Week 8 Bills (-1.5) vs Eagles

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

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[aristocrat]

1 hour ago, buffaloboyinATL said:

I am noticing that the national media is starting to make excuses already, just in case the Bills win this weekend. As an example, on Golic and Wingo this morning, they were reluctantly admitting the Bills were the better team right now. BUT, they made a lot of comments like, if the Eagles were healthy, this would be a different game etc... In other words, even if we win, we will still have people saying we haven't beaten any good opponents yet. 

 

I don't really care, winning is all that matters to me, but it is funny to see how reluctant the media is to admit we are a good team.

 

then we need to dominate philly like the cowboys did. don't make the monday narrative be...yea the bills won but philly would have won if healthy. smoke em by like 3 tds or more

[eball]

I think Milano is such a significantly underrated part of this defense.  Really hope he can go because Mo Alexander was a liability out there last week, and I don't think Corey Thompson is ready to return yet either.

[PaattMaann]

14 minutes ago, aristocrat said:

 

then we need to dominate philly like the cowboys did. don't make the monday narrative be...yea the bills won but philly would have won if healthy. smoke em by like 3 tds or more

 

if we win, why do you care about the narrative? 

[buffaloboyinATL]

6 minutes ago, aristocrat said:

 

then we need to dominate philly like the cowboys did. don't make the monday narrative be...yea the bills won but philly would have won if healthy. smoke em by like 3 tds or more

This will be a statement game for one of these 2 teams, of course we all (well, most of us) hope it will be the Bills making a statement on Sunday. On GMFB this morning, they said a win for the Bills this week will move us from the kids table to to grown up table. Here’s to a seat at the big table. ?

[aristocrat]

7 minutes ago, PaattMaann said:

 

if we win, why do you care about the narrative? 

 

i want to see a statement game where the Bills play clean all game.  It would be as much for me as for the narrative nationally as we have been this team that beats itself more than the other team.  Team spins its wheels and then finally takes off at the end.  Come out early and just put them down early and keep them down.  

[PaattMaann]

7 minutes ago, aristocrat said:

 

i want to see a statement game where the Bills play clean all game.  It would be as much for me as for the narrative nationally as we have been this team that beats itself more than the other team.  Team spins its wheels and then finally takes off at the end.  Come out early and just put them down early and keep them down.  

 

yea I mean I would be happy with that. I would also be happy with a 20-17 win with a FG kick as time expires....W counts as a W. 

[GG]

17 minutes ago, eball said:

I think Milano is such a significantly underrated part of this defense.  Really hope he can go because Mo Alexander was a liability out there last week, and I don't think Corey Thompson is ready to return yet either.

 

Underrated by whom?

[BuffaloRebound]

I kind of like how most of the ‘experts’ are picking the Eagles.  Can’t see us coming into this game over confident.  They should have a chip on their shoulder.  

[SCBills]

7 minutes ago, BuffaloRebound said:

I kind of like how most of the ‘experts’ are picking the Eagles.  Can’t see us coming into this game over confident.  They should have a chip on their shoulder.  

 

With the Eagles being a “name” opponent, knowing they are desperate for a win and the fact we didn’t play well against the Dolphins, I’d imagine we will be very focused to come out and execute on Sunday.  

 

One of these days this team will start to put together some semblance of a full game..  Let’s all hope that starts Sunday at 1 pm. 

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said:

3 out of 4 Philly writers picked the eagles. The one who picked the Bills seemed to think it could go either way and went with the home team by 1

https://www.inquirer.com/eagles/eagles-bills-predictions-nfl-picks-carson-wentz-20191025.html

 

The philly writers disagree with the philly radio guys, I'll tell you that.

 

[aristocrat]

20 minutes ago, PaattMaann said:

 

yea I mean I would be happy with that. I would also be happy with a 20-17 win with a FG kick as time expires....W counts as a W. 

 

I get that and if it is that but they do look good doing that.  I'm just saying the first halves we've had we kill ourselves. The funny thing is all year I haven't thought we'd lose a game even in the Pats game.  I would just like to see a cleaner game out of the offense cause I do think if they manage to cut down on the penalties and turnovers early on they;d blow this eagles team out. 

[K-Apps]

Orlando Scandrick, who was just cut by the Eagles went on Undisputed to discuss the locker room issues the Eagles have. Later in the video, he believes the Bills will have success with the run game and will rely on the defense to win.

 

 

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

2 minutes ago, K-Apps said:

Orlando Scandrick, who was just cut by the Eagles went on Undisputed to discuss the locker room issues the Eagles have. Later in the video, he believes the Bills will have success with the run game and will rely on the defense to win.

 

 

 

This is what I'm talking about. They're trash.

 

 

[BUFFALOKIE]

On 10/23/2019 at 8:37 AM, PromoTheRobot said:

The pot o' gold at the end of the rainbow.

