Game Week: Week 15 Carolina Panthers at Bills thread

[Process]

According to ESPN, the Pats have already clinched the division, and you may as well skip the first two rounds of the AFC playoffs because Chiefs vs Pats is a lock for the championship game. 

 

It's gonna be hilarious when the Bills are at the top of the AFCE in two weeks. 

[Chandler#81]

Saw this on FB from a Bills fan group I think worth sharing. (I cut out the club name and individual)

[RiotAct]

30 minutes ago, Process said:

According to ESPN, the Pats have already clinched the division, and you may as well skip the first two rounds of the AFC playoffs because Chiefs vs Pats is a lock for the championship game. 

 

It's gonna be hilarious when the Bills are at the top of the AFCE in two weeks. 

: nervous laugh :

[Big Blitz]

 

[aristocrat]

Jesus he had it in august and got vaxxed and got it again? wtf

[YoloinOhio]

Just now, aristocrat said:

Jesus he had it in august and got vaxxed and got it again? wtf

Not uncommon

[Stank_Nasty]

Over/under on Brian burns sacks this week? 
 

2.5? 

[YoloinOhio]

So Brown - Boettger - Morse - Mongo - Williams?

[RiotAct]

Just now, YoloinOhio said:

So Brown - Boettger - Morse - Mongo - Williams?

I like our guys.

— Buck Showalter (also Bobby Johnson, probably)

[YoloinOhio]

 

[Son of a K-Gun]

Just now, YoloinOhio said:

 

Can he play OL?  Sorry, couldn't resist...

[PolishDave]

11 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

 

 

What the effing F....

[The Frankish Reich]

6 minutes ago, Son of a K-Gun said:

Can he play OL?  Sorry, couldn't resist...

No, but I’m pretty sure he’s a better blocker than Tommy Sweeney if we go the two TE route. 

Edited December 17, 2021 by The Frankish Reich

[frostbitmic]

We'll be an injury away or + virus test away from Ford and/or Doyle ... 😷

 

With JA17s bad ankle, I fully expect Daboll will call about 10 QB runs in this game.

[YoloinOhio]

2 minutes ago, frostbitmic said:

We'll be an injury away or + virus test away from Ford and/or Doyle ... 😷

 

With JA17s bad ankle, I fully expect Daboll will call about 10 QB runs in this game.

Line up Daboll at G, why not

[frostbitmic]

2 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

Line up Daboll at G, why not

At least defenders would have to go around him, that might take a minute.

[RunTheBall]

This is a false positive 

[Greg S]

1 hour ago, Process said:

According to ESPN, the Pats have already clinched the division, and you may as well skip the first two rounds of the AFC playoffs because Chiefs vs Pats is a lock for the championship game. 

 

It's gonna be hilarious when the Bills are at the top of the AFCE in two weeks. 

 

Might as well skip the entire playoffs and go right to the Super Bowl as the league wants it Bill vs Tom.

[Patrick Duffy]

27 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

So Brown - Boettger - Morse - Mongo - Williams?

Maybe....if so it'll be interesting to see how Brown holds up at LT. If he's as good at LT as he's been doing at RT hopefully there won't be much difference.

30 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

So Brown - Boettger - Morse - Mongo - Williams?

If this turns out to be the line up, it will be 1st time at LT for Brown correct? Or did he play any LT in college?

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

...Well I guess Josh will have to do a little more now👀

 

[Patrick Duffy]

Just now, D. L. Hot-Flamethrower said:

...Well I guess Josh will have to do a little more now👀

 

Lol, well that's nothing new.... I actually feel confident Brown can do well switching sides to LT if that's the way they end up playing it. 

[finn]

42 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

So Brown - Boettger - Morse - Mongo - Williams?

Or maybe Bates, Mongo, Morse, Williams, Brown. Bates will need help, but at least the rest of the line won't be disrupted. 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

13 minutes ago, finn said:

Or maybe Bates, Mongo, Morse, Williams, Brown. Bates will need help, but at least the rest of the line won't be disrupted. 

i believe that this will be the lineup. I don’t see them moving Brown from the right side. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

It's ok all. Matt Barkley just got placed on COVID list for the Panthers. That sould even things out a bit.

[LABILLBACKER]

1 hour ago, Big Blitz said:

 

Man this dude is a covid magnet.

[BuffaloBillyG]

21 minutes ago, finn said:

Or maybe Bates, Mongo, Morse, Williams, Brown. Bates will need help, but at least the rest of the line won't be disrupted. 

I would think one of Bates or Feliciano would be held back to be the all-important  break glass in case of emergency back-up center. Can't risk them running into each other and both getting hurt with Morse's concussion history.😂😂😂   

 

In all seriousness I almost expect Bobby Hart at LT. 

