10 days to prepare for Lamar and Ravens

[Royale with Cheese]

5 minutes ago, Gunsgoodtime said:

It's super bowl talk if that happens, no kidding or homerism. It will be all over any media coverage 

I might have to breathe through a brown paper bag.

[CEN-CAL17]

If Bills top Baltimore and New England loses to say Houston or KC, Buffalo beats NEw England and we tie at 13-3... we beat Baltimore...Does Buffalo take the AFC East? And home field advantage through out the playoffs?

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 29, 2019 by CEN-CAL17

[longtimebillsfan]

I am actually starting to believe we may be able to slow down Lamar and the Ravens freight train.

 

The defense is looking solid against everyone.

 

The offense is starting to develop an attitude.  Allen and company don't seem intimidated when they face a high ranking defense.

 

The Ravens may over look this game after coming off a huge game vs the 49er's.

 

I am anxious to see what the line is on the Bills/Ravens game.

 

Go Bills!

[Cygnus99]

If we beat the Ravens I am gonna start to think " Super Bowl " 

[tcampbell104]

9 hours ago, pop gun said:

Chargers last year, they slowed him using 7 DBs

cant do that this year with ingram

[ehfeuh57]

Ravens appear unbeatable

[mannc]

3 hours ago, CEN-CAL17 said:

If Bills top Baltimore and New England loses to say Houston or KC, Buffalo beats NEw England and we tie at 13-3... we beat Baltimore...Does Buffalo take the AFC East? And home field advantage through out the playoffs?

 

 

 

 

 

No.  In that case, expect the commissioner to use his “emergency powers” to revise the tie-breaker rules to ensure “fairness to the league’s corporate partners.”.

 

 “In case two teams in the same division finish with the same record, the first tie-breaker goes to the team that won the first game of the season between the two teams.”

[Teddy KGB]

33 minutes ago, DrDare said:

Ravens appear unbeatable

 

Baker Mayfield disagrees 

[Locomark]

Play Lamar like you were preparing for an option QB in college. Hit him hard every play he runs even if he pitches. Milano, Hyde, Poyer its time to lay him out. If he beats us throwing, that’s fine. This guy is only throwing 20-24 times a game so you have to be a run first focus. I fully expect them to have Edmunds spy him all game and bring plenty of run blitzes. 

This will be a playoff crowd and I hope we are again 6 point underdogs and McD Posts that fact all over our facility all week. 

[Nitro]

10 hours ago, StHustle said:

He is a top 5 rated passer right now and the most accurate 22 year old in NFL history.

See if he can do this against this defense.  The running game is setting up his passing.  Watch the game versus Cleveland.  

[whatdrought]

I personally will be watching that Ravens - 9ers game this sunday. 

[StHustle]

19 minutes ago, Nitro said:

See if he can do this against this defense.  The running game is setting up his passing.  Watch the game versus Cleveland.  

 

Sunday will tell us a lot. That Browns game means little at this point. I believe they would crush the Browns right now. This 9ers game is HUGE for the Bills match up vs the Ravens and could determine a lot of what we do or dont do

 

[Nitro]

3 minutes ago, StHustle said:

 

Sunday will tell us a lot. That Browns game means little at this point. I believe they would crush the Browns right now. This 9ers game is HUGE for the Bills match up vs the Ravens and could determine a lot of what we do or dont do

 

I am referring to how they played defense against him

[StHustle]

7 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

QBR has a lot to do with rushing stats. 

 

7 hours ago, GoBills808 said:

Wrong.

https://www.espn.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/123701/how-is-total-qbr-calculated-we-explain-our-quarterback-rating

 

 

https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/player-stat/qb-rating-nfl

 

This is what I was referring to. Jackson in #3 in the league. Point im making is it doesnt make sense to say "Let's force him to pass" like its a weakness. Have you guys seen his pin point accuracy and ball placement? Decision making? 

