Game week thread - Bills at Falcons MNF

[BananaB]

What’s the odds Penix has a career day against our D?

[Johnnycage46]

3 minutes ago, BananaB said:

What’s the odds Penix has a career day against our D?

 

Probably pretty high. He has a bunch of very good skill position players around him and should have time in the pocket, and will likely have open guys considering our coverage issues. Plus with the tackling issues on D, I would expect a lot of YAC too.

[BananaB]

3 minutes ago, Johnnycage46 said:

 

Probably pretty high. He has a bunch of very good skill position players around him and should have time in the pocket, and will likely have open guys considering our coverage issues. Plus with the tackling issues on D, I would expect a lot of YAC too.

Sounds like I’m gonna have a stressful night

[Psautcsk]

12 hours ago, Success said:

We really missed Oliver this past week.  It would be big if he was back for this next one.

 

On an unrelated note - I forgot how quickly the national media can bail on you when you have a bad game.  I've seen some already calling it a "passing of the torch" to the Pats.

 

Would be cool to see them lose to the Saints & us win this one convincingly on Monday.  If only to see the "analysts" do backflips frantically.

 

Living in New England, the insufferable Pats fans are out in full force after beating the Bills. The Bills hopefully do not go into the bye in second place in the division. Hopefully the Saints beat the Pats and the Bills win so that Pats fans lose interest again. That's a lot of hoping on my part.

[Johnnycage46]

1 minute ago, BananaB said:

Sounds like I’m gonna have a stressful night

 

I would say start to brace for it now. Might help soften the blow (as opposed to thinking the Bills will come out all buttoned up and shut down Atlanta) come game time.

[boater]

12 hours ago, gobills404 said:

 

Agh. All white again.

 

Those pesky Falcon chose dark, forcing us to choose all white. Well played, Atlanta.

[Gregg]

5 minutes ago, Psautcsk said:

Living in New England, the insufferable Pats fans are out in full force after beating the Bills. The Bills hopefully do not go into the bye in second place in the division. Hopefully the Saints beat the Pats and the Bills win so that Pats fans lose interest again. That's a lot of hoping on my part.

 

If I were in New England I would walk around wearing my Yankees shirt and Yankees hat and ask them, how are they enjoying the baseball playoffs.  The Yanks are still alive with a big win last night.

[gordong]

17 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

If I were in New England I would walk around wearing my Yankees shirt and Yankees hat and ask them, how are they enjoying the baseball playoffs.  The Yanks are still alive with a big win last night.

saints and Pats should be a good game either could win that game

[Gregg]

2 minutes ago, gordong said:

saints and Pats should be a good game either could win that game

 

Hopefully the Pats suffer a letdown. If that happens then the Saints might pull off the upset.

[Dillenger4]

Bills need to come out with discipline. Buttoned up. Ready to play - HARD. On both sides of the ball.

We need this win. We "should" win. Things get tough after the Carolina game.

[dave mcbride]

12 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

Hopefully the Pats suffer a letdown. If that happens then the Saints might pull off the upset.

The Pats could easily be 7-2 by November 2 and 10-3 coming off the bye to face the Bills in week 15: https://www.patriots.com/schedule/. What a freaking easy schedule.

[Mat68]

On to Atlanta.  Stopping Bijan is the priority.  No different than they did with Hall and Achane. I think this is a get right spot for the Bills as a team.  Offense plays a clean game.  Defense gets out to a fast start.  Their offense is good on paper.  London and Pitts are hot and cold.  Defensive head coach and wants to win a certain way.  Allen and the offense come out hot imo creates a style Atl will have trouble matching. 

[Andrew Son]

2 minutes ago, Mat68 said:

On to Atlanta.  Stopping Bijan is the priority.  No different than they did with Hall and Achane. I think this is a get right spot for the Bills as a team.  Offense plays a clean game.  Defense gets out to a fast start.  Their offense is good on paper.  London and Pitts are hot and cold.  Defensive head coach and wants to win a certain way.  Allen and the offense come out hot imo creates a style Atl will have trouble matching. 

My concern is that, historically, these "lulls" seem to last for multi-game stretches.

[finn]

On 10/7/2025 at 9:42 AM, Royale with Cheese said:

 

I think your expectations are insanely high if you "suppose" 17-0 is a long shot.

Yeah, I think it's pretty plain that this Bills team is good but not great. I think the offense will bounce back, and the defensive reinforcements, especially Oliver, should make a difference, but they're no juggernaut the way they have been in the past. The only real hope of going all the way is that no other team looks great, either. Or that Hairston is a revelation and someone tells Brady that Kincaid is on the team. Or Beane trades for a CB and WR. Or all of these things. 

 

Anyway, a good humbling may be just what the team needed. 

[DrDawkinstein]

1 hour ago, BananaB said:

What’s the odds Penix has a career day against our D?

 

Greater than 50% for sure

[Augie]

1 hour ago, boater said:

Agh. All white again.

 

Those pesky Falcon chose dark, forcing us to choose all white. Well played, Atlanta.

 

At least we will be wearing Buffalo Bills helmets, and the “white” won’t be a version of the Lions uniforms after a laundry accident.  

[DrDawkinstein]

 

 

1 minute ago, finn said:

Anyway, a good humbling may be just what the team needed. 

 

I've heard this so many times week over week going back to at least 2022. Never happens. We have never come off a bad performance and showed out the next week.

 

Expect the same 1st half sleep walking, and then everyone (coaches included) hoping Josh pulls off a miracle to get us a win.

 

[boater]

11 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

 

 

I've heard this so many times week over week going back to at least 2022. Never happens. We have never come off a bad performance and showed out the next week.

 

Expect the same 1st half sleep walking, and then everyone (coaches included) hoping Josh pulls off a miracle to get us a win.

 

That is illogical.

 

With finishes in the standings at 13-4, 11-6, 13-3 etc. it is obvious the Bills have shaken off last week's loss multiple times a season.

[DrDawkinstein]

6 minutes ago, boater said:

That is illogical.

 

With finishes in the standings at 13-4, 11-6, 13-3 etc. it is obvious the Bills have shaken off last week's loss multiple times a season.

 

Yes, we've won after losing. No duh.

 

The point is, bad games arent used as "wake up calls" where we show up the next week fired up and dominate, or at least execute at an extremely high level. Or go on some tear where coaches and/or players are talking about "That week 4 game left a bad taste in our mouths and we wanted to come back out and prove who we are". Its always the same "steady, consistent" trudge.

 

We lose a game, we come out the next week with the same low level of intensity, plug along and squeak out another win against an inferior opponent.

 

And yes, there is something to be said for steady, consistent leadership that never gets too high or too low. But football is an emotional game as well, and sometimes it would be nice to see a team that is pissed off, locked in, and ready to stomp an inferior opponent.

 

And sure, we've blown some teams out. But it wasnt from any wake up call off a bad performance.

[Mat68]

35 minutes ago, Andrew Son said:

My concern is that, historically, these "lulls" seem to last for multi-game stretches.

They could.  It comes down to ball control to me.  I dont see poor play on either side of the ball to the point that it is overly concerning. On defense, they have dug themselves out of the gutter statistically. The last 20 plus games Allen has shown the ability to be safe with the ball.  I think Ne was an outlier in that sense.