How do the Bills fix their road game woes?

[zow2]

This will be an issue as the playoffs near and they likely won't have the comfy home cooking in Orchard Park.  When the Allen era took off they had a really good road team.  The Bills were hard to beat.  Now we've seen losses to Atlanta and Miami which are just awful losses.  It seems to me that our offensive line, which is normally a great unit were overwhelmed and out schemed in those losses.  They have to bring extra attitude and nastiness to these road games.  I'm not sure what else can be done other than be healthier and have Allen get into a rhythm?  The defense is what it is.

Edited 1 hour ago by zow2

[Low Positive]

Just now, zow2 said:

This will be an issue as the playoffs near and they likely won't have the comfy home cooking in Orchard Park.  When the Allen era took off they had a really good road team.  The Bills were hard to beat.  Now we've seen consecutive losses to Atlanta and Miami which are just awful losses.  It seems to me that our offensive line, which is normally a great unit were overwhelmed and out schemed in those losses.  They have to bring extra attitude and nastiness to these road games.  I'm not sure what else can be done other than be healthier and have Allen get into a rhythm?  The defense is what it is.

Everyone seems to forget that the Carolina game existed. 

[Big Turk]

Just now, zow2 said:

This will be an issue as the playoffs near and they likely won't have the comfy home cooking in Orchard Park.  When the Allen era took off they had a really good road team.  The Bills were hard to beat.  Now we've seen consecutive losses to Atlanta and Miami which are just awful losses.  It seems to me that our offensive line, which is normally a great unit were overwhelmed and out schemed in those losses.  They have to bring extra attitude and nastiness to these road games.  I'm not sure what else can be done other than be healthier and have Allen get into a rhythm?  The defense is what it is.

 

They just smacked the Panthers on the road after the bye or doesn't that count?

[BillsFan130]

I'm going to over simplify it, but just put the game in 17s hands and let him get in a rhythm like last game 

[Gregg]

1 minute ago, Low Positive said:

Everyone seems to forget that the Carolina game existed. 

 

And the Jets game. MetLife hasn't always been an easy place for the Bills as the two games vs Zach Wilson proved. 

[zow2]

Just now, Big Turk said:

 

They just smacked the Panthers on the road after the bye or doesn't that count?

 

Yeah i changed it.  I did watch that game!  That is the Oline they need.  To be fair, myself and several others predicted the week leading up to that game that Buffalo got a gift getting to play Dalton.  Some people disagreed but that worked out as we know.   Houston D will be a test.

[djp14150]

5 minutes ago, zow2 said:

This will be an issue as the playoffs near and they likely won't have the comfy home cooking in Orchard Park.  When the Allen era took off they had a really good road team.  The Bills were hard to beat.  Now we've seen losses to Atlanta and Miami which are just awful losses.  It seems to me that our offensive line, which is normally a great unit were overwhelmed and out schemed in those losses.  They have to bring extra attitude and nastiness to these road games.  I'm not sure what else can be done other than be healthier and have Allen get into a rhythm?  The defense is what it is.

 

 

it won’t be an issue….

[KHAN]

4 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:

I'm going to over simplify it, but just put the game in 17s hands and let him get in a rhythm like last game 

 

Leaning in to the MVP_ is how you win the game

[The Firebaugh Kid]

I had to watch Cam Newton talk about how we suck on the road yesterday. Boy is he special. 

All kinds of butthurt Allen keeps breaking all his precious records. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

9 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

And the Jets game. MetLife hasn't always been an easy place for the Bills as the two games vs Zach Wilson proved. 

That's where the nuance of football is. 

 

For a few years Josh struggled against the Jets defense. And the DC? Jeff Ulbrich. He has Josh's number. 

 

And this year, in the game in Atlanta? Guess who their DC is? That's right...Jeff Ulbrich. 

 

Josh never had a "Jet" problem...he has an Ulbrich problem. 

[Big Turk]

13 minutes ago, zow2 said:

 

Yeah i changed it.  I did watch that game!  That is the Oline they need.  To be fair, myself and several others predicted the week leading up to that game that Buffalo got a gift getting to play Dalton.  Some people disagreed but that worked out as we know.   Houston D will be a test.

 

I doubt the result would have been much different with Bryce Young in there other than James Cook potentially setting the all time single game rushing record and not sitting out the entire 4th quarter.

Edited 1 hour ago by Big Turk

[billieve420]

I think more so team believing it can walk into some of these games and the other team is going to lay down for them. This is nothing new though as team has faltered against teams they shouldn't lose to in previous seasons. It has cost them the #1 seed a number of times already and looking like it will be the same thing this year. They lack the urgency to put away teams and rather play down to their level. Hopefully, McDermott got this team ready to go on short rest.

[dpberr]

I suspect there's things to correct here because when the team comes out flat, it's usually on the road.  From the 2025 NFLPA Report Card on the Bills team travel:

 

Note:  In 2023, it was a D+.  In 2024, team travel was a D, 25th in the league.

 

 

 

[Nihilarian]

More importantly how do they fix their run defense?

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

37 minutes ago, KHAN said:

 

Leaning in to the MVP_ is how you win the game

I love Herm Edwards. Just an old school coach. I miss these types of personalities. 

[DrDawkinstein]

45 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

Everyone seems to forget that the Carolina game existed. 

 

45 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

They just smacked the Panthers on the road after the bye or doesn't that count?

 

42 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

And the Jets game. MetLife hasn't always been an easy place for the Bills as the two games vs Zach Wilson proved. 

 

Yeah guys, we're all set because we won on the road against... *checks notes"... the Jets and Panthers. Next stop, PLAYOFFS!

[Gregg]

2 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

 

 

Yeah guys, we're all set because we won on the road against... *checks notes"... the Jets and Panthers. Next stop, PLAYOFFS!

 

No argument that the Jets suck but history shows the Bills most of the time have struggled to get wins at Shea, Giants Stadium, and MetLife. I still hope the Bills can get the #1 seed. It starts Thursday and getting to 8-3. They can close to within one game of NE with a rematch coming up. I don't trust this team on the road in the playoffs. McDermott's teams are winless on the road in the playoffs. I don't want them to have to go to Denver or Baltimore who I think will eventually catch the Steelers and the win the division.

[colin]

in the playoffs mcd is winless on the road, and has dropped 2 at home (cinci and kc, in 22 and 23).

 

we might end up decent in the regular season for road games, but we really have to get that fixed for the playoffs.

[GolfandBills]

They are going to have to win most games like they did in the Bucs game.  The defense is just not good enough.  

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

On the plus side - its a dome, and its not a team that runs the ball particularly well.  Buffalo actually stuff's a decent amount of runs, their average is largely high from giving up a ton of explosives.  I feel like Houstons passing attack relies on a decent run game which is why it's been so bad at times this year.  They don't turn it over much at all, so its a game where buffalo really needs to avoid them. 

 

Defensively their pressure comes from premier edges, and they will probably get a couple.  What you can't have is them wrecking your game, so i'd imagine there's a plan to chip a lot but also to use allens legs when they head up field with either a lead blocker or a receiving option.  Good tackling team, so i'm not sure the shakir swing routes really going to be the bread and butter either.  I think if we go at them like we've approached other games with consistent reaction to their alignment, we will probably fail offensively.  Blitz beater wise... i know many will hate to hear it but keon might be useful in this one.  I know they like palmer too but they have a solid secondary so you might need to throw a couple up with kincaid out.