Week 15: Bills at Broncos

[Dukestreetking]

3 hours ago, The Firebaugh Kid said:

If they clinch the East, is it like, possible for "some" fans to meet them at the airport? The absolute hardest part of all of this for me is not being able to share my gratitude for what they've done in this otherwise abysmal year. 

 

 Imo, great topic/question. I realize it's been discussed here and there, but may deserve it's own thread???

 

Just for ex., and aside from airport: possible to "gather" at/near stadium for Fish game? For a practice?

 

Objective: show player appreciation as they drive up.

 

Assumptions: outdoors, at place xyz, not controlled by Pegulas, proper protocols, yada, yada.

 

Probably a pipe dream, but there's hella creative people here, so who knows?

[Buddo]

4 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

He has the sickle cell trait. He did play in Denver when he was with Arizona. 

 

In that case, give him another week to be sure of his health. While he definitely makes a difference in respect of how we can attack defenses, we should still be able to win this game without him, so I wouldn't be inclined to risk him. We have more important games down the road, where having all of our options available, is going to be more important.

[BillsShredder83]

5 hours ago, wAcKy ZeBrA said:

 

Didn't the Broncos

and their super great defense

lose to Panthers?

Teddy B has played really well and they have an awesome WR corps. Run game has been shot w/o CMC, but theyre alot better than their record indicates

[ColoradoBills]

2 minutes ago, Buddo said:

 

In that case, give him another week to be sure of his health. While he definitely makes a difference in respect of how we can attack defenses, we should still be able to win this game without him, so I wouldn't be inclined to risk him. We have more important games down the road, where having all of our options available, is going to be more important.

 

Yep I agree.  If all the other WRs are healthy going to DEN he probably waits one more week.

[BillsShredder83]

4 hours ago, dneveu said:

Why is this game on saturday during the SEC championship?  

Bills at 4p, SEC @ 815 i think. Nice Saturay lineup

[Bob in STL]

Playing in Denver, Mile High,  is always tough.  
 

Short week and travel - tough.  
 

Just off an emotional win on prime time - tough. 
 

Denver team is better than their record - tough. 
 

All that said this Bills team wants very badly to win  the AFC East so they should be ready to go. I think they can get it done.  

[mbs]

The Bills are easily the better team, one of the best in football, they should win and it shouldn't be close. If they do drop the game it's not a big deal, those things happen . . . wait . . . what the heck? Is this feeling normal for fans of good teams?

 

Let me try this again. If Denver pulls off an upset it doesn't mean this whole season is a dream. EEK! I just typed that and it sounds right. 

[Not at the table Karlos]

57 minutes ago, MAJBobby said:

Bass has a legit shot at crushing the NFL FG record in the thin air if we need a long one.

I really think 70 is realistic with his leg. His 50 yarders have more than enough height when they cross the bar and that’s in normal air. Shoot he kicked a 45 or so yarder and it was still going up when it went thru the uprights. 

[clayboy54]

18 minutes ago, Bob in STL said:

Playing in Denver, Mile High,  is always tough.  
 

Short week and travel - tough.  
 

Just off an emotional win on prime time - tough. 
 

Denver team is better than their record - tough. 
 

All that said this Bills team wants very badly to win  the AFC East so they should be ready to go. I think they can get it done.  

...what's more, they have to get it done!

[ColoradoBills]

15 minutes ago, mbs said:

The Bills are easily the better team, one of the best in football, they should win and it shouldn't be close. If they do drop the game it's not a big deal, those things happen . . . wait . . . what the heck? Is this feeling normal for fans of good teams?

 

Let me try this again. If Denver pulls off an upset it doesn't mean this whole season is a dream. EEK! I just typed that and it sounds right. 

 

I already looked at that "worse case scenario".  The Pats* clinching the Division for us by beating the Fish would be weird.

 

5 minutes ago, clayboy54 said:

...what's more, they have to get it done!

 

They're killing me out there Whitey!

Edited December 14, 2020 by ColoradoBills

[That's No Moon]

6 hours ago, Greg S said:

I thought the Bills all reds were bad. LOL at Denver.

 

 

http://www.gridiron-uniforms.com/GUD/controller/controller.php?action=weekly&year=2020&week=15&league=NFL

 

I like the helmets and the orange tops.  They really need some white or blue pants though.

 

I'd like to see our reds with blue pants.

[Doc Brown]

29 minutes ago, Buddo said:

 

In that case, give him another week to be sure of his health. While he definitely makes a difference in respect of how we can attack defenses, we should still be able to win this game without him, so I wouldn't be inclined to risk him. We have more important games down the road, where having all of our options available, is going to be more important.

