At this point, anybody scare you?

[HardyBoy]

It was week one, not much of it matters in terms of telling you about a team overall. I think the craziest thing of the entire weekend is that the Browns won…their week 1 record is brutal since they came back.

 

[Ross Murdock]

Yeah the Chiefs no doubt. Many polls have them as the 4th or 5th best team in the league. That's plenty of motivation. Plus the Chargers, and Ravens. The Bills will need to be just about flawless to beat ANY of those teams. I can also see the Bills losing a game to the Dolphins. Bills need to get to 13 wins to ensure HFA throughout the playoffs.   

[Royale with Cheese]

I will never feel comfortable playing the Chiefs.  Doesn't mean I think we can't beat them, I know we can but it's still Patrick Mahomes under center.

Even if you're defense is playing great, Mahomes can still beat you.

[Behindenemylines]

57 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

KC frightens with a flippin trippin bad form QB.  Then again, Miami's QB throws the most accurate, catchable ball I've ever seen.  And they are first in the AFC East. 🤔

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Oh, forgot...he scares me, too. 👇

At first Glance I thought, “Damn Richie Incognito is looking rough”. 

[die hard bills fan]

no one

[Draconator]

1 hour ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Oh, forgot...he scares me, too. 👇

What are you doing with my drivers license?!?!?!

[nedboy7]

JA's runs scare me more than any team. 

[ChasBB]

Chargers & Chiefs, mainly (I know - Chargers not on schedule - talking about potential post-season match-up).  Not so much concerned about the Dolphins.

[Low Positive]

The Bills are so good that I’m not “scared” of anyone. However, the Chiefs looked really good and the Chargers looked pretty good against a tough opponent. The Bengals will be better than that once Joe Burrow plays himself into game shape. The Ravens also have the potential to be really tough in a single elimination game as do the Colts. If you wanna play with the big boys, you gotta beat tough teams. 

Edited September 12, 2022 by FrenchConnection

[Alphadawg7]

Just the Chiefs.  Mahomes might be even better this year with a my diverse set of weapons and his best OL yet.  
 

Chargers don’t scare me because Hebert is soft.  Give him time and he will pick you apart with precision.  Smash him in the face and he folds.  He doesn’t like contact.  Don’t get me a wrong, he’s still an outstanding young QB, but he doesn’t have to have hat toughness that adds to what makes Mahomes and Allen who they are.
 

I have confidence our DL will disrupt that Chargers DL enough to keep that offense from clicking on all cylinders.

Edited September 12, 2022 by Alphadawg7

[\GoBillsInDallas/]

1 hour ago, Ga boy said:

At this point, anybody scare you?

 

[Cygnus99]

AFC Championship Bills and Chiefs 

[BuffaloFan68]

Not really "scared" of anyone but I say watch out for the Ravens.  They are a well-coached team from the top down and had a lot of injuries last year.  

I can't wait to play KC again because I know Josh and company are going to destroy them.

 

Let's Go Buffalo!!!!!

[SCBills]

44 minutes ago, mushypeaches said:

This year, more than any other year, I am NOT focused on what other teams are doing.  There's ebbs and flows to every season, and the Bills will go through them too

 

Singular focus is on getting the #1 seed.  That is the biggest determining factor on if we can make it to the Super Bowl.

 

The rest is just noise

 

Well said.

 

Both for home field and the bye.  With how strong the AFC is, no matter who you are, you'll be playing a dangerous team on WC Weekend... Could be the Chargers, Chiefs, Ravens, Browns with Watson... just avoid that mess and host the rest. 

[without a drought]

 

Dolphins even think this is funny.

[Punching Bag]

1 hour ago, H2o said:

I think the Chargers and Chiefs pose the biggest threat, with the Chiefs being atop the list. The Chargers have both Mack and Bosa as their edge rushers. When he gets back healthy, they will have JC Jackson and Derwin James roaming the Secondary. That offense has the ability to put up a lot of points. The Chiefs seem to still be the Chiefs. They are our arch nemesis at the moment. The question is which of us are the new New England and which is the Indianapolis Colts?

 

I think we have the Ravens' number, especially with our defense against their offense. McDermott/Frazier have shown this already.

