Week 12: Bills at Lions on Thanksgiving

[WotAGuy]

1 hour ago, NewEra said:

So you really think the uniforms are having an impact on wins and losses?

Of course not.
 

At least not when I wearing my lucky boxer briefs.  

[JMM]

2 hours ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

 

So we won't have the QB of our O line again. Down Groot and Espenesa, no way Tre plays, no Edmunds. Just brutal. 

[LABILLBACKER]

59 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

Yes, and what is the tipping point when it comes to injuries? 

We're not getting players back as fast as we are losing them.

 

Thursday is setting up for no Rousseau, Edmunds, Morse, Epenesa. 

 

 

Edmunds next contract falls with each lost game.  I guess Von gets doubled again with Boogie bull rushing on the other side. I expected a heavy dose of running but they might let Goff go some?

[nosejob]

1 hour ago, Mark Vader said:

It'll be nice to have Kaiir Elam back.

 

No Rousseau & no Epenesa leaves us with 3 healthy DE's! Time to call up Mike Love?

I like Mike Love. I believe he can bring some speed. May not hurt to have Zimmer in the rotate either.

[KellyToTasker]

12 minutes ago, JMM said:

So we won't have the QB of our O line again. Down Groot and Espenesa, no way Tre plays, no Edmunds. Just brutal. 

It’s been the story line all season. Every game the depth players are gaining more experience. 

[dakrider]

If your Detroit, your probably hoping to be able to run the ball and get some good play action passing going.  And then they will try to force Allen into making mistakes. I'm sure thats about every teams game plan for the Bills though.  Could be a lot of points being scored.  I just hope Allen and the offense performs well, especially in 2nd half. 

[atlbillsfan1975]

4 hours ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

Von 3 sack game incoming 

I hope, Detroit has two very good tackles. 

[Goin Breakdown]

4 hours ago, CSBill said:

 

That still hurts.

Overtaken by Jets loss

[Pete]

1 hour ago, JMM said:

So we won't have the QB of our O line again. Down Groot and Espenesa, no way Tre plays, no Edmunds. Just brutal. 

The Bills should beat the Lions comfortably.  But it matters what Bills team shows up.  But if Bills take care of business, Morse-Edmunds-Groot-AJ all get one more week to rest and recover.  And then the Bills have their most important 3 games- at Pats, Jets, Dolphins.  Sweep those take control, of the AFC East, and start dialing in on Pole Position

 

and who knows?  Maybe Tre makes it back for the Pats game? When Tre comes back, the Bills are that much better!

Edited November 23, 2022 by Pete

[TheBrownBear]

2 hours ago, 947 said:

We've been getting absolutely killed by WR1s on teams who don't have much as far as secondary receivers. Jefferson & Amari Cooper were open on just about every play. And we still didn't adjust anything toward them.

 

Amon-Ra St Brown will do the same if we don't double, or at least bracket him, they have literally nothing at receiver besides him.

Jefferson was actually well covered most of the day.  Almost every single one of his catches was contested, and some of them were just ridiculous individual plays on his part.  Not sure about Cooper, since I didn't watch the game closely as I was traveling, but he was blanketed on the first touchdown catch and came up with a highlight reel grab.  Seems as if our DBs can stay with these dudes, but they just aren't finishing plays right now.

[aristocrat]

I forgot lions got Jameson Williams. He practiced today for the first time and comes back in December. with the rams pick easy top five and good shot at second overall they can get a qb and actually have a rebuild going on

[billsbackto81]

1 hour ago, LABILLBACKER said:

Edmunds next contract falls with each lost game.  I guess Von gets doubled again with Boogie bull rushing on the other side. I expected a heavy dose of running but they might let Goff go some?

Shaq Lawson should get the start. 

[Dan]

22 minutes ago, TheBrownBear said:

Jefferson was actually well covered most of the day.  Almost every single one of his catches was contested, and some of them were just ridiculous individual plays on his part.  Not sure about Cooper, since I didn't watch the game closely as I was traveling, but he was blanketed on the first touchdown catch and came up with a highlight reel grab.  Seems as if our DBs can stay with these dudes, but they just aren't finishing plays right now.

A lot of the caches by Cleveland were the same... amazing individual plays by the QB or the WRs.  It just amazes me how teams and players always seem to have career type games/plays against us and our WRs have trouble catching balls that hit them in the chest. 

[clayboy54]

1 hour ago, WotAGuy said:

Of course not.
 

At least not when I wearing my lucky boxer briefs.  

