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Divisional Playoff round: Ravens at Bills on Saturday Night Football


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12 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

Colts were criminally underrated since they are not a flashy team...they are just solid across the board. And now we are paying the price because everyone is dismissing us since we didn't blow them out.  It makes no sense.  Ravens didn't do much offensively against the Colts either...they were held under 300 yards 

Exactly! Colts kept that game close for 3 quarters... Held Ravens to 14 total points for three quarters, and it was a 4 point game.... As the Colts did most of regular season, crapped the bed in the 4th quarter however. 

 

Lamar, I will admit has been unreal lately but that is because he has been able to run wild on teams.... They have won 6 in a row, but 4 of those 6 were against a terrible Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Giants and the Bengals.... Hardly an accomplishment getting wins over those teams. Ravens did look impressive against the Titans, but as long as you hold Lamar in check like the Colts did.... He struggles and the Ravens struggle big time on offense. This game will come down to "Can Lamar run, or will the Bills defense hold him in check?" The Bills can also put a lot of points up offensively. I don't see this game being a 38-37 type game..... I think it will be very similar to the Colts game (24-21) Bills take this if I was putting money on it, but it will be very close. 

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If you get your *** beat this bad, by someone smaller than you (somehow), while having higher row advantage you probably shouldn't leave the house. 

 

Also love the two guys in front that don't turn back for even a second while all this is going on. 

 

 

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5 minutes ago, TylerD said:

Exactly! Colts kept that game close for 3 quarters... Held Ravens to 14 total points for three quarters, and it was a 4 point game.... As the Colts did most of regular season, crapped the bed in the 4th quarter however. 

 

Lamar, I will admit has been unreal lately but that is because he has been able to run wild on teams.... They have won 6 in a row, but 4 of those 6 were against a terrible Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Giants and the Bengals.... Hardly an accomplishment getting wins over those teams. Ravens did look impressive against the Titans, but as long as you hold Lamar in check like the Colts did.... He struggles and the Ravens struggle big time on offense. This game will come down to "Can Lamar run, or will the Bills defense hold him in check?" The Bills can also put a lot of points up offensively. I don't see this game being a 38-37 type game..... I think it will be very similar to the Colts game (24-21) Bills take this if I was putting money on it, but it will be very close. 

Yea I think a lot of these people that get payed to watch football for a living yet are still somehow not good at watching football for a living are like...the bills run defense is shakey and the ravens like to run.  But theres a lot more to it than that lol Colts were a much tougher matchup for us defensively as our defenses strength is speed so were going to struggle most against a team with a stout offensive line that mixes up their blocking schemes.  Lamar dancing around in the backfield where his linemen dont really know where he is and where he's going next plays to our strengths much more than a team like the browns Colts or titans would in my opinion.  Its just a shame Pitt lost because they were a perfect matchup for us although that is probably the reason why they lost lol

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20 hours ago, Scott7975 said:

Saturday, 8:15 p.m. ET (NBC, Universo) | Bills Stadium

 

1) It sounds strange, but Josh Allen may have a bigger burden than Lamar Jackson in this game. The Bills have all but given up running the ball, with Zack Moss (who suffered an ankle injury) and Devin Singletary combining for 10 carries for 42 yards on Saturday, and they are unlikely to try against this stout Baltimore front. 

 

2) Hopefully, Buffalo receiver Cole Beasley, who's been dealing with a knee injury, is closer to full health this week, because he wasn't moving at full speed against the Colts on Saturday. If Beasley is right, the Bills can threaten the Ravens' secondary depth with four quality wideouts. No one can cover Stefon Diggs one-on-one, while Gabriel Davis and John Brown can also get deep. That's dangerous against a Ravens team that blitzes plenty and leaves its cornerbacks vulnerable.  

 

3) The Bills defense made just enough plays against the Colts, but it was concerning to see the unit give up 472 yards. Head coach Sean McDermott's group is often about bending but not breaking while making key plays in the red zone. Combine that approach with the Ravens' tendency for long drives, and the Bills defense could be on the field a lot in this game. 

 

4) If McDermott's defense tends toward playing it safe, coordinator Wink Martindale's Ravens group is more boom-or-bust. Baltimore mixed coverages and blitzes beautifully against Tennessee. That said, Sunday's game marked the Ravens' third time facing the Titans in one calendar year. There is less familiarity in this upcoming matchup -- and greater risk sending so much pressure against a pass-first team like the Bills.