 

The Dolphins do not really scare me at all. We are going to beat Tua to death. He's already weak armed, but pressure rattles him completely and causes him to make terrible throws. Josh also loves playing against their defense, so being shut down by them doesn't really seem viable to me. I know daggone well they can't score with us. There's really no one else at this point. 

 

The Ravens seemed to be an easy win in playoffs but if not for some fortunate good play by Taron Johnson things could have been different. Same without Trent Murphy whose tackle knocked Lemur out of the game; earlier Bills had an excellent strategy of doing a contain with Trent Murphy on him forcing him to throw ball where he did not want to and not being able to run on that side of field.  Their coaching staff is still good and they will need to find a new game plan against them.

 

 

[uninja]

The Chiefs looked amazing because the Cards have a paper tiger defense and thought it would be a good idea to blitz Mahomes.

 

You don't blitz Mahomes. You never blitz Mahomes.

[Logic]

Does anybody SCARE me? No.

Do I think it will most likely be Bills-Chiefs in the AFC title game, and that the Chiefs will still pose a significant challenge for the Bills? Absolutely.

[wjag]

After Yesterday:

 

First Tier: KC, LAC, MIN, PHI, CIN, TB

 

Second Tier:  GB, MIA, LVR, PIT, CLE

 

 

[Charles Romes]

Not fearing slow Joe. It’s clear they will have to constantly sell the farm for franchise tackles and it won’t matter. 

[without a drought]

34 minutes ago, wjag said:

After Yesterday:

 

First Tier: KC, LAC, MIN, PHI, CIN, TB

 

Second Tier:  GB, MIA, LVR, PIT, CLE

 

 

You must worry a lot.

[wjag]

Just now, without a drought said:

You must worry a lot.

 

Nah.  I'm enjoying the ride.  But I can recognize the teams that have it versus the teams that don't.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 hour ago, Draconator said:

What are you doing with my drivers license?!?!?!

Using it to sneak into bars.

[Robert Paulson]

2 hours ago, Yobogoya! said:

What I'm most scared of right now is self-inflicted gaffes. 

 

If we don't shoot ourselves in the foot with turnovers and botched kickoffs, I think we have the best team in the league. I didn't honestly believe it in the off-season when all the pundits were riding that train of thought, but after watching a ton of football after our contest Thursday night I do now. 

 

Doesn't mean we're about to go undefeated. Chiefs, Chargers and Vikings all look tough. But none of them "scare" me if we're playing mistake-free football. 

late game coaching panic

[The Firebaugh Kid]

Not if Buffalo keeps stopping the run and getting pressure with 4. Literally nobody can stop us when we play like that. 

[Mark Vader]

2 hours ago, Teddy KGB said:

Chiefs and Chargers 

This is it right here, although I might add the Broncos too.

 

One thing about the Chargers yesterday is that they did not deliver the knockout punch. They let the Raiders hang around.

If the Chargers can show that they have a killer instinct, then watch out.

[beebe]

Chiefs fan here. I attended Bills-Rams at SoFi. The Bills are just simply better than KC. They might have been better last year. This year they definitely are. Yes, the Chiefs offense looked great vs the Cards (and I think they'll put up better numbers than last year on the whole even without Tyreek). But...the Bills will get KC's offense off the field enough times to win; and they'll get to Mahomes despite just rushing four. The loss of Tyreek will be felt most vs the Bills than any other team. Even in the playoff game, which was very much a dink-and-dunk effort for KC, the Bills had numerous chances to get off the field on third down (including on KC's very first series when Mahomes eluded a sack and flipped to McKinnon). I have very little faith that the Chiefs can force the Bills into multiple punts. KC's corners are young/green and simply not ready to go toe-to-toe with Buffalo's receivers. 

 

I think the Bills win fairly easily in the regular season meeting; I think a playoff rematch could be more interesting depending on how far along KC's rookie defenders come together. But in the end, it's the Bills pass rush. That's the difference. Really hard team to drive the full length of the field multiple times. Eventually, they get you. 

Edited September 12, 2022 by beebe
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[Mark Vader]

2 hours ago, ArdmoreRyno said:

 

Not worried about the Chargers too much. They could have lost at home to the freakin' Raiders. No one but Tampa would have me worried and that's only because of the GOAT Officials . Fixed.

