Pulse check - How confident are you that we can beat the Browns

[damj]

Now that we've all had a chance to sleep on it, or sleep it off, whatever the case may be ...

 

How confident are you that we will right the ship and beat the Browns?

[NewEra]

Very

[oldmanfan]

We’ll kick their behinds

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

they're gonna pimp-slap this defense into oblivion with Nick Chubb.

 

question is will the offense remain mentally handicapped

 

[Greg S]

Jacoby Brissett isn't beating the Bills so it will come down to these 3 factors. IMHO

 

1. Do a decent job containing Chubb. He will make plays and get his yards but the Bills can't let him go off. By that I mean more than 130 yards rushing with 2 TD's or more.

2. Bills OL must play well. The Browns can get after the QB with their front 4 pretty well. Garrett is a beast. The Bills will have to hold their own in the battle at the LOS.

3. Turnovers - hopefully we get them and don't give them any. Allen needs to improve here. Stop always trying to play hero ball BS. Take what the defense gives you is a smart play.

[BillMafia716ix]

Browns are very capable of beating us. Nick Chubb has the ability to dominate the game and our run defense has been suspect. 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

I can’t blame anyone for being negative after yesterday but that really felt a lot like the loss to Arizona a couple years ago to me at least.  It was pretty much an act of god that beat us…Jefferson is amazing but he’d make that 4th down catch probably once or twice out of 100 tries.   
 

assuming we start getting some defensive players back I think we’ll have plenty of talent to ride it out if josh continues to struggle 

[Greg S]

5 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

I can’t blame anyone for being negative after yesterday but that really felt a lot like the loss to Arizona a couple years ago to me at least.  It was pretty much an act of god that beat us…Jefferson is amazing but he’d make that 4th down catch probably once or twice out of 100 tries.   
 

assuming we start getting some defensive players back I think we’ll have plenty of talent to ride it out if josh continues to struggle 

 

Should have never come down to that. The Jefferson catch, the Allen fumble. None of it should have mattered. 27-10 a three-score lead with 1:51 left in the 3rd quarter at home. The Bills can't close it out. The Cook TD changed everything. The Bills lost momentum at that point and never really got it back.

[damj]

We've struggled and lost close games to 2 good teams. I don't know if we'll solve our problems by next week, but talent alone should get us over the Browns. If we straighten out the offense we'll win by double digits. If we don't, I think we win, but by less than 6

[Rc2catch]

I picked the sky is falling just because that’s the trend anytime there’s a loss. 
But I expect a win even if it’s ugly 

[Roundybout]

21 minutes ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said:

they're gonna pimp-slap this defense into oblivion with Nick Chubb.

 

question is will the offense remain mentally handicapped

 

Have you actually watched a Browns game this season?

[schoolhouserock]

Stylistically, this is not an easy out for this Bills’ D. Very challenging run game.

 

Best bet is for the offense to get it together and put the Bills ahead (much like yesterday’s game).

 

I don’t think the Browns can mount a comeback like the Vikings just pulled off.

[BuffaloBaumer]

Their defense will force Allen into seeing more ghosts. I think this could be Allen’s worst game of the year coming up so they better get Poyer and White back

[muppy]

I am saying 50-50 only because of the injured players that I would love to see come back play. (ahem Groot, Edmunds Poyer and White)

Edited November 15, 2022 by muppy

[entropyrules]

It depends how many of the better D players get back on the field. If Poyer and Edmunds are out (and neither White or Elam make it onto the field) the Brown's will take advantage of Dodson in the short/intermediate passing game and with the Bills poor tackling Chubb will have a monster game. The Bills are the better team on paper but just too many holes now to be better than 50-50 on this game.

[BarleyNY]

Confident in a win. I don’t even know what the spread is, but you can count in the Browns to lose a close one so I will keep my money in my pocket ATS. Biggest worry is Garrett blasting Allen. 

[damj]

2 minutes ago, BarleyNY said:

Confident in a win. I don’t even know what the spread is, but you can count in the Browns to lose a close one so I will keep my money in my pocket ATS. Biggest worry is Garrett blasting Allen. 

We opened at -7

[without a drought]

89.75% confident.

[dorquemada]

Browns can bring pressure on D and they can run the ball, both kryptonite to this team

 

Bills better figure out a plan, maybe even tailor the game plan to emphasize strengths and minimize weaknesses.  An entirely radical concept, I know.

 

If the Bills lose to the Browns, with this much on the line, that's season and we can get back to what we do best, arguing about the draft

[Greg S]

8 minutes ago, entropyrules said:

It depends how many of the better D players get back on the field. If Poyer and Edmunds are out (and neither White or Elam make it onto the field) the Brown's will take advantage of Dodson in the short/intermediate passing game and with the Bills poor tackling Chubb will have a monster game. The Bills are the better team on paper but just too many holes now to be better than 50-50 on this game.

 

This right here. Hard to make a prediction until we see what the injury situation is. If the Bills can get healthy then they should win. But if they play with many key guys still out then 6-4 is a real possibility.

