Week 14: Steelers' Game Preparation - Inactives Announced

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STEELERS KEEP STREAK ALIVE, STIFLE MANNING'S GIANTS

Eli Manning and the Giants offense couldn't establish any rhythm during Sunday's game, unable to keep pace with the Steelers' attack.

ROETHLISBERGER RECAPS WIN OVER THE GIANTS (4:36)

Ben Roethlisberger talks about his performance vs. the Giants..

TOMLIN TALKS WIN OVER THE GIANTS" (4:18)

Coach Mike Tomlin talked after the Steelers' 24-14 win over the Giants..

 

Edited December 11, 2016 by 26CornerBlitz

[Very wide right]

Steelers 24

Bills 17

Season over. Wait till next year

[MAJBobby]

Take Steelers

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

Steelers 63

Bills 10

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Bills will win 24-3 through 3 quarters, but will lose the 4th quarter 3-25.

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@billsupdates

NFL Week 14 point spreads: #Bills open as home underdog to #Steelers http://trib.al/gS8nTGb

6 things we learned about the Pittsburgh #Steelers, Buffalo #Bills' Week 14 opponent http://trib.al/5URGPgd

 

[stevewin]

Bills will win 24-3 through 3 quarters, but will lose the 4th quarter 3-25 0-29

[4merper4mer]

My gut tells me that Ben R. will hang about 40 points on us and hit Brown about 20 times because Tyrod sucks. We will not sack him or produce a turnover because it is unreasonable and vapid to expect any defense to do that.

[Koufax]

This game is our season, and could be a pivotal moment for Rex and Tyrod, so it will be interesting to see how each rebounds from the implosion in Oakland.

 

If we win out, our playoff chances are actually really good, and we need very little help. The hardest of our final games is this Sunday, so if we win this one it is very conceivable to win each of the other three. When we were 6-5 and looking at 10-6 and the playoffs, the hardest game and the most likely loss was Oakland, so the result of this weekend isn't what hurts us as much as it is the implosion and potential blow to confidence and momentum.

 

But the reality of it is, the Steelers are a better team, playing outstanding football with a three game winning streak and a tough division race to finish up, and I think we are going to see a much better performance out of them than we saw out of the Raiders (who were poised for a trap game riding high and looking ahead to Thursday with the Chiefs). I don't like what Ben and Brown might do to us the way our secondary has been playing.

 

Find a way to 7 and 6 with a win, and things aren't so bad.

 

But the storm clouds are still darkening as Rex hasn't kept up with the last decade of football and his teams continue to underperform their defensive talent and the excuses run thin.

 

And Tyrod brings excitement and fun, but continues to seem to be missing consistency and vision and just hasn't progressed in those areas this season, and leaves open receivers on the table game in and game out, and still fails to ever throw a medium range pass in the middle of the field. He has had his time to develop, and over these last four games the burden is on him. If he can't show some serious progress in these four games he becomes a stop gap contender fighting with Romo and whoever might be available to be the 2017 starter while we look for our next option elsewhere. The receiver injuries change the options on the field at each play, but his failure is to see the receivers running routes on each play, and accurately throw to the best choice, and that breakdown is completely independent of who is running those routes.

 

Hoping they show something to push the balance back, but I'm 60/40 against Rex and Tyrod right now and think that could tip severely after Sunday.

 

Edit: And I'm not remotely suggesting it will happen, but if we lose to the Steelers and win out for 9-7, the only "upset" help we need is the Bengals to beat the Ravens at home in week 17, which means regardless of what happens Sunday, if we then crush the Browns as expected, we host Miami for meaningful football on Christmas Eve.

Edited December 5, 2016 by Koufax

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HIGHLIGHTS: Week 13 vs. New York Giants

The New York Giants took on the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 13 of NFL action.

 

[billsfanmd07]

Is there an updated playoff scenario chart? If your goal this year is playoffs even if we limp in it would be a nice start. Somehow I think we match up well with Pitt.

[metzelaars_lives]

God I hate being that guy but the second poster is right- if the Bills win out, they would very much more likely than not make the playoffs. I didn't believe him, so I spent about 15 minutes looking at other teams' schedules, tiebreakers, etc. If they can find a way to win on Sunday, they would actually be sitting in a pretty good position.

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@SalSports

With Antonio Brown here next week, Stephon Gilmore: "I wish I could follow (opponents) best WR, but whatever the coach wants me to do, I do"

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Percy Harvin placed on non-football illness list

The Bills placed WR Percy Harvin on the reserve/non-football illness list on Monday.

