You're facing the Buffalo Bills in the 2020 playoffs...what's your game plan?

[Success]

2 hours ago, TPS said:

As I posted in the prediction thread, I think Reich pulls a Parcells-Belichick from the Bills first Super Bowl.  Ball control to keep Bills O off the field. INdy has the run game to do that.  The Bills O needs to start hot and score early to force them out of it. 

 

That SB was my 1st thought.  

 

And that's my worst fear as a Bills fan:  TOP.  If they can get the run game going and grind out long drives, it can disrupt the Bills and keep their best unit off the field.

 

[GunnerBill]

It isn't that different to the gameplan I gave you to beat the Bills before the season. On offense lots of inside zone running, heavy play action, don't throw at Tre White's side of the field. The team that actually best executed it was the Rams in the second half of that game week 3 when they nearly won despite a huge deficit at one point. 

 

On defense I think it is trickier than it was pre-season because of the Allen - Diggs connection. I still think you have to be relatively disciplined with your pressue and relatively exotic with your coverage. The Titans game earlier in the season was the example of a team who just confused Josh enough that he held onto the ball for longer and missed plays that were there. The problem is when the Steelers managed to confuse him some later in the year with good disguise on the backend his response was "screw the coverage I'm just going to throw to Diggs and trust my guy." And boy did that work! I didn't think on the face of it the Patriots plan was bad either. Play 6 or 7 defensive backs and keep them deep really try and force the Bills to run it, but the plan Daboll had to attack the perimeter and force their corners to come up and cover the shallow zones was brilliant and it really made it hard. Ultimately I think I'd go with the exotic looks on the backend, plenty of 4 man rush with some limited blitzing up front. That means I'm not just going to double Diggs or double Smoke but I'm going to make it so that whoever Josh thinks is doubled when he goes to the line is not the guy I'm actually keying in on and by the time he realises who is 1 on 1 he is under pressure to let the ball go and can't be on the money. 

 

I don't think my defensive plan can stop the Bills. But my calculation is it might be able to slow them just enough that if my offense can dominate the time of possession and the clock I can keep Josh to 8 or maximum 9 drives and limit him to scoring on half of them. That keeps the Bills somewhere between 20 and 28 and I think I might be in the ball game. 

 

I think the only team who can do something different to that and hope to succeed is the Chiefs. Who at their best offensively could just play toe to toe and get into a shoot out and I mean like the famous Rams and Chiefs game type shoot out where it is just whoever has the ball last. But for any of the other AFC playoff teams that is my blueprint. You also have to play good special teams, not turn the ball over and limit penalties and mistakes. It isn't easy, the Bills are a tough out. But that is my plan. 

[H2o]

24 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

How did that work for Miami and Seattle? Allen has been the most pressured and blitzed QB in the NFL this year.  Yeah, you can get to him a few times maybe, but especially lately the pass protection has ben swallowing up blitzes to the point Allen still has all day to throw.  But the majority of the time he is going to carve you up like a Thanksgiving turkey if you try this.  Colts are not a pressure team.  They like trying to create pressure with their front 4 and playing zone behind it. Good luck with that.  Honestly, good luck with anything.  Allen has basically destroyed any type of coverage put in front of him designed by some of the best defensive minds in the NFL.

I mean, what can you do against this team? I mean REALLY, what can you do against this team? The Colts aren't a high-octane offense. They're not going to be able to score with us. The topic was what's your game plan. This is their only hope, along with hoping they can string together four 6 minute+ drives that all end in TD's. 

[Royale with Cheese]

36 minutes ago, teef said:

exactly.  maybe more of a windmill motion, but you get the idea.

 

Guess what I'm eating for lunch later today?

[That's No Moon]

45 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

 
I said the same thing above— but the reality is that it’s not going to work. Even against 6 and 7 DB sets playing zone coverage, the Bills have been carving up teams through the air. The Colts weakness is their pass defense.  They could probably put 11 DB’s out there and it wouldn’t matter. 

Which is why you try to get them to want to run the ball.  Give them looks that scream "run the ball".   Even if the Bills average 5 yards a carry it still slows them down compared to giving up 10-15 per pass completion with stopped clocks on incompletions.

