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The team on the left is the team I think best benefits the Bills by losing in this weeks games. 
 

  1. Dolphins -9.5 favorites vs Washington
  2. Chargers - 5.5 favorites vs New England
  3. Browns +3.5 underdongs to Rams
  4. Bengals +8.5 underdogs to the Jaguars
  5. Steelers -6.5 favorites over the Cardinals
  6. Broncos +3 underdogs to the Texans
  7. Colts -1.5 over the titans

 

Quite a few fanbases running the "if we win out" numbers at this point.

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16 minutes ago, Chaos said:

The team on the left is the team I think best benefits the Bills by losing in this weeks games. 
 

  1. Dolphins -9.5 favorites vs Washington
  2. Chargers - 5.5 favorites vs New England
  3. Browns +3.5 underdongs to Rams
  4. Bengals +8.5 underdogs to the Jaguars
  5. Steelers -6.5 favorites over the Cardinals
  6. Broncos +3 underdogs to the Texans
  7. Colts -1.5 over the titans

 

Quite a few fanbases running the "if we win out" numbers at this point.

Not sure why but I still feel like a 10-7 final record with only loss to Dallas would still get us In. That record Almost always gets a team in every year. Inevitably a team or two who is winning on turnovers and smoke/Mirrors will collapse down the stretch 

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15 minutes ago, RiotAct said:

man, the Patriots could really help us out in the next couple weeks officially knocking the Chargers out of playoff contention, and then handing the Steelers a loss.

 

(They won’t, tho)

the help would be nice. 

36 minutes ago, Drew21PA said:

-6.5 Steelers?!?!?

 

can they even score 6 

 

sheesh.  If I’m a gambler I’m on that one 

The cardinals are a disaster. 

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5 minutes ago, Success said:

Thanks for posting. 

 

Haven't been in this mindset in awhile - but it's not so bad. Makes a bye week exciting.

 

Basically the Bills are starting a double elimination tournament next week.  First loss puts us in the loser bracket.  Second loss at any point ends the season. It is only going to take an 8-1 run to be super bowl champions. 

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1 hour ago, Ben said:

sucks that we're back to these in the hunt scenarios like we were every year of the drought. 

 

Good(ForNothing)ell experiment was successful.

 

Reminds me of the Eddie Murphy movie Trading Places.

 

If I was in a game I'd have a sign saying Goodell should be used as Experimental Animal.

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1 minute ago, Limeaid said:

 

Good(ForNothing)ell experiment was successful.

 

Reminds me of the Eddie Murphy movie Trading Places.

 

If I was in a game I'd have a sign saying Goodell should be used as Experimental Animal.

meh… that sucked but it’s usually a house of horrors when we play the Jaguars anyway.

 

Even with the injuries to Jones and Milano that game… we take care of business against Zach Freakin’ Wilson week 1 and Mac Freakin’’ Jones a couple weeks after Goodell’s Fantastic Experiment, we’re 8-4 and talking about the #1 seed in the AFC instead of running permutations to even get into the dance in the first place.

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20 minutes ago, RiotAct said:

meh… that sucked but it’s usually a house of horrors when we play the Jaguars anyway.

 

Even with the injuries to Jones and Milano that game… we take care of business against Zach Freakin’ Wilson week 1 and Mac Freakin’’ Jones a couple weeks after Goodell’s Fantastic Experiment, we’re 8-4 and talking about the #1 seed in the AFC instead of running permutations to even get into the dance in the first place.

In this particular thread, the comment about experiment is not about the outcome of the experiment. The NFL's willingness to do an experiment at all that is likely to affect fair competition is a direct hit to the leagues credibility and integrity.  The lack of self-awareness (or alternatively arrogance) by Goodell making these comments is problematic to me.  In 1919 MLB brought in an independent commissioner to stamp out gamblings influence.  Ironically gamblings influence in the NFL is likely to lead to a calls for an independent commissioner to restore integrity to the NFL. 

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3 hours ago, DBilz2500 said:

Not sure why but I still feel like a 10-7 final record with only loss to Dallas would still get us In. That record Almost always gets a team in every year. Inevitably a team or two who is winning on turnovers and smoke/Mirrors will collapse down the stretch 

We have lost too many AFC games. 

 

The theory remains true. Lose to the NFC teams and beat the AFC teams then we get to the playoffs 

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sucks that we're back to these in the hunt scenarios like we were every year of the drought. 

Not counting the 'lose for draft position' crowd after the 2nd game during those years of course

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If we lose to KC, we fall to 3-6 in the conference, so we need to get over that hurdle first.

 

Every other team we're fighting against already has a better record than us, but if we manage to catch up, they also have better conference records than us too.

 

Browns: 5-3

Steelers: 5-3

Colts: 4-3

Texans: 4-3

Broncos: 3-4

 

The Broncos are the closest to our level, but they have a head-to-head win (another McD choke). If we can upset the Cheifs in Arrowhead for a 3rd straight year, then I'll look further ahead again. A loss to Dallas won't be the end of the world, but a loss to KC will require a lot of teams to fall apart ahead of us.

 

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4 hours ago, Chaos said:

The team on the left is the team I think best benefits the Bills by losing in this weeks games. 
 