 

5) All of the Divisional Round matchups are compelling, but this one is my favorite. I have no clue what will happen, and I could see either team winning the Super Bowl.

 

https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-divisional-round-five-things-to-watch-in-each-game

Well actually ... they didn’t 

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The universe has spoken!  A red tailed hawk was eating a raven just outside my office door this afternoon. The hawk just sat there feasting while people were checking it out. If that’s not a sign from the football gods, I don’t know what is! The ravens are dead!  (I couldn’t upload the video for some reason). 
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26 minutes ago, TylerD said:

Exactly! Colts kept that game close for 3 quarters... Held Ravens to 14 total points for three quarters, and it was a 4 point game.... As the Colts did most of regular season, crapped the bed in the 4th quarter however. 

 

Lamar, I will admit has been unreal lately but that is because he has been able to run wild on teams.... They have won 6 in a row, but 4 of those 6 were against a terrible Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Giants and the Bengals.... Hardly an accomplishment getting wins over those teams. Ravens did look impressive against the Titans, but as long as you hold Lamar in check like the Colts did.... He struggles and the Ravens struggle big time on offense. This game will come down to "Can Lamar run, or will the Bills defense hold him in check?" The Bills can also put a lot of points up offensively. I don't see this game being a 38-37 type game..... I think it will be very similar to the Colts game (24-21) Bills take this if I was putting money on it, but it will be very close. 

 

I mean the Titans held him in check for a lot of the game. They only scored 20 points.

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1 minute ago, Scott7975 said:

 

They talking about the running backs who combined for 10 carries.  Josh had 11.

The statement was that they have all but given up on the run. It’s the exact opposite of what happened in the game - most analysts are saying they ran it too much and stayed committed to it too long. Regardless of who the ball carrier was.

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2 hours ago, Rc2catch said:

I hope to see more Klein this week. 
He’s been effective playing around the line of scrimmage. He’s obviously not running dobbins or Lamar down but he’s quite good at filling holes in the run game. I know we don’t like running 3 linebackers but this would be a good week to start. Just me but I’d put Klein in the middle and mix milano and Edmunds between coverage and blitzes. I think we can all almost agree Baltimore is going to swallow Edmunds up immediately on most run plays. 
 

I also hope to see some McKenzie motion action this week. Our offense seems to work best when he’s moving all over the place pre snap 

 

It's been pointed out that the Bills ran a lot of 4-3 personnel with 'Zo Alexander (played 70% of the snaps) last year vs the Ravens.  It's not clear how he was used - at times I think as part of a "heavy nickel"

 

IMHO when we brought in Klein it was initially with the thought of him taking on part of Zo's role.

 

I would like to see this.

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6 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

I mean the Titans held him in check for a lot of the game. They only scored 20 points.

Exactly.  The Raven offense did not exactly run wild on the Titans and the Titans are not known for defense.  It was the Ravens D that won this game.  Josh Allen is not Ryan Tannehill.  

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2 minutes ago, FLFan said:

Exactly.  The Raven offense did not exactly run wild on the Titans and the Titans are not known for defense.  It was the Ravens D that won this game.  Josh Allen is not Ryan Tannehill.  

 

Titans defense was almost the worst in the NFL. Bills just need to be disciplined and not overpersue.

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3 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

 

 

 

Wow.  "The pain I felt watching that game mentally was worse than any pain I was going to feel physically"  And we were kicking their ass and taking names by the end of the first half.

 

That Guy Beasley.  Just Wow.

3 minutes ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said:

Was this posted?

 

 

Looks better than the number of DNP’s from last week 

 

 

 

Yeah, but I'm not liking it.  Hamstring for Edmunds - is that why the run D fell off in the 4th Q?

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1 minute ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

Wow.  "The pain I felt watching that game mentally was worse than any pain I was going to feel physically"  And we were kicking their ass and taking names by the end of the first half.

 

That Guy Beasley.  Just Wow.

I mean missing that game cost him a thousand yard season.

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1 minute ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

Wow.  "The pain I felt watching that game mentally was worse than any pain I was going to feel physically"  And we were kicking their ass and taking names by the end of the first half.

 

That Guy Beasley.  Just Wow.


Love Beas. Guess we should anticipate him playing again and it sounds like he’ll be feeling better physically which is great 

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1 hour ago, whatdrought said:


 

This is the most encouraging thing I’ve seen with relation to this game. The one thing I think of whenever I consider this matchup is them just constantly blitzing Josh last year and him being a deer in headlights. 