 

I don't think Indy has the horses (no pun intended) to get pressure without blitzing and blitzing Allen is a very risky proposition and you run the serious risk of getting yourself behind quickly to the point that your own offensive gameplan is no longer viable.  Make the Bills play 60 minutes of mistake free football to beat you.  Make them execute and score touchdowns on the few possessions you are going to allow them to have.  Every time you hold them to a FG or less that's a win.  I don't see a scenario where Indy just comes out and pitches a shutout no matter what they do on defense so whatever their plan is it has to be based around the idea of protecting their own offense which is run oriented (despite P-Riv quietly throwing for 4k yards and 24 TDs this year).  They do not likely want to play a 41-38 game with Buffalo so what are the most likely ways of getting that to succeed?  I look at this as a SB25 type defensive gameplan.  Mitigate the damage, make the opposition play mistake free, encourage them to do what they don't do as well and don't let them build up offensive momentum to just wipe you off the face of the Earth.

[Big Turk]

10 minutes ago, H2o said:

I mean, what can you do against this team? I mean REALLY, what can you do against this team? The Colts aren't a high-octane offense. They're not going to be able to score with us. The topic was what's your game plan. This is their only hope, along with hoping they can string together four 6 minute+ drives that all end in TD's. 

 

Not to mention that the Bills D is actually better playing at a higher level than the Colts D since our bye...teams are not going to score a lot of points on us until its garbage time and we trade clock for points.

8 minutes ago, That's No Moon said:

Which is why you try to get them to want to run the ball.  Give them looks that scream "run the ball".   Even if the Bills average 5 yards a carry it still slows them down compared to giving up 10-15 per pass completion with stopped clocks on incompletions.

 

I don't think Indy has the horses (no pun intended) to get pressure without blitzing and blitzing Allen is a very risky proposition and you run the serious risk of getting yourself behind quickly to the point that your own offensive gameplan is no longer viable.  Make the Bills play 60 minutes of mistake free football to beat you.  Make them execute and score touchdowns on the few possessions you are going to allow them to have.  Every time you hold them to a FG or less that's a win.  I don't see a scenario where Indy just comes out and pitches a shutout no matter what they do on defense so whatever their plan is it has to be based around the idea of protecting their own offense which is run oriented (despite P-Riv quietly throwing for 4k yards and 24 TDs this year).  They do not likely want to play a 41-38 game with Buffalo so what are the most likely ways of getting that to succeed?  I look at this as a SB25 type defensive gameplan.  Mitigate the damage, make the opposition play mistake free, encourage them to do what they don't do as well and don't let them build up offensive momentum to just wipe you off the face of the Earth.

 

But that isn't going to work either....the Bills tied for 2nd in the NFL in scoring drives of 10 plays or more this year with 40....Colts are one the teams they are tied with ironically...Cowboys surprisingly led the league with 41.

Edited January 6, 2021 by Big Turk

[GunnerBill]

33 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

How did that work for Miami and Seattle? Allen has been the most pressured and blitzed QB in the NFL this year.  Yeah, you can get to him a few times maybe, but especially lately the pass protection has ben swallowing up blitzes to the point Allen still has all day to throw.  But the majority of the time he is going to carve you up like a Thanksgiving turkey if you try this.  Colts are not a pressure team.  They like trying to create pressure with their front 4 and playing zone behind it. Good luck with that.  Honestly, good luck with anything.  Allen has basically destroyed any type of coverage put in front of him designed by some of the best defensive minds in the NFL.

 

Yea do not blitz him a lot. Blitzing him means play more 1 on 1 behind that and you can't cover all the Bills guys. Maybe Baltimore with their secondary is the only team where I might feel comfortable blitzing. I don't want Josh rushed into throwing early. I want to confuse him and make him hold it. That is when I think you actually get more of his mistakes. When he holds the ball and the internal clock starts to go off and he throws out of time. The pick early on Sunday was that. I think you have to try and confuse him with coverage. Disguise, disguise, disguise. He will figure it out eventually and the Bills will score... but can you hold them under 30 by getting him off the field 4 times and control the clock so he only has 8 drives? If you can then you have a shot. 

[Straight Hucklebuck]

2 hours ago, eball said:

It struck me recently that teams facing the Bills have a pretty huge dilemma.  Since their bye week the Bills have had the best offense in the league, a top ten defense, and top five special teams unit.

 

A -- what's your plan to come into Orchard Park and walk out with a W?

B -- even if the team executes your plan, do you still need something "crazy" to happen?

 

Discuss.

The Bills are the first/second most pass happy team in the league, and are 22nd running the ball in DVOA. 

 

Seems like you'd drop as many into coverage as you can, and mimic the Bills 2-high shell to prevent big plays. 

