NFL Week # 16 - Bills at Bears - post game thread

[What a Tuel]

I wonder where my wife gets the negativity from (and I found its a reddit game day thread) but the 1st half game day thread on here is just as toxic. 

 

So much negativity like we are going to lose the division unless we beat the pats which assumes 3 things 1) We already lose today, 2) we already lose to the bengals, 3) the fish win out.

 

What a loser mentality. Hang in there through the whole game. Sheesh.

 

 

Edited December 24, 2022 by What a Tuel

[Big Turk]

1 hour ago, Doc Brown said:

Prime Time against a good defense Allen > day time game against a terrible defense Allen.  He makes no sense

 

Yeah it's pretty crazy at times...

 

Look at the Bills D after the opening drive...

 

Bears ran 51 plays for 145 yards for an average of 2.8 yards per play.

 

Just dominating effort by the Bills D. And that includes a 44 yard pass into double coverage that should have been picked off.

[Draconator]

12 minutes ago, henry jones said:

I missed the 4th quarter.  What was the deal with the TD pass with a minute left?  Were they running it up?

It looked like Knox was trying to go down at the 1 yd line, but there were lazy Bears players around him and his momentum carried him into the endzone. 

[Shemp]

13 minutes ago, henry jones said:

I missed the 4th quarter.  What was the deal with the TD pass with a minute left?  Were they running it up?

 

I looked on a Bears message board and they thought so.

[DaBillsFanSince1973]

Just now, What a Tuel said:

I wonder where my wife gets the negativity from (and I found its a reddit game day thread) but the 1st half game day thread on here is just as toxic. 

 

So much negativity like we are going to lose the division unless we beat the pats which assumes 3 things 1) We already lose today, 2) we already lose to the bengals, 3) the fish win out.

 

What a loser mentality. Hang in there through the whole game. Sheesh.

suggestion: avoid the gmdt altogether. I give a big "go bills" and never step in that, as you said, toxic environment again.

 

 

[Big C]

14 minutes ago, henry jones said:

I missed the 4th quarter.  What was the deal with the TD pass with a minute left?  Were they running it up?

Probably wanted Josh to get another for the stat sheet.

[BearNorth]

11 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:

It was 4th down so run or pass they had to get the first.

It was in FG range, but I think with the day our kicker was having, the percentages were probably better trying to convert the 4th and run clock.

 

Our kicker was apparently not alone today in having issues.

 

 

[henry jones]

Biggest game of the year next week.  We lose to Cincy and it's a good chance we play the Chargers.  That could be scary!!

[MrEpsYtown]

Just now, Draconator said:

It looked like Knox was trying to go down at the 1 yd line, but there were lazy Bears players around him and his momentum carried him into the endzone. 

 

Just now, Blah Blah said:

 

I looked on a Bears message board and they thought so.

Always a tough spot. Kicking a field goal on 4th and 4 sucks too. RPO on 4th and three not the worst call. You can’t ask the Bills to take a knee there. 

[Billsfan1972]

Well the Bills got their first int in 6 games.  And we can thank Nathan Peterman......😜

[Draconator]

James Cook was named as having the top Rookie performance today on NFL Red Zone

[fergie's ire]

1 hour ago, Wacka said:

Two enormous bonehead plays by the 

pats in 2 weeks

Pats gonna pat.

[BearNorth]

I'll be interested to see what speed mph Motor and Cook were clocked by Next Gen on their TD runs.

[Shake_My_Head]

1 minute ago, henry jones said:

Biggest game of the year next week.  We lose to Cincy and it's a good chance we play the Chargers.  That could be scary!!

Yep.   Slip from first to third, probably get only one home playoff game.    Ironing out the offensive game plan kinks and miscues is Huuuuuuuuuuge this week.

[Comebackkid]

1 minute ago, BearNorth said:

I'll be interested to see what speed mph Motor and Cook were clocked by Next Gen on their TD runs.

going off of comments here, i'd guess about 14 mph 😃

[Shake_My_Head]

3 minutes ago, fergie's ire said:

Pats gonna pat.

Involving the same guy.    BB's time has passed but I'm sure he'll have nightmares about Rhamondre Stevenson for a long, long time...

[BillsFanSD]

8 minutes ago, Blah Blah said:

 

I looked on a Bears message board and they thought so.

