Game week thread - Bengals at Bills (flexed to 1pm ET)

[UKBillFan]

9 hours ago, CSBill said:

 

The Network Executive who made the call to switch this game to 1 PM is no longer an Executive.

 

I can see why they want to air Bears-Packers in the late window, but flexing it meant the early window on FOX was Seahawks-Falcons, Titans-Browns and Commanders-Vikings. As CBS have Steelers-Ravens, FOX want something to go up against it. Bengals-Bills does that job.

 

I was thinking it was daft to flex a game involving both Burrow and Josh. Especially as the Bengals are now clinging on to last chance saloon.

[ganesh]

10 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

The Bengals are given up 31 ppg.  31st in run defense.  31st in pass defense.  32nd in scoring.  We better be able to move the ball and score this game.

Cook/Davis/Johnson all day

[wolfpack78]

Any early reads on the forecast... planning on coming in from Ohio if the weather permits...

[BearNorth]

Bengals cut loose Lou Anarumo, who is now with the Colts.  he always seemed to have our number when we played the Bengals.

 

Cinci is 31st in Run Defense, 32nd in pass defense, so this could be a shootout, probably why over/under is 53.5.

 

1 hour ago, wolfpack78 said:

Any early reads on the forecast... planning on coming in from Ohio if the weather permits...

Weather Channel is saying SUN AM snow 40% chance, high 28 degrees, but cold air mass dropping to 9 degrees at night.  West winds off the lake 10-16 mph.

[CincyBillsFan]

11 hours ago, ColoradoBills said:

I know it's a week away, but the weather may play a part.

And for the first time in a while a windy, cold day that limits the passing attack would definitely be in the Bills favor.  

 

If the weather is crap I see a game like yesterday's where the Bills ground the Bengals down late.  If the weather is great and the passing game is enabled I see this game going a lot like the Tampa Bay game with the Bills winning a shootout.

 

 

 

 

[Ga boy]

I want to see Burrow cold and pouting.

[Casey D]

12 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

The Bengals are given up 31 ppg.  31st in run defense.  31st in pass defense.  32nd in scoring.  We better be able to move the ball and score this game.

44 against Tampa at home.  They can match that against the Bagles, unless they go -3 in turnovers.

[MikePJ76]

13 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

The Bengals are given up 31 ppg.  31st in run defense.  31st in pass defense.  32nd in scoring.  We better be able to move the ball and score this game.

Those numbers literally mean nothing now that there offense is whole.  I know that the response to that is those guys don't play defense well there offense can be the best defense.

 

If they get the ball first and score then get one stop and score again.  The Bills will be chasing the game all day and the bengals will have a huge advantage.  They looked good versus baltimore and probably would have beat new england if chase or burrow played.  

 

Simply put the bills can not rush the passer with any consistency and nobody can cover the group of pass catchers they have.  

This will be the week where the bills want the ball first to go down and score and hope they can set the pace of the game and not end up chasing it.

[ColoradoBills]

39 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

If they get the ball first and score then get one stop and score again.  The Bills will be chasing the game all day and the bengals will have a huge advantage.

 

IF the Bills get the ball and score first and hold Burrow and then score again..................

 

That is how football works and why they play the games and we watch them.

Go Bills.

 

Edited 24 minutes ago by ColoradoBills

[Fan in Chicago]

I am going to watch the game with my friend who is Bengals fan.  He is similarly unhappy wit the front office for not supporting Burrow adequately.  

2 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

IF the Bills get the ball and score first and hold Burrows and then score again..................

 

That is how football works and why they play the games and we watch them.

Go Bills.

 

Burrow 

[Jamie Nails]

Brace yourself for a week of extra Ssssssss’sssssss. 

[MikePJ76]

17 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

IF the Bills get the ball and score first and hold Burrow and then score again..................

 

That is how football works and why they play the games and we watch them.

Go Bills.

 

Yes but the Bengals have the parts on offense to score quick and stay balanced.  Buffalo seems compromised in the passing game and having to come back versus a team like this is going to be hard.  Even with a two score lead the bengals will not change their style of play.  The Bills will have to alter what they want to do if they get down two scores.  

 

there is a difference.  Hopefully palmer and kincaid play.

[oldmanfan]

We have to cut out the dumb mistakes.  Even yesterday the 2 turnovers, the false starts, and Epenesa’s idiotic penalty could have cost us.  Play solid football and we should impose our will against them.

[ColoradoBills]

6 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

Yes but the Bengals have the parts on offense to score quick and stay balanced.  Buffalo seems compromised in the passing game and having to come back versus a team like this is going to be hard.  Even with a two score lead the bengals will not change their style of play.  The Bills will have to alter what they want to do if they get down two scores.  

 

there is a difference.  Hopefully palmer and kincaid play.

 

If you say so.

Josh could also throw for 3 TDs and rush for a couple more.