 

 

Cool pic! Is that he contrails left by the ball that Josh Allen threw out of the stadium on Tuesday?

[r00tabaga]

4 minutes ago, BUFFALOKIE said:

Cool pic! Is that he contrails left by the ball that Josh Allen threw out of the stadium on Tuesday?

Close.  Chemtrails.

[YoloinOhio]

Wow

 

 

[OldTimeAFLGuy]

23 hours ago, H2o said:

A lot of writers and other "personalities" are picking the Iggles this week, talking about how they are "desperate" for a win and their team is mad. We shall see. 

 

 

PFT’s Week Eight picks

 

Eagles at Bills

MDS’s take: Logically, the 5-1 Bills should be the obvious choice at home against the 3-4 Eagles. And yet I just think the Eagles are better than their record suggests, and the Bills are worse.

MDS’s pick: Eagles 21, Bills 20.

Florio’s take: The Bills have won a lot of close games. It’s time for them to lose a close game against a desperate team.

Florio’s pick: Eagles 24, Bills 20.

[transplantbillsfan]

 

[Stank_Nasty]

25 minutes ago, K-Apps said:

Orlando Scandrick, who was just cut by the Eagles went on Undisputed to discuss the locker room issues the Eagles have. Later in the video, he believes the Bills will have success with the run game and will rely on the defense to win.

 

 

the disrespect from sharpe. good lord.... cant score without a short field? i'm fairly certain most of the td's we've scored this year have been 70+ yd drives and we have 2 spanning 98 friggin yds. and our defense doesn't depend on turnovers like he claims. he quite literally has not see a single bills snap or game all year I would assume.

 

same dude who said back in week 4 it was just an off day for brady and the bills were pretenders.

[apuszczalowski]

3 minutes ago, Stank_Nasty said:

the disrespect from sharpe. good lord.... cant score without a short field? i'm fairly certain most of the td's we've scored this year have been 70+ yd drives and we have 2 spanning 98 friggin yds. and our defense doesn't depend on turnovers like he claims. he quite literally has not see a single bills snap or game all year I would assume.

 

same dude who said back in week 4 it was just an off day for brady and the bills were pretenders.

Not that I agree or want to defend Sharpe, but it does look like it may have been a bit of an off day for Brady that game when you look at their play before and after that game. Unless you want to say that Fitz is better then Brady? As it's been said alot around here, until the Bills start beating these bad teams convincingly, and not just squeaking out wins cause the kicker can't hit a single FG, they will be viewed as a pretender and not as good as their record shows.

[PromoTheRobot]

35 minutes ago, r00tabaga said:

Close.  Chemtrails.

[The Wiz]

12 minutes ago, apuszczalowski said:

Not that I agree or want to defend Sharpe, but it does look like it may have been a bit of an off day for Brady that game when you look at their play before and after that game. Unless you want to say that Fitz is better then Brady? As it's been said alot around here, until the Bills start beating these bad teams convincingly, and not just squeaking out wins cause the kicker can't hit a single FG, they will be viewed as a pretender and not as good as their record shows.

How about last week was an off day for our defense? 

[dave mcbride]

More Scandrick: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27926556/orlando-scandrick-rips-eagles-gm-being-released

 

That team sounds like it has some real problems internally.

[YoloinOhio]

 

1 minute ago, dave mcbride said:

More Scandrick: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27926556/orlando-scandrick-rips-eagles-gm-being-released

 

That team sounds like it has some real problems internally.

Agreed. He could just be bitter but, he wasn’t there that long and these aren’t really “new” things. Just harsh to hear so publically aired by a former player. He has no reason to lie. 

[Say When...]

11 minutes ago, apuszczalowski said:

Not that I agree or want to defend Sharpe, but it does look like it may have been a bit of an off day for Brady that game when you look at their play before and after that game. Unless you want to say that Fitz is better then Brady? As it's been said alot around here, until the Bills start beating these bad teams convincingly, and not just squeaking out wins cause the kicker can't hit a single FG, they will be viewed as a pretender and not as good as their record shows.

 

i'd love to eeek out 10-12 wins this year...  a W is a W is a W.

 

 

[Paul Costa]

Like the old NFL adage says it’s not who you play but when you play them makes a lot of sense especially this week. Many had the Bills getting cracked this week. They still might but we’re playing Philadelphia at a great time as far as trying to win the game. 

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

Eagles’ hemorrhaging defense needs to get right against Bills’ pedestrian offense

 

The Week 8 match-up for the Philadelphia Eagles’ defense against the Buffalo Bills’ offense is weakness against weakness.

The Eagles have allowed 24 and 27 first half points in their last two games along with 37 and 38 points total in those games. They’ve only held one opponent to under 24 points, the Luke Falk-led Jets. 

