Just Joshin' Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Greg S said: Hopefully they clinch a playoff spot tonight with a Browns win and then the division on Saturday. I can see the negative posters here saying the Bills backed into the playoffs because the Browns won. 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichRiderBills Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Unless the air really bites this team, I see the Bills rolling. I know Denver is respectable, capable of being competitive, but I just see a route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Just now, Just Joshin' said: I can see the negative posters here saying the Bills backed into the playoffs because the Browns won. 10-3 and one of the best teams in league. Anyone who complains about this season then should find something else to do. Pittsburgh "backed in" to the playoffs yesterday when Miami lost. Stuff like that will happen. Tonight Go Browns! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 1 minute ago, RichRiderBills said: Unless the air really bites this team, I see the Bills rolling. I know Denver is respectable, capable of being competitive, but I just see a route. this would be a classic “trap game” in previous seasons... so I fully expect the Bills to take care of business as well Probably a similar score to last night’s game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoBills Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 24 minutes ago, Logic said: I'm typically very cautious with any Bills-related optimism, HOWEVER... I find it hard to believe that the Bills are going to lose to a Broncos team missing its top four cornerbacks and quarterbacked by the very up-and-down Drew Lock. It's hard to look at the matchups -- Bills defense vs Broncos offense, Bills offense vs Broncos defense, McDermott vs Fangio -- and not think that they all favor Buffalo. I know, I know...any given Sunday. But the Bills players know that a win on Saturday wins them the AFC East, and as such, they are going to be supremely motivated. They don't seem like the type to take any opponent lightly. The Bills are simply a better team than the Broncos in every facet, and I think they win handily. Melvin Gordon went out yesterday with a shoulder. If he can't go they have to start Lindsay at RB. Drew Lock is totally up and down as you said. Good Drew can put up 30. Bad Drew puts up teens. I workman's type game from McDermott and the Bills is needed. Side Note: I hope Bass gets a chance for a 65 yard FG to end the 1st half. That would be fun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Denver is a league-worst -18 in TO differential. With the Bills' D returning to form this bodes well for us. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 9 minutes ago, eball said: Denver is a league-worst -18 in TO differential. With the Bills' D returning to form this bodes well for us. Absolutely. Drew Lock, to me, is like rookie-season Josh Allen right now. That is the exact type of quarterback on which the Bills defense usually feasts. I've said it before: bad to middling quarterbacks don't usually beat the McDermott era Bills. They just don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 45 minutes ago, RiotAct said: this would be a classic “trap game” in previous seasons... so I fully expect the Bills to take care of business as well Probably a similar score to last night’s game. It wouldn't be in any season, because trap games only exist in the minds of people who claim they are real, but statistically they have been shown to not actually be a real thing. In every game, a bad team will have a small but real chance of winning, just because that small percentage chance happens to come true at a certain time in the season does not mean it was a trap game. So when bad teams beat good teams at the same rate at other times, is it because it was a "non trap game"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsfaninSB Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 54 minutes ago, Greg S said: Tonight Go Browns! Conflicted about tonight. Don’t care that much about locking in a playoff spot. More worried about the Browns challenging the 2 seed then the Ravens being a threat. I think I want the Ravens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 3 minutes ago, BillsfaninSB said: Conflicted about tonight. Don’t care that much about locking in a playoff spot. More worried about the Browns challenging the 2 seed then the Ravens being a threat. I think I want the Ravens. I would rather the Bills clinch a playoff spot. Look at Baltimore's schedule after tonight. If they win tonight they probably run the table. Buffalo will clinch on their own but if they can get help tonight I would take it. Jaguars Giants at Bengals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochesterfan Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said: Broncos will be without both Bouye and his replacement. With John Brown presumably back, Allen should absolutely feast. He will also have confidence going into the game because he doesn't see the Broncos as a big bad team, and he'll just play. That's when he balls out. I'm calling it... First big blowout of the year here. We will see about John Brown. He is eligible to return, but that does not mean he will play this weekend. He had a nasty sprain and my guess is the playoffs are more important to them. It would not surprise me for another “game decision” just like Morse - where you give him the extra week by wanting to play what has been working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zow2 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I think i gotta root for Cleveland. Not sure the seeding is gonna matter all that much. Buf will have to go through some really good teams regardless, to win a SB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorkScrewHill Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Von Miller running in practice, but at present not expected to play. If he could come back that would be good for them .. and not so good for us. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/12/14/vic-fangio-von-miller-is-running-but-hes-unlikely-to-play-this-week/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGMcD2 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 38 minutes ago, BillsfaninSB said: Conflicted about tonight. Don’t care that much about locking in a playoff spot. More worried about the Browns challenging the 2 seed then the Ravens being a threat. I think I want the Ravens. The Browns would have to win out with Pittsburgh dropping a game to Indy or Cincy. We would also have to drop a game in order for Cleveland to become the #2 seed. We currently would have the tie breaker over them even if they won tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zow2 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Denver is tricky game. It's never easy to win out there and the Broncos D is still decent. I'm sure it will be a hard fought game...my hope at this point in the season is just to get out of there with no lasting injuries. The healthiest team(s) come playoffs will be the most dangerous teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJBobby Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Bass has a legit shot at crushing the NFL FG record in the thin air if we need a long one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsfaninSB Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 18 minutes ago, JGMcD2 said: The Browns would have to win out with Pittsburgh dropping a game to Indy or Cincy. We would also have to drop a game in order for Cleveland to become the #2 seed. We currently would have the tie breaker over them even if they won tonight. Thanks. Did not know the Bills own the tie breaker with the Browns. That helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJBobby Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Bills win this game easy. 31-9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveorhatembillsfan4life Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 The more top defenses we play the better. These games can really prepare us for what's to come playoff time. Maybe we meet the Colts round 1 whose Defense is top notch. I want this offense to play the best so we are prepared for it all. Of course stay healthy in the process! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGMcD2 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 1 minute ago, BillsfaninSB said: Thanks. Did not know the Bills own the tie breaker with the Browns. That helps. Actually we would have to drop 2 games in order for Cleveland to pass us in the event they win the AFC North, I misspoke. 1) Is H2H, which we don’t have 2) This is conference record... We’re currently 7-2 here and Cleveland is 6-3. They would actually need us to lose twice down the stretch to get that tiebreaker because if we tied here at both teams with 9-3 conference records... 3) Common opponents (min. 4) this tiebreaker actually wouldn’t qualify because we only have 3 common opponents. 4) It would move to this tiebreaker which is SOV and I actually don’t think Cleveland can pass us with this at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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