I think the Bills play angry and run up the score this week

[Inigo Montoya]

There is no argument that the Bills needed to beat the Chiefs this season to prove to themselves that they deserve to be at the top of the AFC going forward.  It was a coming of age type of victory for this team.

 

I think this game coming up against the Titans is different though.  I think the Bills just want to crush the Titans because they don't like them.  I have no fear of a "let down" performance from the BIlls following their big win against the Chiefs because on some level, they want to beat the Titans even more than they wanted to beat the Chiefs.

 

Last season's loss to the TItans was harder to take than the loss to the Chiefs was, and I think the Bills have been looking forward to getting some payback ever since the schedule came out.  I think the Bills are going to destroy the Titans on MNF.  McDermott knows what this game means to his players after last year.  This game is going to be a blow out and the Bills won't take their foot off the gas until the final whistle sounds.

 

 

 

[Beast]

I have that same feeling. I definitely could be wrong but I think they are going to Nashville with a huge chip on their shoulder.

[GunnerBill]

I think the Bills win on Monday. We won tight games against the Titans in 2018 and 2019 where we had the bounce of the ball at key moments. We lost one in a beat down last year where juju gave them the two years of favourable bounces back in a single night.

 

The difference between now and the past 3 years? The past 3 years I felt like the Bills and Titans were peers. Teams in that chasing pack. Good teams with flaws. I believe the difference now is the Bills have improved and the Titans have regressed slightly. Bills by 2 scores.

[DCbillsfan]

I really liked how physical the Bills were with the Chiefs.  It really stood out to me in a good way.  They smacked the Chiefs around the entire game.  I think Part Deux is Monday night.

[mushypeaches]

I love the confidence, but we still have to tackle Derrick Henry

[FilthyBeast]

I think people are making too much of the 'revenge' angle against the Titans. Yes it was their worst game of the regular season last year but it's not like they were bounced by them in the playoffs like the Chiefs.

 

With that said, the Titans are getting healthy and I do expect this to be a closer contest with the Bills possibly even needed to win the game deep into the 4th quarter but I do think they are the better team and should win period. Plus you don't want to overstate how big of a deal it is to go into the bye week on a 5 game winning streak with serious momentum.

[LeGOATski]

2 minutes ago, mushypeaches said:

I love the confidence, but we still have to tackle Derrick Henry

It hasn't been a problem....Josh Norman meme aside...

[transient]

I think they're much better equiped to stop Henry this season, which will spell a long night for Tannehill, IMO. On offense, I'm expecting them to start to look like they're rounding into form as long as they're not playing in another monsoon. Here's hoping for another college football blowout final score.

[BuffaloBill]

10 minutes ago, Inigo Montoya said:

There is no argument that the Bills needed to beat the Chiefs this season to prove to themselves that they deserve to be at the top of the AFC going forward.  It was a coming of age type of victory for this team.

 

I think this game coming up against the Titans is different though.  I think the Bills just want to crush the Titans because they don't like them.  I have no fear of a "let down" performance from the BIlls following their big win against the Chiefs because on some level, they want to beat the Titans even more than they wanted to beat the Chiefs.

 

Last season's loss to the TItans was harder to take than the loss to the Chiefs was, and I think the Bills have been looking forward to getting some payback ever since the schedule came out.  I think the Bills are going to destroy the Titans on MNF.  McDermott knows what this game means to his players after last year.  This game is going to be a blow out and the Bills won't take their foot off the gas until the final whistle sounds.

 

 

 

 

 

WhaaaaaaT????? That’s crazy. Yeah The fans hate the Titans because of history (primarily Music City Lateral) but the current Bills players? They lost to them in one game last year. It’s more likely that they will have a beef with the cardinals who got lucky on the last play of the game.

[sherpa]

I think fans project far too much regarding professional sports.

Get there. Get a win. Get home. 

That's about it.

 

When you're done, get the contract you want.

 

[LABILLBACKER]

16 minutes ago, Beast said:

I have that same feeling. I definitely could be wrong but I think they are going to Nashville with a huge chip on their shoulder.

Just put a 40 burger on them and flip the bird to Bud's corpse.