 

Take your chances with Allen's leg's and Moss/Singletary, who aren't game breaking RB's. Yes, you might concede pass rush, but Allen hasn't been phased by that this year anyways. 

[Big Turk]

2 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

The Bills are the first/second most pass happy team in the league, and are 22nd running the ball in DVOA. 

 

Seems like you'd drop as many into coverage as you can, and mimic the Bills 2-high shell to prevent big plays. 

 

Take your chances with Allen's leg's and Moss/Singletary, who aren't game breaking RB's. Yes, you might concede pass rush, but Allen hasn't been phased by that this year anyways. 

 

Bills lead the NFL in passing on first downs at 64%...after all the years we were run, run, pass, this has seemed like we have entered the Twilight Zone

Edited January 6, 2021 by Big Turk

[That's No Moon]

1 minute ago, Big Turk said:

 

Not to mention that the Bills D is actually better playing at a higher level than the Colts D since our bye...teams are not going to score a lot of points on us until its garbage time and we trade clock for points.

 

But that isn't going to work either....the Bills led the NFL in scoring drives of 10 plays or more this year.

There isn't a binary work/does not work option.  You have to play the odds. Blitzing can work if you can confuse the offense and get free runners but it also exposes your backend quite a bit.  Pittsburgh and Miami come to mind as teams that had some success early in the game but then the Bills adjusted and tore them apart.  If you are Indy and your plan is to gamble then on the offensive side they REALLY need to score early and a couple of times to put pressure on the Bills offense because once they figure out what you are doing they've been taking people to the woodshed.

 

I'm not going to fall into the trap of saying there is nothing that can stop an offense.  We've all seen amazing offenses get stymied.  It certainly helps that the Bills have played several good defenses already this year and have seen lots and lots of different types of ways to attack them.  

[GunnerBill]

Just now, Big Turk said:

 

Bills lead the NFL in passing on first downs at 64%

 

Something I think really matters. In the NFL the easiest down to pass on is first down. Whoever your QB is. When you have a great one it is even more effective. All those years of run, run, pass, punt. Lord alive they wound me up. 

[Nihilarian]

2 hours ago, Buffalo Boy said:

     The only way to beat the Bills is for the D line to consistently pressure Josh in less than two seconds with four or less rushers. We haven’t seen this yet.

This!

 

We did see it against the Steelers and in the first quarter or so the Bills had no answer for DT Cameron Heyward. Then the Bills started to double him and this gave Allen much more time to throw. 

 

If Allen has time to throw and his receivers get open it's gonna go well.

 

Although, the Colts are no slouch as they have both a top ten offense and defense. Plus their O line is one of the best with two pro bowlers and the defense with pro bowl MLB Darius Leonard.

 

Hopefully a good outcome for the Bills

[teef]

15 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

Guess what I'm eating for lunch later today?

a salad with dressing on the side?

[GunnerBill]

Just now, Nihilarian said:

This!

 

We did see it against the Steelers and in the first quarter or so the Bills had no answer for DT Cameron Heyward. Then the Bills started to double him and this gave Allen much more time to throw. 

 

If Allen has time to throw and his receivers get open it's gonna go well.

 

Although, the Colts are no slouch as they have both a top ten offense and defense. Plus their O line is one of the best with two pro bowlers and the defense with pro bowl MLB Darius Leonard.

 

Hopefully a good outcome for the Bills

 

The key to what the Steelers did was confuse Josh with coverage and take away the quick throws. That allowed Heyward to get pressure. You are right the Bills double teamed him but the other thing they did after half time was noticeably say to Josh "it doesn't matter what the coverage is.... just trust Stef and throw to him." That is what a Stefon Diggs does. He gives you a counter punch even against a D that is doing everything right. That forced the Steelers to get a bit more basic on D and suddenly everything was open. That is the difference between the Bills offense now and last year for me. We have an answer. Last year when teams were stopping us we couldn't find a way out. Whatever is tried this year we seem to have that counter punch. Part of that is the growth of Josh, part of it is having an elite playmaker and part of it is our pass pro has generally been very good. 

[Big Turk]

Something interesting to note...

 

In Weeks 1-8, Colts were 2nd best in the NFL at preventing teams from having long 10+ play drives only allowing 10. 

Bills were among the worst, allowing 25 such drives in the same timespan. 

 

In weeks 9-17(2nd half of the year), the Bills actually have allowed fewer of these drives than the Colts.

