Virgil Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Of all the teams we face this season, I worry that the Cowboys present the biggest mis-match for our team. They have three legitimate receivers and a punishing back in Zeke. They've had solid success with the deep ball and have a reliable TE. While we have Tre to take Cooper out of the equation, I worry about the other two receivers and if we can contain both of them while stopping the run. Honesty, I'm surprised at how poor their record is and it makes me think of both the Eagles and Browns games where the talent is there, but mistakes slow them down. You remove those mistakes, and they can beat anyone. With that, I think our overall strategy needs to be the "bend but don't break" type where we will give up yards, but not touchdowns. Get them into 3rd and short and then stop them there. I don't see there being a lot of 3 and outs. Unfortunately, their bigger weakness isn't one we can take large advantage of; which is their defense. While we've seen improvement with our offense, I don't think we are capable of winning a shootout. The strategy there is similar to what we did against the Broncos last week. Control the clock and don't let their offense get into rhythm. I'm curious to see how the rookies and Allen handle playing in that type of stadium with a different rhythm and gameday theatrics. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Dallas has been off and on for play this year, the most of any of the teams I've paid somewhat attention to. Hope it's an off day for them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Seems like we were in the midst of a similar thought at the same time my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLEN1QB Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 The Dallas Cowboys will be feasting on Buffalo this Thanksgiving Day. Get ready for a butt whooping guys not going to be pretty 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 It will be a shoot out. This is actually a game where we will see our O break out. I’d put money on JA having the elusive 300-yard game. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushypeaches Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 I'm most concerned about Josh Allen going into this game. It's his first real test in the national spotlight and the worry is that he'll come in tight, or trying to play hero ball. If he can just block out the noise and play within himself like he has the past few weeks, I think we get the win. But I just have this irrational fear that "Bad Josh" is going to show up tomorrow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 I notice that Dallas on offense takes a long time to execute a play. If we can get into the backfield we can disrupt their momentum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddyjj Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Virgil said: Unfortunately, their bigger weakness isn't one we can take large advantage of; which is their defense I believe with Vander Esch and Antoine Woods out we should have success with our running game up the middle and at the second level. If Heath is out at SS due to shoulder injury this will help even more. Agree that Daboll should use same strategy he used with Broncos - hurry up, 11 formation, motion and RPO to freeze LBs Edited November 27, 2019 by freddyjj 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCBills Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 On Offense, they are basically Cleveland with a better OL. We’re going to need the defense we’ve seen in the past few games that is solid against the run and has developed a legit pass rush or else it’s going to be on our Offense to score around 30. On Offense, with Woods and Vander Esch out, I think we might see another run heavy game with Singletary/Gore and some jet sweep action from McKenzie. Sounds like their defense struggles against mobile QBs as well, so it might be another game where Josh looks to pick up some running yards when they’re available. That being said, National TV, climate controlled environment.. I can’t shake the feeling that Allen airs it out, especially if we can establish a run game and get them to bite on play action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victory Formation Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 I think you beat the Cowboys by playing man coverage and blitzing Edmunds and Milano frequently and often. Force Dak to beat you with his arm. I think you leave TreDavious on an island while giving Levi extra safety help. Key is to remove/limit Zeke as much as possible. On offense I think you pound the ball and execute lots of play action. It looks like LVE is out so I think Singletary should get 20-25 touches to set up the play action. I’d like to see us take some shots deep and take the top off the defense. Lots of sweeps and short crossing routes to Beasley, Foster and McKenzie. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bferra13 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 The boys fans fear Singletary (those that are savvy at least). Let him feast and throw him some screens and balls in the flats. Get him in open space however possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bills Fan Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 12 minutes ago, ALLEN1QB said: The Dallas Cowboys will be feasting on Buffalo this Thanksgiving Day. Get ready for a butt whooping guys not going to be pretty I'd bet you're fun at the parties. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 how the Bills want it more than an angry Dallas at home on Thanksgiving for a national audience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakrider Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Bills defense is good enough to slow down Dallas and I think the offense will be able to move the ball and score. Bills having some long offensive drives are the best way to keep Cowboys offense at bay. