Week 13, Bills v. Squeelers, PREDICT THE SCORE!

[Freddie's Dead]

Congratulations again to last week's winner, @Pine Barrens Mafia!

 

Coming off a tough loss to Houston on TNF, the Bills come off the mini-bye to make the roady to Pittsburgh to take on the Squeelers at the ketchup bott....er.....Acrisure Stadium.  If the Bills lose this game, they'll be on the outside looking in at the playoff picture in the AFC.  Is that really going to happen, the Bills out of the playoffs after losing to the Squeelers?

  

In a word, no.  While I've gone back and forth on this game all week, the addition of Brandin Cooks is the difference that gets the Bills this game.  TJ Watt gonna get his, but I just can't bring myself to believe that the Bills will allow themselves to be out of the playoff race with 5 games to go.  Bills win, but not so comfortably:

 

Beews - 31

Squeelers - 27

 

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[JaCrispy]

Bills 20

Steelers 24

[Jim]

My guess is Mason Rudolph starts at QB.

 

Nonetheless, with glass man Kincaid out and a patchwork OL, the Bills won’t move the ball much, and the Steelers pass rush will get to us.

 

Steelers 23

Buffalo 14

[LabattBlue]

BUF 27

PIT 21

[Buffalo ill]

13-10 somebody

 

A McTomlin classic

[Psautcsk]

Steelers 21

Bills        12

[Gary Marangi]

Bills 24 

Steelers 23

[Bills fan since 87]

Bills 23

Steelers 20

[SoonerBillsFan]

Steelers 27

Bills 23

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

21-17.

Pittsburgh.

[entropyrules]

Close game - Allen is not the same Allen as the last several years and the O play calling really sucks. The Steelers are going to get lots of yards on the ground and control the tempo of the game. Still the Steelers are as banged up as the Bills, and even with Allen at 75% I think the Bills eek this out 24 -21.

[Virgil]

All bets are off at this point.  
 

TJ Watt has to be licking his chops to play against backup tackles.  Will Brady hear all the online abuse he received after the Texans game in not giving Allen extra blocking?  Is Allen’s injury more debilitating than we realize?   Will our weakness at linebacker get exposed harder against the Steelers tight ends?   Can McD overcome his road woes?

 

Steelers 21

Bills 16. 
 

Allen has the ball in his hands to win it at the end, but falls short.  Another multiple turnover game.  

[BuffaloBillies]

32 minutes ago, Psautcsk said:

Steelers 21

Bills        12

 

You rushed that post ahead of me. 

Don’t let them tell you that
You owe it all to me

 

Actually just realized you had the bad guys. 

21-12 Bills!

Edited 52 minutes ago by BuffaloBillies

[zow2]

This has to be a game where Allen runs the ball off script a few times.  Feels like another low scoring game that contributes to our seasons demise. 

 

Steelers 24

Bills 23

[HappyDays]

Steelers 26

Bills 17

 

I don't have a good feeling about this one. Dawkins and Brown are both likely out. Palmer is trending in the wrong direction. Kincaid may be back but probably not fully healthy. So what is the plan on offense facing off against TJ Watt and a great DL? Pittsburgh will do the same thing every team does - sell out to stop the run and dare our putrid WRs to get open fast enough before their DL gets home. Their secondary is their weak spot but can we really take advantage of that? Color me skeptical.

 

The defense I expect to do its usual performance where they never make any big plays but they make a couple stops in the 2nd half. 42 year old Aaron Rodgers won't be punished for his total lack of mobility as he is given plenty of time to stand tall in the pocket and find openings against our zone. McDermott in his post game presser will crow about how well his unit battled while lamenting the offense's inability to sustain drives, continuing to set the stage for Brady as the sacrificial lamb after the season.

 

Ultimately I've completely lost faith in this group. Go out and prove me wrong.

 

Edited 44 minutes ago by HappyDays

[Psautcsk]

4 minutes ago, BuffaloBillies said:

 

You rushed that post ahead of me. 

Don’t let them tell you that
You owe it all to me

 

Actually just realized you had the bad guys. 

21-12 Bills!

I did "Rush" 2112. I do believe that the Bills have been quite meek on both sides of the ball, but maybe they can inherit the earth.

[BuffaloBillyG]

At this point no outcome could really surprise me. What I do see is a Pittsburgh team that knows if they beat us, they move on to hold the 7 seed and we are "in the hunt". I see another post game "they wanted it more quote" coming.

 

Steelers-27

Bills -22

[Psautcsk]

Just now, BuffaloBillyG said:

At this point no outcome could really surprise me. What I do see is a Pittsburgh team that knows if they beat us, they move on to hold the 7 seed and we are "in the hunt". I see another post game "they wanted it more quote" coming.

 

Steelers-27

Bills -22

And then on to the Bengals with Burrow, Chase and Higgins.

[Ga boy]

I’ve seen JA17 have his way with them boys, and this will continue 34-25.  Also I see no turnovers for us, and Bishop gets a pic.  

[KCNC]

Stillers - 30

Bilz - 21