[HereComesTheReignAgain]

Lawson and Phillips are obviously not with the team anymore, but there might still be a few players that dislike Lewan...

https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/shaq-lawson-jordan-phillips-engage-in-twitter-beef-with-titans-ot-taylor-lewan/article_3f9be3ea-1efe-5a91-8f80-a61aefb21b93.html

[Rocky Landing]

10 minutes ago, mushypeaches said:

I love the confidence, but we still have to tackle Derrick Henry

Henry is going to see a swarm whenever he gets the ball. If one of our guys gets to him, and slows him down at all, he'll have three other guys on him in an instant. As Poyer put it, the Bills are going to "get population to the football." IMO, Henry will make an impact, but the Bills D are going to limit him, and take away the huge gains.

[dorquemada]

as long as someone makes Lewan lose his cool and get some penalties, and the Bills win, i'll be happy.  Maybe he'll take a swing at Oliver or Star

2 minutes ago, Rocky Landing said:

Henry is going to see a swarm whenever he gets the ball. If one of our guys gets to him, and slows him down at all, he'll have three other guys on him in an instant. As Poyer put it, the Bills are going to "get population to the football." IMO, Henry will make an impact, but the Bills D are going to limit him, and take away the huge gains.

 

With the penetration the Bills have been getting with 4, i like our chances of catching him in the backfield before he gets a full head of steam

[Warcodered]

12 minutes ago, BuffaloBill said:

 

 

WhaaaaaaT????? That’s crazy. Yeah The fans hate the Titans because of history (primarily Music City Lateral) but the current Bills players? They lost to them in one game last year. It’s more likely that they will have a beef with the cardinals who got lucky on the last play of the game.

The Bills lost to three different teams last year, I don't think it's much of a stretch to say they have a message they want to say wit both teams that they play again this year.

[Clyde Smith]

18 minutes ago, mushypeaches said:

I love the confidence, but we still have to tackle Derrick Henry

Outscore them and make them two dimensional. Their team is not great.

[K-9]

11 minutes ago, sherpa said:

I think fans project far too much regarding professional sports.

Get there. Get a win. Get home. 

That's about it.

 

When you're done, get the contract you want.

 

Projection is a powerful emotion. Especially among sports fans. 

[strive_for_five_guy]

I see the offense having a huge night on a clear evening against a weak defense.  Bills defense has been awesome so far this season, although the combination of Henry, AJ Brown and Julio Jones all playing at the same time should not be taken lightly.  
 

Keeping fingers crossed the defense can keep the stellar play up.  If they can, blowout potential exists.  Otherwise, Bills still pull it out in a tight high scoring affair.

[billsbackto81]

4 hours ago, Inigo Montoya said:

There is no argument that the Bills needed to beat the Chiefs this season to prove to themselves that they deserve to be at the top of the AFC going forward.  It was a coming of age type of victory for this team.

 

I think this game coming up against the Titans is different though.  I think the Bills just want to crush the Titans because they don't like them.  I have no fear of a "let down" performance from the BIlls following their big win against the Chiefs because on some level, they want to beat the Titans even more than they wanted to beat the Chiefs.

 

Last season's loss to the TItans was harder to take than the loss to the Chiefs was, and I think the Bills have been looking forward to getting some payback ever since the schedule came out.  I think the Bills are going to destroy the Titans on MNF.  McDermott knows what this game means to his players after last year.  This game is going to be a blow out and the Bills won't take their foot off the gas until the final whistle sounds.

 

 

 

I posted this in the predict the score thread but it seems better suited here.

Like many already I'm predicting a 40 🍔. I really feel the Bills will be looking to embarrass the Titans if given the opportunity. Last year the Titans put the Bills and NFL in a pickle because of their carelessness. And on top of that suffered no repercussions for their team being so irresponsible. And then had the audacity to be braggadocious about the victory to boot. The Bills are going to show them they don't belong on the same field. I expect things to get chippy as the Bills run up the score. Bills by 3 scores

 

42-17 Bills

Edited October 15, 2021 by billsbackto81

[Giuseppe Tognarelli]

I agree completely.

 

It's been so interesting this week how McDermott hasn't shushed reporters when they've asked about this being a payback game, and he went as far as to say they beat us last year and he's reminded of the Henry thing every time he sees highlights. I feel like he's not hiding the fact at all that they plan to crush this team. 

Edited October 15, 2021 by Giuseppe Tognarelli

[Inigo Montoya]

The Titans talked a lot of smack after they won and then rubbed salt in the wounds by trying to play the victim card over the game being delayed repeatedly when it was the Titans organization violating every single COVID protocol causing the chaos.
 