Can you at least wash the skid marks out of them first?

[Giuseppe Tognarelli]

3 hours ago, Scott7975 said:

 

 

ah you are correct blue on blue.  

 

White jersey, blue pants
47 percent win percentage (9-10) since 2017

The least aesthetically pleasing entry for the Bills are the white-on-blue uniforms, and they reflect the inverse of the “look good, play good” mantra. Buffalo wore these uniforms to beat the Patriots on Monday Night Football in 2020 and claim their position as the new Kings of the AFC East, but that’s their only notable win with the pairing. Now back to those big or important losses we talked about at the beginning of the article; Wild Card 2017, Wild Card 2019, Titans 2020, “Hail Murray,” AFC Championship Game 2020, and the Titans 2021. It’s the list of literally every big loss of Sean McDermott’s career.

They're 9-11 now. That was written prior to the Jacksonville game.

3 hours ago, NewEra said:

So you really think the uniforms are having an impact on wins and losses?

Is look good, play good a total fallacy? Is there nothing psychological about big losses in those uniforms?

[WyoAZBillfan]

4 hours ago, Dan said:

How many league MVPs have won a Super Bowl on the same year?

10…? I think

[Giuseppe Tognarelli]

2 hours ago, teef said:

you don't think this is true...do you?

I think it's true that their record is way worse in this uniform than any other uniform.

2 hours ago, teef said:

you don't think this is true...do you?

I have to admit... I was thinking of you when I posted this 😂

[EmotionallyUnstable]

35 minutes ago, TheBrownBear said:

Jefferson was actually well covered most of the day.  Almost every single one of his catches was contested, and some of them were just ridiculous individual plays on his part.  Not sure about Cooper, since I didn't watch the game closely as I was traveling, but he was blanketed on the first touchdown catch and came up with a highlight reel grab.  Seems as if our DBs can stay with these dudes, but they just aren't finishing plays right now.

It was a mix of ridiculous catches, poor technique by DBs in good coverage or guys out of position and beat by his routes.

[The Wiz]

4 hours ago, frostbitmic said:

Quessenberry is our #3 OT right now, I don't think they risk him starting at Guard.

 

Van Roten is now the only backup to Bates at Center, so I don't think he starts, which leaves us with Bobby Hart at RG.

So they will be running to the right side all game probably.

[frostbitmic]

12 minutes ago, The Wiz said:

So they will be running to the right side all game probably.

Right behind the massive holes Bobby will create.

[Simon]

16 minutes ago, frostbitmic said:

Right behind the massive holes Bobby will create.

 

I hope that's exactly what happens so we can see @Ralonzo go off. 

 

 

[RocCityRoller]

54 minutes ago, clayboy54 said:

Can you at least wash the skid marks out of them first?

The Boxer Briefs aren't lucky, the skid marks are 🤣

[NewEra]

1 hour ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said:

They're 9-11 now. That was written prior to the Jacksonville game.

Is look good, play good a total fallacy? Is there nothing psychological about big losses in those uniforms?

Who’s to say what looks good!  All it uniforms are better than most other unis.  We always looks good. 

 

I have no idea if there’s anything psychological about big losses….. do you?

[njbuff]

Are the Bills breaking out the white over blue combo on Thanksgiving???

 

If so, let the meltdown begin. 😂

[Low Positive]

4 minutes ago, NewEra said:

Who’s to say what looks good!  All it uniforms are better than most other unis.  We always looks good. 

 

I have no idea if there’s anything psychological about big losses….. do you?

Exactly! Any combo that we have is better than anything that the Browns or Jaguars ever wear. 

[KellyToTasker]

8 minutes ago, NewEra said:

Who’s to say what looks good!  All it uniforms are better than most other unis.  We always looks good. 

 

I have no idea if there’s anything psychological about big losses….. do you?

The players are not worried about which uniform they’re wearing. If so, they’d lose. They only care about scoring TDs and playing great defense, focused on securing a win. 

[Georgia Bill]

5 hours ago, arcane said:

Pretty sure they wore blue on blue for Dallas. At the very least it was blue on white 

I know you're all past this point, but for sure it was blue on blue.  My avatar is Josh getting the first down on a fourth down keeper play in that Dallas game and you can see the blue on blue.  Josh was not going to be denied on that play, and right then it became obvious to me that we had secured a hell of a QB - he won me over with his grit.

[NewEra]

25 minutes ago, KellyToTasker said:

The players are not worried about which uniform they’re wearing. If so, they’d lose. They only care about scoring TDs and playing great defense, focused on securing a win. 

