John from Riverside Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 We are talking about toughness? This team went down 0-2 in the beginning of the season....and went on a 4 game winning streak. They could have mailed it in with all the injuries......they didnt.....that does display a bit of toughness As far as the playoff picture? One game at a time..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What a Tuel Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Well, every game is important because there is little to no margin for error. But.... IF they went 6-2 or 7-1, we want one of those losses to be the Seattle game. Right wishing we could trade our losses out of the AFC is legitimate. Where it becomes ridiculous is to cap the wins and say a win against Seattle hurts our chances for the playoffs because we can only have a limited number of wins. Winning against Seattle does not mean we lose an AFC game. They are independent of each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 @JeremyWGR #MNF Bills win = 7th in AFC Bills lose = 12th in AFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r00tabaga Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 So basically you're saying it's huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26TrapDraw Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 So basically you're saying it's huge. No he's saying it's HUUUUUUGGGE!!!! bigly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 No he's saying it's HUUUUUUGGGE!!!! bigly I would never say that crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r00tabaga Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 We certainly didn't get any help yesterday. Balt won. Indy won. Miami won. KC won. Las Vegas won. FVCK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Right wishing we could trade our losses out of the AFC is legitimate. Where it becomes ridiculous is to cap the wins and say a win against Seattle hurts our chances for the playoffs because we can only have a limited number of wins. Winning against Seattle does not mean we lose an AFC game. They are independent of each other. Then there is the issue of tie breakers. Some studies have suggested it may be beneficial to lose to NFC opponents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 We certainly didn't get any help yesterday. Balt won. Indy won. Miami won. KC won. Las Vegas won. FVCK! Gotta handle your own business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big C Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Gotta handle your own business. Yep. And we have no idea how the rest of the season is going to play out. Pitt and Cincy may not be the teams we were expecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDH Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 So basically you're saying it's huge. Least important game left on the schedule. Granted, at 4-4 they are all important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Buffalo Bills Odds of making playoffs: 18.0 percent The Bills still rank 10th in DVOA despite a three-game losing streak, and they have the easiest remaining schedule in the league. http://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/18002829/playoff-odds-predictions-all-32-nfl-teams-2016-nfl-playoffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Buffalo Bills Odds of making playoffs: 18.0 percent The Bills still rank 10th in DVOA despite a three-game losing streak, and they have the easiest remaining schedule in the league. http://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/18002829/playoff-odds-predictions-all-32-nfl-teams-2016-nfl-playoffs You apparently have to be an "insider" to get to that article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 You apparently have to be an "insider" to get to that article. Look here: http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/playoffodds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 (edited) Look here: http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/playoffodds Thanks. Miami at 27% is interesting. 538 has the fish chances at 12%. But they are both close regarding the Bills, both have them at 8-8 with 18% (outsider) and 20% (538) chance of making the playoffs. Byt 538 had Trumps chances at about 25% so all is not lost Edited November 10, 2016 by CodeMonkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Playoff odds: 30.2 percent http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/18102476/there-13-teams-not-currently-nfl-playoff-picture-get-in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 @ESPNNFL If the playoffs started today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 They have to run the table IMO. I think it is actually possible.... but most likely headed for 8-8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 They have to run the table IMO. I think it is actually possible.... but most likely headed for 8-8 This is actually getting interesting. 538 has us at 29% chance of making the playoffs (hey, Trump was only 33! ... maybe a disgruntled rural Michigander ref will deliberately blow a call in our favor or something). So we need to see: - Houston beat Oakland tonight. That would help a lot. - ideally either Denver or KC will collapse, but more likely one of them will win the West, the other will get a wild card. - that would leave Pittsburgh, Oakland, Miami all ahead of us in the 2nd wild card derby, but we play all 3. It's the old "control your own destiny" thing. (Baltimore could still get in the way, so let's just hope they don't). Of course, we could blow it all by losing to Jacksonville again or something. Or go out in the Billsiest way ever by beating all the contenders and losing to the Jets. But still: in the hunt with a realistic shot, and I've already bought my turkey. That's better than I expected back in September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 This is actually getting interesting. 538 has us at 29% chance of making the playoffs (hey, Trump was only 33! ... maybe a disgruntled rural Michigander ref will deliberately blow a call in our favor or something). So we need to see: - Houston beat Oakland tonight. That would help a lot. - ideally either Denver or KC will collapse, but more likely one of them will win the West, the other will get a wild card. - that would leave Pittsburgh, Oakland, Miami all ahead of us in the 2nd wild card derby, but we play all 3. It's the old "control your own destiny" thing. (Baltimore could still get in the way, so let's just hope they don't). Of course, we could blow it all by losing to Jacksonville again or something. Or go out in the Billsiest way ever by beating all the contenders and losing to the Jets. But still: in the hunt with a realistic shot, and I've already bought my turkey. That's better than I expected back in September. Ideally, I think we want the Raiders to drop behind KC and/or Denver.... and also Baltimore to win the North. Then, that leaves Pittsburgh and Oakland there for the head-to heads. need to beat the Dolphins of course, the 12/4 Ravens/Dolphins game would be nice for the Ravens to take. They also have the "Marrone Special" New England game the last game of the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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