Game week thread - Bills at Texans TNF

[atlbillsfan1975]

7 hours ago, Scott7975 said:

 

Because they couldnt score in those games, thats how.

Held the Rams to 14 points

Held the Bucs to 20 points (that was when the Bucs had receivers still)
Held the Jags to 17 points
Held the Broncos to 18 points
The one that got away from the was the Seahawks 27 points

Sorry but if I told you the Bills held the other team anywhere from 14-20 points, you'd probably expect we won the game right?
That also doesn't include some games they did win like holding the Ravens to 10, SF to 15, Titans to 13 and 0.

I see a game against Jax in which they gave up 29. Keep scoring and put the pressure on them. None of those offenses you mention have a QB close to Josh or are as balanced as what the Bills are showing they can be during games. Want to stop the pass? Cook and Josh will beat you with their legs. Want to stop the run, go see how that worked for TB. No D can stop both when you have a QB like Josh. The oline and Brady need to have a good game plan and be prepared.  Buffalo is the only team that can beat the Bills. 

[Rockinon]

8 hours ago, Scott7975 said:

 

Freaking ty. The other teams actually want us to play small ball. It only benefits them, not us. McD runs a bend but dont break defense. Always has and probably always will. Now I am not going to say that the defense is good... but in the past it has been excellent (accept against the Chiefs in the playoffs) it worked so well because it caused other teams to play small ball. The more attempts they had on a drive the more chance they had at making a mistake. Our D thrived off turnovers. It wasnt good between the 20s but it was good at getting turnovers.

 

This is what people want us to do to ourselves. Run these long 12-15 play 7-10 min drives. A single mistake happens and the drive is over unless Josh pulls off some miraculous play. At the same time we are limiting our own opportunities with the ball because we are shortening the clock against ourselves.  You cannot play like this all the time. People expecting a QB to be perfect all game every game. Its just not going to happen.

So if Cook rips off a 50yd run, is that small ball? Or if a TE catches a ball 20yds downfield out of heavy personnel, is that small ball? Or RB slipping out into the flat and taking it to the house, small ball? I think a lot of people assume that 12 and 13 personnel is small ball. How many times have we seen big plays out of this? I'd wager more than you think. Not saying you don't have a point, though. Allen needs to be unleashed. But if you think our offense is going to hold up to a team that has an excellent pass rush and an excellent backend, while running 4 WRs all game, you're going to be disappointed. 

[BearNorth]

13 minutes ago, atlbillsfan1975 said:

I see a game against Jax in which they gave up 29. Keep scoring and put the pressure on them. None of those offenses you mention have a QB close to Josh or are as balanced as what the Bills are showing they can be during games. Want to stop the pass? Cook and Josh will beat you with their legs. Want to stop the run, go see how that worked for TB. No D can stop both when you have a QB like Josh. The oline and Brady need to have a good game plan and be prepared.  Buffalo is the only team that can beat the Bills. 

In the Jags game, one of the Jag's TD's was a punt return, so that's not on the defense. Texans under Mills scored 26 points in the last 12 minutes to beat the Jags [last TD was the Lawrence fumble followed by the scoop and score].  With our defense, no lead is safe.

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

Houston was a long 3rd down sideline completion away from being in big trouble against Tennessee. There’s no excuses. I know their defense is good and I’m the guy that literally cries about our defense 24/7….we are significantly better. Take it seriously and kill them. No excuses 

[strive_for_five_guy]

5 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

Houston was a long 3rd down sideline completion away from being in big trouble against Tennessee. There’s no excuses. I know their defense is good and I’m the guy that literally cries about our defense 24/7….we are significantly better. Take it seriously and kill them. No excuses 

I have a feeling Josh is going to be extra dialed in for this one.

[BananaB]

Should continue the gameplan like last week and just add to it a bit. No sense starting a new plan on a short week, especially when you just dropped 44 on you opponent. And it wasn’t in the prettiest fashion. Fix the kinks and they should still be productive 

[Low Positive]

Starting Thursday night, the Bills will begin a run of games against teams playing for their season. They will need to match that playoff-like intensity. Also, if they win Thursday night, their position for at least a WC spot is really strong. It's all in front of them, if they can meet the challenge. 

[PromoTheRobot]

13 hours ago, TBBills Fan said:

I love how weird the Bills social media team is

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1FcySkQ3n5/

 

Psychedelics may be involved.

[Psautcsk]

1 minute ago, Low Positive said:

Starting Thursday night, the Bills will begin a run of games against teams playing for their season. They will need to match that playoff-like intensity. Also, if they win Thursday night, their position for at least a WC spot is really strong. It's all in front of them, if they can meet the challenge. 

