Week 6: Bills at Titans on MNF

[njbuff]

The Bills are now -6 in some circles.

[BruceVilanch]

On 10/11/2021 at 1:35 PM, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said:

only 3.5?   
 

bet the house 

 

PSA.  Just not $5,000 

 

or at least, tell the wife/ sig other 

That's why I only tell her about the wins.

[atlbillsfan1975]

8 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

This explains why the game plan didn’t work. I think the Bills wanted to take away a big game by Henry.  Last year the Bills were unable to get pressure or cover like they will this week with starters in. I want to see Tannehill struggle like he did every year while he was the Miami QB. Bills had a history before last years game of making Tannehill very ineffective.

[BuffaloBillyG]

9 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

And they still held Henry to under 60 yards rushing. Play that same game plan with the talent we have on the field now. Tanny won't have time to throw and when her does we have the guys to hang with their players now. 

[The Wiz]

17 minutes ago, No Place To Hyde said:

And they still held Henry to under 60 yards rushing. Play that same game plan with the talent we have on the field now. Tanny won't have time to throw and when her does we have the guys to hang with their players now. 

One thing Tanny did well last year was take off with the ball. 

 

I think he ran for 3 or 4 first downs that game.   

 

Have to make sure to keep him in the pocket.

 

 

Also what's the story with Saffold, looks like he injured his shoulder again against the Jags?

 

His snap count was only 38%.

Edited October 13, 2021 by The Wiz

[eball]

9 hours ago, TFBillsfan said:

I never understood why Roberts was lined up at WR to open the game.  We had Diggs, Beasley and Davis plus others. After the opening ball that hit him between the numbers resulting in an INT, I think that was the end of that experiment. Unfortunately, the game didn’t get any better after that.

As bad as the game started, the Bills actually answered that gaffe and drove down the field for a TD to tie it at 7. Then it got ugly as the D couldn’t get stops. 
 

Whole new ballgame this season. 6 different starters from that D a year ago. No Covid and scheduling bs. It wouldn’t surprise me to see last year’s final score reversed. 
 

[Solomon Grundy]

After reviewing the Cardinals v Titans game, I’m gonna predict Groot and the DL have a helluva game stopping Henry and applying pressure on Tannehill.

[CSBill]

9 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

 

That's a good trend. We need to keep it that way.

[The Wiz]

17 minutes ago, CSBill said:

 

That's a good trend. We need to keep it that way.

The avg yards, yes. The td's, no.

[Rocky Landing]

10 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

This is something. I didn't remember that many people being out. I do remember Josh Norman (who otherwise had a good game) being humiliated by Derrick Henry knocking him ass over elbows. 

[wjag]

19 minutes ago, Rocky Landing said:

This is something. I didn't remember that many people being out. I do remember Josh Norman (who otherwise had a good game) being humiliated by Derrick Henry knocking him ass over elbows. 

 

We will see it dozens of time this week and multiple times on Monday night.  During commercial breaks we will see the Hail Murray multiple times.

[Solomon Grundy]

1 hour ago, The Wiz said:

One thing Tanny did well last year was take off with the ball. 

 

I think he ran for 3 or 4 first downs that game.   

 

Have to make sure to keep him in the pocket

Or knock the snot out of him when he do!!!

[LeGOATski]

11 hours ago, JaCrispy said:

Anyone else think we might switch to a 4-3 base D this week?

Base will always be nickel or 4-2-5

 

I think they'll stick with 5-2 or 4-2-5 to defend the run game, but it wouldn't hurt to have the extra LB in there. I'd rather have more of the young DLs in there than AJ Klein, not that he's been bad at all.

[YoloinOhio]

 

[LeGOATski]

7 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

Honestly, there's not much of anything in that article. He didn't like being called up to play? He thought his OL coach was too pushy?

 

If this guy was a Bills player, he'd get roasted on here.

[YoloinOhio]

9 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:

Honestly, there's not much of anything in that article. He didn't like being called up to play? He thought his OL coach was too pushy?

 

If this guy was a Bills player, he'd get roasted on here.

Yeah, pretty weak. Sounds like he just didn’t want to play anymore. Tough to blame the team. 

[HereComesTheReignAgain]

13 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:

Honestly, there's not much of anything in that article. He didn't like being called up to play? He thought his OL coach was too pushy?

