Game week thread - Bills at Panthers

[Casey D]

3 minutes ago, nemhoff said:

I have absolutely zero faith or expectation that this staff figured anything out defensively over the bye.  I hope they might…but have been hoping that since Covid.  
 

Anybody else feeling that way this morning?

No.

[oldmanfan]

5 minutes ago, nemhoff said:

I have absolutely zero faith or expectation that this staff figured anything out defensively over the bye.  I hope they might…but have been hoping that since Covid.  
 

Anybody else feeling that way this morning?

McD has a perfect record in post-bye weeks.  

[Chandler#81]

4 hours ago, oldmanfan said:

Negative Nancies will be out in full force all week.  McD has a perfect record after bye weeks.  I suspect this last week was used by Brady to recalibrate his play calling, and by McD and Babich to have a come to Jesus conversation about the defense.  I foresee Brady getting back to things that worked last year like the 4 + 1 formation, and to make sure Cook is used more especially in the fourth quarter.  I think we’ll see a more aggressive defense with more blitzing and stunts, and perhaps some personnel changes.

 

So I’m not particularly worried about this week.  The one thing that could cost us is injuries; if we’re missing both Palmer and Kincaid that will really hamstring the offense.  But I don’t think our D will put up another poor effort.

I’m not a Negative Nancy, but I’m scared crapless about this game, our inability to play Defense and sloppy Offense. Nothing gonna change that til the Bills change for the better. Hoping to see Hoight & Ogunjobi get reps and players who can will return to action. 

[boyst]

51 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

If the Bills can do a halfway decent job in stopping the run, then they will (SHOULD) win. If not, hello 4-3. I don't see the Panthers beating the Bills throwing the ball even though the secondary hasn't been good.

the problem is Bryce Young is hurt and i am more concerned about Andy Dalton and a veteran smart QB with their running game than i am with bryce young and their running game.

[SectionC3]

20 minutes ago, boyst said:

the problem is Bryce Young is hurt and i am more concerned about Andy Dalton and a veteran smart QB with their running game than i am with bryce young and their running game.

Me too. Exactly. 

[Goin Breakdown]

27 minutes ago, boyst said:

the problem is Bryce Young is hurt and i am more concerned about Andy Dalton and a veteran smart QB with their running game than i am with bryce young and their running game.

Dalton will most likely have a good game against the defense. Plus that running game. I don't see this as an easy win. It may not even be a win at all. I don't sense urgency coming from the Bills. I'm assuming that they think all well as long as the "clean up" some mistakes. 

[boyst]

6 minutes ago, Goin Breakdown said:

Dalton will most likely have a good game against the defense. Plus that running game. I don't see this as an easy win. It may not even be a win at all. I don't sense urgency coming from the Bills. I'm assuming that they think all well as long as the "clean up" some mistakes. 

honestly i'm ok with this team losing another game if they play like they did against the Patriots or Falcons. it was sloppy, unprepared, and fully exposing the teams weakness.

 

they didn't earn a win in those games. the team that came out against Ravens has been AWOL.

[Ojolaffub]

13 hours ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Tickets are ridiculously expensive for this game.  Still holding out purchasing...

I’m holding out until Sunday morning to see if the prices come down. If not I’ll be going to Tavern on the tracks. I have heard it’s a good Bills backers bar.

[jburt2625]

10 minutes ago, Ojolaffub said:

I’m holding out until Sunday morning to see if the prices come down. If not I’ll be going to Tavern on the tracks. I have heard it’s a good Bills backers bar.

We will be there. Our first ever road game. Heard Tavern is the place to go so we are checking it out Saturday night. Still trying to find a touristy thing to do during the day Saturday so if anyone has suggestions I’m all ears. 

[HappyDays]

This is bad news for us IMO. Always tough for a defense to prepare for a replacement QB on short notice, and Dalton can read defenses better than Bryce Young can.

[Brand J]

If the Bills can’t beat the Andy Dalton led Carolina Panthers, stick a fork in the team because they’re done. 

[Big Turk]

1 hour ago, nemhoff said:

I have absolutely zero faith or expectation that this staff figured anything out defensively over the bye.  I hope they might…but have been hoping that since Covid.  
 

Anybody else feeling that way this morning?

 

No. We also have significant pieces on D entering the lineup this week.  We also have the MVP.  We also have a team that has won 82% of all it's games after the bye week in the last 5 seasons, going 30-7 in that time when not playing a game resting most starters like week 18 last year.

 

If you are this concerned, maybe you should take up competitive knitting at the old people's homes...I hear Mabel's fingers are not quite as dexterous as they used to be wit arthritis kicking in and all, maybe you'd feel better about your chances there.

Edited 2 hours ago by Big Turk

[NoSaint]

1 hour ago, oldmanfan said:

McD has a perfect record in post-bye weeks.  

you know, I look forward to being called an idiot when im not super pumped up after dismantling the panthers with Andy dalton starting coming off our bye 

 

I’ll still take the win 

[RiotAct]

8 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

No. We also have significant pieces on D entering the lineup this week.  We also have the MVP.  We also have a team that has won 82% of all it's games after the bye week in the last 5 seasons, going 30-7 in that time when not playing a game resting most starters like week 18 last year.

 

If you are this concerned, maybe you should take up competitive knitting at the old people's homes...I hear Mabel's fingers are not quite as dexterous as they used to be wit arthritis kicking in and all, maybe you'd feel better about your chances there.

Ol’ Mabel would be perfect for the Bills secondary!

[Negan]

We better not lose this game, we score 20+ we win.

[ColoradoBills]

Andy Dalton is 1-5 as a Panther's starting QB.

[dcinmuncie]

37 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

This is bad news for us IMO. Always tough for a defense to prepare for a replacement QB on short notice, and Dalton can read defenses better than Bryce Young can.

yea, cuz he isn't 2 foot one inch tall.

 

can't read a defense you can't see 

Edited 2 hours ago by dcinmuncie

[Warriorspikes51]

38 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

This is bad news for us IMO. Always tough for a defense to prepare for a replacement QB on short notice, and Dalton can read defenses better than Bryce Young can.

ehh  Dalton had 7 TD, 6 INT for them last year.  Panthers fans on X seem to think Bryce was starting to gain confidence 

[Bruffalo]

If the Bills lose this week against Carolina then the sky really is falling. 

 

Here's to hoping that the coaching staff has changed their approach on gameplanning because I think that's the main source of our woes. 

[stevewin]

My son traveled to Buffalo for the NE game and to ATL after that.  He's also going to Charlotte this week - says if they lose he's gonna stop going to games 😛