SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 11 minutes ago, Process said: There is no chance Allen plays more than a couple series next week. The two seed does not matter that much, at all. I don't know why people here can't grasp that. wrong 2 home playoff games matter 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 You play to win the game. Winners rest after the Super Bowl parade... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbRiddicksTDLeap Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 19 minutes ago, Warcodered said: I mean if we didn't care about the 2nd seed he wouldn't of played today. This. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy10 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 As nice as it would be to sit the starters, I don’t see it. Need to make the easiest path possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan in Cleveland Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 20 minutes ago, Nextmanup said: For what it's worth, Bill Cowher suggested yesterday that he would definitely prefer to be healthy (sit the 1s) than worry about seeding. Bill Cowher's playoff record is terrible and the refs gifted him his lone SB win. He is not as overrated as Tony Dungy but he is close. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Ballin Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 F*ck yes, Josh Allen is playing. Absolutely. We NEED that 2nd seed locked up. Gotta win, dude. We need that homefield advantage on whoever we face in the playoffs unless we face Kansas City. Homefield is a MASSIVE advantage. So you wanna bend over for Pittsburgh Steelers? You can do that. I'm not. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djp14150 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Just now, RobbRiddicksTDLeap said: This. no... if buffalo goes LL and ten W buffalo woukd have bern 4 and had to go to KC division round. Win tonight assures they don’t see KC till championship game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. K Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Maybe the 1st quarter or 1st half. Just keep going for the throat. Maybe give JB a good amount of snaps to get the rust off. If he can play of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSBill Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) Allen and all starters will play, at least a half and see where its at then. Edited December 30, 2020 by CSBill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 16 minutes ago, Process said: There is no chance Allen plays more than a couple series next week. The two seed does not matter that much, at all. I don't know why people here can't grasp that. I think we should wait and see how McD feels about that. I’m not so sure he agrees, but we will see. I’ll be 100% behind his decision. No hindsight questioning regardless of how it turns out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djp14150 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) If Buffalo beats Miami thry could play them the next week if only one of CLE, BAL, or IND lose Edited December 29, 2020 by djp14150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan in Cleveland Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Play to win. Knock Miami out of the playoffs. This team could use some reps in bad weather too. Find a way to get Neasley his 34 yards to get to 1000 and then let him rest his ankle and sit Poyer for the protocol. Otherwise play the starters. Hope they can do to Tua what other teams have done, capitalize on some short fields and be selective when playing back-ups. You can instruct Roberts to only FC punts. You can put Jones back to return kicks. You can sub in Norman for White. You can sit Hughes for Murphy. There is a lot they can do to protect folks while still going for the win. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoBills Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) 22 minutes ago, djp14150 said: Miami wins they are 5 and play at south division champs Also Ravens will beat the Bengals and if Miami losses the Ravens lock up 5. If the Dolphins win (5 like you said) and Raven are 6. Allen starts. How long he plays is anybody's guess. Edited December 29, 2020 by ColoradoBills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djp14150 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 A lose does not knock Miami out. They lose Then they need Cleveland, Baltimore, or Indy to lose snd they get in. Buffalo could face Them in WC game. going out to beat the same team in week 17 then the next week is not what you want to do. with no fans...home field means nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Process Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 12 minutes ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said: wrong 2 home playoff games matter You realize you're talking about playing in am empty stadium in buffalo, vs an empty stadium 3 hours away in Pittsburgh? You don't see how ridiculous that is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bferra13 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 17 minutes ago, djp14150 said: Miami wins they are 5 and play at south division champs Pretty sure it's not that simple djp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blitz Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 6 minutes ago, djp14150 said: If Buffalo beats Miami thry could play them the next week if only one of CLE, BAL, or IND lose And there is zero chance Bal or Indy lose. The seeding will be determined by Pittsburgh v Cleveland and Buffalo v Miami.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bferra13 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Just now, Big Blitz said: And there is zero chance Bal or Indy lose. The seeding will be determined by Pittsburgh v Cleveland and Buffalo v Miami.. Bingo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djp14150 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said: Also Ravens will beat the Bengals and if Miami losses the Titans lock up 5. If the Dolphins win (5 like you said) and Raven are 6. Allen starts. How long he plays is anybody's guess. no the Titans win they get division. if Titans lose they can get a WC spot with a Miami or Baltimore loss. They won’t get 5 with a loss unless everyone loses 1 minute ago, Bferra13 said: Pretty sure it's not that simple djp. yes it is... right now KC is 1 BUF or PIT are 2 and 3 that leaves afc south winner 4 miami has tiebreakers on all of CLE, balt, ind so they win they are the 5 seed at 11-5. The 3 went 4-0 against nfc, Mia 3-1 so Miami has better conference record in WC it’s 5 at 4 QED 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Of course Allen next week, it’s not even up for debate, we need the win. Go Bills!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djp14150 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 4 minutes ago, Big Blitz said: And there is zero chance Bal or Indy lose. The seeding will be determined by Pittsburgh v Cleveland and Buffalo v Miami.. cincy beat Pittsburgh in cincinati. Baltimore plays there on Sunday. None is incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoBills Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, djp14150 said: no the Titans win they get division. if Titans lose they can get a WC spot with a Miami or Baltimore loss. They won’t get 5 with a loss unless everyone loses Sorry it's late. I corrected it. I meant the Ravens lock up 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Ballin Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 7 minutes ago, djp14150 said: A lose does not knock Miami out. They lose Then they need Cleveland, Baltimore, or Indy to lose snd they get in. Buffalo could face Them in WC game. going out to beat the same team in week 17 then the next week is not what you want to do. with no fans...home field means nothing. Strongly disagree. We came here to win. Not hand out charity wins to other teams. Every past Super Bowl contenders came in to curb stomp regardless of the situation unless we're 14-1. Miami is gunning