[Dablitzkrieg]

4 minutes ago, damj said:

We opened at -7

It's -9

[Big Turk]

They'll win and win big.

[Greg S]

Just now, Dablitzkrieg said:

It's -9

 

That is crazy. At 9 I would take the points. The Browns can run the ball and control the clock. The Bills OL will have a difficult time protecting Allen against their front four. The Bills can win but I think this will be another close game. Hopefully in our favor this time.

[Mr. WEO]

come on....

 

The Browns stink because team score on them at will.  

[damj]

33 minutes ago, Dablitzkrieg said:

It's -9

The way we're playing and the injuries we have, I definitely would take Cleveland with the points

[Buckets]

I know we can, I'm just not sure we will.

[Bruffalo]

Depends how many times Dorsey decides to send all the WRs to the end zone form the 20+ yard line. 

[Straight Hucklebuck]

They can't cover Diggs, we know that. 

 

But can we really stop Chubb and Hunt? 

 

And if this game is tight going into the 4th, we know the Bills will clam up. 

 

I'd say 50/50. 

 

Another rash of defensive injuries again this past Sunday. 

1 minute ago, Bruffalo said:

Depends how many times Dorsey decides to send all the WRs to the end zone form the 20+ yard line. 

According to Howard and Jeremy this morning, McKenzie was wide open in the flat.....

 

 

 

 

(even though he was completely blanketed from the snap)..........

[Bruffalo]

5 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

 

According to Howard and Jeremy this morning, McKenzie was wide open in the flat.....

 

 

 

 

(even though he was completely blanketed from the snap)..........

I'm not going to rewatch because my emotional sanity is fragile enough as it is but I thought that was Singletary who leaked out into the flat.  He was wide open though, no doubt about that.  

 

Ugh. Just typing it out makes me feel sick. 

[Beast]

Who did we just lose to? An 0-8 team?

 

What a silly thread.

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

The browns match up very well with us. I’m out here expectation wise. We can lose to anyone at this stage. Need them to show me differently now

[DCofNC]

I expected a lot more from the Browns this year.  I’m confident the Bills will handle them.  I’m not going to be super surprised if they pull a Packers v. Dallas and go right a head and slap us either.  The Bills are starting to resemble Dallas, a lot of bluster and not a lot of finish.

[RobbRiddick]

I'm so confident we beat them that I'm only going to predict we lose by 3

[SydneyBillsFan]

we are favourites and we will probably win.

 

but the way we are playing now we have absolutely no right to be over-confident and must treat ALL of our opponents with maximum respect.

[Roundybout]

14 minutes ago, Bruffalo said:

I'm not going to rewatch because my emotional sanity is fragile enough as it is but I thought that was Singletary who leaked out into the flat.  He was wide open though, no doubt about that.  

 

Ugh. Just typing it out makes me feel sick. 

He didn’t leak out of the line until Josh was halfway through his windup 

[Greg S]

The Browns have the advantage at the LOS on both sides of the ball. This will not be an easy game. It was 27-10 yesterday. It should have been an easy game and look what happened. The Bills can win this game, but I have a feeling come next Sunday afternoon between 3:30 - 4:00 we will all be a bunch of nervous nellies as it will still be anybody's game. 

[mjt328]

The question isn't about beating a crap team like the Browns. 

Who.  Gives.  A.  $#!+.

 

The question is whether this pathetic franchise is going to finally win a Super Bowl at some point, or just continue to be a ridiculous embarrassment to their loyal fans.  There is no team in the history of sports with a history of hyping up their fans and then choking it away like the Buffalo Bills. 

 

Wide Right. 

Losing Four Straight Super Bowls. 

The Music City Miracle. 

The Hail Murray. 

13 Seconds. 

Whatever the F you call yesterday, fumbling on the 1 yard line

 

Things were easier to swallow when this team was bad.  Most of our embarrassments weren't on national tv.  You could pretty much relax and start looking to next season by Thanksgiving.  There was nothing to get our hopes way up, and then crush them.  The expectations for this team are going to be just as heartbreaking as the 90s.  Trust me, I lived through them. 

 

This defense is a paper tiger that looks good in the stat column, but crumbles in the big moments.  The offense is a two-man show, and Josh Allen makes too many dumb mistakes to carry this team through an entire postseason (3-4 straight games against strong opponents).  And when push comes to shove, this team will ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS find inexplicable ways to lose football games.  The only thing you can count on.

 

Edited November 14, 2022 by mjt328

[BarleyNY]

1 hour ago, damj said:

We opened at -7

That’s a smart place for that line to be set. I’d stay away and bet the money line instead.

[SCBills]

Very. 

 

At 6-3, If this team can't get to 8-3, there are serious problems. 

 

I think there are correctable issues, but not serious problems, with the obvious question of "Can this coach get them over the hump?" lingering over them. 

[The Avenger]

40 minutes ago, Buckets said:

I know we can, I'm just not sure we will.

I'm with you on that - there's can, should and will and the Bills really suck at the will part right now...