Looking ahead to the Patriots rematch.

[Gregg]

19 minutes ago, Sweats said:

And you guys were all saying Vrabel is garbage.........but look what he's doing with a legit QB at the helm.

They are virtually unstoppable.

 

If only we had coaching like this.

 

sigh

 

I know Terry won't make a change but there is a good chance Tomlin will be available. He's never had a losing season and when he did have a legit QB (Ben) he got past Brady and Manning and won a Super Bowl. Speculation with the media here in the NYC area is the Giants will be very interested if he does leave Pittsburgh.

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

Their achilles heal is Red Zone Offense, ranked 24th and 1 for 5 against Giants. That can bite you against a good team.

[KHAN]

Currently in the last wild card spot. Odds are at about 90% to make the playoffs. 3 of our 5 games are Cincy, NE and Philadelphia. In order to get the "mini bye" week 18 and be able rest key starters we may need to win them all. May need at least 2 of the 3 just to get in.

 

With the Jeckyl/Hyde nature of this team, and lack of any downfield passing game, anyone feel good about that?

[mjt328]

32 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

Our schedule isnt much different or more difficult. The main difference is the Pats show up to every game while the Bills consistently no-show against teams like the Falcons, Dolphins, and Texans.

 

Highlighting "we played poorly", we sure did and we sure do. While the Pats havent no-showed a single game this year. They stumbled out the gate as young team in their season opener and still kept it a one score game, and had a bunch of fluke fumbles in their other loss and still kept it a one score game. Every other game, they show up and whip the other team. No playing down. No "its tough to win in the NFL". They go out against a weaker team and dominate like they should, week in and week out.

 

Its a problem. Theyre a problem. The Bills need to get their ***** together and show up like they care without having to wait for Josh to get lit up.

 

This is somewhat true.

 

The Bills-Patriots have exactly three games different on their schedules.  Bills got Texans, Chiefs, Eagles.  Patriots got Titans, Raiders, Giants.  That's a pretty significant difference in opponent quality.  Not to mention, they got the Bengals with both Joe Burrow and Jamar Chase out.  We get to play them with both on the field.  We also got the Ravens before all the injuries hit.

 

At the end of the day, there are no excuses.  The Patriots are going to win the AFC East, because (as you said) we blew it against some very inferior teams.  Not because we had a more difficult schedule.  Take care of business against the Falcons and Dolphins, and things look a lot different for the division.  The Bills seem to be sleepwalking through the season, while the Patriots are focused and playing hard against every single opponent.  

 

The real question is... what happens in a month when the real bullets start flying?  Everybody knows there is a different intensity that level when the postseason hits.

 

[DrDawkinstein]

43 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

I know Terry won't make a change but there is a good chance Tomlin will be available. He's never had a losing season and when he did have a legit QB (Ben) he got past Brady and Manning and won a Super Bowl. Speculation with the media here in the NYC area is the Giants will be very interested if he does leave Pittsburgh.

 

Tomlin is just McD all over again. Same philosophies, same issues hiring coordinators, heck they were even teammates on the same college team.

 

If/when we move away from McD we need a major change. Either a hot shot young OC, or a more aggressively-minded coach like Vrabel.

[Process]

55 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

Our schedule isnt much different or more difficult. The main difference is the Pats show up to every game while the Bills consistently no-show against teams like the Falcons, Dolphins, and Texans.

 

Highlighting "we played poorly", we sure did and we sure do. While the Pats havent no-showed a single game this year. They stumbled out the gate as young team in their season opener and still kept it a one score game, and had a bunch of fluke fumbles in their other loss and still kept it a one score game. Every other game, they show up and whip the other team. No playing down. No "its tough to win in the NFL". They go out against a weaker team and dominate like they should, week in and week out.

 

Its a problem. Theyre a problem. The Bills need to get their ***** together and show up like they care without having to wait for Josh to get lit up.

You're right about the Bills no showing, and our schedule was easy enough where we really don't have any excuse for not winning the division. But Titans, Raiders, Giants, Flacco vs Texans, Chiefs, Eagles and Burrow is a significant difference. 

[DrDawkinstein]

16 minutes ago, mjt328 said:

 

This is somewhat true.

 

The Bills-Patriots have exactly three games different on their schedules.  Bills got Texans, Chiefs, Eagles.  Patriots got Titans, Raiders, Giants.  That's a pretty significant difference in opponent quality.  Not to mention, they got the Bengals with both Joe Burrow and Jamar Chase out.  We get to play them with both on the field.  We also got the Ravens before all the injuries hit.

 

 

5 minutes ago, Process said:

You're right about the Bills no showing, and our schedule was easy enough where we really don't have any excuse for not winning the division. But Titans, Raiders, Giants, Flacco vs Texans, Chiefs, Eagles and Burrow is a significant difference. 

 

Wont argue too much, but will point out that we got the Texans without Stroud and with Davis frickin Mills starting and still blew it. That at least balances out the Cincy difference.

 

Anyways, I hope the boys wake up for this last quarter push. Go Bills!

[Paup 1995MVP]

17 hours ago, Gregg said:

NE did a good job containing Cook in the first game. Cook had 15 carries for only 49 yards. That will have to change. You know they will focus on stopping Cook as priority number #1 for their defense. As for the passing game it is what it is. We don't have a great group at WR's despite having a great QB.

 

 

A great group??  That’s comical to even mention the word great when talking about our receivers.  They border on non existent since Kincaid went down.  He at least opens things up in the middle of the field.  
 

It’s a must that we get them going to a degree over the next few weeks.  We will continue to run against Cinci and NE.  But we will have to mix in some deeper pass plays to keep teams off balance when they stack the box.  Any OC and HC should know that. 
 

And Josh Allen has to dominate w his legs. We have no other choice given how meh the WR group is as a whole.