This (Texans) game is huge...

[CEN-CAL17]

They will blitz and play a lot of cover1 man to man….. Game plan should to have some bunch formations and cause confusion, rub routes and get the ball out quickly. Play action pass and run the ball. Cook has the opportunity to make big play against aggressive type of defenses.

 

But that won’t be the plan let’s be honest. It will be, “oh it’s man coverage against the blitz” go out there and beat your guy and get separation. Ugh

 

 

 

 

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[Bleeding Bills Blue]

20 minutes ago, CEN-CAL17 said:

They will blitz and play a lot of cover1 man to man….. Game plan should to have some bunch formations and cause confusion, rub routes and get the ball out quickly. Play action pass and run the ball. Cook has the opportunity to make big play against aggressive type of defenses.

 

But that won’t be the plan let’s be honest. It will be, “oh it’s man coverage against the blitz” go out there and beat your guy and get separation. Ugh

 

 

 

 

 

Well when they KNOW you're passing because you rotate kincaid and shakir in, then it becomes a bit easier to plan against buffalo.  

[BeastMaster]

You would think we would get a focused Allen and really the team as a whole with their recent performances at Houston 

 

Their Oline is garbage and their defense has had to do alot of heavy lifting to pull out these last few wins for them

 

Having to do even more against Allen and company is a very tall order on three days rest 

 

I anticipate the Bills breaking through the Houston D and their offense simply not able to provide much to help them stay in the game

[Paup 1995MVP]

2 hours ago, Buffalo03 said:

The Texans stadium has been a house of horrors, though. With the exception of the Peerless Price game. Every game there has been a nightmare 

Wasn't it the Lee Evans game where JP hit him with 3 deep TD passes in the 1st half?

[Billsfed1]

4 hours ago, Buffalo03 said:

The Texans stadium has been a house of horrors, though. With the exception of the Peerless Price game. Every game there has been a nightmare 

And for that reason, it’s why i had this game with Houston circled above all others.  

 

This is a cleansing game on our run.  Josh (and the Bills) have a chance to get every monkey off their backs en route to Santa Clara.

 

McDermott always emphasizes/praises toughness (both mental and physical) and this is an excellent opportunity to go down there and slay the boogeyman.

 

After Houston there’s just one left, and we may not face that one this year (when it counts).

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[Ralonzo]

2 hours ago, 2003Contenders said:

I am hopeful that this is the week that the defense has a coming out party. The Texans' defense is elite, but their offense is one of the worst in the league -- with or without Stroud. 

 

One matchup I'm not a fan of is Nico Collins vs the Bills soft zone, after what Drake London did as the only downfield weapon the Falcons has that was worth guarding and the Bills decided it was a good idea not to guard him and rely on Le System!@!

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[Lagoon Blues]

2 hours ago, Mango said:

 

Less concerned about the WC, that is all but a lock. I am still holding out hope for the division and the 1 seed. If NE can just drop a game or two. It is crazy how easy their schedule is this year. 

Yeah I just looked at that too.  They will really have to slip up...fingers crossed.

[Paup 1995MVP]

1 hour ago, Lost said:

 

Their pass D worries me some.   They did give Allen his worst QB performance of his career last season.   Hopefully Brady keeps the creativity flowing again this week because I doubt receivers are gonna be as open as they were last week. 

Get Johnson and Cook involved in the passing game again.  And even if Kincaid can't go, which is likely (call him Boy in the Plastic Bubble-you all remember that movie w John Travolta from the 70's) get Knox involved some down the field.  If he can get open he usually can make the catch.  Need to be creative.  Playing cautious and conservative only throwing 5-10 yards downfield will get us nowhere against the Texans.

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

9 minutes ago, Paup 1995MVP said:

Get Johnson and Cook involved in the passing game again.  And even if Kincaid can't go, which is likely (call him Boy in the Plastic Bubble-you all remember that movie w John Travolta from the 70's) get Knox involved some down the field.  If he can get open he usually can make the catch.  Need to be creative.  Playing cautious and conservative only throwing 5-10 yards downfield will get us nowhere against the Texans.