Colts have allowed 15, Bills 14.

Bills D has really turned it on.

Additionally, HALF of these long drives have occurred in the 2nd half with the Bills up by up by an average of 18.3 points meaning many were basically garbage time scores the Bills allowed to trade clock for points.

 

Additionally, only 1 team has scored more than 13 points in the 1st half the entire season, and that was Tennessee with 21. 12 of the games, the opponent has scored 10 points or less.  Indianapolis is in trouble if they let the Bills roll up points in the first half because they will likely be down big.

 

 

Edited January 6, 2021 by Big Turk

[Call_Of_Ktulu]

Probably do what the Giants did to the Bills offense in the super bowl. Force the Bills to run the football at all cost and keep the game close. If Indy can force 1 or 2 turnovers they might be able to pull it off.

If we don’t play the Ravens this will be the best defense that we will probably see the rest of the way.

[Big Turk]

4 minutes ago, Call_Of_Ktulu said:

Probably do what the Giants did to the Bills offense in the super bowl. Force the Bills to run the football at all cost and keep the game close. If Indy can force 1 or 2 turnovers they might be able to pull it off.

 

They don't have several future HOF players to pull that off.

21 minutes ago, Nihilarian said:

This!

 

We did see it against the Steelers and in the first quarter or so the Bills had no answer for DT Cameron Heyward. Then the Bills started to double him and this gave Allen much more time to throw. 

 

If Allen has time to throw and his receivers get open it's gonna go well.

 

Although, the Colts are no slouch as they have both a top ten offense and defense. Plus their O line is one of the best with two pro bowlers and the defense with pro bowl MLB Darius Leonard.

 

Hopefully a good outcome for the Bills

 

Colts defensive stats are a little misleading...they were very good in the first half of the year and not that great in the second. Bills D has actually been better in the 2nd half of the year than the Colts.

Edited January 6, 2021 by Big Turk

[That's No Moon]

4 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:

Pittsburgh did an excellent job in confusing Allen for the majority of the first half..... they had an opportunity to take a pretty good lead into half but their offense was abysmal and the Bills offense eventually figured ***** out. 

This is exactly what I'm talking about.  If Pittsburgh's own offense was able to get it's head out of its arse in the first half that game looks way different.  FWIW, the Bills were down 0-3 after the first quarter last Sunday against Miami, had an INT and 2 punts and a grand total of like 42 yards of offense.  They mess around on Saturday and do that and Indy goes up 14 zip while running the ball down their throat and with Rivers hitting play action to TY and Pittman and lots of sphincters will be puckering.

 

One thing I am legit worried about is the Bills coming out too amped up because there will be some people there for the first time. They don't need to do anything different, they just need to play the way they've played.

[Call_Of_Ktulu]

5 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

They don't have several future HOF players to pull that off.

 

Colts defensive stats are a little misleading...they were very good in the first half of the year and not that great in the second. Bills D has actually been better in the 2nd half of the year than the Colts.

They might not have the HOF  players but it’s their only chance.

[quinnearlysghost88]

Nice try, Frank 

[Royale with Cheese]

31 minutes ago, teef said:

a salad with dressing on the side?

It has onions.

[Nihilarian]

6 minutes ago, Call_Of_Ktulu said:

Probably do what the Giants did to the Bills offense in the super bowl. Force the Bills to run the football at all cost and keep the game close. If Indy can force 1 or 2 turnovers they might be able to pull it off.

If we don’t play the Ravens this will be the best defense that we will probably see the rest of the way.

This is what kinda worries me. Deja vu with the Colts rookie RB Jonathan Taylor having a field day while the Bills D line is scrambling to stop him. The Bills get behind in points and Allen gets flustered / hero ball and its the 1990 SB all over again. 

 

That 90's game, the Bills should have ran Thurman Thomas much more and worn out their defense. The NY Giants 39 runs and 25 for Buffalo. It was that Bills run game all season that got them to the big dance. The Bills coaches must have missed what the Giants had done to the 49ers / Joe Montana the last game they played. 

 

Then again. this season it's all about Allen to Diggs and I just don't see the Colts or any other team stopping those two! Or, for that matter Beasley, Brown, McKenzie, Davis, Singletary. 

