apuszczalowski Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Just now, loveorhatembillsfan4life said: Just tuned in to see the score. Man the nfl is weird. Get destroyed by Baltimore, take it to the hawks. Divisional games....... I swear those games no matter whos playing (except Bills/Pats) always end up closer then they should have beenI think its because teams in the same division build their teams to beat each other rather then other teams in the league. The Seahawks go into the offseason building their team to beat the 49ers, rams and Cardinals, Not NE or Baltimore or NO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Crazy what the Rams are doing to the Hawks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 18 minutes ago, whatdrought said: Crazy what the Rams are doing to the Hawks. Shocking. I expected the score to be the reverse of what it is now. I still think the Rams miss the playoffs, even if they win tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Missed XP - cut him/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) Oh my goodness. LA rolling Seattle, Goff playing his best game in a year, aaaaaaand.....that was a very bad decision. Let's see if it costs LA. Edited December 9, 2019 by KD in CA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 I saw this coming, FF playoffs and I have the Seahawks Kicker and Wilson starting. I may lose this week by the biggest margin of the entire year (I'm currently in the 30's, my manager is over 110 points right now, Just glad I didn't trash talk this week......) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) And another pick. Edited December 9, 2019 by Uncle Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) Um, Jared, you accidentally shat yourself. Again. Please report to the locker room for wiping. Why exactly did the Lions give the Seahawks an above average starting Safety?... Generosity? Blackmail? Edited December 9, 2019 by whatdrought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 4 minutes ago, whatdrought said: Um, Jared, you accidentally shat yourself. Again. Please report to the locker room for wiping. Apparently they left 2018 Jared in the locker room at halftime. He's gonna blow this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Just now, KD in CA said: Apparently they left 2018 Jared in the locker room at halftime. He's gonna blow this game. Except that Wilson doesn't look great either... Good to see that Good QB's can have off days without the world ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, whatdrought said: Except that Wilson doesn't look great either... Good to see that Good QB's can have off days without the world ending. I don't know anyone who said they couldn't though The thing is that guys like Brady, Wilson, Brees, and the other top tier guys have built up enough equity over the years that a bad game is viewed as just having an off game because they have consistently shown they can be great and the off games are rare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 1 minute ago, apuszczalowski said: I don't know anyone who said they couldn't though The thing is that guys like Brady, Wilson, Brees, and the other top tier guys have built up enough equity over the years that a bad game is viewed as just having an off game because they have consistently shown they can be great and the off games are rare That's a fair counter, but a bad game is a bad game. It happens. On to next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
london_bills Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 What is with the nfl and leading games. Its almost a curse to be 20 points up on a team, guarantees you lose ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 With the results of today's games we have a 53% chance to make the playoffs if we lose the rest of our games. We can clinch a spot with any win in the next three games. It was a disappointing loss but I still like my chances in making the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 1 minute ago, Doc Brown said: With the results of today's games we have a 53% chance to make the playoffs if we lose the rest of our games. We can clinch a spot with any win in the next three games. It was a disappointing loss but I still like my chances in making the playoffs. That's insane.. We can lose out and still have a statistically probable shot of making the playoffs? Crazy stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Just now, whatdrought said: That's insane.. We can lose out and still have a statistically probable shot of making the playoffs? Crazy stuff. AFC is weak this year. Like it was when we made it two years ago at 9-7. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 10 minutes ago, whatdrought said: That's a fair counter, but a bad game is a bad game. It happens. On to next week. Its just more excusable or acceptable when you have built up the cred like the top guys have and its something that occurs only 1-2 times a year, while the rest of the time your carrying the offence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 1 minute ago, Doc Brown said: AFC is weak this year. Like it was when we made it two years ago at 9-7. Personally tonight hasn't changed my opinion at all. We're getting 11 wins minimum, but 12 seems doable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 4 minutes ago, whatdrought said: That's insane.. We can lose out and still have a statistically probable shot of making the playoffs? Crazy stuff. It would be so Billsy to end up losing out, then having Dalton throw a TD pass to win a game week 17 to give another team a tie breaker over them....