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloMatt Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 I got a bad feeling bout this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Firebaugh Kid Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 21 minutes ago, mushypeaches said: I'm most concerned about Josh Allen going into this game. It's his first real test in the national spotlight and the worry is that he'll come in tight, or trying to play hero ball. If he can just block out the noise and play within himself like he has the past few weeks, I think we get the win. But I just have this irrational fear that "Bad Josh" is going to show up tomorrow I think hes gonna be amazing. I think that after tomorrow he begins his true ascent into a true franchise qb. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanfan Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 I’m sick and tired of reading about why we should be worried about Dallas. They should be worried about a top ranked pass D that can shut down Prescott. They should be worried about an offense that piled up over 200 yards on the ground against a good defensive team in Denver. They should be worried about how to defend the top WR for yardage in the AFC. They should be worried about a young QB who can beat you with his arm and/or his legs. 6 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 32 minutes ago, ALLEN1QB said: The Dallas Cowboys will be feasting on Buffalo this Thanksgiving Day. Get ready for a butt whooping guys not going to be pretty The only feasting for the Cowboys will be the Johnnie Walker Blue dousing poor Mr. Jones' much maligned liver ca. 8pm EST... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 13 minutes ago, BuffaloMatt said: I got a bad feeling bout this one. hope it's a good game for the second half 7 minutes ago, oldmanfan said: I’m sick and tired of reading about why we should be worried about Dallas. They should be worried about a top ranked pass D that can shut down Prescott. They should be worried about an offense that piled up over 200 yards on the ground against a good defensive team in Denver. They should be worried about how to defend the top WR for yardage in the AFC. They should be worried about a young QB who can beat you with his arm and/or his legs. again with 3-8 Denver touted as a good team 3 and frickin' 8 Mr. Bigglesworth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 The Cowboys are like us. They beat the bad teams and lose to the good teams. It will be really interesting to see who comes out on top. They have the advantage on offense, us on defense. They're at home. I give the edge to the Cowboys, but either team could win. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyDays Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 You beat talented offenses, especially talented rushing offenses, by committing to the run and controlling the clock. Build an early lead on long sustained drives and put their back against the wall. Based on last week I think Daboll finally figured out we have a really good rush offense. So I'm hopeful he'll have the right game plan. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Just now, MJS said: The Cowboys are like us. They beat the bad teams and lose to the good teams. It will be really interesting to see who comes out on top. They have the advantage on offense, us on defense. They're at home. I give the edge to the Cowboys, but either team could win. makes sense, one of the few on here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 35 minutes ago, ALLEN1QB said: The Dallas Cowboys will be feasting on Buffalo this Thanksgiving Day. Get ready for a butt whooping guys not going to be pretty Statements like this are just idiotic. You can believe the Cowboys will win. It's just dumb to have such smug confidence in a prediction. If the Bills can hang with the Patriots they can hang with anyone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 This is simply a game in which we're playing a better team. I don't think they're "a lot," better, however, so I think it will boil down to minimizing mistakes on our end (especially drive-killing penalties and drops) and capitalizing on mistakes that they make. If Andre Roberts can give us decent starting field position, Haushka continues to kick well and Bojo can be consistent, those things certainly won't hurt. What I DON'T want to see is Daboll outcoaching himself. I don't want to see cute college-level trickery. I don't want to see QB-keepers on any downs in which we need more than two yards. We will likely see Duke on the field again and I hope they play to his strength. We know he's not a deep threat, per se, but he does have good hands and is a big target. Take advantage of those things. We cannot fall behind too much, too early. We need to be able to run the ball like we did last week. Daboll did a nice job of mixing it up with Gore and Singletary. I'd love to see a few sustained drives during which we pound their defense for 5-6 minutes. Solid fundamental football will win this game. I hope they play their most disciplined game. If they do, they'll win. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 They have better talent. We have better coaching. coaching wins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 1 minute ago, stuvian said: They have better talent. We have better coaching. coaching wins That didn't happen with the Browns. Similar situation with them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Posted November 27, 2019 Author Share Posted November 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, stuvian said: They have better talent. We have better coaching. coaching wins And the Cleveland game then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 The Browns also beat the Ravens at home. No shame in that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLTbills Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 14 minutes ago, row_33 said: hope it's a good game for the second half again with 3-8 Denver touted as a good team 3 and frickin' 8 Mr. Bigglesworth I think you're missing the point of what he said. Denver wasn't being touted as a good team - they were touted as a "good defense" which they are. they were the number 5 overall defense in the league going in to last week, and our offense had a day. