Game week thread - Ravens at Bills SNF

[Breakout Squad]

2 minutes ago, RobbRiddick said:

Yeah, he took his job seriously last season but he was still having fun as a rookie, enjoying the novelty factor. I get the feeling once he realized how brutal the NFL can be and how high the jump in talent level is from college, he knew in order to make a mark he needed to change his approach. Maybe it will amount to nothing but like you I'm really looking forward to seeing how he does.

I think he probably enjoyed being the big man around town. The team’s 1st pick of the draft has to have some swag. I agree he changed a lot in his demeanor. 

[Big Turk]

Bills need to send a message out the gates and be up in the AFC after game 1

[Special K]

The Bills weren't home underdogs for 4 years, now they will be home underdogs 2 games in a row....both vs. the Ravens.😠🙄

 

Let's hope the Bills beat them once again.......maybe then the next time they play each other, the Bills can get some respect from the oddsmakers.

 

 

[Richard Noggin]

2 hours ago, Special K said:

The Bills weren't home underdogs for 4 years, now they will be home underdogs 2 games in a row....both vs. the Ravens.😠🙄

 

Let's hope the Bills beat them once again.......maybe then the next time they play each other, the Bills can get some respect from the oddsmakers.

 

 

 

Nah, would rather the players have that underdog mentality tbh

[Special K]

19 minutes ago, Richard Noggin said:

 

Nah, would rather the players have that underdog mentality tbh

 

Fair enough........that is a good benefit.

[nucci]

6 hours ago, Special K said:

The Bills weren't home underdogs for 4 years, now they will be home underdogs 2 games in a row....both vs. the Ravens.😠🙄

 

Let's hope the Bills beat them once again.......maybe then the next time they play each other, the Bills can get some respect from the oddsmakers.

 

 

oddsmakers don't care about respect. They care about money

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

18 hours ago, Shortchaz said:

Completely anecdotal, but I think the ravens needing this game more than the bills (based on strength of schedule) might tip the scales in their favor (if I was gambling). 
 

 

 

 

Bills need the 1 seed…nothing else will do.  Nobody needs the game more than them. People talk like the regular season doesn’t matter but it matters a lot…that’s how kc was able to watch while Baltimore and Buffalo beat the ***** out of eachother last year 

Edited September 6 by Generic_Bills_Fan

[finn]

1 hour ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

Bills need the 1 seed…nothing else will do.  Nobody needs the game more than them. People talk like the regular season doesn’t matter but it matters a lot…that’s how kc was able to watch while Baltimore and Buffalo beat the ***** out of eachother last year 

The new system of having just one team per conference having a bye is absurdly unfair. Witness last year, when the Bills were in a dogfight, injuries accumulating, while KC watched the game on TV, resting up a full two weeks before hosting the winner in their own stadium. Give the team with the best record the homefield advantage, sure, but an additional week off in addition--and only for them? That's tipping the scales way too much at the end of the season, when players are hurt and exhausted. 

[SCBills]

1 hour ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

Bills need the 1 seed…nothing else will do.  Nobody needs the game more than them. People talk like the regular season doesn’t matter but it matters a lot…that’s how kc was able to watch while Baltimore and Buffalo beat the ***** out of eachother last year 

A few years ago KC had:

 

BYE - Jaguars - Home AFC CG

 

Last year:

 

BYE - Texans - Home AFC CG

 

The 1 seed matters and it’s been a massive reason for KC’s dominance and health in the postseason. 

[jcamm1966]

I have no idea what to expect

[Bills!Win!]

15 hours ago, wjag said:

Bass to IR. In Prater we must trust.

Prater is 41 years old.  How much leg can a 41 year old with a recent torn meniscus have?

He’s just for extra points: we will go for every 4th down

[BuffaloBillyG]

9 hours ago, Big Turk said:

Bills need to send a message out the gates and be up in the AFC after game 1

Yes. I realize it's only week one and it's a long season. But the opportunity to open the season a game up on the Chiefs and Ravens is a HUGE opportunity.  Cannot squander a chance like this 

[fergie's ire]

Field goals?!  We don't need no stinkin' field goals.

[aristocrat]

this is a wild stat

[Don Otreply]

9 hours ago, Special K said:

The Bills weren't home underdogs for 4 years, now they will be home underdogs 2 games in a row....both vs. the Ravens.😠🙄

 

Let's hope the Bills beat them once again.......maybe then the next time they play each other, the Bills can get some respect from the oddsmakers.

 

 

Why would you even give a sh t about the odds makers?

 

GO BILLS!!!

Edited September 6 by Don Otreply

[Shortchaz]

3 hours ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

Bills need the 1 seed…nothing else will do.  Nobody needs the game more than them. People talk like the regular season doesn’t matter but it matters a lot…that’s how kc was able to watch while Baltimore and Buffalo beat the ***** out of eachother last year 

I completely agree.
 

The bills path to the one seed can afford the loss (in this game) more than the ravens was my point. The ravens have a brutal schedule compared to the bills. If I was betting, I’d factor that. 

[SoonerBillsFan]

Big weekend at my house. Michigan at my Sooners tonight, crap birds at my Bills tomorrow night.

 

I will have no voice Monday lol

[Rockinon]

2 hours ago, SCBills said:

A few years ago KC had:

 

BYE - Jaguars - Home AFC CG

 

Last year:

 

BYE - Texans - Home AFC CG

 

The 1 seed matters and it’s been a massive reason for KC’s dominance and health in the postseason. 

That and playing in a weak division.

[NewEra]

18 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

One Raven I always fear is Justice Hill. For whatever reason, that guy just owns us. We can’t let him pick up these easy 8-yard gains on dump offs all game.

💯 

 

our inability to stop screens short of the sticks on 3rd is so painful to watch.  

17 hours ago, HappyDays said:

Interested to see what kind of role Jaire Alexander has. He hasn't been able to practice with them all offseason as far as I know.

Glad he’s playing.  Just a matter of time before he’s 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

3 minutes ago, NewEra said:

💯

 

our inability to stop screens short of the sticks on 3rd is so painful to watch.  

Glad he’s playing.  Just a matter of time before he’s 

Re Hill, the guy had like 6 catches for 80 yards in game 1 against us, and then had like 6 carries for 50 yards in the playoff games. Don’t know if you remember, but they ran these very delayed screens with him, and he looked like Barry sanders out there. 
 

i really hope he is a point of emphasis for the D this week, though i know they probably have enough to worry about with Lamar and Henry.