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, apuszczalowski said: Its just more excusable or acceptable when you have built up the cred like the top guys have and its something that occurs only 1-2 times a year, while the rest of the time your carrying the offence It changes the perspective of the bad game- do you believe in the guy that he's gonna be back to being good, and shake off the bad game, or not? It's easier to say yes with Russel Wilson right now than it is with Josh Allen. I personally believe Josh will shake it off and come back to being good. 1 minute ago, apuszczalowski said: It would be so Billsy to end up losing out, then having Dalton throw a TD pass to win a game week 17 to give another team a tie breaker over them....... This whole board would be on suicide watch. Edited December 9, 2019 by whatdrought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Just now, whatdrought said: Personally tonight hasn't changed my opinion at all. We're getting 11 wins minimum, but 12 seems doable. 11-5 seems the most likely as our defense is too good not to take two of three as this was the best offense we faced all season. I think we got a dose of reality about Josh Allen as his progression was never going to be linear. Hopefully it's a learning experience for our whole offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 1 minute ago, whatdrought said: Personally tonight hasn't changed my opinion at all. We're getting 11 wins minimum, but 12 seems doable. I would say I would expect 11 wins Assuming they beat the Jets the last week, I have more confidence in them beating the pats in 2 weeks then I do of them beating the Steelers (a game I think may be a toss up with Pittsburghs defence). I actually think it may be more likely they beat NE then they do the Jets right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Doc Brown said: 11-5 seems the most likely as our defense is too good not to take two of three as this was the best offense we faced all season. I think we got a dose of reality about Josh Allen as his progression was never going to be linear. Hopefully it's a learning experience for our whole offense. Yep. My HUGE positive takeaway from today: Josh had a bad game. Some things he did poorly, some things that were done to him. Through it all, he didn't make any bad decisions or make any back breaking mistakes. That's a lot of growth. He didn't get bogged down in the garbage of the game and start playing dumb. He actually did the oposite. He stayed poised, brought us back, made some great throws, and played smart. It was an encouraging defeat in that regard. 3 minutes ago, apuszczalowski said: I would say I would expect 11 wins Assuming they beat the Jets the last week, I have more confidence in them beating the pats in 2 weeks then I do of them beating the Steelers (a game I think may be a toss up with Pittsburghs defence). I actually think it may be more likely they beat NE then they do the Jets right now. Man, I get where you're coming from, I just can't see the Steelers offense doing anything against our Defense. That whole "our defense isn't elite, it was just feasting on bad offenses" narrative has pretty much been shot and buried over the last two weeks. We're an elite Defense, and I would be surprised if Duck Hodges moves the ball against us. (No disrespect to him) Edited December 9, 2019 by whatdrought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 1 minute ago, whatdrought said: Yep. My HUGE positive takeaway from today: Josh had a bad game. Some things he did poorly, some things that were done to him. Through it all, he didn't make any bad decisions or make any back breaking mistakes. That's a lot of growth. He didn't get bogged down in the garbage of the game and start playing dumb. He actually did the oposite. He stayed poised, brought us back, made some great throws, and played smart. It was an encouraging defeat in that regard. I agree. Him playing better after a poor first two plus quarters reminded me a lot of the Pats game. He threw some balls away that he may have forced at the beginning of the year. He needs to work on ball security though as two fumbles is not good. Him consistently missing on the deep ball is also concerning. We still need to upgrade our o-line next year as the Ravens really took it to them. I think it's safe to say Ford needs to move to guard and we need to upgrade the tackle position. I feel better about our defense now than I ever have after making the leagues most explosive player ordinary. Our rush defense should be fine going forward. Another positive of today is no injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Just now, Doc Brown said: I agree. Him playing better after a poor first two plus quarters reminded me a lot of the Pats game. He threw some balls away that he may have forced at the beginning of the year. He needs to work on ball security though as two fumbles is not good. Him consistently missing on the deep ball is also concerning. We still need to upgrade our o-line next year as the Ravens really took it to them. I think it's safe to say Ford needs to move to guard and we need to upgrade the tackle position. I feel better about our defense now than I ever have after making the leagues most explosive player ordinary. Our rush defense should be fine going forward. Another positive of today is no injuries. Yep. That first fumble is one that 9 out of 10 QB's cough up. Not much to do when you get hit that fast by a DE who doesn't get touched on his way to you. Whoever though Knox one on one with Judon was a good idea (maybe Allen? who knows) is to blame for that one. Yeah, he needs to get the deep ball- he got one of them, a real beauty, but got it dropped. I agree about the OL. Not sure about Ford, as I didn't watch him closely. If we need a tackle, I might throw some of our cash at Jack Conklin from Tennessee. It's a great defense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 9 minutes ago, whatdrought said: Man, I get where you're coming from, I just can't see the Steelers offense doing anything against our Defense. That whole "our defense isn't elite, it was just feasting on bad offenses" narrative has pretty much been shot and buried over the last two weeks. We're an elite Defense, and I would be surprised if Duck Hodges moves the ball against us. (No disrespect to him) I agree, but I think the same about the Bills offence being able to do enough against Pittsburghs defence. The only problem i have seen from this defence is that they are getting turnovers and scoring many points. So