Lewis, etc. Reality is that this is a guy going into his 6th game that has missed a month. Steelers are probably better than their record indicates, and a bad physical matchup for the Bills. Expect bumps in the road, folks. Look at the Jets. They beat the Saints, yes, but GS threw for 115 yds and completed all of 8 passes in the win. Bills fans would be ecstatic with the win, but piling on the QB saying the defense bailed him out, etc, and screaming for his benching, no? The previous week he was horrendous in a blowout loss. Yet folks somehow think he is superior to EJM. I'd love to think we beat the Steelers with 115 yards passing, be we're not the Jets D. That team is winning in spite of their QBing. I'm prepared for the inevitible pitfalls, and EJM is still in week 5 development-wise. I expect him to be a little rusty if he's in there. You should watch the steelers sometime before sunday. They are bad and old Trouble is, they are physical, they blitz, and we give up fumbles like nobody's business. We ain't so great ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Biggest thing I'm worried about is a letdown. It will be a coaching challenge to have these guys up for the game after dominating KC in most aspects of the game yesterday. Perhaps Marrone and Co.'s biggest test as a staff. GO BILLS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Biggest thing I'm worried about is a letdown. It will be a coaching challenge to have these guys up for the game after dominating KC in most aspects of the game yesterday. Perhaps Marrone and Co.'s biggest test as a staff. GO BILLS!!! Bills don't play consistently well enough to have a "letdown" by definition, anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 I'm scared. These guys are going to be fired up to play on Sunday: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000276661/article/mike-tomlin-angry-threatening-jobs-on-steelers-d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kkspike Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Old and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Cain Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 You should watch the steelers sometime before sunday. They are bad and old I watched them tie up New England. They aren't too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 I watched them tie up New England. They aren't too bad. NE défense has been poor lately. They also then gave up 55 points and 600 yards They are very beatable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 I'm scared. These guys are going to be fired up to play on Sunday: http://www.nfl.com/n...s-on-steelers-d He can get as mad as he wants. But it's not going to change the fact that the Stillers have allowed the talent on their DLine to deteriorate badly and appear to have completely blown the rebuild on their OLine. These guys are not good in the trenches right now; they're not even adequate at this point. They still have a couple guys scattered around the roster who can play but some uncharacteristically poor franchise decisions over the last few years have really hurt this team, likely both in the short term as well as long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPS Posted November 5, 2013 Author Share Posted November 5, 2013 I think a road game anywhere is a tough task. Factor in this happens to be Pittsburgh & I get nervous. Also did I mention we are playing against a QB who has gone to 3 Super Bowls and won 2. I see Tomlin & Labeau embarrassing us in a 31-10 beat down. Pitt will gear up to stop spiller and FJ, opening up the play-action bombs. I see the Bills winning this 27-20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickelCity Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 God I want this season to still be interesting a month from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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