[Big Turk]

13 minutes ago, That's No Moon said:

This is exactly what I'm talking about.  If Pittsburgh's own offense was able to get it's head out of its arse in the first half that game looks way different.  FWIW, the Bills were down 0-3 after the first quarter last Sunday against Miami, had an INT and 2 punts and a grand total of like 42 yards of offense.  They mess around on Saturday and do that and Indy goes up 14 zip while running the ball down their throat and with Rivers hitting play action to TY and Pittman and lots of sphincters will be puckering.

 

One thing I am legit worried about is the Bills coming out too amped up because there will be some people there for the first time. They don't need to do anything different, they just need to play the way they've played.

 

Bills D ranks 2nd in the NFL at fewest 1st half points allowed at 9.1.  Bills O ranks 2nd at 1st half points scored at 16.6.  #1 is Green Bay.  I would expect a first half very similar to the Colts/Green Bay game where they went into halftime down 28-14, except worse, more like 28-10.  Bills aren't going to be held to 3 points in the second half tho. I see something like 41-20 or maybe 41-27 but the last Indy score comes in garbage time with the game already decided.

Edited January 6, 2021 by Big Turk

[That's No Moon]

1 minute ago, Big Turk said:

 

Bills D ranks 2nd in the NFL at fewest 1st half points allowed at 9.1.  Bills O ranks 2nd at 1st half points scored at 16.6.  #1 is Green Bay.  I would expect a first half very similar to the Colts/Green Bay game where they went into halftime down 28-14, except worse, more like 28-10.  Bills aren't going to be held to 3 points in the second half tho.

I would love to see that.  The point of the thread was to ask what you would do to stop them.  The Colts aren't just going to refuse to take the field so the exercise we are attempting to entertain is thinking through what they might actually do not to come up with reasons why everything they might try won't be successful. There are other threads for that.

[machine gun kelly]

Game plan for playing the Bills.  My advice to Colts players, get you’re vacation plans set in whatever island you’re going to in dealing with the grief of the loss.

 

Colts are a good team, but I don’t see a scenario outside of a ton of turnovers by the Bills on fluke plays that allows them to win.  Josh has played great against man coverage, he has demonstrated week in and out he can play zone.  Blitz him and he beats it, play back and we overload with WR targets and we beat them there.

 

The only way the win is keeping up scoring.  In the AFC, there is only 1 team that can go toe to toe scoring (Chiefs).

[djp14150]

3 hours ago, TPS said:

As I posted in the prediction thread, I think Reich pulls a Parcells-Belichick from the Bills first Super Bowl.  Ball control to keep Bills O off the field. INdy has the run game to do that.  The Bills O needs to start hot and score early to force them out of it. 

i agree

 

ball control

 

get TDs and force then into FGs

 

[bigK14094]

To beat the Bills....RUN the ball and keep Allen/Diggs off the field.  Just like the Chiefs did when they beat the Bills this season.  Not a secret..its  on tape.

[ngbills]

The primary goal is to keep the Bills O off the field. How do you do that?

 

1. Run the ball effectively is the #1 objective.

2. Sustain drives and convert 3rd downs.

 

On Defense you need to try to confuse Allen. I would run primarily zone and disguise my blitzes. You force Allen to make the short passes and hope he gets careless. 

 

You hope for a 24-21 victory...

[1st Ammendment NoMas]

On offense, I think Indie needs to take advantage of Taylor rushing and get him and Hines involved in the screen game too. Try to control the clock. Use the size advantage of Pittman and Cox/Doyle to dink and dunk and take the occasional deep shot and play action to go downfield to Hilton and Pascal to keep the defense honest.  

 

On defense, I'd have Leonard spying Allen to keep him in check and sending him on blitzes. Buckner and Houston have to generate consistent pressure and I run a lot of zone coverage and 4-5 db sets to keep Buffalo's WR's in front as much as possible. Make them beat you with the run. 

 

On Special Teams, just work the field position game.  Punt to the sidelines, out of bounds as much as possible to limit Roberts and limit KO returns. 

 

The overall game plan would be to keep the Bills off balance as much as possible, try to run it down their throats and when we sneak up, take downfield shots.  

 

Will it work?  NOT IN BILLS COUNTRY... GO BILLS

 

 

[Motorin']

3 hours ago, thenorthremembers said:

The thing about running the ball and draining the clock only works if you score.    The Bills dont need a lot of time to score points, so all you're doing is putting yourself at a disadvantage.   That said, I dont think the Colts need to be a different team, and I wouldnt try to get in a boat race with the Bills.  

 

I would play my game, and try to punch the ball out anytime I got near Josh.   The Colts need to cause turnovers to beat the Bills.     If you get Josh flustered it can go down hill in a hurry.