[Juice_32]

The one thing I want to see them do. Smash Lamar on the read option. Don’t worry about the back, hammer him early and often. It’s what the ravens did to Kap in the super bowl. 

[GunnerBill]

39 minutes ago, StHustle said:

 

 

https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/player-stat/qb-rating-nfl

 

This is what I was referring to. Jackson in #3 in the league. Point im making is it doesnt make sense to say "Let's force him to pass" like its a weakness. Have you guys seen his pin point accuracy and ball placement? Decision making? 

 

I was not arguing that. Just that QBR does definitely incorporate rushing. 

[StHustle]

6 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

I was not arguing that. Just that QBR does definitely incorporate rushing. 

The link i sent you is "Quarterback Rating" and not ESPN's QBR. It does NOT incorporate rushing.

[wppete]

Blitz Lamar every play!

[Foxx]

Edmunds and Milano are going to be key to limiting Lamar. i think we can do this, it's not like our D hasn't faced Josh and his similar skill set regularly.

[Solomon Grundy]

19 hours ago, Nitro said:

Stack the box.  Stop the run and make Lamar and the Ravens throw.

I'm more worried about Mark Ingram and RBs than I am Lamar. That running game is what makes Lamar effective. Stop that running game and make Lamar throw to the sidelines, although I've seen video where the Ravens have been working on those sideline routes with Lamar.

[Patrick Duffy]

I have a feeling this will be the main game broadcast for CBS next Sunday for most of the country.

[RiotAct]

1 minute ago, Patrick_Duffy said:

I have a feeling this will be the main game broadcast for CBS next Sunday for most of the country.

should be... CBS will be carrying five games total in the 1 PM slot and ours is easily the most attractive matchup of the 5:

 

EARLY

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Denver @ Houston 

 

 

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Cincinnati @ Cleveland 

 

 

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Miami @ NY Jets 

 

 

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Baltimore @ Buffalo 

 

 

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Indianapolis @ Tampa Bay 

 

 

[Jerome007]

Lamar can pass, for sure. He has a great arm and is accurate, but one would have to be really starstruck to not see it's the efficient running that opens up the Ravens pass game! I doubt that as "pure passer" that he would read defenses well and all that. Of course, stopping their running attack isn't exactly easy as saying so ha ha. But yes it's the goal, no doubt. The Bills Offense can help if they make the Ravens play from behind but then, scoring points has always been a key to victory (doh!)

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

20 hours ago, Mc1320 said:

They can look at Steelers tape, he threw 3 pics, had a 54 rating and they needed overtime to win in Oct.

 

 

 

I don't know that that will necessarily help. Around the same time they were blown out by the Browns. Teams have had both tapes for weeks and the Ravens have been destroying teams still.

 

That said. I have a good feeling about this game just like I did going into yesterday's game. Bills are going to surprise some people again. I think we put the clamps down on the Ravens offense just enough. Hold them to about 20 and we win something like 24-20.

[purple haze]

This game will be playoff intensity.  Bills have to stop Ingram first.  He can make it a long day if they let him get started.  Need to gang tackle him too.  And Milano or Edmunds have to spy Lamar.  

 

If I'm Frazier I sell out to stop the run, and try to take away the Ravens TE.  Let our CB's and Ravens WR's decide the game.

[Warcodered]

I think just 1 more win and the Bills are in the playoffs locked, let's not make it a drawn out process and just go and take it from Baltimore.

[DuckyBoys]

You want to force Lamar to have to pass outside the numbers and make sure the edge rushers leverage him back inside  I'm fine with him toting the football 20 times for a 100 yards between the tackles  On  frozen field every time he hits that turf its going to take its toll. Milano and Edmunds are going to have to be impeccable to spy on him but not give up those easy passing lanes between the hashes.

