Heavy Kevi

I think the playbook will open up this week and we'll see some dice rolling. The formula is there from lions and chiefs earlier this year... Take a lead to halftime and then score every time you touch the ball in the second half. As much as they were preparing for the ravens matchup, this chiefs game is the one they have been waiting for and I think they pull out all the stops. Don't know if it's enough but it certainly could be

Gosh I effing hope so. BIG SB party at hog free food if they make it... "Parade" (block party) down Linden if they pull it off! Sound check......... Can you play shout + mr. Brightside? Lol

To get to and win the dance? No opinion from me on this one, just a temperature check of the board. Is this the year we get the trophy?

I think the "second play" on the kill call were pretty bad all day. When Josh said "we're good" the plays worked, but I think a lot of the time, BOTH plays were bad so Josh didn't have great options to check into. Plus a couple blown plays where Josh called his own number but were not positive plays. I didn't like the offensive calls much all day. It felt kind of like Greg roman for a minute, with over commitment to the run (esp on 1st down and it felt like it never worked), up until the last drive or 2. We have run well all year, but when it's not working it's not working. Baltimore was intentionally stopping the run and screens in the second half

Commanders, please!

Agree on all. McD and Babich is an interesting case. It felt like the second half of the game was coached like there was only 2 mins left and they were holding on for dear life... But at the end of the day you had to have stopped the run (or at least tried) and that's what they did It was ugly but a W against a bully of a team like B-more is really all that matters. I've complained plenty about coaching but yesterday's game just isn't the place and time. Hope everybody remembers this was the team we didn't match up well against. The team that beat us up and took our lunch money earlier this year. If you kick the bully in the nuts to get away with a W, it still counts. That all said, Philly is not entirely unlike the Ravens and I would prefer to play the rookie in SB if we get there. And we match up way better with the chiefs. Let's remember this.... As much as we didn't want to play the ravens, we are that team for the chiefs. Chiefs fans were ravens fans yesterday.

I hate this line. Should at least be chiefs -2.5 It's more like 2.5 points for home field advantage these days, but yeah.

100%

I think that was the point

Which is funny since they have as many losses as the Bills and Chiefs combined. Honestly I look at being home dogs as a blessing. We've seen this team fail to meet expectations when they were sky high. This year it's "house money" from the outside looking in, but from the inside it's a HUGE mist-win for Sean and Josh. And I think the biggest difference this year is Josh has that "aura" about him. The rest of the team is playing above their skill level because they don't want to let Josh down. It's kind of remarkable. And for all the ***** I give to McD, he's recognized it as well, and has changed his approach to the way he makes some decisions, like going for it on 4th last week when a FG puts them up 9.

Would it though? What if they promoted Joe Brady? The defense would get new leadership and the team a new "mentality", but you could certainly avoid a "cold restart". The offense could stay basically the same, GM stay the same, and Joe could bring in whoever he likes for DC. Given the defense hasn't been good this year anyway, how risky is that really? I get it, new coaches can be highly turbulent. But in this specific case, IF they were to promote Brady; I would argue that's about as clean a transition as would be possible since we have a highly regarded HC candidate on staff currently.

I'm actually ok with this. You don't want to leave too much time left in the clock in case you either score quickly or don't score. 50 seconds with 3 timeouts is an eternity, so you don't have to be in a hurry. And he learned in the 13 seconds game that another team can score quickly. Why leave them extra time?

I've been pretty clear on my criticism of McD and his botched decision making and clock management for a few years now. I am one of the folks who will be calling for a change again if we don't win on Sunday. We can't waste Josh forever.... BUT I do believe the Bills win this game decisively. It means too much to Sean and Josh. Plus they aren't getting blown out by the same team twice in a year. And then... They are a higher seed, but are HOME DOGS in the playoffs. Yowza. I believe they will roll the Ravens, feeling disrespected by Josh getting passed over for all-pro, likely passed over for MVP, and then ravens gonna come to Buffalo and be favored?! Nope. Not this time. This city of losers will humble the ravens and turn the "playoff choker" narrative back on Lamer. This is probably a bigger moment for Sean than the AFCCC we played in. So much at stake. If we win the SB this year, he can stay our coach forever, but if he loses in 2 days he should be let go. It's THAT big of a game and everyone knows it.

Feel free to put me on the ignore list if you can't handle dissenting opinions. With 3:07 left in the third quarter, the score was 13-7. So with a single play, the Broncos could tie the game, with just an extra point away from the lead. At 3:06 Josh makes a great throw and Ty Johnson makes a ridiculous, highly unlikely catch on 4th down to really take control of the game. For almost 42 minutes, this was a one score game. And this was at home against a 7 seed Broncos team that barely made the playoffs, with a rookie QB that went on the road to Buffalo. It's not like this was Baltimore. I get it, this is a Bills board and people want to be optimistic, but there's room for opinions other than just being a cheerleader. I see the things that need to be cleaned up in order to get a championship, something that I guarantee the team is also doing.

For real. This game was much closer than the score indicated. But honestly I feel more confident against BAL than Denver. This team gets up for the big games and that's all that is left. This team is not getting blown out by the same team twice in one year. Hell if Texans can knock off KC, the Bills could get to avenge all of their AFC losses.