 

The big fear for many fans will be speedy wide receiver John Brown taking off the top of the Eagles’ defense. On the season Brown has proven to be their biggest threat, totaling 33 catches for 473 yards and two touchdowns. He’d have a lot more than that if Allen, who has been very accurate inside of 20 yards, ranks 27th of 35 in deep ball adjusted accuracy completion percentage (per PFF).

 

https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2019/10/25/20931898/eagles-hemorrhaging-defense-needs-get-right-against-bills-pedestrian-offense-bgn-radio-podcast-kist

 

[Say When...]

1 minute ago, Paul Costa said:

Like the old NFL adage says it’s not who you play but when you play them makes a lot of sense especially this week. Many had the Bills getting cracked this week. They still might but we’re playing Philadelphia at a great time as far as trying to win the game. 

 

and that will be the excuse if we do beat them but i'm OK with that.  This isn't a world beater team like the Patriots and i think it's absurd to expect that from them week in and week out; i'll take the continued unspectacular success of a building team right now, just wait till everything clicks, THEN it'll be fun.  I just hope we get to see it click this year.

[YoloinOhio]

 

 

[Big C]

54 minutes ago, Stank_Nasty said:

the disrespect from sharpe. good lord.... cant score without a short field? i'm fairly certain most of the td's we've scored this year have been 70+ yd drives and we have 2 spanning 98 friggin yds. and our defense doesn't depend on turnovers like he claims. he quite literally has not see a single bills snap or game all year I would assume.

 

same dude who said back in week 4 it was just an off day for brady and the bills were pretenders.

 

Ha, yeah, he was all like "you acting like the Bill's are some kind of offensive machine." And they both predicted we score 17 points. 

[Stank_Nasty]

52 minutes ago, apuszczalowski said:

Not that I agree or want to defend Sharpe, but it does look like it may have been a bit of an off day for Brady that game when you look at their play before and after that game. Unless you want to say that Fitz is better then Brady? As it's been said alot around here, until the Bills start beating these bad teams convincingly, and not just squeaking out wins cause the kicker can't hit a single FG, they will be viewed as a pretender and not as good as their record shows.

or how about brady sucked once he finally played a good defense?.... in fact brady hasn't been good in the last 4 games against this personnel. 

 

listen. if Shannon wants to 2nd guess buffalo that's fine. there are plenty of reasons why. but the stuff he brings up makes him sounds completely ignorant and its not accurate.

[BillsCelticsAngelsBama]

They've played one good team and lost, barely. also, the only team to play them tough. What a great 'D' we have. Don't know if the Eagles are good but I think I would pass on this game but lean towards Philly and the points due to their desperation. God, I want to be wrong. I get scolded a lot on this site for probably being the least positive that we have a QB that can EVER lead us to the promise land but I want to be so wrong that everyone is bagging on me. Not trusting yet. He HAS to be able to throw on these guys, doesn't he ?  Go Bills !!

Edited October 25, 2019 by MOVALLEYRANDY

[YoloinOhio]

 

[Blank Stare]

2 hours ago, K-Apps said:

Orlando Scandrick, who was just cut by the Eagles went on Undisputed to discuss the locker room issues the Eagles have. Later in the video, he believes the Bills will have success with the run game and will rely on the defense to win.

 

 

WTH is Skip Bayless wearing in that video? Trying too hard. 

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 25, 2019 by SlimShady'sGhost

[thebandit27]

16 minutes ago, MOVALLEYRANDY said:

They've played one good team and lost, barely. also, the only team to play them tough. What a great 'D' we have. Don't know if the Eagles are good but I think I would pass on this game but lean towards Philly and the points due to their desperation. God, I want to be wrong. I get scolded a lot on this site for probably being the least positive that we have a QB that can EVER lead us to the promise land but I want to be so wrong that everyone is bagging on me. Not trusting yet. He HAS to be able to throw on these guys, doesn't he ?  Go Bills !!

 

They'd be 6-0 if 4TH QUARTER JOSH hadn't been scum-bagged out of the game against NE.

[BillsCelticsAngelsBama]

21 minutes ago, thebandit27 said:

 

They'd be 6-0 if 4TH QUARTER JOSH hadn't been scum-bagged out of the game against NE.

Very possibly

[YoloinOhio]

33 minutes ago, SlimShady'sGhost said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have a feeling he’s not going to play similar to the Titans game time decision with Singletary’s hammy - especially if the field is wet 

[The Frankish Reich]

43 minutes ago, thebandit27 said:

 

They'd be 6-0 if 4TH QUARTER JOSH hadn't been scum-bagged out of the game against NE.

Yeah, and 5-1 all over again if the Titans has a competent kicker. Or 4-2 if the Dolphins had just kicked the damn field goals. Etc., etc. Not knocking the Bills at all here -- 5-1 is 5-1, and they've earned it -- but other than the truly elite and truly trash teams, virtually every NFL team can play this "if a couple plays had gone our way" game ... such is parity in the NFL, and mediocrity in the AFC.