Starting Thursday night Bills opponents will begin a run of games against a team playing for their season. They will need to match the Bills playoff like intensity.

[Goin Breakdown]

8 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

Starting Thursday night, the Bills will begin a run of games against teams playing for their season. They will need to match that playoff-like intensity. Also, if they win Thursday night, their position for at least a WC spot is really strong. It's all in front of them, if they can meet the challenge. 

We let's hope that Buffalo views Houston as a good team otherwise they may play down to them. WGR brought up something interesting today. They said Josh seems to play his best when facing another elite QB. He plays great against Lamar, Mahomes, and so on, but has clunkers against QBs like Tua, Rattler, penix (spelling). Idk, maybe there's something to this. 

[Goin Breakdown]

7 minutes ago, Psautcsk said:

Starting Thursday night Bills opponents will begin a run of games against a team playing for their season. They will need to match the Bills playoff like intensity.

Depends on what Bills team shows up each week. 

[Low Positive]

Just now, Blank Stare said:

Why are we not in on this dude with our Dline situation and poor run defense?

 

 

Why are the Jags, who are in a fight for a playoff spot, releasing players?

[Goin Breakdown]

4 minutes ago, Blank Stare said:

Why are we not in on this dude with our Dline situation and poor run defense?

 

 

beane is "trying" I'm sure. He will be so "angry" when he loses out to the ravens or another contender no doubt. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Goin Breakdown

[Low Positive]

9 minutes ago, Psautcsk said:

Starting Thursday night Bills opponents will begin a run of games against a team playing for their season. They will need to match the Bills playoff like intensity.

This should be the case, but the Bills' effort can wax and wane from week to week. They will need to bring it for the rest of the season. That is on the coaches to keep them focused. They can't control injuries or other variables like officiating and weather, but they can control their own effort level and focus. 

 

I mean, I still have no idea WTF happened in Miami.

[thenorthremembers]

3 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

Why are the Jags, who are in a fight for a playoff spot, releasing players?

Because he's only played 2 games this season and hasnt been very good.   He's been hurt for the better part of two seasons.   The fact that he signed with the Jets should be all you need to know. 

[Gregg]

28 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

Starting Thursday night, the Bills will begin a run of games against teams playing for their season. They will need to match that playoff-like intensity. Also, if they win Thursday night, their position for at least a WC spot is really strong. It's all in front of them, if they can meet the challenge. 

 

With a win it puts pressure on NE as the Bills would improve to 8-3. Only one game back and a rematch with them coming up. 

[Paul Costa]

Hope Brady & JA17 remember last year @ Houston . I think we completed 9 passes. Many variables led to that ugly offensive performance. Pretty sure Shakir was out in that one. Hopefully we can have a solid offensive plan this time around 

[Scott7975]

3 hours ago, Big Blitz said:

 

Look at the scores of their 5 losses.  

Yeah and? The goal of a crap team is to keep a game close and hope their defense makes enough stops so that their low scoring offense can pull one out. 

1 hour ago, atlbillsfan1975 said:

I see a game against Jax in which they gave up 29. Keep scoring and put the pressure on them. None of those offenses you mention have a QB close to Josh or are as balanced as what the Bills are showing they can be during games. Want to stop the pass? Cook and Josh will beat you with their legs. Want to stop the run, go see how that worked for TB. No D can stop both when you have a QB like Josh. The oline and Brady need to have a good game plan and be prepared.  Buffalo is the only team that can beat the Bills. 

good plans are short on short weeks. The Bills are going to roll with what they know. 

[Scott7975]

1 hour ago, Rockinon said:

So if Cook rips off a 50yd run, is that small ball? Or if a TE catches a ball 20yds downfield out of heavy personnel, is that small ball? Or RB slipping out into the flat and taking it to the house, small ball? I think a lot of people assume that 12 and 13 personnel is small ball. How many times have we seen big plays out of this? I'd wager more than you think. Not saying you don't have a point, though. Allen needs to be unleashed. But if you think our offense is going to hold up to a team that has an excellent pass rush and an excellent backend, while running 4 WRs all game, you're going to be disappointed. 

I said none of those things. 

[atlbillsfan1975]

4 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

Yeah and? The goal of a crap team is to keep a game close and hope their defense makes enough stops so that their low scoring offense can pull one out. 

good plans are short on short weeks. The Bills are going to roll with what they know. 

Same goes for them. Look, Josh just showed he can improvise and find guys, which totally demoralizes a D. I have a feeling they will be ready to beat Houston. And they have a couple games worth of tape now on the Houston QB from this year. At some point he has a bad game, it’s why he is a backup. This is the best that can happen for the Bills IF they are a serious SB team. They need to show they can have the pass or run ready depending on what the D tries to take away.