 

Hart-Mongo-Morse-Williams-Brown

Edited December 17, 2021 by No Place To Hyde

[Hapless Bills Fan]

37 minutes ago, Sheneneh Jenkins said:

Lol, well that's nothing new.... I actually feel confident Brown can do well switching sides to LT if that's the way they end up playing it. 

 

I actually didn't think Brown looked good at LT in the preseason.  But Williams and Hart looked worse, so....

[YoloinOhio]

 

 

[Patrick Duffy]

4 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

I actually didn't think Brown looked good at LT in the preseason.  But Williams and Hart looked worse, so....

I don't even remember Brown playing LT in preseason lol, then again I wasn't able to catch each preseason game. But if the others looked worse then I guess you would go with the one that isn't the worse??? lol

[YoloinOhio]

Just now, Sheneneh Jenkins said:

I don't even remember Brown playing LT in preseason lol, then again I wasn't able to catch each preseason game. But if the others looked worse then I guess you would go with the one that isn't the worse??? lol

Dawkins was out with covid for several weeks and brown played in his place 

 

[SCBills]

Allen has a strong arm, can we just line him up in punt depth and play Ferguson at Center?

[Patrick Duffy]

1 minute ago, YoloinOhio said:

Dawkins was out with covid for several weeks and brown played in his place 

 

 

ok thanks....not sure how in the world I don't recall that. Guess my mind is getting worse and worse the older I get...

[dorquemada]

3 minutes ago, SCBills said:

Allen has a strong arm, can we just line him up in punt depth and play Ferguson at Center?

 

Or just punt on 1st down and save the trouble

[Scott7975]

1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said:

Line up Daboll at G, why not

Sure. McD did line up at running back in practice. Get that guy on the field too. 

[Hapless Bills Fan]

10 minutes ago, SCBills said:

Allen has a strong arm, can we just line him up in punt depth and play Ferguson at Center?

 

This actually isn't the most stupid idea I've ever heard.  It would have the charm of novelty.

 

11 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

Dawkins was out with covid for several weeks and brown played in his place 

 

And the general reaction to Brown's level of play was for the fanbase to say "No Dawkins, No Allen!" in preseason games.

 

[SCBills]

1 minute ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

This actually isn't the most stupid idea I've heard.

 

And the general reaction to Brown's level of play was for the fanbase to say "No Dawkins, No Allen!" in preseason games.

 

Ha, sadly I’m only half joking. 

[Hapless Bills Fan]

6 minutes ago, SCBills said:

Ha, sadly I’m only half joking. 

 

"Find A Way"

[Hapless Bills Fan]

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/sports/2021/12/17/allen-set-to-start-sunday-against-panthers?cid=share_clip

 

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Sean McDermott said on WGR 550 that Allen will practice fully on Friday after being limited with a left foot sprain the previous two days.

"I'll start with what the medical team has shared with me and that's they're comfortable with where he's at and continues to trend in the right direction," McDermott said. "Then what I've seen through my won eyes at practice just yesterday, he seems to be able to execute the job description that goes along with the quarterback position."

 

On Dawkins:

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On the flip side, the status of Dion Dawkins is now up in the air after he tested positive for COVID-19.

 

New league protocols allow a vaccinated player to return if asymptomatic and have one negative COVID-19 test.

 

Dawkins was hospitalized with COVID-19 in July and said he was a few days short of the 14-day window following getting a vaccine shot.

 

"That's the first place your mind goes to," McDermott said. "How this person will handle it. In this case, he's had it before and certainly had some challenges there. We're going to do all we can to support him and make sure that he is as healthy as possible or get as healthy as possible."

 

The Bills switched to all virtual meetings today following Dawkins' positive test out of precaution.

 

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Tyrel Dodson tested positive for COVID-19 earlier in the week and posted on social media that he is asymptomatic and vaccinated.

 

McDermott listed Star Lotulelei and Taiwan Jones as questionable for Sunday.

 

Emmanuel Sanders has already been ruled out.

 

Star @#$%@#$^^!!!!  🤐

[Logic]

1. I hope more COVID positives aren't soon to follow for the Bills, but looking logically at how this has gone for other teams lately, I fear there will be more.

2. I read recently that the only reason the NFL didn't want to acquiesce to the NFLPA and have daily testing -- even for vaccinated players -- is because it would be too expensive. It's absolutely MIND BOGGLING to me (though sadly not surprising) that the NFL would so readily put money ahead of the safety of its players and the integrity and legitimacy of its games. Sometimes I hate that I'm so addicted to the Bills, because the NFL is an evil, negligent, greedy enterprise that cares nothing for the safety of its players.

3. It looks increasingly like the final quarter of this season and perhaps the playoffs are going to be nothing more than a war of attrition. This is largely avoidable, but because of item number 2, is NOT being avoided. Very disappointing. 

[GottaRun]