 

It only works if you score AND keep the opposing team out of the end zone. The Giants were able to hold the Bills to just 3 scoring drives. Is there any defense on the league that can do that to the Bills right now? 

[Big Turk]

7 minutes ago, Motorin' said:

 

It only works if you score AND keep the opposing team out of the end zone. The Giants were able to hold the Bills to just 3 scoring drives. Is there any defense on the league that can do that to the Bills right now? 

 

No because the league was a lot different then, and the Colts are a good, not great defense and don't have multiple HOF caliber players on it.  The Bills WR were getting hit all game long all over the field.  Do that now and you are just going to get flag after flag on defense.

 

Some of the best defensive minds in the NFL have tried and failed this year, and mostly failed miserably:

 

Staley

Saleh

Fangio

Bellichick

Tomlin(worked for 3/4 of the 1st half until the Bills stopped letting Heyward wreck the gameplan)

Flores/Boyer

 

Good luck.

Edited January 6, 2021 by Big Turk

[All_Pro_Bills]

37 minutes ago, BillsRdue said:

On offense, I think Indie needs to take advantage of Taylor rushing and get him and Hines involved in the screen game too. Try to control the clock. Use the size advantage of Pittman and Cox/Doyle to dink and dunk and take the occasional deep shot and play action to go downfield to Hilton and Pascal to keep the defense honest.  

 

On defense, I'd have Leonard spying Allen to keep him in check and sending him on blitzes. Buckner and Houston have to generate consistent pressure and I run a lot of zone coverage and 4-5 db sets to keep Buffalo's WR's in front as much as possible. Make them beat you with the run. 

 

On Special Teams, just work the field position game.  Punt to the sidelines, out of bounds as much as possible to limit Roberts and limit KO returns. 

 

The overall game plan would be to keep the Bills off balance as much as possible, try to run it down their throats and when we sneak up, take downfield shots.  

 

Will it work?  NOT IN BILLS COUNTRY... GO BILLS

 

 

I don't think it works either.  If you watched the Colts game against the Jags with everything on the line you wouldn't be worried about anything.   A late TD made the score look lopsided but Jacksonville hung in through the game until close to the end.  Sure they have a good ground game and I'm sure the Colts will play better but if the Bills bring their killer instinct to the game we'll be moving to the next round when the game is over.  Superior talent playing to its potential cannot be beaten.

[MJS]

Have to get pressure on Allen and force him into bad decisions. Buckner is the key. You have to confuse Allen by disguising coverages and schemes. Double cover Diggs at all times and take your poison from the other receivers. Don't worry about the run game or even Allen running it. Probably won't work for more than a half at best.

 

On offense you need to keep the defense on their heels by mixing it up. Use trick plays, screens, and pound the rock. Sustain long drives to keep the ball away from Allen.

 

I don't see the Colts winning.

[Canadian Bills Fan]

Throw an anonymous party for the entire offense the week serving lukewarm oysters 

[Call_Of_Ktulu]

2 hours ago, Motorin' said:

 

It only works if you score AND keep the opposing team out of the end zone. The Giants were able to hold the Bills to just 3 scoring drives. Is there any defense on the league that can do that to the Bills right now? 

If there is I would say the Ravens and Colts would be the only 2 teams with even a small chance of executing it.

[Magox]

On offense, run the ball and do a lot of play action and look to burn the clock.

 

On defense, play zone and give Buffalo the underneath stuff and hope that Josh forces passes down the field and makes mistakes.  

[The Wiz]

The best answer is at the end

 

 

 

[BuffaloBill]

7 hours ago, Steve O said:

Prepare 2 speeches: "It was a great season, let's build from here" for the team, "Today notwithstanding, there were a lot of positives this year" for the press.

Winner ^^^^^ / thread

[Ralonzo]

22 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

Guess what I'm eating for lunch later today?

 

 

Tesco Value Burgers?

[Punching Bag]

On 1/6/2021 at 8:31 AM, TPS said:

As I posted in the prediction thread, I think Reich pulls a Parcells-Belichick from the Bills first Super Bowl.  Ball control to keep Bills O off the field. INdy has the run game to do that.  The Bills O needs to start hot and score early to force them out of it. 

 

You do a Bills-Giants defense instructing defense smash WRs even if it is early and get penalties,  to lie on top of defenders as much as possible to let defense get rest and hold as much as you can get away with.