Webster Guy Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 We would have been tied w miami at 9-7 and won the tiebreaker there, would that have been enough if we beat the Jets yesterday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 As I recall, even if the Bills won out, they still needed the Browns to beat the Steelers yesterday, as well...Browns couldn't quite pull it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Jerky Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Nope b.c if we beat both of them we would have lost to two other teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 As I recall, even if the Bills won out, they still needed the Browns to beat the Steelers yesterday, as well...Browns couldn't quite pull it off.no, they needed Denver to lose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 No because they stink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 The way it played out (Dolphins losing to Pats) illustrated why it was important for the Dolphins to win the game against us to control their own destiny. If not for all the help they got from other teams, at tie would not have gotten them in the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProcessAccepted Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Hate to be the wet rag but who cares. We have to have the mindset that we lost both of those games, as well as 7 others. We only won one divisional game despite scoring 24 or more points in 11 games. I only care about how we maintain this offense and get our defense back to competitive level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty McFly Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 As I recall, even if the Bills won out, they still needed the Browns to beat the Steelers yesterday, as well...Browns couldn't quite pull it off. Thats crazy because they actually went into over time and scored a FG 1st. who woulda thought? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Hate to be the wet rag but who cares. We have to have the mindset that we lost both of those games, as well as 7 others. We only won one divisional game despite scoring 24 or more points in 11 games. I only care about how we maintain this offense and get our defense back to competitive level. this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I only care about how we maintain this offense and get our defense back to competitive level. Maintain the offense? It needs to be improved. Look at how many three and outs we had this year and the fact that it could not win games if the team was behind going into the 4th Q. Face it, while the running statistics are cute, a real passing game is what wins in the NFL these days. The Bills hardly have a balanced attack. This is why they hardly showed against teams with a better record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 As I recall, even if the Bills won out, they still needed the Browns to beat the Steelers yesterday, as well...Browns couldn't quite pull it off. Not that game. OAK over DEN and HOU over TEN were the games. Neither went our way. Maintain the offense? It needs to be improved. Look at how many three and outs we had this year and the fact that it could not win games if the team was behind going into the 4th Q. Face it, while the running statistics are cute, a real passing game is what wins in the NFL these days. The Bills hardly have a balanced attack. This is why they hardly showed against teams with a better record. https://www.sportingcharts.com/nfl/stats/three-and-out-percentage/2016/ Bills were 25th in 3-and-out percentage, but look who's worse. Three playoff teams including the invincible Patriots. Maybe that stat doesn't mean that much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProcessAccepted Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Maintain the offense? It needs to be improved. Look at how many three and outs we had this year and the fact that it could not win games if the team was behind going into the 4th Q. Face it, while the running statistics are cute, a real passing game is what wins in the NFL these days. The Bills hardly have a balanced attack. This is why they hardly showed against teams with a better record. SMH. I'm not talking about rushing stats. I'm talking about scoring, aka points on the board. The "things" that if you have more of them than you opponent you win. We got a lot of them this year. If we can replicate that scoring success AND cut down the amount our opponents get by 20% we easily make the playoffs. Look at the number of teams with winning records that we scored 24+ points on. Are you deliberately being obtuse about this or is your last name Ryan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Not that game. OAK over DEN and HOU over TEN were the games. Neither went our way. https://www.sportingcharts.com/nfl/stats/three-and-out-percentage/2016/ Bills were 25th in 3-and-out percentage, but look who's worse. Three playoff teams including the invincible Patriots. Maybe that stat doesn't mean that much? Three and outs put a lot of stress on the defense. It is not something to be proud of. Maybe if we had Tom Brady, I would be less concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 if we would have gone 3-1 against them we wouldve made it. not an overwhelming feat to accomplish but slightly more than just these last 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 10 of the top 16 are non- playoff teams. Not sure how relevant the stat is on its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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