even if they hold Pittsburgh to a low score, Can the offence score enough to win against a really good defence? I'm thinking this is going to be an ugly game for Prime time, it will be a low scoring defence slugfest kinda game, probably neither team scoring over 20 4 minutes ago, Doc Brown said: I agree. Him playing better after a poor first two plus quarters reminded me a lot of the Pats game. He threw some balls away that he may have forced at the beginning of the year. He needs to work on ball security though as two fumbles is not good. Him consistently missing on the deep ball is also concerning. We still need to upgrade our o-line next year as the Ravens really took it to them. I think it's safe to say Ford needs to move to guard and we need to upgrade the tackle position. I feel better about our defense now than I ever have after making the leagues most explosive player ordinary. Our rush defense should be fine going forward. Another positive of today is no injuries. I wonder how much the weather helped make him look more ordinary? The wind was making it tough to throw, Last week they weren't as explosive either playing in the rain against SF who have a very good defence too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, apuszczalowski said: I wonder how much the weather helped make him look more ordinary? The wind was making it tough to throw, Last week they weren't as explosive either playing in the rain against SF who have a very good defence too. It may have impacted him throwing the ball but holding him to only 40 yards rushing was impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Just now, Doc Brown said: It may have impacted him throwing the ball but holding him to only 40 yards rushing was impressive. True, but if the weather kept them from doing much in the air, its easier to key in on the run and stop them. They did a great job this week, would love to see a rematch in better conditions to get a better judgement on their performance though..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 7 minutes ago, apuszczalowski said: I agree, but I think the same about the Bills offence being able to do enough against Pittsburghs defence. The only problem i have seen from this defence is that they are getting turnovers and scoring many points. So even if they hold Pittsburgh to a low score, Can the offence score enough to win against a really good defence? I think it'd be hard to argue that the Ravens defense isn't as good as the Steelers. That being said, we were able to move the ball against the Ravens when we got our head out of our asses. I expect next week we win by 10 or more. I'm just deciding now to have confidence and trust that this team isn't a shameless tease. We'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 9 minutes ago, apuszczalowski said: True, but if the weather kept them from doing much in the air, its easier to key in on the run and stop them. They did a great job this week, would love to see a rematch in better conditions to get a better judgement on their performance though..... Same goes for our offense against their defense. Maybe Josh connects on one of those early deep balls and the trajectory of this whole game changes if we played in a dome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, Doc Brown said: Same goes for our offense against their defense. Maybe Josh connects on one of those early deep balls and the trajectory of this whole game changes if we played in a dome. Maybe, but we haven't really seen that yet from Allen this year..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoBills Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 46 minutes ago, apuszczalowski said: It would be so Billsy to end up losing out, then having Dalton throw a TD pass to win a game week 17 to give another team a tie breaker over them....... Bengals play the Browns the last game and a Bengals win could put Bills in playoffs if they don't win another game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 So, the Rams are dead, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 1 minute ago, ColoradoBills said: Bengals play the Browns the last game and a Bengals win could put Bills in playoffs if they don't win another game. Well it doesn't necessarily have to be Dalton and the Bengals, you could substitute another team and their GB in that situation...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Saw Wes Welker on the 49s staff always liked him as a player, hope he does well as a coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 24 minutes ago, Buffalo Barbarian said: Saw Wes Welker on the 49s staff always liked him as a player, hope he does well as a coach. You wash your mouth out with soap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 1 minute ago, Joe in Winslow said: You wash your mouth out with soap. i cant hate on tough gritty players, even if they played for the cheats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveorhatembillsfan4life Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) Hey Guys, sorry if I missed this but does one win get us in over the next 3 weeks? I was fooling around with the simulator and worst case scenario with a win only against the Jets I couldn’t find a way we didn’t get in...just different seedings in play. on a side note I think we take care of business in Pitt. Edited December 9, 2019 by loveorhatembillsfan4life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 15 minutes ago, loveorhatembillsfan4life said: Hey Guys, sorry if I missed this but does one win get us in over the next 3 weeks? We need to put up a sign: Playoff Scenarios: Next 6 Exits/Threads *? With yesterday’s results, PlayoffStatus.com shows a 1 in 20 chance of Bills NOT making the playoffs. A lot of AFC teams were eliminated yesterday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannc Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Here’s a happy Monday thought: The Patriots gave up a second round draft pick for Mohammad Sanu.?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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