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Bills number 1 in espn power rankings...wait what?


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On 10/5/2021 at 11:12 PM, billybrew1 said:

That's right. We are definitely going to win our division and make the playoffs.

 

This week my main worry is if Allen can play well but I also worry about the whole team as KC has owned us since McD came aboard. It is definitely partly psychological. But KC is also an excellent team that we haven't matched up with well at all. Right now, I think we're the better team IF Allen plays to his potential. I think we could beat KC by more than eight if Allen plays his best game and the team plays hungry, humble and mean and smart.

 

Go Bills!

Right, cuz Trey White’s interception there to WIN the game didn’t happen 🤦‍♂️

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33 minutes ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

Only fell one spot, a bit surprised but I'll take it. Not that you get anything for it!

The Bills lost but they lost to a good team on the road.   Derrick Henry is running all over every defense so running over the Bills was no surprise.  The fans in this forum are castigating the Bills for the loss.  The national media saw a close, well played contest on both sides with the Bills falling one yard short of potentially winning.  Had they been blown out like the Chargers, the ranking would likely have fallen considerably.

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1 minute ago, jkeerie said:

The Bills lost but they lost to a good team on the road.   Derrick Henry is running all over every defense so running over the Bills was no surprise.  The fans in this forum are castigating the Bills for the loss.  The national media saw a close, well played contest on both sides with the Bills falling one yard short of potentially winning.  Had they been blown out like the Chargers, the ranking would likely have fallen considerably.

 

Understand all that, but still would have thought we'd drop more than one spot. 

 

Hard to believe Baltimore is #6 too.

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27 minutes ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

 

Understand all that, but still would have thought we'd drop more than one spot. 

 

Hard to believe Baltimore is #6 too.

The media notes that the Bills dominated 4 of the teams they played on both sides of the ball.  The Ravens wins prior to this weekend were all close games even against teams (aka Detroit) that aren't very good.  The rankings are also teams relative to each other.  So they don't just go by wins and losses.  It's how did they win and how did they lose.

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The Bills ranking didn't fall much because they showed against the Titans pretty much what everyone thought.  All year they've passed easily up and down the field, didn't run particularly well except for Allen's yards, struggled in the red zone, done well on pass defense and struggled to contain a strong rushing attack.  We saw the same strengths and weaknesses on Monday night that the rest of the league already knew about, and that's all been baked into the overall evaluation of the team.  Even if they'd beaten the Titans the same strengths and weaknesses were right out there for all to see.

 

The Bills are a strong and deep team.  We have a great rest of the season and postseason to look forward to.  EVERY team has flaws and some positions where they're not as good as somewhere else.  On Monday our O line and D line didn't do as well as they sometimes have.  They're still a strong and deep team.

 

Arizona is playing better than we are right now and deserves the top spot.  

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18 hours ago, jkeerie said:

The Bills lost but they lost to a good team on the road.   Derrick Henry is running all over every defense so running over the Bills was no surprise.  The fans in this forum are castigating the Bills for the loss.  The national media saw a close, well played contest on both sides with the Bills falling one yard short of potentially winning.  Had they been blown out like the Chargers, the ranking would likely have fallen considerably.

This is a healthy, logical way to look at what happened Monday night. I’m still crushed by it, though. I just expected we’d smash that team and have Tannehill running for his life…

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1 minute ago, Jerome007 said:

Surprising they are still 2nd but IDK what's happening much to the other top teams.

 

I'm in the camp that RBs can NOT be MVPs... but Henry is an exception. Even Tannehill's TD run and half the passes were because the D was focused on him.


questionable teams will float up and down the list. 
 

good teams will move a spot or 2 

 

Beyond the Steelers Josh has played well 

and the game in Tenny was a hard fought battle against a good team

 

KC lost 2 in a row and PM has not payed poorly.
 

If they win again they will shoot back to the top 5  

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The Toronto Sun dropped the Bills to #7

 

The NFL has the Bills #2

 

I would agree with #1 after a win

 

But I also understand that the talking heads still view the Bills as the most complete team with quality BU's at almost every position.

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