to win against us. They're trying to get to Wildcard. Don't be ridiculous. We gotta win. Playoff football starts next week. Josh Allen, Stefon Diggs, TreDavious White, and the rest have to get their reps in early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 11 minutes ago, Process said: You realize you're talking about playing in am empty stadium in buffalo, vs an empty stadium 3 hours away in Pittsburgh? You don't see how ridiculous that is? Isn't Sir Andrew going to allow 6,700 fans for the playoff game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djp14150 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 5 minutes ago, Buffalo Ballin said: Strongly disagree. We came here to win. Not hand out charity wins to other teams. Every past Super Bowl contenders came in to curb stomp regardless of the situation unless we're 14-1. Miami is gunning to win against us. They're trying to get to Wildcard. Don't be ridiculous. We gotta win. Playoff football starts next week. Josh Allen, Stefon Diggs, TreDavious White, and the rest have to get their reps in early. home field advantage relies on fans there making noise that make it difficult for opposing team to call play changes. When players think different plays mistakes and turnovers happen. if fans aren’t there Then there is no home field advantage like there is in hockey with the ability to match lines or baseball hitting last. im not risking starter injuries just to be a 2 seed vs a 3 seed. thus team can still compete if they rested Allen, Diggs, Tre, Milano, and a few others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsCuse Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Tough call, I can see both sides of the decision. The #2 seed would be nice, but an injury to a key player would suck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Ballin Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 What happens if we face Pittsburgh during the playoffs? Yeah, we're gonna need that homefield regardless of fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 I am not sure about Allen. But I Am putting Tre and Milano in bubble Wrap and leaving them At home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JY422 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Patrick_Duffy said: Real question is does Fitz start next week Start? No chance Finish? Likely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelius Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) Extremely torn. I get playing for seeding but I also don't want 280 lb Emannuel Ogbah hitting him in the knee. If we slip to #3 though then I believe we'll have a good chance of playing Baltimore (assuming they beat Cincy), who look like the only team to avoid out of the whole IND-MIA-CLE-BAL mess. Edited December 29, 2020 by Nelius 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JY422 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 10 minutes ago, djp14150 said: home field advantage relies on fans there making noise that make it difficult for opposing team to call play changes. When players think different plays mistakes and turnovers happen. if fans aren’t there Then there is no home field advantage like there is in hockey with the ability to match lines or baseball hitting last. im not risking starter injuries just to be a 2 seed vs a 3 seed. thus team can still compete if they rested Allen, Diggs, Tre, Milano, and a few others. Fans are only part of home field advantage. lots of other factors include: Being in their own homes till the night before the game. familiarity and routine. home locker/training rooms field conditions 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) This team is barely practicing this season............it's not like they are in pads 3 days a week...........the game IS their practice for the week. Play and stay sharp. Players get hurt in practice too. If they do decide to make it a rest week then do it right and activate as many practice squad players as they can and don't dress any stars...........definitely don't march Diggs, Beasley, Davis, Knox out there and have Barkley get them hurt...........don't half step........that's how players get hurt. Edited December 29, 2020 by BADOLBILZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Watkins' Rib Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 With any luck get a two score lead early and then just hand the ball off 30 straight times. We don't want too big a lead (and Allen risking injury by dropping back a ton) because we want to toy with the Fins making them think Tua can somehow lead them back from only down 10. They get down 14-17 and Fitz will be in before halftime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelius Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 The more I look at this playoff machine, the more it might be best to just win and hopefully knock Miami out altogether. The point about this already being a playoff week is a pretty good one if there's a chance that we can knock a division opponent out of the playoffs. Miami doesn't really scare me at all, but I don't really like the idea of seeing any team 3 times. Honestly, best scenario if we're hunting for the right opponent would be to lose to Miami, and hope Cincy wins and knocks Baltimore out of the playoffs, but that's just ridiculously dumb and why we shouldn't do these things. Just win baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalophil1948 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 No please let Allen play, Barkley will get our receivers killed out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat68 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Rest Allen, Beasley, Diggs, Brown, White, Edmunds, Hughes, Milano, Hyde and Poyer. Wildcard weekend needs to be the focus. Self-scout this week get the younger guys experience. Miami gets in or not. Im not afraid of their back up qb duo. The last 2 weeks in the second half too many people came off hobbled. Its a long season and hopefully they have another 4 meaningful games left. Take it as a mini bye week get healthier and all systems firing wildcard weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giuseppe Tognarelli Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Oh my god. Yes, you play him. If you don't, you're probably playing Baltimore and going on the road for the Divisional, and you risk losing momentum. We need to stop having this conversation. There is still so much to play for. WGR has collectively lost its mind; seems to be a case of groupthink as Jeremy White started it this morning and every other host has just run with it, many of them not even actually knowing the scenarios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transplantbillsfan Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 STOP IT!!!! We are guaranteed the #2 seed if we win. We could be the #4 seed if we lose. Everyone plays and you play to win. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelius Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, transplantbillsfan said: STOP IT!!!! We are guaranteed the #2 seed if we win. We could be the #4 seed if we lose. Everyone plays and you play to win. We won a division and have 2 games on every team still in the hunt. How could we drop to #4? Edited December 29, 2020 by Nelius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 10 minutes ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said: Oh my god. Yes, you play him. If you don't, you're probably playing Baltimore and going on the road for the Divisional, and you risk losing momentum. We need to stop having this conversation. There is still so much to play for. WGR has collectively lost its mind; seems to be a case of groupthink as Jeremy White started it this morning and every other host has just run with it, many of them not even actually knowing the scenarios. Agreed. i posted this elsewhere. But if you look at the probability chart now, our odds are much higher of drawing Baltimore if we lose in week 17. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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