Who is our worst match up in the AFC as of now?

[mannc]

25 minutes ago, Mark Vader said:

That 4th down should never have happened. Kincaid got the first down on the play before. They deliberately marked him short. I re-watched that play numerous times, it was already a first down.

 

I thought the play calling in the AFC Championship was for the most part fine. The play calling in the second half of the Divisional playoff was atrocious. 

We had a chance to deliver the knock out, but we let the Ravens back in the game. Terrible!

I think Brady is one of the most overrated coaches in Bills history...I was really hoping he'd get a head coaching gig in this cycle. 

[BigAl2526]

I went with Baltimore.  Sean McDermott says he wants the Bills to play a physical game, but John Harbaugh wrote the book on physical football, particularly in the run game.  I hope the Bills made strides this off season, but I need to see it on the field.

[Dillenger4]

2 hours ago, Gregg said:

 

They have a good coach, and they have done well this offseason, but I would guess they are probably a year or two away from giving the Bills a real challenge. They will be improved this year but probably not enough to catch the Bills

I tend to agree and I sure hope so. But I have that "ewww Pats" feeling again. We will see. GO BILLS

[Scott7975]

Baltimore IMO. They have a great defense and their offense with Lamars incredible ability to run and Henry added to it is tough to defend. They are also the most physical. If not for turnovers last year, we most likely lose that game.

 

Cinci is the team I almost selected. We don't play them much and they have a high powered offense.

 

I dont think its KC. Those games always come down to the wire. One of these days we will get over the hump in the post season with them. 

Edited Friday at 06:58 PM by Scott7975

[Mikie2times]

46 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

Baltimore IMO. They have a great defense and their offense with Lamars incredible ability to run and Henry added to it is tough to defend. They are also the most physical. If not for turnovers last year, we most likely lose that game.

 

Cinci is the team I almost selected. We don't play them much and they have a high powered offense.

 

I dont think its KC. Those games always come down to the wire. One of these days we will get over the hump in the post season with them. 

That's exactly how I feel and voted Baltimore as a result. But within that, we are so good at forcing turnovers and limiting them on our side. I don't think that is random at this point (as much as they can be random, we have been excellent at forcing them for several years). KC is much more fundamentally sound in that regard, especially in the postseason.    

[transient]

I chose Baltimore, contingent on Henry not declining. I thought last season that the winner of the Bills-Ravens game was going to the SB, and I think the Ravens defense got tougher to play against. I get the “until we beat the Chiefs” argument, but they were not the team I thought we had matchup problems with, and I think our secondary is better and will at least slow them some. Cincy’s defense isn’t the one that beat us in the playoffs, and I think our defense will be improved, so I’ll take our offense in that track meet. Houston took a step back IMO and I’m not a big Stroud believer. 

[ganesh]

21 hours ago, Mark Vader said:

Our worst match-up is A) Ourselves & B) The officials.

 

We can beat any team. We cannot beat ourselves, and we cannot be put in a position where the officials can screw us over.

And our coaching staff !!!

[RoscoeParrish]

On paper: Baltimore

 

On the field: KC

 

I will always have pause with Baltimore always because their strengths match up ideally against us, but we beat them far more than they beat us.

 

Meanwhile, we have KC on a knife’s edge every year, even on their weak years, and while we get them in the regular season, the playoffs haven’t fallen our way yet. 
 

This is the year.

[JerseyBills]

Didn't see it posted

 

1 year/5 mil

 

Expected maybe a little less but could be a goodie, definitely prefer over Cooper who was broken and had zero impact 

Moore , Palmer is a huge upgrade over Coop and Mack . 

If Coleman takes a step and Samuel is healthy,  this could be a fun , dynamic,  deep group

Edited 12 hours ago by JerseyBills

[RoscoeParrish]

On 5/2/2025 at 6:32 AM, eball said:

 

I think there is a tendency to “fear” the Ravens more because of how they’ve destroyed us a couple of times in the regular season, and their running game is one to be respected, but in general these threads are amusing to me because for each of these other teams the prospect of facing the Bills is a daunting challenge.  Cincinnati beat us in our building two and a half years ago in a game that wasn’t “normal” and folks can’t get over that even though they didn’t even make the freaking playoffs.  KC keeps squeaking by us in January even though we’re every bit the team they are.  Houston is a paper tiger and I’m looking forward to the Bills exacting some payback this season.

 

The bottom line is that while Bills fans obsess over matchups, nobody wants to play the Bills.  Not even the Chiefs.

 

The Ravens had one good game against us. Henry ran wild and he’s a great player and the Ravens are elite with a lead and when they can play downhill.

 

They have beaten us once since 2019. And they barely beat us in 2019 (we lost on the last play of the game on a great defensive play against Cover 1 with John Brown as the target in the EZ).

 

To me, the Ravens are among the least of the threats, especially come playoffs time. 