If he's 100% you play him.  Nothing is guaranteed in this league and you put your best roster on the field to clinch the division.

[YoloinOhio]

 

[Warcodered]

4 hours ago, Stank_Nasty said:

Been playing some heavy hitters and showing up. Here's a bit from Mike sando's weekly roundup on "The Athletic"

 

The Bills have a really good record against highly ranked defenses.

 

With the Bills facing the Steelers, I went through their games during Allen’s nearly three seasons as the starter to see how they’ve fared against top defenses in general. Each defense from 2018, 2019 and 2020 was ranked No. 1 through No. 32 in EPA per game, with games against Buffalo excluded from the calculations to avoid biasing the rankings.

The Allen-led Bills are 7-3 against top-five defenses over the past three seasons, including 4-0 this season after beating the Los Angeles Rams (No. 1), Steelers (No. 2), Miami Dolphins (No. 4) and San Francisco 49ers (No. 5). Allen had 14 touchdown passes with two interceptions and four total turnovers in those games. He averaged 8.9 yards per pass attempt, 0.39 EPA per attempt and 335 yards per game against those teams, with a 121.8 passer rating. After neither offense accomplished much in the first half Sunday, Allen completed 14 of 20 passes for 162 yards and two touchdowns to close out the Steelers, twice converting on longer than third-and-10.

 

 

..... Stank 

So did they just count the Patriots 3 times?

Just now, YoloinOhio said:

 

Makes sense only real reason to watch this game for him is we might play one of them in the Playoffs otherwise you can just have an alert tell you the score.

[ColoradoBills]

5 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

If he's 100% you play him.  Nothing is guaranteed in this league and you put your best roster on the field to clinch the division.

 

Living up here in Colorado it's mentioned quite a lot.  Here is just one article about players decisions.

I also imagine there are different degrees to this condition.

 

https://steelersdepot.com/2018/11/the-doctor-is-in-is-sickle-cell-trait-too-dangerous-in-denver/

[Beast]

36 minutes ago, Bob in STL said:

Playing in Denver, Mile High,  is always tough.  
 

Short week and travel - tough.  
 

Just off an emotional win on prime time - tough. 
 

Denver team is better than their record - tough. 
 

All that said this Bills team wants very badly to win  the AFC East so they should be ready to go. I think they can get it done.  

 

You know who else will have it tough on Saturday?

 

Denver will.

 

 

[The Wiz]

1 minute ago, Beast said:

 

You know who else will have it tough on Saturday?

 

Denver will.

 

 

My liver.

[Solomon Grundy]

Just now, The Wiz said:

My liver.

😂😂😂

[r00tabaga]

20 minutes ago, That's No Moon said:

I like the helmets and the orange tops.  They really need some white or blue pants though.

 

I'd like to see our reds with blue pants.

I use that combo in madden

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

29 minutes ago, The Wiz said:

My liver.

 

I got you, bro.

 

[syhuang]

 

 

[stevewin]

3 hours 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. 

Also - it's the Browns

[Unforgiven]

If I was a gambler i'd go all in on a big raven win, browns are due for a beating

[whatdrought]

I really don’t get the logic behind wanting the Browns to win tonight. I get that it clinches a spot, but we definitely don’t need the help and I would think the effort is better used hoping the browns stumble as we don’t want them to pass the Steelers in the north since we own that tie breaker. 

[BillsfaninSB]

6 minutes ago, whatdrought said:

I really don’t get the logic behind wanting the Browns to win tonight. I get that it clinches a spot, but we definitely don’t need the help and I would think the effort is better used hoping the browns stumble as we don’t want them to pass the Steelers in the north since we own that tie breaker. 

A tie would be ideal. 

[ColoradoBills]

4 minutes ago, whatdrought said:

I really don’t get the logic behind wanting the Browns to win tonight. I get that it clinches a spot, but we definitely don’t need the help and I would think the effort is better used hoping the browns stumble as we don’t want them to pass the Steelers in the north since we own that tie breaker. 

 

I don't either.  Worried about clinching the Wildcard spot?  The magic number for the Division is 1 (Bills win/Miami loss).

This board would melt down if the Bills lose out.  If they did lose there are a bunch of games just like tonight's game to clinch.

[Buffalo Junction]

6 minutes ago, whatdrought said:

I really don’t get the logic behind wanting the Browns to win tonight. I get that it clinches a spot, but we definitely don’t need the help and I would think the effort is better used hoping the browns stumble as we don’t want them to pass the Steelers in the north since we own that tie breaker. 

I honestly don’t care who wins. I just want the NFCN teams to beat the everloving snot out of each other down the stretch. We’re not catching KC for a bye, so having opposing playoff teams still dealing with lumps from hard fought divisional battles will have to suffice. 