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

It might take something strange to stop the ravens but if I was going to start drawing up a plan, I’d probably look to bringing all hands on deck with the D line. I’d run 5 and 6 D lineman at times and have only Edmunds and Milano running around free behind them. I would take my chances 1 on 1 on the outside and use 8 and 9 man boxes all day. I know Lamar Jackson can throw but I’m not letting him beat me with his legs. If the ravens WRs can beat our corners 1 on 1 and Lamar Jackson beats us with intermediate throws...fine. But I would not let him run. I’d run D lines out there that had 3 or 4 DTs on the field at once. Just anything to control the line of scrimmage and fill every run gap. Keep the blockers off of Milano and Edmunds and make them beat us through to the air. They are a very unconventional offense, it will take an unconventional defense and game plan to slow them down. I do think we can do it though. Little 6-1 front with 9 man box and dare him to throw at Tre.

[peterpan]

20 hours ago, GoBills808 said:

If throwing was his strong suit they’d have him do it more. 

Guys, right now Lamar Jackson doesn't have a weakness.  He will destroy you with his legs or his arm.  He is playing at a legendary level both running and passing.  

 

They are the best team in the league right now.  BUT if they beat the 9ers, then we beat them, that makes US the Best team in the league!!!

[GunnerBill]

2 hours ago, StHustle said:

The link i sent you is "Quarterback Rating" and not ESPN's QBR. It does NOT incorporate rushing.

 

Passer rating does not incorporate rushing, true. QBR does. 

[Buffalo_Stampede]

This is going to have a playoff feel to it. 

[iinii]

Getcha popcorn ready

[aristocrat]

Shut down Ingram and their other backs. Don’t let Lamar get the highlight runs. Offense needs tds early and win the clock battle. 

[StHustle]

6 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

Passer rating does not incorporate rushing, true. QBR does. 

 

Right and Lamar Jackson is 3rd in th NFL in passer rating which goes to my point that saying "just force him to pass" shows you don't understand how much that Lamar has improved in that area. 

 

Im excited to see how 49ers handle him Sunday. I'm not confident they can. Im benching 49ers D in fantasy for the first time this week (they are 2nd in scoring) and grabbed Eagles D vs Miami. We really need them to help at least draw us a partial blueprint on how to stop them if we have any chance at winning. How they blew out the Patriots was scary.

[GunnerBill]

1 minute ago, StHustle said:

 

Right and Lamar Jackson is 3rd in th NFL in passer rating which goes to my point that saying "just force him to pass" shows you don't understand how much that Lamar has improved in that area. 

 

Im excited to see how 49ers handle him Sunday. I'm not confident they can. Im benching 49ers D in fantasy for the first time this week (they are 2nd in scoring) and grabbed Eagles D vs Miami. We really need them to help at least draw us a partial blueprint on how to stop them if we have any chance at winning. How they blew out the Patriots was scary.

 

Indeed. And I wasn't meaning the disagree with that. 

[wppete]

I hope the 49ers beat up in Baltimore real good. 

[vincec]

19 hours ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:

How to beat the Ravens.

 

We need to keep running our up-tempo offense and similar play calling. If we slow down and run all the time we are toast against their defense.

 

I was going to say we need to run 8-9 in the box and we may on occasion but doing so frequently will compromise our defense. We still need to crowd the box and crush the pocket around Jackson but i think we should run a 7 man front instead of our usual 6 man front consisting of  4-2-5.

 

However instead of a 4-3, to which the LBs outside of Milano and Edmunds are so-so, we should run a 5-2-4.

 

By putting an extra lineman on the line this will clog up their lanes more and put bigger and more importantly better players on the field and keep lineman off our LBs to flow freely to the ball and pass defend like they normally do.

 

 

Personally, I don’t think playing a scheme that they aren’t familiar with is a great idea. I would probably use the same run blitzing game plan that they have been using since the second Miami game. Baltimore has a very diverse running game so I think the best bet is to be aggressive and try to dictate the play. If you can create a negative play, then they have to pass. Also, if the offense can jump on them and get in front then you can potentially force them to throw it more than they would like.