[mannc]

On 5/2/2025 at 5:53 AM, Kirby Jackson said:

I think that the worst matchups are Baltimore and Cincy. I don’t know why the Bills just don’t look great against them. I voted KC because McDermott hasn’t figured out how to stop them when it matters. 

And yet, we’re 3-1 in our last four games vs the Ravens, including 2 playoff wins.  I think that blowout in game 3 this year is coloring peoples’ opinions about the Ravens, when it was really just an outlier game in a lot of ways.

1 minute ago, RoscoeParrish said:

The Ravens had one good game against us. Henry ran wild and he’s a great player and the Ravens are elite with a lead and when they can play downhill.

 

They have beaten us once since 2019. And they barely beat us in 2019 (we lost on the last play of the game on a great defensive play against Cover 1 with John Brown as the target in the EZ).

 

To me, the Ravens are among the least of the threats, especially come playoffs time. 

Yep, teams that “pound the rock” generally do poorly against McDermott defenses…with a few exceptions, we’ve always shut down top running backs…it’s teams with elite passing games that we struggle against.

[JerseyBills]

Bal is definitely most talented. We barely got by even with the turnover advantage and them missing a great WR. 

Felt this way last playoffs too. But Bal,KC and Buf are on tier 1 . 

 

Cincy and I guess Hou are on a lower tier, Cincy did a horrible job building in the trenches or they'd be on tier 1 too

 

8 minutes ago, mannc said:

And yet, we’re 3-1 in our last four games vs the Ravens, including 2 playoff wins.  I think that blowout in game 3 this year is coloring peoples’ opinions about the Ravens, when it was really just an outlier game in a lot of ways.

Yep, teams that “pound the rock” generally do poorly against McDermott defenses…with a few exceptions, we’ve always shut down top running backs…it’s teams with elite passing games that we struggle against.

Yup. But with all the FA additions on the DL, Through FA and the draft , likely 6 new additions to the rotation, I feel we could consistently stop the run with 4 instead of 5 or 6, which will do wonders for the D

[SirAndrew]

3 hours ago, RoscoeParrish said:

On paper: Baltimore

 

On the field: KC

 

I will always have pause with Baltimore always because their strengths match up ideally against us, but we beat them far more than they beat us.

 

Meanwhile, we have KC on a knife’s edge every year, even on their weak years, and while we get them in the regular season, the playoffs haven’t fallen our way yet. 
 

This is the year.

Lamar Jackson isn’t very good in the playoffs, and that’s been the difference. The Ravens would have beat us in the playoffs if Jackson didn’t hand us the game. I think that’s why it looks bad on paper, but we succeed in real life. Mahomes always shows up against us unlike Jackson. 

[buffaloboyinATL]

It is the Chiefs until we beat them, or they slide enough to no longer be a factor.  
 

The Ravens may be the “better team” now, but the  answer is still the Chiefs. 

[Redblood]

Cincinnati scare the ***** out of me. They dont waste plays running the ball. They are all gas no brakes and their receivers can destroy our dbs. If our pass rush dont get home- we toast

[Big Blitz]

This is what happened to the Chiefs first pick Josh Simmons.  
 

 

People are saying they had a great draft.  I just disagree.  
 

If the Bills needed a OT to protect Allen I’d be furious if we spent a 1st round pick on one with this injury.  
 

I feel terrible for the guy.  And Casas.  I’m a Yankee fan still hate injuries I don’t want to see anyone get hurt.  
 

 

If you want to draft him in the 3rd or 4th.  Sure.  

[Kirby Jackson]

54 minutes ago, mannc said:

And yet, we’re 3-1 in our last four games vs the Ravens, including 2 playoff wins.  I think that blowout in game 3 this year is coloring peoples’ opinions about the Ravens, when it was really just an outlier game in a lot of ways.

I actually was referring more to the Bengals when I said the Bills haven’t looked good against them. It was a little confusing the way that it was written. They’ve been a weird matchup for some reason.

[Chandler#81]

On 5/1/2025 at 10:42 PM, H2o said:

I say Cincinnati because they have beat us handedly. We are 0-2 against them, and likely would have been 0-3 except for what happened to Hamlin. 

You can’t say that last part. Both teams scored on their opening Drive vs Cincy. Dying on the field isn’t an automatic loss.

[Kirby Jackson]

14 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

You can’t say that last part. Both teams scored on their opening Drive vs Cincy. Dying on the field isn’t an automatic loss.

I wouldn’t say automatic loss but we looked like we might have been dominated in that game. Things can change over the course of a game but it certainly wasn’t a good start. 

[Augie]

22 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

You can’t say that last part. Both teams scored on their opening Drive vs Cincy. Dying on the field isn’t an automatic loss.

 

Well, it’s certainly not a WIN! 

 

I’m sorry, those words in that order just looks funny.