  1. Dolphins -9.5 favorites vs Washington
  2. Chargers - 5.5 favorites vs New England
  3. Browns +3.5 underdongs to Rams
  4. Bengals +8.5 underdogs to the Jaguars
  5. Steelers -6.5 favorites over the Cardinals
  6. Broncos +3 underdogs to the Texans
  7. Colts -1.5 over the titans

 

Quite a few fanbases running the "if we win out" numbers at this point.


Browns an underdong - Well played 💯💯💯

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1 hour ago, BigDingus said:

If we lose to KC, we fall to 3-6 in the conference, so we need to get over that hurdle first.

 

Every other team we're fighting against already has a better record than us, but if we manage to catch up, they also have better conference records than us too.

 

Browns: 5-3

Steelers: 5-3

Colts: 4-3

Texans: 4-3

Broncos: 3-4

 

The Broncos are the closest to our level, but they have a head-to-head win (another McD choke). If we can upset the Cheifs in Arrowhead for a 3rd straight year, then I'll look further ahead again. A loss to Dallas won't be the end of the world, but a loss to KC will require a lot of teams to fall apart ahead of us.

 

season is over if we lose to KC.  We ain’t getting the help we need to sneak in at 10-7.

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11 hours ago, DBilz2500 said:

Not sure why but I still feel like a 10-7 final record with only loss to Dallas would still get us In. That record Almost always gets a team in every year. Inevitably a team or two who is winning on turnovers and smoke/Mirrors will collapse down the stretch 

the playoff odds are not static.  lots of middling teams playing each other and there will be upsets.  i agree 10-7 has a good  chance but then it comes down to tie breakers.  We need to beat KC and the dolphins imo and get to 10-7 among our other games. i think we get in then.

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14 minutes ago, Dan Darragh said:

I think Jax is a bigger threat to us than Cincy

To answer my own comment:

 

The Jaguars are currently the AFC’s No. 3 seed, but this matchup is more about keeping the Bengals from catching up to the Bills in the AFC standings. It seems unlikely for Cincinnati to make a late season run without Joe Burrow, but a collapse by the Jaguars is even more unlikely. In this matchup, Bills fans should be rooting for Jacksonville to send the Bengals to 5-7 on Monday.

 

https://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo-bills/2023/12/buffalo-bills-remain-in-the-playoff-hunt-who-should-fans-be-rooting-for-in-week-13.html

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Chargers and Browns, IMO, aren’t losing. Miami has a shot but Howell has to step up like he has been without the turnovers for them to have a chance. 

Steelers should win also, would have been nice if Dobbs was still there for an element of “revenge” and that team play extra hard for him and themselves to pull out a W. 
 

The rest are all completely up in the air and have a chance. 
 

 

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26 minutes ago, BBFL said:

Chargers and Browns, IMO, aren’t losing. Miami has a shot but Howell has to step up like he has been without the turnovers for them to have a chance. 

Steelers should win also, would have been nice if Dobbs was still there for an element of “revenge” and that team play extra hard for him and themselves to pull out a W. 
 

The rest are all completely up in the air and have a chance. 
 

 

They are all up in the air.  That’s why they play the games. 

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1 hour ago, BBFL said:

Chargers and Browns, IMO, aren’t losing. Miami has a shot but Howell has to step up like he has been without the turnovers for them to have a chance. 

Steelers should win also, would have been nice if Dobbs was still there for an element of “revenge” and that team play extra hard for him and themselves to pull out a W. 
 

The rest are all completely up in the air and have a chance. 
 

 

Chargers are irrelevant this week. They have 4 wins and we still play them. Obviously  that is a must win for the Bills. With their remaining schedule and assuming the Bills beat them (which there is no assuming there, but in this hypothetical theres no way the Bills can get in without beating them), there's no chance in hades LAC gets in 

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6 minutes ago, frostbitmic said:

If you're playing a 5 team parley this weekend ...

 

Miami

Pittsburgh

Cleveland

Indianapolis

Denver

 

This is the season that the ball bounces the wrong way for this team at every opportunity.

Why leave the chargers out?

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6 minutes ago, Chaos said:

Why leave the chargers out?

Why include them ?

 

With rumors that they're kicking their HC to the curb at the end of the season and the calender just hit December, his last victory will probably be against McDermott and the Bills ... On a last second TD no doubt.

 

Besides ... It was a 5 team parley 😉

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What a relief not to have to think about the Bills this Sunday, or watch another excruciating loss. What a bummer this season has been. How much grief they’ve brought me over the 59 years I’ve been a fan of this team.

 

Some joy too, but not as much.

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7 minutes ago, Dr. K said:

What a relief not to have to think about the Bills this Sunday, or watch another excruciating loss. What a bummer this season has been. How much grief they’ve brought me over the 59 years I’ve been a fan of this team.

 

Some joy too, but not as much.

I empathize.  But the current woes are different than the drought year woes.  The season used to only be 14 games.  We have played 12 and are still in contention theoetically. Instead of being upset that the Bills will might miss the playoffs, I am trying to convince myself that the Bills have blessed us by bring the playoffs early, and not only that, we may get to see them play as many as these playoff games.   Just win baby. 

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