Around the League Week 16

[PatsFanNH]

8 hours ago, UKBillFan said:

 

And if the Bills hadn't lost White, Milano and Jones they'd be on a better record than 9-6 right now.

Exactly! But unlike NE you have a much better team. I’m not saying the Pats are good just they be fringe playoff team like Pitt if the D was healthy. 

[Buffalo03]

7 hours ago, wppete said:

 

We got all 6 scenarios we needed to happen this week to clinch next week. Amazing

[buffblue]

24 minutes ago, Rockinon said:

Go, Raiders. I think it's likely the Ravens take Miami. Hoping for a SF win this week so the Ravens will have to keep pushing for that #1 seed and beat up on Miami next week. Soften them up for their game against the Bills😄

No matter what Baltimore does against the 49ers tonight the winner of Ravens Dolphins will still control their destiny for the 1 seed

[SoCal Deek]

14 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:

We got all 6 scenarios we needed to happen this week to clinch next week. Amazing

I was thinking the same thing. Pretty much the opposite of last week when with the exception of the Bills beating Dallas just about everything else went wrong on the final play of so many of the other games. Thus is the life of an NFL fan. 

[Doc]

9 hours ago, zow2 said:

I love that NE won that game. Big effort and now they will have Buffalo’s full attention coupled with that rough game in LA yesterday.  Bills should be ready to go on Sunday, big time 

It was a big win for numerous reasons. It killed Denver’s chances at the playoffs/helps the Bills chances, drops the Cheaters down in the draft and, as you said, makes the Bills take notice. 

[Bill Grundy]

What a christmas weekend. Watched Zappe get stomped and fumble the first play of the game and went to bed. Woke up to see that we've had all but one result go the right way this weekend. It's getting more and more possible!

 

the only negative take i have from this weekend is I'm not convinced we beat the dolphins on their patch. Looks a different team with Ramsey in it. 

[DCofNC]

15 hours ago, Roundybout said:

Name one thing Lawrence does that Chad Henne didn’t 

He grows beautiful hair.

[Chandler#81]

Playoffs?

 

[Rockinon]

2 minutes ago, Bill Grundy said:

What a christmas weekend. Watched Zappe get stomped and fumble the first play of the game and went to bed. Woke up to see that we've had all but one result go the right way this weekend. It's getting more and more possible!

 

the only negative take i have from this weekend is I'm not convinced we beat the dolphins on their patch. Looks a different team with Ramsey in it. 

Not so fast. The Bill's also look like a different team with a rushing attack. And any day now I suspect we will be getting our big DT back. The Bill's are trending in the right direction as much as any team in the league.

 

Ramsey has been burned by the Bills multiple times and is playing with motivation, yes. But as a division rival, I think our guys will have an answer.

[fergie's ire]

It is great how things are shaping up for the wildcard, but I think we are all hoping for a phins loss next week to open up the chance to win the division.  If that happens, the other thing this weekend did for us was make the 2 seed a real possibility.  If we win the division, all we need is the Chiefs to lose one more game.  In years past I would say a loss to a team like the Raiders or Bengals would be a long shot, but this year...?  Seems like it could certainly happen.

[FloridaSnow]

3 hours ago, mannc said:

Pretty good chance of this happening…I could see the Bills sitting some guys in this scenario, but it would depend on the seeding and matchup possibilities that are in play…for example, can we avoid a first round trip to Baltimore or KC by winning?

This! Drawing the AFC south would be a huge advantage. Cleveland may have that road blocked though. 

[zow2]

Several other wild card contenders played stinkers this weekend. The Bills did too, yet managed to overcome a sloppy performance and win.  That was huge. No team plays perfect football every week. You just have to find a way in those games. I expect the Bills to be much sharper this week vs NE and we will get a few takeaways as well. It’s big to make the Miami game not be life or death. With Tyreek in the lineup Miami is really tough, people don’t want to recognize them as an AFC Super Bowl contender but I do.

[DrBob806]

34 minutes ago, FloridaSnow said:

This! Drawing the AFC south would be a huge advantage. Cleveland may have that road blocked though. 

NFL needs a Cle-Buffalo AFC title game. Winner takes on the Lions in the SB.

 

Great Lakes football👍

[PatsFanNH]

2 hours ago, Big Turk said:

 

That means they would beat the Bills and cause us to likely miss the playoffs. Garbage take.

Garbage take as well because he believes only the top 2 QBs will be good. When the truth is 1 of those 2 will probably be a huge bust and 2 or 3 other QBs later will be Franchise WBs or the entire draft QB class could stink.. 

[Italian Bills]

13 hours ago, PatsFanNH said:

Started game 4 when the D also fell off a cliff for 2 weeks. 
 

week 1 — made a great throw that would made it first and goal but the rookie failed out both feet in.

 

Week 2 — dropped TD to tie the game by Gesicki

 

Raiders — Ugh Parker drops a sure fire TD pass

 

Chargers — come on man they don’t score a point and they are still Playing.. lol 

 

Giants — missed FG and I doubt they score 3 on a healthy D

 

Commanders— don’t score 20 points not even close.. 

 

that’s makes them 7 wins, they win tonight healthy making 8 and guess what you be sweating the game next week.  It’s amazing how injuries derail a team isn’t it.. lol but your right we don’t have a QB and neither does Pitt and they are a fringe playoff team which is what I said the pats would be.

 

 

 

 

 

Let me say this: you are a Pat fan but you really a great human being… always polite and honest in all of your comments… hat off man, really, you deserve it. 

Edited December 25, 2023 by Italian Bills

[Doc]

41 minutes ago, PatsFanNH said:

Garbage take as well because he believes only the top 2 QBs will be good. When the truth is 1 of those 2 will probably be a huge bust and 2 or 3 other QBs later will be Franchise WBs or the entire draft QB class could stink.. 

 

True, but the trick is finding that guy.  And Wiiliams may not even enter the draft.

[Beast]

11 hours ago, sven233 said:

 

Anyone that has watched the Bills this season knows there is no such thing as a gimmie game.  I fully expect if we do win, it will be a tight one score game that we are sweating through until the clock runs out.  The chance we just handle them is extremely small.

I wouldn’t say the chance we just handle them is extremely small. The Patriots slapped us right across the face earlier this season. I expect the Bills will remember that and come out and play accordingly.

[CincyBillsFan]

2 minutes ago, Beast said:

I wouldn’t say the chance we just handle them is extremely small. The Patriots slapped us right across the face earlier this season. I expect the Bills will remember that and come out and play accordingly.

I think the Bills/Pats game is more likely to go the way of the Raiders & Redskins games then the Giants or Chargers games.

 

 

[BearNorth]

Kadarius Toney inactive today.  What a surprise.

[Playoffs?]

42 minutes ago, CincyBillsFan said:

I think the Bills/Pats game is more likely to go the way of the Raiders & Redskins games then the Giants or Chargers games.

 

 

I’m done thinking like this because when I think we’re gonna smoke a team, we either lose or barely win. 
 

When I’m not confident or think we’re gonna lose, we crush them. 

 

So, I’m gonna believe that we’re gonna lose to the Patsies.  (See what I’m doing here?)

 

In all honesty, I do not expect a blowout. We play down to opponents, and I’m prepped for another nail biter against a team/coach that would love to see our guys with golf clubs in two weeks.