[BillsfaninSB]

5 minutes ago, Buffalo Junction said:

I honestly don’t care who wins. I just want the NFCN teams to beat the everloving snot out of each other down the stretch. We’re not catching KC for a bye, so having opposing playoff teams still dealing with lumps from hard fought divisional battles will have to suffice. 

Watching the NFL, especially AFC match-ups, is way more enjoyable when the Bills are doing well.

 

Looking forward to the game to see if the Browns are legit or if the Ravens are not going away.   Balt. have a very good chance to win out if they get over the hump tonight. 
 

 

Edited December 14, 2020 by BillsfaninSB

[JGMcD2]

Brandon McManus was put on the COVID list today... needs 5 straight days of negative tests to be eligible for Saturday. 
 

They have Taylor Russolino as their PS kicker that they would elevate in the event he can’t play. 

[CEN-CAL17]

1 hour ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

I really think 70 is realistic with his leg. His 50 yarders have more than enough height when they cross the bar and that’s in normal air. Shoot he kicked a 45 or so yarder and it was still going up when it went thru the uprights. 

I watched Bass in person at the Senior Bowl practices.... hoping we’d draft him. He was banging 55 yard FGs 3/4 the way up the posts and like 15 rows into the stands.... would have easily made it from 65. Blankenship was barely getting them to the cross bar.....

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

19 minutes ago, whatdrought said:

I really don’t get the logic behind wanting the Browns to win tonight. I get that it clinches a spot, but we definitely don’t need the help and I would think the effort is better used hoping the browns stumble as we don’t want them to pass the Steelers in the north since we own that tie breaker. 

either outcome is 👌 by me. 
 

for the Bills JWB

 

[FLFan]

21 minutes ago, whatdrought said:

I really don’t get the logic behind wanting the Browns to win tonight. I get that it clinches a spot, but we definitely don’t need the help and I would think the effort is better used hoping the browns stumble as we don’t want them to pass the Steelers in the north since we own that tie breaker. 

I agree with you logically, but I hate the Ravens. I am hoping for a tie. 

[Buffalo Junction]

17 minutes ago, BillsfaninSB said:

Watching the NFL, especially AFC match-ups, is way more enjoyable when the Bills are doing well.

 

Looking forward to the game to see if the Browns are legit or if the Ravens are not going away.   Balt. have a very good chance to win out if they get over the hump tonight. 
 

 

For sure. It’s quite refreshing to kick back with for some of these games without having to do math about playoff probabilities. 

[Bob in STL]

1 hour ago, clayboy54 said:

...what's more, they have to get it done!

 

1 hour ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

 

I got you, bro.

 

 

These guys got it done. 
 

[SageAgainstTheMachine]

40 minutes ago, JGMcD2 said:

Brandon McManus was put on the COVID list today... needs 5 straight days of negative tests to be eligible for Saturday. 
 

They have Taylor Russolino as their PS kicker that they would elevate in the event he can’t play. 

 

Would be a huge loss for them.  He's unironically their best player.

[That's No Moon]

1 hour ago, whatdrought said:

I really don’t get the logic behind wanting the Browns to win tonight. I get that it clinches a spot, but we definitely don’t need the help and I would think the effort is better used hoping the browns stumble as we don’t want them to pass the Steelers in the north since we own that tie breaker. 

Because I want Baltimore out and Cleveland winning makes it less likely that we play the Browns in the opening round which is also what I want.

[Captain Caveman]

48 minutes ago, JGMcD2 said:

Brandon McManus was put on the COVID list today... needs 5 straight days of negative tests to be eligible for Saturday. 
 

They have Taylor Russolino as their PS kicker that they would elevate in the event he can’t play. 

 

Sounds like he had close contact but has not tested positive himself (so far)

[JGMcD2]

3 minutes ago, Captain Caveman said:

 

Sounds like he had close contact but has not tested positive himself (so far)

Yes, that is what I saw. 
 

He tweeted that he expects to play Saturday. My bet would be he’ll test negative up until Thursday/Friday... depending on how close a contact he was. If not, we will see him Saturday! 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

1 hour ago, whatdrought said:

I really don’t get the logic behind wanting the Browns to win tonight. I get that it clinches a spot, but we definitely don’t need the help and I would think the effort is better used hoping the browns stumble as we don’t want them to pass the Steelers in the north since we own that tie breaker. 

i really want the browns to eliminate the ravens. The ravens are exactly the sort of type of team I don’t want to see in the playoffs.  Good running game, defense, and coaching. 

[freddyjj]

For all Rochester bills fans, per the WHAM Newscast the game will not be broadcast over the air.  NFL Network only?  News to me