Logic Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 53 minutes ago, nucci said: what do you mean they have nothing to lose? It's a playoff game they can lose My point is that the Steelers are going to have a "nothing to lose" mentality because they're a 7-seed with a 3rd string QB that barely made the playoffs, coming in as 7.5 point underdogs. You can absolutely bet that Mike Tomlin is going to be in their ears saying "no one believes in us or expects anything from us. We're supposed to lose this week. Show 'em who we are". Put simply, the pressure is on Buffalo, the 2-seed playing at home that has had demoralizing playoff exits two years in a row. The pressure is not on the 7-seed starting Mason Rudolph at QB, who no one thought would be there anyway. 3 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 14 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said: as crazy as it is, there is a somewhat likely road to the SB for the Bills that is almost the entire AFC North:  Steelers Browns (if they and Miami win this week) Ravens  Or Houston (the city was formerly in the AFC North's precursor: the AFC Central, although it was the current Tennessee Titans). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generic_Bills_Fan Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 1 minute ago, Logic said: My point is that the Steelers are going to have a "nothing to lose" mentality because they're a 7-seed with a 3rd string QB that barely made the playoffs, coming in as 7.5 point underdogs. You can absolutely bet that Mike Tomlin is going to be in their ears saying "no one believes in us or expects anything from us. We're supposed to lose this week. Show 'em who we are". Put simply, the pressure is on Buffalo, the 2-seed playing at home that has had demoralizing playoff exits two years in a row. The pressure is not on the 7-seed starting Mason Rudolph at QB, who no one thought would be there anyway. Our team seems to only play well when the pressure is at its absolute highest possible point these days lol this might have scared me more a few years ago.  Spread is up to -10 despite the over/under dropping to account for the weather for all those wind doomers out there 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWei44 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 2 minutes ago, Blackbeard said: I think the run plays where they send Cook east/west up the line of scrimmage, and then up the sidelines aren't working.   More passes to him in space. Agreed, he seems to do poorly at times going north/south or east/west - Seems better going more diagonally with quick cuts (and passing to him in space, of course, assuming he can hold on to the ball!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptnCoke11 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 16 minutes ago, SoonerBillsFan said: Even if Watt plays, he will be 30-40% at best with that knee. You can bet they will shoot and brace it. Just count on him playing. He’s not going to play 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8  2 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said: Our team seems to only play well when the pressure is at its absolute highest possible point these days lol this might have scared me more a few years ago.  Spread is up to -10 despite the over/under dropping to account for the weather for all those wind doomers out there 🤣  My biggest worry is that the Steelers arent good enough for the Bills to play UP to.  We seem to play down to bad teams, and especially make bad QBs look great. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generic_Bills_Fan Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 1 minute ago, DrDawkinstein said:   My biggest worry is that the Steelers arent good enough for the Bills to play UP to.  We seem to play down to bad teams, and especially make bad QBs look great. I can’t argue with that logic…that’s a way to look at it that actually scares me 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 This game will come down to two things: turnovers and special teams.  we need to be happy with good field position, kicking field goals, and being conservative. Let the inferior team make the mistakes for once. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanC883 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 well, at least we haven't lost to any underwhelming QBs this year.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortchaz Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 2 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:  17 against the Ravens, 30 against the Seahawks, 34 against the Bengals. Dont sleep on them just because they've swapped QBs around a bunch. It was more a comment on our defense, especially since the return of jones. I expect them to handle the new Steelers o. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Since1981 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 (edited) The expected bad weather and wind favors the 3rd string QB and low powered offense. At least the Bill's D can focus on 0-7 yds. and the run. Weather + Steelers could keep scoring low and leave PIT lingering Edited January 8 by Since1981 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortchaz Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 2 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: This game will come down to two things: turnovers and special teams.  we need to be happy with good field position, kicking field goals, and being conservative. Let the inferior team make the mistakes for once. Agreed. The Bills will have to give the game away (which they have demonstrated a capacity for) if they are going to lose. I give the Steelers about a 4% chance to win this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 1 minute ago, RyanC883 said: well, at least we haven't lost to any underwhelming QBs this year.... We've been very good at home this year against all QB's. Tua's the only QB that put up more than 250 passing yards and a lot of that was in garbage time. Not that concerned assuming Douglas can go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Since1981 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 16 minutes ago, Logic said: Put simply, the pressure is on Buffalo, the 2-seed playing at home that has had demoralizing playoff exits two years in a row. Bill's have learned the lessons and are beating both good and bad teams. YES, it might be ugly at times, but they've won all styles of games since the Bye plus the removal of Dorsey 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWATeam Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 1 hour ago, BADOLBILZ said:  Pickens didn't have a pass thrown his way last game and yet they won.   So that would be incorrect.   The game was played in a monsoon.  The two prior normal games- since being inserted- Rudolph had unlocked Pickens with 195 and 131 yards respectively while averaging nearly 30 a catch.   Pickens isn't a separator, he's a contested ball specialist and Rudolph is giving him a chance lofting them up. That's going to be tough in the expected conditions. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerdMentality Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Are the Steelers actually bothering to make the trip? 😆🤠Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABILLBACKER Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 27 minutes ago, Blackbeard said: I think the run plays where they send Cook east/west up the line of scrimmage, and then up the sidelines aren't working.   More passes to him in space. ....and hopefully no more drops? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurlyBurly51 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 3 hours ago, oldmanfan said: We’ll miss Davis.  Big part of the run game and weather is supposed to be rough.  I’m worried he may have an ACL. If it is his free agency may dry up and he could be back here on a cap friendly deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 11 minutes ago, SWATeam said: The game was played in a monsoon.  The two prior normal games- since being inserted- Rudolph had unlocked Pickens with 195 and 131 yards respectively while averaging nearly 30 a catch.   Pickens isn't a separator, he's a contested ball specialist and Rudolph is giving him a chance lofting them up. That's going to be tough in the expected conditions.  20-25 mph winds is good for "lofting"?   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Positive Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 This board today just proves that Bills fans wouldn't be Bills fans unless they were miserable and worried sick. 3 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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