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 9 minutes ago, Virgil said: And the Cleveland game then? sometimes you just have to let a winnable game slip away.... 5 minutes ago, CLTbills said: I think you're missing the point of what he said. Denver wasn't being touted as a good team - they were touted as a "good defense" which they are. they were the number 5 overall defense in the league going in to last week, and our offense had a day. when it becomes another garbagetime drubbing, the winning O pulls back on the reins and just grinds the clock out that's how you get a 3-8 team with great D stats.... usually... i look forward to this super Bills team bringing the hammer down on Dallas and Baltimore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillies Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 When the Bills win I want Tre in the big, red Salvation pot doing something awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VW82 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Limit Ed Oliver’s snaps. Denver and Miami were good match ups for him. This is going to be more like the Philly and Wash games. NFC East has some big offensive lines. Too big for Oliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLTbills Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 4 minutes ago, row_33 said: sometimes you just have to let a winnable game slip away.... when it becomes another garbagetime drubbing, the winning O pulls back on the reins and just grinds the clock out that's how you get a 3-8 team with great D stats.... usually... i look forward to this super Bills team bringing the hammer down on Dallas and Baltimore Yeah, but they haven't had really any "drubbings". I think five of the games they lost were in the fourth quarter. They lost by 8 to oakland, 11 to GB, 2 to chicago, 2 to jax, 2 to indy, 5 to cle, and 4 to min. The only "drubbings" were against KC (lost by 24) and Buffalo (lost by 17). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philo Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 8 minutes ago, row_33 said: sometimes you just have to let a winnable game slip away.... when it becomes another garbagetime drubbing, the winning O pulls back on the reins and just grinds the clock out that's how you get a 3-8 team with great D stats.... usually... i look forward to this super Bills team bringing the hammer down on Dallas and Baltimore Hasn't Denver lost a bunch of close games? When are the opposing offenses pulling back? Just checked... 4 of their 7 losses before last weekend were by less than a TD. Denver has been playing teams tough - because of a very good defense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLTbills Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 4 minutes ago, Philo said: Hasn't Denver lost a bunch of close games? When are the opposing offenses pulling back? Just checked... 4 of their 7 losses before last weekend were by less than a TD. Denver has been playing teams tough - because of a very good defense. Only real blowout before the Buffalo game was KC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philo Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, CLTbills said: Only real blowout before the Buffalo game was KC. Yup. Oakland and Green bay games weren't down to the wire close, but certainly not blowouts either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thurst44 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 48 minutes ago, row_33 said: hope it's a good game for the second half again with 3-8 Denver touted as a good team 3 and frickin' 8 Mr. Bigglesworth He said a good defensive team. They were the 4th ranked defense going in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanfan Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 1 hour ago, row_33 said: hope it's a good game for the second half again with 3-8 Denver touted as a good team 3 and frickin' 8 Mr. Bigglesworth with an excellent run defense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloMatt Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 1 hour ago, oldmanfan said: I’m sick and tired of reading about why we should be worried about Dallas. They should be worried about a top ranked pass D that can shut down Prescott. They should be worried about an offense that piled up over 200 yards on the ground against a good defensive team in Denver. They should be worried about how to defend the top WR for yardage in the AFC. They should be worried about a young QB who can beat you with his arm and/or his legs. Rose colored glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r00tabaga Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Virgil said: Of all the teams we face this season, I worry that the Cowboys present the biggest mis-match for our team. They have three legitimate receivers and a punishing back in Zeke. They've had solid success with the deep ball and have a reliable TE. While we have Tre to take Cooper out of the equation, I worry about the other two receivers and if we can contain both of them while stopping the run. Honesty, I'm surprised at how poor their record is and it makes me think of both the Eagles and Browns games where the talent is there, but mistakes slow them down. You remove those mistakes, and they can beat anyone. With that, I think our overall strategy needs to be the "bend but don't break" type where we will give up yards, but not touchdowns. Get them into 3rd and short and then stop them there. I don't see there being a lot of 3 and outs. Unfortunately, their bigger weakness isn't one we can take large advantage of; which is their defense. While we've seen improvement with our offense, I don't think we are capable of winning a shootout. The strategy there is similar to what we did against the Broncos last week. Control the clock and don't let their offense get into rhythm. I'm curious to see how the rookies and Allen handle playing in that type of stadium with a different rhythm and gameday theatrics. They're actually almost identical to Cleveland's weapons except for Cleveland was missing their star tight end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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