The game was on again, off again, on again, off again.  You’re playing the Titans, you’re playing the Chiefs, you’re playing the Titans.  You’re playing Sunday, no Monday, no Tuesday?  It all ended up with a Tuesday 5pm start that disadvantaged the Bills vs the Titans AND the Chiefs last year.  The Bills got screwed and the Titans received no punishment.
 

It was a crap move by the NFL.  
 

And then the Titans laughed about it.

 

I guarantee the Bills are looking to settle a score here.

[Gen2]

18 minutes ago, mushypeaches said:

I love the confidence, but we still have to tackle Derrick Henry

 

 

Maybe we do ... and maybe we don't.

 

If the Bills offense is firing on all cylinders, and jump out to a significant lead (and keep pouring it on), they take the Titans' run game out of the equation. I'm more worried about Josh having a bad day, or jumping out to a 14 - 21 point lead early and thinking we can coast for the rest of the game than I am about getting decimated by Derrick Henry.

 

My game plan for the game if I were the OC (but I'm not) is score early and often and don't let up. Then it becomes the more they run, the more they burn up the clock.

[Just in Atlanta]

18 minutes ago, sherpa said:

I think fans project far too much regarding professional sports.

Get there. Get a win. Get home. 

That's about it.

 

When you're done, get the contract you want.

 

I do hope that view is an overly-sterile/pragmatic one. 

[Don Otreply]

34 minutes ago, mushypeaches said:

I love the confidence, but we still have to tackle Derrick Henry

Henry won’t be a big factor, we will account for him, much to his disappointment…, 

 

Go Bills!!!

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

37 minutes ago, sherpa said:

I think fans project far too much regarding professional sports.

Get there. Get a win. Get home.

Greet fans at airport.

That's about it.

 

When you're done, get the contract you want.

 

Fixed it for you. 😁

[CSBill]

1 hour ago, Inigo Montoya said:

There is no argument that the Bills needed to beat the Chiefs this season to prove to themselves that they deserve to be at the top of the AFC going forward.  It was a coming of age type of victory for this team.

 

I think this game coming up against the Titans is different though.  I think the Bills just want to crush the Titans because they don't like them.  I have no fear of a "let down" performance from the BIlls following their big win against the Chiefs because on some level, they want to beat the Titans even more than they wanted to beat the Chiefs.

 

Last season's loss to the TItans was harder to take than the loss to the Chiefs was, and I think the Bills have been looking forward to getting some payback ever since the schedule came out.  I think the Bills are going to destroy the Titans on MNF.  McDermott knows what this game means to his players after last year.  This game is going to be a blow out and the Bills won't take their foot off the gas until the final whistle sounds.

 

I hope so! I hope so!

[Amorgus]

30 minutes ago, Inigo Montoya said:

The Titans talked a lot of smack after they won and then rubbed salt in the wounds by trying to play the victim card over the game being delayed repeatedly when it was the Titans organization violating every single COVID protocol causing the chaos.
 

The game was on again, off again, on again, off again.  You’re playing the Titans, you’re playing the Chiefs, you’re playing the Titans.  You’re playing Sunday, no Monday, no Tuesday?  It all ended up with a Tuesday 5pm start that disadvantaged the Bills vs the Titans AND the Chiefs last year.  The Bills got screwed and the Titans received no punishment.
 

It was a crap move by the NFL.  
 

And then the Titans laughed about it.

 

I guarantee the Bills are looking to settle a score here.

And the cherry on top was JuJu's Twitter crap.  Screw everyone on that team.  It's a miracle they all don't have COVID again because everyone I know that's whines about dealing with NY laws and mandates wants to run down to Tennessee.

Edited October 15, 2021 by Amorgus

[billsbackto81]

22 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Fixed it for you. 😁

This isn't one of those games you greet upon return. We're 5.5 favs in their house. We're suppose to win. The Chiefs were more a monkey off your back, get over the hump situation. The Titans are more like swatting an annoying mosquito.

[BuffaloBill]

47 minutes ago, Inigo Montoya said:

The Titans talked a lot of smack after they won and then rubbed salt in the wounds by trying to play the victim card over the game being delayed repeatedly when it was the Titans organization violating every single COVID protocol causing the chaos.
 