AFC

1. Kansas City

2. Indy (Because we've struggled against them)

3. Cincy

4. Denver (pending)

5. San Diego

6. Baltimore

7. Las Vegas

 

NFC

1. Tampa Bay (because of TB12)

2.  Los Angeles (not really)

 

 

 

[Rico]

After re-watching the Bills game 5x on Friday night & Saturday, then watching RedZone all day yesterday…. 
NO, not a single team that scares me in the least.

[junior]

AFC...

Tier 1: Chiefs, Chargers

Tier 2: Ravens, Colts, Titans (0-2 last two meetings vs. Tennessee, and we got smacked by Indy last year) 

[BigAl2526]

If scary means, "I don't see any way we can win," then no, I'm not afraid of any opponent.  The thing is, Buffalo is also capable of losing any game they play.  They have to stay diligent and aggressive.  Realistically, they will not go 17 - 0 in the regular season, but there is no team I'm chalking down as a loss at this point.  When they lose, it will be because of a lapse in focus and intensity, and mistakes.

[C.Biscuit97]

As awesome as the bills are, I thought that the rams might just suck. I didn’t think they were a great time last year. Now, they lost a great pass rusher, have zero speed at receiver, and their oline sucks. It might be a long year for them. 
 

also, it’s the nfl and things change so much. Just stay healthy 

[Success]

Honestly - we need home field against the Chiefs this year. We have to lock up that 1 seed.

 

[Big Blitz]

Ourselves 

 

 

Penalties and drops. 

 

Play clean.  We win every freaking game.   

[LabattBlue]

16 minutes ago, Success said:

Honestly - we need home field against the Chiefs this year. We have to lock up that 1 seed.

 

Fixed it for you.

[SoMAn]

3 hours ago, dorquemada said:

Chiefs are a big game nemesis until we prove otherwise

 

Same to a lesser degree for the titans

We beat the Chiefs in Arrowhead then lost in overtime after not getting the offense back on the field. They don't scare me. The Bills are better than last year, and the Chiefs are arguably weaker without Hill.

[GaryPinC]

3 hours ago, Gugny said:

If healthy, the only team that can stop the Bills is the Bills.  They're just that good.

 

Watching that game on Thursday, the feelings from the 90's came back:  our offense is nearly impossible to stop on a consistent basis and our defense is more than good enough to shut any team down.  That's how it felt at the end of last year except for those blundered 13 seconds.  We've picked right back up in 2022 and added a Von Miller.

 

I think our consistency and camaraderie on both sides of the ball supersedes those explosive 90's teams.

 

Our D-line is already frightening even as it is still developing, our rookie DB's are adequate and growing, then we get our lockdown corner back.

 

F being afraid of anybody.  I'm mostly curious as to who will beat us and how?  So flexible on offense and strong on defense with years of playing together in the same systems.  We'll have plenty of tests, it'll be fun. 

 

I hope they set a goal in the locker room to go undefeated through the super bowl, just for added focus against shooting ourselves in the foot.

 

All those turnovers Thursday didn't faze us one bit.  That was the scary part (for the rest of the league).

Edited September 12, 2022 by GaryPinC

[Airseven]

Chiefs are still the best. Based on recent playoff performances and team growth, Bills trajectory was to finally take the next step and attain the Super Bowl last year. But they blew it. It's now time for the Chiefs to return.   

[beebe]

6 minutes ago, Airseven said:

Chiefs are still the best. Based on recent playoff performances and team growth, Bills trajectory was to finally take the next step and attain the Super Bowl last year. But they blew it. It's now time for the Chiefs to return.   

 

there isn't a single oddsmaker or pro sports bettor who would agree with this assessment. the bills will be a small road favorite when they play KC and would be -3 on a neutral field. 

[FilthyBeast]

4 hours ago, Ga boy said:

Dolphins might be for real.  Kinda scary.  So are Ravens.  Chiefs are scary.  We’ll know more after they play Chargers.  Really about both teams.  I’m not counting Colts and Titans out yet.  Bills scare everybody.  Go Bills 🏈🦬

 

Week one overreactions are fun but we know very little about most teams right now including the Bills.

 

But if you would like to base everything on week one I would say Chiefs hands down the best team in the league with Bills not far behind.

 

Also think Dolphins, Ravens and Chargers going to be in the picture.