Well then the Bears shouldn't have been calling TOs.  If you're not willing to let the clock run, you forfeit the right to complain when you get another TD hung on you.  

[Roundybout]

I really appreciated how the coaching staff tried really hard to get Cook a 100-yard rushing game. 

[stevewin]

24 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:

It was 4th down so run or pass they had to get the first.

I actually think Knox might have been told to get down before the EZ if he had the first - if you look at the play it almost looks like he tries to slide as soon as he catches it - but he was already in the EZ.  

[K-9]

28 minutes ago, henry jones said:

I missed the 4th quarter.  What was the deal with the TD pass with a minute left?  Were they running it up?

Chicago brought that on by calling a timeout with less than a minute to go in a game everyone was freezing their asses off and wanting to get off the field. 

[TheWei44]

2 minutes ago, stevewin said:

I actually think Knox might have been told to get down before the EZ if he had the first - if you look at the play it almost looks like he tries to slide as soon as he catches it - but he was already in the EZ.  

 

True, also they may have wanted Josh to end on a good note with a TD pass.  I wouldn't view that as running up the score to be obnoxious.

[Turbo44]

2 minutes ago, TheWei44 said:

 

True, also they may have wanted Josh to end on a good note with a TD pass.  I wouldn't view that as running up the score to be obnoxious.

Not complaining - The josh cheap td pass helped my fantasy team. Would have been nice if they remembered they had Stef Diggs on the team??

[ColoradoBills]

Well, everyone, I'm off to my Christmas Eve Party.

 

Merry Christmas to you all and have a safe and happy time!

 

[Einstein]

Allen was rough today. This sums it up perfectly:

 

 

[Process]

A win/loss next week could be the difference between playing the Chargers and than going to Cincinnati, or getting a bye and than hosting the Jags/Ravens. 

 

Edited December 24, 2022 by Process

[Andy1]

Well the run game was pretty. The pass game…not. Allen throwing long to McKenzie is driving me nuts. The guy has never been that kind of receiver and he has about a 5% chance at completing it.

 

Merry Christmas to all Buffalonians enduring the blizzard.

Edited December 24, 2022 by Andy1

[Low Positive]

People complaining about this game seem to have forgotten that this Bears team gave the mighty Philadelphia Eagles all that they could handle just last week. 

[Nextmanup]

Just now, FrenchConnection said:

People complaining about this game seem to have forgotten that this Bears team gave the mighty Philadelphia Eagles all that they could handle just last week. 

I don't think anyone forgot about that.  It was a few days ago!
 

Anyone can give anyone as much as they can handle on any week.

 

That's what the modern NFL is all about.

 

 

[3rdnlng]

45 minutes ago, gonzo1105 said:

We are the ugliest high scoring team I have ever seen 

BREAKING NEWS: Today's Buffalo Bill's victory over the Chicago Bears has been reversed. Although the final point total favored the Bills by 35-13 the five judge panel gave the Bills style points that averaged a meager 5.8. Those same judges handed out an averaged score of 9.1 for the Bears. When asked for the reasoning behind the grades the panel freely admitted that expectations for the Bills were at a very high level and frankly speaking, the Bills didn't live up to those expectations. They added that the Bears haven't enjoyed such lofty expectations over the last several years and just moved up a flight level from JV to Varsity prior to this season. "No longer will teams that only score more than their opponents be automatically awarded a win. Style points for such feats as one handed catches and yards after the catch will be an important factor in determining the ultimate winner. The unfair practice of anointing winners based only on points and then dynasties based on the pure number of those types of wins is a thing of the past. While the NFL still intends to award the best team a trophy at the end of the season, all teams will receive a similar trophy sized at no more than 90% of that trophy without any reference to record or other accomplishments." 