The game was on again, off again, on again, off again.  You’re playing the Titans, you’re playing the Chiefs, you’re playing the Titans.  You’re playing Sunday, no Monday, no Tuesday?  It all ended up with a Tuesday 5pm start that disadvantaged the Bills vs the Titans AND the Chiefs last year.  The Bills got screwed and the Titans received no punishment.
 

It was a crap move by the NFL.  
 

And then the Titans laughed about it.

 

I guarantee the Bills are looking to settle a score here.

 

 

You really do not pay much attention to how McDermott has established the culture of the Bills. There is no reason to think that the Bills will look back at that game in the way they did to losing the AFC championship to the Chiefs last season. I expect the Bills will be business like, prepared and the better team. I do not think they will play with any emotional distortion.

[cba fan]

1 hour ago, BuffaloBill said:

 

 

WhaaaaaaT????? That’s crazy. Yeah The fans hate the Titans because of history (primarily Music City Lateral) but the current Bills players? They lost to them in one game last year. It’s more likely that they will have a beef with the cardinals who got lucky on the last play of the game.

reportedly players and coaches were upset about the uncertainty and timing of last years game. All caused by Titans breaking protocol. NFL then coddling them to the point no punishment was handed out after first reports were they would get hard punishment.

 

Many felt a forfeit was the appropriate penalty.

 

Then to top if off Titans players played the wo is me, everyone is against us, victim card.  You can't fix stupid. They caused it all.

Edited October 15, 2021 by cba fan

[buffalo2218]

1 hour ago, BuffaloBill said:

 

 

WhaaaaaaT????? That’s crazy. Yeah The fans hate the Titans because of history (primarily Music City Lateral) but the current Bills players? They lost to them in one game last year. It’s more likely that they will have a beef with the cardinals who got lucky on the last play of the game.

Think about it, the Bills were getting jerked around with the scheduling of the game, plus they just came off a loss against KC. I didn't specifically hear about the Titans talking trash after the game, but if that is the case, I would love to know what's going through McDermott's head right now. McDermott has every right to be pissed at the Titans since it was their carelessness that put the Bills on short notice. That game should have been postponed at least. 

[BuffaloBill]

Just now, cba fan said:

reportedly players and coaches were upset about the uncertainty and timing of last years game. All caused by Titans breaking protocol. NFL then coddling them to the point no punishment was handed out after first reports were they would get hard punishment.

 

Many felt a forfeit was the appropriate penalty.

 

Then to top if off Titans players played the wo is me, everyone is against us, victim card.  You can't fix stupid.

OK, but that was last year. It’s ancient history. 

1 minute ago, buffalo2218 said:

Think about it, the Bills were getting jerked around with the scheduling of the game, plus they just came off a loss against KC. I didn't specifically hear about the Titans talking trash after the game, but if that is the case, I would love to know what's going through McDermott's head right now. McDermott has every right to be pissed at the Titans since it was their carelessness that put the Bills on short notice. That game should have been postponed at least. 

 

I highly doubt McDermott has devoted much of any time to it. As a matter of fact, it’s probably safe to say he has devoted exactly zero minutes to it. It is tangential to the team’s goal of winning. 

[Warcodered]

9 minutes ago, BuffaloBill said:

OK, but that was last year. It’s ancient history. 

 

I highly doubt McDermott has devoted much of any time to it. As a matter of fact, it’s probably safe to say he has devoted exactly zero minutes to it. It is tangential to the team’s goal of winning. 

Yeah nobody is focusing on it, but that in no way means it isn't absolutely fuel in the fire.

[BuffaloBill]

8 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

Yeah nobody is focusing on it, but that in no way means it isn't absolutely fuel in the fire.

 

 

The Bills won in KC because they put the right players on the field. They did so by having a specific plan to build the roster and to draft players according to analysis against a profile.  The Bills were exceptionally aware of KC’s tendencies, the knowledge of tendencies most likely came about as a result of intensive film study. The Bills put together an excellent game plan to leverage their players skills and to negate KC’s tendencies. The Bills players worked very well together as a team in all three phases of the game. They were well coached and prepared to do so. After all of that, did they play with some emotion? Sure.

 

Now look at TN, do you think the Bills will win because they get “pissed off” about the events of last year. Yeah being angry about it might cause them to run on to the field faster after exiting the tunnel to begin the game. Once Derrick Henry smashes his large frame into the defensive line the emotion really doesn’t matter. What will is the Bills game plan, preparation and execution. 

