Game week thread - Bills at Texans TNF

[Toledo Bill]

39 minutes ago, SoonerBillsFan said:

Shocking.  Kincaid just cant stay healthy.

all the more frustrating that we pay so much for Knox and he contributes so little to the passing game. 

[Buffalo Ballin]

33 minutes ago, Johnnycage46 said:

 

In fairness, he was never going to play in this game on a short week. He may be back for Pittsburgh (that would be 4 weeks from the injury).

 

By that logic we should have lost after the bye week because it was brought up many times that McDermot is undefeated coming off the bye.

How many kickers missed a FG after announcing that they haven't missed?

 

How many basketball players missed their free throws after announcing that they haven't missed?

 

How many times that they announced that our kicker haven't missed? Then the result is wide right.

 

That recent Miami Dolphin game against us where we were supposed to win? Yeah. That didn't work out.

 

What about that recent Atlanta Falcon game vs. us?

 

What happened in last year's AFC Title game? Many favored us to win.

 

What happened to Tom Brady Patriots in that perfect regular season?

[T.E.]

Curtis Samuel is out? With an injury? You're telling me this for the first time.

[TheyCallMeAndy]

3 minutes ago, Buffalo Ballin said:

How many kickers missed a FG after announcing that they haven't missed?

 

How many basketball players missed their free throws after announcing that they haven't missed?

 

How many times that they announced that our kicker haven't missed? Then the result is wide right.

 

That recent Miami Dolphin game against us where we were supposed to win? Yeah. That didn't work out.

 

What about that recent Atlanta Falcon game vs. us?

 

What happened in last year's AFC Title game? Many favored us to win.

 

What happened to Tom Brady Patriots in that perfect regular season?

Buffalo Bills have never won a Superbowl.

 

Boom, there. 

 

 

[transplantbillsfan]

37 minutes ago, bills742 said:

 

 

 

All right!!! Shaq is back!!!

 

Dorian Williams has really been coming on lately. Joe Marino's praise of him in the Bucs game was effusive. 

 

With Bernard playing better but still clearly hobbled I'd like to see McDermott give Bernard a rest week by making him active but only in emergency situations and start Shaq at MLB. 

 

I'd say put Dorian in over Milano but we know that's not happening.

 

Other than Samuel, Hardman and Kincaid this team looks like it's finally getting healthy. The mini bye is coming at a good time 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

7 minutes ago, T.E. said:

Curtis Samuel is out? With an injury? You're telling me this for the first time.

I actually look forward each week to seeing what Samuel’s new injury is. I think he has had a rib, groin, neck, wrist, elbow, several “personal”? This isn’t even counting last year. 

[T.E.]

8 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I actually look forward each week to seeing what Samuel’s new injury is. I think he has had a rib, groin, neck, wrist, elbow, several “personal”? This isn’t even counting last year. 

He had two catches this week and suffered two injuries. The math adds up.

[ScottishBills]

36 minutes ago, Buffalo Ballin said:

Mecole Hardman is hilarious.

We sign him.

We gave him a red carpet press release announcing that he's with us.

He fumbles.

He's injured.

He's out.

 

Hilarious.

 

I mean i agree overall 🤣 but we should at least also list his 60 yard return seeing as it feels like the first one all year!

[wjag]

Read somewhere that the Bucs game was the first one this year where we did not lose a defensive player. 

[Pete]

When did Curtis get hurt?  Is that another mystery practice injury?

[Big Turk]

2 minutes ago, Pete said:

When did Curtis get hurt?  Is that another mystery practice injury?

 

Had to be during the game because Mon/Tues were both walkthrough days

[eball]

The one guy I worry about on Houston's defense is that dirty, cheating SOB Al-Shaair.  Every time I watch a Texans game he is making a late hit, dirty play, or (seemingly) trying to hurt someone.  I'd love to see Spencer Brown plant him on his a$$.

 

[Pete]

1 hour ago, HappyDays said:

I think we match up well in this game. So they have Stingley and Lassiter... Whatever, we can't throw outside against the likes of JuJu Brents and Jack Jones, so it's not like that was ever going to matter. They have the best EDGE duo in the league, well we have great pass protection on both ends. This is a game our offense is built to win - punish them with the run and throw over the middle.

 

The defensive game plan is easy. Bracket Nico Collins and expose Davis Mills' complete lack of mobility in the pocket.

 

It's a matchup league and I don't think Houston's strengths matter with how our team is built, while their weaknesses play right into our preferred game script.

Mills numbers are ok, but he is one of the worst in the league, by most every metric, if he doesn’t pass to the first option.  A major key, McDs specialty, is take away Nico.

[Cash]

1 hour ago, quincy said:

 

Moore, Shavers and Coleman appear to be the only 100% healthy wide receivers we have.

 

Assuming 6 WR will be active on gameday with Shakir, Palmer and Davis being banged up/listed on the injury report, 3 healthy and 3 managing injuries and playing.  

Shakir isn’t injured. He’s listed because he didn’t practice, but that’s due to personal reasons. Not injury related. 

[RiotAct]

lay all your burdens down and rest up for a week, Curtis Samuel!  We got you dawg.

[Pete]

1 minute ago, Cash said:

Shakir isn’t injured. He’s listed because he didn’t practice, but that’s due to personal reasons. Not injury related. 

Him and his wife are expecting 

[quincy]

1 minute ago, Cash said:

Shakir isn’t injured. He’s listed because he didn’t practice, but that’s due to personal reasons. Not injury related. 

 

I understand but last week he was listed as limited and his performance was nowhere near his normal standard but I think he will bounce back this week. 

[ScottishBills]

1 minute ago, Pete said:

Him and his wife are expecting 

 

Who is due first!?!

[wjag]

1 minute ago, Pete said:

Him and his wife are expecting 

 

were expecting.  They had a baby girl.

[quincy]

1 hour ago, Mailman said:

Davis in not on the injury report. He is still on the practice squad, so they don't need to provide status updates. 

With Davis under normal circumstances, I do not think he would have been elevated against Tampa because of the short turnaround to Houston. For me it would have made a lot more sense to elevate him at the Texans because it would then be 10 days until the Steelers game on the 30th. Given it was his first game back after a long layoff, that would have been the typical cautious circumspect approach from McDermott. The Miami debacle and the Keon drama makes it seem like Gabe was elevated because of these issues, remember Cover 1 initially stated that Gabe would not be active last week.

 

I trust Gabe can actually handle the quick turnaround, I expect him to not to be overused and then he still does have the 10 days until Pittsburgh. He may even be on the 53 man roster by then. In true Buffalo style, our three 100% fit wide receivers are a 2nd rounder trending towards bust status, a JAG on his third team and a career special teamer who scraped onto the initial 53 man roster!

 

Confidence should be up after last week, even Keon might have woken up after watching Shavers and Davis last week, there is a piece of the pie should he want it, at the very least work hard to restablish yourself.

 

Josh went nuclear without Kincaid, Coleman and Shakir - 317 yards with Josh Palmer being the only true starter accounting for 17 yards and remaining 300 yards via the running backs and backups, Shakir was truthfully unfit last week and Josh believes that he can still play better, every future opponent should be fearful.