But that was him against cover 0 and man coverage all last year no matter who he played. Except Miami... 

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9 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

I mean missing that game cost him a thousand yard season.

 

I could be wrong, but I don't think that was why he was feeling that pain.

 

8 minutes ago, Bangarang said:

Love Beas. Guess we should anticipate him playing again and it sounds like he’ll be feeling better physically which is great 

 

I think so.  He said he felt better today than he felt at this point last week.  McDermott said he expected he'd play.

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2020 NFL Divisional Round: Best way to exploit each offense

Published: Jan 12, 2021 at 02:58 PM

David Carr

NFL.com Analyst

 

How to exploit the Ravens: Stack the box and force the NFL's worst passing offense to win the game. This one feels obvious compared to the rest of the playoff field, as the Ravens had the worst passing offense in the league during the regular season. The Tennessee Titans had a good game plan and kept Lamar Jackson from running for big gains Sunday, until he put on his cape and dazzled the football world with a 48-yard touchdown run at the end of the first half. It's hard to account for Jackson's superhuman powers -- which we've all seen him use to win games -- but bringing a safety down in the box to stop the run and forcing the Ravens to throw the ball is the formula to beating them.

 

There's a reason the Ravens have been one-and-done in the postseason the last two seasons, and it's not all on Jackson. Rather, it's the collective unit's inability to routinely move the ball effectively through the air (this includes Greg Roman's play-calling). If the Ravens are forced to become one-dimensional, it will be extremely tough for Jackson to accurately throw the ball, and we have to assume it will be difficult for his pass-catchers to consistently win their matchups against the remaining teams, simply because we haven't seen them do it.

 

How to exploit the Bills: Let Josh Allen try to do too much. The Bills' offensive weakness is also their strength: third-year quarterback Josh Allen. I've known Allen since he was 12 years old, and I'm a huge fan of his. He's improved every aspect of his game over the last year and has been a huge part of why the Bills are in this position. He's even a deserving MVP candidate. But I see a lot of Brett Favre in Allen. It's a blessing and a curse. 

 

Allen has the ability to make every dynamic play in the book (and he's made a lot of them), but sometimes his tendency to do too much bites him in the butt. Let's look at one play from Buffalo's wild-card win over Indy. The Bills had the ball at their own 43-yard line and a three-point lead with just under four minutes to play -- and with Allen fighting off a sack for a major loss, the ball ended up lying on the ground, deep in Bills territory. Fortunately, Daryl Williams recovered it, but this type of thing happens often when relying on Allen to make plays outside the X's and O's. Allen's dynamic playmaking ability has made the run game into an afterthought, especially now that they won't have rookie running back Zack Moss (ankle) for the rest of the postseason. This puts more stress on Allen's ability, which again could either be a great thing or extremely detrimental. Is Allen going to make a play that costs the Bills the game? I hope the Bills' season doesn't end that way, but it's certainly possible.

 

https://www.nfl.com/news/2020-nfl-divisional-round-best-way-to-exploit-each-offense

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5 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

Appreciate the nice words. Why? Cuz it’s as common at Bills games as the SHOUT! song. I was hoping with less than 7k in the stands and ore than a year since ANYONE saw a Bills game live, maybe it wouldn’t happen. Especially given how rare the opportunity was. But, NOooooooo..

 

 

Understood. Thanks friend. Hopefully civility reigns this weekend. I'm sure 99.9% of those that attended understand what a privilege it is and represent the rest us well.

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22 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

Wow.  "The pain I felt watching that game mentally was worse than any pain I was going to feel physically"  And we were kicking their ass and taking names by the end of the first half.

 

That Guy Beasley.  Just Wow.

 

Yeah, but I'm not liking it.  Hamstring for Edmunds - is that why the run D fell off in the 4th Q?

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Re watched the game....

 

1. Daryl:pretty certain he got injured on the kickoff, after Bass long field goal 4th qtr

 

2. Edmunds: he was moving the exact same, not showing any hamstring issues on the final 4 drives.  He was even running outside,  press coverage at a wr on the hail mary.  Didnt look like he injured on that last play, but possible...he didn't pull up or act like he strained/pulled it in any way.  Could just be general soreness

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22 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

Bizarre being one of the final 8 teams. Turn on Sportscenter and they are showing josh Allen’s post-practice interview from today.

Its nice eh!

 

Wait until the Bills are one of 4....it will be surreal :)

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