 

@ChrisBrownBills

Ronald Darby is out of the concussion protocol, but Lerentee McCray is in concussion protocol. Surfaced on Monday for #Bills LB.

[blargo]

God I hate being that guy but the second poster is right- if the Bills win out, they would very much more likely than not make the playoffs. I didn't believe him, so I spent about 15 minutes looking at other teams' schedules, tiebreakers, etc. If they can find a way to win on Sunday, they would actually be sitting in a pretty good position.

Yes, the team that would have screwed us was KC and they appear to be going for the division or the first wildcard. If we win this weekend, and that is a big if we do sit well. Cleveland after that and Miami would be another big game.

 

If we lose to Pittsburgh this weekend, I think the team will know they are out of it and we could lose to Cleveland.

[MarlinTheMagician]

Bills win, 34-28. Darby back makes a difference.

 

Haters gonna hate, but we don't suck. We don't have the back-end to stop a premier passing team (which will be a problem with Pitt for sure), and our offense is very scheme-oriented and not suited to playing from behind. Weaknesses yes, but I don't get all the hand-wringing, hating and despair. I expected to lose at Oakland, they are very good. I was shocked when we were up 24-9. And not shocked when Carr brought them back - as has been his history. We are not that far from beating teams like Seattle and Oakland on the road - that is a big deal. If we had a healthy Woods and Watkins I think those games both could have come out differently. Throwing to Glass, Hunter, Tate and a gimpy out-of-sync Sammy is not exactly giving Taylor his best chance. Don't mean that as excuse making, certainly Tyrod could do more, for sure. People are so quick to declare that he sucks though; I have watched numerous sucky quarterbacks for us, and Tyrod is miles from some of those guys. He ain't Machine Gun Kelly either, I get it.

BTW - what about trying Robey-Coleman at free safety on obvious passing downs and move Graham to strong. Granted, he gets abused by tall tight-ends sometimes. Let Seymour take that gig. But I think Robey-Coleman has the vision and closing speed to play free. He is an athlete and he has hops if the play is in front of him. Does the board think his height makes that out of the question? I think he could be a ball-hawk on the back end of a kind we have not had since foot-man left for the Aints.

One other thing about Robey-Coleman. Dude is a baller. For a little guy, he hits like a truck. Put him in back where he can see the play develop and draw a bead on the ball and on receivers.

[CodeMonkey]

538 has the Bills chances at 53%, so there's a chance

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@TheBillsWire

#GoBills CB Stephon Gilmore wants to shadow Antonio Brown, but will do what Rex Ryan asks

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[Pine Barrens Mafia]

Bills win, 34-28. Darby back makes a difference.

 

Haters gonna hate, but we don't suck. We don't have the back-end to stop a premier passing team (which will be a problem with Pitt for sure), and our offense is very scheme-oriented and not suited to playing from behind. Weaknesses yes, but I don't get all the hand-wringing, hating and despair. I expected to lose at Oakland, they are very good. I was shocked when we were up 24-9. And not shocked when Carr brought them back - as has been his history. We are not that far from beating teams like Seattle and Oakland on the road - that is a big deal. If we had a healthy Woods and Watkins I think those games both could have come out differently. Throwing to Glass, Hunter, Tate and a gimpy out-of-sync Sammy is not exactly giving Taylor his best chance. Don't mean that as excuse making, certainly Tyrod could do more, for sure. People are so quick to declare that he sucks though; I have watched numerous sucky quarterbacks for us, and Tyrod is miles from some of those guys. He ain't Machine Gun Kelly either, I get it.

 

BTW - what about trying Robey-Coleman at free safety on obvious passing downs and move Graham to strong. Granted, he gets abused by tall tight-ends sometimes. Let Seymour take that gig. But I think Robey-Coleman has the vision and closing speed to play free. He is an athlete and he has hops if the play is in front of him. Does the board think his height makes that out of the question? I think he could be a ball-hawk on the back end of a kind we have not had since foot-man left for the Aints.

 

One other thing about Robey-Coleman. Dude is a baller. For a little guy, he hits like a truck. Put him in back where he can see the play develop and draw a bead on the ball and on receivers.

Lol lay off the whiskey DTs setting in

[Beef Jerky]

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With Antonio Brown here next week, Stephon Gilmore: "I wish I could follow (opponents) best WR, but whatever the coach wants me to do, I do"

 

Gilmore follows Brown around he might set a record for yards. Edited December 6, 2016 by Beef Jerky