[DuckyBoys]

Good win for the Bills  Running game came to life and defense picked up after a bad first drive  Just keep stacking the wins and try and avoid the injury bug  Josh was off and the Bills still pulled away and won big 

[gonzo1105]

5 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said:

BREAKING NEWS: Today's Buffalo Bill's victory over the Chicago Bears has been reversed. Although the final point total favored the Bills by 35-13 the five judge panel gave the Bills style points that averaged a meager 5.8. Those same judges handed out an averaged score of 9.1 for the Bears. When asked for the reasoning behind the grades the panel freely admitted that expectations for the Bills were at a very high level and frankly speaking, the Bills didn't live up to those expectations. They added that the Bears haven't enjoyed such lofty expectations over the last several years and just moved up a flight level from JV to Varsity prior to this season. "No longer will teams that only score more than their opponents be automatically awarded a win. Style points for such feats as one handed catches and yards after the catch will be an important factor in determining the ultimate winner. The unfair practice of anointing winners based only on points and then dynasties based on the pure number of those types of wins is a thing of the past. While the NFL still intends to award the best team a trophy at the end of the season, all teams will receive a similar trophy sized at no more than 90% of that trophy without any reference to record or other accomplishments." 

That’s quite the imagination 

[BearNorth]

Allen was misfiring on a couple of cylinders, but we still beat the Bears, in difficult weather, by the largest margin of any of their opponents this year. Jets won by 21, Cowboys by 20 earlier this year.

 

 

[todd]

2 hours ago, CoudyBills said:

I won't be happy, but I'll want to hear from all the homers to help me cope.  Your quarterback turning the ball over repeatedly against playoff teams will result in a loss.

Our qb? Not yours?

[LOVEMESOMEBILLS]

 

 Obviously don't like to see the 2 picks today, but there's alot to like about the offense the last 2 weeks. 

 

The 3 things I've liked the last 2 weeks on offense:

 

* For the 2nd week in a row 9 different receivers had at least 1 catch. This offense will be most lethal when it's spreading the ball around, making the defense account for everyone on the field.

 

 * This is the 3rd week in a row that Dawson Knox has caught a td. After having only 2 in his 1st 11 games Dawson has had a td 3 weeks running. This is coming at the right time of the year and it just happens to coincide with our offense playing much better in the redzone. 

 

 * With less than ideal weather conditions the last 2 weeks it was important to get our run game going and boy has it. 404 rushing yards combined the last 2 weeks and in the last 5 quarters they've ran the ball for 353 yards or 70.6 yards per quarter. I'm really liking Cook more and more, he has big play written all over him. It's to the point I think they need to consider making him the featured back. 

 

 Hope Diggs isn't getting frustrated because all of the above are good things for this offense heading into the playoffs.

 

 They're scoring 30 points a game again,  the last few weeks, and in a totally different way than they did earlier in the year. More like they did in the Pats*** playoff game where everyone was making a contribution and the offense benefitted from it.

 

 

 

Edited December 25, 2022 by LOVEMESOMEBILLS

[hemma]

A hidden benefit of this Defensive effort is that it may give a decent guide for trying to handle Hurts.

Of course, Eagle’s OL is on a different level than Chicago’s, but still, pretty encouraging.

[DapperCam]

21 minutes ago, Einstein said:

Allen was rough today. This sums it up perfectly:

 

 

Isn’t this the 2 point conversion? Yellow caught it and it was successful.

 

Agree that he made things harder than they needed it to be…

[CoudyBills]

5 minutes ago, todd said:

Our qb? Not yours?

Your as in the Bills quarterback.  

[3rdnlng]

9 minutes ago, gonzo1105 said:

That’s quite the imagination 

Well, it was a choice to attack other posters who were incessantly complaining about how bad the Bills looked in a 35-13 victory in bad weather or use sarcasm directed at no particular individual to get my point across. 

[LOVEMESOMEBILLS]

2 minutes ago, hemma said:

A hidden benefit of this Defensive effort is that it may give a decent guide for trying to handle Hurts.

Of course, Eagle’s OL is on a different level than Chicago’s, but still, pretty encouraging.

 

 Over the last several years we've done really well against running QBs, to the point they don'ts scare me at all. I'd rather face a running/mobile QB like Hurts than the lethal passers such as Mahomes and Burrow.

 

 And yes I'm aware Hurts is good at passing as well as running.

 

 

[AuntieEm]

3 hours ago, gtw3 said:

Another game where I think our offense is just completely disjointed and ineffective and then I look at the score and we're sitting on 35 points.  How spoiled I have become lol 

 

 

bonus gift from peterman to close it out.

 

   Hey he has warm regards to the Bills for drafting him and gotta hand it to him he's has made a lil career out if itwithout having to take the constant beating playing on the field. Never know he may turn it into a place amongst future NFL coaches.