 

If this guy was a Bills player, he'd get roasted on here.

I'm betting it would be really depressing having to back up and fill in for such a garbage person like Lewan.  Fake tough guy Lewan goes out with every little ding, and the team expects his backup to play even though they aren't healthy either.  And once Ty clearly outplayed him, he is sent back to the bench. It doesn't excuse the unexpected retirement, but I can understand where he is coming from.

 

[wjag]

51 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

Titans OL is in shambles.  Very thin and getting thinner.   Lewan is dinged.  They just lost their left guard.  And their backups are on IR.

[Nineforty]

48 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:

Honestly, there's not much of anything in that article. He didn't like being called up to play? He thought his OL coach was too pushy?

 

If this guy was a Bills player, he'd get roasted on here.

 

I'm not taking a side because I have no idea, but the article did state he felt he was being rushed back too early...

 

[Royale with Cheese]

15 minutes ago, wjag said:

Titans OL is in shambles.  Very thin and getting thinner.   Lewan is dinged.  They just lost their left guard.  And their backups are on IR.

 

As I said earlier, it should be a Dolphins type game.  We should be on Tanny all night long.  

[Buffalo Bills Fan]

2 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

As I said earlier, it should be a Dolphins type game.  We should be on Tanny all night long.  

What I'm hoping for. Key is to stop king Henry first. Guy is playing lights out. 

[fergie's ire]

3 hours ago, The Wiz said:

One thing Tanny did well last year was take off with the ball. 

 

I think he ran for 3 or 4 first downs that game.   

 

Have to make sure to keep him in the pocket.

 

 

 

I seem to remember a lot of runs to the outside.  I suspect he might find a 6'7" defensive player of the week standing there this year.

 

[x-BillzeBubba]

 

[Scott7975]

12 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

 

So what you are saying is the 2021 Bills will hold him to 2 ypc or less?

[Dont Stop Billeiving]

3 hours ago, The Wiz said:

One thing Tanny did well last year was take off with the ball. 

 

I think he ran for 3 or 4 first downs that game.   

 

Have to make sure to keep him in the pocket.

 

 

Also what's the story with Saffold, looks like he injured his shoulder again against the Jags?

 

His snap count was only 38%.

Yeah Saffold got dinged up and left the game during their win over Jacksonville.

 

Can't find much about it as we don't usually find out a whole lot before the first injury reports on Wednesday afternoon, but there's this from an NFL.com article (https://www.nfl.com/news/2021-nfl-season-notable-injuries-news-from-sunday-s-week-5-games) :

 

'Tennessee Titans linebacker Rashaan Evans (quad), guard Rodger Saffold (shoulder) and linebacker Monty Rice (groin) exited early against the Jaguars. Cornerback Kristian Fulton (hamstring) was ruled out.'

 

I also saw a different article on Monday that Tennessee is considering putting him on IR to give him the time to recover. Saffold might be the best player on their line with Lewan still not at 100% from his ACL injury. Huge blow to their offense if he is out. 

 

 

[YoloinOhio]

 

 

[Scott7975]

3 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

 

I don't care who we have played.  This team is special.

[Cruiserplayer]

6 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

 

How many were turnover worthy though?

[The Wiz]

6 minutes ago, Cruiserplayer said:

How many were turnover worthy though?

Hilariously, I actually saw someone comment on one of the texans forums about how he still throws too many turnover worthy passes.

[BearNorth]

Bills will have the following players this year that DNP/not with team last season against the Titans:  Tre White, Levi, Groot, Boogie, STAR, Spencer Brown, Feliciano, Moss, Manny Sanders, also Ford played every snap on O [addition by subtraction].

Edited October 13, 2021 by BearNorth

[Stank_Nasty]

13 minutes ago, The Wiz said:

Hilariously, I actually saw someone comment on one of the texans forums about how he still throws too many turnover worthy passes.

Oh its definitely a THING that almost every other fan base still clings to. People were clinging to the "regression" theory so hard that they are looking for any tid bit they can... Through the weeks i always lurk through the opposing teams forums. Literally every single teams fan board we've played this season has brought up how he can be had due to his "turnover worthy" plays. It was discussed plenty last week by the idiots over at chiefs planet and i've already seen it brought up on the titans board. at this point i just chuckle.

