Game week thread - Bills at Steelers

[Mailman]

13 minutes ago, MasterStrategist said:

So Keon dresses for Palmer and Cooks dresses.

 

Maybe we get Kincaid back.  

 

Looking doubtful for Dion, unless he jumps to limited tomorrow.  Grable likely to be activated.  Vande is much better at LT, than RT, question is if Lundt gets the start at RT or if they think Grable with 1 week of practice is a better option.

 

This game is going to be extremely difficult, gonna need the best performance from our defense to pull it out and zero turnovers on offense.

I think Vandemark is a better right tackle, if I remember correctly. He struggled at LT during his early seasons. Grable is a better LT prospect, as he replaced RVD as the swing tackle last year. 

Edited 5 hours ago by Mailman

[Royale with Cheese]

51 minutes ago, Mailman said:

I think Vandemark is a better right tackle, if I remember correctly. He struggled at LT during his early seasons. Grable is a better LT prospect, as he replaced RVD as the swing tackle last year. 

His better position is LT.

[QLBillsFan]

I assume Lundt goes to RT and VD LT.. we shall see 😎

Edited 4 hours ago by QLBillsFan

[abc]

1 hour ago, zow2 said:

We’re gonna need some of an Allen running game. Not stand in the pocket run around and get clobbered, but take your drop, be decisive and take off through the gap.

Yeah, he stands around and gets clobbered a lot. 
Have you ever watched him play football? Just wondering. 

[billsfan714]

Man if both tackles are out...no bueno.   Palmer and Samuel out...what a joke there.

[QLBillsFan]

Bills can win with line up. Good play calls , lot of Cook in run and pass game. Lot of Kincaid. 

[oldmanfan]

So now Palmer didn’t practice today?  Can’t get a break.

[RichRiderBills]

Bills won't do this but...

 

I would go 5 lineman more and focus on physical and tough. Run the damn ball. 

[zow2]

2 hours ago, abc said:

Yeah, he stands around and gets clobbered a lot. 
Have you ever watched him play football? Just wondering. 

 

Whats wrong with you? be decisive and run. not runaround backwards and take 80 yards in losses.  in one game he personally lost more yardage in sacks than all last year. Watch the games son 

[RichRiderBills]

4 hours ago, Mailman said:

I think Vandemark is a better right tackle, if I remember correctly. He struggled at LT during his early seasons. Grable is a better LT prospect, as he replaced RVD as the swing tackle last year. 

 

I think v is a better left tackle than right tackle. But I think w/ grabel the thought is a better potential starting left tackle and higher ceiling as LT. 

 

Plus V is much more experienced. He's still a better RT than Grabel. 

 

Either way I'm cool with these guys playing. They are both pretty solid. I would also mix in in Alex Anderson. 

Edited 1 hour ago by RichRiderBills

[OZBILLS]

Is this the week? Fingers crossed

[Matt_In_NH]

58 minutes ago, RichRiderBills said:

Bills won't do this but...

 

I would go 5 lineman more and focus on physical and tough. Run the damn ball. 

They always have  at least 5?

[RichRiderBills]

3 minutes ago, Matt_In_NH said:

They always have  at least 5?

 

Meant 6

[Scott7975]

9 hours ago, No_Matter_What said:

You’re saying you don't care about the facts. A "simulator" is a tool that runs thousands of simulations of the remaining games. When it shows that we have a 99%+ chance of making it if we finish 11-6, and you, based solely on your feelings, dismiss that by saying it can't be true because we might be 9th if we lose this week, I honestly don’t know what else to say.

 

The whole point is that if we finish 11-6, it’s incredibly difficult to find a scenario where six teams finish ahead of us. The teams in the hunt also play each other. The Texans and Steelers (if we lose to them) could have tiebreakers against us, but if those teams end up 11-6 or better, other teams like the Jaguars, Chiefs, Ravens, or Chargers will miss the playoffs. It’s really that simple.

 

Take the Steelers as an example: they’re 6-5 right now. Even if we lose to them, for the tiebreaker to matter, they would need to get to 11-6. To do that, they’d likely have to beat the Ravens twice. But if that happens, the Ravens will have 7 losses and fall behind us. The ONLY scenario in which both the Steelers and Ravens finish ahead of us with an 11-6 record is if they split their matchups and both win all their remaining games, with the Steelers finishing 2nd in their division. So, the Steelers are essentially irrelevant to this discussion (assuming we end up 11-6, which is the premise of this discussion).

 

An 11-6 record gets us in—unless something truly miraculous happens, no matter what you think.

 

Yes, I don't believe the 99%. If we lose tomorrow we would be at 69% chance to make it. 3 other teams in the mix. 2 would hold tie breakers. I dont care about some simulated odds. Sure we can lose 2 and still make it. Your scenario requires other specific teams to lose specific games, which is exactly what I was arguing against.

Edited 23 minutes ago by Scott7975

[Success]

The injuries have been rough - but outside of Hoecht, we still can have an expectation of most of the guys coming back either in the next month or by the playoffs.

 

Just get there.  This is a year when no one is that good, and we can definitely make a run - even as a WC.

 

[Casey D]

7 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

 

Yes, I don't believe the 99%. If we lose tomorrow we would be at 69% chance to make it. 3 other teams in the mix. 2 would hold tie breakers. I dont care about some simulated odds. Sure we can lose 2 and still make it. Your scenario requires other specific teams to lose specific games, which is exactly what I was arguing against.

There is no way on Earth the Bills, or any AFC team, miss the playoffs at 11-6.  Zero.  Someone, maybe more than one, will get in at 10-7.  Those are not "simulated odds", they are statistics. Give me the outcomes where the Bills miss the playoffs at 11-6-- specific situations where there are four WC teams at 11-6.