 

They were able to go against tendency a lot in the bucs game - but if they can win at the LOS on offense then they will win.  Avoid being super predictable and getting behind the sticks, and if they speed rush up field they're going to mix in blitzes and spies to stop allen from buying lots of time.  Be decisive, and dictate.  

[ticketssince61]

4 hours ago, The Red King said:

We already own tie-breakers with the Chiefs and Ravens.  With those tie-breakers, a win this Thurs. effectively gives us a three-game cushion.  More so, should we end up with a three or four way tie, we'd still own the tie-breaker, as we would have beaten all of them head-to-head.

 

 I am not sure if that is correct - I think that is only the case if EVERY team in tie-breaker played head to head. But if they did not, then it goes to conference record. 

 

This was the case way back (like 1980) where we beat both teams in the tie breaker, but they did not play each other

[Gregg]

20 minutes ago, Lagoon Blues said:

Yeah I just looked at that too.  They will really have to slip up...fingers crossed.

 

The Pats could lose at Baltimore. Otherwise, they should be favored in all the games except the Ravens and Bills games.

 

at Bengals

Giants

Bills

at Ravens

at Jets

Dolphins

[Gugny]

After losing to the Falcons and the Dolphins …. Every game is a big game. 
 

[Psautcsk]

36 minutes ago, Ralonzo said:

 

One matchup I'm not a fan of is Nico Collins vs the Bills soft zone, after what Drake London did as the only downfield weapon the Falcons has that was worth guarding and the Bills decided it was a good idea not to guard him and rely on Le System!@!

Is Collins hurt?

[Big Turk]

37 minutes ago, Ralonzo said:

 

One matchup I'm not a fan of is Nico Collins vs the Bills soft zone, after what Drake London did as the only downfield weapon the Falcons has that was worth guarding and the Bills decided it was a good idea not to guard him and rely on Le System!@!

 

Whoa...hold on...what London did against the Bills when BABICH was calling the D in the first half. Once McD took over, Atlanta gained like 70 yards of offense the entire 2nd half.

[Ralonzo]

2 minutes ago, Psautcsk said:

Is Collins hurt?

Usually but I thought I saw him in the hilight rack this week.

[PayDaBill$]

Nice win vs TB but it basically gets flushed with a loss to Houston. We need to prove we’ve turned a corner.  We’ve been running hot and cold all season.

[SoCal Deek]

8 minutes ago, PayDaBill$ said:

Nice win vs TB but it basically gets flushed with a loss to Houston. We need to prove we’ve turned a corner.  We’ve been running hot and cold all season.

That’s nothing! I run and hot cold during EVERY game. 

[Alphadawg7]

4 hours ago, Scott7975 said:

They are down two games in the division. Every game is huge. 

 

This.  We can get even out the head to head and record with NE when we rematch.  But only if we win our games before then.  But even then NE still has the tie breaker as they are 2-0 in the division and we are 2-2.  So even if we beat NE and tie their record, they will be 2-1 and we would be 3-2.  

 

I am not worried about a Wildcard, there is little doubt we will get in with at least a wild card.  We need to win the division at the very minimum if not still get the 1 seed.  Both are very much still in play.  

 

This isn't a team that needs to play 3 road playoff games.  Not with this defense and not with roller coaster Josh we have this year.  We need to get the division and we need to push for the 1 seed.   

 

 

[Scott7975]

4 hours ago, Steptide said:

Can't wait for more toss sweeps to cook 😉

Oddly, if they had used the toss sweeps against Miami, their run game probably would have done better. Probably why Brady tried them this week. 

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[Big Turk]

https://x.com/KevinMassare/status/1990495959990829365

 

What is with tweets not embedding?  Keeps saying there is no link at that URL which is obviously a lie!

 

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