I agree.  Uniforms are negligible 

[Process]

Davis over 54.5 yards seems like free money in this one 

[Gunsgoodtime]

4 hours ago, JMM said:

So we won't have the QB of our O line again. Down Groot and Espenesa, no way Tre plays, no Edmunds. Just brutal. 

I believe in the next man up saying, when its 1 or 2 players.  Since week 3, we have had the worst injury report that I can personally ever recall.  It is just too much to overcome sometimes.  Imo we are undefeated this year so far if we were only missing 1 or 2 players.  We have been missing 3 almost all year, and many more beyond that.  I dont believe in the injuries are no excuse nonsense.  Going to be a rough Turkey day, I spend it alone every year and a win is the only thing I have to look forward too on Thanksgiving, a loss makes it much worse for me.

[Buffalo_Stampede]

29 minutes ago, Process said:

Davis over 54.5 yards seems like free money in this one 

2 catches 60 yards 2 TDs on 7 targets.

[KellyToTasker]

15 minutes ago, Gunsgoodtime said:

I believe in the next man up saying, when its 1 or 2 players.  Since week 3, we have had the worst injury report that I can personally ever recall.  It is just too much to overcome sometimes.  Imo we are undefeated this year so far if we were only missing 1 or 2 players.  We have been missing 3 almost all year, and many more beyond that.  I dont believe in the injuries are no excuse nonsense.  Going to be a rough Turkey day, I spend it alone every year and a win is the only thing I have to look forward too on Thanksgiving, a loss makes it much worse for me.

Keep your head up. Not sure how much stock to put in the below. As clean as our injury report has been the last few years, the heightened season expectations, the key role players getting dinged up, it all seems to make things hurt a bit more when not blowing others out. 
 

That said, for the metrics used in determining the “Banged Up Score”/team health, the Bills are not that bad off. 

Note: Posted before last Sunday’s games.

 

We got this. 

 

Edited November 23, 2022 by KellyToTasker

[Gunsgoodtime]

17 minutes ago, KellyToTasker said:

Keep your head up. Not sure how much stock to put in the below. As clean as our injury report has been the last few years, the heightened season expectations, the key role players getting dinged up, it all seems to make things hurt a bit more when not blowing others out. 
 

That said, for the metrics used in determining the “Banged Up Score”/team health, the Bills are not that bad off. 

Note: Posted before last Sunday’s games.

 

We got this. 

 

Thanks, that list is definitely a suprise.  I would have guessed we were near dead last.  My guess would be this does not calculate players on IR

[KellyToTasker]

2 minutes ago, Gunsgoodtime said:

Thanks, that list is definitely a suprise.  I would have guessed we were near dead last.  My guess would be this does not calculate players on IR

I was curious. Just looked it up. 
 

“Banged Up Score" (BUS™) — which includes a variety of factors such as injury reports, IR designations and factors that consider the specific players included on those reports”. Sort of clarifies the score/rating. 

[Dr.Sack]

KC starting to rack up injuries with Pacheo & Toney getting dinged up. 

[97bills]

4 hours ago, LABILLBACKER said:

Edmunds next contract falls with each lost game.  I guess Von gets doubled again with Boogie bull rushing on the other side. I expected a heavy dose of running but they might let Goff go some?

That’s exactly how I would attack buffalo, we’ve shown we can stop the run but not so much the pass. QBs have been just throwing it up and guys coming down with it. Think what it could be if golff gets in a rhythm, it might take super josh to win this one. 

[Scott7975]

 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

1 hour ago, KellyToTasker said:

Keep your head up. Not sure how much stock to put in the below. As clean as our injury report has been the last few years, the heightened season expectations, the key role players getting dinged up, it all seems to make things hurt a bit more when not blowing others out. 
 

That said, for the metrics used in determining the “Banged Up Score”/team health, the Bills are not that bad off. 

Note: Posted before last Sunday’s games.

 

We got this. 

 

Does that factor in how impactful each injury is?  Or just a total number of injuries? We may not have the most injuries overall but they are always in the worst areas somehow 

Edited November 23, 2022 by Generic_Bills_Fan

[Process]

 

[nucci]

13 hours ago, Beck Water said:

 

This is scaring me to death. 

 

I hope Josh and Von Roten are working overtime on that QB center exchange, because if Josh didn't have good hands and great reflexes, his 3 fumbles in the MIA game woulda been worse.

 

 

it's the shotgun snap that's most important.