 

Emotion matters a lot more to the fans.

[AuntieEm]

1 hour ago, FilthyBeast said:

I think people are making too much of the 'revenge' angle against the Titans. Yes it was their worst game of the regular season last year but it's not like they were bounced by them in the playoffs like the Chiefs.

 

With that said, the Titans are getting healthy and I do expect this to be a closer contest with the Bills possibly even needed to win the game deep into the 4th quarter but I do think they are the better team and should win period. Plus you don't want to overstate how big of a deal it is to go into the bye week on a 5 game winning streak with serious momentum.

 

    I agree that alot of fans seem to be taking some of these games a bit to personally.  The Bills don't need to play angry they just play focused and their natural abilities shine.  I think this team has that mentality of give us your best shot and then you better duck. They are confident but alert to prevent let downs.  They will play with a physical edge if the opponents think they can intimidate the Bills.  And when opponents look over at our players off or def there are 2 or more big dudes that they won't wanna be messing with.   Don't think gronk would get away with that dirty hit on white with this team.  I think this team just studies their next opponent well and has the right plan and skillsets to get the job done by being calm and calculating.  No anger needed.  

 

 

[sherpa]

1 hour ago, Just in Atlanta said:

I do hope that view is an overly-sterile/pragmatic one. 

Or realistic.

[buffalo2218]

1 hour ago, Gen2 said:

 

 

Maybe we do ... and maybe we don't.

 

If the Bills offense is firing on all cylinders, and jump out to a significant lead (and keep pouring it on), they take the Titans' run game out of the equation. I'm more worried about Josh having a bad day, or jumping out to a 14 - 21 point lead early and thinking we can coast for the rest of the game than I am about getting decimated by Derrick Henry.

 

My game plan for the game if I were the OC (but I'm not) is score early and often and don't let up. Then it becomes the more they run, the more they burn up the clock.

I don't see our offense letting up in this game, even if their defense gets so banged up, Vrabel has to put a helmet on. After that hail mary last year, the Bills don't seem to be letting up on anyone.

[Warcodered]

6 minutes ago, BuffaloBill said:

 

 

The Bills won in KC because they put the right players on the field. They did so by having a specific plan to build the roster and to draft players according to analysis against a profile.  The Bills were exceptionally aware of KC’s tendencies, the knowledge of tendencies most likely came about as a result of intensive film study. The Bills put together an excellent game plan to leverage their players skills and to negate KC’s tendencies. The Bills players worked very well together as a team in all three phases of the game. They were well coached and prepared to do so. After all of that, did they play with some emotion? Sure.

 

Now look at TN, do you think the Bills will win because they get “pissed off” about the events of last year. Yeah being angry about it might cause them to run on to the field faster after exiting the tunnel to begin the game. Once Derrick Henry smashes his large frame into the defensive line the emotion really doesn’t matter. What will is the Bills game plan, preparation and execution. 

 

Emotion matters a lot more to the fans.

ah I see your point emotion has nothing to do with this game my mistake. 🙄

[AuntieEm]

1 hour ago, BuffaloBill said:

 

 

WhaaaaaaT????? That’s crazy. Yeah The fans hate the Titans because of history (primarily Music City Lateral) but the current Bills players? They lost to them in one game last year. It’s more likely that they will have a beef with the cardinals who got lucky on the last play of the game.

 

    Luckily we have a coaching staff that has the right approach.  Yes they lost last year, so the beef they had was with themselves and not getting the job done. 

 

  This year they will push themselves to not fall short again.  Doesnt matter if its Henry on the other side, if their not wearing the Bills colors they aren't getting a free pass. So bring it. Oh and running up the score well they just go about doing their jobs and score is totally dependent on how often they can stop these Bills. 

 

  Teams playing our Bills have to score against the #1 defense in multiple areas, and if they manage that they also better be able to stop the #1 offense and they haven't even taken it out for a test drive.

 

   At the moment its like they have just been revving the engine waiting for the right time to  open full throttle and blast thru the remainder of the season with no apologies as we claim that lombardi.

Edited October 15, 2021 by AuntieEm

[Augie]

1 hour ago, mushypeaches said:

I love the confidence, but we still have to tackle Derrick Henry

 

I never get overly confident, because, well……ya know…. 

 

Having said that, I don’t think in a million years they would admit to wanting to run it up, and I also don’t doubt for a skinny minute that they are actually thinking it.