5 minutes ago, BearNorth said:

Bills will have the following players this year that DNP/not with team last season against the Titans:  Tre White, Levi, Groot, Boogie, Spencer Brown, Feliciano, Moss, Manny Sanders, also Ford played every snap on O [addition by subtraction].

Milano missed it as well i think.... i bet we get him back this week.

Edited October 13, 2021 by Stank_Nasty

[Comebackkid]

5 hours ago, atlbillsfan1975 said:

This explains why the game plan didn’t work. I think the Bills wanted to take away a big game by Henry.  Last year the Bills were unable to get pressure or cover like they will this week with starters in. I want to see Tannehill struggle like he did every year while he was the Miami QB. Bills had a history before last years game of making Tannehill very ineffective.

it was easy when he was at miami because aside from one year they had no run game.   hes much better as a complimentary piece.  the one year they had a really good run game we lost.

Edited October 13, 2021 by Comebackkid

[Rockinon]

Don't think the Bills will pitch another shutout against the Titans, but they will beat up on them pretty bad. I'm thinking blowout win. The Titans won't even know what hit them.

[BearNorth]

13 minutes ago, Stank_Nasty said:

Milano missed it as well i think.... i bet we get him back this week.

Not counting on Milano, concerned that steamroller Henry could reinjure him, smart move would give him more time to heal. Also forgot Star was a DNP in that game.  Titans have injuries everywhere.  Bills front 4 is much improved over last year with Star and Groot, along with the fresh legs rotation. 

 

 

[Mark Vader]

16 hours ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:

I think we have a good chance to win the rest of our games

 

 

Yes, we do.

 

That doesn't mean we will win the rest of our games, but we do have a good chance.

[Greg S]

Per the uniform gridiron database website the Bills will be wearing their all whites again while the Titans will be in their all light blues. 

[fergie's ire]

On 10/11/2021 at 2:36 PM, YoloinOhio said:

I do think Milano will play, he was really close to being back last night. Plus he’s never missed more than 1 game with a hammy. 
 

not sure about Julio, but he’s already missed 2 games 

The one thing that makes me question whether he will be back is the bye week.  Hamstrings are notorious for re-occurring and they might decide it would make sense to rest him this week which would give it three weeks off to heal (four weeks between games) and so he would be fully recovered.  But maybe it was a slight enough pull that they feel it is already 100%.

[buffalo2218]

41 minutes ago, Stank_Nasty said:

Oh its definitely a THING that almost every other fan base still clings to. People were clinging to the "regression" theory so hard that they are looking for any tid bit they can... Through the weeks i always lurk through the opposing teams forums. Literally every single teams fan board we've played this season has brought up how he can be had due to his "turnover worthy" plays. It was discussed plenty last week by the idiots over at chiefs planet and i've already seen it brought up on the titans board. at this point i just chuckle.

Milano missed it as well i think.... i bet we get him back this week.

One other that was out that game, Star

[Stank_Nasty]

33 minutes ago, BearNorth said:

Not counting on Milano, concerned that steamroller Henry could reinjure him, smart move would give him more time to heal. Also forgot Star was a DNP in that game.  Titans have injuries everywhere.  Bills front 4 is much improved over last year with Star and Groot, along with the fresh legs rotation. 

 

 

couldnt disagree more. If he's deemed ready, play him. tackling a hard ball carrier isnt something i'm worried about when it comes to a hammy. That doesnt really compute.

16 minutes ago, fergie's ire said:

The one thing that makes me question whether he will be back is the bye week.  Hamstrings are notorious for re-occurring and they might decide it would make sense to rest him this week which would give it three weeks off to heal (four weeks between games) and so he would be fully recovered.  But maybe it was a slight enough pull that they feel it is already 100%.

If he was a gametime decision after just one week i doubt this is a huge issue... If they decide he's ready to go, i'm not concerned one bit about this. 

[ColoradoBills]

11 minutes ago, Stank_Nasty said:

f he was a gametime decision after just one week i doubt this is a huge issue... If they decide he's ready to go, i'm not concerned one bit about this. 

 

I tend to agree with this.  There is also the option to put a snap count on him and use him situationally.